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WEATHER: Mr rat nW>r l»lgftti r*Mrr. Trafrralarr at 8 « fheliashttififam tees FINAL I EDITION NUMBER 11.382. !TS1" WASHINGTON. WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 17. 1919. = PRICE TWO CENTS. A. F.L. and Farmers Ask Extension of R. R. Government Ownership + + * + + + + + * ? ???????? CMRUMIIUM DEFESILI HI JOKK IToday A Fighter's Two Mistakes. 30,000,000 Ruling 300,- 000.000. Flying Machines and Fish. By ARTHUR BRISBANE. (Owr*|M ltlt. I A imv year is creeping near, due In two weeks. The 1920 infant of time will be surprised, probably, to learn that the war is not yet wound up. and that so many little wars have started. Young men thinking about good resolutions might consider and use Mr. "Bugs" Baer'i story of the piiw fighter who made two mis¬ take*. "His first mistake was thinking he could fight. His sec¬ ond mistake was trying to prove it*" aays Mr. Baer. Too many young men fail be- cause they reverse the two mis¬ takes. Tney begin thinking they cannot fight in life's battle for success, and their second mistake to that they never really try to prove that they have a fighting quality in them. Many Americans take life as they take baseball, watching some one else play the game. The real triutfs with Mr. Beer's young beaer probably was that he really 4tt.net think be could fight and, therefore, never really tried to prove that he was a fighter. The British press is perfunc¬ torily and pleasingly horrified bscanec an Engliah military gen¬ tleman r iot dead five hundred civilians in India and wounded fifteen hundred. The soldier said he- did not bother about caring > fee the wounded or dead. "That k was their business; they had hos- f pitals, he supposed." Just what the details are or what provocation was offered the bonsiabk and gallant gentleman is not known. But it is late . in the day, a long time after I Lard CHve, to get excited about l what happens to India. Any one " is chittien to imagine that three hundred millions of Asiatics, even though they be teetotalers and vegetarians, could be gov¬ erned by thirtv million English many thousand miles away on any gentle plan. Nations forgive and forget. Yesterday was the anniversary of the Boeton Tea Party. One hun¬ dred and forty-six years ago England sent over a cargo of tea, with orders to enforce the stamp tax. Americans, dis- ^ guised as Indians, threw the tea ^ overboard. ^ Now almost any kind of cor-' poratiea can tax the people from "etrofoun to pork, from sugar to ranwff, and no one rebels. We hare forgotten our objec- - Lion In taxation without icpr*- < .entation, and we have Wfgotte* * am hMftOtty to England, moat thetougnly. We ate taxed to send ten buttons abfoad, are told ths* i no Interest will be paid/ and we go along quite content. North- cliffe's description of Americans as a "dociH pwph* CQpnot be improved. ! Leeotnte, Frenchman, (lew yes¬ terday at a rate of speed exceed¬ ing 225 miles an hour and aver¬ aged 200 miles. That is getting a little nearer the coming speed of 1.000 miles which will enable man to fly around bis little domain with the sun always above his head. New York to Paris in three hours will be reality some day. Scien¬ tists say NO. But they only know what they cannot do. They dont know what future men will do. Scientists used to say that rail¬ road trains couHl not go twenty- five miles sn hour for any length of time, because such speed would be fatal to passengers. If long con¬ tinued. and it would be necessary |f tr> build high walls along the tracks to proteet the public from the wind of rushing trains. Off San Diego, flying machines, like great gulls, look down and lo¬ cate schools of fish By wireless they notify submarine chasers, which in turn tell the fishing fleet. In fifteen minutes, on Monday, two (Jovernment planes reported two great schools of Ash that kept fish¬ ermen busy all day. We need machines to spy out fish an{ forest fires, carry mails and passengers in peace and to spy out and dynamite enemy ships or troops in war. What a pity the first hundreds of millions for fly¬ ing machines were spent so large¬ ly in graft and inefficiency. The country paid for a real flying serv¬ ice, but did not get it. The only efficient flying enthu- ^ si asm shown has been in the W Post Office service. And Otto I Praeger Mr. Burleson's assistant, I warns the public that the gold f lace military gentlemen, as he L calls them, are trying to get con- " trol and make the Government flying service a branch of their red tape circumlocution bureau. A "Business Man for President." You hear that often. A man should also know more than busi¬ ness to run the greatest business country in the world. But he should also know more than busi¬ ness to lead a nation that was not created merely for "good busi¬ ness," a nation that hopes eventu¬ ally to be something better than the greatest business concern on earth. One trouble js that in this age of specialisation there is little American specializing on Govern- k ment affairs In England there is B a great deal of it. That why V England, with statesmen, where ¦ we have politicians or xelf-sat- isfied accuJents, makes this country m ridiculous in diplomatic encoun¬ ters. Seeks to File Supreme Court Suit Protesting Encroach¬ ment on Police Powers. WOULD OBTAIN INJUNCTION Will Contend Houee Vote Wat Inadequate as One Point In Attack. Rhode Island in the Supreme Court today began its fight against Constitutional prohibition. Backed by an appropriation of $5,000 from the State Legislature, Attorney General Rice asked the court at noon for permission to file an original bill of complaint against the enforcement of the Constitution¬ al Amendment on the main ground that it is an encroaduMBt by the Fedaml Government upoa the poll** powers of the State. Bipett AimiiiihI Iwii|. If the court agrees to hear the case, announcement of Whicfh ts ex¬ pected Monday, the State will im¬ mediately ask for an Injunction to restrain Federal authorities'from en¬ forcing the amendment aa provided for In the Volstead law In Rhode Island. Rhode Island's case Is the second brought to- the Supreme Court at¬ tacking constitutional prohibition. New Jersey liquor dealers started one yesterday, but this was banked by private Individuals, whtle Rhode Island s action is a State suit against the United States. rialai Pellee P*wm Takeau Rhode Island intends to make the point that prohibition cannot be en¬ forced In Rhode Island against Its censent. the State being one of th«' four that h-s not ratified the amend¬ ment. But, regardless of this, hear* ever, Rice contends, the amendment ts not valid because it takaa away from the States the polloe powers granted by the framers of the Con¬ stitution. This, he holds, makes the passage of amendment by Congress Invalid, because it .had no right to submit such ah ameadmeot to the States. D.C.MW uncme Supreme Court 'Tips" Stir 0f< ficials to Action Against Wan Street Spies. PALMER TO DIRECT QUIZ Open Secret That Financial Operators Get Advance In¬ formation of Value. The expose of a bold attempt to corrupt even thfe trusted employes of so sacred an institution aa the United States Supreme Court has convinced certain Government offl* cials that there soon most be a gen¬ eral "clean up" of Washington. For rears there has existed on the part of a large aection of the public a vivid suspicion that important Government igformatkia 1* anally known in advance In Wall Street, wi»s*e those who "know" utilise R to make mooe/ at tfeo,**pease of those who don't. Led to Inquiries. On several occasions these susptc- ioas have culminated in Congressional Inquiries which led nowhere hut Into blind alleys. It ia. however, aa open seeret ia Washington that the Capital is In- fested with innumerable pcrnons whose business it is to find out what is "going on" in official circles. They are not overly scrupulous as to their methods. The weeks preceding the Supreme Court decision in the liquor decision amply demonstrated that. There have been In Washington a number' of such people. Even the old inhabitants will attest tflat. But Since 1914, when "big things" began to happen in the Capital the numbers have been Increased many hundred¬ fold. ('¦¦f Here la Fltrlu, Hopes of obtaining advance infor¬ mation of important Government de¬ cisions and policies, and the awarding of hundreds of fat war contracts, which followed our entrance into the world conflict, drew these vultures to the Capitartn flocks. Many of them are known to be out- and-out "Upstsrs," "Insiders," and, (Continued on Page 15, Column 6.) Two Women on Jury to Try New For Killing Sweetheart; 11 in Box LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17..Eleven jurors, two of them women, had been accepted tentatively when adjournment was taken yesterday in the trial in superior court of Harry New, alleged son of Senator Harry S. New of Indiana, charged with the murder of Miss Freda Lesser, his sweet¬ heart. Will Plead Insanity. Lecompte Davis. leading counsel for New. made it clear the defense would be Insanity. Thomas L.ee Woolwine. district attorney, who. with Deputy Asa Kels. is prosecuting: the case, an¬ nounced that the State would not at¬ tempt to prove "New Is an Intellectual giant," but would maintain he was in¬ telligent enough to be hold responsi¬ ble for his acts. Many of his ques¬ tions seemingly were framed with the Idea of ascertaining whether the venireman believed a man of what h« termed "dull" mentality should be punished if he committed * crime. The name of Senator New was men¬ tioned early in the proceeding*. Mr. Woolwine asked veniremen if they were acquainted with Senator New or any of his relatives, and said he thought it possible testimony might be introduced regarding alleged clrcum- . tances of New's birth and alleged re- I lations of New's mother. Mrs. LiUle M. ! fWger. *ith Senator New. The two women temporarily ac cepted as jurors. Mrs. Harriet Wright of Sierra Madre. and Mrs. S. A. Brad- fleld, of Long Beach, nearby cltiea. * ere the only onfs out of eight women Questioned who were not excused be¬ cause of conscientious . scruples against Infliction of the death penalty. New ll*((iH and Worn. New went into his second day of the trial, visibly haggard and worn. Compelled to pass abreast of the en¬ tire crowd In the little court room, he avoided the stares and barely dropped his eyes in recognition as he passed his devoted mother, Mra. Lll- lle Berger, who sits hour after hour staring ahead at her son. Thus far Mrs. Lesser, mother of the slain girl, has not appeared at the trial. It is believed she is con¬ serving her feeble strength in order to appear at a crucial period in the rial, when by her dramatic entry rhe vlll exert a subtle but powerful lrfiu- >n«-e on the Jury. Attorney C. W. Claypool. of Indian- tpnlis. known to have represented Irs. Berger In her "paternity" litiga¬ tion with United States Senator NVw thirty years ago, had not 'arrived (Continued an Pace 0, Column 8.) HERTS YOUR CHANCE TO AID FAMILIES OF POLICE Wwklagtra rwMcati Hart mm ¦Itr «. npfCM tkcir if .> ef the tec *re»k 4«m bp tkf m« tk« hUw ftrc* bp ikalteu «. tk* RcHrf AiMdatlM. Centltonttoas ef tMM Imtc ilwiy k*ea mdnl. Tit TIbm U wllUac t* NMhr* watHkittoa, to be MM to \ to relief eC iW 1 to Mttto er no COMPROMISE ON TREATY SOUGHT Unofficial Committee Now Try¬ ing to Unravel Ratification Taiflo in Senate. An unoffiota) eonuftfttde on atton is at wor* teAcy Ik la an effort to eorfftfromfee the controversy. Thli committee li composed of Otol Republican and on* Democrat, and hi iMklkr to negotiate- a basis vpon which ratification can be arranged M Ifnorlns Senator Ledge, Republican loader, and Senator Hitchcock. Demo¬ cratic leader. "v- The first step of the committee, now being taken, la to aound out Sen¬ timent among Senators on both aides in as effort to crystallise their views Into compromise proposals to be «ietf| In framing a set of reservation^ to the treaty. Progress along this lhw has been slow, but, according to on* member of the unofficial commute*, has been encouraging. The compromise spirit is stronger today among: Democratic Ssnators than It has been since the treaty failed on November IB, Senators de¬ clared. Hitchcock, Administration leader, said today that Democrats are going to arrang* a compromise If they can and 'take a chance" that President Wilson will accept It. Hitchcock said before progress can be made toward this compromise some systematic, orderly method must be devised for fcoing about It. Hitchcock declined to outline in detail his own views concerning the sort of compromise that would be acceptable to the President or to Democrats generally. "It would be unwise to lay down any definite compromise program at this time.'" paid Hitchcock, "for the treaty's opponents would selte upon it and attempt to compronlse It." Article Ten still is th4 big stumb¬ ling block in the way of the negotia¬ tors, Hitchcock said. Senator Underwood, who has taken the lead in advocating compromise, made plain In his first statement on the subject since the White House statement, that he is for treaty ratifi¬ cation even if it involves leaving the league of nations covenant out of the pact. ITALIAN DEPUTIES CLASH OVER FIUME Premier Nitti Attempts To Make Statement Amid General Up¬ roar In Chamber. Si ROME. Dec. 17..The session of the Chamber of Deputies broke up in an uproar today while Premier Nlttl was attempting to make a statement on the Kiume situation The turbulence began during the debate and rapidly grew worse, ap¬ proaching its climax as the premier attempted to speak. Socialist mem¬ bers shieked epithrts at their po¬ litical opponents and made clamorous protest against the use of arms for the restoration of order at Milan, where a strike has been In progress! Deputy Capltani started to attack the government and for fifteen mln- utes his lips could be seen moving as he shouted and waved his arms, but nothing could be heard in the pandemonium. Some of the members had carried bells Into the chamber and they added to the din by ringing them. COCOHDfO AT MIGHT T Ten can set relief U yea take Father Jena's Medlelee. Try it te*ay.Advu MEM MIL tOW. FffiJW Gompers, Brotherhood Heads, and Farm Organizations to Appeal to President TO CALL AT WHITE HOUSE Want Cummins Bill, Now Pend¬ ing Before Senate, Withdrawn. i1 A plea that the Cummin* railroad bill bow before the Senate be with¬ drawn end that Government control be continued for at least two year* was made today by Samuel Compere, head of the American Federation of Labor, representatives of railroad brotherhoods, and officials of several farmers' organisations who appealed before the Senate Interstate Com- merce Committee. the delegation, numbering twenty- **rwnrc4Tl aftte White Bouse In induce PreH.) WUMh Is ftfeklfi die roads two yean longer, it wm announced. Seek Me Legislation. George P. Hampton, manager and director of the Farmers' National Council, said the 760,090 persons he Claims to represent see no reason IS* legislation at this time. "Members of Congress themselves do not see why this legislation should pass except to meet the contemplated action of the President ia turning bacvk the roads on January 1," Hamp¬ ton said. H. E. Wills, representing the Broth¬ erhood of Locomotive Engineers, de¬ nted the labor organisation was re¬ sponsible for "creation of the senti¬ ment against the bill." He asked for more time to give question of con- sidetatton "to reach a proper and I logicjU^gjaclusion as to railroad man- "At least give us two more years of Government control to see if roads can be operated by any other system than that used bfeore the war," Wills .aid. Others Urge Exteama Fred J. Chamberlain, representing the Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Colorado State grange and ths Wash¬ ington State Triple Alliance, said all organizations he represents want two years extension of time. "We believe Government ownership la the only means to successfully op¬ erate the roads," Chamberlain aaid. He declared men in the employ of the roads have not been loyal to (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Fourteen Christmas Opportunities Back of the story of the Fourteen Christmas Opportunities of the Asso- ciated Charities is another story of many families that have graduated from the hard school of dependence to the happier ^ot of independence and complete self-support. In these instances the money given for *tie family has pr<fved a permanent investment by enabling the children to stay at school and under the'r mothers' care to prepare themselves to take up the family support. In other instances matrimony has step¬ ped In to solve the problem. As a matter of fact several of the widowed mothers have remarried, to their ad¬ vantage. and that of their children. j One needs to go back no further than last year to discover that sev¬ eral of the families have auccessfully graduated from the opportunity group. For example, the widows in two of the families have remarried, and their husbands now are supporting them. In another family the mother Is re¬ ceiving a pension for the death of her husband at the front, which, added to the earnings of the older children, renders the family self-supporting. In another family known to the As¬ sociated Charities for many years the two older children are working and new are able to care for their mother (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) | WW DBS MS TOIM umip Student Witness Admits He Thought Suspicion Might Fall Upon Him. TELLS OF AIDING POLICE Pullman Hid Him in Mission House Closet While Question¬ ing Suspect, He Says. In a grueling cross-examination Attorney James A. O'Shea, chief counsel for Ziang San Wan, on trial in Justice Gould's court, Criminal Divisiod No. 1, on indictment charg¬ ing him with slaying members of til* Chinese Education Mission, to¬ day attempted to cast suspicion oa Kmc Li, Chinese medical student and star witness foa the Govera- mm. ' Qe tried to obtain from Li Mt-ad- mistkm that his" act! Titles with the pel#? sum ths disasrary of the triple crass were based primarily on his attempt'to fasten the guilt on Wan. Admits He Felt flMpkisa. "You admit," interrogated O'Shea, "that after you discovered the bodice of Dr. Wong and Wu and Hsie you bettered you were tinder suspicion. Why?" "Tea: I felt that I was trader sus¬ picion, and I felt that Wan was un¬ der suspicion. I discovered the bodies of Dr. Wong, Mr. Wu and Mr. Hsie, and Wan was the last man seen alive in the mission bouse at 2023 Kalo- rama road. X saw Wan at the house on Wednesday night, January 29, the night the members of the mission were murdered. "I told Wan this, but Wan denied killing Dr. Wong and the others." Saw Wu With Pistol. "Then," shouted O'Shea, "you were putting suspicion on Wan Just be¬ cause you believed you were sus* pected? Were you charged with the murders?" "No." rejoined LI. "Did you know that Wo owned a pistol r* "Yes." "Did you ever see it?" "Tea, about a year ago. while I was in the mission house, Wu showed me the pistol. It was rusty and the trig¬ ger was hard to pull." Reeogalaed Rusty Barrel. "How did you come to identify the pistol used in killing Dr. Wong and the others as the one owned by Wu?" asked the attorney. "When I saw it after the discovery of the bodies I recognized It from the rusty barrel as the one that Wu had shown me and which 1 had handled," rejoined Li. "Did you pick up the pistol after the shooting?" asked O'Shea. "No, the detectives told me not to touch It.that they wanted to get fin¬ ger-prints from the revolver." It is understood that no success was obtained in the attempt to obtain Anger-prints from the revolver. Pullman HIS Him. Taking Li over his testimony rela¬ tive to his hiding in a closet in the mission house when Major Pullman and Inspector Grant were qquizzing Wan. O'Shea demanded: "Why did you hide in the cup¬ board?" "Major Pullman put me there," said (Continued on Page 11, Column 7.) REDS CAPTURE KIEFF AND KUP1ANSK. REPORT Bolshevik* Claim Important Advance In Ukraine And In South¬ ern Russia. LONDON, Dec. 17..The Russian Bolsheviks reported b> wireless today that the Red armies have raptured Kieff. capital of I'krainia and Kupiansk from Genera! Deniken's forces. Kieff has changed hands several times in the fighting between the Bol¬ sheviks and the "White" forcea Kupiansk is in southern Russia on the Doneti river, sixty-one miles southeast of Kharkov. TASK BKI.K-AN* BKKOar. MfcAI> aad ¦m how fine good digestion lnakaa roe teat .Man. DLLS HERSELF IN FEAR OF END OF WORLD TODAY New York Stole Vmu WW In- kaled Cu Wu WorrM By Prediction*, Say Friak SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. T, Doc. IT. Friend* of Mrs. Samuel R. Heullp today attributed her suicide to worry over predictions of the end of the world. They said Mrs. Heasllp, who Inhaled gas at her home, here, yesterday, was suffering from a nervous ailment and that ahe worried Intensely over the "end of the world" predietiea. SEC. LANE ADMITS HE PUNS TO QUIT Will Soon Preterit Resignation, Finding Cabinet Salary In¬ adequate for Needs. Secretary of the Interior Lane eon- templates resigning from the Cabinet, but has not sent his leolgaallesi to Pre«l<Jent Wflson or diacuaaed It with him. Lane said la a formal stat.oat today. "With refenence te my talked-ef resignation. I have not aent It to the President nor even written It, hnt 1 do contemplate going- out of the OWh- mot end have withheld rtBthg to the President about It because ( IM Mt want to add to his hardens or wornoa at this time nor Ae-I know when the time will come when I can. This is a full etatemeat «(,eU the facta. I have thought It nnktnd te say anything to the President about the matter and that any mention of this now by any one would be a need* lees annoyance to him." Lane's statement was issued follow- Ing reports that he had laid his resig¬ nation before the President and that he wished to leave the Cabinet be¬ cause of differences with the Prsst dent and other Cabinet members. Lane' has bean Secretary of the In- terior since President Wilson's frst inauguration. At various times there have been rumors that Lans had split with the President, but Administra¬ tion official* declared that his state¬ ment today was a complete answer to these rumors. The reason for Lane's wish to re¬ sign, it was learned today, la that he finds the salary of a Cabinet officer Insufficient for his needs. This was the reason given by former Secretary of the Treasury IfcAdoo and other Cabinet members who resigned re¬ cently. Lane, it is understood, has a very attractive offer to enter private business. WORLD'S END NOT YET; COLD WAVE INSTEAD This is the day the world was scheduled to come to an end because five planets were ranged on one side of the sun. End of the world weather, as re¬ ported to the Government forecasters hefe, was featured by below normal temperature in nearly all sections. But this morning the forecasters had no advices indicating terrible storms were scourging the earth, as unof¬ ficially predicted. The juxtaposition of the planets had nothing to do with the cold wave, it was said. CHUM MM, MM SUB Cass Cam* Bs Ossidsd to Washington nessmipsftds- Hons, lots Dedam. DEFIATT AND EMPHATIC Demands Set Fsrth by U. S. Art Denied in Reply of First Chief. *' 8wtNmj ef Mm Lu^t f»> fee* te KM* km ill! «f ¦atfl tm Use. MKXJOO CITT. Dm, IV. Waehlagtoa through the UmlM BUtM 6BhUV. The reply ni tm m«tj tote? fcy Owr» ftoauMrlla. the ?merle* charge 4'aCalree. He rtnhri tt from the lfextata fore%n oBoe lata last alfffct IMe la ^ f ill The not* la 6eflaet ta tea*, aad language In eottlag forth the attltade of the Muleu (o««m«it ti mm. PhfttlB. 7*h* «ete oonteada that eonrt pre. ceediege (fetUat ea Aavteaa cltt- eea t* Max lee ouwot be <KM*d tor Information Milled by the State Be- partment la Washington nor by "rteoaatatetleai" from Waahlngtea. Xe conclusion, the docement ee- pr«.. belief that the Jenkins emmm will '1»ot affect the haieMay which. It la sincere , d eel red. shall conttaae between Mexico and the United States." The text ef the aote fellows: "Tour Kxeetteney, Charge d'Affairee Oeorge Summer Iln. With reference ft* your note of November 30, which your excellency transmitted to the Mexican (orernmeat by order of the United States government relative te the caee of William a Jenkins, I have the honor to communicate to you ttet the Mexican government, t. answer¬ ing this note, will confine Itself only to a few principal points which It am* talna without going Into atrtct de¬ tails, with the object of studying only Ixed precefents as according to Inter¬ national Jurisprudence and to Justify Its course In public opinion. "As Jenkins obtained his llbertr by the deposit of ball with the Puebta authorities by a certain American (Continued on Page 2. Column 8 ) WILL YOU Be a Good Fellow? Need for Help of Good Fellows Grows As Time To Enlist In Christmas Giving Campaign Draws To Close. Grim pictures erf life's under siue are coming into the in floods. Most of ns think we simple tales of the city make us realize what troubles really are. Imagine yourself at the age of twelve, living in n smoky, unclean, so-called furnished room, with no comforts and at times no necessities, where the thought of hixniy it a dream. Such a story came in today's mail, and it is being lived right in Washington. Four Children to FmcL Ho*' would you define the trouble you now think you have if you had four children and your husband had been sick for three months and your incoTiM was next to ail? .?hat would be ycm definition if you, at thirty. W four ddWng i your hnabaad got hort, and t) whan he set wall. all the .' (ot sick, and thm pay and tha (CmUim4 mm
Transcript of Flying A. F.L. Farmers Ask Extension ofR. CMRUMIIUM...
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fheliashttififam tees FINALI EDITION
NUMBER 11.382. !TS1" WASHINGTON. WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 17. 1919.=
PRICE TWO CENTS.
A. F.L. and Farmers Ask Extension of R. R. Government Ownership+ + * + + + + + * ? ????????
CMRUMIIUM DEFESILI HI JOKK
ITodayA Fighter's Two Mistakes.30,000,000 Ruling 300,-
000.000.Flying Machines and Fish.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.(Owr*|M ltlt. I
A imv year is creeping near, dueIn two weeks. The 1920 infant oftime will be surprised, probably,to learn that the war is not yetwound up. and that so many littlewars have started.Young men thinking about good
resolutions might consider and useMr. "Bugs" Baer'i story of thepiiw fighter who made two mis¬take*. "His first mistake was
thinking he could fight. His sec¬ond mistake was trying to proveit*" aays Mr. Baer.Too many young men fail be-
cause they reverse the two mis¬takes. Tney begin thinking theycannot fight in life's battle forsuccess, and their second mistaketo that they never really try toprove that they have a fightingquality in them.
Many Americans take life asthey take baseball, watching someone else play the game. The realtriutfs with Mr. Beer's youngbeaer probably was that he really4tt.net think be could fight and,therefore, never really tried toprove that he was a fighter.The British press is perfunc¬torily and pleasingly horrified
bscanec an Engliah military gen¬tleman r iot dead five hundredcivilians in India and woundedfifteen hundred. The soldier saidhe- did not bother about caring
> fee the wounded or dead. "Thatk was their business; they had hos-f pitals, he supposed."
Just what the details are orwhat provocation was offered thebonsiabk and gallant gentlemanis not known. But it is late
. in the day, a long time afterI Lard CHve, to get excited aboutl what happens to India. Any one"
is chittien to imagine that threehundred millions of Asiatics,even though they be teetotalersand vegetarians, could be gov¬erned by thirtv million Englishmany thousand miles away onany gentle plan.
Nations forgive and forget.Yesterday was the anniversary ofthe Boeton Tea Party. One hun¬dred and forty-six years agoEngland sent over a cargo oftea, with orders to enforce thestamp tax. Americans, dis-
^ guised as Indians, threw the tea^ overboard.^ Now almost any kind of cor-'
poratiea can tax the people from"etrofoun to pork, from sugar toranwff, and no one rebels.We hare forgotten our objec-
- Lion In taxation without icpr*- <
.entation, and we have Wfgotte* *am hMftOtty to England, moatthetougnly. We ate taxed to sendten buttons abfoad, are told ths*
i no Interest will be paid/ and wego along quite content. North-cliffe's description of Americansas a "dociH pwph* CQpnot beimproved. !
Leeotnte, Frenchman, (lew yes¬terday at a rate of speed exceed¬ing 225 miles an hour and aver¬aged 200 miles. That is getting alittle nearer the coming speed of1.000 miles which will enable manto fly around bis little domain withthe sun always above his head.New York to Paris in three hourswill be reality some day. Scien¬tists say NO. But they only knowwhat they cannot do. They dontknow what future men will do.
Scientists used to say that rail¬road trains couHl not go twenty-five miles sn hour for any lengthof time, because such speed wouldbe fatal to passengers. If long con¬tinued. and it would be necessary
|f tr> build high walls along thetracks to proteet the public fromthe wind of rushing trains.
Off San Diego, flying machines,like great gulls, look down and lo¬cate schools of fish By wirelessthey notify submarine chasers,which in turn tell the fishing fleet.In fifteen minutes, on Monday, two(Jovernment planes reported twogreat schools of Ash that kept fish¬ermen busy all day.We need machines to spy out
fish an{ forest fires, carry mailsand passengers in peace and tospy out and dynamite enemy shipsor troops in war. What a pity thefirst hundreds of millions for fly¬ing machines were spent so large¬ly in graft and inefficiency. Thecountry paid for a real flying serv¬ice, but did not get it.
The only efficient flying enthu-^ siasm shown has been in theW Post Office service. And OttoI Praeger Mr. Burleson's assistant,I warns the public that the goldf lace military gentlemen, as heL calls them, are trying to get con-" trol and make the Government
flying service a branch of theirred tape circumlocution bureau.A "Business Man for President."
You hear that often. A manshould also know more than busi¬ness to run the greatest businesscountry in the world. But heshould also know more than busi¬ness to lead a nation that was notcreated merely for "good busi¬ness," a nation that hopes eventu¬ally to be something better thanthe greatest business concern onearth.One trouble js that in this age
of specialisation there is littleAmerican specializing on Govern-
k ment affairs In England there isB a great deal of it. That whyV England, with statesmen, where¦ we have politicians or xelf-sat-isfied accuJents, makes this countrym ridiculous in diplomatic encoun¬ters.
Seeks to File Supreme CourtSuit Protesting Encroach¬ment on Police Powers.
WOULD OBTAIN INJUNCTION
Will Contend Houee Vote WatInadequate as One Point
In Attack.
Rhode Island in the SupremeCourt today began its fight againstConstitutional prohibition.Backed by an appropriation of
$5,000 from the State Legislature,Attorney General Rice asked thecourt at noon for permission to filean original bill of complaint againstthe enforcement of the Constitution¬al Amendment on the main groundthat it is an encroaduMBt by theFedaml Government upoa the poll**powers of the State.
Bipett AimiiiihI Iwii|.If the court agrees to hear the
case, announcement of Whicfh ts ex¬pected Monday, the State will im¬mediately ask for an Injunction torestrain Federal authorities'from en¬
forcing the amendment aa providedfor In the Volstead law In RhodeIsland.Rhode Island's case Is the second
brought to- the Supreme Court at¬tacking constitutional prohibition.New Jersey liquor dealers started oneyesterday, but this was banked byprivate Individuals, whtle RhodeIsland s action is a State suit againstthe United States.
rialai Pellee P*wm TakeauRhode Island intends to make the
point that prohibition cannot be en¬forced In Rhode Island against Itscensent. the State being one of th«'four that h-s not ratified the amend¬ment. But, regardless of this, hear*ever, Rice contends, the amendmentts not valid because it takaa awayfrom the States the polloe powersgranted by the framers of the Con¬stitution. This, he holds, makes thepassage of amendment by CongressInvalid, because it .had no right tosubmit such ah ameadmeot to theStates.
D.C.MW
uncmeSupreme Court 'Tips" Stir 0f<
ficials to Action AgainstWan Street Spies.
PALMER TO DIRECT QUIZ
Open Secret That FinancialOperators Get Advance In¬
formation of Value.
The expose of a bold attempt tocorrupt even thfe trusted employesof so sacred an institution aa theUnited States Supreme Court hasconvinced certain Government offl*cials that there soon most be a gen¬eral "clean up" of Washington.For rears there has existed on the
part of a large aection of the publica vivid suspicion that importantGovernment igformatkia 1* anallyknown in advance In Wall Street,wi»s*e those who "know" utilise Rto make mooe/ at tfeo,**pease ofthose who don't.
Led to Inquiries.On several occasions these susptc-
ioas have culminated in CongressionalInquiries which led nowhere hut Intoblind alleys.
It ia. however, aa open seeret iaWashington that the Capital is In-fested with innumerable pcrnonswhose business it is to find out whatis "going on" in official circles. Theyare not overly scrupulous as to theirmethods. The weeks preceding theSupreme Court decision in the liquordecision amply demonstrated that.There have been In Washington a
number' of such people. Even the oldinhabitants will attest tflat. But Since1914, when "big things" began tohappen in the Capital the numbershave been Increased many hundred¬fold.
('¦¦f Here la Fltrlu,Hopes of obtaining advance infor¬
mation of important Government de¬cisions and policies, and the awardingof hundreds of fat war contracts,which followed our entrance into theworld conflict, drew these vultures tothe Capitartn flocks.Many of them are known to be out-
and-out "Upstsrs," "Insiders," and,(Continued on Page 15, Column 6.)
Two Women on Jury toTry New For KillingSweetheart; 11 in Box
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17..Eleven jurors, two of themwomen, had been accepted tentatively when adjournmentwas taken yesterday in the trial in superior court of HarryNew, alleged son of Senator Harry S. New of Indiana,charged with the murder of Miss Freda Lesser, his sweet¬heart.
Will Plead Insanity.Lecompte Davis. leading counsel for
New. made it clear the defense wouldbe Insanity. Thomas L.ee Woolwine.district attorney, who. with DeputyAsa Kels. is prosecuting: the case, an¬nounced that the State would not at¬tempt to prove "New Is an Intellectualgiant," but would maintain he was in¬telligent enough to be hold responsi¬ble for his acts. Many of his ques¬tions seemingly were framed with theIdea of ascertaining whether thevenireman believed a man of what h«termed "dull" mentality should bepunished if he committed * crime.The name of Senator New was men¬
tioned early in the proceeding*. Mr.Woolwine asked veniremen if theywere acquainted with Senator New orany of his relatives, and said hethought it possible testimony might beintroduced regarding alleged clrcum-. tances of New's birth and alleged re-
I lations of New's mother. Mrs. LiUle M.! fWger. *ith Senator New.The two women temporarily ac
cepted as jurors. Mrs. Harriet Wrightof Sierra Madre. and Mrs. S. A. Brad-fleld, of Long Beach, nearby cltiea.
* ere the only onfs out of eight womenQuestioned who were not excused be¬cause of conscientious . scruplesagainst Infliction of the death penalty.
New ll*((iH and Worn.New went into his second day of
the trial, visibly haggard and worn.Compelled to pass abreast of the en¬tire crowd In the little court room,he avoided the stares and barelydropped his eyes in recognition as hepassed his devoted mother, Mra. Lll-lle Berger, who sits hour after hourstaring ahead at her son.Thus far Mrs. Lesser, mother of
the slain girl, has not appeared atthe trial. It is believed she is con¬serving her feeble strength in orderto appear at a crucial period in therial, when by her dramatic entry rhevlll exert a subtle but powerful lrfiu->n«-e on the Jury.Attorney C. W. Claypool. of Indian-
tpnlis. known to have representedIrs. Berger In her "paternity" litiga¬
tion with United States Senator NVwthirty years ago, had not 'arrived(Continued an Pace 0, Column 8.)
HERTS YOUR CHANCETO AID FAMILIES
OF POLICEWwklagtra rwMcati Hart mm
¦Itr «. npfCM tkcir if.> ef the tec *re»k 4«m
bp tkf m« tk« hUw ftrc* bpikalteu «. tk*RcHrf AiMdatlM.
Centltonttoas eftMM Imtc ilwiy k*ea mdnl.Tit TIbm U wllUac t* NMhr*
watHkittoa, to be MM to\
to relief eCiW 1to Mttto er no
COMPROMISE ONTREATY SOUGHT
Unofficial Committee Now Try¬ing to Unravel Ratification
Taiflo in Senate.
An unoffiota) eonuftfttde on
atton is at wor* teAcy Ikla an effort to eorfftfromfee thecontroversy.Thli committee li composed of Otol
Republican and on* Democrat, and hiiMklkr to negotiate- a basis vponwhich ratification can be arranged MIfnorlns Senator Ledge, Republicanloader, and Senator Hitchcock. Demo¬cratic leader. "v-
The first step of the committee,now being taken, la to aound out Sen¬timent among Senators on both aidesin as effort to crystallise their viewsInto compromise proposals to be «ietf|In framing a set of reservation^ tothe treaty. Progress along this lhwhas been slow, but, according to on*member of the unofficial commute*,has been encouraging.The compromise spirit is stronger
today among: Democratic Ssnatorsthan It has been since the treatyfailed on November IB, Senators de¬clared. Hitchcock, Administrationleader, said today that Democratsare going to arrang* a compromise Ifthey can and 'take a chance" thatPresident Wilson will accept It.Hitchcock said before progress can
be made toward this compromisesome systematic, orderly method mustbe devised for fcoing about It.Hitchcock declined to outline in
detail his own views concerning thesort of compromise that would beacceptable to the President or toDemocrats generally.
"It would be unwise to lay downany definite compromise program atthis time.'" paid Hitchcock, "for thetreaty's opponents would selte uponit and attempt to compronlse It."
Article Ten still is th4 big stumb¬ling block in the way of the negotia¬tors, Hitchcock said.Senator Underwood, who has taken
the lead in advocating compromise,made plain In his first statement onthe subject since the White Housestatement, that he is for treaty ratifi¬cation even if it involves leaving theleague of nations covenant out ofthe pact.
ITALIAN DEPUTIESCLASH OVER FIUME
Premier Nitti Attempts To MakeStatement Amid General Up¬
roar In Chamber.
Si
ROME. Dec. 17..The session of theChamber of Deputies broke up in an
uproar today while Premier Nlttl was
attempting to make a statement onthe Kiume situationThe turbulence began during the
debate and rapidly grew worse, ap¬proaching its climax as the premierattempted to speak. Socialist mem¬bers shieked epithrts at their po¬litical opponents and made clamorousprotest against the use of arms forthe restoration of order at Milan,where a strike has been In progress!Deputy Capltani started to attack
the government and for fifteen mln-utes his lips could be seen movingas he shouted and waved his arms,but nothing could be heard in thepandemonium.Some of the members had carried
bells Into the chamber and theyadded to the din by ringing them.
COCOHDfO AT MIGHT TTen can set relief U yea take Father
Jena's Medlelee. Try it te*ay.Advu
MEMMILtOW.FffiJW
Gompers, Brotherhood Heads,and Farm Organizations to
Appeal to President
TO CALL AT WHITE HOUSE
Want Cummins Bill, Now Pend¬ing Before Senate,
Withdrawn.i1
A plea that the Cummin* railroadbill bow before the Senate be with¬drawn end that Government controlbe continued for at least two year*was made today by Samuel Compere,head of the American Federation ofLabor, representatives of railroadbrotherhoods, and officials of severalfarmers' organisations who appealedbefore the Senate Interstate Com-merce Committee.the delegation, numbering twenty-
**rwnrc4Tl aftte White Bouse Ininduce PreH.) WUMh
Is ftfeklfi die roads two yean longer,it wm announced.
Seek Me Legislation.George P. Hampton, manager and
director of the Farmers' NationalCouncil, said the 760,090 persons heClaims to represent see no reasonIS* legislation at this time."Members of Congress themselves
do not see why this legislation shouldpass except to meet the contemplatedaction of the President ia turningbacvk the roads on January 1," Hamp¬ton said.
H. E. Wills, representing the Broth¬erhood of Locomotive Engineers, de¬nted the labor organisation was re¬sponsible for "creation of the senti¬ment against the bill." He asked formore time to give question of con-sidetatton "to reach a proper and IlogicjU^gjaclusion as to railroad man-
"At least give us two more years ofGovernment control to see if roadscan be operated by any other systemthan that used bfeore the war," Wills.aid.
Others Urge ExteamaFred J. Chamberlain, representing
the Washington, Oregon, Idaho, andColorado State grange and ths Wash¬ington State Triple Alliance, said allorganizations he represents wanttwo years extension of time."We believe Government ownership
la the only means to successfully op¬erate the roads," Chamberlain aaid.He declared men in the employ ofthe roads have not been loyal to(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.)
FourteenChristmas
OpportunitiesBack of the story of the Fourteen
Christmas Opportunities of the Asso-ciated Charities is another story ofmany families that have graduatedfrom the hard school of dependence tothe happier ^ot of independence andcomplete self-support.
In these instances the money givenfor *tie family has pr<fved a permanentinvestment by enabling the childrento stay at school and under the'rmothers' care to prepare themselvesto take up the family support. Inother instances matrimony has step¬ped In to solve the problem. As amatter of fact several of the widowedmothers have remarried, to their ad¬vantage. and that of their children. jOne needs to go back no further
than last year to discover that sev¬
eral of the families have auccessfullygraduated from the opportunity group.For example, the widows in two ofthe families have remarried, and theirhusbands now are supporting them.In another family the mother Is re¬
ceiving a pension for the death of herhusband at the front, which, addedto the earnings of the older children,renders the family self-supporting.
In another family known to the As¬sociated Charities for many years thetwo older children are working andnew are able to care for their mother
(Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) |
WWDBSMS TOIMumip
Student Witness Admits HeThought Suspicion Might
Fall Upon Him.
TELLS OF AIDING POLICE
Pullman Hid Him in MissionHouse Closet While Question¬
ing Suspect, He Says.In a grueling cross-examination
Attorney James A. O'Shea, chiefcounsel for Ziang San Wan, on trialin Justice Gould's court, CriminalDivisiod No. 1, on indictment charg¬ing him with slaying members oftil* Chinese Education Mission, to¬day attempted to cast suspicion oaKmc Li, Chinese medical studentand star witness foa the Govera-mm. '
Qe tried to obtain from Li Mt-ad-mistkm that his"act!Titles with thepel#? sum ths disasrary of thetriple crass were based primarilyon his attempt'to fasten the guilt onWan.
Admits He Felt flMpkisa."You admit," interrogated O'Shea,
"that after you discovered the bodiceof Dr. Wong and Wu and Hsie youbettered you were tinder suspicion.Why?"
"Tea: I felt that I was trader sus¬picion, and I felt that Wan was un¬der suspicion. I discovered the bodiesof Dr. Wong, Mr. Wu and Mr. Hsie,and Wan was the last man seen alivein the mission bouse at 2023 Kalo-rama road. X saw Wan at the houseon Wednesday night, January 29, thenight the members of the missionwere murdered.
"I told Wan this, but Wan deniedkilling Dr. Wong and the others."
Saw Wu With Pistol."Then," shouted O'Shea, "you were
putting suspicion on Wan Just be¬cause you believed you were sus*pected? Were you charged with themurders?"
"No." rejoined LI."Did you know that Wo owned a
pistol r*"Yes.""Did you ever see it?""Tea, about a year ago. while I was
in the mission house, Wu showed methe pistol. It was rusty and the trig¬ger was hard to pull."
Reeogalaed Rusty Barrel."How did you come to identify the
pistol used in killing Dr. Wong andthe others as the one owned by Wu?"asked the attorney."When I saw it after the discovery
of the bodies I recognized It from therusty barrel as the one that Wu hadshown me and which 1 had handled,"rejoined Li."Did you pick up the pistol after
the shooting?" asked O'Shea."No, the detectives told me not to
touch It.that they wanted to get fin¬ger-prints from the revolver."
It is understood that no success wasobtained in the attempt to obtainAnger-prints from the revolver.
Pullman HIS Him.Taking Li over his testimony rela¬
tive to his hiding in a closet in themission house when Major Pullmanand Inspector Grant were qquizzingWan. O'Shea demanded:"Why did you hide in the cup¬
board?""Major Pullman put me there," said(Continued on Page 11, Column 7.)
REDS CAPTURE KIEFFAND KUP1ANSK. REPORT
Bolshevik* Claim Important AdvanceIn Ukraine And In South¬
ern Russia.
LONDON, Dec. 17..The RussianBolsheviks reported b> wireless todaythat the Red armies have rapturedKieff. capital of I'krainia andKupiansk from Genera! Deniken'sforces.
Kieff has changed hands severaltimes in the fighting between the Bol¬sheviks and the "White" forceaKupiansk is in southern Russia onthe Doneti river, sixty-one milessoutheast of Kharkov.
TASK BKI.K-AN* BKKOar. MfcAI> aad¦m how fine good digestion lnakaa roe teat.Man.
DLLS HERSELF IN FEAROF END OF WORLD TODAYNew York Stole Vmu WW In-
kaled Cu Wu WorrM ByPrediction*, Say Friak
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. T, Doc. IT.Friend* of Mrs. Samuel R. Heullptoday attributed her suicide to worryover predictions of the end of theworld.They said Mrs. Heasllp, who Inhaled
gas at her home, here, yesterday, wassuffering from a nervous ailment andthat ahe worried Intensely over the"end of the world" predietiea.
SEC. LANE ADMITSHE PUNS TO QUIT
Will Soon Preterit Resignation,Finding Cabinet Salary In¬
adequate for Needs.
Secretary of the Interior Lane eon-templates resigning from the Cabinet,but has not sent his leolgaallesi toPre«l<Jent Wflson or diacuaaed It withhim. Lane said la a formal stat.oattoday."With refenence te my talked-ef
resignation. I have not aent It to thePresident nor even written It, hnt 1do contemplate going- out of the OWh-mot end have withheld rtBthg to thePresident about It because ( IM Mtwant to add to his hardens or wornoaat this time nor Ae-I know when thetime will come when I can.This is a full etatemeat «(,eU the
facta. I have thought It nnktnd tesay anything to the President aboutthe matter and that any mention ofthis now by any one would be a need*lees annoyance to him."Lane's statement was issued follow-
Ing reports that he had laid his resig¬nation before the President and thathe wished to leave the Cabinet be¬cause of differences with the Prsstdent and other Cabinet members.Lane' has bean Secretary of the In-
terior since President Wilson's frstinauguration. At various times therehave been rumors that Lans had splitwith the President, but Administra¬tion official* declared that his state¬ment today was a complete answer tothese rumors.The reason for Lane's wish to re¬
sign, it was learned today, la that hefinds the salary of a Cabinet officerInsufficient for his needs. This wasthe reason given by former Secretaryof the Treasury IfcAdoo and otherCabinet members who resigned re¬cently. Lane, it is understood, has avery attractive offer to enter privatebusiness.
WORLD'S END NOT YET;COLD WAVE INSTEAD
This is the day the world wasscheduled to come to an end becausefive planets were ranged on one sideof the sun.End of the world weather, as re¬
ported to the Government forecastershefe, was featured by below normaltemperature in nearly all sections.But this morning the forecasters hadno advices indicating terrible stormswere scourging the earth, as unof¬ficially predicted. The juxtapositionof the planets had nothing to do withthe cold wave, it was said.
CHUMMM,MM SUB
Cass Cam* Bs Ossidsd toWashington nessmipsftds-
Hons, lots Dedam.
DEFIATT AND EMPHATIC
Demands Set Fsrth by U. S. ArtDenied in Reply of
First Chief. *'
8wtNmj ef Mm Lu^t f»>fee* te KM* km ill! «f
¦atfl tm Use.MKXJOO CITT. Dm, IV.
Waehlagtoa through the UmlMBUtM 6BhUV.The reply ni tm m«tj tote? fcy
Owr» ftoauMrlla. the ?merle*charge 4'aCalree. He rtnhri ttfrom the lfextata fore%n oBoe latalast alfffct
IMe la ^ f illThe not* la 6eflaet ta tea*, aad
language In eottlag forth the attltadeof the Muleu (o««m«it ti mm.PhfttlB.
7*h* «ete oonteada that eonrt pre.ceediege (fetUat ea Aavteaa cltt-eea t* Maxlee ouwot be <KM*d torInformation Milled by the State Be-partment la Washington nor by"rteoaatatetleai" from Waahlngtea.
Xe conclusion, the docement ee-pr«.. belief that the Jenkins emmmwill '1»ot affect the haieMay which. Itla sincere , deel red. shall conttaaebetween Mexico and the UnitedStates."
The text ef the aote fellows:"Tour Kxeetteney, Charge d'Affairee
Oeorge SummerIln. With reference ft*your note of November 30, whichyour excellency transmitted to theMexican (orernmeat by order of theUnited States government relative tethe caee of William a Jenkins, I havethe honor to communicate to you ttetthe Mexican government, t. answer¬ing this note, will confine Itself onlyto a few principal points which It am*talna without going Into atrtct de¬tails, with the object of studying onlyIxed precefents as according to Inter¬national Jurisprudence and to JustifyIts course In public opinion."As Jenkins obtained his llbertr by
the deposit of ball with the Puebtaauthorities by a certain American
(Continued on Page 2. Column 8 )
WILL YOUBe a GoodFellow?Need for Help of Good Fellows GrowsAs Time To Enlist In Christmas GivingCampaign Draws To Close.Grim pictures erf life's under siue are coming into the
in floods. Most of ns think wesimple tales of the city make us
realize what troubles really are.
Imagine yourself at the age of twelve, living in nsmoky, unclean, so-called furnished room, with no comfortsand at times no necessities, where the thought of hixniy ita dream. Such a story came in today's mail, and it is beinglived right in Washington.
Four Children to FmcLHo*' would you define the trouble
you now think you have if you hadfour children and your husband hadbeen sick for three months and yourincoTiM was next to ail?.?hat would be ycm definition if
you, at thirty.W four ddWng iyour hnabaad got hort, and t)whan he set wall. all the .'(ot sick, and thmpay and tha(CmUim4 mm
