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THE WEATHER Fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday. VOL. XXXIV. WOULD KEEP SAFEGUARDS OF TAXATION Former Governor Sees Danger in Leaving Problem to Legislature. IMPROVEMENT FAVORED Ralston Says Good System May Be Worked Out Under Constitution. Editor’s Note—This Is one of a number of articles by prominent eltlrens of In diana stating their views on the proposed taxation amendment* to the State con stitution. By SAMUEL M. RALSTON, Former Governor of Indiana. I am not one of those who believe that the present constitution of In diana is too sacred a document to be in any wise modified. It was made by men, who realized that they them selves were human and that their work would in the course of time show imperfections. They, there fore, wisely provided how this instru ment might be amended when it failed to meet the needs of the peo ple. But in their wisdom they were careful not to suggest that any of the agencies of government should have power to modify the constitu tion without regard to the will of the people. And the fact should not be overlooked that the people would never have adopted cur constitution if it had not contained a provision giving them the last word on any proposal to change it. To avoid making a mistake in amend ing this organic law. by which the peo ple have parted with certain powers originally in themselves, an amendment has got' to havo the approval of two Legislatures by a majority vote before the people will take it up for considera tion. In other words in the adoption of our constitution, the people were careful to see to It that they remained the mas ters of government in this State. FEOPLE WOT WILLING TO DELEGATE TOWER. The people reserved this right In them solves because they were not willing to delegate absolute power to any agency of government. The fact is the whole structtir- of government In this country is buiided on the idea that the people are the source of government and that they only should be entrusted -Afcih ab solute power to determine in tne last analysis the particular form of govern ment under which they shall live and how it shall be change ! No nation sets a higher estimate on life, liberty and property than does this ne. These are the three sacred and in- Sispensable foundations of civilization. No one of them can be dispensed with, ind civilization continue to refine un.l bless society. To guarantee the citizen, therefore, in these rights as against tfc<* State, the fourteenth amendment was added to the (Continued on Page Seven.) BANKERS HIT TWO-CENT-TAX CHECKS PLAN Proposed Assessment Might Cosi People of City $40,- 000 Monthly. If the proposal two-eent-stamp tax on checks—one of the suggested means of raising funds for the Federal Government under the Harding Administration should be put Into efTe't, it would cost the people of Indianapolis approximately 5-10.000 a month, provided the number of checks now drawn on Indianapolis hanks did not diminish in number. This is computed on a rough estimate of 2.000.000 checks as the average aggre gate nnniber drawn on Indianapolis hanks and trust companies each month. Upon each of these checks the maker would have to pay a two-cent tax, in the form of a stamp affixed to the instrument. This tax would be the same regarding of the size of the check. checks worm FALL IX NUMBER. It has been pointed out. however, that In actual praeti.-". if the suggested two cent tax really were put into effect, tiie amount estimated at *40.0000 per month would be less. lie.-ause of the fewer checks that would be drawn, especially those of the lower denominations. It seems the general opinion that some. If not all, of the Mg business concerns and industrial plan's with big pay rolls which now pay their employes by checks would pay in cnh If the two cent tax wto enacted Into I it is also *J>o!nted out that It would affect ad versely the small depositors and the small banks and would tend to reduce the number of small depositor*. By reducing the number of small de positors, it would seem a logical con clusion that it also would have an un desirable effect on the habit of thrift— In view of the theory that cash In tho pocket, with the ordinary Individual, 1* mnch more likely to be dissipated than a bank account. In relation to tbo effect of a 2-ont tax on checks if put Into effect. Frank D. Stalnaker. president of the Indiana National Bank and of the Indianapolis Clearing House Association, said that the nnmber of checks drawn would be grenf deereased If the suggested tax In put on checks —that the small checks would be especially affected. He also expressed the belief that It would keep many per sons from becoming small depositors and that the smaller the depositors and the smaller the banks, the more they would be affected. He said that such a (Continued on I’age Two.) WEATHER ** Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity •or the twenty f.mr hours ending 7 ?. m.. Aug. 0. 1921 : Fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday. 6 a. tn 58 7 a. m 60 8 a. m 68 9 a. m 70 10 a. tn 71 11 a. m 72 12 (noon) 74 1 p. m 7c 2 Q. m_ .......... uu .., 75 Published at Indianapolis. Entered ea Second Class Matter. July 25, 1914, at l-.d.. Daily Except Sunday. Postofflce, Indianapolis, Ind., under act March 3, 18,9. -PRETTIEST WEST OF MISSISSIPPI ~ v ; . Lorraine Kelly, who was chosen ns the best to look upon in n beauty con s’ conducted by the American Legion wrst of the Mississippi Iliver. Plight of Starved Russian Told by American Worker Relief Aide Thompson Paints Awful Picture of Deepest H uraan Misery. WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—Americans who have been In prison in Russia may cross the border today, officials here be lieve. The prisoner* are on their nay to the frontier, the State Department under ftiaud on the bast* of advices It hare ceive <l. RIGA, Aug. B.—Nikolai Lenin. P.olsbev -Ist premier, today issued an appeal for help to the “International proletariat. The appeal inferentially denied that the Russian famine could result in tbo downfall of the Soviet. “The Russian workmen and peasants feci instinctively," he sill, “the necessity of supporting the Socialist republic which was the first to take up the gigantic task against capitalism.” LONDON. Aug. B. A million and n half famished, dia-ase-ridden Russian refugees are jr’urt.ig Into IMnsk and Rrest-Lltovsk districts of "White Russia, near the Polish frontier, according to 1 . L. Thompson, an American relief worker who arrived here today. The Russian fugitives are ariving at the rate of LOW) daily. They are In a terrible condition, especially the children. The British foreign office has sept an agent into Russia to investigate the famine and cholera conditions. Al though ho was supposed to have arrived at Moscow on July -■*>. nothing has heeu heard from him. Belief was expressed that his dispatches may have been held up by the soviet officials who are cen soring outgoing messages In an evident attempt to minimize the famine condi tions. BROOKLYN BISHOP TAKEN BY DEATH The Rt. Rev. C. E. McDonnell Leader in Catholic Church. BRENTWOOD. L. I , Aug. 8 —The Rf. i Rev. Charles Edward McDonnell, bishop 1 of the Roman Catholic diocese of Brook lyn h”d one of the leading figures of the I Catholic <7iurrb In America, died today at the convent of the Sisters of St. Jose phine here. Bishop McDonnell's last moments were free from suffering. The prelate had been in a coma since yesterday and did not regain consciousness. Members of Ids household were present at the deathbed. Death was due to arterio sclerosis complicated by nephritis. The prelate was boru iu New York city in 1854. CHINA ACCEPTS CONFAB DATE Japan and Italy Yet to Respond. WASHINGTON, Aug S— The State De partment today received a communication from China a'-cepting the American pro posal of Nov 11 as the date for the opening of the Washington disarmament and Pacific conference. Replies to tlds proposal were awaited today by Secretary of State Hughes from Japan and Italy, all the other powers having officially accepted. Hysterical Woman Hangs Self in Cell Dr. Paul Robinson, coroner, today started to investigate the suicide of Laura Poporod, 513’a West Court street, who killed herself by hanging in a cellrooin at police headquarters Saturday night. The woman had been detained on the charge of being Insane. She had ap pear*'! at police headquarters Saturday noon telling of family troubles and be came so hysterical that she was taken to a cell room She raved for hours but became quiet late In the afternoon.. Law rence Popored, her husband, ••ailed at polio,-- headquarters at 6 o’clock Sat urday night and it was at that time that the woman was found to have killed her self. She had used a handkerchief and had fastened It around her neck and to a chain of one of the bunks on the side of the cell room. i Government officials were amazed to day at the report that Lenin would come to Great Britain. They said they did not | believe It and characterised It as “iu crwllble.’ >- Dp to this afterno word had been ! received from Riga that the released I American prisoners had arrived there j from Russia It was expected that Kamo ‘ neff. the Soviet envoy at Riga, would flash . word to London as soon as the Amer icans reached that city. Walter L. Brow’. dlr>*otor of American relief In i Europe, who left London yesterday. Is • not due to rearh Ulya until Wednesday. He may find the Americans waiting for 1 him. The American relief worker. Thorap -1 son, painted a picture of horrible coudl ! tions In Russia. j “When I left the Brest arid IMnsk dis , trkts the fugitives were arriving in a steady stream.” lie said. 'They were ; gaunt etui famished Many were vlrtual ! ly insnne from suffering and from the I constant misery everywhere about them. i They were coming in at the rate of 2,000 dally nd more than 1,500,000 were ex peoted in all. There are no crops and I few houses so that the refugees have to I live In dugoi Is. The children's bodies are bloated ‘ran hunger and disease. For months they are been living upon gra*s and a soup made of roots. The bread j supply in I’e.rograd was nearly cx | hausted a fortnight ago and could not jbe bought. It could only be secured i through exchange. I saw things that j are unbelievable. Women, too weak to ! walk, crawled to me begging a crust of bread.'’ Temperature Drops to 58; Blankets and Furs Seasonable Summer furs ceased to be a laughing matter today when wliat seemed a real cold wave in comparison with recent high temperatures swept the State. The mercury in the official thermometer at the weather bureau last night reached a minimum of 58 degrees, causing a gen eral digging out of warm blankets. The thermometer was at the mimiimwn at 6 o’clock this morning, but there fol lowed a gradual rise In temperature ns | the sun got in its work. At 7 o'clock the temperature v.ns fin. at 8 o’clock, (is, and at 9 o'clock, 70. It liad reached 74 at noon. The weather man, however, said the cool weather would not last. His fore cast is for fair and warmer tonight and Tuesday. Hughes Denies New Note Sent to Mexico WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. Reports printed In Mexico City newspapers that u now American noto hail been handed to President Obregon by George T. Sum merlin, the American charge, are inac curate. It was officially denied at the State department today that any new communication has been sent to Mexico City. That Parcel Office May Yet Bloom Hopes entertained by postoffieo offi cials and Indianapolis business firms that after all plans for the establishment of a parcel post branch office in tlie immed iate vicinity of Union station has not been abandoned by the department at Washington received a boost today when I’ostoffice Inspector ,T. E. La mill, arrived in the city from the Cincinnati office to look over the ground. Vp until about two weeks ago it was believed that no (dan would go through. It had been reported on favorably by postoffice inspectors sent to Investigate and the department at " asliington seemed favorably inclin'd. Ilowev r. about two weeks ago something silppci. some where and the word went out tin* the plan would he shelved for the time be ing. Postmaster Springsteejn has worked hard for the establishment of such au office and he has bad the active support of the business interests of the city. INDIANAPOLIS. MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1921. OCEAN KEEPS DEAD OF THE SHIP ALASKA Patrol of Beach and Waters on California Coast Reveals No Bodies. LOSS ESTIMATED AT 43 Nine of Seventeen Bodies Held in Morgue Have Been ) icntiiied. EUREKA, Cal., Aug. B.—Although all eyes were turned to the mourn ful beach off Cape Mendot Ino op posite Blunts Reef, where the pas senger steamer Alaska foundered Saturday night, no bodies of the missing, estimated at 43, had washed up on the sands today. The coast guard cutter "Venture some,” patrolling the tragic waters off the reef, has discovered none of the dead, whose bodies the sea ap parently has claimed. Os the seventeen bodies at Ih Hum boldt County morgue, only nine have been identified. A goodly part of the sur vivors who were uninjured, or who were sufficiently revived from the exhaustion and shock to travel, left today fur San Francisco, where they were to arrt\e to night. 11l MIIOI.PT COUNTY COAST ADDS TO HARVEST. Today the horrors of Saturday night, when the steamship Alaska hit the treach erous Illunts Ileef. slid off, shivered oh if in niortnl agony, and then plunged beneath the cold waters of the North Pacific, were memories recounted with varying degrees of emotion. The Humboldt County coast lias added ! to her already long list a fresh harvest ; of possibly forty four lives, according to ! figures of the Portland A. San Francisco ! Steamship Company. | Written brightest in the high lights 1 of the disaster are the names of three-- capt. Harry Hobbey of the Alaska; Mrs. Cape Mendocino Claims Six Ships Six ships in the last twenty five years haw* left their Skeltons lying near Cape Mendocino, the “grave yard of the raclfle." The plundered vessels are; The Sequela, Humboldt Bar, Jan. 17. lt'o7. Ti c Corona, Humboldt Bar, March - IW7. <wolves ]i,ift. Tbe Bear, Capo Mendocino, June 18, 11'1(1, five lives lost V. 8. S. Milwaukee, Eureka, Jan. IT 1917. The Mandelay mouth Klamath Illver, Cb-t 27, 19 IS. Tho Alaska, Blunt's Itcef. Aug. 0. 1921, 4 4 lives lost. Grace Campbell, stewardess of the satne ship, nnd Capt S Snoddy of the rescue ship Anynx. I’ussengern nnd crew nrc awesomely repenting the megaphoned words of Captain Hobbey as to* mounted the Alaska’s bridge a few seconds after the ship struck ANNOUNCES I NTENTION TO GO DOM N WITH SHIP. “I’m going down with tills ship, but if you do what I tell you, nobody will go down but myself," be shouted. He went down with hi* shin, but to bis coo! direction undoubtedly was due the partially successful clearing of the ship. No lc*s courageous was the conduct of Stewardess Grace Campbell. The women and children were guided and In some Instances carried to the ship's boats by (Continued on Page Nine.) FIVE MEN TOLL OF GUN PLAY Brother Kills Brother—Two Fall in Mountain Dud. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 8. Ralph and Norman pen rose, said to tie ihe sons of a retired Doyhstown farmer, engaged In a quarrel In a boarding house a* Elkins Park, near here today which resulted In the shooting and killing of Ralph. Ac cord to witnesses both men entered a room in the boarding house quarreling and some blows were struck, then sud denly Norman drew n revolver and shot his brother, killing him Instantly. WniTESBrUG, Ky.. Aug. S. Sam J Wright, a policeman, and Alvin Bentley, both of Neon, n small town in the moun tains near here, are dead today, the re sult of n revolver duel on the streets of that village late Sunday. According io word received here, the men quarreled over tlie primary election results. Both drew pistols and fell after emptying their guns, dying shortly afterwards. TALT.ADAGA. Gn„ Aug. 8. Sim and Shal Hammons are dead and Ellis Ham mons, a brother, is in a hospital in this city, shot twice through the abdomen by Uriah Jones during a fight at Rocky Mount Church In tlie mountains about seventeen miles east of here Sunday. Jones brought word of the affair to this city to day when he rode in on a horse and sur rendered to a deputy sheriff. PREMIER MAY AND MAY NOT Lloyd George Not Certain About Attending Conference. PARIS, Aug. S.—Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain may yet attend the Washington disarmament conference de spite a widely circulated announcement today that he would not Jo so The statement that ho would not at tend the conference aroused keen inter est here and in England, where it was cal and ed Immedi atel y. Shortly before 3 p. m. the premier's secretary isstiod a formal statement denying the first announcement. No further if tails were made public. Ruth Smashes Two NEW YORK, Au*. B.—Babe Ruth, after hitting his fortieth home run in the first game with the White Sox tills afternoon, clouted one of Dirk Kerr's shoots for his forty-first homer in tlio first inning; of the second game. No one was on base. Jlis first homer today was scored off Pitcher Wiencke. Ou mao was on base. Confessed Slayer l|f| I . y l MILLIE DEI FEN DOLL. SMALL RETURNS TO THE CAPITAL FOR SHOWDOWN Governor Transacts 'Business of the State’ and Refuses to See Reporters. SHERIFF HAS WARRANTS SPRINGFIELD. 11l , Aug. B—The in dieted Governor of Illinois arrived at the State capital today. Governor Small arrived a; the executive offices at 11 :TU o'clock and a few minutes later gave out a long list of appoint ments. He refused to *oe newspaper men, saying he was transacting business of the State and had no statement to make. Those dose to rlie Governor declared the next move is up to the sheriff. "The Governor Is here,” they said. “The sheriff certainly does not expect tlie Gov ernor to go to the courthouse and get the warrants out of the safe and beg the sheriff to serve them." Governor Len Small, charged with Jug giiug millions in State funds while serv ing as State treasurer, came by automo bile from hi* home iu Kankakee to San gamon County, where Sheriff Mesttr has warrant* for bis arrest. Governor Small has been away from the executive office* for nearly two week*. He left when Judge Elbert Smith ruled the Governor was not above arrest. Since that time he ha* been touring the State roads with his “capltoi on wheels.” The Governor was accompanied by his son, Leslie Small; hls son in law, Capt. A. K English, and Judge ('. 11. Jenkins, director of the department of public wel fare. “I expect Governor Small to walk in and give bond today," the sheriff said "I won’t make any attempt to rush him and will give him plenty of time to pro j-aag Ihoviitfr, ts the State .xecutive remains hero until Fridny you may take it for granted the warrants will be served. llow, 1 have not decided The sheriff said he would seek an np polntment If the State executive does not appear personally. The belief prevails about the sheriff's and State attorney's office that Small's lawyers havee something up their sleeve to pull on the sheriff when the warrants arn served Attorneys James M Graham and George B Gillespie, who have been retained by Governor Small, visited the county clerk's office and checked up on the sheriff s bond They refused to state why they wanted this information. TO PROVIDE FOR THE (TTY PLAN COMMISSION Funds Needed for New Body Will Be Inserted in Con trollers Budget. The problem of financing the city planning commission during the first year of it* existence was given thought to day by <\ty Controller Robert H. Bry son. The eontroller announced that he will urge the commission, which is ex pected to organize some time this week, to make nn estimate of Its financial needs for 1922 immediately, In order that pro vision to meet them may Inr made in the budget and tax levy now being made up. Under the • • ity planning law the com mission may lie given appropriation amounting to the proceeds from a levy of from three to eight mills on SUK> of tnx ables. The sum is to be raised ns part of the general fund. Mr. Bryson said he understands the law to give tlie city coun cil power to appropriate money to run the commission the remainder of this year without n levy nnd that In ease It is Im possible for the commission to get its cs tlinato made in time t > be Included In the 1922 budget and tax levy the council would have power to appropriate money out of the general fund for the commis sion’s uhi in the same manner throughout 1922. The controller anil other city officials ' arc now proceeding In the budget making on the rule announced by tho State board of accounts several weeks ago thnt no appropriation not included in tlie budget would bo approved. In case the planning levy can not be included In this year's city levy Mr. Bry son said he favors providing a conting ent fund of from $15,000 to $20,000 to be raised bv the levy for the general fund out of which appropriations made for the commission iu 1922 might be met. He said lie believe* little more than the proceeds of the minimum three mill levy will be needed in the first year of the commission's life beenuse most of its work will be In the nature of preliminary surveys. The controller announced thnt all of the preliminary estimates excepting that of the health department are In his hands and that the department heads and mem bers of the city council will be called to attend a close conference wherein the budget and levies will be discussed at the city hall nt 7:30 o’clock Wednesday evening. Following this conference the budget, appropriation and levy ordi nances aro expected to be introduced in the council at a special meeting. Mrs. Hurd Dead Airs. Charles Hurd, 4238 Broadway, wife of the consulting engineer for tlie board of sanitary commissioners, died nt 3 a. m. today from heart trouble. Mrs. Hurd had been ill three weeks. Surviving besides the husband are two children. Edward nud Elizabeth; her mother, Mrs. Ida Dowd, and two sister,, Jane and Theda Dowd. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, from the residence, The body will be taken to Wolcott, N. for burial. Mg _ , , , (By Carrier, Week, Indianapolis, 10c; Elsewhere, 12c. Subscription Rate. Ma il. GOc Per Month; 0-00 Per Tear. BOY, 17, SAYS HE KILLED MIS AGED MOTHER Shot Parent ‘Accidentally, and Twice Again to End Suffering.’ FUSSED AT HIM ALL DAY Wanted Son to Get Job— Older Brother to Be Released. Special to The Times. BOONEVILLE, Ind , Aug. B.—Willie Deffendoll, 17, the younger of two brothers, held in connection with the murder of their widowed mother, Laura Deffendoll. 70, of near Selvin, confessed today he was the slayer. Willie, who steadfastly accused his elder brother Dolly of the murder, said the first gunshot wound was accidental, and he shot his mother twice after that because he “didn’t want to see her suffer.” Willie told his story without a tear In his eye. “I am certain of one thing.” Coroner Kriekhaus Haiti. “Willie killed hi* mother, but he hasn't told the truth by a long shot. This accident story Is ab surd." MOTHER WANTED HIM TO WORK. According to his story to the coroner. Willie left Bonneville Wednesday, July 27. arriving at Tennyson that night. The next day he returned home. “Willie,” the coroner said, "told me his mother fussed at him nil day for having come home. He said she told him he should have stayed In Bonneville and hunted for a Job. "Friday morning, he said, his mother wanted him to accompany her to a neigh Imr's to get some tobacco. Willie told her he would take the gun along and they would go through the woods, where he would try to get a squirrel. The re malnder of Willie's story was substan tially as follows; BOY TEI.LB HIS SIDE OF STORY. “'While we were walking through the woods, I bumped the gun against a tree accidentally, exploding It. The charge struck mother She fell to the ground and cried, “Oh ” “ ‘ Fhe turned over on her face and 1 didn't want to see her suffer, so 1 shot her again. •' 'This didn't ktl! her so I held the gun six feet from her head and tired u thlrj time.' ” The decomposed nnd decapitated body of the mother was found In the woods two weeks after the shooting Her disap pearance was mysterious and neighbors were led to the scene by carrion birds hovering near. The family hound dog was lying nearby and fought off th? birds, Standing over the body after It had been found, Willie accused bis brother of the crime. When told liis young brother had confessed, Dolly broke down. I don’t see why Willie accused me," ho said. Dolly probably will be released. Wil liam will be formally charged with niiir- DR. lIOVIS FOR PARDON BO ARD Local Pastor Named by Gov ernor to Fill Term of I. Newt Brown. Appointment of the Rev. Frank I*. llo vls, 21*10 Rader street Indianapolis, as a member of tho State uoarn of pardons, was announced today by Governor Me Cray. The Rev. Mr. Hovis will fill the unexpired term of I. Newt Brown, Frank lin, who resigned to accept the secretary ship of tlie State Board of Agriculture to succeed tho late diaries Kennedy. His term will expire Jan. 1. 1922. The Rev. Mr. Hovis is pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, and came to Indianapolis from Montleello. lie has filled pastorates in several northern It Olana cities. IU will take up his duties ns a member of the board at the Septem ber session. Mr. Brown resigned some time ago and tho vacancy was not immediately filled. It has been reported at the Statehouse that the Rev. Mr. Hovis will not be reappointed when Ills term ex pires but that Mr. Brown will again be appointed on the pardon board and thnt anew secretary of the board of agricul ture will be appointed. Booze Issue to Confront Disarmament Conference Whether 1,000 or More Foreigners Will Be Permitted to Consume Drinks Question. WASHINGTON, Aug. &—That part of official Washington which is constitution ally opposed to the principles of Mr. Volstead is awaiting with eager interest a decision on the momentous question of whether the disarmament conference which convenes here in November, is to be wet or dry. Those who agree with Mr. Volstead also are interested and are ex pected to have considerable to say if the decision goes against them. That the problem involves some nice considerations is disputed by no one. On the one hand. it. Involves the majesty and dignity of the domestic law. ns constitut ed in the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act; on the other, it brings Into play delicate questions of diplomatic usage nnd international courtesy deemed essential to the success of the conference. MORE THAN 1,000 TO COME FOR CONFERENCE. More than a thousand foreigners, vary ing from prime minister to messenger, are expected to cotne to Washington in connection with tho conference. The British delegation, it is expected, will number not less than 200. while those of France, Italy, Japan and China proba bly will fall little short of that figure. Belgium, The Netherlands and Portugal also will he represented. In addition, observers are expected from practically the world. to bo represented, LAST HOME EDITION TWO CENTS PER COPY Italian Premier SBKBT I. Bonoml. in anew and characteristic pose. M. Bonoml has been chosen to direct the affairs of state for King Victor. WANTHARVEYTO BE MEDIATOR IN UPPER SILESIA Supreme Council Meets With American Ambassador Sitting as ‘Observer.’ PARIS, Aug. B.—The future of the entente was believed at stake today when the allied supreme council met in the most important session since the war. The meeting found France and Great Britain diametrically opposed ou nearly every question to come up. I The session was notable, also, in that Col. George Harvey. American ambassa dor to Great Britain, was to sit with the council, renewing American participation. Although he was to u< t as an “observer,” It was hoped he would be the mediator [in‘the disputes between Great Britain and France. Italy nnd Japan figured in the session ns possible arbiters also. A decision on division of Upper Silesia between Germany and I’oland was the big matter before the council. The points of disagreement were: France desires to send immediate reinforcements to the allied troops in Silesia. Britain opposes. Britain is believed to want Ger many awarded the richest coal re gions In Silesia. France wants them to go to Boland. Britain favors abolition of the Rhine customs barrier. France op poses. on the ground that Germany has not met the allied ultimatum regarding the punishment of war criminals. The council went Into session at 3 o’clock In tho famous cloakroom at the Qual D’Orsay, where so many of the al lied post-war decisions were made. Besides Colonel Harvey, another new figure in the council was Frontier Bo noml of Italy. It Is expected the allied statesmen also will discuss the advisability of removing (Continued on Thige Two.) RECOVER BODY OF PURDUE HEAD Rescuers Take Remains of Dr. Stone to Banff. ! BANFF. Alberta. Aug. B.—Tho body of Dr. W. E. Stone, president of Purdue ! University, Lafayette, Ind., who lost his ! life while attempting to climb Mount I Eanou. in tlie Canadian Rockies, on July 15, is being brought to Banff today . Over the same torturous route that led him to death on Mount Eanon. the body was being brought back to civilization. Guides who finally wormed their way down the preoipblous drops of tlie mountain abyss to where the body lay since July 16. were bringing It. out on a stretcher, according to word brought , here by members of the Alpine club. It ; -*vtis believed Doctor Stone's widow would j suggest burial here in the mountains. the United States is the only one with prohibition, and the question already lias arisen whether these guests must, while In Washington, do as tlie 'Washington ians do. Aside from these more radical oppo nents of John Barleycorn, there is an ele ment which feels that it would be un fortunate if existing laws were inter preted more freely in order that visiting delegations may not be deprived of then drinks. FEAR MORAL EFFECT. The moral effect upon the country of a thousand foreigners having free access to alcoholic beverages within the very shadow of the capitol, it is argued, un doubtedly would bo had. Such a spec tacle, they sny, would encourage dis regard of the law of the land, nnd would do the cause of prohibition more harm than all the anti prohibition societies put together. Despite these arguments the opinion prevails among those most familiar with the situation that the foreign statesmen will not suffer from thirst if they are sufficiently interested to bring, their own liquor. Under a ruling by the Secretary of State and the Attorney-General in the last Administration, ambassadors and ministers of foreign countries aro held to be immune from the operations of the prohibition laws. NO. 75. 128 ROBBERIES AND 1 HOLD-UP OVERWEEKEND Money and Property Totaling Nearly SI,OOO Taken by Burglars. PROWLER HITS WOMAN Miss Laura Cooper, Awakened by Noise, Investigates and Is Knocked Down. Twenty-eight robberies and bur glaries and one holdup in which prop i erty and money totalling about $950 were stolen kept the police depart ! ment busy over the week end. While the number of robberies and burglaries is one of the largest oa ! record for a similar period of time, only two arrests were made and | these were in a minor case. ! A thief visited a rooming house at 123(5 Bellefontaine street early today and robbed Jess Nichols of $27.70. 'J. R. i Rose lost S4.CO and Thomas Curker 75 cents. At 1 o’clock this morning the police . were notified that a burglar had entered the residence of K. L. Andrews, 3522 North Keystone avenue, and carried away ! clothing valued at more than SSOO. An drews said the thief also took $3 In cash. I’ROWLER STRIKES MISS LAURA COOPER. Miss Laura Cooper, 1401 St. Peter street, heard some person walking in a room of her home anil investigated. The prowler struck her a Mow that kno-ked her down and then Jumped through the side window and escaped. Miss Cooper told the police that $5 were missing. Mrs. K. G. Dugger, manager of the Altenburg hotel ou North Meridian street early yesterday discovered a negro at tempting to force an entrance at one of the wiudows of the hotel. The prowler escaped, but “jimmy” marks were left on the window. Harrison Taylor, 731 Langsdale avenue, was a heavy loser as the result of a bur glar s visit. He told the police last night that S2OB and two revolvers worth $55 were taken from his home. J. I- Host, 2-44 Dorman street, reported $2 taken from his home by a burglar. A burglar obtained one dime for hi trouble !a ransacking the residence of Robert Jordan, 1322 Manlove avenue, last night. Samuel Marshall, C3 North Wnrman avenue, and his wife were awakened by the burglar who flashed an electric flash light around their room early yesterday m ruing. Mrs. Marshall screamed and the burglar ran. The same burglar visited the home of Mrs. Henry Mueller, 83 North Warman avenue. lie met with similar success at that place for he awakened Mrs. Mueller with the flash light. Sbo screamed and the burglar ran. Iti -hard Chism, 227 Holmes avenue,, found that a thief had cut the screen dool? of his home, entered and took $5. Karl Lisby, 229 North Holmes aventirj, told the police that a burglar cut fbcM s.’-een in tae door of his home and pn-B tcred and that $5 weer missing. * HOTEL GUEST MISSES TROUSERS. When I). F. Barton, Room No. 11. tha Palace hotel, started to dress Sunday morning his trousers were missing. Later the trousers were found on the tire es cape. Barton said $lB, a knife and a sil (Contlnued on I’age Nine.) GUARD BOYS REACH CAMP First Contingent of Indiana Troops Leaves Trains in Cold Rain. (By Staff Correspondent.) CAMP KNOX, Ivy., Aug. B.—Leaving their trains tn a cold rain and marching through sticky mud to their quarters, the first contingent of the Indiana Na tional Guard arrived here at 12:53 o’clock this morning for their fifteen days’ en campment. The troops consisted of the 151st In fantry, tlie 113th Engineers, the 38th Sig nal Corps, tho 149th Motor Transport Corps and two ambulance companies. Col. D. Wray de Pr*>z of Sholbyvillo, com mander of the 151st Infantry, is in com mand of ihe Indiana troops. Although the men are only partly equipped, they have started drilling. A regiment of Indiana artillery is ex pected to arrive tonight. ‘LOU’ AND ‘GERRY’ AWAIT NEXT MOVE Opera Star and Actor Silent on Divorce. NEW YORK, Aug. B.—Jockeying for position in the Lou Tellcgen-Geraldino Farrar separation suit continued today with both principals silent and the law yers for both parties waiting for the other side to make the first move. At the offices of tho attorney for Talle gen, it was stated, that barring surprises by Geraldine’s attorneys, papers in a suit for separation would be filed Wednesday. Tellegen’s side, however, expected some move from the opopsitlon before then. Harding Big Stick Greater Than That of Colonel — Keller WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—Repre sentative Keller, Minnesota, Repub lican, today scathingly denounced the work of his party after being in power five months. “The President has assumed more power than any of his predecessors and tells Congress what bills to pass —anil what not to pass,’’ Keller said. "Bills concocted in secret confer ence are introduced without being re ferred to responsible committees. "The machinery of Government has been commandeered by a little clique, Ignorant of the A. B. P.s of economics, whose blind obedience to Wall street Is responsible for the stupid, selfish and short-signed policy tliat is re tarding our prosperity and creating profound distrust and discontent among the people.”