Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1923, Page 2

SCIENCE-RELIGION CONFLICT DENIED Smithsonian Official Tells Fellow Scientists Their Work Enriches Life. By the Associated Pres CINCINNATI, De There 1< no conflict between sclence and re- ligion, Dr. Charles D Walcott, pres dent of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, declared here toduy. Although a believer in the theory of evolution, Dr. Walcott, here for the convention of his or- ganization, says that itific dis- coveries may well be reconciled with religious beijers Dr. Walcott, a member of a Pres- byterian church at Washington, D. €., Vs one of u group of seientists who signed a declaration that there need e 1o dishelief of religion because of the discoveries of scientists. Science enriches and ennobles human lite rather than detracts from 1t beauty, the scientist believes, discloses the beauties of nature, of man and of art adds to the joy of existenc The theory out strongly by according fo Dr the best illustrations sive development « vertebrates through million years. from lower to hizh Culminating in the man-lie the chimpanzee and sorilla. ami finally in primitive ¢ 15 disclosed by remains found in 1t caves of central Europe” he declared Scienusts of the Umited States Canada were in Cinoiny today for the opening of the scventy-fifth anni- versary meeting of the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Walcott. se ry of the &mithsonian Institution. presided. Dr. Falcott's term as president will con- tinue until the next meeting in 1925, when he will ba succeeded hy a mem- her of the association to be elected during the p convention. FALL DECLARES McLEAN LENT HIM $100,000; SINCLAIR MAY TESTIFY Page.) _ embér sci borne Tossils One of progres- of of tution tudy Walcott s the skeletons t forms. animals and esent tee had been given by the witness previouslr. and his re- fusal to answer was confined to ques- tions relating to activities of his as- sociates. “These are private transactions of private citizens, and are not vertinent this inquiry id Mr. Sinclair Among the large investors | vadicute was H res what had been paid for th what disposition had been of the proceeds, Senator Walsh an- nounced he would ask for a subpoena for Mr. Whitn Offers Stock Mr. Sinclair offered to supply prac- tically all data required by the com- mittee bearing upon the complicated procedure by which the Mammoth Oil Company s issued to him in the first instance, was transferred to the Hyva Corporation and then, in large purt, was turned over to the syndi- cate for use in making a market. only to be repurchased by the witness later. “T am obliged by & sense of obliga- tion to those who are associated with me and whom I represent, and by a genuine conviction as to the right of business privacy to make an earnest protest,” Mr. Sinclair said in a statement filed with the committee. “The Mammoth Oil Company is the @ompany created to carry out the ob- ligations of the lease. Transactions which may have taken place in the stock of that company did not and cannot bear the remotest relation to the procurement of the lease. Not one share of the stock of that com- pany or the proceeds thereof reached or was intended Lo reach any individual who represented the gov- ernment. Moreover, not a share or the proceeds of a share of any other company which may have become a shareholder of the Mammeth Oil Company reached nor was it intended to reach any individual who repre- sented the government. Books and Papers Demanded. ‘Notwithstanding this, I am com- manded to produce books, records and papers revealing the organization, fi- nancing and administration of an such company. These are not my per sonul affairs alone but are the con- cern and vital interest of many others. They are essentially private in their character, and lie at the very base of the stability of these com- Ppanies. s+ “T am not the least produce these except unwillingness which arises from my desire not to disclose the legitimate private affairs of myself and thos I represent. 1 cannot conceive that you will require me to produce in a public inquiry the evidence of those business relation ships: those vital affairs of business; and in general all of those internal, delicate and complicated operations which constitute so large a part of any business.” Dificulties of Enterpris “I am engaged in the management of independent oil enterprises whose difficulties are obvious enough with- out having those difficni‘ies increased by a general plowing through the pri- te affairs of such enterprises in a public inquiry.” The source of the funds with which former Secretary Fall enlarged his New Mexico establishment had been sought by the committee as a resuit @f testimony given by previous wit- nesses in the Senate inquiry into the leasing of the Teapot Dome oil re- serve to Harry F. Sinclair, while Mr. Fall was at the head of the Interior Department. Other Subjects Covered. The statement filed by the former secrctary, who was prevented by ill- ness from responding in person to the committee’s invitation, dealt also with various other subjects which have been touched upon during the hear- ings. The $100,000 advanced by Mr, Me- Lean, the statement said, was secur- ed by Mr. Fall's personal note and ‘was loaned for purchase of the Har- ris ranch, adjoining that of the sec- vetary. The loan was for three years, at the end of which time the publisher waa to have the right either to call the loan or to enter into a co-partnership with Mr. Fall, in which the latter was to put lands of other assets to an equal value. The statement placed the present pool value of the Fall property in New Mexico at $600,000. Cash Dead Expected.” Explaining references of earlier ‘witnesses to large sums of cash pre nted in_payment for the Harris propert. . Fall sald he expected it to be & “cash deal” and therefore took the entire sum when he met the owners to consummate the purchase. Mr. Fall sald he never had ap- proached Mr. Sinclair or Edward L. Doheny for & loan, advance or otner assistance. Referring to a shipment of blooded cattle to his place by Mr. Sinclair, Mr. Fall sald he had Insisted that the live stock be paid for at its full market value. Mr. Sinclairs visist to Three Rivers, N. M., prior to the leasing of the Wyoming reserve was a pure coincidence, the former sec- retary declared. The Three Rivers Cattle Company, in which he owns 50 per cent and his| son-in-law the remainder, was de. scribed by Mr. Fail as “holding a line of credit of $100.000 from the Thatch- or estate of Pueblo, Col. From the same estate, he said, he had bor- rowed a like sum to finance improve- ments on his Lome ranch, which still remaimed unpaid. < Practically all his holdings in New Mexicq were acquired bef unwilling to ever | [Childhood Hope to Be Diplomat 'Wood ‘Flyer® Basis, Says Brother It was a childhood ambition to rep- resent his country as diplomat at a foreign court that led young Lieut. Osborne C. Wood, son of Gen. Leonard Wood. to seek his fortune in Wall strest, according to his brother, Leon- ard. jr. who is in Washington Money as an end in itself meant little to this handsome twenty-six- vear-old officer whosc exploit in run- ing 4 “shoestring’ to nearly a million dollars, despite the fact that he ten thousund miles a v in Manila, is interesting Wall street, the War Department, Congress and pretty nearly everybody else in sight. But «s @ means to an end it meant every- thing. Relatively poor, and ambi- tious for a life that notoriously calls for private funds, he chose his course to afMuence and trod it straight. Osborne’s taste for diplomacy came young."” sald leonard, jr., who has { ted hair and the artistic temperament. aite the antithesis of Osborne. Even us a youngster, this kid brother of mine often acted s ar- biter in neighborhood quarrels.' | Both hoys grew up in romantic sur- !roundings. amid exotic scenes, “n. Wood was governor of Cuba a {time, and this tropical country serves las a background for his sons' early childhood memories. Later, they spent rome time in Spain as the guests of his father's friend. Don Ramon Pelayo, Duke of Valdecilla Also they spent a summer in Switz- erland. These experiences ins Osborne with his desire to | diplomat and live in foreign I ‘When he was about seventeen,” suys Leonard. jr. “the family in~ Washington. and Osborne would come down from Harvard for the up A dashing cavalier of the civil war and a reigning belle of the old fron- tier days—whose names occupy some of the most brilliant chapters in American history—met unexpectedly {in Washington the other day, renewed |an acquaintance of half a century ag0 and reminisced over a cup of tem upon many stirring events of the pio- neer period in which they partiei- pated They are Lieut Gen. Nelson Miles. an_outstanding figure in war of the sfates and one of the Army’s miost distinguished Indian fighters, and Mrs. George Armstrong Custer. widow of the American gen- eral who was massacred with his en- tire command by Sitting Bull and his Indian warriors ou the Little Big Horn river in 1576. En Route to Florida. Mrs. Custer stopped in Washington last week en route to Florida and alled on Mrs. Reber, a daughter of Gen. Miles, who. occupies an apart- ment in the Rochambeau. Mrs. Cus ter and Mrs, Miles were fast friend. | especially while they were with their husbands on the western frontier be- {fore it had been wrested from the {redman. It was only natural, therc fore, that Mrs. Reber should be one of the first persons the wife of the heroic soldier should look up upon reaching the National Capital. Immediately upon learning that Mrs. Custer was a guest in Washing- tou, Gen, Miles sought an engagement and had tea with her last Saturday. It was a striking reunion, becanse not only were Gen. Custer and Gen. Miles comrades in arms through twn wars, but it was Gen. Miles who avenged the death of his friend in 1877 by decisively defeating tie In- the ASSASSIN’S BAD AIM SAVES JAPAN’S REGENT (Continued from First Page.) and conflicting reports which are ex- |tant, police have threatened to sup- press riewspapers publishing news of the incident until an official state- ment has been issued. The attack occurred while the prince regent was on his way to a session of the diet. The assailant used a “cane- gun” in firing at the automobile. The windows of the machine were smashed and the bullef narrowly missed the head of the prince rege He continued on his way to the meeting of the diet, but took refuge in the upper house of the diet, composed of peers. Later, he con- vened the diet in ordinary session, with customary ceremonies, after which he returned “to the imperial palace under heavy guard. Authorities Scent Plot. Authorities are conducting a rigid in- vestigation of the attempt on the prince regent's life. They are of the opinion that others may be implicated in a plot to assassinate Hirohito. Viscount Tamemori Iriye, member of the house of peers and chief chamber- lain to the prince regent, who was ac- companying him in the automobile, was slightly injured when he was cut by a fragment of broken glass. When Hirohito appeared in the upper house of the diet there was no indication apparent that anything un- toward had occurred. The prince re- gent read a speech to the members of the house in & calm voice and then retired. Visitors at the session were not al- lowed to leave the buflding until the regent had departed on his way back to the imperial palace. None of those present at the session which he ad- dressed were aware of the shooting, and when news of the attempted as- sassipation became known they ex- pressed the highest admiration for the manner in which, he had con- ducted himself. | The Prince Regent Hirohito has been in the public eye in Japan con- siderable during recent months as a result of his work in directing re- ‘construction after the earthquake and plans for his wedding, on February 6, to Princess Masako Kuni-No-Miya, which was sanctioned formally in June, 1922, Hirohito, eldest son of E Yoshihito, Ll was proclaimed crown lived | holidays and play around with folks in_the diplomatic service." It was then, no doubt, that O borne decided definitely that he want- ed to enter the diplomatic service. But there was the money problem to be considered. A private fortune is ubsolutely necessary to keep up the social = obligations ~attendant upon such a post. And Gen. Wood, having devoted his life to the Army. didn't have the money to stake his son in Lis chosen field. So while Leonard, jr.. was moonins over poetry in coliege Osborne was studying the stock market—for he had already decided how to get the money. At last—ten thousand miles from Wall street. serviug on his fa- ther's staff in Manila—Oshorne Wood saw his chance. He cabled an order to & New York broker. Then another. And another. His fortune grew until the size of the money transfers be tw Manila and New York began to_excite attention. The War Department T found nothing to censure. Lieut Wood was merely exerclsing his i alienable vight to make money. retary Weeks, however. communicate with Gen. ed his son to quit. He was glad to— for he had piled up hetween $300,000 and $800,000. He plans to resign from the shortiy and will come to Washington in February to study the arts of di- plomacy I think he will make good in his chosen field,” says Leonard. jr. “O borne has a very pleasing personality and is liked by older men as well ax young fellows. During father's cam- paign for the presidency Oshorne act ed as hix secretury. and made manv friends by the tactful way he handled visitors to headquarters” Thix supremely lucky voung married the daughter of H. B. Thomp- son of Delaware, and has one son, 3d r ol \Gen. Miles and Widow of Custer Reminisce of Frontier Days} dian forces under Sitting Bull. driv- ing that native leader into Canada and forcing his subordinate chiefs to surrender with their entire bands The two warriors first became friends during the trying days of the early sixties, when Gen. Miles was Col. Miles, colonel of a regiment of Unfon infantry. and Custer was Lieut. Col. Custer, commanding regiment of Union cavalry. After the war of the rebellion both men were transferred to the western frontie to help put down the Indian uprising, and each eventually attained the rank of major gene: Death of Friend Avenged. Gen. Custer was slain in 1876, when his command was ordered to advan ahead of the main army and preveat the escape of the Indians to the east. Before reinforcement could reach him he w surrounded and a lone troop- er, who fled early in the battle, sur- vived to tell the story. That winter Gen. Miles voluntee to remain in the field after the main army had taken up winter quarters, Rromising to subdue the Indians by pring. He not only kept his promise but had the pleasure of avenging the death to his own friend and the hus- band of one of his wife's closet friends. Gen. Miles called on Mrs. Custer at the club of the American Univer- sity Women'": ssociation on 1 street. Pleased as a debutante at herfirst reception, she told the hero of three wars how she is interesting herself in a plan to build a memorial build- ing on the site of her husband's gal- lant death. Debonalr as of vore, and ever ready to serve a friend in need, | Gen. Miles promptly sat down and wrote a persoral letter to Congress urging an appropriation of $40,000 with which to carry the project to culmination. _— VIRGINIA DRY AGENTS SEIZE 1,510 IN YEAR Property Taken Valued at $411,- 427—State Co-Operates, Says Director. the 1923 year 1923 prohibition agents in Virginia made 1.510 arrests| and seized property valued at $411,427, according to a report by R. A. Ful- wiler, prohibition director for Virginia, received today at prohibition head- quarters. The total value of property seized and destroyed was placed at $300.785, including automobiles worth $50,000, The property consisted of 1,147 fllicit distilleries, 855 stills, 636 still worms, 6.743 fermenters, 14.805 gallons of spirits, 671,822 gallons of mash, 15,265 gallons of pomace, 107 auto- mobiles and one boat. _ Director Fulwiler re illicit distilling was a g?;le:rul;llé:’: in Virginia, but that “the active and Fearty co-operation of state and lo- cal enforcement " officials, working under a splendid state enforcement code. is a most helpful factor and is constantly being strengthened.” — I. C. C. DENIES IT CAN FIX RULES FOR CAR LINE DEPRECIATION (Continued from First Page.) Trelght and transpores an ransports asse principally ‘from . street to etvess within the city of Washington," the commission sald. “We believe this transportation system falls within the class of street railways excluded from the act under the decision in thca) %mlhl case.” sborne 1. Yellott, John . - bour and S. R. Bowen' appeared for the rallway company and Francis H. Stephens and Conrad H. Syme ap- peared for the Public Utilities of the District. = The American Electric Rallway Association and the National Association of Railway and Utilitles hauls no prince {n 1912, and was appointed re- ; Commissioners intervened and were gent in November, 1921, on account | FePresented by Charles L. Henry and of the iliness of the emperor. —_— TUCKER’S BRIDE ILL. Trial of 17-Year-Old Husband and ‘Wife, 48, to Be Deferred. RIDGEFIELD PARK, N. J., Decem- ber 27.—Mre. Burton 8. Tucker, forty- elght-year-old birde, 1is reported ill at_the home of friends. Her trial and that of her seventeen- year-old husband on charges of per. jury in connection with their first marriage last October will probably be deferred until after New Years, it {s smid. They were remarried last week at Carthage, N. Fall said, and comprised at least 40 separate parcels of land. The vari- ed composition of the whole area was given by the Secrstary as one of the causes of--his troubles regarding taxes. PE : The. officials. of 'Otero county, sald,: attempted :to* assess him on :}:‘: full ‘value df the whole tract as proved land” as well as upon value of thé unimprovements. 9 His opposition to this assessment, he continued, was finally upheld in the courts. The legal fight over taxes began in 1912, according to Mr. Fall's statement, and was finally settled in 1922, when he all back taxes o the basis for he had been con tendinga s John E. Benton and Carl D. Jackson. Polnts in Authority Law. Under the acts of Congress author- izing the Washington Railway and Electric Company to operate, the com- mission’s decision said, the company was authorized to operate by elec- tricity lines of railway along certain named ‘“streets, avenues and road: from points in Washington, D. C., to points in Maryland, and was given the power of eminent domain and the right to contract with and ae- quire control of certain other electric lines in the District of Columbia and M:n’::nd. = n these acts, the commission added, this company, while generally ref:g- red to merely as a rallway, is with the other lines referred to as “street railway companies” and it is provided that “no steam cars, locomotives or passenger or other 'cars for steam raillways shall ever be rur over the itracks of the railway within the Dis- lrlcg g{ Colunllblm ¥ @ total revenues of ‘the s: 99.3 per cent {5 from the (ranspore. tion of passengers, while only 5.7 per t ‘of the total reveénues is from ransportation outside of the Distriot. The railway company “and its sub- sidiaries -carry -no: freight, although there is a trackage arrangement be- tween the company and the Washing- ton, Baltimore and Annapolis for transportation of freight in cars of investigated. | Wood and the latter advis- . Army | | ! | | | Motor Vehicle' Receipts ! Of D. C. in 1923 Tabulated Approximate receipts from motor vehicle registrations mits, property taxation of automob! 19231 Table A. Cars and trucks registered during 1 Drivers’ permits issued Duplicate drivers permits Duplicate tags s Fines and fed Property tax average value of $500, at $1.30 Total Appropriations for st lumbia for 1913. 1923 and 1924: ble Which Appropriations Purposes for Were Made. . Assessment and permit (new alleys, puvements and curbs) Permit work SIS 5 Street improvements (paving) Grading S P Repairs (streets, avenues and al 6. Construction” (sidewalks and round publie reservations) Repairs to suburban roads Automobiles and trucks registered The following ta) le shows th the Distriet from 1913 to 1423, with during the same period INJUSTICE OF PROPERTY | | | | | {pr ay j the TAX ON AUTOS SHOWN INA. A. A. STATEMENT (Continued from First Page.) n, fines and fees. registration fees and personal property tax, for 1923 are exstimated at $853.266. 1 am inclined to think, however, that our estimate of )00 cars which pay personal ty taxes in the District is rath- w und that this figure is nearer $400.000 than $262,500, which would bring the total estimated receipts under the existing law up to nearly $1.000.000. “It is expected that under the exist- W the receipts from taxation. ete.. on automobiles in sistrict will amount to a little over $1,000,000 for 1924 It is es- timated that the new bill as present- #d to your committee will produce ap- proximately $100,000 a year more than the_existing law and this will increase in Proportion as the cars increase in number. Sces Heavy Increase. As amended by vour committee, personal property tax is restored, ceipts from taxat ete., including the | which will have the effect of increas- ing the present tax for motorists in the District by about 50 per cent, or. in other words, the bill as amended will produce about 31,500,000 of reve- nue. “The District cars that are regis- tered in Maryland pay out each year approximately $400,000 for Maryland tags, titles, drivers’ licenses, etc. The bill as amended by your committee, tnerefore, practicaliy ~wipes out any financial advantage to be gained by reciprocity, and leaves the situation just about as it _is, in so far as total utlay by the motorists of the Dis- trict is concerned. At the same time there is a conslderable disadvantage to a_large number of car owners in the District of Columbia who do not, under the present law, drive in Mary land, and who ‘do not, therefore, pay registration, title and other automo- bile tax in that state. “The 2-cent gasoline tax in lieu of the present horsepower tax of 35 and $10 and the personal tax of $1.30 on the hundred, as presented to your committee, will, we belleve, ade- quately take care of the just taxa- tion of the motorists of the District. and that by including the personal property tax it will work a grave hardship on the owners of the great majority of automobiles, including small cars. i “That the bill as amended will pro- lduce more revenue than should be placed upon the motorists of the Dis- trict is shown by the fact that amount produced by it will be more than the entire expenditure for street and road construction in the District of Columbia during 1823, and nearly as much as will be e nded during 1924, See tables attached, exhibits B nd C. A nasmuch as the federal govern- ment should pay a portion of the cost of streets and roads in the District of Columbia out of the general fund and that the owners of real estate should also pay a portion, it does not seem fair and just that the motorists of the District should be called upon to produce as much money as is be- ing expended on the entire street and road program. It is quite true that Congress has been somewhat parsimonious in its expenditure for Foads and streets in the District and that these expenditures have mnot Dt pace with our trafic needs. “Thers were only 4,000 licenses is sued in 1913, while in 1923 the total Tegistrations exceeded 100,000, but the appropriations for streets and roads in ‘the District have only increased from $981,000 in 1913 to _$1.268,000 in 1923 and $1,783,000 for 1924 If the aporopriations bad been made in pro- portion to the growth of automobile traffic. the District would now be spending many millions of dollars an- nually for street and road improve- ment. Wants Cost Divided. “Phe point which I wish to empha- size In this connection is that the whole cost of construction and main- tenance of streets and roads in the District of Columbia should not be saddled upon the motorists of the District, as is provided for in the bill as amendéd. n Maryland and in many other progressive road states the tax which is placed on automobiles is used for maintenance of the principal high- ways, the construction funds being raised by bond issues or by general taxation on-other property. 'If this formula of taxation is correct and is applied to the District of Columbia, and if it is assumed that the automo- bile should be taxed for the repairs of all streets, avenues, alleys and sub- urban highways, it would seem either that Congress has not appropriated enough .money for this purpose or that motorists of the District are now being overtaxed. The expenditures for these pur- poses during 1923 amounted to about $680,000, and it is estimated that the repair bill for 1924 will amount to about $800,000. If the bill is passed as amended by your committee, it will produce twice as much money as was appropriated for the repair of all streets, avenues, alleys and suburban roads for 1924. Does this appear to you to be fair, just and equitable? ‘A few years ago automobiles were assessed in practically all of the states as personal property, but ow- ing to the difficulties of arriving at equitable valuations from year to year as the cars depreciated, there is 2 tendency in many of the states to ellminate the personal property tax on automobiles and to levy registra- tion weight or gasoline taxes In lieu thereof. The states which have adopted this policy are as follows Alabama, ~Delaware, Idaho, ~Iow Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ok- jahoma, Oregon, Pensylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vermont. For further details In regard to this phase of the subject and other phases ©of motor vehicle taxation in the dif- ferent states, there is attached here- to a table recently issued by the United States bureau of public '&lll “In view of these facts. T trust that you will insist that the bill be passed as originally drawn, for that bill_has the almost unanimous sup- ort of all of the motorists of istrict of Columbia and the state of o e eets, roads and alleys in the Dist sidewalks, number of automobiles registered in parallel column showing the appropriations for streets and roads the | d per- iles and from fines and fees during Number. 100,015 Receipt. 923 . bused on 45,000 cars and per hundred. .. 8 $853,266 t of Co- 1913, 1 1924 285,000 | ¢ 1000 | 4 573.000 5.000 550,000 $220.000 $250,000 A 50,000 90,600 . 15.000 ie 360,000 curbs 460,000 7.000 140,000 $932, 4.000 15,000 25,000 500 $1.265.500 31, 100,015 - 125,000 un estimate for 1924 and 1925, also " Automobile egistrations. 4.000 4.832 te C. H Expenditure for ‘ streets and roads, $981,017 1,047,644 100,015 125.000 150,000 !17 BURNED TO DEATH AS FIRE RAZES INSANE ASYLUM IN ILLINOIS _(Continued from First Page.) general alurm, but their apparatus was stalled in'the mud of the insti- tution grounds, and it was with great difficulty that the fire was fought. Bed ticking, blankets and clothing were“Jafd in the mud to provide traction for the fire trucks, and some literally were brought up by man Dower. It was thought at first that all pversons had been taken alive from the burned building. and it was only when firemen began exploring the smoldering ruins that the first body was found. ome of the patients broke from the lines being herded to safety nnd‘ dashed back into the flames to ob- | tain Christmas presents and other ! possessions, but it was thought all @again had been brought out. Three jr fthe VETERANS’ ‘BUREAU PLANS TO SPEED AID Heads of Soldiers’ Organizations to Confer With U. S. Workers on Claims Cases. An attempt to clear up the Veter- ans' Bureau claims and compensation situation in Washington and sur- rounding territory will be made hy tthe bureau and officers of all ex- service organizations and other ¢ ganizations interested in soldier wel- fare tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock in the main offices of the fourth dis t of the Veterans' Bureau, in the ington buildin This conference is need for further information on the part of vice men entitled to benefits from the government as Lo kow to open and prosecute their claims in a nner calculated to give them the most dir 1 satis- factory service. It has been calied by District Manager A. J. Dalton as a prelimigary step to perfecting the field contact work now conducted hy the bureau in this distric Among the organizations that be represented are the American Veterans, the Veterans of Forelgn Wars, the American, Legion and the Red Cross. Service officer from these organizations in sout Maryland counties and nearby Vir- sinia counties will be present to dis- cuss contact work and systematic dis- semination of information throughout this territory. Problems of relief work for ex-service men, ing of compensation for dis: and rehabilitation for former soldiers will be discussed. DR. HOLLER MAKES BOND TO APPEAR FOR TRIAL A the result of will Dr. Helmuth P. Holler. president of the Oriental University. against whom a warrant was issued two weeks ago by the District Commissioners, charg- ing him with operating a university without authority of law and confer- ring degrees of doctor of medicine and dental voluntarily appeared today of Assistant Cor- poration Counsel Frank W. Madigan and gave a bood of $i00 for his ap- pearance in court ‘when wanted. After the warrant had been placed in the hands of the police, they were unable 1o locate Dr. Holler, and no ar- rest was made. Dr. Holler is repre- sented by Attorneys O'Brien & O'Brien. U. S. REPARATION EXPERTS CONFER WITH COOLIDGE Dawes and Young to Sail From New York Saturday, Announced After Meeting. Charles G. Dawes and Owen D. patients locked themselves in a closet and were saved, fighting, by | policemen. There were a number | of other heroic rescues Ly the police, attendants and inmates suff!—ringi with the milder degree of insanity. Blame for the deaths in the flimey building will be fixed by a joint in- vestigation of five official agencies working with Oscar Wolff, Cook county coroner. . H. Jenkins, di- | rector of the state board of public! welfare, will have charge of the com- | bined agencies reporting to Mr. | Wolff, which will include the state | fire marshal's office, the Chicago fire department’s voluntary Investigation, | the county board, County Judge | Karecki's investigation and that of | the United States government on be- | half of the Veterans' Bureau con- | cerning its patients at Dunning | The institution recently had been crowded beyond its limits by an in- flux of patients from the county courts, psychopathic hospital and from county institutions, and the frame structures, including that burped, constructed years ago for tubercu- losis patients, had been pressed into | service. | The Dunning asylum has had, in- jcluding that of last night, eight fires since March, 1910, but none of the others was of any serious consequence. Death Liat Unchanged. A check of the dead and missing this morning made little change in 01 UMOUY 218 UINUINIS ‘saInBy eyl be dead, twelve of them unidentified, and ten others unaccounted for. Rela- tives reported the arrival at their homes of three of the patients. 1 Identification of a body today as| that of John Bennett brought the identified dead to five. All of the dead and miss Chicagoan of the | ng are ns, according to the records institution, except Thomas Hall, among the unaccounted whose address was given at 903 Washington street, Syracuse, N. Y Dr. D. D. Coffey, superintendent of the hospital, suggested spontaneous combustion as the probable cause of the blaze. Floor polish was stored in a closet of the building in which the fire started, he said. “The building was to have been wrecked next year,” Dr. Coffey said. since I became superintendent. Two and a half vears ago 1 got $20,000 from the state to make some im- provements and I haven't got a cent since.” Coroner Wolff, who arrived at the {today {up the work i Paris | termined. fment ad “I have been trying to wreck it ever |°f Gen- Young. chosen hy the reparation com- issIon 10 serve as American experts on the committee to stabilize German T and balance the German dget, announced after conferen: ith President Coolidge an Secretary Hughes that they would sail from New York Saturday to take of the committee in bu The two American appointees spent an hour with Secretary Hughes fore they callgd on Mr. Coolidge. They were accompanied by Stuart Crocker, “associated with Mr. Young, who is chairman of the board of the General Electric Company, and Rufus Dawes, brother of the former budget director and now ociated with him in the Dawes Bros.' Bank- ing and Securities firm. Mr. Crocker will act as secretary of t Ameri- can delegation, and Rufus C. Dawes has been chosen as chief of a staff of expert assistants to be taken to Paris. How large a staff will be appointed has not been de- NEW MOVE FOR PEACE IN MEXICAN UPRISING (o Pa tinued from First clauses are amended. Another attempt {at holding a regular meeting will be made toMOrrow. FEDERALS CAPTURE TOWN. Rebels Reported in Retreat After Severe Losses. By the Associated Press. NOGALES. Ariz, December Two thousand federal soldiers under Gen. Lazaro Carenes, marching from the interior of Mexico to the rebel stronghold at Guadalajara. capital of Jalisco, made their first contact with the rebel army yesterday at Tamacula, capturing the town after repelling the enemy with severe losses, acc ng to official govern- received here tonight. rebel travps were ces The defeated Enriquez Estrada. Capture 200 Prisoners. victorious government forces captured 200 prisoners and are pur- suing the rebels toward Guadalajara. according to the advices which were received from President Obregon. who scene of the tragedy shortly after the first bodies were taken from the ruins, declared today that the origin of the blaze was a myster: County Judge Jarecki indicated he would launch a vigorous investiga- tion of the crowded condition of the institution. Laurte Hoff and Otto Brand were the first two inmates to reach the zone of safety from the burning structure. Each has a wooden leg. ENGAGEMENT OF PRINCE TO U. S. GIRL ANNOUNCED Danish King Consents to Publica- tion of Betrothal of Son and New Yorker. By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, December 27— King Christian today consented to public announcement of the engage- ment of his young kinsman, Prince Liggo and Miss Bleanor Margaret Green, daughter of Dr. J. 0. Green of New York city. ss Green, who is a granddaughte: of the late Mr. and Mrs. Abram & Hewitt, and a great grandaughter of Peter Cooper, founder of Cooper Un- ion, spent several months in Copen- hagen last year as the guest of the ! American minister and his wif. Prince Viggo, the fourth son: of Prince Valdemar, uncle of, King Chris- tian and count of Rosenborg, cele- brated his thirtieth birthday on Christmas day. It is learned that prior to the public anouncement of his engagement Viggo relinquished all possible claims of succession to the throne and will no longer be ad- dressed as his royal highness; from today he will be officially known as Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg. His bride wlill be styled Princess Vig- go, Countess of Rosenborg, and - any issue from the union will be known as counts or_countesses of Rosenborg without the prefix of prince and prin- ce: NOT TO WED MISS KING. CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 27.— Carl Wiedemann of Newport, Ky. owner of the Sterling race horse In Memoriam, has denied that he and Allyn King, former star of Zlegfield Follies, would wed. * “T am neither married nor engaged to be married. m still a member | of_the Bachelor’s Club.’ ‘Wiedemann thus set at rest the reports that he and Miss Xing would is commanding the Jalisco offensive. There were many casualties, the ad- vices added. While the Obregon army marches on Guadalajara from the southeast. federal troops from Tepic, Nayarit, are intrenched at the Jalisco-Nayarit frontier in half-moon form. By this means the government hopes to halt a retreat of the insurrectionists to- Ward the west coast if the Obregon army succeeds in driving them fromy| Guadalajara. President Obregon is making head- quarters at Irapuato, in Guanajuato. during the campaign. it was stated in the advices. OBREGON TROOPS RETIRE. ! Move at Vera Cruz Laid to Fear of Flank Attack. By the Associnted Press VERA CRUZ, December federal troops have withd Apizaco, on the Mexican railway about seventy miles east of the capi- tal, according to information received at revolutionary headquarters here. This fact, it was asserted, changes the situation radically on the Vera Cruz front. i A correspondent with the column Gen. Villanueva on the Inter- Oceanic railway, with headquarters at Oriental, in & dispatch the regon advance posts at S f:’ob- Beman to withdraw after slight skirmishes with the pursuing rebel forces. After this message had been re- ceived, news was received at revolu- tionary headquarters of the with- drawal of the whole of the Obregon force to Apizaco, leaving the road free. It is believed, however, that the 'retreating troops cut the rail- way line at some places. 'l‘yhe withdrawal of the federal troops is believed here to have been due to the danger of the flank move- ment startd three days ago by Gen. Maycotte, with forces coming from the state of Oaxaca. VILLA'S SLAYER JAILED. Court Upholds Twenty-Year Sen- tence for Assassination. JUAREZ, Mexico, December 2 The twenty-year sentence of Con- ressman Jesus Salas B, confessed Slaver of Erancisco Villi, has been Sustained by the supreme court of Chihushua City, according to infoj mation received by former Villistas Juarez. Congressman Salas B was tried and sentenced in the court at Parral, where Villa was assassinated. Gov. Raynaldo Talavara will be pardon.the congressmany Disabled | part of the army under the command | ASKS.AID GF CODLIDGE IN' CRUSHING KU KLUX R (Continued from FYcst Page.) Klux Klan, through disragard of its high ldeals, principles and purposes is a severe shock and keey disap- pointment to me, and while I axa per- fectly willing to assume the moral sspongibility which is rightly mine as having been chiefly instrumental in building of the Klan, in justic 1o self and the hundreds of thou- sui..s of high-grade men who have been drawn into the Klan because of its declaration of ideals and princi- ples I cannot and will nof rest pas- sive and silent and sit idly by in the face of such conditions and thus al- low to fall on my shoulders the blame for the outrages of justice, individual liberty and respect for the courts and the government resulting from the rape of the organization which has tuken place in the past year or efght- «en months. “In the hearts of the founders, pro- moters and builders of the Knights of he Kp Klux Klan it was never in- tended that the organization should be either u law and order league or a political machine, but, rather, that was to be un organization designed i to up-build and develop spirituall morally and physicaily the Protestan white nen of America. The process through which this development was to take pl was designed to be through scientific educational propa- ganda inside the lodgeroom and through printed literature, and by the establishment of great educational universities in different parts of the nation, and of magnificent hospitals for the healing of the physical ills of man kind. Included definitely among th aims being the worll's lurgest white plague sanitarium and the largest dope curse place of refuge in Ameri ‘Tt was still further, dekigned through ceremonies in . the \lodgeroom and through the higher development of character of the membership of the organization teach the me who had taken the oath of the orgar ization greater resvect for law and | order, and the courts and the gove ment. thus giving to the and the courts of the land a besly of | men t would be an unseen. but | vowerful and influential moral fadtor. | serving to stabilize the courts and sveenment | the government at all times, and to be particularly serviceable in times of’ stress or trouble of any kind. “The thing which alarms me most n connection with the organization s the apparent trend of thought in- side the ranks of the membership of the. organization toward disregard for law and order and the tendency on the part of the membership to seek to assume local, state and na- national political dictatorship. and in my judgment when any powerful secret organization assumes either | of the above attitudes it immediately becomes a real menace to EOv- ernment and the rights. privileges and liberties guaranteed under the | Constitution to the citizens of the | United States of America. { { Citex Hix Activities. “The position 1 matter am taking in this is 1o new one for me. but is the platform I have stood upon since the day I first joined the Klan and for ir harmony with the oath I took when I became a klansman four years ago. When I was acting as imperial { wizard pro tem of the organization | unhe atingly revoked charters of branch ganizations, banished kla men from fellowship in the Klan and threatened at one time to revoke the charters of every Klan in a whole state unless Kians and klansmen ‘espected their oath as klansmen and ommitted no violations of law, either as individuals or as bodies of men and kept themselves free from| political entanglemen except as in- | dividuals voting for what they in- dividually considered right as citizens of the country. As a matter of public | policy also I at one time prohibited | an_entire state from holding any further parades and restricted within that state the wearing of the costume | of the Klan exclusive! to the lodge- room, because I felt that a wrong | interpretation was being placed by | the public upon the parades of the Klan and that it was not good for ithe public morals or welfare for ! Kian " parades to be further allowed in that state. “In_addition to official acts of thi kind of mine, in the last three speech: which I made for the Klan, and which were delivered in Pennsylvania at Erie Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, I fearle: proclaimed my attitude toward certain things. At Lrie, Pa.. on December 4. 1922, during the course of my speech, 1 said’: “‘Never in all my life my experience have I so responsibility of any task as I have the responsibility of leading Klans and klansmen over ¢he plains and up the | hilltops to the sun-kissed*mountains of | Klankraft—a wonderful opportunity, but { terrible responsibility. ¥ ¢ & “Now, | lansmen, just a few “don’ts" about | vour Erie Klan and any other Klan you may represent: Dow't allow this | great and wonderful organization of | which you are a member to become de- graded by any member or set of mem- bers committing any acts in violation {of the law of the land. The day that the Knights of the Ku Kiux Klan be- lawless machine, that is the you have lost the leadership of Y. Clarke in any form or shape. You jdon’t have to commit acts of lawlex ness to accomplish your results. We the finest laws in the world t Gave W i and in all treated the ning Year Ago. At Pittsburgh, Pa.. on December 3 1922, 1 said: ‘Listen to me men: The day the Knights of the Ku Kilux Kian be- comes an Institution operated out side the laws of the United States of America or disrespecting the author- ity of the greatest country with the greatest government in the world, that day E. Y. Clarke, the master builder of the organization, will turn all of his energies to destroy it * ‘At Philadelphia, Pa., on December 6. in explaining why I had come to Pensylvania to make the speeches at | Erie, Pittsburgh and Philadelphla, I said ‘I accepted the invitation of the Klans in Pensylvania to come and make three speeches because I felt 1| wanted to get into the minds of | klansmen of Pennsylvania, if T might, | the real heart and soul and spirit of jKlankraft coming from the man who !had builded and saw the vision. 1 {wanted to tell you men that while I {had builded this organization that if this organization ever became a law unto itself, operating or attempting to operate outside the regular con- stituted suthority of this country, this state or this city, that I myself Would leave it and do everything in my power publicly and privately to crush | it, and I have made this same statement klansmen, before every au- | dience and before every Klan meet- | ing In which I have appeared, and 1 mean it, men. There is no justifcation for a lawless machine in America. Returns te Fight. “It is after an absence of six or eight months, made necessary by or- ders of my physiclan to rebuild my health, that I return to-find that the active membership of the Klan has changed, certainly in some states if ot in all, from men of the type who listened to and applauded the senti- ments expressed above in Pennsyl- Vania, to a ciass, at present in con- trol, whose energies apparently are direoted to participation in whipping parties, threats and chavacter assissi hatlon and the formation of political } es. machine face of this condition and as an American citizen and hdving faken a solemn oath as a klansman, and as the builder of the Klan and the leader of the former controlling { clement in the Klan, whose gims &nd fdcals were and still are the same as outlired above in this communica- tion, T feel that 1 can do no less than come to you as the supreme head of our government and, speaking for myself and the hundreds of thousands of magnificent men who_followed my Jead and who came into the organiza- ticn because of the proclamation of its high ideals and principles and purposes, and tender to you any assigtance in my power toward forc- ing the lawless element out of the Kilan, thue permitting it to. function as intended as a high tone charc- ter-building active fraternal organi- zation; nr.&!u- beihig impossible; ta- ¥ i jwant revolutions ito | and the officials judged that Fom Yesterdey’s 5:30 Edition of The Star. CHRIST “AGITATOR, PASTOR DECLARES Doctrines Inspire Revolu- tions Toward Better Things, Lions Club Hears. “The question, ‘Who i& this? that was asked when Christ entered Jeru- salem on Palm Sunday till b asked by the world today.” Rev. Dr. Harry Dawson Mitchell told members of the Lion's Club at the New Willard Hotel yesterday. Dr. Mitchell stressed two things: That Christianity was not a creed, but was a person— and that the spirit of Christmas an al its good works came from the fact and statement “In Bethlehem of Judea there is one who is born whose iat name is Jesus, Dr. Mitchell express one of the de in the recent debate upon should have sald that mother of Christ, did registered by the because there was no registration. “Histor- ical facts show us that there was a reglstration by the Romans at that declared Dr. Mitchell He declared Christ was the gre est “azitator” the world has 1d that he changed the whol= of the world. “If don 't if you don’t believe the betterment of the people and the reaching out by men for better and higher things, thesy you will have to stop preaching off Christ the Son of God.” declared Dmy Mitchell, who stated that despite the eNorts of the soviet other opposition, the cause sponsored by ChriAt would win A réyort of Christmas night activities by the members of the club at Mount Alto Hosyital was read at the lunch- eon Mora than 150 ex-service men were entertained at the hospital with a varled prugram, under the direc tion of Harfy Taylor Cigars and cigarettes_wera distributed large number of cigarettes were also sen to St Elizabeth’s Hospital Another committee distribiied about seventy five Christmas basiets to the needy of the city. Every mamber was asked in a@ddition to help sndividually to make Christmas for the poor & happs one HATRED OF AMERICA FLAMES IN CHINA, BOYCOTT LOOMING _(Continued from First Page) d surprise that New York the Bible Mary, the not go to b tomans time,” eve seen aspect you in common or any sentment was most bitter against the United States, which was expected to follow the traditional peaceful poi- icy toward China Naturally the mindful of the American influence have mnot belittled Navy's participation in the pres situation. Foreign news agenc have given China world-glowing de- seriptions of American vessgls. at the same time indicating that America has taken the most active rt on and is prepared to the fighting. Admiral commanding the entire fleet, is steaming to Canton from Manila. and if the custon house is seized American _mari, will remain on guard after the other nations depart. As a matte Navy is merel other powers preponderance of in China and the American are do of fact, the American augmenting the wa ips in Canton harbor under th command of Commander J. O. Rich- on of the gouth China patro hardson has been at Canton [« the past five mor ‘The only Amer icans to land officiully at Canton re cently have been Commander Rich- ardson and mail orderlies, Despite the wildiy circulated re ports not a single armed sailor has entered the native city, where the customs house is located. The onl landings have been British _and French detachments who are daily drilling their concessions at ameen and guards at th two Shameen bridges. The other nations have not even placed zuards at their consu- lates. “Menibers of the consu corps who are considering the legal phases of the controversy as well the commanders of allied units upon wiom may devolve any auction to come are unanimous in their policy,” said Consul General Jenkins. While recognizing the merit of Sun Yat Sen’s contention ably presented in the memorandum CCWLU, the diplomatic corps cannot permit the local officlals summarily repudiate the treaties to accomplish that end Consul Is Optimistic. The precedent would extend not only to the scizure of customs hera and in other provinces, but would eventually result in the ignoring of territorial and other treaty rights of foreigners, Everybody is optimistic in the hope that the negotiations will be settled without the use of furce.” declared Consul Jenkin nce the Peking government has discontinued allotting South China u share of the customs surplus, Cantou has been persistently petitioning for the resumption of payment: Mem- orandum CCWU was presented last September to the local consular body and later forwarded to the ldiplo- matic corps and eventually to the home governments. ~After walting three months for a reply, Sun Yat Sen early in December announced that he intended to seize the cus toms surplus, and the diplomatic corps, stirred to action, decided to prevent the seizure. American and Japanese legations were non-commit- tal pending the recelpt of instructio: from Washington and Tokio. In the meantime British and French war- ships arrived at Canton, and American vessels, uninstructed b hington, were unable to promise co-operation in the allied program. Finally through & Rewspaper report. a de- troyer division sailed from Manila erica was De- went intended to co-operate. This later explained when the St partment's cabled Instructions astray between San Francis Maniia ward the stamping out of the menace which the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has become through the prosti- tution of its high purposes. ideals and principles by those who are either undesitous or incapable of controlling the situation from inside the Klan. 3 “I purpose to immediately issue a prociamation to klansmen calling the better element of the Klan to take heed of the situation and recog- nige its seriousness and to either take hold and remedy the existing evils and remove from the nation the menacing aspect of the Klan or else to meet in national agsemblage and disband the organization. “Most_respectfully yours, “EDWARD YOUNG CLARKE. “Imperial Giant. “Knights of the Ku Klux Klan." A statement by. Mr. Clarke that leaders of the kian were here in Washington - preparing to fight his actlons was emphatically denied by the local Klan chieftain, W. O. Jones. Mr. Jones stated that he had heard nothing about the rumored visit of H. W. Evans and other national lead- ers of the order, and if it were so he_ would have been notified. Investigating_a rumor from an- other source that the Klan leaders were holding a meeting at one of the city’s large hotels, it was found that none of the names of the gentlemen :rnum Atlanta was on the hotel's Fega ster.