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NO. 5169. WASHINGTON. D. C? SUNDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1920. ?????,33 SS THREE CENTS.
'BIGGEST NAVY'
BORNE OUT BY
, BUILDING PLAN
Superdreadnoughts of
379,600 Tons Are Under
Construction.
SUBMARINES TO
ECLIPSE WORLD'S
Floating Hangar *for Air
Fleet Nearly Ready
For Launching.
The United States navy in 1?23
will be the most powerful In the
world if England adheres to the recent
pronouncement to build no
capital ships for the next three
years." said Josephus Daniels, Secretary
of the Navy, last week.
Figures obtained from the Navy
Department yesterday show the
building now under way, under con
tract and authorised upon which
this statement was based.
There are under construction in
the nary yards of the country and
In private shipbuilding plants o.9.#00
tons In superdreadnoughts all
cf them surpassing any "K^flng
craft afloat, and "designed with the
lessons learned from foreign navies
and the war embodied.
In addition three fleet submarines.
the most advanced undersea
boats, are on the ways and contracts
for si* more are under consideration.
CoBvertiss Naval Collier.
And Anally the work of converting
the former Collier Jupiter intc
the aircraft carrier Langley is all
but completed and this piece of navy
property will be ready to serve> ai
an aviation base for the thttee
States navy in any Quarter of the
^On this program, which Secretary
Daniels calls rounding out the present
fleet and which he says will be
insufficient unless the United State!
enters the league of nations, th<
United States government will expend
more than *200.000.000.
The advance guard of this ^latest
contribution to the country s sei
power already is afloat. The Pennrylvanla
was the flrst unit and th(
California Is all but In commis
ion on the West coast. Four more
vessels of this class remain to b<
completed. They are the Maryland
West Virginia. Colorado and Washington.
The latter two are betn?
constructed by the New Tork Ship
bailing Corporation.
War* ?!* D?1** War.
a certain amount of work waj
do? WT*? ves~l* with a nor
m&l displacement of 38.600 ton
each, during: the war, and they ai
should be launched before the en<
of 1921. Their coat to the govern
ment la $11,500,900 apiece.
The very latest flower ofth
Navy Is l? the six battleship
which were authorised by Congres
in 191? and 1S18. Originally the!
cost was fixed at $15,500,000. bu
Congress afterward Increased thl
to $31,000,000 each and modiflca
tions were made so as to includ
such features as experience dunni
the war had demonstrated to b
necessary, with Increased dimen
ions and displacement to provld
for the battery which will mak
these vessels "floating fortresses
Indeed. These six vessels are to b
known as the South Dakota. In
dlana. Montana. North Carolini
Iowa and Massachusetts. Only tft
latter two are being built in pri
vate shipyards.
Slse and Armament.
Some idea of their size and arms
ment may be gained from the fol
lowing table:
Length oevr all feet.. 68
Breadth, extreme feet.. 1"
Mean draft .feet.. 3
Displacement tons..
Draft, horsepower h.p.. 60.0<i
Speed knots..
Armament:
Twelve 16-inch guns In four tut
rets: sixteen 6-inch guns; four 3
inch guns (anti-aircraft); two 21
inch submerged torpedo tubes.
All of these vessels will be ol
burners and it will require crews <i
1 500 officers and men to man then
The three fleet submarines whic
are under construction will be mor
than S00 feet in length; equlppe
with four Diesel engines for sur
face work designed to give the boat
a speed of twenty knots and th
electric storage tanks for under
water cruising are expected to giv
half that speed. Armed
With Torpedo Tubes.
The armament includes torped
tubes In the bow aod stern, with a
ample allowance of 21-inch torpe
toes There will be a 5-inch gu
mounted on deck, forward of th
loaning tower.
Three periscopes of the latest inproved
patterns will form a part <
the equipment and each vessel wi
he provided with the latest type <
radio telegraph outfit, both for sui
face and submerged work, also wit
listening devices.
The o|d Jupiter, soon to be tl
Langley. will have a superstructui
rising above the main deck son:
twenty feet containing a landln
stage for aircraft about 525 /eet ion
?nd (5 feet wide amldshfps. Cati
pufts for launching airplanes and
long- runway for them to come dow
?n with be Included. The main dec
srlfl be the hangar while below wi
?e stored spare parts and bombs f<
'.he planes.
No smokestack will be visibl
lljbve the deep sea landing Held. T>
fannels have been rebuilt along th
ifles of the Langley and so arrange
At the smoke can always be dii
charged on the lee sida and not ii
Leffere with the vision of the avii
:ots. The funnels in addition ha^
*aen hinged so that the smoke ca
>4 discharged directly omto the sui
'Y* of the water.
Argentine Ship to Meet CoH?i
BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 15?Tk
Argentine government has sent
tattleshlp to Montevideo to receh
lecrotary of State Balnbridge Colb
t was announced today.
The American battleship Florid
vlll not be able to enter the po
1 ^uouae of Ulck of sufficient dept
r*
Burglars Cause
$75,000 Blaze in
Blowing a Safe
IEW YORK. Dec. 25.?IatfN
prising burglar* cat kale*
tkroagh twa solid brick walla la
order ta blow a safe at 4% East
Fourtceatb street today, aad la
| dyaaaUtiag the itroif box started
a 973400 Are.
After Jlaajiu the door at 44
EaSt Fourteenth street the burglars
proceeded to eat through two
walls to reach the safe of Atkla
aad Hartataa. Tkey escaped with
loot amouutlug to several tkousaad
dollars la cask and I.lberty
hoods, aad several thoasaad dollara
worth of Jewelry.
The floe was a?t discovered for
some hoars after the burglars had
escaped. Saioke curllag out of
tke upper wladows of tke buildlag
attracted passersby. la
ghtlag the Are the flremeu disco
rered a kit of burglars' tools
which had beeu abaudoued.
CLARA S. HAMON
PLEA NOT GUILTY;
RELEASED ON BOND
Alleged Slayer of Oklahoma
Politician Returns,
Bail Set at $12,000.
j ARDMORE. Ok la., Dec. 25.?Clara
11 Smith Hamon pleaded not guilty to
a charge of slaying Jake L. Hamon,
f i millionaire and Republican Naj
tional Committeeman, when ars
j raigned here today. She waived
preliminary hearing and was released
on bond of $12,000. After
the bond was made she left Ardmore
, 1 to visit her sister at Wilson, Okla.
, Only a small crowd was at the
? depot when the train from Fort
. Worth arrived at 12:30 p. m. with
Clara Hamon. She was escorted by
Sheriff Garrett and her brother and
i sister. At the courthouse she was
conducted to the sheriff's office,
i Justice Hal Cannon, in whose court
the charge of murder had been filed,
i lopened the preliminary hearing. The
??girl pleaded not guilty and waived
. examination. District Judge Cham"
pion took charge of the case and
? fixed bond at $12,000. When bond
"iliad besn signed the girl was reliMrt
-County Attfjrwey Russell
represented the State.
b W. P. McLean, the attorney whc
j met Mrs. Hamon at El Paso and
s accompanied her to Fort Worth, did
1 not come to Ardmore- She was rep1
resented here by C. A. Coakley.
Tumulty Wants
\ Federal Probe in
Cousin's Death
e
| Federal investigation of the deatt
_; of John F. McGuinness, prohibitior
e enforcement officer, whose body wjB
e found Friday on the waterfront al
Ilayonne, N. J., was promised lasl
e nlcht by Joseph P. Tumulty, secre
tary to the President and cousin bj
marriage of the dead man.
e In telegrams sent to the pollc<
- authorities of Jersey City and Bay'
i onne and to Perry 1 Garvin, prosecutor
of Hudson County, New York
Tumulty said he had asked Attor
ney General Palmer to send specia
men to investigate the death.
McGuinness was found lying i?
J a crumpled position with a bull?i
wound in the right side of his head
; He held a revolver, it Is reported
n from which one bullet had been dis
j charged.
Although police authorities weri
unable to determine whether th<
officer had been killed in a figh
!- with bootleggers on the waterfroni
or whether he had taken his owl
life. Tumulty scouted the idea 01
II suicide. He said he was posittvi
f McGuinness was killed In line o
*- duty.
h! "The factors of his home life.'
e Tumulty's telegram stated, "nega
d tlve any other idea."
McGuinness lived in Jersey Citl
with his wife, formerly Elizabetl
e Tumulty, and his three children
- He was 28 years old.
e:
FIRE DESTROYS OLD
o HYATTSVILLE HOUSl
n ______
I- HYATTSVILLE. Md., Dec. 25n
The two story frame dwelling 01
?rundel avenue owned by Rexfori
M. Smith, of Washington, an oil
I*n? arj5' was destroyed by fire to
e loss ls estimated at $3.
11 000 partially insured. The origin ii
if undetermfned and so far as can b<
;?ar"6d "O one was In the house *
;h the time the fire started.
?h ,f X drllin* was furnishei
'* and was the summe
6 t? , Sm,th' moth" of thi
" Th h * furniture is a total loss
built "bout 1850 b!
g r Calvert, who served ii
? several terms prior ti
aland during the civil war.
n j
n Guatemalan Finances
Reported as Strongei
|e The financial position of Guate
e ? !* ' Br,OWinK Strong*
ie according to a statement yesterda
. h.,JU"?Kn,nChl' minister ,rOIi
?- that republic.
>- The total income of the Guate
I- inaian government for the month o
re September last was fifty per cen
" rreater than for the corresponds
r- month of 1?19. the statement con
tinued. Import and export dutie
Increased 3.002.884 pesos, liquor du
r tie? Increased 2.77S.452 pesos an
miscellaneous Incomes 3M.297 pesoi
' a total Increase of C.1S8.433 pesos.
* Bianchl also announces that th
Guatemalan government has recent
'y adopted the policy of giving ful
publicity to the financial operation
'? of the government In Issuing i
| monthly budget showing Income am
& expenditure*
PACT PROPOSED
TO CHECK JAPS
INPACIFICZONE
Senate Leaders Discuss
U. S., Canadian and
Anzac Alliance.
DOMINION'S STAND
MEETS APPROVAL
Fear of Oriental Power
Common to White Races
In Its Path.
I
Co-operation between the United
I States, Canada, Australia and New
Zealand on an oriental foreign policy
to express the determination of
those peoples to check Japanese aggression
in the Pacific Is contemplated
by .Republican leaders of the
Senate, for submission to Presidentelect
Harding.
Negotiations are held to have proceeded
to the point where members
of the Senate Committee on Foreign;
Relations have received informal <
j overtures from responsible spokev
men of the British dominions. No
difficulty is anticipated In reaching
at least an informal agreement as f
to the immigration question. It is|
said that through conversations
which have taken place in Washington
the London Foreign Office,
ihrougn tl e British Embassy here,
has betn apprised of the whole matter.
Udjrr'a Address.
I The first public reference to such
i an understanding was made by|
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge In his
address before the Union League I
in Philadelphia. His statements at-|
traded wide attention in diplomatic
| circles in Washington. They led to
a discussion in the Senate, among
leaders who are sure to be influential
in the party councils of the
new administration.
It is likely that any understanding
reached by the Republican administration
with Australia. Canada
, and New Zealand relative to immigration
questions would be made
through the agencies of the British
Embassy. There is no suggestion
' of the British dominions and AmerI
ica expecting to act through the
league of nations. Mr. Lodge and
other Republican factors are rep~e|
sented as leaving the league out
'I of the question.
,{ Ei|U|ln la Pad*c. ^
There Is a strong sentiment In
,[ the Senate cloakrooms to the efI
feet that such understandings would
I operate ag.iinst'Japanes* expansion
.j in the Pacific, especially in relaI
t'on to her control of the former
| German Insular possessions.
The Island of Yap, which played
j such a prominent role in the discussions
here of the International
Communications Conference, enters
into the whole matter, and it Is
suggested that pressure from her
dominions caused Great Britain to
[; maintain an at'ltude toward America's
demands, that otherwise might
not have followed frcm her close
1 alliance with Japan. The unequivo'
cal Indorsement and the assurances
J of full support given Norman H.
j Davis when he discussed the cable
t controversy with the Senate Foreign
| Relations Committee has come to
r be regarded as Indicative of the de[
termination of the Republican lead>
ers to stand out for America's
! claims against all odds.
Aitliosisa Shewn.
; The outspoken antagonism toward
j Japanese policies, given expression
in the Senate discussions over the
Shantung award, is causing no lit,
;tle speculation among diplomats as
to the course to be followed by the
Republicans when they take over
direction of foreign affairs. It is
certain that President-elect Hardling
spoke the sentiments of the Republicans
in the Senate when he
> declared at Norfolk, Va? that Amer'
| ica would have to have a mighty
naval armada, unless other nationi
' | quit building battleships and sub'
marines and destroyers.
' One of the purposes of the Borah
r resolution proposing an agreement
. between the United States, Great
Britain and Japan for a five-year
curtailment of naval construction
I was to "smoke out" the Japanese,
T j who, it Is felt, will not, on a show?
down, agree to a reduction of arma
ments. They feel that Japan ha!
won position asa world power solely
through her military strength,
and that once she sacrifices thai
^ prestige she ceases to be a leading
'i Power. It ia their purpose to show
the world that Japan will not con
sent to reduction of naval arrnan
ments and that a strong American
1 navy is necessary to give effect to
i American policies in the Pacific.
- j (Copyright, IMP. Public Ledrer Oe.')
; CLOSE PARK AT 12 M.
lj TO FOIL ROBBERS
r, NEW YORK, Dec. 25.?Only th?
e [ bitds and the Inmates of the zoo
M ma>' enjoy Central Park after midVI
night henceforth.
n The police department today is?'
sued an order that all persons and
vehicles must be out of the city'i
rural spot by 12 p. m. or otherwise
supply a satisfactory explanation tc
the contrary.
f At 11 p. m. one will be given notice
to vacate and at midnight It will
. be a curt "outside."
The order is the result of recent
Y holdups of taxtcabs In the park
, the most noteworthy of which wai
the case In which even a woman'!
. stockings were searched for rainf
ables.
f EIGHT MEN GASSED
IN TORONTO BLAEE
a ^
,, TORONTO, Dec. 25.?Eight Are
men were overcome by chemioa
e fumes today in a tire which de
* ?troyed the five-story brick build
1 tng oI the Shuttleworth Chemlca
Company. The firemen had beet
* tr*P?ed on a staircase which col
i lapsed. They were removed to t
bospltak
~ ' r
Lilac Water a:
Among Sena
Secretary's Report Sh
Auto Repairs and
Gasoline a
Inquisitive persona who like to
read financial statements by offioial
disbursing dfBcers are bavin* their
annual feast. The report of the Secretary
of the Senate for the fiscal
year has Just been printed. It is a
document of some 400 paces of
agate-typed reports of expenditures
running from the salaries of Senators
to lilac water for the Senate
barber shop; from expensive mineral
waters to headache cures; from gas
for the Vice President's car to pay
of clerks who folded some 12.000,0?<>
copies of Senate speeches; from
black gloves worn at official funerals
to birth announcements
printed by the stationery room.
George A. Sanderson, secretary of
the Senate, has the thankless job of
accounting for every expenditure
charged to the contingent fund. He
has done his work in a very thorj
ough manner. He has listed thouands
of items and accounted for
every penny entrusted to his keeping.
He has indicated where the
money went, without commenting
on how or why It took any particular
route.
There are many items in the Senate
expenditures that might appear
to persons paying income taxes as
auggesting ways for the Senate to
save money by improved methods.
Not the least of these is the statement
of payments to various commercial
shorthand reporters waxing
fat in the National Capital over
the tendency of the Senate to inquire
into all manner of public affairs.
The regular reporters of Senate
debates have nothing to do with
JAPAN PROTESTS
RED CONCESSIONS
TOW.D.VANDERLIP
Statement of Situation
Along Siberian Coast Is
Made to State Dept.
The first move In Japanese opposition
to the concession obtained
from the Soviet government by
Washington D. Vanderlip for the
development of territory in Kamchatka
is underway.
A statement of the situation alont
the Siberian coast, where Japan
claims prior rights due to a aerlei
of treaties negotiated with Russia
has been lodged with the Unltec
States government.
Action of this sort has been anticipated
in Washington as the Kamchatka
concession obtained bj
American capitalists Is right on th<
threshold of what Japan has com<
to consider Its sphere of Influence ii
Siberia.
Have Plaa la Derelopsseat.
Japan Itself virtually Is connectei
with the Kamchatka Peninsula bi
the Klrul Islands and there has beei
a steady trend of expansion In thai
direction. Fisheries, at the presen"
time, constitute the major portioi
of the development, but the Japan
ese have looked with disfavor upoi
any encroachment of foreign capita
and although they have not takei
time to bring out the resources real
ize fully the untold wealth that I
hidden In Kamchatka.
The position now taken by th
Japanese government is that right
I that It obtained under the Ports
| month treaty of peace with Russii
through extension in 1918 arc stil
| in force and that any entry b
American capitalists would be a)
Invasion" of these guarantees. Th
right* which Japan obtained ther
its statesmen contend have beei
extended and developed by varlou
, treaties so that any concession
that might be granted by the Mos
cow government would be consid
ered as jeopardizing Japan's eco
nomic interests.
The beginning of Japanese en
croachment In this territory was
CONTINUED ON PAOl rOCK.
THE NEWS B
Fire Sections To
?WASHINGTON?
"Biggest Navy" Seen in New
, Building Plans .*Page
1 Japan's Statement Opening Gun"
on Soviet Concessions... .Page
Allies' German Property Scheme
Leaves Out U. S. Page
J Lilac Water and Sofa Cushions
Among Senatorial Luxuries
i Page
' Lodge. Knox and Others Framing
Strong Far-Eastern PolIcy
rage
I Tariff Hearings to Begin Janj
uary 6 J Page
Harding's Stand on League
Causes Apprehension Among
I Irreconctlablea Page
Congressional Record for Month
Satisfies Leaders Page
1 Seek $1 a Tear Man In Coal
' Scandal .Page
Mrs. Robert M. La Follette Pleads
fo^ Disarmament . Page l
Absent Witness May Delay Re?
trial of Arnstelo Page 1
'I
;' ?INDEX TO DEPAR1
Sports Page
t Real Estate ....Page
' Automobiles '....Page
l Want Advertisements. ..... .Page
C
nd Cushions |
tors' Luxuries
dws Nation Pays For
Headache Cures,
nd Gloves.
the committee hearing!, and the "
commercial reporters are engaged
lor that task. The secretary's report
shows that In excess of $30,000
was paid out last year for the
extra stenographic help of the Senate.
Of that sum $5,400 was paid
to one woman. Another Item at-1'
tracting Interest were heavy bills i
for repairs to Senate automobiles,;
although the Senate maintains a garage
with a foreman and four as-1
sistants. The secretary's vouchers ,
revealed that two Senate automobiles
were In an outside repair shop
for an aggregate of 15$ hours In a
single month, and tRey were listed
for repairs In lesser ratio for almost
every other month.
Beginning early In 181$, a stream
of cable messages was sent by S< ni
ators to Gen. John J. Pershing, then
In France. Most of the messages
were in the Interest of the early
release of men from the army, and
the cable bill paid by the Senate
ran into thousands of dollars. An
average of six cables were sent
dally to Pershing, but on many days
one Senator alone sent fifteen or
twenty.
Washington house furnishers supplied
sofa pillows for the offices of
tbose Senators who preferred to do
their sleeping there Instead of in
the chamber of the Senate. The
gasoline consumed by the Vice
Presiderft's automobile was very
heavy during some months. Vouchers
showed that In one month 175
gallons were purchased, in the following
month. 201 gallons, and then;
143 gallons. 137 gallons and 6S
gallons. , .
(Psblio Ledf ?r garrioe.)
TARIFF PARLEYS
TO BEGIN JAN. 6,
REVENUE TRAILS
1 House Leaders to Get One
Bill Out of Way Before
Working on Other.
With the discontinuance of hear1
ings on the proposed revision of the
revenue laws, the Rouse Ways and
? Means Committee will begin first
consideration of the new Republican
tariff Uw on January ?. The presI
ent program of Honse leaders contemplates
drafting what will be the
i Fordney-Penrose tariff act before
. undertaking to frame a new revenue
I law.
The development of the House
| program for these measures Is resulting
In virtually simultaneous
r j consideration of the proposed reve|1
nue and tariff laws. The Ways and
' Means Committee in hearings held up
to the adjournment for the Christmas
recess obtained testimony giving
them a background for revenue
I legislation.
f The view then almost universally
i was expressed that the new revenue
t! law should provide for the repeal of
t the excess profits tax and reduction
II if not repeal of surtaxes. There was
- j developed likewise a strong sentii1
ment for repeal of some of the "more
1 j obnoxious" consumption taxes, such
i j as the tax on soft drinks.
Similarly, a sales tax of some nas
ture was proposed by many as a
] partial substitute, at least, for the
el excess profits tax. Several members
s of the committee appeared favorable
- to a sales tax as well as a tax on
a the undistributed profits of corpora1
tlons.
y In undertaking the consideration
n of the new tariff law, the outstande
ing members of the committee such
i, as the chairman, Joseph W. Fordn
ney, of Michigan, and Nicholas
s bongworth, of Ohio, do not contems
plate a plan which will raise more
i- than $600,000,000, twice as much as
- is raised annually by the Under
wood tarlfT act. They appear to expect
to raise by far the greater part
- of the $4,000,000,000 necessary to
a meet the government's expense durCONTINL'ED
ON FAGS FOCI.
RIEFLY TOLD
day?Get Them All
?DOMESTIC?
President Harding Eats Chrlstl
mas Turkey. Forgets th?
League Page 1
Clara Smith Hamon Pleads Not
1 Guilty; Held in $12,000 Bail
Page 1
Women In Bedford Reformatory,
1 New York. Allowed to Paint'
Faces as Yuletide Gift....Page 4
Helltown Gang of Outlaws Put
in Jail at Winchester, Va.. Page 4
1 Harrisburg, Va.. Jail Keeper
Says He Has Best Jail...Page ?
Woman Farmer Injured in Fight
With Angry rfull Page 4
?FOREIGN?
1 Balfour Denies Withholding
Knowledge of Secret Treaties
From Wilson Page 2
Pope Benedict Says More Piety.
1 More Work, Are Cures for
Unrest Page 4
Japanese Diet Goes Into Ses2
pion Page 5
Paris Puts Heavy Tax on
Christmas Champagne . Sup2
pers Page 5
Premier Rhallis Smiles at
0 "Anglophile" Epithet ...Page 5
Forgers Use U. S. Consul's
Name to Secure Fake Pass0
ports Page 5
TMENT FEATURES?
( Special Features, Society, Muaic,
Clubs ...Section Two
7 Theaters. Photoplays and Fra.
ternal Section Three
Photoplay Magazine. .Section Four
9 Comic Supplement ...Section Fire
i -
CLAIMS ON FOE
PROPERTY HERE
PUZZLE NATION
- i I
Business Debts of Billion
Offset by $500,000,000
Seized in War.
USE AS FARM TRADE
CREDIT PROPOSED
Traditions of U. S. Forbid
Lack of Reparations
To Owners. . j
?By
FREDERIC WILIU* WIl*.
Allied suggestions at this week's
reparations conference with the Germans
at Brussels that the United
States should use sequestered Ger-,
man property as the basis for a
credit-loan to Germany leave out of
account American claims against
Germany and German cltiiens Those
demands, on file with the State Department
for many months, aggregate
roundly $1,000,000,000. They
are almost double the amount of
German property now held by the
Alien Property Custodian, who es-j
timates the value of his trust at
$500,000,000.
There is excellent ground for be-]
lieving that President Wilson is un-'
alterably opposed to any disposal
of the German property except its
return, under proper conditions, to
the original owners. The American
Farm Bureau Federation's
scheme for a $1,000,000,000 advance
to Gernwny has been under review.
Informally, at the White House for
some time.
Evfryoae lieertili.
All concerned are uncertain how,
when and by whom American claims
against Germany are to be satisfied.
The quandary of the wouM-be
beneficiaries is no greater than that
of the United States government
j itself. Neither the State Depart1
mcnt, the Treasury nor the Department
of Justice is able to shed any
light or offer any solution. No one
is more anxious than Francis PGarvan.
Alien Property Custodian,
I to have the Gordian knot unraveled.
When he asks the aoiicltor of the
State Department. Fred K. Nlelson.
for light and leading, that official
throws up his hands and declares
that no administration genius yet
has arisen capable of showing the
legal and practicable way out of the
i tangle. Mr. Garvan says he ii
spending his third winter in Washington
since the armistice awaiting
indisputable legal authority to dispose
of the colossal German treasure
! in his keeping.
Bests With Ceagreaa.
| The President, the State Department
and Federal law officers are
; agreed that in Congress alone is
vested the right to order final disposition
of alien property. Congress
, seemingly possesseB authority to
"confiscate** Mr. Garvan's hoard of
[half a billion by earmarking it for
' satisfaction of American claims
against Germany, or to return the
property intact to its various oridown
in The Hague conventions, all
likely exception is the German
ships and shipping property (docks,
wharves, etc.). seized at American
ports. These will almost certainly be
retained by the United States under
war reparation arrangements, although
some eventual form of indemnification
is hoped for by the
Hamburg-American line and Nortti
German LJoyd.
Tradition# Cited.
American tradition, dating bach
to the Revolution, as well as international
law on the subject lal<
down in the Hague conventions, all
is against forcible retention of Ger.
man private property sequesterec
here. We have always maintains
the inviolability of such propertj
in war-time, from the earliest houri
' of the Republic. Seyeral of the orig
inal Thirteen Colonies seised prop
erty belonging to loyalist Britist
subjects. In those cases in which it
was not finally restored to th<
original owners, the first Federa
Congress, at George Washington*!
instigation, voted indemnity fundi
to the dispossessed Britishers
Authorities now point to that clas
sic precedent, which they say ha:
had numerous successors, as evi
dence that the United States woul<
not be on tenable ground in con
fiscating the German property nov
sequestered.
The consensus of opinion i?
Washington is that Congress wii
order every cent of it returned, ex
cept shipping property and In othe
cases where a defensible case fo
seizure can b? established.
Diflcultles Found.
Some of the snags In the situa
tion arc due to the circumstance
that many of the claims on file a
the State Department date back t
the days of our neutrality, such w
claims for indemnities due to th
torpedoing of the Lusitanla. Ther
has also to be decided the questloi
J which claims lie against the Ger
man government and which agalns
German individuals. Again, the rep
i arations clause of the Versaille
treaty may not apply to us at all
if we "scrap" the pact. Presiden
Harding's attorney - general wil
have to wrestle with those knott;
questions.
A scheme meeting with favor i
the present administration circle
It for the United States governmeh
to indemnify all American citizen
with established claims. The Unite
States then, by diplomatic actio;
when concluding peace with Ger
many, might demand from her long
term treasury obligations In ful
cover. Some $50,000,000 of the Alle
Property Custodian s German trua
already has been returned to Amer
Jean-born wives of German tub
! Jects. living or dead, like Baronei
Speck von Sternburg, widow of
former German ambassador a
Washington. The number of sue
benefipiarles turned out to b? sur
, prlsingly larg%?
*
?ll
Ten Thousand ,
Die of Hunger
Daily in China
MBW YORK. DM. * ?Tea
IhMMUi CklHW arc <r*M Wr
ta the faalar-rlMra districts of
Northern Cklno lateal <l>M>rkn
rmlnt to4ay by Rt? O. Hcnkle,
general secretary of U? iawtraa
OulltM far tkc Cklaa
Faalar Fnnd, Indicate.
F?rl7-lvr ailllloa Cklnene an
fleeted la a territory ?l
square ml Ira tkc reports stated.
Hcaklc aald, la regard ta tkc dlapatekesi
-Tkc dcatk rate will Increase
aalcaa laiaacdlatc aad aaatalacd
kelp la acat. Tkc frfwal faaalac
traaaccada la severity aad oeopc
tkc tcrrlklc famines af tkc past.
Tkc dcatk tall already rcackcd
tea tkaaaaad a day?aaeaaa a llae
standing skonlder ta skonlder
tkree miles Ionic. Oar work la
ao?r colas forward a aatlaaal
aeale. Tkerc ( ke a coaataat
Doiv of relief If we are ta nvert
a calamity aaparallelcd la klstory."
D. C. ARCHITECTS
TO COMPETE ON
INAUGURAL PLANS
To Be Invited to Submit
Drawings for Court of
Honor and Public Stand.
Every architect in Washington, It
1 wag announced by the General Inaugural
Committee last night, la to
j be Invited to submit designs for a
court of honor to be used for a re;
viewing stand for the President and
guests on the south side of Pennsylvania
avenue and a public stand
; on the north side. The court of
honor is to extend from Fifteenth
to Seventeenth street on Pennsylvania
avenue and the public stand
to extend from Jackson place to
Madison place.
Snowden Ashford, District architect,
has been appointed chairman
of a subcommittee comprising U>?
Washington Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects to cooperate
with the inaugural commitI
tee on this competition, and will
notify the members of this chapter
Snkject to Conditions.
The regulations declare that th?
President's stand shall be ao constructed
that it may be Inclosed la
glass In case of Inclement weather
This stand is permitted to be a dominant
part of the design.
Due consideration, according t<
the rules for the competition. als<
shall be given the subject for boti
dav and night effect, and that th<
! design should be capable of execu
i tion in Inexpensive material. Thi
stand in Lafayette Park *?>ould b.
designed to harmonise with th<
I court of honor and must be eco
1 nomically constructed and deco
| rated, as it is depended upon as <
; source of revenue.
To each architect signifying hli
Intention of submitting a design th,
committee will furnish a blue prin
of the plat. Attention is called t<
the trees on each side of the avenue
which are not shown in the pla
1 and which must be considered ii
1 constructing the stands.
D. C. Architect to Give Detail*.
Designs, properly sealed, should
; be submitted by competing archl
Itects on or before January S an
I; the envelope shall contain no dta
1! tinguishing mark, the architect
name tt> be placed inside a scale
1 envelope inside the drawings. N
* compensation for the designs wil
' be awarded, but the successful arch
1 itect will be reimbursed for the col
of drafting, materials and Incident"
' expenses. He also will agree t
1 supervise the preparation of plan
^ and the erection of the work.
9 Information as to drawings rt
1 quired and other details will be ful
5 nished by Ashford.
8 The proposed Mardi Graa of tn
States continues to attract lncreai
' ing attention. North Dakotans i
5 the city are planning to partlclpat
' in the inaugural parade and in th
1 Mardi Gras The secretary of th
* State Association. J. F. Miller, hs
' called a special meeting of the a<
clety for Thursday evening at 7:3
1 o'clock at room 134. Senate Offlc
1 Building, at which time plans fc
" participation In the inaugnratlo
r will be discussed. Miller is anxioti
r that all North Dakotans, wheth<
members of the society or not. at
tend this meeting.
Other States have planned simili
s action, and all are greatly Intel
t ested in the Mardi Gras plans, b<
o llevlng that it will furnish the bi
? feature of the evening for ?
e thousands of visitors.
6 ?????
- Alleged Conspirator
[ Spends Xmas in Ja
S
I, TORONTO, Dec. tS.?John Dougl
t ty, charged with conspiring to kt<
[1 nap Ambrose Small, long mlsslc
y theatrical magnate, and also to stei
$100,000 worth of Victory bonds. b<
" longing to Small, spent Chrlstmi
Day In Jail. An application for ba
t to permit him to take Chrlstmi
dinner with his sistefs and bis t*
a sons was rejected.
n The latest possible clew to tl
" whereabouts of Small Is a V>m
distance telephone message fro:
11 New York stating the theatric:
" man had been seen at Elghty-fourl
street in New York. The Ne
* Yorkers who telephoned the loci
II police were Informed there was
" reward of ?5#,000 for the dlscovei
t of Small and advised that If th<
h obtained any definite Information i
i. get into touch Immediately wli
Police Chief Dlcksok.
HARWNGEAT^
TURKEY, MIND
OFFLEAGUE .
President-elect and Wife
Swamped in Xmas
Mail.
REPORTERS ARE
DINNER GUESTS
Festivities and Virita
Round Out Day at
Marion.
MARION. Ohio, Dec. 26 Praaident-elect
and Mrs Hardin, tried
hard today to make this a. oldfaahloned
Christmas. but Uer
couldn't escape the fact that they
are public characters. Both war*
"P early thl. noralm dlg*ng loto
the ma.. of packages. ,etters aad
telegrams that were piled up in the
downstairs of the Mount v.^1
avenue home all night.
Tew nt. were sent from everv
corner of the United State, and 21
we"*ofa7Z ?ther
7 of the *r?*test variety a.nd
rece?ved*r'ou* lo<>k">* a. any child
The Harding, did little Chnstraaa
shopping this year.
R**r"h" Tirtr Krleada.
Their only attempt was to send
remembrances to relatives and immediate
friends, but a large numthl
? ??TU wtn "Bt OUL Neither
J' Pl"??tdent-elect or Mrs. Harding
had time after their return from
'or much shopping
Jhe Christmas plans of the President-elect
provided for a day of
complete rest. 01
Savory odor of a turkey, approximately
the slse of an ostrich kept
lie*. ?enator'8 "loi from thoughts
of his association of nations pi?
slowly forming Cabinet.
The only engagement the Senator
had today was to entertain at a
real turkey dinner this afternoon
the six newspaper correspondents
who remained In Marlon over tha
holidays. Many neighbor* howevar.
made Informal calls during tha
morning.
Vb" Relatives la Evening.
The Hardings had their evening
meal with the Senator's sisters ?
his father. Dr. George T. Harding
The President-elect has only ?a
1 minor conferences scheduled
1 for the next few days, his Idea bemg
to celebrate the holidays aad
rest up until after the New Tear
Mrs. Harding will leave wtthla
^e next ten days for a shopping
( j visit to New York and Washington.
Bar Russian Gold
At UA Mint; May
Have Been Stolen
> Millions of dollars In Russian
J gold have been turned away from
s the United States Treasury. It waa
. j learned here yesterday, under a
s ruling by Secretary Houston which
f prohibited the recolnage of the gold
> *?*rlcao money for purchases
. in this country for the account of
. the Russian government.
l The reason assigned by Secretary
Houston is understood to have been
t that the gold might have been
stolen and that the United States
t ?"h persons who
had obtained money in such a way
An Informal inquiry Into Secret
.?.?*?ton's action has been ordered
by the steering committee of
L. Democratic members of the
! S* nate. who believe that the adoption
of such a policy by an admina
istratlon official should not be per_
mitted to go unnoticed.
a; The inquiry may alao open up in
_ Congress the entire Question of th?
, rf"1'?tion of trade between the
ai United States and Russia.
? SHIPAFIRE RACES
INTO IRISH PORT
o ?UEEN8TO,VN- 'reland. Dec. St
? i.thlck ,n,t>ke trailing her. the
British steamer Navarlno ended a
race with Are today when she was
>- beached In the harbor here
City and harbor authorities joined
in the effort to quench the bias*
which threatened the shell of tha
1- vessel after doing serious daman
n to her cargo.
e The vessel raced over 20# miles
ie with the blase threatening to overle
whelm her. Every man who could
is be spared from navigating the Na>
varino was set to work in a bucket
10 line which appeared to have llttia
a j effect on the Are.
>r The Navarino Is a S.100-ton veen
j ?el. owned by the Glasgow Ship
IS [ Owners' Company. Limited.
- Scouts Territorials'
ir Use in Ireland
:- LONDON, Dec. 25?Secretary of
g War Winaton Churchill today em.
ie phatlcally denied the rumors of tha
possibility of sending a territorial
army into Ireland.
"I cannot conceive of such a
thing." said Mr. Churchill. "Thar*
yf has been no intention to use tha
territorial army to maintain civil
order."
J- The war secretary Is urging re1
cruitlng for the territorial army
* naylng that more troops of thia
" claaa are needed.
B
" Balloon Search Abandoned.
La ALBANY, N. Y-, Dec. 25.?The tir*
o plane search for the oocupants of
the missing U. 8 .Tavsl balloon
ie wbich started from Rockaway Point
two weeks ago has b^n officially
m abandoned and the machines have
returned to New York. It was a?^
nounced here tcnirht.
7i Cartwrirht's Widow Dead.
a KINGSTON. Ont. Dec 26?The
T death Is announced of lady Cart y
wrlght at the age of 14 years She
to waa the widow of 81 r Richard CartLh
wrlght. former minister of aum
of CanaiW '
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