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MAY EXPEL PAPAL
ENVOY 10 MEXICO
' * : 'V ~ “
President Obregon to Probe
; Report ' That Delegate
2 Broke Federal Law.
OPEN-AIR MASS CAUSE
Constitution Prohibits All Reli
gions Ceremonies Except Those
Held Indoors.
Bj tho Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, January 13.—Presi
dent Obregon today intimated the pos
sible expulsion from Mexico of Mon
slgnor Ernesto Filippl. apostle dele
gate. for participating in religious cere
monies contrary to the federal laws.
Tho President told the correspondents
that if proper investigation proved Mon
stgnor Filippl had taken part in the
open-air mass and other ceremonies
held Thursday at Silao. state of Guana
juato, and tho investigation in
dicated such participation was con
trary to the specific law to that ef
fect contained in the Constitution of
1857. the apostolic delegate could be
expelled as a "pernnicious foreigner,"
under article 33 of the constitution.
The question came up after the
celebration at Silac Thursday in con
nection with the unveiling of a mon
ument of Christ. It was attended by
more than 60,000 Catholics from all
parte of the republic. Photographs ap
pearing in the newspapers showed
Mgr. Filippl celebrating mass in the
open air and as directing head of the
ceremonies.
The section of the constitution to
which Gen. Obregon referred provides
That all religious ceremonies must be
held within church edifices and pro
hibits open air processions.
The president stated that the fed
eral attorney general had been In
structed to request complete .details
from the Guanajuato authorities who,
according to Gen. Obregon, "were ev
idently weak in permitting the serv
ices to be held as reported.”
The chief executive made it clear
that the constitution was specific in
its prohibitions and that the "law
must be respected by all classes and
all religious faiths.” He was emphatic
in stating that all foreigners found
guilty of transgressing the law in
this connection would be expelled and
Mexican nationals amply punished.
The president had little to say con
cerning Mexico’s refusal to partici
pate in the pan-American congress.
In his opinion Mexico had just rea
sons for declining the Invitation, but
he was not convinced her absence
would mean the breakdown of the
Congress or even Jeopardize the suc
cess of its work.
FEW BILLS CERTAIN
TO PASS CONGRESS
IN 7 WEEKS LEFT
<Continued from First Page.)
era’ salary bill, the compulsory edu
cation and school census bill, and the
bill permitting the merger of the
street railways of the District to
merge have all passed tho Senate and
should be given attention by the
House.
Gas Tax fill! Awaited.
One important District bill Is eag
erly awaited by members of both
houses—the bill establishing a tax on |
gasoline, through which it is hoped
reciprocity in the matter of automo
bile licenses with Maryland can be
finally established. It is expected that
such a bill will be drafted by the
District Commissioners and forward
ed to Congress within a few days.
The senators have already expressed
their willingness to tackle this leg
islation and hurry it through.
it is expected that the joint com
mittee on public schools of the Dis
trict will bo able to submit its re
port before long, containing not only
recommendations of changes in the
administration of the school svstern
but also a comprehensive building
program. It is very doubtful that
any legislation will come of this re
port at the presertt session. But
Senator Capper and other members of
the committee will do their utmost to
translate these recommendations into
legislation when the next Congress
convenes.
Surplus Agreement Noon.
Final settlement of the question as
to the surplus revenues of the Dis
trlct In tho Treasury of tho United
States, It Is hoped, will be made be
fore the adjournment of the present
congress. The joint committee ap
pointed to investigate this surplus is
to meet Thursday to consider the re
port of the expert accountants, who
have said that the “free surplus”
revenues of the District do exist in
the sum of approximately $4,700,000
The joint committee is directed, by
tho law creating it. to report to Con
gress by the first Monday In February
it Is possible that the committee may
make a partial report and ask for
more time. But it is the hope of
many of the legislators that a final
r «n? rt o WIII b 0 mado before March 3
The Senate appropriations subcom
mlttee is still considering the so
called reclassification bill for tho gov
ernment employes. it is reported
that efforts are being made to effect
a compromise measure, and if this
can be done reclassification legisla
tion may be hurried through before
the close of the session. Otherwise
the matter will have to go over until
the new Congress meets.
Principles to Be Retained.
In the compromise bill, it Is said
the principles of tho Sterling-Lehl
bach reclassification bill will be re
tained. It is proposed, however to
net up a new allocating body in pface
<jf the Civil Service Commisssion.
TTtle new body will consist probably
of a representative of the Civil Serv
loe Commission, a representative of
the bureau of the budget, and possi
bly a representative of the bureau of
efficiency. Consideration is being
given to the compensation schedules
and it is believed that with a few
changes these will be adopted as in
the SterilngLehlbach bill. It was said
last night that probably the bill
would be ready to report to the Sen
ate within ten days, certainly by the
end of January.
FIRE AT VASSAB COLLEGE.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. T., January
11—Two men were overcome by
smoke tonight In a fire in North Hall,
on the Vassar College campus. The
building was damaged to tho extent
of $6,000. None of the students was
Injured, most of them being out of
the building. The fire was the sec
ond in North Hall in three months.
FIRE CAUSES $250,000 LOSS.
LORRAIN. Ohio, January 18.—Fire
tonight at the Do train plant of the
American Shipbuilding Company caused
a lose estimated by fire officials at 9250,-
000. The property destroyed Includes
lumber piles, the buildings of the plant
and the machinery. A 92.000-gallon
tank of crude oil in the midst of the
building bunt when the flames ignit
ed ft.
NAMES BROTHER
AS HOODED RIDER
(Continued from First Page.)
drawing of his request for the inter
view with Attorney General Coco was
due to state's attorneys placing wit
nesses on the stand to dig into the
activities of tho klan. "If they care
to go about It In this manner, I can
see no good to be derived from a
corference with Mr. Coco," sand Capt.
Skipwlth, known as the exalted Cy
clops of the Morehouse klan.
Attorney General Coco declined to
comment on Capt. Sklpwith’s de
cision * other than to say that his
withdrawal has not brought about
any action by any members of his
staff. Ho expressed surprise at the
klan leader’s withdrawal, however.
Frond of Klan.
Preceding Campbell, Braddock and
Cobb on tho stand wb.s A. L. Smith,
whose declaration that *T am a klans
man and am proud of it,” brought
forth a round of vigorous applause
from the spectators who were sub
sequently warned by the court to re
frain from any further outbursts.
Mr. Smith, a stately old Louisianian,
said he was president of the board
of education of Cauchlta parish and
was willing to render any assistance
toward the state’s investigation.
The witness told of the kidnaping
of Daniel, Richard, Harry Neells, J. L.
Daniel, W. C. Andrews and “Tot”
Davenport, having been reported to
him, together with a report that
Hugo Davenport, a member of one
of the oldest Morehouse parish
families, was “the brains behind the
plot" to assassinate Dr. B. M. McKoin,
former mayor of Mer Rouge, now
under bond on an affidavit charging
murder of Daniel and Richard.
Mr. Smith said that if the reports
were true ho believed the Davenport
family would be involved in a feud.
To avoid this he horridly informed
tho Davenports and a conference was
arranged between citizens of Mer
Rouge, Bastrop, Monroe and the
leaders of the Morehouse chapter of
the klan.
Seeking Harmony.
He said the conference was for the
purpose of restoring peace and harr
mony in Morehouse and to cleaj the
Davenport’s family name. The wit
ness said Hugo Davenport was ex
onerated by the klan. He told of
the various discussions during the
conference and laid emphasis on what
Dr. McKoin, who was present, had
to say.
After having said Dr. McKoin had
decided to "leave Mer Rouge and burn
his bridges behind him,” the witness
was asked whether any of the
anonymous letters alleged to have
i been recelvd by Dr. McKoin was dis
cussed.
"They were not given any credence,”
said the witness, "because a man can
write an anonymous letter to him
self. It was reported that the letters
were written on a typewriter In Dr.
MeKoln’s office."
Cobb, the Texan, told in detail or
having been kidnaped by five men
and taken into a woods and lectured
and threatened with death if he did
not change his method of living.
The witness said his captors wore
hoods covering the upper parts of their
bodies over overalls and unlonalls
He said he thought the proceedings
were "funny" and that he recognized
one of the men as being Laurie Cal
houn.
He said that at the scene of the
lecture he had left a pair of shoes.
Several days later, he said, he wrote a
note to Calhoun and the shoes were
left at the store where his son was
employed.
Believed He Wm Marked.
Leon Braddock, the farmer, gripped
the courtroom as he drawled out how
happiness had been expelled from his
humble home because his family be
lieved he was a. "marked” man. He
dramatically described a raid made
on liis home at 1:30 o’clock in the
morning, the raiding party breaking
the lock on a door to gain admittance
under the roof where his wife and
four children were asleep.
The witness named those In the
party who entered his home, declaring
that Capt. Skipwlth was the leader
and Marvin Pickett, "Cub” Pickett,
Bert Pratt, Sam Cox, Sam Eldridge.
and a man who he said was named
Mclntosh were present. Several of
them were armed and Capt. Skipwlth,
he said, informed him they wanted
him for "making liquor." The witness
said the. band was unmasked and that
he was taken to Bastrop and turned
over to tho sheriff. Sheriff Carpenter,
he said, allowed him to spend the
rest of the night in his home, but
that another white man and_ four
negroes seized by the band before it
reached his home were placed in Jail.
Braddock said the affair had un
nerved his wife; that she was no
longer happy with her surroundings
and believed that an attempt would
be made to kill him. He said that
he himself felt unsafe and had de
cided If he could get a reasonable
price for his farm he would sell odt
and leave.
Name* Hie Brother.
Walter Campbell In his testimony
startled the court by naming his
brother and Jim Tisdale, who Rich
ard had Informed him were members
of the black-hcoded band who kid
naped him on the streets of Bastrop
in daylight on August 1, one week
before his final disappearance.
Campbell was one of the three men
said to have been named by Capt.
Skipwlth as having Interfered with
the operations of the klan In Mer
Rouge and was ordered exiled. Camp
bell said that after W. L. Pugh con
sented to vouch for him In order that
ho might remain In Mer Rouge, he
sent word to Capt. Skipwlth he was
willing to put up 91.000 to pay for
Investigation to prove his Innocence
of the charge that he plotted with
others to kill Dr. McKoin. The propo
sition, he said, was not accepted by
Skipwlth, who zent word to him that
he could remain unmolested.
Tho witness testified that he had
aided Dr. McKoin to conduct an In
vestigation after the physician had
received an anonymous letter threat
ening him.
Former Legislator Testifies.
Ae said that he examined all of the
typewriters In Mer Rouge, including
that of Watt Daniel. He said that
he could find no clue, but Dr. McKoin
, came to him later and said that the
letter was written on hie own type
, writer, explaining that his office was
never locked and that It would be
: easy for any one to gain access to his
1 typewriter.
William B. Stuckey, Mer Rouge
! lawyer and former member of the
Louisiana legislature, the first wit
-1 ness of the day. testified that Dr. Mc
; Koln “shot up his own car to gain
' support of the members of the Ku
Klux Klan.” The former solon de
scribed himself as an opponent of the
klan.
The witness concluded his testimony
by saying that Dr. McKoin had in
curred tho enmity of many people In
and about Mer Rouge because of what
he termed "bull In the china shop”
methods of McKoin while he was
mayor of Mer Rouge.
The court took a recess during the
early afternoon until Monday morn
ing.
ROYAL FLUSH FATAL.
Player Falla Dead Holding Pre
mier Hand In Friend’s Home.
DAVENPORT, lowa, January 18.-~ M A
royal flush!” exclaimed Charles Hass,
while at the home of a friend, playing
poker this afternoon. He had discarded
two cards and picked up a Jack and
ten of spades, filling out a premier
hand. As be reached for the chip* be
fell dead of a paralytic stroke.
THE SUNDAY STAB, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUABY 14. 1923-PAET I.
CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF ACT
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Left to right! Representative* Theodore K. Barton of Ohio, Freak W. Mondell, Wyoming! Everett Sanders, Indiana! Air hoi as Lonxirortb, Ohloi Philip P.
Campbell, Kansas! Horace M. Towner, Iowa! Martin B. Madden. Illinois! Frank L. Green. Vermont, and William K. Green, lowa.
SENATE FRIENDLY
TOSCHOOLPLEAS
Subcommittee Expected to
Restore Items to D. C. Bill
That House Cut.
Driving ahead as rapidly as possible |
and at the same time giving the vari
ous items the consideration necessary,
the Senate appropriations subcommit
tee in charge of‘the District appro
priations bill hopes to have the meas
ure ready for submission to the Sen
ate within the necct few days.
The subcommittee, headed by Sen
ator Phipps of Coflorado, held two
sessions yesterday, practically com
pleting the hearings of the District
Commissioners, thy board of charities
and Col Sherrill, the superintendent
of public buildings and grounds. To
morrow morning die school authori
ties will be heard, and the committee
hopes to be able to wind up the hear
ingse by tomorrow night or Tuesday. I
Col. Sherrill in his testimony be- j
fore the subcommittee yesterday
afternoon strongly advocated increas
ed appropriations for the parks and
reservations. He laid particular stress
upon the need of acquiring the i’iney
branch and Klingle Ford valley tracts
to be added to the park system. He
pointed out the desirability of these
tracts for park purposes and predict
ed that if they were not taken over
soon, the cost of acquiring them
would greatly increase. Col. Sherrill
also asked the subcommittee .to in
crease a number of appropriations for
the East Potomac Park and other res
ervations under his charge, appropri
ations which had been cut down by
the House while it was considering
tho bill.
When the school authorities appear
before the subcommittee they will
find the members very sympathetic to
their appeals for increased appropri
ations for school buildings and sites
and for playgrounds.' It Is confidently
predicted that the Items, amounting
to about half a million dollars, which
were stricken out in the House on
points of order, will Bo restored to the
bill by the Senate co'mraittee.
POISON LIQUOR PLANT
IN JERSEY IS CLOSED
Large Quantity of Denatured Al
cohol Is Seized iu
Raid.
By the Associated Press.
BAYONNE. N. J., January 13.—A
central distributing station for
“poison whisky” in New York and
nearby New Jersey points was closed
today, prohibition agents declared
after a raid on a water-front house
where they seized six 100-gallon
stills, 25 barrels or denatured alcohol,
100 empty barrels, GOO cases of empty
quart bottles, two rifles and eight re
volvers.
Four men were arrested In the
plant and before agents left a truck
loaded with denatured alcohol drove
up, which was seized, as wsre the
driver and his helper.
Estimating the haul as worth 925,-
000, John B. Appleby, division pro
hibition chief, said.
"This place furnished a great deal
of bad liquor, made from partly treat
ed denatured alcohol, which went
into New York and other cities of this
district during the holidays.”
“WISE” GOTHAMITES
SHY AT LOST MAIL BAG
Bulky Pouch of Letters Lies In
Street as Thousands Peer Cyni
cally and Pass On.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 13.—A United
States mall pouch, sealed, and bulky
with letters, lay unmolested for more
than an hour today In the middle of
a crowded downtown thoroughfare,
while New Yorkers, Justifying their
reputation as sophisticated cynics,
unwilling to take chances, walked
around the bag, dismissing It from
their attention with suspicious stares.
The bag fell from a mail truck.
Passers-by. remembering the dire
punishment meted out for mall thefts,
steered a wide berth; several bold
individuals tested the sack with a
furtive toe, then went their way.
Policemen would have nothing to do
with It; even postmen lost Interest
when they saw the pouch's seal in
tact.
Several thousand men and women
bad passed the sack when the Jani
tor of a nearby building telephoned
to the post office, which sent out
a truck to retrieve the lost batch of
mall.
DENY EMBASSY REPORT,
Cubans Declare Raising Legation
Here Has Hot Been Authorized.
HAVANA January 18.—Reports that
Senator Cosine de la Torreonte would
be named first "Cuban ambassador to
the United States" brought an an
nouncement from the state department
today that the Cuban congress had not
authorized—in fact, had not yet been
asked by the president to authorize—
raising the Cuban legation at Washing
ton to an embassy. The department
would moke no further comment.
mM
Prospects Bright for Refunding
Great Britain’s Debt to V. S.
Preliminaries Cleared Up in Discussions .
Congress Expected to “Ratify” Terms
Commissions May Lay Down.
Prospects for success of tho debt
I conference for refunding Great
Britain’s four-blllion-dollar debt to
the United States were never bright
er than now, according to those in
close touch with the conferees.
At the opening of this second, and
probably the last week of negotia
tions. practically all preliminaries
have been cleared away between the
two commissions. Congress, both
from the Senate and House side, has
decided to postpone consideration of
amending the restrictive debt fund
ing act until after the British leave.
A tentative understanding has
I been reached by the commissioners
jto proceed toward an agreement,
j which in the judgment of both can
be executed not only at present, but
carried out in the future. If this
tentative agreement oversteps the
bounds of the American law —and It
probably will —a report on the mat
ter will be sent to Congress through
President Harding.
Plan to Sail Saturday.
The British are still making Plans
to sail from New York on the Olym
pic next Saturday, with tentative
prospects o£ spending two clays, it
possible, in New York.
The next formal session will take
place at the Treasury tomorrow morn
ing at IX o’clock.
Enough sentiment seems to have
formed on Capitol Hill to assure ad
ministration leaders that there will
be no considerable difficulty in ob- 1
tainlng "ratification” by Congress of
the terms laid down by the two com
missions. What Congress will do,
however, remains to be seen.
A mass of data has been presented
by Great Britain, setting forth the
heavy British indebtedness, the bur
densome taxation and the state of
tho empire’s exchequer.
Seek Easiest Term*.
While there has been no talk of
cancellataion of Great Britain's debt,
but only of plans toward its pay
ment, the British have presented
eloquent figures showing why they
are asking for the easiest terms of
necessity, lest, in the words of Chan
cellor Baldwin’s opening address, "an
annual obligation be assumed which
It might be Impossible to meet m
years of bad trade and falling reve
nue.”
Great Britain is carrying water on
both shoulders, the figures show, with
a heavy external and internal debt,
totaling about 7.700,000,000 pounds
sterling, and loans to her allies,
which including interest accrued and
unpaid total more than 2,000.000,000
pounds sterling. .....
With the British debt to the United
States listed at about £838,000.000. it
is evident that Great Britain has
loaned to her allies to date almost
three times as much as she owes
America, her only national creditor.
A considerable portion of those war
loans, Chancellor Baldwin described
as "frozen” credits.
Roberta Discusses Situation.
The practical difficulties confronting
nations in these days in paying off
great international debts was dis
cussed last week by an economist of
national reputation, well known in
Washington—George E. Roberts,
former director of the mint and now
vice president of the National City
Bank. In the current Issue of the
bulletin of that institution Mr. Rob
erts has these very pertinent re
marks on the situation;
"The real problem exists in the
practical difficulties that attend upon
the payment of great sums from one
country to another, and In & differ
ent currency. It is not simply a
question of the ability of the debtor
country to collect a given sum from
its people by means of taxation. It
will collect Us revenues In the cur
rency of the country, but It cannot
pay tho foreign debt In that medium.
Moreover, it la as true of the indebt
edness to the United States as of the
reparations, that payment cannot be
made in gold to any Important ex
tent, but must bo made in the prod
ucts or -services of the debtor coun
tries. Upon this point turns the ques
tion of their ability to pay. because
we ourselves, by our national policies,
are disposed to limit the amounts
that may be paid to us in these ways.
$500,000,000 Trade Balance.
"Before the war this country had an
average annual trade balance in its
favor of about 9500,000,000, which was
practically offset by the so-called In
visible charges running against us
for services of various kinds ren
dered by foreign countries. Inter
est and dividends on foreign Invest
ments In this country, chargee of
foreign shipp'ng, insurance charges
and commissions, remittances of for
eign-born residents and expenditures
of American tourists abroad were the
chief items, classed as Invisible," as
distinguished from merchandise ship
ments. With the exception of the
last two these offsets presumably will
be relatively less than formerly. Our
private investments abroad probably
will offset foreign Investments here
and our own shipping will be a larger
factor In our trade. Altogether if
we have actually become a creditor
country, we must expect to have an
adverse balance on merchandise ac
count in order to square the whole
account. Our foreign debtors urge
that It will be Impossible for them
tc pay unless we consent to take
more goods than we sell. Our tariff
pollcv Is criticized on this ground.
■That view is challenged by many
In this country, with various argu
monts. It is maintained in some
quarters that payments upon the
debts may be accomplished through
triangular transactions, by which the
European countries will send goods
to South America or tropical coun
tries in payment for products which
the latter countries send here, these
products being of a kind that wo re
oslvs free aa net competing with
ours. This, however, would mean
giving up our own aspirations for
direct trade with such countries.
Arguments Theoretical.
"If It proves to be difficult for the
debtor countries to acquire the
credits necessary to meet the debt I
payments and also make their usual
purchases in this country, exchange
rates on this country will be high in
all other countries and tend to divert
purchases away from our markets.
In reply to this argument, it Is urged
that Europe will be able to borrow
largely by means of public flotations
in this country, but that cannot help
the exchange situation permanently,
for It will increase the annual inter
est payments running this way.
"Europe cannot in a complete sense
settle its indebtedness to this coun
try by borrowing in this country,
although it may be able eventually
to settle its indebtedness to the
United States government by re
funding in the public market hero,
but that would not relieve the pressure
upon the exchange situation. If the
balance of payments runs steadily to
the United Suites it will be constantly
difficult to find the means of making
payments here and the competition
abroad for exchange on the United
States will put our export business
at a disadvantage.
“These arguments pro and con are
so highly theoretical as not to be
convincing to the layman, and even
the experts are not agreed, hence
’ha disposition to 'wait and see.’
The sections of the country most
directly Interested in settlement are
the south and west, which supply
most of the products that enter for
eign markets, and the attitude of
those sections no doubt will deter
mine the policy of the country."
i BOSTON COLLEGE PUTS
| LID ON “THE BEANPOT.”
Students' Comic Paper Must Ele
vate Quips. Sign Each Article
and Conform to Other Buies.
BOSTON. January 13. —The ban of
the censor fell today on “The Bean
pot," a comic monthly published by
the students of Boston University.
The faculty committee on student
publication summoned the staff and
presented them with a list of require
ments, the alternative of which, will
be suspension of the paper.
According to the committee the
quips appearing in “The Beanpot” are
not up to standard quality, arid are
“unfit for publication.” One require
ment la that each article must bear
the initials of its author. Another
relates to periodical audits of the
paper’s finances An Issue of the
paper to be known as “The Devil’s
Own" number, was to have gone to
press next Monday.
NEW SEARCH FOR FLYERS
LOST ,N PESERT ORDERED
Maj. MacAuley. Famous Aviator,
to Head Party Seeking Col. Mar
shall and Lieut. Webber.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 18.—
Determination of the government to
lift If possible the veil of mystery
surrounding the disappearance of
Col. Francis Marshall, assistant chief
of cavalry, and Lieut. Charles Web
ber, air service, Is seen in orders
sent hero today. The two officers
left December 7 In an airplane from
Rockwell Field here for Fort Hua
ctauaca, Arizona, and have not been
heard from definitely since.
The orders direct Maj. Theodore
MacAuley, famous transcontinental
flyer, to head a party of Army offi
cers and enlisted men In a search for
the missing officers.
Maj. MacAuley, accompanied by
Lieut. Virgil Hlne, Lieut. J. F.
Richter and Privates Cicero Martin,
Jesse King and Herbert Butler, plan
to leave Rockwell Field Monday for
a search that may last two months
and will cover an area from Morena
lake. In this county, to the desolate
wastes of northern Sonora, In Mexico. J
CONSTANTINE’S FUNERAL
TO BE AT NAPLES TODAY
Nicholas Asserts Poes Are Not Sat
isfied Even In Death—Troubles
Ended Life.
By the Associated Press.
NAPLES, January 13.— The funeral
of former King Constantine of Greece
will be held here tomorrow In the
Greek Church.
Prince Nicholas and his princess
have arrived to be present at the de
barkation of the body tomorrow from
the pteamshlp which Is bringing It
from Palermo, where Constantine
died.
Nicholas is deeply depressed over
his brother’s death, and declares that
“his troubles killed him." Even his
death, Nicholas declares, will not
satisfy Constantine's enemies, who
will not, he believes, either allow the
Interment of the body In Greek soil
or permit King George to come to
Naples to pay a last tribute to his
father. - -
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JUVENILE PLAN LED
BY JUDGESELLEBS
Local Probation Association
Prepares to Welcome
National Body.
Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Ju
venile Court was yesterday chosen
temporary chairman of a tentative
i organization of persons In the Dis
trict Interested in probation work at
a meeting In Juvenile Court. The
organization agreed upon yesterday
will eventually become a branch of
the National Probation Association
and will be known as the District
Probation Association. It Is under
stood.
It was emphasized that this organ
ization will not function along the
lines of the Juvenile Protective As
sociation or the Big Brothers and Big
Sisters, but will carry on probation
educational work and encourage pub
lic interest along this line. Recently
many such organizations as that
formed yesterday have been estab
lished in several large cities of the
country.
At the request of Judge Sellers Miss
Jeanette Ezekiel was chosen secre
tary of the committee and Miss Sell
ers then appointed the following
women as members of the newly
formed body;
Miss Jeannette Ezekiels, temporary
secretary; Mrs. Alfred Klein. Mrs.
Harry Lewis, Mrs Charles Goldsmith
and Miss B. Israel, members of the
Council of Jewish Women; Miss Nellie
Reid and Ml*s Helen Bogie, members
of the Child Welfare Association;
Mrs. M. C. Catlett, an attendance offi
cer of the public schools; Miss Rose
McHugh of the National Catholic
Service School; Mrs. Edna L. John
ston, superintendent of the house of
detention: Miss Sadie Lewis and Mrs
Ida C. Ross, chief attendance officers
of the public schools, and Mrs. Glenn
Plumb.
Juvenile Court Cases.
Eight thousand two hundred and
two cases were handled by the Juven
ile Court between June 30, 1917, and
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922,
according to a report turned over to
Judge Sellers yesterday bv Chief Pro
bation Officer Joseph W. Sanford for
presentation to President Harding.
This report shows that 1,835 cases
were handled during the fiscal vear
1921-21, as against 1,649 In 1920-21,
an Increase of 186.
Out of the number of cases handled
In 1921-22, only forty-nine were
turned over to the board of children’s
guardians, as against 108 for the pre
ceding year. This is pointed out as
an indication of the effectiveness of
the work done by the probation offi
cers, whose duty it is to confer with
the parents of the children who are
on probation and to exert their in
fluence to see that the boys or girls
do not get Into further trouble. There
were 522 cases put on probation dur
ing the last fiscal year. There were
also ninety-five sent to the National
Training School for Boys and forty
two to the training school for girls.
Divorce Case Results.
It is shown that over 50 per cent
of the cases handled come from homes
that have been broken up by divorce
or separation.
In addition to the cases recorded
in the report, 408 were settled by
the chief probation officer. Lack nf
evidence resulted In dismissal of 105
cases.
MORGAN FIRM BID WINS.
$50,000,000 CUBAN LOAN
President Zayas Announces Signa
ture to Decree—Will Send Dele
gates to Parley.
By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, January 13.—The bid for
the 650.000,000 external Cuban loan
submitted yesterday by J. P. Morgan
& Co. of New York has been accepted
President Zayas told the cabinet
at a meeting today that he had signed
a decree to this effect.
He also announced his intention of
asking congress in a special mes
sage to appropriate funds to meet the
cost of sending a Cuban delegation
to the Pan-American Congress at San
tiago. Chile. The members of the
mission have not yet been selected.
TEMPEST IN HUNGARY.
Franco-German Trouble Stirs Re
port of Premiers’ Conference.
| BUDAPEST, January 18.—The coun
try is nervous over the Franco-Ger
man imbroglio. There even is a re
port that the premiers of the little
entente countries are to meet at Bel
grade or Budapest for the purpose of
fixing reparations sanctions for Hun
gary and that there Is partial mobi
lization of the Jugoslavian and Ru
manian troops.
Some trouble Is being created on
the Transylvanian border by the ac
tivity of Rumanian patrols.
GUARD FOILS BANDITS.
Sixty-Year-Old Watchman Beats
Off Bobbers at Hawaiian Treasury.
By the Associated Prsaa.
HONOLULU, January 18.—Two hood
ed and masked bandits who attempted
early this morning to break into the
territorial treasury, the depositary of
87,000,000 in negotiable securities and
$750,000 cash, were beaten off by George
Feka, sixty-year-old Hawaiian watch
man.
The bandits Escaped without obtain
ing any loot.
RUM FLEET NEARLY
CLEARS OUT STOCK
(Continued from First Page.)
many places along the Jersey coast.
Those who know something of the
great bootlegging ring say that Its
horde of smalt boats Is managed,
thanks to its almost perfect Intelli
gence service, like a navy, the move
ment of, each unit being directed from
shore through an elaborate signal
service. So that when a boat has
gone out and loaded with liquor the
commander does not try to land until
he receives directions indicating
which one of a score of points along
the coast has been selected for him
as safe.
Big Shipment Landed.
There be finds trucks waiting, and
within a short time after landing the
liquor is speeding overland to its
destination. The main port of entry
yesterday was Highland, but that
point, haying attracted so much at
tention, is expected to be “quiet" now
and for some time to come.
The gravity of the situation, from
the point of view of the enforcement
agents, is such that all sorts of sug
gestions are being received. The,
National Congress of Mothers has
sent a letter to President Harding
suggesting that the United States
Navy be assigned to tight the rum
runners.
The profits of the liquor landed
yesterday are expected to ho enor
mous. At least $3,000,000 worth at
retail bootleg prices is reported to
have reached its storage places in
safety. The whole rum fleet is re
ported to have brought $10,000,000
worth to be sold here or somewhere
else along the coast. In the price
cutting war yesterday Scotch sold
for as little as S3B a case and rye at
$34 a case.
Acting Prohibition Director Moss
of New Jersey said the story that
35.000 cases had been landed at High
land or anywhere else was absurd
and was only bootlegger propaganda
to boost a falling market. Zone Chief
Appleby added that to have cared for
35.000 cases It would have been neces
sary to use 140 trucks holding 250
cases each, or 1,500 touring cars car
rying more than twenty cases each,
but It was admitted a large amount
of liquor had been landed from the
rum fleet.
WANT GRAND JURY PROBE.
.
Federal Officials Deny Stories of ;
“Bottle Fishermen.'’
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 13 —Offshore !
all was quiet today among the rum 1
runners who have been landing large i
quantities of liquor along the Jersey :
coast since Thursday.
Ashore prohibition olßclals declared i
a twenty - four - hour investigation
convinced them that dispatches tell
ing of a fleet transferring liquor to
swarms of “bottle fishermen” at
Highlands, N. J., were unfounded, and
announced they would seek a special
grand Jury Investigation of the whole
affair.
All day a stiff nor'easter blew along
the Jersey coast, kicking the Atlantic
into sizeable seas, and the rum run
ning fleet sedately rode the waves.
The heavy weather kept the landing
parties, operating from shore, in their
hidden coves, while captains of the
“mother ships*’ paced briny decks,
on the lookout for the dry navy.
Fleet Still Visible.
At sundown the fleet was still visi
ble from Highlands, some of it riding
at anchor with canvas furled, and
others with a slight spread—but all
were standing by Just on the edge of
the three-mile line.
The stretch of angry sea between
the shore and the anchorage was
desolate tonight—a somber course
compared to the running ground it
had been for the two preceding
nights and days, when small craft
swarmed about the big ships, flitting
to and from shore with alcoholic car
goes.
Desolate, too. was the water front,
that a night before had echoed to the
tread of strange men carting away,
in heavy auto trucks, touring cars
and wagons, load after load, of liquor.
The little ports that dot the coast, all
In hubbub since the big fleet arrived,
were dark early, as is the usual cus
tom, and the sea-faring folk, who
gain their livelihood with fish, closed
their shutters early to block out the
harsh wind.
Whether the smuggling will be con
tinued so openly when the squall
subsides was speculated upon tonight
at the coast firesides. There was
news of a dry navy blockade to halt
the traffic, but the fleet of two
steamers and six two-masted schoon
ers off Ambrose lightship and four
two-masted schooners oft Asbury
Park spelled “hope” to the rum
runners.
Meantime, E. C. Tellowley, federal
prohibition director for New York
state, announced that he had been In
formed by William B. Moss, who holds
the same position In New Jersey, that
a personal Investigation, covering a
night and a day, had convinced him
that description of the rum-running
activities carried In the Associated
Press dispatches were without founda
tion.
Called “Wet” Propaganda.
Mr. Moss announced he would ask
the United States district attorney
at Newark to call before a special
grand jury persons responsible for
the dispatches.
“In taking this step.” said Mr. Moss,
“It is not my Intention In any way to
cast reflection on the news organiza
tion (the Associated Press) which
handled the story, nor the reporter
or reporters of that organization who
got this story, as I believe that they
were victimized and would not have
printed such a yarn if they had known
that it originated, as 1 since believe It
did, with bootleggers in spreading
wet propaganda
"My sole object la to arrive at the
truth. If we find that the story Is
true, all well and good. However, If
we learn that it is not true, we want
the public to know about it. as that
story has spread all over the country
In a very harmful manner. In re
questing that the reporters who got
the story be summoned before the
grand jury we hope to discover Its
source, and If we do we Intend to
prosecute.”
Mr. Yellowley reiterated his declara
tion of yesterday that “all of these
statements are very much exagger
ated and inflated, and some of them
have no basis in fact whatever. It
la slmon pure propaganda given out
by the bootleggers who want to dis
pose of quantities of synthetic and
bad whisky.”
At Hoboken, N. J., Emil Schwinn
and Ole Bund, who have been living
In a Brooklyn Y. M. C. A., were held
In $5,000 bond each for a hearing
January 22 on charges of rum-run
ning. Enforcement agents said they
captured them In a motor boat off
Highlands, N. J., when they tried to
make shore with a cargo from the
rum-running fleet.
POLITICAL LEADER KILLED
LINCOLN, Neb., January 13. —George
Griffith, forty-five, of Minneapolis, non
partisan league campaign leader in
Nebraska, was instantly killed, and Miss
Viola draff, twenty-five of Minneapolis,
his private secretary, seriously injured
when a Burlington passenger train
struck their closed car at Havelock
near here tonight.
1923 THRIFT WEEK
OPENS WEDNESDAY
Campaign to Be Launcher
When D. A. R. Official Lays
Wreath ta Franklin.
MANY SPEAKERS LISTED
Government Department* and Van
°w Organisations to Co-Operate *
ia Spreading Message.
CamPai ‘" -
Wednesday after™ f ° rDla,ly °P ened
when Mrs l* v . " “ 4:30 oclocij
Hunter.
Society Da,, ° f the N «Ional
Revolution lawsTwrea^afr'f 5
nf tr> • at th# foof
irssv T,to
Tlrtuaijy every fraternal, social
SkTn l. and busineß3 organiza
n the city has promised co-op/r.
ation with the general committee and
the government will throw open irr
various departments so that the em
m ? y , hear the thrift messag.-
cia? thrif? 001 st V dents wil > hav«Mßp«
th rlft exercises and delegates
for^ th 6 various bank:
nHnftiJl racti <;al demonstration in th/
thHft P p ,° f bankin k as applied tr
thrift. Postmaster Merritt O. Chanc#
win P h ep^ r . e . d a thrift message, whk *
will be delivered to 80,000 Washing
and Third Assistant Po*.
Iv. G,over I* sending the rnessag'
«no ghout the lan<l by tueans of tin
tion°° postmast *rs under his dire/
Maj. Guy Withers, who has ha
charge of the speaker’s bureau, at
Bounces the following as the list <’
speakers selected to earrv the thrii
message during the week; Eugene <,
Adams, E. B. Adams, Benjamin !
Adams, Miss Gertrude Arthur. Jam*
B. Archer, Charles A. Baker. \ I.
Baldwin, Mrs. H. Baldwin, Dr. Frark
Bailou, Mrs. Robert Bannerroann. i
Barclay. Miss Helen Barnhart, Ha:
rls W. Barnum. A. J. Barrett, W i
Bachelor. Charles H. Bauman. Jame
N- Beck. Mr. Bedford. Mrs Olg.
Beecher. Miss Anne Beers. <* Ben ;
|Mrs. W. P. Bird, John J. Boobar. V
i Bourne. C. T. Bowles. Thor...
! Bradley, Mrs. Charles Brand. Edw/.
if;, B^*> h ears. Raymond Bresnaha
jMiss Mary Bright, w w. Britt, Ma
James Buchanan. Miss Alice E\
I chanan, Mrs. William Chamber’^
! John AX. Cherry, Miss Florence Chi< ’
iering. Coh Edward Clifford, John 1
.Cochran, E. F. Colladay. Charles ,
; Columbus, Mrs. Edward Costiga
> Mrs. Frederick • Covine. John 1
| Cremen. Edgar Czarra. Mrs. New?.-
(Dandiger. W. L. DeGaat. W L. Darb’
Charles Darr. Dr. D. G Davis. A. v
Defenderfer, John B. Densmore. V
A. Dexter, Victor DeTbcer. L, «
Drake. John Dolph, Grata E. Dunkun
B. F. Durr, S. As, Ely, Airs. Joshu
Evans, jr.; Joshua Evans, jp.; Air
Frederick Farrington. C- E. Fleming
Earl B. Fuller, Eugene Gallery, I*aa-
Gana, P. AX. Garrett. Frank Gh:-
selll. W. I. Giover. Mary
Lindsey. Thomas B. Goodwi:
Charles G. Graves, George P
Hamilton, W. C. Hanson, R. I
Haycock, F. L. Hecdley. T. J
Hickman. Miss Helen Atwater, Mi-
Caroline Hunt, Airs. Richard Jackson
Mrs. Sidney Jacobs, Allss Harleai
James, C. C. James. AUss Marv «
Johnson, Halcomb Johnson. H* A
Johnson, Rudolph Jose, Mrs. Earl K>:
lerman, H. G. Kennedy, Dr. E. G. Kin
ball, A. 6. King, Mark Lansburgh, (
Lafever. Ben Lafever. H. A. Latlnu r
Dee B. Latimer, jr.; Mather Lewis. I
T. Liles, Airs. Katherine Looker, Her
bert Lord, V. Lowrey. L. Luce, Rufu
S. Lusk, James A. Maloney, John A
Mathias, A. T. J. Alaurer, Arthur .'
May, C. P. McCurdy, Mrs. James M«-
Neill, Robert L. McKeever, Mrs. Join
Merrlman, Mrs. Garret Miller, Air
Leo B. AXlner, Mrs. Ruby lie Miner
Mrs. George Aliner. Mrs. Raymon.
Morgan, Mrs. Katherine P. Morss. 1
W. Muroh, J. Walter O’Boyle. Juda
Mary O’Toole, Claude Owen, Mrs. N
Paul, Ferdinand Pettit. John A- Pets.
H. B. Plandlngton. Herbert A. Pool.
William S. Quinter. Airs. Giles
Rafter, Alaj. Joseph F. Randolph, Hei
bert Randolph. Mrs. L F. Ransom-
Miss Elizabeth Reese. J, Frank Rlc-
Mrs. Ernest Roberts, Capt. D. W. Rob
ertson, H. U Rust. Mrs. Edith Salit
bury. Rev. W. W. Scherer, L. A. Schri
ver. Albert Schiilteis, H. T. Shannoi
Edward D. Shaw, George Curtis Shim
Phillip H. Sinclair, Mrs. Phillip .s
Smith, D. P. Smith. David M. Smith
Mrs. Benjamin Smith, Miss Alice li
Stabler, L, M. Stabler, Western Star
Gen. Anton Stephan, Mrs. Eugen.
Stephens, H. E. Stringer, E. R. Strunk
Mrs, Lyman Swormstedt, E. H. Talker
F. J. Thiel, Elliott H. Thompson, W
S. Ufford, Elliott Wadsworth, Cap*
Lew Wallace, Miss Gertrude Warre?
W. B. Westlake, Frank White, F. A
Wholley, James M. Woodward. Claud
Woodward, J. T. Worthlntgon, O. i
Wright, Dr. Laura 8. Brennan C ■
Wilkinson and R. C. Bruce.
MAY ABOLISH TAX
ON AUTOMOBILES
(Continued from First Page.)
be 1 cent or 3 cents per gallon. Tin
tentative draft of the bill called for
a 1-cent tax and an annual regt.-*-
tratlon fee of sl. It Is probable,
however, that the Anal draft will
propose a 2-cent tax, which Is the
rate adopted for Maryland.
If the Commissioners recommend
doing away with the personal tax or.
automobiles It probably would be in
conjunction with a 2-cent tax on
gasoline. Maryland authorities al
ready have promised to grant reci
procity to District motorists If a gas
tax bill is adopted here, and every
effort will be made to have Cqngres;
act on this legislation before ad
journment in March.
The Commissioners are having
figures prepared to show how much
revenue the District would derive
from a gas tax. It has been stated
that the gasoline tax would net aP'
proxlmately the same amount re
ceived from the present method o<
taxing automobiles.
CHILE AGAIN SHAKEN.
Strong Earth Tremors Felt, But
No Damage Is Reported.
SANTIAGO, Chile, January
A strong earth movement was felt
here and at Valparaiso and La
Serena at 3;2S o’clock this afternoon
No damage has been reported. . '
LAUNCH AMERICAN 3PERA.
Chicago Opera Singers Give “Snow
Bird” World Premier.
CHICAGO, January 13.—The worlo
premiere performance of the American
opera “Snow Bird,” was given by the
Chicago Civic Opera Company here to
night. The opera was sung In English
and the leads were taken -by, Man
McCormick and Charles Marshall, bot>
Americans.