Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Showers this afternoon; generally fair tonight and tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at noon today—Highest, 76, at + 8 p.m. yesterday; lowest, today. Full rep 71, at 8 a.m. Tt on page 4 No. 28,253. FIND THREE FLYERS | COUNTLESS GRAVES FILL RUSSIAN HARVEST FIELDS Death Welcomed to End Suffering—Mothers Kill Children, Unable to See Agony—Hor- ror of Famine Areas Indescribable. DEAD IN WRECK OF GIANT ARMY PLANE Fourth Severely Injured and Fifth Believed Buried in Debris. HUNDREDS AID SEARCH FOR MISSING MACHINE Crews of Two Other Airships With Ill-Fated Plane Unable to Give Assistance. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. V September 5. — Three of the five Army airmen missing when a bombing plane fell and burned in a thunderstorm were found dead on Twenty-Mile creek at 9:30 a,m. today, according to a report received at aviation headquarters here. Another reported as se- verely injured. There was no mention of the fifth man, but the opinion was expressed that he was in the wreck- age of the bomber that fell Saturday afternoon while traveling from Charles- ton to Langley Field. Extraordinary efforts were put forth by the Army fo find the men, and hun- dreds of residents in the area where ¢ the machine was seen to fall are search- ing the ground. The location is de scribed as hilly and heavily wooded. The crews of the two airplanes accompanying the one that fell saw the accident, but were unable to land because of the rough nature of the country. The five missing men are Lieuts. Harry L. Speck, pilot, and W. 8. Fitzpatrick, observer; Sergt. A. R. Brown. Corp. A. C. Hazleton and Pri- vate Walter B. Howard. —_——— FATHER REFUSES TO BURY REMAINS OF SOLDIER SON Flag-Draped Casket Containing Body Brought From France Is Kept in Home. Entered as second-class matter Dost_office Washington, D. C. By the Assoclated Pres SAMARA, Russia, September 5.— Hunger and death go virtually un- noticed in the neglected streets and alleys of Samara. Refugees from famine districts near this city, esti- mated from thirty to fitty thousand, are huddled together in deserted buildings, unusued factorles, tattered tents and in wagons massed about the open spaces about the railway stations and the docks along the Vol- &a river. Hunger, typhus, cholera and ex- Haustion are carrying off hundreds of these miserable fugitives, young chil- dren falling victims readily to the famine and its attendant scourges. Bedraggled and ragged refugees are constantly carrying pine coffins to- ward the cemetery, where unpainted wooden crosses mark hundreds of new graves, which have been dug since the flight before the advancing famine began. From fifty to 100 | starving children are gathered up daily from the street, or turned over to the central refuge, by parents who cannot feed them. 'Many of these little sufferers have typhus fever, but the hospitals are w o ey ithout beds and olannot Belleve Ald In Near. mara’s only newspaper, a sin; sheet of brown paper. has printed o announcement that the American re. lief administration’s workers have reached Moscow, and that 300,000 tons of American food is en route to Rus. sla. The" discouraged and hungry population, however, is loath to be- lieve that aid will come, and with Rus- sian stolcism, the thousands of refu- £ees moving through this great rail- Wway center are camping along the :‘I;fl):‘v;;ysmand! endeavoring to obtain vay rides to any place w Tay'ay Iides to any place where food Conditions at Semayenkena, a vil- lage thirty miles from Samara, and PRESIDENT UNABLE i | STATESVILLE, N. C., September —With the casket draped in an Ameri can flag and resting on chairs in the little home, John P. Speaks of Union Grove township, near here, refuses to bury the body of his son, Thomas B. Speaks, who was killed in action in France on October 4, 1918. It ar- rived at his home on August 13. Following the arrival of the body ithe father, to satisfy himself that the sket contained the remains of his n, had the casket opened. Mr. Speaks identified the skeleton as that cf his son by the shape of the teeth and dental work, with which he was ifamiliar. The coffin was then sealed and placed in the little home. ‘When the county welfare-officer and the sheriff of Tredell county visited |the Speaks home Saturday to ascer- ‘tain if it was insanitary to keep the casket in the house, Mr. Speaks told them he did not want to bury the body unless he had to do so. “I prefer to fix a place in or near the house,” Mr. Speaks is quoted as having said, “and keep him until I am dead and have his bones buried with .me.” No action has been taken by the county authorities to force Mr. Speaks to bury the body. SAY HADLEY CONFESSES. Virginian, Held as Wife Slayer, Taken to Denver. DENVER. Col, September 5.—Dr. Wilmar A. Hadley, arrested last week in Farmington, New Mexico, after being sought for two years, has confessed to slaying his wife, Mrs. Sue Hadley, in Richmond, Va., according to operatives of a private detective agency here today. Dr. Hadley was brought here today from Farmington and is_awaiting the arrival of Virginia authorities. "POSTAL EMPLOYES MEET. Convention of National Associa- tion Opens Today. CHARLESTON, W. Va., September 5. —Disturbances in the West Virginia coal fields will not interfere with holding the convention of the Nation- al Association of Post Office Employes, which opens here today, officials of the organization announced. The convention will contniue until Thurs- day. Officers of the association said they had replied to inquiries from all over the country that Charleston was not within the area affected, and that consequently there was no reason why the meeting should not take place as scheduled. HEAT CUTS OYSTER PRICE. Summer Weather After Cool Period Creates New Low Level. « Bpecial Dispatch to The Siar. * BALTIMORE. September 5—The hot spell of the past few days has played havoc with the oyster business. and for the first time in years oysters at the opening of the season were sell- ing as low as 50 cents a bushel on the whart Saturday. The cool weather the first part of last week brought out an unusually large number of tongers, who looked ' for a continuance of the cool spell with a consequent good demand for the bivalves, but on their arrival they found midsummer weather and condi- tions prevailing, with the result that prices dropped to a new low level for T0 MAKE LANDING Stiff Breeze Causes Aban- donment of Plans for Day at Atlantic City. By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., September S—Definite information was received afternoon that President Harding and his party aboard the presidential yacht Mayfidwer would fet put in at Atlantic City. The in- formation came in a wireless dispatch from the Mayflower. It added the Preaident and his party were proceed: ing ts Washington by way of Hamp- ‘ton road: = -Doubt was expressed here early in | opened here® at"11 o'clock this morn- | the future status of the provinces o WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he Fbening WASHINGTON, D, C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1921-TWENTY PAGES. remote from rallway or river com- | munication, are typical of the misery existing throughout the province of Samara. The peasants there are eat- ing bread made from melon rinds, sun- flower seed and grass seed. One moth- | er killed her baby last week, saying she could not bear to see it starve. Other mothers are threatening to kil | their children. One woman, with six childen, said to the Associated Press: “Takes So Lonz to Die.” “You know, it takes children so long to die. It is too horrible %o watch them shrivel up.” ! One old woman showed the corre- spondent a loaf of mouldy green | bread, and then, pointing to a flour | mill surmounted by a windshield, she | begged: “Send us something to grind. It has been so long since there has been any real bread.” Hundreds of families were moving toward Samara when the correspond- ent passed through Semayenkena. | They were carrying all their belong- | ings on rickety wagons, drawn by starved horses, which were dropping dead by the wayside. Igo Kouonet- zoff, a peasant, was found standing with his wife, grown daughter and young son, watching their horse die | at the top of a long hill. He told a | story almost identical with those of | thousands of other families who are | trekking from the famine area. Heartrending Sight. “I had ten acres of good lan he said. “I used to be a railway man, but took up farming. I raised { nothing this year. I have no bread | and no money, and have come eighty miles on the way to Samara to find | work and food, but here is my horse { dead and we are still twenty miles | from Samara. Life is hard. The wife and daughter, typlcal peasant women of the better class, stood weeping beside the dying horse, which was lying near a small wagon | bearing a few cooking utensils and a bundle of clothigg and bedding. | EAGUE TAKES UP BIG ISSUES TODAY South American Questions ; Among Problems to Be SN FEN ANSHER BRINES NEW CRISS N PEACE ARLE British Cabinet Must Decide Wednesday on “Government by Consent” Offer. MAY ISSUE ULTIMATUM TO END FURTHER DELAYS Irish Republicans Threaten Ulster With “Lead” in Urg- ing Unity, By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 5.—Members of the British cabinet will be called upon to reach a decision on Wednesday either to continue negotiations with Sinn Fein Ireland on the basis of “the consent of the governed,” or issue an ultimatum to the Irish republicans to accept or reject the government's pro- posals looking to a settlement of the Irish question. The reply of Eamon De Valera and his associates to the latest note from Prime Minister Lloyd George, made public here yesterday, dia not break off negotiations with the British gov- ernment, but it was admitted here today that the situation had lost none of its gravity. Sinn Fein Stand Firm. There appeared to be no thought of retreat expressed in the Sinn Fein reply to the prime minister, and it seemed the situation remained as it was before the last exchange of let- ters between Dublin and London. There was a disposition here today to think that the negotiations would continue, but it was apparent that the parties in the controversy had not reached anything like a common un- derstanding which would serve as a basis for further parleys. Patience was counseled, however, in the hope that some way out of the maze might be found. Dispatches from seem to reflect a de Fein to bring Ulster, at least the counties Armagh and Fermanagh, into the Irish republican fold. Michael Collins, minister of finance in the cabi- net of Eamonn De Valera and com- mander-in-chief of the _republican army. epoke at Armagh and made an appeal to Ulster to stand with south ern Ireland against partition. At the same meeting, Owen O'Duffy, chief liaison officer for northern Ireland in the republican army, threatened Ul- ster with an increased boycott if she Ireland would ire of the Sinn Discussed. { did_not “come into united Ircland,” | adding. according to report. “if tha By the Associated Press. is unsiceessful, e will bring lead NEV. S — against €] Sir James 3 GENEVA, September 5.—Questions | 8EN00 Ropior 'has not shown the of great international importance gightest indication that he intended were on the agenda of the assembly | of the league of nations when it ing. South American questions, in- volving the vexed controversy overi Tacna and Arica, at present under Chilean jurisdiction, and the revision of the treaty of 1914 between Bolivia and Chile, might, it appeared be added to the program of the assembly be- fore its final adjournment. the day whether President Harding and his party aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower would be able, be- cause of weather conditions, to carry out their plans to spend Labor day in Atlantic City. A stiff northeast wind has been blowing off the Jersey coast since early last night "and, unless it mod- erates, a landing would be difficult, as the Mayflower draws too much water to permit her to enter the channel at the Inlet. 2 George Christian, the President's secretary, and George Van Fleet, manager of his publishing concern at Marion, Ohio, and Mrs. Van Fleet ar- rived here last night and made res- ervations for the presidential party at one of the larger hotels. Fred W. Upham, treasurer of the national republican committee; Alexander P. Moore of Pittsburgh and United States Senators Johnson of California and Hitchcock of Nebraska are here to welcome the President should he arrive. A golf foursome has been arranged for the chlef executive at the Sea- side Golf Club. _Senator Johnson, Mr. oore and Mr. Upham were to be the other players. The Mayflower is miles off shore. lying several ‘Will Return Tomorrow. The presidential yacht Mayflower, with the President and Mrs. Harding and a party of friends aboard, I8 ex: pected to arrive in Washington short- 1y _afternoon tomorrow, according to information received tdbday at the White House. SEIZE MUCH GIN. Raid Nets Forty-Five Quarts and Some Whisky. Ten quarts of whisky, forty-five quarts of gin and an automobile were seized from a garage at 2117 E street northwest by Prohibition Officers Asher and Schweitzer and Policemen Barbee, Murphy and Davis of the third precinct yesterday. John Maddox, colored, twenty-two, of 1121 20th street; Charles Green, colored, thirty-seven, of 1210 20th street, and Thomas Gill, colored, twenty-one years of age, of 2117 E street, were arrested charged with illegal possession and transportation of liquor in connection with the case. Gill was charged, in addition, with selling. PROUD MRS. SIBERIAN TIGER GIVES ning of the season. "%5.5?% continuance of hot weather for September, oyster men predict that the price will go still lower un- Jess the tongers quit working until more seasonable weather sets in. STAUNTON FAIR OPENS. Automobile Races Are Held Today and Other Features Provided. Speelal Dispateh to The Star. STAUNTON, Va. September 5.— The Staunton fair opens today for the week. Exhibits in farm products will probably be under standard this vear because of short crops, but cattle shows, horse races and other details are strong. Automobile races are held today, six racing cars and their drivers and mechanics having come in several days ago from Columbus, Ohio. * The fair each year attracts thou- .sands of visitors to Staunton, being one of the largest in this section of 3bo east. Z0O0 CROWDS FIRST PEEP AT CUBS Mrs. Siberian Tiger today proud-, 1y showed to the public her four tiger cubs, born at the National Zoological Park, but shut off from view since their birth August 20. Zoo officials opened up the lion house to the public: for the first time in several weeks, it having\ been deslded to keep the place closed in order to allow Mrs. Tiger to care for the “kittens” unmo- lested. Mrs. Brown Bear, who to date had been the sole possessor of four cubs in the zoo, today found herself rivaled by Mrs. Tiger, with her quartet of cubs, The tiger cubs welghed about one and one-half pounds apiece at birth. The mother tiger has been somewhat mervous and sedulously i but opposition to him had developed V. K. Wellington Koo of China, as president of the council of the league, opened the meeting of the assembly with an address of welcome. He pointed out that the meeting was held under more favorable circum- stances than ever before. The next item on the agenda was the election of a president and six vice presi- dents, and as this was to be carried out by a secret ballot, it promised to be a lengthy operation. It was stated this morning that so many candidates had been nominated it might be necessary to_hold a special afternoon session, at which more time could. be given to the question. Giuseppe Motta, president of Swit- erland, had been a leading candidate, in several quarters. Gustave Ador, former president of Switzerland, and Paul Hymans, former minister of for- eign affairs of Belgium, were also prominently mentioned. South American delegates discussed just before the meeting the possi- bility of a Spanish speaking presi- dent in the event that none of those already mentioned was elected. Dr. Aristides de Aguero y ~Betancourt, Cuban minister to Holland, was a favored delegate among the Spanish- Americans. Bolivia appeared to supply the only possible discordant note, intending to have the Tacna-Arica problem placed upon the agenda of “the assembly against the strong opposition of Chile, Bolivia was also desirous of having the assembly consider the re- vision of the treaty of 1914. The appointment of the six major commissions, in which each member of the league would be represented, was also upon the program for to- day. It was expected that these commissions would sit each after- noon, and that the assembly would decide to hold its sessions during the mornings. By this plan and with other time-saving devices delegates hoped to finish their work within three weeks. Hungary was the only new appli- cant for membership, but the assem- bly already had before it the appli- cations of Letvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Aszerbaljan, Georgla, Armenia and Lichtenstein. It was deemed possible that the assembly might be called upon to pass pon the admlission of Germany, and it was sald therc were several member naticns who would support her claime for admissivn. The assemouly opened with greater animation than that of lust year, but the aspect of tho gathering was little changed, . Thars was a smali #prin- kling of women in the deloaucns, particularly in the Seand!navian, A picturesqud note wus furnishad by Indian delegatss In native costume. keeps the cubs in a big box. It is likely that visitors to the Zoo will have to wait patiently to catch a glimpse of the little fellows, The cubs have every chance of surviving, although the hot weath- er has been particularly hard upon them. The mother has had two litters in the past, but all the previous cubs died. The National Zoolegical Park for many years was noted throughout the country on acocount of its suc- ess with lions and tigers and oth- ers of the cat family. Recently its output of hippopotzmi has over- shadowed somewhat the cat fam- fly. With four bear cubs and four tiger cubs the local animal park is belleved to possess something very unusual, Keepers recemtly set out traps for rats, and have succeeded in catching 108 of the rodents in five days. B | Post, which said, “Jt to meet the Sinn Fein leaders peace conversations. Press Urzes Patlence. ~ With the exception of the Morning is impossibie 10 make terms, with a rattlesnake, London newspapers _this mornini made a united plea for forbearance fn hope that a common ground might yet_be found. The Daily Telegraph ‘Mr. De Valera's reply, as his previous letters to London, suggests the question whether he and his col- leagues are likely to appear in the role of practical and responsible ad- ministrators. It has been evident they would be the last in the world to be Instructed for the work of dis- cussing a settlement on a totally new proposal, and it seems plain enough that any plenipotentiaries nominated by the Sinn Fein would be bound ulti- mately by what those sending them declare to be an unalterable vie: point. The cabinet is best able to decide whether there is a possibility of progress, despite the letter, and the nation is now completely at one with the government in its Irish policy.” “The last sentences of Mr. De Valera's letter,” said the JExpress, “make it imperative that thé door to future negotiations should not be closed by us. Ireland is not an alien enemy. We must look on her as an indulgent father regards a wayward son. There must be no return of conflict until all other means have been exhausted.” A “Cheerless Document.” The Daily Chronicle declared the Irish note was a very “cheerless docu- ment,” adding: “It could never have been written if the majority of the dail eireann really wanted peace, or if it cared much about a settlement without a return of warfare, but it remains to be seen how far the ma- Jority of the Irish people can influence the dail eireann's declsion.” Hope that the British cabinet would “have the moral courage to reply in a gpirit of forbearancg” was expressed by the Daily News, while the London Times declared: “When Mr. de Valera suggests the appointment of plenipotentiaries to negotiate on the basis of the ‘consent of the governed’ Englishmen are forced to conclude that either he is deliberately wasting his own time and the government’s time or actually sees a possibility of coming to terms on that principle. If the latter is the case the sooner his delegates come to. London or to Scotland the better. Peace within these-islands is an end ‘which justifies patience to the point of indulgence, and we would urge the government to summon the Sinn Fein envoys to council.” TEXT OF SINN FEIN REPLY. British Offer Pefflsed—mndy to Negotiate on “Consent” Plan. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 4.—The reply of the Irish republican parliament to Prime Minister Lloyd George's latest communication rejects the British government's proposals for settlement of the Irish question on the ground that they are not based on a dominion status for Ireland. It leaves the way open for further negotiations, how- wver, by offering at once to appoint plenipotentiaries on the -basis of the principle of government by consent of the governed. ‘The reply, which is addressed to Mr. Lloyd George and.signed by Eamon de Valera, was given out at No, 10 Downing street, the prime minister's official residence, It says the differ- ences between Great Britain and Ire- land can only be reconciled on the principle of gevernment by consent of the governed, “and on this basis we are ready at once to appoint pleni- potentiaries.” The text of the com- munication fellews: Text of Communication, “We, toe, are’ cenvinced it is es- sential that some ‘definite and im- mediate progress should be made to- ward & basis upon which further ne- gotiatiens can usefully proceed,’ and recognize the futility of ‘a mere ex- change' of argumentative notes. T shall, therefore. refrain from com- (Contlnued on Page %, Columa 6.3 in | “The facilitics for many kinds of outdoor recreation in the public parks of the District of Columbia have been of inestimable value, as evidenced by their great and increasing popular- ity,” says Col. Sherrill, the engineer jofficer in charge, in his annual report, just submitted. “The policy of this office has been maintained constantly with a view of | rendering with the limited means avail- | able the most efficient service possible in confotmity with the purposes for i which the appropriations have been made,” the report continues. ‘These appropriations have never been ade- quate to meet the demands upon them, but diligent and unsparing ef- fort has been successful in produc- ng results which have been eagerly {appreciated by the public and of j great benefit to those who have avail- | ed themselves of the privileges of using | them.” Many Use Beach and Courts. ‘The bathing beach in the Tidal basin, the tennis courts and base ball dia- monds in various parks and the pub- lic golf course in East Potomac Park poctally were well patronized. It is stimated that 339,650 persons took |advantage of the bathing facilities |during the past fiscal year, and that the average daily number of specta- tors was 1,800. The largest number of bathers on any one day was 9,000. During the year 104,705 men and women used the public tennis courts, jand the base ball diamonds were used | by 26,828 individual players. Since the nine-hole golf course on East Po- tomac Park was opened to the public nine months ago it has been used by 34,132 players, including President 339,650 Bathe at Beach in Year; | 104,705 Play on Tennis Courts SEPTEMBER 5, 1921 ed persons. During the nine montls the daily average of players was nine- ty-six and the daily average during June last was 304. The motor launch | ferry at the foot of O street soutk- west carried 32498 passengers to lower Potomac Park and back to the city. The croquet court, hockey field. | polo field, soccer-ball field, cricker field and 'the bridle paths in Rock | Creek Park and Potomac Park were | constantly in use by the devotees of the various games and pastimes. Thousands Go Up Monument. i A total of 239,978 persons ascended } to the top of the Washington Monu- ! ment during the past year, of which | number 73,314 walked up and down | | | i the stairways. Of the total numb.= about 50,000 visitors made the a on Sundars or holidays. being an a erage of 814 on each of those sixt the year eighteen pa spaces were added to the system the transfer by the District Comm sloners of part of Chevy Chase Circle, containing 31,203 square feet. and seventeen smaller parcels, including one at Connmecticut avenue and Ash- mead places.The total area of the! transferred spaces is 1.359 acres. The total park area was reduced by 1.11 acres ‘through the trapsfer to the District Commissioners of E street Judiciary Park and a2 portion of rese: vation 54. The total park area 2,749.377 acyes, exclusive of the basin. H All the parks received constant at- . tention during the year and now arc in as good condition as it is possible to make them with the funds avail- able. Nearly 700,000 plants were pron- ogated at the propagating gardens and distributed mainly to various parks, the surplus being given to is ‘Harding and many other distinguish- to Property Owners. of the board of Commissioners, came out today in opposition to the Bor- land law, under which abutting property owners in the District must pay half the cost of street improve- ments. Mr. Rudolph =ald he regarded the law as unfair when it was enacted and that nothing had occurred since it has been in effect to cause him to _change his opinion. ‘This statement by the chalirman of the board of Commissioners is ex- pected to give impetus to the move- ment recently launched by the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations to ulecure the repeal of this legisla- tion. Federation to Urge Repeal. The federation will appear before the Commissioners on the morning of September 15 to urge them to support the effcrts of the citizens in appealing to Congress to take the Borland act off the statute books. Those who are seeking the repeal of the law belleve it has been a hard- ship on many small home owners. They contend that the cost of street paving should be met out of the gen- eral tax fund, All of the people of the olty, par- ticularly those who drive automobiles, enjoy the benefits of a newly pave street as well the few property owners who live on that street, it has always been contended. Says Agreement Was Not Kept. One of the arguments made at the time the law was under consideration was that Congress would appropriate liberally for street improvements if the property-owners paid a ppecial assessment for streets. ‘Willlam McK. | Clayton, cheirman of the federation committee in charge of the presenmt movement for repeal, contends that appropriations for streets during the past few years do not bear out that contention, —_— FOUR KILLED BY TRAIN. Coiple and \Grandohildren Biding . in Auto Struck at Crossing. LAPORTE, Ind.,'September 5—Jo- seph Davis end wife, sixty-five and sixty;six years old,: respectively, of Hanna, Ind, near here, and two- Commissioner Rudolph, chairman | grandchildren, Catherine and Joseph | Conlan, six and seven years ,respect- ively, of Union Mills, Ind.,' were in- stantly killed here when their auto- mobile was struck on a crossing one mile east of Hann» by the eastbouad Pennsrivania “fver.’ hospitals and public institutions. RUDOLPH SCORES |MELLON PROPOSAL THE BORLAND LAW) TOH Head of Commissioners De-IAdministration Will Urge Re- clares Enactment Is Unfair | peal of Excess Profits AVE SUPPORT Tax for 1921. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The Harding administration in- tends to put the full weight of its influence behind the original pro- posal of Secretary Mellon that the excess profits tax be repealed as of last January, so that when American business makes out its income tax return next March there shall be only the corporation tax of 1234 per cent to pay. The change made in the House bill whereby the excess profits tax would be repealed beginning next January was not made at the instance of the administration and was passively ac- cepted by republican House leaders becauss of & conviction that the Sen- ate could alter it and President Harding/ would bring pressure to bear when the conference committee of the two houses finally had the matter in hand. Immedinte Repeal Promised. If the House plan were to prevail, not only would American business be compelled to pay excess profits taxes next March, but the full benefit of the repeal would not be felt until a ear from next March, which would Ke after- the congressional elestion. ‘The republican leaders are mindful of the fact that they promised in the 1920 campaign an immediate repeal of the excess profits tax and already leading’ republicans, both inside and outside of Congress, are saying that if the excess profits tax is not re- pealed, to take effect before the con- gressional election, the pledge will have been futile. 3 1031 Worst Year. Another argument being made in favor of repealing the excess profits tax as of last January is the fact that this is probably.the worst year of the business depression following the war, and that if business ever did need as- sistance and incentive, this is the time to render aid. Furthermors, if excess profits taxes should be collected next March for the year 1921 it will put a strong weapen in the hands of those members of Congress who are opposed to the repeal at any time of the excess profits tax, They will be able te say that if the excess profits tax yielded 80 much in a bad year the chances are it will more in other years t6 come, and it it should be re- tained. The 1931 yield would be looked upon as a minimum that could not be ignored. In other words, Congress might be put in the position of re- pealing a tax which might become the basis for campign controversy next spring and summer when the (Continued on Page 3, Column 3) ., Member of the Associated Press The Assoclated Press is cxclusively entitled to tho use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot otherwise credited in th paper and alwo the local news published herein. Al rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Saturday’s Net Circulation, 77,130 Sunday’s Net Circulation, 85,774 TWO CENTS. 1ISOLDIERS SCOURIG - MINING ZONES FOR BODIES OF KILLED {Search Also for Wounded and for Hidden Arms and Ammunition. {DISTURBED AREA CLEARED OF BELLIGERENT BANDS Practically All Who Were Lately in Arms in Mountzins Have Returned to Their Homes. By the Associited Press MADISON, W. Va, September 5.— Strong detachments, acting under or- s here, to- ders from field headquarte: day were scouring the mountains along the Boone-Logan county line | for the bodies of the men reported to the {bave been killed last week in fighting between state and county forces on one side and armed men on the other. They were also instructed to bring in such wounded as might be { located. | Miners who came into Madison late | yesterday reported that a number of bodies were still in the woods. Army ! officers id they told conflicting | stories, and, while they did not believ | many, if any, bodies were still there, | an exhaustive search would be made. re unarmed, which led the mil- !jtary authorities to suspect that all arms and ammunition were not being surrendered as ordered. Continue to Hold Posts. Little Coal river valley, from Madi- son to the lately disturbed area, was DRESEL FOR BERLIN - Ready to Name Bay State ;i Eejirs Jiiiiin e side of the mountains, while Man Ambassador as Reward for Brilliant War Work. | Other dctachments were sent to Spruce Fork ridge to search for hid- ! den arms and ammunition. Many men | who have arrived here from that sec- I | tion we: | ea lother federal forces were just over { the ridge in Logan county. { “That practically all the men who |lately were in arms in the mountains {had left the region and returned to their homes was indicated by reports {made to Col. C. A. Martin, United | States Army, commanding. At head- | quarters it was estimated that fully ! 0 credited with having been in | the disturbed 2rea had passed through { Madison during the past thirty-six hours on their way ho The morning train from Blair, one lof- the mining villages nearest the late point of disturbance, brought jonly a few on their way 1o St Al- {bans, the junction point with the { main line of the Chesapeake and Ohio {railroad. They were searched by the military pistols and car- | tridg Ban@iholtz. i Brig. andholiz was expected there fro arleston for an inspec- | tion trip this afternoon. His program | called for vis to the towns of | Clothier. rples, Jeffery and Blair, jafter which. it was announced, he | would go into the mountains, and was | expected to reach Logan before the {day was over. Military posts have been established at all of these vil- ilages, and reports from them this | morn said evervthing was quiet rate Fulton Mitchell. who was H the moun- | tains and later released to the mili- itary. went to Jeffery, and from there it was said he would return to Logan today i A whose name was not an- : the mili- H the mili- H ren found in his pos- i Questioned by officers the ELLIS LORING DRESEL, i e documents were 1 - anothe while Prosident Harding is so well pleased ; t week, with the manner in which Ellis Lor- | EhESfmErE ing Dresel of Massachusctts has Ter-| INCITERS TO FACE COURT. resented the interests of this govern- ment in Germany and the successiul | way in which he negotiated the peace | G0V- Morgan Announces Purpose treaty for the State Department that | he will appoint him ambassador to| Germany if he desires the post, been learned. While it is known that Mr. Dresel is not a candidate for the place xnd to Prosecute. Br the Associated Pres< CHARLESTON, W. Va, September £. j—Tabor day found the federal troops, !sent Into West Virginia’s troubled area on Spruce Fork Ridge near the has i -] n ine, L in; has thus far given no evidence of bo- | BoORe-Lozan county line pairolling coming one, the position is considered | the jct and clearimg out such e 2 e d arme: men as they encountercd. his for the asking. The President| has made no secret of the high favor ! in which he holds this American, and : recently he has permitted i men surrendered d orms ho car an 10 give the to be: e exrion come known that he appreciates his | LhCT, NO¥G seut ouy of the EeSion, o5 work and s anxious to reward him. | Sqehaciii assistancs ot Favored by Mr. Hughes Alxo. | United Iiine Worke It is known also that Secretary| The voluntcer forces I as Hughes feels the same way toward |depu! s and deputy stato police Mr. Dresel, and, like the exccutive, be- (1ast Weck lave heen relieved of fur: ther service and have returned to their_homes in Charleston, llunting- ton, Welch, Bluefield and other placea Troops Move Cautlousls. Latest reports from the area now roliced by the federal troops was that everything was quiet. _Soidiers oc- lieves in rewarding good services to the nation. A number of prominent Americans have been mentioned recently in con- nection with the embassy to Germany, but since the President’s recent ex- pressed interest In rewarding Mr. Dresel all others are considered to have been eliminated from further|cuplied the Spruce Fork Ridge district consideration. Among those men- | without resistance and moved cauti- tioned was Dr. David Jayne Hill |ously in whatever they did, Army offi- who formerly occupled the post and served with great distinction, and who is known to stand in high favor at the White House. It is belleved, though, by those in a position to cers sald. in order to malntain peace with as littie friction as possible. Brig. Gen. H. H. dholtz, 1t was lcarned, was £o well satisfied with the situation that he had uncer speak, that Dr. Hill is not especial- | consideration & recommendation that Iy anxious to re-enter the diplomatic|(ne Camp Dix troops be returncd service, ¢ the tion did not chanze today. med on Pace 2. Made Brilllant War Record. Mr. Dresel was born In Boston fifty years ago and is a lawyer by profes- sion. He was traveling in Germany when the Turopean war broke out in 1014, and he immediately offered his services to Ambagsador Gerard to ussist in caring for stranded American tourists and residents. He proved to be so useful to the em- assy that Mr. Gerard kept him in the service until the United States en- tered the war. Column !1 (e — = Today’s News in Paragraphs President Atlantic City. 'ommissioner Rudolph declares oppo- Cllflnn to the Borland law. Page 1 Mr, Dressel then had as his prin-|President favors Mr. E. L. Dresel for cipal work the care of British pris.| ambassador to Germany. Page 1 oners in Germany. He later joined | British cabinet to act on Irish “gov- Mr. Gerard in Switzerland, making his| ernment by consent” offer at Wed- r-énd«nnrtlers in Bern. He was placed | nesday’s meeting. Page 1 n general supervision over the Ameri- tion discusses $1.000,000 cun Red Cross work for American pris- | S iim fedgrat g eresontatie i that ey 722 1he | Bodies of sixteen Americans in ZR-2 o rade Hoary, Tat country of the | BEt titer to be brousht home 8¢ once. Attended Peace Cenference. He was attached to the peace con-|Secretary Davis urges mlto nnie RS terence as chief of the politieal intel- | b ogram for Latayette-Marne celebra- ligence section, and because of his in- | tion tomorrow given, Page 3 timate knowledge of Germany he was|Under agreement with Alexican gov- vesti- | ernment Amcrioan oli companies will e R e e resume operatiors In Tampico dis- gations. . Mr. Dressel’s recent work in Ger-| trict. Page I many has been to keep the State De- | Unemployment shows slight decrease. partment informed at all times of = Page 7 what wag going on there. It is point- ed out that his success ‘in this con- nection has been due to a large ex- tent to his fortunate connections with German officials and tke foreign mis- sions in Berlin. He has had a staff of assistants who have traveled ex- tensively through Germany reporting on various matters. ve faith, Secretary Davis tells Hiibor. Page 5 Vice I’resldent‘ Cr‘m“fl‘- ;‘rln:l in- rlatform co! e8. jury when at NP 13 Leglon challenges U. S. Chamber of Commerce to bonus dill cebate, " Figan &~