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New York Stock Harket Closed Today 9K ¢ 10, ost Entered o as second-class matter e Washington, D. C. star. Base Ball Edition Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 87,469 WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1921—-THIRTY PAGES. TS, 2; YANKEES, | NATIONAL LEAGUERS GO AHEAD FOR FIRST TIME IN BIG SERIES Now Need Only One Victory to Gain Title, While Hugmen Face Herculean Task of Taking Next Two to Carry Off Honors. POLO GRO and most crucial g )8, ! e of the world series, to take the lead for the first time. ew York, October 12.—The Giants beat the Yankees today in the seventh The National l.caguers are now leading, four games to three, and need only one more victory to carry off the honors, while the Yankees face the great task of taking the next two. Shufflin’ Phil Douglas and Carl Mays, each of whom had beat the other in previous games, were the hurlers, and the spitball artist won, although outpitched by the submarine hurler. Details of the game, play by piay, follow: By the nao By qu lir Distrie teh to hit to left for tu h to Kelly knoe der Ass > — Fewster flied vko made a nice the wall. Peck got a lo FIRST INNING. and thr 1 wo bas = w him a1 to to lef; ere PLAYERS £ ot se ed their warfare tpper n to f the glol SCHOCLINQUIRY JAPANESE ENVOYS . PROBE DELAYIN: ~ ARRIVE IN HAWAW down we become be. out running | to Miller out, Peck going to third nt 1 B: seh 1 to ied rd Young of RE AT HIGH PITCH AS THEY BATTLE FOR EDGE;| ated Fross, NEW YORK; October 12.—Clear, cold weather ruled for the seventh world series game today. Heavy rain for a time threat- { ened to cause a postponement, but it had ceased before many of ! the fans were on the way to the Polo Grounds. Overcoats, how= ever, were in order. base EREGHING HOUSES After widening the scope of the in- riry « hospitals, Municipal H subcommittee that the prin him, from ma lay in provid harge of v tah Senator in so as to include to connection schools of the District. King cquipment for Liad been n tee, also criticized the di tion of school buiidings, Dillingham of Vermon know what h: building of the pital, for whi funds two or three ciared that it w tunc had been allowed to Senator Ba " which by Congress. told with delays in build- particularly the Gal- | ital, the Senate committee today authorized a | investigate laid before it by Senator King public the the committee pal compiaint made to | ¢ quarters, was the de- s buildings and other appropriations airman of the commit- t done about the and wa v in the ere Senator anted to Municipal Hos- He that pre Wi propriated de- the ith- wut this hospital having been erected as provided. sisting of wan, Arizona and b hair uggestion of Senator Ball, the | to include an inquiry tn the pro- tors 1 ng the 1 situation h will in nate District comm g was provid inves m should be o L deast ©in executive session without the publie or th rinks may b A1 the ¢ King ...-mmn—-“--dwlm I‘ wolid callod atte 1 s and ng the War nanission. of Agriculty el ane il 1 At t of lor walt in hix request th o whi tun it I e Arined sub- committee to make this investigation, Capper of Kan- enntors Cameron | gentatives of all o The | smmittee, | be the Ba- at The | arm wits i 1% 1% | ried actually __ S e SECOND INNING. Yankees—Pipp doubled up against left field fence. Ward sacrificed, | h to Kelly. Pipp scored on Me- Schang forced Rawlings. ‘s single to right. ily, Bancroft to flicd to Rawlings. One Run. ned on threc at, McNally to a bac handed throw. Rawlings Lout sume | | awakened | Lomorsow | gainst the il be follow ho permit one run in er wt that he The veteran, Shm at Shex, a recruit, were ates. game in the opener, sund. of ye me T the ed Me- mornin think 1 can | cap < than in: 1 aid from the Lowever, that we will win the series ‘and 1 still say so. i Metropolitan fandom believes the rumpus will o the full nine ga ! | | By the Associnted Press. | HONOLULU, October 11.—The Japa- nese army and naval delegation to the Washington conference on limitation of armament and far eastern questions November 11, headed by Maj. Gen. Hirotara Tanaka and Vice Admiral Kanji Kato, arrived in Honolulu o- day abourd the liner Korea Maru. Both Gen. Tanaka and Admiral Kato expressed confidence that the Wash- | ington meeting would be a success, and Admiral Kato made the following statement: g “The entire Japanese nation looks to | the conference with earnest hopes and expectations. The world has been ex- perlencing terrible suffering, and to undo what was caused by the war, to get upon a pre-war prosperity basis, will require years and years cf strug- gle, sacrifice and tedious constructioa. “We are going to tke conference with the single desire to co-operate with the other rations in accomplish- ing disarmament, and we must not forget that real success will depend upon sincerity and earnestness of purpose of all the nations participat- ing. Should a single nation be lack- ing in sincerity and weak in its de- sire for limitation we canno® expect to repeat anything but the failure that has attended previous confers ! cuces on reduction of armaments. “The Japanese firmly believe repre- other nations are oming to the conference witk me spirit of earnestness as ourselves, und something definite and practicable | will_be accomplished. believe it will rest with the na- | | tions possessing the strongest arma- snts to take the lead in the present | by limitatiefi of their own | ‘rve as an example to! should be unreserved ex-i of opinion. with the sole aim | | of devising measures that can be car- | into effect. Agreements, | jeven though phrased in faultless lan- | wage, are of no avail unless they | re practicable and will truly serve to Himit with justice and fairr an ony Inced this is th | the tu | and, ment nati oth i 1 the commiite was wald today, | Pihey will wte nd of Dr Ball ine new that N nictpal arch. left only whetohes new sehoul I Wwan vontend 1wt INfactory tu the super Wher aiicinln Motent n planned ;| faot e the Aiban 1o ihe IRy B P T R (Y I Wit gl thin omMoinl mald “ woveral ot fen pommid for | how sohinl | to dixcuss the It THIRD INNING. Yankees—Fewster got a single to left, but went out stretching it, Meu- sel to Bancroft. Peck got a Texas leaguer into left. Miller popped to Bancroft. Meusel fanned. No runs. Baker went into play third for the Yankees in place of McNally, hurt his shoulder sllding into second bas siants—Snyder out. Peck to Pipp. nned. Burns got a double d. Baneroft fanned. who, FOURTH INNING Yankees—Pipp grounded out to Kelly. Douglas tossed out Ward. Baker flied out to Frisch. No runs. iunts—Frisch out. M to Fipp. Young singled to right. Kelly fanned and Young stole second. Younsg scored on Meusel's single to center. Rawlings out to P'ipp, unassisted. One run. FIFTH INNIN out, Douglas tossed out Mays. No runs. Snyder filed to ounded out to Pipp. two-base hit, but was out at trying to stretch it, Miller to No runs. ang Miller. Burns #ot third, Ward to Baker. SIXTH INNING. Yankces—Peck foulegabe - Friseh. Frisch threw out Miller. Meusel flied to Young. No rums. Glants—Bancroft out, Ward to Pipp. Frisch out, way. Ward also threw out Young. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. Yankees—Pipp lined out to Douglas. Ward put up a high fly to Burns. Baker singled to center. singled to center, Baker*zoing to third. Schang went to second on a wild pitch. Rawlings threw out Mays. No runs. Giants—Peck threw out Kelly. Meusel fanned. Rawlings got to first on Ward's error. Snyder’s hit to Douglas fanned. same left for two bases. One run. * EIGHTH INNIN Yankees—Douglas threw out Fews- ter. ) Peck struck out. Miller walked. Meusel out, Bancroft to Kelly. run. Giants—Burns out, Peck to Pipp. Bancroft out same way. Frisch fanned. No runs. NINTH INNING. Pipp up— Out—Second to first. ‘Ward up— Out—Fly to center fleld. Baker up— Baker singles to right. Schang up— Out—Pitcher to first. No runs. NEW DIVISION LIN IN UPPER SILES By_the Associ ILONDON'.“%c{’:I;_;} 12.—Divislon of the plebiscite district of Upper Si- lesia along a line representing a com- promise between the two lines laid down by Count Sforza, former Italian minister of foreign affairs, has been are | decided upon by the council of the b 1tague of nations, says a Geneva dis- patch to the Central News. 1t is said that the districts of Glei- witz, Hindenberg and part of district of Beuthen would go to Germany un. der the council's solution of the Silesian question. The districts of Koenig. shuette, Kuttowitz and the remainder of Beuthen would be assigned to Poland. The line reported to have been drawn by the council would be far north of the poundary proposed by England and Italy at the time of the critical conference In Paris last sum, mer. The eastern end of the line | not given in the Geneva dispatch, TAKE UP SILESIA ISSUE. 12.—Chancellor Wirth met his cabinet this morning l}r of action it would in view of u possible adverse relutive to_ Silesla by the of nations. The cabinet met for an informul discus wubjeet, but there waw lack of definite Informution that made " Decessary for an adjournment to be takon. o DIES AT AGE OF 11 YORK, » Outuber 12 - “Unole” Vonton igwe wald by his phy wiekan, DA Wt he 116 wrw of died here last ninht e W heve Ao a short Him e him teaihy opt chio lenmue o b lale (RN to| Schang | Rawlings scorad on | KLAN OFFCALS 1 ONWTNESS STAND INHOUSE HEARNG Attorney Tells Committee of Orders—Simmons to i Testify Later. {WRIGHT ADMITS HE GOT 182,000 FOR HIS EXPOSURES | $75,000 Palace Dwindles to $10,- 000 in Testimony of Post Office Inspector. After hearing a score of witne urging a congressional investigation of the Ku Klux Klan, the House rules committee called today for testimony by officers of the order, but re- quested to defer until this afternoon the examination of William J. Sim- mons, imperial wizard, because of “a temporary indisposition.” Paul J. Etheredge of Atlanta, who described himself as supreme attor- stated that Col. Simmons, who present, was suffering With nausea, but hoped to tesitfy later in ney, Fewster, If.. 4 Miller, cf.... 3 Ward, 2b.... 3 McNally, 3b. 1 Baker, 3b.... Schang, c.... ‘Mays, p..... BOX SCORE TWO CENTS. : AB. Peck, ss..... 4 R."Meusel, rf 4 Pipp,1b..... 4 3 4 3 0 0 Burns, cf. Young, rf Kelly, 1b. —lcocccoc S a~mcocoaoox Totals. ... 33 Devormer ran for Baker in the ninth XIooeOeOm NTO=COON—T R — A — I — A — N — I — I — I 1) mloco o= cw=No o0 wlioonvnocoN eSS —=h o Totals. . o~ — SCORE BY INNINGS Bancroft, ss. Frisch, 3b. E. Meusel, Rawlings,2b.3 Snyder, c....3 Douglas, p. . .3 > W NN NNS If. 3 Ic@cmow—cech @'QQQQ—Q—Q—Q—NI A I ~ ~ — £ ..3 heredge declared that Mrs. Tyler of Atlanta had no T e Snperiad bodv. and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 s information. was with the propagating department. 7 k l 0 0 0 0 0 0 e mouva .| Yankees.. 0 0 — — — “If Mrs. Tylor has had any . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - the orsanization it lLas 1ants. ... 1 1 side of my wicdge,” t g ring to published reports several ten in A nm‘\\' fea ction y ‘the " ) Ronse SUMMARY | ired thire was no a Kansman on the | Tywo-hase Hits—Peck, Bancroit, Pipp, Burns (2), | Stolen Bases—Yor sserted that the “Lakewood | Snyder. [.\tr_x_}ce Qm;——_\[;.'\\: 73 Dougl 3 Atlanta was ot the Work or | Sacrifice Hits—Ward. | Wiid Pitch—Dougias. n, t certain alleged par- | 4 3 | N > 3 * i ticipants h h prosecuted by John | Base on Balls—Douglas, 1. Boykin, di: whom he de- bed ed Klansman.” Chargex Coerclon by Threats. | wittiam Mo Trotter of Boston, ] | speaking for the National Equall f _F. Blgnts League, red] che s Hiin| IMARIAN McARDLE FREED f ) | \ private, unofiicial organization | { : f | which interferes with personal liver- IN KABER MURDER CASE « iU | ties of people, most of whom are out- ; 3 . side its membership.” Such inter- e | ference. he charged, was an attempt D, October 12.—Mari to prevent the proper exercise of government. b yey hod .of coerclon.” Tratte: AL O by e sendtng o {hreatening letters to persons to cease doing certain things” and by use of the hooded gown o the sense of personal security o millions of citizens.” i During the investization Mr. Trot s2id he believed the klan ille: buld be suppressed. I o F Precidint i3 attempting through disarma- i " he his country canno in its domain, when it ig bascd on jon of one religion or one ople.” . J. Watson, a negro pr. of Chicago, told the committee t Ku Klux was proving a dranc to. l!:\(» progross of the negro by breaking down | e o Tai rror. his morale through f S| the suppre race of I Rev. cache | | | i by the Klan that the negro cinl cauality, | ibing _hims David. Simpson Klugh of Boston, | *declared the klan should be in- | tigated certain whether whole- . ‘charges against it were true. S e hysically impossible for the negro to attempt to domi fl(f* the coun- fre,* Mr. Klugh said. “It is our pur- pose to live in peace with the whites. ccessary to Show Gullt. Mr. Klugh' declared the negroes be- | lieved that the Rev. Philip S. Erwin of | Florida had been tarred and feathered | near Mjami “only because he gave | negroes good information as a preacher.” Citing the case of the alleged forehead | branding of a negro bell boy in Texas. ! Mr. Kligh sald it w-s necessary to show by an investiga .on whether the Klan was guilty of the act. M. A. N, Shaw of Boston, president of the National Equal Rights League| { declared that H. A. Taden, grand | goblin in charge of New England ter- ritory, has stated that if Jews and Catholics understand the real purport of the klan they would not oppose it, because the ncgro problem was the greatest of the age. “Taden declared that union of all whites, Catholics and Jews, was nec- essary to maintain white supremacy,” | Mr, Shaw testified. “We are sure that all negroes are| not Y(lansm(-‘n, but we don't know what white men are,” he added. $75,000 Palace Dwindles. *“The $75,000 palace” of Mrs. Eliza- beth Tyler at Atlanta, described yes- terday by C. Anderson Wright, for- merly a klansman, dwindled to a $10,- 1 000 structure today on_testimony of 1 0. B. Williamson, a Post office in- spector. Mr. Williameon said investi- gation showed the house was pur- chased by Mrs. Tyler prior to her con- nection with the klan and that no part of the Ku Klux money was used in_the deal. Wright reiterated that the “palace” was a fine structure and that Edward | Young Clarke, imperial kleagle, who | ! lives there, kept a fleet of seven | | motor cars. Pald $2.000 for Articles. Wright, who wrote a series of ar- ticles for the Hearst newspapers pur- porting to expose the Ku Klux, told the committee that already he had received $2,000 from the Hearst or- ganization, and that he expected his | total receipts from the series to reach | about $5.000. Replying to questions | | from Representative Pou, democrat, | North Carolina, the witness again | explained that he had violated the oath taken in joining the Klan by publishing articiea about Its secrets. Digs Inte Activities. DIgRIng_Into the activities of the Ku Klux Klan, the House rules com mittes developed by testimony yes terday that organization “had taken in $1488.710 wince itw founda- tion, that the Department of Justice wan still conducting an Investigation of te own and that, according to the | Klan's confidentinl infomration o field agents, the chief of police of Norfolk, Vi, w Through news heon went from ki not intended l SmOnt mlen win mnde romi wl urder Cin time of | Meopresentative Upshaw | ol tenrgin o whese oy | Mi 0 0N 0 e esnirsnin o 1 | Hwniinued by 1o b, Coluing T3 re f ab Ml jdire 10 SAVE LS. FUNDS Leakage of thousands of dollars of government funds into the railroad | He char- | coffers through wrong classification e erized (he Klan as u real menace |of shipments and wrong routing is to | jbe checked through the appointment ; lof a Federal Traffic Board provided for by Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, tor of the bureau of the-budget, tod; v department and independent bureau of the government is to ap- | point a member of the traffic board, which will come under the United States co-ordinator for traffic, in turn will be under the chief co- ordinator for general supply. As soon as the board ig formed a pinmittee of practical railroad men 1 be invited to confer with the goverament's representatives regard- ing the changes, which will involve a complete relisting and reclassifica- tion of government shipments. Under the present system, accord- ling to Gen. Dawes, the classification committees of the railroads in speci- fying rates applicable to thousands of articles listed in the classification have given the government little or no consideration as to the volume or nature of its business. i In addition to the expected saving of government funds through these practices, the work of the board is expected to bring about greater effi- ciency in handling government ship- ments and prevent much duplication now found to prevait. The report of R. C. Caples, the ex- pert who has been examining the sit. uation for the budget bureau, esti- mated that the government transpor- tation bill annually is $200,000,000. The general said that the saving to be effected through proper handling of the government's traffic, including reclassification, the correct routing of its busipess and a reduction in number of the various rate groups and departmental traffic departments, is difficult to compute, but should be large. The board not only will have juris- diction over, freight shipments, but will have general supervision of han- dling express, parcel post and pas- senger traffic. “It shall be the duty of the Federal Trafic Board to make a complete study of the traffic problems con- fronting the xarious departments and independent _establishments of the government,” the order says. “In co- operation with representatives of the Int-rstate Commerce Commission and the carriers, it will establish uniform classifications for mll commodities, including raw.materials, as well as finished products, shipped by the gov- ernment, so that shipments may be made at the Jowest tariff rates. “The board will draw up plans for im- proving and standardizing methods of | making shipments, and for the settle- ment of accounts. These plans will be submitted to the chief co-ordinator, ‘general supply. who will take the necessary action in each case. Other Rules in Order. “The classification of commodities and the instructions governing ship- | ments and methods of settling trans- portation accounts that are adopted by the board and approved by the co. ordinator for traffic shall, as far a applicable and in conformity with law, be binding upon and govern all departments, bureaus, agencies and offices of the government in all ship- ments made by them. “All questions pertaining to the classification of materials or terminal, wwitehing, freight rates, ete, which require the application of remedial menasures will be submitted to the co- ordinator for traffic, either for ad- Justment with the classification com- mitteen representing the oarrier or for the pre tion of & complaint with the In oo Com- whipme s | URLe oF o0 meth AT b cuigre, he case will e st ORICE oo ineor . - e oAl " o ook A CRURE P ok J e depmitment cuhverned,’ vkl & & o who | found | not gllisy mur- of canipiigity in the der plot of Daniel Xaber, her step- father, by a jury today. Miss McArdle was permitted to leave the courtroom a free girl immediately after the jury reported. The jury of nine men and taree women had the case under deliberation sfnce late ¥ terday afternoon. The jury reported an agreement shortly before noon, after being out nineteen hours. When they failed to agree on a verdict late la night th were locked up in & hotel ume deliberation of the case at 8:30 o'clock this morning. ght bailots were taken, the three woman members of ! the jury standing solidly for acquittal throughout. SEESU. . SHOWING OLD-TIME ENERGY Secretary Davis Says Coun- try Has “Come To,” Follow- ing Industrial Depression. By the Associated Press. ELWOOD, Ind., October 12.—Secre- tary of Labor Davis said in a speech here today that the country “had come to' after industrial depression and would soon be filled again “with the old electric energy.” Mr. Davis made the speech at a home-coming week gathering, where he was for- merly a tin-mill laborer and later was elected city clerk. “Before long, I believe we are going to look back on the past twelve months with _wonder,” Secretary Davis said. “While we have had a record depression in that time, we were really accomplishing a marvel- ous work. Getting American busi- ness back from war boom to a sound basis was one of the most compli- cated and dangerous situations our leading men in business and indus- try have ever had to face. Now the job is being accomplished. “Buyers’ Strike” a Detriment. ‘The ‘buyers’ strike’ was running on beyond the stopping place. Now the statisticians in the Department of Labor can point to solid figures which show increase in buying and decrease in unemployment. Buying has begun again. “This much business has done of its own accord, out of its own in- herited strength. But there are i | this improvement. When the gov- ernment’s wholly proper funding of $500,000,000 to the railroads is pro- vided for a strong fillip will' be given to the railroads themselves. nemployment Serious Cloud. nemployment remains one seri- ous cloud on the dawn. In time re- {viving business would itself take care of the problem of unemploy- ment, but we want business to re- must be done to see that no great number of American laboring men shall feel the pinch of want and d r this winter. While we have had unemployme n I the pro lem {ll never been tackled so vig orously and with w»o soleniific an or- of Blegel's b wanization as it Is being tackled now. Courage Only Need. Kverybody han aroused (o the Now the prospect in that ne noeds and wanis to work winter wit " AL that e and e confide from (1 We are wnm That spring: takahly Bh the move back o pros hon ovenr ot iwe | e welhy e The st . r» W Bage been I8 il hister twenty-year-old daughter of | things to come that will stimulate HELD UP BUILDING | Charges that work on .the new | Tuberculosi chool to replace the milton School, for which Congres: made an appropriaticn months ago, has been delzyed by opposition from the American Ice Company and from lthe Piney Branch eciti were made {before the House District committes ltodgy by Mrs. M. Chipman, 1420 { Rhode Island avenue, chairma nti-tuberculosis de derution of Women's as been the prime worker for erec- Uon of a4 new tubercuiosis scaool at 13th and Upshur stre he House was told by Mrs. Chip: the contract for the of the new Lastern High been let extenmsive char }ing made in the basement, by te; out the proposed swimming pool. order that an up-to-date theater and large dining hall for social service dctivities can be subst The committee had b Maj. Carey H. Brown, trict, Enginver Municipal Architect man Focht had been previous meeting to the school building pre Congress had appropriated, was not befng carried out, and with a_special reference to the new Tuberculosis School. Briefly the reasons given by the assistant engineer Commissioner and architect were that plans for the superstructure of the Eastern High School, which has taken practically all the facilities of the municipal chitect’s office, are being disposed of first, and that the District Commi sioners and the school authorities had not understood that it was the opinio: of Congress that the new Tuberculosis School was to have prior consideration. They told the committee that the office is now about ready to go ahead with work on the plans for the two junior high schools and the new Tu- berculosis_School, which they con- sider new" problems for the District. In the meantime, the municipal ar- chitect has been consulting with the school authorities and ion tuberculosis so that the most mod- ern and practical building for the care of tubercular children will be erected. Maj. Brown was closely questioned, especially _regarding _construciton work. at the Eastern High School by Representative Sproul of Illinois, who is himself president of a big icontracting concern and who has supervised personally the erection of scores of large school buildings. Maj. Brown said he thought that in two and a half or three months more plans will be ready for the new i tuberculosis school. Regarding the claim made by Rep- resentative Sproul that it was not ieconomical or practical to let the |Eastern High School job on several contracts, Maj. Brown said that about ififty sets of blue prints and speci- fications have been sent out to all iparts of the country and that within a few days he expects to have a number of bids which will show what the real facts are. . —_— IG. 0. ' P. CAUCUS TONIGHT. ! House republicans will hold a caucus i toight on the Blegel bill to increasc the size of the House from 435 to 460 F i in 3 why am tor which | vive ‘slowly and soundly. and we do: |not want men to remain idle. Some- | members {thing practicable and immediate At the last session the House de- feating a bill to Iner 483, vot. size, but no moensure by the Benate The six members of the conmun com . mittee who n’"u-l—d fav le roport for a House mombers wre cxpeoted 1o lead | the NEht against the measure st tonlght's o 8,443 STUDENTS AT YALE mriim et ‘Gaupen. e Yalg TulY B e whow w te 7,.2‘. studenis g aiv candi o8 for' qearees " e -: ‘:“‘ wyhher oty with experts | | mvaitahie -'.t‘; PRESIDENT WARNS AGAINST EXPECTING NATIONS TO DISARM [Lefler to Inquirer Says It Is Necessary to Deal With Actualities. |{AMERICAN DELEGATION OPENS SESSIONS HERE Conferences Later to Include Pres- ident—Definite Course of Action to Be Laid Out. develo, in s men oming connectior conference the tod om the hig sident o v st official source, the of the United States, came nent of the expected scope mplishment by the conference ¢ and idists who are ms of & millennial n delegates to the con- : met in formal session at the Department, commencing s which latbr wil. dent Harding, to lay out ¢ and course of action 1 event. was chosen s delegati fiom now details of arranging for Which is to comm 1ck *xpositfon ot nfronting the con- ued in a letter tc reed of Brooklyn, N. Y. %0 wrote him' about The President replie correcting her misap. uld be effect- for further dent now foliow d: Your letters. <t come to me, sug- 1d misapprehension of the conference on rmaments. In my let- ober 5 1 id to you: aght to correct your cut the expectation i L. It n 10 suggest te poing so f e widespre m an get a reason- @ think thut ve been aceom - “You r ¢ letter ‘meemsn f hopelessness niversal digarmi- m3 to explain ‘res- ed nitation.” Wants Something Practicable, limitation' 1 mean able that there Is sh, rather tha would be no chance necessary to deal to do the best ‘pos- disarmament would al of realization; even at this time might 4. Thousands of ng wars and ind suggest i ure would require rganization to ke r ment pessible. A of the bre nt state of 1t thi; ink. enforce the is not a hopeful t kind of revo- id, a world with i experiences . and stag g indcr the of Webt and® Srmas !ments. has tenerously justified our lope for a able attitude toward whe pra, the sincere be 1 attempting. fine in“which leading 1 ve ived the invit nd consider these things is aitos gether cncourag: To undertake the i ible and fail might leave ate worse than our ficst, titude o of the nfidenc NS warrants ot fail, but esults * will ed to lessea nd to reduce nflict. 1 feel . cal rmament Surden nger of armed that in such an effort we are enti- ted to the support of all people who would be glad—as 1 ure vou I would—to till m omplish- ed if pos rely vours, HARDING.” Deluged With Communications. The President has recently been Geluged with communications along the line of Miss Freed's letter and his answer to her constitutes the last word to those who look for more than | the President thinks can be reuson- ably expected from the conference. Basil Miles, secretary of the Ameri- can delegation to the arms limitation conference, has been one of the spe- cial a nts in the Department of Btate since August, working upon de- | tails of the meeting. Mr. Miles was in the American dip- !lomatic service for seeral years, was special assistant to the ambassador at Petrograd with the rank of minis- { ter plenipotentiary early in 1917, sec- {retary of the spccial (Root) mission to Russia in the summer of 1817, and in the autumn of that year v.ds ap- pointed chief of the division of Rus- slan affairs In the Department of State, where he served in that ca- | pacity until December, 1919. | Delegates Arrive Here. | Responding to a call issued yester- day by Secretary of State Hughes, designating the President as the head lof the American delegation, the dele- | gates arrived at the department at {10 o'clock. Senator Underwood was !the first to arrive. and Elihu Root i the last of the quartet. The former, on passing through a group of news- paper correspondents gathered to re- port the first formal phase of Ameri- can participation in the conference, | remarked: “Well, I see you are ali |on_deck ™ The delegates. after gathering In one of the larger rooms at the depart. ment, went outside the building for | what is often the Initial net in the invening offictal bodies in | United States—the taking of a group | photograph I Today's n rting was destgned to do no mw thkn scratch the surface of the problets ahend of the Americas | representatives. 1t was calied 10 p preliminary survey of th I outline of 1, renident “lrd!ni tod hin ideas throug and nverin Huwhe tlon, but personal & terviews with the President and wit WILArY ANA HaVA] experts were pa of the delogation's plans during poriod of preparation NOTED ITALIANS COMINOG | [ Washington Armament Delegation Practioally Bettied A b » "