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HEAP BIG CHIEF TOMMY GIBBONS RULE:
FAVORITE WITH THE INDIANS TO ROCK
JACK DEMPSEY TO SLEEP
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‘ Tommy thinks well of his chances tomorrow, for he gets nothing
unless he hears the referee count ten over the heavyweight cham
pion.
Having been initiated into the tribe of Blackfoot Indians and
rechristened Kg Chief Tommy Thunder, Gibbons feels he is all
set to go after Dempsey. The St. Paul challenger is a great
favorite of the tribesmen, and is shown above all dolled np in his
best bib and tucker after being taken in as one of the fighting
braves.
LINERS TO
RUM
Owners Capitulate tp U.
S. and Return Voyages :
Will Be Dry.
By W. h/ATKINS,
Intorntional N«n Berries.
Diplomatic tension over the en
forcement of American prohibition
laws against foreign ships was
considerably relieved today when
the State and Treasury depart
ments were advised through con
sular channels that practically all
foreign ship lines have decided to
stop loading up beverage liquor
under seal for the homeward voy
age.
Home Trip To Be Dry.
Having: concluded. It was ex
plained at the Treasury, that they
were playing a losing game by hav
ing all their non-medlclnal liquor
confiscated as soon as it reached
, # the United States, the British and
/ French steamship operators will
make no further attempts to trans
gress the Volstead act pending an
adjustment of the ship liquor wran
gle.
American consular officers, keep
ing strict watch upon ship opera
tions at foreign ports, cabled that
foreign liners are taking aboard
Only enough liquor to safeguard
needs of passengers and crews on
the Western trip.
Beaching American ports, offi
cials said today, American officers
will take every possible precaution
to assure foreign liners ample medi
cinal liquor stocks for their return
trips. These stocks in a number
of Instances will be anticipated by
cablegrams from captains of foreign
liners Indicating actual medical re
quirements. No medical liquors
will be allowed on American cer
tificates, however, unless they are
In strict conformity to the medlcl
„ nal rules laid down in the laws of
foreign countries under which the
foreign vessels claim protection.
These laws now have been been
carefully digested by public health
officers who will pass upon the
Certificates.
Seized Liquor to Be Kept.
Treasury officials today said there
|c practically no hope of recovery of
the high-grade liquors and wines
seized on foreign liners at New
York, Boston and other ports since
jMm new regulations became effec-
The thousands of gallons of
so held probably will be dls-
of along with other liquors
They will be either sold or
\ according to court order.
policy of the prohibition en-
Kement branch now is to clear out
warehouses of accumulated
ks as speedily as possible. This
■deemed necessary to avoid retal
■*xtra storage space. Government
' for storage and
are limited, and officials
to dispose of seized sup-
without delay.
or sale of the liquor
flßks taken in the seizures on for*
•lgn ships will not be held up be
cause of the protests of masters of
(foreign ships concerned. The Gov
ernment'* position is that the Brit-
Ish premier, in admitting the legal
ity of the seizures, virtually nullified
the effect of the protests thus far
lodged with the Treasury and State
dtypartmsnu by ship masters.
Big Sum Refunded In
Tax Wrongfully
Collected
During the past fiscal year
taxpayers were repaid $125,-
000.000 wrongfully collected by
the Government.
Revenue officials said this
large sum represented payments
on taxes, collected over several
preceding years. The major
part, they said, was accounted
for in settlements of long
pending litigation before the
Internal Revenue Bureau.
The tax refunds last year
were only $£7,000,000. The
large sum refunded this year is
up long-contested cases.
FRANCE DENIES
SEIZED
Removal of Garrisons in Near
by Towns Responsible for
Report, Says Paris.
By International News Service.
PARIS, July 3.—France has no
intention of occupying Frank
fort, it was stated today at the
war ministry.
French newspapers today con
tained no mention of the reports
French troops had occupied the
Krupp works at Essen and sent
detachments of infantry and cav
alry into the towns of Hagen,
Schwerte and Westhofen, sur
rounding Frankfort.
Has No Information.
The war ministry said It had no
Information as to these reported
moves by the army of occupation,
and suggested that changes of gar
risons were responsible for the re
ports.
Two days ago, it was stated, the
French occupied Langen, southwest
of Frankfort, and another important
railroad center northwest of Frank
fort.
Tension With French
Over Ruhr Reparations
Is Growing, Says London
By DAVID M. CHURCH,
International New* Service.
LONDON, July 3.—Tension be
tween England and France on the
Ruhr and reparations problems was
Increasing today as a result of the
developments that delayed the con
versations yesterday between Count
De Saint Aulaire, French ambassa
dor to London, and Lord Curzon,
British secretary for foreign affairs.
Count De Saint Aulaire waa ex
pected to visit the foreign office
again today and make a verbal
answer to the Curzon questionnaire
designed to elicit a statement of
French policy in the Ruhr —particu-
larly the French interpretation of
“passive resistance” which has
been the stumbling block in the
path of concerted gllied action on
reparations.
Press comment, which was re
sponsible for the failure of the
representatives of the two countries
to get together Monday, again sug*
gested today that “the time is ripe
for independent action” on the part
of England.
Such suggestions, given a semi
official tone, roused resentment in
Paris although denied in part yes
terday by the British foreign office.
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SHIPS TO BRING NO MORE RUM TO U. S.
NO. 12,655.
NEW DISTRICT TAX RATE $l2O
Harding Praises Spirit ot the West
ROW OVER BIG FIGHT SETTLED
DISTRICT'S
TAX DATE
IS 51.20;
New Levy by Commissioners
10 Cents Less for Fiscal Year
Distnel Commissioners to
day ' established the tax rate on
real estate for the fiscal year
which began July 1 at $1.20 on
every hundred dollars worth of
property. This rate is a reduc
tion of 10 cents a hundred from
the $1.30 rate during the year
ended June 30.
Rate Quickly Approved.
Major Daniel J. Donovan# Dis
trict auditor, submitted to Commis
sioner Rudolph this morning the
new rate which he estimated would
be sufficient to bring in enough reve
nue to meet the needs of the % Dis
trict Government for the present
fiscal year.
Submitted to the Board of
mlssioners, the new rate was ap
proval a few minutes later.
No report or figures showing how
the new rate was .arrived at was
made public. Donovan says he will
not complete the report until Thurs
day morning .
Unprecedented collections in taxes
and increased assessments are re
sponsible for the rate reduction, it
was said.
Major Donovan said today the
$1.20 rate would make a material
reduction in tax bills for this year.
"For every thousand dollars worth
of property there will be a reduc
tion of $1 in taxes,” Major Donovan
said.
WHOLE TOWN BURNED BY
EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS
HARDWICK, Vt., July 3.—Fire
practically destroyed this village
early today.
Aid was summoned from neighbor
ing towns to battle the blaze.
The fire started In a barber shop
and pool room owned by Tony Roy.
He was untying a large package of
fireworks when a spark from a ciga
rette set them off. Roy and three
friends jumped through a large plate
glass window to safety. Communi
cation was cut off for a time.
The telephone exchange was de
stroyed? The fifteen families were
driven from their homes when two
large tenement' houses were de
stroyed.
TEAR GAS KNOCKS OUT
100 SOLDIERS IN CAMP
NEW YORK, July 3.—Tear gas
from a leaky tube overcame more
than 100 members of the One Hun
dred and Sixth Regiment, National
Guard, Brooklyn, during a talk on
war chemicals by Lieut. W. S. Bar
nett, TJ. S. A., at the State camn at
Peekskill.
Some of the guardsmen managed
to adjust gas masks in time while
others became blinded and had to
be carried from the lecture lot.
National Bank Call Issued.
The Comptroller of the Currency
today Issued a call for the condition
of all national banks as of close of
business on June 30.
THE WEATHER.
Partly cloudy tonight and
Wednesday; slightly warmer
tonight; 'light variable winds.
Entered mm +m eend-ctam matter at
Poetofflce at Washington, D. C
PRESIDENT
PRAISES
WEST
Pioneer Spirit Is Lauded and
Paternalism Scored by
Harding in Oregon.
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By GEORGE a HOLMES,
MEACHA&, Ore-. July 3
President Harding joined here to
day with thousands ot Oregonians
in paying reverent tribute to the
heroic pioneers who nearly a cen
tury ago blazed the trail to Ore
gon and fashioned from the wil
derness then existing the great
American Northwest of today.
The President was the princi
pal speaker at the celebration of
the eightieth anniversary of the
Oregon trail and he commended
the spirit of the pioneers as
worthy of emulation by the Amer
icans of today.
Points Out Lesson.
The trail blazers, he pointed out,
asked nothing from the Government
at Washington but an opportunity
to try; they even had to battle
against strong and short-sighted op
position from the Government for
the opportunity to erss the un
charted wilderness, and Mr. Harding
read into this a pointed lesson for
those of today who believe that the
Government ought to dip into any
thing and everything.
“The lesson,” he said, "cannot
fail to impress Itself. In this test
of self-reliant citizenship there came
the rugged, militant, wholesome
West.
“Greater . things were wrought,
larger accomplishments were re
corded, greater victory was won tn
this wholesome, inspiring individ
ualism than ever will attend any
paternalism or government assump
tion of the tasks which are the na
tional heritage of builders.
"Government may well provide op
portunity, but the worth-while ac
complishment is the privilege and
the duty of men.”
Fete Truly Western.
The celebration in which Presi
dent Harding was the central
figure today was truly Western and
one of the most unusual that a
Chief Executive of the nation ever
participated in.
Indians, cowboys, plainsmen,
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WASHINGTON. TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1923.
TOOK 19 BABIES ON FATAL TRIP
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COPYWOHT. ST. UNDERWOOD 4UNDERWOOO
Mr*. Anna Siewers, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who brought nineteen infante and children from Brooklyn
to Schenectady in a taxicab on a quest for air and sunshine. Photo taken in front of the Schenec
tady county almshouse, when two of the children were in a hospital where one of them died. Mrs.
Slewers is the daughter of Mrs. August Erdman, of Richmond Hill, Queens.
WILL KEEP BABY
FARM, SAYS
WOMAN
Mrs. Siewers Plans to Open
Her Brooklyn Ngrsery on
Return There.
SCHENECTADY, July 3.—Hos
pital physicians reported yesterday
that two of the nineteen infants
brought here Saturday by Mrs. Anna
Siewers after a trip of 167 milts
in a taxicab are suffering from
improper feeding since their birth
two months ago.
The babies found undernourished
are Harold Ryn and Alfred Holpp.
They are under the care of a
specialist, Dr. Frank Vanderbogert.
No arrangements have been made
for the burial of Arthur Carpel,
nine months, first victim of the
excursion, who died at pneumonia.
Faith in Mrs. Siewers.
Mrs. Carpel made no inquiry for
her dead baby while here. She left
with her other boy, Richard, to
return to New York.
The Carpels are estranged, and
the father read of the fate of his
son in the newspapers. He notified
officials here that he would arrive
here today to claim the child’s body.
Andrew Ferris, six months, was
taken away by his aunt, Mrs. Corn
rath, of New York. Neither Mrs.
Carpel nor Mrs. Cornrath expressed
criticism of Mrs. Siewers. They
seemed to have implicit faith in
her, regretting only that the sum
mer outing must be abandoned.
Plans to Continue.
Mrs. Siewers will remain in the
almshouse here until she has made
arrangements to return to New
York. Officials will not permit her
to leave until they are assured of
her ability to get home without
mishap.
Mrs. Siewers continues unapolo
getic about her action. She insists
she meant only the good of the
children and seems to think hard
luck alone brought about the situ
ation in which she now finds her
self. While she has given up the
idea of a farm in the country, she
does not intend to abandon her
present means of livelihood, the
boarding of babies at herTtome,
wikSS. ’ three cents
Mad Dog Is a Suicide
After He Attacks
Several Children
By International New* Service.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. July 3.
—A mad dog committed suicide
here today by jumping into a
sewer.
After the dog had attacked
several children, a policeman
gave chase. The animal plunged
into the catch basin and was
drowned.
“Suicide,” was the report on
the police blotter.
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LEADING IN
TENNIS
Prospects Now Are for an All-
American Final Round in
Wimbledon Contest.
WIMBLEDON. England, July 3.
—The prospect of an all-American
final round in the men’s singles of
the lawn tennis championship tour
nament here loomed today when
Francis T. Hunter, of New Rochelle,
N. Y., became a semi-finalist, de
feating Count De Gomar, of Spain.
Hunter was forced to the limit to
win, the scores being 3—6, 4 —6,
6—l, 6—3, 6—2.
William M. Johnston, of Califor
nia, the remaining American in the
tournament, has already reached
the semi-final round.
The last of the American women
in the Miss Elizabeth Ryan, was
eliminated today in a semi-final
match of the women’s singles, by
Katherine McKane, English star,
1-6, 6-2, 6-4.
In the mixed doubles, Miss
Eleanor Goss, and Gilbert defeated
Mrs. Holcroft and Fyzee, the Indian
Davis cup player, 6-4, 7-6.
In the men’s singles, F. G. Lowe
defeatea Evans, 6 —2, B—6,8 —6, 7—5, and
went into the semi-final round.
Mile. Suzanne Lenglen and her
partner, Jean Washer, the Belgian
champion, scored another victory In
the mixed doubles, beating Miss
Eleanor Goss, of Boston, and Gilbert,
of England, 6 —2, 6—2.
HOME!
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FINDS SOLUTION
OF SOFT COIL
PROBLEM
Commissioner Potter Would
Permit All Shippers to Use
Their Own Cars.
By WILLIAM HARD
High bituminous coal prices would
be broken down and the whole vex
ing and baffling bituminous coal
problem in this country would be
“solved,” ff only the Interstate
Commerce Commission would out
rightly authorize and encourage the
“private coal car” and the “assign
ed coal car” on American railroads.
Such is the striking declaration
made by Commissioner Potter,- of
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, 4n the course of a controversy
which has stirred the commission
to its depths. The Interstate Com
merce Commission is now revealed
to Washington as the destined dis
tracted heir to all the troubles of
the coal commission.
Five of the eleven members of
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion have now written opinions on
the subject of “assigned cars for
bituminous coal mines.” One of
these opinions is the majority opin
ion of the commission. The other
four are vehement attacks upon the
majority. The question involved is
the central question in bituminous
coal: namely, car supply. The
controversy started is headed to
ward being historic. Out of it al
ready has come, from the desk of
Commissioner Potter, the first sug
gested bituminous coal “solution”
which does not call for more bu
reaucracy and more socialism.
Decision of Majority.
The pivot of the dispute within
the Commission is as follows:
The majority has decided that
“private coal cars” and “assigned
coal cars” cannot be dispatched
to given picked mines in disregard
of the needs of other mines. It
has decided that all cars, including
“private cars" and including “as
signed cars.” must be considered
as belonging to a sort of general
pool and must be so distributed as
to meet the needs of all existing
mines without "discrimination.”
In other words, the majority of
the Commission cast itself on
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EDITION
HOPE CITE
RECEIPTS
WILL PIT
Dempsey. Takes
Getting sloo,oooStill Short*
Town Celebrates.-
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The Dempsey-Gibbons fight wlff
be staged under ideal - weather,
conditions, the Government’s of
ficial weather man predicted to
day.
“Fair and moderate tempera
ture” is Uie forecast for Shelby
tomorrow where the title boat
will be held.
By International News Sendee.
. GREAT FALLS, Mont, July 3.
—Jack Dempsey and Tom Gibbons
will fight at Shelby tomorrow for
the world's Heavyweight cham
pionship under an agreement
reached here at 2:30 a. m. (moun
tain time) today by which .Jack
Kearns, manager of the champion,
agreed to accept the $210,000
already paid him and to take A
chance of collecting SIOO,OOO of
the first gate receipts.
News Thrills Great Falls.
The announcement, coming just
as day was breaking through the
sleepy hills surrounding Great Falla,
was the greatest thrill this section
ever experienced. The announce
ment was brief, laconic and full of
news. It said, very simply:
“The fight is on.”
All through the night Great Falls
had waited, patiently, yet impa
tiently. Hope rose against great
odds as the hours wore on toward
dawn. Word came from conference
rooms where Jack Kearns was clos
eted with different "angels” of the
fight that he was standing pat—
that he demanded his $300,000 or
there would be no fight. But In
the end came the final news that
Kearns had capitulated.
A wild cheer broke out when the
news reached the assembled crowd.
Members of the Elks’ lodge. In con
vention here, had held a band In
readiness for the news. Lullabies
or dirges were ready to hit the
mountain air.
Wild Celebration Staged.
So, when the news came, the
band masters flashed their signals,
the horns blared, the drums rolled
and human throats yelled. The
wildest celebration within the mem
ory of the oldest Inhabitant was
under way.
Through the streets of the town
and through the lobbies of hotels
a great procession wound its way,
and cheer after cheer echoed
through the hills. Into the resi
dential section and hack into ths
business section the serpentine
throng roared and sang Its way.
Banners were flying and men danc
ing. Women in the throng added
shrill soprano notes to the demon
stration.
A novelist could have written no
more thrilling tale. The telling of
it can scarcely do justice to the
emotions that surged. The sur
render of “no dough, no fight
Kearns,” was certainly fit to b#
called dramatia.
The events leading up to the
capitulation were scarcely less dra
matic. The proper setting for the
final demise Wof the vlalan, the
rescue of t tit old ham# and the