Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 23, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. < 205 j IVASON BY Yanamans Are Determined and Ready to Fight For the Dis- ANAMIA PREPARED TO EPEL COSTA RICANS puted Coto Territory—150 Armed Men, With Ten Ma- chine Guns, Have Been Qrdered to Proceed to Coto— Cable Messages Sent to Ascertain the American Govern- ment’s Attitude Toward Panamans Resistance Have Not Been Answered. _ Panama, Ang. 22—(By The A. P)— |'Panama is prepared and ready to re I'pel the Costa Ricans should they in- !vade the disputed Coto territsyrr. No defpite action will be taken, however, urfil it has been learned what attitude tp United States government w:l opt towards Panama in the cvent the Panamans oppose the takiagz o o Coto by the Costa Ricans. Cable messages sent by the Panma government to Washington w.th the view of ascertaining the American govera- ment's attitude toward Panzma res: ance to Costa Rican occup: n of Colo have not been answered. Armed men to the number of 150 have. been ordered to procced to Coto from David. They will tak> with them ten machine guns which were purcaas- ed in the United States last Aprii. Secretary of Government and Justice Alfaro has given orders to Chi:f of T’)- lice Arango to hold the entive police force of Panama and Colon :n readi- ness to march to Coto. Identical orders have been sent the heads of the police forces in interfor towns. Mayors have been ordered *n revise their volunteer lists and to advise these men to be ready for an eme:zency. GOMPERS' VIEWS ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION — The is an economic that Iting ‘n a loss of $27,500,000 a day in wages to the workers of the countr’, Samuel CGompers declared tonizh lowing a session of the execu: cit of the American Federats bor, at which present nnemployment con- ditions were discussed Wage reductions wi situation, the veteran adding that such aotion w our domestic pureh: and more factories will close the peopi ven't the mouey their product The present “will me ‘abor 1 vheef said, iai he added, and the depres. even more act! veductions, if they can be for. us, will not only prove a boom Thg employers, but u menace to our e © financial and political fnrure In all this talk about readjust- ment and reconstruction, why it is the pressure js always brought upon those whose standards of lif: and ay existence would be demorai- d" and deteriorated by a reduction n wages, and why this artve 2 reduce their Th: raak anl file cannot unde: how readjustmen: and reconstriction ecan maan vee duction of their wages, T have been asked who amonz tie ists ‘has su of interest on profits reduction of ‘The cost of Instead gested a reduction im a loan or a re- capita the ri zes and profits. has not come profiteering un- it is going up, per cent. of wa ) h ked and unrestricted rents. Ninety in the United States were gt the war but the exorbitant rents gurged out of the temants by the profiteering and unscrupulous landlords < blamed on the higii cost of labor dur- war.” cspecially homes n The councfl had before it a proposal Il wnon congress to takc sieps fo relleve the present situa‘i~n by legis- mtion and making apn opriatina that would aid In speeding up public work. Action on this probably. will be taken ater this week. DPECLINE TO LIMIT SALARIES OF SHIPPING BOARD OFFICERS Washington, Aug. 22.—By a vot> of 32 tn 24 the senate rejected an amenae ment to the deficiency bill which proyid- ed that no officer emploved by the ship- ping board in any capactiy should re- a salary exceeling $12,000. The limitation, propesed by Sena-or Harrison, was designed to prevent use of any part of the $48,500,000 rar-ed in the bill for the board in paymen: of ealaries of heads of depar ments and ce lawyers engaged by Charmin Lasker. As passed by the house tne moasure stipulated that mot more taan three cf- fcers should be paid mo-s than $12,500 annu but this was s n out by the senate appropriations commit- tea which reported the vill, Throughrut an all dar debate on the a aculment Senators Borah, McKellar and Harnsoa denounced the alleged paymeit: of ‘ex- travagant sums Senator MoCormick declaréd the ob- ject of the amendment was to deprive the hoard of the ser of men tryinz to heln In the work of lignilation and that it was intenis] to crippie the ef- forta of those who had inherited a bai legacy which Chairman Lasker was try- ing to clear up. INSURANCE COSTLY FOR SINN FEIN NEWSPAPER Dublin, Ang. (hy surance underwriters of Dublin today asked and were pald three pounds sterling per hundred pounds to insure the plant of a Dublin newspaper in sym- pathy with the Sinn Fein against riot or other eivi] eommotion for three months. This is five times as much as would be pald ordinarfly and is taken here to ehow how divided is the best local opin- ton on the question of a remewal of the strife in_Treland. One of the underwriters of,the in- suranee is the proprietor of another lo- eal newspaper which has leanings simi- Jar to that of the newsvaper insured. the A. P.)—Tn- $100,000 FUND TURNED OVER TO THE AMERICAN LEGION Washington, Ang. 22.—Ome hundred thousand dollars, collected by the Amer- fcan Red Cross during the war for sol- Alar relief work, was turned over today by the Soclety to the American Legion to be used by the latter organization in searching out cases of former service men entitled to but failng to receive aid. The fund is to be used together with sums donated by the Y. M. C. A, Na- tional Community Service, Knights of Columbus and Jewish Welfare Board in the formation of “flying squads” charzed with aiding nmeedy service men. The plan was worked out by the late com- mander of the American Legion, Freder- fek W. Galbralth, REPORT ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WAR VETERANS Boston, Aug. 22.—The report of a naval board which has been Investigat- Ing complaints of discrimnation agai ‘Wwar veterans in the discharge of civ employes at the local navy yard was filed today with Rear Admiral Cleaves, yard commandant. He will forward It to Washington for review a once, Three hundred and ninety home- f'l\du have been filed in Alask: v or even a simultane- | IN FEAR OF POVERTY, MOTHER KILLS BABY Cleveland, Aug. 22.—Alleged to have preferred to see her baby dead tian to have to face a life of poverty., Mrs. Mary Soltis, 26, was under arrest at police headquarters today on a charge of mur- der. Police Sergeant McCarthy declares | the young mother admitied she smoth- ered her week-old boy rather than see it live In want. The hody of . the baby was found In a pail in the basement of Mrs. Soltis’ home, and when Sergeant MeCarthy went to Mrs. Soltis' home to question her, he found two other children, John, 7, and Mary, 4. clinging to their moth- er's skirts, crying with hunger. “I gmothered the haby with the bed clothes,” Mrs. Soltis is said to have de- clared. “I did not want to see him grow up with nothing ahead. There is no money—nothing. What could I do? He would be better dead.” She sald her husband. John, to whom she has been married seven vears, went away some time ago in search of work. RED CROSS OFFICER IS CHARGED WITH LARCENY ‘Washington, Aug. C. B. Wilson, Second assistant treasurer of the Amer- fcan Red Cross, was arrested today charged with larceny following an wucit of his books which showed, according to 29 i Director Livingston Farrand a short- age of about $14,000. The warrant spegifically charged .the theft of $800 but Red Cross officials said this was only one of a number of charges against him According to the police Wilson admitted shortages of more than $13.000 and attributed his misfortune to gam- bling on horse races. Director Farrand, in a statement an< nouncing the result of the audit of Wil- son’s books said the shortage comzerned only subsidiary accounts nsed in cen- ducting onerations at headquarters here and that the general funds of the Red Croes, which can only be drawn on by ohecks signed by two officers, were not involved in any wa; The' loss. he said, was fully covered by a surcty boad HEADS OF OIL COMPANIES TO CONSULT MEXICAN OFFICIALS Mexico City, Ang. 22 (hy the A. P.)— The newspaper El Universal today savs it is informed that the heads of the mportant oil companies in the United States will ‘leave New York Wednesday for Mexico Citv for a conference with government officials here looking toward an amicable and definite settlement of petroleum questions. Its advices, it says, state that the meeting has the ap- proval of the state department. The oil comnanies were requested to- day by the department of commerce and Industry to make a complete retnrn ot the petroleum they had on hand here July 31, and subsequent storages. The Information requested is desired for taxation purposes. SEARCHING SWAMPS TO LOCATE A WILD MAN Malone, N. Y., Aug. 22.—Sheriff Frank S. Steenberg, of Franklin county, and several state troovers at the head of a posse of one hundred men today started searching the swamps in the vicinity of Skerry, 12 miles southwest of here, in an effort to locate an apparently wild mafh who has been reported seen, devoii of clothing in that section by several persons within the past few days. The man has been described as being middie aged. Officers believe that he became lost while attempting to find a lumber camp and after wandering through the woods for several days be- came terror “Stricken and eventually in- sane as the result of hardships. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY SEYTING CLOTHING AFIRE New York, Aug. 22.—Sylvester Crock- ott, a negru, today attempted suicide tn Tombs prison by setilng fire to his clothing which he had first saturated with kerosene. Before touching the match, he bathed his face and head in the ofl and tied a_handkerchief tightly about his throat. The agt occurred in a rocm used to house prisoners about te be fingerprinted. The kerosene was left in the room to remove blacking used in the process, Two other prisoners raised the alarm by shouting and beating on the door but the negro was So badly burned before the flames were extinguished that there | was believed to be little chance of his recovery. He was to have been sent to Sing Sing prison today to begin a five vear term for beating A patrolman. GREEKS FORCE PASSAGE BY THE SAKARIA RIVER Smyrna Aug. 22—(By the A. P.)—It Is reported that the Greeks have foreed a passage of the Sakaria River and are pushing the forces of Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Turkish nationalist leader( toward Angora. The Greek front now extends ten miles eastward of the river. m emmeywptwyt p | GEN. PERSWING BEVIEWED CADETS AT CAMP DEVENS . Ayer, Ma: Aug. 22.—General Persh- ing, army chief of.staff, slipped into Camp Devens in civilian clothes today to inspect the citizens' military training camp there. He arrived with two aides In “the ‘morning. wds the guest of the training camp at luncheon, and review- €d the cadets in the afternoon. s i i Two Secret Sessions Monday —Adjournment Taken Without Having Arrived at Any Decision. Dubiin, Aug. 22.—(By The A. P.)—The Dail' Eireann held two secret ses- sons today to consider the question of what shall be its reply to the British government’s peace offer. It adjourned this evening without ‘having_ arrived at any decision, but will meet azain tomor- Tow in private, simultaneously with the gathering of the Sinn Fein executive committee, which is somewhat similar to- the national political party commit- teex in the United States. This evening the following | communication was issue “The Dail Eireann met this morning at eleven o'clock, adjourned at two o'clock, reassembled at four o'clock and rose at 630 o'clock. It was occupied all day with Mr. Lloyd George's proposals. It will meet again tomorrow. There is little likelihood of there be- any public sessions of the Dail eann until Friday. by which time its reply may have been sent to Mr. Lloyd George. Harry J. Boland, rep- resentative of Eamonn De Valera in the United States, and Mary McSwiney, sis: ter of the late lord mayor of Cork, at- tended today's session, prepared to of- fer_their opinions on the situation bas- éd on what was considered by them thelatest feeling in the United States. Mr. Boland said this evening that the tuation was too delicate to talk about. There were no long speeches delivered at today’s meeting of the Dail Eireann. “Any deputy speaking for more than five or ten minutes would make hi self unpopular, except, of course, mr, De Valera or other members of the cab inet when making an explanatory sta ment,” one of the members said tonight. He added that thus far the deputies merely had shown considerable curiosi concerning e terms of the govern- ment's offer and that the members of the cabinet -had been called upon for [ explanations from all parts of tha Round Room of the Mansion Housc, where tthe sessions of parliament are being held. official in; R. C. CHURCH INTERVENES FOR PEACE IN IRELAND Dublin, Aug. 22—(By the A. P.)—The hierarchy, as the Roman Cath Irish peace negotiations. The Most Reverend Edward Mulhern, Lord Bishop of Dromore came to Dublin tonight with a message from the highest authority, which he dellvered to Eamonn De Valera and the other Sinn Fein lead- erds. There were long consultations over the message. - Asked whether the message came from the cardinal, meaning. Cardinal Longue, the ‘primate of reland, a priest who ac- companied Monsignor * Mulhern replied in'‘the ‘negative. This was considered in some circles Here as possible meaning that Rome had -intervened. OPENING OF THF JOH BAILEY MURDER TRIAL Mount Vernon, Kentucky, Aug. 22.— The first day of the Josn Bailey mur- der trial, growing out of the Bailey White mountain feud, was productive of nothing more thrilling than the search of every person who entered the court room for weapons, Soldiers and depu- ty sheriffs stopped each ciansman as he entered the doerway. None resisted the search and no weapons except a few pocket knives were found. Even tne Women were not exempt. When the casv was called, both the commonwealth and th8 defense askea for a continnance because- essential wi nesses were absent. Circuit Judge Beth- urum appointed Sheriff Walker to den- utize two soldiers and bring the wit- nesses into court and adjourned court until tomorrow. The sherifft was or- dered to establish a censorship of the telephone wires and instructed to pre- vent the transmission of any messages which might inform the missing witness- es of his order. EXPELLED FROM VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE New York, Aug. 22.—Professor Robert T. Kerlii of the Virginia Military In- stitute has been expelled from that insti- tution because he wrote an open letter to the governor of Kansas protesting against what he termed the unjust sen- tences of death pronounced on negroes in connection with the Elaine, Arkansas, riots of 19819, according to a statement issued by the National ‘Association For the Advancement of Colored People. The association today made pul Wwhat purported to be a copy of the reso- lutions adopted by the board of visitors of the institute, declaring that Professor Kerlin's further connection with it would be detrimental to its welfare be- cause of the letter he had written. The resolutions disclosed that Professor Ker- lin had refused to resign when request- ed and his services then were abruptly terminated, " according to the associa- tion’s announcement. FIVE MEN KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF BOILERS Mechanicsville, N. Y., Aug. 22.—Flve men were killed and a sixth injured, probably fatallv, by the explosion this afternoon of a battery of three high pressure boilers in the plant of the West Virginia Pulp anc Paper Company. The force of the explosion, the origin of which is not known, tore the roof from the buflding and hurled it into’ the Hud- son river, 100 feet away. ‘The dead, a'l of whomn wers emploved m or near the boller room, were literally blown to pieces. They are Joe Gereon- sky, Adam Geresco, Harrison Dredent and Steven Bolinski, all of Saratoga Springs, and Joe Decota of Stillwater, Wilbur Brown, of this town, was seri- ously injured. /i The accident happened tweny minutes after the plant had resumed operations after the noon hour. The boilers were used in the process of cooking wood in- to pulp and each carrled 125 pounds of steam. X. Y. SHIPFING COMMISSIONER 18 BEQUESTED TO RESIGN ‘Washington, Aug. - 22.—The resigna- tion of Patrick H. Quinn, shipping com- missioner of the port of New York, has been requested, Seeretary Hoover an- nounced today. Mr. Quinn - was suspended ssveral weeks 2z0 by the commerce depart- ment” pending an investigation into the charges of an alleged mractice by deputy R e shipping eommissioners in accepting gfatuities trom ship owners. Secretary Hoover said today that ile there was no evidence connecting Mr. Quinn with any alleged firregularities, the investi- gation had * disclosed ‘that the practice of accepting. gratuities existed - among ‘he personnel of the New York office. e e ic church : is known in’Ireland has intervened in the | A club has been organized at Sedalia, 0., for the purpose of boosting William G. McAdoo for president. A fishing vessel struck s mine north of Haugesend, west coast.of Norway, killing the crew of the vessel, Reported discovery cf gold at Girwood, Alaska, and a new oil area has started a rush from Seattle to the Far North. A total of $5,190 was subscribed for famine relief in Russia at a mass meeting of Russian sympathizers in Boston. An apartment house within twe blocks of Mayor Hylan's home in Brooklyn was raided by the police and three Chinese and $13,000 worth of narcotics seized. Chiet of Police Fitzmorris of Chicago says no permit has been issued allowing fight pictures of the Dempsey-Carpentier bout to be shown in that city. - Postmaster Genmeral Hays amnounced deposits in_United States postal savings banks on July 31 were $152,500,000 for the month, Beveral persons were killed and & num- ber wounded in fighting between Indians and federal guards in Guatemala because of land disputes, Spanish military mission in England has been instructed to purchase eighty British battle planes, to be used in the campaign against the Moors. King George has bestowed a unique honor on his uncle, the Marquis of Mil- ford Haven, formerly Prince Louis of Battenberg, by promoting him to be ad- miral of the fleet on the retired list. Forecasts of the wheat yield in the northern hemisphere issted by the Inter- national Institute of Agriculture show that it wiil be approximately 38.200,(,0 tons, compared to 51,300,000 in 19820, There will be further reduction in wag: by independent steel companies, accord- ing to James E. Campbell, president of the Youngstown Steel and Tube company of Youngstown, O. Chiet Justice Taft has declined to um- pire in the first annual golf tournament ol the Washington correspondents to be played at Washington Country Golf club. President Harding will be a participant. According to reports received in Chi- cago, a terrific electrical storm which swept over Wisconsin and Illinois result- ed in two deaths, fifty persons injured and half a million property damage. Former Emperor Charles of Austria- Hungary said to be planning to ask the cduncil of the league of nations to con- sent to the resteration of the monarchy in Hungary. On the basis of prices in 1913 equal to 100, commodities imports shifted from an index number of «102 during June to 103 during July. The all-commodities index stands at 141 as compared to 139 in June, A “spurned woman” is blamed by Rev. John ( A. Spencer, former Santa Rosa, Cal., preacher, for causing his arrest on a warrant charging wife murder. He again asserted he was innocent of any attempt to do away with his wife, The board of directors of the Ohio Ol company, one of the largest oil companies in the United States, yesterday declared the regular quarterly dividend of §1.25 a share, payable Sept. 30 -to stockholders of record Aug. 29, Premier Briand has refused to sccept the resignation of Paul Doumer, French minister of finance, which was tendered following reports that Briand was dissat- isfied with the results of the financial conference. Liquidation of Camp Funstom, with the exception of one-quarter of the war-time cantonment, which the government re- tains, has been completed. Proceeds of the auction sale will reach $500,000, it is estimated. General Pietro Badoglio, vice chief of the Italian army general staff, on an offi- cial mission to America, exchanged calls with Major General William H. Wright, commanding the Ninth corps area at San Francisco. United States customs officials at Du- luth have been notified of a plot to ship $600,000 worth of liquor into the United States by way of Rainy river and Beau- dette. It is alleged the plot is being en- gineered by Winnipeg shippers. A new national forest mres of between 500,900 and 700,000 acres at the head of the Allegheny river has been decided upon by representatives of the United States forest service and the Pennsylva- nia forestry department. Capt. M. C. Carron of the scheomer Sophie Christensen was killed at sea in a fight with his Japanese cook, who in turn was killed by the officers of the ves- sel, they reported on arrival at San Francisco. The next annual convention of the In- ternational Photoengravers' union will be held in Chicago, it was announced at the close of this year's convention. The con- vention also settled upon plans for an ad- vertising campaign to be conducted. The index number of whelesale prices in the United States compiled by the federal reserve board for the purpose of international comparisons ehowed an in- crease of prices during July of a little more than 1 per cent. against a decline of 2 per cent. during June. Mrs. Richard S. Hawes, wife of the former president of the American Bank- ers 'association, died at her home in St. Louis of the sleeping sickness. She had been suffering from the malady for the past five months, but did not lose con- sciousness until Saturday. It is estimated several hundred persons will be sent to Russia for service with the American relief administration in Russia. Fridtjof Nansen, Arctic explorer, repre- senting the league of nations, declared that $50,000,000 will be needed to help famine-stricken districts. In less than a month the Moscow-Kazan railroad has carried 50,000 peasants from the famine district toward Siberia, 40,000 have departed on Volga river steamers, while many others are tramping the roads without waiting for local relief schemes to be put into operation. Cigars and cigarettes sefzed by the government for tax delinquency instead of being destroyed when their value is not equal to the tax would be turned over to hospitals in which disabled war veterans were quartered under a biil reported by the house ways and means committee. Announcement was made that the di- rectors of 1ae Laura Spellman Rockefeller Memorial will pledge $750.000 and, that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., will donate per- sonally $250,000 toward the Young Men's Christian association retirement fund plan, providing the remainder of the $4.- 000,000 believed necessary is pledged by Dec. 31, 1922. EIGHT PAGES—56 COLS, Presidart’s Right to Anpear in Congress Question Caused a Stormy Debate in Senate—Sena- tors Lodge, Lafollette and Bisalk Particiated. Washington, Aug. 22—President Hard- ing’s appearance before the senate last month n opposition to passage of the soldiers’ bonus bill started a storm of debate in the senate tonizht, during which his course was criticised and de- fended The discussion was started by Senator La Follette, republican, Wiscon- &in, who referred to the resolution intro- ducei in the house yesterday by Rep- resentative Cockran criticising the pres- ident for addressing one branch of con- gress on pending legislation and drew many senators into the fray. Senator Ledge, the republican leader, called attention to the peace without vi tory speech of former President Wilson to the senate, prior to American entrance into the war and his address cn the suf- frage amendment later. It would be a sad day the Massachu- setts senator said, for the republic when any oe of the three branches of the gov- ernment could not confer with another. Declaring it was not necessary either to criticise or eulogize Mr. Harding, Senator Borah said that on the fuestion of the bonus we surendered our judg- ment to his dictation.” If the president wanted a precedent, there were plenty, he declared, adding that this did not change the situation. Mr. La Follettee assailed the president | for what he described as executive in- terference with the lesfslative branch of the government. He asserted that the president was brought into the de- bate to prevent passage of the bill and that his action was without authority under the consiyution. Mr. Lodge declared he saw no reason for debarring the president from con- gress and Senator-Knox interjected: nd I see no reason why congress should be barred from the White Hous as has occurred in the past eight year: Mr. Lodge also cited numerous con- stitutional provisions which he said gave the president full authority to addre either branch of congress at his pleasure saying that it would be impossible for the president to speak to both houses if only one were in session. Asserting that he pever had heard such a violent de- nuriation of Wilson as ha been directed at Mr. Harding, Senator Kellogg said he was unable to understand the reason for it. Mr. Borah explained that he was in full accord with the president om the bonus question, but that his eriticism was aimed at the appearance of a pres- ident, whether Mr. Wilson or Mr. Hard- ing. “I am unable io find anything like it prior to the Wilson administration,” he sald. “With all due respect, I know of no more pitiable spectacle ever pres- ented to the peopl: than that of the senate in_throwing down the bonus bill after it had been reported and the pres- ident had come here to oppose it. It was because he came here that we sur- rendéred our judgment to his dictation. “The republican pAty had made a solemn pledge for enactment of bomus legislation. There was not an item In the president's message that was not be- fore us. We had made the bitl the un- finished business and had given the surance it would be pushed and passed. It would have passed if it had been put to a vote, “While T think the president was right on his attitude on the bonus, the moment he left the chamber the bill was as dead as Julius Caesar. Now what becomes of the greatest legislative body in the world Senator New suggested that the pres- ident's speech had given senators cour- age to change their position and Mr Knox said he took credit to himself when his views were changed by the superior argument of another. $100,000 TO STUDY AMEEICAN VALUATION PLAN IN TARIFF Washington, Aug. 22.—The senate to- night passed a resolution appropriating $100,000 for an investigation by cus- toms agents preparatory . to the opera- tion of the American valuation plan in the proposed tariff. Chairman Penrose of the senate finance committee introduced the bl explaining that it was intended to cover salaries and expenses of fifty addi- tional expert: whose employment has been urged by the treasur: In connection with the American val- uation investigations, Mr. Penrose said his committee would not attempt to re- write the rates in the' house tariff bill until all data on American wholesale selling prices was available. It was very evident” that many of the ra: were ot properly based, he adding that the committee d have a solid foundation upon w work before it fixed import duties. Customs agents attached to the fin- ance committee have estimatel it will require at least six weeks (> gather the necessary information and for th.s reason a further delay in compleing the tariff measure is ce etopxd bao the tariff measure is expected, 16 LIVES LOST IN A HOTEL FIRE AT MACON, GA. Macon, Ga., Aug. sen of the ruins of the Brown House, destroysd by fire early today, had resulted in rccov- ery of only four bodies when work was discontinued tonight, but officials nf the police and fire departments estimated that at least twelve others still were buried under the debris. 71le work will be continued tomorrow o7 hun- dred convicts pressed into secvice. A coromer's jury, investigating the cause of death of the first victim wkose body was recovered, neld that the d:sas- ter was caused by an exvlosion caping gas In an adjoining bui'ding oe- cupied by a drug company. The foree of the detonation cut a hola through the ‘hotel from basement to roof, tearing out stairways and wrecking tha elevators. RECRUITING FOR SPANISH SERVICE IN MOROCCO New York, Aug. 22.—Recruiting for a Spanish foreign legion for service in Morocco ‘was {n progress today at the Spanish consulate here. About 250 men, who have been recruited since last Thursday, were told to be ready to leave tomorrow for Spain. More than halt of that .number are Americans, veterans of the A. E. F. The rest are Spaniards and South Americans. The officer was crowded with appli- | cants all Most of the Americans said frankly that they were broke and were looking more for three meals a dgy than any miMtary excitement. A few wore thein old army uniforms. Scveral former army officers applied for commissions in the legion. Their cases were referred to the Spanish em- bassy at Washington, one of them sald. PRICE TWO CENTS. HOUSE PASSED RAILROAD FUNDING BILL 214 T0 123 Contains Section That No Payments Shall be Made to Any Carrier “On Account of the So-Called Inefficiency of Labor” During Federal Control—Measure Now Goes tc the Senate, Which Will Recess. Washington, August 22—The admin- istration’s railroad funding bill was passed tonight by the house. The measure now goes to the senate. The vote was 214 to 123. It is not the present intention of the senate to' take up the bill before the recess. An unsuccessful effort was made to eliminate a section which prevides that no payments shall be made by the government to any carriers “on ac- count of the so-called inefficiency of | labor” during federal control. An amendment to strike out this provi- bxn offered by Representative Web- s merce committee, which had favorable ;gponed the bill, was rejected, 145 to 7 Ariother provision of the s’ecnon that Mr. Webster failed to have stricken out stipulates that no funds shall be used in making settlements with car- riers which do not “forever bar such carriers from setting up any further claim, right or demand of any kind or character against the United States Browing out of, or connected with the possession, use, or operation of such carriers property by the United States dul’1 g the period of federal con- trol.” g Proponents of the measure succeed- r, a republican member of the com- | Not Take Up the Bill Before ed in voting down all notions to amend the bill in important particulars and as passed tHe measure, except for a few minor changes, is in the form in which it was reported to hte house. During four hours of general debate three democratic members of the com- merce committee expressed opposition to the bill. Contending the government bound by previous legislation to ognize the claims growing out of la- { bor inefficiency.” Mr. Webster said passage of the bill without elimination of the clause 1o which he objected would be “a monstrous repudiation of |a solemn contract.” Attacking the bill Representative Rayburn declared the railroads were the “pampered pet of the gogernment.” “As Tong as congress continues te take advances to them, they will ask for more b money,” he said adding: “Why don't they do something for themsélves.” Representative Mondell, repuhlican leader, asserted enactment of the biil would do more anything else ¥y when transport- ation rates can be reduced. The benefit that will accrue to the general public, he held, will be in- finitely greater than that of the ben- efit to the railroads. FINAL TESTS OF HUGE LIBERTY AIRPLANE ENGINES Warwick, R. 1, Aug. 22.—Final tests were made here today under United States naval supervision of a power unit of three huge liberty airplane engines geared to one 18 foot propeller, by which, according to those making the tests. it is hoped to establish an airplane cruis‘ng radius sufficient to command the o: Lieutenant R. Christensen, U. S. N engineer of the NC-1 during the tra Atlantic flight of that craft, was 'n charge of the tests, which were said 0 have been successful, The military importance of the de- velopment is declared to be of a signifi- cance greater even tham the commercia’, as it is claimed any airplane of three o1 more units, representing a total of 4. 000 horsepower, will have a crulsing radius exceeding three thousand miles and a carrying capacity of 12 toms of explosives. Tt is declared to be the first 'me that liberty motors have been geared d>wr to a propelier with a clutch system. Ea unit has three liberty motors, two ri ing tandems and one trailing, The plan consists of the adaptation of the cluh, Which made the automobile practicable, coupled with gears which enable thc propeller of the engines to operate at maximum efficlency. The engines and glant propell mounted on a test stand twenty-five high and operation with one, two or three units was demonstrated. The pro- peller was turned at 800 revolutions per minute and the engines at 1.800, which it was said has long been sought as one of the missing elements necessary to practical commercial fiying. The power unit will be deliversd to the United States navy department with- in a few days, it-was announced. COXDITION OF KING ALEXANDER IMPROVED Parls, Aug. 22 (by the A. P.)—King lexander of Jugo Slavia, who has been suffering from appendicitis, was still bed-ridden today—the day on which fu- neral services for his father, former King Peter were being held at Belgrade, preparatory to the removal of the body from the cathedral to Pola, where it s to be placed in the family tomb. Alexander has not yet been pro- nounced ont of danger, aithough the bulletins issued by the attending physi- cians continue to be hopeful. There is no lesseming in the secrecy surroungng_the plans for Alexanier's return to Belgrade, mot a worl being given out either at his hotel apartment or the Jugo Slav legation hers, exeept the belef dally statements by his doc- tors. ‘Five duys remain for Alexander to tal the oath as king in the yresence of a commission which is und>steod to be on its way from Belgrade, but ently he is mot vet in a econditbn to complete the formalities, and plans are held in abevance., == IMMEDIATE ACTION ON BEER BILL 1S UNLIKELY ‘Washington. Aug. 22.—In the face of all sorts of claims by prohlaiticn leaders that congress should not quit work untfl the anti-beer legislation has been cnzet- ed, Indications tonight were that the senate and house would recess Wednes- day without final action ~n the measure. The house plans to adopt the confer- ence report, with its com and property search ame row, but there was much uncerta'nt as to what the senate might do. if Sena- tor Sterling, chief of tne conferces thould decide to call it np. The zencra view of leaders was that the house would act, leaving the renort before the senate for consideration lu ths fall. RELIEF IN RUS TUNDER AMERICAN FLAG Riga, Aug. 22 (by the A. P.)—The Amerlcan Relief Administration will not carry the Stars and Stripes into So- viet Russia, where it will relieve the suffering from the famine, ‘Whereas in most of the countriss a!d- ed by the rellef administration the American flag has appeared on posters and flown from warehouses and kitch- ens and on the automobiles used, the Russo-American political situation is considered so delicate by the reliaf ac- ministration officials that even this off'- cfal symbol of the United States will be missing by orders of the relief a istration headquarters in the C States. FOREIGN DEBTS REFUNDING LEGISLATION POSTPONED ‘Washington, Aug. 22.—Tha house ways and means cummittee declded tg postpone until after the coming recess consideration of foreign debts refund- ing lesislation. Hearings on the meas- ure will be held after the house re- convenes. ELECTIONS APPROVED BY PENNSYLVANIA EMPLOYES Philadelphia, Aug. 22 tatives of more than 80, the Penns: e ropresen- cmployes of vania railroad, a a meet. ing late today with the mcnagement, expressed unanimous aporevil of em- ploye elections recently decteral void by the United States Labor Board. At the conclusion of the mesing Gen. eral W. W. Atterbury, dant in charge of operation, who presided, ex- pressed a hope that a 18factory agreement would soon be reached with System Federation No. 97. whosa nrotest against the electiong causel the labor board's edict. Representatives of the prot eration and of the way and . Steamship handlers, express and s mored an invitation to he present. . the workers renreseniod are am r3:terhoo oved in ‘the maintenance rf way department, signal department. shon cra those sections of the clerieal and sta. tion forces which particpated in the con- rbury announzed fthat any ces the protestants nad un- der the present working conditions would have another opportunity to ex- press thelr cholce for other representa- tives at the next election of employe delezates, At the same time, he assured Alseat- Isfled employes that they could sl name their own men to handle their af- fairs with the management if they Afs approved of the incumbent representa- tives, FEDERAL BESERVE BOAKD POLICIES CONDEMNED Washington, Aug. 22.—Federal re- serve board polices in conaestion with price and currency deflation ars “eyrie cal, cruel and inexcusabls,” and comsti- tute “financial tyranny and commercial criminality.” J. S. Waanamaker, pres- ident of the American Coiton Assicias tion, charged today before a joint cume gressional agriculture commission. Tle board's methods, he add>d, are “heapmg up gold in the United Staiss at the (Ze pense of all civilization. - Speaking, he said, for agricul.ural producers, the witness asserted the fec- eral board and bankers were responsi- ble for the general price decline. Tha board's pressure still was being exerted upon “bankers who are afraid of their shadow, who may find all their loans called by the reserve banks any minute, and dare not disobey itsorders,” accorde ing to Mr. Wannamaker. He proposed that the reserve board personnel be composed of twelve mem! nominated from the various districts as represen- tatives of industry instead of banking, who should be afointed by the presi- |dent and confirmed by the senate. SENATE BLOCKS TAX ON REIMPORTED ARMY SUPPLIES Washington, Aug. 22—Consideration of the measure which would put an im- port tax of 90 per cent. on reimported army and navy supplies, sold to Francs at the end of the war wag blocked to- day in the senate The bill was renorted by the finanes commbittee and immediate action ask- ed in order to check what was deserfhed E a flood of the cheanly bought mer- andise Into this country. Tts passage before the proposed recess was deemed unlikely ag a result of the senate ae- tlon. BILL WOULD PROHIBIT PRESIDENT LEAVING U. 8, Washington., Aug. —The vice pres. idetn would take over all duties of the president wken the latter is away from Washington for more than 48 hours u: der a bill introduced today by Represan- tative Kissel. republican, New York. In event both the president and viee prest. dent were out of town. the speaker of the house would assume powers of the president. The bill would make It unlawfal for the president at any time to absent himself from the territorial jurisd: of the United Stat CLARA A SMITH HAMON WEDS MOTION PICTURE DIRZCTOR Los Angeles Aug. 22—Clara Smith Hamon, acquitted in Ardmore Odlahoma. several months ag> when tried for the murder of Jake L. Hamon was married here late today to John W: Gorman, a motion picture director. After obtainine license to marry the couple drove to the residence of the Rev. M. Howard Fagan, paster of the Wilshire Boulevard Christ- ian church, who performed the ceremony Mr. Gorman announced he and his wife would make their home here. Mra. Gormari has been engaged since last April In making a film under his direc- tion,