Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - May 1, 1922, Washington, District Of Columbia t Member of the Associated Press The Is entitled to tbe use for of nil credited to it or not otherwise credited in tills and also tbe local news published herein Tha Washington Post member of the Associated Press receiving tlie complete ices of the world's organization jS i 4 o f I j MAY 1 r and moderate temperature today and gentle variable winds Temperature est 68 lowest 41 Fr DAILY AND SUNDAY ENTERED AS MATTES WASHINGTON D O MONDAY MAY 1 1922 COPYRIGHT 1922 BY THE POST CO TWO CENTS EKING PUT UNDER MARTIAL LAW FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN ARMIES OF CHANG AND WU FOR CITY j S Legation Asks Second c at Tientsin Sun Yat Sen Declares for Chang April 30 By the Associated Yat Sen head of the south China government at Canton In an interview today at declared that he had combined with Gen Chang Gen Wu 1 Pel Fu Dr Sun added that he would start shortly for north China MAKES PEACE Bomb Says War Hurts Trade Treaties 000 MEN ON EACH FRONT That Mukden Held by Chang to discuss not think my ti Master of to my mind is London May 1 airplane used by the forces flying from to dropped a without much damage near a train carrying a detachment of American marines says a dis- patch to the London Times from Peking American Officer Sees Dead or Wounded Chinese left for Sunday estate in General had been deeded lEe Diplomats held power of atto capacity has betm Note Warning ide Capital Sun t0 and other Will Be Boric Special Dublin April mausoleum built at Fla to house tha t x Croker after all resting place of law was many who last night oday Conscious to the r that he waa dying i1 ChanS i fought The n action 12 com- was at for Warships t j He American legation has re- Washington to send another to President Hau Chang in con- of the hostilities today i sued three proclamations calling i tention to the serious consequences China which might result from in Jeopardizing of foreign interests Withdrawn p proclamation said the weie terrified that suffering losses and tho de- it was and Wu tely their armies proclamation declared eking wab capital of tho ace and order must prevail under the direction of t of the metropolitan area P adequate laid In the third tlon of to be's and property of for with treaties Peking April 30 By the Associated Charles chins American naval attache at the legation here returned today from the battlefield The automobile he used flew American flag He reported that firing had not ceased during the last 36 hours From a hillside overlooking the Hun river he witnessed the operations of both armies with Chang troops holding the village of and the Wu Pel Fu forces two miles southward fighting desperately to advance Saw Dead or Wounded Smoke from the cannon enveloped the hillsides shells were bursting in the trenches camels be seen transporting guns to various points and refugees were Observed running from their homes A picture of the seriousness of the contest was obtained About dead or wounded were observed by Commander Hutchins Both sides appeared to be shelling wide areas The relative positions of the contending forces did not seem to have changed materially since the battle began Thinks Wu Alms At Peking The opinion expressed by Com- mander Hutchins Is that Wu Pel Fu's object Is to push forward and cap- ture Peking with a view to ling affairs from the capital Chang in a declaration asserted that Wu Pel Fu was ambitious to be- come a Chinese Napoleon He de- clared that peace would not be ble until Wu Pel Fu was captured and held prisoner on some Island like Napoleon Wnen Wu Pel Fu was captured Chang gild he was willing to resign and assist in abolishing the Chinese of tary dictators POPE'S GENOA PLEA LAUDED BY PREMIER Lloyd George Says Pontiff Has Encouraged All by Appeal for Russian Peace PROPERTY met today at the residence of the Portuguese Minister to discuss pre- cautionary measures It was decided at the meeting to await replies to the notes of the diplomatic corps handed the Chinese foreign office last week which warned the government against fighting In Peking The commander of the allied at Tientsin report thoy aro ready to seize the railroad If traffic is interrupted The American legation has ed to the Washington government that an additional gunboat be sent Tientsin The French cruller has at Tientsin f OH Plan Hoped Satisfactory or saiet r m Peking J to Soviet and The residents of Peking feel safe notwithstanding the booming of non heard from the direction of The gates of the city here are heavily guarded They are being kept open but it Is expected they will be closed In the event of any indication of a rush toward Peking by defeated troops West Virginia Partisan Leaders Watch Mine Treason Cases MAY SHIFT THE LABOR VOTE Industrial Strife of last Two Teats Will Affect Election Prospective Candidates of Both and Republicans Groomed With View to Acquiring Strength Among tional Committeeman Is Among Counsel for Prosecution The foreign legations foreign ness houses and Institutions like the American Board of Missions the viewers It was added that I Rockefeller Institute and the oe railroad administration j can mission are the flags of their respective nations ly The streets of Peking today were unusually animated with confusion among the people of many nations and vehicles and animals Frequently stretchers borne by ies were to be seen passing the streets with wounded from the fighting zone Camels carts and are being pressed Into ice to move valuables to of safety Even the rickshaw coolies carried foreign flags today as notice to trons that they were Immune from attack The narrow thoroughfares of the Chinese section of the city were crowded with natives standing In silence apparently by reason of the distant thunder of ar- tillery The usual haunts of the ist were deserted to Avoid Mukden Host of the visitors to tire city de- parted before the hostilities began The American legation here has re- quested the American Ambassador to Tokio not to permit Americans ing to come to Peking to travel by way of Mukden This Is the only railroad which traffic has not been suspended Visitors from the vicinity of the battlefield outside Peking report that ON PAGE POLICE BOMBED AT SOFIA USE PISTOLS ON RIOTERS Two Persons Killed and Many bonded in io Paris a protest to the government that of the face bankrupt r in of the suspension of traffic hnt this fact involves foreign i Lion Gain By Either Side fighting Sunday was sporadic hout the war area There no sains by cither eide lost conflict appeared around nest of the Peking wall where el KH is concentrating for a in art attempt to turn Chang Lin's western front toward ans forces occupy the ige of where 100 been taken Into the of Some of the inded in tho fighting have been night to hospitals In Peking The were left on the battlefield Re- details as to the casualties art? because the Chinese seeping no record of them n P military situation Sunday as from legation attaches is In Each Anny ang and Wu Pel Fu has men under fire or in ion Wu PCI Fu Is bringing up from the Chang is Mukden which soon increase the total to titan on each side controls the running from Mukden through aln Peking but Is V 4 u ijS t south tv Bulgaria April at- By the master railroad to tween the troops and u to rail J n Anto nn Hu river tod troops sr the western bank of with the purpose of Pel F i southward and ag Wu ei Fu's headquarters Wu Pushing Eastward i- Pel Is pushing his front apparently with the in forcing Chang tn the communists In stratlon Genoa April 30 By the Associated Press Pius through Cardinal Gasparri has addressed to the and peoples of the World a letter which is described as a new spur to universal brotherhood and a new admonition of disasters likely to befall mankind If efforts for true pacification should fail This act by the Holy See has ated great interest and has seemed ready to inspire all to renewed forts to make the Genoa conference of lasting good to the world Com- menting today Premier Lloyd George I cannot say how pleased I am at this remarkable document nor could I exaggerate the terms in which it s couched The Pope speaks with first hand knowledge of conditions in ern Europe and I feel that so clear and definite a pronouncement by the Holy See in favor of peace with Rug sia is a great encouragement to the Christian powers assembled at Genoa Sturzo Alow Genoa Power The ideals of the Pope are preached here by Don Luigi Sturzo leader of the Italian Catholic party who is attaining a unique position m an unofficial capacity at the con- ference There seems to be a re markable Identity of views ing International cooperation and in- brotherhood proclaimed by Sturzo with those Lloyd George ifh In with the necessity of making some cooperative arrangement with all the peoples of Europe including especially Russia and Germany Officially the economic conference saw little activity today The jurists who are striving to Compose the fering views of Prance and Great Britain on the question of the ment of the Russian war debts met this afternoon Private Property Vexing Isaac Their report will be submitted to the conference as will also the plan to dispose of the vexing problem of private property In Russia which was confiscated by the soviet government and nationalized Prance wants it re- stored if it can be located but Great Britain will be content with enjoying tbe use of it The jurists appear to have ered some formula which according to rumor mentions neither ownership of private erty nor capitalism in a way to offend the soviet followers of nationalism or the supporters of capitalism in other countries TWO DDE DT TENEMENT Police into whose ranks a bomb The police opened fire their revolvers and quicksand Alto he view Is that the fighting ls of a that greater the full strength of the st armies is attained a diplomatic body in Peking Two persons were killed and many Special Cafile Paris April premature May day riot occurred this afternoon on the outskirts of Paris when 5000 communists attempted to parade In the city The mob carrying red nags entered the c mt furled proceeded after the banners and until the can guards split the marchers up Into two columns as a safety measure A d Woman and Child Trapped In Dozen Injured rk April in a hallway in a fire that -ed a four-story Hill an aged were burned to later ment in woman ana V death tenants of the 30 Many were Injured ilies In the firemen were hurt More than a escapes to rescue as they scaled and aged men was dis- v by the ledger Co on window from perilous bodies of a Mrs ledges The v old and Edith on one of the stairway the majority More than hospitals children By GEORGE BROWN Copyright 1022 by The Washington Tost Co Charles Town W Va April West Virginia politicians are ing the progress of the Charles Town trials with unusual interest Labor in western and southern sections of the State which generally voted the Republican ticket two years ago and carried that party Into power on the crest of a wave of enthusiasm for President Harding has been much aroused by the troubles in Logan Mingo counties which have ended irf wholesale indictments for murder and treason and the beginning here of the most spectacular criminal trials to have occurred In this country for years if indeed there Is to be found a precedent for Labor leaders are quietly putting out rumors and reports that the ers ind their friends will the Democratic ticket this year but an obvious motive can easily be detected since there is an apparent plan here to appeal to the sentiment of the people of Jefferson and the eastern agricultural counties This section is Democratic Will Affect Primaries Nevertheless it is expected that the labor troubles which have plunged West Virginia Into blood and turmoil during the past two years and the present strike of the coal miners will be reflected in the primaries and in the elections in November and this becomes a matter of wide national In- terest since a Republican seat in the United States Senate is at stake Although Democratic hopes are ning tho present outlook Is un- favorable Jhe cans prosecution Is at last after a week largely devoted ta the usual preliminaries fairly launched into its ease the leading officials this State of the United Mine ers and with the resumption of the trial tomorrow of William Blizzard president of subdistrict 2 of district 17 it la reasonable to expect that the evidence of the alleged conspiracy against the Commonwealth will be- come more and more of a character calculated to arouse public opinion to a High pitch of excitement While all this is happening a political situation is also developing Fight Senator Sutherland Senator Howard Sutherland is com- ing up for reelection and there Is a determined effort under way to defeat him in the primaries on August 6 on the of many of the most tial Republicans of the State some of whom openly and others more or less secretly are against him Southern Virginia ia claiming a right to representation the Senate both the present senators now hailing from the northern section The largest voting population is south of the Great Kanawha river this region including Charleston Hinton and other cities As the tion exists today the defeat of Mr Sutherland In the primaries probably will depend upon the ability of the Republicans from the southern ties to agree upon a candidate from that section If no such agreement can be reached the presence of eral candidates In the field would help Senator Sutherland The only Republican thus far to an- his candidacy for the tion for the Senate is former ney General A A Lilly of ton and the politicians of both ties regard him as the moat able contestant Senator Sutherland could have Many Politicians at Trial Many of the Democratic leaders be- lieve that Mr Lilly could defeat the senator for the nomination and there is eome opinion that he would be the strongest candidate at the poll against the Democratic The trials of the coal miners have brought to Charles Town many of the leading politicians both Republican and in the State During the last few days a ment has been started in ton in favor of the candidacy of uel B Montgomery by those licans who feel that in view of the social and economic it would help the State ticket to head it with the name of a progressive They think that labor will halve to be and dealt with and that the nomination of Mr Montgomery would have the effect of preventing tRe bor vote from going to the cratic candidates for senator con- and State offices He might prove a dangerous candidate in a fight Counsel for the miners Mr Montgomery has not matte any In the matter which thus far has not made conspicuous ress He is one of the counsel for the CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE Former Crown Prince Wants America at Genoa Germany All Europe in Fact Needs Help of the U S i 11 He Says in First Formal archist a Loyal German He Work for No as an Object to No Life at Wieringen Graphically Told Washington Post presents the first interview with the former Prine qf Germany now in exile at Wieringen Holland The Crown Prince has followed closely the trend of world politics and apparently closely identifies himself with the of Germany He shows a keen knowledge of the relation of the United States to the affairs of Den Oever Wieringen Don't you think it a pity America didn't go to Genoa 1 Why didn't The first question asked during our conversation came from the former Crown Prince of Germany From then on it was a friendly contest as to who should be inter- viewer and who interviewed In the end I believe the score for tion points was slightly in favor of my host Interested In American Affairs The exiled prince manifested the keenest interest in American affairs and personalities Especially was concerned about America's possible future course in Europe I do think it a pity America didn't go to he repeated with em- phasis The Conference then might have given more hope of resulting in real tangible benefit to the world Europe needs America's help many needs it Can not America help to spread the truth about Germany's real So long of our mies inj the latest war continue in their present attitude toward many I fear there is no hope for my GEN J PERSHING AID DIES Chief of A E F Staff in France HI Two and Half Years cumbs io Heart Disease DIRECTED OFFENSIVES Services of War's Great Commanders to Pass Copyright 1022 by The Washington Tost On Maj Gen James McAndrew chief of staff of tlie A E P and the of- ficer who directed from general quarters in Chaumont France the American offensives at Chateau Thierry St Mihiel and the Meuse died at Walter Heed hospital o'clock last night of arterie sclerosis valvular heart disease after an Illness of two and one-half years tlie first of the great can leaders of the world war to pass into history The tremendous burden of for the stupendous troop movements involved in those which broke the Hindenburg line and forced Germany into the armistice and terminated the conflict rested on his shoulders at a time when American transportation had broken down and the fate of the war was hanging In the balance His death after a heroic battle for ery of health which has been for months the admiration entire army was as much a war casualty as though he had been killed in action Won Highest Decorations At his bedside when the end came were his wife and twb sisters Mrs How ley and Mrs J B Gen John J Pershing right hand he had been during the critical period of the war waa with him almost to the end No arrangements have as yet been made for the funeral but the Interment will ably be in Arlington with full tary honors Gen McAndrew came out war with an international reputation and his brilliant service as a com- mander and as an and di- rector of field armies won for him the highest decorations of his own and allied governments He was one of the most distinguished of the American commanders personally Pershing for the est posts immediately under him Solved Vast Throughout the period of activer American military operations it was through Gen McAndrew at Chaur mont that Gen Pershing directed the mightest army marshaled under the American an army whose divisions were as large as the armies of the war period No American soldier had ever before been called upon to meet the lems which confronted Gen Pershing and the staff which he had created and the reputation of Gen McAndrew will rest upon the ability and of purpose with which he met and solved the entirely new problems in strategy and operations presented by the extraordinary exigencies of the campaigns on the western front from May to November 1918 Gen McAndrew had made an en- viable record in the army in the Sioux Cuban and Philippine before the United States en- tered the war against Germany in country I believe public opinion in both America and England has ready become just towards us Can not this more favorable public opinion influence official Why can not America induce the allies to withdraw from our It Is intolerable that we should be com- to continue to pay vast sums for armies of occupation Instead of using this money for reparations Though Exile Still a German Throughout the conversation the crown prince made it quite clear that though an exile he Is still a German It was always we Of course I a he explained but on going back to Germany I will live there as a loyal German not only wining but eager to take up my duties for the wealth with my wife and children as every other citizen and work for the best interests of my home The crown prince fully expects to return to Germany in time When the time comes he hopes that no in- superable difficulties will be put in his way He does not Intend to force matters and certainly will attempt no surreptitious flight from Holland will be no coup like that of the late King Karl For three years and five months the former heir to the throne of the man empire has played the game cording to rules laid down by Holland He has kept his parole scrupulously He has made no at- tempt leave the country and ever he takes a trip from principally to visit his father at Doom previously obtains formal mission from title Butch minister of the inferior The Hague and is by the of -31 received permit for a Visit to on the occasion of the anniversary of tire empress death Flat the seven mile motor ride from ing little port of at the south end of this uninspiring island in the der Zee whose chief industry is after a dreary four hour ney by train and boat from flat bleak and whipped stretches dotted here and there with ancient and lonely houses I could not help MI if St Helena was any worse Thia feeling was accentuated when somewhat beyond the village of De Oever we approached the plain little brick cottage provided by the Dutch government for its guest But I not appreciate how really tive is the as they call it until its present tenant informed me that it actually has no bath and no running water Entering through sagging gace m in iron picket fence I was first greeted by a ly German police dog kennel stands beside the front door Favorite Authors While awaiting Prince's arrival in the room looking out on a desolate backyard I had an opportunity to judge of his taste in literature It is sweeping In the crowded book shelves were all sorts of German French Dutch and biography eco- ON PAGE CONTINUED ON PAGE KILLS SON AND HIMSELF SHOOTS TWICE AT WIFE i Dr Allen Principal in Dayton Murder Trial Commits ble Crime on Auto Ride Chattanooga Tenn April 30 By the Associated W P Allen of Dayton Tenn who was last December acquitted at the der of Burch C member of a Tennessee family after one of the most sensational trials ever In Rhea tonight killed his son W P jr shot at his wife and committed suicide tragedy occurred three miles south of Dayton as Dr Allen his wife and son were return an automobile ride Mrs Allen said the shooting was done without any warning She told Sheriff who made an investigation that Dr Allen who was driving the car stopped at the side of the road drew his pistol shot the through the bead and got out of the seat She jumped out on the other side she and ran as Allen started shooting at her The physician fired twice at Mrs Allen and failing to hit turned the gun on himself and blew oui his brains Both Allen and the child were killed instantly Allen was picked by a passing motorist and taken to her home where she im- mediately collapsed Index to Today's Issue Page Under Martial Law Fight for Congress Is On Mine Trials Stir Politics Former Crown Prince on Genoa Petition Decries Tax Pope's Genoa Plea Lauded Gen James McAndrew Dead Farm Credits Proposals Overseas Women Meet Here Doyle Upholds Bible Miracles to Get Croker Millions Opposes Recognizing Reds Soviet Debt Arbitration Urged Mother Dies in Fall Output Grows Tells of Tariff Benefits for Reserves Outlined At the Theaters Comment Reviews Department Legal Record Club Luncheon MAGAZINE FEATURE SECTION FIGHT TO CONTROL CONGRESS STARTS Primaries in Indiana Tomorrow Are First Gun in Battle Between Parties PREDICT BY NEW Say He leads Beveridge ia large Next on May 16 By HARRY JV PRICE Copyright 1922 by The Post Co the holding of the Republican and Democratic primaries in Indiana tomorrow the campaign for control of the next Congress may be said to have fairly started and from now un- til November there will be lively in- terest in politics The Indiana maries are the first to be held May 16 the primaries will take place in Pennsylvania when candidates for the two places in the United States Senate made vacant by the death of Senators Knox and Penrose will be chosen Republican leade and while reports almost section of the country are to the that President Harding is stronger than his party in Congress the results of the November elections will be taken as a fair index of the of the people toward the new administration Meeting Democratic Inane Democratic leaders in Senate and House have indicated that they are to make the neglect of the cans to pass a tariff the pal issue in the campaign The Re- publicans however are not going to permit the Democrats to get away with this charge if they can help it The President has been urging Con- gress leaders to speed up in their consideration of the tariff and it is believed this pressure has had Its effect At any rate the men who have much to do the making of the new Republican tariff are forth every effort to get the out of the Senate and into conference Republican leaders like Senator son of Indiana for instance express the belief that the revenue measure will pass the Senate by July 1 and that it will be agreed upon by the conference committee within four or five weeks thereafter and be ready for the signature of the chief tive early in August Alaskan Visit Unlikely While the tariff is In conference Senate Republicans believe they can dispose of other important measures and be ready for adjournment by August 15 Should this program be carried out it is possible the dent might take his desired trip to Alaska but friends close to Mr ding do not expect this to happen In the first place they do not think the optimism of Senate leaders as to the passage of the tariff and other important measures is entirely warranted and secondly they say that weather conditions in Alaska would be anything but propitious for a visit to that Territory by the ident One of the interesting sidelights of the Indiana campaign is the dacy of Mrs William Cullop wife of former Representative Cullop for the Democratic nomination in the Second district represented by Oscar Bland Certain to Retain There is not a Republican prophet in Congress or out who expects the Republicans to keep anything like the majority the party now has in the House of Representatives Most of the solid men and the most astute ob- servers however insist that the Re- publicans will retain control of the House and they assert there may be several gains In the Senate There Is among of electing a senator In land but tney do believe there is more than ait even chance to win In Montana Missouri and Rhode Island Many have strong hope that with united Republican opposition to tor Hitchcock in Nebraska the Re- may win in that State News of the Indiana primaries morrow will be awaited eagerly by members of both parties Citizens in Mass Meeting peal Proposal to Congress DEMAND RIGHT TO BE HEARD T J Donovan Recalls Taxation Protests of Colonists President Baker Says City Wants Not Dodgers Declares T Bradley Called Unconstitutional by Judge Women Against It Mrs M W Johnson Says Massed citizenship yesterday raised its voice against the imposition of ad- taxes as proposed by the con- ference amendment to the District Assembled on the Central High school stadium from virtually every organization la the city together with taxpayers not filiated with organizations exercised one of the few constitutional rights of District right to tion Congress Baker to Present Protest after leading citizens the ed heads of civic organizations spoken and resolutions had been adopted the meeting by unanimous vote directed Charles A Baker dent of the Federation of Citizens to place immediately be- fore the President of the Senate the Speaker of the House of the vigorous protest of the people of the District Columbia against the conference amendment to the appropriation which would add more than a year to the District tax What the meeting may have lacked in numbers was offset by tha en- of the 300 men and who packed a section of the grand- stand in the high school stadium Thomas president of the Central Citizens association who ar- ranged the protest meeting on the said that most of the city's organizations were represented by delegations Not o Vote it The resolution f gainst conference action looking in- creased taxation was bv of on law legislation Not a dissenting vote was registered against it Brief addresses were made bi- Judge White for tho federation Thomas J Donovan v ho called the meeting A B of the Chamber of Commerce Thomas Bradley president of the Board of Trade Mrs Mary Johnson of the Federation of Women's Clubs John A Logan and President Baker of the federation Meet to Petition In opening the meeting Donovan said We are assembled here this after- noon to exercise the constitutional right still left us to enter our test and to petition the Congress 10 see that our protest is observed in retaining to us the right to be heard upon matters that vitally affect us as citizens and taxpayers Taxation without representation was tyranny to the men who brought into being our scheme of government the same ideals should govern today In the minds of all true citizens ulio cherish the institutions of our great government In the development of the scheme under which the of the District of Columbia operates It has been the practice until years to give wide and extended ing by the committees of Congress matters that affected in a vital way the affairs of the city to any or all citizens organized or unorganized the opportunity of placing their thought before Congress Slipping Through The action of the conferees on the pending appropriation for tha District by the Insertion of general legislation so menacing in its pose to the citizens of this ctty fully justifies us in meeting here today for the purpose of conveying to Congress our minds on this subject and our in general to the growing prac tice of slipping through the various stages of legislation President Baker told the meeting that the are appealing to Con- gress with antagonism m hearts but merely seeking justice Ha paid tribute to legislators friendly the District who devote their timi and energies in seeing that the Dis- of Columbia is treated fairly for the Chamber Speaking for Oie Chamber of Con- merce A E Seymour told of the tion taken Saturday night by the committee of the chamber protesting tbe proposed increase in taxes He declared that the ence amendment under the rules both Senate is subject to a point of Order and urged the zens to use whatever influence they have to have a point of order mada on the floor of the There are a lot of good things in the District and commendation was heard from all aides until we learned through the press of the new tax plan which half a dozen men reference to the people and without hearings propose shall be the law for this District of declared Seymour The speaker said that it is the OX
