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117 East Fourth Street Publication Office JOPLIN, MISSOURI, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, PAGES. Published Ever; Morning Kxcept Monday PRICE FIVE CENTS REED AND BORAH IN SENATE CLASH OVER TARIFF BILL Spokesman for Independent Republicans Says Measure Is Out of Line With Party Pledges. FIGURES ARE CITED Income of Steel Corporation Is Referred to by Idahoan Makes Strong Denial. BANK ROBBERS GET $5,000 IN OKLAHOMA Bandits Kidnap Boy in Flight and Force Him Drive Them Away. Their to Washington, Sept.

Republican over the tariff reached fever heat in Lhe senate today as Senators Borah of Idaho and Reed of Pennsylvania clashed over the treatment accorded agriculture and industry in the pending revision bill. As spokesman for the republican independent group, Borah told the senate the measure was far out of line with the pledges 1 made to agriculture by both parties in the last campaign, that farm products were inadequately provided for, and that what increases were proposed in farm rates would be more than offset by raises In industrial levies. Hoover's Message' Cited. Reed denied the bill violated republican tariff pledges. He cited President Hoover's message referring to the need of protecting lagging manufacturing industries where it was deemed warranted, as well as agriculture, and said republicans on the finance committee had rewritten the house measure upon the theory that "all Americans are equal." The unheralded speech of the Idahoan came at a p'olnt in consideration of committee amendments to the administrative sections of the bill when such a move was least expected.

It served to emphasize the dissatisfaction of the western and farm state senators'with the bill. Earlier, Senator McNary, republican, Oregon, announced he would confer with other senators from the northwest over the treatment accorded lumber, shingles, logs, wool, fruits and nuts in the bill. "This said Borah, "is not executed In justice to the agricultural Interests. Some of us believe the time is at hand when agriculture must take a stand if it is to benefit from the protective tariff system." Increases Held Unnecessary. statistics showing growing profits of manufacturing industries, in.

recent years, imports of goods less than 4 per cent of production or virtually stationary since enactment of existing tariff law In 1922, and exports of such commodities greater last year than in the last decade, Borah said further Increases in industrial rates were unnecessary. He agreed the farmers got all they asked in the Fordney-McCumber tariff act of 1922, but those representing them, he said, made Oklahoma City, Sept. Three robbers held up and robbed the First National bank of Minco today, seizing approximately $5,000, and in the course of their flight kidnaping a boy at a bridge near Norman and compelling him to drive them away in his car. The identity of the boy was not learned. The robbers' failure to lock the door of the vault, in which they closed three bank employes and two customers of the bank, enabled the prisoners to spread the alarm immediately after the robbers had fled in a waiting motor car.

Quickly organized posses took up the chase near Newcastle and were reported to be in close pursuit. The trail, however, was believed to have been broken by robbers switching motor cars. ONE-DAY STRIKE CALLED BY "REDS" IN COTTON MILLS Workers Are Asked to Cease While Funeral of Woman Striker Killed by Mob Is Held. EIGHT ARE FREED BANKER INDICTED ON SIX COUNTS State Says It Is Unable, to Get Evidence Against Persons Accused of Conspiracy Plot. CHARGES RELATE TO SPECIFIC USE OF MAILS BY C.

D. WAGGONER. the mistake of acquiescing at the-Wrom Wyoming where he is under same time to increases in industrial levies. The "disparity" between agriculture and industry resulting from that bill, he argued, would be continued by the pending measure. "With industrial profits increasing, with exports increasing and imports decreasing," he continued, "we have, on the other haria, the constantly falling Income and profits of agriculture." He placed the earnings of the steel industry for the first six months of 1929 at 80 per cent above the corresponding period of 1928, and said: "Senators, this is the condition of an industry which has asked and is receiving additional protection in this bill." Rising in defense of the bill, Senator Reed said any one who worked on a tariff bill must expect some critclsm, but it was time to call a halt when that complaint dealt primarily with generalities and few specifc causes.

"No Fledge Forgotten." "We hear an abundance of sneers," he said. "Pretended conversations are recited indicating callousness on our part toward the "I want to assure the senator," he asserted, looking at Borah, "that no republican pledge has been forgotten in this He thereupon read from party pronouncements that suffering industries as well as depressed agriculture should be given tariff aid, and said It was only on that principle that the tariff framers worked in proposing increases. He cited the metals schedule as an example where rates not only were lowered below those recommended by the house, but under present duties. "No farmer on earth has the comforts and luxuries that the American farmer has today," he said, mentioning paved roads, automobiles, radios, and electric lights. New York, Sept.

An indictment, containing six counts and charging fraud, was returned today against Charles D. Waggoner, president of the Bank of Telluride, in connection with a method by which Waggoner fraudulently obtained $500,000 credit, in six New York banks. All of the counts related to specific use of the mails by Waggoner in his manipulations and the indictment alleges that Waggoner and "others, to the grand jury unknown" hatched the scheme "on or about May 1." How Scheme Was Laid. The indictments show how Waggoner, small town banker', allegedly laid his scheme and carried it through to the embarrassment of six of the big banks of the country. Waggoner made the first move in his.

plan late in May, the grand jury found; by writing the Chase National bank here that he might need $200,000 in large bills in the near future and asking advice on how to identify himself if he called for the money. This was given. Then a month later he again wrote the that a-mining deal was pending which would necessitate his presence in New York within thirty or forty days and that he would require $200,000 In cash. This groundwork laid, the grand jury said, he had telegrams sent presumably from six Denver banks to their correspondent banks in New York ordering the transfer of the to Waggoner's credit. Before the customary- transactions which would have shown the telegrams to be fraudulent could be carried through he appeared and claimed the credit, none of however, was converted into cash, Charles H.

Tuttle, United States attorney, expects the indictment to expedite Waggoner's return here arrest, to face trial. Tuttle indicated the trial would be called immediately upon Waggoner's arrival. C. E. Downtain, cashier of the Telluride bank, arrived here today in answer to a federal subpoena requiring his apperance before the grand jury.

Downtain, as cashier, signed the checks which Waggoner used in obtaining the half-million dollars. Cheyenne, Sept. While' definite announcement was being made today that C. D. Waggoner, Telluride, banker, would not seek to furnish $100,000 bond here for his appearance in New York to face a federal grand jury indictment, post office department inspectors unexpectedly visited him in jail here on an unexplained mission.

Announcement that bond would not be sought was made by the banker's lawyer, Samuel D. Crump, who said Waggoner would not attempt to make bond if removed to New York, provided an early trial could be arranged. GRAF ZEPPELIN TO FLY TO MEET COMMANDER Fried rlchshafen, Germany, Sept. The Graf Zeppelin will take off at 3:45 a. m.

tomorrow to meet the steamship New York, on board of which its commander, Dr. Hugo Eckener, is returning to Germany. Merger Is Announced. Kansas City, er of the Consolidated Air college, a subsidiary of the National Air Industries, and the Commercial Airways Corporation, was announced here today. The merged interests will be operated under the name of the Consolidated Air college, at old Richards airport, east of Kansas City.

Eat with the thrifty and wise. Special lunch, 35c. The Charlotte, N. Sept. A call for a one day strike of all workers in cotton mills this section was issued here tonight by Hugo Oehler, southern organizer for the National Textile Workers' Union, and Bill Dunne, secretary of the communist party in America.

The strike was called for tomorrow simultaneously with the funeral of Mrs. Eila May Wiggins, mill striker, who was killed by a mob near Gastonia Saturday. The circular issued by Oehler and Dunne urges workers to leave the mills tomorrow to attend the funeral of the woman. No Trouble Expected. Dunne and Liston M.

Oak, publicity director for the workers' international relief, said tonight that they did not believe there would be any trouble at the funeral. The call for the one day strike attacked the Manville-Jenckes Company, where the union called a strike last April and where are employed a number of persons accused of being in the mob that flogged Ben Wells, union organizer, last Monday. In the first of the series of hearings scheduled for today, eight textile strikers and communists accused of having conspired to overthrow the government were released. The state announced it had been unable to get evidence to back up the warrant issued last Friday on' the- request' of H. M.

Joyner, city detective, after the men had been' arrested' when a quantity of guns and ammunition was seized in a boarding house where they were Hearing Is The hearing of Liston M. Oak, publicity director, here for the international labor defense, on charges of carrying concealed weapons, was postponed until tomorrow. A charge against A. M. Grier, Oak's chauffeur, also" was continued.

In Judge Thomas J. Shaw's court, the efforts of persons arrested on charges of being In the mob that kidnaped C. M. Lell, C. D.

Saylor and Ben Wells, and flogged Wells, continued. Numerous persons took the witness stand to supply alibis for accused men. Ben wells, British textile worker and organizer for the National Textile Workers' Union, was able to be in court today the first time since he was whipped. He testified that he had been seized in Gastonia by a mob, carried to a point near Concord after being knocked unconscious, and flogged. Wells was unable to give the names of any of his assailants, but pointed out In court Dewey Carver, A.

G. Morehea'd. Smiley Lewis, John Holly, Carl Holloway and Lee Johnson, defendants. He picked them out from among persons in the court room. A few minutes later, however, under questioning of defense attorneys, Wells disqualified himself as a witness in North Carolina when he said he did not believe in the Bible and a God who would punish "if you tell a lie." The North Carolina law disqualifies a witness who says he does not believe in God.

Wells had kissed the Bible when he took the oath. Wells testified that he was a member of the British communist party and that he came to the States from Manchester, England, in 1926. KILLING OP MOTORIST BY POLICEMAN DESCRIBED Miami, Sept. Walker today told a coroner's jury that police failed to identify themselves before firing on his automobile and killing his companion, Bernard A. Davis of Hlaleah, Saturday night.

Walker was among the first witnesses called by the coroner investigating the slaying that followed a chase from Miami to Hialeah by local policemen. The officers said they bad seen Davis come from a place suspected of selling liquor, and that they ordered his car to halt. When the car failed to halt, they gave chase and fired two shots at the tires of the fleeing machine. Flans Long Cycle Tour. St.

Louis, Sept. (A 3 Miss Sally Lu Carey, 22 years old, an instructor in athletics for the Kansas City playgrounds, expects to leave here tomorrow on her bicycle tour of 1,141 miles from Kansas City to Columbus, Ga. She was a gdest of her sister here. Know and Obey Law, Urges President in Radio Letter Two Points Are Declared Essential to Welfare of Country by Hoover in Communication to Bar Association Organization Is Complimented for Spreading Information Regarding National Constitution. Washington, Sept.

C4 5 Hoover said, in a letter read over the radio tonight, that familiarity with and respect for law is essential to the welfare of the country. The letter was addressed to Gurney E. Newlin of Chicago, president of the American Bar Association, and was read over the Columbia Broadcasting Company chain as part of a nation-wide observance of Constitution Week. "It is with great interest," the president wrote, "that I note the work which the American Bar Association is doing in disseminating information relative to our al history and purposes. "Familiarity with, and respect for, this greatest of all charters of government among our fellow citizens is essential to our national welfare.

"While I understand the association's work along these lines is carried on throughout the year, it has come to my attention that special emphasis is given to these activities during that week which includes September 17, designated as 'Constitution "You and your assistants are rendering a splendid' patriotic service in this connection, and I desire to express my appreciation of this service, with the hope that it will be continued with increasing benefit to all concerned." 12 IN LAKE DISASTER THIRTEEN OTHER MEMBERS OF FREIGHTER ANDASTE'S CREW MISSING. Grand Haven, Sept. 16 body of Captain A. L. Anderson of Sturgeon Bay, commander of the freighter Andaste, which sank in Lake Michigan last week, was recovered late today two miles south of the Grand Haven pier.

Discovery of Captain Anderson's body brought the list of bodies recovered to twelve. Nine other bodies were recovered at points along the lake shore today and tonight, while two were picked up Saturday. Eight Bodies Identified. Eight bodies have been identified, as follows: George Watt, fireman, Grand Haven; William Joslin, fireman, and Theodor Jorgenson, deckhand, Milwaukee; Joseph McCadde, second mate, Cleveland; Captain Charles Brown, first mate, Grand Haven; Ralph Wiley, Booth Bay Harbor, Fred Neinhouse, Fer- ryburg, and Harry Whltack- er, Grand Haven. The body of Frank Kasterson, cook of the steamer, floated in to the coast guard station here tonight and was recovered.

The Ottawa county coroner was notifed late tonight that two more bodies had been recovered. No efforts were to be made to identify them until morning, it was understood. Captain Anderson was wearing no life preserver when found. There were two gashes on his head. Bodies of thirteen other victims are still missing, the Andaste having gone down with a crew of twenty-four men and a boy.

TECHNICAL REPARATIONS COMMITTEES CONVENE Paris, Sept. Three technical committees provided for by the Hague reparations conference met here today to undertake the last phase of the work of settling Europe's post war troubles. When the experts of these three bodies have agreed on the way to make German deliveries in kind fit in with the Hague agreement, on how to settle the outstanding balances between Germany and her creditors, and on how to regulate differences in reparations due from Austria Hungary and Bulgaria, the Hague conference will meet again formally to conclude its business. They must also settle the amounts owing to Austria Hungary and Bulgaria for state property ceded to certain of their successor states. WARRANT FOR WOMAN REFUSED BY PROSECUTOR St.

Louis, Sept. warrant for Mrs. Dorothy Countryman, 23 years old, also known as Dorothy Small, was refused today by the circuit attorney's office on charges by Schuyler L. Van Blarcum, president of the Van Blarcum Leather Company, of the theft of $500 cash and a diamond pin valued at $2,500. Mrs.

Countryman was arrested Saturday In Dayton, and returned here after Van Blarcum complained she had stolen his valuables while they were together last Tuesday night after a chance meeting at a downtown hotel. FIREMAN IS KILLED WHEN HIS HEAD STRIKES BRIDGE Brookfield, Sept. C. M. Stuver, 35 years old, Burlington fireman, was killed nea'r Chillicothe yesterday when he was struck on the head by a bridge as he was on top of the engine tank looking at the' water.

He was on train No. 109 en route from Brookfield to St. Joseph. SURPRISES SPRUNG IN PANTAGES CASE TWO ACTIONS BY STATE BRING ABOUT FURORE IN CROWDED COURT. Los Angeles, Sept.

UP) Three surprising developments enlivened the second degree murder trial of Mrs. Alexander Pantages here today. The wife of the wealthy theater owner is charged with responsibility for the death of Juro Rokomuto, Japanese, in an automobile collision here last June 16 and with driving while intoxicated. The first two actions which created a furore among the opposing counsel as well as in the crowded courtroom came immediately after court convened this morning. This had been delayed for a conference In the court chamber during which chief Prosecutor James P.

Costello announced that a "surprise" witness would be.called who had told him of acting as "go between" for a defense witness, John Conterno, and Alexander Pantages, millionaire husband of the woman on trial. Costello said that this witness, Jack B. Yellin, had reported that Conterno assured Yellin of "plenty of dough" for his services. Minister Is Summoned. Assertions that the jury had been "hung" before the trial started, alleged to have been made by the Rev.

Robert P. (Fighting Bob) Shuler from his pulpit yesterday and in his radio talk last night, was the next sensation to enter the case-. Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy ordered the militant pastor to appear for questioning concerning the report. The court also ordered in four persons asserted to have heard the accusations.

Judge Hardy said that he would make a sweeping investigation of every phase of Shuler-'s alleged charges. The appearance for the defense of the purported driver of a "mystery" car which defense witnesses had testified forced Mrs. Pantages' machine into the fatal collision, was the surprise produced by chief defense Attorney Max Steuer. The driver, Henry Lee, a rancher, testified that he witnessed the crash and that Rokomuto made a left- hand turn into the path of Mrs. Pantages' machine without ling.

Mrs. Alyce Campbell, Beverly Hills society woman testified for the defense that she had seen the so-called mystery car crowding Mrs. Pantages to the wrong side of the street. She declared that this car passed her on ttfe right, scraping one of her fenders and then cutting in ahead of her. Under cross examination Mrs.

Campbell said she'was acquainted with the defendant. Denial that his car had scraped the fenders of Mrs. Campbell's or that he had passed her on the right was made by Lee under cross examination. Carmen Pantages, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Alexander Pantages, took the witness stand late today in defense of her mother. The 19- year-old girl was the first member of the family to be called for testimony. She was preceded on the stand by George Walk, a defense witness, who testified that he saw the fatal automobile accident. FATHER OF SLAIN YOUTH OFFERS REWARD OF $500 Kansas City, Sept. UP) $500 reward for information leading to the conviction of the slayer of Paul Leslie Odell and Miss Ruth Laughlin, killed here the night of August 29, on lonely Cliff drive, was offered today by S.

S. Odell, father of the youthful victim. Police have been unable to obtain any clues in the slayings. An automobile In which the couple is believed to have driven to the scene of their deaths later was found parked in front of an eastside apartment. DISASTROUS FIRES SWEEPING PARTS Fortunate Change in Wind Saves City Southwest of Portland, From Being Destroyed.

RANCHER PERISHES Wife and Son Are Seriously Hundred Men Not Heard From but Believed Safe. Portland, Sept. Destruction rode rampant today on two vast waves of flames in Oregon and Washington. Forty miles southeast of Portland, in the Mount Hood national forest, 19,000 acres were burned over, at least five residences were destroyed, and a hotel and two schoolhouses reduced to ashes in fires that started a week ago. Wind Change Saves Town.

Only a fortunate change in the wind saved the city of Estacada, thirty-five miles southeast of Portland, from destruction. A terrific wall of flame, ten miles across, bore down upon the town and had advanced to within five miles of it before the wind slackened and permitted the fire fighters to take a fresh stand. In Clark county, Washington, a great fire in the Yacolt area imperiled the once busy lumbering town and drove more than 200 residents from their homes. Those fighting the fire sent out an appeal for the assistance of the 900 army troops stationed at Vancouver barracks. The situation, residents said, was beyond their control.

The communities of La Barre, Garfield, Ladee and Fenton were hit hard by the same fire that menaced Estacada. Property damage estimated at $120,000 was done by "the flames. The Yacolt, fire constituted a grave menace to that once flourishing lumber town. Two hundred residents abandoned their homes today when the fire threatened to entrap them. It was feared that soon nothing would remain of the town.

Highways leading from the place were packed with trucks and automobiles conveying household goods from the stricken community. Philip Rowe, 65 years old, a rancher, was burned to death in the Bell mountain fire, thirty miles northeast of Vancouver, today, and his wife and son seriously burned in a fire that destroyed their homes. Army Assistance Ordered. Major General John L. Hines, commanding officer of the Ninth corps area, today instructed the commanding general at Vancouver barracks to communicate with the district fire warden's office-in Portland and to give such assistance as necessary in fighting fires near Vancouver, Wash.

Camp No. 1 of the Ladee Lumber Company was destroyed by the flames in the Mount Hood sector today and Camp No. 2 was a partial loss. Two hundred men fighting the flames there were unheard from this afternoon, although forestry officials believe they were safe. They were last heard from yesterday noon and were in the Ladee district at that time.

Every able-bodied man in Estacada spent last night and today on- the fire line. Fifteen or twenty families in the Garfield district, five miles from Estacada, were camped in their front yards tonight watching anxiously the progress of the flames. They rested beside trucks loaded with household goods, ready at any moment to desert their property if the flames approached closer. Farm animals were herded together ready to be driven from the stricken district. Capablanca Wins at Chess.

Budapest, Hungary, Sept. Rail Capablanca, Cuban chess master won first prize in the international chess tournament by defeating Dr. Vajda of Hungary in the thirteenth and final round here today. THE WEATHER 4-4-4- FORECAST Missouri: Generally fair Tuesday and Wednesday; not much change in temperature. Arkansas: Partly cloudy Tuesday; Wednesday generally 4- fair.

Oklahoma: Fair, somewhat 4- warmer Tuesday; Wednesday 4' fair. Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska: Generally fair Tuesday and 44" Wednesday, not much change in temperature. 4 4 4 4 WEALTHY BLIND MAN DEFIES WEDDING, BAN Wealthy Farmer, 82, and Former Sister in Law, 69, Wed Despite Court Order. Council Bluffs, Sept. UP) DeLair, 82 years old, blind and wealthy farmer of Oketo, and his former sister-in-law, Mrs.

Rachael Cameron, 69, of Summerfield, were married here late today in the face of a Kansas court order holding DeLair incompetent and forbidding his wedding. They had attempted to wed at Marysville, September 4, but were halted fifteen minutes before the ceremony was to begin by a court order issued by Probate Judge W. W. Potter on the application of DeLair's two sons, Claude and Russell, of Oketo, who averred their father was incompetent and too old to marry. DeLair's property holdings consist of 342 acres of land near Oketo, and 160 acres under oil lease in Oklahoma.

The bride owns 160 acres at Summerfield, where they plan to reside, living on the interest of their investments. "We met forty-six years ago at Mission Creek, said the blind and aged bridegroom. "We're going in this with our eyes open, however." James Murphy of Omaha, nephew of the bride, and Mrs. Rachael Myers, also of Omaha, accompanied the couple to this city and witnessed the ceremony, which was performed at the home of a deputy WICHITA GRAFT TRIAL HASTENED CITY AND FEDERAL OFFICERS INVOLVED IN ALLEGED "PAY OFF RING." Wichita, Sept. government moved quickly today to obtain a conviction in the second trial of the alleged Wichita "liquor pay off ring," which involved city and federal officers here with bootleggers.

Obtaining a jury today in an hour, United States District Attorney Al F. Williams Frank Matthews, admitted wholesale bootlegger and government witness, to the stand. Tells Story of Collusion. The liquor dealer's story of collusion with C. C.

Dehner, former city commissioner; Chester Connor, former election commissioner; Roy Crisswell, former assistant chief of police, and was epeated, when court recessed for the night direct and cross-examination of Matthews had been completed. Dehner, Crisswell, Fred Dickenson, former detective, and Max Moellinger, Tom Davis and Al Simons, alleged bootleggers, are on trial for conspiracy to violate the prohibitory laws. Charges against Connor, former Police Chief I. B. Walston and Harvey Ogden have been dismissed for lack of evidence.

1 On the side lines at the trial in Judge George M. McDermott's United States district court was Senator Henry J. Allen, called from Washington as a government witness. Senator Allen, as publisher of the Wichita Beacon, unearthel evidence in 1927 which resulted in 1928 in. the indictment of alleged members of the ring.

POWDER PUFF SUIT OF INVENTOR IS DROPPED Louis, Sept. The United States circuit court of appeals today dismissed a suit insti tuted in federal court in Minnesota about two years ago by Thomas W. Smith, an inventor, against the F. W. Woolworth Company of New York for alleged infringement of a patent on a powder puff.

Smith, had obtained judgment in the lower court. His device was designed to protect the puff in a case when not in use and to permit its manipulation without being touched by the hands. The defense contended the patent was invalid because it had been anticipated by British patents. The appellate court found a flap used as a finger to hold on Smith's contraption was covered by the British patents, although Smith put it to a use not planned for the British flap. The' Woolworth powder puff was found by the court to be incapable of manipulation within the case.

CHANGE IN PLANS FOR NAVAL PARLEY APPEARS PROBABLE Suggestion Is Made That It Be Held in Mid-January and at Neutral City Instead of London. NEW ANGLE ARISES Much.Speculation Centers on Whether France and Italy WiU Consent to Participate. I SHORTER HOURS ARE DISCUSSED BY BAKERS St. Louis, Sept. 'UP) six hour working day and a five day week for 30,000 union bakers in the United States and Canada as means of counteracting the effects of labor-saving machinery in large bakeries was a topic for discussion at the trl-annual convention of the Bakers and Confectionary Workers International Union which opened here today.

Charles F. Hohmann of Chicago, secretary, said that, as a result of Introduction of machinery, only one man is now necessary where five or six were formerly required in many instances. Washington, Sept. OP) Postponement of the projected five-power naval limitation conference from December to mid-January and selection of a city in some "neutral" country instead of London as the place for the parley; loomed today as probabilities. In authoritative quarters, in both Washington and London it was suggested that the conference be put over until early next' year because of the time' that must be consumed in exchanging invitations and acceptances, the preparation of technical data and the movement of the delegates.

Other Places Discussed. Suggestions that there might bet objection from some of the European powers to holding the conference in London resulted in unofficial discussions here of Brussels, the Hague, Prague or some city in Switzerland other than Geneva, the headquarters of the league of nations, as possible places that might be selected. Another question about which some speculation centered whether France and Italy would consent to participate. They declined to take part in the 1927 conference at Geneva on the ground that an independent conference would weaken the authority of the league of nations. For years the league has been undertaking to prepare for a general disarmament conference in-- vqlving land and air forces as well as those of the sea.

It also was recalled that at the 1921 arms conference. here the French declined to agree to any limitation of submarines, with a result that the agreement reached had to be limited to battleships and aircraft carriers. Whether the French have changed this viewpoint remains to be publicly developed. In all disarmament conferences Italy has demanded equality with' any other continental power Iri all categories of fighting sea and has "met resistance to this demand. Pending the visit here of Premier Ramsaw MacDonald early next month, officials were inclined to leave even any informal of the naval limitation question until that time.

Consequently declined to make any comment upon the statement given but in don embodying the British viewpoint of the Anglo-American iyS-i'- gotiatlons and described as emanating from a source in intimate touohf with Premier MacDonald. Some Surprise Is Shown. To many of those who have been following the negotiations, some portions of the British statement caused surprise, since they appeared somewhat variance with information made available late last week in Washington. It said the United States proposal is for fifteen 6-inch gun cruisers in addition to twenty-one 8-inch gun cruisers. The United, States now has ten 6-inch gun cruisers in commission and there has been no public suggestion that it voluntarily has proposed the struction of any more of that Its naval authorities have contended this type was not suited to American needs.

The statement that the United States had asked for 315,000 tons of cruisers against 339,000 for Great Britain also occasioned some surprise, as' the general understanding here was that' the American government had proposed only 285,000 tons of cruisers to be made up of 21 8-inch gun ships of 10,000 tons now building'or authorised! and the ten 7,500 6-inch gun ships of the Omaha class now in com- mission. The latest information here waa, that the negotiations had narrowed; down to whether the' United States should have an additional 30,000 tons of cruisers carrying eight-inch guns, or four or five smaller cra.ft totaling 30,000 tons and six-inch guns. The British statement was that; besides the controversy involving: the characteristics of the ships to absorb the 30,000 tons, there was the question of lopping 15,000 tons from, the proposed American total 315,000 tons. Means Reduction of Twelve. i The British proposal for cruisers as its total means a reduction of twelve in the ships commission or under construction, and authorized, Its eight-inch gAfvf fleet of fifteen ships would be made up of thirteen ships and two of 8,400 tons each.

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