The Princeton union., 1921-11-17
NEWS SUMMARY
OF THE CAPITAL
Harding Opens Disarmament Confer
ence and Hughes Introduces
Americas Proposition.
TAX BILL TO CONFERENCE
President Appoints Four Women on
Advisory Committee of Dis
armament Conference.

armament Conference.
President Harding opened the con-
ference on the limitation Of armaments
on November IL with an address urg-
ing the elimination of all wars and
the reduction Of ornaments. The
crrlx of the arms conference is Amer
ica's proposal for limitation Of naval
armaments, which was presented by
Secretary of State Hughes at the open
ing session. He proposed 10-year
holiday in warship construction, in
volving a big scrapping Of ships now
on the ways or contemplated by the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan. MR. Hughes laid down these
general points: That there immediate
ly be destroyed by the navies Of the
three great powers &C capital fighting
ships and total tonnage Of l ,878, DAB.
Within three months after making an
agreement the navies would consist
of designated and agreed upon ships
as follows: United States, 18; Great
Britain, %; Japan, 10. In tons this
would be: United States, 500,650;
Great Britain, GOA 4,450; Japan, 299, 700.
Replacement would be limited by an
agreed maximum of capital ship ton
mage as follows: United States, >500,-
900 tons; Great Britain, 100000 tons;
Japan, 100000 tons. Subject to the
1O-year holiday limitation capital
ships could be replaced when they are
20 years old. No replacement ship
would have a tonnage Of more than
$4,000. Tonnage for cruisers, fotilla
leaders, destroyers and airplanes was
also included in Secretary Hughes
proposals.
The tax bill has passed the second
stage of it's slow progress toward final
enactment. There remain the ironing
out Of differences between the two
houses of congress in conference and
WIG dpP1ONdA VI Vic p1ColOSIC. Au0
it appears that the measure will be-
come a law about month before it
takes effect. This is perhaps its most
serious defect. For the income, excess
profits and corporation taxes, which
furnish the bulk of the revenue to be
raised in 1922, are calculated on the
business done in 1921. We have, then,
the anomaly of business conducted for
II of the IL months of the year, SUBJ
ject to uncertainties as to what share
Of it's profits would have to be paid
over to the government for taxes.
The appointment by President Hard
ing of four women to membership on
the advisory committee to the Ameri-
can delegation during the conference
on limitation of armaments renews
emphasis upon the recognition which
the republican administration is ac-
cording American women. The four
women appointed on this committee
are Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird, Massa-
chusetts; Mrs. Katherine Philips Edi-
son, California; Mrs. Eleanor Franklin
Egan, New York, and Mrs. Thos. c..
Winter, Minnesota. All are republi-
cans in their political affiliations, and
all have been actively identified in
public activities.
Senator Knute Nelson entered ac-
lively into the fight over the DISPOSE
ton of the power created at the high
dam at Minneapolis. He submitted a
letter to the federal. power commission
declaring that the Northern States
Power company "is reaching out in
all directions to secure all the water
power in the upper Mississippi river
and it's tributaries" and that if it
should succeed it would become a mo-
nopoly contrary to the letter and the
spirit of the antitrust act and men,
ace to the people of Minneapolis and
St. Paul and all of the people of Min
nesota, and protesting against grant
ing permit to the Northern States
Power company. 1t, would be a calam-
ity, the senator said, to issue such per
NIT. Senator Nelson also asks in his
letter that the federal power commits
sion defer any action on the pending
applications for the acquisition of the
power until the Municipal Electric cor
poration, composed of the twin cities
and the Minnesota state university,
can qualify under the federal act to
make application for the power.
Mayor George E. Leach and Lieu
tenant Governor L. L. Collins spent
almost an entire day at the war risk
bureau in company with Representa-
tive Walter H. Newton. They investi-
gated the compensation claims of war
veterans from Minneapolis which had
been submitted to Mr.. Newton two
weeks ago and met officials of the
bureau. "Congressman Newton is do
ing fine work for the disabled veterans
of the northwest" said Mayor Leach.
"He has not only taken a personal in