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\ v SiNo. 28262, EETits embens BN WODRE FLECTED HDGE 0F WORLD COURT INGENEVA Chosen by Assembly of League of Nations on Second Ballot. COMMISSION REACHES « DECISIGN ON MANDATES | ‘Will Not Intervene Pending Re- sult of U. S. Negotiations With | Principal Powers. sociated Press. September 14.—John Bassett Moore of the United States, was elected a judge of the interna- tional court of justice by the assem- bly of the league of nations, on the second ballot in the voting for mem- bers of the court, which began here at 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Moore's election was confirmed by the council of the league. Dr. Rafael Altamira Crevea of Spain, Dr. Ruy Barbosa of Brazil, Vis- count Robert Finlay of Great Britain, Dr. Alejandro Alvarez of Chile, Dr. Antonio S. de Bustamente of Cuba, Dr. Andre Weiss of France, Dr. Yor- ozu Oda of Japan, Dr. B. T. C. Loder of Holland and Commendatore Dion- ! isio Anzilotti of Italy were elected Ly the assembly on the first ballot. The council of the league, which | met at the secretariat simultaneously with the meeting of the assembly in reformation hall, confirmed the as- sembly’s choice of Viscount Finlay Dr. Weiss, Dr. Oda and Signor Angi- | Jotti, who consequently were gefin- | itely elected to the court. Decinion on Mandates. Decision not to intervene in the mandates question pending the result of negotiations between the principal mandatory powers and the United States was reached today by the spe- cial commission af the league of na- tions recently named in connection Wwith a resolution presented to the league assembly by Lord Robert Cevil, resentative of the Union of South Affica. Lord Robert's motion express- ed the desire that the two principal| classes of mandates for former Ger- man colonies be immediately defined and expressed regret for the delay in their definition. - - Will Await Negotintions. When the commission met Herbe: A. L. Fisher of Great Britain told the members that negotlations were at the | moment in progress between the chief mandatory powers and the Washing- ton government and that it would therefore be inopportune-for the com- mission to intervene hefore the ne- gotiations had been concluded. commission decided that the'Tesult of the negotiations be awaited. Lord Robert, who is & member of the commission, dwelt during debate on the question upon the advantages of presenting an interpretation of ar- ticle XXII of the covenant of the Jeague of nations, which deals with the mandates question in some form calculated to assure public opinion that_the mandatory powers were ob- serving the spirit of the covenant. After discussion by other members of the commission, including Viscount JIshii. of Japan, Paul Hymans of Bel- gium, the Marquis Imperiali of Italy and M. Reynold of France, it was de- | cided to send a letter to the council | of the league, upon which devolves the duty of defining the terms of the mandates, expressing regret at the de- lay. Votes for Camdidates. The voting of the assembly was on roll call by states. Forty-two voted, ! twenty-two ballots thus being neces- sary for election. The first ballot gave Viscount Fin- lay 29 vote Dr. Weis $0: Si=nor Ai:flotll. 24; Dr. Oda, 29; Dr. Bar- 33; Dr. Loder, 21;%Dr. Alvarez. bosa. 3 24; Dr. de Bustamente, 26; Dr. Alta- i Crevea, 23; John Bassett ; Dr. Roscoe Pound, 6: Elihu rof. James Brown Scott, 2; i 143 Judge D. 1 Sir Robert L. Borden of Canad: Dr. Franz Klein of Austria, 9; Aus- Buste Soares of Portugal, 7. GENEVA, September 14.—The coun- 1 of the league accepted a com- promise of the assembly in choosing Dr. Huber in place of Baron Des- camps of Belgipm, thus completing the bench of the court. the clection by the assembly of four Spanish-speaking judges on the first ballot caused great surprise. The election of three at the most had been thought possiple, and only two had been generally conceded. i MOORE WILL ACCEPT.,” | Harding Front Porch Autographed Quilt Is Put on Exhibition MARION, Ohio, Sejtember 14. —The “Harding frofit poreh” autographed bed quilt, at the suggestion of Mrx. Harding, has been finished and today is om exhibition in a downtown store window. It is pink and white, the blocks forming an attractive design. The White blocks are autographed with the names of President and Mrs, Harding, ‘William Howard Taft, Woodrow ‘Wilnon, Vice President and M. Calvin Coolidge, Secrctary of State Hughes, Semator Lodge, ure and stage stars. . The quilt will be nold and the meney. derived uscd to establish the Hanling charity ward in a local houpl ABIEKLEISKEP I PRISON ELL Y MURDER CHARGE Indicted for Manslaughter Grand Jury—Bail Not Yet Permitted. By the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, September 14.— Two charges today had been placed against Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, mo- tion picture star/ in connection with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, film actress. The San Francisco county grand jury late last night voted an indictment charging manslaughter, but District Attorney Mathew Brady de- clared that prosecution on a murder complaint, already under way in the justice court, wquld not be halted The grand jury indictment does not come within the province of the justice court, but goes direct to the superior court. where it is returnable next Thursday. A warrant for the film comedian’s arrest on the manslaughter charge is expected to be issued Fri- day. the district attorney said. The murder complaint was sworn to Mon- day by Mrs. Bambina Delmont, a close friend of Miss Rappe. . Show Girls Before Jury. The grand jury indictment came after two sessions, each lasting many hours., At last night's session Vey Prevost and Alice Blake, show girls, testified and Grace Halston, a nurse who attended Miss Rappe, was closet- ed with the jury. Vey Prevost and Alice Blake were guests at the party where Miss is alleged to g-u suffered tr;;n 'm'hd.jh died. e grand jury’s vof of an in- dictment ng A " ‘offense’ than murder will not make Arbuckle eligible for. bail at ance, the district attorney declared. “Ball Not Permitted. “He will not be able to obtai temporary liberty on bail until the charge of murder is -disposed of,” Brady said. “If the murder chargs is withdrawn he will be able to_obtain his freedom pending hearing on the manslaughter charg . Vey Prevost before the grand jury last night is said to have altered statements she made to District At- torney Brady last® Sunday, which brought charges from Brady that the witnesses had been intimidated. Aflce Blake in her testimony corroborated Miss Prevost's statements, it was said. Miss Halston told of being present at the post-mortem on the body of Miss Rappe, which was performed by Dr. William Ophuls and Dr. M. E. Rumwell last week. Testimony at Inquest. Among witnesses before the grand jury yesterday, some of whom later testified at the second day's proveed- ings of the coroner’s inquest, were Mrs. Bambina Maud Delmoat, Al Sem- nachér, Miss Rappe’s manager; Vey Provost and Alice Blake, all of whom are said to have been present at the Arbuckle party, and Mrs. Jean Jame- son, a nurse who attended Miss Rappe. before her death. + Mrs. Delmont, at the inquest, said she, Miss Rappe and Al Semnacher, Miss Rappe’s manager, drove > San Francisco from Los Angeles, arriving Sunday night,, September 4. While she “and Miss Rappe were eating breakfast the next day, a tele- phone call was received that a Mr. Arbuckle wanted to see them zll-at the St. Francis Hotel. Miss Rappe went to Arbuckle’s room alone and then telephoned for Mrs. Delmont aad Semnacher to join her. There, she testified, spe met Arbuckle, Lowell Sherman, Ira C. Fortlouis and Fred- erick Fischbach. There were many bottles on the table in the room. Miss Rappe Kad three drinks of gin and orange juice and Mrs. Delmont had about ten drinks of whisky. Two - NEW YORK, September 14—John|ore girls came in, whom she learned | Bassett Moore announced at his resi- | Iacer, “were Allce’ Blake and Vey | dence here today that he would ac-|provost. cept election to the international court | 'yOSk L o oin rose and went into of justice. He is in his sixty-first year. | the pathroom off Arbuckles room. Elihu Root, who had declined electlon | when she came out of the bathroom because of age, is seventy-six. Mr. Moore has been professor of in- ternational law and diplomacy at Co- lumbia Uhiversity for twenty years, and has had a varied public service involving internationkl relations. He was a law clerk of the Depart- meng ,of State in 1885, third assistant , sestetary (of state from 1886 to 1891, assistant Necretary of state in 1898, secretary and counsel of the Spanish- American pdace commission in 1898, counselor of the State Department in 1914. He has\been a_member of the permanent cou¥t at The Hague since 1914, and is vice chairman of the in- ternational high, commission organ- jzed at the pan-American financial . He has written with internation- many books deali al relations. NEW BUILDING\OPERATION TO0 INVOLVE OVER $500,000 Purchase of a nine-acre tract fin Chevy Chase, D. C., by the Allan H. ‘Walker Investment Cvrppany, pre- paratory to the erection @®f forty de- tached residences, was apnounced to- day. The building operdtion will.in- volve an investment more than in the deal is! the Stellholm. estate Stellwagen, president Trust Company. The topography, is locates on Kegkuk street. y Keokuk street on ‘the “north, street on the east, Jgcelyn street and Jenifer street on thé south and 41st street on the west. Reno road passes through the property. Ground will be b homes begun. of individual tood, :blll sell C. Henry of the The Company, Inc., represerjted the seller in the transaction. Arbuckle was in his room. He closed LEREANNPIEKS PLENPOTENTIARES FORPEACE PARLEY Irish- Parliament Also Ap- proves Answer to Pre- 3 mier’s Proposals. DELEGATES TO CARRY ON ROSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS Interpreted as Move to Shift Re- sponsibility for ,Any Break to Lloyd peorge. By the Zusociated Press, . LONDON, September 14.—The dail eireann, in session at Dublin today, approved its. cabinet's reply to Prime Minister ‘Lloyd George's latest pro- Posals and ratiffed the appointmeit of five delegates to a “possible con- ference” with representatives of Great Britain. From what little can be ascertained here, however, the reply, which has not yet been made public, is reported not to have mW¥t with the approval of Mr. Lioyd George. - The hurried return to,Dublin of the 8inn Feln cduriers who delivered the reply to Mr. Lioyd George in Gairloch, Scotland, last night Yesterday's Net Circulation, 86,951 TWO CENTS. _ cles here took this to indicate that the reply did not eomply with the British government's stjpulation that Ireland must remaih Within the em- pire. No word came:- from Gairloch, but the turn in events his caused some pessimism both here and,in Dublin. There is another versign of thg latest exchanges, however, which de= clares that the Sinn Kein :couriers only went to,Gairloch to clear up some points for the dall cabinet pre- ‘liminary to the proposed conference and that Mr. Lloyd George explalmed these to the Irish emissaries. As the couriers cannot reach Dub- in before tonight the publication of the reply seems improbable before Thursday, or possibly Friday. DAIL APPROVES CHOICE. Also Backs Up Reply Sent to 5 Lloyd George. : DUBLIN, September 14.—Appoint. ment of'plenipotentiaries to thg pro- posed conference at Invernesd wlmJ British representatives to'discuss the The s&ppointments approved ‘follow: Arthir Grifitt, Younder of the sinn | fein and foreign minister in: the dail cabinet, chairman. W, Michae] Collins, finance minister. Robert C. Barton, who has been one of the leading. figures in the prellm- inary negotiations. 3 Eamon J. Duggan, sinn fein mem- ber of parliament and a Ie‘dln: figure in the arrangement of the Irish truce. George Gavan Duffy, who has acted as representative of the sinn fein abroad. ‘The dail also unanimously approved ‘the reply to the recent proposals-of Mr. Lloyd Geokge, the-British prime minister, regarding Irish peace nego- tiations. J In View of Conferenmce. * The dail's efficial bailetin, announc- ing approval of the five plenipotenti- aries, says this was done “in view of a possible conference with represénta- tives of the British government.” The dail plenipotentiaries, it was explained, were not appointed to go to Inverness in response to-the prime minister’s invitation, but have been chosen to carry on possible negotia- tions which may or may not follow the receipt by Mr. Lloyd George of the dail cabinet's reply. The appointment of the plenipoten- tiaries is considered in®political quar- ters a move throwing responsibility for any breach-in the negotiations on the prime minister. Reports circulated ' in well posted circles today are that Mr. Lloyd George indicated to the Sinn Fein couriers conditions which, it was considered, might involve such a breach. .Bear Premier's Explanatio Harry Boland and Joseph McGrath, the couriers who on Monday went to Gairloch, Scotland, to bear Mr. De Valer: inquiriles regarding _the terms [aid down in the prime minis- jter's latest note to: the republican leader, were expected to atrive here during the day. They were believed to have received from Mr. Llovd George explanations of certain points of his proposals and thése were to be submitted to the parliament. Utterances in Sinm Fein circles had PARTY LEADERS Curtis or Watson to Replace Lodge; Hitchcock to Fill Underwood’s Place. With Senator Lodge of Massachu- settes and Senmator Underwood of Alabama, republican and democratic leaders of the Senate, respectively, both serving as members of the American delegation to the conference on limitation of armaments, which will begin here in November and con- tinue probably for several months, it is clear that party leadership on both ides of the 8enate chamber will swing to other hands, temporarily, at . and_ asslstan . Hit Nebraska is vice chalrman of the demo-. cratic conference. Unless seme change is made Senator Curtls would act as leader of the republicans and Senator Hitchcock as leader of the democrats in the Senate, during the absence of Lodge and Underwood. % But in recent weeks, in fact since the announcement that Senafbr Lodge was to serve as a #Mhember of the limitation of armaments conference, there has been a persistent move on foot to have Senator Curtis succeed Senator Cummins of Iowa as presi- dent pro tempore of the Senate, 80 that Senator Watson of Indiana might become the floor leader for the repub- licans in place of Mr. Curtis. Senator Cummins has been ill health and has been away from@He Senate a good deal during the shmmer. However, it is reported from Iowa that Senator Cummihs is improving in condition and may return to Washington. In such an event, it is not likely that the present organization will be changed, unless Senator Cummins should take’ a legding part in the move himself by rétiring as president pro tempore. Semator Watson Popular.” Senator Watson has been promi- nently identified witl the “s¢and-pat’ element of the republican-party. At first it was thought that the progres- ive wing of the republicans in the Senate would oppose the selection of Mr. Watson or any other dyed-in-the- wool standpatter. But it appears on investigatioh that the progressive re- publicans in the Senate today are par- ticularly indifferent as.to who may be selected as the party leader. | In the opinion of the progressives, { it " 2O 11 8 o S B R e B Ty e 1 , while it matters little who is leader today. They are more interestetl in the legis- lation considered in the Senate and are confident that they will be able to have progressive legislation taken jup when needed. They point to the jorganization of the agricultural bloc by progressive republicans from the western states, in conjunction: with democrats from the south, and the effect which the bloc has had on recent_legislation. Mr. Watson is personally very pop- ular with the members of the Senate, whether they belong to the progres- sive or conservative wing of the party, and the opinion at the Capitol today is that he can-have the job of leader during the absence of Senator ]F:fly Per Cent Reductim‘: gk S L | THRILLING ESCAPE MADE. Prisoner Dives Into Hudson From Sing Sing Walls. , OSSINING, N. Y., September 14.—Jo- seph Sorace, a manslaughter convict, URGESPLAYGROUND .m&de a thrilling escape from Sing, Sing prison early today. Sawing through the bars of his cell, Sorace climbed through a trapdoor to the roof of the prison, slid seventy feet to the ground on a telephone wire, scaled the prison wall and dived into the Hudson river. He emerged below the prison and disappeared in the darkness. SENATE COMMITTEE ' GUTSRAILTAXES | “Fa :in,1923: The" Senate’ finance committee to- day reduced by 50 per cent the taxes on transportation and freight, during jits consideration of the tax revision bill.” Following the lead of the House, these taxes will be abolished in 1923, according to the action of the Sen- ate committee today. The committ@ restored the taxes on pipe lines, and express packages. It also adopted the House rate on cereal Dhewerages and other . soft drinks. - Dawes Plans' Huge Saving. Chairman . Pénrose received - today | from Secretary Mel of the Treas- ury Department & report by Director Dawes, director of the budget, show- {ing where it' was proposed to reduce expenditures. during the present fiscal year. " A table given in the report ishowa that it is proposed to save *(o.ouo.ow in the War Department, 100,000.000 in the Shipping .Foard, $37,500,000 in the Veterans’ Bureau, $89,000,000 in the railroads and $18 500,000 miscellaneous, a total of $30. 000,000. Gen, Dawes says thdt no re- port has yet been received from the Nayy Department as to what saving: can be made. i . General Dawes assured the commsit-' tee that it might rely upon a total reduction of expenditures amounting to_$350,000,000. The finance committee will give its attention soon to the proposal that a manufacturers’ sale tax be adopted as;a substitute for some of the other forms of taxation, as urged by Sena- tor Smoot of Utah. Senator Smoot: received a large delegation of sup- porters of the sale-tax plan at his office today. Provisions Stricken Out. Provigions in ”’ the House _ bill stricken out yesterday. included those exempting from the income tax the salaries of the President and the judges §f federal courts; the first $500 of income from inveéstments in build- ing and loan associations and contri- butions made by corporations. for charitable purposes.. The committee also disagreed to the Hoyge. provision allowing traveling salemen to d indicated that the partition of Ireland ! was one of the principal stumbling- | blocks to the carrying on of the ne-| gotlations, ‘but there was no indica- | tion that the recently\ constituted ! government of Ulster had altered its ! policy of standing aloof. b the door between it and the sitting room, where the other members of the party were. o ‘Went to Girl's Assistance. She heard screams coming from the room about an hourslater, she said, duct from their income all-expenses incurred while on the road. ., - |SOVIET TO BE RECOGNIZED \ufllN';h\’ CHRISTIANIA, September 14.—Re- Lodge at the limitation of armaments conference, provided Senator Curtis and. Sefator Cummins are willing to step out of the way, in the mamner already indicated. < It was suggested today coming senatorial election and demanded that Arbuckle open the door. He did so, The Rappe girl was on the bed tearing: at her clothing and screaming: “I am hurt. I am dying. Ha did it. She removed the girFs clothing and, assisted by Fischbach, placed her in a tub of cold water. This had ne effect, and so Miss Rappe was taken to an- other-room and put to bed: 2 Arbuckle, the centfal figure, sat in rapt interest while Mrs. Deimont testi- fled. Mrs. Delmont told of having brought liquor up from Los Angeles in the au- tomobile which her party drove here. She sald, however, that Miss Rappe did not touch this liguor. During Miss Rappe’s iliness she tried Account of the king’s residernce England, it became necessary to ap- Col. Maurice Moore, commander of the nitional Irish volunteers, toda: suggested as solutjon of Irish contro- versy an agreement on the lines of the old gual monarchy in Austria Hungary. he sai be sepatate kingdoms under the same king, George YV meither having the right to interfere directly or indi-: rectly with the other, the king acting for England on the advice of his English ministers and for Ireland on the advice of Irish ministers. If, on in point a viceroy he would be chosen by the Irish ministers, in which case, according to Col. Moore, Eamonn De “{Continued on Page jumn 2.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 3:) WRECK -OF GRANITE STATE BOUGHT | TO RECLAIM HER WEALTH OF METAL NEW YORK, September 14.—The old American frigate, Granite State, built in 1812 and burned here last spring, has been found to have a wealth of metal concealed in her timbers. { . Copper sheathing on her bottom and copper spikes hardened with an alloy of gold and silver, e it worth while for wreckers to pur-) chase her and freight the W woodwork to a beach nearby to complete the destruction by fire in order to reclaim the m \ ‘When the e was Granite up to the burned, as-she lay- tied < east bank of the Hudson, off 47th _Street, officers of the United States Navy believed they faced a big bill for removing the hulk. but an as- say of her mineral wedlth brought. a bid'of $500 on the marine terms of “as is and where is.” wreckage finally is burned, the ashes wfll be washed and the metals reclaimed. - , - | The Granite State was the oldest warship in ‘the American Navy. Her keel was laid at Port: { Mexico might have some bearing, owever, on the selection of a tempo- sary republican leader for the Sen- ate, Senator Bursum, who 18 up for i election to succeed himself, has voted igepposition to so many of the pro- ressive measures which have® come before the Senate that progressive re- publican senators refused to go to New Mexico to campaign for . him. Should he be defeated, it was said, it might give the conservative. element in the Senate cause of worry.and they might be inclined to put up for leader a man not so closely identified-with the conservative wing of the party as Senator Watson, merely for the { political effect. ~ There seems little doubt but what Senator Hitchcock will take up the duties of democratic leader wf the Senate during the absence of Senator Underwood. Senator Pat rrison of Mississippi has been ve: the Senate in recent months as a lieu- tenant of Senator Underwood, and he probably will .continue 8o as an aide of Senator Hitchcock. Vi Both the republican and the dem< ocratic leaders will continue in Wash= ington, however, aC the sessions of ence, and will be available fo oconferences - if their deemed necessary. 7 That politics will be lively In the evitable. There is a congressional election’ next, with all the mermbers| mine war. oY the House to be el one- third of the Senate membership. ‘The tax and tariff bifls will afford ‘.‘”EEE Sldes of ' the| wii not| tunity for party strife.- The fiftfl;m', rs on both 3 active in|Merchants yard the limitation of armaments confer-|Mrs. Rhoges party | cognition of the soviet government of Russla as a de facto regime will be de- clared By the Norwegian minister of foreign affairs in_the event such appli- cation is made before the Norwegian court dufing a lawsuit between agents of the two governments. It is stated in the preamble of the government’s bill for the ratification of a Russo-Norwegian commercial agree- ment that there has been an excl of notes between the two goyernments in ml;vnecflfln '::.th e u-reement,land that Norway promised rec lon tinder the conditions stated. | ¥ Today’s News in Paragraphs al to President to review. navy cut. Page 1 Murdér charge ents Arbuckle from preve tting bail under grand jury's man. u‘:{er lndletmeng.‘- - Page @ John - Bassett ‘Moore elected ‘Judge* ‘world court. Page 4 establishing ground nJ\‘ll;’chrqumro. Wi President spends day &n’ golf lhka: home ton Page 3§ Senate In coming months seems in-|Senate subicommittee puts off for pres. 2 o pgeon mie e gLy A %nnu:m centers nnm el;t formal hearings op West FA ! | IN JUDICIARY PARK Mrs. Rhodes Makes Nine Other Recommendations in Report as Supervisor. Establishment of a large central playground in Judiciary Square is firged by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of playgrounds, in her an- nual report submitted to the Commis- sioners today, Mrs. Rhodes suggests that Congress transfer to the control of the Com- missioners that part of the park bounded by E and F, 4th and 5th streets for playgrounrd purposes. Nine other recommendations for in- creasing the amount of space avail- . Nine Other Chasiges . e "That school playgrounds be under rvision of the municipal play- ~d nt during the sam- days when school is t schoolyards having play- ground equipment be used throughott the year for supervised play after school. “That more federal reservations be made available for supervised play. “That branch libraries be opened on playgrounds with children’s books put in circulation. 3 “That public playgrounds be estab- ‘lished within' walking- distance of every home in.the city. “That additional pravision be made for swimming. “That shelter houses be built on all ' | grounds now in operation. “That playgrounds be n, and lighted in the evening. s “That public-spirited citizens be re- minded. that there is no gift that can be made to the city of greater use and enjoyment with more lasting honor to the name of the donor than the gift of land for a public play- ground.” 3 g 2,748,398 Year's Attendance. - During the last fiscal year the total ttenllance on playgrounds was 2,748, 598, a substantial increase over the previous year. Mrs. Rhodes attributes the lurger attendance not only to the hadadition of more grounds, but also to 4 growing tendency among parents to Tegard the playgrounds as a part Lof the daily life of children. d “During the year 186,998 boys have engaged in base ball and 53,735 have played soccer ball,” the report says. “Among the girls we find as much Interest in_the organized play among the bo: played basket played schlag ball on our people listened to the story telling in quiet corners, 101,194 worked dur- ing the kindergarten hour and 13,860 playde ring games.” the value of plag- grounds in keeping down juvenile delinquency, Mrs. Rhodes says: Shéws -Value ‘of Playgrounds. “Where playgrounds aave been es- tablished in the District, juvcnile of:- fenses have decreased, and where thee are at present no playgrounds provided %he ratio of arrests under sevonteen years of age i3 exceeding- 1y high.. For instance, in the first precinct there {s no plavground and the arrests in that precinst last vear of the youth under saventeen vears of ege was in ratio ot to everv five of the total population living within that preefhct. “In precinct Np. 4, where there were two large colored playgrounds and one. white playground, the ratio of arrests of youths under seventeen | years of age was one to every 217 |QFFICIALS OF JAPAN as | 104,557 girls having | Soon as possible the yards be returned yfiu and 149,239 l,,flng to the forty-four-hour week. lay- | grounds. We find that 119,190 71(:1.1 AND AMERICA SEE KEEL OF SHIP LAID PHILADELPHIA, September 14.— The keel of the fuel supply ship Kamof, which is to carry oil and coal for the fleet of the imperial Japanese navy, was laid today at the plant of the New York Ship- building Corporation in Camden, N. J. A number of Japariese naval officials, headed by Capt. Osami Nagano, naval attache of the em- bassy at Washington; officials of the United States Navy, inclgding Admiral R. T. Hall, and officers of the Shipbuilding Corporation were present. Named for a mountain in the province of Hidaka, Japan, mean- ing “dignity of God,” the Kamol will be 500 feet long and have a deadweight tonnage of 13,000 tons. The comftract calls for a speed of fifteen knots an, hour. MERCHANTS APPEAL T0 THE PRESIDENT IN YARD WAGE CUT Secre'.ar! Denby Also Re- quested to Grant Review of Employes’ Case. Petitioning President Harding to re- view the cut in wages of employes of the Washington navy yard as ordered by the Navy wage board, Philip King, president of the Merchants and Manu- facturers’ Association, today addressed identical letters to the President and Secretary of the Navy Denby. Text of Letter. The text of the letters follows: “The board of governors of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ ‘Association earnestly appeals to the President of the United States to exercise his good offices in the direction of a review of the recent cut in wages of employes at the Washington navy yard. “This board has been supplied with data covering the situation, and is of the opinion tnat equity and general welfgre can best be served by a further hearing in this case. “It is our understanding that the employes of the Washington navy yard are conspicuous for their skill as artisans, and certainly it should be an established y]?lcinle that government employes be’ fewarded for their ef- forts in consonance with their capac- ity, performance and the current rate of pay. “Certainly no harm can come to the government from a rehearing in this most important case, and we sincerely trust that there will be a stay of execution to that end.” 3 Cabinet ‘Appealed To. Dirset appeals to several cabinet members to use their influence to pre- vent ‘the reduction in pay also were made today by a committee repre- sen the machinists’ union. The employes’ representatives urged that the wage controversy be taken up at the next meeting of the cabinet. It is the intention of.the committee to lay its appeal before every mem- ber of the cabinet. Cabinet members conferred with today are Secretaries Hoover and Davis. The committee is scheduled to confer with Postmaster General Hays this afternoon. Herbert P. Leeman, president. of Columbia ‘Lodge, 174, International As‘-ocu‘:on of :(acmnlm. which com- prises the machinists employed at the Washington nevy yard, is chairman of the committee. Other members are John Anderson, E. C. Davidson, Ed- ward R. Williams, James L. Johnston, Hugh F. Rankin, T. J. Hughes, B. L. Rhinehart, William W. Keeler, R. D. Coleman and Willianr McInt, Six-Day Plas Fiayed. The announcemer® of Secretary Denby that plans are being made to put the navy yard employes back on a six-day schedule as a means of af- fording more earnings, wa$ declared to be “merely an attempt to cut the coat at the expense of the workers,” in 2 statement issued by the Columbia Lodge. N “This is in line with the recommen- dations of the departmental wage board of review, which clearly ad- mitted that the 73 cents per hour es- tablished for mechanics was irade- quate to maintain a standard of liv- ing_equal to that enjoyed by them in 1913, or before the war,” the state- ment added. “The board recommended that as Earnings Would Be Less. “The position of the navy yard workers is that the return the forty-four-hour week is accepta- ble to them, but they feel that at thie same time the wage rate should be high enough for them-to maintain at least the pre-war standard of liv- ing. 1t is_pointed out that working a full week of forty-four hours, the weekly earnings of 2 navy yard me- chanic, under the new wage scale, would be $1.48 a week less than the total weekly earnings under the pres- ent rate for only five days’ work.” Further plans in their campaign to flsht the wage reduction will be made by members of the Columbia Lodge at their regular meoting in the Naval Lodge Hall tonight at § o'clock. DANTE FETE IN ITALY. RAVENNA, Italy, September 13.— The city of Ravenna is decorated in honor of tomorrow’s anniversary of the death of Dante. Trains are bring- ing thousapds of visitars to the city to pay homage to the pdetbefore his T e o Plas T o Ty | Lot RARE GEMS CHANGE HANDS DAILY AT DIRTY LITTLE PARISIA BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Cable fo The Btar and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. PARIS, September 14.—Diamonds from aristocratic. Russian refu- JS¢es, diarionds smuggled across l border from Germany and Austria, dlamonds. harvested in the innumerable and picturesque rob- berjes which are now epldemic -%of these turn up 1 cafe in the Rue This is fayette. the unofficial @lamond warket of Paris. Here diamonds ' are , bought and no ‘questions are asked and no 10 per cent luxury tax is paid to the gov- ernment, s required by law. Te, at ncg two score queer-looking v s, speaking n:‘r:‘lta- fee, play checkers and o8 & dirty piece of folded vest a ker and Tt 'on % tabie.” It 1s_ful nonds or, less o and 18- N CAFE =~ . pocket a small microscope, care- fully examines the gems #nd asks ‘the price per karat. They strike a bargain and figure ‘up ghe ac- _eounts in pencil on the’ marble table. .The second individual re- folds the paper, puts it in his vest pocket and walks off. No money . is paid. " These tradens keep the accounts in their heads and settle later in the day in private. The writer has held thousands of dol- lars’ worth of jewels in his hand _while in the restaurant. These cafe merchants, have a strict code of honor among them- selves. If one of them attempted to snatch the gems carelessly scattered on the table the whole cafe would be after him. They are also partjcular about payments, but beyo this they do not in- sist too closely.on ethical points. Thus the cafe has seven exits, . which would bé convenient if the place were raided. These gems Fithout pedis Sften reach the expensive shops. They acquire re- spectability and price on their u?.- ward journey. to the Rue de to) \AGENDA SENTOUT BYU. 5. TONATIONS: IN ARMS MEETING Secretary Hughes Forwards List of Questions to Be Considered Here. DECLINES TO COMMENT ON REPORT FROGM TOKIO Dispatch Declgres Discussion of Open Door in China and Man- date Is Proposed. Secretary Hughes, it was learned af the State Department today, has forwarded to each wf the nations which wiil participate in the coming conference on limitation of arma- ments a list of questjons which might be considered at the confer- ence. It is understood tHat the agenda prepared by this government is in tentative form and intended as a suggestion to the other governments. The purpose of the United States government has been all along mot to dictate, or even to have the ap- pearance of dictation, regarding the coming conference. It is to be expected that the State Department will receive from the governments in question their com- ments upon the agenda as prepared and submitted to them by this gov- ernment, after careful study has been made of the questions contained in the agenda. Makes No Comment. A dispatch from Tokio purports to contain the guestions contained in the agenda forwarded to Japan by Secre- tary Hughes. The Secretary of State today, however, refused to comment upon the Tokio dispatch other than to say that an agenda had been for- warded to all the participating gov- ernments. He made no comment as to the correctness or incorrectness of the agenda outlined in the dispatch. The only indication of the nature of the subjects suggested was that con- tained in the Tokio dispatch which declared that in addition 1o the obv ous subjects of .army and navy re- strictions the United States communi- cation proposed a discussion of the open door in China, respect for the sovereignty of other nations’ territory. the status of Manchuria and the Chi- nese eastern railway, spheres of in- fluence and the general subject of mandates. Citizens Here to Meet. Approximately 125 leading Wash ingtonians will be invited to attend a meeting in the board room of the District building at 3 o'clock Fniday afternoon, will be launched for entertaining the dele- gates who will come here in Novem- ber for the conference. Commissioner Rudolph, chairman of the temporary citizens' committee, said today the list of those who have been selected to prepare for the wel- coming -of the visitors will not be made public prgvious to the meeting. At the sessidn on Friday a central citizens’ committee will be created. with subcommittees on finance, ception, legislation, press, housin pliblic order, street decorations, i lumination. music, social progha parade, carnival, transportation and souvenir medals. Will Let Realtors Act Alome. As stated in The Star’Monday. the committee will endeavor to stage a parade that will exemplify the objec: of the gathering. In view of the fact that the Wash- ington Real Estate Board already had taken up the task of providing hous- ing accommodations for the delegates and oth@ visitors, the citizens' com- mittee decided yesterday to let the real estate men’s housing committee function for the city. The housing committee is composed of Percy H. Russell, chairman; John l A. Petty, secretary, and Robert C. Howard. F. E. Njddleton, J. Leo Kolb and R. L. McKedver. Lioyd George Expected. David_Lloyd George, premier of Great Britain, will head the British delegation to the conference, if the Irish situation in November is such as to permit his being away from England. it is said here in well in- formed circles. He will have as his principal assistant at the conference Andrew Bonar Law, who retired from the cabinet because of impaired health, but who has now recovered. The British delegation is expected to be completed by the addition of Sir Meamington Worthing Evans, secre- tary for war, and Lord Lee of Fare- ham, first lord of the admiralty. The desire of the British dominions, for representation in the conference is expected to be met by placing the names of certain of their statesmen,® such as Premiers Meighan of Canada. Hughes of Australia_and Massey of New Zealand, and perhaps Gen. Smuts of South Africa on the list of ad- visers to accompany the delegation. ° Correspondents Form Council. A council of fourteen Washington correspondents, composed of officers of the seven newspapermen’s clubs and departmental organizations here, has been formed to advise and as sist government officials in the ar- rangement of publicity facilities at the conference on limitation of arma- ment. _ v The new organization adopted the name of the American Press Council and arranged to confer in the near future with President Harding and Secretary Hughes to outline sugges- tions redarding the allotment of press space at the conference, the housing and entertainment of visiting corre- spondents, the issuance of corre- spondents’_credentials and simjlar problems. Both the President and Mr, Hughes have expressed a_ desire Lo hear recommendations on the subject. R. V. Oulahan of the New York Times, president of the Overseas Writers, was chosen chairman of the coungil; Robert T. Barry of the Phila- delphia’ Public Ledger. who is head of the standing committee of corre- ondents of Congress, vice chair- Than. and Avery Marks of the Wash- ington Times, president of the Na- tional Press Club, secretary. Persistent pressure for woman on .. !the American delegation to the com- ing conference and for open sessions of the conference is being continued upon all congressmen at home for the the recess by the organized and un- ‘organized women of the country. TOKIO DECIDES PRINCIPLES. Naval and Military Authorities in Conference. By the Associated Press. TOKIO. September 13.—A confer- nee of the naval and military authori- ties and the officials of the foreign office Fas decided upon the following basic principles on the Ilmlultj:g‘.::