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WEATHER. Falr and slightly and tomorrow; moderate northwest winds. Temperature for twontyfifnur cooler tonight hours ended at 2 p.m. toda igh- est, 34, at noon today; lowest. 6 a.m. today. B Closing New York Stocks, Page 23. as second-class matter ington, No. 28:235. co Washi . D. C. TRACTION MERGER BILL IS FAVORABLY REPORTED IN HOUSE Entered post offl: “Them That Has ’em Can Wear ’em,” Silk Shirt Edict at Prison By the Associated Press, OSSINING, N. Y., August 18— | “Them that has ’em cam wear | ‘em.” This word referring to silk shirts was passed alons the corridors in Sing Sing pris- on today, bringing joy to some | famates and gloom to ethers. The radinat garments worm previously by those who eould afiord them were taboped re- cently when the poorer inmates Srumbled at the unequal dis- .l"u:; and requested “cotton for al The state’s short cotton shirt supply interfered with the pro- however, and a few ! Krace was the.lovers of brilliant BRITISH HOPES RISE AS IRISH POSTPONE DECISION ON OFFER Woods Measure Wins Committee Over Govern- ment Ownership. PLAN TO FORCE COMBINE, THOUGH NOT COMPULSORY Power Company Must Await Union of Rail Lines—Other Amend- { ments Made. The Woods bill, authorizing a mer- ®er of the street railways in the Dis- trict of Columbia, was ordered favor- ably reported to the House by the The House District committee today. was 9 to 6. A motion by Representative Walters of Pennsylvania to substitute the gov- ernment ownership bill relating to the District’s street railways for the Woods bill was lost by a vote of 9 to 6. The street railway merger bill now goes to the House calendar, and Chair- man Focht of the District committee plans to call it up for consideration at the earliest opportunity. It is not likely, however. that an opportunity to take up the bill will present itself un- til after the proposed thirty days’ re- cess of Congress, beginning next ‘Wednesday. Amendments Adopted. A number of amendments were adopted by the committee before the bill was ordered favorably reported. The principal change in the bill was that making a merger between the Washington Railway and Electric Company and the Potomac Electric Power Company impossible until after the Washington Railway and Electric Company and the Capital Traction Company have merged. While the bill authorizes & merger of the street railway companies, it does not compel such a merger. How- ever, the committee has inserted a number of provisions calculated to force the street railways themselves to bring about a merger. In the first place the bill changes the method of taxation imposed upon the companies, so that an excess prof- its tax shall be levied in place of the present system. It is believed that this change will make the Capital Traction Company more willing to agree to a merger than at present, since its net operating income will be egulated. T Fhe committee also adopted a sub- stitute fer the originel. section § of T tive i This substitute pro "';hal unl ‘h;er r or in- solidatiop jereinbefore auth Traction Company and the Wash- :::non' Railway Tand_Electric Com- pany, and the subsidtary companies held by them, shall have been effected by July 1, 1922, then the Public Util- jties Commission of the District of Co- Jumbia shall fix separate rates of fare for (1) the Capital Traction Company and (2) the Washington Railway and Flectric Company and its subsidiary companies, as provided in paragraph 2 of section 8 of the act of March 4. 3913, entitled ‘An act making appro- priations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia_for the fiscal year ending June 36, 1914, and for other pur- pores”” ’ ; The act referred to in this amend- ment created the Public Utilities Com- mission. he meeting of the District com- mittee was stormy at many times today. When Representative Woods of Virginia, the author of the bill, moved to strike out section eight, on the ground that this section might have the effect of delaying the merger since it proposed to repeal the excess profits tax on the street rallways as carried in the bill un- less the street car companies merged. Representative Hammer of North Carolina protested vigorously. Mr. Woods finally moved to strike out and substitute the Zihlman amend- ment. Declares Amendment Unfalr. Representative Millspaugh of Mis- sourt insisted that the Zihiman amend- ment was unfair to the Washington Railway and Electric Company, since it probably would have the effect of bringing about a reduction in the fares of the Capital Traction Company and throw all the traffic to that com- pany. He moved as a substitute for the Woods motion to strike out sec- tion eight. On a roll call the Mills- paugh motion was defeated 12 to 1. Replying to the suggestion that his substitute for section 8 would be unfair to the Washington Railway and Electric Company, Representative Zihlman admitted that such might be the case. He said, however, that to have different fares on the street rail- way companies would bring about a situation intolerable to the companies and to the public also and in the en would help force a merger. Mr. Zihl- man said as things are today every man who rides on a Capital Traction car pays 1%; cents more fare than he ought to. The Zihlman substitute for section 8 was finally adopted without a record vote.. 7 Representative Kunz of Illinois suggested that under the Zihlman amendment it might be possible for the Public Utilities Commission to fix separate rates for all the subsidiary lines of the Washington Railway and Electric Compgny, increasing some of them greatl But Representative Zihlman denied that this wag the case. Representative Lampert of Wiscon- sin at the outset of the meeting today proposed that provision should be written into the bill that if the mer- ger was not_entered into. within six months the Keller government own- ership bill should become effective. His motion was laid on .the tahle by a vote of 8 to 5. Free Transfers Opposed. Mr. Lampert offered several-amend: ments, only one of which was adopted. The amendment adopted provides that it shall be the duty of the Public. Util- ities Corporation created by the merger, provided for in the bill, to keep its books, records and accounts of the cost, expense and operation of its power nlant or plants and the dis- tribution of its products separate and apart from the operation of its' street railway lines. Mr. Lampert offered an amendment directing the issue of free -transfers on all the lines. This was lost on a vote of 9 to 6. He also offered an amendment providing that the max- imum rate charged for street railway transportation should be 7 cents cash, or four tickets at 25 cents. This was lost, 10 to 5. Under the provisions of the Woods bill the law requiring the street rail- way to pay the expense of maintain- ing special policemen at street rail- way ¢ ngs would be repealed, ef- fective December 21, 1921, There- after the expense of maintaining these policemen would be borne by the Dis- trict of Columbia. The vote authorizing the favorable report De Valera Fails to Convince of Sineerity of Uncom- promising Views. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 18.—Optimism with regard to the Irish situation was still being expressed today in British offi- cial circles, where it was indicated this attitude was considered justifiable in j the lack of definite rejection of the gov- | ernment’s terms by action of the dail eireann, although it was added that the reports from Dublin furnished a scant basis for such a view. Eamon de Valera, it was stated, has not yet convinced the British of the sincerity of his uncompromising state- ments of the last two days, the officials being reluctant to believe an offer which to them appeared so generous would be_rejected outright. The opinion obtains in official quar- ters, it was indicated, that the Irish leaders are still playing for time and increased prestige at home and abroad {as the result of the formal opening of the dail eireann and its businesslike conduct of affairs, and to this there is no objection from London if it proves to mean the continuance of the nego- tiations. See No Chance of War. As to the truce beiug broken and the warfare of a month ago resurmed, officials stated that in their view there was not a chance of such a thing oc- curring. g Members of the British cabinet and leaders in both houses of parliament are keeping in clpse touch with de- velepments in Dy where the Jrish| n. Mr. Lloyd pariiament fs in z George was in conference- with his ministess for nearly two hours yes- t@l‘fi,..fi it was understood that the Irish sftuation was the principal suh- Jqct under consideration, e preseut session of the British parliament is to end tomorrow. and it seems probable that in that brief in- terval no decisive step can be taken regarding Ireland. In any case, how- ever, it is belleved the king’s speech in proroguing parliament will be largely concerned with Irish affairs. SECRET DEBATE BEGINS. Efforts to Approach Ulster Expect- ed in Dublin. DUBLIN, August 18.—The peace ne- gotiations between the British govern- ment and the Irish republican leaders were not mentioned during” this morn- ing’s secret session of the dail eireannm, or Irish parliament, it was announced officially this afternoon. It was the general bellef that the dail eireann would not break -off the negotiations with Great Britain and it was thought that some action might be taken to approach Ulster in an effort to secure her co-opera+ tion in carrying on the conversations in London. Mr. de Valera stated yes- terday that he was ready to get in touch with the government of north- ern Ireland, and that the Irish repub- licans would “make sacri: to Ul- ster that they would never think of making to England.” i Sacrifices Not Disclesed. - The nature of the “sacrifices” to Ul- ster that Mr. de Valera had in mind ‘were not disclosed yesterday, but it was believed today that he would re- veal to the members of the parliament the steps he would advocate in bring- ing Ulster in accord with the Sinn Fein. Should such an intente be reached, it was indicated yesterday. new proposals to Great Britain might be made. and there were observers who expressed belief that the offer would take tke form of a proposition to enter the commonwealth of British dominions as an independent state. An {agreement granting of the prime min- ister's stipulations relative to naval control of the seas about Ireland and air bases on the island might be - plementary to such an offer, in the opinion of men who had followed clogely the work of.the parliament. The possibility of calling a plebie- cite by which the people of southern Ireland might give their leaders a imandate governing their future ac- tivities in the negotiations remained today as one of the solutions of the situation. In the addresses delivered [helore the public sessions of the pai liament it appeared that stress was |1aid on the principle that the chief- tains of the Irish republican move- ment could not entertain Great Brit- ain’s offer, and there were many who |belleved Mr. de Valera and his col- leagues possibly intended to ask fo new instructions. Members Look Serious. Members of the dail eireann were astir early this morning, and wore a they gathered at the Mansion House for the day's meeting. Apparently, they realized the great responsibility they were carrying: They arrived singly and in groups of young men and young women, ‘as most of the members are, with an occasional vet- eran such as Count Plunkett and Prof. Stockley. All the women were in mourning, some wearing widow's weeds. Most of these youthful legislators lare shy and bashful, avoiding demon- | strations and dis) ing particular jare displaying much activity, ap- !plrehfl)’ desiring to: secur® pictures of all the dail eireann legislators they can, in view of the possibility of a break in the negotiations. Judging from the newspaper reflec- tions of public opinion, however, the people of - Dublin seem to have more confidence than many people abroad that the war will not be renewed. For instance, the Irish Independent, which is closest to the Sinn Fein, says this morning: “We , rejoice to find - in .Mr. -De Valera’s statement u® suggestion that the negotiations’are likely to be ter- minated.” oot Length of Sessfons Usknown. How long the secret sessions of more serious look than. ever when; skill in dodging the camera men, who |} WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1921 -THIRTY-FO_UR PAGES. TEMPORARY PEACE BETWEEN GERMANY ANDU. 5. PLANNED Special Agreement Being Ar- ranged as Protocol to Final Treaty. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WOULD BE SPEEDED UP Additional Time Would Be Given for Permanent Draft—Feeling May Be Allayed. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. A special agreement in the nature of a protocol will precede the formal negotiation of a treaty of peace with Germany. This agreement may not be sub- mitted to the Senate. It will be a sort of modus vivendi or temporary arrangement, which will permit com- mercial relations with Germany to be resumed immediately and enable the President to issue his long-delayed pro- clamation of peace. The agreement will be brief in chargcter and along general lines. It will preserve America’s rights un- der tho armistice and subsequent treaties closing the European war and will form the basis for a formal treaty eventually to be negotiated. United States Requests Secrecy. The United States government has made a special request of the German government that the exchanges with that government with respect to the agreement shall be kept absolutely Secret. The reason for the injunc- tion of secrecy is not divulged ’here. Members of the Senate foreign rela- tions committee have learned in- formally of thé progress of the ex- changes between the German govern- ment and our State Department and they predict that the formula adopted by President Harding and Secretary Hughes will be received with satie- faction because for the next three to six months, at least, America will be able to send consuls into Germany and establish commercial relations while the more tedious task of meticulously safeguarding America’s rights under the many -economic clauses of the Versailles treaty will be. carried on. Eventually the new treaty with Ger- many will, of course, have to be sub- mitted to the Senate. Time May Allay Feeling. it with' Ge! t Harding to_the exte) t -as. goes on tgn bitterness. over -the treaty fight may ly vagish a: if it is found essential to paraphrase Wwhole sections of the Versailles tregty opposition may not be as strong as it would be' now from those senators who have announced that not a par- ticle of the Versallles treaty will they ever approve. The Department of State maintains its cloak of secrccy on the theory that the negotiations of a modus vivendi is not necessarily a public affair. Many such agreements or con- ventions have been negotiated in the past. like the Lansing-Ishil agree- ment. for instance, which remained a mystery until the day the text was formally agreed upon and announced. Word ™ recelved here from Berlin indicates that the Germans approve of the American plan, and that the German reichstag is being ceasulted (Continued on Page | Column 2.) SOFT-DRINK LICENSE TAXIS ELIMINATED House Committee Cuts Out Levy on Venders—Debate on Measure. | Elimination from the republican tax bill of the section proposing a license tax of $10 a year on venders of soft drinks was agreed upon today by majority members of the ways and means committee while general de- bate on the measure was continuing in the House. . Another amendment adopted would exempt from the income tax all sums received as pensions or allowances from the government by veterans of all wars or their dependents. Other Amendments. Many other amendments were be- fore the committee, but Chairman Fordney said these. were the only ones of importance agreed upon. Further revisions will be taken up tomorrow by the majority members. under the republican rule they would be given no opportunity to propose changes in the bill. They were pre- pared. however, to offer a motion to recommit the measure with instruc- tions to the ways and means commit- peal of the income surtax rates in excess of 32 per cent. It was said they had been promised some support for such a motion from the republican side. - Attack em Measure. A scathing -attack upon the repub- lican. tax-revision bill by Representa- tive Oldfleld of Arkansas, democratic member of the House ways and means committee, featured the debate on the tax bill in the House today. Mr. Old- fleld declared that the effect of the bill ‘would be to lift the tax burden from the wealthy and place it to a greater extent upon the people of moderate means. His speech was hailed with lluud applause by his democratic col- eagues, - | Representative Treadway of Massa- chusetts, a republican of the ways and mehns committee, followed Mr. Old- fleld with a defense of the tax b({l. | He insisted that the bill was an honest attempt to carry out the party pledges adopted by the republicans at Chicago last year. S S Mr. Treadway described to the House the éffect of the revenye bill on the “average man” and his family. “Let us start with the man himseif,” has had o8 e Democratic leaders said today that) tee to eliminate the proposal for re-| 1 A SUGGESTION TO ANY .WHO MIGHT HAVE DELEGATE AMBITIONS. BOLTS CONFERENCE ON NEW BEER BL Senator Ashurst Opposes Any Plan Permitting Making i of Liquors of Any Form. The prexemee of Wayme B. Wheeler, general counwel of the Anti-Saloon League, at a meeting of the comferces on the amti-beer 1 wan characterised in the Sen- ate todny by Semator Reed, dem- ocrat, Misouri, as “umwarranted and unmitigated iprolence.” Senator Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, announced today that he bad refused to ‘purticivéte in Turther confersnoes Fothe anti-beer bill “bechuse of an intention on the part of the conferies to weaken and déstroy ths effort-of the Stanley amendment, pted unanimously by the Senate.” A8 a member of the judiciary com- mittee Senator Ashurst was named one of the Senate managers. but it developed that he withdrew from the meeting Tuesday night. He declared that he would “not return to take part in the conferences if the con- ferees proposed to agree to an amendment which will directly or | indirectly permit the manufacture of vinous, malt or spiritous liquors in the home or elsewhere for beverage | purposes.” | “Senator Ashurst declihed to com- | ment on published reports that { Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League, sat with the conferees yesterday and assisted in the work of trying to get the House and Senate together on provi- sions of the bill. “I was not present,” he said. Senator's Statement. Senator Ashurst authorized the fol- lowing statement: “Senator Ashurst, a member of the Senate judiclary committee and one of the conferees on the anti-beer bill, and who is a strong supporter of participated in the conference Tue: day evening and objected to the House amendment, which, as he thought, would legalize the manufac- ture of distilled and malt spirits in the home for beverage purposes, as in his opinion such an amendment would permit hundreds and even thousands of miniature breweries and distilleries to be set up. | “When the conferees reached the {Stanley amendment, which was adopted unanimously by the Senate, Senator Ashurst announced his unal- terable determination not to recede, as in his opinion this amendment is a restatement of the guarantees con- ments to the Constitution. “Observing, however, an evident intention on the part of the conferees to weaken and destroy-the effect of the Stanley amendment, Senator Ashurst again announced to the con- ferees that he would not sign a con- ference report which altered the Stanley amendment. Leaves Conference. “Whereupon Senator Ashurst left the conference Tuesday evening and has not, and announces he will not, return to take part if the comferees propose to agree to any amendment Which will directly or indirectly per- mit the manufacture of vinous, malt lor spiritous liquors in the home or | elsewhere for beverage purposes, and. ! further, that he will not take part in {other conferences or sign a report Unless the conferees agree to the | anles Amendment in the exact form | that it passed the Senate. Senator Ashurst declared that the !Stanley amendment was the result of 2 compromise in which dozens of sen- Eiflol’a were consulted and was accept- !ed without opposition. 4 {°“Y would éonsider myself an_ un- worthy Senate conferee” he_ added, ¢, after such an important ‘@mend- nator said he was opposed on |vr'|l;|h;p?: to “the practice, all too fre- quently indulged in. of having three Senators meet in secret conference and abandon well-thought-out amend- ments agreed to unanimously by the Senate,” ‘ What Change Provides. The Stanley amendment provided that prohibition agents must have a gearch warrant before attempting to enter a residence, automgbile or bag- gare for contraband liguor. The House, however. adopted .a substitute, which proyided that no gearch of a residence shall be made Wwithout a search wsfra an afdavit_setting forth there was reasonable cause to suspect that lig- Upr was-being manufactured on the - premises “for sale or sold.” W ‘It ‘'was this latter p{nflglon that 1ed advocates of prohibition to assért that its effect would, legalize: ?_qu!,h(nl tained in the fourth and fifth amend-! DANIELS BREAKS WITH GOVERNOR OVER TAX By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C. August 15.—The open break between Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, and Gov. Cameron Morrison occurred to- day, when the governor is called upon in an editorial in the News and Nb- |server. Mr. Daniels’ paper, here, to {*come home and take the helm.” Action of Commissioner of Revenue A. D. Watts, who this week reduced the tmx assessment of the American Tobacco Company and the Liggett- Myers Company for 1920 “by $13,000.- 000," brings forth the Daniels at- tack on the Morrison administration. The editorial is addressed “to, Gov. W. 1. BURNS CHOSEN CHIEF U.S. SLEUTH Will Head Bureau of Investi- gation of Department of Justice. Appointment of William J. Burns of New York as director o e bureau of investigation of the Department of {Justice was announced today by At- Morrison,” who is spending the 'sum- mer at Grove Park Inn, Asheville, and |torney General Daugherty. Mr. Daniels says: Mr. Burns succeeds William J. “It is a critfcal situation, governor.|'miynn, The -ghip of te {s rolling between |~ Scylld“and Charybgis.” Mr. Daniels; ‘1 have known Mr. Burns person- ichargks Commissioger Watts with |ally for thirty years and have watch- “usurpition of authoMsy” in authorie- el e e “It ts favopitism’ that is indefensi- NERGANTS Bl HAYBUYNEWHOHE Negotiating for éouthwest Corner, Main Floor, of Southern Building. The Merchants' Bank will in the near future in all probability ac- quire the big banking rooms in the Southwest corner of the main floor of the Southern building, 15th and H streets, as its future home. Directors of the bank meet this aft- ernoon to consider the proposition, with the chances of approval said to be good. After this, if they approve, the sharehqlders will be asked to in- dorse the move and the negotiations swill be closed, At the present time the quarters re- ferred to are occupied by a branch ] post office. When the Southern building was erected the United States Trust Com- pany, then in the height of its pros- perity, secured a long-term lease gn the ~premises. this passing to. the Munsey Trust Company when the latter took over the former, guaran- teeing its depositors and making some other arrangements. ‘This lease still has a considerable period to run, but it is understood that all arrangements for its cancel- lation have been made. 5 A number of financial finstitutions have endeavored to purchase the lease 6f the property, considered one of the best banking homes in the city, but without avail. Purchase Believed Certain. ‘When the opportunity was offered ‘to acquire the property, through. sale on the co-operative ownership plan, Peter A. Drury, president of the Mer- chants’ Bank,* immediately opened negotiations with Allan K. Walker & Co., and the practical certainty of a purchase is the result. 3 At the same time the Intérnational Bank, a finance corporation in ‘which ‘bwl interests are very largely inter- Yested, and which is_aiso. prominently )interested in -the. Merchants'. Bagk, n the north sidle of the foyer :of-the Sth_street entrance, lately cccupied y W. H. Saunders- & C0., reaito; The Merchants' Bank is now located in its own building, 1413:G- street northwests and-it also owns 1415, ad- joining." ‘e bank is one of ‘the [younger sinstitutions, with 2 $300,000 capital and over $2,000,000 deposits. In the. event of ‘the acquisition of the 15th and H streets quarters. it is probable that the capital will be-in- o1 1 will acquire by purchase the.officés |- ed him develop in his speciaity.” Mr. Daugherty ®aid, in waking the an- Douncement:.*He is. famillar with all of the departments of the’ govern- mént, is ;dn intelligens and’ courage- man.and at.this time ‘especially is considered to be as migh class a man as cquld be secured to assume the fmpartant duties assigned him. The bureaw will be réorganized as expeditiously as possible and brought to the highest point of efficiency. Will Devete Whole Time. “Mr. Burns has severed his connec- tion with the Burns' detective agency, and will come to Washington and de- vote his entire time to the service. It is the policy of this department, well understood by Mr. Burns and highly recommended by him. that the De- partment of Justice establish the most cordial relations with police officials and law-enforcement officers through- out the entire country, and, in fact, throughout the enmtire world. to the end that there may be co-operation. and that life, property and the rights of the peoplé may be preserved and protected. “No partiallty will be shown in co- operating with police or other law en- forcement officers, public or private, but the best plan that can be con- celved will be adopted and carried out to see that the law is enforced and the best order possible prevail throughout the country in so far as the_government and the Department of Justice are concerned.' The Pres- ident and I have known Mr. Burns for many years and know his depend- ability and eficiency.” Mr. Flynn, who is in New York, has not resigned as vet, Mr. Daugherty said, although he has been notified of the appointment of his successor. Mr. Burns will_take charge of the bureau in New York tomorrow, Mr. Daugherty said, but will come to N York Saturday or Monday. His head- iqunmn. Mr. Daugherty added, would ) Dbe here. _ Mr. Burns' appointment did not nec- éssarily indicate that the investigat- ing agencies of the government would be co-ordinated under the De- partment of Justice, Mr. Daugherty declared, but he beliéved such a plan could be worked out. { Mr. Burns, the Attorney General said, would completely reorganize and effect a material reduction in the force, “altlough he was expected to bring the bureau to the highest point of efliciency. As director, of the bureau, Mr. Burns will receive-a salary of $7,500 a year. | AVENGE INSULT TO U. S. American Sailors Force Spaniards to Kiss Flag and Apologize. By the Assgclated Press. NAPLBS, August 17.—Sailors be- longing to the crew of the American steamer Pocahontas today handed out chastifement to a number of Spanish | sailors in a free fight which resulted from the Spaniards insulting the Ameri- cans by erying “Dowii with America!™ ‘The Americans immediately tackled the Spaniards and forced them to withdraw their insuit and kiss the American 'fl“'bisf;e"l of the Span- iards were' so led i ]nn: {hat ghey. had b he taxen to o ‘hospital. 20 be'taken to a DEMAND FOR SURRENDER OF KAISER BY HOLLAND MADE IN COMMONS By the Associated Presi. - SRS LONDON, August, 18.—The ‘dec- laration ‘that Holland should be called upon.to surrender the for- mer Gérman emperor was made in the heuse of commons today by ‘Horatio Bottomley, ‘independent, 'who -ag8in Taised the question of the Tecent trials,in Leipgig of Ger- mans aéchsed of acts in-violation said Mr. Treadway. “Mr. Average Man med - 4 is’.a_small taxpayer an Toyal cit- | prew. g » ‘of the rulés.ot clviliked.warfare In . to decid jmen,” willing to pay his share of the|- In the absence of an official stite- {' ¢he "World war. - government expense. not ex- ;nt from the.conferees, it was said'|“ggiq that if the. perien ‘in"bookkeeping gnd djslikes| they had prepared a substitute. for ) ki '8, 1 8 e o, sxpent WS NS SR Smandntit rofuting s merh | Jessd B Hojund tad Vi & out-his- the or search of a residence . governm Q | last or four years, he ] o other searches made With-'}* s ‘ 1 e to: deal “the tively, ~ for “men. of sterner stuff.” The solicitor general, Sir Ernest Pollock, who represented’the gov- ernment at the trials in Leipzic, reviewed them; and declared that the punishments imposed by the German court an convicted German officers must be judged by German standards.. It had already been ‘when _the Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exciusively enthled to the use for rejublieation of all sews dispatches credited to 1t or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local Bews published berein. | | Yesterday's SAMUEL TILDEN ANSELL. BREAK IN RUSSIAN RELIEF PLAN SEEN Soviet Envoy Already Has Conceded Limit, Bolshevik Press Declares. NEGOTIATIONS STILL ON :Litvinoff Said to Have Exceeded Instructions and Unfavorable U. S. Reply Would End Hope. By the Associated Press. RIGA, Letvia, August 1 femine relief neggljations here with Walter Lyman Brown of the Amerrl;n relief admipistration; has gone to' the Mmit-in making concessions to meet the demands of the American or- ganization as to control of the relief work, says the newspaper Névy Put, the bolshevik organ here. M. Litvinoft has already exceeded his instructions, the newspaper insists, and in the event of an unsatisfactory reply from Mr. Brown on the points still in dispute, “the negotiations can be con- sidered as without result,” it declares. Another Conference Arramged. . Herbert Hoover's telegram, which re- iterates the uncompromising attitude of the American relief administration con- cerning the feeding of the famine dis- tricts in Russia, at hand, Walter L. Brown, director of the American relief administration, arranged for another conference on the subject with M. Lit- wvinoff. , The conference took place last night and Mr. Brown and Mr. Sitvinoff reached an agreement on all subjects except the contenti f the bolshe- viki for the right to of American relief workers and to expel any individual among them. The relief administration firmly opposes this, and Litvinoff has submitted & modified proposal which Mr. Brown probably will send to Mr. Hoover. Bolshevik Representation. Litvinoft conceded the right of the Americans to select any area in Rus- sia_for their work that they desire, with the understanding, however, that it would be where food was needed. Mr. Brown by way of explanation said the reliet administration always per- mitted government representation on tocal committees, which seemed to clear M. Litvinoff’s misapprehensions In this respect. The bolsheviki will be represented on these committees, but the relief administration will maintain control of them. Prior to the discussion Mr. Brown was in _receipt of a lengthy telegram from Mr. Hoover, amplifying the grounds on which the American re- lief administration would stand firm, these embracing the principles of complete control and discretion re- garding the number and character of the presonnel of the American con- tingent which enters Russia., Uiterior Purpose Charged. The bolshevik rewspaper Novy Put today charges cditorially that the delay in the conference between Mr. Brown and M. Litvinoff is due to the American relief administration’s in- sistence on technicalities. It hints that there is an ulterior purpose be- hind the desire of the Americans strictly to control food distribution. It was said in soviet sources that Litvinoff felt himself in an immensely strengthened position by the offer of the International Red Cross to aid in famine work under bolshevik go ernment control. Litvinoff mede a number of inquiries in an endeavor to learn just what ready money the international organization has at hand, in comparison with the known ability ;of the Americans to handle ! the situation. e 2 Today’s News Bres inyU. 8S:-Russia. Tor reli 'fl( 4 Russia. plans . W. 3. Burns chosen chiel of ‘bureau of investigation of Departmeht of Jus- tice. X Page 1 Senator Ashurst bolts conference’ on _beer law amendment. ‘ Page 1 “type of remodeled Army: plane to x:-:rrwanul inspected by Postmaster General. Page Floor, Leader Kitchin attacks tax-re- vision bill Page 3 Governor of Pogto Rico firm- in oppo- . sition to Independence. Page 4 Spaxish face new outbreaks of Moorish. tribesmen. -~ <. Fage 10 Britain faces shrinkage in reven: President_to visit' ‘students at. Cam uem;;-hv. 1 "Page 13 All rights of publieation of special dispatches herein Gre also reserved. | | | | mit the number | in Paragraphs ef { not find that any officer Net Circulation, 86,229 TWO CENTS. |HOUSE PROBERS ACCUSE ANSELL AND COLONELS IN BERGDOLL’S ESCAPE Hunt and Cresson Charged With Conspiracy. |MINORITY FAILS - ! TO BACK CHARGE Gen. Harris Flayed— Disbarring of Ansell in Courts Urged. Samuel Tilden Ansell, former acting judge advocate general of the Army, and of the prisoners legal counsel Col. John E. Hunt and Col. C. C. Cres- son were charged with conspiracy in connection with the escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the draft dodger, in a report signed by three of the five members of a special Investigating committee, filed today with the House. Characterizing Ansell s “the mas- {ter mind” in the'plan by which Berg- {doll was released from a militury | prison under guard to dig up a pot of gold. the majority report recommend- | ed that he be disbarred from practic- |inz in the courts of the natlon, “above whose safety and integrity he has placed gold Minority Report D‘-!E:: S i at the e oweber. thal there was 10 testimony to support the charge that {Ansell, through whose efforts as {counsel the prisoner was released, | “conspired to effectuate his esca] or that his motive was improper. One republican—Representative Luh- ring of Indiana,—and two dem?ml.——‘ Johnson of Kentucky and Flood of Virginia,—signed the majority report. The minority views were presented by Chairman Peters, Maine, and Repre- sentative McArthur, Oregon, repub- licans. The majority finding was the first of the many investigating reports submitted to the House since the close of the war where a republican mem- ber joined with dfllnocrl‘ll“us.nd enabled o file majority views. m’lstrxr; (majorhylheld that Col. Hunt. | commandant of the barracks at Gov- ernors Island, from which Bergdoll set out on his errand, was directly re- sponsible for the slacker's escape through failure to handcuff him or to provide an adequate guard. ~The minority. after declaring that no offi- cer of the Army “knowingly partici- pated in the -‘Euc)." found@ “grave dereliction of ty on the part of Hunt.” - . “as ugly as are the m: the whole matter, none {s more de- fenseless than the conduct of Col Cresson in his pretense of prosecution of Col. Hunt,” tried by court-martial in connection with the Bergdoll scandal. No refer:_‘noa to Cresson was made by the minority. Maj. )Br\h‘e R. Campbell, accused by Bergdoll's mother of “having ac- cepted $5,000 to help obtain freedom for the prisoner. was exonerated by the majority. The minority repol that there was no evidence that Campbe]l was in any way connected with the escape. but assumed the proper military authorities would “in- Stitute such investigation as may be necessary to the end that Campbell may be exonerated, if not found guilty.” Dismissal of Employe Asked. Dismissal_from the Department of Justice of Earl B. Wood. in charge of correspondence in the Bergdoil | case, for failure to transmit to the War Department warning frem a special agent that the prisoner was planning to escrpe, was recommend- ed_by the majority. Maj. Gen. Peter Harris, adjutant general of the Army, who autheriged {Hunt to send Bergdoll under guard to the Maryland mountains to seafch for the gold. was charged by the minority with “primary responsibility for the situation which made possi- ble the escape.” Asserting that Gen. Harris did not attempt to evade re- sponsibility, the minority heid there was “no question of improper motive on his part,” adding it was “apparent his mind was readily overcome by the strong statement of Ansell.” that he would stand responsible for thi e - return of the prisoner. The minerity criticised Gen. Harris for suggesting to Hunt, instead of ordering, that & commissioned officer “accompany the, expedition. The majority reported that the es- cape “was the direct result of the proposition submitted by Ansell te Gen. Harris,” and that “even if An- sell did not conceive the plan he pre- sented it and pursued it to its aceom- plishment.” Wescott’s Name Used. Taking up alleged connection h the Bergdoll case of former Judgg John W. Wescott. one-time attorney general of New Jersey, the majority held it unimportant whetlier he actu ally had legally represented Bergdol! The report declared “it was ol that Ansell undertook to use Ji Westcott’s name for the purpose of bringing to bear a political influence “upon anybody in the then adminis- tration who might be needed to make sure of the gold-hunt release, which at_last spelled Bergdoll's escape.” ‘The majority report commended the iseizure of the Bergdoll property b Alien Property Custodian Miller, ‘l‘ urged that he make every effort to roduce $105,000 in gold. obtained by rs, Emma C. Bergdoll from the { Treasury Department and alleged 1o have ‘been buried on her farm, near Philadelphia. This was put in at the insistence of Representative Luhring, who .declared the withdrawal of the . gold was the foundation stone of the whole comspiracy. Fiids No Bribery Charge. The minority held that while “un< questionably a conspiracy existed to éffect -the escape of Bergdoll” it did ‘received any - bribe or approached with a view to bribery.” but that ‘the conspiracy was participated in by Grover Berg- doll, the late D. Clarence Gibboney, a Philpdelphia lawyer: James E. Ros 1formerly a Philadelphia magistrate and friend of the Bergdoll family; Tke Stecher, the Bergdoll chauffeur, “and possibly Mrs. Bergdoll.*~ On this point. the majority declared that Gibboney jand the Bergdoll group conspired to jeffect the siacker’s release, “but in- order to syccessfully accomplish it “it |was absolutely necessary to have the active assistance of Ansell and-Bailey (Edward S. Balley, his law partner) and Col. Hunt,” for “without the aid- these latter Bergdoll could mnot \ve left Governars Island.” ym ' the “moment Bergdoll left .Governors Island and the conditions surrounding him ‘became apperent.” said the minority, *he saw he could depart when ready and « it Page 2,