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The Washington times., 1922-03-20
PACT SPONSORS
ARE WORRIED BY
SENATE BATTLE
Margin of Three Votes Too
Small for Comfort, Lodge
Underwood & Co. Feel.

The Senate fight over the four
power Pacific treaty. which has
already spread to the naval limita-
tion, Chinese, and other arma-
ment conference pacts. was re-
newed in the Senate today with
both sides seeking to strengthen
their lines.
Administration leaders express.
ed themselves as still certain of
ratification of the four power pact
when it is voted on finally on Fri
day. but they admitted that they
would feel more comfortable If
they were as sure of increasing
the narrow margin of approx
mately three over the necessary
two-thirds which they claimed to
have.
The treaty's opponents. continu-
ing to fight hard with every argu-
ment they can possibly advance
against it and the whole general
scheme Of the conference agree
ments, were hopeful that some un-
foreseen development might enable
them to wean away from the trea-
ty's supporters the approximately
four votes necessary to secure its
rejection.
Japan's aggressions upon China
and Siberia, and the future possibil-
ity, of the United States having to
side with Great Britain, France,
and Japan against the Russians and
the Chinese, remained the keynote
of the speech-making by the trea.
ty's critics, which was expected to
continue right up to the hour of the
final vote on ratification of the four.
power treaty.
Once the pact is out Of the way,
Its opponents. even though they are
defeated, do not plan any let-up in
their oratorical efforts to block the
Chinese and other pacts which are
to be taken up afterwards. Senator
Borah of Idaho, Republican "irrec.
oncilable," Is opposing the Chinese
treaties, especially the agreement
relating to Chinese customs duties.
"Seventy-eight per cent of the
great natural wealth of China is
under the domination and control
of foreign powers" Borah said,
land yet our representatives signed
a treaty which permits her to levy
n tariff of only II per cent in
excess of what she had a right to
levy. We are joining in the rob.
berry of China. We are shutting
our eyes to what is going on in
the Far East.
The Washington times., 1922-03-20
rhine TROOPS ARE ORDERED HOME
A Shameful Defense
of q Shameful Treaty

just completed in secret the betrayal
Of the United States to Japan in the
Islands of the North Pacific Ocean.
In the nations who, by their delegates,
thus lied to the only country that could
help them, appealed with perjured lips
to the only people that could rescue
them, and up to the end of the war that
the United States then and there under
took to fight with them and for them
continued to cheat, deceive and defraud
tho very people, the very American
people, who were saving them with
American flesh, blood, and money from
destruction.
Where, in the records of thousand
years, can such infamy in international
intercourse be found? Where can q
nation she uncovered that was so bled,
cheated and betrayed, as far as in them
lay. by its sworn and bound allies?
Where such falsehood, perfidy and dis
honor without excuse or palliation?
Nowhere, absolutely nowhere.
It is in such nations then that the
defenders of the four-power treaty beg
the American people to have faith, in
such nations that President Harding
and Senator Lodge would have US put
our trust, in such nations that Senators
Underwood and New would have US
repose perfect confidence, when the
American delegates cannot or will not
explain the obligations and commitments
that they now propose to bind on the
American people!
Think of it! And on the very treaty
that is to evidence this faith, trust and
confidence stands the name of Arthur
]. Balfour, the man who with perjured
tongue, in the hour of this country's
solemn decision, assured our Govern
ment that no secret understanding, like
England's and Japan's in the Pacific,
had any existence!
Trust, faith, confidence in these ma
tions, in these governments, in these
delegates! Shame on the man in the
United States Senate who, with the
record of infamy before him, dare use
such arguments to betray and entrap
the American people-dare withhold
from them the truth, falsify the plain
facts and entangle us again with those
nations who deal with us only to prey
on us, to enfeeble us, to impoverish us
and to betray us!
If the American people could sit in
the forum of the United States Senate
today, learn what had been done against
them in the past by our proposed allies,
perceive what is projected against them
now and realize how, by incompetence,
timidity and feeble Difference, their
rulers have been led to bind and obli-
gate them and their future again to the
marauders of the world, they would rise
as one man to judgment and proclaim
the political condemnation which only
q great nation in its wrath can pro-
nounce upon its unfaithful servants!
The Washington times., 1922-03-20
TWO HELD
IN THEFT
Of BONDS
Former Treasury Clerks De.
tanned Under $4,000 Bail.
$175,OOO Loot Recovered.

On charges Of conspiracy to de-
fraud the Government. Charles A.
Clevenger. twenty-five years old,
SIC Rhode Island avenue north
east. and U. o. Wamsley. twenty
eight, 1919 Fairmont street north
west, were each held in $4,000
bonds for the action Of the grand
jury by United States 'Commis-
sioner Morten ]. Macdonald this
morning. ~. .-
s175.Ooe y,Spt Recovered.
The two young men, former en-
ployes of the registry division Of the
Treasury Department at 11s ID street
northwest, are alleged to have stolen
ST. 900 In negotiable Liberty bonds.
All Of the bonds were recovered on
Saturday by secret service agents
in the attic Of Clevenger's home, 1t
was stated.
Trailed to Virginia.
Clevenger was arrested yesterday
rat his home by Secret Service
Agents Miles McCahill and Bartholo-
NEW Brattan. Wamslay was taken
into custody last night at the home
of his parents in Charlotte, Va. by
II. c. Shepherd. another operative Of
the Secret Service. who trailed him
to the Virginia city.
The arrest of Clevenger and
Wamsley followed an investigation
by Secret Service agents that
started two months ago, when the
bonds disappeared from the vaults Of
the Registry Division of the Treas
ury. Several days after the bonds
were found missing, Wamsley left
the employ Of the Government.
Tried to Make Sale.
While suspicion fell on the two
men who had charge Of the vaults at
the subdivision Of the Treasury, the
Secret Service agents did not con-
meet them directly with the theft un-
til last Friday, when attempts were
made to negotiate the securities.
Following the disappearance Of
the bonds, the Federal agents post
ed the numbers Of the bonds at all
banks and clearing houses where the
securities might have been offered
for sale.
On Friday, Clevenger is said to
have attempted to sell one OF the
bonds. The stolen bonds were in
$4,000 and $4,000. denominations.
Secret Service agents rusned to the
ho nj ht,f t,D
picious. is said to have disappeared
before their arrival
A description Of the man who had
offered one Of the bonds for sale
was given to Secret Service Agent
McCahill. Finding that It tailed
with that Of Clevenger, McCahill
placed Clevenger under arrest.
Taken to the Treasury building,
Clevenger was questioned by Acting
Chief Joseph Murphy and the other
operatives. He Is alleged to have
confessed that he and Wamsley con-
spired to steal the bonds.
A search was made for Wamsley
and he was located in his home at
Charlotte. He also is said to have
confessed
Wamsley has been an organizer
for the Order of Foresters, q frater-
nal organization.
1t was denied by Acting Chief
Murphy that two other men are
being sought in connection with the
theft.
I'VE have arrested the two men
implicated and the bonds have been
recovered" said Chief Murphy.
However, there may be other de-
velopments which may involve other
men. At present we believe we have
cleared up the case"
The Washington times., 1922-03-20

Copyright. 1sss by Star Company
The defense of the four power treaty
in the United States Senate has failed
utterly so far to meet the demands Of
fateful situation.
Who was responsible for this treaty?
Who inspired it? Who gave as models
the English correspondence with France
that preceded their alliance in the
great war and the British treaty that
made Japan fighting ally Of England?
Mr.. Hughes writes that he drafted the
text Of the treaty-an answer for
children.
What is the need of an alliance? Why
should we oblgate ourselves to war?
The answer is the repeated assertion
that there is no alliance, no obligation to
war. The words in this treaty do not
mean what they mean in treaties among
other nations. What means war for
them means peace for us What means
alliance for them means liberty Of action
for US. With such CANT AND PATTER
Senators Lodge, Underwood, and New
reply to the questions and arguments Of
Vic OPpOuCuIo VI IuC VI CdVy.
What is the effect of the treaty on the
strategic position of the United States
in the Pacific? The answer of Senator
Lodge is that strategy has nothing to do
with the treaty. What will happen if
Russia tries to regain from Japan her
"insular possessions" in Saghatin? The
answer of Senator Lodge is that he
cannot foresee the future and does not
know As for the rest, let US have
faith in our allies. That is the universal
solvent of all doubts; that the final
answer to all troublesome questions
faith, trust, confidence. But faith,
trust confidence in whom, in what?
In the nations who, by their delegates,
pledged themselves to the United States
to seek no plunder If rescued from the
dire fate that overhung them. In the
nations who, by their delegates, assever-
ated with all the solemnity words can
convey that they waged the war for lib
erty, democracy and human welfare, and
that they never would pollute their holy
cause with spoils of war.
In the nations who, by their delegates,
were pledged, over and over again, that
by no treaty, secret or open, would they
infringe on the interests or encroach on
the safety of the United States, if the
United States only would come and save
them where they stood with their
backs to the wall"
In the nations who, by their delegates,
were pledged, and as the appeals
came from their lips had violated in
advance every pledge given to the Coun-
Gil of National Defense and the Senate
of the United States, who had begun
dividing the face Of the earth the mo-
ment the war began, who were quarrel
ing even in their defeat over the ports,
rivers and plains of Asia Minor, who
were bartering and exchanging the peo-
Piles and lands of Africa and who had
The Washington times., 1922-03-20

American army Qf oecupoun
on the Rhine are departing Tor
home.
by International News Service.
The disposition of the allied
powers to haggle over the Amer
ican bill for 241,oO0,ooo for
keeping the American troops on
the Rhine resulted today in Pres
ident Harding issuing an order
for the withdrawal Of all Ameri-
can forces from the German
Rhineland.
All Home By July.
The troops, Secretary Of War
Weeks announced, will be brought
home as fast as transport services
can bring them, and it il expected
the last American doughboy VIII be
out of German territory by July 1.
There are now approximately 1000
American officers and men in the
American sector Of the Rhineland,
according to army figures.
In making the announcement Of
the Presidents action, the War Do
partment stated that 'it had been
in the Presidents mind for some
time"
No reference was made to the
pending army bill. which stipulates
that the troops shall be withdrawn.
or to the controversy with the allies
over the $241, 900 900, but IL is known
the Presidents action was acceler-
ated by these factors, as well rs by
the outspoken demand of Democrats
and Republicans alike in the Sen
ate that the troops be returned forth
with.
May Speed Adjustments.
1t was stated also that the prompt
action Of the American Government
In ordering the toops home might
have an effect in speeding up the
adjustment Of the Ameican claim
against the allies.
The State Department is prepar-
ing, IL it has not already dispatched,
Identical notes to the allied govern
ments setting forth the American
claim with considerable vigor.
1t will be pointed out emphatic
ally that the United States did not
want to send her troops into the
Rhineland in the first place, but
did so only at the earnest solicit
tation Of the allied governments.
For them now to haggle over the
reimbursement of this Government.
which is guaranteed under the terms
of the armistice, is IAN unusual pro-
ceeding," the American note will
state.
The official announcement said:
"Some months ago, the Presi-
dent directed that the troops In
The Washington times., 1922-03-20
TILT OVER
]. {. BILL
SEEN BACK
Of RULING
Harding's Decision Expected
to Result in All Being
Back by July I.

BERLIN, March 20.-A dis.
patch from Coblenz today said
that 1,O20 members Of the
American army Qf oecupstten
on the Rhine are departing Tor
home.
The Washington times., 1922-03-20
THE WEATHER:

Fair tonight and Tuesday; somewhat
colder tonight, lowest temperature
west winds, diminishing Tuesday.
Temperature at q. m, 40 degrees.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-13

ana ~ $50 A1ppe1 ~ ways az ne
pate tW5ee AID ~ ~ ways o. once,
pop sayimG. ponfsanA II, thfs IL shout
~ Geneibte 60 tSyIng - 81 Soop With
q eowfEss strainsf. II 1 svey Tern TO DO
this I'll b. able To at peex with The
back Of my spoon.
Nov sAtAr IT. perfectly simple. "a
0iAddlS.
simple jest Expresses 1t, sed pop.
And tonite Mr.. ParkIns came Tor sup
pir. Being 4 long skinnic man with
little mustash pointy At both ends. and
pop started TO Try 10 cut his salad with
his fork and 1t slid all erround and
wouident cut. and pop rnado fearss
faces ut 1t and looked At Mr.. Parkins
and then started TO try agcn. and all
Of suddih wat did Mr. Parkins do but
pick I'D his knife and cut big hunk
on at the end Of his salad and cat Il.
pop saying, Well III be soyh banged.
well for the love OF mud.
Watts ron97 sed Mr.. Parkips. and
(sladdis sed, o you mussent mind him.
he makes noises Ike that every once
In VILE without cny reason.
Yes. I'm funny that way. sed pop.
And ne picked UP his own knife and
cut his salad up in little pecces as n e.
as enything looking at Gladdis All tho
time he was doing II, and G,addis
quick started 70 tavk about difrrent
subfecks
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-13

most polite manner. II thought
would just>drop in for little chat. I
think We wood folks should be more
neighborly. 1t Will soon be winter
and we Will have little 10 do but sit
around the fire and chat"
THAT Is all you may have to do
said Mrs. Bear looking very stern
But Mr.. Bear and l have a better way
than most folks OF spending the win
ter"
20, I forgot that you sleep away
the long winter days and nights" re-
piled Mr.. Fox with a smile. Really
you are very wise, Mrs. Bear. and al
the other wood folks would do well tc
follow your example"
But with all his smooth compliments
Mr.. Fox soon found out that he was nor
to zoe asked TO have any supper. so he
eook up his hat and said he had an
other call TO make and bowed himself
out.
Il am afraid you were rather rude
to him." said Mr.. Bear as he closed
the door. HE Is neighbor, you
know. my dear
He is too smooth spoken to suit
me" snapped Mrs. Bear. Now bring
out the honey and bread and we will
finish our supper
Mr.. Bear had just spread a piece
Of bread thickly with honey and open
ed his mouth, but instead of putting
in the sweet food he had ready, he
gave a scream that Wade Mrs. Bear
drop the spoonful Of honey she was
holding and look where her husband
pointed
Through the curtain she saw 9
bright light and when they looked our
a flame OF fire leaped up the window
pane.
Fire" screamed Mrs. Bear run.
ming to the door. Her husband fol.
lowed and out they ran and down tn,
path without even looking back.
AS soon as their foot treads dice
away Mr.. Fox who was hiding back of {
tree, ran to a pile Of leaves ane
sticks that were burning under the
window Of Mr.. Bears house and bea,
out the fire. Then he ran in the oper
door OF the house and took the 1al
OF honey and all the bread and off h,
ran for home.
More ways than one OF gettinf
supper" he said, as he sat by tn,
table eating. Now If Mrs. Bear hae
been polite and asked ME to suppe,
she would not have been scared out O.
her home. II pays to be polite,
| hnd-I always am"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-13

way to get a philosophical slant on
our own troubles is to be able to see
how much worse other peoples are,
and this the women cannot do who
tstays shut up in her own two-by-four
fiat or bungalow.
1t is well to remember that the
men who have been strongest for the
| keeping women-in-the-h idea have
always had to have a large assortment
of wives TO get enough variety to keeI
/ them interested. No one home-stayinq
wife could do 1t; that explains why
in this country, where polygamy 1.
questionable. the more the wifi,
stays at home, the less apt the hus.
band Is 10 stay with her.
You remember in one OF Shaw!
witty plays how Mortified the bishops
wife is because when Mrs. George
who is OF rowing nature, return
from her periodic adventures into tn,
fgreat world. Mr.. George always take
her back, and the George family ex
plains their attitude towards her b,
saying. well. you know. when sh,
gets back she is always so entertain
i ing to listen to-"
There Is wisdom In that. Much is t
be forgiven those with whom we liv,
in daily companionship IL only the,
have something new TO tell us, some
thing interesting TO talk about, for /
is the dullness. the sameness, tn,
eternal harping on one string tina
makes the average home life such al
appalling thing, and marriage an en-
durance test.
Better is dinner out Of paper bags
and tin cans, with a woman who hal
| heard a new lecture and is brimminj
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-13

over with fresh ideas, or who has seen
new play that has thrilled her to
the marrow of her bones. and who
has picked up half dozen funny lit
tie stories of things she saw on the
street, than banquet with a wife
who stews over her kitchen stove day
after day. and who havors the meal
with querulous complaints, and re-
minds her husband for the millionth
time of some mistake he has made In
the past, and who monologues along
about the price of butchers meat,
and repeats the dreary gossip OF the
neighborhood that Is an everlasting
rehash of the same petty scandal.
If men realized how much more
agreeable women are to live with
when they have plenty OF change
they would urge their wives not &c
/ miss bargain sale. or to fall TO take
in a picture show. instead OF beratine
! them for doing so. OF course, there is
danger OF women OVERRIDING 1t, and
gadding too much, but better thai
than staying at home too much. Like
Mrs. George, those who go have some
thing interesting to talk about wher
4 they get back.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-13

A man writes me a letter IN which
he asks me how to keep his wife at
home. He says she is gadabout who
is forever bargain hunting. or going
J to matinees, or picture shows, or
women's clubs, or teas. instead OF
staying put by her own gas range.
Furthermore. he avows that his
idear wife is the woman in the home,
not a woman who is running around
/ the streets
So 1t is with most men, brother. The
old harem idea dies hard in the mascu-
line breast. Half the men we know
would keep their wives under lock and
key If they dared. Not because they
are afraid of what the ladies are liable
TO do, but because they have an in
herited notion that women should
spend their time behind closed doors
and they like TO know where they can
l'put their fingers on their spouses al
every minute Of the day.
There isn't one man in a Thousand
who does not feel aggrieved If his
wife isn't a. home. ready 10 jump 10
the telephone whenever he happens to
remember 10 call her up, nor is there
one man in a million who qesn't feel
that ne is a prosecuted martyr If his
wife isn't at home 10 greet him WITH
| a glad. sweet smile when ne returns
a. night.
This superstition that the closer a
woman sticks to her freslde the better
wife she is, and the more she does her
duty. is responsible for lot of do
nestle discomfort. To begin with, Il
makes a woman hate her Job 10 be
always on IL. You cannot do anything
/, in the world, every day, and all day
long, three hundred and s.xty-five
days year. without coming TO loathe
il. and the reason that so many women
are such poor housekeepers and mis-
cradle cooks. is because they are SC
fed up on eternal home making that
they look upon their homes as nothing
but jalls in which they are doomed (
serve a life sentence at hard labor
For another thing, the woman whs
stays at home all the time gets a.
narrow as the four walls behind which
shef spends her life. She reduces tho
, whole world down to her little family
circle. and, having nothing else Il
think about, she concentrates heI
|. every idea and activity upon her hus.
band and children until she becomes
the most grinding Of petty tyrants
There IS no other nagger equal to thu
woman who is what is called home.
body.
|, Worse than all, the woman who al
ways stays at home becomes un.
bearably dull and stupid. Her con,
versational range Is limited by ths
kitchen and the nursery, and she bore.
you to death telling you minute de.
tails OF her troubles with the children
and her servants, for housekeeping
waves have. ever homely wits.
Having a passive interest in life
she makes mountains out OF molehills
and generally loses her perspective OF
things. This is inevitable, as the only
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-13

Mrs. H.: please publish in your col
umn 4 recipe for Beaten Biscuits"
Answer: Beaten Biscuits: ! pint
fiour, 1 rounded Tablespoon Of worry
cold lard and 4 good pinch Of salt. 6ift
tho salt with tho flour. work in the
lard, and add enough cold sweet milk
to make 4 stif dough Work this dough
through q kneader one hundred and
nifty times. Then foil II into a sheet
one-half inch thick and cut out with q
biscuit cutter or make into small cakes
with tho hands. Stick with fork and
bake in 4 hot oven for twenty minutes
until a rich brown
M. NJ: Il wonder II you would print
in your helpful column few 5ellies
that ono can make for sandwiches at
this time OF the year,"
| Answer: Tomorrow / shall publish.
especially for you, an article entitled
Winter Jellies and Marmalades." CIV
ing recipes.
| A Reader: MY kitchen linoleum has
become stained. evidently from rain
coming In through the screens"
Answer: A very little gasoIine will
probably remove the stains. Then
would most strongly advise you to
either varnish or shellac your linoleum
varnlsh or shcllac protects the surface
and the linoleum can then be cleaned
when soiled. by rubbing on the follow.
Ing solution: Mix together / quart OF
boiling water, tablespoons Of boiled
llinseed oil and ! tablespoon OF turpen.
tine. (This cleaning fluid is also ex-
celient to clean any kind of hard
wood floor-whether oiled. waved OF
varnished).
Mrs. NJ. r.: please tell me what u
use to get rid OF moths. / have tried
nearly everything anyone has told M
about, but with no success"
Answer: Take clothing out Of IN
tested closets and brush and sun |
well. Wash the inside OF the closet
with strong soap-suds. let dry, thel
spray the walls and shelves with gaso
line or with benzirfe taking care I
have no intense heat nor flame near
as both gasoline and benzine are ex
tremely infiammable). Burn sui
phur candle inside the closet, closin
the door. This treatment is almos
: always successful. Sulphur candle
: | are sold at drug stores). Treat trunk
/ In the same way.
II Bride: MY husband gave me
| lovely new dressing table set u
/ Christmas. How shall keep the brus
/ and comb clean?"
III Answer. You omitted TO tell me wh'
u kind OF set 1t was. II OF ivory, wat'
should never touch 1t. as water maxi
ivory yellow, In time; use wood alc'
1 hol on 1t, instead. Here are the gel
eral rules for cleansing brushes ar
combs:
nj AS hot water and a strong soap-su'
10 yellow the bristles OF a brush and all