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FIRST SECTION Pages I to 6 TWO SECTIONS 10 Pases' . . . SEVENTIETH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1920 fr PRICE: FIVE CENTS NATIONAL UtIMIIMITY IS SOUGHT Hir&2 Yonld Eletate Of fice of Vice-President firing Hixn Right to Sit ia Cabinet Consultations f RESIDENT-ELECT . AND COOUDGE MEET Executives Discuss Shaping of Administrative Poli ; cies and Treaty MARfON. Ohio. rec. 16. Vice President-elect Coolidge was for mally Invited' today ly President elct Harding to sit 1n the cabi net consultation and take an act ive part in shaping the policies of the coming administration. '. Confeince Is Gratifying. The invitation was extended at a conference here at which, at Mr. Harding's suggestion, the two talked over in detail the ques tion of cabinet appointments and planned for an association of na tions and many other problems. 1 Governor Coolidge indicated that he would accept gladly such responsibilities as his chief might suggest and after the conference both expressed warmest gratifi cation over the result of their ; talk. - The Tlce president-elect de clared he was particularly apteused with the progress made in .the association of nations conferences here and predicted that Mr. Har ding would work out an agree ment behind which the American people could stand united. Positions Are Withheld." It was not revealed what po-, tition Mr. Coolidge took: towards preservation of the ..framework of the' Versailles league in the tiilding of a new world, -peace structure, nor . what new sugges tions he contributed to the advice gathered by the president-elect in I s conferences. Resuming these coherences tomorrow, Mr. Hard toswill see W. J. .Bryan and ask Vs alvlce about the Versailles lea; its and tother questions of foreign policy. " .. Corernor Coolidge. accompan ied, by Mrs. Cool idgeV reached Mrion shostly before noon and remained as guests at the Hard Lag home until evening. During the afternoon the governor was taken by Senator Harding to the Marion club where he held an in formal reception. Later they i kere serenaded at the front porch by a band accompanying a dele-, fcation. from Hendersonvilie, N. P., who came here-to ask. that Mr. Harding be the guest of their home ton for the winter. He took the Invitation under advise hient. - .; Harding Fulfills Promise, fin asking the vice president elect to idvlse with the cabinet, Mr. Harding fulfilled a promise nde soon, after his nomination. U is understood that before ac wptlng, Mr. Coolidge asked tnether he might not be consid ered an interloper at the. cabinet uoi and Mr. Harding replied that as here, he would feel free select his advisers as he saw tit. regardless of the practices of went years. . ."Quite abide from Its relation ship to my own status." said Gov ernor Coolidge arter the confer ee. "I have been gratified at waator Harding's declaration wat he "In tends to make the .rice resident a more significant part the administration. To what tver extent It may be possible for to be helpful, it will be a treat pleasure for me to aid him il I will be very sure that my t can be played in all sincer ity and all singleness of aim be cause the 'developments of the JMpaign and our interview of today have made me certain that will approach the problems W the next four year with har monious purpose!.. ' Tnave found that he is deep T Impressed with the gravity of Tk before his administra determined to secure a real of national effort that shall splace all possibilities of fac ial and partisan difference and sier to make the recent over , J&ertnlng majority of the nation's . m Ue pledge of a new era of ' feeling and national unani tt:tjr. "Of roill-KA If ! vrotlfTln in it Is to all Americans to the fashion In which Senator flng is taking up the prelim ne of his administration, ne , terT Planly bringing the na .ft1 oind to agreement as to a "arse that may be followed in 2 "reign policies with assur- -.."" n win nave me support , "... v " ' A v w tlne of world juncerUinty, a fenulsite of suce33 in the ad c "Istratlon." . t t f,' Coo,Wg wottld not g6 into s i ! ""t the cabinet appoint-t-' n discussed witft, Senator raing, but said a number of aes wer mentioned and that ft President-elect asked him to PEACE NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED IN IRELAND INTERMEDIARIES OPERATE OX 'QUIET Iail Eiraenn Will Consider Pro posals ireented by Lloyd George . DUBLIN. Dec. IS. Peace ne gotiations have been resumed in Ireland, it is learned tonight on good authority. It is difficult to ascertain the lines on which the intermediaries are operating, qw ing to the reticence of all en gaged, but it is understood that high church dignitaries, includ ing Archbishop Clune of Perth. Western Australia and the bishop of KHIaloe. Monsignor Fogarty. are ' prominent among those con tinuing their efforts to bring about a settlement. . In official circles, interest cen ters in the expected meeting of the Dail Eiraenn. to consider Premier Lloyd George's, propos als lh reply to Father O'Flanna gan's messages. The Associated Press LTa informed that Arthur Griffith, the Sinn Fein leader, will be given safe conduct to at tend the y meeting of the Dail Eiraenn, or ahy conference ' in Ireland or England . ,?r, concerning i avc- omciauy siaiea ma: , only four member, of tb. 1 Eiraenn would be excluded from I particlpation in snch meetings. MARTENS IS INVITED OUT Unrecognized Soviet Am bassador is Green Walk- mg rapers WASHINGTON, Dec.. 16. De portation of Ludwig C. A. K. Mar tens. Unrecognized soviet ambas sador to the United States, was ordered today by Secretary Wil son of the labor department. The labor secretary holding that Martens is an alien, a citizen of Russia and a member of andaf fil iated with an organization advo cating the overthrow of the gov ernment of the United States by force, directed the commissioner general of the immigration to take the bolshevik agent into cus tody and to depart htm to Russia at the expeise. of the government of the United States. Mr. - Wilson in his ' owter , added that Martens should be ("treated with the ut most courtesy and given the best available accommodations in tran sit." : ' , Martens is expected by officials to be given leave to settle his af fairs In the United States before the promulgation of the warrant of deportation. Government offi cials also anticipate that an effort tit '1 is . . i . win do maae ny juariens counsel' to stay thej warrant by an appeal to the courts such as was done by Emma Goldman .'and Alexander Berkman, when appeals were tak en by.theta to the supreme court of the United States. ' v The soedif ic charges on which Martens was found to warrant de portation in the decision handed down by Secretary Wilson was that of having been found in the United States in violation of the immigration act of October 16,1 1918. providing for deportation of all aliens belonging to an organi zation advocating the overthrow of the government of the United States by force. The secretary after quoting from the official pronunciamentos of the Russian soviet government, advocating the overthrow of the governmentof the United States by force,, con cludes that Martens, through his connection with the Russian sov iet government, came within the meaning of the act. . The plea of Martens' counsel that he was an accredited official of a foreign government and therefore beyond the Jurisdiction of the department of labor in de portation proceedings, was not ac cepted by Secretary Wilson, who, in a review of legal preceaenis, held that "no one can.be an ac credited official of a foreign gov ernment until he has been accept ed, authorized and received Dy tne president as such. Lumber Trade Shows Slight increase Daring Past Week PORTLAND. Or.. Dec. 16. Total new business in the lumber trade showed a slight increase for the week just closed, according to the weekly lumber review of the West Coast Lumbermen's as sociation issued today. I- The "review announced that production for the week ended December 11 was 38 1-2 per cent below normal, indicating a gen eral showing of production. "The total new business snowea a slight Increase over the pre vious week," ; says the report. "New orders in the rail trade were also slightly greater than th week before. Domestic car go, however, showed a decline. "Actual production at 118 mills for the week ended Decem ber 11 was 51.229.734 feet. New business for the- week totaled 33,669.171 feet. New business in the rail trade was 789 rars..in the local trade was 2.447.741 feet. Domestic cargo orders Jl 001,430 feet, export J.90,000 feet.. i THE WEATHER to-i -n rn or snow east Raln'west, rain or snow portion; strong easterly gaies. RACE RIOT RESETS 1 FATALITY One White Man and Two Negroes Reported Killed in Fray Which Broke Out After Grocer' Was Shot NEGROES RUSH ABOUT CITY PANIC STRICKEN White Men, Women and Children RnnThra Negro Quarters Fighting INDEPENDENCE, Kan. Dec. ig white school boy and a . vni. f,- -.hit. negro were killed "and four white men mounded, three possibly fa- j telly, tonight In a race trouble in cident io me Killing mu morning by a negro of R. R. Wharton, a white grocer. The trouble which began shortly after 7 o'clock to night, was not halted until two hours later when .officials assist ed by members of the home guard and local American- Legion pose; .fTtff in forrine th eomba- : tants off the streets. Meantime a request . for troops was sent by local authorities to Governor Al len's office in Topeka. . Whether the troops would be "sent here, despite the fact that the situation apparently was under control, has not been learned. . ' Robbery Was Xeirro's Intent. - The killing of Wharton took place when the grocer opened his store. Robbery ia supposed to have been the motive. . A butch er in the store ran up while the negro was rifling the cash regis ter after, he had shot Wharton. The. negro ran and the butcher pursued him several blocks. Shortly after 9 p. m. Chief of Police Hall announced that a re quest had. been sent to . Topeka urging that the national guards men be sent here. Members ,jDf the home guard and of the local post of the Am erican Legion turned out to assist Lin quelling the disorder.-. ., i ...Wharton was aiued. ln.iis-store early today by a negro, who es caped with about $400. Shortly afterward the alarm was spread and hundreds of men gathered hurriedly, some of them armed, to Beek for the robber. The search kept, up tor hours without any definite results. Race feeling was stirred up by the insistence of the searchers in trying' to find the slayer of v Wharton in the houses of other negroes. Streets Thronged by Mad Mob. Various minor clashes-resulted from the aggressiveness of the man-hunt, . and open violence broke out -in the evening.. Shots, were fired in many of the streets and homes were punctured with bullets, the struggle becoming more violent with each succeed ing volley. All sorts of weapons were brought into play by both sides and the streets were lighted by the flashes of firearms, while men and . even women and . children rushed through the thoroughfares in the negro quarter fighting and shouting. i At 9 o'clock the fighting had extended in some cases outside the city limits with whites in pur-J suit fit negroes. The . fnegroes seemed to have few firearms and rushed about in panic, seeking to escape. Reports to the police, however, indicated that the ne groes had fired on the whites in several instances. Most of the population of In dependence", which has 13,000 in habitants, obeyed the orders or the police to remain in their homes to avoid stirring up fur ther trouble. Troops Are Delayed. Xo state- troops can reach In dependence before noon tomor row, , authorities at that place were notified tonight when they appealed to the state for troops to handle the mob situation there. The nearest state troops available are at Wichita and at Kansas City. Kan.," according to Adjutant General C. I. Martin. A posse captured the negro late today near here and he was brought to the Independence jail. Three Mounded, May Die. . The trouble started when Major J. L- Wadharo and Chier of Police Hail approached a group of about 20 negroes on the street. The negroes were armed, accord ing to the authorities and when tbey were asked to go home, they refused, iust then a group of white men came down the street and one of the negroes, accord ing to the authorities, fired into them. -A . general, fusillade then began, with the' original forces augmented. Lawrence Lennon. a white boy. was shot through the lungs and died 40 minutes later. t Arthur Harper, negro, was instantly killed. Fred Kelly, white, was Kbot in the hip and. Arthur Mi beck and F. S. McIIenry, both re ceiving body wounds. The last three named are not expected to i live, according to physicians. . hnl.na wf)r, --, - w.0 7-- - FIRE DDESTROYS DOCK DAMAGING STEAMERS MINOR INJURIES REPORTED TO FIRE FIGHTERS Commodore JaJimkr, Owner 'of Dock Forced by Flame to J amp River and Swim Ashore XEW ORLEANS. Dec. 16 The Jahncke drydocks near the indns trial canal, several' miles below this city. w?re destioycd and four steamers were damaged late today by fire caused by the break ing of an electric wire which fell into the Mississippi river, creat ing a hort circuit and igniting oil which had spilled from a tank er. Although a number of minor injuries to fire fighters and workmen were reported, there was no loss of life. Damage, to the dock was esti mated tonight at $2,000,000 and to the rteamers at over $200,000. The vessels most seriously dam aped were the Dillwyn, .a tteel freighter owned by the New Or frans A South America Steamship company, and the Dade County, owned by the Ward line. Shipping valued by maratime exchange officials at $10,000,000 was near the docks but was re moved to safety. The PetreL which was with Dewey at Man ila bay, was one of the vessels towed to safety. . Commodore Ernest Lee Jahncke. owner of the docks, was forced by the flames to jump into the river and swim ashore. LEAGUE ADDS FOUR STATES Bulgaria, Finland, Luxem ' bourg and Costa Rica Ad mitted to Fellowship GENEVA. Dec. 16. The league of nations increased its member, ship to 4$ states today by the ad mission . of Bulgaria, Finland, Luxemberjr and Costa Rica. None met with opposition, but there were some abstentions from vot ing on their admission, led by the French delegates, , who explained that. . although they held no no grievances against Bulgaria, they, lacked sufficient information and preferred not to act in either wr. . , , ,-. - - Armenia came up again today to trouble the assemhiv t a- something, for Armenia, has ap peared 10 oe tne slogan of several members since the beginning of the meeting. Including South. Af rica, represented by Lord Robert Cecil. The committee on the ad mission of .new states having de cided that Armenia, could not.be admitted now. Lord Robert asked the assembly at least to hold out the hope that Armenia will be adopted into the family of ua4 tions next year and to wish well to President Wilson In his mission of mediation between the Armen ians and Turkish nationalists. Edward D. Dillon of Australia suggested it might be wise to find out whether it was true Armenia had gone bolshevik and had made peace with Mustapha Kemal Pa sha, the nationalist leader, before insisting further on the proposal of mediation. George Xicoll Barnes or the English delegation, asked wheth er it would not be wiser to drop the whole subject rather than risk a vote. If the vote should be negativ. he declared, it would be like a slap in the race to Ar menia; ir favorable, it might prove to be without tangible re sult. ! The assembly involved itself In at tangle of proceed u re which Re na Vivian! of France, as usual un raveled by the simple suggestion to send the whole question back to the committee which, of course would be unable to report at this asFmbly. The entire afternoon session was occupied in holding out hope to Esthonia, Lithuania and Let vla, whose applications for ad mission were re ected by the com mittee. These states round ad vocates in Delegates Restrepo of Colombia; Schanzer of Italy, and Prince Dowleh of Persia. 11. - v lTiani Baia: ri jam aui Trfftr n. J. P, 7 k ?LPt ' thfc BalV.C t.te"! hnA There is an article in the covenant " V au . v v which has made sort- noise in the world article .-10 -which , re quires the members of the league to go to the aid of a fellow mem ber who Is attacked. . Now who will be ready to go to the aid in the defense of those Baltic states? Let those who voted to admit them first make sure their gov ernments are ready to send troops to defend them." On the roll call Etithonia was rejected out of the 35 cast. Itvia and Lithuania each received five vot?s out of 29. Welfare Commission for Soldiers is Proposed lof t v lfi.who -TWIN KALI J. Idaho, ih-r, tC. A bill calling for the creation.it was alleged, had knocked down of a welfare commission to aid disabled and destitute ex-service men and women will be presented to the next session of the state legislature, according to an an nouncement made her; today by State Adjutant L. F. Albert, fol lowing the adoption of a resolu tion by the executive committee of the -American legion. The com mittee, also commended Governor Qavii for his stand against the owning of lands in this state by aliens. earth's crust torn Neath rolling blue UNSLEEPING TELLS OF skismk;h.ph UPHEAVAL Severest Shock of Pt Two Years Is Recorded While Force Waves Roll MOn in Length WASHINGTON. Dee. 1 4 Some where, perhaps leagues deep be-" neath the rolling b.lue of the At lantic and forever hidden from the eyes or man. the earth's ernst was torn and twisted today by a titanic convulsion. For hours the earth's surface shuddered under the feet of its heedless millions. Force waves thousands or miles in length swept outward from that storm center like .- ripples on a rock-brocken pool. Yet only the nnsleenlns seismographs noted it .and In scribed a mute record for watch ful scientists who guarded them. First word of the disturbance came from Georgetown univer sity here, when Rev. Father Fran cis A. Tondorf. recorder of the seismographlc observatory, peered at his delicate mechanism this morning, it told him of a shock more severe than any recorded In the last two years. Somewhere the &ower beneath the surface was still bulging at the earth crust holding it in check. Father Tondorf sent out word of the shock, thinking it might be another great disaster. As the day went, however, no word cam back, leaving to conjecture the scenes and exact nature of the disturbance. Experienced observer that he Is. Father Tondorf classed- the record of his Instruments as that of a "terrible"' shock. It began soon after 7 a. m. here, reached Its greatest intensity towards 8 o'clock, and was still leaving a wavering diminishing trail after noon, as the earth slowly settled to quiet. WITNESSES DEFY INVESTIGATORS Building Trust Inquiry Con tinues Amid Clash of Fiery Words NEW YORK.. Dec. 1$. Despite defiant witnesses and numerous Interruptions from spectators, three of whom, were ejected from the meeting room, the joint legis lative committee Investigating the alleged "building trust" today continued its Investigation Into the "open shop" activities of the National Erectors association. "Clash after clash between wit nesses and Samuel Untermyer, committee counsel, marked the proceedings. ' v.. Walter Drew, counsel and labor commissioner for the association was the first person .ejected for interrupting the committee's counsel. . Later W. W. Corlett. general solicitor for the American Bridge company, and A. L. Davis, also an official of. the United States Steel corporation subsidiary were ordered to leave for alleged "prompting" of a witness. Captain Robert J. Foster, a pri vate detective, alleged head of the "espionage system" of the erec tors' association had a stormy ses sion on the witness stand and was twice adjudged in contempt for refusing to produce the reports of his "secret agents" In the steel industry and in union organiza tions. Testimony purporting to show that the National Erector's asso ciation bad worked in conjunction with the United States Steel cor poration, was given by Charles E. Cheney, secretary of the associa tion, who admitted Mr. Drew bad given his instructions to alter the records by making omissions rel ative to meetings at which rela tions with the corporation were discussed. Heavy Track Hauling May be Stopped at Once w oAmniainii 1 aUy to the Marlon county court, it I- possible that all roads ' will Ka elACAil trk h9 WW truck II! aT3 avrou w j hauling from now on until spring. J.-T. Hunt, county commissioner, and W. J. Culver, roadmaster. were out on the Abaqua. east of Silverton yesterday, looking over the situation. Upon his return ir Hunt said that if the present heavy. truck hauling continues the roads will be Impassable In a snort time. It is expected that definite action will be taken in the matter immediately. College Criminal is. Pronounced as Insane PORTLAND. Or.. Dec. 16. Hubert M. Berry, form-r student he University ot California. who was arrested last weea ena. James Vines, a pawnbroker, in the latter's store, and attempted tarob the pace. was today exam ined by a commission in lunacy and pronounced Insane. Berry testified at the hearing that he had been a criminal for several years and had participated in th recent train robiery near 1 ouncu Bluffs. Ii "when S3.50.00 Jn money and securities was stolen. He said he" left the University of California, where he was a senior. last September PAX BURDEN SHOULD BE LIGHTENED Mlndell Declares Congress Should Cut Departmental Appropriation Estimates including War and Nary ROUND OF POLITICAL DEBATE HOLDS SWAY Secretary Baker is Attack ed as Disregarding All rvules of Congress WASHINGTON. Dee. U.Dec la ration In the houst today by Representative Monde!! of Wyo ming, the Republican leader, that congress should cat departmental appropriation estimates, especi ally those frojn the war and navy departments by nearly a billion and a half dollars, started a round of political debate that occupied moft of the session. . AKMiniaie Are Criticised. Mr. Mondell's critlrUm of army and nary estimates brought de fcnue from Representative Hardy and Connally. Democrats of Tex as, for Secretaries Raker and Daniels. T,h!s led to charges by Representative Mondell. Repre sentative Blanton. Democrat, of Texas., and others, that the war department bead "was spending money not authorized by con gress." and that the navy depart ment chief had presented esti mates "so extravacant that they cannot be described." Rigid economy in appropria tions io lighten the tax burden was urged by Mr. Mondell. who said the total submitted estimates or S4.623.S0O.O0O should be scaled down by 1. 400.000.000. Army and navy estimates were criticised as five and a halt times the highest peace-time appropri ations of 1916. The estimates, he said, also might be further swollen Indefinitely by deficien cies resulting from what he de scribed as the- war department! policy of recruiting the army up to full strength, contrary to the understanding that it should not be increased above 'the total or 178.000 men ront em plated by the appropriations made at the last session. Secretary Baker Is Attacked. Representative Connally. reply ing to Mr. Mondell, cited the Re publican leader's vote for the army reorganization bill under which the secretary recruited the army to a strength exceeding that possible under the appropriated funds. Representative Hardy ac-cuscti- the majority leader of vot ing for the measure, requiring funds and then making It Im possible for the secretary of war to obey the law by refusing to give him the necessary funds. . hen they concluded. Repre sentative (Mondell renewed his attack. . He declared Secretary Raker's attitude was "so utterly at vari ance and so contemptuous of con gress" that all rules bad been disregarded. "From now on." Mr. Mondell aid. "so long as we deal with of ficials or this administration. It will be necessary to add to all dims passed a warning not to act contrary to the views ol con gress." Ship Building Firm WiU be Located in Portland FUKTLAXD. Or.. Dee. IC. Permanent location in Port la rN of another well established and experienced shipbuilding firm ii assured in. the purchase by G. F. .Mattnews. shipbuilder or Honi ara. Wash; or nearly a hair mile or river rrontage on the west bank or the Willamette river, an nounced todav. The Spokane. Portland Seattle railroad N lonnded on the west by the paved boulevard I t ween Portland and Astoria. Matthews wes reticent In re rard lb the nature or the plant he. plans to erect on thN prop erty, but said he Intend to use t for his future ablphailding op eration and hn eeveral Meant choosers in ropec to build, upon which work will be started early next year. Unusual Death Calls Young Business Nan CORVALLIS. Or.. Dee. 16- Solomon Fine, a young Corvaltla business man. died at his home here today under unusual clrcum staneen. e atfnded a theater last nieht and In the tnidst of the performance eomnlainel 10 , his wife that he felt 111 and decided to go out and !t In the aatomohtle. When the family came out thy found him In a stranger's car In a semi-conscious condition. Upon Wing taken home be sank grad ually until his death. i AUXILIARY CADET IS MURDERER OF PRIEST IXSOCKXT CAN.XOX ClItKLLY hL.UG'IITKRKI Cloe Promptly Arrets Offewd. er Who Imm Authority Then Lay Piw i by DUBLIN. Dee. lTbe rraak adaiikfrlon that Canon Marner. killed yenterday at Daamaaway. County Cork, was shot by an aux iliary cadet, was made by Dublin Castle today. A statement says the caciet was on- of a lorry party which was amluhed near Cork Hatarday night aid Intimated that be became Insane as a result of that experience. It eon firms the report that the ead-H also killed Timothy Crowley, a farm er' a son. P. S. Brady, a magis trate who wltBed tbs tragedy, came near suffering the same fat-. "Thirty auxiliaries left Dun manway for Cork to attend the funeral or a colleague killed few nights ago. says the state ment. "They were In charge of an auxiliary eadt and proceeded In two motor lorries. Some dis tance along they encountered Canon Magner and Timothy Crow ley walking. The cadet ordered the lorries to bait. He Jumped out and demanded that Crowley show him his permit for the bi cycle he was trundeling. At this point a castle official explained that the report waa not clar as to lust what led to the shooting. The statement contin ues: "The cadet then shot Crowley dead with his revolver and then turned to the priest and shot him dead. After the cadet re-entered turn to Dnnraanway where then reported the occurrance to the eolonl In charge. The colonel promptly arrested the cadet. "Crowley was respectable. 14 vesrs of ars and not engaged la politics. Canon Magner waa a highly reperrd priest and ex erted Influence for good la the district." LEGION DEFENDS HOUSE TAX BILL Galhraith Sharply Attacks Administration for Treat ment of Soldiers WASHINGTON. Dee..l6. Tha American Legion will defend the tax plan in the boose bill grant ing adjusted compensation to for mer service men. but It will not defend delay by congress in pass ing the measure, the senate fla- ance committee was told today by Gilbert Lett man. a member of the legion's executive committee. Senator McCumber. North Da kota, acting chairman of the com mittee, bad advanced the con dition of the treasury as a reaaod lor suggesting postponement ot action until 1922 or 192:. He said treasury, reports Indicated a deficit of one and one quarter billion dollars on January 1. two and a half billions on next June 30. and a hair billion at the end ot the next fiscal year. "We all may be for a policy of retrenchment. said Mr. Bettniaa. "but let's not retrench when the men came back at an economic disadvantage. Carl Calvin, national -commander of the World War veter ans, told the committee congress had provided the means for com pensating the railroads and other industries taken over during tb war. and that the former soldiers felt they should have equal treat ment. Major Frederick W. Galbraltb Jr.. of Cincinnati, national com mander of the American legion, in presenting the claims, mid congress shoald find be means of meeting these clainrs. Mr. Bettraan expressed a similar view, sayinc It was not for the legion to advie when or how "the debt or" should pay. Some senators did not aaree with the legion spokesmen, that large numbers of the soldier muM accept homesteads or other f stares or the bill in lien or the rash bonas proposed as one ot the alternate plans ot compen sation. Major Galbreith thought a e;smpairn of education would reduce the number who now ra- vored a cah payment by the gov err men t. Major Galbraith sharply at tacked the administration for the treatment of disabled servicemen. lie said congress bad. been liberal with funds for this parpoe. but that the federal agenel charge with carrying on the work bad cot co-operated and functioned properly. Half Holiday Given in Honor of Football Came m.Vr: URACIL Cat. Dee. ic. A half-holiday will be declared here tomorrow la honor of the football game between tne teams of the "high schools or Long l'-eaeh and Kvereir. Wash. Seats have ben prorldcd for 15.ee Kpertators. Coaches tor both team agreed their squads were ln shape for a terrlfle struggle." It Long Beach wins, it Is ex pected to negotiate with the team of East Tech. Cleveland, tor a gam here is anuary for .the is terse holastlc- champions' 0 ' U.S. TRADE IS CUT OFF BY BRITISH American Business Mes sages Fall Into Posses "sion of English Interests and Lower Bids Result NAVAL INTELLIGENCE HOLD UP WIRES NOW Miami Controversy Is Step to Communication Con. tro! to South America WASHINGTON. Dec 16. Di rect testimony that American bus iness messages sent over British cables darlng'the war had come Into the posestca or British bus iness Interests. was given to a . senate committee today by CapL F. K. HI1L rormerty an American naval attache In South Americas countries. Pre-et Meagea HcU Up. The rcraaUte also learned from New co nab Carltoa. preside t f the Western Uatoa Telegraph company, that the British naval tstellixence authorities now were holding p for examination all cable mesaares from Creat Brit- ata 10 the United States. Mr. Carlton was uaable to state whether messages to Creat Brit ain or diplomatic messages ot the American governmeat were being subjected to such examination, bat promised to let the commit tee know as to the latter. Captain Hill testified that tha most glaring iasane of Ameri cas messages getting into the hands of British concerns waa when the Ceneral Electric com pany submitted a bid for certain electrical lnstallatlona for a Bra tilllan. w&-received, next day. n bid from as English eoacfra ti apply the same articles at alow, er price than the American firm offered. This testimony was ad duced at rorther aearrar try the committee Into the gvaera! ques tion of cable eoramunieatieaaani the - three-cornered controversy orer the landing of a Fonth Am ericas cable at Barbadoes which Involves a question of a British cable monopoly la Brazil. latermauionaj Light Howght- Mr. Carltoa. in discussing the holding np of American messages In Great Britatn. sow said there ' was some Justification for the practice as the psrpo was to throw light on internal disturb ances In Creat Britain, chleriy with reference to Ireland. He added that his rouipaay had tak en a firm stand but had been as sured that no" censorship would be Imposed. The Westers Union president, testirylag farther as to tb at tempt to land the Miami cable, aid" his company waa proceed ing la an orderly way throuah the eourU to get th eable connected. While the hearing was la prog ress. It waa said at the state de partment that' the eompaay had been Informed that U It landed the cable via Cuba, the permit under whkh existing cables at Miami were landed wonM i tered so aa to prevent the trans mission or through meseages to raxn over the British We.tem company's lines from Barbadoes. Homth America Control VTuim Eliha Root Jr. raniwl ,v- All-America Cables, inc.. was again examined and aaid the Mi ami controversy was "merely a 'ep In a great lnternti.i -trugcle? for the control of com munications to South America a strnrale between the United Ftate. on the one hand and Creat Britain on the other. "l l.,rr rTet tional problem.- Mr. Root added Ur.t .r1 Pr 1014 h jnlttee that cable facilities were the chief limitation on distribu tion or Americas news abroad and aid conditions wer such that his organ laation could not get Into ffV .AmTU: e news It de sired to end there. r.12f o i,"',0 between the till' ,iU,AT "- by the lact that sews eornroanleatlons are klow and limited. -European countries realise the Importance of sew. dlstrlbs. L k a 1 ioWf,"r' 't waat subsidies, and prefer that Am.n. P?h o-ltlona be left fre from influences that lead to the n,.i!f,J vrP"nJ machines. . . roar 'bould amend ViHntV 1 ta- 10 becaose -Vu,n rri.eve them of s bur urn. CAR RATFJ rtOOHTFn VA.VCOrVKR. W..h . Dee , ;e" 7BL ''i ne v.ncou: If ; rVZ hf th "hiagton !!,, J,Bt?,,e Mrriem amllon wtll be elective December 20 it waa announced here today. Tt fare has been seven rests.