Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 187, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1921 — Page 1

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PARLIAMENT RATIFIES BRITISH-IRISH TREATY

COMMONS 401 TO 58-LORDS VOTEJL66 TO 47 Both Houses Previously Had Approved King’s Speech. RECESS IS TAKEN Adjourn Until Monday Pending Action in Dail. By EARLE C. REEVES. International News Service Staff Correspondent. LONDON, Dec. 16— Both branches of the British Parliament ratified the Irish peace treaty Ipte this afternoon. Neither house took a division, the approval being unanimous. Commons ratified at 5:10 and the House of Peers gave its approval a few minutes later. Both houses voted down an amendment rejecting King George's speech at the opening of Parliament on Wednesday. The vote in Commons was 401 to 58; that in the upper house was 166 to 47. Parliament has taken a recess until Monday pending the decision of Dali Eireann upon the treaty. Sir James Craig, premier of the t'nionist government of Ulster, arrived at 8:30 a. m. today for a conference with Premier Lloyd George. Sir Barnes Craig was accompanied by bis private secretary. Colonel Spender. The I'lster leader was greatly agitated over the turn Irish affairs have taken. "The present position appears to throw us hack where we were in 1014." said he. "I have come to London in connection with the boundary question. I hope to have an early opportunity to confer witlT Anaten Chamberlain and possibly Premier Lloyd George.” FIGHT AGAINST TREATY IN DAIL EIREANN DUBLIN, Dec. 16.—The stubborn tight of Eamonn de Valbra and a group of colleagues in Dail Eireann against the Irish treaty in its present form has de<Continued on Page Thirteen.)

FIRE LOSS FOR YEAR TO SHOW BIG DECREASE Indianapolis Fire Loss Approximately $700,000 Less Than in 1920. Loss from fires In Indianapolis in 1921 will show a decrease of approximately $700,060 or from 9 to 10 per cent under the loss in 1920. according to reports made by Frank C. Jordan, chairman of the fire prevention committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and Jacob H. Hllkene. chief of the division of fire prevention of the Indianapolis fire department at a luncheon of seventy-five representatives of organizations and sections of the city at the chamber today. This, the officials, declared. Is directly the result of the city-wide fire prevention erusa de conducted since April 1. The repot ts were received with great enthusiasm by those at the luncheon. Beside reporting the big reduction In fire losses, Mr. Jordan unfolded plans for the future. Including an effort to obtain State legislation holding persons who have preventable fires responsible for the cost of the fire department's work in extinguishing them. SAVING EFFECTED BY SMALL OUTLAY. The $700,000 saving will have been effected through the fact that there will have been abont 400 less fires this year than last. Mr. Ililkene reported. The campaign which has made this possible has cost $2,037.06 to date. The city council, at the outset, appropriated $2,500 for the work. The council, Mr. Jordan said, has promised to appropriate money to cover the deficit. The decrease of $700,000 in fire loss under the figure for Is*2o on an expenditure of $2,637.08 does not represent the entire saving made by the campaign, Mr. Hllkene pointed out. For ten years the an■ual number of fires and loss therefrom has been mounting. In 1910 there were 1,40" fires and In 19C0, 3.465. This ratio of increase, the fire prevention workers said they believe, would have been continued this year if the campaign had not cut it down. Mr. Jordan said he believed the number of fires this year would have been aronnd 4,000 had it not been for the campaign. The total will not run much over 3,000, he believed. In 1920 there ware 10.7 fires for each 1,000 of (Continued on Page Thirteen.)

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Gardner Intimates Stay in Prison Will Be Only ‘Temporary ’ LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. 16 Roy Gardner, notorious western bandit, mail robber and champion jail breaker, is again behind prison bars —but with a threat that his stay here will be only “temporary.'’ Under close guard, Gardner arrived at the Federal prison here last night carrying only a small bundle. “Is that ail the baggage you have?” Warden Biddle asked. “I think that will do—temporarily," Garner replied. Gardner lg under sentence of twenty-five years for robbing a mail ear at Phoenix, vVrlx., and assaulting Herman Inderlled, clerk In charge of the car.

CHEST FORCES NEAR HALFWAY POST IN DRIVE Special Gifts Division Heads Day’s Contributions, Say Workers. WILL CLASSIFY PUBLIC Reports from the factory and mercantile divisions of the Community Chest campaign organization are expected to add considerable to the total of funds announced at Cadle Tabernacle tonight, the fifth festival night of Generosity week. Last night $279.461 98 was an nounced as the result to date, leaving to be raised a balance of $323,950.94 to meet the quota of $605,412.92. The special gifts division topped ihe list with $32,525 for the day, and the individual division added $14,892.35 to its previous total of $58,53505. The tabernacle was filled to enr>acity last night and though the presentation of ‘‘The Messiah" by the Indianapolis Community Chorus was the evening's feature the thousands of people listened intently to the reports of workers, and applauded vigorously brief speeches by Fred lloke. (Continued on Page Five.)

TONIGHTS PROGRAM

—Cadlc Tabernacle — Doors Open at 7 p. m. 7:t5 P. M. —Shortridge High School Band, C. E. Palmer, conductor, playing “Gardes du Corps,’ "In Apple Blossom Time," "Indiana Guards,” "Ain’t IVe Got Fun?" "Spirit of Independence." A braes Instrument quartet, accompanied at pbuio by Kelton Whets! hie, will play "Miserere," from "II Trovatore." Personnel of quartet, Rea Williams, cornet; Harold Jones, cornet; Ralph Duncan, trombone; Lav ere Lector, trombone. Invocation. 7:40 P. M. —Roll call of Community Chest teams. American I-egion Band (between 7 and 8:30). 8:20 P. M.—Address. 8:30 P. M.—Y. M. C. A. gymnastics. 8:50 P. M.—Boys’ Club. 9:10 P. M.—Jewish Federation; gymnastics directed by Joe Rosenthal. 9:30 Drum corps of Iloy Scouts. 9:50 P. M.—Community sing, led by Elmer Steffen, music director S9. Peter and Paul Cathedral. 10:00 P. M.—"Star-Spangled Banner,” chorus and audience. —Daily Facts— A summary of the returns for the fourth day of the Community Chest campaign follows: Budget $605,412.98 Raised up to yesterday 226,971.78 Raised yesterday..... 32,190.20 Grand total raised to date... .$279,461.98 To be raised $325,930.94 DIVISION TOTALS. Previous Division. Sub. Yesterday. Total. Gifts $154,517.69 $32,525.00 $187,012.69 Individual.. 58,335.07 14.892.35 73.427.42 Factory ... 3.962.60 798.70 4,761.30 Mercantile. 1,992.30 1,182.05 3,174.33 Government 5,600.32 2,307.80 7,968.12 Utilities ... 2,363.80 724.30 3,088.10 Totals.. .$226,971.78 $52,490.20 $279,461.98 J. Herbert Hartman Asks for New Trial Argument will be henrd Saturday by Judge T. J. Moll on the motion of J. Herbert Hartman, formerly Republican candidate for city Judge, for anew trial in his mandamus suit. Judge Moll shortly before the election held that Hartman was ineligible to he a candidate and refused to issue a mandate requiring the' election commissioners to place Hartman’s name on the official ballot. Hartman has asked for anew trial, preparatory, it is believed, to taking an appeal to the Indiana State Supreme Court to test the validity of Judge Moll's ruling. HEARS "ICE TRI ST" AROVMKNTS. Judge W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton, who has been hearing evidence in the so-called "ice trust" case in Superior Court, Room 1, for several weeks, today began bearing final arguments by counsel for the defense and the State.

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SCOTS ASK FOR FREE STATE ON IRELAND PLAN Movement Started in Glasgow for Home Rule. LIST GRIEVANCES England Is Charged With Being Cause of Wrongs. LONDON, Dec. 16. —A Gaelic campaign for a Scottish Free State, modeled after Ireland, is in full swing. It is being conducted by Gaels both in and out of Scotland. A league has been formed with Angus Clarke as president to work for Scottish home rule. Clarke said the league will ask all Scotch members of Parliament to withdraw. The Scots are establishing hcadquarters In Glasgow and have begun publication of an official organ called Liberty This newspaper will be distributed throughout England and Scotland in furtherance of the liberty movement. Among the grievances cited by Liberty are the following: 1. The a<-t of union of 1707, which was characterized as "an insldlou* piece of legislation.” 2. Seventeen of the thirty-three Scottish counties show a decrease In population since the 1911 census. 3. Five counties have populations below that of 1800. 4. One-fifth of the laud in Scot- i land is reserved as deer forests and game preserves. 5. One Englishman owns a pre- , serve of 200,000 acres, which stretches across Scotland from sea to sea. 0. All attempts to recover Scottish land for the peasantry have proved futile. 7. One land recovery act passed was mangled by the House of Lords, The officials of the new Liberty la-ague charge England with responsibility for unfavorable conditions in Scotland.

FIND MISSING GOODS HIDDEN IN GIRLS’ ROOM Detectives Recover Loot of Young Shoplifters in Hotel Search. Loot valued at more than S2OO was found in a room at the Palace Hotel today, following the arrest of Pearl Curry, 18, and Katy Curry, 17. sisters, giving their address r.s Muncle. The young women were arrested late yesterday by an operative of the yulgiey-Hyland detective agency, who alleges that they were shoplifting In a downtown five and ten cent store. The girls say they came to Indianapolis Saturday and’ told detect’ves that they had heard Indianapolis was “easy." They are said to have declared they were trained by a woman shoplifter who operated In Cleveland, Columbus and Detroit. Detectives say the two young women visited practically every store on Washington street. The merchandise which has been identified as having been stolen from local stores, Included underwear, perfumes, Jewelry, toilet water and children's wearing apparel. Says Parley Marks Historical Climax LONDON, Doc. 16.—'"The Washington conference marks the greatest moment In the history of the civilized world,” Lord Birkenhead, lord chancellor of England, said today In an address before the American Lo heon Club. The United States re?’ * its supreme responsibility and prevented the disruption of civilization and irreparable decay of the stability of Europe.” POSTOFFICE IS LOOTED. DANVILLE, 111., Dec. 16.—Burglars looted the postoffice at Fairmount, twelve miles southwest of here, early today, but obtained only $125 In currency and stamps. The Base was wrecked and hundreds of letters torn open.

City Children Honor Christmas SING YU LET IDE CAROLS IN DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS Give a Program at Potter School

Christmas exercises were held at practically every public school In the city today preliminary to the Christmas vacation, which begins tomorrow and will extend to Jan. 3. I’arents and friends .of the pupils were invited to all exercises and school officials say that more than usual interest is being taken in the various affairs this year. Unique and intereating was the form of observance at Emmerich Mausal Training High School. During Hie morning, a choir composed of

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16,1921.

JEWETT ASKS FREEDOM FOR RAILWORKER Mayor Says Parsons Had Good Record Heretofore. ‘DIDN’T CONFESS’ Admits He Signed Statement Written by Sleuths. Mayor Charles W. Jewett appeared before the State board of pardons t<P day and asked that the board parole | Harry Parsons, convicted In the Marion County Criminal Court on a charge of receiving stolen property. Mr. Jewett said that he had known Parsons since he was 13 years old and that he knew the man was not i guilty of the charge on which he was convicted. He also said that Par sons was a railroad fireman and that he had always had a good record with the railroad company. Tarsnns was convicted before Judge James Collius. in May 1920, and sentenced to from two to fourteen years but has nut been sent to the reformatory as yet. Soon after he was convicted in the | county court. Parsons appealed to the State Supreme Court where hig conviction was upheld. On Nov. 22, Parsons was granted a thirty-day reprieve by Governor Warren T McCray, if the pardon board doe* not act in advauce of the other oases which will not be sent to the Governs, for at toast a week, Parsons will be taken to the reformatory shortly after Dec. 22. j Parsons appeared before the board and testified that the statement which he Is alleged to have signed In the presence of several police officers was not made of his own free will. SAYS DETECTIVES ROTE “CONFESSION.” He said that the detectives wrote the statement to suit themselves and that he was so nervous and frightened that he signed the statement so that they would not bother him any more. John F. Persons, attorney for Parsons, appeared before the board nnd entered the formal plea that Parsons be paroled on the grotind thnt he was not guilty of the offense and that the statement which he was alleged to hare mad. to several police officers was false. SEVEN AUK GRANTED PAROLES. Seven prisoners were paroled from State prisons today, two flues remitted, six conditional paroles, two discharged and four condition illy paroled when Governor McCray approved the action of the State board of pardons. The cases approved by the Governor j are: Paroled—Charles Webb. Hendricks ! County, one to fourteen years, grand iar- ■ env. Bf.no prison : Fred Branan, Mon- , roe County 1.80 days. State farm, $5 and ■ osts, iirrvlug eon-ealed weapons Os-sr Ax. Clay County, six months, State farm, SIOO and costs, violation of liquor laws'; Archibald Armstrong, Henry County, two to fourteen years, burglary, reformatory; Albert Cunningham. Union County, two to fourteen years, nssntnt and but(Continued on Page Thirteen.)

HOLD 18 ON MURDER CHARGE Business Men Said to Have Had Pari in Killing. AUSTIN, Tex. Dec. 16.—Charges of murder were died against eighteen prominent Austin business tnen today in connection witn the slaying of I’eelcr Clayton la -l night in front of a building in which a large body of men were meeting. Clayton, with two companions, drove up in front of the building. City detectives, who were "tipped off" that trouble might be- expected, were nearby. There was a flash of guns from a passing automobile which disappeared immediately after the firing ceased. Peeler's companions were uninjured. A post mortem examination was ordered. Many of :hose accused of the murder were arrested immediately and examining trial was set for Monday. Contractor Is Hurt in Auto Collision J. C. McDonald, 812 Shelby street, a contractor, was sltghtly injured today when his automobile was struck by a truck, turned completely around and hurled against a telephone pole at Kenwood avenue and Thirty-Second street. Charles KUlon, employed by the indinnopolls Heat nnd Light Company, was driving the truck. Fre I Mills, 28, negro, 543 Darnell street, was seriously injured when a cistern he was digging at 3556 Guilford avenue caved lu. Mills was taken to the | city hospital.

forty-two high school students and a brass quartet visited a number of places in the downtown district and sang Christmas carols. The carolers visited the city hall, school administration building, Statehouse, Fletcher Savings and Trust Company and L. S. A"res & Cos. The selections Included, "Oh Come All Ye Faithful," "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear,” “Silent Night, Holy Night,” and an ancient Elizabethan carol, "I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In.’’ An observance of a more aeriouf

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MARSHAL FOCH. Appreciation for the hospitality shown him by the American Legion is expressed by Marshal Ferdinand Foch in a wireless message made public at the national headquarters of the legion today. Marshal Foch is on his way to France. The message follows: "In drawing away from the American continent I do not forget tile faithful friends whom I leave and especially the comrade* of the American Legion, whose attentive care* and unforgettable devotion have made my voyage so easy and agreeable. I desire to assure them once more of my attachment and to send them my thanks.* 1 -

Alleged Speeder Is Held After Crash

Charles Frlei, 2381 South Meridian street, was arrested on a speeding charge, following an accident this morning near Belmont avenue and Howard street. Friei, who was driving a bakery truck west on Howard street, struck a <-ar driven by J. B. Willoughby. 1331 Howard street. Witnesses say Frlei was traveling at a high rate of speed and that his machine skidded nearly one hundred feet before he struck Willoughby’s car. Mary Friei, 20, who was riding In the truck, was thrown out and suffered a sprained ankle. She wua taken to the city hospital. Succeeds Flood as Committee Member WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-—Congressman Arthur B Bouse of Kentucky has . ten elected chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee to succeed the late Congressman Uenry D. Flood 'f \ lrglnia it was announced today. Rouse has neon the Kentucky member of the committee for several years. He has served for Congress continually for ten years. He was born in Burlington, Boune County, Ky., la 1874.

Alleged Train Robbers Admit Liquor Dealings in Defense of Charge

After the Government apparently had made a strong case, based entirely on circumstantial evidence, against five Indlnnapoli* men suspected of the robbery of a mall train near Paxton, 111. Nov. 7. the accused men took the stand in their own behnlf. Then it looked as if they were merely getting themselves out of a sizzling fry Ing pan Into a red hot fire, for. in their efforts to prove an alibi they admitted freely that they were liquer runners. The questions put to them by Judge Albert IS. Anderson indicated that if he did not grant their removal to the Eastern district of Illinois, where (hey are wanted for mall robbery, that they will be bound over to the Federal grand Jury here on charges of conspiracy to violate the liquor laws. The five men are, Vernon Jones, negro. 811 North Senate avenue; Garrett Osborne. 1008 Yandes street; James Hill, 1115 North Senate avenue; Joseph Burnett, 1014 South West street; Frank Wolfla, 1041 Chadwick street. ARREST FOLLOWS FINDING OF BODY. The men were arrested after the body of Janies Ferguson, negro, of Indianapolis, had been found in the bushes alongside the road about one and oue-half miles east of Rockville. Postoffiee inspectors assert that Ferguson was killed in the train hold-up near Paxton, 111., nnd his body was placed in the bushes near Rockville by the five men suspected of the robbery. Tlie five insist that Ferguson was shot near where the body was found when ho and Osborue went to the assistance of a car that was off the road in the ditch. The ino.sl damaging evidence against the men was the testimony of Ed C. Fitzpatrick of Terre Haute, who lins a milk route at Clinton. He testified that early

character was held at the Theodore Potter Fresh Air School. Health talks were made by E. U. Graff, superintendent of schools; Dr. Alfred Henry, president of the Anti-Tuber-culosis Association; Dr. J. Don Miller, Dr. E. M. Amos, Herbert Foltz, the architect for the new school which the school board plans to erect next year and Miss Anna Brockhausen, district superintendent of teachers. At noon the children were entertained with exercises and $ Christmas tree. A

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LAWYER HELD AS EMBEZZLER FROM ESTATE Edwin B. Pugh Alleged to Have Misused $14,000. CIVIL SUIT FILED Name Surety Concerns in Action to Recover Inheritance. Edwin B. Pugh, an attorney with offices in 319 Indiana Trust Building, was arrested today by Sheriff George Snider on an indictment returned by the Marion County grand jury, charging him with having embezzled $14,000 belonging to Oscar Hagen, son of the late Frederick Hagen. The indictment charges embezzlement and grand larceny. Pugh immediately gave bond in the sum of $5,000, John McFarlan and Taylor Groninger signing as sureties. Mr. Pugh was the legal counsel of Mrs. Olga F. Birk, who acted as guardian for her son. Oscar Hagen, who at the time of his mother's appointment. April 26. 1916. was a minor. Hagen was left 1 an estate valued at more than $20,000 by his father, and a civil action filed by the heir some time ago in probate court declared the money all had disappeared. The suit was entitled “the State of Indiana in relation of Oscar Hagen against the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, the Maryland Casualty Company and Olga F. Birk." CIVIL ACTION REM AINS I N TRIED. The civil action was filed in the pro- \ bate court on Sept. 6 and has not been tried. It recites the giving of bonds at various times by Mrs. Birk with the defendant security companies as surety. The net value of thp estate of Frederick Hagen Ir fixed at $20,000, according to; the complaint It was specifically charged that “rugb , fraudulently contrived to get said as sets of the esnUo in his possession as counselor and attorney" and while they were in his poss- "'ion Ii “wrongfully and unlawfully appropriated and con •' verted the same to his own use, to the amount of $20,000." FILES PRETENDED EAST REPORT. On Sept. 20, 1020, Mrs. Birk filed in the probate court a "pretended last report in finai settlement of said estate and charged herself with total liabilities of the value of $23,237.45 and also claimed credit in the total sum of $3,612.41, leaving a pretended balance to tie accounted (Continued on Page Sixteen.)

on the morning of Nov. 8 he saw an automobile standing in an nlley at Clinton, with the right rear tire flat. On approaching the car he heard one man say: WITNESS TELLS OF CONVERSATION. "If he was not dead when we put him j there he is dead by this time. At that I don't think he was killed by a member of the train crew, but by one of the fellows shooting from the outside.” i The suspected men had admitted to : the postoffiee inspectors that they had a puncture in the right rear tire that jthorning. and George F. Hoekesame of Dubuque, lowa, who was a passenger on the train at the time of the hold-up, testified that he believed he had shot one of the robbers with a rifle borrowed from another passenger. Hoekesame lias the j reputation of being a “crack shot.” ; Another bit of evidence, on which great I stress was laid by the Government, was the finding of the lock of the New Orleans foreign mail pouch, which was taken by the bandits, near the spot where Ferguson's body was found. FARMER CONFIRMS SHOOTING STORY. The shooting of one of the bandits was verified by a farmer who lived near the hold-up and who heard one of the bandits say as he climbed into the automobile after the fight.” “Am I bleeding much ?” The entire train crew took the stand and gave a highly interesting account of the hold-up, hut they were unable to identify any of the suspected men further than to say that some of them bore a general resemblance to the bandits. J. M. Towles, night marshal of Danville, testified that on the day of the hold-up the suspected men had been in Danville between 2 o'clock nnd 3:30 a. ; m. and thnt he had seen a shotgun and j two revolvers in the rear seat. Later he ! said he asked about the whereabouts of ! the "big man,” Steve Ferguson, and he J said Burnette told him that Ferguson | bad tried to bold up a man and had been shot. Ail the suspected men took the stand and told the same story of the trip oil which Ferguson had been killed. They said they had not left Indianapolis until about 1:30 o'clock in the morning of : i that they had not gone beyond ’ where Ferguson's body was found. They accounted for every minute .dr time during the earlier part of evening, and say a large number of ■ -s •> *>ie stand this nfternoon and bear out their stories. BANDITS MAKE APOLOGY’. PANAMA, 111., Dec. 16.—“ Sorry we shot you, Jack; hope you make a speedy recovery,” bandits who shot Jack Williams, oashier of the State bank here, when they robbed it of $31,000, wrote the wounded man. SHIRT FACTORY BURNS. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16.—Fire today damaged the Central Shirt Company’s building here to the extent of $150,000.

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TELLS POWERS SHE PLANS TO BUILD 10 SUPER WAR SHIPS Construction Planned Between 1925 and 1935, According to Official Spokesman for British Delegation. BALFOUR TO URGE U-BOAT OUTLAW WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—What might be described as a tense and somewhat delicate situation arose this afternoon out of the efforts of the five great powers to adjust the naval ratios of France and Italy In conformity with the 5-5-3 program agreed upon by Great Britain, the United States and Japan. The distinct “coolness” between the British and French delegations which featured the opening days of the conference began to manifest itself again over the announcement by an official spokesman for the British delegation that France had served notice on the powers that she intended building ten battleships in the ten years immediately following 1925. Members of the French delegation refused to confirm the statement and considerable indignation plainly was apparent. “It's all rot,” said Ambassador Jusserand, when asked about France's designs, following a lengthy secret session of the committee on naval limitation. The ambassador declined, however, to state what France had demanded in the way of naval ratio. “But such a matter should be cleared up, Mr. Ambassador," It was suggested to the French representative. “Then let those who put out such stories clear them up,” said Jusserand. By GEORGE R. HOLMES. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Before the “big three” had hardly done congratulating themselves today on the amicable adjustment of the 5-5-3 naval' ratio question, fresh complications were threatened over the question of France's ratio. An official spokesman for the British delegation was authority for the statement that France had served notice on the powers that France intends to build ten superdreadnaughts in the ten years subsequent to 1925. It was also announced officially by the British spokesman that A. J. Balfour, as head of the British delegation, will formally propose to the five great powers the complete abolition of submarines.

fareham to ask for PLENARY SESSION. Mr. Balfour’s proposal. It is understood, will bo placed before the committee on limi.-ation of naval armament, which is composed of the heads of delegations, each assisted by a civilian and naval adviser. The proposal will be based, it was stated, o:i the ground that the submarine Is not adaptable to humanitarian warfare and should lie abolished because it has no peace-time function. Lord I-ee of Fareham. first Lord of the British Admiralty, will tring up the question in the committee, it was stated, and ask for a plenary session of the conference so that Great Britain can make her plea for the abolition of tlie submarine before the world. Great Britain feels that this is necessary, it was stated, because her position is ‘miunderstood” in the United States, and because it is not clearly realized Just what a menace the submarine constitutes to Britain’s very life in time of war. ESE 5-5-3 RATIO AS BASIS FOR WORK. Using the triple agreement between the United States. Great Britain and Japan as a bedrock, the conference powers started on the task of bringing France and Italy Into line and constructing a five-powered naval agreement which will define in positive terms the naval strength of the world for the next ten yea rs. Only the fixing of the Italian and French ratios and the settlement of submarine and other auxiliary craft strength remain in the way to the complete ae compilshment of the primary aim of the conference. EARLY ADJOURNMENT HOPE SPEEDS UP WORK. Spurred on by the hope of getting out of Washington by Now Years, the heads of delegations, assisted by their experts, have plunged back into the naval discussion with speed as their main object. The secret meetings of the “big three” gave way to the equally secret meetings of the committee on limitation of naval armament, comprising fifteen men, three, from each of the five powers, as follows : United States—Secretary of State Hughes. Theodore Roosevelt and Admiral Robert E. Ooontz. Great Britain —A. J. Balfour, Lord Lee and Admiral Chatfleld. Japan—Baron Kato, Vice Admiral Kato and Captain Suyetsugu. France—M. Sarraut, M. Jusserand and Admiral De Bon. Unofficial French spokesmen have indicated their intention of demanding a naval ratio for France equal to that of

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BRITISH TO RESUME WORK ON TWO NEW ‘HOOD’ BATTLESHIPS LON DON. Pec. 16.—As a result of (he naval derision of the Washington ronfierenee, Britain will restart work on lier two superdreadnaughts of the 110r.,1 type imtnediately, according to the Evening Standard today. The Evening Standard attacks the decision os it L *iv to British taxpayers.' The Pal! Mull Gazette, on the other hand, welcomes th* Washington decision as a “Christmas message of good wilt to the whole world.”

Japan. So far this demand hag not been Placed formally before the other delegates. and d<>ubt was expressed, if it ever would be. France stands alone in her desire for a navy second only to those of the United States aud Great Britain. Italy has no specific demands in the way of naval strength other than that her navy shall be equal to that of Franc*. Italy's position as a Mediterranean power makes this necessary, her spokesmen assert. Italy would b satisfied with a naval ratio of 5-5-3 2 2, the last two figures representing Trench and Italian strength. To realize even this ratio would necessitate some building which, in view of Italy's economic condition, the Italians are loath to undertake. A ratio of 5-5-3- 1. 7-1. 7 would more nearly approximate Italian desires. The expectation prevails, however, that France will ask a ratio of at least 2.7 end in this she will find the other powers in opposition. The settlement of French and Italian ratio will be effected beore the powers tackle the more controversial subject of auxiliary ships, such as submarines, light cruisers, aircraft carriers, etc. FAR EAST STILL PARLEY MENACE. Os far more menace to the sucess of the conference as a whole than the naval ratios is the serious situation that exists in the Far East division. No meeting of the Far East committee has been held for two days and there was no Indication today when Secretary Hughes will call another. The last meeting broke hurriedly when China demanded a show-down on whether the twenty-one demands are to be legalized by the powers here. Japan objected tc the twenty-one demands being taken vtP nnd there was a hurried adjournment. Meanwhile both the Chinese and the Japanese are “cooling off.” Chinese spokesmen, under pressure from home, however, have no Intention of abandoning their plea that the powers consider the validity of those demands, to which they assert China was compelled to yield under duress of the strongest sort. The core of the whole Far East situation, the Chinese assert, lies in the twen-ty-one demands, and unless the powers are willing to consider them, there 1$ little use of the Chinese delegates remaining. Japan's spokesmen are equally adamant that the twenty-one demands are notl properly a subject for consideration lnl Washington. The Japanese take the posi J tlon that these demands are water thalj has gone over the mill and has lona since been settled. '*7 Another Chino-Japanese crisis is sos seen by most observers here before the conference breaks up.

C. & E. I. Road Sale Postponed for 30 Days Sale of the C. & E. I. Railroad has been postponed for thirty days, Commissioner George W. Barnard of the public service commission said today. Receivers of the road in Indiana announced some time ago that the road would be sold at auction soon after the first of the year. Commissioner Barnard: has had several conferences with Franit B. Alfred, president of the Perre Ma 7-1 quette Railroad, but it is understood! that no agreement could be reached witß him and anew purchaser for the rolß is being sought. a