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Evening star., 1922-03-11
LLOYD GEORGE ATTACKED.
Montagu, Ousted Indian Secretary,
Scores Prime Minister.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, March 11.-Edwin S. Mon
tagu. in speaking before the Liberal
Club at Cambridge, his constituency.
today. justified the policy he had pur-
sued as secretary OF state for India.
and declared the doctrine of cabinet
solidarity" invoked in connection
with his resignation Thursday. had
never been the ruling code in the
Lloyd George cabinet.
MY disappearance" said Mr.. Mon
tagu, has nothing to do with the
doctrine of collective responsibility.
1t is an effort to preserve this gov
ernment from the fate that must at
tend it.
Government Faces Collapse.
"You know how dangerously near
the government is to collapse. The
liberal members see their colleagues
disappearing one by one. The con-
servatives also have a lot to swallow.
The die hards' have shown in the In
dian, as in all other matters. a COM
plete lack of political sagacity. They
the political life Of this country. and
to them the great genius presiding
over the country's destinies has given
my head on a charger"
Mr.. Montagu said he had never been
able to understand the motive for the
prime minister's pro-Greek policy. 81
do not think it is in the interests of
the Creeks" he declared. "and / am
certain it Is calamitous to the Brit
ish empire"
Mr Montagu said he was convinced
his policy for the development of In
dia was "the right and the only
policy" He continued:
Smiles Mt Charges.
1.-The official reason given for my
resignation was that I, by publishing
ragged the doctrine Of collective cabi-
net responsibility. I cannot help smil-
ing"
He asserted there had been an abso-
lutte disappearance of the doctrine of
cabinet solidarity ever since Mr.. Lloyd
George had formed his government.
AS for the governments Indian
policy. Mr.. Montagu declared he did
not believe his resignation meant any
alteration in that policy.
Mr.. Lloyd George, like q wizard. had
conveniently brought forth from the
locked cupboard the skeleton OF soH-
tim, said the speaker, who added that
the country would welcome a mani
festo that the premier was going to
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DOUBT THAT CONFERENCE
AT GENOA. WILL BE HELD
Abandonment a Question of Few
Days Following q. s. Action,
View In Political Circles.

LONDON. March 1.-THE Daily
Mail today says that the refusal of
the United States to participate in the
Genoa conference so greatly deprives
the conference of Importance that
some doubt is felt in political circles
whether it will be held at all. and that
its abandonment may be only ques-
tion Of days.
The newspaper adds that by Amer
%ica's abstention the conference loses
any utility it may ever have conceiv-
ably possessed, and denounces 1t as
a costly and grandiose scheme for hu-
moring the Germans and the boil
sheviki.
Swiss Press Sees Conference Here.
BERN. Switzerland. March 1.-The
Swiss press expresses keen regret at
Americas refusal to participate in the
Genoa conference. Most Of the news
papers declare the gathering. without
the United States, is condemned be-
forehand to failure. Some editorials
express hope that Americas absten--
tion means an intention to take action
herself. perhaps in the form Of q Sec
0nd Washington conferences.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
KELLAR, MAGICIAN, DEAD.
World Famous Trickster Passes
Awav at Seventy-Three Years.

LOS ANGELES. Calf. March IL
Harry Kellar, world-famous magician:
died at his home here after two years
m health and a severe illness of sew
eral weeks He was seventy-three
Kellar began his career as an as
sistant to an illusionist appearing
under the title of THE Fakir OF Ava.
with him and others Kellar travelled
over most of the world and later
appeared independently. He w'as born
in Erie. Pa. in 1S49. He retired from
the stage fourteen years ago and
for twelve years has made his home
here.
His wife, who was Eva Medley OF
r's'hourne, Australia, died some time
aSaA -~
Evening star., 1922-03-11
HIGHWAY IN C.. e O. CANAL Bed
DC. TO CUMBERLAND, ADVOCATED

>by Georges Creek operators.
1t is contended that If the canal
1t would become the finest low
grade highway In America. ex-
tending from Cumberland to
Washington. Such q road would
be the autoists' delight, winding
along the valley Of the Potomac
and eliminating, the steep grades
and hills of the National highway
between Cumberland and Hancock.
It would be the key to the south.
also, for tourist traffic from the
west, which would be diverted at
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
MERCHANTS FOCUS
ON mud STREETS

Heavy increase OF expenses In
CURED by local merchants in at
tempting to deliver goods on many
Of the bad streets of the city has
prompted the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association to authorize
the formation Of traffic committee,
according to Charles ]. Columbus,
secretary Of the association. The
purpose of the committee will be to
collect data showing the difficulties
and the expenses incident to main
tanning a delivery system to many
of the sections of the city where bad
streets are found. and to work for
their improvement.
ference today with number of the
heads Of delivery systems. They re-
ported to him. without exception, that
their delivery wagons and trucks
cannot go on many of the streets in
numerous sections OF the city. All
the delivery. which, in turn, increases
the cost Of the business.
Much Time Lost.
Trucks are delayed many hours in the
muddy sections because the drivers in
most instances will not venture on the
streets, knowing that they could not
get out. This necessitates the driver
and the helper leaving the truck blocks
away. carrying the, packages. This is
very expensive. it was pointed out.
There are a number of cases of rec
ord where trucks have been delayed for
hours through venturing on the muddy
streets, and in a number Of instances
instructions have been given that they
shall not go on these bad streets, ac-
cording to Mr.. Columbus. He pointed
out as an instance the case of where q
truck sought to deliver a purchase
amounting to about s.. The vehicle be-
caine mired on the street and the mer-
chant. was put to an expense Of about
$50 to get 1t out.
There Is no efficiency in that. he
commented. All Of this extra expense
Of delivery finally gets back to the
people, it is pointed out.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
$4,000 TAX DUE
UNDERFORCEDS SALE
Properties to Go on Sale for
Non-Payment on Next
Tuesday.

Have you paid your 1921 real
estate taxes?
If you are in doubt. you have
Monday left in which to call at
the District building and make
sure that your property is not
among the 10000 parcels that
will be sold at auction Tues
day morning.
If you have property on that
list you will avoid much trouble
and confusion by paying now.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
Laddie Boys Brother,
Keno, Is Locked Up in
IaiL for Heel Nipping

FOSTORIA, Ohio, March IL
Keno, n thoroughbred niredale
dog, n brother of Laddie Boy.
owned by President Harding, is
In custody here. Keno got In
bad through Over-famflfnrfty
with pedestrians. He developed
a habit of nippinE mt the heels
Of strangers. As a result sew
eraI complaints were lodged
against him, with the police and
he was locked up. Keno, owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lynch,
IL the pet OF the three Lynch
children.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
GANDH| FOLLOWERS
URGED TO REVOLT
India's Non-Co- -0perationist
Leader Issued Appeal
Before Arrest.
By the Associat ted Press.

BOMBAY. March 11.-Followers Of
Mohandas X. Gandhi. non-co-opera-
zionist leader, who is under arrest,
today recalled recent article in his
newspaper in which he asked them
to carry out "the whole constructive
program with clockwork regularity
and speed like the Punjab express"
II he should be arrested. He was
taken into custody at Ahmedabad
charged with sedition.
LLOYD GEORGE ATTACKED.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, March IL
Local motorists are discussing the
feasibility, within the next few
years. of filing the bed of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal for a
roadway, now that it is thought
1t is to be abandoned as a water
way. 1t is thought 1t may not be
operated this year, as it is a los
ing proposition, and the prospects
are not very bright, with the I'm
pending coal strike and the al
ready heavy loss Of coal contracts
Evening star., 1922-03-11

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Member of the Associated Press

The Associated Press y exclusively entitled to
the for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to it not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication Of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
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WEATHER.

Fair tonight and tomorrow: not
much change in Temperatures; lowest
tonight above freezing.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at pm. today: Highest. 49. at
pm. today; lowest. AZ, at am. today.
Full report on page 7.
Evening star., 1922-03-11
Same as for Treaties.

The same situation exists with ref
erence to the treaties. The President
feels he and Secretary Hughes did the
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
FIVE MILLION
 TO DEVELOP
 ALASKA FIELDS
Delegate Introduces Measure for Oil and Mineral De-
 velopment Work. WIDE POWERS GIVEN
 SECRETARY INTERIOR
Shipping Board Empowered to Allocate Vessels for
 Aid in Development.

WASHINGTON, March S.-Dele- gate from Alaska Dan Sutherland today introduced bill providing for the development of the oil and mineral resources of Alaska. It authorizes the appropriation of 3D. 0OO,000 to begin such work.
 The Sutherland measure would direct the Secretary of the Interior, through such agencies as might be selected, to arrange for drilling TOT oil, and mining of other minerals on public lands in Alaska and in event of discovery, to dispose of the project through competitive bid ding or other means.
 Broad powers are given incident to expenditures in general and the work of carrying out exploring undertakings which. might prove valuable.
 The bill also would direct the Shipping Beard to allocate such yes sels as the Secretary of the Interior might direct for operation between the terminal of the Alaska Railroad and other points in the Territory and would authorize the Secretary to cooperate with Territorial and municipal authorities and private individuals or corporations where results sought may be economically and expeditiously accomplished through such cooperation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
Big Names Meaningless Odd Test For Students

Elihu Root and 21 missed Henry Ford.
 A few thought Mile. Lenglen was French chemist and others identified her as Japans representative at the armament limitations conference. As for Christy Mathewson. his picture elicited the answer that he was the man who sold out the worlds series in 1920.
 Asked the name of popular novel giving the details of small town. one student guessed Robinson Cru soe, AS per cent of the seniors fail ing to think of Main Street" Thirty five per cent of the boys did not know who won the last worlds se- ries; 50 per cent did not know Babe Ruths' home run record and TOO per cent of the girls did not know the name of the only woman in Congress. Three of a hundred high school se- niors could not identify General Pershing and four of the same hun dred did not recognize picture of President Harding. After declaring it has cost between $2.000. 900 and 8, 900 900 in money and time to edu cate 1000 high school seniors. the report laments that "630 of them did not know the meaning of open shop: 69O of them could not recognize a picture of Elihu Root; 490 did no, know anything about H. c. Wells"
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08

NEW YORK, March S.-James P. Heating. magazine writer asserted tha: George Sylvester Viereck, for mer editor of the Fatherland, had predicted the sinking of the Lusi- tania four days before it happened.
 Heating made this assertion in testifyipg for the Chicago Tribune in the $500 GOO suit brought against the newspaper by William Hale Thomp- son, Mayor of the Illinois city, in con- nection with charges of pro-German- ism mlde against him.
 Heating, who was employed as an assistant to Dr. William Bayard Hale in the German Information Bureau in this city, said those in charge of the bureau considered the sinking to be ''impolitic." adding:
 'I knew the Lusitania would be sunk the Tuesday preceding the Fri day when the sinking actually took place. learned of it in the course of conversation with viereck at lunch
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
Liners Sin king Predicted , :. {
 War Tragedy Is Brought Up

con on that day. He said that the persons who had sailed on the Lusi- tania were very foolish, as she would certainly be sunk Thursday or Fri day"
 Activities attributed to Dr. Hale were described by Heating, who said Viereck told him his chief had been hired by the bureau ''because he hal the kitchen entrance to the White House. and could be used to reach President Wilson's ear.
 Kcatlng said Dr. Hale seldom vis- Hed the bureau, doing most Of his work in his apartment on Riverside DiNe When he did go to the ol Ice the witness said he always used the freight elevator.
 Heating said pamphlets put out by the bureau, although written by Dr. Hale, frequently were signed with the name Of convenient organizations" " Among such papers. he said. was Thou Shalt Not Kill" supposed to emanate from Quaker sources.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
FAST CUTTERS
 BE STATIONED
 ALASKA WATERS
Seventeen Knot Boats Be Sent to Alaska-Unalga
 Comes North Soon.
place at Zurich in the fall.

SEATTLE, March S.-The speedy new Coast Guard cutters Haida and MOjave, built in Oakland, Cal, will arrive here about the middle of April and will be assigned with the Al gonquin as the Boring Sea patrol fleet This was the announcement made here today.
 Each of the two new boats are 250 feet long, carry five guns, are cleo trically driven and have a speed of F knots an hour. They are regard ed as among the finest vessels built for the service.
 The Unalga, under command oi Capt. E. D. Jones. who succeeds Capt. B. L. Broadway, who has been ordered to Washington for inspection duty, will leave shortly for Juneau possibly next week.
 Lieut.. T. s. Klinger also leaves here soon for Juneau, where he will be stationed.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08

NEW YORK, March S.-Supposedly national heroes of the diamond, the gridiron and the silver sheet do not stand SO well as might be supposed among the high school and college students This was learned when .he Institute For Public Service made public results of a national current history test taken among more than 900 900 pupils.
 Twenty thousand students averaged only 46 per cent on 70 questions q bout baseball, football and the movies" Of 800 seniors more ol them knew about Eamonn De Valera David Lloyd George. Aristide Briand and Leonard Wood than about which team won the worlds series or wha' shining light of the screen was starred in a current popular picture A majority of 800 senior girls knew more about Sim Feiners than abou Mile. Su9an Lenglen and Ruth Law.
 Among the most interesting results are the answers of 61 New York SC niors. Fortythree of them could no identify Charles c. Dawes, Nationa budget director: 3S had no idea a to Myron T. Herrick's identity: 2 were at sea as concerning the identi ty of Andrew w. Mellon; 10 wer' unable to identify photograph o
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
HOT SQUABBLE
 ON GOVERNMENT
 OF ALASKA NOW
Senate Farm Bloc Projects Itself in Alaska Admin
 istration Affairs.
DEPARTMENTAL FIGHT
 TAKING ON NEW ANGLE
Transfer of Interior Depart ment Bureaus to Agri-
 cultural Proposed.

SEATTLE, Wash, March 8. A Seattle Daily Times special from Washington, D. C., this afternoon says "to add to the complexities of the controversy between the Agri- cultural and Interior Department over Alaska administration, the az ricultural bloc in the Senate has now projected itself into the situa- tion lining up enthusiastically be- hind the Department of Agriculture stanch never to permit the transfer of the Forest Service into the h. terior Department.
 Neither will the bloc permit the transfer of any Forest Service ac- tivities in Alaska to the Depart ment of the Interior.
 United States Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas, chairman of the agricultural bloc in the Senate, and Representative J. N. Tincher, also of Kansas, have prepared practically identical bills proposing to transfer f from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Agriculture all bureaus having to do with public domains including the General Land Office, National Park Reclamation, Indian Service, Bureau of Mines, Geological Survey and transfer of the Fisheries Bureau from the De- partment of Commerce.
 These bills were drawn by friends of the Forest Servce and of- fered in hopes they would bloc the proposal made by the Congressional Committee on reorganization for Alaska government.
 "The bills are supported by the farm bloc, however, for another req son and this reason is that the mem- bers of the bloc oppose opening any more lands for agricultural deyel- opment."
 Coincident with the introduction of the Sutherland bill, Secretary A. B. Fall of the Department of the Interior, discussing the conflict to arise between the Departments of
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The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
Powder Explosion Near
 Tacoma Three Men Killed

TACOMA, Wash, March Bred Paulson, Dan Marks and Alvin Lar son, all unmarried men, were in stantly killed this afternoon when an explosion demolished No. gela- tine mixing house of the E. T. DuPont de Nemours Powder Com pany at DuPont. near Camp Lewis. The military camp and South Tacoma were jared to their foundations.
 Superintendent F.. s. Robinson immediately began an investigation into the cause of the explosion but was unable to explain it. About 1900 pounds of gelatin, exploded The examination Of the debris show ed no traces of the bodies of the dead men. They were probably blown to atomk
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
GET TOGETHER SAYS HARDING
 TO COAL MEN
President Believes Operators and Miners Should
 Keep Contract.

WASHINGTON, March 8-It is President Harding's belief that the coal operators and miners should keep faith and get together before the expiration of the present agree ments on April 1 and avert a strike White House. u is understood that Secretary of Labor Davis has been informed by President Harding that his department should insist that 10th parties to the contract observe the provisions of the contract calling for a meeting before the expiration of the agreement.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
CONFESSION
 IS FIzzLE
Another Clue in Taylor Mur der Case Goes Sudden
 ly to Smash.

LOS ANGELES, March S.-Police detectives assigned to the William D. Taylor murder case announced today they had discarded the confession" recently mailed from Atlantic City as the work of an unsound mind. They said the handwriting of the man whose name was signed to the "con- fession" was that of a prominent fig ure in the movie industry and in no way bonded to that in which the document was written.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
SENATOR LODGE STARTS TREATY
 F|GHT; SPEECH
Gauntlet Is Thrown Down to Opponents of Four Power
 Pacific Treaty.
CASE TO BE BROUGHT
 TO SENATE'S FLOOR
Lodge Attacks Anglo Japan csc Alliance as Most
 Dangerous Element.

WASHINGTON, March 8.-Aftel a preliminary Hull in the Senate the fight over the four power Pacific treaty was about to break in full fury when Senator Lodge announced the program of aggressive action was to bring the treaty under dis cussion to a quick vote on the rati- fication. He announced that he would address the Senate challeng- ing the opponents of the pact to bring their case openly to the floor of the Senate.
 Senator Borah said the leading < opposite forces were ready to ac- cept the challenge.
 All of this happened late yester' day afternoon and today Senator Lodge addressed the Senate on the treaty.
 "The termination of the Anglo Japanese alliance and the substitu- tion of the political system is actuated by peace in the Pacific, said Senator Lodge as 'the main purpose
 Senator Lodge said the American delega tion to the arms conference regarded the Anglo-Japanese alli- ance as the most dangerous ele- ment' in the governments relations with the Far East and concluded by saving that if the four power pact failed the naval agreement also would be endangered resulting in the failure of the arms con ference
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
Splendid Story Is Ended By Death

NEW YORK, March S.-'Seek- ing data for a book, "The Here after" Thomas w. Weggielus, aged 23 years, a Brooklyn chem ist, swallowed what he thought was just enough anaesthetic to bring him to deaths door He miscalculated the dose. The autopsy will be held some time today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
Muscle Shoals
 Proposition
 Settlement Far Of

WASHINGTON. March S.-Chair man Kahn, of the House Military Committee, today told w. B. Mayo chief of Henry Ford's engineers. that it would require years to thresh out the existing legal entanglements and even then it was doubtful if the gov ernment would be able to accept Ford's contract for the purchase or lease of the Muscle Shoals, Alabama project.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
AMERICANS MURDERED
 BY REBELS
Several American Citizens Reported Killed by
 Mexican Rebels.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March s. The assassination of several Am ericans in the Tampico oil region was reported in despatches to local newspapers here today. The Ameri- cans are understood to have been killed by rebels operating in that region. The despatches said the Mexican government has ordered a gunboat to TampicO.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
HUR RAH!

WASHINGTON, March 8.-Presi. dent Harding in a letter to Eugene Meyer. managing director of the War FinInce Cor"cration. declared, we are --ak,ng splendid progress toward dissinat'on of our agricultural diff culties."
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
VERY POOR EXCUSE

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March s. Twenty-six coal mines employing sev- eral thousand men south of here are closed today because of refusal of employees to work on account of their trains being relayed g min utes reaching here last Monday evening.
 Ten mines north of here closed yes terday for a similar cause.
 The two-day shutdown will cause a loss of coal production estimated a; 50,000 tons.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
LANSING-ISHII PACT.

WASHINGTON, MATCH s. - IHt Lansing-Ishii agreement has been completely superseded by the nine power treaty relating to China and now before the Senate, President Harding has informed the Senate This notification is the answer to the resolution by Senator Borah.
 The four power Pacific treaty does not affect China and does not di- rectly bear upon the Lansing-lshii notca, said the President.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
Civil Service Status Is
 Proposed for Dry Agents

WASHINGTON. March S.-Senator Thomas Sterling, of South Dakota today introduced bill extending the Civil Service laws to government prohibition enforcement agents.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
Liquor Robbers Make Big
 Raid; Get 2,100 Gallons

FREDERICK, Ma. March S.-Over- towering three guards and smash ing the doors, gang of 30 liquor robbers last night escaped with 2,100 gallons of whiskey valued at $35.000 from the Outbridge Horsey Distillery Company's warehouse at Birkitsyiile
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
AMERICAN MURDERED.

WASHINGIUN, Mdrch s. - UH- known assailants murdered Alex ander Matthews. American citizen, in he State of Vera Cruz. on March 5. This is according to advices re- ceived today by the Department of State.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-03-08
RATIFY ALLIANCE

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March S.. The international executive board of the United Mine Workers have un- animously ratified the articles of an alliance between the transportation and mine workers unions. President Lewis made this announcement this afternoon.