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The Washington herald., 1922-12-02

with the loss of a half dozen other
Republicans who were called
upon to handle The p-,-.-
stage of many troublesome bills.
gives to the Democratic minority
a tactical advantage, which the
diminished Republican majority In
the next House will find hard TO
overcome.
MAINSTAY IN HOUSE.
Passing a measure through the
House, with its cumbersome num-
bers and parliamentary tricks
requires as much skill as getting
a bill out of committee. Even be
fore the last elections retired many
Of the Republican leaders. It war
Mann to whom the majority looked
to handle a bill on the floor when
its course became hazardous. Many
measures desired by Republicans.
but lost in the maze Of House pro-
cedure, were reclaimed through
Mann's knowledge of legislative red
tape, and jockeyed into position for
passage, after being given up as
lost.
1t was the Illinois Representative
who time after time successfully
coped with the able parliamenta-
rians on the Democratic side and
succeeded where other Republican
leaders failed.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
CLEMENCEAU CALLS
RHINE STORIES LIES
Denies Attacks on German
Women by Black Troops
of Occupation.
BY HARRY l.. ROGERS.
Interna tional News Service.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 1.-St. Louis to-
day opened its heart to Georges
Clemenceau. ex-premier of France.
The city turned out and cheered
him as h" passed through the streets
to the home of Joseph Pulitzer.
whose guest he is while here. There
had been threatening letters. how
ever, and the ST. Louis police were
on the job with sawed-off shotguns,
patrolling the Pulitzer home.
What have accomplished in
America?" asked The Tiger. II have
nothing to say. A man doesn't think
while he Is doing things. He thinks
afterward. Come and see me in
France a year from now and / will
tell you what think Of my expedi-
ton to America. I am doing my best.
no man can do more. We want the
United States to intervene in Europe.
Just what form this Intervention will
take depends entirely upon the
american government. The mixture
must be reported by the Harding ad.
ministration."
ITS lie." exclaimed The Tirer
when shown statements that black
troops had been guilty of outrages
against German women. Before
ieit faris l talked with the minister
OF war and / asked him what these
men were doing in Germany. He
saio there had been only one case,
Ihat was a French sergeant and he
was Immediately punished"
Ciemenceau is scheduled To arr;ve
IN baitimore at $50 Monday eve
nIng. he will leave the Monument
Clty IN the afternoon. going directly
70 washington. In the Capital City
ne 10 IookirE forward to his visit
with Woodrow Wilson.
think 1 am going to get a lot
ot pieasure out Of that talk with
th me man VINO sat beside me during
clared. eei ue'
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
RUSSIA PROPOSES.
PROGRAM TO D|SARM
Tells Five Little Nations She
Wishes to Impress World
of Her Sincerity.
BY GEORGES POPOFF.
international Neyya Servfcs

MOSCOW, Dec. IA definite
movement toe disarm Eastern Eu-
rope was launched here today when
six nations-Soviet Russia, Poland,
Finland. Latyia, Esthonia and Lith-
uania-assembled to discuss limita-
ton Of land armaments. Rumania
was invited. but failed to. accept.
Russia took the lead in sending
aut the invitations. The Soviet
proposes that all participating
powers cut down their armies pro
rata, Russia being allowed to main
tain the largest force because she
has the longest frontiers to pro-
tect.
1t IL proposed to enter into limi.
tation agreements such as were
drawn up at Washington limiting
sea ornaments.
Russian officials. referring to re-
ports that Soviet Russia might go
to war against Rumania to com.
pei the return of the Russian prov.
ince Of Bessarabia, which the Ru.
manians seized. said that the best
answer to these reports is the dis
armament conference itself.
Litvinoff said that Russia desires
peace above all things so that the
country can be reconstructed.
Our battles In the future will
be waged with diplomacy, not bull.
let's" said Litvinoff.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
D 'ANNUNz|0 PLANS
TO VISIT AMERICA
SoIdier-Poet viii Plead for
Italy as Tiger Speaks
for France.
International News Service.

ROME, Dec. 1.-Premier Mussonni
has given his consent for. Gabrielle
D'Annunzio to go to the United
States on a mission similar to that
of Georges Clemenceaus, to
strengthen Ital-America amitS,
1t was reported in semi-official
circles this afternoon.
II D'Annunzio goes to America he
probably will leave about February,
going directly to New York.
D'Annunzio Is very popular with
the Italian people and the members
of the Fascist government believe
he would be successful upon such a
mission.
D'Annunzio was known as a poet
and playwright up to 1914 when he
came to Rome from Paris to urge
Italy to enter the war on the side
of the allies. He served as an
aviator.
After conclusion of peace he seized
Fiume and held the city for a year
to prevent Italy from turning 1t
over to the Jugo-Slavs. He has been
engaged the past few months on
political history of modern Italy.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Kallipolis Grott0 Band
Is Host to 500 Dancers

Prize turkeys. dancing. and music
by the Kallipolis Grotto Band and
Drill Corps. furnished enterta ,nment
for about five hundred Washing
tonians at the Grotto Band and
Drill Corps dance. in the ball room
of the Hotel Willard last night.
Winners of two turkeys and a pig
were presented with their prizes by
Miss Katherine A. Giles. author and
playwright, Of New York City.
The band and an orchestra, alter.
mating. provided music for continu-
Gus dancing.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02

quickly. Fire Chief Watson directed
the fight. The second and third
floors of the east end of the build
ing were Quilted. The two build
ings adjoining the Schafer plant.
which runs 200 feet down c street
and Ohio avenue, facing on Thir-
teenth street, were not touched by
the flames. but stock in both Of
them was damaged by water. These
buildings are owned by William H.
McGrann & Company.
While responding to the fire. An
thony J. Wernig. driver Of No, Z
Engine Company, was hurled to the
street when the fire apparatus col
lided with a truck at Twelfth and
E streets northwest.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Diplomats to Accompany
Lord MOuntbatten Home

Sir Eric Geddes. brother of the
British Ambassador. with a party of
diplomats from Great Britain. will
accompany Lord Louis Mountbatten,
cousin of King George V, and his
bride on their homeward trip The
party sails today on the White Star
liner. Olympic" Lord Mount bat
tens bride was formerly Miss Ed
wilma Ashley. England's richest
heiress. Miss Sarah Maher, of
Washington. is among the passen-
gers.
Rene Van Crombrugge. chancellor
Of the Belgian embassy. his wife.
and the Misses Georgette. Madeleine
and Hortense Crombrugge. are sail
ing today from New York 70 Ant
werp on the Red Star liner Fin
land"
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
L-bR|DE LOYAL
To MATE IN JAIL
Declares They Will Go House.
keeping When All Is
Settled.

HINTON, w. Va. Dec. II love
Calvin, he loves me. and we DO not
intend to be separated. but instead
will begin our married life as soon
as this horrible muddle has been
cleared"
Smilineiy, fifteen-year-old Matte
Jean Lilly. disputed bride Of Cal
WIN VIII, of Washington, d. C.. and
daughter of J. II. Lilly. millionaire
lumberman of this place, yesterday
made this response when informed
that her father declared that he
would have the wedding. which took
place at Newport, KY. annulled.
The JOY and contentment which
the youthful bride radiated here to.
day was reflected on the counte.
nance Of her equally youthful hus-
band. who is held at the county jail
on q charge OF having abducted the
girl.
The girl-bride was at the home OF
her father here and did not visi,
the Jail today. although many &C
quaintances visited him.
Mrs. VIII. who is considered "the
wealthiest and prettiest" girl in this
section of the State. is said to have
confided to some OF the friends
that she will not leave the youth
whom she has married and that
they win go to Housekeeping" a
soon a. arrangements can oe made
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
TODAY

Continued from First Page)
ming the use of radio in mine
disasters. Radio will let you
talk through the earth as we'll
as through the air.
EOR G E HARVEY. our
" young Ambassador in Eng
land, reduces Americas for
eign policy" to six points. Too
many. The policy can be put
in two sections, better than six.
First: Mind your own busi-
ness. :,
Second: Build up the United
States.
THERE is a typhoid epidemic
i at Franklin Furnace, N. j.,
with worse conditions threat
ened.
By order of the State health
department the entire town.
ship, numbering 5000 resi-
dents, will be inoculated with
typhoid serum. No one can
come in or 60 out unless in
oculated. The result will be
the saving of hundreds Of lives
and the banishing of the epi-
demic. Those that ignore in
oculation please observe that.
IA >FOLLETTE and his
II friends met yesterday-if
they carried out their program
to discuss legislation along
radical lines. Thirteen Sem
ators, twenty-six Representa-
tives of both parties, were
present. The country will be
Interested in their doings. The
difficulty is that thirty-nine
radicals are apt to have thirty
nine views. But La Toilette is
powerful and may hold them
together.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02

1928 House.
His at h,
Con gre ssional
leaders agree.
robs the Repub-
lican majority
in he next
Congress Of the
greatest parila-
mentarian In
I W e ty-fiv v e
y Q ars - a n d
leaves II virtu-
ally helpless to
S [ G e r C o II
troyersial meas
ures successfully
past Democratic
opposition.
Mann > pass
inc COrnhfOpd
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
CIGARETTE BLAMED
FOR $4,000 BLAZE
Engine Driver Hurled in Street
and Injured in Collision
With Truck.

Prompt work of firemen yester.
day morning checked the spread of
blaze discovered in the hardware
and plumbing establishment of
E. G.. Schafer & Company, at Thir-
teenth and c streets and Ohio ave.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Aged Salem Man Dies
After Brutal Beating

SALEM. Va. Dec. His head
crushed by blows alleged to have
been struck with a piece OF pipe IN
the hands Of Rob Roy. q negro
farm attendant. James Nunnelly. q
seventy-two-year-old farmer. died In
Roanoke county. near here, today.
The dispute which led to the ai-
legged staying occurred yesterday
while the men were engaged In
butchering hogs. After striking the
man over the head. Roy saddied o
horse and rode into the hills near
here. He 10 stiil at liberty.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Urges Is Per Cent Wage
Increase at Navy Yard

A 26 per cent salary increase for
clerical employees Of the navy yard
to rectffy . cut in pay last year.
was urged at . hearing before the
Navy Department Wage Board by
Luther c. Steward. president Of the
Federation Of Federal Employees.
yesterday. Steward urged Q like
increase for navy yard policemen
and employees at insular stations.
Declaring that employees who
must qualify by educational tests
are receiving less than ordinary
day 'laborers, Steward said. The
clerical force also suffers from the
indsfiniteness Of the term clerk
and this is especially true when
government salaries are fixed by
comparison with salaries for simi.
lar work in private employment"
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Venizelos Bars Greece.
To More Christians

LAUSANNE, Dec. 1.-Eleutherios
Venizelos, head of the Greek dele
CATION. informed the Near East
peace conference today that Greece
cannot care for any more Christian
refugees.
Greece win break down COM
pletely IL any more fusitives arrive
on our shores from Thrace and Asia
Minor" said the Greek leader.
There are still about s0o. 900 Chris
tians to be evacuated from Turkish
territory.
The conference Is expected to ap-
peal to the League Of Nations to
assist them.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Marines to Flash Nuns
On Army at Baltimore

The Marine Corps will Say II
with flowers" today. when its team
plays the Third Army Corps Area
team In Baltimore. Judging by an
order filled by the Louise Flower
Shop, Connecticut avenue and n
street northwest.
Maroon and yellow chysanthemum
bouquets. numbering 1.11s. will be
taken over bv the devil-dogs who
will call in person at Z o'clock
this morning. A large bouquet of
the same colored flowers with a
silver Marine Corps device will be
taken to Mrs. Harding as a gift.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02

attend the first
8 e 8 8 lon of
the Progressives'
Conference call
ed by Senator
La Toilette of
Wisconsin.
The accom-
panying photo
graph Of the
Senator elect
was taken at
the apit o I
shortly after
the meeting ad-
journed. DIR.
Shipstead. while
he took no pos
Rive action in
Yesterdays cath.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02

The death of James r. Mann,
Representative from Illinois 8.
mourned by Congress yesterday as
the loss of a valued member and
friend, will be little short Of calami
tons TO the Repuhlican side in the
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Three Die in $4,000 Fire
In Portland. Ore, Hotel

PORTLAND, Ore. Dec. 1.-Two
unidentified Filipinos and another
man, were suffocatsd 10 death In q
fire which swept the Ben Hur
Hotel here early today.
Firsmen carried nifty scantiiy-clad
men and women from seceod and
third story windows 70 safsty. =
The fire started from IN expao-
sion IN The hasamant ...-
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02

n u e northwest.
Damn ee was esti-
mated at S25. 900.
District Fire
Chief cor g @
Watson believes
the fire W a s
c a u 8 ed by a
lighted cigarette
or cigar, care
lessly thro W n
away on I h e
second floor Of
the bull d / n q
where the flames
were discovered.
The fire broke
out at 7 o'clock.
No. IL Engine,
M 2 Truck and
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02

ering, is being depended upon by
the Progressives to WELD a potent
influence in behalf of the progres-
sive cause throughout his section
Of the West particularly on &C.
count of his large following In tht
Farmer-Labor party. whose. sue
cess at the polls on November Z
last. was regarded as remarkable.
being q complete rout Of the Old
Guard Rspuhlicanism In Minnesota.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Friends of Mrs. Warren
Shelter Unwed Mother

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-Mrs. Mary
Warren. divorced wife Of Frank
Warren. Kansas City. No. lawyer.
today continued to remain In Sc
clusion among friends with Miss
Nancy Jordan, unwed English war
mother. and the iatter's 3-ycar-
old boy, Francis. whose release
from Ellie Island Mrs. Warren OBJ
tained.
They are preparing 10 go 70
Kansas City within a few days.
where Mrs. Warren has promised
TO provide q home for Miss Jordan
and Francis.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
FUEL CHIEFS MOTHER DIES

OAKLAND. Cal. Dec. Mrs.
Isaac L. Requa, ninety-three, mother
of Mark Requa, former Federal
fuel administrator and pioneer resi-
dent Of California, died at her home
in Piedmont today, following q pro-
longed illness. 80
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Carson Hits Government
Hypocrisy" in Irish Rill

LONDON. Dec. 1.-The govern.
ment is guilty Of Internal hypocri,v
IN urging passage of the irish hin !"
declared Lord Carson tformerly Sir
EDWARD Carson) in the House of
Lords this afternoon, attacking both
the Irish Free State measure ana
the Tory government. anu
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02
Shipstead On
Job at Capitol

DIR. Henrik Shipstead, elected by
the Farmer-Labor party in Min
nesota to the United States Senate.
arrived In Washington yesterday to
The Washington herald., 1922-12-02

NALvIN WILL. Il MnAss.
~ w. Va. ssd sssDsssy e
Washington. who b IN jsiI In
ys'~ss y's---..'s s-ssc--',
elspsnsat fsssaav wtfh -
!t.si -..- , -.t-I.-- >esssi -s--ass
daughter Of . millionaire ium-
herman.
The New York herald., 1922-11-05
APARTMENTS-SaIe or Let.

UnfurnisheA.
Above 59th St.--5th Av. to North River.
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31
SEE CAPITAL ERCK ON NEvA
Shrewd Russians Buying Petrograd
Real Estate in Anticipation
of Removal.

Petrograd, Russia.-HOpe that some
day the capital of Russia will be
transferred back to Petrograd is buoy
ing up the spirits of many residents
of this ghostlike city that Peter the
Great built to serve as the center of
Russia's power Petrogradites base
their hopes that this will occur on the
fact that Petrograd was built for gov
ernment purposes and is far more
fitted to house government offices
than overcrowded Moscow.
If the time does come that the Boil
shevist officials lose their fear of at
tack from outside, Petrograd resi-
dents say, the government inevitably
must return to the city that offers it
comfortable quarters and immediate
proximity, by land and sea, to western
Europe.
Shrewd citizens are now buying Pc
trograd property and holding 1t
against the day when the now almost
depopulated city viii again be the
crowded capital.
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31
Twenty Nations Borrowed Money
From America During the
European War.
SURVEY OF DEBT SITUATION
Great Britain Heads the List of Debt
ors With More Than Four Billion
Dollars-France Stands SEQ
ond and Italy Third.

Here's the first concise state
ment Of the financial aid your
Uncle Sam rendered European
nations. Read it over and see
if you can figure what we ought
to do about it.
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31

py Greece to stabilize her own cur
rency. Much Of 1t was retained in the
United States on deposit in gold, as
currency reserve for Greek circulating
notes.
Estlonia, another treaty country,
borrowed S13,999, ,145 after the armis-
tice she has paid no interest and 81
OS9. 1925 has accrued, bringing the net
debt to $16,0SS,171. This was food
Ion to large extent.
Armenia borrowed $11, ,959,917 for
food relief She has paid no interest
and $1,677,356 has accrued. bringing
the debt to $13,637, ia.
Finland, a treaty country, formerly
part of Russia, borrowed $S,2S1, 1926 for
rehabilitation. No interest has been
paid and $1,O12, 1856 has accrued, bring
ing the net debt to $9,294, ,35x.
Cuba borrowed $7,74O,5OO during the
war to assist in her military prepared
ness. She has kept her interest paid
up to date.
Latvia, treaty country, borrowed
$5,132, ,2S7 for rehabilitation. She has
paid $780, ,2G6 in interest, but $643, ,576
has accrued, bringing the net debt to
$5,775, ,S64.
Lithuania is a debtor of the same
class who borrowed $4,981, ,628, has
paiu no interest, although $747, ,344 has
accrued, bringing the net debt to
$j,72S, ,S72.
Hungary borrowed $1,6S5,S35 as, an
emergency food loan after the war. In.
terest tc the extent of 500, $40 has ae-
crued, none having been paid, so the
mel debt stands at $1,SSS,135
Nicaragua, another war ally, Dor.
rOwed $170,5S5. That is her net debt
for she has kept her interest paid up
1t is a curious fact that out Of all the
score of mighty nations which have
borrowed from the United States, the
relatively small Latin-American states
of Cuba and Nicaragua are the only
ones which have kept their interest
paid up.
The least of our debtors is Liberia
who borrowed $4,000. She has paid
pCOl III IulcISSI . YGiOOc mas oSNA OCN
so the net debt is $28,86S. Liberia
was a war ally and this money was
used in part to assist her in maintain.
ing wireless station useful to the
allied cause,
The total lendings of the United
States amounted to the impressive
total of $1O,1O2, 1852, ,2O7. Total inter.
est paid thus far amounts to $5O6, ,OO2,
100, only about One-third of what has
accrued, which is 81, ,422, ,699, 1852. The
net debt to the United States, there,
fore, is $11,524, ,951, ,S69.
The bulk of this money was lent al
5 per cent interest and is payable or
demand. The commission now trying
to fund the debt is expected to trans
late tie demand obligations into tern
notes probably running over half 6
century or more-Federic ]. Haskin Ii
the Chicago Daily News.
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31
Republican Extravaganza.

President Harrison increase6
the ordinary expenses of the
Government over the first Cleve-
land administration sos, 600, 600,
Cleveland in his second adj
ministration reduced the Harri
son expenditures Sc. $50. COO
President Mckinley increased
the ordinary expenses of the
Government over Cleveiand's
second administration Excluding
expenses of the Spanish Waf)-
900.
Roosevelt,s second admfai trs-
tion increased the ordinary G. v
expenses over CT, w.
lands second administration ST.
500. 600. .OOO-an average annual
increase of $424. 600. 900.
Harding.s administration in
two years (including 1923 bud
get) has increased the ordinary
OF the Government
over Wilson's second adminisgra-
ton mot including war expendk
tures). s226. .OOo. GOO,
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31
MASONS PLAN LONDON HOME
Funds of 100000 Will Be Raised by
British Members. of Order
for Projected Temple.

LOndOn.-Free Masonry in London
is to have a central home. Three
years ago the grand lodge decided, at
the suggestion of the grand master,
the duke of COnnaUght. to raise a
fund of f1,OOO.OOO for the providing
of attractive headquarters as a me-
mortal to those members who lost
their lives during the war. SIR AL
fred Robbins, chairman of the special
Masonic peace memorial fund commit
tee, presented a report, and the action
to be taken Will be decided at the
December meeting of the grand lodge
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31
Father Wanted a Girl

CIoversdale, Cal.-Dr. j. w. Swisher
of Healdsburg answered a call to
Cloyerdale. where the stork was ex-
pected at the home of Ray Latton.
Latton made II clear he hoped the new
arrival would be a daughter and Of
fered to double the fee if his hope was
realized If DR.. Swisher would agree to
waive charges If the baby was a boy.
1t was agreed. A few hours later twin
daughters were born to Mrs. Latton.
Latton wonders what Dr. Swisher's bin
Win be.
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31
GERMANS TO TOLL FOR FRANCE
Forty Thousand to, Be Sent 10 Work
in Devastated Areas Under
Contract.

Berlin, Germany.-The Berlin news
papers announce that a contract was
concluded in Paris September IA be-
tween the ChambTe Syndicate des Con-
structures en- Ciment Arme, compris-
ing SO building firms, and the Berlin
firm of Lehrer Won Siemens Vereinighte
BaustOffindustrie, on the lines of the
Stinnes-Lubersac agreement, for the
purpose of reconstruction work in the
devastated areas of France.
1t is expected 10000 workers, of
whom 10000 will be Germans, will be
employed on the work. The contract,
it is stated, already involves 336,OOO,-
600 francs.
The Adair County news., 1922-10-31

Greece borrowed Sl5, GOO, 600; she has
repaid $1,159, ,153 accrued interest
amounts to $375,O0O andlnet debt, $15,-
375,000. This money was used largely