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    The Omaha Daily Bee
VOL. 51 NO. 70.
OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1921.
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Hughes To
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U. S. Rights
Allies Expected to Concede
American Claims in Dispute
Over Territories Ceded
By Germany. j
Note Outlines Demands
By ARTHUR SEARS HCNNING.
Hi Ira to THbuna-Oniaha Hm I raard Wtr.
Washington, Sept. 6. There is
now every reason for confidence that
Secretary of State Hughes is destined
to u in all that he has contended for
in the dispute with the allkt over
the disposition of tlie tc-ritorics
teded by Germany and it allien to
the principal victors of the World
war.
The justice of Mr. Hugh.j' con
tention the America, by virtue of
its contribution to the victory, pos
sesses an inalienable fifth interest in
the former German colonic and is
entitled to equal rights in !" terri
tory ceded by Turkey already lias
Lecti conceded by the allies. They
set out to ignore the United Stales
in the formulation of the mandates
iov this territory, ostensibly because
America was not represented in the
oupieme council at the time, and they
1'aid no attention to the Wilon ad
ministration's protest against ap
proval of the Japanese mandate by
the league of nations council, os
tensibly because America was not
represented in the league.
' Allies Change Stand.
When Mr, Hughes took the mat
ter in . hand, however, thj allies
changed their attitude. He demon
strated that the allies., in ignoring
the United. States, were violating a
provision of the Versailles treaty
and were depriving the United States
of rights conferred by that treaty
which were unimpaired by the fail
ure of America to ratify that con
tract. .
Thereupon the allies asked the
United States to state, what changes
it .desired in the drafts 'of the
A-mandates for Mesopotamia and
other former Turkish territorks and
of the B-mandates for former Ger
man possessions in Africa, which
classes of mandates are awaiting the
approval of the league of nation's
council. The allies also indicated
their willingness to revise the terms
ot the C-mandates ' for the Pacific
islands, approved by the league
council in December, 1920, in such
manner as might be agreed upon by
the United States and Japan in the
discussion of the disposition of Yap,
the cable and radio center in the
western Pacific. '
The , note dispatched by Mr.
Hughe to the allies tastwe-ek sets
forth In - detail the . changes the
'nited States desires made . in the
provisions of the A and B mandates,
to as to protect American .interests,
, Insists on Open Door.1
In a general way Mr. Hughes in
sists on such revision of the man
dates as shall eliminate any possible
discrimiantion against the United
States and its nationals in the man
dated territories because . America
is not a. member of the league of na
tions. , . .
Furthermore, he insists that in re
gard to commercial concessions in
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"Fair Play for Women"
Will Be Discussed by
' Federal Employes
Washington, Sept. 6. Fair play
for women in the United States
civil t-crvice will be one of the ques
tions brought forward in the Jifth
annual convention of the National
Federation of Federal Employes. Ho
he held m New Orleans September
12 tp 16.
Miss Gertrude M. Kinally, third
vice president of the federation, who
will be chairman of the committee
en legislation, will ask the conven
t:on to call upon congress and the
ndminiitrative officers to abolish the
double w-ge standard now existing
which, it is pointed out, keeps wom
en out of the higher paid positions.
tives men the promotions otten
Times over better qualified women.
and fixes a lower rate of pay for
women than ' for men on work of
comparable skill.
. Chiefs of Army General
" Staff Are Announced
Washington, Sept. '6. Selection
of chiefs of new section j of the
army general staff as reorganized
by General Pershing were an
nounced at the War department.
Brig. Gen. James H. McRae is to
be chief of the personnel division.
Brig. Gen, William Lassiter of the
operations and training division,
Briar. Gen. William D. Connor of
the supply division. Col. Briant H.
Wells of the war plans division, and
1 Lieut. Col. Stuart Heintz-Iman ot
the military intelligence division.
Coal Schooner Sinks After
Collision With Freighter
Watcrtown, X. Y Sept (5. Word
reached this city today of the sink
ing Thursday night of the schooner
Oliver Mowatt, coal laden, after a
collision in Lake Ontario off the
main Duck islands with the freighter
Key West. The schooner was cut
in two and the captain, T!-omas L.
Van Duesen, 65, of Picton. Ontario.
his mate and a woman .cook went
down with the sliip.
Embezzler Gets 13 Years
Austin. Minn, Sept 6. Ransom
J. (Cy Thomson was sentenced to
a term not to exceed IS years in the
state prison after he had pleaded
cailty to two counts charging grand
larceny in the misappropriation of
and Si90.00U irom George A.
Hormcl Co., packers . ,
Senate Will Confirm
Aides for General Wood
Vahington, Sept. 6, Any recom
mendation made by Ma). Gen.
Leonard Wood a to his subordinate
as governor general of the
Philippines will in all probability be
day in commenting- on General
Wood's announcement in Manila
yeterdy that he would recommend
appointment of Col Frank K. Mc-
vui u. n,, ai vice governor oi
tlie islands.
Colonel McCoy, now attached to
the Wood-Forbes ttiiion. lias
served in the Moro campaign as aide
to William Taft, while the latter was
provisional governor and as secre
tary of Moro province.
Mine Uprising
Atributed To
Union Officials
Chairman of Operators' As
sociation DeniesGomper
Charge That Wage
Controversy to Blame.
Washington, Sept. 6. United mine
workers' officials were charged with
responsibility "for the invasion of
Logan county and proposed inva
sion of Mingo county by armed min
ers," in a statement issued last night
by Harry Olmsted, chairman of the
Operators' association of the Wil
liamson field. The statement was
declared to be in answer to that of
Samuel Gompers, which Mr. Olm
sted described as hypocritical and in
many instances false and misleading.
Mine guards and private detectives
are not employed by operators in
the Williamson field, Mr. Olmsted
said, adding Uiat Mr. Gompers had
"deliberately misrepresented condi
tions." The charge of Mr. Gom
pers that the uprising had been caus
ed by the failure of the operators to
put into effect the award of the gov
ernment wage board, was character
ized as another falsehood."
Under No Obligation.
''The mine operators were under
no obligation to do so," the state
ment said, "they having no connec
tion with the coal fields covered by
that award.
"Nevertheless, the increases al
lowed by the United States govern
ment were adopted in this field
promptly after the amount of in
crease had been fixed. It as never
before been alleged that the strike
was due to wage adjustments or any
cause other than to compel recog
nition of the United Mine Workers'
organization. . ,- '
; Coal is measured rather than
weighed in this field. The meu have
never asked to have -. the system
changed. , ., , A .
Denies Report of Lawlessness.
.-"Mr. Gompers'' makes himself
ridiculous to West Virginians when
he makes his plea about the miners
protesting against lawlessness in so
far as he refers to the United Mine
Workers. The miners are generally
law-abiding. Every disorder that
has occurred in the , mining fields
of West Virginia has been occasion
ed by the thugs and outlaws of the
United Mine Workers' organization
who camo to compel unionization of
these fields.
"The invasion ' of Logan county
and Mingo county was threatened
by the United Mne Workers'organ
zation in the Williamson field as
early as April and May, 1920.
"In Logan and Mingo counties of
West' Virginia, and Pike county,
Kentucky, having an aggregate area
of 1,633 square miles, there were
not employed as many as 100 peace
officers prior to the invasion by the
organizers of the United Mine
Workers."
Quiet in Mine Region.
Logan, Wr. Va.. Sept S.-Col. W.
E. Eubanks, in command of units
of the National guard called out to
itsist the attempted encroachment
of men on territory west of Spruce
Fork Ridge, left today for his home
in Welch. Before he departed every
unit which served under him had
been disbanded. .
Federal troops today patrolled the
entire -region, reports from which in
dicated all was quiet for the first
time in many days. . ' ,
Jap Delegates to Confab
In W ashington Sail Sept. 14
Tokio. Sept.' 6. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Japanese delega
tion to .the conference on disarma
ment and far eastern questions in
Washington will sail for Seattle
aboard the steamer Kaisho Maru on
or about October 14. The delegates
on landing will proceed immediately
for Washington, where they are due
November 2. The membership of the
delegatoin has not yet , been an
t.ojinced. ' -
Mingo September Term of
Court Opens at Williamson
Williamson, W. Va., Sept. 6. The
September term of the Mingo county
circuit court opened today. During
this session many cases growing out
of the industrial strife are expected
to be -tried, i including the second
trial of 14 men indicted in connection
with the deaths of several private
detectives and others during the
Mattewan battle in 1920.
Ford Invited to Discuss
Muscle Shoals Project
Washington. Sept 6. Henry Ford
was invited by Secretary Weeks to
come here at his convenience to dis
cuss with government officials, his
proposal to purchase and lease the
Muscle - Shoals nitrate plan; and
water power project.
300 Moplahs Convicted
Calicut India. Sept 6. More
than 300 Moplahs, who were ar
rested at Tanura and elsewhere for
participation in the recent rising.
Tiave. been convicted by court-mar
tial of looting and other offenses
They were sentenced to two year3
at hard labor for each offense.
Colorado
Official Is
Arrested
Mcmhrr of Transportation
Committee Accused of Theft
of $1,361 From Trust and
Banking Company.
Charged With Larceny
Denver. Colo., Sept. 6. T. S.
Nance, a member of the state trans
portation committee, created by the
state legislature at its session last
spring, today was arrested here on a
formal charge of larceny in connec
tion with the disappearance of $1,364
from the International Trust com-
anv. .Mr. ance wak arresiea ny
.eo'nard De Lue, head of a local de
tective agency, and lodged in the
county jail.
Nance was arrested in connection
with the recent disappearance of Ed
win r. More, neaa teller ai tne in
ternational Trust company, who is
charged in a federal warrant with
haviuiz absconded with approxi
mately S78.0U0 of the bank's cash
funds. Another alleged accomplice,
charged together with Nance with
the specific theft of $1 J64, front the
bank, is Bcrnie Conner, a former
teller of the bank, who was arrested
and placed in jail last week.
Mr. De Lue said today it would
be shown at the trial that Nance,
Connor and Morse had worked to
gether on the entire deal to rob the
bank.
Morse, who is alleged to have left
Denver accompanied by Miss Mabel
Penfold, a former filing clerk at the
International Trust company, is be
lieved to be somewhere in Mexico.
Mr. De Lue said today he believed
Morse would be apprehended "very
soon.
Attendance at
State Fair Not
Up to Last Year's
8,186 Lees People on Grounds
Yesterday Than on Third
Day in 1920; Increase.
Expected, However.
Lincoln'. Sept. 6. (Special.) At
tendance at the Nebraska state fair
today showed a slump of 8,186 from
that of the corresponding day last
year. There were 36,221 visitors on
the grounds yesterday, while on
Tuesday of fair week in 1920 there
were 44,407. -
Fair officials were not gloomy
over . the attendance figures, how
ever, as they expect much better
crowds during the latter part of the
week. Business men report an un
usually large influx of people into
the city, but say that many of them
have net gone to the fair grounds
yet, intending to take in the exhibits
later. -
Better Race Program. .
A' better program cf races is
scheduled for the last, half of the
week and this fact is expected to
'"ncrease attendance materially.
Thursday will be Omaha day and a
large crowd is anticipated from Ne
braska's metropolis.
Clarence Hurly, an acrobat at the
fair, fell 30 feet from a trapeze, suf
fering a broken arm and ether in
juries. Assistant Attorney General Charles
E. Reed forcde one of the carnival
shows putting on a boxing bout to
get a state license under the Ameri
can Legion boxing law.
The Boy Scout band from Chad
ron, Neb., made famous as the old
home of Mayor 'Jim Dahlman, fur
nished music during the afternoon
while Chadronites .at the fzir stood
nearby with admiring faces and
asked listeners:
"A'int them kids the goods?"
16-Pound Pony.
A 16-pound. 2-weeks old Shetland
pony, said to be the smallest in exist'
ence, was one of the free attractions.
Desune s famous band from Oma
ha furnished music at oil intervals
and came in for much applause.
The big feature of the fair, this
year is agricultural hall.
1 Many lovers are making the state
r .1 . c ,1. .-
iair mis wees me ena oi ineir woo
ing and cooing days and the Lan
caster county judge is reported to be
doing a record-breaking business in
making two names one.
A few reports of profiteering by
restaurant men reached sate officers.
26th Infantry Soon Will Be
Taken From West Virginia
Vashington, Sept. 6. With
drawal of the Twenty-sixth infantry,
one of the two regiments ordered
into the West Virginia coal fields
last week as recommended by Brig.
Gen. H. H. Bandholtz, command
ing the troops in the field, was ap
proved today by President Harding.
Orders for the return of the' regi
ment to Camp Dix, N. J., its homt
station, were immediately issued by
Secretary Weeks.
Gym at High School Will
Be Rushed to Completion
Geneva, Neb., Sept. 6. (Special.)
Work will be rushed on the gym
nasium and vocational training build
ing, located ii the high school block,
which will be of brick and cost from
$24,000 to $26,000. The contractor
expects to complete the structure
within the next 90 days.
Mother of Baker Dies
Cleveland. Sept 6. Mrs. Newton
D. Baker. 78. mother of former Sec
retary of. War Baker, died today
after eight weeks illness. :The fu-:
neral will be held at Martinsburg.'state controller at the request of the
V. Va.. Thursday. "board of directors. -
Jucjge Munger Back
From Trip to Europe
Washington, Sept. 6. Special.)
United Slates Dinrict Judge
Thomas C. Munger of Lincoln, who
with Mrs. Munger has jut returned
from Europe, reached Washington
but night Mr. Plunger proceeded
t'irrct to their home in Lincoln,
Judge Munger paid Ms respects
today to several of the Nebraska
delegation who have remained in
Washington and an appointment
was arranged for Congressman
Meavis to call with Judge Munger
upon Attorney General Daughetty
tomorrow. The interview is ex
pected to have some bearing on the
selection of a successor to the late
Justice Hook of the United States
court of appeals. Judge Munger's
friends have been urging him for
the position since the racincy occurred.
Policemen Quell
Mutiny Without
Shot or Arrests
White Members of Vessel's
Crew Attack Captain at
They Claim He Favors
Negro Workmen.
New York, Sert 6. Policemen
with riot guns, summoned by a
radio message telling of mutiny, to
day brole up a fight between negro
and wliite members of the crew of
the shipping board freighter Chester
Kiwanis, anchored off Staten Island.
They found Capt. Charles Boothby
barricaded in his cabin, bruised and
beaten. : He attributed his injuries
to white members of the crew.
When the police boat John V. Hy
lan approached the officers heard
shots and saw negroes and whites
in a battle royal on deck. It de
veloped that. 12 negroes , were op
posing therush of 30 whites toward
the barricaded captain's cabin. The
trouble was quelled in an hour with
out the police firing a shot.
The fight, had been almost con
tinuous since the freighter dropped
anchor Saturday night and had been
brewing since it left Boulogne 12
days previously. Captain Boothby's
version was the whites had an er
roneous idea that he was favoring
negroes in the distribution of work
and the trouble culminated when
they vowed to "get him. None of
the combatants was seriously in
jured and the captain said he de
sired no arrests made.
Third Suspect in
Theft Ring Held
Police Believe They Have
j Broken Up Gan$ of Auto
"Insurance Bugs." '
With the arrest of Walter Rupp,
Fortieth and M street, last night,
police say they have rounded up the
last of a trio of "automobile insure
ance bugs" similar to "fvre bugs,"
who make it a business to "steal"
cars with the knowledge of owners
in order to collect insurance.
The three were members of a state
gang, the police believe. The two
arrested Sunday night were Frank
Long, 3621 Q street, and William.
Markovitz, S122 South Thirteenth
street. ' '
Markovitz has already been re
turned to Plattsmouth, Neb., where
he is to be tried ior "stealing" an
automobile at Avoca, a small town
in that c&unty, so that the owner ;
could collect insurance.
Long and Rupp will be returned
to Plattsmouth today, according to
Detective Buglewicz, vlio, with Hal
ler, Rich, and Cich, arrested Rupp. .
Both Rupp and Markovtiz have
confessed, according to detectives.
The car "stolen" from Avoca was
found in the river north of Florence.
Mob Horsewhips Two
Who Stole Motor Cars
Tulsa, 6kl., Sept. 5. Masked men
numbering more than 100 overpow
ered the night jailer at Collinsville,
Okl., last night, and after taking
from jail E. Scott, charged'' with
automobile theft, and Roy Hollings
worth, who attempted to secure
Scott's release Sunday morning, con
veyed the pair by automobile to a
lonely spot eight miles east of this
city and lashed them with whips, it
was learned here.
Scott, unable to withstand the
punishment he received at the hands
of the vigilantes, confessed he had
stolen a car owned by Dr. W. E.
Smith of this city Saturday night.
Hollinesworth admitted he was
Scott's associate and was allowed
freedom after the whipping.
Sixth World Conference
Of Methodists on in London
London, Sept. 6. (By-The Asso
ciated Press.) The sixth world's
conference of ' Methodists opened
formally at 6 o clock this evening in
Wesley chapel here. There are 300
Americans among the 500 delegates.
The later sessions vTitt be held in
Central hall, near the parliament
houses. -
The conference will be continued
until September 17 and the leaders
of Methodism in all countries, in
cluding a Japanese bishop, are on
the program, which includes discus
sions of important world problems.
Jacksonville, Fla., Bank Is
Closed by State Controller
Jacksonville. Fla.. Sept 6. The
Guaranty Bank and Trust company
of this city failed to open its doors
today, havinjr been taken over bv the
The Way
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Transport Men in
Cork Revolt and
Seize All Offices
Workers . Hoist Red Flag as
Wage Demands Are Re
fused; Sensational De-
. velopments Expected.
, . 'i 1 .
. By The AiiocltitMl Prm.
Cork, Sept 6. Representatives of
the Transport Workers' union this
morning took possession of the of
fices of the harbor board, owing to
the refusal of the board to grant the
employes a minimum' wage of 70
shillings a week, and the red flag was
floating from the building at mid
day.; -
The transport men propose to run
the business themselves and pay the
wage demand, but the books and
records are locked in the safes.
Sir James Long, secretary of the
labor board, declined to surrender
the offices, but the-transport work
ers insisted and he departed. A ma
jority of the members of the board
are republican, as is the strike leader,
but the Irish republican cabinet's la
bor ministry has been unable to ef
fect, a settlement. . '
' The residents of Cork are expect
ing sensational developments and
believe the Irish republican army
may intervene. Meantime, the inter
ests of the port are seriously af
fected. Denies He Confessed .
To Slaying of Wife
Denver, Colo., Sept. 6. Dr. Wil
mer A. Hadley,' charged with the
murder of his wife. Mrs. Sue Tinsley
Hadley, in Richmond, Va., today de
nied he had confessed the killing, al
though George A. Fuller, superin
tendent of a nationally-known detec
tive agency, reiterated his statement
of last year, that the physician had
rf,aJe a confession admitting the
c.'tne and giviug details of it.
Dr. Hadley is on Us way back to
Richmond, Va., to stand t-sal. He
was apprehended in FarminRton, N.
M., last week,, after a tv,0-year
search. ' ' v-r .
Belfast Unionists Armed ,
As Matter of Protection
Belfast -Sept. 6. Unionists em
ployed by a large concern near the
scene of the.recent rioting last night
were given arms with which to pro
tect themselves if attacked.
It was declared, that .the meeting
was a sequeFbf the speech at Owen
O'Duffyar .Armagh Saturday in.
which Mr. 6'Duffy declared the boy
cott against Ulster would be tight
ened by the Sinn -Fein and if that
was unsuccessful in bringing Ulster
into a united Ireland, "we will bring
lead against them.".
Charles Harvey, wounded during
the rioting of last week, died this
morning. He was the 19th victim
of the disorders. :
Show Owner SfJends Year
In i Assembling His Cast
Emile De Recat, owner ;and man
ager of "Smiles of 1921," musical ex
tra van ganza which will be a feature
at Ak-Sar-Ben track during the race
meet, spent a year in picking the
personnel for his show.
Among the performers are Harry
Kelly, comedian; Charlotte Johnson,!
prima donna; Lola Lamor.d. sou-
brette, and Bobby Barker and Rose
O'Hara.
De Recat formerlv was director of
the ballet
iparis.
at the Grand Opera in
It Looks to the Farmer
Strand Robbed of
$2,000 by Yeggs
Watchman Bound and Gagged
And Forced to Give Up
Keys to Safe. ,
Two vegemen bound and gagged
Scott Irving, 2516 Ohio street, night
watchman at the Strand theater, at
6:45 yesterday morning, .., covered
him with revolvers and forced him to
give up tne Keys to tne tneater oi
ficc. They then broke open the safe
and escaped with about ?2,000 in
cash. " .
William Hosford, a postal em
ploye, heard the watchman's cries
an hour later and released him and
called police. '
.' Harry Watts, manager of the the
ater, arrived soon after the police.
He said he had taken $2,400 of the
Saturday night and Sunday receipts
to the Rialto theater for safe keeping
on Sunday night. ,
Petition for Change
Of Venue for Trial
Filed by Gov. Small
Springfield, 111., Sept. 6. Support
ed by the affidavits by Senator J.
A. Wheeler and C. H. Jenkins, di
rector of the state department of
public welfare, Jovernor Len
Small's petition for a change of
venue from Sangamon county
for trial on charges of em
bezzlement of public funds while
state treasurer, was filed in circuit
court today.
Senator Wheeler is one of the ad
ministration supporters', in the state
senate, while Jenkins was appointed
head of the public welfare depart
ment by Governor Small last Jan
uary. .
. The affidavits stated that the sign
ers believe "the judge of the said
court Honorable Elbert S. Smith, is
so prejudiced against the said de
fendant that the defendant cannot
have a fair and impartial trial be
fore said judge." . . :
Governor Small's petition makes
the same charge. -
Wood to Become Head Penn
University September, 1922
Philadelphia, . Sept. 6. Unless an
emergency . arises requiring his conr
tiiiued services . in the Philippine
islands, .Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood
will. assume his duties as head of th
University of Pennsylvania on Sep
tember 1, 1922, it was announced to
day by:Dr. G C. Harrison, chairman
of the' board of trustees of the uni
versity.:" : ' ' ' .'
This' understanding was confirmed
by General Wood in a cablegram re
ceived today by Dr. Harrison..
Officers Unable to Locate .
Convicted Postal Robbers
Toledo. - O.. Sept. . 6. With of
ficers searching the country near
Toledo for the. three convicted post
office robbers who escaped" from the
county? jail. Federal Judge J. M.
Killits issued an order ban- ng other
postoffice prisoners held in the, jail
from receiving visitors.
No trace of the three men, Joe
,Urbaytis, Charles Schultz and
George Lewis, ' alias Rogers, who
made their, escape Monday, had
been found. -
Bandits Get $1,000.
' Des Moines. Ia Sept 6. Bandits
forced A. L. Nornftn. a druggist, to
open his safe and hand over nearly
$1,000 in' cash shortly after last mid
night Norman had just closed his
store, but the bandits forced him to
return and open the door
Irish Situation Is
Discussed With
British Cahinet
Informal Conversations Car
ried on by Premier and Ad
visers Preparatory to Wed
nesday's Meeting.
.j - - 'in." . '
London, Sept. 6. prime Minister
Lloyd George today , held conversa
tions with members of his cabinet
and civil and military authorities m
Ireland . relative to the situation
which lias arisen as a result of the
latest note to the . British govern
ment from De Valera, the Irish re-
oublicau leader.- The prime minis.
ter met his colleagues at Inverness,
near Gairloch, Scotland, where Mr,
Lloyd George has been spending a
brief Vacation. 1 he cabinet con
venes tomorrow at Inverness.
Although London newspapers
continued today to counsel patience
and forbearance m dealing with the
Irish question, there were 'certain in
dications that the Irish controversy
had virtually reached a crisis and
that tomorrow's meeting of the Brit
ish ministry Tinsrht prove historic.
Ihere were many who beiievea
that Mr. -De Valera and his col-
leaeues at Dublin would . be given
a certain limited time in which they
could either accept or reject the
British eovernmenfs offer ol domm
ion status for Ireland as a basis for
a settlement of the ancient contro
versy.
A party of American tourists has
sent, anonvmoushr. to the premier
and the cabinet a box ot cigars. Ac
companying the cigars was a note
of personal esteem and ci apprecia
tion of Prime Minister Lloyd
George's efforts to "settle the age
lone Irish problem." Hope was
expressed that "Ireland and Great
Britain might soon smoke . together
the pipe of peace.
Five Women Lawyers
Arrested in London
London. Sept. 6. five women
counsellors of Poplar were arrested
today to the accompaniment of stir
ring scenes, lheir arrest haa been
postponed out of consideration for
their sex and the hope that the trou
ble arising between the Borough
council and the London county .coun
cil, respecting taxes would-be ad
justed. But the women invited the
sheriff to arrest them at the town
hall. '
Immense crowds, mostly women,
gathered at the town hall. - The coun
sellors were headed by Susan Law
rence and Mrs. - Edgar Lansbury,
who delivered farewell speeches to
the boisterous crowds. ,
The Weather
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Wednesday and Thursday; cooler
Thursday.
Iowa Fair Wednesday, probably
becoming unsettled- Thursday; not
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U.S.Rapidly
Returning
To Normal
Harding Declares Nation
Working Way Out of Welter
Of Waste at Impres
sive Rate.
Praise for Congress
Washington, Sept. 6. President
Harding, in a letter reviewing
achievements of the republican ad
ministration, particularly with ref
erence to congress, declares that
"surveying the national situation, it
is plain we are working our way
out of a welter of waste and prodigal
(.pending at a most impressive rate."
The letter was written by th
president under date of August 29
to Senator McCormick of Illinois
and, it is understood, will be used in
the campaign in New Mexico, wher
Senator Bussuin, appointed to fill
out the unexpired term of Secretary
of the Interior Fall, is a candidate
for election. The letter, it also is
understood, is considered by repub
lican leaders as a reply to' attacks
on the legislative record of the re
publican congress by Chairman
White of the democratic national
committee and other leading demo
crats. Praises Congress.
"We have made much progress
towards retrenchment rnd greatly
increased efficiency," the president
asserts. "I cannot but account it a
monumental accomplishment which
has marked the work of the extraor
dinary session down to the time of
its recess."
Looking to the future, Mr. Hard-'
ing expresses the confident hope
"that congress, after the recess and
before the end of the extraordinary
session, will adopt both the tariff
and taxation measures and that
along with these it will pass the bill
to permit funding the debt owed us
by foreign governments."
"J his. I hope, he adds, "will
shortly be followed by arrangements
under which the debtor countries
will begin paying interest on their
obligations. Likewise I am confi
dent that the bill facilitating the
funding of the debt of the railways
to the United States will become a
law during the extraordinary ses
sion, insuring a large and immedi
ate demand for employment of men
now dle.
The president expressed thanks to
Senator McCormick for his eongrat-
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the administration as expressed in a
letter to the president. ;
- " Expenditurei Cut Dorm. .
The republican congress preced
ing the present administration is
credited by Mr. Harding with hav
"s jauciiujr miu . asiuuousiy ia--bor,ed
to reduce expenditures" with
results "which we can summatize in
the statement that the appropriation!
for the current fiscal year will aggre
gate four and a quarter billion dol
lars and that this is three quarters
of a billion less than the expendi.
tures for the previous fiscal year,"
The president, after Melting as
"extragavances incident to the war,"
the expenditure of three and a half
billion dollars by the shipping board;
between five and six billion dollars
fnr aircraft nr,11,... n a ...
ana oetween one and a quarter and
i Lift- ,-,f' ., .
a .int. iiuil, UUilU3 IUI
railroad administration, adds;
"It is gratifying to be able to say,
therefore, that probably no othei'
Tnin to PK Two. Cmimn Bta.) .
Man Who Escaped U. S.
Pen Still on Island
Is Opinion of Warden
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. Roy
Gardner, train bandit, who escaped
Monday from the federal prison at'
McNeil Island, has not been able to
reach the mam land, more than a
mile away over rough waters, it was
indicated by Warden Thomas Ma
loney, who has ordered that there
be no letup in the search on the
island.
A check of boats on the island
showed that all were accounted for.
The 700 civil residents of McNeil Is
land were warned by Warden Ma
loney to be on the lookout for dis
appearance of edibles. If Gardner
still is on the island, he soon will
be foragint for food, the warrlm
declared.
T I T ...
i-aworus rsoffarr. lormer oIdir.
who-was wounded when he attempt
ed to follow Gardner to liberty, was
said by the prison physician to have
a chance for recovery. Ewrptf- .
Impyn, a companion of Bogart. was
enieo. Dy guards during the break.
U. S. Engineers Oppose
Improvement of Hudson
Washington, Sept. 6. The federal
suvciiiiiicui ivumu wioi oe lusmico.
at this time, in going to the expense
of improving the Hudson river from
its mouth north, 116 miles .to Hud
son, for the purpose of securing a
channel depth of 30 feet, according
to a report ot army engineers sent to
luiitsrcss oy oecreiary jveeKs.
The improvement would cost $2,
233,000 the report said, and is "de
sired chiefly with a view to the de- -
i o . - ,
veiopment of an extensive timber
traffic from the Pacific coast via the
Panama canal to Hudson, where a
i t . , . . . .. 1
iiiKc lumocr terminal is proposea.
Booze Ship Seized
Mobile. Ala.. Sent. 6. Condemna
tion proceedings against the Munson
Line steamer, Tuscan, on which
United States authorities charge they
found 118 quarts of liquor Monday
was filed in the federal court and the
steamer which came into port sev-
cral days ago from Cuba was seized
stnd is now in custody of the United
States marshal