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Relief Workers Admit Task of
.Feeding 20,000,000 Is Toe
1 Much for Them
Y-.M.C. A. ENFORCING ORDER.
, Ivrcla) Cnble Wipefcfc. rnmrleht. iJ
Tientsin. Dec. 1. Relief worker
are alarmed nt the Increasing Rrnvltj Rrnvltj
ef the situation at the famine refusee
camp en the outskirts of thli city, nnd
are taking steps te counteract the
spread of dinease and te introduce san
Itatien. which N new utterly lacking.
The camp sprang up en the race
track west of the Japanese concession.
Each family there cen-itructed a rude
hut made of mud without regard te
uniformity. The task of trying te
establish order has been assigned te the
T. M. O. A., with U. 8. Hall, of Wor I
center, Mass.. In charge He will be i
aided by n number of native fhrlUinii'. '
Mr. Hall's force l tenrlug down '
huts, making streets through the camp, '
staking an alignment for new lints, '
building latrines and remnclling the use
thereof. ITc 1 also forbidding the ue
of canal water for drinking nnd cooking
purposes. City water is new being I
piped, but the .supply is sufficient only
te All boiler tnnis, whereat nn endless j
line of women and girls stand with pets
nuillllK mvil nui let it uiur ?MiiM. .
It is impossible te step the inlliix
of refugees, mnny having tramped from
places a hundred miles away. Met of
these having small funds Vome down
the river en beats, but this will seen
cease, as Ice is already forming.
Of a population of OD.OOO.OOO in the
famine area, no less thnn 'JO.OOU.OOU
f.re. destitute. Missionaries send reports
hat a total of 14.24S.0OO are actually
starving, with mnny counties unre
ported, owing te insufficient workers te
maae a census.
Even where there are missionaries i
fctl admit it will be possible te save only '
very few. Ten relief organizations, ,
whose operations cover eighteen cenn
ties In the province of f nihil, are pre- i
Tiding for l'JO.000 until the next har
vest out of grants totaling 'JO.'i.OOO
Mexican dollars.
Bishop W. It. Lambeth, of the Meth
odist L'piscepM Church Seuth, left '
Tientsin for Shanghai en Friday after
a tour of C'hihli and Shantung, lie is
hurrying home te make appeals te the
American people for funds.
Mr. Hall, aided by ether Americans
and some Europeans, is new canvass
ing, clahsifylng and isolating the com
municable diseases, which include every
known kind. It takes rare courage te
volunteer for this dangerous work, yet
the colony of Americans nnd Europeans
here is net shirking. The women arc
busily preparing garments for the need
lest of the sufferere.. They nre also
removing and caring for confinement
cases.
Arrangements arc being made te open
eup. kitchens but thus far funds te
provide for only .1000 portions daily
uave eccn nreviuen. in llie meantime.
refugees begging throughout the city are
reui
poll
roughly handled by the unsympathetic
nice.
Teklo. Dec. 1. Considerable sur-
( prise was expressed by the Japanese war
r and foreign offices yesterday when effi-
V rials were asked hew many troops
Japan Intended te send into the Chinese
famine districts. Then followed em
phatic denial that Japan intends or Jus
considered sending- any troops. i
Collection of a famine relief fund in
Japan has been proceeding steadily, it
was learned, but as yet it has net been
decided when it will be distributed.
In riew of the "unsavory peculating
record of Chinese officials," it wns
sljitjvl thnt fn c!inrri nf h.' fnnW i.n-i,
no idea of handing it te the Chinese
direct, knowing if that were done enlv
a tew yen, if any, ever would reach the
famine victims.
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MAN OF 80 REQUESTS AID
OF HIS PARENTS, BOTH 106
Asks for Refuge Until Mether and
Father Can Send Funds
Baltimore. Dec. 1. When Henry
Hancock, eighty years old. applied te
the supervisors of City Charities te be
sent te Bayvicw. I!e said he only wanted ,
a place te stay until ne ceum write n
parents, who live near Pittsburgh, for
money.
"Beth my parentB are living and
well." he told Geerge Schuster, clerk
at the Ilayview oilier
L'he.v lire 1011
years old, with n !
six months between
difference of only s:
their birthdays.
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en a farm in
Pennsylvania nrar the
Maryland line
Iniuriiig his hand, lie
started te walk te Baltimore. At Heis-
trrtewn !m met n man who nnid his fnre
te the city. He said he sent his parents
money every week.
".lut like the geed boy you re." '
Schuster remarked, as he made out the I
permit te enter.
CHILDREN HELD AS BANDITS
Victim Accuses Girl of Twelve and ,
Her Brether, Nine
Atlantic City. Dec. 1. Edith Schultz. '
twelve years old. and her brother the Adriatic near Cnttare. Nine thou
Harry, nine, were held for the .luvenllc ! am)I arriv''.(' en Monday, and 5000 yes-
Court here yesterday en a charge f
holding un nnd rebbiiiE iMrs. Anna
nilej' of Jier purse in the business sec- I
tinn.
Mrs. Riley alleged that the children
grabbed her handbag nnd darted into nn I
alley, where, she nllcged, they threw
th hnc away after tuking the cash
contents.
A iunntity of toys, believed by de
tectives te have been stolen, wns found
when they were searched in police head
quarters. Has Ne Jurisdiction
Harrisburg, Dec. 1. The Public I
Service Commiss en yesterday ruled that , suing the program for its third week
where n municipality owns n public i with singular energy nnd feverish activ
utllity but has leased it. tne commission i itv reigns in the various league bil
ls wuneut power 10 reguiaie tne tares
of service. That holds true, the coin-
mission in a formal report said, whethci
' the plant is operated cither directly by
the municipality or by ethers under
.lense.
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FRENCH CHAMBER
FQRENVOYTOPOPE
Government's Plan te Re-establish
Embassy at Vatican
Gets Big Majority
BILL NOW GOES TO SENATE
SnmmitrT of ntwlal rfthlp Ulapilthr te
feriur'n Public l.rdfr. CepxrlKhl. 1H(,
tx the Viiblle I-rdatr Ce.
lll- TVu. 1 'Pit Mil va.natnliltel.
n- diplomatic relations with tiie Vatl-
nn, was passed by the French Cham-
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Imr nt Dpniillca last eveninc bv virtu
'ally n two-te-one vote. The govern
ment's maierlty was 18S. nnd resump
tien of rclntlens, with the Senate's
concurrence, is new believed assured.
It wns the discussion in the Chamber
of Deputies en the bill which Wns the
'cause of Premier Icygiies' return te
I Paris Monday. Seeing that the debate
was being uselessly prolonged, the min
isters remaining In Paris insisted that
the premier break off the negotiations
In Londen te appear at the tribune of
' the chamber, and with all the author
ity of the chief of the government, de
mand a vote upon the bill.
The measure new gees te the Senate,
where the radical and nnti-clerical clc
, incuts are stronger than in the chamber.
HrltMi Won't Quit Mesopotamia
1ondeii, Dec. 1. Wliile the Heard of
: Trade was considering what reco'rnmen rece'rnmen reco'rnmen
datiens should be made te the cabinet
1 in reply te the American oil note. Kd
win Montagu, secretary of state for
1 India, speaking before the members of
the Constitutional Club yesterday, said
the British did net intend te get out
of Mesopotamia, defended the British
i administration there ifml declared that
the present Ilritish force of 100.000 was
in process of replacement by an Arab
army
Women Urced te End Wor
inden, Dec. 1. An active part In
world politics with a view te ending war
was urged nt the international mass
meeting of women here last night by
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the Ameri
can Kuffraglst.
"The enfranchised women of the
world must take u political stitch in
time." she said.
Visceuntess Anter said: "The League
' Nations can be mnde practical only
by women, and it must be their greut
political vision." Mine. Schlumbcrger,
president of the French suffragists.
urged the American women te use their
voting power te force their country te
enter the league. Alfred Noyes, the
poet, predicted the enfranchisement of
American women would hnve a tremeu-
! deus effect en the whole world.
I". S. Navy Lands Crimean
Paris. Dec. 1. Frem dispatches re
ccicd at the American Itcd Cress, it is
learned that "The American navy is su
perintending the Ending of Itussinu
refugees from the Crimen nt a pert ou
take the refugees into Besnia
Germans Resent Plebiscite Plans
Rerlln, Dec. 1. Germany's dissnt-
isfneien with the arrangements for the
plebiscite in I pper Silesia grows as the
time approaches for casting the ballets
te decide whether that coveted district
shall become part of the new republic
of Poland or remain Herman. The most
recent outburst of indignation has been
directed against the agreement reached
by Premiers Lloyd Geerge and Leygues
in the Londen cenference Saturday.
league Delegates Speed Program
reaiis throughout the city.
Krerrwhnrn. nvfti within thtt mn.
f servutlsts' circle of the cautious and
slew-moving council there are evident
lgns of n desire te wind up the business
of the assembly before the end of nn-
ether week. Net only are the dele
gates beginning te show the effects of
the heavy strain imposed by the work
of the last fortnight, but there is n
feeling that public Interest is waning
nnd it would be better te resume the
sitting nt n later date and with the re
newed enthusiasm of the public rather
than te permit world opinion te become
bored or indifferent.
SAFE ROBBERS GET $2150
Yeggmen Overlook Bend and Se
curities Valutt at $24,000
Iltoemsburg, Pa., Dec. 1. l'cggmen
who blew open the safe of the White
Milling Ce. yesterday obtained $1150'
in cash and negotiable papers nnd $1000
in unindersed cnccKg, but overlooked
mere than .$24,000 In bends nnd ether
securities. ' ,
I Kntrance te the mill wen snlneri
threiigh a window, nnd a tool box just
j ItiHltlc furnished them with all the tools
necessary for the job. They even stele
141. n tnnla Aft A. nnHn llin .. .
the tools after looting the ntc
State police and private detectives
are working en the case.
Deported Here Cleared of Murdee
Kugine Teccc, the Italian war here,
who was deported te France three
months' age by the bureau of immlgr
tlnn, tins been cleared of the ennrge of
murder of his twonty-ene-ycnr-old
sweetheart, Itesina Cresta, in Italy,
according te a .letter which wns re
ceived yesterday by Charles F. Slpill
lace, n Camden attorney.
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First Step Will Be Taken Friday
When Cemmittea. Names,
Are Suggested
WILL CUT APPROPRIATIONS
Washington, Dec. 1. The first Im
portant step in the reorganization of
the business methods of thc'Heusc, as
contemplated in the Republican
pfegram for budget reform, will
be taken nn Friday when the com
mittee en committees will have its first
meeting since June. At that time the
committee, according te Frank W.
Mendcll, Republican leader of the
Heuse, will be nsked te propose names
for the prospective new appropriations
committee of thirty-five membera.
The organization et the new com
mittee was provided for in an amend
ment te the rules of the 'Heuse adopted
last-spring.
"The organization of this committee
will place additional burdens en this
session of Congress," Mr. Mendcll said,
"for we, have en our hands already a
mnnm
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sufficient jtask .in'redncing the, estimates
of the executive departments for np"
proprlatiens. These estimates arc ncv ncv
eral hundred thousand dollars higher
thnn they ever were before.
"Within recent yeara uencres.i nes
net.nnssed nil of the miDnlv bills in the
short session, but we hone te accomplish
tnnt bciefe tne incoming ex the new
administration. The plan new is te de
vote must of our time te this tnek, and,
it possible, te censiucr emergency im
migration, legislation for wliieh there
seems te be a strong demand."
The Heuse also will give considera
tion te a resolution calling for the re
peal of. -wartime legislation, Mr. Mon Men
dcll. said. The se-cnlleil pcace resolu
tion, which wn's vetoed by the Presi
dent nnd which Benator Knox' has said
he should reintroduce in the Scnntc,
called for-the' repeal, of virtually aU war
legislation, '
Mr. Mendcll was pesitiVc that Con
gress would make reductions in the op-
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Alaska nnd the establishment of a mere
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Silver wrist watches, $26 te $75.
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Chelsea mantel clocks, some striking ship bells, $48 te $212.
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Judge J. Willi Martin te Pretlde-at
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Judge J. Willis Martiu will preside
nt n mass-meeting te. be held nt tin
City Club nt'3:30 this dftcrnoen te
discuss the necessity of nn adequati
state appropriation te the mothers' as
sistance fund.
The speakers will be. Miss Mary F
Begue, state supervisor of mothers'
assistance fundt Krnest h. Tnstln. d.
rector or tne juenarunent et Tubllc
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Welfare; Henry J. Gideon, director of
the bureau of compulsory education,
nnd Geerge W. Nerrls.
Judge Martin will announce, the per
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Sproul In the Interest of legislation te
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