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‘ARGENTINA CEASES PARTICIPATION IN SESSIONS OF LEAGUE : LAW ER Is Caused|DRYLAWTOCOVE mn 4 bly | U- S-CONTROLLED n ASSEMOHY | orFICES ABROAD By Action. END OF ARTICLE X PLAN OF CANADA by the United States from serving liquors at public or official func- tions has been prepared for intro- duction by Senator Jones of Wash- ington. The bill is broad enough in its terms, it is believed. to cover the embassies of the United States abroad as well as the consular of- IRL sti fic The bill is framed particu- Mi nister of Justice larly with reference to United States consular offices in Chin GOVERNMENT ‘GAP WILL BE BRIDGED Submits Resolution To Eliminate It. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 4. Honorio Pueyrredon, the Argentine foreign minister, today handed Paul Hymans,! president of the league of nations as- PLAN DIRECT SALES TAX AS SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFITS LEVY Enactment of Legislation to Solve Present Muddle Expected by June 30. THREE PER CENT FINAL ASSESSMENT PROPOSED Would Save Consumer Costs “Pyramided” by Others. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Repeal of the excess Profits tax by June 30, or before, with the substitu- tion of a 3 per cent final sales tax. and joint sessions of the House ways and means committee and the Senate finance committee to expedite a solu- tion of the tax problem are being i | | Copley Explains Suggestion; | seriously considered by those in Con- sembly, a letter announcing that the Argentine delegation had ceased its participation in the league. The letter, it later developed, offi- cially announced the withdrawal of the Argentine delegation from the assembly. Whether this meant that Argen- tina was withdrawing altogether from the league was not immediately ap- parent. Argentina’s delegation to the as- sembly of the league of nations did not appear during the first hour of} today’s meeting. ‘The fact that Senor Pueyrredon did not attend today’s meeting caused suppressed excitement in the as- sembly, especially among South Amer- icans. Almed at Article X. George Nicoll Barnes of Great Britain was prepared today to ask the council of the league to account for its failure to use its good offices in an endeavor to keep the Russian bolsheviki and the Poles from fighting last summer. Methods to be pursued, regarding amendments to the covenart of the league, will probably come before the assembly for a’ final ruling next Monday. Francisco Garcia Caldernon, the Peruvian minister to France, arrived yesterday to replace Dr. Mariano H. Cornejo as Peruvian delegate to the assembly of the league. An amendment to the covenant to the league of nations, eliminating article X, the most mooted ‘section Charles J. Do! Conferences Between Future and Present Executives to Follow Harding’s Call. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The gap in government between the will be bridged. Senator Harding will call at the White House to pay his respects. Conferences between members of the future cabinet and the present ex- ecutives of the different government departments will come subsequent to announcement of new cabinet person- nel. The response of republican as | well as democratic editors to the sug- ‘gestions of close co-operation be- tween the outgoing and incoming ad- ministrations for the best interests of Ithe whole country has been almost unanimously favorable. President In Ready. President Wilson himself is said to be ready to tell Senator Hurding all the facts of foreign relations as they have been conveyed to him, so that in mapping out his own foreign pol- icy. the President-elect shall have the benefit of the latest information con- cerning the true attitude of foreign governments. The President is being urged, more- over, to send the treaty of Versailles Back to the Senate. It is-true that the Senate once adopted a resolution say- ing it could nat be ratified-in its pres- it fe but ‘the important -happen-/ tax and the retroactive features—are, fnge at Geneva have picered the whale mare than anythi of the pact. Rae straigeed in the assembly of the~ “aaa today by! tace of things. © ie a ings at Gon ef nimous: a yn. given, of justicals he Trobe | anne mene neae Laan AteR ee bly be referred to the committee on| Gf the league that Article 10 a4, sti amepdinentes. tean A guarentee of territorial’ in- Catalans Ask Freedom. tegrity. - hel 08 mee Us eed rule; the Montenegrins repeatediy are |R@S besn looked upon by friéads of appealing to the council and assembly for the independence of their country and for relief from alleged cruelties of Serbian troops of occupation, and among the almost innumerable odds and ends in the Jeague mail are demands for a revision of the treaty of Sevres. These and minor complications are preventing the council of the assembly from push- ing ahead with the big program of the present meeting. Meantime the financial committee of twelve, appointed to continue the work the President asa Rood‘gugury. . , : The statement miorbover of Den- mark’ that’ she could’ not = furnish troops for a certain purpose called for by the league's council is also re- garded as a precedent that will bolster [ne the view taken by Mr. Wilson heretofore concerning the freedom of action of ever: of military aid. Will Net Feist Views. But there is no suspicion here that Mr. Wilson will try to foist bis views nation on the subject of the Brussels financial conference, has { about the league on Mr. Harding.-The been diligently working out a plan for] latter will decide for an international credits _ institution. This committee took the rough sketch of | what he imself whéther issue or not and will do about it. On the the league isa dead the plan prepared bythe Brussels con-|other hand, the particular problem ference as a starting point for its work. | before Principles Are Suggested. ‘The report of the committee on rela- tions between the council and the as- sembly of the league of nations sug- gests the adoption by the the following principles basis for the time being: FE First—The council and the assem- bly each will be invested with partic- ular powers and duties. will have jurisdiction to render a de- cision in any matter which has been expressly committed to the other. Second—The assembly will have no power to reverse or modify a decision which falls within the exclusive com- petence of the council. The same re- spect must be shown by the council for decisions of the assembly. Third—Under the covenant repre- sentatives sitting on the council and in the assembly will render decisions as representatives of their respective states, and in rendering decisions they have no standing except as such rep- sentatives. Fourth—The council will present each year a report to the assembly. It will be impossible to consider the assembly as a chamber of deputies and the council as an upper chamber, the report finds, because in certain matters the council and the assem- bly will have identical rights. while in others each body has special rights. A dispatch has been received by the council of the league of nations from Earl Curzon, British foreign secre- tary, saying that Great Britain would ffer her moral and diplomatic aid to Fresident Wilson in his mediation. UNQUESTIONED IN FRANCE. Foreign Office Not Opposed to Ad- herence of Argentina. PARIS, December 4.—France does not question the constitutionality of the adherence of Argentina to the Jeague of nations, nor the compe- ience of Argentina's delegates to the assembly of the league at their country, it was stated ign office today. Statement was prompted by reports published in Argentina that France was questioning the legality of the Argentinian membership in the league. the point being raised that her adherence could not be considered le- gal until approved by the national rongress. The report was connected in Argentina with dispatches from Ge- neva indicating that deductions had been made there from utterances of Foreign Minister Pueyrredon that Ar- gentina favored the admission of Ger- many to the league. Im denying the report that France was questioning Argentina's status in the league. the foreign office ex- pressed disbelief that the French d egates at Geneva were taking an a utude reflecting any such view CONFESSES TO MURDER. RUTLAND, Vt., December 4.—Peter Longe, one of the fourteen men under arrest for the murder of Owen Hayes ut Fairhaven October 6, has confessed that he killed Hayes for the money he carried, and has declared that the ether accussed men were not with him, accordi! to a statement. by Armenian | the President, as seen by friends of the league, is that unless he sends the treaty and covenant back to the Senate there will be noth- ing before that body. 1t is suggested, for example, that it would be difficult assembly of / for Mr. Harding to send the treaty to as a working|the Senate without’ first arranging with other powers for changes. Also the view is being urged upon the President that full responsibility for Neither body | the failure to ratify the treaty would rest upon the Senate if he sent the! doucment to the upper house with his own suggestions of changes that could be made to satisfy criticisms made heretofore. Indeed, it would occasion no sur- prise if Mr. Wilson, realizing his de- make a compromise suggestion and leave it to the republican Senate to approve or reject, hut furnishing at eny rate a basis for a continuance of the discussion. Want It Left in Pigeonhole. The republicans themselves would Prefer that Mr. Wilson forget about the treaty and keep it in a vigeonhole White House and begins. cleaning up his desk and examining his files. They ure fearful that the deman@ in the next few weeks wjll be for legisla- tion to afford relief to the farmers of the west. cotton growers of the south and agriculturalists generally. ‘The clash between the city and the farm is a serious one. The attitude of the Treasury Department may be said to reflect President Wilson's views, namely, that the credit of the United States is already in such strained condition that to extend feans to any one class would only start a general demand for relief which would weaken the government purse and force down the price of lib- erty bonds and other obligations. Much of the trouble is due to the fact that while the people voted in November to turn the democratic ade ministration out of power, the new administration doesn’t come into office until three months have passed, and probably will not get familiar with ithe problems in hand for months after that. Rar aes Meanwhile American busi fers all sorts of fe Bere: urs and nervousness. c ion of the economic will compel conferences be- tween the Wilson and Harding 2a. | Miniatrations and between republican and democratic leaders. Most officials are optimistic about the future ana attribute the entire business upset to the pains of readjustment and the difficulties of changing administra. tions in the midst of a reconstruction period unparalleled in American hist tory. (Copyright, 1920.) —_—-—____ LOOTING IN CHINESE PORT, Sixty Persons Reported Killed in Mutiny at Ichang. SHANGHAI, December 2.—A mes- sage received here today from Kan. kow reported that sixty persons have been killed in the mutiny of Chinese troops at Ichang, a treaty port in Hupeh province. Gunboats are due to reach Ichang today. The situation in the city is said to be quieter, but looting is con- tinuing. Chinese troops: have been tapetohed- teehee Ye a Se Wilson and Harding administrations! feat at the last election, would at last | until Senator Harding gets inside the! mu-] and_the new tax allowed-for jibe: ~ (Contiquead on Page 2, Columh 8.) gress directly charged with the duty| of framing the revenue-producing leg- islation. The theory is the consumer must pay | the tax in the end; that by the indi-| rect method of assessing it the tax jis pyramided before it reaches the jconsumer in the final-sale price, the ! cost of living ig Diled up, the people and the gover are overburdened, iment does not get the benefit. By hav. ing the courage to levy a fi sales | tax where the consumer knows he bays only one tax, and to whom he bays it so that he can lay the blame directly for any overcharge, it is esti- ; mated that the public can be saved four-fifths of what it has been pay- > an vi ji imgcn nd the government get just as e entire proposition is i ; by Representative Ira C. Copleyastl DECLARES D. C. CAN BE MADE BEST CITY FOR TRAFFIC IN U. S. William P. Eno Says, However, at Present Washington Is One j Hlinois, 2 business man and fina, and who is one of the feaacre the | Waysand means committee in work- ing on the tax problem. Representa- | i tive Copley has been devoting most of | {his time for the last four years to| ttrying to find the best solution of jeosiioraie enough to keep the gov-| goin; roperly a | burden on the people.” Sie Ge least Had Because Retroactive. | “I am absolutely convinced that the excess profits tax will be removed he-| tore or after June 30, more likely be- fore. The reason is this: I do not be- {lieve that any one ever wants to go back and pass a retroactive law. The! combination of the two principles in| the revenue law—the excess profits! i ise, res} ipl ab tng cipie 5 t eG, that's, human nature. Thev excess profits tak {9 passed on. All vémmodi- ties in general use go through three to a dozen processes before they reach the final consumer. When the last man who had @ hand in it places an! exceks profits tax it is frequently | Pyramided to tremendous proportions, “The retroactive feature was not only an inducement, but it practically demonstrated the necessity for every} man looking out for himself, because j he didn’t know what was going to! happen. For instance, the exces! profits tax law of 1917 didn’t become a law until October 3 of that year, but it was made retrouctive to January 1 of that year. A great many business men, in fact a large majority, had provided for expenditure or perma- nent investment of those profits. Con. sequently. following the figures of the bureau of labor, we see a very; great jump in the cost of articles about the time that gill was intro- duced carrying retroactive features The business men had spent the money and had to provide by in- creased profits to pay the tax the fol- lowing twelve months. 1918 Law More Severe. “Again, the excess profits tax of 1918, which was very much more se- vere, did not become a law until Feb- ruary 23. 1919, but was made retro- {active fourteen months back. Instead of prices declining as they ought to have done after the armistice was signed they enormously increased, be- cause this tax was made retroactive, # large increase over the tax under which business had been operating, and, again, men had spent a large share of their money. The tax had to be paid in 1919, with increased prices —the only way to get the money. “Not only that, but they didn't {know when another retroactive tax was coming, and so the business man grabbed all he could get.” Representative Copley explains that “any general tax on business is sure to be passed on to the consumer. no matter in what form it may be levied: and, consequently, the best tax is the simplest tax. For instance, if it is necessary to put on a consumption tax, ought not to be a total turn- over tax, but a final sales tax on re- tail merchandise. Then no one indus- try doing any part of the work on that commodity can lay the excess cost to the other fellow, because the consumer is going to pay but one tax, and knows exactly how much it is. “This is even very much better than a production tax, or a tax at any stage of production, because again the consumer, who must pay the tax, can place the exact responsibility for any overcharge, either on the article it- self, or in the tax. Pay Tax Just Same. “It {8 very much 2 question in my mind,” said Representative Copley. “whether or not the people of the country have sufficient courage to face this problem and meet it by pay- ing a tax which they know about cheerfully. They may prefer an indi- rect tax. If the do, they pay the tax just the same, and, not knowing just how much they pay, are likely to pay @ great deal more for the article than they are paying taxes on. There- fore, the cost often is more and the government doesn’t get the revenue.” Representative Copley points out “py the excess profits tax law the governmerit received only about one- fourth of the revenue on excess prof- its that it ought to have received, for the reason that the great de- partment stores and the mail-order houses, prior to the excess profits tax law, practically fixed all prices, and could handle commodities very much cheaper per unit. In order to make a profit that would sufficiently cover the bad years and the good onee it large mercantile establishments to mi small dealers had an opportunity eith- of Worst, as Far as Vehicular Movement Is Concerned. Impetus was given to the “No Ac- ident week” movement in Washing- ton last night when William P. Eno, ternational traffic authority and one of the framers of the regulations of} Paris and New York, spoke to the City Club public safety group, and Maj. Gessford, at a meeting of the chairmen of the District of Columbia Safety Council, read a report in which he pointed out that twelve per- sons had been killed in ‘traffic ac dents in Washington during Novem- ber. pointed out, would mean that every traffic man would be under one ;head, and that this head would have |no one to decount to but the major jand superintendent of police. i Suffering From ‘Tramicitis.” | “Washington is suffering from a chronic attack of ‘trafficitis’ of long | standing, due largely to official un- willingness to profit by experience, said Mr. Eno. “Wholesale arrests land sporadic safety weeks are opiatee | which will furnish but temporary jrelief. The real remedy lies much ideeper, The malady must be treated by means. which have proven effica- . Eno, whe has spent | tine | cious elsewhere. }t is not my. prov- ie he tous oeitreme ure lin alll ines’ nor’ dealee to. way where. the ities dese county, said that | blame, lies,.since it. cannot bring to Washington of the worst regulated citiés in the United States and that, it could easily be made} the fiest. Oné of the reasofw tor this con- dition, in.the-opinion of the speaker, was the absénce of a bureau of street traffic. The creation of such a bureau, THREAT OF BREAK IN CABLE PARLEYS U. S. Has About Reached Limit of Concession to Allied Powers. By the Associated Press. ‘The American government has about reached the limit of the concessions 4t is willing to make to the allied and associated powers with regard to the disposition of the former German cables, it was made known today by American commissioners 3° re international. communications conference now in session here. The commissioner said the negotiations had been dragging for some time without any immediate indication that an agreement would be reached. ‘Officials would not attempt to in- dicate what would follow the break- ing up of the conference, which has appeared imminent as a’result of the unwillingness of some of the powers represented to reach what, the Amer- jean. representatives consider an equitable distribution of the former German cables. nite ates the United States and Germany. which were interrupted as a result of the diversion of the German cables by. the allies, should be | restored. Great Britain is understood to have expressed a willingness to restore the cable which formerly ran from Emden to New York, but which sinc has been diverted to connect Pen- zance with Halifax, only on condi- tion that it remain in British hands. The Italian delegation has been in- sistent that Italy be given one of the French cables running along the coast of northern Africa, so as to give that country direct oable serv- fce to the United States, and the American government is understood to have supported Italy in this claim. Silent Regarding Japan. Officials would not state today whether the views of the United States with respect to the recogni- tion by the powers of equal landing rights for cables had met with the anticipated opposition of Japan, mere- insisted that ly saying that the subject had not) been settled. =, Establishment of such a principle is known to have been one for which the American representatives have Deen particularly zealous on account of the desire to prevent any discrimi- nation against the United States in the use of the former German cables now held by Jgpan and- centering ‘about the Pacific island of Yap, upon which the entire system of American | ( cable connections in the Pacific is peculiarly dependent. NO-ACCIDENT WINNERS. BALTIMORE, December 4.—The would be necessary for all of the|Charleston division of the eastern means nothing to them. The ners in the recently closed “no-acci- dent” campaign, which had been car- er to put their large competitors out | ried on for thirty days over the sys- of business or to run their @ proportionate tax because $300 per year exemption was more than most of them ‘had ever made. prices! tem, it was announced at the execu- on up without being compelled tol tive omoees here yesterday. ject of the campaign was to reduce as far as possible accidents of all iife the scores of unfortunate people who have been needlessly sacrificed, js would it restore the ‘property damaged nor the time wasted which has injured business, The past must take care of itself—we cannot call it | (Continued on Page 2, Colunin Ly; OPPOSES HARDING'S PLANS FOR CABINET Marshall, Here, Says They Would Make Vice Presi- dent’s Path Rough. Vice President Marshall, who re- turned to. Washington today for the opening of Congress Monday, does not believe that Senator Harding's plan to have the Vice President be- come practicaty a member of the cabinet will work to advantage. ‘The Constitution of the United States intended that the Vice Presi- dent should be the presiding officer of the Senate, and nothing else,” said Vice President Marshall. “To be a presiding officer it Is necessary that the Vice President shall have the en- tire confidence of all of the senators. If a Vice President should attend meetings of the cabinet practically as a member, it would tend to arouse suspicion, and senators of the mino- |rity party might not trust him. This would make the path of the Vice President in the Senate a rough one. “If any representatives from the Capitol are to attend cabinet meet- ings, the majority leader of the Senate and the majority leader of the House should be the men selected. “The idea that a V President should be completely informed as to the policies of the President, so that he might carry them out in the event of the President’s death, is, to my mind, fallacious. A_ Vice President might make a poor President, but he would make a much poorer one if he attempted to subordinate his own mind and views to carry out the ideas of.a dead man.” The Vice President is looking well and cheerful. He declined to discuss the recent political campaign. |Today’s News ‘e in Paragraphs Government's “gap” to be bridged by conference of future and present cabi- net. Page 1 Bus line proposed for 14th street. Page 1 Harding accorded big welcome_as he lands at Newport News. Page 1 Capper proposes to tax grain gamblers out of existence. Page 1 Direct tax to supplant excess profits levy planned, Page 1 Argentine delegates leave league meet- ing. Page 1 Gen. Caviglia-has been ordered to use caution in dealing with the movement against D'Annupsio. , Page 2 Samuel Phillips, long time D. C. resi- dent, dies. Page 2 Farmers must be aided or they will be driven from land, says governor. Page Senator Jones of Washington will urge investigation of alleged inefficiency in government departments. Page 3 Dunric and Maryland officials hint at the use of rifles to safeguard the Bal- timore boulevard. Page 4 New York bank expresses optimism re- garding conditions, Pagel, part 2 kinds, and the results were declared | Proposal made that deposits in to have been very gratifying tothe management, postal savings banks~be-utilized in home’ building. Page 2, part 2 ~<a oars) pee tie fe Si oes ; we e~ JEAT . y is Member of the Associated Press rey Rain seirecaae Soe warm: ts z o on = aoe 25 = oye, es apt er fonignt; colder tomorrow afternoon See yee eases : ne peper and also the local news published herein. te Temperature for twenty-four hours j | ot = today, Full report on page 5, part 2. q | : Closing New York Stocks 7***.* WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday's Net Circulation, 91,664 \ Part 2 N. 7,979, Entered as second-class matter WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1920—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. ; TWO CENTS. No. yJ4I. post office Washington, D. C. BUSES PROPOSED FOR 1TH STREET William McK. Clayton Be- lieves Motor Line Would Relieve Congestion. Congestion on the 14th street line of the Capital ‘Traction Company could be relieved without the enor- mous cost of building a new track on 15th or lith street by establishing a motor bus line, in the opinion of Wil- Nam McK. Clayton, chairman of the committee on utilities of the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Associations. Mr. Clayton sets forth his views on the question in a letter to George E. Hamilton, president of the Capital Traction Company, and to the Public Uthities Commission. The letter fl- “Testifying before the federal elec- tric railway commission. Roger W. Babson of Bostou; @ rahiway expert and economist of néte, sa: ‘If buses had come in béfore street cars, in many communities, the electric cars would never have appeared.” “Is not this the time and opportu- nity to supplement Capital Traction service on your 14th street line, either on 14th street itself or on some other! Street to the west. with motor buses, jStarting, say, as a try-oui, a line from jPark road to 15th and New York aye- 1 nue, with car transfers east or west? Maximum Use of Tracks. “The Capital Traction Company Some time ago reached the maximum car use of its 14th street tracks, and today people who offer to ride cannot be served as your charter and the law requires. New tracks must be laid or buses must supplement your service. “The invasion of a strictly resi- dential street by a car line, developed tand kept residential since the founda- tion of the city, should come only when no other reasonable solution of a traffic problem offers. “The never-eding vibration, clamor and grind day and night of car and car wheel robs the home of its ele- mental character, and those who build on a non-car street, of the peace and (quiet they sought and bought and | paid well for. “Evidence was ted recently be- fore the Public U: that the initial rails, either double track on 17th street or single track on 15th street, would run into nearly a million dol- ities Commission lars for one route, and over a million dollars for the other. When the cost of cars, terminal facili- ties, depreciation, etc., are added the interest charge alone on the invest- ment would approximate $100,000 per year—and this the public must pay, and pay for all time. Suggests Fleet of Thirty. gost $300,000. On this the interest charge annually would be less than $25,000. The suggested advantages of the bus over the car, in operation, are: Passengers enter and leave at the curb; conductors might be dis- pensed with; operating as independent units, not tie-up of the entire line, and no continual renewals of roadbed and rail, etc. Economy, convenience and comfort apparently weigh in on the side of the bus as against the car. “American cities with streets neither as wide, well paved. nor as easy in grade as Washington are supplement- ing car service with motor bus lines— some owned or controlled by the trac- tion companies, others independent and competing. Short-Haul Rider Driven of. “Conditions abroad and in Canada { serve. to emphasize motor bus avail- ability and practicability. The short- haul rider has been driven off your line by high fares and crowded cars. Why not bring him back into the riding class? Why not the bus for the} short-haul and the car for the long- haul rider? vee me ppabeet entitled to first, consideration in the management of re ibelief exists that Mr. Sweetman was public service corporations you have always maintained; this assures by the company consideration of these suggestions the same spirit in which they are offered.” |PROGRESS ON ESTIMATES. Appropriation Bill Expected to Be Ready Between Dec. 10 and 15. Rapid progress is being made upon the District estimates in the hearings before the subcommittee of the House appropriations committee, of which Rep- resentative Charles R. Davis of Minne- sot» is chairman. The District Commissioners are in conference with the subcommittee from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, and al- ready more than one-half of the 282 pay bill have been gone over. “BLUE LAW” SEEN AS THE BREEDER OF BOLSHEVISM Ww YORK Kings county SHIPS AND PLANES WELCOME HARDING ATNEWPORT NEWS |Declares Trip Has Made Stronger His Devotion to Independent U. S. December 4.—The grand jury, which eciared America’s civilization is threatened by the overwhelming | influx of unassimilable immigrants, in a presentment yesterday to County Judge Mitchell May, today received from him an address, in which he said that the discontent which breeds bolshevism might follow clamping of the “blue-law” Sunday on personal conduct. “Let us go slowly before enact- | ing antiquated, discarded and un- | necessary laws that may bring down upon our heads a feeling of discontent, dissatisfaction and un- rest which might fan anew the flames of bolsheviam.” he said. Long since, men recognized the advisability of keeping church and state apart. “Law is intended to establish peace, bring happiness; not to re- | strain citizens unreasonably in | their freedom of action.” COMES DOWN GANGPLANK PICTURE OF GOOD HEALTH i | NEWPORT N. | 1. Us | ent-elect Harding received a rousing Program Includes Speeches at Nor- WS, Va, December 4.—Returning to American shores to- | Welcome from the Virginia tidewater | cities, and responded with a message pee ape folk and Landing Places—Goes MRS MACSWINEY | to Bedford Tonight. 5 | By the Associated Pi day from his vacation voyage, Presi- . . f ve ii Ct eI With Sister of Deceased |° renewed national confidence and cost of laying car! ‘“4 fleet of thirty motor buses might | Lord Mayor, She Lands From Steamer Celtic. RECEPTION IN NEW YORK; Quiet Welcome Accorded Two Women on Arrival—Public Waits in Vain. NEW YORK, December 4 (by the Associated Press).—Mrs. Muriel Mac- Swiney, widow of the Lord Mayor of Cork, who died on a hunger strike Londons Brixton prison, stepped quiet- jy down the gangplank from the big gray liner Celtic this morning. landing here on her long journey to testify before the committee of 100 investigating conditions in Ireland. The little woman, clad in mourning, was accompanied by Miss Mary Mac- Swiney, sister of the late lord mayor, who made the journey with her. Outside the entrance to the pier, on West street. hundreds of men. wom- en and children wearing mourning bands and carrying flags of the Irish republic were massed to greet the two women, but they appeared from a different exit than was expected, and stepped into a waiting taxicab, and were well started before the crowd knew they had landed. Immediately efforts were. made to form a parade to escort Mrs. MacSwiney to a 5th avenue hotel. Quiet marked the reception of the two women, who were the firat to step ashore ‘when the Celtic berthed. A, reception. mittee, surrounded ‘with the tri-célor bunting of the Irish republic, greeted them. ., ,Weleomers all ta Line... TH taxicab had reached 23d si! seven blocks from the pier, seat was haltéd, and welcomers fell into, Hoe. A band struck up with “The Star | Spangled Banner” and “irish Republic” jairs, cheers were raised and the pa- rade got under way ‘after the con- fusion which had marked the unex- pected exit from the pier sheds of Mrs. MacSwiney. The city officially welcomed Mrs. MacSwiney through Grover A. Wha! -en, commissioner of plants and struc- tutes, representing the mayor. Down | the bay J. L. Fawsitt, “Irish consul” at New York and personal representa- tive of Eamonn de Valera, “president of the Irish republic,” accompanied {by Oswald Garrison Villard of the committee of 100, met Mrs. Mac- Swiney, going out to the Celtic on the coast guard cutter, which put cos- toms and newspaper men aboard the jiner. The police boats Patrol and John F. Hylan carried welcoming dele- gations down the bay with repre- sentatives of a number of organiza- tions of Irish sympathizers to meet the Celtic. Mrs. Peter MacSwiney and 'Mrs. Annie MacSwiney Dixon, cousins jof Mrs. MacSwiney. shouted a wel- | come from the Patrol. An extra coast to carry the unusual number of re- porters and photographers. | Mrs. MacSwiney and her sister-in- l1aw, however, made no statement to jreporters, and declared they would have nothing to say until they had talked to the committee of 109. Rumors of Negotiations. LONDON, December 4.—There are rumors in ‘the parliamentary lobbies that indirect negotiations are pro- ceeding between members of the gov- ernment and Sinn Feiners. The Lon- don Times gives prominence to the report and says: “The rumors seem {not entirely baseless, though the pre- cise character of thé negotiations, if isuch they may be called, can at pres- ‘ent only be surmised.” There seems to be no doubt, adds ithe newspaper, that Arthur Hender- ‘son has at least an informal mandate to explore the avenues which might lead to Irish peace. | Truce Is Recommended. | DUBLIN, December 4.—Resolutions appealing to the Irish republican parliament to negotiate a truce with a view to securing an honorable peace [were passed by the Galway county council, a republican body, yesterday. The resolutions expressed the opin- ion that the British government should withdraw the ban on meetings of the Irish republican parliament, so that the latter might appoint dele- gates. They declared the present reign of shootings and burnings, re- prisals and counter-reprisals detri mental to both the interests of Eng- land and Ireland. | It was ordered this resolution should be sent to Premier Lloyd George, together with the resolution passed by the Galway urban councel, supporting the appeal of Roger N. Sweetman, a Sinn Fein member of parliament for North Westford, sug- gesting a truce. It is said that the not acting solely in his own behalf in making his proposal. ONE CHARGE WITHDRAWN. Evidence Lacking in Driving Case Against Representative Garrett. The charge against Representative Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee of driv- ing an automobile while intoxicated, | which has been pending in the Police | Court since early last month, has been nolle prossed by Assistant Corporation | | guard cutter was pressed into service { Final abandonment of sectionalism and a rebirth of fearless nationalism furnished the theme of several | Speeches on his program during the day in Newport News and Norfolk. He declared that although his trip away from home had furnished many pleaa- ant experiences, it had served to make stronger his devotion to independent America. The steamer Pastores, on which the President-elect and Mrs. Harding made the return voyage from the Canal Zone, came into Hampton roads soon after daylight and docked here at 10:30. Disembarking immediately, the party was taken for a ride throu, the Newport News shipyards and the city’s downtown section before Mr. Harding's first speech of the day at the Academy of Music. Crossing to Norfolk on w destroyer early in the afternoon, he wax to spend the re- mainder of the day there as the guest of the city. Accorded Triumphial Ovation. As she steamed up the roads the Pastores was accorded a triumphal ovation. A flotillx of twenty-fi Army airplanes from Langley Field, companied by three naval dirigil went out to form a guard of honor, the ships along the path of the Presi- dent-elect were dressed in marine signal: flags spelling out a welcome home. The presidential yacht Ma: which brought Secretary Colby to the roads on the first leg of his journey” to South America, dipped her flag as the Pastores passed and the battleship. Florida, waiting nearby to take the | Secretary aboard, manned her rail to honor the President-elect. Big and little harbor craft joined in a thun- dering chorus of sirens and fog horas: Tanned by exposure to the t ig sun and the, ape air, Mr. Hard! came down the gangplank a pi health and:happi of perfect Mrs, Hardin, of the time Fett Ne jeans November 18, ‘Also appeared excellent health. They. greeted the crowd that waited for at the pier, and during their through the city they were kept busy | waving acknowledgments to cheering crowds. 4 era . Changes to High Tops. A familiar vicissitude of travel de- layed the start of the motor ride and held up for a few minutes the elab- orate- schedule’ of ‘ertertainment planned by city officials. -At the last moment on shipboard Mr. discovered that ‘ glected to leave out of his bags a jpair of high shoes suitable for the chilly atmosphere into which the Pas- tores had run overnight. Rather than attempt to overhaul his baggage he made a fiying motor trip to a downtown shoe store and changed from his low cuts to a new pair of high tops while his parade waited. The entertainment schedule ar- ranged for the President-elect = vided for luncheon in Newport News and for a formal dinner in Norfolk before his departure late tonight for Bedford, Va, where he speaks to- mogow. EXPECTS TO SPEND ONLY 2 DAYS IN WASHINGTON 1 Dispatch to The Star. W PORT NEWS, Va., December 4, —ssiumphantly received and honored by ‘the people hergabouts, President- elect Harding smiled happily as he stepped ashore today after his voyage from Panama. He visited the ship- yards at Newport News, and planned to go to Norfolk later for a reception and public banquet. Mr. Harding told this correspondent jthat he felt a vast improvement in general health, particularly his nerves He confided that when the campaign was over he felt as if his nerves were almost ready to crack, as he had been through a terrific strain. He is now conscious of a feeling of relaxation and his mind and body is ready for the grueling jobs waiting at Marion» The important conferences to begin at Marion on December 13 will include not only the league of nations and foreign questions such as relations with Mexico and Japan and special treaty matters affecting things like Panama canal tolls, but domestic problems as well. The President- elect has also in mind ‘the new de- partment to be created over which = woman will preside. In such a de- partment it would be sought to fulfill the pledges made during the cam- paign in respect to a program of s0- cial justice. For weeks to come the little town of Marion will be the center of interest throughout the world, as the eyes of Europe as well as America will turn that way. According to present plans, Senator Harding will tarry but two days in Washington—Monday and Tuesday—an@ will be in Marion on Wednesday to get ready for the con- ferences of the following Monday. Copyright, 1920. INUNCTION TO BAR RATE RAISE UPHELD. New York Supreme Court Rules Against Action of the I. C. C. KINGSTON, N. Y., December 4 (by | Spec | Counsel Francis Hill. Coir Hill said the charge was dis- missed on the ground that there was} not sufficient evidence. ‘The colliding charge against Repre- tentati i sentative Garrett still is pending and fava neeetee ee SS probably will be disposed of Monday Davis said today that he expects to|or Tuesday. These charges were filed be able to report the District appro-|after the representative’ automobile priation bill for the fiscal year ending |had struck and knocked down Miss Jpne 30, 1922, to the House between December 10 and 15. ive’ M. Schofield at Scott Circle jovember 9 the Associated Press).—Judge Gilbert, D. B. Hasbrouck of the state supreme court today declined to vacate an in tion obtained by the state re- aeainin sixty-one railroads from in= creasing their intrastate passenger. rates 20 per cent ag provided for by an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The rates were to hay’ gone into éffect November 29,° ~ = |