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over the spot where the Alaska had
led and picked up floating sur?
vivors. Many of these were injured
..?-?hen the lifeboats in whi had
* tried to get to satVtv had 'nee.; bat- I
..tered again I tn de of the ship. Mrs.
"-Johnson, of Brooklyn, v..is one of these.
G!?nn, one of the passengers who had .
stood with Captain Hobey on th*
bridge, swam and clambered into an
."empty lifeboat.
This work of rescue was not endi
for hours. On* girl was fe-.i--.il. chill i
but still struvr^hnj; ant supported
her life-bi'!'.. after eight hours in
water.
The rescue.1 were picked, up by the
'steamer An y ax and brought into Eu
veka, and to-night the town was doing
its utmost foi them. They were
weary, nerve-wrnekcd, coated v. ith oil
' and dressed in. tnakeshifl clothing.
More than a score were injured to.
? -some extent and were can d for in
pit?is. Others wen- cared for in hotels. -
Woman Tolls of SlrugRlen
Mrs. Claflin Wright, of Upper Mont- j
,. .flair, X. J., was one of those who
brought a vivid story . eck.
"The reason I have no waist on." ex
plained the plucky Mrs. Wright, "is
that in our lifeboat the rowers found
that the oar handles were so slippery!
with oil that they could r,iak-.j no
headway. So I tore off my silk waist
' end used it to rub off thi >m oat
handles. "
In describing the suddenm
- Alaska's crash and the subsequent ex?
citement, Mrs. Wright said:
. "The members of our party were danc-.
ing on the hurricane deck in a small
saloon when without warning we were
?" ?hrown against a wall by the first c
??-This was soon followed by the second
,,.<;rash. While we were naturally scared,
I don't think any of us were pa,...
Stricken. We went out on deck and de?
cided to wait for orders, but orders:
were slow in coming.
" 'When some v men became hysteri?
cal an Irishman sang out cheerily:
" 'Don't get scare.1, folks, we're all
going to have ham and eggs in about
an hour.' *'
"This was typical of the coolness of
those on board.
"When the boat struck the second
time, she began to list badly. Cer?
tainly not more than five minutes later
.?he had a heavy list to starboard.
"Naturally my first, thoughts were
for the libeboats. 1 made for the.
boats only to find that no one was in
charge. Finally four of the crew pulled
No. 'i boat out, loaded to capacity. But
the delay in launching increased the
fears of the passengers many of whom
were clinging to the rail of the badly
listing ship. That two of the life
boats overturned probably was due to
the lack of proper management."
Blunt's Reef is tour miles from
shore. When the Alaska struck, a
.strong northwest- wind was blowing:,
causing an onrush of heavy seas. The
. reef, dreaded by all coastwise mari?
ners, is 198 miles north of San Fran?
cisco and 617?miles from Seattle.lt is
-thirteen miles from Capo Mendocino
-and is guarded by a lightship which
-has two fixed white lights visible for
U?2V4 miles in clear weather. As the
sea was enshrouded in heavy fog, it
r Ssi believed the Alaska's officers wove
. unable to see the rays of the light
ZJihip.
May Have Misjudged Drift
The Alaska sailed from Portland
?Friday morning and was making a fast
"tun down the coast when she encoun
; tered the fog. Captain Hobey, it is
"believed, held the vessel inshore, as
?.ptherwise he would have had to buck
?the seas. The tides run with terrific
strength and speed on that section of
"the California coast and it is thought
-the master was carried further inshore
^ than he realized. The waters are
-treacherous, as there are pockets,
'm showing great depths when soundings
-are taken.
;, Captain Harry Hobey was a master
S mariner well known on the Seattle
?^ Alaska routes. He became master of
rthe Alaska July B, succeeding Captain
? J. G. N'ord, who returned to Seattle
*to take command of the steamship
-Northwestern of the Alaska Steamship
""Company, which is operated between
Seattle and ports in southeastern and
^Southwestern Alaska.
..... The Alaska was valued at $500,000,
wl*^"e waR a 8teel carrier ot ;t,74ii gros.
; _and -,''57 net tons register, built in
??-Chester, Pa., in 1889. She was H2"i
"'~feet long, 45 feet beam and 18.8 feet
???depth of hold.
Blunt's Reef is one of the most dan
t.-gerous points on the Pacific Coast
"'"Within a radius of fifty miles probablj
?*...; a sccre of ships have been wrecked ii
"'-as many years. Notable among tin
;;;~vesseis lost there have been the steam
????hip Bear, owned by the same compan*
(--as operated the Alaska, which wen
'.."-ashore north of Cape Mendocina'in 191*
-with the loss of live lives. The steam
??ship St. Paul, the Norwegian freighte:
t -Tricolor, the steamship Riverside an*
'.',',Zmany others have pone down, in tin
_same region. To the northwest lie:
'?[~ Humboldt Bay, near the entrance ti
; which the wreck of the United Statei
;;^cruiser Milwaukee still may be seen.
Doubt if More Were Saved
ABOARD RESCUE STEAMER AN
--YAX, otT Eureka, Calif., Aug. 7 t By
il;!Wireless to The Associated Press).
"*"We have picked up the ninety-six pa.*>
?l^sengers and seventy of the crew' of the
sunken steamer Alaska," Captain S,
?Snoddy of the Anyax said in reply to a
'Twireless message from The Associated
.....Press.
...- "There are missing from the Alaska
... ?thirty-six passengers and twelve of the
?"-crew.
; ?; MI don't know of any other survivors
?'-and am doubtful if there were any
; -others saved."
Thomas Johnson, a druge-is* of 772
??'?Halsey Street, Brooklyn, residing at
i.j McDonough Street, left Brooklyn
????several weeks ago with Mrs. Johnson
...-for a vacation tour. The couple wer?
????in Seattle last week and Mr. Johnson
?--wrote from there to William Tau
'.".?jTtanager of the drug business, saying
?that he and bis wife planned depart
"''??Jng at once for California, and thut
they might go part way by boat.
,;.~ The wreck of the Alaska was re
:'. rjported to Mr. Tausther last night. He
?^??faid from his knowledge of Mr. John
{????son's plan? he thought it possible that
-he haa been a passenger on the Alaska
. '.'? air. Johnson came from Scotland many
r -?.ears ago and has r.o relatives in this
I. Country. He is sixty year.* old.
Mrs. Johnton has no relatives in New
;;;^'ork. A sister, Mrs. R. \V. Gibson
lives at 5401 Eidgewood Avenue, Chi
...5?KO
? '
njVIoors Reach Melilla;
Panic Sweeps the City
; ; LONDON'. Aug. 8. The
J b??]? are reported to have art vet
i.'.iutside the walls of Melilla, wh'
? < feat?-?i Spani il a? my had b?i :
.'self to make a ? rdinj
??$p ;> d? ipatch to The Di ly Mail fron
.TangiT. A nan"- In I e city resulted
Spanish civilians are ?a:; to bi
? board ship
??jn the harbor.
' MADRID, Aug. 7 (By The Associate?
'i'Tf- <? ) ; ? coin r ' ';t| N'a
varro, which wa b< m />?'? by the re
bsllioun Moors on ."?'?
'"iV'-eri annihilated .? to a com
rom '.?
,.,,... . . ...
? i, ? -, ? Mon
' CASABLANCA M ' ? '?
.. . ,
?
rf. thia evening
*"*_t?n?lve,
Gorky's Appeal1
Excites Caustic
Replv in Paris
?'Yeneh Publicists Point to
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
and Recall Hou Russia
Descried Allied Cause
Repudiated Debts Cited
Poet Is Advised to Condemn
Bolshevism if He Hope-.
To Be Given a Hearing
By Wilbur Forrest
ilC ?'?'. ' i The Tribun ?
Cop: 1921, New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, Aug. 7.?Although the French
government has promised to aid Russia
In its famine crisis and steps already
are being taken to get food to her ; tar, -
ing millions there is considerable op
position among the French people to
any extraordinary efforts on behalf of
?'?? nation France feels betrayed her in
her cr
Pron ? n chmen of letti rs are
replying to the appeal c i* Max.m Gorky
by pointing to the treason of Brest
Litovsk, by calling attention to the
de\as-.ati..! regions of France and by
aciduotis comment on the number of
Russian refugees seeking asylum
France by virtue o? Leninism. They
admonish Gorky to forsake the Soviets,
and hint that aid might he given mor.'
eagerly if, seizing this opportunity, he
should employ the power of his pen to
encourage the Soviet government to
see the light. The famine, they answer
to Gorky's appeal, is the result of the
destruction of social solidarity by Bol?
shevism.
Binet-Valmer, the, head of the Asso
ciation of French War Veterans, re?
plies to Corky in an open letter pub?
lished in the Figaro.
Fate of Exiles Recalled
"We are not indifferent," he says,
"to the distress of this nation which
was our ally, and from which Tolstoy
and Dostoievsky sprung. We have with
us in France some of your compatriots
who aro dying of hunger, exiled by
these Soviets which your great talent
has defended. We help them with all
our power, not to conspire, but to live.
"Again, we help the ex-soldiers of
France who possess Russian bonds
whom your revolution has ruined. We
try to appease the wives and mothers
of our dead brothers in arms who say
to us: 'Without the treason of Brest
Litovsk my husband and my .son would
not have died.' Wo try to do our duty
toward Russia beeauso we remember
the autumn of 1914.
"But you have written an abominable
phrase: 'If humanitarian ideals shak
en b; the cursed war an?! by the
cruelty of the conquerors toward the
conquered, can revive.
"The cruelt y of ! he conqui ror ! f i
ward the conquered? Ah. poet! Com"
to visit our re rions, ii-\ a tated not bj
civil war but by the barbarism ?>f in?
vasion: see these caves in which the
pea ant families sulfer and under tand
that your expression, 'the cruelty of
thi con ercd,' bin hemy.
Sovietism Blamed for Famine
"i ndei i nd that famine ^>oild an
iple of France, t 10, if
cno ' follow a
01 i Trot/.ky, ! houi h ?. ou ha\ e
I -, lo not cea le to
admire in you tin writer.
"Th . 'it a hich you advocate
'". . ? ?. ici fa ; led t '??', si\ ?'o i\ ord. 11
? "n, d i ':??? i"' i???.' loi Brei '. Lito^ k,
ai.;.loi.o llg ' ?. ul . and it i}><r ? not
ivhicl all icu la had con
v. th whn ?o; we would replj
to your appeal, with what joj we wo ild
?cho your ? ry ?<\ anguish if, i
Lient!?, > ou should un re to vrite t'.tat
the world ?ill never be appeas?3d us
long as these gi ?"-a S> a. puopl?. ?
fer tho Bolshevik coi ruption!
"Maxim (?orky, be worthy of your?
self; eject thi cry of revolt which the
world awail : protest again I I he ab ?
surd tyranny which has created the
, do not write t ? Gerl u rd 1 laupt
mann; ill, who
have pro\ ed our spirit o ac i ?fice will
try to sacrifice again to save your neo
pie, whom dt t'a and hunger destroy."
Task Too Big for Charity
Alfred Capus, of the French Academy,
di ii ussing the pot ?ibilitj ,1 aving the
Russian people from famine, says that
: he '.? k too g reat for chant?., ,: ?
a mattet- <~or the Russian people them
se Ive the ret urn to civili cd social
order, ('.no:-, says:
"Supposing there is a universal agree
ment made to help the Russians, let
if it is possible in th?' economic
state oS tho world to organize effective
aid to tin millio3is <.<? men a'.out to
; perish. A glance at the terrible diffi?
culties will give an early reply.
Moreover, let us not place the matter
upon a moral point of view; tii?> saving
of 10,000,000 people is not a question
of charity. It is a question of govern?
ment, of civilization and of social order.
Such an effort does not depend upon
public subscription nor private zeal.
It ought to be the duty of a nation to
watch over its citizens, foreseeing fam?
ine and misery, A powerful people, as
the Russians, even when conquered and
a prey to internal revolt, cannot be
saved except by its own will. The
French Revolution had against it all
of Europe; it was blocked, there was
no bread. The convention, however,
: never made an appeal to pity: it de?
fended itself against its enemies; it
knew how to be responsible for its ev
rors and crimes and to carry the burden
of the country."
The Oeuvre, a Paris socialist jiaper,
.on the other hand, takes the purely
humanitarian point of view, saying:
"It is no longer Bolshevism, it is the
10,000,000 people that are starving; the
social ideal muy be disputed afterward.
But at this hour all civilized peoples
have only on.- duty which rises above.
? all prejudice and hate: to bring aid to
I tho great Russian people."
Grant to Make
Wedding Test
Ban on Divorce
i _
(Continued Trom pag? onr)
12 Millions
Starving in
Volga Basin
(Continued from pas? onel
Catholic, has for several years been a j
communicant of Dr. Grant's church.
For this reason, and because her di
vorce was not obtained on the one stat
utory ground acknowledged by New !
York law, she being the innocent party, j
this divorce- is not recognized.
Mrs. Lydig, for these reasons, could
not be married in the Episcopal '
Church, authorities say. If she and
Dr. Grant should be married in an?
other church, or by civil ceremony, the
union would not be recognized. They
would then be placed in a situation
which ro,igh.t bring about the dismissal
of both from the Church.
Charges against them would not have
to be brought by the bishop himself,
lut could be preferred by any com?
municant of the diocese who felt that
eanon law had been violated. If such
a chargi; is brought the bishop is bound
by in.-; office to consider it and if he
finds that it seems to have base to ap?
point a court to try the case.
"You say that the bishop has not
the power to grant a dispensation in
such a case?" one authority was asked.
"Such power does not belong to the
bishop, except in the two eventualities
discussed, which do not occur in this
ease," he answered. "We would be aw?
fully hurt if he should take such
power to himself in a ease so openly
opposed to the canons of the church.
Trouble undoubtedly would follow.
"But we are simply discussing im?
probabilities. Bishop Manning is very
strict regarding the divorce laws. And
these laws were expressly retained in
their fullness at the last convention."
There was no exhibition of ill
feeling, but rather good will, toward
i Dr. Grant in the attitude of the
| churchmen.
"He is a sincere worker for his
ideals," one .said. "He is carrying a
? heavy burden, und carrying it honestly,
But. he is a minority of one."
Dr. Grant when interviewed at !'* v
erly Hills made it plain that his mind
j was made up on the subject of hi?
marriage. He let it be known that he
i had nut asked for and did not wish
: advice on the subject.
As a matter of courtesy, he stated
; he has informed Bishop Manning ot
his intention to marry. He would rol
! say, however, whether he had receive*
; an answer from the bishop, who is ai
mmer home in Maine.
On the subject oi" divorce he di*
! speak, repeating the opinions he ha:
! long voiced, ami which he is now put
tini h -.i ( ffect,
"Those advocating that divorced per
?sons should not marry, fail to realm
j that liberal divorce is a part of th*
: feminist movement, and that womei
are becoming independent industrially
economically and socially," he de
' clareH.
"I believe that the church ought to
give the fullest scope to its clergymen
I of liberal and broad vision. Progress
dues not come by thrusting 'bunk' a'.,
j them in the form of rules and making
| them all perform alike. The church
. shou'd encourage individualism, not at
! tempt to defeat it. Occasional mis?
takes or disagreements should be over
i looked in order that the church may
- interest people as :t is not yet doing."
Dr. Grunt will marry Mrs. I.yd.:', he
' states, a.s soon as her health permits.
I '- : expected to leave for a European
? te place about the end of Augu it,
and return to the I'nited States early
? ' in- winter,
-.-1-O i ..
She Tell> of Elwell's Loan
. pecial Diapateh to Th? Tribune
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 7, Ex
? ' in la : ?: ?gh ' thai
if Joseph )'. Elwell, New York turf
man, had not died a year ago ; he
would not - ?? ?'? i a i '-' go to jai 1 in
Vi it h the ? murder of F, A.
- '.re of Orlando, Lei ?* M. Clarke,
po tml ' ' :y West Palm
d tu day that Klwell once
had ! ? hei Q 0 t.. cover ?
?roru tl .- ?.' tofflci di partment in v,: I
' demand* ?', paymi
. shifted hi account ; -..I
1 * mom .-, conti nuing to carry a
? . ? ' office books fur i
ent he rloc red
' i w hi:.ii. bui
lured be fon ?? ??
?... i
i ?
Ol r,n .f.? held i-ri
the provinces, but these measures were |
not productive of great practical re
suits and the people pinned their hopes ;
on a good harvest.
Then the drought set in, with an
almost total loss to the crops in the
Volga region, resulting in a hopeless
situation. Alarming reports begun to
pour into Moscow not only of famine
but of the mass migrations from tho
Volga regions, which the government,
still is unable to control. Last year
the Soviet encouraged emigration, when
138,688 persons were transferred to Si?
beria, realizing the threat of famine
which had been growing for several
years. The emigrants now often are
greeted by the natives with clubs and
rifles, but the government's efforts to
stem the tide of emigration is without
appreciable results.
During July, according to Mrs. Har?
rison, the heavy rains spoiled much of
the hay crop. Tho government is mak?
ing an effort to save the livestock by
concentrating herds on the natural pas?
turage slope-: of the Eral Mountains.
The peasants, however, are opposing
this plan, fearing they will never get
back their cattle.
The health situation. Mrs. Harrison
say:;, is distressing. While cholera i-;
under control, incomplet?' ligures
showed there had been 34,000 car-es to
the end of July, most of them in tho
government of Astrakhan. There were
1 only 196 tuses m Moscow up to July 25,
and tho Health Department, which Mrs.
: Harrison said was exceedingly efficient,
1 had dono splendid work. It had under
: taken compulsory inoculation through
, out the country, and seemed to have
; plenty of virus. Typhoid will be a
menace with the approach of the cold
, v-outlier. Tuberculosis and venereal
diseases arc making terrible ravages
! among the people.
Workers First To Be Fed
REVAL, Esthonia, July 25 (By The
Associated Press). The shiploads oi
foodstuffs which during the last montr
have been arriving almost daily at th?
port of Petrograd are to lip used al
i iosI exclusively for the workmen o1
Petrograd and Moscow, says a dispatel
from the Rosta Agency, the officia
Bolshevik telegraph bureau.
The shipments which have either ar
lived or are on their way total, ac
cording to Rosta, 3,000,000 poods o
wheat flour, 1,500,000 poods o? wheat
1,000,000 poods of bean-, 500,000 pood
of rice and peas, 1,200,000 poods o
herrings, 200,000 poods of fats ant
| considerable quantities of canne?
.meats, sugar and other necessaries
i ( A nooil ?s 36 nounds. >
This supply, added to available food?
stuffs from the surrounding terri?
tories, is considered by Bolshevik of?
ficiais to assure the two cities against
starvation, no matter what effects the
threatened famine may have upon the
remainder of the country. Petrograd
and Moscow, the "hearts" of the revo?
lution, which in the last three year:'.
' have suffered more from starvation
; than the rural communities, are now
to be put in the opposite position, if
1 the present arrangements to through
planned.
Bolshevik news sources in the Baltic
: State , . ay that the worst effect - < ?
um Flier's crop fa ilu re in Russia
; will not, be felt until the late winter
.-iiiii early spring of next. year. They
; add that .supplies on hand and these Iff
le- pained from this summer's harvest,
bad as it is in some sections, are ex
pec ed to be ample to supply the pop?
ulation at. ?cast until January.
The Mew Vori*. County Chapter of the
Red Cross is appealing for additional
volunteer workers for Russian relic!
supplie . Already one shipment of gar?
ments has b 'en made.
Angora Attack Postponed
? Greek OiTupalion of fsmid h
Expected If? (lome Soon
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 7, Th*
; Cri'-k have oceui ed Lcfki Pass, i
?hoi *] tance norl hem ' of Hit a, am
are . -. je f i. m f,,.:, ',, i e?ccupy i mid.
\ ii'Siinip ? ! : ? i ffi :? -iv
rd Angora ? not likely Lo begii
tember, i
Ly of repaii : ,- In railvoad- b ? .-?
? II
in An. i.. i ? i ia I h tient i
No Tariff Until |
bnow Mies, is
View io Capita!:
Doubt Expressed Whether|
Measure Can Be Enacted
Before November I. and
Possibly Much Later |
Favorable for Tax Action
Adv?cale* of Precedence for
Levy Revisions Encour?
aged io Push Program
From T: ' >ui M i ?'? I ? .;'..., Bn, < a '
\\ \: HING rOX, Aug. 7 The new
tariff bill w ill i ol 1 e wril ten Into ! .w
i "until snow Hi.-. , ' acco3 d Ing to pn
dii ? Senators and I louse mem
i hers who are keeping in close touch
: wit h (lev ilopmenl .
1 im i lie lasi v eek or so t he fort
casters have been the more inclined to
be pessimistic of speeding up the bill
i ol the slow progrc ta made b;
the . late l'i na nee I om m i ti ee
Little i ndicut ion is given t hat the
i bill ? in : it finally enacted before No
vember I, and manj well informed
members of Congress think it will I."
later than that.
With the Finance Committee finding
difficultj in hastening the tariff bill,
I til man Ford ne y of I he House V\ a; S
and Means Committee continues to
j hope that the tax revision bill will be
' reported to tho House in ten days. If
tins forecast holds good, the tax bill
' will ?have been pas...! by the Hou le and
sent to tho Senate and there referred
to the Finance Committee long before
the tariff bill is ready for a report from
' the same commit tee.
Tav Advocates Hopeful
Under the circumstances, ih.e Sen
I ators who have all alone; advocated pas?
sage of the tax bill ahead of the tariff
| bill are becoming more and mor?.! hopc
| ful that they can carry out their pro
i gram, It would bo easy enough to do
S it provided a majority of the Finance
Committee on receiving the tax bill
I should vote to halt the tarilf measure
?and thrust, the tax bill in front, of it.
President Harding, as he indicated
? some time ago, is anxious to have the
tax bill expedited, and Senators who
want, the tax bill pvit. ahead will en
j deavor to have him exert his influence
: in th?- Senate to that end. How far the
President will be willing to e,o in this
matter, however, is in doubt. To pul
the tax bill ahead would cause sharp
objection from a great, number of
manufacturing interests, anxious to
have the new tariff measure enacted,
i Moreover, the influence of Chairman
Fordney of the House Ways and Means
Committee is not friendly to forcing
the tax bill ahead. Thus there are ob?
stacles in the way of hurrying the tax
bill, in spite (if the fact '.he prospective
early passage of the bill by the House
(its in with the plans of Senators who
want to revise laxes before revising
tariffs.
When the Finance Committee took
up the tariff bill Chairman Penroso
said the hearings ought to close in two
weeks. Two weeks have passed and the
hearings have barely gut. well started.
The committee plans to devote Monday
and Tuesday to dyestuffs and valua?
tion hearings and then to have execu?
tive sessions on the questions of em?
bargo and of adoption of the American
valuation plan of the House hill. It. is
not expected the committee? will have
hearings on rates aftei i uesday until
the beginning of the week following,
or August '?">.
Many Seek To Be Heard
About 400 application- to be heard on
rates have been filed with the com?
mittee. Many of tl.iterests ask
?ng hearings are backed by Senators
and House member.! and cannol be
thrust tn one si,le without considera?
tion, indications aie, therefore, that
hearings on the bill, even if the ta:;
hill t\oft not interrupt, will not be
closed much before September 1. In
the opinion of sume Senators it will
hi- the middle of SeptemDer before
the tariff bill is reported hack to the
Senate.
Nut. less ?han a month of debate un
tariff is expected in the Senate. Thus
; it is expected tu be the middle of
October and perhaps later before the
?tariff bill passes the Senate. After
i that, it would, take two weeks or more
to ?ret the bill through conference and
secure adoption of the conference re?
port in both houses.
With the tax bill following the
! tariff, therefore, it is easy to se.' that
it: is likely to he November 1. or
later before the tariff measure is
; enacted. If the tax bill is put ahead ill
the Senate, it is regarded as probable
that the tariff measure will fail to
? reach enactment, before the end of
I November and possibly until the reg
I ular session meets in December.
-
Keller Says Government
Is Ruled by Wall Street
-.
Minnesota Repr?sentative il
tacks Tariff, Farm Exports
and Rail Refunding Hills
Fn>v\ The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. In a state
I ment issued to-day Representative
(?.-car E. Keller, of St. Paul, Minn., who
is listed in tne Congressional Direc?
tory as an independent Republican,
scored the Administration for "blind
obedience to Wall Street."
"The machinery of government has
, been commandeered by a little clique
| ignorant of the A, B, C's of economics,"
\ he declared, "who have tied down the
| safety valve of free discussion until
an explosion threatens which will
i s.-atter the Republican party from
! .Main*.' to California."
Mr. Keller insisted thai the "stupid,
selfish and short-sighted policy" of the
Administr?tiun and elements in Con?
gress was retarding prosperity ami
causing profound distrust und discon?
tent amonjr. ? he people.
Representative Keller specifically at?
tacked the Administration's attitude on
railroad refunding, the Norn's farm
j export bill, the Fordncy tariff and the
gugge ted ehi iges in the revenue bill
j pending before the House Ways an<
i ?omiTiittec. I1f. said "the Pi e i\
1 dent's advisers deem to think it nos
; sible for tins country tu lift itself by
. conom i.- boot si i a ps." He referred
to in- proposed refund of $500,000,001
tu i he railroads, and alleged that "tin
Hou '? Ways and Means Committee ha:
onstrated its utter unfitness t*
dial intelligently with the groat finan
rial measures on which to a cr??t de
grec' the prosperity of the country de
pends."
Senators Told Sugar
Tarif] Will Ruin Cubi
From Tht Tribun?'? Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Adoption o
the proposed tariff of two cent? ;
; el' raw i ;::?;, r contai ".'-'I m ti:
Ko ' tariff hill will ruin Cuba bot
cnlly and financially and ma
lead to another intervention by thi
rnment. This warning was cor
! m a letter, made public to-da;
to the Senate Finance ? Ion mit ti-.' hy Ii
; ubi -i i, of New Vui-1., former couns*
to the i iban Patriot
A peci :: mis n'on : rum Cuba arrive
? : um Ha* ana to prnttt?! ?? h inst th
Liga r ?i nd tobacco provi ioi of LI
I bill ? il I heard by th
Finance i ?, . , t i ',..,,. i
? ?:?:,; Hughes,
oit trowel Ines lo Jbyeeii
Negro for Shooting White Boys
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DETROIT, Aug. T.-A fight st?
at a baseb II game on the outskirts
of Detroit : i afternoon led to the
shooting of two ivhito hoys, one per?
haps mortally, ami an attempt to lynch
.am G rigg , a n y? ". '? '.o is alleged
- o hi ?? dons thi ? 10I i:.:.
Griggs was saved b> t'c.r arrival of
polii i '??'.': cements from
Hamtramck, a suburb, after a crowd
ol men and I lys ho! severely beaten
h ni v. ' i; ii ? .. i. ! I tsi ball h? ta and
had ( ..-I a i ope round hi s neck witl
i he a iinount ed ?. ention ? > : hanging
him.
The boys wounded were Victor Bud
kuski, I weh e yi ars old, and I eter
N'adradowski, twelve. The condition of
i he latter i .-,;;..! to b? serious. They
ware in a crowd that had chased Owen
Griggs, a negro, to the home of Sam
Griggs, his cousin, after Owen was
?aid to hace struck a white ch Id in
iltercation over a seat at the game.
Owen sought safety in the house, ac?
cording to trie ponce, and wh.;:: Sam
Griggs. came outside- and faced the
crowd at his front door, the police
..Lie informed, Mrs. Mary Andrews, his
sister, handed him r. revolver ami he
fired into the gathering, wounding the
boys.
ted, the crowd attacked the
negro and some i ti< L>. luscht a rope
and put it around his net
Stanley Gorlezvk, a Hamtramck po?
liceman, attempted to rescue Griggs,
hi,, was overpowered. A riot cal was
sent m and police reserves succeeded
in getting Griggs away from his as?
sailants and dispersed the crowd.
He is said to have admitted the
shooting, but declared he was lirsd on
tii-*.
The throe negroes were arrested.
;Franc'o-Britisli
Entente's Fate
in Paris Parley
.Continued from pagil otti
aboul an agreement al the council
tabl?
Fate of Cabinets Involved
As to the individual issue, which
will come he fore the council, it is
I agreed that Upper Silesia dominates
because it is most likely that the fate
of both the French and British prime
i ministers in their own parliaments is
hanging on the outcome The opinion
hero, undisguised in many case-, is
that if Briand permits the cession o?
Upper Silesian industrial areas to
Germany he may as well resign next
week, because the overturn of his min
i istry will be inevitable.
The Tribune is able to-night, al
though it is not permitted to quote
any individual, to give the opinion of
.men hieb in French political circles,
of the type of former President Poin
car?, who believe that tho fate of
I France hangs on the diplomatic battle
which will begin to-morrow.
They realize that while Germany is
deprived of the Silesian industrial dis?
tricts she ?s not dangerous to France,
becau c hei other industrial areas in
thi Rhin? land and along the Ruhr aro j
under French guns. They believe, how-?
ever, that once Germany is in posses?
sion of the silesian territories she is a
distinct ?langer to !?'ranee as well as
Poland, because in n brref tinu- she
will dominate, if nol possess, all of
West Prussia.
Isolated France forecast
In such an event, Germany knows.
France would occupy the Ruhr, but
France in that case would stand alone,;
unsupported by her allies and unable'
to remain long there.
Thus, m a word, it is feared that the
German military party in a brief time
would be able to prepare her revenge
on France, who would he unsupported
by her European allies with the ex?
ception of Poland.
Frenchmen of this school of think-'
?ng are not trusting England's inten?
tions, which they believe involve a plan :
fi withdraw her military ''orces from
Continental Europe in order better toi
attend to British affairs elsewhere, es?
pecially in Asia and the Pacific. Thus
Great Britain would leave Europe in
such a state that no nation would bo in
a predominant positioi Germany, with
Upper Silesia preparing for revenge;
France, with a great army watching !
Germany?just as in the days before!
the war.
ft i-i this rear, whether or not it is ?
well founded, which complicates Pre-i
mier Briaud's task in the Supreme!
Council and makes its outcome of su?
preme importance, not only to Europe
but to the world.
Differ on Plebiscite Verdict
PA BIS, Aug. 7 (By The Associated.
Pre.-si. The controversy over Silesia
arises from the different interpreta?
tions by the Allies -mo by Germany
and Poland of the result of the ple?
biscite. The original draft of the
treaty with Germany gave Upper Si?
lesia to Poland unconditionally.
In consequence of Germany's strong
protest, supported in the peace con?
ference by Mr. Lloy'd ocorgc, it was de?
cided tn apply the principle of self
determination and organize a plebis?
cite under the supervision of a com- i
mission, on which were to be repre?
sented Grear, Britain, France, Italy!
and the United States. The United
States was never represented because
it. did not ratify t he treaty.
The commission was directed to take j
? vote by townships and empowered to |
draw a frontier between Germany and
Poland un the basis of the vote, but
taking ?nto account, so rends the treaty,
the v shes of the inhabitants us shown
by the vote and the geographical and
economic conditions of the region.
The whole controversy turns upon
the interpretation of the phrase "geo?
graphical and economic conditions."
The vote was: For Germany, 704,
|o79; for Poland, 471,523. The farm
ling districts were largely for tier
many. The important mining ami man?
ufacturing townships gave a majority
: for Poland. The Poles interpreted the
result as giving them virtually all
1 of the country cas; of the River Oder.
? Germany demands Upper Silesia as a
; whole.
The commission, which under the
'treaty could decide the question by a
i majority vote, was unable to arrive at
! a d?cision. The French commissioner
drew the frontier line along the Oder,
giving Poland all the milling district
of 003 townships, of which 073 voted
Polish and 230 Cern?an, and giving to
Germany 526 townships, of which 503
voted German and "ii Polish.
The British plan concedes to Poland
a small portion of the mining district
where tho Poles are in a clear ma?
jority. The Italian commissioner gives
Poland less than the French, but more
I than the British.
The question is complicated by the
Polish insurrection in tho disputed
territory. Premier Briand insists with
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the utmost firmness upon the. broad
justico of the French government's
position. He affirms that it is a ques?
tion between eighteen or twenty cos?
mopolitan financiers on the one side
and tho mass of Polish workers on the
otl er.
Ambassador Harvey, because he rep
res? nts ttio United States, is the most
carefuly studied personality of all
those who have come to Paris to take
part in the conference. Although be
take- ?its seat at the table ostensibly
merely as an observer, he is lookel upon
by each party to the various contro?
versies as a potential ally and as one
wh.o may have the deciding voice as
arbitrator or friend if the council
divides into factions.
It is generally hoped that the Ameri?
can Ambassador bears instructions to
be more than a reporter of the pro?
ceedings, that he will, ast occasion
arises, have constructive suggestions
to offer. However, in his official calis
to-day, he is understood to have given
no intimation of anv instructions be?
yond those of an impassive and benevo?
lent witness.
'l he American Ambassador has pre?
pared himself for taking bis place in
the council by the study of the large
and various official correspondence
concerning the Silesian question and
other subjects. He has resolutely re?
fused al! requests for a statement, and
spent most of the day in the country
with the American Ambassador, Myron
T. Herrick.
Several ot the newspapers comment
on the importance of the presence of
Colonel Harvey at the council meet?
ing. Le Journal says the attendance
of an American delegate at the de?
liberations of the council is a diplo?
matic event "which marks the wish of
the Washington government to re?
nounce its policy of indifference on
European affairs."
Brigadier General H. T. Allen, com
commander in chief of the American
Army of Occupation, will consult with
Colonel Harvey while be is in Paris
on tho cost of maintaining the army
on the German front. The Reparations
Commission has decided this is a mat
let- strictly between the United States
and Germany.
Barred From Game, Attell
?s Held for Salo of Ticket
Released in &?>00 Bail After
Maintaining That His Name
Was Joseph Wellar
Abe Attell, former prize fighter, one
of the foremost figures in the recent
Chicago White Sox baseball scandal,
who is barred from the Polo Grounds
by order ot tho management, made
three attempts yesterday to gain ad?
mission to th? White Sox-Yankee
game. He was detected in each in?
stance and turned away.
Later Attell disposed of a bleacher
ticket ho had in his possession to a
purchaser at 155th Strce'.. and Eighth
Avenue. lie was arrested for ticket
speculating by Detective Cummings, of
the 5th Inspection District, who took
him to the 135th Street police station,
lit- was released on ?500 bail.
Attell's arrest was said by the police
to have been due to violation of sec?
tion 153-1 of the penal code which inak. s
it a misdemeanor to sell tickets with?
out a license. When taken to the sta?
tion, the prisoner said his name was
Joseph Wellar, according in the police.
He gave his age as thirty-eight and his
occupation as that of a clerk. He de?
nied that he had sold the ticket, de?
claring he had given it to the man who
was a stranger to him. Although in?
formed that his identity was known,
Attell is said to have insisted that, he
was Wellar and that he would make
somebody suffer for false arrest.
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Frear Charges
Dye Men Seek
Aid in Cabinet,
Says 'Monopoly Headed by
Chemical Foundation'
'Fried to Influence Three
in Favor of Embargo I
Flays 'Brazen Effrontery'
Mentions Letters Written
by Weeks and Denby and
Complains of Dauelierty
?u IC .
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -The charges
that "the dye monopoly, headed
by the Chemical Foundation Company,'1
has sought to influence three members
of President Harding'a Cabinet in an
effort to perpetuate its "present exclu?
sive power in thi country" is made
1 y Representative Frear, Republican,
of Wisconsin, in a letter to Chairman
Penrose of tiie Senate committee con?
sidering tne tariff bill. The communi?
cation was made public to-day by Mr.
Frear with the announcement that
copies had been sent, to the President
and "to others who would seem to
speak with authority on matters" con?
tained in it.
The Wisconsin member, who led the
? successful tight in the House against
| the dye embargo in the Fordney bill,
referred specifically to the letters
?written to Senator Penrose by Secre?
taries Weeks. and Denby, who urged
continuance of the embargo so that
the country might, he provided with,
chemicals in the event of war. Mr.
Frear also declared that Attorney Gen?
eral Daugherty had failed to acknowl?
edge or act upon his letter of July lb1.
"No invisible government." said Mr.
Frear, "has ever shown more brazen
effrontery than this dye monopoly. We
may well be concerned over the power
of these dye interests that read to
: three Cabinet officers in their effort to
' perpetuate their present exclusive
power in this country.
"The argument that he should pre?
serve this half billion dollar doi ?
dyu monopoly with i?? excessive price;
and enormous power because of ap?
proaching war and through need of
private protection is both preposterous
and ridiculous.
"The charter of this dye embargo
effort," continued Mr. Frear, "that put
through the House last session a bill
drawn by Mr. Choate, according to in?
formation in my possession, and paid
$100,000 in lobby fees, suggests what
power lies behind these interests -which
obtain indorsements from high Admin?
istration officers, and apparently pre?
vents action upon the facts stated.
Would Call Interests to Account
"The dye embargo cannot be put
through Congress, in my judgment, but
these interests could be called to ac?
count and the fraudulent contract set
aside in order to protect the govern?
ment's interests, and I ask your cooper?
ation in trying to secure prosecution
on such charges as are contained in my
letter to Mr. Daugherty."
Representative Frear also issued a
statement warning Congress that if it
dodges responsibility in tax revision
or seeks to deceive itself or the people
with false promises "the chickens will
come home to roo.-' "
Italian Strike Delays Ships
? NAPLES, Aug. 7. -The Italian steam
! ers Europa and Presidente Wilson, on
I which a number of Americans have
: taken passage for New York, have been
I prevented from sailing owing to labor
l troubles among- their crews.
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a ?nix Would Take Oath
Archbishop Ready to Swear AI
Le??ianee to King
BRISBANE, Australia, Aug. 7.--Arch
bishop Mannix, who has just returned "
to Australia from an uround-the-world
trip, during which he attempted to vi?:?
Ireland, but was not permitted to do is
^pressed his willingness I
the oath of allegiance to the King.
bishop Mannix, when ne arrive,'
in Queensland last Sunday, ?-a? c?r.
mitted to land wit! ..:re aj
!. it had been reporte I y a n(.,,.v
- d spatch ! : on
liiere was strong belief that th? A
lian government intended to requit?
to take t!
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as having said, howe>
i j alian pjovernmei I '?
. inter! sr* with the Archbisl
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