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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
20 ARRESTS FOR TAKING
STREET DANGER SIGNAL
Motor Owners Accused of Appro-
priating Lanterns Used In
Marking Excavations.

AS a result of the police drive to
end the practice of taking lanterns
from excavations on the street, gen.
orally by motorists who used them for
parking lights to save their batteries,
20 arrests have been made and four
accused forfeited $40 collateral in Po-
lice Court today on the charge of
larceny.
Those who forfeited the money by
their absence We're Robert T. Freder-
ick, Jasper Parker, Silas l.. Hinton
and Rena M. Arnold.
Collateral was returned to others
when they explained that they had
borrowed the lanterns from their JAM
itors. One janitor was freed when he
stated that the lantern was In his
apartment house months before he
came to work there,
All lanterns bore the name of the
Potomac Electric Power Co. or the
Chesapeake Telephone Co. plainly
stamped at the base.
According to the police more than
] 200 lanterns have been stolen dur
ing the past several months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
FIRE COSTS 100000
IN HEART OF BANGOR
Four Large Buildings Destroyed,
Including Y. w. c. A-City
Hall Roof Damaged.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BANGOR. Me, February IA
A s1,000.000 fire that threatened the
entire business district of this city
and destroyed four large buildings
was brought under control early today
after a four-hour battle in which
calls for assistance were sent to
many surrounding cities and towns.
Smoldering embers were all that
remained of the Coe Building, the
Y. w. G. A, the Hatch Building and
q smaller structure. Both the Hatcn
and the Y. w. G. A. Buildings, which
were four-story brick blocks, had d
large number of mercantile estab-
lishments on their street floors.
The City Halls roof was damaged.
but the building itself was saved after
hard fight.
At the height of the blaze mill
tia patrolled the streets.
All of property destroyed was
owned by the T.. s. Coe estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Italy Blames American Bootleggers
In Smuggling Of Anti-Fascists to France

leader of the gang: Cesare Savarese.
her assistant, and five men, said to be
returned bootleggers
The authorities declare a regular
clandestine service, by which anti
Fascists have been able to evade the
law prohibiting their exit from italy.
has been going on for several months.
They allege that various French
vessels have carried refugees in their
holds, each stowaway paying 500 lire
to the sailors and 5000 lire to the or.
ganizers Of the system, resident in
Naples.
An elaborate method Of bribery pre-.
vented the French police officials from
stepping in, ii Is stated. The Fascisti
militiarnen uncovered the systems by
working on the Naples docks as long.
shoremen. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
FRENCH TO OPPOSE
us. PROCEDURE IN
! PROPOSED PARLEY
BRAND Expected to Submit
Reply to Coolidge Plan to
Cabinet Tomorrow.
MERITS OF PROJECT
NOT TO BE QUESTIONED
Reservations Probably Will Be In
sisted On by Italy and Japan,
Observers Believe.

PARIS, February 14.-France re-
plv to President Coolidge haN''l
armament memorandum will reJec.
the proposed method of procedure; II
IS said in the best informed clrcles'
Foreign Minister BRAND and MS cor.
laborators are working on the repis
TO have it ready for the cabinet meet
tng tomorrow. .,,o
The reply will omit reference 10 eile
merits of the disarmament question:
being limited to a discussion OF the
combinations which. it is contenoeo'
.vo,ld result from taking the matter
o,,t of the hands of the League or
Nations and objections to separating,
naval disarmament from the seherai
disarmament scheme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
CHEN TO REJECT
KELLOCC'SPlA
Sees Ban on War in Shanghai
Zone as Aid to Peking
Forces.

by the Associated Press.
HANKOW, February 14.-Eugene
Chen, foreign minister for the Can
tonese government, told the Associat-
ed Press today that he expected to
issue a statement shortly regard
ing the suggestion of Secretary of
State Kellogg Of the United States
that the Shanghai international settle
ment be exempted from the zone of
war activity.
Chen indicated that he was alb
solutely opposed to the suggestion.
considering it as being of potential
material assistance to Marshal Sun
Chuan-Fang, Shanghai defender. 1t
was understood Chen believed such q
naturalization would permit Marshal
Sun to release troops for use on the
battle front which now are being EN-
ployed to guard the city.
"REn SpEApS, cppuNT, I'D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Women in Turkey
Use New Freedom
To Bootleg Rum

By the Associated Press.
CONSTANTINOPLE, February
14.-Mauy surprises have come
about during the brief period OF the
emancipation of Turkish women,
but the most spectacular is the
discovery of q group operating as
boOtleggers.
Inspectors of the government al
cohol monopoly unearthed clan
destine distillery whose products
they charge are being marketed by
Turkish women wearing belts filed
with bottles. hidden by demure
shawls and wells of the traditional
Moslem costume.
The voluminous effect did not
arouse suspicion. as most Oriental
beauties have ample waistlines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
NEGOTIATIONS ARE ENDED.
Agreement Between British and
Cantonese Remains Unsigned.

HANKOW, February IA (P.-Nego-
tiations are believed to have been
completely broken off between the
Cantonese (NationalisU and British
governments for an agreement as to
the administration of the British con-
cessions at Hankow and kiukiang.
THE agreement remained unsigned
today after what is believed to have
been on the final conference.
The negotiators, Charge d'AHalres
owen O'Malley of Great Britain and
Foreign Minister Eugene Chen of the
Nationalist government. refused to
give any information after the con-
ference at the foreign office.
Officials at the foreign of1ce were
reticent. remarking only:
I'VE have nothing to say. but that
does not mean that there is trouble"
A statement is expected to be issued
tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Britain's POstmen
Rejoice at Ban on
Saint Valentine
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 14.-Brit-
aims postmen rejoiced on this St.
Valentines day, for the Saint was
banished by the Anglican bishops
from the new prayer book calendar.
The postmen remember, but not
fondly, the days when lovers
hearts and darts were mailed in
such numbers as to nearly break
their backs.
The bishops action came just as
strenuous efforts were under way
to bring the Valentine custom back
to the favor it enjoyed in the time
of Charles III. The fashionable men
of that sovereign's court gave
jewels to the ladies of their choice
on st. Valentine Day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Violent Explosion in Cincinnati
Believed Meteor Crashing to Earth

and reported no accident had occurred.
Joseph White, an employe of morn
ing newspaper. apparently cleared up
the mystery.
He told police he was walking to his
home in Covington. KY, when sudden
ly a luminous body came out of the
heavens. He said it was travelling at
terrific speed and must have been a
meteor. He said ii struck with a re-
sounding crash. White. as far as DO
lice knew, was the only person to see
the unusual phenomenon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
p .he Associa ated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NAPLES, Italy, February IL
American bootleggers, with training
gained on New Yorks rum row, are
believed by the police to have partici-
mated in the organization of an elab-
crate system for smuggling anti
Fascists from Italy to France.
The system was uncovered today
bv Fascist militiamen, who had
shadowed the leaders for several
months. The militiamen. after hold
ing up the sailing of the French liner
Theophile for five hours. captured
10 anti.Fascists, slowed away in a
tiny cubbyhole in the bottom of the
hold.
They also arrested Maria Evangel-
sisti, O. young woman degcribed as the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
SENATE FARM BILL
GETS HOUSE FAVOR
Rules Committee Recon-
mends Action, Backing
McNary-Haugen Measure.

Substitution of the McNary-
Haugen farm relief bill as passed by
the Senate for its companion meas
ure now before the House was
recommended today by the House
rules committee.
Needing the plea of advocates of
the bill. the rules committee ap-
proved a resolution which would per-
nit the substitution and the House
will pass upon it when debate is
ended on the pending House measure.
If the Senate bill is substituted and
passed unchanged, no further con-
gressional action on the measure will
be necessary. Otherwise the ~ques-
tion would have to go to conference
between the Senate and House with
possibility that a fiiibuster might de-
feat it.
Supporters Confident.
While a final vote on the measure,
which was passed Friday by the Sen
ate, is not expected to be held in the
House before the end of the week, its
supporters, confident of its passage,
are pressing toward this showdown so
that the bill can be placed in the
hands of President Coolidge by Satur-
day.
Its supporters, led by Chairman
Haugen of the House agriculture COM
mittee. a co,author of the measure,
however, are planning to bring it to-
morrow to test vote, as an index Of
it's strength, on the parliamentary
handling of the bill
The measure, foot ball of Congress
for the past three years, although ad-
mittedly in the most auspicious posi-
ton of it's legislative career, faces an
other barrier, erected by its House op-
ponents in an eleventh hour effort for
it's defeat. These adversaries are plan
ming to burden the measure with
amendments so that its return to the
Senate for conference will be necessi-
tated There it's Senate enemies hope
to bury it so there will be no oppor-
tunity of a conference report before
the present session ends.
Unanimous Consent Sought.
Following the three hours of gen
eral debate, which remain for the
measure in the House, Chairman
Haugen plans to seek the substitution
by unanimous consent. The substitu-
ton motion is debatable for two hours
and vote, undoubtedly by roll call,
upon it is expected to come shortly
after the House convenes tomorrow.
If the substitution motion is an
proved, as appears likely, considera-
ton of the Senate bill, with amend
ments in order will commence. At this
stage the bills opponents are expected
to make movements to substitute two
other measures for the bill as a whole,
both onslaughts being anticipated from
authors of other farm legislation.
Representative Crisp, Democrat.
Georgia, coauthor of the Curtis Crisp
bill. is expected to advance that meas
IRE and Representative Aswell
Democrat, Louisiana, the bill bearing
his name.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Deaths Pass 100
In Japanese Snow,
Falling for Week
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, February 1.-THE toll
of death in the recent storms in
the northern part of Hondo Island
passed the 100 mark today.
The home Office confirmed that
g. had been killed, 20 were missing
and 113 houses were destroyed in
Niigata prefecture. In Toyama
prefecture there were 40 dead, IS
hurt and IS houses crushed. For
mer soldiers are volunteering to
take food supplies to the stricken
areas.
The district was reported to be
buried under a great blanket Of
snow, which was responsible for
the death and damage. Snow be-
gan falling about a week ago and
is still falling. The storm is said
to be the worst in that vicinity
in half a century.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
House Gets Fine Arts Bill.

Representative Roy Fitzgerald Of
Ohio today introduced in the House
the same bill as that fathered in the
Senate by Senator Shipstead, giving
the Commission of Fine Arts au-
thority to pass upon plans for any
building to be erected within 200 feet
Of any park or parkway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Dies Addressing Doctors.

NAPLES. February IA R).-Sena-
tor Leonardo Bianchi, 10. former
minister OF instruction, died today
while addressing an assembly of the
Roval Academy of Medicine and Sur
gerry. He had been elected to the
Chamber of Deputies many times and
was famous as a scientist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
By the Associated Press.

CINCINNATI, February 14.-After
spending several hours in an effort to
locate what was at first believed an
explosion of powder arsenal. police
today concluded that the disturbance
was caused by a meteor.
They received hundreds of calls
from persons in various parts of the
city, WHO were awakened by the crash.
Powders mills and fireworks factories
throughput the section were checked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Presidents Plans i'm Dark.

No one knows definitely whether
President Coolidge is to be candidate
to succeed himself or not. The discus
sion of the probable veto Of the farm
bill by himself and the political eff
feet Of such veto is based largely
upon. the assumption that the Presi-
dent will be a candidate to succeed
himself. If he is not a candidate then
the failure of the farm bill will not be
considered perhaps so seriously as a
political issue.
If the expected veto and failure Of
the McNaryHaugen bill is considered
a blow to any political aspirations
that President Coolidge may have be-
cause of the opposition it may raise
in the Middle West and the West.
then will not the support of the
measure by Gov. Lowden. Vice presi-
dent Dawes, Senator Watson, and
other Republican leaders prove an
even greater obstacle to their presi.
dental hopes. because of the opposi-
ton to the farm bill in the great
States Of the East? Will New York.
Pennsylvania. New Jersey, and the
New England States welcome a candi-
Continued on Page 4, Column IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
PINEDO RESUMES FLIGHT.
Leaves Rabat, Morocco, for 1,OOO,-
Mile Point Down Coast.

RABAT, Morocco, February IA R).
Commander Francesca de Pinedo.
continuing his four-continent air
flight, which eventually will take him
to South and North America, left
here AT T:30 o'clock this morning for
Villa de Cisneros. about 1000 miles
down the African coast.
He arrived here Sunday afternoon
from Cagliari, Sardinia. He expects
to cover $4,000 miles in his flight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
SOVIETS IN COUNCIL.
Third Session of Parliament
Discuss Budget Changes.

MOSCOW, February IA R).-The
third session of the Central Execu-
tive Committee. or Soviet Parlia-
ment, was opened at the Kremlin to-
day.
The session will be occupied with
a discussion on the national budget
changes in the criminal code and
other purely domestic matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Quake Rocks Belgrade.

BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, February
IA R,.-A strong earthquake shock
has caused number Of casualties
and great damage at Stolace. Herze-
govina. The tremor was felt over a
wide area, including Belgrade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
PROPOSAL GIVEN IMPETUS.
Italy and Japan Expected to ASH
Reservations, However.

Reservations, However.
President Coolidge's proposal Tor
disarmament conference on hghter
,,o,,oI c,.ft is receiving added impetus
of appreciation.
While both a semi-official pronounce
ment from Italy, hitherto silent oii
the plan, and statement os@--9
Jananese naval ministry signi1y soou
will toward the invitation, thefe 40
however, an indication that ies ;11 ,a
..om on, tha Presidents plan will pc
forthcoming in the official replies OF
tba two governsnents. as .botn nations
cIo;p, their naval forces are oii q
minimum basis at present.
WboIehearted support to the res
s.,t;s nronosal is voiced in a state.
aeent hv the Federal Counci! OIL
s,hurches in America. and TINS. pooy
Is launching a movement 10 q az =
n,,blic opinion, as represented Ds aus
members of churches III dis-
and France, IN IaNoi VI ~
armament scheme.
Italy to Insist on Protectio".
published by the press. semi-oill- IN
,,al communiuue which does not al,
tend IN a anticipate the officlai ahs"eI,
,ayeals that Italy will insist upon res.
s,yations for the protection OF hei
interests. ,, .uthorities
never will hesitate TO pafticipat.; s.;a,,, ~,
the American proposal is lne sae~
Of Navy Minister TaIasape as;an that al . II W. was
ip,nasnature pnp for the official reply OF his
povarnment. = But, he claimed, Japan
has reduced her naval forces 10
minimum for defensive purposes.
" The Federal Council of Churches IN
&c statement indorsed the President
proposal and calls upon the churcnes
Of Great Britain and France to stana
.as a unit resolutely behlnd MI
Coolidge in his plan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
VALUABLE, ROME SAYS.
But Doubts Coolidge Plan Will Bring
Tangible Results.

poME. February ii N).--ln gen
.raI terms. the Italian press asserts
that President Coolidge's dlsarnla-
.,,a,t nronosial is valuable as an IN
,.;ta,ion TO both the large and small
,,overs to clear concisely the dtfnos-
p!,,ara surrounding the disarmament
ps,.oblem but that it does not contrib
,,te tangibly to real solution:
rrhe nress echoes a semi-ofiicial com
,nnnioue. which emphasizes the
difficulties that seem 10 justly
scepticism. The American invitation,
.ho co,nmun:que says. is being STUDIED
,,arsonallv bv Premier Mussoiini, with
he aid of Admiral Acton, CHIEF OF stan
of the Navy, and other experts.
To Insist on Reservations.
"Without intending to anticipate
r.alv's official answer, the com
nounioue continues, lit can De nm
,,ad;atelv affirmed that Italy, in view
of her modest naval program, couiu
never consent to measures enudhSer
ing even indirectly her vital interests.
II is necessary, moreover, to point out
that between 1922 and the present
time several new facts have presented
themselves. such as the failure of the
Teome conference in 1924 of the small
mowers and the accelerated program
3o,. naval construction of several of
the large and small powers which face
or can enter the Mediterranean
The tone of the communicate, which
obviously Is officially inspired, con
firms the opinion in political circles
that Italy - willing 10 show good will
h,. accepting the invitation to discuss
1he proposal but with absolute insist
ence on reservations protecting her
vital defensive interests.
The MesSagero, lemarking that Eng
iand would probably accept, France re-
iect and Germany approve the pro
nosal. saws that these attitudes, as we'll
&c the eventual official replies. can
I've easily foresecn, because President
C.ooIidCes plan brings no new light on
already well known difficulties.
Proposal Called Useful.
he proposal is useful. however, the
rsmsDaper maintains, as aHoIulnS all
rhe nations Of the world a definite op
nortunity to make known their po
fentialitleS. their needs of commerce
and expansion.
Thus" adds the paper, lit may bt
uossible to examine how each of tht
MOWERS cnViSageS the general question
- future warfare. Those discussions
will serve to clarity the internationa
atmosphere, which needs sincerity anC
light
The popolo Roma recognizes in thu
proposal President Coolidge's "diplo
matte ability, tactfulness and oppor
tuneness.
1t asserts that the White House i:
bound to profit by the proposal, ant
that whether il succeeds or fails, i
will do so in case of the former bN
Increasing its political prestige ant
fortification of America s naval secur
ftv and in case of failure by justify
ing the Republican administration il
launching a strong Navy program.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
Several Villages Destroyed.

The society is strong throughout
Honan Province. 1t employs harassing
guerrilla tactics, which already have
resulted i'm Chang Tso-Lin's forces
bombarding and destroying several
villages.
Wu Pei-Fu is proceeding to Loyang,
his old hearquarters, from Chengchow,
intending to concentrate all loyal
forces remaining with him in west
ern Honan against a possible kuomin-
chun invasion.
Wu Pei-F'u. formerly powerful
rival of Chang TsoLin. for control of
north China. but now reduced in
power and nominally an ally of the
Manchurian overload In the war be-
tween the north and south. did not
view with any pleasure Chang's de-
cision last week to invade central and
south China. Now, concentrating his
loyal forces aside from the Fengtien
troops direct line of march, he is
leaving the southwark drive entirely
to Chang's forces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14
RED SPEARS" SPRING UP.
New Groups, Akin to Boxers, Opposes
Advance of Chang.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1897.
PEkING,- February 14.-The ad-
vance of Manchurian troops into
Honan continues under difficulties.
The vanguard is expected to enter
Chengehow. which is about 270 miles
north of Wuchang. the Cantonese
capital. today. Several slight clashes
with insubordinate troops of Marshal
WI Pei Flu along the Peking- -Hankow
Railway in northern Honan have been
reported. The opposing detachments.
We're eventually disarmed, but further
obstruction is expected.
The northern invaders are also
meeting opposition from the socalled
Red Spears" society similar to the
Boxers, formed by the peasaf1try. The
organization was intended to resist
but it recently turned against
soldiers of whatever faction that over
ran the members lands. A few are
armed with rifles, others with spears
and farming implements. They be-
lieve themselves invulnerable.