Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1924-11-28
A Weekly Panorama of Events in the
National sCapital
(By PETER KEEGAN)


EVENTS here and abroad are shap-
ing themselves in such a way
that another world disarmament con-
ference will result. President Cool
idge planned such conference sew
eral months ago, but the American
program was temporarily spiked by
the action of the League of Nations,
which adopted a protocol calling Tor
q limitation of armament conference
in Europe, to which the United States
would be invited. The European con.
ference was to make the reduction OF
land armies it's principal problem,
matter in which this country has no
great interest. 1t was decided. there
fore, that we would not take part in
the League of Nations conference
should it develop into an actuallty. IL
now transpires, however, that Great
Britain is not keen about the League
conference plan and would rather
have the new conference, if any, call
ed by the United States. This fits IN
with the plan of the Administration,
with the result that invitations for
the new parley are expected to go out
shortly.
TN the meantime, the United States
is feeling the effects of the Hard
ing armament conference in the de-
struction OF the battleship Washing.
ton. now peing used as target OFT
Cape Charles, Va. Efforts to keep
the NAVY Department from sending
the thirty-five million dollar hull to
the bottom of the Atlantic resulted-in
court action here, but not success
tullv. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur
contended that the naval treaty au-
thorized him to scrap the battleshlp
and that there was no reason why
naval gunners should not profit there
by by using the vessel as target and
to test the effect OF shells on lts
steel sides.
THE national capitals approach to
l. the Bal des Beaux Arts of Paris
is to be the charity ball to be held
here next week. The affair is being
press-agented as a Bal de Tate, the
name being based on the fact that
fancy head dresses are to be feat
ure of the costumes of the ladies. Ad-
vance reports indicate that the police
NAV have to be called in to see that
order is maintained. One lady, for
instance, has announced that she will
attend "a la guillotine." The head
dress in this case would consist OF a
string of red ribbon around the neck.
Other details of the costume are lack
ing.
TT is generally agreed that little will
be accomplished in the short ses-
sion of Congress, beginning on Dec.
l and ending on March A, than pass
age of the routine appropriation bills
for the fiscal year beginning July l,
1924. Thousands of bills and resolu-
tions will be introduced, but the ap-
preparation bills will take so much
time that there will not be any op-
portunity for other legislation. Some
Senatorial leaders are urging a spe-
cial session after March a, but the
President has not yet agreed to bring
the new Congress together. For one
thing, he feels that tax reduction leg
islatlon can not be considered profit
ably until after June 80 next, when
new revenue law will have been in
effect long enough to show how good
or bad it really Is.
WASHINGTON police are engaged
" in a war on automobile speeders
following a wave of deaths and seri-
Gus injuries in traffic accidents. Traf-
fic regulations here are a puzzle to
the local residents and the situation is
made worse by a daily influx of Wis
itors without any information as to
the strange rules they will have to
observe while driving about the cap
ital. In view of this situation, the
police have been blamed for most of
the traffic mixup, although they are
making a brave attempt to stop
speeding and make the streets safe.
Fines levied against speeds are now
in the neighborhood of 5000.
CHAIRMAN { Clem Shaver of the
Democratic National Committee
lost no time in cleaning house at
headquarters here after the election.
Some two hundred employees, all
drawing fine fat salaries were dis
charged, and only a skeleton force is
taking care of the odds and ends left
over from the campaipn. The Nation