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Evening star., 1923-04-13
READY TO CANCEL
i. S.-JAPAN PACT
Exchange of Communications
on Lansing-lshii Treaty
About Completed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An interchange Of communications
between the Washington and Toxic
governments, intended for publica-
tion in the form of an identic an
nouncement that the Lansing -Ishii
agreement Of 1917 has been cancelled
by mutual consent Of the two nations,
has been practically concluded. Indi-
cations are that the officials of the
two governments will make the pro-
nouncement simultaneously In their re-
spective capitals.
Involved Especial interests"
Cancellation of the Lansing-Ishii
agreement restores a parity Of inter-
ests of China between the United
States and Japan, according to terms
of the nine-power treaty and the
Root-Takahira agreement; 1t also
tween the United States and Japan
regarding China by elimination for
all time the provision contained in
the LansingIshif agreement by
which America recognized that Japan
had special interests" in China.
Because of the political situation
In japan. recently enlivened by
China's demand for abrogation of the
'.twenty-one demands" treaty of 1915.
with unusual caution in arranging for
the public announcement by them Of
the cancellation. Reference of this
question, ordinarily one for final ac-
ton by the prime minister, has been
taken to the priwy council. and from
that body to the throne. 1t is under
stood that the emperor personally has
been asked to sign he cancellation
papers.
RAna0na fnr n>I~-
For these reasons there has been
an unusual delay on the part of Toxic
and Washington in issuing an Official
statement or making any oral COM
ment respecting the cancellation ne
gotiated between the two capitals
several months ago. Now, however,
the situation has progressed to the
point where 1t will be possible for
an official utterance to be made with
in a week.
The State Department has been
prepared for more than a month to
make its announcement and prob
ably would have spoken long ago had
II not been Influenced by a desire to
cooperate with the Japanese govern
ment and render through it's silence
what assistance 1t was able to give
those in responsible places in Toxic.
The Japanese statesmen concerned
have been worried by the political
situation facing their government
and by the effect any announcement
of the cancellation might have II
made hurriedly, particularly while
the Diet was in session.
Evening star., 1923-04-13
18th Jinx Claims
Eye, Arm and Leg
Stays Abed Today
BY the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press
MACON. Ga, April 13-J. A. Par
ham. Macon business man. is spend
ing today in bed.
While working on an automobile
several months ago a steel splinter
destroyed the sight of one eye. 1t
was on the 18th of the month. The
next 18th he broke an arm while
cranking an automobile.
A month later. on the 18th. he slip
ped in his garage and broke his leg.
Two months after that he was able,
by extra precautions, to avoid a mis-
hap.
Then the 18th came again and
while he was watching mechanics re-
pair an automobile, block broke
loose and smashed his fo2t.
Last month. on the 18Th, fire de-
stroyed his garage.
Today's combination-Friday 13-
was too much for him.
Evening star., 1923-04-13
D. A. R. DELEGATES
ARRIVE IN DISTRICT
Influx Begins Today for 32d
Annual Congress of Ma
tionaI Society.

The first general influx Of dele
gates and alternates to the thirty
second annual congress of the Ma
tional Society. Daughters Of the
American Revolution, which will open
In Memorial Continental Hall at 1880
o'clock Monday morning. began to-
day. Before Sunday night 1t Is ex-
pected that more than $500 visiting
members of the society will have ar
rived in this city.
Registration of accredited repre-
sentatives from the various state So
cieties began this afternoon in the
Daughters administration building.
adjoining Memorial Continental Hall.
Every day until the congress is form
ally convened by the incumbent presi-
dent general, Mrs. George Maynard
Minor. registration booths will re.
main open.
National Candidates Meet.
Virtually all OF the candidates for
the national offices. which are to be
refilled this year, came face to face
for the first time this morning when
the National Officers Club held its an
nual meeting. The club is composed
only of members Of the society who
have held one or more of the ma
tional chairs. All of the women who
are out for election this session have
previously been identified with the
directorate of the national society.
Politics Is rife throughout the ranks
OF the society. Each of the three
avowed candidates for the national
presidency-Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook OF Pennsylvania, Mrs. C. wal
lace w Hanger of this city and Mrs
fork-has several campaign repre-
sentatives out trying to round up the
various state delegations as they ar
rive. 1t is miniature Of scenes
usually ascribed to a national con-
vention OF one Of the large political
parties.
Claims Delegation Support,
Mrs. Cook, the Pennsylvania candi-
date, is not only claiming her solid
state delegation, but that of New
York as well. which Is the largest in
the society. In addition 1t is claimed
by her supporters she has at least
partial support from the strong Ohio
delegation and expects to get even
some ballots from the District of CO.
lumbia delegation. despite the fact
that it Is Mrs. Hangers own homs
district. In addition. Mrs Cook has
the advantage Of coming from a state
that never before asked the national
society to give one of its daughters
the national presidency general.
On the other hand Mrs Hangar has
the open support OF the incumbent
head Of the society, Mrs. Minor. She
Is receiving enthusiastic assistance
from most of the present national Of
ncers and goes to the post with the
advantage of now dlling one of those
chairs herself, the organizing secre-
taryship. These facts are expected
70 prove strong vote getters when
the congress once opens.
Mrs. Story "Dark Hor.e.,
Mrs. Story is the conventions un-
known quantity. She might even be
termed its Roosevelt. Not only is she
seeking election to a third term as
president general Of the society but
her presence in tho field has practi-
cally split the two existing factions
In the organizing completely in two.
Mrs. Story has made no claims in ad-
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PLAN TO CUT HEIGHT.
LIMIT IS UNOPPOSED.

The proposal to reduce the height
limit of buildings on Pennsylvania
avenue between 9Th and 18th streets
northwest, from 11o to s5 feet was
not opposed at the public hearing
before the coming commission at the
District building today.
Only one speaker, Fred G. Coldren.
testified in favor Of the reduced
objections were called for.
Mr.. Coldren, speaking as an in
dividual and In support Of the park
commission plan for the development
of Washington. Endorsed the proposal
for a lower height limit on the upper
part of the Avenue for two reasons:
First, he said. architects agree that
q uniform skyline Is to be desired
and that there is more likelihood of
obtaining an S5-foot even line than
a uniformity Of 110-foot buildings on
the Avenue.
His second reason was that the
erection of costly buildings to a
height of 110 feet on the south side
of Pennsylvania avenue would tend
to postpone and make more expensive
the park project. which contemplates
purchase by the government of all
of the property on the south side OF
Strong opposition was voiced by a
score Of residents in the vicinity of
the Capitol to another proposal to
change practically all Of the property
facing the Capitol grounds from first
commercial to residential.
Mr.. Coldren, Evan H. Tucker and
A. ]. Driscoll spoke In favor Of max
Ing this property residential In order
to preserve the appearance. of the
Capitol building. A large group Of
property owners in that vicinity, how
ever, objected.
More than 900 persons. one OF the
largest gatherings ever present at a
coming hearing. filled the boardroom
when the session began.
Preceding the public hearing the
zoninS commission met In the office
of Commissioner oyster and elected
Maj. F. 8. Besson, acting engineer
commissioner, chairman. Col. Keller,
who retired from the commissioner
ship, was chairman of the zoning
board. .
The first case heard was TO change
the south side Of X street from 18th
street west to an alley from resi-
Dental to first commercial. It was
testified that the north side already
Is commercial. thereby lessening the
value OF the opposite side for resi-
Considerable discussion was de-
yeloped both for and against a change
from residential to first commercial
of property on Irving street near
Hiatt place.
A request that the southwest corner
northeast be changed from residential
to first commercial to permit a base
ment delicatessen store also produced
lively debate. Property owners ap-
peared both for and against the pro-
posal.
Evening star., 1923-04-13
COUNCILLORS ELECTION
ENDS COURT SESSIONS

Election Of four councillors and the
holding, Of memorial exercises for Mrs
Henry NJ Boynton, deceased, the last
of the three founders Of the society,
marked the closing Of exercises of the
twenty-fifth annual court Of the Daugh-
ters of Patriots and Founders, In the
oak room Of the Raleigh Hotel, yester-
day. 2,
Those elected councillors were: Miss
H p. Marsh of Connecticut, Mrs. NJ G..
De Wolf Of the District of Columbia,
Mrs George E. Smith Of Massachusetts,
and Miss NJ Tibhits Of New York
The following eulogized Mrs. Boyn-
Barnes. Mrs. s. B. Joy, Miss Katherine
Green. Mrs. Charles H. Metcalf, Mrs.
A. Howard Clark. Mrs. Amos Draper
and Mrs. Henry B. Joy. Mrs. Gertrude
Lyons sang several solos, accompanied
at the piano by Charles T. Ferry.
Mrs. Mary e. St Clair, national vice
president, presided. =
Evening star., 1923-04-13
Bulgarians Will
ForceComnunisn1
Upon Communists

SOFIA. April 13.-The practice
OF communism by avowed COM
munists themselves would be
made compulsory by a measure
which the government Is soon to
present to parliament.
Premier Stamboulisky, in an
nouncing the prospective law. said
1t would provide for the expro-
priation of communists property
in each locality in which there
are at least ten persons profess
Ing the communistie creed.
These would be compelled to
live In colonies established by the
government. Each member would
be forced to share equally in the
labor of production, as well as its
fruits.
Evening star., 1923-04-13
FREER ART GALLERY
To- BE OPENED MAY 2

Charles D. Walcott. secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution. called at the
White House today to notify Presi-
dent Harding that. the Freer gallery
will be formally opened May 2.
Mr.. Walcott intimated that the
President was asked to attend the
opening. He said that prominent
men from all over the United States
have signified their intention Of be-
ing present on that occasion,
Evening star., 1923-04-13
FOUR URUGUAY CABINET
MEMBERS STEP DOWN
Follows Administrative Council
Resolution Limiting Terms
to Four Years.

By the Associa ted Press
MoNTEvIDEO. Uruguay, April Is.
All the members Of the cabinet who
held once by virtue of appointment
by the national administrative coun-
ell. one Of the two branches Of the
executive system prevailing in Uru-
quay. resigned yesterday. This action
followed upon q resolution adapted
by that body that the term Of ofllce
Of these cabinet members should be
limited to four years.
Those who resigned were: Ricardo
Vecino, finance; Pablo Blanco Ace
vedo. public instruction; Jose Arias,
industry: ssntiago Calcagno. public
Evening star., 1923-04-13
BISHOP is DROWNED
when BOAT SINKS
Sudden Storm Causes Death of
Twenty-Fifty Are Reported
Saved.
By the Associated Press.

MEXICO CITY. April 13. - The
Bishop of Belize British Honduras),
two nuns and seventeen other pas
sengers were drowned when a motor
boat carrying them to Payo Obispo,
territory of Quintana Roo, Mexico.
sank on Wednesday during a sudden
storm. according to delayed advices
reaching here this evening. Fifty
other persons are reported to have
been saved. Further details are lack
ing.
Evening star., 1923-04-13
OPERATE ON MRS. OYSTER.

Mrs. James F. Oyster, wife of
Commissioner Oyster, who has been
Ill for more than a week, underwent
an operation at Emergency Hospital
today,
Evening star., 1923-04-13
Germans Stand Firm.

Those here who are In touch with
the official German viewpoint of rep
aration issue declare that Germany
Will not negotiate so long as the al
lies occupy the Ruhr, and they con-
tend the two allied powers are kill
ing the goose that laid the golden
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Evening star., 1923-04-13
WEATHER.

Rain tonight and tomorrow; no
change in temperature; fresh south
east winds. Temperature for twenty
four hours ended at pm. today:
Highest. 61.3. at 4:40 pm. yesterday:
lowest, As. at $3.50 am. today.
Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1923-04-13

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., 1923-04-13

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Evening star., 1923-09-23
TOTAL WEALTH OF Z. S.
NEAR $3OO,OOO,OOO,OOO
Increase Since 1912 Believed to Be
About 90 Per Cent-Census
Prepares Figures.

|, the census bureau uses the metal
value. silver dollar, for instance.
contains silver valued at slightly
more than fifty cents by weight. The
railroad systems are expected to
show an increase in value of lands.
rolling stock, motive power and
about 25 per cent.
One of the largest percentage in
creases anticipated is in the case or
manufactured products on hand. Ten
years ago the total value OF such
products was about $14.700, 600, 600.
Census bureau returns gathered in
dependently of the present survey
show that the factories have been
producing finished products to the
value of $40. .000. 900, 900 to $50, ,000,0 000-
900 annually during the past decade.
The great bulk has been consumed,
but enough remains on hand to place
the total far in excess Of the 1912 fig
ures.
Comm unication Extended.
Telephone and telegraph systems
have been greatly extended and their
valuation is much higher than the
$50, 100000 which they represent
ed in 1912.
One Of the items of wealth which
has caused the bureau considerable
difficulty relates to clothing and per-
sonal adornment. In estimating the
value of the nations wardrobe and
jewel box the bureau sent question
naires to more than 100000 persons
in every station of life.
Evening star., 1923-09-23

and public forestry must progress
hand in hand in the United States
az they have in nearly every country
of Europe. Every publicly owned
forest becomes demonstration cen-~
ter of fire protection and practical
timber culture. 1t blazes the trail
and sets the pace. IT stimulates
systematic timber growing in the
region around it as nothing else can.
Millions Yet to Buy. =
We still have 100000 acres OF.
land to buy before the program of
watershed protection framed by the
national forest reservation commits
sion win be. completed. There. are
many other key areas where public
ownership could well combine the.
protection of important streams with
timber production and a neighbor-
hood demonstration OF forestry.
There are the vast black belts OF de-
nuded and idle land-20, ,000, 900 acres !
in the lake states, 10000 600 acres
more in the southern pineries-much
of which will be so difficult TO res
forest that public agencies must cer-
tainly take a hand in the job. The
question is not yet where should We
stop but how fast can we go ahead.o
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Lowly Onion Held
Aid to Science

Even the lowly onion may contri-
butte TO sciences spreading warfare
on diabetes. Discovery of ''gluco-
kinin," derived from plants and ap-
pearing to have the properties OF in
sulin, is described by ]. j. willaman,
associate professor OF biochemistry
in the University of Minnesota, iIf a
statement made public by the Amer
lean Chemical Society.
Recent discoveries in this field -es-
tsblish one more profound relation
ship between plants and animals,
says Prof. Willaman, who reports
successful use of glucokinin on dia-
bette dogs and rabbits. Clinical tests
as yet have not been made on human
beings.
Things are changing fast in the
diabetic world" continued Prof. will
laman. "It was just year ago that a
group of scientists at the University
of Toronto announced that they had
prepared an extract of pancreas.
which, when injected into dogs. would
cause lowering of the sugar con-
tent of the blood.
'Since then the extract has been
=
man diabetes at several clinics and
has been manufactured commercially.
Now the announcement is made that
the active principle has been~-demon-
strated in plant tissue. including let
tuce, bean leaves, and even the low
ly onion. -
"Giycogen is animal starch and is
abundant in clans, oysters. yeast, and
mushrooms. DR.. j. B.. Collip tried
clam tissue and had no trouble what
ever in preparing an extract which
helped rabbits and dogs to burn
sugar. Yeast. however, proved q
stumbling block. He tried over
twenty different methods before he
found one that would produce an
active extract. After that he could
prepare very active materials at will
Next he tried green leaves Of LETT
tuee- beans and wheat, and then the
bulb of an onion. In all cases he
demonstrated the presence of a sub
stance which apparently had all the
properties of 'insulir., He doesn't
give it the latter name, however, but
prefers to call 1t glucokinin.
Evening star., 1923-09-23

CONTINUED from First Page.)
clined to consider anything in the
way of capitulation. He has pub
1icity dismissed the Stresemann pro-
posals as intangible, indefinite and
|, guaranteeing nothing. Poincare takes
Imposition that the French now hold
adequate guarantees in the Ruhr and
that these will continue to be held
until there has been unconditional
surrender on the part of the Germans.
including. of course, off1cial end of
passive resistance. The French con-
r tinue to assert that there must be
an unconditional giving in, and fur
thermore expect that the Stresemann
government will be forced to this eX-
pedtent in the immediate future. 1t
is almost certain knowledge that
present policy and must surrender
completely and fully. that she has
aroused the high spirits of the Quai
d'Orsay.
Naturally when Premier Baldwin and
Premier Poincare met and there was
no heated break, as both expected
o be within the realm OF possibility,
French optimism increased. How
ever, as stated, the only thing. accom-
Dlished in the meeting of the pre-
Iuiers was the establishment of a
common ground for understanding. q
clearing away of personal feeling,
Germans should pay and that Britain
would take no radical or defnite
stand in the reparation- problem for
tho time being.
CIIngs to Original Thesis.
Premier Baldwin still clings to his
original thsis that the present occu-
patton cannot work for the future
safety of Europe, that the dangers of
complete Generalization of Germany
with consequent trade upheavais do
not warrant the adamant stand of the
French. Furthermore, England is feel
ing the evil effects of continued
maladjustment of trade conditions
and cannot enter the winter without
some definite steps being taken to-
ward material curtailment of the
problems of idle factories and unem-
ployment.
that the government maintain its pre-
1.iotls Arm stand. When Premier Bald
tfon he was merely acting in line with
the decision of his cabinet to refer
independent action by Britain to the
imperial conference which Is to be
held within a few days. The political
future of Great Britain is largely de-
pendent upon careful courses in con-
riuental matters. It is believed that
when the imperial conference con-
venes future foreign policies OF me
empire. particularly as they directly
affect wartime allies, VIII be the
chief subject of discussion If the
stand. Of the British cabinet in regard
10 the reparations question and Euro
pean readjustments is upheld, then II
NAV be expected that England will
nroceed along her own lines in nan
ding her affairs with Germany. In
the meantime, however, France ex-
meets to force the capitulation OF
Germany. In which case the British
government would be. forced to again
reyaInp her foreign policy. II may be
expected to be more in accord with
France once Germany has completely
capitulated and an entirely new situ-
alton politically and economically is
brought TO pass.
It is believed in London that during
q he conference Of premiers it. was
definitely agreed that in case Ger
many capitulates England will have
a voice in any International confer.
GnceE that are sure to. come -2s q re-
Evening star., 1923-09-23
Faith in Cables
Shown by Growth

Renewed faith In submarine cables
as a permanent communication channel
is indicated by the resumption of ac-
tivities during the last month in trans
atlantic cable construction.
AS an example, American business is
promised a new direct cable route to
the Mediterranean and the near east
whole new transatlantic and Mediter-
ranean cable system-through an agree
ment between the Western Union Tele-
graph Company and the Italian Sub
marine Gable Company. This is an aid
to foreign commerce long desired in this
country. The agreement governing the
construction and operation OF these
cables and the fact that they are being
financed through the cooperation OF
business interests in all the countries
concerned provide an example OF sane
procedure that contrasts very favorably
, with obstructionist tactics pursued In
other communication projects.
Immediately after the war so much
publicity was given to the develop
ment of radio-telegraphy and radlo-tele
phony that one heard on all sides q
question as to whether the cables would
not be supplemented by these newer
systems of transmission. This specula-
ltion coincided with a high price for
cable and a scarcity OF cable-laying
and cable-repair ships.
New cable-repair ships OF the most
modern type have been built and put in
operation by nearly all the principal
cable companies. The most important
step forward has been the completion
of the new cable layer Faraday, which
has Just replaced the former cable ship
of that name-a veteran of nearly fifty
years service. The new Faraday made
her first trip last month with the new
cable that was laid from New York to
the Azores.