South Bend News-Times, Volume 38, Number 251, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 8 September 1921 — Page 1

UTH BEND NEW Tin: wr.ATiiKn INDIANA Partly cl-vi !y Thurs-Iiy: thur.dershov. er-s Thursdiy niht "T Fr! !n ; rr.I'd temperature. MICHIGAN" Ir.rr'a-. r.g clnui-.rM WIot'I hv trwrr Thurfliv; Fri1.iv h .wer) Morning Edition VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 251 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1921 PRICE THREE CENTS 99 O A. J

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STUDEBAKER'S SLASH PRICES OF LIGHT SIX

Local Automobile Manufacturing Corporation Announces Drastic Cut?. EFFECTS FOUR MODELS Lower Cost of Materials, Increased Production Makes Move Possible. lmfr ".: of miter.il- anil increased proli. tion in the, S'uth Hc-nd plants j ry erda v mole po.v-iblc a ia.h in th price of Studebaker Light Six model", according to an announcement mad? last, evening by A. M. Er skin, president of the Studebaker corporation. The price reduction is another stp of the organ1 rati oh in "setting hack to normalcy" and proves an industrial boon; for the city Of South lien 1. New Price---, effective- immediately, f. o. b. South nend. are: ItoajMer. from $1.300 to $1.12 5. Touring car, from 11.335 to $1.150. Coupe roid.er, from $1.'.3 to $ l.ioO. Sdan, fr.fni li'5 to Sl.s:.". Comparative prices las; D-ctrniiJ werp; Touring car, $1.115 and sedan. $2.450; a drop of .Zo on touring cars and $600 on within a period of nine months. letting Hack to Normal. Studebaker ofTicialu are amonj the firt in tho autlnobilo industry to announce a decrease in price of their product. The reduction, which mark the- soundness of the company's business and the fairness of the corporation in dealing with the public, al" vok.e the prosperity of the concern and gives a new note of optimism for the future. That busine.- is treading back to normal and hold. a brighter outlook may be seen In the action of the Studebaker and other automobile concerns in forcing down the prices on their finished products. The sVjdlaker corporation ha been operating its plants to capacity since early 'line and voices belief that with 'thA"jf rowing demand for their cars and the many unfilled orders now on fde, there will be no depression in the industry during the fall and winter. I law .Materials Down. With the Studebaker Light six declared the best medium priced machine on th mearkct. the drastic price cut Wednesday is expected to (Continued on page two) YOTERS REJEGT 12 STATE AMENDMENTS Incomplete Returns Indicate 'Defeat for Majority of New Change.. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Set. 7. i 'tinipiptf unofficial i rtnnw froio about to-fifths of th mm,- Wed-j-vlay nicht indicate that only ore of The pioiv..i i -n3-.utJWon.ii amendments dcd on at tip? .;-cial election Tuesday. reied .1 'Majority of vol favorable to ;ul -pti -n, that being nmendme.it No. 1. whioii would require full . ir :"nhi p of alien before they can vote. In adili'iwii to the provision re'rdmg thralien ballot, the a mend 111 n; aHo would f nfraniMiis.e women. The t-i ond propped amendment '.aling -i!h registration cf voter iv.15 the only other ;i m- nünien. which receive d ahnost eiwuicli vit to assure it1 adoption, arc rding to the return.-, which indi.at" it wi.'I rejT'(l t a riose tna""it!. Practically all of the ether amend ment? w.-r vi'tfd down dn iively. on the fi,i-e of return rccied Th.' prorod ;iinn-i!m-nt No. whicil would give the general a;-.-emhly pow'er to pro i f t.i law.-, and amendment N. 11. whi-h d-a t with; l i;atc income tax were reject' d by about a 4 to 1 vote. Tlo- other.winch on tb t'ac ..f avulib'o return.' apje.iio h.ave ep. (h fc.ltcd are: Vt An IHvMt Amendment No. which pr'videj for lh a ppirt : n rnn: of sr.u- t-,a-tors and r prei r.taties on the lais of the o : o , ar- f, ,r t otiry of state instead of a c-n.-uH of inliabitftnt of v-tir-.g a a rr.. rid mer.t No. 4. rjr.powerir.e governor to eto ponarat items of an appt cpraton bill, nmendmert N . :.. hi--h would make tern;. of ta-.e rfic"r lour i'sstead of ,o yt.'irs; : tr.er.dment No. S. which would nuke term of all county four ir.tnd f two years; No. ". making term of pr.'S. cutms attorney four instead of two u-:ir No. S. which would allow general awfmMy to jroi.le i.y iiv- foeduratinna! ejuiüiV-ations f person.' "VadmittM to thp pra.-Tic of ! m ; Xo which would mike the otTic r utat tuprintf-ndent of j.uhp 4truetipn appointl inra.i of r!-e-ive; No. 1. wh'.'h -x.l rr rtl: (Continu-d on pnp two) RESERVE FORCE In a pinch, be able to fall back on yourself. Read today 5 SUCCESS-POWER on the classified page.

Pershing Nettled at Gompers Talk; 'Calls Him Down9

Capital "Gets a Laugh" Put of Old Argument of "Who Won the War." N WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Wash-, ington is discussing 'with considerable fmuement the "call down" administered to Samuel Gompen, president of the American Federation of Iibor by Gen. John J. Pershing. Doth Pershing and Gompers wer speakers at the LaFayette Marne celebration dinner Tuesday day night which was attended by many Washington notables. Gompers .spoke first, devoting his remarks almost entirely to the record which labor had made in the World war and extolling in high terms what labor had done. When Gen. Pershing rrw to speak he wa.i obviously nettled. "Members of labor unions, were not the only ones who won the war." Mid the commander-in-chief of the A. E. F, looking directly at the head of the A. F. of L. "Every loyal American is a patriotic citizen regardless of afnliations. "It seems to me that somebody rose to say that America hall be governed and ruled by American citizens, and not by this organization of that organization, which may have lu .self fish purposes to erve. "The policies of this republic are r.ot determined by labor unions or any other organization, but by the consensus of opinion of it patriotic citizens of whaterer affiliations, by the citizens who inherited their patriotism from their fathers who came across in the Mayflower and helped determine and decide the independence of America as' well as tho.e who have adopted American institutions a their own. "It isn't a question of labor unions, it isn't a question of whether we are loyal citir.en of the United States." MONROE DOCTRINE QUESTION CAUSES FIGHT IN LEAGUE Demand of Bolivia forTreaty Revisions Results in Commotion. i:N7I:ya. Sept. 7. Monroe doctrine, and the competency of the Ieacue of Nations in American questions and in cases -where one party to a treaty asks intervention to cure revision were the principal subjects of discussions in and out of the league Wednesday. Tho discussion were provoked by the demands of Holivi i that the assembly put on the agenda the proposed revision of thtreaty of 19 0 4 between Chile and Bolivia, whereby the latter reded to Chile the province of Tacna and Ariea. The debate began at the morning s-osHion of the a.wmh!y despite all ffforts to keep the .subject off the nMr y the leaciif leaders, who feared that a serious situation mjght be created by such a debate. A canvaM of the principal d eleV 1 1 ons allows th.-t a lare majority of th asniMy in agrainst ertablinhinj? a precedent that the league may interfere to revise treaties, partlcularlv treaties of pea re. Delegates Disfavor Debate. At. the same time there i a strong feeling that it is dangerous for tho prestiglo of the League not to be :1)! to consider questions ?uch as raised by Holivia. in which there are features of the case that in the opinion of nome of the delegates would seem to justify arbitration. Hesides mot of the uVlegates ae declined to welcome at t la isi time a debate in which the Monroe doctrine is invoked in a manner which virtually calls for an interpretation of the League's competency in matters supposed to be covered by that doctrine. Augustin Kdwards, representing Chile, argued that Tacna-Arica w?s purely an American affair and that the Monroe doctrine applied in n) (Continued on page two) COTTON MAKES. THEN BREAKS SPECULATORS XF.W YORK, S"pt. 7. Fortunes were won and lost on the New York cotton market Wednesday, a sensational ris of more than ?3 a Kale being more than wiped oüt jest btbore the market closed by just as sensational declines. Tlie market fil 200 points, the limit permitted in pni day's trading, meaning that cotton went down $10 a baje. The t.ot change from Tuesday's clevre was 12 to 4 points, which means a. decline of from cents to above $2.40 a bale under Tuesday's t;nal prices. GRIEF OVER LOVER KILLS YOUISC GIRL WARSAW, N. V.. Sept. 7. rief killed Mary Miles Standish. whose fureral Thursday, comes one week aftr the burial of her sweetheart, IIod Warren of Hermitage. Warren wa asphyxiated by fumes from sn automobile he was working in a fm.i!i girage. When tobUf h'.s death M!m Stand:sh fll in a swoon which was followed by a period of semi-oonsiou-r.ofs and delirium, until death ec ciirred Tuesday. Mis? Standish waJj 21 years old.

MINERS' ARMY PREPARES FOR NEW INVASION

Thousand Men Wait Orders for March Upon Illinois Cities, Claim. GOVERNOR ORDERS QUIZ Federation Chiefs Charge Mistreatment and Abuse by Officials. ELIZABETH. 111., Sept. 7. One thousand miners from Eldorado and within 30 miles of this town Wednes nearby coal field were encamped within 30 miles of this town Wednesday night, prepared to march on this city and Rosiclare Thursday, leaders of th men told an Associated ' Pres correspondent who located their camp. Deputy sheriffs and private detectives clashed with the out pens of the miners, who held up two trucks and three men at the Hog Thief's ford on the Harri3burg road Wednesday afternoon. The miners retreated leaving four prisoners and three automobiles in the officers' hands. Twcnty-SU Hcirml Killexl. The Associated Press correspondent went to Karber"s ridge, 12 miles north of Klizabethtown, following reports that arrnied men were passing through there ami that the teiephono wires -were cut. The Totmas3.er at Karber'.s ridge estimated that 500 armed men had passed south through the town Tuesday night and Wednesday. Two miles south of the ridge 21 armed miners ha-lted the correspondent's car. Th?y declared they were the rear outpost of 800 men from the coal Melds in adjoining counties who wer marching on Posiclare and Elizabethtown. They had been told tluy said that 26 men had been killed at Rosiclare by mine guards and that women and children were beaten in the streets. The miners were armed with rifles shotguns and revolvers. Camping Vear Iml. Five of the band entered the car and offered to lead the way to the main body supposed to be encamped r.e-a.r the Pig Creek ford in dense woods known as the Furnace land. Two miles from the ford a hat-les-s and breathle-ss miner emerged the thicket and halted 'he car. He said his party hc;d been ambushed on Furnace hill by 200 deputies who opened ttre without warning. His "buddy" fell as he Jumped from an automobile, the miner decleared, and that an Italian miner in another car was also hot. Four others, he said, were missintr. (Guards Patrol Town. Elizabethtown and Rosiclare were closed at sundown Wednesday night and the guards were stationed on all roads and in the hills to prevent the inttltratlon of arniod men. Approximate!"- 150 guards were watching all approaches from the hills to the north. The deputies were augmented (Continued on page two) OPEN QUIZ TO FIX MINGO 'WAR' GUILT State and Federal Invcstirzators to Present Facts to Government. CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Sept. 7. Proceedings to fix responsibility for recent disturbances in the Wr?t Virginia coal fields have been started here by both state and federal authorities. It is understood here that I the finding of the federal investiga tors will be submitted to Atty. Clen. Paugherty in Washington and that he will determine the future course of the government. Renorts received by military headquarters and the office of Gov. Morgan indicate unbroken quiet Wedntday throughout the recently agitated area. Prom countie affected by the outbreaks which recited directly in the killing of 11 men and the wounding; of several others. word was received that croups of men who caused tho trouv. "14L members had returned to work in sticn numne; tnai many mines closed down for days had been able to resume operations. TRAINMEN, HELD FOR WRECK, ASK CHANGE LA PORTE. Sept. 7. Attorneys for William S. Long, engineer, and George F. Block, fireman of the Michisn CVntral train whi-h was wrecked at Forter, Ind.. Feb. 27, 37 passenp-ers being: killed. Wednnday flled a motion for a change of venue from Porter county. Th rssf will probably be heard by Jud&e Harry Crumpacker, of Michigan City. Iong and Block are under indictment for manslaughter. It became known that the railroad brotherhoods would make the fight for the acqclttal cf the trainmen. The' defense, it is said, will endeavor to place the responsibility for th tragedy on tht toxvrrrun at Porter, alleging tht h five tht wrong !jnl.

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Designers continue to argue about whether the short skirt Is still ",TOod," but all the society leaders who attended the annual meet of the United Hunts Club, Belmont. I. I., one of the social events of the year, were wearing skirts that reached their ankles. Mrs. William K. Dick, formerly Mrs. John Jacob Astor, is on the left. With her is Mrs. August Belmont, Jr. WILL STEWÄRDGÄ FREEDOM BY 'CASH?'' SCALE FOR LABOR

Judge Onuulit Hears Pitiful Story Iy Woman IS'epro is Said to Have Wronned. ! A small, frail and plainly-dressed: wotnan was the only person on the 1 witness stand in tho preliminary i hearing beforo Judge George W. Omacht in the state's case against j John Steward, charged with erim- ! inal assault, in city court Wednesday afternoon. The case taken '; under advisement by th court until; Sept. V2. 1 With thf court room cleared of

ius usual crowd of the curious, irsti- .lowing settlement of the dispute beniony of the lone witness was heard twoon huilderw and their employes. by the court for more than an hour. Elimination of restrictions whereSitting close to the front of her j n' concerns outside of Chicago were chair with hands clasped in Tront j n"t allowed to bid on contracting of her, Mrs. Alice Smith, white, rais- j Jobs .in (ho city, will reduce building"

in; her voice to a shrill falsetto when forced to answer to pointed questions put to her by th" defendant's attorneys, accused her alleged assailant. John Steward, colored, with having attacked tier, l.attled and frighten her into a state of insensibility and mistreated her while she lay unconscious. Ile husband, with their six-months old babe in j his arms, sat in the rear of the court i room, listening intently to every j word spoken in tho trial. ; Mrs. Smith told of going to Stew- I ard'M real estate office in the Odd j Kollow building on July i and ask- I ing permission to pay rent-money ! due to him on the house in which j the Smith's made their home. She ,

swore that after paying the money, practically all Steward requested to drive her homeigard for skill

and she consented: that before b,- of time due to seasonable condireaching her home. Steward took an'tior.s." out-of-the-way course and refusing, While living costs have been re -to fJtop the car drove out on a coun-jduced about 20 ; r cent over the try rc-ad northeast of town and for- war peak, Landis said that building cibly took her out of the machine 1 trade.s workers were United to a

i Htruggling. into a nearby woods.

She further swore that after com- days and that was taken into considmitting the assault Steward told her, oration in setting the new rates of according to the testimony, that she pay. should kfep still about the matter j W'atres of everv trade which rn m e

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ConidtT Totimony. I$1.2." an hour. Steward was represented by hisj 11 except even of the 47 various associate in business, deorge W. Hy-cl.ifs. .s of workers who submitted ers. and Att'y Ueorge Sands. The i their case to the judge, accented his

-question ot tne witness Knowing me . ... . . exact location of the place where the alleged assault was declared to have been committed was raised by Hyors. who. however, did not seek to refute the statement of the .witness that the act took place within the county, or make claim of improper venue. Upon this point, however, the court asked the stenographer to make clar by re-reading part of the testimony. FIUT MEN BARRED IX CO-ED PLEDGE RUSH HorDDKit, Coio.. s.pt. 7. Fraternity men are barred from he'pir.s ru.h co-eds into their favorite ororities at the Fniersity of Colorado. Slumber parties, automobiles and over-night entertainment of "prospects by sororities are prohibited.

(C) K V CO. Ten to X Percent Reduction is Orderet! for Building Trade Men. CllK'AGo, Sept. 7. Wages -of 0,000 building" trades workers in Chi catro were cut from -U) to 40 cents an hour in a decision handed down by Judtre K. M. Landis, arbiter "Wednesday. J'orty trades wore aHVctcJ by the decision. An immediate revival of business ! . ! in tmiltlin Iinrs w.ks predicted folcosts another 0 per cent, Iandis Htatod. Among pomo of the made l.y Iandis decision Old Scale I'er I lour Marble Setters . . . $ 1.25 reductions were: Now Scale Per Hour $ .$7 i .S3 Machinery Movers. 1.25 Conmion laborers 7 1, 1 Cement Workers. . Structural Iron Workers Bricklayers Boilermakers Steam Titters Electricians Hoisting Engineers 1.00 1.25 1.2 5 1.2 5 1.25 1.2 5 1.25 1.05 1.10 1.0 0 .95 1.10 1.10 Landis declared that tho previous wag tiale gae ?1.''5 nn hour to trades, "without retraining, hazard or yearly work of about 150 or 200 before him for setth nior,:. were cut j by the arbiter exeep: thoe of stone I cutter-. Their rates were left at ; ter;s;on. HEIR TO MILLIONS KEEPS CLERK JOB CHICAGO, Sop:. ".John Taylor. reputed heir to ;x $23,000,000 rut.--h esate. went to work as ii.-vjil Wednt y. Taylor, an age, auditing cierk, has learnfd that the millions of his :reat crraodfther, I'eter Tavlor Van Der Hüls: of Haarlem. Holland. have been left to him and a brother4 Peter Taylor of Scotland. The estate has hern under contention for A'j year.. According: to TaIor. the fortune was stored in four stron. boxes left in a museum bui'.t by Van Der Hu'-s! at Haarlem. Logal permission to pen the chests has jus; been obtained, Taylor said.

TAX REVISION BOOST NOW UP TO SENATORS

Scc'y Mellon Will Appear Before Finance Committee Today on Plan. HOUSE REJECTS RAISE Tax on Automobiles, Tobacco and Bank Checks is Proposed. WASHINGTON', Sept. 7. Sec'y Mellon's suggestions for tax revision, which were abandoned by the house ways and means committee after tho intervention of Pres't Harding, will come up again Thursday before the senate finance committee. Mr. Mellon will be on hand prepared to discuss those sugge.stions, the estimate us revised after the white house conference on August i, and the tax bill as passed by the house.. The senate completed preliminary consideraticn of the house measure Wednesday, but decided to postpone any decision on tho various changes mide by the house until after the treasury -secretary had been heard. Mr. Mellon said Wednesday he would have no prepared statement for the committee, but the senators will have before them treasury tables showing estimated revenue yields and government expenditure.", Auto ami "Vug" Tax. toiggestionn originally pre&ented to the house committee by Mr Mellon were built around an estimated tax yield requirement of approximately $3,700,000.000 next year or some $750,000,000 more than provided for in the house bill.' They contemplated new wurces of revenue such as a one cent increase in first class postage, a stamp tax of two- cent.s on each bank check and a graduated license tax on automobile to average $10 yearly for each machine, and increased levies on cigarets. and smoking and cnewin? tobacco to yield an additional $50,000,000 annually. The original total tax yield as given by Mr. Mellon is ar proximately that which Home members of the senate committee believe will be necessary next year. Others, and particularly the democrats, are of the opinion now that approximately $4.000.000,(00 will have to be raised from internal taxes unless the government is to face a huge deficit ot the end of this lineal year. Democrats Desire Quirin this connection some committee democrats indicated today that they desired to question the treasury secretary Thursday a.s to the purpose of the authorization contained ir the house meafuro for the treasury to ismie an additional $500.OOe.000 in short date securities. They desire to know, they said, whether this authority was requested by the secretary in belief that the deHcit under the hou.e tax measure Would total such a. sum. After Secy' Mellon has bocn heard Thursday the committee will get down to revising- tho houf? measure and considering- peneral questions A policy. FOREST FIRES ARE CHEGRED BY RAIN Strenuous Efforts of Thousand Militiamen and Fighters Are Aided. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Sept. 7. Reports of rain falling in the western part of the forest fire area near Medrath and White Tine, the latter of which was destroyed Tuesday, encouraged o:Ticials to believe that the check put 'ipon the flames could be maintained. All night efforts at hick firing and cutting of firo lines by the 1.000 militiamen and ovlunteers gave the fire fighters the upper hand early today. In the Onamia district the fire fight ers were -' '--lolwing the! ram. WASHINGTON'. D. C. Sept. 7. Few a'Ymy otficers knew- until today that the hi ad of the War Department is a Dear Admiral in the navy. Secretary of War Weeks declared that if the United States should go to war the navy might send him to s-a. He y a reserve rear admiral and is the ranking reserve officer in the United States Navy, subject under naval regulations to call for actie servi:e in time of war. Week 'is a graduate of Ar.napo.-s .Naval academy and a. m-tnber of the fa - inous class of 1581. U. S. DESTROYER RUNS AGROUND AT ERISCO SAN FP-VNISCO. Cal.. Sept. 7. The United S-t-ate Destroyer Morri i ran aground on the west end of Goat Island in San Francisco harbor durins a heavy foj Wcdneiay. I The tUErs Sa Queen, fita Pox. ar a United States Naval lug soon arrived to orfer assiatance. Tht d strvivor -wnn mid t b la litt!

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J.M. 'Reads'Ford Stüde bakers On Detroit's 'Bonis9

Ford Sells Year's Subscription But Studebaker 'Gains Ford Garage. J. M. Studebaker III. is a game sport and a good business man in the opinion of Henry Ford. Detroit manufacturer and publisher of the Dearborn Independent. And Henry sits upon a pedestal equally a prominent in the mind of tho local automobile manufacturer. And while the comfort of a high powered Studebaker car holds no new pleasure for a man wl'.os. name it bears, tho world famous flivver manufacturer has reason to enjoy the thrills that he receive. in speeding over the Detroit boulevards. For. he. too, is the possessor of a Studebaker a Sedan made in "World Famous South Rend." The high powered car, the best manufactured by th Studebaker corporation, wa.s delivered to the Ford estate in Detroit Wednesday. Didn't Take It. Entertained recently at the Detroit home of the man whoso namo ha.s become a household v.crd In every nook and corner of the world, a dinner conversation between Ford and Studebaker turned to th dis-cu.-sion of the "Dearborn Independent." a Ford publication. J. M. ni. had not read an article that appeared in the newspaper almost an unpardonable offense in tho eyes of his host. "You don't take the Dearborn Independent? Well, you'd better subscribe.". And J. M. 1 1 T. wrotp 'he check that carries into his home hrre the mouthpiece of Henry Ford. Iater In the day as Mr. Studebaker was being shown about the Ford estate, Mr. Ford chanced to take hjm to his garage where in all th.-ir propriety were housed, and in rcadineas for use, numerous cars that shared his name- and maybe some that don't. Twas with the same note of surprise that caused Ford to gasp for breath relative to Studebaker and the Ford newspaper that Studebaker noted the absence from the mammoth building of his favorite automobile. "What: Not driving a Studebaker " ... And Henry hftd to confess. But that instinct of salesmanship that had been bred into generation after generation of Studebakers was not to be cast aside for long. Pngr t.he II u tier. "All right, Mr. Ford. Inamurh as pleasure has turned to business, and I've attached my 's'g' to a check (Continued on yrapo two) PROSECUTION TO FIGHT RELEASE OF MADALYNNE LOS ANT,ELI, Sept. 7 The release on bail of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain indicted with Arthur C. Durch for tho murder of J. Helton Kennedy, which f.s to be requrfd by th defense .attorneys-, will bo strenuously opposed by the district attorney's ofhVe, it was learned to day. Denying tho defense contention that the evll-ice :tK,iinst Mr. Obonchain is "insufficient." Deputy Dist. Att'y Asa. Key es will oppose the motion for ba.j" n the prrounl that to relcasA the woman would bo to establish r dancrerou precedent in first degree murder ca?. Paul W. Sehenek, chief .f the dfon counsel, planned to s-rve, formal notice ou the court and the district attorney's 'ofüre today that he intends requesting thru bail bo lixed in Mr. Obeneli,'ii;i-s case. After receiving notice that the application for bail is to bo made the prosecution hns five days in which to prepare to argue in court. CAR SHORTAGE HOLDS UP RUSSIAN RELIEF RIGA, Sept. 7 La k of cars is retarding f..mewhit the movement of the American R'kf administration's food into Russia. Food ."hips are arriving in Riga faMer than the f,y!et a utli- riti s can furnish rolling Ftock for its transportation. The relief work, however, is well tinder way, and, according to a relief administration courier who h:i& arrived hero frm Moscow, the sc, vie, authoritie.s are, co-operating with the Americans with excellent j-pirit. Dr. Rom Hill, acting Kur'pean rtmni!flf!or.er fr the America Fled (7ro!!. Mas ar.nounce.j drmiieiy tn.it the Pked Crc will not fnter Ru-.sia at the present time but will as-i.-t the relief adrr.inistratir.n by turning over to it fund? and medical supplies. TO SURVEY FARMING LAND FOR U. S. HELP WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Eugene Meyer, director of the War Finance corporation, Wednesday dec;d-d to make an Immediate personal survey of agricultural c ondltir.. !n the Middle West, Wf.v. and .-'outh as a r.ani for extndinsr liberal farm credits under new powers given the corporation by tor.gresf LOST SHOES BRING JAIL TERM EOR MAN DF:S MOINFS, la.. Sept. 7. "Trade your phoea fr o07e?" a?ke1 the judpe when J. R Marshman appeared in court barefcetei. "No. I sot drunk, then lost my thets." id Marshman. "Thirty dayi." aid the judfe.

BRITISH WAIT ERIN'S REPLY ON DOMINION

Special Committee of Ministers is Ready to Deal With Situation. PLAN NEW CONFERENCE InMi Want Lloyd George to Define Dominion Status More Clearlv. INVLKXFSS, Scotland. Sept. 7 -, A decision which may rr.r.in pior war with Ireland wan taken b the Lritish cabinet at r. all-important meeting here Wedne.-siay. Th government's reply t. Lamonn Valera. tho Irifh republican leader, unanimously approved by th ministers, has been dispatched to Dublin through the intermediary -f Robert C. Harten, tho S.r.n F-va courier who carried th r'V.; Fireann' message to Premier Lb": d tieorge, and who was brought Into the council chamber while the council was in sr.-nion. Tho nature of the govern mer.t'i decision his not been mad knowbut it is n-.t necessary to await publication of the reply Thursday ! realize that an Important f-tep forward has been taken. Directly after th ministers I.h I reached their deoi.on came th ;nnouncement that "a committee consisting of the minister row in Scotland, hau been appointed with full power to deal with the dtuatior. the moment Mr. De Valera's further answer arrives." flovcrnnient I Rmdy. The committee comprises th premier. Austen Chamberlain, Fir'. Ourzon, Sir Darning Worthinsrtor.. Fvar.f, Winton Spencer Church!'.:. Edward Shortt. Robert Munro, I,orS Birkenhead, Sir Hamar and Sir Robert Stevenson Horn. Thi is taken to mean that th government has appointed the committee of ministers to met the Irih plenipotentiary, should Mr. D Valr be ready to proceed on that ours. It is contended that, if In tho opin ion of h cabinet, a. rupture cf th negotiation was likely to follow Wedr.cpday's decision. it woull hardly be necessary to sppcjnt a cabinet committer to deal with the situation. Naturally, the po.!biMty that th cabinet may have decided to Impose a limit for negotiation to ftart not precluded. In thrs connection, it is recalled that unomiii intimation h.-ve been pi ver. from D ih lin of the nam os of the men vhi would likely lie appointed f, plenipotentiaries, ir.cju line Arthur CJrifhth. i:w c ovn:iti:ci: sf.pt. 20. r.ONrvO.V, Sept. 7. The rtri?i-t c.ibinet In invited Mr. D Valera to send delecat fi ri rnnf.rn with the cabinet mir.irtcrs at InvTne..rq on S'-pt. 2 according to th Dnliy Mill's Tnvernc. correspondent, who adds: "Only r,ne condition ie imroÄf. nam oh-, the- riderstnndir.g thit Ireland must remain, within tli empire." Tho rnrr..nu: Mention tn ,(r. T' Valera, a'-cr.rditip t- thii dirjviTrh. asks for an early reply r.d poir.ti out tho apparent. u'-b-sneK.s of .-nducting negotiations bv rxchnr.gr of notes. In orer to aüa any fetrs regard I ner U!str that t'i decPn that northern Irrend m ';. iiOt in any circumstances b eofn-.S wa.s reaffirrnod by tb.e minivt De.iling with the cabinet r.f'Ji the Daily Mai! .iy: 'The premier t.id tb.e m:r.!r,r that h.e regarded t)ic s;t::alon .vs grave and critical nd he waj convinced that a further ln-rchar,g of note uns usf.!-.--:. One mir.ler. who hid been jn rer5r.al cor.fc; with Sinn Fein opir.ir.n, said ), informed that it w.,.s the re.it in-t'-nMon oi bad' r? to feM-jre pb-bisrlte of the Ir h peop if te-r .i further x'-hatige ..f jte.-i and to ens-jro that f-j h pi- b:e r n'A-l in a. mandate for a r.nf-:rer e." ritr;i:s dominion f4'i:pT.NUF DT'Hl.lN". Sepr. 7 Aetivi-y im aprarer.t :n nifl'-niX Irish rf.rrrn t prevent a rupture o ri-c.'t rations and the rejection -f tho terms ur.t:i the preci.-- Kigi.if.'-ar.c of Premier Ll'iyrl-'f"'.rS'''s ".rr i. '-(r.fy reertair.ed. Sir H- r.'o-o Flunk tt, w) was r hairr..':-! e.f th- I-jV:in conv-:. tion. a?-.d F.ipt-iin Han-..n. ch.!rrr.'in rf th dominier. leag-je. We, nesday addressed a Jo;r.t letter to Fair.e.r.n P Va'era And th member. of hi cabinet. In the letvr they say: "Ire-land wr uld b- xr' advice j to ricrept d i rn it: i r .tatus 1f If ir.tp'.Je. as 'AC '.e'j.-ye J m'ift. ftill legislativ and exe. -:ti a and roncvr.Ai lndeper.denc arid lTperia'. rlarfrr:ship, furctionir.? to r-di-?.y and a.cr--n by rfv-. rat ion f.und"l on mut'j.il areer;;en.t arrlvfd at bv oor.snt and carrjin? v-ith !t dtre-t rorreser.fi tion In thi Imj:'ej-i.al ccrferer.ee and t!'.e Iarue of Nation. Clto Prr-tiilor" "ondltion. "It no--M rav-r.ably fAl'.o-.r th" true Rcreptanoe by s-er'in tre.ir of dominion s;tu.s by Ire-tan i wru'd b arcompan.i'-1 by externen f oir.currer.t agremen.tri to regulate e-?-oreratlon between Irrlmd ar.i other unit the emp!r !n 11 r.ere'sary' matters." Thry rroced t argru- that ?h prim minister offere-l dominion rtatu in e-rpress terms, ribct