Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Continued warm and partly cloudy weather; with local thundershowers tonight and tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today—Highest, 90, at 3:30 p. a.m. toda yesterday: lowest, 68, at 4 Full report on page b. = Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 —_— No. 28,529. Entered as secol post office Washington, nd-cluss matter D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 8§, beni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q Star. 1922 -FORTY-TWO PAGES. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the uee for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published bereln. All rights of publication of special dispatches berein are also reserved. * Yesterday's Net Circulation, 57,900 TWO CENTS. BANKERS ABANDON " NEGOTIATIONS FOR LOAN TO GERMANY All Idea of Advance Given Up. Committee Finds Una- nimity Lacking. REPORT TO SHOW BASIS OF CREDIT STILL VAGUE Committee Looks Upon Reply of Reparations Committee “as In- | dicating Non-Co-operation. | Br the Assoclateq Press. PARIS, June 8—All idea of an in- ternational loan to Germany has been | given up by the committee of bank- | ers, and they are meeting today to| agree upon the form of their report| to this effect which will be submit-) ted to the reparations commission. | The work of formulating the port, it is stated, may take two three sittings. The prevailing conviction among | the members of the bankers' commit- tee is that two things are necessary to a loan: First, there must be unanimity among the lenders, which | were to include all the countries rep- resented on the reparations commis- | sion; second. that the credit basis of Germany must be outlined clearly. kers look upon the repara- nmission’s reply to their re- cent n as an official declaration that unanimity does not exist among the prospective lenders, uand there-| fore fuel that plans for a loan can- | not be advised. French Prepared to Act. Premier Poincare told the senate, foreign affairs commission yesterday | that he hoped the negotiations would | continue. although he hardly expect- | €d any early tangible results. In the meantime, he said. French industry, while awaiting German pay- | ments in cash. which could become | important only through the ald of a| loan, must adjust itself to payments | in_goods, Repeating previous declarations in the chamber of deputies as to France's determination to act alone it necessary in case of Germany's de. fault in reparations, the premier said | that regardless of whether the need | for imposing penaities upon Germany | arose or not France had studied and prepared plans for varlous sorts of re- or i bayonets. i understood | streets MADE LIQUOR 40 YEARS, ACCORDING TO THIRST; REFUSES TO QUIT AT 65 By the Associated Press, RICHMOND, Va., June 8.—"He seemed surprised at being caught in his old age, after operating from time to time for forty vears without molestation. He was very calm and obedient. but would not promise to give up his long-fol- lowed occupation, said it depend- ed on the extent to which his thirst led him, as he was very fond of liquid fire.” The above report was received here today by State Prohibition Commissioner H. B. Smith from State Inspector Vincent O. Smith in connection with the arrest in Lunenburg county yvesterday of J. D. Spencer, sixty-five years of age, who. according to the officer, was caught operating a sixty-gallon copper still. The still and a quan- tity of liquor was seized. TROOPSON GUARD ASROVALTY WEDS King of Jugoslavia and Marie of Rumania Married. Pomp Marks Ceremonies. By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, June S.—RElaborate pre- | cautions were taken to guard King Alex- ander and Princess Marie of Rumania during their wedding festivities today. The entire route of the bridal party from the palace to the catnedral, was |lined with double rows or soldiers and gendarmes, with loaded rifles and fixed One line of the troops faced outward and the other inward. Their orders were to shoot immediately, it is | it they noticed any suspi- | cious movement among the spectators. Residents of the city living along the through which the procession passed were forbidden to open their win- dows without special police permission. rmed guards were placed on all the balconies and points of vantage, and the | number of spectators on each was strict- Iy limited, so that there might be ciear pace between each individual and his neighbors. No one was allowed to carry a camera, satchel or other objects with- out written permission. The roval wedding has caused all pJugoslavia to go marriage-mad. All the eligible ®wains and maidens of the picturesque peasant country seem to want to get married this week, and the churches are flooded with applications for licenses. Nearly every nation In the old and new world was represented at the ceremony, which linked the dynas- ties of three Balkan countries, form- penalties, and was ready for the day when the reparations commission might declare Germany in default. Inquiry of Bankers. A communication issued by thej bapkers' committee through the| reparations commission gives not only | the text of the commission’s decisfon, but the text of the question that the | bankers pdt, the exact wording of | which has been a matter of specula- | tion. The communication reads: “On ‘Thursday, June 1, the loan| committee requested its president to | put the following question to the| reparations commission: “‘Acting on your instructions the | committee has compared the &tudy of | the subject of the foreign loan in- trusted to it by the commission. Be- ! fore proceeding further, however, the | committee considers it mecessary to ! ask the reparations commission | | Ing a powerful barrier against future 1 | with long court train, wars in this turbulent part of Europe. The event probably will remain un- matched for a long time in Balkan annals for its political significance, the lavishness and beauty of its set- BRITISH CAPTURE - FORT AND OCCUPY TOWN OF BELLEEK, Shéll Outpost After Irish Ir- regulars Open Fire—No Loss of Life. TROOPS NEAR PETTIGOE ALSO PLANNING ATTACK Clash at Londonderry Also Hourly Expected—London Ne- gotiations Progress. By the Assoclated Pres: BELFAST, June 8.—Belleek was oc- cupied today by British troops, which advanced this morning to take the s llient from the Irish irregular ron'Psi holding it. The fort overlooking Belleeek was first captured by the British troops and the town was then taken posses- sion of by the military. At the Newtownards military head- quarters this afternoon it was stated that Belleck was retaken without loss of life and that no prisoners were taken. 1 British Shell Fort. The engagement between the Irish irregular forces and British troops began at 1 o'clock this afternoon. At that hour signals were sent up indi- cating that the British troops were being fired on, while there were | burggs of rifle fire from the north. The British artillery then opened up. landing two shots near the Bel- leek Fort, which is in free state terri- tory. The British advance started from a point on the south shore of Lough | Erne. six miles from Belleek. The | British column was accompanied by armored cars. Pettigoe Attack Expected. | Before the British troops moved off heliograph communlcation was es- | tablished across Lough Erhe, pre-| sumably with the forces holding the Pettigoe salient. There appeared to be a simultaneous movement in prog- | ress on both sides of the lake, in the nature of an encircling maneuver. Motor and steam launches kept in touch with the troops, while in the middie of the lake small convoys were | observed, apparently containing stores. BOTH SIDES MASSING MEN. Much Activity Reported ir Vicin- tings, the enthusfasm and fervor of ity of Londonderry, . the people, the picturesqueness of By the Associated Press. the processions, and the quaintness | ™' 3ESGE FEb of the presents to the bride and bride- i groom. Wedding Gown Beautiful. The bridal gown was an antique creation of white crepe georgette, embroidered in pure silver and crystals, and the princess wore over her tulle veil a| shower of scintillating gold strands. | She was a picture of girlish beauty dignity and grace as she was escorted | dred meft of.-{he .Li: arrived here last night, taking up quar- ters in Termonbacca House, owned by i the Nazareth Nuns; Gwynn's Institute and the Magee Presbyterian College, all on the Donegal side of the River Foyle. | The Londonderry military barracks iare on -the County Londonderry side lof the Foyle, so that there are now large concentrations on both banks of the river. The northern government has ordered whether the words “regard being had | to the altar by her father, King Fer- . committee may be able to offer from e to 1ts obligations under the treaty of | dinand of Rumania. Versailles, and. in particular, under the schedule of payments of May 5, 1921," are to be interpreted as mean ing that for the purpose of its de- the double arms liberations the commitice mus: treat|Jugoslavia were embroidered the paymente prescribed by the sched- ule of payments as an unalterable obligation subject only to the power From her shoul- ders fell a large court mantle in bril- iant silver, at the lower end of which of Rumania and in sil- ver and gold. King Alexaunder pre- ented his bride with a massive crown of the reparations commission from | each province of Jugoslavia having time to time in the future to vary |contributed a precious stone to the them in accordance with the provi- |diadem. sions of article 234 of the treaty, or whether (without, of course. in” any | way engaging the responsibility of | the commission) they are at liberty | to examine the possibilities of solu- tions invplving modifications of these arrangement Weply of Commission. “On Wednesday, June 7, the repara- tions commission addressed the fol- lowing rep! to the loan committee: ““In reply to the question address- ed orally on behalf of the loan com- mission by its president, the repara- tions commission has the honor to inform the committee that at an of- ficlal meeting held this morning it took the following resolution: The commission intends that nothing in the terms of reference should be held to preciude the committee- from ex- amining any of the conditions which may be necessary for raising an ex- ternal” loan by Germany, including such as relate to the general re. tablishment of her external credit. “Indeed, any suggestlon which the | this point of view, without, of course, engaging the responsiblity of the commission, could rot fail to be of the greatest value. This declsion of the commission was taken by the ma- jority, the British, Italian and Bel- glan delegates voting in favor of it and the French delegate against ii. The American unofficial delegate ex- pressed his personal agreement with the majority.”” = LINCOLN STATUE GOING BACK TO ORIGINAL SITE Senate Passes House Resolution Restoring Shrine to Court- house Grounds. The return of the statue of Abraham Lincoln, presented by the citigens of the District and which for many years stood in front of the courthouse, to its original site, was practically assured today when the Senate passed the House joint resolution directing the superinten- dent of public bulldings and grounds to replace the statue. The Senate adopted some amend- ments to the resolution which the | House expects to agree to and then the resolution will go to the President for his approval. One of the amend- ments offered by Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, chairman of the com- mittee on library, who reported the | resolution to the Senate and obtained unanimous consent for its considera- tion, provides $5.000 or as much thereof a8 may be necessary for the work of restoration. Another amendment provides that the statue shall be placed on “ap- proximately” original site. Senator Brandegee pointed out that originally the statue occupied part of the ste- walk in front of the courthouse, and that it might be wise to locate it on & site which did not infringe on the side- walk. I “Tae king. who entered the church arm in arm with Queen Marie, his future mother-in-law, wore the bright full dress uniform of a Serbian gen- eral. His best man was the Duke of York, son of King George of Eng- land. “The Queen of Rumania, who has come to be known as the “Mother-in- law of the Balkans,” looked almost as youthful as the daughter she gave | in marriage. She dominated the en- tire ceremony., and next to the bride ‘was easily the most conspicuous and charming figure in the cathedral. When she was not receiving the congratu- | 1ations of her friends she was busy: glving directions for the execution | of the wedding. ‘Wedding in Cathedral. The marriage was solemnized by the Serbian Patriarch in the ancient Byzantine Cathedral of Belgrade. In accordance with Serblan custom there was no civil ceremony. As the bride and groom walked up the aisle a te deum was sung. The marble altar, resplendent in porphry and gold, was tastefully decorated with lilies and roses, among which the national col- ors of Rumania and Jugoslavia were intertwined. The bridesmaids were Princess Il- yena, the thirteen-year-old sister of the bride; her cousin, Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia, fourteen years old, and the little eight-year-old daugh- ter of Princess Helen of Russia, sis- ter of King Alexander, whose hus- band was killed by the bolsheviki. The wedding was followed by a gala luncheon at the palace, at which (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) gold, set with diamonds and rubles, | ling the withdrawal of the embargo on the exportation of food and merchandise to County Donegal. which lasted only | one day. The Irish republican army, | as a measure of retaliation, forbide the sending of goods from Donegal into | | County Londonderry, which Is, conse- { quentiy, suffering from a lack of agri- culturai supplies. An Exchange Telegraph statement on the concentral exchange says sev- eral thousand rebels are reported to be concentrated at Raphoe, County Donegal, armed with the latest | American rifles. PROGRESS IN LONDON. | Negotiations Over Anglo-Irish Treaty Much Brighter. | Bs the Associated Press. i LONDON, June 8.—The proposed | constitution ‘for Ireland was ex- {amined clause by clause today by | legal experts representing the British | | cabinet and the Irish Free State to lascertain whether the document squares with the provisions of the Anglo-Irish treaty. The discussions were presented at the colonial office. It was understood that the negotia- tions were proceeding satisfactorily. The Irish negotiations are proceed- satistactorily, . it is officlally stated, and a full conference of the treaty signatories probably will be held tomorrow, when Prime Minister Lloyd' George is expected to return from his holiday trip to Wales. ETHEL BARRYMORE ILL. Actress Undergoes Nasal Operation | Mr. Pinohot of Pennsylvania, or near- | in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, June 8.—Ethel Barrymore, actress, is recovering from an operation for nasal sinusitis, according to a statement made 1 night by her brother Lionel. A1 though the operation was performed several days ago, It did not become known until yesterday that Miss Bar- rymore was in the city. Mr. Barrymore said that his sister was in no danger, and expected to return home soon. “SCHOOLMARM,” WHO LED SMALL-| TOWN DANCE, SOON TO LOSE HER jOB By the Associated Press. EMININCE, Kan., June 8.—Not counting prairie dogs and jack rabbits, this western Kansas vil- lage had ninety-two Inhabitants at last count, most of whom do not consider dancing sinful, but be- cause she permitted a dance to be held in the a&choolhouse, the “school marm,” Mrs. Clara White, has had her teaching certificate revoked by Miss Lorraine Wooster, state superintendent of education. Eminince is thirty miles from a railroad, and though that is not far as it was before the days of the flivvers, amusements yet are not exactly plentiful. What there are the community has to evolve for itself, and community dances were a favored form for that. Mrs. White says, however, that since she allowed a dance to be held in the schoplhouse, and at- tended, she has been informed by the stite superintendent of educa- tion, that she has broken Kansas laws, and trifled with the dignity of the commonwealth. For that reason she has been officially in- formed that her teacher’s certifi- cate will not be renewed. G.0.P. CHIEFS MAP 1972 FISGAL PLAN Leaders in Conference With Chairman Adams on Fall Campaign Program. Republican politiclans from a num- ber of citles prominent in national and state leadership of the party are in conference here today anc will con- tinue In meeting at a dianer to be held at the Metropolitan Club this evening. The gathering is understood to he of more than ordinary political conse- quence, the principal subject under discussion being the wavs ana nieans for carrylng on the fall campalgn. It is not understood that the meeting! has to do with the unpaid debts cf the last campalgn, but was called by Treasurer Fred ' W. Upham and Chairman John T. Adams of the re- publican national committee to pro- vide for the financing in & praper and te manger of thé necessar Of the national committee y campaign. mbers of the cabiet, in- cluding Secrétary of War Weeks and Attornéy General Daugherty, who Were particularly afiiliated with the party management in the last presi- aential campaign, will participate. Others are Willlam Butler of Bosaton, Willlam H. Crocker of San Francisco, Edward T. Stokesberry of Philadel- phia, Charies D. Hilles of New York, W. P. Washburn of St. Paul, William Wrigley of Chicago, Henry B. Wil- cox of Baltimore, B. H. Kroger of Cincinnati, Frcd B. Patterson of Day- ton, Ohio; Roy B. Chapin of Detroit, | Stephenson of Hartford, George 8. A V. Davis of Pittsburgh, Conn. and W. F. Dillingham, from Hawail. UPHEAVAL LOONS INRANKS OF G. 0.P. Progressive Trend Promises New Leadership in Many Important States. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. ‘The liveliest topic of discussion in republican political circles at the Na- earnest and prayerful consideration, is the apparently tremendous swing in republican sentiment in several | 0gnized as less conservative than the { dominant element in the republican national organization. Whether they be regarded as progressives, as in the | case of Mr. Beveridge of Indiana and radicals, as in the case of Col. Brook- hart of Iowa, the elements are classi- fled as typifying a new force at work | in the republican party. The question on the tip of every | politician's tongue is this: Is the ! movement which has come to the sur- 'face in Indlapa, Pennsylvania and Iowa Indlcative of a country-wide condition or is it local to the states that have spoken at the primaries, and due to the personality of the candi- dates In large measure? Answers in the affirmative to both propositions are found In plenty at the Capitol and in administration circles. Progressives Pleased. Such pronounced progressives as | senator Hiram Johnson of California, | Senator Borah of Idaho, Senator Nor- ris of Nebraska, Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, Senator Capper of Kan- sas and Senator Ladd of North Da- kota are highly pleased over the out- burst of progressive sentiment and are said to think that it has profound Mrs. White has written saying X has profound there was not & thing objections | Political _significance, —implying able about the Gance. and it was [Suntry-wide condition of political a perfectly proper use for sa “of the so-called ‘“conserv. tchoolhouse outside of teaching |y vom or ‘reactionariess as they are Sberintendent, coster. the state |iermed on occasions. hold that the superintendent, known as an in- Veterate foe of tobacco, takes a dif- ferent view. Dancing, she says, is particularly heinous in a school teacher, and when the offense takes place within the very portals of the school the offense comes pretty near being lese majeste. Meanwhile, there hasn’'t been so much excitement in Eminince since the town was the county seat of old Garfleld county, later abolished, and the citizens went to bed with shotguns propped con- venlently close to repel attempts of rival towns to carry off the _county seat during the night. personal equation figured markedly in the Beveridge, Pinchot and Brook- hart victories and that the result was due to effective personal campalgn- ing extending over a period of time. So there you are; one can take a i choice between the two views. Party Upheaval Predicted. But If a consensus of political opin- fon were taken among the rank and file in Washington, the odds are that the prevailing view would be that a great upheaval is at hand and that + (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. B. Scott of Wilmington, Del., | tional Capitol, and the subject of most ! states to the support of candidates for{ | important public offices who are rec- ! " Ibegins mext Mondav. B'GosH! FISHIN'S SURE NORFOLK GIRL ESCAPES FROM GYPSIES IN CANADA By the Associuted Press. SYDNEY, N. S, June $.—Police au- thorities here have in custody a girl who says she Is Rosa Miguel of Norfolk, Va., and who declares she has been a captive of a band of gyp- sles near here. 5 The young woman asserts that at the age of twelve she was kidnaped from her home in Norfolk and later forced to marry the son of the chief | of the gypsy band. Later she was res- |cued, but she was found again in Phil- | adelphia by the band and once more carried away. Her second abduction, | she declares, was followed by cruel- ties. Yesterday she contrived to get away from the gypsies and take refuge at a police station here. RAILROAD HEADS Declares Workers Expect and Are Ready to Take Cut in Wages. { By the Awsociated Press. ! CHICAGO, June $.—Railroad unions { continued preparations today for their strike vote, with leaders predicting that the referendum would be heavily in favor of a suspension of work in ‘v‘rolesz against wage reductions made by the Railroad Labor Board, despite statements by several railroad presi- dents that strike sentiment was con- {fined largely to union leaders and | that there was good reasqn to doubt { whether the sentiment would saturate the nation’s railway workers. The statement expressing doubt { whether the strike sentiment would the unions was signed by the follow- ing rail executives: H. E. l'h‘iCalD. Milwaukee and_St. Hale Holden, Burlington: W. H. Fin- ley. Northwestern; J. E. Gorman, Rock Toland: C. H. Markham, Illinois Cen- tral, and S. M. Felton, Chicago and Great Western. “The truth is that the men have been expecting a reduction in their wages and have made, or are making, preparations to meet the new scale. There is not 2 of strike among the men. The dis- tarbing statements read by the public e prepared by leaders of the unlons. | The 'employes, on the other hand, are in the main, sincerely interested in tak- | few employes in any industry have more good reasons for doing so. roposed fact that in deciding the labor wages of these employes the under this decision these employes cw the raflroads will still be recelving « wage In excess of that paid similar employes in other industries. “An important fact which should not be overlooked is that. whereas rate reductions amotinting to more than $250,000,000 have been ordered by the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, the cut in wages. according to the decisions thus far rendered, | amounts to oniy $110,000,000. “These reductions in wages of rail- way employes simply mean that they must bear some part in the re- adjustments made necessary changed business conditions. Farm- {ers and business men have been com- pelled to accept lower prices. The railways, not yet emerged from ia serlous financial crisis, have been ordered to make reductions in rates which they cannot stand without re- ductions of their wages and other expenses.” SOME DOUBT OF STRIKE. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 8.—While union heads generally refrained from commenting on the probability of a walkout as the result of the release of strike ballots to 400,000~ railway shopmen, some leaders expressed the belief that, although there were grounds for a strike in the ralilroad | industry, it would not be sanctioned | unless “all of the sitxeen brother- hoods and organizations presented a united front. Doubt was expressed that the four transportation brother- { hoods would join in such a move, in view of the fact that their members’ wages have not been cut by the Rail- road Labor Board. Significance, however, ed a letter sent to all locals follow- ing release of the ballots by the ex- ecutive council of the Federated Shop | Crafts, in which it was declared | “This is the time for action and not for talk and unnecessary delay. Return of all ballots before June 25 was urged, “thus making it pos- sible to advise the membership be- fore July 1.” The letter was regarded in some quarters as a certain forecast of a walkout on July 1, if a strike was favored by the vote of the member- ship. Daily sessions are being held by thé shop crafts - executive council, preliminary to the American Fed- eration of Labor coniention, which s SCOUT BIG STRIKE echo through the rank and file of | H News. ing care of their jobs and homes, and | “The public should not overlook the ! board said after the reductions made: by | was accord- [ | TACNA DEADLOCK COMES BEFORE U. 5. Steps Taken to Inform Sec- | retary Hughes of Stand- | | { | still in Parley. i | By the Associated Press. | | Steps have been taken to lay be- | fore the State Department the .m»: ference over Tacna-Arica which have brought the Chilean-Peruvian con- ference here to a standstill. It was indicated today, however, that the move did not involve a jformal request for mediation, but simply was for the purpose of in- forming the United States govern- ment, as host to the conference, re- |garding the delicate situation !reached in the negotiations. The general expectation, however, avas that an offer of “good offices” by Secretary Hughes would be the r sult. It was sald that nelther s would be bound by any compromise suggestions the Secretary might make, but that the whole procedure | would be an_entirely informal ef- !fort by the Washington government to avert a break. TCHITCHERI DEFIES U.S. INTERFERENCE Russian Minister, in Berlin, | Declares Soviet Will | Yield No More. BY GEORGE WITTE. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily Copyright, 1922, BERLIN, June §—An emphatic statement that Russia would malke | no further concessions in its policies to the United States and no inter- ference In Russian internal affairs by the United States or any other { country would be tolerated was made | by Foreign Minister Tchitcherin late Wednesday when he received a num- i ber of newspaper correspondents. “We realize well enough.” he said. “that without the TUnited States no serious attempt to reconstruct Russia can be made. At the same time we have made all the concessions we ! possibly can make and will yield to no further demands from the United | States. Washington must realize— the sooner the better—that the soviet | government is definitely established | and that there is no chance of the present form of government in Rus- sia being changed. “There are two types of Americans, according to_our experience. On the one side is Charles R. Crane of Chi- cago, ex-minister to China, who is bitterly opposed to A nything that macks of bolshevism. On the other e is Ex-Gov. James P. Goodrich of | Indiana, who has just come over to Europe and who represents the un- tainted 100 per cent American point of view. If there were more men as unblased as Mr. Goodrich is the United States and Russia would soon come to terms.” Commissar Tchitcherin added that | while the soviets were not opposed to have an international economic commissfon carry on negotiations in Moscow, they would not tolerate any interference by it in internal ad- ministration affairs. Tchitcherin Is to remain in Bl three weeks to consult local phy- i i | | EIGHT ON U. S. GUNBOAT BELIEVED DROWNED IN SIBERIAN COAST MISHAP By the Associatcd Press. VLADIVOSTOK, June 8—Eight enlisted men from the United States gunboat New Orleans are believed to have been drowned in a sailing mishap at Amurday, Si- beria. There has been no trace of the men since Sunday. The missing are: Alien, Carpenter's Mate William Wolf, Coxswain Harry Swanson, Boatswain Mate Ferdinand Scheschi; Gunner's Mate Frank Stlva, S8eamen Leon Neodo, Robert Free and — Brown. JONES RESOLUTION 10 BE SPEEDED UP Focht Expects to Call It Up For Action in House Monday. Chairman Focht of the House Dis- trict committee expects call Coppersmith to |view of the parliamentary proced- | ure, I am in favor of disposing of the Jones resolution at once,” sald Chair- man Focht today. extreme importance to the taxpayers of the District. If they really have $5,000,000 to their creidt in the fed- eral Theasury as the District Commis- : sioners contend, they should have the benefit of this in piling up the sur- plus required under th propriation bill, so as to put the District on a cash-paying basis. “I anticipate that this will pass the House with little or no opposition. Tt is bated question was ¢ red up. It has bothercd members of Congress as well as District officials and the tax pavers. = Other legixlation that is pending for the District is of minor importance compared with an early decision that will settle the fiscal question for once and all.” The meeting of the House District committee from yesterday until today was postponed Over again until morrow. It is expected that Jones resolution will be discussed to- morrow. Persons interested in the Masonic Mutual measure, which was previously vetoed Ly President Harding, have asked for a hearing on an amended bill. i PRESIDENT TOFILL up | the Jones resolution for an investi- | gation of the fiscal affalrs of the National Capital next Monday. “If Chairman Campbell of the rules committee is correct in his| “The matter is of | pending ap- | resolution | time that this de- | to- | the | Relief Association | EFFORT T0 PRESENT SOLDIER BONUS BILL BLOCKED N SENATE Williams, Democrat, Refuses Consent Necessary to Put Measure on Calendar. SLIGHTLY CHANGED PLAN | EXTENDS OVER 43 YEARS New Estimate Reduces Figure $250,000,000—New Taxation Deemed Unlikely. effort An | to present the soldiers' | bonus bill to the Senate today was | blocked by Senator Williams, demo- crat, Mississippi. Chairman McCumber of the finance | committee, gave notice that he would make another effort later in the day {to get the measure to the Senate | calendar. Because of the parliamentary pro- cedure under which the Senate was operating unanimous consent was necessary to present the bill and the | report, which earlier in the day had been made public by Senator McCum- ber. Senator Williams, a member of |the finance committee, and an op- | ponent of the legislation, refused such consent. Ashurst Urges Action. Asserting that Congress had paid | the claims against the government of | “war profiteers” and that every time an effort was made to pay compensa- tion to the soidiers there was objec 1 tion, Senator Ashurst, democrat, Ari- zona, urged Senator McCumber to move that the bill be received. “The time has come for the use of pluck and grip and courage and, sand,” the Arizona senator shouted | Senator McCumber explained that he could not offer such a motion be- cause there was a gentleman's agree- ment that the tariff bill would not be lai¢ aside for controversial measures | without advance notice being given. May Cut in on Tariffl. In arising to present the bl and the accompanying committee report, |Senator McCumber said that after consultation with members on b sides of the chamber he would ask later to lay aside the tariff bill and take up the bonus measure. Senator Borah, republican, Idaho. an oppo- {nent of the bonus, interjected that he | hoped that opponcnts as well as pro- PRINCETON DATES Two Addresses Will Be Made Tomorrow—Mrs. Harding Goes With Party. President Harding, accompanied by Mrs. Harding and a small party of friends, left Washington shortly after 9 o'clock today for New Jersey, where tomorrow he will deliver two ad- ! dresses, one at the dedication of the Princeton battle monument and the | other at Princeton University. The President and his party trav- eled on a regulariy scheduled train, and will go to Bound Brook. From !there the trip will be made by auto- | enator Fre- | mobile to the home of linghuysen, near Raritan, where the ! night will be spent. Accompanying the President, in ad- dition to Mrs. Harding. were Senator Frelinghuysen, Senator Edge, also of New Jersey; Speaker Gillett of the House, Secretary Christian, and sev- eral newspaper men The trip from Raritan to Princeton tomorrow will be made by automobile, the Dlresident arriving there about noon. He will speak at the dedica- tion of the monument. where the revolutionary war battle of Prince- ton was fought about 1 o'clock, and two hours later will receive an hoi orary degree from Princeton Un versity. On receiving the degree the President will speak in the university chapel. The President’s schedule calls for | his return to Washington late tomor- row night. —_— ADJUDGED IN CONTEMPT. Lockwood Committee Acts Against Steel Merger Promoter. NEW YORK. June S$.—Thomas L. Chadbourne, lawyer, who promoted the Republic-Midvale-Inland steel today was adjudged in contempt by the Lockwood legislative committee when he | refused 10 tUrN OVEr eXperts’ reports on the seven companies which were origi- nally intended to be brought into the consolidation. —_———— MUNICH-CHICAGO, 24 HRS. Zeppelin Maker Plans Airship With | 3,000 Horsepower. GENEVA, June 8.—Herr Borr, direc- tor of the Zeppelin works at Friedrich- shafen, Germany, is planning an airship | with a capacity of 100,000 cubic meters, sicians, as he says his health is poor. He is not going to the meeting at The Hague and does not know who wmi represents his country. The reports concerning Premier Lenin’s {llness were greatly exaggerated, the com- missar said in conclusion. 'NDIAN, AND BABIES L By the Assoclated Press. OKMULGEE, Okla., June 8.— Broken in health, Capt. Willlam Sunset, Cherokes Indian ace of the Lafayette escadrille and globe- trotting adventurer, started east today on a quest for his wife and his two babies, wrested from him equipped with engines developing 3,090 horsepower and capable of fying from Munich_to Chicago in twenty-four hours. The ship will be launched when the allies remove restrictions on manu- | facture of aircraft says. in Germany, he WAR ACE, SEEKS WIFE OST BY POVERTY | home to find his wife and babies gone. He learned from friends that his wife had purchased a ticket for Pittsburgh, Pa. So he sold his little store of goods and, with purse made up by friends to aid him in his search, set out on his quest. He declares that he has foyrteen by poverty. German planes '¢redited to him He came back to the land of | officially while in French service, his youth &t the end of the world | In addition to that, he claims war, showered with decorations | Sevehteen ~un@ficially. He has attesting his valor as an allled been wounded dozens of times and filer He lived here with his bride, down, five. times. . He, saw an Alsatian, whose life he saved in the foreign legion, the overseas. ‘hey came to know Layafette escadrille and the poveérty—the war left Sunset’ un- United States Army He .entered fit for work—and then last Sun- day. after trudging fifteen miles - erking-a. Joh, ha return-) o his £ the United States Army after a aring escape from Germany in e herEo cmman plana, merger, | | ponents on both sides would be con- isu)!ed. | The finance committee chairman said he did not know when the measure would bLe called u He went on to eay that he hoped the bonus would not lead to a partisan fight. An American B “This is an American bill,” he told the Senate. “And I hope we will | be able to dispose of it as an Amer- ican measure in the same spirit that we voteml the necessary appropria- tions during the war. | Announcing his_opposition to the | measure, Senator Underwood of Ala- !Yama, the democratic leader, said he | would be “very glad” if the bill | went over until after the November | clections so the American people | could voice their santiment with re- gard to the measure. “L realize that the people are be- | hind the soldiers.” continued the Ala- bama senator, “and they ought to be, for these boys are the heroes of our time. But you are bringing before the Senate a bill that will put a charge of from four billion to seven billion dollars on the American tax- paver, and you have so framed this | bill as to pass on that charge from the present to the future. These young men, if they make good in life, must be the ones who carry this great burden in the future.” Senator Underwood the bill would not effect until | next vear in any event, and that If it were passed at this time the only ef- fect would be political The soldiers’ bonus bill was formal- i1y presented today to the Senate by | Chalrman McCumber of the finance committee, with an accomanying re- port placing the probable cost to the | federal government at $3,845.659.481 spread over a period of fory-three years from next January 1. This approximately $250,000,000 less than the estimate under the House bill. | which was $4,098,719,350, payable {fover twenty yeyars. | The Senate bill estimate was pre- pared by Treasury experts, and is ! based on the theory t 75 per cent of the 4,438,199 veterans who would i be eligible for compensation would | elect the adjusted service certificate { sserted that option; 223 per cent farm. home and land settlement aid, and 21, per cent vocational training aid. Should all of the veterans select the certificate plan the total cost would be $4,486.- Taxes Not Expected. With reference to financing the legislation, Chairman McCumber’s re- | port said it was hoped that the re- duction in governmental expendi- tures, plus the payment of Interest on the refunded foreign obligations, | would be sufficient to obviate the im- | position of additional taxation. “If it does become necessary to im- pose additional taxes,” the report | continued, *“it is believed we can bet- ter determine tne amount of the eceszary levy and the methods of Gistributing such burdens for the fu- ture at a later date, when the future condition of the Treasury will be { more accurately established. As to the refunded foreign obliga- tions, the hope was expressed that | these soon would be obtained and i “that it will be possible for the for- cign governments to provide for the {mmediate payment of interest there- on, so that such interest can be used toward defraylng the expenses au- { thorized under this act. | Tried to Cut Cash Payments. Senator McCumber explained that an attempt had been made to reduce fo a minimum actual cash payments under the bill during the next three years while the Treasury is engaged in returning the nearly seven billions of dollars of maturing government obligations, The estimated cost of the bonus for these three years was 242.000,000. 3 ter its presentation to the Senate the bonus' Vill ‘went to the calendar, where it will remain until there is an agreement to call it up. Senator McCumber and some bther proponents desire early action, but several re- ublican leaders are opposed to side- D ing the tarift bill, as they ex- fizht over the bonus to con- | pect the janctabe