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HAMMER AT STONE WALL WHILE PROBLEMS EXIST Statement of Apprehension Concerning Relation Between Countries Believed Key to Issue. BY DAVID UWRES'CE. For several weeks the Washington correspondents have been asking 3'resident Harding and Secretary Hughes for information concerning disarmament. What, they have inquired, is standing in the way? To all has been given the same answer?a polite disinclination to discuss the matter in any form beyond the general statement that informal feelers had been put out to learn the attitude of other powers. Now, however, George Harvey, American ambassador to Great Britain. and President Harding's personal and official representative on the supreme council, has at last lifted the veil of secrecy and confirmed what has been suspected, but never officially admitted, namely, that our relations with Japan constituted the chief obstacle to immediate disarmament. Here are the words in Col. Harvey's July Fourth speech at London, which convey more significance than any other utterance on the subject made by spokesmen of the ad "For the first time in history the turbulent Atlantic has become as a millpond, particularly eliminated from considerations of danger so far as naval warfare is concerned. There is ground for good hope, however, that whatever apprehensions exist of perilous possibilities on the Pacific may be dispelled sooner than is commonly anticipated. When, if at all. that splendid consummation shall be obtained in response to the apparently universal desire, disarmament will follow naturally and inevitably, and peace on earth will be assured for years at least, and it may be forever. Navy Transfer Causes Distrust. "is this glorious aspiration too much to expect? Why should it be? Obstacles many and grave there are, to be sure, but what are they? What can they be but barriers surmountable by a concert of purpose on the part of all the nations directly concerned and no less directly responsible to others?" Nobody in the Harding administration has heretofore made a point of the fact that the naval power of the Vnited States was practically useless or rather potentially unnecessary, while at the same time referring to apprehensions in the Pacific. It is true that the concentration of American naval forces instil* Pacific-has been the. result of a steady growth of suspicions that the next naval war would be fought in the Pacific. On the other hand, it is also a fact that, instead of allaying apprehension in removing distrust, the transfer of the fleet to the Pacific has been looked tipon by the Japanese as a move requiring further activity on their part end hastening their naval building program. Meanwhile in the flelfa of diplomacy several other moves have been made Which have accentuated the fact that lintil the special problems existing between the United States and Japan are Solved, the friends of disarmanent will be hammering away at a stone wall. If anybody else in the administration jsxeept Ambassador Harvey had drawn attention to the "perilous possibilities on the Pacific." the utterance would iave been passed by without significance. But Ambassador Harvey has been intrusted with the very task of Canvassing me seiuinieiu ui mc wuc? governments concerning disarmament, pnd his conclusion that apprehensions concerning the relation between the jDnlted States and Japan must first be dispelled before there can be disarmament Is looked upon today as the tfrank answer and key to the whole disarmament situation. Japan Recognises Sentiment. ^ The statement by Baron Shidehara, Japanese ambassador to the United States, to the effeat that the proposed &.nglo-Japanese alliance was not intended as hostile to the United States Is a recognition by Japan of the sentiment which has been growing in the TJnited States against the renewal of the alliance. The British government Pas found it necessary to assure Can/ ada and Australia that the AngloJapanese alliance does not require the British empire to assist Japan in the event of a war with the United States. Indeed, there is no c ;caping the fact that both Great Britain and the tJnited States would have no difficulty In coming to an agreement on the Reduction of armament expense if their respective relations with Japan could be placed upon a firm foundation of true friendship. The Japanese, however, are really more eager to re jiew their alliance with Great Brftain than is apparent on the surface, and the British are unable to give a subEtantial reason for discontinuing it Without offending the pride of Japan. If it were not for the peculiar situation that has arisen with respect to the refusal of the United States government to enter the league of nations, the problems might easily have been solved. The league itself does not recognize alliances, unless they are stripped of any offensive character and are plainly defensive. But there is Ho nation in the present league which has sufficient interest at stake to question the propriety of the AngloJapanese agreement or its scope. The United States government has not been consulted either by Japan or by Great Britain, and there is no diplomatic way by which the Washington government can interpose its viewpoint except through the press. The American government has certainly not seen fit to encourage the idea of an Anglo-Japanese alliance, and has on one occasion shown its displeasure thet America was not being consulted. There is a growing curiosity in Washington to know why it is that both Japan and Great Britain, being pledged by article ten of the league , of nations covenant to protect their respective territorial integrity "as ngainst external aggression" should deed a defensive alliance. Friends of President Wilson who were at the peace conference say that Mr. Wilson really sacrificed his views on the Shantung question in order to Make sure of Japan's entrance into the league of nations, feeling that it was absolutely essential to bring Japan within the Jurisdiction of the league, so as to prevent a possible war between the United States and Japan. Inasmuch as America is not a memtier of the league of nations, the Washington government must seek through the avenues of diplomacy a way to insure peace on the Pacific. (Secretary Hughes is bending all his efforts in that direction. But it has now been officially disclosed that discmament will have to wait until diplomacy has tried its hand. {Copyright, 182U t D. C. JUVENILE BILLS. Senator Ball Introduces Measures to Better Court Conditions. I Senator Bali of Delaware, chairman j of the District committee, today intro| duced several bills relating to the I Juvenile Court of the District with! the approval of Judge Kathryn Sellers of that court. One of these bills amends the act creating the Juvenile Court so as to provide more officers for the court and I to give them better pay. Another of the bills would provide for examination of persons brought before the Juvenile Court by the public health j service. Two other bills would amend the acts providing for the support of illegitimate children in the District and i prohibiting the abandonment or will- ( ful neglect of wives and minor^chil- | uren, so as 10 {five tne juvenile loun : ample jurisdiction in such cases. Senator Ball also introduced a bill to amend the standard weights and measures act so as to make a standard loaf of bread a pound loaf. The bill also would permit one-half loaves and loaves weighing one pound and a half, or any multiple of a pound. It alst> provides that the loaves must be clearly labeled, showing their contents in weight. RUSHWORKlNEW D.CJATMPPLY Maj. M. C. Tyler Placed in Command and Will Push Enlarged System. Work on a new water supply for Washington is on. Maj. M. C. Tyler has been placed in command and it is going to be a rush job if Congress will provide the money fa^?t enough. i Selection of Maj. Tyler to direct the work was announced today by Brig. Gen. Lansing H. Beach, chief of engineers of the Army. Maj. Tyler is the author of the Great Falls water supply and power development plan, which was the basis of the appropriation made by Congress for a new , conduit. He is the District" engineer | officer and is now directing the construction of Key bridge. Regarded an Emergency. President Harding scarcely had blotted his signature to the Army bill, authorizing the new conduit, when the War Department began clearing the way of preliminaries, so that construction might be started with the least delay possible. Gen. Beach said today he regards the undertaking as an emergency, one having vital relation to the health and safety of the people of Washington. Although only $200,000 Is allowed for starting work, effort will be made, with this amount, to compete detailed drawings and specifications, clear the right of way and grade for the new filtration plant to be built on the Dalecarlia reservation. If this much can be accomplished the first year a foundation will have been laid, it is said, for rapid progress to be made during the succeeding years. Maj. Tyler says the work can be completed in three years, although many engineers doubt if it can oe finished under five years. Take Economy Steps. It is expected the present week will witness the taking of active steps to reduce water consumption in the District and to develop economy practices during the period that will be required for building the Tyler conduit. The action of Col. C. O. Sherrill. superintendent of public buildings and grounds, in ordering the closing of the generating plant in the State, War and Navy building, which, it is estimated, will save a million gallons of water a day. is expected to influence similar action by other departments. Col. Sherrill has supervision only j over this building and other structures furnished with current from the State, War and Navy plant. If the bureau of engraving and printing and the government printing office, where several million gallons of water are used daily for condensing purposes, came under his jurdisdiction, it is probable he would close down their generating plants during the summer also. Saving Could Be Effected. Col. Sherrill said today that the State? War and Navy building would save money as well as water in buying current instead of making it during the summer. In the winter, he pointed out, the water used for condensing purposes also is u.sed for heating the building, but in summer filtered water is condensed only for power purposes, which he characterized as an unjustifiable waste during the high consumption period. He a'lso said the cost of buying current Is much less in the summer than in the winter and that it was found to be more economical in every respect to stop the operation of the State, War and Navy plant until the heating season begins, f Should other government department which are considering filtered water for power purposes decide to purchase power during the summer months it would mean a saving of at least 5,000,000 gallons of water each day. With the conduit already delivering daily a quantity of water in excess of its safe capacity, a saving of 5,000.000 gallons a day, engineers say, might mean the difference between continued service and a complete breakdown of the water supply system. SENATOR'S MOTHER DIES. Mrs. Jones Passes Away at Bethany, 111. Word has been received here of the death of the mother of Senator Jones of Washington at Bethany. 111. Sena-1 tor Jones left this city for Bethany immediately. I NETWORK OF AIR NATION PLANNE1 A system of model airways, covering the entire continent, is planned by the Army air service for the use of all operators or owners of aircraft. It contemplates various chains of well organized landing fields, supplemented by frequent emergency fields and identification markers connecting the principal cities. Because of the lack of appropriations from the federal government, air service officials said today, it was their purpose to appeal to the chambers of commerce, aerial clubs and civic organizations to assist in creation of the airways. The Boy Scouts organization already has pledged its co-operation, it was stated, and will construct identification markers, guard wrecked planes, submit monthly reports on emergency landing field conditions and generally assist aviators in J trouble. . The plan calls ror tne nrst or rne model airways between Washington and Dayton, Ohio, with five main stations, ten subsidiary stations and twenty emergency fields. These will be divided among Leesburg, Vs.: Charles Town, Pawpaw, Moundsvllle and Morgantown, W. Ya.; Cumberland, Prostburg and V SMUTS AND VALERA CONFERON PEAC! Extremely Important Parle Mil* mm a Ail in uuDiin loaay?uiner Leaders Attend. SINN FEINERS CORDIAI Now Believed Republican Chie Will Agree to Attend London Meeting. I K.v the Associated Press. ! LONDON, July 5.?Conferences wei under way in Dublin today between Ge Jan Christian Smuts, the South Africa premier, and prominent Irish leader says a dispatch to the Evening Nev from Dublin this afternoon. Gen. Smuts, who arrived in Dubli during the morning, conversed with Loi Mayor O'Neill and afterward wit Kamon de^Valera. the republican leade and Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sir Fein and a member of De Valera's cab net, the message states. The welcoming delegation, includir the lord mayor, Arthur Griffith, ar K. C. Barton, Sinn Fein member of pal liament for Wicklow. awaited Gei Smuts at Kingstowtu expecting to me? him there and escort him to Dublii Through some slip, however, they mis: ed the general, and 1^ motored to Dubll unnoticed. Kiprot Df Ynlera In London. "Reports of excellent augury" ha\ reached Westminster relative to Hi conference at Dublin between nion de Valera and the four south ern unionists Sunday, says the pal liamentary correspondent of the i.i?r don Times. In quarters wher : a f?days ago the prospect of Mr. de Va l?*ra coming to London wis regard* as doubtful, he adds, the.-} .?;?ran I up a belief that the conference na changed the aspect of events, ai. that his coming might be regaide as not barely possible, but even prol able. The correspondent declares t lis optimism is due largely to informs tion tliat "as an earnest of poc faith" the Sinn Feiners would rt lease the Earl of Haudon. The Eai of Bandon was kidnaped from h residence in Bantry. County Carl by a band of armed me-: on tL morning of June 21. Great Concern In 31 Ira Ion. An exception to the general trer of hopefulness was found in the ed torial comment by the Morning Pos which opposed any concession to tl Irish republicans. It began its ed torial by criticising the government attitude of "eating dirt." Great interest was manifested 1 the mission of Gen. Smuts to Irelan there being a difference of opinic whether it was prompted by the goi ernment or undertaken at the Invits tion of Irish leaders. Sir James Craii premier of Ulster, left Belfast f< London today, and it is pointed oi he will have abundant time to conf< with members of the government an others whom he may desire to cor suit, pending a decision by Eamon De Valera respecting the proposf conference of Irish leaders with M Lloyd George. Another Pence Step. Earl Midleton, one of the foursoutl ern unionists who took part in yes terday's conference at Dublin, arrive in England last night, and it is as sumed he intends to confer with pol ticians here during the interval b< fore the resumption of the Dubll conference on Friday. Earl Middli ton. when interviewed at Holyhea> declined to talk of the proceedings < the conference, saying the partic pants mutually had agreed to sa nothing for publication at presen adding that, as far as he personal! was concerned, he would say thei was no reason to be dissatisfied wit the progress made. PEACE OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS DUBLIN, July 5.?For three houi yesterday Eamon de Valera, the Iris republican leader: Arthur Griffitl founder of the Sinn Fein, and foi southern unionists?Earl Midleton, S Maurice Dockrell, Sir Robert Henr Woods and Andrew Jameson?conferrc on the Irish situation with a view 1 preparing the way for possible negotii tions with the British prime minister an the Ulster premier. Sir James Craig. Great crowds gathered outside tl Mansion House, where the discussior took place, waving American flags, man falling on their knees and recitin prayers for the success of the conferenc The unionist representatives met with cordial reception from those assemble' The members of the conferenc were reticent regarding what too place at the meetings, but points c agreement were reached on the finar cial question and the disadvantage of partition. Popular sentiment Is very hopeft of peace. This was voiced by the lord mayo in a speech at a meeting of the Dut lln corporation after the conferenc in which he said that he was break ing no confidence in declaring tha much good will would come of It. In a statement to the Associate Press an important official in touc with all sides of the situation e? serted that the government was pre pared to make large concessions, th l'ar-reaching effect of which Mr. <1 Valera would appreciate. The view is entertained here tha Sir James Craig's absence from th conference may be even advantageou to the present negotiations, since an ciMiceaoiOiio ueccsaitr y irom U18L might easier be made by the Ulste premier in London than Dublin. Thi view, however, is not shared by th members of the conference, wh would have preferred that all Irt land should be represented. WAYS SPANNING 9 BY AIR SERVICE Oakland, JId.; Point Marion, Smithfleld and Waynesburg, Pa.; Pleasant City, Cambridge, Zanesville, Columbus, Springfield and Dayton, Ohio. Each main station will be provided with a municipal landing field, wireless and telephone equipment and a meteorological station which will forecast weather conditions and wind directions and disseminate such information to the flyers along the route. Other airways tentatively ?. proved by the air service to be included in the national system of air trails include one from New York city to Langley Field, Va., connecting the principal cities between the two terminals; one from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Diego, Calif, along a general line of Mobile. Ala.; San Antonio, Tex., and Tuscon, Ariz.; another from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Seattle, to . be known as the Yellowstone trail, along the general line of Aberdeen, S. D.; Miles City, Billings and Butte, Mont.; Couer d'Alene, Idaho, and Spokane, Wash., and another proposes to connect New Orleans, -La., and Chicago, I1L. taking tha Mississippi valley routs. _ ii $ I SENATE VACATION" ! ASKED BY LODGE ,d d d " Opposition Arises to Proposal it for Adjournment for Three Weeks. By a vote of 28 to 24 the Senate today refuted to take a holiday from I-i- n . u j j ???/ ? ?w .1 ii ft, ii.i * o, nti/ - j id | were d In regit rdrd in the vote. The j i- .Senate will remain at work. The agitation for a summer holiday | i- for members of the Senate which has j 'a been growing: for several weeks was brought to a head today, when Senfl ator Lodge, republican leader, offered >n a concurrent resolution providing that when the Senate adjourns on ThursgT day It shall not meet again until ,r Thursday, July 28. This would give it the senators a three-week lroliday. In offering his resolution Senator ld Lodge explained that there was a desire on the part of many senators for l". a brief rest during the hot weather. !<** pointed out that the tariff bill r* probably would not reach the Senate/ until the end of July. The House in the meantime will be engaged upon that measure, he said, and would not be willing to take up any other bills that the Senate might now pass until !d after the tariff bill has been disposed I: of. , Rfrfi, Opposed. I n Senator Norris of Nebraska strenu- J f- ously opposed taking a recess until | some of the bills now pending in[. | tended to aid the farmers shall have ! y been passed by the Senate. He men- j t. tinned particularly a bill to estably lish a goveifcment corporation to ase sist in the* exportation of agricul- I h tural products, and also the anti- ] grain gambling bill. "Agriculture is in a deplorable : condition today," said Senator Nor- [ ris. "And I am not willing to vote ; "3 for an adjournment at this time. IVe j h should dispose of these bills first." i h Senator Borah of Idaho called at- I Ir tention to the fact that the senators ! Ir who live in the west would not be 1 y much benefited by an adjournment I tor only three weeks, since they | n would be unable to visit their homes. . Senator Lodge explained that when . j the tariff bill comes over to the | Senate from the House it will be ; .. ' referred to the Senate finance com- ; 1S mittee, and will be berore tnat com? mittee for at least a month. During I that month, he said, it would be pos- i ? sible for the Senate to dispose of the ' " bills referred to by Senator Norris ( j and others. g I.nter Vacation Suggested. k A suggestion by Senator Sterling of I it South Dakota was that the Senate 1 i. should stay here until July 2S, and ! >8 I then take an adjournment for three ! I or four weeks. Senator Sterling is j il I chairman of a subcommittee in charge ' of the Volstead anti-beer bill, which i ir he described as an emergency meas- I k ure. saying that it should be passed I without delay. J Senator McCumber of North Dakota, it in charge of the soldiers' adjusted I compensation bill, announced that he d would bring up that bill as soon as ' j, the so-called maternity bill has been u : disposed of. The Senate has a unanij mous consent agreement to vote on e the maternity bill on the tenth legisie latlve day after June 30. Senator Fletcher of Florida, demoit orat, and Senator La Follette of WIse consin, republican, both attacked the is proposal for a holiday at this time. y Senator La Follette declared that Congress had done none of the things so far for which it was called 'into spell cial session by the President three " months ago. He called attention to the ? fact that the President had particu, larly urged that some aid be given the farmers of the country. Senator La Follette also said that the country had ii?- legislation revising and UtCIl -,-wreducing taxation, but so far nothing] had been done about it. Senator Norris interrupted to say I that the Senate had done one thing at! T least, it had ratified the treaty with . Columbia under which this country pays Columbia $25,000,000. Senator Lodge later amended his resolution to read from the 9th of July to the 8th of August. JAPANESE PROFESSOR CONFERS WITH SENATORS Shigeo Suyehlro, professor of law in Kyoto Imperial University, Japan, who is in this country in the interest of limitation of armaments, announced today that he had conferred on the subject with Senators Borah, republican, Idaho, author of the disarmament resolution appended to the naval appropriation bill, and Kenyon, republican, Iowa. r>rnf. Suvehiro declared that In his judgment it would be "a grave error" should the proposed disarmament conference be secret, "because of the vital Interest taken in the subject by the British and Japanese people, as well as those of the United States, if the impressions I have received here are correct." Prof. Suyehlro said the movement for limitation of armaments had "the backing, political and active, of Japanese business Interests." and that "ardent approval" had been shown by the masses in Japan upon the many occasions that he haft addressed them, . - t Spirit ^ wla /ssuflne, but ( GOMPERS TO TOUR. Will Visit Large Cities to Aid A. F. of L. Membership. A nation-wide tour to survey the prospects of industrial organizing is contemplated by President Samuel (lompers of the American Federation ' of Labor, it was learned today. President Gompers plans to visit vir- ' tually every large city and every state! with large industries in the country,] it was said at labor headquarters, after which a sweeping labor organizing j campaign will be launched. The Federation's membership at present runs wclP above the 4,000,000 mark, according to recent figures, and the goal of fi.000.000 or more is sought before the next international conven- ] tion of the organization. BACKS ROCK CREEK I GOLF COURSE PLAN Office of Public Buildings and Grounds Will Ask Appropriation. j Estimates for a public golf course I in Hock Creek Park and new roads i through undeveloped sections of the park will be contained in the next | budget of the office of public build- | ings and grounds to be transmitted to 1 Congress in December. About $50,000 j will be asked for the golf course, it was said today, and $75,000 for roads. ! Although economy considerations are to govern the preparation of this ! as well as other department budgets, it is knojyn that Gen. Lansing H. Peach, chief of engineers of the Army, and Col. O. C. Sherrill, superintendent of public buildir.irs and grounds, favor an ekrly start being made to- j ward the developmen^of certain sections of the park which now are practically inaccessible, and that their I views will find a practical expression in the forthcoming budget. I See Demand for Golf Courae. | Both officials believe there is demand for a golf course in the north- j ern section of the park and, in recommending that Congress provide funds for this recreational facility, they will have in mind not only the benefits it j may confer upon the citizens of the District, but the health advantages it may bring to convalescents in Walter Reed Hospital. The site proposed for the links is the section north of | Morrow road, between Rock Creek and j 16th street, lying opposite Walter Reed Hospital. j New roads to be recommended In the budget will have as their object the general opening up of the northern section of the park. It 'is stated they will form connections with Military road, Morrow road and Beach drive. Believe Start Should Be Made. The appropriations to be requested will not meet the total cost of the improvements planned. It is the opinion of Gen. Beach and Col. Sherill that a start on the development program, even though a modest one. should be made now, and the work carried on as rapidly as Congress will make annual appropriations for it. "DEVILCHASER" FATAL. Ardie A. Hardy, fourteen months old, 3410 Volta place northwest, died yesterday from poisoning resulting from chewing a "devil chaser," a small explosive. Coroner Nevitt, after viewing the child's body today, gave a certificate of accidental death. * . Today's News in Paragraphs Rush work on new District of Columbia water supply. Page 1 Congress shifts foreign burdens on President's shoulders. Page 1 Misgivings in Pacific believed chief obstacle to United States action for disarmament. Page 1 Office of public buildings and grounds proposes public golf course in Rock Creek Park. Page X French army officer killed in hostile demonstration by Germans in Upper Silesia. Page 1 Gen. Smuts and De Valera hold important conference in Dublin. Page 1 Infant mortality high in Washington. Is Hygiepic Association's report. Page 3 Senator Watson charges Federal Reserve Board with warfare on Amerioon hnsinpas. Pace IS Ex-Mlnister Ozakl declares Japan Is anxious to discuss limitation of armaments with United States. Page 15 Germany pleased with conclusion of peace with United States. Page 17 Eight men killed, thirty-six hurt in refinery explosion at Whiting, Ind. Page 17 Senator Harrison scores delay in negotiating peace Page 17 Five warships' crews make Christiania gay. I'age 17 Harvey pictures universal amity, with disarming following naturally. Page 18 Motor tag law evaders to cause police round-up. Page XI lot"-? ~~~"| |00 4 :| 5) ? I ES-i|i|^ Ujr f|> , J ^fl- # / y // / i KILLING OF MM f l; in nn rni i nnnn !i IN dlLtolAdlllw i, French Aroused Over Beuthen I 5 Incident During Evacuation. 1 Germans Tell of Attack, j Hy th? Associated Press. I ; PARIS. July 5.?The killing of Maj. j'' ! Mantalieres of the French army dur- | \ ingr a hostile demonstration by the I German population of Beuthen. Upper j ; Silesia, reported in foreign office ad- ! , ' vices, has created a most painful im- I ! pression in French official circles, it j was indicated in these circles today. } Follows Withdrawal of Poles. The reported killing occurred after j the Poles had withdrawn from the town under the evacuation agreement. ] The officer was in command of a small | French detachment that had remained I in Beuthen throughout the Upper Silesian troubles, it was explained. The j British troops that were assipned to ' occupy the town had not yet arrived. | and the manifestants profited by this | fact, the dispatches to the foreipn of[ fice stat<'. The major was shot from ! behind by some one in the crowd, the | report declares. When the British arrived, the forI eipn office advices add. they were [ obliged to fire in order to disperse the i crowd, and some of the demonstrators I were killed and others wounded. * Origin of Trouble Explained BERLIN. July 5.?The version of the trouble at Beuthen, Upper Silesia, given by the Aligemeine ! Zeitunp today, declares that the | people of Beuthen began acclaiming ! the allies upon the Polish with- \ ' drawai, but that when the inhabitants | started singing patriotic songs the French attacked them with rifle butts. Some shots were fired, the account continues, a major being killed and several Frenchmen being j wounded, whereupon the French lost control, with the result tnat several women anil children were killed. Twenty prominent citizens of Beuthen "were taken as hostages, the newspaper adds, and an inquiry was opened. Shot by Civil Inn. Early accounts of the Beuthen i incident, given Monday in Oppeln advices to the J,ondon Daily Mail, declared a French battalion entered the town amid a hostile demonstration by the German population, and that later Maj. Montalieres was shot dead by a civilian who escaped when the crowd shielded him. POSTAL STATION OPENED. Office in Post Office Building Base for Twenty Carriers. The Washington city post office today opened its branch station in the Post Office Department building, the former 11th street station being closed. The new station will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the lock boxes will be open to holders of keys twenty-four hours a day. ? Morethan twenty carriers will i make the station their base of operaj tions, beginning: Friday, delivering to the southwest section of the city and the business section of the north| west". | George Tait Is superintendent. EXPERTS SEEK "A IN TEST WITH j Searching for "absolute zero" at the cryogenic or low temperature [ laboratory at the Interior Department today proved something like I tlie recent hunt Georges Carpentier made for the world's heavy| weight pugilistic championship. Men with sleeves rolled up and beads cf perspiration rolling down their faces deftly filled flagons with liquid air, while warning a representative of The Star that the insertion of a finger in the liquid would mean its freezing. "Be careful, young fellow," said i Ancineer. hs The Star man stooped over to look at the liquid air smoke down from a glass pipe into a great flagon built on the vacuum bottle principle. "I'm trying'to find the coolest place in town, that's all," was the reply. "Well, we handle the coldest stuff in town, but we're hot down here just the same as everybody else in Washington is," came the reply. "Can't you draw me oft a saucer of that cold stuff?" Wiping off the perspiration from his brow, the engineer on the compressor smiled. * TURKISH NATIONALISTS, OCCUPATION SPREADS OVER ISMID PENINSULA liy flu* Associated I rcss. LONDON, July 5.?The Turkish nationalists have Occupied almost the entire Ismid peninsula and some of them have even entered the neutral zone, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Constantinople today. It is said that ? private meeting of the allied high commissioners in Constantinople discussed the question of asking Kunfania to send troops to defend Constantiople against the nationalists, it necessary, the dispatch adds. foreInbDroens rest onpresiden Congress Shifts Responsibil ity for Action on Mr. Harding's Shoulders. It is recognized on Capitol Hill th, responsibility for action in the inte national situation has now Fhift< from Congress to the executive, ar senators are awaiting the next mo1 from the other end of the Avenue, su sequent to the technical declaratit jf peace with Germany. President Harding. it is declare now finds himself facing the necessi ?f taking the deriding action in se eral instances, as follows: Whether to withdraw the troo] from Germany, in accordance with tl lemaiul of an element in this countr which will be voiced by the irrceo: cilables in the Senate, or to leave the Lhere to satisfy the allies, partici larly France. To submit to the Senate a treaty amity, commerce and navigation wi Jermany. which may contain mo than mere commercial clauses and i to the length of settintr forth terms settlement of the rights which th country reserved to itself in the res lution declaring peace. To settle once for all the questio as to which there still continue su< conflicting reports of the possibility utilizatioin of the treaty of Wrsaill in some of its features. understo< to be favored by Secretary Hugh and one or more other members the cabinet. Prorlnmntr i Advisable. It is the judgment of th" State P partment that a formal proclam tion of peace may be found ndvisabl on account of its bearing upon tl limitation of war statutes. The Sta Department is also of the opinh that the retention of troops on t] Ilhine will be entirely legal, if it the judgment of the President to direct. It is pointed out that the troops a there by virtue of the armistice, a: nil rights of the I'nited States und the armistice are expressly reserv in the resolution of Congress ju passed declaring a state of peace. \Sef Popular De: :nnd. Relators expect, however that the will be pronounced popular demand this country for their withdraw; overlooking the larger and broad aspects of the international situatr men utruc^nnicu int-ii uriuj, j? there in the first place. The Pre* dent, as commander in chief of t Army and Navy has full jurisdictn in the premises, and it is taken f granted that a declaration by Co gress would not go beyond an e ression of the opinion of that body. The commercial and navigatii treaty vet to be negotiated may rea ily be made the vehicle, it is thoug by senators, for convey.0.nee of sti ulations bearing upon relations wi Germany growing out of the war, they will be in the nature of preserv tion of American rights set forth the Versailles treaty and the armisth SPANISH CABINET OUT. PROLONGED CRISIS SEE Predicted Speaker Guerra of Hou of Deputies Will Attempt to Form New Ministry. by the Associated Press. MADRID, July 5.?The cabinet Premier Allendesalazar resigned t day. Conferences between the retirii premier and other leading politicia of the liberal and conservative grou were begun early today, and the opi ion was general that Josg Sanch tluerra, speaker or tne cnaniDer deputies, would be requested to for a new ministry. He possesses a sol following: among: the various mo conservative groups. El Imparcial foresees great dif culty in forming a new cabinet ai predicts the ministerial crisis will la a long time. GEN. COi-LARDET DIES. Brig. Gen. Collardet. military a tache to the French embassy hei died in Lille. France, yesterday, a cording to a cablegram received the embassy las/ night. In 1918 he held the rank of colon when promoted from assistant attacl to the higher post, which previous had been occupied by Gen. Vignal. BSOLUTE ZERO" FREEZING LI QUIL "I'll pour you a pocketful," h< jested. f inally tne nagon or cold brew was about filled, according to test! made with a piece of red rdhbei tubing, which emerged frozen han and white as snow. The frozen tubing felt cold?ver; cold?to the touch, but soon thaw' ed out. Then the flagon was taken int< the next room and corked with i wad of hair. "I'll just walk oft with this bot tie." smiled the reporter. "You won't walk oft very far.' replied the engineer. "Take tha out in the sun and it will explode.' "Guess I'll buy from the old ic< man Instead. But why do you corl it with hair?" "That's to let It have a chanc< to "set the air.' Corked tight, li would explode." The liquid air Is used In liquefying helium and hydrogen, the latter of which has not yet been obtained, it was declared. When Dr R. B. Moore, head of the laboratory, gets back to town soon, experiments are to begin again. The low temperature laboratorj was dedicated by Mme. Marie Curie the noted woman scientist, when she was here recently. The laboratory^ is located in the basemenl of the Interior Department building. WARSHIPS ORDERED BY 0. S. 10 TAMP ICO TO SAVE INTERESTS i Oil Situation Jeopardizes American Properties?Peril in Labor Riots. OBREGON DECREE ORDERS w innrfiniiTv riv nnnxnAiiiro | IIMUCIVIIVI I I D I UUIVITHnilCO Instructs Closed Concerns to Pay I Employes for Loss of Work. British Speed Operations. The cruiser Cleveland and the gun| boat Sacramento have been ordered to Tampico, Mexico,, to protect American interests in the event that they arc Elt jeopardized because of labor troubles r- growing out of the unemployment -d ^ situation, it was said today at the id _ Navy Io-partment. i*e j The Sacramento should reach T.inil,_ i Pico today%from <Ialves?on. The CleveI land was ordered from Cristobal, i Canal Zone, and probably will no? j reach Tampico before Thursday. Both d, vessels are assigned to the American special service squadron in South and v"_ ; Central American waters. Rear Adj miral II. F. Bryan commanding, ps J Incipient Hint* Increasing. j Tt was explained at the Navy I.?ey. partment that unemployment had been n-! constantly increasing in and around m Tampico because of depression in the a- oil industry there, due to the new tax system, and that incipient riots and of increasing labor troubles had resulted th in a decision to send the two warre ships to the Mexican port to protect go American interests should they be enof dangcred. is ; It was said, however, that the veso t sels would take no action unless a more serious situation arose. >n. Reports from Tampico yesterday i>Vi ' that several ships of the Atlantic of fleet had arrived at Tampico were dees i clared at the department to be prei mature. It was stated that no Ameries i*v an war craft had arrived there and it of ! was assumed that the reports resulted j from the receipt of news at Tampico that the Cleveland and Sacramento had been ordered to that place. e-1 J*! DECREE TO PAY IDLE MEN. i?' i i< Obregon Orders U. S. Concerns to >111 lie ] Indemnify Those Out of Work. gy ! I'.v t li?? Associate'! Pprsii. | MEXICO CITY. July 5.?Oil comre panics which have closed down opern'l j ations in the states of Tamaulipas and eil i ^'*ira ('ruz "without sufficient justifilst cation" are oidered to pay indemnification to employes thrown out of I work by their action in a decree is| sued by President Obregon last night, re The decree was promulgated through in | the department of the interior, al. ; Although the amount of the indemer ] nity is not stated, it is understood that on | all laborers would receive three ut j months' pay. Reports from the Tamil ; pico district indicate there has been he a marked cessation of work during on j the past week, especially among or American concerns. (Sen. Arnulfo n- Gomez, commander of /federal troops x-fin that region, reported yesterday that more than 3 0,000 workmen had on j been dismissed within the last few j days by foreign oil companies. No ht | reason for their action has been anp_ nounced by the companies, but it is understood to be an act of reprisal as against the recent decree increasing a_ the export taxes on petroleum. British Speeding I'p. "e" Reports from the Vera Cruz fields indicate British companies are speeding up operations instead of decreasing their working forces. At Puerto NLobos, where pipe line terminals are operated by Americans, work has been | closed down and 450 men thrown out { of employment. % Coincident with reports of this sitse uation in northeastern Mexico come j dispatches from the State of Tabasco, i farther south, that several oil gush{ ers have been discovered there within the past few days and that the field gives indication of being very rich. ! The appearance off Tampieo Monday of "five armored vessels comprising o- j part of the United States Atlantic ; fleet'* is described today by the Tami pico correspondent of El Democrata j as having produced a great sensation, ns ; The vessels cast anchor just outside ps I the three-mile limit and gave no inI timation as to the cause of their visit. " j but El Democrata says it believes the ez j vessels are engaged in maneuvers off of the Gulf of Mexico and declares their m presence should not cause any wild id speculation, re STOCK STILL DECLINES. id ? st Heavy Selling Fallows Reports of Adverse Conditions.. NEW YORK. July 5?Mexican oils were subjected to further liquidation in today's stock market. Additional t- selling was attributed to the discontinuance of oil shipments from Mexico ' j by American producers because of the c~ . heavy export tax. % at | Mexican Petroleum, which had been j the storm center of the stock market j throughout June, declined 7 points to J me new low rcturu ui V8 u.v imuuav. tie ! Pan-American Petroleum, which con* , I trols Mexican Petroleum, also regis* i tered a sharp reversal, as did also General Asphalt and the shares of other companies operating in Central and South America. ? . Contrary movements were recorded, however, by some of the European oil stocks. Royal Dutch, for example. ^ made an early advance of 2 points. f and this was Increased to 3% points by noon. > GIRL DEAD IN TROUGH. i Believed Murdered Before Being 1 Thrown Into Water. WINCHESTER. III.. July 5? Beatrice Klncaid. ten-year-old daughter of James Kincaid. a prominent farm' er. was found dead In a water trough 1 near the Kineaid barn. Finger prints on the child's throat led authorities to believe she was murdered. Ed, ward Slundy. thirty-two. employed as a afrm worker by, Klncaid. is being ; held in the Scott county Jail here for s investigation. i RUSSIA TO COIN RUBLES. t RIGA, July 4.?Coinage of silver rubles is expected to begin at the Petro' grad mint September 1. according to a wireless dispatch from Moscow. The nrvw rubles will be of the same weight as the old Issue, but will bear a different , design. The first shipments of silver for the [ new issue are expected in a few days, says the report. ITublcs and half-rubies J of pure silver and smaller coins of silver alloy are .to be coined at a oapaolty amounting to 600,090 rubles dally.