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VOLl'MK L XX., XI). 77 WHKKMXd, \V. YA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1921 ?tran^IS-TT THREE CENTS r J
ALL FOR CHINESE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY \
Briand Not
Altogether
Convincing
By DAVID tAWIXNCS.
lOopyr'ght by The Intelllgenter.)
V J
Convention Mall. Washington. Nov.
'SI.?Premier Briand. primarily address
ed the people of France to-day and also
continental Europe, as he defended the j
military policy of France which three J
jVars after the armistice maintains the
Unrest standing army in the world.
Only those who have followed the in
tricacies <lf French policies and know ?
the maneuvers of the opposition ele- J
ments In the French parliament which |
are seeking to overthrow the Briand 1
ministry for not being even more v1k- j
orous In .handling Germany, can under- |
stand the true significance of the i
French premier's spee.Vi
Secretary Hughes with characteristic
deftness referred to land armaments It. I
a seemingly general way. but managed I
to emphasise nevertheless without tnak- I
mg Invidious comparisons the fn.-t that
the t'nltel States which at the time of
the armistice had en army of t.HOO.On'i
men under arms, has now reduced the
regular army to ISO.ono men.
As it' realizing that Mr. Hughes had
challenged France's reason for a large
military establishment, .tnd that the
whol-? world has been pointing an in
quiring finger a: Frame for sort s time
because of the sir-* of her armV l're
rrle- Briand top;; occasion t > deny that
the design "f France was mllitaris^c. (
He made the stock arguments which
have been heard front Fretu h publb of
ficials and writers for the last three
[ years, namely that Germany had not
I given ev idence t,f good faith and could I
t ot yet be trusted to pay*her bill to '
France.
Vroneh Idea Defended.
The whole speech was a defense of
the French idea that at any moment an
unurovokel aggression might develop
ftn the iJfT.an border. M Itrurtd w?nt
somewhat fur rier than usual In drntr
I Hi: a distinction between ?h<> working
classes of Germany, which he thought
were slnoely desirous of peace and
should he encouraged. and the big husi
ness and military elements like l.uden
dorff. who, he thought, were still un*
conquored In spirit and were thinking
about a next war.
To ail the suggestions that Germany
was being d;sarrred. the French pre
mier cited only the record of German
haggling, fi: st over terms and later
over tbo indemnity settlements as Justi
fication for French precaution. His '
whole ph iosophy was that continents)'
Kur?>pe places entire confidence on phy-.
sica' force and refuses to rely -upon
moral influemse In International he- .
havior. Again and again Premier
Briand insisted that it was the exist
*? e .>' a large French standing army
aiore which made Germany obey to-dav.
Security against a future Invasion a?
well as the possession of a means o*
? or. ng it-inany to pay reparations
were m. Uriand's big points, and he
???] ?"! it-ouftd and around them. Orlgi
ral'y t ??s the French position that
the I'rdted States and Gre.it Britain
vo.'M ratify a defenses t-eaty whereby
it towers would come to the aid or
Ki.in.e .n the e-.ert of "unprovoked at
t.?ci\" l?> Germany, hut since America
(Ccu-lnued cm Tage Six)
THI WliTHIR
0>lc?Cloudy and colder Tuesday and
Vednerday. ?
VcfUn Ptnnrylvari*?Cloudy and
colder Tuesdry atld Wednasday.
T7eet Virginia?Pair Tuesday; Wed
nesday c'ondy.
Washington. Nov ill Northeast
storm warning wore ordered 0:1 the east
Florida const late today !>>? the weather
h .te.it; '"r disturbance due wjst-south
*-ast of Netv Providence. In the Bahamas
Th- storm'Is apparently moving north
west. It was added.
IKE PROGRESS!
TOWARD ML
LITATIS
BIG THREE MEET
IN NEGOTIATIONS,
?Early and Successful Conclu
sion of the Present Ex
changes Now
Predicted.
Washington, Nov. 21?(By the As
sociated Prsss)?There was strong In
dication today that definite progress
toward an agreement on American
proposals for naval reduction and lim
itation was hslng made, although no
definite action was tahen.
The "big three of the ami limita
tion conference. Secretary Hughes.
Arthur J, Balfour and Admiral Baron
Kato, met In Kr. Hughes's office. Bach
was aided hy the chief naval experts
of sach powsr, hut so far as could
be learned the discussion did not get
beyond further talk over figures as to
tonnage and other matters In the Am
erican plan.
The fact that the experts had made
each progress as to warrant the in
formal meeting of the heads of the
three delegations chleby concerned lu
the naval program, was regarded as i
significant, however, and foreshadow
ing some early conclusion.
coins 1
TO SURRENDER !
ALL flHENMSj
Uals^nfiurg, Colo.. Nov. 2! (Ity the ^
Associated press)? Notices will ho post;
p'l tnmoMW throughout Huerfano coun-l
t.v now under martial law. a.) a result of|
th* ooa! miners' strike against the Col- j
omdo Fuel & Iron company's thirty per;
cent reduction in wastes, directlr.it all j
citizens to surender their arms to the j
rangers.
Residents are given two days within!
which to surrender the weapons.
This ? announcement was made todayi
by Colonel Patrick Ham rock, adjutant
Cienerul of Colorado.
Sunday passed without Incident. Both
union leaders and officials of the Color-!
ado Fuel and Iron company expressed
themselves as satisfied with progress of
the strike
An Investigation into the shooting sf-?
fair of a week ago Sunday, at the Oak-|
dale i'nal company mine at Oakvlew j
was undertaken today, under direction |
of Colonel Hamrock.
I'an 1*rlce. president of the 1'nlon lo-'
cat was shot through the jaw after an
argument on union affairs. Military of-'
flcials allege that the incident was fol
lowed by the shooting up of a house oc
cupied by non-Onion miners. Colonel I
Hamrock said he expected within a few(
days to ascertain the persons resons-'
*;?',? ;'.>r the shooting and prosecute
them.
Tl c company today posted notices
closing down its mines indefinitely In
districts where sympathetic str*a?rs
have been In effect, company official*,
announced. J
? (
$25,000,000 FOR OHIO VETS.
t Coluntbus. O. Nov. 21.?By forma!
? proclamation of Governor Davis, the
state soldiers' bonus amendment rati
fled by voters at a recent state elec
tion. today became a part of the Ohio
constitution The amendment, which
p-ovides for issuance of $2f>.0<k>,Oi}Q in
bonds for payment of the bonus, was
passed by an official vote of 949.10'J ,
fo 224,662, It was announced
GOVERNMENT WINS IMPORTANT !
, CASES AFFECTING INCOME TAXi
I
Washington Nov. Decision of t
'iie supreme court today upholding gov- ! j
eminent contentions In three Income tax j
cases will. In the opinion of Solicitor!
? Jeneral Heck and treasury officials, ro i i
far toward unraveling many perplexing j
questions arising-In stock dlvldeml* con- | i
iro\ersirs and result In the recovery j <
hy the government of many rnlltons of
dollars
Two of llie cases were similar and in-'
\ olved taxation as income "f stocj- Is- ?
> icd < ? kholders of tin* Ohio Oil and
the I'ralrle <h|j & 'las companies hy the
Illinois and the I'ralrle pipe lino com- ' i
panies. respet lively The pipe line
companies were organized l.y the oil > i
companies .after .a decision hy the su- I :
premo court that the Interstate com- j
merco commission and fod'-r tl trade .
commissions had Jurisdiction over cor- ?
poratlons operating pipe lines. The gov- i
erntneat contended the stool; should he
c'asscd as income and taxed as such, i
This rnnte,ntlon was opposed hv the
companies and various styx-khnlder*. tn- |
eluding John P. Rockefeller.
The Majority Oylnlon.
Justice I'ltney delivered ti;e majority!
opinion of the court Justices Vander
xonter ami McReynolds dissenting. The!
majority opinion said
"The new stock represented assets of'
the oil company standing in the place J
of the pipe line properties that before ,
had constituted portions of their sur
plus assets, and it was capable of dlvl- i
? Ion among the stockholders, as the pipe '
line properties were not The dlstrlbu- 1
tion . constituted In the case of
each Individual a gain tn the form of
ertuni exchangeable assets. It was In j
?uhstance and effect, not merely in form. .
a dividend of profits by the corporation j
and Individual Income to the stock-[i
holders '?
The X>u Pont C*a?.
Ti e third case In which a decision 1
was handed down grew r>111 of the or- ,
canlznt'nn of the K. I. I> 11 I'ont I>e Ne
mours Powder company of Delaware. by
the parent company of the same name
of New Jersey, whleh turned over to the
Delaware corporation a!! its assets and
took in exchange the stock of the new
company. The court, tn holding the
new stock whl' h was distributed among
the stockholders of the parent company
subject to the income tax law. said:
Declared Taxable.
The new common stock became treas
ury assets of the old company and was
capable of distribution, as the manufac
turing assets whose place it took were
not Its distribution transferred t -> the
several stockholders n-w Individual
property rights which they severally
were entitled to retain and enjoy or to
sell and transfer, with precisely the
same substantial benefit to same as If
the v>lil company had' acquired the stock
tv purchase from strangers. lie (the
stockholder) received as his subsequent
property part of the accumulated profits
of the oil company. In which previously
h? (fad only a potential and contingent
1 tit crest.
"It thus appears that In substance and
fact, as v ?'(] as Irt appearance, the divi
dend received by claimant was a gain,
a profit derived frpm his capital Interest
In the old company, not In liquidation
of the capital, hut in distribution of ac
cumulated pro,'its of the company.
Henc? !t constituted individual Income
within the meaning of the income tax
law."
$30,000.00 Xnvolved.
Estimates were that the government
would obtain at least thirty million
dollars In taxes front the litigants In
the <ascs decided tod.iv, ami the adjudi
cation of mnnv claims wli!< !i have tieen
pending in the treasury department,
awaiting the outcome, won id fot^i many
millions "f dollars in addition.
f ??????????????????? N
Lawyers Make Affidavit to Story
Claude Rogers Refused to Tell;
Implicates City Manager Crago
I The story Claude Rogers refused |
to tell before a Jury in the city j
election cases was revealed by At- i
torneys John .1. Coniff and Carl j
Schmidt in an affidavit presented j
in the trial of City Manager Crngo. J
The statements, of the attorneys
implicate the City Manager, his I
assistant. Karl Petticord, and j
George Seibert. The affidavit fol j
lows:
"Slate of West Virginia,
"County of Ohio, to-wit:
"Personally appeared before tJie
undersigned Notary Public of said !
county John J. Coniff and Carl O.
Schmidt, who being duly sworn,
say: We nre acquainted with
Claude Rogers, whom we under- j
stand has been summoned by the j
state as a witness in the case or !
the State of West Virginia vs. Ho- ;
nior C. Crago, in the Criminal Court 1
of Ohio County, West Virginia;
that after the City election held in !
the City of Wheeling on the 26th i
day of Mav, 1P21, Claude Rogers, !
the said witness, made a statement
to tjffiants as follows, fo-wit: The
said Claude Ropers stated that on
Friday before the City Flection
held on the 26th day of May. 1P21
he was advised by one George Set- j
bert that the defendant. Homer C. j
Crago. and E. W. Petticord were
coming out to see him at a place
called The Onks, which is a res- j
taurant, located on the National j
Pike about opposite 'he entrance j
to Wheeling Park, about four miles .
east of the City of Wheeling; that !
the said Seibert advised the said J
Claude Rogers that he expected j
these two men that evening, and I
that about eleven o'clock on the
said Friday night, while the said '
Rogers and the said Seibert were
standing on the outside of The
Oaks, an automobile drove up In
front of the said place, and Seibert J
said to the said Claude Rogers, j
- ;
'Hero they are now,' referring to
Crago and Petticord: that tho said
Seibert then .said to tho said Claude
Rogers, 'There are two of tltestj
men, and I don't want to talk to
them alon?\ because I don't know
what may come out of this, and I
want you to overhear the conversa
tion between them and me.' Ry
arrangement with the said Solbert,
the said Claude Rogbrs was ad
vised to take a position on llie In- I
side of, the building and placed i
himself behind a partition which I
divided one of the rooms lu said [
place, which partition uid not ex- '
tend to the ceiling, end to take
such a position that he could over
hear ail the conversation between
the said Seibert. the said Crago
and the said Petticord. The said
Claude Rogers t< Id aftiants that he
took said position .and that the said
Petticord, Crago and Seibert came
Into the room immediately outside
or near the side partition where he
was standing and concealed, and
that llie following conversation
took place between the said Crago
and Pe'tid rd. on the one hand, and
the said Seiberf, that then and
there the said Crago and Pettieord
arranged with the said Seibert that
they would deliver to him. prior to
the election, a number of ballots
to he used on Election Day, and
that these ballots would be fixed
up ami marked for certain candi
dates, and that at a certain time
on Election Day the said Seibert
would arrange to have these bal
lots put into the ballot box; the
time arranged for was that this
should be done while a Mr Smith,
who was the fatherin-law of the,
said Seibert, and one of the Pom
missioners of Election in that prt*
clnct in which these ballots were
to be used, would be at his evening
meal. Seibert informed them that
that was the time it would have
to bo done. because he did not want
to lot Smith, who was Mb afther
in law, know that he was engaged
in that kind of business, Crago
and Potticord Informed Seibort. on
idie above named occasion, that
they were distributing ballots in
advance, all over the city, where
they could do it," for the same pur
pose, and that the persons who
wore opposed to their candidates
in the election would have to have
at least a thousand majority on
I election day to overcome this
j scheme of theirs On the same oc
casion. the said Crago and Petti
| cord called attention to a precinct
in the EighYb Ward, where Mr.
j Cunningham and Mr. Nolle had
' congested in the primaries Tor the
nomination to Council of the City
of Wheeling, and they said to Sel
bert. 'Watch the returns from the
i precinct on Flection I>ay '
'Affiants say that the said
! Claude Rogers Informed them that
the said Crago and Potticord. on
. the Monday night following the
| said Friday night. delivered to the
I said Seibert a package which con
j tained about sixty ballots; that
[ Rogers did not open the package
j ar.d see the ballots, but he saw the
1 package of ballots; that the said
! Crago and Potticord Informed the
said Seibert that thev were the
ballots that thev had arranged to
' deliver to him.
"Affiants sav that on the said
Friday and Monday referred to in
the above affidavit. Homer Crago
was the City Clerk of the City of
Wheeling, and as Bitch Clerk affl
. anfs are advised the paid Crago
I was the custodian of the ballots
to be used at the said election to
j be held r>a ihe ?dth day of May. ?
1921"
j tSignedl .TOH.V J CON IFF
CARE O SCHMIDT.
Six On Trial For Mohawk Shooting
HOUSE VOTES
APPROVAL OF
TAX MEASURE
Only Eleven Republican In
surgents on the hinal Bal
lot?Bill PVaised By
Mondell.
Washington. Nov 21. -By a vote of
232 to 109, the house late to-day ap
proved the tix revision hill as rewrit
ten in conference. The measure imme
diately was sent to >he senate, where it
will he taken uj> to-morrow, with Re
publicans determined upon its final en
actment in time for the ending of the
special scss.on of eongrjtss on Wednes
day night.
Before adopting the conference re
port on the ball, the house defeated, jfrj ?
to 141. h motion from the nemocratic
side to send the measure hack to con
ference with Instructions to the house
managers to accept the senate amend
ment Increasing litherittim o taxes-.
Forty-two Republicans voted for tin
motion while four democrats voted
against it.
Only Eleven Colters.
Only eleven Republicans boiled on the
final vote, while siv Meinovrat*: voted
for passage The Republicans opposing
the bill wore Reck. Hmv.r.e. T.ampert
.1 M Nelson and Volgct. all of Wis
cousin: James and Woodruff. Michigan,
Mlchnelson. Illinois. Ryan, New York;
Sinclair. North leihoti. ami Keller. Min
nesota. The six I>emo-:ats v.ere t'.itnp
hell. I'etiiisy Ivanla; I.ee. I'nlifornhi. and
Pupre. Favrot. l.azcro ami Martin, all
of Louisiana.
In the four hours debate which pre
ceded the voting. Chairman Fortlney, ot
the house managers, said the measure
In Its present form would yi?ld a total
revenue this fiscal year of 13.21 fi.liofl..
nno. (.r $46.(>'10."00 less than the amount
the treasury department had estimate.!
would he t.ceded lie thought this de.
flclt could he wiped o t by furtlter
economies by tne various federal de
partment*.
Praised By Mondell.
Representative Motnl. il. -.f Wyoming,
the Republican leader. t..l.|ithe house
that host estimates were that the hill
would reduce taxes by $ To,(on.,im.o this
<-alend.tx year lie praised the hill as
"a splendid measure," ev.ept that it did
not reduce the maximum sur-tnx rate
sufficiently.
Representative tiartier, -of Texas
ranking Petnncrat on the ways and
means committee, who made the princi
pal attack on tlic hill from tin- minority
side, declared that at tho present rate
Brought Before the Bar of Jus
tice in Greenbrier County
Under Change of Venue.
.1
l.rwisburg. W Vn Nuv. ; l Rrougni
into (ire.-nbt it inun'y on .1 ? Pans" of
\ cnue from M tn.wc county. ' h " trials
of six (loir it tin nt s . n ? : arises of imp.':- a
ttuns in :ltt* shooting a* .Mohawk. a year
and n li.lif :iK". w.Ye started In circuit
court lier.- to-day.
Six of tto- defendants lull' place I on
trial on indicttnr it irinib.-r .six. ? liarKitur
shooting and attempting to kill It. .1.
Howcn at th? losul house of a nunc at
Mohawk. l-'otir of tins dof'nd.mti ore
Steve '"oil.lis. Walter Ashurx. Hill 1 .'*?
tip atol Walter ("line.
Most of tin- afternoon was spent :n
empaneling a jury. although no diffu
cult* was exju ro ti oil The state pre
sented three witnesses late in l.'o atter
nooti. They were It .1 How. n. \V. H.
MetJrath and Oil Ho .chins.
Ten witnesses me tf. !>?? heard it was
said by Prosecuting Vftortiey Austin, be
fore rlie state resis.
The trial will b> :? uniod a: 1' o'clock
to-morrow tuorntni; It. 1.. I'ounts, pros
ecuting attoriioy McDowell . ninty,
arrii d lute to-.lay to assist In the pros
i < Htii'tl.
3LIZZARD IK
THE NORTHWEST
Denvf i. t o!.. N v JI Tito t.orth
west was in lit" trip of a blizzard to
day that paralyzed wire communica
tion. curtailed truin service, and re
suited in general discomfort in the
affected districts
Snow, which began late Saturday
In Montana, still was tailing this
afternoon. \t IPhna. four degrees
below zero was recorded. All records
for November snows for twenty five
years in that state \v? re shattered and
It appeared the precipitation would
? xceetl fifteen inches.
I*'rom .Montana, northern Wyomlnc,
'South Dakota and Nebraska came re
ports of low temperatures, with below
zero reported throughout the Yellow
stone Park region.
of f.'.iotal expenditures. the riK-astit?'
wuitld ii"t mis" tin- r-? ? ? ji:ic? ?.I ami.tipl "!
. rcveiiti.- by frmii $i".ii".noii.fliiii t? > JTO".
uoo.iiiio n year. )[<? declared ttip meas
ure wtis "a monstrosity," adding thai
a prominent Republican senate! bad an
nounce,) that it would have t" 1m re
written within a war
"If i/ires"t:ts statesinanshlp g<-ri" t<'
seed." be said
i
ZEHMST
' TESTIIII!
>GI\'i:S VERSIONS OF
MISS RAPPE'S INJURE
Occlares She Was Locked lr
Room With Arbuckle
? Screamed in
Agony.
San Krarn is, o. Nox. 21.? Taking ih<
. .ciniil today. it. the trial of Rosen* <
fKattvi Arhuck !??. Charcot with man
slaughter as a result ..f *iie death, o
Miss VArgtma Rappe. motion i r>
:n 'fess. /'i!i l'ri>ni?t, on* "f the state'
ptinc'p.il \\ itnesses. repealed in efTec
testimony pixen 1>j her at earlier hear
ItiK it' t.he tU.-e.
Site declared that she was a menthe
? f the j-.irtx in Arhmhlo's hotel suit
'? lluH'it.i; which Miss Rappe he<nine II
ntul died Miss I'revont testified Mis
Rappe went :nto Arlni'kle's room an
?hat the illm comedian folloxved her an
locked tti" ilner. Rater, siie snld, whe
ArhiiokJc opened t It a door, Mies Rappi
fully die.- ed. was moaning o;i the bet'
"She then began to tear at her cloth
itiir aral . r> Inc. "1 am d'Jng, 1 am coin
to d tlie witness said
Miss Rappe was tlien put into a col
hath and later to lied While Mis
Tiiippo screamed. Arhuokle orlew> "i il
.-hut at ??. i a tit throw you out of th
window." site testified Then applied
piece of lie to Miss ltnppe's bodv In s
effort to rcxivo lier. t It a witness nail
The Mini took a new ancle todnx
with the railing if a witness by.whor
the p> oseoiit Ini: attorneys announced
tin y hoped to | tie e a motive for th
a!|e?*? il attack on ".Miss Rappe, which !
1.. charged earned her death This tin
t. Itt'.cjs w as .Jesse K NorRftrd. janito
of ,i fii..;'..n pi< Jure studio
Noivard testitle.t that Arbuckle one
taxi offered liim "a roll of bills" for
hex to Ml.'s Ha pne's room at the s'nilb
and that In- had refused the offer.
1 >r. II Kdxvard Castle and 1 >r \A
Frauds Wakefield testified that th
' 11.ely had bruises on It before death. Pi
' Wakefield 1' tlie owner of the hospltj
where M'.sti Rappe died.
I >r. Wakefield test Illed in Ills bellr
I Miss Rappe's fatnl injuries were du
? | "to npplb?atlon of external fore#."
He also detailed the unofficial nutops
in his hospital
> The i our* room xxas crowded nn
. oiowds stood in the corridors.
HQ DEFENDS
FRANCE'S ARMY
AS NECESSITY
'GERMAN' DOGGEDNE$S
IS GUARDED AGAINST
; Another Grave Danger the
| Red. Hordes of Russia,
Where Millions Are in
Unrest.
\\ itshlngton, Nov. 21 ? ( Hv the Assoc
I iated l'ress)?in an emotional plea for
| national security pronounced by Arls
j tide Hrland, her minister, France Jn
j formed liie arms conference today thai
I however deeply she might be moved
by the call to lighten the burdens of
armaments, she dared not de-troy the
I effectiveness of her army so long as the
i situation In Kurope remains what It Is.
Summoning to the effort all the dyna
; mic force of his eloquence, the "strong
man of France" held the ra n attention
' '<f the conference for an hour as he re
i counted one by one the perils that beset
| his people.
| Jlrleby. he declared the old Imperial
j Istlc party of ilermanv still was cov
ertly teaching the religion of war. and
| hoping to turn to Its ndi'iniage at the
| very door of l-'raiicc se\c:i millions of
men trained in the u.-e of arms, while
I beyond lay Jin'..'?e\:? Russia, with her
j millions stirring in an unrest whose
i|tlnnl course n > one could predict
Tile Germnn Menaco
I By one means or another, said Mr.
j Urinnd. Germany had brought under
arms and was maintaining in a state
of Instant m-eparo lnes?. at least 2.10.?
:00ft men. War materia!, he declared,
would not long furnish a serious prolt
| lem for the Gorman nation, should It
| decide to again make war Tito present
1 German government, he credited with
! the most pacific c.f intentions, hut the
weakness of lis tenure, he asserted, war
npparent to anv one who had watched
- ... ?n, ?
[close at hand the developments ui mv
In.*! few months
English Support
When the French premier hod con
cluded, Arthur .1. Balfour responded for
Hreat Britain with a virtual pledge of
British support, should the civilization
of Europe bo again threatenod. as it
? was In 191-1.
For the t'nlted States. Secretary
Hughes declarer! the idea of France
never fed on deaf cars in Ainericn. and
Italy and Belgium added their word of
approval for the peculiar situation o!
I the French.
"Will to Peace" Needed.
The heart of America. ^a!d Mr
| Hughes, carried an imperishable mem
nry of France's sacrifices for liberty
He agreed with M. Brhtnd that what thi
world needed was a "will to pence."
"And there can be n<? r.tll to pence.'
he added, "until tho Institutions of lib
i erty and Justice are secure. May 1 saj
In reply to M. Briand that there Is n'
'moral isolation' for the defenders o
liberty and justice "
"No words e\cr spoken for Kranct
have fallen on deaf ears in the L'nitec
States." said Secretary Hughes nrnic
* l loud applause. The heart of Amerlct
I was thrilled hy her valor and sacrifice
and the memory of her .stand for liberty
) Is Imperishable n this country, devotee
to the Institutions of liberty. It i? cvi
_ dent from what M Brland has said thai
what Is needed at this time In ordei
that thorc rmi> he attained this greai
ideal is the will i?? ntj^c end there .-at
he ; a hope of a will To peace until th<
(Continued on rage Flften.)
, INK HOUSES
SHE FLOODED
Terre Haute, lnd.. Nov. 21.- lllgf
waters which itnve flooded the lowland*
along lite Wabash river here lo-nighl
had approached several houses in the
? i outskirts i f Taylortlllo, acrocs thy
river from Terre .Haute. The river I;
still rising and local weather hure&t
: officials expect a twnty-foot stage wll
I be teached by morning which w'll carrv
the vnter well Into Taylortille, anc
cause many families to bar the-r resi
dence s.
RESOLUTION IS'
I UNANIMOUSLY
I PUT THROUGH
FIRST CONCRETE ACT
OF ARMS CONFERENCE
Resolution Prepared By Elihu
! Root Meets With Approval
of Every Delegate.
i ]_
I i i
Washington, Nov. 1.?"Perfect 1
; ; satisfaction." with the resolution 1
j j was expressed tonight by x.d- j
; miral Baron Kato, head of tha |
1 J Japanese delegation, although ho j
j declined to suggest what changoo |
' the agreement might lead to In J
j the Kar F.ast. The Chinese also {
; declared themselves gratified at j
I -j the development, and the dele- J
j I gates from the other nations |
| ; generally voiced the view that j ?
the agrement was a good start j
' toward a complete agreement on j
j the most Important of the Fhr |
Eastern questions.
! : I '
? .
I Washington, Nov. 21?(By the Assoc
iated I'ress)?A resolution declaring
J for the territorial and administrative
! Integrity of China was adopted nnanl
j mously, late today, by the conference
committee on Pacific and Far Eastern
questions
The resolution, the first concrete a?
tIon of the armament limitation confer
ence. was drafted and presented by Eli
hu Knot, one of the American delegate*
Adoption of the resolution followed
two hours' discussion of Chinese prob
lems at today's meeting of the dele
gates of the nine powers In committee
of the whole on Pacific and Far Eastern
question. The discussion was said to
have been general and participated In
by spokesmen for all the principal
nations represented.
Action Significant
The Root resolution, It was learned,
was one of the principal subject* of
discussion yesterday at the meeting of
the four American delegates.
The declaration In the Root resolution
for administrative Integrity of China"
was declared by delegates to be very
j significant and Important. While there
I have been declarations In the past for
territorial Integrity for China such de
clarations, It was said, never be'fore
have gone to the extent of declaring for
. administrative Integrity. v
The Rodt resolution was said to have
51 been the principal tonlo at the commlt
j tec meeting today. Other Chinese Ques
? | tlons are to be taken up at another
. | ?
,? | (Continued on Pace Six)
tarn i
I BE SELECTED
1 FOR CAPITOL
| Charleston. W. Va, Nov. 21-.?One of
? i he final sessions of the capltol build
ing commission, which Is now facing
? the task of selecting a site for West
j Virginia's new capltol, will begin at 2
j o'clock tomorrow.
j Cass Gilbert of New York, architect,
retained by the commission. Is expected
] by State officials to arrive on an early _
| train tomorrow to attend the meeting.
Rumors were rife here tonight that
| the commission will select a ?!ta other .
' | than that on which the old capltol stod.
1 | Members would not verify the?report8.
' Principal among the business matters
! before the commission Tuesday will
? | the verbal report of Mr. Gilbert, whose
1 J recommendations will Include, epeclflea
1 J tioT-s required In the selection of a loca
' : tlon.
: We will endpavor to agree upon *
1 j site before the meeting comes to an . "
? | end." said Houston G. Young, secretary ?
j of the commission. '
; 10 DEMOCRATS CLASH HOTLY
;i OVER THE FDHD^NEWBERRlf CASE
M ashincton. Nov. 21.?The Ford-New | ;
* berry senatorial election contest in Midi!
Ignn was iaiil aside by the senate to-j
i night. probably not to come formally [
n before the body again r<>r several weeks. |
After n day of tiiseiisslon in which Hen-|
, ry Ford. who Is isntostlng the seating i
of f-'jenator Newberry, was both de-t
K nounced nrd defended, and which was
enlivened by a heated tilt between Sen- j
'' liters Williams. of Mississippi, arid Wat ;
N son. Georgia. Democrats, the election'
*? J controversy was side-tracked to make)
p way for the conference report on the!
a revenue bill. !i
n No ngreoment as to a dn'e for a vole j
was reached, but the understanding de
'? i vcloped that little further consideration !
n would be given the case tintll late in:
I. December.
0 The clash between Senators Williams'
1 and Watson developed win n the latter;
,v attacked Mr, Kord. nr.d declared that !
r "left over Wilsonltes." In the senate t.
were seeking to retire Mr Newberry be-'
" cause he hud opposed the League of.
a Nations.
h Mr. Williams snM he regarded Mr !
Kord as "so far super.or in iiLruism. Inj
world sense, ami ,n world vision to the
e senator from tienrgla (Mr. W.ytsnnM
and myself, that I can hardly find w ird< |
'1 to express It."
He was Interrupted by Mr Watson i
f who declared he bad not asked a "clean i
e bill of health" from Mr Williams, and:
added:
V "1 slated the war department records !
show that In various items paid to ilen-j
<1 ry Ford, he was paid for material never
delivered, one Item being for tractors,'
I
nnd the amount was five million dollars
the he kept his son out of war when
the suns of Senator Newberry were In
the war "
Mr. Wfttson also charged that Mr. ,
Ford has assessed his employes, "black
mailed," them, ho said, for $50,000 for
his "expense account."
Mr. Williams denied that Mr. Fo
had e-\er done such a thing and added:
"I did not approve of Mr. Ford's course
during the war. when the senator front
Cleorgia was running with him. when
they both were tryintr to make peace for
a common enemy."
"When the senator states that, he
states what Is not true." shouted Sena
tor Watson.
Mr. Williams Inquired which part of
his statement was not true and when .
informed, continued:
"I take hack that part of it. in which
I said h? was running with Henry Ford
hut I do not take back the part o"f it
in which T said he was running against
his country."
Mr. Williams attempted to continue,
but Mr. Whtson was shouting "its false"
Other senators were seeking recognl
tlnr, from the chair, and Senator Heflln. V
I'emocre.t. Alabama, who had held the W
floor when the exchanges began, was n
validly trying to make himself hear'd *
above the many voices and the pounding
of the gaval by the vice president.
Mr. Watson ami Mr. Williams with
two desks between them, stood flaring
at each other when order was restored
Mr. Williams, without another word,
picked up his hat and walked out of
the chamber.
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