Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1921, Page 1

s R Member of the Assoclated Press The Amociated Press ia exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all Dews dispatches credited to 1t or not oNerwlse credited in this ‘Paper and also the locts news publisied bereis. WEATHER. Cloudy tonight; cloudy and colder. Temperature for twenty-four hours | tomorrow partly i ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 76, at g 4 2 p.m. today: lowest, 48, at 2 a.m. to- | All rights of publiation of speeial day. Full report on ‘page 2. | Qlspatches berein are aiso reserved. Saturday’s Net culation, 83990 21. Sunday’s Net Circulation, 88471 Closing New 98,988, York Stocks, Page NTS. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. i TWO CE TAXATION CLAUSE IN CAR MERGER BILL STRONGLY OPPOSED Chairman Focht of House i Committee Emphasizes Im- portance of Legislation. No. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, FRENCH numm;nmg FOR BASE BALL TACIERDIENS 10 FAVOR B CUTS PROPOSING REPEAL INARMAMENT 05T~ TO GET EDGE IN SERIES) peveyr yppyy Will Entertain Any Safe Pro- Bo'trh Yankees and .Gmm" &l! Ev.e n Terms at;Ma\iority of Senate Finance posal to Relieve Nation wo-All, Determined to Win Fifth Game. |'¢y0, e, against Trans- | of Burden. Weather Is Clear, But Chilly. portation Taxes. SCORE BY INI\nIIN_GS. Yankees......... 66.12(5)- Giants: . .. ..o 1500050005 L sta 2 the Associated Tress. NEW YORK, October 10.—On even terms again, Yankees and | Giants met today in the fifth game of the world series. } |MEASURE UP FOR DEBATE PHILIPPINE FREEDOM IS LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED WOULD ABOLISH PIPE LINE AND PARCEL POST LEVIES 8 9 IBill as Introduced Would Change the System of Taxing the Companies. Vieorans opposition the biil designed to £ Japanese May Propose Freedom as “Solution to Armament Reduc- tion in Far East.” Maximum Surtax Rate of 50 Per Cent and Increased Estate Taxes Also Favored. o provision merger of : 9 % - s i ai ~ | Amcndments to the fax bill pro- Sy ay e 10— The Fre The Yankees led with their young pitching ace, Waite Ho;l.“ ine: repeal @r: all transportation ton which woul ¢ the sysiem of i ation is going te the Washing 4 taxing the companies and relieve them itaxes, including those on oil by pipe line and on parcel post packages; a maximum surtax rate cf 50-per cent and incrcased cstate taxes were ap- proved today by majority members of the Senate finance committee. The majority also approved amend- this afternoon, and the Giants countered with the southpaw Art Nehf. Hoyt. the Brooklyn youth, the Giants in the second meeting of the teams, allowing but two hits, one a scratch, beating Nehf that day. to ente v safe proposition by which France 1 save to the limit on military and nuval outlay, it was said this morn- ing by an official to the head ©f the delegation. ftom other costs was voiced when the Liil came up for consideration in the House today. | With time unlimited for general de- | bate, this so-called street railway me! :l:nr bill was the =pecial order of busi- mference d sposed HOW TEAMS BATTED IN THE FIFTH CONTEST YANKEES. GIANTS, close From the same source it was learned| Good weather prevailed. Early signs 3 . ments f t 13 ora- ness for today : Chairs” that it is expected in official circl¢s}of rain disappeared and the sun is 3 Burns, of. or retention of the corp: | for todey and tomorrow. ir h o " tena of |shining, but the air is somewhat Peckinpaugh, ss. Bancroft, ss. tion capital stock tax and for repeal i man Focht of the House District com- SOk S S e | e s Ruth, 1. Frisch, db. of the two-thousand-dollar exemption | Eitise Hioctns e Ternan sl 0 The crowd came late. but game Pipp. 16, allowed corporations in the case of | bill, and was interrupted by frequent { Jand and the possibility of reducing the force there will come up in Wash- ington. SEa { inquiries and debate regarding the tax | relief zranted the street car companies. { Representative Joe Waish of Masea corporations having annual come in excess of $25,000. | A flat tax of $6.40 a gallon on dis- | time found a throng on hand. Rawlings, 2b. Smith, <. i Schang, «. Yankees Expect to Clout. ‘ e ay CeRGI e : There has been a lot of talk about | | Heyt m. tilled spirits also was® agreed upon, | OF HARDING OPTIMISM. ve Sunders of The army and navy - is costing e ougl Umpires: Rigler nt the plate; | |but With a provise that there would | d Representative Graham of ¢ Sips U0 francs annually, | the Giants' lost and found batting | Umplres: Rigler at the plate; be a rebate of $4.20 a gallon where | illinols were the first to oppose the the in the budget is|eves—now the Yankees are ving second; Chill at third jit was shown to the satisfa | 1 = | bill on these srounds. 00,000 s, mearly all of [ poin e s e & 5 ! | commissioner of internal r 1 e 2 it bematleup by isconos ol BHE R i eredt e = the spirits were used for manufactur- | M by Mr. Walsh. in the miltary and na Se M N and e ase - » gal ik ing or medicinal purposes. i heén the measure was ofirst called “ra L ks fisat. Uno) e e any further,” said Mike Mc- | ing purp | % it (Peaniceshoaldiibeliguaran [ Iunniug tnl the, frat tworeamen: but American’ Leaguer's third Excise Taxes Affected. | ! ! up by Chairman Focht, Representative toed otherwise against surprise from [they were helpless in the hands of e e | g _ 2 e The French delegation is!Jess Barues on Friday and Phil Sacker, vand as we have hard Witters| pxcise taxes proposed for repeal | i | Wals icised the fact that it had been not yet ready to talk of a definite | Douglas terda Now they're sore, ':' 15 "'" “’7,’"3" X f’ e °,:’ l“’ under another amendment include the | i o | introduced, referred to committee and proposition. but the tendency of com-land assert they will pound any other | Make a lot of runs for our hurlers. = . i 8 ment in official circles is suggestive|moundsman JMcGraw sends against;‘Vatch us. rates on sporting goods, chewing | | | ,mf“;‘r = ";" ail on the same day, Oc- of & propusition te cut the army and | them. Ruth Intends to Continue. {gum, electric 1ans. thermos bottles | H | ' \'z,.:,'};‘;“."h“x":,",,“;;r“;*,‘““‘“‘ alendar Ravy expens in half. It is pointe e team hasn’t batted anywhere v #moking and hunting equipment, i e - 2 - SUEReSS O Octo- is no other depari-|close to form, declared Miller Hug. Dabe Ruth sald he would continue o uine® picture tlims. . toilet soaps H [ber 10, Eepresentative Focht explaine.( again unless there were de- | j{that the Wil had been previous!y ce is able to re- ng for the fixed interest account and ordinary government expenses. New Zealanders to Attend. WILLINGTON, N. Z. October 10.— N ajand will be represented. at ashington conference on lim- and far_eastern tions, Prime Minister W. . Mas- statcd today. Although he an- sunced this definite - decision, he will be unable to go, he said. MAY DISCUSS PHILIPPINES. itation of armamen Gut Japanese May Eject Issue Into Discussions. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. e 1o The Star and Chicago Da opyFight. 1921. 10, Japan, October 10.—Present ions are that the guestion of independence of the Philippines v il be capled up for discussion at the ngton conference on the limita- f_armaments and the problems Pacific. On the answer to thi according to the Japanese Joint of view. hinges the fate of the =\merican fortifications and na Tases at Guam, Hawaii and the Phil- return for the abandonment of by the United States Japan ¢ News. g n hese ~would propose the suspension of cer- tain_Japanese fortifications in the Facific. Though Great Britain, France, Jiolland. Portugal and Japan hold <olonies in the Pacific, the Philippines zre considered by the Japanese to be in a different category. If the United Ftates gave up the Philippines it ‘would be unnecessary to fortify Guam, which Japan preteads, to consider a seal menace to her securit Obligation Called Cause. “America’s obligation to protect the Fhilippines,” says an editorial in a “uasi-official news agency publica- tion. “is one of the most conspicuous yossible causes of conflict between {apan and the United States. The in- d=pendence of the Philippines would Te a happy solution of the situation $n the Pacific. insuring durable and yossible lasting peace and security in Lis part of the world. i tie United States on this question considered a test of its sincerit 1he coming Washington conferenc Let the Philippines be put under in- ternational coutrol, with the Cnited States having the same voice as the other powers. A mutual understand- jng not to fortify Guam and other is Jands would sat the most pessi- in smistic regarding the conference, Baron X s Hochi Shimbun pines are the gate- wway to oriental trade and a base for Olkum possible military operations. How- ‘ever. the civ tion of the islanders s mot yet iently ad ced to aqualify them for independence.” Japanese inion conside all tions there as pure- s offensive on account of their prox- dmity to Japan. while it considers apanese fortifications as purely de- ensive. KOREA MAKES PLEA. American fortific: Lommission Asks Opportunity to Present Cause. The Korean commission has pre- pented to the American delegation to the conference on limitation of ar- mament an appeal “for an opportuni- 1y to fully present the cause of the Korean people to your delegation, ‘o the end that you will either pre- sent it to the conference. or that you will create an opportunity for us to sl 50" The commission acted through ex- fenator Charles S. Thomas of Colorado, its special counsel. Since the fundamental principle of fhe coming conference must be the Suviolability of treaties, the Korean delegation said, the Korean question ~ill be a simple one to adjudicate. “Without exception.” the appeal #ieclared, “every nation invited to the wouference made a treaty with Korea ¥ ing to use its good offices to Irovent oppression in Korea, and \ch nation recognized Korea as an Sndipendent state.” —_— MADE DEPUTY CLERK. R. Stansbury Given High Su- preme Court Position. '3 Thilander R. Stansbury was today #ppointed deputy clerk of the Su- yreme Court of the United States. Mr. Stansbury, who is a native of the District of Columbiz, kas been an em- of the court twenty-four years. fore his appointment today he was «l signated as assistant clerk. The Supreme Court created a new today—an additional deputy kship, to which C. Elmore Cropley appointed. Mr. Cropley, who is He the sinee nd s ix twentyv-seven years voungest official ever a Washinzionian, came to the, ~me Court in 1907 as a page and heen coonected with the ' court gins. “It is improbable that they will | Play go through the entire series without | velopments to his-ailing elbow, which having several battle rampages. You | & Lt S gy ook Tor ome- i e o bled when it was examined after Sun he Giants are riding high in the |14Ys game. saddle. One and all declared they | “Babe pretty mear hit that home run of his with his right arm,” said Miller Huggins. Report In Sent 34,000 Milew. The play-by-play story of the series s being transmitted instantaneously over 24,000 miles of telegraph wire. | Dictated by a reporter to a single ending operator, the report is travel- |Ing at the rate of 156,000 mMles a sec- ond. and is being copied throughout the country from Bangor, Me.. to | Seattle, Wash., and Galveston, Tex. {north to Ottawa, Canada, and south to_Havana, Cubz This is the greatest single and un- broken telegraph circuit ever oper- ;ated in the world. Base ball fans in {hundreds of newspaper offices and hundreds of thousands watching the bulletin bourds receive the report of the games within a second of - the actual play. FIRST INNING have the edge of effective pitchers on the Yankees now that Mays is beaten. | “We cannot expect our pitchers to DILEMMA IN CANAL * STTUATION TODAY Administration Faces Most Embarrassing Problem as ! Senate Is Near Vote. Yankees—Miller popped to Ban- BY DAVID. LAWRENCE- croft. Frisch threw out Peck. Ruth [ e griast embararssing situation | Struck out. No runs. that has faced the Harding adminis-| Giants—Burns safe on McNally's tration since it took office came to a | fumble. Bancroft forced Burns, Peck ; s to Ward. Frisch bounced a single off i o oo naie had ugreed | Hoyt's glove. Young walked, filling = the bases. Bancroft scored on Kelly's American coastwise vessels from pay- ing Panama canal tolls. has protested before against such |99 legislation. on the ground that it 'ard. One run. {would violate the rights she claims | SECOND INNING. 1 Texas leaguer to left. Meusel struck Great Britain | o)t "Rawlings forced Kelly, Peck to the feeling in executive quarters is that the passage of such an act on the eve of the armament conference might have a most unfortunate ef-! fect on Anglo-American relations. I ¥risch dropped the throw, but was {out. Frisch to Smith. No runs. Giants—Smith lined to. Miller. Nehf flied to Ruth. Burns bunted safely. President Harding himself is unable | Bancroft singled to right. Burns going to stop the Senate, for he went on ito third. Meusel threw in behind record publicly in favor of Panama !Buncroft. and Burns was caught run- canal tolls exemption not only in his |ning home. Meusel to Pipp to Ward epeech of acceptance last year. but|to Pipp to Peck to Schang. No runs. THIRD INNING. in speeches since he became Presi- Yankees—McNally walked. Schang dent. Lodge and Underwood Differ. got & two-base hit, McNally going to third. Hoyt out. Bancroft to Kelly, ator Lodge of Massachusetis. the runners holding their bases. who. like Elihu Root. voted against Miller flied to Meusel and McNally a similar bill when it was up before under the Wilson administration, has scored. Schang went to third. Peck went out to Kelly. One rumt decided to stick to his earlier atti- Giants—Frisch singled over second. tude. His opposition to the bill has been on the ground that treaty rights | were brought into question. Senator | .. i nel L aéc Underwood of Alabama, democratic t Young forced Frisch, McNally —to Hleager. who refused to follow Dresi. | Ward. Kelly fanned. Meusel doubled to third. past third, Young going No Rawlings fouled out to McNally. iruns. dent Wilson on the same issue when the tolls fight of 1914 was on. is also malntaining_the same position as he originally did in favor of the legis- iation. Thus two members of the | American delegation to the armament | ¢ Jonference ‘are voting diametsically | catching the Giant infield flat-footed. oppostie ¥l e | RUL scored on Meusel's double to Senator Borah has led the fight!,, S Y 2 tor exemption of American vessels, |'¢ft: Rawlings threw out Pipp. Meu e was mot discourged from pushing |sel Boing to third. Meusel scored on FOURTH INNING Yankees — Ruth bunted the issue when he first began,|Ward's sacrifice fly to Burns. Burns though there have been several at- made a fine catch of McNally's line tempts by administration leaders|fiy. Two runs. 3 recently to dissuade him. While| Giants—Smith walked. Nehf fan- favoring the ultimate passage of|ned. Burns fanned and Smith was the act, they have contended that.|out stealing, Schang to Ward. No this wae not the time to do it. They |runs. could not budge Borah. Hence & FIFTH INNING. plan is afoot to block the measure from passing the House. It can easily be lost in the shuffle there. Borah Points to Platform. Meanwhile Senator Borah points {to the republican national platform, Yankees—Schang popped to Frisch. Hoyt out, Frisch to Kelly. Miller dou- bled to left. Peck flied to Meusel. No runs. Giants—Bancroft flied out to Meu- adopted last June, which says: sel. Frisch flied out to’ Peck. Young “We recommend that all ships|grounded out to Pipp. No runs. |engaged in coastwise trade and all | vessels of the American merchant | T (Continued on Page Z Column 4.) "Today’s News in Brief Members of arms conference assemble ANK MESSENGER ROBBED OF §63.30 Two Men Grab Satchel on Street Car, Force Conductor | here one month from tomorrow. | Page 2 | Georgla politician jailed on_ fraud charge. Page 3| dGreat lakes freighter breaks world ; record in loading iron ore. Page 3 Four separate bodies of post® office i workers will assemble in Washing- { ton tomorrow: Page 4 | Prof. Arnold would plant trees which will attract bdirds. Page 7 = | Chinese bankers support Pekings | 10 Stop and Escape in Auto. stand on Shantung. Page 12 2 By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 10.—Rob- Three smoking pipes important evi-|ert Hardaman, negro messenger for dence in Eastlake murder. Pagel3|the Grand Avenue Bank, was held Manufacturers’ sales tax glven new!up today by two men, Who escaped life in Senate. Paawas| e o : & $17,650 in B papnrOVes Plans for yisit t0lcash and $51,660 In non-negotiable R. W. Boyden lauds plan for Germany | PAPer. The robbery was committed to make big reglrltlon! payment tolon a crowded street car, near Branced i EoO0N, Page 13 gowntown quarter. Briand says France must remain| srmed until safety is assured. Fire-prevention week opens_today. ~ Page 13 Page 1410 a dowatown bank. After obtain- Colored Y. M. €. A. work spreadingiing the satchel, the-bandits compelled rapidly; 31,300,000 now invested. ' lthe conductor to stop the car and $15.000 fire in “Rubber lane" on|OPeM the door. They escaped in am Georgia avenue. Page 26 lulnmyblh. under the Hay-Pauncefote treaty L The British were expected to protest | Yankees—Meusel got a hit into agaln. right. Pipp sacrificed. Frisch to Trrespective of whether the legisla- | Kelly. Ward struck out. Meusel stole | tion does or does not violate a treaty. |, third, and dashed for home when the i Hardaman was taking the money | | and powders, phatographic apparatus | and accessories, furs and perfumes | ard cosmetics. The tax on works of art would be reduced from 10 to per cent, the tax on candy made 3 per cent 'flat and the additional taxe proposed on hotel rooms and offic furniture of hardwoods eliminated. Thus the committee majority not only approved all of the recommenda- tions agreed upon by Senate leaders! last week, but _adopted some on its own account. The vote on the major {changes was understood to have been 15 to 4. It -was said that on the test vote last Saturday the majority disapproved 5 to 4 the proposals |are urging a congressional investi- for increased surtax rates and es- | gation into the activities of th ate taxes, but these matiers were | AT inaRites bobiing oriaiSae reconsidered today. fliclan: t resi by Representative William | Col. Simmons Asked to At-| tend House Committee Meeting. Col. William Joseph Simmons. im-! perial wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, is expected here to-! morrow to confer with the leaders of the House of Representatives who Republican Support Seen. joyer ° Chairman Penrose, in $ 3 z ! . g {the committee aetion today, said the [MOFFOW morning at 10:30 o'clock to changes, in his opinion. Insured solia |oPsider the, proposed resolutions de- republican_support for _the tax bill, | manding an in\estigation. announcing | iCampbell of Kansas, will be held m-' of Most Picturesque in ountry Expected When Work Is Taken Up. Road and park improvemgnts which FOR PEACE DRVE o British Delegation Aiso Holds i { { H | picturesque drives in the country are Course of Procedure. | unaer contemplation by the wWar De By thib Associated Press. | partment, it was learned today, In LLONDON, October 10.—Michael Col-|connection with plans for the con- s. Sinn Fein minister of finance, ar- | struction of the new conduit from rived in London this morning, com-|Great Falls, authorized by Congress pleting the Sinn Fein delegation which a* this session. These are develop- tomorrow will confer with sentatives of the British government | the water supply operations: Irveland ‘with the commumity Of.Na-|Great Falls end which will give mo- and he reiterated his belief that THe ™ Pollowing the receipt by members amended measure could be sent tol!of Congress of Col. Simmons' wire. the President before the end of the |urging @ congresstonal investigstion, month. R & Representative Campbell wired the “The amendments.” he said, “are!imperial wizard in Atlanta inviting the result of careful and perfectly |him to attend the meeting of the fair and friendly Interchange of jcommittee tomorrow morning. It is thought among republican senators |stated by oMicials in Atlanta that Cel. In my opinion, in no sense are the!Simmons has accepted the invitation structural principlés of the bill un-iand will arrive in this city early ‘to- dermined. 1 expect to explain the|morrow. The headquarters of the situation fully on the flobr of the |klan here have not been notified as Senate at an early time. “Commanding practically the unan- imous support of the majority party in the Senate. the bill oukht to pass that body at an early date. I do not anticipate any prolonged controversy | in conference, so there is every rea- son to expect the bill to become a out today by K. W. Southall. secre- tary to Grand Goblin Harry B. Ter- rell, who Is at present in Atlanta. Inquiry to Await Congresa. Mr. Terrell has been absent from the weeks and i8 expected back shortly. law before the expiration of the pres- | fyuring his absence Mr. Southall is in ent month. charge. Party | Any possible action of the postal Asked if he expected support from |&uthorities against the. Ku Klux I|Klan will wait upon congressional the democrats for some of the new proposals, Senator Penrose said that unfortunately the minority appeared to he making a party issue of the | investigation, it was indicated today. | following the return to Washington {of Inspector O. B. Williamson. who | for the past week has been investi- | gating the financial affairs of the tax bill. {klan at Atlanta- Ga. Inspector Wil- | Repeal of ail the transportation | LiSrmson Iie conferred with Repre- taxes would be effective under i the | | amendment on next January i, in Istead of immediately upon passag jof the bill, as first proposed by th agricultural bloc. Books Thrown Open. Action of federal officials will de- end largely upon whether the ten- {dollar “donations” from the member- ship were given by members with the amended measure wo: margin in receipts ove iof revenue mneeded. amendment would raise only $30,000,- 600, as compared with the $60,000,000 | grated today, and was shown the ut- estimate on the basia of the pro-|most consideration by the Imperial |posed $4 flat tax on all distilled spirits | wizard and other officers of the klan. ! irrespective of the usa to which put. | Loss in Repeal. i DEFENDED BY PASTOR. There also will be conslderable losa through repeal of oil and parcel post |Rev. Fox Says There Is Need for s one of the best men in the busi- ords of the headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan thrown open to him, he The tax bill gave way i the Senate | today to the Panama Canal tolls re- |F°X, Dastor of Hamline peal bill, but Chairman Penrose ex- | Episcopal Church, when he told his pecis to eali it up tomorrow, and|congregation last night that there probably will present the new amend- | was & strong need for such an or- iments at that time. ganization in this country, Stating Senators on the committee were re-|that he doubted sincerely the ve- up on the major | racity of the many charges laid propos For—Penrose of | against the order, Dr. Fox stated that Pennsylvania, Curtis of Kansas, Wat- jf an investigation was started son of Indiana, Butherland of West|againat it @ similar investigation Virginia and La Follette of Wisconsin. | gnould be made against every secret Against—8moot of Utah, Calder of|order in the United States. “We need New York, Dillingham of Vermont 'an organization in this_couhtry that and’ McCumber of North Dakota.|jg 100 per cent American,” the minis- |8enator McLean” of Connecticut was|ter declared. absent. “As to the many charges against N {the klan,” Dr. Fox stated, “I will say PROHIBITION OFFICERS MUST MAKE COMPLAINT ON SEARCH WARRANTS Prohibition enforcement officers and other internal revenue officers can only serve search warrants | issued as & result of their own | complaints. This fact' was made | public today by the controller gen- | eral of the United States in 2 de- ! cision on the question s to | whether . United States commis- | sioners could be pald a fee for issuing search warrants to pro- hibition ‘ enfercement officers. He decided the question in the affirmative, but in the course of ihe decision quoted the law, which Jpecifies that revenue efficers can only. execute .search warrants on which they appeared as the com- vlainants. This decision, It was said, may affect raiding parties.of the pro- hibition enforcement forces, as many times the raids are based on ! information obtained by only a ‘ew of the agents who make the raids. To comply strictly with the I letter of the law, the agent who swears to the warrant must make the search, and this, it is believed, wiH preclude simultaneous raids when attempts are made to get all parties wanted at one tim | | of consideration. “As to the charges of-outrages, 1 do not believe the klan is responsi- ble. I think they were committed by people who used thie klan a8 a blind." —_— WILL TAKE POST NOV. 30. New Archbishop of Baltimore An- nounces Purpose. ! ! | Rev. M. J. Curley, bishop of the Ro- !man Catholic dlocese of St. Augus- tine, announced today he would as. sume his duties as Archbishop of Bal. timore on November 30, when thé pa- pal document authorizing his ap- pointment to the position held by the late James Cardinal Gibbons weuld be read at a quasi-private 'cellbl'l.- tion, 3 r Installation ceremonies and .pres- entation of the palladium from Rom will take place at a formal celébra. tion to- be held in the cathedral in Baltimore early in Japuary. | CHARLES W. WHITLEY DIES. W. Whitley, vice president of _the | American Smelting and Refining Com pany and In charge of the company’s plants in the United States, died yes- terday in a’ hospital. He returned from’ Mexico a short time ago. He was a native of Chicago. & ¥ yet, according to a statement given | local headquarters for the past two ! wess, had the entire books and rec- | Methodist } i that none of sthe attacks are wor;hyl ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla,, October.,10.— ) the Quest, announced this morning he ; Admiral NEW_ YORK. October 10.—Chflrles' known as the British cmpire, tlad. with Irish na- ticns, orists a view of the falls and its euvirons. z ] 3. Park treatment of Dalecarlia The Sinn Fein delegates were early | Feservation to include a circular drive- at work today completing arrange.j Way connecting with Conduit road. i emtn Lor h Teeting: Of these possible betterments one Prime Minister Lloyd George and{may be considered now a certainty— the members of his cabinet. forming | the widening of Condult roud. The {the British delegation, also had a!New water main. whick will meeting to decide upon the course of | #longside the present one, will neces- proceduire. Isitate the rebuilding of this road. Mr Colline is staying with the sec-)Army enzineers made an allowance retariat of the Irish delegation, the |for this when they sent the conduit other Ninn Fein delegates being ac-|estimate to Congress. Commodated in _another residence| The new Conduit road. which will i ntarby. extend oxer m,xir“] '.lca e:;isrm;‘ and : new conduit. w o of suficien | Grifith 1s Delighted. |width to relieve considerably the Arthur Grifiith. Sinn Fein foreign|present congested trafice con minister. said this morning he was de-|on the travelway. = Motorists . 2 3 ton | popularized Conduit road to sucl lighted with the success of the SinnibePularized Conduit road to such an Feiners in sccuring the services as third secretary to the Irish delegation caused frequently by produced. The additio the congestion 1 width pro- | of John Charires, who, besides being |Dosed will. it is believed. add im highly versed in legal matters, wasimeasurably both to the safety and chief of the intelligence section of the|comfort of travel over the toule- war office armaments output commit-; vard. Whether the 100p at the Great Falls terminus and the park treatment at Dalecarlia are to be provided will pend upon whether enoush money n be saved from the conduit ap- ropriation to cover the cost of the proposed improvements. Neither will re. tee during the war. and for nine years was director of the intelligence dc partment of the London Times. Mr. Griffith said he expected Mr. Chartres {to be of great value in interpreting { the British proposals. Mr. Chaptres i i staying with Mr. Griffith. Eamon J. Duggan, Sinn Fein mem ber of the British parliament, ‘who. since the truce, has acted as chief Treasury experts. meounis with tie | full consent of the givers to the klan | Moelariut For o conforence with the | TUPPIY Project. T red v h il +he|to use the money anyway it desired. | othor delegaten. He sald he had ar- Better Views of River. e P, That hey auid (hel At Atlanta the inspector. regarded | runged to keep in close touch with | The presemt Conduit rvad pasis e e the | by officials of the inspectional service | his substitute as chief liaison officer from the conduit at the Anglers’ Club and proceeds over a hill to Great ¥alls. It thus leads away from the best parts of the river scenery. Ti plan Army engineers have In mind is of Ireland regarding the truce and de- clared he had no apprehension con- | cerning it. “Murphy, the substitute, ihe maid, had served ae liaison officer whare he behaved with discretlon, no frictlon having arisen |to continue Conduit road from the between him and the military. { Anglers’ Club over the condult to Will Dodge Invitation: }Grem Falls. 1¢' this should be done it would he The Sinn Fein delegates have de- {cided not to accept any hospitality while fn England. except from per- possible for users of the road to fol low the present course to tireat Falls and return by the proposed new transportation taxes and the addi-} . scnal friends. This: decision is not | tion. from which they would be af tional excises, including the & per cent | Organtzation gt " hoatiitty toward ' Londoners el oW ol g kand i g Strong defense of the Ku Kiux|they say. but’ because they wish to|most gorgeous portions of the river. on moving, plcture filma. Iian ‘f" made by Rev. Dr H b |98ve themeselves from being over-|The building of this loop. it is suid | whelmed - with invitations and desire j would add 100 per cent to the ‘scenery to devote every minute to the work |assets of Conduit road and doubtless in_hand. . |make it the most popular driveway Desmond Fltzgerald, Sinn Fein min- { leading out of Washington. Iater of propaganda, said todey he| Dalecarlia reservation, just ove | expected the conference commencing |the District line and east of Conduit tomorrow would decide to i8sue an froad, where an immense reservoir sgreed communique defly. &8 WA |receives Washington's water supply doms when Bamonn De Valera, the|as it js delivered from Great Falls, Irish republican leader. met Mr. Liovd | yas never been developed as a park. George in London ;:m'w:: azo Iflalthough it has been realized that the Bml;'rr?‘;‘;m‘ Vo Flu‘:al?nldl expenditure of a comparatively small stenographer p ot {11 | fund would convert this area into one declared, the Sinn Fein detegutes will{,+"¢he show places of the Capitol glaim a similar right. and they have | Under the new conduit plans a fil- ?fifi.’x&r :h;‘m:nrpoy-. tration plant is to be built on this The Irish peace delegates spent |Teservation. Army engipeers hope ablerSanday. 1n London, the de,,‘.te,lmere will be enough money left = when the work Is finished to cover (Comtinued on Pags 4. Column 4) | ha cont of building o drivenss Jeca e e g = around the reservation, to connect | SHACKLETON OFF AGAIN. with Conduit road. and to do the necessary grading for park treat- Explorer “Ready to Resume His Voyage. ment. LISBON. October 10.—Sir Ernest LEAVES FOR WINTER BASE. Shackleton,- who is leading a party of | NEWPORT, R. L, October 10. explorers “into the Antarctic, and was | was moving day forced to put’ into this port when a{force of the Atlantic fleet. heavy storm’ damaged his little ship, -~This for the .destroyer Fifty of Ashley H. Robertson, their summer guarters in Narraga ett bay for the winter base at Charleston, S. C. t would resume his voyage today. Repairs to the vessel have been conr- pléted. FINDS “HERO” WAS NOT IN ARMY; MARION ARMISTICE DAY UPSET . MARION, Ohio, October 10, Plans:for an_Armistice day cel bration . in_. President Harding’s home ‘town were knocked into a cocked hat today by receipt of ‘a brief telegram from the War De- partment at Washington saying no record ‘could be found that Dwight ‘Wells Artis had ever sarved in the United States Army. - The - feature of the éelebration wa# to.have been the reburying of Artis' body in the “honor tri- angle” of Marion cemetery. Ar- tis, nineteen, died penniless here. He was supposed to have been a world_ war veteran, whoss home . was in Highland, Til.. and a local American Legion post buried the | body in potters’ field. ! Later the Marion Cemetery As- { sociation donated the “honor tri- angle” for all soldier dead, after Mrs. Harding had taken personal interest in the case. New .plans for the Armistice day celebration are being formulated. Session to Decide Upon !wm give Washington one of the most | repre- | ments that may come in the wake of . be laid | uire a large expenditure. and it is | HKPIy that one or both will be brought | to completion as u part of the water | the vessels. under command of Rear | jamended and ordered reportes | the committee, that the revesed biil 4nd Teport were hurried thréigh on Ociober 7 in order to be readv for con- | sideration in the House today Chairman Focht endeavored fo have general debate limited to three hours. | but Representative Blanton of Texas. a member of the House District con i mittee, objected. Representative Sin- 1t of Oregon was called to the chair to preside by Speaker Gillett Mr. Rocht told the House that outside of expansion in school facilities th was the most important legisiat affecting the District that will c before the House for some time. | Representative - Focht reviewed extensive effort ihat had been mi by industrial leaders and by Congres - 10 straighten out the street raliwa sitnation. He also reviewed the b problems of urban and inter urban linex involved in the local i uation. Representative Sanders argued thu ; the change in tax shoul@ be made « pendent upon consolidation of th- i stract railway property. It was e plained to him by Representativs Zihlman of Maryland. chairnan «f the subcommittee which held heur ings and who wrote the report on :t- ;revised bill, that a time lmit un next July is granted the compauies within which they can receive be fits of tax reduction through conso dation, following which an excess profits tax would be imposed. Sentiment for Merger Unanimous. Chairman Focht told the Hou that there is unanimous sentiment ! that a merger bill must be passed { “How 10 bring a merger about is ths | particular problem.” Mr. Focht & | He expluined the tax measures j out hy i vided for in the bili und the reasons | thut actugted the committee in ap- proving the proposal. Representative Graham of Tllinois discussed the quesaion of establish- {ing a fair return and the attitude of the House District comunittee in fix ing amount which the Dis- trict line 1d be allowed to earn Rey e Blanton of Texas i tock the floor as leader of the oppo- sition to the merger Lill. He charged as a democratic member of the com- mittee. which had considered the lo- Jblem. that the bill under con- eration would neilher reduce fares ! nor & about a merger. He asked his collexgues if they were in relieving (he street car companies from paving $69%.530 in one item of X and saddle this upon the people !uf the country. who have tuv pay Jer cent of the reduction in revenues for the Distriet that would entafl Presents “Essential Facta." Representative James P. Woods of !Virginia luid before the House |husinesslike sratement of the essen- tiul facts on which the House District committec drafted the proposed lex- islation. response to repeated questions from republican members. peciaily from Representative Gra- m of Ulinois, Mr. Woods explained u In how a fair return on a fair valua- tion of’ the property of the street rail companies was arrived al—=a fair valuation being determine@ no1 &' own claims, but the Public pre-war from the compa u survey made by Utilities Commission | prices. i Mr. Woods 10ld the House that, !roughly. this valuation was. for the | & E. Company, $16.000,000; for ithe Capital Traction.’ $15.000,000, and for the . E. . Compuny, 316,000,000 | at He expluined that all of the capital stock of the 5. P. Company is held {by the W. R. Company. Repre- | sentative Woods next pointed out that jlhe gross receipts of each railway is about the same. but’ their net receipts are very different. The W. R. & E Company. he said. operates 130 ailes of trackage. while the Capital Trac- {tion Company. .operating in & con- igested area, operates only about sixty-two or sixty-three miles of track. Anawers Criticism. ! Answering sharp criticisms made iby Representative Blanton of Texas i that this bill is really the Woods bill |and was introduced at the eleventh { hour bearing Chairman Focht's name, { Representative Woods explained that it is not any one man's bidl. It is the | committee bill, he said, and very pro- | verly introduced by the chairman t {my request. This ie in accordance ! With the usual custom for the chair- ! man to reintroduce any bill amended {and redrafted by the committee. Representative Woods pointed out that the survey that was made has shown the Capital Traction Company earning about 11 per cent and the W. R. & E. 4 per cent. The mitua- {tion has changed a little, he said, so that now the Capital Traction pany is earning about 10% per cent and the W. R. & E. about & pe- {cem. v | FIRE ON C STREET. Fire early this afternoon complete- y destroyed the interior and contentx of Schneider's Transfer Company, in rear of 314 C strest southwest. The damage is said 1o have heen covered by' insurance. No estimate of the dame.e was made.