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Evening star., 1922-10-25
u. S. AND BRITISH UNITY
URGED BY LLOYD GEORGE
Says League Will Be Crippled Without 1t.
England Must Pay Debts to
america, He Declares.

by the Associated Press
LONDON. October 25.-'I will sup
port any party and any government
that pursues a policy of peace, econ
omy and steady progress. neither
revolutionary nor reactionary, and
does 1t efficiently" former Prime
Minister Lloyd George told the coali-
uon liberal members of parliament at
meeting this morning.
In another part Of his speech he
made the declaration Great Britain
must pay America all her debts"
Unity of action between Great Brit
ain and the United States was urged
by Mr.. Lloyd George in his speech
Il am for the league of nations"
ne said, but until YOU get the United
States and all the great nations of
Europe. as well as the small, the
league will be crippled and cannot
serve its full purpose.
Must Work With u. $.
America and Great Britain must
work together"
On the question of German repara-
tions ne said:
I'VE should not attempt to impose
upon Germany any payment which
is beyond her capacity. What is
within her capacity she ought to
pay"
He expressed himself with some
Evening star., 1922-10-25
MISSOURI AFLAME
ASELECTION NEARS
Bitter Personal Rivalry Fea-
lures Fight for Sen
ate Seat.
PARTY LINES DISCARDED
Reed Expected to Draw Many Re-
publican Votes, With Democrats
Aiding Brewster.
PARTY LINES DISCARDED
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, October 25.-Mis-
souri, is aflame with the fires of per-
sonal and partisan rivalry In politics
such as no other state in the union is
experiencing this year.
The Issue. in brief, Is Jim Reed,
nominee On the democratic ticket.
who will owe his election, if he wins,
to the support he will get from the
republicans of Missouri
There are those who hate Jim Reed
with as intense political hate as
has been visited on a public man.
There are those who would fight at
the drop of a hat at the mention Of
his name in adverse terms.
Jim Reeds remarkable personality,
his singular eloquence and power Of
persuasion on the stump. will have
been responsible for victory if that
be the outcome.
Political Prophets at Sea.
One says "if" with a feeling that it
ought to be eliminated. For On can
vassing people of all beliefs and
prejudices, the fear Is much more pro-
nounced on the part of Reeds demo-
cratic opponents that he will win than
1t is among republicans
The league of nations, the wet and
dry issue, the martyrdom of a man
who says that he paid the penalty of
independence of judgment when he
incurred the disfavor of Woodrow
Wilson. and the fact that Missouri
was torn apart by the bitter primary
fight between Reed and Long-all this
has completely upset all calculations.
Men who have been able for years to
call the turn on Missouri elections
throw up their hands in despair-they
have never seen such a mixed up
situation.
Support of Germans,
First of all, the forces behind Jim
Reed are these:
1. Practically all the Germans and
their kinsfolk, most of whom are
2. The wet" element of the state,
democrats and republicans.
3. The foes of the league of
nations-democrats who have stuck
to Jim Reed throughout and many
republicans who care more about
voting for a man who helped kill
American participation in the league
than they care about party affiliati
4. Many independents who like a
man of Jim Reeds fighting qualities.
Wilson Men Back Brewster.
Summing up the forces behind R.
R. Brewster, the republican candidate.
one finds:
l. The regular republican strength
minus, Of course, these who would
desert temporarily to help Jim Reed.
2. Most of the democratic women
who fought against Reed in the
primaries because of various refer
ences in previous speeches by the
senator to women in politics.
3. Tens of thousands of men who
dislike Reeds career in politics and
his opposition to Woodrow Wilson.
They openly say they will bolt the
ticket.
Curiously enough. most observers
think the republicans deserting
tContinued on Page 2, Column q
Evening star., 1922-10-25

definiteness as regards the question
of Russia.
II am strongly in favor OF the re-
newal of pact with Russia ne de-
clared.
Dealing with Great Britain's for
eiEn relations in general. he SAID:
'lt is said Great Britain is not
going to extend her RESPONSIBILITIES
But you must not be afraid of your
respon sibilities. The policy OF Great
Britain must be peace-lovinE. but un-
afraid. If l stand alone l Viii resist
any departure from it,
Hits NnggfnE Criticism.
"I will never let Great Britain
down. I will not stand by or for any
man who does. Whatever govern
ment is in power we must not offer
it any factious opposition. There
must be no nagging criticism: there
must be fair play.
1--WE are told that the new gov
ernment is government of tran
quillity. In what respect does
policy OF tranquility differ from
ours" If tranquility means any
,hange from the existing conditions
IF things, then it is bad.
I'VE have made peace in Europe;
We have made peace in the near east.
What does the new policy mean? It's
,,~ontinuad on Page . Column e.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
MYSTERY HERMIT
DEAD IN SHANTY
Marks on Wrist Suggest Pos
sibi|ity of Another Jer-
sey Murder.
BELIEVED FRENCH EXILE
John Ditch, With $1,S65, Had
Lived in Fox Hole" in
Swamp.
BELIEVED FRENCH EXILE
By the Associated Press.

By rhe Associated Press.
EGG HARROR, n. J.. October 20
Two duck hunters today found the
body of John Ditch, an eighty-year-
old hermit, whose life. since he moved
half century ago, has been a mystery.
Ditch's death is equally mysterious.
Two deep cuts in the wrists are the
only marks on the body. These cuts.
in the opinion of police. were not
serious enough to cause death Of
themselves. They suggest that the
hermit may have been struck by an
automobile or attacked.
S36J in Pockets.
In the trousers pockets the hunters
small amount of silver. A pocket Of
the worn coat contained bank book
of the Egg City Commercial Bank.
which showed the hermit had a $500
balance there.
John Ditch had made no friends.
Late in the '70's he wandered into
town and out again, making for the
swamp country beyond Egg Harbor
He found a little hummock and there
dug a hole in the earth wherein he
lived.
A tunnel boarded with odds and ends
of timber led to q tiny room barely
high enough for man to stand
erect in.
Kept Busy in Winter.
Here the hermit lived until 1919. He
cultivated small patch Of ground
beside his fox hole" He spent his
time in wood chopping and working
for the sawmills near his strange
home In winter he hunted, picked
holly and sold cranberries Two years
ago Ditch decided to spend his re-
naming years of leisure above ground
and built himself a two-room hut.
Ditch spoke French and English. A
sawmill boss from Canada occasion
ally had long talks with the hermit in
French. From these talks it devel-
oped that Ditch (Which the sawmill
boss said was not the hermit's right
name) had become involved in some
sort of an affair while an officer in
the French army after the war of
1870.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
SETS DOGS ON REPORTERS.
By the Associated Press.

t,y tne Associated Press.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. October
25.-Deputy Attorney General Wilbur
A. Mott draped himself IN robes OF
silence yesterday and plunged into
the investigation of the Hall-Mills
murder. to which he was assigned by
Attorney General McCran. He spent
the forenoon closeted with county
prosecutors. learning what they have
done since the bodies of the Rev.
Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs
Eleanor Rheinhardt Mills were found.
Mr.. Mott issued signed statement.
saying that he had spent the day
going over the case and that he was
greatly pleased to find the county
authorities already had accomplished
SO much in their investigation He
declined to make any comment on any
particular to ask Mr.. Mo- about
the story that Mrs. Jane Gibson, a
widowed farmer. outriding a mule in
quest of thieves who had looted her
corn patch. had witnessed the
murders.
also refused to discuss this angle Of
the case, but it was learned from an
other source that the prosecutors had
had the story for several days.
Efforts to interview Mrs. Gibson
ended ignomin'ously for the neWspa-
permen. She closed the doors of her
little house and released three big
dogs, which declined To permit the
repor ters to alight from their taxi
cabs.
While Mrs. Gibson was said to have
witnessed the shooting, it was saia
that she was unable. because of the
darkness, to identify the man and
woman who. she said. made up the
murder party. She gave the author
tiles. however, one good clue to their
identity.
After the minister and choir singer
had been slain. she was quoted as say
ing. the man bent over the PROSTATE
fgureS-presumably to cut Mrs. Mills
throat-and his accornplice cried out:
-'Oh. -" mentioning the Chris
tian name of the supposed slayer.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
CAPT. HART APPOINTED
SPECIAL j. S. ATTORNEY
Honor Granted After Successful
Work in Prosecuting
Liquor Cases.

Capt. David Aiken Hart. for the past
year assisting in the office of the
United States district attorney at
Police Court, handling cases in which
the violation of the national prohibi-
tion law are involved, has been ap-
pointed by Maj. Peyton Gordon,
United States district attorney, a spe-
cial assistant United States district
attorney to assist in the Police Court
Office. He enters upon his new official
position at once.
Capt. Hart was born in this city
January 27, 1888, the son of the late
Maj. James Paxton Hart and Mrs. Lii
liam Aiken Hart. He Is married and
has daughter two years of age. The
family resides at 1924 18th street
northwest. He was educated in the
local schools and graduated in the
class of IA of the law school of
mitted to the District Of Columbia bar
the same year, and also the bar of the
District of Columbia Court of Ap-
peals.
On June s, 1922, he was admitted
TO practice at the bar of the United
United States district attorneys Of
flee In October. 1921. and has served
at various times with Ralph Given.
assistant United States district at
torney at Police Court. and with Mr..
Kelly. filling similar position.
He entered the United States ARMY
in July, 1917. as a private, serving
approximately twenty-six months
overseas, and returned as a captain.
He still retains the rank of captain
in the Engineers Reserve Corps He
first served with the 1st Division,
with the division engineer officer.
Maj. Roger G. Powell, Corps of En-
gineers, at Gondrecourt, France, and
later as the post commander Of the
American engineer depot and camp
at Slough, Bucks, England
Capt. Hart is brother of Assistant
Corporation Counsel Ringgold Hart.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
SUSPENDS DRY BAN
ON FOREIGN SHIPS
Secretary Mellon Permits
Carrying of Liquor Under
Seal to Continue.

The lid was lifted on liquor aboard
foreign ships. but left tightly closed
on American ships in ruling by
Secretary Mellon. made public toh Hay.
The statement clearly indicates tina.
Attorney General Daueherty's ruling,
against liquor will, for the time be-
ing. affect American ships. but that
foreign ships MAJ proceed with
liquor under seal.
Mellon Statement.
Secretary MELONS statement is as
follows:
Regulations are being prepared by
This department for Duttirg into ef-
feet the opinion of the Attorney Gem
eral of October s. 1922. but the sub
jects to be covered are various and
Of a complicated nature. which are
requiring considerable time and the
attention of the several different de-
partments affected"
Until the new regulations have
heen worked out those at present in
issued - the chief of the Division
of customs and the commissioner Of
internal revenue an order to that
effect.
"Therefore. until the new regula-
tionS are available. enforcement o.
For instance foreien sh'ps enterin~
American territorial waters with
LIQUOR on hoard as cargo under seal
can for the present. proceed under
such seal 20 their destination in p
foreign po-t. and sea sto-eS in such
he sealed on arrival of the vessel
within American ports can. when
such stores are required for the use
of the officers and crew of the vessel
he onened orlv from time to time
for withdrawal for such purpose, but
must be Immediately resealed.
"Thia apnliaS TO fo~einn --aeSa'S only
and, of course. forbids the sale or
service of LIQUOR to passengers within
American territorial waters.
To Give Further Notice.
"When the regulations governing
enforcement of the law are COM
pleted and approved notice will be
given of the dates on which they will
become effective and a reasonable
time will be given OF the date on
which they will become effective and
q reasonable time will be given to
foreign shipping to meet the new
conditions.
.In the meantime. there is a possibil-
ity that the case, which Is being expe-
df.en and which is expected to come
before the Supreme Court during No
vember, may be decided. and in that
event the contemplated regulations
in preparation may have to be modi-
fed to conform to the anticipated de-
cision of the court"
Secretary Mellon issued a statement
following conference with Attorney
General Daugherty, in which the mat
ter of prohibition on ships was thor
oughly considered from all angles
The Attorney General on leaving the
conference expressed the opinion
that the arrangement arrived at
would clear up the matter. whether or
not Justice Brandeis of the Supreme
Court grants writ of sunersedsas
to the shipping lines which today pre-
sented their case to him at formal
hearing.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
BRITISH CABINET
JAKESOATHBEF
K|NG;;STARTS WORK
Buckingham Palace Scene OF
Ceremonies, Including
Surrender of Seals.
PRESS NOT EFFUSlVE
OVER NEW MINISTRY
Speculation Limited Because Eight
of Members Were With
Lloyd George.
Ne,p British Cabinet
S,rOrn IL, by King

Lord president Of the counch
Marquis of Salisbury.
Lord high chancellor - Vls-
count Cave.
Chancellor of the eXchequer
Stanley Baldwin
Secretary for home affairs
William e. Bridgeman.
Secretary for foreign affairs
Marquis Curzon.
Secretary for the colonies
The Duke Of Devonshire.
Secretary for lndia-Eiscount
Peel.
Secretary for war-The Earl
Of Derby.
First lord Of the admiralty
Lieut.. Col. L. e. VI. 5. Amery.
President of the board of trade
Sir Philip Iloyd-Greame.
Minister of health-Sir Arthur
Griffith h-Boscawed.
Minister of agriculture-Sir
Robert A. Sanders.
Secretary for Scotland-Eis-
count Novar.
Attorney general - Douglas
MEG HogS.
Lord advocate-Honorable w.
A. Watson.
President of til. board OF
education-Edward F. l. ood.
NJ. y. for the Ripon division or
Yorkshire.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
DEAD MAN AND RUM
SEIZED BY ARMED
GANG AFTER WRECK

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, ILL.,. October 21.-Six
alleged liquor runners. with the
body Of confederate killed by
train at Broadview, Ills, were
sought by city and county authori-
ties today.
The dead rum runner was driv-
ing a truck loaded with whisky
toward Chicago when he was killed
by freight train. The train
crew stood around the body wait
ing for Joseph HusZar. Broadview
police chief, TO arrive, when six
armed men dashed up in an auto
mobile. Two of them covered the
train crew with pistols and the four
others picked up the body, salyaged
three kegs of liquor, and sped
toward Chicago.
Witnesses estimated the truck
had cargo of twenty barrels Of
liquor. 1t also carried two crates
OF live chickens.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
Bravery of u. S. Airn,an Sares
Army Balloon From Disaster

from destruction, in the opinion of
officers who witnessed the accident.
No one was injured, it was officially
announced at the field. The bag will
have to be rebuilt. The name Of the
member Of the crew who Is thought
to have saved the C-14 from probable
total destruction was mot made public.
The C-14 was being prepared for an
unheralded fight to the Army proving
grounds at Aberdeen, to test out a
new bomb recently perfected there.
The c. was destroyed at San An
tonic, Tex, last week, when 1t struck
the side of it's hangar and its gas bag
exploded. 1t was returning to Lang
ley Field after trip to the Pacific
coast
Evening star., 1922-10-25
BOY AGAIN ON TRIAL
FOR BIG BOND THEFT
Faces Jury for Third Time on
Charge of Stealing $772 900
in Securities.
Rv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 25.-wiilie Dali
ton. seventeen, former bank messen-
ger, laid aside his schoolbooks once
more yesterday to face his third trial
for stealing s772,00O in bonds from
the Northern Trust Company in Feb
ruary, 1921.
In the first two trials the juIies
disagreed.
Young Dalton. whose flight with
the stolen bonds made him the quarry
of nationwide search. was captured
in a country poolroom by a village
marshal at Heyworth, Ill. The boy
carried the stolen bonds in satchel,
which he tossed carelessly into a
corner while he engaged in game
of pool A reward of $4,000 was
given to his captor.
Evening star., 1922-10-25

time given by Mrs. Gibson. who said
she saw two men and two women.
shot another, while a woman called
out the victims Christian name.
according to Mrs. Gibson.
A man and woman, members o.
the Church Of St John the Evangei-
ist, who could have had opportunity
to watch the actions Of the rector
ard choir singer, are figuring in pos
Sibie questioning Whether eitEer
ever went to the Hall residence with
information of what they had no
Iiced. Is information much desired
Probe Shifts to SomervilIe.
Action in the case has shifted u
Somerville. All day yesterday
Deputy Attorney General Wilbur "a
Mott and Lieut. Detective James r.
Mason were in conference with the
two prosecutors
With Sergt. Lamb Of the state polic-,
Lieut.. Detective James F. Mason ar
rived n New Brunswick today
Deputy Attorney General Mott re
mained in Newark 10 wind-up some
business he had on hand when APP
pointed to take charge Of the in
vestfgation.
II was announced that Mrs. Gibson
Will be questioned.
Hints Suicide Threat.
Miss Millie opie, next door neighior
of the murdered woman. said today
that in conversation with Mrs Mills
several months ago the latter made
a statement that IL she were not dis
suaded by her belief in eternity she
would jump in the Raritan river and
end everything.
That would be very foolish" Miss
Opie said she told her.
Almost every private telephone in
town is on party wire. When one
neighbor wishes TO hear what au-
other is talking about she lifts the
receiver and listens. Miss Opie ad-
mitted that she had done this several
times. This opens the possibility tha:
some one checking up the actions OF
Mrs. Mills and DR.. Hall, could have
overheard their telephone converse
tion Oh the early evening before they
were killed.
Miss Opie said that when DR.. Hall
would call for Mrs. Mills over the
telephone, (Mrs. Mills had no phone)
she would sometimes hear a few bars
of popular gypsy" song before she
heard hello" She recalled that Mrs
Mills would whistle bar or two
from the same song when answering
the telephone.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
BUSL|NEPERM|T
ASKED BY ". R. {.
Company's Fifth Line to Link
Wisconsin, Connecticut
Avenue Cars.
2-CENT TRANSFER PLAN
Proposed Route Includes Cathedral
Avenue and Woodley
Road.
2-CENT TRANSFER PLAN

Application for new bus line to
connect its Connecticut and Wiscon-
sin avenue cars was fled with the
Public Utilities Commission today by
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company.
The proposed route is as follows:
From Wisconsin avenue and Woodley
road, east OF Woodley to Cathedral
avenue. to 2.th street. south to Wood
ley road again, east past the Ward
man Park Hotel. TO Connecticut ave-
nue., and thence south over the new
bridge to Columbia road. The buses
would return over the same route.
The fare on the busses would be the
same as OF street cars and 2-cent
transfers would be sold 10 the Con-
necticut avenue, and the Wisconsin
avenue street cars of the Washington
Railway and Electric.
Transfer Arrangement.
A passenger boarding the bus with
2-Cent transfer at either END of the
line, however, would be entitled to
a free transfer to the street car at
the opposite terminal
For example, q person desiring to
go from Mount Pleasant to Tenley-
town could board a southbeand
Mount Pleasant car and buy q e-cent
transfer to the bus at Columbia road
driver would then give the patron a
free transfer to the Tenleytown car.
William F. Ham, president of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. states in his applica ton
that the section through which these
busses would pass is being built up
rapidly. Discussing the application.
the president called attention to the
fact that the Episcopal Cathedral. on
Wisconsin avenue. will be center
for large crowds. to whom the busses
would be an accommodation.
II is understood that the company
also was prompted to file the applica-
ton by requests from residents of
the Wocdley road section.
Fifth w. II. & E. Line.
This is the fifth motor bus project
to be undertaken by the Washington
Railway and Electric Company within
year and is a further indication
that trackless transportation is gain
ing permanent foothold in the Dis
trict.
This street railway company is now
running busses on Park road north
west. into the Zoo grounds and
through Rock Creek Park. The COM
before the commission to operate
busses from 18th and H streets to Po-
tomac Park and return.
The commission also has before it
for decision the petition of a new cor
poration, the United Transportation
Company, to establish its first bus
line from 18th street and Maryland
avenue northeast to 21st and streets
northwest.
John H. Hanna, vice president and
general manager of the Capital Trac-
ton Company. was not prepared today
1,$ h,,.
the other street railway company. He
said he had not heard Of the project
and would have to consider it careful
ly before making a statement Part
of the new route is through a section
served by Capital Traction cars.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
JACK HART FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
Gunman Arrested Here, After
Hold-Up in Baltimore, Gets
Life Imprisonment.
By fha Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Md, October Is
James ("Jackr Hart, New York gun
man and fourth of the five principals
in the holdup and murder of William
B. Norris. contractor here, August
IS last. was convicted of murder in
the first degree and sentenced to life
Imprisonment by Judge Gorter in the
criminal court today.
The trial lasted less than half an
hour. Hart previously had pleaded
guilty and today's proceedings were
Conducted merely to determine the de-
gree of his guilt Hart had nothing
to say before sentence was passed.
Later, before being taken from the
courthouse, he broke down and cried
during meeting with his wife.
Three other principals in the Nor
ris murder have been given life
terms. The remaining man, Frank L.
Alters. who turned informer, is said
to have been promised immunity.
Hart was arrested in a Pennsyl-
vania avenue apartment house,
Washington, after a long search.
Evening star., 1922-10-25
TOO MANY CIPHERS
ON SOVIET NOTES:
MAY AMPUTATE SIX

BY the Associated Press,
MOSCOW. October 25.-In con-
nection with efforts being made to
stabilize the ruble, the finance
commission has proposed a new
issue of money which would do
away with notes running into the
denominations of the millions by
the simple expedient of choppinG
off the last six ciphers. Thus the
million-ruble note now in circula-
ton would represent one ru5le of
the issue proposed for 1928,
Evening star., 1922-10-25
By the Associated Press.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, October Is.
Presence of mind of one of its crew
saved the Army dfrigible C-14 from
a fate similar to that Of its sister
ship, the CO today. when a big hole
was torn in its gas bag as 1t was
being taken from its hangar at Lang
ley Field for flight to Aberdeen. Md.
The craft bumped against the side of
its hangar, and when the gas began
to hiss from its bag. and every one
scurried to- safety. a member Of the
crew pulled the rip cord, releasing the
hydrogen and saving the big ship
Evening star., 1922-10-25
Sir Thomas Says Cup Should Go
Back Where It Can Be Filled.

CHICAGO. October 25.-Sir Thomas
Upton intends to challenge for the
America cup again in 1924. Sir Thomas
visiting here, said his desire to retrieve
the yacht cup is as strong as ever.
II think it vcm(d be fitting to take the
old mug back to where it can be satis-
factoriv tilled.' he said.