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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
BILL SEEKS REPEAL
OF HALF-AND-KALF
Separate Measure Provides
for Legislation Without
Using Rider Method.
TIME, NEXT FISCAL YEAR

The bill designed to abolish the half
and-half principle of financing the
National Capital as a distinct 1egis-
lativel proposition. instead of by a
rider on an appropriation bill as re-
peatedly attempted heretofore, was
introduced in the House this afternoon
by Chairman Mapes of the House Dis
trict committee.
The measure presented is brief and
is under the title, ITO provide for the
expenses of the government of the
District of Columbia"
Provisions of Measure.
After the enacting clause the bill is
as follows:
THAT all appropriations of money
to provide for the payment of the ex-
penses of the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia shall be paid, from
and after July 1, 1920, out of the rev.
enues of the District of Columbia to
the extent that such revenues shall
be sufficient therefor, and the re-
mainder shall be paid out of the
Treasury of the United States. provid-
ed that the amounts to pay the inter-
est and sinking fund on the funded
debt of the District of Columbia shall
be paid one-half out of the revenues
of the said District and one-half out
OF the Treasury Of the United States.
Section 2. that all acts and parts
Of acts. in so far as they conflict with
any of the provisions of this act, are
hereby repealed"
No Need Of Speedy Action.
AS District appropriations have al
ready passed Congress providing for the
needs of the present fiscal year, ending
July l, 1920, when it is proposed that
the Mapes bill shall go into effect the
House District committee realizes that
there is no urgent impelling force for
speed in putting through this bill.
The House District committee held a
meeting today and will not hold another
regular meeting for two weeks. No ac-
ton, therefore, will be taken on the
| Mapes bill for at least two weeks unless
pressure is brought to bear for special
| meeting to arrange for hearings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
Dictated by q. s. Role.

America had played in the war and
by the expectations that had been
created in the minds Of the peoples
with whom We had associated our
selves in that great struggle.
The United States entered the war
upon a different footing from every
other nation except our associates
= on this side the sea. We entered It,
not because our material interests
were directly threatened or because
any special treaty obligations, to
which we were parties had been vio-
lated. but only because we saw the
supremacy. and even the validity,
of right everywhere put in jeopardy
and free government likely to be
everywhere imperiled by the intoler-
spected neither right nor obligation
and whose very system OF govern
nent flouted the rights of the citizen
as against the autocratic authority
of his governors. And in the set
Elements Of the peace we have sought
no special reparation for ourselves.
but only the restoration of right and
the assurance of liberty everywhere
that the effects of the settlement
were to be felt We entered the war
as the disinterested champions of
right and we interested ourselves in
the terms of the peace in no other
capacity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
Early Appreciated League Plan.
Favors Just Authority.

DR.. Renner shows that the COM
pleXity of conditions among the vari-
Gus Danubian nations. together 18th
the aggravation of hatred engunI red
by the war. appeared 20 make ii i'm
Continued on Fourteenth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
Decision Reached in Evening.

The decision to make the start was
reached early last evening when Maj.
Scott received warning from the
United States weather bureau that the
strong southwest winds might con-
tinue for another day and endanger
the big bag on the exposed plain OF
Roosevelt Field. The crew was hastily
summoned gas was taken on and final
preparations for the homeward flight
were completed in record time. MAJ.
Scott said just before the start that
he expected to encounter light west
winds on the first part of the home
ward voyage. but later favorable
Winds
After reaching midocean Maj Scott
said the ships speed should be in
creased from forty-five to seventy
miles an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
Crowd Gathers Early.

Crowds gathered at the Capitol
hours before the Presidents arrival.
Hundreds stood beneath umbrellas in
dreinching rain, while others be-
sieged senators in their Offices for ad-
mission tickets. Many efforts were
made to run the gauntlet of gates es-
tablished by police to bar those with
out tickets. In many cases. to insure
admission OF friends. senator's ESCORT
ed their guests in person to the gall
leries.
At 1915 the Vice President an
nounced that the hour had arrived
when the President was to be received
by the Senate The senatorial com
mittee appointed to escort the Pres-
dent to the senate chamber imme-
diately arose to go to meet the Presi-
dent When Senator Borah of Idaho
one of the strongest opponents of the
league Of nations covenant Joined
the other members of the committee
to receive the President a ripple of
laughter passed over the Senate
Son" of the democratic senators ap-
plauded "a they laughed. The amuse-
nent was contagious and spread to
tn rest OF the audience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
Heard With Keen Interest.

His address was listened to with
keen interest and in silence. At the
close of his address there was a sec
ond burst of applause.
With the exception of one or two
republican senators there was no ap-
plause on the republican side at the
conclusion of the address. A number
Of the democratic senators also stood
in silence as the President left the
chamber. The applause and cheers
came from the members of the House
in the main. who thronged the rear
of the Senate chamber by the hun
0redS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
Galleries Rise and Cheer.

When the President entered the
Senate chamber. escorted by COM
mittee of senators, the galleries rose
and cheered for minute in disre-
gard of the Senate rules.
The President. mounting to the Vice
Presidents seat, spoke briefly with
Vice President Marshall as the cheer
ing continued. punctuated with
"reber' yellS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
Member of the Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled ia
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited it not othcrwlS. credited in tins
rapcr and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication of special
dispatches herein also reserved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
WEATHER.

ThunderstormS this afternoon and
tonight: tomorrow fair.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended pm. today; Highest. so. at
) pm. yesterday. lowest, IS, at am.
today.
Full report on page %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
"Hand of God Led Us
This Way; Stage Is
Set; Destiny Is
Disclosed"
"Gaueries" Rise and Chez,
as Mr.. Wilson Appears,
Disregarding Rules of
Senate.

. President Wilson in present
ing the peace treaty with Ger
many to the Senate today de-
clared that ga league of free
nations had become practical
. necessity" to which the trainers
of the treaty felt obliged to turn
"as an indispensable instrument
tality for the maintenance OF the
new order it has been their pur-
pose to set up in the world"
s'Most Skeptical Turned"
The most skepticar' of the peace
conferees at Paris. the President said,
had turned more and more to the
. league as discussion progressed in
seeking solution of the problems that
arose in framing the terms OF the
treaty itself.
The fact that the covenant of the
league was the first substantive part
of the treaty to be worked out and
agreed upon" the President said.
"whilS all else was in solution, helped
to make the formulation of the rest
easier"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
PEACE PACT is NOTHING LESS
THAN A WORLD SETTLEMENT,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
FULL TEXT OF MESSAGE
AS READ IN OPEN SESSION

Fourth of July last year in Paris
cut of generous courtesy-with no
heart for festivity. little zest for
hope. But they came away with
something new at their hearts;
they have themselves told US so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10

Gentlemen of the Senate: The
treaty of peace with Germany was
signed at Versailles on the twenty
eighth of June. l avail myself OF
the earliest opportunity to lay the
treaty before you for ratification and
to inform you with regard to the
work Of the conference by which
that treaty was formulated.
The treaty constitutes nothing
less than a world settlement. 1t
would not be possible for me either
to summarize or to construe its
manifold provisions in an address
which must of necessity be some
thing less than a treatise. My serv-
ices and all the information l pos
sess will be at your disposal and at
the disposal of your committee on
foreign relations at any time. either
formally or in session. as you may
prefer, and hope that you will not
hesitate to make use OF them. l
shall at this time. prior to your
own study of the document. attempt
only a general characterization Of
it's scope and purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
opuose Presidents Contention

nv the Associat ted Press.
President Wilson's statement that
adoption of treaty reservations re-
Continued on Ninth Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
No Need to Repeat.

In one sense, no doubt, there is no
need that I should report to you
what was attempted and done at
Paris. You have been daily cogni-
zant Of what was going on there
of the problems with which the
peace conference had to deal and
of the difficulty of laying down
straight lines of settlement any
where on a field on which the old
lines of international relationship,
and the new alike, followed SO in
tricate pattern and were for the
most part cut SO deep by historical
circumstances which dominated ac-
ton even where it would have been
best to ignore OF reverse them.
The cross currents of politics and
of interest must have been evil
dent to you. 1t would be presum-
ing in me to attempt to explain the
questions which arose or the many
diverse elements that entered into
them. I shall attempt something
less ambitious than that and more
clearly suggested by my duty to
report to the Congress the part it
seemed necessary for my COL
leagues and me to play as the rep
resentatives of the government Of
the United States.
The Washington times., 1919-02-22
FOLLOWING The TRAIL
OF "CAMOUFLAGED"
BY GEORGE H. DONOHuE-

and to think that Fuller and Sny-
der, the cunning rogues, really did
manage to put something over on the
usually alert Wu Tsang. The Think
ing Machine" Of the keen-visioned
Oriental was evidently not markins
time with its accustomed regularity
for we are sure that ordinarily WI
would have been more careful about
those papers, once he had them in his
possession. 1t is pretty safe to as
sumo that after our heroes and the
detectives had left the Temple of Mys-
terry Wu Tsang must have made
things interesting for his usually
crafty aides; but what OF il, wrong
cannot forever prove triumphant.
But how did Fuller and Snyder, after
dolling themselves all up as English
army officers, again get the chart and
triangle from the hotel safe. But
those artful mental cracksmen have
not been associating with the master
mind, WI Tsang, merely for their
health, as we again discover at the
conclusion of Prof. Dewitt c. Crois-
SAINTS chapter today.
Prof. Croissant. certainly has our
chief actor in this College of Crime, in
a most startling and hazardous posi-
tion. 1t looks as though Prof. CroiS-
SAINT has no special use for the WI
Tsang brand Of John Chinaman, and as
we glance furtively-and fearfully up
the flashing rails, and see the train
a regular train, mind you-bearing
down on helpless WI, who is lying
bound to the rails-why, we begin to
get nervous for fear he may die Of ac-
tual fright before the clever pen Of
Mrs. Louella Littlepage, who takes up
the thread Of the narrative today, sue
ceeds in getting to his rescue. before
the wheels of that locomotive put him
completely out Of a job as a regular,
every day actor, in Washington's
Greatest Serial, "CAMOUFLAGED."
However, we know that Mrs. Lit
tlepage, will set the stage in Chap
ter Twenty, and you will find in the
Sunday Times tomorrow, a story on
"Camouflaged" we'll worthy of your
keenest attention. Remember, each
day brings the reader nearer to that
twenty ninth chapter-and then will
come the combined effort on the
part of Mystery Lovers to supply the
last chapter and win the prize of
$3.50 which The Washington Times
will pay for the most logical con-
cIusion OF "Camouflaged.'
The Washington times., 1919-02-22
THREE COLLISIONS
IN LAST "a HOURS

An automobile owned by Charles
Henry Butler, OF 1885 I street north
west, collided at Eighteenth and I
streets northwest yesterday with
another operated by Henry N. McFar-
ling, of 2O4 G street northwest. Both
machines were slightly damaged.
Slight damage resulted when an
automobile operated by Dr. Huron w.
Lawson, OF 1904 Rhode Island avenue
northwest, collided at Seventeenth
street and Rhode Island avenue north
west with a car owned by the Italian
mission on aerOnautics and driven bv
Ernest Merlanti, of 1929 1 street
northwest.
A wagon driven by Henry Meow
en-, living on Owen road southeast,
was badly damaged last night when
il was struck by an automobile oper-
ated by an unidentified man at Six
teenth street and Good Hope road.
The automobilerdid not stop. Meow
en- was not hurt.
The Washington times., 1919-02-22
GALsWORTHY SPEAKS.

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-John Gals
worthy, the English novelist was the
principal speaker last night at the
memorial dinner of the American
Academy of Arts and Letters, held
as a part of the James Russell Lowell
centennial celebration. He declared
that LowelTs feeling for the English
tongue was perhaps the noblest
vehicle of public thought that ever
existed" and had done much to pro-
mote the English language to the
position of the universal language.
The Washington times., 1919-02-22
oOupOuaTa

CORPORAEs.
CanAda. OnfaPiO, George 8. LlEhthlrt, ir.
Gel. Denver, John y. Cunnmlnls.
Iowa, Clinton, william y. seohey.
la. New Orleans, Lawrence Collins.
Mlch, DoWngl1c, MauRice Lyons
N. Y, Utica, Michael c, Luoeya
Tex, Tyler, Traey w. PaRta.
BuGLEh
Cal, Les Angeles, Liyle u. Putenney.
MECHANIC.
Pa, ConnsIIsVIlls. william y. Flynn.
WAGONEES
Mlnn-, EnlPmont, WilbeR =. HRoWn-
~. r., West Albany, EEbeFt MonfDo Mile
SADDIEA.
Gel, Fort COlllns, Jesss Elw0Od Martin.
ARMY YIELD CLEBK.
N. C., AsheVille, VILLAS a. Britt.
PEIFATESs
Kan, WaFsrly, RobeFt W.. uloW.
.. D.. Lrene, Carl John Aisn.
The Washington times., 1919-02-22

SERGEANFs.
~. C., Forney, william Mason.
WIS., Mendoza, Joseph A. Walker.
CORPORAIIS.
III, DauVille, William y. Lehman.
No., BOsworth, Dewey Orr.
y. j.. Metuchen, George PeBey.
Va, Della. Charley Ramsey Hes.
Cal, Los Angeles, Guy r. SissDeR.
England, York, Cecil Co0ke.
Iowa, Boone, CleOn Williams.
Mass, Rosllndale. Albert v. Ward.
Mlnn., Cold Springs, Msth Roth.
mo.s Nevada, Harry u. CFoley.
Ohio Cleveland, GeoFge FnehnTieh.
Pa, PhOenixVEle, Edward Hepp.
Pa, TErentums Francis II. Kennedy.
tt.s Bennington, George y. LaFin.
DIED OF DISEASE.
LlEUTENANTS.
Ore, Portland, John a. McCleVsFty.
3. c. AbbeVille, Furman b. Longshore,
SERGEANTS.
England, Hull, Henry HoPner.
y. " BROOKLYN, Paul J. Henry.
N. G., Wallace, Isaac NJ. Orr.
The Washington times., 1919-02-22
"CAMOUFLAGED"

him senseless. Fuller had recovered
just in time.
when WI Tsang awoke again he
was helpless; he was bound 50 that
he could move only his head, and the
strong rope that tied him was wound
about the rails so that he could not
roll from his desperate position. His
only hope of being saved from death
under the wheels Of a train was that
some passerby would discover and
release him.
But this contingency had been an
ticipated by Fuller and Snyder, who
had stationed themselves a short dis
tance up the track in either direc-
tion.
Wu Tsang had been conscious but
a minute when he felt the vibration
of the tracks under him, a Vibra-
tion which rapidly increased and in
dicated thatFa train was approach
ing upon the very tracks to which
he lay bound.
He struggled impotently, he used
every trick he knew to loosen his
bonds, he strained his muscles till
it seemed that either they or the
ropes must break, but without effect.
Turning his head he saw the glare
of the headlight Of the locomotive
shining down the rails. Nearer. and
nearer it approached, gaining head
way and coming faster and faster.
In the cab Of the train, now running
twenty-five miles an hour. the en-
EIneer and the ArenlaR were keeping
their lookout on the tracks ahead, ns
they rounded the gradual curve OF the
tunnel, but the curve prevented their
seeing more than n hundred yards be-
fore them.
Suddenly there appeared n hgure
standing beside the track, and as they
went further, still ginning headway,
they saw, stretched across the two
rails over which their train must
pass, n man, bound to the track,
lying mOtiOnIess, but with his yellow
face turned helpIessIy toward them.
As the engineer, too late to stop the
train before Il should pass over Wa
Tsang's body shut on the power and
put on the brakes, he saw the un-
happy man give. q. last despairlng
struggle. he heard q shrek above the
whine OF the brakes, and saw the
man sink back I'm q faint.
WR TSaRg's oriental stOleism had
given way, and with a last scream he
had become unconscious.
To be continued tomorrow in a
The Washington times., 1919-02-22
GETS REPRIEVET TILL
CHAIR IS REPAIRED

COLUMBIA, S. c., Feb. 22.-Aaron
Walker, negro, convicted of criminal
assault and sentenced TO die in the
electric chair. is Carcssing a rabbits
foot
Walker was temporarily reprieved
thirty days ago because of the illness
Of the State executioner. Today Gov
ernor Cooper granted another re-
prieve OF two weeks because the cleo
trio chair needs to be repaired before
the death sentence can be carried out.
Walker is wondering whatIl hap
pen next.
The Washington times., 1919-02-22
+ Z z Z


The mist was so heavy that the
headlights of an automobile, which
made its way slowly down Delaware
avenue toward the place where the
tracks emerge from the south end of
the tunnel, were but dull blurs. When
the automobile stopped three men
alighted, one of them apparently in
a semi-intoxicated condition, so that
he had to be helped by the other two
and directed in all his movements.
Yes" said one of them in a con-
ciliating tone; this is the way we go
to reach the hotel"
Wu Tsang. for it was he who was
being helped, answered in an indis-
tinct humble, to which his compan-
ions paid no particular attention.
Slowly, cautiously looking in every
direction for those who might pos
sibly interfere, they made their way
toward the tracks. There was no
guard in sight, and they entered the
tunnel without being discovered.
WI Tsang struggled little as they
passed into the unfamiliar surround
ings, and it was evident to his captors
that they must hurry, for at any mo-
might entirely disappear. Swiftly
they hurried on. and as they went
Fuller took from his pocket a ball Of
silken rope.
Their prisoner was becoming more
and more intractable, and after they
had gone a hundred yards. in a place
where the lights Of the tunnel were
dimmest, they suddenly turned upon
Wu TsanE But il was now no easy
task they had before them, for full
consciousness had returned to the
Chinaman.
As Fuller attempted to grasp his
opponent and pin his arms helplessly
to his sides, a blow which nearly de-
prived him Of his senses hurled him TO
the side of the track where he lay
stunned This left the slighter and
weaker Snyder to be attended TO, but
the fate of his companion had warned
him, and he was not caught unawareE.
Snyder grappled with WI Tsans
and they were soon struggling de5-
perately. First to one side OF the
tunnel and then to the other they
struggled, with the strength of Sny-
der growing less and less. Snyder was
no match for his antagonist, either in
strength or skill, and in a moment he
was on his back with the Orientars
fingers at his throat, stopping his
breath and gradually taking away mis-
senses. Fortunately, they had re-
moved the ring from Wu TsanS J
finger.
The yellow villain with an eXultant
smile, was about to crush the life
from his helpless victim, when sudden
~ a blow on the back Of his head laid
The Washington times., 1919-02-22
CONTINUED from Page IL

Of this drug is not to steal away en-
tirely the consciousness of the victim
but is to produce a condition border
ing on hypnosis, in which he Is
vaguely conscious of what is passing
and what he is doing, but is at the
same time so weakened in will tha'
he obeys almost mechanically am
suggestion that may be made to him
But it was not without result that
Fuller and Snyder had studied the
career of Fu-Manchu and their asso.
citation with Wu Tsang and his band
had brought to them knowledge oi
some of the devices used by thesl
Eastern criminals.
II was with the same purpose and
with the same means of accomplish
ing IL that the Chinaman and the
Americans entered the closed car.
Which would act first?
For a time they rode in silence, but
underneath their quiet they were all
three alert. WI Tsang sat alone on
the back seat, while Fuller and Sny-
der sat in the side seats half facing
him. Each was in an aggressive
mood.
On the middle finger of the glove
less right hand of each was a ring
with a small point on which was the
mind deadening drug.
Which would be the first to use Il?
The character or each was shown
by his action. Wu Tsang lay back,
apparently relaxed, a half smile on
his lips, and a look OF dreamy alb
straction in his eyes; Fuller was nerv-
Gus, excited, and his condition was
shown by a constant shifting of his
position, as If he found his seat un-
comfortable; Snyder was quiet, alert.
and his eyes shifted from one thing
to another, now inside the car ana
again to what was passing in the
street, but never were they fixed on
any one thing for very long.
AS they turned into Dupont circle
from Connecticut avenue they were
stopped for a moment by a George
town car, and in his hurry to get
started again their chauffeur narrow
ly missed a car coming from the op-
posite direction.
For a moment Snyder's attention
was attracted to the changing Of the
bell Of the motOrman, and his atten-
tion to the object of their ride was
relaxed.
Now, # seemed to wu Tsang, was
his chance. Slowly, quietly, he
reached toward Snyder, intent upon
his object.
But Fuller, full Of hate and sus-
picion, had seen his action, and inn
petuously he threw forward his
ringed hand, and catching the wrist
of WI Tsang he pierced the China
mans flesh with the poisoned point.
There was a slight struggle, but 1t
was not for long. so rapid and power
full was 'he effect Of the drug. With
a sigh, WI Tsang sank back in his
seat and closed his eyes.
Now they had him in their power,
and until t. effect of the drug wore
off he would be entirely at their
mercy, and he would dazedly follow
their suggestions, even though he
would need to be helped slightly as
he walked. Still his condition was
not such that his conduct would raise
snepfnfnp
The Washington times., 1919-02-22
MAS0NS TO VISIT TOMB
OF WASHINGTON TODAY

The annual pilgrimage to the tomb
OF Washington win be made late 20
day by members OF Washington Cen.
tennial Lodge. No. IA, OF Masons.
The party, headed by Worshipful
Master George Duval, g.. win proceed
TO Mt Vernon this afternoon on q
special train over the Washington-
Virginia railway. Past Masters Leon
ard p. Steuart. James s. Mccarthy,
and Harry y. Huntsberry are i1
charge OF arrangements.
An American flag and wreath viii
be placed on the casket IN the nauso-
leumi, followed BY an address BY Judge
James w. Witten, past grand master
OF the Masons OF the District.
The annual banquet OF the lodge
w'u be held this evening at Masonic
TeAple.
Buy War Savings StamDs today and
RPnw1Ta "a 49, g.