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The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
SAY TARIFF DATA
WILL KILL BILL
Federal Commission Gives In
formation to Con-
gress.

Defeat of the Emergency Tariff
Bill in the Senate became almost
certain yesterday when it was
learned that the Federal Tariff
Commission had furnished the SEN
ate Finance Committee with infor-
nation and data on conditions of
world trade which disclose the pro-
posed legislation as impracticabIe
and ill-timed.
Thomas Walker Page, chairman OF
the commission, refused to discuss
the data submitted to the Senate
committee but private sources re-
vealed the fact that it is distinctly
unfavorable to the measure as
passed by the House.
The Ways and Means Committee
Of the House. it developed, disre-
garded the Tariff Commission in
framing the emergency bill.
The situation is urgent and II
would have taken the commission
to long to gather the required in
formation" said Representative
Green, of Iowa, ranking mem! of
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, in explaining the commit
tees action.
Each days delay destroys the
usefulness of the emergency bill"
declared Green. IF it is held up
until March or even for thirty days
l doubt whether it will do much
good. By that time the food Of
foreign goods which the bill is de-
signed to shut out will be pour
ing into our ports"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
T | SEE BY
| ! HE HERALD
What When Where

Reception, the woman's Relief
Corps and Sons of Veterans Aux
Hilary, U. S. A, Grand Army Hall,
p420 Pennsylvania avenue northwest,
From ? until p. m.
Daily march Of the Irish sympa-
fthiZers, p. m. instead of D. m
To-day win be the ffty-fifth march
fof the seventy-three to be made.
Closed meeting, Patrick H Pearse
Council Of the American Associa-
friOn for Recognition OF the Irish
Republic, GOnzaga Hall, As I street
northwest, p. m.
Meeting Of Association Of Oldest
Inhabitants, District of Columbia
GRiOn Engine House, Nineteenth and
p streets northwest, IL a. m.
Amusements.
Garrick-"High Noon"
Belasco-"The Man Who Came
Back"
National-Raymond Hitchcock in
fHitchy-K 1920"
Poli's-"Pagans"
Keith 's-Vaudev
tTand-Vaudeville and pictures.
Ccsmos-vaudeviIle and pictures.
tiaye ty-'The Golden Crook"
Eefropolitan - Viola Dana in
&~Cinderalla's Twin"
Ratio Justine Johnstone in
ffBfackhirds."
Faiace-"Fatty" Arbuckle in The
lie OF the Party"
Garden-"Heliotrop
Coinmbia-"The Jucklins."
kntokerbocker- Burke in
rFH Frisky Mrs. Johnson.
Crau8all ls-Alice Lake in Body
nd So
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01

This is not an advertisement" 4"
Nor is it an attack upon bootleg
gers profiteering. 1t may sound
like either or both. 1t was inspired
neither by South Atlantic shipping
lines nor grief over the hig price
Of the wherewith to welcome the
New Year with proper gusto. 1t
is taken from the records of a dig
nified senatorial inquiry into con-
ditions in the Virgin Islands, which
the United States acquired from
Denmark.
Some months ago, a Senate COM
mittee visited the islands. The
lawmakers sought first-hand infor-
nation as to conditions there. The
chairman of the committee was SEN
ator William S. Kenyon of Iowa,
who banished the vice district from
the national capital and did much
to make the nation dry. He found
things on the islands that rather
shocked him. His committee sug-
gested numerous reforms to the
civil and naval governing author
tiles. Then the Senators came back,
made a report to the Senate, and
awaited reports of how their reform
program had banished evil from
the islands.
Today D. Hamilton Jackson, a
native Of the islands, appeared be-
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
Army Officer Captures
Negro Train Bandits

WASHINGTON, N. c., Dec. 81
Two unidentified negroes were
brought here today and lodged in
jail following an unsuccessful at
tempt to hold up Norfolk and
Southern passenger train Number
Is near Newbern, shortly after mid
night.
An army officer, a passenger on
the train, succeeded in overpowerins
them.
The negroes after boarding the
locomotive forced the engine crew
to uncouple the engine, intending
to sent it down the road a short
distance and rob the mail and ex-
press cars as we'll as passengers,
officials said. While the fireman
was obeying the command the Off l.
Ger appeared and overpowered
them.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
FEAR BILL PUTS
LEVY ON MEATS
KEPTN STORAGE
House Member Charges
Food Is Withheld to
Raise Price.

A bill proposing to tax imported
dressed meats in cold storage sitter
sixty days from the date Of their
receipt was introduced IN the House
yesterday by Representative james
A. Frear, Of Wisconsin a member
OF the House Ways and Means Com
mittee. II provides a tax Of 10
cents per pound on all imported
dressed meats remaining in storage
sixty days and an additional tax OF
cents per pound for every thirty
days additional time during thich
the meats remain In storage
The measure provides a penalty
Of not less than 500 and not more
than $4,000 for failure 70 report
to the Internal Revenue ofhce the
holding In storage Of meats for more
than sixty days. a Jail sentence Of
not more than six months and =
fine is provided as punishment for
willfully conceslinE the storage OF
meat beyond that period.
The statistics presented TO the
Ways and Means Commltte disclose
that over $4,000, 900 pounds Of NUT
ton and lamb have been imported
from other countries within a pc
riod Of four months" Fresr said.
These goods are said to have been
imported largely by packers en-
gagged in business in this country.
who also have South American in
terests and have placed II in cold
storage in an effort TO maintain
present high prices. The destruc-
tion Of ne sheep industries in this
country due 70 present prices Of
fered stock men by packers makes
an incentive for Withholding the
goods now in cold storage for an
indefinite period.
The bill, II enacted into law, will
bring abodt cheaper meats ana
through the passage OF the recent
tariff bill by the House, II enacted
into law, the American farmer will
be protected from continued impOr-
tstions OF low priced meats to com
pete with his own products. The
measure is proposed TO AFFORD RELIEF
under present changing conditions
until some specific law is enacted
affecting cold storage products kept
in storage"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
PLAN ARMY FLIGHT
ACROSS CONTINENT

Army aviators will attempt on
washington's birthday to hy from
coast to coast in tNenty-fOUr hours,
the War Department announced yes
terday.
One plane, according to the present
plan. will leave Jacksonville, Fla,
and at the same time another will
start from San Diego, Cal, each
plane covering a distance Of i,o7s
miles. Stops will be made at Filing
ton Field, Houston, Tex, and at
El Psso, Tex.
Lieut.. Alexander Pearson, jr- will
guide the plane from jacksonville.
The pilot who will fly from San
Diego has not yet been selected.
The distances between stopping
places are as follows: From Jack
sonville TO Houston, 500 miles; from
Houston 20 El Paso, $50 miles, And
from FL Psso TO san Diego, SIS
miles
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
DE VALERA BACK
In IRELAND ON
SECRET MISSION
Secretary Issues State
ment-Recan Promise to
Emulate MacSwiney.

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Eamonn de
Valera, president of the Irish Re-
public. has returned to Ireland, 1t
was announced here today by his
secretary, Harry Boland.
Boland refused to say when de
Valera arrived in Ireland, at what
port he landed, or how he got across
the Atlantic. 1t is assumed that
he went as a member of the crew
of a liner. That was the manner
in which he made his way to this
country from Ireland.
May Be Seeking Peace.
Presumably de Valera has re-
turned to Ireland to participate in
peace negotiations with the British
government. Recently Prime Min
ister Lloyd George was asked
whether he would permit de Valera
TO return to Ireland for this pur-
pose, but he gave no specific reply.
Later the Irish office made 1t known
that de Valera would be arrested
If he attempted to land in the Brit
ash Isles
Would Emulate Macswiney.
AftsF Lord Mayor MacSwiney, of
Cork. Started his hunger strike, de
vaisla stated that II MacSwiney
were peTmitted to die he would go
back 70 ireland and start a hunger
strike
SO faT as known, de Valera did
not ett a passport to leave the
1fnited States. He came in without
"A passport and apparently left with
@he same defiance of passport regu-
1RtionS
Boiand distributed to reporters a
4ypewritten sheet of paper which
h said was de Valera's farewell
. hespnited States. 1t was as fol-
love
Land OF the free and home Of the
braxs--farewell! May you ever re-
-nain as have known you-land of
he generous hearted and the kind
ly. May you stand through time as
they would have you who love you
I-liberty's champion; and oh, may
you never know yourself the agony
OF foreign masters lash.
7 came to you on a holy mission
the mission of freedom"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
BUREAU REVISION
IS LAW; CONGRESS
TO PUSH ACTION
Government Departments
Will Be Cut to Bone
By New Body.

The Smoot- Reayis resolution pro-
viding for complete reorganization
of all departments Of the Federal
government has become a law au-
tomaticalIy through the failure of
President Wilson to either sign or
veto it.
The resolution provides for a
joint committee of Congress en-
powered to make a survey of all
departments, bureaus and commits
sions with the view a. eliminating
Implications of work and to .co-or-
dinating the various sections of the
government in the interest of ef-
fciency and economy.
No one knows whether Preside ent
Wilson intended to sign this i'm
portant measure or veto 1t. Some
contend that he planned to sign II.
Others are equally positive that he
had a veto in mind 1t is held up
as one of the rare instances where
bills actually do become laws by
accident
Seek Copy OF Resolution.
The mixup became known when
attaches of the. Executive Mansion
started on a mad chase for a COPY
of the resolution. This did not oc-
cur, however, until after the ten
days allowed the President for con-
sideration OF the bill had expired
White House officials would not
admit that the law had become ef-
fective in this unusual fashion. An
attempt was made to give the i'm
preston that the expiration of the
ten days time indicated nothing
aside from President Wilson's de-
sire to let the bill become a law in
that fashion.
The joint Congressional commit
tee on reorganization will in all
probability be headed by Senator
Smoot, of Utah. 1t will take up
one department after another and
cut 1t down to the bone"
Attacks Big Printing Bill
One of the first matters scheduled
to receive attention from the reor,
ganizers Is the government printing
service from which Republican Sem
ators have threatened to eliminate
$SOO.OOO annual waste. Senator
Smoot himself has complained that
in addition to the main government
printing office, said to be the
largest in the world, no fewer than
zS6 branch plants are maintainea
by the administration.
AS chairman of the joint commit
tee on printing Senator Smoot de-
Veroped the fact that the govern
ment is printing 266 different Jour
nails periodicals and magazines at
a total cost of $2.5OO,OOO a year.
While this is going on, he pointed
out that country newspapers are
oeing forced to suspend publication
Tor lack of print paper.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
What Congress Did
Yesterday.

senate
Met at II noon and adjourned at
5t45 p. m. until noon Monday.
Took mp and dIsesssed sundry
Civil appropriation bill under gen
ernI debate.
Under Leadership Of Representa-
tive Garrett, Tennessee, 6Eht start
ed to insert nppropris tion In Sun
dry Civil bill of $4,000 600 for
completing construction Of dam at
Muscle shoals, Ala.
Bills introduced.
Towner, Iows-Two bIIIs amend
Ing act declaring purpose of the
United states as TO future political
status of the PkiIIPpiIe Islands.
McPadden, Pa-AmendInR Fed
eral Reserve act TO authorize re-
serve banks 10 discount for any
member bank, notes, drafts or bills
of exchange bearing signature of
any one borrower, in amounts not
10 exceed 20 per cent of the banks
capital and surplus.
Cnrhway. Ark-AuthorisinE Unit
ed States Commissioners with turfs-
diction to hear and determine mis-
demeanor cases.
Walsh, MHss-To authorize Sec
retary Of the Navy 10 create rank
of chief gunner, electrical. I'm the
Coast Guard.
Fresr, Wis.-To levy n tax upon
all imported meat held In storage
for longer than sixty days.
Hicks, ". Y-To authorize Seere-
tary of the Navy to receive land
for aviation purposes.
Smith, MIch.-MakInE armIstic
day n national holiday.
Campbell, Ean.-AmendinE act
incorporating American Red Cross
SO that the executive committee of
the central committee will consist
of nine Instead of seven members.
krnus, Ind-GivfnE Marine Of
fcers who later enlisted in the
army credit for Marine service.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
8FHted Men Guard Pest
Area in East CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Dec, 3l.-One hundred
Frmed guards today were patrolling
the south half of East Chicago to
Enforce a quarantine established
Following the outbreak of "A cases
bt smallpox
The stricken portion Of the city
IS Inhabited by about $4,000 foreign
born who work in the great steel
mills Five cases of the disease
have been discovered in Hammond,
Ind
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
Mt. Weather, Va, Useless
As Army Home, Report

The news has been broken to
Congress that the government prop
erty in Loudoun and Clarke Coun-
ties, Virginia, known as Mount
Weather, is unsuited as a home for
disabled soldiers. sailors and Ma
rines, or for any other practical
purpose, and the sale OF the tract
and buildings is recommended
The report was made by the COM
mission composed OF the Secretar-
les of Treasury, War. Navy and
Agriculture, which made an inves-
tigation.
Isolation and inaccessibility were
the chief objections, and heavy costs
for maintenance and remodelinE
were also described in the report.
The tract consists OF IS acres.
Private school pupils in PhiladeI-
phia number 93ls.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
MINERS RELIEF
BILL is SIGNED

PRESIDENT Wilson yesterday signed
the Henderson mining bill granting
temporary relief to miners who
have been unable to do required
amount Of work on their claims
caring the past year.
! The bill, which extends until July
l the time in which miners may do
Ine SlOo worth of work upon their
Chains Tor the year 1920, was the
occasion OF Senator Ashurst's i'm
pulsive visit to the White House
wednesday seeking to speed up ac-
ton on the. bill.
Had no action been taken today
thousands Of claims throughout the
west would have been liable to ac-
tion by claim jumpers" who could
nave Relocated the claims becaus.
the original owners had failed 70
40 the required work.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01

Definite steps to crystalline the
apparent sentiment in the United
States, Great Britain and France
in favor of disarmament are being
considered by President Wilson.
The President, it was understood
yesterday, is thinking of calling
an international conference on dis
armament the authority for which
was granted in the naval bill Of
1916, but which has not been ex-
ercised.
Norman H. Davis, Undersecre-
tary of State. spent more than an
hour in conference at the White
House, and Immediately afterwards
was closeted for an equally long
period with Rear Admiral Robert
E. Coontz, chief Of naval operations
and the Acting Secretary of the
Navy in the absence Of Josephus
Daniels. He refused to discuss the
nature of the two conferences
The belief was expressed in ad-
ministration circles yesterday that
the reaction abroad to the pro-
posal for a naval holiday" Of FIVE
years duration made this the op-
perfume moment for such a move
ment and that the oficial world in
London and Tokyo would welcome
the chance to convert into deeds
the present suggestion through the
medium of an official invitation
from the United States government
for such action.
May Need New Treaties.
President is empowered to call a
conference on disarmament was not
quite inclusive enough to reach the
goal which the leaders of many
nations are now discussing. as II
provided rather for recommenda-
tions than actual regulations for the
limitation Of armament. 1t is believed
that to carry through the present
program, action by the respective
legislative bodies of the countries
concerned and an interchange OF
treaties would be required.
There is some question in the
minds Of constitutional lawyers
whether the act empowers the Pres
ident with sufficient authority to
draw up an agreement as to dis
armament but as to the power for
NoAAAA6 NAAt AANAS NoA
be no doubt.
No words were minced as to the
policy of this government toward
disarmament in the 1916 bill. 1t
read:
1t (the United StatesD looks with
apprehension and disfavor upon a
general increase of armament
throughout the world. but it realizes
that no single natian caa diEarm
and that without a common agree
ment upon the subject, every con-
siderable power must maintain
relative standing in military
strength"
Provision for, the call OF the con-
ference was made. and 100000 ap-
propriated to defray its expenses.
in addition to a section which su-
thorized the President to suspend
construction under the act in case
an agreement was reached.
Provision for Conferenee.
IN view of the premises, the
President is authorized and re-
quested to invite at an appropriate
time all the great governments Of
the world, to send representatives
to a conference which shall be
charged with the duty OF formulat-
ing a plan for a court of arbitra-
tion or other tribunal. to which dis
puted questions between nations
shall be referred for adjudication
and peaceful settlement and to con-
slider the question of disarmament
and submit their recommendations
to their respective governments for
approval
III at any time before the con-
struction authorized by this act
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
Senator Chamberlain
Again Under Knife

Senator George E. Chamberlain,
Of Oregon. yesterday underwent a
second operation within a week for
kidney trouble. At Emergency Hos
pital. where he has been 81 for two
weeks, il was announced that al
though he had been suffering Sc
verely his condition following the
operation was satisfactory.
4 lowering Of temperature made
the operation possible yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
ALABAMA DAM
PUT AT $4,000, 900

An effort will be made to pass
an amendment to the sundry civil
bill to make an appropriation to
continue work in progress on the
Muscle Shoals dam. Alabama, in
connection with the nitrate plant
there, Representative Garrett, Ten
nessee, announced in the House
yesterday during further considera-
ton of the sundry civil bill.
Garrett recommended an appro-
priation Of $1O,OO0,OoO in the bill to
continue the work.
Opposing the proposed appropria-
ton, Representative Graham, of H.
linois, chairman of the sub-commit-
tee which Investigated War Depart
ment expenditures, declared that the
question of military and economic
value in the Muscle Shoals project
was secondary to a plan to improve
that section of the country with
government funds.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
British Soldiers Raid
u. s. Boat, Seeking De Valera

DUBLIN, Dec. 31.-The United
States Shipping Board steamer
Pontia, leased by the Moore-Mc-
Cormick line was raided by British
troops upon its arrival here today.
With armored cars lining the dock,
their guns trimmed upon the vessel,
troops conducted a thorough search
|of the steamer. 1t is rumored they
were seeking Eamonn de Valera
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01
PRESIDENT HELDNFAVOR
S OF CALLING INTERNATIONAL.
PARLEY ON DISARMAMENT
Conferences at the White House Believed to
Presage Call for Conference in
Near Future.

shall have been contracted for there
shall have been established. with
the cooperation Of the United
States of America. an international
tribunal or tribunals competent to
obtain peaceful determination of all
International disputes, and which
shall render unnecessary the main
tenance of competitive armaments,
then and in that case such naval
expenditures as may be inconsistent
with the engagements made in the
establishment Of such tribunal or
tribunals may be suspended, when
so ordered by the President OF the
United States"
The Washington herald., 1921-01-01

Tennessee has four State normal
schools-three for the preparation
of white teachers and one for the
preparation of colored teachers.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-12

Moro than $4,000 was expended in
tho production OF Outside tho Law"
and the cast is a roster OF Who's Who
In cinema circles. Besides Miss Dean
there is Lon CLANCY as n Frisco gang
stcr, Wheeler Oakman plays a dappcr
gentleman crook Il. A. Warren a rare
Chinese characterization, and Ralph
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-12

way to tho homo OF Madam Blondin
mother OF Canuck John. She is asleep
and her other son asks for the money.
Raymond refuses and there is n fight,
during which the old woman wakes
up In the darkness she scizcs a gun
and fires. killing her own son. Ray
mond escapes, Just as the priest comes
along. Tho latter is hit by n falling
tree. and knocked unconscious. Madam
Blondin IL running through the streets
calling for help, proclaiming that a
stranger killed her son. Raymond
changes clothing with the priest and
takes him to the Prcsbytairc where
Madam I.aflcur. housekeepcr her
daughter Valerie and himself care for
the injured man.
Tho police come and accused the in
jured man OF murder. Watching in
the stiffness OF the night on several
occasions. Raymond is tempted to
strdnglc him to prevent the discovery
that he is an imposturc. when the rcnI
priest rccoycrs consciousness, but the
sweetness and implicit fa!;h OF Valerie
tn him always prevents this Many
days pass, during which Raymond Is
winning the love OF tho little comrnun-
ity and his character is being softened
10y Nalicre's companionship. His con-
science troubles him at the thought OF
the penalty the injured priest may
have to pay. Finally the priest re-
gains consciousness and is taken to
prison. But nc is victim of aSphasia
and at his trial he Is convicted OF muir
de- and sentenced to die.
This situation further pcrplcNcs Ray
mond. iic worries day and night, Fin
ally comes 4 telegram from the bishop
that he will visit the parish that even
ing. This Ia the end for Raymond. for
the bishop viii see he is an impostcr
when the bishop arrives. RAYMOND
yonfcsses. lie tells the whole story
and while making ready to go to the
authorities they hear a rommotion
without. Going out they find Madam
Blondid dying on the steps OF the
church. She Confcsscs to a police off
Ger that she shot her son
At the Majestic last times today.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-12
Ivy Duke in Testimony"
Critcher Theater Tonight

At the Critchcr thcatcr on Northern
avenue this evening, Ivy Duke Will be
seen In the great domestic play, 'Tcs-
timony."
The story concerns tho struggle for
supremacy between the two women
who love Gillian 1.yons-his mother
and the unwclcomc-to hcr-wifc of her
son. The acting or Miss Ivy Duke as
the wife. Althca. is both artistic and
true to life, and she has excellent sup
port IN David Hawthorne as Gillian
and Mary Rorke as tho mother.
Guy Newall directed the picture. and
succeeded in telling Slc story with the
simplicity and dircctness It needs 10
preserve it's human interest and cmo-
tional power.
There will also be an episode OF the
thrilling serial, Pirate Cold and an
International News. At the Critchcr
tonight.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-12
JITNEY DRIVER HAS
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE

Provo, Utah, April 1l-Josoph Love
ridge, n jitney driver. declares he
Cheated death by nalf a rear" when
Denver and Rio G;rande sastbourd
passenger train struck his automobile.
tho railroad tracks when the engine
died. Tho fore part OF tho machine
was clear Of tho tracks and the rear
part was stuck in tho rairoad right
OF way. Before he could leap Love
ridge said tho train bore down upon
him, taking tho rear part OF tho cat
and carrying 1t for sixty yards
LoveridGe remained at tho steering
gear and escaped injury.