Entered at Portland (Orejron)
Poetof flee mm ReortfJ-Clasi Mutter
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BRUMF1ELD WEEPS
AT WIFE'S TRIALS
27 OF MOB WOUNDED
JN RUSH FOR NEGRO
JAIL GUAItDS FI'RE IX CROWD
CROSSING IfcEAIMLiXE.
VOL. L-X XO. 18,954:
FAT WOMEN FAVORED
BY U. S. LAWMAKERS
SUPREME COURT POST
DECLINED BY TUCKER
RAIL SHOP LABOR
OVERTIME IS CUT
GENERAL GREEN DIES
IN COURTHOUSE HALL
HRISHTOLD TERMS
ARE FINAL OFFER
WAR TAX OX CORSETS SOOX TO
HE REPEALED.
REFUSAL UPSETS OTHER AP-
ORGANISER OF 9 1ST DIVISION
POIXTMEXTS BY GOVERNOR.
SUCCUMBS IX ALAMEDA.
BEACH RATE WAR
.GOESMERHILYON
" "'T
Steamer Iralda Cuts Fare
to Astoria to 55 Cents.
V
K
"It's Been Hell for Her,"
Sobs Alleged Slayer.
MEETING IS AFFECTIONATE
Dentist Says He Recalls
Nothing of Crime.
LOYAL FRIENDS THANKED
Fugitive After Return to Kosebnrg
Appears to Have Regained
His Normal Poise.
ROSEBURG. Or.. Aug. 19. (Special.)
"It Is certainly wonderful the way
my friends have stood by my wife
and -family, in spite of the terrible
crime charged against me and the evl
Oence. which I must admit is most
convincing." said Dr. R. M. Brumfleld
as he choked with emotion and his
eyes brimmed with tears in the only
Interview granted today.
Dr. Brumfleld asked that the people
of Roseburg who had been kind to
his loved ones be thanked.
After a long talk with his wife, Dr.
Brumfield asked permission to see a
representative of the local paper, and
then voiced his appreciation of the
treatment which had been accorded
his wife and three boys during the
time he was a fugitive.
"I cannot bear to think of what my
family has gone through," he said
brokenly, the tears welling into his
eyes, while he was frequently forced
to stop and control himself before he
could go on with his statement.
Gratitude Is Expressed.
"It certainly has been hell for my
wife, and I want to thank the friends
who took her in and cared for her and
ihowed her so much kindness when
things were so black against me. My
wife has told me that many of my
frlends believed In me even when the
evidence was the strongest, and I am
so grateful that I cannot express it in
words.
"I want to see this thing settled
up. I know I could not have com
mitted such a deed or I would cer
tainly feel some remorse, and I feel
none. Oh, if I could onlj remember
but it is all a blank; I cannot account
for a thing I did.
Dr. Brumfield, stretched out full
length on his cot in the small, heavily
barred cell, his feet resting upon a
chair, his head supported by his inter
locked hands, had no appearance of
a man charged with one of the most
heinous crimes ever committed in the
northwest.
Brumfleld Appears Polished.
Instead he appeared to be the pol
ished; cultured and refined dentist
the people of Roseburg have- known
and respected for years. In his ap
pearance there was little change from
the time he left Roseburg on the
night of the alleged murder. His
face was thin today and showed his
sickness, but he is evidently stronger
and less restless than at any time
since his capture.
I am much better today," he said,
and I am going to do everything
can to get my strength back for the
ordeal which Is to come. I am still
weak but I feel better now that I am
home. I certainly am- glad to get
back to Roseburg and I know I shall
get better quickly."
Brumfield Smuggled Into City.
Sheriff Starmer and Deputy Sheriff
Webb smuggled Brumfield into the
city without the knowledge of the
residents early this morning. The
train on which he was riding was
stopped at Edenbower, a small flag
station about a mile north of Rose
burg, by arrangement with the
Southern Pacific company. There
the prisoner and officers were me
by Deputy Sheriff Hopkins. They
quickly climbed into his automo
bile and were driven to the county
jail, arriving almost as soon as the
train had stopped at the depot.
The automobile was driven directly
to the door of the jail, which is sit
uated in the center of the courthous
square, and the prisoner and hi
guards stepped quickly into the cor
ridor of the Jail and the doors closed
behind them. Only the officers and
local newspaper representatives were
present as he was taken to his cell.
Dentist Aulgocd to Cell.
"Doc and I have been hitched to
gether so long we work fine," Dep
uty Sheriff Webb said as he removed
the handcuffs. "We sure do make a
fine team," was the doctor's response.
The dentist was assigned to a cell
in the department usually reserved for
women, the lower portion of the Jail
being occupied and it being the desire
of the officers to keep him alone. As
soon as he reached the cell he re
moved his coat and declared his inten
tion of going to sleep immediately,
saying he was very tired.
Brumfield's glasses were taken from
him and an officer was detailed to
guard the prisoner and the Jail. He
was asleep In a very few minutes and
slept soundly the rest of the night.
After-breakfast this morning Mrs.
Brumfield was admitted to see the
dentist. She was accompanied by
Dexter Rice, of the law firm of Rice
& Orcutt, who are preparing the de
fense. The meeting was very affec
tionate, although no
tears were shed.
intained her com -
Mrs. Brumfield ma
Xational Guard Machine Gunners
on Jutjr, But Withhold Fire.
Police Answer Riot Call.
KNOXVEiE, Tenn., Aug. 19.
Twenty-seven persons were wounded,
two seriously, tonight when deputies
guarding the Knox county Jail fired
on a crowd which had crossed a
deadline with the purpose of de
manding Frank Martin,, a negro, held
as a suspect in a criminal assault
upon a county school teacher. All
of the wounded were white. Two
were women. Deputy Sheriff Lewis
was wounded in the arm by return
fire from the crowd.
I Although the machine gun compsny
( of the 117th Infantry, Tennessee na
tional guard, was on duty at the Jail,
the sold'iers did not open fire.
following reports that the school
teacher had identified Martin as her
assailant, crowds gathered In the vi
cinity of the Jail, which was guarded
by national guardsmen, and soon
started down the hill on Main street
leading to the Jail. They were turned
back twice by police.
Gradually almost 200 men and' boys
approached the jail, while several
hundred other persons, many of them
women, in the courthouse yard, looked
down upon the scene. As they came
within 100 feet Sheriff Cate stepped
under an arc light and demanded
that they disperse. He gave warning
that an imaginary, line between two
telephone poles should not be crossed.
As a dozen men passed these poles.
the sheriff picked' up a shotgun and
fired over the heads of the crowd
nto the air.
The shooting then became general,
deputies firing rapidly.
Many of the loads of buckshot
fired by the officers and intended
o go above the heads of the crowd
in the street went among spectators
in the courthouse yard.
Scores threw themselves to the
ground to escape the hall of bullets
coming in that direction while the
crowd) in the street ran back, panic
stricken, ana the deputies charged.
firing over the heads of the crowd
and driving all of them away from
the JaiL
At 11 o'clock a heavy detachment
of police,' summoned from their homes
for riot duty, appeared. At that hour
there appeared little likelihood of
further trouble. The local troop of
national guard cavalry was mobilized
but had not appeared on the scene.
BARNSTABLE, Mass., Aug. 19. A
Sheriff Rosenthal tonight asked for
state troops to help guard the county
jail here, where three negroes are
held on charges of highway robbery
and assault upon a white woman. He
had received a report that a party of
negroes was being organized af On
set to come here and try to free the
prisoners.
OREGON HEIFER CHAMPION
yield of 82 8 Pounds of Butterfat
Sets Xew World Record.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 19. At midnight
tonight .St. Mawes' Lad's Lady Jersey
heifer, owned by Harry D. Illff of In
dependence, Or., became the senior
yearling world champion cow of all
breeds. Completion of the official
test, which, under the regulations
will Include the milking of this morn
lng, will show a production of ap
proximately 828 pounds of butterfat
in a year. This is a higher record
for age than is held by any other cow
of any breed.
The former record was also held by
an Oregon cow, Lulu Alphea of Ash-1
burn, with a record of 600.8 pounds of
butterfat. Not only does the record
established tonight displace the for
mer world's record for age, but It is
higher than the record in the next
class older, the 2-year-old for Jer
Beys. This also has been held by an
Oregon cow. Pearly Exile of St. Lam
bert, with a record of 816.1D pounds.
PICKFORD CASE NOT ENDED
Appeal to Be Taken From Court
Order Dismissing Action.
CARSON CITY, Nev., Aug. 19. No
tice of appeal to the supreme court
from the order of Judge Langan dis
missing the action brought to annul
the procedings granting Mary Pick
ford, motion-picture actress, a divorce
from Owen Moore", has een prepared
by Attorney-General Fowler and will
be filed tomorrow with the county
clerk in Minden, it was announced to
day by the attorney-general.
The notice is directed to "Gladys
M. Moore, known as Gladys M. Fair
banks," and her attorneys.
The bill of specifications alleges
that Judge Langan erred in nine par
ticulars in his order of June 25 re
voking and annulling the order for
publication of summons theretofore
made in the action and quashing the
service of summons upon the defend
ants. An appeal is taken from the
whole and from various parts of the
order.
COAL PRICE IS REDUCED
Xew Lists for Washington Mined
Product Are Issued.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 19. New
price lists for Washington mined
coal, showing reductions of from
$1.50 to $3 a ton from prices in ef
fect last March when commercial
mines of the state closed down, will
be issued shortly, operators' repre
sentatives announced today.
Coal from the mines, which will
I be opened on an open-shop basis, will
i be reaching the markets within ten
AUTO STAGES ALSO REDUCE
ntermediate Points Also to
Get Benefit.
FIGHT INTENT IS DENIED
Owner of Bus Line Declares 2few
Scale Was Contemplated for
Some Time and Will Stand.
The rate war of transportation
companies operating between Port
land and Astoria and the Clatsop
beaches went merrily on yesterday.
The Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail
way stood pat on the sensational re-'
duction that it announced Tursday,
and the steamer fleet retained Its $1
fare to Astoria, but the automobile
bus lines got in the game with a
slight fare reduction, and the Iralda,
an independent steamer, which makes
three trips a week, came out with a
fare of 56 cents to Astoria.
The new auto rate schedule was
announced by A. Jaloff, owner of the
Shepard line of busses, effective to
day. The fare from Portland to Sea
side was cut from $4.50 to $3.25 and
the fare from Portland to Astoria
from $3.75 to $2.75, all of the figures
including war tax.
Round-Trip Bate Inaugurated.
A round-trip rate was also inaugu
rated of $5 to Astoria and $6 to Sea
side. Up to this time there has been
no special round-trip rate excepting
on week ends, when a tariff of $6.60
applied to either Astoria or Seaside
It was announced that rates to in
termediate points also would be cut,
but the schedule of fares had not
been worked out last night.
Mr. Jaloff said that the rates just
announced had beeo contemplated
for some time. No matter what the
railroad did, he said, they would re
main in effect. He did not show any
disposition to attempt to undercut or
to meet the new quotations by the
railroad. These, it will be recalled
were given out Thursday by W. D
Skinner of the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle, the new one-way rate being
$1 to Astoria and $1.60 to Seaside,
with a round-trip rate of $3 to beach
points, the quotations including war
tax.
The steamer Iralda Is now at
(Concluded on Pane 2. Column 8.)
GEE WHIZ! "WE HOPE THE
H &VY H AW
Tea Per Cent Assessment on Silk
Stockings, Kimonos, Yaists
Also to Be Abolished.
THE OREGON! AN NEWS BU
REAU, Washington. D. C. Aug. 19.
Soon there will . be great rejoicing
among the fat women of the. land.
Congress Is about to repeal the war
tax on corsets. Some months ago
the ladles of more or less rotundity
rose in their wrath and in divers
letters to their representatves and
senators declared they were being
discriminated against In favor of
women of the svelte type.
Realizing that such wrath might
mean in the forthcoming congres
sional elections, and also that the
taxes on so-called luxuries are ob
noxious and quite generally evaded,
the office holders on Capitol Hill
came to the conclusion that it was
an outrage that Just because a
woman was ahem stout, and un
able to get her wrinkles within the
folds of a $5 corset, she should be
made to pay a tax of 10 cents on
every dollar above the first five that
the corsetlerre wanted to charge her.
Now, members of congress, with
suffrage afoot In the land are
anxious to do everything wthin rea
son. So it has been decreed that the
10 per cent tax on corsets must go,
and with it similar assessments on
women's silk stockings, kimonos.
watchamacallems, waists, petticoats
and fancy shoes. The stout women
take credit for it all.
NORTHWEST FAR IN LEAD
Percentage of Veterans Insured by
Government Highest.
OLTMPIA, Wash.. Aug. 19. (Spe
cial.) That the 13th district, which
is composed of the states of Idaho,
Oregon and Washington, leads all
other districts by a wide margin in
the percentage of ex-service men car
rying government insurance, is dis
closed in a letter to Governor Hart
from Bradley T. Fowlkes, Seattle, in
charge of government Insurance for
the districts. The letter further says
the average policy carried by ex-
service men In the 13th district is
approximately $5023.72, as against an
average of $3953.72 in all districts in
the United States.
A campaign has just been started
by the veterans bureau of the treas
ury department to induce' ex-service
men who have allowed their lnsur
ance to lapse to reinstate it.
FRANK A. TURNER DEAD
Oregon Supreme Court Reporter
Succumbs In Salem.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 19. Frank A.
Turner, 66 years old, reporter for the
Oregon supreme court, died today.
He was a graduate of Cornell col
lege, la., and for several terms mayor
of Primghar, la.
PEACE CONFERENCE
RATE WAR!
WONT
!
Circuit Judge Declares He Can B
of More Service to Public
in Present Job.
Judge Robert Tucker of the Mult
nomah, circuit bench, yesterday de
clined his appointment by Governor
Olcott to the supreme court of Oregon.
Devotion to his present work and the
belief that he could be of greater
public service in the post he now
occupies led to the refusal of the
robes of supreme court justice, 'said
Judge Tucker, who returned only
yesterday from a vacation in Cali
fornia. The action of Judge Tucker was
believed to be the first recorded in
stance of a, refusal of appointment to
the highest Judicial office in the
power of the state.
Governor Olcott. in announcing
yesterday afternoon that he had been
in communication with Judge- Tucker
relative to the position, declined to
comment on the result the refusal
may have on the programme of ap
pointments announced contingent on
Judge Tucker's acceptance. The gov
ernor had notified Walter H. Evans,
district attorney of Multnomah
county, that he had been, selected to
succeed Judge Tucker, and Stanley
Myers, deputy city attorney, that he
was to be appointed to fill Evans1
shoes.
Judge Tucker told Governor Olcott
of his decision Informally in a tele
phone conversation yesterday after
noon, followed with a formal letter
of declination. The letter follows:
My Dear Governor: Returning
from my vacation today, I find your
letter of August 15 confirming press
statements ' relative to my selection
by you to fill the vacancy to be made
by the resignation of Justice Johns,
associate justice of the supreme court.
I am not unmindful of the high
honor and truly appreciate the confi
dence which this appointment mani
fests on your part. Upon reflection
however, it. seems to me that what
ever qualifications I now have for
judicial work fit me better for the
trial bench than for appellate work
and that, for a time at any rate
can do greater public service where
I am.
"I wish to thank you most heartily
and beg to remain,
"Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) ROBERT TUCKER.
Speculation is rife in legal circles
as to, the next step ' of Governor
Olcott. He is placed in a position
where - failure to appoint a supreme
court Justice from the circuit bench
of Multnomah county would com
pletely upset other expected appoint
ments. Judges left from whom
selection might be made, providing
they, also, were willing to accep
the position of supreme court Justice
are: John P. Kavanaugh, Robert G.
Morrow, William N. Gatens, George
W. Stapleton, George Taxwell and
John McCourt. Of those named. Judges
MeCourt and Stapleton were mos
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Column 2.)
INTERFERE WITH THE
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THIHQ To OQ IS.
VSK Ytttv oS,s
Board Modifies Seven
National Rules.
SEYEN CRAFTS ARE AFFECTED
Opinion Divided for First
Time on Record
137 ROADS ARE INCLUDED
Sunday and Holiday Work When
Necessary Is to Be Done With
Only Regular Pay.
uhiuago, Aug. 19. Presenting a
divjded opinion for the first time
since its formation a year and a half
ago. the United States railroad labor
board today, in a majority decision
cut the overtime pay of certain classes
of shop crafts workers, while a labor
member, dissenting, declared the ma
jority opinion "does not appear either
just or reasonable."
The dissenting opinion was by A. O.
Wharton, ex-president of the railway
employes' department. American Fed
eration of Labor, which with the six
federated shop crafts was involved In
the dispute.
Two Labor Members Afrree.
Two labor members Joined the ma
Jority in signing the decision Chang
ing the rules. Those concurring in it
were Judge R. M. Barton, chairman:
G. W. Hanger and Ben W. Hooper,
representing the public; Albert Phil
lips and Walter L. McMenimen. mem
bers for the unions, and Horace Ba
ker. J. H. Elliott and Samuel Higgins,
railroad representative.
Seven rules affecting the overtime
pay of the shop employes on 137 roads
were Involved in today's decision. The
roads appealed for modification of
the national agreement rules, entered
into during the war-time railroad ad
ministration, and the majority, while
finding- the war-time rules to be "Just
and reasonable," modified certain
ones in some particulars.
Changes Made In Rules.
Among the changes, the majority
ruled that:
Employes regularly called for Sun
day and holiday work and performing
tasks absolutely necessary for con
tinuous operation of the roads shall
not receive time and one-half, but
only pay on the same basis as for
week days. No work not absolutely
necessary is to be performed on Sun
days.
Employes at the completion of eight
hours' work may be required to work
two hours' overtime before being re
leased for meals, instead ot one hour
as now provided.
Employes called for work and no
working or called for work and work
ing two hours and 40 minutes or less
will be paid for four hours Instead of
five hours, under existing rules.
Overtime Limitations Made.
employes called one hour or less
before their regular time will be paid
time and one-half for the overtime in
stead of the present five hours' al
lowance.
Men called away from home will
not be allowed overtime for hours
spent sleeping, provided they receive
at least five hours' relief, out of
every 24.
Employes regularly assigned to per
form road work and paid on a month
ly basis will compute their sal
aries on the basis of 243 hours a
month instead of the present 263
hours, with no overtime allowed for
hours worked in excess of eight a day
and no time deducted for less than
eight hours' work unless the employe
lays off on his own accord.
Wharton Presents Figures,
It was this last rule to which Mr.
Wharton took particular exception in
his minority report. He presented
figures to show that it would reduce
road employes approximately $15 a
month and give them an average
monthly salary of $2 below that paid
for the same class of work on May 1,
1919. At that time they were getting
$189 a month, Mr. Wharton said. On
April 30, 1920, the board raised them
to $223. SO and eAi June 30 of this year
reduced them to $202.50. Today's de
cision, be said, means a further re
duction to $187.
Mr. Wharton contended the national
agreement rules were fair and Just
and should not at this time be
changed. They embody, he said, rules
mutually agreed on by carriers and
employes over a period of 20 years,
agreed on in some cases on roads
where the unions did not at that time
have a strong organization. To up
set 20-year-old working agreements
at this time is not just to the men.
he contended.
Other Lines May Be Affected.
The decision prpbably will be ap
plied to all other lines as fast as
their cases come before the board.
The railroad labor board has de
cided." the majority report said, "that
the seven rules approved by the
board, corresponding to said seven
rules of the national agreement, are
just and reasonable and that they
shall apply to each of the carriers set
out under the caption 'Parties to the
dispute,' except in such Instances as
any particular .carrier may have
agreed with its employes upon any
one or more of said rules, in which
case the rule or rules agreed upon
Retired Army Officer Drops Over
While Waiting tor Call
for Jury Duty.
OAKLAND. Cat., Aug. 19. Major
General Henry A. Greene. U. S. A.,
retired, dropped dead in the Alameda
county courthouse here late today,
where he had been summoned for
special Jury duty.
The body was not identified as that
of General Greene for several hours
after death occurred. Witnesses who
saw the general's death said that he
was stooping over In a corridor of
the courthouse to pick up a paper
which he had dropped when he fell
forward. When spectators reached
him he was dead.
General Greene was 66 years old
nd had resided in Berkeley since
his retirement at the close of the
world war. He was graduated from
West Point in 1879 and organized the
famous 91st division at Camp Lewis,
Wash.
General Greene served in the
Spanish-American war both in Cuba
and the Philippines, he commanded
the Eagle Pass district on the Mex
ican border, served In Alaska, Pan
ama, and at one time commanded the
army service schools at Leavenworth.
Kan.
General Greene was a member of
the first American general staff in
1903. and later was secretary of the
general staff.
Surviving relatives are his widow
and a son. Major James Z. Greene,
stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.
TACOMA. Wash., Aug. 19. Major-
General Henry A. Greene was prob
ably the most widely known in the
Pacific northwest of all the com
manders at Camp Lewis, it being he
who was practically at the head of
the Tacoma cantonment from the
time of its construction until the 91st
(Wild West) division started over
seas. Greene park, the army amusement
zone, directly across the Pacific high
way from the reservation, was named
after him.
As the commanding officer who
trained the 91st division up to Its
departure for France, he is most gen
erally remembered here for his lo
cally famous general order placing a
temporary ban on the city of Seattle
by forbidding soldiers to visit that
city.
General Greene's sudden removal
from the command of the 91st divi
sion at the 11th hour, when the divi
sion had already commenced moving
overseas, also created wide comment
here at the time, as the general was
held In warm regard by the raw men
ne had made into soldiers and was
as highly esteemed by the hundreds
who know him personally In Tacoma
and surrounding territory.
DIVE IS FATAL TO YOUTH
Clyde Hotcliklss, Vancouver Stn
dent. Drowned in Columbia..
VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 19.
(Special.) Clyde Hotchiss. aged 21.
a student of Vancouver high school,
was drowned at 4:45 o'clock this aft
ernoon at Sandy Point, in the Colum
bia river, near Vancouver. Young
Hotchkiss. who went swimming with
Roy and Ralph Walker and another
Vancouver boy, dived and did not
come up. His body was recovered
shortly after 6 o'clock tonight by
Fred Divine, a diver.
The youth had lived in Vancouver
two years.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 79
degrees: minimum. 56 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair and warmer: northeasterly
winds.
Foreign.
America and soviet to sign famine relief
agreement today. Page 2.
Germans consider American soldiers rich.
Paso 2.
Offer to Ireland declared best possible.
Page 1.
National.
Announcement made that war tax on cor
sets and other women's wear to be
abolished. Page 1.
Anti-beer bill conferees reported to have
agreed on amendments. Page 4.
Fifty amendments to tax bill approved by
house. Page 2.
Federal aid roads bill passes senate and
is sent to conference. . Page 4.
Harding recommends creation of 18 new
federal judge offices. Page 7.
Domestic.
Rail shop labor's overtime rules modified.
Pare 1.
General Greene drops daad In Oakland.
Page 1.
Twenty - seven wounded in riots over
negroes. Page 1.
Hightower Is held after brief murder
bearing. Page 3.
Extreme fashions held menace to health
at W. C. T. U. national convention.
Page 3.
Pacific Northwest.
Phone rehearing devoid of sensation.
Page 5.
Dr Brumfield weeps over wife's troubles.
Page 1.
Elks' convention enlivens Marshfield.
Page S.
Sport.
Japan puts India into out of Davis cup
race. Page 10.
Two-year-old steps circuit season's best
race. Page 10.
Mrs. Mallorv and Miss Browne finalists of
tennis title match. Page 10.
Pacific Coajtt league results: At Salt Lake
14. Portland 8; at Sacramento 1. Se
attle 8; at San Francisco 4. Vernon 1:
at Los Angeles 0. Oakland S. Page 10.
Illinois anglers class of casting tourney.
Page 10.
Commercial and Marine.
Ample supply of hops In world estimated
by German authority. Page 17.
Wheat firmer at Chicago with broader de
mand. Tage 17.
Investment stocks steady and speculative
Issues weak. Page 17.
Nineteen vessels on way to Portland to
take out wheat cargoes. Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
Woman begs Jury to free husband. Page 18.
Beach rate war goes merrily on. Page 1.
Supreme court apnlntment declined by
Judge Tucker. -Page 1.
Fruit and berries tempt housewives.
taxe . . . . .
Basis of Proposals Said
to Be Unchangeable.
SINN FEIN LEADERS WARNED
Lloyd George Intimates That
Rejection Means War.
PLEA FOR PEACE MADE
Premier Tells Commons Refusal by
Iail Eireann Would Be
Defiance of Crown.
LONDON. Aug. 19. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The outline of the
British proposals cannot be altered
nor the basis of them changed, said
David Lloyd George, British prime
minister, in an address today in the
house of commons on the Irish situa
tion. The premier was speaking just
prior to the adjournment of the lower
house of parliament until October 18.
It had been the purpose to prorogue
the commons today, but uncertainty
as to developments in Ireland caused ,
the premier to consider it advisable
to hold the members where ' they
might be called at short notice for
any eventuality if the terms of the
government either are accepted or re
jected. Mr. Lloyd George said rejection
would be an unmistakable challenge
to the authority of the crown and the
unity of the empire "and no party in
the state could possibly pass that
over without notice." He declared
that he was not using the language of
menace, but that If final rejection
came, "steps undoubtedly will have to
be taken which the executive ought
not and will not wish to take without
first consulting parliament and giv
ing it full opportunity of expressing
approval or disapproval of any steps
we might propose to it."
Lord Conon Speal&s.
Simultaneously in the house of
lords Foreign Secretary Curson made
a similar statement. It might be. he
declared, that circumstances would
compel resumption of strife In Ire
land, but Great Britain would not be
the one to commence.it. He added
that the Issue was trembling in the
balance, and that If any challenge
was given, the government would ac
cept it and not quail before its diffi
cult task.
It was considered that the premier's
language had again been carefully
chosen with the evident desire not to
give offense or to say anything that
likely would hinder the smooth course
of the negotiations. In his address
Mr. Lloyd George said he was highly
pleased to be able to say that the
whole world approved of the govern
ment's policy.
The British government in its Irish
peace offer had conceded everything
it was possible to concede. Premier
Lloyd George declared.
Offerr Declared Liberal.
It embodied the largest measure of
freedom ever offered Ireland, he said,
and he hoped the Irish leaders would
not reject It "and take the responsi
bility of renewing a conflict which
would be robbed of all glory and all
gratitude by its overshadowing hor
rors." Provision had been made, he said,
for the summoning of parliament on
48 hours' notice if negotiations broke
down and the prospect of peace be
came hopeless. He hoped, however,
that reason would prevail and the
government's desire for an ending of
the long misunaerstanamg oeiwceu
England and Ireland wouid be real
ized. The British government, declared
Premier Lloyd George today, in mak
ing its settlement proposals to Ire
land, had decided on putting the whole
of its terms into the letter to Eamonn
de Valera without keeping anything
back, and the sequel had proved, he
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