Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. v and slightly warmer tonight. lowest temperature about torfor- row increasing cloudiness and warm- er. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 34, at noon today; lowest, 22, at 7:30 am, to- day. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 od vost_office W nd -l shington, 29.082. B ASHINGTON Dawes am; Young FIRES!BEN[ FREES ] Invited to Sit in 31 STILL IN PRISON FOR WAR OFFENSES Action Follows Favorable Report of Board Probing Individuai Cases. Inquiry by Allies By the Associated Press, PARIS, Decdmber 15~The rep- aration comn ~ion today officially announced thet it would extend invitationx to Gen. Charles” o Dawer, former director of the American budge nd Owen D. Youmg, Ne York lawver and nker, to be the unofficini repre- United Stutes on BERLINLAYS PLEA FOR RUHR PARLEY BEFORE POINGARE |French Premier Asks Outline of Pronosal in Writing Before Replying. STEP GIVEN APPROVAL OF ATTORNEY GENERAL | Yormer War Secretary Baker, Maj. Gen. Harbord and Bishop Brent Conducted Inquicy. Prosident Coolidyce com muicd the sentences of persons remeiming tiwries convicted Car-time laws recomn sion appol Leently. composed o . Baker, A.. and Bishop 1" Chureh of New Nestizate each individual e prisoner: vorable report i the Attor neral United States is the last the world war to di ime brisoners. the | Surope. having done today thy in for feder: vie violation o upon fal commix- ident 1 cret Harberd of the L to i of the 15.—Hery erman charge d'al res, interview with Pre today usked if the willing to tions with the man government regarding the oecupation of the Ruhr and its_con sequences and the mg 1i||ll-’ulm‘ in trodus into the occupation of the Rhineland as affecting railroad trans. portation. The interview was of the friendliest Herr von Hoesch, however, as unable to outline the conversutions in sufficient detail to together | enable M. Poincare to give an an T hort 1 swer at once. He therefore asked Pared Py Nearton D Baker Bighob | that the German government furnish hord upon war-time prisoners, have |in Writing a list of the questions it | wished to discuss. decided to adopt and follow the e e P aidom™e- | Tt Is understood on good authority onformity with tae recommen- |that the Germa 1 of the Attorney General, has|expect to engage in direct conversa- commuted the sentences of all oo ] g e A Yo tions with France on the convicted Chicago. Kanss ¥ | question, but that it does aim to sub- 50 SR ctemanioiigieus tete already | seitute itself for th® Ruhr industrial- erv, i L A S lWarrants of commutation are be- | ists and the local German authorities ing prepared and as soon as signed!in such negotlations as have been D e eructions 16, relense | ECINE on between the local interests e ot o #*"lin the Rubr and the authorities of Long Kight. occupation receipt of the! ‘The re-establishment of the regular pirtment of | administration in the Ruhr and the »f the nec- | I'hineland” is the way Herr the prisoners. Ends Long, oners will | Hoeseh describes to M. Poincare the Carrants |object of the proposed conversations. PARIS, esch, the jin a half-hour |mier Poincare French government ngage in conve met with th of - was charge aher Vo jong sides the recommendatior the special commi by the President, S {of Pennsylvania and Bo; tmany r notable Am | the American Civil Liberties | prevailed upon the President mute these sentence \ White House statement annou inz the release of the prisone ‘it is announced toduy th Prosident and Att Jwuugherty. after confe and dering the joi i a ricans L to,cot ener Imm diately upon order, the De began preparation warrants, The pri cased as Soon as t reach the federal penitentiaries ni! The premier in replying mtimated Which they are incarcerated. that the French government would The order’ issued by the President !t Gierman ambassador 2 fight which has been in prog- | “lationed in Pari¢. He said he would Aimost continuously since. con- | Feceive with interest any communi- clusion of the world war to bring |c¢ation the German government saw about the release of those convicted |fit to make. “either through an am- for violation of laws enacted for war | bassador or through the charge purposes. The cases were reviewed | daffalres” This ig Interpreted in of- o | Reparate occasions by | ficial circles as an invitation to Berlin Yrotident Haraing, and b el }v‘-”hpp.-ufil' Auccessor to the late Dr. cle cy was granted to limited | elm Mayer. who was recalled oS | from his ambassadorial post in The final action taken by Mr. Hard- | yhen th hr occupation began last ing on the day he started on his e A% 2 fated trip to the Pacific coast and | Alaska reduced the number remain-| GERMAN AIM ing in prison to about thirty S =oon after Mr. Coolidze White House those a half of the- prisoners appeal. In order to get those in unofficial appointed the special inquire into the whole question. This committee, after several weeks of work, presented a report which was Feferred to the Department of Jus- tice for review. List of Prisoners. Most of the prisoners whose sen- ences were commuted today were ncarcerated at Fort Leavenworth, an. The prisoners and the pla here they were convicted are Follows: a TWO-FOLD. renewed r | in Ruhr. the viewpoint of life Mr. Coolidge committee to By Radio to The Star and the Chies News sright. 1923 BERLIN, December 15 —The : | the German negotiations in which it |is hoped today’s visit to Premier | Poincare by Charge d'Affaires von ! Hoeseh will be the first step is two- fold. The first aim is to offer on be- half of the German isign a “micum French engineering uch form that the rei = individual o Daily smmission in t vill replace industrialists as one (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) Sacramento—Elmer Anderson, Har- ——— - Brewer, Robert Connellan. Roy I“: NAMES ]UDGE SCHULDT. onnor, F. de Bernardi, Mortime: Downing, Frank Elliott, John Grav President Sends D. C. Nomination to Senate. Henry Hammer, William Hood. Harr: Gray, Chris A. Luber, Phil McLaugh- lin, George O'Connell, John Potthast, Edward Quigley, James Quinlan, My- von Sprague, Caesar Tahib, Jacob “Tori, George F. Boetter and Vincent Cantilli. Kansas City—Wencil Francik, ¥ «iallagher. Chicago—C. J. Bourg, Alexander sournos, Harry Lloyd, Burt Lorton, harles H. McKinnon, James Rowan, dent (Coolidge today sent to the Senate the homination of Gus A. chuldt to be judge of the Police Court of the District of Columbia. Mr. Schuldt has been serving as judge of Police Court for several months, having received a recess ap- pointment by President Harding. Judge Schuldt is a native of the Dis- trict of Coiumbia and has been ac- James P. Thompson. itively engaged in the interests of the republican party for more than TU BAPTURE NEGRU’M,coum IMPRISONE'D. | German Nobleman Convicted in Mississippi Posse Lays Siege Separatist Plot. von | proposed | n government does not | reparation ' von | Paris | F [Chief Hope Is to Regain Control! m ot | government to | agreement with the for Seven Hours to Take ! LEIPZIG, Germany, December 15— |Count Karl Murderer. By 1he Associated Pre: DREW, Miss,, December 15.—This little village, nesting in the swamps of the Mississippi delta. awoke from its slumbers today and counted its dcad—the human toll exacted veste: ay in the spectacular gun battle b tween Joe Pullen, negro tenant farm- er, and a pousse of several hundred ne Four men, including the negro, lost their lives in the battle. which raged until 1 o'clock this morning, when Fullen, riddled with bullets, was cap- tured and brought here. Nine oth- rs were wounded, three of them per- b1 fatally i The dead: Joe Pulien. forty., negro xenant farmer; W. T. Sanders, forty- | five, his employer; R. L. Methvin, fifty-five, posseman; E. O. Hess, fift posseman. All of the wounded men were mem- wers of the posse, which battled with the negro for more than seven hours. *The more seriously wounded are: J. 1, (Bud) Doggett, prominent lumbes yian and sportsman of Clarksdale, Miss: A. L. Manning and Kenneth Blackwbod, both farmers. Doggett was shot in the region of tlic heart, but physicians said he has a chance to recover. Manning and Blackwood both were shot in the face and neck. Neither is expected 40 live through the day. Pullet. was ecaptured at 1 o'clock 1pis morning, when four members of Ahe posse brayed the negro’s fire and Ustormed the drainage ditch in whieh had beeu intrenched Tor several s, von der Schulenbers, |charged with participating in the Rhinelgnd _separatist movement of 1920 and 1921, has been sentenced to two vears' imprisonment in a fortress. He will also have to pay a fine of 50,- £ 000,000,000 marks. Dog Sacrifices Mistress From | Score another point for the self- | sacrificing love of a dog; write high the name of Scotty in the canine hall {of fame. For, up at Jack Speaker's {lock on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, near Cabin John, they have | just 1a1d to rest the body of a faithtul |little spaniel that held the lite of his mistress dearer than his own. Throwing himself upon a large copperhead in the nick of time to prevent Mrs. Speaker from stepping upon it, Scotty bared his head to the full force of the reptile’s venomous strike. There was no time in which to play for a hold. The snake's fangs sank deep into his chesks. In {the sharp fight that followed the serpent was shaken to pieces, but the Qo was left to face days of poison- induced suffering, ending finally ia his death from paral, Washington fishermen, canoeists pud natwie lovers 'who follow tha! (Contiued on Pagq % Columa i) . BBk MEXICAN REBELS TAKE KEY CITY AS ACTIVITIES SPREAD | | Divisions Headed by Estrada, | Alvarado and Dieguez Aid- | ed Vera Cruz Advice. FEDERALS EVACUATING PUEBLA IN FACE OF FOE Two Tobasco Generals Join Revolt With 800 Men and Important Chantalpa Control. By the Associated Press Soth sides in Mexico's latest revo- ution are claiming winor successes . in the desultory fizhting which thus | has taken plac The * struggles for which they are m ! shaling their for however, have not yet oceurred. judging from the ‘meager reports veceived The. area of operations is roughly into two zones, the first be' tween Mexico City and Vera (‘ruzfly where government forces are oppos- | ing an advance upen the capital by the insurgents und-r Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez. The other is to the west of | Mexico where the federals are procee nst the rebels nn(lur' Gen, far decisive | r- divided | | City, ing ag Inrique Obregon President Obregon Istrada. Directing Activity. | for the time is! girection to the| Adolfo de 1la candidate giving his personal wéstern campaig Huerta, the presidential heading the revolt against Obregon, | is apparently remaining in Vera Cruz in touch with both fronts means of coni- where he by wireless and other munigation. The government forees ar to have abandoned the impor ction of San Mar miles east of the «a E This report comes through the revolu- | tionary headquarters in V Cruz, | which™ also claims the adhesion o] their cause of Gen. Maycotte and tre i iovernor of Oaxaca, clearing the w ! for their further advance from thel | east toward Mexico City. The r jalso claim the Obregonists | evacuating Puebla City in the i of superior force ! Rallway Center Taken To the west of the capital revolutionists announce the f Uruapam, in Michoacan. tad Acambaro, a few miles south “of | Celaya. The latter success. if sub- ! stantiated, would place a re torce | to the rear of Obregon's western army, which 1Is pushing toward Guadalajara, an important city and the capital of the state of Jalisco. Official advices to the Mexican em- bassy in Washington, reporting the beginning of the general advance trada in the west say t Bov- ernment success was achieved in northern Jalisco, where es at- tempting to join Estrada were en- ged and defeated. CLAIM TWO CITIES TAKEN. veported ant vail- oS, About the | caplure | Rebels Report Railway Center| Wrested From Troops. By the Associated Press. RA CRUZ, Decemb lutionary headquarters 15— Revo mounces the pture of Uruapam, in the st of (Continued on Page 4. Column 5. SENATE SCORES SHIPPING BOARD Charges Refusal to Respond: to Query Propounded Last January. A resolution charging the Shipping | Board with having “neglected and ' |refused” to respond to. a resolution adopted at the last session and direct- {ing it to make' “immediate reply” was iadopted today by the Senate. It was {offered by Scnator King, democrat, of | ) Utah. ‘) | The oviginal resolution, approved | {1ast January 16, called on the board | for the names of all attorneys who, have been employed by the board or the Emergency Fleet Corporation, to gether with their salaries or fees. {1t also asked whether any attorneys| | who have acted upon the permanent | staff of the board or coruor-llnn; i T 'and the WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, DE( DRY MEN FIND PLOT 10 BOOTLEG ALIENS Fifty Found This Month Try- ing to Sneak Into U. S. _ From Canada. By tie Associated Press MALONE. While searching for bootleggers the Car order, federal agents Horse” Troop of the stumbled on what < evidently a gigantic plot to xmug- ns into this country So far this month, fifty aliens have caught the frontiers of four northeastern counties of the it was authorftatively learned today. This partly confirms u report made public at the national industrial conference York quoting Secretary of “labor Duvis ax saying that as 1,000 aliens were heing br illegally in tnited States Decembier ong lack state poilee have e along the state, in’ New ught Men of Desirable Type. The aliens, sirable type. from entert the Immigration qu have been filled. Most of the aliens taken into custody in recent weeks have been Irish, English and Swedish A small proportion were Italian Many of then re trained workmen and expert farmer: According to reports organizations ip the Domini some apparent connection side of the bLorder. which the anxious alien that he can be sniuggled safely across the line for small fee. While many aliens un- foubtedly escape attention. through various devices, others are caught be- cause of clumsy methods. The majority of the men caught so far, ave told the authorities that they me to these shores because Work was slack in their native countries. They rarely resist and usually tear- fully plead with the authoritics to allow them to cross the line Rum Situation in Hand. The authorities reported toduy that they believed they had the liquor smuggling situation well in hand Admitting that large quantities had been poured over the line in recent weeks, they pointed to the fact.that they had seized more than seventy- five liquer-laden cars in the last two and on:-half months as a proof of their vigilance. Bootleggers, meanwkhile. with & big stock on hand, and chafing at the en- forced delay, were reported to Le ready to make a big drive at the first favorable opportunity and de- liver the liquor in time for the Christ- mas holidays in the largar citles in southeastern New York. FAKERS IN VETERAN as.a rule, t bat have U this country @ de 1 barred hecause for the year e are with ou this, guarantee GUISE BILK PUBLIC/ American Legion Head Isiues ‘Warning Against Bogus Pleas for Disabled Aid. Lave resigned to enter private prac- tice and thereafter accepted retalnersl ration. o teen toni BiGtion S S5 o NEW YORK, December 15.—Taking | advantage of the spirit of Christmas, | hundreds of fakers, using the guise of | world war veterans, are mulcting | the public of thousands of dollars, {John R. Quinn, national commander {of the American Legion, declared Life to Save Fangs of Snake e s sain towpath as far as Seven Locks knew |leged fraudulent schemes. The Amer- Scotty and respected him as a dof | jcan former service men, he said, ask of unusual intelligence. It was but|the co-operation of all citizens in a few weeks ago that the spaniel's!stamping out such practices. picture appeared in The Star with an Acw:fl:ns’ <o ms:mg-r‘l‘ggmfi:l;l:: article telling how his owner h“'!fl?\"xnfi c,'l‘g‘m S haard pearit taught him to catch fish with a hook, |ot encils for exhorbitant prices, al- line and pole. | lei ng the money is to be used to “Nearly every amateur photogra- | el i I CEMBER .1 1T COME 1N JOLLY WELL lMajor Is Ordered | Home for Part in Bergdoll Case i Because he allowed himself to hecome implicated In the attempt kidnap Grover Bergdoll, the draft evader, Maj. R. P. Harbold | has been relicved from duty with the stration service in : rdered to return to old ix said to have al- wed the use of an Army auto- miobile by those whe attempted the kidnapin CODLIDGE WRITES * THANKS T0 ELROD | President Definitely Decides ' to Enter Primary Struggle in South Dakota. . T decided primaries Coo o outh President th March er next | | House today | President Iter to Samuet | of South Dakots | Coolidge’s name in nomination at the i recent vepublican al conven- tion. which u indorsed him for President, oni expre pliv visers of the written a let- ner Governor A Mr . said he od, prop n entary action, but made known | his intentions of entering the com primary in that state Details regarding this preliminary | to his coming fight will be discussed {at the White House next Monday. !when several prominent South Da- kota republicans will jbin the Presi- ydent for a long conference. Among }the latter will be Charles 1. Burke. | commissioner of Indian affajrs, wh {is one of the administration's party ;]el\(i{-rs in that state, It has been | pointed -out*to the President that he . must file his necessary papers in i South Dakota early in January if he is to be permitted to enter the con- | test there in March. Th will be one of the matté |to be taken up at Mon {ence. { Developments during the past week | caused political observers here to be- 1i s of detail ‘s confer- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) D. C. BUDGET HEARING DUE ABOUT JAN. 10 Congress to Give Attention First to Appropriations for Big Departments. Hearings on the big appropriation Ibills for the government establish- ment, which is the particular work of this session of Congress, are to | start probably on next Wednesday. land the remainder of the week will be given over to hearings on the Treasury, War, Interior and Navy budgets. 2 Hearings on‘the District of Colum- bia budget will probably not .be started for a week after the Christ- mas holidays, which would be about January 10. Tt is the intention of the appropri- ations committee to get several of the larger department measures well in hand before the hearings on the Dis- trict appropriation bill are opened. In making this known at the White | sed hils appreciation of that com- | formality | ce that the President's fight for the ening Star. as fast as t Yesterday’s 1923 —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. | PASTOR DENCUNCES KLAN AT SESSION M. E. Delegates Cheer Bitter Attack by Dr. Plyler of Greenshoro, N. C. | Va \ding the Ku Klux Kan of the ial o by the political. convulsion of the A. W. Plyler of ¢ boro, N. C.. delivered today the Southern Methodist F ciation of church ecditors over the south. a bitter att upon the order The attack came durin of the threc ta to discussion icy, and the picturesque and thing phrases of the churc | editor . drew n round of applause at the conclusion, of his adress. Criticizing the Klan for hiding L identity of it | and its practice of writing anonymous letters, the speaker excorlorated the n_also for its methods against negroes. Jews and | Roman Catholics, and concluded with | this picturesque description of a so- led Methodist preacher Spectacle for Preucher. “But have the pitiable contemptible spectacle of a so as “an s0 rism war, Rev. Dr. hefore Asso- u | ss i rom | the third conferen of editorial on ited | pe %0 the now we and led Methodist preacher clothed ina night- shirt with a white rag ove ng out to regulate society You ask him. ‘Why the ‘L am fixed up to nd I am hot arte man Catholies” God save the Me any other church. for that matter, {from a preacher who is too big a coward to fight, in the open.” he Ku Kiux ‘expected, the speaker d, “By hooded es and gro- que costumes. to strike terror to he hearts of the uninitiated. But have failed ignominously in this et With a fow ignorant negroes nd i good sprinkling of the men ofseveral state legislatures—men who are proverbially afrald of their shad- ows Criticizing the mask, the d that God, in his long with the forces of uurighteousness lLas frequently required his peopls to put on the martyr's crown, but he has never allowed them to wear a mask, for the mask belongs to the Lurglar, the highwayman and the leaders of mobs which are set to do violence to life and law, and not to brave high-minded men’ with noble aimg and lofty purposes. When a man | conceals his identity either by cov- jering his face, by refusing to give iis name, or by writing an anonymous letter, it is proof positive to most people that he is up to some sort of v work. ‘He who goes about a man's prem- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 15 STUDENTS ILL IN COOKING CLASS | Winchester School Authorities Deny Girls Are Victims of Ptomaine Poison. his face i garb? e fight hoot- Jews and | odist Church, or i editor Special Dispatch to The Stas WINCHESTBR, Va., December 15.— Fifteen eighth grade Handley School sudden illness which overtook them I yesterday while attending a two- | hour session of their domestic science class. Reports that they had ptomaine poison were denied by school au- thorities, who issued a statement at- Predominance The absolute predominance of The Star in the Washing- "ton newspaper field is strik-- the disabled, ~ Publishers o&' i - led “veteran’ magazines and pher that passed our lock after that | Joste sa wanted to take his picture heir salesmen are reaping a harvest from a sympathetic public, he added. “Department of-Justice officials and office inspectors,” Commander Quinn sald, “have . been watching hese questionable organizations and publishers and salesmen of these ‘vet- eran' magazines who claim to help Sald | Speaker today, “but Scotty didn’t relish being a celebrity. He consented to pose once or twice, but finaily be- gan taking to the woods every time | he saw. any one approaching with a | camera." And then the locktender continued with this tribute to the dead pet whose unselfish heroism had saved the life of his wife: 3 / “Scotty had had several encounters with snakes in the woods and I be- lieve he was fully aware of the dead- liness of the copperhead. Fortu- |nately, he was at Mrs. Speakers | post ex-service men, but help no one bllll mselves. m"lc is a_well known fact that one of these publishers is an ex-convict having served a term in Atlanta pen- itentiary for a similar fraud Ig which he used the word ‘veteran’ to bilk the public of more than $100,000. “The American Legion has earnest- 1y sought to stop this fraud upon the public, but needs the help of all citi- ingly illustrated by the fact that in November The Star printed more advertising than the - four other Washington papers combined printed in their morning, evening. and ! Sunday editions. i It is believed that yester- day’s issue of seventy pages was the largest regular issue of a week-day newspaper ever grinted in the United States, * tributing the illness of the students to fumes arising from a new stove that was being used for the first time. Meémbers of the class were engaged in cooking spinach and cabbage, and all_partook of one or the other or Dboth. of these dishes. Investigation showed, it was said, that the | vegetables were not tainted, and that the cooking had been done in clean aluminum cookers. First aid treat- ment was given the girls by Miss Mary McFadden, school nurse, after which they were attended by doctors. All_were nauseated, and several are said to have been overcome. TWO KILLED BY TRAIN. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va, December 15.—Hiram A. Price’ was killed in- stantly and Rev. Robert L. McKinnon was injured fatally last night when their automopile was struck by a train at a grade crossing here on the Kanawha and Michigan rafiroad, & branch of the New, York Central, 4 members behind masks | contliet | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers evezy city block and the regular edi~ ticn is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed. Net Circulation, 96,780 TWO CENTS. FRANCE CONSIDERS EARLY FUNDING OF - DEBTTOAMERICA Poincare Anxious to Dis- | prove Charge Paris Dodges [ Obligations. LOW INTEREST, DELAYED PAYMENT MAY BE ASKED 14Q-Yenr Terms- Given Colonies by French Precedent for Pro- “‘posal to Be Made. § the Associated Press, PARIS, December 15.—The possi- | bility of an early funding of France's {debt to the United States is being | considered in French official circles it was learned today. | For some time it 1 that Premicr Poinc {a way of disarming the crities who | have intimated that the French were indifferent to their war obligations, Lut in view of the financial situation the premier has seen no possibility of undertaking immediate payments without imposing heavy new . taxes, step which the domestic pelitical situation has made hazardous. The effect of such payments on the \ exchange value of the franc has also been an important obstacle | The recent declaration of Secr | 0f the Treasury Mellon that the | United States does not want to pres: ance on t stion_has opened in French minds the possibility of the 1y funding of the debt ) as put it in the form the Americ Treasury would like. witha pro | for deferred payments of i {principal that would giv { “time to turn around.” Precedent 1 as been known | Found. A precedent for funding under these conditions is found in the 140-year- | old contract which the young Ameri- { can republic made for repaying the advances totaling 15.000,000 livres made by France to help the Ameri- n of independence. All inter- it on that sum was waived by Louis XVI. only the principal being repaid. | 1f the United States, in fixing a rate interest. were inclined to con- ity of I to pa ach officials believe an arrange- went might be made on a 2 per cent sis. This. it iw pointed out, would re- duce the total debt to an extent that | would enable the government to jus- | tify itself before parltament for what the opposition might construe 4k a precipitate arrangement, in view of the imifense obligations hanging over France's head—obligations there jare no visible means of satisfying. { The probable effect of &uch an ar- rangement on French exchange is ex- peeted to be the greatest preoccupa- tion of off and political cire Considers U. S. Guarantee. There been some speculation a8 to whether the United States might | be willing to insure France against the effect of these payments on the exchange value of the franc by agree- ing to suspend them when the franc was too low to permit such payments without disastrous consequenc The development of this idea into actual negotiations, it is believe | probably will depend. first, upon how it impresses the Ameriean funding | commission: second, on the turn taken I by the reparation discussions in the next few weeks. A formal proposition along the lines indicated, it was learned. is likely to come from France at an early date in view of the growing conviction t the class C reparation bonds ca never be utilized for the extinction of the interallied debts. TERMS FIXED BY LAW. war i€ | ance I has | U. S. Could Give France Only Terms Given England. | By the Associated Press i Under existing law the American | Debt Funding Commission could make ! no settlement with France regarding | her $4,000,000,000 war, debt on tern { more favorable than those contained |in the settlement between Great | Britain and the United-States, with- | out first receiving sanction from Con- | gress. Great Britain was given six- ty-two years in which to wipe out her debt, with interest running at the | rate of B per cent for the first ten years and 31z per cent thereafter. Officials here cific proposals for a deal for a fund ing settlement with France, but they expressed gratification that Paris ap- peared ready to give consideration to the subject. Aware of Conditi re desired to find | PROGRESSIVES WIN VIGFORY IN HOUSE, DEADLOCK AT END Awarded Place on Rules Committee—Coalition With Democrats Fades. TILSON HAILED AS.HERO BY REPUBLICAN CHIEFS Quits Pest in Favor of Nelson to Permit Organization § Monday. | | | | Solidarity of the republivi in the House to support the slate of committee and thereby effect ation of thy House on Monday was assured at republican caucus this afternoon. The agreement of the progressive and the regulars was achieves through the voluntars withdrawal o Representative John Q. Tilson Connecticut, republican, who had beer “drafted” for the rules committee, and giving his place to Representativ.- John M. Nelson, leader of the progres- sives. The progressives previousls were understood to have agreed support the entire committee slate i { Nelson got the rules committee* plac son is the hero of the situ tion,” said House Leader Longwort in announcing the decision of caucus, which supported Represen® tive Tilson's proposal, with only 1 votes in opposition. Democerats Defeated. House Leader Longworth said no provision made for givin: | the democrats an additional membr on the rules committee and the wit] ldrawal of Representative Tilso avoids the necessity for enlargeme lof the rules committee “Billy Bryan has had his work stirring up the democrats for coalition with the insurgents all i said several republican 1 leaving the conference afternoon. By this arrangement the threa « democratic-insurgent combinatic to overthrow the republican Hou committee slate appeared to ha been averted, and the leaders jn« dicted that the House would perfe lits organization speedily and down 1o serious work. gssignments complete orga » 4 was ers on i | } i ! { { | | | Senate Still Tied Tp. ' In the Senate a resumption of ing on the interstate commerce vo; mittee chairmanship had been pos poned until Monday. but there wer many conferences iu an effort to pu an end to the deadlock brought abou by the insurgents' refusal to suppor Chairman Cummins for re-electior The insurgent bloc appeared deter mined to continue to Support eithe one of its own number or Senatu Smith of South Carolina, a democra for the chairmanship. After an assurance had been give by House Leader Longworth that i | scemed probable the House would i- | able to completely organize its coi | mitt on Monday adjournment Ww. taken until Monday. The only busi I ness done by the House today was t | allow o speakers—Huddleston o | Alabama, Blaston of Texas and Dav of South Carolina, all democrats— brief period in which to address th | House ax soon as it {s organized. The adjournment of the House o motion of the majority leader unt Monday was taken as an indicatio the republicans are allowing tir i gemocrats _an opportunity ‘“to show | their hand™ at the democratic caucu called for Monday morning in House chamber before the Hou opens for business Under the "agreement the insurg ents are to stand solidly with the rc ! publican organization against effort !of the democrats to increase thei { membership on the committee fron ! four to five. ! The transportation act of 1 {Continued on Page 2, Column MERCURY SETS NEW LOW FOR WINTER |Reaches 21.5 This Morning t~ Temperature to Rise, Says Forecaster. were unwilling’ to | commit themselves today on any spe- | The lowest mark of the winter date—21.50 degrees—was recorded the weather bureau .at 7:50 am. t day. The previous record this seaso: | was 28 degrees, attained November The American government is aware | 28, of French internal conditions as well | Suburban and outlying points i as the reparations situation, and!Maryland and Virginia registered there is no desire here to impose|even lower marks, while frozen mill terms on France that would be more | Was a comman sight in bottles on io difficult than any other of this na- | 2k, 00Tsteps today. ! + Fair weather tonight, with proba girls were recovering today from a| tion's war-time debtors, There appears to be no likelthood | of a remission of the interest on the i French debt and little sentiment for accepting a 2 per cent interest pate Other elements in the French atti- { tude, as indicated by news dispatche: | fail ‘to show materfal difference be i tween them and the provisions of the settlement with the British gov- been accepted generally as provid- ion was made for allowing delay in certain circumstances and for pay- ing in American liberty bonds. Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, a imember of the funding commission, isald today he was satisfled | there “now s some inclination on the part of France to arrive at a settlement.” ernment. The British settlement has | ing protection against the damaging | effects of low exchange, and provis- that | bly some cloudiness tomorrow and « rising_temperature, was predicted fo: the District. A low temperature of 28 degrees is expected for tomorrow morning. There is little chance for snow ! this time, the local forecaster said snorting a bit at being asked to mak« a prediction for Christmas. “A great many things can happe: between now and December 25." d- clared the forecaster. POSSES SEEK CONVICTS. Pair Who Fled After Shooting Guard Still Free. NEWPORT, Ark. December 1 Posses, ailded by bloodhounds, today continued their “search of the woos IEter | Meg e ) Eanninie. |1ands of Jackson and Lawrence coun- “Congress,” he said, “could take | ties for B¥any Casey and Charles into consideration conditions exist-)O'Keith, Kansas ocnyicts who escaped {from a’train at Alicla, Ark., yester- ing in France and the effect, of the |day after wounding their guard, D. settlement upon her commerce, and lf{'\\'.l Bu:—nn‘ lfl.‘denl:‘)' ;Ilr)d(en ‘who wlls Fra - returning’ them to the Kansas peni- e than were miven 10 Grest | tentiary - from which® they escaped Briththif oould by doner Tt s taitivesiaalh The French debt. principal and in- | ¢, 00 Cary Stoday. © BT terest, totaled $3,990,657.228 on No X s vember 16. Of this amount, GEN. CROWDER SAILS. 341,145 is due on the purchase of |~ NEW YORK, December 15.—Maj. American war supplies by the French government, but it has kept up the| interest accruing on this sum and | Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, ambassador to indications have been received cailed for Havana today on the the Treasury that the 510,000,000 duc v after conferring with State February- 15 will likewise be paid, Depuartment officials.