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Summer White House Offer
May Be Put Before Congress
Senators Believe Official
Sanction Necessary to
Acceptance of Gift.
Members Divided As to
Wisdom of Taking Ad.
vaptage of Bequest.

The beouest of 100000 for a sum-
ner residence for the President of the
United States, to be located within
fifty miles of Washington. contained
in the will of J. Wilson Leakin Of
Baltimore, could not be accepted by
the United States without an act OF
Congress. according to senators who
discussed the proposed summer home
yesterday. They pointed out that Con-
eress would have to provide FOR the
selection of Q site and the plans Tor
thu erection of the building and for
the United States taking title.
At the White House 1t was stated
unoficially that the President could
not make any statement regarding
the Leakin offer. as any one Of more
than fifty standing offers OF GUNNER
White Houses have been awaiting
the Presidents preference for the last
two years.
Favsrs Aeeeptanee.
Senator Fernald Of Maine. chairman
AZ the committee ON public buildings
and grounds Of the Senate. said thae
IA was heartily in favor OF the Ac-
csutance Of the gift, which would add
to the public buildings In the vicinity
Of Washington. He expressed tne
on,nion that the govefnment could. II
n desired, Increase the sum provided
in the VIII of Mr.. Leakin by appro-
senator Smoot Of Utah. chairman Of
the public buildings commission. SAID
that he desired to sec the provisions Of
the wifi and the conditions placed upon
the gift before he committed himself
one Vay or the other.
Senator Hsan6eese q Conneck3cut
|0eE1Ge14 fha4 e - &s1aent -
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overdue payments. which would bring
Germany's present indebtedness to
Great Britain alone to q total Of
f15s,oo0.0o0.
Should no agreement be reached in
Paris by January Is and should Pre-
mier Poincare> give the word for his
troops 70 escort French customs on
cials ana engineers into the Ruhr
district, Great Britain would not be
likely to protest against this action,
but, It 10 thought, would retire to
the position OF isolation she occupied
century ago and prepare as best
she could to combat tho chaotic eco
nomic conditions on ths continent which
abe believes would be certain to follow
any coercive action against Germany.
At the same time British oficials
arc as insistent ~ the French that
the entente will not BE- endangered.
even should worse como to worst IN
Paris. for 1t 10 stated that the two
governments realise that the bonds
which hold their peoples together arc
not based upon the technicaiities Of
reparations, but upon their common
suffering in the common cause during
the great war.
After the hghting ended in 1918 It
was the habit of speakers through
out Great Britain to picture these
common allied bonds BY references to
the Thousands sf EnEiiaA geaMns -
AxA8
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DRY Law ENFORCEMENT
ON HIGH PLANE IN D. e.
Force Inadequate,
But Still 693 Cases
Made in E Months.
Total of CONNECTIONS
90 Per Cent--Fines
Reach $7O,4 ,4O2.

Enforcement of the national prohi-
bition act in the District Of Columbia
is a stupendous undertaking. What
Is true of this city is also true of
all other jurisdictions. The enforce
ment of the law in Washington, de-
spite criticisms from certain sources
aimed at the courts. taking into con-
sideration the limited number of pro-
hibition officers and police assigned
to that specific work. is as near per-
feet as human effort can make IL.
This conclusion Is drawn from a
carefully prepared statement of the
operation of the Office of Assistant
District Attorney Frank J. Kelly, who
has charge of handling all cases in
volving the violation of the national
prohibition act covering the period
Of the past six months beginning
July / and ending December 80. 1t
not only shows that this office is
handling cases with as much dis
patch as Is possible. but that the
judges sitting in the United States
branch OF the District Of Columbia
Police Court are cooperating with
the district attorneys office and the
police department to put down the
violation Of the prohibition law.
FlaErant Violation Seen.
That the law is being flagrantly
violated is in evidence on every
hand. The bootleggers with almost
open defiance ply their unlawful
business. selling in some instances in
the open. But 1t must be remember
ed, 1t was pointed out. that. all told.
the prohibition agents and police Of
hcers specially assigned to look after
the enforcement of the law-less
than a dozen men-are inadequate to
is to be rigidly enforced, officials of
the courts say, there must be a ma
terial increase In the number of men
assigned to ferret out the violators
and bring them to justice. When the
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&,5()l,ODO ASKED
/. TO OVERHAUL NAVY
DENLY Tells Congress Mod
ernization Ultimately Will
Cost $50, 900, 900.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
In order TO keep the first line Of the
American Navy on par with the sea
forces of the other great powers.
President Harding asked Congress
yesterday for a special appropriation
of s6.5o0,000 as a beginning on
ip-modernization program
The plan behind the request mark
change of policy resulting directll
from the Washington arms confer
ence and was described by Secretary
DENLY. in letter accompanying tn.
Presidents recommendation as of
major and vital Importance" in ma
tional defense. Before the confer
ence. it had been the practice To
build new ships rather than mod
ernize old ones. a policy which no
longer can be followed because Of the
construction limitations imposed BY
the naval limitation treaty.
Reports Study By Omcers.
Secretary DENLY reported that
detailed study of the problem had
the s6.500.000 asked for would make
it possible to begin work on thirteen
vessels. Ultimately. he estimated, the
program would cost total of
s30. .000, 900.
No detailed information as to what
ships Will be affected by the first
appropriation. or what work will be
done on them. was given TO Congress
by Mr.. DENLY or made available at
the Navy Department 1t is known.
however, that, in general. the tenta-
tive plans call for equipment of all
the fourteen-inch-gun ships of the
fleet with deck protection against
torpedo attack, and modernization or
the main batteries to give them a
range now usable with aircraft spot
tings.
British Ships Brought to Date.
British ships of the same general
type already have been brought up
TO date in this way. as a result OF
lessons learned in the war. The work
was begun in British shipyards dur
ing the war. and a specific provision
more than 5000 tons was added
thereby to the displacement OF each
ship was included in the naval treaty.
The new ships. which the United
States was building and has agreed to
scrap under the treaty, were equipped
with all of the devices which IL now
becomes necessary to add to the older
craft. The new ships would have had
main batteries with range or $1,000
yards, and the interior construction
OF tne nullS was calculated 10 m1nl-
mize the danger from torpedo attack.
Old Ships to BE Retained.
The old 14-inch gun ships which are
to be retained under the treaty were
designed and built before aircraft
spotting made possible effective gun
ire beyond the limit Of vision from
the ship. They also were built be-
fore the great war proved the effec-
tiveness Of submarine attack with tor
pedoes.
It fs doubtful that the modernixa-
tion program viii include any OF the
I2-tnch gun ships of the American
Navy. which. because OF their lighter
guns and lighter side armor. are not
regarded by naval experts as ships OF
the first line of battle. There are
six such ships now in the active feet.
and two OF them. the North Dakota
and Delaware. will be scrapped when
the new l6-inch-gun ships West vir-
1inia and Colorado are commissioned.
The British have disposed already OF
virtually all of their 12-inch gun bat
tie craft.
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PLANS ExTRAD1TIoN FIGHT

BALTIMORE, December 30.-Indi-
cation that the hight to keep DR.. b. M.
McKoin. ex-mayor of Mer Rouge, Ea.,
from being returned to that state.
murder. would be continued to the
last was given today when ex-United
States District Attorney Robert r
Carman. the physician's counsel. said
ne had mentioned the case to Judge
John c. Rose Of the United States dis
Judge Rose concerning another case.
but after a consultation, in which the
McKoin case was mentioned, admitted
that application for writ of habeas
corpus under federal jurisdiction was
Dr. McKoin. who was arrested last
Parker a Of Louisiana Iss' in connection M H,
with the murder Of Watt Daniels and
Thomas Richards, two of a party Of
ish last summer by a hooded mob.
spent today on his cot at the hos
pital in the city JAIL suffering from
an attack Of bronchitis. He was re-
ported to have spent q restful day
and was expected to be about again
Mr.. Carman again today said that
he would make no further move to-
ward obtaining his clients release
until after the extradition hearing
before Gov. Rtcnie. AS the
Loui siana ofIicers are expected here
with the necessary papers probably
tomorrow. 1t is not expected that the
case will go before the governor until
Tuesday, as Monday il q holiday.
Dr. J. G. Hawkins, imperial repre-
sentative Of the Ku Rux Klan for
Maryland and Delaware. announced
today that DR.. McKoin II not and
never has been . member Of the khan.
DR.. Hawkins said his authority for
the statement was tho head Of the
organisation at Atlanta.
Murder Laid to lleKoin.
< BIRMINGHAM. Ala. December 80
Efforts ara being made by II. H. Thorn
of Bessemer. Ala. brother Of DR.. X.
p. Thom. who IL alleged to have been
killed by DR.. b. NJ. McKoin. former
mayor OF Mer Rouge, La. at Gallon,
La. In 1916, to enlist the aid Of Gov
Parker of Louisiana in having an
indictment returned against him
charging him with this murder.
Thorn said tonight he wrote to Gov.
Parker recently giving the details OF
the killing Of his brother and asked
the governor to cause an investtga-
tion Of the affair. He said he had
not received 4 reply from 1hs
100DIn06--
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AUTO RECIPROCITY
PLAN GAINS FAVOR
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Maryland licenses should be recog-
nized in the District 1t Is unfair for
Maryland to discriminate against the
District as she does, in my opinion"
Senator Jones agreed with Senator
McNary that the Curry amendment
would not be subject to a point OF
order in the Senate.
Maryland senators have asked Sena-
tor McNary for a hearing on the
matter, and he has told them that II
would be granted. Mr.. Curry also
proposes to present his side of the
case to tho subcommittee. The agri-
cultural appropriation bill has not yet
passed tho House, although the House
has completed consideration OF the
bill as far as amendments are con-
cerned, and has only to take q vote
on its final passage. which probably
will be done on Wednesday. The
Senate subcommittee. in view Of the
fact that the House has practically
completed the bill. has already given
consideration to its provisions.
The subcommittee will resume its
consideration Of the agricultural bill
on Tuesday at 1890 Am.
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JAIL FOR GOTHAM dARGLERs.
HEnforce the Law" Watch Word of
Watchful Drys New Year Eve.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 30.-A jail
cell for New Year celebrants who
boldly imbibe of cheering spirita in
tho public places of New York Is the
threat of State Prohibition Enforce
ment Director Yellowley. who. today
announced that his agents. co-oper-
ating with the police department,
would enforce the law. d. d.
The efforts Of the' endorsement
forces will be directed especially to
those parts Of the city where the
lights shine brightest
Those gaudily decorated resorts
along Broadway and near by. where
one had been able to pay cover charge.
buy ginger ale. -fili in" from hip
pocket TASKS and grow dizzy with
the jazz bands. are to be the main
objectives of the law enforcers.
Offenders will be arrested and taken
Immediately before federal commits
sioners. charged with violation Of the
volstead act and Jailed Il unable to
furnish bail. Director Yel3ovlsy saaA
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COMMISSIONERS
ISSUE NEW YEAR
GREETING TO CITY

Expressing the hope that 1879
will be a period of Increased
prosperity and happiness to ALL"
the Commissioners yesterday Is
sued a New Year greeting to tho
people Of Washington. The mes
sage Of the city fathers follows:
.The Commissioners of the Dis
trict Of Columbia extend to the
citizens Of the District their sim
cere wishes for a happy and pros
porous new year. The District has
enjoyed many blessings during the
past year and 1t IL the hope or the
Commissioners that the year on
which we are about to enter VIII
be one of increased prosperity anu
happiness to all"
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to have q summer homo It should be
somewhere much farther than nifty
miles from Washington.
Suggests Alaska Site.
'.Perhaps it would be we'll to put it
In Alaska" said Senator Brandegee.
smiling. 80
Senator Dillingham; Of Vermont said
that he was opposed to the acceptance
Of the gift He said that II the govern
ment desired to provide q summer home
for The President It could do %. and he
did not think 1t would be proper to &C.
cept : private gift for r. this hts &g purpo;s: ., !,
he would take any steps looking to
legislative .et,en ,ss on the part e cSn Con,
he would await advices from the White
House. he said that Il the the Presiden. %
would be glad to introduce bill to ac-
cspt the bsquest. He said the terms
Of the Wtll apparently would place the
rte a the summer hone for the Prest.
0fR = Masy1nn6s
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KU KLUX VISITS CHURCH.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. December 3o-A
delegation Of members OF the Ku Klux
Khan. it Is announced. last night visited
the Del Ray Methodist Church and pre-
sented SIS to the pastor, Rev. ]. r.
Wood.
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Secretary wallace.
who, in a state
m emit. reviewed
agricultural con-
dttions of 1922
and set forth the
prospects for the
new year. In his
stat e m e n t Mr..
Wallace said;
Twelve months
ago most of the
100000 6 farmers
of the L ii t e d
states were start
ing on the long.
hard climb out OF
the valley OF eco
nomic depression.
They have NOT Set
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" N10nIlhut-u PaR6.J
liquor was placed under customs
seizure.
Following the seizure Capt John H
Dysart. in command of the Hansen. was
summoned to report before John D.
Appleby, zone chief prohibition agent,
and his crew of eight men were sus-
pended under charges A conference
was held between Deputy Surveyor H.
g. Stuart and Mr.. .Appleby; a report
was made to L. c. Yellowley, who
ordered the suspension of the crew
and an investigation begun at once.
Fart of Salvnged Cargo.
The liquor found on board the Han
sen is said by the customs officers
10 have been part of a cargo of sew
enty cases salvaged from the Linnie
which was caught in the storm of
December %. The crew of probably
two men was either drowned or aban-
doned the boat which was q motor
sloop. The sloop was driven ashore
at the mouth OF the Shrewsbury river,
New Jersey.
Life guards from Sandy Hook To-
Cated the little vessel and the cutter
Hansen was notified. The Hansen
went out in the hazy storm in an
attempt to salvage the sloop. This
was impossible, but two customs
agents on lue 1fdnSen report thaG the
Hansen did salvage seventy cases of
liquor
This liquor was brought to New
York and was ordered transferred In
seizure to the customs stores. Only
Ihirty-fve cases ever turned up at
the customs stores. The search and
discovery of the twenty cases hidden
in the crews quarters aboard the
Hansen was the result of a check
of the stock delivered as against the
inventory of the stock salvaged.
JAIL FOR GOTHAM 0ARGLERS,
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PEKING CABINET OUT.
Resignation of Chang Follows Vote
of Approval by Senate.

PEKING. December 30.-The cabi-
net, OF which Gen. Chang Shao-Tsene
was premier. resigned today.
Only yesterday the senate voted sp
proval of Gen. Chang. who was APP
pointed premier December 10. with
the consent oe parliament.
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FALL RET|CENT
ON RESIGNATION
Refuses to Deny or Affirm
Reports Circulated of
His Retirement.

Returning to Washington last night,
after a week spent with his daughter,
at Port Conway. Va, near Fredericks-
ourg, Secretary of the Interior Fall
said he did not care to discuss reports
tnat he was contemplating resigning
from the cabinet. He did not. how
ever. deny the reports, but indicated
ne would make a statement as soon
as he returns to the department.
In connection with the rumors of
secretary Falls resignation. 1t was
learned on high authority last night
that Representative Frank w. Mon
dell, who has been floor leader in the
House during the last two Con-
crosses. Is being seriously consid-
cred by President Harding and his
advisers as Secretary Falls successor,
should he resign. 1t was stated that
Representative Mondell could have
this cabinet berth II he would accept
It and that he was one of the first
men considered by Mr. Harding when
ne first took up the task Of selecting
his cabinet.
Others Mentioned.
Reports regarding the resignation
of Secretary Fall mention several
other republicans from among whom
his successor may be picked, includ-
ing Senators Kellogg and New and
Carmi Thompson of Ohio. From other
sources 1t was learned last night that
II Secretary Fall does resign to take
over active charge OF his immense
stock ranch at Three Rivers, N. NJ.
Edwin c. Ffnney. now first assistant
secretary OF the interior, may be ap-
pointed to the first vacancy in the
Harding cabinet.
Mr.. Ftnney was appointed assistant
secretary from post as chairman OF
the board Of review on oil and gas
leases. In which he has specialized FOR
many years.
BOOSTS JULIUS BARNES.
By the Associated Press.
DULUTH. Minn.. December 3d.
Following reports that Secretary of
the Interior Fall would resign, Rep
resentative Larson Of Duluth has
sent letter to President Harding
urging that Herbert Hoover be
chosen to succeed him and Julius H.
Barnes named for Hoover's position,
according to a copy of the letter re-
cefved from MIR. Larson and to be pub
lished tomorrow by the Duluth News
Tribune.
The letter follows:
Mr.: President. in view of Secre-
tarE Falls resignation. may / offer
a suggestion? Herbert Hoover for
Secretary of the Interior and julius
II. Barnes for Secretary of Com
merce.' l do not know whether Mr..
Barnes would accept the appointment,
but l know that his successful busi-
ness experience. his great public
| service as the president of the United
States Grain Corporation and his tow
ering abilities business man
and statesman eminently fit him for
Secretary of Commerce
His appointment would add
strength and prestige to your already
\ strong and able cabinet
This letter is written without Mr.
| Barnes knowledge or authority"
Evening star., 1922-12-31
BETTER TIMES DUE,
WALLACE BELIEVES
Secretary, in Review, Says
Farm Conditions Have
: Already Improved.
CROPS REPORTED GOOD
Prices Up and Labor Cost Lower,
With Credit Strain Eased.
Much Yet to Be Done.

Retter times for the farmers OF
+be country are foreseen for 1928 by
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FRENCH DISAPPOINTED
AT ATTITUDE OF AMERICA

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MYSTERIOUS TIE-UP
OF DRY SHIP LETS
IN $7,0O0,0 900 RUM

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BRITISH TO DEMAND
FINAL PREPARATIONS
SHOWDOWN IN PARIS

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New-York tribune., 1922-02-21

mcnt OF French accent than perhaps
any play ever seen here. There are
three reels of it, TO borrow from the
wo-dimension drama.
A French family. whose single eco
nomic asset is beautiful daughter of
marriageablc age. comes to New York
and is cozened into the business Of
selling fake antique furniture. adver-
,lsed ms tho heirlooms Of titled folk in
distress. In this barter Of nice old
furniture to tho nice newly rich
Georginc. the French doll, meets the
millionaire. the big fcesh' who is to
be auglcd for. The metamorphosis of
the sawdust manikin into the tho
woman Of flesh and blood and warm
and generous impulse is skilful)y man
aged by Miss Bordon.
A considerable mileage OF foreign
accent is done by Adricnne D'Ambri-
court, the mother; Edousrd Durand,
the father, and Laura Lussicr, az Me
lanic, the maid. But they have been
well drilled, and If II is work to listen
1t is amusing work. One wonders
what would happen if Charles Cherry,
Lucille Watson and May Nokes should
be taken to France and exercised in
the Partisan idea of how an American
should deliver French slang. 1--WE will
so say. as Baron Ma2ulicr has it. The
baron. by the way, IL the best hit Of
characterization in the play, and
NJ. Durand does it with such fresh
ness that any annoyance over accent is
B. f.
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
Tabloid Musical Revue
Presented as VaudeuilIc

Tho new style Of vaudeville inau-
gurated by the Shuberts as unit" en-
tertainments, with condensation Of
q musical show as The main feature.
was placed on View at the Winter
Garden Yesterday afternoon. "The
Midnight Founders" was selected for
abridgment and special treatment.
The vaudeville version contained the
funniest scenes and most tuneful Of
the numbers OF the attraction that
consumed an entire evening az the
Century Roof last year There were
vaudeville interudes of The regular
order and some evidently specially pre-
pared, utilizing the services of large
chorus.
With comedy aud girls and with prin-
cipals and chorus making frequent ap-
pearances, tho entertainment might
justly be classified as revue Among
the specially acts wero Make and
George, the negro dancing team, who
apparently are favorites Of the Winter
Garden clientele, and Dicro, the ac-
cOrdiOniSts
New-York tribune., 1922-02-21
Irene Bordoni at Home
Ir, "The French DOU''
THE CAST

The party for "The French Dollo at
the Lyceum Theater last night nrovided
Irene Bordoni with g salutatory on q
much less antic stage than that she
mas graced in revue and vaudeville. 1t
was also the debut of three excellent
french actors, brought from Paris, to
interpret the interesting bit of French
folly that besets the play. In the first
act the impression, patterned bv sew
eral seasons, persisted that Miss Bor-
donl was just a musical comedy per
son. And at the beginning of the sec
ond all expectation of anything else
was hushed by her two songs-"Do II
Again" and when Eyes Meet Eyes and
Lips Meet Lips"-but ere all the plav
WAS played the star had shown that
she could do both comedy and pathos
and do it not only effectively but with
a high degree of virtuosity. And in
becoming q comedian she has no whit
lost her distinction.
"Thc French Doll" has been adapted
by A. Z. Thomas from the French of
Paul Armont and Marcel Gerbdon. In
place OF the French locale Mr. Thomas
has esta blished his scenes in New York
and Palm Beach, but its foreign mode
is preserved by the utilization of
French actors in virtually all the major
parts h'ith the result that "The French
Doll' has far greater linear measure