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Evening star., 1921-11-03
DENIES BROTHERHOOD
MEN TREATED UNFAIRLY
Senator Cummins Says Statements
of Witnesses Were "Abso-
lutely False"

Suggestions that railroad brotherhood
representatives had not been treated
fairly in the Senate interstate COM
merce committees general inquiry into
railroad problems today drew a heated
denial from Senator Cummins. republi-
can, Iowa. chairman. during hearings
on bills to restore state rate powers.
The statements made by Benjamin c.
Marsh. managing director of the Farm
ers' National Council. and executive
secretary Of the Peoples Reconstruction
League. were declared by Senator Cum
minis to be absolutely false"
Senator Cummins said the brother
hoods witnesses had been called, but
the brotherhoods twice asked a post
ponement.
Reduction of railroad employees wages
was urged by S. H. Cowan, representing
live stock producers organiza tions. He
also recommended repeal of the provi-
sions Of the transportation act govern
ing rates and establishing the Railroad
Labor Board.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
$4,000 EXTRA POLICE
PLEA TO BE CONSIDERED
House Appropriations Committee
Will Take Up Presidents Re-
quest at Early Date.

The District officials will be given
the first opportunity before the House
appropriations committee to show the
need for $4,000 asked from Congress
yesterday by President Harding as an
emergency estimate to provide addi-
tional police to preserve order in the
National Capital during the confer
ence on the limitation of armam ent.
Chairman Madden of the House COM
mittee said today that the District au-
thorities would probaol be heard on
Monday. when the committee takes up
the deficiency appropriation bill.
If the District authorities convince
the committee that the additional po-
lice fund of $50,000 is urgent, it will
probably go before the House in a
separate bill. Committee members
realize that if the appropriation be
made it must be done in short order,
as the need for the additional protec-
ton will start on November II. the
day of the burial of the unknown SOL
dier in Arlington.
The plans of the police department
are to provide 800 additional men
during the conference period. and
Commissioner Rudolph is considering
the drafting of detectives from New
York, Philadelphia and other large
cities.
President Harding. in writing to
Speaker Gillett yesterday urging the
appropriation of $4,000 for main
tenance of public order. protection OF
life and property and safeguarding
visiting delegations in the District
during the period covering the inter-
national conference" said:
1.-The estimated expense every day
is not less than $500, which will in
crease to $1,000 or more on special
days. The call for an assembly of
this conference has created an emer-
gency unforeseen when the appro-
priations for the current year We're
made"
Several members of the House COM
mittee today indicated reluctance 10
grant the appropriation. and said that
1t will be necessary for the District
Commissioners to prove real need.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
USE ENGLISH FOR CHINESE
New Daily at Peking Is Primarily
for Students Reading.

PEKING, November 2.-This city's
first English language daily to be owned
and edited by Chinese, the Peking Ex-
press, made it's initial appearance yes
terday. The newspaper wass planned
primarily for Chinese students, and
started with a paid circulation larger
than any other English language daily
here. In an editorial the publishers Of
the newspaper said:
new field of readers, the class which is
anxious to read a paper published in
English, which is rapidly becoming the
universal medium of expression in the
orient. Chinese students are obliged to
learn that language because of the
necessity for their penetrating the mys-
teries Of western science and civiliza-
ton"
Evening star., 1921-11-03
HUNGARY Is THANKED.
Ambassadors Commend Action
J Which Averts Menace Of War.
BY A. r., DECKER.

X BY A. r.. DECKER
/ By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
B. Copyright, 19sl
h. VIENNA, Austria, November j.
s,Count Banffy, the Hungarian minister
i;of foreign affairs. has been handed
l'note emanating from the council OF
/: ambassadors. thanking the Hungari-
pan government for it's energetic ac-
..tion in averting for the second time
1.-The menace Of war from central
+ Europe and demanding that the per-
;,sson of ex-King Charles shall De de-
fish gunboat fiotilla now lying In the
danube off Galatz. The demand reaos
i,that this is for the protection OF tne
ftking." The plan seems 70 De 70 EN-
:,bark Charles on British gunooat,
(which will take him to the lower
sDanube. where he will be put on the
:cruiser Chatham and held unit! the
;:place of his final internment IS De
s;cided upon. The big entente and the
.:little entente both further deman1
force the abdication of the HapsDurs
,line, probably through the passage OF
:a law annulling all the rights OF the
iHapsburgs to the throne.
Il: War Again Averted.
III Thus the menace of war at this
i..time seems to have been avoided:
i;However. Hungary is still surrounded
::.by the bayonets of the little entente.
1.-THE Czechs have nearly 100000 men
!,under arms and the Serbs have caied
Tito the colors the classes OF 19l1. 1918
Hand 1919, while the Rumanians nave
Il ssimobilized partially. The demands o,
':;the little entente have been tempered
';.by the action of the big entente IN
that Europe shall not De
';iplunged into another war.
4. The nations in the little entente no"
,iclaim that they wish only 10 com
:a%plete the fulfilling of the treaty OF
bTrianon without involving Hungarian
.rinternal affairs. This is quite diner
,Eent from the original demands for
!smilitary sanctions with the Serbs oc-
sscupying the coal region OF Saigovar
Hand the Serbs seizing Baranya Ine
;.little entente has more than 7oo,Ooo
linen under arms. The Hungarians
lied. The treaty of Trianon allows
,:aIungary only $4,000 men. which
!:would place her at the mercy OF any
;;neighbor except Austria
\: Burgenland Source of Trouble.
Z; The scene of trouble is apt to shift
ito Burgenland, in which centers all
1.-The complications of the central Eu-
isropeon questions, namely, the trans-
sfer to Austria of specified zones, over
;:coming the guerrillas and the opposi-
'stion of Italy to a corridor DetWeen
:;Jusoslavia and Czechoslovakia. All
HI he legations are maintaining silence
..and the negotiations are being con-
,:ducted in secrecy. Nearly every Capl
;;tal has a private wire. which Is Kept
i;hot with messages between the dlpIo-
;iinats. The most that the legations
s;admit is that the little entente Is
working in harnnny with the big en-
;:tente.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
FIVE KILLED IN RIOTS.
Bomb Is Thrown in Arab Attack
on Jews.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
o JERUSALEM, November 2.-Five
persons were killed and thirteen
.pthers were wounded in disorders
here today which included the throw
ling of a bomb. The trouble, thu
police reported, originated in an at
tempted attack by Arab rioters on
The Jewish quarter. OF the killed
four were Jews and one an Arab.
Il There were a few cases Of knffine
&nd shots were exchanged between
The factions.
/: The police frustrated an Arab at
Back. Later, while troops patrolled
Che city. the governor with the ofiicer
commanding the troops and the prin-
setBaf Moslem notables walked through
the streets and restored order.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
BEGINS JAIL SENTENCE.

JACKSON, Minn., November "a.
C. Townley, president of the Natfondi
Non-partisan League, spent last night
in the Jackson county Jail, beginning
his sentence of ninety days for con-
spiracy to encourage disloyalty dur
ing the world war.
His Incarceration ended three
year legal battle, started here and
carried to the United States Supreme
Court.
Townley's first act in Jail was to
obtain the release of a fellow prison.
er, ]. H. Puckman, nineteen years
old Puckman, convicted of steal
ing an automobile, was fined S25
and costs. Townley wrote a checl;
for $50 and instructed the officers to
take out the fine and costs and give
Puckman the remainder to pay his
fare home.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
BILL WOULD BAR CHARLES.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
4: BUDAPEST. November 3.-F'ormel T
II ;;IE,mneror Charles would be deprived
:of royal prerogatives by the terms OF
"a bill prepared by the ministry OF
Justice for introduction In national
assembly of Hungary today. Tne
measure, which has been approved,
IL abolishes the pragmatic sanctions. or
Imperial edictS or DEGREES operating
ms fundamental laws.
\. The right to issue these DEGREES
.was held by the Hapsburg family for
Hundreds of years. and it was by Vir-
:Iue of one of them that Marie There
"a ascended the Austrian throne in
ii74O. The election Of a new king
swould be postponed by the bill until
a more favorable date.
!. Count Stefan Bethlen. the premier,
;Ras communicated the text OF the
measure to a conference of the polit-
;icaI parties in the national assembly.
iplacing emphasis upon the necessity
;5or it's adoption, owing to the external
situation.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
BURGUNDER COMES TO KANN's
Special Dispatch to The star

CpecINI DlSpHtcn 10 TIE St0r.
BALTIMORE, November 3.-B. Ber-
nei Burgunder, for the past twelve
years a member Of the banking Arm
of Mackubin. Goodrich & Co., has
withdrawn from the firm in order to
become associated with the s. Kann
Sons Company Of Washington. Mr..
Burgunder, who is one of the best
known of the younger bankers in
Baltimore, Is regarded as an author
ity on financial matters. Some years
ago he was called before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission as an
expert witness during the considera-
tion Of important questions affecting
the railroads.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
ALBANIA BEING INVADED.
Greeks Strike From South and
Jugoslavs From North.

LONDON. November 2.-Albania is
being invaded from the south by the
Greeks as well as from the north by
the Jugoslavs. according to a message
from Bari, Italy. to the London
Times correspondent at Rome. The
Greek forces are variously estimated
at from 1900 to 1900, while other
troops, we'll armed with rifles and ma
chine guns. have crossed the frontier
and are marching up the coast.
The Greek legation at Rome has no
confirmation of the report
Evening star., 1921-11-03
ASKS AID FOR FARLEY.

HARRISBURG, Pa. November a.
pennsylvanians today were called
upon BY Gov. Sproul not only to OBJ
serve Armistice day as a time: of
Thanksgiving for release from the
ferrors Of war, but to concentrate best
efforts, spiritual and material, to en-
courage those in authority in work
ing out the full purposes Of the con-
ference on Limitation Of armament at
washington,
Evening star., 1921-11-03
10000 CHURCHES TO PRAY
National Free Council of England
Will Ask Aid for Arms Farley.

LONDON, November 3.-The Ma
tional Free Church Council Of England.
in cooperation with the Federal Coun-
Gil of the Churches Of Christ in Amer
lea, will offer prayers in all the 10000
churches of the country next Sunday for
the success of the Washington confer
ence. Cardinal Bourne, Archbishop Of
Westminster, has issued instructions to
the Catholic clergy Of his diocese to
offer up special prayers on Sunday.
He also has appealed to all the Ro-
man Catholic bishops in Great Britain
to do likewise.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
HONOR FOR MR.. HOOVER.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. November g.
Herbert Hoover. Secretary of Com
merce, will become president of the
Child Hygiene Association
during its twelfth annual session here
this week. He will succeed DR.. H. l..
X. Shaw of Albany, N. Y, who retires.
Mr.. Hoover was elected at st. Louis
last year. but until today it was not
definitely known that he. would ac-
cept, owing to his duties in the cab
met.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
$1,000 MORTGAGE PAID.
Grace Episcopal Church to Burn
Document on November 80.

Clearing up of the mortgage on the
Grace Episcopal Church was a fea-
ture yesterday Of the fourth anniver-
sary of the rectorship of Rev. N. b.
MacBride. The mortgage. amounting
to an incumbrance of $4,000, had stood
for period of twenty years.
Following the last payment yester-
day. the church will hold public
service November 80, at which the
document will be burned. Bishop
Harding will offlciate. The church
edifice is located at 9th and D streets
southwest.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
ARBUCKIE TRIAL NOV. 14

SAN FRANCISCO, November g.
Both sides have agreed to a postpone
ment from November to November
IA in the opening of the trial of
Roscoe G. Arbuckle, charged with
manslaughter In connection with the
death of Virginia Rappe. Gavin Nc
Nab. chief defense counsel. has an
nounced. The stipulation will be pre-
sented to the court when the case
IL called Monday. The postponement
10 desired on account of election day
and Armisticts day during the week
Of November Z j.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
HOUSE HONORS HERO.
Concurs With Senate in Ordering
Wreath for Unknown Soldier.

rent resolution previously passed by
the Senate instructing the sergeants-
alarms of the Senate and of the
House to purchase a floral wreath
to be placed upon the caisson bear
ing the remains OF the unknown SOL
dier which are to lie in state in the
rotunda of the Capitol from Novem-
Der 8 to November II.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
DEEDS NOMINATION UP.
Senate Committee Seeks Agreement

in Case of n. L. johnson.
The Senate Diatrict subcommittee
IN charge of the nomination of Henry
Lincoln johnson of Georgia to be
recorder Of deeds for the District Of
Columbia has been called by Senator
Jones of Washington, it's chairman.
to meet this afternoon. An effort will
be made by the subcommittee to
reach an agreement on the nomina-
ton, so that report may be made to
the full committee next week.
New evidence has been submitted to
the subcommittee, it was said today,
and this will be looked into.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
AID FOR SPANIARDS HERE.
Ambassador Asks His Government
to Care for Unemployed.

, MADRID, November 1.-Foreign Min
lister Hontaria has been requested by
the Spanish ambassador in Washington
to take speedy measures for facilitating
the repatriation Of the numerous unem-
ployed Spaniards in the United States,
1t was announced today. ssa4
The condition OF many of the6e gbAn-
ish subjects is declared to be deploEahles
Evening star., 1921-11-03
MADEIRA
READY FOR EX|LES
Engagements Completed for
| Reception of Charles
and Zita.

By the Associated Press.
y: LISBON, November 3.-Arrange-
mcnts have peen completed to receive
yor1ner Emperor Charles and ex-Em-
nnress Zita Of Austria Hungary az
exiies on the Island of Madeira, &C
eording to a telegram received here To-
day from Funchal, chief city OF the
ISLAND: I'd. j.
- Hungary Is THANKED.
Evening star., 1921-11-03
SALES TAX FIGHT
STARTS IN SENATE

Icnrtinund from First Page.)
Evening star., 1921-12-31
HARIFF-MAKERS TO BEGIN
REDRAFTING next WEEK
Hope to Have Measure Ready for
Presentation In Senate Early
in February, They Say.

Redrafting of the so-called perma-
nent tariff bill will be started by the
Senate tariff makers next week, with
the object in view of having 1T ready
for presentation to the Senate early
in February.
The first task before the finance
committee is a decision as to the
adoption of a straightout American
valuation plan of assessing duties or
the substitution of plan similar to
that outlined by President Harding
in his message to Congress when it
convened.
Most members of the committee
apparently are agreed that some spe-
cial arrangement will have to be
made II the measure 10 be drawn is
to afford real protection to American
industry from the cheap producing
countries in central Europe.
were closed yesterday, though on
January 9 representatives of the
Southern Tariff Association will ap-
pear.
Lumber and dairy products were
the principal subjects discussed. the
charges by Robert B. Allen of Seattle.
speaking for the West Coast Lumber
Manufacturers Association. that "a
Canadian lobby" in Washington was
fostering ian insidious propaganda"
against the proposed duty of SO cents
q thousand on shingles and the pro-
vision of the Fordney bill giving the
President authority to impose a duty
on lumber If countries now taxing
American lumber imports decline to
remove that tax.
Evening star., 1921-12-31
ARCTIC MESSAGE
TELLS OF TRAGEDY
"Bears Destroyed Depots,
Only 20 Days Food" Says
Letter Found by Searchers.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHRISTINA. Norway, December
30.-"Bears destroyed our depots; we
have now twenty days provisions"
So reads part of a letter dated No
vember 10. 1919, said by the official
rosta agency to have been found at
Cape Wild by the Russian expedi-
ton under Begitcheff. which has been
making search in the arctic regions
to learn just what happened to knud-
sen and lessen. two members of the
Amundsen north polar expedition.
who were lost during the explora-
tions in the winter of 1919.
Near Cape Premetny the expedition
reports that it discovered the re-
mains of a fire on beach and Of
body. Footprints of only one man
was discovered. One rifle and car
tridges of the Norwegian 1914 pat
tern also were found.
The Begit,hef expedition was at
Cape Wild on July % last.
from Moscow told of the finding by
the Begitcheff expedition of the
bodies Of knudsen and lessen. The
place where the bodies were found
was vaguely described as near the
mouth of the Jenesey," which was
taken possibly to refer to the Yenisei
river which rises in northwestern
Mongolia and flows northward
through Siberia, where it empties
into the Arctic ocean.
An expedition to search for the
missing explorers was also sent out
some time ago by the state council
Of Norway. but this party returned
last summer without finding trace of
Knudsen and lessen at Cape Wild,
where they were supposed to have
been.
Evening star., 1921-12-31
JAPAN TO REDUCE ARMY.
SO, 900 Cut in 1928 Program Decid-
ed by Authorities.

By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1921.
TOXIC, Japan, December 31.-The
authorities in framing the 1928 pro-
gram have decided to reduce the
standing army by $4,000 men. scrap
the obsolete training equipment and
use modern weapons in the schools.
They have ordered an investigation
aiming at equipment economies.
AS a result of the Washington con-
ference the enrolment at the Edajima
Naval Academy is slack and. despite
the reduction of SO per cent in the
number of cadets. there are vacancies.
The principal announces that first and
second year students desiring trans
fer to civil schools will be aided.
Evening star., 1921-12-31
BANKS GET OFFERS
. OF GERMAN MONEY
Millions of Paper Marks,
Worth Half Cent Each,
in Debt Payments.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associat ted Press
NEW YORK, December 31.-Millions
OF German paper marks, valued in the
neighborhocd of half a cent each, have
been offered to numerous banks and in
dividuals in the United States within
the last few weeks by residents of Ger
many who are anxious to settle obliga-
bankers. who have declined to accept the
deprecated currency.
German debtors were prompted to at
tempt settlement of their debts, it was
said, by announcements in Berlin that
Americans holding claims against Ger
man subjects were now permitted to
make settlement direct because of the
United States refusal to become a party
to the interallied clearing process pro-
vided for in the treaty Of Versailles
Offers Refused In Most Cases.
Such offers Of settlement, bankers de-
clare, have been refused in most cases,
on the ground that debts contracted on
a gold mark basis must be paid in money
of the same value.
Europeans because of their countries
membership in the league of nations.
settling with German debtors On gold
mark valuation. according to bankers
who are familiar with conditions abroad.
The reparationS commission. while ire
quently slow. they say. usually rules
that valid claims must be paid in gold.
Evening star., 1921-12-31
LEGION SEEKS BUILDING.
Congress to Be Asked to Put All
War Records Under One Roof.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, December 81.
IT. Semmes Walmsley of New Or
leans has been reappointed chair
man of the American Legion's COM
mittee on memorials, Hanford Mac
Nider, legion national commander, an
nounced.
Congress will be asked for an ap-
preparation for the erection of an
archives building in Washington in
which would be assembled all the
records of the world war as one of
the first acts Of the committee, it was
announced.
Evening star., 1921-12-31
Colds Instructed
To LO,Uer Skirts
By COIIege Dean

By the Associated Press.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, December
31-They're coming down Mt
Mnryville College and for some
OF them 1t will be quite u DROP
Miss Mary Caldwell, dean Of
women, has spoken and hence
forth the skirts Of the shapeIy
cO-eds must reach within thir-
teen inches Of mother earth.
Lowered skirts are now n
perquisite to higher education.
The males Of the species are in
cOllusiOn with the dean, carry
ing yard sticks to measure any
skirt TINT appears to be reveal
ing any prescribed anatomy.
Evening star., 1921-12-31
RELATIONS RESUMED.
Bulgaria and Jugos1avia Have
Long Been Apart,

SOFIA, Bulgaria, December 81
Bulgaria and Jugoslavia have de-
cided to resume normal diplomatic
relations. according to an announce
ment issued here today.
Resumption of relations has been
held in allegiance since the termina-
tion of the war, because of disagree
ments between the two governments
concerning fulfillment of certain
provisions Of the treaty of Neuilly.
Evening star., 1921-12-31
The Rotogravure
Section

The power of pictures to impress has
its greatest demonstration in the Won
derfuls reproductions of the Roto-
gravure Section. Current news pic
tured graphically; important person
ages presented in life-like pictures
only possible under the Rotogravure
process. Next Sundays is splendid
issue.
Evening star., 1921-12-31
To Make the Farmer
Prosperous.

Commissioner Tigert urges
better pay for school teachers
and better teachers for the
schools, and gives some pro-
gressive views of the educa-
tiOnal needs of America.
Evening star., 1921-12-31

Oliver Owen Kuhn explains
the French attitude on arma-
ments and points out its dam
gers.
Evening star., 1921-12-31
Anne Rittenhouse Fashion Forecast

In her letter from Paris Anne Ritten-
house doesn't write from hearsay-but from
personal observation. She has entree to
the famous designers studos-what she has
seen she tells the ladies of Washington in
this Sunday letter.
Evening star., 1921-12-31

N. O. Messenger writes of
the political outlook for the
new year.
Evening star., 1921-12-31

George N. Barnes of the
British Parliament discusses
the British viewpoint on the
big problems which the arms
conference is seeking to solve.
Evening star., 1921-12-31
The Hour with the Funny Folks

will be. a most enjoyable one next Sun
day. The four colored pages of the Comic
Section are full of droll and laughable in
cidents that the youngest and oldest will
both enjoy.
Evening star., 1921-12-31

Ben McKelway tells of ef-
forts to increase American
trade in Latin America.
Evening star., 1921-12-31

"Willard Looks In" One would
know this was a Sewell Ford
story by the title. And it is one
of Ford's best, with his own
particular brand of humor.
Evening star., 1921-12-31

"Red Amber" by H. Bedford
Jones. A tale of adventure in
another clime-yellow men and
white in an interesting mix-up.
Evening star., 1921-12-31

"Stamp Collectors in Legislative
and Diplomatic Circles" is
feature article on prominent
men and women of Washing
ton who have taken up the COL
lection of rare stamps as
pastime.
Evening star., 1921-12-31

Maximilian Harden, always
read with interest, because
he writes with the power of
knowledge and keen observ-
ance. World affairs are at
stage now where his summary
is valuable.
Evening star., 1921-12-31
Art, Music, Literature, the Screen
and the Stage

All reviewed by staff attaches, who keep
in close touch with what is going on among
professionals and amateurs; locally and
away from Washington. Also what your
Club and Fraternal Organization is doing.