TWO CKIGAGOANS
TAKE HARD JOBS
COUNTRY KNOWS DIFFICULTIES
THAT CONFRONT A. D. LASKER
AND CHARLES G. DAWES.
CHANCE OF FAILURE IS BIG
Chief of the Budget, Calling Attention
to Niogardlineu of Congreu, Get
Help From the Army and Volunteer
Busmen Men.
By EDWARD B. CLARK.
Washington. When tlie new chief
of the shipping bourd entered on Ills
duties he uppeared grateful because
the press of the country hud set forth
the extreme difficulties of the work
which he was to undertake. It dues
not take a long memory to recall that
the shipping board since Its organiza- today.
lion nas had various kinds of troubles
to upset It.
A man who takes hold of a govern'
merit Job with the chances of failure.
from the very physical aspects of thtt
case, fully equaling the chances of suc
cess, is, of course, grateful if the coun
try knows that be must work loyally
mm nnru in order to overcome, and
that If he shall full It will not be ul-
together from lack of trying.
The country has been pretty well
Informed concerning the speoitie duties
which confront the new chief of the
budget, Charles J. Jiuweg, formerly
u brigadier general In charge in France
of purchases und supplies for the
American army. I.Ike his fellow Chi
rugoun, A. I. l.usker, the chairman of
the shipping board, Mr. Dawes, tins
Jet the country know thut be also has
u hard Job ahead of him.
In his statement to the public con
cerning his new work, .Mr. Duwes took
occasion virtually to charge congress
with niggardliness In making on ap
propriation for the new budget office.
He gave the amount of the appropria
tion, outlined the necessities In the
case, and then said that so far aa prof
fered implements were concerned
for proper conduct of bis work. lie
was about ns badly off as a man who
was given a "toothpick and told to
tunnel Mke'a Teak."
Dawei Plain Speaking May Help.
The quoted Words occurred in
the statement prepared by Mr. Duwes.
It was not an extemporaneous deliv
ery in uny sense. lie had thought
over what be was going to say, and
he said it. There seems to lie a feel
ing in Washington, that his plain
speaking may be of service in
Hie future, when congress intends
to put men at work on big tasks ami
Is thinking on the subject of supply
ing them Willi the tools of the new
trade.
The chief of the budget w ill get $10,
boo u year. All things nre compara
tive. Mr. Duwes left a much better
paying position In order to take up
his new work. This thing is true of
half a dozen other olliclnls In Wash
ington. It wag true during the war
under the Wilson administration mid
it continues to bo true In peace under
the Harding administration.
The day after he made his statement
Mr. Dawes went to work on his new
Job. In order to put It through with
the limited paid force at his command,
he must be given the alii of all the
cnblnet olllcers and of the beads of
virtually all the bureaus anil all the de
partments of government. It will he
Mr. Dawes' Job to prepare estimates
for the fiscal year which ends June 'M,
V.i-.l, and as congress makes the ap
propriations for these expenditures, at
Its next session, which begins In De
rember. the work of preparation of
the estlmateg must be done In five
months' time.
Mr. Dawes brought to Washington
with him W. T. Abbott, vice president
nf the Central Trust company of Illi
nois, who will be acting assistant di
rector of the budget for a few months.
Then a permanent assistant director
will be chosen.
Geta Help From Army.
The new budget chief has gone to
the army for help. He had a wide
field of work In France as director of
purchases and supplies, and he had an
opportunity there to study the qualifi
cations nf army officers who assisted
him in his task. He has asked the
government to assign to the budget
work as Ms aid Itrlg. Gen. George
V. Moseley, who was assistant chief
of staff at general headquarters in
France, and Col. Harry C. Rmlther.
who served under General Harbord
In France In the great service of sup
plier with headquarters at Tours.
In August a number of leading
American business men will be asked
to come to Washington to serve with
out pay In an advisory rapacity In
the budget bureau. They "first will
be assigned to the different depart
ments of government to advise and
co-operate with the respective budget
officers therefor, while they are at
Ihelr estimating work. These busi
ness men volunteers will take up all
controversial points with the director
of the budget"
New Legion Head Sees President.
John H. Emery, wounded veteran
nf the great war, who has been cboen
by the executive committee of ibe
American Legion as the organization's
commander to fill out the unexpired
term of Col. F. W. Galhralth. w ho met
his death accidentally recently has
been In Washington. With CoL Theo
dore Itoosevelt, assistant secretary of
the Davy, be called upon President
Harding and upon the officials of the
war department
Commander Emery, as are all le
gionnaires, is much interested In the
wrk soon to le undertaken of recruit
ing the reserves of the army, and in
forwurdiug a pact of lasting good will
between the civilians who fought In
the last war and the officers and men
of the regular army.
Mr. Emery was wounded In the lefl
arm in France, so badly wounded that
he has comparatively little use of the
Injured memlier today. He regrets
apparently that this physical disabil
ity prevents him from accepting a coin-
mission la the reserves of the United
States army.
I had a talk with Commander Em
ery, lie spoke as one legion member
to another. He epitomized the lesson
which I think It is . the desire of the
American Legion officials to see ful
filled In spirit and In truth in the
ranks of the former soldiers.
Would Be Soldier Citizens,
lie said, "We were known as citizen
soldiers; I hope thut we will be kuowii
now as soldier citizens." This breathes
the spirit of the service which seems
to he in the hearts of the Legionnaires
American Legion officials are Inter
ested deeply 111 tlie recent legisratius
whiih cuts the Americun army to a
force of I50,(KHt men. Of course no
Legion man thinks that an army of
this size is sufficient for the needs ol
the republic, even in peace times. The
feel also that tlie cut reflects wha.
to the Legionnaires seems to tie the
seliish feeling of tlie luw makers
that If wur comes, und there is not an
adequate ilrst line of defense force
in the regular army, the men "win
did it before" will instantly be will
ing to do it again.
Of course, as the ex-soldiers seem
to view It, the men of the Legion ami
of other veterau organizations patriot
ically will offer their services to do It
again, but nevertheless there Is a ieel
ing that the million young men who
come to military uge every year In this
republic, and the vast crowd of slack
ers In the last war, might be compelled.
If unhappily war should come, to take
on a part of the first burden which.
tlie belief Is, will lie certain to full
under coming conditions to the lot of
the former lighters to assume.
When It was proposed under the last
administration to maintain a regulai
army of liNii.tNO, the proportion of 17.-
(Shi commissioned olllcers was lived
as being proper. The army lias been
reduced to l."iiMNi men, l.'io.OiHI lesi
than the number originully contein
plated. Now it is said that congress
possibly may legislate a large num
ber of regular army officers out of
their commissions.
Fight Against Fewer Commission!.
It can be said from lirst knowled;
that the War department, ami this of
course means the administration, will
resist any attempt to deprive some
thousands of young Americans of their
commission In the regular aiiuv. There
are today lll.tttut such commissioned
olllcers, for the force never wus
brought tip to the strength contem
plated when the proposal for an army
of LNMHHI men was made. Admitted
ly, however, an army of l.KUMHl would
be over-commanded If l.l.txni officers
were assigned to uctlve duty with
the troops.
The contention of the War depart
ment Is, however, that even with the
reduced number of men In the ranks
there will not be too many commis
sioned officers if the present number,
l-'l.ooo, Is kept at work. It is said
there Is plenty to be done by that part
of the commissioned personnel which
Is not serving actively with tlie
troops.
A large number of officers, the au
thorities say, must be assigned to duty
In connection with the reserves, the
N'utloiial Guard, the army schools, and
to staff work. The authorities hold
that there would le a crippling of
the service If congress should take the
action of reduction which It has been
suggested It may attempt.
The War department Is not slow to
point out the justice side of the mat
ter. The department Is borne out by
the records when It says that there
was an nppenl made by the government
of the United States to young men
to enter the regular army as officers
nnd to make the service their life
work. As a result hundreds uiMin hun
dreds of them gave over good paying
positions In civil life and entered the
army In response to the rail.
Lincoln Statue Put Back.
Sentiment in Washington has com
pelled the return to its former
site of the staute of Abraham
Lincoln which stood In front of the
district court building facing John
Marshall place. There was objection
to the statue because It was said to
be Inartistic. Perhaps It was, but It
was the first statue of Lincoln which
was put up in the capital city, and
for years was the only one. Sentl
ment hovered about It and now It
Is to be put back In the place from
which adverse criticism caused Ita re
moval.
A good many men of unquestioned
Judgment thought that the Lincoln
statue was a fine bit of art. It stood
upon tall, almost spindling pillar
rising to a height of 2o feet. The
tall figure of Lincoln surmounted It
and as someone expressed It, It seemed
to be simply a straight line from the
base of the pillar to the head of Its
surmounting figure. However, the
statne looks like Lincoln and the pose
of the figure Is true to life, and there
fore perhaps ought to be appealing
even to an artist
HOUSE PUTS OIL
ON FREE LIST
PRESIDENT SEND8 LETTER 8UG
GESTING PROVISION FOR BAR
GAINING ON TARIFF.
PUT DUTY ON COTTON
DEBATE ON PETROLEUM LASTS
SEVERAL HOURS CAUSES
FLARE-UP IN HOUSE.
(Western Nmsptper t'Diun New Senipe. )
n asiilngtoii, .Inly lit. Oil went on
the Forduey tariff free list by a House
vote of inoii' than two to one.
Long staple cotton, on the free list
In the ways anil means committee
draft, was put on the dutiable list at
15 per cent ad valorem, with members
in doubt as to what compensatory
rates on all cotton g Is would be
considered necessary by reason of the
imposition of u tux on tlie raw
product.
The real flare-up was over the oil
schedule. It broke at the outset of the
session after Chairman Forduey hud
presented a letter from President Har
ding opposing tlie tax und suggesting
iitlier a bargaining provision to lie
ilnccd in Ills hands to "guard against
the levy of duties against us or tin
Imposition by other nations 4 export
tariffs which are designed to hinder
the facilitation of trade."
Tlie first vote on the contested oil
amendment came after three and
half hours of debate.
Republicans rejected, by a straight
party vote, n proposal by Represen
tative Garrett, Tennessee Democratic
lender, to limit debate that the hill
might be taken up for amendment tin
der the ordinary five-minute rule.
Then, after debate, the first test
was on un amendment by Represent!!
the Carter, Democrat, Oklahoma, to
cut the committee rates on crude oil
from to 25 cents anil fuel oil from
'Jo to 20 cents a barrel.
The Carter proposal won, 14.1 to 4'
Democrats supported it solidly on
the ground thut in event tlie free oil
auieiitmeiit offered by Itepresentative
Trcadway, Massachusetts, Republican
member nf the ways and menus com
mittee, should be defeated, they could
help to obtain a lower duly than fixed
III the hill.
P.ut there never was any doubt of
the temper of the House on the oil
question.
The Treudway proposition wus
adopted with votes to spare 1ST to
79 on u stand-up count, but Chair
man Forduey, on the losing side, do
inaliiled tellers. The count was l'.Ml
to Ml.
About half the Republican member
ship of the committee, which Imposed
the tax after the bill had been printed,
and after the duty earlier bad been
rejected, Joined Republican Insurgents
and almost a solid minority in throw
ing out the duty.
Accused Fireman Ends Life.
El Paso, Texas. Clinrles F. Robin-
Son, - rileiiiiin on the li. II. & ,S. A.
train on whb h William llohlinnti, en
gineer, was mysteriously killed July
8, near Sanderson, Texas, committed
suicide. Railroad officials said they
bad offered Mr. Robinson his job
back, having made an official report
that the engineer was "killed by a
party unknown to railroad officials,"
but the fireman, however, had not ap
plied to go to work. Robinson had
bi-en charged with murder in connec
tion with tlie engineer's dentil.
SETBACK DISARMAMENT
TOKIO NOT WILLING TO DISCUSS
FAR EAST QUESTIONS.
NIPPONESE FEAR DISSENSION
WILL FOLLOW IF PACIFIC
PROBLEM IS TAKEN UP.
( Western Newspaper I'oio Xe Serrlc. I
Washington. July 15. Jnpun
ready to enter tlie disarmament con
ferenre, but withholds assent to an un
restricted discussion of Far Eastern
questions as a part of it.
The viewpoint of tlie American gov
eminent is that a solution of the Fur
Euriteru question is a necessary uc
coinpanimeut to any disarmament pro
grain. Thus develops the first hitch
if u hitch It turns out to be in Presi
dent Harding's plan to remove tin
causes for heavy armaments mid then
reduce the armaments themselves.
American officials, however, are op
tlmlstic that a way will be found for
a satisfactory conference to which
Jnpun will be a party und for a pro
grain of armament reduction uccepta
hie to all.
Tlie Japanese reply to the prelim
inury question of whether she would
receive un Invitation to such a con
ferenre mine to the State Department
through the Ainerlcuu embassy at To
klo. Its text was not made public
and department officials declined to
reveal its contents except to say thai
it expressed approval of the disarma
ment discussion but did not agree to
consideration of Pacific problems.
During tlie day, however, It became
known thut the attitude of the Japan
ese government was known to the gov
ernment here. This attitude is that
the disarmament question is u vast
one in itself, und that If other ques
tions are Introduced Into tlie field of
discussion the conference may be so
broadened us to endanger Its success
I u pa nose officials nre suid to feel
this to be particularly true if the que
tlous so introduced ure to affect tlie
delicate balance of diplomatic rein
lions In tlie Orient.
There is manifest In Tokio a belief
that such a debate might open up a
Pandora's box of troublesome diplo
matic Intricacies, which would set for
Mr. Harding's conference a task of re
adjustment even greater than tbnt at
tempted by the peace conference ut
Versailles.
The alternative. In the belief of Jap
anese statesmen, would be to ugrce
beforehund on exactly what questions
will form the subject mutter of the
discussions.
To this is opposed the opinion of
American officials that If the nations
first agreed to come Into the confer
ence, whatever limitations appeared
advisable could be fixed by general
assent afterward.
Uie Savings to Build Homes.
Washington. Plans for relieving
the estimated shortage of l,ri(kl,iKKi
homes throughout the country through
the diversion of a greater proportion
of the nation's 22.lKj(i,(Kio,HKI in sav
ings deposits into home building, are
tinder consideration by Secretary
Hoover. The commerce secretury con
siders there has been a tendency dur
ing the past few years for tlie savings
tlie people to find their way into
omiiiercial paper, bonds ami similar
securities lather tl.au into home
building.
Counting the Inhabitants of Japan
i v" y iJ ft I 3
HIDES TAKEN
OFF FREE LIST
PARTY LINES SHOW SPLIT ON
FIRST CONTEST REPUBLICANS
FORCE ADJOURNMENT.
WILL AFFECT PRICES
MAN-TO-MAN COUNT
FORCING WALK
AISLE.
IS TAKE,
DOWN
Japan Is taking her periodical census, and the photograph shows a lot of
he clerks In the Tokyo office rountlne up the mikado's subjects.
niVfU REPORTS
MADE PUBLIC
WILSON AND DANIELS BOTH GET
SOME BLAME IN SENATE
REPORTS.
SHOOTS WRONG MAN
SCORE AND LAUD SIMS
MANY LIVES LOST BY DELAY
WHICH CAUSED WAR TO BE
PROLONGED.
(Western Nevtpuper lu!on Xewi Smlce. )
MURDER COMMITTED IN
OFFICE AS TWO MEET.
LAW
KILLS YOUNG MERCHANT AT
JULESBURG IN JEALOUS RAGE
OVER WIFE.
Washington, July IS. Widely con
flicting views regarding direction of
tlie American navy during the curly
months of the war were detailed in
Republican and Democratic , reports
made public of the Senate naval com
mittee's Investigation of controversies
between former Secretury Daniels and
Rear Admiral William Sims. The re
ports constitute the lust chapter iu the "V - s- Hnmberstoiie, sheriff of Sedg-
famous Sims-Daniels controversy of
tWwtero Newspaper L'nlua Ns Derek. )
Juleshurg, Colo., July 14. Following
accusations he hud made thut Ralph
Itozell, prominent young clothing mer
chant hero, bad endeavored to Induce
his wife to go with him to un ull
night party, J. J, Buker, a prosperous
young rancher residing near Jules
burg, shot and killed Itozell here. The
shooting occurred iu the luw office of
('buries F. Rolfsott and George T.
Henry, where Raker found his victim
consulting the lawyers on private
business.
Tlie two law partners and E. J.
Frederick, a justice of the peace, were
witnesses of the shooting, but were
unable to check linker before he had
fired five shots from un automatic
pistol.
According to Information gathered
Associations May Be Sued.
Massachusetts has a new law which
permits all voluntary associations to
be sued, including labor unions.
THE FIRST SMOKERS.
I wonder how many wonderful Lon
doners, smoking their pipe of peace
in comfortable club armchairs, have
ever asked themselves whence the
soothing habit originated, says a
writer ta the London Graphic. I had
Bo idea until yesterday that smoking
began In the Garden of Eden.
According to one legend related at
the tobacco fair by Moriey Dainow,
Adam pit so bored with Ere that he
asked God to send him a consolation,
and God sent tobacco. The other story
relates that our first mother got so
fed up" with ber husband's atten
tions that she prayed God to send him
some other distraction, and the beavea
ly gift of tobacco answered her prayer.
Poison Fish in South Seas.
There Is a Dsn which Ilea buried la
the coral sand of the South teas the
spines of whose dorsal Da are hollow
Uke the fangs of a rattlesnske trk.
stepped on It ejects a poison which
kola or cripples the victim.
Four Stitches Taken in Heart.
New York. Four stitches were tak
en In tlie heating heart or frank
Furino, 1(1 year-old Itrooklyn boy, who
had stabbed himself with a stiletto.
Two hours after tlie operation, which
was performed through uu opening be
tween two rilis, Frank asked K-rniis-sion
to sit up und doctors at the Holy
Family hospital ure hopeful for his
recovery. The oenit!oii required
thirty-five minutes as the stitches had
to lie taken when the la-art was con
tracted ut the end of a bent.
Weigh Babies on Parcel Post Scales.
Minneapolis, Minn. Efforts to "hu
mnnize" tlie poslal service, iu accord
mice with a recent order of Postmas
ter (ieneral Will Hays wus given some
development here, when Postmaster K
A. Purdy ordered that all drivers of
parcel post wagons permit mothers to
weigh their babies dally, providing the
babies are brought to the parcel post
wagon scales.
Hoover Says, "Good Times Nearing."
Huston. The country has turned the
corner of the Industrial depression,
Herbert Hoover, secretary of com
merce, said here. With labor iniprov
lug in efficiency, farmers putting in
more work than for a decade, and over-
speculation and wastefulness checked,
the turn toward good times has been
made, lie said.
Famine Spreading in Russia.
Berlin. Twenty million ihtkoii are
on the verge of starvation in drought-
stricken sections of Russia, subsisting
mainly on moss, grass and the bark
of tree, according to the Vossiche
Zeltung, quoting Information from
"reliable Russian wmniii" Refugees
are resirted lo be pouring into Mirscow
and Petrograd by thousands, and to
be fleeing hoiielessly in every direc
tion.
Good Fellows Secretary Arrested.
Shun City, Iowa. H. K. Hansen,
Secretary of tlte National Organiza
tion of Good Fellows of America, has
be-n arrested on the charge of using
the leads to defraud. It Is charged
that Hansen secured d2,5O0 in 25-
rent memlHTship fees from 2."Sl,onO
perxotis in all parts of the I'nlted
States. Tlie object of the Good Fel
lows of America was to make a drive
to secure legislation permitting the
manufacttire of light wines and beers.
Hansen was the founder.
Churches te Advertise.
New York. Advertising columns of
daily newspapers are to he used for
general church advertising as well as
for evangelistic purposes, it was an
nounced by officials of the Protestant
Episcopal Church. This action was de
cided upon, it was said, at two Im
portant conferences, and the publicity
department of the church has been In
structed to add a competent advertis
ing writer to Its staff. The extent of
the new venture In church publicity
was not announced.
To Investigate Postal Rates.
Washington. The House postoffice
committee voted to Investigate for it
self the whole question of second class
postal rutes. A subcommittee for the
purpose was named, consisting of Rep
resentatives Rumseyer. Iowa; Hnrdy,
Cidorndo; Kelly, Pennsylvania, Re
publicans; und ltcll, Georgia; Parish,
Texas, Democrats.
Water Substituted for Whiskey.
San Francisco, Calif. The removal
from the government bonded ware
house at VHlleJo, Cullf., of forty-eight
barrels of whiskey, valued at upproxl
mately t irm.tasi, and the substitution
of water, has beeu discovered, federal
authorities here announced. The
owner of the whiskey is said to be F.
oilman. Sun Francisco realty dealer.
Tar and Feather Woman.
Center, Texas. Mrs. Beulah John
son, w ho wss tarred and whose hair
was partially clipped by masked men
at Tcnnha, Texas, wss brought to Jail
here and is being held to the next
grand Jury on a charge of bigamy.
Sheriff J. N. Smith of Shelby county
said the woman told him that the
masked men gave her no Instructions
when she was freed on the streets of
Tmaha but asked ber about a man
she knew. Mrs. Johnson is said to
have been married thrice.
May, 1920, precipitated by Rear Ad
miral Sims' letter, sharply- criticising
the Daniels' war administration.
Mr. Daniels, former 'President Wil
son und Reur Admiral W, It. lienson.
former chief of operations, were
scored severely iu I lie majority Repub
lican report and highly praised in the
minority Democratic report. Admiral
Sims was commended by the majority
and assailed by the minority.
Senators Hale, .Maine; Hall. Dela
ware, and Keyes, New Hampshire,
signed the majority upon, and Sen
ators Pilliiian, Nevada, and Tiaiiimell,
'lorlilii, the minority.
The investigation dates from a yeur
go, when during a committee Inquiry
if the ailiiiiiul's controversy with Mr.
Daniels over uwards of distinguished
service decorations, u letter the former
wrote to Mr. Daniels, charging tlie
Navy Department with numerous dere
lictions was read into the record.
Admiral Sims was iu chief com
mand of naval operations overseas
during the war.
Admiral Sims' principal charge that
administrative dela.is were estimated
hi have cost ."sHI.tWO lives and $l."i,("J(l,
000 unnecessarily, was sustuiued us
follows by the majority:
"The conclusion seems Inevitable
that had these delays In naval opera
lions not occurred the Americun ex
peditionary forces might have brought
about an allied victory earlier than
they actually did."
The minority report described tlie
charge us "monstrous and without
foundation" und added: "The evi
dence shows beyond u shadow of
doubt that the iirmy was transported
abroad us fast as It was ready; that
the submarines did not sink our traiis
IMirts and that munitions and supplies
for our army crossed the wuter In
ample volume ut all times."
"Stingy Blanket," Says Squaw.
Cheyenne, Wyo. "I'll! Helluva
stingy blanket." Only that nnd noth
ing more was the comment of a Sioux
squaw here from the Pine Ridge
agency for tlie Frontier Days celebra
tion, when at Mercury 'reach, adja
cent to Frontier park, she glimpsed a
shapely female of the spectra clad
only in a scarlet, one-piece bathing
suit.
Navy Yards en Five-Day Basis.
Washington. All navy yards and
shore stations will be put on a five-day
week basis itf operation temporarily.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt an
nounced in sn effort to prevent so
drastic a reduction of iersonnet as
otherwise would be ms-essary under
the reduced appropriations now avail
able.
wick county, Maker shot the wrong
man when be picked Itozell as the
one who had endeavored to entice his
wife away from home. The shooting,
Sheriff Huiiiberstone said, evidently
grew out of un Incident that occurred
when u man and n woman drove up
iu an automobile in front of Raker's
country borne ami sought to Induce
Mrs. linker to Join them.
Believing he recognized Itozell ns
I In1 man who made overtures to his
wife, Maker Is said to have gone to
Ku.ell's home ami (old Mrs. Itozell of
the incident, threatening vengeance
upon Itozell. Mrs. Itozell assured Ra
ker that he was mistaken, but when
he drove Into town, found Itozell In
the law office am) shot him to deiilh.
Sheriff Huiiiberstone said that he
had uncovered evidence that convinces
him that Itozell was not the man Iu
the atilomoblle.
A coroner's Jury summoned by Cor
oner (1. F. Ewing held Ihut the shots
were fired by linker with felonious in-1
tent. District Attorney It. y T. John
son, who conducted tlie examination of
witnesses at the Inquest, said lie would
file a direct information In the District
Court, charging linker with murder In
the first degree.
After shooting Itozell, linker walked
out of the luw office to tlie street and
surrendered to Town Marshal W. P.
( uiiiiiiigliam, whom he met coining to
ward the building.
Itozell, who wus .'10 years old, had
been engaged iu the clothing business
here for two years, lie wus tlie sou
of W. M. Itozell, n leading citizen of
McCook, Neli. linker Is 34 years old
und has four children.
United States Past Crisis.
Cleveland, Ohio. The financial and
industrial crisis iu the United States
litis been weathered, and Ihe long
heralded return to norms! conditions
is gradually being effected, sieukers
at the closing session of the Ohio
Hankers' Association convention de
clared, i nitcn mates tsenutor l'otne
rene of Ohio declared "the nation is
us solid ns the Rock of Gibraltar;
what troubles there nre, are within
ourselves and all that Is needed to
bring about a reasonable adjustment
of prices, which is the thing most
needed. Is practice of common sense."
Washington, July 16. Hides raw.
green und pickled are thrown off tho
Forduey free list by the House, which
voted, 152 to 97, to impose an ad va
lorem duty of 15 per cent, to be fol
lowed by another amendment taxing
ull leather products, including shoes.
Eight Republican members of the ways
und means committee, which framed
the bill, voted for free hides, and Rep
resentative Garner of Texas, ranking
Democratic committeeman, In charge
of the general fight against the bill,
voted for the tax.
There were many breaks from
straight party lines on the first con
tested section of the measure, but
finding themselves with votes to spare.
Republican leaders fyrced an early ad
journment over the Democratic de
mand that the bill be read for amend
ment. Representative Hawley of Oregon,
Republican member of the committee,
in pleading against the duty, declared
the farmer by a tariff would get leas
than they were now puid, and that
S81,000,000 would lie added annually to
the nation's shoe and leather bill. He
was Joined by Representative Burton,
Republican, Ohio, a former member of
Ihe Senate, who told the House that
the Puyne-Aldrich bill did not put on
cent of tax on the hide of the cow.
Thirty-one members took part in
the day's talk, some defending at
some flaying the hide tax. Under the
rule by which the Fonlney bill haa
right of way, another vote will be de
manded In the House proper shortly,
the action at tills time being in com
mittee of the whole. Opponents of
the duty said, however, they had Ut
ile hope of defeating It then.
liy calling for a innn-to-inati count.
the Democrats forced a march down
the aisle, which showed tlie follow
ing Republican members of the ways
and means committee standing out to
keep hides on the free list:
Green, Iowa, ranking Republican;
Hawley, Washington; Copley, Illinois,
Wutson, Pennsylvania ; Tilson, Con
necticut ; Itudway, Mississippi; Mott,
New York, and Houghton, New York.
Representative Ijingwortl Itepuhll
cuu, Ohio, another member, did not
vote. Representative Mann, Republi
can, Illinois, minority leader In Demo
cratic days, ami Representative Rob
ertson, Republican, Oklahoma, the
woman member, stood with the losing
side. Many Republicans frc-n the
shoe centers of. New England also op
posed a duty.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon, of Illinois, fa
mous in bis day us a high tariff man,
made a one-minute speech against
free list hides.
Decline Wags Cut.
Kansas City, Mo. Representatives
of the United Mine Workers of Ameri
ca, covering Missouri, Kansas, Okla
homa and part of Arkansas, met here
with members of the Southwestern In
terstate Coal Ojierutors' Association,
and with John P. White, special en
voy from niliit-rs' national headquar
ters, and declined to accept a volun
tary reduction In wages.
White Preacher Tarred and Whipped.
Miami, Fla. Eight masked men way
laid the Rev. Phillip s. Irwin, white,
archdeacon of the English Espieopal
church and head of the work of that
church among south Florida negroes.
at the close of his evening services
here, carried him Into the woods and
whipped him and then applied a cost
nf tar and feathers to his, IkhIv. He
was then placed In a sack and taken
in an automobile to a spot near the
business center of the city and
dumped out on the street.
Want Protected Independence.
Cebu, P. I A number of Filipinos
prominent in business and politics in
private Interviews told members of
Ihe Wood-Forbes Investigating mis
sion that while they desired Independ
ence for tbe Philippine Islands at
some future date, they believed the
Philippines were as yet unprepared to
assume Independent government un
der tbe precarious financial conditions
existing. Public speakers, on tbe con
trary, generally favored aa Immedi
ate bat protected Independence.
Outbreak of Pellagra Reported.
n ashington. A new outbreak of
pellagra. In the South, Is alarming the
public health service. Officials say
that tbe depression In the cotton mar
ket is one of tbe leading causes. Poor
classes of planters, the experts say,
have been forced to living principal
ly on salt pork and corn bread, a diet
which contributes to pellagra. In one
state alone the number of cases have
doubled since last year. The public
service considers tbe situation very se
rious.
Chicago Woman Convicted of Murder.
Chicago. Mrs. Dora Waterman was
found guilty of slaying her husband.
She was accused of hacking him to
death with a meat cleaver to obtain
possession of his property. Mrs. Water
man was the third woman to be con
victed out of twenty-one tried on
charges of murder In the last twenty
years in Chicago. Mrs. Waterman was
sentenced to seventeen years la tbe
penitentiary.
Turks Massacre 82 Greeks.
Suinsun, Asia Minor. The deporta
tion of Greeks Into the Interior by the
Turkish nationalists continues. Tlie
deiMirtees include 100 employes of
American tobacco firms. The depor
tations have been carried out, the na
tionalists says, to block Greek agita
tion for a republic in the Poutus area,
on the Black sea. trne village has
been burned by the nationalists, and
eighty-two bodies of men, women and
children are floating In the mouth of
the Kizil Irmak river.
To Stop Reckless Driving.
Chicago. Tlie National Association
of Tax I cub Owners, In convention
here, launched a campaign to protect
cab users and the public at large
from reckless driving. The delegates
represent the large taxlcab companies
of New York, Philadelphia, Washing
ton, San Francisco, Pittsburg, Kansas
City and many smaller cities.
"Stolen" Baby Found Under Bed.
Miami, Okla. Exhausted and hys
terical after a fruitless twenty-four-hour
search for her missing baby
daughter, thought to have beeu taken
by a hand of gypsies, Mrs. Sara Lank
ard of this city threw herself across
her bed in despair. Thereby she dis
covered the Infant fast asleep on the
floor between the bed and the wall.
Farm Mortgages Double.
Washington. Mortgage debts of
American farmers more than doubled
in the decade between 1910 and 1920,
It was reported by the census bureau.
The increase In mortgage charges
against farms owned by their opera
tors wss 132.5 per cent, or from $1.-
720.172,851 In 1910 to $4,012,71113 la
1920.
To Punish War Criminals.
Paris. France has informed Ger
many she will continue the occupa
tion of the Rhine region antii Ger
many has complied with the condi
tions of the treatv of Versailles r.L.
tive to the punishment of those wbo
violated the rules of civilized warfare
in the world war. M. Briand said tie
government had decided to show Ger
many that France still had strenrth
and expressed tbe bopa that the other
allied countries would join la the
French viewpoint
Three Killed; Four Wounded.
Lynch, Ky. Three men were killed
and four seriously wounded here la a
pistol fight William Holcomb. chief
of police; Jim Cold iron, deputy sher
iff, and Carl Fulton, mine foreman.
were killed when they attempted to
arrest three men, whose names are un
known. Four men, whose names arc
not known, were seriously wounded.
The accused parties were rushed to
the Harlan Jail, which Is being
guarded to prevent possible disorders.
Launch Fight Against Landlords.
Atlantic City, N. J. A nation-wide
drive against landlords wbo discrimi
nated against families with children
was launched by the National Brother
hood of Operative Potters tn conven
tion here. It was decided that tba
remedy lay In state laws -which would
make such discrimination illegal. Tba
brotherhood will also seek a daasa
prohibiting publications from carrying
advertisements offering properties for
rent that discriminate against chsV
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