Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1921, Page 1

i ‘ WEATHER. Fair and slightly warmer tonight; tomo: increasing cloudiness. | Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. thday: Highest, 70, at lowest, 38, at 7 am. day. Full report on Page 7. i L | Closing New York St Page 3 Pare 3 ocks No. o 2 28,293. poat"omee Wa Entered as second-class matter D. C. shington, LIGHTING EFFECTS FOR ARMS PARLEY TOBEUNEXCELLED Jiluminations Will Surpass Anything of Kind Ever At- tempted in U. S. LAMP-POSTS TO BECOME FLAMING ROMAN TORCHES Crowning Feature Will Be the Jew- eled Arch Across 17th and B Streets. The program of illumination to be staged In Washington during the arms conference will surpass in indi- vidual effect anything of the kind ever attempted in the United States, if an additional $10,000 can be raised, Walter D'Arcy Ryan, director of illumination, declared today. Mr. Ryan met with the illumination committee in the office of Chairman Howard S. Reeside today and agreed upon final plans for flooding the city and its many beautiful buildings with light for the opening of the inter- national gathering. The outstanding feature of the pro-| gram will be the Avenue of Light, to e created on 17th street as an ap- proach to the Pan-American building, wherein the arms conference will be Leld. Spurting Roman Torches. All of the electric lamp-posts on 17th_street from New York avenue south will be decorated and given ire appearance of Roman _torches, from which flames of gas will spurt. feature of the pro- s jeweled arch across ith street at B strect. The arch will ilave a span of 86 feet and will be 35 feet high. Pillars designed after the Washington Monument will be crected on each side of the street. ‘The span will consist of a wire cur- tain, studded with four tons of vari- colored jewels. During the day they will sparkle as brilliantly in the sun as they will In the searchlights at night. Tn the center of the curtain will be a sunburst, twenty-four feet in di- ameter. about which will be clustered the coats of arms of the nations at- tending the conference. Thirty eighteen-inch Army search- lights will be used in flooding the arch with light. Butldings to Be Iluminated. All of the buildings on 17th street will be made to stand out after dark in the rays of powerful lights. The shrubbery in front of the Pan-American building will be treated with colored lights. The porticos of the D. A. R. building will be brought out in rellef against the | B. building by means of Grecian urnlights placed dehind the columns in front of structu! the re. 2 ' _ Anothet brilliant spectacle will be at the Capitol, where forty-eight different colored lights will cast their rays into {he aky, ‘typifying the states of the *nion. The District bullding will be flood- lighted and draped in banners bear- ing the seals of the District and fed- eral governments. The present intention is to stage the illumination features on the nights of November 11 and 12, but arch on 17th street probably will left standing throughout the con- ference. Out af the $25,000 already raised for welocom!ng the foreigners $20,000 has been alloted for illumination. order to carry out the program adopt. ed by Mr. Reeside’s committee today $10.000 more will be needed. If that amount 18 not subscribed by the end of next week it will necessitate alter- ing the plans. ARMS ADVISORY BODY the be" MEMBERS ARE NAMED| Plans Made for Two Notable Ad- dresses at Opening Session of Conference. Announcement of more than a score of prominent members of the limita- tion of armament advisory commit- tee called by President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor was made today. Plans are being made for two not- able addresses at the opening session of the conference on Tuesday. Mr. Gompers, as organizer of the commit- tee will call the meeting to order as_presiding officer. Among those who have accepted niembershlp are: Hugh S. Magill of this city, fleld secretary of the Na tional Education Association: Bishop JicDowell of the Washington dio- cese of _the Methodist Episcopal purch; Nathan Hirsch of New York, Gavin McNab of San Francisco, H. A Tlunt, pastor of America's Memorial Church of this city; Shailer Matthews Chicago University, Darwin P. Kingsley of the New York Life In- surance Company. President W. Burton of the University of Michigan, Jackson Johnson of St. Louis, Charles . Jackson of Boston, Benjamin Schlesinger. president of: the Inter- national Ladies' Garment Workers; John McParland, president of the International Typographical Union; Iilliam F. Cochran of Baltimore; Beret, associate editor of the Natlon's Business; Ellery P. Sedge- Svick, editor of the Atlantic Monthly: William _J.Spencer. secretary of the A. F. of L. building trades depart- nent: George W. Norris, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank at Phila- delphia; Maj. H. 8. Kimberly of the National Research Council;” Walton ifamilton of Amherst College, and John Grabham Brooks of Cambridge, Mass., author and lecturer. —— HELD AS COUNTERFEITERS Eleven Arrested in South Believed Members of Gang. BOSTON, October 15.—Eleven men, Lelieved to be members of a gang of counterfeiters working along the At- lantic_coast, have been arrested at and Charleston, S. C. within the past twenty-four hours,’ Inspector Hobart of the Treasury cpartment staff informed Judge den in the Roxbury district court. inspector appeared in behalf rkpatrick Brown, charged with passing a counterfeit $10 bill, assert- ing that Brown was the innocent tool of men who had passed the false nates to him. Brown was freed. Most of the spurious paper consist- cd of $1 bills, shaved down and raised by the additlon of a cipher at the corners, Hobart said. FRENCH LOAN EXTENDED. PARIS. October 15.—France has succeeded. in securing an extension of two years of her loan of 50,000,000 ven from Japan, it Is announced by the Journal. ~ The loan would mature Movember i s In ! YORKTOWN, WATERLOO OF REVOLUTION, PLANS TO RECEIVE PRESIDENT By the Associated I WPORT N —Yorktown, svolution,” i Va., October Waterloo of the ] planning to give dent Harding a great recep- tion Wednesday, when he stops tliere on his way to Willlamsburg to take part in the ceremonies to be held in connection with the in- stallation of Dr. J. A. C. Chandler as president of William and Mary Collexe. The President and party will come down from Washington on the Mayflower and will be greeted on their arrival at Yorktown by several ships of the Atlantic flect. There will be a_brief parade of soldiers and sailors ashore, and “the President will speak at the base of the marble shaft commem- ting the surrender of Lord nwallis to the forces of Gen. ashingto Tie tentative program contem- plates the Presid and party paying a brief visit to Jamestown Island during the afternoon. H.B.F MACFARLAND | i CIVIC LEADER, DEAD: CITY MOURNS LOSS Former Commissioner Suc- cumbs _After lliness of Six Months. Henry B. F. Macfarland, former Commissioner of the District, prom- inent newspaper correspondent, law- yer and a leader in promoting civic betterments in the National Capital for a quarter of a century, died yes- terday afternoon at his residence, at "1208 18th street northwest. He had { been ill for about six months, but it was not until three weeks ago that his ailment took a serious turn. Funeral services, which will be pri- vate, will be held at the residence Mon- i day afternoon. A memorial ser®ice, the |date for which has not been selected, | will be held later in the week at the Church of the Covenant. Flags to Be Lowered In Respect. The flags at the District building and | on other District government structures, | which had been lowered because of | the death of Senator Knox, will be | continued at half-staff out of respect to the memory of the former presi dent of the board of Commissioner: Commissioner Rudolph announced to- | day. The Commissioner issued the | following statement upon learning of | the death of Mr. Macfarland. “The news of the death of Henry F. Macfarland leaves me with the jfeeling of having suffered a great Hzgpqna; loss; he was my good friend for"‘a qua¥tét of 'a century er 5 | mourn his passing as all in of | the National €apital may well d | Washington owes much to him. No t rendered such disinterested | service or gave more of himself to- | ward the bullding up of a great na- tional capital—in season and out, as | & public servant or private citizen— | than did he. His family and his many | friends may feel justly proud of the record this quiet, earnest worker fo { the public good leaves behind him. | The city heads met in special board i session at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon to adopt resolutions of regret on the death {of the former Commissioner. Services Over Wide Field. Mr. Macfarland’'s services for the District extended over a wide fleld. First as a newspaper correspondent, then as Commissioner and, finally, | | The WASHINGTON, - D. C, S1TB66270.C.DEBT TOBE CLEARED BY 1924 SIS REPORT Daniel J. Donovan, Audit&r. Shows City Paid $565,- 700 Last Year. {SURPLUS OF $4,000,000 OFFSETS TOTAL OWED Accumulation to Stop Under Plan of Carrying Forward Balances. The District government now has a net debt of only $1,166,627, which will be wiped out before the fall of 1924, according to the annual report of Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, submitted to the Commissioners today. During the last fiscal year, Mr. Donovan told the Commissioners, the city paid off $565,700 of its indebted- ness, represented in the form of 3.65 per cent bonds. The amount of these bonds still out- standing is §4,915,750. The sinking fund assets, however, amount to $3,749,123.02, leaving a met ‘debt of $1,166 626.95. The District has no form of indebtedness other than its out- standing bonds. As against this small indebtedness there remains in the Treasury more than $4,000,000 of surplus District rev- enues, which more than offset the city indebtedness. Accumulations to Stop. Maj. Donovan brings out in his re- port the fact that the accumulation of surplus revenue will stop under the newly adopted plan of carrying forward into the next fiscal year unexpended balances from the previous twelve months. Under the present financial arrange- ment between the federal and District | governments, the Commissioners fix a | i to meet the District’s share of 60 per cent of appropriations. " The auditor's report shows that at |the close of the last fiscal year the | District had a surplus of more than | $500,000. | " He recommended to the Commis- sioners, therefore, that they adopt a tax rate for next year that would raise all but $500,000 of the District's obligations for that year. In this way last year's surplus will go to the credit of the District in meeting next year's appropriations by the Commis- sioners when they fixed the rate at $1.82. This recommendation was adopted. Cannot Predict Tax Rate. Maj. Donovan points out that it is manifestly lm le to’'fix one year in advance a tax rate that will pro- duce exactly the amount of the Dis- | trict’s share of apprapriation. (VB S EST pae o st will yield o the dol | what the District must meet in appro- | priations, Maj. Donovan belleves the Commissioners are justified in carry- ing forward Into the next year any surplus of revenuzs from the current year. The huge surplus now in the Treas- lury accumulated during years when |the tax rate was definitely fixed by t1aw at $1.50. —_—— i 1 POLICE HOLD DETECTIVE. | Norfolk and Western Guard Accus- ed of Hagerstown Murder. HAGERSTOWN, Md., October 15.— Jerry H. Metts, said to be a Baldwin- tax rate for each fiscal year intended ) bening &fl'fl SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, i/ / I, //;‘ GEN. WOOD TAKES OATH OF OFFICE AS GOVERNOR Assumes New Duties Immedhulyt on Arrival in Philippines | From Japan. RIGHTS OF PRESS UPHELD BY GOURT Chicago Denied Right to Pro- ceed in $10,000,000 By the Associated Press, MANILA, P. L, October 15.—Leonard | \\'oud‘ became governor general of the Philippines today. He was swom in immediately on his arrival from Japan leel sult- ::’x‘\‘l.e‘luok up the duties of his new By the Asvoclated Press. ! | CHICAGO, October 15.—Judge Harry | ' of the Chicago Tribune to the $10,- | 000,000 libel suit brought by the city i of Chicago. He declared the city had no cause for action and denied it the right to amend its petition. ‘The city brought identical suits against the Tribune and the Dally News, claiming the papers had printed false statements regarding Chicago's fipancial standing, and thereby in- jured the city's credit. Press Control Not Inkerited. Fisher declared the portions flmfllh common law and mth!u which restricted the liberty of thei press had not been inherited by this| country. “This action,” he sald, “is not in harmony with the genius, spirit and objects of our institutions.” The decision was of far reaching Im- portance to newspfpers as the suft was the firat on record in which a munici- pality sought to restrict. the right to criticise its corporate acts. Deeision Not Precedent. Judge Fisher sald that the case in which the city of Manchester, Eng- 1and, sued in 1891 was of no value in the present case, because, while the English court held that a municipal corporation may sue for libel, the rea- sons for that finding were not stated and the decision of a foreign tribunal i TOHEEDL . WIH Widening Aspects of Confer- ence Believed to Have At- tracted Lloyd George, . BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Prime Minister Lloyd George has changed his mind and will come to the armament conference. Behind that terse announcement from London lies an interesting story which 18 just coming to the surface. It will be recalled that cablegrams from Europe indicated a few weeks | ago that the British prime minister | felt he would be too busy to come to jAmerica. The American ambassador {at London heard the same and re- |ported it to the Washington govern- ment. The chagrin and disappoint- ment of President Harding over that 1921 —TWENTY-TWO: 'PAGES. s Will Not Come Here Because Dr. ihave ithey have so far received was ad ivanced to them on Dr. Yen's personal as a private citizen, he devoted the | greater part of his life to promoting Feltz detective, who is employed as an in itself is not a precedent He held further that English municipalities are piece of news were not concealed. Did the British prime minister realize Byllesby of Chicago, Rev. E. L. | i projects that had as their aim the | development of the capital and the improvement of living conditions for its_ citizens. His participation in every move- ment for betterment—civic, religious, educational noteworthy. Many honors came to him besides the commissionership. He had served as chairman of the board of trustees of George Washington University; had directed the work of the citizens’ committee for the Na- tional Capital centennial celebration, in 1900; was president of the interna- tional convention of the Y. M. C. A., held in 1904, and, more recently, had devoted a great deal of time to the work of the ciitzens’ joint committee for national representation. He was an elder of the Church of the Cove- nant at the time of his death. Took Part.in War Loans. part in the various war loans and Red Cross drives, appearing as a | speaker at theaters and other rallies |at great sacrifice of his time and | energy. Born in Philadelphia, February 11, 1861, Mr. Macfarland came to Wash- ington with his parents, in 1867, and |was educated in Rittenhouse Academy. He studied law in the office of Wil- lfam B. Webb, and attended lectures at Columbian_ College, now George Washington University. Being too young for admission to the bar, although qualified, Mr. Macfar- land entergd the Tnewspaper profes- sion and at.once displayed an aptitude for constructive journalism ~which was destined to lead 'him to distin- guished honors. He entered the Wash- ington bureau of the Boston Herald in 1879, and became chief of that office in 1892' In 1900, he left the newspaper profession to become a public official. President McKinley appointed him District Commissioner on May 2, 1900, and he was elected president of the board one week later. He was the youngest civilian ever to be appointed to the position. Improved His Departments, During his\tenure of office he in- terested himself in the establish- ment of a safe and sane Fourth of July, the transfer of the remains of Maj. L'Enfant from an unmarked grave to Arlington, and the securing of the consent of the President to competitive appointments of cadets to the United States Military and Naval academies. He brought about | improvements in all of the District administrative departments which were assigned specially to him. On November 13, 1909, Mr. Macfar- land resigned from the Commiesion- ership, his resignation following close jon the heels of that of his_col- ! league, former Commissioner Henry | L. West. He announced that he had | taken the step In order that he might take up the practice of law “I have no private fortune,” he said, upon retiring.” “I am fofty-eight vears old, and cannot afford to re- main longer in office. I feel that I have given all the time to the Dis- trict government service that I ought to give” Citizens Give Testimonial. j tion to retiring Commissioners Mac- { farland and West, ‘the event being | held in the boardroom of the District { building on the evening of Decem- ber 30, 1909. Mr. Macfarland was presented with a law library and Mr. West _with_a silver dinner service, | “Z(Coutinued oo Pace & Columa 33 y and philanthropic—was | Duing the war he took a prominent | District citizens tendered a recep- | larmed guard by the Norfolk and West- | ern railroad here, was held by the po- ilice, after a coroner's inquest, for mur- |der. ‘in connection with the death of | Willlam Dofflemeyer, aged eighteen, in |the railroad yards ‘here last Monday night. Metts, according to testimony at the inquest, was on guard In the railroad yards, when he saw men alight from & freight train, who, as the detective at- tempted to arrest them, resisted, he said, and when frightened started to run’ Motts i3 alleged to have fired, killing young Dofflemeyer. Metts was threatened by a mob Tues- day night at the opening of the Inquest, and Sheriff Duffey took him to jail, while local and state officers dispersed the crowd. EX-KING OF BAVARIA ILL. Advices. From Sarvar, West Hun- gary, Say Recovery Is Doubtful. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 15.—Former King Ludwig of Bavaria is seriously ill and advices today from Sarvar, West Hun- gary, to the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. ; Ludwig who s seventy-six years old, arrived In Sarvar a fortnight ago from Bavaria. BRITISH ORDERED HOME. Last Soldiers to Leave France by November 1. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. LONDON, October 14—Seven years after the beginning of a war which it was thought would be ended in three months, the last British sol- diers will leave Fraace. Orders have been issued by the war department directing that in the small hospital camp on the shore of a canal near Calais all authority of the British gen- eral headquarters shall cease October 24, The departure of the last British troops will take place immediately thereafter, and the last men in Brit- ish uniforms will leave France by November 1 HARD HIT BY By the Associated Press. ~* DOORN, Holland, October 15.—The slump in the German mark is begin- ning to affect the former German efmperor, Who is endeavoring to com- bat unfavorable financial conditions by reducing his household and other radical measures. Today ten mem- bers of his staff were dismissed, in cluding the chief gardener, whose | place been taken by William himself. Gardening now has become & hobby with the former. emperor, who-ap- pears to have tired sawing and chopping wood. o « Gen.-von, Gontardy the- ex=kaigers- - more in the nature of private corpora- | what was going to happen at the ARV PARLEY OST REFUSEDBY DR YEN i | { of Imminent Downfall of Chinese Cabinet. BY WILLIAM R. GILES. By Cable to The Btar and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1921, PEKING. China, October 15. China’s minister of foreign affairs, W. W. Yen, has refused an ap- pointment as the chief delegate to the Washington conference because of the imminent downfall of the present cabinet. Dr. Yen expects to be made premier in the new govern- ment and therefore does not want to| leave the country. It is understood that Wu Pei-Fu, the latest .\‘orl)\‘ China military ~ hero, * and Chen Chiung-Min, war minister in the Can- fon government, are joining hands to ing about e Soumtry’s unity an decided B DEnY 2 s to direct the new gavernment. The object of the movement is to enable the Chi- nese delegation to represent a united nation and refute Sun Yat Sen's agents in the United States. Delcgation Out of Funds. The first Chinese delegation sent a wireless message to the government that it _had barely enough money to! reach San Francisco and requested that the United States be asked through Minister Sze to give the members free passage from the Pa- cific coast to Washington. The money note. The present premier refuses to as- sume the office of minister of finance and resigns because of the govern- ment's lack of money. Unless the remier resumes office within a week | &f. N The Amsociated paper and also All right dispatclie Member of the Associated Press the use for republication of all news dispatclivs credited to it or not otheriire credited in this Press In exclusively entitled to the local news published herein. s of publication of special s Liereln are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 83,983 TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT TAKES HAND IN RAILROAD SITUATION AS BIG STRIKE IMPENDS Calls Meeting of I.C.C. and Wage Board. WHOLE QUESTION TG BE TAKEN UP {Says Step Is Part of General Move After Conference. President Harding today assumed active leadership in the governmen effort to settle differences between the railroads and their employes, and | n- degignated as the best available cles to avert serious labor complica- tions the public group of the Railroad Labor Board and the membership of | the Interstate Commerce Commission. Takes Up Whole Inxue. The President brought together the | three on the public represontativ wage board and the full membership | of the commission in a meeting to consider not only the threatencd nation- wide strike, but the whe wages. The three wage board member: Chairman Barton, G. Wallace W Hanger and Ben W. Hooper, came to Washington at the President’s urgent | request and went with him to the' offices of the Interstate Commerce Commission, where all the members of the commission were waiting. Part of General Effort. The President remanied in the con ference for fifteen minutes and tk returned to the White House, whe atement was issued, declaring his move was part of a general effort at realignment of the railroad situation. “The purpose of the mectng,” said the White House statement. “was a broad consideration of the possibility of an early adjustment of railread: rates and wages. in the expectation that it would contribute to the indus- trial reviv No Mention of Strike. No specific mention of the threaten- ed strike was made in the statement, although it was indicated that the situation precipitated by the virtual decision of the employes' unions had brought Mr. Harding's plan to a head. It was assumed that the st proposal formed the principal topic of diseusslon at the conference. The statement issued at the White | House outlined the President’s beliel | grang ehief that the public group of the wage board and the members of the com- mission could do most for the pub- lic welfare if they worked in co- operation. It also emphasized the opinion held in administration quar- ters "t readjustment of the whole! rail s.(uation would be of the great- est possible aid. Authorised to Deal. After setting forth the purpose of today’'s conference, the stiatement said: “The Railway Labor Board, created by the Cummins-Esch act, comprises nine members in three groups of three each. The public group are ramed by the President; the labor group are named from a list nomi- nated by the railway labor organiza- tions, and the managing group from a list of nominees named by the rail- way executives. The board is author- ized generally to deal with the labor, ¢ question of ; a readjustment of railroad rates and| his recovery is doubtful, according to| KAISER TAKES GARDENER’S PLACE; tions and that, therefore, the question ‘whether governmental bodies can sue for libel could not have been consid- ered in the Manchester case. The court said that examination of the early English law only served to point out the necemity of avolding its principles. He characterized its history as telling the story of the struggle for human liberty. $20,000 WHISKY-SEIZED. {Bonded Liquor Taken on Account of Its Alleged Destination. Special ispatch to The Star. GRANTSVILLE, Md., October 15.— Twenty thousand dollars’ worth of bonded whisky in 200 cases, being hauled in two trucks, was seized on | the Morgantown road near Union- town by officers. The whisky was being moved un- der a permit, numbered 44,051, of the internal revenue office, from the Gib- son Distilling Company of Browns- ville, ‘according to the permit, to Dixon City. in the eastern part of the state, where it was consigned to the Frisbin Manufacturing Company. The Investigator alleges that the whisky was being moved to Point Marion. The trucks. were taken to Uniontown where the whisky is being held. The drivers were released pend- ing an investigation of the permit. Today’s News in Brief President fakes hand railroad strike situation. Page 1 Right of press upheld in $10,000,000 Chicago libel suit. Page City_debt to be cleared oft by 1824, auditor’s report shows. Page 1 An oil portrait of the late Justice Gould was presented today to D. C. Supreme Court. Page 2 W. J. Hendricks chosen_head of Fed- eral Employee’ Union, No. 2. Page 2 “Talking dog” on exhibition at Wash- ington bench show. Page 2 Autopsy ordered in Eastlake case. Page 3 tomor- Page in Pershing to start for Britain row. SLUMP IN MARK first chamberlain, today gave out a statement saying that Willlam's financial position would no longer allow him to give monetary support to many of the poor of Holland and Germany who continually apply at Doorn castle for aid. “The Prussian government has seized all the estates and the entire capital of the Hohenzollerns, and negotiations for an arrangement still are proceeding,” the statement add- ed. “The kaiser's only means con- sist of remittances from Germany, and as the rate of German currency is so low that a hundred marks is little’ more than twa florins it is evident the money received is barely sufficient to_provide for the kaiser Privce’ = i | -and_the_crowa. A Washington conference? Did he know that America was hoping for practical progress and that very little pecd coudl be made if a delegation had to cable home every few hours for instructions? | Return of Courtesy. Whether anything was. said in- formally to the British government about it cannot, of course, be dis: closed, but it was not long before the British learned of the effect which had ‘been produced by the announce- ment that Lloyd George wasn’t com- ing. A President of the United States had broken a precedent to visit Eu- rope in the interest of a more expe- ditious. negotiation, and it -was. felt here that a British prime minister might return the courtesy. From-the standpoint of friendly relations. noth ing could be more helpful than per- sonal contact between the head of the British government and our own ex- ecutives. This viewpoint was con- vincing and_the British prime . min- ister is coming at last. Just how long Mr. Lloyd George will stay is uncertain. but within’ tge last fortnlghl enough has developed on the inside of the whole business to show the British prime minister ‘that) if he had any idea the Washington conference was to be an abstragt af- fair, narrowed down merely to ifar eastern questions and naval artha- ment, he is grossly mistaken. It:fiow develops that collateral issues are ex- pected to be taken up which may Sventually transcend in importanqe the original objects of the confereice, This is not saying that the far exst- ern problems or armament will ‘not be given first consideration, for the prime effort will be to reach an agree- ment. But it does mean that the question of land armament, which has so much to do with the enormous ex- penditures of European countries, particularly France, will bring for- cibly to America's attention the ne- cessity for finding a way to relieve France. German -Debt Issue. | Premier Briand has reallzed the ex- tent to which the Washington confer- | ence may go in solving the problems closest to the. heart of the French People, and he has unhesitatingly an- hounced his intention of coming here. How shall France be persuaded to dis- arm?_ She is maintaining her army Jargely because .she believed it .will be the only way to collect the repara- tion debt. But the United States has 2 large debt, too,.and payments to are in reality dependent upon. the Germans pay their billsy) there has never been any's here. that the. war debts of il States depend upon - the.. by Germany of her obligationss: Bt the | fact is the relationship Jss; ng more and-more & ‘¢&cto iy the United States into with the powers -of Eupfiper: America may not ha formula of internationalics: n laid out by the league %if /mhtions, but President Harding’s' formula-calls no less for close working/grrangements with the European powers id’ithe‘hope of accomplishing financia) ‘stability. Before the Washington ‘conferenge is over the problem of the Gérman debt may be discussed ~informally - here. Nothing would pleasé. Great. Britain and France more thiin to have Amer~ ica come back actively and offét her advice and judgment .in reaching a ”«, i wage and working conditions that concern the employes of the railways, and Is given, in some directions, rath- er broad powers. Hopes for Important Results. “In asking the members of the public group to meet him the President was moved by the desire to accomplish what he hopes may be important re- sults as early as possible. Recogniz- ing that the labor group and also the managing group are in the nature of things partisans of the respective ele- ments which they represent, the President felt that it was unneces- sary to invite these two groups, be- cause their attitudes would neces- sarily be partisan in any considera- tion' of wage questions. The labor group could be expected to advocate maintenance of the highest possible the cabinet ministers will all resign in a body. SCORES “GRAB GAME."” American Minister to China Says U. S. Will Deal Fairly. By the Associated Press. PEKING, October 14.—Referring to tatements in local newspapers that the Washington conference merely would | reach an agreement for the depredation | of China, Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, ! the American minister, In an address before, the American Chamber of Com- merce at Tientsin yesterday declared he would venture to assert ‘nis predic- tion would be contradicted. Judging from’ what he knew regarding the con- | ference’s history and purpose, he said.wages, while the managing group e could not conceive of any statement lcould equally be expected to insist containing more misrepresenthtion. {that wages ought to be reduced. It “A strong, efficient Chinese govern- ment being the key to the whole far castern_situation,” said the minister, “the powers should lend the Chinese Deople whatever help they desire in the establishment of such a government. Urges Respect for China. “The American government will never be a party to a ‘grab game’ in China. The - world's conscience today tells na- tions: and governments to ‘seek peace|that a somewhat anomalous situation nd insure it' and the first condition for | gurrounds the relations of the Inter- insuring the orient's peace is respect|state Commerce Commission and the for China’s political, territorlal; admin- | Railway Labor Board. The Interstate istrative and economic sovereignty. It:Commerce Commission has very large is America's honor to be a leader injpowers, through its control of rates, this“Bigh undertaking. . ito determine what the revenues of Dr. Schurman spoke-of the success|tne rallroads should be, while the which . cooperation by -Chinese and:pgijyay Labor Board, through its au- rican private = enterprises = has'ypority in the matter of wage deter- trial development of China, and empha- gotermining the largest item of rail- sidedt the necessity of further increasing determining the Iaveesy, ifem, o BT Zhch CHten Was, therefore, impressed with the C ELG: desirability of getting these two high- BECOND 3 TAN.DELEGATE. |7 Lotential - bodies together and 7a er e reaching something like a definite un- BRUSSELS, October 14.—Felician derstanding between them. It is a ttier. a Beigian banker, will accom- | fact not entirely without interest that (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) MAJOR CHEWING MASSES OF GUM TO'SAVE JAW MUSCLES HURT BY SHOT virtually cost them first honors, which this year were won by the United States Marine Corps by a margin of 5 points in a total score ~of around 3,000. Following the national contests, Maj. Ramee returned to Walter "Reed for further treatment. Sur- geons found It necessary to cut away a part of the flesh, so that when the wound healed it drew the major's jaw muscles =o taut that he could not open his mouth. At intervals now, it was said at the hospital, Maj. Ramee exercises the muscles of his jaw by chewing large masses of gum. If this unusu- al treatment fails, it may be neces- sary Lo perform another operation with considerable skin grafting. Maj. Ramee now chews vigorous- ly every few hours, it was said at the hospital, to make more elastic the drawn muscles, which so seri- ously hampered him during the rifle was, therefore, the President’s opin- ion that the most prompt and ef- fective results might be secured by simply calling in the public group, which is concerned equally with the interests of labor, of management, of munit Wants Definite Understanding. “The President has been impressed ;Teachirg the young to shoot has rought Maj. Per Ramee of the 30th Utilted States Infantry.to the expe- ‘ARt of chewing five packs of gum 4t Gfice, by advice of physicians at Walter Reed Hospital. Maj. Ramee, whose, regular station is. at Camp Lewis, Tacbma, Wash., is convalesc- ing in the Army hospital here, fol- lowing an accident at Fort Niagara, N, Y., where he was giving instruc- tion in_rifle_ practice to_members of the infantry team, which recently 7 won second honors in the national Tifla! shoot at Camp Perry, Ohio. Ramce's rifle * fired” and. tore away part of the flesh of his)i cheek between the eyes and _mottfh, leaving severe powder burns. ‘Burgeons>.at Waltet Reed made hasty repairs, so that he was re- leased- from the hospital in time * to*direct the picked infantry team 1n”the national shoot in September. | shoot. He hopes.to recover o that . But the accldent, according to Camp | next Year he may again head the membera of the-infantry team, ' .championship.infantry. e . el shippers and of the general com- | 16 Unions Vote Authority to Order Tie-up. 'LEE FORECASTS . A RECORD FIGHT Brotherhoods Pick Ter Roads as First Victims. By the Associated Pr CHICAGO, October railroad unions 15 —Sixteen taken a secret trike vote and authorized their offi- 2 to order a walkout if deemed advisable, C. J. Manion, president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, announced to have Although th cen will act inde- of the four big brother- ting has been called . today, at which the broth- erhoods | action to will submit their plan of he other organizations. One high union official unnounced that the date for the strike had been set, but declined to reveal it. Octo- ber 30 has been reported as the day. The brotherhoods have also selected the list of ten roads on which the strike wili be effective the first day. the same union official said. It is un- | derstood that strikes would be or- dered on additiona] units of ten roads every fort ight hours until the roads either give in or the walkout becomes nationwide. Union leaders who had been hopeful of averting a strike, some of whom had even opposed it, declared today that the action of the railroad execu- | yesterday in deciding on further | wage reductions | lust hope of peace. “Greatest in History.” 3 _lh»- greatest strike in sident of the ‘ing when hud destroyed the left th e union conference. “It is a life and death struggle for our are not going closed. Our i cven per cent of the United Brot hood of Maintenance of Way employes and Shop Laborers’ Union have voted to strike, J. C. Smock. yvice president, announced today. | Smock said he would announce to- | morrow night whether the strike will | be_carricd out | The vete w of the Big erated. shop uinon, which strike votes | When the { leading rail furence this taken independently our brotherhoods, Ted- crafts and switchmen's already have announced officials of the sixteen unions went into_con- morning. Warren Stone, of the Brotherhood of { Locomagive Engineers, and W. G. Ler, | president of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen, announced they would leave tonight for. their headquarters at Cleveland Leaders of the railroad brother- hoods had assembled to consider the challenge of the railway executives in proposing a further wage reduc- tion of approximately 10 per cent in the face of the strike vote just authoriged by the railway men be- cause of the 12 per cent reduction of last July. The brotherhood chiefs indicated that an immediate walkout—at least on some roads—was under consider- ation, following vesterday's confer- ence of the railroad men's leaders with the executives, after the execu- tives had announced they would apply 1o the Railroad Labor Board for a wage reduetion. “If T were a betting man.” said W. G. Lee. president of the Brotherhood {of Rallroad Trainmen, “I would bet {there will be a strike.” “The final decisi only the mat- {ter of a few da said Lee. “What | clse is there left to do? Since the men have already voted for a walkout, 1 {don't see how the roads can have 1lhfl nerve to suggest another cut.” | Thirty-day notice of the contem- plated wage reduction, which is tech- {nically a return to the wage prevail ing prior to the increase of July, 1920, is_expected to be announced to- day or Monday by the railroad execu- tives. Reports were current today that the railroads would announce the wage cut effective in thirty days, without reference to mediation by the labor board. The official arnouncement of the !result of the exccutives' decision on {the wage reduction explained “that the benefit of the proposed cut shall, {with the concurrence of the Inter istate Commerce Commission, be pas {ed on 10 the public in the reduction |existing rates.” Will Observe Rall Law. Notices to he posted by railrouds next week, announcing another 10 per cent cut in wages, effective in thirty days, will not mean an immediate re- !duction on that date, it was authorl- |tatively stated in railroad circles to- day. The railroads do not intend to violate the transportation act clauses, providing for appeal to the United States Railroad Labor Board, it was indicated, because to do so probably would alienate public opinion. The plan to be followed, as provided by the law, is: The railroads will post their notices announcing the cut in thirty days and then invite the union committees to conferences to discuss the cut. In event the union men refuse to accept | i it, the dispute will then be referred ito the adjustment, {the cut being au v suspend- ed until either approved or denied by the board. Decision by the board imay take anywhere from one to six months, or even longer, depending upon the amount of evidence taken and the condition of the board's docket. The board now has several hun- dred minor cases and the very impor- tant rules and working conditions dispute pending. In event the wage cut case take$ its regular place on the docket it might not be reached before the first of the year and, as the unions probably would present masses of evidence in opposition, the hearing probably would consume sev- eral months. The proposed 10 per cent cut would bring wages back to practically the same level as prevailed prior to July 20, 1920. 5 For the principal classes of labor those schedules were: Fassenger sery. ice engineers (da) $5.60-$6.60 freight service engineers (day), $6.60- $8.52; yard service engineers (day), | $5.60-$6.08; service fires ice foremen 5.33; helpers (day). $5; switch tenders (day), $4; i machinists (hour), 72 cents; boiler- { makers (hour), 72 cents; blacksmiths | (hour), 72 cents; carpenters (hour), 45 cents; track laborers (hour). 40 cents; section, foremen (month), §100; vard firemen helpers (hour). 53y cents; hostlers, outside (day). $5.60; hostlers, inside (day), $5.63%; help- ers (day), $5.53%.