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THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1922.
Miss Roy den, England 's First Woman Preacher, Assails Reformers
For ' 'Pointing Finger of Scorn Instead of Lending Helping Hand"
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lawyers and Police Recall
Lack of Any Prosecution of
Jrs. Brooks.
WHITMAN INVESTIGATED
Worst Finance Jam Since War
May Compel Harding to
Address Congress.
By David Lawrence.
tion of Laresch for 2d De
gree Murder "Merciful."
Mcriibers of tlie bar practising In
(ho criminal courts tire awaiting with
Interest the urtlon and comment of
auov, juuier upon mo recommcnuauons
i!rftf tho Grand Jury which, under direc
tion of ox-Gov. Whitman, encaged In
an Investigation of why Mrs. Lucille
Kranu Brooks was never tried for her
alleged part In tho murder of Pollr
Lieut. Floyd Horton and turned In a
report exonerating not only Mrs.
Brooks, the wlfo of a wealthy Chicago
insurancn man ami politician,, but
Nicholas Laresch, convicted of the
murder In a minor degree and now
serving a term of twenty years In Sing
Sing Prison.
The Pollen Department Is also
awaiting with Intense interest tho
comment of Gov. Miller upon that
portion of the report of the Grand
Jury which states that "there Is very
grave doubt whether Nicholas Laresch
was. In fact, guilty of the crime for
which ho was convicted or of any
crime In connection with tho killing
of Lieut. Horton."
Tb Interest of lawyers Is aroused
chiefly by the fact that In this case
rhe Grand Jury has taken upon lttelf
ihe task of reviewing the evidence
taken In a murder trial upon which a
petit Jury found a verdict which was
indorsed by tho court.
When Attorney General Newton
designated Mr. Whitman as a Special
Deputy to Inquire into tho reason
Miy Mrs. Hrooks, wlio owned and
yirnlshed the revolver with which
Stlcut. Horton was killed, escaped
'prosecution for her part In the mur
der, it was stated that District At
torney Banton had demanded tho In
vestigation because he not then
connected with the District Attorney's
office had acted us the woman's
counsel at the time of her arrest and
advised her to go before tho Grand
Jury. Also, It was hinted that Mr.
Banton had been Inspired to action by
complaints which had been made to
him and to Gov. Miller that there
had been a miscarriage of justice In
tho Brooks case. The .inquiry was
begun early In. February. The pre
sentment was handed up two days
go.
It. Is recalled by lawyers and police
men and friends of Lieut. Horton, who
was a police officer of the highest
class, that these facts were brought
out in connection with his murder.
Mrs. Brooks and Joe Laresch rode to
the apartment houso at No. 546 West
liOth Street in a toxlcali driven by
IVicholaa Laresch on tho night of Dec.
Vl7, 1920. All were drunk. Joe Laresch
had a revolver which Mrs. Brooks had
given him and at her Instigation he
was bent upon shooting Tyler Hair
ston. the Negro elevator man In the
apartment house. Mrs. Brooks had
chargod that Halrston had insulted
her.
Joe Laresch entered the lobby of
JKio apartment house and fired a shot
Lt tho Negro In charge of the tele.
' phone switchboard with murderous
intent. The Penal Code proscribes
that persons In tho company of a
person who commits a murder while
engaged In the commission of a fel
ony are automatically guilty of the
same crime as the actual killer mur
der In tho first degree.
After firing tho shot Joe Laresch
ran back to and entered the taxlcab.
Lieut. Horton, on hla way to the Hath
Street subway station, heard the shot
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the cab. Horton Jumped on tho run
ning board and somebody In the cab
shot him. Ho fired a shot that killed
Joe Laresch. Nicholas .Laresch drove
the car away with Mrs. Brooks and
the body of his brother.
Horton, mortally wounded and
lying in tho street, wrote down on a
slip of paper the license number of
the vanishing car. Through this the
car was traced and Nicholas Laresch
, and Mrs. Brooks wore arrested.
7 There was no charge made against
-Mrs. Brooks of violation or the Hull!
van law, although It .is customary to
prosecute such a charge against all
persons found to bo in possession of
a revolver mid without a permit.
In regard to tho ownership of tho
tevolver used In the killing of Lieut
Horton, Joe Laresch said In thi
'JBombs last night to a World reporter:
ilrTho pistol Joe used was Mrs.
T.rooKs'a. She put It In her stocking."
Thcro hi no way to ascertain if
these facta were disproved by tho ex
onerating Grand Jury. Those who
aro Interested In tho outcome of the
extraonllnary proceeding anticipate
that Gov. Miller, in taking action
upon the presentment and recommcn
datlons of executive clemency toward
Nicholas Laresch, will clear up the
mystery which stilt surrounds the in-
I vestigatlon.
SMOKESTACK CAUSES
$2,500 FIRE ON CADEO
Local Are apparatus was called to
fight a tire wmcli started ahourd the
steamship Cadco, owned by the Knto
Steamship Company, and lying In the
yards or Ihe mbicii island Shipbuilding
Corporation nt Port rtichmohU, iSlulcn
island, early to-day.
JUi overheated smokestack cuused n
portion of the vessels deck lo catel
Jre. Tho blazo was fin ckly ex.
inculshed. Damage Has cstlniutcd nl
l'he vessel Is undergoing ivDalr at thn
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"A minister must not
try to reform propie,
hut to iinAcrNtnnil
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Woman Who Was in Murder Car
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When Lieut. Horton Met Death
Mrs LUCILLE E
His Ham Quest
Comes to Grief
In Kosher Shop
Promises to "Tell All" When
Arrested, but I lasn't
Got Ham Yet.
As Fred La Jole swung beneath
a freight car in New Haven last
night his nostrils were caressed by
the tantalizing aioina of broiling ham
In the station restaurant
"With a bit of luck," he prgmlbod
himself, "I'll have some ham before
sunrise."
About midnight the train stopped
In tho Mott Haven yard Fred
crawled out and went In quest of
ham.
At 3:30 o'clock this morning ho was
urrcstcd by Patrolman Schardcl.
"I'll tell all." he said, "If you'll feed
me some ham."
He hasn't got tho hum yet, and he
hasn't told "all," but tho police Eay
he told a little, to wit:
"I saw a butcher shop. I had some
keys and ono of them worked.
couldn't find any ham, but I got 63S
pennies rom the cash register and a
revolver. Do I get somo ham now?"
"Not yet."
He went to the suhwuy station at
13Sth Htrcet and Brook Avenue, the
policeman following. When l.n Jole
pointed the. gun nt the ticket holler the
policeman disarmed and arrested hint.
In Morrlsanla I'ollce Court, to-day
Magistrate Harris held him in-?2o,000
ball on charges of burglary and viola
tion of tho Sullivan Law.
"But what 1 can't understand," ho
said, "Is why there wasn't any ham
In that shop."
"IlccaUBe," said Patiolman Schaedcl,
"that was Leo Frcund'u kosher shop."
MINERS' FAMILIES
FACE STARVATION
Lawrence Dwyer of llecklcy, V.
Va., a member of tho I2xccutlvo Com
mlttcc of the United Mine Workers of
America, reached New York to-day
with the purpose of asking labor
unions of this city to contribute funds
for food for nearly 80,000 persons In
the Went Virginia coal Holds who nrp
fucimr starvation as a result of lie
miners' strike.
Mr. Duvet brought to union lieml
qu.iittis the that rulings by
Judse Knupp in the Fourth Federal
Dlftrlct Court jcsteitlay, suspending
many of the restrictions put upon
union orginlicrs will probably, result
"Tho finger of fcorn
does not help its much
us thn cordial jtanjl
griisp wild rye of on-derstnndliig.'
" j 1 "J P 4 -n .CI ln c
for SonlsMwnnt ynnps
jlrls to come to mo
Sl!!-L-jjyif ? f -h('lr
norldly life."
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BROOKS.
ALL WOMEN PRETTY
AND 25, MEN 30, IN
DOYLPS HEAVEN
1 lors.es, Dogs, Sport and Coun
tr Homes Also Part of
"1 lereafter," Says Lecturer.
"Oh, death, where Is thy
sting?"
Every woman in I'aradiso will
toe twenty-fivo and pretty, ac
cording to Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle, who told of life beyond tho
grave at Carnegie Hall yesterday.
All men will be lhlrt.
There will ho love and laughter,
and nil the physical attributes of
this life, and a gieatcr power to
enjoy them.
The phjsic.il Ills and cares of
earthly existence will bo forgot
ten, our Ideals will bo fufillcd, our
rifts (Irvelonotl.
There will be horses and dogs,
sport and country homes. Thoro
will to no hypocrisy and tho self
ish person will be shunned unUI
he Is fit to associate Willi.
You will get what ou deserve,
no niorf and no less. Hut. all in
all. It will not be so different, in
a pleasant senbe. from the life we
know now.
After death there will bo three
days' rest for tho ethcric body.
Then those who havo boon kind
nnd generous and humble will
have a triumphant entry Into
Paradise.
In tho unionizing ol Hie West Virginia
Holds.
MYSTERIOUS" FIRE
IN STUDENT'S HOME
Bo) Mad Been Arrested in Scries
of Trinity College
Blazes.
nrcitOKNFIKLD. N. .1.. April 19.
Chief Coombs of Hie liergr nllrlcl pollen
Is Investigating a Hie which started
early this morning in the kitchen ut
the homo of CicorKC Mulligan, lax col
lector of ncrgenflcld Townsiiip, caus
ing $100 damage.
A policeman who aided in putting
out the fire reported it of "mys
terious origin, ns there was no fire In
tho stove. In the house were Mr. and
Mrs. Mulligan and their two sons.
Oi-orge. onn of tho Mms. left Trinity
College d few weeks ago. after an
Investigation of a mt'.cs of llres In
college buildings, two ol winch weic
In the Mulligan boy's loom lie wus
HiTCHlcd, but the raw was dropped.
and no further action was taken ly
the college authorities. The student
aftcrwaidj returned home.
"Ifl understand them
in a liroail light I may
lirlp jhom. If I nm a
Mrs. Grundy I slionld
drhe them away."
L
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Jersey City Mayor Acts After
Complaint of Early
Morning Party.
Miss Mona King, young and pretty
nurse, was dismissed from tho service
of the Jersey City Isolation Hospital
last night by Mayor Frank Hague
following a hearing In his office. The
principal charge against Miss King
was that she had been seen kissing
Dr. John II. O'Nell In the hospital.
Mayor Hague, sitting as Commis
sion of Public Affairs, found that Miss
King had been guilty of conduct un
becoming a nurse.
At tho time of tho alleged oscillatory
adventure, Aug. 29 last. Dr. O'Neill
was medical officer in charge of the
Isolation Hospital. He was dismissed
from ho service last January. Miss
King was suspended in February,
after, it was charged, she and another
woman and two men had come to the
hospital nt 1 o'clock In the morning
and sat In an automob'to In front
making catcalls and Imitating crying
children, according to Policeman Tim
othy O'Donoghue, who is detailed to
tho hospital.
Miss King denied the charge that
she had kissed Dr. O'Neill and said It
was net unusual for nuisrs to return
to tho horpltal after 1 o'clock In the
morning with men friends who did not
leave, frequently, until several hours
later.
FOUR IN CAR CAUGHT
LOAFING NEAR HOME
OF R. WANAMAKER
Three Guns in Party Which
Claimed to Be Looking for
"Village" Sights.
Detective Thomas Flokbohm and
Louis Trcbuccl of tho Mercer Street
Station, whllo patrolling tho Wash
ington Squaro District early to-day
In a high-power car, were told by
Policeman William F. King that sev
eral men In a sedan car had been
acting suspiciously around.
They had been loafing along near
the home of Honorary Deputy Com-'
missloner Hodman Wnnamaker, and
tho homo nearby of Albert Shattuck,
which was looted recently of $100,000
worth of Jewels, and had appeared
particularly Interested In itho houses
of exclusive, fashionable Washlngtun
Mews.
The detectives picked up King and
they went on until they saw the
sedan In Fifth Avenue, near Wash
ington Mews. Manoeuvring their car,
they ciowded the sedan to tho curb,
jumped out and ordered Its occupants
to put up their hands. They saw
one of tho men had a revolver, and
on tho floor of tho sedan were two
tully loaded automatics.
Tho prisoners described themselves
aH Andrew Cervasio. thirty-two;
Frank Ureese, twenty-seven; Joseph
Hamilton, thirty-two, nnd John pola
! intra, thirty-one, all of Port Chester
They said they had conio to New
York to see tho sights of Greenwich
Village and weio afraid to so un
armed. All arc chatged with wola
tion of tho Still van law. The owner
of tho sedan is not yet known to the
police.
TROLLEYS WRECK TRUCK,
CHAUFFEUR SCRATCHED
A I n C'rimlinl lulu Splinter" n
Wolilin lnxr linr.r Sercnni.
Albert Fanllla, thirty-one. a uff.
of No. 816 .Morris Park Avenue, the
Bronx, drove hla truck Into a w'
bound trolley as he avoided mi e.m
bound ear this mornlnc on Kordham
Uoad at Harlem Itlvcr Terrace.
There was a terrific enwh of meiil
and breaking Khw. Women puiecm.-ers
screamed. The trolleys were backed
away and Fanllla was found unilei Hie
wreckage. He was only scruleleil.
Street cleaners swept up the wniK.ise.
Trnlim f'rnnh llrnil-Oiu llulli I'.n
Klurrr Klllril.
Pit ATT. Kan., April 10. -T.. -Kincern
were killed nnd pitenc r
weru reporled Injured in u liraU-nu a'
lislon of liock lelnnd trninc N. 'I I
and 31;'. ui I'lalne, Kan., early irnn:
according to dcioatcnca JtttiYid tu'i-.
NURSE IN HOSPITA
USIEO ON GHARG
FD D I
"It Is humnii nature
"I don't spo why girls
shouldn't wmolip. To
barco Is a drug, but If
"ion line It, n li y
shouldn't women!"
to. balk iij tho 'dun'ts'
and. lo dislike people
who laVo nwny per,
sonhl liberty."
England's WomanPreacher,
Who Believes in Divorce,
Wins Confidence of Girls
In Her "Clinic for Souls" She Proves She's
No "Mrs. Grundy," and Her Counsel Is a
Help to Her Confidants Has a Broad
Outlook and Asks "Why Shouldn't
Women Smoke If Men Do?"
By Fay Stevenson.
"The reformer's flnacr ol scorn
leads to no maii'.i land.
"The cordial hand grasp takes
you over the top." ('
That is the creed .of Miss A.
Maude Hoyden, London's first
woman preacher. Miss Hoyden Is
the youngest daughter of tho lato
Sir Thomas Hoyden, First Uaronct
of Frankly Hall, Birkenhead, and
Is pastor of tho Guild House Con
gregational Church in Fccleston
Square, London. She lias been tho
guest of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
for tho last twenty-four hours and
Is now on her way to Hot Springs,
Ark., to bo principal speaker of
the Young Women's Christian As
sociation at their seventh national
convention.
It was at tho National Board of
the X. W. C A. at No. 600 Lex
ington Avcnuo that Miss Hoyden
expressed her creed not only with
her lips, but with her clear brown
eyes, her frank, wholesome man
ner nnd broad outlook upon life.
Although Miss Hoyden has been
slightly lame since her birth, there
Is something athletic and even ro
bust about her. Iflko all true Kng
llsh woncn, she Indulges in swim
ming, rowing and outdoor games.
Add to this splr.lt of sturdy
womanhood a rich spiritual voice
and a keen understanding of life
and you have Just a faint idea
of this energetic woman preacher
of London, who Is in her forty
sixth yeor.
Miss Hoyden's path to the min
istry has not been a rosy one.
Tho Church of England does not
believe In women preachers ami
tho Hlshop of London forbade her
to preach. Hut If the service is
not a statutory ono a rector may
invito any ono to ills pulpit, and It
was tho rector of St. Hototph who
Unit Invited Miss Itojdcn to his
pulpit four years iikh.
Slnco thai Miss Itojdcn, who
wan educated at Chrltenhani
Indies' College and Lady Mar
garet Hall, Qxford. hi." held many
Important positions. She was as
sistant preacher at the City
Tcmplo from 1918 to 1920;
founder with Dr. I'ercy Dearmer
of tho Fellowship Services at
Kensington, nnd Is now pastor of
the Guild House Congregational
Church, where sho also conducts
a "Clinic for Souls."
Aiwa j s a passionate feminist.
Maudo Itoydcn threw herself Into
the Huffrago movement at .ts
critical stago In IJngland, was
editor of the Common Cause and
mado us a visit In 1911 to get a
few, of our viewpoints. During
the war she did much lor thu
outli of the countn, and was
especially sympathetic with I'm
uung girl; of tlie age. It Is in
her dime, wiieie nlie discusses
the lilt piuhlems of iun;. Ills
to-day, during the attei ni.ilh of
war, that she most thurmighl
enjoju her mlnlstcri-il lareei.
"A minister, especially a
woman minister, must not try to
reform lcople, but to understand
them," Miss Hoyden tald, In her
spiritual, magnetic voice, which
has a ring of girlhood and tho
lovo of youth and good things of
life in it. "Tho finger of scorn
does not help as much as tho co--dial
land grasp nnd (- or under
standing. Throw a -lone mil
Mm tin n people, fioiu mhi: -n
Ciem know jou iiiul'.iland lie
and its temptations nnd the) will
open their souls to ou
"In my London 'Clinic for
Souls' 1 waaL young uU-to-cutno
"Prohibition . .wonld
not do In England at
all. An Englishman
wants bis owti jolly
way ahont gTPjajUgy
to me with stories of their
worldly life," said Mlas Royden.
"If I understand them In a broad
light I muy help them, but If I
am a Mrs. Grundy I should drlvo
them away. Tho girls of London
havo even faced a more serious
bo-callci modern girl problem
titan hero In Now York. There
they have to face splnlsterhood
In many cases becauso tho man
they would have married were
killed. If they smoko a cigarette
or drink I want to bo broud and
big enough to aco their point of
view."
Then Miss Itoydcn gavo one of
her merry laughs and asked:
"Why shouldn't tho girls smoke
Just as well as tho men If thoy
wish to, anyway? Tobacco ts a
drug, but If men use It why
shouldn't women?"
But In tho "Cllnlo for SoulV
other questions besides dripklng
and smoking and marriage are
discussed. Because Miss Itoyden
does not point the finger of scorn
or try to reform many of tho girls
who como to her. other subjects,
subjects which affect their overy
day life, como up.
"I remember wc had a very In
teresting discussion shortly be
fore I came away," said Miss Roy
den. "It was whether tho busi
ness girl Is Justified In lying. So
many girls were asked to tell
their ngc, to tell whether they
ever bad tuberculosis, or to tell
that a dress had been reduced
' from a certain prlco when thoy
knew It had not. Wc discuss all
sorfs of problems when onco we
understand each other In this
clinic."
In speaking of the change In
England's religious attitude since,
tho war, Miss Royden said you
might dtvldo the people Into three
classes: Those who bcllovo In
"eat, drink nnd be merry, for to
morrow we die," those who must
havo an absolute faith In a better
life, nnd those who had gone In
for spiritualism.
"Personally, I havo had lltt'o
experience with spiritualism," she
said, when I referred to Sir
Arthur Conau Doyle, "but I be
lievo It has been a great comfort,
a new religion, to many KnglUh
people. It soems to be a caso of
human mind helping human
mind." '
Naturally, Margot Asqulth's
name came up, but Miss Royden
smiled and said: "I do not wish
to give my opinion of Margot."
In speaking of Ijidy Astor. Miss
Royden said: "That wonderful
woman is highly thought of In
Hngland."
Mlsi Itoydcn does nut think
that John Hull would npprovo of
Prohibition at nil. "Prohibition
would not do In England, I fear,"
she said. "An Englishman wants
his own Jolly way about every
thing. Of course, I have not been
In New York long enough to no
tice tho effect of Prohibition here,
but hii mti n nature ts tho same all
over the world, and people do not
like to bo told what they can't
do"
Although the t.'huiL-i of Eng
land does not sanctiou divorco,
Mies Royden hrondly proclaims
her belief in this step.
"Sacred ns I hold the tlo of
marriage," she said, "I believe Iti
divorco where marriage proves a
hopeless failure. And, of course,
that means I bellee in remar
riage und starting all omt again.
Whep England Is willing to give
t IchjiI .epi-rntiuti I think it would
be much wiser lo she a diu;ce
upon the same cause."
This uniihiially clem iinmkd
wu-iyin is the author of "Women
und .tiie Kovcielgn State," "The
llour-.An4 the Church." "BlejacA
w i
mm
"As acrrd as T hold
marriage, I bel I Iotc In
dltorco where a mar
riage proTes a hupo.
less failure."
CHAUFFEUR SAVES
E
Brickley Breaks Into House
When Child's Nightdress
Becomes Ignited.
Carl W. Brickley. who drives a
motor truck for a Bronx firm of fish
dealers, heard a child's screams as
he was passing the two-farally house
ut No. 616 Hegncy Place, the Bronx.
He stopped his truck and ran into tho
house, breaking In the street door.
There was an odor of burning clothes
In tho place and, as tih ran Into a
rear room, he found a little girl -with
her nightgown In flames. Sho was
alone In the kitchen.
Ho smothered the blare with a
blanket and, after a fruitless search
for sweet oil, carried the child to his
truck and drove as fast as he could
to the ICbanon Hospital, flvo blocks
away.
Tho little girl was five-year-old
Dorothy Schmidt, who had been left
alone while hor mother went market
ing. Sho had played too close to tho
stove und a blazing coal had fallen
on her. Sho was severely burned
about tho hands, legs and body, but
it was raid sho would recover, owing
to tho chauffeur's timely rescue of
her.
Joan of Arc" and "Sex and Com
mon Sense," a book written
since tho war and Just published
In Its first American edition
by Q. P. Putnam's Son.
In tho first chapter of this book
Miss Royden deals quite frankly
with tho "Disproportion of the
Sexea."
"But u cannot suppose," she
writes, "that of 2,000,000 surplus
women theso aro alt celibates.
Among tho number how many aro
young widows, girls who were
engaged to marry men now dead,
nnd how many whose natural vo
cation was marriage, mother
hood, home making, and all that
Is meant by such as these? If
this be tho normal vocation of
tho normal woman, how many of
theso havo been deprived of all
that seemed to them to make life
worth living? Is It astonishing
If they rebel? If they determine
to snatch at anything that lies In
their grasp? If they affirm 'the
right to motherhood' when they
want children, or the satisfaction
of the sex instinct when that
need becomes Imperious"
When I asked Miss Royden
what her solution to this problem
wns, she said: "Well, there will,
of course, always bo a typo of
woman who lovea her work, who
finds in her career what she
might have found In home and
love of husband and children.
For the other type we must be
broad, we must try to under
stand." This Is, Indeed, a broad state
ment from a woman, but the
richness of Miss Hoyden's soul
had been brought out through a
chapter In "Painted Windows." a
book written by the samo anony
mous author of "The Mirrors of
Downing Street."
"Miss Hoyden's memoirs, If
they aro ever written." says this
nuthor, "would have, I think, tho
rather unusual merit of pleasing
both saints and sinners; tho
saints by tho depth and beauty
of her spiritual experience, tho
sinners by her freedom from
every shade of cant and ih ,ier
strong, almost masculine sym
pathy with the dlllU'iiltlrs of our.
human nature."
CLOSING OF BROOKLYN
NAVY YARD PROTESTED
WASHINGTON. April J9. A dcleca
Uon of tho Brooklyn Cluunhe.r of Com
merce to-day urxed upon Kecelnry of
Navy Denby the need for maintenance
of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, pointing to
Its neeejsllilllty to tlie lid'or market
Hiid detp water nnd lt.i record of hand
ling the crcntest ImlneKS du.iii? the
war.
lter Seeretno iMniiv luul to'l tlieni
(hit tho MatiiH of the ard will depniid
on what Cougicus dtKx with tlw Nvy
Illll. the party ilt"d Senator I 'aider,
I'olndixter. Newbeiry unrl Vt ' . ii'g
Iiir good licatmenl fur the o.,'il in llm
forthcoming bill. Tho pajiy was
headed by ex-Congressman Koe,
GIRL FROM DEATH
BY FIRE IN HON!
(Special Correapondent of The Eve
nlno World.)
WASHINGTON, April 19 (Copy
right). GoVernmcnt finances aro In
the worst Jam they have been In sine
the war.
Secretary Mellon estimates the total
deficit for the fiscal year beginning
July next at nearly a halt billion dol
lars. Pongress Is on the verge of
passing a soldiers' compensation bill
as well ns other measures for rivers
and harbors. Nobody knows how
much higher the deficit may go.
though officials estimate that if the
roldler bonus bill should become law
the amount of the deficit may reach a
billion dollars.
President Harding Is deeply con
cerned over tho situation. Ho may
read a special message to Congress In
an effort not only to secure greater
economy on existing appropriation
bills but to head off the soldier bonus.
The action of the Senate Republican
caucus In voting to have a sotdUr
bonus bill passed at this session pre
cipitates the Issue. No specific bill
was advocated by the caucus and th
resolution can bo Interpreted, If tha
Republicans choose, ns a vote In favor
of a bonus bill with other forms of
compensation besides cash or borrow
ing, such as land grants, vocational
aid, &c. The group tn the BenaU
which favors the Hous bill will not
let that be the Interpretation without
a vigorous fight.
Before the climax cfmes, however.
several developments may be looked
for, among them a reiteration of tha
Government's financial situation, In
an address by tho President to th
Senate
Mr. Harding knows thut If tha
House bill were to come to a vote
to-day it would be passed by an
overwhelming majority. The swing
In sentiment In the Senate toward
passage of a bonus bill with money,
tn It for the service men has been
gradual.
Talk of burying the bill in the Sen
ate has been swept aside by the ac
tivity of the bonus adherents, who
threaten to Jam the whole legislative
programme unless they get a vote on
thn bonus. Once tha measure is up
for voto, there, will bo-few who will
dare W go on record against it.
In these circumstanced, Mr. Har
ding's only chance to prevent the
sage of the House bill or any meas
ure which further drains the Treas
ury lies tn a mrssago setting forth tbe
financial situation explicitly. It is
feared this may injtire tha chances of
the Republican majority In the com
ing elections, because Mr. Harding
will have to state publicly that the
Administration faces a t)600,000,000
deficit and that tho economy pro
gramme started out so auspiciously,
with Director Dawes has failed to
balance tho budget for 1923.
Mr. Mellon, however, has already
disclosed the painful facts, so that
from a political viewpoint Mr. Har
ding will not bo ablo to erase the im
pression thus fox mado by tho an
nouncement of a half billion dollar do
ficlt. Unlpss Mr. Harding Is able to
exercise further' control over his party
In the Senate, the chances am tho de
ficit for 1933 will grow larger. So
the Kxecutlvc la compelled by clrcum
btances to call a halt toward further
expenditures.
In many respects the fight that Is in
prospect looks as though it will bring
tho turning point In the Harding
Administration. The President has not
given vent to his feelings over tho ,
continued Indifference of Congress to
his expressed wishes. Ho and his
Cabinet had a fight hard to over
throw a naval committee's recom
mendation In tho House last week and
the ICxccullvc is lielng encouraged to
uso his Influence even fuither tn se
cure Congressional acqulesence tn his
viewpoint.
Curiously enough, most members of
Congress expect Mr. Harding to sur
lendcr to them on the bonus issue, and
they Insist that, deficit or no deficit,
ho will -havo to sign tho bonus bill or
seo It passed by a two-thlrds vote
over his veto.
Mr. Harding has not made public
the strategy 'ho will adopt. Ono ipolnt
however. Is clear. Tho plan to side
track the tariff and take up tho bonus
issues doesn't have his approval. He
believes tho tariff pledgo should be
redeemed before anything clso Is done,
as thero Jiiis been so much delay.
Tho tariff problem Is complicated;
on every side. It looks like a pro
longed debate. The supporters of tho
bonus aro Impatient. The first skir
mish will come over giving the bonus
bill right of way over tho tariff. If
defeated In that, tho supporters of
th homi.s will merely renew their
fight when the tariff Is out of the
way.
The statement of the Clovernme nt'
fiscal situation is counted upon mean
while to prevent precipitate action.
For tho moment Secretary Mcllon'a
announcement that even with the
$200,000,000 payment of Interest oa
thn British war debt to the United
States there would bo a gross deficit
of )J4SI, 000,000 has given members of
Congi ess supporting tho bonus their
liiggext surpiiKe.. They had counted on
paying the bonus out of British funds.
Mlhough it Is too curly to iy what
the. ultimate fule of the bonus will
l tho chances are tho 1311 budget
will be binuller than 19!3, and It tha
service men aro defeated at this ses
sion they wIlLsurcly- win out before
tho Presidential-campaign of -19:, t
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