Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1920, Page 1

WEATHER. Partly cloudy; showers tonight and tom change in temperature. probably thunders orrow; little Temperature for twenty-four hours ending 2 p.m. toda: Highest, 88, at | noon today; lowest. 67, at 30 a.m today. Full report on page 5. - Pa; & Closing New York Stocks pn%°3 post office Wai _ STRIKE WILL FAIL TO CRIPPLE WATER OR SEWER SYSTEM, Commissioners Sure of Oper- tion in Case City Em- ployes Quit. WALKOUT VOTE PLANNED AT MEETING TONIGHT Decision Up to Per Diem Workers. Effect of Threatened Trouble Problematical. Washington will suffer no crippling of its water supply or sewag | f Doss ate: event of a strike by | the health of the ailing executive PEt seen ete © OY | "The committee of party leaders will city employes, threatened today by not visit President Deschanel in Au- the refusal of the District Comm gust, and the Versailles congress for sioners to grant increased pay de-| the election of a new head of the state nds 4 will probably be postponed until the end ane of September or the beginning of Octo- The District Commissioners today | ber. It will, of course, be necessary for j authorized the following statement:| the new president to be installed some “There is no danger that either the | ¥¢eks before the anniversary water department or sewer depart-| ment operation will be suspended or interfered with. ‘Twenty-four hundred per diem em- es, constituting the working of the garbage and sewage dis- posal systems, the water supply, sur- d other municipal departments, will vote to go out on strike at a meeting of the City Employes’ Asso- f- ciation tonight, President Joseph H.j Hurley of that organization has! ed, unless the navy yard scale, bringing them an increase of 40 cents a day. is allowed are approximately 800 men in the trash, garbage, street cleaning and kindred departments; more than 600 in the water department; approxi- mately 500 in the surface, highways d kindred departments, and 400 gen- 1 laborers on miscellaneous assign- ment who, it is claimed, are mem- bers of the association. Commissioners Keep Moves Secret. The Commissioners have adopted a policy of secrecy concerning new de- velopments. Beyond assuring the pub- lic of its safety with regard to water end sewage disposal, they declined to_make a statement today. While the Commissioners were issuing the statement concerning. the continu- | ance of service, and conferring upon their stand regarding the proposed! strike at the District building, Concilia- tors Mahany, Colpoys and Davidge of the Labor Department, were interview- ing President Hurley ‘of the City Em- ployes’ Association, who is admitted to “hold the reins” regarding the calling of a strike. As to the breadth of effect of a strike, Yarious opinions exist among officials. ‘The prevailing one is that the employes’ association does not control the number claimed by it, and that, in the event of & strike, enough laborers and workers f the District government will remain t work to prevent the paralysis of any health protective agency of the city government.” Garbage Collection May Suffer. It is probable the city. garbage collec- tion and disposal system and the highways department will be hit harder by a strike than will other departments. No statement regarding the plans of handling these departments in event of @ serious exigency has been made pub- lie. In summarizing the situation the mu- nicipal wage board, tae scale-making gency for per diem employes, stated: “A recent ruling affecting navy yard employes gives the bonus to all whose term of employment has exceeded one month. Th are therefore, as to the bonus, on exactly the same status as fistrict employes. except for the first month of employment, and a compari- son between the scales is therefore more simple than ever before. Such a com- parison between the District and navy 4 yard employes shows a differential in as ane navy sad employes amount- ing fairly uniformly 0 i a to 40 cents per ‘his is contained in the wage ard’ by all concerned, including F. J. Bresna- ban, representing the City Employes’ association. It places the basis of the strike ucon a 40-cents-per-day average Commissioner's Statenient. The District Commissioners outlined their stand in the controversy in the following public statement: “After careful consideration of the matter of the wages of the laborers and mechanics employed by the Dis- trict of Columbia, the Commissioners have decided to adhere to the scale of wages which became effective July 1, 1920, and which authorized in- creases in the maximum rates of pay averaging 32 cents a day. “When the bonus of 76 cents a day Was added on July 1 to the wages of th of the navy yard employes who had not theretofore received it, the ners were loath to grant rease to their own per diem s because they were without y to. increase at the same the pay of their supervisory em- ployes. The matter, however, was re- ferred without instruction or sugges- tion to the wage board, which was reconstituted last year So as to give the employes representation upon it. he wage board recommended a way compromise between the existing prior to July 1 and » adopted for the navy yard sub- sequent to July 1. As originally sub- mitted, this report was unanimous but tt was sent back for re- consideration after one of its mem- bers, the employe nominated by the City Employes’ Association, stated ast Saturday night that he had act- ed without full information. The wage now recommends adherence to former action, but the report dissented to by one member and is not concurred in, in part, by another. Most Equitable Solutio: the opinion of the Commis- s the compromise recommended u wage board is the best. and {most equ solution of a difficult problem. The Commissioners wish they cc see their way clear to nect in every detail the standard of wages adopted at the navy yard; and they would unquestionably meet this standard if they felt. that they or their es pred obii The such ation y “believe, how- ever, that the present conditions amply justify a departure from the navy yard standard, as even under nt rat the wa r paid t empl he s the employes affected © scale are rglatively bet- an any other class of Dis- «vy Department has gon- wage board to fi vened a wages for the several yards, which board is ». The Com- Qn ing to their custom f consider: he navy yard scale is @ guide, but being bound by no agreement, express or implied, to} ake that scale the sole standard of District wages, will, when the Navy Department board makes its report, up for further consideration the quest of its employes for increased pensation. Until that time they nlibued on 2, Column is | ors hadgassumed any | Entered as second-class matter shington, D. C. WIFE'S PLEA AIDS | DESCHANEL, WHO | FACESDEPOSITION | Removal of Ill French President Delayed for Month. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1920. PARIS, France, July 31—From a | political authority whose information s usually correct it is learned that the proposed deposition of M. Deschanel from the presidency has been postponed for a month or so, but t otherwise the situation remains the same. This decision was taken when the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the third republic was postponed from September 4 to Novem- ber 11 At this ceremony it will be absolutely necessary for some president to appear. Mme. Deschanel begged hard for a reprieve for her husband, and as a sort of forlorn hope, it was granted, though with little expectation in national a sembly that it would affect in any way | | | i DENIES MOTION BASED ON OLD SAULSBURY ACT Court Omits Reference to Claim That Ball Act Decision Re- stores Realty Resolution. Judge Kimball, sitting in the land- lord and tenant division of the Munic- ipal Court, today overruled a motion to dismiss a complaint on the ground that the Saulsbury act is still opera- tive, assuming that the. Ball rent law is not valid and therefore did not re- peal the Saulsbury measure. The motion was made by Lewis E. Hoffman, attorney for the Tenants’ Protective League, representing John H. Suydam, the defendant, who noted an appeal. The same point was presented to the court yesterday, but owing to the handing down of a decision on a tech- nicality no opinion was received. At- torney J. S. D. Gallagher made the motion yesterday. Judge Kimball did not make any comment in overruling the motion. The plea of Attorney Hoffman was as thiiows: “Without admitting, but assuming, that the aforesaid Ball act is uncon- stitutional. then the so-called Sauls- bury resolution is of full force and effect, and by virtue of the provisions thereof plaintiff cannot pursue his action before this court.” H. M. GAYLORD TO QUIT PROHIBITION OFFICE Tenders Resigntaion From Post of Assistant Commissioner—“Dry”’ Law Enforced Here. H. M. Gaylord, assistant commis- sioner of prohibition, has tendered s resignation to Commissioner Wil- liams of the bureau of internal rev- enue, it was learned today, and it is expected that he will leave the serv- ice August 31. He has been out of the city for a few days, but will return Monday to clean up routine work on his desk before leaving. He will en- gage in private business. Until a successor is appointed the work of the assistant commissioner will be done by R. E. Hall, superin- tendent of the field force in the pro- hibition commissioner's office. Thomas E. Stone, supervisor of the district that includes the District of Columbia, hag submitted an encourag- ing report to headquarters here to the effect that the dry laws are being en- forced more effectively than at any time during the last year, and the or- ganization is in good condition. > SHIP PLANT CLOSES. Mississippi Action Due to Existing Exchange Conditions. PASCOGOULA, Miss., July 31—The plant of the International Shipbuild- ing Company will close indefinitely. This announcement was made by I. Schiavon, general manager. The shutdown, says the general manager, is due to the existing finan- cial conditions, especially foreign ex- change. The company, Which is com- posed largely of Italian stockholders, and which has been-working on Ital- ian contracts, has found it impossible to operate profitably under the ex- isting demoralized foreign exchange rates. When running with a full force the plant employed between 2,500 and 3,000 men. ———— GERMANY AIDS BELA KUN. Does Not Feel Justified in Further Withholding Freedom. BERLIN, July 30—Bela Kun, for- mer communist dictator of Hungary. and his communist companions, who recently were detained at: Stettin while en route to Russia, are to be allowed to depart to “a ‘destination Jabroad to be chosen by themselves.” jaccording to an official government | Statement. The government refers to the fact \that Hungary asked to have Bela Kun handed over to it, but without result, jand says the German government does Jnot feel justified in “furth@r with- holding freedom from the persons without legal grounds.” rrested | breviated he £0 ening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 3s t Yesterday's | Member of the Associated Press The Associated Pres is exclusively entitled to || the use for republication of all news dispatches | || credited to it or not otherwise credited in this || paper and also the local news published Lerein, I AML rights of publication of special Net Circulation, 88,631 WASHINGT ON, D. C SATURDAY, 2 oO JULY 1920 — 1h, SIGHTEEN PAGE TWO CENTS. _ HARDING LAUNHCES PORCH CAMPAIGN BEFORE HOME FOLK Airplanes Guide Delegation | From Mansfield—Marion in Holiday Dress. By the Associated Pres MARION, July ing’: day with a pilgrimage to Marion by a delegation from Mansfield and the surrounding country in Richland county, Ohio, to pay their respects to the republican nominee and hear him discuss 31—Senator Hard- national issues The first of the many groups of voters that are to come here during the summer on similar missions, the delegation marched on the Harding residence with flags and banners fly- ing and with bands sounding a sono- rous message of greeting. on no- tification day, a week ago, Marion was in holiday dress and spirit to welcome them and to give the front-porch cam- paign a rousing send-off. Most of the visitors accounted them- selves almost home folks, for Mans- field is only forty miles away and many in the throng were personal friends of Senator Harding. ers, storekeepers and profess men marched together in the caval- cade, which had its complement of both men and women to emphasize the united support it pledged to the candidate. Although the principal event of the day's program, Senator Harding's address, was to be withheld until late afternoon, the Richland county peo- ple began to come in early by train, | motor and airplane. Many of them| did not await the hour set for the formai call at the Harding residence. but went there at once and kept the senator busy shaking hands and re- newing acquaintances. { _Two airplanes were pilots of the | pilgrimage here. G. W. Henney, vice | president of the Mansfield Chamber of Commerce, was chosen the advance scout to fly over Marion early in the day and shower the city with Hard- ing and Coolidge souvenirs, and: Mrs. Gordon A. Farrow, vice president of the Manstield Aero Club, was accord- ed the distinction of convoying from the air the first of the front porch delegations. Clubs Are Represented. Forming in marching order near the downtown section of the city, the delegation showed off its holiday at- tire through the business streets on its way to the senator's home. Va- rious civic and political organiza- tions were represented by separate | platoons, a woman's Harding club had | @ prominent place, and one section of the parade was given over to a negro republican club. After a serenade. on the Harding Jawn, the program included an ad- dréss of greeting by E. B. Capeller preceding Senator Harding's speech. The candidate had prepared before-| hand his response, to be delivered from the porch selected his prin- cipal forum in the campaign. The porch which thus becomes one of the landmarks of American politi- cal history has a capacious stretch along the south and east sides of the residence. At the corner turn, the} curving white balustrade swings out to form a little more than a semi- circle, and it is here that the ut- terances of the nominee are delivered. The picture, as a whole, with white pillars and rail set off against the dark green body of the house, gives the. impression of a comfortable everyday dwelling; but the jutting alcove at the corner, facing an open stretch of lawn, provides a striking vantage point for the use now made of it. The porch, added to the house sev- eral years ago, is declared by many Ohioans to be similar in physical re- spects to that at Canton, where a stay-at-home speaking campaign was | conducted in 1896 by McKinley. Adding to the analogy, the famous old McKinley flagpole, sent here from Canton by admirers of Senator Hard- ing, rears its weather-beaten height from the center of the lawn. Strictly speaking, however, the Harding lawn is no longer a lawn at all but an expanse of white crushed limestone, washed clean as if in pre- paration for today's event by an even- ing thundershower. The pebbly car- pet was laid to preserve a solid sur- oi under the tramp of the thou- n ds expected to take part in the ont porch campaign. Although only four other delega- tions have been booked for visits here on definite dates, numerous others are under advisement and probably will be assigned soon to a fixed place in the front porch program. Two of the dates already announced are for next week, and both of the delega-| tions to be received then are fromjthe last minute and then put it on the Ohio. CANADIAN CREWS BEST. ” Americans Get Only Secondary Places in Royal Henley. ST. CATHARINE'S, Ontario, July 21. —Canadian oarsmen captured the six final events rowed yesterday at the opening of the Royal Canadian Hen- ley regatta. Their American com- petitors, while strong contenders and | pace-setters in many instances, were able only to take secondary places. The Argonauts and Dons of To- ronto, divided four of the finals be- tween them, while Ottawa and Brock- ville each took one. Reichers of Chicago, who won his heat handily in the fastest prelimi- nary of the 140-pound singles, 10. finished fourth in the final, Steven- son winning the event in 11.19. The Windy City Club's crew are favorites for the senior eights today. | OFFENDED FILIPINOS STRIKE. MANILA, P. L, July \30.—Linotype operators of Manila’s three American newspapers—the Bulletin, Cable News and Times—refused to work today in H | democratic | get “scooped” by the republican nomi- protest against alleged slanderous assertions the newspapers printed against Filipinos and their aspira- tions for independence. As a result, the papers will appear tomorrow ab- and without advertise- ments. | Today’s News Told in Paragraphs i | Car service improves on both lines, com- | pany statistics prove. Page 1 | Harding launches porch campaign. Page 1 Proposed deposition of Deschanel from presidency of France is postponed. | Page 1 | leasing speech. Page 1 |Five escape as ammonia blast wrecks | plant. Page 1 Water and sewer systems will operate despite per diem employes’ strike. Vote on action planned for tonight. 1 Page 1 | Cox used tactics learned as editor in re- | Conferees tell Lloyd George that Sinn Fein organization is part of conspiracy to overthrow England, in which bol- sheviki and Germans are taking part. e Page 2 Cox to take up industrial problems in acceptance speech. Page 2 n Gov. Cantu of Lower California may en- list American ex-service men. Page 3 United aims sought in reclassification. Page 3 Nationals buy Frank Brower, “Babe Ruth of minors.” Other sports. Page 4, part 2 | Harding again calls on Cox to define 1,226,706 gallows of beer destroyed in last ‘six montWS in southern division by pro- ‘Stand on league. Page 1) Federal employes adopt platform of! hibition enforcement officers. Page 5 fourteen points. Page 2 District government heads outline na- Girl cashier of Chicago hotel held in ture of survey for salary ggstimates A“ death of diamond merchant. Pi-- 2 coveriny fiscal vear 19 Page $ s front-porch campaign began to-| ; Watched him work on the speech of ac- ‘ment PROTEST OF U.S. FAILS TO CHANGE | JAPAN’S COURSE Cabinet Frames Reply | On Occupation of Sakhalin, Siberia. TOKIO, July 31 (by the Associated | Press).—Outlines of Japan's answer | | to the note of the United States rela- ‘tive to Japan's intention to occupy Sakhalin, Siberia, are printed today by the newspapers which report that | the replf was drawn up at vesterday’s cabinet meeting. ) According to the new ac- counts the answer, in pointing out Japan's policy, will say that occu- pation is unavoidable to maintain her ational privileges and that the de- ion to occupy the island will not be changed. It is reported also that the reply will again emphasize that Japan has |no territorial ambitions and that the occupation would be only temporary until a stable government was es- tablished in Russia. COX USES TACTICS ‘LEARNED AS EDITOR IN SPEECH RELEASE iNewspaper Man’s Personal- ity Predominates Nominee * at Work in Office. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. DAYTON, Ohio, July 31.—Gov. Cox, democratic. candidate for the presi- dency, and “Jimmy” Cox, newspaper reporter and editor, are merged into one personality, but as the writer visited the democratic nominee and ceptance, there seemed no doubt that Jimmy Cox, active newspapermen, was predominant. Seated in his study on the upper floor of his country home, where he could rest his eyes on a landscape of transcendent beauty, the governor had Spread around him batches- of copy ‘paper, clippings, documents and rec- ords in exactly the same disorder that one finds on any newspaper desk be- fore editions go to press. The governor was writing longhand, in pencil, on the rough news print paper which is used every day by re- porters. He had been writing rapidly- —as if the next edition of his news- Paper demanded his copy. As the writer entered, the governor swept aside a mountain of copy paper, and talked enthusiastically about his’ sub- jects. He wished he didn’t have to make a formal speech of acceptance, but could make a stump speech. He wanted to get into the fray without ‘the studied formalittes that must ac- company a speech of acceptance. He told me he was saving a good deal of | material for speeches to be made on! the stump later on. | Confident, of Course. The democratic nominee gave the appearance of happiness and confi- dence. He didn’t say anything about the result next November, but he said a good deal about the certainty which he felt in the rightness of the course he had chosen. Much of. his speech will be jin answer to Senator Hard- ing's spkech of acceptance and much of it will be the exposition of con- structive policies which Gov. Cox pledges himself to carry out in the event that he is elected. Of course, Mr. Cox has pledged everybody here in the newspaper corps to secrecy about the topics which will be discussed in the speech and there’s one passage in particu- lar which he is guarding with the utmost care. One reason why the writer couldn't help thinking it was Jimmy Cox, the newspaper man, rath- er than the candidate who was work- ing on that speech, was the gover- nor's reference to the mysterious par- agraph which he plans to insert in his speech at the last moment by giv- ing it to the correspondents next Sat- urday to send by wire. Ordinarily a speech of this kind is prepared a week in advance so that it can be mailed to all the newspa- pers from Coast to coast and thus get the widest publicity. To hold it till telegraph wires would burden those wires and keep other news of the day trom being distributed in its} usual proportion. So with a speech like this—eight columns long—the author must finish it a week ahead of time to catch all editions on the Pa- cific coast. A small insert can readily be sent by wire and one reason why yov. Cox doesn't want to put the particular paragraph in the speech ahead of time is his certaintly that it will be promptly carried back to re- publican headquarters. Sending a speech to hundreds of newspapers means having it pass through count- less hands. ‘ Has Something New. Thre isn't much secrecy about Speeches given out in advance so far as conversation about them is con- cerned, though, to be sure they are never published in newspapers be- fore the date of delivery, unless by accident or misunderstanding. Gov. Cox has proposed something which he wants to be the first to lay before the country. Maybe Senator Harding will think well of it and imitate the democratic nominee. Maybe he will not. Anyhow, the nominee doesn’t want to t ) nee, and he is holding his announce- till the last minute. Jimmy \Cox, the newspaperman, is respon- sible for that caution and strategy, |and when the public reads that par- \ticular announcement of non-partisan policy which he proposes, perhaps the reason for his action will be better understood. (Copyright, 1920.) ITALY’S FOOD SHORT. Disappointing Wheat Harvest Forces Purchases Abroad. ROME, July 30.—Grave statements concerning Italy’s food position were made in the chamber today by Signor Soleri, the food commissione The| harvest was disappointing, he re- ported, and despite requisitioning there would be only twelve instead of forty million quintals of wheat it had been hoped to obtain. To meet the needs of the population, the commissioner expiained, Italy would be required to purchase abroad about thirty million quintals. He employes, announced they would refu Jattacked yesterday by FIGHTS AND CHEERS SPEED MANNIX T0 BRITAIN'S SHORES De Valera, With Archbishop on Baltic, Won’t Say He, Too, Will Sail. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 31—The wildest scene observed on the New York water front in many a day. marked arrival today at the White Star piers of Archbishop Daniel J. Mannix of ‘Australia, who is to sail for the Brit- ish Isles this afternoon on the steam- ship Baltic in the face of notification from Premier Lloyd George that he will not be allowed to land there be- cause of his utterances on the Irish question. Eamonn de Valera, “President of the Irish Republic,” was there. He took his place on the deck of the transatlantic liner beside the; arch- bishop and smilingly refused/to an- swer whether he was the “distin- guished compatriot” who would sail for Great Britain with the church- man, as reported in dispatches re- ceived last night from London. While. he declined to state whether he planned to remain aboard, it was learned that all his baggage was in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where he arrived last night from ‘Atlantic City. At the pier men shouted and waved flags of the Irish republic; women screamed hysterically, and it took the entire force of pier guards, augment- ed by police reserves, to get the prel- ate aboard the ship and prevent a stampede up the gangplank by ad- miring thousands Main Boss Is Beaten. Several fights followed some jeers directed at the archbishop, and in one case several brawny longshoremen clambered up the side of the vessel and thrashed a man on the upper deck who had booeé the Australian prelate. Mr. De Valera himself.left the hotel early today, accompanied by his sec- retary, Harry Bolland, after break- fasting in private. No ane could be found who would say where he had gone, but the opinion was advanced to watch the Baltic sa Mannix paid a brief visit to this morning, and it w the hotel believed | there he had breakfasted with Mr. De Valera. Baltic Crew Threatens Strike. Members of the crew of the steam- ship Baltic yesterday threatened to strike if Archbishop Mannix is per- migted te go aboard the ship. The thfeats were submitted to officers of the ship, and it was said last night a meeting would be held aboard ship this morning in an effort to settle the dif- ferences. The threat to strike if the prelate is permitted on board was made by cooks and stewards. Later, firemen, who learned of the attitude of these to work if Archbishop Mannix is not allowed on the ship. Distinguished Compatriot. LONDON, July 31.—The chairman of the Irish Vigilance Society in the British Isles announced that Areh- bishop Mannix of Australia would be accompanied to the British Isles from the United States by an unnamed dis- tinguished compatriot. The state- ment brought forth Cheers for Ea- monn de Valera, “president of the Irish republic,” from the members of the society. ‘The chairman of the meeting added that Archbishop Mannix and his com- panion would land in a manner which | would astonish “the enemy” and cre- ate amusing gossip for the world. SHERIFF OUTWITS MOB. Suspect and Disperses Crowd by Talk. Fla., July Removes 31.—The woman an unknown negro failed to identify a suspect ar- Fested and jailed, but the offer of a reward of $1,000 for the capture of the criminal ‘caused the spreading last night of the report that the man in jail had been identified, and several hundred men gathered, bent on lynch- ing him. >Sheriff D. W. Moran late in the aft- ernoon had transferred the suspect to a jail im another county, and after a short talk by him the. small mob dispersed. There was some excite- ment last night and early this morn- tng, but there is no sign of disorder in either the white or negro sections of the city today. DEATH DECREE FOR®ASSAULT. ATLANTA, Ga., July 31—Charles MIAMI, added that as Argentina and India had placed embargoes on wheat ex- ports it was very doubtful Italy coule obta requirements. a Jasper, a twenty-two-year-old negro, was convicted here of an assault on ve hanged Ausust 20, that he had left for the pier, at least | Archbishop | NOBODY _ LOVES ME!) WEE WILLIE’S WAIL. MURDER TRUNK LOST. Three Days’ Search Fails in Detroit Mystery. a BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 31.—A three- day search for a second trunk, said to have been shipped here from De- troit and believed to contain vital parts of the body of the young wom- an found in a trunk in New York, was without results early today. No further ttace of the trunk delivered to the house of Mrs. C. L. Johnson, }800 12th aenue, and for which the police are looking, could be found. Lieut. John P. Smith of the Detroit homicide squad remained here to as- sist local detectives in their search. FIVE ESCAPE AS AMMONIA BLAST WRECKS PLANT Fire Sweeps Engine Room of Rosslyn Packing Company After Explosion. Five men had narrow escapes today when an ammonia tank in the refrig- erating plant of the Rosslyn Packing Company, Rosslyn, Va., exploded. One mab was burned about the head and face. Following the explosion, the engine room and refrigerating plant were swept by stubborn flames, which were extinguished by Washington firemen, assisted by the Cherrydale and Ro: lyn fire companies, after two hours’ work. The damage is undetermined. The building, which is fully covered by insurance, was not entirely put out of service. The explosion occurred shortly after 8 o'clock. The employes in the build- ing had just begun the day’s work. With a deafening report, one of the ammonia tanks blew up. Engineer Losex Money. Herbert D. Kimball, chief engineer of the plant, was changing his cloth- ing, preparatory to starting work, when the explosion shook the build- ing. Within twenty feet of the tank were F. E. Jones, E. H. Campbell, H. Kidwell and John Bernhardt, also em- ployes. All reached safety unscathed, with the exception of Campbell, whose ce was burned. He receiv first- d treatment and then assisted in ex- tinguishing the blaze Kimball said he had $90 ing when the explosion occurred. Later when he went to look for his valuables only a few charred rags remained. Truck A and Companies No. 1 and No. 3 of Cherrydale reached the fire ion record time. Two alarms in quick succession were turned in and a number of Washington companies, under the di- rection of Acting Chief Sullivan, re- sponded. Firemen Prevent Explosions. Thousands of dollars’ worth of am- monia was stored in the burning struc- ture, and firemen had difficulty in pre- venting further explosions. The Aqueduct bridge was crowded with motorists and pedestrians, who gathered to view the flames. The fire was spectacular, tongues of flames lick- ing up through the roof and sides of the building. C. G, Phleuger, president of the pack- ing concern, said he could not estimate 1 i] his cloth- } TRACTION LINES ~ IMPROVE SERVICE, STATISTICS SHOW Provide More Than Enough Cars for “Rush-Hour” Passengers. Two charts were issued today by the Public Utilities Commission show- ing that the Capital Traction Com- pany the Washington Railway and Electric Company have so in- creased service during the morning rush “peak” hours that there are now more thf sufficient cars to accom- modate the pessengers. The charts Show traffic conditions for three months—January, April and July —illustrating the compara’ service for that period. The January statisties show that during the morning rush 3,000 pas- sengers were congested on twenty cars of the Capital Traction Company when they passed the observation point at ifth and K streets, south- jbound, shortly before 9 a.m. Two Cars Added in Apri In April only 2,800 passengers were traveling at that time, but the car service had been increased to twenty: two cars for their accommodation. At that time, however, it is stated, the cars were carrying t e the normal load of sixty passengers, which is used for the basis of computation. In July during the morning rush the service had improved to such an extent at this point that there were a sufficient number of cars for a nor- mal load of passengers, the cars to- taling thirty-seven and the number of passengers diminished to 2.200, giving the normal load of sixty to each car. On the Washington Railway and Electric lines a similar improvement is noted. Was’50 Per Cent Short. During January on cars southbound from Mount Pleasant, at Dupont Cir- cle, the checking point, the passen- gers numbered 1,500 and the cars numbered sixteen, the accommodation being approximately 50 per cent short of what was desired. In April the cars had dropped to fourteen and the passengers to 1,350 at 9 a.m. as an average. But in July the cars numbered twenty-seven and ;the passengers slumped again to a/on Thurs: little more than 1.100 on the morning | peak. Twenty-seven cars, according to the basis for the count, should ac- commodate more than '1,600 pa sengers The drop in passengers is taken by experts to be the result of the cuts in governmental departments since July 1. GOV. COX TO MAKE CLEAR PARTY’S LEAGUE STAND | The position of the democratic} party with reference to the league of | nations “will be made perfectly clea when Gov. Cox delivers his speech ac- cepting the presidential nomination, George White, new national chair-| man, declared today in answer to the inquiry of Senator Harding as to the| the damage, but he believes it will be well up in the thousands. By the Associated Press. ! ROME, July 29.—Mohamed Ali, head of the Indian Mussulmun delegation, has been received by Pope. Bynedict, Premier Giolitti and Count Sforka, the foreign minister, and has presented to them the aspirations of his people. After his audience at the Vatican Mohamed reported that the pontiff had heard his statement sympathet- ically and had expressed pleasure at the spirit of tolerance toward other religions now being shown by| the In- dian Mussulman. i I Mohamed said his principa protest | was because “England has net main- tained the pledges made with respect to the holy places, having instead practically “abolished — the liphate and placed the holy places all under whether {a white woman and was sentenced to] direct or indirect British domination. Aiter declaring that the “entire east » HOLY WARINDIANS’THREAT TO SHAKE OFF BRITISH GRIP. Mohamed Ali, Mussulman High Priest, Seeks Pope’s Aid to Protect Shrines From Christian Domination. party’s stand on the administration's foreign policy. Hl has fallen into the bands of Lioya George,” Mohamed declared: “We cannot tolerate British and French mandates over places where the Mus- sulmans consider themselves as gods and mandatories.” Mohamed then explained the program which the Indians intended carrying | out against Great Britain, as follows: | First, the return of all’ decorations and titles received from the British government; second, the resignation of positions occupied by Indians inj the British administration; third, the resignation of all Indian soldiers and} policemen, which would prevent Brit- ish occupation of Mesopotamia and Palestine and also support the Greeks in Thrace and Asia Minor, and, fourth, refusal to pay taxes. If these actions were not sufficient. Mohamed added. then a holy war amie we nraclaimed | | i] jihe Anglo- | “REDS” IN CONTAGT “WITH GERMANS ON ~PRUSGAN BORDER | | Bolshevik Cavalry, After New Thrust, Fraternizing With Teutons. GEN. HALLER TAKES OVER POLE FIRST ARMY 1 Invaders Surround and Destroy Whole North Army—Defend- ers in Flight. r 31 Ry the Assoc PARIS, July force the to a re- have Frussian frontier, port from the French military sion in Warsaw to the French forcig office. The bolshevik line extends from advanced to ord mis= Suwalki, fifty miles nortawest of Grodno, more than sixty miles to @ point almost directly north of War- saw. The bolsheviki have not actually trossed the borders of Allenctein and FMarienwerder, but with the Germans. 2 it understands the Gerr sheviki are negotiating fraternizin mission says a be Suwatit. are Th ns an at The northern wing of the bolshevik army now is menacing Warsaw di- rectly from the north well as from the east. Bolsheviki are twenty-five miles southwe: of Bialystok. | The allied troops in Allenstein and Marienwerder, which are mostly French, will be held there until the tuation clears, although their ebiscite duties have been completed. Gen. Romer Relieved. Gen. Romer, commander of the first Polish army, which suffered most se- verely im the vital region northeast of Warsaw, has been relieved and Gen. Joseph Haller has been given su- preme command of the northern group of armies. The advancement of Gen. Haller, who commanded the Polish divisions in France and is French trained, is ike first step in the reorganization of the Polish army which was begun vy French mission yesterday. All the important technical services are being taken over by French officers and advisers, and large au- thority has been placed with all the staffs. On the Galician front a Polish counter-offensive is being organized. Three Polish armistice delegates left Warsaw yesterday. They are Gen. Romer, Col. Sollohub, who nego- tiated ‘successfully with the bolshe- viki at Murmansk, and M. Wroblew- ski, vice minister of the council. Finland and the Russian soviet government have resumed the Dor- pat conference over several disputed districts, which was broken off re-- cently. ‘fhe mission reports the morale of the Polish army stiffened remarkably during the last week because of the mission's arrival, news of munitions en route and the fact of allied sup- port. The mission states that only the bolshevik cavalry now is effec- tive. the infantry being worthless. The capture by the bolsheviki yes- terday of Graievo, thirty-seven miles southwest of Suwalki, also is re- ported. Whole Army Destroyed. BERLIN, July 31.—A special dit yatch to the Neue Berliner Zeitung from Lyck reports that the destruction and the encompassing of the Polish north army are now accomplished facts. The Rus- |sians, says the dispatch, have captured |the forts at Ossowietz, Suwalki and | Lomza, and also are occupying Grasevo jand Szutchin, which are close to the | East Prussian frontier. | "The correspondent declares there no jlonger is a Polish front in that vicinity; ‘that the Poles everywhere are retreating jin panic. He says he had no difficulty jin crossing the frontier, as no Poiisn |guards were visible and the border no jlonger was protected The correspondent reports having seen |detachments of fleeing Poles who had | discarded their knapsacks and arms and | were wholly out of control of their offi- jcers, who with the men were retreating } “in pell-mell fashion.” | In the vicinity of Graievo, the cor- respondent says, he encountered the first Russians, the uniforms of the officers showing the old rank and insignias of |the Ist’ Rus This con- than an hour behind the fi | A special dispatch from Lyck, Prus= frontier, reports that — thi {troops occupied Klono and at no point have the bolshevik forces encroached upon the German frontier. not been informed of the armistice nd are continuing the pursuit relent- ih \tingent, he dec! sia, nine miles north of the Russian sday. The dispatch (The Russian troops apparently have ly Lyck is the scene of growing ex- lcitement, as it is feared the entente contemplate using the plebiscite area as a base of operations against the bolsheviki. A detachment of Italian troops, scheduled to proceed to Allens stein, Prussia, was forced to remain behind when German railway work~- ers refused to handle the train until word of honor nst the Russians. uthorities in Berlin soviet army is plan- rman t the troops gave their not to proceed a The military do not believe the ning an inyasion of G and are of the opinion t forces will halt at thé Narew line, which would suffice for their strate- gic purposes The East Prussian front is guarded by rejchswehr troops and local se- curity’ police, but their strength has not been announced he The rv verses of the Polish army are not in Berlin. A former causing surprise general staff officer told the Associat- ed Press that the Russians not only are better organized than the Poles but also are thoroughly familiar witia the territory ovér which they are fighting, while the French, who are conducting Poland's campaign, are utter strangers to the local topog- raphy. Peace Envoys Ready. WARSAW, July 30.—The Polish government expects the armistice en- voys to pass the front lines at 8 o'clock this evening. None of the government officials or military offi- cers have any idea how long the negotiations with the bolskeviki may continue. Successes Conti LONDON, July 31.—Continued suc- cesses for the bolsheviki are announced in an official statement issued Friday by the Russian soviet government at Mos- cow and received here today by wire- less. The Statement says that the bol- sheviki advanced to Brest-Litovsk on Thursday. The comunique reads. ‘Our forces have occupied Bialystok. In the direction of Bielek (thirty miles south of Bialystok) after fierce fighting our troops forced the river Marva and are continuing to advance. “We occupied Prushani Tuesday and London Hears. advanced to Brest-Litovsk Thursday, In the direction of Kovel our troops aré driving the Poles back to the river Stotskod. “In the Crimea sector fighting con- tinues between the river Dnieper and south of the towns of Alexandrovsk and Seared ° -