Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1921, Page 2

2 ASKS IMPORT DUTY 0F 1 N CRUDE O Producer Tells Senators U. S. i Interests Must Be Better Protected. An import duty of one the Senate finance committee today by Harry H. Smith of Tulsa, OKL for the Mid-Continent Association, and the National Assoc ation of Independent Ol Froducers Mr. Smith appeared before committee at the revival of the fizhi for an petro- leum import duty on crude nd fuel oil lost in the Hou He said a duty first us & conser tion measure to preserve for futu. use and insuring against waste the domestic deposit, and second 10 protect the petrolenm-producing i dustry, with its investment of thre billions of dollars cne million employes. Pleads for New Torifl. Principal importations of oil from Mexico. where. the Witnes production costs were 51 & barre low those in the United States. Smith said it was probable that many large deposits of oil will be expioited and developed in Mexico and South America in_the next few years, and that this oil will be dumped on the market in this ¢ The witne id 000 oil wells in the U come 00 of the ited State pro- borrels duced i rage of 2 4-10 of oil dail id that tuese could not be ope: a profit_at present prices of tariff, he adde!l. would be eserve th. wells, and at the same time stabilizing the dustry as well as the pyice ta the e sumer. Discusses Amount, of Duty. W. il Gray of Tulsa. sp: the National Association of Inde- pendent Oil Producers, urged that American producers be put on_equal footing with those in Mexico, Colom- bia and Venezuela. Mr. Gray said there should be a vro- sion in the tariff law that “the du n oil should equal the combined im port and export taxes placed on petroleum by the countries exporting - to the United State: Okl d = Senator Harreld, republican, homa. opposed the rates prop Senator Curtis, republican, of Kansa: of 35 cents a barrel on crude and cent fuel oil. The proponents are still not agreed as to the exact rate desired. PUBLISHERS ARE SCORED AT HEARINGS ON TARIFF “Undue Influence™ Charged in Ar- guing for Placing of News Print Paper on Free List. Col. William E. Haskell of New York vice president of the International r Company, in Urging a tariff pro- tection for his industry against Euro- ean competition before the Semate ariff hearings yesterday, delivered an attack on the newspaper publishers, charging that “Congress had gradually yielded to the clamors of the paid agents of the publisher: all tariff on news print had been re- moved and “the industry abandoned to drift in the ebb and flow of the inter- national competitive tide.” William J. Pape, publisher of the Waterbury (Conn.) Republican, speak- ing for a number of small publishers, ; Alfonso, but have admitted the prince in reply to Col Haskell's attack, de- clared it became necessary for pub- lishers to organize a joint buying cor- poration because many of them were “unable single-handed to assist them- selves in an endeavor to oblain fair- priced news print.” Col. Haskell asserted that news print was the only product of the paper-making industry “which has been deprived of all protection and bedeviled by inspired federal regula- tion and interference.” The charge that &ny “undue in- fluence” had been used by the pub- lishers in arguing for the placing of news print paper on the free list was denied by i'}mor_\' Thomason of Chi- cago, speaking for the News; Publishers’ Association. S pubiishe ers had based their argument for pa- per on the free list, he declared, on the economic ground of the inability of American news print manufacturers to supply domestic consumption. DEBS IN SECLUSION FOR SEVERAL DAYS Rests at Terre Haute Home After Thousands Have Ex- tended Welcome. By the As: ed Press. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., December 29. —Eugene V. Debs. socialist leader, paroled several days ago from fed- erul prison, was resting at his home here today, following a rousing | home-coming celebration tendered him last night by thousands of his followers and fellow avs : vestigation to determine few days Mr. Debs would Probably | yrmcunt of such tax the avocame rns remain in the seclusion of his home. ! torist would pay in a year would be Debs arrived here was met at the station by a crowd estimaied between 10,000 and 1. persons. who formed a parade escorted him to his home, responded to the greetin short address. Persons in the big crowd which formed about the Debs homqy were bedecked with red hats, carrying brands of red tire and large placards in flaming red colors The parade placards were an appeal to working mer en, coupled with & political unity. After the speech, the crowd made way down to town. finally dix- banding an hour after Debs' arriv Many socialist leaders who ha gathered here from all parts of th country for the home-coming re- mained over for conferences with Debs. NATIONAL TOUR PROPOSED. argely and wom- appeal for their Debs to Travel Under Auspices of | man and State Roads Commissioner Socialist Party. CHICAGO, December 29.—Eugene V. Debs will make a national tour under es of the socialist part; annouuced today at national socialist headquarters here by O. C. Wilson, state secretary for Tllinois. Mr. Wilson said that members of the party's national executive com- mittee expected to meet with Mr. until finally | Spain and a beautiful Roumanian girt dollar a :: barrel on crude oil was urged. before the | Was pointed nd its more than | the aking for | B¥ 1 | shoruy {ment was WEIGHING THE SWEAT QF MAN’S BROW IS TEST FQR BUREAU OF MINES By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa.,, December 29.— { Weighing the sweat of a man's brow is the task set for the United States superintendent and supervising chem- fist. The work will be undertaken by accuracy has been tested to within approximately 1,200 of a pound. To obtain material for the test said that men lifting weights in jected to various degrees of tempera- ture, humidity and air movemeats. which would | der i phy F the constant observation icists and physicians. anciful as the work may seem. it out that practical purpose. For in- tance, in the Montana copper mines high temperacures are frequently en- i tensel, » of | countered where it must be known oni t what temperature the man MAY, feated by am overwhelming majority i work riges in safety. The same problem, the steel mills, where the, men work in rather high temper: tures with safety, provided there is rly rapid movement of air. If the air movement is not sutliciently rapid, ¢ {zerous. | to the passage of the — . | IlS!IINB W'Nfi ]"““‘ the resolution. dec ¢ {the sole executive authority, did nat | i INFIRE ENGINE RUN {Louis de Bourbon Now Lies | | Run of Bad Luck. Associated Press. “W YORK, December {instead of a land of promise and pros- perity, has proved to be the province of disappointment and J-ain to Prince Louts de Bourbon, today is Iying in a Bellevue Hospital cot badly injured. Ha came to the United States last spring as representative of a syndicate seeking to stimulate trade between t. country and the Balkar states, asser ing he was a half brother of King Al- fonso of Sgain. Engugement Broken. after s arrival announce- was to marry Mrs. Archibald, widow of a veaithy Englishman and a_resident of this cily, bui in August there was a statement from- Mrs. Archibald that the engagement ud been broken. Last night, Deputy Fire Chief moky Joe" Martin was speeding to a fire_on upper Broadway, when, near Forty-fifsh street, a man hur- ried out from the curb, disregarding the warning clang of the bell on the veteran fire fighter's motor. He seemed mnot to realize his danger H Bertha K. juntil the machine was almost upon him and then he stopped. He was hurled forty feet by the impact. his left shoulder was broken and he suf- fered internal injuries. It was Prince Louis. | Claim to Royal Kinship. Heé based his claim to relationship with the Spanish soverign on _a ro- mance between King Alfonso XIT of whose son was born in 1884. This was two years before a male heir to the throne was welcomed by the roval household of Spain. Spanfsh authori- ties here have not taken seriously the man's claim to direct kinship of might be a scoin of another branch of the Bourbon family. —_— SEEK GASOLINE TAX TO END TAG WAR (Continued from First Page.) i 1 ment between Maryland and the Dis- trict, his organization would stand for full and complete reciprocity. Asked what he thought of the pro- posal to substitute a gasoline tax for the tag license Mr. Ullman said: We contend that District motorists to drive into Maryland under a reci- city agreement. But if we must pay tribute, I believe the gasoline tax would be more equitable than the townspeople. | reciprocity with Maryland, the Com- Relatives announced that for the next | missioners probably will make an in- 1 : and | more or less than the Dresent cost of 000 | 1and will adopt the 1-cent per gallon and | gagoline tax for that state unless the where he [ District follows suit, for the reason B With & that with such a tax in Marviand and | i i i 1 | retained, to 1 i eliminated, after which the gasoline =4 d | stitute for the horsepower fee. { | H present fee of 60 cents per horse- power for a Maryland tag.” xplains Tax Theery. Mr. Ullman explained that the theory of the gasoline tax is to make mo- torists pay for roads in proportion to the amount of use they get out of the roads, and that the gasoline tax furnishes the nearest estimate of the distance a machine travels in a year. According_to data compiled by the . A. A, District motorists during the first ten months of 1920 paid 36,774.88 for Maryland tags, while Marylanders paid $61,000 for District gs during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1920. The average Maryland tag. based on 60 cents a horsepower, costs $19.12, according to the A. A. A, while the District has only three fees—$3, $5 and $10 for tags, according to horse- power. The A. A. A. further calculates that District motorists pay Maryland an amount sufficient to maintain 56 per cent of all state highways, while their use of those highways constitutes not more than 15 per cent of the total raffic. Will Compare Comtn. If the gasoline tax is suggested at tomorrow’s couference as a basia for Maryland tags. 1t is not believed likely that Mary- not in the District, many Marylanders and all Washingtonians would en- deavor to buy their gasoline on this side of the District line. The Automobile Club of Maryland has recommended to the legislature that the present horsepower fee be gether, with the gasoline : tax, until the $1,200,000 debt of the | state roads commission has been! i tax would be made a permanent sub- | "DETAILS NOT READY. Special Dispatch to The Sta: i BALTIMORE, Md., December 29.— Both Automobile Commissioner Baugh- Mackall, when seen today in reference to a reciprocity arrangement with the District of Columbia in relation to automobile licensé fees, admitted that such a move was under way, but that said plans had not reached such a stage where any announcement as to details could be made. Any plans which they now have are purely tentative, and in view of the fact that it will be impossible to sub- Debs in a few days to work out de- |mit anything to Gov. Ritchie, noshing talls of his future work with the party and to arrange plans for the tour, the date of which has not yet been set. —_—— DUTCH PASS LOAN BILL. By the Associated Prees. THE HAGUE., December 23.—The |Plans looking to the doing away ef|opens on Dutch government’s bill authorising the negotiation of a loan of $100,000,- 000 in the United Statessto be used in behalf of the Dutch East Indles was passed unanimously today by the first in the way of a definite program witl be arrived at until after the confer- ence with the Commissioners of the Distriot of Columbia tomorrow after- noon, at which Commissioners Baugh- r\n‘ilnd Mackall will represent Mary- an It was pointed out that whatever the outcome of the conference tomor- row, it would be some time beforé any the necessity of motorists of Mary- land and the Distriot being compelled to carry two licenses could be put into effect, inasmuch as any law passed by the legislature to this effect will not go imto effect until the first of chamber of parliament. The second | June and that the lcenses for mext chamber adopted the measure last]yesr have already Been taken oul. weeka % The provssed gasoline tax of 1 cent’ s A bureau of mines station in Pittsburgh. ! according to A. . Fieldner, statiom| scales 8o delicately adjusted that their | Indian national congress today the *{ the policy of non-violence in the ef- nclosed chumboer were to be sub- | fort 1o obtain independence from the then be exactly con-; sas | trolled with scientific instruments un- Sebideb e of | sole executive authority it has an in-; mperature may become d‘m»! b Is on Hospital Cot After | 1in which |these regulations have been violated. APPRIVE POLCY OF NOVADLENE BY the Ansociated Press. ABMEDABAD, British- Hidia, De- cember 29.—At a full session of the resolution proposed by Mahatma Gandhi. declaring for continuation of British empire, was adopted with ouly a dozen dissenting votes. The. resolution declares Gandhi the with fall powers ever the cougress organiza- tion. ‘The resolution was adopted after an amendment offered by extremists, DPropostng the use of “possible and proper means,” instead of “legitimaie and peace{ul means,” had been de by the special committee of the con gress which had been under comsid- eration. INTENTION IS LIMITED. By the Avsocigted Presu. LONDON, December 2 fandhi resolu- Ahmedabad 2eferring tion by the comgress at d he India office today said that in its laring Gandhi mean & declaration of independence {but that it invested Gandni with full ipowers over the organization of the jIndian national congress. URGES LOYAL WELCOME. B the Associated Prest ALLIHABAD, British Indian. Decem- er 29.—In opening the fourth ses- ion of the All-India Liberal Pedera- tion. Govind Araghava Iyer, president of the federation. delivered an address he said it was the duty of the liberals to offer their most loyal and cordial welcome to the Prince of Wales, whose utterances had justl- .—America. {fled the viceroy's agsurance that the prince’s visit had no political ob- ject. President Iyer urged that the lib- erals strive for full dominion status within the British empire. He potated out that co-operation always had been the libera] motto. He declared it was{ FORMER PRESIDENT WILSON STREET, their duty to help the government in legitimate efforts to uphold peace, but said the executive officers had used ex- traordinary powers excessively and indiscriminately and that the ‘arrest of respectable men had caused deep- est regret. He regrotted the “unfertu- nate action” of Ghandi, the nationalist leader, which had resulted in abar donment of the round table confer- ence with Lord Reading, the viceroy, a few days ago. CONSIDERED MIRACLE MAN. By the Associated Press, LONDON, December 29.—The popular belief in India that Mohandas Karam- chand Gandhi, the nationalist leader who is styled “mahatma.” possesses su- pernatural powers is Erowing, writes tie Bombay correspondent of the West- minster Gaazette. “Mahatma” means “wonder worker” and wag tne title given Gandhi months ago when there could be found in remote indian villages people who believeds that he could stop bullets, heal disease, re- place savered limbs aud the like. Gandhi theu assured his followers that he could not work miracles and was therefore not “mahatma.” F. P. MAY HARDWARE CO. IN ANNUAL CONFERENCE The F. P. May Hardware Company today is holdimg its annual confer- ence, which was opened with a show- Theater. The company was host to a number of local customers, as well i i as to its entire force, both sales and! house. company headquarters, street. the sales force were guests of H. Lian Worthington, the meeting’ resumed at 1 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1921, POSES - FOR PHOTOGRAPH ON SIXTY.FIFTH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY, e 2340 (The Star is publishing daily a snm- marized stors the developments of the rwament conference. Dy reading it each ¥ you will keep in touch with the out- nding events of the historic meeting.) The committee on limitation of armaments had before it today proposals for the limitation of the size of individual auxiliary naval vessels to 10,000 tons: rules relgf ing to the use of submarines; the limitation of the tounage of air- plane carriers; the proposal of France that she shouid begin her capital ship replacement in 192 The limitation of submarines and other auxilia: tonnage by the present conference has been aban. MAL OPIE ASKS CHANCE TO VINDICATE HIS NAME Requests Summoning of Witnesses ‘Who, He Says, Would Refute Charges. ing of industrial films at the Rialto| By the Asmciated Press. STAUNTON, Va., December 29.— Maj. H. L. Opie of this city announces that he has sent a letter to Senator An open meeting followed at the! Brandesce, chairman of the special 469-477 C|Senate committee After a luncheon, at which | charges presented by Senator Watson investigating the that soldiers were executed overseas the store, where a series of talks by | Without trial, asking that the Senate various factory representatives is in|committee hear certain wiincsses who progress this afternoon. The entire force will hold & ban- quet tonight at the City Club. when it is expected an insurance plan will The publish- 'should not be required to pay a fee |be announced for the benefit of the employes. Under the plan. at the death of any employe who has been in the service of the company for a vear or more, the sum of $500 will be paid to the estate of that employe, the sum to be increased by §100 for each year of service until the maximum of 31,000 is reached. —_— HORIZON CLOUDED, CONFERENCE TAKES UP AERO CARRIERS (Continueq from First Page.) great deal of importance to these Root resolutions, almost as much as they do to the Root four-point reso- lution laying down principles for guidance of the powers in, their deal- ings with the far east. Though un sensational in appearance, the pro- posed submarine -declaration, in the opinion of the Americans. marked & distinet advance toward the ‘'move- ment to divest naval war of its most revellent and inhuman feagure. The British delegation, tarough one of its spokesmen today, while approving of the resolutions in principle, recalled the fact that simular regulations adopted at The Hague conference many years }a80 had not been respected and they seemed more or less skeptical as to the value of the Root resolution. Proponents of the resolution feel, however. that they are an improvement over The Hague vules in that they contaln within them- selves the means for severely punishing violators of the regulations.” It is con- ceivabl> that the international supreme court, an outgrowth of the Peris con- ference, may be the tribunal which in the future would determine waether Sees No New Dasger. A British spokesman said today that his delegation was no. particu- larly concerned by the French reser- vation to capital ship sgreemcnt, re- questing permission to build their re- placement capital shins three years in advance of the other powers. Even it Ttaly made the same claim. as has been indicated he said, no objection would be made by the British. On the whole he did not believe that the agreement already reached as to the ratio of capital shipbuilding would be endangered by this new French de- ‘wand. Only two subjects remain to be dis- posed of by the committee on the limitation of naval armament before its agenda will be exhausted. accord- ing to the British spokesman. These are the limitations to be imposed on the size of auxillary cruisers and the rules be applied to airplane car- riers, in each case the purpose being to prevent their development into capital ships. When these matters are decided and the reports adopted by the full conference the British believe there will be nothing left for the conference to consider ex the far easters problems, the solution of whioh is now suspended pending an -‘(u\utmcnt of the Shantung ques- tion. & gallon will very likely be passed st the early Rt of the geasion, which 'uesday, and go info effect on the 1st of June, does not propose, however, to do away with the present system of licenses for n-{t year and possibly not until 1924. Tt can posi- ively be stated, however, that there absolutely no chance of any s P g AR M R ' l would testify regarding his conduct ‘while in France. Maj. Opie seys he has written Sen- ator Brandegee that cartain charges alleged to have been circulated con- cerning his actions would be dis- proved if those named by him were called to testify. Among those Maj. Opie says he asked to be summoned to Washington were Senator Glass of Virginia and Gen. Stern of Rich- mond. Va., Maj. R. H. Kelly of Fort Leavenworth, Maj. Burnha of Lynch- burg, Va., ali Virginians, who served With him overseas. “If it had been necessary to shoot men, as charged, in the exigencies of battile,” Maj. Ople said, “these would know it, and F would not deny it. It can be readily shown that those who have brought charges against me bave as their foundation for their allegations omly imagination. My reputation is more valuable than life, and it is my right as an American citisen that these charges be proved or that I be vindicated.” PHOTOGRAPHED AT HIS RESIDENCE, YESTERDAY. BRIEFLY 'TOLD STORY OF ARMS CONFERENCE doned because of the stand taken by France for 90,000 tons of sub- marines and 330,000 tons of other auxiliary craft. Whether the matter of auxiliary tonnage will be taken up at some future conference has not yet been determined. “The subcommittee on Chinese tariffs has reached a tentative agreement on the proposal (o allow the Chinese an effective 5 per cent tariff rate, with a 21: per cent sur- tax. The Japanese do not expect to resume negotiations with the Chi- nese delegates in regard to Shan- tung until next week, as they are stili waiting for instructions from Tokio. BANKERS CONFER WITH MR. HOOVER Co-Operation With Federal Of- ficials in Relation to Foreign Loans Is Object. NEW YORK, December 29.—A con- ference between Secretary of Com- merce Hoover and several bankers was held here yesterday for the an- nounced purpose of insuring closer @o-operation between the investment bankers, the State Department and the Depgrtment of Commerce in rela- tion to loans made by American capitas to foreign cities and countries The cenfcrence also discussed about ten loa: mounting to more than $200.00¢ which have been in the process of negotiation for several DEADLY SUBMARINE NOW GOAL OF RACE Nayal Deélgners to Turn Ef- forts Toward Making It More Destructive. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. The ingenuity of the naval designer is now to be turned to developing the submarine and light cruiser as en- €lnes of destruction. The only limit which the conference has proposed for their efficiency is that their dis- placement shall not be more than 10,000 tons or their guns larger than eight inches in caliber. Only Great Britain and the United States have agreed to that. Italy agreed as to the limitation of caliber, but is awaiting instructions from Rome regarding the tonnage limitation. Japan is in prac- tically the same situation, though its decision may be amnounced when A miral Baion Kato recovers irom his illness sufficiently to attend a se sian. France was too busy justifying herself at yesterday's meetin, press an opinion of this detail. Hardly a fpot fmmune. With submarines having a cruising radius of 11,500 miles now in service, there is hardly a coast on the globe or a spot on the seas which cannot be reached by their attack. Without any restriction on their tonnage or future development. the possibilities for tne future are limited only by the genius of the designers. A limitation may be placed upon their tonnage and upon the caliber of the deck guns which they carry. far, the only limitation proposed is a resolution from Mr. Root requiring them in the future to search vessels before they are declared cap- tures of war and first to place Das- | sengers and crew in safety before the vessel is sunk. If the submarines can- Inol observe these rules they must leave merchantmen alone. | Great Britain expressed “warm sym- pathy with the form and substance of the resolution.” Italy ‘“regarded them with the greatest pleasure. France “rendered homage to the high and noble spirit of which they were the expression.” Japan declared “sym pathy and hearty accord with thel aim and spirit.” “All attsched to the eulogies a “but” to the effect that the resplutions should be printed and studied more carefully before they were adopted. No Doubt of Britisk Position. The remarks of Arthur Balfour in behalf of Great Britain did not leave any doubts as to England's opinion on the futility of resolutions as a means of making submarine warfare pain- less and profitableless. He flatly de- clared that France could use the big submarine fleet for the destruction of commerce. pointedly adding that it was difficult to belleve that in time of stress che would not do so. He brought his remarks to a practical climax by declaring that if France re~ fused to abide by the limitation of submarines proposed by America, Great Britain would be obliged to increase her anti-submarine craft lo a similar extent. He made it clear that Great Britain interprets France's submarine program as being directed against England's commerce, some- thing which France's representatives emphatically denied. Ratio of Navies. According to the tonnages in sub- marines and auxiliaries which France demanded under instructions from Paris, the ratio of the four navies will be: Great Britain United States Submarines. Auxiliaries. 90,600 450,000 20,000 450.000 France 90.000 330,000 Japas . 84,000 270,000 Italy does mot want to increase her navy to the same proporlions as France, but on account of her prox- imity feels that she must be in a position to do so if the occasion re- quires. The revised tonnages for Fran are comsiderably larger than what she has at present, a situation which caused both Chairman Hughes and Mr. Balfour to refer gently to the novelty of a conference called for the reduction of armament ending by lincreasing Armament. | Wonuld Also Cut Down Holtday. | France emphasized the fact that . Hears From Brother Who Has Been Busting Around for 30 Years CHAPTANOOGA, Tenn., De- mber 20 —When Chief Wil- llam Togmey opened a letter addresxed 1o the “Chief of the Fire Department” yesterday he dincovered that the mesnage was from Mis brother, Ed Too- mey, for whom he had xearched for ‘more than thirty yemrs withont a trmoe. The letter came from Taft. | i ent. The writer sald ke had been “busiing” around the west and did mot know whether hix brother was living or dend, Chief Toomey imme- diately wired a reply to the mexsage. CALDER PREDICTS PACT RATIFATION Expects That Senate Will Pass Favorably on Four- Power Treaty. SCHENECTADY, N. Y., December 29.—Ratification by the United States Senate of the four-power treaty rela- tive to insular possessions in the Pa- cific was predicted by Senator Calder in an address before the Rotary Ciub here today. He said. however, that amendments or reservations to the pact niight possibiy be made before consideration of it in the upper house of Congress was completed. Briefly outlining the problems now before Congress and the administra- tion. he declared reduction of the an- nual cost of government below $3.500.- 000,000 would be a “gigantic task’ until the country’'s war debt was liquidated. He said he favored an ad- justment of the debt owed this coun- try by foreign nations, but added: ‘ammot Hurry Payment. “It is impossible to expect these nations to pay at once, and to attempt to force them to do 50 would not only fail of the purpose. but would encour- age an unfriendly relationship which Wwould be entirely unnecessary and which_probably would not be over- come in many Provisions of the new revenue act were defended by the senator, who aid its primary purpose Was to ‘compel economy of expenditures.” He remarked this w&s not a time to im- pose new and additional tuxes, but one in which the burden shouil be lightened 2s much as possible. After reviewing the provisions of the law | he deciared: Question of Homesty. “In the light of experience the issue here narrows down to @ simple yues- tion of honesty—shall we adopt taxes which can be enforced, or shall we continue tax laws which pretend to do what they cannot do? In my E opinion, there was no escape frum the lusion that the excess profits 1ax should be repealed immediately, and the excessive surtaxes reducel jus: as rapidly as the public opinion will pe mit. personal opinion that the retention of the excess profits tax for 1921, and the failure to make more sweep nE | reductions in the surtax rates, are; mistakes. PROPOSAL TO CURB SUBMARINE BRINGS CONFERENCE CLASH (Continued from First Page.) ing. France has proposed 90,000 tons of submarines and 330000 tons of other auxiliary vessels for herself alone. Italy has taken the position here that she must have parity in naval strength with France. SENTIMENT GAINS FOR IRISH TREATY Acceptange Seems More and More Certain—Belfast Bit- ter Against British. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 29.—Tne ma- jority of English newspaper corre- spondents in Ireiand see in the grow- ing volume of sentiment for the peace treaty an indication that ratification will go through easily soon after the dail elreann reconvenes next Tuesday Some predict that a vote will be taken as early as Thursday, January 5. The increase in the number of « pressions of public bodies for the pact i3 emphasized by the correspondents. The Times' staffman in Dublin de- clares it almost certain that ever: meeting calied to discuss the treaty auring the dail's recess wiil vote in its favor and says no instance has been reported of any intention any where to hiold a meeting hostile to ters refer to unconfirmed report that a s insuring ratification of had been reached at a se- cret meeting of the leaders of both fuctions in the dail eireann. The Morning Post's Belfast corre- spondent telegraphs that the opinion Ulster is that the dail mecting wili be fnished by the end of next . amd adds: With some knowledge of what is happening, 1 venture the prediction trat Irish delegates may again in London before While southern Ireiand its approval of the treaty. en. accordlng to to the Daily T resolutions refu: bounda commission pro the pa Numerous heen held at which expressions anger against the British statesmon were made as frealy as those of trust of the Sinn Fein. 110 KILLED IN BELFAST. not wes Report Also Shows 540 Persons Wounded During Year. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, December 29.—Official fig- ures made public here today Show thi during the year 110 persons, includiug eleven policemen, were killed in disor- ders and that 540 had been wounded iy buillets or bombs. CONFERENCE TO AIR SUBMARINE ISSUE (Continued from First Page.) “compromise” proposal of 60.000 tons for Britain and the United States and 31,500 toms for TFrance. The French delegation referred the mat- ter to its government. which returned an unfiinching demand for 90,000 1« of submarines for France, regardless of what the other countries might de- cide to do, one way or the other. It will be recalled that France's orig nal demand in capital ships was fo 350,000 tons, as against 500000 fc Britain and the United States and 300,000 for Japan. France agreed, in the face of the united opposition of the conference, to give up this de- mand and accept only 175.660 tons of capital ships. but on the express con- dition that there be no interference with what it considers its needs in the way of submarines and auxiliary craft. It now consents to “limit” its submarine tonnage to 90,000 tons, and its auxiliary tonnage to 330,000 tonx From this position it has served no- tice that it will not retreat. Only to Attack Britain. Tpon hearing this statement made be- fore the naval committee Arthur Bal- four, head of the British delegation, went 5o far as to say that the subma- rine flect contemplated by France could only be for the purpose of attacking British commerce. M. Sarraut answered jtaat the French submarines were not for the purpose of destroying British com- merce. ¥ut for naval defense. Mr. Bal- {four then said rather plainly that he weeks. These include a Dutch East Indian loan of about $§40,000,000 which is to come up in the Dutch parlfament Friday or Saturday: a de- part 000,0003 another Argentine loan of 25,000,000; a Montevidao loan of $5.- 00,000; & Milan loan of $10.000,000, and various French city loans for re- construction purposes. While the conference was of a con- fidential chayacter, Mr. Hoover said afterward tha¢ he regarded it as hav. ing been suceNsful. Since the war it has been the custom of the leading investment houses to ask the advice of the governmeWt before closing a foreign loan, to Ivarn if there were any ecenomic or diplomatic objec- tions, but recently, he 8aid, in one or two oases this ha# jot been done. It was pointed out t no order compelling government approval of foreign loans was contamplated, but that it probably would be Svught as a result of this conference. at of the Seine loan for §20.- | {the ratio which she has accepted for jcapital ships is 1%, compared to {8-3-3 for Great Britain, United States and Japan. However, in regard to capital ships, she also served notice of her desire to cut down the ten- year naval holiday to five years, so far as she is concerned, starting to build in 1927 An agreement that the largest cal {ber guns on capital ships shall | sixteen inches, was reached. This is the present size on the superdread- naughts of Japan and the United States. England's largest are fifteen inches. The American proposal for a max- imum displacement of 27,000 tons for an aeroplane-carrying ship, with a total of 80,000 tons for Great Britain and the United States, 48,000 for Japan and 28,000 for France and Italy, was presented. Great Britain proposed a postponement of the dis- cussion. It is understood several \——— | changes will be suggested, Japan, for [sisted at the conference on being al- If France should build these ves- sels. it would mean that she would ncrease her auxiliary tonnage by ! ome 150.000 tons. and would triple her submarine tonnage. 1f Ttaly is to follow suit, then. she will have to in- creese her auxiliary tonnage by near- Iy 280.000 tons, according to the fig- ures available. She will have to mul- tiply her submarine tonnage by mere than four. i France va. Italy. | But will France and Italy go ahead | with these building programs? A spokesman for Italy said today that | the matter would have to be deter- | mined by the parlisment. He said| that much would depend, of course, upon what France did in the way of Luilding and wupon the feeling in Europe as to the possibility of future wars. He said that It had in- | sul marines efused to bolieve this. M. Sarraut, evi- dently deeply resenting Mr. Balfours at- titude, deciared that France did not pre- sume to ask the question, against whom Britain's fleet of 500,000 tons of capital ships., whose use is admittedly offensive, directed. It assumed that Britain vax its friend. and is unable to under- stard the British inference that French would be directed sgainst ritain Mr. Balfour replied that Britain ‘could not look with indifference” on the French submarine fleet—which is a diplomatic way of saying that Britain would look upon it with the most in- tense hostiiity and suspicion. The French continue to claim that {their demand is based purely on con- siderations of national defense—oon- siderations in which, as M. Sarraut sald, “no country is justified in trust- ing 1o the good offices of its neigh- bors.” France must defend its coust its colonies and especially its commun- ications with its colonies, from whici. in time of war, troops would have to PROPOSED NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS|coNFERENCE OPENS HERE 2 NS AT IA T SR I L A el S Y one, desiring at least 80,000 tons. (Copyright, 1821.) —_— ON REHABILITATION WOR EXucators and Scientists Gather for Phscussion of Interests of Dis- abled Service Men. With @ group of the foremost edu- cators axd scientists of the country in attends\ice, brought together at the suggestion @f Coi. Charles R. Forbes, director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, the Arst big conference on rehabilitation af disabled service men the Veterans' Bumau taday. At the conferendy, Which met under the direction of D\, John H. Finley of New York, the fallowing are con- sidered thé IE to be considered ami acted upon “What shall be con: red a voca tional handicap? Is the yate of main- tenance pay a help toward rehabili tation? be emphasized more than ylacement training? When shall thosa trained be considered rehabilitated?” efforts should be made to obtain co- operation of employes in absarbing |cessive. trainees into employment** 8 Col. Forbes emlled this canferance some umamle‘v. l?d -mol‘:; uu.: resent at opening session wer\:. SRR N the Dav - zfls@ml of St. Louis, Mo.; Allen R. cu?!mior dent of the Newark Technical Institute; Mary Roberts Rinehart, novelist and author: Maj Arthur Sprague of the Americsn Legion, Prof. J. C. Cunmingham of. ‘Amos College and T. W. Inzer, chap- n the American Legion. hbu the conference there will be speaialists in many lines of indusiry, mental troubles and r diseasen, and representatives of the American Legion, in attendasice. MORE MAY BE INDICTED, Mr. Daugherty Will Continge Probe in Building Materials. Additional federal indidtments against persons engaged in the build- ing rustevial imdustry in differeat parts of the country are expected Ly the Justics Depsrtment, Atterney baiag 'co! convened for & .three-day session at|of 16th sirect’s largest apartment hotels 0ost impartant questions Should institutiomy! training | Hadleigh, ‘What | William V. {lowed the same limit of tonnage as France. H France has laid down a limit for auxillary craft, but she, too, it was pointed out today, when it comes to the actual building of these craft, must be guided by her parilament and by what the necessities of the situation appear to be. - RENTAL BOARD TO PROBE HADLEIGH HOTEL CHARGES ! Proprietor Complains $215,000 An- I nus! Revenue Asked by Owners Is Unreasonable. With an investigation of rents in one about completed the District rent com- migsion is preparing to conduct a simi- lar probe in another large building of the same type—the Hadlaigh Hotel, 2101 16th street northwest. The second investigation will be un- dertaken as a result of a complaint filed yesterday with the commission by Miss Mina C. Frits, proprietor of the | alieging that the annual | rental of $215,000 for the entire buflding exacted of her by Eldridge R. Boyle, Boyle and James C. Rob- | himseif i had been engaged be transported. “The French colonial empire,” M. Sarraut expluined, “really ¥ists, though some would ignorant of it.” This i sore point with M. Sarraut. as he ix minister of coionies in_the French government. after having been for a number of years governor ge: eral of French Indo-China. The French are ratier resentful because they feel that what they regard as their great concession in capital ships has alread been siurred over and forgotten. in the effort to force down their submarine program. They deny that there is an necessary relation between capital ships and submarines. Their real quarrel with the confer- ence is hased on what is almost a misunderstanding. The conference theory. as voiced repeatedly by Chair- man Hughes, and echoed by other powers, is that this is a conference to cut down armaments, not to in- crease them. The French theory is that, in a case. a nation must have sufficient armament to meet what it comsiders its own needs. They feel that Britain. the United States and Japan, which in & naval race were ovcrarnied, and that in cutting down armament they have neverthe- less kept enough ships for their re- spective needs. France, on the other hand, was, they assert, underarmed. in a naval way. They do not care how many ships of whatever category others powers may choose to build: ertson, owners, is unreasonable and ex- She asks that the commi; sion fix a fair and reasonable rent for the building. Miss Fritz states in her complaint that, due to the rental she is required under a twenty-year lease to pay the owners, sh been unable to grant requests of her subtenants, the occupants of the hotel, for lower ants, and that consequently several o th occupants have filed peti- tions with the rent board asking that A" Tents be reduced. Tipe complaint points out.that in iaddi\on to the annual rental of $215, {900 har lease requires her to . {yearly hixes on the property, char; for watar. electric current and gas, fire, platé glass and boiler qurn:‘ d ac "t insurance for emplay and patro which ch ed the firat y'ear to §3, It is stated in the three deeds of trust, totalin 000, are held ag follow: 8. of New York, 0, Trust Company, C. Tucker and Ja: 0. RLIN, December I9.—New cur- n;‘g 1o the amount oy 4.508.000.080 n \ation during The Chind ook of Decemper’ -Yfla now 109370,000, e they must be allowed to establish a navy in eccordance with theih own needs, as a sovereign and independent etate. They point out that in the mmtter of alrcraft-carriers, of which the United States now has only one—a converted collier of 17,000 tons—the Hughes plan, despite the principle that this is a conference to lmit, not to increase, armament, provides that the United States and Britain may build up to §0.000 tons each of this new class of ship. ~ The submarine dispute will prab- ably end in the dropping of the auxil: ary ship question. This will not ‘mean, however, the failure of the con ference. The ‘agreement on capital ship ratio will stand. It is in itself a notable achievement. (Copyright, 1921.) ——ee MAY CHANGE CITY CHARTER. ST. PAUL, Minn., December 29— Vaters of St. Paul went to the polls todgy to vole on a mew charter pro- posing & return to the ward alder- menic system, to replace the present commission form of government. WILL PROBE HOSPITAL. Inspection of Lopgview Hospital, a, Cincinpati. :‘hu'o ‘:‘“M‘g‘h service en are under treatment, has P :3 by Director Forbes' q‘g Ve s' Bureau.