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The Washington times., 1923-05-19
DENY
j. 8. RULES
WAVES
Statement in Parliament Is Re-
futed by Navy Figures Given
Out Here.
BY Interna tionaI News Service.

American naval officials denied
today the official statement in the
British House of Commons that
America rules the waves
The assertion that America has
thirty one battleships was declared
to be exaggerated, while the state
nent that Great Britain has eight
cen .battleships was n1inimized, Off
Gals said. -, =. ~.
--latest navy figures fix eighteen
as the number of.Aflnericais battle,
ships and twenty-five; az that If
Great Britain. While it was ad
mitted 1.-The United States has a
Greater humber. Of destroyers than
Great Britain, figures at the. Navy
Department show nearly 200 of this
type of fighting craft are complete,
Iy out of commission because of
lack of personnel and are deteriorat
ing at the docks.
Many of the United States sub
marines were said to be antiquated
and not fit for combat. Where
Great Britain claimed the United
States had an excess of this type,
navy officials here insisted England
has hievelY submarines OF ! 900 ions
OF, over to Six for this country and
twenty-five for Japan.
The United States would req1Iire
eighteen, 1e .D00d!tpri criiiisefss to eatia;.j
Great Brita MS Strength iii thai
class, Navy Department officials
said.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
DU POINT OFFICIAL WIFE
FRIGHTENS BURGLAR

WILMINGTON, Del, May 19.--
Mrs. Fl. Fletcher Brown. wife of a
vice president and director of the E.
l. du Point de NemOurs 4 Co., early
this morning routed a burglar who
was trying to effect an entrance into
her home, with shot.
Mrs. Brown said she was awaken
ed bv a noise at the screen window
TO her bedroom. She saw man
standing outside she said. trying to
omen the screen. Mrs. Brown. who
is q crack shot. grabbed a revolver
and fired. No trace of the man
could be found Mrs. Brown is we'll
known in social circles and civic
affairs.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
c j R B MARKET
ENDS WEEK
!. !. ON Low
international Oil Heavily Press
ed Again-Prairie Takes =
Four Point Loss.
by ii. J. DUIZEND,
IosmopoIitan News Service,

NEW YORK, May 19.-Hea Viness
was displayed on the curb exchange
today, but losses in the majority of
cases. were confined to fractions.
The failure of the market to rally
substantially from the low levels
reached, encouraged bear traders
to work for still lower prices, They
succeeded for a time in bringing
about general unsettlement, but
little liquidation was Forthcoming,
resulting in small rallies whenever
pressure was lifted.
International Petroleum, weak
yesterday. was again heavily press.
ed, yielding a half point to 1878, IL
new low for the year! Prairie Oil
and Gas made new Tow at 1873, a
four-point loss, and Imperial Oil of
Canada declined twoH points to 80.
but recovered part of this later.
Indiana, Vacuum, and other lead
ing Standard Oil stocks were frac.
tionally lower.
downward movement, losing nearly
two points at 1914. Gulf Oil ard
South American Oils held relatively
steady
Pressure was again applied to
Durant Motor, causing one point
loss at AZ. Gillette Safety Razor.
On few transactions, yielded two
points to 275, and Amalgamated
Leather lost nearly. a point tof IT'S
recent advance at 171a. American
locomotive, new, responded to tn.
lower trend of the old stock on
the big: board, declining. eyactionallY
stb 67..S 4.
Mining shares were irregular.
Bonds were steady.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
Chicago. Grain Market.

CHICAGO, May 19.-Grains open
ed lower today and looked weak
early. Liverpool was closed for a
holiday period. which extends to next
Wednesday. Opening prices here
were:
wheat-May, 1.17A July, 1.15% q
l.l6; September. 1.141s@1.14A.
Corn-May S0asc; July 79& @79Bc;
September. 7S12c.
Oats-May, 42asc: July, 42A q
42asc; September, 40ssc.
Rye-July, 79Ac.
There was scattered selling in
wheat, but buying support was lack
ing. The weakness shown in stocks
and cotton along with generally un-
favorabl weather. were seen as fac
tors in. the. depression, There was
a fair general commission house
selling in corn On the decline came
buying on resting orders. Trade was
small in oats. with no pressure on
either side.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
HUSBAND DRUNK
1--WE MONTHS,
4. WIFE SAYS
Mis- Ida Kieffer, in Suit for
Divorce, Charges Attack
With a Razor.

Her husband for more than five
months past has been continuously
dru11k, says Mrs. Ida kieffer in a
suit foF limited divorce and alimony
filed today in the District Supreme
Court against Shelley kieffer, en-
pf0sRast III the Government Printing
Mrs. kieffer. represented by At
torAeNi. Nathan Clayton. says that
ofl.Tdne occasion recently her hus-
band in the presence of their son
attacked her with razor and
threatened to slash her throat and
that on May Is. last. he struck
and achoked her so that she was
compelled to call in the police ITO
RESCUE her from his unbridled fury
She asks that her husband be
restrained from molesting her and
that-all order issue preventing him
fI,opl leaving Washington pending
setticieent of the suit. Mrs. kieffel
says Der husband has a monthly
salary of 1856 and also receives $12
monthly pension as veteran of
the Spanish American war.
ThR couple were married at Day
tom Va. August 80. 1906, and have
one child whose custody is re-
quested by the plaintiff.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
MISSION SCHOOL
HOLDS CLASS,
EXERCISES
George T. Harding, President
of Graduates, Addresses Ia
koma Park Students.

George Tyron Harding, president
of the graduating class of Washing.
ton Missionary College. TAX 9ma
Park, nephew of President Harding,
addressed the class night exercises
a the institution last night. lie
urged his fellow-graduate to repay
their debt to their teachers by lives
of patient self-sacrifice and loving
service for others
f. A. Weaver pronounced the in
vocation A musical program WAS
given by James. e. LippaTt, g Gorge
r. Harding, Wilbur James, George
w. Oberg, Emma. " Mallatt. Harold
3. HanuT6 and Ethel E.-:Longacre.
:, The program included also julia
"A, Leland, Joseph B. Stearns, V.
GWendoline Lacey and George S.
Kapp. Graduation ceremonies will
he held Sunday night.
The graduates are: William Yoshi-
kadZu Kamoda, Ruth Elizabeth At
well. Lillian Casey. Edythe Detwiler,
Lester w. Fish, Harold e. Hanum,
j. c. Hanum. George 'Tyron Harding.
Ethel Hennesy, Wilbur James. Neil
Ketterman, Julia A. Leland, James
Emory Lippart. Ethel Elizabeth
Longacre, Emma V. Mallatt, Ruth
Miller, George w. Oberg, George
Senior Rapp, Mary Sanford. Cecil A.
Schutt. Joseph II. Stearns. Nellie
Elizabeth Thompson, n. A. Weaver.
Vivian Gwendoline Lacey. Eugene
z. Gloor, Benjamin Tertius Bell,
Charles l.. Hanum, Charles n. Wolo-
hon, Thomas !. Zirkle. Carl j. Lar
son. Ethel Maud Boyd, Julia Caller
Esther Ruth Hicks, Lois All kamoda.
Golden Porter, Esther Louise Read.
Elizabeth Neall, Anna Patterson. De
Forest Stone, Calvin Pyle. Nerle Lo-
tus Slade, Edna Brill. Stanley Brown,
III. Berpard WhitcOmb and Frank II.
L.Yostl ..
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
N A j D { ADAMS
WILL REVIVE
.''PETERP PAM
-rNb HI
ii u g.
Return of Famous Actress to
Stage This Fall Is Confirm
III ed by Friends.

NEW YORK. May 19.-Confnm.
ing The exclusive announcement
made, by Cosmopolitan News SER.
ice recently that Maude Adams
would return to the stage, comes
the news today that the famous
sctiRss will appear on Broadway
this fall.
Close friends of Miss Adams made
known her plans, She is expected
to revive peter Pan" her grca'-
est .succcss, and after that 10 Az
pear in another Barrie play What
Every Woman Knows" and "A re.
viVaf Of THE Little Minister"
on her recent trip 10 England
she. conferred with Sir James
Barrie and il * thought the twO
plaHfed original dramas for the
ACTRESS.
Miss Adams appearance on The
stage next Autumn will he her first
since: the 1918 season when illness
compelled her TO cut short her
tour I'm ~ Kiss fo" Cinderella"
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
Foreign Exchange.

NEW YORK. May 19.-FeIeien
exchange opening. Sterling. de-
mand. 4.624 cables, 4.621a Francs.
demand, .0665A: cables. 06S5A
Lire. demand. .04S5: cables, 04SSh
Belgian francs, demand, .05T3ik.
cables. .0574 Marks. $4,000 tosfhe
dollar. Czecho kronen, denlad1d.
.02971a: cables. .0298. Swiss ffaflrs.
demand, 1901: cables, 1903. Guild
ers. demand, 1913: cables, 1916.
Pesetas, demand, 1870: cables. y152g5.
Sweden kronen, demand. .2666s ca
bles. .2670. Norway demand, :I62S:
cables. 1882. Denmark, demand,
1851: cables. 1865
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
LOREE. 1t TA('Es
RAIL MERGER.
PLANS
Head of Delaware and Hudson
Declares Economies Will
Not Be Realized.

Terming the plan TO consolidate
the railroads of the country intO Is
limited number of systems as .rev,
dictionary" B. F.. Loree. president
of the Delaware and Hudson, yepteT-
day told the Interstate comnaeifs
Commission there was NOS aTeal
ground for believing the econoIafes
which seem vaguely to be imag lftsd
will be realized"
1.-THE prophesied economies -soI
Federal control were not reahzed.
he said. adding that the temporarily
consolidated system was the VIC
tim of waste that increased in geo.
metrical progression with ,eYffFy
month of its continuance, acE9Ff-
panied by a steady decline in the
efficiency of maintenance. Onefa:
ton and management. one 1.-THE
consequences of which will long Re
represented in the national debt
and in Federal taxation.
Would Divert Earnings.
Loree claimed the avowed spgr.
pose of the plan was to 'maEe
the strong roads support the weak,
and would, in its final analXsis.
drain and divert the earning e
rived from the business of Eertain
communities or regions, to sslRpQrt
inadequately compensated seEtdees
rendered in behalf of other 0f1la
munities or regions. t::ssss
The proposed plan would greatly
augment the power of the New
York Central by allocating the
Boston and Maine to the latter
system, with the accompanying, pTo=
vision for the perpetuation dfssifs
control of the Boston and Albany
Loree declared.
Asks Share for ID. & III.
If the consolidation plan is final
lily to be carried through, E0Tee
suggested that the New England
railroads located north of the Buston
and Albany the Boston and Maine,
Maine Central, Bangor and Arposs
| took and Central Vermont be
united with the Delaware and .Hlld<=
son. and that the New England
railways located north of the Boston
and Albany be united with fFfOse
of the Boston and Albany and that
the Delaware and Hudson ands5flIe
New York Central becomes owners
of equal interests in the conAoIi4
dated property
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
Baltimore Grain Markets.

Wheat. easier; No. 2 red winter:
$1.33: No red winter gariieky
$1.32; receipts. 1875, 90S bushels: ship
ments. 1869 bushels.
Corn, firm; No. yellow -doFies.
tic IS cents bushel: receipts: 2.915
bushels: shipments. $500 bushels
Oats. steady; No. white d0i7las<
tic, $40 cents bushel: receipts,
none: shipments. 1915 bushelss ~
Rye easier: No. 2 Western. ok;
port spot S95s; receipts, 1856.
bushels; shipments, sc, 152 bushels
Hay firm; on better grades de.
mand fair 49,
Flour, uuiet. ff,eA< )
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
N. Y. Cotton Market.

NEW YORK, May 19.-Cottan
futures were steady at the openinE
today with prices from 3 to- ~
points higher. There was better
demand for the new crop mouths
due to short covering and a little
new buying for Wall street, sac
count.
May opened at 1855. up notnts,
July at $3.50. up 3 points: October.
.2311, up IA points, and December,
% 6S, un 10 points. aSsy I.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19

Presidents Program

9:4o a. m.-Gov. b. w. Hoop
er. of Railroad Labor Board.
10 a. m.-Senator Moses of
New Hampshire.
1890 a. m.--Mrs. Haviland
III. Lund
p. m.-Congressman Smith
of Idaho.
l:O5 p. MFRS. Medill Nc
Cormick.
Respects-About 100 Knights
Templar and ladies from Ken
Sn~ton Commander Nd "a,
Ashpadelphia:,3 graduating ,sclass|
Of 'the iLewiston! Pa. thigh,
schools abeR1t '226.. students from;
the William Penn High School
for Girl. Philadelphia. and
party from Public School No.
a. Baltimore. Md.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
HARD CHAIRS FOR JURORS
LEAD TO DISAGREEMENT

PITTSBURGH. May 10. Nine
men, members Of a deadlocked jury,
were discharged when Judge Evans
was informed that they had been
forced to occupy hard chairs in
stuffy room all night, while three
women occupied beds in special
dormitory. The women were tod
to remain in court in view or Inc
fact that thew had enjoyed com
Portable rest.
The men jurors told the court that
shortly after midnight,the women re-.
tired and stopped discussion Of the
case. AS no other accommodations
had been made for them they hao
to sit up all night.
The Washington times., 1923-05-19
OH Stocks.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-18
Tiger Opposed Plan

But as no treaty, not even
the Treaty Of Versailles,
however monstrous and abb
surd, could possibly sanction
such requests, they were not
accepted or approved by
one Of the statesmen IN
charge Of the preliminaries.
I think it my duty to say
il q spirit Of fair play, that
even III. Clemenceau, despite
his hatred for the Germans,
determinedly opposed these
requests. Hence arose the
very pronounced difference
Of opinion between himself
and Marshal Foch, and this
was the principal il not the
only reason why Clemenceau
was defeated a. q candidate
for the presidency Of France,
and the unfortunate Des-
chanel, who had been quite
out OF the running only two
months before, was elected.
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your favor 10 immensely impress
sive; Europe owes you eighteen
billion dollars, probably more.
AS q result. all the gold Of the
world IL pouring into your cot.
fers. The mountain Of gold is
rising steadily. Before long the
rich on Fifth avenue win eat off
golden plates.
Nevertheless / believe the day
win como when your country,
which decided the war by it8 en-
trance, win feel the cOmpuISion,
for It's own sake, to reshape the
peace. America has tho power
to release as from tho strait
Jacket Of Versailles, which 10
stranglAng not only Germany but
the entire world.
Whatever the issue Of the Inn
mediate future may be all coun-
tries. including yours. must vo-k
more, as their demands upon CIV
iliZation grow in completely
1--WE cannot appeal to the com
mon sense Of our workers, we
cannot urge them to stuff their
ears to the siren song OF Boil
shevisn until our arms are freed
from the shackles imposed by the
victors.
1T once they are freed, Ger.
many will again be a model Of In.
dustry and economy to the world.
Unless they are freed all hopes
of paying PREPARATIONS or Of
stabilizing the mark are futile.
We suffer economically from ns>-
nicious anaemia. Our, currency
resembles q precious wine In u
huge barrel that 10 being constn-
ually diluted. Yet We cannot I'LL
It with new wine, while econGlnio
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-18
Cynical and Stupid

Some day the commission
FOR PREPARATIONS win be
quoted as q sinister example
Of cynicisnn and stupidity.
It's incompetence is as great
as its power. The historian.
Of the future win find it
hard to believe that it was
possible to apply, wholly to
the detriment of the con-
uuered nations, q machinery
which admitted and justified
every error and every form
Of abuse and violence.
Germany having failed to
pay indemnities which every
economic expert Of every
country now comedies she
could not pay, French and
Belgian troops have occupied
the Ruhr and other German
territories, in defiance Of the
treaty Of Versailles, which
clearly stated which terrific
ries could be occupied and
Tor how many years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-18

dieu, whose diplomatic
ability il no doubt well
remembered IN America,
presented 3 memorandum
demanding that the whole Of
the left bank Of the Rhine
should Be assigned to
France. He claimed that
the request was not made
in q spirit Of conquest, but
in the general interest Of
peace.
It was rather an elegant
form Of humor in which
Poincare himself has often
INDUCED. Tardieu main
tanned, In fact, that the
French occupation in Ger
many was not to be Of short
duration, Of five, tan or fif-
teen years, a. foreseen in
the Treaty Of Versailles,
but much longer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-18

pit. What leader could arise
among 40 ana honestly urge our
men under present conditions to
return to their old standards Of
hard work for tho sake Of pa
tr4otisn? Even II German labor
were to sweat blood, the SAVIOR
thereof would only incite sim
further the greedy nav Of France.
Europe must work. Germany
must work.
EIGHT.HOUR DAY A MINIMUM.
81 claim that the eight-hour
day II not tho maximum, but the
minimum Of Labor necessary to
support civilized comforts In Ger
many. II we worked harder we
would not roll up such immense
deficits In the conduct OF gov
eminent. I have no doubt that
it would be possible to arouse
our countrymen from their leth-
argy but only II we can point
somewhere in the sky to a ray of
hope.
''Our problem IL Europe's prob.
lem. It IL. In fact. a problem
that concerns the world. In
former ages. before nations were
SO closely knitted together. de-
feat in war was often equivalent
to humiliation. When Rome con.
quered Carthage. Carthage per-
ished. But world-trade now laces
nations together as In a corset.
Rapid locomotion whirls races and
individuals together. Complete
national isolation Is no longer pos
sible.
Victor and vanquished ana
neutral. all all from too much or
too little gold. Your country is
most strongly fortified oconom-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-18
Deliberate Conspiracy co
Secure Control of Elrope's
Coal and Iron by Dis
r11err1bering Germany
and 1vading the
Ruhr Started at
Versailles"

footing, and IS feverishly
still adding TO her air and
submarine services. Against
whom?
The programme which
aims at violently wrench.
ing away the Rhineland
from Germany i being car
ried ont with ! most i'm
pressive diligence and con-
tinuity. I have just read
a report Of q French military
commission dated May 25,
1922, and have come to the
conclusion that the two OBJ
jectives aimed at BY the
commission for separations
are always the same: the
detachment Of the Rhine
land from Germany and the
control Of the Ruhr.
For the last three years
people have been talking
about the invasion Of the
Ruhr. It was first publicly
mentioned almost In q
whisper, as 3 remote pos
sibility. But ii French.
political and military circles
the threatened invasion Of
the Ruhr was always favor
ably discussed. From the
very first / understood that
it was not an alternative
proposition. It was . pro-
granme; the programme Of
the French iron industry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-18
OILY CITY OF MOSUL

swarthy BedouinS. sleek NOR
chants reeking with oils and I'm"
guents, here a stately Persian in
saucepan shaped fez. here a hairy
and strong Kurdish coolie, slave
women with be-ringed noses. and
here q housewife balancing on
her head her waterproof.
"At night deserted and silent.
vet eloquent OF it's years OF
grandeur, seeming to brood over
it's past civilizations that once
were Assyrian and Babylonian
and sumerian. Withal the most
pestilential and disagreeable col
lection Of odors that ever as
sailed nostrils: such are the men,
cries of my sojourn in and around
Mosul.
"Yet, in spite Of its present In
salubrity, this city Of Mosul has
known prosperity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-18
sERMAN BANKER SAYS FRANCE is TAKING ENORMOUS

mined by business men. The mo-
ment France debates the bl0ated
balloon Of her hopes and accepts
q solution based on business
agreements without sanctions or
occupation, her own exchange
win rise automatically. This in
itself would immediately cut her
own foreign debt.
There can be no temporary
stabilization Of the mark. Stabin-
zation must be final and def
mite. Stahilization Is impossible
without an equilibrium In the
balance Of payment. The estab-
lishment OF such an equilibrium
depends upon two things. A
final regulation Of tho repara-
ton problem and an increase IN
our production. The French oc-
cupation Of tho Ruhr has ban
ished the STERILIZATION of tbs
mark into the nebulous future.
eff the French occupation Of
the Ruhr continues, the last pos
sibiIity of substantial PREPARATION
payments disappears, for It IN
capacitates Germany from main
tanning its export, even ON It's
present restricted basis.
Force and violence may suc-
coed in despoiling a people Of
their property. They can never
permanently extort payments, and
payments are what France needs.
Only a carefully regulated bust
ness can permanently supply
funds.
when the franc follows In the.
wake of the mark French public
opinion will realize that we shall
not be the only losers ~ French
imperialism"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-18
Keep Germany Poor

But what might cause
most surprise in America
is the fact that while Ger
many is accused Of not pay
ing the impossible indemnity
of thirty three thousand mil
lions imposed on her, the ex-
penses of occupation charg-
ed to Germany are steadily
increasing, and every thing
is being done to depress
German credit and to wreck
German production. Credit
ors having honest claims
usually take a keen interest
IN the health and product
iveness Of their debtors, so
that they may be able to
pay. Nothing pleases them
more than to see their deb
tors hard at work and earn
ing profits. But we are now
confronted with creditors
of q most singular nature !;
they are determined to bring
about the ruin Of their
debtor at all costs. They
haress him in every con-
ceivable manner, hamper his
work, deny him credit; and
when he does not pay, they
take forcible possession Of
his home and prevent him
from doing any work.
How can all this be ex-
plainedi Americans, in judy
ing foreign affairs, must
feel embarrassed. They en-
tered the war to free Europe
from military tyranny and
to make the world safe for
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-18

followed up shortly after
ward by D series Of demands
by Marshal Foch: On the
14th Of April, 1919, and dur
ing tho following days he
explained to the representa-
tives Of tho Entente Powers
the reasons for which it
was necessary that hence
forth the Rhine should be
the frontier Of France and
consequently Of civilization.
These were his very words,
according to the official re-
port now before me. The
Germans were to be regard
ed as barbaric hordes to be
ruthlessly driven back be-
yond the Rhine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-18
Plot Of Iron Men

The French iron industry,
IS q result Of the war. aim
ed &c obtaining full con-
troll over the production Of
both iron and coal through
out the European continent.
As this great programme had
for its objective the politi-
cal hegemony Of continental
Europe, il was very cordial
IL backed not only bv busi-
ness men, but with even more
ardor by men highly placed
in military and political
spheres, all Of whom had
strongly imperialistic views.
Not in vain did Napoleon
I carry his victorious eagles
all over Europe, where In
many minds and spirits he
left the ferment Of that crav-
ing for domination which Is
absolutely incompatible with
the principle of autonomy
and freedom of peoples q
principle invoked by Presi-
dent Wilson in the hour Of
peril as the programme Of .
new life for all nations, q
programme which alone In
duced America to interfere
in the great European war.
Copyright, 1898, By Francisco NItti.
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ObjectiDes The Same

After the signing Of the
peace treaty, France i'm
mediately insisted on the
scrupulous application of the
military clauses relating to
Germany. But when Ger
many had no longer any
army, or ornaments, or avia-
ton or means of defense;
when Italy and Great Brit
ain reduced their ornaments,
France increased hers and
enlarged her zones Of occu-
patton in Germany. Despite
her disastrous financial con-
dition, which is perhaps the
most serious Of all the great
winning states Of Europe,
France has now . larger
army than any other country
has ever had on Q peace