Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1921, Page 1

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August 10.—~The wrath of the people of the Bavarian town of Memmin- &en on account of the high cowst <f Hmburger cheese nlmost cost the local cheene dealer, William | Ronenbaum, hix neck. Rowen- . bau ‘had raised the price so kigh that only the wenlthiest ek 'ns could have cheese with their beer, while the poorer pecple had to go witheut. To- day a big mob of men and wom- en stormed Rosenbaum’s tore, dragged him out, placed a cord around his neck and paraded through the streetw. The excitement of the crow” | Krew nx the procexsion went long until finnlly Roxenbaum as given a beating. Sudden- 1y some ome started uting, “Lynch him! Hang him? | And Rosenbaum was given the ternative of paying half a million marks to the city's poor or being Iynched. Just then the police arrived and rescued the cheexse dealer. ONLY 5 AMERCANS GETOUTOF RUSSIA 1.5 RELIFHELD P TENSIONRELIEVED I | | BY SILESIADECISION Harmony at Future Ses’sions; Expected by Disposition of - Delicate Issue. NEW POLAND-GERMANY BOUNDARY BEING DRAWN Agree to Maintain Attitude of Strict Neutrality in War Be- tween Greeks and Turks. Tox the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 10—The Bres- lau correxpondent of the Vossische Zeltung today reported that Polixh bands crossed ‘the Upper Silexian frontier Iaxt nigkt mnear Roxen- her, but they were driven back after an encounter with the police and British troops. The latter suf- fered some losses, according to the | dispatch. PARIS, August 10.—Tension over} the Upper Silesian questio, which, was marked when the supreme aHied | . . \Failure to Send Out More began its sessions here on appeare o be materially i Jpeared to be maerie| Captives Threatens Long Delay in Famine Aid. ! coyneil i i it | planned chiefly to administer the pro. | | pCsed tam.ne retiet, arrived in niga | | While the six Americans set free and sent out of Russia, through Esthonia is understood, | jdeas and the agreement of France, Great Britain and Italy, in principle.; Poland and Germany through the Up- KlLPATRch IN ESTHONIA per Silesian plebiscite area appear- AMONG THOSE RELEASED there scemed every reason to believe that the remaining sessions of the! ! ] Twy e soner for ncil will be featured bY mien win) Two Movie Men and Prisones Eomennatars Ut | Three Years at Reval—Parleys question tempofarily aside today| While awaiting the report of the ex<i By the Associated Press. boundary line between Poland and| . s Cormany in this area, agreed upon in| RIGA, Letvia, August 10.—Soviet land yesterday. can prisoners, who have arrived at Report Ready Tonight. Narva, Esthonia, but the fact that! that they expected to be ready to} iy Drecent iheir conclusions, embodying | WST® sentgut of the coutitry was said) this evening. Thereupon the counciliand perhaps the abandomment of the decided that it meanwhile would dis- | negotiations for Americaft famine re- German disarmament _questions. | lief for Russia. ! In taking up the former subject the| The six American prisoners re-| an attitude of strict neutrality in the! Emmett Kilpatrick, Weston B. Estes, Greco-Turkish war, without interfer-| William Fiick, X. B. Kalmatiano, H. J. either of the belliger tries.. - Of the released men Capt. Emmett! Ambassador Harvey [d this deci-!Kilpatrick of Uniogtown, Ala., was| jey of the United Stated previous to' Wrangel's forces in soutn Russia. its entering the world war, and he! Wiliam Flick and Dr. Weston B. “*Premier Lloyd George, in a speech|ture photographers who went into Bdvocating neutrality en the part of | Russia and were imprisoned last year. conflict, alluded. to American neutral- | of Racine, Wis., has been in Russian ity during the war, when the Ameri- | Prisons for nearly three years. Jies and the central powers, addingman, and Russell Pattinger's home is ghat the latter were unable to take|at 686 West 12th street, San Fran- terials on account of the British| * Brown Arrives in Riga. | blockade. We asked Ambassador| waler L. Brown, European direc- | the question, and the latter replied | spasion ' Herbert “Hoover's ofganiza- that this was fully in accord With! tion, through which orasnize} First U. S. Opinion Asked. This was the first time the Amerl- | express an opinion on the matter un- | [ (5, 0p TiE VI Y CRUOY for the ger discussion. iproposed’ negotiations, reached here tion in the conflict in the mear east.| - Director Brown, It Lord Curzom, British secretary for some length, saying that two offers 10 mediate had been made; one last| offer, he said, was for mediation by | the British alone and the latter by! was in Paris. He added that both| ofters had met with refusal by the; Under -these circumstances. Curzon said, the allies could not make must come themselves. The council decided, however, that the allied governments cannot disin- mear east which are liable to cause a greater conflagration. The council er information on military and politi- | €al matters in Asia Minor, and the ments will exchange such data, espe- cially that concerning supplying arms which may not only be sent overland, dut also shipped across the Black sea. briefly, at_this point said. that the treaty of Sevres had “been torn up” stigation of the Turks, although the Greeks had been prepared to accept cumstances, he continued, it was ob- Vious that the Greeks were entitled gsted. Referring to a statement by Premier to the frontier to be drawn between ! ‘ed to have cleared the situation, andi council will be featured by the rapid| The supreme council put the Silesian Await Freeing of All perts engaged in drawing the new Crimeiple between France and Eng- | Russia has released six of the Ameri- | The experts informed the councilionly this half dozen of Amerfans| the complete frontier line, by 7 o'clock | here today to threaten a long delay in cuss the Greco-Turkish situation and} council decided unanimously to adopt|leased are in fair condition. They are ing with trading by private firms with|La Marc and Kussell Dattinger. { sion was In conformity with the pol-;captured while on duty with Gen.| concurred in the council’s finding. | Estes of New York are moving pic- the allies toward the Greco-Turkish! Xenophon Blumenthal Kalmatiano can market was open to both the al-| La Marc is a New York mdvantage of the purchase of war ma-; cisco. t(:rvey if such was his understanding | tor of the American relief adminis- | the American viewpoint. can delegate had been called upon to | weve “on the way to Reval. Maxim | Concerning the question of media- | bout the same time. foreign affairs. reviewed the case at| March and another in June. The first ! both French and British, while he belligerents. . i another offer and that any initiative | Situation Wil Be Whichea. fterest themselves in events in the will appoint special missions to gath- French, British and Italian govern- to the Turks by the bolsheviki. Premier Lloyd George, speaking Dy the allies themselves at the in- @nd act upon it. Under these cir- 1o proceed as if the treaty mever ex- Priand yesterday that the victor was ‘entitled to the benefits of victory, Mr. | Lloyd George said the statement ap- plied to events in the near east. Situation Explained. Col. Heywood, who has just arrived from Geek headquarters, where he is nttached to the British mission, ex- ylained the Greco-Turkish military eituation with the aid of maps. The Greeks are within about 140 to 150 ailes of Angora, he told the council, mdding that it was a question whether the Greek troops could continue their gdvance or not. ; Marshal Foch interposed that the ¥'rench advices were in general agree- 3went with the British regarding the Greco-Turkish situation. These ad- N'ces, he said, were that the armies Nrere of about the same general g:rength, thé Turks having nine divi- “the worse for defeat, and the from the helligerenlsl’ |ing the earlier indications that the | AMERICANS REACH REVAL. wiil insist that every bona fide Amer- ican in Russia, whether in or out of | prison, must be given an opportunity | to leave Russia before the negotia- tion can begin. It was thought this forenoon that a conference today between Mr. Brown and M. Lityjnoff was extremely un- likely. E Has List of 100 Americans. Mr. Brown is acting unofficially, but in touch with the State Department, .whose represenmtative, Capt. Evan E. Young, has handed him a list of more one hundred Americans still in Russia. On the Russian side the negotia- tions are ready to be inaugurated. M. Litvinoff said this morning: “We are prepared to go ahead with the negotiations.” A staff of experts arrived with the Russian envoy. Another member of his party was Theodor Chaliapine, the noted Russian operatic basso, who plans to go to England to sing on behalf of the starving Russians. Preliminary negotiations between i Director Brown and M. Litvinoff were opened this afternoon, notwithstand- two men would not meet, the Ameri- can representative asking M. Litvinoff what the soviet government’s inten- tions were regarding the freeing ‘of the other Americans in Russia. The conferees were introduced by the Let- | vian premier. 6.;bed in Nondescript Uniforms, in Bolshevik Auto. - REVAL, Esthonia, August 10.—A special bolshevist automobile, carry- | ing the six Americans who had been released from Russian prisons, ar- rived here at 6 o'clock this morning, where the American Red Cross' will !supply them with.comfortable cloth- ing to replace their discarded Cossack uniforms and other queer habiliments. This nondescript garb gave them a strangely foreign appearance, so that they could not be recogdized as Americans as they rode in on the bol- shevist eonveyance. All six of the Americans were in ! fairly good health and appeared to be delighted with ' their freedom. - Most of them said they were going to Riga, Whence they expect to sail for Amer- jca as soon as possible. None of them knew the exact where- abouts of Royal C. Keeley, an Ameri- | cks nine divisions with a spirit _The members of all the delega- tions feel a sense of rellef that the thorny Silesian entanglement, which Jias been threatening to wreck the Jeace of Europe, has been solved by the spirit of mutual conciliation and good will which the French and Brit- $°h premiers displayed in their private Jneetings on Sunday and Monday night. The belief is held here that Poland gnd Germany will accept the settle- gnent, _ajthough umblingly, g§hat if disorders 'fl'wuld %‘mk out $hey will be suppressed by the allies. » Estimate Cost of Armies. Members of the international finan- ¢1al commission met yesterday and ¢ »cided. to form a committee' to de-' rmin€é the total cost of tal can engineer, other than that he was “running a factory somewhere for the bolshevists.” h ,mnnmomronmx. Emmett Kilpatrick Was Red Cross Worker When Captured. By the Assoclated Press. CAMDEN, Ala., August 10.—Emmett Kilpatrick, who was born in this city thirty years ago, fell into the hands of the soviet army during the fighting the Crimea /in the fall of 1920, hile a member of the Cross unit which was looking after the civillans in the rear of Gen. Wran- el's army. His capture was effected )y _troons of Gen. Budenny, the red { the sald assistant corporation counsel | PEEDERS 10 FACE COURT ATTACHMENT FOR EVADING TRIAL Flagrant Offenders Will Not Be Permitted to For- feit Collateral. VIGILANCE INCREASED TO ARREST VIOLATORS Motor Corps Members Vested With Authority of Special Officers to Aid Police. An agreement was reached today by Commissioner Oyster and the FPolice Court judges whereby motdrists who flagrantly violate the speed law will be served with attachments compelling them to go to trial instead of forfeit- ing collateral. When a driver is caught going one or two miles faster than the ejghteen- mile limit he probably will be per- mitted to forfeit collateral, if he so de- sires, provided there are no unusual circumstances to the case. Where the speeding is excessive or reckless, however, or where it is the second or third offense, and the driver fails to appear in court the next morn- ing, the assistant corporation counsel will apply to the judge in the District branch for an attachment compelling his appearance. Many Violations Noted. Commissioner Oyster declared to- day that the Commissioners and the police intend to co-operate in every way with the Police Court in putting a stop to reckless driving, and that he appreciates the evident desire of the judges for such co-operation. The Commissioner announced today that observations made ewithin the past few days by members of the motor corps of the Home Defense League show that the regulation re- quiring machines to slow down to twelve miles an hour at street inter- sections is disregarded generally by motorists. . b Members of the motor corps, it be- came known today, have been sta- tioned along 16th street for several; days making a count of speed viola- tions at the intersections. Authority to Arrest. A partial report submitted to the Commissioner today shows that in one {hour last Saturday the motor corps | machines that without slowing counted 976 intersections men crossed ! down. Of this number between forty and fifty were exceeding the eighteen- mile speed limit. In one-half hour on Sunday the motor corps men counted cars passing street corners without slow= ing down., These mien have now been vested with the authority of special officers. it was learned, and in future will take the numbers of machines that fail to observe the twelve-mile regu- lation at street crossings. Maj. Gessford's Order. At the direction of Commissioner Oyster, Maj. Gessford today issued the following order to police captains: “With a view.of decreasing the num- ber of accidents caused by mator vehicles, you will give instructions to your men, and see that same are com- Plied with, that they pay particular attention to the enforcement of all traffic regulations, especially that re- garding the speed of vehicles. “Where an arrest is made for the violation of the speed law the officer making the arrest, will ascertain from headquarters if the person has tions, an cumstances leading to the arrest toj the assistant corporation counsel at| the Police Court, at the time an ‘in- formation' is applied for—this that might use his judgment as to whether | the collateral in such tases should be forteited or the case taken intd court) for hearing. In which event, providing the defendant fails to put in an ap- pearance, an attachment will be re- quested of the court. “The minimum collateral for viola- tion of the speed regulations will be $10. In cases where vehicles are ope- rated at a_ speed over twenty-five miles per hour, the person taking collateral at the station will be guid- ed as to the amount required by the gravity of the offense. Bieyelist Arrested. Diligence of policemen during the present crusade to prevent speeding in the District is resulting in the list of speed violators lengthening daily. The officers are arresting every ope ator of a vehicle, whether it be auto- mobile, motor cycle or bicycle, who exceeds the speed limit of eighteen miles an hour. A survey of the sev- | eral police precincts today showed that policemen yesterday rounded up thirty-eight alleged violators, or ten more than on Monday. One of them was Russell Dickerson, a bicyclist, who was said to be pedaling at a rate of twenty-two miles an hour. He was required to put up $20 collateral at the third precinct. The other fast drivers arrested, a majority of whom were operating automobiles, were forced to put ap collaterals ranging from $5 to $50. How many of them appeared in Po- lice Court today to be tried could not be ascertained, due to the fact that none of the speeding cases had been called at a late hour, as it is cus- tomary for the tribunal to defer the trials of the speeders until the mis- cellaneous cases have been disposed of. It was said, however, that a ma- jority of them probably would for- feit the collateral rather than face the court and take a chance of be- ing fined the maximum of $50. Third Przeinct Leads. Of the thirty-eight fast drivers ar- rested yesterday the third precinct took credit for catching the largest number. This precinct had the names | of seven speeders on its record. The first and sixth precincts came next with six each, with the eighth and ninth following closely with five each. The tenth precinct took eredit| for four; the second, three, and seventh and fifth, one each. the Only three of the twenty-eight speed | P’ violators arrested Monday had temer- ity enough to facé the court yester- day, the others forfeiting heavy col- laterals. They were Hobson Lucas, Arthur Wainwright and Cyral Shep- pard. Mr. Lucas was fined $20; Mr. Sheppard, $15, and Mr.- Wainwright, $10. The latter had deposited $20 at the police precinct when arrested, re-. ceiving a rebate of $10. On the other Sheppard had placed a col- of the arrested, and the court assessed him $5 additional. ¥ «Collateral Forfeited. Others who were rounded up in Monday's drive and forfeited. col- lateral were: Julius_Arnold, James F. Bayer, $10; Hiram Bu Coatinued on br WILL GRANT SMALL - CHANGE OF VENE |State’s Attorney Agrees to New Location in Return for Speedy Trial. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, August 10.— | State’s Attorney Mortimer today pro- posed conditions under which he will agree to grant Gov. Small a change {of venue outslde of Sangamon county {for a trial on charges of embezzle- {meént of state funds, for which the governor was arrested by Sherift | Mester yesterday. | were: ! _That the governor's counsel file a confer with Mortimer in an effort to reach an agreement on some county acceptable to both the prosecution and ‘the defense. \ | trial, The state’s attorney offered the propo- in which he extolled the citizenship of ngamon county, where he sald the governor could obtain an impartial tri iregardless of claims to the contrary. Mr. Mortimer also paid a high tribute to the men who constituted the grand Jury which indicted Gov. Small and his i codefendants, Lieut. Gov. Fred E. Ster- ling and Vernon Curtis of Grant Park. Attorney Gemeral Agrees. Mr. Mortimer confered with Attorney 1 |1atter's arrival in Springfield, shortly be- fore midnight last night, and the pro- posal for a change of venue for the gov- ernor's trial was acceptable to the at- torney general, it was said. In making his proposition the state's attorney, it was believed, was a step ahead of the governor, who was expect- ed, through his counsel, to start an early fight to take the case out of Sangamon county, which he declared is the strong- hold of his pelitical enémies. State's Attorney Mortimer declared that his proposition does not waive governor's petition for a change of venue, but added that under the con- ditions offered the change would be granted without opposition. “The state’s attorney does this,” Mr. Mortimer’s _statement said, “to accord to this defendant, because he is the governor of this great state, every opportunity that he may consider necessary in meeting the charges con- tained in these indictments. It ig done not because the state’s attorney has the slightest notion that the defend- ant could mot receive a fair and i partial_trial in this county, the con- trary being true, but Decause the state’s attorney wants him to know that the officials of this county are anxious to give him every considera- tion legitimately possible in the dis- position of these cases. The state's attorney proposes to be eminently fair with the defendant and his counsel throughout this proceeding. “The only other consideration in mind is that his (the governor's) counsel and the state’s attorney shall endeavor to get these matters set down for trial in the court in which they may finally be docketed as speedily as possible. “The state's attorney reiterates his belief and conviction that Mr. Small could and would receive a fair and impartial trial in this county, but is ready to concede a change of venue in order to give Mr. Small what he has said he wanted—that is. an immediate trial in some other county. ‘SWould Suspend Judgment. “In the émeantime the citizens of Illinois should suspend judgment un- il the facts are deyeloped by trial.” The governor went about his duties as the state’s chief executive today and apparently there were to be few developments - expécted in the case prior to the convening of the Sanga- mon coungy court on the first Mon- day in September, when Gov. Small is to appear to anwer the indictments returns him. Gov. all submitted to arrest un- der protest at the.executive mansion, state capitol during the entire day By Mester ai a force of S rrar the exeattive mansion taken by the sheriff to the e sthouse, where bonds were ap- courthouse, roved nal day of the maneuvering i hmen Gov. Small and Sherift Mester proved to be the most exciting as welt ! 25 the most dramatic of any since the ! Sangamon county grand jury returned lndlet;r.nen!l against Gov.' Small on 3‘3& Small went to the capitol and t0 his offices Tuesday ‘morning and about noon Sheriff ‘Mester and a force of deputies appeared. - ‘Gov. Small did not leave his office for lunch and Sheriff Mester paced the 1 on the lower- floor unt\gd 3:30 ‘lo"cloek, while his deputies guarded the “Jvarious exits. At that hour Goy. Small Iny“fiz the sheriff t&;}:‘ in and ar- The state’s attorrey’s propositions| i on for a change of venue and: sitions after making a long statement, | General Brundage immediately after the | his.rights to fille an answer to thej Stter having been besieged at they ONE POLICEMAN DEAD, THREE WOUNDED BY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS. August 10.—A telephone message from Collierville, a suburb of Memphis, shortly after nogn. stated that one Memphis policeman fwas kill- led and three others wounded by a posse of sherif’s deputies that fired on them in mistake for bandits. | who earlier in the day shot and killed ; two police officers and wounded an- 1 other after an unsuccessful attempt to rob an employe of the Ford Motor Company ere of a bag containing $3,500. AGTION EXPECTED | . ONRENT MEASURE | l | | r Ball Expects to Renew His Motion in Senayu ing Day: is over to have opportunity in the; Senate to renew his motion, made i yesterday afternoon, that the ex- tension to the District rent bill be made the unfinished business of the; Senate. That motion was”resisted in} the Senate yesterday and failed to carry. At present there is the Senate, ; | business _before i Senator Ball could succeed in making | the rent bill the unfinished business, | lit would have the right of way every | day at 2 o'clock. i no unfinished and if Amendment Adopted. | | In the consideration of the Ball rent act yesterday, the Senate after strik- ing out the committee amendment re- lating to section 123, adopted the; following amendment in lieu of it: ection 123. 1In all cases where the owner of any rental property, apart- | ment or hotel, has, prior to April 18, 1921, collected or received any rent or | charge therefor in excess of the amount fixed in a determination of the commission, made and in fall force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the title, he may within -thirty days after this.section takes effect return such excess rental or charge to the tenant di- rectly, and if such return is made within such period the owner shall| not become. liable under the provi- | sions of section 112 of this act. An| owner who has obtained a judgment against a tenant for, or whick in- cludes, such rent or charge in excess of the amount fixed in such a deter-. mination of the commission shall move to vacate such judgment to the amount of such excess, wWithin sixty | days after this section takes effect. In case such motion is not made and such owner does not exercise reason- able diligence to have such judgment vacated, such judgment, to the amount of such excess, shall be null and void.” Not to Be Further Extended. Just before the Senate adjourned yesterday, Semfitor Ball sought to have the rent act made the unfinished business, but was prevented by op- position from Senator Poindexter. In the discussion which attended the| {effort Senator. Ball said that the bfil; only proposes to extend the rent act {until next April and that no. subsequent propoggl wopld be made to extend it turthe¥. “I think it very unwise,” said Sena- tor Ball, “that the law should cease to function October 22, the beginning of wirter, when the demand for rental | places in Washington is much greater than in the spring. The constitu- +tionality of the law has been passed- ‘upon by the Supreme Court and the question is. whether there is any real demand for this extension. Cites’ the Hearings Granted. “We held hearings off and on for probably two -weeks to definitely as- {certain whether there was any necessity for an extension for the provisions of the law. It was the unanimous opin- fon of the committee, I, think, with the exception of ‘the sgenator from Utah (Mr. King), that there was a demand for its extension; that condi- tions were decidedly better than they were two years before when, for in- they ' were. housing from _six girls in one room. Now we there aré not more than two or thréd in one.room. However, the demand for houses.is such that the rentals have advanced within eight- een months and have not been reduced. Semator Fletcher Gives Viewa. “We found that’now .a number of, notices have beern.given, which were submitted to “the committee, and almost - each day I: have -similar notices submitted to me, coming from landlords stating to tenants after October 21 their rents will.be ced. - 5 “I should like to state that today the manager of a .business house came to me with a notice, represent- ing a busitess house which is relieved under- the proposed” extension. =His notice .was that after October 22 his| rent will be: increased from $150 T Pags & Colun i) | I i each week. {from the navy yard stipulated that!| the 150 men in the gun factory should : i l’l“Tn both sides agree to a speedY | g.n.ior Ball expect® before the Jay | be laid off the middle of this month. 0 MORE TO LOSE NAVY YARD JOBS Forty Laid Off Yesterday.t Force Reduced About 650 Since Juiy 1. Another general reduction in the force at the Washington navy yard will be made Monday, when about 150 employes in the gun factory will be laid off indefinitely, it was announced today. Forty laborers and electri- cians’ helpers were laid off yesterday. Since July 1 the force has been re- ducea by approximately 650. ‘ The policy at the navy yard for re- ducing its force, since the beginning Of the present fiscal year, when the naval approprigtion became effective, {ras been to furlough a few employes Howevcr, recent srders Others Face Pay Cut. . When the announcement was made that the navy yards would close | down one day a week it was sald at that time that this was dene to pre- vent a reduction of employes and thus throwing thousands of persons on an alreagy large uSemployved mar- ket. Despite the closing order, the reduction at the local mavy yard is continuing. The 7,100 employes at the navy yard, who are scheduled to retain their positions for the present, at least, are now faced with another i reduction of 5 per cent in their basic pay to ‘become effective October 1. under recommendation of the wage board at the yard. The report of the local navy yard wage board is Newest Sam Browne, Getting Pershing 0. K., \ Far Unlike Old One A mew type of Sam Browne belt for wear by Army officers, with two straps, one over each shoulder, thy has been designed by roved by Gen. Pershi A War Department a ment today described ax ha pistel canteen, double et_and saber attachment, differing dixtinctly from that mow being worn. LA FOLLETTE FIRES FIRST GUN AGAINST RAIL FUNDING BILL Senator Pomerene Calls Act a “Hand-Out”—Mr. Meyer Defends Measure. Opposition to the administration bill for funding about $500,000,000 for the railroads develofled openly today before the Senate interstate com- merce committee. Senagor La Follette, rcpublican, Wis- consin, opened fire on the bill, while democratic senators challenged the proposed loan to the railroads. Sena- { tor Pomerene of Ohlo, referred to it !as a “hand-out” Director Meyer of 'the War Finance Corporation, dcfended the bill vigor- ously as a measure for general coun- i try-wide, as well as rallroad, rehabili- | tation, and denied that it was a loan jor a hand-out. Senator La Follette, inquired deeply into the origin of the legislation. Mr. Meyer said he personally conceived the plan, without suggestions from “anybody.” His plan, he said, was ap- proved by President Harding, Secfe- tary Melion and Secretary Hoover. Mr. Meyer said he had not attended any conference of bankers with the { President, and did not know that the legislation had been discussed at such !a confercnce. “Did you know that Mr. Hoover | was going to New York to confer | with railway executives about it?” persisted Senator La Follette. Mr. | Meyer disclaimed such knowledge. Refers to B. R. T. Lean. | Senator La Follette rafcrred to loans | | by the War Finance Corporation to {and a New Orleans street railway company which, he said. soon after- | wards became bankrupt. The senator |sald he did- that to indicate “how { business was transacted.” Director Meyer said he regarded the B. R. T. loan_as “eventually good.” and said the New Orleans loan {had been panl in full. Senator La Follette sought to show ! that_the bill really would authorize { the War Finance Corporation to fund, or sell. over one billion dollars of i railroad securities rather than only {$500.000,000. Mr. Meyer declared that }f\lnding of the latter amount only was contemplated or could be reason- | ably accomplished. $300,000,000 Limit. The limit of funding under the bill, Director Davis of the Railroad Ad- ministration, told the committee, would be $500.000.000 and “probably under.” Giving a detailed statement of the railroad debtssto the govern- | ment for “additions and betterments” | —mostly equipment—furnished car- | riers during the war. Mr. Davis said. | total of §1.144.000,000 had been ad vanced for that purpoge. Of this, he given $310. !said, the railroads h: 000,000 in equipment trust motes and 1$70.000.000 paid in cash, leaving a |balance of _$763.000,000, of _which | $61,000.000 already has been funded the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company | now being carefully studied by the ! privately. About $700,000.000 of = the general wage-reviewing board of the: government advances, therefore. he Navy Department. The latter board safd, have not been funded, but for will hold a series of public hearings | various reasons. lack of securities, I next week to give the employes an | ete, Mr. Davis stated that the bill opportunity to voice their opinions of : would require funding of less than the proposed pay cut. 1 $500,000,000. e -work. Cite Widespread Idlemens, Officials of the International Asso- | ciation of Machinists said today that: the Washington navy yard thus far| has not been as seriously affected by the reduction in forces as other navy yards in various sections of the coun- | try. They pointed out that the Nor-| folk yard has virtually been closed down, while at the Brooklyn yard 4,000 of the 10,000 employes haye been | laid off.” They also said_ that only a small number of these men who have lost their positionshave obtained other work, stating that about 60 per cent| of the members of the machinists’ union in the United States are out of WATCHING U: S. SCHOONER Customs Officials Place the Thom- aston Under Observation. PHILADELPHIA, Augist 10.—Gov- ernment officers here are inquiring into the movements of the thirty- four-ton American schodner Thomas- ton, which arrived here early today from Bahama Islands by way of At-| lantic City. The schooner dropped anchor off Marcus Hook, below this city, last Sgnday morning, and after remaining adbut two hours sailed around to At- lantic City.. Yesterday customs offi- cers ordered the captain to proceed to Philadelphia at once with the schoon- er, which he did. No reason for the action of the cus- toms officers was given out. . 5 ; Today’s News | e ‘in Paragraphs Settlement of Silesian problem relieves .tension in allied cquncil. Page 1 Speeders will be summond into Thirty contributions boost fund t po A "% Page 2 Recruits swelling ranks of boys at Csmp . Harding. 2 o Page 2 ‘Abandonment of ‘seven camps, includi Moade, tordered. ¢ < Page 3 Mayor Hylan op witness stand scores |~ No change is proposed by the Mr. Davis added, in the authority given him under the transportation act to settle all claims against the government. Mr. Davis said the bill would be reatly beneficial.” 'ts whole purpose,” he said, “is to let the public, instead of the govern- ment, carry these loans.” Examjnation of Mr.-Davis is to be continued tomorrow. - Urges Enactment Chairman Cummings today receivei: | a letter from Charles A. Livingston, representing the Illinois Manufactur- ers' Association, urging prompt en- actment-of the bill “in order that the srailroads, industries and all shippers | may immediately be relieves that transportation troubles may be avert- ed and unemployment be lessened.” Not_all of the railroad securities held by the government will be ac- cepted and marketed by the War { Finance Corporation, Director Meyer | sajd during his opening _testimony today. Only the good securities now held by Director Davis of the Rail- wcad Administration will be funded, Mr. Meyer said., explaining that the ro- visions of the funding bill were per- missive and not mandatory upon the War Finance Corporation. Will Market Securities. The securities which are deemed good by the corporation, Mr. /Meyer stated. would have to be marketed gradually. ) “Of course, we can’t throw hundreds of millions of securities on the mar- ket,” he sald. “We would take them over temporarily and market ghem -{iater, furnishing funds to enable the director general to adjust accounts wdth the railroads.” - Senator - Kellogg, republican, Min- nesota, interjected that there -was nothing in the funding bill relating to settlement of claims between the railroads and the government. “It simply takes the railroad secur- ities now held by the government and transfers them to another bramch of 1! the government to be sold,” said Sen- ator Kellogg. irector Meyer added that in ad- vahcing funds to the director general on the railroad securities taken by the corporation the director general theh would have funds to proceed with adjustments of accounts. About $700,000,008 of the railroads’ h'lm::e ’!ar alleged mandatory ens equipment notes given for loans by 1o take steps to up party. . | Senate control Military students at - Meade drf) Killing of Robles to catse fnquiry in ‘Mexico. 5 12 Festivities await arrival of Baron Byng, the government durihg the war are ‘meld, Mr. Meyer said. | “These are frozen credits, and we se to unfreeze them for the efit of the government,” he said. f 4 ' N..& W. CUTS SALARIES ROANOKE, Va., Anglt 10.—The Norfolk and Western {lway Com- ;pany -announces reductions in the i es of officers and employes n ot vered by the recent order of the nited States ‘Board. Rallroad Labor AGREEMENT MADE TOREPEAL EXESS PROFITS TAXATION |House Committee Majority Decides to Make Action’ Effective This Year. IN(EOME SURTAXES ABOVE 32 PER CENT WILL GO Provizion Alro to Be Made for Re- moval of Freight and Pas- senger Tax Next Jan. 1. Repesl of the excess profits tax and income surtaxes above 32 per cent, ef- { fective as of last January 1, and of all {of the freight and passenger trans- ‘pnrlanon taxes as of next January 1, was agreed upon today by republi- cans of the House ways and means | committee, Chairman Fordney an- nD:lnced. May Be 15 Per Cent. The committee also is said to have agreed to increase the normal income tax on corporations 5 per cent, making a total of 15 per cent instead of 123 per cent, as suggested at-the White House tax conference last night. A 182,000 exemption on corporation in- | come was understood to have been re- tuined. While agreeing to repeal all the fn_-li:hl and passenger taxes, the com- mittee members decided to retain the tax on Pullman accommodations and on express shipments. Repeal of half of the transportation taxes had been agreed upon at the, White House meeting. ! TRepresentative Bacharach Jersey was understood to have pro- posed that the exemption on indi- vidual incomes be jpcreased $500 for both single and matrried men or that the tax rate on incomes below $5.000 be reduced from 4 per cent to 3 per cent Action was deferred eductions of approximately $600,- 000,000 Taven” and $530.000.000 in government expenditures this fiscal vea® were agreed upon last-night at « conference between President Hard- jing. Scretary Mellon and republican leaders in the House of Representa- jtives, inclucing members of the ways and means committee Decision was had. it was said, to abandon all ncw taxes suggested to the House commiitee last wéek by ecretary Mellon, including a license tax on "automobiles. a bank check stamp tax and an increase of 1 cent in the first-class postage rate. Re- publicans of the ways and means committee are to mest today to draft 2 new revenue bill on the basis of the revislons agreed upon, and leaders said it was hoped to have it ready ! for a conference of House republicans | next Yonday. Hope for its passage by | the ouse on August 20 was ex- pressed. Under the agreement reached at the White House conference, government expenditures this year would be re- d from the previous estimate of 554,000,000 1o $4,034,000,000 and the income from internal taxes would be cut from $3.670,000,000 to $3,075.000.- 000. The total income from ali sources jwere estimated at $4,035.000,000, in- | cluding $370.000,0¢0 from eustoms. 1$490,000.000 from ~ miscellaneous sources. including $140.000,000 more {than heretofore estimated on the sale | of war salvage. and $100,000,000 addi- tional from back taxes. ! Cuts in_expenditures proposed in- {cluded §350,000,000 for various gov- {ernment departments and agencies jand $170,000.000 on account of the public debt. Departmental cuts in- cluded $50.000.000 War Department. $100.000,000 Navy Department, $100.- 000,000 Shipping Board, $25.000,000 Ag- riculture Department. $25.000, i cellaneous and $50,000,000 in the es- | timated payments of $545.000,000 to i the railroads. The $170.000.000 preyiously estimat- ed as necessary to retire war savings securities and Pittman act certifi- jcates will be taken care of through irefunding opefations, it was stated. | the Treasury retiring these securities | by borrowing in the open market. | {G STREET PROPERTY BEQUEATHED T0 G. W. U. i | of New i i i Premises 2023 Given Under Will of Late Gen. Woodhull—Estate Over Million. i George Washington University is given premises 2023 G street north- | west by the terms of the will of Gen. | Maxwell Van -Zant Woodhull, dated September 7, 1908, modified by codi- cil of September 24, 1915. The. value jof the estate is not given, but is said to be in excess of one million dollars. By the death of a sister, Ellen F. E. ‘Woodhull, before Gen. Woodhull, the bulk of the estate will go to his brother, Charles H. Woodhull. Gen. ‘Wepdhull was unmarried and the brother is said to be his only next of kin. ‘The testator directs that $4,000 be ex- pended in the erection of two monu- ments at_Arlington national cemetery. one for Gen. Woodhull and the other for his father, Commander Maxwell ‘Woodhull. A bequest of $1,000 is made to Mary Green, a colored servant, and $2,000 tp' a_namesake, Maxwell V. W. Morton of ), N. Dak. The remain- ing estate is to be held intact for two years, during which time the brother is to have $4,000 annually and the sister, now d , was to receive $8,000. At the end of two years the estate is to be divided into three parts and distributed one-third to the brother angd two-thirds to O 1d de N. Cam- mann of New York in trust for the { sister. Charles C. Glover of Washington and Robert A. Chesebrough of New Yeork are nfimed as executors. The George Washington University mow oeu‘a.plll premises at ‘2023 G street nor! | BANK OFFICIALS HELD. AT . s vice pi dent, of the it Bank of Rosedale, Miss., st 10.— F. Wall, i National