Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1921, Page 1

s Member of the Associated Press WEATHER. Fair tonight, Sunday partly cloudy, The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all mews dispatches credited. to it or mot otherwise credited in this probably becoming unsettled by paper and also the Jocal mews published herein. nigh Closing New York Stocks fasy 5 No. 28,230. UNION GETS ORDERS ABROAD TO FURNISH WORK TOMEMBERS Machinists to Supervise Spending of $2,000,000 for Mexican Railways. CONCERNS FAIR TO LABOR WILL BE RECOMMENDED Association’s President in Europe Trying to Open Markets on Similar Lines. Stepping into a role never before occupied by a labor organization, the International Association of Ma- chinists has become a “booster” to obtain work for un- employed union men in this country. As the first real development of the plan, it was learned today, the labor erganization will supervise the spend- inz of $2,000,000 in Mexican gold in tis country for iailroad and ag: cultural equipment and for fire ap- paratus. Seven hurdred and fifty thousand dollars in contracts already has been luid out under the direction of Robert Haberman, an American_who has lived for several years in Mexico and Who is representing the Mexican gov- ernment in mzking some of the pur- chases, which are being conducted through the agency of the machinists’ internationel. Will Favor Union Firms. Firms which are fair to labor only will be recommended by the machin- ists. This does not mean, according 1o Secrectary-Treasurer the unmion, that only stricf hops will be patronized, but also pen shops” whose dealings with labor have been rccognized as fair and honest. The recommendation of the organization. through an agree- ment with the Mexican government, means the virtual stamp of approval by Mexico. it was said. ‘Among contracts which are to be let in_the near future are purchases of 1.500 box cars for the railroads of Mexico: repairs, parts, castings and forgings for 400 locomotives; machine shop instruments and tools and other necessities in manufactured articles. The significance of the move of the machinists is reinforced by the an- nouncement today that the trip of President Johnston of the machinists to Europe recently was to open for- eign trade markets along similar lines. And the Mexican proposition, it was stated, is but a starter for South American trade. Following the open- ing of a branch office for use as a clearing house by the association in . Mexico City it is planned to extend the scope of activities to South America. Here's the way the machinists’ new Pproposition is summed up by officials at their headquarterss Unemployment is rife at this time in the country. Union men must be protected. Foreign buyers are in the market for certain articles. Those giving the best guarantee of their products are the ones which will re- ceive the trade. Without financial remuneration the International Asso- ciation of Machinists announces that the members of their organization need work in the machine shops of the country. Work to Be Guaranteed. “The organization guarantees the work of its members. It tells the foreizn buyer that mo inferior goods will be dumped on him and that each v:orkman will act and be forced to act as inspector of hig product, and Wwill be held strictly to account for its Guality. The. chinists ask for an unofficial commission as agent for the govern- ment in supervising purchases of malerials in this country as the con- tracts start coming in and the machinist members of the organization get back . to work. NAMED CHIEF JUSTICE. President Selects Manuel Araullo in Philippines. Manuel Araullo, ranking _associate ) justice of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands. has been_selected by President Harding to be chief justice of the court to succeed Vie- torino Mapa. Norberto Romualdez, of the Philip- pines, has been selected to take the place of Associate Justice Araullo on the court, and Charles -A. Johns, an associate justice of the supreme court of Oregon, has been chosen to fill the vacancy on the Philippine court caused by the resignation of Adam M. C. Car- son. 7-INCH PIN IN STOMACH. Bwallowed by Chicago Woman as Son Falls Off Chair. CHICAGO; Augur/ 13.—Three months ago Mra. Ella jeovy swallowed # seven-inch hat pin’ when she be- came excited as her small son fell off a chair. She told her husband, but he was skeptical. Yesterday she went to a doctor, and the pin, which had punctured the stomach walls in three places, was removed. Today she is on the road to recovery. “She should have been dead in twenty-four hours” Dr. Carl Meyer #ald, and Dr. H. O. Wiseman charac- ' terized the woman's recovery as “a miracle.” - WIFE MURDER CHARGED. TERRE HAUTE. Ind., August 13.— *Thomas I. Gilliland, wanted in Granite City, 1L, on a charge of having mur- dered his wife, Serena Gilliland, last June, was arrested here last night and is being held pending instructions from authorities at Granite City. Gilliland yefused to make any statement. foreign trade | ; little change in temperature. \ Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. O’LAUGHLIN RESIGNS - AS SHIPPIN& BOARD AID Will Resume Advertising Work. Ralph Sallet of Munsey Trust Possible Successor. John Callan O’Laughlin, assistant to Chairmam Lasker of the Shipping Board in reorganization of the board, will sever his connection with the board next week. it was learned to- day. Mr. O'Laughlin will again take up advértising work in Washington and New York, from which he was called by Chairman Lasker to assist in reorganizing the Shipping Board. | He is at present in New York city. was explained at the Shipping Board today that Mr. O'Laughlin's Dersonal fortunes are suffering by his (:onnnuance i Shipping Board. His salary as sist- ant to the chairman is $6,000 yearly. Mr. O'Laughlin is said to feel that practically all the work of reorgani- zation qf the Shipping Board has been completed and that his services are no longer necessary with the board. Under his direction at the chairman’s request, many changes in policy and persontie] of the Shipping Board have been brought about in the past three months. A new policy of Americ {zation of seamen on Shipping Board vessels and of the personnel of offigers of the board is one of the latest changes inaugurated under the direc- tion of the assistant to the chairman. ’Cuts in the personnel of the i have announced and are at present under way. 2 Ralph Sollett, a vice president of the Munsey Trust Company is being mentioned as the successor to Mr. O'Laughlin, it was learned. Mr. S lett could not be reached today. SILESIAN PROBLEM TOBE TAKEN UP BY I Ishii Understood to Have De- cided to Summon Council for That Date. ¢ the Associated Press. PARIS, August 13.—Viscount Ishii, president of the council of the league cided to summon that body to meet on August 20, for the purpose of consid- {ering a solution of the Upper Silesian problem. Estimates of how long it may take the council to arrive at a decision vary widely, running from a few days to several months. Discussing the situation with the Echo de Parts last night, Louis Lou- cheur, minister for liberated regions in the French cabinet, remarked that things go quicker than you think.” He added he had absolute confidence in the ability of the council to arbi- trate the vexing question. His con- fidence, however, was not shared'by Paris newspapers this morning, which called attention to the previous work of the council relative to Danzig, Vilna and the Aland lslands, as evi- dences of the kind of speed and im- partiality that might be expected. Briand Yields on Rule. In agreeing to submit the Silesian question to the council of the league, Premier Briand is asserted to have waived the rule providing tmat de- cisions of the council must be unani- mous, and the impression is that he of the coun: “Pertinax,” political editor of the Echo- de Paris, declares the French premier made such an agreement. The idea of submitting the matter to the league of nations, says L'Oeuvre, originated with M. Briand, who sug gested it to Mr. Lloyd George when they met at the Italian embassy last Tuesday. The British premier re- jected the plan, but revived it when he found France would not give way yesterday. Emphatic dissatisfaction with the de- cision of the supreme council to call upon the-league of nations to settle the Silesian question was generally ex- pressed by the press here today. Students Placard City. The students of Paris today entered into the Upper Silesian controversy. Residents of the city found on their way to work this morning that the city had been plastered with large posters issued by an association of students. These posters gave a carefully pre pared argument in support of the French iposition as opposed to that of Great Britain. Newspapers printed in the English and French languages based their con- tention that the French attitude was correct on the ground that if the parti- tion of Silesia would cause to arise a spirit of revenge in Germany it was too late to apply this theory. They de- clared that since Danzig and other places had been taken away from Ger- many, the only thing remaining was to rf‘l;‘der Germany as impotent as pos- sible. = GERMANS REGRET DELAY. Wirth Cabinet Also Disappointed at Failure. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 13.— Information regarding the decision of the supreme allied council to refer the Upper Silesian dispute to the league of na- tions was confined to a brief bulletin, received here late yesterday after- noon. The action of the council oc- casfoned surprise in official circles, and while the government declined to discuss the new situation there was an intimation that the Wirth cabinet was disappointed at the council’s in- ability to reach a final and equitable decision. ’ “We chiefly regret the delay in- volved by the new procedure,” a cabi- net official declared, “because it is cal- (Continued on Page 2, umn b, “THE DRUMMER BOY OF SHILOH” - CELEBRATES SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY | Maj. Gen. John Clem, commander of the Loyal Legion, celebrated his seventieth birthday today, and at the same time lost a distinction that he has enjoyed for many Vears, being the only veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic who bore arms in the civil war under seventy years of age. The general anticipates spending the day playing bridge with some of his old_cronies at the Army and Navy Club, he considers him- self too young to play golf. en. Clem, widely known as he Drummer Boy of -Shiloh,” after which the play of that name was written, was born at Newark, Ohio, and enlisted in the Union Army just ten years after his [h:fll. He has heen actively cons N - nected with the Army up to the time of his retirement, six years ago. He served under Gen. Thomas*as personal aide and drum- mer boy until captured by the Confederate forces. He speaks of his capture and internment as “a visit to Gen. Joe Wheeler, who en- tertained him for sixty days.” It is said that one time, when Gen. Thomas was talking about young Clem to Gen. Grant, the fol- lowii’g conversation took place: “When I made him sergeant, the Jlittle imp said to me, ‘Is that all you are going make me? ” From an humble sergeant, .at twelve years of age, young John- ny Clem rose to fill one of the highest positions in the Army, and for three years was the only vet- eran of the civil war on the active service list. He lives at present at 1879 Wyoming avenue. 2 the employ of the; ani- | board | EAGUE AUGUST 20 of nations, i& understood to have de- | will accept the verdict of a majority | he Z end WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g Sfar. dispatches Al rights of publication of special berein_are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 86,561 WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1921—-EIGHTEEN PAGES. RUSSIANS OBIECT 10U 3. DENANDS 10 PROTECT F00D Difficulties Arise as Negotia- tions Open to Send Fam- ine Relief. AMERICANS OFFICIALLY ORDERED TO BE FREED Citizens Will Be Sent to Moscow. Allied Council Furthers Aid for Starving. By the Associated Press, RIGA, Letvia, August 13.—Difficulties arose today in the negotiations begun here over the draft of an agreement guaranteeing protection of food supplies &t into Russia for famine rellef. Maxim Litvinoff, the soviet representative, raised & number of objections, both in principle and details, to the draft pre- sented by Walter Lyman Brown, the American relief negotiator. It is not known as yet whether the objections will prove insurmountable. The conference was continuing this aft- ernoon. Meanwhile M. Litvinoff has telegraph- jed the chekas, the soviet tribunals, j throughout Russia to release all Ameri- {cans and send them to Moscow. I | Guarantee Demanded. An absclute guarantee of the protec- | tion of food supplies sent into Russia is asked of the Russian government in a !draft agreement presented to Maxim Litvinoff by Mr. Brown. | “'The guarantee was asked following | the receipt of a cable dispatch by Mr. Brown from Herbert Hoover, head of the American relief administration, authorizing Mr. Brown to proceed with -the negotiations for relief, Mr. | Hoover epting the release of seven | ‘American prisoners in Russia and the promised opportunity to other Ameri- cans to leave the country as evidence of good faith on the part of Russia in meeting the ‘demands of Mr. Hoover, {'as a basis for aid for the starving | Russians. i In addition to the regular require- { ments for the receipt of American re- ilief administration supplies, special | proposals are included in Mr. Brown's |draft agreement. These are based | generally on the uncertainty of Rus- { sian conditions. Mr. Brown proposes {that the relief administration deliver { goods at ports, from which the soviet | government in Russia is to transport {them to the famine districts. An abso- lute guarantee of freedom of travel and communication for relief adminis; tration workers in Russia ls also re: quested. Good Faith Awnited. “we will have the situation in our hands at any time Russia shows disposition not to act in good faith. Mr. Brown said today. “But there are no evidences of that. Immediately | after signing the agreement, some of our representatives will go into Rus- sia to look over the ground.” Mr. Brown is not personally going to Russia. He probably will send Mr. Carroll, who, it is understobd., will act as chief of relief in Russia. SOFIA, Bulgaria, August -13.— Twenty thousand Russian children from the famine area will be brought | to Bulgaria_and cared for under the | airection of the government, it is | announced here. OFFICIALLY RELEASED. {Soviet Minister Cables Americans i Are Free to Leave. NEW YORK, August 13.—Official announcement that soviet Russia has granted permission for all American citizens to leave the country, if they desire, was made by George Tchitche- rin, soviet minister of foreign affairs, in a cable message received today by the magazine Soviet Russia. First Official Confirmation. This is the first official confirmation of the guarantee given te Walter R. Brown of the American relief admin- istration at Riga by Maxim Litvinoff that such permission would be grant- ed. Litvinoff is the soviet envoy for negotiations for Russian famine re- lief. Text of Message. The message sald: “All American citizens resident throughout Rusgia may freely leave the country if they desire. They need only inform the Anglo-American de- partment of the peoples’ commissary of foreign affairs, and present docu- ments of identification in order to ob- tain vises for departure, which will be granted immediately.” ALLIED COUNCIL ACTS. Three Delegates From Each Coun- try on Relief Committee. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 13.—The allied su- preme council decided today that the international famine relief commis- sion, which was agreed upon at Wed- nesday’s session, be composed of three delegates from each country repre- sented in the council, including the United States gnd Belgium. The commission will be unofficial in char- acter and will collaborate with Her- bert Hoover, head of the American re- lief commission, and the International Red Cross in the Russian relief work. Ambassador Harvey told the su- preme council he would communicate with Washington on the subject and that the American members of the commission would be appointed as soon as possible. In a resolution adopted by the su- preme council the Congress of the Tnited States is urged to act in aid of financial relief for Austria. The resolution expresses the desire of the council that the United States pass, as Soon as convenient, the measure in this connection that Ambassador Harvey informed the meeting was still pend- ing, so that the Austrian financial re- lief plan, which is declared to have been held up by American delay in walving Austrian debt payments, may be put intos operation. Relief for Austria. The allled nations are planning financial relief for Austria through a scheme one feature of which involves the suspension of claims against that nation for a period of twenty years. Paris dispatches in July reported au- thorization by the council of ambassa- dors of communication with the United State$ with a view to securing its con- sent to withholding claims estimated at approximately $24,000,000 against Austria. - The pending American .legislation alluded J‘,’ lln‘ :I:emigr:‘nmx dispatch apparently is ving Secretary of the Treasury Mellon wide authority in the matter of refunding foreign Joans, . 2o ! | W eveRYBoDY R WARNED ME 25 THIS ROBBERS TIE MAN AND TAKE MACHINE Special Dispatel: o The Star. FREDERICK, Md., August 13.—Suf- fering from exposure and exhaustion. resulting from having been bound tightly to a tree since midnight Thursday, Benjamin F. Richards, a crippled public hacker, of 705 5th street northwest Washington, D. C., was found in woods, near Catoctin Furnace, Md., this morning. He was taken to Thurmont, Md., about eight- een miles from here, to the office of a physician, where il was stated his condition is serious, although not necessarily critical. About 7:30 o'clock this morning the cries of the man, who is a cripple, for kelp_attracted the attention of Sam- uel Fraley, employed by a road con- tracgor, who resides aj Catoctin. He entered the woods, and about one hun- dred yards from the roadway found Richards securely bound to a tree. Near Collapse When Found. Richards was about to collapse when Fraley found him. He cut the bonds and carried the Washingtonian to the roadside. A truck was secured, and he was hurried to Thurmont to the office of Dr. C. E. Kefauver. The physician immediately rendered medi- cal aid, and after some time Richards revived enough to tell a disconnected story. Richards said he had been engaged by four men Thursday morning to drive them from Washington to Get- tysburg. They had visited the battle- flelds and were on their way home. When they reached the woods near Catoctin about midnight, he stated, he i BENJAMIN F. RICHARDS. was ordered to stop the machine, The men took his crutches, carried him into the woods, bound and robbed him, then drove away in his machine. Immediately after the mt’l had de-. parted, 'Richards started Crying for help. At intervals during yesterday and last night he continued his cries. He wag not found, however, until this morning. It developed later, however. that persons in that section had heard calls in the-woods yesterday, but did not pay any attention to them. He Baid the machine that he was driving helongs to Paul P. Robey of 419 6th lstreet southeast, by whom he is employed. Dr. Ke?au)\'rer said Richards is re- covering and will be able to be re- moved to Washington soon. An unidentified man made inquiry at Catocton Furnace this morning, a short time after Richards had been found, if any trace had been found of a man who had. fallen from a motor truck Thursday night. He later disappeared. It is the belief of the authorities that the man was one of the four who had robbed and placed Richards in the woods and had gotten “cold feet” and returned to find out if he had been discovered. Reported to Police Here. A telephone message was received at police headquarters here this morning elling of the finding of Rich- ards, and asking hat search be made for the men who had committed the crime. Later it was reported a man had been arrested at Rockville, hav- ing arrvied there on a bus from Frederick. He is believed to have been the man who had made inquiry at Catoctin furnace this morning re- garding the findin gof a man who had fallen from a tru 3 The Frederick authorities are said to have stated they would go to Rockville for the man, who gave his name as Everett A. Irwin of 1365 C street lohthwelfi ‘The authorities at Rockville said he told them he had gotten on the bus at Thurmont this morning and that he had arrived there from Philadelphia. Richards, who is twenty-eight years old, is unmarried. His father re- sides in Virginia and he came tp this city several years ago from” Alex- ndria. His friends stated today he I':;d been assaulted and robbe of money some time ago by persons who had engaged him for a ride. The local golh:a are endeayoring to’ secure a description of the men ‘who committed the crime in an $o find out if they are in this city. AGAINST SOVIET o WILDERNESS 2 | Mexico Still Refuses Treaty With U. S. Before Recognition By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August 13.—Presi- dent Obregon still maintains his re- cently announced policy relative to securing recognition of the present Mexican government by the United States. The foreign office last night made public a statement that there was no intention on the part of Mext- co to sign a treaty with the United States prior to recognition, and that the whole attitude of the government regarding this matter had undergone no_change. This statement was called forth by an interview attributed to Henry P. Fletcher, American undersecretary o IRISH NOTE RAISES, ISSUE OF CAPTIVES sider Valera Reply—Re- ports Are Alarming. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 13—Official confirmation of reports that the British government had offered Ireland a dominion status, was given late today when a letter was made public at Premier Lloyd George’s. official residence, written by Gen. Smuts, South African premier, to Eamon de Valera on August 4, just before Gen. Smuts left for Soutn Africa. LONDON, August 13.—The presence at today’s British cabinet meeting of Gen. Macready, military commander of Ireland, and Gen. H. M. Tudor, commander of the auxiliary police in Ireland, as well as Lord Fitzalan, governor general of Ireland, suggests that Eamonn de Valera's letter to Premier Lloyd George raised the question of the release of at least some interned Sinn Fein leaders if not general amnesty. However, just what the Irish re- publican leader had to communicate or ask the British premier remains a secret, all information regarding the letter's contents being refused. The question of the release of pris- oners has become acute. Since John J. McKeown. who, had been convicted of murder, was allowed his freedom last week, many Irish leaders have been asking: “If one, why not all?” Expected to Act. There is a general belief that the government would not allow this to stend in the way of a settlement, but the Westminster Gaszette, a stanch home rule organ, warns Mr. de Valera this afternoon that “there is in Downing street a strong party’ anxious to find anything in his writ- ings “which would -enable them to say that he has refused the govern- ment offer.” The newspaper adds that the adop- tion of the device of demanding con- cessions “which they would like, but which are unessential, might give the wreckers their opportunity.” That Mr. de Valera's message was a rejection of the government’s terms was frankly discredited in official circles today and the impression was given that the hurried calling of the cabinet was due largely to the pre- mier's desire to renly to Mr. de Valera before the meeting of the Irish re- publican parliament next Tuesday. This, it is understood, ke will be enabled to do, since the cabinet meet- ing lasted only until 1:30 o'clock and was followed by consultations among those ministers and officials chiefly concerned with Ireland. Premier Lloyd George went to the (Continued on Page 2. Column 8) _ Today’s News in Paragraphs ‘Many local men to attend ten-day cAmp M.YCImF Meade, opening Monday. 3 House expected to pass ship deficit bill today. 5 Page 3 White House sees hope for better prices on grain, due to lowering of rates on shipments for Page 3 ident. Hardi: ‘announces he will Presiden! ng louse, spend recess at 0 Page 3 Federation of Citizens’ m{:flum will ask hearing to urge law’ rsi Communism declared to have st grip. ; {ling -date of dirigible ZR-2 to s‘An‘::fln depc‘ndknvenh Page 8 Strike ballots on wage cut go to 200,000 railroad workers. Pagq 8 Navy divers to aid_ sheriff rt |- search for \in killing of J. xm':::. % Beiton j state. who was intervtewed at Wash- ington on Thursday oy a director of the newspaper El Universal. Mr. Fletcher is said to nave demanded that article 27 of the Mexican consti- tution, which nationalizes deposits of plflruleum, be declired non-retroac- tive. “It is idle to think of granting rec- ognition,” Mr. Fletcher is said to have asserted, “if Mexico is unwilling to sign a treaty of amity and commerce. Washington does not intend to make a peremptory demand for the payment of Mexico's foreign debt or for the payment of damages. The United States is not making an exception in Mexico's case, as the same guarantees are being demanded of Germany and fGreece.” MR, HUGHES NAMED HUNGARY APPROVES U. S. PEACE PROPOSAL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, August 13.—Unani- mous approval of the peace reso- lution adopted by the United States Congress early in July has been voted by the Hungarian na- tiohal assembly. The government is authorized to negotiate a treaty of peace with Washington. The peace resolution passed by Congress and signed on July 2 by President Harding declared the state of war between Germany and the United States and Austria- Hungary and the United States at an end. The resolution likewise reserved to the United States and TWO CENTS. WHITE HOUSE SEES MORE EVEN BURDEN FROM TAX REVISION Statement Says Program Will Properly Adjust Load Among Classes. ‘{;u nationals all Tights they might e enittled to under the armistices with Germany and Austria-Hun- gary or under the treaties of Ver- sailles, St. Germain and Trianon, establishing peace, respectively, between the allied nations on the one hand and Germany, Austria and Hungary on the other. The treaty of Trianon, the Hun- garian peace treaty, became ef- fective July 25 by formal accept- ance of exchanges of ratifications on the part of the allied powers and Hungary and was declared law in Hungary by publication of the text on August 2 THREATFORCEDLL . TOSELL WARG00DS Congress - Astonished by French Plan to Impose Duty on Materials. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Members of Congress have been as- tonished this week by the disclosures that the French government had at- tempted to impose a tariff duty on war | materials shipped to France during the | Congress learned for the first time |that France insisted that, if the | American government attempted to carry back to the United States the supplies remaining after the armistice, a duty of about one hundred and fifty million dollars would be imposed. As a consequence of this threat, the | American liquidating commission sold to France for $400,000.000 property | originally valued at $1,790,000,000. Not only did Francg agree to waive | @ tariff claim when the sale was made, | but promised that the goods would be vsed for the benefit of the French peo- ple in rehabilitating devastated areas. _ Sells to Speculators. Now it turns out that the French Eovernment has sold most of the prop- erty to speculators and individuals, Wwho are trying to ship the goods to the United States and sell them here at cut prices. The House of Repre- | | DELEGHTIONS HEAD iBritish Cabinet Meets to Con- | Others to Repreéent Nation | at Disarmament Meeting to Be Chosen Soon. Secretary of State Hughes has been designated by President Harding as the head of the American delegation to the disarmament conference here November 11, and in making the an- nouncement last night the White effect that the President would him- | delegate. the negotiations never has been offi- cially defined, his designation of Sec- retary . Hughes confirms the belief that he will remain t the background at the proceedings after an address |at the opening sesston, thereby leav- ing direct contact with the foreign i resentatives. , Will Be in Close Touch. It will be recalled that President Poincare of France, after opening the Versailles treaty, retired from active President Harding's position will be the French president. By keeping away from the details incident to the | conference and at .the same time re- maining In cloge touch, through his advisers, with the more importgnt d ! velopments, Mr. Haraing, it is believ- led, can conserve his efforts for the time which may come when he could | act as mediator for the delegation in the success of the conference. Other members of the American delegation are to be chosen, and it is known that the President has nar- rowed -his list of those available to the point where selection may be made within a very short time. He is understood to have decided that one of the places shall go to a United States senator, and the choice of a woman as a delegate is still con- | sidered well within the range of pos- sibility. Task for State Department. Not only has the President placed Mr. Hughes at the head of the Ameri- | can delegates, but he also has turned i over to the Stite Department the task of clearing away all the details re- maining to be disposed of before the conference meets. It is understood that the chief executive intends to supervise only the more important moves and has encouraged the depart- ment to work out lesser problems on i its own responsibility. One of these problems, which threatens to occupy the attention* of a large staff before it is solved, was tackled by the department yesterday, when it offered its aid in the em- bassies -and legations of the invited nations in securing suitable Tnnen and, other ' accommodations for the visiting delegations. Each of the powers is expected to send a large corps of expert clerks and another at- taches with its commission, and the task of providing them not only a place to live, but office space as well, may require an extensive survey of housing facilities. % Seope ‘of Conferemce. ‘While replies were awaited to the formal invitations, speculation in dip- Jomatic. circles here was concerned chiefly with the scope which may be the conference under the en terms lald,down the invitations. topic of discussion D e eatatan the text of the of ~ -b‘::;: 'iflund are of international” con- cern.’ In the abience of any interpretation ent, di om:llfilme House set at rest conjectures to the | self take part in the conference as a| While President Harding’s role in| commissioners to his accredited rep-| participation in the negotiations, and | any disagreement that might threaten | sentatives has blocked the schem however, by adopting a resolution im: DOSIng & tariff of 90 per cent on all such g0ods, =o that none of them will be dumped on Amerfcan shores. So far as the rest of the world is conicerned, however, American auto- mobiles and trucks, leather and har- ness goods, electrical equipment and other American products, which were originally intended for the use of the allied armies will be available at Prices far below those at which American firms are offer} Boods at this time. S No explanation was made in Cen- gress of the reason why the French government violated the spirit of its understanding with the American liquidating commission, and permit- ted the war material to fall into the hands of speculators. Indeed, the American commission, of which Ed- win B. Parker and Gen. Dawes were members, felt that in disposing of the Ametican supplies at approximately 25 cents on the dollar. they were dov ing a charitable thing. Millions Worth Semt to U. S. Instead, vast quantities have been sold by the French governmeny to houses which have already sent to | the United States, free of duty, o | two and a half million dollars’ worth of goods in the month of June alone. In preventing the entry of this kind | of ‘goods hereafter Congress takes the,position that it is merely pro- ecting American firms agal - fair competition. Sy ncidentally, it has been disclose that the British government 81 mot |impose any tariff on goods sent from | the United States to Great Britain for | war purposes. but waived all tarift claims. The French government set up as a precedent the action of the stocks left in the Philippine Islands at the close of- the Spanish-American war, the usual customs duties being paid on such tax. As a matter of fact, the precedent was not valid, be- cause Spain was the enemy of the United States at that time and not an y. The American commission, howevi realized that it would cost a good deai { of money to guard the large supplies, if they were not disposed of to the French government, and that it would teke a large number of American troops to watch the supplies. So the American commission found _itself compelled to accept the French terms, and consoled itself with the jdea that | the supplies would find their way in small quantities to the French peo- ple, who would thus be materially as- sisted in the work of reconstruction. (Copyright, 1921.) —_— ACTRESS FOUND GAGGED. LONDON, August 13.—Florence Tur- ner, said to be an American actress, and who had been missing since Thursday, was found bound and gagred yesterday in Hampstead Heath, North London. She accused a man named Phillips 1of having robbed her of rings, a brooch and money. The police are | searching for Phillips, of whom the | woman gave a description. Hungry Hubby Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 13.—Poli- tics vs. husbands came up for a pithy little debate at the meeting of the Federation of Republican ‘Women the other day, it has just leaked out. Said Mrs. William J. Funck, temporary chairman of the federation and also chairman of the nominating committee, in ex- plaining how hard her committee has worked to select a permanent chairman: “I sat at my telephone five hours the other day and my husband had to get his dinner two days, and he will have to go out again for it tonight.” “My husband did not have to get his own meals or go out ‘t‘or any, rs. S e ot S e R J | : INCOME AND SURTAX CUTS {MAY BRING MORE REVENUE Experts Point Out That High E?tfl Have Driven Away Money and Led to Fraud. An official statement explaining the administration tax revision program was issued today at the White House. It delclares that “the aim was to es- tablish methods that would gaise the needed revenue within reasonable certainty, make collections sure and inexpensive and properly adjust tie burden among all classes of the com- mun It felt that highly important Progress has been made along these lines.” the statement says, adding: “There has been no effort to relieve the rich of their share of burdens, but rather to insure that mo class will be left an avenue of escape from these. A casual analysis of the pro- nofl_fl]! shows that what may be de- scribed as ‘the rich man’s taxes’ will produce about £1.800.000,000, while the balance will be distributed over the en community, rich and poor. More Revenue Expected. “The reduction to 32 per cent of the highest income and surtax brackets is expected by the experts to pro- duce actually more revenue from these sources than do the present much higher rates. The present rates prevent transactions, which would involve application of the high rates and thus keep taxes away from the government. Also, they drive money into tax-free securities, to the dis- tress of business. and they lead to fraud and evasions. “Experience has shown, in dealing with the excess profits taxes, that where there is periodic selling this tax is pyramided, multiplying the burden ot the consumer, and inducing speculation and waste. It has been largely responsible for the intense speculation that followed the war. It is an unsatisfactory tax on which to base revenue estimates because its product of revenue is so extremely variable, and in the present epoch of reduced earnings it would utterly fail to produce the amount needed. Poorer Corporations Protected. “In increasing the tax on corpora- tion earnings, an exemption is made of those having earnings of $2,000 or less—the poor corporations. The number that would thus be exempted would exceed 300,00 After reviewing benefits which it is claimed will flow from repeal of the transportation taxes and sub- stitution of manufacturers’ taxes for the so-called “nuisance” levies the statement concludes: “The whole tax reform program contemplates freeing business from what have been found paralyzing and ‘exasperating restrictions, encourag- ing to the utmost the resumption of enterprise and business, removing every possible incentive to evasion and fraud. and distributing the tax burden with the greatest possible equity among all classes of people, keeping in mind the purpose to im- pose the larger share on those best able to pay.” Having practically completed re- vision of the levy sections of the 1918 law yesterduy, majority members of the House ways and means com- mittee expected to finish work on the tax bill today So as to have a com- mittee draft ready for consideration by the conference of House republi- cans called for Monday. FAMILY HEADS GAIN. | | { Would Get Additional Exemption of $500 a Year. Heads of families with moderate in- comes, up to and including $5,000 a year, will be given an additional income tax exemption of $500 under an amend- somewhat analagous to that taken by | United States in dealing with surplus | Ment to the tax bill voted by the repub- lican members of the House ways and means committee. They will have a : total exemption of $2,500 under the pro- iposed amendment, and $400 for each iminor child or dependent other than a iwife. The committeemen had previ- ously increased the exemption for de- i D or de- pendents from $200 to $400. The committee proposes to make this change in the exemptions of mar- ried mer. retroactive to January 1, 1921. lu is estimated that it will mean a loss of $30,000,000 in revenue only. | Cut Tax on Candy. Agreement also was reached, said, to decrease the manufactyre tax on candy from 5 to 3 per cent, the manufacturers’ tax on furt from 10 to § per cent, the tax on art works from 10 to 5 per cent, and to repeal all of the so-called luxury levies, includ- as rs’ | ing those on carpets, rugs, trunks, traveling cases. pocketbooks, umbrel- !1as and portabie lighting fixtures, as 1well as those on wearing apparel. { Under present plans of republican jleaders, the committee draft of the completed bill, which will be in the Qrorm of an amendment to the 1918 law, will be presented to a conference | of Ftouse republicans at 1 pm. Mon- :day, and introduced in the House later that day. Actual consideration of it there, however, it was said, would go over until Wednesday, in order that the measure could be formally passed upon Tuesday by the ways and means CTonunued on Page 2, Coluon 13 to Stay Hungry, for Wifey’s Politics Gets First Call should be placed above politics, or why any women should be apolo- getic about her inability to give the customary ambunt of attention to home duties while burdened with ;llale" weight of political responsi- y. “You were attending to your business,” she assured the chair- man, adding that women's o)~ pation in_politics is a serious in- terest and concerned with “human welfare,” and tl the women who engaged in it did not have to make excuses for doing so. ‘These remarks of Mrs. Gabriel ‘were taken %y those present as serving nonce on refractory hus- bands of political wives that going ’without dinner should not cause any surprise and must be taken in the natural course of events, since T S ety same y ° “lord ::d of home.