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WORLD'S NEWS IN MIDGET FORM Long Stones of Big Events Told in Brief Paragraphs for Quick Reading. NATIONAL CAPITAL SNAPSHOTS Qleaninga of Interact From Washington—Late Happenings In the Realm of Sports—Foreign and Domestic Occurrences.

WASHINGTON

President Harding, who asked that « conipinnilsa surtax maximum of 40 per cent be olaccd In the revenue bill, was rebrffed by the house when It votm i>y k big majority to Instruct conferees to Insist on the senate pwl••'‘r for a 50 |>er cent maximum. Secretary Denby requeued the autboriiy of Congress to take over the mt of the naval avlrtlon station at Boolean oy Bench without expense to the federal government from the city

of New York.

China’s demand that the door of opportunity for trade be left open to all nations alike Is an ontstandlng development of the big conference. All pro•aedlngs were behind closed doors. Secretary Hoover announced vonrtructie:: of more than C.2C1 mites of highway, at a c.«st of $TG.400.000. and the employment of more than 130,000 workers. will be undertaken shortly by *0 states ns result of posstigt of the federal highways act. Arthur James Balfour, veteran •talesman and probably the UMWt brll- • liant diplomatist of this age. In a short 'oration before the conference, powerful In Its simple sincerity, declared Great Britain’s approval of the plan for limiting naval armaments put forward by Secretary Hughes in the

opening session.

Alexander M. Hownt, Kansas mlnerr leauifs, was pertnarently expelled from the Vnlted Mine Workers Jf America. 1L H. Dally, prohibition commissioner of Mississippi, scut n So-pound trrkey to the White House f r I’resident Harding's Tbank g'.vlng Day din

ner.

Serious riots are reported from Bombay. India, after the Prince of Wales’ speech there. Two National Guard companies were called out to restore peace at the plant of John F. Morrell Packing Company ..f Ottnmn, In, where employees are on strike: The council of ambassadors has decided German ships rony enter the Bl. ck sen. Recently there has l>een some discussion In the council on thl* question. Senator Kellogg of Minnesota Is re ported In good cordltlon after removal of his left eye, sightless for several year*. Swiss authorities are preparing to send the children of she ei-Kmperor Charles to Join their parents In exile on Island cf Madeira. McIntosh county, N. D_ Is having barbed wire fence telephones Installed In two counties that never and a telephone. Eighty-three adventurers who left this country In September to light against Moors '"T Spain have returned to New York. They raid they would have been allowed to fight provided they bought their own rtfie. ammunition. food and uniforms.

HOUSE REJECTS HARK PLEA Vote 201 to 173 Keeps 50% Levy as Set by Senate, 94 Republicans Joining Democrats. PRESIDENT IS CRITICISED Reading of His Letter to Chair- an Fordney Evokes Protest from Members of Both Pa-ties—Hardlmj Falls to Turn Surtax Tide.

President Harding signed Joint re>.otation extending the emergency tarin hill until February. Government ownership of railroads looms If the Esch-C’ummln* act la •■a oded, h. Davies Warheld o. Bull!Biore. president of the National Association of Owners of Uallroud Securities, warned :he Senate Inursuie Commercc Committee. President Rea said the Pennsylvania wou'd be forced to cut its dividend bilow 4 per cent on the basis of lUili

earnings.

The Detroit, Toledo and Iron ton Bailway Company has reduced Its i«as•engcr rate to S cents per mlie between Michigan points. This Is the only steam road In Michigan charging less man 8.00 cents pet mile. Durirg October 71 snll'ug, steam, gas •nil unrigged vessels of tons

were built.

The first real break In a strike of 10,000 milk drivers in New York came when 300 members of Local 001 of the Drivers' Union voted unanimously, to return to work ut old wage rates on un Open shop agreement. Providing Henry Ford secures leas* of government plant at Muscle Shoai* tAltj, he Will collect the Detroit, Toledo and Iroctun railroad with the plan.' by Duet of self-propelled cargo

I Receipts of the pari-mutuel mui chines m Canada in the Hi! days of ' thoroughbred racing this year totaled $10,352,000. Ai Llpp', who has been suctessful for years as a manager- ui boxers, handling Al.e Attetl, JelT Smith, Willie Luugtilin, Terry MiHugh and others, has taken the management of Frankie Britt, the New Fug'and llghtwelgiit. Reggie McNamari. and Al McBeulk won first plare in the 24-hour bicycle race which ended lo a wild series of sprints m Madison Square Garden, New York : Lawrence and Tlmmas finished second ; Grenda and Clark third. Ted (-Kid") Lewis, ibc English I middleweight chat plou. defeated Boy | McCormick In the fourteenth round of a SO-iound bout In Iwmdon. The . referee stopped the fight in order t save McCormick from further punish-

ment.

An attempt wiU be made to Induce Pesek to disclose the Ideullty of those who counseled him to indulge in the , illegal tactics pursued by him In his wrestling bout with Plestlna. The announcement that Georges Chrpeutler bad broken down under severe training and had asked for un Indefinite p-'stixmemeut of bis bout with George Cook, an Austrlian easy mark, which contest had been set for Loudon the latter |inrt of this month, has cuuscousiderable surprise in this coun-

try.

Joe Houser, who played first base for the Milwaukee American Association team las. season and rolled Up a great butting average, will be a member of the Philadelphia Athletics next Shortstop Jimmy Caveney nnd Third Baseman Willie Kamm oi , he San Francisco Pacific Coax: League team soon will become the property j of the Lielroit Tigers as a result of i negotiations between Tyrua Itaymaod , Cobb and Manager Graham of the i

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A second Invlta'loo has been received by Franklin tad Marshall athletic authorities from Princeton University for a game ot football at

Wholesale price of bread In Boston was reduccu one cent a loaf. Rigat of insjiectlou o' British and Japanese shipyards and naval factories. with the same privilege granted to those p -wers In the United States, to be auded to the American naval

hoi-day- program.

Thirty-one men wen killed lo acci-

dents in the coal mines of West Vlr-

gizin during the mouth of October. SnccUM of the 5-5-8 jilan to reduce

US'at armaments hinges on a solution oi :he Chinese question—chief of the Far East problem- In the opin-

ion of the Frecth delegation. The dome of the Capitol at Wash-

ington was bnr-ed to visitors and w-Ui remain dosed during the Unit ration «ud Far East couferr nces, it was anXKiunced- Major Abbott, commander of the capital police, denied rumors

K>uib i lot caused the dosing

General Rodrigues, military gover ! nor of Lower California. re|M<rts rev- j olutlonnry movement has been stamp ed out and federal troojn are able to ^ take care of any situation that may '

arise.

Forty-f- ur German and Austro Hun garinn prisoners «f war arrived a t I Trieste on the American ►tiamsl-Jp

Crook from Vladivostok.

Council of the 1 deration of Cra tral American Republics iinnouaceo monetary unit to be equivalent to •, American half dollar. The coin wtil |

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Washington.—Disregarding the expressed wish of President I larding, the House voted 201 to 173, t. accept the Senate amendment to the Tax Revision bill fixing the maximum Income surtax rate at SO per cent on Incomes of $200,000 or more. Ninety-four Republicans, most of them from the Middle and Far West, Joined with the practically solid I>em-. .■crutlc minority In supporting the amendment. Announcement of the result brought applause from both sides of the chamber. with some of the Democrats breaking Into cheers. Before the vote was taken the House listeued to the reading of a letter from President Hurtling to Chairman Fordney. of the Bays nnd Means Committee, suggesting that the House and Senate compromise. The Executive said he still believed the original House rate of 32 per cent was “nearer to a Just levy and the more promising one In returns the public treasury." but that In view of the legislative Munition he though. It -wholly desirable" that - there he a compromise at 40 per cent Immediately after It 1 Ken me known that the President had written Mr. Fordney. siKikesmen for the "Insurgent" Republicans said the letter would not affect the resulL Trey had claimed a total of alnety-thre* Republican votes, or one les at ban was cast for the amendment. Among the majority members rupportlng the amendment were Chairman Campbell, of the Rules Committee: Representative Green, of Iowa, ranking Republican, on iht- Ways and Mt-nns Committee, and chairman Haugen, of the Agriculture Commit-

tee.

This vote settled the biggest Issue between the House and Senate o. the Tax Revision bill. The Intervention of the President In the tax revision fight—th«- •econd since the Ways and Means Committee •egan drafting the measure three and u half montna ago—followed a visit to the White House of Represen'stive Moi dell, of Wyoming, the Republican leader In the House. The President !' en summoned (’hrlrman Forviaey and Representative lyingworth. of O'.lo. of the Ways and Meant Committee. and expressed his views on the surtax. These were .ipplemented by a letter to Mr. Fordney. Daring the three hours' debate In the House, which was conducted order a special rule, the President was attacked for writing Mr. Fordney. The roll call of the House gave the following ninety-four Republicans voting In favor of the Senate amendment to the tax MU settling the maximum levy at 50 per cent on Income

sui taxes:

Anderson. Andrews, Nebraska. Anthony, Barbour, Beck. Begg, Heclrara, Bird. Boles, Rrennan, Brooks. Illinois; Brown- Wlsooiisln: Hurtness, Camfe 1m.1, Kansas; Chalmers, Chri-topher-wn. Clntue, Wasson. Cole, Ohio; Col!"n. C.m.jht. Wisconsin; Cram ton, Curry Dsrls, Mlnneetotn; Denison, D'chlnaon. Dowell, Evans, F»ust, Foster. Frear. Fuller. Funk. Gens in an, Graham. Illinois; Green, Iowa; Haugen. Hoi-lu Hull. James. Johnson, South Dakota; Kearns, Keller, Kelly, Pennsylvania; Ketchsm, King, Kinkald, Kb-cska, Kopp. Lampert, Law-n-ii'-e. LlmebergC" Little McCormick. McLaughlin. Nehr ka. Maloney, Moore. Olio; M rgan. Murphy. A. P. Nelson. I'. M. Nelson, Ogden, Patt . soli, Missouri; Ramscyer. Reavis, Rhode- Ricketts. Bobslou. Schall. Scott, Tennessee: Shaw. Sinclair. Sin-n-tl, SjM'aks. Srafford, Sti-enersoo, | Strong. Kansas; Summers, Washington; Siraet, Swing, Thompson, Tlnj i-lM-r, Towner. Yoight, Volstead, Wsl- • ITS, Whee-lei. White. Kansas; WU- | llauis, Williamson. Wood, ludiunc;

iates. Young, Zlhlman.—W. RADIO RANGE 10.000 MILES

Harding's Message. Sent Frcm Long

Island. Carries ta New Zealand.

It Is definitely stated In German majority Socialist circles that Dr. Hermes, German food minister, will he appointed ambassador to the United

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TWELFTH AMERICAN GOOD ROADS CONGRESS

Foremost Authorities o' the World on Highway Construction Will Meet in Chicago. Chicago. — Twenty thousand delegates, representing 4S states of the Union, 10 Canadian provinces and 5.000 American and Canadian cities, ">.000 counties, 847 good roads associauiions, engineering societies and uuxiraoblle clubs and S34 commercial organlrUtlons and coming not only from the United States and Canada, but South America, Cuba. Porto Rico, Hawaii, Alaska, the Virgin Islands and ot. er territories, will gather In thiY city January 17, 18, 19 and 20 for the twelfth American good ror.ils congr~-* and thirteenth national good roads exposition, to be held at the Coliseum under the auspices cf the American Road Builders* Assodat'on. The program. In which the for-- .j«t authorities of the world on highway construction will participate, will cover not only all phases of the construction of concrete, asphalt, brick, macadam and gravel roads, but road contra els, taxation, l>ond issues, highway admlnlstratlo:. and maintenance, highway transportation, iraffle regulation and safety on the highway*. The en- ; tire Coliseum and Annex have already been reserved by exhibitors at tue exposition, making It necessary to lease adjoining buildings In ordrr to house the overflow. TL * delegates will lie entertained with races and tugs of j war between giant road reilers and - tractors banquets, balls, theater parties, band concerts, tours of the city

and other events.

For the first time women road builders will nanidpate, the delegates including Dr. Jennie C- Murphy, woman ‘ street commissioner of Yankton. S. D.; and Miss Eva C: easy, a woman road contractor of Everett, Mass.

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! HOWAT EXPELLED BY UNION . Four Thousand Kansas Miners Also to Be Ousted. j Pittsburgh. Knn -A. M Howat. mine

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cently were deposed on order of John V. Lewis, prashleu: of the interration*! I union, and who have kept the tasj i-ended adtniuifrtrailon alive several ’ weeks la defliance of the Iniernatiuniti ■ union.

LONDON.—Almost without exceptloti tlie tendon weekly reviews, which often reflect authoritative opinion, eulogise the Washington con-

feronce.

CHICAGO.—Employees of Armour A Co, 20.UUU In aU, through their Plant Governing Commlfee, a*'reed with official* of the packing bouse that a wage reduction la necessary and fixed its amount. TOKIO.—Newspaper* In Tokio expro.-- the opinion tha' Japan Is cot Inclined to oppose abrogation of the Aaglo-Japuuese clllance if continuation of friendly relailship L ussuerd. LON DON.--When the Far Eaatern question comes before the Washington conference Japan Intends to press for Join: action on the part of America, Great Britain and Japan to restore order and re-establish unity In China. MADRID.—A dispatch repoita oisposH of the brigade of 8i«anJ»h troops under General Cahanella*. NEW YORK.—An $1S,000 fund to be used in an effort to »ave from the eRs'tr'n iliair Nicole Sacco and Ilartolomeo Van Betti, Italians under arrest In Massachusetts pending appeal ..f their conviction on muidrr charges, has I •cell raised am<>og radicals here. DENVER.—The Colorado Fool and Iron oinpany has announced a general r«il LYtlon In wage* of about 3*> per cent In IS oT the 2<1 of the comp..ny's mines In Colorado. The order affects 3£00 men. PHILADELPHIA. — Fo.mal notics was served on employees of 'he Penn--vlvKhla Rullr.^d Company of a new wage reduction. DELHI, India.—Nsarly 700 Moplan rel'elf! vvero killed In an attack on the I’andlkkad j-oat, which was repulsed liy me tlurkha gnrrisor The M plah force -cvroered 2.00a One British officer and throe men «c«e_ i.Uleo.

INTI-BEER BILL PISSESSENATE If President Signs, AH Brew, Even for Medicine, Will Be Stopped Immediately. TEST TO SUPREME COURT Prevent* Imperial; n of All Liquors Till Present Supply Is Smaller—Survives Hard Fight—Solxure Without Warrant Created a Storm. Washington.—The Volstead supplemental enforcement measure eliminating the use of beer for medicinal pur poses was approved by the Senate. The vote was 56 to 22. The result had for weeks been accepted as a forcegone gonclurlon. The opposition strength did not exceed previous es- ! timates. { 'The twenty-two Senators who voted I to reject the conference report on the i Beer nnd Wine BUI were Brandegee, ' Broussard, do Ron. Edg„ Gerry. I Johnson. King. La Follette. Lodge ! McLean, Penrose, Phipps. Potnerenr Ransdell, Shields, Snort ridge, Stat. Underwood. Wadsworth. Walsh oi Massachusetts, Watson of Georgia and Weller. The Indorsement of the Senate completes action on the Beer and Wine BUI. It now goes to the President The manufacture and sale of beer under existing regnl.-.tlons must cease Immediately upon his signature. The act is regarded by r-any legrl authorities as unconstitutional. Test cases will be prepared nt the earliest opportunity and the r -w law will be brought before the United States Supreme Court for an opinion. Following the passage ->f the report, i Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel '■ for the Anti-Saloon League, gave ont . a statement In which he declrred: j "The passage of the Anti-Beer BUI | Is a victory for law. for enforcement, j and It blaata all hope? for ihe return ! of both beverage aud medicinal beer." ; These are 'he high :>o!nts of the ! act as outlined by Mr. Wheeler: "It prohibits prescribing beer or malt Fqnnra for n.rdlclnal purposes. “Not more Hum ore-fourth gallon of vinous liquor, or vlnoos and spirituous liquor separately or In the rggregate containing more than half a pint of alcohol may be prescribed In ten

days.

"Physicians are limited to 100 prescriptions In ninety days, unless extraordinary reasons are presented. "Preparations of spirituous or vlnons liquor Is prohibited nntil tbe amount on band shall not be sufficient to snpply the current need for nonbeverage use. “The tax on liquor stolen or destroyed shall nit be collected from the owner or tbe losrr If theft did not occur ss the result of negligence or colloston or fraud on the part of the owner or person legally accountable for seme. “Private residences may not be searched without a search warrant. Officers who, without probable cause and maliciously, search an* place without a search warrant are penali lied. Persons who Impersonate ofI fleers enforcing the Prohibition Act are heavily penaUred." Senators Stanley, Broussard and those who led the fight against the measure Insist that its provisions can be construed to permit search and selxuie without « warrant end that the BUI of Rights In the Constitution bus l«een Impaired, If not destroyed. Senators Wadsworth and Brandegee | mr.de the concluding addresses In oj>I position of the hill, holding Its proi visions uncm-itltutlonal. Sterling and j VcKellar S|>uke for t'u n ensure, j If President Harding approves the I set the Treasury will amend Its presI eiit regulation' to conform with It ' and the sale "f beer as a medSdne I will be stopped forthwith. Officials , of tbe department, however, anticipate j that the question will be fought out i In tbe courts on the coiiStltulonnllty i of he law beforo Its final disposition. At the White House officials dedln1 ed to intimate what President Harding will do with the measure. TELEPHONES ON LIFEBOATS Wireless Apparatus to Be Used in Coast Guard Sr vice. ! Atlantic City.—Boats In the Coast Guard Service will be equipped with ; wireless telephones as i result of ex-jx-rltnents conducted U-re by mouthers of tbe Crust Gu-rds Life Saving

Thomas Proctor, in whose bed Abraham Lincoln Is said to have died. Is • pauper In the City Home on Blackwell's Island. He was formerly • lawyer of high standing In New York. A brackdawn In health mused bis Toc-

tane to decline

FiliiMiKiT FARM PRODUCTS CUT New Transportation Scale Offered for Six Months, to Continue if Men Accent Less Pay. New York.—Realizing the pretirions condition of the farn.cn> and n1tb the bojie of redudu- the rost of llvln* . the executivej of the railroads of tha United States authorized u reduction of 10 per cent In freight rates ot all fa no products except cottoa-oed ! and v3.ton»eed meal. Irrespective of

wage redactions.

The reduc. on bccva.es effective immediately an Its approval by '.be Interstate Commerce Commission, which has Signified :ts Intention t.« ratify tbe new rate. '1 ne -educed rate will apply for six months, hut tlie rallvay executives hope that before It* expiration the wages of employee* will 1* lowered to a prtnt tha; nil) -arana: Its coot nuance. Although .he rediKtlnn means a loss of nppmxli jitely $55,000. 000 annually In railroad revenue, the action of the . •sedation of Railway Kxecntlves was unanimous. The efforts of the railroad exec®, lives to obtain a reduction in wages to tbe basis prevailing beforo March 1, 1920, when the road* were returned by the government, will be continued. Each road will deal Individually with Its employees. The thirty-day notics to the employees, re required b; law, that a redaction m wages is «'...templated has been ordered distributed

by all line*.

The National Association of Railway Executives, representing 2oi ro,^ met In the board room «t the Grand Central Terminal. More than 95 ,** cent of tbe membership was present in

person or represented.

Traffic moving wholly within New j England Is excepted from i b e rednetlon. This was c,>ni wl~>

Hon. Tlds was conceded. It was because of the b-.d condition Uual "h'rh tbo*c nil I full' are operating.

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boat was fitted with the equipm.-nt and experiments wen- successfully tn ie while she was lying five miles out u; sea. Communication with the laud roeslver v. us perfect. DENS'! WOUI.D TAKE GIFT Asks Authority to Accept Av-stioo Ground *» Rockaway. Washington. — Authority to accept from the city of New York, without c\|«Mi*e to the federal government, the -lie of tbe naval aviation station a: Rorkaway Beach. Long Island, wa* requested of Congress l>y Secretary Denby. The tract comprises ninetyfour acres and on It are hangai*. »b"p». storehouse* and barracks, which would be of little value If the atxtlon wete

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Great displeasure has arisen in official quarters , n Wash, over the activities of certain of of the navy who have been , to decry the effort* of the.r Gt ment to effect a real and s u , Gal limitation of heavy armaments. | President Hard.ng „ ol W0( over suggestions that even I conference succeed, in reachll agreement the Senate may thr overboard a. dld th , v Treaty, and bring an abort,», ing to the effort 0 f tn. Ad. tratiorv. 01 Medicinal beer i, to be put on s, retell drug store* immcd.aUly m.ss.oner of Internal Revenue sent order, to ali state p Pohl directors tc immediately revise ®** U ’ a. to autl them to handle beer for m -d purpose*. ^ If accepted. America’s naval h program will eaus- a virtu I down Of United grates navy which now employ 60.000 mech

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The French delecaiian - b, mi, D.cemb^' CU 0 — for avoiding introduct/dT o^ urea in Congress and fleor a slon which might ham ° Conferenct. * > * r * 1 '* At a formal meeting ol the . ^ Fir Eastern t.ons Mimseter Sag Virtu ., lv the great nowers „ in buy the Muwn Shoal, n 0 .*’*" bam a, provided -h F'Jnt, eomoi.te th* W."| M « B ^* , ' ,1,n *'R

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