Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51-NO. .132.
n in.
nign surtax
Is Passed
By House
Express Wish of President Dis
regarded in Aetion on 50
" Per Cent Amendment
To Bill.
Final Vot20l to 173
Br Th AHorlalH Frraa.
Washington, Nov. 18. Disre
garding the rxprcincd wish of Presi
dent Harding, the house voted to
day, 201 to 173, to, accept the senate
amendment to the tax revision bill
fixing the maximum income surtax
rate at 50 per cent on incomes of
$200,000 or more.
Ninety-four republicans, most of
them from the middle and far west,
joined with the . practically solid
democratic minority in supporting
the amendment. Announcement of
the result brought applause from
both sides with sonic democrats
cheering.
Harding Suggests Compromise.
Three hours before the vote was
taken the house listened to the read
ing of a letter from President Hard
ing to Chairman Fordney of the
ways and means committee, suggest
ing that the house and senate com
promise.
The executive said he still be
lieved the original house rate of 32
Eer cent was "nearer to a just levy,"
ut that, in view of the legislative
situation, he thought it "wholly de
sirable" that there be a compromise
at 40 per cent.
Immediately ' after it became
known that the president had writ
ten Mr. Fordney, spokesmen for the
"insurgent" republicans said that
the letter would not affect the result.
They had claimed 93 republican
votes, or' one less than was cast for
the amendment.
Settles Big Issue.
This vote settled the biggest issue
between the house and senate on
the tax revision bill and the man
agers from the two houses will re
sume their sessions tomorrow with
the hope of reaching an agreement
on the bill by Saturday night. ,
Intervention of the president in the
tax revision fight the second since
the ways and means committee be
gan drafting the measure three and
a half months ago followed a visit
to thc White House today by Repre
sentative Mondell, republican leader.
The president then summoned Chair
man - Fordney and-- Representative
Longworth of Ohio of the ways and
means committee and expressed his
yiejw on the surtax. These were
supplemented by a letter to Mr.
oraney. . - . - ,
Preiident Attacked.
Durintr th( three hours' dchata in
the house, which was conducted un
der a special rule, the president was
attacked for writing Mr. Fordney.
Representative Frear, -" republican,
.Wisconsin, said the president's inter
vention "at the last minute" was
"unfair and tinjust."
Representative Garner, democrat,
Texas, declared that if the president
had views to submit he should have
done so in person or in a message,
rather than in a letter. Representa
tive Sinnott, republican, Oregon, de
cfared he "grieved because the presi
dent had been given bad advice on
this Subject."
' Supporting the president's stand,
Representative Mondell and other
republican spokesmen said that the
republican party had promised to re
duce taxes and that the 50 per. cent
rate should not be approved by the
house. " s
Text of Harding's Letter.
The letter written by President
Harding to Chairman Fordnsy fol
lows: .
"My Dear Mr. Fordney:
"In response to your inquiry as
to the wisest course in dealing with
the differences between the congress
in higher surtax on incomes, I can
say only in view of our earlier con
ference on tax matters and the ulti
mate adoption of the higher surtax
rate of 32 per cent, .1 still believe
the rate approved by the house to
be the nearer to a just levy and the
ore promising one m returns to
e public treasury.
"The administration is anxious,
first of all, to lay necessary taxes
to meet demands of the treasury.
There is a moral obligation, hovfer,
on the party in power to do every
thing possible to keep faith with
promises made.
"We have been collecting the high
est surtax on incomes levied at this
time in the world. The effect has
been the restriction of the easy flow
of capital in the channels most es
sential to our normal and very nec
essary activities. No one challenges
the levy of the higher tax in the
stress of war, but now we are strug
gling for the readjustments of
peace, -.
Urges Compromise,
"Where there is so wide a differ
ence in the judgment of the two
houses. I have thought it might be
, possible and wholly desirable, to
reach an equitable compromise, say
a maximum surtax levy of 40 per
cent This would put the higher
federal tax cn income at 48 per cent,
which would measurably meet the
expectations of those who are, above
all else, concerned with the return
of hopeful investment of capital and
the application of our capital re
sources to profitable productivity. 1
am wholly confident that the helpful
results spreading therefrom to every
Ective participant in our industrial
Id economic life, from management
i every wage earner, would be vast
in
ly more advantageous to our people
Jrhan the maintenance of wartime
y levies as peace time penalties on capr
ital, which are certain to hamper the
restoration of our activities for which
.e all so much hope.
Jne experience will afford a eon-
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Harding Waster Mind' Back of
United States
President Author of "Big Idea" Upon Which Amer
ican Proposals Are Based Invitations Written
While on Week-End Cruise on Potomac.
Wahington, Nov. 17. Who for.
mutated and executed the call for the
armament conference? Who evolved
the American proposals for naval
limitation?
The country hat been asking these
questions and has been hearing
many answers. The best "inside
story" here today has all the ear.
marks of being the correct answer.
- President Harding, on a week-end
cruise down the Potomac this
autumn, so the story runs, locked
himself in his stateroom one eve
ning and left word that he did not
wish to be disturbed. A little later
he called to his room, one by one,
some of the close friends in public
life who had accompanied him and
laid before them sheets of paper on
which he had written with lead pen
cil and with corrections and inter
lineations something which they all
read with amazement.
It was invitation to the arms con
ference. After some conference, it was de
cided to forward the text to Secre
tary Hughes, and the yacht May
flower buzzed off from her wireless
that night the words which later were
to ring around the world.
Of course, the preliminary diplo
matic feeler was transmitted to the
nations concerned, but it is said that
Bandit Identified
By Girl as Man
Who Attacked Her
Washington Orders Gardner
Held for Indictment at
Phoenix Hays Con-
gratulates Captor.
Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 17. Sheriff
John Montgomery of Maricopa
county today read a warrant to Roy
Gardner, escaped convicted mail
robber, charging him with criminally
assaulting Maria Munoz here on Oc
tober 24. Gardner's only comment
was "fair enough."
Gardner is being held here on a
charge of attempting to rob a
United States mail car at the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railway
station here Tuesday night. He was
captured by - Herman F. . Inderlicd
of Phoenix, mail clerk, in. charge; of
the car. . ,
The girl, according to the sheriff,
positively identified Gardner as the
man who attacked her.
Captor Congratulated.
Washington, Nov. .17. Orders
were sent to Phoenix today to hold
Gardner there for indictment if he
had not already been sent to Leav
enworth for safe keeping.
Under the law Gardner's convic
tion will be necessary before the re
ward of $5.000. for his capture can
be paid to Herman F. Indcrlied, the
mail clerk, who, unarmed and single
handed, took the robber in charge
when he attempted the Pheonix
holdup.
Postmaster General Hays today
sent a telegram of congratulations
to Inderlied, saying:
"Have just heard of your splen
did conduct in connection with the
capture of alleged mail robber,
Gardner. This is magnificent. You
are a man's man and worthy of your
trust. ' I congratulate you and I
congratulate the department."
Escaped Utah Convict
Taken at Albuquerque
Salt Lake City, Nov. 17. Oscar
Blaney, who escaped from the Utah
state prison, September 14, was re
captured at Albuquerque, N. M., to
day, according to a message -received
by Sheriff C. Frank Emery
from B. E. Trowbaugh, special
agent of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad.
Blaney 'was serving8 an indeter
minate sentence for a robbery which
culminated in a duel with an accom
plice, Tom Burns, and the police.
Burns, who was shot by Chief of
Police Burbidge, shot and killed
Detective Greenhamby, before he
died. He escaped from the prison
with Ed Harris, bank robber, who
if. still at large. The couple, with
three other convicts, overpowered
two guards. Guards at the tower
of the prison grounds shot
at them, deterring the other
three convicts from climbing over
the wall to freedom. The three con
victs were found in an abandoned
machine shop in the prison three
days later. .
AS FATHER of. the
girls, Mr. Farnham
felt sorry for his three
sons-in-law.
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Disarmament Plan
the text of the formal invitation was
substantially the same as President
Harding had conceived it that night
on the Mayflower.
The evolution of the concrete
American proposals for naval liinua
tion Secretary Hughes' bombshell
is still another story.
Some admirers have ascribed them
to Secretary Hirghes alone, while
other persons have declared they
were the composite effort of the four
American delegates, of whom Mr.
Hughes is one. Everybody seems
agreed that they were not drafted
by naval officials, and almost every
body had left out President Har
ding, until today's "inside story" be
gan to circulate.
. The great secret, to which A. J.
Balfour referred to in his address
Tuesday, must indeed have been well
kept, because between seven and 10
men knew it. That number included
the four American delegates and
President Harding. The others
worked on various phases of the pro
posal. It is known that it was based
on memoranda culled from the Navy
department and it was carried into
execution by the American "big
four," which Secretary Hughes heads,
but the "big idea" on which the plan
is built, the "inside story" says, came
from President Harding.
Colorado Mine
Operators Say
Miners Working
25 Per Cent Reported for
Work in Huerfano Strike
District Today, Declare
: C. F. & I. Officials. .
Denver, Colo., Nov. 17. (By The
Associated Press.) Statements is
sued at the offices of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company here today
showed that many miners reported
for work in Las Animas and-Huerfano
counties, where a strike was
called this morning in protest against
a 30 per cent wage reduction. Un
ion officials' disputed the statements
and declared there had been a gen
eral response to the strike order.
-In Las Animas county, the com
pany reported a 50 per cent force
was working. In Huerfano county,
the number f men reporting at the
mines was 25 per cent of normal,
according to the company, while
there was ' a full force in the .Can
on City district, which was not af
fected by the wage reduction. At
Crested Butte, a sympathetic strike
was in effect and company officials
admitted only a few men were
working. There was no wage re
duction effective at Crested Butte.
Martial Law In Effect
Martial law is in effect in Huer
fano county today.
State rangers, acting under in
structions from Col. , Patrick J.
Hamrock,' adjutant general, have
taken charge of law enforcement
just -a few hours pripr to the time
set by union leaders for a strike in
13 of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co.
mines, employing 3,500 men. Re
duction of 30 per cent in wages, an
nounced yesterday, and effective
today, was to be the signal for clos
ing of the mines by a walkout, John
P. McLennan, president of District
15," United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, announced yesterday.
The strike order was to be effective
in 13 of the 26 mines owned by the
company. 'McLennan, in a state
ment declared that the other 13
mines would be closed by a sympa
thetic strike within a few days.- He
declared that the mines are 90 per
cent union.' . .
. Issued by Governor.
The martial law proclamation was
issued by Governor Shoup after an
appeal had been received from Sheriff
Harry Capps at Walsenburg saying
the situation was beyond his control
and after a tour of the district by
Colonel Hamrock. '
No disturbance was reported as a
result of yesterday's action, although
it was pay day for the miners.
Prohibition of the sale of arms
and ammunition at Walsenburg yes
terday revealed according to dis
patches that Walsenburg merchants
already had sold out their entire
stocks of arms and ammunition.
Arguments on Obenchain
Petition to Be Heard Monday
San Francisco, Nov. 17. Argu
ments "will be heard November 21
before the second district court of
appeals in Los Angeles on a petition
for a writ of habeas corpus to secure
the release of Mrs. Madalynne Oben
chain, who is charged with the mur
der of J. Belton Kennedy, Los An
geles broker, the state supreme court
decided today. . " -
Attorneys for Mrs. Obenchain filed
the petition for the writ in Sacra
mento - Monday when the supreme
court was in session at the capital.
Today the higher court made the
writ returnable before the Los An
geles court.
Tornado Wrecks Houses
In Small Texas Village
Fort Worth. Tex., Nov. 17. A
tornado that did considerable dam
age to property but caused no
deaths was reported to have struck
about five miles east of Marshall
early last night in a telegram re
ceived at 10:30 o'clock by the Fort
Worth Record.
Several houses and two stores were
damaged and many trees, telephone
and telegraph lines were blown
down. '
No estimate of the damage could
be made last night, "
OMAHA, FRIDAY,
Prosecution
Scores at
Neal Trial
Scene of Alleged Murder
Vividly Re-Enacted for Jury's
Benefit With Sheriff as
Star Witness for State.
Defendant Is Unmoved
Auburn, Neb., Nov. 17. (Special.)
Dramatic scenes, enacted in the
court room this afternoon at the
trial of Mrs. Lucy Neal for the al
leged murder of her husbj-nd, Bill
ington Neal, August 11, revived
freshly, in the minds of those pres
ent the discovery of Neal on that
fatal night.
Mrs. Neal maintained the same
composure and almost indifferent at
titude she has kept throughout the
trial during the dramatic portrayal.
This afternoon, with her head
turned and her eyes closed, she shut
from her vision a reconstruction of
the scene of the finding of the body
of her dead husband, Ben Neal, in
the bedroom of their home on the
night of August II.
Carpet Is Presented.
It was a dramatic prologue to the
verbal test that. was to be given by
Sheriff Charles Davis of Nemaha
county, whom the attorneys for the
defense describe as one who is en
acting the role of her persecutor.
Davis, when called to the stand,
was asked by Judge Jesscn, assist
ing ifi the prosecution, to bring with
him a number of grewsome relics
of the tragedy, which were to be
identified and entered as exhibits of
evidence for the state.
He spread the bloody carpets that
covered the floor of the dath room,
in a curved space in front of the
jury box, immediately opposite the
judge's bench.
Sheriff Enacts Scene.
He then arranged a table so that
it would stimulate the bed and
placed over this the blood-stained
sheet that had been taken from the
bed at the conclusion of the coro
ner's inquest.
After identifying the gun that had
been found in Real's right hand,
he was directed to lie on the floor
in approximately the same position
he found Neal. .
As he took the pistol, Nord But
terfield, a juror, exclaimed, '"Don't
point that gun this way, if you have
to point it, point it at a lawyer."
The sheriff with the gun in his right
hand laid down on the carpet with
his head . in a-gory blood spot 'j'rtd
placed his body in approximately the
position as that of Neal's lifeless
form.
Oe then placed his right arm and
the weapon in the same position aa
they lay on Neal's chest and neck,
when he arrived at the little bunga
low on that fateful night.
Members of the jury crowded
around, while spectators stood on
seats i.nd craned their necks' over
the heads of others to see the bet
ter, the dramatic spectacle. .
Whil the sheriff lay on the floor,
he answered the questions put to him
by Judge Jessen as to the position of
the body as it related to the dis
tances from the walls, the doorway
and the bed of the death chamber.
All the while Mrs. Neal kept her
eyes closed and her face turned, but
her countenance kept the same in
scrutable calm which it has posessed
all through , the proceedings.
Defendant Shows Strain.
It seemed as though the dramati
zation was merely a distasteful spec
tacle to her.Nso far as its effects on
her emotions were concerned.
Her intimate women friends say
she is showing the strain of the
trial and is weak, but her outward
appearance does not seem to show
any physical deterioration.
The members of the jury examined
the bloodstained carpet as the sheriff
lay- upon it, and traced with his
hand the trail of blood that ran from
near the head of the bed to where
the body was found.
They examined the blood-spotted
sheet still creased and almos; tin
wrinkled, and noticed carefully, dia
grams that were made on the sheet
to indicate depressions on the left
and right centers of - the bed as
though made by persons sitting
thereon.
.Repeats Same Story.
The sheriff testified tc the same
acts as regarded the bloody right
hand of Neal and the almost blood
less left hand, the appearance of the
wound in the neck without powder
.stains or burns, the bloody imprint
of the human hand on Neal's Chest
and also the imprint of the bloody
hand on the wallpaper and casing
of the south partition wall, as he
described at the coroner's inquest
He showed how impossible it
would be for Mrs. Neal to run from
the room in the darkness without
stepping across or stumbling over
the lifeless body of her husband as
she fled from the room, as she de
scribed in her conversation with him
on the morning of the tragedy.
Gives New Testimony.
New evidence introduced by him.
to the effect that after he had sent
tor Hans Neilson, Lincoln, state
Bcrtillion expert, Mrs. Neal called
tor him to ask him to go to her
Brownviile home and see if he could
find a revolver which she claims was
the property of her first husband,
John Wright, and which she said she
had concealed in a black walnut
chest and which he would find in
the attic of her home.
She expressed the fear that if the
gun found in Neal's hand was the
"Wright" pistol, it might have her
finger marks on it as she had
handled the weapon a few weeks be
fore. The sheriff obtained the keys to
the house and said he made an in
tensive search, but could not find the
revolver. ', Later, after the finger
print expert had, arrived and had
(Tan to Tmf Tvai, Col una In.)
NOVEMBER 18, 1921.
Will Conference Take Up This Situation?
Assessment to Be
Made at Once for
Guaranty Fund
Decision tpMaltltrtfcVy
Reached at Meeting With
Omaha Bankers Is
. Below Requirements. .
Lincoln. Neb.. Nov. 17. (Special.)
Extra assessments on state banks
operating under the state guaranty
fund probably will be made imme
diately, it was announced tonight by
J. E. Hart, secretary of the depart
ment trade and commerce..: This de
cision followed a conference in Om
aha today between Hart and Omaha
bankers.
The guaranty law requires this
action when the fund faljs below
1 per cent of total deposits in state
banks. The fund at present holds
$830,000 and the special assessment
will add more than $1,000,000 which,
with collections on slow but appar
ently good assets of failed banks will
in a short time, swell the money in
the state guaranty fund to $2,000,000.
Hart stated.
Heavy drains on the fund, due to
recent failures, forced this action. In
the failure of the ' American State
bank- at Lincoln, recently, it was
necessary to draw $50,000 from this
fund to pay depositors and prior
failures caused even heavier with
drawals. The regular semi-annua
assessment comes in January.
Mail Plane Falls
Near East Omaha
Ship Piloted hy W. C. Hop
son Crashes as Motor
Stops.
An air mail plane, piloted by W.
C. Hopson, from Chicago to Omaha,
was badly damaged about 6:30
Thursday night when it crashed to
the ground in a pasture in East Om
aha. Hopson escaped uninjured.
The pilot was flying quite high
in approaching Omaha and it was
this fact that prevented a more seri
ous accident. While traveling at a
high fate of speed his motor stopped
and he attempted to make a- forced
landing.
In swerving his machine' sharply,
to avoid striking a tree, the plane
crashed into a tree tearing off one
wing and crashing to the ground.
The central police station was call
ed and delivered the mail from the
scene of the accident to the post
office, in the patrol.
Marion Davies, Movie Star,
Critically 111 at Gotham
New York, Nov. 17. Marion
Davics. motion picture actress, is
critically ill of pneumonia at her
home on Riverside drive. Five
physicians were in attendance to
day. She was stricken with the
disease four days ago.
Charles at Gilbrahar.
Gibraltar, Nov. 17. The British
cruiser Cardiff, with former Em
peror Charles of Anstria-H angary
and ex-Empress Zita on board, left
Gibraltar today for the Island of
Madeira, to which the former royal
pair have been exiled by the allies.
The Cardiff is due to reach its des
tination Sundaj ',
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Ulster Reply on Ireland
Received at London
London, Nov. 17. (By The As
sociated Press.) Irish Ulster's reply
to , the latest British government
communication on the question of an
Irish settlement wjs delivered at
Downing street thfc afternoon, it
indicates that Ulster stands firm in
the attitude it has taken and will
not submit to anything considered
a violation of its rights.
Complaining that the government
has failed to maintain secrecy regard
ing the negotiations, the Ulster rep
resentatives threaten to publish the
correspondence.
Juror Withdrawn
In Arbuckle Case
Twelfth Man Chosen Changes
' Answers at Last Minute-f-Had
Formed Opinion.
San Francisco, Nov. 17. After
counsel for- both sides had accepted
definitely a jury to try Roscoe C.
(Fatty) Arbuckle on a manslaughter
charge, admissions by one of the 12
about to be sworn in set the attor
neys, back at picking out a 12th
juror late today. As a result, to
day's session ended with the jury
incomplete, and! as the court an
nounced it would direct that one or
two alternate jurors be chosen, the
taking of actual testimony seemed
as far away tonight as it did last
night. . .
George R. Morgan was the man
who blocked ' the proceedings. He
informed - the court he - wished to
change his answers to certain ques
tions asked him and ' then an
nounced he had formed an opinion
"on the weight of circumstantial
evidence.", He was excused.
The prosecution used its last per
emptory challenge to excuse . Ed
ward Pauson, called in place of
Morgan. This also was, the last per
emptory 'challenge available for
either ide".
Examination of prospective jurors
was speeded up today. Interest in
the easy apparently reached its low
est point since. Arbuckle .formally
was acused of causing the death of
Virginia Rappe, film actress,
through injuries inflicted at a party
he gave in his rooms at the Hotel
St. .Francis here. . At times there
were more persons inside the attor
neys' , bar , than . in the spectators'
section of the courtroom.
Rail Union Sues Bondsmen
For Indicted Secretary
Division No. 1, Railway Em
ployes' department, . American Fed
eration of Labor, started suit Thurs
day in district court to recover $20,000
from the New Amsterdam Casualty
company, bondsmen for Samuel H.
Grace, indicted secretary and tras
urer of the railway employes.
According to the petition, the rail
way body alleges that Grace con
verted to his own use $65,000 of the
department's money. Only $17,500
was returned, leaving a balance of
$47,500, it is alleged. The petition
states that the casualty company
agreed to pay only $20,000.
High School Youth Dies
Of Injuries in Grid Game
Pittsburgh, Pa.. Nov. 17. Munroe
(Bud) Beatty, Bellevue high" school
foot ball player, died yesterday oi
spinal injuries received in a recent
game with the Avalon high school
team.
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Twenty-Five Hurt
In Train Wreck .
On Chicago "L"
Acetylene ; Torches ; Used by
Firemen to Cut Through
Twisted Metal to Reach
; Wreck Victims.
Chicago, Nov. 17. Twenty-five
persons were injured, one of them
fatally, shortly before 9 o'clock this
morning, when two five-car elevated
trains, : bound downtown from the
West Side, were wrecked in a rear
end collision at the Crawford ave
nue station on the Ooak Park line.
Three steel coaches were smashed
and several victims pinned- beneath
the wreckage. Firemen with acety
lene torches cut through the twisted
metal to reach them. '
Both the trains carried crowds of
workers.
William Griffin, 15, was caught be
tween two cars and his leg crushed.
He may die.
At 9:45 rescuers discovered Pat
rick McGuire, aged 35, guard on one
of the trains, pinned beneath two
steel coaches. As firemen with acety
lene torches began cutting through
the twisted wreckage to reach him,
McGuire directed the efforts of his
recuers. He was pinned under
wreckage for more than an hour
and was attended by a priest. He
died three hours after being re
moved to a hospital.
One train was just leaving the
Crawford avenue station when the
second crashed into it. ' .
" Frank R. Doyle, 43, motorman on
the second train, was taken into
custody hy the police. He declared
he had done everything possible to
stop his train as soon as he saw the
train ahead, hut was unable tc pre
vent the c-ash.
Central Railroad Sells
Holdings in Coal Fields
New York, Nov. 17. Sale by the
Central Railroad of New Jersey of
its holdings in the Lehigh Valley
and Wilkesbarre Coal company to u
syndicate formerly identified with the
latter, together with local interests,
involves approximately $32,500,000.
according to reports 'current in the
financial district today.
This is one of the largest transac
tions affecting any of the important
anthracite properties in the Pennsyl
vania field since the general decree
issued by the United State supreme
court, directing all railroads owning
coal lands to separate them from
parent companies.
It is estimated that at the figure
named, the return to the Central
railroad equals about $118.50 per
share, this valuation being based on
earnings of the last 10 days.
The Weather
Forecast.
Friday Snow; not much change
in temperature.
Hourly Temperatures.
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ital Ship Total Larger Thau
Suggested Want More
Auxiliary Ships.
British Want Changes
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNINO.
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Washington, Nov. 17. There were
two developments of great signifi
cance today in connection with the
consideration of the big powers of
the American proposal of a 10-year,
naval holiday and the radical reduc
tion of limitation of armaments. In
brief the developments were:
1. Japan proposed that it be al
lowed an aggregate tonnage of cap
ital ships slightly larger, than that
suggested by Secretary of State
Hughes and that in auxiliary ships
for defensive purposes, it bcallowcd
a tonnage nearly as great as that
of either the United States or Great
Britain.
2. The British delegation repudi
ated a previously advanced conten
tion that instead of suspending con.
struction of capital ships completely
for 10 years, the powers should be .
permitted to build one ship a year
in order to preserve shipyard facil
itiesa modification that would scrap
the naval holiday. .
Kato Presents Arguments.
The Japanese plea for a more lib
eral allowance of tonnage 'was made
by Admiral Kato in the committee
of naval authorities of which Assis
tant Secretary of the Navy Theo
dore Roosevelt is chairman. He pre
sented lengthy arguments, all to the
effect that Japan, on account of her
insularity and widely dispersed pos
sessions, needs a larger navy than
that allowed her in the American
plan.
Afterward Admiral Baron Kato
issued an official statement on the
modifications proposed by Japan.
This statement follows:
"Because of its geographical posi
tion, Japan deems it only fair at the
present time that the other inter
ested countries should agree that it
maintain a proportion in general
tonnage slightly greater than 60 per
cent and in a type of vessels of
strictly defensive character it might
desire even to approximate that of
the greater navies."
The head of the Japanese tiaVy
was unwilling to go much further
than his " brief statement in eluci
dating the Japanese position. He de
clined to state definitely how much
more capital ship tonnage the Jap
anese desire. The Hughes plan
suggests an allowance to Japan of
300,000 capital ship tonnage, com
pared with 500,000 each for England
and America. The Japanese have
been reputed to be seeking an in
crease to 350,000 ,tons, which would
give Japan a navy 70 per cent, in
stead of 60 per cent, of the strength
of either Great Britain or the United
States in capital ships.v
Makes New Proposal.
- The other suggestion that japan
be allowed nearly a parity with
either England or America In the
tonnage of a certain type of defen
sive vessel is a hitherto unmentioned
proposal and one still enveloped in
a good deal of mystery. Baron Ka
to was unwilling to specify the type
of ship he had iii mind and when
pressed on the point contented him
self with saying that it was neither
a capital ship nor a submarine. ,
Such elimination would leave
within, the range of possibility such
craft as light cruisers, destroyers
and airplane carriers. It is evident
from the baron's statement that Ja
pan contemplated building auxiliary
ships on a new scale never before
undertaken.
Under the Hughes plan England
and the United States would be al
lowed an aggregate of 450,000 tons
each and Japan 270,000 tons of
cruisers and destroyei i. To get with
in this limitation, England would 1e
required to scrap 757.807 tons of
atfxiliary ships. The American ag
gregate is now below 450,000 tons
and the Japanese is below 270,000.
United States C. of C.
Endorses Arms Plan
Ashcville, N. C, Nov. 17. Propo
sals for armament reduction present
ed by the American government and
favorably received by representa
tives of foreign countries at the
armament conference, were declared
matters of "deep gratification" by
directors of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States at theii
closing session.
They adopted resolutions express
ing the hope that through the con
ference, plans will be . agreed on
"which will not only reduce the
great burdens the people now bear;
in supporting armies and navies,
but will' result in the substitution
of arbitration and law in the settle
ment of disputes between nations
and removal of the menace of war
with its attendant evil and suffer
ing." The board reiterated its stand fa
voring legislation for disabled sol
diers and opposing a cash bonus.
Jesuit College of U. S.
Presents Foch With Sword
Washington, Nov. 17. -Marshal
Foch, an alumnus of Jesuit college
of France, was presented with a
gold sword by nearly two score
Jesuit colleges and universities of
the United States.
The presentation was made at
Georgetown university on the porch
of the Old North building, which
served as the temporary capitol of
the United States after the British
burned Washington in 1814. The
marshal also received the degree of
doctor of canon and civil laws lron
Georgetown, k