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lU ARREST ZU IN DOUBLE KLAN MURDER To.Nlohf Weather CLOUDY. TVMorrow't Weather CLOUDY. EMM! wfot FtNMlM EXTRA EXTRA KB hit j \Circulation Books Open to All.\ \ Circulation Books Open to All.\ VOL. LXni. NO. 22,238 DAILY. Copjrliht 1'ubUahlnr (New Company, 'lork World) WSJ. frets NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1922. I'.nlrrrit Vml Olflcr, in Scimicl.fiu.n .Nrn- - lurk. Miittrr N. V. PRIO THREE CENTS Fire Maroons 10 \ALOOFNESS\ i iraiit 1 1 1 uriirn AbUUI HIM, NtVtK WA SAYS HARDING 1919 Round Robin Cited as Proving Willingness to Treat With Allies. J NO. NEW FOREIGN PLAN. Is Not Changing but De- veloping, His Supporters Declare. By David Lawrence. Spoeiol Correspondence of The Eve- ning World.) WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 America's foreign policy is veloping not changing. The Interesting attitudes are being jj assumed by those who fought for nnd those who fought agalsnt a ''isolatlomi't'' pohc. President Hard-- ; ing hlmselt labons this word \aloof-- t ness\ in li'feinng to the scope of t American policy in the future, j. Is this a bleak with ihe tjllables\\ Is it inconsistent with the movement which killed ratlllcation if the covenant ol the Lcaguu of Ni- - lions by tin American Senate.' The ;fllSwor given bv adminfatnition pto-pl- o is an emphatic negative. And an ' proof of their contention they ask tiio. people to go hack to the lound-robi- n of March, 1019, signed by ap- proximately forty Republic-tu- .Sena tors, under the leadership of Mi. vI.odgc of Massachusetts That document announced opposl-- ,' uon to the covenant of the League \in the form now proposed,\ bui ir no particular did It denounce the princi- ple o international In fact It urged that peace between the ..nil rincni'in. Ivi ..nnnlnHi.rl ;inrt Life M \that the proposal for a League ot Nations to insure, tho permanent ' pcaco of tho world should be taken up then for careliil and prions con- - i sideration.\ , It went on say that M, is tho aense of tho Senate \that nations of the world should uuite j to promoto pcuco and gcnjral diaaitn-ament- .\ Among tiio signatuies tj the round-tobl- n uro Warren G. Harding of Ohio, Senators Hiram W. Johnson of Cali fornia, William 13. Borah Idaho uud Frank Bsandcgco of Connecticut. Every movo tho Administration has ! jnndo In foreign policy has been con- - ( slstent with that doctrine, it is con-- j tended, and there is a distinct tend- ency nowadays to arguo that the pur- pose has always been thu same, though admissions are that the Administra- tion was not t Inclined to work, out its policy a year ago, as it is In other words, tho swing of tho (Continued on Second Page.) 1 Good Fire Story? 8r Weren't Those Contrib's Imagination \Hoy ifl this the What Did Vou few havo . j\T\;Thcro's a lire up here in tho Cadll Jao ncstuurant. No. 1570 right next nth Street. It In the window. Theru is n Christmas bcene Mountains with snow on und two villages and trees automobiles on tho roads nnd u lake with two bridges and in tho lake thero's gold ilsh and stiver fish oh, all kinds of maybo there was some gcfucllleflsh in there for all t know. \Now thcro was a train running around and around botween tho two towns, and ono of tho stations was 'Cadillac' und 'Kvcrybody nrops Here.' \So tho sparks from tho train sot flro to the woods, and tho town begins lo burn nd the rurtalns In the ids- - taurant window blows up tin- - foplo Incui'' at lunch tome out and !io wnltcis after some of them. \Then tho firemen c jnu's fim Engine Si and Truck 1 and the waiters havo pulled the curtains Jbut tho woods and village la aUIl mi. 264 Irish Freed Upon To Free State Order to Shoot Rail Trespassers Follows Outbreak of Bombing and Incendiarism in Many Centres DUBLIN, Dec. 23 (Associated\ Press). Two hundred and sixty-fou- r Republicans, bold prisonor In Mountjoy Prison, were, released having signed a declaration of allegiance to the Free State Four of those released wero women. Persons railway property with-- \ out authorization were ordered shot on sight by tho Frco State y as the result of fresh outbreaks of incendiar- ism and bombing by Republican in- surgents. Troublo or. Christmas was feared as tho rebels Ignored an ultimatum that four of their number now In prL.011 and condemned to death would bo executed if outrages continued. Free St&to troops continued to storm Republican strongholds, casualties re- sulting. In an effort to bring about a Christ-ma- b truce eight officers who are re- ported to represent a largo cloment o those ho served In tho old Irish Re- publican Army before tho Free State was born have sent letters to other I. R A. veterans, who- arc neutral in tho present Etrlkc, urging a Nation wide organization to terminate the warfare. Refusal to lift tho curfew for tho holiday celebration was strongly pro- tested by Cardinal Logue. Tho re- striction would prohibit midnight Christmas but the Cardinal ed It would bo celebrated regard- less. Eight civilians, including a mothor and daughter, wero wounded when in- surgents in a motor lorry raced through Cork, bombing tho streets. Ono was killed and two women and a Frco State private were wound- ed when Government troops attacked urmcd rebels in a Dorset Street stronghold. In tho face of thcae disorders the Frcu State took most drastic steps to protect tho railways. Rcbola threat- ened a Christmas offensive to demor- alize traffic. Blockhouses wore established along rights of way at intervals of two miles, und two hundred troops were assigned to each. Rebels have raided at Four Corners, In South Iro-lan- d, In tho last twenty-fou- r hours. Tho Free Stato was to-d- re- ported ready to offor amnesty to im- prisoned Insurgents, provided tho latter take oath not to again bear arms against tho Government and accept tho curfow order. Many rebel leaders predicted this would be met by defiance from tho men In prison. I.U AOimilS III.AMC FOIIT MILLS. MANILA. I I., Doc. 23. (Associated PreRa) Tho baseball team from tho I'nlted States, composed of players of tho two major leagues, defeated the Kort Mills Ahmy team 9 to 0. Answer Is Yes; Goldfish Saved? Strayed His Facts. See Editor?\ asked n'thiu volco shak lying across tho brldgo over tho lako And tho lady cashier meets tho fire- men in the door and hollers: 'Oh, save the poor fish. U'h terrible,' she hollers, 'save tho poor fish.' \So she takes tho big chief v itji the white helmet by the hand and leads him over to the window and points into tho lake whore tho iioli (Continued on Second Pago ) The Evening World will not be published , Christmas Day. They Certainly Were, Even if \What-Did-You-Se- c\ inir\ with excitement on tho Evening World's telephono y a minutes after noon. \No? Then put him on quick! This la bis nowB.\ It was or at least it ought to been. Broadway, to Is In there. \cm and and, lish parked ami down tho on mass, man trains With Thousands on the Lexington Avenue \L Republicans Swearing Allegiance Declaration N.Y. CELEBRATING. CHRISTMAS WTH SPIRIT OF GIVING Altman Store Gives Its 4,000 Employees 3350,000 in Presents. The celebration of Christmas will get a good start in Now York at the end of a week that has brought prosperity in all linos of trade and a generous response to those who aro seeking to make the holidays tiapptcr for tho unfortunate. Employees of the Altman store at 3lth Street and Fifth Avcnuo, 4,000 in number, received $330,000 in Christ- mas presents from tho Altman Inundation, established by tho late Benjamin Altman, y. The dis- tribution began at 10 o'clock in the morning and continued through tho day. Michael Frlcdsuru, President of the Altman Company, was in chargo ot tho distribution. Kniployccs wero on tho basis ot length of scrvlco und valuo to tho store. The element of value to tho store was de- termined by tho heads of departments. Business went on uninterruptedly while tho distribution was-i- n progress, the clerks leaving their counters In small relays and proceeding to tho of- fice where tho checks wero handed out. v Not for several jears has tho de-sl- ro to givo been so widespread, ac- cording to philanthropic workers, and tho Christmas spirit in every way appcarB to euual pre-w- ar days. The New York Curb Market, No. 78 Trinity Place, gladdened yesterday tho hearts of 2.0U0 children, whoio homes aie outside tho gales of tho Wall Street d.strlct. Edward Raleigh played tho rolo fct St Nlek and handed out baskets of toys and good things to cat. Tho Salvation Array not out yester- day to make tho first deliveries of the 26,000 Christmas baskets for tho poor of tho city, und y tho kinder- garten classes of the Henry Street Settlement will give a Christmas party. The Association for Improv- ing tho Condition of the Poor will help cheer the patients of the association's Homo Hospital. Among other festivities planned for this afternoon and evening are a cele- bration arranged for the neighborhood boys at tho Newsboys' House by Thomas W. Latnont of J. P. Morgan & Co. and a dinner (or animals In tho metropolitan district by the (Continued on Second Page.) CRIPPLES XMAS GUESTS OF CURTISS EMPLOYEES Wrpluur Worker fllr 111k l'nrtj-fo- r Mlnrola Klddir. Employees of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation ut Mlneola this afternqflj gave a Christmas tree en- tertainment to nnd for the crippled chil dren of St. John s Home in Nassau County's seat. Ilcrt Cooptr was Santa Olaus tor tho little ones una tho biggest tree that could be S'turcd was ladou with goodlf.i and ptrai-ntt- . Mufcit', nnd oilier foi ins of n tertulnmtMii .! llKhU'd tin- U f - rui-- nil afternoon und muuV the occasion i merry one. The Conimlttco of Arran; mints comprled Miss Amy Carter. chairman; Alius Margaret Dryur and Mossra. r. WUUanw. Ilobcitvuill and 31, LI Kingston. w mimmdj-lj- M TRAIN JUMPS RAILS HITS BANK BOUNDS BACK ONTO TIES Almost Miraculous That Only Two Were Badly Hurt, Thirteen Slightly. BOUND FOR NEW YORK. Eight Cars, Including Four Sleepers and Engine, .Were Derailed. ROCKY MOUNT. N. C. Dec. 23 (Associated I'ress). Fifteen passen- gers wero Injured early to-da- y when eight cars, including faur sleepers, and tho engine of tho Atlantic Coast Lino Railway train No. S3, enroute from Jacksonville to Now York, were near Lucama. Only two pas- sengers wero injured more than slightly. Official., after an investigation, tho theory that tho wreck was caused by a broken rail. Tho fact that not one of tho 250 passengers was seri- ously hurt when tho fast travelling train left tho track, struck an cmhnnk. went and bounded back to the roadbed, was said by officials \to be almost miraculous.\ All tho cars were ctccl. JURY FINDS WIFE SLAYER IS GUILTY IN FIRST DEGREE Deliberates Only One Hour Before Condemning Pit Murderer to Death. Abraham Becker, truck chaullcur. was lounrt guilty of tho murder of his wife, Jennie, in the Bronx County at i.w A. M. The jury was out only eixty-sove- n minutes, r i uctucr wm uo sentenced to death next Tuesday. Within a few days .... . O V, XT !.! \uuutu .uinin, tno otner man charged with tho murder, will go on trial in tho same court. When Becker, was brought from the jail, whero ho had remained while tho jury was out, ho took his stand in tho prisoners' dock without show oi emotion. He turned his gaze (Continued on Second Page.) 23. a ot at re an this a In to ovldenco of It could not be whatt wero in tho room at thu time, and there was an an of about the but there was no tho odor of liuuor which permitted tho wholo of tho Repoiters with a goocj nobo for boozo at vwnt search of the sourco and tho story of tho futal bobble was to light. of being escorted through tho building by the air and then at one m they through the corridors on the Sennit end. Dor. .'. --- .iu- - ruign bootleggers in tno I nuu0B tno nomo oi tno Prohibition amendment has been by Capitol' la view ot LONDON STAGE BEAUTY STRENGTHENS WEDDING RUMORS BY U. S. VISIT GLADYS COOPER. Qlmljs lo He Ivor Ruicllu'n Wife After Divorce Decree, I'crMst. Copyright. 1Ks;Now roblUhinir Uomfrtiw.-- '. LONDON, Dec. 23. Slisa Gladys Cooper, who has achieved u great success here In the revival it \The Second Mrs. Tanqucray,\ Is go- ing to America shortly. Ivor has also gouo there, and tho has strengthened rumors that they will marry us soon aa her di- vorce decree from II. J. Buckmastor, obtained this week, la mado absolute. Miss Cooper, who is thirty-thre- e, la considered ono of tho most beautlttil womon on the British stage. SNOW CHRISTMAS NO SEVERE COLD, WEATHER MAN SAYS Xrrr hlciln Will llnvr to Wnlf l.iitll Alter Welii-nil- for n 'I roii(. WASHINGTON, Dec. .3. Santa Claus will ride Into States from Michigan to the Atlantic Coast on a fresh layer of snow if Weather Bureau predic- tions y of a snowfall within tho next twenty-fou- r hours In this area hold good. New overcoats, hlcds, skates anil Christmas gifts will havo to bo held store until the middle of next week, however, for accord-din- g to the bureau thcie is \no cold weather In sight\ after to- morrow until Wednesday. spirit among tho Senators. recent activities or bootleggei. havo been warned to use all their powers to break up attempt to purvey boozo within tho Capitol ,or the or Houbo office buildings. Tho order was issued by Senator Republican whip, of printed reports that Senators had been solicited by bootleggers in tho Senato Icoby. Diplomats In Washington will not bt! lacking In Christmas cheti. Within the taut two weeks the trin-ig- exercising tht.i i:\''ege of immunity from t; I\. o..ihmon Law, have, anuut ?n'.u00 worth ot choice liquors, a few l.is ago ono largo shipment wa3 from Kurope, tho dlploraata having Waiter Drops Quart of Whisky In U. S. Senators' Restaurant Fumes Permeate Wing of Capitol and Visitors Get Whiff Near-Pani- c Among Employees. From a Staff Correspondent of Tho Evening World. WASHINGTON, Dec. A clumsy waiter who dropped and broke quart bottlo whiskey in tbo private dining room tho Capital served for Senates created embarrassing situation morning. When tho container waB smashed on the inarblo door, thoro wan near panic tho waiters corps. Mops, toweln and sponges were called Into uso remove tho Christmas ascertained henators dining eecrcey affair, mistaking Senato end Capitol. ouco In waiters' brought Crowds tourists Capitol guides sniffed smiled signi- ficantly another, p.wv.vl WASHINGTON. against I'nlted uuiiamg ordered Senato leaders. Xho police, tho Cooper UcnortM World), l'muro's Novollo coin- cidence FOR BUT North- ern similar, In any Senate Curtts, bocauso icccivtd received TOUd tiuiix OiVUfg, wm scm ILL ARREST TWENTY MEN miiSnri' IN MYSTERY SLAYING OF TWO iinMADDrn m 11 IIV ll AM Sheet Flame Envelops Car of Lexington Avenue Train in Bronx. 4 TIE-U- P. Brakes Stuck 40 Minutes After Passenger Pulled Emergency Cprd. Thousands of persons were ma- rooned on the elevated structure of the Lexington Avenue Subway at Westchester and Tinlon Avonues, tho Bronx, scores of women wero ren-dar- hysterical and n lire In hun- dreds of Christmas trees directly be- neath ihe I, wan narrowly averted shortly after noon y when a futo blew out in a motor box on one of the cars of ,a ten-ca- r express and for a minute enveloped the rnr with llames. In the excitement some one un the train pulled tho emergency cortl with such force that after tho flro was ,'X- - tlngulshctl and tho excitement melletl It required forty minutes'1 to release tho brakes of the ten vara, with tho result that several elevated lines In tho Bronx und tho northbound tracks of thu Lexington Avenue subway v.ero tied up during tiro peak of tho Sat- urday afternoon ni'sh houi. The elevated structure Is In the iia-t.- ir ut thf neck of the bottlo for sev- eral branch lines In tho Bronx, such us tho Jeromo Avenue line, that lo West I'arms, und olhtis Tho Ifii-e- nr express was proof oiling norlli ulong Westchester Avenue when at Tlnton Avenue the fuse blew out high shoot of flaino burst up around the windows ut tho tar und ucVei-u- l women screamed, whllo men rushnl to open tho doors. Somf one m the car pulled tho emergency rord tint! tho train came to an abrupt stop llirow Ing passengers In huddled in tips The ear eauui to u slop dirrelK mor a street market in ft out ni vhnli ero stacked huntlietls m 'hi ihIiilih trees, und the Hhootlng Humes rnim perilously near Igniting tlii'Sf Sov erlil men In the stint, lunvever, rushed' to them and lemovi'd t'lem from danger, but not before the tvjis of HOinu of them were singed. .Meanwhile, on the tialn. which had been stoppetl a long way from any station, guards went into thu thlrl car antl informed passengers that there was no danger. They requested passengers in that car in walk blowly into other tins of tho train, which they did. Some one in the ..ireet telephoned a still ularin and Battalion Chief Gray and Truck Company No. 19 re- sponded. Chief Gray und anothor llreman climbed a ladder that was placctl against the L strueturo anil put tho blaze out with hand llro ex- tinguishers. Then, after tho excitement had been quelled, tho motorman or tho train found himself unablo to start it. In- vestigation showed that tho brakes on each of tho ten cars ero locked tightly. It required forty minutes to release them, antl by that time trains wero strung out for several blocks. Tho motonncn of some of theno wero able to bring their ears tu a stop at station platforms and their i.issongers alighted and took other means of transportation to their homes, but those trains which were stalled be- tween stations trapped their passen- gers for uboul thice-quarte- of an hour. Tho tie-u- p was lolt for a lung time afterward In tho subway. THIRTY YEARS OF NEW YORK SOCIETY A oraphlo and witty review of tho city's tocial progress By Frank Crownlnshield Editor of Vanity Fair in SUNDAY WORLD Mr. Crowninshield duiciM the past thirty years ,.it0 periods: Ruttic, Snobbish, Boom, Jitc. A utory every woman will want to rd. lIUIWI LU U! IU lLUA rLHM Body of Watt panicls, One of Slain .Men, Identified by Belt Buckle Authorities Hunt \Lisping Bill,\ Recognized From His Speech by Man Whipped by Masked Band. MKR ROUGH, La., Doc. 23. The wire-boun- d and mutilated bodies of two men recovered yesterday in Lako La fourcho by Stato Trooper, to bo those of Wutt Daniels antl Thomas Richards, who disappeared utter being kidnapped by masked and whlto-rohc- d men lust August, this morning were vlowed by Richards'!) widow; J. L. Daniels, ngetl father of Watt Daniels, ami a score ot relatives nnd friends. t,i...,n. . . - WESTERN FOOTBALL STAR WHO WAS FATALLY HURT IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBMr . BsiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisiiiiiiiS BERNARD KIRK FOOTBALL SIAR, 0 INJURIES la er Chosen tin ca Teams Was Hurt in Automobile Accident. YPSILANTI. Mlclt., Dec. 23. Ucrnard Kirk, star Unlvurslty of Michigan football player and chosen as un end this year, died this morning at n hospital hero from Injuries rccvivod in an automo-bll- o accident last Sunday. Klik'u skull was fractured. Kirk, whoso homo was In this city, was Injured whon tho automobile In which ho wan riding crashed Into a telephono polo. Tho Injury to his .skull resulted In meningitis, which caused death. ICtldIo Usher, formoi Michigan varsity football player and captain of tho .Michigan 1021 baseball team, was In the automobile with Kirk but escaped Injury. Klrk In addition to bclr.jr c.ioaen for teams this car, was selected as an end on tho myth-ic- al and elevens, lie was rcgaided as ono of tho best flankers) In tho country dur- ing recent years, 'bcln'j especially adopt micceivlng forwurd passes. Kirk's first college football wns played with Notre Damo in lOtn. in linn year critics selected hint inr tne team. Ho enteietl Mlchl-- : .n i'l H'l'ii, beginning hl- - i.ei i ko on the Viii.My in lf.'l. lie would li.iv t ti.'cn giudu.ncd ':om the litnuo de- partment of Urn iiivveisity uost spring. JIu was twenty-tw- o veins old and tho sou of John l, Klik of I 4u.uiuiL-iuiu- ot at least. Watt Daniels is complete, according lo authorities, because of tho Initials \F. W. D.,\ found on a belt buckle which Daniels Is said to have worn at tho time ho was spirited away. Tho bodies are lying in the Masonic Temple, whero they aro guarded l.v a detachment of Monroe National Guard. Tho guards uro armed will, ii.niiaiiu ruies, una wero instructed by Cupl Cooper to shoot persona whif may attempt to spirit away the bodies. Tho Inquest probably will bo held late this afternoon, according to ad vices received hero fiom Dr. Krttl Patterson, Morehouse Parish Coronet who returned y to Bastrop. A special train carrying two com panics of National Guard troops o\. tiered out yesterday by tho Adjutan' Generul, to augment the Monro--compan- now on duty here, was du t.i arrive hero before noon. ' Tho liaggago car ami enboose wen loadetl with machine guns, riflv nnd field equipment. Tho special left New Orleans lant night with Machluo Gun Company D and picked up Infanto Company A at Alexandria. Attorney Gonenil A. V.N Coco nnd two eminent pathologists of New OiietniH aectiinptinletl the troops. Attorney General Coco, whu vill tuKo chargo of uny legal proceedings growing out of tho kidnapping, tit -- companled the New Orleans inlllti.i men. The Attorney General Is said t havu stated that tho additional tronpt would bu used to pioteet those lni tlgatlng tho kidnapping nnd to ii vent a. possible clash between oppos- ing elements. Attorney General Coco y m Jan. 5 as tho date for the Morehom-'.- ' Parish open hearing In connection with the Morehouse kidnapping mst.- - Thc Attorney General held u con rrietuo with Judge Pied M. Odoni ot the Sixth Judicial Court Immediately upon his arrival and the date for th' Inuring, which will be befoie Ju'1,; Ckloiii, iwin ll.vcl. Tut, pathologists tiuin Now Oi leans y will hold un uutopsy uu tho bodies to determine if they tih killed befoio being thrown into the hike. Dr Fred Patterson, Coronci , vlowed tin bodies lato yesterday, but defence\ tho Inquest. It was stated It probably would bo held A troop guard will bo maintained over thi bodies until completion of I ho autopsy and Inquest. It generally was believed arrests of at least twenty persons in MorchoiHu Parish und tho Mer Rougo uolghbot -- hoot, alleged members of the hooded band, whoso names uro said to havo been obtained by tho Department of Justlco agents', would follow positive Identification of tho bodloj ns thoso of Daniels nnd Richards. Prominent citizens of tho parish uie said to havo\ been involved in tho Investigation. Tho arrest ot sovoral others in Ar- kansas and' Mississippi la anticipated. The central llguie in thu round-u- p will be \Lisping Dill,\ whoRc identity has been lovealetl by W. C. Andre wm, and \Tot\ Davenport, who wero beat en by tho night riders shoitly befoie the alleged killing of Danlols un i Richards. Ho wus identified by; hw speech. It was ofUcially stated that no oni officially connected with tho scarci for tho missing men was Involved '.u the dynamiting of tho lako. Another uttempt probably will be made y uy a dlvor to locate tha heads and other iiih'biiij portions ' the victims. An offoit ai made yes-ttul.i- to Und them .rid tiio tlgii'. taat had held tht bodies on tho bii of the lake, but conditions were found to bo too dangerous to complete tn work. (
