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ISgrJinfe Washington IrtccaliJ sgg^ _XO. 5426 I WASHINGTON, D. C? TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 192j/-SIXTEEN PAfiTCS ^ h^U O* / ? nnrr ' ~ TnWihm4 Iwry tUrwkmg to tte Tmi. Uil Hi ^.KlTl 1 . HOUSE TAX BILL PREFERRED TO MELLON'S PLAN Senate Committee Will t Refuse Retroactive Surtax Repeal. DECIDES TO KEEP 32 PER CENT RATE Likely to Follow House On Excess Profits Provisions. The Senate Finance Committee. It now develops, will reject the major recommendations of the administration for changes In the tax bi$l. and will adhere to the principles contained in the measure as It was adopted by the House. ^ The committee definitely decided < yesterday that the reduction in surtax rates should be made effective on January 1. 1522. as the House provided. Secretary of the Treasury glellon recommended that the reaction be made retroactive to January l. 1521. so it would apply to th? current year. Derlnlon Favored. At the same time, it was strongly Indicated that the committee will make the repeal of the excess profits l*x effective January 1. 1922. Here again there Is concurrence In the House provisions, and repudiation of Mellon's suggestions. Another important decision of the conynittee yesterday was that the maximum surtax rate should be kept at 32 per cent, as the House v?te4. Secretary Mellon asked that a redaction to 25 per cent be made. The final form of the capital stock tax and the corporation tax are I yet to he decided. Will Settle (tifition Today. The excess profits question. and others remaining to be finally determined. will be settted today, according to Senator Penrose, committee chairman. Minor matters hinging on the main points will then b*? disposed of rapidly, and specialists will whip the bill Into shape for presentation to the Senate when Congress re-convenes September 21. Senator Penrose said he will bring the tax bill before the Senate at once. w "I will call up the bill immediately \ and pr^-ss for its passage at every importunity." said Penrose. "I anticipate no great delay." AanifiMt Pearooe** Advice. Penrose has favored repeal of the \fess profits tax as of January 1. 1921 If the committee follows the course now strongly indicated. It will run counter to its chairman as well as to Secretary Mellon. These developments minimise the possibility of a long-drawn-out battle with the House. Thf Lower Chamber was prepared to contest Senate alterations, and nelay in final enactment of the tax bill was in prospect as a result. The decisis nof the committee to follow the lead of the House is not officially explained. It is believed, however, that fear was felt that votera.would regard the revenue bill with disfavor if the Impression were circulated that it was a "rich man s tax." which relieved corporations and persons of great wealth, while reducing in no way the contributions f the small taxpayer. Tariff Bill !fext. When the tax bill is out of the way, the finance committee will again turn its attention to the tariff. There Is "no great haste" to complete this measrre. it was said, while at the same time no delays will be imposed. Despite objections to the high ! rates of the Fordney bill frotn some quarters. Senator Penrose said the tendency still Is for rates "entirely protective." SAYS ARMS PARLEY WILL HURT LEAGUE (Special Cable to The W.ihiarton Herald and Chicago Tribune.) LONDON. Sept. 12?"The Washington conference may accomplish Jome immediate good, but in the progress of civilization it will do harm, for it will furnish the people of the United States with an exruse for not joining the league of I nations." Judge C. B. Ames, assistant attorney general under the Wilson administration, told the Ecumenical Methodist conference < at London today. The remarks were made during a debate on a resolution appealing to the Washington conference not to cease Its efforts until disnrmament was achieved. Moving that the resolution bo referred back to the committee because it did not mention the league. Judge Ames said that the Harding administration. In calling the conference, had set up' a competiive body to the league. The resolution was adopted without amendment because it was ' pointed out^ by another American delegate that if the league was mentioned in the rsolution it would cause a great disturbance in the ' Methodist Church of the United States. 1 iC0P7TI4bt, mi.) ^ URGES AUSTRALIA JOIN CONFERENCE Social Cable to The Waablngton Herald asd Chicago Trlbnaa.) , SYDNEY. Sept. 12.?Lord Northclifte. since his arrival here, has 1 been esdeavorlng to Impress the Australians with the Importance of the disarmament confcrence at 1 Washington, to which he has referred in almost every speech or n-.erviMT^ . H expressed th.' view that Aim- 1 tralia and New Zealand have more ' to gain or loss by the settlement of I the Pacific problems than any other country, and should be represented 1 at Washington even If a formal I separate invitation was not Issued. I as the whole future of Australia 1 may dspsad on the decisions of the t conference. 1 Cesyrigbt, 1ML) I ? ' " Miss Washington Declines Stage and Film Offers Tired Out by Strenuous Week, She Will Rest At Her Home. Completely tired oat after a * tretinoin* week at Atlaatle City where ahe was aelected as the moXt benatffal yoang woman in ? the I nited States, Mis* Margaret Gorman, better known as "Mlaa Wank In at on," waa forced yeaterdny to take a complete reat, and for the remainder of the week" will make few pahlle appeara nee a. \ The pretty little hlgh-aehool v alrl fonnd awfltlag her la Waahlagtoa a namher of offera for motion pletarea and the atage. hat ao far haa deellaed them all. She atllll haa a year ahead of her at tie Weatern High School and la healtatlag to accept aaythlng which wonld Interfere with hor completing her edncatlon. However, aome of the olfera are extremely Sattertng, and she may take advantage of one. Thla afternoon ahe will go to the Fabllc Health Service Hoapltal at Monnt Alto where several of the dUahled veterana of the world war have expreaaed a dealre to ace her. With thla exception and Tbnradny evening. when ahe la to he gneat at a dinner at the ^l%_aahlngton Art a Clnh. ahe will not leave her home daring the week. LANSING MAY SIT IN ARMS PARLEY ASAIDTOCHINESE Expected to Act as Counsel to Delegation With Dr. Reinsch. Former Secretary of State Robert J Lansing may sit at the forthcoming armament and Far Eastern confer- J ence, representing a foreign power. J Lansing. It is learned in reliable quarters, either will be or has been asked to act with Dr. Paul Reinsch as counsel for the Chinese defection. Lansing is now out of the city and pending final outcome of the matter neither his office here nor the Chinese legation were able to make any statement on the question. At the legation, however. It was pointed ont that-l^annlna and his father-in-law. the late John W. Foster, acted as counsel for the Chinee government some years- ago and that even recently the Chinese here have "kept in touch" with Lansing. The possibility of Lansing's participation in the conference is interesting in light of his break with former President Wilson following the Paris peace conference and the exceptions he took, in hia book on the negotiations there, to settlements Wilson approved in the Far East. Lansing also was co-author of the agreement negotiated between the United States and Japan in 1916, which was interpreted to mean American recognition of Japan's "special interests" in the Orient. It is because of his intimate knowledge of Far Eastern problems, as well as his experience on the American peace commission at Paris that Lansing is said to I* sought by the Chinese government to co-operate with Dr. Reinsch as counser*during the parleys here. If Lansing serves he will be the first of the Wilson peace commissioners to be called into the forthcoming diplomatic struggle. Gen. Bliss, another of the Wilson commission, might be expected to*4*e called by Harding in an advisory capacity to the already selected American negotiating group, but there has been rio announcement to this effect. THEATERlUDiENCECHEERS PRESIDENT Harding and Party Arrive in New York from Atlantic City. NEW YORK. Sept. 12.?President and Mrs. Harding are making a typical trip to New York, just as anybody from Marion, Ohio, would do it. They went to the theater tonight and saw Leon Errol and Marilyn Miller it* "Sally" at the New Amsterdam oi Forty-second street. They aarrived late this afternoon after a fast trip from Atlantic Ciiy, and were greeted at Soufb Amboy, tf. J., by Mayor Hylan, who escorted them across the river on the ferry. The party reached the R1tx at 6:5^ o'clock, dining and resting there until theater time. At the end of the first act, the President stood up and bowed as'the audience applauded arid cheered. He also waved to Senators Brandegee md Longwortn in another box. In President and Mrs. Harding's box were Secretary Hoover, who came by train from Atlantic City; George 7an Fleet, editor of the Marion Star, and Mrs. Van Fleet; Alexander P. Moore and Lillian RutBell, hia wife. In the adjoining box *ere Secretary George Christian and Secret Service men. Immediately after the show, President and Mrs. Harding returned to :heir hotel. Tomorrow the President lopes to ptmy golf at Piping Rock. L?ong Iaiand. The party will board he Mayflower tomorrow evening or Wednesday morning and cruise back* io Washington. IRISH ANSWER J DISPATCHED TO LLOYD GEORGE < Insists Conference Begin Without Previous Stipulation. . 1 DE VALERA WANTS FULL DISCUSSION Unwilling to Make Allegiance to Crown a Condition. (Special Cable to The U'.ihin.ton Herald and Chicago Tribone.) DUBLIJT, Sep,. 12, t Iraslr 1 illuNtratlon of the prrarnt con- I dltlo.i of the Irlah nobility In 1 ehown h y the Rnrl of Me.th. who hiiM called hU tenant* and retalaern together and Mhowed them hln balance aheeta which Indicate a credit balance on n year'* work of only *000. Thla wan mainly due to the exeeaalve Income tax and the hfeh coat of 1IVI?K. 'Copyright, ltai.) (Fpeoial Crble to The Wa.hinfton Herald and United Newt.) LONDON. Sept. 12?Earnonn de v alera 8 reply to Lloyd George will Insist that the proposed roundtable conference at Inverness begin without any previous agreement as to what questions shall be dis- 1 cussed, including even that principle 1 which Lloyd George has laid dowr 1 as the essential basis for .the conference?allegiance to the Crown 1 and adhesion to the United Kingdom. 1 according to well informed officials ' In London. i The reply is on its way by special 3 courier to the British Premier in Scotland. # 1 Dependa on Interpretation. The reply is, therefore, a rejec- j tion or an acceptance, according tc whichever interpretation Lloyd George cares to place upon it. If the premier insists upon the prin- ! ciple of allegiance as an undebatable ! proposition, De Valera's answer cannot be considered otherwise than as a refusal to enter the negotia- ^ tlons. If, however, Lloyd George is ? willing to discuss all phases of the , situation, including this principle, the conference will be held. , Officials were greatly surprised at \ the early dispatch of the new note t to Lloyd George, for It had been t expected that this action would be i delayed at least until after the t meeting of the Dail Eireann on < Wednesday. * Sinn Fein leaders openly insist t that acceptance of Lloyd George's i proposals are impossible so long I as their hands are tied by prelim- t inaary agreements and declare that every angle of the situation must * be the subject of discussion by t the conference. It is conceded that t Both England and Ireland are c anxious for peace and that each a side is willing to make concessions *t for the sake of attaining that end. v But. as usual, the leaders on both a sides'are distrustful of each other, i and the British are experiencing difficulty in comprehending Irish psychology, which seeks peace and yet talks war. Iriah Expect Conference. t Therefore, while the British are a in an uncertain frame of mind, the ^ Irish followers are quietly confi- r dent that the conference is inevit- f able. They hold that the real i question is not one of De Valera's acceptance of Lloyd George's terms, ^ but of Great Britain's acceptance t of the Irish demand for "a free and t unprejudiced conference." f The greatest hope for peace, af- c ter all, rests in the mutual knowl- t edge that each side is prepared for i a desperate fight if the peace at- i tempts fail. The Irish know that t the British are ready to squeeze t Sinn Fein to death In an iron military grip. And the British in- i telligence officers have reported t officially that the morale of the { Irish republican army is intact and i its numbers increased. It is in the a best condition of its history, con- 1 tinulng its drills, and willing. If I necessary (in fact, many of its 1 members are anxious) to resume S the war. Sir James Craig has returned to Belfast after a two weeks' ab- * 'sence. He presided over this afternoon's cabinet meting, at which the entire situation was discussed at length , CHAPLIN OUTWITS CROWD AT 4 A. M. ! ??? * (Special Cable to The Washington Herald \ and Chicago Tribune.) LONDON, Sept. 12.?Charlie's best ] antics do not beat the gymnastics j that he is forced to perform in dodg- . ing his London admirers. The crowd doing permanent sentry duty at the Bitz dwindled today to about 100 persons, but whenever he appears, a couple of thousand spring up. He still does not dare to go out in the daytime biK? determined to see London in spite of them?at 4 o'clock this morning he emerged, hired a taxtcab and made a solitary two-hour tour of the deserted streets, amid a drenching rainstorm. He revisited many of his former haunts. Today the crowd came again and he was once more forced into solitary confinement in hl? hotel rooms. Mort than 600 letters came by this morning's mail. Among them are hundreds from society hostesses who plead for his presence at a "quiet little tea where you can relax." Optimists have put up to him wild-cat business schemes?one pawn broker offered to lend him from $50 to $50.000 on "no security but your note/' * 'Copyright, ltfl.) Federal Employes Open New Orleans Meeting NEW ORLEANS. 8ept. IS.?The opening of the convention of the National Federation of Federal Employee. was marked here by the address of welcome of Oov. John M. Parker, of Louisiana. and Maj. R. C. Jonea. representing the mayor of New Orleans. ; ? Mexico Clothes Poor in Honor Of Independence Centennial Festivities Include Lottery to Aid Invalid Soldiers. Mexico la celebrating the renteaalal ?( her Independence thla month. The ftatlTit|ea opened laat Satarday with the aecretary of atat^a reception to toreign diploMta. Free dlatrlhutlon ( clothing to 20,000 poor wHm the chlet event of Sunday. * A call performance hy the Mexico city council waa held . yeaterday. Homage to Independence heroea by the Prealdent and cabinet given In the cathedral. Incidental to the featlvltlea la the centennial lottery of 9500,000, the proceedH of which KO to lavalld aoldlera* Inatltutlona. H A llTSECURITIES SOLD TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ROADS t Administration Goes Ahead Without Waiting on Congress. The administration, without waitng for Congressional action, has >egun the sale of securities to provide funds for the railroads. Car trust certificates in the imount of $7,500,000 have been bought by Kuhn, Loeb and Company, bankers, of New York, the Railroad Administration announced resterday. The money derived will be utilized jy the Railroad Administration in making settlements with the carriers, supplying funds they urgently iced. Cert I flea tea Total $SMO.OOG.OOO. The sale is the first of large transactions which the administration <.pes to carry through in the near uture. as conditions In the money narket improve. Car trust certiii ates which the government holds otal $380,000,000, and they will be lold as rapidly as conditions warant. The proceeds will go to the rail*oads is order to tjde them over intil Congress has had an opporunity to act on the administraion's railroad funding bill. This neasure provides for utilization of he machinery of the War Finance Corporation in selling obligations rhich the railroads propose to give he government for their indebtedless. Funds from the sale would >e' used to pay the indebtedness of he government to the roads. Meantime, however, railroads have nade earnest representatiort as to "njf immediate need for help, and he administration decided to proved. President Harding and his idvisors hope that the revival of he buying power of the railroads vill stimulate industry, and will be n important factor in relieving memployment. Sale Made At Par. The government came into posessicn of the car trust certificates hrough operation of the transporation act of 1920. The government tdvanced funds to the roads with vhich to make purchases of equipnent, in return for which the roads rave certificates bearing 6 per cent nterest. The sale announced yesterday vas made at par and accrued inerest. the only terms legally postible. Negotiations are proceeding or additional sales, and Secretary >f the Treasury Mellon believes hey will be made soon because of mproved conditions. The interest ate up to the present had made he investment unattractive from he standpoint of bankers. Eugene Meyer, jr.. managing di ector of the War Finance CorporaJon. negotiated the sale for the government. The securities sold vere in blocks of $1,500,000. and vere from these roads: Atchison. Topeka asd Santa Fe: Chicago. Turlington and Quipcy; Norfolk and Western; Central of New Jersey, and ?outhern Pacific. PROTEST DROPPING BOMBS IN SOUND NEW LONDON, Conn.. Sept. 12.? Fishermen from New London plan t protest In Washington against he extinction of fish in the waters >f some parts of Long Island Sound. \ delegation of loyal fishermen iccompanied by representatives of the Fulton Fish Market in New fork, called on the commandant at he submarien base today and isked him to take up l.is subma'ines far ofT shore for practice in Iropping depth bombs. (Jhe Metal TUESDAY MORNING Tuesday shoppers, in s sure to find something woi of the local merchants wh> Page Amusements 8 Baseball 6 Birmingham Car 2 C. H. Bready 11 Brodt's, Inc 6 Carroll-Erwin Co. 3 Claflin Optical Co 8 Delta Tours 8 H. W. Dubiske & Co 11 Educational 5 J. M. Gidding A Co 5 Haller A Haller 8 The Hecht Co 6 W. B. Hlbbs A Co 11 Horning 8 A. A. Housman 11 Hughes Finance Corp 11 S. Kann Sons Co 5 D. J. Kaufman 8 2. D. Kenny Co w Lansburgh A Brother ... 5 Dr. Lehman 8 .1 . 1 V ROOT REFUSAL OF LEAGUE JOB PROVES SHOCK Delegates Dismayed by His Decision Not 1 To Run. j ????? i CHANGE ADVANCES ; S COTT'S POSITION I 1 Number of Votes Will Be . Transferred to i Latter. < i (Special Cable to The Wathin*ton Herald , and Chicago Tribune.) GENEVA, Sept. 12.?Ellhu Root's i refusal to be a candidate for judge of the international court of Justice threw a bombshell into league of nations circle*, here today. It was expected that Root would stand pat and accept the post If unanimously elected. The secretariats of the big powers practically insured his unanimous election. hoping ) thereby to establish contact with 1 the United States government through Root's close relations with i tfie Republican administration. Root's telegram to Sir Eric Drum- J mond, secretary general of the league, stated that he was not able to accept for personal reasons, but ] in private cablegrams to several of the council members, it was explained that he was too old. Scott*a I'om It Ion Stronger. Root's withdrawal strengthens the chances of James Brown Scott. I because it is realized that he share* : Root's principles, they having I worked together for many years and | being in a large part responsible for the drafting of the constitution of the court at The Hague in the summer of 1920. A number of the delegates who had intended to cast their ballots for Root will vote for Scott Wednesday. It has been decided to refer the question of the league's competence to judge the Chile-Peru dispute to three jurists here. Senor Edwards, of Chile, stated that he was not prepared to admit that the league was licensed to Intrude in purely South American affairs In violation of the Monroe Doctrine. Senor Aramavo, of Bolivia, accepted tentatively for his country unless the government objects. Oatllies Frenrh Policy M. Bourgeois, in Ills speect^to the assembly this morning, enunciated the French policy for the Washington conference, asserting that "it gives the league no cause for anxiety. The Washington conference deals with questions of the Pacific and disarmament arrangements between the countries directly involved." Irtnavasa Sastri. of India, rapped the United States bitterly In a speech to the assembly. "I have no patience with people standing outside an organization and criticizing Its work," he said. He also criticized the secretariat for hiring four Americans, whereas only one Indian representative Is employed. (Copyright, 1H1.) ARMEDMENGUARD TOWN IN ILLINOIS * 11 Union Miners Encamped in Hills Arouse Grave Fears. ELIZABETHTOWfJ, 111., Sept.lJ ? Armed guards are once more patrolling the streets and environs of Ellzabethtown, and machine guns, mounted on motor trucks, are guarding the Rosiclare mine. The,, Hardin County mine war seems to be still in progress, though no overt acts have been reported. The resumption of "armed passiveness" has changed the plans or Adjt. Gen. Frank S. Dickson and Gov. Small's peace commission. They had Intended leaving for Springfield today, but have now decided to leave Wednesday if nothing happens to deter them. Reports of union encampments in the hills along the river continue to arrive here with more or less disquieting effect on the morale of tbo city. Most of the reports are unsubstantiated, but there seems to bo enough basis to them to cause officials to be constantly on the alert-HMtthex * , SEPTEMBER 13, 1921. earch of real bargains, arc rth their while at the stores ose ads are listed below. Page Amos W. McDevitt 5 Meyer's Shops 2 Chas. E. Miller, Inc 6 National Elec. & Supply Co. 3 National Laboratories g Railroads and Steamships. g , Riemer & Co 11 Semmes Motor Co 9 Dr. Smith 8 The F. H. Smith Co 3 Wayne Smith 3 Stag Hotel g M. Stein & Co & Sterrett & Fleming 3 , Stock Exchange Securities Corp V: 2 Swartzell, Rheem A Hensey 11 Tophara's 5 f Vienna Hat Factory g Wash. Loan St Trust Co. ..10 Woodward A Lothrop 16 John H. Wilkins Co 5 , L 1 '* . 111 ' 1 "V" | i 1 . - ' ' Harding, Denb Given Navy Group Representing \ takes Presidential 1 Atlantib City1 Two delegations representing i lavy yard employe* yesterday prelentetf President Harding V>d Cab- { net member* with copied of the , evolutions adopted *t * mau meetng Sunday protesting agalnat the :uf In navy employe^ pay ordered jy Secretary Denby on recommenda- , :lon of the navy wage board. A party consisting of William H. Johnston, president of the Interna- j tional Association of Machinists; J Herbert P Leeman, president of Columbia Ix>dge, No. 174. Machinists Union, and N P. Allfaa. president of District 44 of the International Association of Machinists, yesterday overtook the Presidential party at noon ?t a golf club on the outskirts of Atlantic City. The President wat preparing to leave for New Tork. George Christian, the President's secretary, assured the labor representatives that the reaolutlons would be brought to the attention of Harding at hie first leisure moment. Call Dtskf Davis. A similar party representing tire navy workmen caled on Secretaries Denby and Davis and asked consideration of the resolutions. StcreBAVARIA RESENTS BERLIN'S ACTION IN POSTING VON KAHR Armed Groups Advised "Grave Times Are Impending." 'Special C.M. to Th? Wsikiniton Herald.) BERLIN, Sept. IS.?It is apparent I that the victory of the Berlin government over the Bavarian gov-1, ernment, through Its ability to force the resignation of Bavarian Premier von Kahr, threatens to become a very doubtful victory for the central government. The resignation of Von Kahr has Intensified the feeling in Bavaria against Berlin to an extraordinary i "Various armed groups which still i exist in Bavaria as clubs, societies | and In various other guises, havel been confidentially advised to hold themselves lo readiness for instant , call because '^rave tiroes are im-l, pending." Parliament ?? Be Called. It is expected that the Bavarian! parliament, which must accept the resignation of the premier and I elect his successor, will be called I in special session within a^ few j 1 days to act upon Von Kahr s j \ resignation. Former Minister of Education ; Knllllng is spoken of as the leading candidate. Knllllng is looked upon as a man who favors the I separatist movement more than Vonli Kahr did. and his election asji premier would give the secessionist movement a strong impetus. Von Kahr Is a Protestant, but with Knitting's election Germany would have a Catholic centrist I chancellor for the empire, in Wirth;! centrist premiers in Prussia, I Wuerttemberg and Bavaria, and a lominant clerical cabinet In Baden, making Roman Catholicism a more Imporlant factor in the government than It ever has been before. Kahr Crged to Remain. The Berlin government is much concerned over the developments in Ravaria. Kahr's formal retirement has not yet taken place, and the Bavarian democratic and conserva-1 live press are urging him to remain. ill' The fact that Berlin today is in 1 the grip of an unexpected strike In the city Dower station, paralyx-l ing Industries, street railways and telephones, with threatened strlkeal In the gas and water works, while quiet and order prevail In Bavaria under Kahr. has served to atill further preiudice the Bavarians I against Berlin's attempt to force * similar system upon them. marknow brings less than centl NEW YORK. Sept. 12.?Further marked depression in the market for I German exchange today brought the value of the mark down to S2H one hundredths of a cent, a new low record and a loss of more than 7 points compared with the clo?in? quotation of last week. The collapse in marks unfavor- I ably Influenced the rate of exchange on other continental countries. French francs dropped to 7.22 cents per franc, a loss of 24 points compared with Saturday. francs dropped 22 points, and Ita lan exchange, at 4.24^4 cents per l.re. was off 7 points It now requires forty Polish marks to equal the I I value of a cent. Wall Street attributes weakness 1 In continental exchanges to the i growing tear that Germany may not be able to meet her next reparation < payment. The ?"> ?*>'?<??? ' man moratorium is being widelj t d'Exchange on Engfand continued , to hotf firm. Demand sterling was i quoted at *3.73*. up Hoi a cent. |, "slave auctions" j held up for weekl BOSTON, Sept 12.?The "slave 1 auctions" on Boston Commons will be discontinued this week ir> absence of Urbain I-edoux. known t to the great army of the ployed ljere as "Mr. Zero, who Is I recuperating after two ?M itrenuous exertion in behalf of the men down and out. Guests at Ledouxs -Hotel JoM less" on Howard street, where 200 I homeless and penniles men sleep nightly, vouch for the story that Ledoux has been sleeping on an average of onlv two hour. ^ ???? ? y and Davis Wage Protest rard Employes OverParty at Noon on Golf Course. tary Denby. according to on* of ths memben of the delegation, appeared to look unfavorably on the revolution*. The group calling on the Cabinet members Included John Anderson. E. C. Davison. Edward R. Williams, James L. Johnston, Hugh L. Rankin. J. T. Hughes. B L*. Rhlnehart. William W. Keeler. R. D. Coleman and William Mcintosh Future stgns to be taken by the navy employed in fighting the pay reduction will not be decided on until both committees have completed their reports. E. C. Davison said last night. Hop Expressed. Hope that the President would see fit to request the Secretary of the Navy to defer enforcement of the new wage scale was expressed, by President Johnston of the machinists' union last night. "We believe, too, that the business CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. ARBUCKLEJURY MAY COMPLETE INQUEST TODAY I First Degree Murder Indictment Will Be Asked. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 12. ? Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. charged in a sworn complaint with the murder of Miss Virginia Rappe, must wait until tomorrow to learn the verdict of the coroner's jury. After a long session the inquest was adjourned late today until tomorrow, when Mrs. Bambma Maude Delmont, complaining witness against Arbuckle. who was present at the fatal party at the St. Francis Hotel, will be called to testify. With the adjournment of the Inquest the film star, plainly fatigued, was led back to his cell in "Felons Ilow" of the city jail. Foer PkralrlsM daeatloned. Testimony of four pnysicians and of Harry Boyle was taken. The physicians examined are: Dr M. E. Kumwell. Dr. William Opuls. Dr. J. Reed. Dr. Emmet Rexford and Dr. Olaf Klarboe. who had been attending'or consulting physicians at different times during Miss Rappe's illness. They were all questioned closely as to whether the rupture which caused her death could have been of spontaneous origin. The grand Jury will be asked to indict Arbuckle on a charge of first legree murder. It was stated by District Attorney Brady. Girl Carried to Room. H. J. Boyle, assistant manager of r.he St. Francis Hotel, told how he had found the film comedian trying to carry her body from his suite to another room. "When I got to Arbuckle's suite I found him with Miss Rappe :n his arms, trying to carry her from his room into another room," Boyle testified. The actor was wearing a dressing gown over his pajamas, Boyle testified. "Miss Rappe was nude to the waist. I took her from Arbuckle and carried her tq a nearby room." Dr. Olaf Klarboe told how he was railed to the Arbuckle suite last Monday. "When I got there I saw Arbuckle." he testified " This woman has had too much party; too much boose. I guess.' Arbuckle said to me. "I examined her body down to the waist and saw no marks. She was nude to the waist." Dr. M. E. Rumwell. one of the surgeons who performed an unofficial CONTINUED ON PAGE TIIREE. SOLDIERS' BODIES HUSTLED AT PIERS Little Care Shown in Handling Dead, Investigation Reveals. HOBOKEK. N. J.. Sept. 12.?Removal of soldier dead from the piers at Hoboken has become "fatigue duty." if not by army order. at least by practice. Numerous complaints against the "irreverent manner" in which the bodies of A. E. F. dead are handled after their return from overseas led to an unofficial investigation today, which revealed that little care is shown in the handling of the coffins after they reach the army piers. Fatigue duty is non-military labor, frequently inflicted a* a punishment and which the soldiers usually do in "fatigue uniform" of blue denim or with shirt snd jacket unbuttoned. It is an assignment of the "K. P." variety, oof awarded as an honor. At the army piers, crowded with rofflns of soldier dead, there is no military guard in evidence, and no other honor to the dead than the flag covering each coffin box. An electric truck trundles the coffins to a loading stage where a group [>f informally attired soldiers wait. Army trucks back up to the loading platform. Beside It a civilian In shirt sleeves checks off the coffins In the ssme manner that a ihipping clerk checks off boxes of merchandise. Then the coffins are lifted Into the trucks. Some of them are dropped. In place with a thud audible many rods dlstsnt. No military guard Is on the trucks; the drivers are unaccompanied and their jacketless uniforms ire usually soiled and dirty, contrasting sharply with the neat appearance of the guards sent with the bodies on the final stage of the lourney. The trucks frequently bounce at high speed over the cobblestones as they leave the vicinity ftf t Via HARDING FLAYS \ STEAMSHIP MEN FOR PRACTICES Blames Hardships of Aliens at U. S. Ports On These Men. . -m 3 WRITES TO SIEGEL, EXPLAINING VIEWS Says Immigrants Landed Here Despite Many Warnings. NEW YORK. Sept. 12 ? Hardship! worked by the new restrictive immigration laws apparently are tha fault of dishonest steamahlp agenta. President Harding declared In a letter to R*preaentative Isaac Slegel, of New York, made publie today by the Representative. Mr. Slegel. who Is a member of the House Committee on Immigration and Naturalisation, recently wrote the resident seek inr executive Intervention in enforcement of immigration laws?an enforcement which the Representative declared was resulting in parents being admitted and their children sent back because they happened to arrive after the country's admittance quota had been Ailed. In his reply Sir. Harding said: Test of Letter. haven't any doubt in the world that the enforcement of ??e immigration law* is work in many a " hardship. My own distress has been very rest over some of the specific instances which have been reported to me. "If I have the situation correctly presented, the difficulty roust l>e chsred to th?- dishonest steamship aents who have brouht to this country innocent immlrants despite our continued warnings during a period of very great leniency. X know how very persistent have bern the impositions which have been made on the government agenta mho have been disposed to be sympathetic and more generous In carrying out the laws. y Letter Is Ke|^H. "However. I am sending your latter to the Department of Labor for further information on the subject, j I have great confidence In the Commissioner of Immigration, and I know that the Secretary of I-abor (Is one of the roost humane and sympathetic men in all the land. Tf there are conditions such as you sucgest. I feel pretty confident j that they are absolutely unavoidable under the law.** Mr. Slegel said that a conference ; had been arranged by Ferretrry I Davis for next Friday with him1 self. Senator Calder. Asslstsnt Secj retary of I.abor Henning Theodore I Rislev. solicitor of the l^abor Depsrtment. snd W. W. Husband. {Commissioner General. Feeple *eat flaek. When the Red Star liner Finland docked on August 21. It was found j that her Polish passenger* exceeded I the quota for that month by fiftyfive persons. They m*ere held st Ellis Island until last Saturday. when they were sent back to j Antwerp, the port from which thev | had sailed, on the steamer Zeelan<1 A man In touch with the sitwstion said: "When the Finland sailed from Antwerp the companv had no way of knowing that the quota would be exceeded. Tt hsd kept In touch, as far ss possible, with the number of passports Issued, but there was no wsv of telling accurately Just how many Pol|*h immigrants would enter the Fnited States before the end of the month. It could not tell how many Poles would sail from various ports In Europe and land at various ports In this country, or evsn cross the border from Canada or Mexico. Dealea Racfag. "The ship was sailing on regular schedule. It was not making a race to land Immigrants during the first few hours of the month. Tt seemed unjust and extremely Inhuman that these people, most of whom had sold their lsst stlrk of furniture to ?ecure passage, should be deported to Antwerp, where thev would be left practically destitute, unable to return to the Fnlted States for another year because of the requirements of the law. "The steamship compsnies have . no desire to exceed the quota limit and they certainly don't want to take immigrants back and lose money on them. The trouble la thst the law mas made in too much of a hurry and cannot be enforced without Injustices Hurosn beings can't be handled like bales of cot. ton. "It Is well enough for President Harding and the government officials to blam* the steamship companies. but If they would work out a better law It would do more toward relieving the situation Tn the case of the Red Star Line, great Buffering would have beer spsred fifty-five people had the line bee? allowed to cable to Europe and restrict Its September bookings f flfty-flve leas, for the September quotas had not even sailed Rut as the law now stsnds the fifty-five would have been deported anyway, so the cancellation would have done no good.** BERLIN WORKERS OUT ON STRIKE (8pw4ll CafcU ?. Th? W?.kl?rUTi sad Chicar* Trftw.) BERLIN. Sept 12 ?Workmen employed by the city of Berlin *truok at S o'clock thi* morning, tytn* HV?ral branch.* of th. clty'a a?tlvltlea. The electric car* In Berlin proper are not running, but th#' . autotnoblle buaaee and aubway* ana operating aa u*ual. The clty'a reputation a* a clen* City I* end?n(rer?<1 aa a -"ault of the atreet eweepera' wulkojt. Th? < movie* did no* open tonight owtn* to the lack of electricity and atrlke of operator* The workngmen are demanding increate^ I wage, to meet the high Coat * mil %