Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1921, Page 1

® brought about by the latest note sent | . . WEATHER. Fair tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudness; moderate temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 91, at 3 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 58, at 5:30 e ——— a.m. today. Full report on page 5., Closing New York Stocks, Page 19. Entered as seco: No. 28,267. post office Washington, nd-class matter C. VALERA MAY GALL DAIL TO DECIDE ON REPLY TO PREWIER, " Lloyd George’s Latest Note Reiterates Refusal to Rec- ognize Independents. BRITISH MINISTER FIRM ON CLEAR DECLARATION Sinn Feiners Declare Former Com- munication of Leader Has Been Misinterpreted. ated Pross. be As<o LONDOYN, Scptember 19— Eamonn De Valera telegraphed 1o Premier LloYd Gewrge today asking whether Mr.Lloyd George's letter of September 7 was intend- ed nx “a demand for a surrender on our part or an invitation to a conference free on both sides and without prejudice xhould an agree- ‘ment not be reached.” DUBLIN, September 19.—Eamonn De Valera may call the dail eireann into | session to deliberate on the situation | to Dublin by Prime Minister Lioyd| George. This communication ceived yesterday at an hour that pre- Vented the Irish republican cabinet| from considering it before today. | Readiness to meet Mr. De Valera or | other delegates trom the Sinn Fein | “in the capacity of tne chosen spokes- | men for southern liciand’' was ex-| pressed by the prime minister, but he refused to confer with them as “repre- | sentatives of a sovercign and inde- | pendent state.” Mr. Lioyd George de- clared that the section of the Sinn Fein note dispatched on September 12, | Which was construed as placing the | Irish delegates on a par witn envoys | from a separate power, must be with- | drawn before a conference was pos- | sible. H He pointed out that when Mr. De Valera weng to London to begin con- versations as to a bass for settlement of the Irish problem he was received as the “chosen leader of the great ma- Jority in southern Ireland,” and that Mr. De Valera accepted this designa- tion. s re-| ‘Way Belleved Paved. After Mr. De Valera on_Saturday dispatched a telesram to Mr. Lloyd George stating that the Sinn Fein had “accepted the prime munisters invitation to the Inverness confer- ence, but had merely detaiied. the! | | % i Pposition he and his colleagues were | maintaining, it was believed the way had been prepared for a continuation of the negotiations with the British | government Yesterday's.nute from the prime minister, however, made it evident that Mr. Lloyd George was insistent in demanding a clear dec-| laration that Ireland had not re. nounced her allegiance to the British crown. 2 The note of September 12, to a section of which the prime minister took exception, was approved by a unanimous vote taken by the dail eireann. It would appear, therefore, that another session of that body must be called for the purpose of main- taining the position assumed in that Tote, or drafting a new communica- tion which would, in some way, meet the views of the prime minister. No Information on Reply. The only cabinet member at the Mansion House during the forenoon | ‘was Arthur Griffith, foreign minister, ‘Wwho later was joined by George Gavan Duffy. Mr. De Valera telephoned that he would not reach the Mansion House until 3 o'clock this afternoon, | Desmond Fitzgerald, minister of | propaganda. when asked today as_to ‘when a reply probably would be sent to Mr. Lloyd George, said he could give no information on that point. It is suggested in some quarters that Mr. De Valera may be content te leave the situation as it stands and discontinue the correspondence. There Seems to be general agreement that the paragraph in the September 12 note to which Mr. Lloyd George ob- jects could not be withdrawn with- out the consent of the dail eireann, which approved it. Note Declared Misinterpreted. In Sinn Fein quarters today it was declared that Mr. De Valera, in his telegram of Saturday night, did all he could to explain the paragraph in 2 sense to make possible the holding of the proposed Inverness conference, pointing _out the misinterpretation which “they considered Mr. Lloyd George had put upon the republican deader’'s previous communication. Persons in touch with the leaders declare they are anxious to avoid a breach and to do anything possible which would bring about a confer- ence, but are determined to guard against the abandonment of a prin- ciple the relinquishment of which they consider would weaken the Sinn Fein in case of a renewed conflict. ‘The leaders were seeking today for a formula that would make a con- ference possible while safeguarding their position, but there were some in- dications that they might decide the correspondence would be best left as it stands. LLOYD GEORGE'S NOTE. | Declares Claim to Right as Sov- ereign Must Be Withdrawn. By the Associated Press. LONDON September 18.—David Lloyd George, the British premier, in a telegram sent today to Eamonn de ‘Valera declared that unless the Irish Jeaders’ claim to the right to meet the British representatives as the head of an _independent, sovereign state is withdrawn a conference with the Sinn Fein delegates is impossible. The text of this telegram follows: “I have received your telegram of last night and observe it does not modify the claim that your delegates should meet us as representatives of a sovereign and independent state. “You made no such condition in ad- vance when you came to see me in July. I invited you then to meet me, in the words of my letter, as the chosen leader of the great majority in southern Ireland, and you accepted the invitation. Looked for Allegiance. “From the very outset of our con- versations 1 told you that we looked 1o Ireland to own allegiance to the throne, and to make her future as a member of the British commonwealth. That was the basis of our proposals, and we cannot alter it. “The status you now claim in ad- vance for your delegates is in effect a repudiation of that basis. I am prepared to meet your delegates, as I met you in July, in the capacity of ghe chosen spokegmen for your people, to wdiscuss the association of Ireland With the British commonwealth. “My colleagues and I cannot meet them representatives of *‘a sov- Polly Rings Alarm To Liven Up Sunday; Gives Firemen Ha-Ha By the Associated Press. PANA, IIL, September 19— Polly, a parrot whose home is in a downtown office, and who apparently disliked the Sun- day calm that visited this city’s business district yesterday, brought sudden activity by pulling an alarm that summon- ed the fire department speedily to the scene. Escaping from the insurance office of Col. H. W. Ferguson, her owner, she spied a fire alarm box. She grabbed in beak the strap fastened to the signalling device, swung her ten pounds on it for a moment d then hopped to the top of the box and wnaited. The fire- fighting apparatus soon arrived. ‘The only reply Polly would make to quexstioners was, “Ha, ha.” 1, WORKERS FORM PROBE COMMITTEE New Organization to Repre- sent Employes in Investigat- ing Government Methods. Fifteen government officials, the ma- jority probably located in this city, will constitute the new standing com- mittee on business methods in the gov- ernment authorized by the National Federation of Federal Employes at the convention ended in New Orleans last week. The plan means that the federai workers who operate the government machinery and know what is wrong with it “will at least get a chance to show where it needs repairs or new parts,” according to J. G. Gurley, edi- tor of the federation's magazine, who returned to Washington today from the convention. The new committee, according to plans, would be drafted from ‘“effi- ciency engineers” and similar types, and would operate partly through its own knowledge and partly upon the basis of “tips” and suggestions. May Send in “Tips.”, It is felt that the 246 locals of the federation throughout the country would be in a position to send in “tips” and ideas, and these would be worked over by the committee on business methods in the government. Those found to be practicable would be turned over to the proper adminis- trative officers of the government. As a last resort, if the officers failed to take action, the matters would be laid before the director of the budget. Obfect Is Twotold. The real object of the move is two- fold, according to Mr. Gurley: “First, to make the National Federation of Federal Employes a power for efii- ciency, and through the establish- ment of contacts between the effi- ciency engineers and the government make new ideas instantly available to those in a position to use them. “Second.” said Mr. Gurley, “it has for its object the bringing into the efficiency and economy movmeent the brains of the entire organization.” This last has long been a sore spot with _many in government service, who have felt that everybody in the country uses Uncle Sam’s various. “ef- ficiency engineers” except the gov- ernment itself. Information Avaflable. Many times, it is said, a humble messenger kno#s what is wrong with an office, and could point out exactly where the hitch iIs in the office pro- gram if only he were permitted to talk, or if ever his views were asked. “Of course,” said one member of the federation today, “there would be received a great many suggestions that would be of no value whatever, many based on misconceptions, but out of the mass of views presented undoubtedly could be secured thoughts of great value.” Dr. J. Franklin Meyer of the bureau of standards has been mentioned as a possible chairman of the new com- mittee on better business methods in the government, as has the name of Luther C. Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes. ROUTED BY COMMUNISTS. 1914 Battle Celebration at> Wil- mersdorff. Germany, Broken Up. BERLIN, September 19.—A celebra- tion at Wilmersdorft of the battle of Tannenberg, following the anniversary of that engagement, fought in East Prussia in 1914, was broken up yester- day by socialists and communists, who overpowered the nationalists, and com- pelled their band to play revolutionary airs. ‘The radicals also forced the band to accompany them to Bernau, where a bust of ex-Emperor William and mon- archial banners which they had cap- tured were burned in the market place. —_— LOSES DIVORCE SUIT. NEW YORK, Septembér 19.—W. E. D. Stokes, wealthy realty owner, to- day lost his_suit for divorce from Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes, formerly of Denver, Col. Instead, Supreme Court Justice Finch granted Mrs. Stokes a decree of separation and permitted her to re- tain custody of the children, over whom she has had charge as the result of a decision of the probate court in Denver. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 19.—Four- teen hundred sticks of dynamite three inches in diameter and ten inches long, and 100 sticks of T.N.T. were seized today by police follow- ing the capture of five dynamiters in the act of bombing a shoe-repair shop. One of the prisoners was shot by police, who had ' surrounded the shop for ten Hours following a mysterious tip that it was to be bed. h‘;{?chlrd Burke, _twenty-three years old, the wounded man, was carrying a bomb when the five ap- proached the shoe shop, after park- ing a stolen automobile two blocks away. Forty detectives hidden in neighboring- buildings surrounded the bombers and ordered ‘them to surrender. Instead Burke hurled the bomb, and the explosion tore the entire front out of the store, creign and independent stite without Jisloyalty on our part to the throne (Continucd on rage Z, Column 2.) threw David Krenan, the owne: and his family from their beds up: stairs and broke wl:dov- for - . WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1921—-TWENTY_-FOUR PAGES. SIBERIAN PROBLEM L0OMS UP AS1SSUE FORARMS PARLEYS |Russian Interests, in Ab- sence of .Her Recognition, To Be a Moral Trust. {FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC ASKS TO SEND DELEGATES U. S. Minister at Peking Informs Agent of American Obser- vations on Subject. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, Septem- ber 19.—The final report of the league of nations commission on disarmament, given out here today, intimates that the Washington conference, in the commission's view, will be better able than the league to deal with naval disarma- ment, since this may best be ac- complished through common agree- ment among the great powers. Problems relating to Siberia are to be considered by the coming Washing- ton conference on far eastern ques- tions and limitation of armaments, it was learned today, if the present plans jare carried out. It Is understood that ! the program of topics to be discussed jat the conference will include Siberian |affairs. In the absence of a recognized Rus- sian government, Russia will not par- ticipate in the conference. But it has been made clear that legitimate Rus- sian interests would be considered as a moral trust upon the conference. At the State Department today an- nouncement was made that the Amer- an legation at Peking had recently In-celv&d a request from an agent of the so-called Far Eastern Republic, which takes in a part of eastern Si- beria, that representatives of that re- public be admitted to the conference lon questions rellvling to the far east. | Not Recognized by World. | The far eastern republic has not been recognized by the United States, nor by any of the governments of the werld. Therefore no formal reply has been made to this request, but the {American minister at Peking has been instructed to convey to the agent of the far eastern republic in- formal observations in the. following sense: “In the absence of a single, recog- nized Russian government the protec- tion of legitimate Russian interests must devolve as a moral trusteeship upon the whole conference. It is re- grettable that the conference, for rea- nn‘ quite béybnd the ?flflr‘fm participating powers, is t - Prived of the advantawe of) Russian co-operation in its deliberations, but it 15 not to be conceived that the con-/ ference will take decisions prejudicial to legitimate Russian interests or which would in any manner viglate Russian rights. It is the hope and ex- pectation of the government of the United States that the conference will establish general principles of inter- national action which will deserve and have'the support of the people of eastern Siberia and of all Russia by reason of their justice and efficacy In the settlement of outstanding difficul- ties. May Admit Holl and Belgium. Sufficient assurances, formal and in- i formal, are understood to have been received by the State Department from the different powers invited to participate in the conference to make it appear that Holland and Belgium will be given seats at the conference iwhen it discusses far eastern sub- jects. o fhe only formal replies are those from France and Japan, but it was explained today that informal assur- ances had been received from other quarters and that the delay in dis- patching more precise responses was due largely to the absence from the various capitals of the responsible i members of the government. tion of understanding concerning the topics to be discussed. READY FOR EXAMINATION. Opposition Party in Japan Says Ultimatum Is Unavoidable. | ™ The. State Department's proposals regarding the conference program, which were forwarded to the invited powers are understood to.have been responded to in part and on the whole | to have met with little announced. op- position. Official comment, however, on the character of such replies as have been received was withheld, al- though it was indicated that the State Department regards with satisfaction the progress being made in the direc- ’ By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 19.—Japan should adhere to the twenty-one demands she sent to China, and should insist upon-an agreement in all the other engagements of that country, says a resolution passed by the political committee of the Kensei-kai, or op- | position, party. M. Wakatsuki, man- lager of the party, and member. of the Okuma cabinet, which concluded the treaty embodying the twenty-one de- mands, has issued a statement In de- ifense of that convention. He de- clares that if Japan had territorial ambitions she could havé seized part of China during the war instead of |arranging a treaty designed to secure (Centinued on Page 2, Column 7.) 1,500 STICKS OF DYNAMITE AND T.N.T. SEIZED IN CHICAGO BOMBING PLOT blocks around. As Burke turned to flee, Michael Hughes, chief of detectives, shot him in the side, and the other four surrendered. They _gave _their names as Michael Bench, James Smith, John Barry and Charles Young. After questioning they said Burke, Smith, Barry and Young all lived at a house on Kimbark: ave- nue in the southern part of the city. Search of the house disclosed the bomb-making plant, explosives, and in the garage a second auto- mobile was found. Burke, who is believed to be dy- ing, told the police he supplied bombs for eral labor unions, and also the men to throw them. Police say he made a detailed state- ment of bomb outrages undertaken for the shoe repairmen’s gnd jani- tors’ unions. .After questioning the prisoners Chief Hughes sald the arrests would clear up scores of bomb ex- plosions during the last six months and involve a number of union offi- cials. An investigation also is un- der way to determine how Burke was able .to_obtain the stock of dynamite and T.N.T. !and officials this morning were unable MORE THAN 50.000 ON SCHOOL ROLLS Belief Expressed That 60,- 000 Pupils Will Be Regis- tered by End of Week. Fresh from three months of liberty, more than 50,000 boys and girls of Washington today took the city's public schools by storm—and sur- rendered. There were no bands play- | ing, n6 crowds cheering and no vic torious salutes fired. On account of the general upset con- ditions in the schools, the teachers to take a census of the children. How- ever, before the school buildings are locked up this afternoon, officials will hxve"deulledvh records of the first day’s enrollment, which is expected to toial about 23,000, or surpassing last year opening day registration by 3,000, By the end of the week it is expected registration will hover around ,000, ‘and by the latter part of Oc- tober, when the peak will be reached, officials believe there will be at least 63,060 in the schools, an increase of approximately 1,500 over last year's maximum. “Stagger Hours” in High Sehools. As predicted, the opening found all of the high schools overcrowded, with student bodies even larger than last year, when the two-shift and stag- gered-hour systems re introduced to provide accommodations for the ex- cess students. These emergency relief measures have been resorted to again this year. “A large and flourishing first-year class,” was reported by Charles Hart, principal of Eastern. He said that by the close of this week he expects at least 900 students to be enrolled in his institution, an increase of 125 over the maximum enrollment of last June. Frank C. Daniel, principal of Tech High School, made a hasty survey of his institution soon after the opening and informed newspaper men that “it looks as though they are pretty full.” Mr. Daniel believes that his registra- tion will reach about 1,600. Tech had @ student body of approximately 1,400 last year. Reports From Other Principals. “The students are coming in ac- cording to our estimate: said Allan Davis, principal of Business. It was estimated by Mr. Davis that his in- crease this year would be about 100 over last year, giving the school an enrollment of 1,300. Central High School officials did not have time this morning even to make an estimate of the enrollment. Alvin ‘W. Miller, assistant principal, how- ever, said that Central “had all the students it wanted and all that it expected.” Western High School, it is believed, will enroll between 800 and 850 stu- dents. This institution had about 800 on_its rolls last year. From_the reports, the Columbia Junior High School {8 enrolling more new students than any of the senior institutions. A clerk in the office of Miss Alice Deal, principal, exclaimed between breaths that the principal “is rushed to death and is unable to take a count of her students’ She added ghat “the children are just piling in here.” The Columbia Junior High enroll- ment is expected to go beyond the 600 mark. There were approximate- ly 550 children enrolled there last year. The increase this year, it was said, will be made up principally of non-resident children who are enter- ing the District schools for the first time. P In Elementary Schools. Enrollments in the elementary‘ schools were reported to be heavy, especially in the residential sections ! of the northwest and the newly de- ! veloped subdivisions. In the thh‘dl division the additions to the Takoma and Petworth schools were opened. and they help to relieve the conges- tion to a certain extent. The open- ing of the West School annex, how- ever, was deferred until tomorrow morning, while workmen rush it to completion. The new John Burroughs School, 18th and Monroe streets northeast, also was opened for the first time. There are nine classes at this school, ranging from the kindergarten through the eighth grade. ‘EIGHT MEN ACCUSED. Negroes Declare They Were Hanged to Disclose Information. " ORANGEBURG, 8. C., September 19. —Two negroes from St. Stephens, in Berkley county, came to Orangeburg yesterday to lodge complaint against eight white men of their section and others, who, they ‘eharged, took them to the woods on September 12 and hanged fhem by their necks to get information as to who had shot up a rQad comstruction camp a.few days previously. The negroes . engaged Jlocgl counsel, but no official action has been taken by the’ solicitor. i SCHOOL DAYS. LLOYD GEORGE BETTER. Able to Sit in Garden, But Cannot Receive Callers. By the Associn‘ed Press. GAIRLOCH, Scotland, September 19.— Premicr Lloyd George, whose indisposi- tion as a result of tooth abscess was re- |lieved a few days ago by lancing, today :‘a» able to sit in th¢ garden of his home ere. He sent word to laborite mayors of various London boroughs who arrived at Inverness this morning to see him regarding the unemployment problem, however, that under orders from his doctor he would be unable to receive CTSTosTy DAWES BUDGETS Ex-Senator Sherman to Sit With Director in Review- ing Capital’s Needs. All estimates of government de- partments for inclusion in the budget to be submitted to Congress will be reviewed in the office of the director of the budget by men of special quali- fications, Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, director of the budget, announced today. This step was taken by Gen. Dawes in order to obtain an impartial review of the estimates submitted by | the various departments and pendent bureaus. Ex-Senator Sherman to Help. Former Senator Lawrence Y. Sher- man of Illinois and for some time chairman of the Senate District com- mittee, has been recalled into the government service to sit with Gen. Dawes in reviewing the estimates for the District of Columbia. Other men have been called into the service for review of other departmental es- timates, but Gen. Dawes is not ready to announce their names at this time. Gen. Dawes was emphatic in his statement that these experts are not in any sense arbiters, but were called in order that the budget bureau might have the impartial advice of people who were thoroughly familiar with the conditions and the estimates as submitted. The appointments are a necessity for the efficient handling of the budget, he declared. In an exclusive statement to The Star, Gen. Dawes said: Dawes Discusses D. C. Budget. “In_connection with the handling of the budget for the District of Co- lumbia in the office of the bureau of the budget, it is manifest that if the estimates for the District are to be transmitted to the President with any intelligent suggestions as to the necessity and wisdom of the items therein, the director of the budget must be assisted by the impartial ad- vice of one thoroughly conversant with the business of the District. “The calling in of Senator Sherman, however, involves no departure, in any regard, from either law or cus- tom. Senator Sherman accepts ap- pointment at $1 per year under rule 2, section 10, of the civil service rules, promulgated by the President April 15, 1903, as amended July 25, 1914. Fe will remain in the office of the budget bureau under such ap- inde- pointment for the time necessary to! enable him to assist the director of the budget in a review of the District of Columbia estimates. After such examination and consideration of the estimates, of the District and review by the director they will then be submitted by the director of the budget to the President, as provided by law, and by the latter, with such modifications as he may determine, submitted to Congress, which, of course, is the final authority in all matters of legislative appropriation. | Senator Sherman, in this connection, comes into the government service as any other employe would come in, save and except that he will go out again after he has performed this specific purpose. Fthe director of the budget is en- deavoring, in connection with a re- vision of all the estimates of the gov- ernment, to make, as far as possible in the_short time at his disposal, an intelligent examination into their necessity with a view to securing re- ductions, wherever possible, consistent with the preservation of efficiency. He has called, and is calling, under the same plan as pursued with Senator Sherman, a number of men of especial qualifications and experience to aid him in intelligent consideration of estimates.” D, C. Commissioners Pleased. The District Commissioners ex- pressed gratification today over the selection of former Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois to act for the federal pudget bureau in examining ‘Washington's budget for the next fis- cal year.: “We shall be glad to have a man like the former senator from Illinois to sit in judgment upon our estimates” sald Chairman Rudolph of the board of Commissioners. “Not only will the on e 2, Column 4. CITIZENS OBTAIN | i 1$25,000 Goal to Entertain Arms Delegates Expected by Saiurday. At noon today a total of $7,350 had been raised by the finance committee of the Central Citizens' committee to- ward a fund for the reception and en- tertainment of the delegates and their assistants who will attend the con- ference for the limitation of arma- ments to convene here in November. Announcement to this affect was made today by Milton E. Ailes, chair- man of the finance committee. He made public at the same time the list of those firms and individuals who have subscribed up to noon and the amounts of the same. Mr. Ailes, al- though well pleased with.this early | response, said that it would require much additional work in the next few days to raise the $25,000, which total has been set by the Central Citizens' commiittee. = Expected Before Saturday. It is expected that the total would be subscribed in its entirety before { next Saturday. Assoclated with Mr. Ailes on_ the finance committee are: Daniel J. Calla- han, vice chairman; 1. J. Roberts, sec- retary, treasurer. The personnel of the full {membership of this committee will be announced in a few days. In making known the subscriptions Chairman Ailes said today that the committee of representative citizess which is arranging for this reception {to the foreign visitors is especially | anxious that the National Capital and {its citizenship do everything within its power and means to extend the proper { hospitality and welcome during the stay of these Yoreign guests. It is the committee’s desire to adopt a general program which will offer hospitality and entertainment of a most dignified and impressive nature, and, at the | same time, to avoid anything bearing on the nature of a county fair en- tertainment. Wants Friendly Spirit. Besides extending a welcoming hand to the visitors and the holding of several functions for their enter- tainment on behalf of the citizens of Washington, the committee is anxious for a general display of friendliness on the part of the eatire citizenship. Although the program to be fol- lowed is very indefinite at this time, it is the expressed intention of the committee to provide an attractive display of streect and house decora- tions, illumination, and one or more formal receptions at least during the ! first week or two of the arms sessions. Whether or not the $25,000 tet by the committee as the amount necessary for these activities will be sufficient has not been fully determined. Mr. Ailes said that he was being greatly aided in raising the money by, Mr. Callahan, the vice chairman of the finance committee, who, because of his loni experience in civic matters of this kind, is peculiarly qualified for the task. The finance committee, although impressed with what it con- siders a good showing for the short time it has been at work, emphasizes the fact that it will be necessary to cover a wide variety of businesses and individuals of the city to raise the $25,000. Thus far twenty-nine firms and individuals have given their subscriptions to the committee and it is expected that at least twice this number will have been entered upon the books of the committee by noon tomorrow. Chairman _Ailes anticipates con- ysiderable of a boost in the collection of money following the meeting at 1 o'clock tomorrow of the chairmen of the various subcommittees ap- pointed by the central citizens’ com- mittee. At this meeting the sub- chairmen will offer reports of the work done by them so far, and_will make suggestions for the considera- tion of a definite program of enter- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Member of the Associsted Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repcblication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwiss credited in this paper and also the local news published Lerein. TOTAL OF $1280 and ,Hilleary G. Hoskinson, | Al rights of publication of special Qispatches heieln are ale reserved. Saturday” Sunday’s Net Circulation, 84,009 Net Circulation, 86,824 TWO - CENTS. | College Borrows Baby | i To Teach Girl Siudents | ! Science of Homemaking-+ STILLWATER, Okla., Septem- ber 19—The homemakers’ cot- tage at the Oklnhoma A. and M. College here today is complete, for it hax a baby—the one es- wentinl which in years before instructors in home economies have complained was lacking. David, the college baby, was adopted this ycar, or rather borrowed, from the Oklahoma E i Children's Home at Oklahoma anx are ander way to meke thix hoy, whose mother died when he wax ten days old, a month after xhe waxs Gexerted by the father, (he most selentifical- wstate. ! wirlx for | will akers’ cottage their own, eook the menls, make | the bedx, prepare David's diet, ! make his clothes—in xh play | “foster viother” to Mean- while an experienced matron will keep a practiced eye on the coitage and David. DEMOCRATS PLAN PARTY STRATEGY Leaders In and Out of Con-! gress Arranging for Early | HERE | vene CONFERENCE OPENS ON UNENPLOYMENT NEXT MONDAY ecretary Hoover Announces Date for Session Called by the President. WILL ASK PUBLIC MEN TO TAKE PART AT ONCE | Purpose to Meet Present Conditions and Try to Prevent Fu- ture Idleness. Harding’s national con- unemployment will con- Monday morning at 10 retary Hoover announced The meetings will be held in the conference roum of the Depart- ment of Commerece. lent on next o'clock, S tod | Perscnnel of the conference wil |not oe selected to represent any lar group of individuals or s, but will be chosen. rically, as far as possible, of " men who are conversant situations and with the unemployment situation, ecretary Hoover said. Conferences. | Sr. Hoover Outtin-s Plans. e o | The conference will Le made up of ! el AeEn ted for their knowledge of i mbling of Congress next Wednes he democratic lead- {ers in that body, together with the top-liners in the part ganization, are expected to Upon the reass: nold con- ferences over political strategy 1o be pursued from now on. e of them | | are said to feel the urge of attac] }ing the republican attitude of com placency over the administration’s record of achievement. It is thought the democratic policy will be to o along cheerfuily with the republicans on the proposal for limitation of armaments, yiclding with as good grace s possible to the republicans such credit as may ac- crue to them, but o hammer away at the republican record in legisl tion. I is realized. it is said. tha { | I holding back in the traces oIn arma ments, and that the logical an: proper play will be to puil heartily with the administration. Credit Conceded to G. O. P. The fact Is reognized that the arna- ment limitation movement is the-re- publicans’ pigeon pie and the demo- crats ca:inot have any of it, although | they can claim that they saw it as, sSoon as the republicans did and were “for it all the time.” a Bui the record in Congress is an- other thing entirely, and some of the democratic _leaders feel emboldened to think that they can find weak spots in it. expose and enlarge upon them will be considered as good politics and the thing to be done. The tax revision bill is counted upon as possibly af- fording good material for criticism. It is to be assumed, of course, tha no tax bill prepared by the majority party and that whatever the majority some of it was wrong. The democrats arc expceted to insist that the bill Lears upon Some classes to their detriment and favors others. Republicans to Meet Charge. The republicans are well aware of this condition and their leaders and spokesmen .a the House and Senate | will be prepared to deny with indig- nation and to refute with such argu- | ments as they may find at hand. The | republicen contention will be that this “is the best bill ever.” When the tax bill now on the statute books was passed it was under the stress of a great exigenc: and its défects were admitted by authors. In extenuation it was urged that the bill represented the best that could be done at the time .in the circumstances. The taxpayers were asked to put up with its inequalities on_that account. The democrats, it is said, will insist that no such palliating plea can be made in_behalf of the bill mow in course of preparation. They will as- sert that the majority party, in full control of all branches of the gov- ernment, has had plenty of time to frame a well rounded measure of re- lief, and that if it contains faults the majority must take the responsibility “and stand the gaff.” The republicans are' not frightened at the prospect and indeed the ex- pected certainty of the attempt of the opposition to shoot holes in their bill, but will defend their legislation and count upon the practical working out of the law to furnish vindication for their work. They believe that, once the new law is in force, business and the individual taxpavers soon will ad- just themselves to it, find benefits in its operations and that criticism will languish, The republicans are said to be more concerned in speedy action -upon the tax bill than in the nature of the ob- It is the opinion of the leaders’that early enactment of the law is the most important consideration of the fu- ture. After the democrats have had reasonable oprortunity to blow off steam in protest, they will push con- stantly for final action. {PERSHING FRENCH GUEST. By the Associated Press. PARIS September 19.—The French government has requested Gen John J. Pershing to be its guest while he is in France. Rooms have been re- the democrats could gain nothing by | g, To seek them out and | jections expected from the opposition. | regardiess of tl s Hoover said a practi- 1ly complete list of conferees would be made public tonight. The con- ference will consist 'of thirty men and ay to organize itself. v dissolve committe«s to - ation, M a - the various matters on unem- numb. pyment to be considered. the tull confere the Secretary . would be public, aml it was con- cred probable that hearings might ¢ heid by the various committees. Work Already Under Way. The economic advisory commitiee or the Department of Commerce, Mr Hoover said, has heen meeting for the past ten days preparing plans for the ming conference and has completed ng program wh will be presented at the opening session. A t of material and statis- s heen prepared for the zathered from hich might be % out a solu- Loped the con- me for h would deles, or 3 and added a practicable working | pregram would be drawn up. He said |he did not know whether the Presi- jdent would opem the eonference with |a short address to the conference. |, Looking to Fature. While means for combating the present unemployment will be dis- cussed at the conference, it has been | made known that one of the chief matiers to come up before the meet- ¢ wilh & of “cha jinzs will be some pian for fighting spread of unemployment in the future, !regardiess of business conditions. e v h o thi v a £ DTty and that Whateve rihe majorlty | Whar form this plan would take is did ‘the minority would claim that | gob JROWR: L AR Bropably be | nomic advisory committee of the Com- merce Department. - INDIA REVOLT REPORTED OF A SERIOUS NATURE Military Forces Find Nature of Country Aid to Rebel Bands. LONDOX, September 19.—Official in- vestigation of conditions in India A‘Sh(m' that the situation is more seri- ious than was at first believed. The | military forces sent into the troubled district of the Malabar coast are ex- periencing difliculties owing to the mobility of the rebels and the nature {of the country. Formidable bands of | rebels are scattered through the hills, which, for the most part, are covered with forests. Two thousand rebels are said to be massed in the Pandalur hills, north- east of Calicutt, where an action is imminent, and another band is en- deavoring 1o join these rebe of- ficials here hold that the insurgeats can be starved out if the main roads H { |are held and certain areas are gar- risoned. |""A Simla dispatch to Reuter’s, Limit- led, says that at @ council of sta iheld there it was declared that the {lives and property of non-Moslems H | were unsafe except in the vicinity of | garrisons and near railways. It was {said the insurgents; of whom five ibodies are known to exist, control certain areas and that immediate es- tablishment of authority is impossible KELLOGG TO RUN AGAIN. ST. PAUL, Minn, September 19.— Frank B. Kellogg, jr., United State senator from Minnesota, today formal {announced that he would be a candi- date for re-election next year. Today’s News in Paragraphs De Valera may call on dail to deliberate on latest Lioyd George note. Page 1 Siberian problems looming up as sub- jects for arms conference. Page 1 e O e e roping In the| public schools of ity open today with headquarters by the American peace| °V¢T 50,000 pupils enrolled. age ‘1 commission. | Secretary Hoover announces Prasident’s Mashal Franchet d'Esperey, who| unemployment conference will open has been designated by the govern-| next Monday. Page 1 ment to meet Gen. Pershing at|Fifteen government officials to consti- Havre on Wednesday next and wel- come him, left for Havre today with his staff. 25 UNEMPLOYED MEN AND 1 WOMAN TO BE PUT UP AT AUCTION IN N. Y. NEW YORK, September 19.—Ur- bain Ledoux ennounced today that one unemployed woman and twen- ty-five men had asked to have their services sold at the auction which he proposes to hold on the steps of the public library to- night, ,notwithstanding objections of the police, labor leaders and others. If the police should forcibly in- terfere, he said ,the only weapon used in defense would be a song by a former service man, “The . World Is Dying for a Little Bit of Love.” Beside Mr. Le doux ‘another vol- unteer worker who has attracted notice by his attention to prob- lems of the unemployed is Kdwin Brown of Denver, a brother of William C. Brown, formerly presi- dent of the New York Central rail- road. He described today his observa- tions on a tour of the city which he made at night in his old clothes. He is sixty-five years old, and says he has studied the lot of unfortunates in many cities in re- cent years. He saw hundreds of men sleeping in parks and even on pavements in New York, keeping themselves warm with newspapers and .doing their laundry in the morning ‘st public fountains. - | | tute committee representing federal emploves In_Investigating government business methods. Page 1 Gen. Dawes secures ex-Senator Sherman to assist in reviewing D. C. budget needs. Page 1 Democratic leaders to confer on party’s strategical moves. Page 1 Fight opened to admit press to confer- Sace on limitation of Armaments. Page 3 'itizens east of Georgia avenue ask bet- O senool facilities Page 13 'mployers face penalty of publicity It ey 4 not obes Massachusetts wage commission. Page 13 Many from U. S. and Canada seek Jand t bein ned up in Argentina. Jus g ope! 12 can Legion 2sks employers to A renta Jobs for Ldle ex-service men. Page 13 Rockefeller Medical College at Pek ! China, dedicated today. 3y { Americans in China stirred ur by row l in U. 8. court. Page 12 ims denies statement A reRant Tarine. " Page 1