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Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
POWERS ASKED TO
STOP BALKAN WAR
League Request is Addressed
to England, France and italy,
FAVORABLE TO ALBANIA
Three New Nations Admitted To Body
Brings Total Membership To
Fifty-one-Test OF
Article X.

Geneva.-Im Immediate Intervention by
the Allies 10 prevent the Serbo-Al-
banian dispute from flaming into new
Balkan war was asked in note ad-
dressed to the powers of England,
France and Italy by the council of the
League OF Nations.
A Serbian force, disguised as Al.
banian mountaineers, has begun an in.
vasion of Albania, according to tele-
gram circulated here by the Albanian
delegation for benefit of delegates to
the League meeting.
"The Albanian militia is opposing
with heroic resistance the attacks of
the statement. The Serbian army in
the Drin Valley" said the statement.
"The Serbian forces bon,barded this
valley for long time, forcing the Al
banians to flee from this sector.
The threatened conf1agration in Mid
die Europe's powder box, where the
slightest fare can start another of the
interminable Balkan wars, may be
averted by the councils action, but the
League itself has been split into two
factions by the introduction of the dis
pute between Albania and Jugo-Slavia
in the assembly.
The Allied members of the League
Council, moreover, are lined up against
the non-Allied, temporary members.
| Lastly, the Allies themselves are di.
vided into two camps over the ques
| ton.
Albanias appeal to the League, de-
claring that Serb artillery was bonn
harding Albanian villages and demand
ing that the League intervene, was an
swered by the Serbian representative
to the assembly, who said that the bor-
ders Of Albania, not having been fixed,
Serbia was only attempting to occupy
what rightfully belonged to her.
The assembly at once divided. Some
nations favored intervention, others
leaving the matter to the big powers.
It was the first test of the Leagues
attitude to an appeal to Article x.
England was disposed to recognize all
Albania's frontiers as fixed in 1913,
while Italy refused to consent to that
position, as there are certain islands
within those frontiers she wants for
herself
The majority OF the council favored
backing Albania's claim to the bound,
aries of 1913 and, in consequence, a
note was today addressed to the pow.
ers asking them to aid Albania against
Serbia.
Three new nations-EsthOnia. Lith
uania and Latvia were admitted tc
membership in the League OF Nations
This brings the membership of the
League to 81.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01

Washington.-The agenda which
the United States has proposed to
the other Powers for the Novem-
ber armament conference having
been cabled from Toxic in an in,
accurate form, the State Depart
ment made public the official text
of the proposals which the United
States has made.
Secretary of State Hughes issued
the following statement:
"Inasmuch as information as to-
the list of topics has been received
from some source other than the
Department and the publication is
inaccurate in some particulars, a
corrected statement is appended.
Limitation Of Armament.
l. Limitation of naval arma-
ment, under which shall be dis
cussed:
(a) Basis of limitation;
90 Extent; ~
(c) Fulfillment.
2. Rules for control Of new
agencies of warfare.
3. Limitation of land arma-
ment.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
BIG POWERS DREAD
DISARMAMENT PLAN
Or. Butler Finds AbstacIes in
Britain, France and Japan
MAKES REPORT TO HARDING
President OF Colombia May Be Added
To American Commission
Three Chief Diff
culties.

Y Washington-Pres Harding is
considering adding Dr. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler, of Columbia University to
the American disarmament delegation
in event the commission is increased
to six. If the membership is not in
creased, he probably will be named on
the advisory council.
DR.. Butler, who has just returned
from a mission to Europe, spent the
weekend at. the White House giving
President Harding a complete report
on the views of European statesmen
relative to the Disarmament Confer
ence.
Few Americans have wider ac-
quaintance among statesmen IN Eu-
rope than DR.. Butler. He has can
vassed European opinion thoroughly
in the last two months, and it was
pointed out here that he will be
valuable advisor to the American dele
cation, whether he sits as member OF
not
DR. Butler is understood to have
found a general sentiment in Europe
favorable to disarmament. In govern
mental circles there, however, he
found numerous disturbing questions
which must be faced when the nations
gather about the council table here
next November
Information obtained by DR.. Butler
in Europe indicates, he believes, three
chief difficulties which must be solved
before general agreement to limi
ornaments can be reached. They are
1. The desire of France for security
from land attacks, especially by Ger
many
2. The determination of the British
Empire to keep the seas open fo
movement of her food supplies in time
of war.
8. The demand of Japan that sh'
have an outlet for her growing popula
ton.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
ARMS PARLEY AcENDA GIVEN out
State Department is Forced to Make Public Official Text OF
the Proposals

Pacific And Far Eastern Questions.
l. Questions relating to China:
First-Principles to be applied;
STANDARDIZATION.
Subjects:
(a) Territorial integrity;
(b) Administrative integrity:
(c) Open door-eQuality OF COM
mercial and industrial opportunity;
(d) Concessions, monoplies or
preferential privileges;
(e) Development of railways,
including plans relating to Chinese
Eastern Railway;
(f) Preferential railroad rates;
(g) Status of existing commit
ments. -'F
2. Siberia.
(Similar headings.)
3. Mandated islands.
(Unless questions earlier set
tled.)
Under the heading Of Status OF
Existing Commitments it IS e1-
pected that opportunity will be az
forded to consider and reach an
understanding with respect to un-
settled questions involving the ma
ture and scope of commitment un-
der which claims of rights may
hereafter be asserted"
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
REORGANIZATION
UP TO PRESIDENT
Harding Soon to Begin Wor r.
on Economy Plan
WILL HIT THE CABINET
Creation OF Post Of Executive Secre-
tary Among Proposals.
| Many Transfers
| .-4A e q
| Proposed.

Washington. - President Harding
soon will take up personally the task
of reorganizing Government depart
ments to bring more economy and efl-
cheney into them. A complete plan,
involving abolition of some Cabinet
jobs and creation of new ones, will be
placed in his hands shortly by Walter
F. Brown, the Presidents representa-
tive on the Congressional reorganiza'
After the President goes over the
plans with Brown they will be laid
before the Cabinet for discussion. Aft
er revision the plan will be sent to
Congress, where alterations of more
extensive nature are anticipated.
Major proposals of Brown are said
to be:
Creation of an executive secre-
tary who will be virtually an as
sistant to the President, relieving
both the President and his secre-
tary Of routine work.
Creation OF a Department Of Ma
tional Defense to combine the
army and navy.
Transfer Of the prohibition en-
forcement division from the Treas
ury to the Department of Justice.
Abolition of Department of La
Dor and assimilation Of most OF its
functions into a Department OF
Public Welfare.
Many transfers of bureaus from one
department to another are proposed II
order to correct the illogical distribu
tion which has grown up in hap
hazard way since the early days o
the Government
Brown favors combining the five o.
more Secret Service bureaus main
tanned by various departments init
one general bureau of investigation
which would be placed in the Depart
ment of Justice.
The Coast Guard would be takel
from the Treasury and placed in th'
navy.
The Bureau of Fisheries, now in. th'
Department of Commerce, would b.
split and the functions relating tt
propagation of fish placed with th'
Department Of Agriculture and thos'
involving marketing allowed to re
main with the Department of Com
merce.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
HARDING "PRINT" MADE.
President Submits" To Identification
Test.

Washington. - President Harding
submitted to having his fngerprints
made during call at the White House
by delegates to the annual convention
here of the International Association
for Identification. The delegates, in
cluding many internationally known
detectives and criminologists, ex-
planned briefly to the President the
methods and advantages of the finger
print Identification, and their invita-
ton to have his print" made was ac-
cepted.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
KILLS HER HUSBAND WITH ACID
Akron (ohio) Woman Tried To Dis
figure Him, She Says.

Akron, Ohio.-Mrs. Minnie L. Derr
43, mother of FIVE children, broke down
under questioning and confessed she
threw acid into the face of her hus
band, Alvin R. Derr, Akron business
man, while he slept in their home here
early Sunday morning.
Derr died Tuesday from acid fumes
he inhaled, according to attending ply
sicians
Il didn't want 10 kill him; l only
wanted to disfgure him." Mrs. Derl
screamed after County Prosecutor A
w. Doyle and assistants had piled hel
with questions for two hours.
Eyes, threw the acid,' she sobbed
''He paid more attention to other WON
en- than to me- Our home was so un
happy"
Her five children, in an adjoining
room, heard the confession.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
WOULD TEST ESTATE TAX.
Solicitor General Beck Asks High
Court To Review Case.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. General Beck
asked the Supreme Court to review an
income tax case which he declared OF
vital importance to the Government,
investigating the question whether in
comes of estates are subject to the in
come tax.
The proceeding was instituted in the
United States District Court OF Chica.
20 by the First Trust and Savings
Bank as trustee of the estate of Otto
Young, deceased. to recover. $39,667,
which the Government had collected as
tax on the income of the estate during
1913, 1914 and 1915. The Government
won, but the Court of Appeals re-
versed the decision.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
SUFFRAGE STATUE is MOVED.
Womans Party Succeeds In Securing
Better Location.

Washington.-Offic of the Ma
tional Woman's party have won par
tial victory in their fight to have the
party's suffrage statue placed in Stat
uary Hall at the Capitol.
The statue. marble image of the
three equal suffrage pioneers-Susan
B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Lucretia Mott-has reposed for a
number Of months in an obscure
corner of the Capitol basement. The
Woman's party officers, however, have
succeeded in having it removed to the
center of the Capitol dome on the low
er floor.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
HOTEL MAN KILLS SELF.
Jacob e. Chapman, Of Georgetown,
DEL, Cuts Throat.

Georgetown, Del.-Jacob T.. Chip
man, aged go, capitalist, and for many
years proprietor of the Eagle Hotel
here, committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a butcher knife. For many
months he has been in i'll health from
a nervous breakdown. He was found
in the barn in night clothes with the
knife nearby. A physician was sum-
moned, but a few minutes after his
arrival the man died. Mr.. Chipman
for many years was one of the best
known. hotel men on Delmarvia pen,
insula.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
JAPs PROTEST U. S. CONTRACT.

Say Chinese American Transaction
Violates Previous Engagement.
Tokio-Japan will protest to China
against the signing of contract with
the Federal Radio Company of Amer
lea for a wireless telegraph station at
Shanghai, it is declared by newspapers
here. This country will hold, it is said,
that signing the contract would be in
violation of previous engagement be-
tween China and the Mitsui Company,
a japanese concern.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
$4,000 ROUTED BY FLOOD.

Rains And Lightning Cause Havoc In
Mexican Oil Fields.
Mexico City.-Eighteen thousand
persons are homeless in the Tampico
petroleum district as the result OF
heavy rains that have flooded the Pan
uco River. At least two persons are
dead and many are injured. Lightning
set fire to tank of the Texas Oil Com
pany, causing 100000 damage.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
WOMAN SHOOTS HER BROTHER.

He Had Refused To Let Her Go To
Amusement Park.
hiladelphia-Harry Stefanski is in
a hospital with a bullet wound in his
wrist, received when his sister fired
four shots at him in the vestibule of
their home. Stefanski had refused his
sister permission to go to an amuse-
ment park, saying she was "gadding
around too much"
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
GRAIN GROWERS GET $4,000 900.
First Advance BY War Finance Body
Go To Minnesotans.

Washington. Advances totaling
$15, 100000 made to the Cooperative
Grain Growers Of Minnesota to aid in
marketing 1921 crops was announced
by the War Finance Corporation. The
advances, officials said, were the first
made under the corporations enlarged
powers authorizing the extension of
credit upward of 81, 1000, ,O0O, 900 for agri-
cultural and livestock relief.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
VAR HEROES TO TAKE PART.
Medal OF Honor Men To Be Invited To
Funeral Of Unknown Soldier.

Washington.-The War Department
plans to invite all living holders of the
Congressional medal of honor in the
United States to participate in the
ceremonies for the burial of an un-
known American soldier on November
IL. The medal Of honor men who ac-
cept this invitation will be considered
as official warders, and will follow the
body OF the unknown American SOL
dier from the Capitol to Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery, where it will be
buried.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
NATIONAL CRIMINAL BUREAU.

w. J. Burns, Chief Of Secret Service,
Plans To Form One.
Washington. national clearing
house for criminals is about to be
formed by the Department of Justice,
William J. Burns, chief of the Bureau
Of Investigation, announced. Burns
stated that it is the plan of the Depart
nent to establish national bureau
for the Identification of criminals. Po-
lice in all cities and towns will be
asked to cooperate with the Depart
ment in maintaining in Washington a
single agency where Identification
records Of all criminals may be kept.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
TRAINS CRASH IN TUNNEL.
Two Killed On Pennsy Near Steuben
willie, Ohio.

Steubenville, o. - Two men are
known to have lost their lives, when
Pennsylvania Railroad mail train No
II, westb0und from New York to St
Louis, crashed into the rear end Of a
freight train in the Goul tunnel, six
miles west of here. The mail train was
drawn by two engines, and Michael
Birch, engineer on the front engine
vas one of those killed.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
AMERICAN KILLED BY TROOPS.
Consul Says Shooting Reported A.
Accidental.

Washington.-Carl R. Tabb, an
American employee of the Mexican
Petroleum Company, was shot and
killed Sunday night by Mexican SOL
diers" in the oil fields near Tampico,
the American consul at Tampico re
ported to the State Department. The
consul in his report gave no details,
but said that the shooting had been
reported as accidental.
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
PERsHING VISITS cHAUMoNT.
Welcomed To His Headquarters Dur
ing World War.

Chaumont, France.-Gen. John j.
Pershing Sunday visited this town, his
headquarters during the World War,
and received an enthusiastic welcome.
After the reception General Pershing
drove to the chateau where American
headquarters was established during
the war,
Middletown transcript., 1921-10-01
LABOR TO SHOW HAND NOV. I
Gompers Calls For Worldwide Dem
onstration.

Washington. Samuel Gompers.
president of the American Federation
of Labor, called on labor throughout
the world to stage demonstrations for
limitation Of armaments on Armistice
Day, November II.
The New York herald., 1921-01-22

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The New York herald., 1921-01-22
ALL DANGER OF PANIC
HAS PASSED, HE SAYS
Gou. Harding of Federal Re
serUe Talks on Business.

WINSTON SALEM, n. c., Jan. 21.-Even
pessimists are now convinced that
danger of "an old fashioned panic" has
passed, Governor w. p. G. Harding OF
the Federal Reserve Board declared here
to-day, speaking to the Chamber of Com
merce.
II think" he said, "the developments
OF the last thirty days have convinced
even those who are never so happy as
when miserable that not only has all
danger of a great financial crisis or
money panic been passed, but that busi-
ness generally is safely over the most
critical and trying stage of the readjust-
ment period. While many predictions
were made that an old fashioned panic
was inevitable, / never once doubted the
ability of the Federal Reserve system
to prevent any such condition.
1.-The decline in prices was necessarily
disastrous to those producers who had
gone heavily into debt, with the eXpec-
tation that the level of prices which
existed a year ago would be sustained
or even advanced, and in many indl-
vidual cases great losses will be suffered,
but so far as the community as a whole
is concerned there is no question OF
solvency."
The New York herald., 1921-01-22
SUGAR STOCKS.
.t,ia CHEMICAL STOCKS.

duty with regiment. Following officers on
arrival In United States and at end OF leave
Join regiment TO which asaignedi Capt.
Frank ~. Royso and First Lieut.. Jonothan y.
Holman, First Field Artillery, Fort Sill
First Lieut.. Richard y. Madigan, Fifteenth
Field Artillery, Camp Travis; First Lieut..
Desmond q Koefc, Nineteenth Field ARTILLERY,
Camp Jackson.
MEDICAL CORPs-Capt. Roy y. Brown,
relieved further duty. Walter Reed General
Hospital, 60 Fort Oglothorpe; Capt. Clyde ..
Johnston, relieved Fort Warren. TO Carlisle
Barracks Major Henry X. Stinson, special
orders January ~ amended. relieved at
Fort Mcpherson, Ca, TO Camp Pike; Capt.
Glenn i. tIarlSer, relieved Fort Oglethorpe, TO
Camp Dix; Major Walter II. Macklin, re-
lieved Camp DIX. report TO commanding Of
ficer, Walter Reed General Hospital.
MtsCEG.LANEOUs--Ca William r. Katz.
Dental Reserve Corps, is ordered 10 active
duty for period not to extend later than
June 80. 90 Ttzsimons General Hospital for
assignment; First Lieut.. Jos. II. Pearson,
Jr.. Air Service. honorably discharged; First
Lieut. william X. Harvey, Quartermaster
Corps, relieved Preside Of San Francisco,
report 10 commandant School for Bakers and
Cooks for duty as assistant commandant,
relieving First Lieut.. John T. Fleming. Quar-
termaster Corps, who, thus relieved. will re-
port TO commanding general Ninth Corps
: Area, for duty with Bakery Company NO. 8,
The New York herald., 1921-01-22
To EquaIize Revenue.

To offset the decreases which would
follow this system, IT is proposed to
have a flat increase in the corporation
income tax rate, not to exceed 16 per
cent, to increase and extend the stamp
taxes, to Increase the rate on first class
postage, customs duties, consumption
and excise taxes.
Fayette r. Plumb of Philadelphia,
president of the corporation that bears
his name. opened the conference. The
first speaker was Arthur A. Ballantine
of the firm of Root. Clark. Buckner x
Howland. He said it was the pro-
gramme of the National Industrial Con-
ference Board to use its influence to
abolish the excess profits tax. to reduce
the surtaxes and to change the income
tax law 80 that it will be more just
and better administered"
'"The revenue loss resulting from tax
reductions involved in these changes"
said Mr.. Ballantine, 'it is proposed to
make up by obtaining approximately 40
per cent. through the Increase OF the
flat rate upon corporations and 20 per
cent from increases in minor taxes such
as stamp and license taxes, and the
other 40 per cent. from increase in sales
taxes and customs duties
Charles A. Andrews of Boston, treas
urer of the Gordon-Pew Fisheries Com
pany. made a plea for unity in business
and industrial sentiment on the tax
question. Business men. he said. should
not argue over the minor details of the
suggested programme, but should unite
on its essentials and put il forcefully
up TO Congress for action.
The New York herald., 1921-01-22
WANT NO SHIPPING
WAR WITH BRITAIN
Marine Association Ends Its
Annual Convention in OPP
timistic Mood.

WASHINGTON, Jan. determination
of a policy for the development and
maintenance of an American merchant
marine ''in spite of all difiiculties
brought to a close to-day the second
annual convention of the National Mer-
chant Marine Association. The dele
gates also voted to send to Congress and
the nation message expressing optim-
ism over the future of American ship
ping.
An evident desire prevailed in tho
closing hours to discourage any shipping
war with Great Britain or other foreign
nations, and although no official commit
ment was made. three speakers declared
in favor of friendly cooperation" be-
tween the United States and foreign
shipping interests asserting that trade
war would result dsastrously
Eight resolutions embodying the asso-
ciation's policy were unanimously
adopted. These proposed immediate and
faithful enforcement of the merchant
marine act of 1920; placing of the Ship
ping Board personnel on permanent
basis; extension of Government aid to
American shippers establishment of new
mail, passenger and cargo routes; cessa-
tion by the Shipping Board Of the prac-
tiee of allocating vessels to services
already established, so that private COM
panies may have chance to develop;
creation of an equitable plan of relief
for American shippers engaged in COM
petitive trades with foreign vessels
through reduction of the Shipping
Boards prices for it's ships; permanent
enrolment of competent officers and men
Of the merchant marine into the naval
reserve, and maintenance of the great
lakes naval training station.
The convention, in its message 10
Congress and the nation deplored pes
simism and destructive criticism and
urged "a spirit of constructive coopera-
ton and firm determination to achieve.
in spite of all difficulties. our national
purpose of developing and maintaining
an American merchant marine for the
national defence and for the proper
growth of our foreign and domestic
commerce"
The statement made yesterday by p.
A. S. Franklin, president of the In.
ternational Mercantile Marine Company.
that Mr.. Payne, Secretary of the Inter-
Tor, when chairman of the Shipping
Board, approved an agreement between
his company and the British Admiralty.
drew a denial to-day from Mr.. Payne.
"As a matter of fact" he wrote. II
never heard that such an agreement ex-
listed"
Senator Joseph Ransdell of Louisiana
was unanimously reelected president OF
the association. Vice-presdents elected
were j. Parker Kirlin, New York; Will
lam Butterworth. Moline, Ill. William
F. Humphrey, Seattle, Wash; Charles
Piez, Chicago, and Il. f. Cunningham
New orleans.