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A1J Amendments Rejected
Except One Proposed by
" Senator Johnson - "i
MINOR: MEASURES
ARE. DISPOSED OF
Senators Abandon Hope of
.i Eliminating Objection-
; : able' Taxes '
Associated Press 'Report -
J WASHINGTON Ma Z Attempt! to
amend the emsrg ency bninlratlott bill
' failed In; the senate Monday hut de
layed a final' vote. 'When adjournment
was taken leaders said the bfls would
. be pawed Tuesday. All amendments f-
tend were rejected: except one by 'Sen
' -' ator JohnsonV repubncsjCallforofa to
exempt from exclusion aliens wh prore
."' they art subjects of "religious or polit-
ical" persecution. A - vote was ' not
- reached on the amendment but it will
'be acted on early Tuesday i 1
; . ;
Mellon Gives Latest r' :
Estimate pt Keyenues - ;
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post
' ' " WASEQXTOIyMay Sewetarg of
. v the) TreasuMeflqn'ai ; Jatest.eehnates
' of probablo -rerenuea and expenditnrea
during the next ftteal- yeei- caused-eon-v
gresslonal leaden who Hate talked of
- elimiMting objectionable ' taxes without
providing aubstitutea -to admit Mont&ay
. - " others - la; no longer' any chance to carry
"out such pt9gn&.$;Hyki:iX$Ki'
' " ' The secretary's recommendation . rel-
' atire to revision of tax lawa were antid-
t ' pated and followed largely the policies
approved bji" the j treasury department
' . under the former administration. . ' The
unexpected features ol hla letter to Rep-
; reacntative Toidianmu of sthe
' - - house waya and means eommittev and
Senator" FenToae chairman of the'.aenfte
' " finaaoa ommittee. was v the ieriaioa of
estimatea which reanlted in. wiping out
-the snrplua from culitsnfcmennea which!
it was propord to apply toward Ue
reductiOB .el the floatitif debt J r
Bottom prop Oat ef 1rsBeaa4. ;
' HaTin(:..ehda4)eted: iwr-
A " plue which ex4wiye of public debtffi-
r 1 mer Secretary of .the Treajnry Houa-
ton's annual" report to- ammount duHnfc-
. the fiecal yar 1922 16 S862U0T73 the
' bottom hay dropped out of the proppaal
-.. 1 to reduce taiea to thortxtent of the
--. portion of this amount which would die
t applied to the- floating debt ' . Y
x'- Secretary Mellon makes proriaion for
' ' sinking fund 'paymehta and other mia-
.' cellaneoua debt cedemptioa fund a total-
ling 55l4M865 .and wind up with a
prospective deficit of $1834033 in the
fiaeal year J822. t' .
V; Bill For Additional "
4 -Judgeship Passed v 1 r " '
r i - Associated. Pres Report
i WASHINGTON' May 2. Congress
. uuu Miu suajvr yruuieiu . uiuf uuu(a
' Monday to clear the calendar of a num-
. ber of minor measurna. Th .aenatM
passed a- nunabei et billa Including the
1 followin:A- ' i '''' -'
" To create an addltldnal federal Judge-
yehlp 14 the' district of Ariaona.-;V
' . - To apportion r world . war trophies
vj amoot the States on the sasTs of ' num-
ber of men tarnished for the hrmy and
' VEary..-' :'f ' ' 1 J v
: Te atithorize the 'war department to
' sell surplus foodstuff ro foteljn govern-
'' . meets. . t- ; ( Y f ' ''
1 Te provide free transportation home
"I for discharged American soldiers . and
their wives and children not m desti-
tute communities in' Europe; .v." ' ! . ' ''
'- Tomake - ihr annual ' period during
which miners are required to perform a
certain amount of work on their dahns
correspond with the fiscal matesdof the
calendar year.;. t i ( -
All these meeaures p.ow go to the
Louie1 ( ' 1 X-
l.llls pained by the houae include':''
To authorise the interior department
to furnish irrigation water to settlers on
we ptera tteclamation; projects ; even In
rsses where they are in arrears with the
roternmenf In payment of inttallmenta
dua on constroctlop eoatav: (' V'.'-t
To authorko the construction of" a
$i:.3CC0- diveralon'damv acroas the Big
Ilon tlver otf the Crow Indian reaerva-
tIo in Montana ; this bill inow f oea to
t' president": '''
::y c f Advance . to';. ;;f;
C;
z:i Erpcrtcrs Adopted
A?30c!atd Presa Report :
: :ciT0N"L'4y 2. Adoption of
' s cf Aiiakh j advances to Amcr-
'ra of cottou or tlme f -an-'t
r ortrrs ta!it t i c i U
t f.'f I " ..!' I t t f )
- - ?)' t i y r r-
Strike Grips U S. Shipping
AsOzo.yjrs Reject Hoover's
Offers; Houston Is Affected
- -i : 'r
Workers Leave " 1 00 Ships
- - Iri .' New. "t York-;.-. .
v . Harbor
' Aasodated Presajleport
NEW YORK May 2.The suggestion
of Secrefary Hoover that the' contro-
versy over a- wage contract between
steamship owners and the unions of en-
glneers firemen and seamen be submit-
ted to arbitration by a commission 'of
three men. not gqvernment officials was
rejected . here ' Monday jnght Jby A the
American Steamship Owners' associa
tion. J.V.V. '
Jht owners sau it would pe contrary
to business judgment principle and prec-
'The action of the steamship owners
closed what was intended to be an open
mg for an- adjustment of a nationwide
shipping': striks Involving .thousand of
employes on a . majority ' of American
hips on the Atlantic pacific and gulf
coaata '' 1 '
Walkaata- Begla ' y(
.Walkonta in response to the caHa of
the union leaders began in all porta pre-
ceded.' in; most cases by .a 24-honr no-
tice. In New Tori- more than 100 ships
were directly affected on all of which at
least soma oCthe men walked out.'- ": w
Reporta io the ateamship owners' association-
were-that- many-ot 'tie engi-
neers were remaining loyal to the eomf
panlea and refusing to leave. " Of these
ships more' than a doaen.are passenger
ones- one-dl which m the Transatlantic
trade is scheduled to ssil Tuesday for
London.' : ; -V.;i lf f;
i'The ; MaDory Southern . Padfie and
other coastwise lines . received pottos
from many of their men that they would
respond tothe call Lof their unions." x
'.WlathronJ Marvin general manager
of. the Steamship 'Owners' association
Mid that approximately 40 per cent of
the American flag' tonnage 'was idle
one ut-iacK ox cmrgo juenji. 4
i His. estimate "was that ; 65000- men
would he 'concerned Ig th. strike! -'The
estimate bt the '0111011 leadera place the
number at over 125000. : ' ' ;
tiolaNa Waoa. Cif Noonsary; 6
Statlngt that! wage" adjustments were
necessary ' to compete successfully witn
foreign flag llnea Mr Marrin asserted
that. American ahipa 'were carrying only
80 ' pet cent of American commerce
against (50 per cent one year ago.
j '"We also are np against foreign com-
peUtiott In' other ways he added V;!R
baa. recently: come to' our' attention that
Lancashire spinners demanded that cot-
ton "shipped from:Glveston be carried
in British lessels; and insured by Brit-
ish companies As result of this 'da
mand. cotton shippers to sen their prod-
uct had to cancel chapters for American
shipav London staple ' Egyptian cotton
nsed in the New England States can only
be shipped to this country in BrftUh bot-
toms. I. mention thia. aa an example of
what 'we have to contend with in order to
do business;" r y
Chairman Benson Is:;
or No Compromise x
. ; . Asaodhted Press Report . "
; WASHINGTON May 2. Announcing
policy of no compronrise on the ques-
tion of a 15 per cent wage reduction in
the . settlement ' at the controversy be-
tween the shipping board American ship
Owner and marine workers - Chairman
Ben&nafonday called upon "all loyal
dtiaena to rally to the support of their
flag.""'-
''Full protectioB" he said "both nowl
and after thexcontroversy la settled will
be given by the shipping board to .all
those who come 'to its; assistance in
keeping tho ships in operation." . .
Economic conditions fully justify' he
said' the readjustment in waie - scales
and. working conditions aa made effective
by the board on' May l'whea' the old
atreementa with the- -men explreaV ' and
the "gratifying success" with which the
board's. eftor.ta )to keep its ships in op-
eration are meeting h added indleatei
that men aboard ship agree with the po
sltlqn .taken ; by the board.) The chair-
man said he. will he 'willfng to meet and
talk with the union heada here but not
to negotiate on the question of wag"
reductions. ;
Printers Strike ; -' j
AfripCJitiesi; (;
Associated Press Report
'l CHICAGO May 2.--Unton Job Print-'
tnf houses in Chicago were closed down
Monday as the result of a strike which
also elected more than CO dtiea in all
parts of the country It applied to the
book and job printing industry and did
not affect newspapers.' ' - ' .
The. issue according to the employes
was the 41-hmir week and what rnte
iiou!J L l 1 vhrts it is hmtnUod. A
('! ' it' r v c Vifiit loto t
' ? i"i " v i i -rtpn a"-"or' !
First Seamen Quit VesseIs
r : In Houston; TampicQ
t. line May
v Upon' ths arrival of the steamship
Macomet at the .municipal wharves Mon
day af ternoonr the firemen oilers water
tenders and. ablebodied seamen. 10 in alt
left tb vessel to Join the nationwide
strike which started at midnight Sunday
night The engineers remained on the
vessel in compliance with orders from
officials of the Seamen's union at Galves
ton to stay until they received their pay.
it war announced. The man leaving tthe
Macomet also acted under order from
union officials it was stated.
-The crew of the Thomaa ' I Ward
Honston-Tampico line vessel1 which is in
port and due to complete taking certVby
Wednesday) also quit fork under orders
from Galveston M0nday.;:;jV'.-''sj;S
OfBdals of th Hooston-Tamplco line
stated. Monday af t ernon fthaf the crew xtt
thia vessel has asked offlclala of the union
that they be permitted to return to worUWi
as . they . are not affected by the ;)5 per
cent wage reductlen ordered by Chairman
Benson of tire United States shipping
board.. -v - V' -v" ' ' "v
1 Ne Wage Cat Proposed. --
No reduction In pay his been; made or
proposed aa affecting crews of the Hous
ton-Tampico line the.acal of wages now
being paid these men belnf equal to and
tnsome cases higher than 'the. shipping
board scnedule it was announced. Ot-
f iciala also stated that they areready te
execute an agreement wih the men for
the continuance of the present
of
wages and it ia expected tha crew will
return to tha Ward Tuesday.5 -f 4;
Tbe same conditions will apply to the
crew of the El Amigo a new ateer vesse.)
te be. added to tha Houston-Tampico line
which is due in the port of Efouston Sat-
urday officials of the company: state f':
' El Amigo is a 1000-ton ressel 250 feet
long 82-foot beam and draws 10 feet of
waterr This vessel is coming from New
York with a partial cargo of 1000 tons for
Tampico andV will complete ita- cargo at
hum port m
Vessels of tha Morgsn line are ope rat
ing without Intemrpaea "of service ac
cording to a telegram received Monday by
W. B. Scott preaident of tha Sonten
Pacific lines of Texas and Louisiana from
L. ' J -SpeBce director of . traffic of the
Southern Padfk?; system including the
steamship line. '.''' r s
N. Y Paper Forced s
o ouspend Tr.;;--
Associated .Press. Report'
! GLEN8 FALIiS -May 2 A
strike of printers' and pressmen in the
newspaper and Job departments ot the
Glena Tails Times "caused the suspen-
sion of "publication - Monday afternoon.
Tha Post-Star in which plan) a. strike
waa - declared Sunday aacceeded -in 'la-
suing two imajl pages Monday morning
containing a statement of the situation.'
The paper' will not publish Tuesday.
Rerrted6ri5triket
r. Associated Press Report:
ALBANY N. I May 2-Approxi-mately
12000 members of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Paper Workers
are -oil strike" James T Carey president
ot tha brotherhood said Monday ' '
Tha plants affected are located in. the
northeastern sections of ' the .'United
Statea'gnd in Canada) and are operated
by - the International ' Paper company.
Tidewater Paper company Minnesota k
Ontario . Paper .company and ths 'Fort
Frauds Paper company. . . .
"' t : - . ...
Threatened Walkout Makes
No Further pxtension ; . .
' - Assodated Press Report' '
CTIIOAQO.V May '2. Although 150
Uarpentera Monday toted the livestock
handlers' -union on strike- at the stock
yarda in protest against a wage cuttof
' cents aa houi there waa no further
extension P the. walkout 'aa haSf been
threatened. 'i; 7 x ' -An
dttempt waa made. ' to x lave - the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters Join with tha
livestock tfaadlere but this tafledr j?
. Although anlod ' leaders .claimed that
1500 men were out the day's receipts of
UvettoeW1300 cars in all were han
dled without any difficulty;' according to
the atock yarda company ?
6 Killed 27 Hurt When
. c Train Runs Into Swifc
BLUEFIELD. W. Vs. May 2.
persons were killed and 27 Injured nine
seriously late Monday Nrben a "Norfolk
and Western1 railway passenger train
backing up trpm Gary W. Va. to Welch
V. Va ran into an open awltch . and
crashed into four loaded care."
' One ot the paasenger oachea was tele-
scoped. 1 ; . ( 1
. The d-ad: 1 ' ' ' . ' '
Uicardo . Qiilutannll residence un'
krown. f 1
An iri.liit" !ii!e woman
1 "D i s i n't TTi.
m;.D::iioiic
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iSRESFo::Muroa
EjRGDOjTu release
Prisoner Let Out .on Plea of
v; Ansell Mai. Gen.? Harris
' ; "x- 1 Testifies! -: -
ASSURED GOLD '
STORY WAS TRUE
Not Case of Paroling But of
- military tscort; Ue- ;
Aaftodatedi Press Report v V
WASHINGTON May 2.nMajor Gen
era! Peter C Harris' adjutant general
from New York told a house investigate
Ing committee Monday that Joe alone waa
responsible for the 'release-under guard
of Greyer C. Bergdoll ; convicted draft-
evader to go out secretly and hunt for
a pot of buried gold in tha mountains of
est'Tlrginia. 4 .1.". f
Bergdoll was permitted to start on the
golden chase but fiever returjjed eicap-
ing at Philadelphia: where ha had stop
ped over on his way.from Fort Jay
N. T- to the ' mountains. to visit' his
mother" bow' awaiting sentence for con-
spiracy to aid. him in evading ths draft
v. It was on the plea of Samuel T. An
sell formerly acting' adjutant' general of
the army General Harris testified that
the; prisoner was 'let out : The general
said he had been assured by ' Mr. Ansell
attorney for Bergdoll that the story of
the hidden treasure was true' and that
he. would be sent' back to Fort )sy ha
soon as he had recovered hie .gold. H
h laforaatloa Freia AaaalL j"-
. ' Mr. Harria declared his Information
that: Bergdoll' hadeluded nia guard waa
obtained from Mrl'AnseU.; The factaj he
said were laid before Secretary Baker
who" had not known previoualy of tho
release orders. - -- V ' i
s f Mr. Ansell ame to me and asked to
See the Secretary but'the aecretary said
it waa not i necessary' that he'dld not
want to see.hlm.'lrat'td'tell Mr. Ansell to
get the prisoner and rettfn hlra. 'Fort
Jay aa he hai prfmliTr;" J jt't
-"What .'reliance did ' you- ut ia tha
promisrf -Ani and would you have
let the man. go' without this personal
promise V Chairman Peters ashed .
"Mrv Ansell's plea did Inftaencs' me'
tha genera) replied "but his promise
had no legal value it was moral rather
I think Mr. Ansell should have prevented
the escape." X construed his letter that
he stood. responsible for Bergdoll's re
turn to prison to mean that he would
facilitate the work of the guards and a
moral .- obligation. that ; he r would not
escape. So far ea I knoVAIr.. Ansell
did nothing to prevent his escape."
Mat Casa af Parellaa. .
' GeneW Harria dedared however) that
it waa not a. case of paroling a prisoner
in the Custody of an attorney but send
ing him out with a military escort " V
From. Charles D. McAvoy federal dis-
trict attorney ar Philadelphia; the com
mittee learned that Gibboney Ansell and
the letter's partner Bailey Jtad been
censured by the grand jury and that
they-.had been reonested br him to ap
pear before that body and explain facta
bearing on the escape ..' l:f
"I asked them to appear because after
an exhaustive inquiry and the belief that
the burled gold was a fake knowing too
that gold had been; taken out of the
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FORECASTS JO? THE WEATBM
' WASHINGTON! May 2. East Texaa
Tuesday partly ' cloudy warmer in
north portion Wednesday unsettled local
showara.
; Wst Texas Tuesday generally fair.
warmer except ia southwest portion;
Wednedsayv generally fair.
Louisiana Tuesday fair wanner 'in
north potion; Wednesday partly cloudy
and warmer - . V-.- - - -.
Arkansas Tuesday; fair and warmer;
Wednesday partly cloudy warmer ia cast
portion. . 1 ; r
' .Oklahoma: Tueadayi partly' cloudy
ana warmer; Wednesday unsettled
Tone for HouiteiS aad VknityTuekr
Shobably anaettleiC '
Tewperature'Cktrtmaa aad arecipitaUwi jit
nwMtoa tor we s air ended at I a av
May gUaximuia 111 tolniam IS; Mjn.
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' ' TODAY'S EVENTS.' ' !
Conopus clubliincheoti Rice 12:15 soon.
II ' ' t Trn'ric club luncheon. Bender.
IT"- n rt l"rue rlortlon of officers.
1.. f t $ p.m. - r
-..-. T "' ' -n of noustop
I i t ! . i ..;S noon.
REVERSAL OF CASE .
A6AIIIST imnniRY
OF GREAT IUPORT
Corjgress Declared Without
' Power to Regulate .
v a luuaiica ':
ARE SET FREE
Senate ' Girnmittee ' Says It
Will Go Ahead With
h ; 'Investigation
;l By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
By Leased Wire to The Houston Post.
WASHINGTON May 2. The . su
preme" court decision '' Monday : freeing
Senator Newberry of .Michigan from the
aentenca ol two years' In the peniten-
tiary for alleged violation ot the federal
corrupt practices act ia of far reaching
Import : ' i i . - j
In declaring the corrupt practices act
void tho court haa raised the question of
us power 01 congresa 10 reguiaie pn-
marlea fog- the Bomination ' of federal
officers and of the possible necessity
of a constitutional amendment to pro-
vide such authority particularly to en
able the; creation of a national primary
for the. nomination- of candidates' for
president- Sixteen other defendants in
the Newberry case will elao'go free as
a resulj of the supreme court's decision.
V ' Uaaalnoasly Agreed. .
me nine membere ot the supreme
Court were unanimously agreed aa to ths
reversal of conviction in Senator New-
berry's case biit they arrived at this
conclusion through widely separated
channels of legal reasoning. '
The majority opinion' delivered by
.ustice McKeynolds held that tha fed
eral corrupt practices law under which
Mr. Newberry waa -conyicted was . un
constitutional. Five justices - Including
Justice 'McIUynolds concurred in thls
opinion. Four ofy fbo .five took i the
ground; that ' congresa had ne constitu-
tional huthortty" at .tht' time of the pat-
tt olithe corrjipt pract4ceavaet tiLiaiOJ
to anact aach a law. ; One of the f r
y'ajtica X McKennv agreed J tbl l i
reierrei his optaloa Aa to whether cot-
gress haa not the power now since the
adoption of the seventeenth amendment
to .the eonaUtutioa' in 1D1S providing for
the direct-i election of senators to. pasi
laws regulating primariea for tha nom
ination of senators "m. "1 -''"
Tbraa - Jastleas Uphold Right r-
. Three iaatkes in a diasenting opinion
read by Justice Pitney held that con-
great under the provisions of the "orig
inal constitution had the power-to reg-
ulate' primaries.'- Chief - Justice .White
concurred in this contention generally
j-but expressed his views In another dis
senting-opinion. " ' . !
- All four of the dissenters held how-
Lever that tha conviction should be set
aside and the ease retried because ot
error in submission- to the Jury.-
Immediately upon receipt of newa of
the -supreme court's decision Senator
Hiram Johnson of California announced
that he would introduce; a reaolutioa pro
posing an amendment to the federal con
atitntion to empower" congress to regu
late expenditures in congressional ; and
presidential primaries He "said ha had
intended fon some time to take such ac-
tion and' that the supreme ."court's da-
cisioa would only hasten this step '
fj. :?$laillar Law Ukary.
-f Same senators however ' took the
view that wbfle the supreme coort'a de-J
ciaiba knocked out tho present law. ae
far as it related to primaries the atate-
ment of justice lcKenna indicated that
a new law. exactly similar to. ue one
Just nullified would be upheld.' An ef-
fort towarda action along this line may
be attempted after mor thorough etudy
ol the opinions. .-...'--.- : ;
Senator' Newberry waa at his homo in
Detroit; when the dedalon vu banded
down Following hla conviction en
March 20. 1920 the aenator withdrew
temporarily from the senate announcing
that he would not participate in ita pro
ceedinga until he. was act free by the
aupreme courts . It Is expected that he
wul now; resume his seat in the senate.
The. supreme conrt-decision doe not
fuaDi settle the question of .Mr. New
berry's- right to his aeat in the senate.
The senate privilege and electiona com
mlttee stm haa br.re it.the charget
filed by attorneys for Henry Ford De-
troit automobile manufacturer' charging
unlawful expenditure and corruption in
the election following tha primary. Sena-
tor Spencer of Missouri chairman of the
wbcommittee which haa been investigate
ing the Newberry case said: "Our work
la 'entirely unaffected by the' court' e de
cision end "before it was announced we
had made our plaas to continue our hear-
big..:' Wo will take up fa the near future
and will give both sides ah opportunity to
present any additional evidence they de
sire. The committee will not allow -the
evidence at Grand Baplde to be recubroit-
ted. but win confine ourselves to the new
evidence that it may be desired to pre-
m-nt both a to the primary and the fire-
And TclJz L
Allies" Is :m
Secretary HtsKes Sends Reply to K
v V Finds Offer Unacceptableas Bat
I . Allieb! Supreme Council Gives 1 2
" " ance of All Cbndlti6n$---Troops Ai
i -' f ' i By Leaned Wire to The Houston Pos
5. ' WASHINGTON May t. Ths American goyernment I
man reparations proposals of April 24 on the ground that
a baala for dlacusalon acceptable to the allied governments
Berlin that these) proposals can not be entertained.
The decision of the Harding administration . waa ann.
o'clock' Washington- time ; Monday . night when Secretary. L
statement saying; he had instructed Lorlng Dresael tha Amv
COPDCTOR HELD DP
BY KEGROES AT EUD
OF UOUME UllE
L Ji. Keesee Robbed of
$30byMen With Gun.
. ' And Knife; v
Conductor L R. Keesee -who Uvea at
40 Palmer' street of the Houston Bee-
trie Ballway company waa held up and
robbed of-about $25 or $30 at the end of
the MoatroM ca- link Tuesday morning
at 1:10 O'clock by two negroes. V '
. Keesee said he had Just reached the
end of the line when be noticed the 'two
negroes on the cari the only two- ecca
panto TeridWiInMelf."-They rcame to-
ward hha oneot them brandishing an
open kntty'and the other a revelver and
demanded that be hack oa out to the
end. ' He said one of the negroes . then
tool : tne ;: trouey ott ins wire leavmg
everything in darkness ; One of them the
one -with the knife searched his pockets
and toot .an tbe - money ne nao. xne
other stood back little ways' and when
Keesee i Complained- that he . wished to
talla'chted cfgaf out" of;hrs"mouth
which 'w-fc-Tlnning 'ta bum Ws lipsi the
negrrablieditiand began to Su.wla U
nil t tenrard wentkttVmokinc it. The
negroes took Keeaee's pocketkntfe' hut
left hla watch t
Keesee started back ar soon aa the
holdup men pushed off and reached the
end ot the block arhere he picked up a
man who had seen the whole thing and
wondered what waa going en. This man
said he had stated to walk .do wa to
where tie car stood k the darkness. He
said that he had on his person more than
K100.
. : Detectives immediately were put ;oa
the trail of the negroes of whom they
have good descriptions ". - r
List of Draft Evaders .'"
-v Nearly ; Ready io Publish
' - Associated Pns Report .
' WASHINGTON Hiy 1 A final ap
peal to former service men to assure
themselves that their names were-not
carried on the army's list .of draft
evaders and deserter to be made pub
lie this week haa been issued by the war
department
Men who- areVtot actually deserters.
but who believe themselves charged with
desertion upoa tie records the appeal
aid "ahould communicate Immediately
with thia office (the adjutant' general)
setting forth all the pacts in their eases.
Those in doubt of their sUtua- should
follow the same eouree. ; There. is still
opportunity to escape the odium that will
attend the publication ol the names U ac
tion ia taken promptly.". . T
The final lists of 1 deserters wejpe
checked against the. army . navy and
marine corps records and by 874 local
draft hoards out of i25L Completed
lUll BIW.fMIW UUI (flit IHUlf ' HI Uf
varioua corps area commanders for pub-1
lication. ' . . ' . .. i .
Duty! of $1.50 Barrel on;.
Crude Oil Imports Urged
' By leased' Wire to The Houston Poet
.'WASHINGTON May & Oil produc
ers of Boutbwestern states nrgea mem
bera of the hoase ways and means com
mittee Monday to. impose a duty of $1JM)
per barrel ea imports of crude oQ as pro-
tection againrf Mexican txporta.' -. - )
It was claimed by the delegation that
a number et oil fields are shut down in
this country and that there is a very
heavy reduction in the number of persona
employed in the H (rodjieing industry.
It wWs asserted that the cost ot prodno
mg a barrel of erode oil in the United
Statea la 11.75. as agamSt a coat of only
28 centa m Mexico .The contention was
advanced that a duty of. 1X3 a barrel
would ejnaliis the dlxfertnca In cost V.
' ' 'Aasodated res K-porti ; ' ;v
SEATTLE Waeh. ?.'ay 2. No lives
were lost through a fie which sercrcly
damaged the Japanei ateamer Tqkuyo
men
ly tc
'.mNc'.::
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Act:
o
:e C
-qpaioner at Berlin to i
Walter; Simons the Ge.
minister the following: meL
' vV Nugh!' Rpiy.i
.tThe government of the Vu
has received the memorandum 1
Simons ' with th commissione
United Statea under date of Apt
la ting to reparatloBa. In reply t
eminent states that It finds
to reach the conclusion thnt tl
posala afford a basis for discur
ceptable to the allied governs
that these proposals can not I
tamed. i;;-t-'"v"'"t;i-i -!V '.- .
Thla government therefore
expressing its earnest desire
prompt settlement ot this vital r
strongly urges .h German gov-r
at once to make directly to t'
governments dear definite and t
proposals whkh wtluld in all i
meets its Just obligBtibne.''
) Secretary Hughes' announces
aot made until after he had fur.
tied himielf as to the attitude
aBieA.: governments. ;; This hifa
was obtained through "informal"
Inge that have been in progress I
Mr. Hughea and the allied gove
since April 113 days ago v
Fehrenbach.-Simons memoran '
April 20 waa received at the atati
mentJ Aa a result of these rit"
conversations" with the Britiah I
Italian ; and Belgian' ambassadors
their numerous visits to the uti.i -ment
there' have been " utk ' "
chahges . . bet weed "j their tv-.
basiieS and their home g. t
big which the attitude of t
gdremment his been brou&U .
though nevertheleu definitely t
tentioB of the . allied govern .
their views reflected in turn
j -:" FtJlMirJormatloB Race'
"Not until Monday night did I
Hughes receive the information 1
ed aa to whether tht proposals f
by ' the Berlin government rea"
tuted a proper bsiis for discus
f How thia Information was n
the American secretary of staic
known' but it is assumed he i
as to the latest developments
the statue of . the reparatima j
Monday's session ot the allied
council andTthie information cu
in tha same informal way that t
unofficial exchanges of vies hav
place during the hist week. :
ln his' rejection of the Germ a
posala aa not affording a basis f
cussion acceptable -to the' allio?
tary Hughea haa again express !
German government the earno
of the United States governing
settlementand a fprompt" one
reparattona" question..
Secretary Hughes has also wo:
reply as to. caS for no response f
Germaa government to the Unite 1
government by urging the Gem
ernment to put itself into touch v
allies'hy making to them c.lear
and adequate proposals which
all respects meet its just.obligai;
t v Ksows Abosf Attitnda.
' Although Mr. Ilugbea made no
meat In giving- out the text of Vi
munication ; preferring to - stand
statement of the decision of tie X
States government (here was r V
after the announcement that ti e '
can government now knows defmii
attitude ' of tha' allies; 'that t y
not have' entertained the C
posals : if ; they were tot)
brought to their? attention by t '
Statea.1 4 . ii'
lt la alao regarded aa t ' r
ther proof of Mr. Hughes' r' '
his note of ApjH JL jtQ the I
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