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IS FREED FROM
FEDERAL PRISON
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Others.
Rainy Christmas
For This Sectior
Washington, Dec. 24. The ind
tions are for rain in the m i V
Atlantic and South Atlantic S - .
tonicht. fnllnurorl hv
much colder weather during
mas Day, almost generally c ,1
nie Mississippi river, except C- ae
South Atlantic States, wht. iin
jvhl probably continue, the Wether
Bureau announced.
Cold wave warnings have been
ordered for the Ohio valley, Tennes
see and the East Gulf States.
"ECRET TREATY
ED WAR
YEARS
PROLONG
AVE ARE PARDONED. MISS MOORE IS
Feels That Punishment Has
Been sumcieni uiiuci
Changed Conditions.
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n-arp sou '""
Dec. 24. Telegrams
by Attorney General
'tentiarif
ABLE TO SPEAK
Following Treatment Sug
gested by Dr. Lorenz In
jured Actress Improves.
, f the Christmas commuta-
re.-ident Harding ol 24 per-
New York, Dec. 24. Speechless a.g
the result of a fractured skull and
other injuries received in an automo-
oHVi. t-i nmuiiK i'u.iiii, one accident tnirty-two days ago, Miss
tr tVia n-oriono aided recentlv hv Dr. Adolf T.nrpn not.
..' sonttnees of the 24 persons ed Austrian orthopedic surgeon, spoke
lid re y icaay ior tne nrst time
J - ' , . , II i? .. 1 -
- cj ,1 t )u. wmie an oi me prison-
;piC'.uj:nj; the Ave former soldiers Broad street hospital one of the most
j,;r vTnom i;idons were issued also extraordinary operations known to
' ,,..7 o mtt science was performed on her while
v. in lens to decide. The war- she was in a death-like stur-or. One
vas .sain. uuLiuLi.ft wuiuu ue vertebrae naa been fractured, and
there was a suzluxation of three other
vertebrae, besides a multiple fracture
of the skull. The fractured vertebrae
was reset, the three misplaced ones
Shortly after she was brought to the
wislvs ot those benent-
I'l-fsulcniiul clemency.
-Prison ser.-
Va--i;r.sr"n. i'ec. 24
r.;ts for twenty-four persons convict- XVere returned to their normal position
:h (.'i-.tirges or nmaering tne anc a decompression operation was
performed on the skull.
mj.u-i.'i r.u-.fuc- . ..o. lvl- nen i Jr. jorenz saw her on De
cember 4. she was wearing a harness
ever her head, neck and shoulders, llu
;;ary fur violating the espionage recommended that the injured members
hiring tr.e war wita uer-
I'az Euu'ene '. Debs, for-
.. . r .... r-...-;.in.,i
n i r-'li-vt-ar sentence at Atlanta
'..Tin in ate today under com
be nlaced in a nlaster cast and susrsest-
receuea nuui newunu e(i a mode of treatment which was
cunie viieotive Cnristmas adopted by the surgeons in charge
lav. At ::v same nine iuu pu.uun she gradually regained her strength
y the Executive will become ertective and today when physicians and nurses
ior 3ve former American soldiers serv- first talked to her, she could only ar-
i-g life sentences ior conviction by a ticulate "Yes" and "No."
military court ot the murder or a Later in the day, Miss Moore was
British officer while serving witn tne able to speak short sentences and to
write brief notes. She was so delighted
with the success of her handwriting
nmutHtior.. ami paiuuns was i that sne asked permission to write
.Kur.vva t i-'iaa ami a iatvc:i i ci-ristmas greetings to ner rrienas
discussion of the sitim-
witn Att'Tttoy (.ienerai Daugnerty.
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v.r.o -iaa oraerea ine ueparuiieui ui
;e a separate study of
SvS c: r. . per suns sei vina sen-
-S tor v.o.Jung waiLums iawa. x no T,- TQ 01 t,nnne
c:mxuutior.5, i: was expiamea, uo detrained today in Newport and march-
- t- :
American army on me ivmnf.
irt-.v- -n the President in granting
STATE TROOPS SENT
TO KENTUCKY TOWN
U the iV.ony rnnvictions, but the par
'ens do.
SEVERAL TO HE DEPORTED.
S?veral the civilian offenders will
' i deported to European countries of
f,-!" nativity, two are under observa
ut. st hos;-itais ior insane, and others
art row out on paroles which were
tranted by President Wilson
been maintained for the past two
weeks between officials of the Newport
Rolling Mill and striking steel work
ers. The detachment numbers 250
men, under command of Col. H. H.
Denharut
Newport city officials today were of
the opinion that the presence of the
soldiers will have the effect of quiet-
mutations and pardons were ing a situation which has bordered on
fr.r.our.ced personally bv President
Hardir.3 who took the action in accord
f.nce with the custom of extending
the conditions of war, gunnery and
night alarms in which mill officials
and strikers charge each other with
cy K, f. (.r;,;rai offenders at the being the aggressive element
stma-- iason. The troons were assigned to Newport
T.t- f.vf- Mirs given full pardons I bv Governor Morrow on his own initia-
- e Lir. j. Uryan, James A. O Dell, I tive after pro and con statements upon
J.cy 10U-C. J. U.:orge VanGilder and I the auestiono f their necessity
ail serving life terms
.nmut-'-d
v :e sentenced wmie WEATHEK FUKUASTS
iliing of George Lance-
riti.h officer.
'.vnuse sentences were
FOR THECOMING WEEK
'.V.
a; per man, and a writer of
v.cis convicted tit Chicago
Jtn
AVaeVi!nornn T)pn 4 UVathfir Tirp-
Chailes Ashleigh, a diCtions for the week beginning Mon
day are:
TiriiilP Atlantic States: Considerable
y ui. r the espionage act coudiness, cold and occasional snows
-ar semence. ns i on-h Atlanta and East Ciulf
w c.-.mmuted upon his agree- states: Considerable cloudiness, occa-
rtation to i.nslana, sj0nal rains and cold, with frosts ex
s nativity. in snnthern Florida.
released included: wct r;ulf states: Considerable
Ar. convicted at Dead- nioudiness. occasional rains and tem
iJ'.'Ut:"! i),i,.)t.'l. October .t lflll. ..nt,i l-.1rn7- nnvmnl
:i ate law and sentenced Ohio Vallev and Tennessee: Consider
-VI!.-:. iiiova.ina Daldazzi, sen- able cloudiness, occasional snows, cold.
Count Czernin Says Agree
ment Kept Austria from
Making Peace.
PROMISE FOR AID.
t;l
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'".-'. Id '.; David T.
'riv;ct..d of Des Moines,
h a- 'it-;! --r i'i- twenty years on
' l::v4 the selective serv-
J-'' "' -'-ow in St. Klizabctii's
.or ir..; insane under observa
I T r.
i rr,. convicted at Oklahoma
j,";V.!dr!'i "nced to six years for
- " '.i-pionage act; Thomas
"..r,v:-t,.ci at San Francisco, for
'- or i;;.. esiiionacre act. servin
MERRY CHRISTMAS
IN SANFRANCISCO
f 'j.-
San Francisco,. Dec. 24. Christmas
pies In San Francisco this year will
contain liquor, local pie bakers having
availed themselves of the permission
under the law to "pep thear pies
with brandy from the Government
storehouses.
More than 2,500 gallons- of brandy
H." "t""ce' Jsppn -aiu- were withdrawn the first three days
at Providence, R. I., rf thia week, Tom Brown, assistant
ji ;.fc' "" PSPionage act, serving Federal prohibition officer, announced
. t' :'M!: ''.nek Fieron, convicted under the law, pie-makers were al-
rr.-i
t no espionage act, and jowed 100 gallons and) with one ex-
nry years out already ception, every baker took the limit.
n of sentence to
' . r. -.---i-i.-nt Wilson
,' '" '" . iilenced at Kl Paso,
"' ''" y.jus at Leavenworth,
'-'j iro.n the United States
! r:ni(- r f war in an at-
' - ' u.. Carman consulate in
: : ' a new gun similar to
-' ' us" by the United
Hamilton, convicted
- ;. t ::o, 191S, and sen
", r.-s under the espion-
'' '. I lead, sentenced at
I -. in 1 0 L7, for violat-
! .lacobHoii. convicted
' ; ! :-' '-ntf-riced to three years
to set on foot a military
,n Unha against Great Brit
' war.
;! 'M nnf 'ly, of Los Angeles,
! to ten years for at
tllse i ri y i il rrvl i n q t inn sa n
PREMIER OF NEW
BELGIAN CABINE1
Allies Promised to Pay Ru
mania and Italy at Ex
pense of Austria.
BY NEWTON C. PARKE,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.
Paris. Dec. 24. Sporpt
negotiated by the British and French
.foreign unices, in 1915, to bring Italy
and Rumania into the war actually pro
longed the war nearly two years, at the
cost of hundreds of thousands of hu
man lives.
Count Czernin. former Austrian IT.ir
eign Minister, made this revelation tn
Georges Moresthe. sneeial oorrpsnon-
dent of the International News Service
and Le Petit Journal, in a statement
at v lenna, one of the few public dec
larations made since the war emlei'
These agreements, he said, made it ab
solutely impossible for the peace 3f
forts made by former Emneror Charles
of Austria, in 1317, acting through
President Wilson. Premier Clemenceau
and the Prince of Bourbon to succeed.
Count Czernin said that he Hirl nnt
want to discuss in any manner Charles
himself.
"This reservation having been
maae, ne continued, "l nave no hesi
tancy in savins: that neacp was not.
concluded in 1917 between the Entente
and Austria (it was conceded that this
would have brought peace with Ger
many) because it was absolutely im
possible.
"France and England, to obtain al
lies, nad promised to pay them at the
expense, of Austria. This was quite
natural, but these engagements made
by the Governments of Tjondnn nnd
Paris, fatally tied the Double-Mon-
arcny s interests to those of Germany
SOME OF THE "PLUMS."
"The treaty of London, concluded in
lata oetween France, England, Russia
ana Italy, promised to Italy the Tren
tino, German Tyrol, Trieste and Dal
matia. Another treatv attributed Rns
nia and Herzegovina to Serbia and
later Rumania was induced to enter
the war on the side of the Allies by
oitermg ner Transylvania and Bako
vina.
"The Allies had thus sold one-third
of our Empire in advance, certainly
not oecause ot special hatred of Aus
tria-Hungary. but to increase, their mil
itary forces and their chances of vic
tory. The misfortune was that Aus
tria was to sunnort bv herself tVw M-st
of this policy. France, and England
m .131., could nave easily made peace
witn us, out, bound by secret treaties
they could onlv offer conditions tn Ans
tria was to support by herself the cost
aspirations of the Italians, the Ser
bians and the Rumanians. But these
conditions were unaccentable for ns
"Think of such ' a paradoxical situa
tion! Our armies occunied Rumania
Serbia and maintained invnl nerahlv
the Italian frontier; yet we were asked
to dismember the monarch v for the
profit of our enemies, , who, at that
time, seemed indeed to be conquered.
From the very first conversations Italy
made known to Paris and London thai-
she expected to receive the territories
promised her and that nothing could
modiry her attitude. France and Eng
iana remained tauhtul to their allv
which was quite natural. It. was a
question of loyalty. If they had done
otnerwise ltaiy would have detached
herself from the alliance, an event
which would have produced a verv dis
agreeable effect throughout the world
ior tne entente.
AUSTRIA COULDN'T MAKE PEACE.
"But at that moment we could not
have consented to the dismemberment
of Austria-Hungary. Our army and our
people who considered themselves vie
torious since they occunied vast en
emy territories, would have thought
tnemseives betrayed by tneir Govern
ment; revolution would have broken
out, and the Emperor would have been
overt crown.
"Thj Austro-Hur?arian Government
therefore, could not seDarat its for
tunes from these' of Germanv. Tt was
not for love of the King of Prussia
that we continued the war, but be
cause the treaty of London prevented
us from laviner down arms. If the
Entente had been willins- to content it
self with changes in frontiers in place
nf wqntin? tn out lin nur THmnir-o T
would not have hesitated to make
peace, whether Germany liked it or
not. l would rave saia to (Sermany: I
am making peace.' and I would' have
annealed to German nublic oninion and
to Eurc pe, and Germany herself would
have been lorced to accede.
'I Mr:
tv:.
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V,,
4
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In
-orivictod at Chicago for
' espionage act and sen-
" years; John L. Murphy,
,:v years at Sacramento,
espionage act; Walter
'""d at Oklahoma City
' ii" si k'ctive service law
! to t m years, though he
! on parole January 10.
'-;a -u t Wilson
'', sentenced to two years
aliens into the United
""l!y m time of war! A1-
'"-'inor, sentenced to ten
'i after funvir-tmn ot r'hi.
nig the espionace act;
''ih. j,',' eonvicted tt Fort
1 fcfciii!'!' ,J' l)h,I(-r the espionage act,
"Mr, ,. . '-" he years; Joseph A
1 six
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PROHIBITION AGENTS
ADOPT FULL DRESS
Philadelphia, Dec. 24. Fifty prohibi
tion agents, attired in dress suits and
led by Harvey L. Duncan, assistai
associate prohibition director of Penn
sylvania, will appear in the principal
hotels, cafes and restaurants of this
city tonight.
Reservations for them have been
made in all the leading hotels, cafe
and restaurants for both Christmas and
New Year's celebrations.
"We mean to make this Christmas
and New Year's the dryest on record
in Philadelphia, said Mr. Duncan
"Liquor flowed freely in the holiday
reason last year, but from now on the
lid is on tight and to back up cur
L statement, the full dress brigade wil
Keep a uuiqunous ey open lur viu
lations of the Volstead act.
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f',
I' V),.
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u' K-rms to which thyy were
"uli
'"1 uii I'nKe Two)
Col. Jasper Theunys.
Col. Jasper Theunys, minister o-"
finance in the Wiart cabinet in Bel
gium, has formed a new cabinet.
All parties excepting the Socialists
are represented:. Little hope is
held, however, that the Theunys
cabinet will last lone.
COLDER
Chstrlnttp. and r icin.it v: Rain and
colder tonight, followed by clearing
Sunday; much colder Sunday and Sun
day night. Moderate southwest winds,
becoming northwest and nortn.
"Vnrtli and Smith Carolina: Rain to
night and probably Sunday morning;
colder fnnislit; much colder Minaay
and Sunday n'glit.
r
GEORGE ADE READY
FOR HARD WINTER
Conference Is Expected To
Finish Its Work Next Week
Gsorge Ade snapped on the golf
links at Pasadena, CaL
George Ade, one of the men who
made Indiana famous and who is
noted for his "Fables in Slang,"
"Sultan of Sulu" and other con
' tributions, has already deserted the
regions vhere wintry winds
whistle. He is shown above at Pas
adena. Cal.
CHKMPER
Thinks There is "White
Peril" Threatening Yellow
Races.
WANTS OTMbiStION
Thinks China and Japan
to Compromise
Their Differences.
Ought
Planned to Have Announcement Ready by Christmas
But French Demands Took so Much Time That De
lay Was Unavoidable; Matters Agreed To.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,
Staff Correspondent of The
Washington, Dec. 24. Just as in
the last lap of the Paris peace confer
ence public interest seemed to wane
and the most important decisions
were being made, so at the Washing
ton conference the really important
stage of negotiation has been reached
at a time when the monotony of di
plomacy has reached an anti-climax to
the dramatic moments of . the opening
sessions.
The truth is the Washington confer
ence has arrived at the final stage
when accomplishment of far-reaching
importance is close at hand. The spec
tacular and the dramatic have gone
by, but the decisions being made in
the holiday week will transcend in ef
fect the earlier discussions and pro
posals. For the Washington confer
ence is about to complete the essential
parts of its program. The following
can be expected to materialize within
the next ten days.:
AGREEMENTS REACHED.
First, a complete agreement on lim
itation of battleships and a naval holi
day of ten years. The submarine is
sue is causing the usual amount of
debate and will take a little time to i
settle, but it will be settled satisfac
torily.
Second, the conversations between
Japan and China relating to Shan
tung give fair promise of adjustment
through the purchase by the Chinese
of . certain railroad rights in Shan
tung.
Third, the Chinese-Japanese ques
tions will be embodied in a set of prin
ciples to be cj.rried out by internation
al commissions.
Fourth, the matter of land arma
ments will be disposed of by a general
resolution expressing the hope that
the major powers may unite in reduc
ing financial burdens by removing the
causes for land armament. It will be
the expression of a hope rather than
a direct or specific recommendation.
Fifth, the question of Japanese with
drawal from Siberia will be urged by
the United States. The attitude of the
Japanese is not yet known. But based
upon the record in the case there
seems no real reason for Japanese oc
cupation of Siberian territory.
It had been hoped that a plenary
session of the conference might be
held on the day before Christmas so
as to give the American people as a
Yuletide gift the formal agreement to
stop naval building for ten years. But
the French attitude on capital ships
took so much time in negotiation that
try as they might to make speed the
delegates had to abandon the idea. But
for New Year's day the public may
expect a complete agreement on all
naval issues.
SHANTUNG QUESTION.
As for the conversations about Shan
tung, the Japanese representatives
here started the discussion without in-
CO
structions from Tokio but with the as
sent oi. the foreign office so as to see
how far opinion might be developed to
ward an agreement. The Japanese
asked hat the Chinese retain certain
Japanese employes. To this the Chin
ese returned a negative answer as
they did to successive proposals of a
loan by Japanese bankers to help the
Chinese pay for the railroad m ques
tion. The Chinese again refused and
said they would have no difficulty rais
ing a loan among Chinese bankers.
"How does it happen," asked the Jap
anese, "that you are so ready to pay
millions of dollars for the railroad in
Shantung when you haven't even paid
your interest on earlier loans?"
"Oh, for such a purpose as getting
Shantung back," replied the Chinese,
"our bankers will come forward gladly
with funds."
So the whole question has been re
ferred to Tokio in the form of pro
posals and some decision may be ex
pected within a few days.
SIBERIAN QUESTION
As for Siberia it will prove largely
a question between the United States
and Japan. These two countries en
tered Siberia together during the war
but while the Japanese promised to
withdraw when the Americans did. it
developed that the Japanese found
excuses for a prolonged stay. The
northern half of the Russian island ot
Sakhalin is still occupied by the Jap
anese as a reprical aginst the mas
sacre of certain Japenese in Siberia.
The Japanese have said they intendded
to stay there. This, however, is ex
actly how leased territories and
spheres of influence originated and the
Powers are not disposed at this time
to put an end to the existing leases
while sanctioning new annexations of
Russion territory on the other.
The Republic of Chita, which has
not yet been recognized, has sent
emissaries to obtain a hearing but so
far as the United States is con cerned
it is not ready to agree to the partition
of Siberia. Incidentally, a curious
incident occurred recently in connection
with, Chita. The Department of
State received an urgent cablegram
from Shanghai telling of demonstra
tions there against the United States
because of the publication of a news
paper report that the delegates of
China had not been given diplomatic
immunities and had not been recived
by the Secretary of State but had been
shunted off to the Far Eastern bureau
of the Department of State. Much
excitement resulted in Shanghai. The
Department of State got in touch with
the American news agency which had
sent the report and an investigation
developed that the original cablegram
read "the delegates of Chita," but
somewhere enroute a cable operator
made it read. "The delegates of China."
Of course the delegates from Chita
were not given courtesies of diplomats
as Chita has not been recognized.
NFERENCE TO
ID SUBMARINE
DEBATETODAY
Expected to Clear the Way
for Consideration of Ton
nage Allotment.
HARDING "STATEMENT
Much Interest Among the
Delegates in New State
ment of the President.
Shanghai, China, Dec. 24. An edi
tcrial under the caption, "Naval Move
ments of America and Britain in the
Pacific," appears in the Japanese news
paper in Honkow, Hukwang Hsin Tao
published in Chinese, in which th
editor states that the Japanese fea
the "White Peril" in the Orient.
"Following the appearance of tne
Pacific Conference," he says, "the
most striking phenomena of the situa
tion are: The attempt of America to
center her naval fleet on the Pacific
and the plan of Great Britain to ex
pand her Far Eastern fleet.
. "During the present period of shift
ing politics of the international situa
tion the newspaper editors of the va
rious nations, actuated by the inter
ests of thier own countries, are a.p
to make an exaggerated propaganda
Therefore the extent to which Ameri
ca and Britain will likely put their
plans, in effect cannot be prognosticated
at present.
"But since America and England
have already hatched such plans it is
beyond doubt that they will sooner or
later carry them out vigorously. View
ing the matter in this light, it must
come about that from now on America
and Great Britain will continue to ex
pand their forces of the Pacific in
order to back up and extend their com
merce. ANGLO-AMERICAN
UNDERSTANDING.
"The purpose of the writer in thi
p.rticle is to discuss the facts and ten
dencies as they affect the destinies of
China and Japan, both being vitany
concerned. The movements of Ameri
ca and Great Britain lead us to the
foliowing observations: Since both coun
tries are no longer paying any atten
tion to . armaments on the Atlantic
Ocean it is likely and probable that
they have arrived at an understanding.
Furthermore humanitarianxas we are at
has already become deep seated in the
minds of the whites that racial aliena
tion between the white '. and yellow
races is a natural impediment and
can in no way be bridged. Now be
tween China and Japan, - of the same
yellow race and closely related, too,
should we not organize a consolidation
by taking advantage of all natural
expediences? I say indubitably we
should have a solid union.
"But there are a great many misun
derstood diplomac questions outstand
ing between China and Japan. And
particularly is the Shantung question
a stumbling block in the way to union.
For several years the authorities and
peoples of both countries have ' been
in vigorous contention. Yet if, outside
of the two countries, China and Japan,
there were no other countries interest
edly watching, then little - difficulty
wculd present itself. But since there
are other nations watching with en
vious eyes, why should we not remedy
our mutual shortsightedness and ex
tend our views and sight to a wider
horizon and make mutual compromises
and quickly settle the Shantung ques
tion so tha twe will be lined up to
resist the coming white peril?"
BRITAIN TAKES
UP DISCUSSION
Newspaper Comment on the
Debate on the Submarine
Policy.
London, Dec. 24. (By the Associated
Press) Presentation to the Washing
ton conference of Great Britain's plea
for abolition of the submarine as a
naval weapon has aroused the greatest
interest here. The newspapers com
ment at length upon the speech of
Lord Lee, of Farehan, first lord of
the British Admiralty, before the con
ference on Thursday, in which he
made the proposal and outlined the
reasons prompting it.
General opinion here undoubtedly fa
vors abolition and there are many re
grets that there seems to be no pros
pect of its being brought about, but,
on the other hand, there is some skep
ticism regarding the possibility of pre
venting the use of submersibles even
if the conference adopted Lord Lee's
proposal.
Voicing this doubt, the Morning
Post, disclaims the suggestion that the
powers represented at Washington
would break their pledge to abolish
naval undersea craft if they gave it,
but points out that "there are other
nations, not represented in the confer
ence; moreover, in the stress of hos
tilities all rules and restrictions for
the government and conduct of war
are overruled by the law of necessity
and we may regret the refusal of the
present conference to agree to aboli
tion the less because no such prohibi
tion could be effected." The newspa
per argues that the developments at
Washington point to the necessity of
Great Britain maintaining an adequate
force of cruisers and small craft for
the protection of her commerce against
submarines.
The Daily Mail declares that the tol
eration of submarine warfare will com
pel powers dependent upon their sea
communications for sustenance to arm
their merchantmen, with unhappy and
undesirable consequences.
The Times, which thinks Lord Lee's
arguments are unanswerable from the
British point of view, deprecates at
taching excessive importance to any
defeat of the British proposal, and
adds: "We must face the facts as they
are."
OCEAN LINERS
RACE FOR PIERS
Many Americans Anxious to
Get Home for Christmas
Urge Speed.
Washington, Dec. 24. By the Asso
ciated Press) Conference delegates
hoped to conclude at today's session of
the full naval committee their discus
sion of the British proposal for aboli
tion of the submarine, and with a de
cision on that issue to clear the wajr
for consideration of the question of
auxiliary totanage allotment for France
under the limitation plan. While the
French delegates were known today to
have received additional instructions
rom Paris on that subject, they ap
parently have taken the position that
he abolition proposal should be car-
led to a decision before they present
for committee action detailed figures
on the submarine and other auxiliary
onnage desired by France. This view
point appears to have been approved by
the other powers.
FRENCH POSITION.
In the long three-cornered debate
in which the submarine discussion was
carried forward in the naval commit
tee yesterday, however, Admiral De
bon, of France, already has strongly
intimated the position of his country
on the question of auxiliary tonnage
in declaring "that 90,000 tons is the ab
solute minimum for all the navies who
may want to have a submarine force."
He expressed the opinion that the con
ference could not "reasonably" limit
submarine construction at all. For
the British group yesterday's debate
was carried on by Arthur J. Balfour,
head of the delegation, wno reiteratad
and extended arguments already ad
vanced by Lord Lee for abolishment
of submarines, while Senator Schanzer.
of Italy, the only other participant,
further stated the opposition of his
country to such action at this time and
said the Italian delegation felt the
problem should be "examined subse
quently in a wider conference,"
The unfinished business of the con
ference shared the attention of dels-a
gates today with the new prominence
lven the four-power treaty discus ".
sions by President Harding's public
statement late yesterday characters . ;
ing the differences over interpretation ; t
of the pact as "unimportant." Declar
ing he would "offer no comment, or ;
the disputes which attempt to magnify
the differing constructions" of the
treaty, Mr. Harding asked that th
lesser questions of difference be not
permitted to obscure the central pur
pose of the agreement to preserve
pace.
New York, Dec. 24. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Ocean liners and Santa
Claus today were racing against time
Big passenger vessels, stretching
themselves to the limit, were racing
into port, to land their voyagers in
time for them to reach the inland
homes before Kris Kringle slid down
the chimney.
Yesterday four craft the Adriatic,
Frederick VIII, American Legion and
Cedric came plowing through the
fog. The liners were held somewhat
in check by the murk, however, for
there were limits of caution beyond
which masters dared not press their
shins.
Whenever the weather cleared for a
few hours, however, the vessels were
tuned up far above efficienev snpd.
and though the coal consumption grew
greater with every knot added to the
speed, thousands of dollars' worth of
black diamonds were hurled into the
roaring fire boxes.
Many passengers were business men
who had only with erteatest difflcnlt.v
in some instances flying in airplanes
across tfte channel caught the last
boat calculated to get them home in
time to nre the uletide loe In some
western town Their hopes fell with
tne tog and from the trip from quar
antme up the harbor they could be
seen standing at the rail, watches in
fianas, nguring the chances of catch
ing the train on which they were count
ing.
Wireless shacks were kept buzzing
With radio messages chaneine' train nr
commodations and reserving all taxis
ior a aasn rrom dock to station.
Not a minute was lost at thf
There steamship lines had extra men
on duty to make landine- a swift
ceeding and custom officials did their
Dest to speed things up.
FOUR DEAD IN EXPLOSION.
Columbus, O., Dec. 24. The death
in a local hospital of Mrs Martin Thea
do, Columbus, brought ; the total dead
in the Wright store gas explosion here
Wednesday to four. Three other vic
tims died in hospitals. Forty persons
were injured in the blast, which
wrecked the store, which was crowded
with Christmas shoppers-
MIRACLE MEN SENT
TO PRISON FOR FRAUD
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
TO THE DISABLED
Voronezh, Russia, Dec. 24. Six
"miracle nten" have come to grief in
this province and are now serving six
months at hard labor. The men, all
priests bf the Russian Orthodox ;
Church, were convicted of defrauding j
parishioners by having old ikons reno
vated and representing that they were
renewed by miracles and consequently
possessed divine powers.
The priests were tried at a sensa
tional hearing in the opera house,
which lasted more than a week. Arch
bishop Tikon was one of the witnesses
and declared that ikons could not be
renewel by miracle. Theologians, oc
cultist's and alienists also testified.
It was the practice of priests in
Russia to rent out ikons which ars
supposed to have special powers. TJiese
are frequently carried Into sick rooms
and to funerals, weddings and christen
ings-
Chicago, Dec. 24. The following
ansimas message to "The disabled ex
service men of America" was issued
today by National Commander Han
ford Mac Aider, in the name of the
American Legion:
"To you men who are fighting the
brave fight against the effects of your
service of our country, the American
region or your comrades sends Christ
mas greeting with evervt sincere wish
ior your speedy recovery and future
happiness. Every American shall be
indebted to you as lone: as the nation
endures and your cause shall always
be nrst on tne program of the Ameri
can Legion. We intend to see that you
get a square deal from the country
you fought for. We would expect you
to fight our battles were our positions
reversed, we assume that responsi
bilitv as a nrivilesre and an honor
Today we are asking the United States
Veterans' Bureau to adopt a plan
which, if accepted, will finally end
vour worries over conmensation
claims. The American .Legion reports
for a new year's duty. Give us
your commands."
MELLON IS STILL
OPPOSED TO BONUS
Washington, Dec. 24. Secretary Mel
lon formally announced today that the
attitude of the Treasury toward a sol
dier bonus had not changed since
last July, when he wrote a letter to
Senator Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey,
stating that enactment of bonus legis
lation "would be serious injury and
loss to the whole community, ami
would "virtually defeat the Adminis
tration's program of retrenchment and
economy." .
Mr. Mellon also took occasion to say
today that the "Treasury has not sug
gested and is not considering a tax on
light wines and beer as a means of
raising revenue to meet a soldier
bonus."
The proposal to raise funds for pay
ment of a bonus through such, a tax
has been discussed in many official
quarters within the last few weeks and
the Treasury, while never indicating
that it either favored or suggested
such a tax, haa estimated that a levy
of that nature would yield an annual
return of approximately $500,000,000.
GOVERNMENT OFFICE
NEAR CAIROATTACKED
Cairo, Egypt., Dec. 24. (By the As
sociated Press) Disorders in connec
tion with the Egyptian nationalist
agitation broke out today in Gizeh, a
suberb of Cairo, when a party of
students raided the Government survey
offices. British troops were rushed
from Cairo to cope with the distur
bance. The students were ultimately
ejected. The native losses were given
in the early reports as five killed and
twenty wounded.
While the disorders were proceeding
in Gizeh, Cairo itself remained quiet
and no disturbances from the provinces
were reported, with the exception of
minor troubles at Tanta, fifty miles
northwest of Cairo.
The authorities conveyed to Suez to
day six followers of Said Zagloul Pasha,
the nationalist leader forcibly removed
from the city yesterday, whom Field
Marshal Allenby, the British high com
missioner in Egypt, had ordered ex
pelled from Cairo.
CHARGE IS CHANGED
TO TRANSPORTING
Chicago1 Dec. 24. Persons arrested
with liquor "on the hip" in the future
by the Chicago police in their campaign
to enforce prohibition, will probably be
charged with transporting liquor, not
possessing it, officials indicated today.
The change in the charge is being
considered following a decision by
Judge John K. Prindivllle, yesterday,
freeing Ray Manson, an actor, charged!
with possessing liquor. Judge Prindi-;
ville ruled that no penalty was provid-j
ed by the Illinois prohibition law forf
possessing liquor.
TRAIN DERAILED. j
i
Chicago, Dec. 24. The engine, ex-i
press and mail cars of eastbound Penn
sylvania train No. 106, Chicago to
Pittsburg, were derailed near Buffing
ton, Ind., early today when the train
struck a defective switch. Reports to
railroad officials sav no one was