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Evening star., 1923-12-07
RATIO
IN HOUSE FIXED
G. O. P. Apportions Seats.
Is Republicans, II Demo-
Gratis on Ways and Means.

The republican committee on COM
mittees, at its first meeting today,
fixed the apportionment of member
ship as between republicans and
democrats on all the House commit
tees. 1t fixed the proportionment on
the ways and means committee at
fifteen republicans and eleven demo-
Gratis. 1t fixed the representation on
the appropriations committee at
twenty-one republicans and fourteen
democrats. 1t fixed the representa-
ton on all Of the committees the
same as in the Sixty-flfth Congress.
The ways and means committee was
increased from twenty-five to twen-
ty-six members.
means committee were selected to f1ll
republican vacancies. The repubif-
can places are to be filled by Repre-
sentatives Frank Crowther of New
York. Charles c. Kearns of Ohio,
Chindbloom of Illinois and McLaugh-
lin of Michigan.
The way in which the republican
members on the ways and means
ranks Is as follows: Green
of Iowa, Hawley. Oregon; Treadway,
Massachusetts,; Young. North Dakota; !;
Frear, Wisconsin; Tilson. Connecti-
cut; Bachrach, New Jersey; Hadley.
Washington; Undertake. Colorado;
Watson, Pennsylvania; Mclaughlin.
Michigan: Kearns. Ohio; Chindbloom
Illinois, and Crowther. New York.
Evening star., 1923-12-07
Cabinet Stands Practically
Defeated in Face of Com
bined Opposition.
LIBERALS AND LAB0RITE
SWEEP is SURPRISING
Lady Astor and Lloyd George
Win-Churchill and Henderson
Among Defeated.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. December THE con-
servative majority over all the other
parties in the house of commons was
definitely wiped out at yesterdays
general election.
The standing of the parties at $3.50
o'clock this afternoon, with 518 of
the total of -615 seats accounted for,
was: Conservatives. 222; labor party,
1853; liberals, 12S: independents, 8:
nationalist, !.
This showed a continued relatively
greater growth in the number of
of conservatives.
With 54S seats of the total of 615
accounted for at O'clock this after
noon the following could be definite
" stated;
The conservatives will have q ma
jority over any other party in the
house OF commons. but will lack a
majority over all the other parties.
Therefore Prime Minister Baldwin's
government stands practically de-
feated. because 1t would be impotent
in the face OF the combined opposi-
tinn.
One of the main features Of yes
terday's results is Lancashire's re-
pudiation of protection. Manchester
voted almost solidly against the gov
ernment. The liberals captured Ave
Of its ten divisions from the conserya-
tives. while the laborites. already
holding three, held these and took an
other.
Several towns in Lancashire took
the same view OF the premier's pro-
posed policy. turning down conserva-
tive candidates right and left. Liv-
erpool, less anti-governmen than the
others, took two seats away from the
government party.
There Is time-worn proverb
which says: What Lancashire thinks
today England will think tomorrow
The liberals and laborites believe this
may be reworded and adapted to to-
days further returns. 1t is note
worthy that in nearly every instance
of government defeat the turnover
of votes was very considerable.
Women's Vote Heavy.
The expectation that the women
would vote at this election in larger
numbers than at the two previous
ones for which they were eligible
was fulfilled, and reports from
everywhere show that they manifest
ed great earnestness. It is surmised
that the arguments of the opponents
of protection-namely. that the adop-
ton Of such a policy will result in
Continued on Page ., Column %
Evening star., 1923-12-07
COMMITTEE TOLEAD
DEMOCRATS NAMED
Senator Robinson Announces
Personnel of Upper House
Steering Committee.

The democratic steering committee of
the Senate, which is also the committee
on committees. was announced today by
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, chair
man of the democratic conference of the
Senate. EX-officio members of the com
mittee are Senator Robinson, Senator
Walsh Of Montana, the vice chairman
of the democratic conference, and Sena-
tor Gerry of Rhode Island, the demo-
cratic whip.
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi
is the ranking member of the commit
tee proper. The other members of the
committee are Senators Pttman of Ne
vada. Swanson Of Virginia, Simmons of
North Carolina, Reed of Missouri,
Shields of Tennessee, Sheppard of Texas,
Kendrick Of Wyoming and Stanley of
Kentucky.
The duties of tine steering committee
are to guide the democratic party in
the Senate on legislative matters sub
ject to direction by the democratic con-
ference, and to assign democratic sena-
tors to standing committees of the
Senate.
Evening star., 1923-12-07
oBREGoN NOT ALARMED.
President, Returning to Capital
Says Rebels Will Lose.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, December THE
country will be pacified; the rebellion
will be put down with an iron hand"
said President Obregon upon arriv
.ng last evening from Celaya, where
lie has been convalescing from his
recent illness.
This was the only comment the
president would make on the reports
that Gen Sanchez and Adolfo de la
Huerta had undertaken a movement
against his government. The presi-
Dental train arrived at T:30 O'Clock
in the evening and Obregon went
immediately to his quarters in Cha
pultepec Castle. where he conferred
with members of his cabinet.
Federal officials acted promptly
last evening upon receipt of advices
that the movement was spreading.
Three columns of federal troops
under Gen. Amaro were ordered from
Tampico to meet Gen. Sanchez, while
other government forces were in
Structed to converge at Esperanza in
order to assist In attacking Sanchez
Other troops We're concentrated in
Continued on Page 2, Column, ~
Evening star., 1923-12-07
Explorer Says Arctic Flight
May Bare Vast Unkno,vn Area

explorers had pointed out that the ice
In that region would make it dim
cult to establish base there.
Air Current Prospect.
Possibility that observations OF air
currents would be of value in wealth.
er prediction was also brought out
The fact that so many Of the con-
prognostication occur in the far
north. it was said, would make II
valuable to push the area of OH
servation farther into the polar re-
gions.
of the expedition from the stand
point of blazing trail for the fu-
ture commercial flights of planes
across the polar region. Many aerial
and polar experts hold that the air
lnne between the old world and the
new will be a regular communtco-
tion course in the near future.
Evening star., 1923-12-07
LONE BANDIT ROBS
TRAIN OF S37,@3
Throws Safe From Virginia
Express Car After Holding
Up Messenger.
By the Associated Press.

PETERSBURG. Va. December -
A check-up by local and railway po-
lice today revealed that s37.O63 was
the loot secured by the lone bandit
who late yesterday afternoon robbed
the express car of the Norfolk and
Western Cannon Ball" train, en-
route from Norfolk TO Richmond
after holding up and binding Express
Messenger Joseph II. Stevens OF
Richmond. The amount secured by
the bandit was first given out by ex-
press company officials as $4,000
This morning no trace of the ban
dit had been found and no arrest
had been made. Express Messenger
Stevens is being questioned by ex-
tives regarding. the robbery. Stevens
told the officersTthe bandit looked like
a foreigner.
The money was taken from two
safes. From the larger one, which
was thrown off the train near Poe.
a station four miles from here, $26.-
900 consigned to the Federal Reserve
Bank at Richmond. ii is said. was
taken. small safe contained Sll.-
063.
According to Messenger Stevens
the train had just left Wayerly when
the stranger walked into the express
car, which was next to the coach for
negro passengers. The man asked
Stevens If he had a suit case. being
sent from Suffolk to Richmond.
Stevens said he leaned over to see
about the suitcase and when he stood
up again he was facing a pistol.
The bandit then took Stevens gun.
he said, and ordered him to open the
big safe. When told by the messen--
ger that he did not know the combi-
nation of this safe the bandit made
Stevens unlock the smaller one
Keeping the messenger covered, the
robber rif1ed the safe and made his
captive put the money into a small
bag He then tied Stevens. hand ana
foot, with a handkerchief over hts
eyes, to a post in the car. AZ the
train slowed up for Poe station the
bandit showed the big safe out of the
left door while he made his escape
through the end door.
Evening star., 1923-12-07
SEIZE RARE LIQUOR
IN ELL|PSE CRASH
Park Policemen Force Speed
ina Auto in Ditch in Shadow
of White House.

Overtaking speeding automobile
when 1t careened into a ditch hard by
the White House. police early today
captured approximately $500 worth
of rare whiskies believed to have been
iect holiday trade. confiscated the car
after n struggle.
Fully forty bottles OF expensive liquor
in the car were broken. The wreck oc-
CURED while Park Policemen NJ. A.
Rainey and r. b. Jenkins Were pur-
suing the roadster. their suspicious hav-
ing been aroused because Of the forty
tive-mile speed the car was making
around the Ellipse. The occupant of
the booze car arrested gave his name
and address as Henry Johnson, twenty,
3130 Mount Pleasant street northwest
Towed from the Ellipse, where the
accident occurred, to the front of the
first precinct station and examined the
car was found to contain 233 bottles of
liquor that had not been damaged when
the accident happened. Included in the
list were many bottles of Old Lewis
Hunter. Kentucky whisky. labeled
made in 1914 and bottled In 1912"
The other bottles were labeled White
North Carolina License.
A North Carolina license number
was on the machine, while in the car
were District and South Carolina
license plates. When the two park
policemen sighted the car near the
north end of Highway bridge speed
ing toward the city they Immediately
decided to make an investigation.
Riding alongside the speeding car.
they called to the driver to stop, but
the latter ignored their command
Rainey and Jenkins reported that
the driver of the liquor car appeared
to make efforts to ditch them. He
failed to succeed, however, and ditch
ed the roadster while trying to make
sharp turn going at forty five
mile clip.
Johnson, although not very large,
refused to give up without showing
fight, and the policemen said they
took him after giving him "all he
wanted"
When locked up on a charge of
transporting liquor, Johnson is said
to have admitted that the liquor was
brought here from distant point in
in Ave hours. The police reported
having learned the liquor was brought
from the vicinity of Ocean View, near
Norfolk, Va, and suspect it came
from a rum-runner that dropped an
chor off the capes.
The seized liquor is of the variety
that bootleggers are selling for SIS
a quart, according to the police, max
ing the selling price of the seized
liauor $3,495. 1t Is believed the liquor
was intended for holiday buyers who
were willing to pay the price. The
damaged car and liquor were turned
over to the revenue bureau.
Evening star., 1923-12-07
M'READY,S EFFORT
FOR RECORD FAILS
Army Flyer Forced Down Before
Breaking Altitude Mark of
French Air Ace.
Ry the Associated Press.

DAYTON. Ohio, December AFTER
remaining In the air one hour and a8
minutes, Lieut.. John A. MacReady
was forced to abandon his attempt
for a new world altitude record, ow-
Ing to mechanical difficulties. He land
ed at McCook Field at 11:2S am.
The barograph on the LIE Pere plane
showed an altitude of between $4,000
and $4,000 feet had been reached. Cal
.oration OF the barograph however. Is
expected to reduce these figures by
several hundred feet. Officials at
McCook Field say the attempt to beat
Sadi Lecointe's record of 36,555 feet
had undoubtedly failed.
Evening star., 1923-12-07
VENIZELOS OFFERS AID.
Former Greek Premier Will Serve
on Non-Political Council.

ATHENS. December Former Pre-
mier Venizelos. who is now in London.
has telegraphed the organizers of the
demonstration to be held next Sunday
that he must decline their invitation to
return to Greece, but that he is willing
to serve his country.
If a non political council Of state is
re-established without opposition Veni
zelos will serve on 1t for two years. his
message said.
Evening star., 1923-12-07

The naval board which is studying
plans for an air expedition to the
polar regions was told today Of the
possibility of the discovery of a vast
unexplored area of a million square
miles of land awaiting a national
claimant.
Lieut.. Commander Fitzhugh Green,
member of the Macmillan polar expe-
dition of 1917, outlined the studies he
had made of the subject. and the
probable existence of the land was
considered as an argument in favor
Of Alaska as a starting point for the
flight
The closer distance to the pole of
Etah was considered by the board,
but IL was said by members that polar !
Evening star., 1923-12-07
FORBES SERIOUSLY ILL,
SISTER IN BOSTON SAYS
Further Details Are Withheld.
Not Known if He Is at
Her Home.

BOSTON, December Col. Charles
r. Forbes, former head of the United
States Veterans Bureau, is seriously
i'll, his sister, Mrs. Harry Judkins of
the Brighton district. said today.
She refused to give any further de-
tails or to say where Col. Forbes was.
Other occupants Of the apartment
house wher. Mrs. ]: Atkins lives 4ere
unable to sa. -Esr IN Y0ftses
was there.
Evening star., 1923-12-07
"a ARE SENTENCED.

SAVANNAH. Ca, December q
Judge Barrett in the federal court
today sentenced twenty-four defend
ants. convicted on conspiracy and
other prohibition charges, to pay
fines totaling 3150.600 and to serve
terms In the federal penitentiary.
Evening star., 1923-12-07
WEATHER.

FAIR and warmer tonight; tomor-
row cloudy and warmer, followed by
rain tomorrow night.
temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at pm today: Highest, 40. at
noon today: lowest sc, at am. today.
Full report on page %.
Evening star., 1923-12-07

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed
Evening star., 1923-12-07
Improvement Is Noted.

To general business aspects Mr..
Mellon directed the comment that i'm
provement from the 1921 depression
had been noted for year. Sufficient
credit at reasonable rates had been
available through banks, and he con-
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 81
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-20
IN MEM0RIAM

A las 10 de la mailana del luncs.
aniversario del fallecimiento del illus
tire De Diego. ell mantenedor de la So
luci6n Independence para Puerto Ri
co, Sc congregaron ante su -tumba en-
.el cementerio de San Juan. los ami
gos admiraderes del%grande hombre
cuye recuerdo guardian
Los estudiantes del Institute Uni
versitario Jose de Diego, otros ele-
mentos de este yecindario, lleyaron-c0-
ronas flores la mansion eterna del
pr0cer, Sc hicieron discursos V poe
sfas por el Lcdo. Algeria, Lcdo. Ramf-
rez Santibafiez Armando Miranda.
Ell discurso del Lcdo. Algeria fue un
justo resdmen de la labor del ilustre
extinto, recOrdando las mas salienteS
actuaciones del polftico, legislator,
poeta literato. Maestro Y Ap6stol
que reposa entire el manto de la amo
rosa madre, "a la vera de las rrlmoro-
So playa, oreada su tumba por la bri-
sa marina que acaricia las flores que
ornan ell pueblo de los muertos.
Ell aeto termino cerca de medic dfa
y fu6 elocuente muestra de afectuoso
recuerdo de los compatriotas que con-
servan su admiration por ell inolvida-
BILE hijo de Aguadilla.
SEMPER.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-20
AmiStad TurCO ~RuSa

ConstantinOpla.-La notfcias contra
dictorias de los dltimos dfas acerca de
la actitud del jefe nacionalista turco
Mustafd Kema1 Pashd, relativa al tra-
tado de paz de Lausanne, una de las
cuales decfa que habfa pedido a Ia
asamblea de Angora su aceptaci0n in
Conditional y otras que habfa pedido
una trcgua de seis meses para seguir
negociando sobre las clausulas tinaIl-
cieras del mfsmo'. Sc han aclarado con
la exposition contenida en- su discurso
ante ell parlamento turco Y del cual Sc
han trasmitido los parrafos en- que Sc
alude a la question.
Mustafa Kemal Pasha hizo mucho
hincapi6 ante la asamblea Ell que era
de todo punto necesario unas relacio-
mes mas estrechas entire Turqufa v Ru-
sia. La NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tur-
qufa Y Russia debe consolittarse."
Anadi6 luego que estaban en- progre-
so las negociaciones para un acuerdo
comercial entire los dos pafses
Luego, al hablar sobre el punto ca
pital de que depende la paz o la que
IRA en- cl oriente exclam0:
''El presente ailo puede traer la paz
soImente 81 los aliados aceptan el pun
to de vista turco sobre materias eco
n0micas Y financieras. Todo el mundo
sabe que nuestra polftica es pacifista.
''Hemos establecido el derecho a la in
dependencia; solo Sc necesita que las
potencias rec6Rozcan, este hecho para
asegurar la paz, aunque parece que no
estdn dispuestas a reconocerla, actitud
que han mantenido por muchos amos.
''Laspaz esta ahora Ell manos de los
aliados.
'.Espero los resultados con firmeza y
serenidad.
mo deseamos la guerra, pero esta-
mos dispuestos a afrontarla."
Las declaraciones del iefe naciona-
lista turco han causado gran sensacion
" los profetas .polfticos Sc entregan a
toda clase de conjeturas sobre las con
secuencias probables de la actitud fir
me- de los turcos.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-20
ATENTA INvITAcIoN.

)
En- atenta carta que descansa en-
nuestro poder. Sc nos invita- para .asis-
tir a las fiestas que Sc celebraran en-
Carolina, Puerto Rico. con motive de
una exhibici6n y concurso agrfcola es-
collar Industrial, que tendra efecto
los proximos dfas %, 24 Y % del mes
en- curse.
Ell seior A. Domfnguez Nieves, Pre-
sidente del Comit6 Organizador de .di-
cha Feria, nos informa que para ell dfa
"a, las II Y 10 a. M, en- la Escuela
ssLuis Munoz Rivera" Sc servira un
s.lunch especial' para los representan-
tes de la prensa Y funcionarios del De
partamento de instruction que concu-
iran, la vez nos adjunta i'm pro-
grama que nos dasa conocer que las
referidas fiestas Sc llevarin a cabo con
la cooperaci0n del comercio local de
San Juan, instituciones Y autoridades
locales; Cruz Roja Juvenil, Departa-
mento de Agricultural y todos los ele-
mentos progresistas de la municipal
lidad.
La Exposition Agrfcola. Escolar e
Industrial Sc llevara efecto en- ell
nueyo edificio de la plaza del Merca-
do, en- la escuela "Jos6 de. Diego,
81
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-20
Las Flechas del Amor
(Por Alberto Insua).


Publicada por "Renacimiento' Sc
ha puesto la venta una nneya edi-
cion de esta preciosa noyela de Alber-
to Insua.
Agotada rapidamente la edici0n an
teriof. estamos seguros due ha de ser
recibida en- el mercado literario como
una nueya production de tan afama-
do novelista.
Los mejores clogiOs que de ella pu-
dieramos hacer van expresados en- el
proIogo que ostcnta la obra como una
galard0n de su merito, del insignc es-
critor frances Mauricio Barres.
Ei, el Sc enconia el merito reyelan-
te de este autor y de esta obra lie
ma de passion. sana y fuerte, ~ que
Sc une la fluidez de un estiic que le
caracteriza y que ha contribuido que
Ell nolnbe de Insua Sc cotice entire los
primeros de nucstros novelistas con-
Temperatures.
LAS flechas del amor" es una no.
veia dc jtveneld en- que sus protago-
nistas nos ladkn recordar escenass VI
yidas en- Id primayera de Id vida, Guam
do el alma roza es toda altrnislno Y
pasion desinteresada y noble y nos la-
&c recordar algln desengaho que dcj6
en- nuestro espfritu un tinte de me-
lancolia.
El ambiente madrileno en- que sc
|slesarrollan siis escehas presta un co.
|lorido jovial y allegro csta obfa lle-
ns de aineuilud.
la portada del gran dibujante Ri-
bas nos invita- 4 poseer esta oDra como
un cuadro que rememora nuestro pre-
terito.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-20
DESDE hlUEVA YORK
La Gloria en-. Preside


va no hay quicn ignore que aqui.
todo es extraordinario y hasta parade
gico: todopuede ocurrir-todo ocurre,
y a nadie sorprende. Tampoco sor-
prendera, por 10 tanto, a los habitua-
les lectores de estas paginas que en-
los Estados Unidos sea va possible Ell
ser glorioso hasta desde Ia carcel...
Explicaremos este para Que no Sc
confunda ell case con el de nuestro Ger
tvantes, ique tambien sufrio la cauti-
#vidad! No: este case de ahora es nluy
.distnto. Sc trata de un cautiyo que,
no estuvo antes en- Lepanto. Sc llama
homicida, al que Sc condeno a-quince
amos de preside en- Ia penitencaria del
iEstado Il, .Arizos,a.
Guam 10 iag7er6 eil q penal contaba
veintice,lo y. lad, y. como con-
ssecuenc,a de ia 49,. vida que llevara,
encontrabase tubc-culoso. Sc lie inter
mo en- uil .pabe.ior especial, juntamente
con tros diez nueve atacados de tu-
berculosis tambien, Y como aqui no Sc
abandona nunca a los enfermos, por
muy criminales que fuesen, Eytinge Sc
puso en- cura, y dedico todas sus ener.
gias .restablecerse.
{ En- sus ratos de- ocio, aunque jamas
habia escrito, Sc consagro escribir
Escribi6 sus irnpresiones, hizo cronicas
y cuentos, conpuso novelas. Y todo
clio. con calrna y con llAsilidad, 10 lie
so a poner en- manos de directores dc
periodieos y de editores de libros. Es-
cribio ntcho, le srechazaron muchos
spero no desmayo. Sigui6 escribisndo
y refnandose hasta que sus cronicass
sus cuentos sus novelas Sc comenza.
ron publican.
Durante la guerra. sus articuios pa:
tri6ticos en- favor de los. cinprestitos
llaniados de ii Libertad atrajeron ii
stcpci6n del gran pnblico y su frna
Sc popularizo. Sus obras Sc leyeron
por aquellos articulos. Y las gentes
pronto Sc enteraron de que el autor
era i'm ihombre que llevaba va ocho .
diez amos en- una carcel.
No seria ri rnejor ni peor que otros
nnuchos que no estaban en la earcel,
SnS in,torcs 81 if,feresarof1 nor I'll. u SCI
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-20
EL JUICIo CONTRA PEDRO ORTIZ
CONTINUE ESTA MANANA

Esta manana la Corte Federal reanu-
do SUI session, para terminar la vista del
case contra Pedro Ortiz (al "Incog-
nito".
Desde las nueve que fue alberta la
Corte hasta cerca de las diez de la ma
mana, estuvo declarando Ell acusado Or
tiz al interrogatorio del fiscal.
Ortiz manifesto en- sus contestaciones
al fiscal que todos los testigos que ha-
bian desf1ado por la silla testiflcal pa
ra decir que el les habia pasado billetes
de bancos alterados no eran mas que
uros mentirosos.
Ell juez concedio a cada parte una
hora para dirijirse al jurado.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-03-20
Fl Acuerdo de Centro America

restricciones que Sc estableeen en- el
articulo II.
8. Contratar individual Q colectiXa7
mente- con grkpos de obreros Q traba,
jadores de uno de los paises signata-
rios de esta convention para emplear-
los en- otro pals sea Q no de los sig
natarios, sin que preceda un arreglo en-
tire ambos paises que determine las con-
diciones en- que han de encontrarse ta-
les obreros Q trabajadores.
La ley de cada pals reglamentara es7
te principle y n1ientras no Sc dicte la
Recommendation respectiva Sc entendera
que es condicion indispensable que Sc
garanticen cada obrero o-trabajador
los gastos de regreso a su propio pals.