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Evening star., 1923-01-10
SENATORS EXPRESS
HOPE FOR D. c. BILL
School and Fairgrounds
Items May Be Restored,
Say Ball and Capper.
REPORT IN SHORT TIME
Measure Giving Commissioners
Power to Revoke Auto Per-
mits Favored.
REPORT IN SHORT TIME

Confidence that the Senate would
restore the school and playground
items cut out of the District appro-
priation bill in the House on points
of order was expressed today during
a meeting of the Senate District com
mittee by Chairman Ball and by Sena
tor Capper. chairman of the Joint
committee on public schools of the
District. Senator aCapper said he
thought there would be no opposition
whatever IN the Senate to these items
1t was indicated that the senator's in
tended to deal generously with the
District schools
Senator Capper told the committee
that he hoped to be able to lay before
1t soon the report of the joint com
mlttee on schools. The only thing
now delaying the report. he said, was
a report which the joint committee
had asked DR.. Finegan of Harrisburg
commissioner of education for Penn.
sylvania, and other we'll know,
educators to draft on the public
schools of the District. Senate,
Capper said that he expected this re-.
port from DR.. Finegan almost any
day.
Favor Auto Permit Bill.
The District committee TODAY an.
thoriaed a favorable report on a bill
introduced by Senator Ball at the re.
quest of the District Commissioners
giving the Commissioners furtbe,
authority in the matter of revokine
permits to drive automobiles. Senator
Ball explained the bill was made
necessary by the fact that the Com.
missloners were powerless to revoke
so far as the District of Columbia is
concerneq' a incense to operate a car
that might be granted by any of the
states 'H'
He said that not long ago an auto
mobile driver. with a District license
drove his car while under the inf1r.
ence of liquor and injured child
HIS license was revoked. A few days
later he went into Virginia and oh
tained an operators permit there and
was arrested driving in the District
OF Columbia again under the influence
of liquor. The court held that the
District Commissioners were power
less to prevent the mans driving his
car in the District with the Virginia
license.
SenatorN Capper also was authorized
to report favorably a bill introduced
by himself to incorporate in the Dis
trict of Columbia the Supreme Lodge
of the Loyal Order of Moose.
Tomorrow the District committee
is to hold a hearing on the bill estab-
fishing a new insurance code of law
for the District, recently drafted by
the commissioner of insurance of the
District.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION
RUMoR INCREASES. ARMY
Newspapers Print Story OF Political
Outbreak at San Salvador
Christmas.
nv The Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, January ~.
The Nicaraguan. army has been
materially increased within the last
few days as a result OF the govern
ment's alarm over reports that a
revolutionary force is being formed
in Honduras by political refugees
from, this country. News of out
breaks in Salvador engendered by
forces from Guatemala and Honduras
also has reached here.
Local newspapers printed for the
first time yesterday reports of a
political outbreak in San Salvador at
Christmas time. The dispatches say
that troops, armed with machine
guns, fred upon the MOB which had
attacked city ofiicials.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
MUSSOLINI INSISTENT
ON GERMANY PAYING
In Close Touch With France and
Belgium, Though Working
Strenuously for Peace.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, January 10.-"Premier Mus
solini is against any fresh conflict in
Europe. He lis working strenuously
for peace. but insists that Germany
be obliged in any possible legal way
to fulfill the sacred obligations sane
toned by the treaties" says the
Giorna1e DItaIia today in explaining
the attitude of the Italian government
toward the reparations question. The
newspaper adds:
Italy in no way can renounce her
share of the reparations France and
Belgium are in closest touch with the
government in Rome during this
acute phase of the international
situation"
Evening star., 1923-01-10
WOMAN SAYS KLAN
ORDERED HER EXILE
Addie May Hamilton Names
McKoin and Kirkpatrick
as Deporters.
IMMORAL LIFE ALLEGED
Declares She Recognized Ex-Mayor,
Although Admitting He
Wore Mask.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BASTRoP, La. January I0.-Addie
May Hamilton, known as daughter
of the klan," declared on the witness
stand in the open hearing investiga-
tion today in the Staying, of Watt
Daniel and Thomas Richards, she was
forced to leave her home near Mer
Rouge and was deported from the
state by the "Ku Klux"
She named DR.. B. NJ McKoin. for
mer mayor of Mer Rouge, and Pink"
Kirkpatrick as two of the party of
men who, she testified, came to her
mothers home one night, took her
away and put her aboard a train for
Little Rock, Ark, the home of her
sister.
seventeen.
Says She Recognized Mckoin.
How do you know the Ku Klux
sent you to Little Rock?" George S.
Guion, who began the questioning
of the young woman, asked.
Because DR.. McKoin and Pink
kirkpatrick and about six others
came to my mothers house about
1890 o'clock at night and told me
they were going to send me away.
DO you know positively it was DIR.
McKoin and kirkpatrick
Yes, sir, / recognized DIR. McKoin,
who was masked. but he was the only
to the house and pulled Their guns
and told my mother that 'Addie May
will have to leave town tonight My
mother asked them what for. Be
cause DR.. McKoin said, Addie has
been leading an immoral life My
others away? DR.. McKoin said, We
are going to- My mother got down
on her knees and pleaded, but they
made me leave. They told us if any
body showed their. heads out of the
door they would blow 'em Off They
made me leave without hat. DR..
McKoin struck my mother when she
made a final plea for me to be allow
ed to remain. My mother attempted
to shove them out OF the room. She S
depot. They refused. They put me
in an automobile, and DR.. McKoin
gave me 81 for my fare to Little
Rock. He told me If I did not catch
the train I would be tarred ana
feathered the next day.
Charges Indignities.
"I was put on the back seat on the
automobile and Pink kirkpatrick
threw his legs across my lap"
what did he do that for?"
ct don't know"
"where was your father?"
about ten miles away IN the coun-
"You had no baggage?
mo"
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Evening star., 1923-01-10
HOSTS TO Be TORN
FROM THEIR HOMES
Population Exchange Plan
Furthered by AIlied-Turk
Agreement at Lausanne.
BY A. II. DECKER.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1923
LAUSANNE, January 10.-The full
commission today accepted the prin-
cip1e of the exchange OF populations.
The Greeks in Anatolia and Euro
pean Turkey, except those in the
be exchanged for the Turks in Greece,
except western Thrace.
Thus. if the plan is carried out,
more than half a million people will
be torn from their homes and social
and economic life. In the barter
Ismet Pasha agreed to leave the
Greek patriarchate in Constantinople
if the present patriarch leave and
the patriarchate is shorn of political
power.
Lord Curzon assumes the credit for
maintaining the patriarchate, but no
one assumes the responsibility for
accepting the exchange of popula-
tions.
The conference has taken a long
step toward peace. The three in
viting powers have conceded several
points to the Turks, who are also in
a conciliatory frame of mind.
MfnOrities End Labors.
Today the minorities commission
virtually completed its labors. The
inviting powers made concessions on
the minorities question in exchange
for the granting of a general amnesty
by the Turks. Turkey and Greece
have agreed to grant, amnesty to
troops accused of illegal acts in
Anatolia and Smyrna. The inviting
powers gave in on the question of a
refuge for the Armenians, military
exemption for minorities, the league
of nations commissionership and the
return of Bulgarian refugees from
the time of the old Balkan war.
The Turks yielded on the question
of the return of exiled women and
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Evening star., 1923-01-10
u. S. TROOPS ON RHINE
RECALLED BY HARDING:
RUHR SEIZURE AT HAND
Much Excitement
Among u. S.
Mer, at CobLenz

By the Associated Press.
COBLENZ, January 10.-The or
ders for the withdrawal of the
American troops from the Rhine.
the news of which became known
through a dispatch from the AS
sociated Press office at Paris.
caused much excitement as it
spread among the men of the
American Army here.
Many of the men were depressed
by the decision, as it meant the
end of the pleasant army life here.
with incomes of something like
100000 marks annually and up
ward, for the men.
The withdrawal order had not
been received by American head
quarters here up to the later aft
ernoon. but recent events had
braced every one for the news,
which is for the most part re-
ceived regretfully from a personal
viewpoint, for both officers and
men enjoy the Rhineland life.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
DEBT BODY TOASk
BROADER POWERS
Smoot Tells Senate Finance
Committee of Difficulty in
Making Terms.
ON DEMOCRATIC PLEA
New Personnel Might Be Misun-
derstood, Explains Re
publican.

Congress will be asked. proba bly,
within a week, to broaden the powers
Of the American debt commission in
dealing with all Of the war debts
owed to the United States. the Sem
ate finance committee was told to-
day by Senator Smoot, republican,
Utah. the Senate representative on
the commission.
Senator Smoot was understood to
have made clear to the committee
at an executive session the belief of
the commission that it would be i'm
possible to reach a settlement with
any of the allied countries within
the terms laid down by Congress. re-
quiring payment of the principal in
full within twenty-five years with a
minimum interest rate at Az per
cent.
Members of the committee said the
Utah senator had not suggested what
modification would be requested and
some of them were inclined to the
view that this would be governed
largely by developments at the nego-
mission, which were resumed today at
the Treasury.
Follows White House View.
Senator Shoots announcement,
which was in line with that made
yesterday at the White House, came
during committee consideration of the
amendment to the debt refunding law
proposed by Senator Harris, democrat,
Georgia, proposing an increase in the
membership of the debt commission
so as to include three democrats. This
amendment was referred to sub
comittee, composed of Chairman Nc
Cumber and Senators Mclean, repub-
lican, Connecticut, and Simmons,
democrat, North Carolina, which is to
report tomorrow.
Committee members declared there
was no objection to democratic repre-
sentation on the commission, which
now is composed of three cabinet Of
flcers, one republican senator and one
republican representative, but that it
was not regarded as advisable to in
crease the membership in the midst OF
the pending negotiation with the
British delegation. 1t was explained
that a change in personnel at such
time might lead to a misunderstood
ing on the part of the British commits
sion.
Second Formal Session.
The second formal session of the
Anglo American debt parley was set
for o'clock this afternoon, with the
expectation that the British would lay
on the table a mass of statistics set
ting forth Great Britain's ability to
pay.
with assurances from the American
administration, set forth by White
House spokesman yesterday, and indi-
cations at the Capitol, that there
might be modification of the terms Of
the American debt commission act, 1t
was thought the conference would
proceed toward an eventual agree
ment between the two countries
whether or not within the bounds Of
the act.
President Harding, it was indicated
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Evening star., 1923-01-10
Ne,Us of Harding
Order Is Flashed
lightning Speed

The Associated Press dis
patch from CObIenz, rejecting
the effect of the troop with
drnwal order upon the Ameri-
can Army men nt headquarters
ON the Rhine, nffords n remark
able instance of speed Ina news
transmission.
4 mrssage was sent from the
Associated Press Office In New
York to the Paris bureau at
I0:49 am. for transmission to
CObIenz, carrying the news OF
President Harding's withdrawal
order. This news was prompt
ly teIephoned from Paris TO
Coblens, dispatch quickly
teIephoned to Paris i'm reply,
and the message shot over the
cable to New York.
The COblenz dispatch was
sent out I'm New York to the
Associated Press wires for i'm
mediate transmission ali over
the United states at II 40 n.m.,
or In exactly one hour after
the news machinery for obtain
ing the CobIenz advices was set
in motion.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 10.-Raids were
made by the authorities in Paris to-
day in search of communist leaders
who have recently been in the Ruhr
valley and are charged with having
excited the population to revolt
against the entry of the French
troops. In a short while five leading
communists-Monmo Marianne,
Pietri. Sourdot and Treint-were ar
rested.
The warrant charged the accused
men with having attempted to violate
the internal and external security of
the state. CASTOR Monmousson, most
widely known of the arresting men,
had been expelled from Essen, it was
stated. by the German police.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
MRS. MARSHALL CHOSEN.
Wife of Former Vice President
Named on Children's Board,

Mrs. Lois Kinsey Marshall, wife of
the former Vice President of the
United States, has been appointed a
member of the Board of Children's
Guardians by Justice Stafford and
Judges Hardison and Mcmahon, who
have charge of naming the members
of the board.
Mrs. Marshall will serve out the un-
expired term of Former Judge ]. Will
mer Latimer of the Municipal Court.
which ends January 10. 1925 The
III. Doyle, former judge of the Mu-
nicipal Court, as a member of the
board to succeed Lee Baumgarten.
Judge Doyle's term expires November
II, 1926.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
GERMANS IN BRITISH
AREA WOULD RESIST
Fear of Withdrawal of American
and English Troops Ex-
pressed at Cologne.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 10. A Reuter-
dispatch from Cologne this afternoon
says:
British area is venomously anti
French. A large irresponsible sec
ton of the population favors active
resistance, and the widest rumors
are abroad. Fears are expressed lest
the. British and American troops
should be withdrawn
The British government has granted
France permission to move troops
through the British occupied territory
along the Rhine, in pursuance of the
French plan for occupation of the
Ruhr.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
ALLEGED WASHINGTON
lMPOST0R SENTENCED
Bruce Meeker Given Eleven
Months on Check Charge by
Chicago Court.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. January 10. - Bruce
Meeker, who posed as a relative OF
Arthur Meeker of Armour & Co.
while in Washington some time ago,
today was s1fS: the minimum SEN
tence of eleven months fos passing
worthless checks aggregating $500
here, and offered his choice OF two
penal institutions in which to serve
II. He chose Pontiac reformatory.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 10.-News OF
President Harding's order for with
drawal of the American troops from
the Rhine furnished something of
a sensation in diplomatic and Off
cial circles here.
While officials were disinclined
to comment to any extent in ad-
vance of the official notification
from Washington. it was stated in
authoritative circles that the
American move was unlikely to
affect Great Britain's policy.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
French Voice Regret.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 10.-French Of
fetal circles expressed great re-
gret this afternoon over the an
nouncement that President Hard
ing had ordered the withdrawal
many, the news of which was
given them by the Associated
Press.
The foreign office could furnish
no expression for the government
as neither the American govern
ment nor Ambassador Jusserand
had yet communicated the news.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
WEATHER.

Fair and colder tonight: freezing
temperature: tomorrow fair. with ris-
ing temperature. Temperature Tor
twenty-fotIr hours ended at 2 pm.
TO-DAY: Highest, IS, at $50 pm. yes
terGay; lowest, 81, at $40 am. today.
Full report on page z.
Evening star., 1923-01-10
'FrOnt Press to Home
Within the Hour

The Stars carrier system covers every
city block and the regular EDITION IS
delivered to Washington homes as fast
as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1923-01-10

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CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
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MILLS CAIN IN
NEW BUSINESS
Orders Run Well Ahead OF
Normal Production

one hundred and thlrty-ons mills
reporting 20 West Coast Lumber
mems association for the week END
ing Juiy 18th, manufactured so.zsl,-
4Os feet OF lumber: sold loo.lse'sSp
feet; and shipped s4.s42.s77 feet.
Production for reporting mills was
2 per cent above normal New butl-
ness was II per cent above produc-
ton. Shipments were 6 per cent be-
low new business
rhirty-eight per cent Of all ne"
business taken during the week Was
for future water delivery. This
amounted 20 ss.i75.f7z feet, Of which
80. Czsigs feet was for domestic cargo
delivery. and 7.Bb4, oo5 feet export.
New business by rail amounted 10
1917 cars
Forty-three per cent Of the weeks
lumber shipments moved by water.
This amounted 20 4o.7is,ii5 feet. Of
which ss,lso.2ss feet moved coasts,
wise and Intercoastal: and 7,5Ss,sif
feet overseas Rail shipments to-
tailed .s4s cars
Local auto and team deliveries to-
tailed 4.455,7g4 feet.
Unified domestic cargo orders To-
tai i4i. s03.zs6 feet. Untitled export
orders, 7O.s3s.547 feet. Untitled rail
trade orders e,ss1 cars
In the first 2s weeks Of the year,
production reported TO West Coast
Lumbermen's association has been
2.73e. ss2. 5ss feet: new 2.si0,Ss7 feet;
and shipments 5.0il. s02.sS7 feet
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GRAIN MARKET
SCORES AGAIN

CHICAGO. July is-Grain prices
scored substantial gains on the Chi
cage board % trade today. sharp
advances during the morning were
only slightly affected by selling
pressure near tho close. The cash
markets closed higher.
After advancing from ~ 60 ia
over last nights close. wheat closed
Tor the day az about y under the
high mark. Crop news was exceed
inEly optimistic grem all sections on
the belt with tho exception % Aher-
deem. s. u. The Toronto National
Rank OF Commerce estimated the
Canadian crop would show n yield OF
e 70 IS bushels per acre. or from
$50 90 t60 per cent above the ton
year average There was excited
covering by short Interests. however.
which sustained prices near the
early high levels
Profit taking sales late we're re-
sponsiblo for tho slight decline.
Corn WAS ia healthy position with
prices fiuctuating like wheat. There
was marked widening between
July and the more deferred deliver
les
shorts were covering In July and
selling the later months
crop news was favorable.
Oats. after advancing with tho
other grains. failed 10 reflect the
late weakness. holding To strong
values thruout tho session.
The trade was llsht and mostly BY
locals
Provisions were weak.
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Vessels in Port at Seattle

~Nlth Cove Tcrminai-Pior Ii--str Mon-
towoc. barge hayden. barge VIM. Not
tlnEham.
Great Northern Tcrmmai--str Toklwa
Maru.
hell street Termlnai--u. g. c. @, sno.
homiHh.
Grand Trunk Pacific Torminni-str
Queen. str Admiral Evans.
Pier 11.B-Str Owego, u. 4. G, s, DELL
wood.
Pier 6-Etr MunlndicH.
Pier str Horace Luckonbach.
pier A-str Admiral Hchrcc.
Pier B--Btr Admiral Nicholson str Cold
Hnrbor
pier D-str Admiral Rodmnn.
Union Pacific Tormlnnl--Str Edgar Bow
lluRha.
connectlcut street Terminal str Robin
Gray,
Atlantic street Terminal Str Madison,
stacy stroot Tormlnal-str pannman.
Milwaukee Ocean Tcrminnl-Str Crafts
man.
Spokane street Tormlnnl--str wheaton.
Todd Drydooks-Str West Nlua, str West
Ison. str President Harrison. str Santa
Cruz, str President jefferson
Puget Sound Bridge a Dredging Co.-str
Patterson,
Heffornnna Drydock-str Rcdondo. str
phrk urntin.
Alaska steamship Moorlngs- Ctr Kotchl.
kan
stmson'a MlllH--slr Arson \. Brooks.
atronm--U. y. \, Seattle. u. r. u. Melville,
dcAiroycrn NoH, eos and ai2
wlnHlow Marine Hallway Achr X ",
iSrusc. barge CoquItlnm City, whulorn
Star Nos. /, 2, ..
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BIC CUT IN COST
!. OF GOVERNMENT
Running Expenses Reduced
by Department Economy

WASHINGTON. July ia re.
due,ion OF t77.sso.s7o in tho ord.
nary expenses Of running the gov.
ornment exclusive OF public debt
operations, was shown in n state.
ment issued today by tho treasury
comparing expenditures during tho
fiscal year ending July i. 1928. and
tho previous Years.
Expenditures made in tho las,
year ,oiaied is.2i4.s2L53s. while
during tho preceding year they
amounted 10 s7.a72. so7.s9o. Attic
many OF tho government depart.
ments were granted increases In ap.
preparations. large reductions in the
maintenance and operation OF the
military and navy establishments.
independent Offices. agriculture,
treasury and posioffico departments
offset tho increases and brought
about tho large reduction In the
total running expenses.
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N. P. BOOSTS
EGG FARMING

The Northern Pacific Railway. in
addition TO tho national advertising
carried on jointly with the Great
Northern and the Chicago. Burling-
ton & Quincy roads. is using its din.
ing car menus 10 feature the Pa.
cific Northwest as poultry raising
territory. In their breakfast Chat"
they give washington's hen cen.
sus' as 100000. and state that tho
Washington Cooperative Egg and
Poultry association. Of Seattle. alone
shipped 26e.2Si cases OF eggs last
year.
I'm the Pacific Northwest" they
say, poultry raising has advanced
beyond the stage OF farmyard side
line. In the state OF Washington
alone $4,000, 900 in new wealth IS
added each year by Her Majesty.
the Hen. Nowhere on The continent
arc conditions so favorable TO high.
~ successful poultry farming
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MUST WAIT FOR
LUMBER REFUND
Railroads Ask Rehearing on
Commissions Award

TACOMA. July Divisions OF
prompt payment Of AN estimated
100000 refund on lumber freight
charges from Northwest railroads
have faded before tho eyes OF West,
ern Washington ana oregon lumber.
men.
Tho Milwaukee. Northern Pacific.
Great Northern and Union Pacific
lines. dispatches from Washington.
u. C., said. have asked tho interstate
commerce commission for reargu.
ment on the Western lumber rate
decision Of April 10 obtain a modifiea.
ton of reparntlona awarded shippers
for excessive rates collected since
1917.
The railroads ailege tho repara.
tlona award was made by only three
~ the eleven members OF tho inter.
state commerce commission. and
that an erroneous basis for roparas
lions was ordered.
According TO the Chamber OF Com.
mcrce traffic bureau. the cnss IN,
wolves shipments Of lumber from the
region west Of the Cascades 10 points
ia Colorado. Southern Kansas. okla.
homa, New Mexico. Texas. Louisiana
and ArkhnaH.
Decision was rendered by division
two, made up ~ Commissioners Dan
ieis. Esch and Campbell.
Action OF tho railroads means that
the shippers win have 20 wait before
preparing any statements of repara-
tiona on freight differences between
the old and new rates until tho govern.
mont body has decided 20 uphold or
reject tho decision rendered In April