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2 HOODED BAND IN NAMED BY MAYOR R. L. Dade of Mer Rouge Identifies Four Who Held Up and Disarmed Citizens. HE WORE BLACK MASK Capt. Skipwith. Cyclops of Klau, j Asks for Conference With At torney General Coco. Br the Associated Press. BASTROP, La., January 12.—Rob ert L. Dade, mayor of Mer Rouge, today named Dr. B. M. McKoin, Capt. ■f. K. Skipwith, Kelly Harp and Ed Ivey as members of a Ku Klux Klan band which held up ami disarmed Watt Daniel, W. C. Andrews and Harry Neelis, Mer Rouge citizens, near the village of Call ion, Ba., sev eral months prior to" the kidnaping anil murder of Daniel and Thomas F. Richard last August. Previously, state attorneys an nounced that Capt. Skipwith. exalted cyclopa of the Morehouse Parish klan, had requested a conference with At torney General A. V. Coco and his as sistants in connection with the hooded band atrocities in this parish. Capt. Skipwith is said to have re quested the conference in order to go into the full details of the opera tion of the Morehouse klan since Its organization and at the same time to establish that the opt rations of the black-hooded band was not under the supervision of th« klan. Assistant Attorney General Guion said that the klansman's request would be granted. No date was fixed for the conference, it was said. It is probable it will be held immediately. Wore Ulaek Mask. Dade testified that on one Ku Klux Klan raid in which he participated he wore a black mask, lie declared all the other members of the party wore white hoods. Dade had admitted previously that he was a member of the Ulan band. "Can you say whether J. D. llig genbotham was with the band?” Attorney Guion asked. "I am not positive,” Dade replied. “What was the purpose of the trip?” "We started up to investigate a re port that a negro was running a gam bling house in which white persons were permitted to gamble with negroes.” "Did you find that condition to exist?” “No, the house was dark.” Bringing his narrative to the holding up of the three men, Dade continued: “Neelis, Daniel and Andrews had stop ped their automobile up the road and were sitting in the car. Some of the men approached and asked them who they were." “Were they whipped?” Saved From Whipping. "No, there was no violence, but their guns were taken away from them.” "Was there anything else contemplat ed or suggested?” was asked. “There was some talk of giving them a whipping, but 1 said; ‘Fellows, that will not do. I have known those boys I all the time, and X cannot stand for that?’ ” Dade said the men were lectured. "Who gave them a lecture?" "Capt. Skipwith." "What kind of lecture?” "A moral one, about drinking and gambling.” "Did Kelly Harp have anything to say?” “He spoke his mind. He said they were his friends and did not want to see them punished.” "How was the party organized to go on this gambling crusade?” “1 ran into them In front of the bank in Mer Rouge. They asked me to go with them. They were in three automobiles.” “Where did you get your hood and gown?” “Edward Ivy gave it to me. He used to live in Bastrop. He had an extra gown in this car. There were some men in the cars I did not know. Laurie Calhoun was there, 1 believe.” "Did they pick up anybody else in Mer Rouge?” “Yes, sir. Dr. McKoin.” , “He provided himself with a mask?” “Yes, sir.” All Wore Masks. “All of you were masked?" "Yes.” “What color were those masks?” “Mine was a black one.” "Were there any other black ones?” “I believe 1 had the only one.” "Was that the first affair of the sort you had taken part in?” “Yes, sir.” ‘‘Where did you get your klan re galia, your white hood and white cloak?” “My wife made it.” “Had you ever participated in any parade ’’ "Once, in Monroe.” "Repeat as nearly as you can as to what these men said to Daniel, j Andrews and Neelis about giving them a whipping.” "To the best of my knowledge they) accused them of following them. Borne one said they should give them a thrashing. I said'that would not do. They were my friends. I told Capt. Skipwith that, too.” “Who suggested the thrashing ” “Ed Ivy.” Stopped Making Whisky. “Did the three boys have anything to say?” “Yes, Watt did some talking about making whisky. He said he had quit and had not made any in a certain length of time.” “Nothing of the kind of an alterca tion between the three boys and klans?" “No.” “Did you quit the klan?" “Yes, sir; 1 was only in it two months. My friends accused me of being an informant, which resulted in raids on a negro grocery. Hooded men In daylight came into Mer Rouge and staged this raid. They told the negro to quit letting white men gamble In his store.” “You received two letters after the kidnaping and final disappearance of Richard and Daniel?” “Yes. sir; they came through the malls.” Two letters were handed to the clerk for identification, but not to be used as evidence. Assistant Attorney General Warren again read the letters because the witness did not have his glaSses add could not Identify them as the ones he had received: Threats In Letter. One letter read: "You are wallowing in a cesspool of corruption and lawlessness that has become a menace to the entire parish and surrounding country. You are shielding within your a num ber who live in open concubinage with negro women, who manufacture and sell whisky, who formulate plots to assassinate good citizens In the night time, and who are deluging the good, law-abiding citizens' of your parish with written and oral threats against their lives. This con dition of affairs must be rectified at once, or we will swoop down upon your town and wipe out the organi zation that is responsible for these conditions, and which are pleased to call themselves the Antl-Ku Klux Klan. "We know every one of the men who formulated and attempted to execute the plot to assassinate Dr. ( McKoin. Two of them have passed , Into obscurity, and the balance will , ’ soon follow unless they read between . these lines and leave your community while leaving is good." The letter was signed “Regulars.” Taking interest for money lent to' Hebrews was expressly forbidden by Mosaic law. n RUSS JEWELS SAFE; '‘NOT TAKEN TO U. S.” * Moscow Authorities Ridicule Story That Royal Gems Had Been Re moved to This Country. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Hally News. Copyright, 1923. MOSCOW. January 12.—The author ities here ridicule the story that the Russian crown jewels have been re moved 'to the United States, M Basilevitch, tt member of the state security department, which has th>- Jewels in its charge, declared that they were all safe.' LOOKING TO TRADE TO PAY U. S. DEBT British Financiers Cast About for Way of Using Bills of Exchange in Cancellation. With the shipment of both gold and poods to this country from Great Britain in payment of her four-bil lion-dollar debt surrounded with dif ficulties, if not impossibilities, the commissioners from these two gov ernments gathered about the confer ence table at the Treasury again to day to consider among other plans how and where Groat Britain, In the operation of her world-wide interna tional trade, could obtain and use as a medium of payment to the United States hills of exchange. Gold has been admitted by representa tives of both countries as practically out of the question to pay the whole amount due on account of the restricted supply available. There is in the whole world today a total of only about |9.00ti,- 00,000 in gold, of which Great Britain, according to the latest 1921 estimates, had about $755,000,000. exclusive of her colonies, while the United States holds more than a third of the entire world supply, or about 83,360,000,000. Trade Balance Rejected. To ship goods from the British em pire to America sufficient to establish a huge trade balance favorable to Great Britain and unfavorable to the United States lues been considered an imprac ticable procedure, with the British com plaining of the high protective tariff wall and Americans objecting to a flood of British goods in competition with the American market. So, it has been learned, the commis sioners are exploring the possibilities of "world trade," to which the British chancellor. Stanley Baldwin, referred significantly in his opening address to the debt conference. The exact state of British finances has been taken into serious consid eration by the debt conference with a view to determining what Great Britain would be able to pay. In this connection, attention was called in a summary of the British financial con dition made public by the commis sions, that in order to balance its budget for this year Great Britain had to give up its sinking-fund pay ment for the ultimate retirement of Its public debt. Normally the sinking-fund payment is £35.000,000 sterling annually. In the budget for this year was in cluded approximately £20,000,000 sterling, which already has been paid to this country on account of interest on the debt. Total Debt, fir,700,000,000. The total British debt was stated to be 7.700.000.000 pounds sterling. The percentage of the total expendi ture this year on account of Interest on that debt was placed at 37.8. Kx pendltures for this year for the fight ing forces, army, navy and air serv ice, was placed at 16.7 per cent of the whole, as compared to 24 per cent for America’s fighting forces. Adminis tration of the British government, in cluding the collection of revenue, was estimated at 11.5 per cent, or about the same percentage as obtaining for the United States. Source of Revenues. Os the total British revenues it was stated that 36.1 came from Income and super taxes, 17.5 per cent from duties on consumption of beverages and liquors, 5.2 per cent from tobacco, 5.5 per cent from duties on food, 5.2 per cent from death duties and the same amount from excess profits and corporation profits duties. i ALLIED WARSHIPS TO RUSH TO MEM EL (Continued from First Page.) I Lithuanian government at Kovno. ! The reply was that every effort was I made to prevent the irregulars from I crossing the frontier. i FRENCH-GERMANS UNITE. I Curious Combination to Stem In vasion of Memel. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 12.—The curious spectacle of the French and the Ger mans fighting a common enemy on the frozen shores of the Baltic is ex pected from today's developments in the topsy-turvy European situation, as a result of the Lithuanian advance on Memel. The Memel police, com posed for the most part of Ger mans, and the French troops, in erenched in the outskirts of the city, will resist the Lithuanian raiders, ac cording to advices received here. The British government has as sociated itself with the French in protesting to Lithuania against the advance on Memel and a British j cruiser has been dispatched thither. State of Siege. COPENHAGEN, January 12.—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Memel reports that the interallied high commissioner has proclaimed Memel in state of siege. The news paper Memeler Dahnpfboot says a proclamation signed by members of the committee for saving little Lith uania” announces that M. Simonaltis, said to be a former Lithuanian minis ter, has been created president of the Memel territory. U. S. OFFICER INVESTIGATING. Goes to Memel to Report on Con-' ditions. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. BERLIN, January 12.—1 t is under stood here that an American officer as signed to the Baltic area has gone to Memel to investigate the situation there rising from invasion of the city by irregular Lithuanian troops who are trying to carry out a coup d’etat after the example set by Gabriele d’Annunzio in Flume. The teirltory, which Is un der the control of a French commis sioner appointed by the league of na tions, has been coveted by Lithuania for a long time. The commissioner has only one bat talion of French troops at his disposal, and as he has refused the military as sistance offered him by the Germans, it is expected he will have to evacuate the city If serious attempt to occupy It Is made by the Lithuanians. It is a singular fact that, although sheep seem to feed upon yew trees with Impunity, and Us berries are greedily consumed by birds, to both cows and horses the leaves are re puted to be a deadly poison. THE EVENING- STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 12. 1923. GARFIELD BUILDING PLAN ANNOUNCED Central Structure Sharing in ' $500,000 Fund to Be of i Five Stories. i DRIVE OPENS TONIGHT J William M. Lewis of TJ. S. Chara , j ber of Commerce to Address Dinner City Club. With the opening dinner of Garfield Hospital’s 1500,000 enlargement cam paign scheduled for tonight at the City Club, the first public announce ment was made this morning of the complete plans for the new "general building” to be built with part of the fund. This building is one of two for which the fund is needed; the other i [ f one is the Nurses’ Home, which has ■ 1 previously been described in the press. | Tlie speaker of the evening will be . ; William Mather Lewis of the United . (States Chamber of Commerce. Clarence A. Aspinwall, who will preside, is chairman of the executive committee, of which Secretary Hughes Is i honorary chairman. Raising of the fund will begin to morrow morning and will continue , until the closing dinner, which will be held a week from Monday. Through ■ out the campaign week dally rally lunches will be held. \o Cash Donation)*. Cash donations will not be sought. Instead pledges will be asked pro viding for payment of the gift in six instalment*, one every six months. Gifts may be made In thf form of I memorials—that is. one may con tribute enough to build a room or some other unit of the new structures and so establish that unit as a me morial to some relative or perhaps an honored friend. Memorial oppor tunities .it is said, vary widely in the amounts required, and are ex pected to be a popular means of giv ing • The new central building will be | five stories in height, 160 feet wide j ana 64 feet In iU#th, and of an at ! tractive design which will harmonize j with the other hospital buildings. I Tlie new structure, it is planned, is I to be erected in front of tlie present I administrative building, facing Flor ! ida avenue. i*ureh and Lobby. I The wide loggia or porch at the 1 main entrance, which will be sup -1 ported by six columns two stories ! | high, will open upon a lobby, 32 by j 32 feet, which will be connected by a .; corridor with the present administra ; tion buildng in the rear. On the right ‘ will be the superintendent's office and ■ | other administrative offices, and a boardroom. 14 by 32 feet, for the | medical staff and directors, and on 1 j the left the . offices fpr the superin i j tendent of nurses and the nurse ! staff. In the rear of these, opening ' ■ out from the lobby on either side, | will be large reception rooms for pa !tients,aml visitors, i | The remaining floors will be devot ed to private rooms for patients. The 1 j second, third and fourth floors will be I [similar in arrangement, each contain -1 !ng twenty rooms, there being eight een rooms on the fifth floor. These are all outside rooms, furnishing an abundance of light and air, ranging in size from 9 by 15 feet to 14 by 15 feet. A number of them will be so i arranged that they can be used as j suites as well as single rooms. Am- I pie bath and other facilities are pro vided, the larger rooms having private j baths. j On the top floor is a large solarium, rl3 feet wide and 53 feet long, where j convalescents and patients whose con dition permits can enjoy the sun shine which is so helpful in recovery. Most of th*( private rqoms, it is plained, will be available at very moderate rates, thus helping to meet the present serious need for private hospital accommodations within the means of those of modest income. 0. G. GRAND CHAPTER, EASTERN STAR, MEETS Mrs. Flora Campbell, Worthy Grand Matron. Delivers Address of Welcome. I i r I < j. ■' < /.V I w&Hofe 1 yaH % MRS. FLORA E. CAMPBELL. The annual session of the Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star of the District of Columbia, opened last night at the'Masonic Temple. Worthy Grand Matron Mrs. Flora E. Campbell delivered an address of welcome to the following honor guests: Most Worthy .Grand Matron Mrs. , Cora R. Franz, Most Worthy Grand Patron Dr. William W. Grow, Right Worthy Grand Secretary Mrs. Minnie E. Keyes, Right Worthy Grand Treasurer Mrs. Alcena Lamond, Past Most Worthy Grand Patron Dr. Al fred C. McDaniel. Grand Matron of Virginia Miss Deah Walsh, Eminent Grand Commander of Knights Tem plar John A. Moyer, Grand High Priest of Royal Arch Masons Delos W. Thayer and Grand Master of Masons Dr. Mark Finley. The annual reports of the grand matron and grand patron, grand sec retary and grand treasurer were given, following which a memorial service in honor of Jhe late L. Cabell WiHtanjson, past worthy grand patron, and other deceased members of the Grand Chapter w-as held. The session will continue through out the week, with the election of officers and other business tonight. Tomorrow night will be exemplifica tion of the work and constitution of Loyalty Chapter, U. D. Monday night ■will be the Installation of officers. » Massachusetts produces £fearly 60 per cent of all the linen manufac tured in the United v * V • ONE OF TWO NEW BUILDINGS FOR GARFIELD HOSPITAL ‘ .’ ■■' ' i *fffc*W(as: i r i To meet Waxhlngloii’x acute need for moderately-priced, hospital rooms, Garfield Hospital in to put up thlM new building. containing acvcnty-cljcht private rooms. I'iimN for the construction of this and another building are to he raised In a campaign, the opeuiue dinner of which will he held at the City Club tonight. SUICIDE OF RECTOR MYSTIFIES FRIENDS Dr. Percy Gordon Leaves Two Notes. But Contents Are Withheld. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 12.—The mo tive for the apparent suicide of Rev. Dr. Percy Gordon, former assistant rector of St. Bartholomew’s Episco pal Church, whose body was found yesterday ih a bathtub in his apart ment in Hotel Wolcott, remained un discovered today. There was a bullet wound in his right tempie and a re volver with one empty chamber lay beneath his right hand. The contents of two letters, found near the body and evidently written shortly before he had shot himaeif, i were not made public. One of the | letters was addressed to Dr. Leighton ! Parks, rector of St. Bartholomew's,! and the other to Dr. Gordon’s son,! George, an undersecretary of the Amor- j lean embassy in Paris. . i Resigned Sli Months Ago. ‘Dr. Gordon, who was about sixty years old, resigned from St. Bartho lomew’s about six months ago. Soon afterward he sublet his New York apartment and sailed for Europe. Only a few of his close friends knew he had returned to America. They said he had seemed nervous and apparently was not benefited by the sea voyage. Dr. Gordon was separated from his wife several years ago and lives in Florida. Born in Savannah. Ga., Dr. Gordon was graduated from the. University of Virginia and for several years practiced law at Hunts- : vilie, Ala., later studying for the min istry. He was assistant rector of a j church in Louisville. Ky.. for five j years and of Emmanuel Church, in j Boston, for one year. Served In Switzerland, He then went abroad, having charge ! of the American church' in Geneva | for a time and later was assistant j rector of St. James’ Church, North Cambridge. Returning to this coun try, he went to New Bedford, Mass., where for almost seventeen years he was rector of the Grace Episcopal Church, coming to the fashionable St. Bartholomew’s Church in New New York from New Bedford. He held a degree in law from Columbia College and that of Ph. p. from Harvard. At the direction of Dr. Parks his body was removed to the undertak ing parlors of Walter H. Williams, sexton of St. Bartholomew’s Church, pending arrangements for his funeral. BURIAL IN SAVANNAH. Rector’s Body Will Be Sent to Brothers in Georgia City. SAVANNAH, Ga., January 12.—The body of Rev. Percy Gordon, former | assistant rector of St. Bartholomew’s j Episcopal Church. New York, who was found dead in his bath tub yes terday will be brought to Savannnah, for interment. The body will be accompanied by Dr. Leighton Parks, the rector of the church. Dr. Gordon I has two brothers In Savannah, Bierne J Gordon and R. Cuyler Gordon. The funeral will take place Sunday. BRITISH TO IGNORE GERMAN PROTEST (Continued from First Page.) tants. The newspapers also Indorse such indication of British good will to France as this government’s decision to allow the French troops to cross the British Rhine zone. Strong Anti-German Feeling. Although a majority of the press op poses any co-operation by Great Brit ain in the Ruhr and criticizes anew what the papers regard as a serious French blunder, it cannot be ignored ■that there exists in Great Britain a j strong anti-German sentiment, and it is unquestionable that there would be considerable—if secret—popular satisfaction should Frances conten tion that Germany is bluffing about her Inability to pay be proved true bv the outcome of events. - This attitude, which frequently finds expression in conversations among Englishmen, today has the outspoken support of the Morning Post and the Daily Mall, which wish «the French success and reiterate an uncompro mising distrust of the Germans. Regrets No Share, • The Post, for instance, declares It a “matter of regret to the vast major ity of Englishmen that their country Is not associated in the disciplinary measures taken by France.” Empha sizing its views, the newspaper con tinues; * • “The United States government can afford to take down the Stars and Stripes from the fortress of Ehren hreltsteln. but ’The Watch on the Rhine ’ which to Americans is the frag ment of a song, to the frenchman and to the Englishman means the holding of a pass in the interests of clvlllza- the other hand, the Times, which, In common with most of ithe other naners severely condemns the French, remarks that the latter’s course aroused anger In the United States and alarmed neutral opinion. “The intimidating show of strength In the Ruhr,” the .Tlmeb continues, “may rouse In France momentary feel ings of pride, but In the watching world the spectacle cannot bat produce grave anxiety fbr the consequences to France herself and for all the work of peace now placed in. jeopardy." Argentina is the principal foreign market for pine grown In the south ern states, the exports amounting to 20,000,000 feet In the last year. GERM ATS PROTEST CLAIMS I TREATY TERMS VIOLATED T’io text 'of Germany's protest against occupation of the Ruhr by the French, dated January 10, which was: j communicated to the State Depart-1 j merit by the German ambassador yes terday follows: f The French ambassador and im mediately afterward the Belgian charge d'affaires in Berlin have tliis afternoon informed the Ger rraji minister for foreign affairs in writing and orally that Franco and Belgium because of the defaults J declared by the reparations com mission as committed by Germany in execution of the deliveris of wood and coal, have decided im mediately to send into the Ruhr control missions, composed of en gineers and accompanied by the troops necessary, to control the management of the Coal Syndi cate. to guarantee the strii t ex ecution of the program of the j reparations commission and to en force the payment of reparations. i The control’missions will be placed j under Gen. Degoutte, who will ! have full dictatorial powers. Any j local disturbances will he punish j ed with the most severe coercive I measures and penalties. IThc German minister, for for eign affairs has lodged a protest - with the two foreign representa | lives against the action contem plated because this action rep resents a breach of the treaties and of international laws. i Nays Germany In Defennrienn. Owing to tiie declarations made by France and Belgium there is ! no longer any doubt that tomorrow , at the latest a Franco-Belgian army will occupy Essen and parts j of the Ruhr territory. This hap pens four years after the signing of the peace treaty and is directed ! against a defenseless and peaceful nation. The reason given for the pro- | | i IMPLORES EDUCATORS | TO SAVE CIVILIZATION, Dr. Henry L. Smith Tells Teachers’ I Institute of World Perilous Situation. j Likening civilization to a ship afloat i upon dark seas. Dr. Henry Louis j Smits, president of Washington and ; Lee University, at the opening ses- j sion today of the Teachers’ Institute, i urged educators to take advantage of \ their "marvelous opportunity” to 1 change its path in a better direction I through the teaching of love, jus- j tice and human welfare. Education of the mind, he said. Is not sufficient to turn the rudder “of the ship of civi lization.” Virtually the entire teaching per sonnel of 2,200 attended the institute j meetings, sessions of which were held j in the Central High School auditorium ' for the white teachers and in the j Dunbar High School auditorium for j the colored teachers. The public schools were closed for the occasion, j "During “the next era of Christian | civilization,” Dr. Smith said, “the | many are to rule,the few. If the j forces of knowledge and enlighten- j ment do not reach the restless mil- | lions, then bolshevikism hay written j the epitaph on our civilization.” ••Trembling on the Brink.” Dr. Smith expressed the belief that central Europe and the near east are “trembling on the brink. God only knows what will happen,” he said. Throughout the country, Dr. Smith pointed' out, there is springing up movements of brotherhood and co operation and a passion for universal education. Miss Chari Ormond Williams, field secretary of the National Education Association, told the teachers that the whole nation is deeply con cerned In the matter of better educa tional facilities for the District, em phasizing that the National Educa tion Association has gone on record as favoring the Washington school system as a model for the city schools system throughout the country. She also spoke on the responsibilities of the teachers, pointing out that it is up to them to educate not only in the schoolroom, hut outside. James T. Lloyd, member of the board of education, admonished the teachers to do everything possible in the interest of the passage of the Capper teachers’ salary and school reorganization bill, describing it as a measure which means more to the public schools than any other legis lation since 1906. Favors Senate Bill. “I would like to see the bill passed by the House in the same form that It passed the Senate,” declared Mr. Lloyd, “then there will be no chance to lose in conference. “As reported by the House committee the bill is not perfect, but you can’t get legislation that is perfect in every respect;” To this remark the teachers applauded, while some hissed. The hissing, however, was In the minority and was confined to the rear of the Central auditorium. Dr. Frank P. Graves, New York state commissioner of education, ad dressed the afternoon sessioji on "Educational Movements of Today.” Alexander T. Stuart, director of in termediate instruction, presided at the central meeting in the absence of Supt. Ballou. Music was furnished by the Tech High School Orchestra at the morning session and by the Cen tral Orchestra in the afternoon. A special violin solo was rendered at the afternoon session by Durwood Bower sox. an Eastern High School student, accompanied by Edwin Moore. Singing was led by, Edwin N. C. Barnes, direc tor of music. DR. BALLOU’S MOTHER DIES. Dr. Prank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, left Washington today for Potsdam, N. Y., to attend the funeral of his mother, Hiram Ballou, who died yesterday afternoon after a lingering Illness. cedure is that Germany Is in de fault in her deliveries of wood and ! coal in 1922. The default in the | case of _coal represents a deficit i amounting to less than 4 per cent of the deliveries of coal to the en tente powers since the signing of the armistice. Os the deliveries ! of wood to France for 1922 only | 20.000 cubic meters sawn wood and j 135.000 telegraph poles are miss- j trig. France and Belgium justify j their action by asserting that Ger- j many is in voluntary defaujt and j that this voluntary default justi- i fles one-sided coercive measures j ‘ directed against Germany on the | part of these two powers. The existence of such a default ! on the part of Germany is not only denied by Germany alone. But entirely apart from that the Franco-Belgian action represents a breach of the treaty of Ver sailles in a threefold manner: Three Alleged Breaches. 1. Germany's defaults in her de i liveries of wood and coal would, j according to the note of the rep arations commission of March 21. 1922, always only Justify demands for subsequent payments. 2. The treaty of Versailles does * not admit any territorial sanc tions. 3. The measures allowed by the treaty of Versailles against Ger many can only be applied by the allied powers as a whole and not by single powers of their own ac- ! cord. The German government here- ( with enters a protest against the I ! oppression applied toward Ger many in contradiction with the j treaty and international laV. The j i German government does not in- \ tend to meet violence with violence ! nor to reply to the breach qf the j ; treaty with a withdrawal from the \ treaty. However, as long as the | state of affairs contrary to the treaty exists Germany is not in a position to make actual repara tions to those powers who have ; .brought about this state of affairs. FRENCH NOTIFIED : OF U.S. LEAVING Maj. Gen. Allen Formally Ap prises General Headquar ters of Plans for Departure. | j By the Associated Press. MAYENCE, January 12.—Maj. Gen. i Henry T. Allen, commander of the | American forces of occupation, in i formed French general headquarters* here today that the United States is | withdrawing Us troops from the Cob lenz bridgehead. The troops, an official communique says, will leave January 21 for Bre men, whence they will sail for the United, States. The officers and their | families will travel on commercial I | liners. I The French general staff, adds the i | statement, is thking the measures | necessary to meet the situation creat- ] !ed by the departure of the Amer? j j leans. ( HEART BEATS HEARD HUNDREDS OF MILES German’s Radio Microphone to En able Doctors to Examine Patients by Long Distance. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1923. BERLIN, January 12.—Dr. Leo Jacobsohn of Berlin, has invented a Radio Microphone by the use of which, it is possibe to hear the heart beats of a parson hundreds of miles away. It is claimed that by means of this instrument, doctors can exam ine the hearts of patients at home without leaving their offices on their beds in the nighttime. LENIN REPORTED WORSE. German Brain Specialist Leaves for Moscow for Consultation. BERLIN, January 12. —Dr. Voigt, director of the Neuro-Biological In stitute, who Is one of the leading brain specialists In Germany, has left/ for Moscow for a consultation with the physicians of Nikolai Lenin, the soviet premier. Soviet circles in Berlin learn that Lenin’s condition rapidly is grow ing worse. LAUDS POLICE SERVICE. Mr. Yates Tells Capital Force of Importance in Duty. Reminding men and women in police service of their importance Representative Richard Yates of Illi nois addressed the annual meeting of the Policemen’s Association at the Pythian Temple last night. He re lated a number of experiences and made reference to conditions in this country as compared with those abroad, pointing out the prosperity which had been enjoyed here. Isaac Gans praised thfe loyalty, courtesy and efficiency of the force. The following officers were elected and installed; W. J. Wagner, presi dent; Archie Baker, first vice presi dent; C. C. Koontz, second vice presi dent; W. J. Kerns, correspondihg sec retary: J. E. Wilson, financial secre tary; W. C. Adcock, treasurer, and R. T. Talbert, trustee. A gold watch was presented to the retiring presi dent, C. L. Dalrymple. GERMANS STEAL SIGN FROM £. S. CONSULATE Metal Thieves in Wave of Klep tomania Also Partial to Statues , and Munitions. By Cable to The Star and Chicago t>ai!y News. , Copyright. 1923. BERLIN, January 12.—Nothing is safe from the kleptomaniac instinct which has manifested itself in Ger many since the war. American con sul in Stettin, Cornelius Ferris, came around to the consulate-one morning and dlscoyWed that the consulate's copper sign had been stolen, j In Berlin bronze statues located at prominent intersections and weighing several hundred pounds each have disappeared In the early morning i hours recently. But .the most enter j prising thieves are in Koenigsherg. They invade the munitions factory I almost nightly and get away with I heavy booty, consisting mostly of ! loaded machine gun cartridges, shells and hand grenades, which if not handled with the utmost care, will ! explode at the slightest wrong move. {ln all these cases the police have been completely mystified and have not been able to trace the thieve©. IfREEIIEFIEFT j TO WAIT OUTSIDE i —— ;Gen. Rompers Meeting With Essen Burgomaster Marked With Acrid Formalities. j By th* Associated Press. , I I ESSEN. January 12.—How the com- , j mander of the French troops of oc- I ‘ cupation had to wait half an hour on j the city hall steps for the burgomas { ter of Essen was revealed today. I Gen. Hompel, commanding officer of the Essen district, attended by a con tingent of French troops, called at the city hall and sent his representative to notify Burgomaster Luther that he was waiting on the steps. W ord came back that the burgomaster was not in. but that the deputy burgomaster would receive Gen. Hompel in his of j fice, as he was not accustomed to go i to the door to interview callers, j Ten minutes later Gen. Hompel sent a French captain to say he wished to ■ see Burgomaster Luther himseli. nut j not until twenty minutes after that i was a message sent to the trench | commander to the effect that Herr j Luther had returned and would re- j reive Gen. Rompel in his office. There- j I upon the general, accompanied by j some of his staff officers, went to the c burgomaster’s office. j ! Gen Hompel explained his mission ; j and said he did not wish to pjace un- i - necessarv bufrdens on the shoulders of j ! the population. The burgomaster re- | | plied, protesting strongly at “the to ; tally illegal application of military j I force against a disarmed and defense- j ; less population." He declared that i jany action of his would be taken only j j because he was unable to resist the j general’s military force. The French j commander replied that he noted Herr : j Luther’s protest and saluted; then the ( burgomaster formally bowed and the j I general departed. COAL SYNDICATE ; LEAVES ESSEN j !Offices of Westphalian Com-! pany Are Moved to Hamburg. * By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 12. —The West-] phalian coal syndicate is now estab- ] • lished at Hamburg, with four direc- | tors and a corps of clerks, according j to one of the directors, who was in ! tervlewed by the Hamburg corre | spondent of the Times. I The official contended that the j withdrawal of the syndicate from Es sen was entirely regular and justiti ! able, inasmuch as the company was I a private organization, possessing full j. ! liberty -of action He said that the j 1 special department which dealt with ■ j the repartition coal account remained - in the Ruhr, to insure continuance of j future deliveries, and that there was j no reason why either the reparations | ■ supply or the distribution throughout I Germany should be discontinued, i The director, however, feared that France would not be ..satisfied with th% reparation coal, but would at tempt to seize supplies intended for consumption in Germany, in which case he said, there would be a tre mendous shortage throughout the country, with disastrous consequences to transportation and industry. UNION PROTESTS INVASION Railway Men Urge Calm in Pres ence of French. BERLIN, January 12. —The direc torate of the German Railway Men’s Union has issued a protest against the French occupation of-Essen. The statement urges the workers to re main calm, saying; "Since we are defenseless we must submit to force in the expectation that a protest to the conscience of the world will obtain our aim.’’ LOIS WEBER DIVORCED FROM ACTOR-HUSBAND Writ, Granted Under Private Names of Couple, Is Just Made Public. > By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES. Calif., January 12. Lois Weber, motion picture producer, and founder and head of the Lois Weber Productions, was granted a divorce from Phillips Smalley, June 24 last, in the Los Angeles superior court, one day after she filed her complaint. It was learned yesterday, according to the Los Angeles Ex aminer. The complaint was entered under the title of F. L. Smalley vs. W. P. Smalley. Smalley, well known In motion picture circles, is generally called Phillips Smalley. Miss Weber seldom was called Mrs. Smalley. Miss Weber charged Smalley with habUual intemperance, which he de nied. GERMAN COAL SOARS. Price in Berlin Goes Up 50 Per Cent as Miners Get Increase. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 12.—The price of ■German coal was increased an av erage of 5<J& per cent today. The miners’ wages have been In creased about 68 per cent. 1 TAX-FREE CHURCH” OPPOSED BY TURN Delegation at Lausanne Re jects Allies’ Project for Five-Year Exemption. OTHER PLANS IN DOUBT Angora Government Attempts to Reopen Questions Which Were Apparently Settled. By the Associated Pres*. LAUSANNE, January 12.—The re turn from Angora of Hassan Bey was followed today by a manifestation of renewed intransigeance on the part of the Turkish delegation. At a meeting of the- conference dealing with the economic capitula tions the Turks rejected the, allied project th<ft the tax exemption hiih erto granted foreign religious, scho lastic and charitable institutions in Turkey should-continu© for live years, after which they should be placed on the same footing as similar Turkish institutions. The Turks declared tb-> equality of treatment must begin now. Furthermore, they attempted to re open other questions which had been considered as already settled by the ; conference. There is considerable I uneasiness in allied circles over the ; general problem of capitulations, es | pecially as regards the special courts i for foreigners. j It is reported Hassan Bey brought in Btructions from Angora that the Turkish delegation should no longer discuss the* question, on the ground that the Turk ish government has already abolished all capitulations. There will be no exemption from mil tary service for the Christian inhale tarns of Turkey. The allies yielded before the unit. • and determined opposition of the Turk and abandoned the project, especial I. affecting the Armenians, whereby a would be relieved of the ne cessity of serving under the Turkish fla, by paying an indemnity. On the other hand, the Turks \v. conciliatory on the question of the >- era! amnestv. NEW BRIgTREADY FOR TRAFFIC SOON i Opening of Georgetown Span Set for Next Week, When Roadways Settle. ■ | The new Georgetown bridge pioh- I ably will bo opened to general traf | fio next week. It is explained by the | engineers in charge that the macadam roadways at the north and south ap proaches probably will have settled sufficiently by that time to permit of use for the heavy traffic t" and from Virginia. These roadway are temporary only, pending tin | widening and completion of tho ap proaches to permit of making the necessary connections with the rail road tracks, already on the bridge | proper, and the installation of the ; Capital Traction loop at the Virginia I end. When the new bridge is opened (ft traffic within the next few days. ; the old Aqueduct bridge will be ; closed to all vehicular traffic, excepi i tlfe cars of the Old Dominion line, and the nexv bridge will be the only ; means of passage across the Potomai at that point. The Capital Traction I Company has announced that it ex j pects to begin vthe operation of it | ears across the new bridge about the j first of April. j Congress is expected at this session to authorize the transfer of the juris diction of the Georgetown bridge from the Secretary of War to the Dis trict Commissioners so that the latter may have direct control over train and police arrangements. Persons interested in having Ui. bridge named in honor of Francis I Scott Key, author of “The Star Span j gled Banner." assert that was' th. ■ original name of the structure, but that Congress was induced by former j Representative Carlin of Virginia to ! substitute the present title of George ] town bridge. Mr. Carlin was actively identified in obtaining appropriations for the bridge, and his expressed de sire for the change of name had con trolling weight with his colleagues in Congress. As he is no longer a member of that body the prospects of restoring the name of Francis Scon Key to the bridge are reported a good, especially in view of the gen erul popular demand to that effect $6,000,000 VERDICT WON BY SHIP BOARD Judge Waddill Gives Decision for U. S. Against Virginia Ship building Corporation. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 12,~ The government today won its case in the claims suit brought by the Vir ginla Shipbuilding Corporation of Alexandria, Va., against the United States Shipping Board and Emerg ency Fleet Corporation for uncom pleted construction work and other war claims, involving about $6,000,000, when Judge Edmund Waddell, United States circuit judge, handed down hi* opinion in favor of the government The suit wa» heard in the. Alexandria court last October. The case will be taken to the United States district court of appeals, ii was stated today’ by Judge J. K. M Norton, one of the attorneys for th«> Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation. PELLETIER INQUIRY JURY IS DISCHARGED Summary Removal Causes Sensa tion in Boston Investigation of Charges. BOSTON, January 12. —A special grand Jury which has been reviewing the criminal aspects of the evidence on which Joseph C. Pelletier was removed as district attorney of Suffolk county was discharged summarily by State At torney General Allen today. Mr. Allen made no public statement of the reason for his action, which came after announcement by a minority of the jurors that certain things which had happened In the jury room had served to defeat the purpose of the Inquiry. The jurors for two weeks have teen hearing testimony from persons who in the Pelletier removal case before the supreme court gave evidence of black mail and extortion in which the names of Pelletier. Attorney Daniel H. Coak ley and William J. Corcoran, former district attorney of Middlesex county, figured. Pelletier and Coakley were dis barred as a result of the evidence in the ouster proceedings. Corcoran now is under indictment here'