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Fair and continued wanner 4. WASHINGTON. In Old IfYawk Mclntyre, Master of Humor and Pathos, Writes Daily. Paged The Weather Limits Up to Driver, With Heavy Penalties for Carelessness. OYSTER THREATENS CUT IN 18-MILE LAW Auto Association Chief Backs Safety Plan of Traffic Commissioner. Adoption of a "sate speed law" in th9 District, similar to that of New York and St. Louis, whereby the mo torist .would be allowed to drive his automobile at a speed commensurate with public safety, with a heavy penalty attached for reckless driv- | In*, ig favored by Col. Charles Kel ler, Engineer Commissioner. Under this plan. Col. Keller ex- I plained, a motorist operating a car in a crowded thoroughfare would be compelled, upon pain of facing a charge of reckless driving, to reduce his speed to eight or ten miles an hour. On the other hand, he de clared. where there is an open street with no crossings, such as tho stretch in front of the White House, twenty-five miles an hour would be considered safe. Commissioner Keller's plan was received with enthusiasm by officials of the American Automobile Asso ciation last night. C. H. Hites. sec retary of the District branch of the association, declared it "is the most sensible suggestion that has yet come out of the campanign lor safe streets." Point* to Sncceaa of Plan. St. Louis. Mr. Hites declared, has no speed limit attached to the op eration of automobiles, and has the lowest number of traffic acci dent? per capita of any city in the world. The policy of fixing a max-| imum speed limit for vehicles, re gardless of the variable traffic con ditions of different streets, he said, was abandoned by St. Louis years ago as ineffectual and dangerous. Instead of prescribing a speed limit, he declared. St. Louis offi cials have placed greater confidence ! in the individual motorist. At the same time, he pointed out. the mo- j torist is held more strictly to ac- j count for the safe operation of his ! machine, and evidence of reckless, driving in any part of the city is followed by punishment much more severe than is provided in the' Washington regulations That such a plan would materi- i ally reduce the number of acci dents in the District is the belief expressed by Col. Keller yesterday. Oyster Threaten* Cut. This proposal, however, is op. posed to the warning issued by Commissioner James F. Oyster yes terday to the effect that unless speed laws are more closely ob served by motorists he will reduce the speed limit from eighteen to twelve miles and hour. "Such a move on my part would be extremely unpopular. I know." Commissioner Oyster said. "How ever. something must be done to bring an end to accidents here, and unless the automobile driver is going to comply with the pres ent speed limit, which is very lib eral. the only alternative, in my opinion, is to reduce that lim't." Commissioner Oyster said *hat a members of the Home Defense League recently reported that he stood near a crossing on Sixteenth street and saw 97machines pass in one hour without one slowing down as required by law. Opposes Oyster Plan. Commenting on Commissioner Oyster's statement. Mr. Hit"""*, the American Automobile Association secretary, assorted that the solu tion of Washington's traffic- problem is not a reduction of the speed limit, but a hcarW penalty for reckless driving, "Give the motor ist more leeway, but hold him ac countable. St. Louis has proved that that plan makes the safest city of any plan In the world," he said. The committee on publie safety of the Washington Chamber ofj Commerce has issued invitations to all civic and merchants* clubs in Washington for discussion of ways and means in making the streets i of Washington safe for citizens.) The meeting will be held in the board ro??m of the District Build-1 Ing at 4 o'clock next Thursday afternoon. Representatives from the District Commissioners and public schools are also requested to attend. A resolution passed at a lunch eon of the Lions Club at the New Willard Hotel yesterday pledged! the co-operation of members in the campaign for making the streets of Washington safe JERSEY GIRL AGAIN HEROIC IN CRISIS HAMMONTON. N. j.. Oct. 1* ?Miss '*ila Johnstcn. telephone heroine, who j saved the lives of scores in the Wins low Junction train wr^ck last July, j has again proven her quick wit. On telegraph duty at the Penrsyl- j vania station here during pitch -lark - j ness she heard Crash. Although un able to see what had happened ??he set the signal against a train \bcnt tr> arrive. The flier stopped 50 feet from a big touring car that had crashed thro-jgh a crossing fence .\.id stalled on tne track with five occu pants. '$1,000,000 BANDIT TRAPPED IN COOP ? LOS ANGELES. Oct. 18? Herbert Wilson, former minister, known as the "million dollar bandit." who cscaped fr. -i the Los AAgeles County jail yes terday. was recaptured here todsv. to gether with two companions. Two pos tal clerks, whose automobile Wilson had stolen, furnished th - ir.forrrar!on which led to his capture. They h.V been held prisoner in a hen coop by Wilson for several hours, they sail. Prohibition Law Has Come to Stay Says President Tells Visitors of Chris tian Societies Enforce ment Is Improving. President Hardin* 1* vlnced that this country will never depart from the Eighteenth am^" ment." He believes that prohibition has come to stay. The President expressed this opinion to representatives of the Allied Christian Agencies, who gathered In his office late yesterday afternoon. They called on the Pres ident at the conclusion of a two-day session here to express to him their Keen interest in the ?[ the Volstead law and in the exten sion of aid to the countries of Europ?. Admit* Detail* DlfHculf. There has been some difficulty in carrying out some of the minor de tails of the prohibition law. the ? Continued on Pane Ei</M. MRS. IVY G1BERS0N, HUSBAND SLAYER, GIVEN LIFE TERM Judge Tells Jury to Ig nore Sex of Calm Defendant. TOMS RIVER. X. J. Oct. 1* ? Mrs. Ivy Giberson. the woman without nerves." was found late today of havins m,,rdered husband while he "''J* " ?st Lakehurst. X J . home last August. She was sentenced immediately to life Imprisonment. The jiirv had been charged to give the defendant no special con sideration because of her sex. '?Forget She I" ? Ionian. * The State to win a verdict of first-decree murder needs only to prove that the defendant was an accomplice in the crime, said Jus tice Kalisch, in charging the Jury. -Ton can find no other verdict than murder in the first degree or ac quittal. I advise you especially to forget the fact that the defendant Is a woman." Dramatic scenes were enacted Prosecutor Wilbur H. Jayne sum med up his case against the ac cused woman. Jayne ended his tirade by producing a b'ood-stained pillow on which Gibersons head lay when he was shot, and carried it acro*s the courtroom to a tab*-* between the Jury and the defend ant Then ho produced the revol ver with which the State claimed the murder was committed and which it maintained was hidden by Mrs. Giberson in an outhouse after the shooting. Jayne placed the revolver on the pillow. that Its outlines rested on a clearly visible oil and grease spot made by the weapon with which tho taxi owner was killed. Spectator* Crane ?ck*. Against orders of court attend ants. spectators in the crowded room arose and craned their necks to ?ee the gory relic of the crime. There was much audible sobbintr. Mrs. Giberson. alone in the en tire place remained placid and ap parently unmoved. "I tell you gentlemen." said the prosecutor with a wave of his hand from the pillow to Mrs. C.il berson "that this revolver was placed'upon the pillow beside Gib erson while he slept, the trigger was pulled and he was killed. This is a tell-tale exhibit which I be lieve was left behind as an act ot flod to capture the murderer." Mr. Glberson's own rtory of the murder--namely that Giberson was shot by two bandits W'ho robbed him and then bound and gageed her after a struggle?was held by Jayne to be a "fairy tale." HARDING WILL RUN, DAUGHERTY HINTS COM" MRUS. Ohio. Oct. H.?Presi dent Hirdtng will accept (he Republi can nomination for a second term if >t i* offered to him In 19H. Attorney ileneral T>augher1y :ndicated here to '"lt* is not to be assumed that Mr. Harding's hat Is in the ring officially. Mr paugherty emphasized Offi cially. a second term has "not yet been given consideration." nor will ibe issue be raised until the adminis tration has completed its program for its first term, the Attorney General said. "If the administration succeeds, Mr. Harding was quoted by Paugherty -.s saving, "nothing can stop succes sion. If it ails, it ought to be suc ceeded by another. 3 MEN, 3 WOMEN DIE IN 3 CRASHES CHICAGO. Oct. IS.?Three men an# ?hree women were killed today Jn three spectacular motor-eir a.-c'delts at grade crossings. / At Gary. Ind.. Mrs. Alice M. Evans and her daughter. Isabeile. 19 years old. were killed when their automobile was demolished by an electric train. Harvey Evans, son. was prjbably fa tallv injured. Between Oienview and Oolf. a man and woman were burned to death in a flaming taxicab after It li.ul been struck by a train. At Bfiip Island. Chris Gebert and Ir& Porry were killed when the truck on which they were ridins was wrecked by a train. FAINTS WHEN TOLD OF VARE'S DEATH PH1I..APEL.PHIA. Oct. 18.?Shock over the death of her father. Senator Kdwin H. Vare. coming durlne her convalescence from double pneumonia, will prevent 10-year-old Abigail Vare from attending the funeral services tomorrow in Ambler. ( Abigail, named after the Senator 8 mother, fainted when informed of the death of her father and immediately afterward developed a high fever. Mrs. Vare was prostrated. Angered by Charge That He Was Sent to Sup press Criticism. CONSULTS HARDING BY LONG DISTANCE Friends Deny President Recalled Him for Mud dling G.O.P. Program. NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 18.?Col. Charles R. Forbes. director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, who was invited here as the guest 0f the American Legion, has packed his grips and left fop his home In high dudgeon, taking with him members of his staflP. Before he left. Forbes cancelled an engagement he had to speak before j the convention of the lesion and | wrote a letter to Comdr. MacNlder explaining: his departure. Forbes said j in effect, that he resented the accu i sation he had been sent here by the ! administration to suppress criticism and "play politics." The charge was made by William F. Deegan, of New York, candidate for national com mander of the legion. Though rumors were circulated that President Harding had re called Forbes because he had "muddled" the administration's pro gram. friends of Forbes insisted I he was angered by the criticisms 1 levelled at him and that he had j come here at the invitation of the legion to help work out a rehabili tation program. Forbes and President Harding held a long-distance telephone con versation before he left and dis ! cussed the situation. Persons who heard the converation said the | President told Forbes to do what he thought best. Conservative* in Control. What part the administration has had in ttie convention is not ciear. But one tiling is certain?conserv ative elements are in control anil the administration will not come in for criticism. A. A. Sprague, president of the permanent rehabilitation commit tee, has made peace with Brig, tien. Sawyer. He holds a docu ? ment signed by . Sawyer in which the latter, as chairman of tne hos | piialtzatUin committee, pledges him ( self to carry out the program ol the legion, in view of tnis, Sprague ?s prepared to defend rather man to denounce Sawyer. The rehabilitation committee of the convention, an interlocking body which exists only while the convention is in session, also will refrain from criticism of Sawyer. Ci. O. 1\ Friend* 11 lock Critics, i Friends of the administration i blocked criticism in the resolution ! dealing with the bonus. The res j olution of the executive committee, which the convention adopied unan , imously, simply instructed the of j fleers of the legion to use every ? lacility in behalf of the adjusted j compensation bill "until it has been j enacted into law." A militant- minority contended for sharper criticism of the adminis | tration. but the conservatives tri ! umphed. | A supplemental resolution put i forward by the resolutions commit tee was a sop to the militant j party. It characterized as "insln | cere" tho argument of the President j that the measure would fail be | cause it did not carry revenue j raising provisions. Great appro priation acts in war time did not , carry any such tax provisions, it was pointed out. I This resolution also declared the l^srion is against the pension ays ; tem after recalling that the Presi dent had proiM?sed this as a sub stitute. I>. C. Marcher* Applauded. The showing of Jacob Jones Post of Washington was one of the out standing features of today's parad.. of 30.000 legionaries in which 250 representatives from the District took part. The line of march cov ered more than five miles. Wash ington veterans were generously applauded Watson B. Miller, of Washing ton, continues as leading candidate for vice-commander. Chairman Madison Hill, of the District delegation, read a letter of Kreetintr from Senator Bursum. of New Mexico. Tomorrow district officers will be decorated by the national officers for goin^ over the top in the membership drive. All Washington veterans attend ed the legion ball at the \n thenaeum last night. Hanford MacNider *as king cf the ball. MESOPOTAMIA OIL PACT IS DECIDED LONPOfT, Oct. 18.?The Anelo A me r lean oil agreement. regarding the Mesopotamia!! oil fields, has not yet taken its final form, but it has been .igrewl to in principle. The exact share that America will receive has not yet been decided on. hut it prob ably will be between 20 and .10 per cent, which will be surrendered by the Shell and Anglo-Persian interests American co-operation Is much desired because capital i? needed ln the de velopment of the fields and money Is not plentiful here. (Copyright. 1922.) FILM DIRECTOR'S SON TO FIGHT WILL '-os ANGBLes. Oct. 18.?William Edwards Taylor. 34 years old. who Claims to be the son of William Des irond Taylor. Is on his way to Los Angeles to contest the will of the murdered film director, ac-ording to word from Laramie Wyo. Taylor's estate was bequeathed to h.s daughter. Ethel Daisy Tanner. The Wyoming man is said to have learned that Taylor married his mother. Olive Randall. Laramie. Wyo.. waitress, July #, iggs MY land' HOW M.?Y TIMES must I TELL yoa THAT LITTLE boys "WHODELIBERATEIX . GO OUT AN~d PLAY ?With scjch rough characters: ~cht To GET HURT ! (?UXQP?Ah\^b ZWEMD^ ^ COLD CONSOLATION. -By J. N. Darling. TWO TELL JERSEY POLICE OF HEARING MRS. MILLS DIE Heard Screams in Shed Near Where Rector and Singer Were Found. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. 18. ! ?Although publicly professing that ; her laith in her murdered husband, Ithe Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall, was | unshaken by the love letters and i diary confessions attributed to him, jand asserting her belief none of i them was authentic, Mrs. Frances S. Hall was so nervously affected to iday that at her request a delay in I the examination of the contents of : her safe deposit box in the Na tional Bank of New Jersey was j granted. Other developments today in the double murder mystery, in which the twice semi-officially forecast arrests again failed of materializa tion, included: A?Expert testimony that th? couple were slain on the spot where \ ihe bodies were found. B?Prosecutors obtain affidavits ! from two men seemingly establishing j the scene of the slaying us a shed in a lonely section two miles outride of New Brunswick from which their bodies were transported in a swiftly ; moving automobile to the spot where | they were found. Hear Woman** Scream?*. The new story, seemingly locating | the scene of the crime as a shed two ; miles out of New Brunswick, was told the investigating authorities by two men, who claim they heard the ; agonized screams of the murdered Lwoman. "Murdar, police, help, don't mur der me. Oh, oh, don't " a wo man shrieked from inside the shed, j according to the two passersby. j Putting on their brakes, the men j dowed their machine, but. fearful j of their own safejty, they con j tinued on their . way aft^r a mo j ment, but stopped at Buccleuch Park on East??i: avenue, which is cn the northern border of New j Brunswick and near the Phillips j farm, where the bodies were found. 'There they waited for some tim=?, 'expacting to meet two youths, who they had promised to drive to their homss. , While still waiting, the men were Continued on Pane Eight. HARDING'yS PURPOSE TO FREE PRISONERS | President Harding, in a letter to Father John A. Ryan, of the National Catholic Welfare Council made pub lic yesterday by the Joint Amnesty Committee predicts that "in a very short time ther? will be a considerable number of sentences commuted" of men now serving prison sentences un der the espionage law. Father Ryan's request for an addi tional interview for a committee to present arguments in behalf of the remaining seventy-five prisoners was denied by the President. "I have already made a study of several of the cases," the President advised Father Ryan, "and have deci sions ready for very early issue. These decisions have been delayed because I felt it undesirable to par don men with I. W. W. tendencies in a time when the nation was greatly threatened by Jhe existing industrial strikes." Sees War Put Off For Generation Secretary Hoover, in Detroit, Praises Results of Arms Conference. r DETROIT. Oct. 18.?"The admin istration has removed war as a ; possibility for our generation," Sec- j retary of Commerce Hoover told Detroit business men today. Mr. Hoover declared the work j of the arms conference and. the : government's reduction of expendi tures made the Harding admints j tration stand out as one the I strongest in American history. "Against 5.000,000 unemployed at I this time a year ago, there is now ! practically no unemployment ex- I ; cept the normal shifting labor pop- j ulation." Mr. Hoover claimed. "Through the adoption of a bud- j get the government has reduced annual government expenditures to i about $2,000,000.1)00 loss than the I outgo during the fiscal year when 1 i the administration came into of fice." ITALIANS EXPLAIN NAVAL PACT DELAY Both Marine and Foreign Ministries Favorable to Ratification. ROME, Oct. 18.?The marine and foreign ministries here today as sured the correspondent that the only reason the Washington treaty j on naval limitations has not been I ratified was because of lack of j time. Sic. Delia Toretta presented the treaty for ratification upon Sig. Schanzer's return from Washing ton. but owing to the two minis terial crises and many other ur- j gent matters the treaty never came up for discussion. Roth the marine and foreign min istries said the treaty will be taken up at the flrkt opportunity and that there is no question that it will be ratified. The marine min istry said that Italy has every interest in ratifying the treaty. "We do not have all the navy units allowed us by the treaty and we do not intend to build them." an official explained. "The treaty will prevent others from getting too much ahead of us." (Copyright, 1922.) PAT SOMERSET MAY BE DEPORTED NEW YORK. Oct. 18.?A warrant for the deportation of Pat Somer-1 set. the English actor, playing the I leading role opposite Edith Day in' "Orange Blossoms." had been issued by the Department of Labor. Im migration officials will give Somer set a hearing at Ellis Island. Charges said to involve "moral turpitude" grew out of the young: actor's relations with Edith Day. Somerset was in the cast. Edith Day gave birth to a child. She was married to Carle Carle, ton, then her producer, in 1919. Somerset's wife, Margaret Banner man. obtained a divorce more than a year ago, naming Mfss Day p.s corespondent. HAMMOND HEADS COAL COMMISSION TO PROBE INDUSTRY Body Sets Goal to Deter mine List of Fair Prices. President Harding's Coal Com . mission has organized and selected as Its chairman. John Hays Ham mond, proniinet mining engineer. The first session of the commission j yesterday, at which Hammond's elec j tion was effected, was largely de voted to preliminary discussion of a ; program of work. Following the meeting, the mem 1 hers conferred with President Hard ing at the White House. "The commissi n will, from time ' to time make public its findings of I fact with a view to informing the j public, as well as of eliciting addi i tional information before its formai , reports are submited to the Presi 1 dent and Congress," an announce j ment , by Chairman Hammond de clared. "The sole objjeet of the commls I ??i*?n is to endeavor to get all the es | sential facts touching the coal |n i dustry to the end that practical measures may be found to insure i a constant supply of this most nee ; essary commodity a? as reasonable , prices as are c ns - tent with fair I wanes and profits to those enpaged ! in the industry." Conferences with coal operators ? and miners will take place on Mon day. Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Teleprams proposing the meetings, which will be of an informal nature, were sent to A M. Ogle, president of the National Coal Association; S. D. Warriner, head of the anthracite operators or ganization. and John L. Lewis. pres ident of the United Mine Worker* of America. Each of the three was invited to appoint committees to co operate with th? President's com mission. It is expected that there will be a full representation of the committees at next week's confer ences. Federal Fuel Distributor Spens yesterday anounced prices ?n coal produced in Alabama for shipment outside the State. The npw maxi mum prices range from $3.45 to $6 a ton, according to the point of ori gin of the shipment. GIRl7WILLS ESTATE TO HER EMPLOYERS CHICAGO. Oct 17.?The will of Miss Grace P. Carr, who died October 1, following a heart attack after a battle with a giant muskellonge at Tomahawk Lake. Wis., was filed for probate todav. She left her $32,000 estate to her employers, Albert J. Gunge and John P. Colins, partners in a coal firm. The will stated that the provision was made "for their many acts of kindness and for the many gifts from them that I prize highly." COLONIAL MINISTER GOES UNDER KNIFE LONDON. Oct. 18.?-Winston Churchill, Britiety colonial minister, underwent an operation for appendici tis after being taken suddenly to a hospital tonight. He was reported progressing satisfactorily. Churchill was stricken after a cab inet dinner recently. British Tories win victory Conservative Beats La bor and Liberal in By-Election. LONDON. Oct. 18.?Conserva tive? won a clear victory over Liberal and Labor forces in the by-election at Newport to 4i?y. K. Clarry, Conservative can didate for commons, received 13,515 votes; J. W. Bowen. Laborite. 11,425; L. More. Lib eral. 8.Ml. The government unofficially supported More. Tories hail the v.ctory of the Conserva tive candidate as foreshadow ing a country-wide victory over the coalitionists in event of a general election. Tne showing the Conservatives in the Newport constituency is certain to play an important aart in the deliberations of the Unionist Parliamentary cau cus tomorrow. HARDING WILL ASK CONGRESS TO GIVE FARMERS CREDITS Tells Secretary Wallace Tiller Is Not Compen sated Adequately. President Hardin*. In his annual message to Congress. le expected to recommend additional help to the ] farmer in the form of farm credits i legislation. This developed yesterday in two I sources: 1. An Implied promise of further legislative aid to the farmer. In the President's letter to Secretary Wallace. 2. A definite prediction by Wal lace, in his Washington Court House address, that short-time farm credit legislation might be expect ed during the winter. The President is thinking along theae lines it was revealed In the following passage in his letter to Wallace: Sees Relief for farmer. "Agricultural production I* very nearly restored, taking the world las a whol*; but agricultural prices are bo law that it is apparent to all j of us thai the farmer is not being . adequately compensated. Our own i country, as evidenced by evrry in dex of business and commercial con ditions, is on the way now to a new era of activity and prosperity. In that new era we can be very sure that the farmer will be among the first to get the substantial recogni tion which he need* and must have, for what he has done to make these improved circumstances possible." The Senate farm block already has drafted four bills providing this short-time credit in varying i forms and Senator Capper, leader of th? Senate group, is expected to in , troduce a measure embodying the | best features of each when Con gress reconvenes. | All the bills aim at giving agr iculture or livestock raising or both, access to short-time investineui lunds through lh? issue ot' short time notes or debenture* with some sort of sanction by the Feder*' gov ernment. Furthermore, they would amend the Federal Reserve Act so , that system would co-operate with i the new instrumentality. Wallace Predicts Aid. WASHINGTON COL KT HOCSB. Ohio. Oct. IK.?Secretary Wallace has "every reason to believe that i *uort-time farm credits legislation will he enacted during the coming winter." "A number of bills wer? before ! Congress at the time of adjnurn i ment." Secretary Wallace told a gathering of farmers her* today, 'and delay In enacting this legisla tion wag not due to any unwilling | ness on the part of Congress. bu? i rather b;caise time was needed to ' work out a safe and sane act which would do the business desired." Secretary Wallace outlined th? i acts of major importance enacted l?y Congress in which aid for the farmer is provided, including th? I emergency tariff, the revitalization J of the War Finance Corporation, {the provision for agricultural rep Indentation on the Federal Reserve ?oard and the act to prevent farm ? era' co-operative associations from J imj'roper persecution. ATTACKS RULING IN STILLMAN CASE NEW YOrtK '?ct 18.?Flfl Potter Pti*Inian m .v be deprived of her vic tory over her husband, James A. Still ? n: an. In a decision made public today, [Justice Tompkins challenged the ac : tlon of Jusf'ce Morschau?er w ho de J cides that Stfllman was the father of ! Baby Guy aid found Stillman guilty of infldellty. Tompkins stated that the action | started in his court and later was ; irr< gu'arSy transfefred to that of , Morschauser. This, he raid, lnvali j dates Morschauser's ruling. ERERT WILL HOLD OFFICE UNTIL 1925 BERLIN. Oct. 18.?The German presidential election will be postponed until 1926. according to an airreement effected between the socialists and centrists. The reichstag will pass a bill authorizing President Ebert to hold office for three years more. Leaders were averse to holding a general election now because of the delicate reparations situation and the monarchist and communist agttation. Gets 6 Cents for Wife's Love. MAYS LANDING. Oct. 18.?Fran* A. Voleker, Atlantic City baker. ?ued Fred Nixon-NIrdlinger. Philadelphia theatrical man. for $150,000 for aliena tion of his wife's affections. After twenty-five minutes the jury awarded Voleker 6 cents damages. Tory Members Threatei To Storm Carlton Club For Admittance. VISCOUNT CHAPLIN WRITES TO TIMES Chamberlain Is Expecte* To Steer Steam Roller Over Rough Spots. LONDON. Oct. it ? Posalblllty o England's leading peers?embattle ! dukes, earls and barons?stormim th? Carlton Club and demandlm ! admittance to tomorrow s decisis ! Unionist meeting:. 'has Inject# I strangely comic relief Into th ' strained political muddle. The Carlton Club Is the bulwarl of aristocratic English conaerva j tism. All th? Tory peerB are mem ! ber? of the club?but they wer barre<j from a meeting in their owt bailiwick when invitations to th Unionist meeting: excluded certati independent conservative member of Parliament unsympathetic witl the Lloyd George coalition. Tkreatra I prl.ln* of Peer*. So. while laborites, against whicl the coalition warns aa a red m^n ace. tour the country In a well behaved manner delivering: *peerhe. | so moderate that they are dull. 1 is in this club stroneho d of stol.c ; conservatives that the spectacle o i a regular uprising is promised. Since admission to the meeting: 1: t0 be granted only those pn | in* cards of invitation, "die-hard peers, such as Lord Curmn. th Duke of Northumberland Marqul I of Salisbury and Viacount Chaplli ! ?all with jrenerations of Tory bloo< surging through their veins threaten to march up Pall Ma 1 ant force their way into the meeting Viscount Chaplin. In a letter writ ten to the Times, demands the ri*h of Unionist lord* to atrend a meet ing of their own party. *<aKire?t? faPtng Troopa. ! "T s'ncerelv hope." savs Chaplir "that Unionist peers will not con sent to be excluded." The Evening Star, reflecting jo cosely upon the t>o#*ih>e o a melee among the titled at tv portals of th*. Carlton. suggests tn possible advisability of havfnt ? troops in readiness. Such force may have to be summoned, say the S*ar. to prevent the locked-ou | peers who threaten direct actio: i from "unseemly* breachea of th ? peace." When tomorrow's meeting break up?whether throueh force nf th . outraeed outsiders, or naturall at the conclusion of business? Auaten Chamberlain will immedt ately report the results to Lloy George so the premier may fram j his future policy. Mdftlliie for Hot l icht. The caucua will, in a larre gree de*ormine the future ceurs ??f the Lloyd George government Th#? two wings of the Unionis party, one favoring continuatlo of the coalition government an? the other loudly insisting that th alliance with the liberal part; j must be broken at once, are ntobi ? lixintr their supporters for a ho fight. The Carlton Club, the jratherlns place of all conservative poll ticlans. Is a social as well *s po IKical institution All conserxativ memlers of Parliament and thos 1 outside who posseaa sufficient pre? tlge. are members. Therefore vhei ' Chamberlain. the chief Lloyi Georare supporter In the Un1?ni5 party, announced that s close* caucus of coalition friends witr.it the Unionist parliamentary l?'o. would be held at the club. * low ' protest went up from the opposi ; tion.' 4> -Flrtl Tkrlr l? Independent conservatives it Parliament such as J M. Rr?Vin< and Admiral Stiether. neither o whom was Invited to the caucus promptly served notice that thf? Intended to "flcht their way in." That whetted anticipation in ercr; ? quarter. j The slttiation holds piquant p? >s Sfbillties. The club steward, send ing the approaching: storm is pur zled as to how he can exclude thi uninvited club members who no only h?**e the right to the Huh 1 house but the privilege of Intro ducing cruests. Chamberlain, who will preside I? j exported to be tMl tn st". r t1 ? steam roller over the rough spots Put there is the possibility tha* | ?>ne element, led l>^ Ronar Law j may try to block action at this I meeting on the ground that th? parliamentary caucus should awar ?he general party convention or November 15. when th#? rank an?* file are to have an opportunity tc voice an opinion. May T> In solve Parliament. In event of such a move. Lloyd George still will have a chance to save the situation by dissolv ing Parliament before the general caucus next month. The executive committee of the National Conservative Associat'on has voted to <*all an emergency meeting: of the party, probably early next week, to consider the atti tude of the Unionists toward the ooalltlon. May PostpoBf Peace Parley. Postponement of the Xear East peace settlement is generally pected to result from the minis terial crisis While a change of government would not be likely to alter tbe British foreign policy, nevertheless tha foreign office 's inclined to await the possibility of a new ministry before proceed irg with such an important settlemer.t. Officials here believe that If th Near East conference Is postpone 1 until after the November elect-' :> in the United States, the Hard ? administration might be more wir ing to agree to some measure of American participation.