Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1921, Page 1

Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein, Al rights of publication of special WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow, slightly warmer tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 82, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 62, at 5:30 | m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing New York Stocks, Page 17. he 4 dispatches heiein are also reserved, — Yesterday's Net Circulation, 87,872 No. 28,226. Entered as second-class’ matter post office Washington, D. C. BALL RENTAL ACT EXTENSION AGAIN BEFORE SENATORS Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole Ratified by Senate. FLETCHER LEADS ATTACK ON MEASURE AS ILLEGAL Borah Also Declares Bill, Under War Power, Has No Consti- tutional Ba The Senate this afternd®n resumed consideration of the Ball bill to ex- tend the rent law of the District. The amendments heretofore presented by Senator Ball in behalf of the com- mittee were adopted, and the bill was yeported from the committee of the whole to the Senate. Wwhich ratified the amendments adopted by the com- mittee of the whole. The committee of the W X out the proposed new action provid- ing that a property owner who had collected excess rent could have thirty hole struck | SOLDIERS’ RELIEF BILL SIGNED BY PRESIDENT Col. Charles R. Forbes Is Named Director Under Measure Which- Appropriates 380,009’000. . President Harding today signed the Sweet soldiers’ relief bill, and imme- diately _thereafter. appointed Col. Charles R. Forbes, director of the war risk bureau, to be director of the vet- erans’ bureau created in the act. The nomination, along with the list of mi- nor appointments, was sent to the Senate at noon today. The Sweet bill provides for the con- solidation of the war risk bureau, the tederal board for vocational training and those sections of the United States public health service directly engaged in soldier relief work. The act carries with it an appropriation of $30,000,000, and, besides designating one head for the varlous activities engaged In aid- ing the soldiers of the world war, it provides for what the administration believes will be a far more efficient and satisfactory means of giving the necessary relicf ‘to these men. Col. Forbes stated today that he has formed some tentatiw: plans to put into operation in line with the provisions of the act and will .an- nounce them later. He will continue to make his office in the War Risk building. RAL LABGRBOARD DREETS BALOY ‘Decides on Secret Vote by 2 to return the rental. " ms)esnnwr Borah. discussing the bill.} declared the whole theory uponj \hich these war powers are extended has no basis in the Constitution. i Fletcher Takes Floor. | Senator Fletcher of Florida «goki the floor to enter upon a discussion | of the constitutional aspects of the, bill Senator no situation which calls ~letcher declared there is l“ein the District (Odil)" for this “drastic leg- lation” which he characterized as arbitrary and unfair. He said there ite many buildings for rent and one {ntire building in the government hotels is vaca He said sat the government dealers showed condition is mot very few buildings L | erected for rental purposes. Most of | constructions, he waid. Is of| Luildings to be sold, as the s | Jo no want to come under the rent Jaw. i ot Senats ' of the act on the ground that it was| i inci d prac- | ot Sound in_principles and { tically compelled the confiscation of private property. f Sees Solution in Fullding. Senator Fletehjr sail that the way 1o reduce rents is tc : i€yt hpartments and bullding: that are for rent. * “It may be that peopl! tent _are building” Fletcher,, “but b the idea that the 1ended.” - Mr. Fletcher dec he emergency had arisen from the ict that the shortage of housing ated a publie interest in such fa- ilities which justified such regula- tion. Senator Fletcher the pewers of Congress under Constitution in times of peace and -\var, contending that the Constitu- Yion holds as good in war as it does in peace. He denounced as a vicious doctrine t ics filed by railways. and real estate | that the housing | so bad. although have been or Fletcher opposed the senss e to some ex- said Senator v are doing it with Jaw is nat to be ex- lared that Ball | followed Senator i neral discussion of | rs ot "¢ the | | | reached by the road with a commil | tee elected by a general vote, previ- Employes for Negotiating - Committee. By the Associated press. CHICAGO, August 9.—A secret bal- lot by the shop employes of the Penn- | | | i sylvania railroad to select a commit- | tee for negotiation of working agree- ments with the road's officials w directed by the United States Railroad Labor Board today in a supplementary ruling on the recent shops crafts’ de- | cision. The decision. which ordered a new election of an employes' committee and which canceled agreements ously directed that the name of the employe voting should appear on the ballot. ; ubstance of Ruling. “The ruling today.ordered that conference directed by the original decision to be held on or before Aug- ust 10 should arrange a plan of elec tion_to_insure of the ballot.” With but one day left to hold the conference under the board's order. | Pennsylvania officials here said that no conference had yet been held, to tl heir kowledge, and further said that hey knew of no arrangements for a onference today or tomorrow. Re- ports_in railroad circles said that the board's decision. PHILADELPHIA. August 9. —Penn- ylvania rairoad officials had noth- ing to say regarding the amended de- new election ordered by it for the se- lections of committees to draw up new working agreements. The action of the oard in amending its decision was known here last Saturday, ang at that time was said to hawe had ne ‘nfluence on the attitude of the compiny in its dispute with the system -ederation No. 90 over the number “f electing committees. As the representativ. pany and the emplo; of the com- were directed | fore “the absolute secrecy | i i i increase the |the Pennsylvania was not expected s to take any action to comply with | cision of the Federal Railroad Labor | | Board permitting secret voting in the | he suggestion that CONETess yy the hoard to meet not later than, can do anything it pleases in Ume|omorrow to agree on details for the! of war in order to win the war. i MeKellar Defends Right. Senator McKellar of Tennessee | vigorously defended the right of Con-| Eress to emact Tent legislation for| fhe District. “In dealing with the peo- ple of the Distriet,” he said, “we are bound by the provisions of the Consti- | tution, but where the Constitution is; silent 'we have complete authority in| any matter. ! ‘The senator from Tennessee inter- rupted Senator Eorah as the latteri Qeclared that “we are assuming that after war 18 actually closed. to ex-| ercise powers which the Supreme| Giourt decided could be exercised only : during war.” “Ism't the jurisdiction of Congress| over the District its affair?” asked| Senator McKellar. H “Could we deny a citizen of the District the right of trial by jury? asked Mr. Borah. i Oh, no,” said Mr. McKellar, “but | we have a right to do wha_l h'!. not prohibited by the Constitution.” | At 2 o'clock, when the unfinished{ business of the Green bill came up.| Senator Ball asked unanimous con- Sent to lay the unfinished business| aside temporarily and proceed with | vonsideration of the rent act, but| Senator -Poindexter of Washington | objected ard the rent bill went over, s be brought up when the next cal- erdar is in order. Senator Ball's Amendments. Senator Ball's amendments provide: 1. For the appoimmv_nt of an at- .torney at a salary of $5,000 per an- nun "o be selected by the reat com- mission. . For the refunding of all excess 1 holding of a new election, an an- nouncement by the company was ex- pected today. 3 Both the federation and the Tom- pany held committee elections. The company recognized the com- mittee elected under its plan and ne- gotiated working agreements. The Labor Board declared both elections illegal. Pennsylvania officials, it is said, were disposed to ignore the frul- | President Harding | | i i ing of the board and continue to deal | with the committees with which it has| has not given any sign of letting any- | body know what sort of treaty is be- agreements. POPE BENEDICT ASKS JOINT RELIEF ACTION Cardinal Gaspari Instructed to Plan United Effort by Vari- ous Nations. By the Associated Press. ROME. August 9.—An invocation to Divine Providence to hasten the end of the tremendous scourge that is afflicting Russia is contained in the appeal of Pope Benedict for aid for the starving and plague-afflicted Russians, made in his letter to Car- dinal Gaspardi. the papal of state, inviting all Christians and civilized peoples to contributg gen- erously to this cause. The Pope. in his letter, instructs Cardinal Gaspardi to lay the subject before the governments of the vari- ous nations for their “prompt and ef- ficacious common action in the name | of the love of the Divine Redeemer, secretary | cents collected over and above the Who gave His blood to make us all Tentals fixed by the commission, this | refunding to be made within ten| days after passage of the law and | on the service of proper notice by the commission. 3. For th tion of the e removal from jurisdic- rent commissl?n ol(h all business properties, excepting t 082 parts of hotels and apartments which are used for living purposes. — —— COMPLAINT DISMISSED. | | i Public Ledger Had Alleged News ‘Was Republished. :W YORK, August 9.—Federal Judge Learned Hand dismissed the| portion of a complaint alleging in- fringement of copyright in the suit! brought by the Philadelphia Public ledget against the New York Times| in connection with the republication | on February 1. 1920, of a letter writ ten by Viscount Grey to the kondon Times. i The letter dealt with the attitude of the United States and the Senate | toward the league of nations.and the | Ledger claimed its republication by the New York Times violated the plaintiffs exclusive contract rights for the London paper's news service. ncerning the second portion of the complaint, which alleged unfair competition, Judge Hand' ruled that there was basis for the charge if it could be proved that the republica- tion of the letter was attended by a false statement, and that, as a resale of the news obtained by the plaintiff from the London Times depended largely upon the exclusiveness of it, injury might follow information that the news could be obtained from other sources. brothers.” The Pope’s letter implores aid for the millions of men in the basin of the Volga, who are facing the most terrible death, in vokifig succor from humanity. ““This people,” the letter continues, ‘although separated from us by bar- riers raised by long centuries, are, be- | cause of their calamity, near our pater- anl bear s '$156,000 EMBEZZLEMEN : CHARGED TO BOOKKEEPER Arrested—Was Signed Up as Pitcher. SHERBURNE, Minn., August 9.—F. R. Frenick, arrested here in connec tion with the alleged embezzlement of $156,000 from Armour & Co..-at Kan- as City, where, it is said, he was em- ployed as a bookkeeper, was taken back to Kansas City toduy by detec- tives. A week ago Frenick came here to Join the local base ball club as a pitcher. One Off Newfoundland Resembles Cathedral Pinnacles. NEW YORK. August 9. — Icebergs 300 feet high and 700 feet long were seen off the Grand Banks of New- foundland by passengers on the steam- ship Columbia, which arrived yester- day from Glasgow. One sighted last Thursday morning resembled, with its numerous pin- nacles, Durham Cathedral, Capt. David !'W. Bone said. 'ormer Employe of Armour & Co. | | 1 {BIG ICEBERGS OFF BANKS. | tning from piracy to rum runnin. TEVEN FOREIGN RELATIONS the | Hushe { matter of concern for the Senate-is janswers thus far given in the informal WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1921.-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. SENETORS INDARK ON GERNAN PEACE INDUREFORFACTS Negotiations of State De- partment Are Being Veil- ed With SecrecyT COMMITTEE IS IGNORANT Hiram Johnson Asks Lodge for In- formation as to Status of Pres- ent Proceedings. | BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ator Hiram Johuson of California has been making inquiries of Senator Lodge. chairman of the Semate foreign | relations committee, to determine what is going on between the United Smlcs‘} government and the German government | with respect to the establishment of | Deace. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Sen- ate foreign relations committee, and as such feels that he is entitled to know what steps are being' taken to make peace with Germany. He asked Mr. Lodge if it was tru: that a treaty was being negotiated with Germany. Mr. Lodge said he had not been advised by the executive branch of the government. or John wanted to know if the man reichstag committee on foreign affairs had a copy of proposals to be embodied in u peace treaty. and again the Massachusetts senator professed ignorance, Information Withh “What would we have said if all this had happened under the last ad- ministration?” exclaims Senator John- on. s he points out that not a scin- tilla_of information has been given the Senate foreign relations commi ces about the status of our negotiz or conversations with the Ge; covernment about peace. This| not bgen generally known, It| been supposed right al President * Harding | and - Seeretary have consulting the been -nate. ena ator Lodge has himself hercto-| insisted that the Senate had a| =ht to have its say in advance of | the actual signing of a peace treaty nd be circulated a round-robin, hich was signed by practically ali| the republican senators, expressing the Senate's views about u treaty Which | was then under negotiation. s Others in Dark. € Massachusetts s asked whether the Senate o a similar opportunity to expres| views on the new treaty, was beinz negotiated, but this time he is reported to have said that he ;fil[l']:o?s‘(‘l llthw : not a matter of con- e E e i gern for the Senate until ‘after the | m‘lllvd to the Senate for r 4 the impression that he himself had | reversed his previous views on the | subject of Senate intervention in peace negotiations or whether he meant that the exccutive branch of | the government felt it was not a B ‘Whil the basis of a good deal of s pecula- tion at the Capitol. peea | this effect 50 IV FAES FUTURE SPEEDERS Though No Official Announce- ment Made, Court Expected ., to Give Limit. “Lucky, indeed, will be the automo- bile speed demon who succeeds in passing out of Police Court in the future without being assessed a heavy fine, probably the maximum of $50. Although the court has not officiul and formally announced that it pro- poses to “soak”” the speedsters for the maximum fine, a silent edict apparently already h: been issued. This was indicated yes- treday when two fast drivers paid the limit of $50, feit heavily, financially, the effect of the recently initiated campaign to break Up speeding in Washington. And there are going to be more speed violators hailed into court than to ually signed and sub. | ever before, according to court offi- | cials. They base their prediction on the fact that the iicreased collateral demanded . by Commissioner Oyst will have a strong tendency to force| the speedsters into court in an effort to collect rebate. Court officials also pointed out th. policemen are more on the alert now than ever before to round up the fast drivers. A large number of officer it was said, have been detailed on two Senator Johnson incidentally is not the only member of the S h n Senate for- | Sieniie ations committee who says | is in_the dark about the for | slicy of the ‘administration. Oraees | re Saying the same thing. Senator | Lodge as republican leader naturally | bears the brunt of this discontent. | He asked for an engagement with | just as soon as l{l'lll‘r returns from his ten-day l:x};)“ Whether it was to get more informa- tion about the German treaty or to discuss a Senate recess was not in- dicated. No Explanation. Certainly the Department of State | | ing outlined to Germany, and it ! be that Mr. Lodge, having not hme-:l)l' given details of the parleys by Sec- retary Hughes, is asking the White House for information. The usual course is for the President or Secre- tary of State to advise the chairman of the Senatg foreign relations com- mittee about important steps in for- eign_policy, even tipugh the details are frequentt’ withheld, In the case of a treaty which is likely to be a source of controversy, efforts are sometimes made to canvass senti- ment in the Senate in advance to determine a course of action. (4 On this occasion there is no ex- planation of the Department of State’s policy except one. It is being said that, for reasons of domestic politics, it might not be wise to pre- cipitate a controversy before the treaty is actually signed. When once the pact is made there would be dif- ficulty in amending it, because that would necessitate further negotia- tions with Germany anq more delay. The Hughes policy is evidently to confront the Senate with an Accom- plished fact. just as Mr. Wilson en- deavored to do when he submitted the Versailles pact. Press Only Source of News. Summed up, the Senate foreign rela- tions committee is officially in ignorance of the fact that Secretary Hughes is discussing a new treaty with the Ger-! man government. It knows only what the press dispatches from Berlin have reported, namely, that American Com- missioner Dresel has laid before the Ger- man government a memorandum out- lining the kind of a treaty the State Department would like to.see formu- lated. The German government has been discussing the matter with its committees in the reichstag to learn if approval would be given the pact. The i exchanges are said to indicate eventual agreement, but just what is to be in the new treaty or what understandings are Leing secretly made with the German government nobody in the Senate claims to krow. (Copyright, 1921.) —_— MYSTERY SHIP SIGHTED. 12,000-Ton Craft Refuséd to An- swer Wireless -Calls. NEW YORK, August 9.—Another ship has been added to the string of mystery craft sighted recently off the Atlantic coast and suspected of every- * The latest—described as a 12,000- ton steamer—yas slghted August 6 about sixty miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, by the steamship West Keene, which arrived yesterday from Facific coast ports. The Keene's officers said the stran- ger had remained four miles distant. She carried. three.masts.and two fun- nels. Two cargo booms, usually of Washington's street and Conduit road—for the purpose of compelling automobil to observe the speed limit. Some idea of the resuits of the move- ment to ‘break up speeding may be gained from Police Court records of yesterday and today. Fifty-two fast drivers were brought into the court yesterday, thirty-two of them foi feiting the heavy collaterals, and eighteen of them facing the judge. The records for tod. show twenty-eight speed violators ts ap- | peared in_court, a majority of them, however, forfeiting the increased col- lateral charge. A large majority of for- feitures today were $10. There were a few as low 45 §5 and some as high as_$25. The eighth precinct, through which terxitory one of the so-called speed- ways—I16th street—is located, was credited with the largest number of fast-driving arrests. Policemen in this precinct arrestcd cight. The third and tenth precincts were next with five each. Then came the ninth precinct with four. The second precinct was credited with three, the first and sixth two each. and the seventh one, making a grand total of twenty-eight. The fines and forfeitures yesterday netted the Police Court $685. Of this amount, $295 was in fines and $390 in forfeitures. The two persons who paid the maximum fines of $50 im- posed vesterday were Frank H. Hogan and Basil Miles. Among those who forfeited the heavy collatera}s were: Harry C. Howell, $10; Charles D. Spies,” $2 Horace White, $10; Charles Bratt $10; Edward Mosher, $20; John Sea- vers. $20: Clifton Terrell. $10; Wi (Continued on Page 2, Column b., 2 oo on P & Coi bt e I st Prohibition, Politics and Money Symbolized in Church Carvings By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. . August 9.—St Thomas' Episcopal Church, in 5th avenue, loomed today as a possible rival of the Metropolitan Art Museum in public interest following cumula- tive disclosures that showed ‘the million-dollar gothic structure to be a veritable treasure trove of unique sculpture and wood carving. The first “discovery,” made by a newspaper last week, revealed a huge, ironic dollar mark carved in the ornamentation above the “bride’s| entranc Then followed the dis- covery .of a. whole row of “avenue types’—little hcads about the size of a fist—sculptured above the main entrance. These included a monocied dandy, .2 man with a dissolute nose and .2 woman heralded as .“the divorcee.” TeSEes Bacchus Bumped From Keg. Today the architects: permitted to become public a chart listing some of the wood carvings that decorate the interior of the church. One of the carvings, entitled “Prohibition,” depicts Bacchus tumbled from a keg by & woman with a spear. - Fallen from his outatretched hand is a bunch of grapes, while behind the woman's figure is a single lemon, emblematic of the “soft” drink. Another carving shows the Russian bear receiving “soviet” medicine” from two monkeys, supposed to snugged down while ships are at sea, were rigged to the foremast. An effort to exchange radio mes- sages failed when the ship refused to answer. 2 represent Lenin and Trotsky. A third shows capital and labor in a death struggle. Labor is represented by a man in conventional working whiie eighteen others- speedways—16th | that | rather than be tried on the !l AGO, THERE ‘LL. BE MIGHTY LITTLE ; LEFT FOR SHIPPING INTERESTS OF U. S. AND ENGLAND BREAK OFF PARLEYS By the A LONDO! tions ntatives of American and British shipping in- terests on the question of freight ted Iro August between represe 4 —Negotia- | rates for ¢ptian cotton have 12 broken off, according to a dispatch to the Central News Age from Alexandria today quoting an official source. CITY NOT 0 LOSE BY TAX RATE CUT Increased Realty Assess- I | | '1 Assessor Says. | Although the Commissioners have | reduced the real estate tax rate for next May from $1.5 to $1.82 per $100 |of assessed value. the city will col- 'Ject as much, and possibly more, from property owners due to increased as- | sessments, it became known at the | District building today. From A: ! Richards it was learned that <e of approximately 10 per cent in the assessment of real estate ’ Not General. not been the same ections of the city. Ection, the assessor {said, practically no changes were i{made in the assessments. In the northwest section, hoivever, a general increase in assessments has been made, which will partially offset the effect of the reduced tax rate on the | taxpay pocketbook. Last the total assessment of was in round numbers 000,000, which produced approxi- Las been made. H Increaxe | This increase {on property in | In the southwest » mately 3§ 00. with a_tax rate of $145. 1t has been roughly estimated the 10 per cent increase in sments will add about $30,000,000 year's total assessment. mak- ing the t assessment for next May about $4 000. The new tax rate of $1.82 applied to the new assess- ament will produce in round numbers about §8.462,000 in taxes next May. Biennial Assessment. Assessment of real estate is made biennially. so that the values applied to tax bills next May will be the same in May. 1923, also. i The increase of $30,000,000 in the total assessment of real estate is made up of three elements—namely. new building. on $8,000,000; } assessment land, $10.000,000. and i increased ssment on existing buildings. $10,800,000. Tifis means that vou cannot figure what your tax bill will be next May by applying the new rate of $1.82 to last vear's assessment, except in those ! neighborhoods where no change has ibeen made in assessments. clothes. He grapples with a lean, bewhiskered man in a high hat. who is backed up against the Woolworth Luilding. The Woolworth tower is carved in a slant as if about to fall. War Groups Prominent. wan group. in which heads of Wood- row Wilson, King George of England, i King Albert of Belgium, Clemenceau. Lloyd George, Gen. Pershing. Marshal | Foch: Admiral Beatty, Herbert Hoo- ver, Maj. Gen. Peyton C. March and ment of 10 Per Cent Made, | increased | Other figures. representative of progress, depict airplanes, auto- mobiles, locomotives and telephones. | Prominent in this group also are two g money bags bearing tbe ipitials} The -wood carvings also include af ~ MUCH REFRESHED e | i many other war figures appear. A Salvation Army lassie is shown hand- ing out doughnuts to dodghboys and poilus, and other figures include “A Gob™” and “An Aviator.” Approved by Rector. . F. Goodhue, architect of the church, ex- plained, in making public the charts, that the wood carvings, most of which have been done recentty, had the full approval of the Rev. Dr. Ernest M. Stires, rector of St. Thomas'. work was done, he said,. in accord- ance with the tradition of architec- ture that modern flgur in_ history, problems of the day aMd symbols of the age should receive recognition in a sacred edifice. The dollar-mark above the bride's door and the avenue types above the main entrance, however,” were the architect’s little jests, worked in on his own jnitiative when the church was built ten years ago. L. Mavers, partner of Bertram f The | [was made throughout the return trip | {son they ran ahead of ] jeral interest at the moment is the ef- TWO CENTS. BRITAIN TO PROTEST SCHOONER SEIZURE IF U. S. VIOLATED LAW BY the Associated Press. LONDON, August —Great Britain, it is understood, intends to protest to the United States if it is decided that America violat- ed international law by seizing the i lquor-laden schooner Henry L. Marshall outside the three-mile limit off Atlantic City last week. A« protest, it is said, would be merely a formality, as Great Brit- ain is not interested in the case except ax it might establish a precedent for such seizures. Should no protest be mad pounted out. it would. place ( | Eritain in the position of sanction- ing such action, which might give rise to difficul < s<hould a Brit- ish ship be seized by some other country in international waters. SHERIFF BESIEGES GOVERNOR SMALL - INSTATE GAPITOL |Executive Lunches in His Of- fice as Mester Waits in Corridor. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, 111 lewing a conference with State's At- torney Mortimer. Sherifft Henry Mester { of Sangamon county at 1 prepared {to start for Gov. Small's office with warrants for his arrest on charges of August 9.—Fol- PRESIDENT BACK | embezzlement of state funds while he | w ate treasurer When Sheriff Mester and several deputies arrived at the state house they waited on the first floor of the building for the governor to come out The sheriff waited in the ground fidor of the noking @ cigar. Both he p and the. governor apparently we of Pressmg Matters. playing a waiting game. Gov. Small's 3 | cutposts stationed near the door kept After an absence of ten da the { the utive informea of the sheriff’s greater part of the time being Spent | movements, and members of the Eov- in the cool of the White mountains of | ernor's cabinet and close political New Hampshire, President and Mrs, | friends paced the second-floor corri- Harding returned to the White House | 497 Waiting for the climax today. Both appeared in the best of | Chaticd SVACH §5 came health and spirits when they alightea | Sheriff Mester chatted from the presidential yacht nay-}‘“lmfir S iuainisgnca A Ene nase flow s e : ¥ 1 The governor remained in his office owEr 10l morning ad 1 vard.| 14 talked with friends. The lunch __The yacht docked at 9 s morn- | hour passed with neither of the prin- ing, nearly three hours ahead of the |cipals making any move. After Ten-Day Rest Mr. Harding Faces Accumulation a corridor o ate hous leisure | i ancex. with state- he waited. time originally scheduled for i _’ The ' situation developed into a e ”‘::l'd roiflos op | viege. The sherifft went to the cap- rival. | Commander Ralston Holfies Of |jio1 building intending to serve the warrants on Gov. Small when he left for the executive mansion for lunch. The governor, however, showed no shosition 1o leave his office and the uicl ule. | ituation took on the appearance o oL And PTink | war strategy. Many state house em- ocean was smoothy: all of which con. | Ploves remained in the corridons dur- A ek con | ing lunch hour to watch developments. e e The governor's secretary announced SRt e HaPdingson Jrest | trat the governor was not going out e b 10 lunch and planned to leave the : apitol not before 5 p.m. | the Mayflower ‘explained that good time from Portland, Me., and for that rea their schedule. Although the air fvas there were no hea Harding physician: Senator ok g New and the President retary. The| The sheriff did not take blank Drevident and M Harding. aecom. | bonds with him to the governor's panied by the latter drove immediately to the White House from the wharf. have given him'a chance to r voluntarily and arrange Seen Corresponden: and he has refused.” the There was no engagement | for the & : e . Mester said he was not President today, it being his dusire, in 4 by the Fovernot's threat to making no appointments for audiences, | suc him and his hondsmen, to devote his time to the accumulated | The sheriff declared he was “tired business and in conferring with mem- | of all this talk” and “anxious to have Following a long | the whole thing over with.” On hi bers of his cabinet. i aw the hun- | Visit to the governor at the state capi- session with the latter he dred o so Washington newspaper cor- | tol yesterday the sheriff told the gov-| respondents. {ernor he “came to see whether you Each gave every cvidence of the would submit to arrest,” and in reply he governor read z prepared state- nefits from the rest and change af- P ment in which he “declined to submit forded by the trip, the longest they have taken since they came to theito the jurisdiction of the judicial White House last March. They both|branch of the state government.” expressed delight at getting back to| Action for damages against the the capital and their anxiety to again | sheriff’ smen may be taken by take up their individual task Those which face tae President are numerous and difficult. The accumu- lated business requires much study, some of it necessitailng speedy action. Aside from the general accumulation | said : of what muy be termed routine busi-| "y Jegal advisers have convinced me ness. the chief exccutive is confronted | gnat it 1s my quty under the constitu- N s e hvoz‘:‘_.““,‘,‘ and my oxh of (il‘ficedla decline to : s & UDON | sybmit myself to the jurisdiction of the international diplomacy. Several bills {judicial department during my term: ;:;c:“",‘r;”{fmmwn e e i !that the public welfare as well as the Retion. . With all of this he has hun- | (ohstitution and AL e e = dreds of letters and other papers deal- | ghe, ™30 WHO 15 BoVERRar Suall D0 ing with patronage or asking for some | (1o00 IHIIETENCE U0 = favor. Then there are the hundreds|'PSTW Whie Be 18 GOVRROr C wla of requests for expressions of one| 1O submit myself to the courts wou O e R T e ne | mean to make the executive department Eseti e i of the government subject to the judicial seeking engagements for an audience. . e department, which would be a direct b - { violation of the constitution. He lost little time after returning| T must, therefore, in obedience to my to the White House in getting at his |oath of office decline to submit myself desk and jumping into the mass c¥ |to the jurisdiction of the judicial branch and documents piled high on | of the state government during my term {the governor. ne indicated vesterday. if Sheriff Mester attempts to arrest him under the warrants. The governor. in a statement issued I following the sheriff's call last night, papers his des as governor.” Regarding the various matters of demestic diplomacy confronting the | vl 1 President, the one which probably! CAPPER ATTACKS calls for the greatest amount of gen- GRAIN GAMBLING fort to lift the nation's tax burdens. Many legislators and party leaders are awaiting a word with him regarding certain features of this problem. Con- gress is looking for some expression from him., while individuals and groups, 100, are ANXious to conter with him regarding the lowering of taxes. Handling of the revenue legislation has reached a point at the Capitol where leaders consider the executive's advice and leadership as vitally im- portant. It is apparent that some members of both the Senate and the House are considerably excited over Secretary Mellon's ideas regarding revenues and expenses. Also ll\e’ President has been advised of present | opposition on the part of certain Con- | gress leaders to the proposed taxes| on first-class postage. automobilgs, bank checks and the like, as possible means of reducing (he general tax burden. | Because of the revenue situation and the complicated views regarding | economy and the rteduction of the | government's operating expenses, some party leaders are of the opinion that it will be necessary for the President to lose no time in calling a confer- ence or a congressional ‘“get gether” dinner, at_which these c plications and conflicts of ideas may be:smoothed out and adjusted. _———— GEN. HUGHES NEAR DEATH. | Canadian Minister Kept Alive by Blood Transfusion. ‘LINDSEY, Ont.. August 9.—Gen. Sir Sam Hughes, former Canadian min- ister of militia and an outstanding| figure in Canada’s war effort, was very near death at 5:30 o'clock this morn- ing. His physician did not think he would live many hours. He has suffered from anemia for months and has been kept alive with blood transfusions for weeks. | transacted on grain exchanges, Urges Passage of Bill Protecting Producers From Grain Exchanges. that “gambling consti- part of all business Sen- per, republican, Kansas, today in the Senate urged passage of the Capper-Tincher anti-gambling bill. He demanded that producers of food be protected from arbitrary inter- ference by grain exchanges. DEFICIENCIES REPORTED. Request of Shipping Board Cut to Over One-Half. A deficiency appropriation of $45.500,000 to cover expenses of the Shipping Board until January 1 next is carried in a bill reported today by the House appropriations committee. Chairman Lasker had requested $125.000.000. The committee eliminated $27,500,- 000 from the board’s reguest on the ground that operations costs during Asserting tutes a great ator Cap) i the next eleven months would be’less than during the last fiscal year. Re- duction of the. number of Shipping | Board employes in Burope from be- tween 300 to 400 to 20 or 30 by No- vembeg 1 was recommended. “The most substantial gains to be made_in reducing the cost of opera tions,” the committee report stated. “should come from ' the abolition of the present method of chartering ships whereby the Emergency Fleet Cor- poration pays all the expenses of op- eration and the managing operator receives a percentage of the gross revenue from the voyage’ DIVISION OF SILESIA BETWEEN GERMANS AND POLES DECIDED British Score Complete Vic- ! tory When Briand Agrees to Proposal. \SUPREME COUNCIL VOTES AGAINST SENDING TROOPS Decision on Partition Reached by Lloyd George and French Pre- mier Must Be Approved. BY the Asxociated press PARIS, August 9—Premier Briand of France and Mr. Lloyd George prime minister of England, have de- cided at a private meeting upon a compromise partition of Upper Si- lesia, it was declared here today on £00d authority. The allied supreme council decided today not to send reinforcements for the allied troops in Upper Silesia. The compromise boundary line understood to have been drawn ap- proximately as follows: | | is Beginning west of Pless on the Vistula river and running west ef Gleiwitz, west of Tost and Gross- Strehlitz, north to between Rosenberg and Kreuzburg, and thence to the frontier of northern Upper Silesia. This line, while by no means straight one. approximately bisects the Silesian plebiscite area | Must Be Ratified. The reputed agreements must formally ratified by the supreme council, and the possibility of this action at the late afternoon session today was forecast. At this time the geograpnical experts of the French, British and Italian delegations, who were engaged in the early afternoon hours in considering the precise marking of the line, were expected to have ready the reports they had been instructed to make. it was upon the private seitlement being reached, it is understood, that the council decided not to send reiu- forcements to Upper Sile ent, the British and Italian deleg: < voiing inst_the sending of ps for ihis purpose, as nee had desired. Sir Harold Stuart, the British lesian commissioner, and Gen. Marinis the Italian commissioner, argued tha if the council agreed immediately upon the boundary line it would not be necessary 1o send reinfgrecments, as they believed both Gernigny and Po- land would accept the council's de- cision. Lerond Fears Trouble. The conviction of Gen. Lerond of France, head, of the commission, was that trouble’ might occur even i there were an immediate decisign by the council, and He urged the rder- ing of reinforcements as a precau- tionary measure. Mr. Lloyd George informed the council of the line the British were now willing to accept, and the ex- perts were instructed to allocate to one side or the other certain town- ships remaining in dispute. The new line is accepted in princi- ple as more nearly representing the real meaning of the plebiscite vote than anything previously proposed. The division aiso splits the disputed i 1 | indus rial dis rict. - Stands on Plebiscite. At the opening of the session Mr Lloyd George took occasion to de- { clare the position of the British gov- ernment upon what he cailed the menacing, problem to the peace of Europe. 'Silesia, he said. had be- longed to the Germa race for 700 ars—a part of that period to Aus- . but for 177 years to Prussia— and the British government would not consent to any division not based equitably upon the votes of the Poles and Germans in the disputed region. Discussing the future security of France, the British prime minister said in substance that the British | government keenly sympathized with | the French desire for safety, know- ing what France had suffered in two wars. That sccurity, however, he | deciared, ought to rest upon the moderation with which the victors { used their power, and upon equity !in apportioning Silesia The British empire, the prime minister declared. | Would never be dragged into another | war caused by the oppressive use of | superior force or the abuse of jus- tice in a time of triumph. i /APOLOGIZES TO CAPTIVE. But Mexican Bandit Chief Threat- ens to Kill His Comrade. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. August 9.— | Lieut, Jesus Renteria, Mexican ban- {dit_chieftain. has extended apologies |to Harold G. Peterson, former Army who i I | | | lieutenant in aviation service, wi !was held a captive in Mexico with | Lieut. Paul H. Davis until a ransom had been arranged for their release, according to a mes- sage received by Peterson at his home in White Bear, Minn. In the message, which wishes Peter- luck,” Renteria de- would “kill Davis the first time 1 see him.” At the time of their capture, about two years ago, Lieuts. Davis and Pe- terson were doing patrol work on the Mexican border. They were forced to land near Pilares, Mexico, and | were held by bandits. A ransom. later ;arranged by the United States gov- ernment, obtained their release 1 of $15.000 |Today’s News ! in Paragraphs President Harding returns much freshed from his ten-day vacation. i Page 1 Railroad Labor Board directs secret ballot of employes. Page 1 Senate committee hears Director Mever re- explain $500,000,000 railroad funding bill. Page 2 President Harding confers on tax re- i vision. Page 2 | Boy admits shooting his mother twice after accidental wound “in order to end her Page 3 woman's body. believed, to be that of the missing Mrs. Mahohey, is found | in a trunk in Seattle. Page 3 | Wounds plentiful among D. C. boys at Camp Meade, as they learn to be sol- diers. Page 5 uftering in Russia terrible despite feed- ing of 6,000,000 daily by soviet. Lenin appeals for aid. Page 11 Beer bill passes Senate and is sent to la 18 |~ conference by both houses. Page 12 | Mexican ‘general slain in his automo- bl Page 13 Moors prevent landing of Spanish troops. Page, 13 Lord Bryce, closing reply to Senator Tittoni of italy, again cites defects he ascribes 10 peace treaty. Page 13