Wuhlngtoc.—Dr. Henry Allen Tup«r told the Senate subcommittee inwtivnUnc the Mexican situation that be bad m-etred approximately 43,400 n the Carrnnte goTernment In eel Ifni of expenses he had incurred. Documentary evidence had been -«ubthe committee indicating that Dr. Tapper had been on jhe payroll, presnmably {or bis work for peace under the supervision of Uw International Peace 'Porutr The wltaasa said he bad repeatedly remuneration {or his services, bat when pressed by Charles A. Douglas, than attorney for the Carraaaa Covenuneni. hud accepted the draft Which was made a part of the commit tee's record last week. He claimed payment was oo a bans of ex•es of |3 a day. and said he bad lived no other payment of any

t Or. Tupper aso admitted that Car , rsnxa had presented his daughter with F* wrist watch end blmselt with a ; watch and fob. engraved with an exI proadidn of triendshrp These.- he ' eald. "1 accepted as a gentlemun.’* 1 Dr. Tupper raid he had approved - the pursuit ot Villa by Pershing and p cagntted it had not been more sne | eaasful. As to intervention, be said, 5 he believed tt should be resorted to { only ks'the “last of last resorts. 1 Dr. Tupper Bled letters and other 6, bocutnents to support his states;enfs. | tncludicy letters from congressmen and government otTiciais atWl one mes- | nags of felicitation from President

. WUaoa.

• Dr. Tupper read to the committee ft,, a letter from Dr. Douglas saying relm J bnrsement was due him as be had "worked ahlv for the cauae ot the ■ revolution.* ^ . Or tress-examination Dr. Tup pci ■aid there were numerous provisions of the Mexican constitution of J917 he could not approve. Development of education has not been>a» rapid as he expec ted, he said. Segardlng hli earlier writ ins the Mexican problem, be aaid : "1 have changed my mind on a good many of those aabjecu. At that time 1 thought 1 knew all about It. Now 1 know 1 don't. Chairman Pall retd into the record the report of 1. C. Weller. In charge ot an American Red Cross expedition in Mexico in 1915. Until now the .report had been withheld from publication It told of an asrault on the Red Croat train and the diDrultic* thrown about the work of dlatribution by Carrsnae officer*. The opposition wt« so great that further effort .to ML'tlnue the work was useless. Weller reported and the expedition wa»

Withdrawn.

Indicative o( conditions to the oil field* Amos L. Beatty, New York,

attorney for the Texas Oil

and physical examination ot applicant* for employment. 7. Reinstatement o< n>en discharged for being'nnlon men and pay for .Urn. lost during Idleness thus effected. 8. Employers to hold out union dues and assessments from workers' pay checks and tarn this money over to nnion officials. 9. Principle of seniority to prevail In reducing or ~ increasing working forces. * What the steel workers here: 1. Baric eight-hour day, with time and a half for overtime. (About 60 per cent, .of the men. however, work 10 and 13 hour shifts.) 3. A seven-day week for most of the men. because steel making is a continual prooesc. 4. A privilege to purchase stock in the steel corporation, and it Is estimated that between 40.000 and 00,000 workers are stockholders. «. The following wags rates: For a 13-Hoor Day—Skslp mill roller*, ftl.71; skelp mill heater*. Ift.lS: blooming mill heaters, $17.92; lap welders, 318.08; blower*. 313.74: ' regulators, 31S.63; bottom makers. (13.91. For an 8-Heur Day—Haatera. $21.12; vesselmen, 41445; steel poorer*, f 12.84; engineers and manipulator*. $12.03; catchers and roughen. $11.92. Semi-skilled labor. 44.44 to $8.2$ a day. . Unskilled labor, 44 to 50 cents aa boar^ ?

WOULD 1M UMEU

Federal Soerd Aims to M&ke

Him Landowner

TO INTEREST INVESTORS

Plan Is To fiecurs Lsndscs On fisc-

oed Mortgages On Purchase* Mads Under Auspices Of

United AtaU*.

I -

Washington.—The Federal F-rm Loan Board uaa oryaalxed a nationwide campaign to cx-nvert the land lea* farmer In this coun.ry into a land owner and to make what has became known as the teuant farmer an pendent prodwvr. _ M1 - -** It this dt !* s aucxflMfiir : ftr members ot the It will go far to >R ard * jiving the problem of keeping

exhibited to the commlUer'cnron-1 expe.aenced fartic* boys at home and ologkal accounts of rjfhelous robber-j i- 1 ' futther problem of maintaining and asaau" . A part ot (he com-i'- n *l productlos of foodstuYt

pany's holding* are In ibe territory controlled by Can-ansa, and anotbei p*H In that dominated by Palaex. to whom, he said, tribute is paid for protection. A part of the bridlngr. Beatty said, sr* in the "twilight xone." under the complete control neither of Car-

ransa aor 1‘slaes

BELGIUM AND HOLLAND 4PLIT.

Ambaasad -s Ot Both Countries Are Withdrawn. London—An official wire leu dispatch from Berlin, says that the Bel glan smbsKudcr at the Hague har been withdrawn. The Hutch amba*ador has also been withdrawn. Relation* Long Btrsinod. Bevvrri tlmw recently there bare been report* that diplomatic relation* betw.-u Belgium and Holland were strained as a resist of tbr demand* of Belgium for a revision of the treaty of 1838 between Belgium and Holland, under which Holland ann-xad the southern bank of tds Scheldt river and sa elcagMed etrip of Ditch Limburg, lying between Belgium sad (iermsny Belgium bssed her deinscde upon the oecesrity of securing a atronger military' frontier and treeing the trade of Antwerp, her groat port, from tbr raetriction* sow placed upon n Dutch possession of the lower portion of the Scheldt, and asked for pollurtl control of the southern beuk of tb< river, and certain guarantees deemed •ecaeenry to safeguard Belgium * economic int>rv»ta in Boulh Limburg fa return for these cooreeeion* the Belgians tugge'Ud that Itotlaad rvceivs csaapenaation la thr farm of cer lam bile of Gerua n territory teheblted by a Dutch epeaking populaUo* The Allies were bsJLived to be f. v •rob!} tucjloed toward the principle of the Ire* aatigaltos of the Pcheldl but HoRend t* understood tn bate twea tr»**i« ably opposed Is any re •uncletton of soierelgnty Us this col

1—Card Inal Merrier of Keigtum a*dl Ordinal Gfcboo* pliof'^repbed at tbs Utter's home tn Baltimore,

ff Yoroorn to be preeected to PreotdSBI

8—Scene during the groat oil

tank fire nt Oroenpotot Long Islacj.

NEWS REVIEW OF mm] EVENTS

Baltic front, ft deolroa psece and

friendly rel^tiw termed in that

weald then be able to turn moat of It* Attention to tbs East where.Admtrk. Kolchak Is reported to bare bad aev-

' nouble

Peace Conference Devit s Plan for SettKnQ the fe&tam of

the Adriatic.

D’ANNUNZIO’S FORE RAO

Baltic Statey »nd Auaslan Bolshrvls** Talklns ?o*c«—President Wildon

Japar.. according to report,'

•Meed by the United States to pledge formally tbs return of Shantung to Oblna. end to set a date for the res to

At the tfms of writing no re-

ply had been received Irom Tokyo, and the Japane^- foreign office de-

that any such note had beeu re-

ceived from Waahinrton. Ill aUtements Issued In California, In reply to

- (uerilons naked him. Prosidrr-t

Irish Questions.

By CbWARD W. PICKARD While D'Annunxlo held posaessk

Flume after M* npcctheular raid oa that disputed city, the peace eoofert rocs lo Psria got bony end announced tt* solution of the entire AdrlaUd, problem. It 1* a oempromtfs plan deal gned to satiriy both Italy and Jugo-

slavia. and k was cabled to America Ohlni

* ot *Reoo. \ i

Nation* woo'd have a powerful effect in forwarding tha final reetncwtlon of Shantung to China, and that no other Instrumentality sr action could be substituted which could bring shoot that result. In oc« of his San .FJrmncIsco addresses he aaid the great pow»rr had Japan's promise t» return Shantung to China, and intended to roe that It was fulfilled nad^ tbs'league.

at Versa'tlea, be said,

told him they meant noder the league to Inaugurate a new poliffir bsirard

to be submitted to President Y

which 1* necetsa-y If the high co»l of

ring la to be reduced.

The Farm Loan Board tally under stands that the best means ot Increasing tbo prodviou of food prodmu 1* to kr«.p .j larmrr* on the tanns. This may be brought about effectively by giving these tenant farmer* a la d- • wains interest la the business, and by making them proprietors Instead

ul hired m-n.

To this end the Perm Loan Board Is patting Into effect it* policy of pro mating sale* of property to truant farmern and to others who are without sufficient capital to buy land out right or to take advantage, nualdad. of the liberal terms of the Farm Loan

act.

A F. Lever, former chairman of the Agricultural Committee of the House, and now a member of the Farm Loan Board, hat given four reason* why investor* should cooperate with tbs Government by accepting second mort gages upon land after th* Government ha* taker tbs first. These reasons

that Flume *1*11 be •- tnt

that It* harbor shall be a free port; that the JngnBlavt shall bare an of

the Dalmatian mainland except

city of 7«ra, which shall be a free port, and moat of the Dalmatian Islands; that Avion* and the aarroundteg territory shall be under Italian sovereignty, and that Italy shgll re-

ceive a mandats for all of Albar - cep« the Epirus, In the extreme i

which shall go <o Greece. Both Italy and Jngo-Slaria make concessions under this plan, end tt Is believed that It will enable Fin me nlUmateiy to become a part of Italy—* consummation which the American peace delegation

able to prevent during the treaty

negotiation*. ^

D’Annunxlo'* seizure of Flume was decidedly embarriaric* to tba Italian government. To use fore* against blm was jdatnly oat of fl» tjusrtUm. ",. tor Tile"sympathies of tbs nation were with h.m. despite the fact that he and hi* troops were ticbnlcsHy mutineer*. However, the gov-rnment dlO take step* looking toward a otockade of Flume by Isnd and sea lo the expectation that tbs poet-aoldlefa army would Im soon starred Into •ubmiasloa. and In this mrwsnre tbc Jugo-Blavs co-op-eroted by cutting off nil -eupp’l-s bv land. D’Annunxto had about 10,000 regulars snd four battalion* of volunteers under hi* command, and oecnpl.'d a fortified line around tbs city. It waa reported that be wos prepared to raze Flume If be could not hold out, and tba* In this b* waa support-

cd by the riftsena

Naturally, the German* were watching thl* affair with great Intereri. and the ner.w that the allies had derided M waa to be handled by Italy alone wav looked on by them aj stgnlflrmnt. for some of them were eontempiatlng the pc**4t»IHty of a similar raid on Danzig. They B«mrsd that tf the esprresed wtii of the slli.-d peace conference could be defied in one place,

tt might b*

it tons with tbs naw states

rases recently,

og to r*port,ba* b

and that the employees of the corporation are now compelled to resort to a strike In order to prove to Judge Gary the authority of their selected representatives to pre~*nt their grievances. In the Chicago district, at leant, strike-breaker* will not be employed, according to the company ©fCclala Tbs striker* will be paid off and discharged permanently, snd the walkout I* general, the mill* trill

shut down.

Anuber subject taken up by the uee^drot In Us answer* to question* and In ftls speeches was the Irish question. This, be asserted, could prop erly be brought up in the council of the league under article XL “which makes It the ngfcl of every member of the league to draw attention to eny-

Boston. doe to tbs

strike of poUceme,.. were largely suppressed by the military, but the situation otherwise was little Improved. The firemen, however derided not to quit, and the threatened general strike was at least postponed. The attitude of the American Federation of Tabor toward the Boston case Is peculiar. President Gompers. while defending the strike, admitted the police were given a ctarrter on the express understanding that they would not strike. Thro Mr. Gomper’s secretary visited Boston to study the skuatioo, and on leaving announced that the federation stood solidly behind the striking policemen. He intimated that be did not favor a general strike at this time. <!hlefly because the police force of Washington alto was unionized In tbs fact of orders to the contrary, President Wilson took s hand In the matter of police unions He sent a tele-

be peace of tbs world or the good understanding between nation*., upon which the peace of the srorid depends." The covenant would not bind tbs United States to asalat In pat Undown rebellion tn any foreign country, be aaid. nor weald H limit the power of this country to recognize the independence of any people who seek to secure frpsdom. He expUlned that Ireland waa nt gtren a bearing ot the peacs cooft&mee becauss tbs conference bad' no Jurisdiction over qure

First—The apprat*cr..«tn of the land Is made by a Government' official, which Is a guarantee of its fair ap pralsai. Second—Tfcs tills ct the lard in question is passed upon by aaotbrr Federal official, which guaraatrw* that tills to be good. Third—The terms of repayment of the first mortgage are so liberal lb*.I there utter can be any danger, unlew in the most exceptional case* of a toirclosnre of the Brat mortgage. Fourth—The very worst that could happen to the taker of a aecood mart gage under the system would be the foravicour* of the first incrtgage h> tbs Fed era! Land Hank, which would leave ike second mortgage to eland in plaM of the first. Ibsroby suing the bolder th* adtlblag* • n lh * liberal terms wh >. k&wtth the first gaga undei * Bfil

tire commiue* meet* Ih'New York. It does not seem pooalbl* that they expert a “ycs-cr-no" answer to sir'

lo Hungary the mHIss are gradually bringing th* situation around lo their own way. for the Boumanlsns. tt is announced, are withdrawing thtlr troops and have promised to rwtora the materials they bad crmflronled. Prtwe Minister Friedrich of Huagery. It ts expected, will flntt. and a cualb (tort rabiort will be rsrogntzed by tbs allitt.

toriea that did not belong to the defeatafi estpir «. Tbs Irisb-American opponents of the leagos were far from sat'sfled with this reply, and especially did they dl*Uks what they tanned tbs president'* ablguouaness. They asked him to aos-cer point-blank th* qoration: “Are you in favor of «r’f-deteMBtaatioo for IreUudr and requested s reply by

‘ Jtome one must bars whlapered a

nine to Mr. Wllaor

caused by bla getters trek> on all senator* who do not favor ratification of the treaty as H at for last week his speech*-’ much more conciliatory, and be even had good words to ray concvrnlnc the land reserrntioolsta" But hi* expressed opinion of the Borab-Johneon group bad not changed Throughout Ibe country there I* evident n termination to learn definite!.' »hat the treaty snd covenant mean, and the crowds that flock to brar the prerili -rit and the oppojltloB asoaiora are not actuated aoleiy by curiosity tc see snd hear notables. Each In bis own wsy. and from bis own standpoint, the weaker* are trying t° enlighten the people, and tt ts especially gratify lag to note that Mr. WUami !* more expMrit In bis expliaatlor. of tbe articles over which lbs mdo ox,trots

i to

tbc District ot Columbia in which be “I think that any of th* police fores of the capital city, of any great city, object l* to bring tbs public nr the communl will endanger -he public pi harrass the maintenance should in no case be countenanced

or permitted.”

Announcement that the carpenters' strike and conssquect building indnatry tie-up In the Chicago district had raided waa not only premature, but geeudngly false. The carpenters were oounsibly given a chance to vote oa the qnerilon, hot instead of s i ballot, the voting vra* open, aad the contractor* ataert that thus the labor e* were able to Intimidate the and obtain a majority for rejection of the compromUts offered.

strike in the iroa i of the United Stales I

the bitter i

advantage after tbs i sntzh. The steel corp whom the brunt Of. tl made, was *bls to o

plant* in 1

ing to official* of ti tomorrow will bring 1 bat they expraassd < that in view of tbe fact that the sMel no; rsuM a general tie-up, icrad In some ffuartsre they would have more tn;o *• work oa ike occoad day than tbe fisut. The union leode.z at houdquarter* of the national cmnmKtee 'jf the steel worker* declared that they were nighly pleased with the answer made by tbe thousands of organised and unorgan ited men engaged »h the judusWllUam E. Foster, sacretary of national cc.^mittee. predicted that tbe Intensive ^artiwign to unlonplacts not only ct tbs steel corporation, but Independents as well. bringing many mors thousands out ou strike. SecreUry Foster g*« «ct figurer based, he said, on ruport* ^ncetved from union leader*, in _*n stral districts of the country, indicating, that approximately 284.000 men om of tbs half million engaged in ate industry answered the- strike cad. In tbs Pittsburgh district alone, be said. 72r •f men were out. While corporation official* refrained from going Into figures, their statements on the sltustloe did not agree any particular wit a the figures is-

sued by !

It

t tn this dull waa ad-

claimed

than 15.940 * trict answered the call, mined by officer* of y, the Steel Corporation's largest rub*'diary here, that some of tbe plants were short handed, but that sufficient men reported on tbe day and sight shifts to penult *B of its important mills in tbe district to operate almost at 104 per ceoL It also was admitted wy the steel official* that blast furnace*, which they said had xlrsys been regarded a* weak spots, were, tn aome ln-r-ances, badly crippled, by a failure of enough men to report. Where this

and the men who reported were concentrated on other furnaces. No man was sent home, b-t was given something to do. If h* cared to wort, racial* said. In the otty of Pittsburgh the stra! corporation's plant* wars fully manned, tt was given ml

SOUTH LITTLE AFFECTED.

Two big meeting* of general Interest were held In Chicago last wuek. Th* first was th? annual convention of the Zlonlrts of America, at which platis were laid for the loaustrial Invasion of Palestine by the Jews. Th* first of tbe Invaders wll| be members of tbs Jewish legion that fought In to* Hsly Land under General Allenby. Step* were tehee to raise the Imtr.rns* sr.ms neoded to develop Palestine. The ezecatlv* committee expects to get ss much at $7,000,000 tn America during

Ths other meeting was of aome BOO leaden of the Antt-Selooo League of America, who were completing their program for a campaign designed to make tbe whole world dry. They decided they must raise at least $'.,000,000 for the work and that prohibition must be enforced In American rides as proof to the world that tbs sale of liquor ran he stopped.

Fewer Than BOO In Birmingham Stay From Wort. Birmingham, Ala.—Leas lhaa 840 workers answered the stesl strike ca’.l la the Birmingham district and srsry plant was In operation under prac tlcally normal conditions. No disorder was reported. Ktrike leader*, while admtitlng their disappointment Over Uie small response of the men. claimed more work men will qnlt from day tc day. K fl Ingram, local union secretary, declared at a meetteg of stesl workers that “this Is only tbs beginnt-ig and that by the end of the week every union □ In th* 24 allied trades here still be out. " Ik* union leaders are of the .pinion that many men are waltin* until this week's payday has psoud -J before they qnlt.

The gulf rosst of Texas suffered ■•- verriy from tbe tropical hurricane tha» swept up from th* Caribbrun son. Score* of persons were drowned and

esperiatiy in Corpus Cbristi and tbe region roundabout

The representative* of tbe Baltic states are holding, or ahou- to bold, conference* wtib tbs Rooriun :«>l»hevisit, with th. prospect that peace between them will be arranged. Whether thl* is with the tacit consent of ths silled nation* Is not drer. At xny rate, the White Russian* are desperately fighting against such so outcome, fur tl wonld mesn their destruction by the Reds. Tit* Oennan troop* tc the Baltic »tste*. eomir*tided by General von dec Oottv are Increasing In ntimber* and are very Retire. Tbe Berlin govecotneuL In respona* «o tbs demand ot the 'war* ro-.frrvtx* that they be withdrawn, said they were not under Carman control, but this pie* tbe i-oofeepore reftuud lo sllow. The It uni SB soviet government ssoreis (bat. deeplts Its recent rirtoriea so lb*

Tbs astioaal committee for organte-

tbst tbe great else! strike would begin Mood*}. Keptember 22. according to schedule, since every effort lo bold s conference with OhstimsD Gary of the Dotted Ftsie* *Aeel corporation bad tailed. Mr. Gary Isooed a statement explaining hi* refusal on two grounds: First, that be did not »wIteve the committee waa authorised to spr.k for large numbers of the *mployvre; second, tbsl * c.mfereore with the rommlllee would hate been (rested by It !* a rero*«lll'f -f tb# etorod shop method of employment which method th* corpora Urn, Is determined net t» countenance, vine* « destroy* I lie wortet's perrom.1 In dr prndet.ee end ambition to succeed aad prosper. Tbe ocgsnlriag committee replied tbet thro* two ressuni arc false.

Prosecution of the packers by tbe government proceeded space with .-he presents I lot, of evidence to tbe grand Jury In fMIcago. Notwithstanding th* outery of Chicago organise Moot in defense of th* "big fire.” this evidence sad w bat Is yet tn come Is declared by Attcrory General Psiswr t( e.nplv to sns'sln the Indictmeut of th* comb l natlr.n of peckers, and be added that when tbe collected Oats “1* laid before a Jury fb* wrath of the Amtr,lcsn people will compel a verdict of conviction The story will at America.”

Patriotic Americans wen gratified by tn* sentence Imposed by Judg* Dean at erkson, Mlnn_ on President B C. Tvwnley of the Nonpartisan league and Jose|di flullbert. former manegve, who had be*u coarirteJ of conspiring to tes.li sedition. They were given *0 d. v* In Jail—tbe Haiti aader tbe etalatt.

DANIELB FAVORfi COABT

Will Aak Cooatrwctisn Of More Dry dock* And finipyard* There. Washington—Fe< reUry Daniels announced thol as a rv .uli of bis trip to the Poctbc Const 1c connectyon wHk the arrival of thr racific fleet be s

would ask Congrea* to aulncrtze tl" 1 eelkblisbmeat of additional drydock* shipyards snd shipbulidiag taclllti 1 * there. Paget Hound snd Ran Fran cisco wtil be the two (Alof bass* at t>>* Pootfi. fleet. Mr. Daniels said, with tb* dreadnought* sad cruisers divided about squally belwsoa th* two ports

GENERAL HARRIES OIBCHARGED

Had Chsrgs Of Rapotrlstion Of U. A Friso-vsrs In GermanyWashington Annonatement of U‘» I.onorable discharge rt nrtg.-Oei- G*' 1 H. Harries, who rocs ally rstert-'d i” the United Buies after servtnc a* brad of the American Military Coni mission in Berlin, waa mode ■' tb * War Dcpartomat. Tb* dlscbsrgr l* •» receive September 34. Ooaaral Hat flea' chief work In Germany h»d , * 1 do with tbe Paga'.rlaUoa of AmvrtreL prisoners.