Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 171, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1921 — Page 1

THE WEATHER Cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Not much change in temperature.

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7 REALTY MEN 2 ARCHITECTS APPRAISERS Named by Board of , Works to Fix Plaza Block Valuations. SERVICE IS FREE Body to Meet Wednesday to Outline Work. Seven real estate experts and two architects were named by the board of public works today to appraise the! property In tne block bounded by Me- 1 rldian, Pennsylvania. North and Michigan streets, which the city will i take over for war memorial plaza purposes. The real estate men, all of whom are of the Indianapolis lieal Estate Board are: Joseph J. Schmidt, of Smtdt ft Smith, president of the real estate board; James S. Kruse, president of J. S. Kruse Realty Company; John R. Welch, president of John R. Welch & Sons, Inc.; Herbert E. Fieber of Fleber ft Reilly: Harry L. Robbins, 506 Lombard building; William A. Young, retired, formerly with the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, and William T. Rasmussen, county Inheritance tax appraiser. The architects are Robert F. Daggett j and J. Emmett Hail, president of the i Hall Construction Company. COMMITTEEMEN TO SERVE FREE. All of these men will serve without pay, the Rea! Estate Board baring agreed j some time ago that any of its members named to assist In tne plaza project ; should not take remuneration. Technically the appraisal board will ' consist only of the seven real estate men Their signatures only will appear upon the official appraisals. The two arch!-; tects were appointed to act in nn advisory capacity because e>f their expert j knowledge of the value of bu I '. !' r *g3. Pres- ! ldent Mark n. Miller of the beard of publie works, said. For all practical purposes. however, all nine of the men named : will be considered ns appraisers. They will meet to choose a chairman and outline their method of procedure in the offices of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board In the Lemeke building at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning. Mr. Kruse has been mentioned for chairman. The board of works. Mayor Charles W. Jewett and Corporation Counsel Samuel Ashby, spent the better part of two days in Investigating a list of prospective ap- # w!sers before making the selections. Mr. lller said. Two faclofs were considered ; first the freedom of ihe prospect from pecuniary or other personal interest In any of the property to be appraised and second to make sure that the prospect was qualified by experience and reputation for Integrity. CONFIDENCE IN MEN SELECTED. "We had to ascertain these facts first by our own lnvestigarlon and secondly by calling In the men and verifying our findings from their records,” said Mr. Miller. “We believe we have succeeded in naming a set of excellent men.” The board of .works has given the appraisers no instructions, but It Is understood they will be asked to have their work completed before Dec. 22, when the advertising periods on intent to sell bonds and for bids for the $1,600,000 bond issue the city expects to sell In order to pay for the property, will expire. The law provides that the board of works can not pay more for any property to be taken than the value fixed by the appraisers. Property owners can accept the amount of the appraisal or reject it. If they reject It, the board of works must resort to condemnation proceedings. “We do not antic'pate any controversy over the valuations.” said the board of works president. “It was to avoid controversies that we exercised such care in selecting the appraisers. We wanted to get men of such standing and experience that their appraisals would be considered so fair that both property owners and citisens would be convinced that the proper figure had been arrived at. We want ail property owners to receive all that their property Is worth, but at the same time we do not want the city to pay more than It is worth.” # Mayor Jewett said he believes the npalsers selected are the best men obtainable.

BANDITS LET AMERICANS GO State Department Receives Only Meager Report. WASHINGTON, Nor. 2S. —Americans who were recently captured by bandits in the Patagonian regions of Argentina, haTe been released, the State Department was advised today. Reports to the State Department on the incident have been meager. It was reported a manager for Armour and Company named Macßey, was one of the Americans captured in the Santa Cruz district. Will Exhume Body in Death Probe Dr. Paul F. Robison, county coroner, today ordered the body of Steven Ferguson. who was killed in a battle with rum runners near Clinton, several weeks •go, disinterred from its burial place at Crown Hill Cemetery. The coroner said that a request had been made for an examination of the body by Government officials and also by the prosecuting attorney of Parke County, who is probing the death.

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U. S. Income $812,579,486 I jess for Last Fiscal Year $4,595,000,000 Paid in Compared to $5,407,000,000 Preceding T welve Months, Blair’s Report Shows.

By W. H. ATKINS. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Business deflation following the war caused a drop of $512,5T9.486 in taxes collected by the Government In the last fiscal year, Revenue Commissioner Itlair announced today in Lis annual report. There was paid Into the Treasury, through collector of revenue, $4,595,000,000, as ’ompared with $5,407,(XT’,000 the preceding year. Most of the 9,000,000 taxpayers are meeting their tax obligations on an installment basis, Blair said. Income and profits taxes raised $3,228,000.000. Other revenue sources were from distilled spirits, fermented liquors, tobacco. oleomargarine, capital stock tax. war excise taxes and documentary stamp sales by postmasters, all of which aggregated $1.366.563,000. It cost the Government 87 cents to collect each SIOO paid to the Government, as against 53 cents per SIOO the preceding year, due mainly to reduced collections and Increased expense In enforcing many regulatory laws. The commissioner's discussion of the

MAYOR WILL CUT NEW HAVEN FIRE HAZARDS DOWN Promises Action on All PuLlic Show Houses in City. NEW HAVEN, Cora., Nov. 28.—A thorough Investigation of fire hazards in all theaters was promised by Mayor Fitzgerald today, following the death of three persons and injury of fifty-seven others In the blaze which last night destroyed the Rialto Theater. More than 1,000 persons were in the theater when the fi;e started, among them a number of Yale students. Men, women and children made frantic efforts to reach the exits when the cry of fire was raised. Coroner Mix ordered a formal Inquest following u preliminary investigation of the Are. SEARCH RUINS FOR DEAD. Firemen searched among the debris today In the belief that other bodleb might be burled in the wreckage. Timothy J. Hanlon, 68, a factory watchman, whose neck was broken In his attempt to leave the theater during the panic was the only one of the dead thus far Identified. The other two victims I .re a woman about 63, and a man, both of whom were found on fire escapes. On i the dangerously Injured list Mabel Moran, 25, of Derby; Mrs. Mary Kelly, 37, of Prospect Reach;-Allan Keith, 3 ale student of Southport, Conn ; T. E. Doo- : little. Yale student, of Spokane, Wash , ape Victor Cortler of this city, ail terribly burned and injured. All of the other Injured were New Heven resident* with the exception of the following \ale students, twelve of whom are being cared for at the Yale infirmary, and most of ! whom are reported out of danger: I Louis Lincoln, Mansfield, Mass.; Gor-. don Renner, Cincinnati: Norman F. Hock, rottsville. Pa.; Dale Cullom, Nashville, Tenn.; Waiter Crafts, Montreal; Giles Heaiy, Cornwall, on the Hudson; arren Nick ins; D. A. Cooke, Honolulu; Stanley T Cooper, New Britain, Conn.; J. M. DeCamp. Cincinnati; W. L. Funnel. Stam- | ford. Conn.; William H. Forstlthe Milwaukee; Malcolm H. Frost, Lawrence, Mass ; R. L. Tnllorh, Orange, N. J.: John G. Easton, home address unknown; John E. Coates, Little Rock. Ark : V. B. Lamb, rddress not known; J. P. Moore. Brooklyn, N. Y.; Leonard F. Reilly, New Haven. The damage to the theater was eatimated at $25,000. Lack of an asbestos curtain and the combination of burning incense and flimsy draperies are the principal subjects of Inquiry by the coroner.

DEAL MAY KEEP RAILROAD GOING Head of Fere Marquette to Inspect C. & E. I. Line. Frank 11. Alfred of Detroit, president of the Pere-Marquette Railroad, will inspect the property of the Chicago ft Easttern Illinois Railroad n Indiana Wednesday with a view to purchasing it, according to a telegram received by Georgo M. Barnard, a member of the public service commission, today. He will bo accompanied on the inspection trip by Mr. Barnard and John W. McCardle, chairman of the commission. The railroad extends from Momence, 111., to Brazil, Ind., a distance of about ninety miles. The owners of the road have almost decided to abandon it, but the commission has been making every effort to save it because it is the only railroad through a number of Indiana towns. With this In view, Mr. McCardle and Mr. Barnard went to Washington and took up the matter of bringing about a sale of the road with the Pere-Mar-quette company with the assistance of the Government. The Washington trip resulted in an agreement of Mr. Alfred to Inspect the road.

Manager of Dairy Lunch Tells of Bold Robbery and • is Jailed by Detectives

After reporting a bold downtown holdup, William M. Stephenson, 33, 70S North Illinois street, night manager of the Superior Dairy Lunch, 117 North Illinois street, is under arrest on a vagrancy charge while detectives investigate. Two negroes, according to Stephenson, entered the dairy lunch room at 3 a. m. today. One covered him with a revolver while the other opened two cnsh registers and took out the money. Vance Finley, proprietor of the dairy lunch, said between 5125 and $l3O was missing. POLICE QUESTION OTHER EMPLOYES. After the police heard the story of the hold-up told by Stephenson they questioned other employes of the lunch room. Vaughan Kendall, 301 Bright street, a waiter, said he was downstairs and that he was away from the lunch room onlv five minutes and that he did not know of the hold-up until the night manager told him. Charles Dean, negro, 222 Toledo . street, dishwasher, u 4 Albert Blake- 1

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, Government's control over liquor manu- | facture and sales disclosed that the distilleries continue to pile up reserve stocks of whisky for possible emergency demands of tho future. The whisky plants made 80,365,000 gallons of distilled spirits during the year. This, however, was a decrease of 13.000,000 gallons the preceding year. There was withdrawn from bond 34,000,000, an increase of 6.000,000 gallons. There remains In distilleries and general bond warehouses 49,000,000 gallons of distilled spirits, most of it well aged whisky. As compared with last year's figures, this Is a decrease of 5,000.000 gallons. Authority to deal in liquors or use them lawfully Is granted 122,447 persons. This number Includes 36,85!) physicians holding permits to prescribe liquors for their patients. There are 16,000 druggists with permits to sell at retail. The activity of prohibition officials resulted in the revocation of 3,068 permits during the year. Penalties and assessments amounted to $10,592,000, but only $350,000 of that sum has been collected, the remainder being contested in court or other actions.

MINE HE ADS CONFER OVER BIG PROBLEMS Workers* Executive Board Holds Session Over Trouble- ! some Issues. International officers and executive board members of the United Mine Workers were closeted today in efforts to combat influences which threatened the very life of their organization. Internal dissentlon, lltlgntlon and eontractural relations with the mine owners came before the highest body in the miner’s union. It was the most important meeting in years and was called to consider the following subjects: 1. The suit of the borderland and sixtytwo other West Virginia coal mining companies seeking to invalidate wage and working contracts by abolishment of the check-off system of collecting union dues. Rl'Ml* MOVEMENT BEFORE, BOARD. 2. Rump union movement In the Kansas fields sponsored by Alexander Ilowat, Insurgent district president, who was deposed for his defiance by the International union. 3. Threat of the Illinois miners to Join the rump movement. The Illinois district union Is the largest In the organization. 4. Continuation of union activities In the Wes; Virginia open shop fields which the borderland suit seeks to prevent. 5. The Washington strike which has been in effect since last April because of waff* cuts. fl. Th* threat of operators to reduce wages in that State and precipitate a strike in the region which was tom in a bloody mine war some years ago. With these matters of grave importance confronting the union. President John I*. Lewis called the executive board together. Inasmuch ns the Borderland suit is large- ; iy a matter for attorneys to handle, the Hownt and Illinois cases were expected to be the first things to come before the hoard. •SPANKING’ IN STOKE FOR HOWAT. It was generally expected that Hownt would be “spanked” by the board since it was the board's order that he defied when he refused to call off outlaw strikes at the Dean and Reliance mines. The action In the Illinois situation is yet to be mapped out, and this is true also in i the Washington, Colorado and West 1 Virginia cases. Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois miners, fought administration proposals In the International convention here. i

TO SELECT GRAND CHAMPION STEER Hoosiers Honored in Chicago Judging Contest. CHICAGO. Nov. 28—Tho grand champion steer of the International Livestock Exposition will be selected late today. W. Watson, noted Scotch cattle expert, will pick the grand champion. First place in the students judging contest was awarded the Ohio State Agricultural College yesterday. Ontario Agricultural College was second. Oklahoma third and Indiana fourth. Willet H. Downey, 16. of Aledo. 111., was named as the champion in tho Junior feeding contest. Frances Raj - , 13, of M Uott, Ind., was first among the girls who have raised entile for exhibition. Secretary of Agriculture 11. C. Wallace wHI speak tonight.

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man, negro cook, 1318 North Senate avenue, both were in the kitchen and both declared they knew nothing of the holdup until Stephenson told them. After the detectives had questioned Stephenson for two hours they said he still maintained his original story. Negro purse snatchers robbed two women last night. Mrs. Stella Hind, 2232 North Meridian street, was walking at Capitol avenue and Eighteenth street when a negro grabbed her purse containing sl6. Mrs. Catherine Beck, 1220 North Illinois street, was walking on Illinois street near her home last night when a negro seized her purse, valued at $8.50. It contained a pair of eye glasses worth $lO and about $1 in money. ALARM SCARES' NEGRO AWAY. A would-be thief cut a hole in the plate glass window of Wolf fjussman's Jewelry store, 239 West Washington street, but (Continued on Pago Nino.)

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1921.

ARBUCKLE, ON STAND, DENIES WRONGDOING Says He Found Rappe Girl Sick on Floor of Bathroom. FIXES TIME 3 P. M. Sure Because He Was Preparing to Keep Engagement. By ELLIS H. MARTIN. DAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 28. Roscoe ("Fatty”) Arbuckle broke a three-months’ enforced silence today! and told for the first time on the witness stand the story of what happened In Room 1219 of the St. Francis Hotel, where the State charges he inflicted Injuries that caused tho death of Rappe. His story was a blanket denial of any wrongdoing. His words came; like a torrent long dammed up In response to the skillful questions of his chief o * counsel, Gavin McNab, j who drew out the story in careful ■ sequence. Arbuckle said he found Miss Rappe I vomiting on the floor of the bathroom of 1219 and carried her to a bed. He said he ministered to her and fhnt while he went to get a glass of water she fell between the two beds. He again placed her on a bed then called the other women of the party "to stop her from tearing her clothes.” DENIES RAPPE GIRL HAD ACCUSED HIM. Arbuckle denied thnt Virginia Rappe had accused him In any way that he heard and maintained that ail that he lind done in any way was to help the unfortunate girl. His direct examination required Just thirty minutes. ENTIRELY AT EASE ON (.'BOSS-EXAM. Arbuckle was entirely at ease on crossexaminntk n. Ills answers to the barrage of questions fired at him by Assistant Dlstriet Attorney Friedman were given without a moment's hesitation and some of them rarne sharp as the crack of a whip, j The cross examination was confined to [narrow limits by reason of the skilful maneuver in which his counsel conducted the direct questioning. No mention of any other parties crept In. The Stale wag forced to confine It self to nn effort to shake the comedian's story by apparent contradictions. And this effort was not a success. Not only SIJ he hold to his story closely', but quesMoifs designed to trap him wN-re cleverly evaded. He might have been enacting a courtroom film drama so perfect was his poise. A great crowd packed the courtroom. He was the second witness of the day. The defense had failed to get into evidence a carefully prepared demonstra(ConMnncii on Page Nine.) CIIT CAMPAIGN BY DEMOCRATS COST $27,484.71 Contributions Pledged to Committee Totalled $27,551.86. According to the report of James A. ! Houck, treasurer of the Democratic city i committee, filed with the city clerk today * the Democrats are faced with n un- | paid balance of $7,772.63. The report

shows that the contributions to the organization totaled $27,551 .'B6 and the total expenditures amounted to $27,484.71, with outstanding obligations making up the unpaid balance. Some of the larger contributors are B. M. Ralston, Demlcratle candidate for mayor, two contributions of SSOO each; Thomas C. Garvin, Democratic candidate for city judge, $640; Samuel M. Ralston, two contributions of S4OO and $100; Thomas Taggart, three contributions of SSOO, SSOO and $500; Thomas C. Day, as treasurer, rwo contributions of $2,000 and $1,000.80; Charles A. Greathouse, two contributions of SIOO each. Samuel M. Ralston, two more contributions, SIOO each; James A. Houck, two contributions $l5O and $100; J. Straffa, $100; W. M. Fulkerson, $100; John H. Holliday, $100; ,T. A. Kink, $100; T. A. Riley, $100; Henry Dithmer, $200; Fred Hoke, *200; J. E. Bell, $100; S. E. Ranh, $100; Old Hickory Club, $300; C. F. Reasener, $100; L. W, Henry, $100; S. D. Rauii, $100; Dick, Miller, SIOO. The reports of tho subtreasurers showed that they had collected the following sums: John lTollett, $25; Frank Woolling, $520; John W. Holtzman, $4,710; Fred E. Crum, $10; Charles P. Tighe, $1,950: F. P. Baker, S4O; W. M. Fogarty, $296; E. C. Sexton, $195; James H. Fry, $335; Oren 8. Hack, $825; Mark Archer, $103; Albert Schollinger. sls; Smiley Chambers, $25; Albert Sahm. $185; Herman E. Patrick, S2O: Dick Miller, $75; C. R Cameron, $175; J. D. Morlarity, $3,200; John E. Speigle, $10; Charles A. Greathouse, $425; O. W. Roberts, $080; Floyd E. Dilliainron, $55; Roxie Meo. S6S; W. D. Vogel, $2,156; Gideon Blaine, $255; R. H. Sullivan, $385; Lei X. Smith, $10; Henry Friedman, $l6O, and Mary E. Steenbergen, S3O.

Vandals Stone Tool Shed; Injure Guard Detectives today are Investigating to learn the Identity of the men who broke the windows from a tool house at California and Market streets, and injured George Logan, 63, 843 Pettljohn street. William P. .Tungclaus & Cos. are erecting a school building at the place where the tool shed is .ocated and Logan Is the night watchman. A gang of men and boys hurled stones through the window of the tool shed and a piece of glass cut the watchman on the face. The watchman fired one shot from his revolver and the gang ran.

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ADVANCE MADE TOWARD GOAL Barriers in Way, but Hopes Continue High. WORK REVIEWED Questions Raised During Two Weeks’ Sessions. Special to Indiana Dally Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28—By common consent no international diplomatic body in history has made such substantial progress along practical lines within a specified period as has the Washington conference during the first fortnight of Its exist- ( ence. The driving force of Charles Evans Hughes, resolutely put behind a concrete program, has achieved the seemingly Impossible. The Washington conference is "on the way.” Barriers have been thrown up. more or less serious in character. Differences of varying degrees of gravity remain to be ironed out. International susceptibilities here and there have been ruffed. But, by and large, the conference horizon remains clear, with Ihe signals set for fair weather when the hour of adjournment arrives. To recapitulate intelligently the work of the conference during its second week (Nov. 19 to 26i, it will be useful to summarize the record of the first week (Nov. 12 to 19). The opening week was distinguished by the launching of the Hughes program for limitation of naval armament scrapping of sixty-six capital shljis aggregating 1,878,000 tons, declaration of a ten year naval holiday among America. Great Britain And Japan; allotment of maximum tonnages of submarine craft to the Ihree powers; fixation of a definite maximum u/ capital ship tonnage among them alter ten years on a “3-5-3” ratio of strength, respectively, ter America, Gre-it Britain nod Japan; and an Itemized scheme of replacement of obsolete vessels and maintenance or craft auxiliary to capital fighting ships. Naval experts of Great Britain and Japan promptly submitted reservations to the Hughes program. The British wish a lower submarine maximum and would prefer abolition of submarines altogether; they wish more clarity about (Condoned on Page Six.) FESTIVAL WEEK OF COMMUNITY WILL BE DEC. 12 Chest Drive Celebration Program to Include Many Events. To emphasize thnt the Community Chest drive, Dec. 12-19 is a community affair six festival nights nre being planned at tho Cadle Tabernacle. Reports of team captains of the day’s progress toward the approximate $600,000 gna! will be set in the midst of entertainment by the best Indianapolis dramatic, musical and other talent in a series of gala programs. There will be no, ad- ! mission charge nttd no solicitation of funds at the meetings. One of the features will bo revival of j the community singing for which thoui sands gathered during war time. Young- : sters from the Y. M. C. A., Boys’ Club and the Boy Scouts will stage a program of activities. Girls from the Y. W. ; C. A. and Camp Fire Girls will do stunts, i the Players and the Little Theater will 1 each have a night. The Gipsy Smith i choir, the American Legion and Ft. llar- | rlson and other bands will have part in the gala nights, and other organizations j will be prominently placed on the programs. ; If possible former Governor James P. j Goodrich will be one of the group of big speakers who will appear. He will tell , of his experiences in soviet Russia, if he } reaches the United States in time, and if Secretary of Commerce Hoover will grant i permission for him to come to Indianapolis in time for the Community Chest week. Teams and workers of two divisions j had instruction meetings scheduled today. More than 200 men of the Individual Division, of which Wallace O. Lee is chairman, met In the Riley Room at tho Claypool at noon. Fred Hoke, president of the board of directors of the Community Chest, explained .how budgets are determined, Diek Miller reported enthusiasm and progress all along the line in development of the campaign organization of which he is general chairman, and H. B. Ebler Instructed the workers in the details of the plan under which the drive Is being conducted. The Mercantile Division, Sol ScMoss chairman, was scheduled to meet at 4:30 this aftornoo.n at the Chamber of Commerce at which the organization of this unit wll! be completed.

Head of Works Board Released as Speeder Mark Miller, president of the board of public works, will not have to stand trial for speeding his automobile. Mr. Miller was due to appear in city court today to answer a charge of speeding lodged against him more than a month ago, but Instead the words “dismissed on motion of the State” were written across the affidavit. After Mr. Miller s arrest the ease was continued until Oct. 29, and on that date was continued until today. According to Patrolman Brooks, wha made the arrest, the city official was driving his car at the rate of thirty-two miles an hour.

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Say Lloyd George Must Sail Soon to Save the Day Bpeclal to Indiana Dally Time® and Philadelphia Public Ledger. By FREDERICK WILLIAM WILE. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. —David Lloyd George not only win come to Washington. He must come. M. Briand’s dramatic eleventh-hour victory here makes the British Premier's presence Inevitable. That now Is the consensus of conference opinion. Considerations of vital moment for the future security and prestige of the British empire are at stake. With complete unexpectedness the conference situation has taken a turn that is calling insistently for one of those pyrotechnical coups for which “the Lloyd George genius” is famed.

The story of the hour Is that the In- ( dubitable breach between Great Britain and France due to the Curzon attack in London last week, may have been created with the sanction of Lloyd George for the purpose of enabling him to come to Washington and save the day. Conference statesmen familiar with the mental processes of "the little Welshman” are talking, tonight of his penchant for tielng knots to be cut by his own mighty sword at the psychological moment. PENDING ISSUES VITAL TO ENGLAND. Not only are issues vital to Great Britain pending, but on their solution In a sense favorable to Britain depends largely Lloyd George's own prestige. The rivalry between him and Brland is intense. They have had passage-at-arms galore ever since Brland for the seventh time, following Clemenceau's fall after the armistice, became French premier. Usually Lloyd George has come out on top. Last week In Washington, with the world looking on as never before when they were at grips, Brland triumphed. Ills success in frustrating conference action designed to commit France to reduction of laud armament has in a sense made Brland the first statesman of Europe. The effect of his victory in Washington was electrical. Immerlate.y Lord Curzon, British foreign minister, dbose

RUSS SOVIETS READY TO MEET U. S. DEMANDS Moscow Minister of Foreign Affairs Says Guarantees Will Be Given. MOSCOW, Nov. 28 —Gorg Tchlteherin, Soviet minister of foreign affairs, in an exclusive interview today declared America has “unofficially” prescribed three prerequisites to establishing negotiations with Russia. The Soviets nre prepared to offer these guarantees, he said. The unofficial demands of America Tehiterchln said are: 1. That America must be convinced a stabilized government has been established In Russia. 2. That the Soviets recognize the private property rights. 3. The assurance that no “terror" exists under the Soviet rule. Tchlteherin did not give the source of this “unofficial’’ demand from the United States Government. He outlined the proposals in explaining reports of several days ago thnt “a Russtnn mission might be sent to Washington’’ to negotiate trade relations. U. S. DENIES SHE WOULD CUT DEBT Cablegram Sags ‘ War Finances Were Talked: WASHINGTON. Nov. 28.—Emphatic denial that the United States Is considering cancellation of any part of the European war debt was made today following dispatches from Paris and London to the effect that 50 per cent of the money owed tho United States might be marked off. Cable dispatches said private conversations here between French, English and American officials had developed that the United States is willing to discuss foreign debts at this conference and would even consider partial cancellation.

Feeling of Unrest Allayed by the Belief That Silence May Be Navy Agreement

By H. WILSON HARRIS, Diplomatic Correspondent of London Daily News. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—After,a week given up with the exception of the one plenary session to private discussions, a feeling of general bewilderment seems to prevail in conference circles. Is the conference going well or slowing to a standstill? Is there going to be an early agreement on the Navy? Will the Far Eastern problem turn out too hard a nut to crack? And Is the AngloFrench controversy provoked by the Briand and Curzon speeches anything serious? All these questions are being asked and ought to be answered. As to the naval discussion those who know most about* them speak most hopefully. One expert said late last week the progress made was altogether beyond his expectations. Though it was indlcatd at the State Department on Saturday that no plenary session would he held until there was something definite to report, there is every reason to believe such a session will be called for one day this week. AGREEMENT IS NEAR. Naval agreement la well In sight. That is a questiou primarily, of course, of capital ships in regard to which there is no serious fear of differences between Japan on one side and America and Great Britain on the other. The other outstanding question is the French demand as .to submarines. It •earns likely tha claim to aa many un-

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Tentative Bookings on All the Liners LONDON, Nov. 23.—Lloyd Georgs*’* determination to go to Washington has been strengthened by latest developments In the International conference. It was learned today he lass made tentative bookings on all the liners sailing for New York In the next three weeks. The Premier has promised the various shipping companies to give forty-eight hours’ notice as to the line he will take. Officials tn Downing street are confident Lloyd George will be in Washington before Christmas.

an Inconspicuous public meeting in England as the occasion for a thrust, back at the French. Curzon could not have blurted out the statements he made without the authority of his chieftain, Premier Lloyd George. His statements plainly indicated Great Britain's chagrin that while Britain, the supreme sea power, was giving up the ghost at Washington, France the supreme (Continued on Page Six.)

OIL QUIZ NOT TO GET IN WAY OF ICE TRUST CASE Lesh Says Investigation of Standard Company’s Practice Not Begun. No investigation of the practices of th e Standard Oil Company in Indiana has been started, U. S. attorney general, announced today. He said, however, that he had some time ago received a verbal complaint from au independent oil company and that he had promised to investigate. If an investigation is made he said it will not come until after the present Ice trust case has been settled. “Some time atro." Mr. Lesh said, "a representative of an oil company came to me and complained of the manner in which the Standard Oil Company is doing business. I took notes on his verbal complaint and promised to look into the matter to determine if there has been any law violations. That is all that has been done. Statements concerning an investigation by this office have been greatly overdrawn.” Mr. Lesh said that he did not wish to be p*tt in the position of contending that there has been any violations of the law unless something is found to warrant such assertions. He said also that he would hesitate to take up such an Investigation without the cooperation of the United States Government because of the extent of the Standard Oil business. The complaint against the Standard Oil Company, being made by independent concerns, has to do with the margin or 1 cent profit allowed filling stations on the sale of gasoline. It is mid that this method is being taken by the company to squeeze out its competitors. Last summer the price of gasoline suddenly dropped, due, according to statements of oil men, to the efforts of the Standard Oil Company to drive its competitors ont of the field* Since that time there has been a gradual Increase in price. The price war was principally between the Standard Oil Company and the Indian Refining Company. SAFE CRACKERS GET $2,000. JOLIET, 111., Nov. 28. —The safe of the Citizens Brewery was blown early today and $2,000 in currency taken.

dersea boats as Great Britain or Americe possess is likely to be put forward formally by M. Vivianl, but M. Briand made It clear before he left that France was resolved not to be an obstacle to a naval agreement. But the Far East Is not moving toward a settlement so quickly. Apart from the formation of certain rathqr vague principles, only the fringe pf the problem has been touched And with the third week of the conference well begun the Far East has never yet been discussed in public session. It is no doubt satisfactory to China to get rid of foreign postoffices and have the custom of question of customs and extraterritoriality reconsidered, but that Is not going far toward removing the causes of disagreement between the powers on the Pacific. CONFERENCE WILL NOT FAIL, If popular predictions are fulfilled and the conference gets no further than a mere statement of principles with their application postponed to some later date, it would have to be written down as very largely a failure. Personally, I do not believe that will happen. At any rate the question of the leased territories must be faced. As for the Curzon-Briand controversy It really affects the conference very little. Lord Curzon was indeed clearly quite as indignant about France’s treaty with the Turks as about anything the French premier said at Washington.—Copyright, 1921 by International News Service. "1 V-.J

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DILL INSIST ON LARGER RATIO U. S. Stands Fast on Hughes’ Original Proposal. BIG SHIPS ‘HUB* Showdown on Issue Is Expected Late in Week. By GEORGE R. HOLMES, WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—From official sources it was learned today that while Japan’s naval experts are prepared to insist strongly upon being allowed a 70 par cent navy, instead of 60, laid down by the Hughes program, they nevertheless are prepared to accept the American figures upon a condition. This condition is that all fortifications in the Pacific be dismantled. The Japanese experts have not yet signified their willingness to give up the 10-10-7 ratio demanded by the Tokio foreign office, but they are becoming more and more aware of the fact that the American opposition to this increase is unchangeable. And failing in their efforts to win over American opinion to the increase the Japanese upon advices from Tokio are preparing to make the dismantling of the Pacific fortifications as the price of their acceptance to the inevitable. r. S. HAS THREE GREAT BASES IN PACIFIC. The three great American bases In the Pacific are at Hawaii, Guam and the Philippines. In the absence of official American opinion, it is believed the American answer to such a proposal would be an emphatic no. American naval strategists have pointed out that Manila is roughly ouly a thousand miles from Japan while it is roughly six times that distance from San Francisco. In other words, in the event of trouble between the United States and Japan, a Japanese fleet could reach America's Far Eastern possession in one sixth the time an American ship could reach there. “Japnn will make a stiff fight, but la the end she will yield.” This expression from a high ranking naval authority accurately reflected the opinion held by American officials and foreign diplomats that this, the third week of the armament conference, will see Japan's acceptance of the 5-5-3 capital ship ratio laid down in the American program. It has been known for several days that the Japanese delegation here is under instructions (Continued on Page Nine.#

‘JITNEY’ DRIVER IS FINED UNDER NEW ORDINANCE First Man Tried Convicted— Plans Appeal to Higher Court. Dan J. Meyers, 1024 Broadway, the first “Jitney” driver to be tried under the recently passed ordinance regulating “Jitneys” was found guilty and fined $lO and costs in city court today by Judge Walter Pritchard. The cases' of the other sixteen driver* arrested for violation of the ordinance were continued until Dee. 21, in order that this case might be appealed and a decision handed down from a higher court. Fred Bonified, attorney for the driver*, and who signed the appeal bond of S3O, based his defense on the fact that the drivers supposedly permitted people to ride In their machines free of charge. The attorney for the city maintained that the drivers of these cars made their living by driving over certain definite routes and, as the ordinance prohibits machines which charge less than 25 cents running over an established route, tha driver was convicted.

WOMAN CATCHES LIQUOR SUSPECT Mrs. Stella Davis Holds Man Until Police Arrive. Cleve Smith, 135 North New Jersey street, was arrested today on the charges of operating a blind tiger and assault and battery, the assault and battery. It Is stated, having been committed on Mrs. Stella Davis while she was at the home of her father, Frank (.line, 413 East Ohio street, while she was trying to hold Smith for the police. Mrs. Davis, it Is stated, had received a telephone message from her father saying that he was sic*, but upon her arrival she found he was intoxicated. Her father, while 6he was with him, it Is said, received a telephone message stating that the man telephoning would be "right over" with some “white mple.” When Smith appeared she succeeded in detaining him until the arrival of the police, who had been notified.

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