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New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
Chinese Bandits
Kill Missionary
Entering Tibet
Rev. DR.. Shelton, Of St. Louis,
Slain After Accepting In
vitatiOn From Dalai Lama.
Buddhists' 'SuprcmePo over
First in the Field There
American Was to Open Hos
pital After Work Among
Soldiers of the Country

ST. LOUIS, March 1.-The Rev. DR.
Albert lie Roy Shelton, medical mis-
sonary Of the Disciples Of Chris
(Christian church,, who was the frs
Christian missionary to be allowed ts
enter Tibet, and who was kidnapped ant
held by Chinese brigands sixty day'
two years ago, was murdered by Chi
.ncse robbers February II. it was an
nounced here to-day
The announcement was by the United
Christian Missionary Society which
received cablegram from the Rev. DR.
W. NJ Hardy, also medical mission
ary in China, Which read:
Robbers killed Shelton near Batanl
February H. Notify girls
The girls referred to are DR.. Shell
tons daughters, Dorothy, seventeen
years cid. and Doris, fifteen, who arc
attending school in Pomona. Cal.
DR.. Shelton's headquarters we're al
Batang, near Tibet, and Dr. Hard's
cablegram was from Likiang, the near
est telegraph station. a fifteen days
journey, and this, it was explained, is
responsible for the delay in news OF
the murder
Although Tibet has not been open
to missionaries, DR.. Shelton left Van
couver last August to open a hospital
at Lhassa He had received writer
invitation from the Dalai Lama. the
supreme power of the Buddhists in the
province. to establish the hospital, in
recognition of his work among Tibetan
soldiers.
The last word received from Dr. shcl
ton was when he was fifteen days Jour
ney out OF Batang. which he said he
expected to reach December 20. The
theory Of the missionary society here
is that he reached Batang on scheduled
time.
Lhassa is a thirty five day trip by
caravan from Batane. and it is not
thought the time between Decembel
% and February II was sufficient to al
low him to organize the caravan Con
sequently, it is believed he was killed
while on side trip alone administer
ing to the sick
The theory Of his safe arrival ir
Batang is based on the fact that nc
one else is reported murdered His
wife did not accompany him to Ba
tang, but went to Calcutta to obtain
translations Of the scripture in the
fibetan tongue.
In his party were Mr.. and Mrs. J. r
Morsa and their small child of Tulsa
Okla, and Mr. and Mrs. Nj. Fl. Duncan
OF Buffalo, who were entering the mis-
sion field
DR.. Shelton was born in indianapolis
June 9, 1915. His parents moved tc
Kansas when he was five years old
During the war with Spain he enlisted
in Company II of the 22d Kansas Regi
nient. but did not see active service
After the war he married Miss Flo Bea
at Parsons. Kan.
The year following his marriage he
obtained scholarship in the medica
department of the University of Ken
tucky He completed four-yea1
course there. Shortly after his gradu
alton he received an appointment from
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
Dull Season for Ocean ).
Travel Hits Two Linere
La Lorraine and Celtic Depart
for Europe With Compara-
tively Few Passengers

slump in castbound transatlantic
travel was apparent yesterday, when
the French liner La Lorraine, for Havrc,
and the Cel.ic. of the White Star Line,
for Liverpool, left port with compara-
lively small passenger compliments.
This is the dull season, and little i'm
provement in the passenger business is
expected before May.
Among the passengers on La Lor-
raine was Arnold van Gennep, Of the
French Foreign Office, who has been on
a lecture tour of the United States for
five months. He spoke chiefly at schools
and colleges, his themes dealing with
the life of the French people since the
war
Among others we're: Miss Jeanne
Schneider, me2zo soprano OF the
Chicago Opera Company; Mrs. David
Power. J. A. Maud, Frank MacMonnes,
Alexander Phillips and Louis Silva.
On the Celtic were: Thomas l..
Daniels, secretary Of the American Le-
CATION in Brussels; MIR. and Mrs.
Robert Mclaughlin. Sir Raymond Beck
and Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Bacon.
Among the passengers on the Royal
Mail liner Araguaya, which sailed yes
terday for Bermuda, was Miss Marie
Wagner metropolitan indoor tennis
champion, who will play in tourna-
ment on the island with Fred Ander-
son ir., of this city.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
Radio Reports to Farmers

CHICAGO, March 4.-The farmer
need be no moro than thirty minutes
behind his city brother in receiving
news Of the factors which determine
prices of agricultural products, Robert
McDoughal. president of the Chicago
Board of Trade, said tonight in a
statement outlining the boards plan to
broadcast crop market reports by radio
telephone, bcnning Monday
The radio system, which will cover a
territory within radius of 500 miles
of Chicago, he characterized as "thc
greatest forward step in two thousand
years" in bringing the farmer in con-
tact with the factors that make the
price of his product.
"The radio system will cover the ter
ritory within radius Of 500 miles of
this city," the statement said. "In this
area there are, am informed, thou
sands of radio sets in villages and on
farms. Even on farms where there is
no apparatus there arc telephones. and
the nearby village will have the radio
rpnOrtS
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
Fails to Bag Spook
With 2-Barreled Gun
IL Shadowy Prowler Appears
Again Mrs. Becker, of New
ton. n. J., Will Move

NEWTON, N. j., March At the
ghost goes tramping about on Frank
Becker's front porch tonight Mrs.
Becker intends to put up strong
argument in favor of moving Two
calls from ghost are enough for any
body, she says, and If the snow
crunches beneath the shadowy heels
Of the Beckers' visitor tonight it will
be too much for ner.
When the ghost made it's first call
two nights ago Becker fired both bar
rels Of his shotgun at it and had time
to load and fire again before the noise
stopped He didn't bag the spook, and
last night. when it turned up again. he
just tried TO convince Mrs. Becker that
the boards were breaking from frost
Becker's home used to be the Way
side Inn. stopping place for stage
coach travellers. A hundred years ago
or so the innkeeper was murdered.
Neither Becker nor his wife can i'm
sgne why he should begin prowlirg
about at this late day.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
Gcrman-Amcrican Cable
Traffic To Be Resumed

BERLIN. March BY The Associated
y~Press).-The Berlin newspapers to-day
reported that the German Atlantic and
German South American Telegraph
companies had concluded an arrange
anent with American telegraph COM
panies whereby the German companies
will resume cable traffic. Under the
arrangement the German companies
are to operate the section from Emden
to the Azores and the American COM
panies the section between the Azores
and New York. The German companies
will be merged and will treble their
capital, it was reported.
The German government will reim-
.ourse the German Atlantic Company to
the extent of 500 600, 900 marks for con-
5iseated cables, 00,000,D0O Of which
viii be used for. the reconstruction Of
:+as Line from Epaden to the Azores.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
Reds Will Paw
LIZ Own Claims
Are Recognized
Member OF Relief Commit
tee Quotes Tchitcherin
in Testimony Before The
Senate Agricultural Body
Amounts Not Revealed
Soviet Sound Economically
and Politically, Says
johnson, Urging Succor

WASHINGTON, March 4.-The only
obstacle to the payment by the Russian
Soviet government Of the debts of the
old regime is the recognition by the
foyeign powers of certain counter
claims against them, Eibert A. johnson
chairman of the Russian Committee Of
the Near East Relief. told the Senate
Agricultural Committee to-day. quot
ing M. Tchitcherin, The Soviet Minister
for Foreign Affairs, as his authority
for the statement.
Mr.. Johnson said the Soviet's posi-
tion was stated to him and his col
leagues Of the commission on the
visit TO Russia from which they
returned last October. EIe quoted
Ichitcherin as having charged that
the statements that the debls would
be repudiated were propaganda, pure
and simple.
Counter Claims Factor
1--WE will pay every cent we owe
Mr.. Johnson quoted Tchtcherin as
having said 1--WE never have an
nounced that we would not pay, for
we know that debt Reputation is and
should not be condoned. The only con-
dition we exact is the recognition by
the powers we owe that we have counter
claims which must be settled in re-
turn"
Senator Norbeck, Republican, South
Dakota, asked Nh. Johnson whether
the Russian government would set up
counter claims as large as or larger than
the debt. The witness replied that the
commission did not discuss the amounts
OF the debts either owed or owing.
Mr.. Johnson in his testimony shove d
q tendency to regard the Soviet with
favor
The Soviet government is stable and
surprisingly sound he said. "Thc
government officials admit many mis-
takes but they take ADVANTAGE of errors
and profit by them. 1t is sound eco
nomically as we'll as politically /
think it would be a good busnes $
proposition to lend wheat and farm
machinery to the Soviets, for ! hon
estlv believe they would repay every
dollar with interest"
Communism Discarded
He said the Sovets had discarded d
communism and that the Russian gov
ernment was donm all it could to give
the people relief. He went into detail
in describing the tern ibe famine con
ditions. He said famine was due to
three chief ses-destruction of farm
property by revolutionists, reduced
acreage under communism, and a
drought which lasted eighteen months.
As result, people in the famine area,
Mr.. johnson said, lived on roots, herbs,
bark, berries, leaves, acorns, and even
bones of animals.
He also said NJ. Kra ssin. Commissar
cov JTor ion, (o
sirous of trade with the United States,
but that Kressin charged the govern
ment of this country opposed resuming
trade with Russia.
A letter from Edward A. Filene. of
Boston, to Senator Walsh urged prompt
action on the Lodge resolution to defer
payment of the $4,000, 900 loan by the
United States Grain Corporation to
Austria two years ago. Mr. Filene, who
is lcadng business man and mcr-
chant of Boston, has just returned
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05

Al be weathcred By the Premier.
/speech delivered to-day at Louxh-
trough by Winston Churchill was
AIKEN in many quarters as plain inti-
Mutation of the early resignation of
Lloyd George. with an endeavor later
by him to form a new National Cen
trist party out es the Moderate Con-
scrvatives and Coalition Liberals. As
described by Chdrchill, this party
wcuid be liberal. progressive and pa
ciGc in its outlook at home and
Abroad
TIE nucleus OF such party as
Mr. Churchill spoke OF has already
come into being. The name Of "new
coalition group" las heen given to the
l3t members Of the House Of Commons
belonging to both wings OF the Coali-
tion, who have recently been working
for the formation Of new Center
hard" Morning Post" calls can aaso-
ciStion of parliamentary babes" pre-
pose to adopt a resolution to the effect
that the next election must be fought
uucn Z con nstructive national program
which can best be carried out under
the joint leadership of Lloyd George
and Chamberlain.
The Colonial Secressry's speech to-
day received mixed response of
stronx justification Of the coalition pol
icy. only referring indirectly to out
side crises.
Demands Unity of Action
He asked whether they were to enter
the great political battle with skillful
leaders. good organization and COM
bined armies or without plan, unity or
Organization, and with their generals
engaged in quelling characterization at
headuuarters' He hoped that when the
time came wisdom would prevail and
they would enter the struggle with
good comradeship.
1--WE have one common opponent in
the Socialist or semi-Socialist party,
whose doctrines are as hateful to the
priucipie Of liberalism as they are per-
1icious to the empires best interests"
taie speaker said.
4 With reference to Ireland, Churchill
said the government was employing
two new weapons to restore order, more
Powerful weapons than were ever used
Before in seven centuries. First, Brit
ish good faith and, second, Irish re-
xponsibility.
Z He urged that the government should
have full and fair play. He claimed
that in its foreign policy the govern
nent had endeayored to mitigate the
sentiments of revenge against q beaten
enemy and had tried to secure the re-
vival of economic life in central
Europe.
Ailuding to the nearly 100000 due
70 be paid to the United States this year,
BE eeid the bulk of this already had
been transferred to the other side OF
the Atlantic. awaiting the moment
When payment was due.
Attacks Socialists and Laborites
Speaking of the rise in value of the
pound sterling. thus facilitating pur-
thases from America. Churchill re-
feated his recent strong attack or the
labor and Socialist parties. declaring
fney were unfit to govern. but warning
his hearers not to delude themselves
by supposing that the country was not
confronted with serious attack from
these parties.
Austen Chamberlain's declaration Of
the sohdity of the Cabinet behind
lloyd George has had little appreciable
effect on the situation which threatens
TO bring about the Premiers resigna-
ton, in the opinion of the majority of
the political writer's in the morning
newspapers.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
Care
For TubercuIar
Veterans Asked
Colonel Wickersham savs
Mental Cases Also Are
Inadequately Provided
For in New York Civ
Answers Siegel Statement
Says Congressman Is Correc,
If He Lists Vacant Beds
i'm Shacks at Fox HILL

Colonel Cornelius w Wjckersh
chairman Of the hospital committee ~
the American Legion. replied yes.e,ssg
to the statement Of Congressn.a
Isaac Siegel on the hospital faciDit;s,
available in the grea.er city for Woy,a
War veterans. He said that wh;la
there was dearth Of beds for forroer
soldiers suffering from general all
ments the crying need is for prone,
tubercular and mental hospitals.
tie urged that tubercJlar hesnif.l
in or within 100 miles Of New yorl
be obtained. that the government nra'
vide facilities al Saranac Lake for N.
treatment Of 500 cases. and that sn
existing hospital facilities be retainss
until the new hospital Is opened ana
ready for use "1
"If Congressman Siegel il correcs,-
quoted in yesterdays morning naner,
Colonel Wickersham said, 1T is evi'
dent that ne IS completely misinformed
as to the hospital situation a9ecti,c
the disabled veterans in his citv ava
state. He is quoted az saying thss
there are 500 vacant beds III New York
CITY. and IN effect, that the hospital
situation is we'll in hand
bt 'OiE co-siia1 - apparently
familiar with the fact that. sccord;nv
TO figures furnished by the Veteran
Bureau, ou January 25 last. there we.
947 veterans housed in government
hospitals, and 435 in contract hosnitai,
in greater New York, besides l2z ~
Central Islip and 1872 at Kings park
OF those in government hospitals. sss
were at Fox Hills, on Staten Island
IT the Congressman calls this cstab-
lshment hospital. he is correct tina,
there are vacant beds. as tho fatal
capacity Of the war-shack buildings 81
beaver board. badly situated. unsanitary
and draughty, is 1905.
At is particularly unsaited 70,
tubercular and mental cases. which
constitute more than .wo-thirds of the
cases recurring or receiving hospltali-
zation. A vacant bed in a general hos
ptal, even if it IS real hospital. can
not be counted bed in kubercular
or mental institution
Aid From Governor Miller
The crying need Is for proper
tube rcuer and mental hospitals. The
number OF these cases is growing. Had
it not been for the agreement on the
part OF Governor Miller with tre Amer
lean Legion to increase gradually lie
facilities for the care Of mental G s
at Kings Park Hospital an admir- sls
Snstitution, we would be wholly with
cut proper hospital facilities for these
cases.
That the government has not get
properly cared for the tubercular and
mental cases is clearly shown by the
fact that on January l9 last. accord
ing to a statement of the Veterans
Bureau, there were in the second dis
trict, which comprises New York, Con-
recticut and New Jersey, i.0l5 mental
cases ard only eignty-six general cases
in contract hospitals"
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05

pate in. airectly or indirectly. or
through persons in the public life Of
fiurne, to encourage agitations, propa.
ganda or any action hostile to the
Italian ideals and aspirations Of Fiumc.
y acknowledge as legitimate the SOW
ereign power exercised by the Com
mittee of National Defense and declare
that II fail to be loyal to these
pledges ! should become unworthy to
belong to civilized society
One account Of the casualties in the
sighting at F'iume places the losses Of
the Zanclla forces at three killed aud
fifty wounded. Another account gives
the lanella losses as six dead,
fatalities in addition to many wounded
in the ranks OF the assailants. The
comparati tive smallness OF the casualties
is explained by the fact that although
rifles, hsnd grenades and machine guns
were freely used, both sides fought
from under cover.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
Schooner Burns at Sea,
Submarine Rescues Grew
Engineer and Companion Are
Injured Fighting Fire; Men
Picked Tn in Boat
Spocfai Dispatoh to Thc Tribune


NEW LONDON, Conn, March 4.--Fire
destroyed the schooner Grace Clinton,
owned by George O'Neil of Province
town, Mass, at sea off Block Island
early this morning. Two members Of
the crew, who were rescued after aban-
doning the burning vessel, by sub
marine $40, suffered burns.
Edmund Fortin, engineer. is in the
sick bay at the submarine base here.
He rs expected to recover. Another
member of the engine room force wa
able to return to his home.
The fire, which started in the engine
room from some undetermined cause.
was discovered soon after 3 o'clock
this morning. Engineer Fortin was in
jured trying to extinguish it, When
the combined efforts OF the crew failed
to control the flames the commander.
whose name was not learned, ordered
the schooner abandoned. The crew left
in a small boat.
After being buffeted about in n
threatening gale the boat was pick
up by the submarine S-19. The men
were brought to the base here, where
they are making plans to obtain ves-
sci to search for the hulk of the Grace
Clinton
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
International Law Institute
Plans Meeting of 81 Republic.

HAVANA, March 4.-Plans of the
American Institute Of International
Law to draw closer the republics of
the Western Hemisphere, work inter
,uptcd by the World War, are being
revived and revised by the council of
direction of that organization at IA
series Of meetings now being held in
Havana
meeting of delegates from all the
twenty-one republics represented in
the institute, according to its presi-
dent. James Brown Scott, of Washing
ton, will be held this fall in one of the
Latin American capitals.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
Year Seems
Like TWENTY.
Says Harding,
Continued from pace onD

around him, the President declared
that the powe, Of the press was for a
great good. He referred to them as
"moulders of public opinion"
Beyond all laws. public opinion is
the greater power" declared the
President. And he again referred to
the helpfulness of the press.
"You and together" he added, sin
reasonable simplicity and purpose, can
mate this government Of world inhu-
cnce. If we can make it the sheet
ancnor Of modern democracy and the
symbol Of surety throughout the
world; if we make it the expression Of
the aspirations of mankind through out
the world. then we shall have con-
tributed 20 the current which keeps
alive the great stream of modern civil
liZatiOn"
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
Lod &c Tells
Harding Pact
Cannot Fail
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mudas Monday He has never appeared
before the Foreign Relations Commit
tee on the treaties. having been alb
sent from Washington while they were
before the conNittec. Senator Hitch
cock has said heretofore that he would
insist on Secretary Hughes being called
before the committee TO tell Of the
negotiations leading up to the four
power treaty. Senator Hitchcock was
out of the city to-day. out on his re-
turn is expected to ask that Secretary
Hughes be called.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05
La Toilette Ticket Announced

MADISON, Wis, March 4.-The Pro.
gressive Republican state ticket to en-
ter the primaries next September was
announced to-day from the office of
Senator M. La Toilette. 1t includes
Senator La Toilette for reelection and
Governor John J. Blaine also for re-
election
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05

from Europe. having visited Austria
and other countries.
Mr.. Filene asserted tho Austrian sit
uation ws worse than when the loan
was made by the grain corporation.
"My last report from the American
Friends Association, received only a
few days ago." he said, "is that the
months between now and the coming
harvest will be the worst that Austria
has experienced"
New-York tribune., 1922-03-05

the United Christian Missionary So
ciety as medical missionary to China.
In 1908 he went to the field. He was
/ first stationed at Tachienlu, but in 1903
he was transferred to BataRg.
, 1922-05-31
The Industrial Situation

EURTHER PROGRESS is the recovery of business
u in the United States is reported from week to
week. While the greatest activity is in basic indus
tries, the improvement is evidenced in distribution.
also, and the increasing confidence which is shown by
the volume Of forward purchasing is substantial evil
dence that business is very definitely on the mend.
In the iron and steel and automobile industries, this
betterment is especially pronounced. Textiles also
have shared in the advance; Intense activity in build
ing is sustained; and the movement of freight other
than coal shows further increase in volume.
A retarding element that holds in check a more
general Industrial revival is the persistence of sur
Plus stocks of certain commodities. Until these stocks
are further reduced. production in some industries
must remain at rates below what may be considered
normal. In other words, the Improvement in business
is still '~spotty." This, however. is not an unusual
condition in a period of recovery from general de-
preston. A second factor that should serve to re-
strain over-reaching optimism is the fact that the
season of usual slackening activity in many lines of
industry is approaching. Should the summer months,
however, show some recessions in activity, this would
not necessarily be inconsistent with continued i'm
provement in underlying conditions.
, 1922-05-31
w rId's Business

nESPITE the unsatisfactory outcome Of the Genoa
~ conference. its failure to provide the contem-
plated long-term truce. or to discover acceptable bases
Of international cooperation in dealing with Russia
the conference. nevertheless, has brought into clearer
relief the extent to which political conditions and
aims are hindering necessary economic adjustments
Some basic political problems in Europe must be
solved before the continents powers of economic re-
cuperation can become fully operative.
The feeling that national security cannot be as
sumed results in excessive expenditures in many
countries upon the means of military defense, expen-
ditures which are particularly burdensome upon peo-
pies suffering from a shortage and maladjustment of
productive capital, and other evil consequences of the
war. No other single factor would serve quite so
effectively as assured national security to hasten the
processes of economic revival in Europe.
It is gratifying that already other conferences with
more limited agenda are being arranged. The sep
rate commissions of experts which it is expected will
convene at The Hague next month to consider further
the problem Of relations with Russia SHOULD be able
to confer in the light of more complete information
than was available when the Genoa conference assem-
bled. And it is possible that a basis of common under
standing can be discovered.