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Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
COP House Leader Assails Baker And Daniels;
 Declares Big Cut Necessary In Army, ,Nauy Plan

contrary to the ..nderstaa l;lS tha- it should not be increased a00ve tho to- tai of 17S000 men contempla ed by the appropriations made a. tie l; st session"
 Representative Connally, replying to Mondell, cited the ReDIbi;" lu lead CTS vote for the army Ieo; &itnl?aticn bill under which the sacrUut.y le- Cruited the army to a stra1S -h exceed ing that possible lnder he arDropridt- ed funds Representative Ilar'y accu- sed the majority leader of voting TOT the measure, requiring .un Is and hen making it impossible for tue secretf ry of war to obey the law by reuusing to give him the necessary iUp ts. When they concluded. Representa- tive Mondell renewed ais attack. Ee declared Secretary Bakers attitude
 was ESQ utterly at variance and go Icontemptuous of congress that I'll rules had been disregarded. From now on" Mondoll suit go long as we deal with offici1ls ot this
 administration, it will 5e nGcessar.- t7
 add to all bills passed q wl,n:ns not
 to act contrary to the views o. con Igress"
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navy estimates. male in the course of a prepared speech on government finances, brought defense from Rep resentatives Hardy and Connally De:r- ocrats. of Texas, for Secretaries i;ak- CT of the war depar'men and Damels of the navy department. This icd to charges by Representative Mondcll. Representative Bianton. Democrat oi Texas, and others that the war depart ment head was spending money not authorized by congress" and that the navy department chief had presented estimates 50 eXtravagant that they cannot be described"
 Rigid economy in appropriations to tighten the tax burden was urged by
 the Republican leader. wlo said that
 the total submitted estimates Cf ST. 653 800. .000 should be seal ed dowr by
 S1, 400 000.000. Army md navy esti mates were criticised as five and a half times the highest peace tine sp Ipropriations of 1916. The estimates Mondell said. also might be iurihei
 swollen indefinitely by 'leSic encles re
 sulting, he said, from what. he describ
 cd as the war departments policy oi
 recruiting the army up 70 fUl i;reletl
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GENEVA, Dec 16.-(By the Asso- increased it's memberships to 46 states today by the admission of Bulgaria Finland LuNumberS and Costa iica. None of them met with opposition, but there were some absteltionS from voting on their admission, led by tie French delegates, who explained that although they held no grievances against Bulgaria, they lacked sutfi- cient information and preferred not to act either way.
 Armenia came up again today to trouble the assembly, To do some thing for Armenia has appeared to be the slogan of several members since the beginning of the meeting. including South Africa, represented by Lord Robert Cecil. The commit tee on the admission of new states having decided that Armenia could not be admitted now, Lord Robert asked that assembly at least to hold out the hope that Armenia will be admit ted into the family of nations next year and to wish well to President Wilson ill his mission of mediation between the Armenians and Turkish Nationalists.
 Edward D. Millen of Australia sug- gested it might be wise to find out whether it was true Armenia had gone Bolshevik and had made peace with Mustapha Kemal Pasha the Nationai ist leader before insisting further on the proposal of mediation. George Nicoll Barnes. of the English delega tion, asked whether it would not be wiser to drop the whole suDJ-ct ra,n CT than risk d vote. If the vote should be negative. he declared il might prove to be without tangible result. The assembly involved itsel in d tangle of procedure which Rene
 Vivian of France, as usual. unraveleC
 by the simply suggestion to send th'
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
LEAGUE EXTENDS MEMBERSHIP TO FOUR MORE SMALL NATIONS;
 ARTICLE X AGAIN PROVES SNAG

whole question back to the committee which. of course, would be una3ie to report al this assembly.
 The entire afternoon session was occupied in holding out hope to Esth- onia, Lithuania and LetVia, whose ap- plications for admission were rejected by the committee. These states found advocates in Delegates Restrepo of Columbia; Schanzer of Italy ana Prince Dowleh of Persia. NJ. Niviani said.
 II join all those who express sym pathy with, or hope for, the Baltic tic states. but there is a grave Ques- ton involved. There is an article in the covenant which has made some noise in the world-Article 10-which requires the members of the league to go to the aid of a fellow member who is attacked. Now who will be ready to go to aid ill the defense of those Baltic states? Let those who voted to admit them first make sure their governments are ready to send troops to defend them.'
 On the roll call Esthonia was re- jected by 27 votes out of the 5 cast. Letvia and Lithuania each received five votes out of 29.
 In discussing the admission of Georgia, Lord Robert Cecil, replying to M. Viviani said:
 South Africa will not send troops to help Austria, Bulgaria or Finland If we have admitted them 10 tne league, I think Article 10 should be interpreted with the risk involved. II is an obstacle to the admission ol small nations but should not be exag gerated."
 H. A. L. Fisher, England. said that the covenant must be regarded seTi ously and that it involved rish which should be considered 1 Georgia received 10 votes for ad mission to II cast against admission
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
.CONST ThDULARY AND PHILLIP INO
 POLICE CLASH
Walled City Is Scene of Riot As Result of Staying of
 Man Monday Night
HUNDREDS SHOTS FIRED
Fighting Ceases When Police Chief and Army Officer
 Arrives on Scene

MANILA, P. l., Dec I6.-Eleven men. four Americans and seven Fili-
 pinos. were killed here last night
 during riot within the walled city between enlisted men of the Filipino cOnstabulary and the Manila police
 The Americans killed were Captain ot Police w. F. Wichmann, Patrolmen Albert H. TrOge and John w. Driscol and Augustus Jacuman. field clerk of
 the United States army Fifty shots
 were fired when 40 constabulary men
 sought to avenge the shooting of a
 constabulary man by the Filipino police.
 The riot was a result of the shoot ing Tuesday night of a constabulary man who was reported to have attack knife.
 The riot occurred at the Luenta po- lice station. just outside the walled city. and then proceeded within the walled city. where promiscuous firing between the police and constabulary men took place.
 Police reserves with riot guns rush ed to the walled city where hundreds Of shots were exchanged. The Fili- pinOs killed a patrol wagon driver and bystanders. Four Filipinos were wounded. There were no casualties among the Onstabuiary forces. The enlisted personnel of the con stabulary forces is composed entirely of Filipinos. officered by Americans and Filipnos. The organization num- bers 6O00 and is stationed in various provinces of the Philippines for po- lice purposes.
 Rioting ceased when Brigadier Gen eral Rafael Crane appeared on the scene with Chief of Police Bopp. Every precautiOn has been taken
 to prevent repetition of the affair, i said General Crane. The cOnstaDu- lary men surrendered without mur- mur when I appeared with Chief BOpp."
 ! Colonel Lucien R. Sweet. inspector { general of the constabulary, declared
 that his latest trouble between the constabulary and the police resulted | from the arrest Sunday of the wife oi
 coustabulary private by the police | Her clothing was torn and the cir : cumstances were such as to make | any real mans blood boil" he said.
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TOLD LEGION WILL
 VIGOROUSL FIGHT ANY DELAY
 REGARDING COMPENSATION BILL

WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-The American Legion will defend the tax plan in the house bill grant ing adjusted compensation to former service men, but il will not defend delay by congress in passing the measure. the senate finance committee was told to- day by Gilbert Bettman, member of the legion's executive commit tee
 Senator McCumber. North Da- kota, acting chairman oi the com mittee. had advanced the condi- tion of the treasury as a reason for suggesting postponement of action until 1922 or 1923. He said treasury reports indicated defi- cit of one and one-quarter billion dollars on January 1, two and half billions on next June 30 and one and a half billions at the end of the, next fiscal year
 We all may be for a policy of but let's not retrench when the men came back at an economic disadvantage"
 Carl Calvin. national command CT of the World War Veterans. told the committee congress had provided the means for compen- sating the railroads and other in dustries taken over during the war and that the former soldiers felt they should have equal treat ment
 MajCr Frederick w. Galbraith. Jr.. of Cincinnati. national- com mander Of the American Legion, in presenting the claims, said
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
TARIFF II bE
 CONSIDEREDAT AT
 MEETING TO-DAY
Emergency Legislation Pro- gram to Be Formulated
 By House and Senate
IMPORT DUTIES URGED
Protection for US. Wool and Wheat Producers Expected
 To Be Considered First

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Members of the senate finance and the house ways and means committees will meet in joint conference tomorrow to formulate an emergency program of tariff legislation to act as an cmbar- go and give relief to the farmers from the decline in prices.
 Decision to hold the conference was reached late today by Republican members of the committee who agreed that speedy action was ne cessary. They determined also to make the program non-polltical If the minority members would cooperate
 Primary consideration will be glv- en on the program to import duties on wheat and wool. the producers or which. Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee said, were now practically broke" as the result of falling prices. The portion of the program relating to the tariff was declared. however. to be more comprehensive and to include con sider;nion of protective levies on scores of other commodities. Possi. bility cf the conference deciding to wipe out the free list of the Under wood tariff act was declared to be within range of action
 Will Urge Import Taxes
 Re enactment of portions of the Dingley tal if also was being talked of among the more ardent high tariff supporters. Fcrdney, however. said he was in favor of rushing through the emergency protection for wheat and wool and few other commodl- ties and letting other tariff matters go over for hearings and further con sideraticn Clamor of relief legisla- ton of tariff nature with duties so high they would serve practically as an embargo. may be too strong tide 10 be halted. conservative supporters of the program conte ended.
 One of the forces in the house seek ing relief fer the farmers solidiIied itself into a compact body, which it's leaders declared will be continued as a congressional organization. Repub- lican and Democratic members from agricultural districts began consider ation of definite policy for dealing with pending relief legislation and a report will be prepared by a special committee for presentation to the full conference next Monday.
 Federal Aid Favored
 While these two move ments deal ing with farmer and business relief legislation were in progress, the house banking and currency commit tee voted to report favorably the sen ate resolution directing revival of the war finance cooperation to assist in financing the exportation of agricul tural and other products. The house committee struck out the clause de claring it the opinion of congress that the federal reserve board take action to permit it's members to grant libe ral extensions of credits to farm CTS
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
WHITES AND BLACKS BATTLE IN STREETS OFT KANSAS TOWN
Ballots Sold As Waste Paper to
 Junk Dealer

WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.- Pre- paratory to beginning a recount of the ballots cast i'll the Michigan senatorial election contest of 1918 between Truman H. NewberTy, Republican. and Henry Ford, Dem ocrat. the senate elections com mittee today heard testimony rel at,ve to alleged accidental de- struction of 17.000 ballots cast in the election.
 Election officials from two of the townships were called before the committee to give their vers- ion of the manner in which the missing ballots were destroyed while attorneys for Ford, whose contest of the seat now held by Newberry is before the commit tee, traced through witnesses the approximately 7700 ballots cast in the city of Saginaw from their sale as waste paper by city hall janitor to a junk dealer, from whom Fred R. Dolsen. assistant secretary to Ford. purchased them Dolsen told the committee the Saginaw ballots. baled as waste paper. were now locked up in warehouse of the Ford Motor Company at Highland Park, De triot suburb.
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Late today Noble Green. negro. was captured by posse near here and broueht to the local jail. He was Identified by the butcher as the man who shot Wharton.
 This evening a crowd of armed ne- groes was seen on the streets by au- thorities who urged them to go home. The negroes. according to the author ities. refused. Al that juncture a group of whites approached and sur rounded the negroes. X shot was fired which killed Lawrence Clennan a white boy.
 According to witnesses, Arthur Harper negro, fired the first Shot. Harper was promptly shot dead. \ fusillade of shots followed and rein forcements for both sides appeared as if by magic. The firing continued for some time and the authorities. seeing the situation was beyond their control, sent emergency calls for the home guard. American Legion mem bers and national guardsmen. The streets were cleared after much diff
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congress should find the means of meeting these claims. Bett- man expressed similar view, saying it was not for the legion to advise when or how the debt or" should pay.
 Some of the senators did not agree with the legion spokesmen that large numbers of the sol diers would accept homesteadS or other features of the bill in lieu of the cash bonus proposed as one of the alternate plans of compensation. Major Galbraith thought a campaign of education would reduce the number who now favored a cash payment by the government.
 Major Galbraith sharply at- tackled the administration for the treatment of disabled service men. He said congress had been liberal with funds for this pur- pose but that the federal agen- cies charged with carrying on the work had net cooperated and and functioned properly.
 R. G. Woodside of Pittsburg, commander of the Veterans of Fore ign Wars, urged immediate passage of the house measure, declaring that all the men asked was q square deal. Proposing a substitute bill for vocational training and some form of gov eInment loans for homes. Sam Lovenbein, chairman of the Rank and File Veterans Association. declared that all former soldiers opposed the pending measure; that all wanted a cash bonus and that they wanted it to come from the war profiteers."
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ficulty and the injured sent to hospi- tals. Late tonight the town was qui- ct Theatres were closed and public gatherings prohibited.
 Ne Attempt to Storm Jail
 At no time during the trouble was any attempt made to obtain posses sion of Green. whc, as far as could be learned tonight. was still confined in the county jail.
 While the trouble was at it's height American Legion members and home guardsmen were used to guard the prisoner
 Accord, ,ng to information made pub lie tonight. number of local negro g anticipating trouble. this afternoon telephoned Coffeyyille for reinforce ments. Coffeyville authorities. how ever. obtained knowledge of the al- legged plan and prevented any negroes leaving town.
 Independence is in the Kansas oil district IL has a population of about 13,000. of which about 1000 are ne groes
 The negro Green was captured dt his home while in bed with his clothes on the authorities said to- night
 A posse arrested five other sus- poets. All but Green were released. A shotgun containing one empty shell was found in barn behind Greens house. officials said. Legion Gets Ready Late tonight il was said that the three more seriously wounded white , men were in critical condition The men are Fred Kelly. barber. who has bullet wound in one hip; Albert w. Mibeck. a jeweler. and F.. <. Me. Henry. a baker. both shot in the back Norman Dickens received slight | bullet wound in the head Seventy-five men from Neodosha post of the American Legion arrived shortly after midnight to assist in patrolling the streets Late tonight it was learned that | Green was being taken to the state ! penitentiary at Lansing for safe keeu | ing.
 Major Robert Lewis. veteran c' ! the world war. organized l50 mem berS of the American Legion here as | soon as word was received from To peka that no state troops would be sent here tonight. Many other citi zens have been sworn in as special guards.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
ENGLISH HOLDING UP U.S. CABLES
 SENATE TOLD
Former Naval Attache Claims British Are Examining
 Business Wires

WA ASHTNGTQN, Dec. I6. - Direct testimony that American business messages sent over British cables during the war had come into the possession of British business inter. ests, was given to a senate commit tee today by Captain F. K. Hill. for merly an American naval attache in South American counties
 The committee also learned from Newcomb Carlton, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, that the British naval intelligence authorities now were holding up for examination all cable messages from Great Britain to the United States. Carlton was unable to say whether messages to Great Britain or diplC- matic messages of the American gov ernment were being subjected 10 such examination, but promised to let the committee know as to the lat. ter.
 Captain Hill testified that the most glaring instance of American mes sages getting into the hands of Brit iSh concerns was when the General Electric Company submitted bid for certain electrical installations for a Brazilian who received next day a bid from an English concern to sup ply the same articles at a lower price than the American firm offered Carlton Testifies
 This testimony was adduced at | further hearings by the committee 1 into the general question of cable | communications and the three corner ed controversy over the landing of q ! South American cable at Barbadoes 1 which involves question of a Brit ] ish cable intercoastal monopoly in | Brazil.
 Carlton in discussing the hCldine 1 up of American messages in Great l Britain, said there was some justifi 1 cation for the practice as the pur [ pose was to throw light on intern ! disturbances in Great Britain, chiefly l l suspect. with reference to Ireland ] He added that his company had talk
 en a firm stand on the matter hut
 had been assured that no censorshiI 1 would be imposed.
 1 The Western UniCn president. tes ! tifying further as to the attempt tC
 land the Miami cable, said his com l paDy was proceeding in an orderly
 way through the courts to get the
 cable connected While the hearins
 was in progress it was said at tn.
 state department that the compan,
 had been informed that if it landed
 the cable via Cuba the permit unde
 which existing cables at Miami wer, landed would be altered so as to pre-
 vent the transmission Cf througl
 messages to Brazil over the Britisl
 Western Company's lines from Bar | badoes.
 Elihu Root. Jr.. counsel for the All
 America Cables, Inc. was again ex
 amined and said the Miami contrO
 "ersy was merely step in grea
 international struggle for the contro
 Of communications to South Ameri
 ca--a struggle between the United
 States on the one hand and Grea
 Britain on the other
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
Immediate Wage
 Cut Ordered in
 Ohio Steel Works

BELLAIRE. Ohio. Dec. l6.-An i'm mediate wage cut from l6 tD }S cents per hour for all laborecs wa: an nounced today by fDIr Ohio Valley plants of the Wheeling Steel Co'pCra- tion At the same time notice was given of abOlishment of eNlra Lay for time over eight hours. Workers had been paid time and Il has for work in excess of the eight hour schedule.
 Ohio Mills 10 Close
 YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio. Dec. I6.-- Heads of independent steel plants here indicated today tina; tue mi!'s will be practically idle from the end of this week until the first of the year, owing to lack of orders. Tbe contemplated suspension would effect about 10000 workers
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
Galbraith Names
 Geo. Hill, Globe,
 As His Assistant

PHOENIX. Dec. Is. - George k. Hill. attorney Of Globe. was appointed assistant attorney general today by w. J. Galbraith, attorney general elect. Galbraith said he would have one other assistant and a law clerk. The work of the attorney general g office is now being administered by Attorney General Wiley E. Jones and four assistants Galbraith said he had not yet attempted to outline a division of the work Of the office Hill has been city attorney of Globe and county attorney of Gila county He was admitted to practice in Cali fornia about 25 years agC
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17

WASHINGTON, Dec 16.-Declara- ton in the house today by Represen- tative Mondell of Wyoming the Re publican leader. that con1 css should cut departmental appropria lions csti- mates. especially those from tfe war and navy departments. by neariy a billion and half dollars started a round of political debate that ecu pied most of he session.
 Mondell's criticism of army and
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
2 KILLED, 4 WOUNDED DURING
 2-HOUR BATTLE; COMBAT TANTS
 ROUTED BY SERVICE N|EN
Killing of Grocer By Negro Bandit Causes Race Riot Which Is Queled Only After Wholesale Fighting Terrorzes
 City; Governor Requested to Send Militia
Achievements Appear As If By Magic When Authorities Are Shot At By Member of Colored Group and Streets
 Are Immediately Transformed Into Battlefield

II INDEPENDENCE 6-A n R 
 
  the combaan eff Mannne, local authorities
   his  up while the rine the ton The
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
COOLIDGE: WILL | HELP HARDING P|CK CABINET I

MARION. Ohio. Dec 16- Vice President-eiect Coolidge was formally invited today by President-elect Hard ing to sit Tn the cabinet consultation and take an active part in shaping the policies of the coming admins tration
 The invitation was extended It a conference here at which. at senator Harding'S suggestion the two talked over in detail the question Of caDrr, Appointments and planned for an as sociation of nations and mauy other problems involved in the assumption of executive authority next Marcn.
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
POLICE CALLED OUT

PHILADELPHIA. Dee. l6.---A con tracing firm advertised for 25 men to- day and such X large responded that a detail of police had to be summon ed to maintain order Applicants were asked to call at 7:30 a. m. bu, they began to gather at o'clock
Bisbee daily review., 1920-12-17
MARTENS MUST co

WASHINGTON. Dec. 16---peporta- ton of Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, un' recognized Soviet ambassador to the United States. was ordered today by Secretary Wilson of the labor depart ment.