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I'SS ?ftc HJas&inalon Jtlcralb tSSl, no. 5386 rgajaraaxrs: Washington, d. cJthursday, august 4. 1921. -sixteen pages ' - 0me HARDING PLANS TRIPART PACT WITH GERMANY Allies Also Will Sign New Peace Agreement INCLUDES CLAUSES OF FORMER TREATY Compromise Document ' Repeats Wording of Certain Sections. By ROBERT T. BEXDER. (VlM S?tr>.) A tri partite separate treaty, to be negotiated between the United States, the allied powers and Germany. Is the course the administration has decided upon to effect peace with the central powers and at the same time compromise with Senate Irreconcilabies. The pact will embody about fourfifths of the economic clauses of the Versailles treaty and. further, will embody the exact language of a majority of these clausas in order to Insure positive protection of American rights en an equal basis with the allies. It will provide for American representation on the present allied reparations commission. * Alternative la Paris Pact. This treaty will be promulgated unless It ts found that allied powers will resist It In' event of such resistance there is only one alternative. it is said, and that la for the administration to*"engage under the treaty of Versailles" and submit to the Senate the original treaty, with suggested modifications. including elimination of the league of nations covenant. The league, of course, would not figure in the proposed separate pact. It haa been the opinion of administration leaders from the outset that the only way to Insure adequate protection of American rights In effecting peace with Germany Is to embody fn such a peace the economic provisions of the Versailles pact. There was. however, the strong opposition in the Senate to receiving the Versailles treaty In any form for ratification. Meaaa at Approval. Because it is a sepa'ste treaty it probably wlU have Is be-signed and ratified wt only by th*.President and the Senate, bat alio by representatlTas of tha allied powers and their legislative bodies, as well a* by German representatives and the Reichstag. In volved as this procedure may appear. It apparently Is the Judgment of the administration that In the long run peace oan be more quickly effected this way than through attempting Senate ratification of a revised Versailles treaty. Secretary Hashes' Tactics. Incidentally the course throws an interesting light upon Secretary Hughes' diplomacy which, in international matters. Is concerned not only with foreign countries but with the United States Senate. Thus far Hughes has made three important steps toward bringing about fulfillment of alms promulgated at the Paris Peace Conference. Through administration efforts the reparations problem has been definitely placed on a working basis, the United States government is represented in the allied councils, and a disarmament conference Is to be called to thresh out not only armament questions but other problems growing out of the Versailles treaty ettlements. To each of these subjects embodied in the Versailles treaty there were groups of Senators opposed. In the aggregate these Senators would be able to muster a sufficient strength to defeat a general measure embodying all of the moves. By taking each step separately, however, Hughe* has limited opposition, and the sten to establish peace by a separate pact is just one more move In this eame direction. TWO SONS ACCUSED OF KILLING MOTHER BOONV1LLE, Ind., Aug. 3.? Charged with the murder of their mother. Martha Defendoll, aged ? . Willie Defendoll. aged IT. and Dollie Defendoll, aged it. are In Jail at Boonvtlle. They were arrested after an Inquest was held over the body of Mrs. Defer.doll and an lnvestlgation Into the drcumstanceg surrounding her death. The murder took place upon a '*"n near Hetlman, this county, owned by William T. Cook and. according to the officers, tjie shooting occurred one week ago Sundsy. The shotgun and shells used In the mjrder were found near the body. Mrs. Defendoll has been missing about two weeka. but the sons seemed unconcerned about her disappearance MISSnjjp IVOTES SOLDIERS' BONUS ST LOUIS. Aug. J. ? Practically complete returns from the primary In Missouri makes almost certain the appropriation of (15,009 000 for soldiers' bonuses. I In all but a few counties the bonus question was carried by a big majority, which amounted to four to one In many of the cities. Protest Treaty to End Anti-Jap Land Laws Settlement 7f controversy with Japan over the California antiJapanese land laws by treaty la protested in a brief filed with Secretary of State Hughes yesterday by the Japanese Exclusion League of California. The brief also petitions the government for the abrogation of the "gentlemen's agreement" with Japan regulating Japanese Immigration, 'i'cltrinf y?st "no self-respecting no. er" should have made auch a act .. r ....;. REVISING OUR TAJ y' -. frrr? INCOMKmWEEff $6,000 AND $50,000 MAY GET TAX RAISE Increase in Rates Urged To Offset Losses in Higher Surtaxes. Increases In surtax rates on all Individual net incomes ranging between $6,600 and 150,000 are in prosnect. if Congress approves suggestions of the Treasury Department, (I became known yesterday. These Increases are proposed to offset the loss in revenue in prospect from the reduction of the present maximum surtax raf. of 65 per cent to 32 per cent. The proposal to increase the surtax rates in the lower brackets* however, as well as other new taxes proposed, is meeting with opposition from members of the House Ways and Means Committee. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has been asked to appear before the committee again today and It is probable that he will be asked if It Is not possible to repeal the ixcess profits tax. reduce the higher surtaxes and cut the transportation tax In half ,without imposing any new taxes other than an increased corporation income tax. Will Keep Normal Rate. I All the details of the proposed ' new surtax rates have not been made public. Apparently it Is Intend I ed that the present surtax rate on that portion of the' net Income cxI ceeding $5,000, out not exceeding I $6,000 shall remain 1 per cent, the program being also not to disturb present normal tax rates of 4 per cent on the net Income under and 8 per cen upon the amount over that sum. The present surtax rate on the portion of the net income exceeding $6,000 and not exceeding $8,000 Is 2 per cent. A rate of 3 per cent applies on the amount between $8,000 and $19,000 and 4 per cent on the amount between lit.000 and $14,000. The rate advances t per cent for each $2,000 until a 48 per cent rate is reached for the amount between $98,000 and $100,000. Usr to *3 Per Ceat. Rates above that amount at present are 52 per cent between $100.000 and $150,000; 56 per cent between $150,000 and $200,000: 60 per cent between $200,000 and $300,000; 63 per cent between $300,000 and $500,00; 64 per cent between $500,000 and $1,000,000 and 65 per cent above $1,000,000. The highest surtax rate now applying to a $50,000 net Income la 23 per cent Under the Treaaury program all the surtax rates from the 2 per ceat rate between $(.000 and plying between $48,000 and $50,000 $7,000 to the 23 per cent rate apwlll be Increased and In the revision process the number of brackets will be greatly reduced. The minimum Income to which the rate of $2 per cent, which la the highest proposed far the future will apply has not been made known. CaasaaiMee Hears Expert. Dr. Thomas 8. Adams, tax expert of the Treasury Department, met with the House Ways and Means { the reading of the confidential Committee yesterday and began committee print .of the first three tltlaa of the revenue law as pre- | [ pared on the basis af Treaaury suggestions. | I SCHEpULE. I v V HOUSE OF COMMONS k LIFTS SALOON LID Cheers Passage of Liquor Bill Rushed Through In Latt Session. LONDON, A?g. 3*?Loud crlfa of approval la the fcouw of commons dnrina the "wff ma' konnH this morning:. ftwted the tilting of the lid oa Britain's P?hfc ^ Tue hoBM pawed the rental nlai stages off the llceaslng hill Bier which maay off the wartime restriction* oa irtaklag are removed. Despite recent opposition to late sessions, the members eheerfaily sat until affter 3 a. m. to rush through the liquor hill. It fives Londoa pabs nine hours a day on week days, and eifcht hoars in the provinces, with Ave hours Sundays. Sapper drinking la hotels aad at dinners la permitted aatll 12i30 a. m. The measure must receive the O. K. of the House of Lords, but this la coasldered asaured. CHARLES' RETURN DENIED BY ENVOY Head of Hungarian Delega1 >?n to France Says Reports False. PARIS. Aug. J.?Reports that former Emperor Charles had oncc more entered Hungary in a secona attempt to regain the throne were Vigorously denied here today by Count Pravnovsky, who heads the Hungarian delegation to Prance. Count Pravnovsky declared that such stories emanated from Berlin or Vienna, and asserted that the King's return would never take place except by the will of'the people, the Parliament and the regent. "Within a few days, or perhaps a few weeks," he declared, "the Trianon treaty will go Into effect, and Hungary will resume diplomatic relations with the allies. I can assure you that our diplomats will not be instructed to suggest or work for a restoration of the Hamburg*. At aAy rate that certainly will not be cur first step. We mean gradually to build up the prestige of our diplomatic corps, and we do not desire to jeopardize the resumption of cordial relations with the allies." "Miss Washington" After her selection as the most charming young woman In the District and on alluring visit as the guest of Atlantic City's great pageant, still other honors are within her reach. She will then be among the fair company from which the most beautiful young woman In the United 8tates is to be named. All that is necessary Is to submit a photograph of yourself to The Herald. Por particulars, see page 9. _____ ? t,.' ? . By J. N. Darling. H MY POOH MAM T HELP YQXJ. : ^ 20*8^ f^^f BANKED FLftWERS CHANCE CARUSO'S ROOM TO CHAPEL Naples Stops Work to Pay Great Tenor Tribute. NAPLES. Aug. J?The room where Enrico Caruso said farewell to the world has been transformed Into a chapel. Gorgeous masses of flowers banked solidly against the walls and blanketing the more somber covering of the bier on which the great tenor rests make It a chapel of light and beauty. Here Caruso lies in state, while all Naples, from the city's highest dignitaries to the lowliest of Its laborers, has streamed endlessly past the master singer to pay tribute to its illustrious tine. Outside the Hotel Vesuvius are thousands upon thousands of silent Neapolitans. The city has stopped work to mourn. * ??' Pays Visit. Clad In robes of mourning, the mayor of Naples, accompanied by his under officials, has paid his state visit to the chapel, announcing the desire of the city to have the honor of conducting the last rites. Troopa In drcsa uniform later formed a cordon about the hotel and lent a new touch of color. The Church of Santa Maria Delia Grazla. wher the final Impressive ceremonies are to take place tomorrow. was another goal .of thousands of mourners, who knelt before the church doors In prayer or threaded their way past In silent curiosity. Ceremoales This Morula*. The private rites are to take place tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. At S o'clock In the afternoon the public ceremonial will be held at the church, with illustrious operatic Finders, friends of rhe late master, singing with the choir, and an Imposing array of state, city, court, and church dlgnlt.irles In the space reserved for notables. Every train to Naples Is bringing friends of Caruso. Tltta Ruffo. barytone, -4s already here. Franco Alfanb and Maria Costa have come Francesco Nltl. former premier of Italy, and the American consul at Naples have already laid their tribute at the foot of the bier. Sons of Italy Plan Two-Fold Memorial NEW YORK, Aug. 3.?The memory of Enrio Caruso will be kept green by the memorial planned by the Sons of Italy, which Is expected ft take the form. eventually of a Caruso theater to be used for the presentation of opera. A Caruso foundation for. the assistance of young singers In their early struggles for perfection and recognition la also being considered by the Order of the Sons of Italy. ' As a memorial frcm the professional frlenda of Caruso, there will be a Caruso room at the Metropolitan Opera House, where the tenor achieved his greatest triumphs. it *111 be filled with pliotographar~costumes and other mementos of the man whose personality mattered as much as his . golden voice to the other artists of the Metropolitan. fj Judges Believe Capital Holds Nation's Beauty Serf "Mitt Washington" Carrying All Honors at Atlantic City. Wltk h?4rNa ( jtmBf preaeat, npmntlif **? "? ' America's w?idertaUy cwmhIHu p*rnlutlaa, the Ward of fadgea who WW select Kin Wukliftaa" aa the Mat rkirala, yaaag I* the eltr. b<iim ther will tlHM tkc nt beaatifal *"?? l? Ike r>IM States. TWa, at rnrat, u the aalar awaltlac tk# airmafml aspirant, *at It la calr nt * auy dhtlartfm tkat any waanaa la tkr DlatiM weald be pr?a? to data aa bar m. Cr?? the kandrrda wka aakaalt their pheteBrapha ta Tka Herald. the tea meat attractive will he averted hj. tke Jadaee ta a?*nr la peraaa M that tke aaaat beaatlfal aaay ke decided apaa. Bat tke dlatlaaetlea at tola* aaaat tkc Irat tea ta within Itaelf well worth wklle. Aaaena tkeaa tkere will kc little ta claaae. CONTINUED ON PAGE KIXB. B0LSHEV1K1URGE COUNTRIES TAKE NATIONALS AWAY Soviet Asks Foreign Governments to Evacuate Citizens. < tSpsslsl Cakla U Tka Waahiact-a HaraU a ad Ckicac* Trlkana.) BY HEURV WALES. Paris. Aug. !.?A wireless message picked op from Moscow say* the soviet has asked the British. Greek, Spanish and other governments to evacuate their cltisens from starving South Russia, especially In the Odessa region, as soon as possible, since there is no food for the Rusians. let alone others. The foreigners were to gather ta Odessa, but it was not explained how they were to reach that city from the interior, where the paralysed rail service makes transportation exceedingly difficult. Alexander Kerensky, one of the leaders In the revolution which overthrew the Csar. called on Pre. mlcr Brfand at' Qual (I'Orsay this morning- M. Kerensfey. it is reported. believes the downfall of Trotsky and Lenin is Imminent and seeks French support for his return t? Russia to establish a real people * government t (Cspyrifkt, Mtl.) Yank Prisoners in Rwsia Reported Arrived at Riga LONDON. Aug. 3 ?The American prisoners In Russia, whose release van demanded as a flrst condition of America's assistance in the Russian famine, have now arrived at Riga. where they are to be released .Immediately, according: to the Soviet deleeatlon In London. The relief work meantime has 1 been progressing rapidly, and a desperate race with hunger is going on in Russia thousands of people being hurried from the famlnestrlcken districts as fast as they ran move or the available transportation can carry them. Moscow dispatches report that in scattered localities the people already have begun to suffer acutely from the food shortage. The Moscow advices say relief 1 committees have arrived in the Samara district to assist In the emigration of the refugees. One reservation of 200.000 acres has been established *s a concentration point for the refugees. sufficient to ac* commodate 17 000 families. but housing conditions are very had owing to the shortage of buildlna materials. So far ISO 000 refugees have been transferred to regions of comparative safety. The Soviet government will try to retain a skeleton population Hi the famine districts In order that reconstruction may not have to start from scratch when the erlsfs Is over. It is easier to transfer , the sufferers from the famin# areas to unaffected zones than to transport food Into the stricken section. JAP FOOD PROBLEM WORRIES FINANCIER LONDON, Aug s ?Disposal of Tapan's surplus population is the most serious problem confronting the Washington di armament conference. Frank A Vanderllp, American financier, said today. "I am quite hopeful with regard to the success of the disarmament confercnc^," he said la* an interview. - a "I vlslte.l Jepan shout a yea* ago snd was greatly Impressed by the Indus'rious efforts made by the people to Teed themselves. Oaly about an eighth of the land Is arable. The Japanese cultivate the tin? est pockcfts of arable land no bigger than an ordinary room. They sow wheat in rows like peas. Everything Is done by hand. The industry of the !>eople surpasses that of the white races.'" ^ ? Speeding Bandits Wrecked, Captured CHICAGO, Aug. 3 ?Speeding at ?5 miles an hour, a bandit automsbile hit a pile of cement and sand In front of a new building this morning, spun over and over on Its sides, and pinned Arden Babcock, the driver, beneath It TWO companions, a man and a woman, escaped unhurt, but were capturod by Motorcycle Policeman Frank Schaefer, at whom they emptied four revolvers during a wild chase over the boulevard. Motorcycle Policeman Schaefer. target of the shooting, was uninjured, although flve shots entered his machine. SINN FEIN AIRS TO AGREE WITH ULSTER FIRST * . f i i Calling: of Dail Eireann Awaits an Effort to Achieve Unity. DUBLIN HOPEFUL OF LASTING PEACE Threat of Bail Strike Likely to Hasten Negotiations. (KnU C.U. U TW Hr?l4 sad Cktasgs > Br JOHN iteKLBLONDON. Aug. J.?The 8inn Fein leaders are now making a treat effort to secure some sort of a tentltlve agreement with Ulster before callinc * full meeting of Dail Eireann to discuss Prfme Minister Lloyd George's proposal for settlement. Sir James Craig and Eamonn de Valera have not met again, but emissaries are constantly going and coming between Dublin and Belfast, and it is stated that substantial progress has been made toward reaching an understanding. It is hoped that before the end of this month Ireland will be able to make a reply to ZTngland'i proposals. Reports DsfcUs as pefml. Art O'Brien, chairman of the Irish 8elf-Determinatlon League of Great Britain and a Sinn Fein agent in London, returned todav from a visit to Dublin. He reports the feeling there as hopeful toward a settlement, but says'there wUl be no action until there has been a full meeting of Dail Eireann. which event cannot take place until the, imprisoned members are released. Prime Minister L16yd-Oeorge left London for a short visit to Wales and the Irish negotiations are bound to be quleaoent until bis return. rear* Railway Strike. A Dublin dispatch fald that the Sinn Fein are trying to ascertain what the northern parliament wants before agreeing to a voluntary union. It is possible that serious labor troubles on the railways, when the government gives up control at the end of the month, may hasten an agreement as It Is felt the Irish government could handle such an upheaval better than the rltish. Tne railway companies pro peae a reduction Hi wages and the nrn wopeee ta strike rather than accept. Tin Sinn Fein tears the consequences of a strike by men trained In revolutionary methods and the Ulster business men fear the dislocation of trade which Is now beginning to pick up after a long slump (Ce?yil*lrt. Ml.) Ulster to Block Move for . j United Erin, Says Report LONDON. Aug. A news affenry | report says that a situation of the i tmost gravity has arisen In Ireland. The report states that Northern Ireland has definitely and Anally I refused to have anything: to d<? with the government proposals for the settlement of the Irish question. Northern Ireland, says the report, will not accept dominion status with Ulster as a unit or tor that area a? * state in an Irish federation. It declines altogether to enter negotiations with the aouth upon the basis of the British cabinet's memorandum, and an absolute deadlock Is apparent. JAPS WANT YAP QUESTION TABOO NEW YORK. Aug. 3.?Before entering the Washington conference on disarmament and Far Eastern questions, the Japanese government will try to have It agreed that the queation of Yap and Shantung be excluded from consideration. Premier Hara, of Japan, is said to have stated at a meeting of the government party in Tokio. The Japanese Times of New York published this news today in a dispatch from Tokyo, stating also that Hara had designated Ambasssdor Shldehara, at Washington, to represent the nation at the preliminary conference If there db one. FOUR MEN KILLED IN POWDER BLAST '"NIONTOWN. Pa.. Aug. 3.?Four men were killed fh an explosion o? the press ir.lll of the Dupont Powder Company works at Oriental, near here, today. The bodies were badly mutilated and Identification was difficult. ' i (Jfw iicrali THURSDAY MORNI Herald aiKcrltstmrsts ( gently. The local adverti: their "best boys" for today. Page Baseball * Bedell * Co * C. H. Bready A Co J W. D. Campbell Co ' Claflin Optical Co. * Delta Tours * Federal Employee S R. B. Fennell I* Horning * J. M. Gidding * <J> * Goodyear Raincoat Co ' A. A. Housman Co 11 The Hecht Co * W. B. Hlbbs * Co 1? S. Kann Sons Co * D. J. Kaufman * Lansburgh i Brother 5 'Amos W. McDevItt ? a ^=^===^? General Wood Crosses ^Rivers On Bamboo Raft American Mission Starta On Tour of Southern Island*. OaVfta u TW VmU^i WrnnM ud Ckiaac* Mkui.) SAM JOSK. P. L, Aas. ? > frtutac Ma iMPfftlM fur tbc HMtkfTB ta tfce prtvtocc ef AifMtt Geaa. WM hfta tot aMm. to tW Battkeni aatlm la the - little tawa af PatMMM- After tka aaaal PlUptoa tawa eratar kad ait a alanatipH plea far la* iepeadeace, the Geaaeral tall the pea ale that Aaaertea ha* apeat haalreta af aallllam? af Mlara aa the Phlltpplae lalaate aa* It warn aalag ta 4a what was heat far the peaple. Gea. Waail party Uaiet at Bagaaaac, whtu It waa Mwea away by a ataraa aeveral weeka ago. Thla refioa la a eaaatry af aharp aaaaatalaa a ad aaaay awtft rlvera. It craaael aevea rlvera by the aM af haaahaa raft* aa Ita Jaaraey aleag the reaat where the peaple had aat aeea a gaveraar geaaeral la many years, aad where their laat rrneabraare af Aaaerleaaa waa thaae wha took part la the war la the Phlllpplaea. (Copyright, ItCl.) ENGLAND URGED TO BOOST NAVY BEFORE PARLEY Official Wants Four New Ships to Replace Obsolete Ones. (r*Mi&l C.M. U TW W.dditrtss RsnM ad Ouc&ct Trihaa..) By JOITX C. STEELE. \ LONDON. Aug. 3?The laying down of four capital ships, battle i cruisers of the Hood type, carrying ] 16-inch guns, was urged by Secretary Amery. of the admiraJty. In the house of commons thia afternoon. He aaid the policy, which ba> been approved by the naval eofnmittee. was not competitive or a challenge. ! but was merely to replaae obsolete ship* Mr. Amery declared the I ships should b* begun before the Washington conference because: Reaaea far Have. "That conference would meet In order to see arhether by bound agreements of policy It might not be possible to prevent the Vrcseni programs of the poveia from being further expanded. It ?s not likely '.hat the other great powers vepre # -nted at the con ere nee woul * * rap ships bu.lt or building, and a i bvious laying down of four shii? or even twice that number, co Id not affect the program of the conference." Defending his policy Mr. Amery st id: * The mightiest Instrument of power the world has ever knewn? | the g*"and fleet?has becme iu a 'arge measure obsolete." Mr. Amery suggested the immediate replacement of four obsolete I ships by four new ones to be com| pleted in 1525. He admitted the charge that the navy was allowed to fall below the standard an| nounced in March, 1921. Keep Tp ta Date. "We are not attempting to steal a march on the other powers, we are only attempting to bring ourselves up to date.** he declared. The secretary said that although the airplane and submarine had come to stay, capital ships will remain the kernel of modern naval wsrfare. Urging delay until after the Washington conference. former Prime Minister Asquith said: "The United States as a possible enemy has never been a factor, and It would be the worst possible policy to regulate, or seem to do so. onr shipbuilding policy by what is being done in the United States. There is no more insane doctrine than to measure what this country oaght to do by what is being done in the United Ststes. I hope this house will affirm the opinion of this country and never be induced to enter wasteful and criminal competition with those whom they hope will be this country's permanent alllea" (Copyright. 1081. J France to Iimte Harvey. (Speeis.1 Cable to The W?_* hi\g"t ii RcraM Chtaajr* Tribune.) LONDON. Att*. 3.?The Count St. Aulalert, Frrnch ambapsador to Oreat Itrltafn. has received in*rruetii'Tir from the Frcnch government to is^.ue an '?fficial invitation to Col. George Harvey to attend the | supreme council meeting opening j ih Paris "on Monday. (Copyright, 1W1> \ Ss HMtihcx NG. AUGUST 4. 19". Hiable von to shop intotlf*rs listed bck>w offer you Pace Meyer's Shops 1 Chan. ft,. Miller. Inc ? National Laboratories 8 Palaia Royal ( Penn Electric tt Gaa Co... I Raleigh Haberdasher 1 Red Line Messenger Service S Hush Reilly Co > Bert Rnssell 1 Semmes Motor Co The F. H Smith Co I Dr. Smith ( Stag Hotel * Swartasll, Rheem * Hensey II The Washington Times.... I John H. Wilkin j 5 Dr. Wfifht Woodward A Lolhrop 1* y SHIPPING WAR WITH BRITISH ? BEGUN BYU.S. \ London Interests Gives Ultimatum by Ship Board Officials. AMERICA DEMANDS .SHARE OF CARGOES Concentrates on Bringing Egyptian Cotton to This Country. "We will show the world that America can develop a little stubbornness as a maritime nstloa,* * high official of the Shipping Board declared last night in announcing that the board va? prepared far a commercial conflict on the seas. The assertion was called forth fcy the receipt of the first report from the ultimatum delivered British shipping interests by Capt. Frank Ferris. Shipping Board representative in London, with regsrd to America's claim for a fair share of the Sfyptian cotton cargoes. ay Go to Harding. "We may have to put this matter up to the President and he may want to call some Cabinet meetings on it before we are through, but we are going to r*t the business for the ships we have." It was announced st the office of A. D. Lasher, chairman of the board "M'-antime the world may as well know that we are going to establish what American rights are and we will then get those rights. "This particular conference, though pealing principally with the shipment of cotton from Egypt, involves the general question of whether British shipowners are going to | keep the American merchant ma*rine from gettine its fair shsrc of the business on the scss. "The specific question involved is the hsndling of the Kgyptisn cotton shipments. The annual productU*B of cotton there ja tons.'over i one-third of which is consumed In this country, in the past it haa S ways been brought to this country i in British ships. Anticipating the ] 1921 movement which starts in the fall, sn American ship operator recently solicited some of thst America-bound business. British ship* owners promptly Informed him th-vt all of the wealth of the British shipping interests wonl* be de*fcAted to a fight before they would relinquish thst business'. r. 8. Conea flack. "Meantime the Shipping Board vessels cut the rates from Alexan*-!a to British and American ports. The British lines promptly reduced ?-st*s to meet the competition and started advertising the fact hst Insurance valuations on Amer'can ships were so high as to offset the lower rstes' The Shipping Board, it was made known, is meeting one phase of the I ompetition by reducing insurance valuations to a point where the government will be protected up 1o a point of replacement value in cass | >f any loss. fake7says~chTef, of "lost youth Mlf8KOC.EE. Okla.. Au?. 3 ?"The biggest fake ever pulled off in this part of the country." Such was Police Chief Rd Msloney'a characterisation of the disappearance of Malcomb Ktherldge. 18. for whom 500 armed men have been searching for forty-eight hours The searchers were armed by the po?ce. Chief Maloney said the apparent Kidnapping of Ether:dge was a fake and a frame-up. but would not May what led him to surh a belief. He declared Etberidge wss stare atruck and was "playing for notoriety to get into the movies." The search for the missing hoy continues. mingo ans mourn for sid hatfield MATEWAN. Wast Vv. Am I? Mingo County todsy mourned the loss of Its most famous chieftain as Ne mountain fo'k buried Sid Hatfield. former police chief and guftman bodle* of Hatfield and hfg bovlch :.s?!**ant. Fd Chambers, *re cntried across the Tug River and buried n Ifttle cemetery at j BuFkirk, Kv, r-^ere mound? of many feud victim* nf J land Mountains <1ot *Y> *{!!*'dee. The funera! vay be'd .-? ? o"clock j from the IlaffeM hon . ..r *he secjond floor of -ho Testermar building f here j ? ? ? oil king loses court t ax fight j NTW ror.K. Aug. " ?A ! of the per bv Judg?- T.e;.rn^d Wand j in the t*nit<?d States instrlct "onrt j today cost John 1>. BorkeMMf tl.OOO.OAo. maybe. I v Signing k ?ie !?:pn J ige Hand ' .Jenferi Hot kefe!>r*s r.lea f??r the re| turn of an ;trm of 1700.one psid ss a tacome tax and also ssseased him " 1W2.I78. wh'ch the government | claimed ss further tax due. The I Rockefeller Interests are expected j to take an appeal. Rockefeller paid under protest 1700,00ft as Income tax on stock ?f the Prairie a~d the Illinois Pipe (Line companies, dissolved in cog* pllance with a cotjrt order in 191%. greek airplanes fly over angora PARIS. Ann. t.?The Greek ofteanlve acain?t Aurora. stronghold the Turkl.h Nationalist arm}, has besvn. and the town of Anf?t ttaelf ha* been bombed from the a?r. Turkish forces, in panic. War* abandoned Umid Peninaala. letirl*B rlcbty miter to thr east. >sd 1 Irarini the Orerks ? el- ar r?d ? Scutari apposite Constantinople. I