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Partly cloudy tonight; minimum
temperature, 32 degrees; tomorrow' in
creasing cloudiness, slightly warmer.
Temperature—Highest, 37 at noon
today; lowest, 32, at 5 a.m. today.
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WILBUR, ON STAND
WITH NAVY PAPERS,
WITHHOLDS A FEW
Confidential Documents Held
Injurious to Public Inter
est if Disclosed.
DCHENY CASE TO REST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON
Oil Magnate, Cross-Examined, Tes
tifies He Advanced Fall'
$5,000 Recently. .
Answering a subpoena calling ufion
him to .'produce certain wipers-and
documents from the files of the Navy
Department, Secretary Curtis P
bur this afterrtoon brought to the rail*.
Dohepy conspiracy trial a large num
ber of official papers, except'a few
which, were regarded as of such a
confidential nature as to be injurious
to the public interest.
The subpoena had been .issued by
Frank J. Hogan, chief defense coun
sel, after he charged difficulty was en
couhtdred in the Navy DeiKirtment in
securing these documents. Among
those produced were telegrams, cables
and wireless messages sent by Admiral
Alliert (Sleaves from the Asiatic Squad
ron- between September 15, 1920, and
March 31, 1921. The extremely con
fidential message excluded had been
similarly treated in ‘ another trial,”
the Secretary said.
Mr. Wilbur was the last prominent
person who will testify as a defense
witness for Mr. Doheny. Air. Hogan
expects to rest his case this after
noon. Indications at the courthouse
were that attorneys for Fall will pre
sent a very brief case, if at all, Mr.
Fall himself declared this afternoon
In answering a reporter’s question,
that the procedure involving him per
sonally would not be “a week, three
days or two days.”
Wilbur Leaves Stand.
After Secretary Wilbur had veri
fied Mr. Hogan’s statement that he
had not produced certain dispatches
from Admiral Gleaves, he left the
stand and returned to the Navy De
partment.
Mr. Hogan made the announcement
that he will rest Doheny’s case
at the lunctx-o.i rect-ss and after his
client had been cross-examined for
5 hours and 15 minutes by Owen J.
Roberts, special Government prose
cutor, during which he testified that
prior to coming Fast from California
for the trial he advanced Mr. Fall
$5,000.
Carefully going over the ground cov
ered by Mr. Doheny yesterday after
noon, Mr. Roberts brought out state-,
ments from the witness that just priori
to coming Fast for the trial he had i
advanced Mr. Fall $5,000. Further es- 1
forts of the Government \o inquire J
Into transactions between the two aft
er Fall left the cabinet were blocked, !
temporarily at least, by Attorney |
Frank J. Hogan, chief defense counsel, i
Justice lloehling reserving his rulings i
on the questions.
Government counsel also elicited from j
Mr. Doheny the willing admission thatj
his letter of November 28, 1921, to j
Secretary Fall, containing an esti
mate of cost to construct the Pearl
Harbor project, was a suggestion that
the Pan-American Petroleum and
Transport Co. was prepared to "do
this work for the Government at this
cost.”
I
Appealed to Patriotism.
Mr. Doheny even amplified this with j
the statement, "We were in line to j
bid for the work, when the bids were \
invited.” Several days later Rear Ad- ]
miral J. K. Robison, then chief of the I
Bureau of Engineering and special
representative of Secretary of the j
Navy Denby, made the appeal to Mr. '
Doheny’s patriotism, which he de->
scribed on the stand yesterday and i
which, he testified, was the determin-1
ing factor in his company’s under- j
taking the task.
The nature of Mr. Roberts’ cross
examination of the 70-year-old witness
was in marked contrast to the meth-j
ods he heretofore has adopted toward
defense witnesses. Instead of the
rapid-fire, thundering, sarcastic and
piercing interrogations lie has hurled
at former Secretary Denby, Capt.
Robison, Dr. H. Foster Bain and
others. Mr. Roberts employed a mild,
quiet voice, showing great considera
tion for the physical condition of the
witness. Once or twice the proceed
ings were momentarily halted while
a deputy United States marshal con
veyed some medicine and a glass of
water to the witness.
Doheny Appears Refreshed.
Appearing much refreshed after his
ordeal of four hours on the witness
stand yesterday, Mr. Doheny subject
ed himself to cross-examination by
Mr. Roberts when court reconvened
at 9:30 o’clock. Just before the 70-
year-old defendant took the stand Mr.
Hogan patted him reassuringly on the
back.
Mr. Doheny was still wearing his
arm in the sling. When he sat down
in the witness chair the bailiff placed
a small white cushion so that he
could rest his arm more comfortably.
The bland and comparatively easy
manner with which Mr. Roi>erts be
gan his examination seemed to cause
a flutter of surprise in court. Specta
tors had expected to see him launch
Impetuously into the examination,
breaking down the defense with a
rapid fire of questions such as he
directed at Captain J. K. Robison,
Dr. H. Foster Rain and Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior Finney, who
were put under a merciless grilling.
Mr. Roberts' manner was smooth and
easy, his questions directed politely
and almost with a tinge of sympathy
for the ailing defendant.
Explains Companies’ Financing.
The Government counsel, before
going into the subject of the SIOO,OOO
loan to Fall, drew from the witness
testimony relative to the financing of
the defendant’s two companies, the
extent of oil drilling by the California
company prior to 1921 and its early
acquisitions in the naval reserves.
Before the contract and lease of De
cember 11. 1922, Roberts asked the
witness what estimates he had made
involving expenditures in return. Mr.
Doheny explained that he had made
no estimates.
“But your lease of December 11
tras a business proposition with an
Idea of profit?” Mr. Roberts asked.
“Yes,” replied Doheny.
Mr Dohenv explained later that he
had not calculated the differences In
royalty rates paid by the Standard
on rage 6, Column 1.)
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DAWES DIVIDES NOBEL AWARD;
ELIHU ROOT GETS WILSON PRIZE
Plan Putting Germany Back
. on Feet and World Court
Work Honored.
I Austen Chamberlain, Briand
and Stresemann Also on
Norwegian List.
By the Associated Press.
OSLO, Norway, December 10. —
The Nobel peace prize for 1925 has
I been awarded to Charles G. Dawes,
I Vice President of the United States,
and Sir Austen Chamberlain, British
secretary of foreign affairs. This an
■ nouncement was made today at a
meeting, of . the, Nobel Institute .by
• Prof." Stang. . * ’.. * . • V * .
; It w’as -alsor-annmjncejd that- the
1926 ■ peace-■ prize - had- been awarded
to .Aristitie Briand, - French -.minister
of foreign-affairs,, atid .to Dr„-Gustav
I Stresfefiiahn, .*G6rrnari£’S foreign thin
jSter. „ *' .*
King Haakorr,"Cr*ftwn lb-ince Olaf.
• representatives-of »the Storthing,* the
government and-the diplomatic--corps
.and. othfer ‘ prominent 'persons were',
present. * *• -
Europe’s Plight 'DtWrtbt'd:
Dr. Fritjof Nansen, in a speech,
recalled ' the. feelittg' of helplessness’
of Europe during the-post-war days.
He said the. first-light shed, on the
darkness.'was l# thfe? adoption of tffe
Dawes plan, which permitted Ger
many to rehabilitate her finances and
commence payment of reparations.
The United States, he said, stretch
ed a helping hand when the darkness
was thickest. The Americans recog
nized their duty to assist Europe in j
her reconstruction. The idea of Sec- i
retary of State Hughes in December, |
1922, to appoint a commission of ex
perts to inquire into Germany’s abil
ity to pay reparations had culminated
in the adoption of the Dawes plan.
This had been of the greatest im
portance to Germany, the allies and
the whole of Europe and also the
United States.
It was an important condition. Dr.
Nansen added, to the policy of peace
which led to the Locarno conference,
| the outcome of which was the Rhine
pact and four arbitration treaties.
If the peoples of Europe would only
remember the bestial horrors of war,
they would take care that there would
be no more conflicts.
Dr. Nansen urged that the govern-
SLUSH INQUIRIES
TO BE ENDED SOON
| Reed Comrrfittee Determines
| to Close Oregon, Illinois
and Arizona Probes.
i
i
The Reed slush fund committee to
j day determined to wind up its inqui
j ries into the Oregon, Arizona and 1111-
I nois senatorial primaries at a meet
j ing to be held here as soon as possi
ble.
Senator Reed, Democrat, of Mis
souri, chairman of the committee, ex
plained that in the Oregon investiga
tion. which was conducted by Senator
McNary as a subcommittee, it had
| been possible to get only one witness
! and that witness was now reported to
Ibe here. In the Arizona investigation,
i conducted by Senator King of Utah
! there were three witnesses called
| whom it was impossible to reach at
i that time. These witnesses are now
j either in Washington or New York.
' Also there were one or two witnesses
‘ summoned in the Illinois investigation
I who did not appear and they can now
I be reached, it is believed,
j Senator Reed laid before the com
; mittee charges made by H. B. Warns
| ley in connection with the Democratic
campaign in Jackson County, Mo.,
I which includes Kansas City. These
charges alleged that a street railway
company had contributed from $250,-
000 to $750,000 to the Democratic or
ganization, with the understanding it
would receive an extension of its
franchise.
Denied First-Hand Information.
Senator Reed himself made a pre
liminary investigation of the charges
in Kansas City on November 22.
Wamslev appeared at that time and
after denying that he had any first
hand information regarding the
charges stated in his testimony that
white he did not wish to impugn the
character of Senator Reed, he was
a Democrat and was scarcely in a
position to conduct the investigation
in Missouri in an impartial way.
“I referred the matter and the trans
script of the testimony taken by me
lin Missouri to the committee,” said
j Senator Reed. ”1 made no compient
lon it and shall have nothing to do
j with it.”
j The committee took no action in
the matter. _but it will consider it
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GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
TO HONOR RASMUSSEN
Life Membership Will Be Bestowed
When Explorer Speaks
Tonight.
When Dr. Knud Rasmussen ad
dresses the National Geographic So
j cietv this evening at the Washington
I Auditorium he also will be invested
‘ with an honorary life membership in
recognition of his Arctic exploration
and his contributions to the world’s
knowledge of the Eskimo people.
Maj. Gen. A. W. Greely, U. S. A.,
dean of living Arctic explorers, will
make the presentation.
The honorary life membership in
the National Geographic Society is
presented in recognition of valuable
contributions to geographic knowl
edge. Among the recipients of this
honor have been George Kennan.
Hiram Bingham, now United States
Senator from Connecticut; Stephen T.
Mather, Frank M. Chapman, Donald
B. MacMillan, Capt. Robert A. Bart
lett, Nell M. Judd and Joseph. F. Rock.
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ELIHU ROOT.
ments of Europe, big and little, pursue
the policy of the League of Nations
and do everything in their power to
strengthen the force of the League,
to the end that the horrible monster
of war should be slain and the future
secured.
(Continued on Page 6, Column 2.)
$1,252,116 SCIENCE
FUND IS APPROVED
Carnegie Institution Re
search Plan Adopted—Root
Is Presiding Officer.
The board of trustees of the Car
negie Institution of Washington at
their annual meeting today at the
administration building, Sixteenth and
P streets, authorized a budget of
$1,630,696 for next year, of which
$1 ,252,116 was set apart for research
activities in varied fields of science.
Included in the appropriations, aside
from that for research, is a substan
tial sum with which the famous non
magnetic yacht Carnegie will be re
conditioned for a three-year cruise,
possibly to be begun in 1928. The
Carnegie, which has circled the world
many times in the interest of science,
has been tied up in the Washington
channel for a number of years.
The burden of the Carnegie con
tribution to science has been in mak
ing possible magnetic and electric ob
servations over all of the seas. Six
voyages for this purpose have already
been made. It is expected that in the
next cruise the yacht will retrace the
old routes for a study of any changes.
In addition it is hoped that a study
of general oceanographic conditions
may be made.
Eliliu Root Presides.
Elihu Root, chairman of the board,
presided, assisted by Charles D. Wal
cott, vice chairman. Others present
were Robert S. Brookings, Cass Gil
bert, Senator Frederick H. Gillett of
Massachusetts, Secretary of Com
merce Hoover, William W. Morrow,
James Parmelee, William B. Parsons,
Stewart Baton, Henry S. Pritchett,
Martin A. Ryerson, Theobold Smith,
William Benson Story, William H.
Welch, Henry White and George W.
Wickersham.
Dr. John C. Merriam, president of
the institution, reported that contribu
tions in excess of $70,000 had been
received from outside sources for
specific researches ranging from fun
damental studies in physics and chem
istry to studies of problems of human
heredity. Turning to outstanding re
search achievements of the past year.
Dr. Merriam said accomplishments
had been made in many fields.
He dwelt particularly upon the work
of the department of embryology with
respect to its study of the youngest
human embryo thus far studied and
its studies of the transformation of
the white blood cells, which have led
to significant discoveries concerning
the nature and origin of certain types
of malignant tumors. He referred
also to the work of the department of
genetics with respect to problems in
heredity.
Dr. Merriam referred to certain
studies at the Mount Wilson Observa
(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)
Youth, Sentenced to 3 Years m Prison,
Captured After Chase From Courthouse
■ Edward L. Smith, colored, 18 years
old, a former police informer, today
made a fruitless attempt to escape
the service of a sentence of three
years in the penitentiary which had
been given him by Justice Jennings
Itailev in Criminal Division 2. In
stead of following the deputy marshal
to the cell room Smith made a dash
out of the rear door of the court
room and, running through the east
door, dashed across Judiciary Square,
closely followed by deputy marshals,-
police and Henry E. McCabe, who was
awaiting hearing on a charge of
lunacy.
Smith jumped into a post office au
tomobile near Fourth and E streets.
McCabe was closely behind him, hav
ing distanced the other pursuers.
McCabe entered an automobile and
CANTON MAY WIN
RECOGNITION FROM
BIG POWERS SOON
Britain, France and Belgium
Said to Be Planning Ne
gotiations in China.
U. S. HANDS-OFF POLICY
IS FACTOR IN SITUATION
Belief That America Would Ben
• efit if They. Launched Attack,'
Thought CTonsideration. ‘
BY HIRAM- K. MODERWELL/
By Cable to The Star and Chirago Daily-News.
, ' (Copyright..JU‘itl.l . . ,'. . .
GENEVA, December'lo. —If is .re-'
ported, on good authority'that Foreign,
■ Ministers Chamberlaiji of Great Brit
ain, Briand of France and Vander
< velde of Belgium, after repeated- con
ferences, have virtually decided on a
Chinese policy.
They are-said-ito have-communicated
-word to the K-übmintbng party at Can
ton 'that Ifhey* are'-'prepared to recog
nize the Canton government de facto
and start negotiations for modification
of the unequal treaties.
It is understood that Miles Lamp
son, the new British Minister to China,
has been instructed to broach the mat
ter at Hankow. A decisive factor in
his policy is said to be the hands-off
policy of Secretary of State Kellogg
of the United States. The powers arc
said to believe that if they intervened
in a military way they would reap
Chinese hate, while the United States
would get the business.
Shai Ting and Hammin Wuang,
young Chinese students, who repre
sented the Kuomintong heye as
unofficial observers, indicated the Can
ton government would not accept the
powers’ proposition, but would insist
i on complete abolition of the present
, treaties and negotiation of new ones
, on an absolutely equal basis. Canton
feels that It has all the cards in its
! hands and can afford to await recog
nition on its own terms.
SURRENDER IS REPORTED.
Gen. Chang-Yi Said to Have Capit
ulated to Cantonese.
AMOY, December 10 (A s ).—Reliable
reports from Foochow say Gen.
Chang-Yi, northern commander who
has pillaged his way through nearly
100 towns in the Foochow district
after having been defeated in defense
of the city, has surrendered to the
southerners. The full conditions un
der which he surrendered are not
revealed.
A relief commission at Foochow de
clared yesterday that 70.000 persons
had been rendered homeless as the
result of destruction wrought by Gen.
Chang-Yi’s troops and that immediate
relief was necessary.
HUNDREDS DIE DAILY.
Starvation Makes Ghastly Situation in
City of Sianfu.
PEKING, December 10 (/P).—Hun
dreds were dying daily in Sianfu a
fortnight ago, said a belated dispatch
received yesterday, whicli told of star
vation and cannibalism in the capital
of Shensi province due to the siege
by provincial forces, which has lasted
since April.
The Kuominchuri (people’s army) de
fenders and the Chinese populace of
the city of more than 700,000 had
eaten all the dogs and horses, and it
was asserted that flesh of the human
dead has been sold to keep alive the
miserable inhabitants. *
Nineteen foreigners in Sianfu were
in a desperate condition November 19,
when the last word was. received from
them.
Reports that the beleaguering forces
of Gen. Liu Chen-Hua have raised the
siege and retreated into Honan Prov
ince, thus far have not been con
firmed.
Standard Oil Has Strike.
SHANGHAI, December 10 (A 3).—Re
ports from Hankow say the Chinese
staff of the Standard Oil Co.’s instal
lation at Tanshuichee have gone on
strike and that American gunboats are
guarding the property. The situation
at Hankow otherwise remains quiet.
CANTONESE GAIN GROUND.
Bv Cable to .The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1!>20.
SHANGHAI, December 10. —The
Cantonese today strengthened their
grip on Foochow when leaders of the
independence movement surrendered
their entire forces upon condition that
they be incorporated in the Cantonese
army. Chekiang Province, to the
south of Shanghai, now appears to be 1
the danger spot. Local authorities ex-1
pect it to declare its independence |
from Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang, who
is sending troops from Nanking to
strengthen Shanghai defenses.
It is not believed that Marshal Sun
will make a great effort to retain
Chekiang Province, but will concen
trate on holding Kiangsu. This prov
ince includes Shanghai and Nanking,
richest revenue sources in the Yangtze
Valley. Cantonese invaders already
have crossed the Chekiang border
from Kiangsu Province. Chekiang’s
declaration of independence will be
tantamount to surrender to the Can- j
I tonese.
gave chase. Policeman Charles A. |
Bern.' of No. 11 precinct comman- j
deered another machine and overtook
the fleeing prisoner near the Grace j
T>odge Hotel, just as McCabe reached j
Smith. The i>ollceman took charge '
of the fleeing prisoner, and deputy j
marshals escorted McCabe, who was ;
also supposed to be in custody, to the
courthouse. Smith was placed in a
cell and the incident was closed.
The offense of which Smith was sen
fenced occurred October 17 when he
accompanied a raiding squad to a
house on V street. When Smith and
the raiders left, it is stated, a diamond
ring worth $l5O was missed. The ring
was recovered.
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DISTRICT TO ASK
MORE U.s. FUNDS
$9,000,000 Declared Too
Low When Triangle Plan
Lops Off $450,000 Taxes.
A move to have the Federal Gov
ernment increase its lump-sum con
tribution of $9,000,000 toward District
expenses until the fiscal relations are
permanently settled on a more equi
table basis was initiated today by offi
cials of the District.
Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty
let it be known that he has requested
the engineering and financial depart
ments of the District to make a study
of the assessed value of the privately
owned property within the triangle
south of Pennsylvania avenue, which
will be withdrawn from taxation as
soon as it is acquired by the Federal
Government for the proposed new
public buildings.
Ivoss of $450,000 in Taxes.
According to previous unofficial es
timates, the purchase of this land by
the Federal Government will deprive
the District of at least $450,000 in
taxes, based on the current rate of
SI.BO per SIOO of full assessed valua
tion on tangible and intangible proie
erty. This loss must be distributed
.among the l>earcrs of the tax burden.
Coupled with this potential loss in
revenue, District officials point out, is
the steady increase in the cost of
operating and maintaining the muni
cipal government, which is not being
shared proportionately by the Federal
Government.
In 1925, when the lump sum prin
ciple was adopted, it was explained,
the appropriations amounted to $31,-
000,000. Every subsequent year the
appropriations have increased, and'
the approved budget for the next
fiscal year calls for $38,500,000. If the
$9,000,000 contribution was fair in
j 1925, Commisisoner Dougherty de
j chared, it is not so now.
| Just how much more the District
! officials plan to ask Congress to have
the Federal Government contribute
was not revealed. The minimum, it
was intimated, most certainly will not
be less than $1,000,000.
Question to Be Studied.
The Commissioners, however, pro
pose to give considerable study to the
report on the assessed value of the
privately owned land in the triangle
before determining a definite pro
cedure toward having Congress raise
the $9,000,000 contribution. Previous
estimates placed the value of this
property at $25,000,000, and this is
the figure that was used to calcu
late the $450,000 loss in the revenue
from taxation.
Commissioner Dougherty also indi
j cated that an effort would be made be
fore the public buildings commission
to have provision made in a central lo
cation of the triangle for some of the
municipal activities which will be
forced out by the public building
j program. These include two fire en
! gine houses, the municipal garage,
| No. 1 Police Precinct Station, the
traffic bureau and employment bu
| reau on Pennsylvania avenue and
I the Health Department clinic on
; Fifteenth street.
The Commissioner believes the erec
tion of the new Government build
ings will not remove the need of
police and fire protection in the tri
angular area. Some arrangements
could be made, he thinks, to group
these two activities, at least, in the
triangle.
START 2,800-MILE HOP.
j MELILLA, Spanish Morocco, De
! cember 10 04 5 ). Three seaplanes
piloted by Spanish officers left for
-Casablanca today on an attempted
flight to Spanish Guinea, 2,800 miles
down the western coast of Africa.
The planes are piloted by Com
mandant Rafael Llorente, flight
leader; Capt. Antonio Llorente and
Capt. Ignacio Jimenez.
CJjrtstmag
is coming
j Only 12 More Days
shoif
455 OF 500 IN CITY BELIEVE IN GOD,
STAR'S RELIGION SURVEY SHOWS
435 Expect Immortality, 408 Hold Jesus
Divine, 383 Go to Church Regularly,
First Ballots Indicate.
If the first 500 votes counted in
The Star’s poll of religious sentiment
in Washington, part of a national
newspaper survey to ascertain such
opinion throughout the country, can
be taken as a criterion, 90 per cent
of the residents of this city are be
lievers in God, although only 80 per
cent believe in the divinity of Christ.
This became evident early in the
count of the ballots, which are coming
in so rapidly that it has been decided
to extend the period of voting another
week, the last ballot to be printed in
next Friday’s issue of The Star.
Viewing the ballots from an ana
lytical point of view, many interesting
and curious facts came to light. For
instance, more than 150 of those vot
ing had no children and consequently
were unable to answer “yes” or “no”
to the eleventh question regarding
religious instruction of children.
PEACE CONGRESS
MAY ASK DEBT CUT
Definite Program to Aid
Cause to Be Acted on
This Afternoon.
A series of definite recommendations
to be incorporated in a permanent pro
gram looking toward the establish
ment of world peace and the clarifying
of the relationships of the United
States with foreign countries was
presented this morning to the Confer
ence on the Cause and Cure of War
by committees.
Action on the tentative proposals
will be taken late today, just prior to
adjournment, but leaders indicated
that the proposals advanced by the
findings committees would be adopted
probably with only slight revisions as
the permanent policy of the confer
ence.
Among the more significant recom
mendations were;
Total cancellation of war debts in
curred for relief and a gradual re
duction of other war debts by ad
justing them to an amount correspond
ing to fallen prices.
Seek Mexican Peace.
A request that the President of the
United States use all his efforts to
secure adjustment of present diffi
culties between the United tSaYes and
Mexico without resort to such ex
treme measures as withdrawal of rec
ognition, lifting the embargo on arms
and the movement of troops, and if
such adjust appears impossible to re
quest the State Department to at
tempt to settle the controversy by
arbitration.
That the United States is commit
ted to the independence of the Philip
pines by the Jones act of 1916, and
official statements by Presidents, and
that the President appoint a commis
sion to meet with a representative
commission of Filipinos, chosen by
themselves, to discuss the question
of independence and to urge Congress
to establish an openly announced and
continuing policy for the Philippines.
Action on China Favored.
That the United States take inde
pendent action to revise the existing
unequal treaties with China on a
basis of equality and commend and
assist undertakings for study and un
derstanding of the elements of the
international problems of the Pacific
nations.
“All of these recommendations con
cerning the foreign policy of the
United States of America,” the re
port stated, “are founded upon the
firm conviction of this conference
that respect for national groups and
recognition of their rights and their
growing powers in the world is the
only reasonable basis for all inter
national relationships.”
When the conference formally sets
its seal of approval on the reports of
its committees the approved report of
the conference will be sent to the nine
national women's organizations par
ticipating in the conference for sepa
rate adoption and practical further
ance.
The report of the committee on
security, arbitration and disarmament
1 reaffirmed belief In the program
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The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,201
( A >) Means Associated Press.
Others, with no explanation, left this
query’s answer spaces blank.
Many of the ballots from persons
willing to have families grow up in
a community in which there is no
church showed—and there were few
exceptions—that the voters had been
brought up in religious homes.
The greatest number of affirmative
answers was returned for the tenth
question, as to the voter being
brought up in a religious home. On
this question 463 voted “yes.” The
second question in affirmative popu
larity was the first question, regard
ing belief in God, with 455 “yes”
votes.
The greatest number of negative
votes were cast, as might be ex
pected, for the eighth question, re
garding the rearing of a family in a
churchless community. Four hundred
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$11,900000 VOTED
FOR ENFORCEMENT
Only 12 Wets Mustered in At
tack —Undercover Item
Is Eliminated.
House wets mustered only 12 votes
today-in their attack on the $11,900,-
000 appropriation for the prohibition
unit carried in the Treasury-Post
Office appropriation bill, but they suc
ceeded in eliminating a section of the
measure under which Lincoln C. An
drews would have been authorized to
spend $500,000 next year for under
cover agents without detailed ac
counting.
One hundred and forty- members
voted for the expenditure of the near
ly $12,000,000, but on the contention
of Representative La Guardia, Re
publican, New York, that the under
cover section was contrary to exist
ing law, which prohibits advances ex
cept under restrictions, the secret
work clause went out by a ruling
from Representative Snell, Repub
lican, New York, a dry, who was pre- !
siding.
fiallivan Is Criticized.
The move to withhold the entire hi- i
forcement fund was made by Re pre- j
sentative Gallivan, Democrat, Massa
chusetts, a wet.
Chairman Madden of the appropria-1
tions committee, in charge of the bill, I
termed the proposal “unworthy of
the gentleman from Massachusetts.’'
“I voted against prohibition,” Mad-!
said, "but we have the law now. I
consider it would be a violation of my
constitutional oath of office to fail to
provide funds to enforce it.”
Representative Schafer, Republican.!
Wisconsin, defended the November!
modification referendum in his State :
as a real expression of the people!
against prohibition. Os a half million ]
votes cast, he said, three-fifths were
for modification.
Representative La Guardia. Re- i
publican, New York, opened the
prohibition debate with the remark i
that New Yorkers could not “drink j
the referendum.”
La Guardia, who is a wet, advised j
his colleagues to “speak as states- |
men on this question,” asserting they !
were inconsistent in contending the |
law unenforceable while attempting j
to withhold funds for enforcement.
Drys in Congress, he said, were
sincere in their belief that prohibi
tion in enforceable, and the “thing
for wets to do is /.o get the facts
into their districts.”
He advised the wets to “show i
, up” enforcement conditions and then )
use constitutional means if theyj
wish to change the law and chided !
others of the New York delegation
who yesterday recited results of the
recent referendum in that State as
proof that prohibition is unpopular.
Crippled Ship Moves to Port.
TOKIO, December 10 (A 3 ).—The
Japanese freighter Seine Maru, which
yesterday sounded distress signals lje
cause of a damaged rudder sustained
in a storm off Nemour, Hokkaido
Islands, is proceeding to j*>rt under its
own steam. This message, received by
the Suzuki Go., is understood to mean
the vessel Is In no further danger.
TWO CENTS.
'SMOOT PROPOSES
2-YEAR $34,000,000
BUILDING PROGRAM
Would Mean Saving Over
Five-Year Project, He
Tells Senate.
MEMBERS INTERESTED
IN TALK OF ECONOMY
Expenditure of Bulk of $50,000,-
•000 Within Time Mentioned
•to Be Asked of Congress.
. The Public . Buildings Commission
may ask,. Congress’'to spend $34,000,-
000 out .of the-total of. $.>0,000,000
Government building -program in
Washington within-tlre first two years
•for reasons of • economy. Senator
Smoot of Utah, -chairman of the com
mission, told his colleagues in u
speech in the Senate this afternoon.
. With attractive drawings .hanging
from the wall's; of the Senate'cham
ber showing-'how the area between
the Capitol and the Treasury is to
be transformed by the building pro
gram, Senator Smoot made a plea for
the early acquisition of the remaining
private land between Pennsylvania
avenue and B street, as contemplated
by the bill he introduced yesterday.
After enumerating the projects that
I have been designated for early con
struction under the $50,000,000 pro
gram approved at the last session.
Senator Smoot said that these pre
perred items aggregate $34,550,000.
Outlines Economy Plan.
“Os course, all of that amount can
not be spent within the current fiscal
year,” Senator Smoot continued, “but
it ought to be spent before the close
of the next fiscal year, and we may
ask to spend $34,000,000 within the
first two years instead of at the rate
of $10,000,000 a year for five years.
That has not been done yet, but it is
being considered, and if it is done t
am sure we can do the buildings more
economically.
Even while Senator Smoot was ad
dressing the Senate on the Avenue tri
| angle purchase plan, the National
I Capital Park and Planning Commis
’ slon, in formal meeting, discussed the
i whole project and gave it the stamp
of Its approval.
While Senator Smoot was delivering
his address, members of the Senate
displayed a keen interest in the plans
as he unfolded them and formed in
groups about the charts on the wall.
“When this comprehensive building
program is completed, the Government
employes in the District will be housed
. in buildings owned by the Govern
ment,” Senator Smoot began.
Saving in Rentals.
“It will mean the discontinuance
of rental now paid by the Govern
ment to the amount of $1,000,000 an
nually. It will do away with those
j shacks that we now have—and they
i will fall down or become very ex
pensive to use in a few years. It
will relieve all of the hazards from
fire that now exist and provide ade
quate space for keeping records of
untold value to the Government. We
expect to take care of the records of
the early days of our Government
that now are kept in damp cellars
in such a condition that they fall
apart if you touch them.”
Senator Smoot then listed the
archives, internal revenue, extension
of the Agricultural Department, De
partment of Commerce, purchase of
Liberty Loan Building and enlarge
ment of the Government Printing
Office as the items in the total pro
gram that have been singled out for
early execution.
Answering a question by Senator
Smith of South Carolina, Senator
Smoot explained that his bill to com
plete the purchase of the triangle
south of Pennsylvania avenue calls
for an authorization of $25,000,000 in
addition to the $50,000,000 for build
ings and land authorized at the last
! session.
Calls Plan Essential.
He pointed out that the Government
already owns a considerable part of
the land within the triangle and de
clared that, even if it were not possi
ble to foresee the eventual need for
all ot' the triangle, it still would In
essential to acquire the entire area for
the reason that the proposed build
ings cannot be planned economically
j and with proper highway and parking
i space unless the whole triangle is con
sidered ns a unit and replanned.
Senator Smoot further declared thai
j if all the land in the triangle is not
j acquired now the squares that remain
I after the first buildings are erected
; will so.ar in value. ♦
"Although the problem of locating
these buildings today is a difficult one.
It is made easier by reason of the
j park plan of 1901, and so also will the
j building problems of the future be
| made easier if we treat the triangle as
] a whole now,” he said.
Hopes for Great Avenue.
j “I want to live to see a great avenue
| from the Capitol to the Washington
' Monument, thence west to the Lincoln
i Memorial and from there across the
I new Memorial Bridge to Arlington. I
believe it would be the most beautiful
j avenue in all the world. And this Is
j the original plan for Washington.”
' Senator Smoot said that he be
j lievcd the Government could pur
chase the property desired in the tri-
I angle for not more than the $25,000,-
000 asked to he authorized.
"I really believe it can be pur
chased for less,” said Senator Smoot.
He said that he did not believe the
Government would be held up by ex
cessive demands of property owners
and added that he did not think that
any court before which condemna
tion proceedings might eventually
come would permit excess charges to
be made. He said that three cases
had come to his attention, however,
of privately owned property for which
the rentals have been considerably
increased since the discussion of the
purchase of the property.
Goes Into Detail.
Using a series of maps, diagrams
and illustrations hung about the walls
of the Senate chamber. Senator Smoot
described in detail the plan for the de
velopment along Pennsylvania avenue
and south to the Mall. He spoke pax
tlcularly of the facilities to be> had
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