Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1919, Page 1

‘ WEATHER. Cloudy tonight and tomorrow; prob- ably rain toiaorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ending 2 p.m. today: Highest, 60, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 35, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 20. Closing New York Stocks, Page 20. No. 27,300. PRESIDENT'S ORDER Mr. Jones Resents Ban Against Shipbuilding on Foreign Account. “ASKED TO YIELD RIGHTS” Refusal of President Wilson to re- move restrictions a the con- struction in Amer! hipyards of Steel ships for fore nt wa > today by Sen- who de- almost ot criticised in the S ater Jones of clared it criminal.” n, and Such a poliey, he s only compelled shipyards to end operations, throwing thousands of men out of employment, but results in these contracts being awarded to firms in other countries. Asked to Give Up Rights. “We were asked," said Senator Jones, “to give up our just rights in the Panama canal to help the Presi- dent solve mysterious problems be- tween this country and another coun- try. We did it and to this day no one knows what benefit it was to us. “After the armistice was entered into and the war was practically over, Secretary Redfield recommended that the United States should stand back and allow other countries to have the first chance at the world’s export ‘trade, in order that they may re- :habilitate themselves. And now ‘when we are confronted with the per- plexing problems of peace, the Pres dent himself refuses to permit our shipyards to take contracts to build steel ships for foreign account. For- eign shipbuilding contracts are sought iin American shipyards. These ship- yards cannot take these contracts, because they cannot get a permit to do so from their own government. j Situation as Pictured. “American shipyards are closed. | American labor is idle. American re- sources are unused. Hundreds of mil- lions of foreign capital wanting to come here is directed to foreign coun- tries. Why? Because an American President, using the power given to “him to carry on the war, refuses, for undisclosed reasons, to permit our people to take those contracts and ‘build these ships. No reason is given to justify this action. None can be given to justify it. “It may be ail right to try to rectify , all the wrongs suffered by any coun- try or people in Europe. It may be necessary to appropriate millions of dollars to enable the President to consummate = pence in harmony with his idealistic hopes and aspirations, but while we are this. we have @ right to ask him to have some re- gard.for the rights and interests of our own people. Other peoples and governments are looking after their ‘own interests. They expect us to look after ours, and our people have the right to expect and to demand that an American policy be followed protect- ing, safeguarding and promoting the rights, interests and welfare of the American people, labor and indus- un Says Government Interferes. ~ Senator Jones also declared that the government is interfering with the Proper development of business under the guise of powers conferred for the ‘Prosecution of the war. “Whenever and wherever capital ce- sires to make a legitimate investment that will employ American labor and demand American material can any one imagine a good reason for deny- ing it the privilege of doing so? “Governmental agencies are doing that very thing right now. With men by the thousands going without work, capital is denied the right to engage in work that would employ thousands of laboring men and keep them em- ployed for months to come. For such action I can see no justification. “It is more than a mistake. It is ‘utter incompetency. The facts are un- see and the responsibility is lear.” FORMER SENATOR ~ GT OUNERDEAD ‘Suffered Lingering IlIness at His Home in Pitts- ‘burgh. SBy the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 22.—Former United States Senator George T. Oliver died at his home here this morning after a lingering illness, George T. Oliver, lawyer, steel man- ufacturer, newspaper publisher and Political leader, was born in Dungan- non, Ireland, January 26, 1848, while his parent were visiting there. His life-long home was in Allegheny, now @ part of Pittsburgh, and he was edu- cated at Bethany College, of which! subsequently he was trustee. Business Interests. For ten years Mr. Oliver practiced Jaw and retired from that profession | to become eventually head of exten- sive steel and wire manufacturing in- terests in and about Allegheny. became owner of the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph in 1900 and six years later purchased the Pittsburgh ‘Times, and consolid it with the Gazette. For eighteen years he con- ducted the papers, George Oliver, associated in the management. In the meantime he became the owner of extensive real estate in Pittsburgh and contributed to the upbuilding of the city. ‘While 2 newspaper publisher he be- came active in local, state and na- tional politics as a republican, exert- ing potent influence in the nomina- tion and selection of state and national officers. He elected United States senator in 1909 for the unexpired term of Senator Knox, who had become Secretary of State, and subsequently was elected for a full term of six years, ending in March, 1917. Interested in Tariff. While in the Senate he gave close attention to tariff matters affecting fron and steel and other products of western Pennsylvania. Mr. Oliver leaves, in addition to the sons already mentioned, one son, Lieut. Bennett Oliver, and three daughters, Mrs. John P. Young and Mrs. Alex- under C. Blair, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. isdward McCauley of Washington. His wife, who was Miss Mary Kountze of He| | and Politically Call fo WASHINGTON, D. Che Lvening 929 22, C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled te the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local sews published herein, All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved, ! Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 102,540 \FRANCO-ITALIAN CLASH SEEN | LEAGUE OF NATIONS AROUSES SENATOR OVER ADRIATIC SITUATION, |French Republic’s Aspirations Commercially r Haste in Organizing | League of Nations—Admiralty to Report. | BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN, | Stafl Correspondent of ‘The Star. | PARI anuary | f the international board of admi- | French, British and American, | | which has been closely studying the | | i ‘The majority jo rals, |whole Adriatic and Mediterranean } problem as it affects Italy's claim to plete about to ma control of the Adriatic, a report to the pe erence. i phat will place | th hands of the 's, while Fiume, claimed b Italians in order to wipe out in relation be internationalized and free i | thereto given to Jugoslavs. | | The Adriatic question is looming } |iarge in the jockeying that today is/ | soing on in. our conferences being |held by the world. delegates. pon | a successful solution rests the future |peace of the Balkans. Unless a | league of nations is definitely organ- ized and placed in working ordep at the earliest possible moment, + the |situation at Fiume, from which I jhave returned, is deadly dangerous. | France Resists Claims. G Th | Dalmatia repo ugo- | the spot international i | who insist that if the Ju: tion is not to become a vassal to Italy { through control of the only logical! |port, then Fiume must be controlled | [by the league of nations or through | the Jugoslavs exclusively. In the latter contingency the dan- gerous situation would not be re- moved, for if it were not for the in- ternational forces in the harbor at Fiume today the present situation un-} doubtedly would get out of hand, with resultant great bloodshed. \ Italy Makes Charges. Italy makes charges that today France is backing the Jugoslavs in efforts to create discord in Fiume and }Dalmatian regions to the prejudice of Italy’s claims. France is charged. with financing the Jugoslavs, and through such control hopes in the long Tun to control indirectly the flames of war. This the peace con- ferees see, and believe if a league of nations is established it would elimi- nate many present-day demands and bring nearer the chances of early general agreement and an end to the peace conference. Haste Urged on Conference. Insistent demands are being made upon conferees of England, France and Italy that conference work be Tt is vealized that “until: it is finished the military forces cannot be demobilized and broad programs of reconstruction initiated. The people themselves want thoughts of war to end and peace- ful pursuits taken up. Prolongation of | peace deliberations means greater certainty of industrial upheavals in the larger of the European nations, a fact recognized, and this may have had potent influence in bringing cer- tain European statesmen who have not been in thorough accord with the league of nations idea into line with President Wilson. Owing “to the marked feeling which has arisen be- tween certain of the nations repre-' sented at the conference, it is sen- erally agreed that if a league of na- tions is not adopted and some, rep- resentative methods imposed “upon certain of those who are showing bel- ligerent attitude, then the world must an 0 on supporting great armies i reat navies in addition to the ter- ible financial drains now every European exchequer. Threatens Upsets. The maintenance of huge military forces would be suicidal, and failure to adopt the league of nations idea whieh is so p in the minds of a ropean peoples, would ipset many political d it is admitted, but unless there is such a le armies and navies if the league of ed the United n a sta Army of 2,5 m n power second to none, as the declaration of a mem ber of the American peace comm sion this morning. It but reflects the attitude of other nations, and 2 the first orders of business in drafting plans is looking toward the culmina- tion of the Wilsonian proposal. France’s Contentious. In endeavoring to control the entire Balkan region, and Ita aspira- tions on the Adriatic, it is the French claim that Italy has exceeded the lim- itations set upon territorial occupa- |tion in the armistice ter The as- |pirations of the Jugoslavs, the Cze- choslovaks, Poland and many other of the smaller nations offer tinder for the whole Juvoslav nations. It is still in a very embryonic state. Through French influence it is charged that Serbia is making en- deavors to annex Montenegro against the wishes of the people. If France could gain complete control of Jugo- slav, Serbian and Montenegrin coun- tries as well as Greece and Mace- donia, through immediate financial arrangements and propaganda me: ures, then Italy might be blocked in her control of the Adriatic and she | would be much in the same position as before the war when Austria dom- inated the whole region through con- trol of Fiume, Treve and Polas. Demands of Prosperity. Italy's prosperity demands control of the Adriatic, officials told me in Rome. Italy, fearing further wars and commercial stifling, must have Dalmatia and Fiume. It is openly charged that France desires to take a_new place in the sun as a leading European power on the continent proper, and would do so with indirect control of the Adriatic regions. Should Italy gain the Adriatic ea eenanlees De rival, commercially and politically, and it is charged ‘Brance is Tosing no time in rushing her own aspirations in the Balkans. As a result of char and counter friction along the whole Dalmatian coast, feeling is high between France and italy. Soldiers Clash. Organized classes of soldiers are frequent. America has been drawn into the situation through the presence of a regiment divided between Fiume, Cattaro and Ragusa, under Italian command, while an American naval force is at Spalato. NERCHANTFLEETS FUTURE DISCUSSED Shall U. S. Own and Operate ‘or Sell, Topic at Shipping Conference Here. Shall the government own and op- erate the great merchant fleet which Congress authorized the United| States Shipping Board to built, or shall it be sold and private enterprise permitted to operate it? This was, the topic-discussed at the opening; session of the United States shipping conference in the auditorium of the Smithsonian Institution this morning. Judging from the applause which greeted each suggestion, the confer- ence appeared to be about equally di- vided on the subject. A suggestion by Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, chair- man of’the conference, that a great patriotic organization with headquar- ters in this city and composed of the leading men in all branches of com- merce associated with shipbuildi& be formed before the conference ad-| journs, was sympathetically received. Would Formulate a Plany The organization suggested by Sena- tor Ransdell would study the problem, formulate a plan and submit it to Presi- jaent Wilson, the shipping board and | Congress. Senator Ransdell said _he hoped such an organization would find a solution for the problem which could be accepted by the nation, bute de- lclared that it was impossible #Mt the present moment for Congress Wo deal effectually with the question. }, | That America can have, must have land will have a great mercantile ma- jrine nobody in the mbly, composed of the leading shipping men of the na- tion, appeared to doubt. There was a decided feeling though that a critical time had arrived and that it must be met with some decisive measure. senator Ransdell had not | reached a definite conclusion as to| Whether the ships should be sold or retained and operated by the govern- ent. | "Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, chair- man of the commerce committee, said that he believed private enterprise should direct. the shipping of the Country, but if that were found to be impracticable or impossible he was ready to accept government owner- ship and operation. The senator de- clared that he was prepared to strain and stretch the Constitution, to do anything that was morally allowable} to get a great merchant marine. No Policy in Fifty Years. | been no definite policy lor an American merchant marine in the past fifty years,” said Senator Ransdell. “One hundred years ago we carried over 90 per cent of our com- merce over every sea to all the impor- tant ports of the world in American bottoms.” Senator Ransdell said the chief trouble of the mariner is that there is nobody in any department of gov- ernment to talk authoritatively for him. Pagod- | phere ha: 1 {the collision occurred. PENTENTARY FR 1 RIDERS URGED Present Law Broad Enough to Cover Cases, Maj. Pullman Believes. Numerous traffic accidents, some re- sulting in the taking of human life and others only in the destruction of property or slight injury to pedes- trians or vehiclists, have been caused by joyriders, and so serious was the problem that Congress enacted a law that was calculated to solve it. The penalty provided was imprisonment for a period of not more than five Years and a fine of $1,000. Favors Penitentiary Sentence. Maj. Raymond W. Pullman, superin- tendent of police, contends that noth- ing short of penitentiary sentences will put a stop to the practice. It is pointed out that all joyriders do not figure in accidents, but many of them have smashed cars belonging to others and injured or killed innocent persons. It is provided in the law that any person who, without consent of the| owner, shall take, use, operate or re- move, or cause to be taken, operated or removed from a garage, stable or other building, or from any place or locality on a public or private high- Way, park, parkway, street, lot, field, inclosure or space, an automobile or motor vehicle, and operate or drive, or cause the same to be operated or driven, for his own profit, use or pur- pose, shall be subject to the penalty stated. Alleged Joyrider Arrested. Austin Thomas Morris, an alleged joyrider, yesterday afternoon was driving the automobile of Charles F. Hamilton, Silver Spring, Md., a navy yard employe, when it collided with a delivery wagon of the Connecticut- Copperthite Pie Company near 8th and L streets southeast. Special Police- man Haas, residing near the scene of the accident, questioned the boy and was told that the latter had taken the car from near the navy yard just eave a little ride. ‘aas arrested the boy and took hi: to the fifth precinct police station where he gave his address as 906 4th street southeast. He was driving the car in the direction of his home when A charge of taking property without consent of the owner was preferred against him and he will be tried in Juvenile Court. Helen B. Wynne, nine years old, 231 E street, skating on .2d street near her home yesterday afternoon, was knocked down by a wagon belonging to Amos Stavlatins, a huckster, and | bruised about the body an shocked. She was taken to aay near the scene of the accident and at- tended by a physician from Casualty Hospital. Joseph Goldsborough, street south automobile that knocked down a po- lice patrol box at Garfield avenue and 1109 5th B street southeast yesterday. Trou- | ble with the steering gear caused the accident. An unidentified colored boy, riding bicycle, knocked down James Wal- six years old, 3403 Q street, at and Q streets yesterday after- a ptt 34t menacing a consequence one of | ast, Was operator of an | TOBE A COMPOST | Principles Submitted by Vari- | | ous Delegates Will Be | Molded Into Plan. ; FUNDAMENTALS OFFERED | BY DAVID LAWRENCE. i | (Copyright, 1919, by N. ¥. Evening Post, Inc.) | | p pla RIS, Javuary Whenever the} n-of the league of nations ally promulgatal by the pes 1 not th plan nor the plan of the Br Italians, French or the Japanese, but |will be the result of the unanimous | agreement of the five great powers, embodying ideas and proposals gath- \ered from the best plans offered by all |of them. The American public can expect to | see such a comprehensive outline of | the general principles of the league | of nations announced within ten days | 1:05 two weeks. The progress of the informal conferences is already so far advanced that it is fully believed |by the men working thereon that | | they will be ready within a fortn to submit a world plan which, j mot perfectly destroying war, the be: instrumentality to which |will a e at the outset as the | cg point toward an ideal interna- j tional code of moral. | Fundamental Plans. | be said it will | igation | eters, with | is form- con- ference it w be meric itish or t URGES CONTROL OF ANIMAL SHPMENTS Central Agency Favored by J. Ogden Armour Before House Committee. Fundamentally it ¢ | provide for compulsory inv of all disputes of all che provisions forbidding the beginning |of hostilities while arbitration or | | Other processes for amicable settle- | | | a | ment offered by’mediators are being | exhausted, and provisions for the | localization of a conflict in case one loceurs represent one principle on which | everybody is agreed. | | A recent announcement of the peace | | conference spoke of the fact that no |nation will be committed except by a |free vote, and business will be con- j@ucted on the principle recognizing the difficult process of reaching onteae eee jagreements. | This is the, underlying |fact from the ¢onference thus far, ar |partially explains why the great PLEADS FOR LIBERALITY powers are unwilling to give too | | much publicity to the attitude any one Ss takes in any conversations, le: that! Establishment of a central agency jone be placed in the awkward position | 5 to control shipments of meat animals jof having yielded his views when} unanimous agreement is announced. | ¢, setieyge vountea tae: This will become more Important as /t© Market was advocat ay territorial problems are discussed, be-| by J. Ogden Armour before e House interstate commerce commit- tee as a means of stabilizing prices cause certain statesmen who will be upable to get extreme claims recog: | nized fully intend to place responst- | bility therefor on the fact that unani-/and preventing gluts in the market. mous agreement was otherwise unob- | He. said, however, that supply was Camere ‘not the only factor in fixing the mar- Pr So Far Made. ket price for live stock, which de- ace |pended also on the fluctuating de- Thus far the main business of the! mand for meat. conference has been of the most form- "Replying to Representative Stephens al character, with a view to arrang- of Nebraska, Mr. Armour said the ing the ‘subjects in the most flexible Consumer could protect himself in a way that will permit of a return to|jmeasure against high prices by re- }each one whenever the great powers /fraining from purchasing, but that are ready to declare an agreement. ‘the producer of live stock, like the It is unlikely that there will be any’ packer, had to take whatever the mar- immediate action on the responsibil- fet was paying at the time he sold. ity for the war or the crimes commit- | ted. It is possible that this subject | Wants Reasonable Prices. “We are yery much interested in will form the basis of an exhaustive investigation Bator ea cee Seaman documents are available and full re-| 14; Doris ope made by: weveral ‘commis. | maintaining: 2 reasonable: Price, mucis sions later in the year. more so than in having a price too It was considered improbable that high to discourage the eating of meat the United States will take much in/or too low to prevent the raising of the settlement because the United cattle,” Mr. Armour said. States was not a party to the war| “Is there any way that fat cattl can be sold at a prige. based on pro: when it began. If the United States (duction costs?” Mr. Stephens asked. does anything it may submit the ba- sis of the American case covering Favors Central Agency. “We would welcome very heartily submarine violations by Germany. President to See League Launched. | any arrangement that would a So far as the league of nations is|plish that,” the witness said. x ou ith the glut on the hing a central agency The food ad- blished a zone concerned, however, it is expected|might do aw: there will be an early return on that market by establi subject, as it is generally rceognized|to regulate shipmen by President Wilson's colleagues that] ministr he is desirous of clearing up that sub-| system working through ject before leaving Europe, in the|the railroads, which had operated fair- middle of February. As a courtesy to ly well. him, if not in recognition of the idea| “if there was a little more liberal |of the league, it ‘ms certain that / thought in the treatment of the pack- there will be a guarantee of a treaty|ers it would be one hundred times bet- to maintain peace itself, with a dec-|ter for the general public. The pack- laration of principles unanimously jers have been afraid even to talk to- supported by the great powers which| gether because of charges of collusion. will be announced as Mr. WilsoniThere ought to be some way for the makes ready to sail for home. |packers, producers and consumers to It is not expected that immediate|get together for the advantage of binding action will be taken, but each.” that na interval will elapse where-| “I also think there ought to be some in neutrals, through their regular dip-| thought of arrangement to protect all,” lomatie channels or special consult-| said Mr. Stephens. ing commissions, will have an op- portunity of es ne heard, perhaps | Taxes Not Included. suggesting revisions and changes. hi . ee | Bringing out that the $15,000,000 learnings Shown in Armour’s ‘annual 0,000 set income and excess profits Stephens asked: are passing that on to the consumer?” ‘ “That may be so,” Mr. Armour re- “nt did not include $ Full Chance for All to Agree. ten In other words, a full chance will/aside for be given to submit the plan to public] taxes, Mr. opinion before final vote or adherence | of ail nations, though it goes without | \saying, if the peoples of Great Brit jain, France, Italy, Japan and America| pied. |approve of the action of their repre-| Representative Hamilton of Michi- | sentatives it will form the basis for a| gan attempted to develop the possible |league to which most other nations/effect on the packers of the food re- will be found willing to express ad-|jjef appropriation of $100,000,000 re- herence and seek membership. | quested by President Wilson. It may be that Mr. Wilson will find|“ “They say that the fund will enable it wise to make a transcontinental|the pack M1 in southeastern rplus of salt pork n accumulated in Eng- h the people there will war crisis is tour to crystallize American opinion behind the plan as published, expla ing the working features or as ining the extent to which public ntiment would like modifications. | t,” Mr. Hamilton | Ae, a Mr. Armour replied that the packers | British Plan for America. j perhaps had larger stocks of salt pork than ordin but he thought there have been| s the exponent ought to be full For instance the Britis ag that Ameri of the league of nations ke her ot was goin a demand for it. Tilt Over Hides Tariff. Questioned as to the effect on tre of the removal of the duty on h caused a tilt between Mr. Hamilton and epresentative Dewal) of Pennsylvania, who saié the re: publican memb were going out- Side the bill before the committee to drag in the tariff. Mr. Armour said he d not know what the effect had bee! ‘Asked as to the Armour advertis- ing campaign, the witness replied the American delegat to ho |that he regretted it had been neces- the American people will be willing | sary to do a great deal more ndver- to go unless absolutely convincad that | tising than usual ce the Fedral lit is necessary to preserve the peace | Trade Commission started its crusade jof the world. whatever you call it against the king industr: Views of U. S. Delegates. |Pife suid the packers had to inform ; fe lthe public of their side of the ques- |ate incu of the western henusphere | Until now to make other reply to the re just as complex as those of the | commission's charges. lextensive eastern hemisphere, and | ‘at the responsibility of the Monroe / i jthat the rePeuite, suiicient. ior th.| Hampton Launches Wooden Ship. | hited States as ay pores ae | HAMPTON, Va., January 22.—The |U'phis unquestionably will be the! . ue | final view, in my opinion, unless more wooden steamer Luri under con | evidence is given of the necessity for , struction for the United States Ship. the United States to participate than ping Board, was launched at the has thus far been given, though plant of the Hampton Shipbuilding Agere of course, probably will! and Marine Railway Company yester- agbee to use its good offices, even in-| Gay. It was the first launching of a fluence, in near eastern affairs to op-| big ship at Hampton, as well as the jready to unde | the “responsibility | world peac Ac gested that Americ: jsome part of the world, | Minor or Southe: hich the United ja protectorate. It is even | many, prominent European | who believe Constantinople linternationalized that A: |undertake the supervis | task. . "A large doubt exists delegates hould be should | he mind. pose differenges or conciliate contend- | first woodeh steamer launched in Vir~~been stationed with the Quartermas- ining in. Tourts ‘ THE REDUCING PROCESS FACTORIES ARE PICKETED BY GARMENT WORKERS Union, Which Represents 35,000 on Strike, in Deadlock With Employers Over Demands. NEWYORK, January 22.—Factories of the members of the Dress and Waist Manufacturers’ Association were pick- eted today by representatives of the In- [ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union following a deadlock last night on the issue which caused 35,000 mem- bers of the union to strike yesterday. At twenty-nine meetings held by the employes they were warned not to re- sort to violence during the time they were idle. It was predicted that unless the War Labor Board or some body of concilia- tion intervenes the strike would be of Jong duration, ‘as neither side was in- clined to concede’ any of its 3 rhs strikers, composed chiefly of girls an working week and permission for a union official to inspect factories to de- termine whether they are sanitary and safe places of employment. oo RESCIND ACTION ~ ON REVENUE TEM 'Conferees: :Retain Present Tax on Amusement Admis- sions, Excepting Cabarets. CLUB DUES RATE HIGHER | Taxes on amusement admissions will jmot be increased by the war revenue bill. The conferees agreed today to lerease the rate from 10 to 20 per cent. The new decision followed receipt of petitions bearing thousands of names, protesting against the proposed in- creased tax. In their agreement to- day the conferees decided to let the j Present tax of 1 cent on each 10 cents paid for amusement admissions remain in effect, but to increase the tax on cabaret admissions from 10 to dues from 10 to 15 ner cent. Under the final agreement of the conferees the tax of 1 cent on each 10 cents paid for admission to the- | aterg, motion picture’ entertainments, { base bali grounds, circuses and other amusements will be unchanged. was the rate proposed by the Senate. Division Which Was Protested. The conferees recently decided to make the rate 1 per cent on each dime paid under 30 cents—to exempt mov- ing picture theaters—and 2 cents on each 10 cents in excess of 30 cents. This decision, virtually raising the tax from 10 to 20 per cent, resulted in a deluge of protests from theater- goers, theatrical and other amusement interests, as indicated. The conferees have received petitions bearing more than 350,000 names and tomorrow rep- resentatives of the amusement inter- ests had planned personal protests. The proposal adopted today to let the present 10 per cent tax stand was {made by Chairman Simmons of the Senate managers. It was accepted by |the House managers by a majority vote, with Representatives Kitchin of ‘orth Carolina and Fordney of Michi- gan favoring the 20 per cent rate. |They proposed a compromise upon a }15 per cent tax, but a majority of the |House managers finally adopted the rate proposed by the Senate, which does not increase existing law. Increase of Fifty Per Cent, The conferee’s decision on taxes on admissions :to cabarets, roof gardens land similar entertainments involves Jan increase over existing law of 50 |per cent. The present rate is 1 cent ‘on each 10 cents paid, or 10 per cent, {and the conferees today agreed to make the new rate 15 per cent. On club dues the conferees previ- ously had agreed to the House rate of 20 per cent, double the present tax, but today reduced this tax to 15 per cent. Secretary Baker’s Brother Returns. NEW YORK, January 22.—The sol- diers on the steamer Cretic, which arrived today from Brest, included Maj. Frank H. Baker, brother of the Secretary of War. Maj. Baker has pene ceec erent , demand a forty-four-hour jrescind their previous decision to in-} 15 per cent and also that on club} This = "ANY HOw ~ THEY WONT HAVE To DIETS" ‘LOGAN'S LOBBYING “Social” Work as Effective as Money on Legislation, Says Senator Kenyon. COUNSEL ENGAGES IN TILT ‘Thomas F. Logan, Washington rep- jother corporations, ers’ regulation. President; Commifssioner Davies of the Federal Trade Commission and members of the House and Senate a‘ tended a large ball at the Willard Hotel given by Mr. Logan, he said. members of Congress?” asked Senator | Kenyon of Iowa. Mr. Logan objected to this question as “unfair.” Feet Under Packers’ Table. “I think a social lobby ts about as effective as a money lobby on legisla- tion,” replied Senator Kenyon, “and our guests were putting their fee under a table furnished by packers’ money.” Former Senator Joseph W. Bailey who appeared today as Mr. Logan's counsel, interrupted to say “most of. the lobbying done in Washington is through the social lobby.” Mr. Logan’s testimony was inter- rupted by a dispute between Mr. Bailey and members of the committee | over the scope of the inquiry. |_,Mr. Bailey contended the Senate committee had no power to investi- gate Mr. Logan's relations with exec- utive officials or congressmen. Only alleged efforts to promote or defeat legislation could be subjected to scru- | tiny, he maintained. Would Not Investigate. “If a packers’ man dined members of Congress couldn't that be investi- gated?" asked Senator Kenyon. “No,” replied Mr. Bailey; “not un- less he tried to influence the con- gressman’s judgment.” Senator Norris of Nebraska insisted it was proper for the inquiry to extend {into any relations of “packers’ agents jaffecting any legislative or government official.” Mr. Bailey replied that execu- |tive officials could be reached only through impeachment proceedings. fe |referred to testimony regarding Mr. | Hurley “Is it all right to question Mr. Logan about his affairs with Secretary Tum- ulty?” asked Senator Norris. “While I take the stand that the in- quiry should be limited, Mr. Logan is willing to testify concerning any rela- tions to anybody in the, service of the government,” Mr. Bailey agreed. Mr. Logan said he became acquainted with Mr. Tumulty “immediately after the latter came to Washington with President Wilson,” and that he took luncheon frequently with Mr. Tumulty at the Shoreham Hotel. They were sometimes joined by Mr. Hurley, he said. He denied that Henry Veeder, an agent of Swift & Co. had ever dined with them. | Never Rendered Account. “pid you render an expense account to Swift's for these luncheons,” asked Senator Kenyon. “Never,” was the reply, “and I never introduced Mr. Tumulty to any of my clients.” Mr. Logan said he urged his em- ployers to court a full investigation of the packing industry. “Did you recommend that this in- quiry should be made by the Agricul- tural Department rather than Con- gress or the Federal Trade Commis- sion,” asked Senator Gronna. “I favored the Agricultural Depart- ment, because Congress is not in a position to do it,” replied Mr. Logan. The inquiry referred to was conducted ‘by the Federal Trade Commission at the | President's order. {| Mr. Logan said he did not know “if Mr. Hurley had recommended the same kind of investigation” he did. Mr. jHurley recommended an “interdepart- | mental inquiry” while chairman of the committee, it was stated. His news- ipress gallery do not discuss legisla- tion with him, Mr. Logan said. No Pay for Trip Yet. Mr. Logan said he had not yet ac- cepted payment from the government for his services in Europe as a spe. cial shipping commissioner, appointed by Mr. Hurley. “I won't accept it unless it is forced on me, as.Mr. Hurley wished,” AME, LOmaDy - __ STATUS IS PROBED resentative of Swift & Company and discussed today his social relations with congressmen nd executive officials in continuing his testimony before the Senate agri- ‘eulture committee considering pack- Chairman Hurley of the shipping board, Mr,-Tumulty, secretary to the “You were a lavish entertainer of paper representatives who visit the! TWO CENTS. MR. WILSON PLAN “REGARDING RUSSIA BEFORE COUNCIL United States Executive Is in Agréement With Lloyd | George on Situation. | | CONFEREES WILL SEND MISSION INTO POLAND League of Nations Program to Be | Considered by Delegates Next Week. By the Associated Press, PARIS, January 22—The supreme council of the peace conference this morning considered the Polish ques- tion and decided to send a mission to Poland. This announcement was made in the official statement of the pro- ceedings of the conference. A proposal from President Wilson regarding the Russian question will be | discussed this afternoon, the statement added. The associations advocating the formation of a league of nations will get into touch with each other next week. Leon Bourgeois, head of the French organization; Viscount Bryce of the British and Oscar S. Straus, representing America, will confer for this purpose. ‘When the supreme council met this morning there were present, in addi- tion to all the members of the coun cil, Marshal Foch, the allied com- mander-in-chief; Gen. Weygand, his | chief of staff, and Rear Admiral Hope, _ deputy first sea lord of the British — admiralty board. W. F. Massey, the premier of New Zealand, was present — with the council for a short time. Renew Discussion of Russia. With the hope of formulating @ | definite line of action on the Russian question, the supreme council of the peace congress continued today devote most of its attention to subject. Discussions were taken up where they were left off yesterday, © and some announcement of a fully” made du! ‘session. ee pon, in’ the snain, and virtueliy_all thad. upon, in 3 i remains is to the agreement 6 writing and get final assent to it by the topehing of toley'e mocting is of 's as which one of three proposals 4 considered had been accepted or whether an entirely new plan had been worked out. The policy of building a wall around bolshevism by encouraging laws: ful governments is being spoken of as being foremost among the possibilities: Consideration of the Polish problem may have added an element which may change the line of action from its or= iginally contemplated form. President and Lloyd George Agree. © _ President Wilson and David Lloyd — | George, the British premier, are in com- [plete agreement as regards the Rus- |sian situation, according to the Paris edition of the London Daily Mail. ‘They: regard a settlement of the Russian |question as absolutely necessary |liminary to the formation of a 1 jof nations, the newspaper declares, and they are anxious to secure the evidence jof accredited bolshevik represent as to the status of Russian affairs. “French opinion,” continues, the newspaper, “is not at present in favor |of even this admission of the bol= | shevik regime, but the English pro- | posal is that the bolshevik governs ment should be invited to send repre=- |” sentatives to give evidence, the Eng- lish suggestion being that representa~ ‘tives of Russia should be invited to — | come to Paris and tell the conferensg exactly what territorial powers t 3 | can | | claim. If thereby an agreement 3 be reached as to territorial delimis ~— | tations, the different Russian govern=- ments can be defined and requested to confine their claims and ambitions to such territories and cease attempt= ing to extend them by armed force, Fears Revolution Parallel. | “Unless this is done, Mr. Lloyd |George fears, a parallel with the | French revolution, when an attempt | at interference by external powers led |to the creation of a great national army. Such an event might occur: im Russia if allied armed intervention were pu The bolshevik y | might be reinvigorated and constitt | a serious and continued menace to the peace of Europe. | "“Brench opinion, on the other, hang seems inclined to support the Poles, |who state that they are prepared $9 raise an army an to jm n crush, bolshevism, if assisted with munitions and officers. | ithe bolshevik attitude, as far as tt lean be understood at present, is this: They do not desire to become a great industrial nation and are anxious that {Russia remain purely agrarian | self-supporting. |"Sephis. view is understood to ha | been put forward yesterday by H. |Scavinius, the Danish minister to |Russia, in the course of his evidence. |The English fear that unless care be taken bolshevik Russia may |be forced to depend commercially en- |tirely on Germany.” : May Name Another Delegate. is getti | | While the peace congres' |into action question of Preside: | Wilson naming a fifth delegate to act lon the American mission when he hims jself departs for home has aj larisen, and the names of William BL lTaft and Elihu Root have been men= | tioned. Mr. Wilson's decision as to the appointment of another delegate d@= — |pends wholly upon whether he will cons jsider it necessary to return to Burope: after the adjournment of the Amerie can Congress in March. * There is absolutely no question that the President feels he must return America in time to sign bills that have | been passed at Washington. He has _> no thought of signing them here om the theory that the embassy is Amerf+ jean territory. So far the President has not been |” jable to determine whether to return § = |to the peace congress, because sufficient — | headway has not been made to indi- cate what may be hoped for in the ap> proximately twenty days before his ship sails. He has expressed the hi that {t would not be necessary for hi to make another voyage across the Ats— lantic. 7 Will Go Back if Needed. At the same time, however, he told his colleagues that, as he co ers the business of the peace most important as concerns.