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N^O. 545.> WASHINGTON. P. C.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1921.?SIXTEEN PAGES ^ * * ONE CENT |
UNDELEGATES
ON ARMS LIMIT
TO MEET TODAY
First Conference Will Be
Held at Secretary
Hughes' Office.
hope for tax cut
and less friction
American Officials Would
Make These Objects
Attainable.
The Preliminaries of the Washington
conference on the limitation
"f armament will he aet In mon
today, the Amerlc>n
e'egation will hold Its first meetat
Secretary Hughes" office to
consider questions of policy and
Procedure.
L-pon President Harding and the
-merican delegates?Secretary or
*tate Hughes. Elihu Root and Seni*ora
Lodge and Underwood?devolves
the responsibility of leader
IP In thia great International
tbete will be an
tie anT ?ilng b*twcen the Kxecuthe
??? h.e delegation to discuss
the .be pur"ue<1 ?n KUIding
deliberations to a succeaaful
with rh r. Al"? to be discussed
Hon ?r President is the compostwhlel.
madvisory commission
;r include representatives
?rmy and navy, and auirL.
w?*. ?n '"'"national law and
Eastern questions.
* t'lterWr fc||n>
2* e b?ve "O ulterior motives and
?,!! * conference meets the
?n th."? v?"" """ l,nd our r"0?
th. k w f*c* up" "ald one of
officials of the govern^h,y::,#^*r
w? b*i,?ve ,h?i??
irr..~. possible to reach an
JL. limit armament, the
ouL ? .1 h '* becomln* ? griev"""
burden for peoples to bear.
.1 . remov* causes of Internail>
wdf*10- and '"' understanding
Which stand In the way of an
< greemant on the reduction of armament.
Whether the objects sre ir.
h?? 7 *ttmln*b,e remains to be seen.
'""I1- we Purpose to
atrord the aasembled nations a free
and unfettered opportunity to reach
'he end desired '*
Praaident Harding views the conns*.^
*L."n r*ort to prevent the
SSS asrasuus
r?crm? from reaching the sta*e
of imi#d conflict.
The ftsMsMI Words.
Hi? conception, which he incorn
orated in hi a add reus to the Press
foWowa-* ?* th? Wor,<1 at Honolulu.
hare heard much In recent
vaara about the problem of the Pacific,
whatever that may be. I take ft to
he merely a phase of the universal
problem of the race, of men and
nations whfcrever they are. It is hard
to Imaglae Justification# in this day
and ace. especially in view of the
world's late unhappy experience*, for
armed conflict among civilised peoples
anywhere and especially among peoples
so widely separated as those on
opposite borders of the Pacific. They
represent different races, social organisations.
political systems and
modes of thought.
-Between them and their widely
vsrying systems there may well be an
smlcable competition to determine
which community possesses the better
:?nd more effective ideas for human
Ivancement. But that there should
be conflict; that warfare and controversy
should Interfere with this
worth-while demonstration of the
* slue of different modes of progress,
is almost unthinkable. The Pacific
"??ht to be the seat of a generous.
free, open-minded competition between
the best ideals of eastern and western
life: between the aspirations and
endeavors of the oldest and the newest
forms of human society."
Data Already Prepared.
The American delegation will begin
>fttdv of a large volume of data on
the limitation of armament and Pacific
*?nd Far Eastern questions prepared
by the State. War and Nary Depart
ments.
Proceeding on the basis that the
United States will not halt navy building
^w.-ept in agreement with other
naval powers, the navy general board
has worked out several alternative
plans of the limitation of construction.
The one most generally favored by
the naval authorities is a pro-rata
limitation. Under this plan the British
navy would be ranked first In strength,
the American second and the Japanese
third. Each of these nations
would be obligated not to increase its
naval strength beyond its present
status in a certain designated future
year Each nation would be allowed
qo many dreadnaughts. so many
crOisers. so msny destroyers, so many
submarines and so on through the
rarlous classes of vessels.
Arrest of American
Reported by Soviet
MOSCOW. Oct.' 11.?The Soviet
government has given the American
Relief Administration asaurancea that
there will be no recurrance of the
miaunderatanding that led to the arrest
and seafch of C. H. Veil, ot
Youngstown. Ohio, an A. R. A. courier
who was detained by a frontier
guard #t Tamburg. and has delivered
a formal apology for the guard's
action.
Twelve branchea of thai new Bank
of Russia are sh?rt!y to be opened.
with large eatabliahments at Moscow.
Petrograd. Kieff. Odeasa ana
Omsk. The directors of the bank
hope to re-eatabllsh financial communication
with the former foreign
cnrrespondisnta of the old Bank of
Russia and have promised to attempt
immediate deflation of the
currency. The directors Include several
financiers who were connected
with the establishment under the
C*art regime.
The eatabliahment of this bank la
regarded generally as a atep towards
commercial stability, and Is
approved by all Comnuinlsta except
those of very extreme type.
?" A. .
Premier Meets
Erin Delegates
With Big Smile
First Day of Peace Conference
Passes Without
Break.
(gjMUl CaM* ' Tl>? Wuhiajton
LONDON. Oct. II? Ireland antf
Great Britain faced each other today
across a conference table In the
famoui cabinet room at 10 DownIns
street and the moat that can be
said la that the prospects for a per.
manent peace are brighter tonight
than they were thla morning.
Two sessions were held today, one
of two bourse this morning and
one of an hur and a half this afternon.
At the close of the afternoon
meeting the conerence adjourned
until Thursday morning.
Ireland was represented by Arthur
Griffith, Michael Collins, George
Gavan Huffy, Kamonn Duggan and
Robert Barton and Great Britain by
Prijhe Minister Lloyd George, Winston
Churchill. Lord Birkenhead,
Sir yamar Greenwood and Sir
Worthlngton Evans. J. Austen
Chamberlain, who is a member of
the British delegation, was absent
on account of illness.
# Arrive ? athe Dot.
The Irish delegation arrived at
Downing street on the stroke of
11 a. m. In two expensive cars,
contrasting with the British mlnlsisters,
who drove up in taxis The
arrial of the delegation from Erin
w asgreeted with cheers by a crowd
of Irish at the entrance to the
street, although It was not so large
I as' when Eamonn de Valera came
for a conference witlj Lloyd George.
There was some organised singing
of Irish songs.
The first two sessions were devoted
to getting acquainted, as, it
Is said, the delegates from both
sides were somewhat stiff when they
entered the-room. Lloyd Geoige
advanced to meet Arthur Griffit**with
his hands out and with words
of welcome. Then he turned, smiling
.to Michael Collins and held out
his hands. Collins came back with
his famous smile and a joke abou?
the changed conditions and it was
evident that he had made a hit with
the Prime Minister.
Appear Slaeere.
One fet that emerged from the
first meetrngs is that Griffith and
Collins, the two men who count on
the Irish side, appeared to be anxious
to make the conferenoe a
success and It is said that the
Prime Minister was much Impressed,
not only by Collins" genial good
humor, but his reaJI ability and
grasp of the subject.
The two delations faced each
other across a tafrle. There was no
chairman, hut Lloyd George made a
littit n#iillir 9P0^i tlT. 'welcome to
which BHKth replied. There was
some discussion about the agenda and
certain breaches of. the trues In Ire
land were mentioned by both sides.
The leaders of each side disclaimed
any desire to protect the guilty and it
was arranged that a conference be
held tomorrow between the officials to
find methods for getting a better observance
of the truce.
AvoM Danger??? WSrdi.
The officials who have had much to
do with bringing about the conference
were distinctly happier over the prospects
tonight.
Throughout the meetings, according
to report, the two provocative 'words
were not used?"sovereignty by the
British and independence by the
Irish. An interesting suggestion was
made today that the break-up of the
conference on these roelcs mV'
avoided by confining the discussion to
the future relations of Ir?,*nd ""f
Great Britain jind leaving the
tion of the present relationship to the
last Thus Ireland might consent to
enter the British commonwealth of
nations and having done so Great
Britain might allow It to sign a treat>
as an Independent nation.
Irish Sasplcloas.
Another rock Is the extreme suspicion
of the Irish and the fear that thej
will be out-maneuvered by the wil>
Welshman. Lloyd George
this ami is ready to exercise the utmost
patience and all of his arts
win their confidence.
\ telegram from Dublin tonif^l
sat. that the Sinn Fein has decided
to postpone Ard Feis, or the naUonal
general meeting, from October18 to
*7 This is interpreted as a good sign
in' London for Ard Feis' decisions will
have much Influence on the future
course of the Sinn Fein politicians,
and it is believed that they wished
to be unhampered during the ncgotiations.
(Copyright, 1921.)
200 will testify
in juvenile case
NEW YORK. Oct. 11.?Mayor John
F. Hylan. Archbishop Patrick Hayes,
four bishops, the commissioner of
public welfare, a newspaper owner,
several Columbia professors and
about 200 other prominent New York
citizens will! be summoned to the
Children's Court Friday In an attempt
by Attorney Maurice Cluck
to prove that a child 5 years old
has no morals.
Acting for a client 14 years old.
accused of having Impaired the morals
of another child, aged 5. Gluck declared
that a boy or girl of that age
Is not consctous of moral Tightness
and 'that therefore the child's morals
cannot be impaired.
appeal to reason
urged at parley
MELBOURNE Oct. 11.?On the
eve of hla departure for the United
Suites, Senator Georgo Foster
Pearce. the Australian delegate to
the Washington conference, made
the following statement:
"If the conference Is lo succeed
in securing an agreemlfct of the
nations, particularly the nation of
the Pacific, an appeal to reason
must be made Instead of threats of
force. ?f It Is within my power to
help make civilisation safe for the
future 1 can asaure you that I will
enter no task with greater seal.'
McArdle Jury Still Out.
CUBVBLAMD. Oct. 11.?After deliberating
fo# more thaji five houra
the Jury trying Marian McArdle,
former Smith College student, for
the murder of her stepfather, Dan
Kaber. In July. 1*19. ?? *.r;
rlve at a verdict and waa locked
up for the night tonight.
j
ARMAMENTCUT
THOUGHT VITAL
BY JOBPARLEY
z*
TT
General and Committee
Reports Both Favor ,
Limitation.
7 OTHER MEANS
RECOMMENDED
Action Urged on Rail
Rates, Taxes, Tariff,
And Funding.
General measures to aid In the
permanent recovery of business and
Industry were approved in a report
adopted yesterday by President Harding's
bonference on Unemployment.
Limitation of world armament "and
consequent increase of tranquility and
further decrease of the tax burden"
is urged" both In the general report
and In a report from the subcommittee
' on foreign trade which als^was approved
by the conference. ,
Other recommendations contained in
the general report include:
"1. Readjustment of railway rates to
a fairer basis of the relative value of
commodities with special consideration
of the rates upon primary commodities,
at the same time safeguarding the
financial stability of the railways.
completion ( Tax Bill
'2. Speedy completion of the tax bill
with its contemplated reduction of
taxes, in order that business now held
bark pending definite determination
may proceed. ,
"3. Definite settlement of tariff legislation
In order that business may
determine Its future conduct and
policies.
4. Settlement of the financial relationship*
between the government
and the railways, having in mind the
immediate necessity for increased
maintenance and betterments, making
effective increased railway employment
and stimulation <Sf general employment.
in order that the railways
may-be prepared for enlarged business
as it comes.
Rate of Exchange
"5. Steps looking to the minimising
of fluctuations in exchang*. because
recovery from the great slump In exports
(due to the economic situation
in Europe*, cannot make substantial
progress so long as extravagant dally
fluctuations continue in foreign exchange.
for no merchant can determine
the delivery cost of any international
shipment.
* . Definite programs of action tnat
will lead to elimination of waste
and more regular employment in
seasonal and intermittent Industries,
notably the coal industry, in orderthat
the drain upon capital may be
lessened and the annual Income or
workers may be increased. .
7. In the field of all the different
industries and occupations the
rapidity of recovery will depend
greatly upon the speed of proportionate
adjustment of the inequalities
in deflation. Agriculture has
reached an unduly low plane, while
transportation, coal and some
branches of the construction in.
dustries are of the highest. There
is an entire disproportion between
the price of the primary commodities
and the ultimate retail
price. These disproportionate increases
in the progressive stages
of distribution are due to increased
costs of transportation, enlarged
profits, Interest, taxes, labor
and other charges.
"If the buying power of the different
elements of the community is
to be restored, then these levels
must reach nearer a relative plane.
For example, the farmer cannot rei
sume his full consuming power and
thus give Increased employment to
the other industries until either
his prices increase or until more
of the other products and services
come into fair balance with his commodities.
and therefore the reach
of his income."
Advocaten Foreign Funding.
The report of the committee on
foreign trade, which was presented
by Joseph H. DeFrees of Chicago,
president of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, besides
urging limitation of armament,
urges that the United States exert
, its influence towards a reasonable
control of the present unregulated
payment of reparations by Gertmliy
i and advocates the early enforcement
of legislation enabling the administration
to deal with the funding
of foreign loans.
The reports were approved by
unanimous vote. In connection with
the section of the general recommendations
relating to the settlement
of financial relationships between
the government and the railways,
Matthew Woll vice president
of- the American Federation of Labor,
announced that labor agreed
With the principle of the resolu.
tlorv but would present its views
later as to methods to be employed.
UrgeM Emergency Credit.
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers of America,
filed with the, con'f-rence a statement
urging the extension of government
credits to working men and
women as an emergency relief
measure in unemployment crises.
The general conference will meet
again today, when further reportof
subcommittees which are not oi
a controversial namire wiii be presented.
Tomorrow it is planned
to present committee reports which
Include majority .and minority
views.
Attached to the general report
approved by the conference is a
table of indexj numbers showing
prices of different commodities in
August, 1321, based upon 100 fot
1913. Comments upon this table,
which is designed to show the need
for an adjustment of inequalities in
the deflation process, are made In
this report.
NPW PW** Rivov.
i WELLINGTON. N. Z, Oct 11?
Sir joiln- aa.n.onu, Juug?- of 4he
supreme court and former solicitor
general of the island, will represent
New Zealand at the Washington
disarmament conference with full
ministerial powers
Big Corporation
Extends Hand to
Hungry Jobless
u. s. steel Corporation
Will Spend $10 fiOOfiOO
To Provide Work.
NEW YORK. Oct. 11?Acting In
Accordance with r?qu?U to cmptoyerg
of labor throughout the
United States by the unemployment
conference at Washington,
the United States Steel Corporatlon
has announced that It will
expend "UP to ?10,00?,0#0" for extension
of the plants of ita subsidiary
companies, to provide Jobs
for former employes now out of
tfrork.
The decision to put dollars and
men to work was made today by
the finance commission of the corporation,
and embodied In a resolution
requesting the associated
companies to proceed with the proposed
work as promptly a* circumstances
will permit. The resolutlon
is as follows:
Resolved: That our subsidiary
companies bo requested to proceed
as promptly as clrcumslancea
permit, to expend up to $10,000,000
in the extension of their manufacturing
plants, the same to be done
under the Immediate direction of
the chairman and president of the
corporation,. with the understanding;
that so far as practicable the extensions
be made where the services
of their own employes, now idi*
in consequence of diminished ?P"
^rations can be utilized, and where
costs will be fair and reasonable.
This move by the largest corporation
in the steel industry ana
one of the greatest corporationin
the country is expected to inspire
other great employers of labor
to adopt similar measures.
SCH00L0FF1CIALS
WILL BE CALLED BY
SENATE COMMITTEE
Investigation of Laxity in
Building Program May
Begin Monday.
District Commissioners as well at
officials of the public schools wtll
be asked to appear before the special
Senate committee which it tc
be appofnted today to investlgat?
charges of laxity tlTeonnectten wltithe
school building program.
Senator W illiam E. King, of Utah
may be chairman of the special
committee. He filed the charges
which are to be investigated. an?i
the belief was expressed by Senatot
L Heisler Ball, chairman of th?
Senate District Committee, that results
of the inquiry might be mor<
satisfactory if Senator King, whe
has displayed keen Interest In gchoo
welfare. Is appointed as a membei
of the committee, if not made iti
chairman.
Mait Sift Complaints.
The Investigation will not b<
started for several days, posslbl>
J not before next Monday. Time will
be required by th*? committee ir
sifting the nature of the complaint?
which have been made and just whe
should be called for the hearing
Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas
chairman of the District subcommittee
on schools, said last nlghl
his committee probably would hav<
nothing directly to do with the In
vestlgaton. One of its members
Senator Wesley L. Jones, of Washington
State, is absent, and anothei
Senator Frank B. Willis, of Ohio
is 111. Senator Ball expressed th?
belief that the matter should b<
handled by a special committee.
Delay In Belief Charged.
It Is charged that Superintendent
Ballou hag spent $10,000 on Easteri
1 High School, converting it into t
community center, that archltecti
other than those employed by th?
District government have beei
employed on the plans for schoo
extensions and that there has beei
delay In providing relief for th
crowded ^school conditions. Th?
school officials have declined to tall
for publication before the investlga
tion is held.
? '
GERMAN CABINET
MAY SURVIVE CRISIS
BERLIN. IOct. 11.?FrOm reliabl<
political sources it has been learne<
that the cabnet, in session tonight
while still considering the crisl,
and the posslblffty of resigning
feels that the situation is easing
It having received more favorable
news concerning the Upper Silesitu
decision.
The Majority . Socialists hav
pledged full support to Chancello
I Wirth.
Df. Stresemann, leader of th<
1 Peoples Party, held a conference t<
day with Lord D'Abernon, the Brit
ish ambasador, and later conferrei
with the chancellor. Political circle
believe that the British ambassado
has been taken Into confidence oi
the message Gfcerman Ambassador St
, Hamer will take when he meet
Lloyd George to discuss a possibl
adverse decision on Upper Silesa.
i FIND JOBS FOR IDLE
r IS GOVERNOR'S PLAfi
I
DES MOINES, Iowa. Oct. 11.?SI:
Middle West governors will assem
hie here October 18 for a conference
I on unemployment that is expectei
. to result in their States being com
; mitted to a definite program ii
i finding Jobs for thousands of idl
men.
The conference was called at th
1 instance of Gov. N. E. Kendall, o
i Iowa. Governors Blaine, o# wis
i consin; Allen, of Kansas; Hyde, o
Missouri; McKelvie, of Nebraska
McMaster, of North Dakota, am
Groesbeck, of Michigan, will at
tend.
Development of highway project
- and State municipal buildings rril
considered. The executives ar
also expected to discuss freigh
I rates and their effect on the em
ployment situation.
1
HOUSE DEMANDS
MORE DRASTIC
TRACTION BILL
?
New Measure Likely to
Foj-ce Merger and
Lower Fares.
ISSUE NOT DEAD,
FOCHT DECLARES
Oliver Urges Congress to
Read Articles in
The Herald.
Recommitment of the Woods
street car bill to the House District
Committee yesterday by the House
will bring out a mtfre drastic measure.
compelling the tractiOB companies
to either merge or accept a
fare based upon their individual
valuations, is the opinion of many
members who suported the bill and
those whose opposition to It resulted
In its recommitment.
"The fact, that the bill has go^ie
back to the committee does not
mean that tho? street car issue is
dead." chairman Focht explained
yesterday "I really believe that
the bill would have gone a long way
.la affording relief to the street cai
patrons while offering the traction
i companies an opportunity to merge
Antagonistic to Companies.
"The way the bill was received
shows conclusively that Ite tempci
' of the House '* antagonistic to th<
street car companies and. unless th?
officials of those corporations show
some disposition to facilitate a consolidation.
it Is an obviously simpl*
conclusion that Congress is going
to pass very drastic legislation tt
bring about a merger and lowei
street car fares." Focht declared.
I Representative Oliver, in opposing
the bill yesterday, declared: "I hav?
the highest regard for the member!
of the present House District Crm
mlttee. but feel that in the preparation
of this bill they have beer
unduly solicitous of the Interests ol
the Washington Railway and Elec
trie Company."
Argues for Lower Fares.
Mr. Woods. In discussing the bll
i yesterday, stated that In his optnoi
I It would result in a merger of th<
two companies and that the com
i panics. If merged, could well affort
f to have a fare Itod at not exceed
i ing 7 cents and four fares for 21
cents. Tf this statement Is ^ccepte<
. by members of the committee, am
I no one seems to question it thei
[ Congress should now affirmatively
I provide that no fare after Januari
next should be changed by elthe
i of the transportation companies li
excess of 7 cents and that fou
( tickets should be sold for not mor
? than 15 cents.
I "This action by Congress, effectlvi
January next, will very promptly lea<
l the Washington Railway and Electri
Company to make fair proposals t<
the Capital Traction Company for i
merer, and the stockholders will ni
longer suffer the matter of a merge
I to be held up on account of differ
l ->nces as to management.
Commends Herald Articles.
' "Since all are now agreed that th
rates are excessive, yea largely ex
cessive for one of the companies?th
' Capital Traction Company?It Is th
I clear duty of Congress to lmmediatel;
take action fixing a maximum rat
at not to exceed 7 cents and allowlnt
four tickets to be purchased for 2
" cents. I wish to call the attention o
the House to a series of articles rels
tlve to the two traction companie
| which appeared in The Washingto
Herald during the months of May an
June last.
"These articles are most informin
1 and were prepared with great labo
1 nnd thoroughness. Every member c
' Congress should be provided with
8 copy of the same before the bill look
ing to a merger of these companies I
finally passed. I think copies of th
1 articles I refer to can be secured b
1 request of the Editor of The Wash
Ington Herald, and I wish to say ths
f The Herald has performed a diatinc
[ public service In presenting these fact
- through the columns 9t the paper.
Refers to Overrapltallsatlea.
"When you read these article*, yo
will understand Just when, how an
1 why the Washington Railway an
Electric Company was organised an
to what extent its stock has bee
' watered from time to time and ove
capitalized. I again repeat that ti
one acquainted with the facts e ca
" feel that the company deserves t*
sympathy and solicitude of Congre;
as'to its future, so long as Jt insisl
" on demanding a fare that will pay
' return on ita over-capitalisation."
Another street car bill for the put
p pose of bringing about a merger <
r the two companies will be framed In
mediately, members of the House Dl
p trlct Committee declared last nigh
? The new bill, according to Represent!
- tive Roy O. Fitzgerald, a member <
3 the House District Committee, wi
s probably be a short, drastic measui
r that will compel the companies I
? merge and reduce the street car fare
NOWHERE TO PARK:
PLAN CITY GARAGl
Erection of a municipal garage i
{ the center of Franklin square, b
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth an
x I and K streets northwest, as a meat
. of preventing parking congestion will 1
e Proposed to Congress and approprli
1 tions for the work win be asked wltl
. in a short time, K was learned at tl
n District Ruildlng yesterday,
e If municipal garages are not pr
vlded for automobiles, drivers wl
e soon be forced to park their raachlm
f outside of the business districts, aa
now done In Chicago, It was sal
f Washington haa no vacant lots <
; available parking space In the se
J tions where they are most needed i
- garages in the center of parka, su
rounqed by high shrubbery, will 1
! EI0."0,!?? !! a substitute. Cars cou!
1 be left in the garages all day or nlci
e at nominal fees.
t By ridding the streets of parki
- machines, accidents would b*|es*etie
it is thought
Tague Brands 1
As Masked Pa<
Galliv&n and Dyer Al*<
at House Inre?ti(
" Present but Nol
ATI.AKTA, Ort. 11*?Am ??- I
teat pi to kill Mrm. K|i??k*(k
Tyler, Imperial Kmpnmmmt
the Dawktm ' Ki Kl**
Klu, IMllkl shortly Wforr
10 o'clock. WM BMlfTf"'"!Five
shots fr?m revolver
Viet* irrd ?? ?? " ?* **
Into k? room l??l "
after afce kad nalM ?' I
Toa.tr police were
mm4 fouad footprlat. oat.lde
the window. /
Am ?Nfr wm wemt ?*r
hloodkoand. a?d tk'f "f"
put on the freak trail wMM?
leu than half aa fcaar after
(he shooting. f
Imperial wizards. grand goblins.
kins kleagles. exalted
knight, of the air and all the rest
of the ritualistic form, of the invisible
empire" of the Kti Klux
Klan are being subjected to r\%\A
scrutiny by the Houae Co!?;
mittee to determine whether the
Klan is worthy of Congressional
investigation. _ , |
The activities of the Rules ComPOSTAL
WORKERS
IN 4 CONVENTIONS
CHEER WILL HAYS
Duty of Serving Public
Urged by Postmaster
General.
( Likening all classes of postmasters
to field officers in an army I
p Postmaster General Hays drew en-1
thuslastic applause from all four]
! conventions of postal workera. from j
! first class postmasters to rural let- j
ter carriers, when he .poke before
' them yesterday afternoon.
, Postmasters and letter carriers J
r were urged to make efforts to get.
the public to visualize the enormous I
size of the r??tal service, and the]
tremendous detail which i* entailed ]
in the delivery of each letter
1 "This Is the biggest business in |
1 the country." declared the Postmas- j
' tar General "We have a turnover!
of J3.O0O.OOC.OOO We have expenses J
1 of ISOO.OOO.OOfl. We have to handle]
" 1.TOO.000 letter, every hour of the |
i day and night. Sundays and holl'
days, never stopping, always keen*
Ing the mnil on the move. To ?lo
' this we have an army twice as big I
f as the standing army, for our em^
nloyes number S26.000. ^ e sell
r 14.000,000.000 stamps in a year.
Duty of Postmaster.
r "Each postmaster is the link between
the people In his community
? and the general service. It is his
1 duty not only to handle thr affairs
c of "the ofllce but also to meet the
o business men. the civic orsaniza?
tiona and others, to get ideas of
0 how the service may be Improved
r He represents the bigcest business
'- in the community, and it must continue
to grow according to the efforts
of the individuals who make
up the entire machine."
Mr. Havs stressed the point of
1 humanizing the postal service, He
: pointed out the difference :n the
? morale of one army of letter car- j
? riers who simply threw letters on,
, the porches, and anHber army who
| either delivered them to some per1
son in the house or put them in a
L_ private letter box.
s Given Pralt nud (.rape Jake,
n Mr. Hays and his four .r.ssistants
i had a busy afternoon. They spoke
at the convention of First and
K ond Class Postmasters in the Nar
tlonal Museum, then to the National
f I-eague of Postmasters, comprising
a those in the third and fourth classes.
at the Postofflce Building audltor'
lum. then to the National Associa-'
e tion of Supervisory Postofflce Emr
ploves at the Interior Department
' auditorium and finally to the NaJ
tlonal Rural I.etter Carriers_ Asso*
elation, meeting at the Washington
* Hotel. Ar the latter meeting J^ H
Randall, of Santa presented
a basket of fruit and Calln
fornia grape juice to Mr. Hajs with
d the compliments of the rural card
rlera of the State.
d At the afternoon meeting of the
n Postmasters Association. Joel c.
r- dore. of Cincinnati, gave
10 dress on a "Central Ace"""*1"*
n System." which Is now ?l??"
(e use throughout the l
>. ha. subdivided the work and made
a it possible to speed up the service,
a he said.
Settles Claims Speedily.
p* He cited the settlement of parcel
,f poat Insurance claims* **"
cellent example of the new time
' speed, stating that whereas It was
** not uncommon under th'e J
tem to wait a year for'
* adjustments. the department was
11 now settling claims in from thirty
[ to sixty days. r .*kMn
10 Postmaster George W. Lathrop.
s- of Toledo, spoke on the ?P?lal de
livery and some ?f the difficulties
Involved In the satisfactory handr,
ling of the final link of the chain.
5 the boys who actuall,}' deliver the
"commissioner James F ^ater
in explained the situation of voteless
' Washington" to the
>d 'the larger cities in the morning
? session He asked the assistance of
* the postmasters In heiplng
? representation in Congress for th#
>* Dlatrlct.
>e Representatives Lucien w. r?rrish
of Texas, and Haivor Steen.ro
!!,? of Minnesota, .poke before ft.
II third and fourth class postmaster..
k* They were followed by (jilbert E.
1? Hyatt, president of the
d. Federation of Postofflce Oerks^ and
>r C. P. Franciscus. president of the
c- United National Association of
o Postofflce Clerks. The latter als
r- spoke before the first and we?*d
,e Class postmasters, as did Repre
Id sentatlve Parrish. The last speech
It was made by W. B. Cantrell. president
of the National
,d sociatlon. The meeting adjourned
d. after a discussion Involving the
Continued o*
KuKluxKlan
zk of Cowards
) Attack Organization
jation ? Simmons
t Called Upon.
nittee, as carried on yesterday and
as they will be pursued further,
constitute In themselves quite a*
investigation
Ordinary Klansmen also should
be enumerated. The committee is
very deeply interested in them,
rhey are the ones who make the
contributions that find their way
into the imperial qpffers. The committee
is trying to discover how
these contributions are expended?
whether they go for private benefit
of the dwellers in the "imperial
palace." or to the support of a
noble and upright order, pledged by
secret oaths to the perpetuation of
patriotism, virtue and 411 other desirable
attributes of national life.
Testimony la (' sflrtlsg.
Testimony before the committee
yesterday waa conflicting and confusing.
The collections of tie
coterie of organisers, who bear
high-sounding titles, were estimated
at $30,000,000 by Representative
Tague, of Massachusetts, author of
Continued on Page Two.
WALSH PREDICTS
PEACE IN IRELAND
AS PARLEY RESULT
Commisfciion Head Talks
At Mass Meeting at
Catholic University.
Belief that the conference of
representatives of the British government'
and the Sinn Fein, which
convened in London yesterday,
would bring peace to Ireland. wa?
rxpr*-i?sod last night by 1 rank P.
Walsh, chairman of the .American
Commission on Irish Independence,
at a masb meeting und r the au*
spices of George Washington Council
for the Recognition of the Irish
Republic at the Catholic University.
"I feel assured." Mr. Walsh de-1
clared, "that out of the conference
will come a peace that will give
Ireland the right to the passage of
laws without the veto of a king
and to the right to everything for
which she has fought for several
score of years."
Tells of C?B4|ti0M la Erta.
To an audience of more than
' 3.000 persons. Mr. "Walsh unfolded
I the conditions that he has observed
; in Ireland today. He pictured the
. hoys, with rifles In hand, the Irish
colleelTs oft depicted in song and
j story, who are now sitting in legisi
lative bodies, acting as nurses and
! tr.r sage carriers, the fathers who
| are giving every bit of money they
have saved to bond drives and only
sorry that they cannot Join n the
rhnks with their sons.
Mr. Walsh declared that the
women of Ireland have forgotten
how to weep. He recited an instance
of a mother whose 19-yearold
son was* to be executed and the
mother, with hundreds of other
women, stood in front of the prison
reciting prayers.
Tears Down Plaeard.
When a soldier %ppeared to post
the announcement that the execu:
tion had been carried out. the aged
mother went forward to the board
where the announcement hung. and.
instead of breaking under her grief.
.<he tore down the announcement
. ud cried: "God save Ireland! Long
| live the Irish Republic."
j England is closer to bankruptcy
| today than ever before in her history.
M! Walsh declared. She
I owes the United States $5,000,000,1000.
but no man or woman in England
believes that this^debt should
j be paid.
CMfldrst of Peace.
"Ireland has long beCn known as
the saddest 'isle of the seas.'" Mr.
Walsh said in concluding, "but Ireland
has dried her tears and started
on her career as a powerful little
nation and I feel assured that out
of the conference will come peace;
for the time has cbme when England
cannot face the world and
commit the awful slaughter thst
she would have to commit to wipe
out the Iish people.**
The Rt. Rev. George A. Dougherty.
vice rector of the CathoHc
University, declared that if the
disarmament conference is to be a
success that conference must flrst
recognise the rights of Erin.
"The day is now coming when
Erin will lay aside her robes of
sorrow and will smile, for the sun
of liberty is rising and the children
of Ireland shall be free."
A resolution wislflng the Sinn
Fein <members of the London conference
success will be cabled to
Ixmdon. Daniel E. Doran presided
at the meeting.
BRITAIN EXPLAINS
PERSHING INCIDENT
LONDON, Oct. 11.?The apparent
delay In fixing a date Upon which
Gen. Pershing may confer the .Congressional
Medal upon the unkhowr
British soldier buried in Westminster
Abbey was not due to any lack
of desire that the ceremony tak?
place, the {prelgn office Intimates ir
a formal statement issued today.
"It was due." the statement says
''to a desire that simultaneous an
nouncemen^ might be made of th<
honor His Majesty proposes to confer
upon the unknown American soldier.
ARGENTINES WOULD
REGULATE PACKERS
BUENOS AIRES. Oa? U.-Th?
Agrarian Letco? of Argentina hai
petitioned the government to includi
anti-trust legislation against tbi
packers. Including American an<
other foreign concerns. Hi its agenda
If an extraordinary session of ooa
cress Is convened.
If the gorerBm.nl does not convene
an extra session. It asks si
emergency measure of soma sort U
restrict what it calls the preJodtela
activities of the so-called trust t.
keep down ths prices Ik cattle.
. v.
BARNES AGAIN
TURNS ROUT TO
GIANT VICTORY
? i J n
Relieves Toney When
Yanks Gain Lead, Pocketing
Game By 8 to 5.
THREE HOME RUNS
IN SECOND INNING
E. Meusel, Snyder, and
Fewster Go on Batting
Rampage.
I
By <?RAKTI.AWD RICK.
NEW YORK, N. T, Oct. 11??
Have you ever seen a Kansas cyclone
in midseason form with a hop
to Its fast one?
The stage setting Is usually a
cloudless heaven where a harrowins
moment of windless silence Is
followed by a grinding, crashing
roar which indicates the passage of
houses and barns from one county j
to another with the air full of trees
and people leaving the scene at
lofty altitudes much after the roan*
ner of wind-blown leaves.
Just as the ambitious Yanks were
in the act of reaching for their fourtn
victory, one of these funnel shaped
cyclones from Cirdeville. Kans..
came bellowing out of an azure autumn
sky and blew the red tin roof
from above their aching heads, leaving
them to the mercy of the pitiless
elements that raged without.
The cyclone in question roes under
the pitching name of Jess Barnes,
who far the second time in the series
came to Fred Toney s relief and tied
the Yanks up in a sack at the delirious
moment when they were beginning
to look like money in the
bank with the rent, the cook a*d 1
I the butcher squared.
Three Uaaft pMtibk.
So It happens, nitb the Giants
winning 8 to 5, the two clubs stand
level at the sixth hole with three
play?three to play unless Mays and
Douglas or Nehf can win two in a
row. which is nothing to bet a lot
of money on when one considers
the number of unseemly tm-ists that
have haunted the r*ries up to date.
Whoever wins. Giants and Yankees
have proved at last that you
can put on Hamlet without Hamlet.
Othello minus the Moor. Horstius
without the bridge, or Uncle
Tom's Cabin without an Uncle Tom
or a bloodhound In the cast
You can put era on and ret >m
over, but the big thrill fade* For
two or three innings t-?day the assembled
flock may have forgotieti
Ruth in the dissy wiirl of home
f .Bs that bubbled or dribbl?d ov*r
one fence or anothe in recor*! procession
with E. Meusel, Snyder and
Fewster working at t*ie guns.
But after the lull had arrived ttt*
crowd missed the familiar limp en 1 i
the bandaged arm and the vast
i shadow that fell athwart home
(plate or the left-fleld spaces.
Bath Was Ml??ed.
They missed the msn who can
hammer a home run one day. ber.t
1 a bunt the next and then score from
first on a two-base hit while reeling
slong on hslf s leg. carrying
more weight than Man o* War could I
| handle.
How would the Prussians hsve
J felt while storming L?leg" or Marne
1 to find when "Action front" was orI
?lered that big Hertha had rollol
into a ditch with its breech-lock j
[Mown apart? If we hadn't been
* fed up on the Ruthian thrill it
would have all been different, but
J the crowd, through the closing Innings.
resized at last that another,
cast an alien shadow upon the scene
For all that. Chick Fewster a
remarkable impersonator. Chick
was sent in for the mangled Babe,
and to carry out the idea he hit a
home run. walked twice and ther.
struck out. If this isn't imitsting
t"ie Bambino's mode of life down to
the final gesture we pause for a
reply.
It was all than anyone coull d-?
when called upon to step in snd
fill the huge^spoor left upon the
sands of time and fame. But insofsr
as the crowd was concerned It
wasn't Ruth, not only the greatest
. hitter, but the greatest showman
that ever forced the acclaim o( all
in sight.
Rath la stand.
The Babe was in the stands nursling
an arm that looked like an
elephant's thigh. Did the Bsbe
mind? Not any more than Wellington
mould have cared if he had been
called back the afternoon before
Waterloo.
With the Yankees loading by a
game, Huggins faced the sixth contest
with a guess and a prayer. He
knew what had happened to Shawl"cy,
Quinn and Collins. It had been
quite enough. His sole hope wss
Harry Harper, the Ha<-kensack? left*
hander. and he took the only chance
in sight.
, M:Graw promptly countered with
Fred Toney, and for a brief speil
I the Yanks looked to be within one
>i game of the phrple toga that drapes
[ the shoulders of the conquering
great. For without wasting sny
i precious time the American L?eague
, entry lit upon the back of Toney s
broad neck and hammered tht top
J of his dome away.
j t They scored three runs and drove
nlm from the plain before he*knew
that the bell had rung.
Barnes Rashed la Resrae.
With Toney in full flight. Mc1
Graw again rushed Jess Bsrnes to
the open gsp and after facing a
sock over the heart from Fewster's
home-run in the second, the Circleville
cyclone settled down to the
I main business of grinding the Yanv
kees into a powdered pvlp.
Through the last "even Innings
the Kansan Jed them to the edge
5 of the precipice by the ear and '
s pushed them over one by one. Hi
not only held them to a brace - f
e singles in these seven closing reetf.
I but fanned ten of them without
overlooking a member of the car*
He struck out Ward twice ?<
leave the corfnt at even figures In
, the meanwhile Harper, after a
, breezy start, lost l.ls mooring* an!
, stumbled Into a bog that was *oo i
1 oozing up around his ears K'
, looked like a winner for the fUs^
Confinoad on Pa?* Tw*
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