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. lowest, 66, port on Page Temperature for twenty-four Fours hest, /8¢, at Closing New York Stocks, Page 19. 'WEATHER. Fair tonight and.tomorrow; coaler tonight. ¥ / No.~ 28,261 PRESIDENT SPEXDS DAY ON LINKS AND post_offige * GRUISINGIN SOUND, Boards Mayflower as Band on. Brazilian Battleship | Plays National Anthem. ATTENDS MUSICAL SHOW WHILE IN NEW YORK Cheered by Children on Motor Trip From Atlantic City—§hru Home Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 13.—Presi- dent Harding left New York today for a game of golf at Piping Rock and a yachting trip in Long Island sound, from which he is not expected to return to the city until tomorrow. From the navy yard in Bsooklyn he safled.on the presidential yacht May- flower for Glen Cove, near the Piping Rock Club. He was accompanied by Mrs. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Fletcher, Secretary Weeks and Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey. - The President and Mrs. Harding, ac- companied by Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, motored from a hotel in Manhattan, ‘where they spent the night, to the navy yard, where the Secretary 'and the sena- tor joined them. Near the Mayflower, e navy yard, was berthed the Bra- zilian battleship Mina Geraes., which dressed ship and played the national an- them as the President arrived. Cheered at Glen Cove. The President landed at the pier of the New York Yacht Club at Glen Cove and was applauded by scores of resi- dents who had motored from nearby country estates. The Mayflower dropped anchor sev- eral hundred yards off the pler and the presidential party went ashore in small boats. The President motored immedi- ately to Piping Rock and was the guest of the club at luncheon before engaging in a foursome. Tomorrow morning he plans to land from the Mayflower at some other point on Long Island to play golf at another course before he returns to Washington at noon. Waves to Friends at Theater. The President, accompanied Mrs. Harding, Undersecretary of State Fletcher and Mrs. Fletcher and Mr. and Mrs. George Van Fleet of Marion, Ohio, attended a performance of a popular Prusical comedy last night. No formal reception marked thelr stay at the Rita- Carlton Hotel, all the ent stopped to shake hands with adimirers each time he -passed through ‘the lobby. 2 Mr. and Mrs. Alexander P. Moore of Pittsburgh and Secretary of Commerce Hoover joined the presidential party at the theater. During the intermission the President stood up and waved to Senator Brandegee of Connecticut and Representative Nicholas Longworth of ©Ohio, who were in an adjoining box. Enjoys Motor Trip in Drixsle. Despite a drizzling rain that fell during the first fifty miles of the trip | from Atlantic City yesterday after- noon, President Harding apparently enjoyed the day’s motoring. Over roads for the most part of gravel or macadam, the présidential party of four sutomobiles averaged nearly forty miles an hour. S At Perth Amboy, wheré a short stop was made, a hundred or more school children and many of their elders lined the streets and.waved flags as_the party passed. Mr. Hard- | ing held an impromptu reception | while the others rested in a hotel be- fore taking the ferry to Staten Island where the motor trip was resumed. Greeted by Mayor Hylan. At St._George the party was met by Mayor Hylan, who received its mem- bers on the municipal ferryboat Queens. As it crossed the harbor to Manhat- tan the presidential pennant at the masthead of the ferry attracted the attention of river and harbor craft,[” The San Francisco county grand quis Della Tor which blew their whistles in greet- ing. President and Mrs. Harding who made the trip in the boat’s pilot house, waved back,and the President fre- quently raised his hat in acknowledg- ment.s WEST VIRGINIA PROBE COMES UP TOMORROW Benate Subcommittee to Meet and Consider Procedure as to In- dustrial Conditions. The committee was urged in a tele- gram received from Z. T. Vinson, gen- eral counsel for the coal operators in that state, to postpone its investiga- tion of conditions in Mingo and Logan counties until after the murder and arson trials in Mingo county and the grand jury investigations in Logan county are concluded. 2 Chairman Kenyon of the Senate committee found the telegram upon his_arrval in Washington today. In jt Mr. Vinson stated that “the pres- ence of your committee here to carry on its further investigation at this time Wwould seriously embarrass the trials in Mingo county and the grand Jury investigations in Logan county.” | Mr. Vinson estimated it would take several weeks to conclude the court proceedings which are now in prog- Tess in Mingo county, and he quoted | the prosecuting attorney of that coun- ty as also requesting the committee Entered Setond-class matter ‘Washington, D.-C. FOCH WILL BE GUEST OF GARY AT NEW YORK IRON-STEEL BANQUET PARIB, September 13.—Marshal Foch has received and accepted an invitation from Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board jof the United States . Steel Corporation, to be a guest at a dinner given by the Iron and Steel Institute In New York city, at which, it is under- stood, there will be a great gath- gring’ of financlers and industrial- 5. The marshal will not go to America with -Gen. Pershing on board the cruiser Olympla, when the body of an unkmown American soldier is returned to the United States. He considers it so solemn a voyage. that there is mo place for even an ally. Marshal Foch. plans to eail on the liner Paris on October 22, but his further plans are as yet unde- cided, except that he will_stop in ‘Washington for a day on his way to Kansas City, where he will at- tend the convention of ‘the Ameri- can Leglon. He will not be pres- ent the first day of the convention, 'WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1921—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. PREDICT ELECTION OF I0HN B. NOORE FORWORLD COURT League Delegates in Geneva Give Strong Support to U. S. Expert. _— SOUTH AMERICANS ARE PRACTICALLY UNANIMOUS ;:n::::h:.‘“ be reserved for or- Bll"bofl of Brazil Also Is ted ST to Win Position on First Bal- ED lot Tomorrow. y By the Associated Press. WITNESS MISSING, IN ARBUCKLE CASE |District Attorney Sughests “Influence and.Pressure of Sinister Character.” By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Septembe€r GENEVA, September 13. — Many delegates to the assembly of the league of nations, in session here, predicted this morning that John Bassett Moore would be elected judge of the court of international justice by a large majority on Wednesday. It was declared that nearly all the votes from South American countries would be cast for him, and that he would gef the support of Great | Britain, Japan, Italy, France, Canada and China: V. K. Wellington Koo, head of the Chinese delegation, is one of his most active supporters. The assembly met this morning and planned to complete the long-d: n debate on the report of the secre- tariat of the league. Interest in'the approaching election of judges to the international court, however, was the 13.—A statement éxpressing the con-|feature of the day's meeting. and viction that perjury had been com-|there was lively election ring be- mitted by one of the chief witnesses | fore the assembiy convened. for the prosecution at the grand jury investigation last night of the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, film actress, for whose alleged murder Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle is under arrest, was 1ssued here early today by District Attorney Matthew Brady. The statement came shortly after the grand jury had concluds a five-hour consideration of the case e without voting an indictment. District Attorney Brady. in the state- ment also charged that he believed “yndue influence and pressure, of a sinister character has been brought to bear” upon certain witnesses. Whether or not an arrest would be made in connection with his charge of | Austria’s al Austria’s Request. request for intervention by the league in her dispute with Hungary over Burgenland, a strip of territory along the frontier of these two countries, will be held in abey- ance by the council. It has informed Austria that" this decision was reached because the council of am- bassadors has already taken steps in the matters The council, however, de- clares it will adopt a policy of “watchful waiting.” President Van Karnebeck announced this morping that the assembly will begin voting for judges of the court at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Hall of the Reformation, while the coun- cil of the league will vote at the same hour at the headquarters of the sec- perjury, he said, would depend on|retariat. further developments. - The election of a Ralf dosen of the Testimony Was Changed. |judges is n the first two or Says In his statement District Attorney Brady charged that Miss Zey Provost, also knmown as Zey Pyvron, had changed her testimony before the F h v Eaoh e . et b pre: /4 i attorney’s office, that ' leoked for on the 3 Shee" 'mp'p"?“ "u}&’%« “Arbuekle | The on ' of the caused her injuries. RBarlier last|Jjudges, however, will require pro- night, it was reported, Miss Pyvron refused to sign a statement that Miss Rappe had told her this, and later, it was said, She denied that she had ever made the assertion concerning/Miss Rappe, Brady said. District Attorney Brady also charged in his statement that Miss Alice Blake, another prosecution witness, was mis ing. * Brady’s Statement. District ~ Attorney Brady's ment follows: “We have sent Miss Pyvron home undec surveillance. The girl changed Fer story cor:pletely before the grand jury. Whether or not we shall ar- rest her and charge her with perjury will aepend on further deveinpments. I am_convinced, however, that per- jury has been committed by her. “I am_convinced that undue influ- ence 2nd preesure of a sinister char- acter has been brought to pear or her and other witnesses, one of state- ol three ballots. The principal powers— Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan and the United States—are conceded one each, and the election of Dr. Ruy Bar- boll. 0: BB:IIII, ‘who has. :'ne lndm; ment of Chile ‘eneguela longed balloting, #Most observers. Bolivia-Chile Dispute. It was announced this morning that Signor Scialcia, head of the Italian delegation, would be one of the three experts appointed to inquire into the competency of the assembly to take up the dispute between Bolivia and Chile. The two others have not yet been selected. 3 Taking the floor ip the general de- bate, which was continued on the opening of the assembly session to- day, Delegate Bruce of Australia sald he wanted the delegates to understand that his country. wds as much inter- ested as any in discussion of the world affairs. He was glad to know, he added, that on the initiative of a great nation, the Unitéll States, a conference would be held in Wash- ington from which he hoped might come good results of the same cflar- acter as those sought by the league. in the opinion of infmmcnvmx - RELIEFPLANLOST Senators_ Approve House Proposal to Make Repeal Effective January 1. ‘The provision of the House tax bill making repeal of the excess profits tax effective next January 1, instead of last January 1. as recommended by MSecretary Mellon, was approved today By the Senate finance com- mittees * * The Secrétary’d recommendation for repeal of tal stock tax ef- fective as of 1932 was accepted and the committee voted to incpease the enrpor.:l income tax from 10 per v The committee disagreed to : House, -my%efimllfizm sal- aries of the dent and the judges of federal colrts from taxation, and also to .the provision removing the tax on the first $5600 of income from investments in building and loan as- soeiations. : ‘The cemmittee also decided to re- tain the taxes on express shipments and oil by pipe line. Some commi teemen thought that it might be ne essary to restore the other transpor- tation taxes at half the present rates, but it was said this would depend upon a report from the government departments as to what actual sav- ings could be affected this fiscal year. this question disposed of, Chairman Penrose expects the com- mittee to make rapid progress-in de- ciding upon other proposed changes in ‘tne mnouse bill, as these are de- pendent upon the effective date of the elimination of the profits tax. . The committee has decided definitely - COMPLETING 7o HIMMELISE (7 FTHE MICROSCOPIC MARK. Challenge Results From Cuban Debate; Halts Legislation HAVANA, September 13.—Dis- orders arising from a clash be- tween Representatives Juan Ex- pinesa and Lucilo De La Pena resuited yesterday fm a chal- lenge heing nent by E his opponent in ispute and brought the sessio® of the lower house of congress to an abrupt clese. The encounter began ‘when De La Pena was speaking during the course of a debate, Prior te the tumultuous ad- journment, the house roved | Kive the president authority to change the personnel of the fed- eral bank liquidation commis- sion. The secretary of that body, d mot be affected the amendment. The mean- ure passed the senate wome days age, and it is sponsored in the lower by members. who have been promiment in oppos- ing Clatence Marime, the Ameri-/ i can member of the jcommission. X 10 OPEN SCHOOLS Officials Expect to Present Outline of Program to -Board Thursday. Public school authorities today are completing the organization of the ischool system- for the new term, which begins Monday. It is expected .lhll all their plans will be finished that it must report a bill that 'will]in time to present them to the board Yesterday’s L FIRE PREVENTION DAY SET FOR OCTOBER 10 BY COMMISSIONERS The C€mmissioners today pro- claimed Monday, October 10, fire- prevention day in the District. Each of the trade bodies and other clvic. organizations will be asked :0 co-operate in- bringing to the attention of the public on that day the fact that the fire loss in the United States during 1920 amounted to $500,000,000 #nd caused the death of 1,500 persons. Citizens and business men will be appealed to to clear their cel- lars of rubbish and remove other sources of fire. ‘Those in charge of public or pri. vate places where large gather- ings take place will be urged to carefully inspect their buildings to make sure that every possible safeguard against fire has been taken. - 1.5 ARMSPARLEY DELEGATES TO USE | GORPS OF EXPERTS High Army and Navy Officials1 to Give Advice—No Fermal | Preliminary Sessions. | The American delegates to the limi- tation of armaments conference which } will meet here in November are plan- Inln! no formal gatherings at !h'!i SN N \ N | MUCH LOWER BIDS time prior to the meeting of the in-| ternational conference, it was learned today at the State Department. How- ever, Secretary Hughes, the head of the American delegation, already has had several long conversations with Senator Lodge and one with Elihu! Root in regard to the coming cunfer-é | ON STREET PAVING Commissioners Wise t0 AWait | vupicy to consult with Senator Under. | . . n | lmmv"nents as Cost i Bt Rl sus ok e st aspbetea] Drops Materially. that the Secretary will make an ap- A decrease of 22 per cent in the pointment with Mr. Underwood when he returns to Washington. Experts to Aid Delegates. | e e e per, | . The metihers of the American dale- e yard of asphalt pav-| ga¢ion, however, will k: in closest | ingqwas revealed by new bids opened | o 2 i by the Commissioners toda; the developments prior to tne actual) In view of this drop, the Commis- | meeting o the international conter- | sioners probadly will let a contract | #nce and will be tully prepured when | le conference meets. do iar the pro- within a few days for the laying of |, L 0" 0iuory committee which will | a number of new streets and the|.id the American delegates has not| res: ing of many others. yet been appointed. Army and savy | Several months ago, just before the | ofticers of the highest rank will ve current appropriations became avail- | seiected, however, to serve on this! able, .u:.'“ sought for asphaltiadvisory committee ;and also experd of the State Lepartment, represcna- Commissioner’ Kuts be- e oner K utx be.|Tives of the women of “the country it 18 understood. and upo; recommendation ‘the, Wn 3 - . intment of tne advisory | Commissioners rejected them and de; - st e ] . s will nuiuraiiy desire to! , Bai 1o mart asphalt paving at (g vat pare selves for the work they odays Bids Bear out the wi | must undertake. In the State Depart- U h fous deci: o D enita" ISt for asphalt [Ment, of course, an organization has paving were at the rates of $3.95 and | already been built up, which is pre-| $397 per square yard. = Several |Paring a great amount of data tor the Tonths ago the bids ranged from |use of the American delegation when | $3.72 for one cl2es of paving to $3.60 | the conterence gets down to business. | Conference “Must Succeed.” | ! for ‘another. Todygthe bigs range trom $3.29 t0| The utmost optimism regarding the ! coming conference pervades the State $3.17 for” the two ‘classes of paving. Department, and, for that matter, ap- ‘This decline in the cost of paving D BT e Ctact That the |PATently the embassies of the nations which are to take part. At the Japa- a) in view ro! ‘;.h:x fact llhl'. the District has failen behind in its street | FACR To8 10 Make part A0 the JApec frankly said that 'the conference improvement program during and “must succeed.” It is further said that sinca the war period. the sentiment among the people in {CONDEMNED MAN’S PLAN |Jteyr for s lmiaion, of, srmaminis TO HANG SELF THWARTED dens of taxation has assumed very Special Dispatelr to The Star. i is lei large proportions—that the people have been aroused in support of the plan as rarely before. It was made clear again at the State Department today that there is to be touch with one another regarding all | § whom, Alice Blake, has mystcrionsly disappeared from her home in Berke- ley. We have been unable to find Ter. “In spite of these efforts to thwart! the ends of justice, the investigation will proceed, ard no effort will be spared to bring the guilty ones to their just deserts.” CONFER ON BURGENLAND. Italian and Austrian Officials to Take Up Proposals. By the Associated Press. Grand Jury Proceedings. VIENNA, September 12.—The Mar- retta, Italian foreign jury adjourned at 1:10 this momlnglmlnlster and representative of Italy Without concluding _examination of the testimony on which the district attorney’s office is seeking an indict- ment charging murder of Virginia Rappe. . The investigation will be resumed at a date convenient to District Attorney Brady, it was announced. Arbuckle was brought before the grand jury at 1 o'clock this morning, but remained only three minutes, when he was led back to his cdll. * Mrs. Bambina Maud Delmont, com- panion of Miss Virginia Rappe, was the first witness summoned before the grand jury. Al Seminacher, another guest of Arbuckie at the party and the screen star's business manager, was next called. . After half an hour Afrs. Delmont emerged from the grand jury room, leaning heavily on the arm of Police- woman Katherine O'Connor. Mr: Delmont_has been ill, she said, due t the shock induced by the death of her friend, Miss Rappe. She is under no restraint, police officials said, but is provided with a police guard to save her from annoyance as the star wit- ness in the case. Mrs. Delmont’s Testimony. Mrs. Delmont testified in detail in the grand jury session regarding the occurrences at the party in which Miss Rappe is alleged to ‘have re- celved her fatal hurts. She had re- peatedly knocked and kicked at the closed door behind which were Ar- buckle and Miss Rappe, she said, and finally compelled Arbuckle to open it. She told of having attended the in the supreme council, arrived here today, and will confer tomorrow with President Hainisch dnd Foreign Minis- ter Schober regarding the situation in Burgenland. It is understood he will press Austria to support the Italian %:'owsal to the counctl of aml lors Jh-Paris for collective steps by the powers to adjust the whole matter. Rumors that .leadling supporters of former Emperor Charles are assem- bling at Steinamager, west Hungary, still are in circulation here. AMERICA IS DISCUSSED. Attitude Toward League Taken Up by Delegates. By the Associated Press. K GENEVA, September 12.—The as- sembly of the league of nations today heard a great deal about_ the Uniteg States and the proposed conference at Washington in November in con- nection with the league work on armament, and also with reference to criticism in America on the work of the league. It was the most pictur- esque session of this meeting. Srinvasa Sastri, a native Indian lawyer, wearing the Indian costume and speaking perfect English with an eloquence rarely equaled by English orators, had the floor at the morning session. He suggested that the United States might do something more prac- tical than merely criticise what the league was doing or had failed to do. irl and of the girl's g = He touched lightly on. the race ques- re- to" the ‘Wakefleld Sanitarium | ot the hotel. ltion in connection with mandates, Mrs. Jean Jameson, one of the|hinting at a differenfe of views on to postpone its visit until the cases are closed. As _another reason for asking de- lay, Mr. Vinson said: “All the law- yers of the operators, who are ac- unainted with the details of condi- tions in Mirgo county, are now em- gaged in the trialg” ‘Tnere is diffefence of opinion among members of the committee as to the advisability of proceeding for- imally to an_ investigation at this time. Should the committes decide Bgainst hearings now, Senator Ken- yon said, he and probably other mem- bers would individuaily go to the Bscenes of tho recent troubles. sidered it important that full informa- tion should be obtained concerning_the causes of the trouble in the West Vir- ginia -mine fields, in the hope that a remedy can -be’ found to prevent a repetition. Some years ago he con- ducted an investigation of conditions on Paint creek and in other sections of West Virginia, and is of the opin- ion that should the committee decide not to visit the state at this time, in- dividual members could obtain much: valuable information in Mingo am Logan counties by following aueihods he then pursued. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) _ - (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) et e e — the| SECRETARY FALL HELPS COWBOYS - STEM STAMPEDE OF BUFFALOES LIVINGSTON, Mont., September 13—Secretary of the Jnterior Albert Fall, with the recklessness of a cowboy, joined in with “cowpunchers” and aseisted in stemming & buffalo A stampede yesterday, near the buffalo farm on the Lamar river in Yellowstone Park. 23 The Secretary and party, some on horseback and some in an old- fashioned stage ocoach, watched the herd, numbering 300 head, as it- came from the hills, where it had been grasing during the sum- Those in the coach expressed surprise as they_ —w;so Becretary . S ise e oin the cowboys w erd- Sl g, i Se sttty n s imals and raise a minimum of $3,200,000,000 this fiscal year. The House measure, by deferring repeal of the profits tax, will raise approximately $100,000,000 more than that amount. Two ‘important sections of the House bill, one reducing the maximum income surtax rate to 32 per cent and the other increasing by $500 the ex- emption to heads of families having a net income of‘ $5,000 or less and by $200 the exemption on account of each dependent, were approved yesterday by the Senate committee. * In voting to reject Secretary Mel- lon’s proposal that the maximum in- come surtax rate be reduced to 25 per cent, the committee took under con- sideration a Treasury plan to reduce the rate in each of the income sur- tax- brackets by 1'per cent, 8o as to lighten the tax on those having in- comes of less than $68,000 a year as well as those whose incomes exceed that amount. SCHURMAN. AT NEW POST. Minister to China Presenta Cre- dentials and Discusses Issues. By the Associated Press. PEKING, China, September 12—Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, the new Amer- ican minister to China, presented his tcredentials to President Hsu-Shih Chang today and formally 2ssumped his post. He was conveyed -from the American fegation to the presidential palace in the historic carriage pre- pared for the late Yuan Shi-Kai at the time he assumed the presidency of Chins. After the formal ceremony Dr. Schurman had a long, confidential chat with Presjdent Hsu-Shih Chang and the foreign minister, during which im- portant Chinese-American questions ‘were discussed. Today’s News in Paragraphs Lioyd George may be re- ht. Page Irish reply to vealed ton! Charwomen in city than some clerks i ‘ment Bervice. Spaniards defeat Moors in latest offen- sive. Page 2 post office’get ‘mort n Post Office Depart- Page 2 Confessions-show Church had two ac- complices in murdering of auto sales- | Orleans, annoupced men. - ‘Page' 3 . Morga lali U., 8. troops Ty Wst Vinginia. Page 3 Bm;f ZR-2 dead to-reach New Yufi n n ther at the - buflllom v : case.” 5 13 2 et \isers'arotised over proposed site for It wgo stated by witnesses of | CLLoor tuborcular puptls: Fage 13 horsemanship, f¢ ot it _‘'was buffalo when stampeded turn blind | Pr=-Am ‘with £ and thi i 'will charge at any- Teat re v s ‘Whi thieves get dge f b R M;{.gutmliwfiv- $100,000 haul st ] of education at its special session at the Franklin School Thursday after- noon at 4 o'clock. Some new. teachers and other em- ployes have yet to be aobbointed. This will be done before Thursday after- :‘mon. Among the appointments, it s said, will be a principal Dunbar High School, whlpch p‘g:ltflr‘: was left vacant when Garnet C. Wil- kinson was promoted to acting as- sistant superintendent in charge of the colored schools, succeeding Ros- coe C. Bruce, who went ‘on an i efinite leave of absence September 1. ‘Will Meet Teachers. It was reported in scho today that officials have na:‘fieflmf; decided on Mr. Wilkinson’s successor. ‘They have had under consideration (V;!;' 31.;:? ”!:lo ((‘)In and Nelson E. e s ot fflg:lty ?'. D h members of the pervising principles of t| divisions will moelp the tel::!::rv:rl-nl their divisions. in their respective of- fices Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, at which the new school organization plans will be explained, it was an- nounced today. Ben W. Burch, super- vising ‘principal of the first division, will meet the teachers in his division in his office at the Hyde School. R:n for Outside Puplls. Applications of children outside the District who lnten?::ld.erllg ter the District high schools will be received and acted on by the boavg of admissions at the Franklin School Thursday and Friday. The board is composed of - representatives of the fl\b&, whllte high ;‘li‘l;onls. ut-of-town cl ren with no “pre- ‘vious high school education 'fllp l:e compeHed to take an examination to enter. Others will be granted admis- sfon without examination. CALLS DRYLAW A FARCE. BATON ROUGE, La, September 13. —A resojution declaring the national prohibition law a farce, 8o far as enforcéinent -is concerned, was' of- fered In the state senate last night by Senator William F. Burr of New Orleans. The resolution would call upon the Louislana delegation in Con- ess to use-its utmost efforts 1o have| he Vol act modified to permit sale of light wines and beer. Senator J. T: Prowell, ‘l'l;, of New that similar-cone: In the house' Representative James ‘Barrett offered. a measure of like lx-or. Under rules this went over :nfll tolay, when a sharp fight s 3 ' of the light wine ' wudden shift “Joweph J. Mansfleld been sick for about for the last iy 1l at Wal- re] ‘today WICHITA FALLS, Tex., September {13 —Henry John Toussant's plans to commit suicide by hanging himself in his cell Monday night were fru trated when the county Jjailer inter- cepted Toussaint’s letter to his wife. A search of #hei cell disclosed a three- {braid rope made by tearing a blanket into strips. but one conference—not two confer- ences, the one dealing with the prob- lems of the far east and the other dealing with the limitation of arma- in some quarters that the conference will fall into two sections amounting to separate conferences, but this was denied. ments. The suggestion has been made | tght Nations to Confer. i Japan and France have replied to the United States, agreeing to the | proposal of this country that at the conferences dealing with the prob- lems of the far east representatives of the Netherlands and Belgium shall be invited to attend and take part in the deliberations, because of their in- terests in that section of the world. Favorable responses are expected from the other nations, too. This will bring the representatives of elght nations about the council tablle when the far eastern problems are under discussion—the United States, Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy, China, Belgium and the Netherlands. What will be the effect upon the ! Senate, which is the treaty-making power along with the President, of having the republican leader, Mr. Lodge, and the democratic leader, Mr. Underwood, both members of the American delegation at the coming conference, is giving rise to no little speculation. The general opinion is that the President has acted wisely in selecting the leaders of both par- ties in the Senate. 1t is the belief that by such a course Toussaint, who was sentenced to hang for the murder of his father, ‘was removed to an individual cell {Saturday morning when he fright- fered the other prisoners in his row rby setting fire to his bunk and a: tempting to destroy everything in his private cell. He fell into a deep sleep Saturday, from 'which be could not be awaken. - The execution date was originally set for September 30, but coupsel are appealing his case. - STUDENT FOR SALE. Offers Himself for $1,200 to Finish College Course. CHICAGO, September 13.—Syd Carl- sten, a student at the University of TI- linofs, today offered to sell himself for one year for $1,200 to any one who advances him the money to complete his college course . this year. He stated that he would sell his services for any purpose and would try to do ) that was offe: B anythingith - the Senate will feel rightly that it is Fre— R T pmperl'y ‘relpll':lenlfd lln lhlfl most im. portant of international conferences and HONOR FOR U. S. ADMIRAL. B o e mtoroea s T R the course of the conference. It was the failure on the part of President Wilson to take similar course in appointing members of the peace conference at Paris that made his task the more diffi- COPENHAGEN, September 13.— King Christian will cut short his pres- ent visit to Jutland, it was announced Net Circulation, 85,458 TWO CENTS. WORKING ON PLAN OF SIX-DAY WEEK FOR NAVY YARDS Secretary Denby Says Ef- forts Will Be Made to End Five-Day Basis. WOKERS TO STAY PLEA TILL PRESIDENT REPLIES Cuts Proposed by Wage Board Go Into Effect September 16 Despite Appeal. Efforts will be made by the Navy De- partment to run the Washington and other navy yards on a six-day week basis instead of the five-Hlay basis, Bec- retary of the Navy Denby said today. He did not know when it would be done, but indicated that the department now was working on the problem. When the appropriations for the Navy for the current year were cut by Con- gress, in order to keep within them the department found it necessary to force the employes out of work for one day. However, with the cutting of the em: ployes’ wages in compliance with the recommendations of the general wage board after hearing the employes, it is believed that the department will be able to add another day of work. This opening for another day each week will add to the employes' earn- ings, and in a way ofiset to some extent the cut in wages, it is believed. Cuts Effective Friday. Secretary Denby said that the rec- ommendations of the wage board will be pu: into effect September 16, and that no action would be taken on the appeals of the yard employes, includ- ing those of the Washington yard, for a reconsideration of the case. The cut is necessary, said the Secretary, who added that he believed the evi- dence showed that the new scale com- pared favorably with the rates paid outside the yards. No_further action will be taken by the Washington navy yard employes in fighting the wage reduction or- dered by Secretary Denby until a re- ply is received from President Hard- ing, it was said today hy officials of the International Machinists' Union. Copies of resolutions adopted by the rd workers at a mass meeting requesting the award of the wage board be reviewed and the present salary schedule continued until the cost of liwing has been “ac- tually reduced.” were presented to George Christian, secretary to the President, at Atlantic City yesterday, and Mr. Christian said the resolution would be put before the President at the first opportunity. Nothing to Expect, He Says. “If a first-class machinist with the high degree of skill demanded in the navy yard service is not entitled to a wage that will support a family of five in bealth and decency when such mechanic works every day In the year, who is entitled to maintain that Sort of a standard of living?" said N. P. Alifas, president District 44, In- ternational Association of Machinists, which comprises all machinists in the government service. “If these ma- Chinists were given a wage now that would provide them the identical standard of living they had in 1914. they would be paid about 90 cents an hour. “Why are they not entitled to as good standards as they were then? These men haves practically nothing to look forward to. Their wages provide a bare subsistence, mo al- lowances for saving, the education of their children or other extras such as make life worth living. Argu- ments, facts and entreaties appear To fz1l upon deaf ears. The powers have decreed that wages must drop, apparently regardless of the facts and consequences. Employes in navy vards all along the Atlantic coast have taken action similar to the local men, according to officials of the machinists’ union. | Telegrams have been received from union organizations at the Bostom, ! Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Norfolk vards by union officials here, stating ithat the employes have adopted reso- jintions protesting against the wage cut. MOB OF 1,000 ARMED MEN LOOT AND FIRE IN INDIA Attempt to Kill Subinspector and Seven Constables in Palghat. CALICUT, British India, September 13.—A mob of 1,000 armed men from Mannarghat went to the police station in Palghat yesterday and attempted to kill a subinspector and seven con- stables after firing shets into the air. The subinspector and constables es- caped to Attapalam. '!p‘%da mob later looted the registrar’s office and set fire to the records. Plunder appears to have been the main objective of the mob. On Saturday last a mob entered val- uable buildings in Nilambur and set fire to them with kerosene. MADRAS, British India, September 13.—An official sgatement, issued un- der date of Sunday, says that opera- tions against the Moplahs in the Mala- bar district are progressing favorably. A British column, which visited Pon- nani to the south of Calicut, made 200 grrests, the statement adds. today, in order to return to the capl- tal to”receive Vice Admiral Albert N. Niblack, ih command of the American ‘naval fopces in European waters, and the officers of his flagship, the battle- ship Utah, before the Utah's depa ture from Copenhagen next Monday. The Utah ealled here in the course of her crulse in the Baltic. cult when it came to the submission of the Versailles treaty to the Senate. Open Sessions Urged. There are many. senators who are de- GUILTY_OF MURDER. manding the fullest publicity for all the sessions of the conference—in fact, that they shall all be open. There is much (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) TAKES PLACE OF SISTER BARRED WHEN ALIEN QUOTA IS EXHAUSTE. NEW YORK, September 13— Stefania - Watrobska of Westport, Conn,, who cdme here eight years ago 1 Poland, worked hard and s her money against the day when she ocould send for the -rest “of her family. War and famine swept: over her native - |, 1and and - this® spring Stefania Tearned that the only one left was her sister, Karolina. She : gent: the ‘passage money and _walted anxiously for Karolina's orrival. * 4 T BT el 14 have {g roturn-to Poland. ok Sin i Pirst of Trio Convicted—Will Get Death Sentence. COLUMBIA, 8. C., September 13— “Guilty” was the verdict of the jury in the case of S. J. Kirby, the frst of the three men to be tried in the Lexington court for the murder on August 9 of William Brazell, young . |Colur:bla taxi chauffeur. The verdict is & conviction of first- degree murder and will carry the sentence of death in the electric chair. lina_was ken and des- | The verdict was returned at 10:59 perate. She:would never go back ;a.m., the jury having retired at 10:24. to the misery she had, left. She {The sentence will hardly would, kill hersel; Stefania be until after the trial of Jesse Gappins and C. O. Fox, the other two men charged with the same crime. t BEER THROWN AWAY. 21,816 Pints Diverted From In- f first, she said a sudden resolve. her American- coat on Karolina. bade her go friends who were waiting for her. Stefanta’s ruse’ was discovered after several days, hen she - e e ey Nl e o5t |- tended Channels Into Sewers. ro | fedéral commiseioner RLEANS, Beot. 1L