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Revolutionary Change Seen in Communication With i South America. BY DA\IU LAWKKXCE. The United States government has Succeeded in its first effort to abolish monopolies in cable communication throughout the world. An agree ment lias virtually been reached with the Western Union Telegraph Com pany, me All-American Cable Com pany aitj the Brazilian, Peruvian and Ecuadorian governments which will mean a revolutionary change in cable communication between North and Scuth America, bringing with it un questionably later on lower rates as well as improved service and estab lishing ultimately freedom from ca ble monopolies in the western hemis phere. Bnsin of New Agreement. The basis of the new agreement, which brings to an end the spectac ular tight between the Washington government and the Western Union over the landing of a cable in Miami, Fla., is this: First, the All-America Cable Com pany shall surrender the monopoly it enjoys to the landing of cables in Peru and Ecuador while the Western Union, which is affiliated with the British owned Western Telegraph Company, shall surrender its monopo lies on the Brazilian coast and the eastern shores of South Almerica. s?'nd thereafter neither company shall have monopolies on either coast. Second. The Western Union will be permitted to land its cable at Miami, Via., connecting the Island of Bar bados. where the Brazilian cable had reached, with the United States. Third. Settlement is conditioned upon the consent of the Brazilian govern ment and the British company, the Western Telegraph Company, to the revocation of the original monopoly on the Brazilian coast. Evidence of Far-Sightedness. j The willingness of the Western | T'nion and the all-American com- i panies to surrender their respective ? monopolistic privileges is an evidence ? of their far-sightedness as well as j their recognition of the fact that j sooner or later, when the present | monopolies did expire, the influence of the United States government, whether J the administration be republican or j oemooratlc. was sufficient to prevent the renewal of such monopolies and ? ih*t by an agreement at this time j competitive conditions could be ! brought about which would enhance I'Oi only the revenues of the cable Companies, but help to build com munication and commerce between North and South America. Trade in the western hemisphere has been hampered by poor communi cation; indeed, before the All-America Company came into the field most of the cable traffic from the United States to South America was by way of Europe?necessitating delay on the one hand, and breeding a certain sus pion on the other that European busi ness men were able to outbid Amer icans through prior knowledge of American offers. These charges have been denied again and again, but it has been admitted that the oppor tunities for such tactics would be minimized if the United States has speedy communication with South America. Fight of Long Standing. The fight for untrammeled com munications in the western hemi sphere began under the Wilson ad ministration. Secretary Colby adopt ed practically the same policy as did Secretary Hughes?there was no politics in it, simply a deliberate ef fort on the part of the American gov ernment to see to it that cable com munication with the all-important continent to the south of us was not controlled by foreign-owned com panies who might discriminate against the citizens of the United States. President Harding, however, has the opportunity now to go even far ther and to use the example of what haa been accomplished in the western hemisphere as a, means of securing freedom from monopoly in other countries with which the United States has direct cable communica tion, for admittedly world peace and extensive commerce depend largely upon communication. The Harding j administration is saying nothing for the present about licenses to com panies landing cables from European points, preferring to settle the South American situation first' and offer an example of what can be done by abolishing cable monopolies. But the fact is that the Kellogg bill, enacted recently into law. gives the chief I executive powers which may revolu- j tionize the whole question of cable ; communication if properly exercised. | It will be recalled that the Wilson j administration, feeling confident of j the constitutional rights of the exec utice in refusing to grant permits to companies to land cables if the ! interests of the United States seemed j adversely affected, found itself in the i midst of litigation with the Western j Union. Power Vested in Executive^ j The federal courts never did get a chance to decide whether the execu tive had the power to grant or revoke cable licenses, for in the middle of the controversy Congress acted and i specifically vested in the chief execu- j tive all the discretionary power need- | ed. It then became a matter for fur ther negotiation between the State! Department and the cable companies. I The Washington government made ! It clear that its views did not involve ' preference in cable companies nor I was it attempting to dictate how i these concerns should handle their \ business, but that, broadl." sneaking, communication was a matter of I policy as well as law and that the '? United States could not agree to per- ] mit the Western Union to land a cable j at *Miami. Fla., if that meant a con- I nection with a British company in J Brazil which, having an exclusive i monopoly on the Brazilian coast, vlr- I tually prevented an American cable ! company, operating on the west coast of South America, from reaching around the continent and developing I its lines. The Western Union always replied ! that the All-American Company had 1 similar monopolies in Peru and Eeua- ' dor and that the Western Union was prevented from developing its > lines north of Chile on the west coast of South America. Diplomatic Influence Felt. Thus the controversy dragged on, but it became evident to all con cerned that it was only a question of time until the United States, through its diplomatic influence, would see to it that monopolies were not renew ed. So all the companies were brought Into harmony and the im pression gained by investigation of the subject in official circles la tfcfct the Agreement gfttisPes all peruea and means a step forward in rapid 'communication, as well as in the de velopment of better political and commercial relations with South America. There are some monopolies in Central America which will in time also be abolished. The principle of the American gov Officer* After Denby On Charge of Hunting Without State License By th? Associated Prt?ns. RICHMOXD, Vn., Jnnuury 9. ?A communiootton has been addressed to Secretary of the Navy Denby by the Ylrirfula state commissioner of game and fl?h.?rie? aiking the Secre tary to explain "why he hunted In Virginia without a license." The communication was sent to the Secretary by M. 11. Hart, ?cu.etnry of the state depart ment of game and fisheries. AcToiupQiiylng It wa* u clipping: from a newspaper uuder a Fredericksburg;, Va.? date line, declaring that Sec:e tary IJenliy "enjoyed a sue ctNkful hunt at Point Farm, In Stafford county, near Freder icksburg; that the cablnct officer wan accompanied l?y Col. Cutts and AlaJ. King*berry, nnd took back to Wnsitli'.. ton a line lot of <;uail and uack, some of them for 1'reslJeut j Hurding." SCHOOL BOARD HEAD SHARPLY SCORED (Continutd from First Page.) papers were put alter being bought from him. Representative Buchanan then ask ed: "Suppose you sold some of these compositions to school children and they used them exactly as prepared anil the question of their expulsion came up before the board of educa tion. would you vote to expel the child?" Mr. Edwards said he might not vote at all. Representative Buchanan then asked him if he did not see that his position as president of the school board and as owner of the concern selling these compositions to eighth grade school children wus inconsist ent and that he ought to get out of one or the other. I.ikrned to Book of Oration*. Mr. Edwards said that in selling? the papers to any one who wanted them they were doing the same as a man who sold a book of orations. Another item in the Edwards'cir cular which particularly interested the committee was the following: ..'Ijanger of duplication. hen one iirst thinks of ordering a copy of the paper prepared for gen eral use, he thinks seriously of the chances of some other person also getting a copy of the same paper in the same town. This of course is possible, but not very probable. If we sold a dozen copies of the paper in a year we would consider it a very good sale, and yet that would make but one copy for every four states in the Union, so that the chances of two persons in the same town getting each a copy of the same thing is, to say the least, very remote." Chairman Davis directed attention to the fact that D. A. Edwards in the circu.ar stated that he was a member of the board of education of the Dis trict. In the circular Mr. Edwards adver tised as having a large practice before the supreme Court of the United States. Questioned by Representative John son. he admitted that though the let ters "EX.. M." appear after his name as secretary of the Columbia Informa tion Bureau, he had never tried but one case, in which he was an assistant attorney, where the amount involved was lot), and that they had lost that case. Another line in the circular which interested the appropriations commit tee was this: "Teachers are held responsible for the quality of the papers read and speeches delivered by pupils." Md. Edwards Defend. Self. Tn a comprehensive statement de scribing the w-ork of the Columbia College and information bureau, Mr. Edwards today defended himself against the criticism made against him bv members of the House appro priations committee. "I am sure we are conducting an honorable business and doing it in a perfectly honorable way, and that many thousands of pupils, including ? children, are being benefited by it. he said. Since the establishment of the bu reau in 1915, Mr. Edwards said, ad fse^ave been written on about iof ft.^1 ent He pointed out that never has the bureau sold a to a Wai,hington school pupil. The people who purchase these ad dresses. sai<J Mr. Edwards, "make use or them in a variety of ways. Some times they may be delivered verbatim sometimes the thoughts are used and different language employed. We do Thl ^ what use is to be ma<ie of mese addresses nor do we Inquire We are simply the authors and publishers. . would question our right to f?' Vjes.e addresses in book form and sell to all who wanted to buv them or hold us responsible for the use the purchasers made of them. The same is true where they are gold one at a time. It would be ridiculous to say an author should be held respon sible for the use made of his com positions. treat all communications Sft confidential, as purchasers often do not desire to have it known that they have had any help in preparing their addresses. "Special criticism has been made of the fact that we advertise papers for eighth-grade students. In our cata logue we have eight subjects only T.sted under this head. These papers are Intended as models to guide the pupils in their compositions. They are used almost exclusively in the timall cities and rural communities where the library facilities are poor, if there are any at all. In all the years we have been in business, as far as we know, we have never sold one paper to a Washington pupil." XMAS TREE FIRE KILLS 5. Children Burned to Death in Try ing to Light Candle. GALVESTON, Tex., January 9.?The death of Cooper Bavili, six years old, here brought the number of fatalities in a Christmas tree fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Biron here Satur day to five. Four of the child's play mates, including a younger brother and two of the Biron children, died Saturday from burns sustained in the fire, which started when one of the children attempted to light a candle on the tree and drop:>ed a match into some cotton 1 Inters. A nurse in charge of the children had left the room a short time before the occurrence. PAY UP OR LOSE SERVICE. Water Registrar Warns Property Owners Bills Must Be Met. Warning was issued by Water Regis I trar V\ allis today that unless property ; owners south of Florida avenue and west of North Capitol street pav their water bills immediately water will be | cut off until the payments are made. [ v-,. ? , also a"??unced that water ; bills for the northeast section are now being made out and will be readv for i delivery about February 1 for all meter i accounts in that zone. Property own jers will have thirty davs from the re j ceipt of the bill to make payment. ernment is that anytime any com pany wants a cable permit to land in the United. States, it must free Itself from monopolistic connections. Even tually European companies which are connected with America by direct cable and which are not giving American ocmipanles reciprocal privileges abroad will find their permits in danger of b-lng tfjvo*c?<l unless they live*up to the spirit of reciprocity. For the Kellogg law removes all doubt as to the power of the executive and gives the President the right to grant or revoke permits at any time that the conditions are not fulfilled by cable companies in peace as well as in time of war. (Ooprricfet. 1923.) $217,471 Increase in Operat ing Income for Last November. Net earnings of lienry Ford's rail road, the Detroit, Toledo and lronton, show large increases for the last few | months of 1921, and for the first elev j en mouths of that year over the same j months of 1920, according to tlgures I made public today at the Interstate i Commerce Commission. Notw^thstand | ing the increases shown during the | last year over those of 1920, there have been steady decreases in the net earnings of the road since last April, when earnings totaled approximately $270,00C. For November, the net operating in come was $5,335 against a deficit for November. 1920, of $212,136, a net gain of $217,471. The increases in net earnings took place while reductions were being made in rates on practically all com modities and while the employes of the Ford-owned road were being granted increases in wages. Figure* for 1921. j Operating revenue of the I>etroit, , { Toledo and lronton fur November. | 1*121, totaled $681,452, an increase of I ? $200,020 over November of 1920, and I j operating expenses for November, last 1 J year, were $560,366, a decrease of $79, | 6X6. This decrease is probably ac- , ? counted for by lessened cost of main? ? tenance and of materials. I The maintenance item included a de crease for eleven months ended with ! December of $787,007 in expenses. Cost of maintenance of way decreased $U09.656 during the first eleven months of 1921 over the same months of 1920, and $162,408 was saved in maintenance of equipment. The Ford road showed a net operat ing income for the first eleven months of 1921 of $8:)2,931, an increase of $2,202,332 over the same period of 1920. when there was a deficit of $1,309,401. Operating revenues totaled $6,631,656 for the eleven months, an increase of $1,922,719 over the first j eleven months of 1920, and expenses j for the first eleven months of 1921 I totaled $4,852,784, a decrease of $787.r I0?7. The ratio of expenses to revenue I was 73.1. Npeedi I p Freight. | Since Henry Ford took over the De j troit, Toledo and lronton he has brought to the road a much higher j class of freight, which is the main i | business of the road, there being little I i passenger travel, than was the case | | before. A large part of the freight j business of the road is made up of \ hiuh-class steel commodities, which take a higher freight rate than coal and stone. This accounts in part, j railroad men say, for the increased i earnings of the road. Another factor that has strengthened j the revenues of the road is the prae- , tice of the D., T. and It. to deliver freight in carload lots to a junction | with other roads, and offer it to the ! road which can effect the quickest j service. In this manner freight move-I ment is speeded up dud the turn-over j of freight cars is made quicker. J TAKE GOTHAM FUGITIVE, j Philadelphia Police Capture Negro [ Charged With Double Slaying, j PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. January 9 ?J J^uther Boddy, negro, alleged slayer of 1 two New York detectives, was cap tured today in south Philadelphia. He I gave himself up without a fight. The police said hte was heavily {armed. i Boddy was captured shortly before i 11 a.m. as the result of a tip furnished j Amos Scott, recently sworn in as ! [Philadelphia's first colored magistrate.) j Scott led a detail of police to a house : at Hodman street, near 20th. The po- : lice surrounded the house and ap proached with caution, their weapons ready, expecting a desperate fight, but Boddy gave himself up without a - struggle. FILTRATION PLANT MEETS BREAKDOWN (Continued from Fiint Page.) I If thin situation arises, the unflltered water will be treated with chlorine, and. while it may be slightly turbid and taste of the chlorine, it is con sidered safe for drinking purposes. Bearing on New Conduit. Asked if today's breakdown bore any relation to the urgent necessity for the new conduit from Great Falls, Maj. Tyler replied that It did have a direct bearing on the need for an additional source of supply. The fil | tration plant, he said, has been under j a strain along with all other parts I of the water system since the rapid j growth of the city increased consunip 1 tion. j He explained that completion of the I new conduit, which has been author ized by Congress, will relieve great I ly this strain on the present flltra ' tion plant for the reason that the water brought from Great Falls by the new conduit will not have to be handled by the existing filtration plar.t, but will be filtered at a point near the District line and sent from there to the high level sections of the city. For a number of years citizens ana officials of the District have been calling attention to the danger of postponing construction of another conduit with the city using close to the safe capacity of the existing con duit, but fortunately, no serious breaks in existing equipment have occurred. . While the disabling of machinery at the filtration plant last night may not necessitate the use of unflltered water if it can be repairert tomoriow it shows. Maj. Tyler sa]d. that breaks, may occur. molavTmurder hearing. Assistant TJ>S. Attorney Emerson to Conduct Prosecution. Capt. Liertrand Emerson, the new assistant to United States Attorney Gordon, will make his first appear ance in Criminal Division 1 Wednes day. when the case of Mrs. Lydia G. Molavi ia called for trial. Mrs. Molavi,. but little over twenty years old. is charged with murder in the second degree in connection with the death of her husband. Abdul Molavi, a Per sian antique dealer. - ? The tragedy occurred April 14 last at 1314 Rhode Island avenue north west. where the couple were rooming. They had been married only eighteen mouths. When the body was found a pistol was in the left hand of Molavi. The wife claimed he had committed suicide, it was said, but later ad mitted that she shot him because she was deranged by his refuBal to speak to her after a quarrel. Mrs. Molavi is at liberty on bail of |10.000. She will be defended by At torney T. Morris Wampler. Assistant United States Attorney Presmont will aid Capt. Emerson in the proiecution. D. C. LOSES DAT IN HOUSE. District day in the House was set aside today when the House adjourn ed out of respect for J. Kuhil Kalanianaole, territorial delegate from Hawaii, who died at his horn* in WalkiU. CHILDREN ENJOYING FAVORITE WINTER SPORT ON LION HOUSE HILL IN ZOO GROUNDS. Senator Newberry Declares His Innocence Before Senate (Continuefl from First Page.) sterling integrity, and when he had been selected as manager -if the sen aturial campaign in Michigan, which was dune without the slightest knowl edge on my part, he Insisted that be fore he would even accept, much less undertake to enter upon, the work of the campaign he should unu ?'"Jl learn for himself, because ..I < nrdif ferences in 1U12. whether or not h s management of the senator ,1 cam paign would be entirely aco-p-able '"??He came to New York and we had a bHe? interview there. We d d not discuss, even indirectly, a single de tail of the campaign. 1 reC?') }jjj* during the conversation had at tha lime Mr. King, in answer to a que* tion as to how much it had cost the friends of Senator Towns. rid w hosr campaign Mr. King had i.>a iaged. sa.d it had cost approximately J-0,000, and added that in v ew ?f ,h'' ?'*" uatlon then existing in MichiKin he thought it would cost my friends approximately J-O.OUO to ?ake a comprehensive and succebBfu cair'. > iiaigu Tills is the onl> amount or monev which, directly or indirectly. 1 ever "heard mentioned in connection with the senatorial campaign in Michigan until aft, r the Primary | election and the report of the com mittee was filed. Denies Spending In 191K. "I did not solicit or expend, di rectly or indirectly, one single dollar In the campaign for senator in Michigan in 1918. nor did I know of the con tributions made until afterward. The two statements which 1 made under 1 oath to the Senate are absolutely and wholly true. The first is dated August 14. 1?18. and, omitting the printed form with which you are ,11 f-.iniiiar and to which 1 sincerely subscribed, 1 wrote in my own hand. ?nr iijasssa i my knowledge or consent. 1<)1S 1 "The second, dated August -S, ? i with the same omissions, and in addition to the Printed for? ??ew?',tE 1 sincerely subscribed. I wrote wiin I ?,y own hand, as follows under the I head of 'Contributions'?None w th j ,T..V TlTh^d ao? ^sluVsem^ | -None public dement of Pau' H Ki^, ^o-ern ing expend|tureis m;a le f-riendgi but fhese w^re made without my knowl edge or conaent. Xo Intention of MIiImJIok. "A, every senator knows, this form refer., only to campaign contributions, disbursements and promises, and to n0"I'had^not the slightest intention of misleading any one in making this ! statement, nor do I believe any fair | minded man was in the least deceived th"The form of report furnished by the Senate under the act of Congress then supposed to be in force (but which has since been declared to be void) called for a full. correct a"<] ltemizf^n oOTtHbStions nrame8 o^wn" ^iKnfnrs all expenditures and the purposes' for which the expenditures W-iehaddnot the knowledge required ^maKtChsoa staTef tSS?&? SfeR rt?a^mehnt Tn^ fo^"was lit in without consultation with | made and it was literally true. I , an) one. and 1 , t in the cam 1 f<rn I had not even been In Mich I had neither received nor ex anV funds, and hud no per sona* knowledge to enable me to mako the report called for. Cited Michigan Itrport. "In my statement filed with the secretary of the Senate I did call attention to the report of the cam paign committee of Detroit, wh.ch re port as called for by the Michigan aw includes a full statement of Receipts i and disbursements as reported by the I York |?, King went back to Michigan and prosecuted a --paign^onductlng it | ent'rely in publicity and or 1 aBe w.tion whfch was most effective f"" for which 1 have frequently ex | pressed to him the gratitude which I feel. * * ? Not more than a half dozen times did I see Mr. King j throughout the campaign, and each [ time it was in the city of New York. He kept me constantly informed as | to the progress of the campaign in I which I was. of course, keenly in terested. ? * ? on one or two oc ? casions questions of policy were dis ' cussed between us, and in each in | stance the judgment of Mr. King | controlled. Koinetimes Opposed Desire*. I "As I recollect the facts, in one or j two instances his action was the ex j act opposite to what I felt was the j best thing to do. I do not mean to j say that I did not know generally I what was going on in Michigan. J j had constant knowledge, so far as . information was concerned, regard ; ing the progress of the campaign, but I had no direct participation in it. I "I knew, as a matter of fact, that ! a campaign of publicity was being j extensively curried on. and I realized j that such a campaign must neces j sarily cost a considerable amount of | money: but 1 did not have the faint i est idea as to the amount of money that actually was expended until J after the report was made public, j The cost of the campaign was about ! $15*5,000. according to the report, and when i learned ot this amount 1 was j at once filled with astonishment and I regret. ? ? ? . i "The amount expended was large, ? I more than 1 had any idea was being f expended, and more than ought to be : necessary to -expend in any ordinary j ; campaign. Hut this was not an ordi- j I nary campaign. Regrets Large Amount. j "I shall not dwell ifpon the reasons j 1 which the committee thought imperal* i | tively demanded a campaign of news- j I paper publicity involving this ex- . j penditure of money. I can only ! ?ay that I regret exceedingly the fact | ; that so large an amount of money I J was necessarily expended. I can fur- ^ | ther say that in the acquisition of that ! j money, In the solicitation of that j money, in the collection of that I money, in the use of that morey 1 | had nothing whatever to do. 1 knew , nothing whatever about it, not even the amount of it. "J make this statement not to es cape any responsibilitv, but in order that the actual facts in the matter, i as I know them, may be presented to the Senate. How the money was spent in the state of Michigan, how the ! books of account were kept, who were engaged in this work or what they did 1 did not know; 1 do not know, now. except from the accounts of the hearings which have been held and the report filed after the primary. | Believes Law Obeyed. "It is and always has been my! understanding that in so far as the primary in Michigan is concerned, if ! the cost is not borne by the candidate j himself the committee in charge of ! the campaign may spend whatever I amount it pleases for the eleven enumerated objects which are set forth at length in the Michigan pri mary law. I therefore assumed from the start, and I still believe, that the law was carefully obeyed by this in dependent committee, which had the campaign for my primary election in hand. ... "I made my statements under oath to the Senate, as provided by law in the firm belief that they were tuTT ana fair statements of the absolute truth, i and 1 so believe to this hour. I made them without consultation and with out legal advice, and with onlv the same facts before me, I would make exactly the same statements today that 1 made then. Ignorant of Fond. "As to the campaign fund, the ques tion of its acquisition, or of its ex penditure, was never called to my at tention by any one connected with me or the campaign committee, and when I stated that no money was spent with my knowledge or consent, 1 en deavored to convey the same impres sion which I now endeavor to make clear, namely, that as for myself, I was spending no money, and that I knew nothing about the expenditure of money in the campaign. I want to make .this point just as strong as 1 am able to do because it has been hinted that money which was con tributed, without my knowledge or consent, by relatives and friends of mine, was subsequently, in some way, directly or indirectly, repaid by me, or BRIEFLY TOLD STORY OF ARMS CONFERENCE !TIm> KUr is publishing risiiy a sum marized story of tlxe developments of the armament confereme. By reading it each day you will keep in touch with the out standing eyeuta of the historic meeting.) The committee oil limitation of ar mament today considered the ques tion of aircraft, their limitation and use In time of war. A resolution was adopted carrying out the recom mendations of the subcommittee submitted Saturday, which declared that it was impractical to limit the number or size of aircraft other than lighter than air aircraft, and pro posed that the rules relating to their use In war should be taken up at a later conference. The naval limitation treaty, it was expected, would be ready to be laid before the full committee late today or tomorrow. An open session of the conference on naval matters was predicted for Thursday. The question of Shantung was still awaiting settlement. Secretary Hughes and Mr. Balfour, with whom the Chinese delegation conferred Sat urday,' were expected to confer with each other as to the best course to be pursued In bringing about a set tlement of this Question between the Chinese and th? fttmw. was to be repaid by me. There even a shadow of truth or the slight- j est foundation for any such J"1-*'*" i ment. I did not know what amounts ; Ui.rg triven to tlift cinip&iS"- ' i not know by whom these amounts, were gi&n. I did not know either J their source, their amount. . J" dj_ : use. I have never agreed. eltheT a,1 reotiy or indirectly, to repa> -?r " any way to reimburse such contru u i Hons nor have I directly or indi rectiv repaid or reimbursed such con tributions. I have nevermade any, agreement to do so. nor have I an> , .intention of so doin*? Contributed Only $1,500. j "So far ax I am personally con cerned. 1 did not spend in the pri mary campaign in Michigan a single dollar, directly or indirectly, and with the exception of a personal con tribution of $1,500 to the republican state central committee, this is equally true of the general election. In spite of the fact that the whole people of my slate were bombarded from every side by every means of publicity and appeal, with everj de tail of every charge made against me in connection with the primary. I was elected fairly and honorably a senator from the state of Michigan. "The people of my state knew the whole story from beginning <o end. and whatever action the Senate ol the United States may take I shall : remember as hinp as I live the stain h loyalty of the people of Michigan, who. with complete and full knowl edge of every allegation made against me and of the charges that were | made and placarded throughout the state in connection with the primarj campaign, held me in such confidence ! and believed in me sufficiently to | elect me one of their senators from Michigan. ! "1 can add nothing to this state ment, to which the Senate with so much patience and courtesy has i'.st I ened. It presents fully and franly i au the facts in the case as 1 know [ them to be." TRAMMEL BESUMES. ! Florida Senator Continues Attack on Newberry's Claim. Truman H. Newberry appeared in i the Senate today for' the first time in ] several months, prepared to speak in his own defense in the content brought by his democratic opponent. Henry Ford, for the senatorial seat from Michigan, which was at stake j in the,191S election won^by Mr. New berry. I Mr. Newberry, with a copy of the address which he was to make in I his hand, entered the Senate chamber ; Ave minutes before the opening. He slipped the manuscript of the speech in his desk, smiled at his colleagues, and immediately went out. The chamber, usually half deserted at noon, showed a Quorum in attend ance. The galleries were packed. Senator Newberrv. pushing back the swinging doors to the republican cloakroom, bumped first into Senator Norris. republican, Nebraska, who hud been listed unofficially as one of the republicans counted to vote against him. In a few moments the senator was surrounded by his col leagues. There was no fixed hour for Sena tor Newberry to begin his speech, and meanwhile the Senate worked on 1 small grist. , I Senator Towosend of Michigan tried I to chop off the small business so that the way might be clcai'ed for Senator Newberry, who remained meanwhile in the cloakroom. Senator Trnmmell Resumes. Senator Trammell, democrat, Flor ida. took the floor and begun an ad dress, urging adoption of a minority report holding that Senator Newberry was not entitled to hold his seat. Mr. Trammell continued the speech which he began Saturday, going ahead with what he described as an analysis of the testimony in the record of the Newberry ease. He devoted much time to the evidence concerning the selection of a campaign manager in an attempt to show that "from the outset it was planned as a 'barrel' campaign." The testimony as to the formation of the campaign committee, Mr. Tram mell declared, contained convincing evidence that the committee was de signed "purely as a means of evading the laws." He added, that It "seemed to be a well thought out scheme" of campaign direction, but he felt that both statute and morjil law had been violated. , Representative Alice Robertson of Oklahoma sat with the senators. Speaker Appeals for Order. There was so much confusion that Senator Trammell demanded that the Vice President stop it. The human circle around the chamber kept on talking, barely hearing the faint tap of the gavel. Reports from the floor were that Senator Trammell would speak for more than an hour. Senator Newberry remained in the cloakroom during the Florida sen ator's attack on him. Nobody on the republican side seemeu to pay much attention to Senator Trkmmell's review of the evidence. House members swarmed In and women in the galleries kept on with their whispering and knit ting. The jam outside the public gal lery doors was much like that, pre vailing at appearances of the Presi dent beTore the Senate. CHAIRMAN HUXL IS CRITIC. Chairman Hull of the democratic national committee. In a statement last night on the Newberry case. Is WILL VOTE ONNEWBERRY. Senator La Follette Returning to Washington for Purpose. MADISON. Wis.. January Sen ator K. M. I<a Follette left Wash ington today on receiving yord that a vote on the question of seating Sen ator Truman H. Newberry of Mich igan was impending. While here the senator has been busy mapping out organization plans for the 1922 campaign, in which he will seek re-election. smSffm RIGHTTOENTERUS. Self-Styled Ataman of Cos sacks May Remain Six Months. IIY JLKItH B. W?UI?. Perniiunion has been granted t Ataman .Iregorie ^mjono^ se f- | styled ataman of all lh.- Kussian r^vU:,r^ nio'nths, accord ing to j U,.fln'iie informaUon ^om t 11 r- it it r(-<'('nt months to k . ^ this countr\. various vownrMjn lh* far east refusing htm the r.gh: o. residence in th?? "leantime. was finally , ay to .Siuarl is bringing any ol his ?;IV?j.riv,> i? | v^h^.r I to have been with f L"rga, has ' in the capture and sack: of crt, j been here for several week. \\ III "Kent" Pending l.oan. ^emionovs viMt ac^rdinK^ ? explanation from **? ? . to representative in . h while the S.^v^u flnr&a^cco^ for a resumption ol hostm jd satlsfi< d that they " v.hen the t^^Vykt^n^L?rn,>,n savior of Russia, f ... rfeyUrne com a ,,7,rHfl his former soldiers, now mand (,f his u_tt_v Mn(j make a with the s"b??" "ffi'i'easl and west ST" &*'V:?Urahh.m?nVUd.vo.;^ ^r^^V^capt^an^.-cu tion of Baron fl,.,ing far s^.rth^p.jn.i-m of us welcomed in .****. motive advanced other humanitarian motive^ ^ ^ for bringing hiitii ? , of th-- dis been th? "use fo^muc Siberia, if winhn<TtUhave any trouble making opportunities heie. Fled in Airplane. During the past year. Semionoff has done most of Vis "if\er turned ^adlUtok -^r the san.e auspices tn June of this >c^ t?m theeiforeign consuls' ?"d 'he Me^uloff pi-visional the nativities, announced that ms would be limited to the sailing of the "shanghai was his next stop and \n eri.-ans from there who now an in Washington say that he trjj re ' nuested to leave eH?rij.^ forbid ill. nt. the Chinese authorities for o him to enter their c ty and he took up his residence in the l reacn eon jCOneof his victims, a Mrs, A V Na habov living in Shanghai, brought i sS.t against him in .he mixed court. ! Charging treachery, brutality and ab i duct ion. on account of lr.-ainie.a when i her husband was an o.hier undir Semionoff. He then moved to Ti.n , tsin. 1'uring this time his latest 1 wife and baby daughter were lit ing ill Tsingtao. his original wife and | son w ere returned to Russia. and ?Marusya. the gypsy, w?''jLjSL th,. [dated as Mrs. Semionoff whlle the American U. d Cross ??? '"LsJ'lr"; was in Shanghai dispersing her shar. | of the gold- which she had brought I from Siberia. n oundrd liy Uonib. Semionoff is a short, stout, luxury loving leader, who never actually ! fought the bolsheviki. During the time of the allied intervention his force contented itself with pillaging the Zail-aikal district, and his near est approach to dang r was .. hen .1 Russian enthusiast tossed a grenaJe into his box at Chita, wounding him '"eones'nf his victims still were scat tered in the fields around Chita last summer while on his execution farm the bodies of half a hundred men and women were in the l?ottom ol a well with horses and rocks piled on ten of them. Flogging men and women with red hot ramrods ab I auction and murder of girls, tying j babies to fences to freeze to leath land similar Semionoff nurthods of 1 fltrhting bolshevism which were re ported by American observers. were the strongest factor in uniting the Siberian peasants for self-preserva t"semionoff's followers were always avowedlv anti-American, tljougli the i.nly serious clash was when one of I his armored trains fired on a sleeping American camp. killing and wound ing several American soldiers. Col. Charles H. Morrow, then command ing the 27th Infantry and now Na tional C.uaxd instructor in 1- rank fort Ky.. captured the train and con ducted an investigation, but Semio noff forced him to release the ofli cers who admitted their responsibil ity "and recited their torturing and I executions of Russians, including, women awl girls. The re|K>rts are I in the archives of the War Depart | meUt herC" (Copyright, 192=.) sued through the committee's pub licity bureau here, declared that "al most incredible are the reports that the President is even remotely using the moral influence of his great of fice to seat Newberry by becoming a voluntary character witness and thereby to sanction the orgies of election corruption." The existence of such corruption was "solemnly ad judged'* by both federal and state courts of Michigan. Mr. Hull added, and warned that the "partisan re publicans" may overlook the enorm ity of the charges and the gravity of the offense, but that "tfie Ameri can people will not close their eyes" to them. The people will be made keenly aware, the statement says, that if Mr. Newberry is seated it will not be due "to political necessity, but to brazen policy of political bargain and sale, long pursued by the reac tionary leadership now in control of the republican party." declaring that the honor of the state of Michigan, the United States Senate and the entire republican party is at stake in the senatorial contest, the Hull statement said it was "inconceivable" that progressive republicans can be led into "this ter rific assault on decency, cleanliness, morality, law and popular govern ment of America." \ C.S. MITCHELL DIES OF HEARTATTAGK Had Been Editor-in-Chief of the Washington Herald for More Than Year. * 'harles S. Mitchell. editor-in-chief OL the Washington Herald, died sud i denly from heart trouble this morn ing: about 1i) o'clock at his home, I 1321 Farragut street northwest. Mr. Mitchell had complained of not i feeling well for several days, but had : not taken to his bed until yesterday | even in g. His daughter. Miss Eliza beth Mitchell, believing her father's | condition improved. l**ft for New York city yesterday. She was called back today by a telegram. Mrs. Mitchell had stepped out of the house for a. moment, and on being summoned by the nurse found that her husband had expired. ( amp lo I). C*. Year Ago. Mr. Mitchell, who was sixty-seven years old. and had been editor ??f the Herald for slightly more than a year, having come to "Washington from I?uluth, Minn., where he had held the position of editor of the Duluth News-Tribune. Jfe had been In news paper work for more than a score of years, starting first as a reporter. He had been connected at various times with many of the newspapers in Minnesota. He was reared in ?>t. Cloud. Minn. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Kiwanis Club, having been affiliated with both or ganizations while living in J>uluth. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kizpah Mitchell: b\v two daugh ters, Klizabeth and Ada Mitchell, and by a son. Scott. The latter two chil dren were at school when their fath er died and were not informed of the death unt'l they returned from school. A sister. Mrs. Burb&nk, who is abroad, also survives. Funeral arrangements had not been completed todaj. LIMITING AIRCRAFT HELD IMPRACTICAL AT PRESENT TIME (Continued from First Pile.) was laid down originally by Secretary I Hughes. Under the agreement relating to capital ships the British ar?- allowed l to construct several new vessels, and to this extent and to the extent tha? the I'nited States must compleoe new ' vessels the principles of the building holiday will be infringed upon. The I naval experts have prepared a chart for replacements, showing when tlU-'V I mav be undertaken. The proposal of the French that they be allowed to begin replace ments in 11*27, it is: understood, will not be allowed, but will be offset by la provision that France and Italy I may increase the size of their guns Ion their present vessels and increase ! the strength of their armor. I'nder ; the proposed treaty capital ships are | limited in s ze to 35,000 tons and their guns to 16-inch. It has beeu pointed out tl at neither France nor \ Itaiy at present have vessels of such size and carrying 16-inch puns. I There was a report also in some ! quarters that some provisions of the | holiday might , extend until 1937. Study Five-rower Treaty. The naval treaty lays down inter esting rulfs relating to I lit* scrapping of nava] vessels, which under the treaty must be gotten rid of >y the I'nited States, Circat Britain and Ja pun. Vessels may be serapi;G<l fcy sink ing or breaking up. by conversion l?) commercial use, to harbor use. and may 1>? us?d for target practice or for seagoing gunnery 1 raetice. It is provided ti at the sc rapping must be immediate: that is to say. the na tions must immediately remove from I the vessels to be scrapped their guns, | ammunition, torpedoes. and wireless ; apparatus. The vessels must be mtiae j unfit for war purposes without delay. ! I tut the nations, having so rendered them unfit, may then decide as U-. I what shall be Uonu with the liullivTi 1 accordance with the rules laid d<*.. ... The work of the conference, it ap pears, will be contained in four-inm ; tr, five-xwwer ami liine-ix'wer treat 1 ies The first of these, relating to the ! Pacific Islands and eliminating the i Anglo-Japanese alliance, has already I been I to. The last will be the i treatv relating to China and the far least." The drafting of the nine-power 'treaty still waits upon important de ! cisioiis to be reached in regard to (China and. probably, in retard to j Siberia. era I Day.' I?i*ru??l?n. i The draft of the naval liniitatio: treaty is likely lo re.juare a day oi !two's consideration by the full com ' mittee before it can be approved ' That being the case, the open ple I narv seas.on "f 'he conference maj ?not" take place until Thursday. At ' that time, it is possible that Mr. Bal I four, head of tiie British delegation, land l.ord i-.ee. also a British delegate. ' may undertake to discuss the subnu i rine question, and urge the Britisli view, which calls for the abolishment I of undersea na\al craft. ; Notwithstanding the fact that the I conference cannot, it appears, wind j up its business by the end of this I week Mr. Balfour and l.ord l-.ee. it : was said today by a British spokes men, will have to leave Washington Januaiy 13 or 14. preparatory lo sail ! i-g for England. Sir Auckland oeddes. i British ambassador ami ujso a 'nein i ber of the British delegation, will b. I j^.fi here, however, to carry on the j work of the conference. V tint Is Merchant Vesself ' The question of what is a merchant 1 vessel, in view of the rules adopted I by the limitation oi armament com 1 mit'ee prohibiting submarines from ? attacking merchant vessels, may yet ! have to be settled by tlv conference | it was said today. The contention of the American delegation has been that a merchant vessel is well ae i fined by international law and l?"g i usaee The British. howevor. .have ! maintained that if the constriction ! of submarines is to continue tu.r< i Stricted. then they do not propose I > 1 leave their merchant craft defense ' less, and are not willing to agree thai i thev sh.ill carry no guns. The naval experts, it is understood. 'In drafting the naval treaty, li?\? at tempted to define what is a warship, w hich is a backhanded way of arrlv - . ing at a definition of a merchant vessel. But some of the delegates, it was said today, are desirous of havine the matter of a merchant vessel settled, and also what caliber of guns, if anv, a merchantman may carry. There wil1 bc vrry ?-'r,'at ' naturally, in the nine-power treaty relating to China and the far east. 1 The backbone of it undoubtedly will be the principles laid d?*" ! i lioot resolutions adopted carlj in tne conference and under which the pow ers assembled hep- agree to r'f" *1 1 China's territorial integrity and ap ! prove the open-door l>o.icy. 1 Krom the point of view of the I Chinese this treaty will oiffcr fioin | man v "other treaties which have been made in regard to that nation, in tluit ' eight powers will agree among ' selves to respect China and to help 1 her help herself. That being the I ... if oiw of these nations under i anv aggressions toward China ! China will be in a position to aJJPeal ? to the other seven powers. If an outside power seeks to encroach upon China, it will be natural, even though the proposed treaty will not call for a defensive alliance, for China to seek the good offices of the eight powers which will enter upon thia trA member oTthe British delegation recently described proposed action ? the powers assembled here with regard to China as the forming ? ? nursing ring about <-"hlna. ti'^giva China every chance to workout Mr ' political ajid economio salvation.