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SATISFACTION WITH ALL MERCHANDISE ?pVERTISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Last?the Truth : News?Editorials?A dvertisements THE W E A Tfl8 Clondy, colder to-day; to-morrow fair and ?older; fresh north? i west wind? Full report on paire eleven 7,763 (Cotvrrln-ht. ?TVI. New York Tribune Inc.) MONDAY. NOVEMBER 20, li>32 * * * TWO CENTS I 'TOREE CENT? I FOTR CENTS In Greater New York ? B?hln 900 Mile* I Elsewkarav o wer s Win lliussolini to 'urkish View i Carson? Poincare Reach igeet??en? With Italian for Accord and .Equality ' fn Near East Conference Activities of Ue S. Arouse Lausanne ?^a-hington Is Expcted to Speak Out Vigorously if Occasion Should Arise By Wilbur Forrest .lue'."; Knropean Bureau Bm New York Tribuno, Inc. LAUSANNE. Nov. 19.?Premier Poin? dre, Marquis Curzon and Premier Jimsoiini, after a secret parley at the Ti?i?ge o? Territet to-day, returned to ?aojanne shortly before midnight an jtaocing that they had affirmed the ?ed agreement to work on the basis ?j cordial friendship and equality in ? Near East conference. fbis final affirmation appears to re? gt? the last vestige of s possibility fet the Turks will not find the most, K*4 kind of a wall against them here ?tfcey attempt to push their claims iparngraph beyond the main limits! jbtidy agreed upon with the Alli?e, I iKis?ir.g the terms of the Mudania | f rtistice. Military Action if Necessary Itner.ns that England has persuaded ; frsr.ee and Italy to stand with her in ! I firm po''cy ot" military action if ; Ktssssry to keep the victorv-cra: cd < Sttrnalists in check. This, The Trib- ! ste 'earns, may be necessary in view I j( ?he fact that the Turkish envoys a? ur.der instructions from the An- i ?m assembly to negotiate all points j ?c<pt one, which is their demand for I tS? return of the ?>iosul oil fields. ' Th"? is a p?"'!1'- i'1 the Angora covenant. ? '?in Tribune i:? assured to-night that Ourson uid Poincare agreed yesterday ??Paris to stand by the ' San Remo treaty, which took the Mosul territory ? ilex the Turks and placed it under j British influence. It is assumed that ! Jhssoliui subjoined an Italian pledge to-right to support the treaty at Ter ?Wbi a difference over the return of WiVA oil 6eWs can easily be the point ??herein tie conference may fail. i Hmsoiisl'i appearance here to-iight I 9;? Ms?are and Curzon when they I'Mtiud from meeting him at Territet , '?i net been expected, Ire went im- i :y virv-ir- :,X$W*m) ktm/tmt Rivage." Mussolini as ? Diplomat ! Th* diplomatic propensities of the I Ftscisii chief were shown in his in fiftence on the troublesome trio of Poincare and Curzon to the Territet nndt?vous, an undertaking that caused the former much annoyance, and by his forma! demand that Italy be received i* the main conference on the basis of "equality" as the price of his ac *?d, thus salving his pride and adding to his prestige at home. In Krench celes to-nigtu it is re? ported that Mussolini suggested at Ter? ritet that unless the two other AUiei agreed ta full Italian equal.ty he was prepared to instruct his delegation to proceed independently without obliga? tion to co-operate with any one. The three Allied chiefs are to confer here a^ain to-morrow. Following their agreement on the Al? lied program reached last night in Paris, Poincare ard Curzon departed for Lausan: e, arriving here at t>:25 p. rn. by (?pecial train. The train was halted for a half hour before it pro? ceeded to Territet, where Mussolini was waiting, he having refused to come to Lausanne for the first meeting with the British and French leaders. While the diplomats were waiting here they were usured that Mussolini was cognizant ?f the main points of their Paris agree? ment and w*ta amenable to adding Italy's acceptance. To-night's meeting in the lake vil ?&?e, therefore, resolved itself into a nio-e or less formal affair and the principal benefit is the impression it ?*iil make on the Turkish envoys on the eve of the conference opening in lifsanne's magnificent Casino to-mor? row afternoon. With the Allies thus irmly and formally united lamet Pasha i? exrected to be more moderate in his demands than if he were still hopeful ?f a division. Mussolini Favorable Foreign Office attaches accompany *iS Mussolini asserted here, while the three snoke?men were meeting at Ter ?itet. that there need be no fear that ?atsolini will 'Inject ? points which *oa!d make Allied agreement more dif? ficult, while a member of the British ?reign Office told The Tribune corre ?Pomlent that Curzon and Poincare had ????a the occasion of their day-long Rde from Paris to come to an even aore complete understanding than was "welsed last night. Great crowds, assembled at the sta? tion io-night to get glimpses of the "'?led statesmen, were disappointed ?air, ?he special train continued wsth *** either traveler descending. Mar i_(Continued er? p?go *lx> ^Quicksand to Neck, Saved After Four Hours ?ead?ightg Reveal Man's Head *flen Policeman, Hearing Cries, Directs Lamps li?^n)EN- N- J- Nov- 19??A man be toA ?to-be Richard Collings, of New *fte " *n * cr?tical condition to-night mim ? ^r-hour struggle in a quick r?5 ?om which he was rescued by ^?cernen *nd firemen who heard his *W)/nly *'hen he had s?nk to his i-? S'"" lt was 5tin dark this mom 5u4 k Collings's crijs were first !>&?,??,- * Po-'Cfrnan who stopped a *?e?Lw t0m u C and turn*d its SU iflt?. owly sink?r.?C to his death. l? V*Vcaled the ?an'? head. **?t for,u "??? hi?, the policeman *?? M.?.?, tfire DePa--tment. A rope *? ??{.?? fneVh his arms and k? ?m of ?i0? ' A P?Uccm-?- and fire ????d HI "?.?? Party 8,s? had to be tR'dtohav. ui,v?rop*8' Callings la -?? to tfc? A 8t tls way orille return sporne SXlf ?uffennf chiefly from Overcrowded Schools Rush Backward Children Through Grades to Make More Room Paris Modistes Open Needle-Typewriter War PARIS, Nov. 19 (By The As? sociated Press).?In the hope of combating the tendency of girls to become stenographers in banks and other offices, the Paris Dressmaking Association has in? augurated a competition among dressmaking apprentices, offer? ing prizes of 1,000, 500 and 250 francs for the winners, together with fiO francs to each competi? tor who qualifies. The candidates for entrance in tVui competition must hay? been two years with the same house. There will be eight tests, each carrying live points. More advanced tests will be applied to decide any tics that occur. News Summarv WASHINGTON Truman H. Newberry resigns from the Senate. Special session of Congress to convene to-day. Anthracite operators and miners agree on madvisability of standardiz? ing wages or units of output or clos? ing high cost mines in reports to Federal Commission. President Harding proclaims week of December ?-9 American Education Week. Representative Edwards, through National Merchant Marine Associa? tion, tells farmer how ship sub? sidies are direct benefit to agricul? tural class. American clearances for 1922 fall off 18,000,000 tons, shipping report shows, with New York ranking as first port in the country. FOREIGN Curzon, Poincarc and Mussolini confer at Territet after Italian Pre? mier refuses to go to Lausanne. Ac? cord said to be reached. Conversa? tions to go on to-day at Ouchy. Eight wounded when Irish army cars ^M^WPJ????lfil^#?*cct-crowd. Kouifc dead in premature mine explosion. Abdul Medjid accepts Turkish As? sembly's call to the Caliphate to be ! installed to-day. Turns press Allies ; for control of Constantinople. British Parliament opens to-day 1 with prospect of Balfour, Austen Chamberlin and Sir Robert Home ? being taken into Cabinet. German Socialists wreck Cuno's efforts to form cabinet. Poincnre's charges of German waste and com? mercial aggrandizement officially de ' nicd. LOCAL Congestion in schools has had de? plorable effect on children's educa? tion. Tribune investigator finds. Fingerprint expert charges he was dismissed to make room for favorites of politicians. Clemenceau visits grave of Theo? dore Roosevelt and receives many distinguished visitors. Theatrical world shocked by death of Frank Bacon, creator and star of "LightninV Izzy is publicly kissed while he and Moe are raiding. Sportsmen will fly from here tb Arctic regions to hunt polar bear next summer. Representatives of city chapters of Red Cross to plan peace-time vol? unteer service. Labor bank, with $2,000,000 re? sources, will be established hero, Peter J. Brady announces. Authorities ready for appearance before grand jury with evidence in Hall-Mills case. SPORTS Joseph Conti, Pastime A. C, leads field in handicap road run. Kid Sullivan will substitute for Pepper Martin in boxing bout at j Garden against Kid Kaplan. Ed Swanstrom wins ten-mile walk of Long Island A. C. Princeton ends football season with eight victories and no defeats. A. A. U. recommends suspension of Joie Ray. MARKETS AND SHIPS British financial policy to be "re? turn to normalcy." De Lasterye opposes violent meas? ures for restoring credit in final speech on budget in French Chamber. German manufacturers face prob? lem of lack of capital to buy high priced raw materials. . -? Sarah Bernhardt in Wreck Escape? Vith Shock When Her Auto Almost Capsizes PARIS, Nov. 19.?Sarah Bernhardt, while motoring *o San Remo yester? day, had a narrow escape from serious injury. The rear axle of her automo? bil? broke and the machine almost i capsized. Mme. Bernhardt, who suf i fered slightly from shock, proceeded on her journey by train. MapoVbur?? Seeks Loan Here MAGDEBURG, Prussia, Nov. 19.? The Magdeburg City Council is to en? deavor to float a municipal loan of 300,000,000 marks at 5 per cent in the United States. The loan is to be pay? able in marks. ? Carolin? Hotel, Elnehnrat, N. C. Good company; ?unghin? ?port and comfort.? A?vt. * *k Reporter for The Tribune Finds Part-Time System Puts Pupil* ill Classes Far Above Their Ability A Minimum of Work Teachers Struggle Against Great Odds; Answers in Examinations Amazing What effect has the congestion in the public schools had upon the education of the city's children? In an effort to answer that ques <<;', a Tribune reporter r>;:cnt thn c weeks iu olassrooms in con? gested parts of the oity, What he found will be told hi a vcriec of articles in The Tribu tie, of which the following is the first. The sec? ond will appear to-morrow. By M. Jay Racusin Sow many nickels make a dollar? "Fourteen.", John's grandmother is eighty-six years old. If she lives, in how many yearo will she be 100 years old? "In mo years." What is the cost of twelve cakes at six cakes for five cents? "Seventy-two cents." '"How many inches in a foot and a half?" "Six inches." "Winter is cold in the North r.nd short in the spring." "Calm" and "stormy" have the same meaning. "Sharp" and "dull" are identical. "Alike" and "different" arc the sanie. "A wheel is made up of an engine and coaches." These are written answers given in a recent test of seventh grade pupils in one of the city's elementary schools. These pupils are not mental defectives and have been advanced from class to claes. They were instructed in ad? dition, subtraction, multiplication and i division in the second, third and I fourth grades, and are supposed to j have learned all about fraction?, deci | mala; percentage and the complexities i of cubic and rectangular measure j ments in the fifth, sixth and seventh [ year classes. In anol'ier year, it is presumed, they will be ready to enter ! high school. 355,000 on Part Time L Those answers disclose what is hap p::nir.!? ,ii?j? S ?Tcat proportion of the ??l,000 children who attend the city's ? school. Th'?T Sr&- symbols'"of the ef-. feet upon the child of the, part-time, double sessions and other makeshift schemes grafted upon the educational i system in a hopeless effort to deal ! ? with the congestion and overcrowding ! I resulting from the grave lack of school ! J op?ce. That there are 355,557 school chil I dren out of 331,141 on part time and j double sessions probably has meant little more than figures to the average parent with a youngster of school age. It was with a view to getting at the real effect of these conditions upon the education of the child that I spent three weeks in the classrooms of i schools where congestion and over i crowding are greatest, and where con? ditions are fairly representative of the other hard-pressed schools of the city. I sat for hours at desks with the pupils, two and three at a desk, heard their recitations, read their books, ex? amined their test papers and inter? viewed their teachers. Hero are some of the things I learned: Fifty per cent of the pupils in the crowded schools are unfit to continue with the work of their grades and are not prepared to go on with the regular studies of the next class at the end of the term. Nevertheless, children are promoted without regard to their educational progress, only those bordering on men? tal de^ciency being kept back. If the child shows the slightest glimmer of intelligence he is advanced. Promotion Not for Knowledge Teachers are virtually instructed to promote a certain pronortion of their classes, regardless of the fitness of the child, to make room for incoming chil? dren. Frequently the teacher gives her chil? dren the examination and test ques? tions in advance and drills them in the answers to insure their passage. She ] is not permitted to keep back more than six pupils, no matter how little the class has absorbed of the year's work. Under these limitations children who have not attended school more ; than two or three weeks in a year have ; been advanced. In one school fewer than twenty I children out of every hundred are making normal progress. Because of the accepted custom of forced promotion, pupils in the seventh and eighth gracfes, who should be pro? ficient in the more complex forms of (Continued en gag? four) Living Cost Now 57 P.C. Above Pre-War Figure October Increase Makes Aver? age 40 Points Below Maxi? mum Reached in 1920 The cost of living for the average wage earner rose 1 per cent to a level 57.1 per cent higher than that in July, 1914, dui'ing the month ended October 16, according to statistics given out yesterday by the National Industrial Conference Board. On the basis of the pre-war figure this is 2.6 per cent higher than the post-war low level of 154.5 per cent reached in August of this year and is higher than the aver? age for any month since February. The recent increase is due to a rise of 3 points in the cost of food and a rise of 2 points in the price of clothing. j Shelter, fuel and light and sundries ?remained stationary at,the September , level. The unchanged cost of sundries and shelter is still the lowest since the peak was passed, but fuel and light went to the highest mark since Febru? ary, 1921, in September, and are now only 13 points below the high mark in the fall of 1920, although the cost of living, as a whole, has fallen more than 40 points. Both food and clothing are still within 4 points of the recent low level. ? H. . Peterobnr* and Tampa, na.?Thru Sleeper 8:40 P. M. Dal y. Seaboard Air Une ?y-, 143 W. *?nd 8t. Bryant, 5413. ?Advt, ? Clemenceau Bows at Tomb Of Roosetelt Places Wreath, Lifts Hat and Turns Away Silently ; Policeman Lends Him Pen to Write Tribute 'Tiger'??pat~4 A. M.; Sees Pershing Early First Call on Old Friend, 111 in Bed; Reception und a Luncheon To-day 3y Boyden Sparkes Georges Clemenceau, whose memoirs would be a history of France from the days of Louis Napoleon, stood silent yesterday before the grave of Theodore Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay. Standing there, the old Frenchman thought, perhaps, of that other grave in France where Quentin Roosevelt is buried; thought also of the disappoint? ment of this father when he was not allowed to light in Frapce beside his sons; and wished that this American statesman were yet alive to discuss understandjngly with him his fears for civilization. From the moment of his arising in the home of Charles Dana Gibson in 127 East Seventy-third street at 4 o'clock in the morning, M. Clemenceau was concerned with his expedition to the grave of Roosevelt. At ti:30 he breakfasted in his room, und if the Gibson c?ok ?id not give notice then and there it was only because his meal was of such a simple character. On the word of Mrs. Gibson this is what he ate: A portion of gruyere cheese, vegetable soup, boiled eggs, bread and but;er. He drank only water. "He's a darling old man," confided Mrs. Gibson, "and not the least bil difficult to please." Pershing Brings Wreath At 10 General John J. Pershing anc Major Quakemeyer, his aide, both ir civilian clothes, called. The General with characteristic tact, had solved tin principal problem of the Clemenceav day. H?? brought with him a wreatl of immortelles, with a few red rose! knotted with red, white and blue lib bon, to be carried by the old man ti the grave of Roosevelt; Roosevelt whose vision saw a general in the uni form of a gray-haired captain of in fan try and had the courage to jum] h.m to tho rank of brigadier. The; chatted there, Clemenceau and Per ?hing, for thirty minutes, and in thi 1hajf':hotff',rtranagea to Tight over. tii war from the day Pershing landed ii France until the Germans cam through the lines and asked for a: armistice at Sedan. Bernard Baruch called; Colone Stephen Bonsai, who is to conduct hi trips in the United Spates, was there so were Colonel and Mrs. Edward IV! House, and M. Clemenceau had conver sation for all of them. Shortly bexor 11 he emerged from the house, climbe into the landaulet which had bee provided for his use by Otto Kahi and was driven to the Biltmore Hot? With him were the Houses, Mr. an Mrs. Gibson and his temporary sec retary, a young man named Le Fevr? It was announced that he would go t Oyster Bay. Preceding their motor cars wei two motor squad policemen, Han Shelley and Christopher Morgan. A] patently some one had instructed thei that speed was desired. They supplie it by clearing a path down Park Avi nue and after them at a furious cli followed the two automobiles with third car of newspaper men traiiir them. Speed Not His Mania Inside the landaulet Clemenceau eyes could be discerned flashing ba< and forth beneath his shaggy brows, was .iot precisely agitation that he r vealed, but nevertheless M. Crucy, correspondent of "Le Petit Parisian who accompanied him to the Unit? States, explained that at home Cleme ceau uses a similar machine, but th he has. an extra speedometer in tl tonneau for his own eyes, and ever the indicator passes the ma: of seventeen miles an hour then the is a new Clemenceau chauffeur. The were times yesterday when the Frem statesman rode faster than flfty-fi miles an hour, but he never uttered complaint. At the Biltmore it was explain that M. Clemenceau desired to call his old friend, Herman H. Kohlsai formerly publisher of "The Chica Record-Herald" and author of the i mous gold plank in the platform which McKinley was elected in 18! Colonel House said that Mr. Kohlsa who was stricken with paralysis t' months ago, o.ice expressed the opi ion that Georges Clemenceau was t one man worth making a ?trip acre the ocean to talk to. "Very well," said the Tiger. ". (Continued on paga ?even) Louisiana to Ask U. S. Aid Against Klan Gov. Parker to See Hard? ing To-day; Is Reported Ready to Tell Him Ku Klux Rules His State May Present Plea For Intervention Likely to Cite Lynching? and Say Constitutional Government Is Gone From T'nr THattne'S Washington Vurc.au WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.?An appeal I to the F?d?rai government "for aid in I breaking the strangle hold tho Ku- j Klux Klan has on the State of, Louisiana" will be made to President Harding to-morrow by Governor John M. Parker, of that state, according to a copyrighted dispatch from Baton Rouge, La., printed in "The Washington PoBt" th's morning. The message is i from a member of "The Post's" staff, George Rothwell Brown. Governor Parker is due here to-mor? row morning, having made an engage-' ment with President Harding for to- '. morrow some time ago. At the White House there was no inkling that Gov- ; ernor Parker wished to discuss the Ku Klux menace, it having been thought th"t he w'shed to discuss flood con? trol. Attorney General Daugherty is ex- ? pected to take up the matter of Fed eral activity against the klan with ' Governor Parker to-morrow. Ho is understood to have been giving his attention to the Louisiana situation as well as to the klan's operations gen? erally. He could not be reached to-day. I Armed Force Not Planned Yet It is not regarded as likely, that the j | government contemplates t e use of ! ' armed force against the "invisible em- ; [ pire," for the present at least. What! lit is believed may be done is for the1 government to throw the weight of its nfluence behind the state authorities and to join them in investigating and prosecuting those guilty of the conspir? acy to nullify the laws of the state and the nation. It was pointed out by one Louisian ?>.n h -r to nijiit that th% state gov? ernment has had difficulty in obtain? ing evidence against suspects in many parishes because of klan control over local officials, and it was his opinion that Governor Parker may have de? cided to appeal to the Federal govern? ment for the services of the Depart? ment of Ju tice bureau of investiga -n. of which William J. Burns is chief, for help in tracking down those involved in klan outrages. The fact that there is reason to believe some of the deeds committed in Louisiana were engineered from outside the state and indeed executed by persons from ..ther states was cited as ground for enlisting Federal aid for the state 1 xorces. Governor Parker is said to have been stirred to bring his appeal to Wash? ington by the recent occurrence in Morehouse Parish, where two men were killed mysteriously and under circum? stances that pointed toward klansmen as being guilty. Efforts of the Baton Rouge government to trace the crime have been balked at every turn, the en? tire community having apparently been terrorized into silence. The klan is said to be powerful also in Shreveport, Monroe, Alexandria and Huston. It was said here to-day that the Gov-1 ernor will cite in his conferences with ? the President and the Attorney Gen- ! oral indications that klans in Arkan- j sas and Texas, in both of which states ? it is vigorous, have been making law- j 'ess incursions into Louisiana. Details of how the Ku-Klux controls almost every phase of the state gov? ernment in Louisiana, even including j the courts, how it warns men whose i ! morals or conduct its leaders do not I like to leave the community, where | upon they always leave without ques? tion, are printe'd in Mr. Brown's dis? patch from New Orleans. May Ask Intervention Mr. Brown asserts that Governor Parker will lay all this before Presi? dent Harding to-morrow and will in? sist that the Federal government, under the section of the Constitution guaranteeing all the states a repub i lican form of government, interfere and restore orderly, legal government in Louisiana. The constitutional guaranty on which Governor Parker will appeal to Presi? dent Harding, according to Mr. Brown, is Article 4, Section 4, which reads as j follows: "The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a repub? lican form of government and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature (Continuai ors gaga thro?) 6lzzy" Reaps Kiss as Climax Of Wholesale Liquor Round-Up Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith, of the local prohibition" forces, scoured the city yesterday. They got three truck loads of liquor, valued at $30,000, ar? rested one person and served sum? monses on sixty-eight and Izzy was kissed. The woman who kissed him was one of a group emerging from the Church of the Reincarnation just as Izzy and Moe were raiding Peter Fay's place at 230 Amsterdam Avenue, close by. Sev? eral of the women waved their hand? kerchiefs to the two enforcement agents, and when Izzy took off his hat and bowed in reply one of the women rushed forward and embraced him, planting a resounding kiss on his cheek. Izzy and Moe had search warrants authorizing them to hunt through the places on their list. They are said to have bought liquor in each place in order to get the evidence necessary before a warrant can be obtained. The places on their list were scattered all the way from the East Side to the Bronx. The most important seizure was made at the cafe of Otto L. Arpa, at 499 Bre?me Street. Tha agents raid they got 150 cases of beer and seventy-five cases of whisky there. Next in value, ? -? I they reported, was the gin they found ? in the real estate office of Morris I Forn-ranz, at 450 Lenox Avenue. Two of the raids were on places near I courts, and it was said that lawyers, bondsmen and court attendants made j haste to return to their duties when . Izzy and Moe burst in. The agents de I clared that players from the Audubon ! Theater? fled from Louis Cacci's cafe ! I at 3940 Broadway when they entered. The only person arrested was Thomas ! j Fisher, bartender in a cafe at 974 Am- ; sterdam Avenue. He was locked up at i the West 100th Street police station. | j Izzy explained that eight summonses J already had been served on him in sirai- ] lar cases and nine summonses equaled I ! an arrest. While Izzy and Moe were busy i ashore agents patrolling Great South Bay intercepted a schooner carrying ??whifky valued at $50,000, seized the liquor and arrested the skipper, Leon j ard Black, and his crew, John H. Bailey i and Eugene Brown. They will be ar ? raigned in Brooklyn to-day. Their boat was creeping through Fire Island Inlet when the agents pounced upon it. The liquor aboard is said to have been lightered from a steamship lying about thirty-five miles off the coast. This vessel is said to hav? 10.000 cases of whisky aboard. Newberry Quits Senate; Persecuted, He Charges; Expulsion Was Assured History of Newberry's Struggle To Keep His Seat at Washington Oct. 29, 1918?Exonerated by United States Grand Jury, New York, of filing fraudulent primary expense account. Nov. 5,- 1918?Elected United States Senator. Jan. 4, 1919?Ford files charges of illegal expenditures with Sen? ate; asks for recount. May 19, 1919?Newberry takes oath of office and seat in the Sen? ate. Nov. 29, 1919?Newberry and 133 campaign workers indicted for violating Congressional corrupt practices act in 1918 primary. March 20, 1920 ? Newberry found guilty; sentenced to two years in a penitentiary and fined $10,000. May 2, 1921?United States Su? preme Court unanimously re? verses conviction. Jan. 12, 1922?Senate votes by 46 to 41 to permit Newberry to re? tain seat. Nov. 19, 1922 ?? Newberry re? signs. Truman H. Newberry Frank Bacon, The Creator of lightnin Y Dies End Comes in Chicago Fol? lowing Breakdown Re? sulting From Four Years' Work in Popular Play Frank Bacon, creator of "Lightnin' Bill" Jones, is dead. "Lightn'n'," the play that brought a belated fame to him and lifted him from theatrical mediocrity to theat? rical greatness at the age of fifty four, proved to be the play that helped to kill him. His death occurred yes? terday morning at the Hotel Del Prado, Chicago, and resulted from a break? down which was brought about by the unremitting grind of four and a half years' playing in one part without a let-up. Since the steaming night in August, 1918?August 26, to be exact?that "Lightnin*." which he helped to write, opened at the Gaiety Theater they'd been saying along Broadway that Frank Bacon would have to go on play? ing Bill Jones to the end of hi3 days. For once, a Broadway prophecy came true. His last performance was given in Chicago Saturday night a week ago. When, at the advice of his wife and physicians, he laid aside his faded blue G. A. R. uniform and his crumpled felt hat with its gold cord and consented to go to bed for a few days, he in? sisted that he wasn't ill?just tired. He became weaker, however, and the break in his voice became a trifle more real. On Saturday he suffered a heart attack and fell into a coma from which he never rallied. At 8:40 a. m. yes? terday he died peacefully, and w.th the record of 2,000 performances as the lovable, dryly humorous, shiftless "Lightnin'." He had told his bee story tho last time. Family at the Bedside His wife, who married him in a Cal? ifornia village thirty-seven years ago and remained his loyal and steadfast companion during the dreary days of barnstorming in the West, was at his bedside when he died. His daughter, Mrs. Bessie Allen, was also there. His body will be taken to Mountain View, Calif., his boyhood home. Mr. Bacon is survived also by a son, Lloyd, of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held in Chicago Wednesday. The death of Frank Bacon came as a ahock to Broadway last night. As vice president of the Actors' Equity Asso? ciation and ex-president of the Green Room Club, and as a member of the Lambs and Friars, he was a part of Broadway's theatrical life, and was held in affectionate esteem by ail fre? quenters of the street that brought him fame?managers, actors, authors, com? posers, press agents and stage hands. The cheerful optimism that character? ized the part of "Lightin' Bill" Jones in the play was a quality expected and found in Frank Bacon when he was out of his character and away from the theater. In sheer personal popularity in the profession he was perhaps ex? celled by no one. Thonght It a Visit to Chicago Broadway did not realize that af? ternoon in August of last year when it gave Bacon a tumultuous send-off as he departed for Chicago after 1,291 consecutive performances in "Light? nin"' at the Gaiety that it was really saying goodby. And certainly Bacon did not realize that he was saying good? by to Broadway. To him Chicago was merely a visit. The ex-sheep herder, advertising solicitor, country printer and California "h?m" who had finally come into his own meant to come back. New York to him was home. And up until Saturday morning he wa3 sure that he would come back. It took the San Francisco earthquake to get Bacon out of the West. For years and years he barnstormed from town to town with a cheap repertoire company and ate meals cooked by his wife over an oil stove. It was hard living. Somewhat easier living was found In San Francisco when he landed a j b at t'e Alcazar T- eater. He st:ick to that job sixteen years, and perhaps would have st-*ck to it until the end ?C-intlnue? on ???? cttf A Extra Session Of Congress to Begiii^To-day l\o Action Is Expected on Ship Rill in House or Senate Until President Delivers His Message Front The Tribune's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.?For the second time in its history the 87th Con? gress will meet to-morrow in extraordi? nary session. Its principal work will be the merchant marirsp bill. It is expected both the Senate and House of Representatives will adjourn after being in session to-morrow only a few minutes, merely going through the formality of convening, and then await the coming of President Harding with his address on Tuesday. Several members of the two branches have died since the last session, the last being Representative John I. No? lan, of California, who was chairman of the Labor Committee, yesterday. It is probable the House will adjourn on a resolution of respect. Incidentally, though no surprise* are scheduled in the Executive's message, the House, at least, which is faced with immediate action on the shipping bill, undoubtedly is loath to grapple with the measure. Leaders are pessimistic and apparently unwilling to get down to business on it until the last minute. Misst&tements Cause Opposition There seems to be no doubt much of the opposition to subsidy is due to a lack of knowledge of what the President is trying to do. Democrats and radi? cals have made so many misstatements about what is in the bity that the aver? age person has not had a chance to do any thinking for himself. Briefly, the measure, which is intended to build up an American merchant marine sec? ond to none in the world, provides: Low interest rate, equal to govern? ment bond rate, upon the unpaid bal? ances on vessels sold, and fifteen years to complete payment for same. Loans up to two-thirds of value on new construction, loans to run fifteer years at 2 per cent; this to take th? place of the shipbuilding bounties ol several foreign competitors. Theso loans to be made from a re volving fund of $125,000,000 to be se aside out ol the funds of the Shippinj Board. Exemption of certain taxes, provid ed the money is used in new shi; construction.. Requirement that 50 per cent o emigration to the United States shal be carried in American vessels. American Registry for Transport All army and navy transport in mer chant vessels of American registry. Government officials to travel am government supplies to be carried ii American vessels. ^ Payment of direct compensation One-half of 1 per cent for each gros (Continued en pat? three) Student Refuses to Wear U. S. Uniform in Collegi Against Christian Principles t Take Military Course, Son of Minister Holds AMHERST,- Mass., Nov. 19.?For th ? first time in the history of Massachi I setts Agricultural College a student hi | refused to den the uniform of tt j United States Army a - 1 participate i ! a military course conducted under tl j direction of commissioned and noi I commissioned officers assigned to tt institution by the War Department, j became known to-day. The man I Gordon Hugh Ward, of Englewoo j N. J., the son of a minister, and rat< as one of the most brilliant students ! the college. Ward, who is a member of the soph j more class, said that he would not dri ! because he believed mi itary trainii ?to be against the principles of Chri | tianity. He took the course in h ! freshman year, but declined to co ! tinue it when he became a member the second yetr class. Because of ii excellent work in the course he w slated to become a sergeant of t corps, army officers said. Letter to the Governor of Michigan Defends His Record and Excoriates Foes Who 'Hound' Him Friends See Clew To Plans in Note Act Forestalls Almost Certain Expulsion by the Senate, Is Capital View By Carter Field WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.?Tru? man H. Newberry will not be a member of the United States Senat? when that body convene? in the spe? cial session of Congress at ncnae to? morrow. He resigned, to teke e?feet* immediately, in a lette.- dated yes? terday. Vice-President Calvin Coolidge, a? president of the Senate, received notice of this from Senator New berry early to-night, together with a copy of the letter of resignation Mr. Newberry had sent Governor Alex? ander J. Groesbeck of Michigan. Newberry's resignation has been virtually assured ever since the elec? tion early this month. Early on Election Night the returns showed clearly that the next Senate would have more than a majority of men who would vote to expel him, some tf them, indeed, having made pledges during their campaigns that they would so vote. Own Colleague Defeated One of the most disturbing of these elections to Senator Newberry was in his own State of Michigan, where Sena? tor Townsend, who had supported him loyally, went down to defeat?the first time sirrce the Republican party was organized in 1856 that Michigan bad sent a Democrat to the United 8tates Senate. Senator Newberry's letter of resigna? tion contains a sharp attack on thn bitter political persecution organized against him by friends of Woodrow Wilson the moment he defeated Henry Ford in the Republican primary in 1918. His letter closes with a note of thankfulness that his presence in the Senate "aided in keeping the United States out of the League of Nations." Some of Mr. Newberry's friends had hoped that he would be a candidate to succeed himself, at the next elec? tion or at a special election. The last line of his letter of resignation gives i possible hint of this. It was said here to-night, however, by some of his friends that he was "all through with politics." Text of Resignation Following is the text of his letter of resignation and of his letter to Vice President Coolidge: I Detroit, Mich., Nov. 17. 1922 Hon. Alex J. Groesbeck? Governor of Michigan, Lansing, Mich. Sir: I tender herewith my resig? nation as United States Senator from Michigan, to take immediate effect. I am impelled to take this action because, at the recent election, not ! withstanding: his long and faithful | public service and his strict adher ; ence to the basic principles of con I structure Republicanism which I hold in common with him, Senator Town send was defeated. While this fail? ure to re-elect him may have been j brought about, In part, by over four years of continuous propaganda of misrepresentation and untruth, a fair analysis of the vote in Michigan and other states where friends and political enemies alike have suffered defeat will demonstrate that a gen? eral feeling of unrest was mainly re? sponsible therefor. This situation renders futile further 1 service by me in the United States I Senate, in which I have consistently I supported the progressive policies of j President Harding's Administration. ; My work there has been and would i continue to be hampered by partisan j political persecution, and I, there? fore, cheerfully return my commis? sion to the people from whom I received it. Voices Gratitude to Fr'ends I desire to record an expression o? my gratitude for the splendid friend? ship, loyalty and devotion of those | who have endured with me during I the last four years experiences un i paralleled in the political history of the country. By direction of the Democratic Administration these be? gan immediately upon my nomina? tion, by proceedings before a spe? cially selected grand jury, sitting in another state, which, by a vote of sixteen to one,, completely ex? onerated those who had conducted my campaign. Then followed my election with every issue which has - since been raised clearly before the electorate of the state. A recount j was demanded and after a thorough I and painstaking review of the bal ! lots by the United States Senate 1 ! was found to have received a sub* i stantial majority. While this was in progress I*waa ? subjected, with a large number of : representative men of Michigan who ! had supported me, to a trial, follow ! ing ind;ctments procured by a Domo ! cratic Department of Justice which, i through hundreds of agents, had ! hounded and terrified men in r11 ? parts of the state into believing ! that some wrong had been done. Under the instructions given by the court convictions of a con? spiracy to spend more than $8,760 naturally followed, and sentences imposing fines and imprisonment were immediately passed. All charges of bribery and corruption were, how ! ever, quashed by the specific order j of the presiding judge, On appeal the Supreme Coart of j the United States reversed the ac i tion of the court below because, a? i stated by Chief Justice White, of ''the grave misapprehension an^ the