Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-02-01
WASHINGTON
) DAY BY DAY

w HI4 XIV S0 o1s
DAY BY DAY
(From orr Special Co~resDondento
Washingtn, Feb. disgust with
his job as Senator, led Kenyon
known as the leader of the Senate
farm bloc. to resign his place in the
Senate from Iowa. While he has
always had keen interest in the
judiciary and while his life long am
bition has been to hold q high place
on the bench, his resignation from
the Senate was totally unexpected.
kenyon's disgust with the Senate
extended to the House as we'll He
thinks Congress is moving too SLOWLY
and he is especially disgruntled over
the seating of Senator Newberry. of
Michigan. To close friends some days
ago Kenyon confided the thought
that he did not care to sit III the
Senate with Newberry. He said he
did not know how to express his dis
approval Of the Senate action and he
despaired of further stems being
taken in the case. He did net at
that time however, intimate that he
would resign his seat. kenyon's
nomination to the bench will, it is
believed. cut short the movement
that was started in his behalf some
days ago to make him a nominee
for President by a FARMER party in
1924.
Complete agreement of the five
Powers on the naval treaty. settle
ment of the Shantung feud and
rapid PROGRESS By the nine Powers
on all other Far Eastern matters
give promise that the Conference on
Limitation Of Armaments NAV be
able to get all its decisions reduced
TO treaties and signed within another
week.
A nlenarv session of the confer
ence is to be held today TO adout the
naval treaty and another will be
held to record abortion of the Far
Eastern treaty, the second session
nrobablv to come on the final day of
the conference which might be as
early as SATURDAY. but which is oH>
nncted to be Tuesday or Wednesday
of next week.
Although the delegates have for
several weeks been enGa"ed in hick
orinr over tho most minute details OF
tho various treaties. there is not at
this time the slightest evidence nt
;rritation on tho part of anv of the
delegations and It seems that oil the
nine Powers will leave tho confer
once feeling that great stems have
henn token toward making wars i'm
nrobabln in the future, especially in
'he Pacific
The decisions as to how many Of
the class of $40 midshipmen at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis will
be permitted to receive their commls
Sions as officers in the navy after
their graduation will not be deter
mined until after the Arms Confer
nnce is out of the way. 1t is said
that the number Of future Admirals
Of the navy will depend upon the
agreements reached BY the various
nations now particiDating in the de
liberations at Washington with a
view to effecting reduction in naval
armamerts. The number Of ships
hat will be scrappod by the United
States government has already been
determined but until final agree,
ment and ratification of the treaty
with the various nations involved
are completed. no decision will be
! reached as TO the number of com
missions that are to be issued to this
| years graduating class at Annapolis.
Preparations arn alrnadv helm"
made by the legal fraternity in
Washington for the filing of manv
damage suits growing out of the
Knickerbocker Theatre disaster Of
last Saturday night. A number of
these will be for deaths. the maxi
mum amount which can be recovered
under this head beino fivnd at $40.
900. The law Goes not fix anv limit
| For injuries. however, cases of this
kind being tried before grand ;urics.
The question Of responsibility in
the disaster not vet having been
t'xed. plaintiffs who are fling suits
tor the recovery of damages will
namo among tho defendants either
he District of Columbia. the District
| Commissioners. tho building inspec-
sor. the owners of the propertv, the
'essn"s. tho gano"nl managers. the
architect tho hrilders and corfrac.
sors and srlbcontractors. the firms
which sunplied tho material or the
'nnd'n~ companies which underwrote
.ha architect and cnrtrarto~S ins,1r.
NO that tho brildinr wcnlI ha erect.
ID in accordance with legal require
ments.
=, Issac Gregg