Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1923, Page 2

. rg—: & e POINCARE SWEEPS DEPUTIES, 50510 Premier Gets Most Over- . whelming Confidence Vote in History of Body. ) b By the Associated Press. ! PARIS, November 24.—The French parliament, by one of the most sweeping votes of confidence in its history, vesterday approved the policy of the government of Premier Poincare in the recent negotiations in the council of ambassadors with regard to Germany. The chamber gave the premier carte blanche to excoute his pro gram for future forcible action (n‘i inforeing complete executlon of the | Versallles treaty for the protection | of France’s national interests and | security in aceord with the allics, if possible, but alone if he must, The vote was 505 to 70, Premier Poincare in an address to | the chamber did not flinch in his attitude of stern determination to for the chamber immediately to prociaim either ite approval or di approval of his policy. His words seemed to rem the smouldering discontent expressed by deputles in the lobbies of the chamber during the | past week at what was termed the | premier’s retreat before Great Brit- in's wlevpoint with regard to the demands to be made upon Germany. The premlier put ‘the responsibility fquarely up to the chamber, declar- ing that if it was not satisfled with his government it could get some other government to continue the negotlations Demands Positive Vote. M. Poincare cut short the discus- sion in the chamber, which threat- ened to extend into the small hours of the morning. by insisting on an oxpression of plain confidence 4 the order of the without restrie- tions of qualifications whateoever, either as to his polley of the past week or his future program as elab- orated. The opposition. with the elections approaching, wilted; no one sermed desirous of assuming respon- ility for disapproving the acts of the man whose popularity apparently is _supreme throughout the country. The premier declared that France would act against Germany with or without the allies If her security was | menaced; that F was ready to face a rupture the entente if this became necessary to protect her- welf Germany, he added, would be pun- ished if she did not enable the inter- allied military control commn lon to watch German armaments and if she did not pay indemnity for the attack on members of the control commis- sion in Leipzig. Blames U. 8. and Britain. M. Poincare declared that the fail-| ure of the United States and Great Britain to ratify the guaranty pact was at the bottom of the present| trouble with regard to the military | control commission. He placed the | responsibility for the lack of penal-| ties in the ambassadors’ notes to Ger- | many upon Great Hritain, but de- clared France would not wait on the | pleasure of the allies before acting| when her security was menaced. Amid unanimous applause from the | extreme left communists to the ex- treme right royalists, M. Poincal served notice on the world that ance would oppose by force of arms any restoration of the Hohen- sollern regime in Germany. An ad- misgion of inabllity to act with re. d to the former German crown prince, due to a lack of allied una- nimity on this subject, however, somewhat chilled the chamber. Tardleu Takes Issue. the premier announced that he considered the question of mili- tary control threatened the security of France and that France might be compelled to act alone in the near future, thus emphasizing the pre- cariousness of the accord with Great Britain and the council of ambassa- dors, the chamber decided that the premier's summary disposal of the two questions called for wider debate. It therefore altered its program so as to hear Capt. Andre Tardleu, leader of the nationalist bloc, and to discuss both questions at once. Capt. Tardien declared that enforcement of the treaty was the cause for the lack of results. He sai M. Poincare must adopt some policy, either in connection with the allies or separately The premier's policy in the Ruhr and the orlent had achicved no results. “Enforce the tre integrally and the difficulties of allied control will not present themselves,” the speaker asserted. M. Poincare’s reply to Capt. Tar- diew's criticivms stampeded the cham- her, In great oratorical form the premier demanded of his most severe critie what poliey he would have fi lowed: wh er he would have risk disruption of the entente. that Capt. Tardieu was ac political, not national motives, in at- | tucking the government, which he declared for three vears had endeav- ored to get the maximum out of the treaty CONSULATES WRECKED IN PHILADELPHIA BLAST (Continued from First i | | =, i When non- i the scene said he was who appeared at after the explosion, idea why the pla by whom it Spanish consul, shortly | had no bombed or was done. Like the he said neither he nor the Italian consul had any ene- mies, so far knew. Director of Publie Safety Cortelyou assumed personal charge of the sit- ! uation and ordered guards blaced around all consulates in the city. He also sent out a general call ordering ctives to guard the homes of ot Moore, the various judges and prominent city officials. d he had no definite inform arding the identity of the person or persons responsible s the bomb- ings, but declared it wuas his belie that they were members of “radical” organizations, which have been un- usuall active here recently. Mr. De Motta, the Spanish cabled rnment a warning, fea ction here, he said, might - demonstrations else- where. He pointed out that & bomb was found in the Spanish embassy at Paris a weck ago, and declared he suspected a conspiracy of terroriza- tion Both Chevalier Sillitti and John Di Silvestro, grand master of the Sons of Italy, said they believed political motives prompted the bombing. “I can assign no motive for such an atrocious deed,” said Chevalier Sil- litti. 1 suppose some sort of po- ltical activity inspired it, but just what ft is I cannot determine.” The bomb which damaged the Span- ish consulate was wrapped In & card- board box about the size of a suit case. The one which exploded on_ the lawn in front of the Italian building was destroyed and was not seen be- fore it exploded. Nothing was known of its nature. U. S. BEGINS INQUIRY. as he consul, 5 Federal Agents at Work on Con- sulate Blasts. Federal sgents began an inquiry today Into the bombing of the Span- ish and Itallan consulates in Phila- 1phi d°l)v-p:'nmem of Justice officlals would not talk of the case, however, because information was incomplete. They sald the Fhiladelphia office of the bureau of investigation would be given full charge of the inquiry. | service questioned the | Catholics, th THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1923. RELIEF DONATIONS PLEDGED BY U. D. C. Contributions Also Promised for Memorial to Jefferson Davis. Today on of the thirtieth an- nual convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy of the Willard was taken up in the offering of pledges | for vario Confederate states and the Jefferson Davis crected In Kentucky. The convention will close sion tonight. Its convention here has been notable for its harmonious work Last night's meeting was. featurs by a ball given to the pa th chafrman of the loeal pages, Mos. Al- bion W. Tuck. Previous to the b the Daughters discussed educational matters, which {t was claimed will he the greatest memorial to the Confed- erate veterans that the ety establi It was announced by Mrs. R Merchant that the endow ment funds At present are $151,300 annually and the schola $128.446.64 annually. Mrs. Frank I rold, the newly elected president gen- eral, presided WALTON TO FACE relief work in the contributions for monument to be COURT WEDNESDAY, Deposed Governor, Chauffeur and Health Officer Wili Be Arraigned Together. By the Associated Pross OKLAHOMA CIT ber 24—Arraignment ton, deposed gover terday, was today before Judge Georse state district court. Dr enport, state health commission and T. P. Edwards, the former gov- ernor's personal chauffeur. indicted with him. will enter pleas at the me time. All have made bond for appearance. Okla., of J Novem- ", Wal- cted ovember 3 in Dav- set KU Klux Klan supporters emerged | victorious in the first strength the state the upper house voted lute yesterday to ke from the proposed Klux Klan measure under o tion a section which would have com- pelled t organizations in OKls homa to file their membership lists for public tnspection Proponents of the that t its at fail to enact anti-K islation with “tecth” they took some pa br r test in senate W te st anti-Ku nsidera- secry declared [ in the age of vision requiring offi- cers of secret organizations to {ster their names with County autl iti Many Bitter Clashes. The action on the members clauses came at the close of a filled with dramatic debate, in which members of both factions came out openly in support of their convictions, ting verl ashes unequal ed in bitterness during the present ex traordinary sessfon. Enemies of the Klan denounced it as being founded upon racial hatred and religi 1 describ ed it 2 ival of the organization of e ion days” which was strongly condemned. Its friends de- fended it as a righteous organization, upholding law and order in the midst of crime. Leads Attack on Klan. enator Harry Glasser of Enid the attack on the Kl He assa the or n for its operatior under the mask, and declared, in an Impassione that “the ques- tion intolerance has no pee of religious o in a_democ “I wonder,” he and Catholic budd own senators here, measure of devotion in the mud | blood of France. thought that in five | years their fathers and mothers would be called un-Amer the. of som giving their [ 24,000 of them who di principles and T wonder democ saw and Cath- | . wondering | nt American? | on Bellean | the turning American who Jew olle buddies at their sid if_they were 100 per o Was the heroic charge Wood, which marked point and which was carried out by Jews of the 77th Division, recrulte from York's East Side, an un- | Amerl, i Mor ed by Washi the Birth of the republic were Roman Inid Protestant senator | Where 4 part company | " he sald, “is when th try to regulate my conduet at a ‘trial’ | at which I am not represented and | the fdentity of my aceuser s hidden That is contrary to g inciples of falr play. No m made a Jd ‘eltizen by placing a plece of bed king over his face upon instruc tions of high klansmen: no man ¢ be made a citizen by tramping on th feet of members of another religion Muking his maiden spesch at the seasion, Senator Jack Rarker of Kl | no, one of the oldest members of the upper house, declared the klan! i9 not against the bootlegger or the thug: it is against a ain religion Defense of Klan. Chief of the klan defenders Senator Wash Hudson of Tulsa, ma jority floor who declared the | klan Is an agency for law and order and that much of its effectivenes is mained from its secret membership, | “You will never accomplish any- | thing with this bill to make publie ! the names of klansmen,” he asserted deseribing how the organization by its activities had “cleared up” Tulsa county from a state of lawle: | With consideration of legislation temporarily halted leglslative adjournment over week-end, representatives of Klun organization from all p the state are expected to meet here | today for a general conference in an effort to evolve a united opposition to | the organization. E — DROP PINCHOT COAL PLAN. | | Operators Unable to Refuse Sales| to High-Price Retailers. PHILADELPHIA, November Samuel D. Warriner, chairman of the general policies committee of the anthracite operators, in a letter last night to Gov. Pinchot, declared that opinion of counsel left no reasonable doubt that the proposal of the gov- ernor that the hard coal should refuse to sell to retailers who charge more than the retail prices of 1922_“offends the criminal laws of the United States” and that the plan could not be accepted. The governor's suggestion was made at a Tecent conference with anthracite operators called in an_ ef- fort to evolve a plan for the redu tion of the price of coal to the con- sumer. BANDITS HOLD UP BANK. INDIANAPOLIS, November 24— Three armed bandits yesterday held three employes and two customers of the Tuxedo State Bank here at bay with revolvers and, after scooping up between $10,000 and $12,000 in cur- rency, escaped in an automobile. Earlier in the afternoon three men, declared with the K n was | th anti- | arts of i ures may be sound. his re operators | LONGWORTH DEFIES LEADERSHIP KIVAL Warns Colleagues in House Discord Will Favor the Democrats. | | i } | | Representative whose candidacy leadership is by resentative the fight ! Longworth of Ohio, for the republican ng contested by Rep- am of Illinois, is in to stay, he declares in a ‘h'lh»t‘ warning his colleagues that lack of harmony might place the democrats in a position control {developments in the House | Referring to Mr. Grahan’s conten- ition that the cont Vee of Repre- sentative Gillett of Massachusetts, as Speaker with Mr. Longworth as lead- ler would be looked upon as establish- sectional ontrol over the party’s activities in the House, the Ohio representative finds it 1 little difficult to sce how floor leadership from Ohio is sectionalism, and leader- iship from Illinois is not The republicans, he only a “slender’ mujorit House, having lost many “best ‘parlinmentarians and while the democ v number of additions of king the dership of ljority party *a position of |responsibility and difficulty” in view important bearing the record next will have on of 1l 4 election Acceptance Reluctant. d he " 5, will have " in the of their fighting “have a strength, the ma- peculiar [ joutcome had r quest of Mr. Longworth a luctantly acecded to the T publican members of the that he become their leader ause clevation to that post would fnvolve giving up the place on th | ways and means con which he | has held for fifteen years. If selected leader, he added, he would take up his new duties “with feeling far le of jubilation than with a stern the seriousness of the responsi- s which it will invalye.” Ring has been sal m," Mr. Longworth 1 as much sectionallsm as any one, a wll have my way there W a section of the country sahool of republican thought would not be fairly and effe sented in the organi xt Hous Speaker of the rederick T as wble and r presided no man to oppose argument lection cumitances it is & how floor le is sectionalism Tilinots is not 1 it lettor 141 1 ald not nor a that tively fon of the 1 The will he next House tof Massa- fair a here. s even been him, and no can’ be made Under these little difficult dership from and leadership a8 as 1 know ested [ | Ohio from arger Committee. s been enlurgement committes from its rder that there e | question svery section of th country effectively represented, this I shall urge in the committe nmittees, of which I shall be member. One of the most Itions that will face us at the outset the formulation of a program of Iegislation that can rried out 1f we cannot agree early in the session upon a legislative program |we will run the risk on the one | hund of failing to ot pr and constructive legislation which | the country s demanding, and on the |other hand, risk the enactment of H lation of a radital and destruc- {tive character. “With the realization of these diffi- cultles I shall, if elected leader, Guest each state to name n man wh will keep in close touch with th r and the steering committ Ivise with us as to the legis- which his state favors. Suc system will to my mind do much the adoption of a legis- program which we have the and ability to carry out.” i and am now of the present be no tin st ering in 3 o n important ques- lative | de: COOLIDGE MESSAGE TO MEET CHALLENGE OF POLITICAL FOES (Continued from First Page.) atnce the last Cor further expression of N desire to carry out the H cies is expected to be made DRAFT NEAR COMPETITION. ress urned. A Coolidee’s ling poli- President Happy as Address Takes | Final Form. President Coolidze has practically completed the drafting of the mes- sage he is to submit to Congress when it assembles jointly Decem- ber 4, and from all outward appear- ances he is greatly relicved and in a most happy fr. mind The message Ire slidge has prepared 18 likely to hreak Some rec. Ords in the matter of brevity and conciseness. Although. It is known that he has not shown his draft to any one and that no one of his intic mates knows exactly what the docu- ment will contain, it is known that it Will he very shoft. It will embrace X series of recommendations Tor leg- fslation which he deems tmportant At this time to improve conditions, In making this known, a spokes- man for the President sald that the latter has confined himself to rec- ommendations and suggestions rather than an Indulgence in u lengthy and Wordy presentation and - discussion of sueh recommendations. He has ex- Dressed himself to some of his re- hent ‘callers to the effect that he Hopes “his recommendations will be Sound ana that Congress will re- elve them favorably. Mr. Coolidge {x Tepresented as realizing that while his ldens regarding remedial meas- asons there S Ay be questioned by some. Be- o I Yhis likelihond he is avolding N ving his reasons in a long dis- ““Whiie the President Fhile the Preside e Biht'te discuss any and all sub- jects treated by him in his mes- e he Thas given the impression TRt among the more important mat- Tors Wl e tax reduction, relief for T miturists. reduction in railroad eI “probably some _ slight Fhnnges in the tarifft and govern- ment expenses. - ———— CREW DESERTING VESSEL, FEARING SUPERNATURAL Leave Spanish Schooner, Which Runs Ashore in Florida—TIl Luck of Long Standing. is is reserving | | By the Assoclated Presa. MIAMI, Fla., November 24.—Prod- ded by a fear of the supernatural, the captain and crew of the Spanish schooner Cristobal have deserted their stranded vessel on the beach three miles north of Jensen, accord- ing to information reaching Miami on_ the last night. The Cristobal i pounding n - about The coast beach 100 yards off shore fourteen féet of water. guard cutter Santee reached the side of the schooner late yesterday and is standing by. Water is high In the hold. When the crew left the Cristobal in a lifeboat they capsized, but all swam ashore. They are being cared for at the coast guard station at Gil- berts Bar, ten miles north of the wreck. The Cristobal has been followed by belleved to be the same trio, held up the Central Avenue State Bank and escaped with $1,600 in currency. ill-fated luck for several months and the crew refused to stand by when she went ashore Thursday. praker | ressive | re- | | The “Hard Way cated nbout three n ted out for all kindx o e houxe ix closely xh INQUIRY FOLLOW lew 1 | 1 | | dice and eard | | { Drug That Caused Fatalities of Patients Under Treat- ment to Be Investigated. | | | | | | ! !By the Assoristed Tress CINCINNATL Ohio, November 24— Following the h of three woman patients at Longview Hospital for the linsane after they had received widely used specific !for blood discase, Dr. E. A Baber hospital superintendent, went to Co- Tumb today with samples of the a He will ask the state board of health to to disel pur. high i Glaser, thirty thirty resis Dr. A Z Domine, staff physician, had prepared to give the injection to fourteen of the most serious case in the hospital, but after giving th Preparation to the first three he ob- rved vielent actiong in the first case and promptly ceased further in- Jeetions, Effor were immediately ma to counte t the effect of the dru but Mrs. Crawford and Mrs Glaser died wi Miss Honkamp here |injections of a viti poison hether the dri a4 3 to patients Mrs was i make whe Lena r s0 T we Mrs d Miss jai yesterday thirty four e Ma three were suffering fr ur hours later. Coroner In . Handley stated after investigs vday that Dr. Do- observed every rule and n ziving the injections and that he believed there was some- thing fauity in the preparation. RITCHIE PREDICTS AUTO RECIPROCITY SOON AFTER JAN. 1 _(Continued from First P, | — &) I people. Some of the District people | Might buy their gasoline in the Dis- trict before con £ Into our state and ‘r-‘,u' Marylanders living on the Dis- trict bor itght go over there to 1y But the number who would do | this would unimportant compared {with the total of automobilists in the | state and in the District.” TAGS TO GO ON SALE DEC. 3. Commissioners Decide Against De- lay Pending Legislation. The Commissioners will pone the sal | i 1 i not post- of 1924 tags to District motoristy because of the anticipated enactment of the gasoline tax by gress, Commissioner Rudolph an- nounced toda r issucd yesterday direct- ing that 1924 tags be placed on sale December 3 will stand, the Commis- sioner sald _Under the present law tags cost §3. {35 or 310, according to horsepower of the ‘engine. Under the reciprocity bill there would be a flat ¢harge of $1 for all tags and a tax of 2 cents per gallon on gasoline purchased hy the motorist. 1In addition, the pro- posed bill would relieve motorists of the present personal tax on auto- | mobiles of $1.20 per $100 of assessed alue. The state of Maryland has agreed to grant reciprocity to the District if such a bill iy enacted into law. 'he Commissioners have not determined whether thes will we tempt to make refunds to motorists who buy 1924 District tags in De- cember if the gas tax bill becomes a law in January or February. “We will cros that bridge when we come to it said Commissioner Rudolph. 1t is understood the Commissioners are unwilling to delay sale nf the w tags for the reason that should Congress il to enact the new law during December, there would be a grand rush of thousands of motorists to get their tags under tha yresent law in the last few days of 192 Engineer Commissioner Bell volced the belief that it is much mor> ad- visable to proceed on December 3 with the sale of tags and take up the matter of refunds later if the new law passes. The Commissioners do not expect a reply until sometime next werk to the letter they wrote to Gov. Ritchie of Maryland. yesterday, asking that official to enter into a temporary reciprocity agreement for January and February in the hope that the gas tax bill will pass Congress be- fore that time. —_— BLOCK OF BUILDINGS Firemen From San Diego Go to Aid in Fighting Flames. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif,, November 24.— Buildings covering an entire block, about & third of the business section of the “old town’ of Tia Juana, Mexico, eighteen miles from here, across the border, were burned yesterday and last night. Included “were several saloons, stores and resorts of various kinds and one large warehouse heav- ily stocked with liquors. Most of the structures were of fiimsy board and the flames went through &t high speed. San Diego firemen, who went to the rescue, esti- mated that the loss would be about $1,000,000. The blg race track plant of the Lower California Jockey .Club was not threatened. 1in a few minutes and | AT TIA JUANA BURNS | m the heart of Washington, direcily o red nnd gives ' DEATHOF 3INSANE, | make a chemical analysis |deputies it tion Crawford, | Marie Konkamp, ! | { | i | eis! | 1 i J | might hay the § where hundreds of Washington and Maryland gemblers gather each night. The house ix lo- tland road. The luterior of the den ix fit- “mex, and an armed doorman guards the entrance. As the ph appenrance of being abandoned. Visit to Brother In Italy Planned By Crown Prince By the Associated Press LONDON, November 24 Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail forwards a report that for- mer Crown Prince Frederick Wil- liam has asked for an Italian visa, intending to go to Merano, an Itallan health resort in the former Austrian Tyrol, where his brother, Adalvert, is staying PRESIDENT EBERT INVITES KARDORFF TO FORM CABINET ) The (Continued from First P chancellor when vote of 230 to cabinet a vote the 1 reichstag denied his rump confidence ven hstalned from casting their After the ballot was tak esemann tendered the resign. himself and the memb, et which President The president immediately Paul Loehe, president of the stag, with whom he held a con- outeome the second & the chanecllor's regime up to a half hour before the took pluce, as there were strong influences at work in the ranks of the socialists in the direction of weakening the party's opposition by permitting sutliclent members PArty (o absent themselves chamber, thereby cutting down ancellor's numerical oppos plenary session rad however, strongly themselves in opp sition fo the Stresemann government and the German nationalists also had refused to recede from the position of outspoken hostility, so that the chancellor's fate was definitely sealed. The chamber filled rapidiy at the sound of the signal gong. Three hun- dred and ninety-two deputies were present by a ballc s 1 Tabi . crisis was in Conformea to Hix Wishes, The vote may be formed to the chan his pronounc cisive and fr Discussing proval of his aid to have con- ellor's wishes and d demand that it be d > from all equivocation he reichsta disan- ernment h the newspapermen, after his retirement, Dr. Stresemann said his cabin continued in office with- the reichstag’s approval. confidence resoution” in- the nationalists and < ronted the governme ity of having its pres- tige and its mandate defined per venture, in view of the chaotic con- ditions ohtaining with decmany, and also because of the prive issues awaiting solution In_connection w: Germs foreign affairs, which de- manded a cabinet with strong pariia- mentary backing “This is theé first tory of young government has d down in open battl declarea. He said he believed the dent would prove a wholesome son for future cabinets and would Preak with the traditional custom of Godging responsibility by passing the buck to the quarreling political out eourting But the *“ng troduced by clalists con with the ne e in the his- blic that the 1 a sho the chancellor he also had the reichstag’s government haneellor heen moved to invite judgment upon his through menacing pressure from cur- rents emanating from the right and left, which individuaily and combined threatened to become grave danger to parliament. He belleved the de- in reached today would materially contribute to clarifying this aspect of numerous tribu- was inclined to consfder himself a_pioneer in parlia- Tentary reform in Germany, wher: the system still is in its infancy therefore without traditions for its guidance. He expres belief that the present German reichstag had reached a stage of Lupernervousness” and had outlived its usefulness constructive legis- lative organism. in that it had de- Veloped an oversupply of personal and partisan antipathies, which had Tesulted in splitting every one of its seven or more parties into two con- ficting wings RUHR TO RESUME DELIVERY. tresemann By the Associated Press. DUESSELDORF, biggest step toward ovember 24 —The restoring eco- nomic life in the Ruhr since the cessa- | tion of passive resistance was made vesterday when Herr Vogler of the Deutsche Luxemburg mining groun, acting in behalf of the Ruhr Mine Owners' Assoclation, signed the con- ditions originally stipulated by the Franco-Belglan control —commission for recommencing reparations coal deliveries. The signing comes after strenuous negotiations, which have been going on intermittently for more than month, and the agreement reached will last until April 15, 1924. The combination in whose behalf the agreement with the commission was signed, including the Reusch- Good Hope 'group, the Huh:rl-l;r:‘rull-) und-Union-Fickler-Harpner g nd the Hugo Stinnes and Fritz Thys- sen groups, accounts for about 80 per cent of the coal production in the Ruhr, the remaining 20 per cent be- ing controlled by the Wolff-Phoenix- f | Krupp concerns, who have already signed separate agreements. The text of the document covers forty-seven pages and is highly tech- nical. The phrase “free to the allies as reparations,” as used in the agree- ment in connection with deliveries by the mine owners, is taken as indica- tion that the coal deliveries will be charged to the general reparations account instead of to the cost of the occupation of the Ruhr. The summary of the document does not state whether Germany will be given concessions on this point. Offi- cials, however. say application of these dellveries to the cost of occu- pation of the Ruhr never was insisted on by the French and Belgians; they only desire the taxes and revenues from licenses, which provisions re- main to be signed in the agreement as originally laid down by the French and Belgians. an LIBERAL LEADERS NOW SIDE BY SIDE Asquith and Lloyd George To- gether First Time Since Party Split. | | By the Assactated Press. LONDON, November 24.—The op- portunity of hearing Herbert Asquith and David Lloyd George gpeak from the same platform for the first time since the great liberal split falls to the electors in Mr. Asquith's Paisley strict tonight, when the two cham- pions of liber: tand side by in the interests of the reun d party The demand for tickets to the meet- cen unprecedented. Four-Cornered Fight P Mr. Asquith until y the apposition of a labo ley, but a conservative candidate h now appeared in the person of Col, aw. Perhaps there may even b ered fight. as two labor men ave claimed the privilege of tryine to oust Mr. Asquith from his seat in house of comn 8. One of these M. Biggar, whom the elder lih- statesman defeated in the last election by only 316 votes in a total poll of 29,694. The other labor candi- date amed Corn is being run by the local socialists, but may with- raw Col. Shaw’s entry has compli- cated the liberal ecampaign and the outcome cannot be for It has been confirmed sort of pact to avoid a split which 1 tell in favor of the la- being made between s he liberals ism ssible, day faced in Pals- | t ¥ { wou | the in a few places. United States Cited by Protectionists. The United States is often referred to by the government speakers a fnat of the bhenefits prote brings to the workers. Fred Bram- Tey, ry of the Trade Union Congress, in an address last even t Lichfield, scouted this argument, saying that where protection has en applicd the poverty of the work- was chronic and housing condi- f the vilest sort slums of New York and Chi- he said, “are nowise better nd in many respects are worse than the slums of Landon or any other in- dustrial city in this country.” IMURDER IS CHARGED IN BOMB EXPLOSION iTexan and Stepson Accused in Crime That Cost Lives of Two. & | | By the Associated Press { CORPUS CHRISTI Novem- | ber 24.—Victor Fuer n An- { tonio, was charged with murder and | his stepson, Juan Morales, fourteen- years-old newsboy, was charged with liing an accessory before the fact | in connection with the sending of the | bomb wihch killed J. A. Barnes and his | | young son, Jesse, here November 14, indictments returned cording to the district fice. Morales told officers shortly after | tragedy_that he delivered the b to a San Antonio express of- | or a crippled man, whom it did | know rales was arrested the Nueces county alsounder arrest, here refused to disclose abouts. 'GALVARY CONCERT DRAWS BIG HOUSE Nearly a thousand persons attend- ed the thirty-third annual concert of | the Vaughn class of the Calvary Bap- tist Church, in the Sunday school house of the church, last night. A marimba and xylophone duet opened the program, with William Baldwin Hardy, jr, and L. Johnson Ratcliffe as players. The Washington Quartet, consist- ng of Mary Sherier Bowle, soprano; Richie McLean, contralto; J. F. M. Bowle, tenor, and Fred East, baritone, sang o number of selections. The quartet was accompanted at the piano by_George H. Wilson. Several violin solos were rendered | by Daniel. Breoskin, accompanied at | the plano by N. J. Stockett. Several dramatic and humorous re- citals were given by Walter W. Beck. Franklin L. Jackson played several classics. A duet was sung by Mr.| |ana Mrs. Bowie. The popular song enthuslasts were entertaincd by George H. O'Connor, with Matt Horn at the piano. The committees for the occasion were: Talent committee—George E. Har- ris, chairman; J. St. Clair Hambly and C.'W. Guest. Program committee—H. H. Saxton chairman; George B. Bryan and Mil- lard S. Yeatman. Decorating ~committee—0. A, C, Oehmler, chairman: Arthur Copeland and Edward Schmidt. _ Pross committee—Hugh W. Smith, chairman; Dr. A. Owen Penny and B, 5. Garber. Ticket committee—E. L. Tolson, S. J. Smallwood, H. B. Nevius and | William L. Ford. Reception committoe—H. D. Ormsby. chairman: George E. Hebbard, Dr. i C. Rice, Hel’!.‘el't‘vl.EDnvl:!i ?LAG;nnI, . Rarnbart, W. W. Everett, J. A. Pa terson, D. J. Partello, John T. Skin- ner and J. Herbert J. Yule. Texa: | ! and is now Fuentes officials where- but his |Commission held jurisdiction {municipal authorities wus {ing a great bid for more seats in the |and Russia | but | the great liberal landslide that ma COURTHOLDS AUTO PERMITS ILLEGAL Only Those Issued This Year Proper Under New Ruling. Unwittingly, every Washingtonian who has been driving an automobile over the city streets without an oper- s permit obtained this year 1§ a violator of an act of Congress. This is the conclusion reached from a ruling handed down today by Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court, fol- lowing a motion for u rehearing of the case of the District against Louis M. Crosson, a chauffeur of the De- partment of Agrieulture, who was arrested about r ago charged with having no operator's permit, defense at the time held that, he was an employe of the fed- eral government, the Civil Service in the no operator's permit from required opinion Court District case and The court held in its first that under the opinion of the of Appeals in a case of the against King” it was necessary for the operator of a government-cwned vehicle to procure an annual permit to operate an automobile. And it was also necessary for the | government to obtain identification | tags annually. This was based upon | the act of March 3, 1917, known as a state reciprocity act, which provided ery operator of an automobile District of Columbla be &n- nually Hcensed to drive an automo- bile, and every automobile be annual- 1y furnished with identification Rehearing Dended. The court today denied the motion for a rehearing of the case by main- taining that the same ruling as made previously still held in the case. Consequently by referring to the act of March 3, 1917, local motorists | find that they have been vlolat- the law. ‘ance of this ruling may wing to Capitol Hill, where a traf- : hearing is now in progress. When traffic rules for the District are being considered, in view of the de- velopments in this case today, it is| considered probable that local traffic authorities will call attention to the fact that thousands of Washingto- nians have bLeen operating automo- biles continuously sinee 1917 with per- mits granted at that tin The specifications of the aet, it is belleved, may cause a complication at the office of those Who issue Ope~ rator's permits at the District build- | tags. | | at- In ¥ton Gordon, District . Was interested in the case. s his office that de the )n that the convicion of | aside. At the time when | the moti was overruled, 1 excep- m was noted. This was f owed by e new motion fi Gordon, which was overru first mot Crosson t By Cable to Tue e LONDON. November 24—Socialistic | elements of the labor party are mak- | election. The . which is af- ty. is put- forthcoming gener: independent lahor T filiated with the labor ting up seventy-five candidates this| time, compared with five in the last election. and an appeal has just been fssued to raise $150,000 to finance the | campaisn, The independent socialists of the laborites, who are | dark pink variety almost run the labor party and d itate the policy of the main body in | purliement. It is somewhat of a sur- { prise, however, that they should cor out_openly and put up men in sue jlarge numbers Led by MacDonald. tamsay MacDonald, who hailed in several labor districts as “Great | Britain's next premier, belongs to the independent branch of the party. So do Arthur Henderson and Thomas Shaw. The independents are gen-| erally belleved responsible for the! {plank in the labor platform advo- cating a closer league with Germany - | | | is | Although the independents claim a | membership of only 26.000. they rule | 3,000,000 members of the labor party, | according to the conservatives, wha | are carrying on 8 vigorous mpaign | against the laborites, and accusing MacDonald, Henderson and Shaw of | xposing Great Britain to the danger of being ruled from Berlin or Mos- cow, as a result of their dangerous relations with the German and Rus- sian socialists, | Urge Capital Levy. i “The trades unions find the money, | it is the soclalists. who call the | tune,” is what the conservatives charize in their effort to enlighten the laboring population as to_the true | color of the labor party. The capital | levy proposed by the laborites is the | pet scheme of the independents, who | heard glowing reports of its success | at the recent international meeting of soclalists at Hamburg. But the leader of the moderate wing of the labor party, Clynes, admits in an article just published that the capi- tal levy proposal is not popular, even | among the members of the party, In,| some quarters it is asserted that the labor party will gain no seats in this | election, and may even lose a few in | feel is sure to take place two weeks HIGH OFFICERS ASK FOR STRONG DEFENSE A delegation of retired generals and admirals, representing the Mil- itary Order of Loyal Legion, called on President Coolidge today and| urged that the alrcraft service of | the Army and Navy be maintained in strength and efficiency cqual to that of any other nation. The dele- gatlon left with the President a res- olution adopted at its annual meet- | ing last month in Chicago in which it was urged that the President and Congress, “for the safety and per- petuity of our great republic, main- tain the United States Army and Navy and the militia of the states in the highest degree of strength, efficiency | and equipment.” | Those in the delegation were Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, commander-in- chief of the legion and former chief of staff of the Army, and Maj. Gens. John A. Clem, Theodore Sehwan. Charles F. Humphrey, O. H. Ernst; Capt. John O. Foering, Col. Rizer and Rear ~Admirals C. H. Stockton, George W. Baird and F. J. Drake. Gov. Charles H. Templeton of Con- necticut during a conference with the President today told him that the state officers of Connecticut are doing everything within their pawer to co- operate with federal authorities in the enforcement of prohibition. He said that considerable progress in enforcement work in Connecticut h: been made as a result of group con crences in .which federal, local and tate authorities participated. for zation of cluk Milton of Cha ciplesywere never stand DEMOCRAT WOMEN HEAR UNDERWOOD Candidate to Address Re- gional Conference of Lead- ers—Indorsement Denied. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, November 24.—Address- es, further discussions of policies, or- ganization and other matters pertain- ing to politics, were scheduled today for the third region conference of democratic women which will close here late toda nator Osear W. didat Underwood, can for the democratic nomination for President of the United States, was listed as the principal speaker to come before the more than 125 the leading democratic wo from the eleven states represented ‘While the rules of the conferen forbid the actual indorsement I the delegates of any candldates for the democratic nomination for publfe fic olutions were in the hands of | of the women attending the sersic was considered sts would he them, the resolution been destroyed prior tc of today's session. A lutions was one to Und ¢ den fmprobable to in- had not the opening ong the reso- indorse Senator mocratic presi- omination and another favor- Ilam G. MecAdoo, Tennesxee Woman Wins. nnessee is perhaps the best rep- resented state at the conference. With n n of Nashville re- s third regional director, the women are taking an active part in the sessions. Mrs. McMillan, in her speech yvester- day, pre d ‘that 1924 wili be a democratic year. She assailed the re- publican administration, condemning the McCumber-Fordney tariff and ing a downward revision of the tariff Leaders from various states, includ- ing several state and national com- mittes women, advocated the organi- throughout the south to arouse interest and discuss polit- ical question The name of Woodrow Wilson, and the de: on of Mrs. George Fort ttanooga, that “his pr. S0 strong through- are now," drew out the nation as the: applause from the delegates. CITIZENS URGE D. C. VOICE IN CONGRESS Full Representation in National Legislature Advocated by Con- duit Road Association. he ciation, David's Conduit Road meeting last parish hall. reiterated its in favor of full representation in Congress of the District of Colum- bia. A resolution to that effect. introduced by W. F. Dement, w: passed by the association without Asso- at Citizens® night E | aissent Miss Cora Van Sant, secretary, was instructed to take up ith the W, tment the elimination of flond er from the Conduit road, whick s into the- streets w. of th road. These streets, however, come under the jurisdiction of the Com- missione while the Conduit road is under W Department supervisios ittee, composed of W. E. F. Dement, C. P. Grand- C. Heldy., was appointed to look into the renumbering of the houses in the association’s territory Laying of a sidewalk in Clark place near the ¥ School to connect Witk Mott street was requested COLLIFLOWER ACQUITTED. Former Chief Auditor of Pepco Not Guilty of Forgery. George G. Colliflower, former chief auditor of the Potomac Electric Power Company and later special auditor for the fleet corporation In preparing the Morse prosecution for the government. was acquitted yes- terday by a jury in Criminal Division 1 before Justice Bailey of a charge of forgery An indictment reported in Janu- ary, 1921, nearly three vears after the alleged occurrence, charged that Colliflower had forged n check for $3.517, to the damage of the power company. Colliflower denied any con- nection” with the transaction. H. was represented hy Attorney Wil- liam E. Leahy and Martin J. Mc Namara BOWIE ENTRIES FOR MONDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,300; maiden two. year-olds; six furlongs. Warrenton Roanoks . FWampes Trapnet . Mazie Roland 1R, T. Wilson, jr., and W. J. Salmon entrs. SECOND RACE—Olaiming; purse, $1.300; for three-year-olds and up; seven furlongs. *Jnoques 111 *The Hawk.. *Kirsh Cum_ Bah. i 5 TAmbler 08| Alko el ““Pondergast 101 *Evelyn . ricks .o 99 Wood Lake: oo Mt Gooper. .. 108 Fiam Gooper. . Curtix 11 101 1 *Zovian Avalanche ..., 108 00dTime THIRD RACE—The $1.300; for furlongs. a Sledgs Tiday Catalan 1Carlton Gold Bug . 101 2 100 9 Teeee 108 Aero purse; purse, two-year-olds; six and one-half §Marie Martin... Lieut. Farrell Klondyke Yankes Pri §Miss Mariel esus Also eligi! loved ... 106 Batsman . Stable and H. P. Whitney entry Rancocas Stable entry. jAudley Farm entry. FOURTH RACE—The Twin City purse: purse, $1,800; for threo-year-olds and up; ons mile and s sizteenth Oppormas. - 1is oonraker 1103 Forest_Lore...... 100 Billy Watts!.) . 108 High Prince...... 100 FIFTH RACE—Claiming; purse, $1.300; hree-year-olds and up; one mile and teenth. King Albort. Care Free.... Feyseun Best Bel 1Greent Banter Thimble Hell Gate. .. Jacqueline Juilan. e 100 20 100 100 for six Raffes ... *Listen “Doarie Guelph ... Lunetta . DeHahm *Whalebone *Dentaris 104 110 114 109 105 _ 108 9 *Vennis ... ... The Roll Call.. Bimoon .. 1 Pastoral Bwai SIXTH RACE—Claiming, $1,300; for thres- yoar-olds and upward; one mile and an eighth Magictan ... *Toodles Kath. Ra Widow Bedotte. . Whitehurst.. Ergery Sneery, . 106 _ Also eligible 018 Timer o0 104 *Oram e, 02 PLhdy Lillian ... 99 Honolulu Hoy. || 103 SEVENTH RACE—Claiming; purse, $1,300; for_three-year-olds and up; one mile and an eighth. .. 108 102 99 §9 *Bowsprit *Sea Monarch. .. Hickor; 105 107 02