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WEATHER. Partly cloudy and cold about 30 degrees; tomo: ioderate to fresh er tonight; rrow fai northwest winds. Temperature for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest today; lowest, 39, at 1 day. Full report on page 4. 5 C e . . 74 Eatered as No. 2914907, o5 amee vas 3. at noon p.m. yester- iosng N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 nd cluss matcer hington, D. C. — 1 COLDGE ADE HAY (0 T0 SHP POST 10 HELP SOLVE B .S FLEETPROBLEN Edward T. Clark Regarded as Certain to Be Named as Palmer’s Assistant—Has Had Wide Experience. NATION’S INTENT TO KEEP May Help Run Ships MERCHANT MARINE SEEN | Various Methods of Overation Ad- vocated, But Citizens Generally Want Ships Operated Regardless of Differences Among Marine ! Experts as to the Best Methods. Edftor’s Note: This is the first of three articles by Mr. Lincoln on the problom of the American Merchant Marine. The second aticle will be published tomorrow:. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. One mile post has been passed the post war history of the American | overseas Merchant Marine. It has’ been pretty definitely determined that | the American flag is remain on | the seas. Determined not only by ! leaders in the Government, but also by the people themselves President Coolidge. it Is known, is giving the merchant marine situation| close attention. Today comes the re-! port that Edward T. Clark, the Presi- | dent's personal secretary, is to be-, come assistant to the president of the | Emergency Fleet Corporation, Leigh €. Palmer, who was picked by the Tresident a year ago to operate the merchant fleet owned by the Govern- ment. The appointment of Mr. Clark | as assistant to the head of the Fleet! Corporation, it was said, is still being| “considered.” But the probabilities, are that Mr. Clark will take the po-| sition and that an announcement to| that effect will be speedily forth- coming. ‘TXe selection of Mr. Clark for this t is expected, will hook up the White House even more closely than Before with the operation of the mer- | chant marine. Mr. Clark has had| wide experience, and prior to becom- | ing secretary to Mr. Coolidge whei | the latter was elected Vice President | was connected with Stone & Webster | of Boston. 1 the long fight over the proposed ship subsidy, espoused so strongly by the late President Harding and | former Chairman Albert D. Lasker of | the Shipping Board, accomplished no | other result of value it at least has| to its credit rousing the interest of | Americans in the merchant fleet. The | reasons why America should continue | to operate an overseas merchant) marine—for national defense and as| an aid to American commerce—were hammered home in every State of | the Union | | | | | | in| ! men Subsidy Issue Dead. | The subsidy fight was lost. It wa contended that through a subsidy only could the fleet be maintained. But| there is scarcely a man in the executive or legislative branch of the Govern-| ment today who seriously advocates another attempt to enact subsldy ng»i islation. Subsidy, it seems, is as dead | an issue as the 16 to 1 issue of 1896. | at least for the present. i It still has its advocates, to be sure, | among private shipowners. The United | States Chamber of Commerce has re- | cently put it forward as one of the | measures it will demand to foster | business. ‘ Without subsidy—what? That is | { Harding’s pastor, EDWARD CLARK. ersonul secretary to President Coolldge. who Ix expected to become xixtunt to the president of Emergency Fleet Corporation. MRS, HARDING LAID 10 REST I MARION Simple, Dignified Service At- tended by Notables and Scores of Friends. Ry the Associated Press MARION, Ohio. November 2 Ohio city, which ha heights of joy and sorrow since 1920, | witnessed the last scene in the life of Mrs. Warren G. Harding, widow of the late President Shortly after 2 o'clock this after- noon, Mrs. Harding’s body was borne over the same route as that traversed by the funeral cortege of the twenty- ninth President of the United States to Marion Cemetery and laid to rest. At 1:30 the body was taken from the home of Mrs. F. J. Longshore, a niece, to Epworth M, Church, where the Rev. Jesse Swank, Mrs. and old friend of the Harding family, had charge of brief services. Rev. Mr. Swank read portions of the Scripture, after which the Rev. George W. Landes, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, of which Mr. Hard- ing was a member, offered. a short prayer. Services at the church were started by the Columbus, Ohio, Re- publican Glee Club singing “The End of a Perfect Day,” a favorite of the former first lady of the land. After the Rev, Landes' praver, Dr. Swank delivered the funeral sermon and the cortege then moved to the cemetery, where the regular commit- al service was read by Mr. Swank, with the benediction being pro- nounced by the Rev. Landes. Rites Stmple and Dignified. Simple but dignified honors marked the services. The guard of 23 sol- diers who have been on duty at the Harding tomb since the death of the I'resident acted as an escort to the body. They were augmented by 100 and officers ordered here from Fort Hayes, at Columbus, by President Coolidge. Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work and Secretary of War Weeks, designated by President Coolidge as representatives of the Government at the funeral, arrived this morning. Capt. Adolph Andrews, the Chief Executive's naval aide, and his per- sonal representative here, has been in Marion for the last few days. All business in Marion was sus- pended at 12:30 o'clock for the after- noon and the city was garbed in deep mourning. Had Profound Trust. The “deep conviction of and her profound faith in the great realities the question which for more than a of Christianity’” was one of Mr. Flor- vear the President, the Shipping Board, the Emergency Fleat Corpora- tion, Secretary Hoover of the Depart- | ment of Commerce and other advisers | of the President have worked on. It is & problem beside which the most complicated cross-word puzzle pales! into insignificance. As a matter of fact, the operation of the overseas fleet is still in an experimental stage. But there have been certain definite and encourag ing signs, promising eventual succe: 1o _this latest American undertaking. There still exist at least three schools of thought in this country as to what should be done in regard to the merchant marine. First, there is | the group which believes in Govern- | ment operaticn per se. This group maintains that it is the duty of the Government to continue to own and | operate the fleet which was built and purchased during the war at a cost of nearly $3,000,000.000. It believes that the overseas carriers should be run by the Government for the benefit of | ail American shippers and importers | and producers and consumers. The | same kind of arguments are ad- | vanced as for the Government owner- ship and operation of the railroads. | | | | Would Get United States Out. The second group believes that| Government operation is un-American, is uneconomical, and that the Govern- ment should take steps, no matter how drastic, to get out of the ship- ping business, getting the ships into private operation. They see in con- tinued Government operation of the| ships a threat to private enterprise and a step toward communism. A third group believes that| eventually many of the routes now operated by the Government, directly or indirectly, can be sold to private American cltizens or com- panies who will continue to operate them under the American flag, but that the Government should persist in Its operation, on as economical lines as possible, of those routes which by reason of more serious competition, must continue to meet losses. The Government ownership group, at least, have on their side of the question the fact that the_fleet is now owned and operated by the Gov- ernment. The second group is handicapped by the failure of the subsidy and the situation, due to the differential against Amer- ican flag vessels in cost of con- struction and operation. The third growp holds the whip hand, in that ~(Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) ’ ence Kling Harding's greatest vir- tues, the Rev. Dr. Jesse Swank, pastor of Epworth M. E. Church, de- clared in his sermon at the funeral services. As the responsibilities of her life became heavy “she found this trust in God essential to enable her to meet the great burdens that her onerous position imposed on her,” the Rev. Swank declared. 1t was through the message “We are praying for you,” contained in hundreds of telegrams reaching the White House while Mrs. Harding was ill there, the Rev. Swank sald, that “the conviction came to her one day that she was not gonig to dle and from that time she fought steadily on with a great faith in Divine Provi- dence until her recovery became as- sured.” “It was in this faith she lived, in this faith she did her work, on this the | WASHINGTON, FRAUD OF MILLIONS CHARGED INARREST Leo Koretz, Held in Halifax, Accused of Biggest Swindle in History. MAY REACH $7,000,000! Accused Set Up as Country Gentle-| man After Flight From Chicago. By the Ansociated Press. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, November 24. Leo Kortsz, alleged $2,000,000 land froud swindler of Chicago, for whom a world-wide search has been conduct- ed for more than a year, is in the hands of the law. He has waived extradition and will taken back to Chicago by two A tant State's attorney who ar- rested him in a hotel here last night. According to the police, Koretz stole away from Chicago with the loot of a | | sigantic mail fraud in a hand satchel. Invited to Preach. No one here thought to connect the thin, smooth-faced Koretz with the | bearded gentleman of evident wealth, | who purchased Pinehurst, a country hom and spent a small fortune in renovating it. For he gave his name |as Lou Keyte, and he seemed Inter- ested chiefly in collecting rare books and furniture. He was regarded as a man of culture, and even invited to deliver a sermon. When arrested he seemed stunned by the realization that he had been discovered. Quickly recovering, how- ever, he said. “All right, boys, I won't make any trouble.” The attorneys refuse to divulge how his disguise had been penetrated. Since last March he has lived in | Nova Seoti He paid $18.000 for| Pinchurst, and has since made addi- tions to the exten of $35,000. He represented himself as a man of wealth who has recently suffered a severe illnese He wore a full beard, which he explained as necessary,! owing to an infection of the teeth! and Jaw, Popular by Wenlth. With his evident wealth, his gen- erosity and interest in the country, he at once became popular. He made frequent visits to Hallfax, chere he became a member of the ova Scotfa Yacht Squadron, and his entertainments were always on a lav- ish scale. When informed in the hotel by offi- cers that he was under arrest, Koretz said, “All right boys, you'll have no | trouble with me.” He admitted, the officers said, that he was the man described in a circu- | lar as Leo Koretz, wanted for a two- million-dollar fraud in Chicago, and for whose arrest $10,000 reward was offered. At the jail he waivad ex- tradition and announced himself ready | to return at once to face the charges. | Lint of Swindles. | The specific charge upon which the extradition warrant for the arrest was sworn out was that allegedly of de- frauding by use of “the confidence | game,” Samuel J. Richman of Chicago, to the extent of $38,400. The Chicago attorneys, speaking of other charges against the prisoner, said one of his alleged exploits was to defraud a din- ing car steward of $20,000, his life savings. He is said to have headed at various times the Bayano Syndlcate, the Bayano River Trust Company and the Bayano River Timber Syndicate, with offices in Chicago and New York. The reward for his arrest was| offered by the Chicago Title and Trust Co, trustees in bankruptcy, but the identity of the person to| whom it will be pald could not be ascertained. Korctz was last seen, according to | the circular, in the St. Regis Hotel, | New York, December 6 last. He was Indicted in Chicago for using the mails to defraud and since that time has been the object of a world-wide search. According to the Chicago attor- neys, Goretz was married in Chicago and his wife, it was alleged, was left in ignorance of his whereabouts and in want when he made his flight with the $2,000,000. by 4. CHICAGO, November 24.—State’s At- torney Robert E. Crowe announced last night that Leo Koretz, sought for a year in connection with a 2,000,000 land swindle, had been ar- rested in Halifax, N. S. Assistant State’s Attorney John A. Sbarbaro and Patrick McSwiggen of the Chicago Detective Bureau, made the arrest. Koretz, a broker, who maintained luxurious offices in a downtown build- ing and at a fashionable hotel, dis- appeared early last December after having induced many wealthy friends and relatives to invest In his Bayano land development scheme. Many persons gave money to him without question, but to satisfy the more credulous he financed a com- mittee of six in making a trip to Panama to inspect the prospective oil flelds. The six, Emil Kitzinger, Henry A. Klein, Edwin Mayer, Wil- liam Smith, Harold Boysen and ontinued on Page 2, Column 7.) Yo A well dressed gentleman strolled into the smoking room at Unilon Station yesterday, glanced casual- ly over the ensemble of strangers within and finally fixed his eyes upon one man in particular, a man whose every gesture and garment proclaimed to the world that his home was in the suburbs of Hick- ville, Tenn. The well dressed gentleman am- bled across the room and seated himself nonchalantly beside the Hickville citizen. - “Nice day,” the former vouch- safed, by way of opening the con- versation. The stranger allowed it was, as he shifted a chaw of t'baccy, but he also reckoned it might rain. “And by gosh I left my gumshoes t'hum,” he recollect- ed suddenly. After a few moments of friendly conversation the stranger accepted an invitation of his flashy ac- quaintance to take a walk and look around the town. They walked to Fourth and G streets northeast, where a third man met them and suggested a little game of matching pennies to Whlls, away the time. “By heck,” remarked the seedy kel Garb Oft Hides Police Star, - Penny-Matching Slickers Learn (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) visitor suddenly, “I believe you fellers are trying to flim-flam a respectable citizen of Hickville, Tenn.” With that he took out his handkerchief, pulled back his coat and dusted off a badge, the sight of which startled his two com- panions. It seems that Detective James Collins of No. & precinct had only been doing : oit of fooling. To show his heart was in the right place he invited his chagrined “friends” to become guests of the District Government. The “guests,” police say, gave their names as George Earl Duffield of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Ralph Charles Elgin of Detroit. Later two other guests of the same sort also were booked at police headquarters. They sald they were Arthur Bogue of Wil- llamsport, Pa., and James Francis Sullivan of Montreal. All were locked up and charged with rob- bery. Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief of detectives, sald today that the arrests of the quartet clears out a penny-matching gang that has been operating at Union Station for several months. Former al- leged victims are being communi- cated with, to see if they can iden- tify the men in connection with previous “film-flam” cases. D. C, MONDAY, URGES REPUBLICAN LASH FOR REBELS Snell Opposed to Leniency. Sees Coolidge on Program Planned for House. Representative B. H. Snell of New York, chairman of the House rules committee, s another Republican ieader in the House who does not be- | lieve in being lenfent with those members elected to the House as Re- publicans and who have always thrown their support to the various blocs and insurgent movements and | who supported the third party ticket | In the recent election. They are not Republ sentative Snell contends, and they should not be treated now as such. | However, he has not yet decided in his own mind as to the punishment the old party should inflict upon them He wants to get the opinions of othes leaders In the meantime. ns, Repre- | | Congers With Coolldge. Representative Snell was in con- ference with the President at the White House today, but he said aft- erwards that his talk had to do principally with the outcome of the election in New York State and with the administration legislative pro- gram to be followed by the House. “No sympathy or sentiment should be wasted on the Republican desert- ers” Representative Bnell said while discussing the proposition to disci- pline the insurgents when the House is reorganized. “It is not necessary to read them out of the party. They are already out. You can't fire a man | when he has resigned. No one can dispute that, so why waste time fig- uring whether these men are Repub- licans or not? By their acts they have made it plain that they have resigned from the party. They worked against us and therefore are not with us, and I for one see no reason why they should be asked to attend the coming Republican caucus.” The President received two sug- gostions today intended to assist him in selecting his new cabinet. Judge Bland of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, former representa- tive from Indiana, urged him to ap- point John L. Lewis of Indianapolis president of the United Mine Work- ers of America, as Secretary of Labor to succeed John J. Davis. Urged Chicago Man. The other suggestion came from Representative Sproul of Iilinois, who presented the name of M. E. Green- baum, a banker and real estate op- erator of Chicago, to consider for “some cabinet place.” Mr. Sproul was accompanied by Joseph Feuchtwanger. President Coolidge today gave some studlous attention to the filling of several vacancles which for the greater part exist in the judiciary. He found time, however, to devote some attention to work on his annual message to Congress, which he ex- pects to complete within the next day or so. Howell Sees President. Senator Howell of Nebraska made his first call upon the President today since the November 4 victory, and for a half hour these two chatted pleas- antly. The senator brought up the matter of patronage affecting his State. He said also that he discussed briefly legislative matters and in- formed the President that he intends to push, at the coming session of Congress, the Howell-Barkley bill, which proposes to change almost completely the present law covering the Rallroad Labor Board. He said this bill comes up on the Senate cal- endar as unfinished business, and he is of the opinion that the sentiment in its favor at this time suggests that it will be passed. Senator How- ell is strongly in favor of some form of agriculture legislation, but he has himself no definite ideas along this line to offer. He thinks agriculture legislation should be considered at the coming short session, and that if it is not successful the President should call an extra session after March 4 to dispose of this matter. Among others. who called upon the President were Col. Thomas W. Miller, allen property custodian, who has tendered his resignation to the President in order that he may accept the presidency of the Inter- Allled Veterans' Assoclation; John T. Pratt of New York, who discuss- ed civil service matters; Sir Henry Lunn, noted British writer and churchman, who has been lecturing in this country and was accompa- nied by Dr. Albert Shaw to the White House; Gov.-Elect Brewster of Maine, Judge W. W. Morrow and Felix Da- Vila, present commissioner from Porto Rico. | Radio Programs—Page 18. ening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | night | etr la | of Reisinger's MISSING GIRL IS FOUND; TWO SOLDIERS ARE HELD Sarah Volk Myer Privates—Auto Said to in Company of Fort Have Been Stolen. Sarah Volk, 13 from her home at avenuc since last Thursday, is lodged in the House of Detention and two soldiers from Fort Myer with whom sh found in an automobile late are being held at precinct police station pending an vestigation the girl's disappear- ance, police announced tod Policeman Ramstead of tenth cinct station, found the girl i ¥y with Privates Richards C. and Le Roy Allan of Battery Fort Myer, an investigation discl that the car in which the trio riding had been stolen cek ago from Carl Reisinger, 1 Seventh ortheast. No charges have been placed against the soldiers, but probe being made with the co. operation of the military authorities in connection with the disappearanc missing pre « SCIENCE ONLY HOPE IN FURNACE CRIVE Police Without Clue in Baf- fling Murder of Min- ister’s Wife. By Consolidated Pross. COLUMBUS, Ohio, It there is to be a appears to be the in the destruction nace pyre of Mrs wife ‘of the Christ Lutheran science will claim the credit. “The formula of old Sherlock Holmes' detective methods broke down completely under the baffling, mysterious killing. Chemistry es- tablished the fact of murder. Path- ology, working with the charred re- malns of the minister" wife, counted on to confirm the means used in commission of the crime. Phychiatrists may then be called to determine whether there is a mental complex in any of those questioned which could suggest a tendency to- ward impulses that lead to murder. November 24.— “perfect of a bla Addie pastor of Church at murder’ ng fur Only Hope in Science. Unless this cycle of sclentific anal sis roots out the method of slaying and its cause, the killing of Mrs. Sheatsley will remain among the most unsolvable of mysteries. Ap- parently without motive, it has left nothing tangible behind upon which to base arrests. The investigation, Prosecutor John R. King admits, has hit a stone wall, with only the possi- Dility of a confession remaining to bolster a case about to fall except for the support that scientists are Ing. e iling left fashionable Bexley cold to some attempts to get'to the bottom of the crime, but the action of the Lutheran congregaion in de- manding that every effort be made to bring to justice anyone resonsible for the crime is causing the inquisi- tion that has lagged perceptibly to speeq up. This, coupled with the statement of the Sheatsley family physician that Mrs. Sheatsley was not of a nervous temperament, who could be imagined, under any circumstances, throwing herself into a blazing fur- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) HUNDREDS FLEE FLOOD IN CANADIAN VILLAGES Four Bridges Swept Away by Rap- idly Rising Waters in Charlevoix District. By the Associated Press. QUEBEC, November 24 —Hundreds of familles are fleeing from flooded villages in the Charlevoix district, about 50 miles northeast of Quebec, seeking to escape a disastrous flood which is rising hourly. Four bridges over the Rivierre Du Gouffre, & stream emptying into the St. Lawrence, have been swept away, and the menacing waters have cov- ered large sections of land and under- mined a number of buildings. There has been a downpour of rain for hours. The villages of Bals St. Paul and St. Urbain were reported to be the most severe sufferers. were | solution of what | Star. OVEMBER 24, 1924 -THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. TS READIER. FOR. THURSDAY 1PLAN GREAT ADIEU " FOR JSSERAND {National and Civic Leaders | Back Elaborate Fare- well Exercises. | | BY rrE | Plans farewell |ton in rench DERIC WILLIAM WILE, are for u great a at Washing- honor of Jules Jusserand, the Ambassador, who will retire 1 January, a 1secutive yea here. While designed, at to essentially tribute s whom spent maturing ronstration | present from W the veteran n dignit, be n stonians diplomat among has ries, tives of all the | Will participate in it Distinguished representatives of |the Department of State, the Supreme |Court, the Congress, local universi- | ties, scientific institutions, patriotic |societies, business organizations and |other activities have already pledged |their support. Chief Justice Taft, Secretaries Hughes and Hoover and Senator-elect Gillett are among them ject has been informally broached to Ambassador Jusserand plaining that American hroughout the country have shower- «d him with farewell invitations, he v preference that anything ashington cares to do should be of a united. representative nature. Along those lines arrangements are now in the making. and perhaps States in representa- the Union, | Tribute in New York. A Jusserand celebration place in New York city on evening, November 29, will {or less the model for the v function, though the latter ng will take on more of a character. Under the nuspices of the France-America ciety of New York, of which William D. Guthrie is president, a gala dinner will be held |at the Waldorf-Astoria. All of the |¥rench societies in New York will Join_with American societies interested in France in playing host to Jus- serand. Speeches will be delivered by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Elihu ot George W. Wickers Sames it B Lo henjana \Jarious projects are under sion at Washington as suitable method - of honoring. - Jimec rand at the National Capital, where he has done diplomatic duty longer than nay Ambassador ever accredited to the United States. One sugges- tion is that the new Civic Audltorium could not be more suitably “un. veiled” than to serve as the of a great meeting in Jusserand's honor. ¢ Another plan is to hold such a meeting in Continental Memorial Hall, the scene of the Washington armament conference, at which Jusserand was @a delegate. The Daughters of the American Revolu- tion have always considered the French Ambassador a particular friend of theirs. At their general to take Saturday be more aturally national cus- der the chairmanship of Mrs. An- thony Wayne Cook, president-gen- eral, resolutions were adopted re- gretting Jusserand’s impending de- parture from America. Still a third proposal is that the farewell celebration take the form |of a gala banquet in Washington's largest dining hall. There would be a notable array of speakers, no mat- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) LEITER CELLAR GANG . CAUGHT, BUT ESCAPES Returns to Get Rest of Liquor, Is Trapped, Overpowers Police and Flees. By the Associated Press. BEVERLY, Mass., November 24.— The wine cellar at the estate of Jo- seph Leiter of Chicago, from which $50,000 worth of liquors was taken Saturday, was raided again early to- day of the $10,000 worth remaining. The elght men involved were arrested with the load by local police, only to overpower Patrolman James Dol- livar later and escape in the police automobile. They left the liquor be- hind. Notified by Caretaker Percy Huxley that he heard the truck leaving, policemen Dollivar and Edward Eagan had rushed to the Leiter es- tate in an automobile. The truck was encountered on the way and the elght men were ordered into the police car with Dollivar, while Eagan took charge of the truck. The prisoners turned on their captor soon after- ‘wards, knock: him unconscious, took his gun and fled. They went in the direction of Salem, it was said. ¥ & quarter of a century, Federal | friends | hington | scene | board meeting on November 14, un-| The Star’ every city b Saturday’s Sunday’s Circulation, “From Press to Home . Within the Hour” s carrier system covers lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Trculation, 95,254 105,082 * I'WO CENTS. Earthquake Razes Turk Rail Station; Japan Feels Shock By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 2{.—Many towns In Anatolia were shaken by an earthquake Saturday night, says a dispatch to the Daily Tele- graph from Constanfinople. The new railroad station at Ouchak was destroyed and considerable damage was done elsewhere. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, November 24.— Severe carthquakes of four minutes’ duration rocked the Lake Biwa reglon, including the citles of Kioto and Nagoya, at 8 o'clock this morning. No serious damage was reported. e POLICE BACK MOVE | FOR TRAFFIC COURT Would Compel Violators to | Stand Trial, Ending For- feitures of Collateral. Declaring that “what we need here | in Washington is less hysteria about trafic and more concerted action looking toward establishment of a traffic court,” Milton D. Smith, presi- dent of the Policemen's Assoclation, today marshalled the rank and file of the police department in support of the expected drive by the District Commissioners for a separate traffic {court. “With a traffic court, presided over Iby a judge familiar with conditions as they exist with ade- |quate laws to support him, Washing- ton could be made the safest city in the country,” the policemen’s head announced. “A number of members of both the House and Senate District Commit- tees are in favor of such a court,” he “Now is the time to strike for uch action will result in the |establishment of a full-fledged traf- e court | { today, and Would End Forfeitures. “I am a motor-cycle officer mysel ECYPTIAN CABET QUTS: BATISH 0 * QCCUPY CUSTONS Troops Ordered Into Alexan- dria When All Demands Are Not Met. 500,000 POUNDS PAID AS INDEMNITY IN CASE Resignation of Zagloul Pasha Re- garded in London as Easing Tense Situation. By the Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt, November 24.—Lord Allenby, the British high commis- sioner, at noon today informed the Egyptian premler, Zagloul-Pasha, that instructions had been given for British forces to occupy the Alex- andria customs. This, he, said, was the first measure to be taken in con- sequence of Egypt's non-acceptance of all the British demands following the assassination of Sir Lee Stack, the sirdar. The Egyptian cabinet, headed by Zagloul Pasha, tendered its resigna- tion today to King Fuad, who ac- cepted it. The King summoned Ziwar Pasha, president of the Senate, who con- sented to form a cabinet. Jt was learned last night that Viscount Allenby has received full instructions from the London govern- ment, with powers to act in any way he may think advisable The indemnity of £500,000 demand- ed by the British for the death of the sirdar was paid by the Egyptian government at 11:45 o'clock this morning. Protest Demands. The payment was accompanied by a note protesting against the British demands for evacuation of the Sudan by Egyptian troops and for the with- drawal of all opposition to the wishes of the British government concern- ing the protection of foreign interests i Egypt, which demands the note characterized as unjustifiable. Cairo today wore a generally peaceful, if somewhat excited, aspect. There was a small demonstration in Abdin Square, but it was easily dis- persed by the police. |Smith stated I know from ex- |perience that a traffic court is badly Ineeded. 1 believe that with the estab- lishment of such a court, to which ttenrdance would be compulsory on | speeders, drivers, collision | {fugitives and ‘traffic criminals’, the | |traffic situation in our city would |show an immediate improvement. Officer Smith strongly advocated | doing away with the present forfeit- | |ure of collateral system | | “Make every person charged with |serious traffic ‘offenses stand trial be- {fore the traffic court.” he urged in a [formal statement As soon as the recreant motorists knows that he will have to face the judge, he will be a bit more careful.” | Suspension of Permits. Suspension of operators’ permits for certajn violations in lieu of fines or la jail sentence would be an effective punishment in many cases, Smith as- serted. He is in favor of the enact- ment of laws to suspend permits for | periods ranging from one week to a | vear. especiaily in “second offense” cases | “For such cases as reckless driving, | where injury to persons or property | Tesults, nothing in the nature of a [fine is sufficient. But suspend a man's { permit, and you deprive him of his au- tomobile—a telling blow,” Smith's state- | ment pointed out | Smith said that the reason the traffic court hill introduced by Repre- sentative Frederick L. Zihlman failed { of passage in the last session of Con- gress was the lack of united support of the proposal in the District at at time. “But today we have a committee that Is favor- able to the District and if all agencies | get behind such a meature I feel sure it will pass at this session.” Hart Urged for Post. mith proposed Ringgold Hart, as- sistant corporation counsel, as a | logical candidate for judge of such a | court’ procedure and his deep interest in Washington's traffic situation | Hart is legal member of the Com- | missioners' traffic board and author of the new regulation raising the | fine for fleeing from the scene of an | accident from $40 to $500. “In serious offenses, such as driv- |ing while drunk,” Smith concluded, lcongested court dockets present system Cases are week and | called for under of trying traflic cases. continued from week to by the time they are trial the principal wit- otherwise unable to be the defendant gets punishment. “It is useless to try to make all persons arrested for speeding and | similar violations stand trial under present court conditions. Many of them would never live long enough to face the court,” Smith declared. Three Drivers Hunted. Three additional “fleeing-driver cases developed overnight. Three ar- |rests were made for operating vehi- |cles while intoxicated and 30 for speeding. Maj. Daniel Sullivan, su- perintendent of police, reported to- day to Commissioner Oyster, in charge of police administration. Police are looking for the driver of the car which knocked down Grove James, colored, 9 years old, of 3008 M street, and drove away from the scene of the accident, Thirtieth and M streets, without stopping to aid the injured boy or make himself known. Two other unidentified drivers failed to stop after their cars were in collislon with other machines. | Police were told that the car which collided _with that of Eugene Fer- guson, 732 Park road, at street and Mount Vernon place, con- tinued on its way, as did also the automobile which collided with that of Griffin Ritmour, 1354 East Capitol street, near Thomas Circle. TAX RULING UPHELD. reached, and away without Supreme Court Declares Penalty Assessment is Legal. The Government can enforce the payment of interest at the rate of 1 per cent per month upon deferred tax payments, the Supreme Court held to- day in a case against the trustees of the J. Menist Co. of New York. The lower Federal courts refused to allow a higher rate of interest than 6 per cent a year, taking the position that 1 per cent per month was an illegal penalty, he explained, | | court, because of his familiarity with | he defendant often benefits by the | the | | nesses frequently have moved or are| Seventh | The students at a large meeting last night decided to await instruc- tions from a proper quarter. Mean- while they will continue their strike, but remain in their homes. The newspaper Alsiassah advocates ian appeal to the league of Nations on Great Britain's demands, declaring that although Egypt is not a member of the league, it is sufficient that Great Britain belongs. Alexandria has been more than once the focal point of Egyptian troubles with the outside world. The most notable modern instance oc- curred in July, 1882, when a British fleet of ironciads bombarded the city after there had been a troop mutiny, a riot and the massacre of several hundred foreigners during the insur- gent movement under Arabl Pasha, the then nationalist leader. The forts were demolished, but no troops were sent ashore immediately and further rioting and massacres followed. The next month a British military expedition was landed, how- ever, and the British occupation of the whole country followed, the joint supervision which the French and British had for some years previous' exercised over the Khedive, being abolished. SUDAN EVACUATION BEGUN. British Hail Resignation of Egyp- tian Cabinet. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 24.—The evacu- |ation of the Suaan by the Egyptian jarmy has been begun, says an agency dispatch from Cairo this afternoon. That the Egyptian crisis has been | greatly eased by the resignation of { Premier Zagloul Pasha is the view understood to have prevailed at an hour and a half's session of the | cabinet called this noon to consider the Egyptian reply to the British {demands. | The announcement of the resigna- | tion, which was made during the |cabinet meeting, may, it is said, !influence the British government's action, although it is understood the | cabinet will reiterate Field Marshal |Lord Allenby's statement to the |Egvptian _government that Great | Britain will proceed to carry out the |demands not granted by Egypt. Austen Chamberlain, secretary for | foreign affairs, was expected to iu- struct Lord Allenby to announce the cabinet's decision to the Egyptian government, but it was considered probable the high commissioner in gypt would be instructed to confer first with Ziwar Pasha, who is suc- ceeding Zagloul Pasha as premier. LEAGUE WATCHES CASE. Has Power to Medjate British- Egyptian Dispute. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 24.—The ques- tion whether the Anglo-Egyptian differences will eventually find their way before the League of Nations is causing considerable interested speculation in Geneva today. Under the covenant of the league any member of that world organiza- tion has the right to bring the sub- Ject to the attention of the league council, which will meet in Rome early in December, if it deems the question threatens the maintenance of peace or good relations. More- over, precedent gives Egypt the priv- ilege of making an appeal to the league, as any memorial recelved from here, despite the fact that she is not a member of the league, would be distributed among tiie members of the council. This precedent was established when last year Turkey, a non-mem- ber of the league, wrote to the scrc- tariat alleging that Greece was not fairly fulfilling the provisions of the convention for the compulsory ex- change of populations and asked the council to consider the matter.