Two Associations Go on Record
For Retention of the
50-50 Plan. '
Altnanj at report* that the House
Dtatrtet Committee will recommend
abolishment of the half-and-half
*?**> of appropriating for the Dis
trict of Columbia, two citizens' as
sociations last night passed unani
mous resolutions urging continua
tion of the plan.
I Members of the Rhode island Ave
nue Suburban Citlaens' Association.,
claiming SCO members, held a meet-'
lag last night and protested against
abolishing this system of paying ex-!
fonses for the District.
' They have passed a resolution
?Flteratlng their stand that the
haU-and-half method provides the
best means for appropriating these'
tends
The Chevy Chase Cltiaens' Asso
ciation took simitar action and ofll
?Ully endorsed the plan A resolu
tion of thanks was extended Chair
man H. B. K. Macfarland and mem
bers of the Joint citizens* committee*
on Ascal relations, who testified be
tore the House committee in favor
?f retaining the present measure.
Increase of water supply for the
y Strict was advocated by the
Bhodc Island Association last night.
Nearly 250 new members were ad
mitted. bringing the total member
*lp to 5?0. W. S. Torbett presided
M the meting.
Oen. Pershing was admitted as a
member of the Chevy Chase body
last night. In addition to thirty
other new members. The associa
tion went on record as favoring
establishment of a school library in I
community. Clyde Garrett pre
MURDERER'S FAINT
FINGER PRINTS MAY
SAVE HIS NECK
4
^ COXTINLH) FROM PAGE ONE.
O'Shea wanted to know if it was Li j
wbo suggested that the police visit'
the cellar
tttempt f Tun Testimony.
Earlier in the day O'Shea had been
grilling Kang Li in an effort to;
strengthen hia attack of the day be- :
fere on the government's star wit- I
Tha young Chinese thua far ha*
Hiown mofe knowledge of affairs be
fore and-after the crime than any
tther individual and O'Shea yester-j
*?7 made a determined attempt to j
?turn Lj's testimony aga.nst himself. j
* He tried to *how that Li's testimony {
largely was actuated by a desire to!
ittrn t us it ion from himself to Wan. I
LI had testified before of a conversa-'
Jon carried on in Chinese with Wan. i
while the accused man was being'
)r?ught here from New York, in'
vhich I-i told Wan he thought both!
>f them were under suspicion. This
lad been in answer. h#? said, to a ?jues
Jon from Wan asking if Wan was
inspected.
O'Shea warited to know why L, felt
tfniiie f und-r H?i.<^>i< ion after his dis
se?* iv of the crime.
In rep!y. U said: "I felt'that I
xr-H under >uspk*ion and I felt that!
Van was under suspicion. I discov
ered the hodi?<b of Dr. Wong. Mr. Wu!
tn-f Mr Hsie and Wan whs the last'
nan eaen aiife in the mission house.!
'?w Wan tiere on the ni^ht of the.
Starter" ^
^Then you were putt ng suspicion j
?? Wan because you believed you!
f+r? suspected. Were you charged
vlth the murderer* O'Shea fairly'
bouted
**No." declared IJ.
O'Shea asked Li if he knew \Vu:
?*ned a pistol, and If he had everi
ten it. "Yes." Li replied. "About a!
3fo while I was in the mission j
ioufce. Wu showed me the pistol. It
v** r??sty and the trigger was hard ;
4> PUIII"
Revolver Rerosnlied.
In replgr to further questioning LI
said he recognized the pistol after
?he murder because of its rusty bar
?eL He refrained from touching: it.
le said, by orders of the police, who
??M they wanted to take linger
>r1nt* from iL
O'Shea went back over Li's testi
nony relative to Li's hiding In a
upboard while MaJ. Pullmkn snd
napector Grant were interrogating
Van at the mission house.
"Why did you hide in the cup
Wholesale Selling
Prices of Beef in
Washington
Prices realized on Swift &
Company sales of carcass beef
on shipments sold out fot
periods shown below, as pub
lished in the newspapers, ave
raged as follows, showing the
tendency of the market:
W eek Range Per Cwt. Av. Price
Kadlaa Krem To Per Cwt.
1T?* 922J32
931.89
"?T 91?t 939.72
7th
r.tt. i o
J?ae 14th IISJ.1
,,M 21 *' *18J?,-.
*io..-v.-.
JtUy Sth 914.79
llth gt9.il
Jwly 19th 919.8.1
J,l? =??* 919.49
*"?? M 917.44
Auk. 9th ?i9.S."i
Am*. 19th 9 IK. 44
Aaa. -Ird 91H.M9
Anm. 30th 9I7.39
917.99
??Pt. 13th 919^6
????? ** 91Tiil
*'"? 919.90
8rt- ?Mfc aia.it
oat. nth M44?9~
m. lath i|r7
V" sath vnM
*s?. 1st MJ.JS
*.v. Hth JXS
*?-r. sm . ? iZ:
*??. ?th ?
???. 9th r?n
Oee. IS sil.no CMO 915.49
Swift & Company
?Want to Dance?
tov CAM LKAMU AT THI
Riltawaj Sckoo of D
- J *? T. Ave. IWt. 19th A 12th7
J**. CU> yd Mi. ^ ? ,?c?
'W 10 ? wwooa, if yoa cu be tucfat
f"?h. wrta
Sl-la. ?3S?ETaS?i?S s
zv:rto"~~
jsar."."- uk"11?wh,ch h>
rapllad that Maj. Pullman put blm
I r? w't*> Inatructlona to taut.
on anything Wan might
**r l? Chinese.
tooV ?ome notes on a memo
randum book. he .aid. but ir>, un.
*, '* them on the witness
stand yesterday. He said he re
??? e'o?et about an hour.
^ , V Shea ? Interrogation* Li
admitted that he feared Maj. Pull
man would quia him a* well a* Wan
Afraid tf Maj. Pa 11 man.
"Why were you afraid Maj. Pull
5X1 would 0"'* >our* asked 0-Shea.
'h?? ^UJn*ke note* ,n tbe
hook to be prepared for auch ouiz
aL"fo th VOU m"k? n?te" ,aM n,*ht
JL the anewers you could make
to my quizzing: today?"
mitt r?idH he rrf#n t worried over
Shc* might a*k him.
O Shea asked the witness If he*
waa a fnenCof Wana. J
irepl^d* should 1 be hu 'nemy." Li J
k At/??r mon,ente later he declared I
he held no ill feeling toward Wan I
beeause of the latters coldness on
win I!.", k. January 29. when
Wan met him at the door of the
mission house and told him on in
gone^ out'* WO"R *nd Mr Wu h?d
Wan Ha err* at IX
( Wan a keen-eyed witness of the I
ij*11 openly sneered when Li
?aid he felt no antipathy toward j
- Among evidence found in the mis- '
rlon house by Sandburg and present-!
ed to the Jury yesterday were three
j ""ttened bullets; several empty car
tridges he found on the floor; fifteen i
loaded cartridges and three empty
I ones he found in a drawer of a cab-)
t room on the third floor.!
and a box containing thirty-six'
cartridges found in the drawer of a!
^ .K??i'k-,n ,he middle r?o"i of
by Wu ?r' forri"'rly occupied |
CALLS FOR FOOD
TO HALT FAMINE
CO.VTIKrEn KKOM I'AUE O.NK
The question therefore arises as to I
whether we -should not devise some1
method by which they may purchase j
on credit a certain amount of (his I
surplus .that will otherwise go solely I
to cash purchaser?.
"The question of export of bread
stuffs in this particular case does not I
influence the price or supply to the1
American people. It i, purely a ques- j
tlon as to whether, out of the mate
rial which we will export In any
event. should give credits In order!
to prevent starvation on a wholesale
scale, or. on the other hand, to deal
only with those who can pay cash on '
the nail.
t'*?N Arrange Credits.
"The government and Congress'
could arrange some mean? by which j
the Grain Corporation should extend I
these credits out of the capital it al- !
ready possesses and thus there would
be no call for special appropriations
b>* Congress for this purpose.
"I do not believe that we can. with j
such a surplus of breadstufTs In our
hands, sit down in the fnlted States ,
and sec millions of people starve
merely because we exact cash instead j
of credit. I.nless we take some im-!
mediate action in the matter, we shall j
have a breakdown of stable govern-'
ment in Central Kurope.
I* Peace Inane.
;lf we ,ook at u front the most I
selfish point of view of our own future I
inter*?ta we cannot expect to have j
peace ami recuperation of the world .
if we allow th.-> creation of another 1
cesspooj like Russia. No section of'
this community, however, places self- i
ish interest before humanity.
The amount of assistance required
la very small compared to the to?l
that we exerted last winter. Further-''
more, transportation, government and
othfr things have become so much ,
more nearly normal In Kurope that
It doea not require establishing anv i
preat system of distribution. The |
whole operation could be carried out
by the Grain Corporation."
VIRGINIA BREVITIES.
I Lypchburg?In six weeks of church I
raised^8*18 hWC h*-' been
j Wllliamaburg.-As a feature of the
Christmas celebration at William and
Mary College the chorus will present
I the cantata. "The Coming of the
(King."
| Lynchburg.-A negro wKo had con
structed a small still in the renter;
jof the business district succeeded in
making only one quart of liquor be
fore Federal revenue agents caught
' him. 1
j I.vnchburg.?Enforcement of the no
loanng ordinance has been a great
aid in building up LyncM>urg in
dustries. Mayor Jester believes. j
Harrisonburg. ? John Clatterbuck
farmer, shot himself with a shot
gun and ended his life. Ill health
had made him despondent He had
been elected road commissioner in
the November Elections.
Danville.?E. P. Meade and George
Temple have been appointed by Judge
E. Walton Brown to be tax assessors
for 1920.
Harrisonburg. ? Mrs. Channing B.
Cornell, of this city, is dead at San
Rafael. Cat.
Richmond?Two routes are being
considered for road improvement
between Fredericksburg and Wash
ing, D. C., at the hearings before
the State Highway Commission of
plans lor the expenditure of |1,750.
000. Louis Brownlow. chairman of
the board of commissioners, is ex
pected to appear here to make a
recommendation. The two routes
under consideration are the Tele
graph road and the Negrofoot
Childes route.
laynchburg ? Funeral services
were held for E. C. Beasley. whole
sale merchant, who died Monday.
Danville?A hookworm survey of
Pittsylvania County has been com
pleted by Dr. William P. Caton rep
resentative of the State board of
health. Ten per cent of the school
children examined were found to be
infected.
Lynchburg?Louis Frommely, y,
died of Brlght's disease.
Amherst ? William A. Leffler Is
under arrest here charged with
theft of Ave cows from A. M. Ware
of Pedlar Mills.
Bristol?Pastors of churches here
are planning to bring Billy Sunday
here for a revival.
Danville?Four hundred witnesses
have been called in the hearing of
alleged fraud charges which devel
oped from the recent election.
Roanoke?Thla city la competing
with Richmond and Lynchburr
litttoS.' 1,20 8t*te
Kenbridge?Mrs. Salile A Rriri?.
forth, widow of Capt George n
Brtdgeforth. I. dead" .t^I^om*
u^r"iS;A tr,y ?f v.|>
Rhode Island Would Test Con
stitutional Power of
Congress.
I Further proceedings to Invalidate
the national prohibition amendment
j were begun before the Supreme Court
yesterday.
The State of Rhode Island, through
| Its attorney general. Herbert A. Rice.
"led a motion with the court asking
j permission to bring in an original suit
J to test the legality of the amendment
and the Volstead enforcement legis
lation.
j ln 1111 S'll of complaint the State I
defines the amendment as .unconstitu
tional. revolutionary and usurpatory.
[and requests that Attorney Ueneral
Palmer and Daniel C. Roper, com
[missioncr of Internal Revenue, be en
joined from enforcing it in Rhode
Island.
The general features of the State's'
motion resemble similar proceedings
that were Instituted In the Supreme
Court yesterday by the Retail Liquor
Dealers' Association of New Jersey,
declaring the amendment void and
asking permission to bring an original,
test suit.
Both applications make the point
that the final ratifying power ot a
constitutional amendment rests with
the people, and that the State legisla
tures In proceeding to ratify the pro
hibition amendment without submit
ting it to a referendum usurped that
power. Added significance and iot
portance is lent to yesterday's pro
ceedings, however, by the fact that a
Slate itself is questioning the author
ity of the Federal government to de
clare all amendment effective when, i
it is maintained. It has not been le- t
gaily enacted.
WILSON ASKED
TO KEEP RAILS
FOR TWO YEARS
CONTINUED FROM I'AOB ONE.
"We believe that this assertion is a!
great injustice to you. As you will I
doubtless know, an overwhelming ma-1
Jonty of the farmers; of the members!
of I ho American Federation of 1-abor. |
and the Railway Brotherhoods, as
well as the general public, favor an!
extension of the period of government I
operation of the railroads for at lea?t.
two years. In order that a fair test'
may have been made of government!
operation and a plan may he worked
-out for the ultimate disposal of the j
railroads which would be fair to all
Interests Involved. Such recomnu-nda- '
lion was made by Mr. McAdoo, when I
Director General of Railroads, who I
urged a five-year extension of gov- j
ernment operation, while members of I
the Interstate Commerce Commission I
have also urged extension.
Mould Boost Rate*.
? Director General I line, and mem
bers of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission have shown clearly that the
return of the railroads will involve an
increase In freight revenue of close
to tt.0W.W0.0W. the rates being in-1
creased ~JT. to 50 per cent. This in
crease in rates, according to these!
same authorities, will be reflected In I
'?"t of "vinc of ?t least j
a >cai'. possibly liWO.OW,
T? .1 American people cannot and1
shotfld not stand ?ueh increase 1
Government operation, a* report-]
*d by Director General nines, showed
?l net profit at the rate of flSS.OOO.WO
a year far thc three months prior
to the coal strike.
,?Th,r Senate now being asked
eej2i ?'f 'v>rlo,"! charges against
'the of railroads during
the period of Federal control, that [
h.7 hf,d,,corTU""te<l sabotage and!
had wilfully and purposely attempt
nrA?n unfair methods while
presumably serving the government,
to discredit government operation. I
Asks stoppage of Ramon.
"We respectfully request. Mr
President, on behalf of the farmers,
the American Federation of I,aho
and thc railway brotherhoods, as
well as the general public, that you
stop the rumors that you plan to
] return the railroads to private con
ii!!0j?nd that view of the chanced
conditions and thc prevalent unrest
you re-establish public confidence. by
j advocating that the period of gov-|
| ernment operation be continued for
at least two years, ,o that under
(peace conditions ftjere may be a
j more thorough and more consistent I
: trial of government operation, and
that a carefully considered plan for
the ultimate disposal of the railroads
may be worked out and adopted "
In their statement to the Senate
committee, Gompers and his associ
ates demanded that -the Cummins bill
[he withdrawn and that legislation be
, enacted to ccntinue government own
| ershlp of the railroads for at least
two years. Gompers did most of
| the talking and told the committee
; that the bill was vicious ln many
j of its provisions and should not be
. passed.
Speaks for Engineers.
I II. D. Wills, representative of the
I Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
I said he spoke for all tha railroad
brotherhoods in urging Senator Cum
mins to use his Influence for the con
I tinuance of government operation. He
j was supported by Fred J. Chamber
lain. representing State granges in
Oregon. Washington. Idaho and Colo
rado. who declared that four-fifths of
the American people are opposed to
the principles of the Cummins bill.
A similar statement was made by
George p. Hampton, of thc Farmers
National Council. He said the farmers
of the country favor the extension of
federal operation of the roads.
Discussing the anti-strike provisions
in the bill Gompers made a reference
to the Injunction issued in the coal
strike, saying that it had been shown
to be futile, because it had not re
sulted In the production of a single
ounce of coal. Enactment of such a
measure, he said, would meet with
gravest consequences and would not
stop strikes.
Senator Cummins, in replying to the
.hl ?m vn'/aid """ the discussion of
the bill had proceeded too far to per
mit of its being withdrawn. He said
he agreed with the statement of
Gcmpers that persons could not be
.T? * . T?r,k by """a"8 of an injunc
tion, but took ,a different view of the
proposed anti-Strike provision. He
assured the delegation that he would
cause, the r protest to be brought to
the attention of the full committee.
HIGHWAYS MUST WAIT:
FUNDS ARE DEPLETED
nutHe. ^ighw?>" leading Into tho
unfm1- f?m Maryland must remain
unimproved this year, due to lack
Corn^if appropriation. Engineer
Thf HmilCr nUtz ",id ye?terday.
twice fh *"owed for estimates.
estimated revenue, for
ye4r' h" already been
miss lone rKuti.'>0'nt*d ?Ut by Cora
leilt ,h"?,f>"nJ '"tlmated that at
?l t? i!H dollars will be need
foLllK IT" or mor<' roads
>?id District from Mary
' main arteries for
OFFICER'S BRUTALITY RIGHT
WAS CONCEDED BY SOLDIERS
!
Enkted Man in Hearing of
Capt. K. W. Detzer Testi-'
fies He Was Sickened By
Long Punishment of Pris
oners at Le Mans.
h "eV?rk- DW' "-Vctor Shep
herd. New Haven. Conn.. te.tftylnB
U>d?> *1 the trial of c.pc Kar, w ,
O.Ue,, former military ^ offl. j
cer in trance. told th? court-mar-!
had , " ,">!U*ht Amorl?n officers
the right to beat private.. !
? ?w mu,h of.lt (n Pranc(i;
i?d\,T.Ug"1 U W" the cuatom
1 d,dnt know until I was ium.j
jnoned a. a wltnes. for th,. !
that officer, couldnt he., their men
as much as they wanted to"
Shepherd admitted that netlK>ri
posted orders aK*inM beating pr|,.'
oner., but .uld ,t was .hortly be.i
mon,h lr Man"- and "vej
~'^Z?ka?tzx-l
declared Shepherd y' |
len^r^d";^^1 NJ>t?er chal
thTVoom'an" "a'd
-red with bruise, CamC ?Ut cov"j
ALEXANDRIA)
*u? HKRALO APBRad
Alexandria.*Va He/',- 1
attended meofir, ' . ? A largely
or the recentlv rh*,ockho,ders
drla Real f gtnte Alexan" 1
Poratlon was held . M?r?ca?{e Cor
S,? Sf >?-V'?K
r> iir Mur"?. <?eor:;e K. \v?rfl*!H '
R Weil. Robert << ariteid, ,
roll Pierce Th? V ?r,eM an<l Car
oilers ? directors will elect
-isisrssr:
new Vaval tL of the
., ^*val Torpedo Station here I
"twlLT.' Iha" *100.00# Of the I
K na* been HUb?crib?*ri u j*
in^ MoV;^^:irhr,ha< ??h
At a meellntr of tlie hoard of po
SSVS3** ?-"!
her to fill ihi' V,a<* p,ected a mem
thTheT"'"'Tla"0"
.Hlho^-nX^X^
^ever. put in their appear
noods J!" mor;a',y r-port of Chief
'.oods was read and accepted.
Heeds of transfer for four piece"
?n Sr-ST JuV ?'d
cerk of lt!r" of.N- 8- Greenway.
KtoH "hi?* ?"'*e ?'??">,"we0of
Kfn? between Payne and Went
streets, formerly the property of the
i 'J"1'? Cheshire, and the pur
rtiasers have conveyed the same
rThe^r^-j?a
?s the Alexandria Amusement Com
pany: john j Ha|p to
Mrpfr' uU8? and ,ot *" 1?2". Hiike
"treet. John G. Graham lo Marv
Thompson, house and lot at 510 South I
rlarn,' ?h' XV'"'am Desmond to f
Shapiro, house and lot at the I
streets. C?rner ?f PIU an" ?ue'?
y7,":,":i:r.:r Kire En?,ne comPnnv
has elected these officers to serve for
km *r?>r 1 E Uhler, president- J.
.Do"flas' first vice president
Claude Fletcher, second vice presi
w". WiUiam Sullivan, secretary
W am ?0nr-t,-?rJ Rlrh?rd Finks and
William C,. Griffith, executive commit
th'f" ^?rman Gibbs. 2S, unmarried, died i
" m1ornlnK ?t Alexandria Hospital
following: an operation for appendl-1
THIS MAY EXPLAIN
KARL. j
oerzBR \
The above photo of Cnpt.
Karl Wllhelm Oetaer, now on
trial of (ioveifion Island, K. Yh
charged with brutality to pris
oners, nM taken while he was
a student officer at Fort Benja
min Harrison. TH Kalserlstle
Prwsslnn mustache mar explain
the "why" of his alleged bru
tality.
cltis. He was a son of Mr and Mrs. ?
Charles E. Oibbs, Mount Vernon. I
Fairfax County. During the world]
war he nerved In the navy. He i
formerly held a clerical position with ;
the firm of W. H. May and Son. j
His funeral will take place at 2|
o'clock Friday afternoon from Wheat
ley's Mortuary Chapel. Service# will1
be conducted by the Rev. John Lee (
Allison. D. D.. pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church- Burial will be
made at Woodlawn. Fairfax County. I
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine1
S. Washington, wife of Nelson V. j
Washington, will be held at 2 o'clock I
tomorrow afternoon at Wheatley's
Mortuary Chapel, conducted by the
Rev. Kdgar Carpenter, rector of the j
Grace P. K. Church. Burial and
funeral will be private.
The annual election of officers or
Mount Vernon Council. Daughters of
America, will take place at 7:30 o'clock .
tomoriow evening in their hail on i
North Pitt street.
SYNOD OF VIRGINIA
WOMEN WILL MEET
The Woman's Auxiliary of the;
Presbyterian Synod of Virginia will
hold its fifteenth annual meeting at j
the Assembly? Training School. Rich- j
mond. December 25-31.
The business sessions will b? pre-j
sided over by Mrs. John Bratton.!
Madison Heights, Va. Mrs. Bratton i
is one of the vice presidents of the
synodlcal and president of Montgom- ?
ery Presbyterial auxiliary.
Among the speakers will be the i
Rev. Gilbert Glass, D. D., Richmond.
Assembly's '-executive secretary of'
Sunday School extension; the Rev.
D. K. Walthall, D. D., Waynesboro. 1
Va.. chairman woman's advisory
committee of synod; the Rev. William
E. Hudson. Staunton^ synod's mana
ger ot stewardship campaign; Mrs.
J. Calvin Stewart, honorary president1
and historian of the auxiliary, and
Miss Margaret McGuire. Roanoke,
synodical secretary of young people's,
work.
Mrs. H. N. Price, Baltimore, vice
president of the synodical and presi
dent of Potomac Presbyterial auxil
iary. will attend th* meeting. Among
those attending from Washington are
Mrs. J. A. Dorritee, Synodical and
Presbyterial secretary of Assembly's
home missions, and Miss Mary Wed
dell. treasurer of the Synodical and
of Potomac Presbyterial.
Iowant to Meet
The Iowa Society will serve supper
at the Wilson Normal School.
Eleventh and Harvard streets, Satur
day evening. December 27. at 7 o'clock.
All lowans are invited and those who
can attend are requested to at once
notify the secretary, J. M. Sylvester.
73D1 Blair road. Interesting speakers
will he provided and the supper will
be followed by games and dancing.
LANE "INTENDS"
TO QUIT POST
Secretary of Interior in State
ment. States Resignation
Has Not Been Tendered.
Franklin K. Lane. Secretary of the
Interior, and referred to a* ihe
"strong man" of the Cabinet, intend#
to resign his post.
Reports of Mr. Lane's impending
resignation have been in general dr
culetion In Washington for some time
but substantiation was lacking until
yesterday when the Secretary. In the
face of a published article that he |
had already written his resignation j
and It was in the hands of the Presi
dent. awaiting actiou, made the fol
lowing statement: ?
t "Wltfi reference to my talked-of
resignation I have not sent it to the
President, nor even written It* but I
do contemplate going out of the Cabi
net ^)id have withheld talking to the
President about it because 1 did not
wish to add to Ins burdens or wor
ries about this time. Nor do 1 know
when the time will come when 1 can..
This is a full statement of all the
facts. 1 have thought it unkind to
say anything to him about the mat
ter. and that any mention of It now
by anyone would be a needless an
noyance."
Mr.. Lane's resignation will be lh?
seventh that has occurred In Mr. Wil
son's Cabinet since he assumed the
duties of the Presidency In March.
1913. The reason for the decision of
the Secretary of the Interior to quit
public life is said to be?a* It was in
the case of William O. McAdoo
he was Secretary of the Treasd*y
the high cost of living. No member
of the President's Cabinet receives a
salary in excess of $12,500 a year, and
Mr. Lane sometime ago recelred a1
150.000 a year offer to go with a large
corporation. The President's Illness. (
however, made it impossible for him
to accept this position. j
When Mr. Lan* steps out of the ]
Cabinet there will be only four of
the original ten Cabinet members .
who sat down with the President
at the first Cabinet meeting of his |
administration. Those remaining
are Burleson. Daniels. Houston and ;
Secretary of Labor Wilson.
There have been many stores ,
lately that Secretary Lane and the,
President disagreed on many ques- :
Hons, but these have b?-en denied!
hbth by the Secretary and at the !
W hite Hour*.
Secretary Lane Is the only Far j
Western member in the President's
Cabinet. He is a resident of San i
Francisco. Cat., and was corpora- j
tion counsel of that city for a num- i
ber of years. He was likewise a ]
candidate for mayor of San Fran- I
cisco and governor of California. I
Early in life Mr. Lane was in th*> |
r?pv??r>aper business and was part ,
owner and editor of the Taroma
7>aily News. Mr. Lane was born
near Charlottetown. Prince Edward
Island. Canada.
SENATE BALKS
AGAIN AT KNOX
PEACE ATTEMPT
OONTINTED FROM PAGE ONE.
ment from the White House Sunday
declared he would not offer any com
promise on the treaty and the league
covenant.
CM Reach t'?m?ro?lse.
"I do not fee! that this closes the
way to compromise. The Senate can
reach a compromise and present it to
the President. The President In no
way restricted the Senate In tta !?*?
to effect a compromise that would
bring about ratification. It is ???
sary that something be done for the
ratification of the treaty and the es
tablishment of peace. This is what I
meant by my statement last ntcht.
Any other construction placed upon u
is simply a misinterpretation of what
1 senator Knox addressing the Senate
or his motion. Ieviewed the treaty sit
uation'In the Senate following the
order given by the President to the
Democratic Senators to kill the trcaiv
if the I>odge reservations were adopt
ed. He said:
Compromise t'r*ed.
"A few clays later two impassioned
speeches were made on the other side
of the aisle by Senators V nderwood
and Hitchcock imploring that the two
1 sides of the chamber get together
amity and compromise and agree upon
| the conditions which should attach
| to the ratification- Heart-rending de
scriptions were given as to the con
ditions of the world, all to be ac
counted for by the fact that this
Now Comes 'The Last Call"
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treaty had failed of ratification by
the Sonata
"A day or two afterward the Preel
dent, by his own rol.tion. announced
that no compromise would be eoeepted
by him. and hie statement on that sub
ject la final because It makes no dif
ference upon what Conditions the Sen
ate sdriaes and consents tp the ratifi
cation. the President can alone deter
mine whether he will accept these
reservations and <*>nditions and
| whether he will exchange ratifieat.on
upon the conditions advised by the
Senate.
, Wanted Reeord to Show.
i "So it seem* obvious to me. In
view of the attitude the President
I has taken toward both reservations
and compromise, that we should
make ever yefTort In this body to
reach a solution of this question,
snd I want the public to under
stand thet the parliamentary situa
tion Is such thet these resolutions
i which I have offered, either of
I which would solve this problem,
csnnot be considered by the Senate
eacept by unanimous consent, and
' I wanted for the second time to
have It appear that unanimous con
sent was impossible."
Senator Myers, of Montana. gave
evidence of having reached a state
of mind where he is ready to join ?
in the movement sgainst the Pre/I-I
dent's order?. He told the Senate!
that he had voted for two of the
Lodge reservations and that 1f the
treaty were brought before the
Senate again he would vote for more
of them.
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
Third of Edgar Priest's free organ
recitals at Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church will be given to
morrow evening at 8 o'clock.
New Jersey State Society will en
tertain the New Jersey boys of Wal
ter Reed Hospital at 1314 Massachu
setts avenue tonight.
Informal dances will be held Satur
day night, beginning next Saturday, j
by Jacob Jones Post No. 2. at ita club- ,
house. 1319 K street. Members of
American Legion posts are invited to*
attend.
Kquality Post No. 2M. Veterans of j
Foreign Wars, will meet at the .
Pythian Temple tonight.
! Columbian Federation of Baptist ]
Young People's Unions will meet to
morrow evening in the Seeond Bap
tist Church, Fourth street and Vir- j
ginia avenue sputhwest.
Woman's National Press Assoc!*-'
tion will meet Friday evening at the i
home of Mrs. Grace Porter Hopkins.!
1926 Biltmore street.
Washington Rotary Club will meet j
Friday evening at the WUIard. "Hap- |
pentnas at Hathaway's" and 'Pulled j
by Poole" are two numbers on the I
| program.
1 Catholic Women*# Service Club will j
meet this evening at s o'clock at tue ,
National Catholic Community House.
601 E street. The meeting will be fol- J
flowed by a community sing, under the !
{leadership of Miss Myrtle Kessheimer.}
I As Influrncn.
i m an f\icrr?'H form of Grip. LAXATIVE 1
HR<>MO QUININE Tabirtc should b* tak.-a in i
Ursw doar? than is prr*cribsd for ordinary |
Crip. A rvwi i4an i? not to wait until you iw j
mck. but PKFVEVr IT bjr takm* LAXATIVE;
BKOMO QUININE TabX. in timr -Ad?.
SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
BY DISTRICT Y.KLCA.
Eatabllahment of a ltr|t number
of acholarahlpa la the Dtatlkt of
Columbia (or former aoldlere. aatl
?ra and Marine*, for American! vko
fourht witH the Altlea and for aona
of Americana who died in the war
waa announced last nlcht by Will
iam Knowlea Coper, general aec
retary of the Waahlnston T. M
C. A. v
Theae acholarahlpa. to the value
of more than Si.too. repreaent
Waahlnrton'a quota of the $2.00?,
MO educational fand eatabllahed b>
the National War Work Council of
the T. U- C. A. to continue the eda
catlonal work done by the T. M C.
A. Educational Commlaalon over
aoaa.
Applications can be made after
December 2J at the T. M. C. A.. 11i*
O atreet. and In caae of colored men
at 1*1? Twelfth atreet.
Wagon Harts Maa'i Kim.
Joaaph r. Jonea. E, of 20X1 Ninth
street northwest, was struck yester
day by a coal waron driven by John
Walker. UU Ninth street northwest,
?t Ninth ami r struts northwest
His knee mas Injured. Jones was
treated at Freed men'* Hospital
Capital and Surplus. $2,000,000
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