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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-08
Today's Ne.us-
in Paragraphs

Houston asks tax revision on four bill
lions year basis. Page /
Greece demands abdication Of Constan-
tine, Paris hears. Page /
Greater precaution during mo Acci-
dent week" results in decrease in
number OF ACCIDENTS. Page 1
Miss MacSwiney was heard In regard to
conditions in ireland today by the un-
official commission studying the sub
ject. Page 1
Europe expecting United States to DUP
sue an energetic foreign policy.
Attempt by Europe to dominate activi-
ties Of league charged by Canadian
delegate. Page 1
Peace commission cost u. 8. 1851 ono
President says in report to Senate.
,- Page
Bureau of standards in report to Con.
gress urges lower gas rate for federal
and District governments than public
pays. - Page 1
Lack of direct invitation believed tn
have prevented meeting between
President Wilson and Senator Hard
ing. Page 2
Merchants ask transfer here Of air en-
g1neers prancn. Page 2
Supt Ballou reports twenty-eisht ad.
ditional classrooms needed in eleventh
public school division. Page 3
Ways and means committee to drast
legislative programs to aid Commerce
and industry. Page. 3
Thousands greet Mrs. MacSw1nev
widow Of the Mayor Of Cork, upon her
arrival IN this city. Page 1S
Representative Burroughs, In BANQUET
address. declares District has double
right to national representation.
Page II
International reform conference here
startsA move to regulate trafic In
drugs II oxes the rscr'd Pare II
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PEACE COMMISSION
.CO|S;iTu. .S.$ly6'5jl,l9l.
President, in Special Mes
sage, Transmits Report Of
Expenses to- Senate.

A special message giving the COM
plete expenses Of the American peace
commission during its work abroad
was transmitted to the Senate today
by President Wilson.
The President said partial report
of the peace commissions expenses
was made last year to the House. but
that today's documents covered its en-
tire work, from December /, 1918, to
December 81, 1919.
Total expenditures amounted to ST.
S51,191.09, from December 1. 1913. to
December 4. 1920. The amount actu-
ally paid out was $1,705. 5.712.06. but re-
payments and gains in exchange re-
duced this by .$52, 2,52o.s7.
Some Of the larger items Of expense
were:
Travel and subsistence, 32s,442,sub-
sistence, $1S3.S2S: salaries, $1eo, 81 /;
wages and employees At Hotel Cfi1lon,
$131,se7; rents, S17e.s53: food, hotel
and kitchen supplies. Szy3.5s0; hire
and laundering Of linen at hotel,
$64, ,9s9; damage and loss OF property
at hotel $125,87e. -9..'2
Various missions to Russia, Ger.
many. Posen. Turkey, Holland and
ArmeniA cost $z3s.726 Purchase OF
automobiles amounted u $l4,602 and
conndenttal expenses or presidantial
FSSs sttsetf- y lsss9fs. gSsssl5
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HOUSTON FIXES !
u. S. VAR COST
AT $24,OIO, 600, 600

The net cost of the war to the
American government was fixed by
Secretary Houston today at $4,000
100000. This, he said. represented the
adjusted" expenditure of the Treas
ury. excluding all other outlay which
had no relation to the actual prose-
cution of the war during the period
from April 6, 1917, to June 80. last
which; he said. covered the extremes
of the governments wartime fiscal
operations.
Total Expenditures by the govern
ment during the period covered, ex-
cepting only postal disbursements
from postal revenues, were $3S,SS0,-
S12.SS5. Treasury figures showed. VI
this amount, $16,07s,S44,o97 was OBJ
tanned in taxes and revenue from
sources other than borrowed money.
Mr.. Houston said deduction OF
$9.525, 100000, the amount loaned to
foreign governments, should be made
from the grand total, since these loans
will be repaid and consequently can
not be charged as an actual expendi-
ture. The Secretary made other de-
ductions aggregating approximately
$4,000, ,000. 900. which. he said repre-
sented the excess cost of actual gov
ernmental operations for the three
years and three months over what
they would have been in normal
times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-08
TWO SCHOOL BILLS
PUT BEFORE SENATE
Harrison Measures Abolish
Present Board and Pro-
vide for Survey.

Two bills dealing with the public
schools of the District of Columbia
were introduced today by Senator Pat
Harrison of Mississippi. They carry
out the recommendations of the Sem
ate committee which investigated the
schools at the last session.
One bill abolishes the present boa ri
OF education and provides for the an
pointment of board OF six members
by the President, to be confirmed nv
the Senate. The present board is NOT
TO be abolished until March Is. 1921
This means that the new board would
necessarily be appointed by Senator
Harding, after he becomes President.
The second bill provides for a sur
vey of the schools.
Senator Harrison will press for
action these bills, and he hopes to
have them passed by the present
session of Congress. They will have
the backing Of the Senate committee
which investigated the schools.
The two bills carry the provisions
which were inserted in the Deficiency
appropriation bill by the Senate at
the close Of the last session of Con-
gress but which were stricken out
- conference. .-.-, -. =
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Senator Calls D. c. Situation
"EntireIy Unfair to Travel
ing PubIic.'''

A merger of the street railway
lines of the District OF Columbia in
the interest of better Service and
lower fares was urged today by Sena-
tor Capper of Kansas as a solution
of the street railway problem in
Washington.
IF the two street car companies
are unable to reach basis for a
merger or refuse to do SO. then I
believe they should be compelled by
Congress to MERGE" said Senator
Capper a..
= Situation Clearly Unfair.
1T is perfectly evident that sit
uation has developed here which is
entirely unfair to the travelling pub
lie. One of the street car companies
than now exists and the other COM
pany claims that 1t cannot get along
on the present fare. and is asking a
straight eight-cent fare"
Senator Capper said that while
straight government ownership and
District might be anieven better solu-
tion than a merger, he believed that
the more practical method would be
a merger of the car lines under
private ownership. He indicated that
he probably would introduce a bill
providing for such a measure. If
necessary, he said, commission could
be provided for to value the prop
critics and work out a plan for their
amalgamation.
Glad Over Cut In Bread.
The Kansas senator is a member of
the Senate District committee, and
has taken keen interest in legis-
lation improving conditions for the
people of the District. He has fought
the high-price bread in the District,
and said today that he was glad to
see that the bakers were making a
reduction in the price per loaf.
He was member of the Senate
committee which investigated the
public schools of the District at the
last session, and prior to that, a mem
ber of the committee investigating the
high cost Of living here.
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BAKER MAKES PLEA.
RR|VER TRAFFIC
Urges Continuation Of Re-
sponsibIe Part in Develop
ment by u. S.

TRANSFORMATION of bulk commodities
at high speed. involving high car
riaee cost, is a waste9ul process. and
the growing necessity for conserving
the natural resources of the nation
demands adequate and rapid develop
ment of the waterways of this coun-
try in the opinion Of Secretary OF
War Baker, who spoke today at the
opening session of the sixteenth con-
yention Of the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress at the New Will
lard Hotel.
The Secretary called attention to
the fact that in the act returning the
control Of the railroads to private
ownership Congress had placed win
the War Department responsible
part Of the development of tramc on
inland waterways, and that the pro-
gram was now working out success
fully. He added that the govern,
ment should carry on this WORK uns,, ~ !
It was learned definitely whether she
need for such development justihed
its continuance, and until that had
been proven the question OF WnetneIr I
permanent government oWneIsniip y
was q good thing should not pc maae
an issue. The Secretary was as,ause Irse
ouentiy interrupted by the applause
Of his audience.
Secretary Alexander Speaks! q,
Other speakers. today were Secre-
tary Alexander of the. Department OF
Commerce. and Commissioner Mapel
r. Boardman. The Commissioner was
heartily applauded when she sug-
gested that, while rivers and harbors
may have been neglected in the past
"water has recently triumphed over
many other liquids; 1t Is bouno to
have it's day and the future is orign'
before itv
"The recent situation. when our
eyes would follow load Of coal down
the street as though it were a load
Of gold nuggets, showed us the neeo
of better transportation for that and
other commodities" said she In q
more serious vein. I'm the develop
ment Of our country there are no I'M
portant functions that should be neg
lected. Other countries have out
stripped us In the development OF
waterways, and we must work hard
to overtake them and. il possible, sur
pass them" %
Secretary Alexander's subject was
Inland Waterways and the Merchant
Marine" He held. that not only must
seaports be improved in connection
with merchant marine. but that eco
nomical and efficient means must be
found to get goods to those ports.
"Our great merchant fleet was built
to meet the exigencies of the. world
war and at tremendous cost, and IL
hps'," 80 us to ut'Hze II 1.-THE sutS
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JAPANESE IN PROTEST.

TOXIC, December r. Thirteen
prominent societies. OF Japan nave
orSanized meeting Of protest against
the anti-Japanese measures adopted
in California at the last election. to
be held on December 13. At the meet
ing former Premier Okuma will sup
port a resolution declaring that such
ieri station is unjust and menaces the
good relations between Japan and
America. The resolution will demand
the cancellation Of the ti-Japanese
legislation and Will declare against
America
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most in the promotion and develop
ment Of our domestic ana and foreign
carried at remunerative rates cannot
long be operaed under he American
flag" said the Secretary.
Representative John Fl. Small Of
North Carolina presided at the meet
ing of the congress today, The an
nual banquet of the congress will
take place at the New Willard to-
morrow evening, when several mem
bers of the diplomatic corps and men
and women of national reputation will
s.NaE. -
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HAITI PRoBERs HERE.

The naval court of inquiry appoint
ed by Secretary Daniels to inquire
into matters connected with the occu-
patton of Haiti by the marines has
arrived in Washington on the con-
verted yacht Niagara. Rear Admiral
Mayo, senior member Of the court, an
nounced today that - first meeting
here would be held -onSff ow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-08
PLAN NEW SOCIALIST PARTY

BERN, December THE interna-
tional conference Of socialist parties
of the world today decided to sum-
mon an international socialist con-
gress at Vienna in the spring of 1921
for the purpose of founding a new
international union Of the revolu-
tionary socialist parties. A mani-
festo defining the principles of the
will be published shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-08
|C0x WOULD NAME WILLIS.
Tells Harding He Will So Act on
Une1pired Senate Term.

COLUMBUS. Ohio. December s.
Gov. Cox today wired sPresident-elect
Harding. proffering his cooperation
lin appointing Senator-elect Frank
Willis to fill the unexpired term of
Mr.. Harding in the Senate.
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REDS KILL 1887 JAPANESE.

TOXIC, December Casualties
among, the Japanese troops in the ST.
berian fighting to date include 1887
men killed in action and $50 deaths
from sickness, It was announced by
the awar ONCE today. The records
ahow l.522 wounded in ac.I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-08
Commerce Chamber Offers
important Safety Rules
and Supports Power Plan

Important suggestions regarding
the regulation of traffic and de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-08

Partly cloudy tonight and tomor-
row; little change in temperature.
About freezing tonight.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending 2 pm today: Highest. 46. at
4p.m. yesterday; lowest. 81, at am.
today.
Fun report on page 20.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17
HOPE TO SHOW PONZI CAN PAY LOANS
BOSTON PLAYERS TAKE
ACTION AGAINST MAYS

BOSTON, August l7-players OF
the Detroit and Boston clubs OF the
American league prepared today to
draw up a petition asking for the
banishment from organized baseball
OF Carl Mays OF New York, whose
pitched ball fractured the skull OF
Ray Chapman in yesterdays game
in New \ ork. The probability that
members of both teams would refuse
to play in any game in which Mays
was the pitcher was expressed by
some of the players. "Stuffy" Nc
Guinnes, Red Sox first baseman,
hurried from his seaside home at
Manchester to be at the clubhouse
early to call a meeting of the play
ers to act on CHAPMAN death
Members of the Boston club who
were teammates of Mays until the
latter deserted the club prior to his
sale to New York last year, said they
felt certain the Detroit players would
Join in such action as might be decid-
ed on. "Ty" Cobb, the Detroit star,
asserted that summary measures
should be taken Immediately.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17
WILSON READY TO
RECOGNIZE MEXICO

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 17-Presi-
dent Wilson is read to recognize the
present Mexican government if the
latter agrees with the claims set
forth in a proposal bv Secretarv of
State Colby on this subject according
to a message sent to President De
LaHuerta.
Sec. Colby's proposition according
to the newspaper was: First, that
North American lives and property
be respected; second that indemnities
be paid foreigners who suffered dur
ing the revolution; third that the
Carranza DEGREES, which are found to
be confscatory, be relegated.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17

millions of dollars. Council for Ponzi
joined with petitioning creditors and
Attorney General Allen in agreement
that the receivership was advisable
but advanced the possibilities that
Ponzi would prove to be solvent after
all and/asked for representation in
the receivership. Judge Morton took
under advisement the question whet-
her one or three receivers should be
named.
The Attorney General announced
that his record of the Ponzi liabilit-
les as reported to him by note holders
to date exceeded $3,000,000, with the
morning mail of 500 Ponzi letters,
still untabulated. The probability OF
solvency for Ponzi was advanced by
Daniel McIsaac, his counsel, and was
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17
ICE SHORTAGE
NOW FACES
ST. JOHNSBURY
Manager Orcutt Buying
Supply from Crystal Lake
Houses at Barton

The people of st. Johnsbury are
facing an ice shortage and Earl. RI.
Orcutt, the manager, Is urging all
his patrons to economize as much as
possible that all may get some ice
while the season lasts.
Mr.. Orcutt bought the ice business
of Menut and Parks early in the
spring after the latter had harvested
the 1920 crop. Mr.. Orcutt bought
the entire crop of 5000 to 5000 tons
and is the only ice dealer in the VII
lage. He has had large trade
through the summer and. during the
present hot wave the shrinkage as
well as the increased demand has so
depleted the sur hat there Is not
enough in his ice houses to finish
the week.
Anticipating a shortage Mr.. Orcutt
went to Barton the first of the week
and expects that he has engaged
enough ice to finish the season. he
has arranged to have carload come
down from Barton every other morn
ing and has also bought a small sup
ply in North Danville. All attempts
to secure ice from the Boston and
Maine ice houses at Newport were
unavailing as the railroad authori-
ties discovered they had only enough
for their own use.
This is Mr.. Orcutt's first season in
the ice business and he says he will
harvest enough next winter so to
never be caught again. While he has
to nay a fancy price for the ice he is
now buying he will furnish it to his
customers at the usual price and take
| hiS loss
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17
KIRBY FARMER
PAYS$25 TO
FORTUNE TELLER
St. J. Officers Recover the
Money from the Gypsies
Tuesday Morning

The band Of gypsies who are camp
inp on the road to East st. Johnsbury
found a Kith-- farmer an ear mark
Monday night. MI. Olcott came down
to visit the camp and sold the party
some fresh eggs and became so IN
terested in the children in the band
that he began to distribute some OF
his apples. MI. Olcott soon discov-
cred that "the, female of the snecles
is more deadly than the male" for
he allowed one of the women to read
his fortune and soon parted with $25
as the price of the adventure He
renorted the case to the ST. Johns
bury Officers and Sheriff Worthen
and Officer Coburn visited the camp
Tuesday morning and recovered the
money
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17
Fined So With Costs
for Sunday Base Ball

In municipal court at Barre Mon
da,, afternoon GEORGE Mcdonald, a
member of the Montpelier Knights
of Columbus baseball nine, under ar
rest with the players of the Barre A.
A. for playing ball Sunday afternoon,
Aug. 8, was found guilty and fined
So with costs.
The jury was not out only ~
minutes. The case was heard before
Judge E. M. Harvey of Montpelier
States ATTORNEY e. r. Davis could
not say whether the cases of the 9TH
er players would be taken up separ-
ately.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17
fine HABITUAL
DRINKER IN
NEWPORT COURT
Prohibition Forces Wonder
Where Jerry GagnOn Got
His "Fire Water"

A busy afternoon in municipal
court Yesterday before Judge W. NJ
Wright of Barton disposed of num-
erous cases which were nearly all OF
a minor degree.
Joe Bullet, q laborer in Newport,
plead guilty to shooting duck, re-
Gently. He said that yhile walking
with his son, they saw a blackbird
which his son asked him to take a
shot at. They had an ordinary ar
rife with them, and with it he shot
under the bird He didn't know he
had hit it until told little later that
he had killed duck. He paid fine
of SIS and costs of S6.70.
Jerry Gagnon, an habitual drinker
was for the third time charged with
intoxication and plead guilty to this
third offense. He was fined Sl5 and
costs and oiven sentence OF 81
days in jail. Fine and sentence were
suspended, and he was placed on pro
baton with q stay of sentence dur
ing the maintenance of qood beha-
vior.
Arthur jenkins of Newport, but
recently released from the House OF
Correction ct Rutland, plead guilt!
to an abominable offense under the
common law, and his case was con
tinued for sentence later.
Dan Connel and Joe Devens, two
vagrants arrested and locked up by
Constable Ora SWEET on Saturday
night, plead guilty to the charge Of
intoxication and took sentences4of II
days in jail rather than pay the fine
proposed. The men were arrested II
blacksmith shon near the stone
shed. They had been lettering in this
vicinity for day. Both claimed tt
have worked in paper mills recently
Connell coming from New Hamp
shire and Devens from the pulp mil
at McIndoes.
A. E. Webster and son, Arthu
Webster, of Covington, plead guilt.
to fishing without licenses in Or
leans County. They were arrested ol
the complaint of C. H. Atkins o
Orleans, deputy fish and game war
den of Orleans county. Each wa
fined the minimum of $25 with cost
of $3.50
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17
CHAPMAN DIES FROM
FRACTURE OF SKULL

NEW YORK, August Tray
mond Chapman short ston on the
Cleveland American league baseball
team, who was hit on the head by
a ball thrown by Carl Mays in yes
terday's game with the New York
Americans, died in st. Lawrence
Hospital at 4.50 o'clock this morning.
He never regained consciousness at
ter an operation which was hurrledly
decided on shortly after midnight. A
portion of the fractured skull was
removed in the hope that he might
recover.
Carl Mays was overcome with grief
when the news was told to him. The
accident occurred at the outset of the
4th inning. So terrific was the sound
of the balls impact that the snecta-
tors thought that he had struck the
ball. Mays, who pitched the ball,
acting under this impression, felded
the ball that rebounded half wav to
the pitchers box and threw to first
base in order to retire Chapman, 1t
was noted that Chapman had
dropped in the batter's box. Owing
to Chapman's death today's game
between Cleveland and New York
was cancelled.
Ray Chapman was regarded as one
of the best shortstops in the game and
has done much toward keeping Cleve-
land in the lead in the American Lea
que race this year. He has been bat
ting above 300 and fielding brilliant
ly.
He hit 302 in 1876 games in 1917
and 267 in 1913 games in 1913. Last
season he batted just 800 in II;
games, ranked second in fielding
among the shortstops playing 100 OF
| more Games
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17
DEPORT LORD MAYOR OF
CORK FOR SEDITION

CORK, Ireland, Aug. 17-Terrance
McSweeney, lord mayor of Cork, was
deported to England aboard a des-
troyer after having been found guilty
of sedition. McSweeney, who has re-
fused food since he was arrested, was
convicted of having under his control
the secret police cipher, of having
made seditious speech on the occas-
ion of his election, and of having in
his possession of the resolution of the
Cork corporation pledging allegiance
to the Irish Republican parliament
which the court martial decided was
likely to cause disaffection.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17
n WORSTED MILLS
WING TO DULL MARKET

WOONSOCKET, r. l., Au~ II
The Dunn Worsted Co., today an
nounced that its plant would close
Saturday until Sept z. Four hun
dred employees will be affected Dull
market conditions are given as the
reason for the shutdown. The Lip
pitt Co. mills employing 400 will also
be closed Saturday until after Labor
day.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17

BIDDEFORD, Me-, Auo 17-No-
tees were "osted this morning in the
Pepperrell mills in this citv and the
York mills in Saco stating that the
mills will close Sept. for one week.
About 6,O00 hands will be affected.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17

A Newspaper Covering
the Entire Northeast Sec
ton of Vermont State
Every Working Day.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17
AMERICAN WINS IN
HIGH JUMP

ANTWERP, OLYMPIA. STADI-
UNI, Aug. 17-R. w. Landon of the
New York A. C. won the final in the
high jump of the Olympic games to-
dav and in so doing established
new record of 1.94 meters.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17
ORDERS REORGANIZATION
OF IMMIGRATION SERVICE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17-Re-or-
ganization of the Bureau of Immigra-
ton has been ordered by Assistant
Secretary of Labor Post. The action
was taken, officials of the department
said today, because of conditions in
dicating "utter disorganization Of
the service both here and in its field
service"
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-08-17

based on an estimate which he at
tributed to the Attorney General that
liabilities would not greatly exceed
$3,000,000.
"Ponzi having over $4,000,000 in
Continued on Page Four)