Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1921, Page 1

-4 . 5 WEATHER. Fair tonight and tonmlorrow; mild temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Full report on pagge 19. No.: 28256. - SINN FEIN INVITED T0 FURTHER PEACE PARLEY ONRELAND Contents of British Note Con- firmed Today—Must: Stay Within Empire. IRISH LEADERS ANXIOUS FOR PERSONAL TALKS = London Press Lauds Premier's “Businesslike” Offer—Ulster to Be Protected. By the Associated Press. INVERNESS, Scotland, September 8. —Official confirmation that the Brit- ish cabinet's reply to the latest note from Eamonn De Valera, the Irish leader, which Wwas dispatched to Dub- lin last evenipg, invites representa- tives of the Sinn Feln to a further conference, was given here today. The cabinet asked Mr. De Valera for a definite reply as to whether he was prepared to enter a conference to as- certain how the Association of Ireland and the British empire can best be reconciled with the Irish national as- pirations. It suggested that the con- ference be held in Inverness Septem- ber 20. The Briiish reply, written by Prime Minister Lloyd George, says: “Govern- ment by consent of the governed is the basis of the British constitution, but we cannot accept as the basis of a practical conference an interpreta- tion thereof which would commit us to any demands you might present, even to that of a republic.” Tension over the Irish question is over for the time being, now that the British cabinet's reply to Eamonn De Valera is well on its way to Dub- lin. Members of the cabinet who attended yesterday’s meeting have split up-in different directions, pend- ing the receipt of the Irish leader's rejoinder. Lord Birkenhead, Austen Chamber- lain, Thomas J. MacNamara, Stanley Baldwin and Sir. Alfred Mond returned to London last night and others went to Brahan Castle with Mr. Lloyd George, expecting to disperse today to different Scotch resorts. BUT ONE POINT AT ISSUE. Irish Must Decide on -Remaining in British Empire. By the Associated Press, LONDON, September 8. — The British net has invited Mr. de Valera to send delegates to a conference with the cabinet ministers at Inverness on Sep- tember 20, according to the Daily Mail's Inverness correspondent, whé adds: “Only one conditidn is imposed, name- 1y, the umlerll‘ remain within the communication to Ulster, the land must not in any circumstances be coerced was reaffirmed by the ministers. Dealing with the cabinet meeting, the Daily Mail says: Doings at Conference. “The premier told the ministers that he regarded the situation as grave and critical, and he' was convinced that a further interchange of notes ‘was useless. One minister, who had been in personal contact with Sinn Fein opinion sald he was informed that it was the real intention of its leaders to secure a plebiscite of the Irish people after a further exchange of notes and to. insure that such plebiscite resulted in a mandate for a conference. “After the conflicting interpreta- tions placed in Ireland and England on the latest Sinn Fein note were re- ferred to the premier he said it was mecessary to impose a time limit and ascertain beyond doubt whether the Sinn Fein was prepared to remain ‘within the empire. If 8o, a permanent settlement was undoubtedly possible. If not, further negotiations were use- less. The cabinet therefore should make another effort to secure an agreement on. this point, with all the blessings of peace to foliow.” ‘Thereupon the ministers quickly made up their minds, and the decision and invitation conveved in the reply were unanimous. 7 Peace Door Left Open. Reports that the message sent to Irish republican leaders following the meeting of the British cabinet at Invdrness yesterday was an invitation 10 Eamonn de Valera to send delegates . to a conference tq be held on Septem- ber 20, on condition that Ireland should remain within the empire, were printed by several newspapers here today. Those newspapers which comment editorially upon these re- ports express satisfaction that the door to peace has been left open. “The government has given the Sinn Fein leader another chance to re- trieve the prospect, which his blun- ders and those of the dail eireann &ad so gravely compromised,” sai the Chronicle, while the Daily Tele- graph remarked: “If this indication of the contents of the cabinet's let- ter is accurate, the ‘admirable pa- tience. with which Mr. Lloyd George has followed his ‘purpose is still maintained, despite the daily stream and declared it pointed to the finality that “Ireland is offered the real thing and the best thing the British em- pire has to give.” SOLDIER IS KIDNAPED. Action in Cork County Laid to Sinn Feiners Seeking Revenge. By the Associated Press. _ BELFAST; September 8.—Private Hobson -of the Essex regiment was kidnaped at Bandon, County Cork, yes- terday, and it is claimed the kidnaping was carried out by the Sinn Feiners as a reprisal measure. It is explained that two members of the Irish republican army were stopped earlier in the day near the Bandon bridge by two policemen, who brandished revolvers and threatened the two men. The kidnaping followed. FRENCHMAN ARCHBISHOP. PARIS, September 7.—The Rev. Father Beree of France has been ap- pointed by the holy see as archbishop of Bagdad. The holy sec In its an- nouncement says-it desires to remain faithful fo its undertaking of 1638, ‘which was confirmed in 1781, always Fren to n 2 - as arch- bishop of ‘Mesoptamia. The arch- iehopric of Bagdad has been vacant ce 1017.% - rday; lowest, 64, at Closing New York Stocks, Page 27. Highest, 84, Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. Mrs. Roosevelt Boasts asMuleDriver; Nothing | . Personal, Hopes Hubby By the Assoclated Press. SEW YORK, September S.— People who saw the race be- tween mules drivem by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, wife of the Assistant ,Secretary of the Navy, and Mrs. J. Griswold ‘Webb at the Dutchess coumty fair yesterday, smiled today when ~they recalled- remarks made by Mr. Roosevelt in the Srandstand just before the race. “My wife thinks she ecan drive a mule well,” he sald. “I don’t know whether there is anything persomal in that.” Mrs. Webb wom, but a fea- ture was Mra. Roosevelt's great - effort on the home stretch. WARRANTS ISSUED FOR MINGO MINERS Special Grand Jury Sum- moned at Logan to Place, Blame for Disorders. ORDER 'FULLY. HESTOR‘ED . 2. 2 PR T TU. S. Action to Fix Responsibility to Await Report of Agents in District. By the Associated Press. LOGAN, W. Va., September 3.—Some forty warrants hive been issued here for the arrest of men who last week are alleged to have formed part of the armed forces whose march on Logan county brought federal troops into the West Virginia coal fields. The warrants were issued by Magistrate Gore at the instance of John Chaflin, prosecuting attorney of Logan county. A special grand jury. has been sum- moned for ~next Wednesday, when, according to county officials, the ‘whole question of the disturbances in the eastern part of Logan county will be investigated. Witnesses are being summoned and, it was stated, an ex- haustive inquiry will be made. First Move, Says Govermer. CHARLESTON, W. Va., September 8.—Gov. Morgan announced here this morning the first move toward the prosecution of .those responsible for armed- disturbances along the Boone-Logan couaty line last week had been taken today in Logan county with the issuance of warrants for the arrest of a number of the peace disturbers. The governer de- clared he had not been informed how many warrants had been issued or the names of those sougfit. The governor added that he ex- pected to be furnished with a list of that if necessary he would re- quest such a list. The governor did ppot indicate what action will be ken after he is supplied with the names. ‘With everything reported quiet along the Logan-Boone county border and federal troops in completé con- trol of the situation, attention turned to efforts being made to de- termine Nl&onnfl!ll“y for the dl turbances along Spruce Fork ridge. near the boundary line between the two counties, that resulted in gov- . ernment forces being sent into West stored was emphasized by arrange- ments. made to. send. some. of the troops back to their home stations. As soon as transportation arrives the 26th Infantry will entrain for Camp Dix. . Any action by the federal govern- ment to fix the résponsibility for the recent mine disorders in the West Virginia coal fields will depend on the results of investigations now being made, it was said today at the De- partment of Justice. Federal agents are at work in the {region in which the disorders oc- curred, it was said, but no regorts from them have yet reached the de- partment. DYING FROM PISTOL DUEL. Saloonkeeper . and Ex-Policeman Both Badly Wounded. CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 8.— Breast to breast, Anthony Meerpohl, saloonkeeper, and John Brady, former city patrolman, fought a pistol bat- tle in Meerpohl's saloon today and both men are dying. The fight, ac- cording te the police, was the result of a free-for-all battle in the saloon last night. Meerpohl charges that Brady was the leader of the Wednesday night trouble and he had ordered him to stay away fram the place. When the "saloonkeeper opened his place today Brady walked in and the shooting began. \ MAN LEAPS INTO FALLS. Seen Jumping Into Niagara Rapids From Bridge. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., September 8~Two men reported to Nlagara state reservation police today that they saw a man leap from the Goat Island bridge into the Mpper rapids at 9:30 o’clock last He led over the Ameri- can faKs. The man was”about years old, 200 pounds in weight feet ten inches He was dresged. Todays’ News in Par ~ phs Thirty delegates to attend unemployment | of armaments, to be held in Washing~ Page 1|ton this autumn, M. Viviani said he revision | 41d' N0t know whether the discussion conference. 3 Secretary Mellon discusses tax ‘before Senate finance eommlt!;:. age 800 Serbs killed by Mohammedans. Page 1 Presidént avoids “chasing rainbows” in future hopes. Page 1 Report officially confirmed today that Sinn Feiners have been Infl{ed u: peace parley. Page District confronted with alley probie: ‘with signing of peace. Page nll. ‘Warrants issued for Mingo miners. 3 Logan miners determined not to ‘unions. . Over thirty scheol teachers to recover Navy yard wage to 20 per cent. fifty :i:dbflva I motion of Sir Robert Cecil, represent- 1|but if it was confined- to the naval 1| remained neutral by Z ~ ¢ WASHINGTON, D, C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER. 8, 1921-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. 'NEGATIVE' POSITION OF U.5.BLAMED FOR DELAY IN MANDATES, Lord Robert Cecil Criticises American Policy in Talk to League Assembly. RAPS ARMS COMMISSION FOR LACK OF RESULTS Chile and Other American Repub- lics Threatening to Follow Ar- gentina in Withdrawing. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 8.—Charges that the “purely negative” position of the United States had been responsi- ble for the delay in the application of mandates by the league .of nations were made by Lord Robert Cecil, rep- resentative for South Africa, at to- day’s session of the assembly of the league, which took up a general dis- cussion of the accomplishments of that body to date. A flurry of interest spread over the audience ag the South African dele- lale arose anu announcea he wisnéd to speak on mandates. Lord Cecil reviewed the wholé mandate question, UUMNE WHich he (00K oceasion Dol only to criticise the policy of the United Scates, put aiso tne lack ot publicity permitted the recent meet- ing of the council of the league. xegarding the nete receniy sent by tne United States Department of Siate, he saiu DAl Inieiamiouar @i- fairs would have been better ad- vanced had it been receivea earlier. Says Action Must Be Taken. “These territories,” he sald, refer- | ring to the countries over which man- dates were proyided by the covenant of the league of mnations, “ipust no longer be lert in their present situa- tion, deprived of a definite status or a definite government.” He said ne did not want to appear to criticise the United States. “But the mandates should be settied in the interest of the peoples directly in- trusted with them, and without fur- ther delay.” “While the interests of the man- dated peoples,” Lord Cecil continued, “are safeguarded by the covenant, they are not yet so safeguarded by | the ieague organizaticn.” { The mandates, he added, must, not be “camouflaged.” Thoe delegate from South Africa scored the action and consultation of the military commission of. the league, which, he said, had been studying disarmament for a year and a half without formulating a single constructive auggestion regarding disarmament, without which no pow- er or organization would ever be able to make progreas toward permanent peace. Cannot Go Om Spemding: .« The world cannot afford to go 4 spending 20 per cent of the govern- ment outlay for armaments, he de- elared. “What the world needs,” he asserted, “is the revival of the Industries of peace to solve the economic problem of the world. The distraction of 20 per cent. of the government's efforts | on armaments is the reason for high prices, he declared. He introduced a resolution providing for an immediate definition of the mandates of the A and B classes. The resolution foly lows: | “The assembly, regretting the delay which has taken place in the definition of mandates, recognizes that the coun- cil is not responsible for that delay and is of the opinion that it would be desirable that mandates of the A and B classes should be forthwith de- fined.” Shout Brings Applause. Upon introducing this resolution, Lord Cecil shouted: “Nations are going on building armaments with which to tear one another to pleces, and in so doing they. are tearing themselves to pieces.” This assertion was greeted by a loud outburst of applhuse. rd Cecil, in concluding his ad- dress, demanded with great energy that the league continue its work of disarmament without interruption and that it get at once to practical action. Prince Dowleh of Persia, who fol- lowed the South African delegatp on the speakers' stand, lent some color to the session, wearing an astrakhan fez. He expressed the hopes of Per- sia and that country’s confidence in the league. The prince proposed that members of the council of the league be elected by the various parliaments instead of being appointed by govern- ments. Reports Taken Up. < Reports detailing the activities of | the _council of the league of nations since the last meeting of the assembly of the league of nations were taken | up by the assembly at this morn-| ing’s session. These reports were expdoted to open a wide and compre- hensive debate on nearly all work doné by the league since last De- cember, ‘comprising the ‘Polish-Lith- uanian’ dispute, the’ Albapian com- plaint against Greece and Jugoslavia and the controversy between Costa Rica and_Panama over territory along the frontier of those two coun- tries. It was also expected that ex- changes relative to the transit of in- ternational troops through Swiss ter- ritory might be disciumsed. It” was expected there would be some sharp debates as to the work of the coun- 4 cil and its relation to the assembly. Open Sessions on Disarmament. The commission on disarmament has decided to hold open sessions and give fullest publicity to its work. ‘This decision was reached upon the ing the, union of South Africa, who was supported by Signor Schanzer of Ifaly and Rene Viviani of rance. M. Viciani spoke yesterday on the lack of “understanding of the subject of disarmament on the part of the peo- ple generally, and declared that wid- est publicity was, necessarq. Refer- ring to the conference on limitations there would include land armaments, sercice, the result of the conference must be limited. He declared, there- fore, that th league must go on with e mraes that the 1 £ natiops arges that the lgague of natlo; had been extravagant and had a: crintinated against wuntl&- ich in . the Wor] ‘were made Bre, to Finland, ng Tegrettéd that the ‘“coun ok~ into consideration argume! ‘that ought not apply.” . Sugfiests Using Funds as Club. M/ Branting suggested that the preinbers of the 1 might cut off sir_contributions the organs of __,(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.); ~ ‘cases demanded. e WE ARE NOT To ik ‘ ?ISCU mfia':ésf %ARMAM[‘NT‘ , ¥ ILIMITAJlQ./V . : 800 SERBS SLAIN BY MOHAMMEDANS Armed Bands Attack Chris- tians in Novi Bazar, Bos- nia and Other Districts. BY CONSTANTINE STEPHANOVE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. - Copyright, 1021. SOFIA, Bulgaria, September 8.— Alarming news has come from Novi Bazar, Bosnia, Herzegovina and west- ern Macedonia, where armed Mo- hammedan bands recently attacked government army detachments, plun- dering and killing Christians. According to the Serbian official tatement 800 orthodox Serbs were | killed by Mohammedans in the Novi Bazar district alone. Since the Serb occupation the feeling between the Christians and Mohammedans has been growing_daily more hostile and | the government his been reinforcing t he garrisons. . The Mohammedans of Jugoslavia have obtained a privileged position owing to the fact that their twenty- three deputies in the skuptchina helped the government obtain the majority needed to pass the consti- tution In_return for promises to Mohammedan landlords not to inter- fere with their large estates. This stirred the large Christian population, which lacks land. As it is, the Mo- hammedans of those provinces con- tinue in their privileged state as in old Turkish times, which irritates the Christian inhabitants. The government, therefore, is fac- igg a serious dilemma, as the Mo- hammedan population in its domains counts over 2,000,000 persons and bordering Albania has always been friendly to the Mohammedans. Hun- dreds of Mohammedans have been imprisoned by the Serb government. The issue of the fight in Asia Minor between the Greeks and the Turks will exert great weight one way or another in Serbiar BOMB IN BATHING HOUSE. Twenty-Five Injured Near Genoa in Anarchist Attempt. ROME, September 7.—Twenty-five persons were injured, among them several women and children, when a bomb was thrown today into a bath- ing establishment at Varazze, near Genoa, where hundreds of persons were on their summer vacation. It was_apparently _intended that the bomb should fall in the main hall of the pavilion, but it was deflected from its course by striking a telegraph wire and exploded where only a few persons were congregated. Two persons have been arrested in connection with the explosion, which is believed to have been the work of an anarchist. Sporadic encounters continue to take place between the fascisti and communists, After a dance pear Pavia communists and fascisti en- gaged in a revolver fight in which two communists were killed. A general strike has been declared in Padua, after an attack of fascisti, in whigh several wounded. —_— HIGHER ANNUITY FAVORED Postal Clerks Also Urge Optional Retirement. CHARLESTON, W. Va., Septemper 8.—Resolutions favoring a higher/&n- nuity under the retifement act and optional retirement after / thirty years of sdrvice were adopt; United National Assoelatio: Clerks in twenty-first vention here. / Today’s sessions will Be featured by the_election of officers and discussion of Postmaster Genepal Hays’ proposal for a welfare boa The convention will close tohight. —_— TAFT PRAISES BRITISH. Pays Tribute to Their Law Before _+” ~ Bar Association. ' OTTAWA, September 7.—Chief Jus- nual ‘wlce wihiam H. Taft of the Unitea States Supreme Court paid,tribute to British law and British lawyers in a speech before the Canadian Bar As- soclation here today. It was an honor, he said, for the American bar to have its representatives invited fo attend the meeting, and it mede for.a firmer establishment of that . friendship ‘which does and which must exist be- tween the two countries. ks ‘The United States was trying, he added, to secure eighteen additional district judges to lepl with cases arfs- ing out of the eighteenth amendment. Be uacd e Judlctal lgRt savelcy and used as judicia caval would be massed where the rush of workmen were Reporter Weds Couple W hen Airplane Bearing Minister Hits Tree By the Associated Press. BELLAMY, Ala., September 8. —Alsbama s talking today about a most unusual wedding. The minister who started to tie the kmot was in an airplame which crashed into ‘a tree; = blast from a siren at a lumber plant announced the arrival of the wedding party at the aldar; 1,000 wedding guests were seated at a table in a frame charch iit for thé ceremomy le was se long that end could mot jpeakers at the other. Those who didn’t dance were enter- tained by metion pictures. Miss Kathryn Allison, dau ter of the president of the Al lison Li of Birmingham started out te fiy to the ceremony, b ed representing the Birmingham Age-Hernld, is an ordained min- ister, se he stepped inte the bre and performed the. gere- 1t il Rappened Inst night, and. the guesta said a pleasant time was had by all. PEACE BRIGS D.C. B ALLEYPROBLEN More Than 9,500 Persons Must Vacate Side Street Homes. Ratification of the treaty of peace with Germany wjll be a source of relief to the national government, but it will automatically bring before the District Corumissioners the problem of providing for the 9,500 persons living in alleys in the city. One year after peace is proclaimed by the Presidenf all structures in alleys must be abandoned for Idwelflng purposes under a law enacted by Congress back in 1914, i The law was slated to go into efféct July 1, 1918, but because of.’the lhoul(ng ‘congestion which existed here at that time, Congresg continued the date to one year after 3 Brief Time to Prepare. The treaty has beep /signed’ by Germany and may be ,ratified and proclaimed before the/end mf this year. In that eveny’ the District ould have only twelve mohths in which to prepare-9ér enforcement of this_legislation. & Although tke: pi nt board of Com- missioners has n6t had occasion to ! look into the ey law, the recent signing of peace treaty has brought it to, their attention, and it is likely that/in the near future they w'whuke the question. ile Wyshington's war population ] educed - copsiderably, it is to District officials that property too to. make it possible for 9,000 dwellers to find homes / May Await Normaléy. It is probable that when the Com- issioners take up the alley law they will consider the advisability of asik- ing Congress to further postpone fits operationa until housing conditions return nearer to normal. a5 The alley law provides that cer- tain alleys may be converted into minor streets provided they can be forty feet wide and ean be cut through from street to street. A survey made not long ago for the information . of -the Commigsioners into minor, strests would accommo- {date only 2, of e ey dwell There would st remain 7,600 to be provided for. The Commissioners, are . undecided today what steps they will take. -« | RAILWAYS ‘DISCUSSED: ' President Told of -Urgency ‘for The railroad situation was. the:sub- jgct of a conference. todlyubetflen “elwdnmt H‘l“}m‘fll n Upi om, : C for_the Railway Executives. Mr. Thom said fall try The President, Mr. Thom sald ald_he 8 to secure. early ot the raliroad debt funding mm Copgress. = .. .. - ik i S 370 CONFER HERE ON UNEMPLOYMENT Secretary Hoover Takes Up Plans for Meeting With President Harding. When the unemployment conference meets in this city late this month here will be at least thirty dele- gates sitting, in the sessions to de- termine upon some means of relieving | this situation, according to. Secre- tary Hoover, following a conference at the White House today with Pres- ident Harding. It was first thought that mot more than twenty delegates would be designated, but since making plans for this gathering Secretary Hoower. who was delegated by the President 1o arrange for it, decided it would be necessary te nave a larger representa- tive body. 1 Hoover stated he has not leted the’ plans for the confer- ence, but HMe. progressed suffi- ciently to bring the matter before the cabisiet meeting tomorrow in a more or less formal manner. It 43 intimated that, following the/ discussion of these plans and Hooyer's tentativé program for the sessions, the President will personally announde, or direct Mr. Hoover to do |50, the personnel of the delegates. {Secretary Hoover stated alsp that every effort is being made to selel:ll the most] representative body of men in the coyntry to sit in the ponference. He explained that it is the desire of the President to have. Sofar as possi- ble, every group and cldss represent- ed.’ Also surveys are being made of the out unenmployment sjfuation through- the xovernment/dhlch will be sub- the United Stafes by experts of mitted to the onference for con- sideration, HADLEY AT RICHMOND. Brought Chefge of Slaying Wife. RICHMOND, Va., September 8.—Dr. Wilmakth Amos Hadley, charged with killig his wife, whose body was found ::’ygf James river near here Decem- 30, 1918, was brought to Richmond thls morning and. lodged in the Hen- {Fico county jail, to awalt trial next ‘month. He was in- the custody of Sherifr | W Sydnor and Commonwealth’s Attorney W. W. Beverly, who went ‘west. bring him back to this city, following his arrest on Wednesday of last week in New Mexico. 3 Dr. Hadley and the two officers ar- rived in Washington last night at 10:30 lo'clock from Denver, and left the National Capital at 3:15 this morning, arriving here at 7:10. A crowd was at Broad stréet station when the pris- nn:;.fllmed, and several photogra- phels mgde pictures of him. . “Please don’t make my picture until 1 get shaved and put on a clean col- lar,” the accused man requested as several cameras ware pointed toward Ihlm. Hadley, was' immediately taken in an automobile to the jail, in which he is to' remain until he is arraigned in the Henrico county circuit, court. Dr. Hadley said he has communi- cited with his father, C. J. Hadley, of Frie; Tex., and that he would iawait the ival of his father before empioying msel. . MAN SHOT IN DRY RAID. HAZELHURST, Ga., Septeflber 8.—! In raiding the place of J. Brand, Lear here, yesterday afternoon, fede: prohibitien enforcentent officers-shot and probably fatally wounded Bruce Eirby, who they -say, attempted to shoot the officers. They also claim to have found a fifteen-year-old girl, Allle Moore, dreseed in men’s clothin; they charge, was held peondge. She is from Nunes, Eman- county, ti ficers said. | PRESIDENT AND ROOT CONFER FOR HOUR ON TOPICS UNDISCLOSED President Harding had nearly an hour’s visit today with Elihu Root, who has been mentioned promi- nently as a possible member of the American delegation at ‘the conference on limitation of arma- ments. Mr. Root was reticent re- garding the subjects = digcussed with the President. “We talked of everything from cabbages to peas” said Mr. Root, denying, however, that he had talked of the armament confer- ence or league of nations matters, politics or the German treaty. He said that he called at the White House to pay his respects while in Washington on business of the Carnegie Endowment for Interna- tional Peace. It was Mr. Root’s first visit to the White House since President Harding's inauguration, but he met the President at a New York luncheon last spring. Mr. Root characterized gs “idle talk” the report from Geneva that he had been persuaded to change his decision not to accept election to the international court of jus- tice being organized through the ieague of nations. The former Sec- retary of State indicated that he would refuse’election to the court. “There is“no extradition law to ‘meet that situation,” he said. Mr. Root later went to the State Department and spent some time with Secretary Hughes PRESIDENT AVOIDS ‘RAINBOW CHASING IN FUTURE HOPES BY N. O. MESSENGER. “Rainbow chasing” cannot be said to be a characteristic of the Harding administration, in the opinion of pub- lic men who are following theé trend of events. It is pointed out fhat the administration, from the Pregident down, is not given to rose-golored forecasts of national and interna- tional affairs ceming up in fhe future, but rather admonishes 1 a cautious view, 50 that expectatiof’s may not be dashed. ; In fact, it is said, At there is any criticism at all, it isfthat the admin- istration rather leahs backward in this regard, in itsfcare to be con- servative. It is ry dent Harding warned the country many weeks ago, not to be too opti- mistic about tay reduction. Things did not look gad at that time. Since then there has/been a change for the better, and the President, as shown in his letter /to Semator McCormick, thinks that yeductions may be heav. ier than wag expected a while back. Army Confs Hopes. ; Commept is heard upon the warn- ings issued from high sources against expectipg too much from the confer- ence ou the limitation of armaments. The query has arisen whether the ap- preciation now existing of the lim- ited metes and bounds of actual ac- complishments may not be too much mjhimised and whether more can ac- tually be brought to pass than now seems probable. President Harding has made it known to some of his closest friends Mr. | that his heart is passionately. set upon getting some real good to the world and his own country out of the coming conference. He is so earmest and intent upon it that his friends think he may perhaps be afraid the prospect may not be true—too good to be true. And he does not want the country to pin its hopes too high. Reports say that the President’s tate of mind at present is to take stock of the difficulties in the way, and he wants to hear all the disturb. ing news first. He knows the possi- bilities of good to be accomplished and now wants to be fully apprised of the obstacles likely to arise in reaching the desired ends. And s6 it is with domestic proposi- tions of the sundry and various kinds that are coming up from now. on for settlement. His attitude toward them is said to be a reasonable optimism, not blind credulity. He foresees the difficulties, but is not dismayed and above all things is anxious not to whistle them down the wind as neg: ligible. Survey them and then mak plans to encompass them y his policy, his friends declare. P No Trace of Discouragement. People who talk with the President are conscious of a gravity in his de- meanor when he discusses the future, but they see never a trace of discour- agement or thought of possibility of absolute failure of the country to work out its salvation. He has un- bounded confidence in the men who are working with him in the admin- istration and he counts heavily upon the ,good judgment and practical common sense of the Congress. Presidént Harding has met and talked with representatives of every class of people and all phases of in- dustrial and, economic life of the country in the past few months. has received, it is said, first-hand impressions of actual conditions throughout the country which place him in a position to look far ahead into the future #&nd to visualize the drift of the national life. o Men who come away from these | talks with the President say that he has qui¢k intuition and grasp, to- gether with a sympathetic spirit of divining the true status of affairs. Congressmen are said to sense this conservative but courageous attitude of the President toward the big prob- lems, and to be influenced by it, en- couraged to renewed emergy in the undertaking of the settlements. Lead- ers now in the city are looking for- werd to the reassembling of Congress with high'hope of making swift and material progress, though not prom- ising themselves nor the country to ‘work miracles. They foresee a session of hard work, but with real comstructive victories at the end of it and the ground laid for still more wark and gain in the session to begin in December. PROPOSED TAX ON BACHELORS .- " GIVES GERMAN MAIDS NEW HOPE _BY GEORGE R.‘WITTE. - - B e Copves, WL BERLIN, Germany, September 8. \—The ,tax ‘on 'bashelors ‘has left “the realm of guusical; gomedy and has been shaped ‘into a- tragic “epic by ingenious librettists who have' beep hired by the German minister of finance to find novel ideas productive- of more gold ‘marks ‘with, which, to pay_ the, in- demnity.” ¥ 2 ‘iihe law which ‘deals a fatal om0 SEipas penkpenton oo the reiohstag ‘l';fifll next ul-‘l'ou. marriage license offices or a gen- eral exodus of bachelors to for- eign lands, as many men feql that this is an invasion of their holiest right and an infringement ori per- sonal liberty which they cannot brook! The proposed law calls:for a levy of a.tax of from 10 to ‘60 per cent on a bachelor’s income, - from capital over and above all other -taxes which everybody must seeing a ray of hope of getting hfiulul s protective leagues are o1 organized ‘to an lled that Presi- | TWO CENTS. MR MELLON URGES REPEAL OF PROFTS AND STOCK TAKES Recommends Increase of 5 Per Cent on Income of Cor- porations as Substitute. SECRETARY OF TREASURY ASKS FOR OTHER CHANGES Wants Income Surtaxes in Excess of 25 Per Cent Eliminated—Ap- pears Before Senate Committee. Secretary Mellon of the Treasury Department, appearing before the Senate finance committee today, made a number of recommendations of amendments to the House tax re- vision bill. The principal recommen- dations of the Secretary were as fol- lows: The repeal of the excess profits tax as of January 1, 1921 The repeal of the capital stock tax payable 1922, due July 1, 1922. In place of these taxes the Secre- |tary recommended an increase of 5 per cent in the income tax on cor- porations, making the total tax on corporations 15 per cent. The Secretary also recommended that the personal income surtax be {limited to 25 per cent instead of the 132 per cent provided in the House bill. This would be effective Janu- ary 1, 1922, The Secretary also recommended the retention of the taxes on tr: portation, express companies an pipe lines, and other taxes imposed under title 5 of the revenue law which would be repealed under the |House bill. The Secretary recom- mended, however, that these taxes should be returned at one-half the present rate during the year 1922 and :l;g;lld be finally repealed January » e also recommended that the taxes on cosmetics and proprietary medi- lcines, which woui@ be repessed by the | House bill, be returned. but with a | proviso that they be levied as & man- ufacturers tax. The Secretary of the Treasuty dis- cussed with the committee at consid- erable length the estimated expendi- itures for the fiscal year 1922 and the need of revenue to meet those expen- | ditures. ’ Heo stood on the estimates sub- mitted by him t othe ways and means { committee of the Houee. The origi- nal estimates of the expenditures for ithe fiscal year 1922 were $4,554.000, { 000. At a conference with the Presi- | dent on August 9. it was determined | to lop off $520,006,000 from these |estimates of expenditures, through i promised savi leaving a total ex- | Penditure of $§§34.000,000. i Against thugvendunru the Sec retary figures Treceipts as 1 m customs receipts and back taxes, $800,000,000, leaving approx- imately = $3,200,000,000 to be raised from the internal revenue taxes. He {told the committee that with the {changes he proposed in the House tax bill that measure should be abie to raise something more than the jneeded $3,200,000,000. The Secretary said he expected the promised economy in expenditures to be carried out by the administration. | The committee adjourned to meet at 3 o'clock this afternoon to continue its conference with Secretary Mellon After hearing the Secretary the Senate committee will begin its task of rewrit- ing the House bill. It has been engaged {for ten days in considering each section |and hearing a detailed explanation from |Dr. T. S. Adams, Treasury tax expert. | Decisions on_the House proposals have been withheld pending the discussion with Mr. Mellon. Senator Calder of New York today ex- {plained to President Harding his, pro- | posal- for inclusion in the bill of a tax {on distilled spirits and beer. Senator Calder said he would propose amend- i ments to levy a tax of $6.40 per gallon | on distilled spirits and $5 per barrel on 12.75 per cent alcohol beer. | These new taxes, Senator Calder estimated, would raise $175.000.000 and rable the finance committee to solve 2 hard problem in its revenue-raising work. Distilled Spirits Withdrawn. President Harding's_advice regard- ing the tax was not sought by Sena- tor Calder, who merely explained his plan to the executive before offering it formally in the finance committee. Senator Calder said that 20,000,000 gallons of distilled spirits were with- drawn from bonded warehouses dur- ing the past year, paying the present industrial alcohol tax of only $2.20 per_gallon. “Ninety per cent of this was used for beverage purposes and should have paid the beverage tax which was paid by consumeérs,” said Sena- tor Calder. SMUGGLING PLOT SEEN. $100,000 Worth of Diamonds Taken From Purser’s Clerk. NEW YORK, September 8.—An in- ternational plot to smuggle valuable lstonel into the United States is be- | lieved by customs officials to have | been uncovered with the seizure Sun- | day of two packages of diamonds val- i ued at more than $100,000. | The stones were taken from a | purser’s_clerk, giving the name of Ernest Potvin, he was leaving the steamship Zeeland, which -had justar- rived from Antwerp. A bulky pack- age in his coat pocket attracted the attention of a customs guard, who iwas told Jjt contained government bonds to delivered to a Brooklyn address for a fee. Examination of the package dis- closed 4,547 cut diamonds, carefully wrapped in oil paper. The address of the man to whom they were consigned is in possession of customs officials, who assert he is cennected with a jewelry firm. 2 ‘The clerk, believed by the authori- ties to be an innocent messenger, is peing held as a " material witness pending an investigation, which is ex- Ppected to result in several arrests. $10,000 JEWELRY TAKEN. Mrs. I. N. Seligman Finds Burglar Under Bed at Summer Camp. LAKE PLACID, N. Y., September §. —The rcbbery of jewelry valued at $10,000 by & masked burglar from Mrs. N. Seligman of New York and t, Mrs. 8. A. Lewisohn, at the - camp on Upper Sara- nac. lake last Friday night, has be- ‘awoke-to_fnd the