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The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 51 NO. 40. Film! m SaMaCCIaaa Hanar Hit U. I9M. it Oaaha P. 0. UUn Act at Mirtk S. I7. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1921. B mm l tiir), Daily aa Siii. 17.50: Dally aaly, W: Sunday, 2.0; la lolata la Ualtta' Statu. Caaada aa4 Mailt. THREE CENTS 'Caruso Dies Suddenly In Na pi es World Famous Tenor Unable to Rally From Effects of Operation Performed Last Sunday. Sailed for Italy May 28 Br The Aaaoclated Trras. Naples, Aug. 2. Enrico Caruso, world famous tenor, died here today. London, Aug. 2. (By The As sociated Tress.) Enrico Caruso, the celebrated tenor whose voice was stilled by death in Naples, Italy, was operated on Sunday, says an Ex change Tclegrapli dispatch from Naples. Yesterday afternoon Caruso was extremely weak, heart weakness necessitating the injection of cam phor every two hours. The operation, the dispatch says, was for an ebscess between the liver and the diaphragm, which caused acute peritonitis. Caruso's wife and his brother were at his bedside. Stricken Week Ago. The tenor was until a week ago on the way to recovery from the long illness which began in New York last winter early in the operatic season, when suddenly he had an un expected relapse and was removed from Sorrento to Naples. He arrived at Naples Sunday night, adds the message, and the specialists who were called in de cided to operate immediately. Last Word Hopeful. New York, Aug. 2. The last word received here from Naples was that Enrico Caruso was improving nicely and that his voice would not be permanently impaired by his illness. Caruso became ill during last Christmas week, when he suffered an attack of pleusisy and was confined to his apartment in the Hotel Yan derbilt. Three times he was oper ated on; first for pus in the pleural cavity, then for a secondary abscess and again in the latter part of Feb ruary for a small abscess. A corps of specialists attended him and in the crisis, when the sityir hovered between life and death, oxygen was administered. Early in February in one crisis priests administered extreme unc tion for the dying. Messages of good wishes came to the Caruso apartment from nearly all the capitals and principal cities as well as villages in all quarters of the globe, some from persons un-i known in the music world, but who at me time had been among the great J I If siTtgers audiences auring ms eaiss of operatic career. Wanted to Die in Italy.. Caruso once during his illness de clared that if he must die he pre ferred to die ni his native Italy. He rested at Atlantic City and on May 28, last, sailed from New York, thousands of his admirers bidding him farewell at the pier and later it was reported he was rapidly recover ing. When Caruso left for Italy he ap peared confident that he would re turn to America next fall and again (Turn to Pace Tars, Colnma Fonr.) Oil Workers Threaten Strike September San Francisco. Aug. 2. Twenty thousand oil field workers in Cali fornia will strike September 1, if the operators do not cancel a recent wage reduction of $1 a day, accord ing to telegrams sent by the oil workers to President Harding and Secretaries Hoover, Davis and Den by. The officers of the district council of Oil Workers unions said the telegrams were sent only after the operators had refused to meet with them. Administration heads were asked to use their good offices to compel the operators to assume a different attitude. Federal mediators who have been attempting to get the op- said to be preparing to leave here. Two Men Held at Detroit In Connection With Wreck Detroit. Aug. 2. Two men were being held for investigation here, following derailment early today at Inkster, IS miles west of here, of six coaches of a westbound Michi gan Central passenger train and the overturning of its engine. The men gave their names as Martin Yasski and Alexander Schultz of Dearborn, s suburb of Detroit. Two trainmen and a passenger were injured, none seriously. Investigation showed that the rails bf the westbound tracks had been tampered with. Germany and France Will j Sign Reparation Agreement j Washington, Aug. 2. Germany and France will probably sign the new reparations agreement ne gotiated by Louis Loucheur and Dr. .Walter Rathenau, German minister of reconstruction, in a few days, it was declared by the Petit Parisien today. The agreement, the details of which have not been made public, will be submitted to the supreme Allied council for approval when it meets here early next week. Senators to Sail Wednesday On Their Way to Stockholm Washington, Aug. 2. Senators McKinley, republican, Illinois; .Rob inson, democrat, Arkansas, and Walsh, democrat, Montana, will sail Wednesday from New York on the steamer George Washington as American delegates to the inter parliamentary peace union at Stock- World -Famous Tenor's Voice Stilled by Death hoj , JV 7 1' Enrico Caruso. Japanese Oppose Importation Of Chinese Coolies Expenses of Representatives To Washington From Hawaii Paid by Orientals, Wit nesses Testify. Washington, Aug. 2. Representa tives of organized labor in Hawaii, sent here to oppose legislation under which Chinese coolies would be ad mitted to Hawaii to help relieve the agricultural labor shortage, testified betore the house immigration commit tee today that their expenses had been paid by Japanese. Wilmot Chilton, who came here with George W. Wright, president of the Central Labor union of Honolulu, when questioned by Representative Free, republican, California, declared Japanese merchants on the island had contributed $1,500 so that they might personally oppose admission of Chinese, and that he had split it "50-50" with Wright. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was present when Mr. Free developed that the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu, acting on a request for help, decided it would be "unwise tor the organization to contribute, but that individual members could do so. Earlier . Mr. Gompers -told, the com mittee that the federation, with which the Central Labor union of Honolulu is affiliated, would not issue union charters requested by Japanese labor groups in this country. Japs Gaining Control. Throughout the hearings on pend ing relief legislation, spokesmen for th sugar planters of Hawaii have as serted that the Japanes gradually were gaining business control of the island and that they were secretly op posing temporary lifting of American immigration laws w'hich would permit a flow of labor needed to meet the shortage in tim to save future crops. Delegate Kalanianole, sponsor of the bill before the ; committee, de clared in a statement tonight that control of Hawaii had been Japan's objective for many years. "Do the American people need additional evidence," he said, "that the economical control of the Ha waiian Islands is fast slipping from us after today's development before the house immigration committee, when the opponents of a measure for immediate relief, representatives of organized labor in Hawaii, ad mitted reluctantly that funds which brought them to Washington had been secretly subscribed by Jap anese in the territory?" Failure of congress to raise re strictive immigration for Hawaii, he declared, will mean that the Japan ese forthwith will state publicly that the United States "is afraid to ex- (Tnrn to Fare Two. Column Three.) Farmer at Albion Kills Self With Gun Albion, Neb., Aug. 2. (Special.) Clyde Wilson, 35, a farmer living south of this city, was found in his yard with a bullet hole in his head. He was rushed to Albion in an auto mobile for medical treatment, but died on the way. He has been in ill health for some time and it is thought he caused his own death. He leaves a widow and three chil dren. HOW DOES a man act who finds that fate has sent him to the death trap that he had set for a thousand others? Read The Infernal Machine By F. Britten Austin Th. BLUE RIBBON atory in Next Sunday's Bee lUtacnl In At Zero Mark Food Shortage Due lo Col lapse of Production Under Soviet Reign, Reports To Hoover Show. Famine in Volga Valley By GRAFTON S. WILCOX. Chlcaro Tribune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire. Washington, Aug. 2. Conditions in impoverished Russia, which the United States is preparing to alle viate unofficially through the Amer ican Relief organization in Europe, have been brought about, according to careful investigation conducted by the Department of Commerce, through the complete collapse of in dustry and production under the so viet regime. Russia's economic collapse, ac cording to reliable reports to Secre tary Hoover, who, as head of the American relief forces, is undertak ing to aid the starving people of the country, is traced primarily to the fact that industry there has dc creased 90 per cent as compared to the prewar period. Reports from reliable sources to Mr. Hoover show in striking figures Russia's economic plight. Industrial production during the rear 1920 in percentages, compared to prewar output, was as follows: Pig iron, 2 per cent; copper ore, 0.6 per cent; iron ore, 2 per cent: manganese ore, 2.6 per cent; salt, 15 per cent; rubber industry, 5 per cent; watch industry, 15 per cent; paper industry. 20 per cent; sugar indus try, 5 per cent; printing, 15 per cent; production of coal, 20 per cent; cotton spindle operating, 3 per cent, and woolen cloth. 4 per cent. Famine in Volga Valley. Before undertaking to reply to Maxim Gorky's appeal for relief to the starving Russians, Mr. Hoover took occasion to inquire closely into actual conditions and reports re ceived indicate that the most acute famine area covers the Volga val ley from the Caspian sea northward. The drouth in this area would not be of suJh fatal character but for the general decadence of agriculture, reduction of surplus .in other re gions and in the decay of transpor- (Turn to Pace Two, Colnmn Two.) j Labor Meeting Opens At York Frank Kennedy Tells of Work Of State Labor Compen m sation Department. York, Neb., Aug. 2. (Special Tel egram.) Fourteen annual state con vention of the American Federation of Labor opened here today, H. C. Brown of York delivering the ad dress of welcome in behalf of the local labor union. Sixty delegates were present. . , A resolution relative to compen sation for soldiers, sailors and ma rines, as outlined by the govern ment board of vocational training, urging the federation to go on record in favor jet this measure, was in troduced by Delegate Peat. Another resolution was introduced in regard to suffering in the far east and was referred to the resolu tion committee. Frank A. Kennedy, secretary to the labor compensation commission er of Nebraska, addressing the as semblv, said: "During the years 1919 and 1920 there were nearly 25,000 accidents reported to the department. Of this number, a little more than 24,000 compensation, medical and hospital expenses cases were paid without a dispute. Twenty-one insurance com panies carry the compensation insur ance for the employers of the state. "Lagst year employers paid $181, 000 for compensation insurance in Nebraska. The law is being equally enforced, the injured workers get ting exactly what the law provides. The work in this department is tre mendously interesting. The weak spot in the law is the lack of knowl edge on the part of workers all over the state as to even the existence of the law. Wre ask all workers to di rect injured persons to write the la bor department, State House, Lin coln, for information as to the pro visions of the law. Indeed, we dare them to write us." Organizer Johnson for the Non partisan league was in attendance. At 5 the delegates were taken for a drive around the city and this eve nmsr. Thev were guests at the open- I ing session of the chautauqua. American Legion Members To Visit Foreign Battlefields New ork. Aue. 2. The steamship George Washington, scheduled to sail tomorrow with more than 250 mem bers of the American Legion who will visit the battlefields of France, will depart on time, officials of the L'nitcd States Mail Steamship com pany said tonight. The George Washington was among the ships seized from the line by the shipping board but restored through injunction proceedings. A hearing will be held Thursday to de termine whether state or federal court has jurisdiction. Missouri Man Whipped. Norborne. Mo., Aug. 2. John Craig, wealthy retired farmer, was seized by masked men last rriday night and taken in an automobile a mile from town, where he was whip ped severely, it was learned todav. The men, it was said, told Craig to Industry Russia treat hn tamily better. 7 Labor Men Want Boiler Inspector for State i Line coin, Aug. 2. (Special.) A boiler inspector will be recov state bo r legislature. .A 1-1... .... . .Tf - laboring men today as they -ut of the office of Governor M ..ilvie, where they asked for his influence in getting such an officer attached to the state payroll. The governor, they asserted, agreed to recommend the employment of an inspector.. Laboring men who formed the audience are: J. W. Crawford, Ben Green, J. P. Butler, Roy Jackson and George Amen. Reds Must Agree To Demand Before Food Will Be Sent Written Agreement to Be Nc gotiated Accepting All Terms Before Relief Organiza tion Will Start Work. London, Aug. 2. (By The Asso ciated Press.) W. L. Brown, Eu ropean director of the American re lief administration, will start for Riga next Friday for the purpose of negotiating a written agreement with representatives of the Russian famine commission whereby the re lief organization can start feeding a million Russian children and in valids, it was announced here today. Herbert Hoover, chairman of the relief administration, realizing the delicate nature of the problems which will confront the carrying out of relief in Russia, suggested that Mr. Brown go to Riga, it is said, and there develop very carefully an agreement covering all points men tioned in Mr. Hoover's original con ditions. The question of American prison ers being released by Russia is con sidered paramount. Upon the conclusion of the agree ment at Riga, the entire resources of the American Relief administration in Europe will be directed toward Russian relief. From the personnel of 40 workers now in Europe, a preliminary mis sion of 15 will be sent to Pctrograd where first relief will be rendered. The reserve supplies of the relief organization at Hamburg and Dan zig which have been accumulated for months with a view to the possibility of advantage to Russia, are consid ered sufficient to carry on the work until shipments arrive from America. some lniormation received here indicates that there are large stocks of grain even in the reported famine districts, the need being to introduce supplies and materials which can be bartered so that peasants will reveal their hoardings and thus relieve Russia themselves. Omaha Men Arrested On Charge of Robbing Lanaaian residence Regina, Saslc. Aug. 2. (Special Telegram.) William Enright, living on the South Side, Omaha, and C. A. (Chuck) Hogan, Omaha police character, were brought to Regina to day from Butte, Mont., charged with robbing the R. E. Andrist residence near Woodend, Sask., last Decem ber. A gun battle accompanied the rob fcery, which was perpetrated in day light. No one was injured. Enright and Hogan, according to authorities here, soent last winter at Minot, N. D. France and Vatican Resume Relations Paris, Aug. 2. Resumption of diplomatic relations between France and the Vatican have been formally effected by the arrival in this city from Rome of Archbishop Bencvcn tura Serreti, who will act as papal nuncio here. Diplomatic relations between France and the Holy See were in terrupted in 1904. The trouble arose when the French Chamber of Dep uties in 1901 passed a bill to limit the powers of religious associations in France despite the protest of Pope Leo XIII. Harding in Mountains for First Vacation Lancaster, N. H., Aug. 2. Presi dent Harding came into the W:hite mountains cf northern New Hamp shire today for the first real vaca tion since his inauguration. At a little lodge high above the reach of the heat wave and four miles from 1 the nearest telephone, the president a"d Mrs- Hardis- with close friends, will be guests for the remainder of this week at least, and longer, if possible. Complete rest, with per haps some golf, fishing and moun tain climbing mixed, will occupy their first attention. The house selected by the presi dent for the vacation is the coun try home of Secretary Weeks. It is or. the summit of Mount Prospect, 2,000 feet above sea level, with only wooded slopes about it. A private drive, closed with a substantial wooden gate at the base of the mountain, winds up to the little clearing that contains the lodge. Nearest telephone facilities are at the mountain's foot, two miles from Lancaster. The lodge is onlv a few miles from the Vermont line and about 40 miles from the Canadian border. The presidential party arrived late today fter a picturesque motor ride W more than 100 miles from Port - I i I A'o0 Federal Agents Find Evidence of Rum Running Plot Prominent Men Said to be In volved in Smuggling Con spiracy Liquor-Laden Scjiooner Seized. New York, Aug. 2. Federal of ficials claimed to have evidence of a rum-running conspiracy involving persons in various cities along the Atlantic seaboard which would go far toward clearing up the mystery of phantom ships. This claim was made after the liquor-laden schooner Henry L. Marshall had been seized off At lantic City and brought here with four of its crew by the coast guard cutter Seneca. Its captain and mate escaped in a motor boat. Federal agents intimated that more than one vessel was engaged in landing liquor. Firm belief was expressed that these were the light less craft which mariners had de clared had been sighted but had re fused to answer signals. No specific complaint has been lodged against the schooner Mar shall whiclr,with its cargo of more than 1,500 cases of liquor, is being htld by armed guards pending in vestigation. Its cook and three sea men are being detained as witnesses. Although the schooner was out side the three-mils limit and was flying the British flag when seized, federal officials asserted they were justified in taking charge of it by the evidence of conspiracy in their possession. Shipping Commissioner Suspended for Grafting Washington, Aug. 2. Shipping Commissioner Quinn at New York and Smith D. Reynold. New Orleans, have been suspended, Secretary Hoover announced today as a re sult of an investigation at all ports of the alleged acceptance by com missioners of fees for entering and clearing vessels. Sincfe Inauguration land, Me., where they left the yacht Mayflower in the morning. Besides Secretary Weeks and the piesident and Mrs. Harding, the par ty includes Senator Hale of Maine. Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jei scy and Mrs. Frelinghuysen, Sena tor New of Indiana and Mrs. New. Senator Thipps of Colorado and Mrs. Phipps. and Secretary Chris tian. Mrs. John W. Davin, Secretary Week's daughter, is hostess in the sibsence of Mrs. Weeks, who is in Europe. The cottage has many conven iences and the drive mounting to the summit is in reality a well-constructed boulevard. Otherwise the mountain slopes are covered by vir gin forest from which a red fox came out to take a look at the party as it passed. There are several golf courses near by. In Lancaster the president's com ing occasioned quite a stir and a big covey of automobiles were parked at the entrance to the Week's es tate to honk him a welcome. The arrival also prompted town officials and business men to deny that the visit would be made an excuse for profiteering, local hotel keepers as serting reports f contemplated ad vances in hotel rates had been due to a misunderstanding. -iSS 1 IV I , f WHERE ' -J n - -x. ..i i 1 1 w w X I HAVE YOU I fN f About Time Britain Gives Up Preliminary Meet Agrees to Participate in" Dis armament Confab as Planned. London, Aug. 2. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Great Britain has dropped the proposal to hold a pre liminary conference on Pacific ques tions and has agreed to participate in the Washington conference as originally suggested bv President Harding, according to official circles here today. This decision was reached after an exchange of conversations between London and Washington. Great Britain has also agreed to the original date suggested, Novem ber 11. the anniversary of Armistice day, if President Harding still con siders that the most suitable time and will enter the conference without any reservations as to the set pro gram, it was stated. Doubt is expressed whether Premier Hughes of Australia and Premier Massey of New Zealand will be able to attend, but they will, it is said, be represented by a British deputation. The attendance of Mr. Lloyd George, the prime ministe.-, also de pends upon circumstances, it was stated. Lad Run Down by Car Is Expected to Die Carthage, S. D., Aug. 2. (Spe cial.) Harold Vind. small son ot Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Vind of this city, is in a serious condition from being run over by an automobile driven by Harry Fulton, also of Carthage. According to witnesses, the child was playing with a companion and had started to cross the street. WThen part way across, the boy turned and darted back, running directly in front of the car. He was knocked down and run over. It is feared he will die. Request for Leave From House Starts Argument Washington, Aug. 2. A request from Representative Fitzgerald, re publican, Ohio, for a month's leave of absence from the house because he had been "ordered" as a reserve officer to military duty at Camp Knox, Kentuck)-, precipitated a tilt in the house today, Representative Lanham, democrat, Texas, object ing to granting the request, while Representative Garrett, acting demo cratic leader, held that "a serious question" had been raised and re quested that action be deferred. "I would like to know what power can order a member of congress away from his duty in peace times," Mr. Lenham said. With half a dozen members clam oring . for recognition. Representa tive Mondell, republican leader, ended the argument by moving ad journment. i Militarists Arc Disturbed j Over Situation in Hupeh Peking, Aug. 2.(By The Asso ciated Press.) Military leaders here are reported to be disturbed over the situation in the province of Hu peh, which recently became engaged in hostilities against the providence of Hunan. It is declared they are not certain regarding the sympa thies of Gen. Wu Pei-Fu. leader of government troops in Hunan, and there is some speculation whether he will fight for the retention oi Wang Chan-Yuen, inspecting com missioner of the two provinces. 4 K. of C. to Start Correspondence Course for Vets Lodge Plans School Exclusive sively for Education of Former Service Men Membership Increases. - San Francisco, Aug. 2. A de cision to establish what it terms the "largest- correspondence school in the United States," which shall be devoted exclusively to the education and general welfare of former serv ice men, and announcement that the order had increased by 87,660 since last year, made up the outstanding features of the opening session of the Knights of Columbus' 39th an nual supreme convention. Supreme Secretary William J. McGinley outlined the correspond ence system, which . will have its headquarters in the rie building which the order is erecting in New Haven, Conn. "No limit will be placed upon the number of former service men seek ing enrollment in the correspond ence school and no limit will be set upon practical subjects in the course of study," McGinley reported. The svstenr, he said, will cost anproxi mately $1,000,000 to establish and will call for a first rear enrollment of 100,000 students. '. Supreme Knight james A. Fla hertv reported that approximately $4,000,000 had been expended by the knights in the past year, in main taining 132 free night schools and 500 university and college courses for former service men. We shall stay with the veterans until the end," he said. On June 1 the total membership cf the Knights of Columbus was 758.155 and New York led with 107,649 members, McGinley re ported. The knights were instru mental in raising $4,000,000 for char ity during the year, principally for Herbert Hoover's relief work, re lief in Ireland and Cardii.al Mer ger's Belgian rehabilitation fund. He expected that the order would have 1,000,000 members in another year. The convention was formally opened with a. religious observance, which was a combination of military and papal mass, in the convent gar dens of the old mission Dolores. It was preceded by a pageant which wended its way through the down town streets from the Union ferry to the convent gardens. De Valera Has Informally Presented Peace Proposal London, Aug. 2. Eamonn De Valera, president of the Irish repub lic, has informally submitted to all available members of the Irish re publication parliament, the peace proposals of Prime Minister Lloyd George, it is declared by the Daily Sketch. When the members of the parliament are summoned to debate the prime minister's suggesstions. the newspaper says the session will probably be secret. It is to last for several days. The Weather - Forecast. Fair and warmer Wednesday. mgnest Tuesday. Hi, m,, flav.m.. 7 . m . . a. m . . a. m . . 10 a. m. . 11 a. m.. 3 1 P. m. . ..5 .. . . ..! . . l ... S p p, 4 p. 5 p p, 1 1'J noon. .M a P. Hourly Temperatures. rhrnn Davenport naw 74 Or MoUaca IS Laadar .13 Kalt Lak Kant Fa Winittaa . Yalcattna ., '. .'x . "Sfl ..4 ,.8 State Bank Broke Law, Hart Says Officers of Pioneer Bought Colonial Bonds in Defiance Of Department of Trade, He Asserts Raps Omaha Attorneys Lincoln, Aug. 2. (Special.) J. E. Hart, secretary of the state depart ment of trade and commerce, today accused officers of the defunct Pio neer State bank of Omaha of violat ing the state banking laws in con nection with the handling of certa;n secrities. Hart wrote an open letter to W. R. Bernd, manager of the Oniah .Association of Credit Men, in answer to a letter sent to Hart by Be;nd, urging Hart's depnrtmeut to warn against investment in promotion schemes in which the sale of bond in t!ie defunct Colonial Timber and Coal corporation was cited. Hart's letter said: "In the case of the Guaranty Se curities company, which 3-ou men tion, permit me to saythat this com pany never received a permit to sell the Colonial Timber and Coal cor poration bonds, and the officers of the Pioneer bank bought the bonds in violation of the banking laws and held them in the bank in defiance of department orders to take them out." Lambasts Attorneys. Continuing, Hart lambasted Oma ha attorneys whom he holds respon sible to a large extent for exploita tions on the purses of Omaha and "Nebraska people in recent failures. "Some of your foremost attorneys in Omaha lend their talent, time and legal ability to the practice of pro motion enterprises for the fees which they demand and the fact that these promotion schemes later go on the rocks does not seem to deter them from a continuation of these tactics. "It is truly a deplorable condition when the brain, brawn and intellect of any community seeks to syste matically rob, despoil and defraud the frugal of his savings, the widow of her mite and blast the future of the uninformed but otherwise honest and well-meaning individual." Then Hart stated that his depart ment in interviews, speeches and hun dreds of letters had urged banks to get away from all promotion enter prises and that the same tactics had been pursued by the state bureau of securities. Department Is Defied. "This department has been defied, resisted and persistently contested and threatened with damage suits by Omaha business men, attorneys and promoters for our efforts to curb their activities. "Instances are on record where this department has been compelled to fight the officers, directors and even stockholders to save them from disaster. "I mention these incidentally to indicate the severity of the contest on this side of the firing line. When Hart made public this let ter, he said: "This is the first letter I ever gae out for publication." - Tax on Gasoline, Coal And Autos Advocated Helena, Mont., Aug. 2. Levying of a tax on every gallon of gasoline, a tax on every ton of coal, and a tax on all automobiles coming into the state from other states, was ad vocated by Louis . L. Emmerson, president of the National Associa tion of Secretaries of State, secre tary of state of Illinois, at the open ing session of the association at the state capitol today. . . ' President Emmerson stated that it is not a question of expenditure ri duction in most sttates. but of rev enue increase and that indirect method of taxation is most success ful. Ford Reducing Rail Rates Too Fast, Commission Say Washington, Aug. 2, Freight re ductions on Henry Ford's Toledo. Detroit and 1 ronton railroad have been made too rapidlj' to comply with the regulations of the Interstate Commerce .commissi on. His applica tion to file a tariff reducing by 20 per cent the rate on stone from Sibley, Mich., to Detroit was for this- reason denied by the commis sion. Mr, Ford put into effect a re duction on July 26, of 5 cents a hundred on this traffic and under the regulations 30 days must elapse before additional reductions can tc made in the same traffic. Decrease of $206,000,000 In Public Debt Announced Washington. Aug. 2. A decrease of $206,000,000 in the public debt during July was announced today by the treasury. Total gross debt July 31 stood at $23,771,000,000. compared with $23,977,000,000 Jjifle 30. Officials said that the decrease was explained by retirement cf treasury certificates of indebtedness and the operations of the sinking lund during July 1, while no new issues of government securities were offered during the month. Hungary's Peace Pact With World Becomes Effective Budapest, Aug. 2. The Trianon treaty by which peace between Hun gary and the allied nations was estab lished became a law in Hungary yesterday by the publication of the text of the convention. The treatv was printed in a special edition of the Official Gazette, which bore black borders, and was accompanid by a map showing the present boun dary of Hungary as compared wUb those of before jhe war.