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try that stood well by you in trouble
and it is suggested that you should
bring the alliance to an end when the
trouble is over, I say that would not be
blooming to the British Empire.
"?I do not believe there is any coun?
try in the world, whether it likes ;h<>
Japanese alliance vr not, that would
think anything better of the British >f
we had broken off the alliance. They
might appear glad for the moment, but
in their hearts they would despise us
for doing it.
Wants Full Accord
"That dors net mean that we are to
continue an alliance of this kind on any
point against any one else, and oer
tainly not against the United States, 't
is a cardinal principle of British policy,
and it must be, that we should act in
as complete accord with the United
States as any two countries can.
'"1 dc not know i ;' any country in
the world with whom it is more im?
portant that we should act in concert
than with America. But I do not sec
why it is impossible to remember our
obligations to Japan and at the same
time preserve a spirit of fraternity
with the United States.
"That is one of the questions I still
hope it will be possible to have dis?
cussion upon. If tho alliance with
Japan could be merged into a greater
understanding with Japan and thfl
United States on all the problems of
the Pacific that would be n great, event,
and it would be a guaranty for the
peace of the world.
"The problems cf to-day may be in
the Atlantic. Yesterday they were in
the German Ocean, And they may pass
to-morrow into i'ne Pacific. And when
they do the power.-; that are most
greatly concerned in the Pacific are
America, Japan and the British Em?
pire."
"And China," interjected a member
of the House.
??Certainly, and China," the Premier
added.
Pacific Issue Paramount
"Those four great countries," Mr.
Lloyd George continued, "are primarily
concerned with having a complete un?
derstanding with regard to the Pacific.
But the surest way to make a success
of any disarmament conference is,
first of all, to arrive at an understand?
ing upon the Pacific. I do not myself
believe you will attain the same meas?
ure of success in a disarmameni con?
ference until you have attained to that
complete understanding. I believe dis?
armament would be much easier if you
could get that clear understanding
first, and I still am hopeful that this
view will be taken.
"The British Empire as a whole is
agreed in the desire for complete
friendship with th" United States and
to male arrangements which would re?
move every conceivable prospective ob?
stacle to such friendship. Nothing
would please the British dominions, as
well as the mother country, more than
a settlement which would make them
feel that the British empire and
America could work side by side in
a common partnership for the restora?
tion of the p"ace of the world?for
guaranteeing the peace of the world.
"I do not know of anything to guar?
antee ti.nt which would bo equal to
Japan, America and the British em?
pire in agreement upon the great prin?
ciple on which world policy ought to
be base!. That would be absolutely a
guaranty of the world's peace, and I
still am hopeful that such an under?
standing as would establish a scheme
of that kind will ensue as a result of
the coming conference at Washington."
Lloyd George said the conference of
Premiers had fully discussed the for?
eign policy of the empire, including the
Silesian and Asia Minor issues, repara?
tions and disarmament of Germany.
"And Ireland?" asked Joseph M. Ken
worthy, Independent Liberal.
'We should not have objected to dis?
cussing Ireland," Mr. Lloyd George
replijd, "but they had their difficulties
quito as much as we, and fhat was not
the sort of question they were particu?
larly anxious to take up of their own
free will. There was no burning de
lire-"
"Kxcept on the part of General
Smuts," interjected Percy Hurd, Coali?
tion Liberal.
Mr. Lloyd George: "That is unfair.
There was no burning desire on the
pnrt of General Smutr. He acted a per?
fectly straightforward and honorable
par.."
Sir Donald MacLean, leader of the
Liberals, .vho followed the Premier,
expressed ^reet satisfaction at the
Premier's pronouncement and said he
hoped Vr. Lloyd George, personally,
would be able to take part in the
Washington conference. He added
that he was sure this was the wish
of the country.
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Fight Films Cause
Arrest of Rickard
LT. S. Action in Chicago Based
on Transportation of Reel^;
Te?t Planned
Svec'a! DUvatch to The Tribune
CHICAGO, Aug. 18.? \ warrant foi
the arrest of Tex Rickard, charginj
violation of the Federal statute for
bidding the transportation of prize
fight films, wa3 issued to-day b;
United States Commissioner Glass.
Rickard appeared at the I'edera
building an hour after the warrant wai
issued ar.d gave 510,000 bond. IL> ad
mittet that he hi.d brought the filmi
to Chicago from New York, and sait
the constitutionality of the law wou!<
have to be tested.
Meantime. Rickard i xpects to shov
the ficht films in local theaters. Hi
said he had been advised by his law
yer, Albert Fink, thai he could do so.
John V, Clinnin, assistant distric
attorney, ordered the application fo
the Rickard warrant after a long con
ference with Rickard and Attornc;
Fink. Rickard tried to convir.ee Mt
Clinnin that, inasmuch as he bad be.-i
fined $1,000 in New York for trans
porting the films out of New Jersej
where the fight v.a. held on July 2, h
could not be prosecuted here.
Mr. Clinnin acted when he learnei
?hat the fig had been shown a
the Soldier,,' Hospital, at Drexel Boule
?ard and Forty-seventh Street.
It is said that Tex is willing to pa'
another fine of $1,000, such as he pan
in New York, for bringing the film in;
Illinois. After the iine has been pah
he I dieves he can snow the picture
at any place in the state as often as h
k plcaaes.
Alexander 111 in Paria
Ah Throne Awaits Hin
Kin? Peter's I?<ir Han Appen
?li?itis and Cannot Attend
. the Funeral
PARI?, Aug. 18 'By The Associate
Press), Prince Regent Alexander o
Jugoslavia, son of the late King Pete
'?? ??-? dangerously ill of appen
?Lat?s, Incognito, in Paris, instead o
being air.ut to enter Belgrade, a* die
pat?nes from that city have report?!
The prognosis is favorable, howeve;
It '*? officially announced tr.nt he win b
onable to attend the funeral o? hi
father In Belgrad?.
An official bulletin on Alexander'
condition, issued to-night, said:
"Prince Alexander is suffering fror
a A<r ' - k of appendiciti . Fo
'.,.' days in.> condition ?as been station
a/y. IL;-, ten pu rature ranges from 10
to 102, The question of an operation i
pending. ',' v- prognosis is (food."
condition of Alexander appar
ently has been know/, to only a ?v>
persot ., ?? '. d ?patches from Belgrad'
to-night dealt iwh hi? formal ace*
to thi ? ' ..'- ??? w'.i-..-., on Augui
2$, IU is ??' .. ;- ' ' nded by Dr. Ber
i-i''1 Caneo, professor of fcno medics
tt><?.\i of the University of Pans, an<
pi. .?4i/?n Babdelac da r?ri?nte.
Briand Avoids
Foes9 Attack by
Visit to U. S.j
i i
Bitter Fight on Ministry Duo
When Chamber Meets in
Fall May Fail With thej
Premier in Washington j
Enemies ChargeWeakness :
; Lloyd George's Dominance
in the Supreme Council j
Is Resented by French |
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Special Cable to Tho Tribune
Copyright, 1321. New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS. Aug. IS. There is a possi-j
bility that a clever maneuver, by which ,
Premier Briand may be able to escapo:
a serious battle in the Chamber of j
Deputies over France's international!
policy, is behind the Premier's prompt I
acceptance of the opportunity to travel
personally to the Washington disarma- |
ment conference in November. Tho :
Chamber of Deputies 13 scheduled
under the law to reconvene in Octo- j
ber, following the Premier's official !
summon.; to the sutumn session.
Briand's enemies, however, are not)
waiting ?"or October, but already are
beginning to hurl newspaper interpel?
lations at him on trie question of
French policy, especially since Premier
Lloyd Qeorgo's domination of the Su?
preme Council meeting in Paris.
It is possible now to conceive of a
move on Briand's part in which the!
Washington conference would be an j
important factor in French politics and ;
save, or at least prolong, the life of ''
the Briand government.
Could Not Fight Ilim at Parley
The Premier must issue the call for;
tho reconvening of Parliament, but
there is no law to prevent him being!
aboard a liner and on his way to Wash
ington when the Chamber actually !
meots. Once in Washington, repre- ?
senting France in what most French- |
men believe to he the most important;
meeting since the armistice, it is re-j
garded as unlikely that even the bitter- ?
est anti-Briand group in the Chamber ;
would be able to gather a coalition of!
strength sufficient to overthrow the ;
government behind the Premier's back. !
Politically, Briand will be safer in
Washington in late October than in J
Paris.
[iriand's opponents are banking on !
information that the Premier was in- !
clined to grant grealcr concessions to j
Lloyd George during the Supreme :
Council meeting in an effort to save ?
tho Franco-British? entente than he
made before te.e deadlock eventuated in |
Lloyd George's proposal to call on the
Council of the League of Nations as the j
only means of preventing a rupture of ?
Allied unity. They credit tho inter- j
vontion of President Milleraud, along!
with that of several of the ministers, j
with the stiffening of Briand's position ;
and his rejecting the British thesis on ?
Upper Silesia after Lloyd George had j
threatened to break the entente unless i
France yielded.
Lloyd George's speech in the House
of Commons and jBriand's answer in !
the French press now serve to clarify
the subject of the Franco-British en?
tente, which has been exemplified in j
numerous meetings of the Supremo |
Council since the Versailles conference. :
Lloyd George's speech carefully em- j
phasized that European peace was con- ?
tingent on the union of the Allies and |
that the spirit of the entente w-is :
stronger than ever. Likewise, th, Brit- :
ish Premier told France that her se- ;
curity lay in the readiness of the world
to aid her if she became the object of
an unprovoked attack.
More materialistic Frenchmen, how- |
ever, are unwilling to wait for an un- ;
provoked attack, and believe that
France's foreign policy, especially as it j
concerns Germany, should be so con- j
? Btructed that France would alwayi be
! stronger than Germany.
; Holds French Position Unweakened
| Premier Briand last night, in answer
I to insistent demands of. the French
! pr?s :, r ci ?ved a score of journalist in
i the Foreign Office at 10 o'clock. He de
? clared in the main that Lloyd George's
speech in tiic House of Commons had
noi weakened the French thesis in the
Upper Silesian disputo and said that he
"frankly had not the slightest desire to
continue the Supreme Courcil discus?
sions," which arc now awaiting the ver?
dict of the, Council of the League of
Nations, composed of eight countries,
on which Franco is depending for a.
just opinion.
I Briand's political opponents do not
believe that the French thesis will be
upheld in the League Council's session,
which, it was announced to-day. would
begin at Geneva a week from next
Monday.
They already are prepared to attack
Briand for hin alleged weakness in the
I face cf r-uch a clever politician as
i Lloyd George, who is now talking of
Allied union after having cleverly ma
i nouvered the Upper Silesian problem
; into the pro-British Council ?f the
i League of Ni tions.
> Briand's way of escape from the
i storm he Knows will break at the very
beginning of the October session of
the Chamber n ay be the Washington
' conference. It is recalled that at every
?session of the Supreme Council which
Briand has attended as head of the
French government Lloyd George has
; proved the stronger opponent, giving
' a slight concession wherever he was
| able to ?jain a greater one from tho
l!iitish. viewpoint.
Lloyd George's Prestige Grows
Lloyd George's political strength in
\ England ha* been greatly enhanced as
: the. result of his victory at Taris, where
; as Briand uoiyea out more weakened.
While the Allied entente, as a whole,
! is preserved, it is realized here that
j the Franco-British entente-?which was
; bused almost wholly on the peaceful
?.solution of European disputes through
j the medium of the French and British
Premiers' domination of the Allied Su?
preme Council no longer exists.
The French point of view in Euro
! pean discussions always has been based
? on the future security of France, while,
! on the contrary, the British viewpoint
I has been based on future commercial
i relations. Thus these viewpoint.; are,
so different that they have nothing in
; common.
i Mail Planes Remodeled
! To Carry 32,000 Letters
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i ?)H Type t<> Transmit K?O Lbs.
on fcach Trip Between New
York an<l San Francisco
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. Six re
modelad army airplanes which will
?carry double the amount of mail ear?
ned In the DH type machines now In
urn will soon be placed in operation on
the transcontinental air mail route bc
'? tween New York and San Francisco, the
; Air Ms.il Servie- announced to-day.
The planes will cany 800 pounda of
niflii, or 32,000 letter?, with no addi?
tional coat in fuel or pilot?, the state?
ment said, arid wire remodel? d at a
cost 'if s.'j.ooo, where?? the coat of new ,
machines would hav^becu $15,000 each, '
China Accepts
Invitation to
oin in Council
No?c Expresses Desire to?
Co-ope ru le in Movement!
for the "''Elimination of!
Source?, of Controversy" j
Pacific issues
Pressing i
Peking Government Organ?
izes Special Bureau to
Prepare Da?a on Subject I
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.?Acceptance
by China of the invitation to partie;- i
pate in the discussion of Pacific and
Far Eastern questions at the disarma?
ment conference to be held here No?
vember 11 was conveyed to-day to
Secretary Hughes by Sao-Ke Alfred
Sze, Minister to the United States from !
the republic of China. The Chinese :
government's acceptance is the second ?
to be received officially by the State j
Department, the first being the reply j
from the French government, which i
stated that Foreign- Minister Brand
would head the delegation from that
nation,
In Ite acceptance the government of
China declaros that it finds special sat
isfaeti /n in making known its desire
"to cooperate on n footing of equality j
with other governments" in the benen- j
cent movement for the "elimination of
the sources of controversy" which i
may stand in the way of universel ?
peace.
The acceptance note of the Chinese
government said in pi.rt:
"A conference for tire purpose stated ;
meets with the hearty concurrence of '
tho government of the. republic of
China, Since the conclusion of the war j
in Europe the fear is general that
there may again be a recurrence of the
horrors of war. Furthermore, the cen?
ter of gravity in natters international
has recently shifted to the Pacific and
Far East. China occupies r.n inipoi
tant place, not only on account of the
extent of its territory snil the density
of its population, but also on account
of its geographical position. The Pa?
cific and Far Eastern questions as
viewed by the Chinese peuple are ques?
tions affecting the peace o? the world
of the present day.
"This conference at Washington,
called by the President of the United;
States for the promotion of peaco, can?
not but contribute in a largo measure [
to the accomplishment of results that
will enable the people of the world to j
enjoy prosperity and happiness and ob?
tain permanent release from tho calam?
ities of war. It is with special satisfac- J
tion the! the government of the Repub?
lic cT C'.ina makes known its desire to ?
cooperado on a footi.ig of equality with
other governments in this beneficont
movement."
PEKING, Aug 17 (By The Associated
Press).?Discussing China's prepara?
tions for the conference, Dr. Ven, the
Foieign Minister, said to-day that not
knowing what trend the discus: Vins
mie ht take, the government had organ?
ized a special department, comprising
representatives of several of tho ?r.in
istries, which had been charged with
the tas1: of preparing data upon any
possible questions in which Chinese in?
terests might be involved. This depart?
ment is under Dr. Yen's jurisdiction.
President Hsu Shih Chang on behalf
of the Chinese people, welcomes the
proposal for the ho'ding of a ronfi rence
on disarmament and Far Eastern qac3
C.oi.s.
PARIS, Aug. 18.?The Acad?mie
Fran?aise to-day passed a resolution
.?sking Premier Briand to seek to have
1 encl, maintained ."a the diplomatic
la iguage at the. Washington disarma
nv nt and Far Kastern conference.
Surveyor General of U. S. i
Realty Is New Office!
Incumbent, Not Yet Named,
Will Have Control of (>ov- j
em ment P roner* y
?', ?' The '? ribune'a Washington Burean
VA HIN ?TON, Aug. 18.?The offico j
of ; in yeyor Gen irai of Real Estate has '
been treated bj Director of 'he Bud?
get Dawes. The duty of this official
will b"e to collect information psrtain
i"1!' \o real estate owned or leas d by!
the government and to determine w*hat j
change:.; shot Id bo made in the "inter?
est of economical and efficient use."
The official, who has not been narr. I \
yet, will work under the direction of )
the chief coordinator of g?nerai suppiy .
and v. ill be assisted by area coor?
dinator:-.
Director Dawes has found upon in?
vestigation that at tho present time
inci.iy, space and efficiency are lost be?
cause of 'lie allocation of many bu?
reaus. Under the new plan this will
be avoided. The Surveyor General of
Peal Estate shall determine, subject]
to the approval of the Secretary of the
"? reasury, to what extent the govern?
ment buildings and lands in different
sections of the country shall be occu?
pied nnd used. He will have the power
also to assign and reassign ro< ms to
all Federal officials. Existing leases
may be terminated or abrogated by the
new official, and he shall have author?
ity to make new leases and terms.
In order to give him a complete sur?
vey of the entire situation regardirj
government owned and leased property,
the secretaries of War and Navy are
to supply him with all general informa?
tion regarding government owned and
leased property on government reserva?
tions. This information will be used
in the economical adjustment and con?
centration of government depots and
housing facilities. The Surveyor (>?>
erar will also establish liaison with tho
Public Buildings Commission with a
view of assisting in effecting economy
in the District of Columbia.
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or selling suburban real
estate, be careful what you
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Berlin Forecasts Delay
In U. S. Pe*ace Treaty
Reichstag May Not Meet Until
Washington Has Approved
Puhlic Discussion
BERLIN, Aug. 18 (By The Associ?
ated Press). ? The progress of the
negotiations looking toward a treaty of
peace with the United States was out?
lined by Chancellor Wirth yesterday
and to-day at conferences with leaders
of the opposition parties. The impres?
sion prevails in parliamentary circles
that the meeting of the Reichstag to
discuss the treaty proposals will not be
held until the Washington government
has given its approval to a public
par? ?amentary discussion.
The German government declared to?
day that reports of a deadlock on ac?
count of uVitenoble demands alleged to
have been mac!;- by the Washington
government are wholly unfounded, and
likev ise all other speculation regarding
the contents of the temporary agree?
ment between Ellis Loring Dresel, the
American commissioner in Berlin, and
Foreign Minister Rosen.
The Wirth Cabinet is said to believe,
however, that the treaty about to be
concluded is not calculated to lighten
its already numerous burdens. Inquiry
to-day as to whether the United States
had demanded a ren?wed confession of
war guilt was left unanswered.
House Finds
Ansel! Headed
Bergdoll Plot
(Continued from pago on?)
beyond doubt, the consideration for
which it did pass may be successfully
disputed. On the other hand, the full
performance of the service to bo ren?
dered may be fully established; still,
the pa sing of the money in payment
for the service may be proved oriiy by
appeal from the eve to the mental con?
sideration ol" a chain of established
facts. Again, that is the case.
"However, no witnesses willing to
tell the whole truth have seen the
money actually pass. But everybody
who heard or has read tho testimony
should he able to see r.n 'effect' which
co,Id not have been produced by any
'cause' except money.
"Bergdoll escaped through tho mis?
doing of somebody other ' than th:>
Bergdoll family and their immediate
personal associates, such as Romig.
Stecker, Gibhony and Mrs. Bergdoll.
It is hoped that this report bares to
Congress the others who are more
guilty than ever the Bergdoll family,
Shall they go unwhipped of justice?
"The mother, the brother, the foster
father - only those who gave shelter
and comfort out of love for the black
shcip if the family?have been con?
victed. Shall thoso who, for money,
conceived, connived at and executed t'no
escape, continue to practice in our na?
tion's courts, to wear the uniform of
an officer of our army or to collect an
annuity from a wronged people?"
According to the majority "every
direction which looked toward Berg
doll's safekeeping was rejected by Hunt
and everything that might facilitate
his escape was done without question
or quibble." This report continues:
"The inevitable conclusion is that
Bergdoll bought his way out. Yet Col?
or? 1 Cresson, the prosecutor, boldly
announced that he would not prove
that to be the case even if he could.
, "Prisoners in making escapes use
different instruments. Some use crow
bai'3, sonic files, some snws and some
false keys. The instrument used by
Bergdoll in making his escape was
money. Crowbars, saws and files make
noise. Ihere is an old, old savins: thut
'money talks,' but in illegitimate trans?
actions like this it* talking is dono in
whispers, and therefore difficult of
proof."
The minority holds that primary re?
sponsibility for the slacker's escape,
rests with Major General Peter C.
Harris, Adjutant General of the- army,
but it says there was no improper mo?
tive.
Hunt is charged by the minority
with "grave dereliction of duty" in not
ordering an officer to accompany Berg- i
doll, as requested by the Adjutant Gen?
eral. It is stated in the minority re?
port that Hunt's acquittal seriously
reflects on the army court-martial sys?
tem. The minority finds "a ?ertain ..
lack of effici mcy in the ol.'orts of vari- |
ous government agencies to apprehend i
Bergdoll after his escape, and a lack1
of cooperation and coordination be- ;
tween the. War Department and the Du-;
part ment of .Tus tice."
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Miners Want Free Baths
As an Inalienable Right
From The 7'ribuno's European Bureau
Copyright, 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, Aug. 18.?The British
m??..: will demand free baths at the
pit mouths es an inalienable right, ac?
cording to a resolution passed to-day
by the Miners' Federation at Llandu
dno, Wales. Other measures they will
equest include a fortnights' annual
holiday with pay, as well as a holiday
on Boxing Day, December 26, and a
pen ?ion of ?'I a week after the age of
sixty.
Miss Robertson Proud To Be
Called a "Political Accident"
Says All But Two Presidents of U. S. Are So Classed ;
Thanks Women's League for Publicity
its Attack Gives Her
From The Tribune'* Washington Bureau.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.? Miss Alice
! Robertson/ Congressman from Okla?
homa, this afternoon answered the fire
! of the National League of Woman
Voters, which yesterday attacked her
stand on the demand from feminist or
ganizaticns that a woman be named one
of the United States representatives
to the disarmament conference.
Cal'ing attention to the statement
issued by the press department of the
league in which she was called "a
political accident" and denounced as
ignorant of women's affairs, Miss Rob?
ertson declared her statement was
merely "show me the woman" who can
qualify. She further points out that
the delegation which called upon the
, Pr< sident to urge appointment of a
woman failed to mention the name of
any -candidate.
Quotes League's Attack
Miss Robertson's answer quotes the
following paragraph from the league's
attack:
"As a. Republican woman I regret the
newspaper prominence being given a
woman of Miss Robertson's type. Her?
self a political accident, in her con?
tempt of women and their ability, her
total ignorance of women and women's
affairs, she fortunately in no way rep?
resents women, though she sits as the
only woman in Congress. Actually
what Miss Robertson says or thinks
is negligible. Tho women in my part
of the country know that she never
responded to the demands of women
nor concerned herself with the things
women's organizations were developing
throughout the country."
Continuing, Miss Robertson says:
"The above is taken from a five-page
statement: issued August 17 for 'im?
mediate release' from the press de?
partment of the National League of
Woman Ycr?rs.
"I understand that each of the four
ladies of the committee of the league
who waited upon the President to re?
quest the appointment of a woman
member of th? disarmament commis?
sion argil ad with more or less earnest?
ness an alleged statement upon my part
that there was no woman qualified for
| membership.
" 'Negligible' as what I think or say
! may be in this particular instance, they
j have evidently seized upon a state
[ ment that I did not make. I did not
say 'there is no such woman,' but 'show
me the woman.'
Delegation Failed to Name Woman
"The delegation did not, according to
printed reports, name her to the Presi?
dent. Mrs. Edwards immediately dis?
qualified herself in the above para?
graph, an authorized, not to be ques?
tioned, statement?regretting the news?
paper prominence given me and then
sending out an advertisement of me
throughout the country. For this pub?
licity I thank her, even though it may
he in a degree an act of supereroga?
tion.
"A recent writer maintains that only
two out of ail the Presidents of the
United States were not 'political acci?
dents,' so that is all right.
"I do not claim to represent the
women of the United States, but all the
people of the 2d District of Oklahoma,
and the women in Indiana never having
especially troubled themselves about
what the men of the Oklahoma delega?
tion are doing in regard to the 'de?
mands of women,' I claim for myself
rights as a member of Congress to rep?
resent the citizenship of my district
without interference from Indiana."
Western Railroads
Refuse to Cancel
Wage Reduction
Brotherhood Demands for j
Present Overtime and
Work Rules Denied "In j
Interest of the Public"
CHICAGO, Aug. 18.?Declaring that
tho public demands reductions ? in
freight and passenger rates which can?
not be made under piesent iabor costs,
a committee of Western railroad execu?
tives announced to-day their refusal
to cancel recent wage reductions, ;.s re?
quested by.the railway workers' unions.
Tho request of the workers for a con?
tinuation of present working rules also
was denied.
1 he statement issued to-day fol?
lowed a two-day conference here with
union chiefs. Assurance that demanda
for further vage cuts would be with- '
drawn and a promise not to seek elim?
ination of time and one-half pay for
overtime also were denied.
Eastern roads turned flown similar
requests several days ago, and it is I
understood executives of Southeastern
railways will do likewise. Southwest?
ern rail chiefs declined to meet the
union men at all.
"There is no assurance that the cost
of living will not be decreased within
the next few months," the statement
said, "and for the railroads to take the
position that there would be no re?
quests for decreases in wages pre
s< nted in lawful and orderly manner to
the board [the United States Railroad
Labor Board] there could be no justi?
fication."
The request to abandon effort to
eliminate time and one-half for over?
time, as the one for restoration of
the pay schedule in effect prior to July
1, was declined through "a proper re?
gard for the public interest." Con?
cerning wage scales, the statement
1 said the roads were bound to "main
; tain decreases in wages just as they
| recognize the authority of the i oard
| in giving effect to increases."
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the
?Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
I headed tho union committee. H s de?
clined to comment on the attitude of
the railway executives.
WASHINGTON, Aug. lS.?Favorable
report on the Administration railroad
refunding bill was ordered to-day by
the House Commerce Committee. Re?
publican leaders plan to have the
i House pass the measure early next
! week. A committee amendment pro
? vides that the act shall in no way
I affect proposed government relief for
J farmers.
j Silesia Issue Comea Up A113. 29
PARIS, Aug. 18 (By Tho Associated
Press'). -The Council of the League of
| Nations will take up the question of
I Upper Silesia in Geneva, beginning
| August 29. Viscount Ishii, president of
i the Council, sent out an official call for
the meeting to-day.
I Autos Kill Three
Children Within
Few Hours in City
: Drivers of Cars Arrested;
One Child Dies and Sev?
eral Hurt as Raritan Bus
Collides With Stone Pillar
Three children wore killed yesterday
by automobile;, and three arrests were
made in connection with their deaths.
Myron Millington, eight years old,
of 13 West 104th Street, was playing
on the street near Manhattan Avenue
with several other girls, when an auto
: mobile, driven by Adam W. Gerrie,
cashier of the Imperial Tobacco Com?
pany, 2 Draper Avenue, Montreal,
Can., struck her and fractured he.'
skull.
An ambulance was summoned from
1 Reconstruction Hospital, but she died
in the ambulance before she got there.
Gerrie, whose five-year-old daughter
was in the automobile with him, was
arrested on the technical charge of
Homicide. He said he had been here
or.ly one day. His version of the acci?
dent was that he had swerved to avoid
hitting the other girls and that the
Millington girl had seemingly run into
tho car.
Not long after this accident a car
owned by Isaac Cohen, of 465 West End
Avenue, and driven by Hugh J. Donald?
son, a chauffeur, of 2L'8 West 314th
Street, ran down and killed Rose i-ish
bine, four years old, of 22 Wen 100th
Street, while she was crossing the
street. She, too. lied on the way to the
hospital. Donaldson was arrested.
Fred Landon, four years old, of 499
West 158th Street, was knocked down
and killed by a tractor belonging to
tli ! Street Cleaning Department in
front of his home. The driver, Gog?
Young, of 2394 Seventh Avenue, was
arrested.
SOMERVILLE, N. J., Aug. 18.?One
man was killed and seven persons wer?
injured to-day when a bus running be
tween Raritan and Manville collided
with a .-'.one pillar under the tracks of
the Central Railroad, near here, whilt
I going at a good rate of speed. The on*.
! who was killed was Dawson Var
j Syckle, an accountant employed by th<
Manonville Company at Manonville
He died in Somerville Hospital.
? ?
! R. J. Srhaefrr Gets Park Pos
Francis D. Gallatin, Park Commis
sior.er, yesterday appointed Rudolp!
Jay Schaefer a special Deputy Par!
Commissioner for .Manhattan, The po
\ sition is an honorary one, no salar;
i being attached. Mr. Schaefer is presi
I dent of tho F. & M. Schaefer Brew
! ing Company and various other com
j panies connected with it Ho is vice
j president of the Ritz-Carlton Restau
.; rant and Hotel Company, of Atlanti
City, and of the Gundlach-Manhatta
; Optical Company, of Rochester. He i
i active in .> oial and civic affairs in th
city.
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During' Our Semi-Annual Sale
Men's and Young Men's $
I
Reduced from #50
Every Suit marked at a loss for the sake of effecting
an imm?diate stock clearance!
Shipping Board
To Adopt Bare
oat Charter
New System Whereby Craft
Will Return Net Rental
Is Expected to Result in
Large Government Saving
Lasker Denies Resigning
In Accord With Associates
and Harding, He Asserts;
Calls Rumors Propaganda
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.?The first
step toward reducing the cost to the
government of operating United States
Shipping Board vessels wr.s taken to?
day, when the board unanimously di?
rected Operating Vice-Prcsidents Smull,
Love and Frey to make a survey of
the shipping situation and work out
some plan of bare-boat charter to re?
place the present system.
Chairman A. I). " Lasker, following
an interview with President Harding,
made public a statement of the board's
desire to work out a plan more ef?
ficient than the present one, under
which the board has be?n paying op?
erators a commission on the gross
receipts from operations, the board as?
suming all running expenses. He said
the board hoped to substitute an
agreement which will provide a net
rental for tho ure of the ships, the
charterer to pay all running costs.
Chairman Lasker said the President
heartily agrees with- the Shipping
Board that"the bare-boat charter sug?
gestion must bo put into effect if the
government is to avoid a continuation
of the present losses sustained in the
operation of American ship1'. He ?tdded
that Mr. Harding gave his approval to
the board's decision to make r-n imme?
diate survey and study of the best
means of making the American flag
pay while on the ceas.
Mr. Lacker flatly denied tho many
rumors in circulation that he is to ?e
sign as the head of the government's
shipping establishment.
In tue presence of all bis associates
on the 1 oard the chairman told news?
paper men that the reports of disagree?
ment among the members of the board '?
and between himself and President j
Harding were without foundation, and
that the report that he was to resign
was "a complete falsehood."
Chairman Lasker attributed the rumors
of friction ir1 the board to "propaganda
from unsympathetic sources." Turning j
to his associates, Mr. Lasker asserted j
that "the board acts as one man on all ;
the *big questions coi fronting us, and !
there never was anything but the most '
complete unanimity among the board,
and any of these members will correct ;
me if the statement is not the truth." !
The members gave their assent to
this, and Mr. Lasker added that the
board acted as a big family in the
heartiest accord. He expressed assur?
ance that it would continue to function
without the slightest friction.
Shackleton to Take Boy !
Scouts on Polar Trip
Two Husky Youfhs From Ork?
ney islands Chosen From
Many That Applied
From 27ie Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright, 1921. New York Tribune Ir.e.
LONDON, Aug. 18.?Two lucky BoV
Scouts from the storm buffeted Ork?
ney Islands have been chosen by Sir'
? Ernest Shackleton to accompany him !
as Ins guests on his new voyage to the
Polar regions. The two to go are J W ;
S. Marr, of Aberdeen, and N ' E '
Mooney, of Kirkwall. Both are troop
leaders.
Young Mooney never had seen a rail- '
way engine until he left the lone'- I
Orkneys to come south and join tha '
expedition. Both hoys aro ,'nusually '
well developed and accustomed to cold"
weather. i
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Reds Give In; ?
Get American i
Food at Once
?,
(Continued from page en?)
: relief administration has several miV
! lion dollars available. ,
Special Cable to The Tribuns
Copyright. 1921. Mew York Tribune In?.
RIGA, Aug. 18.?Walter hmn.
Brown and Maxim Litvinof", at an in
j formal conference this morning, codi
| fied the points upon which they are
j agreed.
According to the Novi Put, Bolshevik
' newspaper here, Litvinoff told Mr.
i Brown that the limit of concessions
j had been reached.
Litvinoff's yielding en the point of
: the joint organization of local corun-.it-.
tees is considered a victory tor Brown,
as this constituted the chief bone of
contention. The American relief ad-'
ministration retains the right to ap.
point the committees.
The Pravda, Bolshevik, n wspaperin
Moscow, ridicules the efforts of the'
Entente "to get down to business* on'
the proposals to organize relief.
"By this delay." says the newspaper,
"the Entente give us reason to a?
| sume that they are not thinking so
; much of aid for Russia as for utilizing
I our misfortune for their own selfish
political interests." The Pravda warn?
that the Soviet must go slow about ac?
cepting Allied aid, asserting tha; they
intend to turn whatever aid they give
into propaganda.
Canadian Freighter Sinks
QUEBEC, Aug. 18. ?The Canadian
povevnme"t's freight steamship Cana?
dian Recruit was sunk off Stone Pillars
at the Traverse ?n collision to-night
w!th the steamship Maskinonge, of the
Dominion Coal Company's service.
Say-it's a
great garter
Simple? Yes. sir! There's
no other garter made that's
so easy to put on?so quick
to take oil?or so easily a*,d
quickly changed from one
pair of socks to another.
Convenient? You'll say
so. Either garter fits either
leg ? no rights or lefts
Every inch is rubber web?
bing, with no metal to we*r
it out. You simply can't
beat Ivory Garters. Buy a
pair today ? t new pair
free from your dealer if
they don't satisfy you en?
tirely. Ask for Ivories.
IVORY GARTER CO.
New Orleans, U. S. A.
OUR NEW LOCATION WILL BE
FIFTH AVENUE, 56TH AND 57TH STREETS
"Till: PARIS SHOP OF .?MEF.H V
Removal Sales Offer Today
Crepe de Chine Blouses ^7.50
Formerly $12.50 to $15
In flesh, black or white, trimmed with contrasting colors.
Silk Blouses . . . * 12.50
Formerly $20 to $25
Tailored and dressy models; white and colors.
Linen and Dimi?y Shirts * 12.50
Formerly $25
?n pleated and bosom effects.
Summer Frocks
$25, $35? Were *65 to $100
Voile, Gingham, Organdie and Linen.
Sport Coats
at * 15 ?Were to $45
Smart short coats in wool.
Separate Skills
at $9.50 ?Were $18 to *50
A.
Plain, striped and plaid models in wool.
Sport and Street Suits
at $25 and $45 ? Were*75to*125
Of flannel, knit wear, tricotine and serge.
Country Hats
at $5 ?Were to ?20
Attractive crushable models.