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BRltf CHRONICLES BY LAND AND SEA Ticks and Flashes Which Bulletin in Condensed Style the News of the World. TIMELY HISTORY PARAGRAPHS I£venta at Washington Which Loom Large as Crucial Happenings, industrial Activities at Home and Abroad.

WASHINGTON

Pres'ilent Harding 1st understood virtually to have decided on the appointment of Edward M Morgan ns postmaster at New York city, a position from which he ret rod sevcml years ago. Senate poasod t!.e MU prohibiting unnuthor aed landing of cables in the l’tdted States, and requiring existing cables to be licensed within thirty days. After defeating all nmend-nents widen appeared to hr re the ■-eject of forcing President Harding to take disauunament steps the house by a vote of 1!12 to If- passed and sent to lbsenate the naval appropriations MIL The measure carries a total of 000.000, with $00,000,000 for exiiendlturc on new construction work during the next fiscal year, and virtually is the bumo as was passed by Hie house last K'ssU-n. The Gentian reparations proposals have already developed Into the moat serious dilemma which has confronted the Harding administration since H came into power. The Allies, accordlug to very strong, though unofficial, advic-s, are dissatisfied with their terms and unwilling to reopen uegu-^ tialions with them as a basis.

Directors of the Pennsylvania Kailroad Company declared a quarterly dividend of 1 per cent putting stock on 4 per cent basis after paying 0 i»er cent or more lor 20 years. . T. II. Watkins, pres dent of the Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Co., declared in an address before United States Chamber «.f Commerce, at Atlantic City, the price of coal cannot come down unless the present wage contract la modified. Although no official announcement had been made, : was learned authoritatively that the interstate Commerce Coni mission had authorized the rail- ; r- ads to make a reduction of 28 cents per ton on coal moving to the lower lake ports for transshipment to the Upper lake ports. Emergency tariff hill, designed for , Hie relief of the farmers and to check dumping of foreign goods, was ordered favorably reported by the Senu-'e finance Committee. Wholesale prices in tire United Slates showed a net decline of 3 per ! cent during the mouth of March, according to estimates published by the ! Federal Keservc Board iu Washington. 1 Wholesale Chicago bakeries cut the price of the stumiurd pound loaf from ten to eight and n half cents, and Hie one and a half iHiund loaf from four- j teen and a half to twelve and a half

the uuti-niHiiist Hlccard" Hune more than l.im

I Emergency irirlff bill, designed for the relief -f the farmers and to check I dumping of foreign goods, was orderwl J favorably reported by the Sena: • I Pittance Committee. As 8 sequel to the burning of the j labor headquarters in Turin, Italy, by ! Fascist I the Tur n Socialists occupied a number of the factories there.'Meanwhile a general striae had been de-

clared.

President Harding's friends say be Is assured of be support of four-fifths | of the senate for his International | scheme, it is not clear to outsiders whether a recalcitrant one-fifth Is dis- ' cerned among Democrats or among IiepuMicnn bitter-enders. The probai bllity is that opposition is expected j among the Irrecoudlabe clement t»ej cause of its insistent clamor that i America must stay out of nny I •‘league," no matter whether It is called an association of nations or by any i other name. Representative Volstead Introduced a bill to prohibit physicians prescribing beer us a medicine. Crown Prince Hlrohlto, of Japan, arrived at Malta on ills way to England. Right Honorable James William Lowther, siieaker of the British house ; of commons since IfiOo, announced his resignation. He will be promoted the bouse of lords with the title of t Viscount.

C. 8. Cutting, American tennis player. defeated Captain Price of England. 0 2, 0-1, 0-1, in the second round of the twenty-ninth annual amateur court tennis championship of Hligland. George 8nt ley, centertielder of the Pioneers. Knoxville’s team in the Aje t-ulachiuo I-vague, earned u place iu liasetiuirs hail of fame when lie made an nusHisted triple play against Jellieo, with a man on first and second, Smiley speared a drive, stepped on second and touched the rumtiitg from first. Art Fletcher, major league IiasehnU shortstop for a dozen years, definitely announced his retirement from the game. The atinouiiiemeiit was made at ids home In Collinsv He, HI., where 1 he ex-Giant will enter business. President Millenitid lias sent to the Freucj Boxing Federation a beautiful Sevres vase, which is to be awarded to the winner of French amateur lightweight title in th,- boxing championship bouts to be held here in June. The Boston Athletic Association, tinold club In tlie country, has opened its doors to women. It is adding reception, dressing and dining rooms, to which the relatives and friends of members will lie admitted. In the dining room, us at the New York racu trucks, the ladles will have the privilege of paying the haute prices as Pretty soon they’ll lie calling Bubo Ruth the George Kelly of the Ameri-

can League.

Al Coach Jack Moakley's request, the Cornell Athletic Association has appoint John 1L Bangs, former varsity hammer thrower and shot puller,

tie assistant track coach.

That Charles Paddock of California, weighing 180 pounds, the world's premier sprinter, was uu extraordinary athlete hud Imh-h demonstrated, but his performances at Redlands a few days ago when Ire equalled Ids former records of U3-:> seconds for 100 yards and 211 5 seconds for 220 yards and tlicn set a mark of 801-5 seconds for 300 yards, Iresldes new figures .or the 11H>. 200 and 300 meter , give bim the highest distinction as a runner. j If Babe Ruth fulls to set a new | home run record this season it will not l>e lue t-i tire fact that be did not j

get away to a good start.

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ITALY SUPPORTS 1

, ■ - ' ' ■ 1 0 MISS LAURA HARLAN

NAVY BILL FOR j

ROBERT N. STANFIELD

U. S. YAP STAND

Social Secretary for the Preeldent'e Wife.

396 MILLIONS

New United States Senarkor From Oregon —

reported i

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mmutiders In all t id Obregon of Mexl lidding ranks hlghei

tula through rebel ttctivli' leniency.

Contends That America Has Equal Rights and Privileges in All Allies’ Mandates. HUGHES’ NOTE APPROVED Ambassador Ricci Sends Note to Secretary Highee Regarding Island—Reply Saye Council Is Expected to Eliminate Disagreement. Washington.—The Itallun government has unequivocally aligned Ittrelf on the side of the United States In the controversy over the future of the status of tire Island of Yap. Ramn Vittorio Rnlandi Ricci, the Italian nmliassador. laid before Secretary Hughes a communication front his government which definitely pledged Italy to support the American contention of equal rights and privileges with all other nations In mandate terrtto-

rtet».

The Italian position Is even stronger Ilian that taken by Die French government lit Its answer t3 the American note on Yap. forwarded to all the associated powers b.; Secretary Hughes on April 5, as it carries the direct pledge that the fullest cu-operation will l*e extended this government in future discussions of the Y'ap question before the Council of Ambassadors. The French answer admitted .that President Wilson and former Secretary of State Lansing had made specific reservations us to Yap at Paris and gave assurance that the American position of equality would t»e presented to the allied timhusKudors, whereas the Italian government's reply discloses tire desire of that government that no discrimination be directed toward the United States in any mandate terri-

tory.

The complete text of Hie Italian memorandum, made public by Secretary of state Hughes, follows: "Italy is fully t-oiivlueed that the United States are not asking for any privilege in the Island of Yap which is not equally grunted • every other nation, Including Japan Italy is also convinced Unit the United States Intend to protect their luteres In the Island of Yap. witli full consideration for the Interest of other nations. "Italy, therefore, has not hesitated to express herself In u way which i-omptetely agrees with tire text of the American note of the fit It of April In-1 stunt concernIng the equality of rigid umong mu militaries In the exercise of

their inamlati-s.

''Italy wishes nud trusts that the Just rights of everybody concerned be recognized always and everywnere, In the Island of Yap us well ns In every other place and circumstance, with perfect equallt yaud Justice. '•Italy seconded the Anglo-French proposal. Which confided the study of the Yap question to Hie juridical committee and the conference of umbassadors In Paris, and she now cxt«cts that the conference will pronounce itself, with equanimity In such a way os to eliminate every possibility of disagreement to conciliate all ?on-

fllcting Interests.

•'Laly is particularly glad whenever the moral policies of the two governments and the material Interests of the two nations agree in such a way as to put Italy and the United States In a position to eo-operoto toward the attainment of the common end. which consists in the realization of an era j i of serene peace and prosperity for the ;

j ' Ivilizcd world.”

It It St I

! A H | W POINCARE ASKS UNITED It W STATES GUARANTY OF It ' it GERMAN DEBT * j ; *t n | •t Parts —Former President Polo- Mj w can' w riting in the Revue de* M j ; * Deux Mondes concerning the Ger- * | n man attempt to persuade the M i | W United States to act as mediator M! W on re.iaratlotis, regrets that Pres- M j K Idem Harding did not answer H W Germany with a simple ■•No," H | W which would probably have indue- II W ed Germany to make a better M *t proposition and offer gmtmn- It j

Miss Laura Harlan, daughter of the

late associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, is the new

White House social secretary.

TROOPERS SURPRISE N. Y. RUM RUNNERS Major Chandler Decides to Open War Without Waiting for New State Police. Albany, N. Y. — Instead of waiting until his two new troops are recruited and trained. Major George P. Chandler, commanding the state police, started attacking rum runners, bootleggers and Mind tigers. He clmnged his plans over night. It was lielleved he would defer action unt i his force hud been enlarged from Its present strength of 232 to Its newly authorized 348. That would mean some time between June 15 and July 1. The booze traffickers and consumers were caught unawares. Du? to tlte expose of the rum runitlng conditions across the New YorkI’unadlntt boundary the ntnjor decided to liesltate no longer. Major Chandler began operations by detailing Ills men to the north country districts, wherein the E ghteenth amendment bad been flagrantly violated with Impunity and where erstwhile efforts to suppress the whisky traffic have tieen regarded os merely official pleasantries. Other troopers were assigned to descend on roadhouses that have tieen oanes for city folks who were shut off from their liquor by local police raids. The first thing done was a ra d on a White Plains place, where . -out $25 000 worth of liquor was captured. In the meantime, the major said, he will hustle his recruiting along in order that the additional men appropriated for by the legislature may gel into the cleanup fight within the coming month. As soon as n new troop Is found fit for service—hard, grueli ng service, that will require courage and honesty—these new men will be thrown Into the Adirondack dU'rlct. where tlte bootleggers have opened headquarters. Then he intends stationing' nis men along tlte TO utiles of open border between Rouses Point and Fort Coving-

ton.

Votes, 212 to 15, After Rejecting Amendments Directing Call for World Disarmament Pact. MONDELL BLOCKS RIDERS Says Present Status of Fore'gn Rela.tlonships Does Not Warrant Initiative —Objects to Instructing Harding— Would Merely Give Authority. Wash'ngton.—Persistent attempts were nude In the hcisc before passage of the naval appropriation hill, which carries n total of $3tW,tXX).000, to have Included in Hie measarc provisions iayIngjhc ground-work for an International discussion of naval dlsarmatnenL All were either resisted on points of order or voted down, and the b II was passed

by a vote of 212 to 15.

The refusal of the house to initiate

steps looking to a disarmament conference was the direct result of a statement by House Leader Mondell, who said he expects that such action will be taken before the close of the present session. Tl.o condition and situation of foreign relationship did not

yet warrant the move, he declared. Mr. Mondell's statement was in an-

swer to an amendment offered by Representat.ve Tom Conttally, Democrat, of Texas, who sought to provide that no part of the appropriation of $f*0,000,000 for ship construction should be expended until after the President has

called an-tnternntlonal conference. "It Is entirely fitting and proper that

suggestions for negotiations on the sohject of the reduction of an.-iameot." said Representative Mondell, "should or glnate with the United Slates. Manifestly, however, no action should be | taken along these lines until we sbnll have arrived at a condition and situation In our foreign relationships In which onr motives and purposes may j not be mlaiindcrKtnod or misconstrued.

"As to the part'cular amendment be-

fore us, It should, of course, 1* voted down. It is in no wive itt.d Iu no sense a d snrainment resolution, nor would it be helpful or useful in bringing about a reduction of armaments. While no doubt well Intended by these offering It.' its effect would he wholly mlsch'evous and If It were to become law It would undoubtedly, retard rather limn old In the ttre-ompllsliinem of the

reduction In mliitary and t pendltures which we all seek.' Representative Connally contended

Robert N. Stanfield is the new senator from Oregon. He Is a former speaker of the Oregon house of representatives.

FRANCE’S POSITIGN ON REPARATIONS Cairns Cost of War to Her Was 500,000,000,000 Francs.

Paris — An official exposition of France's present post'km as regards German reparations bus been given by the foreign office. The foreign office

smtement follows:

The total cost of the war to France amounts to 500.000.000.000 francs. The French fore gn debt ttofore 1914 was nothing: the .foreign debt In 1020 to-

taled 84,000,000,000 francs.

Of the 500.0011,000,000 francs which the war cost France the treaty of Versailles provides for the reimbursement In the form of reparations for damage done to property and for pensions of a total estimated by the French govern, ment at 220,000,000.000 francs, divided [- ns follows: 145,000.000,000 francs for I damages and 75,000,000,000 for pen-

WORLD NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM

■cMstwitstw.». itstitatwttwttit MOTHER OVERPOWERS BULL Jevea Son in Battle With Infuriated

Animal.

Uoncordln. Kan. Mrs. Georg. Tru-

ATLANTIC CITY.—CircusaUn of tariff policies at the annual convention of the ('ham tier of C'mmierce of th.i United States, in session in this city, crystallized into a demand and for the creatlaon of a tariff adjustment board invested with authority to change rates of duty within pre-

scribed limitations.

LONDON.—The Miners’ Federation has rejected the government's latest j offer, which was to increase the temj porarv subsidy to the Industry from j f7.!kx>.0t>0 to £!0.«XUI01I. The rejec- ! tl»n was sanctioned by an overwhelm-

! mg vote.

i CHICAGO.—Wholesale price of but- ' ter dreplied 814 cents n pound, the j best grade selling for about 29 cents a PARIS.—France refused flatly to ask

!,.|n I the United States administration to -ling 1 forward the German raparatlons note, „ld-! officially leaving the question /if the (l„, i tirceptance of Sts terms to lie deienuin-

! ed by the Allied supreme c.unc 1.

i llCi LONDON.—lohn Henry Whitley was

i unanimously elected apoake. of the

, j u . ; house of commons to succeed James The 1 " lilium Lowtber, "bo resigned recent-

; ly Mr. Whitby ■ •* born in Halifax,

iua, “a great many people are In.doubt i

about the program President Harding 1 .. among the Alllea Intends to pnrsue In this regard." and I *' n,ncos share of all repuratlonal pay. the house should "pave the way." His ! mpn,K "wde by Germany was fixed at amendment was lout on a viva voce i 5 - I K-r "'nt. Consequently It Is estlvote. I mated that France would have rereived Another a-nendment, with virtually. ont ° r 'he 20,000,000.000 gold mnrka the same object, was offered by Hepre- ' I'SJ'uMe by Germany under Article 235 sentatlve R. Walton Moore. Democrat. of 'he treaty mid out of the annul ties of Virginia. It was disposed of on a Mlpulaled by the Paris ronrnrdnt of point of onler. | January 29 which represented ths ' Representative Hamilton Fish. j r .. minimum France wns willing to accept

! Republican, of Now Y'ork. offered an- - nl, "ut 140.000.uxuam francs nt tha '

j other amendment, which would have 1 puwent rate of eM-hnnge, or 28 per authorized the President to suspend of her total wnr expenditures, and j or curtail the appropriation at h s it's- I ^ P pr fent of the total reparations due cretlon. This, too, wns lost on a point ' her under the treaty. Germany, howof order, ever, Ima failed to make the pavmenta | Obtaining recognition, Represealn- ' rp qulred by Article 235 and has'rejectl live James F. Byrnes, Democrat, 0 f ed the Pur s concordat South Carol Inn. declared the only reu- ! ° { 'he sums owing by her under (b« son set out in objection to the disarm- ! * rw ". v nr ndv-riced to her by the Alllea ament amendments was "that they | ‘h-rnmny |, ; pukl nothing inlgbt embarrass the President." He l,n ' 1 8.000,000.000 marks In kind. ' said the President now has not the i — _ authority necessary to Initiate such n * O-

movement and that "by merely g ving him the authority at this time, arid not directing him, he would be placed in a positIi.d to take up the opportunity

bid, may present itself within the j Compi.lnt a g ai „ rt the Unlted

LATEST EVENTS AT WASHINGTON j

Steel Corporation end MevelTtubridL illegmg unfair competition n

interstate commerce.

.. c . , , — was made by -he Federal Trade Commie.,on. Thua the comm,..Ion finally has deeded 1 ? h J a ‘ ^ uri,d,ctl °" to take up ong .tending proteet. againet th. al. ledged use by the corporation of that dev.ee known a« -The P tt.burgh Plus price." "

few weeks or months.’

Representative Momlotl replied l« J was wili ng to leave the matter to the ‘ Judgment of the committee on foreign j affairs, "confident that they would keep in touch with changing conditions." J This statement mused Representn- ' live Henry D. Hood, of Virginia, to j charge that the committee on foreign affairs wns called "to consider iluit ‘

very propostion last Monday amt no- Attorney n-n.„, r, , tlon was postponed for some reason on- women Dau 9 hert y dec'arad

known to any l.ut the majority side “This action," he nddded, "seems t

give ns rather dim hope.

BUILDING LABOR REJECTS CUTS 11,000 Quit Rather Than Accept New

Scales.

Philadelphia.—A walkout of C.(XX) carpenters here was voted by the v'n • ill Brotherhood iff CartH'iiters and Joiners of AYuerlca as a protest u i' n .- the 24 pet

builder

nd |

I quit work under h

1 WOULD IMPORT CHINESE LABOR j BRUSSELS. •

Permitting Industrial . , Country Scheme. i •I be Labor 1 •.-part- ;

ROCHESTER. N. Y. — American

lepemlet

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Of the Am

e rmnufa-

ml. declared J. M. Doran n* before the division of ul engineering chemistry lean Chemical Society, ii.

announced be would . d c the list of 2JUXI li I slackers in his die- it dm by tbo War De- [ n

JUmj rgpuratlon .icgotlattooa.

Secretary Hernlng k twn repudiated by i I chanUi’ Aasociailon.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.~Stockhold- : era of the Central New England ra lj road voted 'ere to ratify the merger i with the New York, New Haven and i Msrtlurd niilruwd.

PENN6Y DIVIDEND 4 PER CENT Annual Interest Rate, Reflecting Rail

Slump, Is Lowest

Ptdladeiph a. - Directors iff the Pe m ,. sylvatila Udllrnnd Company i-ut |.' quarterly dividend from 1H to \ Wr rent That action placed the issue a 4 per cent annual basis, na r Vn t' ’ 1 $50. This move Imd been expected bv the Street for more than .| ’1',

months.

The dividend was Increased from 5 mcent to 6 per cent annually in 1900 ail ... -o,,.. * iso? ' ^ !

women j*wi,h po.„,ve conver.a.ion.l power, can made a b.gger dent | n retad price, than the whole Depart,

ment cf Justice machinery

Paseage of ie 3 ..at,on regulating g ra | n exchanqe. , n some form at the pre,. out session of Con gre s, appeared ^ be assured when reprewntat.ve. of hou« 1“ le * ,if y' n 0 before th. prewed w r | , r ltUre Commi ««- ex. preesed willmgnra. to join In * ra HL

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bv Renr.. , 0r ' n * k'" introdued 1 =« c p , n*:: ,,ve A " p,eb >'' R 'pub-

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