The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 15, 1922, Page 1

¥ The Weather: Partly cloudyi:. ESTABLISHED 1873. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THU TRIBUNE =] AY, JUNE 15, 1922 (Leased Wire of Associated Press. PRICE FIVE CENTS** EUROPE CENTERS HOPE ON HA TWO WASHOUTS ARE CAUSED BY TERRIFIC RAIN Northern Pacific Trains Held Up Near Billings and Near Jamestown Today BIG RAIN AT BISMARCK Entire Southern Half of The State in Path of Heavy Rain, Without Hail Owing to the washouts, the train carrying “The Passing Show,” to be at th: Auditorium tonight has been delayed. As a result, the curtain will not rise until 10 p.m, Terrific downpours of rain last night caused two washouts on the Northern. Pacific railroad, one at Bull Mountain, near Billings, Montana, and the other at Oswego, 12 miles west of Jamestown. Trains were delayed many houre. The state weather report today showed that 2.30 inches of rain had fallen at Jamestown, the heaviest rain in the state. Amenia was next with 2.10 inches, and Bismarck had 1.01 inches of rain, Rain was heavy all over the southern part of the state, TRAMPS SAVED LIVES OF THREE (By the Associated Press) Bement, ML, June 15.—Thme tramps hopped off a passing freight train here early yesterday morning, battering down a door to the depot restaurant and saved the proprietor, his wife and a small child from burn- ing to death. They caught the next train out. CREDIT STRAIN IN STATE MUCH President of North Dakota! Bankers Association Sees - Improved Conditions LEGISLATION IS NEEDED) Coming Session of Legislature| | Must Take Up Important Problems, He Says (By the Associated Press) Minot, N. D., June 15. — Business ;conditions have improved immensely in North Dakota and the financial strain is easing up, which together with many other business assets at) the present time indicate a period of prosperity, W. F. Hanks, of Powers | BASTER-HANKS DEFENDANT IS "OWN ATTORNEY "IN COURT HERE Julius Meyer, Well Known Farm- er Living Near Baldwin, Conducts Own Case QUESTIONS WITNESSES Defendant-Lawyer Goes After Witnesses in Vigorous Style On Cross-Examination Declaring he was innocent. and wouldn’t hire a lawyer, Julius Meyer, well-to-do farmer of Burleigh county, undertook his own defense before a jury in district court here. He appealed from a conviction in justice court at Baldwin on a charge of using obscene language on a telephone. } The case grew out of protests Meyer | is said to have made that a neighbor's} horses were eating hay out of his stacks last December. Since his remarks were made on a party line the witnesses were numerous, as practically all of the wo- men on the line heard the conversation. The case opened yesterday. afternoon. Meyer had spent the morning listening | to the trial of another case. He was on the first row, and he particularly follow- ed the method of John F. Sullivan, Man- dan attorney, in examining the jury and Russian Charge Serge Ughet, financial attache of the Russian embassy at Washing: ton, will take charge of Russian affairs in America after retirement bt Ambassador Boris Bakhmeteff. -. FRANCIS HEADS K. OF P. LODGES IN NO, DAKOTA Velva Man Is Elected Grand Chancellor in Lodge Con- DAUGHERTY TO BE ASKED FOR Attorney-General Asked For Re- view of Rule on Liquor Sale On U. S. Ships BUSCH HOLDS TO STAND Company Willing to Produce Witnesses to Back Charges, Is Declaration TAKE LEGI: IVE STEP Washington, June 15.—Definite steps through legislation to stop the sale of liquor upon American ships were started today through presentation by Representative Bankhead, Democrat, Alabama, of an amendment to the Merchant Marine bill which would cut off the government aid provided in the measure for any ship carry- ing intoxicating liquors or bever- ages, The house Merchant Marine committee, considering the ad- ministration’s ship subsidy bill, adjourned until tomorrow without action on the Bankhead amend- ment providing that no steamship lines on which liquor is sold should obtain any part of the fed- eral subsidy funds, r j asked the federal reserve board for its attitude upon a possible reduction by |the California Bank’s rediscount rate DISCUSS NEW DISCOUNT CUT (By the Associated Press) Washington, June 15.—The federal reserve bank of San Francisco has from 4 1-2 to 4 per cent it was said today at the treasury. CONFERENCE ON MINERS’ WAGES HAS BROKEN UP Break Between Anthracite Coal Operators and Unions Ap- pears Irreparable MORE MEN MAY STRIKE Feared That Maintenance Men Will Go Out Endangering Millions of Property New York, June 15.—The break in the wage scale negotiations between the United Mine Workers and the anthracite coal operators appeared irreparable to- day as the union members prepared to leave for their homes, That the sus- pension of the hearings means a strike was the opinion of both sides of the OBJECT IS TO PAVE WAY FOR REBUILDING Re-Entry of Russia Into Concert Of Nation Chief Ob- jective SOVIET POLICY UNCHANGED Harmonization of Allies in Atti- tude Toward Lenine Regime Desired End ——— (By the Associated Press) The Hague, June 15,-—All Europe cen- ters its hopes today in the opening of the international conference which has the tusk of making practical arrange- ments for the re-entry of Russia into the concert ‘of nations. The at least temporary failure of the efforts at Paris to organize an interna- tional loan for the restoration of Ger- many has served to augment the Pes- simism obtaining in many countries con- cerning the prospects of making defi- nite agreements with Communistic Rus- sia on credits, the treatment to be ac- corded to property held by- foreigners and the payment of the Russian debts. Nevertheless, determination was evi- dent among the delegates to take every ‘but there’ was ‘no rain at Williston, ! Lake, president of the North Dakota/ the witnesses. Mr. Sullivan’s particular controversy, conceivable effort to reach the results ‘ “by the rains of last night. Minot or Pembina in the northern part. The heaviest rainfall reported in the eastern part of te state was at Wehpeton where the state science school’s gauge registered 3.15 inches. At Moorhead, Minn, just across the Re‘d River from Fargo, the govern- ment gauge registered one incvh. Lit- State Bankers’ association, said this forenoon in delivering his annual ad- dress. The good standing of our state is evidenced by the achievements of the Nestos administration in contra-dis- tinction of complete failure and break- down of its recalled predecessor and the credit of the state has been re- tle damage was reported from Wah- | Stored. peton, The washout on the N. P. main line at Bull Mountain occurred before No. 2, due here at 9:35 this morning, had reached there. The train was sched- uled to reach here about 7:20 this} evening, it being reported it would| require about 10 hours to repair the track. The repair work near James- town was estimated to require six; hours, and would put No, 1, due here at 11:30 this morning, into Bismarck Much needed legislation, affecting the interests of every member bank will be undertaken at the coming ses- sion of the new legislature, Mr. Hanks said. Mr. Hanks called attention to the fact that the guaranty fund has ap- proximately $426,000 distributed in |the different state banks of North ! Dakota, as compared with total de- posits in the 46 closed banks of ap- proximately $8,000,000. The auditor of the state bank committee estimates sometime this afternoon. Trains were | that nearly $4,000,000 of these are not delayed on the Killdeer branch. The Soo railroad officials reported , a heavy rain north and south of Bis: marck without hail damage. « Napo- ‘leon received 1.02 inches of rain last night. From Jamestown came the report that the Midland Continental: railroad had been forced to annul; schedules, Boon to Crops i The rain: is an immense boon to crops in this section. Although crops are in better condition at this time than for years past, the U. S. weather bureau here reports the total rainfall since January 1 below normal. The fainfall he béén 29 inches since January 1 and normal is 8.57. The| rains, however, have come at just the right time for growing crops. No hail has been reported in last night’s rain, but the weather bureau was informed that the storm Monday night cut a path from near Wing} southeast of Dawson in Kidder coun- ty a mile and half wide with heavy hail which destroyed winter rye, oats, | wheat and corn. 600 FEET: WASHED OUT 25 Jamestown;:°N, ,, June 15.—Six hundred feet of the track of the Nor- thern Pacific north branch was washed out at a point near Eldridge Repairs are being rushed and trains are bo-/ ing held here until it is possible to | pass over the newly laid rails. The.tracks of tae Midland Conti- nental were damaged at a point near 'Spiritwoog,, but ‘repatrs. were com- | “spleted’ and, trafic ‘résumied this after- noon. 7 Heavy rains were reported from all | points in Stutsman county. JAILED FOR CUTTING OUT __-| HORSES TONGUE) (By the Associated Press) Duluth, Minn., June 15—Carl Da- vis, 25, who is serving a sentence of 85 days at the county work farm for having cut the tongue out of a horse named “Barney,” was found guilty) in municipal court of cutting the! tongue from a horse named “Dan.” Davis was given an __ additional three months at the work farm. Davis is alleged to have admitted cutting out the horses’ tongues to “get even” with A. L. Ruppert, their owner. Veterinarians testified that three inches were cut from the tongues of the horses. They are stil! living. CONFERENCE OF G. 0. P. CALLED Washington, June 15.—Plans for a conference of Republican| senators Saturday to decide. upon the procedure with the soldiers’ bonus and tariff bills were made today by leaders after conference with President Harding had disclosed that he desired the tariff bill held before the senate. While these plans were being made Chairman McCumber of the finance committee, in charge of the tariff and bonus bills, announced that he intended to make a motion early next week to lay aside the tariff bill and proceed with the bonus measure in spite of the president’s wishes and also re- gardless of what decision the Repub lican party conference should reach. covered by the depositors’ guaranty |law, ‘being deposits obtained through jar exchange of security and other viol tions of the law, Mr. Hanks said. “In other words the guaranty fund has $426,000 in actual money to meet liabilities of $4,000000,” said Mr. Hanks. “It is readily apparent that annual assessments upon the me~her banks cannot begin to meet this stage gering sum.” Policy in Politics Referring to the policy of the asso- ciation in politics the president de- clared that the association will con- tinue its present policy of standing firmly behind our public officials who are endeavoring to conduct the affairs of the state in an efficient and eco- nomical manner. To Use Wireless The North Dakota Bankers’ associ- ation will make use of wireless to broadcast news of bank burglaries and other crimes in which banks are interested, beginning July 1, W. C. Macfadden, secretary, said in his re- port, given at the state convention of the organization here today. The information will be broadcast from Fargo, and, according to the report, should be a factor in putting burglars out of business. “We were quite successful in breaking up two ‘mobs’ of ‘yeggs’ last year and some of the ‘gents’ are dead. Others are serving time,” the report says. The number of banks paying dues for the current year is given as 817— 632 ofthese being state banks, 181 national and 4 trust companies. “A loss of membership of 51 is ac- counted for by banks that are tem- porarily, we hope, closed,” says the report. There were 20 bank burglaries or attempted burglaries during the past year as compared with 21 for the year before—totalling a loss of $11,419.36. this loss from the total the burglaries (Continued on Page 3) | . Weather Report ; | —o For twenty-four hours ending at noon today: Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest ‘last night . ?recipitation ...... Highest wind velocit: Wenther Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Unsettled weather tonight and Friday, probably showers; not much change in temper- ature. : For North Dakota: Unsettled wea- ther tonight and Friday, probably showers; not much change in temper- ature. There will probably be some salvage | on one $5,000 loss but even deducting | method of questioning not being copy- righted spectators heard some of the questions repeated during the afternoon by the “civilian lawyer.” Strips Off Coat. When the Meyer case was called, the | defendant stepped to the chairs reserved for lawyers, stripped off his coat and set- tled down to try his own case. One of his first motions was that the witnesses be sent from the court room and separated. This was granted, wit- nesses for the defense taking the grand jury room and witnesses for the defense the judge’s chamber. “Now, I move; the husbands of the i witnesses be sent from the court room,” said Meyer. The judge could not grant this request, however. He examined the jurors called into the box, excused some for cause or exer- | cised a peremptory challenge and finally passed the panel. 3 State's Attorney (McCurdy moved to amend.the criminal.complaint at the ‘opening.of the case but Meyer ob- Jected and’ was sustained. (Continued on Page 3) TROOPS GUARD NECAXA PLANT Strike In Mexico Is Assuming Alarming Proportions ‘ | i (By the Associated Press) { Mexico City, June 15.—More than one thousand federal troops are gurding the main electric plant at Necaxa and sev- jeral relay stations, giving assurance that Mexico City and the federal district will not be deprived of light and power dur- ing the period of the strike which be- gan last midnight. Many thousands of workers are affected by the general shut down and President Obregon conferred at: noon yesterday with the strike com- mittee, but without result. The striking street car employes have been joined by the bakers, telephone operators, candy makers and numerous factory hands, NEW WAGE CUTS ARB EXPECTED Three More Railway Labor Or- ganizations Plan Strike Vote (By the Associated Press) Chicago, June 15.—While three sets of strike ballots kept coming into Chicago headquarters of the six railway shop crafts union, three other railway labor vention Here Today MANY ATTEND BANQUET William H. Francis of Velva, was elected grand chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of North Dakota at the state convention here this morning. » Mr. Francis was_ad- vanced from the post of: Grand Vice Chancellor. Other officers chosen in- cluded: a Grand Vice Chancellor, Archie W. Patterson, Leith; Grand Keeper of Records and Seals,’ W. T. Sprake, Casselton (reelected); Grand Master o! Exchequer, John L. Gunkel, Cas- selton (reelected); Grand Prelate, Dexter Rice, Doyon; Grand Master at Arms, Dr. A. O, Arneson, McVille; Grand Inner Guard, Harry C: Lynn, Linton; Grand Outer Guard, L. M. Swigart, Minot. Valley City. was chosenyas the place for next conventioh, °° Sep e The Grand Lodge decided to make an appropriation for employment of a field secretary, at least quring part of ‘the year, to devote himself to ex- tension of the lodge work. Hold .Banuget More than 100 Pythians and Pythi- an Sisters gathered at the banquet tables at the Grand Pacific hotel last night for the annual Grand. Lodge banquet. A. W. Patterson, of Leith, was toastmaster. The Pythian or- chestra and quartette of Mandan, fur- nished music. W. T. Sprake, of Casselton, Grand Keeper of Records and Seals, address- ed the Pythians from the standpoint of 33 years work in the Grand Lodge of North Dakota, or since its organi- zation. G. W. Wolbert spoke on “The Tenth Senator,” Mrs. Nellie G. Evarts spoke on “The Four Keys to the Temple” and C. B. Bach spoke on “Why Is a Dokey?” One of the boosters at the conven- tion is Fred L. Anderson, of Minot, imperial representative of the Dokey, or Dramatic Order Knights of Khorasson. There is a temple. at Mi- not now and a charter has been grant- ed for a temple at Mandan, to be in- stituted in September. All Knights of Pythias are eligible to member- ship in the Dokcy organization, which is formed chiefly for social purpos- es. Mr. Anderson expects the organi- zation to expand rapidly in North Da- kota. One of the pleasant features of the convention was an automobile ride about the city and trip through the penitentiary, the auto ride being ar- ranged by the Town Criers club. THREE LIGHT EARTHQUAKES Associated Press) , June 15—Three light were felt here today. A rthquake here June 22, organizations were preparing today to the railroad labor board tomorrow. The new decision, which is expected to lop from $30,000,000 to $40,000,000 men and stationary firemen and oilers, will complete a series ‘of three wage re- duction orders. All effective July 1. Pay cuts reach- ing $110,000,000 have already been order- ed for 400,000 shopmen and 500,000 main-. tenance of way laborers. Ballots for the shopmen and track laborers are already being marked all over the country and of union executives are carried out at tations of Temp. Prec. State a cae atch bop Stations of Temp. |, Prec., Sveac| a conference in Cincinnati last week, est.t est.t ther Amenia 56 p.c.| § i 2 Blemarck 87. rain| in protest against the July 1 wage cut: Bowbells 49 slay, Sra SE ET Bottineau 55 Ce pire * 1490 LOSSES Devils Lak Dickinson 55 clay IN ONE DAY Ellendale 82 clay Fe aeen de on Te fee Fain| ‘The state hail insurance department Jamestown 70 57 cldy, received 490 claims for losses yesterday, oo Aa cl4¥! the losses having been occasioned Tues- Lisbon . . 75 (62 el'r|day in storms in Griggs, Ramsey, Lo- Minot .. + 82 af aay, Na 1 68 5 eldy . Sen blnas 87 BS cldy| McIntosh, Morton, Burleigh, Moorhead 16 et eldy Willist 2 + . + in Gri oP? GRiIS W, ROBERTS, counties. Heaviest losses were in Griggs Meteorologist. county. Washington, June 15. — Attorney General Daugherty will be asked for a new ruling on the question of the sale of liquor on shipping board ves- sels, it was indicated today at the treasury, WOULD PRODUCE WITNESSES St. Louis, June 15.—The Anheuser- Busch Brewing company is willing to produce witnesses to support charges made* in the letters of August A. Busch, and his son, Adolphus Busch III, to President Harding, and which were turned over to Chairman A. D. Lasker of the shipping board, that the United States shipping board is vio- lating the prohibition law and the Volstead act, in the event of a con- gressional inquiry, it became known here today through representatives of the firm, ud The local company i proy@red to produce witnesses _. su] its charges, O. A. Retimegy,” gefieral counsel, said. casi Adolphus Busch III was today wait- ing to receive the letter of Chairman Lasker of the shipping board in an- swer to his first letter, which accom- panied that of his father which was later sent to the president. Mr. Busch last night gave the Associated Press his answer to Mr. Lasker's let- ter, taking it for granted that Las- ker’s letter had been printed correctly ! in newspapers here. Whether or not! Mr. Lasker will reply to. the second letter of Adolphus Busch III early today was unknown here, The original letter of August A. Busch, with that of Adolphus Busch III, were printed in circular form and mailed to various newspapers throughout the country last week, in order that the newspapers would have them for use simultaneously. The booklet containing the letters was of eight pages. On the first page a car- toon of Uncle Sam with a club in hand held in front of him and labelled “prohibition enforcement” was shown. In the other hand, behind him, Uncle Sam held a bottle, to which a tag was attached with the label ° “shipping board hooch for sale.” The cartoon was entitled “versatility.” SAYS CHARGE IS JUSTIFIED Washington, June 15.—Continuation of the policy of selling liquor aboard American ships “justifies the charge that Uncle Sam is engaged in boot- legging,” Representative Cooper, Re- publican, Ohio, declared ‘today in a statement announcing he would sup- port. the amendment to the ship sub- sidy bill to stop it. STATE FIREMEN NAME OFFICERS Casselton, N. D., June 15.—Mem- bers of the North Dakota Firemen’s association met today to name a 1923 meeting place and wind up business of the three-day convention. Officers 1915, practically destroyed the build. call for a strike vote following an anti-) ings’of the business districh. No dam-| Rugby; first vice president, Willie |cipated wage reduction expected from] age was reported from the shocks of| Murphy, Valley City; second vice today. selected are? President, L. R. Nostdal, Between 150,000 and 175,000 miners are out now. The strike of maintenance men, 5,000 of whom are on duty pro- tecting the mining properties, would place millions of dollars worth of coal properties in jeopardy through water ‘seepage and other dangers, The union delegates at the meeting yesterday refused to entertain a pro- posal from the operators that the entire wage controversy be submitted to an arbitration of a committee appointed by President Harding. The conference then adjourned without future date when. the operators refused to negotiate except on the arbitration basis. PREUS WILL SPEAK FOR SEN. MPCUMBER Minnesota Governor to Devote Three Days to North Da- kota Campaign (By the Associated Press) Fargo, N. D., June 15.—Governor J. A. 0, Preus of Minnesota will make a three day pre-primary campaign in North Dakota, June 22, 23 and 24, for Senator Porter J. McCumber’s candi- dacy for the Republican nomination for senator and for the ‘Nestos state ticket, R. J. Hughes, McCumber cam- paign manager, announced today. The Minnesota governor will make the trip at the solicitation of Mr. Me- which the Genoa conference. did not suc- ceed in doing. The representatives of the principal countries exception Russia, were sched- uled to assemble in the peace palace at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon and there be- gin studying the program which will be presented to the Russian delegation at the joint meetings to open June 26, Chief interest today centers in the harmonization of the attitudes of Eng- lan, France and Italy on how to approach the Soviet delegation officially, for France shows a disposition to adhere tenaciously to her Genoa demand for suitable guarantee from the Bolsheviki before undertaking to renew official re- lations with Russia. The new European economic confer- ence which opens today in the Peace Palace at The Hague is called to con- sider questions relating to Russia in her economic relations with her neigh- bors.” It is virtually an adjournment of the Genoa conference, which came to an end the latter part of May without hav- ing reached any solution of Russian problems. The decision to postpone ac> tion ‘concerning Russia was induced largely by the desire of the European powers to persuade the United States to participate. But the American gov- ernment is not to be represented at The Hague any more than it was at the con- ference in Italy. While the Genoa conference was nom- inally economic, it soon developed ani- mated political discussions. The Hague gathering, composed exclusively of ex- perts, is designed to be confined solely to the consideration of economic ques- tions, When the American government de- clined on May 15 the“invitation to be represented at The Hague, this decision was received with expressions of regret Cumber, he added. Following is the itinerary:; June 22, 10:30 a, m., Jamestown; 2:30, Valley City and evening at Fargo. June 23, 10:30 at Finley; 1 p. m., Aneta; 3:30 p. m. at Petersburg and 8 p. m,, Grand Forks, June 24, 10:30 a. m., Minto; 1 p. m., Grafton and 8 p. m,, Hillsboro. Mr. Hughes took occasion to deny reports he said had been circulated that McCumber is opposed to the St. Lawrence waterway. - Nestos-O’Connor Featured at Meet Of Retail Merchants Grand Forks, N. D., June 15.—Gover- nor R. A. Nestos speaking here today be- fore the North Dakota retail merchants association pointed out the necessity of applying good merchandising methods to the state government. He praised the high ideals of the modern merchant. The governor also declared that to car- ry on the state government successfully president, Thomas Madden, Hettin- ger. H. L. Reade, Bismarck, secre- The width of the steamers Majes-| tary, and R. E. Fuller, Beach, treas- from the pay of 325,000 clerks, signal-} tic and Leviathan is 100 fet. TEETH RECOVERED FROM ASHES WILL urer, were re-elected. IDENTIFY MAN BURNED, SAYS EXPERT Superior, Wis.; June 15.—That the next week, three other groups will have] teeth included with the bones recov- joined in the ballot-marking, if the plans} o144 from the ashes of the cottage oc- cupied by F Sailstad at Lake Ne- eleven unions decided on a strike vote| bagamon, after the fire on the night of August 26-27, 1920, and submitted to him for examination are so con- sistent with the X-ray films of Sail- stad’s tecth furnished. by Dr. E. T. Finucan as to almost furnish absolute proof that the teeth are those of Sail- stad is the conclusion reached by Dr. C. H Bunting, pathologist at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, Dr. Bunting made known the con- ns reached by himself and as- gan, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Eddy.| sistants following their examination Dickey, | of the remains exhumed at Forest Hill Bowman, Grant, Sargent and Adams| cemetery, Hau Claire, in a report to Attorneys John and Peter Cadigan of this city, counsel for Mrs, Leona Sail- stad-Richardson in her suit to recover more than $65,000 of life insurance carried by her first husband In his report, Dr. Bunting says: “The facts that can be established at the present time are as follows: “A body and not a mere collection of bones was present in the fire: “The body had not been embalmed. “A sufficientlf hot fire was created to consume the body. “The bones present are those of a male human being of an approximate height of five feet six inches. “The bones show the age of the in- dividual was about 21, and less than that of the senile period. “The teeth found are consistent with X-ray films of Sailstad’s teeth as furnished by Dr. Finucan, so consist- ent, in fact, as almost to furnish ab- solute identity.” its business methods must be as efficient as those of the modern businessman. J. F. T. O'Connor of Grand Forks, will be the chief speaker at the closing ses- sion of the Retail Merchants convention this afternoon Election of officers for the coming year, and designation of the meeting place for 1923 will be taken up late todgy. The North Dakota Retail Mer- chant’s Association this afternoon ac- cepted the invitation of the Minot chamber of commerce to hold its 1923 convention in that city. NEW CANDIDATE FOR LEGION POST Mack Traynor, of Devils Lake, has entered the race for state command- er of the American Legion, accord- ing to word reaching here today.* He will oppose Major Geo. H. Russ, of Bismarck. Major Manville Sprague, who had been urged for the place by some friends, is understood to have declined to run because of friendship for Major Russ. Bismarck delegates going to the Legion convention, June 20-22, plan to avoid any entanglement on the fight for adjutant which is developing and to make their one pur- pose the election of Major Russ, who in Europe, particularly from Great Brit- ain and France, for it was felt abroad that nothing of a permanent and inter- national nature could be undertaken for the restoration of Russia without the ¢o-operation of the United States, whose wealth, resources and political power made her indispensable to any great world restoration movement. The Washington government in refus- ing to goto The Hague, criticized the at- . titude of Russia as a bar to any settle- ment and characterized the Sovict reply to the Allicd terms as lacking any defi- niteness as a basis for a parley. , Never- theless, Washington said, the American government always was ready to join other governments _in arranging for an inquiry by, experts into the economic situation in Russia and''the necessary remedies. France Made Demand. France, early in June, in a memorand- um to the powersi concerned, demanded that the Soviet Russian government withdraw its memorandum presented at the Genoa conference May 11 as a con- dition for French participation at The Hague. This note of May 11, presented to the powers at Genoa, declared the Soviets’ repudiation of Russia’s national debts and international obligations and refused to establish the basis of secur- ity regarded as fundamentally necessary for the restoration of productivity in Russia; it also claimed heavy financial damages for the participation of the Al- lies in military operations against the Soviet regime. Representatives of all the powers pres- ent at Genoa, with the exception of Rus- sia and Germany, have been invited to The Hague. Among the delegates are Baron Avez- zano, former Ambassador at Washing- ton, and Professor Giannini, Commercial Attache at London, representing Italy; Leonid Krassin, Commissar of foreign trade and commerce in the Soviet gov-, ernment, and Maxim Litvinoff, assistant Commissar of foreign affairs, represent- ing Russia; and Hilton Young and Sir Philip Lloyd-Graemo, representing Great Britain, The former is financial secre+ tary to the Treasury, and the latter fills in the post of director of overseas trade. Germany was excluded on account of the secret signing of the Rapallo treaty April 17 last with Russia at a time when the Genoa conference was in ses- sion. : In accepting the proposal to meet the powers at The Hague, the Russian Sov- is now vice-commander, (Continued on Page 3)