'f s, M Euenittfl tfablic 3fcftger the Weather Generally cloudy tonight and Satur day becoming unsettled: slowly rising temperature: gentle southerly winds. NIGHT TBMrICKATIJ"r: AT rAvn litmw EXTRA 11' 112 I l'l 2 3 4 H 4f 147 48 Ml) . if 18 10 ID Will V0L. VIL NO. 70" Similarity of Scars Counter. acted in Discrepancy in Girls' Ages "BOOTS" TO WIN IMMUNITY FOR TURNING ON PALS a wnn whftsn nnmc the detectives will net divulge, believes thnt Mnrie rhllllpi Rogers rany ec ncr iwugiuri- iu-law. ipi.. -w nhn In under arrest, with Peter D. Trcadwny and Jeseph "Archie" mess, denies mai sue nu ever seen the woman. Tt became known today that n mys- V i.iT I.-J ...It.,! nn fnnfnln of terieus tibivui iu ... -r Detectives Souder yesterday afternoon an" asked te see the R M held in the ilaring of Henry T. I'elrce two weeks .flat 2007 Merket street. The visitor was a woman, elderly ind of refined appearance. She told Captain Souder Bhe had seen Marie s pictures in the newspapers, and had been Impressed with the girl's close re semblance te her daughter-in-law, who was missing. Captain Souder permitted her te see Marie, he girl looked at the elder woman, then looked down and said: "I never saw you before:" similarity in Hears The visitor told ex -Captain Souder that Her daughtcr-ln-law had a bullet wound In her arm. Marie 1b said te nhew n war such as might have been made by n bullet. ' The elderly woman told Captain Sou der afterwards that the main discrep ancy bb one of age. The daughtcr-ln-law would be twenty -nine years of Age. Marie says she is ten years younger lhan this. . . . The woman.- who has net seen her daughter-in-law for some years, says her son is seeking n divorce. Marie will be the star witnesses at the trial of Trcadwny. Mess and, if he is captured, "Al" Smith, alias Elliett, the three men chnrged with the murder. The girl was In conference with the district attorney's staff yesterday after noon at the very moment Captain Souder was giving out the text et the confession written and signed by Tread- waT- May Get immunity It is expected Marie will be given Immunity by the state. Captain Sou der and Detective William Bclahaw. head of the murder Kipted and solver of the Pcirce mystery, snld that the gill hau net nargainea ler uer uwuuw, but had agreed te tel the truth without any premise of protection. It Is likely, however .that when the trial comes up she will be granted a ewnnce, se that her case may be heard separately. Treadway's confession in very definite language frees Marie from any blame in the case, either before the attempted robbery, which Trcadway seys resulted In Pclrcc's unintended death, or nt the time of the crime. , The district attorney's office realizes that In the face of Trcodway'e cenfes- it. na A l. C1 .wMMi nnlv rnnflrmn a.uu ua lu UiC tt'--t ,v v...,, v...-- -- the prier statement made by Mess, it would be next te impossible te Convict the girl of murder in any degree. Details Kept Secret Marie was taken te the district at torney's effle yesterday afternoon and lemafned for a .long interview. What was said at this meeting was net di vulged. It Is known, however, that she went ever her confession, made after the had become reconciled with her uiler husband, Hebs Rogers, se that the district attorney's staff would un derstand it thoroughly in all it details. Treadway's written confession puts all the blame for the actual killing en Elliett, the man who Is still a fugitive. Treadway says robbery was the only motive, and that he had net expected things te turn out as bad as they did. Toward the end of the confession he names Mess with Blliett and himself In connection with the robbery. "Marie did net knew that Mess, El El leott aad I were going te rob hlra until he saw them coming in behind her," re the words which apparently fix part et the blame en Mess. However, the context seems te bIiew that Treadway Intended te exonerate Mess of all blame, as elsewhere in the confession he re counted hew Elliett had suggested, when Mess was net with them, that , we take him (Pelrce) for what he his." Facing Electric Chair Treadway's disclaimer of participa tion In the actual killing of Pelrce, and Ms declaration that Mess was absent when the victim died, will net avail Jlther of them under the law if It can he demonstrated thut all three were In Plot te rob Pcirce. Under the statute law of Pennsyl vania, conspiracy te rob is a felony, nd It is a principle of law widely recognized that murder incidental te a fHeny in murder n the first degree. Though the detectives bedieve Mess w" merely n "peer boob," he prob preb My will be tried for murder in the first degree. The hearing in the case again has en postponed. The prisoners were te hare been token Inte Central Police wurt yesterday afternoon, or this morning. The plans hnve been changed ajaln, however, and probably It will he several days before the three get their first hearing. Hepe te Qet Elliet t JhVm '4c,hM ,r( wn"mg in the hope ''" hm "" he raptured, nnd the iu.r C(ln b brought te the hearing to te jether. Detective Bclshaw is most r te get Elliet's confession, se thnt M can cempare it with that of Tread- mess . Llllet has the advantage, proba preba proba the'etrathree.rCni1 the cenfeMl of theen 1 U' ,lct,ecllvcs in charge of Z n?.se ,mve mai,a l'Mlc, Elliet Is Hritl ght in: Tlc Benrcl for the '"guive Is most active In Went vi !Lt.0n1 .,,l' '..t pe ce e ' ev n wd tfjV00"1? for '". "s it Is real "i he has had ample time te nut n SS'IS ,nl,C8 be?wcen ''"" Will Centrrm Class . V WOMAN SAYS MARIE LOOKS LIKE MISSING DAUGHTER-IN-LAW entered as Secend-Ctntii Matter at th nd-Claii Matter at the roa'emee, a . TIhir tha Act of March B. 1HO Harris A Ewlni:. MRS. L.A HUE BIIOWN 'Selected as chairman of the child- welfare committee of the National League of Women Voters "MILL" REEVE FOUND DEAD; DEAN OF POLICE REPORTERS Bedy of Veteran Newspaperman Discovered In Yard of Heme Millard Reeve, for mere than thirty five years cenncctedwlth the Punue Ledoer ns police reporter, was found dead in the yard of his home, Morten avenue, ltutledge, last night. Mr. Reeve had been ill for some time. About two years age be retired from active newspaper work, and spent most of his time at his Rutlcdge home. He was sixty-five years old. Frem office bev in the editorial de partment of the Evening Bulletin, fifty years age, Reeve became successively representative of a news agency, nnd later the best known police reporter in the city. After leaving the public schools, he was several years with the Bulletin, and then went te Kew Yerk with the Jehn Hnssen Kews Agency. An accident while at work was fol lowed by his return te Philadelphia, and his connection with the Public Ledeeii. He develeDed a faculty for pollce reporting', and made a study efj ttiat work, ills library et information concerning noted criminals and great crimes was complete in every detail. City detectives frequently consulted him regarding their cases. His work brought him into personal contact with city offi cials, and he knew personally virtually ail the police departments heads in the eastern part of s the country. , ' Police officials in this city gave him a testimonial banquet April 27, 1010, marking his thirty-second anni versary as a CPublie-' Ledoer reporter. About two years age he was stricken with a serious illness. Soen afterward he retired en pension.,- TAXIS GRANTED ROUTES Agree Net te Parallel Frankford Trelley Line Application for certificates of con venience made today before Public Service Commissioner Ilenn at City Hall for hacking privileges in the northeast were opposed by the Frank ford, Tacony and Holmesburg Street Railway Ce. The routes ever which the taxi driv ers desired permission te operate par allel the trnckH of the trolley company. After the applicants had changed the routes te extend from the terminal of the trolley line at Torresdale te Ryberry Farms, counsel for the trolley company withdrew objections. An application for a certificate of convenience was also made by Edward J. Farley, who desires permission te have a taxicab stand at Thirty -fourth and Spruce streets. After Farley had admitted that his machine was driven at night for public hire by Jeseph Green, Commissioner Benn made it plain that only owners te whom certificates were issued were authorized te operate. SMOKE OVERCOMES FIREMAN $700 Damage Is Dene by Blaze In Kitchen of Catering Company A fireman was overcome bv smoke during a fire which is believed te have been caused by a defective flue shortly after 0 o'clock last evening in the kitchen of the D. F. McAllister Cater ing Ce., ut 1337-80 Opal street. This building faces en 1035 Reed street nnd the fire was discovered by a pedestrian, who turned in an alarm te the Twen tieth and Federal streets engine com pany. Firemen from the Fifteenth street nnd Snyder avenue engine cempnny also responded, nnd during the course of the fire Hnrry Fraley, of this company, was overcome by smoke, but weh revived in a short time. The firemen gained con trol of the fire within an hour. The less Is estimated at $700. Christmas Mince Pie With "Kicle" Under Ban Washington, Dec. 3. (By A. P.) The flavoring of home-made Christmas plum pudding, mince ment and brnndled cherries and peaches with alcoholic spirits is in violation of the prohibition enforcement law and such feeds are liable te seizure, it was btated today at the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Officials explained that under their interpretation of the enforcement net culinary products in which nlcohel is nu ingredient can be mude only by manufacturers of feed products who obtain a permit from the gov ernment arid that suclj products must contain less than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol. They also state that the regulations, require that such products shall net be used or sold en the premises, and thnt this effectively barred the housewife from making Christinas feeds with liquor in them. The regulations speci tlcally state that permits Bhall net be issued te hotels nnd restaurants. Retailers de net have te have per mits te sell culinary products con taining less than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol obtained fren) author-" feed manufacturers,' officials said, OV -sif yr Poteme, at Philadelphia, Fa, VOUTH OF 17 SHOT BUT SAVES $10 Collector WeUnded Three Times in Struggle Under Bridge. Suspect Is Arrested HOLD-UPS AND ROBBERIES YIELD $10,000 IN LOOT Bernard Herman, seventeen years old. 6f 1242 North Sartain street, a collector of the American Stores Ce., was shot three times by, a highwayman nt 0. o'clock this morning, but fought oft his uRsallant nnd saved ?2000 of the company's money he carried. Paul Page, an empleye of the Mc Grath Taxicab Service, 1718 Fawji street, who lives en Thompson street near Hutchinson, was arrested en suspicion In connection with the at tack. Ownership of the closed car, in which the assailant escaped, was traced te the company through the license number which nermann noted, in spite of serious gunshot wounds of the leg nnd arm. The heldtlp took place under the Reading Railway bridge en Nerrls street, east uf Tenth. Hermann had mnde Revcrul collec tions and was walking west en Norris street toward another branch store of the American Ce. The closed car, con taining the man, was proceeding slewiy in the snmc direction. Ordered te Raise Hands As Hermann started under the bridge the limousine was driven close te the curb, and the driver jumped out nnd approached the collector, ordering him te put up his hands. Hermann at first complied, but as the higbwaymnn started te search him the victim suddenly seized the revolver which bis assailant had pointed toward him. The men struggled, and the robber fired three shots from his revolver. Twe struck Hermann in the left leg and one in the left arm. Then the robber pro duced a blackjack and struck Hermann twice en the head. Bhets attracted several workmen from a nearby cealyard. Twe of the work men were armed. Hermann's assailant jumped into the nutomeblle without loot and drove west en Nerrls street. The armed workmen opened fire en the retreating robber, who returned the fire nnd escaped. Hermann, who ran after the machine, collapsed at Eleventh street from less of bleed. He was taken te the Chil dren's Homeopathic Hospital. Find Abandoned Car He save the. nellce a (reed descrfntien of his assailant and also gave them the license number of the robber's ma chine. When detectivea traced it te the MAy Grath garage, they learned thnt it had been driven until 3.45 o'clock thin morning by Jehn Dublel, of 1410 Delhi street. He told the detectives he had returned the machine te the garage at that time, and had later seen Page and nneher empleye of the garage washing the car in front of the garage. Later the limousine disappeared. It was recovered at 11 o'clock, abandoned near Page's home. Page will be taken te the hospital te be confronted by Hermann. Cleth Mill Robbed Bandits and burglars get mere thnn $10,000 In meuey, cloth and jewels In a series of held-ups nnd robberies in various parts of the city during the night. The biggest haul was made by four men who get S7O0O in cloth from the Prudential Worsted Mills. Orthodox and Large streets, after binding nnd gagging the watchman. Six Suspects Arrested i Six men were held under $1000 bail eacn, ter a lurtner uenring en ucrcm bcr 10, this morning, by Magistrate Ces telle, of the Frankford police sta tion, charged with suspicion of larceny, forcible entry and nhsault with intent te kill in connection with this robbery. The men arrested were Harry Rese, twenty-five yearw old, nnd Jacob Miller, twenty-eight yenrs old, both of Sixth street below Snyder avenue ; Barney Unniuli, thirty-two years old, Seuth American street below Perter; Benny Orenstein, thirty-three jears old, Lep street below Wolf; Abe Morevitz, thirty-two eara old, Perter fltreet near Third, and Samuel Mitchell, thirty-two years old, Eighth street near Snyder avenue. These men, with the exception of Mitchell, were arrested by District Dc tcctives Slavin nnd Dougherty, of tin I'rnnkferd station, this morning, nt Fourth nnd Perter streets, as they were driving a large truck. This truck ifl said te have been stolen last night from Cas sidy's garage, at Fifty -eighth nnd Vine streets. Four of the men were partially iden tified from photographs in the Rogues' Gallery, ns the men who engaged in the robbery by their victim, the night watchman. Mitchell was later arrested nt his home, where he wuh found In bed. The police are Investigating the past records of the six men nnd will endeavor te trace their movements dur ing last evcnlug. The tailor shop of Charles Kopet, 102!) Diamond street, was ipbbed of scleral hundred dollar' worth 'of cloth ing. The robber apparently entered the place through an alleyway which gave uceeHs te a rear janl, A window in a rear shed was broken, Kopet dis covered his Iesh at 7 o'clock tills morn- feutlntiril en I'eun Twe, Column Te CLUE TO MURDER OF BABY Tiny Bedy Found In Sleeping Car of Train Weman Suapeetd Detroit, Dec. 3. (By A. P.) Police here are searching for n wpmau they believe mny be uble te threw borne light upon the finding yesterday of thebedy of a baby, wrapped In brown paper and tucked beneath a berth in n sleeping car of n train from New Yerk. The child apparently was several weeks old. County Physician Albert French, who conducted an autopsy, said the baby had been strangled and, he be lieved, had been dead, about n nrtr The woman sought' disappeared In the kwiiumi nuu iicrr, viiiie in? ram crew was calling th.c authorities. RESISTING BANDIT, PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1920 Anthracite Trust Made Househelder the "Geat" Beest in Ceal Prices Didn't Touch Big Busi ness, Where. Bituminous Interests i Could Put Up a Fight I Ily GEORGE Veil Ynrlt. Ilm .1 WhAttin. .... net the anthracite trust is a law unto Itself is u question which the United States Government will have te de cide. And the government inquiry into the operations of the trust or combine will get under wny here tomorrow. In a series of articles from the nn thracite rtfgien some time age, I di rected attention te the nctlen of Uie operators in advancing the price of coal $1 a ten te the consumers beginning April 1 last. The nctlen was arbitrary. Nobody was consulted outside the select circle of operating companies. Net the con sumer, at least. It was given out nt the time that the increase was te protect the companies n case the anthrnclte commission granted an advance in miners' wages. At the ,tlme thes. articles were written, it was estimated that the in crease, based en coal mined nt $1 per ten.. represented millions of dollars. This Bum during nil the intervening months was drawing Interest for the operators, net alone the trust, se called, put independent operators who, when it suits their interests, fellow in the footsteps of the companies. Househelder Dears Burden The anthracite trust collected $1 per ten from the consumers te pay a seventeen-cent advance in wages awarded them by the President's nn nn thracite commission. This increase in the price of coal, it is new discovered, was one of the meat brazen and Indefensible actions ever undertaken by any combine in this country, because the Increase vas Jcvled solely upon domestic sizes the coal that is used by the householder, churches, charitable Institutions and schools. Ceal in what is known ns sttam sizes, which ia sold te great manufacturing concerns, industrial corporations and the owners of great office buildings, whose light nnd heat are supplied from batteries of boilers equipped te use the finest graded sittings of mine nnd wash- STATE RIGHTS PLEA Conference of Executives Hears Appeal Before Leaving for Philadelphia .WILL BEQUESTS. OF CITY Usurpation of the power and rights of the states by the Federal Govern ment was attacked again today at the closing session of the twelfth annual governors' conference at Hiirrinburg. The ruling by the Interstate Com merce Commission thnt It has jurisdic tion ever railroad rates within the vari ous states was the target of attack. Governer W. L. Harding, of Iowa, brought the sltuntien, which he de scribed ns "Vrieus," before the gov ernors. He referred te the iccent decision whereby the commission assumed the right te set aside the authority of the Illinois State Commission in fixlifg the rates agreed te he charged within the state of Illinois en both interstate nnd intrastnte traffic. Sas States Must Fight Governer Harding declnred it was one of the things the state must fight If they wish te preserve their own rights and bring about "decentraliza tion of governmental functions and ac tivities. , "If the Supreme Court sustains this ruling." he warned, "all state laws, in se far as they apply te the railroads, will be nullified." "It Is n most serious situation, and 1 want e commend the three governors who rnfsed their voices yesterday in favor of decentralizing governmental coutrel ei or the rights which inherently belong te the states. "If this was a bedv of township com missioners meeting here instend of a body of governors, the same pretest would be ledged against n similar en croachment of authority by the legis lature. It Is net only the growing ten dency of Congress te take away from the Htates the rights and powers that they should exercise that makes the situation alarming, hut there is n ten dency en the part of the legislatures te take nwn from local communities the right te manage their own affaiis. "It is a step toward the deHtruetlen of the ver) theory of our form of gov ernment." Governer Henry J. 'Allen, of Kunsa urged the governors te get netive and prevent the appointment of "the pet of n military group" lu Washington te head the new federal mllltla bureiiu. Would Wrltb President Governer Allen mentioned no names, but he said mere thnn half the gover nors of the Union were united in favor ing the appointment of a mini suggested by the governors. He urged the gover nor te write President Wilsen, (ilfferd Pinchot. chief forester of Pennsylvania, addressed the governors' conferenco nt the cloning session tedn en the forestry situation lu the nation. He nnld the country was using its forests four times ns fast ns the) gievv. "The forestry situation," he said, "In my mind, is the most seileus that threatens our nation." Philadelphia exteuds the welcome hnud this afternoon te the governors and governors-elect who have been at tending the confluence. Cnlviu Coelldge. Vice President-elect, and governor of Massachusetts, will be among the visitors greeted by Maer Moere and ceuncilmeu when the speclul trnlu reaches Mreud Str,eet Station. The distinguished guests will be taken te the Bellovue-Strntferd and at 3 o'clock will begin an inspection of the water front. They will be guests nt the Navy Yard, dipt tin Leuis McCoy Nul Nul ten. the commandant, nud his staff being hosts. ' The governors ami governors-elect will be EtlCSts of the city this even I ni- at a dinner in the Bellevue-Stratford. Vare ceuncllmcn are tee busy te greet tlie next vice i-reaiucm 'or. tne' United jicutlu an I'd xe-Twe, t'tdume Que BY IOWA GOVERNOR W tf NOX McCAIN 1 cry. were net subjected te the iniuim- uen of the Increase, it wab placed solely upon the Bheuldcrs of the domes tic consumers. The fuct has never before been dis closed that the great manufacturing mid Industrial intercsta were favored at the expense of the home consumer, the churclfcu, schools nnd elccmesjuary in stitutions. Tlie reason for this discrimination is that the great anthracite companies arc and have been interested In pushing the snle of their steam coal lu competition with the bituminous coal of the west ern fields. The individual consumer uses enlv the various hIzcs known ns domestic, viz., egg. stove, chestnut nnd pea. These are the grades that fill the win ter coal bins of' every home in which nnthrnltc is used as a fuel. What nre known us the Btcnm sizes buckwheat, barley, rice and ether grades, a grain coal washed from culm banks and the dustlike Nlftlngs from breaker screens Is the coal that enters into competition with the bituminous. The Increase of ?1 a ten was net added te this grade of ceai. This indictment, therefore, stands out conspicuously in connection with present prices of coal, that while the home owner nnd tenant, the churches, schools and charitable institutions using domestic sizes of anthracite were com pelled te pay an increase of $1 a ten beginning last April, the great manu facturing corporations were exempted from the impost. Te add te the action, I am informed that this steam coal, which escaped the increase in price that the domestic consumer is compelled te pny, is the most cheaply produced grade of coal mined or washed by anthracite open epen open ters. Opens New Investigation The equity of the situation would do de mnnd, it would seem, thut this grade, considering cost of production and the character of the consumers, would bt the product that should first be ad- Continual en rote Thlrtjr-tvre, Column One POLICE! TESTS -Names of Men With Bad Rec erdri; Mostly Highwaymen, Stricken Frem Lists msm&mm Names of approximately thirty men who passed the examination for ellgibll- ItV for finnntntmfttlt nn nn.PVman In ft.A Police Bureau were thrown out by the wvn tservlce Commission today, when it was discovered the men had police records. Most of the niPIl trlinftlt llflmna n,a crossed from the eligible Hit were high waymen vvne apparently Rought te up held the laws for the violation of which thcV hnd RprVPll time nnv.nrtln(r ti Charles W. Neeld, Jr., a member of the commission. In making application for the exam ination, the men dWmlssed from consid eration took nntll thnt tllev hn.l itnvnr been arrested en serious charges. air. .Neeld said he would take the matter up with the ether members of the enmmtticlnn lTn lnillrnt,.l .lint I. the future men who falsify in making application for civil service examina tiens vviu ee prosecuted ey tne uintrict attorney's office. "It is evident, thnt n niunt hi. verv careful in considering applicants." said ur. .M'em. "i nave given mucii innusiit te the disclosures in lonnectlon with the thirty men rllHniimpfl nritl hnrn pmi. sldered having the district attorney preHecute men who commit perjury by claiming 'clean' records when the ure convicted criminals." The eligible list for patrolmen, made public by the commission today, showed thnt 114 men passed the examination, twelve tailed anil rourteen men who filed annllrntlenu iliil tint Inl.e th . . amliiatlen. HINT CANNED GOODS BOOST Packers Selling at Great Less New, Officials at Convention Here Say Officials of the Tristate Packers' Association, in session at the Adelphia iieiei teuay, eccinrcd cntnicrs are tak ing a less new, nnd th.it new prke tcaies are ineviiiuiie. According te Ami Bennett, of Frank ford, Del., president of the axseciatlnn, ennners nre receiving for tomatoes packed In quart cans "n price which is forty cents less per dozen cans then the actual cost of production and with the tin containers thrown In free of lest." Packers cannot continue busi ness unless there Is n revision of prices, he asserted. Three hundred men from Delavvaie, New Jersey and Mnrjlniul. all directly interested in feed pieduulnu and dis tribution, through nffillntien, with the association, nre nt the conference. Sneakers nt the morning scilen'vvcre E. J. Cnttell, city statistician, who wel comed the delegates; Walter J. .Hiars. et Ohillicothe, O., president of the Nn Nn tlenal dinners' Association, nnd Rnlnh Dallln, of Bellnlre, Md. C. M. Diishlcl, et 1'iiiuess Anne, Md., is the secretary. Are White Lies Justified te Win a Weman's Leve? Read What Happened te One Man Who Told Them In "THE PHANTOM LOVER" A Great New Serial bv RUBY AYRES in the Eueniruj public fteftget The Story Will Begin Monday ' Next m 30 THUGS PASSED I'ublliheJ Dally Uxcept flunJiy uepyrnrni 1020, by MAY TAKE VOTE TO Clause Held Net te Guarantee Territorial Integrity of New Members ARGENTINA LIKELY TO QUIT; BRAZIL TO STAY IN COUNCIL By the Associated Press Geneva, Dec. 3. Presentation of u resolution eliminating Acltlcle X from the covenant of the League of Nations before the end of the present session of the assembly would occasion no sur prise here. It was declnred in some quarters when the assembly began Its meeting thin morning. Assertions were mnde thnt yester day b decision of the committee en the admission of new states, which held, in effect, that the article does net guaran tee the territorial Integrity of any mem ber of the lenguc. represented the view of n majority of the delegates at the picscnt meeting. This interpretation nud the postponement of the consider ation of ceitnln chnnges in the cove nant were the principal topics of con- vvriuueu iicre teuay. TheSe PhntirrPn It'llff.ll YTtA.n n.nnA.u1 by Scandinavian cetntries. it was said in nowise prevent consideration at this Session nf nnv nthn. nmandm.nt. V W. Hewell, a Canadian delegate, brought yiiiN eiii cieany ev questioning A. J. Balfour, of Great Britain. The committee te which was referred the question as te hew te cheese the four elective members of the council of the league had net reported. The ques tion is whether these members shall be elected ler four .veais or two. and it Is still being debated whether their termR of efficii should begin fiem the fiist cntr.v of the council into operation, or from the piesent meeting of the usem usem ely. If the latter idea prevails the four representatives must he elected here. The chance of Brazil returning te her place en the council is considered ex cellent, but Greece, it is thought, will lesej her place. The interpretation that Aiticle X does net guarantee the territorial in tegrity of new members una iipm.ntn.1 by the proposal of Giuseppe Metta. of the SwIrs delegation, who asked that If ui present Hiatus et Austria were changed Verurlberg be permitted te join Switzerland. The text of the inter pretation follews: "We cannot recommend the adoption of the proposal put forward bv M. Metta. We are indeed efthe opinion that the entry of Austria into the lenguc will In no way prejudice or affect the question se raised. Wc ennnet help adding that the suggestion thnt admis sion te the league should have nny such effect appears te arise from a .ulscon .ulscen .ulscon structien of Article X. It cannot be tee emphatically stated that Article X does uet gunnintce the territorial in--Vj&ty eL-uny. uieiiiber efjliejeague. Alpat deesMshn-cdnu'rjrrtrrtSifet-nBl. nr. grcKRien en, terriftfrralrtnfegtfty.lnjid the; iiuiuii-ni independence ei any mourner of the league nnd tnll upon the council te consider what can be done te resist such aggresien. " The committee en the niiniNsieu of new states today tecemmended unani mously thi admission of Cesta Rica int. the league as u sovereign state. The United States and twelve ether countries have recognized the de jure government of Cesta Rica, it was pointed out. The general committee of the leugue assembly met this morning for the pur pose of fermulntlng plans te speed up the work of the nssembl.v with u view te its.coinpletlen b.v December 10 or 11. Sir Eric Drummond, the general Kecre tnry of the league, informed the com mittee het believed it would he almost impossible te complete the unfinished business before December 18 or L'O, but the committee decided it would attempt te end the present session b December 11 and will urge all the commissions te get their report-s in hnpe for submis sion as quickly ns possible. AID OF U. S. SOUGHT IN DISARMAMENT Washington. De,.. ;i.Tlie invitatien: of the Lensiie nf Vntlmw ti... - i. I nitisl States name n ilelegute te sit in u ions iltutive enpacitv with the lea e i in i illusion en mmnment wai received tmhi) nt the State Department Officials theie suid the government had net jet come te n decision en the ques tion of representation en the commis sion. The text of the invitation ftem the league fellow h : "The council of the League of Na tions, acting en a uniiiiitmiiis iccom iccem iccom nieiidutlen of the permanent militarv, naval and ulr commission of the league, passed at its meeting iu Geneva en November 25, invites the Gov eminent of the 1 nited States te name represent!! tlves te sit en the commission in a con sultative 0'ipacltj during the studv by the commission of the question of the reduction nf armaments, n stucl.v which the council hns requested the commis sion te undertake forthwith. "The piMimiueiit advKei.v commission was constituted by the council of the league at Its meeting In Keine lust Mnv and held its rlrtt session nt San Sebns' tinn in August The commission i nt present composed of the militurv-'. n.nnl nnd neriitl ethceis of-states represented in the cemieil of the league. Its de- clsiens ure purelj nclviser nnd net iu ...... .,.. ,i,.,. , ui iiiev represent the common technical judgment of the experts or mini e-euiitrles. "It would, of course, be perfeetlv undu steed that the piesfnc,. uf the lep resmitativis nt ihc United Sdit.'s would lu nn wn commit the American Gov (untlminl cm l'aice I'mir, Column The COLBY SAILS TOMORROW Secretary te Leave Hampton Reads as Harding Arrives Washington. Dec 3. (By A. P ) Secretai Celli, of the State Depart ment, will have Hampton Reads fen fen Seuth America tomorrow at about the same time thut 1'iesldeiit eject Harding uriiiTs theie from Panama .Mr. Celby will leave Washington ut 4 p ni t.clu and will transfer te Uie battleship Flor Fler ida off Old Point Comfert abuut 10 o'clock tomorrow morning llefere beardliig the presidential jncht Ma flower with his staff, Mr, Celby will be eutci tallied ut the Pun-' American Union by eliplemats repre senting the Seuth American countries. When you think or wrltlni' thin of WHixiNU. Ud ' N LEAGUE ASSEMBLY DROP ARTICLE TEN flubnorlDtlen Irlc 10 a Yir by Mall. I'ublle I-edaer Company. Status of JFiVsen's Enpey te Armenia Defined Washington, Dee. 3. (By A. P.) State Department officers snld to day that a misconRtiuctlen had been placed upon their statement yester day as te whether President Wilsen would act officially or personally In naming n mediator te act for him In nn effort te settle the trouble be tween the Armenians and Turkish Nationalists. They said the Presi dent would net personally und net ecinlly in appointing n mediator, but explained that It would be diffi cult, of course, te differentiate be tween Woodrew Wilsen personally and eh President of the United States. Should the negotiations net be concluded before Piesldcnt Wilsen retires next Mnrch 4, the mediator uppelntcd by him would continue te act ns his representative HARDING MAY SPEND HIS WINTER IN "DIXIE LAND" 8enater Prefers te Stay at Marlen, However, If Practicable On Beard the .Steamship Pastores, Dec. 3. (B wireless te A. P.) Coel weather gieeted President-elect and Mrs. Ilnrdiiig teda.v. The steamer PabtercR, en which they nre returning te Norfolk from Colen, was off the Carelinns this morning, and in spite of a heavy wind from the north she was making geed headway. Mr. Harding and his party appeared todej clad In wanner gnrments, having dlsTarded the white suits they were while in the tropics. As Mr. Harding neared the United States there was renewed discussion among his companions regarding the possibility that he might cheese some ether place than his home In Marlen for conferences en the League of Nations und ether subjects which jnust be thrashed out before he assumes office. He has been urged b.v some friends te sp?nd the winter in a southern state, where there ure better hotel ami railway facilities, which are assuming some im portance in view of the number of call ers expected te wait ou the President elect. Het Springs, Va.: White Sulphur Springs and various Flerida reserta have been suggested, but it was Raid today no decision had been reached. Beth Senater and Mrs. Harding are understood te favor remaining in Marien during the coming winter if practicable. Newport News, Va., Dec. .1. (By A. P.) The master of the Pastores. which is bringing President-elect Harding and party back from Panama, advised steamship company today that his ves Hel should reach Old Point quarantine nt 0 o'clock tomorrow morning if the present weather continues. BANDITS ROB MAIL CAR Twe Masked Men Qet 100 Regis tered Pieces at Minneapolis .Minneapolis," Minn., Dec. 3. (By A. J)-Twe masked bandits entered the mall car of a Chicago, Milwaukee nnd St. Paul passenger train just outside the clt) limits this morning, bound the crew nnd csenped with 100 pieces of registered mail after jumping from the moving train. The three clerks in the car were ly ing bound en the fleer when the train stepped nt the station. Police believe the bandits were picked up by an auto mobile after they jumped from the train. TROOPS GUARD PRISONERS Protect Negroes in Jail Which Meb Tried te Storm ItnlnMi. N. C Dec. 3. t By A P ) Goldsboro, where a mob last night stormed the v eyne ceuutv courthouse in nn unsuccessful attempt te obtain five Neirrecs en trial for the murder of a white man, wns guarded today b a OOO.OOO was enlj just laid, machine gun company of state tioeps with regard te the Federal Re The town was reported te be quiet kcive sjstem the financiers who will One man wns wounded during Inst have most te say about the new admin night's attempt te storm the courthouse, hstrntien'H pellcj hove nothing but which wns defended by a handful of praise for its operation. In general citizens. Colonel Jehn D. Langsten. thev opprevo thoroughly actions of one of the defenders, said the man the present Federnl Re-erve Beard since ueuimi'u ii- .in. . u uiiuri iireu e.v u member et tne meu, and thnt the court- heue "garrison" did net return the tire from the crowd TO ACT ON PROVOST MATTER Committee of 100 of Alumni of Penn te Meet December 21 The future of the University of Petinsjlvnnin und the question of the next provost, will he laid before the committee of one hundred of the nlumni of the University en December 21. That is announced b.v Herace Mather l.ippincett, secretary of the General Alumni Society. He said the subcommittees en policy unci en pro vost of the committee of one hundred had a' joint meeting en November 30 and concluded reports which it will submit te the parent committee Pans for an endowment nJ been referred te the committee of e hundred. MAY CONTINUE FUND PROBE Kenyen Committee Seeks Authority te Continue Campaign Inquiry New Yerk. Dec. 3 (By A Pi tutlwiiltv i fin lift mm it a in t nut Inn ttt into campaign expenditures until next March 4 will be asked of the Senate IN the committee headed bv Senater Kenvon. of lewn, vwich has been eon- cluctiilg such nn iiirt.iry since Inst Ma Lewis te Be Counsel for U. S. Ceal Prebers New Yerk, Dec. 3. (11 A P ) District Attorney Lewis, of Kings count), who reported te the Depart ment of Justice that he had dis covered in Broekljn evidence of profiteering In coal, has been ap pointed counsel te the Semite com mittee en reconstruction and lepio lepie lepio ductleu, which tomorrow stints nn Investigation heie into anthiucite prices. Thin inquiry was ordered at the request of governors of New Unglnnd state". Senater Cnlder, chairman of the committee, snld Mr Lewis had con sented te net for the hed in New Yerk, but he wuh doubtful whether h eceuld spare time from his ether duties te go te Washington. PRICE TWO CENTS L IN FINANCIAL PLAN OF NEXT PRESIDENT Republican Financiers Believa Funding of Floating Debt Is Necessary FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD ' UPHELD BY G. 0. P. CHIEFS Ily CLINTON W. GILBERT ., Htnfl- Cen-wiwndrnt Evnlne 1'uhllc Ledirer Copyright, me, iv Puttie Ltdetr Ce. Washington, Dec. 3. A new Victory lean refunding the fientlng debt of the country or a large part of it will be one Important step In the finnncinl Policy of the incoming Republican ad ministrntiqn. Seme of the financial nelviRcrs of the party who will Influence its policies are of the opinion thnt this lean should take the fund's RCrlnl bends, a certain amount te be retired ouch cnr. In any case the leading financiers et the Republican party believe that the most thnt can he done te relieve th chaotic conditions of the money market is te fund ns much as possible of the floating debt. They have no sympathy with the attacks en the work of the Federal Reserve Beard or with various proposals te modify the Federal Re serve law In bchnlf of certain interests. They want; te get the government out of the money market as a short-term bor rower, where. In effect, it competes with ordinary business, paying what -imeunts te, with the tax exemption, Cai per cent for menej .Must Face Problem The present administration ha shrunk from refunding the outstanding certificates of indebtedness, which in the form the floating debt takes, en account of the low price of the existing Irsuch of Liberty bends and difficulty of Rolling further beuds nt the interest rate of the outstanding Victory bends, But the new administration has te faca the refunding nreblem in any event. Nearly $1,000,000,000 worth of war Raving Htnmps fall due in 1023, and some of the war leans also mature in that year, se that the Republican ad-, ministration cannot long postpone the refunding problem nnd may as well meet It boldly at once by refunding the floating debt, especially as this will im prove business conditions and help th money market. Anether pelut in the financial policy of the new administration is likely te be a cut in the mounting costs of the Navy Department by a reduction in ths futuie building program of the navy. The war has left the world in control of the great sea powers whose navies were greatiy increased. Naval building pro grams were greatly enlarged. We shall be building for several years yet war ships authorized en the theory that the war might last several years longer than it did. And the ideas of naval beards everywhere as te what should be built for the future have grown ex ceedingly. Republicans looking about for a means of reducing taxes can find noth ing se hopeful ns u restriction of nary building. One suggestion is thnt Pres ident Harding, In negotiating an asso ciation of nations, should propose whnt is called a naval holiday, a cessation of building for n period of yenrs in the Interests of cs eunm . Disarmament bristles with difficulties, being icluted us it is te the League of Nations controversy, and Its effect en taxes will net be immediate, for the country is committed te large naval ex penses under the three-j ear program adopted during the will, ler example. .lie i..el nf n imtili. rrnUir tn et sje.. i the war in tne dimcuit times et chaotic money conditions unci overstrained ciedlt The regard the troubles through which business is passing ns necessary. Wise pieducers in many lines have taken their losses due te the pi ice re adjustment which had te tome Retailers Must Face .Music Wholesalers te a less degiee hav taken theirs When retailers' de their pint, the process nf leadjustment will be complete and business vv 111 be able te resume en n new price level. Before the new administration take office, en effort will be made te relleru the furmers. This will net take the form of nn.v impairment of the Federal Reserve s.vstem, but rather of an ex tension of the authority 0f the farm lean hoards It is proposed thnt thcsii jpanls shall have the authority te issue nns upon farm products, instend of nereiy, as new , upon inriiis. t'.'f 'rl... h.inr... en. ,1..., .1.... 1. . !... -i, ...- ,.ii.. tim r,, .nn, inn iniii; urrnh pinched In the existing crisis because most ni iiieir puper is net nvullatila under the law for rediscount In the Federal Reserve banks Cattle paper, for example, is tvve-ear paper and net sufficientl) liquid for banking purposes. Under the proposed amendment te the farm lean law, the farmeis' paper would net.be the bnsis of circulation, anil tn Inflation of curreuc.v would result. Therefore, fi lends of the Federal Re serve H)stem ele net oppose the plan tot the relief of fnrmers thieugh the farm lean beard Hanger te Reserve System The threat te the Federal Reserva si stem lies net lu the fnrm proposal us it stands, but in the ilemiinds of business Intel est s thut if the farmer Is te bt aided b law. the ulse nhall be aided. This was voiced b Senater I'dgp In .1 statement csterduv. The only way ut niding inuiiufnctureiH and dealers In the crisis is bj relaxing the Federal Re serve law, or forcing the Federal Re seive beurd te add an inflatienist policy. The Fceleral Reserve law is going tej hnve Its severest test In the present! session of Cengiess, which probably cannot be held down te the mere pas sage of appropriation lls. The pesli tinn of lending Republican financiers ia fuer of the law ami tbe beard is Im-i pertuut But the pressure upon ills' beurd from Congress is going te be enormous, especially us certain senator and representatives from the Industrial centers threaten te defeat meanures at the relief of the former unless they are accompanied by some aid te Industry. AUK YOU A JOTK1K OK A C'IOAMt Hmnlu Godfrey H. Malm's K.y VruhtM Ofsll Coren; 1WJ 3 ir 'ueyfivS NEW VICTORY OAN M: m ii Mm m il 1 II ai TS 1 J"-tSjii ii, . r 1 jsi iisviiif44 feri. - jj i -Jfld ?r,A n ,m ' K, "iJ'-'itf- ' " rift '"lli 'I V..'ti f j, i. : .H-. ' "' .?'. .'ifc-iiSw. -?V , 'is:i ijll ih.,gsjj.J..immiM anr,T-iz m
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