Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 268, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1922 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Wednesday. Continued cold tonight. Warmer 'Wednesday.

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HUGHES DENIES SECRET AGREEMENT

BRITISH STEP IN TO PREVENT WAR IN ERIN Government Troops to Be Used to Restore Order. POLICY OUTLINED Evans Tells House of Commons of Garrison’s Plans. LONDON, March 21—The British government today intervened to prevent war between the Irish Free State and Ulster province. I Sir Laming Worthington Evans, Secretary of State for War in the British cabinet, announced in the House of Commons that the military garrisons in the north of Ireland were being strengthened and .hat efforts were being made to restore order in Ulster. The seat of disturbance is the Southern frontier of Lister, where two ariinos of Orangemen and Republicans face each other. Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill told the House of Commons that the raids over the Ulster border had been organized b; local bands and that tne Irish Provisional Government at Dublin had no responsibility for them. FRENCH WAR~ THREATENED BELFAST, March Itl.—Another ware of violence rolled along the Ulster frontier today. Armed Orangemen and. Sinn Feiners clashed at nnmeroos points. Raiders attacked Glengreen Lodge, in County Donegal, but the owner, John AHingham, a Unionist leader, and his tenants stood off the attackers. KILL SPECIAL CONSTABLE. A special constable was killed In a clash with Republicans. A wave of Incendiarism has swept Belfast. The British government may carry out knlltiary intervention to prevent war befcveen Ulster and the Irish Free Btate, Ait this will be done only as a last re--2 the outbreak of guerilla fighting along the Ulster boundary over the week-end, a state of trench warfare is threatened. Both the Orangemen and Sinn Feiners have been digging in all along the line. Each side-is heavily armed. BBITISII URGE CAREFUL MEASURES. The British government is apprehensive over the outlook and is urging the ■ost careful measures on the part of Sir James Craig, the lister premier, and Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, commander in chief of the Lister volunteers. While the government Is loath to Interfere It Is hinted troops will take over the disturbed territory unless there is a peaceful settlement, he Belfast carters have gone on strike, declaring they are risking their lives daily by working in bnllet-swept streets. A detachment of special constables was rushed to County Tyrone upon receiving word that the whoel countryside “was ablaze." Raiders have extended their activities. Kar.y houses hare been burned in various localities. Several loyalists were wounded while defending their homes against attack.

GERMANS GLAD TOSEETEM GO Fatherland Rejoices at News American Troops Will Be Withdrawn. BERLIN, March 21.—The German press expressed high satisfaction today over the announcement the American Army of Occupation ■will be withdrawn from the Rhine at once. “It anew American step toward world peace,” said the Berliner Volks Zeitung. The Berliner Tageblatt called it the “first effective blow at the usual cost of military occupation." “It Is new pressure upon the entente on the eve of the Genoa economic conference to disarm and seek new guarantees of a nonmilitary form,” said the Vossische Zeitung. Roosevelt Building to Have 12 Stories Permission to erect the Roosevelt building, where the United bnilding now stands, on the northwest corner of 111! nois and Washington streets, was granted by the city building department today to the Libby Realty Company, owners, and the Bedford Stone and Construction Company, contractors The permit states the cost will be $300,000. The building will be twelve stories high, of brick and steel construction. with 30x120-foot ground dimensions. Wrecking of the United Building will begin some time after April t. bd which time tenants have been notified to vacate. WEATHER Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 7 p. m., March 22, 1922: Fair tonight and Wednesday; continued cold tonight: slowly rising temperature Wednesday. HOURLY TEMPERATURE 6 a. m. CO 7 a. m 31 S a. in 31 9 a. m 31 10 a. in , 31 11 a. m 32 12 (noon) 33 1 p. in 34 2 p. m 33

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Woman traffic cops now are appearing on the streets of Indianapolis. Their particular duty Is to see that school children cross busy streets in safety. The picture shows Mrs. Emily Holsapple, traffic policewoman at Dearborn and Tenth streets, escorting a group of children across the car tracks. Women having similar duties are stationed near other school houses situated on busy streets. They are required to wear their stars the same as policemen.

DAYLIGHT BURGLAR HOLDS UP THREE IN APARTMENT HOUSE

Masked Man Draws Revolver When Discovered and Forces Woman and 2 Men to Walk Backwards Downstairs.

'A masked burglar discovered in an apartment in the Canterbury apartments at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon held up three, persons with a revolver and succeeded in making his escape. The burglar was discovered by Mrs. Robert B. Wilson when she entered her apartment. She found her door unlocked an'd a key in the door. She opened the door and discovered the masked burglar. Slamming the door shut, locking it And removing the key, Mrs. Wilson screamed for help. She ran down the stairs and sednred the assistance of two meu who refused to give their names.

SCHOOL BOARD WILL EXPLAIN, SAYS MR. BARRY Predicament Concerning the Building Program to Be Ironed Out. Explanation of the quandary In which the board of school comrnisisoners finds Itself In regard to a building program probably will be made by the board at a public meeting to be held within the near future. This suggestion was made at a special meeting of the school board today by Charles L. Barry, president, and met with the approval of other members of tbe board. To this meeting will te Invited contractors, architects, business men. parents of school children, bankers and the general public. Ever since the present board, the majority members of which were elef ted on a restricted building program platform, went into office it has been buried under an avalanche of petitions for additional school facilities in all parts of Indianapolis. That these additions are badly (Continued on Page Ten.) 2 Hurt When Train Hits Seho°l Bus Sueoial to The Times. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., March 21. Frank Roberts of Rosedale, driver of a Kcl Ok.l bus, and his daughter Mary Louise today are suffering severe injuries sustained when a northbound passenger train on the South Bend division of the Pennsylvania railroad crashed into the bus. They had just taken the last of a bus load of Rosedale school children home when the crash occurred. They were given medical attention at a physician’s office, then removed to their home.

Times Pays Eight Insurance Claims to Readers This Month Elsewhere In tills issne of flip Dally Times is a list of elrly payments made from Marrli I, 1922. to March 20 to registered readers of the Times under the accident insurance policies Issued by this newspaper. The list Includes five residents of Indianapolis, one of Craw for dsvllle, one of Plainfield and one living near Mooresville. Showing the broad coverage of the Times Insurance, Edgar M. Milan of Plainfield luis received a cheek for $21.43, indemnity for loss of time from his work while he was disabled by Injuries sustained when he was thrown from an automobile trailer. For this, Mr. Milan paid the Times 50 cents, covering the handling and registering of his insurance poUcv. Any one from 15 to 70 years old I* eligible to the Times insurance. Registration blank is printed in the announcement elsewhere in this issue of the Times.

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Mrs. Wilson and the two men returned to the head of the stairs and found the burglar had unlocked the door and wafstanding outside it with a drawn revolver. lie ordered Mrs. Wilson and the men to hold up their hands, Theu he forced them to walk backwards down the stairs anil thus made Ms escape. Mrs. Wilson described the man as being a white man and as having been masked with a handkerchief tied about the lower half of his face. She said so far as she could determine nothing was stolen.

CHALLENGE OF SWORN JUROR BRINGS TANGLE Judge Louderback Has Three Courses Open in Deciding Arbuckle Issue. SAN FRAN CISCO, Cal., March 21. District Attorney Bru<iy lost his figlit to have Ednurd \V. Brown, a member of tho jury- selected to try Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle a third time for manslaughter, removed from the’Jury for alleged bias. Superior Judge Louderback today denied bis motion for tile right to exercise a peremptory- challenge to remove Brown and ordered state and defense to proceed to the selection of tho fourteenth, or second alternate juror. SAN FRANCISCO, March 21 —Three course, were open today to Superior Judge Louderback in deciding the issue raised when the State attempted to challenge a Juror already sworn to try Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle the third time for manslaughter. He may deny the right of challenge. In this event the task of securing the fourteenth Juror to sit as the second alternate will be taken up. He can allow the challenge necessitating selection of anew Juror to replace the challenged one, as well as the fourteenth one. Or he can disqualify the whole Jury so far selected and order anew one selected. In this event the defense could claim that Arbuckle had been placed "once in jeopardy” and entitled to release. H!s attorneys announced, however, that this would not t e done, as he was determined to secure an acquittal at the hands of a Jury.

Chance for Moore to Teach Methods by Correspondence | How does he do it? j That Is what G M. Paulsen, Wilder, | Idaho, wishes to know concerning Isaiah j Moore, Polygamist, In jail heer after confessing he had thirteen wives. : Paulsen wrote to Chief of Police Heri man F. Riklioff, signing himself, “one of ! the widowers of Canyon County. “The letter follows: | “Notice your arrest of Isaiah Moore j when about to enter into the fourteenth ! marriage, the arrest being made on 1 charges brought by his most recent j wife. | “Say, can you find out how he does it? ! There are a lot of old bachelors and ; widowers here who can’t get even a wife j and hold ’em. I "What magic eharm does such a man j use? It would lie interesting to know I how it is done. In these days of W. C. ! T. T\, anti-saloon leaguers and prohibition One rarely can get even a glance front one of the fair sex. to say nothing of a wife. Swivel chair fellows may get smiles, but the man In overalls gets a snub. Get ! the dope from the much married man and j help out a lot of old batches in these mountain States.”

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1922.

CONCRETE BACK IN RUNNING AS PAVE MATERIAL Board of Works Restores Cement to Favor After Ousting It. ELLIOTT WINS AGAIN Concrete is hack on the records of the board cl public works today as one of the five materials on which bids will be received for the permanent improvement of streets and alleys In Indianapolis. The board restored concrete after having ousted it by resolution on March 1. Republican Member William 11. Freeman did not sign Wie nmeudment to the March 1 resolution, adopted by President Charles K. Cofl'ln and I*r. M. J. Spencer. Democratic member, at the reglar meeting Monday afternoon. The action was looked upon as another victory for City Civil Engineer John 1.. Elliott in his fight for lower paving costs. The resolution signed by Me. Coffin and Dr. Spencer follows: ‘‘The resolution of March 1, 1922 Is amended to read as follows: "Be It resolved the city civil engineer in preparing resolutions and specifications for the board of public works for permanent Improvements of streets and alleys shall specify at least four of the following types of pavement: Wooden block, sheet asphalt, tdtumluous concrete, cement concrete, brick. POLICY OF DOARift IS ANNOUNCED. "The policy of the board will he to accept the lowest and best hid, in each cars, on the type of pavement that, In tic Judgment of the board and engineer, w t best serve the interests of the propel./ owners In the atreet or alley under consideration.’’ Asked if he doslved to explain why he did not sign this resolution, Mr. Freeman said: "Oh, no. I Just didn’t sign it." Mr. Freeman and Dr. Spencer put the March 1 resolution on the books while Mr. Coffin was out of the city. The move brought to public notice the fight between Mr. Elliott and Mr. Freeman and Dr. Spencer over asphalt prices. The board members told the engineer there would te no more concrete pavements laid In Indianapolis. Mr. Elliott objected on the ground concrete Is a cheap(Contlnued on Page Eleven.) SLUMP NOTED IN G. 0. P. MARGIN Republican Congressman Is Named in Maine, but Plurality Greatly Reduced. AUGUSTA, Maine. March 21.—The special Third district congressional election, which resulted in the election of a Republican, was being interpreted variously today. The Democrats claimed that the choosing of John T. Nelson with 16,598 votes as against the 10,350 votes given his Democratic opponent, Ernest McLean, was a slim victory and a rebuke to the Republican Administration. Although In campaign speeches Nelson had appealed for a plurality of 19,000, the marging of hla Republican predecessor In 1920, he expressed himself as entirely satisfied | with the result of the election. The vote cast was very light. LEADERS OF BOTH PARTIES PLEASED WASHINGTON, March 21.—Both Republicans and Democrats are well "satisfied” with the results of tlje special congressional election in Maine, In which the Republicans won by a plurality estimated at 6,000, their chief spokesmen said today. “The returns show,” said Cordell Hull, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, “that we cut down the Republican majority by 40 per cent. Considering the fact that the tbir'BMaine district Is ‘Blaine’s old home,’ and a rockribbed Republican stronghold, I consider the result very satisfactory.” John Adams, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was equally “satisfied.” “The vote was light,” he said, anu “we won by a substantial majority. We are well pleased.” \

EX-YANKS GET 200,000 JOBS ON FIRST DAY Ranks of Jobless Thinned as Drive Is Begun. ‘FLOATERS’ LAST Posts Urge Residents Be Given First Chances. A drop in the Nation’B unemployed ex-Hoidiers from 700,000 to about 300,000 in the first day of the campaign to find jobs for ex-soldiers, was estimated today by • Lemuel Holies, national adjutant of the American Legion. Reports from practically every city and town in the country received tit Legion headquarters here showed that many had already gone over the top. Others are expected to report that their ex-service meu have all been given places. The drive which opened yesterday was attended in Detroit by a clogging of the official machinery which makes citizens. The legion there communicated with Henry Ford when the Ford Motor Company started taking on additional help and asked former service men bo given preference over aliens. Large numbers of the latter who were gathered at the shops departed Immediately, a Detroit dispatch to legion headquarters shows, to take out first cltlzeuship papers. Adjutant Holies also announced the time limit for the placing of all the country’s unemployed ex service men had b(s>n extended Indefinitely and the campaign would be waged until each one had a job. REPORTS ARE DUE TOMORROW. The semi weekly reports from every legion post are duo to be received at headquarters tomorrow. It ts expected. Adjutant Bolles .aid, these reports will show further Inroad. Into the unemployed ranks will have been made. Acting on a slogan of "Every community should take osro of Its own,” the legion bdlt 1 ’ 8 to make for lea. “floating” 1 y former service men. Local posts from the Atlantic to the Pacific have been ordered by headquarters to give Jobs to native sons first. If others are available. members of the "floaters’ aqund” will be taken care of, headquarters stated. Frederick. Md., was the first to report 100 per cent employment of veterans. (Continued on Fage Two.)

STRIKE IS CALLED FOR APRIL 1 BY MINERS’ OFFICIALS

NEW YORK, March 21.—An order for a suspension of work In both the anthracite and bituminous coal fields throughout Hie entire country, effecting 00,000 miners, will he Issued late today, according to Phillip Murray, international vice president of the United Mine YVorkers of America. Although Mr. Murray refused to make public file text of the order. It Is understood the strike will begin April 1, when the present contract between the miners and the operalors expires. There via* a meeting of anthracite miners and operators at the Union League Club this afternoon. The strike call for 500,000 coal miners of America directing them to quit work on April 1 was sent out In the mails from headquarters of the United Mine Workers hero today. The order was independent of the strike vote which still is being counted. The vote thus far indicates a 9 to 1 majority in favor of the suspension, as a weapon to force mine owners into interstate wage conference. Anthracite nonunion workers will join the union men iu the strike, according to predictions at union headquarters, making a total of approximately 000, 000 men idle. The unorganized miners 1n anthracite fields generally have followed the union in its action on wage matters during the past. Six thousand of the Nation’s 7,500 mines will te closed when the operators and miners go to the mat. Their fight is directly over the operators' constant refusal to negotiate anew wage scale to supplant the one expiring March 31. But It indlrectlly involves the miners' demands for a six-hour (lay, five-day week and the operators’ position for lower wages. it wus said here if necessary the miners will strike ‘‘till the cows come home” to force the operators into conference as provided by the existing scale contract. They will not receive strike benefits from tho international union, but the local and State unions may help their members financially. Some time before that date unless tho strike is averted, President John L. Lewis will send telegraphic orders to all

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SNOW AND FLOODS GREET SPRING IN MIDDLE WEST January Temperature and Sleet Storms Mark Official Opening. CHICAGO. March 21.—The first official day of spring today found many sections of the Middle West afflicted with snow, floods and temperature very reminiscent of January. Sections of Wisconsin and Minnesota were the hardest lilt. Snow and sleet I storms crippled wire service throughout , that territory and hampered transporta - j tion. I In southern Indiana, the Wabash River i and other streams topped their banks ! and inundated large areas of farm lands, I according to reports received here. Heavy j rains caused the overflow. Parts of northern Indiana were swept by a blizzard yesterday that Is still causing inconvenience and discomfort. Throughout many sections of Illinois, heavy rains caused streams to rise to the flood stage, damaging farm crops and menacing several towns and cities. Weather conditions are mere favorable, however, and unless unexpected storms I appear It Is believed normal conditions ■ will be restored within the next twentyfour hours. Spring Here on Time , Wardrobe to Come Miss Spring, that fickle, frivolous, tem- ! permental, but decidedly popular purveyor of sunshine, showers and flowers, not to mention chlllblains and colds, arrived at 3.49 o'clock this morning, hut apparently bhe lift her sample trunks behind. for none of her goods Is on the Indianapolis weather market today. In fact, at the very minute she arrived the official weather bureau thermometer showed the mercury shivering around in | the lower part of the tube trying hard | not to full below the 39 degree mark, i which is two degrees below freezing, and ; If the winsome lass left her winter furs ' behind, kind hearted persons may be I forced to take up a colleciion to buy her |on overcoat to las’ until she can begin ! te deliver ttie goods. However, J. H. Armlngton, meteorologist at the weather bureau, says that If Miss Spring can survive for a day or two she will stand a good chance of getting by, for better things are In prospect in the weather line. There will not be any perceptible improvement today, he said, and tonight the temperature will be about the same as last night. But Wednesday it will clear up and the mercury will begin to venture up the tube again. The change will not be a rapid one and we are in no danger of any violent heat waves, but all indications are that far more pleasant weather will be with us within a few 1 day*. No crop or fruit damage is anticipated f##m tho chilling March weather, Harry Deifz, assistant State entomologist, stated today. Fc!t trees have not advanced far enough yet to suffer any injury. All crops are farther behind at this date than at a corresponding tirno last year, it was said.

district union presidents. Copies of tho order were sent to all local unions. COAL PARLEY OPENS IN N. Y. Operators and Miners Meet to Thrash Out Anthracite Questions. NEW YORK, March 21. —A supreme and final effort to avert a strike in the anthracite coal fields Is under way this afternoon. A meeting of operators and minors was called for 2 o'clock at the Union League Club and it was generally understood a general strike would be called immediately throughout tho hard coal fields If the negotiations failed. U. S. Will Not Have Observer at Genoa WASHINGTON, March 21.—The United States will appoint no observers to the Genoa economic conference, either official or unofficial, it was announced at the White House this afternoon. The Administration will rely upon Ambassador Richard Washburn Child, at Rome, for Information concerning the progress of lhe conference.

Will Shove ‘Bonus’ Bill Through House Thursday as Republican Vote Getter

WASHINGTON, March 21.—The soldier “bonus” bill will be put through the House before the close of the present week under lash of political necessity. The congressional primary nominations for House members will be held in many States during April and May. The “bonus” bill must be well on its way to final passage before these primaries If the Kepubliacn party candidates are to benefit from It. Plans for bringing tbo bill before the House were perfected today by Republican Leader Mondcil and Chairman Campbell of the House Rules Committee. The bill is to be taken up Thursday. Special order of business is necessary to prevent opponents of the bill and tax advocates from uniting to force acceptance of an excess profits tax or increased surtaxes on large incomes. '#he Democrats are prepared to urge a 10 per cent profits tax.

LETTER TO LODGE BRANDS SENATE’S CHARGES ‘FALSE’ State Secretary Says U. S. Has No ‘Understanding’ With Britain on ‘4-Power Treaty or Any Other Matter.’ STINGING REBUKE FOR PACT CRITICS WASHINGTON, March 21. —Secretary of State Hughes branded today as ‘‘absolutely false," the charges made in the Senate that the United States and Great Britain entered into a secret understanding aimed at Japan during the Washington conference. In a letter he addressed to Senator Lodge, the Republican leader, Hughes declared that ‘‘we have no secret understandings or agreements with Great Britain with relation to the four-power treaty or any other matter.” Hughes in stinging language also expressed the hope that “the American delegates will Lo saved further aspersions on their veracity and honor.”

CITES RECORD OF SENATOR AS SPEECHMAKER Bookwalter Says Beveridge Overlooks New’s Participation in Affairs. OPENS TREATY DEBATE A statement refuting charge* of lack of activity on the part of Senator Harry S. New, made by Albert J. Beveridge in a speech at Richmond last night, was issued today' by Charles A. Bookwalter, Marion County campaign manager for the Sea ator. "I see that Senator Beveridge in his Ricbnund talk deplores what he states to be the fact that Senator New has never made a speech In the Senate nor participated in the debates, says the statement. "Ex-Senator Beveridge’s practiced eye seems to have overlooked some things however. Senator New has made a number of speeches, one, for instance on the soldiers’ ‘bonus;’ another on the Colombian treaty, which was pretty widely and favorably commented on, some people even going so far as to say that it was * he best speech delivered on the subject, and within the last two weeks he was assigned to open the debate on the four-power treaty, which he did in a speech of a little over an hour's length, and which was very highly praised by majiy of the newspapers, throughout the country. He has taken fully as much I part as the average Senator in the Sen- j ate debates. It Is'freely admitted by | Senator New that he is not a long distance orator and that, moreover, he thinks there Is entirely too much of the time of the Senato taken In use- j less unilluminating talk, to which he j does not unduly contribute. " ’He makes no pretensions of being an orator—of which tribe the Senate has a super abundance—and he never makes j unnecessary speeches, but wheu he has a case to present he does it lueidiy and effectively. The Senate listens to him knowing that ho will not Indulge In timekilling verbosity. " ’As has been said, Mr. New doesn’t make many speeches, but his judgment Is consulted as often and a§ freely as that of any Senator on the floor. A fellow Senator said of him In conversation with mo recently, ‘New has one of the best ! balanced minds In the Senate,’ which I j think about expresses it.’ ” After holding conferences with const!- j tuents from various parts of the Senate, i Senator New was scheduled to leave at j 5:45 p. m. for Washington.

DR. ZIMMERMAN, FORMER MAYOR RICHMONRDEAD Found Seated in Automobile, Hands Still Gripping Steering Wheel. RICHMOND, Ind., March 21.—Dr. W. W. Zimmerman, former mayor of Richmond, was found dead in his automobile in the middle of a city street lust night,’ his hands still gripping the steering wheel. Returning from a professional call, the doctor apparently felt a paralytic attack coming ou him nnd_ stopped his automobile. A pedestrian found him seated in the automobile. Dr. Zimmerman was 66. He had been prominent in Sixth district politics for many years. A widow, a daughter and a son survive.

It is proposed to meet this emergency by forcing consideration of the bill under suspension of rules, which would prevent the offering of any amendments, but would require a two-thirds vote to insure passage of the bill. There is no doubt in the minds of House Republican leaders that the vote necessary can be had for the bill. Chairman Forduey of the Ways and Means Committee said he was satisfied with tho situation. Speaker Gillett agreed to the proposal of Chairman Fordney to bring the bill up on Thursday. Chairman Campbell of the Rules Committee, Will bring in a special rule making Thursday “suspension day.” When this rule is accepted, the bill will be laid before the House by Fordney and debated for four hours. It will then be placed upon its passage with no Opportunity being offered for amendments.

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Lodge had Hughes* letter read to th Senate with a lengthy telegram from Paul D. Cravath, New York lawyer, upon whoso alleged statements 1 nthe semi-privacy of an informal discussion at the club Senator Borah based his charge of a secret j understanding with Great Britain. Cra- ! v ath said he never made any such state- ! ment and that the most he ever said waa i that the Washington conference had | created such sympathy and understandi lng between the two nations that further cooperation was bound to result as a matter of course. He unequivocally denied that he ever intimated there wa* tt secret agreement relating to joint operations of the American and British fleets against Japan or covering cooperative ac- : tion in the Pacific or Far East. SECRETARY HUGHES’ LETTER TO SENATOR. In his letter to Senator Lodge Seere-i tary Hughes *aid: "Sly Dear Senator I "I notice that the latest charge in the course of disturbance over the four-power treaty Is that there Is a secret agreement between this Government and Great Britain with respect to Pacific matters. Any such statement is absolutely false. We have no secret understandings or agreements with Great Britain in relation to tho four-power treaty or any other matter, "In my letter to Senator Underwood on March 11 in relation to the four-power treaty I said: ‘There are no secret notes or understanding.’ "Permit me to express the hope that the American delegatee will be saved further aspersions upon their veracity and honor.” BORAH NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS DENIALS. Borah sought to discuss the Cravath and Hughes denials, but Senator Edge, New Jersey, who had taken the floor for a set speech, declined to give way. “If the League of Nations covenant with Its guarantee to preserve existing territorial possessions was not conducive to war, then there is no danger in the four power treaty,” Senator Edge argued. “Whether the Anglo-Japanese alliance,” Edge said, "was a menace to the United States or otherwise; It appeals to me as common sense to scrap a two-party offensive and defensive alliance and reDlfce It with the assured participation of the four powers particularly Interested In Pacific possessions and endeavor by our very presence to Influence a recognition of the policies and traditions to which the United States has always subscribed.” American participation In the Genoa conference would be a good thing. Edge said, because sooner or later "in our own Interest we must assist in adjusting the economic 'difficulties of the world.” READY TO MEET OTHER OBJECTIONS WASHINGTON, March 21.—Secretary of State Hughes was today preparing to meet Senate opposition to the naval treaty with the same weapons he used to aid the fight for the four-power pact, it was learned on high authority today. Forewarned that certain Senators will direct their onslaught against the section of the naval pact providing for status quo of fortifications in the Pacific, the Secretary will be ready with facts and figures to prove the United States has not been put at an unfair advantage. All facts concerning Pacific fortifications have been carefully compiled by Army any Navy intelligence officers, and despite the fact the four-power pact is not yet out of the way, they are before the secretary in proper form for submission. Should certain Senators carry out their threat to demand a statement as to British and Japanese strongholds in the Pacific, Secretary Hughes will follow his previous course and send a communication to one of the senatorial members of the American delegation, setting forth the exact status of the various powers in the Pacific. In this case the letter probably would be addressed to Senator Lodge. Attempt Made on Life of Chinese Minister PARIS, March 21.—An attempt w*s made lo assassinate Cheng Lou, the Chinese minister to France, last night, fc was learned this afternoon from the police. Police were quickly on the scene and the would be assassin was arrested. He said he was a Chinese student. The crime Is attributed to political motives.

“SAY IT WITH A TIMES WANT AD” House* for rent are more numerous now. Many offerings of desirable, modern houses may be found in the For Rent columns of the Dally Times. Also apartments and furnished and unfurnished rooms. Turn to the Want Ad page now. MA In 3500. Classified Adv. Dept.

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