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B oy 4 FEATURES OF AMUR | + ' REGION OF SIBERIA! Geographic Society Describes Prov- ince Which Announces Inde- pendent “White" Government. RAILWAY AS VALUED ASSET Across the River to South Lies Manchuria. | The Amur region of Siberia, report- | ed to have set up independent | “whitc” government since the death of the Russian leader. Nikolai Lenin, Is the subject of the following buil- letin from the headquarters here of the National Geographic Society: ‘The Amur province, which takes 11s name from the Amur river, one of the great streams of the world,” says the bulletin, “furnished an important and adventurous chapter in the great epic of Russia's advance eastward to the Pacific—an advance ranking, in its influence on world history. along aide the push of other Luropeans to the western world. Furs Form Lastern Magnet. The search for more furs was the | particular sort of trade that led Rus- sian adventurers into Asiu, and event- ually took the banner of St Andrew there, is a re al of the popular idea that ‘tradc follows the flag’ Ad- venturers began feeling their w: into Siberia from the Urals during the century after America was discov- cred. Pushing their way eastward was not easy in the western half of Siberia because the drainage was a sss their route and many broad rivers were encountered. But once past Lake Baikal they soon reached the headwaters of the Amur, and found nature an ally instead of an enemy. For the seventeen hundred or more miles of the ri s length extend predominantly ecast and west: and on on its current the pionecers found it possible tc reach the far dis- tant Pacific in a matter of weeks The Amur, then became the great ghway for Russian migration in the centuries to follow. For a time after the early explora- tion of the Amur a treaty with China ind wars in Europe bLrought Russian tivity in far eastern iberia to a standstill; but from aboul the middle of the nineteenth centpry onward de- velopment was rapid,‘and in that de- velopment the Amur " River long Diased @ role like that of our Missis- Llopi fnthe development of our “irst West Large, well appointed steam- boats were placed in service on the stream and travelers could @ in vomfort for half- the year where a short while: before only the crudest Facilities were available. Little settle- ments and a few important towns sprang up on the Russian side of the river. largely in the Amur province, of which the stream marks the south- ern boundary for somo 750-miles. ‘Where China Touches Russia. “Across the Amur to the south lies China. or rather Manchuria, which, liefore the world war, was being rap- idly Russianized. Still, the river there is truly an international line, and| this was proved, il Ly.nothing else, by the extensive smuggling that went on across it *“The latitude as Newfoundland and climate that in some vs is com-| parable to the eclimate ¢f that far northern American lanl. The winte are severe, the temperatice sometimes falling 1o 40 degrees below zero| Fabrenheit, The summers, however, are hot and at times the thermometer c¢limbs to above the 100 mark The | country has extensive forest-covercd | hills which extend in many plac down to the Amur. Other parts of the river's banks, however, are plains originally covered with thickets which have now been cleared away The soil has proved rick and well adapted to grain growing and to sus-| taining « verdant srowth of grass. | Railway Valuable Asset. “When the Siberian railway pushed through at the end of nineteenth century and the gigantic ‘cut-off’ was made through Manchuria, iy set things back on the Amur for a while. But_after the Russo-Japanesc war, Russia’s hold on Manchuria was weakened and the empire began building the western half of the great railroad just north of the Amur where it would ‘be entirely on Muscovite territory. Tre- wnendous hardships were encountered in traversing bogs and forests and crossing great rivers, but the job was “bout completed when the world war broke out. This long stretch of rafl-‘ way paralleling the Amuf from fifty | to seventy-five miles north of it is one of the most valuable assets of any government that may be set up in_the Amur region. “Blagoveshchensk, on the middle Amur, and connected with the Amur | vailway by a branch line, is the: metropolis of the province, a town of about 00 inhabitants., Spread out along the river bank, with its spires and domes showing against the sky- line, it makes an imposing appearance to the traveler on the river, espe-| vially since it contrasts s noticeably with the little river towns, Across the yiver is a Chinese town known locally s Sakalin, but appearing under nu- merous alinses on the maps. Many of kalin's inhabitants, too, hauve their aliares, for it is a haven for smug- sle: - “The Amur province is some 630 miles long, and its greatest width is 740 miles. Tts 154,000 square miles ot area give it a size close to that of Californ i RESIGNS FROM CABINET. Prague Official Accused in Unpnp' ular Laws. A PRAGUE, February 20.—Minister of Tosts_Tucny has withdrawn, Presi- dent Masaryk accepting his resigna- tion as a result of the same incident which led to the recent resignation of the president of the senate, involving iegislation favorable to the distillers. Tucny is secretary of the National Social Trades Union. Dr. Franke, minister of food sup- phies, will succeed Tucny, and is al- ready in charge of the ministry pend- ing his official appointment. o 3 ‘Wicked Suggestion. Prom Life. Sportsman—Something ought to be done to conserve our wild life. Rounder—Repeal the cighteenth amendment. THE EVENING | mur_province is in the same | has a 1 “THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT” By Frederic J. Haskin “It is & genuine pleasure to commend 'The American Government.’ by Se— cbtal The Book That Skows Uscle Sam At Work j the o information they have THE EVENING STAR, WASHI PRESIDENT DELAYS CHOICE OF SUCCESSOR TO DENBY Will Carefully Scan Field of Suggested Candidates Before Making Selection—John Hays Ham- ' mond and George E. Foss Mentioned. President Coolidge is going to take his time in selecting a successor to Seeretary of the Navy Denby. In expressing themselves to this effect today. intimates of the President said that the latter let it be known that lic wants to give serious thought to this matter and thut he sees no reason for rushing. No intimation bLas been made by any one about the White House re- garding names of those being con- sidered by the President for this cabinet place, or of those who are likely to be considered. However, this fact has not discouraged the large army of unofficial cabinet builders in the National Capital. who have been busily engaged picking Mr. Denby's successor, President Waking Inquiries. 1t is known that President Coolidge in giving preliminary consideration to the filling of this cabinet place has raade a number of inquiries regard- ing such individuals and has written to quite a few persons who had names to suggest. Friends of hte President, while discussing the matter today, intimated strongly that they are con- jent he has practically made up his mind as to the type of man he wants to head the Navy. In this connection the President is represented as hav- ing capressed a desire for some one who has knowledge of mining and engineering and who possesses all her necessary qualifications. This is because there i3 a strong ibility that the naval oil reserve sferred to the Interior Depar ment and leased to private interests may revert to the Navy Department as a result of the legal action to be taken by the government, in which event the Navy head should be well versed in mining and engineering matters, in the opinion of the Presi- dent. Hammond Considered. Because of this feeling on the part of Mr. Coolidge the name of John H: Hammond, internationally Halsn mining enginecr, and who Te- cently served as chairman of the facts-finding Coal Commission, has N-Rays Emitted by Human Body Reveal | New Way to Communicate, Says Savan been put forth prominently by those indulging in speculation. ‘George F. Foss of Illinois, for a number of years chairman of the House naval affairs committee. is being prominently men- tioned. and former Senator Poindexter of Washington, whom President Harding appointed ambassador to Peru when he was defeated two years ago for re-election, and former Rep- resentative Pat Kelly of Michigan, who was chairman of the subcommit- tee on appropriations of the House naval affairs committee. I rue Present D. C. Board. A delegation representing the Women's Republican League, com- posed of colored republican women in' the District of Columbia, called on President Coolidge today, ané, after indorsing the administration of Com- missioners Rudolph and Oyster, for- mally requested that they be reap- pointed Wwhen their times expir March 17. These women told President | that Commissioners dolph and Oyster had served the Dis trict faithfully, and that the people of this city had every confidence in them, and would be pleased to sce them continued for another term. The delegation was headed by Mrs Mary Church Terrell, president of the league, who acted as spokesman. Others in the delegation were Mrs H. A. Clair, Miss Eva Chase and Mi Rachacl Bell. President Invited to New Mexico. President Coolidge formally invited by a committee rep resenting the United States Good Roads Association and the Bankhead Highway Association to attend the meeting _to be held at Albuquerque, \. M. May 28 Senator Bursom of ew Mexico, who introduced the del- egation to the President, said this meeting would be one of the largest gatherings of good roads advocates ever held in the world. It was sug gested to the President that arrange ments could be made if he decided to attend whereby he and President Obregon_could shake hands and ex- change felicitations in the middle of the international bridge. dent thanked the delegation for their interest and said he would b lighted to meet President Obr. but could not give a definite answer at this time, the Ru- mp——————— | Widely Separated Individuals May Keep in Touch by Means of Discovery, Paris Experimentor De- clares—Use in Healing and Criminology. to ‘The Star and Philadeiphia T'ub Ledger. Copyright. 1924) | PARIS, February 20.—The possibilities of the development of N rays. or the electric rays emitted by | the human body, were described toda; by the French scientist, Georges Lak howsky. He said it was certain that human beings would soon be able to commu- nicate with one another by radiations, the existence of which has been roven. He added: PrSivants have been divided on the stion of N-rays, but at last we are on the point of utilizing human ra- diations. 1t will be a great step for- Ward for the science of medicine by Which physiclans will be enabled to determine the nature éf the microbes in sick persons. By means of con- trary ravs it will be possible to an- rul the microbe rays and to destroy them. Such is the effort upon which \We are working now i May Use Own Rays. M. Lakhowsky declared that each individual would be enabled to make Various uses of his own ravs. He que The day will come when we will be | able to communicate at a distance among ourselves by this means. Ou. {lrays will lead us straight to the person we are looking for. HEIR TO BULGARIAN THRONE FOOLS POLICE Passes Through Belgrade for Sofia Without Exciting Suspicion. By the Associated Press. | BELGRADE, February 20.—Cyril | Sokolski, according to his Bulgarian | passport, spruce, young and fur-coated, passed through Belgrade in December | on the Simplon express, bound for Sofia. The local police looked him over, as they do all travelers, and let | him go on, Now they learn he is a “Coburger,” a son of former King Fer- dinand of Bulgaria, heir to the throne so long as his brother, King Boris, re- mains unmarried, and that under no circumstances should he have been al- lTowed to travel through Serbia. So Cyril Is now where he would be, on Bulgarian soil, and it is not believed that he has any intention of going back to Coburg, where dwells his father. “If he does,” say the rbian police menacingly, “he had better not try to pass through Belgrade.” . Science and Capital Chummy. Just how chummy scicnee—the exact sciences—and commerce are is evident to all who think about those things, but the average layman will hardly realize offhand that the! ‘American packers in_the first year oryselves from their enemies. The weasel | so of insulin. the new diabetes cure, will take a profit of half a million dollars as their share of producing this cure from the pancreases of slaughtered hogs. - Lost Dog Hunted by Radio. A radio broadcasting station { in ular evening program to announce the fact that a dog belonging to Helen | Lippelt, a local schoolgirl, had bden | lost or'become strayed or stolen, and ! at the instigation of the Societv for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals asked the hearers to send in any clue as to the canine’s whereabouts. STAR COUPON Present this coupon and $1.00 at the Business Office of The Evening Star and secure your copy of the book, a 5-color map of the United States, 28x22 inches, and a 32- page booklet containing the Constitution of the United States. greater distameces, ask postmaster rate for 2 pounds. | Frederic J. Ha who will find been curious to McCORMIOK, ity of Pittsburgh. to the gemeral public, n. 5. B. Chaneellor. Umiversif | no_ reforestation ctors and criminals no lons. Their N-ray Malefa er will be able to hide. startling | will be known to the police. and such | be even Bertillon of checking will a system t than the mort efficie method. “We will even be enabled to cor- respond with animals and in time to talk with and understand them.” The possibilities apparentl limitless. although. if they ar cessful, the French scientist does are suc- not conceal the great complexities which jabout the history N-rays would cause in our social life. Studied Animals First. M. Lakhowsky declared that he had made his_first studie th animals which are endowed with certain senses of direction, peril and self- preservation. “Most all animals have special ra- diations which enable them to sense direction.” he said. ook at birds which fly at night, insects. blind fish at the bottom of the all are irresistibly drawn toward their prey not so much, by sight odor. but by the action of the radi; tions which direct them and to whic! they submit automatically. M. Lakhowsky made a special study of the instincts of migratory birds and subterranean animals which ap- pear unexplained by science. “in all the instinctive senses it wave radiations that function.” declared. “I am_certain it same with human beings.” FUQUA APPARENTLY WINS RUN-OFF PRIMARY Holds Lead of 17,000 Over Bouanchaud in Louisiana Race. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La.. February 20. Louisiana démocrats anparent'v elected Henry L. Fuqua, for many years gencral manager uf ine prison, as go nor in yesterda run-off primary. The returns early today from a little more than half of the state's 1.310 precincts gave Mr. Fuqua a lead over Licut. Gov. Hewitt Bouanchaud, his opponent, of more than 17,000 votes. Nomination is equivalent to election. NATURE GUARDS is ne the 'SUBJECTS. Colors, Bird and Beast, in Harmony With Environment. From the Obio State Joursal. A scientific investigator calls at- tention to the wonderful provision of nature that causes the color of birds and animals to be suited to their surroundings, enabling them to have |if he is wot guilty, that protection in defending them- | cleared. of the mountains becomes snow white in the winter. > ny birds ‘are given ecolors blend with colors about them, a ;::S ticular instance being that of the semi-palmated plover, that has a black band across a snowy breast. The bird lives about the rocks and large pebbles on the shorc and can [ Brooklyn recently interrupted 1ts reg-)drop when in danger and almost lose jits identity in the rounded contours and shadows of the rocks about it. 2 o Power Plant on the Jordan. From the Youth's Companien. On the River Jordan elose by th pool that is pointed out as the o’ne u'il which John baptized Jesus a power plant has been completed. Already the Jordan is turning dynamos that supply electric light to Jerusalem, Jaffa, Haifa and Nazareth. A dam now building at the outlet of Lake Tiberias will control the flow of water in the river all the year round. In a course of 140 miles the Jordan falls more than 5,000 feet. and ‘when the n v ARy g i erate electricity enough to make Pates- tine ‘an {mportant manufacturing cen- er. imber in Northwest. More than one-third of al timber in the United sum'a:'i':é‘i'l'éfi in the Pacific northwest, particularly in the states of Oregon. Washington. Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. The state of Washington alone has, it is estimated, 300,000,000,000 feet. or enough to last sixty years at the pres- ent rate of cutting. even It there is and trees continue to grow. sl Doing What He Could. From the Columbia State. The . Pastor—Won't you come to chureh -today insteéad ~ of motoring around_the coantry? e_Reprobate—Sorry I can't, par- son. 1 tell you what I'll do. I'I? &0 with a friend and park my car out- side your church, so it'll look as though you had somebody inside. I de- ! has oo on. | he now holds.” Senator Whecler con- | t; { ment 1 | i i . i | iv | the | accepted this money or i on; {he i i i i | H i i i | Daugherty | there NGION, KINS Virginia. Harris-Ewing Photo. TOR DAVIS K of West DAUGHERTY TO STAY, HE SAYS, REPLYING TO WHEELER CHARGES | (Continued from Kirst Page.) t replied the Oh beside the point.” he senator's, is entirely gratyitdi senator. It is also Cltes 1922 Proccedings. Senator Wheeler then explained that he had undertaken to choose the personnel of the committes because he recalled what had happened during the Daugherty imp ings in the Hol Mr. Daugherty introduced the in 1 Instead of e said, “the man who resolution was, in r The Presi-i jty, triod Ever since the Attorney General . ! upied the important position tinued. “various charges have been made against him in the newspapers and by individuals from one end of the cowntry to the other. “Recently. when the ofl scandal first Gped.” it appears that the ¥ General™s name was mixed in It appeared, if you plea that friend of Ned McLean, rybody knows he was a friend of Iverybody knows he was a { Droh iverybody knows three men met in the apart- of the Attorney General from ime to time, “Everybody knows that Jesse Smith, who was brought from the state of Ohio, and had an office in the De- partment of Justice, and who was not on the pay roll, wa prins monoy in connection with various cases that « in the Departnient of Justice. “The newspapers in New York car- ricd the details of how the Attorney General's former partner and friend, Mr. Felder, was collecting money for the purpose of selling offices and ap- intments, and for the dismissal of whisky cases in the city of New York Says Friends Were Paid. Everybody Know torn wha 1vthing of the case knows that other friends and confidential.ad- sers of the Attorney Gemeral of the United States were collecting money and were ziving as their reasons for collecting it that they could use fluence with the Attorney General. “Of course, it is very difficult to trace these mat and to show by his close perso friends that he 1 that if he Attorney Geperal hus not actu- Iy “got the money that has been “ollected in these various cases from end of the country to the other s u bigge than the people »f the United give him ‘credit for being.” Asking why the Justice had taken Albert B. Fall mony relatin to him by came _public, tinued Charges Protection Given. find_the Department of stead of trying to detect the greatest crooks and those guilty of the greatest erime against the nation that ever has been Lerpetrated, tecting them all during this t We find them protecting thcm night, because Y am reliably informed that only last Sunday the Attorne General of the United States held a conference with Ned Mchs: “We find the Attorney Ge ing down to Palm Beach and consulting with Mr. McLear the newspapers carried the cLean was abowt to t fiis connection, and that i: expose Mr. Daugherty, we fi immediately wzett touch with Mr. McLean again. “This is not a question of demo- cratic or republican politics. The veiled threal was held out cver me to the effect that if a certain man testified it would involve some dem- ocrats and some republicans. It makes no diffcrence 1o me whether are democrats involved or r* there are republicans in- volved. - The greatest duty we can perform to the country is to show up the crooks, whethe publicans or democrat “I propose in my resolution to name he members of the committee in or- der that 1 may know, and in order that the people of the country may know, that there is going to be a fair and impartial investigation and. tbat if_the Atterney General is guilty he will be driven from the public of- fice, and driven into oblivion, and that, his name will be Department of no action against after the full testi- to the story of a loan dward McLean Scnater Wheeler con- W tice, i Jus- there When story that s to would 1 Mr. & in wheth “This Is only a small portion, an extremely smail portion, of th, ti- mony that will be produced.”” said Senator Wheeler, “showing _beyond. any question of doubt in my mind that the Attormey General,of the United States, instead of prosecuting crime, has been protecting crime and crim- inals.” REPUBLICANS RETAIN - CHANCE IN SENATE (Continued from First Page.) either republicans or democrats to oppose. ‘It reduces taxes on incomes up to $30,000 a year far more than does the Mellon plan. Above that |sum, the Mellon plan makes a greatet reduction. The Garner plan reduces the surtaxes below the present law, but, the cut is not as big as Mr. Mel- Ion' proposes. The Treasury Department's con- tention is that while a relatively amall number of persons pay the high surtaxes diréctly, the indirect cost of high_surtaxes is enormous and that the smaller taxpayers bear the bur- den just the same, an economic doc- 1| trine that Nas not yet won its battle i against the out-and-out _political arguments. The chances are that it will get a better reception in the Sen- dte, “where “the administration now centers its hope for the essential principles of the Mellon plan. |/ CONVICT JUMPS JAIL. Escapes After Incarceration Fol- lowing Gun Fight. MUSKOGEE, Okla.. February 20.— Archie- Prior, fugitive Kansas: con= viet, who was captured near Clare- more, Okla., Sunday im_a running gun fight with Chief of Police Rus- sell, escaped from the Rogers’ county jail* at_ Claremore with four other priseners last night, according to a report received here. D. chment proceed- | Ar in-{ be- | * they are re- | A l(,'.,’ WEDNESDAY, ! Gee Jorn’s Exec Special Dispatch to The Star. SAN FRANCISCO, February 20.—At tlast, and largely through accident, the occidental mind which for so long has tried unsuccessfully to com- prehend and cope with the mysteri- ous and impenetrable psychology of the orientil has been paftly success- ful. For sixty years.law enforcement authorities of far western states and Some eastern ones have been virtual- ly powerless to halt Chinese tong iwars, which grew out of gambling debts, purloined slave girls or al- leged business wrongs. Threats of arrest and promecution were of no avail. Paid tong assassins wielded their automatics in utter contempt of white authorities. When Gee Jon. aHop Sing Tong highbinder, was legally cxeouted at Carson City with lethal gas last week authorities ~ accidentally stumbled upon not only a preventive of fu- ture tong killings. itime probably sounded {kneil of the entire Chinese i system. i Already %Pxeculion the death “tong” as a result of Gee Jon's powerful and dreaded of all so-call- ed_Chinese ‘“protective _secrets,” is threatened with disintegration.” Its SENATOR GREENE SINKING; CONSCIOUS, BUT CANNOT SPEAK ued from First Page.) __(Cont parehtly was not fired by the alleged bootleggers. Makes Exhanstive Probe. Maj. Gordon is making an exhaus- tive inquiry into the shooting, using every available agency to cover all zngles. Special intelligence agents of the burcau of internal revenue, un- der Elmer Irey, are still at work on the case, it was announced today, al- {though their investigation is under- | =tood to be drawing to a closec. The case will go to the grand jury regardless of the outcome of the in- jury to Senator Greene, iL was pre- dicted in the best-informed quarters today. During discussion by the District committee of the feasibility of in- stituting a separate investigation the sentiment was expressed that no ac- tion should be taken which might be interpreted as an investigation of the prohibition enforcement organization or that would give bootleggers and other criminals any notion that Dis- trict or federal officers are to be re- jstricted in_their_efforts (o capture ‘dangeron: law offenders. Action Is Deferred. { i ant corporatjon counsel Williams, the {committee deferred action until the {next meeting on the suggestion of i Representative E. W. Gibson of Ver- mont, who brought the matter up after he had conferred at the White { House regarding the President’s own linvestigation of the shooting. Efforts will be made in the mean- time to get from the United States attorney for the District, whose duty {it is to enforce the laws and regula- tions covering the sale and use of firearms ' in the National Capital, specific and detailed information re- garding enforcement. Representative _Gibson told the commitiee that Senator Greene is {universally beloved. and that it is a matter of very grave concern that !B should have thus been wounded while peaceably going on his way in the National Capital. This happened in the District of Columbia, over which Congress has exclusive’ juris- diction, Representative Gibson point- d_out. 0 a kenate and House will not pass (he matter over without some cogni- e e he <aid. He told his colleagues ion the committee that he had confer- red at the White House because he had learned that the President was making some sort of an investigation. Tt was suggested to him by the Presi dent's secretary that an inquiry on {{he part of the House District com- { inittee would be welcomed in order to ascertain what did take place and if Possible to fix the blame. The shot was fired by a prohibi- tion agent said to have been occupied in the discharge of his duties,” said he. i hould Make Strests Safe. “We should do all that we possibly can to make the streets of Washing- ton safe for a United States Senator | and safe for the bumblest of the { citizens.” he said. i L | Representative Gibson asked for | the appointment of a subcommittee i to consider what action the full com- mittee should take and to request the presence of such officials of the Dis- Dot of Columbia and the prohibition unit as might be deemed necessary to develop hte following information: st nd agents of the prohibition olice and age it operating in the viainity of the | Rooting on the evening of Febru- v 15. ! # Second. The names of such police {or agents who participated or were or ag! a e present at any liquor raids on the fay and evening of February 16. mira: The qualifications required prohibition agents, age limit, perience in enforcement der what regulations agent is gov- ith reference to the usc of in the performance of his hat instruction in the us of is Eiven beforo an agent en- Ao in omeration. for the enforoe- ment of the prohibition laws. Restrictions on Arms. «Pourth: The laws and regulations enforoed in the District of Cotambia i with reference to the sale and use lof firearms. | «Fitth: It proper precantion for the safety of pedestrians and motorists is taken by police and’ prohibition agents in congested districts of. the city- and ut hours when .the streets iare unusually crowded, when in pur- Igun' of cars under suspicion of ‘con- : ntraband liquor. ’!a‘;'x';:fesf;?uau\-a Gibson said “this ‘jén't the first-occurrence of the sort Within the District of Columbia,” and told of “promiscuous shooting endan- gering the lives of many people” on a Browded section of 14ih street and Said that other cases have been ‘ht to his attention. e can do anything to stop this we. should do it, but we want to put nothing in the way of proper enforce- Tment of prohibition. Lives should be Safe and it is our duty to protect them,” Representative Gibson said. ‘Representative Zihlman of Mary- land, acting chairman, told the com- mittee that at his request the cor- poration counsel had sent an assist- Ant to,adyise the House District com- mittee regarding existing laws and regulations. TUrges Stiffer Semtemces. Representative. Blanton'~said that while he thought Representative Gib- son's motion might be salutary, after paying a tribute to Senator Greene expressed his opinion that the maln causs of such occurrences is that the courts do not give drastic enough punishment to criminals found guilty of ocarrying dangerous ‘weapons. “We allow criminals to stick a six-sheoter in their hip *pockets, and when officers of the law for o previous & of law, ete.: un instructions an { i and erned W firearms duties; Wi but at the same | the Hop_ Sing Tong, most | After the cxisting laws and regu- | lations had been explained by assist- | The names and ages of the | FEBRUARY {|Lethal Gas Death Pros Terror in Hearts of Tong Killers ution Despite Offers of Heavy Bribes, Tgrrorizes Chinese Gangs Into Disbanding In West. | { 1 | punishment 1922, pect Strikes 20, #tanding army of proftasiona! killers in resigning and mecking other call- ings. Should the Hop Sings be forced to quit businems. it Is regarded by authoritien as inevitable that other tongs—and there are a wore or more of them—will quickly follow it Two factors in successfully cor bating tong wars of the future h sbrung from the lethal gan death of Jon. (ne wax the inability of the po erful Hop Sings to save his life through lavish offers of money. The other “is the - orfental dread of the strange new death which was visited upon him by “white devil” hands. The night before Gee Jon was put to death three emissaries of the Hop Sings visited the Nevada state prison and offered first $5,000, and then $10,- 000 if his life was spared. It was be- yond their comprehension that money ¥o liberally offered would not serve as an effectual barrier against death. The fear and ignominy of the lethal Kas fatc meted out to Gee Jon is best evidenced by the fact that his body was ~ unclaimed. Neither the Hop ings nor relatives would have any- thing to do with it. Although his tong was willing to pay $10.600 to save his life, it wonld not contribute & few hundred for decent burial. The explanation given s that Chinese funeral rites for the execut- ed highbinder would do no go« that his way of degth had made it impossible for him to enter the Chinese equivalent of Heaven. attempt to arrest them they begin shooting.” he said. 2epresentative Blanton protested that a fine or slight would never stop this. He advocated making the carrying of concealed weapons a penitentiary offense, and that it should be manda- tory on a judge to impose at least two year's sentence. Representative Blanton said that policemen in the National Capital have told him that they take their livestin their hands whenever they attempt arres even for petty of- fenses, in certain sections, and that | at least 5 per cent of certain classes | go armed. | “But it this had happened to me 1| wouldn’t want anything done which would let eriminals understand that they could cscape becausc Congre: Probosed to disarm officers of the law | who should be given every support in ! their duty to apprehend those guiity | of commisgion of crime,” waid Repre- sentative Blanton. Opposcd te Mestrictions. Representative Blanton told his colleagues, however, that he did not believe in curtailing the buying of | pistols or any fircarms and empha- | sized the constitutional provisions for the right of citizens in this gard. Representative Rathbone raised the question as to whether the investi- gation would cover merely the shoot- ing of Senator Greene or whether it would go to the real cause and in- vestigate bootlegging as operated in the National Capital. which was the! cause of the shooting. Representative Underhill of Massa- chusetts protested against any ac- tion which might be intcrpreted as| an_investigation of the prohibition enforcement organization or which | might be oonstrued as restricting| that organization in the performance | of its duties. Assistant Corporation Counsel Wil- liams explained the law and reg- ulations covering the sale and u: of firearms and other deadly weapons in the District. He emphasized that the enforcement falls with the duties of the United States attorney for the District, and not with the! District Commissioners. He also ad- vised he committee that Police Court judges were giving stricter sentences Tor gun toting within the last several vears, Mr. Williams discussed with the committee the advisability of putting into the law some method of control over mail-order traffic in dangerous weapons, which, while protecting the citizenship generally in sits constitu- tional rights, would restrict the pos sibility of criminals easily acquiring | possession of dangerous weapons ' In proposing that further consid eration of hls motion go over to the next meeting Representative Gibson ! said that the purpose of his metion was to get just such informasion t mmittee was receiving from Mr, Williams. He s=aid he wanted to be distinetly understood as being ad verse to any action which might be a— i miles considered interference with the pro- hibition enforcement organization in the performance of its duties. 1 “Dependab L NewYork_ EVERY DAY, at convenient hours, seven dependable Baltimore and Ohio trains leave Washington for New York. There is a train for you—whether you travel to Arrive New York 1240 P. M. 244P. M. 620P. M. 820P. M. 1030 P. M. 6.50 A. M. Se4A. M. Leave ‘Washington 7I5A. M. S20A. M. LOOP. M. 300P. M. E0OP. M. 1225 A. M. 220A.M. AR trains elacirically propelled through the Baltimere tunmel. FOLKS Prince Antoine Bibesco, the min- ister of Rumania, who has recently returned to Washington after six month's absence, is one of the chief Personages of the corps, though his country fills a mi- nor role in Eu- ropean diplomacy. He is a member of the semi-royal family, the head of which was for centuries heredi- tar; huspidor of Wallachie and which controlled vast territory in Bessarabia. Prince Bibesco was train- ed for a career of diplomacy and studied first at the Jesuit College of St. Stanislaus and has Marshal Foch as a fellow alum- nus. He then specialized in interna- tional affairs at Lycee Cordorret in the Sorbonne. But he owns to wWav- ering twice in the vocation selected for him and into which he had enthusiastically plung- ed. One was in favor of journalism. ¥or he became dramatic critic of Gil Blas in Paris and wrote reviews which attracted wide attention. served for a time on the staff of Figaro and of The Gaulois. At t time he wrote quite a comprehensive volume of the drama, its past and present (in 1911-13) and made some shrewd prophesies over the invasion of the movies and its inevitable reac tion on the drama proper. Prince Bibesco inherited a profound love of nd is himself so accomplished of stringed instruments that thought of devoting himself to its interpretation. But he clung to diplomacy and will in all probability end his years in the at- mosph. of courts.” He was acting as charge d'affaires for Rumania in 1914, and he continued in that ar- duous post throughout the world war. His marriage to Elizabeth, the oniy daughter of the former British premier, Herbert Asquith. occurred i London in 1919. There is a charming little daughter, Princess Priscilla who is about four years old. Signing of Magna Charta. From the Adventure Magazine. There is a difference of opinion as to whether Runnymede, England, or Magna Charta lsland, just off the shore, was the scene of the signing of the great document. A generally accepted version of the historic inci- dent states that the army of barons nymede, that King red on thc oppo- ames, and that the meetings between the monarch and the leading barons took place on the little island. A cottage there con- tains a stone slab on which it is ase serted that the document was signed. 1t will be useless to look on the map for Runnymede: it is only an in- conspicuous meadow (as the name dicloses). being located about five downstream from Windsor. Though the original “Articles of the Barons” (Magna Charta) were signed June 15, 1215, the day on which they were presented, the provisions were not put in the form of a charter and executed by John until four days late: Four more days were taken up with the making of provisions for carrying out the charter. The document is pretly well accent- ed as one o most famous in Eng- lich histo me authorities go so far as 1o see in it the creator of Eng- lish law toda =l CREW REPORTED LOST. . Motor Vessel Founders in Gulf of Fonseca. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal- vador. February 20.—The gasoline- driven vessel Colorado has foundered in the Gulf of Fonseca. A ship sent to rescuc the ngers and crew found no trace hem. PRINCE BIBESCO. No motor vessel named Colorado appears in shipping registers. Merely Took a Detour. From the Boston Transeript “Is it true vou stopped Your son's allowance when he married that pretty chorus girl?” “Yes; I told him he needn't expeet to get another dollar from me.” “How does he manage to live? “I have increased his mother's al- lowance about $6,000 a year.” RIS e Ireland was converted to Christian- ity in the fifth century. ipe | has | UNIVERSAL DRAFT ; BILL INTRODUCED Capper Measure Would' Increase War Powers of President. War on war profiteers is declarad ' in a bill introduced today by Sena- . tor Capper of Kansas, republican. The measure is a universal draft a. which Senator Capper e6aid would safeguard the civilian population and the government against extortion by exploiters and profiteers in the necessities of life and in the essen tials of war. * The bill authorizes the Presiden ;lo take such steps as may be neces- sary to stabilize the prices of serv- ces and of all commodities declared i0 be essential, whether such serv- ices and commoditics are required {by the government or by the civilian i population, < { It authorizes the President to dn yte ne, proclaim and comscript tho material resources, industrial orgar izations and services over which gov |ernment control is necessary, s well 5 to draft such members of the un- jorganized militia as he may deem nec- jessary. and “without exemption on account of industrial oceupation.” The measure, it is said, has the in- 'dr‘rs(mv-n and support of the jean Legion nd is a legislat {pression, Senator Capper said, of 8pirit of the latc President’s Harding's declaration that “should war a come to America we will not alone« call to service the youth of the land but we will draft cvery resource, every activity, all of wealth make common cause of the nat preservation.” cpe TOKIO TO PUBLISH VOLUME ON QUAKE Will Send Copies of Official Report to Nations That Give Relief to City. i | | | i By Ba | dio 10 The Star News. Coprright, TOKIO, February 19.—Tokio mu- ‘niripal authorities are compiling an i official repyrt of the September 4 aster with the object of translatins, publishing and sending the printed copies to America, England, Franca and other countries which sent relief supplies to the stricken city. The res port will include the extent of dam- ages and the loss of life and the rce lief work accomplished to date. Post-quake economic conditions, in«< cluding the Korean radical troubles and other matters direetly connected with the earthquake and fires, will | be treated in the book. The first edie tion of 1,000 copies will be printed in | April. A new fireproof and quakeproof hotel is under comstruction in Yoko- hama. It will cost $50,000. The hotel, which will be a two-story structure, will have forty-five guest rooms and is expected to be completed in two | months, insuring accommodations for visitors at the port. Present facilities jare limited to tents and a shack res- taurant called “the Quake.’ e | BOOTLEGGERS ADOP SELF-SERVICE PLAN Customer Takes Drink and De- posits Money, Chicago Deputies Claim. { B the Asmciated Press. | CHICAGO, Pebruar: i leggers have adapted the self-service plan to their business, according to { deputy sheriffs who today raided an { unoccupied house near Muddy. Within they found twenty pint bottles filled with home brew. a twenty-gallon kes of the same fluid, two giasses and . tin cup, and a money drawer, contain- ing some small change. The deputies explained that appar - ently a_ customer merely entered, helped ~himself and deposited his money. All Baltimore & Ohio trains™ use Pennsylvania Station New York City N the great metro) Baltimore and planned for the traveling lis for business or pleasure. hio New York schedules were carefully le (}rains Because public. The service aboard Baltimore and Ohio trains is dis- tinguished for thoughtful courtesy and careful attention to the traveler's comfort. The dining car service is already noted among representative travelers every- where. Try one of these t New York. You will a Baltimore and Ohio hospitali reciate the rains on _your next trip to pleasantness of ty: 3 City Ticket Office, 13th & F Sts., N. W. Trevel Bureau, 323 Homer Building—Main 556 Walter V. Shipiey, Ass’t Gen’l Pass. Agent Baltimore ¢ Ohio Lne of the Capitol Limited .