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EIIH ?)C Jgaalpitan JfeMd IH^I NO. 5166. ' rS%?52??S5lm ' WASHINGTON. D. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1920. STEr'wS?S M TWO CENTS. __ - * " , r ' I , , , J ' i PALMERMAY ! BE SUMMONED IN COAL QUIZ Committee Is Told U^.S. Paid $11 for Coal' Mined for $3.50. PROSECUTIONS MAY FOLLOW TESTIMONY Wentz Testifies He Got Commission of 50 Cents a Ton. Calling of Attorney General Palmer before the. Senate investigating committee and steps looking towards the prosecution of Government officials alleged to have made big profits in the "wild scramble for coal," stood out yesterday as possible developments in the Senate's inquiry into coal profiteering. The committee had its experts working on two Important lines of inquiry into George H. Cushing s testimony as it convened again to hear the coal operators* side of the story from J. D. A. Morrow, vicepresident of the National Coal Association. Cushing said, among other things, that the 600 wholesale dealers belonging to the Wholesale Coal Association upon his advice disregarded an attempted investigation into their business by the Department . of Justice, and that Attorney General Palmer approved of Cushing's advice to the coal dealers. flag? Profits. Evidence of big profits in sales of enormous quantities of coal to the United States government was also obtained by the committee when it was shown that on purchases made for the quartermaster department of the army during the past three months coal which cost $3.50 a ton at the mine was sold to the government for $11 a ton plus a commission of 50 cents a ton to the several purchasing agents. m Senators Calder, ]?dge and Kenyon criticized Col. P. B. Wentz, president of the National Coal Association. and of the Stonega Coke and Coal Company, who was the principal purchasing agent and who furnished the evidence. to the committee. V% mlr. I'aid Royalty Col. Wentz told the committee that the contracts were made at the suggestion of Secreary Baker. I who believed a shortage in the bituminous supply was imminent and demanded immediate delivery of at least 1.000.000 tons to supply the army's needs during the present winter, with a commission of fifty cents a ton to Col. Wentz for acting as tho purchasing agent. The witness declared that none of the coal which figured in the transaction was bought front any of tl^p companies in which he is Interested. When asked by Senator Calder if he did not think the government t paid a pretty steep price Col. Wentz replied that the government de- i manded large quantities for imme- ! diate delivery and this made the j price higher. J. D. A. Morrow. vicc president of j the association. was examined by j the committee as to the activity of the members of the 'association re- ' gardtng proposed legislation. He( admitted that some moasurc had b^en endorsed and others con- j (limned. | The witness was asked to explain the payment by the associa-j tion of $500 a month to the Geolo^ I gical Survey to continue its reports \ on coal production. He said that \ Congress failed to make appropria- j tion for this work and so with the consent Director Smith the association contributed the necessary funds until an appropriation was j made. Senator Kenyon, asked Morrow why the association had gene on record as favoring the amendment of the Sherman anti-trust law, and the retention of the Lever food and fuel control act. Morrow explained that the coal dealers wanted the Lever law contnued to prevent a dispute with miners oyr wages at a time when it was necessary to keep the mines going in order to prevent a shortage this winter. Thel wanted the Sherman law amendea, he said, to allow the standardization of grades and qualities of coal about the legality of which there was some doubt. QUAKESHOCK FELT IN MEN DOS A AGAIN BUENOS AY RES, Dec. 22.?Another slight shock in the Mendosa region of the Andes was felt early today, but no damage resulted. Inhabitants were returning to their homes and clearing away the debris for a fresh start. Aside from the loss in life, the greatest damage was believed to have been done in the vineyards. The crop for this year was ruined and the loss in grapes alone will be millions of dollars, according to present e^imates. Funds tor the relief of the quake sufferers arrived in Mendosa from all parts of the republic. Filipino Police Admit Guilt in Recent Riots \ ? HONOLULU. Dec. 22.?Seventy of the seventy-seven members of the Philippine constabulary charged with sedition and murder as a result of the recent Manila riots today pleaded guilt*' to charges of sedition, according to advices reaching here from Manila. The other seven pleaded not guilty and sentence of the seventy who admitted guilt wa? deferred until the others can be brought to trial. I At 23, |s Given Important Post * * j "w ?Photo New*. KWIXG LA PORTE. He was recently appointed to thfe office of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. LaPorte is the youngest man who ever held that position, being only 23 years old. NEWS DISPATCH BY NAVAL RADIO SERVICE ASKED Clogged Private Lines Cause Delays, Experts Tell Congressmen. Press Associations and Metropol tan newspapers yesterday asked Congress to open naval wireless stations for transmission of news to and from Europe under a con- j tract system which will enable j them to effect a definite arrange- j ment that will afford relief from the present deplorable lack of fa- j cilities. J Testimony of representatives of.; these organizations before the House Merchant Marine Committee J disclosed utter inability on the part; of privately-owned cable and radio companies to handle press matter j within a reasonable time. The companies have all the commercial business they can handle, it was conceded by spokesmen for) the Radio Corporation of America; and the International Radio Com- " pany and they are unable to facili- 1 tate transmission of news. Conclusive proof was submitted that press dispatches are frequently delayed from eight to twenty-fours In reaching the United States, which makes them practically valueless. | Under existing law the Navy Department is prohibited from hand!-, ing news dispatches except when the Secretary of Commerce eertitte* that privately-owned systems are, not adequate to handle "normal requirements." his arrangement +as resulted in much confusiorv and con- ! stantly increasing delays. Comtructm Sought. The relief now sought is author-i ity for the Secretary of the Navy to* make such contracts with press associations and newspapers for a year, so that permanent arrange- { ments insuring prompt transmission can be worked out. When such con- j tracts are made here, represents- i tives of the American press will perfect facilities abroad to co-operate with the naval stations on this side. William Brown, assistant to the President of the Radio Corporation of America, and Calvert ToWnley,! representing the International Radio Corporation of Ameica, and Calvet j Townley, representing the Interna-1 tioal Radio Company and the West- j inghouse Electric Manufacturing Company which controls the radio company, stated that a temporary. arrangement such as outlined would not be opposed by their concerns.' Opposition Voiced. S. M. Kinter, of the International Radio Coihpany, opp6sed the proposed relief through "fear that it tends toward government ownership." Rear Admiral Bullard, chief of naval radio communication, said the Secretary of the napy would be glad to put all available naval facilities at the disposal of the press if given authority to do so. Yesterday's hearing was held on a bill presented by Representative Britton, of Illinois, designed to accomplish the desired, relief. In re-' sponse to objections by members of1 the committee that this bill would j repeal all previous laws dealing! with wireless regulations back to i 1912 and might lead to government I monopoly. Mr. Britton and the1 newspaper and press association representatives agreed to accept an amendment to th$ existing law simply giving autnority to the Secretary of the Napy to establish the contract system for one year. Wwt to Co-operate. Discussion among members of the committee indicated a strong desire to give all the aid possible without disturbing the policy of encouraging private operation and development of the wireless laid down in previous legislation. After hearing testimony from both sides it was agreed to let the matter go until January 6, when a final agreement will probably be reached. Representatives of the. press associations and newspapers present included George T. Hargreaves, general manager of Universal Service; Marlen E. Pew. general manager of International News Serpice; J. H. Furay, foreign editor of the United Presa; Joseph Pierson. for-* eign editor of the Chicago Tribunt and chairman of the American Publishers committee on Cable and radio communication; C. McD. Puckette.. managing editor of New York Evening Post; Carter Field, New York Tribune; Milton Snyder, New Yark Herald; J. Elfreth Watkins. Philadelphia Public Ledger; Perry Bullen. London Morning Telegraph; and Walter S. Rogers, delegate to the recent cable conferencc here. " f- ' HARDING WHIPS PACT IN SHAPE TO GIVE WORLD i 11 "Association of Nations" Emerges From Its Nebulous Shape. WILL ANNOUNCE CABINET SOON President-elect Realizes Need for Deciding on Chief Posts. i Or SAMUEL W. BELL. MARION Ohio Dec. 22.?Two morel or less definite developments stand out today as the result of two weeks o'f conferences President-elect Harding: has conducted Bince his return to Marion. First?The evolution of the idea of the association of nations from *the rather nebulous stages of the campaign to a concrete plan to be submitted for world consideration after March 4, and which counts on a non-political conference or agree- j ment of the great powers to realize J its aim of the prevention of war. Second?The probability of an-! nouncement not long after the first1 of the year of Senator Harding's se- j lections for Secretary of State, Sec-! retary of the Treasury, and perhaps one other cabinet member, as the groundwork around which the new cabinet will be built and the policies of the new administration projected. Featares of League Plaa. The general features of the association plan, which have been described exhaustively heretofore, ot course, will be the codification ot international law, a world court for the settlement of justiciable questiond and a world forum for the discussion of matters of policy which lie beyond the jurisdiction of the court. But the meaning of the last phase of the President-elect's three-oint program, which had not been made any too plain, has taken J on a clearer aspect as the conferences proceed. Apparently. Harding is to pin his faith on,an agreement of the great powers. - perhaps the allies in the late war. to join with the United States iji a moral leadership for the world. His fundamental idea does not contemplate political alliances or even written agreements beyond treaties. Cabinet Selections Soon. It is understood also that the proposal confines itself, at least in the begrnning. to an agreement of the great powers on the general theory that a few great nations, pledged to a beneficent and just purpose, can sway the remainder of the world. The appointment within a short time of a Secretary of State and a Secretary of the Treasury, or at least the definite determination of the men w4to are to occupy those two posts, now seems extremely likely. Not only has the Presidentelect been subjected to pressure to this end by some of his closest advisers, but he himself is inclined to realize the mportance of gettng polcies of the new government on international affairs and the all-im- j portant financial questions into shape as soon as possible. Thus far, the 'President-elect, ac- j cording to his own flat statement* made again today, has made defln-. ite offers of Cabinet positions to no| one. Sees II us bra Looming Large. Speculatively, and with reason, it can be said that Charles Evans Hughes looms large as the probable appointee for the State portfolio, with Senator'Knox, of Pennsylvania, not beyond consideration, but virtually* eliminated by his own reluctance to assume the arduous duties of the office. The recent visit of Gov. Sproul, of Pennsylvania, presumably to urge the appointment of Senator Knox, has revived the Knox talk, but not to the extent of over- ' shadowing the growing conviction that Hughes is to be the choice. Speculation in Marion on the Treasury post today is centering about Charles Dawes, Chicago banker, but its prevalence is due largely to the recentness of Dawes' visit here. There are tlfbse close to the Prsident-lect. who still cling to the belief that John W. Weeks, who is almost certain to be in the cabinet, will achieve his preference and become Secretary of the Treasury. The great part reorganization of government departments is to play in the work of the Republican administration during the next four years, it is understood, is a consideration influencing Senator Harding in making his selections. All members of the new cabinet, probably will be pledged to the proposed reorganization and a willingness to surrender many cabinet prerogatives if the exigencies of government reorganization require it. (Copyright. 1W0, Public Ledgor Co.) Two Little Lamb Chops Net More Than Live Sheep Why two little lamb chops should net a restaurant man as much as a whole sheep nets a farmer Is puzzling Chairman Fordney, of the House Ways and Means Committee. A recent shipment -.of sheep to New York, he said. yieHJed the owner 33 cents a head. Mr. Fordney told the House in discussing the tariff bill yesterday. "Last night." he added, "I went into a restaurant and paid 65 cents for two measly little lamb chops about as big as a half-dollar." HOW MANY INV1 AT YOUR 1 ' ' . . THERE ar$ 3,500,000 underno in Central and Eastern E armistice, and w^Jl be unt America. Cared for in 17,000 kitch helped by the charity of their o* their ability and served by 100,000 women, yet the vital food, clothi from America. If these doors are not to cl< carry on until the next harvest. life of ^ child? We cannot, as a ferine humanity, and for the love us this obligation falls on every > receive somk member of these cl with you at your family table duri to j completion the greatest humai nation has ever made, and no gr people than to seat these 3,500,00b Christmas table in the name of th< J ? i Ten dollars will not only give holiday table, but trill provide 01 until next harvest. In other trord. ?save a child's life. Contributioi treasurer, Homer Building. Glimpses Into Show Tren Hungary Looks To1* Socialists Fo Crisis in There never was acinic when ?? timatc foreign neus was of so much interest and value as now Americans can hardly form a fair and wise judgment as to what should be thetr attitude on foreign affairs without a close-in view of what other people in the world are trying to do and to what extent they a re succetding. To reach right conclusions as to many matters that seem to concern only our domestic affairs, it is guile essential to have accurate information as to many things which frequently are not covered in the run of press reports. This is especially true ff thi mare disturbed countries of Europe from which accurate reports of conditions and forecasts are most difficult to get. The Herald is fortunate in having such reports and forecasts to gii'c its readers from time to time, which afford that closer view and many details quite necessary to loivmakcrs, business men and the general public in reaching conclusions as to wiial are actual conditions itr\the countries and what is to the interest of the United States in relation to them. Their conditions are rather kaleidoscopic, changing from time to time, but showing on the whole steady progress to stability. HUNGARY. The Treaty ?f Trianon, concluding the war. although ratified by the Hungarian assembly November 13. met with strong opposition in the form of protest. Twenty members left tho government party and the members appeared at the session liv mourning as an expression of sorrow at the loss of the greater part, of Hungary. Members of the opposition were not present. On November 7 there were many demonstrations against ratification, resulting in disturbances. Some of D.C. WAR VETERANS INTEND TO REENL1ST Most of 100 at 110th Field Artillery Banquet Said to Be Anxious. Most of the 100 men who attended the reunion of the First Battalion of the 110th Field Artillery, held at National Guard Armory, 472 L street northwest, last night, expressed their intention of re-enlisting in the battalion as a part of the National Guard. Col. L. W. Herron, commanding officer of the battalion during the war. told the men that when the First Battalion, composed of Washington men. and the Maryland battalion are formed, a headquarters company and a supply company vyil be organized from Washington. A colonel and lieutenant colonel, together with the colonel's staff, will also be authorized from the District. Brief addresses were delivered by Maj. Louis C. Vogt and Maj. R. D. LaGarde, adjutant general of the District. The following officers of the old 110th field artillery are in charge of the organization of the Washington batteries, and will probably he commissioned as the commander^: Lieut. Charles L. Ladsoa, Battery A, Lieut. Dudley Brown, Battery B, and Lieut. Milton Noyes, Battery C. . .Bank Messenger Bobbed... LOS ANGELES. Cal.. ' Dec. 22.? Paul Sauer, 17-year-old messenger for the Security Trust ?md Savings Rank, was robbed of in the downtown district here today by a lone bandit. > * v SIBLE GUESTS ' FAMILY TABLE? | urished, orphan and sick children urope, wbJo hare been since the il next harvest, dependent upon { ens, clinic*, hospitals and asylums rn countrymen to the utmost of j volunteers among their country- . ng and medical care must come we, we must have (33,000,000 to | Is $10 too much to pay for the nation, desert this mass of sufof children that is strong within American family. We ask you to lildren as invisible guests to sit ng the holidays. We must carry 1 effort our nation or any other eater good can go out from our of helpless waifs in spirit at our : American people. HERBERT HOOVER. you an "invisible guest" for your it hoi meal a day for one child 1, il will actually?not figuratively m should be sent to John Poole, >| ! Mid-Europe d to Stability yard Land Reform, rce Political II Austria. the demonstrators entered the Leopold Club, whose member? are chiefly Jews, and requisitioned rooms for Hungarian families now forced to live in freight cars.' This was also done In another club, but the police, after an investigation. restored the former occupants to their abode. The Ruthenians are said to be vl- ' olently opposed to the ratification of; the treaty, since by it they are { placed under the Czechs, and it is; their wish, under the promise- of self-determination given by the Al- , lies, to return to flungarlan rule. The government has made arrangements for tho reception of an Allied Reparation Commission under the treaty. They are preparing for1 about 500 persons. Terrorism Against Jews. Organized disturbances and ter-^ rori8m by former imperial officers i and members of the Awakened Hun- j gary Society were aimed particularly against the Jews and were allowed to continue by the government, until the disorders became so; great that action had to be taken, j These terrorists requisitioned fourj hotels, where they stored munition and other materials. An organization called "Detachment Babrczy" lived In barracks in the outskirts of the city, robbing and terrorizing the people of thei neighborhood. It required an organized attack of military and police forces to dissolve this organi-| zation. The people of Budapest welcomed the ehergetic -action of the government rn suppressing the activities of the Awakened Hungary, Society and similar organizations. A new land reform was unanimously accepted by the government looking to the equable distribution of the land. The prices of land have j nearly doubled since 11>1S ajid this new law is expected to result in a favorable change in this condition. . The Hungarian Chamber of Commerce is active to improve traffic. | mail and telegraph service between these two countries. The German | Chamber of Commerce is asked to! send lists of articles needed as well as of articlesvfor sale. Allliire Against Hungary. The Czech and Jugo-Slav governments have made a defensive treaty ODtNHNtlO ON PAGE KlVg j BALLOON PILOTS BELIEVED DEAD Dead Carrier Pigeon Indicates Three Airmen Not Alive. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.?Officers attached to the Rockaway Point Naval Air Station announced this aft-I ernoon that they had abandoned | all hope for the safety of Lients. Hinton, Parrell and Kloor, who have been missing for eight days in one of the navy balloons. The finding of a dead carrier pigeon near Rochester early today led them to believe that the aviators had perished, probably in the wilds of Upper New York State. The report from Rochester said that the pigeon had been dead about five days. About its leg waj a band and a message that was illegible. The balloonists carried four pigeons. One was released the afternoon of December 13, a short time after they left the naval station. It reached Rockaway Point with a message saying the balloon then was over the Brooklyn Navy Yard. May Muster National Guard to Combat Crime TRENTON. N. J, Dec." 22.?The New Jersey militia may be mobilized to combat the crime wave now threatening the State. Gov. Edwara I. Edward* Indicated today In callling a conference of State and county odlcers and World War veterans The conference will b? In the State house here December 3. The governor asked the veterans and officers to confer on co-ordinating "our State forces In a comprehensive way to combat and radicate the present crime wave In the State." BUSINESS BOOM SEEN 6 MONTHS AFTER MARCH' s Economic Experts Predii National Revival linger Harding. HELP FOR EUROPE CALLED NECESSAR Prosperity Overseas Sai To Mean Improved Conditions Here. (By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILK It its possible now to Bummari view? of national financial and cor mercial loaders 'who have been Washington counseling: wffh tl government and Congress on tl nation's economic plight. Th unite in describing the situation serious, but not alarming. Ameri will ride the storm. The conserv tive view does not contemplate substantial swing of the pendulu much before Autumn, 1921. Not u til si* months after President Har ing has taken office will the counti broadly speaking, be back to "no malcy." The period when iy?xt year's cro re moved is fixed aa the time wh< farmers, merchants, manufacture and labor once again will be in t! enjoyment of accustomed prosperit In the interval there will be depre sion. but not necessarily anythii approaching disaster. Sweeping r trenchment by the government ai by citizens of all ranks, includii "big business." accompanied by ti revision, will solve our problems, a cording to the best economic mine Projected tariff legislation with r suit ant new revenue will substa tially cut the national deficit an simultaneous sane readjustment lax burdens will help the busine Vorld to face the intervening ni months of reconstruction with eve prospect of emerging safe and sour Aid t? Enropr Needed. It is the consensus of opini< am?-ng America's foremost busine experts that the United States 1921 cannot help itself without fir helping Europe. The Harding car paign slogan of "America First therefore, promises, as a measu of elementary self-interest, to b come "Europe First" a? an intti Ilxrdin* adj^iuUt ration progmi All authorit*.-* of unbiased mi: identify themselves with that vie The President-.elect is having having it dinned into his ears Marion by every visitor gifted wi broad-visioned economic sense. The "Help Europe" policy, will really i* a "Help Ourselves" polk does not involve or imply politic partnership. It is purely and sir | ply economic first aid that is co templated. It will take the for | of credits and loans. It will pr S vide, largely if not exclusively, f expenditure in American marke 'Our bankers will get interest ai our farmers *nd mills will get c [ ders. The wheels of Europe w | be set going, and ours will be ke ! going. Agreement seems to be ur versal that unless the United Stat deals generously with Europe the direction indicated our indu trial recovery will be slow and i definitely postponed. If he liste to sage advice along those lines nc ; being tendered *him by men of ke Judgment. President-elect Hardin* inaugural address on March 4 w enunciate clearly the policy here foreshadowed. He" will take office amid corn Hons, domestic and foreign, of ? most unequalad gravity. He is h ing urged to come to grips wi them broadly and boldly. He seei to be assured of prompt and whol hearted support from thc quarte sinews. They see in it humanita ianism Strongly seasoned with sel preservation. I nit7 Lacklag. In thc interval?the ten wee between now and March 4th?litt hope of bettered conditions is se? There is thought to be lacking th unity of purpose between the e ecutive and legislative branches the Government essential to dee seated and effective reforms. Co gress apparently will await the a vent of the new Administration to fore tackling a number of project remedial measures. Then, perspc tively. events will march fasten t direction of putting the natior house in order. Meantime, and perhaps far into t new year, business failures may expected to continue. Factories m close down in increasing numbe and unemployment ensue. A fall wages is inevitable. Those thin will go on for several months come, the experts tell us. There no prophesying just when the bottc will be reached. In the realm of * curitles?the stock market?autho ties appear inclined to think that t worst is about over. Values ha shrunken rapidly and a gradual bi market is forecast. Wall Street, is its calculating way, discount present conditions and is readyyf an upward trend. Washington -Blue." The captains of finance and indu try who are coming to the Capit these days, tell me they find Was ington?at both ends of Pennsylv nia avenue?"pretty blue" over t situation. The experts declare Was lngton's remorse comes ^pretty latt It had plenty of warning, but 1 "Incompetence and impotence," as famous New York banker describ it. "were inconquerable." It dill! and dallied, and that is why t whirlwind now is being reaped, fiddled at politics while Ror burned. Looking across the Atlantic, o commercial authorities see Beljziu recovering the most quickly frc the effects of war. Germany. It believed, will "come bgck" wilh re sonable dispatch, if France alloi her "to breathe." Great Britain's troubles a thought to be concerned main with Ireland. She is able to ta! care, of her own financial problep hut those, and all else in the Britii Tsles. are seen as dominated by ti Irish controversy. ^ - i y ^ * Says Accidental SKot Sl<*w Hxmnn J | ^ ' j- ~ trffrft- * ?:j-==&?$&? Ml en CLARA MIITH HANOX. r? ' ? - - ,. - I I RETURNS TO FACE | s TRIAL FOR KILLING I WEALTHY OIL KING .v.i "Kl i N ewspaperman Brings ": Clara Smith Hamon Over Mexican Border. ?j as EL. PASO. Tex.. Dec 2:.?Clara ia ! Smith Hamon. who had bet n sought ** ! by the authorities since Jake L. t,"' Hamon. powerful political leader re and millionaire of Ardmore. Oklahoma, was ahot November 21. was ^ surrendered to the Oklahom^ aund thoritu* here tonight. Sb* eume w. from Chihuahua City; Mexico, in il charge of Sam Blair, Universal Service correspondent. Mr. Blair found her December 18; ch in Chiahuahua City. He notified ry* :the authorities and was deputized _? jas an agent of the United States n- ; Department of Justice to escort m !her to El Paso. The girl had crossed ?" into Mexico after the shooting: withor tg .out a passport. ad "I have nothing to fear in re,r~ j turning," the girl was quoted as I having said when told to prepare ii- | for the trip.' es 1 "I want to go back and cle&r my. in self of the charge against me Tti?^ s- sun that killed Jake Hamon was n-jin my hand when it waLs fired. It ns I would not have been discharged had iw ; hc not struck me. 1 did not muren der him." S's ' It was said also that bond not ill exceeding 116.900 had been arranged in and it was expected the girl would ; be given her liberty soon after ii- reaching the border. It was cven il- yaid the girl might be permitted to e- remain in El Pasb with her parents th until after the holidays and then ns proceed to ardmore for her pree liminary hearing, irs E Xmas Greeting To His Patrons IS Ponzi Dividend at r x" ! BOSTON. Dec. 22.?Charles Ponzi. | "bushel basket millionaire" now P" | serving a sentence in Plymouth jail. n" today sent his several thousand d" creditors a message of Christmas "cheer.** ed The message, neatly written on fC* good qu^lty note paper, m-ith Ponhe ; zi's name engraved at the top. was ia* | sent to FederaJ authorities with the request that it be made public. he, The message follows in part: bc "I hope your financial loseee may ay j not mar your Christmas spirit nor rs, j cause you an hour of grief. Some ln! day. perhaps in the near future. S* svsnts may bring a happy change to through our mutual co-operation *8 and determined efforts.** >m Ponsi also asked that his credited tors send words of sympathy to his ri- wife and mother, "if there is any he kird feeling in your hearts." ve I ? . ^ Ku Klux Klan Turns <-<' Out in Full Costume or JACKSONVILLE, P^la., Dec. 2i ? Led by mounted heralds dressed in 1S. regulation costume, with the main :al c?lumn preceded by the fiery cross I,.! emblem of the order, a band of a_ 'Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of he|the Incvisible Empire paraded h_ I through the streets of South Jackl?jsonville last night. ttj j The purpose of the parade was ^ | not made knefwn. and it was un?, eventful. Woman Speaker A*ks ne Curb on Immigration ur Congress should put down the im bars on immigration, and refuse to ?m permit twelve million refugees to is come into a nation until our own a- people arc fully takea. care of uaid vs Miss Janet Richards* voted loctarer, who spoke last event** to the blind re of the District in the Library of Ijr Congress. Ice The lecture was tftc annual fea)s, ture of the blibd. department of the pb Library, with Mian Gertrtde T. b* Rider, head of that department, presiding. HOUSE PASSES TARIFF; PARTY LINES BROKEN J 1 Republicans Divided, 154 For, 14 Against Fordney Bill. TOTAL 1% TO 86; 5 VOTE PRESENT Garrett Warns Democrats Of Split, as Bitter Debate Ensues. The Houw lsst night patted ths Fordney emergency tariff bill designed to relieve American agricultural and livestock, industries from the present price depression by virtually prohibitory customs duties for ten months. The vote was ltl to | Five voted present. The bill n?* goes t<T"\he Senate, where Republican leaders on the finance committee have promised to expedite Its consideration, while the Democrats plan to exert every effort to block its j passage. What President Wilson will da with the bill U problematical. Borne of the Democratic leaders expect 1 him to veto it. | A political analysis of the vote ishewed 154 Republicans for the bill and 14 against. One Prohibitionist, Representative Ransdell. of California. voted for the bill. # As 1 Bpreeedeated Allgssiest. The circumstances surrounding tlie consideration of th< bill were in many ways so unprecedented that many members did not know how {they would vote until the roll call. Slightly over per cent of u?* I membership of the House cast their j votcs. Outstanding Republican Repi resentatives from the l?ast and industrial centers who expressed opposition to the bill both public and iprivately finally voted for the measure in support of the party policy. .Democrat* from agricultural districts for the most part did not [yield to the appeal of Henry TRainey. a IVmocrat. of Illinois, and ! Finis J. Garrett, of Tesmssss. to uphold the traditional iH-moerstic policy and vote against the m- sa1 ure. ' "This measure is designed to spl't the Democratic party.- Garrett charged, warning members of his party that their votes now would J* ;throws up to them again whan ttoe Republicans in the new Congress ' bring in their revit?ed tariff. r*r4*fr Wills for l ?r?er?. , Fordney opened th? debate by pleading that "the farmer today is suffering becauin of the lack of a market for his product and a price that would yield to him something like the cost of production. He said thai what was true of mutton and cattle mas true of every other of the twenty commodities for which protection was provided for in the bill. . . Some criticism may be made Decause there are some farm products that need assistance that are not included in the bill." he declared. There is no possibility of putting through Congress with any hope of success this bill if we include everything asked for by everybody." Pursuing the same line of argument set forth in the minority report on the bill. Rainey said that unless this country permitted imports from European nations owing the T'nited States money they mould be unable to meet their debt. Pointing out that this country had be1 come a creditor nation almost over night, he said: U. ft. Brrsaf 4'redltsr R?li#s. "Our exports this yesr mill amount to nearly $2,000,000,000 in excess of our in^ports. and the nations mhlch *we us this tremendous balance owe us other balances ?we have sold them nearly li.000.000.000 morth of war gooda, not included in this amount They owe us of the moneys that we have loaned to them nearly SIO.OOO.OGO 00. and if sll the gold that Is produced n the morld for a ysar mere assembled under the control of these nations m ho owe us mon- y. they could not pay us the interest on the amount of the loans our government has made to them alops. There are balances due on account of municipal indebtedness, and these tremendous balances must be paid in some way. There are two ways to pay them, either in gold or In goodss. Payment in gold la. of course, impossible, and we propose now to put up ths bars and keep them from paying us in goods" The debate ensuing developed a unique alignment. John Garner. #f Texas, a Democratic member of the House Ways and Means Committee. said he favored the bill, pleading that ifc mould accomplish Its purpose and was in keeping with the principles of the Democrstic party. He pointed out that ths importations nom injuring the commodities for which protection was proposed in the bill were for ibe most part from countries whlc* | were not in the war. | The opposition of representatives of industrisl centers and the East, despite their party, mas exprssssd by Alen T. Tresdway of Massachusetts. Although stating finally that he would "give the farmers tbs benefit of the doubt** and vots for the bill. Tresdway. also s member of ways and means commltlss. ssid "We are starting on a false bast.. It i? not the influx of importation, that ia causing the serioua financial loaa to certain aectlons of the country it ia the reaction from the war, the depression of the value of the dollar, and the noclled <-m?a*eaejr t.rilt bill will not accompli ah th. result desired." . He pointed out that not a w?|l? hearing had been held on the bMI Two Democratic members of the ways and me.n? committee. TV 111 la A Oldfleld of Arkansas, and C?dell Hull of Tenneu.ee. exprww* strong doubta that the roeasns. would prove a remerj for the?o??dltions It proponed to relievo 014fleld expreaeod *ave doubt that UM bill wonld raise (1 Xi.SOe.S.? tm revenue aa ar|Md hjr Mr. F?rdn.?. %