Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1925, Page 1

~ PARLEY HINTED [F onee s susnar v WEATHER. S. Weather Bureau Forocast.) tonight and tomorrow, warmer tonizht; colder nizhi. Tomperatures today: lowest, 41, at & a 10l report on page T tomorrow Highest, arternoon or at m. today noon Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 ¢ Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered as 9O =T 29, post_ office, second class matter Washington, D, C. WASHINGTO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1925—FIFTY-SIX Star. The Star every city b as fast as tl From Press to Home Within the Hour” 'S carrier system covers block and the regular edi- tion is dclivered 1o Washington homes he pagers are printed. Yesterday’ s Circulation, 99,844 PAGE * 7] Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. WORLD WAR DEB " International Meeting De- clared Likely if Italian Dis- cussions Are Futile. $30,000,000 ANNUALLY MAY BE ROME’S LIMIT Definite Offer to U. S. May Be Made Tomorrow—Terms Are Kept Close Secret. While Wi debt to the 1 nited States withent fers camwe ces that in fail, there will zeneral conference debt ceded slowly 1oday it was from from case be derstood, any definite cither side. indications reliable negotiations sulied in Europe a on the whole international problem. Thix prospect loomed seriously today above the Americans and lalians who igzling find a way to the admitted low capacity to pay with the expected de the American Government e having failled to reach an sement with the United States, ium having not yet ratified the \zreement reached with the Ameri- can Government and Italy facing ad mittedly problem, the seriousness which seemed increasing the situation a ards the prospects tor clearing up the international debt problem was said to be far from brizht $30,000,000 May Be Limit. ‘The Italian commission probably will make its first offer tomorrow or the next day, according to most re. liable indications. What this offer will he is being guarded as a close secret by the commission. But. ac ording to some indications, Italy has decided that she cannot pas United States during anv one sum in excess of $30,000,000. actual negotiations at the war are st 10 le Italy nds of 1o the The present meetings hetween subcommittees of ihe two governments. The American commission was to have met gome time. Up to 12:30 o'clock there was in session at the principal con ference room s meeting between the principal members of the two com missions. Exactly what phases of debt wer being discus not revealed prior to its adj . S, Oppeses Plan. The prospect of an_international conference to take up the question of interllied debts in Europe broke to- day with significange of the utmo seriousness. Shoulq sueh & confer “nce be held, it was intimated in some quarters here, the United States might be invited to participate in rome manner, at least in the role of an observer. The Americ: vernment, how ever, has consi taken the po tion that inter-allied debts are not a matter for an international confer. ence, but are a direct concern between the various creditors and debtors. }'resident Coolidge and Secretary Mel Jon have both let it be known that they do not favor any such treatment of the debt problem Should the Italian negotiations fail, the conference on inter-allied debts would Dbe called probably within a <hort time and would be under the anspices of the League of Nations, of which the United States is not a member. This sponsoring of such a iference would of itself further com. te any possible participation by the United States. Suggestion Is KEurope's. rerallied interallied Suggestions for an con ference to consider i have heen put forward many times since the World War from many sources. Seme European powers have insisted that such a conierence would le far more effective in disentangling the web of debts in which practi cally every power participating in the Werld War finds itself enmeshed “ither in the role of creditor or debtor. irom the bezinning the American Governmient has opposed such a sug sestion and has continued on its way of dealing through its debt commi: fon with each of the debtors singly. The capacity to pay, on which all negotiations by the ~American Gov- crmment with its debtors have been hased, was applied to France and is now being applied to Italy. The ‘vanco-American negotiations failed result in an azreement, although last offer by the American Gov ernment for a sort of financial truce during the next five vears. during which France would pay $40;000,000 a vear interest, is still in the hands of the Krench government. Indica- tions have come that France will send another mission here soon fo take up the matter again. Krench politics, however, are admitted to be foday in an extremely precarious condition with the government of Premier Pain leve tottering. French Watching Washington 7 the oiher nwever, that There weré indications, hand, in Washington. 1| the French are awaiting with interest the outcome of the negotiations before ling uny further representations American Government n Parlizment has not yel Fatified the agreement recently drawn the payment of debi o the U nited States. There have been pro texting voices in both Belgium and J'rauce Against the terms of their re pecting pending proposals In the absence of official Informa- {ion as to the progress of the Italian- \merican negotiations, it was learned from unofficial but thoroughly reliable sources today that each commission is now jockeying after a fashion in order to get the other to make ah offer in figures. The lialians first pre- <ented their economic documents out ining at great length Italy's capacity . with the hope, 1t was learned. that the American commission would next respond with an offer as to what it might expect from Italy On the other hand. it was under thod that the American Government hoping for a definite proposal from Italy. nointed vesterday were understood i be considering only general phases . the negotiations without having can delegated any specific nbjective . work for. There were reports om varions sources that the com itesa were siudving fhe capacity time have taken the form of | today | debts | The four subcommittees | ‘DAMASCUS NOW CITY OF DEAD; | . DOGS EAT BODIES AS MEN STARVE Looted or Closed, Market Place Deserted, Gates Guarded—Few Venture Out BY CONNT E BROW By Cable 10 The Star and Chicago Daily News. : PARIS, November 5.—Damascus, | [ holy efty of Mussulmans and the | meeting point of all traders from the | East and West, is today a dead town. | All stores have pulled down their | blinds, The famous hazaars, rich in | all Kinds of Oriental wares, have closed i their iron hoofs ! “The “Street Called Straight,” where | expensive rugs and skilltully engraved | i brase were offered travelers, suffered | greatly from the heavy shelling of French heavy artillery. and the thou sands of tiny shops were looted by brigands who always accompans fanatics waging religions or political wars The once < deserted habitants do houses except when they honse fo be rice. Europes the ‘snlky night time very active market place | Christian and Jewish in not dare leave their for 4 very short time hastily g0 10 4 neighbor's row a handful of flonr or 1< have all departed and Mussulmans go ont onlv at 4 special meeting place. iates Carefully Guarded. Armored 1nd_sirong cavalry { detachments, vifie in hand, and ready 10 shoot without warning, are patrol- ling the empty streets day and night The city gates are carefully guarded | and no one is allowed to enter leave the city without a special signed by the commander-in-chief. Many bodies of those killed in last week's riots are still unburied, offer or pass MOTORISTS HURRY TOFIXHEADLIGHTS AS DRIVE IS BECUN -.1,300 Policemen Ready to‘ | Open Campaign on Out-of- | Focus Lamps on Autos. BY WILLIAM ULL! Automobile Editor of The Star, Glaring headlights soon will glare no more in the District of Columbi Literally thousands of motor cars whose crooked lamps have been spreading their evil rays throughout the ecity's streets and highways lnri many months now are crowding ln‘ ‘upon the auto service stations .\nd‘ |repalr shops for tests and adjust- | ment. { The present migration of car own- ers toward law compliance is by far | ! the greatest ever witnessed in the Na | tional Capital. ! Police at Work. | The reason for this sudden and fer vent desire on the part of so many de linquents to become good motor citi- ens may be found in the announce- | ment in The Star vesterday that 1,300 | officers of the law, including every | branch of the Metropolitan Police | center their attention on a | quick. effective round-up of violators | ! of the District headlight regulations. | The force behind the enforcement of | { observation of the non-glare and daz- | | zling auto lamp laws includes 1,000 | | patrolmen, 100 motor cycle officers, | 125 crossing policemen and 75 mem- | | bers of the bicyele division. correspondent bandit Department, have been instructed to |been proclaimed “president of the S sharp. | rian republic, a force miles south of Dam: lin a state of as Fighting Goes On. NEGOTIATIONS FAIL | ing copious meals for numerous stray dogs and cats, who at present are the | only ones not suffering the pangs of | hunger. While the city is comparatively safe, nobody ventures to the outskir(s without a strong guard. Rands of Bedouins and Druses are raiding vil lages and m: acreing not only Chris tians and Circassians, but also Mus sulmans who are suspected of being | triendly to the French. Authorities Powerless. The authorities, in spite of the ar- rival of important reinforcements, are still powerless. Aviation Is extremely active, bombing hostile columns, but the smbardment is without much effect, since the Bedouins are taking advantage of huge stretches of desert and disperse as soon s the afrplanes are sighted. 1o reassemble azain when the dunger is over The leader of the Bekr Bey. one of pan-lslamic move ported 10 have | president of the S proclamation. « take up arms revolutionists the heads of the L He is re oclaimed himself n republic. His decing all Arabs “to against unbelievers whatever their nationality may be. was read in all mosques, and reporis from northern distdicts indicate that natives are swarming under the green flag to obtain the Iberty of the an cient city they have been fighting for for decades. He i< concentrating there an army of Bedouins from the desert of Avabin, all hardy, with a view to conquering Damasciis (COpSHIEhL. 1925, by Ch Newn Co.t 20 Dails Engineer Leaps From Cab to Save Drowning Man By the Associated Press FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Novem . ng m the cab of is engine. which was stopped a minute later, Leslie Leland, Boston and Albany Railroad fireman plunged into Lake Cochituate near the Northways Motors plant late vesterday and rescued Paul Plouffe, aged 60, of Natick, who was drown ing. Both Plonffe and were taken 1o the suffering from exposure, Leland was able 1o go 1o his home last | night. ! BANDIT ASSUMES be his rescuer Natick Hospital SYRIAN PRESIDENCY Bakri Gathers 4,000 Men Near Damascus—French Troops Reach City. By the Associated Press PARIS, November of La chieftain named 'he Liberte Bakri Cairo h; with headquarters at | Homs, and that he has concentrated estimated at 4,000 men 15 cus. New French forces have arrived at Damascus, according to the corre pondent, and the city has been placed defense, with machine With this sizable army of men bent | gun posts established in the suburbs light law public transgres- | stopping sentiment | i upon and. with sionx, fsa | be either a very bold or a very motorist indeed who ventures with offending auto lights. Fublic Supports Drive. stupid forth If the countless commendatory com- | munications received by be accepted as a criterion of wide ap {proval of the present campaign against dazzling and _life-menacing | auto lights, then both Maj. Edwin B.| | ifesse, superintendent of police, and | Praffic Director M: O. Eldridge may be ! assured of the fullest public support iin their course. . | "Every law and safety interest in | the National Capital stands ready to | | ald official effort to rid the city of the { bublic muisances who motor through ! the streets behind blazing and blind- | ing_lamps. 5 3 ' "S¥hen the.police dragnet is pulled in there will be found, no doubt, many innocents who honestly believed their | lamps inoffensive. They probably will | | protest their arrest for having glaring | | lights as a glaring mistake. But traf | fic officials believe that six months lime--three prior to August 1, when the regulation went into effect and | three months’ grace = quite suffi-| fent for even the most procrastinat ing individual. Dealers Co-operating. | What we are after.” said .\l|: Bld- { ridge. “is less glare and more light ihe subject of headlight glare If motorists wounld only understa 1 that 1t s just as necessary to L{I\'(- regular attention to their car's lamps as it is oil and water, they would take a long step forwacd i giving the traffic office most help- | ful co-operation in making the Dis- Lict 4 safer place o wallk f motor.” My, Eldridge expressed to the automobile trade of ingion for ald in his headlight prob- lem. The automobile dealers, he | cald, are co-operating splendidly | with the traffic authorities in offer- | ling a testing service to motorists | A visit among the dealers revealed | (hat a great many of their number | are now equipped to give light and | | brake tests which will assure auto- | mobiles equipment which complies with the traffic regulations. Tests Facilitated. | Arrangements for the installation | of this testing service were made hy the Washington Automotive Trade Association before the headlight | regulation became effective. = While | many moterists have availed them- selves of it, a greater number, it is | said, have been indifferent. Cards stating the results of the | tests are given to car owners. These cards were prepared by the trade | association in conference with local | traffic officials and were based on a | standard card drawn up by the Bu- | rean of Standards. They are issued (Continued on Page 2, C (Continued on Page Al The and v The Star mav | dang Lerty situation apparently frought with grave possi ®). | farmer, died early A column under Col he city vesterday to clear samelin left the district cly behind their efforts. it Will | or renale U. S, Destroyers Arrive. REIRUT. Syria, November 5 (4) \merican destroyers Coughlin | Lamson, sent from Alexandria vesterday in view of the possibility of 1o American lives and prop- in Syria, arrived here today. New Fighting at Damascus. LONDON, #).The in is tense and November & Syria still bilities. Reports reaching London as- sert_there has been renewed fighting in the eastern outskirts of Damascus between the French and rbels and that the French are using all efforts to_prevent the entry into the city of tribesmen on the outside. Barricades, including wire entangle- ments. have been erected in the " (Continued on Page 2, Cotumn 1. SON SLAYS FATHER. Claims He Shot Parent in Self-De- fense After Row. WILLISTON, §. « November 5 Joe Simmons, Barnwell County this morning at his home, 7 miles from here, as a re- <ult of gunshot wounds, said to have beere inflicted by his son, Guy Sim- mons. The elder Simmons was shot in the leg and died from loss of blood. The son, cl his father ad ised hoe whereuon. mons. he p hix tather. is not ming self-defense, said anced on him with 2n and threatened him. according 1o Guy S ured his gun and shot The cause of the quarrel Known. Ship Calls for Aid. NEW YORK, November 5 (P).— he Independent Wireless Telegraph Co. reported today the receipt of an S. 0. 8. call from an unidentified ves Sel, whose position was reported as latitude 36-32 north. longitude 74.44 | repairing | compan T 300,000,000 LINIT N TAX CUT SETBY HOUSE COMMITTEE Figure Urged by Mellon Fixed| Tentatively After Visit by Gen. Lord. DIRECTOR GIVES DATA ON NEXT YEAR’S BUDGET Taken Up After Probable Treasury Surplus Is Made Public. Income Rates By the Associated Press A tentative limit of $306.000,000 the total amount of the forthcoming tax reduction determined today by the House ways and committee This the figure tary Mellon. It agreed the committe after it had estimates of Government for the next fiscal vear with tor Lord of the budget Although some members reduction in warned them likelihood of o Treasury ceeding $300.0 the fiscal veur Chairman Green wax npon means is by Secre 1o by zone over expenses Direc. set it favored a Director was little surplus the taxes, there ex 0000t end of in announcing the ommittee’s decision. suid it not absolutely binding and indicated the iimit might be exceeded slightly if nec essary 1o accomplish the widespread tax revision desired by the commit tee With it« goal fixed. the committee hegan consideration of new rate sched ules, taking up first the income taxes considered the heart of the revenue taw The chalrman predicted an early decision on income schedules. LEE MANSIONPLAN HELD UP FOR CASH War Department Without Funds to Refurnish Historic Structure in Arlington. Becanse of the lack of available funds, the War Department i unable to execute the direction of Congress as provided in the act of March 4 1925, for the restoration of the Custis Mansion in the Arlington National Cemetery, especially in the matter of furniture and equipment, “to the con dition in which it_existed immediately before the outbreak of the Civil War" when it was occupled by Gien. Robert E. Lee, military leader of the Confed eracy, and his wife. daughter of George W. P. Custis of Virzinia. The quartermaster general. who has been charged with the restoration, has estimated that it will cost $225,000 to | carry out the provisions of the act and an estimate for that amount has been referred the chief of the budget for submission to Congress at the comingz session. The total esti-, mate i divided into two parts, $160. 000 being required for repainting and the old mansion and pur chasing furniture and equipment to duplicate the originals. ape the ha being required to provide new living quarters and offices for the su perintendent of the cemetery and his . the man was ance now occupying ishings Hard fo Get. he quarlermaster general, who made a study of the subject, indicated in his report that it may be extreme. | Iy difficult to obtain the furnishings which were removed when the man sion was abandoned at the outbreak | of the Civil War, or to get similar | pleces. elther by gift or purchase, | from descendants of other rich fami.: lies of the same era. Therefore it may be necessary to procure the be possible duplicates or imitations from : special dealers in antiques, or in the | open market. So far but one piece of furniture in the mansion when Gen_ Lee lived | there and now available for replace- ment has been definitely located. That is a large sideboard in the pos. sessfon of Wayne Davis of 312 West Seventy-fifth street. New York City. | which the owner says he is willing to donate to the GGovernment if the res- | toration plan of Congress is put into | effect. Mr. Davis’' offer was made, to the Secretary of War through Wil. | liam Tyler Page, clerk of the House | of Representatives. i By directlon of Assistant Secretary MacNider steps have been taken to establish the authenticity of the side- | | hoard and to obtain the opinion of the | Column 7.) 0 FLYERS ARE MISSING. er 5 (#). -News of Count Ca (Continued on Page ° LONDON, Nove of the whereabouts zrande, ltalian aviator, and his three ons, who left Genoa yester- | day on a projected flight to Buenos | Alres, was still lacking this morning. | The first hop was expected to take | the airmen either to Gibraltar or to | Casblanca, Morocco, depending upon | conditions. ‘A dispatch to the Times | reports that the plane landed at Bar- | ! month miners WHoOPEE | WE'RE GOIN' To WIN THE HOUSE 1t¢ LaN'SAKES! TAKES MIGHTY LITTLE To PLEASE WILLIE! COOLIDGE PLANS NO STRIKE ACTION President Realizes Extent of Power, But Will Ask Author- | ity to Name Commission. | By the STUTT -Wild the $13,000.00 section to growers are tion to have tion ducks State zame | that farmers President has not the ! slightest intention of intervening in the anthracite coal strike nor is he ontemplating asking Congress when | it next meets to zrant the Executive | powers that would permit him to take drastic action during emergencies that might a prolonged coal strike or other strikes. Mr. Coolidge, however, will devote portion of the annual message will submit 1o Congress next to the discussion of coal and | will recommend that the Executive be given authority to appoint a spe cial commisslon empowered to deal with whatever emergency situation | may arise. 1o ald conciliation and voluntary arbitration, to adjust any existing or threatened controversy between emplover and the employe when collective bargaining fails, and by controlling distribution to prevent profiteering in coal. This is all the President proposes - doing tegardinz the present coal strike. And this is all the President will ask in the matter of coalstrike legislation. | The President’s position and inten tions were learned today from a most reliable source. There have been ru- mors recently to the effect that Presi- dent Coolidge has become so greatl moved by the pinch being felt in c tain Northern and Eastern sections of the country because of inadequate fuel. | as a result of the strike, that he was | contemplating stepping in, with the | hope of bringing the operators and together and once more to | have the anthracite mines working Has Made Thorough St The President has positively no such | idea. the writer is reliably informed. | He is familiar with the situation. Also, | heing prepared he has made a thorough study of the, M 8 o'clac '~‘ dispute between the operators and the | police enterec miners, and he is fully aware of the ) Dragoni. near Federal Government's authority and |the ministry the powers, or lack of powers, invest. [ Uated. and ed in the Executive to deal drastically | Z2niboni at with such a domestic problem as this coal strike. No one appreciaies the fact any better than the President himself that he is powerless and empty handed in the matter of forcing a settlement be- tween the disputants. He realizes this, and he realizes that it would be folly for him to attempt something with only a bluft to back him up. It| is not the Coolidge manner to do thing big merely upon the of a loud and spectacular bluster. would not try these tactics. even know- ing that he has the public solidly be hind him. : Acted Last Summer. is pointed out that there is no further reason why the President | should renew his entreaties to the operators and miners to get about the table again and make another effort to compose their differences. He made these entreaties last Summer when the time for the calling of the strike was, drawing near and during the long-drawn-out negotiations between representatives of the warring bodies at Atlantic City last Summer. The President then reminded the dis- putants frequently of their responsi- bility to the public and urged them to consider the public hefore they agreed to_dirgree. Since then the President’s position has been one of silent walting. He has been hoping that the two parties in dispute would voluntarily renew their negotiations and reach an amicable agreement. lle has heen kept advised of the prices of fuel sub- | stitules since the closing of the anthracite mines and has been watch- | ing the matter of distribution. | Aside from the questions involved | in’ the dispute between the anthra- cite operators and miners, the Presi-| dent has no hesitancy in saying that | BY J. RUS® L YOUNG, Coolidze they want by the Britain. arise from a he ROME. tempt solini. Stefani, agency -t sa The, efani to hav lodges subsidiar in Rome. On several nolice y. Turin ested way out 1t was explained Herschner, a school schools. and necessary mu him on to allow “bordered All sails gone,” the message | celona, Spain, but this is unconfirmed | he considers the cost of all coal as from any other source. Radcliffe Girls Sarcastically Harvard Slur on Charms “Reply to By the Aseociated Press. | AMBRIDGE, Mass,, November —There are three things a Harvard man cannot pass gracefully—a foot ball, a bargain counter and Out— in the opinion of the women students of Radcliffe. The views of the girls attending Harvard's sister. college. in | | Cambridge were made public in_the | the Radcliffe retort. “crime* column of the Harvard Crim-| son today. | Some time azo the Lampoon, Har-| vard undergraduate comic publica- tion, published an article reflecting | on the attractiveness of the Radeliffe girl. There was a pleture of a° younz woman gazing into a mirror, with | the legend: “The only examination | which a Radcliffe girl can’t pass.” | The Crimson opened its columns for Radio Programs—Page 43. being too high. | has referred to the costs asbeing *‘un- PARIS, bearably high.” 00 such planning removed the fowls greater on shooting e here bers than usual. officials Associated Press ART, ducks ATk are rice an in must the moved. The bag limit migratory tween the U'nited States and Great the the omgly considering Unitarian Socialist zovernment e received against vesterday By the Associated Press November officially announced Sociulist deputy, Zaniboni, is under ar. st on a charge of preparing an at sainst the life of Premier Mus apply United States Biological Survey restrictions i bird that Cr_owers on War Path as Ducks Hit Huge Rice PERSHING'S TACNA “rer= - MOTION APPROVE November damaging crop in extent this that to take ac all restric The num announced to the it gulated aty Tt is be ATTEMPT TO KILL MUSSOLINI FOILED Former Socialist Deputy Ar- rested as He Prepares to | Start on Deadly Errand. semi the former semi-official party. occasions information. they kept secyet. that an attempt wa premier. room the Chigi I of foreign affairs is =it | surprised the very about to leave on his allesed mission At the same time. the au Gen. of the ruling of the board forbade addresses controversial subjects in the county because Mr. shaw had not annouriced his suhject before going to the school for the principal, C. Gromer, to refuse him admittance. The Georgia Representative charac terized the incident as an attempt le”’ him, and in a later speech at tev. Depp’s church said the refusalf to speak at laws that the Br the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., November 5.— Representative William D. Upshaw | of Georgia was refused admittance | to the Towson High School. in Bal- | timore County. when he went there vesterday fo deliver an address to the students, it became known today. by John superintendent of schools for Baltimore County, that today assistant also ordered immediately to occupy all the Masonic to the Grand Orient and moment Louis | who was on a train, allegedly country. is the recently which ihe morning the alace, said prefect horities at Capello on his | new: government i dissolution of the by the the Hotel here arrested he was UPSHAW IS BARRED IN SCHOOL ADDRESS | It €. Baltimore County In fact the President | By the Associated Pres November 5.—Young Count In his opinion the! Stanislas de la Rochefoucauld firm- | o Young Count Defies Family to Wed Star of “Phi-Phi,” Socialist’s Sister | on Up it became Arthur to the school the dark prices place a great burden on the!ly refuses to break off his engag ;domestic and industrial life of the ment to marry Miss Alice Cocea. a ‘ation and the public welfare requires musical comedy star, and the blu a reduction in the price of fuel. Also | blooded de la Rochefoucauld family the President is insistent that the sup- | in dispair. distribution. With the enormous de- | the opinion of the President. Miss Cocea made her hit | iply of coal should be constant; that|on the stage when she appeared in | | there should be nothing to impair its | “phi.-Phi” during its phenomenal run. | The day has passed when a French- | posits of coal in existence, failure of man could not marry without the con- | |supply ought not to be tolerated in|sent of his parents. the ages of 21 and 2 Now, if between ., he has only to The President included a section of | inform his parents by two “respectful | his first message to Congress after <ymmonses’” mended_teatures of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) i of his intention |becoming President in 1923 in which marry, and after he has reached the | ihe called attention to the excessive|age of 25 he is free to marry when price of fuel and in which he com-land whom he chooses. Stan xtensjve re-| 53 and has made his “respectful sum- monses” In Ave legal form. 10 las is | Contains Eleven Sweeping Demands as to Rights of Plebiscitary Board. By the Associated Press ARICA, Chile, November 5 (#).— The Governor of Arica, Emili Bustos, and the Intendente o Tacna, Luis Barcelo, have resigned. ARICA. Chile, November 5.—An- notncement was made today that the maotion of Gen. John 1. Pershing he- fore the Plebiscitary Commission. which contained demands of a sweep- inz nature for the establishment of the commission’s right to interfere in all aspects of the plehiscite over the | disposition. of Tacna and Arica, was approved hy the commission Novem- her 2 The which sential time for free and point calls and Arica except fc motion coutained 11 points, the Americans considered es prerequisites at the present further progress toward a fair plebiscite. The first for removal from Tacna of the military garrison number of troops equal 10 those of Peru in similar territory bevond the boundary. The second and third provide for a reduction of police, carabineros, secret service men and other officers to the num- ber held in the territory July 20, 192 the date of the signing of the act of submission. The fourth point asks for removal of any army. police or carabinero officials now posts, and the fifth for the removal 1t the demand of the commission of any civil authority Safeguards of Freedom. sixth point obligates egates. inspectors and other persons relieved of their posts to leave Tacna-Arica, unless they are natives. The seventh provides for freedom of entry of all voters and all persons legitimately connected with the plebi- The vighth demands absolute for travel in the territory. th for freedom for all par parade and otherwise -legiti arry out propazanda for the under full protection The tenth point calls for removal of all forms of censorship. and the eleventh provides for the return of any deported persons from south Chile at the expense of the Chilean zovernment The subdel ties to mately elections Maintenance of Order. Trovision is made that such num- hers of troops, police and carabineros may be kept as the Chilean govern- ment thinks advisable, provided the commission does not believe their presence inimical to & free plebisci It is also provided that officials moved shall be replaced by the Chil- ean government and that freedom for entry, travel and propaganda work must be compatible with the mainte. nance of public order. RELIEF FELT HERE. An appreciable degree of relief was apparent in Government circles today over Chile’s acceptance of the resoli- tion of Gen. Pershing fixing guaran tees for the Tacna-Arica plebikcite Favorable action is alse expected from Peru, who has heen represented as heing favorably disposed toward the resolution. Interest here negotiations vote on now is centered on for setting a date for a the disposition of the pr inces. \When this ix set, expectations re that the actual advance toward « solution of the question can be con- sidered achieved. Count Edouard Francois Mare de la Rochefoucauld, remembering that he is also Duke of Bisaccia of Italy, is putting his hope on breaking the engagement through an appeal to the King of Ttaly and Pope Pius to inter- vene. The American saying * that “actresses happen in the best ulated families” finds no acceptance in France. 1In the present case the charming Miss Cocea is said to have the additional drawback in the eves of the Rochefoucaulds of being a Rumanian and having a_brother who is a socialist deputy for Bessarabia. There is no bar by the Rochefou- could family to foreign marriages, as one of the family married Miss Mattie Elizabeth Mitchell of Portland, Oreg., Lin 1901. holding civil | in_the provinces. ' reg- | WHEELER, N PLEA, CHALLENGES RIGHT OF U.S. TOTRY HIM Claims He’s Been Acquitted Once on Complaint and Case Is Decided. |ASSERTS INDICTMENT FAILS TO SHOW FRAUD Baring Quashing,” Case Will Go to Court in January or February. ! Is Forecast. BY GOULD LINCOLN. A demurrer and a plea of fo quittal were filed in the Court of the District of Colu dax enator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, who is under indictment here on the charge of conspiring tn defraud the Government in conner tion with permits for prospecting oil lands in Montana. The demurrer #nd plea were filed for Senator Wheeler by his attorneys, Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, his colleague; Charles A. Douglas and A thur Garfield Ha | The demurrer maintains that the indictment of Senator Wheeler fails ! 1o set out anything which constitutes |an offense under the laws of the | United States; that the indictment does not charge the offense of con spiracy 1o defraud the United States ind that the Supreme Court of the District has no jurisdiction of the of fense charged or sought to be charged. G. by Claims Former Acquittal. The plea of former acquittal asserts that Senator Wheeler has already been tried and acquitted in Montana of any guilt in connection with the same incidents upon which he is now icted in the District of Columbia | he demurrer and plea of former | acquittal, it is expected, will be argued the last of November before Judge { Jennings Bailey in the Supreme Court the District, holding criminal court senator Walsh and Judge Douglas will appear on behalf of Senator Wheeler and the Government will be repre sented by Robert F. Stewart an William E. Leahy, appointed a spe cial assistant to aid in the conduct nof the case against Senator Wheeler If the court sustains the demurrer {or the plea of former acquittal filed by Senator Wheeler, the case ends so far as the present indictment is concerned, and indead, probably would not be renewed. Ples of Abatement. If the court on the other hand seis aside the demurrer and the plea, three courses will be open to the defendant He may plead not guilty and go to trial. He may seek a special appeal in the Court of Appeals, or me may file a plea in abatement. In all probability Senator W heeler would adopt the first course. In that event the case would then go to trail, but probably not until January or February The indictment of Senator Wheeler n the District of Columbia charges nim_with conspiring with Edwin Booth, former solicitor of the Dep: ment of the Interior and later special assistant 1o the Attorney General, and with Gordon Campbell, 2 Montana oil operator, and with James A. Mac Gowan to defraud the United States out of 10,000 acres of oil lands in the public domain. located in the county of Tool2. Mont. Booth and Campbell are indicted joinily with Senator Wheeler. James A MacGowan, be cause he testified before the grand jury in the District which found ihe indictment against the othars, was not indicted The attorneys for Senator Wheeler will stress particularly in arguing the demurrer that the charge of spiracy cannot lie against Senator Wheeler hecause the indictment does not actually charge a violation of the statute. They will distinguish between the law as it relates to the issue of permits for exploration of oil and the law relating to leases of oil lands They will contend that there is noth ing in the law which would prohibit |one man’s obtaining more than one permit for exploration, whether he ob tained the permits in his own name or | through other persons. Dummy Applicants Charged. The case azainst Senator Wheeler and the other defendants alleges that they sought to obtain several permits of exploration through the use of dum | my applicants. It will be contended that if one man is entitled to more than ong permit, it makes no differ ence whether he obtained them direct and in his own name or in the names of others. The Wheeler case Zom the firat has been full of fireworks. Senator Wheeler and his friends have insisted that he has been the object of political persecution, because he was the in stigator_of the Sepate investigation of the Department of Justice under former Attorney General Harry M Daugherty. The Government, on the other hand has maintained that the law has been violated and that just because Mr Wheeler is a Senator of the United States is no reason why he should not he prosecuted. Chronology of Case. A chronology of Daugherty investi March 924, the Senate adopted the Wheeler resolution providing for |an investigation of Attorney General Daugherty and the Department of Justice under his administration. April 8, 1924, while the Daugherty | investigation was still under way, Sen- {ator Wheeler was indicted in Montana, | charged with receiving money from Gordon Campbell for representing him | before the Interior Department after Wheeler had become Senator in viola | tion of the law. ’ January 22, 1925, while his trial in Montana was still pending, it was an- | nounced that a special grand jury | would be impaneled in the District of the case and ation follows: the | Columbia to determine whether Sena- | tor Wheeler should be indicted here {on the conspiracy charge. | March 28, 1925, an indictment was returned by the grand jury here charging Senator Wheeler with con spiracy to_defraud the Government April 15, 1925, Senator Wheeler's trial in Montana was begun, and or | April 24, on the first ballot' and after | being out (Continued o »