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WEATHER. Fair and colder tonight, tempera- ture slightly above freezin becoming unset: Temperature for 24 row rlolldf.h & morrow night. hours ended at 2 p.m. today: tomor- d to- High- est, 58, at 2 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 42, at § a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 - No. 29,064, - Jrerohes e ¥intered as eecond-class matter shington, D. C. ALBERT ABANDONS ATTENPT T0 FORM CABINET INBERLIN Ebert Begins Negotiations With Bourgeoise Parties for Coalition. SOCIALISTS EXCLUDED FROM LATEST EFFORT Dissolution of Reichstag Still Seen Only Solution to Situation. the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 27.—Dr. Hein- rich F. Albert, who, at President Ebert's request, has been endeavoring to form a ministry, abandoned” the effort today because of inability to find sufficient reichstag support for & cabinet under his chancellorship. President Evert thereupon began negotiating with the leaders of the Lourgeois parties for the formation of a five-party bloc uninclusive of the socialists. Up to this afternoon none of the parties had proposed a candidate for the chancellorship. Another Effort Booted. An alternative suggestion which spparently was relegated to the rear for the time being at least, in favor of the five-party attempt, was an ef- fort to form a bourgeoise cabinet com- mosed of representatives of the Ger- man nationalists, centrists and Ger- man people’s partles. Such a cabinet would have to reckon with the oppo- sition of the socialists and the com- munists and at most with the neu- trulity of the democrats, while the center party made its collaboration subfect to two conditions—first, that the government must be along con- stitutional lines, and second, that the treaty of Versailles must be regard- ed as binding. Lack of agreement among the par- ties on these conditions seemed to be the sticking point. A- candidate for the post of chan- cellor in such a bourgeois cabinet was Dr. Jarres, minister of the interior in the Stresemann cabinet. Burdensome Legacy. The political turmofl amid w! Stresemann stepped from the cf ceilorship has proved a -burdensome legacy to Dr. Albert. At every hand Dr. Albert's attempts to organize a non-political government are being ithwarted by the party leaders, who look upon him as an intruder. Although dissolution of the reichs- tag is generally regarded as the oniy means of relieving*the situation, Pres- ident Ebert is hesitating to take the Etep, apparently preferring to give Dr. Albert every opportunity to form a cabinet. Leaders of the nationalists, the Ger- nian people's party, the clericals and the Bavarian people's party are or- ganizing a coalition to fortify their own position against President Ebert and Dr. Albert, for they believe the nomination of the latter was an in- fringement of _thelr parliamentary prerogatives. The chancellor-desig- nate is also frowned upon by the party newspapers, some of which think his appointment unfortunate because of his pre-war relations with the United States. STILL WITHOUT CABINET. B: Failure of ‘Albert Ascribed to Op- position to Non-Partisan Rule. By the Assoclated Pres LONDON, November Dr. Hein- vich ¥. Albert has relinquished the task of forming a ministry for the German reich, says an agency dis- patch from Berlin Germany thus is s till without a gov- ernment, after an interval of four days since the resignation of the Stresemann ministry, which, however, is still nominally functioning ad in- terim. Dr. Albert’s lack of success was at- tributed to the decision of all the po- Itical parties in the reichstag to oppose a non-partisan cabinet. Communixts Are Arrested. BERLIN, November 27.—Several prominent Berlin communists were arrested today as a precaution fol- lowing circulation of a report which came_to the hands of the authorities that Moscow had called upon the Ber- lin communists to undertake “sloody provocations” this evening. POLICEMAN DRIVES BANDITS TO FREEDOM Overpowered in Fight and Gun Pressed to Back, He Aids Escape. By the Associated Pres JOPLIN, Mo., November 27.—A cap- tured policeman was forced to drive to freedom four bandits who partici- pated In the hold-up of the Bank of Agbury at Asbury, Mo., yesterday. The kidnaped officer was Clarence Allison, Joplin motor cycle patrol- man, who engaged the men single- handed In a fleld near Crestline, XKans., only to be overpowered and made an jnstrument in thelr escape. Several hours after the robbery Alli- json came upon the quartet on a road near Crestline and opened fire. The bandits abandoned their motor car and “took to a fleld. Allison headed his automobile into the fleld, but it became mired and he continued the pursuit afoot, cut oft three of the bandits and started marching them toward the road. A gun pressed against his back and a com- mand to “drop $hat gun” announced a rescue by the fourth bandit. Returning to their car with Alll- son the bandits found the machine stalled and commandeered a car be- longing to J. A. Lucas of Columbus, Kani Allison was forced to drive the car south nearly to the Oklahoma line, - where, under cover of dark- ness, ke was released. . Approximately $1,200 was obtained by the bamlits. Two bags of silver werc left behind in their stalled car. Leaving the bank the bandjts were subjected to a heavy fire and a run- ning gun fight that extended more hatt @ftsen miles Into Kansas, befors they avaded pursuit. BY HAL O'FLAHERTY By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily News, Copyright, 1923, LONDON, November John Bradbury, British member of the rep- arations commission, attended today in Downing street a full meeting of & British ministers fJand experts, consider the eriti- cal and delicate situation arising over reparations and *the occupa- tion of the Ruhr. Germany has challenged the le- zallty of the Franco - Belgian occupation of the Rubr at the very noment when her ndustrialist BirTobn Beadiary,” : Diera s o o ment with the French-Belgian tech- nical commission for cash payments and reparations deliveries in kind. These two developments place Great { Britaln in a trving position, first because she has never recosmized the legality of the Franco-Belglan oc- cupation, and second because she has pever recognized the right of any group of allie. RUM SHP SEZUR " DEFENDEDBY .S, o terests Not Invaded by Cap- ture of Tomako. Complete confidence was evidenced in official circles today that seizure not become a subject for controversy with the British government despite the unusual circumstances surround- ing her capture. The State, Treasury and Justice de- partments, which were equally inter- ested in the seizure, all appeared to view the case as already a closed in- cident so far as {its international as- pects were concerned. Treasury officials said the capiure probably belonged within the classi- fication accorded the celebrated Mar- shall case, In which the British gov- ernment declined to interfere because the owners of the Marshall falled to establish ‘the validify of the British registry. = ‘Worked Weeks on C: A comprehensive report of the | charges to be laid against the Tomako and against individuals interested in her operation, was submitted some weeks ago by the Department of Jus- tice to the State Department, with the request that it be brought to the atten- tion of British diplomatic representa- tives. As a result, Department of Jus- tice officials were given the impression that the British embassy would not op- pose the seizure of the Tomako In the vicinity of the American coast In view of the substantial character of the evi- dence agaipst her. g Holding that the schooner was thus placed in a special class, outside of the protection accorded legitimate maritime craft, officials of the three departments were unanimous today in their opinion that no international complication would ensue, Nevertheless, the seizure of the Tomako on the high seas off the New Jersey coast represents, in the opin- ion of someCoast Guard officlals, a | broader interpretation than hereto- | fore invoked of Treasury regulations | affecting the taking of alleged smug- i glers flying forelgn flags while be- | yond the three-mile limit. { Followed Regulations. | Treasury officials, however, emph sized ftoday that the schooner, which was flying the British flag, was taken into custody Sunday under regula- | tions already in effect, and that the | policy of seizing rum ships outside {the three-mile limit would be con- | tinued whenever adequate evidence | was obtained that they were in con- tact with the shore in such a way as 10 establish constructive presence in American waters. No change in the | Tegulations, it was said, has been au- thorized. The seizure was made at the request of the Department of Justice, it was announced, on the basis of evidence it had gathered as to the alleged ac- tivities of the Tomako. Although details of the evidence have not been made public here, it is understood the information covered all recent movements of the Tomako and positively identified the vessel !'with the illegal landing of liquor on | the American coast. Selsure. Was Approved. Coast Guard officials did not indicate in what respect they regarded the seizure as a broader application of the regulations, but it is known that before issuing the order Rear Admiral william eynolds, commandant of the service, Tequested and was given { formal approvai of the Treasury for the step and also was furnished a summary of the evidence against the vessel. “Rummy Bill" McCoy, rum smug- gler king; John Brophy, alias Dow- ney, his skipper, and the seven mem- bers of the Tomako's crew were ar- raigned before a. federal commis- sioner in New York, charged with il- legally transporting liquor into the United States. Théy were released in. $5,000 bail each pending procced- ings.in which the authorities of New Jerséy will seek their removai for trial there on the charge. Coolidse Not Worried. So far as the American government 1s concerned, President Coolidge main- tains that the United States never relinquished its right to seize ship: within or without the three-mile 1im- it, which have discharged cargoes in violation of American laws. The Chief Executive belleves, also, that there can be no relation between the Tomako seizure and 'the rui treaty negotiations now in progre: with Great Britain. In that connec: tion, it is pointed out that there h: been no change in the treaty rel tions between Washington and Lon- don, the work of drafting the new treaty has not been congluded. 4 $ to collect reparations | Officials Confident British In-| of the rum schooner Tomako would | he WASHINGTON, D. ‘Britain Faces Grave Dilemma In Collecting Ruhr Reparations| Would_Enforce Illegality Rule in Occu- pation and Yet Force France and i - Belgium to Divide Spoils. | separately, without some arrange- | ment for sharing with the others. So far, the reparations commission as never been officlally informed of the Franco-Belgian occupation, but with Germany's challenge this issue cannot be allowed to remain dormant Following Andrew Bonar Law's 10| pledge a year ago to remain neutral | | regarding the occupation, Sir John Bradbury never attempted to force | the reparations commission into au- thoritative interpretation of the ar- ticles of the Versallles treaty re- lating to further occupation of Ger- man territory & | However, Tealizing the necessity for early action along that line, Sir John Bradbury comes to London to- Quy to secure complete authority from his government after & thorough re- view of all phases of the complicated ssues. Great Britain announced, through the medium of Lord Curzon's note last ugust, that she held the Ruhr occu- pation illegal under the treaty Therefore, her e rts must place In ir John Bradbury’s hands ail the ma- ial they have prepared to main- ain that position. Also, the govern- ment is preparing a brief covering the d_financial agreement of March, { in which the allies agreed that costs of occupation of enemy ter- v should be fixed at £12,000,0 which maximum could not be exceed (Continued on Page 2, Column £.) Senator Wants Taxes to Absorb Most of Legacies| | | | By the Assoclated Press. | 'BIG RAPIDS, Mich., November 7.—Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris is opposed to fortunes being used at the discretion of heirs and will g0 to Washington prepared to | boost legisiation that would all ! but absorb inheritances, he said here last night in his “home town” farewell. He leaves for the Capital tomorrow. Young men and women, he said, would be better off and make higher marks in the world if they started life with little. HITCHCOCK'S CHOICE STIRS POLITICIANS Selection to Manage John- son’s Campaign Promises Real Fight for Delegates. i BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Selection of Frank H. Hitcheock to manage the campalgn of Senator Hiram Johnson for the republjean nomination for the presidency s the political sensation of the hour today. | Mr. Hitchcock is known as the most astute broker in delegates in | the recent history of American poli- | tics. The mere announcement of his | connection with a campaign means | notice to other campaign managers that there will be a fight. And a fight by the Hitchcock tactics is something which usually results in a nucleus of first choices and some understandings as to second choices when the delegates are assembled, a political give-and-take system that 18 practiced In both the republican and democratic parties from time to time, but a system at which Mr. Hitcheock usually has been able to excel. C. Bascom Slemp, private secretary to President Coolidge, knows the po- litical game from the ground up, and the forthcoming duel betw: and Mr. Hitchcock will h:enw:,rllnl: watching, If, indeed, it become: - ible to the naked eye. s Figured in Other Campaigns. Mr. Hitchcock has had all sorts of experience. ' He managed the Roose- | velt campaign in 1904, and then the | Taft campaign in 1908. He stayed out of the 1912 fight, but reappeared In 1916. He visited Charles Evans Hughes when the latter was on the Supreme Court bench, but received not the slightest authority to go out and collect delegates. But he did so on his own responsibility and came to “the Chicago convention with a nucleus of delegates for Hughes. He took a prominent part in the came. palgn afterward, being in charge of the western headquarters. In 1920 he jwas not an active filgure, but when the Johnson managers this year looked around for a political man- | ager whose name would. mean some. thing to prospective delegates they selected Frank Hitchcock. Rumor has it.that they tried to' gét John T. King of Connecticut and also Wili Hays, but that neither one would ac- cept. Mr. Hitchcock has & way of bring- ing contesting delegations to the con- ventfons. His main source of strength is in the south, though he has many friends in different parts of the coun- try, friends who have worked with | him from the days when he dispensed | offices in the Post Office Department, | over which he presided. He knows many former federal officeholders, those who would ltke to have the jobs | held by others, and who are taking | an active part in local politics. He knows how to play on the strings of local factional discontent and make the most of his opportunities. The only question which arises is how much Mr. Hitcheock can do in the south, where there are ‘today fewer delegates than before, due to the reapportionment. In the states! of South Carolina, Georgia and Mis- sissippi, for instance, there are only | about seventeen delegates in all, as Contrasted with fifty-one in the "good | old duys.” y Regulars for Coolldge. Similarly the presidential primary has entered into the .situation in many states and the pledging of del- | egates to go against a primary ver- dict is not easy unless the men who run for delegates are not hand- picked. Generally speaking, the reg- ular republican organisations will ul (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.)* WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., PROGRESSIVES HIT MELLON'S TAXPLAN House Rules and Senate Presidency Also Issues Dis- cussed at Conference. { | Views of Senate and House progres- | sives as to both organization and legislation in the Sixty-Eighth Con- gress gradually are being crystal- lized. I House members of the republican | progressive group are in the midst of a series of formal conferences to ! determine their program. At the same time, republican progressives in | the Senate are holding informal . meetings for general exchanges of | ideas out of wWhich they hope will come concrete plans, particularly | with reference to farm, railroad and other fmportant legislation, Organlzation and tax reduction con- tinue to be the central themes of dis- cusston, with republican leaders seek- | tug to compose the differences within | thetr party in advance of their or- | ganization conferences next Saturday. | They are seeking to avoid especiall | any delay In the organization of the {House and Senate, and are understood 10 be prepared to make concessions in the interest of party harmony. House Rules Under Fire. Representative Nelson of Wiscon- sin, chalrman of the House progres- sive group, has stated that on the eve of the majority conference in the House the progressives will com- plete formulation of their program for reorganization of House committees and modification of House rules. They will go into the republican con- ference prepared to make a fight, they say, ment in advance of the conference. No Decision Reached. A number of the Senate progres- sives, including the two farmer-labor senators from Minnesota, held a sec- ond conference vesterday at the office of Senator Norris of Nebraska, but some of those attending sald there had been only informal discussion without efforts to reach decisions on organization or legislation plans. Robert M. La Follette, jr., son of the senfor senator from Wisconsin, who is confined to his home with grip, attended the gathering. Senate democrats will have their organization conference next Monday, two hours in advance of the meeting of Congress, while House democrats wiil assemble next Saturday night. Full tickets will be nominated by the Qdemocrats in each House, but the lead- ers say there will be few, if any, con- tests. In thelr legislative discussions yes- terday the House Drufirenlven went on record against the Mellon tax plan as'such. In a formal statement, which Representative Nelson sald had been approved unanimously, they said they found “nothing in the Mellon plan which tends to stimulate legitimate business or reduce the cost of living." Will Propose New Cuta. “A taxation plan will be proposed, the statement eail, “that will reduce the tax burden on small taxpayers more than is contemplated ‘by the Mellon plan and further providing sufficient funds from those best able to_pay to make good any Treasury. deficit_occasioned by passage of the soldiers’ compensation bill. Legls- lation under consideration calculated | to benefit the country as a whole and not special interests will be sub- mitted for consideration at the be- ginning_ of. the session.” An attack on Seoretary Mellon and on the publishers of 'the Washing- | ton +Post and The Washington Star| It was contained in the statement. was charged that the adoption of the Mellon program would result in a reduction of Mr. Mellon's income tax (Continuéd on Page 2, Column 4.) e e NECK DISLOCATED EIGHT WEEKS; DIDN’T KNOW IT By the Associated Press. PANA, Ill,, November 27.—Eight weeks ago Otto Carlock, nineteen, of near Nokomis, was thrown from his horse and recelved, as he thought, minor in- juries. Today he lies in a hospital, at Huberin, in a critical condition, his neck having been both fractured and dislocated in the accident, physi- say an X-ray revealed. Carlock had been' taking treat- ments f'nr |'l|!lll'nl::llpl’l’..-l ll‘.IJI s:::;- day he felt an acu n in the § and was taken & a hospital. Total paralysis of his left ‘side has developed. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1923—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. cor: unless there is an agree- | £ SENATOR. VD BE GREATLY PLEASED TO HELP You HELD ON DEATH THREAT INATTEMPT TO EXTORTI { f Young Man Arrested, Charged With Demanding $2,000 of Phil- adelphia Woman. By the Ausocl: Press. PHILADELI'HIA, Nove A young man who gave his name Arthur R. Hampton and his address s Macon, Ga., is under arrest he rged with attempted extortion un- | der threat of death. Mrs. J. Howard Fell of this : letter threatening her life and that of her | three. ~0ld daughter unless she | pald ¢ $2.000 to @ man who would | call at her home with a note sent by the writer of the letter. Postal in- spectors set a trap and arrested | Hampton when he called at the house | with the note. Hampton tol i | | ) i e police he is in nded wrongdoink o re on a ship J of employment. He met H man on the street who asked him to | deliver note at the dress he gave him, wait for an answer, and return | fo & certain street corner. When the | police took Hampton to the street er the man he sald employed him could mot be found ¥ PHYSICIAN FLEE FAKE DIPLOMA QUIZ |Repovted Missing as Cor)-f i necticut Grand Jury Probes % Alleged Missouri Fraud. | By the Associated Pre | HARTFORD, Conn., Noyember 27.— {A number of physicians have left | Connecticut since an extraordinary grand jury started investigating the Missouri fake diploma mill, which | enabled scores to obtain licenses to practice medicine in this state with- lout the usual qualifications. Process servers reported to the grand jury today that they had ex- perienced difficulty in locating some physicians whom the jury desires to question. Silent on Visit to White House. Neither State's Attorney Alcorn, who is in direct charge of the in- quiry, nor Gov. Templeton, who or- dered it, would discuss reports today that their visit last Saturday to Presi- dent Coolidge had to do with a dis- covery that many doctors licensed to practice in Connecticut had entered the government service. A subpeona has been served upon Dr. Fred Harrison Works, who is at- tached to a war veterans’ hospital in a Boston suburb. Search is being made In several other states for doc- tors the jury desires to question. Denles He Made “Confesslon.” Dr. George E. Sutcliffe, whose name has been mentioned frequently since the jury heard testimony that a pa- tient of his died under ether while having a finger amputated, denfed to- day_that he had confessed anything to Gov. Templeton. | "I did not make a confession to the i governor,” Dr. Sutcliffe said. “It was the plain statement of an innocent {man who had nothing to hide. I have I nothing to fear and will be complete- {1y vindicated.” FRENCH AMATEUR RADIO . SIGNALS HEARD IN U. S. Greatest Distance Ever Covered by Non-Professionals on Wave Length of 100 Meters. By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., November 27.— The greatest distance ever covered by amateur radlo on a wave length of 100 méters was reported yesterday at American Radio League headquarters. : Signals of the French amateur sta- tion 8AB operated by Leon Deloy were copled for an hour on this wave length by F. H. Schnell, traffic man- nFer of the league here at his sta- tion. The French station at times was sudible three feet from the phones and never faded out completely. ‘Amateurs have transmitted short distances: on 100 meters, but it has never been done across the Atlantic. LIQUOR FATAL TO DOCTOR. BARBERTON, Ohio, November Dr. Herman Kline, forty, whose body was found in his office by a patient yesterday, was the victim of poison Hquor, Coroner M. B. Crafts an- nounced last might. He is belleved to have succumbed Sunday night. { bureau” €éfved to give the committee | blinding glare. - Foening Star. The Star's * ! . l MODEL HEADLIGHT LEGISLATION URGED Senate Committee Sees Demonstration of Improper Focusing Dangers. enactment of model head- slation for Washington and pointing out the inadequacies of the present regulation, W. Graham Cole of the Washington Safety Council ap- peared before the Senate traffic inves- ation committee today, when it met to resume busine Interesting data on the headlight situation here and in other states were given by Mrs. Cole in co-operation with experts from the bureau of standards. An elaborate system of lights with a chart designed by the Urging light ley concrete jllustration of the glaring headlight nuieance, the dangers of in- dequate lighting and the safety of properly adjusted and focused lights Importanee of Focusing. The relation between proper lenses and proper focusing of bulbs was demonstrated by means of t5e chart Mr. Cole stood in front of the pr 1y adjusted and approved lenses to show that there was no light above forty-two inches from the sround. The operator then threw the light out of focus and Mr. Cole was dazed in the Those who assisted Mr. Cole in the demonstration were Dr. E. C. Critten- den, Maj. R. E. Carlson and Dr. J. F. Meyer laring headlights.”” said Mr. Cole. “are not the only danger. Inadequate and dim lights are just as perilous_to use. In Massachusetts statistics have shown that more accidents have oc- curred due to insufficient lights than glaring lights. “The properly adjusted lights, no glare above forty-two inches from the ground, seventy-five feet in front of the car, are better to drive against as well as drive behind. Problem Misunderstood. “We believe that the headlight prob- lem is misunderstood in Washington by both dealer and driver. In tests conducted by the bureau of standards only 408 out of the 100,000 motorists in the District responded to the free offer. Five and four-tenths per cent of this number were able to pass the tests. We believe that with only a small number responding to the invi- tation to have thelr lights adjusted free by experts, the persons who did respond were an umusually con- Bcientious type of citizen. “With only 5 per cent of the careful and conscientious citizens able to pass the test, it can easily be seen that the number of cars with improper light in Washington reaches tremendous figures. “We estimate that 60,000 out of the 100,000 automoblles here have glaring headlights. We do not be- lieve that this figure is too large. “Among the factors which lead to glaring and Inadequate headlights,” the witness sald, “were twisted lens- es, improper focusing, —unapproved lenses, improper tilt and too strong bulb.” Touching on remedies for these conditions, Mr. Cole said that there (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Margot Asquith Dove of Peace At Stormy Political Meeting GLASGOW, November 27.—Margot Asquith, wife of the former premier, ana stormlest petrel of English auto- blography, was the dove of peace at a riotous political meeting Mere last nlght. ‘When Mrs. As- quith’s brother, H. J. Tennant, li- beral, _candidate for the central division of Glas- gow, started to address the meet- ing at th city § hall he was sub. i jected to noisy in- terruptions which rapidly worked into general rowdyism, until ! MAR( ASQUITH., the meeting was e in an uproar. In the midst of the turmoil Mrs. As- English Schools Better Than U. S., Baldwin Asserts By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 27.—The as- sertion that the achievement of American schools is far below that of British was made by Prime Minister Baldwin last evening in an election speech at Bristol. Re- plying to the statement of a la- borite speaker that the conserva- tives were opposed to popular edu- catlon, the premlier sald: “We hear a great deal about American education, but from such opportunities as 1 have had of con- sulting those who have visited American schools, I do not believe the actual achievement of those . schools is comparable to that of our schools. That judgment has been indorsed by American edu- cators themselves. I am told a highly compctent observer has said that on the whole an Ameri- can boy of fifteen is, in knowledge and achievement, about two years behind an Lnglish pupil of the same age.” GOOLIDGE FAVORS FREE PHILIPPINES| § Believes U. S. Should Keep! Control Till Natives Prove Competent. President Coolidge favors independ- | ence for the Philippine Islands when | this government is convinced that the | natives of the islands are thoroughly | competent to maintain independence and properly govern themselves. A spokesman for the President in making known the latter's views on | this subject for the first time sald that while the President is deeply im- pressed with the progress made by the Filipinos in developing their do- main, in promoting education and ad- vancing civilization, he is not anxious (0 have the United States government cast them adrift without being pretty well assured that they are ready to do for themselves. It was not indicated, however, whether or not the President, follow-., ing the conference he had yesterday afternoon with the Philippine resi- | dent commissioner here, will include in his message to Congress a recom- mendation that independence for the islands be taken up at this session. The statement of the President’s po- sition was obtained today in connec- tion with the arrival in the United States of a new Philippine mission seek- ing independence for the fslands. It conforms to that expressed a year ago by President Harding to the mission headed by Manuel Quezon. Mr. Coolidge believes that the United should keep faith with the promise made in the Jones' act prom- ising ultimate independence for the Philippines, and that while the time poseibly has not come for execution of that promise encouraging steps have been made toward the goal. Meantime the United States, in the opinion of the President, should con- tinue to contribute what it can to the training of the Filipinos in good gov- ernment through the maintenance in the {slands of a capable and effective system of government. TRADE VISITOR ADMITS HE IS ESCAPED CONVICT Arrested After Arriving in Hono- lulu With San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, November 27.—Louis Edwards, who admits he is one of six prisoners who escaped from the east- ern Pennsylvania penitentiary at Phil- adelphia July 14, according to_police, was arrested here yesterday. Edwards came to Honolulu recently with the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, which visited Hawall on a trade ex- cursion. According to his story, the six pris- oners paid $30.000 to guards at the penitentiary and were permitted to es- cape in an ash wagen. He is sald to have been serving a sentence of twelve years in the penitentiary. When he was arrested Edwards was engaged in preparing a booth at a car- niv He is said to have been the “life of the party” during the sea voy- age of the trade excursionists. TEST OF SCOPOLAMIN. NEW ORLEA! November 27 Dr. R. E. House of Ferris, Tex., cred- ited with having discovered that per- sons under the influence of scopola- min will tell the truth when ques- tioned, expected today to give a demonstration at the parish prison here before the Orleans Medical So- clety, police officlals and newspaper men with volunteer prisoners as the subjects. The “truth serum” is nothing more than the drug administered by ob- stetricians to produce “twilight sleep.” after numerous experi- House made public his 1 i Dr. House now is devoting his en- ergles to have the use of scopola- ml; made legal in criminal pro- cedur brother's side and announced in stentorian tones: “This gentleman is my brother. You have a perfect right to come here, but no right to do what you are doing now. Those who. don't want to listen can go." Some of the hecklers went, but most of the audience remained to hear the candidate continue his speech while his sister kept a watchful eye on the crowd. COLD SWEEPS FRANCE. | Frigid Wave Reported Showing No Signs of Passing. PARIS, November 27.—France in the last few days has been swept by a cold wave that shows no signs of phssing, At present Parls and the northern provinces especially are {n the grip of the weather. Heavy snow quith mounted the platform to her \ is reported w oyes, ninety miles southeast of the capital Pt | Marcn 1. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system cover eyery city block and the regular edi- .tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulatio: 94,635 TWO CENTS. RITCHIE WILL ORDER RECIPROCITY F D.C. PROMISES GAS TAX Maryland Governor Wants Assurances of Congress Leaders Law Will Pass. POSITIVE GUARANTEE HELD OUT OF QUESTION Executive Will Be Told of Senti- ment Prevailing in Both House Gov. Albert C, Ritchie of Marvia: today told the Commigsioners ha willlng to grant automobile reciproc- ity during January and February i he is given assurances that the lead- ers in Congress will put through th gasoline tax bill. This is the substance of a letter raceived by Commissioner Rudolpl: this morning in reply to the proposa! from the local authorities that thos two jurisdictions enter into a sixty day agreement in the hope that the easure will become law befor: The governor advised Mr. Rudolp that the Maryland vehicle depa ment could delay lssuance of 19 licenses to Washingtonians until D« cember 10 or 12 in order to allow f¢ further consideration. of the tempr- rary agreement. Text of Ritchie's Letter. The governor's letter follows: “I have just received your f of November 22. I am greatly it:- terested in securing automobile reci- procity befween Maryland and the District of Columbfa and would b quite willing to agree on reciproca arrangements during January and February, 1924, provided some assur- ance could be given that the federa! gasoline tax legislation for the Dis- trict of Columbia would be passed within that period. “It secms to me that we should have the assurance, so far as they could give it, of the chairmen of the House and Senate District committees and of the floor leaders in both the House and Senate. “I understand that the bill would certainly have passed last session had it not been caught in a filibuster at the close. So that I imagine there would not be much difficujty in secyr- ing the assurances of the above gen- tlemen to the above effect. “I think they should be secured not only a8 @ measure 6f precaution on my part, but out of réepect for Congress, by whom the legislation must be passed. Pleass lét me know whether this course {s satisfactory to you, and if vou think that I could help in securing the assurances, | would, of course, be glad to do so although I am leaving for a ten-da. trip the end of this week. “The Maryland vehicle department tells me that it could hold up the sue of Washington licenses until th 10th or 12th “of Decembcr, wh would probably glve sufficlaat tim for the purpose, Very truly yours, ALBERT C. RITCHIE. Prospects Favorable, Although the communication from the chief executive of Maryland does not contaln an unqualified acceptance of the Commissloners' proposal, Dis- trict officials felt today that it was most favorable in tone and that it leaves the door open for adoption of the plan. It was pointed out at the District building that, ooviously, the Com- missioners cannot give a positive guarantee of what Congress will Le able to do with the gas tax bill However, Senator Ball, chairman of the Senaté District committee, and Representative Stuart Reed, who is expected to be chairman of the House District committee, have expressed their willingness to work for the en- actment of the gas tax bill at the coming session. Both of these leaders in Congress, as well as other members of bot. houses, have expressed their views publicly and it {s probable that the Commissioners again will write to Gov. Ritchie, calling attention to the inte: it shown by these men in the question, THREE MOROS LYNCHED ON ISLAND -OF PALAWAN Rumors of Uprising Extending From Mindanao Given as Reason. By the Associated Press. MANILA, November 27.—Insular of- ficlals were advised by telegram to- day that three Moros had just been Iynched by natives at Brooks Polint. Island of Palawan. It was stated that the lynching was the result of rumors that the Moros were planning a mas- sacre. The presence of Moros gave rise 1o the bellef that the unrest among the Moros of Mindanao was extending to Palawan. This belief was unfounded. according to offici Several small Islands In the vicinity of Palawan are inhabited by Moros and communication between them and the natives of Palawan is fre- quent. —_— FILLING CONGRESS SEAT. Mississippi District Choosing Suc- cessor to B. G. Humphries. GREENWOOD, Miss., November 27. —Voters of the third congressional district of Mississippi went to the polls today to choose a successor to the late Representative Benjamin G Humphries. The names of two candi- dates appeared on the ballot, W. A. Humphries, son_of the late congress. man, and J. C. Roberts, state highway commissioner. INVENTOR FOUND DEAD. DENVER, Colo., November 27. Ulyssen Sylvester, ninety-seven, who claimed he invented ~the rotary shuttle of the sewing machine, was found dead in his shack here )