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i e me ATEN \ Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is eXciusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local sews published berein. WEATHER. Increasing cioudiness, followed by showers late tonight or tomerrow; slightly warmer tonight. Tempera- ture for twenty-four hours ended at \ \ The Foening Star. 2 pm. today: Highest, 76, at 4 p.m. erday; lowest, 54, at 5:15 am. All rights of pubjeation of special y. Full report on page 3. dispatches bereln are also reserved. | | ; Closing New York Stocks, Page 21. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 86,136 N Entered as second-class matter o. post office Washington, D, C. IRISHDAIL FIREANN |SENATE, 38 TO 8, EXTENDS OPENSWITHVALERA| BALL RENT ACT FORD. C. PLEA FOR SUPPORT Republican Leader Urges Delegates to Hold Out for Separation. 28,233. ASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1921_TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. TAX REVISION BILL : LESSENS REVENUE 7330 M0 YEARLY Majority Report on Measure Is Given to House Today by Chairman Fordney. TWO CENTS. | (FEWER EMPLOYED UNLESS WAGE CUT IS PUTIN EFFECT Only Alternative at Navy Yard, Labor Men Are Told by Capt. Robison. The Ball bill, extending the operation of the District rent act 2 until May 22, 1922, was passed by the. Senate this afternoon, by a vote of 38 to 8, with four senators answering present, and making the necessary quorum. 4 The eight senators voting in opposition were Bandegee of Connecticut, Ernst, Kentucky ; Harreld, Oklahoma ; Knox, Penn- sylvania ; Poindexter, Washington ; Shortridge, California; Wads- worth, New York, and Watson, Georgia. Senator King of Utah announced that he would have voted against the bill had he been \£52y CIRCUMSTANCES WILL DISCLOSE COURSE OF BRITISH NEGOTIATION Body, at Most Significant Meeting, . | except where stores are located in {apartments, will continue under, the ! Expected to Back His Re- N3 jection’ of Terms. All Soldiers on Leave Ordered. Back to Ireland By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 16.—All sol- dlers on le'sve from Ireland in Aldershot and Farnborough have been order :d by telegraph to re- turn to their regiments imme- diately. BELFAST, August 16.—It is reported here that the military authoriti es in Ireland have can- celed 21'. leaves of absence for both officers and men, and that all officers and men who are away o1t holidays have been re- called. It is stated this step was ta’ten merely as a precau~ tion ag iinst surprise and has no other s Ignificance. After ' a meeting of the Ulster cabinet.,, which was held today, an official report was issued stating that the general situa- tion carefully reviewed and that tijere was absolutely no change ‘in the positlon, so far as Ulster was concerned. By the Assoc: inted Press. DUBLIN, . August 16.—In opening the dail eireann at its first public session hei‘e today, Eamon de Valera, the republican leader, reiterated Ire- land’s clain 1 for separation from Great Britain and declared the only govern- ment the p rople~recognized was the ministry of the dail eireann, the Irish republican }iarliament. He and his colleagues, de Valera ~ said, had adc pteda toward England the principle laid . down by Cardinal Mer- cier of Belglum toward Germany— that external wuthority was unlawful. The Irish, he siid, stood for the ideals enthroned in the American Declara- tion of Lmdeperidence. Mr. de Valers provoked langhter by describing the' British attitude as that of A great n.ation demanding guarantees for its sa:lety from a small one, when yt should be a big nation guaranteeiny; safety to a small state. The cabinel, Mr. dcf Valera declared, did not think the British proposals were just. Points to Im'possilile Conditions. Mr. de Valera poimted to the vir- tually impossibla conilitions suredling=| ing negotiations with: the British gov- ernment, for the Yosi tion, he said, was that of a man umarnjed facing a man pointing a pistol. | | There were ’le: who wanted to negotiate to save thefir faces, he con- tinued, but the Simn' Fein would not negotiate to save faces, but to save, if possible, bloodshed, and for right and principle. f Mr. de Valera saic] that at tomor- row’s session, beside'$ recounting the negotiations between: ; the Irish and British governments, 'he would, in a general way, give an . account of his own department, and ‘that afterward the other ministers -i-ould give ac- counts of their depart: jients. The proposed reply ti Premier Lioyd George, continued the r¥esident, would be considered in privaty: session. All understood the seriousnj:ss of the re- ply, he declared, as the . Eritish govern- ment intended to make it an issue of peace or war with the I tish nation. After the reply was s ynctioned and ready for dispatch thckre would be another public session . of the dall eireann, Mr. de Valer\. continued. Further elections to offi te would oc- cur, and then the parli:iment would work upon the propositi.dn to be ad- vanced by the new dail ministry. Virtually Voted for liepublic. Mr. de Valera assertied tthat Ireland had at the elections: virtually de- clared by plebiscite for a republican government, not because the people ‘were republican doctritaires, but bg- cause Irish freedom and -indepen(l- ence could not at present be realized in any other way. : Mr. de Valera said that during his talks with Mr. Lloyd Gearge the spb- Jject of the freedom of sniall natigns, which the British premiar advocated during the war, had come up, and he had told Mr. Lloyd Georg:: that if he recognized the principles involved there would be no need flor negotia- tions. ; “We_recognize them an¢l will ¥ive and die for them,” the ' republican leader exclaimed. 1 f ‘The Irish republican parliament met here, in the first open, session in its history, to consider the Firitish government's Irish peaste terms. There were 130 members presemt, in- cluding those who had beén released from prison to admit of thi:ir attend- ing the session. A great sudience crowded the gallery floor ag Eamon de Valera led the membegs into the chamber. B Prayer was offered in leginning the ceremonial, and ther the oath ‘was administered to all tie members en_masse. 2 John T. Kelly was' re-elected speaker of the parliameint, but he} declined the office; and Prof. John McNeill was chosen. i After the formalities lyad beeh con- cluded and Mr. de Valer{:, as head.of the Irish republican goY-erning body, had addressed the asgemblage, the parliament adjourned. | ‘Wil Tell of Negojtintions. Mr. de Valera in hi§. address said he would tomorrow gfve an account of the negotiations W ith Mr. Lloyd George, the British Jrime minister, after which the repl:- to the prime minister's offer woul{i be considered in private session. ; % The members in atti>ndance included a half dozen wome}i, among whom was Countess Markif>vicz. The audience whijch assembled at the Mansion House for the meeting of the dall eireann diccupied seats in the gallery and on the floor of the ~hamber around tlfe square space in front of the dais, in which the 130 members who haid accepted invita- tions to participati> In the meeting oe- cupled the bkllzred armchairs and sofas. Over the dais was the coat of arms of the O'Neills, the clan of the present lord masyor—a red hand on a shield, with a gwimming fish beneath. It was 11:15 o'clock when Mr. de Valera -led the members into the -] r. He was accompanied by the ministers. of- the republican cabinet, by Lord Mayor O'Neill and by Frank P. Walsh, his. American legal adviser. ' ' jact is amended so that after October able to arrange a transfer of his pair. Provisions of Message. P Under the bill passed today the remt; 22, 1921, the date when the original act would expire, property for busi- ness purposes other than housing is lexempted from the operation of the aw. - All property rented for houses, however, including apartment houses, control of the District Rent Commis- sion. Another amendment provides counsel for the rent commission. The bill now goes to the House for action and Chairman Focht of the House District committee has said that the bill would be taken up for considera- tion as soon as possible, . Senator Poindexter of Washington, opposing the bill, had letters, writ- ten by two owners of property in the District, read to the Senate, pro- testing against the treatment ac- corded them by the District rent commission. He followed this with a statement that the pending bill provides houses for some people at REFUSESTOINVITE 'ADOO AS EXPERT Senate Committee Will Not Hear Former Director on Railroad Funding Bifl. The Senate interstate commerce committee.refused today to call Wik llam G. McAdoo, former director gen- eral of railroads, to give “expery’tes- timony” on the administration’s rail- road fundipg bill. The motion to call Mr. MgAdoo was made by Senator Pittman/ Acmocrat, Nevada, and (was defeafed, 7 to 3, iSenators Pittman, Stanlev, democrar, Kentucky, and La Follotw2, repub- preing It. lican, Wisconsin, supo By vote of 6 to 3, the committee closed the hearing,and proceeded with consideration of // the bill. Senator La Follette voted with the democrats to hear additighal witnesses. Senator Watgon, republican, Indiana, moved to, cloge the hearings, and Sen- ator Stanleg’ protested against the Senate beifg “the - mute recorder of the execuyive will,” asserting that the urpose islation Financé Corporation was authorized to n:;fm unds for funding railroad securfties under the pending bill. “I,protest against bringing this bill into the Senal : ' Senate ‘who do not speak adiministration,” he said. I favor n:larlng those who represent the other Senator Townsend, acting chairiian, replied he had two conferences with the President, that there had been no sug- gestion, as Senator Stanley had stated, that he was insistent upon the passage of the bill without the dotting of an “T" or the crossing of a “T.” The President had, however, éxpressed the hope Con- gress would grant relief. Senator La Follette insisted that the committee hear officials of rallroad labor organizations and others and make particular inquiry whether the railroad officials had, by paying ex- travagant salaries and other means, dissipated resources, explaining that the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion had collected at the hearings ¢(since last January considerable in- formation on the subject. The com- miftee thought, however, that the subject should remain with the com- mission until investigation had been completed and a report made to Congress. The committee proceeded to the consideration of the bill and decided ! to strike out authority proposed in the measure as introduced to reopen the accounts of railroads which had been finally settled and permit the funding of any indebtedness of such carriers which existed before the set- tlement. The section restricting the amount of securities heretofore ac- quired by the government, which the corporation mey purchase from the President _to $500,000,000, was strengthened by the committee adopt- ing an amendment offered by Senator Pomerene, democrat, Ohio. An amend- ment, offered by Senator Stanley, re- stricting these purchases to money derived by the sale to the public of War Finance Corporation.bonds was defeated seven to three, Senator La Follette_voting with Senators Pitt- man and Stanley, democrats. Senator Stanley, in urging his amendment stated its object was to maintain unimpaired the present capi- tal_of the War nce _Corporatio to be available for the relief og agri- culture. Senator Townsend and other members of the committee gave a: surances that the railroad funding proposed in the bill would not ‘impair the ald which Congress proposed in pending legislation for relief to. agri culture by the War Finmance Corpora- tion. F The committee adopted an amend- ment offered by Senator Poindexter, providing that “nothing in this act shall be construed or administered as to prevent or interfere with the financing of exports of agricultural products by the War Finance Cor- poratior as may be provided by law. EXCHANGE TARIFF COURTESY. KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 15.— A new customs tariff giving prefer- ence to goods impdrted from Canada, particularly flour, has been prepared by the government. Canads, in re- turn, has arranged to give preference to Jamaican sugar. AS U. S. DELEGATE, Representative Alice Robertson of Oklahoma, ‘the only woman member of Congress, took paticu- lar pains when she called at the White House today to make it plain that her visit was not to urge appointment of a woman on the American delegation to the disarmament conferénce. “Show me a woman in the United States who is qualified,” Said. Miss. Robertson, “and I 1. | | the expense of their neighbors. “It seems to me,” said Senator Poindexter, “that to make this legis- lation entirely harmonious we should require the more for @ nate neighbors to share their incomus with the less fortunate tenanta” Senator Shortridge of California also spoke in opposition to the bill, declaring that he did not believe it ‘was constitutional.. Senator Pomerene of Ohio defended the measure, insisting that Congress had full power over the District of Columbia, in matters of legislation and that the decision of the United States Supreme Court, upholding the Ball aot, had been based on the power of Congress to act in an emergency. He pointed out that the state of Illinois had, years ago, passed a law | regulating warehouses for the stor- age of grain, because of the public interest in those properties. This, he said, was held constitutional. Senator Brandegee of Connecticut spoke against the bill, saying that he believes it would interfere in building operations in the District. SENATOR LODGE TO SIT IN U. S. DELEGATION AT ARMAMENT PARLEY Henry Cabot Lodge, chalrman of the Senate foreign relations committee, has been definitely selected by President Harding as a member of the American delega- tion to the disarmament conference. Formal announcement of Senator Lodge's selection was made today at #he White House. He is the second member of the delegation to be named, the ad- ministration having previously an- nounced that Secretary Hughes ‘would be the chairman of the dele- gation. X Mr. Lodge, who is republican leader of the Senate, is understood to have accepted the appointment and his colleagues have arranged 8o that his duties in the Senate can be carried forward without in<" terruption while the conference is in session. No other members of the dele- gatjon have been selected and no selections are likely to be made until it is definitely settled how many representatives the United States shall have in the conference. JAPANADIUSTING Disposed to Settle Question of Evacuation Prior to Washington Parley. By the Associated Press, TOKIO, August 16.—The disposition | of the Japanese government to settle! the question of the evacuation of Si- beria before the opening of the far eastern conference at Washington gave a special interest to the mission of Hajime Matsyshima of the foreign office, who recently went to Vladivo- stok. It is understood that Mr. Mat- sushima, who was formerly consul general at Harbin, is empowered to take up actively all questions pertain- ing to a working agreement with the government at Chita, which would in- clude as one of its provisions, the withdrawal of the Japanese army from Vladivostok and the adjacent| country. i In an interview en route Mr. Mat- sushima was quoted as saying that the question of evacuation, as a result of the recent military and diplomatic conference at Tokio, had now reached the stage of execution. England, he said, by her conclusicn of a commercial agreement with the foviet government, had set a preceden! in connection with negotiations with the Chita government by Japan. As for the evacuation by Japanese troops, there had been much cussion, he sald, about conditions to be imposed upon Chita. The fact was the evacuation presupposes that proper steps are taken for assuring the safety of Japanese nationals. The confirmation of special rights and indemnities for damages seemed to him secondary. - CHINA CHOOSING DELEGATES. a H ‘Will Have 31 Representatives at Disarmament Canference. By the Associated Press. PEKING, August 15.—China’s delega- tion at the conference on disarma- ment and far eastern questions, to be held in Washington late this autumn, will comprise thirty-gne members. It will consist of a chief and four asso- ciate delegates, ten can?cllors and { sixteen clerks, according fo a tenta- tive decision reached by the cabinet yesterday. Dr. Philip K. C. Tyau, at; present councilor at the foreign office, who will probably be the chief secre- tary_of the delegation, will leave for the United States early in September to make preliminary arrangements. It is generally regarded that the se- lection of Dr. ._Yen, foreign ——m T 0l foreign (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) SHOW ME WOMAN WHO CAN QUALIFY SAYS “MISS ALICE” to be an international ‘lawyer versed in diplomatic . practice, familiar with foreign languag and conditions, and have an as sured social standing and a wide internationa] acquaintance, but would also need the faculty of ““listening a great deal and say- ing little. appointment of a disarmam, urge the W to the nt dele- tion lo tlp'gclll eogmt:m:. ot '.l: 12.%, ‘omen . call on . lent. Hendl: Tomot herein recomment $406,250,000 OF LOSS “NOT FELT TILL 1923 Repeal of Exoess Profits Tax and Reduced Surtax Rates Deferred. The annual tax bill of the Ameri- can people will be lessened by $790,- 330,000 through the operation of the new tax revision bill, reported tosthe House today, according to a report filed by Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee on behalf of the majority members of the com- mittee. Mr. Fordney explains, however, that due to the fact that the pro- visions of the new bl will not be- come fully effective until the calen- dar year, 1922, not all of the reduc- tions in revenue are to be expected prior to the collections in 1923. He said: Vhile a net loss In revenue of $790,330,000 is expected, only a por- tion of this loss will be reflected in revenue collections for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922. Repeal Effective in 1922, “Inasmuch as the repeal of the ex- cess profits tax and reduction of sur- tax rates on Individual Incomes do not become effective until the calen- dar year of 1922, $406,250,000 of the contemplated loss of revenue will not bhe reflected in revenue collections prior to the calendar year of 1923.” Actual reductions In taxes for this fiscal year, the report continued. are estimated at approximately 200,000,- 000, total collections under the new bill being figured at $3,376,000,000, as against estimated collections of $3,- 570,000,000 under the present law. Estimated Losas Is $377,700,000. The estimated loss of revenue for the calendar year 1922 Is figured at $37 ,000. Overnight changes made in bill provide for a corporation tax of 121 per cent instead of 15 per cent on life insurance companies. effective this year, this levy to be in lieu of sll other taxes, including those on policies, except the corporation-stock and stamp levies. In the case of individual taxpayers deriving profits from the sale of capital assets, a 15 per cent tax on jthe gain from the disposition of such assets would be imposéd where the net income and capital assets gain exceeded $40.f nstead of $32,000, as fixed in the orighhal committee draft. The majority report saye: “In framing the tax legislation minor exceptions; n. levies (many of which were sugrest- ed have been avoided. In the opinfon of your committee the exacting of the present excessive sums of taxes from the country contributes in no small degree to "the depressing _influences under which business and industry in general are staggering as an after- math of the world war. 3 he cost of the war, the extent of its destruction and_ the financial loss it occasionr is felt. not during the period of combat, but after the cessation of oatilities, at which time the demand for war supplies termi- nates, with a resulting shrinkage of values. 5 “The nation is now passirig through the trying period of liquidation and readjustment. The reduction of the tax burdens is essential to business recovery, and such reduction can only be based on a rigid enforcement of a policy of the strictest economy in the running expenses of the govern- ment. Excess Profits Tax Criticised. “The excess-profits tax, ‘with an exemption based on the amount of invested capital, has been the subject of much adverse comment. Its in- equalities and the discrimination against the corporation with small invested_capital are recognzed gen- erally. Its repeal has been repeated- 1y recommended by Treasury efficials. “The committee recommends the limitation of 32 per cent on sur- taxes mainly. because the higher rates have proven to be beyond the point of productivity and have driven investments from the usual channels of trade and industry. The exces- sively high rates in existing law have resulted in various methods-of tax evasion, the most outstanding one being the transfer of investments to tax-exempt securities. “The cost of transportation is re- flected in all lines of commerce and in- dustry, and much of the excessive cost of certain products can be attributed to transportation costs. Especially is this true with regard to building ma. terial. The repeal of the transporta- tion tax will relieve the shipper and to some extent increase railroad ton- nage and the revenues of the rail. roads. The repeal of this tax should have salutal effects upon business conditions,in general. The removal of the tax on transportation (including freight, passenger and express) re- duces the revenue collections $262,- 000,000 sum smounting to more than per ¢ r annum.’’ ”F“u‘r}tfif"'&tp:ua of the tax revision bill will be found on page 3. occasion. new rates for twelve-! year 1923.) Repeal of excess profits®........ to 12% pér cent® Reduetion of surtax rates on individual incomes (maximum; 32 per cent) Increased exemption of heads To $2,500 for incomes in excess dditional exemption for dependents increased A o $400 trom $i00. 30000000 1 of tax on transpo! B aexpress) as of January 262,000,000 “......... Repeal of tax on life insurance; 6,300,000 Repeal of tax on beverages (sectlo! 60,000,000 ¥“ of 6 cents on cereal beverages. Tax of 5c on carbapic acid gas.. Tax of 2 cents a gallon on fru drinks .. Tax of 3 cents a gallon eral and table water..... Tax of 10 cents a gallon on Repeal or ;edncuan of excise taxes SUMMARY OF TAX CHANGES. The following is a recapitulation of the principal changes in rates con- tained in the new bill, with estimated gains and losses such changes. will Estimated changes in_annual revenue -receipts under proposed month period. (Rates not fully in force until calendar Loss. teerencereresesnes $450,000,000 Increase of corporation income tax from 10 per cent mily: of $5,000...... cense tax on sellers of soft drinks.. 15.300‘900 t juices of soft 90090/ 12,000,000 on” atill arinks, not min- fountain sirups. UNITY STILL EXISTS AMONG THE ALLIES Premier Lloyd George Tells How Dangerous Issties Have Been Met. By the Ansactated Press. LONDON, August 16—The prime minister, M. Lioyd George, speaking in the house of commons today con- cerning the last meeting of the al- lied supreme council, declared that in many respects it was the most im- portant since the declaration ot peace. Questions were before it, he said, which menaced the solidarity of the entente, The unity of the allies, Mr. Lloyd | George asterted, was a guarantee for the peace of Europe. and it was a matter of great gratification that at the end of the meeting a resolu- ‘tion was passed mot merely that the alliance be continued, but declaring that the spirit of the alllance was as strong as- ever. - I | Upper Silesian Question. The questjon giving the greatest aneloty’ the prime minister continued, "Cpper Silesia. which, hs | n one of the mo lan | and_ delicate vet raised. It never . o him a | very aimcult watiek fto scttle the question on its merits, geographically, economically and statistically, Mr. Lloyd George sald, but the problem was complicated by the introduction of other elements. There were large sections of French public opinion be- lieving that the taking away of the coal mines and iron works of Silesia from Germany was essential for the Mr. Lloyd George reviewed the his- tory of the Silesian question and re- ferred to the plebiscite in which, roughly, seven-elevenths of the popu- !lation_voted to remain with Germany and the other four-elevenths for re- maining with Poland. The dispute ranged around a very important indus- trial triangle, the prime minister went jon. The towns were German and the villages Polish, he pointed out, but taking the area as a whole the sub- stantial majority was German. The Italian experts agreed with Great Britain, Mr. Lloyd George said, but the French differed. Great Britain, France and Italy have the same in- terest, namely, to do justice between the disputants, he declared, but the French undoubtedly were moved by the question of security. Polish Insurreetion. Calling attention to the Polish insur- rection, the puime minister characterized it as an attempt to anticipate the de- of the supreme council. He had emphatically protested against recogniz- ing what had been done as a fait ac- | complt, since If such things ‘were_ tol- erated without protest the reign of in- ternational law would end, Mr. Lioyd ‘Geor‘c asserted, and forcé would be- | come supreme in the decision of these great frontler questions. This, he de- clared, would be fatal to peace. After some discussion by the supreme council, Mr. Lloyd George said it was apparent that complete unanimity was quite {mpossible, and the members were unanimous in agreeing to refer the mat- ter to the league of nations. The- question could not have been sub- mitted to the Jeagué before, he said, without -hazarding complete failure, be- cause the supreme council had first to get rid of the insurrection which could not_be thrust upon the league. He as- the league would ot attempt to deal with. the question itself, but would Tefer it either to a committee of jurists or_to an arbitrator.e 90,000,000 40,000,000 *"10,000,000 | NATION TO BOW IN HOMAGE |TO UNKNOWN DEAD HERO “National honors, including an ad- dress by President Harding, will mark the burial of the body of an unknown soldier of the world war in ‘the me- morial amphitheater in tte Arlington cemetery Armistice day, November 11 |mext Secretary Weeks - will have charge of the arrangements, and of- |nicers of the general atafr are prepar- ling detailea plans for his considera- | tion and anproval. All the resources of thé government will be utilized to make the occasion jimpressive and memorable, following {in general lines the plans adopted by ithe British and French governments 'in the ceremonious burial of an un- !known soldier of each country in }wutminner Abbey and under tre Arc de Triomphe. The selection of the body of an American soldier that shall be actual- 1y unknown and beyond possibility of future identification, to represent the thousands of soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice. will devolve on Col. . F. Rethers, Quartermaster Corps, in personal charge of the graves reg- jstration service in Europe. Though he has not reprrted kis plans to the War Department, it is assumed. that he will follow in general the meth- ASK LOWER OVERHEAD AND ELIMINATED WASTE Mr. 0’Connell Says Men Should Have Opportunity to Suggest Savings. Pictures of little children and their mothers all over the country going { hungry and on short rations, and the possibility that these conditions would be aggravated uniess the navy yard workmen accepted lower wages to per- mit of the employment of more men, were painted before labor men at the hearing of the general wage board of the Navy Department today by Capt. James K. Robison, chairman. The board is hearing argume.ts on the Pproposal of cuts in wages recommen ed by the local wage boards in t Washington and other navy yards of the country. Capt. Hobison indicated that he would recommend a reduction, be- cause he sald that he couldn't feel | that he would be responsible for lit- tle children all over the country go- ing hungry. At one point during the argument of Jimes O'Connell, head of the metal trades department of the American Federation of Labor, Robison said that if the men fh- sisted on hicher wages, with a consc- | quent cutting down of the hours of ! employment. “the butter is going To ‘:»e darned thin on the bread this win- er.” oda emploved by the British and French authorities in the selection of a particular body to be brought to Arlington. ‘There are several hundred bodies in the various American cemeteries in France which are admittedly beyond possibility of identification. Fromi that number the selection of a body | will be made by a method not! Found Much Want. “On a recent tour of this country, gathering data for this board, I found much want,” the captain said. “I can- not concelve of any man wanting, disclosed further than that preclude the possibility of identifying either the soldier, the organization to which he belonged or the particular place where he died. According to a special dispatch from London, the Pilgrim Fathers' Associa- tion has arranged to be represented at the ceremonies at Arlington by “an unknown British mother” dressed in deepest mourning and_displaying the British Union Jack. She will be selected from among the British mothers ‘who lost sons in the war and on their behalf will “bear the homage of the British lsles to America's dead.” Accompanying her will be a great wreath of flowers native to Great Britain, which will be laid on the grave, and a long parchment roll bearing the" signatures of ats leas’ one hundred thousand British moth- it will ers who lost sons in the war. E: penses of the.long voyage of symj thy will be met by public -subserip- tion in England. g ‘MADDENED PEASANTS BY GEORGE WITTE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dafly News. Copyright, BERLIN, Germany, August 16.— Graphic word pictures. of scenes in famine-stricken Russia were given the writer today by a German Volga colonist and his wife, who have just arrived in Berlin after three months i of slow traveling from Omsk, Siberia, | through the starving Volga districts to Russia’s only outlet, the Baltic states. * “Like an army of forlarn and rest- less spirits the meschenecki, or ‘peo- ple with the sacks’ are swarming across the Urals into Siberia in quest of something to eat,” said the husband. “Hollow-faced men in bark shoes. patched trousers, their ragged shirts unbuttoned and showing the bap: ismal cross on their emaciatec chest: barefooted women clad only .n dilay idated cotton dresser and wth ker- chiefs on their heads, and children whose wan, hunger-pinched faces show that they never tasted real food in the few years of their miserable young lives—all these implore you on their knees to give them a crust of bread. Scenes Like Stone Age. “The scenes we saw enacted at every station we came through seem- ed to take us back to the brutal, merciless fight for existence in the SHIP BOARD DEFICIENCY MEASURE IS REPORTED Senate Committee Also Inserts Re- quest for $200,000 for Par- ley in Bill | priation to_ meet the expenses of the disarmamenit_conference which is to be held in Washington in November, and a number of other minor amend- ments, the Senate appropriations committee today favorably reported the Shipping Board deficiency appro- priation bill to the Senate. The bill as amended carries, approximately. $50,000,000, or about $1,5600,000 more than the House bill. 3 The deficiency appropriation for the Shipping Board is left at $48,500.- 000, as provided in the House bill. The Senate committee struck out, however, the House proviso that mot more than_three officers of the Ship- ping Board or the Emergency Fleet Corporation shall be paid an annual salary or compensation In excess of $12,600. Among the Senate commit- tee amendments was one of $5,600 for the Supreme Court of the -District of Columbia. Other committee amend- ments yinclude items.for the federal courts’ and money to satisfy judg- ments against the -United States in the Court of Claims, Japan -plans to settle Siberian. issues Jprm to assembling of disarmament conference. Page 1 Plorists in convention here greeted at opening lon. Pu:": jcago police hunt for three men after cnvlmmnp;zmmlu suicide. Page -3 Rallway brotherhoods to order referen- - ‘determine attitude on wage d&%mfiwwm’ sent gratified with re- against speedsters. After inserting the $200,000 appro- | FIGHT UNMERCIFULLY « stone age. Every railroad station was crowded with these ‘people with the sacks,’ hundreds eamping in the | smaller stations and thousands in the larger ones. Those whose sacks were empty were heading eastward and those with full sacks westward. Whenever a train stopped there was a flerce fight for places and a mad scramble to get on the roofs of the cars. The stronger would ruthlessly hurl the weaker from the trains, and often the roofs gave way under th impact of the fighting. All were peratf, for many had waited, day after day, without being able to get a seat. t vil- lages drove many of them crazy. This was especially true of the women, who were the flercest fighters. “Every station in the famine dis- tricts was beleaguered day and night by starving people begging for bread. ‘Only a tiny crust for the sake of Christ’ was their pitiful appeal. which we could not resist if we had any: thing left to eat ourselves. At one place the stationmaster asked us for rusks and devoured the few we could give him as though they were the first things he had eaten in many days. Little children by the score were always crawling alongside the trains, and even under them, in the hope of finding a few crumbs the passengers might have dropped from the windows. 5,735,000 UNEMPLOYED IS REPORTED ESTIMATE OF LABOR SECRETARY Best estimates available at this time show that 5,735,000 persons are out of employment in -the United States, Secretary of Labor Davis reported to the Senate to- day in response to a resolution calling for figures. In presenting the report Mr. Davis said the estimates had been compiled at his direction by Ethel- bert -Stewart, commissioner of labor statistics, but that it was impossible to give an estimate of the number of former service men now out of work. It was practically impossible, the ’Secretary wrote, to get exact fig- ures. The total. as given, he add- ed, related to the difference in the number of employes carried on pay rolls last month, as compared with the peak of employment in 1920. Manufacturing and mechanical industries, including building trades, showed the highest per- centage of unemployment, the esti- mate being 3,900,000, the report said. Other industries listed were mining, transportation, trade and clerical workers and domestic and \_personal service. Today’s News Told in Paragraphs D. C. boys at Camp Meade show high standard of efficiency. Page 12 ‘Turkish nationalists accept agreement with France. Page 13 ‘Woman disarms officer, aided by men, in Concord mill disorder. Page 13 mmwmmtmwamm? reports wastage magy mil- lions. Page 16 Senate passes Dbill fixing pound loaf standard of bread weight in District. . 7. e pare 13 o, . will_ n A | through personal greed, to keep bread | from the children of others in order to | gt more comforts for himself. The main thing is to prevent this want | which I found. from becoming gen- leral. It's an awful respousibility for jthree of us to carry. 1 cannot see { children hungry. but this winter you jare going to see them.” | Capt. Robison pointed out to the labor men that the naval establishment has only so much money to =pend. and {if it increased wages, it would have to throw men out of employment, and {asked them to consider it in that 1 light. | He would be glad, he said, to have any suggestions for overcoming the difficulties, to which Mr. O'Connell, | taking the Washington navy vard as an example, said that there were so many employes and so much money. There should be monthly conferences between the employvers and the men, he pointed out, whereby. each side would be presented with the conditions faced by the others. If the funds were low. he said, then the llx ‘men_would take’ a reduction in the number of days of employment. Mr. O’Connell pointed out that there was an opportonity for re- duction of expenses at the navy yards by the reduction of overhead charges. { pointing out that it costs more to d | the paper work on a job than it does for a workman to' perfect the job ! itself. | ,'Go ahead.” said Capt. Robison. “'I‘ :\'.nuld like to have some more of at.” Seven Bosses for One Man. There are known instances, con- ! tinued Mr. O'Connell, where there are {seven hosses over one workman. He ! suggested that the wage board take {up the question of reduction of over- - {head charges, waste, losses and such before it gets to the matter of reduc- tion of wages of the men. Capt. Robison characterized waste !as the most damnable of crimes, and ! said that money should be turned into luseful artisan labor wherever pos- sible. { To a suggestion of Mr. O'Connell jthat some means might be devised | whereby the men could suggest con- | structive measures for saving money { without jeopardizing their positions because of the possible criticism of their losses it might involve, Capt. { Rebison said that he was cognizant of a plan which is not general in all the ! yards whereby men could make anon- | ymous suggestions. keeping a copy. 'If found practicable they would be i posted, then the man could claim the icredit and it would be made a part of his record. He said he was not sure {but what some means might be pro- { vided whereby the man could be paid i for it. T. 8. Should Be Model Employer. Mr. O'Connell said that the govern- ment should be considered as the model employer and should not be the first to reduce wages, and pointed out that wages of yard employes were not comparable to those on the outside, because the navy yard men were more highly skilled and performed a higher class of work. On their efficiency, he said, depends the safety of the cers and men with the ficets at sea. g The cost of living, he continued, {has not been appreciably lowered. He pointing out that he paid more for coal this year than last, more for nu;el car fare and more for electric light. Answering the plea for higher wages, Capt. Robison pointed out that if this ‘was done the navy yards would not be able to compete with the outside yards, and that they would be closed To this Mr. O'Conn-ll replied that it would be far better to close them all than have the government wage reduced. the out- side today, Capt. Robison pointed out, they were cutting each other’s throats in order to get jobs. ‘When James Wilson, head of the Patternmakers of North America, started to present his argument he pointed to a war picture on the wall and said that that pictured a scene in a war of autocracy against justice, and that he didn’t want to see the United States government take an unjust stand. - "'l.‘hll ‘war,” interjected Capt. Rob- ison, “was & War of autocracy against law. I don’t want to cut the Wages of a single man, but I will not disobey the law. Mr. Wilson refuted the statement that lower wages would provide more employment, saying that the govern- ments of the foreign powers could not - buy because of the prevailing rate of exchange, To provide employment the ‘wages of the laboring man of this country must be such that he can pur- chase and thus permit the industries to go ahead. He expressed the hope that the gov- ernment would not take advantage of present conditions to lower navy ‘wages. While the men of the navy yards are loyal, he sal there is nothing that will develop dis- content and-radical tendencies quick- er than an empty stomach. for such conditions if wages were re- duced, he » ipt. Robison did tell the labor - [ kn that he had p 1y collected ! ~