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Show THE WEATHER. Friday partly cloudy and somewhat t w armor. Local Settlement prices. 5Kc Silver Domestic, 99,c; foreign -Copper (cathodesT.. .V. ..C.. .... ...13 IS 4.933 Lead .... VOL. 104, NO. 182. A Tribune Want sells anything from a' HJv. at SALT LAKE . MORNING, APRIL 14, 1922. CITY,-FRIDA- Spaint Ruler s Wash Feet CROP of 12 Indigent Subjects -- Bi GENOA T'WSS&SW c s JTStN U& oh . atHearing. General Semenoff Makes Futile Effort to ' Obtain Locked Up..v Bondsmen: ...... -. 16 be vere declared today ie by Chairman Cummina of the senate NEW YORK, April 13. General'' interstate commerce commission commitSemenoff,' ataman of the Cossacks, tee to hav heen established during the was locked op tn Ludlow street JaU 'tocommittee! inquiry Into general railroad night after a day of frantic effort by several lawyers (o get a bondsman- who conditions. Such a declaration, made today by would fcive 125,440 ball to Sheriff Nagle, Julius Kxattachnitt, chairman of the Semenoff was arrested last week on a Southern Pacific board, in completing his civil warrant and treed In ball, but his testimony before the committee, and pre- original bondsman refused to continue as viously made ljy other witnesses, drew surety. , .Thd .general gave- - himself- - up-i- o the supporting responses mins and also from Senator Pomerenc, sheriff In the latters offioe at 2:30 p. m., Democrat, Ohio, both of whom said the and from then until 4 oclock sat watchrailroads were bearing the blame which ing with eager eyes every person who enshould be charged against the railroad tered the door. But as each new person turned out to be anything but a prosadministration. Gre-gor- '' - Cummins - - Statement. "The most serious complaint against Chairman administration, Cummins said, "lies In the fact that It did not return the railroads in a condi- Tlon to be It ought to Tiave established rates before returning them that would have made tne railroads It not only leasonably Imposed on the railroads a most unpopuand lar unnecessary duty (of asking rate increases), but imposed on congress the necessity of providing a guarantee for the six months following federal control." Unreasonable Increases tn railroad wages were made under federal control, before Just many the, return of the t, carriers to their owners, Julius chairman of the Bouthern Pacific in declared railway board, eoneluding his testimony in the committee's inquiry. Beginning with the Adamson law, Mr. Kruttschnitt said, the labor costs of class one roads bad been Increased by 12,134.. 040,044 by 1424, or almost equal to the total operating expenespf-thr roads In , the rsllroad - Krutt-schnit- 1418' . - i.t Calls Effects Baneful. Is ness J Basis Commit-Chie- f Grounds for , t,- -, The baneful effects f government practices," he said, "necessarily continued after the return of the properties, and, notwithstanding strenuous efforts to correct them are still responsible for tbs conditions of the railunsatisfactory. .. roads." Mr, Kruttschnitt said railway executives acknowledged that Increases In the wages of railroad employees were neces-ar- y to keep them on a parity with wages in- - outside Industries due do war conditions, but said the executives wished to deny -- emphatically- that railroad employees were underpaid to such an when the government took control as asserted by Messrs. McAdoo ahd Hines. These government officials, the Southern Pacific head asserted, left to the upon their return to private - railroads, ownership, "the unpopular task of seekbefore the public an Increase In reve- ing cue the- - Increased expenses." - ex-te- nt Burden Is Shifted. It was easy to shirt this burden to tha carriers, ha continued, "which, at "The threshold of resuming-theirelations with the public, were confronted with a necessity of asking a large Increase In rates. In equity this obligation was not theirs. There was the obligation of those who created the necessity. Mr. Kruttschnitt emphasized that over S2 per cent of labor and other operating costs under federal Control were fixed r pective bondsman, tho Cossack s counten-AaoeteMadame Semenoff, his young wife, was courageous during the afternoon. She had been ill, she said, worrying about her husband and she begged the sheriff to take her Jewels for the bond. But he could not, he explained, although she could offer them to a bonding company as collateral. - The da had been one of excitement for General Semenoff, his assistants and friends. This morning tbs general went to his lawyer's office for a conference, apd found there a representative of the surety company which had furnished his ball. He was told the because of tbe notoriety hie caee had brought, and because company officiate thought It unpatriotic to act as bondsman for a man charged with atrocities against American soldiers they were going to surrender him at noon. Just before noon Colonel George Kroupsky, who was Semen-of- fs chief aide In Russia and is now helping him here, was stopped by a policeman on Broadway and searched. Kroupsky had a revolver and narrowly escaped golnr"W- - Jalt himself- .- He Was held until be finally, understood-wh- at was required and showed a permit. MeanwhJe the proceedings , brought against Semenoff by the trustee for the Youroveta Home and Foreign Trading company, a bankrupt New York" concern, were called before Peter B. Olney, referee In bankruptcy, and David W. Glase, a Semenoff attorney; was competed to ask sn adjournment because Semenoff was held by the sheriff. The hearing will go on tomorrow afternoon. General Semenoff, whHe he was waitwho never came, ing declared he was guiltless of any atrocities tn Siberia or anywhere else.' I fought against he said, and I expect my men may have gone to exgesa In some cases, but-- I never countenanced .any such thing and stories that 1 knowingly permitted my men to , attack women or children or shoot American soldiers are foolish. -- -- ,, Carriers Ask for Flat Cut in Wage Schedule CHICAGO, April 12. A fist wage reduction of 7 cents sn hour for railroad clerical and station forces waa asked by eastern carriers today before the railroad labor board, and general cuts on a territorial basis were urgsd by western roads The transportation lines opened their attack on existing clerks wages following the completion of tha hearing on the For two Wages of the .action laborers. days a succession of human exhibits apbefore the all board, peared telling a story of Insufficient wages ard pleading not onlv against any further cut, but for an increase in their pay., A number of exhibit were Introduced by John O Wa'Jber for easterfi carriers, showing requests for a reduced wage averaging (4 4 cents an hour for aH clerks and station force Rates proposed by the employees average 65.31 cents an hour. by the government "To the standardised rules and working conditions created by the director -general of the railroad administration. he said, "must be attrlouted much of the eriUcism that he has Incurred for .waste-- , ful pay men In reclassifying emp'oyees. making skilled mechanics out of workmen by a stroke of the pen. paying punitive overtime and extravagantly for t time not worked, and making larea retroactive payments to men of little New York skill, who received gratuities of from S1400 to 12004 each with unbounded Relieve Bo obviously unfair and unreasonable were many of these agreements N. Y., April 12. First steps that their terms have beep substantially forALBANY, relief of unemployed and disabled modified In behalf of the railroads ty veterans of Nw York state, under --board." r " of a bill signed yesterday by Govwere ernor MI'ler,. today at a mattWalsh-Close- ing of tho veteranstakenrelief s Argument.committee CHICAOO, April IS. An appeal to the created by tbe act. The law has made United Btates railroad labor board to for- available $1,409,440 for the Immediate remen who are within get tbe legal phrases and technicalities lief of , , of the laws and pay more attenUon to Its provisions. A veteran who Is suffering from a sickthe humanitarian side In deciding wages or dor ratirosd employees was made today ness disability Incurred during his by Prank P. Walsh In closing tha. .case rervlce or as a result thereof, and who of the maintenance of way workers. has been out of regular employment for Mr. Walsh toid the board that the two weeks, may receive 1 10 a month lf wage matter was one which was far without dependents, or 43 a month If he t , above the law and which actually went has dependents. down into the deepest moral questions. He declared that, regardless of the Million Dollar in -law, men must have a living wage Previously, B. F. Grable, president of Vtf. tha maintenance of way union, aakedRhe board not only to disregard the roads' NORFOLK. April . 13. Nearly . 240 pleas for lower pay. but to raise the par homes wi r Aeatroyed, rendering 600 famof men so that they could live decently." homelex ilies by fire which swept tbe Mr. Walsh yesterday brought a number of employees before the board who testi- negro belt of Berkley,' a Norfolk subestiurb. late today. Tho damage fied that they were underfed and d mated at mors than a million dollar because of low pav, two Railroad executives may laugh In the Several etorr two negro churches, schooner, a houseboat name vein aa that monarch who, when river gtenmvs. were small also a and factory destroyed. the people cried for bread, said, Why Hundreds of negroes are sleeping todon't they eat cake?' but there are those night tn the open air, while others are people, embattled In their homes, while housed In a negro school building. tbe railroads Bay, H have behind us - an army which will take their home and "ARRAIGNMENT POSTPONED. give them even more desolate homes, " Oku.. April 13 Arraign, .. . saW Mr. Walsh. OKMITjKE. ' In ment of Governor Rqberteon and others fixing wages this board cannot allow Its drltberat'nna to be clothed In the Indicted here recently, after sn InvesInto bank failures In the counlegal phrases of the law. It must go tigation was postponed Indefinitely today at deeper than that. The, law says the ty, rounvel for the governor board shall fix a Just and reasonable the request of for other defendant wage, but no place In the law does It snd attorney In alttbs the cases originally Arraignment say that the board H any circumstances 17. set was for April can fix a wage which is not just and reasonable. WOOL CLOTH PRICES JUMP. "Man Is entitled to something more than a mere living he Is entitled to s i BOSTON. April 11 Advances In the cloth of from 10 to 16 lust and reasonable wage. Here we get prices of woolen yard were put Into effect todav down to tbe cold farts of the rase Itself. cents The railroads request s reduct'on of from by the Amer'can woolen company, It It, 'w as said that five cents to unbridled authority to cut wss annmmcod hers tho doctaion tq advance the price ss Csntlntud on Pegs Tour made as a result the IncreAse Id the cool of tho raw inuterliU. (Column .Four ) rur-pria- e. GIFS V!ost Bill Ever an . e Reorganization 1J IS DENOUNCED IF ' Ilf. - JtfftCa WASHINGTON, April FIVE CENTS JOHN MCORMACK OFRIORS Raid on Civil Service Em-- ; Airman Is Killed Few Days No Military Holiday to Be ' - ployees Finds No Favor - Before Undertaking Air Proposed British ' Delegation Members Assert. Flight Around the World. -- the declaration that the railroad admin istratton failed to turn backjthq, roll- - 24 PAGES Aseo-- e Federal Board Failed to Return .Systems in Good Condition, Chairman Says ration Made by to rt go-ca- to car the same commission. $L MADRID, April- 13. (By the Tbe annual ceremony ated Press of foot washing took place today In Columnar hall of the palace when King Alfonso and Queen Victoria washed the feet of twelve poor men and woman In the presence of grandees, members of the diplomatic corps and a large gathering of tbe , ' public. After the ceremony the pojr men women were end given complete outfits of clothing and beak. vf food and win. - AcV Takes Steps Unemployed -- Blaze Suburb of Norfolk, under-clothe- . jf Administration Sought, Asserts. 1 fair to wonder whether, tho country far from Washington is as excited about the clvjl service as Washington Itself Is, Washington keeps up tho talk 'Yor two reasons; one Is that thu Is the home of some hundreds of thousands of Civil servants, and with them tha topic is doee-l- y related to bread and butter. The second .reason is that the' Democrats think they see a campaign Issue In 1L At least soma of tho Democrats sea It this way. From other Democratic quarters, quarters. somewhat-morelevated, there has lately coma an admonition that the Democrats must find a big issue and drop the practice of picking np on small Is, sue after another. Undoubtedly the dismissal, of a large and relativegroup of rather Important - servants by Presily hlghly pald-c.v- H dent Hard.ng personally waa dons In manner nothing less than brusque and peremptory. Whether anything will come out later on to Justify these methods remains to be seen. Most competent Judges believe the present Investigation Into the department from .which these civil servants were removed will show adequate reason for the action taken by the president. e- Harding Patient 1 - Mr. Harding Is about the last man to act tn so brusque a manner without rood causa. Everybody who listens to Harding talk observes that such words as "becoming," proper and "fitting," and "the proprieties appear in his vocabulary with emphatla frequency. They Yeflect Hardings point of view about hts relations wKh other human beings. Ho Is not a man to "blow up" without cause, Thera are stones aoout Washington to - the affect that on a few occasions since he hoe been president' Mr. Harding has ghowg.jurong feeling In finally- - put-liover a program determined upon. ao --after a degree But he-h-aa of patience so, prolonged as to make It olear to everybody that the methods of patience and gentleness would not carry the program through. Nineteen almas out of twenty it seems , to be a f.xed pr.nclple with Harding to go the limit of patience. Borne of his former associates aav that when ha waa ng cniy-Aoc- LONDON, April 1$. (By the Associated Press.) Sir Boss Bmlth, the avlaU,r, wh with hie brother, 8I Keith, had planned to start from Croydon April 25 on a flight around tha world, was killed when his plana crashed In a practice Bight at Brookianda today. Lieutenant Bennett, an engineer, who was planning to accompany Sir Boss and his brotner on theif flight, also was killed. Tha machine which crashed waa tha one the Smiths intended to use in their flight. Captain Conkerill of tha Vickars company had previously flown it for half AH hour. 'than handed Hover to Captain Smith. As the machine was approaching the airdrome' to land It got lntq a spin and the crash followed, The accident occurred fifteen minutes after Captain Smith and Lieutenant BenSir Keith nett began their flight. Smith had Intended to make tha trial flight with them, but arrived at the airthe drome too late, and was among crowd that witnessed tha tragedy. a. around-the-wor- ld ; Goes Into a Spin.. Tha machine had climbed gracefully to a - height of 'more' than 3004 feet -- when suddenly her nose dipped and she went Into a spin. The spectators thought at first that the airmen were attempting a stunt, but It toon became apparent that the plana waa out of cotrol. Sir Rosa was killed Instantly and Lieutenant Bennett died a few minutes attar . the craah. - entertained at yesterday Captain Smith tha Vlbkers works tn Weybrldge a large friends who cms to wish him party onof his luck attempted world flight. He had completed all of his arrangements, modest, and- - talked ta confidence In his chances for success. Sir Ross wss a pilot remarkable for his skill rather than for feats of tbe daredevil type. He never took chances beyond. the necessary ones. "Safetv first," with due regard to the accomplishment Goa tinned oa Rag (Oelama feu r.) Eight editing tha Marlon Star,, and was moved to write something in strong feeling, tt was frequently h's way to put the manuscript In his desk over night and then not print 1L On at least one occasion since he has been president he Is said to have followed an analogous course about a .letter which ha was moved to write at a moment of feallng. , Readjustment Expected. Every business man and everyone who has had any contact with problems of organisation reads this. Thar Is no determination more evident on tha part of soma of tha cabinet members and von tha part of some other h gh offlclaa .wl)o nave bean brought to 'Washington by Harding than to do a good Job of putting tha government on a sound business, basis, oa reIt Is easy to congards organisation. ceive that some ot thesa man having been baffled by the d rosltlon of soma bureau chiefs to cl ng to old ways and to Osntlaasd aa Rtf Tv i Coiuma T.ur ) BriefSeasionHeld in Dub lin and Adjournment Is Taken Until Wednesday. DUBLIN, April 1$, (By the Associated Press ) The conference called by Lord Mayor ONeill of Dublin In an endeavor to bring about tranquility between tha adherents of tha Free State and the follower of Eamonn da Valera, met today in the drawing room of Mansion House, where Michael ColHns, Arthur Griffith and Da Valera once were wont to meet as comrade in the old Dali E.resnn cabinet No agreement waa reached and an adjournment was taken until next Wednesday. An official statement tonight announcing that all those who had been In vlted by Lord Mayor ONeill werepres-en- t concluded that "It Is the earnest wish of sil the parties to the conference that (her should be no-- intcrfernrice with public mealing. The de.egate were greeted enthusiastically by their respective supporter Those present were Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins for the provisional Free s Pip (Mama You.) CestUi - o4 Four - - Former President Wilson Repudiates Message Delivered at Cox Banquet Private Secretary Tumulty by One-tim-e Trlbane-Ral- t Lake Tribune Wlr. "NEW YORK. April 13. Former President Woodrow Wilson today personally repudiated a "message" attributed to him and read as part of a "Cox boom" at a demonstration hers last Saturday night. Chics so Le-f- ed Th "message" was supplied by Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to Mr. WJson whHe ha was In the Whit House. It was nqt questioned at the time, but a few days later rumors rot about that It was not authentlo. The New York Times published a story based on these rumor Aa a raauK, tho Times received , today this letter. "Washington, D. C April 12. 1922. "To tho Editor of the New York Times' "My Dear Sir I notice In the Issue of the Timas this morning an article headed Doubt ia Cast on Wilton Message to th Cox Dinner.' I writ to say there need be no doubt about th matter I did not send any message whatever to that dinner, nor authority anyone to convey 4 message. "I hope that you will b kind enough to publish this letter. Very truly your "WOODROW WILSON. Mr. Tumulty le In Washington, where he went to try to straighten out the mlxup, Mr, 'Wilson's letter, written since Mr. Tumulty reached the eap.tal. Indi 'i a , Net ,Gorgec.BrthouvSohtxr'ndJ III psr hav decided at a masting te present a united front when the oviet submit Its at ft rpbrtir his horns in New York A Wnsr.'Wha flytrrff llrlckly-aba- ut s IN GRAVE eonfer-sne- PERIL s circles today, most of them being promptly disavowed, the one --foctMliat John McCormack," Desper appeared to stand' out In the somewhat clouded atmosphere waa that, neither the ately 111, Asks Good Fridisarmament nor reparations questions would be brought up for speclflo action day Prayer for Recovery. against tha opposition of France. Th disarmament discussion had centered in tha rumor that Pr.m Minister Lloyd Chtesgo Trlbiioe-Rel- t take Tribune Leased Wire. George would propose a military holiday NEW YORK. AP?1 13. John McCorfor fixed Cm. This wss flatly dis- mack, famous tenor. Is desperately 111 at avowed' this afternoon by members of th his horns at 270. Park avenue. Mia chief British delegation. trouble appears to be scntle sor throat Other reports were that .tha Russian and high fever, following jonstlltls In sewere pre- vere form. and the German delegation paring to leave the conference unless For .two day it became known toreparations and disarmament were made night, th singer was near death, Th part of the agenda. These war also of- crisis com last - n'ght. He passed ficially denied. through this cris.s and tonight it was announced by physicians h wad la less Some Dissatisfaction. . The Russ an and th- - Oartnana mean- danger. Monalgnor Joseph Dlneen, secretary to while ar both busily engaged tn trying to digest the report of th London ex- Archbishop Hayeand a close friend of perts on Russia, and both ar becoming McCormack, visited the singer today and increasingly dissatisfied the further they found him fearful of hla own condition. delve Into It. it teems probable that th 11 asked th monstgnori tff broadcast this iubcemm lesion on Russian affairs wilt be unable" to meat tomorrow, as the Rua-aa- massagS to hi friends: . declare Rieyhavo- not bean ab.a "Fleas pray for me tomorrow Good to assimilate such a comprehensive document sufficiently In th brief time they Friday. t" , The rehave had since Us presentation. As a result special prayers will b quest for additional time, It la thought said for h,m tomasrow In SL Patrick's probable, also ta Inspired by a do re for cathedral and many other Catholie a fuller communication with Moscow. churches. McCormack s belief In the efAdolph Joffe of th Russian deiega-to- n ficacy of prayer waa explained by a friend of ,, the declared today that many follows. , in the recommendations "John believe devoutly and' Intensely report were "quite absurd" and des'gned to put Rus- In the power of prayer and the very sia under a foreign yoke. .. "the same .at knowledge that hla friends are praying for him la bound to have a direct faTurkey and China. As to the disarmament and repara- vorable effect. The physicians are doing tions issue tt appeared clear that tb all that human knowledge and science t' conference could not conca.vably entertain can John - McCormack believes any resolution. relating directly to there Is a power even greater at a time to a like this and so this request. them unless France consented 7'be singer's throat troubles date back change In the agenda. It Is supposed to prevent members of the conference from tar February 9, when he suffered an. atdiscuss ng reparations and disarmament, tack ot laryngit.a tn Mmnpapol. and bad but more discuseion Is not regarded AS cancelled several dates. s violation of the agenda, and all memHe suffered a new attack last Sunbers ere pledged not to move consdera-tlo- n day and had to cancel a big concert of question that have been barred. slated for the Hippodrome. His dates for ns cates Mr. Tumulty haa been unable to establish hla authority for the "message " Previously Mr. Tumulty had explained that he got tba message from the former in a casual conversation president and that It had no part.cular reference to any poss.ble presidential candidate In 1923. The banqueter however, had Interpreted the message" sa gvlng comfort to a boom for James M. Cox to repast aa tha Democratic nominee. The "message read"Say to the Democrats --of New- - York that I am ready to support any man who stands for the saivaUon of A meric. and the salvation of America Is Justice to all classes." 'Mr. Co the chief speaker at the ban quet, highly prased Mr. Wilson and urged the Wilson league of nations at th4 chief Issue for the oongrasslonal and presidenPoliticians thought they tial campaign perceived In the two events a linking of Wilson and Cox force. Now Mr Wilson knocks this v.ew Into a cocked hat. - WASHINGTON, April 13 -J- oseph P. Tumulty made this statement "If Mr. Wilson says th message was unauthorised than I can only y 1 r)wi-l- y which regret tha misunderstanding haa arisen between us I reruln.y would no hav given the meesaga f t had not believed It to be authorised do,-bu- ahead- - are- - '' Comment In London. nose-bang- ing the balance. He Is now on a liquid diet, having taken no solids since Saturday. Several minor operations hav been performed on hla throat and others may be neoessary. He haa lost a great amount of weight and- - bis physicians frankly say they de not believe he wl I be In shape, to atng If In LONDON, April 13. Tho reported Ion of Prime Minister Lloyd Georg to propose at Genoa that no nation shall attack another la featured In two or three of the London newspapers today. Reports from Genoa, according to tha morning newspapers, indicate that the proposal. If It Is made. Is not likely to receive universal approval. The members of tha little entente, one report asserts, have decided they must have certain guarantees before entering such a pact, while another report aaya the I tt, entente Is deftnitelv against th pact "However plausibly tha plan may be framed," sava the Dally News, "it It hound to be more spectacular than real. Mr. Lloyd George has declared that the conference before it cam usefully discuss disarmament must create a peaceful atof dismosphere by settling agreements which lead to war. Ha might hav added that an efficient Instrument already was avalable both to remove and to organise disarmdisagreements ament. "Th constitution of the league of nations provides for the verv penalties and guarantees the lack of which must destroy the effectiveness, ot any treaty or understand. ng such as the premier In-t- en hs pulls through for several months all. His voice, .It is said, will not bo affected as his ailment la above th larynx, at Dog Leads to Finding of Boys Buried Bodies es LENINE TO REP LA CE' ' TOPEKA, Kan . April 13 Tha frafitie digging of a small whll dog In hla efforts to reach h a master, who had been hurled In a cavein, led, late today, to th discovery of th hod es of three school boys, who had been killed when a bov scout tunnel in tbe banks of Ward creek In the western part of Topeka raved in. The dog was seen bv alx tramps who a few hours before had talked with th lunch boys wbila they were eatingouttheir on body in the cave. After digging they called for, help and the ofother two About a ton dirt had were recovered covered the bodies , WomenAre Urged farT" Become Real Politicians ENVOY CHITCHERIN ' GENOA, April 13 (By the Associated Nikolai Lenlne, soviet prem er, Pres.) will come to Genoa to replace . Georg Tchltcherln, as head of tha Russian delegation, when tha negotiations at the economic conference reach the proper stage, says tb newspaper Becolp.- -. Two currents of opinion seam to have arisen In th Russian delegation her. In- - faOne Is absolutely Intranxtgeant voring the proposals contained In th reallied Th of the other faexpert port vors acceptance of the report sa a basis on the following fundamenfor discussion tal points- First, liberty ofa; commerce to be insured to forelgne-second, Ihe grantthird, ac ing of lud clal guarantees: knowledgments of the debts accrued bv Runsla under the exariat government If th allies are readv to Indemnify Russia for damages suffered from the Kolchak, Dnlklne aitd Wrangel armies. According to th Ruaulnn the Indemnity they claim far exceeds the debts of . , the osarlut government. The entire Russian detegat'en screes on rejection of all meeNures aiming to Introduce capitalisation Into their country or to reduce it lurldlcally to the status of a coony. They chiefly obiect to th suggestions of the experts that the verdict of a Russian law court against a for gner cannot bn -- carried out without the consent of a consul the country of which such A , foreigner Is a cttlsen 13 Tbe Russians at LONDON, April Genoa will give all the financial guarin the program prepared antees demanded by the allied experts, but flatly refuse to accept the clauae providing for mixed trbunals to fit responsibility, aavs a Genoa dlaoateh to the Exchange Tele- Conttnu.il oa (Oolcna Fife Three Thre.)v As-lat- ed lsi GENOA. April 13. (By tha Associated Prase.) While rumors of a sensational e- 'erHlcsiiy counter-propositio- for the Restoration of Rustle. This action I understood ta Imply formal acceptance by th four power f th London experts report as a basis for th treatment of th Russian problem. nature-wer- April 13. (By th Democratic attack o :tha'attttiilgtJatlbh 'lartfri bill way opened today by Bsnalor Simmons of North Carolina, ranking member of th f senate finaned committee, who 'in statement characterised It a th tnoC3 bill ever framed. II ' predicted Its operation would " penalise ' our export business, which will mean? In' th end curtailment of production and: creased unemployment on the farm, ,ln " the mines and In the factprle At the shnlb time senator of the Republican agricultural-tarif- f bloc, )ta4 the, flrsf ofV series of meetings to Consider rates In the measure which wgr fixed by the finance committee majority. At. figures below those suggested , by the bloc. Senator Good.ng of Idaho, chalr-- i man of the bloc, said also ,that tt waa th purpose to taka up American valua. tion at the meeting There is a strong sentiment in the senate for American valuation, he said, 1 do not want to put all our member on record's favoring It, but many ar strongly Impressed with th principle. Awaits Bloc Decision. - Pres) The -- ' AU In all, subsequent- Investigation would Justify him. That those particular removal war made for tha purpose of giving Jobs to Republicans cannot be argued successfully, If the motive were to slip something over" on the ctv.l service it would hav been done with tha deliberateness of guile. Thera Is a strong feeling on the part of many business men who have recently com Into the government to the effect, that manv of the higher officials of bureaus should not be within tha civil service, but should bo within tbe personal sppo ntment of the men at. the head of the department. Bureau chiefs and the Ilka era the men1 of tha organisation and a "key new man at tha head of a department, do reorto of a Job thorough wishing ganisation, cannot be expected to do it well and sneedlly unless he can appoint his own key men." SH1NGTON', . GENOA, April 13. (By the Aseoc.' ated Press.) Th "Big Four Lloyd -- Believed Justified. it is Incredible that President Harding should have dismissed these civil servants tn Just the way ha dvd without having had enough contact with the situation to be deeply moved by it, and -without feeling sure that the for Minority. Predict Tha Passage Will Result in Disaster Rather Than Prosperous Times. Bennett, Engi- Russ and r Germans Not neer, Also Dead in Mis-- Leaving in Huff; Conference Hard at Work. hap Near Brooklands. Aus-tralia- n. it Speaking , Lieutenant Busi- By MARK SULLIVAN. J Special to. The Trtbaa. - WASHINGTON. .. CU April IL i Steer' Framed, Simmons Says, April IS Penney!-vant- a PHILADELPHIA. woman are advised by MrMedill of Chicago' to become real McCormick At a dinner of the Repubpolitlc'ans. lican Womens club last night she told th woipen that they could not hop to of political atrlfe un raise (he standardsrear til thev became politicians.' "can organise she declared, "Women, s state fotf th sam amount of money p organise a ward. that men need twomen to become "real "Sh advised politicians and precinct proud politicians,bosses." U. Si Relief Wagon Drivers Killed by Starving Russians PARIS, April IS. (By the Associated ) A number of American driver In Russia have been of relief wagon by the famished killed In the street ses-l the horse for food, populace, who toreceived today by reports according American relief crgxnlxattons In Paris from I fa, Baenkeer anil Tchyllahul faming districts Two driver for the American re) ef admlnlatrat.on were killed this week, the reports said. Press GRONNA GOES UNDER KNIFE. ROOHEtTEH. Minn,-- April 12. A. J Gronna, former United Blates senator was reported tn a from North Lakot tonight, after very favorable condition an operation this morning for an abdom- Inal trouble. I -- ONE DEAD IN BLAZE. FDRT WORTH, Texas, Auril 13Frel McMtchael, a plOmtier, died tonight of Injuries sustained In a fire that th Keller automobile plunt tiilav. Tots' loss to the build ng and contents wai estimated at more Ulan IKo.t'OO. wr-i-k- wl Pending a decision by the bloc, Ben tor would not say whether a fight Gooding for -- American - valuation would be made floor,Ha said it might b dtffl- cult to hav the valuation basis changed In th senate, because of the great toss involved in rewriting at all th rates In th bill r At their session today the bloc members, after hearing spokesmen for the Southern Tariff association, decided to support the Increased rate asked tor by that assoc .ation on peanut rlc and i copra. The association also urged that the duties on auger be advanced from, 2 cants to 2 Vi cents a pound- on full duty and front 1.94 to f cent On Cuban sugar, tmt the bloc ha yet to detsrmine whetner . i it will support those Increase "Even cursory examination Indicates that It la the Richest tariff b 11 ever written, declared Senator Simmon who will lead tha minority fight on tha measure In the senate. "A tariff more un suited to present conditions. If wa ar to part.clpata In world trade, could no( have been framed.", -- - -- It Excessive. Calls . If it adopted," continued Senator Simmons tn a formal statement, "wa U hardly hear much more about RepubIt will lican tariff bringing prosperity b at least one Republican tariff that wilt b condemned as bringing hot prosperity. but adversity. In many Instance It Is excessively higher than th Pain. Aldrich bill, with added provisions aucertain thorising the president under to Increase the rates within a limit of 60 per cent. "So far aa the protection accorded agrlcuiure la concerned, only a small fraction of th duties Imposed on will be operative, agricuHaral product They would have no effect, good or bad. The duties on a few agricultural products would result In an advance tn ; ' , price lm- -, "The high and excessive duties. I Would manufactured on products posed Immediately result In a great .IftiWease in th price of things that tbe former buy. but do not produce. In othir Wordto protection tha result of this agrlcu ture will be, so far as th offarmRolers ar concerned, the swappirg lers for dimes bltf necassarly the of "The operation will penalise our export business,! wau h Comtn-- 4 ea T Eight (Column Tw, ) 1 con-ditio- ed -- trt It if SENIOR' IS EXPELLED,' SYRACUSE, N V., April 1 E Turner of Brittle, Wash., a Hamilton college senior, ha been expelled from Let college, after h' onsecret arraignment a charge of bootlegnight at Utica fedtne action by for was held He ging. eral grand Jury. 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