Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1926, Page 2

SPEECH ON MEXICO CREATES TURMOIL Mrs. Rufus Dawes, Delegate to Parlzy on War, Objects to Staiements. The Conference on the Cause and Cure of War mentary turmoil this morning when Mrs. Rufus C. Dawes, one of the dele- zates and a sisterin-law of the Vice President, rose out of order and took issue with statements included in an address which had just been con- cluded by Carleton Beals, principal of the American High School, Mexico City. “1 am going to he very unpopular and say that 1 think we have struck the very lowest note of the week,’ Mrs. Dawes declared, “listening to charges of bribery and corruption without the men being here to defend themselves.” Former Envoy Attacked. ies of “question” rose from all over the floor and order was quicly restored. but the convention was freat ed to the first flurry of real discord developed thus far in the session. Mrs. Dawes referred to remarks made by Mr. Beals when he intimated that an envoy from the United States to Mexico had asked a President of the United States for funds to “bribe xican officials” s reference to Henry Lane Wilson, former Ambas- “an inefficient Beals replied to Mrs. Dawes by saying had been speaking to an adult audi ence which would understand that self-criticism was the highest form of patriotism.” Mr. Beals later explained that his reference 1o an envoy to Mexico re- questing the President of the 1'nited States for funds with which to “buv™ Mexican officials was a historical in cident occuring during the Jacl administration. when President Jack £on wrote the words :andal and cor ruption” across the face of the letter. Although the incident was closed for- mally within a few minutes, it caused lengthy informal discussion among the delegates, many of whom expressed the opinion that Mr. Beals was too radical in his statements. Mexico Held Key. Relationships of the United States to Mexico will ultimately determine our relationships with the Latin American world, declared Carle. ton Beals, principal American High School, Mexico City, the first speaker this morning. ‘Mexico is the gateway to Western Hemisphere,” he stated, if we fail with Mexico we wiil with Latin America “To withdraw recognition _from Mexico at this time and to lift the embargo on arms and munitions car benefit neither Mexico nor the United States and will irvetrievably blacken the Coolidge administration. “Such a step will bring into power 8 government even less compromising than the present one and one that will be bitterly anti-American.” Program Is Planned. Leaders of the conference indicated today that four major recommenda- tions will be presented to the confer- ence at the closing session tomorrow for adoption in its permanent program for world peace and for subsequent indorsement by the nine national Wwomen’s organizations spongoring the conference. Recognition of the technical ele ments contained in a study of eco- nomic_security will be embodied in one of the recommendations, it was stated, expressing determination that delegates to the conference edu cate themselves along economic lines so that v may be able to give trained advice at the next conference Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, gen- eral chairman of the conference, voiced the need for trained round table leaders this morning, urging the conference to arrange to send a body of at least 10 delegates-at-large to each annual gathering. thereby insuring a trained nucleus of leader Political Factor Emphasized. The political significance of the holding of the conference here was emphasized this morning when it was decided to meet in \Washington again next vear after it had been pointed out from the floor that con vening here furnished means of impressing upon our ntatives in Congress that we discussing these questions The other three major recommen dations which are expected to be pre sented for adoption tomorrow have already been foreshadowed by com: ment ‘and resolutions dealing topics which speakers have stri the moetings Practical methods of promoting the World Court: opposition to the use of poison zas in warfare; and a sys- tem of education designed to influence the negotiation by this country of allinclusive arbitration treaties will be incorporated in the findings which will be presented for adoption, was indicated by committee leaders this morning “New Morality” Arising. Dr. Parker Thomas Moon of Colum bia University dwelt on the man ner in which the Monroe doctrine has been supplemented and stated that “a new morality regarding interna tional relations is taking form in Europe and in America.” The idea is taking form that ag gressive war should he outlawed. he said, but intimated that the United States would do well to look to its policy in Latin America. stating that announcement by the State Depart- ment that sendinz our Marines Haiti or the Dominican Republ “intervention” marks a rather cate distinction” between aggressive warfare The conference will take up a xtudy of the policy of the United State toward international deits this after noon. Dr. Harold ;. Moulton. direc tor of the Institute of k H. Duncan Hall of the University of Svdney. Prof. Ernest M. Patterson of the University of Pennsylvania, and Henry Scattergood. member Red Cross Commission to will speak The conference will hold a tonight. Adjournment is tomorrow night, after a series of busi- ness meetings and a reception at the White House. Oriental Relations Studied. The conference late yesterday took up the relationships of this country with China and Japan, speakers plead ing for a better u anding in this vount of condit China asks only justice of the na tions of the world and much of ite pregent civil warfare is due to opposi- tion of Chinese to foreign control. de- clared Dr. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Chinese Minister to the United States, in urg- ing the United States to act as an independent agent in terminating the extraterritorial treaties with China. The requirement that China shall not levy more than 5 per cent ad valorem duty upon exports and im- ports and the refusal to China of the right to hold foreigners within her borders amendable to her jurispru- dence are the niost serious of the treaty limitations, he stated. Chinese people desire peace, Dr. Sze =aid, but do not believe in peace at v price, holding to the theory that a question is not settled untl it is settied correctly. “America can aid China by continu- the a “I thoug the nd fail repr are ed at France. dinner was thrown into mo- | whole | with | it { to | conomics. Dr. | of the| expected | Pat McDermott, photographed in the Canton, Ohio, court, where he is being tried for the murder of Don Mellett, Canton newspaper editor. PRESIDENT'S SON'S BUARDIS OPPOSED Representative Byrns Hits Assignment at Appropria- tions Hearing. ignment of Col ard W. Star ling of the United States Secret Serv- ice to protect President Coolidge’s son John. attending college at Am- herst, came in for sharp critieism in hearings on the Treasury appro- priations for the coming vear, when | Representative Bvrns. Democrat. Ten- | nessee. took exception to the matter. | Chief W. H. Moran of the Secret Service, who was explaining the esti mates for his effice for the coming vear to the House appropriatiors com- mittee. said that the assignment had been made under a law “for protection of the President. the members of his immediate family and a person elected to be President. McAdoo Asked Law. v for this was not put_into “Chief Moran explained. until uring President Wilson s administra tion. adding: “Mr. McAdoo specifically to have it done. G. MecAdon was Secretary Treasury and a son-n-law dent Wilson T will say very frankly. Byr hat 1 do not approve that ‘Asked by Representative Thatcher if there had heen similar assignments for the protection of other members of the President’s family, where they had been separated from the presidential | household, Mr. Moran replied: | Wives of Presidents Protected. n the case of wives of Presidents, ves. sir. We took care of Mrs. Wilson When she was awav from the Presi dent. I assign a man especially fo the protection of Mrs. Coolidge. There is 2 man with her whenever she is away from the White House.” “T am not making any criticism of that.” said Mr. Byrns. “but T do very seriously question the wisdom of the | holicy of spending money for a com- [ panion for the son of the President, or lany member of the President's family Who is attending college. It seems to me that is going too far.” Answering questions from Mr. Byrns, Chief Moran explained that Col. Starling’s salary was $3.700 year, and he gets “per diem” expense: | Author the law William of the of Presi- said Mr. of JOHN ARENDES DEAD. Member of White House Police Squad 17 Years. John Henry Arendes, 60 years old, who retired from the Police Depart- ment four years ago after a service of 30 yea died at his home, 610 G | street itheast, shortly after 4 o'clock this morning. He was a member of the White House police { squad for 17 vear i Mr. Arendes had been seriously fll Labout a month. He was a native of | this city and a resident of Southeast Washington most of his life. He is survived by hix widowand four sons, Frank H.. Willlam Frederick, Joseph G. and John Avendes. One of | the sons. Joseph G. Arendes, is an {employe of the Police Department, serving with No, 7 command. | .Requiem high mass will be sung at | §i. Peter's Catholic Church, Second land ¢ streets southeast, | morning at 9 o'clock. Pallb {he selected from rroll | Knights of Columbus, and St. Peter's | Holy Name Society, ~the - deceased having been a member of both or ganizations. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. . B . s iWILL FIGHT PRISON WARES | ST. LOUIS. December 9 (). -The {appropriation of §100.000 for an ad vertising campaign against prison- made garments featured the closing | session here yesterday of a two-day feonvention of the union-made garment [ma nufacturers. A statement by the organization de- lared that two years had been de- oted “in the study of the problem {and preparation for combating the {noxious influences” of the manufac- rison_labor. | ture_of garments by !ing the policy of non-interference with China’s domestic troubles and by tak- {ing aggressive steps to remove from “hina_ extraterritorial treaty limita- tions,” said Dr. P. W. Kuo, director | of the China Institute in America. Kittredge Norton, student of Far Kastern affairs, said that the world demands of China that it restore do- mestic tranquillity and make its na tion safe for those who visit within its borders. Much of the difficulty between China and the West has been due to mis- understanding, said Dr. James M i Henry, president Lingnan University | Canton. China, and after outlining i onditions in China, recommended t |tive rather than a negative note and ido its part to correct treaty inequi- ties. “It is only the statesmanship that { “that will be found adequate and en: during.” Speak on Japan. Relationships with Japan were dis- cussed last night by Chester H. Ro ell, California editor: Dr. H. Duncan Hall, University of Svdney, and Fred- erick Moore, journalist. The speakers agreed in stating that there will be no danger of war with Japan unless America makes it and be handled with more latitude and vet witheut of American sovereignty. asked | hat the United States sound a posi- | puts China's interests first.” he said, | THE EVE PRESIDENT SEEKS HARMONYIN PARTY. White House Breakfasts Aid | in Smoothing Out Legis- lative Paths. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge has set put on a definite program of harmony within the Republican party. The conferences ‘which he has heen calling for break- fast at the White House are in line with an effort on the part of Mr. | Coolidge to develop a united front for | the election in 1928, when the party | will be on trial again. y The shortness of the present session | ot Congress makes even more impera | tive the necessity for a smooth-work- |ing legislative machinery. The sum- | moning of the chairmen of all im \yuwlanl committees is expected to bring about a personal relation be- tween those chalrmen and the White House enabling them to consult the Exegutive whenever the accasion war rants. While Mr. Coolidge does not wish ever to he regarded as an Execu tive who “drives’ Congzress, he is not unmindful of the opportunity he has to influence the course of his party leaders Mr. Coolidge shrinks from persenal display such as might be involved in a reception on the floor of the House if he read hix message in person and ‘prefers to do his conferring at the White ilouse whenever it is con- {venent for the members. Visits May Be Interruptions. On such visits as other Presidentd have made (0 jhe Capitol, the first few partook of a certain novelty, but later they hecame to a certain exient interruptions, for a President could not always determine in advance the hour for his visit and frequently im- portant ‘enators were absorbed in committee meetings or hearings which they could not conveniently leave. The breakfast conference idea has been evolved:as a_compromise. In the early hours of the day members of Congress are free from engagements as a rule. During the luncheon hour their presence is frequently needed on | the floors of Congress and they like to be handy for roil calls! In the evening members of Congress have engagement of their own, sometimes weeks in advance, and it is not easy for Mr. Coolidge to bring them to gether when he wants them. The Republican conferences—for | usually only Republicans are invited— are calculated o improve the moral | of the party~and to inform the Presi | dent of the prospects for legislation. | The President feels that he must de pend for counsel and guid: on the Republican leaders and he wants them to know it. His method of workirg with Congress is somewhat different { from that of his predecessors, but the objective is the same—close accord with the leaders—namely, the chair- men of committees Leadership on Trial. Mr. Coolidge's own leadership is on trial in the short session of Congress. Between now and the time Congress meets again in December, 1927, the lines will be drawn for the 1928 politi cal conventions Members of Con. gress have much to do with the selec. tion of delegates for a presidential nominating convention. In fact. in many instances they choose and dom- | inate the delegation Whatever personal relations Mr. | Coolidge may establish will to a cer- tain extent prevent the development of an opposition to him. And whether he decides to run or not, the imp tance of having opposition postponed until the last possible moment canrot | be overestimated from the viewpoint | of legislative progress. The President | is, therefore, helping his own political fortunes as well as those of his party as a whole by endeavoring to develop a close working arrangement on legis lation hetween himself and the leaders { on Capitol Hill. (Copyright. 1926.) CANNIBAL PRACTICE | REPORTED IN CHINA | AFTER LONG FIGHTING (Continued from FKirst Page.) | Clement Stackley. telling of terrible conditions in the city and urging that every effort be made to get permis | sion for the hospital staff to leave the city. | Describes Desperate Plight. | | o “We are truly in a desperate strait. Nothing but starvation stares us ir the face,” the letter says. ‘Hundreds | are dying in the city daily and it ix | impossible to buy food. You cannot understand the state of affairs; it is just awtul. It is difficult to bury all | that die of starvation and many lie |in_the streets for days unburied.” | The letter added that foreigners { conld hold out for a fortnight if al { Jowed to keep the little food that theg had. The supplies, the letter said, were shared with the hospital staft and could not last long. Chinese newspapers here declare < of people have frozen or starved to death or are destitute in Peking because of the bitter cold weather the last two days. Many children are vietims. | Military operations during the last vear have made hundreds of farmers {of the surrounding districts destitute. There has been a marked increase in the number of heggars and helpless persons in the streets of Peking this | Winter. | Diplomats May Meet. A dispatch from foreign sources in Hankow, where threats of a general strike have alarmed the forejgn con- | cessions, says a gathering of foreign | diplomats is expected there soon. Miles Lampson, new British min- ister to China, has arrived there to | survey the Nationalist | situation. and Ferdinand Maver, coun. selor for the American legation at Shanghai. is expected there tomorrow. Sadao Haburi, chief of the treaty | bureau of the Japanese forelgn office, also is en route to Hankow. | Chinese employes of the Standard | 0il Co.'s Hankow candle factory have | gone on strike, despite offers of in creased wages, but otherwise the labor | situation there is reported generally improved. 70,000 ARE DESTITUTE. | Fighting ov Foochow Causes Pri- vations to Multitude. [ FOOCHOW, December § UP).- A re. | lief investigating committee reported | here today that 90 out of 97 outlying | villages invaded by troops of Gen. | Chang-vi, northern leader, have been | destroyed as the result of their efforts to fight their way out of Cantonese surroundings. | The population of the area invaded | is ahout 100,000, and more than 70,000 | of these are homeless and destitute. Immediate relief is deemed necessary. | Cold weather and the exorbitant price | of rice are increasing the misery of | the stricken thousands. | Chang-yi's troops are continuing | thelr fight against enemy factions, tbut negotiations for a settlement are | under way. Gen. Chung-yi was de- | feated in defending Foochow recently that the immigration problem should | when one of his allies deserted to the | Cantonese and others either refused the southern troops advanced upog it. ¢ PN (Cantonese) | VING STAR, WASHINGTON AILROAD RATES ON COAL ATTACKED! Power Company Charges Tariff to Benning Is Dis- ; \criminatory. Attacking the freight rate of $3.13 on bituminous coal from the New River field of West Virginia to points in the District @f Columbia on the Pennsylvania and\Baltimore and Ohio Railroads, Lindley\E. Sinclair, gen-} eral superintendent\ of the Potomac | Electric Power Co., tvld an examiner for the Interstate (GomKierce Commis- sion today that the light and power consuming ‘public in the: District of | Columbla pays a higher fate for its electricity because of the alleged un- nable and discriminatory freight coal charged the power com- pan Mr, Sinclair said the Potomac Ele tric Power Co. will pay during 1926 | more than $71,000 in the “unreason- able rate” alleged over the general rate of $2.84 per gross ton on coal over other railroads to destination points in the District of Columbia. The 2acent differential between the | $2.84 rate and the §3.13 rate charged buyers of coal on the Pennsylvania and B. & O. represents 4.66 per cent of the production cost of power of the Bennings plant of the local power | company. he said. The power com- pany, which will bura at its Benning plant 246,000 tons of soft coal during 1926, will spend $1.263,810 for that coal, Mr. Sinclair sald. Holds Public Interested. The power-consuming public in the District_of Columbia is interested in any freight rate reduction on coal for power-making purposes, Mr. Si clair said, as ench vear the efficiency of producing power increases and the public gets the henefit of possible | rate reductions. He explained to Ex- aminer Perry that the electricity rate in the District of Columbia is fixed by the Public T'tilities” Commission, and declared that coal is the biggest factor of expense in power prod averaging 8213 per cent of power-pro- duction costs at the Benning plant of the local power company. The John P. Agnew Co.. local coal retailers, must absorb the differential of 29 cents charged for soft coal from the New River field hy Baltimore and Ohio delivery at the First and M streets yards of the company. in order to meet the keen competition of other Washington retail dealers in soft coal. 0. G. Raymond of the Agnew -com- pany testified. The same freight of $3.13 to Benning applies to B. & O. de- livery at First and M streets, Mr. Ray- mond sald. “The 29-cent differentlal Is entirely discriminatory and_hurts ns very much. In retailing New River coal we must absorb the 29.cent differential over our competitors who receive coal at other points on the Pennsylvania. It is necessary for us to show the same retail price as our competitors The Fadeley Co.. prominent whole- | salers of coal, were also named as intervenors in the complaint, with othe Built Own Tracks. Mr. Sinclair explained that the power company had turned down a proposal by the Pennsylvania Rail voad to construct tracks into the Ben- ning plant, and had bullt them itself at a cost of $17,000 to haul coal from | the Pennsylvania siding, a distance of about qne-half mile. by electric power. A similar arrangement has heen made to handle coal from the Baltimore and Ohio siding. a mile and a quarter distant from the Benning plant. Interventions by a group of Penn- sylvania _bituminous producers, who presented a hrief intending to show discrimination if the $3.13 rate is v duced, were temporarily allowed by the examiner over the protest of (. R. Marshall, attorney for the com- plainants. Mr. Sinclair produced a rate analy sin showing a general rate of $2.84 on New River coal to points in the District of Columbia. Maryland and Virginia, against a rate of $3.13 to Benning. To Relay and Rosslyn. Va., the Washington rate of $2.84 applies, Mr. Sinclair said. while to Benning the $3.13 rate applies, a distance of 3.9 miles bevond the Washington station. The $3.13 rate, he sald, applies to all B. & O. points. BILL TO PURCHASE TRIANGLE OFFERED BY SENATOR SMOOT Figst (Continued from Page.) those advocating the triangle pur- chase are sound and practical. Tt was for the purpose of going | over this legislative program that Mr. | Snell went to the White House today. He pointed out that before the pro- gram had been worked out, the President’s views had been obtained and that the latter's suggestions and | wishes in the matter formed the basis | for the arranging the House pro- cedure. According to him, the Presi- dent appeared to he satisfied. Judges’ Bill to Be Pushed. Mr. Snell. after his conference with the President. said the House would start today with the bill providing in- creased salaries for Federal judges. Then will follow one or two appropri- ation bills, and with the latter out of the way, the radio control bill will Dbe brought up, he sald. The Parker rallroad consolidation bill has been in a preferred position on the program., and by that time he expects the House will be ready to knuckle down | for consideration of tax reduceiton legislation, which he expects will be the one big task of the present ses- sion. | PRUSSIAN SETTLEMENT | MAKES EX-KAISER RICH William Is Now One of the Most Wealthy Landowners in Europe, Worth $1,200,000 Annually. By the Associsted Press. BERLIN, December 9.—The settle- ment of Prussia with the Hohenzol. lern family places an income estimat- ed at about $1.200,000 per year in the hands of William 1T and makes him one of the richest land owhers in Europe. What will William IT_do property? Under the houselaw of the Hohenzollern, it is claimed. the former emperor as head of the dvnas- | ty holds patriarchal sway over all the | members and can dole out money and ! real estate to his relatives as he sees fit. It is also persistently rumored that the ex-kaiser intends to hold the vast properties together for at least a decade, s0 that the Hohenzollern | heritage may not be diminuted. At the offices of the ex-emperor's legal representative, it is not confi- dently feit that the estate can be kept in the former emperor’s hands. "with his A railway 100 miles long is to be constructed inf Madagascar at a cost invelving any Infringement [to fight or withdrew: from the city a=|of more than $20,860,000, and part of it may be electrifigd, babERWAGL SOCIETY MINGLES WITH UNDERWORLD Extreme Groups Meet to Fur- ther Movement to Aid Re- formed Criminals. By the Associated Pre NEW YORK., December ~The underworld has joined hands with the “upper ten"” to further the Marshall Stillman movement, which has as its aim the rehabilitation of criminals and reduction of crime. The two extremes pact by meeting last night in the | grand ballroom of the Commodore Hotel, but six pairs of amateur prize fighters, one of negroes, took pre- cedence over Park avenue rectors, State and city judges and social serv: ice workers who spoke. | In Dress Clothes. The “underworld” was represented | by Red Lewis, Billy Lustig, Johnny Webber and Joe Kismann, former East Side “bad man,” but now reform- | ed. and. last night &t least, attired in | dress clothes. The banquet, given by textile in- dustry heads as a benefit for the movement, which has pi ided club. houses and social opportunities for persons living in the heart of the East Side, was attended by more than | 500 persons. | Scores Baumes Law. During the speechmaking Louis Eismann of the Kast Siders said he thought the Baumes law, making life sentences mandatory for fourth offenders in New York State, wi doomed. He sala he nhad talked wit a number of his friends who were: ready to “step out” (g0 on a criminal undertaking) and they all had said the new law would not stop their activ. ities. It only would serve to make them more determined not to be taken alive if they faced arrest, Eismann said. reached their ATTACK ON NELSON WIDENS 6.0.P. BREACH Appointment of Insurgent Leader as Pensions Committee Head Opposed. By the Associated Press. Hopes of House Republican leaders for a pacific closing of the breach be- tween party regulars and insurgents suffered a sethack today when the steering committee refused promptly to agree to appointment of Repre- sentative Nelson of Wisconsin, leader of the insurgents, o the chairmanship of the pensions committee. After an hour of discussion, durinz which much opposition to reinstate- ment of Mr. Nelson's committee ceniority was developed, the committee adjourned for a week. Adjournment was forced when several members de. manded more information concerning the present degree of the Insurgency and what effect Nelson's appointment Weuld have on the status of others of his group. MEXICAN LAW ACCEPTED. Standard Oil Quoted as Ready to Comply With Provisions. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 9 (#)—The San Antonio Light today publishes a statement quoting Manuel Calero, chief counsel in Mexico for the Standard Oll fnterests. as saying that all oil companies operating in Mexico will comply with provisions of Mexi- co’s allen property laws, which be- come effective January 1. 25 Warsaw Gunmen | In Funeral Cortege| Arrested by Police, ted Press. December 9.—War- saw gunmen and gangsters, ap- parently mindful of the recent elaborate burials of their kind in Chicago, have given one of their most prominent members. killed in a fight with the police, a sumptuous funeral. One of the wreaths borne by the gunman's friends read: “From His Colleagues, to Whom He Will Remain as a Model Without Parallel.” In solid ranks the friends of the gangster, 24 Zielinski, walked be- hind the cofin, which was buried in wreaths of costly flowers in memory of the man who had ter- the suburbe of the city ra. The local police found the By the Assoc WARSAW, | large: ce participants in the style sho to be held at Woodward & Lothrop girls and ma- wodels for the harity work. 1 Mrs. tomorrow, when societ. s will appear as efit of the league's s Maud Mason a Ru Miss Mary Bradley. STRIKE HITS ROYALTY. Tie-Up in British Coal Causes Fuel Rationing. TLONDON, December 9 in the coal mines Buckingham Palace, the Mar; simil is back to a closed until the situa State affair: palace have been <rc and there is but one banquet importance so far scheduled. B . Miles Succeeds Mooney. MEMPHIS Lovick P elected president Commercial Publishing lishers of the Memphis Appeal, morning paper Miles, attorney Vesterday of Co. — P. J. Mooney. (#).-——Roy alty has been hard hit by the tie-up London residence of King George and Queen tioning system r to war times, and many of the apartments of state have been of any Tenn., December 4 (). was the pub. Commerc and the ning Appeal—to succeed the late C. CHICAGD POLITICIA - ISHELD JAIL ANGE Imprisoned Warden Names Morris Eller as Power Be- hind Druggan and Lake. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO., December 9. Westbrook, former Cook County (Chi cago) jail warden, who served three months’ imprisonment for contempt of and vesterday allowed Terry Druggan Lake, beer-runners Government's witness at the Peter M. Hoffman. Druggan and others and declared the libe were requested by a Chicago politi The defendants, who include several former conspiracy to defeat justic Sheriff ‘Hoffman alveady has served a_month’s jail sentence for contempt of court. Westhrook | ment in the cz 1 separate trial. | Morris Eller, recently defeated as a go sanitary district trustee, v | named by Westhrook as the man who asked for privileges for Druggan and Lake, who were jailed for contempt |after appearing in Federal Court in | connection with operation of a brewe Westhrook told of scores of Druggan Ihad made to a dentist out de the jail, and said that he had in | formed the sheriff that such procedn | was irregular, but was ordered to al- low Druggan to leave the jail. | BALKANS, LECTURE TOPIC Gordon-Smith City Club Tomorrow. t trial of ie is also under indict- Capt. Addresses Gordon Gordon-Smith, com- representative to the United States for the Serbian government, will address the City Club at its weekly forum luncheon tomorrow on the Halkans and the international sit- uation there. Capt. Gordon-Smith is an authority on the Balkan situation. He was spe cial correspondent for the Northcliffe bpapers of England for 41 years a result he came in personal contact with the affairs of the world's princi- pal states. . . Rockville Woman Pies. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, -Md., December Mrs. Clara S. Henderson. 81 old, widow of James R. Henderson and mother of George P. Henderson, cashier of the Montgomery County National Bank here. died last night at_her home here. She had been ill a long time of cancer ‘hree daugh ters, Rose and Margaret of Roc ville and Taliaferro Bridges of Hancock. also survive, Mrs. Henderson wa the daughter of late John Adamson and lived here all her life. Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow at 2 o'clock. Capt. mercial al YOUR RELIGION What Do You Believe? There are many churches ity having a ship. But these churches would not claim | problems of our people. in this tremendous member- The churches want the facts. They should know just what they are facing in trying to meet the reflgious that they have a monopoly on the | ably, practically all of those who will our town. There many people outside the chur who not only have strong relig convietions but a fine religious spi We want both church membe religion in reli week. this questionnaire. They resent a great population. and | religlous convict non-members to fill out the ballots on 15 hellefs we are printing this We desire to have all classes represented in the answers given to | —after should rep- | promptly to the Chu cross-section of our | Star. | asked | it 1 imed that everyhady will write es”’ after at least so 2 ast some t. | of them —will do so hecause of a deey ! relig nd vet. withal, klm\'m; a sincere desire to know the truth. Write “ves” or each no™ question, nothing else N and mail ch Editor of The 1t is not necessary to sign your name. % THE QUESTIONNAIRE QUE TION t k: - ) 1. Do you believe in God? 3. Do you tionship with God? 4. Do you believe that Jesus was divine as no other man was divine? ou regard the Bi ed in other literature could be uld’ln be_ins) 7. Do_you regularly aiten 8. Would you be willing {o have your family grow up In & in_whichthere is no_church? funeral procession a fertile fleld and 25 notorious bandits and thieves were arrested as they left the cemetery. P . o you think fhat religh eve in prayer as a means of persol ins in some form is a n of Mfe for the individual and for the mmmnn!ly‘. I VISItS{ to concern himseif with state affairs. As| ears | the | i i jileial aunouncement {and | Lk of Carmen Sylva, the pe of_ the | SURGEONS FINISH OPERATION ON'KING Seventeen DLays Required to Prove Success of Silver Tube Installation. By the Associated Prece. BUCHAREST. Rumania, Decombher 9.—The series of surgical aperatio necessitated hy King Ferdinand's i testinal ailment has heen comple It will require a period of 17 da it is estimated. 1o ascertain wheth the artificial « i (a silver tube) stalled in the lower intestine yeste day for fi functioning of the diges tive 1wy tus working satis factorily Meanwhile it ix declyred i i no immediate danger He has rallied from ti shock, but is weak and three days of operations. Passed Good N bulletin at sald he passed a gond night beginning 1o take » general condi as “satisfactory 87 and pulse ¢ Ferdinand's morale is excellent, and has been aided by removal from hie system of the poison which slowl gained ground until the operations Dr. Hartmann. chief of the six s geons who performed yesterday's operation, plans to leave hix home in is tomorrew. This is rexarded as complete contirmation of the of that the surgical the King of death surgica - after ind wa urishment. His was characterized with a temperature 3 work is ended Views Ruin There still is gr the populace over the c dinand. Queen Marie near him. Yesterday she Cotrochini Palace for a few moment Inoked over the ruine of the ed Palace Roval, once the home tqueen. Af ng joy when told that me: Louis XV furniture, as well s"a portion of the tapestries nnd pic tures and Carmen Svlva's jewelry had heen saved. Marie returned to her hus hand's bedside An official inquiry shows that the fire started from faulty kitchen chimney. The loss to the huilding is estimated at 45,000.000 lei. “The (*ham ber of Deputies has voted 20,000,000 lei toward the restoration of the palac (The normal of the lei is 19 cents.) CAROL of Palace. it anx Is left the [ er express e ) LIKELY. | i court in connection with jail privileges | to Rur Frank | Rucharest ned falpine News e i more 1. [in making it unders jail officials, are charged with | (nrol's se, but was granted & ther helieved a new lin Budapest of the n-| re i | Unquestion- | are | answer “no” to some of the questions | he: as: us | { Wesley | Bucharest Dispatch Says Queen May Force Reconsiderat PAR December ) Crown Prince Carol is likely inia at an early dispatch to Agency ‘Queen Marie, who seems more and mistress of the situation.” the dispateh adds, “alveady has suceeeded wd that the de of last January epting renunciation of the throne must be reconsidered and his position again examined into, “It is possible that he vited to return at an early hefore the end of the week. It is fur regency conneil will be appointed hefore the King be- comes we * In this connection the correspondent ho de Paris advices to the effect that the physici attending King Ferdinand consider that his condition es it impossible for him hereafier o Former to return date. the Trans cision will he in- ate, even he has received HUNT FOR GIRL ASKED. Cities Between Here and Califor- nia Notified of Kidnaping. I Dispatch to The Star LARENDON. Va., December Cities on the Southern Railway route ifornia have heen notified to watch for 8yvear-old Evelyn Samuel, who was kidnaped Monday as she le Carne School. near Jewel Station. V Sheriff Howard B. Fields and other Sp 9 { county authorities have heen advised by the police of Melvin, Mass., whe Mr. and Mrs. Mason Dilloway, the child’s mother and stepfather reside, that the couple departed for California December 2. ‘The child lived with he: grandparents, Mr. and Mr Thomas D. G. Samuel. near Jewel Station, fol- owing divorce of her parents WOULD LIMIT TAFT;S PAY. Carnegie Annuity Cited in Opposi- iton to Boost. Asserting that Chief Justice Taft i< receiving an annuity of $10,000 from the Andrew Carnegie Trust Fund. Rep resentative Rainey. Democrat, Tlinois. attacked provisions in the bill to raise the salaries of Federal judges when the bill was brought up in the House ! toaay. ke proposed to amend the measure so that the Chief Justice would receive $15.000 rather than the $20,500 pro. posed. nate is expected to take up the poison gas treaty this after noon. Committee on immigration held a hearing on resolution to admit to citizenship a group of Hindus Iready in this country. Senator Hawes, newly elected Democrat, from Missouri, was signed to interstate commerce com- mittee. Senator David 1. Walsh of Mas sachusetts, newly elected Demo crat, was assigned (o finance com Tdaho inguired Senator \Wa India whether the conferee: islation would con the radio bill to the it could give further to it. Senator W conferees would meet HOUSE. judie deration tson said the Monday. Houxe considers salary bill Bl for removal of West Executlve avenue White (louse and State. Navy Huilding sent to conference Post Office d Tre voodw partment appropriation bill debated gates on between War and tions committer con pletes work on Interior lepart ment appropriation bill Subcommittee of appropriation committee in executive session on War Department appropriation bill Military affairs committee in ex ecutive session outlines program for present session. Gibson xubcommittee District committee in conference decides to frage hearings Monday o'clock In caucus rovm Office Building Indian affairs com ommittee calenc aval affairs Admiral Moffett as of House executlve start suf night at uf House ittee takes has wit smmittes principal 1 report of smm‘ ry of the Treasury received by Speakdg.