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O ' f - L 18 PAGES TODAY inn r it M NIGHT EDITION AND EVENING CHRONICLE "GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" irnn rmm.oTTE news Establish m n.n, ,8EG rilK EVENIXG CHRONICLE E.t.bll. bed. 1908.' 1 Suna l8. , CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1921. THE CHARLOTTE XEWS tHE EVENIKG CHRONICLE Consolidated May 8. 1914. (PRICE FIVE CENTS -' n M A M A MEWS 5 r MY REhSSt UNITED STATES Appeal of Former Service Men for Seat Denied by the President. UNDERWOOD FAVORED Hughes and Lodge Chosen for Seats in Conference on Disarmament. Washington, Sept. .President Harding: has mad it known that the main American delegation to the arma ment conference probably will not ave more than four members, and that one of the four probably will be a Dem ocrat. In reply to an appeal from Represen tative Jeffers, Democrat, Alaama, that n. former service man be named as one rf the American commissioners, the President, under the date of September 2. wrote Mr. Jeffers that "it does not seem likely that it will be practical to bring an ex-service man of temporary experience into the conference because of the very limited number in the dele gation, and the further fact that the larger military and naval information necessary to justifi prudent action will necessarily come from actual service inm who devote all thir time to naval and mi'itary problems." MIALL DELEGATION Tho Frvsidont also told Mr. Jeffers ho was writing tho letter "one the as sumption that the main delegation will be a very small one, probably not ex ( ending four in membership." After commenting on tho selection .f Secretary Hughes as head of the delegation and Senator Lodge a sone of its members, Mr. Harding' said: "Pecause the matter is wholely patri ( tic and national in scope. I should be very dissatisfied if I could not have "Ut-standing representation of the pres ent minority in Congress." . Xo mention, however, was -made as to who, in addition to Secretary Hughes and Senator Lodge, probably would be chosen as members of the delegation, but the belief prevailed in Washington today that Elihu Root, forcer secretary of state, would be given a place. One report -was that Mr. .Root actually was offered a mace at his conference yes terday with -the President. and. Secretary Hughes, but this was without official confirmation. Senator Underwood, Democratic lead er of the Senate, has been prominently mentioned every time the question of Democratic representation on the dele gation has arisen. The Alabama Sena tor has evidenced in Senate debate con siderable interest in armament limita tion. Names of five or six women tq act in ?.n advisory or consultive. capacity in the armament limitation conference were submitted to President Harding today by Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, who said she asked the President to avail himself of the services of women in the conference, but did not insist upon appointment of a woman on the princi pal delegation. TO SAIL, IN THREE GROUPS. Tokio, Sept. 9. (By the Associated Press.) The- Japanese delegation to the forthcoming Washington conference on limitation if armaments, numbering nearly 200, now plan.s to sail in three croups: the r,rt, on the steamship Korea Maru, October 1; the second, on The Shinyo Maru, October 13, and the third and most important on the Kash ;ma Maru, October 14. The naval vroup of the delegation, headed by Vice Admiral Kanjikato, will sail on the Korea Maru. This group defi nitely includes Captain K. Yamanashi, Captain Y. Ueda, Commander T. Hori, three lieutenant commanders and two M'-nnenants. SIX MEN NARROWLY ESCAPED DROWNING Detroit, Sept. 9. Six men, including Phr-lps Newberry, son of Senator Tru rir.v U. Newberry, and several promi nent Detroit business mem, narrowly p-d fl-ath last night when the 50 ;"'V t gasoline launch Kismet, owned by F. Walter Guidrt, burned to the wa edge in Lake St. Clair, three miles .-tt Crosse Pointe, Detroit suburb. Af "a.r battling for more than three hours wnst a heavy sea, the six men, in a rowbont, early today reached the '. 0--1- Polnte club house. Guibert badly ';rr,"d about the hands and with his ' :nr.- .-corched by tho flames as he 'r.-.vhi the- fire aboard his craft, is in a ' r S;Ha!. He is expected to recover. Th fire was caused by backfiring of ''r.- Kismet's engine. A heavy sea I-.' ' .-it'-ncd several times to swamp the : '-v.vboat in which the party escaped. i.'-vh in the party included James " Lynn nnd Fredc-rick Hanna, Detroit r..-Ff- men; Jere II. P.rooks, of De and an unidentified man who was . r of the Kismet. Guibert is prest i":;t of a Detroit manufacturing con- COTTON RECOVERS SOME OF BIG LOSS v York, Sept. 9. Yesterday's big )('S vers followed by recoveries of a cnt. a pound in the cotton (:t here tod&y. December con- sold up from 18.40. yesterday's level, to 19.75 on coverings for tii- week-end and trade buying. ii'onths were relatively firm ow ' apprehensions that a tropical . 1'iiortfd from the West Indies retch the belt over Sunday and i' u l . : -l K- thf grado of open cotton. I .1 1 advance extended to 19.95 for i'f'i-, or 130 points above last ; 'losing figures and $7.75 above 'ay's low point. The close was it ains of Gl to 125 points for ATTEND THE MADE-IN-C AROLINAS EXPOSITION AT CHARLOTTE. SEPT. 1229 General Br ;oltz To Be Re jd Of Present 1 y Soon S mg federal troops in the West Vir ginia coal fields, wiU be relieved of that command September 12, plans ?I h Lreleas? ,on that day having been approved by the War Depart ment. In maklnsr this announcement, War Department officials said that troops now stationed in Logan coun ty soon would be transferred to other sections of the area in which disorders recently occurred. VALERA MAY NOT ATTENDMEETING His "Foreign Minister" is to1 Head Delegation if One is Decided On. Dublin, Sept. 9. (By the Associated Press) A rumor was current in Sinn Fein circles here today that, if plen ipotentiaries are appointed to proceed to Inverness to confer with the com mittee of the British Cabinet named to deal with the Irish question, Eamonn de Valera, the Republica leader, does not desire to be one of them, being willing to leave the conduct of nego tiations with Arthur Griffith, the Sinn Fein foreign minister. In any case, Mr. Griffith will be the chief figure in the negotiations, once actual business is approached. Mr. de Valera did not appear at the Mansion House this morning and was not expected until the afternoon, bu Mr. Griffith and Charles Burgess, Sinn Fein minister of defense, were early on tho scene. It was stated that no spe cial meeting of the Sinn Fein cabinet had been summoned to consider Prime Minister Lloyd-George's reply, but, as the Cabinet numbers only six members who see each other daily, no particu lar significance is seen in this. EXPECTS NO DELAY. Desmond Fitzgerald, Sinn Fein min. ister of propaganda, said today he ex pected no unnecessary delay in the re ply to Mr. Lloyd-George and that Rob ert C. Barton, the Sinn Fein courier, was in readiness to return to Inver ness at any moment. Irish newspapers received the latest note favorably, but it must be remem bered there are jio Sinn Fein papers. The Freeman's Journal said today the note opened the door wider than be fore, and that the "form of the invita tion gets rid of embarrassing conditions and limitations which would have lit tered discussion." The Irish Independent remarked that the original six conditions imposed by. Mr. Lloyd-George had either besn waived or left open tor discussion and voluntary arrangement, and it express ed hope that the Inverness conference will be held. The Irish Times declared: "We assume and hope that the Gov ernment's six reservations have been abandoned, but the reply shows they may be discussed." LIMIT FOR GOVERNMENT. London, Sept. 9. Sinn Fein Ireland is called upon to state whether its de mands upon the British Government contemplate separation from Great Britain, according to the view of news papers here. The text of the reply of the British Cabinet to Eamonn de Va lera's latest note,- made public last night, was considered as a demand for a, "definite reply from the Irish Repub lican leader and a plain declaration that the writing of notes between Duo iin and London cannot be continued. It was believed that Prime Minist.v Lloyd-George had smoothed the way for an acceptance by Mr. de Valera and his colleagues of the invitation to con fer with members of the British Gov ernment at Inverness on September LO The text of the Cabinet's reply to Mr. de Valera was prominently dis played in the papers here today, and the. opinion was generally expressed that the Government had gone as far as possible. NATIONAL BANK CALL. Washington, Sept. 9 The Comptroll er of the Currency today issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of business on Tuesday, September 6. Mr. Lemmie Peters, whose gradua; tion essay, "We've Left th' Bay f mi th Ocean Lies Before Us," back in 1913, is fresh in th memories of our people, lias accepted a position as landscape ' , ' a inn station. Ike Lark wuz held up last night an' robbed tfU hut. as luck would have it, he'd left a half pint at home on in piano. ACTUAL WORK ON TAX MEA SURE IS Senate Finance Committee Hears Recommendations of Secretary Mellon. FEW CHANGES URGED. Senator Smoot's Proposal for a Sales Tax Will Get Consideration. Washington, Sept. 9. Having heard Secretary Mellon 's recommendations for further tax revisions, the Senate finance committee was ready today to consider actual changes in the House bill as well as board policies of taxa tion. Chairman Penrose hoped to have the bill completed in a little more han a Week so that it might be ready for the benate- when Congress reconvenes late this month. There was a very free discussion yes terday with Secretary Mellon regarding the changes in the House measure sug gested by him and it may be that the committee will seek further informa tion from him on some of the points. The committee also expects to take up Senator Smoot's proposal for a sales tax and the present plan is to adopt some new administrative features, in cluding a provision for tax investiga tive committee, which was left out of the House bill in the rush of commit tee amendments at the last hour of consideration. ADHERES TO ESTIMATES In presenting his recommandations, the Treasury Secretary adheres to the figures on expenditures agreed upon at the White House tax conference last August 9. His suggestions for changes in the House bill contemplated a total revenue yield of' approximately $3, 209,000,000 for this fiscal year and $3, 000,000,000 for the calendar year of 1922, or about the blouse bill figure. Changes recommended by Secretary Mellon included: Repeal of the excess profits tax ef fective as of last January 1, instead of next January 1. Retention of all the transportation taxes for the calendar year 1922, but at half the present rates, instear of com plete repeal as of January 1. Repeal of the capital stock tax, effec tive next year, an entirely new proposal. Reduction of the maximum income surtax rate from 63 per cent to 23 per cent, effective January 1, 1922. instead of to 32 per cent as provided in the House bill. An increase of five per cent instead of 2 1-2 per cent in the normal cor poration income talc, making the total fifteen per cent retroactive to last Jan uary 1. A manufacturers' tax on cosmetics and proprietary medicines to replace the present stamp taxes, which were eliminated by the House. Retention next year of the taxes on insurance premiums, but at one-half the present rates. A PROVES EXEMPTIONS With these exceptions, the Treasury Secretary was understood to have ap proved the House measure with its pro visions for an increase of $500 in the exemption to heads of families having net incomes of $5,000 a year or less and $200 additional for dependents; for decreased rates on sporting goods, yachts and furs and for other manufac turers' taxes on fountain syrups and other ingdedients of soft drinks in lieu of the present so-called nuisance taxes. Mr. Mellon was before the committee at two sessions and there was a general discussion of his recommendations as well as of the probable revenue needs of the government for thi fiscal year. The secretary placed these at $4,034, 000,000 on the basis of the reduction in expenditures agreed upon at the White House tax conference last August 9, and estimated that $ 00,000.000 of this total would be raised from non-tax sources, such as customs, salvage and the like, leaving $3,234,000,000 to come from internal taxes. Explaining his proposal for a further reduction of 7 per cent in the maximum income snr-tax rates Mr. Mellon waa said to have told the committee that the lower date would eventually re turn a greater yield to the Government than the 32 per cent rate because ad ditional money would be diverted to active business instead of being invest ed in tax-exempt securities. It was stated that there was no dis cussion of new sources of taxation and that none was recommended by Mr. Mellon. PROPOSALS ARE ATTACHED IN STATEMENT BY SEN. HITCHCOCK Washington, Sept. 9 Proposal repeal of the excess profits and reduction of the income surtaxes were attacked, to day by Senator Hitchcock, of Nebras ka, in the first statement on taxes to come from the Democratic side of the Senate. "The proposal to do away with the excess profits tax and with all surtaxes over 25 per cent on individual in comes," said Senator Hitchcock, "is, in my opinion, very objectionable. To make the .proposed repeal of the ex cess profits tax retroactive to last Jan uary, adds to the mistake. 'The surtax is the extra- tax paid by individuals with large incomes. Secre tary Mellon proposes to stop increasing the rate as soon as it reaches 25 per cent. That is to say the man having $50,00C income a year would pay 25 per cent on evtrything above that amount regardless of whether the ex cess was $1,000 or $1,000,000. I think the graduation should continue up wards until the tax reaches 64 per cent. Such vast sums as $500,000 or over cannot be used as income. They are merely' capital increases. As such they add enormously each year to the wealth of a few. They are contrary to the public interests and ought to be considered contrary to public policy. They can be limited and restricted by taxation. AY DURHAM STREET CAR COMPANY IS SEEKING A RAISE Asks Corporation Commis sion to Allow Ten Cent Fare. SCHOOLS TO OPEN. Raleigh Water Situation Shows Improvement in Last Few Days. By JULE B. WARREN Stall Correspondent of The News. Raleigh, Sept. 9. The second of the petitions of North Carolina street rail way companies for an increase in pas senger fares to ten cents came before the Corporation Commission on Thurs day when the Durham Public Utilities Company laid its case before the com mission. The first of these petitions was recently heard when the Raleigh street car company asked that it be al lowed to increase from seven to ten, cents. The commission has the Raleigh case under consideration now, being un able to decide Avhat will be the proper course to adopt with regard to the trac tion companies. One member of the commission ex pressed the opinion that if the Conten tion of the companies that they are not now making expenses on the seven and eight cent fares is substantiated by the evidence, he saw little hope tor them, for he did not believe an increase in rates would solve the problem. The traffic would decrease somewhat in pro portion to the increase in fares, and the revenue therefore would be decreas ed. Members of the commission believe the case of the street car companies is the most serious problem now con fronting them for. settlement. ALREADY GETTING EIGHT The Durham Public Service Company, with the exception of the jitney trac tion line in Concord, running from the station to the town, charges more per fare than any other company in the State- It is getting eight Cents per fare or four tickets for thirty cents. Asheville has the lowest rate of six cents and the majority of the other cities are charging seven cents or selling four tickets for a quarter. The Durham company went through the seven cent period and convinced the commission that it was on the verge of financial trouble on account of its earnings under this-rate, and the com mission allowed, it to increase tq eight cents. Att i ha, t4iti.1p.fi the,- company". ask ed for ten cents. The petition of the company claims that under the eight cent fare it has earned but one per cent on its invested capital. The street paving program of the city last year forced the company to invest $135,000 more in its property in laying new tracks, and the proposed street work for the coming year will cost the com pany $60,000 more. The contention of the city, represent ed by City Attorney S. C. Chambers, is that the company is now earning a fair return on the actual value of the plant, though possibly not a fair return on the' inflated value of the property. The city likewise claims that the experience of the company with increasing fares does not indicate that the larger fares is the solution of its difficulties. The city officials have collected and pre sented to the commission a mass of sta tistics on the number of passengers hauled by the company under the old five cent fare, the seven cent fare and the eight cent fare- DECREASE IN PASSENGERS . These figures show a steady growth in the number of passengers from year to year under;the five cent period, and a consequent "increase in the revenue from this department of the corpora tion. The first seven months ' of 1918 showed a gain in passengers of 193,000, as compared with the same months the previous year, while the frist seven months of 1919, under the seven cent fare showed a net loss of 109,000. There has been a loc in revenue, through re duction in passengers, under the eight cent fare, which causes the city to be lieve in the ten cent fare will still furth er reduce the revenue, and that the ten cent fare will in reality reduce the gross revenue by about a thousand dol lars. This estimate is made on a study of the fi gures from the last increases granted. The railway officials, however, dis count such a heavy decreased in passen gers. They estimate the decrease will be from five to fifteen per cent, possi bly around eight per cent. This figure i-3 arrived at through a study of the decreases in all of the ten cent fare cities of the country. They expect some decrease but believe the net rev enue will be such that the yield 011 the investment- will run from two to four per cent. Examination of the witnesses, accun tants, engineers ;tnd officials of the companj- was under way during the en tire day. CUT OFF I OWEB Water shortage on the sheds of the Yadkin and Cape, Fear rivers today forced the Carolina Power and Light Company and affiliated companies to an nounce a curtailment of power for fifty eight cotton mills and other large users of current supplied by these companies. The power will be shut off at noon every Thursday, beginning today, and remain off the remaining days of the (Continued1 on Pagre Nine.) UN5ETTLEP Charlotte and Vicinity: Partly ck.udy tonight and Saturday; little change in temperature. Light variable winds. ' North and South Carolina: Generally fair tonight and Saturday; no change in temperature. Valera 's Desire To Enter League Of Nations Surprise General Impression Had Been That Irish Were Unal terably Opposed to the League; American Irish Fought it in Last Presidential Campaign. By DAVID LAWRENCE Stall Correspondent of The News. Copyright, 121, by News Publishing Co. Washington, Sept. 9. Eamon de Valera's insistence that the British gov ernment grant Ireland a membership in the League of Nations as one of the guarantees of autonomy has caused much surprise here wherp the news was regarded as having a special bear ing on America s political situation. The general impression here has been that the Irish were unalterably oppos ed to the League of Nations and that the Americans of Irish descent in the last campaign who left the Democratic party in large numbers because of its eospusal of the league jwere in absolute harmony with' the wishes of the leaders in Ireland. In the State of Massachu setts the Irish were so powerful in the Democratic party that an attempt to endorse the league at a State conven tion resulted in the absence of most of the Democratic leaders. To the Wilsonian argument that the league of nations would protect Ireland's terri torial intergrity whenever she obtain ed independence, the answer was made that the league covenant would put Ireland in chains and- force America to help Great Britain in the event of war between Ireland and England. Ar ticle Ten was held to be a means of compelling the United States to side with England notwithstanding the in sistence of the league's friends that the protection of territorial integrity meant "against external aggression" only. OFFICIALS ARE RETICENT The news conveyed -here from Lon don by the Associated Press that Eamon de Valera wants to be assured that Great Britain will errant. Trplanr) mem bership in the League of Nations as wen as tne ttominion conferences on the same basis "as Canada, New Zea land, Australia and South Africa is in terpreted variously here. Government officials, of course are loath to discuss the Irish situation. This correspondent for example inquired of the Department of State if the United States eovprn- ment were using its good offices either unomciany or omcially, formally or in formally, in the threatening situation COLOMBIA WOULD FOLLOWHARDING Virtually All Questions Be fore League Are of Euro pean Interest. Geneva, Sept. 9. (By the Associated Press.) Should President Harding , see fit to create a new society of nations, Colombia will be among the first to apply for membership. A. F. Restrepo, chief of the Colom bian delegation to the League of Na tions Assembly, made this declaration today in discussing a report that Co lombia, among other South American states, might withdrew from the League because of its rejection of the Argentine amendment to the covenant of the League, providing that all sov ereign states should be members of the League unless, by their own volition, they abstain from - membership. He said Colombia did not regard the re jection of the amendment as sufficient reason to leave the League, i Senor Restrepo added that he believ ed all the other South and Central American states would follow Colombia into the new society, should it be form ed. Asked if this could be construed as meaning these states would with draw from the present League in such event, Senor Restrepo said 'We would have to wait and see, but, nevertheless, it is a question if public opinion in South America would sup port, two leagues." "The South American countries are finding that virtually all questions be fore the League are purely European in interest," continued Restrepo. "Near ly all our interests, commercially and politically, lie the other continent and in a sense are common to those of the United States. Colombia, for ex ample, came into the League only be cause we thought the United States would be a member, and would, in a sense, be the leader and protector of all the states of North and South Am erica. We see now that we were- bad ly mistaken and that the United States probably will never join the present League. This causes us to think, and naturally we all are deeply interested in he outcome of the forthcoming Wash ington conference." GENERALS INDICTED FOR WAR ATROCITIES Paris, Sept. 9. General von Oven, former governor of Metz; General von Montgelas and Major General Riedl, all commanders of German troops in the neighborhood of Nomeny, France, in 1914, will be immediately asked to pre sent themselves for trial before -a war council at Nancy on chages of commit ting atrocities, says the newspaper Ex celsior. If they do , not obey the sum mons, the newspaper declares, judg ment will be taken against them in de fault. This announcement is in line with an address made by M. Bonnevay, minister of justice, last Sunday, at Nomeny. dur ing, which the minister declared France would try the war criminals - herself . RELEASES PROPERTY SEIZED DURING WAR Washington, Sept. 9 Surrender of the property of two Bulgarian insurance companies, one the "Bulgaria", first Bui garian insurance company, and the oth er the Balkan National Insurance Com pany, both of which were taken over during the war under trading-with-the-enemy act, was announced today by Alien Property -Custodian Miller. Both companies, Mr. Miller stated, had furnished satisfactory evidence that none of the stockholders could be classed as "ally of the enemy". between" England and Ireland and the answer come back "no." There is no evidence that the Hard ing Administration intends to become involved in any way in the dispute. The reasons for this attitude are presume! to be a feeling that the whole thing is a. domestic issue as between different parts of the British empire and that the American Government could not afford to do anything which might cause offense to the British Govern ment in London. President Wilson took a different view of his preroga tives. He went so far as to discuss the importance of an Irish settlement when Arthur Balfour arrived here in tue spring of 1917 as the head of the Brit ish war mission. In Paris he endeavor ed to secure an audience for three American delegates from an Irish or ganization who wanted to lay the Irish question, before the peace conference. The British finally refused the audienco but it is a fact that the Washington Government used the occasion to dis cuss with the British the vital heed for a settlement of the Irish issue. HOPE FOR PEACE. But while nothing is being done by the Harding Administration it is a fact that everybody views with grave concern the possibility of a rupture be tween England and Ireland and the hope is unofficially expressed that the latest proposals of the British govern ment will lead to a peace conference at which the matter can be settled sat isfactorily to both sides. It is realized that if civil war is renewed in Ireland, the British delegates to the coming con ference on armament in Washington may encounter hostile outbursts on tno part of Americans of Irish dsecenr, some of whom have not hesitated in the past to picket both the White House and the British embassy. On the other hand a friendly settlement of the Irish controversy bringing Ireland into the League of Nations may turn some Americans who have been against the league into a more friendly frame of mind towards that organ! ia tion and remove one of the pillars of I JJLMlLH-dl Oiitn&.H - - - - ble" movement, which has thus far kept America from memoersmp in :no Geneva organization. PAY TRIBUTE TO PRINCEHIROHITO Hundred Thousand Japa nese Lanterns Carried by Those in Procession. Tokio, Sept. 9. (By the Associated Press) Tokio's two and one-half mil lion people today gave a characteristic expression of Japanese loyalty to Crown Prince Hirohito, the, heir apparent, whose recent successful tour of the Oc cident has appealed to popular imr agination and undoubtedly aroused new and more democratic interests in the imperial family. . Mayor Goto gave a popular reception in honor of the Crown Prince, whom the people now regard as the real head of the empire, owing to the ill ness of the Emperor. Thousands roar ed cheers of greeting as the Crown Prince, with his democratic bearing and easy, oratorical manner, addressed the multitude. Tonight a mammoth procession, bear ing a hundred thousand Japanese lan terns, serenaded Prince Hirohito's pal ace. He again addressed the multi tude, emphasizing the urgency of es tablishing world peace and alluding to the necessity of doing everything pos sible to contribute to the success of the forthcoming Washington confer ence on limitation of armaments. The events of the last week tend to show that the throne is being brought closer to an abandonment of the an cient period of exclusiveness. It is understood that Takuma Dan, with numerous other prominent Jap anese men of Tokio, Yokohama and Osaka, will soon sail for America, anl later will go to England. The newspaper. Nichi Nichi Shba bun, says the object of the visit is to convince Americans that Japan do?s not intend aggression but only peace ful and economic development. WOMEN WILL SIT IN EMPLOYMENT PARLEY Washington, Sept 9. Women are to participate in the conference on un employment being arranged by Presi dent Harding and Secretary Hoover. The President today discussed with Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, of New York, the question of choosing women as delegates. Mrs. Upton was asked oy the President to suggest names of sev eral women and she agreed to submit a list of ten women. Secretary Hoover who also callM at the White House, saidHhat several wo men would sit in the onfeerence. Mrs. Upton said it was not expected that the entire list of ten would be chosen but it was hoped three or four would be in the conference. The women rep resentatives will be selected, she said, with due regard to trades and industry as well as geography. Political consid erations will not figure in making up the list, she added. - AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO OVER SHIPPING Washington, Sept. 9. The Interna tional Mercantile Marine, through, ?ts president, P. A. S. Franklin, today sub mitted to the Shipping Board a new agreement entered into with .the Brit ish Government as a substitute for the agreement which bound the cor poration "to pursue no policy injurious to the interests of the British mercan tile marine or of British trade." BABE RUTH EQUALS RECORD. Philadelphia, Sept." 9. Babe Ruth jo day equalled his world's record of T4 home runs for the New York Ame-j-cans in the fourth inning against The Philadelphia Athletics. SEVMMEMBg Federal Officials Engage in Prolonged Fight on Board Greek Ship. j SECURE CONTRABAND. i Chief Narcotic Officer Takes, Own Life Shortly After Leaving Ship. New York, Sept. 9. After a raid by- Federal prohibition and narcotic agents on the Greek steamship King Alexander today, in which seven members of the crew were wounded by pistol shots, Frank J. Fitzpatrick chief narcotic of ficer here, who had taken part in the raid, committed suicide at a nearby pier, according to a police report. Fitzpatrick had searched the vessel with the prohibition agents. There were two bullet wounds in his heart. The raid was under the direction of Ernest L. Tangley, chief Federal en forcement agent in New York.- The agents searched the vessel thoroughly, the crew . fleeing before them below decks- There were intermittent pistol shots from both crew and agents as thetsearch prgressed and, when the bat tle subsided, three of the wounded men were found lying in their bunks. Mr. Langley said that $300 had just been paid by one of the advance agents and part of the contraband articles de ivered when the crew's suspicions were aroused. Federal agents declared they knew no motive for Fitzpatrick's suicide. They expressed the belief that the excitement and strain of the raid temporarily de ranged him. Lnited States Marshal Power, thirty deputy marshals and 20 policemen were sent to the King Alexander after the suicide was reported to the authorities to arrest all members of the crew on board and take them to the Federal building for questioning. $125,000 CONFISCATED Liquor valued at $50,000 and drugs valued at $75,000 were confiscated. The King Alexander participated in a mid night race to port from beyond the three mile limit on September 1, in an ef fort to make sure that the immigrants on board would be admitted to the coun try under the monthly quota regula tions. More than a score of shots were ex changed by the crew and fifteen prohibi tion agents. None of the prohobitifin agents was hurt. In order to obtain evidence, the pro hibition agents said, two of them ar ranged on Wednesday wtih members of the crew to pay $14,000 on the ves sel today for the liquor and drugs. These two went on the vessel alone. Meanwhile, a member of the crew no ticed a launch with other agents ap proaching. He warned his comrades and the battle began. The shooting attracted customs guards and police reserves, who surrounded the pier to prevent the crew from fleeing. The prohibition agents said, however, that an officer of the vessel to whom they were to pay the money had van ished. The wounded members of the crew were taken to a hospital Older arrest. GOVERNOR REMOVES MAYOR FOR NEGLECT Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 9. Mayor Her. bert A. Atherton, of Newark, Ohio, was removed from office today by Governor Harry L. Davis on charges of gross neglect filed by the Newark Law and Order League. Evidence showed, the Governor an nounced, that gambling has been running-, wide open in Newark and that Mayor Atherson was derelict in prose cuting, the gamblers. . Charges by self-confessed gamblers that Atherton received bribes from thfvn for protection and then raided their gambling houses were discredited by the governor. RAILROAD DIRECTORS DECLARE A DIVIDEND Cleveland, Ohid, Sept. 9. Directors of the Nickel Plate Railroad yesterday declared cash dividends of $1,774,330 from $3,000,000 received from the Gov ernment in adjustment of all claims apd accounts during Federal control, it was announced today. Payments will be made September 30 to stockholders of record September 19. The back dividends include $249,8 on first preferred in 1918 and $274,99". in 1919; $549,990 on second preferred in 1918, and $69,480 on second prefer red in 1919. GROCERS OPPOSING ANY MODIFICATION Washington, Sept. 9. Protest against proposed modification of the consent decree requiring the big five meat pack ers to divorce themselves from all bus iness operations except meat packing was presented by the National Whole sale Grocers' Association at a hearing today at the Department of Justice. The 'Department has under considera tion a proposal that legal action ba taken to modify the decree so as to permit the packers to continue the transportation of canned goods from the Pacific Coast. NEGRO IS RESCUED FROM AN ANGRY MOB Monroe, La., Sept. 9. Deputy Sher iff J. J. Mumble, of Columbia, La., ia credited by his superiors with rescuing, single handed, from a mob bent on lynching, Jim Jones, a negro, accused of asaulting a whito woman. When overtaken by the officer, the mob is said to have had a rope around the negro's neck, and across 'a limb of a tree.