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WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 3. 1923
I THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. NO. 175
16 PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
FRANCO-BRITISH RUPTURE SEEMS IMMINENT;
I GOVERNOR FOR MORE LAWMAKERS FROM CITY
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ROES THA T WILMINGTON BE
GIVEN AT LEAST SIX MORE
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WELFARE. HEALTH
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DOVER, pel.. Ian. 3.—Governor!
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William D. Denney this morning
read his biennial message to mem- (
I* 3.crs of the Legislature assembled In ;
Joint seaeion. and submitted the eus-,
»omary reports of State Departments'
aid Commissions that accompany!
I Xtic message.
< îoyernor liennev
out n n
»ma'ittcdlv for ncreased repreeenla
I 'in (or Wilmington in the Leglsla
X ure.
gisht." he, ati»e of the population of I
hVilmington and the importance of 1
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came
v«f* an 'admitted !
H* «aid i*
"The m-re statem-nt of
c;I> .
1 — facts proves th- Injustice of the (
• present represent»! ion." says .the,
"Taxation without repre-j
r'MialPn is one of th* things the 1
< of Wilmington Justly com- 1
lins of."
The Governor urges an
lie i'nnaiiiution ihat will
amend
In- nt lo
#ri VS il mi fiKti
JlcpresentaUv#^ and
«t l<*««t four more
two additional
Fcnator«.
The Governor was listened to with
I apt attention as he discussed Im
7 >ortant problems « onfrontiny the
S^tate. Up sounded a keynote of
economy, and showed a deficit of<
$149,000 in the public «^booi fund,
vould have to hr provided for. At j
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NEARLV THREE
MILLIONS IN
STALEBUDGET
Governor Denney Pares Re
quests to Meet Estimated
Revenues
!\ HALF MILLION
MORE THAN IN SIGHT
F I,iff Correspondent.
DOVKR Jan a—Governor
n»v presented to the General As
»„rnbly („ joint meeting this'morn
Jng tlie first budget bill, under the
new budget Liw. calling for appro
7 nations of »Linn.r,(»4.7« for lhei,
j-.»r ending June 3 n, 1924 and IL
6 S 18Î 7* for the year ending June
in, 1 925 ,n total for the two years
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particu
called
hr attention to the judicious paring
of funds requested with a view to
enabling the State to live within its
income
The Governor
In hi* report th- Governor
»bows that'requests for appropna
Dons for Ihe year end ng June
«23. exceeded estimated revenue by
almost 3500.006. ihe bu.k of thl. be
ing In the school fund, which nPW
request, 1400.000 more than Its es
timated revenue. In a cordance
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TODAY'S TEMPER ITERE
At The Evening Journal Office.
8.00 A. M. - 37
JO.OO A. M. .38
12.01 P. M. .39:
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Pun rises .'. . .
Pun sets.
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... 4.4« P. M.
Head nf ChristInnu
Jlgh water.. «.ifl A. M. «.3» P. M. !
i.ow water . 8.30 A. M. 8.4Î P. M.
LOST
l.fisT—Collie dog. white and tar e
Reward if returned lo !
Jan3-lt.
menthe old.
Vo, Washington St.
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Points Made By Gov. Denney
Jn His Message to Legislature
Secs no reason why the legislature can longer refuse the "ad
mitted right of larger representation for Wilmington In the General
Assembly.
rrges at least four additional Roptescntatives ami two addi
tional Senators for W ilmington.
Expresses belief that political conventions In pledging for re
[M-al of the $.1 filing fee acted 'more or lese through fear'
Says principle of ctimpelllng every adult person to eontrihale
each year the small sum of $3 toward the expense of the Stale
got eminent ought not t
with penalties to make "its I'olletdlon more certain and leis» ri
pens! te."
Says registration fee for right to vote would lie a step haek
»»«• ahanc1on<xl. hut (ihoulcl )>o r^fllmifd.
want. I
1 rgf*. fjoçMni nrc to ronelder a plan to relict# roal ewral# entire
ly of the 2.'» rent rale *«*hool fat levy by impo«in* a
ln\#*lni'*ntN lo In» <-o|le«Terl ah li»e preaem Incrmie fat la oollerted.
say« people of stale want to «ee the ifoorf road build in« pro
gram eon tinned.
f'lHIHlil Stale Police Force he orjranired In connection with
the highway police.
Budtret «hou« decreaee in estimated retenue from the aehool
mill fax on
tax law.
CVmimend.H work of Stare Ronnl of CTiarlilo«. fpfw oon«i<1ern
iton of method of treatment of feeble-minded person# "ao that
they mli;ht no Innirer he a inrnaee to «oriel y."
Rec'ommend« merger of Slate B**ord of lleelth. Fliild Welfare,
Tu ber loeia C-ommlaaion ami .Mothers' Pension Comm lesion
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into one new ( nnnnl^oii of Publie Kl<«hh and Welfare, which he
«Mlmatis would mean a savin« of *1 IB.000 the next two year*.
.Say« Stale has reason to be proud of the standing of the Fni
terslly of Delaxvare.
Beexi in me ml s that trustees of State College for Colored Student«
near Dover he cm powered to sell |>art of their l«rp* farm If It 1«
deemed expedient.
Vrm
fund, and express's opinion that Increases In revenue will hereafter
«uppi) funds nee**ssary lo meet current expenditures of the school
n-irtcraih'U of the S34B.OO« deficit In flic |>iihllt- school
system.
Provision must be made for a -wisely planned and economl
eally ndmlnistcred" school hiiildhig program for ihc entire state.
Ofilctally recognize* gifla ol school buildings for colored people
from Pierre S. diiPont.
ork of State Bmml of F^liiratton
t ommcncl« Am#rif*anlsiiilon w
• nd Service Citizen« of f>rl«x%«rc.
CVmimend« work of Stole Boord of Agriculture «nd f«ror*
an adjustment of It« appropriation« that xxonld mean a reduction of
911.000.
Home for Feeble Minded near Stoekley should he enlarged,
and tlce»icd buildings provided.
I rgcn adequate appropriation for Industrial School for incor
rigible Colored Girls near Marsliallton.
Favors SID.000 appropriation hy State toward Detention House
for Ihe Juvenile Court nt Wilmington and feols that City of Wil
mington and New Castle County each should appropriate glO.OOn
for that pnrptise. and its maintenance should lx- defrayed equally
by the city, county and Slate.
Commends work of motor registration department and of
highway police.
Recommends that scope of Ihe Workmen Compensation law he
so enlarged as to permit cult's, imms and State Departments to
clnx whether to he bound by Its compensatory provisions.
Points lo i lets I of amendment to ( 'III Id Igihor law.
Says office of Insurance Commissioner could he abolished anti
It* duties taken oxer by stale Hank Commissioner, at t>on«iderahlr
saving lo Ihe Stale.
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BE COURT HEAD
Deadlock Likely to Be
Broken at Afternoon
Session. Report Says
ARE INEFFECTUAL
16 MORE BALLOTS
ty Levy Court were again unable
to agree on a president for the body.
i They met at 11.30 o'clock thi«
Interning and later recessed until
''* „ having tak n '
bnl ot *' ln a new - ffort to brMk
tbe over the permanent
chairmanship. With but one excep
ion thP balloting today remained
f ,
r,H u,al ' yesterday, when •»"•*
lo,! " w ' r<> taken
H. V. Buckson, Democrat, ot 8t.
Georges, a hold-over n'emher, leads
of!
Members of the New Castle Coun
in the balloting with a total of three
votes, the combined strength of the
Democrat members. Hamilton Stew
art - Republican, of this city, a new
7"" n,b '" r ' received two votes and
Republican, hold-over
member.from Brandywine hundred. |
™celved a like number. Mr. Buck-,
presided as temporary chairman.
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34 "FLU" CASES
REPORTED IN CITY i
The number of contagious diseases)
In the city ha* Increased during the
past twenty-four hours, 19 new cases
being reported to the Board
Health. Measles leads the list, there)
being more of this disease than of I
any other two causes combined ac- !
cording to reports made to Ihe
Board.
The pases listed are as follows:
Measles. 70; influenza, 34: scarlet
whoop
Ing rough, 15; diphtheria. 3^ total
186 cases.
fever. 31; rhickenpox. 23;
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PARENTS FlfiHT
SON'S MARRIAGE
DuRoss Enticed They Say;
Others Declare He Helped
Bride Elope
"CAMPTOWN" PA V S
FOR DOUBLE WEDDING
America. 1» again In the limelight.
This lime the parents of one of the'
participants In a double marriage!
which was solemnized at Klkton on
Monday night say their son was en
tlced into the marriage, while an- ■
other party to the marriage says there ;
w *re no unwilling members in the;
marriage party.
On Monday night Edward J Du
Ross, 15 years, son of Mr. anil Mrs.
Edward V. DuRoss. 1017 West Fifth
sireet. and Miss Agnes A. Kaiser. J7-!
years, daughter of Mr. and Mra.
'Charles J. Kaiser. 911 West Seventh !
street, were married by the Rev. Wll- :
liatu Forbes Lockerbie, the 82-year -1
nld "marrying parsnn" nf Elkton. I
At the same time Miss Elizabeth M.
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IIISIIOP COOK WITH MEN.
The monthly meeting and dinn.r
of the Men » ( lub of SL Andrew »
Episco^al Church will bo held I
house at «30 o clock »
Bishop Cook!
Elk,on. Md the Gre'na Green of
' a n" ab >
get license for vorn dog
Dog owners have until midnight
20th to obtain dog Iicen.es
of ihe owner- are availing
not many
themselves of the privilege; only
about 125 having so far obtained the
From present indica- !
cedented.
the parish
next Tuesday evening
will be the speaker,
, PAVING WATER RENTALS.
The receipt* at the office of the
Water Department for the first day
the new year, yesterday, amount
to 3478.3««. sn Increase over the
firs, day of last year of J256. ;
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She contends -ha; 1
Authorities says It was something earned by capl- !
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S^ate« to pay an interne tax on her beauty, according to new« düpatohe«.
The income tax i« being levied on a S*00-beauty pr.x* and a gown, worth
fl.OAO, given to her by a Baltimore department #tor*
the drea« wa« a gift.
tallied beauty.
MUSKRATS SHV
OFF FROM TRAPS
Fur in Prime Condition,
But Animals Become
Unusually Wary
v TRAPPERS PUZZLED
AS FORTUNE DODGES
Special tn The Evening Journal
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MILFORD, Jan. 3.—According to
trappers. muskrats ars very dllllcult
to oatch thl« «*a«on.
'Tat«' have berorr* wi«*
They «ay tb*
to trap«
land are exceedingly cautious.
I Many farmer« spend nearly fheir [
[entire time during December. .Tanu
ary and February 'rappln* on the
marshes alonr the streams and hay
||I shore, as they have found the oc
; nrpation more profitable than any
; thing els# they ran do it this «f»n
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winter are larper than they have
erer caufht before, and that the fur
Is in the best of condition for this
early In the eeason.
As a rule the beet pelt« are taken
dunnp February when the fur
heavier and thicker and cor.-mande
• batter price but for some reason.
they say. the fur This year i.«
February* condition at this lime.
Those who make this th*»ir oc^u
pation assert that th** rats will work
«II around the snare, hut «eem
«rent the tradle even when it
hurled below' th»» mud. They believe
that the animals have hern trapped
so much of late that their natural
instinct of danger has hern increas
ed to such an extent that they shun
the traps.
They contend this ho« also h°en
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TO MAKE PLANS
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K)R IM/LLAll HAY
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"Plans for "Spring Dollar Day'
and nominations for the hoard of di
rectors will be considered at a meet
Ing of the managing committee.
mercantile aection. Chamber of Cora
fierce called for 4 o'clock lomor-,
row afternoon by John J. Dowel
tho section chairman.
Th e "Spring Dollar Day" Is held
in Eebruary. and it !» planned to
make this year s even more success-;
fuI ,har t those of the past, which
have attracted much attention from
tnade organizations In other cities
of ' h ' country ,
Tomorrow afternoon's meeting
will be held in the directors' room
nf the Chamber. dt.Pnnt Building.
William Scribner. Negro, who was!
«hot In the face by hi« son-in-law.
Samuel Elliott, at his home near
-Manton, Monday afternoon, will re -1
"'ties' He^as I«»7 his
ht how * V er, the shot pierced
hig opt f c having b „ n
removed.
The shooting Is »aid to have taken
piace afttr "quarrel between the
men ElUottV.neged .o have boen
drinking after starting a disturbance
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the Scribner home. He was put
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LUOLÛ Et I Uj Dt I
LIFE IS SPARED
out. only to return, carrying the gun.
with which he is alleged to have shot 1
his father-in-law. The smallness of I
the »ho, I» said to he the only reason
Scribner was not killed. i
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MARTIAL 1.0
FOR MER ROUGE
Move Is Made to Aid Au
thorities in Rounding Up
Murder Suspects
CAVALRY PREVENTS
NEW INTIMIDATION
MKR fiOI'GK. la Jan. 3 (Tnll
ed Press!.—Martial law will ha do
flared In Morehouse Pariah to
pro
vent further terrorism and coercion
of witnesses wh
testify
•gainst the masked murderers of
ar? t
Watt Daniels «nd Thomas llirharda. *
according to informa*. on today. |
Martial law In the community
would nlso hid authorities in round
injr dp forty allcfred members of the
hooded moh implicatsd in fh* mur
der« and other outrape«, authorities
pointed out.
Mer Houpo today and rook up fern
norary quarter« in the
j Rulldinp. The guardsmen were fr^rn
»"'<1 I« prevent new intimation.
ln, P 0^ '•"' St *' e *1»«**»*» follow
Th ^ L dmppina Of Harold Tee.
1 cerstrom. 18. who n#*d after belnp
f# rrlfled by a band of black-masked
The,v wll; a'so preserve pear#
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Masonic
a contingent that served In the world
war.
The additional
guardsmen
w«r#
91
men.
TWO IN BUILDING
UNAWARE OF "FIRE
Smoke issuing from th» open cel
lar window of the long-vacant
dwelling at 809 Weet Fourth atreet.
adjoining the Wilmington Friends
School, and still known as the "old
morgue." caused a still alarm of fire
,0 b * o'" 1 1° «hortly before noon to
| day. Kngine Company 7 responded.
! a paper blaze in the furnace issuing
volumes of smoke.
j The property, which belongs to
the Annie Brlerly estate, and where
| Mrs. Brierly once conducted herj
undertaking establishment. hasl
i, wn vacant for about 15 years
Thomas K Pritchard, a prospective
buyer, was being shown through the
».„»Ming by Colonel J. Warner Reed,
n representative of Toting and Com
pan y, realty brokers. A smsll piece
j nf paperwas lighted and droppe,Unto
furnace which evidently con-!
paper and with the cap
off In th# rear as smoke pipe, the
smok , ftll , rt th , r# n, r on tha
through 'he open window |
A pn „. rhv evjd , ntly „ n( |n th ,j
■still alarm tn he Fire Bureau and
Mr Pritchard and Colonel Reed :
...... „„mriqfiH th. „a
firemen «tudenis In the v i '
School were not disturbed * d, l
d ' C. E.
ï>i f r " on Co -* Fellows Bulldlnc. j
w 111 protect you with fire insurance. ,
" 1 1 1 " " Adl ,
SEETHE MOVIES TOMORROW j
Invitations to the Movies are ex- I
tended to .lx person, today through
our Classified Advertising Depart- I
ment. Look through th* classified
adra and If your name i. there com. i
to »he Journal office and receive fre* I
tickets for two (war lax mid) 'a
tickets for two (war tax paid) t.
'see the speeial production. Thomas'
Melghan. In "The Man Who Paw;
Tomorrow," a- the Queen and "Theieign
Prlaoner of Zenda." at the Arcadia.)
Thursday night. See page 15 today.
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Suspensions Fewer, Rut Lia
bilities Greater Than in
Previous 12 Months
UNPROFITABLE YEAR
FOR THE FARMERS
romtn^rrj«! faillir*« #n th# P#l
warvla P*nln*ula Ia#t y#ar num.
L*r*d 128, t#n f**w*r than tn 1821 ac- ,
■•ording to th# Wilmington ofTIr# r«
port of R. G. Dun A Company made
public today.
Th««# faillir#« do not include a
larje number of corporation«, form- !
*d under Delaware law« and miln
'amfne « rrgiar^r^d office in Dela
ware. and not actively ensajed in
h# ' r *- ahhourh petition« for
bankruptcy or receivership
have been instituted In rh**
^ ourT! ' * ! "' dn <° n -
? of ** v ' r *' ra,h "' lare *
and prominent concerns located In
may
local
vnrlou* parts nf the peninsula whose
affairs are now In litigation where It
( Is expected the enterpri
reorganized, refinanced.
Melaware for I»- 1 . 7«. a, com-l,
pared with 9« for 1*21 and 73 In :
The number of fa'lures on the I
Ka.tern Shore of Maryland for 1922
(was 40 , as compared with IT in 1S21
and 3« In !!>:<' The total number *
■of failures f.r the two Kistern Shore
counties of Virginia for 1 !» 2 2 Is 12, :
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DOVKR, Del . Jan^S —The Pen
following the joint
hear th*»
ANOTHER MIX-UP IN
NAMING RILL CLERKS
*e««ion to:
message this
nctirred in the House
reaolutlon fixing February 5. as the
laat day for receiving new business.
The Senate adopted
Introduced hy Senaior Cann. direct
.ing -he Stale Librarian tn furni«h the
Senators end elerka
;th necessary
I supplies limited IO IS5 each; Sena
tors, with copi
authorizing the committee on print
ing to have printed daily, 100 copies
of the Senate calendar
The Joint session of the House and
Senate proposed for this afternoon
to hear experts explain the State
Governor's
morning.
resolut:
budget for the next two. years hae
been called off. Membcrskf the Leg.
jointure after learning of the volum
inons report of the budget commit
tee decided that it would be best to
f the constitution.
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PADl'CAH. Ky.. Jan 3—Because
of a blurred number on Ihe metallic
identification tag attached to the
body nf t*he Rev. A. M, Metcalfe it
* doubted here that his widow will!
be able to locate tl»r cnrpsj.
Pnder the Kentucky law a body
which is unclaimed for 60 days may;
be used by medical college.. Only)
» few days ago Mrs. Metcalfe learned j
" f ,h,> d,,ath of h * r b "» ba t d
th«Tl t O month« 3ÇO U1 til*» Hop-I
hlnsvilie Hospital. Fhe succeed*» 1
in having a body thougl.t to hav 1,
been that of her husband located, j
^'f^r'buVal Tnd Mr.^MeVaMe*
. f ' . .w*. it was t hat
;; p ^ t ^ r Sh n , ; a f n 0U ' hat !
An investigation showed that the
^ ,ent ^ re "lt*on ' M^MeG
er 6 ' **_ J— „ . h ' a ,
^ùrred^makTng' ifappe^r
blurr ''' 1 ' making it appear as a nine
Whether the desired corpse can be
located -it thl. date is a matter of
»peculation.
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MISSION ARY MEETING
The Holly <">ak M. E. Church For
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I /uu-.i III TOD A MIVC D/\IIV
LU'tlO nlliMlAllI/ »9 nUill
Missionary Society will meet a,
the bom» of Mrs Kmma Golde.» at
o clock tomorrow evening.
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/:XGL i XJ) REFUSES
TO JOIN FRANCE
AGAINST GERMANY
Milled Premiers Reparu l i on s Parley
Threatens to Break l p While Paris Insists
On \o Reduction of Germany's Debt and
Guarantees of Priority Payments in Case 2
)ear Moratorium in Finally Agreed On.
FRi:\CII CABINET SENDS
"L iST WORD'' TO PARLEY
Reparation# p'ana «uhmlfted to the Premier«' Conference.
GREAT BRITAIN—Reduction of Germany's reparation« pay
ntent* to fifty billion rold marks: a two or a four year moratorium;
ne protective guarantees f|. e , coercive measures) except In ease of
default; creation of an International commit
don euch «« was pro
posed by Secretary Hughes to supervise Herman finances.
N'o reduction of Oermany'a debt to Franre and a
scaling down tn Mi.ontvono.onn marks of reparations only In rase
France S debts lo her Allies are reduced and that Franre receive*
priority payments; tax and customs harrier control of the Rhine-,
land Ruhr;
guarantees."
FRANCK
a two year moratorium conditional upon "protective
ITALY—A two year moratorium: allied financial control of
Germany; guarantees without military intervention.
led Premier , Conference will with
draw tomorrow tf Premier Poln
care insists upon th» French repa
rations plan as the sole basis for
discussion It was announced today.
In both France and British rptnr
er* It was predicted the conference
would end In a Franco-Brltlsh rup
ture bv afternoon
President Millersnd of Frane*.
summoned an extrsord narv meet
lug of the cabinet council for 11
o'clock this morning to consider the
situation.
cabinet replied that ihe Brit
Th*
ish plan of reducing Ihr German
f-nd no coercion was absolutely In
.icceplable." it Instructed Premelr
Poincare to request the conference
to adopt the French plan.
The French cabinet Issued a com
mun que after examining the British
hole, saying It had unanimously de
cided the Knglish program means a
conaidsrable reduction of French
60 00«. non.one
gold
payments
mark* with a four-year moratorium
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HARVEY TELLS HARDING
01 El ROPES PLIGHT;
U. S. PLAN MAY WIN
Pree. » — Important eonf.renr*» on
America s move tn ao;,e , h e crUlc*'
W ASH INGTO N, »Ian. It (t'nited
European situation began h*»re today
between Colonel George Harvey, am
basi*idor to Great Britain and higher
administration off! I*'»,
As another attempt of Kurope to
•'solve it» own problems seemed near
failure because of the widely diver
gent views nf the French and British,
th „ premiers' Conference in Paris.
Mr Harvey «mmmoned from hi« post
because of America's derision to in
tervene in Europe gave President j
Harcflng and Secretary of State
Hughes a ftrst hand report on the
grave economic crisis faring the old
world
During the next few days. Mr ,
HarTe> wln ln, ° d ' tai1 of !
,h, ' European situation with the Fre
and Secretary of State and
probably with other members of the!
cabinet and other administration
leaders will map out a course of
the r, P arat,on * question
through the Paris conference fails,
The President and Mr. Harvey be- )
gan a discussion of European affairs
shortly after breakfast this morning
The Ambassador arrived
white House last night and will he
action for ihe United States In the
event that Europe's final attempt ,o
at the
Ouigan.
poking him when the youth placed
hl« father live«, John Kre«key was
tlned $T5 an d cost, on a charge of as.
s * u it and battery by Judge Hasting*
In Municipal Court this morning,
Charles »aid that as he placed his
wheel again,, the side of the house
.. . . . _ . . .
Kreskey grabbed him. Kreskey.
however, said Charles ran his wheel
„„Inst him and tore hi, trousers
and that when he remonstrated with
hlm the lad struck him in the face,
He denied ehoklng the boy.
For Clover Dairy Safe Milk phone)
FOR CHOKIMi HOY
FINE HIM $75
by the throat and
Accused of seizing Charles Me
a boy.
bicycie against the wall of the,
house 500 West Fifth street, where
hia
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."'-i'rir rr - rrrr
ahandon """ b < of easentlal clause* of
,
î, ,, ' rn0On «""Ion by explaining why
f r,nr * couldn't accept the British
,,lan He said he would open th* af-
'ernoon conference by aaklng a vote
nn Fr*nrh -project as reprewnt-
,n * • minimum demand. If It araa
r -fue-d by Britain, the French eald.
Conference would end. - F.
The Italians and Belgian* baoked
France to the extent of refualng to
acc*pt th* British plan
the Versailles treaty.
Poincare cam* out of the meeting
»nd announced he would open the
Peines re
»aid Italy did this (t would
mean confiscation of 5nn.000.Aon
f"'! lire In ihe Bank of Kngiand.
The Belgfans. he said, refused he
,»use the British »rheme Impaired
their reparation» priority.
Th* Italian delegation reported
making effort» to aa\e ihe confer
enoe from a smash
ned to propose hi» plan as basis for
discussion,
.\fu««ollnl plan
The Dalian proposal
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Brandegee, Conn., dur ng hi» atav in
Washington,
a fitest « ( the hrnn* -of .Senator
selected t
Ameriea already
lh»t a eommlsslun
has ■ proposed 1
of experts be
Ihe reparations
flgur-s hut this plan has not yet been
accepted by France. Although there
are some Indications that In 1 he
»vent of failure ,,f the Par*« atfratn
ialration leaders will discuss what
revise
fan hr done hy this country In the
event of Anal French rejection.•
For the next few days, Harding,
Hughes and Harvey will keep % doll
watch on the Paris conference, dt
The widely divergent view« of tfle
French and British «« regaled a*
ihe opening sessions of the coal^r'
ence caused pessimi.m In o«e;al
rirfl, ' ! ''
various proposals, it was known that
the British plan more nearly coin
cldea with American views on repara
lions than the French.
irreconcilable Republican Senate
to support of the admin '»(ration •»
plan to aid Europe. Harvey, an Ir
reconclable himself during the Ver
sallies treaty fight, will ser-k tn Im
for American action of this kind.
While declining t,> c mment on the
Part of Colonel Harvey's mission
here i, was learned, will be lo swln.
press them with (he Imperative need
ant Episcopal Diocese of Delaware,
'building.
The f**™*"? '
addressed b> tbs Rr. ..
Morris, bishop of the esnai zor'
with headquarters at Parums, sod
Mias l>aura F. Boyer, educations!
secretary of the extension board of
the auxiliary, with headquarter* In
New York oily.
P. E. AUXILIARY TO
HEAR PANAMA HISHOP
The Epiphany meeting of the
Women's Auxiliary of the Protest
Andrew's parish
will be held in St.
house at 2:30 o'clock next Thurs
Pm
l.
day afternoon, January
ceding this meeting, a conference
of the executive boards of the Wo
men's Auxiliaries of the churches
of the diocese will be held st 10.S n
o'clock that morning in th* same
will he
Rev. Craig