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14 » DARK HALTS HONT FOR A A PLOY 1,000 Students and 16 Planes Will Scour Mountains Today for Lost Flyer. 2 By the Associated Press. BELLEFONTE. Pa.. October 3.— More than a thousand persons and 11 airplanes joined in the search to ¢ for Charles H. Ames, mis mail plane pilot, but when darkness ell over the Allegheny Mountains to i no trace of him had hound from New when he failed to field just east night. No had from fiver for O land the of this city communication was 450, aviation Thursday has been York at ral Supt Egge of the Air Mail} is here directing the search territory for 30 miles east of llefonte has been covered and the zround west of Bellefonte as far as Clarion now is being combed. Passed Field, Is Belief. The flyer was last heard from Harleton, abou fonte. His pass elephone by, th e at ge was-reported by watchman at the mergeney field there to the Lelle nte nieid at 1135 p.m. When Am U the East the weather was go bat it was ing in.” in the word: of g€ as he approached Belle fonte. It was thought likely that as the weather ew hazy Ames flew b er and missed the Bellefonte field. This theory, coupled with a report that a plane was heard late Thurs- dav night near Clarion, Pa., 50 to 60 miles west of Bellefonte on the regu lar course to Cleveland, caused the Air Mail Service to send two planes from Cleveland to that vicinity to day. An intensive search will be made west of here tomorrow. Sixteen Planes to Search. Four planes from the Army, six from the Air Mail Service and one commercial flyer searched the zround ast of here today, while hundreds of persons tramped over roads through the thickly wooded areas. Tomorr the 11 planes will be joined by five more from the Air Mail Service, as no flying is done on Sun days except over one route. Pennsyl vania State College near here has offered 1.000 students to assist in the search and the offer has been accept- ed by Mr. Egge. A delegation of students from the Bellefonte Academy was also among the searchers today. Ames is about 32 vears old and single. Tie is a World War veteran and has been in the Air Mail Service for several vears. Supt. Bsge said he believed his home is in Cleveland. SEARCH TO BE THOROUGH. Postmaster General Orders No Ex- pense Spared to Find Ames. Orders were given vesterday by Postmaster General New to spare no ! expense in the search for the missing New Yor! plane and its pilot, Charles H. Ames, which disappeared Thursday night near Bellefonte. The Army Air Service has ordered three Army planes, each with pilot and observer, to report at the air mail field at Bellefonte and assist in the search. Post office officials here believe Ames fell in some isolated mountain district and Supt. Egge of the Air Mail Service has heen ordered to Bellefonte to direct the search. Cleveland Sends CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 3 (). ~—Two airplanes were dispatched from the Cleveland air mail fleld today for Clarion, Pa., to search for Charles H. Ames of Cleveland, missing air mail fiver. A report came to Supt. J. E. Whitebeck of the local field that an airplane had been heard near Clarion early Friday, shortly after Ames dis- appearedf en route from New York to the Cleveland field. NEW DRIVE TO SEEK VOTE FOR DISTRICT BEGUN BY CITIZENS (Continued from_First t Page) ing the metropolitan area in and around Washington and to from him how the federation may be of_service. The federation adopted resolutions of regret upon the death of Maj. Daniel Sullivan, and several- delegates including William McK. Clayton, E. B. Henderson. Harry N. Stull and A 2. Shoemaker, paid high tribute to his character and to the successful manner in which he directed Police Department. Resolutions also were adopted con- atulating Edwin_B. Hesse, former chief clerk of the Police Department, upon his appointment by the Com: missfoners to succeed Maj. Sullivan. Back Zoning Law. Delegate Finch reported on the work of the citizens' committee for defense of the zoning law. which co-operated with Corporation Counsel Stephens in defending the constitutionalitv of the law when it was attacked by a suit filed in the District Supreme Court early in the vear. The law was up- held in that court. but an appeal was noted by the property owner who brought the test case, and Mr. Finch announced that hix committee would continue to n the higher courts. He said the committee still had about $1.000 of the fund contributed by the people to defray the expense of defending the zoning act. The federation voted to commend the committee for its work. Jesse C. Suter, president of the fed- eration, submitted a_report of the during the Summer of the Citizens' Advisory Council in making Jecommendations to the Commission ers of municipal projects which should be inciuded in the next estimates. LABOR CONFERENCES END: PREPARE FOR CONVENTION Slate Clean for Opening of Forty- Fifth Annual Meeting Next Monday Morning. 7 the Associated Press. ng | been | miles east of Belle- | and | Chicago overnight air mail | Two Planes. | inquire | the | | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. OCTOBER 4, 1925—PART 1. - HEY, YOU DISAPPOINTED BASE BALL FANS! Don't jump in the river t world series tickets this year The Star is going to give win one of three choice grand. at the world series. because you failed to get your you the chance of a lifetime to stand seats in Griffith Stadium, Note this: Row 2, section C, seat 17, upper grandstand. That's what the tickets w And ali you've got to do “howl” in writing and send author of the best letter tellin 1 entitle the holders to. to win is to put your own pet it to this paper at once. The g exactly why he or she, above all other persons, should have gotton a ticket to the cham- pionship games is going to occupy the aforesaid gratis next iday. The second best Satu Remember, the letters with the best “kick” win. rday and the third best Sunday. Maybe you haven’t missed a ball game for the past ten years or so and now find yourself deprive Perhaps you wrote for rese d of a look-in at the big show. rvations last Michaelmas and the letter got lost en route. Maybe you are a great power in the world of affairs, and fear that Judge Landis might feel hurt if you didn’t honor him with your presence. 1f you haven't got a reason as good as these. by get busy and think up one and It’s the way you give vent t vincingly you do it that counts. the greater your chance of ¢ cleverest letters win. all means put it down in writing at once. o your feelings and how con- The more peeved you are omposing a good letter. The Keep your letters under 200 words and mail them before midnight Tuesday to the Tic The editors of The Star will ac Now howl! | | ket Contest Iditor, The Star. t as judges IMPASSE IN DEBT CONFERENCE | OF FAR-REACHING IMPORTANCE | Use to Which It Was Put—Effect on Other Nations Uncertain. Locked behind steel doors of a Treas- ury Department vault are about 550 <heets of paper. some typewritten, ome engraved, each signed by two French names——paper which assem- bled could be carried easily in one or- dinary brief case. What will happen to this paper, rep- resenting the French debt to the United States, now that the Franco- American debt problem has entered a sort of state of suspended anima- tion? This question. concerning the $4. 200,000,000 obligation pledged on those sheets, is believed here to be of far- reaching importance, not only France and America, but to every na tion involved in the intricate web of international post-war debts. French Homeward Bound. The French commission, carrying America’s “last-resort” offer, is on the Atlantic, homeward bound, to present that offer to the French government. But even should that offer be ap- proved by both France and the United Si which is uncertain, the fate of e's debt still would remain in doubt untll a future date, some time within five years. when the two would get together again, in better hope of reaching a final settlement. Under the agreement France would pay $40.- 000,000 annually as interest in full. America, with more confidence in the future of France than the French- men themselves, figured the capacity of that republic to pay in the next 62 vears at a_sum found unacceptable to the French, while, on the other hand, the visitors offered payments unac- ceptable to the Americans. They sim- v failed to get together. “‘capacity to pay” in the future proved too great a stumbling block. It is the second time a French debt mission | has been here without definite result. Now Caillaux, head of France's com- mission, promises, in public, to come back. perhaps In six months, to take up the burden again: but his tentative | promise has evoked no enthusiastic confidence in American official circles, Paris Relleved. Although Caillaux and his friends, boarding the liner France, seemed un: certain as to the reception awaiting them, reports from Paris show great relief that the American terms were not agreed to. Some relief has been expressed in American circles, but the prevailing spirit here seems to be disappointment ' that France did not fund at better terms than she offered. A feeling that the French commission did the best it could under the circumstances found expression in some American quar- ters, but there was far more grum. bling than jubilation heard about Washington yesterday because of the virtual collapse of the negotiations. ‘What will be the effect on forth- coming conversations with other debtors? Will the strange ‘no signa- ture” parley with France encourage other European powers owing the United States: to. expect better terms than have already been agreed to by six nations? Italians Coming. Partial answer to these questions was given vesterday when it was an nounced that Italy, the next largest 1 sist the District author- | effect < in their efforts to uphold the law | Amer debtor, will not postpone the sailing date of its commission on account of the Franco-American impasse. Specu- lation, running rampant when Cail- Jaux and his compatriots left. had pro- posed that perhaps the Italfans would not_even sail. Further answer to the problem of future effect on negotiations is ex- pected to be given this week, as the debt_commission from the republic of Czechoslovakia, now in Washington, opens formal conversations Tuesday over funding of its $117,000,000 obli- gation. Italian hopes for as lenient treat- ment as possible in the matter of their debt. however. have led American off- cials to feel that. should there be any whatsoever from the Franeo- an affair. it would be more likely to come from Rome than from any other debtor capital. But offi- cially the American commissioners have let slip no indications that they are worried over prospects for the Itallan negotiations. French Situation Complex. A clear-cut picture of the present status of the debt situation between France and America seems impossi- ble, for the reason that the situation itself. according to officials and ob- servers, has hecome highly complex. This uncertainty has lent keener in- terest to future negotiations, France was the first to fail in efforts to write an agreement. Seven nations have funded, setting up a general line of precedent in the matter which it was expected would have had some weight in the conver- sations with France. In general these six agreements follow the lines of the first: Great Britain—interest at 3 per cent for the first 10 years, with 3% ATLANTIC CITY, M. J., October 3. | per cent thereafter to the end of a 6! eDepartmental American conventions Federation of Labor were of the|year period of amortization. France, however, according to a statement of the American commis- concluded today and the slate was|gion at the last meeting of the nego- cleaned for the opening of the forty-| tiations, Thursday, had offered to pay fifth annual corwention of the federa- titon next Monday morning. William J. McSorlie of Cleveland was elected president of the Building only about 1 per cent. Seven Have Signed. The seven nations which have al- ready signed agreements are Great Trades Department to succeed George | Britain, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, F. Hendrick of Washington, who was not a candidate for re-élection. V. J. Tracy of Washingtotn was re-elected secretary-treasurer. J. W. Hays of Indianapolis and J. J. Manning of Washington were re- elected president and secretary-treas- urer, respectively, of the Union Label Trades Department, Poland, Belgium and Latvia. All ac- cords have heen approved by Con- gress. with the exceéption of the Bel. gian and Latvian, whien were recenti concluded during recees of Congress. ‘The unfunded debts to the United States are 12 l: n;mb’: Out of th.: Armenia’s an ussia’'s _appear present, the most. o8 -galles to, France's | as! tion. There ar: no governments in | elther country recognized by Wash- ington. In size Great Rritain has the largest debt, of $4.554.000.000: France i sec. ond, with $4.210,000,000, and TItaly third, with $2,138,000.060. Had France concluded a satisfactory agreement, more than three-fourths of | the debts to America would -have been funded. As the record now stands, it is a little less than half. with the fig- ures at about $5,235,000,000 out of a total of $12,151,23%,000. Other Negotiations Expected. With the Czechoslovakian commis- sion already in Washington and Italy coming the latter part of the month, the American Government is expect- ing others of the remaining countries on the unfunded list to make over- tures shortly. But there were no in- dications vesterday either at the State Department or at the Treasury as to who will be next. The list of nations with unfunded debts is as follows: Armenia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Esthonia. France, Greece, Italy, Liberia, Nicaragua, Ru mania.” Russia and Jugoslavia. The French debt to the United States, now a freshly disturbing factor in the realm of International uncertainties, |is composed of two main parts: First, | sh advancex to France for the pur chase of materials for prosecuting the | war, and second. a debt for American ! war supplies, which the Americans | {carried to France and sold to that re. | public after the war. The. first part of the obligation is nearly $3,000,000, 000, while the war supplies bill is more than $400.000,000. The French obtained the cash ad vances In a large number of install: | ments. spread out over a period from the first. on May 8. 1917, to the last on | September 28, 1920. Certificates Show Debt. The obligations for these loans are called certificates of indebtedness, and are typewritten on legal-size paper. They are on one sheet of paper each, and are signed by two French names. one that of the then French Ambassa- dor, Jules I. Jusserand, or his repre- sentative. The other, a countersigna- ture, is an official of the French serv- ices in the United States. of which M. Maurice Chsenave was director for a long period. His name is attached to many. The names of some members of the recent French debt commission appear on some of the certificates, On the part of the American Gov- ernment the loans were made under the administration of the War Presi- dent. Woodrow Wilsow, and three suc- ceeding Secretaries of the Treasury, McAdoo, Glass and Houston. The total amount of these cash ad- vances was $2,997,477,800, which has been reduced by repavments,” through adjustment of accounts, to $2.933,174,898. "Phis money was practically all spent in the United States for supplies. Among the things purchased by France here were munitions, horses, mules, cereals and other foods, tobacco and silver, while substantial items in the account are listed as transporta- tion, shipping, reimbursements, inter- est, maturities, exchange and cotton purchases. Interest Paid. On this obligation for cash advances the French government paid interest At the rate of 5 per cent up to May 16, 1919. At that time there was some international discussion of a three vear moratorinm for war debtors, but it came to nothing. France, however, since then has paid no further inter- est regularly on the cash advance portion of her debt, although she has Kept up interest on the second part, for war supplies, to date. The interest paid by Krance on cash advances, in all since the first ad- vance in 1917, has amounted to $129.570,000. On the war supplies debt, France has been paying regularly $30.350.000 each year, which amounts to a 5 per cent rate of interest. The war sup. plies bill stands at $407.341,145.01, and is dated August 1, 1919. The number and variety of things which France purchased from the American Expeditionary Force in France, under her war supplies trans- action, as shown in Government rec- ords, is surprising. Varied Supplies Bought. The largest item was for ordnance, including, it is said, all kinds of guns and gas suppiies. The i1st itself offers a vivid picture of some of the things America left in 1 France after the World War was over. On this list are clothing, textiles, medical supplies, army food, kitchen utensils, household furniture, machin- ery, metals, tools, hardware, building materials, lumber, railway and dock equipment, transportation equipment, hospital supplies, chemicals, photo- graphic, measuring and musical in- struments; electrical equipment and supplies, oil, gasoline, paint, ordnance, gas equipment, printing plant and supplies, office fixtures, stattonery, hides, leather and air service appa- ratus. ‘The money that was loaned to France was borrowed by the Ameri- can Government from the American people by authority of the Liberty loan acts, so the American citizen to realize how closely the Fremch debt came to him, has only to recall the Liberty bond he purchased, and know that it was possible that the more: he paid for it was loaned to France. Paying for Loans. On the Liberty loans this Govern- ment is now paying from 3% to 4% per cent, & sum which must come n"frommswakoladth-'ufi- made in 1922 to discuss the French [ ments ‘ars “Whas- interest ratms if » GALE HALTS WORK Civitian Divers Show Hero- ism in Search for Bodies. Memorial Services Today. By the Associated Press. UNITED STATES SUBMARINE NEW LONDON, Conn., Octo- After a week of rescue work the sunken submarine S-51, the { net result of which was the recovery { of the bodies of five of the 33 men who went down with their ship, Rear Admiral M, H, Christy returned to the base here tonight. A choppy sen and a wind that threatened to reach gale proportions forced the suspension of diving operations at noon and Ad miral Christy ordered the. entire res. cue fiotllla fo port, some of the. ves- sels going to Newport and others coming here. When aearch for the. hodies can be resumed depends upon weather conditions. Divers Willing to Centinue. Only one body was recovered today, that of Paul D. Berk of Shoemaker: ville, Pa., an engineman. Divers were burning off the torpedo room hatch when officers in charge-decided that conditions mude it unsafe-to con- tinue. The divers expressed their trips notwithstanding the seas, but officers decided against it. Tomorrow the officers and men at the base. numbering more than 1.000 | will do honor to their departed com- des, A memorial service will be heid at the base theater. Comman dant E. J. King announced that he expected every officer and man on the station to be present. A huge wreath will rest upon the rostrum as Chap- lain A. H. Parker delivers the eulogy. 'y cholr and a quartet of en- listed men will sing. Many stories of the heroism of the divers who haves made repeated trips life remained abgard and later in an effort to recover hodies, were told todav by officers of vessels of the rescue fleet. Badly Shocked, Finishes Task. How Wililam Reed, a civilian diver, stood in the depths drilling an ex- ploring hole in the engine room hatch Wwith an electric arc burner, which had become short circuited, sending the current through his hands, was told by Lieut. M. J. Lenney, com- mander of the S:50, notwithstanding ths extreme pain, Reed finished the job and when he was pulled to the surface casually remarked that the burner needed repairing. William Lilja, anather civilian, ed his life by crawling through the engine room in the dark to de- termine whether the motor room door was open, after his electric light had burned out. He took the chances rather than go up for another light, because he knew that officers above Wwere waiting to learn whether there was anv hope for life in the motor compartment. —_—————— finally decided upon for the French government to pay on its debt to the United States, it is emphasized by of- ficials here, {8 of concern not only to ery holder of Liberty bonds, or me- curities for which they may have been exchanged, but also to every American taxpayer. The 550 sheets of paper, which con- stitute France’s promise to pay, are in the custody of the security division of the Treasury Department. They are filed away in one of the Treasury huge vaults. As explained, the obliga- tions for cash advances are in the form of certificates of indebtedness. Among the obligations for the war suppiies bill are 400 sheets, engraved bonds, for $1,000,000 each. Thess are dated August 1, 1919. The other $7.- 000,000 worth of war supplies, sold during the following year., are repre- sented by bonds and notes. Nature of Obligatiens. ‘The obligations signed by Franced for her loans from the United States are of the same general character as those signed by other governments, according to the 1920 annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury. “The earlier certificates of indebted- ness,” sayvs the report, ‘“were pavable at fixed dates of maturity, all which are now past. so that they are now heid as demand obligations. They bore interest at various rates of in- terest from 3 per cent per annum upward. Those subsequently taken are pavable on demand and bear in- terest at 5 per cent. By arrangement with the respective governments, sub- stantially all the obligations have, since May 15, 1918, borne interest the rate of 5 per cent. The certifi- cates of indebtedness are receivable in payvment for bonds of the debtor government or else are convertible into bonds in conformity with the pro- visions of the various Liberty bond acts in effect at the respective dates of the certificates of indebtedness.” A sample of the skeleton agree- ment, as given in an annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the name of “France” subst tuted for certain blank spaces in the skelston as printed in the report, ‘would read as follows: Sample Agreement. “The Government of France, for value received, promises to pay to the United States of America, or as- signs, the sum of (number of dollars in words) on demand, with interest from date hereof, at the rate of (rate per cent) per cent per annum. Such principal sum and the interest thereon will be paid without deduction for any French taxes, present or future, in gold coin of the United States eof America, of the present standard of weight and fineness at the Subtreas- ury of the United States in New York, or, at the option of the holder, at the Treasury of the United States in ‘Washington. “This certificate will be converted by the government of France, if re- quested by the Secretary of the Treas- ury of the United States of America, at par with an adjustment of accrued interest into an equal par amount ef (rate Of per cent) per cent convertible gold bonds of the government of France, conforming to the provisions of acts of Congress of the United States known, respectively, as second Liberty bond act, third Liberty bond act and fourth Liberty bond act. I bonds of the United Statea {ssued un- der authority of said acts shall be converted into other bonds of the United States bearing a higher rate of interest than 4% per cent per an- num, a proportionate part of the obli- sations of the government of France of this series acquired by the United States under authority of sald acts shall, at the requast of sald Secretary of the Treasury, be comverted into obligations of said government of France bearing interest at a rate ex- ceeding that previouslty borne by thim obligation by the same amount as the interest rate of the bonds of the United States issued upon such con- version exceeds the interest rate of (rate of obligation) per cent, but not less than the highest rate of interest borne by such bonds of the United States.” Second Trip Here. M. Calllaux’s trip ie the second by a French mission. An attempt was willingness to make further undersea | to the S-51, at first to learn whether | CAILLALX UBIECT ON SUBMARRE S| F VELER ATTACK Paris: Papers Lay\Debt Par- ley Impasse on. Fjnance Minister’s Spokesman. By Cabl e Star. PARIS, October 3.—Whatever else may come of it, the Washington conA ference ended in a first-class news- paper row in Paris. Stephen Lau- sanne has accused Henrl Dumay, founder of the radical dafly Le Quo- tidien, who was the spokesman for the press at Washington, of having committed the unpardonable error of breaking secrecy and communicaling the terms of the provisional accord to 650 Washington correspondents and thereby annoying President Coolidge and making acceptance impossible. Quotidien allowed the Matin editor to heap coals of fire on its founder's head, and then broke out in a violent counter attack, declaring Lausanne’s charge was nonsense and the agree- ment was not ratified because “the commission in plenary session was under the. direct influence of uncom- promising Senators and disavowed the acts of subcommittee,” There is no doubt by the way Matin displayed the attack on Dy and the way it was taken up by de Paris, in which Perinax repeated the same charge, that it is meant as ank attack on Finance Minister Caillaux, who appointed Dumay =pokesman for the French delegation 1o the American public. but the attl- tude expressed by Quotidien gives still another angje. In a defense. editorial headed *Low- 1y and Miserable Calumny.” Quotidien declares, while in the midst of . de- nial of the charge against Dumay, “thal even If it were true, there would be occasion perhaps to felicitate Henri Dumay for having ruined by his rather bold initiative a financial plan which would serve American interests much more than French.” But Quo- tidien adds: “It is untrue. Dumay did not break faith. It is a lowly charge of Le Matin and Echo De. Part at that time, according to the record, than during the past week. The story of that first mission visit and its departure without an agree. ment is toid in direct fashion by Sec- retary Mellon himseif in his 1922 an- nual report to Congress, as follows: “In July, 1922, the French govern- ment sent a special mission, headed by Mr. Jean V. Parmentier, director of the movement of funds of the. French treasury, to the United Stales to discuss with the American commis- sion the French debt to this Govern- ment, Mr. Parmentier, upon his ar- rival, placed in the hands of the com- mission certain date relating to the financlal and economic situation of France. He explained to the commis- sion the position of his government in respect to the funding of its debt to the United States, stating that he had been designated by the French gov- ernment to afford the commission complete information as to the finan- cal condition of his government, but that the latter did not consider it pos- sible at the present time to enter into any definite engagements for a fund- ing or mettlement of its debt. He fur- ther stated that it was his govern- ment's desire to postpone for an indefi- nite period consideration of this matter, until the fipancial situation of France should e more clear, particularly as to reparation receipts from Ger- many. The cammission’s position on the subject was explained to Mr. Par- mentier, and especlally its desire that a funding of the French debt should take place in the future. On August 17, 1922, Mr. rmentier in- formed the chairman of the commis- sion that he had been keeping his gov- ernment informed of the progress made in the negotiations, and that he had received a cable instructing him to return for a full discussion with his government of the situation as it had developed. The chairman replied that in his view it could only be beneficial it Mr. Parmeatier should in person diacuse with his government the nexo- tiations which had taken place be- tween him and the commission. Mr. Parmentier returned to France short- ly after this conference.” Spent Week There. The Caillaux mission spent a week in Washington. Negotiations started ‘Thursday, September 24, and concluded Thursday, October 1. The two com- missions followed different lines of ap- proach, the Americans figuring on basis of the interest rate and the French on basis of annuel payments. Each in turn figured out the other's terma into its own general scheme. The total offers were far apart. The Americans also rejected a security clause demanded by the French and conaidered by them as vital. The first French offer was $25,000,- 000 annually for the first five vears, $30,000,000 annually for the following five vears, 360,000,004 annually for the following 1@ years and $30,000,600 annually for the last 42 years. In rejecting this, the Americans pro- posed paymemts of wrincipal st $20,000,000 for the first year, and in- creasing during the 62-year period, ‘with interest at one-half of one per cent for the first year, increasing each year by ome-quarter of one per cent, until 314 per cent would be reached at the thirteenth year, and continued through the period. ‘This major American offer, was re- jected by France, who proffered as its last proposal: §40,000.000 annually for the first five years; 360,000,600 an- ually for the next seven years, and 00,000 annually the next 56 years, with a security clause, provid- ing that the matter be reopened should France be unable to meet payments. This offer was rejected on the last day of negotiations, and the ‘“last- resort’” American five-year plan was put forward, proposing that France should pay $40,000,000 for five years, as interest in full on the principal and reopen the -’om at any time during the five years, This would be but 320,000,000 more an- nually than the French now are pay- | in interest. m'(tlllhul sald he had mnot besn authorized to sign such s tentative -sement, but would take it back to b4 government in France, aud would not “interrupt the negotiations, which cannot fail to reach an agree- ment.” A note of hope was struck also by the American commisslon in ita last statement to the Freach, saying: ““We Delieve that with peace, the natural progress of industry and commerce and the recovering strength of France, a basis can be found at such later date which will meet the views of twe countries.” .";'n outcome of negotiations caused s siump in the franc and French bonds. Unofficlal reports tbat the American Government might coerce France into action by frowning on more loans by private terests to Frence have been met with explana- tion in Washington that this Govern- ment does not have law to exerciss such a prerogative. This however, has much public attention, and the responsiveness of American business to unofficial requests of its Government have been stressed. Re- ports continue that Europe will seek large loans from private interests here. Not only the American capital, but the great capitals of the world await 2 i Fronch G e of the to Lobe Says Reqguest Is Apt to Come Next Year. Distribution of Debt Over Greater Time Will Be Urged. Hope that Germany's war debt hurden will be leasened as a result of titw breathing spell which the United Statas last week granted France in |ity dabt payments was exprassed vex { terday Paul Lobe, president of the Getman Reichstag. - Presidant Tobe is in Washington as delegate o the Interparliamentary Union, an& In discussing the jusi- ended Franwo-American debt negotla- tions. at Injerparliumentar headquarters in the Mayfliower Hotel he mald: “If France deserves easjer debt payment terms from the United States, then Germany certainly de- serves the same treatmen: from France. Because German | wWar debts are four times as great as those of France. Will Ask Easier Terms. A plea for easier debt terms now is being considered by German leaders, Lobe said. It will not be presented to the allies until next' ymar, however, ha |mald, as Germany intends to pav w‘fl"hfllll_" the $350,000,000 which fis | due its creditors this vellr, under the Dawes plan. Following this full adherence to the Dawes program, Germany will ask for redistribution of its debts over a greater number of veaws, attempting to show that the present terms se- riously are hindering the nation’s eco- nomic recovery, Lobe declared. Wages Law, Taxes High. Germany's industrial and agricul- tural activity today is 25 per cent be- low that of 1913, because of post-war {GERMANS TO ASK EASIER TERMS, REICHSTAG PRESIDENT REVEALS depreasion, Lobe said. A small wealthy class still exists, but the “middle class” has sunk to the level of the poor, because wages are lower than the pre-war scale and taxes are twice ax high. War is being suggested as “the |only way out” by a small group, in | cluding Germany’s “Ku Klux Klan,’ but the great are sick of war and hope for a ra adjustment of debt terms, which will hasten the revival of their prosperity, according to Lobe. Lobe, as head of the nation's parli- ament, ag to Marshall von Hindenburg when he was inaugurated president of the German Republic last Spring. He sald vesterday that the Hindenburg administration is satisfying Germany. MEDIOCRE WORK ON DEBT IS SEEN Andre Tardieu Thinks French Lacked Technique and U. S. Frankness. BY ANDRE TARDIEU, Former French High Commissioner to the United States. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, October 3. — Thinking Frenchmen cannot take seriously for a moment the temporary five-year set- tlement at Washington of the Franco- American debt problem. Opinion here is that the French delegates would have done better to refuse the plan immediatejy, for certainly it cannot be doubted that Parlfament will reject it it it is presented there. Settlement, ves—postponement for five Years, no. The only advantage for France in any debt settlement is in having it final and in letting the French people know, once for all, exactly where they stand. How often did the American and British say concerning Germany's debts: “Germany cannot be asked to pay before the total indebtedness is fixed.” Fairness requires that the same principle be applied to France. Bewildered by Bargaining. French public opinion has followed with some bewilderment the bargain- ing that has been going on between the French and American commis- sions. What was particularly difficult for it to comprehend was the compli- cating of the affair by making several separate questions; First, annuitles; second, interest, and third, morato- rium. It is dificult for people here to see what was gained by this method. Friday's news that the whole edifice had collapsed like a house of cards only added to the confusion reigning in French minds. To understand how the French people feel one nead only think back to America’s feeling in 1921, when the Paris and London conferences fixed a similar schedule of payments for Germany for a period of three-quarters of a century. The whole negotiation at Washing- ton seems to have been conducted by the French mission with a notable neglect of the beat arguments. At no time were the Americans reminded that this financial problem is prima- rily a political problem. At no time were they reminded (these 14 points, the armistice agreement, and the let- ter of Secretary Glass) that at the moment the debts were contracted Americans were unqnimously agreed that France should not pay a sou for reparations or pensions. Frank Reduction. Certainly a reduction of the debt based on America’'s changed policy ‘would have been franker, more log- ical and more dignified than all those mysterious, haphazard conceasions which Amesicans agreed to during the week's debates. From a technical viewpoint the French impression is equallv bad. The so-called safeguard clause—per- mitting revision of the agresment ac- corded to France's capacity to pay— ‘was neither atudied nor worded care- fully. Moreover, it was needless as long as nothing was said about the problems of tranafers, which has dominated the whole German indem- nity question for five year The question is not solely one of figures, but also of means of pav- ment. Germany, if she exexcutes the Dawes plan, will pay in goods or marks, not dollars. On the contrary, the United States Treasury demands from France payment in dolars ex- clusively, since American protection- ism refusss payment in kind. Thus France’s burden increased with a thousand evil effects on her genmeral economy, since she must buy doilars to the detriment of her exchange for €2_years. Nobody would have agreed to apply such & plan to Germany. Why imag- ine that France can gccept it? Mediocre Handling. Those who have atudied the prob- lem—they are not numerous either in France or the United States—cannot escape the comclusion that the whole Begotiation wes carried on in worse than mediocre fashion. That the very subject of the debate was ill prepared is shown by the Bank of Franes loan incident and the unpaid interest af- no time did thinking ot the impression that th':.manl gates were saying what they ought to say at Washington. Obvioualy it is not the fault of the United States if France chose poor spokesmen. But since after a week of miserable bargaining France gets nothing but a temporary agresment, which is manifestly unacceptable, Frenchmen are entitled to expreas th hope that tbe next time the matter PROPLSES FEDERAL SHOALS OPERATION McKenzie Would Have Gov- ernment Undertake Project if Private Firms Hold Off. A gigantic Government - operated hydroeleckric system along the Ten- nesese River and its tributaries was advocated yesterday by Chairman McKenzie of the Muscle Shoals Com- mission i the event that the indif- ference of mrivate capital forces the Government into the power business. Pointing o©ut that, although the commission has been in existence since March not a single satisfactory private offer to operate Muscle Shoals had been received, the chairman de- the plant rather than let it lie idle and its great economic value be wasted. Can Bs Made to Pay. The Government should go into the enterprise on a large scale, he be- lleved, modeled along the plan of the Ontario Hydroelectric Power Commis- sion, and the plant can be made to pay all construction and operation fuscle Shoals should be put to work as Congress intended. If private par- et industry will not do it, then the Gov- ernment should step in and operate it both for fertilizer and for pow production.” he continued. “Until we are sure that such a policy is not to be pursued we should go very slowly lin turning over these valuable power irights to any one. ‘Woukd Not Submit. “Loath as I am to have the Gov- ernment engage in business which pri- vate enterprise can carry on effeec- tively, I am unwilling to concede that our great Government must vield sub- missively to the wishes of any private qonoerns who do not wish us to op- erate these plants and who will not help with a plan for operating them themmelves. 5 “They will not be permitted to play the dog in the manger with my con- sent. If they force the Government to umdertake these power and fer- tilizer operationa itself, it is my opin- ion that such a policy is justified and that the Government could obtain re sults that would surprise those who contend. that it has no chance to suc- ceed in @& business operation.” SECOND CAVE-IN OCCURS. Workers Delayed at Richmond in Digging for Bodi RICHMOND, Va., October 3 (#).— A second cavein ocurred at the Church H{ll tunnel of the Chesapeake and Ohio here tonight as laborers ‘worked to remove the debris of yester- day's slide, beneath which are buried three men who were at work in the passageway when its walls collapsed. No one was trapped in the second break. but the work of clearing the tunnel has been grsatly retarded by the additional debris, which must now be removed before the three bodies can be reached. SWEAR VENGEANCE. Indians Threaten Reprisals If Death Penalty Is Taken. KINGMAN, Aris., October 3 (#).— Swearing vengeance againat the white men and threatening reprisals if the penalty of death is carried out against George Dixon Sujynamie, young mem- ber of their tribe, who has been sen- tenged to be banged at the military reservation near Prescott on October 10 for murder, a number of the mem- bera of the Walapal tribe have taken to the mountains near here. SHORTAGE OF BAGGING. MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 3 (#).— Memphis merchants reported tonight that seversl cotton gins in the South will be forced to suspend operations soon if a shortage of cotton bag- ging continues to exist. An unusual: ly early cotton crop has caused the shortage. Y are reported to be negotist- American sugar saek manu- fecturers to asaist in remedying the situation. Most of the material used in bagging cotton in the South is obtained from India. Bank Employes Cleared. HAVANA, October 3 (#).—Two em- ployes of the Santa Clara branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, who were arrested Thursday, have been clear- od of police charges of complicity in the $73.000 check fraud inst Ha- vane 0s. The are Fante- L majority of Germans | ministered the oath of office | clared the Government must operate | FRENCH CONTIUE ADVANCE ON RS iSpanish Soldiers in Ease After Taking \Adjir—Have Plenty Water. By the Associated Press. FEZ, French Morocce, October 3.— The French today continued their ad- vance toward Adjir, moving north. ward from the village of Tioutile without encountering serious resis- tance from the Riffiians. The Brench and Spanish outposts in that sector now ave less thyn 25 miles apart. The chiefs and notables of all the friendly tribes gathered at the palace todav and bade a fraternal farewell to Marshal Lyautey who is resigning after long service as governor gemeral. Thanking them for thelr tribute, the marshal said: “I am leaving Morocco in good hands. Your peace and security are assuzed.” SOLDIERS IN LUXURY. Water to Drink and Swin in Areq Treats to Fighters. MADIYD, October 3 (#).—The fall of Adjic and the clearing of the Riffifans oyit of that sector of Morocco has transfarmed the lot of the Spanish soldlers fram one of hardship to ac- tual comfort, with the luxury of water 1o drink and water 10 bathe i A brief anouncement from Spanish general headyuarters thix afternoon reads: The Spmnish traops have reach- ed the Nekour' River In thelr further advance in the .Alhucemas region. Ab- solute tranquillMy prevails within our protectorate.” The message akso records the tiding that the Spanisi soldlers. who oniy a few davs ago wewe at grips with the enemy, were today bathing on the beaches at Alhucemas Bay. The war office statement describes the beaches filled whih soldiers, enjoy- ing themselves, swinoming or boating in the bay and exchamging visits with friends statioped at other points. Drink- ing water has becorme abundant, in contrast to the meager supplies or total ahsence of wader, which the Spaniards had to suffer when they landed. Gen. Primo de Riveralieft Alhucemas this morning for Ceutit. UPHOLDS FAITH! HEALING. Denver Pastor Demands That Epis- copal Church Oust Doubters. DENVER, Colo., Octolber 3 (#).— Voicing his conviction that “any clergyman who is a sincere follower of Jesus Christ must premch healing through faith,” Rev. Rdbert B. H. Bell, rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church of Denver, today challenged the Protestant Episcopal denomina- tion to go on record on thse question of faith healing at its trignnial con- vention at New Orleans. “If any clergyman denies that heal- ing through faith may be achieved, he is a liar and imposter and should be drummed out of the chu as one denying the teachings of his Lord and Savior.” His statement was invoked by the view he attributed to Dr. Edgar S. Cowles of New York against miracu- lous healing. DETROIT OFFICER FREED. Lieutenant Acquitted in Dry Case on Spanish War Menfs Train. CINCINNATI, October 3 (#).—Sam- uel Smith, police lieutemant of De- troit, arrested by Federal prohibition agents in a rald on a speclal train here en route to the Spanish-American ‘War Veterans' convention fn Florid: on September 24, was acquitted the United States commissioner of the charge of violating the patbonal pro- hibition law toda: WOLVES CAUSE TERROR. MOSCOW, October 3 (#).—Several thousand cattle have been killed and numerous persons wounded in conse- quence of an invasion of wolves, un- precedented in recent times i ths Moscow district and surrounding prov- inces. Twenty-five special detachments of trained rifiemen have been organized to hunt down the wolves, said 10 be of a particularly rapacious type. During the past two weeks large numbers of children and edults ha been taken to Moscow hospitals for treatment after having been badly mauled by the wolves. Rockefellers Sail for inropc. NEW YORK, October 3 (#).—Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, jr., sailed today om the liner Majestic for a six weeks' trip to Kurope, during which Mr. Rockefeller will study mu- nicipal and governmental housing projects with a possible view of ap- plying the methods to bettering living conditions in the congested slums of the Lower East Side. e PO Seeks Commons Seat. EDMONTON, Alberta, October 8 (®)—John W. Leedy, former governor of Kansas, announced today his cane didacy as independent farmer for member of the Canadian House of Commons in a general election Octe- ber 29. Leedy been a residemt of Alberta 18 years and is a Britisgh sub. e — September Circulatien Daily . 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