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The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
What Congress Did Yesterday.
HOUSE..

Met at IL m. and adjourned at
4.35 n. m. until noon Mondoy.
Considered bill making in order
certain items which have been car-
ried In Indian appropriation bill
for years without having been au-
thorized by law. bpt adjourned
without taking action.
BiIIs introduced.
. Butler, PennsylyanIa-To author
iEe the Secretary of the Navy to
dispose OF, by sale or otherwise,
certain lands or portions thereof,
with the improvements thereon,
that are deemed by him to he no
longer required for naval purposes.
Focht, Pcnnsylvania-To vacate
certain streets and alleys within
the Walter Reed General Hospital
grounds and to authorize the ex-
tension and widening OF Fourteenth
street.
Buchanan, Texas-To provide for
eign credits for the purchase of
products OF essential industries of
the United States and to promote
foreign commerce.
HSuse Committee Meetings Today.
Appropriations, subcommittee ON
deficiency appropriations, IL, execu.
tive; appropriation for the Shipping
Board.
Ways and Means, 1850, executive.
Joint commission on Agriculture
inquiry. 10. open.
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point as will yield an income Of
5 1-2 per cent on capital account.
Under this provision the commission
has little discretion in fixing rates.
On May 26, 1921, I introduced
bill, H. r. 66i2, to repeal section
15-a and restore the old law which
provided that the Interstate Com
merce Commission should fix "reas-
enable" rates. That is the only
fair and Just standard of rate max
ing. Under the present high and in
some cases prohibitive rates busi-
ness Is seriously handicapped. Some
agricultural products cannot move
and other products are forced to
hear such an unreasonable charge
for transportation that our whole
Industrial and business structure Is
threatened. 1 behave my bill. II en-
acted, will bring substantial relief.
Another big problem Is internai
taxes. The Ways and Means Com
mittee is now engaged In dsatting
a bill revising the present law: ~
has a dificult and introcate task 10
nerform, IN shifting the burden OF
existing rates / sincerely nope tha1
the committee will not remove the
taxes from those best able 10 pear
them and place them on the pour
who are already heavily burdened:
To ,ax them through a high tari1t
and then to increase the load
,hroupA the shifting of internal
,axss would be an injustice and
hInnder on the part of the dominant
Iarty. 80, hssr able
20 90 into great detail in discus
sing my views with reference 10
these questions. but in brief Outline
7 have undertaken to indicate my
attitude with reference to the OUT
standing questions before the Con-
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CONDITIONS IN VETERAN
Senator Du Pont
Says Battle Ships
Are eObsolete Now

CHICAGO. Aug. 4.-"Battle ships
are obsolete; the airship is the fght-
Ing ship Of the-future. said senator
puPpnt. of Delaware who passed
through Chicago on his way TO Colo
rado Springs today.
s. Il an for disarmament" he eoE-
tinued. It believe we should cut
down the land and sea forces TO
policing needs. The future of war
Hes In the air.
"A battIeship coasts $4,000. 900
and requires a 1,eoo men. An aiI- =
ship costs $4,000 and takes man,
or 2. Send a battleship against a
fort and you risk your 1000 men
and sio,ooo.0oo. Send 10 airships
against the fort and you risk 20
men and 100000 and you get the
fort"
But the powder trust-?" began
an interviewer.
Forget it," said the senator
quickly. Never has more, than :
pei, cent Of our output been used
in military operations. The biggest
part goes to blasting and fireworks
Give US the normal growth of min
ing. excavating and building and
canal cutting and we lon't need
anymore bombardments to keep the
powder mills going. Our powder
is a means of production rather
than OF destruction"
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
TRADE
BODY'S ENDSEEN
IN SENATE MOVE
Approval of Packer Bill
Held First Step in Its
Abolition.

What is RETARDED as the FIRST sue
cessful blow in an ALLEGED campaign
to abolish the Federal Trade Com
has been struck by the Sem
ate in adopting the conference re-
port on the packer control bill. The
measure now awaits final approval
by the House before 1t goes u ?resi-
dent Harding for his signature And
becomes law.
The measure, as approved by the
Senate yesterday, would give to the
Secretary Of Agriculture the power
to establish machinery IN his de-
partment, similar to that already
established By the Federal Trade
Commission act. for regulation OF
packing practices.
Frfend. Point Meanins.
Since the basic commodities over
which the Federal Trade Commits
sion now has jurisdiction are food,
shelter, fuel and clothing. friends of
the commission contend that the
foremost of these. food. would be
taken away from tho commission
by the packer control measure. The
E'relinghuysen coal bill, which ap-
pears TO be dead for this session.
would relieve the commission of re-
sponsibility in the matter of fuel.
and already, II Is added, there are
elements at work to take from the
commission jurisdiction over shelter
and clothing.
While the bill would empower the
Secretary Of Agriculture to request
the Federal. Trade Commission 20
investigate packers practices II
srch a probe seemed warranted, the
necessary machinery to enable the
department itself to do this work is
provided. In addition the Secretary
of Agriculture would be empowered
to make rules and regulations con-
cerning Federal control OF the pack
ers beyond the jurisdiction now
granted the trade commission. In
these circumstances, friends Of the
commission believe. the latter's work
SO far as the packers are concerned,
will probably dwindle away to
Meantime there will be the ques-
ton of what disposition is to be
made of the numerous cases now be-
fore the commission, some Of which
have been tried and decisions
reached against the packers; some
of which have gone through prelimi-
nary Investigation and await formal
complaints, and still others Of whi' :
have been tried. but upon which
there has been no decision handed
down as yet. &.
Packers Old Enemies.
1t is believed here that under the
new law, after il is finally passed
the packers, in case OF adverse deci-
sions by the Federal Trade Commits
sion, will seek to reopen those cases
before the Secretary of Agriculture
and in pending cases will seek ts
have the hearings transferred from
the commission to the body that will
be established in the Department OF
Agriculture to carry on similar
work. The fight Of the packers
against the Federal Trade -Commis'
sion is an old and bitter ort. Just
what effect final enactment OF the
packed control bill into law viii
have on the whole packer fight Is
being watched with great interes,
by both private individuals and
those elements of the public who
have been involved in past strug-
giles over this problem.
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u. S. Chemical Engineer
Made Dean of University

r. s., Tour, chemical engineer of
the nitrate division. ordnance de-
partment of the army, has been
made dean of the department of
chemical engineering, University of
Cincinnati. Cincinnati. Ohio, and will
assume his new duties at the begin
ming of the college year ext month.
Mr.. Tour was working on prob
lens of supplying nitrogen for am
munition manufacture through the
war and since the armistice. He
was in charge of re-designing plant
No. at Sheffield, Ala. for the pro-
duction of synthetic ammonia, which
was undertaken after the armistice
when il was expected that the gov
ernment would operate the nitrate
plants. He was also a member of
tho fixed nitrogen commission of
the government that visited Europe
shortly after the armistic to study
foreign methods OF nitrogen pro.
duction.
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NAPLES HUSHED AS
CARUSO is BURIED
WITH ROYAL HONOR
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
Csruso. He invariably made a vii!
before sailing for a long voyage,
destroying them afterwards. The
will found in Florence was one OF
those made in contemplation Of
lcng trip. Caruso was then about
To- go to Mexico, and it is believed
that there are others in existence.
probably one in the Caruso home
on Long Island, N. Y.
According to a friend of Caruso,
his last will was made after his
last return to Italy and was sent
bv registered post to Florence. The
papers in the custody of Caruso's
Florence agent are being carefully
sorted in the hope that some will
will he found which contemplated
Gloria's participation.
Condolences From Britain.
Dowager> Queen Alexandria of
Great Britain, in a message of con-
dolence received by Mime. Caruso,
Thursday. said: Our hearts are
profoundly grieved; with you and
YOUR people, we regret the death
of an artist who can never be re-
placed. Our sincere condolences In
this hour of universal sorrow"
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
Maryland Boys and Girls
See Secretary Wallace

IF America is to maintain les
Agricultural supremacy" Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace told a group
Of Maryland boys and girls yester-
day, "the next generation of farm
ers nuts know more than their an
cestors did. Farming in the future
will be more difficult than 1t is now:
competition from foreign nations is
going to be more severe"
The address was a brief one of
welcome to III prize winners In
agriculture and home-making clubs
throughout the twenty-three coun-
ties Of Maryland. The boys and
girls have for five days been gath
cred at College Park. Nd. and yes
terday came to Washington to visit
the Department of Agriculture and
other government buildings.
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Vets Post Indorses Stand
OF RepresentatiUe Fish

Endorsement of the letter of Rep
resentative Hamilton Fish. of New
York, which appeared in The Herald,
in which h regretted the slashing of
the Sweet bill by Congress and
urged the veterans to elect Con
gressmen frof their own number.
was the principle action of Equality
Walter Reed Post, Veterans of For
eign Wars. met last night in Py-
THAN Temple, 1912 Ninth street
northwest.
Col. Robert G. Woodside. COM
mander in chief Of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, has sent letters to
the heads of the American Legion
and the United Spanish War Vet
Grams urging nationwide mass
meeting on Armistice Day. Novem-
ber IL, to protest the neglect of
veterans.
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District Deaths in Week.
Total lis; Births, I64

Deaths in the District totaled lis
for the week ending July 80. n
white and II colored. according to
the weekly report Of DR.. william
c. Fowler, District health officer.
Births registered were 1854.
The following foodstuffs were
condemned and denatured on in
spection: Twenty-four crates can
taloupes, 139 pounds smoked shoul-
ders, twenty-one crates cucumbers,
twenty-six pounds chicken, sixty
watermelons, fve gallons cream.
300 pounds corned beef. two crates
okra, seventy pounds pork, thirty-
seven barrels fish and ssS pounds
sugar.
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HIGH TARIFF FASTUPDITY,
SAYS CONNALLY, OF TEXAS
If Europe Can't Sell to
Us, She Can't Buy Our.
Great Surplus of Crops
and Manufactures, Says
Congressman.
by TOM CoNNALLY

by TOM CoNNALLY
Representative In Congress Of the
Eleventh Teas xDistriet.
1t is always a much easier matter
in a heated political campaign to
promise legislation that will bring
an Improvement in business, agri-
cultural and Industrial conditions
than IL is after the "tumult and the
shouting" have passed away andd In
cold cober moments to devise iegis-
lation to redeem the promises.
That is exactly the situation thai
now confronts the country and the
marty in power. With the bulk OF
the gold of the world in American
vaults we find American business,
agriculture and industry almost In
state of coma. There Is business
depression, low prices of agricul-
tural product and designation in
many industries. With Europe in
need of our products, exports have
been shrinking for months.
Rails, Taxes. Tariff.
WHAT is there that can be done or
ought to be done by the government
to improve these conditions. Does
the remedy lie in the increased
tariff duty, the solution Of the rail-
road problem, or in the revision OF
internal taxes. These three sub
jects Of legislation are now before
the Congress and must be dealt
with in some form -
1 am opposed to the Fordney tarin
bill. Ind addition to my opposition
to the protective tariff theory do
not believe that it is wise at TINS
time, when Europe owes the united
States and her citizens more thah
fifteen billion dollars, to increase
the obstacles in the way of Europe
paving her indebtedness by the ex-
change of goods. Where snail we
send our surplus wheat, or surplus
cotton and other raw and manuiac-
tured products? We have got 10
trade with Europe or our export
market will dry up. ! do not pc
lieye that the remedy for our con-
ditions has been found in the Foro-
new tariff bill. and l hope the sem
ate may radically revise IT,
End Guaranteed Profits
However, real relief can be given
10 the business of the country
through proper handling OF raiiroau
freirht rates. Section l5-a OF tne
C11mmins- -Esch bill, known as .ne
cuaranty section, provides that the
Interstate Commerce CommisSlo'
shall arbitrarily fix rates AT such ="
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
Woman Disposes Estate
Among Her Relatives

The will of Jane T. Bland, who
died July 80, disposing of $4,000
cash and the premises at 5o3 A
street southeast, was filed for pro-
bate Wednesday.
All of the interest owned by the
deceased in the estate of her late
brother, James Trimble, is given
to a nephew, James p. Gaddis. A
street house is bequeathed to a
niece. Helen r. Trimble, along with
cash amounting to $500. The re-
mainder of the estate is devised in
trust to Edgar T. Gaddis, the ex-
ecutor, with instructions to convert
it into cash, and pay over $1,000 to
Mary T. Gaddis, sister; to Mrs
Rifle Trimble, $500; to Emmett
Miriam and Clark Thomas. 5000
each ito Mrs. Emma Patten, 500.
and. TO Trimble B. Gaddis, $500.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
QUESTION RIGHT
TO SEIZE RUM SHIP

The question of whether rum
running outside Americas three
mile limit is safe or dangerous for
ships of foreign registry is about
to be determined by Assistant AT.
torney General Goff, who has asked
Federal District Attorney Hay
ward, of New York. to explain the
seizure of the British rum-running
schooner, Henry L. Marshall. Hay
ward is also accredited with having
stated. he would seize all liquor
vessels he could lay his hands on
whether they were within or with
out the three mile limit.
Hayward will be expected by the
Department of Justice to make
full report on his action and pos
sibly may be summoned to Wash
ington for questioing.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
"ANTI-BLUE PLEAS
FLOODING CONGRESS

Proposed blue laws for washing
ton are attacked in a food of petit
tions to Congress from all parts of
the country. .
Senator Frank B. Willis. of Ohio.
received protests yesterday signed
by many citizens of Bowling Green.
Toledo and other Ohio cities. The
petitioners said they were against
compulsory observance of Sunday
in any form in keeping with any re-
ligious denomination. Seventh Day
Adventists are among those who
have asked members of Congress to
exert their efforts in behalf of re-
ligious freedom.
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Woman Granted DiUOrce
On Duplicity Grounds

Mrs. Sallie V. Whitehurst. 80
Third street northwest, was grant
ed an interlocutory degree for alb
solute divorce yesterday from her
husband, Benjamin w. Whitehurst.
a travelling salesman, by Justice
Hitz in the Equity Court.
Infidelity was the grounds upon
which Mrs. Whitehurst claimed di-
vorce. The couple were married in
Georgia in 1915. The husband is
thought to be at Fort Worth, Texas.
There are no children.
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SENATE.
,Proeeeding. Of August -

Proeeedingx of August 50
Met Mt noon and adjourned NJ
s..5 until noon today.
P,..ed McNary substitute fnm
.re5tt. bill without roll call aite
..xeraI hours OF concluding
,,,,nute speeches by senators
Iorr. Pittmnn, McNary anu
Co,fer.uee report on packers
.,roI biu approved. Measure
-. Secretary of Agrtcuiture
,,o,x.r to establish machinery Sim
,I,r 20 that Of Federal Trace Ion"
r,,..,on. affecting food.
s,hcommittee investigating Fofo-
N.wherry Senatorial election cum
,..t decided TO leave to fuli C"m-
,,tt,se nm Privileges and Eieetohss
one.tion. OF further testimony anu
or,l arguments, raised by senate"
A.hurst and Pomerene.
ua,,ne. Committee continneo
hearing ON proposed dyestuh em-
barge. .-...,
wrIis-CnmpbeII bill restricting
,,..cription. for beer and wines as
r,edic,ne taken up. Amendment OIL
T.red by senator Reed providing
h.,xx f,ne. I'm cases of search WITH
out warrant
Nominations confirmed; MISS NARY
O.TooIe, to be judge of the NUM-
ciual Court, District of CoiumDia'
Pexton Gordon, to he United states
attorney for the District OF Co-
Iumbin. and number of postmasters'
Bills introduced.
simmons. North Cnrohna-iWo
amendments to foreign debt refuno-
ing bill. giving restricted powers
to the President.
In Toilette, wIsconsin-Resolu
tiou for inquiry into shipping Board
controversy with marine workers
preference to Audit and Controi
Committee askedO
McCumber, North Dakotn-To es-
tabIjsb N Roosevelt national park
I'm Killings County. North Dakota.
Nelson. Minnesota-Provid Tor
the punIshment of persons fmped-
ing. resisting. assaultinE or killing
officers or employees OF the United
states while on duty.
Laid Before Senate.
Message of the House aunounc-
ing signing of the bill establishing
a veterans bureau I'm the Treasury
Department.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
Police Ban on Ford Paper
Is OUerruLed in CHICAGO

CHICAGO. Aug. 4.-Henry Ford's
Dearborn Independent, the paper
that has been barred from news
stands in various cities. presum-
ably because OF its article attack
ing the Jews, has gained a respite
in Chicago. Judge Homer. acting
on a petition by Perley W. John
son. distributor of the Independent
for Chicago and vicinity, today
granted a temporary injunction.
restraining Chief of Police Fitz-
morris from interfering with the
sales of the paper.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
GOVERNMENT BUYS
SERVICE HOSPITAL

The site and buildings of the
Public Health Service Hospital at
Augusta, Ga, will be purchased by
the government and the institution
developed into a soldier hospital of
500 beds. The total cost Of the
project will be sS1,0oO4. Secretary
of the Treasury announced .yester-
day.
The property was leased in jan
laIy, 1890, a 200-bed neuropschiatric
hospital having been opened by the
Public Health Service last Novem-
Der.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
Dies Returning to Wife
He Left After so Years

PORTLAND. Greg. Aug. 4.-For
nifty years Gottleib and Julia
Schmidka lived happily together as
man and wife. Four months aeoll
they quarreled and -Gottleib left
home.
e. Under a rosebush in the back yard
OF his old home his aged wife dis
covered his dead body late yester-
day.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
Train Time Reduced.

Reductions in the running time
will be made of eight through pas
senger trains. between New York,
Washington and the South, the
management of the Southern Rail-
way Company announced yester-
day The shortened distance and
excellent condition of the tracks
has made this improvement pos
sible IL was said.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
India, NewFiel
For Johnson To
Wage Dry Fight
tSpeeial Cable 70 The wsshiarton Hsran
and Chicago Tribune.)

and Chicago Tribune.)
LONDON, Aug. 4-"Pussyfoot"
Johnson, the American temperance
worker, sails for India tomorrow at
the invitation OF the Anglo-Indian
Temperance Association, which
plans to launch a dry campaign in
the Eastern Empire.
Il am going to tell them what We
did in America" he told newspaper
men, and IL is for them TO make up
their minds as to whether they will
go dry or not"
Mr.. johnson did not appear to be
daunted by the tales of India's wet
ness or by the reputed pride which
the colonists have in their thirs,.
When told that doctors agree that
alcohol is the best protection in the
world against malaria he said, I'VE
have no objection TO the use Or az
cohol for medical purposes"
After a three months campaign he
intends to return to England, which
he says will be dry by that time.
(copynght, leaI.)
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
ALLIES EXPECT US.
TO OPPOSE GREEKS
Special Gable to The Washington Herald
and Chicago Tribune.)

PARIS. Aug. 4.-The United States
is expected to join the French, Ital-
ians and japanese in protests against
the occupation of Constantinople
by the Greeks.
p The French semi-ofIlcial press Is
aroused over a dispatch from Athens
stating that the British have agreed
to permit Greek troops to hold the
Golden Horn. as it is pointed out
the announcement was not made
without a preliminary accord being
reached between Great Britain's rep
resentative at Athens and the Greek
government.
Copyright, 1871
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
BOMBING TESTS !. "a =
not CONCLUSIVE
REPORT Will SAY
Ostfriesland Sunk Under
Other Than Conditions
of War.

The airpIane has not demon
strated its ability TO destroy war
ships under sactual conditions Of
warfare
This is the keynote Of the report
to be submitted by the joint army
and navy board which conducted
the recent bombing tests on the
Virginia cspes- -gc.F
Substantially. IL was learned yes
terday. the report will point out:
Not Under War Conditions.
THAT as the tests were not
made under war conditions, the re-.
suit must be appraised from the
conditions as they existed. s.r-
2-That the bulkheads OF the for
Gar German battleship Ostfriesisnd.
which was finally sent to the bot
tom by air bombers. were not oyer
hauled and made battle-shspe be-
fore the tests
3-That repeated bomb expio-
sions opened the airports Of the
ostfriesland. causing water to pour
into the vessel and contribute 10
the sinking under conditions that
would not have applied TO ships
Of modern construction.
sunk by Hull Explosions.
THAT the Ostfriesland was
sunk by numerous and repeated
bomb explosions near the hull I'm
der battle conditions. and with a
ship in motion. such repetition
would be impossible.
5-That bombs were dropped at
times from an altitude as low as
1.500 feet. easily within the range
OF anti-aircraft guns.
The report will set forth that the
accuracy displayed by the bombers
is gratifying to both the army and
navy.
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sunk by Hull Explosions.
Accountants Meet KendaIIs.

The Accounting Division nine et
the Treasury Department will PLAY
their first game today with th"
Kendall Green A. c as opponents.
The game will be played at $50 aJ
Third and i streets northeast.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
Giants Play Leesburg.

The Washington Giants will hook
up with the Leesburg nine at Union
League Park on Sunday. The visi-
tors have not lost a game this sea-
son.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05
DEATHS

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on Tuesday, August
9, 1921. at p. m, at her residence.
2715 street northwest. ANNIE JOHN
SON, widow Of Henry Eugene Holdridge.
Funeral from her late residence, Friday,
August 5, at p. m. Interment at Con-
gressional Cemetery.
The Washington herald., 1921-08-05

In view of the probability CT ce-
lay in getting such legislation
through Congress Senator Walsh
advocated prompt action by the De-
partment of Justice and declared
that the country should be informed
about the hell hole" to which it was
sending it's disabled veterans. An
appeal may be made also to tie Y.
Al. c. A. and the Knights OF Column
bus to help remedy conditions.