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WEATHER. Rain tonight, probably clearing to morrow; colder tonight, with lowest temperature about freezing, much cold er tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at noon today: Highest, 54, at noon today; lowest, 34, at 2 p.m. yes terday. Full report on page 16. Closing New York Stocks, Page 16. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rifrhta of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 85,884 XT OO oco Kntered as second-class matter _WO. iio,uDO. post office. Washington. D. C. TWO CENTS. Answer Likely to Make Clear Opposition to Abolition Proposal. FRENCH RECEIVE DATA ON AUXILIARY TONNAGE Figures Not to Be Revealed Un til Issue on Undersea Craft Has Been Settled. ?IV G. GOULD LIXCOLV America's reply to the British pro posal that the submarine be abolished was expected to be made at a meet ing" of the committee on limitation of armament of the Washington confer ence. which gathered at 11 o'clock this morning. America's reply, it was believed, would be adverse to the British pro posal. although it was expected that the American delegation would make clear to the British their interest in the very able presentation of the case j against the submarine by the latter. | France. Italy and Japan have al ready stated their opposition to the porposal for the abolition of the sub marine. It is clear, therefore, that ?Jreat Britain's suggestion has been defeated, at least for t?he time being. Tunnafif to He Tackled. It was expected that the American delegation would point out the diffi culty of dealing with the abolition of the submarine at this conference, in i which many of the nations having ( submarines, or in a position to obtain | them, are not represented. As soon as the British proposal re garding the abolition of submarines J lias been disposed of. the question of I the amount of auxiliary tonnage, in cluding submarines, which shall be iixed for each of the five nations par ticipating in the conference on limi tation of armament, will be tackled, it was said today. France, it was learned, has received the data which it was expecting from Paris, and is ready to proceed with the matter of the auxiliary tonnage. It will be remembered that France, in accepting the 1.75 ratio of capital ships proposed by the United States, did so with reservations regarding the amount of auxiliary tonnage. Figure** >ot .Made Public. So far the figures which will *be presented by France with relation to the auxiliary tonnage have not been made public. They will be laid be fore the conference committee, after the question of the abolition of the submarine has been concluded. The French delegation pointed out that ; it was better to decide the question i us to whether there should be any submarines at all. before passing to the question as to how many sub marines the various nations should ! have. The only inkling as to the amount of submarine tonnage that France deems necessary, which has so far come out of the conference, is con tained in a statement made by Ad miral de Bon yesterday afternoon, when he suggested that the minimum submarine tonnage which would be j required by a naval po\i^r was 90.000 j tons. This is the figure set by the r original American plan for the i nited 1 States and Ureat Britain, with Japan! fixed at 54.000 tons ??f submarines. It ; remains to be see?i whether the i French will ask sueh a lar- sub i marine tonnage. Later Meeting: in llouht. If the conference committee on limitation of armaments meets this afternoon, it may be that the discus sion of the auxiliary tonnage allot ments will be taken up then. Prior to the meeting this morning, it was said by a spokesman for the American Rele gation that the committee would meet, if there was any business pending be fore it. This is a matter which would be settled at the morning meeting, it was said. rfo Christmas eve finds the confer ence hard at work. There is every de sire on the part of the delegates to speed up their work, it was said. Whether the conference will decide to take a holiday Monday is also yet to be determined. In the opinion of some of the delegates this would be done. Favor Other Conference*. The suggestion advanced by ltal- | Jan delegates that it will be advisa-j ble to hold future conferences to deal! with questions arising on naval j armament, has been advanced by ] other nations also, it was learned to- | day. in faet. there seems to be aj general opinion that such meetings i will be necessary, even before the, end of the ten-year naval building! holiday, which is now proposed. It | is to be expected that the five powers; engaging in the present plan to limit' naval armaments will keep their eyes ! open to what other nations may do I in the line of naval construction, and I if it is found that occasion requires, conferences will be called. From this it appears that the de velopment or evolution of the sug gested association of nations is al ready on the way. In addition to naval questions, there may be some of the matters relating .to the far east on the agenda of "the present conference that will (*ill for future consideration, and that will bring the nations together again in confer ence with other nations now on the outside. POSSES HUNTING MAN IN MURDER OF CHILD Slaying of Five-Year-Old Tessie Xucharski Arouses Besidents of New Brunswick, N. J. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Decem ber 24.?Aroused by the cruel death uf five-year-old Tessie Kucharski, whose mutilated body was found yes terday packed In a suit case at the Hotel Albany, posses of angry men ire searching for George Garris, forty-five, a carpenter, with whom he polire charged the child was last seen alive. The crime has aroused >itter feeling and threats of vio ence wer<- being openly made should he man suspected of the outrage fall nto the hands of his pursuers. An autopsy revealed that the child tad been strangled with a piece of ied ticking, with which her asnail ind had tied her'head and heels to re tier.. DEBS AND 23 OTHERS FREED THROUGH EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY Sentences Commuted and Five ex-Soldiers Convicted of Slaying British Officer Are Given Pardon. Twenty-four persons, including: Eu gene V. Debs, former socialist candi date for President, all convicted on various charges of violating the es pionage act and other charges of hin dering the government during the war with Germany, will be freed to day from the federal penitentiaries where they are conlined. Commutations of their sentence have been ordered by President Hard ing. and. as a result, these lucky men will be able to enjoy all that goes . with liberty on Christmas day | At the same time the President par- j doned Ave former American soldiers j serving life sentences pronounced by a military court for the murder of a , British officer while serving with the American Army on the Rhine. This action was a Christmas time comple tion of the President's step November 7. when he remanded the sentences of the soldiers on the ground of insuf ficient evidence against them. They j are now restored to full citizenship. FoIIown Study of r?*o*. The action was taken after the] Department of Justice had studied j separately the cases of 11*7 persons j serving sentences for violating war- j time laws and after Attorney General | Daugherty had discussed the situa- J tion at length with President Hard ing. who was said to be desirous, if . possible, of granting some pardons . for Christmas. The commutations, it ! was explained, do not operate to re- j store citizenship lost by the felony . convictions, but the pardons do. Sev- . e:al of the civilian offenders will be deported to the Kuropean countries of their nativity, two are under ob-| servation at hospitals for insane and : others are now out on paroles, which . were granted by President VY ilson. I Announcement of the action taken | was made personally by President ' Harding late yesterday. The list follows: Orville Anderson, convicted , at Dean wood, S. D.. October 11*18. j under the espionage law and sen- ] tenced to four years; Giovanna tJal- i dazzi. sentenced to ten years after espionage act conviction at Chicago, David T. Blodgeit. convicted at Des Moines, iowa. and serving twenty PACT'S OPPONENTS FACE ONEQUESTIOM Will Be Asked if U. S. Is to Destroy Peace Structure of Own Building. j BY V O. HKSSKMiKlt. Friends in the Senate of tlie four-1 power Pacific part hold that wh<-n the treaty is considered, its opponents will face one plain question, to wit.: After the United States has taken the initiative unprecedented in the history of the world in a movement for the prevention of war. and brought ahout an agreement, will the United States be the first-to reject it and de stroy the structure it had been mainly instrumental in building up. j It is said that this question will be. the one the voters of the country will l ask. being well appraised of its i cogency. simplicity and pertinency. The negotiators of the treaty who j framed it and the executive whoiwilij submit it to the Senate maintain thatj it contains no provision contravening settled American doctrine nor propos ing a foreign alliance inimical to the dominant sentiment in this country. Wilrk Public Opinion. Senators who are keeping in touch with the feeling "back home" say that the people are likely to have very lit tle patience with hair-splitting analy sis of the effect and application of the treaty, which seem to invest it with j menace; that they arc looking to the j broad aspect ?)f what can be accom plished for the world's good by its expressed provisions and its intended purpose as gem rally understood by the man who runs and reads It is argued that the people in the great mass have faith in flu- purpose of the conference; that they place trust in the distinguished and patri otic Americans who are participating men of opposing politic-al parties and differing shades of opinion?and that it will take more than mere declaration of suspicion of the appli- j cation of the treaty to reconcile them to the destruction of the monumental work of the conference. The suspi cions. it is claimed, will have to be verv clearly demonstrated to be actu alities to win them to Justification of a vote against the treaty in the Sen ate. Part Matt Be Ratified. Attention will constantly be directed . to the fact that the abolition of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, of such great importance to the United States, will not be brought about until the four power pact Is ratified. The country will not be likely, it is said, to fail to 'hold to accountability Influences which operate to prevent that con summation. _ High administration circles are said to be agreeable to reservations in tended to clarify the four-power pact, if they are pressed and if their ac ceptance will dissipate objections, al though still holding that they are not necessary. This administration, it is said, will not make the mistake of insisting upon the treaty as drawn wthout the crossing of a "t" or the dotting of an "i." "PEP" PIES WITH LIQUOR. 2,500 Gallons Brandy Are Allowed San Francisco Bakers. SAN FRANCISCO, December 24.? Christmas pies in San Francisco this year will contain liquor, local pie bakers having availed themselves of the permission under the law to "pep their pies" with brandy from the government storehouses. More than 2,.r.OO gallons, of brandy were withdrawn the first three days of this week. Tom Brown, assistant federal prohibition director, an nounced. Under the law pie makers, were allowed 100 gallons, and with one exception every baker took the limit. t i years on charges of opposing the se lective service act. who is now in St. F.Uzabeth's Hospital for the insane for observation. Others given commutation wore J. T. Cumbie, convicted at Oklahoma City, and sentenced to six years for violation of the espionage act; Thomas Carey, con victed at San Francisco, for violation of the espionage act. serving a two-year Sentence ; Joseph M. Caldwell, convicted at Providence, R. I., for violating the espionage act. serving three years; Mojick Fieron, convicted at Detroit un der the espionage act. and sentenced for twenty years, but already given a com mutation of sentence to five years by President Wilson; Claus Freeze. jvho i was sentenced at El Paso, Tex., to five I years at Leavenworth, for departing from the I'nited States unlawfully in time of j war in an attempt to sell the Herman consulate in Mexico plans of a new gun i similar to tho.^e designed for uf/? by the United States Army; Ed 1/amilton,! convicted at Chicago. August 30, 1918, and sentenced t<> ten years under the I espionage act; William J. Head, sen tenced at Sioux Falls. N. D., in 1917, for ! violating the espionage act; Gustave H. j Jaeobsen. convicted at Chicago and s$n tenct d to three years for attempting to set on loot a military enterprise in In dia against Great Britain during the war. Sought limabordlnatIon. Mrs. Idell Kennedy of Ix>s Angeles, Cal., sentenced to ten yeare for attempt ing to cause insubordination and refusal of duty among selective service men. Jack Law. convicted at Chicago for violating the espionage act and sen tenced to ten years; John L. Murphy, I sentenced to five years at Sacramen- j to. Cal.. under the espionage act; I Walter Phillips, convicted at Okla- ! homa City for hindering the selec- j tive service law and sentenced to ten years, though^he was released on parole January 10, 1921. by President Wilson. Jose Prado. sentenced to two years for bringing aliens into the United States unlawfully in time of war; Albert B. Prashner. sentenced to ten years in 1918 after conviction at Chicago for violating the espionage act; Wilhelin Schuman. convicted at Fort Dodge. Iowa, under the espion < (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) j SKILLED IN ST1M; MODAMACE Many Injured as Regions in Tennessee, and Arkansas Are Swept. ftv 'hp at?><! Pre*.. MKMPHIS. December 24.?Nine psr-j sons?one white man and eight ne groes?killed, more than a score in jured and property damage roughly estimated at SJrtO.OflO was the known toll today of a windstorm which late yesterday swept through half a dozen farming settlements in Crittendon county. Ark., across the Mississippi river from this city, and apparently spent its force In the village of Clarkedale. where a brick store build ing. in which approximately fifty negro farmhands had taken refuge j from thestorm, was wrecked. j Cnught in r ollapne. Payne Harrison, twent}'-two, clerk in the store of Hanks & Danner. the building demolished at Clarkedale, was the only white person known to have been killed.. Mrs. B. B. Booker, whose home, six miles northwest of Clarkedale. was torn from Its founda tions, was among the injured brought to this city. Her injuries are consid ered serious. Nearly all of the known Head and the most seriously injured were caught in the collapse of the Banks & Danner store. Only meager re ports had been received thus far. however, from several farming settle ments in the path of the storm, the efTects of which was felt over an area two miles in width and ffrteen miles in length. Injured Baby Dies. The injured were brought to Mem phis hospitals in ambulances and mo tor trucks as quickly as they were ex tricated from the ruins of the wreck ed store at Clarkedale or reached that point from the surrounding- section last night. One, a baby, died early to day. Several others are reported in a serious condition. Rescue parties from this city and several Arkansas towns started at daylight today for an exploration of the more isolated sections of the storm-swept area, where it was fear ed others were killed or Injured. GUATEMALA DISMISSES MINISTER ON DUTY HERE Dr. Julio Bianchi, Appointed Rep resentative Under Former Govern ment, Deposed. Formal notice has been received by the State Department from the new government of Guatemala that Dr. Julio Bianchi, minister to Washing ton under the Herrera government, recently overthrown, no longer rep resents that country. The notifica tion was contained in a telegram to day to the Secretary of State froiBf Rodriguez Castillejo, minister for for eign affairs. The massage did not name a successor for Dr. Bianchi, bat stated that Francisco S. Latour had been delegated to take over the ar chives of the legation here. The formal notice from the Guate mala government fellows a refusal several days ago by Dr. Bianchi to surrender archives of the legation to Mr. Latour. State Department officials said the message would aot affect one way or another the American, government's position 6n recognition of the de facto government. / CHRISTMAS EVE PRECAUTION. STAR WILL GIVE 88 PRIZES FOR ESSAYS Plan of Distributing Awards for Compositions on Arms Conference Described. Although old Santa Claus will re- S ward the children of Washington to- j night for their good behavior during' the year. The Evening Star will sup-| plant him after thf spirit of Christ- j mas has dissipated and award to j eighty-eight of those, who submit, compositions of superior merit in the essay contest on the topic, 'The Arms Conference and Its Signifi cance,0 cash prizes ranging from a maximum of J1U0 to a minimum of Pi.., The elghty'-eight cash prizes to be awarded the winners'' of the content will- amount to $1,000. They will be ?o scattered over the two distinct | .'lasses into which the content prob iDiy will be divided that virtually all contestants submitting' meritori ous essays will receive one of the awards. There will be torty-four prizes for each of the two probable groups of classes. (?reaped In Tm ( I a nan. As previo'usly announced, the classes probably will be grouped as folluws: First class?Students in the senior high schools and the ninth grade of the Junior high schools; students In | the private and parochial schools he- i tween the ages oi fifteen and eighteen. J 1 inclusive. ! Second class?Pupils of the seventh : 1 arid eighth gruues oi the junior high ' schools and sii.utar grades ol t*ie ele mentary schools; pupils in the pri vate and parochial schools between the ages of twelve and fourteen, in clusive. The first prize in each of the two classes will be $100, making a total of $200 in first prizes. The second prize in each class will be $50, making a total of $100 in sec ond awards. There will be two prizes of $25 each in each class for essayists whose wqrk is adjudged third best. Therefore, a total of $100 will be awarded as third prizes. The fourth group will consist of five prizes of $15 each for each class, making a total of ten prizes, or $150. There will be twenty prizes of $10 each awarded as fifth prizr s, or ten prizes in each class, making a total !of $200. Fifty . prizes of $5 each will he awarded as sixth prizes, twenty-five prizes in each class, making a total of $250. It Is believed that the children's minds today are too filled with the thoughts of Christmas to study the developments of the arms conference, but next week they are expected to devote more time than ever to study ing the proceedings of the historical parley. It is emphasized that no essays should.be written until after the chil dren return to school at the close of the Christmas holidays. By that time, the specific rules for the contest, to gether with the names of the per sons constituting the board of judges, will have been announced. Meantime, school children are urged to read the conference proceedings as chronicled in the dally press in order to collect all Information which will aid them in preparing their essays. School au thorities have directed the attention of the children to the concise sum mary of the conference developments as printd daily in The Star as valuable In studying the epoch-making event BEATEN, BOUND, ROBBED ! BY MAN WHO ASKED RIDE 1 Nephew of Earl of Deven. Victim of Attack in New Jersey. Suffers Loss of Large Sum. By the Associated Prens. NEW YORK, December 24.*?Philip S. Honvwood, youngest son of the late Sir John William Honvwood and nephew of the Karl of Deven of Pow derhain Castle. Exeter. England. was cruelly beaten and robbed of a large amount of money not far from his home, near Woodcliff Lake. N. J., last nigh I. He had been in Newark on business during the afternoon, and it is be lieved from brief statements made by Mr. Honvwood that on his way home he picked up a man who had asked 1 for a ride. Evidently the man was a bandit, who struck him with a slungshot. then bound and robbed him. Mr. Honywood managfd to free himself and make his way to a house, where he fell unconscious. Minus STANDUNCHANGED Secretary -Mellon Still Be lieves Cost Would Be Serious Injury. Secretary Mellon formally an nounced today that the attitude of the Treasury toward a soldier bonus had not changed since last July, when he wrote a letter to Senator Freling huysen of New Jersey, stating that enactment of bonus legislation "would be serious injury and loss to the whole community" and would "vir tually defeat the administration's program of retrenchment and econ omy." Mr. Mellon also took occasion to say today' that "the Treasury has not suggested and is not considering a tax on light wines and beer as a means of raising: revenue to meet a soldier * bonus.'* The proposal to raise funds for payment of a bonus through such a tax has been discussed in many of ficial quarters within the last few weeks and the Treasury, while never indicating that it either favored or suggested such a tax, has estimated that a levy of that nature would yield an antral return of approxi mately $300,000,000. OIL LAW CHANGE ASKED. Amendment Sought for Exploration of Lands in Philippines. MANIIiA. P. I., November 28 (by mail).?Stating that it is the belief of the government at Washington that the law governing the lease of exploration of oil lands in the Philip pines is less liberal to foreigners than It is- in America. Governor Gen eral 'Wood, in recommending the amendment of the laws, says he is acting on the suggestion of the De partment of State at Washington. The general's message says: "The Department of State finds in its efforts to insist on the proper treatment of our nationals by for eign countries ,in this matter (lease of petroleum lands and other lands containing mineral oils) that It is confronted with the statement that the law In the Philippines is less liberal to foreigners than is the law in the United States and the depart ment believes it should be made to conform exactly with the United States law." WJAuaium. mum jm am ;m m im m mi mil I George Ade, the Famous Humorist V Is the Headliner of Contributors of Fiction ; The Magazine of Tomorrow's Star His story _is a special Christmas contribution, "Bringing in the Tree.1' Other interesting features in the Magazine include: "One" Christmas I Remember." By men high in the affairs of the nation. "Little Tony's Christmas at Gospel Mission." ? And-many other articles and stories of special interest in this holiday season. MM GUDE DIES OF LONGIEEISS ? Was Grand Commander of I District Commandery, Knights Templar. i aDoiji'iii s i.iiii:. Adoiph Gude, one of the pioneer I florists of this city and strand com mander of District of Columbia 'inighls Templar, died early to day at the .Emergency Hospital, where he had been confined to bed for the past five weeks. Mr. Gude's ill ness has extended over a period of about two years.'Tbut only recently was it necessary for liim to go to a hospital. Mr. Gude was born at Knoxville. Tenn., April 20. 1863. He was the son of C. G. Adolphus and Fredericka Gude. He left his birthplace when quite young, going to I,ynchburg, Va., and later to Prince Georges county, Md. He was but eighteen years of age when he moved into the District, where he was educated in the public schools and the Spencerian Business College. He entered business for himself early in his career, starting in the business of buying and selling flowers with a fund of $250. In l>i$8 he personally erected three greenhouses and took as a partner his brother. William F. Gude. forming the firm of A. Gude & Bro. in 1S8?. The business was gradually en larged until now there are 400,000 feet of cultivated ground in greenhouses. Ovmmv Production Kid. '"his firm was incorporated in 1D06 as Gu le Brothers Company. Since the in corporation Adoiph Gude has been in chai-ge of the production end of the business, William F. Gude handling the distribution. In September of this year a new company was formed under the name of A. Gude Sons Company. During the war Mr. Gude was chairman of local draft board No. 11. | He always was prominent in civic and fraternal activities. He was one time president of the Anacostia Bank, was vice president of" the Good Hop* Or phan Home: life member of the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, vice pcfgident and life member of the American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists, member of the Ana costia Citizens' Association, life mem ber of the City Club, member of the Florists' Club of Washington, Wash ington Dodge. No. 15, B. P. O. E.; Cen tral Dodge, No. 1, Odd Fellows; grand commander of D. O. Grand Com mandery, Knights Templar; treasurer and past commander of De Molay Commandery; past master, AnacoNtia Dodge, No. 21; treasurer and past high priest of Anacostia Royal Arch Chap ter, No. II; past grand high priest of D. C. Royal Arch Masons; a thirty second degree Mason of Albert Pike Consistory, No. 1; Mithras Dodge of Perfection, No. 1; Evangelist Chapter, Rose Croix; Robert D. Bruce Coun cil, Kadosh; Adoniram Council. No. 2, R. and S. M.; past potentate of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine; past pa tron, Electa Chapter, No. 2, Order of the Eastern Star; past grand 'pa tron, O. E. S. of D. C.; director. Ma sonic Mutual Relief Association, and a member of Kallipolls Grotto, Veiled Prophets. He was married to Mary Elisabeth Noll of Germany, in November, 1888, and .there were live children, -four of wjhom. ? Esther C. M., Adoiph E., Edwin H. and Edgar. R., *urvit? .him.. His home is atJGudemont, Anacostia, D. C. ? "LOOK FOR SQUARE DEAL," AMERICAN LEGION XMAS GREETING TO DISABLED' By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 24.?The fol lowing Christmas message to "the disabled ex-service men of America" was issued today by National Com mander Hanford MacNider in the name of the American Legion: I "To you men who are fighting the brave fight against the effects I of your service of our country, the American Legion of your comrades sends Christmas greetings with every sincere wish for your speedy recovery and future happiness. Every American shall be indebted to you as long as the nation en dures and your cause shall always be first on the program of the American Legion. "We intend to see that you get a square deal from the country you fought for. We would expect you to fight our battles were our posi tions reversed. We assume that responsibility as a privilege and an honor. Today we are asking the L'nited States Veterans' Bureau to | adopt a plan which, if accepted, | will finally end your worries over compensation claims. The Ameri can Legion reports for a new year's duty. Give us your com mands." BILL TOMREPEAL OF BOW LAW i Federation of Citizens' Asso ciations to Introduce Meas ure in Congress. i A bill will be introduced in the House and Senate soon at the request of the Federation of Citizens' Asso ciations, calling upon Congress to j repeal or modify tile Borland law. i which assesses half the cost of street paving against abutting property i owners. This announcement was made j today by William McK. Clayton j chairman of the special committee of j the federation on this question, who said he would call a meeting of the committee after the holidays to draft an<4 pass upon the bill. I'ntil a few days ago Mr. Clayton held the belief that the best way to remove this objecti^vi^hle legislation was to have it killed the way it was born?as a rider on a District api?ro- j priation bill. OppoNite View Taken. Commissioner Rudolph, chairman of i the board of Commissioners, has tak- j en the opposite view, that the people j of the city would get a more favor- j able reconsideration of the case by j having a separate bill introduced. The federation, therefore, in its de cision to introduce a separate bill will have the support of the Commis sioners. who. in their annual report to Congress, urged that some modi fication be made in the Borland amendment. | If Congress should show a disposi tion not to repeal the law in its en ? tirt ty it is possible that th?* citizen: n,?v* Wk a compromise under which ; the original paving of a street would bo exempt from assessment, with part of the cost of resurfacing to be as- ; sessed. | Injustice to Suburbanite#. This change, it was pointed out. would remove the injustice to sub- ; urbanites. whose streets have never been paved, but who contributed through the general tax fund to the paving of downtown streets before the days of the Borland amendment. Mr. Clayton alro announced today that the subcommittee of the Hous | appropriations committee now con 1 sideling District estimates has urani ?1 him time in which to present the federations plea for an increase in the salary schedule of statutory em ployes of the District government. TROOPSiiWfENE IN CAIRO DISORDER Students Raid Survey Offices. Five Natives Killed and Twenty Wounded. B.r tile Asmx iMled I'remi. CAIRO. Egypt. December 24.?Dis orders in connection with the Egypt ian nationalist agitation broke out today in Gizeh. a suburb of Cairo, when a party of students raided the government survey oflices. British troops were rushed from Cairo to cope with the disturbance. The stu dents were ultimately ejected. The native losses were given In the early reports as five killed and twenty wounded. While the disorders were proceed ing in Gizeh, Cairo itself remained quiet, and no disturbances from the provinces were reported with the ex ception of minor troubles at Tanta. fifty miles northwest of Cairo. The authorities conveyed to Suez today si* followers of Said Zatloul Pasha, the nationalist leader fortibly (removed from the city yesterday, whom Field Marshal Allenby. the British high commissioner in fc.g>l>t, had ordered expelled from Cairo. Cairo bristled with police and troops last night and airplanes cir cled over the delta of the Nile, fol lowing disturbances. Said Zagloul Pasha's removal came as* a result of his refusal to obey an order issued by the military authori ties that he and his-chief followers cease all political Activity and leave Cairo., \1 though much wanton destruction occurred during the disturbances, the authorities claim that the situation need riot be regarded with particular anxiety. The disturbances appear to have been confined to Cairo. FOUR KILLED IN CRASH. Train Hits Auto When Engine StallE on Crossing. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., December 24. ?Four men were killed on a grade crossing at Wysox last night when their automobile was struck -by a Lehigh Valley locomotive. The vic tims are Wesley Johnson and Blge low Jennings of Wyalusing, Thomas 8toneham of Frenchtown and John Trimble of Dorrell Center. The men were on their way tA Towanla and . the engine of their car stalled on the crossing. STREETS IN FINAL Crowds, Intent on Last-Min ute Preparations, Lend Festive Air to City. BASKETS OF CLOTHING AND FOOD GO TO NEEDY New Eecord in Number of Parcel Post Packages?Many Par ties Tonight. Last-minute shippers thronged the j streets today when government depart ments gave a half-holiday, lending a festive air to the entire city as the peo ple turned Pennsylvania avenue, F street and other thoroughfares into moving masses, all intent upon making final preparations .'or Christmas. The Salvation Army and other or ganizations held their annual parties today, baskets of clothing and food w?-p? sent out to the needy, church programs of Christmas music were put in final preparation today for tomorrow, and j everywhere the true spirit of Christmas prevailed. Rain Predicted Tonight. Prediction of rain for tonight, with probably clearing weather tomorrow, and sunshine, with much colder by tomorrow night, did not interfere with tin move ments of the downtown crowds, nor the city-wide distribution of parcel post packages by the city post office, wincl: yesterday distributed i'O.PoO parcels, a record in the history of the office. Five hundred Christinas baskets were distributed this morning at the recently dedicated home of No 1 I Corps, the Salvation Army. . K | street, under the direction of Maj. .!. I G. McGee. commander of the District, j The baskets were distributed after ' irvestigation of the need of those who came to get them. Many happy ex i pressions followed the receipt of the iL-skets. NtM> Children .Made llappy. This afternoon at - o'clock sonchil i iren will be made happy by the Sal ation Army at the Christmas entei tahiment for them, when there will be oandy. toys, music and other enter tainment for the little ones. Monday morning the Salvation Army will give its annual theater party to children at the Cosmos Theater. At Mount Alto Hospital tonight the soldier patients will be the guests of Santa Claus through the Women's Overseas Service League of Washing oil. There will be a big surprise resent for the boys, music by Marine j <?nd players and a special series of j doleaox. Monday morning Saks & Co. will i nake their annual distribution of 1"" ! -vercoats at the store to needy chil iren. each of whom has been passed upon as worthy by the Associated ?Jharities. Isaac Cans will preside at ?he distribution, which is eagerly looked forward to each year. lliMKion Calving: Away *?hoe*. At Central Cnioa Mission there will ? be a service at noon Monday.and inime j diately following the service a Christ ! mas dinner will be served, beginning ! at 1 o'clock. Monday night, at 7:.'ln i j'clock. there is to l>e a Christmas , ..arty for the children of the neigh j oorhood. 10very child with get a bag bearing his name, each bag to contain gifts of clothing, toys, candy, etc. The mission also is giving away shoes, through the generosity of George Horning, a certain number ot* pairs be ing fitted each morning at Saks & Co. At the Gospel Mission Christmas dinner will be served at 2 o'clock Mon day. following which there will be an entertainment and distribution of gifts to the little ones. The Chinese Sunday school of the mission wll hold an en tertainment Monday evening in the chapel. C'hriMtmaM Eve Part leu. The hotels will hold Christmas eve parties tonight and many of the .stores will keep open late this even ing to accommodate those who put off to the last moment the buying of some gift or necessity. The Center and other markets did a rushing business today. Tomorrow in all the churches the birth of Christ will be observed with special programs of music, unon which the singers have been working lor days. Special Christmas parties will be held tonight at the Neighborhood House and other settlement houses. Tomorrow, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Clara Barton, "angel of the battlefield," founder of the American Red Cross, will be observed here by friends who have not for gotten. There will no set progcam. She was born on Cnristmas day, lb21, in Worcester county, Mass. KENTUCKY TROOPS SENT TO HALT STRIKE TROUBLE Governor Orders 160 Men, With Necessary Officers, to Newport Boiling Mills. FRANKFORT, Ky., December 24.? Four companies of Kentucky National Guardsmen, totaling ICO men and the necessary officers, last night were ordered to Newport, Ky., by Gov. Morrow. They were sent as a result of his orders growing out of a strike at the Newport rolling mills and without a request from local peace officers. The troops are under com mand of Col. H. H. Denhardt of Bowl ing Green. Three other companies have been ordered held in readiness to pro ceed to the scene, if needed. Gov. Mor row said, in announcing the sending of troops. He declined to say what companies were being held ready. The troops were sent to Newport by Gov. Morrow on his own initiative.' None of the peace officers of the city or Campbell county had asked for them. Reports from private investi gators, the governor said, indicated that conditions were such that the peace officers could not handle the situation. "Serious danger exists." the gov ernor said, "that at any moment an outbreak may occur, causing the loss of dozens of lives and the disgrace of i state."