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The Washington Gas Light Company will file with the Public Utilties Com- mission this afternoon a petition ask- ing for a continuation of existing rates during September and October, or for higher rates if the Commission should find they are justified by the present costs of furnishing gas. The petition will apply also to the Georgetown com- pany. The present rates For 100,000 cubic feet or less, $1.25 per thousand; from 100,000 to 300,000 cubic feet, $1.20 per thousand; from 300,000 to _50,000 cubic feet, $1.15; from 500,000 to 750,000 cubic feet, $1.10; from 750,000 to 1- 000,000, $1.05; in excess of 1,000,000 eubic feet, $1 per thousand. Consumers in private homes pay the $1:25 rate, the lower rates being intended for ‘large olesale users, The existing rates expire automatica]- ly September 1, which will make it necessary for the Public Utilities Com- mission to hold hearings within the next ten or fifteen day: Although the company asks at least for a continuation of existing rates, it is expected that the figures they ‘will give as to present costs of manufacture will tend to show that the rate should be higher. The Utilities Commission based the existing rates on the ground that the company is entitled to a 6 per cent return on the fair Value of its prop- erty. ‘Howard S. Reéside, president of the gas company, said today that the figures to be presented to the com- mission at this time as to costs of manufacture will be based on the ground that the company should be allowed a return of 7 per cent on fair value. The effect which the increased freight rates willjhave on the cost of coal used foxg¢making gas Will be discussed, inf“all probability, at the hearings on the gas ra’ The gas company uses approxi- mately 30,000 tons of coal annually and it is roughly estimated that the Price of the coal will be about 90 cents a ton higher as a result of the freight rates. Small Advance in Oil. The high price of oil used in the manufacture of gas, which was al- most entirely responsible for the ii creased gas rates three months has advanced only one-fourth of a cent per gallon since the present rates were fixed in May. m 27,864. ‘The oil used by the local yin June cost 12% tents a gallon, 5 re- as the supply for July and sk cost J2% cents a gallon. Th& gas company, under present conditions, cannot find out until the 25th day of fhe month what the oil for the next month will cost. Whether the. commission will con- tinue the existing rates for'sixty Gays or increase-them probably will - pend largely ohn@whether they Wt he company’s request for a 7 per instead of a 6 per cent return. : Ig of the gas company indi- lay that it is their intention “Iay-‘petore the commission all.the facts they-gam gather as to the costs of aperation and#iet ‘tlie commission décide whether it believes the ‘pres- ehtsrates will befair for sixty*days onger“or whether they egpeases. $200,000 1S ADDED *T9 UTILITIES’ COAL BILL He ary ‘creased, freight rates. will ada ““Spfiroximately $200,000 a year: to the C6al bill of the Waghington Railway and Electric Compapy and the Poto- mac Electric Power-Company, it wi estimated today. ; - The power company already has aj plied to the commission for resto) ion of the rate of 10-cents per Watt hour for current. / . Although William F. Ham, pregident Bf the Washington Railway ang Elec- tric Company, was out the gity to- day, it was said at. the offices of the ‘company that ahere-has-been plo indica- tion of an intention“to ask for higher street car fares at this tinre. The power company apd the rail- way company use aboufy 215,000 tons of eoal, of which aneuee per cent is o- consumed by the raifway company. ‘The company estimatgs that coal will ber about 90 cents more a ton as a result of the new ffeight rates. It is probable that the power com- pany will emphasize this estimated increase in the price of coal when it woes before e commission for higher rates fgr current. Today’s News in Paragraphs Railway wage board adds $30,000,000 to express bill of nation in awarding 16- t hourly increase to 80,000 employes of American Railway Express Com- sfany. Page 1 Archbishop Mannix arrives in London, where few priests and reporters greet him at station. No untoward incident attends his arrival. ‘Senator Harding to confer today with party leaders on political strategy. . Page 1 Run predicted by Ponzi after state action fails to materialize. , Page 2 Both republicans and democrats are shouldbe in-, Page 1| Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D.C G. O. P. QUARTERS OPENED HERE TO | CAMPAIGN SOUTH | First Time National Committee Has In- vaded Territory. Southern headquarters were opened here today by the republican national committee, with Representative Bascom Slemp of Virginia in charge. This is the first time that the national commit- ee has undertaken to establish strictly southern headquarters. The offices are in the Munsey building. In the past the committee hag been content to operate the national campaign from New York and Chicago, But this year there has been much talk of an opportunity to break into,the solid south and capture a state or two. Seven states have been placed under the supervision of the headquarters in Washington for the coming campaign. They are Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. Joseph L. Crupper, repub- lican’ state chairman for Virginia, and L. B. Howard of the ninth Virginia dis- trict, Mr. Slemp's district, will be as- sociated with Mr. Slemp in the work of the headquarters here. The national committee will get into close touch with the situation in each of the districts in the seven states as- signed to this division. Wherever there appears to be a fighting chance efforts will be made to aid the republicans. Reports at this time, it was said at the headquarters toda: dicate that the re- publican vote in the south for Presi dent will be heavier than ever before. ‘BALLOT OF WOMEN MAY ALTER WHOLE POLITICAL QUTLOOK Suffrage Would Give Homer Cunynings Chance in cticut. 0. MESSENGER. ‘NEW YORK, August 10 Both party’s national political headquarters here are intensely interested in wheth- er Pennessee ratifiese the woman suf- frege “constitutional amendment this Week, and, if that state does not, in whether Gov. Holcomb of Connecticut calls a special seasion of the Connecti- ree topet upon ratification. enne: it will. be im- material whetlier mansctiout ts falind upon for a showdown or not. If Ten- nessee_ rejects the amendment, the strongest es of pressure wilt he brought to ir upon Conecticut’s re- juctant. govérnar. to, summon the:legis~ aturev-Gnee-assembted, it is believed Connecticut would ratify. if either state ratifies now, and in time to give the voté to ll women of the. land in the céming presidential election, it is admftted that Connecti- cut will become 9 very doubtful state in the elections’ With women given the vote, said that Homer S. Cummin, stand for the United States ‘torship in Connecti- jcut against Senator Brandegee, who, as a vigorous/anti-suffragist, will be op- poséd by/the women generally, it. is assum and ,Cummings will give comes Brandegeé a run for fair. ded as doubtful whether Mr. ings will conclude it worth while in against Brandegee, as the state is/considered under normal conditions feirly safe for the republicans, al- hough by no means 2 certainty, Gov. Holcomb, as is well known, has per- sistently refused up to this time to call a special session of the legislature. His reasons are presumed to been- ‘tirely political, and possibly based’ to. tending the senatorship. Chairman Hays of the republican national committee _ has broader position than Gov. although he cannot ‘be blind ‘to the politjeal angle which the senator- ship presents. A delegation of Con- necticut women:had a two-hour talk with him a few days ago, and he out- lined his attitude very frankly as being favorable to ratification, let the ghins fall where they may, lo- cally. His point was this: -“I-refrain from advancing the usual arguments in behalf of suffrage. 1 leave entirely out of consideration tage which ratification might entail. of thereby clearing ‘the ;. political atmosphere; second, in the belief. that the suppression of effective“opinion works harm to the whole body politic, and, finally, in the conviction .th we owe immediate action as a meas- ure *f simple justice to American women. ~ Would Relieve Unrest. “Present unrest is in large measure due to the fact that so many vital questions are clamoring for sintul- taneous decision. Any one of these questions definitely settled is a big gontribution toward national stability. ~ “The suffrage question is one that can Properly be settled soon. The sooner it is settled, the better. It is really not a party question. Its pendency merely |makes it more difficult for the public mind to focus upon the issues of the man suffrage is not granted, it | a degree upon the consideration at-¥ taken. a. Holcomp’s,- the partisan advantage or disadvan-" I urge ratification, first, in‘the hope | presidential campaign. A special legis- holding state primaries in Ohio’ to- day. Page 2 S. district attorney continues investi- gation of alleged confession to assaults e Page 2 Commuters jn Washington hit by raise 1 in rates on the railways. Page 2 Zone com ion will not attempt to regulate, size of front yards. Page Personne) of committee to ask for gen- eral amnesty is announced. Page 3 Villa declares he surrendered to avert intervention. Page 3 James P. Schick appointed special as- nt to U. S. Attorney Laskey. James O'Neill, noted actor, dies in hos- pital im New London, Conn. Page 7 Census of D. C. issued, is expected to show large gains. ‘ Page 11) Man named “Joe” and his wife are said by “the Crank,”’ now in arrest, to have sion of kidnaped Coughlin babe. Page 12 wal gunner at St. Hliz@beth’s Hos- pital wounded by roommate. N. Harper urges closer business re- lations between Washington. and Arlington county, Va. Page 13 Prohibftion. commissfoner hears of: bey- erages used by drunks here, Page il3 Ameri N R. @!S. athletes compete at = Gay. Other sports. wee Stocks less active and traders nervous, -*ith bears working for further breaks. , Page 18 “€dgar W. Allen, colored, held by coro- ner’s jury in-connection with the death Page 4) manufactures, soon to Page 12 n missionaries foster disloyalty,| in Japan, Tokio paper charges. Page 15 Page 17 lative session is a small price to pay for a clearer political atmosphere. “Relieve the American ‘woman from the necessity of claiming her constitu- tional right and her sister from the. fan- cied necessity of opposing the claim, and | you will liberate a body of public opinion | upon the campaign and its issues which will prove itself to be one of our great- est national assets. “But there is a deeper reason than this for immediate action upon the suf- frage amendment. Democracy in the United States is really nothing but a sham unless election day gives all Amer- icans a chance to express their political opinions. Casting the vote is the only way. to express opinion effective- hhy To hold American women und by the results of an elec- tion, to train them in schools and col- |leges to think for themselves as well as @ Man, to accord them freedom of ut- terance as a constitutional right, and then to attempt, to deny them the. op- portunity to stand up and be counted on election day is a governmental blunder of the first magnitude. Election of First Importance, “Both parties recognize that the ef- fects of the approaching presidential election will influence our national life for weal or for woe for at least ‘fifty years. There never was,an elec- tion at which it was more important for opinion and sentiment to ‘express themselves. The action of Congress and of thirty-five iegislatures hag iven to millions of American women he right to hope confidently for this great opportunity. Deny them the op- portunity merely because the neces- sary governmental machinery is not set in motion, and you will’ produce the unhealthy national situation of James Haislip, killed in crossing ac- | which always exists when masses of eident, Page 24]citizens have ‘burning convictions to ¢ |e possibly can do con WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1920—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. BOTH TENNESSEE HOUSES RECEIVE SUFFRAGE BILLS Gov. Cox Sends Message to Democrats Asking Votes for Ratification. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., August 10.—A joint resolution providing for ratifi- cation of the federal woman suffrage amendment was introduced today in both houses of the Tennessee legis- lature. Speaker Todd offered the res- olution in the senate, and the Shelby jcounty deleg: . which is declared solidly for ratification, presented it in the lower house. Under the rules the resolution went on the table until tomorrow, when it will be brought up for discussion. The tentative program, leaders stat- ed, is to refer it to the two judiciary committees, which are expected to conduct a joint hearing later in the week. The suffragists were greatly en- couraged over the prospects of a successful outcome of the contest as the result of a telegram from Gov. Cox, democratic presidential nomi- nee, to Miss Charl Williams of Mem- phis, vice chairman of the democrat- ic national committee and chairman of the woman's general ratification committee, which Miss Williams made public today. On Party Grounds. “I sincerely hope the Tennessee leg- islature may ratify the suffrage amendment at once,” the governor telegraphed. “It is not only a mat- ter of justice and right, but I be- ligve one of utmost benefit to the demo- ic party, because the great issue n which the campaign will be de- cided will find its response to the democratic appeal in the hearts of American women.” Miss Williams declared the nominee's message was expected to have much weight in bringing about victory, and said that several members of the as- sembly who previously had been ad- vised of its contents expressed the opinion that ratification was almost cer- n. Two legislators favorable to suf- frage, and whose health was such that they were unable to come to Nashville alone, arrived last night to vote for ratification. Senator S. C. Collins, republican, of Elizabethton is very old, and for many months has been ill, but the length of the journey from the far eastern end of the state did not deter him from making the trip. Representative R. L. Dowlen, dem- ocrat, of Ashland City, who recently was discharged from-#*hdspital, was brought to Nashville in an automobile by frieng@’ “If I ljve- I'm going to be up there to vote for that amendment,” he said, ashe was lifted from the:car ried to his room. He had capitol, in order that he might be taken to his seat With little incon- venience. z to act on the suffrage amendment, were in session only an hour, ad- journing after hearing the message of Gov. . Roberts, which urged ratifica- tion. Republican members of both houses caucused, but are said to have reached no agreement on a proposal that they vote as a unit on the ratification question. No effort was made at the caucus, it was said, to get legislators to pledge that they would support the resolution. Gov. Roberts, in. his message, de- clared ratification should. be voted promptly in order that the women of the country might “share in shaping the destiny of the republic.” Citing declarations of the repub- lican and democratic national and state platforms in favor of wdéman suffrage and:declaring that platforms adopted are “accepted as party law and are So regarded ‘as sacred pledges by members of those parties elected upon such platforms,” said that “no party man is without party law to.support his action in voting favorably on this amendment.” Suffragists Hope to Win Victory in Both States Whatever the outcome of the fight to bring about ratification of the fed- eral suffrage amendment by the:Ten- nessee legislature, now’ in’ session, the campaign to. obtain adoption of 4 ratification resolution by the North will be. pushed, the-hational vroman’s party has announced. Even should ‘Tennessee ratify,:leaders of the wom- an’s party, said, an attempt. will. be made to obtain ratification in North cation against all-legal attack: securing the thirty-seventh state. The woman's: party announced that headquarters has been, opehed in Clair*Thompson, North Carolina state ohairman of ‘the’ woman’s.party, ai sisted by Mrs. Anne Calvert Neely, Mississippi state‘ chairman. North €arolina Struggle. May Begin on Thursday RALEIG: C. ‘August. 10.—The North Cargih in extraordinary session to consider ratification of ‘the federal suffrage amendment.and_ local tax matters. Ratification \was,not mentioned in the message ‘from Gov., Bickett read at the opening session, but the gov- ernor has’anfteunced that he will sub- mit the amendment Thuraday, with a special message recommending - its approval. . It is understood Senator Lindsey |M. Warren” of Beaufort county .has been asked to introduce the bill to rB- ject the suffrage amengrfent, and that he will lead the fight against ratifica- tion in the: senate. “Former. Lieut. Gov. Robert Doughton of Allegheny county is looked upon as the most likely: to lead the oposition in the house. * Senator Scales of Guilford. ana Rep- resentative Everett.of Richmond are expected to lead the fight for ratifiea- tion in the senate and house, re- spectively. * Suffrage’leaders say they will not wait on the: action of Tennessee, but will launch the fight for ratification as soon as Gov. Bickett submits the amendment. Both anti and suffragist leaders to- day expressed satisfaction with the outlook, although it was admitted on all sides that the vote on ratification will be very close. express and no effective outlet for thelr expression. “ estate legislatures whi have ratified’ the ‘woman suftimge amendment twentY-nine are republi- can and six are democratic. There is a “majority volume” of meaning in this. It is the proof of republican incerity. “The party is sympathetic with your se. Personally, let me say €hat I sympathetic with it. The party aWd* the individuals in ‘official posi- tions 4wjthin it -are doing all that stent with the proprietics you seek,” cae de end i= ADDS $30,000,000 TURKEY SIGNS PEACE PACT AT YEARLY TOEXPRESS| S#vRes.rrawce EMPLOVES’ WAGES Railway Board Awards 80,- 000 Men 16-Cent Hour- ly Increase. CHICAGO, August 10.—Thirty mil- lion dollars was added today to the nation’s express bill. The United States railway labor board awarded the 80,000 employes of the American 4) Tc quarters within a.stone’s throw of tNe | of 16 cents an hour. ‘The senate and ‘hor whi called into special session yesterday the governor} Carolina Jegislature, which met today,' Carolina “in order -to’ protect ratifi- | by | Raleigh, in the charge of Mrs. St.| ‘legislature met today. Railway Express Company an increase The decision is retroactive to May 1, 1920. the terms of the Esch-Cum- Peas ire ae Sei e permitte raige its tes cumclentiy: ton meee the in- creased labor cost. Arguments in th rate case already have béer ptesent before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission at Washington. Today’s award does not go into the question of rules and working condi- tions. As was the case last month, when the board granted a $600,000,000 increase to railway employes, it ‘was announced that a decision covering new working rules would be handed down later. The express decision applies to all express employes, save 2,500 shopmen, who were given an increase ‘of 13 cents an hour in the railway award last month. The award to expressmen is slightly better than the average inerease to the railroad men, the board finding that express employes, as a clas& were not so well paid as men in other lin2s of railroad work. Four Unions Affected. Four unions are affected by the board's decision. They are: ‘The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Local No. 720 of Chicago. ‘The Order of Railway Expressmen. For the purposes of the award the board divided express employes in five classes, but thé increase granted was in each case the same—lé6 cents an hour. Messengers and other employes in the-train service whose hours are ‘computed on a basis of a, 240-hour month will receive an increase of $38.40. All other employes working on the 204-hour per month basis will receive $32.64 more. The board di- rects that pay from May 1 to August 31 shall be paid to employes separate- ly from their September ghecks in or- der that they may knoW the exact amount of back pay received. Describes Conditions in Service. Describing conditions in the express service, the board states in its de- cision: i “As in the case of the railroad em- ployes, thisslong delay and succession of disappointments (referring to the unsuccessful efforts of the men to get an increase early last spring), coupled with the pressure of a further rise in living~ césts, produced deep and not unreasonable dissatisfaction “on the part of the express employe even to a greater degree than upon many of the railroad employes, as the wages aid to the express’ employes were Eenerally less than’ those pata for could be marked out. SEVRES, France, August 10 (by the Associated Press).—The peace treaty with Turkey was signed here at 4:08 o'clock this afternoon. Gen. Hamid Pasha was the first to sign for Turkey. Premier Millerand of France. presid- ed at the ceremony, which was con- cluded at 4:30 o'clock. After the three Turkish representatives had signed, the allies affixed their signatures, Greece and Italy signing among the last. Serbia and Hedjaz did not sign and were not represented. STRATEGY [$ TOPIC AT CONFERENCE Of HARDING LEADERS Will Hays an’ Harry Daugh- erty to Call on Nominee Today. By the Associated Press. - MARION, Ohio, August 10.—Major questions of political strategy, together with many details of party management, were given consideration by Senator Harding today in consultation with ac- tive leaders of his campaign. ‘On the nominee's calling list were Will H. Hays, the republican national chair- man, and Harry Daugherty, who man- aged the Harding pre-convention cam- paign and since has served as a mem- ber of the campaign executive commit- tee. Their conferences with the sena- tor were expected: to occupy most of the day. It was understood that one of the sub- jects to be threshed over was the prog- ress of the front porch campaign and the related question of how many speeches the nominee should make in other cities. “Local leaders from many parts of the country have urged the candidate to come to their communities during the campaign, and many similar requests have reached the national chairman and his lieutenants at party, headquarters. 5 Report From Statem Detailed reports of the political situ- ation in every state also had been com- piled at headquarters for submission to- day to Senator Harding, together with the conclusions of the council of party leaders who met in New York last Thursday. With the acceptance speeches of the republican and democratic nom- inees for the presidency and vice presidency now before the country there was a feeling among the con- ferees here that the issues were be- ginning to take such form that a definite program of campaigning It was said numerous similar conferences would be held as the campaign progressed. It was the first meeting between Chairman Hays and Senator Harding since the latter formally accepted the nomination, and there were many minor questions to be put up to the nominee for decision. He conferred last week with Mr. Daugherty, who is understood to have conveyed his opin- ions on the front-porch campaign and other subjects to the New York con- ference. Would Break Up South. analogous service by the railroads and in many other industries. The express employes thus felt themselves called upon to make sac- rificés, as they believed, far beyond those of any other class. For these reasons; and as a measure of justice, it was decided that this decision, republicans, Senator Harding de- clared last night that it would “herald a new era in American politics” if In a telegram of greeting to Texas! SE when, made, would be effective as of A-jMay-1, 4920, and that the increases heretn specified should’be slightly in excess of those decided’ upon for rail- road* employes performing similar service.” Officials Non-Committal. Presidents of the express unions who were present when the award was handed down were non-commit- tal on its acceptability,-but the gen- eral impression was%that the labor board had been slightly more gener- ous than either the unions or the ex- press compafly had expected. Two of the unions had demanded increases of $51 per month, while the other two asked an increase of $35 monthly. ‘The Brotherhood’ of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes will hold a grand lodge meeting here to- night to-pass on the award. About 66,000 of the 80,000 express employes are said to be members of this union. Affects 700 in South. CHATTANOOGA, Tenns August 10. —The increase in wages of 16 cents per hour.to employes of the American Railway Express Compgny by the wage labor board will affect apptox- imately 700 employes in Chattanooga, which is general headquarters for the south and southwest. The local in- crease will amount to $25,000 per goonth, or $33.28 per employe. up of the democratic solia_ sout! vention at Dallas. this campaign could see a breaking The message was sent to F. B. Scoby to be read at the republican state con- It follows: “Please convey my most cordial greetings to Texas republicans as- sembled in state convention. It would herald a new era in American poli- tics to have the great state of Texas lead in a new political alignment in MANNIX IN LONDON; GREETING AT DEPOT IS UNIMPRESSIVE Police Ready to Check Big Demonstration—Prelate Guest of Priest. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 10.—Archbishop Daniel J. Mannix of Australia, who was landed yesterday at Penzance by a Brit- ish destroyer which had taken him from on board the White Star liner Baltic off the Irish coast, arrived h at 6 o’clock this morning. “There were only few reporters and’a handful of priests resent to it the » eae pote) A Seehiashop, about the stati _ There were no un- toward incidents. A less impressive welcome for Arch- bishop Mannix could hardly have Been staged than that ghich greeted him when he arrived at ddington station. Only the late editions of last evenin; newspapers published the fact that had landed at Penzance and was coming to this city. Therefore, only a few persons knew that he was to arrive at an_early hour today. The police had made arrangements to care for a much larger crowd than that formed by a few priests, representatives of the Irish Self-Determination League and reporters who had awaited arrival of the train, which drew into the sta- tion at 6 o'clock. Railway officials had arranged for his train to be flanked on either) ane by ener trains, and both ds of the platform were guarded police and detectives. pg a Priests Are Held Back. Even the priests were not allowed to greet the archbishop until he had passed the barriers into the station proper. Here the police had some. difficulty in handling even such a small crowd, as nearly every one insisted on kneeling before the archbishop and kissing his hand. Efforts of those who took Archbishop Mannix from the station to evade the public seemed to lend-strength to state- ments of Irishmen that the Australian prelate will attempt to go to Ireland notwithstanding the government's de- termination that he shall not. He was first led to the subway platform, and then suddenly hurried to an automobile into which his luggage had been placed. He was driven to the home of a priest by thelenburbe rehbishop Mannix declin whether he had any plans for the fay mediate future, and would not disclose what he intended to do during his stay in England. DUBLIN, August 10.—Many of Dub- lin’s streets were ablaze last night with bonfires in celebration’ of Archbishop Mannix’s arrival from America. The be- lief still exists here that the archbishop will visit Ireland. Interview at Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, England, August 9.—“1 think the government is making it worse for themselves than for me. They are putting me to a little in- convenience, but are making them- selves very silly.” Thus spoke Archbishop Mannix of Australia to six priests and a few newspaper men who greeted him on his arrival by train in Plymouth at 10:30 o'clock tonight from’ Penzance. “I think the people of Ireland,” the archbishop added, “know their busi- ness as well as the people over here. I was not going there to tell the peo- ple my views at all, because they have made up their own minds Wwith- out any reference to me.” Archbishop Mannix chatted for sev- eral minutes at the station, during which he referred without comment to his removal from the Baltic and the restrictions placed on his move- ments. He proceeded on the train for London. PENZANCE, England, August 9 (by the Associated Press).—When asked by the correspondent if he cared to ay anything about his mission to England, Archbishop Mannix replied: “I have no mission in England; my landing in England is involuntary. 1 had no desire to go to England, but the wonderful southland, with all its|wanted to go to Ireland. Ireland is measureless possibilities. “J recently sensed the confidence of Texas in the capacity of our republic to work out a great American destiny, and I firmly believe that the interests of your great state are those of our common country, which the republican party aims ‘o preserve and promote. It will be fine to know that a strong and harmo- nious republican organization, has been effected to give voice and in- fluence to the party gentiment in Texas, and add to the. force of our appeal to the confidence of all the American people.” Held Political Conferences. Most of yesterday was spent by Senator Harding at work on. cor- respondence. » He held several politi- cal conferences; however, among. his callers being James B. Reynolds, for- mer secretary of the national repub- lican. committee, and James Weldon Johnson of New. York, field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement. of Colored People.’ _ J t Wives sence inspiring |and it is seven years since I left. my home. I am a native of Ireland is about time I returned. I have lived in Australia the whole time since.” Few people witnessed the arrival gf the prelate. He remained at the home of Canon Wade until his departure on the night train for London. 2 Protest at Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, August’ 9A’ meeting of Irishmen wasiconvente ee night to protest against the govern- ment’s treatment of Archbishop Man- nix. Ail the*members of the Dublin and Cork deputations were present, and many other prominent Irishmen attended. 3 -A resolution submitted by Councillor Kelly, lord mayor of Dublin, thank- ing the government “for helping the cause of Ireland by its action toward Archbishop Mannix,” was carried by acclamation. Mr..Kelly-D¥Oceeded to state that Hamonn’de Valera had in: tended to spend £5,000,000 /for. pur. (Continued 6 5 TWO CENTS. PEACE HOPE VOICED BY LLOYD GEORGE IN BLAMING POLES Reds Cut Danzig Railroad in Advance. WITHIN 35 MILES OF POLE CAPITAL Progress on All Lines Claimed by Soviet In Wireless. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 10.—The Russians have captured the town of Ciechanow, thus cutting the Warsaw-Danzig rail- way, according to reports from the French military mission to Warsaw received by the foreign office today. WARSAW, August 10.—Ciechanow, a town thirty-five miles northwest of this city, has been reached by bol- sheviki detachments. a With the Danzig-Warsaw railroad cut, the Russians are now heading in the direction of the Vistula from the northwest, their apparent design be- ing to cross the river and sever War- saw’s last remaining line of communi- cation with Danzig. Evacuation trains are leaving War- saw hourly on the last line remaining open to the Baltic by way of Thorn. Alb these trains are crowded to capacity. All the Americans with the exception of those having urgent business in Warsaw were notified by the legation to leave by Wednesday night. BERLIN, August 10.—A special dis- patch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Marienwerder says Russian cavalry pa- trols which are advancing from Chorzele (seventy mtles north of War- saw on the Prussian frontier) and Przasnysz to the west and southwest have crossed the Warsaw-Mlawa rail- road, cutting off retreat of the Polish forces still operating in the territory of Ostrolenka and south of Ostrov. To the, north the soviets are a day's march distant from Warsaw, accord- ing to this dispatch. Poles Repair Old Line. LONDON, August 10.—In view of the soviet threat to cut the direct railroad from Warsaw to Danzig, the Poles have repaired the line between the two aities which runs by the way of! Thorn, Bromberg and UDirschau, says the London Times. This is fully twice the length of the direct a fone, but it is well outside the’ area. of mifitary jons,.and by it the Poles can keep in commiuntcation with their Baltic port. Entry into Warsaw by soviet troops | extinction this week is expected by bolshevik sympathizers in that city, according to the London Times, quoting a corre- spondent, who declares that immedi- ately after Warsaw is taken a soviet government will be established there. The correspondent declared the Mos- cow government proposes to make its own terms with a bolshevik Poland and says it is not believed Nikolai Lenin, the soviet premier could stop the of- fensive, even if he desired, before the bolshevik armies enter the Polish capi- tal, “as the soldiers have been prom. ised the privilege of looting the city.” Red Progress Continues. Progress on all sides in the advance on Warsaw is announced in Monday's official statement from Moscow re- ceived by wireless today. The statement reads: “The soviet troops have occupied Przasnysz and Ostrolenka and points twelve to fourteen miles southwest of Ostrolenka. We forced the River Na- rew near a suburb of Rozan and oc- cupied the suburb. We have reached points ten miles northeast of Wysz- kow and have occupied the village of Brok and Malkin station. We have occupied Sokolow. “In the direction of Siedlce ang Lu- kow (seventeen miles south of Sie- dice), after breaking the enemy's re- sistance on the left bank of the Bug |we occupied Pliatrovo station and a point ten miles west of the Bug. Fighting is proceeding for Wlodawa (on the Bug south of Brest-Litovsk). In the Chelm region (forty-five miles east of Lublin) we forced the Bug scuth of the Chelm-Kovel railway and occupied a number of villages on the west bank of the Bug. “Fierce fighting is proceeding with a considerable enemy force near Brody. z “In the Crimean sector, in the Kher- son and Bereslavl regions we crossed to the left bank of the Dnieper and are continuing to advance. We haye occupied Verkhnetomal and Obito- tehnaia.” Cabinet Still in Warsaw. LONDON, August 10.—Members of! terms which the sovit was ntitled to the Polish government are reluctant to leave Warsaw, says a dispatch from the Polish capital to the London Times bearing a Monday date. It the ministers declare nothing is set- tiled and that, for the present, they will remain in the city. “It is clear there is the greatest re- luctance to going,” says the corre- spondent, “and this is not surprising, since the departure of the cabinet Entente Warned Warsaw Not To Attack. COMMONS HEARS OF GRAVE CRISIS Nation Tense as Peace Or War Speech Is Begun. Ry the Associated Press. LONDON, August 10.—Replying to an interjection as to what the position of America would be in the Polish situation, Mr. Lloyd George in commons today said: “We certainly are going to appeal to America. There is, of course, the difficuity in America that up to the present she has not ratified the treaty and that the treaty is the subject of conflict between the two great parties. It in not in our power to sny what view the Amer- ican executive would take. I am only judging from the attitude of America the pence conference, She was n strong protagonist of Polish independence.” LONDON, August 10.—"I am still hopeful of peace,” were the opening | Words of Premier Lloyd George's an- jnouncement in the house of commons today with regard to the Russo-Polish crisis. The house was crowded and the tension was high in anticipation of the premier's “peace or war” state- ment. As he entered he was warmly cheered. MM. Krassin and Kameneff of the Russian soviet delegation here were in the strangers’ gallery. Mr. Lloyd George declared ‘the Polish attack was not justified in the opinion of the British government and that the soviet government,.in any con- ditions of peace, was entitled to take into account the facts of the attacks made by the Poles upon Russia and that those attacks were delivered de> spite the warnings of the allies to Poland. The soviet, he declared, was entitled to demand such guarantees as would \. be exacted by any power against a repetition of attacks of that kind. What was challenged, he said, was that “nothing justifies retaliation, re risal or punishment which goes to | Bie extent'ot wiping out national ex- istence.” | Must Consider Peril. “Apart altogether from_the moral right of any power to demand the, of another nation | Punishment for the aggression of its government,” Premier Lloyd George said, “Europe has to be considered. The independence of Poland and its existence as an independent nation is an essential part of the structure of European peace. Repartition of Po- land would not merely be a crime; it would be a peril, and we have to con- sider both these contingencies as a basis for our policy.” The premier declared that the sole purpose of the allied policy was to secure peace on a basis of independ- ence for ethnographical Poland. He said the Hythe conference agreed that the allies should advise Poland to endeavor to negotiate an armistice and make peace as long. as such in- dependence was recognized. That recommendation has been forwarded to the soviet government, the premier stated. He pointed out that the allies sug- gested to the soviet that they de- clare a truce Monday at midnight, but this was not accepted in view of the Minsk meeting set for Wednesday. He declared there had been great and suspicious delays in coming to a dis- cussion of an armistice. He could not imagine, the premier said, why, if there had been a real desire to have an armistice and negotiate peace, the soviet government would not have fixed a date at the latest a week or ten days ago for the purpose. The premier continued: “We are not going to have a quarrel or pro- pose to engage this country in a dis- pute, whether it means much or lit- tle, upon the difference between Mon- day or Wednesday, and there the al- lies are agreed.” Continuing his, outline of the de- cisions reacned at the Hythe confer- lence, Mr. Lloyd George said: j_ “If they negotiate an agreement at Minsk we do not propose to inter- yene to upset any arrangement which is acceptable to the Poles. It is their affair. I sincerely trust it will mean peace, bit, supposing it did not, we have got :to/face that If the Minsk conference failed be- cause the Poles refused to accept exact, having regard to the way in which the conflict started and to the Polish military condition. then the ‘says [allies could not support Poland, the premier declared. However, if the bolsheviki insisted upon terms threat- ening the independence of Poland then a different situation would arise. Will Send No Troops. Outlining the action the allies had, to take if nedessary, the would probably be the signal for the | decided pation. earance of a rival government.” |PPhe danger for the Poles, the dis- patch intimates, lies largely in a lack of organizatio and the existence of | land’s premier said no action would be taken? except to support the struggle for Po- existence and independence. of organ Setween the white and red|No allied troops would be sent }o Po- guards for the defense of the city. SSiunteer regiments sent to the | necessar: The voluntejised on a Party basis, it | sources there being socialist regi-| Well directed. \ front were i ed, is chartshristian regiments and labor ents. cannot be repressed,” remarks the cor respondent, to» understand. that to the common welfare.” The-national spirit of the Poles;Sure upon soviet “but. they do not appear | Substantial stores, he said, were avail land, he declared. It would he said, if the. Polish’ re=: ere thoroughly organized and The next a ion, continued the pret mier, would > e to put economic pret Russia either? naval action6r international acti patriotism |able in ‘that quarter of the world®* means subordination “of self*or party |which’ the-allies would feel obliged * to send to Poland. Paris Waits on 7 PARIS; + = * nothi PRESIDENT MEETS | witt ve: royse pubic relative to, the CABINET, TAKING UP POLISH ISSUE President Wilson met the members conclusions reached at the Hythe con- ference on Sunday and Monday rntil Premier Lloyd George speaks in the house of commons, it 1s, understood that he and. Premier Miflerand agreed. ~, upon steps to be,takem§an the event, the bolsheviki seek to“Impose crush-) ing terms on Poland at Minsk on.Wed. nesddy, says a Havas, dispatch from of his cabinet at 2 o’clock this after-| Hythe.’ These steps comet of a na- noon in the White House. rs of the cabinet assembled. it mem inderstood that the conference would be of unusual importance in view of the Polish situation. While the policy to be pursued by. the United States has been determined upon in the:past, the latest develop- ments in the fighting between the When the , val blockade of Russia y thé British fleet, aided by French. destroyers. Another measure considered consists of forming a defensive “front..against Ruksia: by appedling to Letvia, Lithu- ania, Caucasus and. Azerbaijg, as well ‘as,ather states formerly parts of the Rypssian ‘empire. Gen. Wrangel, the anti-bolshevik leader in southern Russia, would be ‘supported vy both England Poles and the Russian bolsheviki. and / ing France, and Poland would natural- the attitude assumed by the allied na- tions were subject\to discussion, as well as any steps that might be taken by this country to ameliorate the sit- ly receive every material and mora! aid.) Appeal to League Talked. “The premiers at one time,” thie Havas egds, “considered appeallag-to A has jot ba