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WEATHER.
(V. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair and continued cool tonight and
tomorrow.
Temperatures—Highest, 90, at 3:15
p.m. yesterday; lowest, G 4, at 5:20 a.m.
today.
Full report on page 7.
Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24
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BRYAN PAID HONOR
AS FUNERAL TRAIN
SPEEDS TO CAPITAL
1,500 View Body in Chatta
nooga—Widow Maintains
Composure.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
PLANNED GENERALLY
Will Be Held Concurrently With
Rites Here Friday—Family to
Meet in D. C.
Be the Associated Press.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenu., July 29
The Bryan funeral party arrived in
Chattanooga at 10:15. The public was
admitted to the special Pullman, where
In single tile they viewed the remains
of the Commoner.
More than 1,500 persons pressed
-against the iron barrier of the station j
when the train arrived.
In single file, men and women, with
a few children, passed Into the car!
where the dead statesman lay. They
moved on without halting.
Flowers, the tributes of patriotic
and civic organizations were placed
within the compartment with the I
body. Space was lacking to hold them
all.
Widow Shows Strain.
The widow remained in her seat in \
the i-ear section of the Pullman part j
of the cur. Her face showed the
strain of the sorrowful burden which
she has resolutely sustained.
During the trip from Dayton Mrs.
Bryan maintained her composure so J
remarked upon by her associates since !
, the death of her husband.
The resting place of the Commoner i
was heaped with flowers. A truck load
had been conveyed to the train at ,
Dayton in addition to the wreaths
which filled the funeral carriage.
Employes of the Southern Railway
along the route of the funeral train
suspended work as it passed and
stood with uncovered heads.
The funeral car was transferred
here to the fast Southern train which
reaches Washington early Thursday
after stops in Knoxville, Bristol,
Roanoke and Lynchburg.
In Bryan Bible Class.
Conductor G. \V. Mitchell of Knox
ville was in charge of the train. For
four \\ inters he has been a member
of Mr. Bryan's Sunday school class
in the First Presbyterian Church at
Miami.
J. G. Collette, flagman, has known
Mr. Bryan for 20 years,. He said, too,
he had been a member of the Com-1
limner's Sunday school class.
H. H. Weaver was the engineer and
the fireman was Frank Booker.
Richard Rogers, host to the great
leader in his last days, joined the
funeral party at Chattanooga.
From the cottage where he was
known and admired as the fundamen
talist leader, the remains of the Com
moner were taken to the city where
he once was Democratic chieftain.
Congressman and Secretary of State.
In life he threw aside the political
cloak for the plainer, less assuming
raiment of the religious leader. In
death the body passed from the
scenes of his last fight for fundamen- j
talism to those of his earlier political
strife.
Paid Simple Tribute.
In Dayton, tribute was paid the fund- j
kmentalist. Here he received the horn- \
* age of the hills, in the simple fashion i
of those who dwell among them.
In Washington will come the lauda
tions of those who knew him best as
the political leader, the orator, the
statesman.
As the funeral car headed toward
■Washington, news came from different
sections of the country of the homage
to he paid the memory of the silver
tongued orator of the past.
Pledges of his comrades in the
tight against evolution came from far
of the land. Opponents of the
evolution theory will drive it from the
tax-supported schools of the nation,
they said.
Telegrams and letters continued to
flood through the little home at Day
ton, bringing to the widow notes of
consolation.
Plans for the funeral services in
Washington had not beAn completed
early today. Mrs. Bryan announced
yesterday that the services would be
held in the New York Avenue Presby
terian Church, whose pastor emeritus,
Rev. Wallace Radcltffe, had been
chosen by her husband.
I)r. Sizoo Will Act.
From Washington last night came
word that htough Dr. Radcliffe was
absent in Europe, its present pastor.
Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, would be
recalled front his vacation for the
funeral.
In North Carolina Gov. Angus Mc-
Lean issued a proclamation ordering
all flags on State, county and mu
nicipal buildings in the State to fly
at half-staff Friday, while the people
•>f the State laid aside their activities
for 30 minutes during the funeral.
This was supplemented by addi- j
tional Instructions from mayors of
different cities. In Charlotte, N. C.. !
a request was made by the mayor to j
the pastors of the city churches to :
toll their bells for five minutes at the !
hour of the funeral.
From other sections announcements
came of memorial services to be con-1
ducted at the hour of the funeral. !
('hief among these was the announce- i
ment of a meeting to be held in Royal
Palm Park at Miami, Fla., where the
voice of the Commoner had been heard
so many times in Bible classes.
DAYTON SAYS FAREWELL.
Scene of Bryan’s Greatest Fight Pays
High Tribute.
DAYTON, Tenn., July 29 OP).—Quit
ting forever the little Southern town
where friends made his last days
happy, the body of William Jennings
Jiryan early today began its long train
journey from Dayton to Washington,
where the Nation will pay the final
' tribute to his memory before burial
Friday in Arlington National Ceme
tery.
The special Pullman, attached to a
regular Southern Railway train, drew
out of Dayton at 9:03 o’clock. Mrs.
Bryan, with members of her house
hold. occupied the forward end of the
r.u\ The bronze casket lay on su>>-
, ports in lh» ofoser\
jhe coach.
< 'itizens of Dayton, where the for- j
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Radio to Carry Bryan Rites
To Thousands Throughout U.S.
WCAP and Others of A. T. ami T. Link
to Broadcast Services Generally, While
WRC Will Serve Local Public.
I
Through the medium of radio
thousands of admirers of William
Jennings Bryan in the Eastern sec
tion of the country’ will hear the fu
neral services for the Commoner at
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, Friday afternoon, at 3 o’clock.
Two chains of high-powered sta
tions will carry- the final rites to
scores of cities, towns and hamlets
east of the Mississippi River, while WRC
will broadcast the ceremonies for
Washington and other cities within
the daytime range of its signals. One
chain will include WCAP, the Chesa
j peake & Potomac Telephone Co. sta
tion. and others on its relay circuit,
which stretch as far wast as Min
neapolis. The other will he composed
of WRC. YVJZ in New York, and pro
bably WGY in Schenectady.
| Preparations for broadcasting the
j services went forward with rapidity
; today as soon as Ben G. Davis, con
-1 fidential clerk to Mr. Bryan in the
I State Department, who has had
POPEWARNSITALY
AS FASCISTIRIDT
I Must Punish Lawbreakers,
Vatican Editorial Says.
Catholic Clubs Attacked.
i
j By the Associated Press.
ROME, July 29. —A Fascist riot has
] occurred in Palermo while the Vat
ican was issuing at Rome a warning
; to the government against violence.
| The Osservatore Romano, organ of
: the Vatican, printed an editorial on
i the political situation, saying that if
; the Fascist regime were to go for
ward it would have to punish all vio
' lators of the law, no matter to what
; faction they belonged. Meanwhile,
j former Premier Orlando, long an op
! ponent of the Fascist government, re
| iterated at Palermo his dissatisfac-
J tion with the way affairs in Italy
were conducted. His word precipl-
I tated a riot, which required the in
tervention of a detachment of troops.
The editorial said that the govern
j ment must insist on respect for the
i law on the part of all citizens, includ
j ing those “who with their criminal
! excesses compromise the government
| as well as the Fascist party.”
Is Attacked by Mob.
Orlando asserted that he preferred
: an absolute autocracy to the Musso-
I lini government, saying that "even
! autocracies have written luminous
| pages in the history of peoples.”
He enraged the Fascisti further by
- announcing that there would be a
j ticket in opposition to the govern
| ment in the forthcoming .municipal
election, and a group of Fascisti. elud
| ing the police, attacked his automo
j bile, badly damaging it.
j The rioting that followed on the
j Corso Ruggero continued until long
j after Signor Orlando was driven from
the scene in his automobile.
CATHOLIC CLUBS RAIDED.
Fascist Mobs Wreck Furniture, News
papers Are Threatened.
BY HIRAM K. MODEBWEIX.
j By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
| ROME, July 28 (Via Paris, July 29).
j— A recrudescence of Fascist violence
; is feared by the pro-Fascist Catholic
' newspaper, Corriere d'ltalia. which
| comments on the numerous instances
j of clubbing and burnings perpetrated
iby the Fascisti cotemporaneously
with the official demand that the cor
respondent of the Chicago Tribune
leave Italy.
Some fear that an intensified regime
iof Intimidation and suppression of ;
I the truth is indicated by these in-
I cidents. The official organ of the Vati
i can, Osservatore Romano, says:
"Unfortunately the bellicose dis
courses of Farinacci (secretary of the
Fascist party) coincide with a vigorous
recrudescence of violence. Besides an
attack, on deputy Amendo'.a, we are
informed of other similar attacks in
which Catholic groups were the vic
tims.
Clubs Wrecked.
“In Alife, In Piedmont, a Fascist
parade, unprovoked,invaded the Cath
olic club, God and Fatherland,
j smashing the furniture, pictures and
windows. The under-prefect upon re
ceiving protests expressed surprise
that these facts were not known to
him. This is not surprising, inasmuch
as the commissary of public safety,
who reported to the under-prefect, was
the leader of this Fascist expedition.
"On the 21st, the clubrooms of the
Saint Marius Club were invaded and
; everything smashed. The same thing
| happened at the Saint Domino Club,
I where the door was broken In and the
I furniture and pictures were smashed,
j This invasion was preceded by a num
| her of revolver shots to intimidate the
) population.
j "The following night, Fascist squad-
I rons at Speiza devastated the Catho
j lie club Silvio Pellico, burning the fur
| niture and also burning a crucifix, a
picture of the Sacred Heart and a por
trait of the Holy Father.
"When will this sad chronicle end?”
Similar incidents have occurred in
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Gold Embossed Menus List Viands
At Banquet of Push-Cart Peddlers
—
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 29.—Peddlers
of the East Side, who vend from
push carts everything from pickles
to fur coats, evidently have their
periods of affluence, for 250 of them
attended a $5 a plate testimonial
dinner last night at which the king
and queen of the peddlers were
crowned.
In response to gold-inscribed in
vitations, guests sat under vari
colored lights concealed by crystal ,
pendants about the king's dais, in j
Ithe center of which an electricially
lighted fountain played. The queen, I
Mrs. Molly Barasch, jvore a real 4
Mht Jtto cuing Sfetf.
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charge of the preliminary arrange
ments for the funeral, and officials of
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church gave their consent. Two micro
phones will be Installed in the church,
one to serve WRC and the other sta
tions in its distant link, and the other
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele
phone Company station. Although
WCAP will not broadcast the services
because of potential Interference with
WRC, it will relay them to WEAF in
New York and transmit to those
stations which may be connected with
it under an arrangement similar to
that used during the broadcasting of
the inaugural ceremonies for Presi
dent Coolidge.
The general public in Washington
will have to depend entirely on WRC
for the services, for it is doubtful if
the church will accommodate more
than the intimate friends of the Bryan
family and high Government officials
and members of the diplomatic corps.
The church will seat 1,000 persons, and
it Is expected that more than that
number who count themselves among
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NEW RIFF ATTACK
ON FRENCH LOOMS
!
Raids Are Believed Forerun
ner of Concerted Drive
on Ouezzan.
i
i
By the Associated Press.
FEZ, French Morocco, July 29. — J
The period of relative calm which has
existed the last few days along the
Franco-Riffian battlefront is showing
signs of coming to an end. The
enemy now appears to have com
pleted regrouping of his forces and is
beginning to renew his activities. |
Thus far these have only taken the i
shape of raids on the villages of
tribes friendly to the Sultan of i
Morocco and the French, which have ;
been burned, and attacks on French '
convoys.
There seems to be no doubt that i
the Riffian leader. Abd-el-Krim, in- j
tends to try to make up for the lack
of success of his drive toward Fez,
which was broken at Ain Aicha and j
Ain Matouf, by an attack on even a
larger scale against Ouezzan before
the arrival of the French reinfarce- .
ments.
French Getting Aid.
At the same time the Rlffians are
strengthening certain points along the
center, notably at Djebel and Amer
gou, in the Fez-el-Bali region. The
Bouaissa post is closely pressed by
the tribesmen, so that it has to be
supplied with provisions and muni
tions by airplanes. On the east mili
tary activities are at a standstill.
The Tsouls and Branes tribes,
which recently displayed an inclina
tion to throw in their lot with the
French, seem to have been won over
by the skillful propaganda of Abd-el-
Krim.
Marshal Petain, who for more than
a week has been investigating the
position of the French army in
Morocco, is now in Tetuan, Spanish
Morocco, where before his return to
France he will engage In discussions
with Gen. Primo de Rivera, head of
the Spanish military directorate, con
cerning Franeo-Spanish collaboration
in Morocco.
JAPANESE CABINET
CRISIS IMMINENT
Resignation of Three Ministers
Forecast at Session Thursday.
Tax Causes Rift.
By the Associated Press.
TOKIO, July 29 (/s>).—lt is under
stood that a crisis is imminent in the
Japanese cabinet. Arl extraordinary
session of the cabniet has been ordered
to convene on Thursday, at which, it
is understood, the premier intends to
settle the question of a coalition gov
ernment before the Prince Regent
leaves for Saghalien.
The resignation of three Seiyukai
party ministers was considered prob
able today because of differences with
Kensiekai party ministers over tax
adjustments questions.
BELGIAN DEBT MISSION
IS ON ITS WAY TO U. S.
Theunis and de Cartier Head
Delegation, Which Sails
Tomorrow.
By the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, July 29. —The mis
sion to Washington to discuss settle
ment of Belgium’s debt ’to the United
States left this morning for Cherbourg
to sail for New York on the steamer
Olympic tomorrow.
Former Premier Theunis and Baron
de Cartier de Marchienne, Belgian Am
bassador to the United States, head
the delegation.
diamond-studded diadem and a
white dress embellished with lace.
The menu was gold embossed and
a 48-page souvenir program was
distributed.
Morris Eoopseko, the king, and
Mrs. Barasch were presented with
4-foot-square gilt-framed testimo
nials attesting to their aid in pro
motion of the welfare of peddlers
of the city. Messages from Mayor
Hylan and other city officials were
j read.
lAt a magistrate's inquiry recent
ly the king has figured in testi
mony that peddlers have to
graft for permits, &
: FORMAL APPROVAL
OF 9-POWER PACT
SET FOR AUGUST 5
; State Department Fixes Date
for Exchange of Rati
fications.
CUSTOMS COMMISSION
PROVIDED IN TREATY
Also Calls for Discussion of Ex
traterritorial Rights—Par
• ley Date Uncertain.
I
By the Associated Press.
Arrangements :ire being nade at
the State Department for th formal
exchange on August 5 of ratifications
of the nine-power treaty relating to
China, which was signed at the time
of the Washington Arms Conference.
Notification has been received that
the necessary documents from I’aris
showing the French action in ratify
ing the treaty would reach Washing
ton within the next few days. France
was the last of the nine powers to
ratify.
The treaty is that providing for a
commission to revise Chinese cus
toms to provide the Chinese central
government with a 5 per cent ad
valorem duty on imports. American
policy contemplates the assembling of
this commission as the first essential
step in stabilisation of conditions in j
China in order to insure adequate f>ro-
I tection of foreigners.
In connection with the resolution
i also adopted by the Washington eon
i ference calling for the creation of a
! commission of inquiry into extrater
j ritorial questions in China, it was
j learned today that virtually all coun
J tries concerned have indicated in some
! way the Intention to name their repre
sentatives for such a commission.
Date Not Yet Agreed.
There has been as yet, however, no
agreement as the date upon which
the commission would meet, nor so
] for as known any final determination
I as to the scope to be given to the
] discussion.
Under the nine-power treaty the
I customs revision conference is re
i quired to meet and begin its labor
l within three months after the ex-
I change of ratifications. The treaty will
j become effective only after the formal
I ceremony scheduled for August 5,
j when the ratifications are received
! and deposited with the State Depart
! ment. The treaty provides that the
! commission shall meet in China with
| in three months from the coming into
i force of the treaty, which will be
f August 5, and that it shall meet on
j a day and at a place in China to be
[designated by the Chinese government.
The American membership for the
commission has already been an |
; nounced. Silas Strawn of Chicago
[and American Minister John Van A.
Mac Murray, at Peking, will represent
tlie Washington Government.
BORAH TO LAY CHINA’S
CASE BEFORE SENATE
Foreign Attitude Keeping Nation
From Progressing and Maintain
ing Order, He Declares.
| By the Associated Press.
BOISE, Idaho, July 29.—The Chi
! nese situation will be brought before
j the Senate at the next session of Con
gress, Senator Borah of Idaho de
clared in an address yesterday.
“I will do so not because I want
trouble, but because I believe that it
is the only way to prevent trou- !
ble.” the chairman of the foreign j
relations committee said. “The atti
tude of the foreign powers toward
China is keeping that nation from pro
gressing and maintaining order. Un
less the foreign governments conform
to new conditions, respect the terri
torial rights of China, treat Chinese
labor with Justice, and give the gov
ernment revenue upon which she can
live, we are going to have a condi
tion in the Orient which every one
' who loves peace will regret.”
i * —■
, PRINCE OF WALES ENDS
HIS SOUTH AFRICAN VISIT
Cape Town's Harbor Is Gayly Dec
orated as Royal Visitor Sails
for South America.
By the Associated Press.
CAPE TOWN, Union of South ;
Africa, July 29. —The Prince of Wales:
and his party departed today for [
South America aboard H. M. S. He- J
pulse.
The last ceremonial act of the j
Prince of Wales before he left Cape J
Town was to dedicate a memorial to
nurses who were killed during the I
World War.
Simons Town was gayly decorated!
when the prince arrived. The Brit-l
ish African squadron was assembled |
to escort the Repulse out of the har- i
bor. The blue waters of the bay, I
the assemblage of ships with flutter- j
ing flags and the background of I
| hillsides and mountains covered with j
i wildflow’ers made a beautiful picture j
'as the prince boarded the ship upon i
: which he will go to South America.
HOLD 7 FOR COUNTERFEIT
Leaders of Western Gang Believed
Caught in Chicago.
DETROIT, July 29 UP). —Five men'
’ and two women, alleged leaders of
J gang believed to have
! been responsible for flooding Chicago,
j Detroit and other cities in the Middle
! "West with counterfeit bills, were ar
i rested today in a raid on an apart
j ment.
The gang Is thought to have issued
a series of bogus S2O bills. The bills
i taken by the authorities are said to
lie almost perfect facsimiles of the
Federal Reserve note,
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■-PROOF BORDER
IS ANDREWS’ AIM
I
; Motorized Patrol Appeals as !
Best Method of Shutting
Out Liquor.
By the Associated Press.
In furtherance of his basic plan to
choke off the liquor supply at its
source. Assistant Secretary Andrews
of the Treasury proposes to erect a
line of defense on the north and
south borders that will dovetail in
with the interior prohibition organi
zation.
The Assistant Secretary began con
sideration today of a plan to reinforce
the customs service border patrol to
take care of the new defense areas.
He had on his desk reports from all
border collection officials, each giving j
suggestions and recommendations for I
meeting their particular problems. !
! Mr. Andrews apparently is committed I
to a completely motorized border pa- !
trol system.
Treasury officials have estimated
that the Government loses between I
SI 0.000.000 and 515.000.000 a year
through smuggling, and the plans are
intended to prevent the illegal entry
not only of liquor, but of many ar
ticles of merchandise on which tariff
duties are levied, as well as the smug
gling of narcotics and aliens.
Long Stretches Unguarded.
Long stretches of the American bor
der now are unguarded, because of the
slim number of custotms agents who
can be assigned to the Dakota, Mon
tana, Idaho and Washington areas, as
well as along the Rio Grande and
southern California districts.
On the north, the smuggling of
wheat and, cattle has in the past been
a serious problem.
While Mr. Andrews was engaged in
his study, the board of temperance,
prohibition and public morals of the
Methodist Episcopal Church issued a
statement declaring the Assistant Sec
retary was a "friend of prohibition be-
I cause he is the enemy of lawbreak
! ing.”
The board held that “every United
States official, whether connected with
the prohibition unit or the Federal
courts, every investigating officer,
every prosecuting attorney, every
United States commissioner, every
United States marshal, should be a
supporter of the American policy of
liquor suppression.”
Mellon Attitude Liked.
Although declaring Secretary Mel
lon. "because of his associations and
his interest in the whisky business in
former years” was not considered by
the board as the proper person, to be
in charge of enforcement, the board
said there was "circumstantial evi
dence” that he was following a policy
of "absolute non-interference and of
sympathetic support of his subordi
nates charged with enforcement of
the Volstead act.”
The assertion that “prohibition is
having its last trial” was scouted by
the board, which said prohibitionists
| would tight on until satisfactory en
i forcement was 7 obtained.
HAWAIIAN IMMIGRATION
IS REDUCED 50 PER CENT |
Japanese Admissions Only One-
Fifth of Number Let in
During 1924.
! By the Associated Press.
I HONOLULU. July 29.—The effects
!of the immigration act of 1924 on j
I Hawaii has been a cut of more than 50
j per cent in the number of aliens ad- j
mitted. ' 1
United States immigration officials
announced today that during the first
12 months in which the act was effec
tive. the fiscal year ended June 30,
2.272 entered the Territory, compared j
with 5,256 the previous year.
«With Japanese the difference is |
even more marked. For the year end- j
ed June 30, 1924, 4.059 Japanese were
I admitted, approximately five times the I
j number of entries for the year just |
. closed. No picture brides were admit
' ted this last year, while there were
1 501 the year before.
I Heat Wreaks Havoc in Sweden.
| MALMO. Sweden, July 29 OP).—An
I unprecedented heat wave has swept
i over Sweden the past week, causing
I several deaths, many fires in factories,
I farms and forests through lightning.
: drownings, sailing accidents and dam
i age to crops by hailstorms. The
! damage is estimated at several mil
lion kroner.
Fish Feed on Milk
Os Wading Coivs as
Oivn e r Worries
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md.. July 29.
How a profitable dairy business at
Rock Ferry, on the Shenandoah
River, just over the line in West
Virginia, was ruined may sound
fishy, but two prominent citizens
offer eye-witness testimony.
Samuel Boyd, owner, had sus
pected neighbors of milking his
cows and decided to keep a watch
in order to secure evidence. But
the watch was futile and it seemed
there was nothing to do but sell
out. when along came Samuel Wil
muth and < 'harles Brown, who paid
they were fishing in the river when
they saw the cows wade into the
stream to drink and a school of
bass, deceived by the appearance
of the bovine udders
"Enough,” said Boyd. "Enough.
It must be true.” And the cows
have been yielding their old
averages since being kept out of
the water.
COAL SOLD AT LOSS,
OPERATORS ASSERT
I
20 Per Cent of Entire Output
Sacrificed Since April,
Conference Claims.
By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 29.
The anthracite operators' conference
disclosed today that 18,000,000 tons of
hard coal, 20 per cent of the entire
annual production, had been sold at a
loss of 50 to 55 cents a ton since the
price drop in April. Operators quoted
the figures to substantiate their con
tention that they cannot afford to
grant a 10 per cent increase to the
miners this year.
When Gov. Pinchot negotiated set
tlement of the 1923 controversy on
the basis of a similar increase for two
years, he increased the price of coal
from 90 cents to $1 a ton, operators
said. The Pinchot estimate at the
time, however, was 60 cents.
Up to the end of 1924, it was said
today, operators had been able to get
this advance out of the coal by in
creasing the price to the public.
Now, however, the extra is coming
out of the operators’ own pockets, they
asserted, because the public is not
paying higher prices, and to a certain
degree is not even taking some of the
coal.
Defends Advertising.
The operators asserted that they
spent only about $15,000 on newspaper
advertising to advise the public that
any suspension in the hard coal fields
after September 1 would be "Inde
fensible.”
The conference said the expense
would amount to only three-tenths
of one mill in the price of coal per
ton.
The reply was made in answer to
protest filed yesterday by Philip Mur-
I ray, miners' international vice presi
j dent, who called the advertising
drive “a waste of consumers’ money.”
I Mr. Murray said the operators would
(better have saved the outlay to de
vote it to reducing of the market price
of coal and to making wages more
| livable.
An unfilled clause in the 1923 agree
ment, the question of uniformity and
equalization of all day rates in the
hard coal fields, was reviewed by the
miners yesterday.
Under the pact of two years ago
the anthracite board of conciliation
i was directed to investigate conditions
by which men in one colliery were
receiving lower pay for work done in
another colliery under identically simi
lar conditions.
Ash Wagon Distances Rum Squad Auto;
Jolting Breaks Jars and Points Trail
I Evading pursuing officers, who
were in an automobile, Isaac
Smallwood, colored, 324 Broad al
ley southwest, driving a coal black
horse hitched to a dilapidated ash
wagon, was captured today only
after the officers abandoned their
machine and continued the chase
on foot. When overtaken in Ma
rion court, he was found to have
40 half-gallon jars of alleged liquor
in the wagon and was charged
j with transporting and possession.
Officers J. D. MeQuade, N. O.
Holmes, W. J. Barbee and N. G. ,
i
* C4 3 ) Means Associated Press.
BUDGET PRUNING i
TO BEGIN MONDAY
j
Lord to Return From Maine
i
for Task of Cutting
Estimates.
Director Lord of the Bureau of the j
Budget will return from his Summer !
vacation in Maine Monday to buckle j
down to the big task of allocating the
1927 Federal budget, closely allied to
possibilities of tax reduction.
Preliminary estimates for that fiscal
year are now in the hands of the I
Bureau of the Budget, it was learned I
today, but the total, as always, is be- j
ing kept a dark secret by officials of
the budget until President Coolidge
sends it to Congress in completed i
form.
Gen. Lord and his advisers and ex
perts will go over the whole matter
first from a bird's-eye view, and willthen
take the preliminary estimates one at
a time and fix the maximum amount
below which the regular estimates for .
the department or establishment must j
be fixed to come within President j
Coolidge's plans for the next fiscal 1
year.
Time of Task Varies.
This job of allocation is expected to j
take anywhere from 10 days to 3 j
weeks, after which it is expected Gen. !
Lord will return to Maine for another i
brief time at his Summer place near |
Martinsville.
| The regular estimates, however, in j
detail, will be due from September 1
to September 15, based on the maxi
mum figures to be determined shortly
by the Bureau of the Budget.
The first of these to be completed
probably will be the smaller establish- i
l ments with small personnel and opera- j
| tions. Upon these, Gen. Lord and his ]
’ I bureau of expert pruners and blue j
! pencilers will descend and make
their scientific analysis with a view to
carrying out President Coolidge’s I
1 avowed principles of retrenchment in I
Government expenditure, and reduc
tion in the burden of Federal taxes.
The total appropriations to be re- ;
quested of Congress for the fiscal year i
1927 President Coolide has fixed at
[ (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) |
D. C. SUIT APPEAL URGED.
Stephens Asks Action in Effort to
Acquire Athletic Field. 1
Corporation Counsel Stephens to
day recommended to Engineer Com- !
missioner Bell that an appeal be taken
from the recent decision in the Dis- i
trict Supreme Court, dismissing a con ;
demnation proceeding for the acquisi- j
tion of land lying between Thirty- j
j eighth. Thirty-ninth, S streets and !
• Reservoir road for an athletic field for
j Western High School. The court held
; | the location of an athletic field would ■
.( be inconsistent with the zoning of !
j that area.
.; Another conference probably will i
5 be held, however, between Col. Bell ;
• and Assistant Corporation Counsel !
Wilkes, who is in direct charge of the !
> case.
\ STRIKE OPPONENTS SHOT.
i
‘ Two Prominent Chinese in Amoy
s j Victims—One Killed.
- | AMOY, China, July 29. —Two promi
-1 ! nent local Chinese actively engaged
i in attempting to prevent strikes and
s disturbances were shot today, one
fatally.
> The crimes are reported to have!
i been committed by a man endeavor- j
i ing to incite the public and intimidate ]
5 the conservatives. Otherwise the sit-1
t uation here remains quiet. The boy- j
- cott is effective against British and :
Japanese shipping firms only.
_ ,
I
Thayer, comprising the liquor j
sqaud, said that the man left them j
far behind and that they were 1
able to capture him only by fol- I
lowing the trail of liquor from the
broken jats which had Jolted off
the wagon in its wild dash.
Police of No. 2 precinct are hav
ing a heated controversy over the
question of confiscating the horse.
Officer Thayer is in favor of the
proposition, as it reminds him of
home, he says.. However, the other
1 officers object on the grounds that
it will be necessary to feed the j
beast.
I .... ■ ' ' ■' ■ -
"From Press to Home
Within the Hour ”
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 94,880
TWO CE^sTS.
PRESIDENT TO HAVE
SIX-VOTE MAJORITY
FOR WORLD COORT
Secret Senate Poll Takes in
Proponents of Plan From
Both Parties.
MARGIN MAY BE SHAVED
TO FOUR, ADVISERS SAY
Coolidge Anticipates Hard Fight.
Pepper Is Reported Wavering on
United States Membership.
BY .1. KI SSKLL YOI'NG.
Staff I Correspondent of Thi* Star
SUMMER W HITE HO US E.
SWAMPSCOTT. Mass.. July 29.—1 t
was learned from an authoritative
source today that President Coolidge
has l>een confidentially advised of the
I probable line-up of the United States
j Senate when the question of Ameri-
I can adherence to the Permanent
'Court of International Justice comes
: before that body for action next De
| ctmber.
This information has been received
j at White Court within the past 24
; hours in the form of a secret poll.
! According to the information furnish
ied the writer today the poll shows
I that the President will have nothing
I more than a numerical advantage
; when the fight opens.
Six-Vote .Margin.
It is shown hy the poll that the
' President can be confident of only
j six votes to spare when the time
j comes for debate to start, and since
j studying the figures some of the
j Executive’s intimates are more in
| dined to figure that the total Is more
| likely to be four instead of six.
These figures Include all the Demo
crats as well as Republicans who are
j known to be favorable to the court
I proposal, evidencing the accuracy of
, predictions previously made that the
I contest over the court will be one of
the hardest that has been waged in
| the upper branch of Congress since
; the fight over the League of Nations
j The President and his intimates are
represented as not reading defeat in
these figures. On the contrary, it is
thought that the administration has
better than a fair chance of winning,
providing a vote can be forced, but
i they readily recognize the necessity
I of an agreement among the propo
i nents of the court prior to the open
‘ ing up of debate. It is feared that
| difference of opinion which cannot be
i reconciled will materially interfere
! with the program of those favorable
,to -American participation in the
World Court.
President Deeply Concerned.
President Coolidge is known to be
I giving considerable thought while on
| his vacation here to the coming fight,
j No international problem, not even
! a second Washington disarmament
■ conference, is commanding more of
! his attention. He. however, has said
I very little about the subject since ar
j riving at White Court, but some of
j those who are close to him in his
! moments of study and meditation in
! timate that he has been turning it
i over in his mind. Also he has been
| sounding out certain of his callers, in
| his characteristic, informal and adroit
j manner. It is thought that he has
j been giving thought to the matter
preparatory to a number of confer
ences which he will hold with Senate
leaders and other advisers and party
leaders before the assembling of the
I Senate.
!
Pepper Reported "Wabbling.”
j President Coolidge’s meeting with
Senator Deneen of Illinois, who came
East to address the Essex County
: Republican Club at its outing in Cen
i tennial Grove, Essex, presented him
I with an opportunity to take up the
question. Mr. Deneen is understood
| to be favorable to the court, in con
l trast with his predecessor, the late
Senator Medill McCormick, who was
1 opposed to it. An even better oppor
-1 tunity will be presented next Satur
| day, it is thought, when Senator Pep
' per of Pennsylvania, member of the
i committee on foreign relations, will
I arrive at White Court to spend the
week end. The Pennsylvanian is rep
,j resented as “wabbling” over the court.
! notwithstanding that he is the author
i of the Pepper plan, now before the
j Senate, to make the court an inde
, pendent body rather than an adjunct
j of the League of Nations.
| All information that has been re
| ceived since the Senate adjourned has
I been to the effect that the lines will
ibe tightly drawn. Late advices, sup
' plemented by the count, which has
j just been completed, stress the diffi
i eulty that may be experienced in
j forcing a vote. The administration, it
i appears, cannot depend upon the Re-
I publican Senators for undivided sup
I port. It must keep as many of these
| Senators in line as possible and de
[ pend upon the Democrats for assist -
i anee.
Opposition Among Democrats.
The Democratic party as represented
in the Senate will vote strongly for
the court, only a few of the minority
members being opposed to it. But
among the opponents are men of the
type of Senator Reed of Missouri who
not only will speak at length against
the court, but will do their utmost
to prevent a vote.
The defection in the Republican
ranks of a leader of the type of Sena
tor Pepper would be serious, for it is
apparent already that Senator Borah
' of Idaho, who. as chairman of the
| committee on foreign relations would
j be expected to lead the fight for the
I administration, will lead the opposi
j tion instead. Moreover, he is likely
I to be assisted by Senator Moses of
I New Hampshire, another member of
' the committee and the President pro
| tempore of the Senate. The most in
! teresting question at the moment is
I how long the debate will last and
{ whether an agreement for a vote can
|be reached. While the date for the
j beginning of the debate has been set
by the decision reached before the last
! Congress adjourned to make the sub-
I ject the unfinished business of the
I Senate, December 17, no limit upon
the discussion has been placed. The
opposition, led by some of the most
skilled parliamentarians in the Senate,
may be expected to employ all possible
tactics to prevent a vote, unless shifts
in the next few months Indicate that
it has the advantage, in which event
the Senate might be willing to take
action after only a perfunctory dis
cussion. In such circumstances, how
ever. the court proponents would l>e
expected to play for time. Whatever
i the conditions may be a protracted de
bate is in prospect.
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