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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER STl921
WASHINGTON
ONE CENT.
U. S. MUST YIELD
ORflGHT JAPAN,
OBSERVER SAYS
Declares Only War Can
Make Open Door a
? Reality.
TOKYO'S PURPOSE
TO HOLD GAINS
Chinese Leader Believes
Arms Parley Will Lead
To Conflict.
Mr, Kinsley has been in the Orient
with Gen. Leonard Wood during the
summer, hating sxceotional oppor
tunity there to study Far Eastern
* flairs and the Japanese lie
I'ill cover for The Washington Herald
<md Chu n no Trihnne situations affect
ing the Far East at the di/armatnent
next week. This is the first of a series
of articles to be printed in advance of
the conference.
By PHILIP KIXSLEY.
Will the Washington conference
lead to enduring peace in the world
or will it lift the curtain upon a
new theater of war?
Must the United States and Japan
light over the "problems of the
Pacific?"
What is the basic problem that
must be solved before relief In
armaments can come to the na
tions?
In the Far East, as* in Ameri?*,
on ships and trains and in hotels
in? the overseas clubs and around
pretty tea tables everywhere these
are now the topics of e^rpest dis
cussion. In the Pacific basin, from
the Sulu Sea to the Arctic circle,
the deliberations at Washington
next month will be followed 'with
the keenest interest.
Pensimiam Pervade* Orient.
There is a general tendency in
the Orient toward pessimism in the
matter of avoiding armed conflict.
Out there every man is either pro
China or pro-Japan and one finds a
good deal of hate in the air. There
Is a feeling that the leaders of the
nations, the diplomatic spokesmen
are not to be trusted to display the
courage and wisdom that will le*d
to an amicable settlement of dif
ficulties. One goes out there think
ing that war 1B Impossible and one
returns thinking It not at all im
probable.
Crossing tha Saskatchewan prai
rie hi a Pullman smoking room laat
week. I ha%rd a discussion of this
subject by a group of yoang farmer
service men. A buyer of laces and
jades, just returning from China,
bad been drawing a dreary picture
of the closing door in China and
had expressed the opinion that
nomethlng must be done quickly
? and forcefully or the Japanese
would have too great a handicap
in the race for Far Eastern trade.
uLarea aad Jadea?Why 5fetr*
?"L*aces and jades!" exclaimed a
Detroit boy who had gone over the
to pin France. He spoke half medi
tatively. half Indignantly.
-Why not?" asked a young Cana
dian who was on his way to an
Vmerlcan hospital to have his stiff
leu rebroken and reset?the result,
of an Injury met when he wn shot
down from his fighting plane over
Amiens. ... .
"If not laces and Jades, make it
0,1 or wheat or iron." he continued
"Where were youT the third
member of the group. ? New Zea
lander. was asked.
?In Mesopotamia.' he replied,
holding up a hand from which a
flneer was missing.
-Got this by grabbing hold of
a bayonet a fellow was Pushing
at me. G?t me in the side a little,
shot the bloody devil down."
?'What were you down there
torT
Railroads. I guess.
Xo? the Task View of It.
"That's -it," said the American.
-Unless the Washington conference
settles this commercial scramble on
friendly definite lines that will be
observed by all the na|pr. . we
will all have to go out again into
?ome inuddy trench or with a fly
ing column, for the sake of som<
merchant's laces or jades or wheat
or cpal or iron or railrads.
?Pretty hard time getting us ont
?f the Middle West again." said the
Canadian. * _
?Vot at all. Just let the <*>untry
,.e "roused, let orator, get up and
wave the flag, and women will be
pinning white feathers on tho.e
that stay at home.
It Is worthy of note that In this
..tual conversation the Canadian
"eemed to take we" for granted.
America and Canada together. The
situation Is likened to the commer
cial rivalry and the German men
ace IA Europe in 1SH- The Ingre
dients of war are simmering on
the Far-Pacific frontier of trade
.,nd business and commerce. a*4
the chancea of peace appear nofl
too bright. It is like a conference
of physicians around the bed of a
patient gravely 111.
Cklaa Key to Problem.
The problem Is easy to state, but
difficult to solve.
China Is the key.
In the exploitation of this an
cient new stirring land and people
the old - type Imperialism of the
dominant gsoup of Japan has chal
lenged the world for leadership.
The United States mu? abandon
the Action of the open door or fight
to make It a reality.
Discussion of armament relief
appears to be futile until the
causes that lead to the present race
are analysed and removed.
Who speaks for China at Wash
ington? The Peking government is
sending a delegation which claims
t0 represent a united China, but
that claim. If true, must rest on a
very recent union. A month ago It
looked as though civil war existed
In China and that the real rulers
of the north were war lords or
tuchuns. popularly supposed to b?
subsidised and kept In the fleld by
and helpless. Peking did not speak
and helpless, eking did not speak
for jnorr than ;?- few provinces in
thi north.
In Canton. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who
claims to be constitutional presi
Cvntinu*4 on Page Might.
House Organizes |
To Oust Blanton
From Congress
' t
Leaders Say Expulsion
Resolution Will Fail
Of Two-Thirds Vote.
An organised movement, backed by
nearly all * Influential leaders in the
House, to oust Representative Thomas
L. Blanton. "the stormy petrel of
Texas," from Congress was launched
yesterday.
When the House convened Majority
Leader Frank W. Mondell. of Wyoming,
offered a resolution declaring that
Blanton had caused to b~ printed in
the Congressional Record "grossly in
decent and obscene language, un
worthy of a member of thjk House of
Representatives, contrary t<^the rules
of the House, derogatory to its
dignity and In violation of Its con
Call* far K\j?nls|on.
The resolution concluded with the
declaration that Blanton "by his con
duct has forfeited all his rights to sit
as a Representative In the Sixty
seventh Congress and Is hereby ex
oelled and declared to be no longer
a member of the Honse."
Because Representative Blanton had
gone to Wheeling, W. Va., to make a
speech last night before the Indus
trial Relations Association, It was de
cided not to call the resolution up for
consideration immediately, but it was
agreed that Blanton should be notified
apd that the resolution should be
t^ken up tomorrow for final determina
tion. *
Several of the House leaders. Re
publican as well as Democrats, pre
dicted last night that the Mondell
resolution will not command the two
third* vote necessary to expel Blanton,
although nearly every member of the
House takes the view that the char
acter of the matter printed by the
Texan under his privilege of "leave
to extend his remarks" is one of the
most unusual, if not the most unusual,
ever seen in the Congressional Record.
Strlek^p from Records.
The material which prompted the
resolntion of expulsion was ordered
stricken from the permanent record
of Congress by the House Monday by
a vote of 313 to 1. -Blanton was the
only member who voted In favor of
retaining it In the record. The words
objected were contained In a letter
from an employe of the Government
Printing Office to Oeorae H. Carter,
head of the Government Printing Of
fice. in which the former related a
conversation alleged to have taken
place between himself and one of his
superiors.
Before Mondell acted yesterday, he
took counj?el with his party leaders
In the House. First, the Republican
Steering Committee met and approved
a resolution to expel Blanton. Rep
resentative Mendell then consulted a
group of twenty Republicans In the
office of Speaker Gtilett. At first
some of the leaders were inclined to
the belief tfcat a Resolution of censure
would be preferable to a move to
expel, but finally all but two of those
present approved th* more drastic
proposal.
Bnrton Active la H ?ve.
Representative Burton, of Ohio, was
one of the four Representatives who
drafted the Mondell resolution, and
expects to take an active part In the
move to unseat Blanton. Last night
he was making a study of precedents
established when similar resolutions
to expel were introduced in the House
and Senate, but so far no one has
been able to find an exact parallel for
the Blanton case.
At the meeting of Republican
Readers It was reported that the
printers at the Government Print
ing Office at first refused to set Into
type the material sent there by
Blanton and appealed to Mr. Carter,
but the head of the Government
Printing Office stated that he had
ho authority to censure material
tRat had been sent there for publi
cation. and that It must be set by
the comppsitors.
Insisted on Printing;.
Furthermore, it was reported% by
Mondell that Blanton had written
on the back of his copy Instructions
to the printing office that the ma
terial should be printed Saturday
night withoutu fail. This was con
strued by various members of the
House as an attempt to get it in
general circulation throughout the
country over the week-end. because
the House would not oonvene until
Monday noon, too late to stop Its
distribution.
Even after the House ha? or
dered the matter objected to
stricken from the permanent record
by an overwhelming vote Monday.
Blanton is said to have threatened
to give it further consideration by
ordering 250,000 copies printed" at
his own expense.
When Blanton was notified at
Wheeling yesterday of the Mondell
resolution, he replied that he would
be back in the House today, and
that whatever he had to say would
be said on the floor, not elsewhere.
On numerous occasions Blanton has
aroused the ire of the House be
cause of the character of his un
tempered language.
Takes Two-thirds to Expel.
?fhe Constitution provides that,
"E^ch House may punish its own
members for disorderly behavior,
and with the concurrence of two
thirds, expel a member."
The two methods of punishment
are censure and expulsion. In the
case of censure the member to re
ceive is brought before the bar by
the sergeant at arms and the re
buke is then administered by the
Speaker. Whn expulsion proceed
ings are in order. It is provided that
the member in question shall not be
present. The rule is that if a charge
against a member arise out of the
report of a committee or examina
tion of witnesses, the member may
be heard on these points before any
question is moved against him. He
Is then to be heard, and withdraw
before any question Is moved. t
UNTERMEYER RAPS
STEEL CORPORATION
Industrial peace cannot be estab
lished and maintained so long as
the United States Steel Corporation
follows its present course toward
labor, in the opinion of Samuel Cn
termeyer,' New York attorney.
Untermeyer? presented his views
yesterday to the Senate Committee
investigating the West Virgints
mine war. He sought to show that
the Steel Corporation exerted con
trol in th emine fields and in other
Industries, and was a powerful fac.
to? 1 nthe creation of Industrial
unrest.
)
U.S. DELEGATES
PREPARE I*LAN
TO CUT NAVIES
Will Restrict Discussion
Of Arms Limitation
To Five Nations.
FIRST ASSEMBLY
SET FOR NOV. 12
Minor Powers Will Join
In Conference on Pa
cific Problems.
Important developments yester
day concerning the forthcoming
conference on limitation of arma
ment and discussion of Pacific and
Far-Eastern problems included the
following:
Disclosure that the United States,
through the American delegation,
will have ready to submit when the
invited powers assemble a compre
hensive plan for limitation of world
armaments on an equitable and
Just basin, this plan to be used as
the vehicle for discussion on the
first subject on the tentative agen
da, which is reduction of arma
ment. /.
Decision to postpone the first as
I seinbly of the international delega
tions until Saturday, November 12,
it having been regarded an Imprac
tical to meet on November 11 be
cause of the long program of
I events in connection with the ob
j servance of Armistice Day.
Op|HWf? Debt nUrumiloB.
Determination of the American dele
gation to discourage any effort that
may be made to inject into the con
ference a discussion of international
finance as applied to debts of the allied
powers to the United States.
Announcement that th? five prin
cipal powers alone will participate
in sessions which are to be devoted
to the discussion of limitation of
armaments, the delegates from
China. Belgium, Portugal and The
Netherlands to attend only those
sessions in which Pacific and East
ern questions are scheduled for dis
cussion.
The American plan for reduction
of armament. It is explained. Is
concerned principally with the na
val establishments of the five prin
cipal powers ? the United States.
Great Britain. Japan. Italy and
France ? although there will be
submitted also a general statement
on land armaments with sugges
tions for reducing government ex
penditures.
% Detail* Are WltftheM. ?
The American naval reduction
plan. It was explained yesterday,
cannot be disclosed tor publication
until the conference meets, nor will
it be dirulged to the expert ad
visers of the participating powers
before that time. In his response
to greetings from Secretary of the
Navy Deafcy, Vice Admiral Kato.
representative of the Japanese
navy, expressed a desire to learn
at an early date of the American
plan for limitation in order to fa
cilitate study of the subject by the
Japanese delegates. No official re
quest has been made, however, for
the American plan from any of the
delegates, and none is expected. It
is reasonable to assume, however,
officials explained, that the details
will not be disclosed to anyone un
til the conference meets.
Administration officials explained
that it is incumbent upon the
United States to be ready with a
comprehensive plan for limitation
of armaments when the delegates
assemble. > this nation having pro
posed the assemblage of the powers
for such a purpose.
Takes Step to Hasten Work.
Officials explained yesterday why
it has been regarded as necessary
to limit the participation by dele
gates of the minor powerg to ses
sesslons of the conference scheduled
for discussion of Pacific and East
ern questions only, if China. Bel
1 glum, The Netherlands and Portu
gal. all of which have interests in
the East, were admitted to the con
ference for discussion of limitation
of armaments, the question would
Immediately ariae, why not admit
Norway, or Sweden, or Denmark,
or Brazil and all the other nations?
It was necessary In the Interest
of expediting the work of the con
ference* to make a selection of
powers most heavily interested In
armaments and therefore it was
decided to confine the discussion of
armaments to the five principal
powers. The four minor powers
were invited to participate In dis
cusslon of Pacific questions because
of their special interests in the
Far East.
Fifty la French Delegatloa.
More than fifty persons. Including
Premier Briand, former Premier
Rene Vlviani and M. Sarrant. sen
at*ur *n<* minister des colonies,
will compose the French delegation
to the disarmament conference, ac
cording to an announcement m^de
today through the French Embassy.
Ambassador Jusserand will also be
one of the delegates. The entire
seventh floor at the New Wlllard
Hotel has been reserved for the
delegation, which is now scheduled
to arrive on November 7.
Other members of the delegation
follow:
Secreta-y, M. Berthelot. and as
im"1' experts on1
military affairs will Include: den.
Buat, Col. Roure and'Col. Requln:
experts on naval affairs, Admiral
Debon and Capt. de Valsseay Froe
chot; expert on Judicial question*
Monsieur Fromageot; experts on
political questions. M. Kammerer,
minister plenipotentlare, and M
Leger, secretaire d'embasaade- ex
perts on financial and economic
question* M. "Menava. minster
plenipotentlare. and M. Cheysson
experts on colonial matters, m'
Duchesne, *. Touiet, M. Gamier
and M. Oerand.
VlTian: win be accompanied by
bis wife.
Deleitat*. of Netkrrlaada.
The Department of State has re
ceded. through the Netherlands L?ga
tton. the following tentative list of
the Netherland delegates to the con
ference.
Delegate*: J.nkheer H. A. ran
Karnebeek. minister of foreign af
falraj Jonkheer F". Beelaarts tub
Blokland, 'chief of the political dlvt
Voutimu* o? JNV, nm
SUPREME COURT WITH TAFT IN CENTER
f ? Copyright, Harris * Bwtec
Top row, left to right?Justices Brandies, Pitney, MrReynoids, Clarke. Bottom row?Justices
Day, McKenna. Chief justice Taft, lustiacs Holmes and Van Devanter.
EASTLAKE WITNESS
NEAR DEATH WHEN
. AUTO IS WRECKED
Man Upon Whom Prose
cution Relied May Die
From Injuries.
By J. HAROLD KEEN.
Herald.)
FREDERICKSBURG. V*.. Oct 25.
?Death bids fair to Intervene In I
favor of the defense of Roger D. j
Eastlake and Miss Sarah E. Knox I
charged with the .laying of Mrs.'
Marptrct E. Eastlake, the accused !
man s wife, at Colonial Beach on |
the morning of September 30. I
?i^apV ?lanchard Robey, 38 years
o d of Colonial Beach, who wu
F-a.t "? ?<>tor launch on which
Eastlake was preparing to cross the
Potomac River from Colonial Beach
D.h^r.?n*VaLPr0vln't "rounds at
Oahlgren on the morning the ftend
V "'7; ? commuted, and who
a ont of ,h" Prosecu
tions most Important witnesses Is
!* ?rl,,c*> condition at the Mary
Waghlngtoa nofcnlhtr her* a stlie
whiVh ** accident
It V' th!" ???"oon
at King Clcorge Coorlhouse.
Capt. Robey, according to phyal
from ?*f th<> Hc"">l,al. '? suffering
from a fracture of the right leg se
we la"ra,lons "t the face and
body and probably Internal Injuries.
?e was unconscious duMmr the
greater part of the evening,
Par Turned Turtle.
The accident, which may rob the
prosecution of one of its leading
hfs* ??n Wl" *' lea,t '"terfere
with his appearancc at the trial
December 13. was caused by the
breaking ot the stearing gear of an
automobile In which he was ridlng
causing It to plunge down as teen
grade and turn turtle, pinning him
After f?0t ?f th# ,nc,ina
Kit W turning over, the automo
ssjsk r,vfl.^:?
pro^ab,deatlL * 'nJUred m"n ,rom
Capt Robey was rushed to the
treatnT . ^ *h"e ""mediate
treatment was administered. Owing
to his critical condition a thorough
examination of his Injuries wm ^
Impossible until tomorrow. Cap'
Robey, who summoned Eastlnkt
from the hold of the launch on the
morning that the heinous assauU
was perpetrated and who TaT
h!^.h b? able to te"tlfy that he
" ot the murdered woman
showed no emotion when Informed
whi.Bh'\hb?" ?f th* horribieTatf
which had befallen his wife
looked upon by the attorneys' for
hv dePnrr^,,0n.a" ,he P??"?or ot
evidenoe damaging to Eastlake
Pro.een.lon SnBer. Setback.
Cantos' probabl<' ,atal '"Jury of
,a-Ph "be.y' ?nd with the attorneys
Jr of' "arry W Smith,
man, of thT.? niaoed F' W" Cole"
Minn Place, representing
Knox, and William W Butz
E^tUke. ind"caU^%hMPthiyBwm
M -SJTf ^ir
stantlal ,1"?"' casc of circum
stantial evidence which the Drose.
cutlon has established todav suf
fered a severe setback.
houserinfndh?lr invMtl*atl?n of the
Beach where " ? at Co,?n,a'
where the murder was cotn
lonlal Bea h Interrogation of Co
nrighhf? ? i>0"C*- authorities and
th? ay' thp attorney, for
the defense indicated that a plea
Sfr
a? a*vi??r - ? Smith Is quoted !
?:;srur?;i;?r,cr,
r ??.* mutu?ted body
policeman said that he
question.make "X response'Jo",^
E,|,wt Ilwaalty Plea.
Other questions which the at
torneys are alleged to- have Mked
?f Pe"?"* near the
c'ated w?fh t? *ho a.so
elated with Miss Knox during her
to the' b2L* Ch* hare ff,ven rl"
to the belief among the resident,
of the town |n which the murder
iCmrKe<1 J" Uto Insanity pl?
will be made for Miss Knox
"?ldn'1 MU" Kl?>x ?ct strangely
while she was in Colonial Beach''
1.1 another question which the at
torneys are alleged to have asked
witnesses for the prosecution.
After making a thorough inves
tigation of the house and conduct
ing an examination of the persons
who were sunpoenaed to appear
before the Westmoreland Countr
grand Jury yesterday, the defense
attorneys departed jrom Montruss
to return t? their lomu
Declares Revolt
in India is Due
To Color Issue
1 '
Special Cable to The Washington Herald.)
LONDON. Oct. 25.?In the house
of lords today the Indian question
was discussed despite Lord Curson's
statement that it was very unde
sirable at the present time that de
bate on India should take place.
Lord Sydenham opened the dis
cussion. saying the situation in
India had steadily grown more men
acing. He criticised the govern
ment's failure to maintain law and
order in India, saying that race
hatred existed in India to an extent
never known before.
Lord Chelmsford, a former vic
eroy of India, said that the dom
inant factor of the present situation
wa? the color issue. "It is not an
Indian issue, but a world-wide ln
yue," he declared. "A revolt of the
colored races is going on all over
the World against the ascendancy
of the white race. Formerly we
governed India on the superiority
of the British race. Th.it supe
riority i* now challenged and we
cannot evade the challenge."
(Copyright, lttl.i
CRANE SAYS SOVIET
RULE IS RUTHLESS
etnexao. Ck-t. 'iS. ? "The "world
DPMI* a free and prosperous Uus
sia." said Charles A. Crane, "former
United States Minister to China,
who has just returned from a tour
through Russia, during which time
he had the opportunity to study
conditions closely.
"Russia, at the present moment,
is at its lowest ebb In both these
respects," he said. "There is abso
lutely no liberty. The people see
very little of their families, and
nothing at all of their friends. The
dictators of Russia have classified!
as counter revolutionists all who
did not agree with them. By so
doing they tiave Justified, in thei^
own eyes, their most hideous acts.
"I saw a stockaded Russia, ruled
by a ruthless autocracy, a land of
terror and hunger, starved bodies,
starved minds and starved souls. It
is a disillusioned country in which
both the peasants and the working
men have awakened from their
dream, and now are aware that
their libvty and their aspirations
have been exploited.
"It is impossible for any civilised
government to have any official re
lations with Russia while the ter
rorist commission (the Cheka) con
tinues in power."
PREDICTS SPEEDY I
END OF MILK WAR
War between Washington milk
dealers and Maryland and Virginia
producers will be ended within a
few ays, Dr. William C. Fowler.
District Health Officer. prelcted
yesterday, following his confer
ence with a large number of lo
cal dealers. Dr. Fowler will meet
representatives of the Maryland
and Virginia Milk Producers* As
sociation this morning and will
then gather representatives of both
bodies to effect a conciliation, lie
said. _ .
"Both sides must make conces
sions. for the war must be ended
before the city suffers," Dr. Fow
ler warned. "The Health Depart
ment will remain neutral in this
^quarrel, but must protect the ?peo
ple by safeguarding and provid
ing a supply of milk for the cljy,
and will prosecute any violator
of a department regulation/* he
added.
Denies Survey Plan
Means Big Cut in
District Employes
Slight, If any, reductions in the
ranks of District government em
ployes will result from the sur
vey of office systems and organi
zation of the District bureaus now
being conducted by the Federal
Bureau of Efficiency at the re
quest of the Commissioners, ac
cording to a statement made pub
lic last night by Victor G. Crois
sant, supervisor of the surrey.
Early reports that dismissal of
1(0 employes might be recom
mended were contradicted by the
statement of Croissant that there
was no reason to anticipate such
a result front the work of the
bureau.
"There Is nothing In the report,
which has been (tied with the
Commissioners, that would war
rant such a conclusion, nor Is there
' any reason to anticipate such a re
?ult from the work we are do-e
ing," Mr. Croissant stated yes
terday.
District Commissioners gave
further assurances that no whole
sale reduction of foroes was being
planned" and agreed that District
offices were undermanned rather
than overmanned.
PARIS SUGGESTS
LONDON AS EXILE
FOR EX-KING KARL
Internment on British
Ship on Danube Is
Present Plan.
(Special Cable to The Waahiaftss Herald.)
PARIS, Oct. 25.?Former Emperor
Karl, whose second attempt to re
gain the throne of Hungary has
ended disastrously, may be interned
in England. The Temps thia even
ing mentions London as the most i
likely place for his exile. Lon- i
don is regarded as an ideal spot
in diplomatic circles, as the former
Emperor could be continually un
der the surveillance of Scotland
Yard, ye J, "be would not be treated
as a prisoner.
The Little Entente is reported to
favor the Island of Majorca, one
of the Balearic islands off the
coast of Spain, in the Mediterranean,
but objections are made that the
former Emperor could fly from
the Island to Hungary unless he
w^a confttyt^. as an aetu*l prisoner |i
Everyone Is breathing easier fol
lowing the solution of the Haps
burg problem which for a time
seriously menaced the peace of
Europe and threatened to prevent
Prime Minister Ucyd George and
Premier Briand from participating
in the Washington conference.
One of Charles' military lieuten
ants stated that he believed that
400 were killed and 1,000 injured
during the operations against Bud
apest.
" Count Andraasy. Deputy Kakow
sky and Prince Windlsch-Graets j
have been transported to prison J
at Budapest 1
(Copyrisht. ltCl >
May Repent in Monastery.
VIENNA. Oct. !.V?Seventy-flve
miles south of Budapest, practi
cally in the heart of Hungary, Is
the little village of Tihany. Its
population scarcely 900. and Jts sol?
claim to interest today a monas
tery.
In that monastery, which looks
out over the Plattcn Lake, for
mer Emperor Karl may end his
days repenting his second mad dash
for the Hungarian throne. Thia
is the place of exile allotted to
him by Admiral Horthy, Hungarian
regent.
?, Temporarily, av least, the former
ruler, and Zita, his haughty Bour
bon wife, will be taken on board
a British vessel in the Danube
for safe keeping, under the direct
charge* of the British high %:om
missioner to Hungary.
Zlta Weeps for Children.
Karl's coup has ended. His
armies have disappeared as rapidly
as they gathered. His ministers
have been arrested. His officers
will be court-martialed.
The former King and his wife
are reported as in the depths of
despair. Zita. far from the regal {
figure she has always made, has
become merely a woman who weeps
for her children, who begs her
captors to bring them from Swit
I serland, where she left them in the
speetacular flight to Oedenburg,
I which ended in disaster.
DRYSPLAN SPEED
ON anti-beer BILL
Drys in Congress are preparing
(to Jam through the anti-beer bill
on short notice as soon as the rev
enue bill Is out of the way. Thia
would invalidate the ruling of the
Treaai ry Department that beer may
b? made and prescribed as medi
cine.
A petition will be circulated ask
ing tor the imposition of cloture,
under which only brief debate
would be permitted. Drya say they
have the necessary two-thirds vote
to aocompllsh this, and will be able
Ito prevent a long-drawn out con
I slderatlon of the anti-beer bill. De
bate already had on tha measure la
ample, they argue.
TWO FLIERS ADRIFT
IN GULF RESCUED
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. tS.?After
drifting helplessly about in the
Gulf of Mexico for nearly three
days Lieut. A. M. Darby and Ma
chinist's Mate Wendell were res
cued by the United States steamer
Allegheny which had been conduct
ing a search for the missing men.
The two naval fliers had been
druislng near the mouth of the Mis
sissippi I* one of the largest aavy
hydroplanes. They were forced to
make a landing off Burwood. and
ware unable to report their posi
tion. The Allegheny located the
fliers late today.
Hope for Darby and Wendell tiad
been pracUoally abandon^,
PROSECUTION THREATENED
FOR RAH UNION LEADERS1
IF WALKOUT TAKES PLACE
-?
Many Rail Workers
Kill Stick to Job*,
Managers Claim
(?*?4*1 u TU WaaklagtM ImM.)
NEW YORK. Oct 2i.?The
general rannageri of the railroads
bavin* terminal* in or near Itew
York Cltjr today announced that
a canvaaa of the train service
employes of their lines showed
that a "substantial percentage"
of men. sufficient to keep opaa
the roada. have declared their
Intention of remaining at work
m the event of a strike.
Twenty-Are railroads were
represented at the conference of
the managers today. K. Mi Rlne.
vice president and general man
ager of the Lackawanna Rail
road. presided.
In addition to having aasur
ance from their men that they
will remain loyal, the managers
announced that among the many
thoueantf* of applications now
being received in response to
advertisement* for men to be
used in the event of a strike, a
large number of the applicants
are men with previous railroad
experience.
A teiegram Was r*eelved by
the manarcrp today from Buck
nell University. Lewfsburg, Pa.,
offering to close the university
and volunteer its ?00 students
for railroad work. Many other
colleges and schools have made
similar offera.
NEW FIGHT LOOMS
AS RAIL FACTIONS
MEET IN CHICAGO
? \
Stone Advises His Chair
men Not to Attend
Wage Conference. ? I
IIimUI t? Tk. VuUittn Inl4 ) ?
CHICAGO. Oct. 15.?Proqwcti for a |
new battle on the railroad strike
front appeared today when tin United
State* Labor Board leaned that War
ren 8. Stone, grand crief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
had been sending nmwjn to his
general chairmen. telling them they
need not heed the citation to ap
pear before the board tomorrow.
Measagees were Immediately sent
to the "Big Five" chiefs, that not
only themselves, bat all their gen
eral chairmen, would be required to
attend the conferences beginning
here tomorrow.
Admits genMag Weeaairea.
The messages which President
Stone admits sending his men an
regarded here as a last desperate
move to make certain that there
will be men In the field to conduct
the strike in case no settlement is I
reached before Saturday.
The Federal Labor Board nnnounc- j
ed today that the questions of rules
snd working conditions would be fet
tled before any petitions from the
roads for further wage cuts would
be considered.
While the Labor Board and the j
Union chiefs were busy with their I
controversy and telegrams were fly- I
Ins back and forth, representative;
of the roads and the unions began
quiet maneuvering in preparation for
the tilt tomorrow. Rail executives
are arriving and preparing tnett
statements. W. W. Atterbury. op
erating vice president of the Penn
sylvania lines, accompanied by E. T.
Whiter, assistant vice president of
the same road, who acted as spokes
man for the executives at previous
hearings, arrived today and went
Into conference with the members
of the railroad group on the Fed
eral board
Postmaster General Hays, repre
senting the national administration,
conferred with rail executives and
the Federal Labor Board today. After
his conferences. Mr. Hays said the
"situation is considerably brighter."
He said he was confident he would
be able to keep the mails moving
on time and that, with the co-op
eration of the roads, under the di
rection of Attorney General Daugh
erty. transportation of food, fuel and
other necessities would be eouallv
successful.
Dispatches from Cleveland say that
Walter D. Hlnes. former Director,
General of the United States Railway
Administration, has been asked by
the brotherhoods to act as their chief
of counsel In strike matters, but
that he had refused. The union
heads had summotttd him' from New
Tork to engage his services. He had
been closely associated with the union
leaders while he was Director Gen
eral.
The "test" strike called a week
in advanoe of the big walk-out on
the LAG. N, In Texaa. does not
appear to be causing any inconve
nience. Dispatches from points along
that line say passenger trains are
running as ususl and that all per
ishable freight is being moved prompt
ly. All freight trains and switch en
gines are manned by nonunion men.
but old employee, who are experi
enced. have been shifted to the work,
of handling the passenger trains.
Pay Cats Held Vp.
CHICAGO. Oct. It?The railroads
will not put Into effect any wage
cuts until the United States Rail
road Labor Board has passed upon
the question.
This was the announcement of the
American Asaociatlon of Railway
Executives here tun ght.
Taken with the announcement of
the labor board earlier that it would
not Mb In a posirwn to consider any
applications for wage reductions un
til working rules questions on
classes to M effected by wage ad
justments had boon settled, the suc
cessful termination of strike medls
t on oonf'.rence here tomorrow now
depends upon the willingness of the
big five brotherhoods to aocept the
board's statement.
Daugherty Decides to
Push Conspiracy Charge
If Strike Occurs.
ACTION IS PLANNED
AT COUNCIL OF WAR
Will Issue W arrant*
Against National Chiefs
And 400 Local Heads.
Prosecution of the rail unto*
leader. for ?oiuplnr) to ptrilyti
transportation Hystcin of the
country wm llHialnl upon yes
terday at Ihc legal council of war
uf Attorney General Dausherty and
Ihe Ave district attorney* he called
to Washington
In the event of the walkout ac
tually materializing. the heads of
the brotherhoods and the 40* local
chairmen named In the strike call
vlll be arrested on government war
rants charging conspiracy. Other
egal measure, siso will be adopted
to prevent Interference with trana
portatioa.
If ths Railway Labor Board falls
10 *T?rt the strike. president Hard
lasue a proclamation de- i
th? Purpose of the govern
ment to maintain transportation,
and giving warning of the oonae
?ueaces of prosecution which will
Se Incurred by the strikers In defy
ing the government
" 1^he trains will run." empnnti
=ally asserted Mr. Daugherty fol
lowing the conclusion of ths cur.
fersnca.
L-?ve? -tsfc, Kealed Orders."
Charles r Clyne. the United
States Attorney nt Chicago, left
hurriedly for home this arteraoon
"under sealed orders." as he e*-' '
'V Mr <-?"-!ed with ;
him the Instructlona of the Attor- '
General to be communicated to
other district attorneys In the West
wf,?h.W !v"~mbIe *' ? conference
within the next few day. nt St.
L^ols or Kansas city. This confer
ence will make a studv of the
,01_ '?*?' action, after
which the Oniled atate. sttoraer.
"I .return to their districts pre
PiT. to '""tltute concurrent prose- 1
'**0 strike leaders at the
signal from Washington.
White the . Attorney " Gengral Is
confldent there will be no comp.ete
?nspenslon of transportntlon in thV
event of a strike, he recognises that
there will be n alowlng down of
?d and fuel shipments With this
situation In mind he uttered nn np
peal to household* to refrain from
* buying orgy or hoarding which
inclt* profiteering by retail
erlaad *en^ Price? skyward
n.^?wlhT L>epartm*nt of Commerce.
* hlch U organizing government
agencies to keep the necessities of
Ife moving. Mr. Daugherty nent de
tailed report* on the food and fuel
situation In every sertion of the
country. These reports disclose that
there are supplies of food snd fuel
n most communities sufficient to
last two weeks even If transporta
tion were completely suspended.
Mr Daugherty declined to disc una
.eo;d.^roc"d,n' ?
Preparlag Egeetlve Action.
,, "i1.. ,u"\cl??>t to say si this
time, he said, "that we are getting
ready to act effectively lf.it should
become necessary for th) govern
ment to preserve transportation "
Asked who would be the defend
ants In any proceedings institute*
by the government, Mr Daughenv
observed that the strike call con
tained the names of several hundred
and the places at which they would
be found.
"It is one of the functions of gow
ernment to preserve trsnsporta
?ald the Attorney General,
and that we are going to do to the
utmost of our ability If It ahould
become necessary In performing
that function of government I *m>
confldent we shall have the prac
tically unanimous approval of tha
country. Our reports indicate that
the people, including the grwt ma
jority of the laboring people, have
no patience with this strike "
Mr. Daugherty wished It to be
understood thnt he was not dis
cussing the merits of the contro
versy leading up to the strike or
der.
Question is in the province
of the Labor Board." he said "The
President is well sdvtsed and has
the matter well In hand The De
partment of Justice, which Is not
involved, la merely preparing to act
judlcloualy withlg the lew with
sufficient care and poaltiveness u
obviate any misunderstanding.
Will Fellow President.
"These transportation facilities
must function The President wUl.
announce his purpose to preserve
transportation If that step should
become necessary, so that the De
partment and the people will have
ample notice and any peraons per*
1b the government
will have to take the consequences
It will be the duty of the Deport
ment to follow the Instructions of
President, seeing to It that
these fncllltles are kept la opera
tion. that property Is protected and
any violence or other use of fores
restrained.
"There la ample authority under
which the government can proceed
to perform the functions Incumbent
upon It. There is enough Ina In
the decision on the Debs ? Of
1?? to show that ths government
hna the power to function In pre
serving transportntlon.
"While the entire Issue in |a the
hnnds of the President it Is ray
personal view that If Mr 8tona
thinks that It is right to ignore
constituted authorities of Hit Amer
ican people, be cannot -expect strp
port either from the American peo
ple or the American government."
Opposes Racing "New s.
BATON ROCOK. i Oct. t? ... ,
rote of ?? to 11 the UooUian., ?,^
today pesssd a resolution pe;: toning
Congress to prohibit tlx in.c.wtots
transmission by mall ot alia of isfir