Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Partly cloudy and not so warm tonight and tomorrow. ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today—Highest, 94, at 3 p.m. yesterda: am. today. Full report on page 7. lowest, 73, at § Closing New York Stocks, Page 23. No. 28,191 PACIFIC MISGIVINGS CHIEF OBSTACLET0 DISARMING AT ONGE Harvey’s Speech Reveals Much Hinges on Relations With Japanese. HAMMER AT STONE WALL WHILE PROBLEMS EXIST Statement of Apprehension Con- cerning Relation Between Coun- tries Believed Key to Issue. BY DAVID LAWRENC For several weeks the Washington correspondents have been asking Yresident Harding and Secretary Hughes for information concerning disarmament. What, they have in- quired, is standing in the way? To all has been given the same answer—a polite disinclination to discuss the matter in any form beyond the gen- eral statement that informal feelers had been put out to learn the attitude ©f_other powers. Now, however, George Harvey, American_ambassador to Great Brit- min, and President Harding’s personal and official representative on the su- yreme council. has at last lifted the veil of secrecy and confirmed what has_been suspected, but never offi cially admitted, namely. that our r Tations with Japan stituted the chief obstacle to immediate disarma- ment. Here are the words in Col. Harvey's July Fourth speech at Lon- don, which convey more significance than any other utterance on the sub- ject made by spokesmen of the ad- ministratio “For the first time in history the tur- bulent Atlantic has become a mill- pond, particularky eliminated siderations of dunger so far warfare is concerned. There is ground for good hope, however, that whatever apprehensions exist of ~perilous possi- bilities on the Pacific may be dispelled sooner than is commonly anticipated. When, if at all, that splendid consumma- tion shall be obtained in response to the apparently universal desire, disarmament wil! follow naturally and inevitably, and peace on earth will be assured for years at least, and it may be forever. Navy Transfer Causes Distrust. “Is this glorious aspiration too much to expect? Why should it be? ~Ob- stacles many and grave there are, to be sure, but what are they? What can they be but barriers surmountable by a concert of purpose on the part of all the directly concerned and no less «tly responsible to others? Nobody in the Harding administra- tion has heretofore made a point of the fact that the naval power of the United States was practically useless or rather potentially unnecessary, While at the same time referring to apprehensions in the Pacific. It is true that the concentration of Ameri- can naval forces imuthe. Pacific-has becn the result of a steady growth of suspicions that the next naval war would be fought in the Pacific. On the other hand, it is also a fact that. justead of allaying apprehension in removing distrust, the transfer of the fleet to the Pacific has been looked upon by the Japanese as a move re- quiring further activity on their part end hastening their naval building program. Meanwhile in the flel}l of diplomacy meveral other moves have been made which have accéntuated the fact that until the special problems existing be- &ween the United States and Japan are polved, the friends of disarmanent will be hammering away at a stone wall. If anybody else in the administration jexcept Ambassador Harvey had drawn Bttention to the “perilous possibilities n the Pacific,” the utterance would ave been passed by without signifi- ance. But Ambassador Harvey has een intrusted with the very task of jpanvassing the sentiment of the other Bovernments concerning disarmament, Bnd his conclusion that apprehensions oncerning the relation between the nited States and Japan must first be dispelled before there can be disarma- ment is looked upon today as the nk answer and key to the whole mnml-ment situation. Japan Recognizes Sentiment. The statement by Baron Shidehara, apanese ambassador to the United ates, to the effeet that the proposed \Anglo-Japanese alliance was not in- Rtended as hostile to the United States 18 a recognition by Japan of the sen- timent which has been growing in the United States against the renewal of the alliance. The British government Bas found it necessary to assure Can- ada and Australia that the Anglo- gl.panele alliance does not require the ritish empire to assist Japan in the event of a war with the United States. @ndeed, there is no ¢:caping the fact that both Great Britdin and the United States would have no difficulty in coming to an agreement on the yeduction of armament expense. if their respective relations with Japan could be placed upon a firm founda- tion of true friendship. The Japanese, however, are really more eager to re- pew their alilance with Great Britain than is apparent on the surface, and the British are unable to give a sub- stantial reason for discontinuing it without offending the pride of Japan. 1t it were not for the peculiar situa- tion that has arisen with respect to the refusal of the United States gov- ernment to enter the league of na- tions, the problems might easily have been solved. The league itself does Mot recognize alliances, unless they are stripped of any offensive character and are plainly defensive. But there is no nation in the present league which has sufficient interest at stake to question the propriety of the Anglo- anese agreement or its scope. The Cnited States government has not been consulted either by Japan or by Great Britain. and there i no diplo- matic way by which the Washington government can interpose its view- Point except through the press. The American_government has certainly not seen fit to encourage the idea of Bn Anglo-Japanese alliance, and has on one occasion shown its displeasure that America was not being consulted. There is a growing curiosity in Washington to know why it is that both Japan and Great Britain, being pledged by article ten of the league of nations covenant to protect their yespective territorial integrity ‘“as azainst external aggression” should need a defensive alliance. Friends of President Wilson who were at the peace conference say that Entered as second-class m, post officeWashington, D' ey D. C. JUVENILE BILLS. Senator Ball Introduces Measures to Better Court Conditions. Senator Bali of Delaware, chairman of the District committer, today intro- quced several bills reliting "to the ng;{r:)g:n‘cn;urfxlnf‘ the District with val o e K yn Se of thoProval of Judge Kathryn Sellers One of these bills amends the act creating the Juvenile Court so as to provide more officers for the court and to give them better pay. Another of the 'bills would provide for examina- tion of persons brought before the Juvenile Court by the public health service, Two other bills would amend the acts providing for the support of il- legitimate children in the District and prohibiting the abandonment or will- ful neglect of wives and minor chil- dren, 80 as to give the Juvenile Court ample jurisdiction in such cas Senator Ball al: uced a bill to amend the s ights and measures act so as to make a standard loat of bread a pound loaf. The bill also would permit one-half loaves and loaves weighing one pound and a half. or any muitiple of a pound. It also provides that the loaves must be clear- Iy labeled, showing their contents in weight. RUSH WORK ON NEW D.C. WATER SUPPLY Maj. M. C. Tyler Placed in Command and Will Push En- larged System. Work on a new water supply for Washington is on. . Maj. M. C. Tyler has been placed in command and it is going to be a rush job if Congress will provide the money fast enough. Selection of Maj. Tyler to direct the work was announced today by Brig. Gen. Lansing H. Reach, chief of engineers of the Army. Maj. Tyler is the author of the Great Falls water supply and power development plan, which was the basis of the appropri- ation made by Congress fgr a new conduit. He is the District officer and is_now directing the con- struction of Key bridse. Regarded as Emergency. President Harding scarcely had blotted his signature to the Army bill, authorizing the new conduit, when the War clearing the way of preliminaries. so that construction might be started with the least delay possible. Gen. Beach said today he re dertaking as an emergenc: ing vital relation to the health and safety of the people of Washington. Although only $200,000 Is allowed for starting_work, effort will be made, with this amount, to complete de- tailed drawings and specifications, clear the right of way and grade for the new flltration plant to be built on the Dalecarlia reservation. If this much can be accomplished the first vear a foundation will have been laid, it is said, for rapid progress to be made during the succeeding vears. Maj. Tyler says the work can be com- pleted in three years, although many engineers doubt if It can oe finished under five years. Take Economy Steps. It s expected the present week will witness the taking of active steps to reduce water consumption in the Dis- trict and to develop economy practices during the period that will be required for bullding the Tyler conduit. The ac- tion of Col. C. O. Sherrill, superin- tendent of public buildings and grounds, in ordering the closing of the generating_plant in the State, War and Navy bullding, which, it is esti- mated, will save a million gallons of water a day. is expected to influence similar action by other departments. Col. Sherrill has supervision only over this building and other structures furnished with current from the State, War and Navy plant. If the bureau of engraving and printing and the government printing office, where sev- eral million gallons of water are used daily for condensing purposes, came under his jurdisdiction, it is probable he would close down their generating plants during the summer also. Saving Could Be Effected. Col. Sherrill saild today that the State, War and Navy bullding would save money as well as water in buying current instead of making it during the summer. In the winter, he pointed out, the water used for condensing purposes also is used for heating the building, but In summer filtered water is condensed only for power purposes, which he characterized as an unjusti- fable waste during the high consump- tion period. He also said the cost of buying current fs much less in the summer than in the winter and that it was found to be more economical in every respect fo stop the operation of the State, War and Navy plant until the heating season begins. Should other government department! which are considering filtered water for power purposes decide to purchase power during the summer months it would mean a saving of at least 5,000,000 gal- lons of water each day. With the con- duit already delivering daily a quantity of water in excess of its safe capacity, a saving of 5,000.000 gallons a day, engi- neers say, might mean the difference between continued service and a complete breakdown of the water supply system. SENATOR’S MOTHER DIES. Mrs. Jones Passes Away at Beth- any, IlL ‘Word has been received here of the death of the mother of Senator Jones of Washington at Bethany, IIl. Sena- tor Jones left this city for Bethany jmmediately. engineer | Department _began | Che WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 5 1921-THIRTY PAGES. SMUTSAND VALERA | CONFER ON PEACE |Extremely Important Parley in Dublin Today—Other Leaders Attend. SINN FEINERS CORDIAL Now Believed Regublican Chief Will Agree to Attend London Meeting. By the Associated Press, LONDON, July 5.—Conferences were under w; in Dublin today between Gen. Jan Ch ian Smuts, the South African premier, and prominent Irish leaders, says a dispatch to the Evening News from Dublin this afternoon. Gen. Smuts, who arrived in Dublin during the morning, conversed with Lord Mayor O'Neill and afterward with mon de, era, the republican leader, nd_Arthur Griflith, founder of the Si Fein and a member of De Valera's cabl- net, the me Be states. Th7 welcoming delegati including % ord mu vor, hur ffith, and f=iC Barton, Sinn F member of par- iament for Wicklow, awaited Gen. Smuts at Kingstown, expecting to meet !flm there and escort him to Dublin. Through some slip, however, they miss: . eneral, an od the ken Iy motored to Dublin Zapect De Valera in London, ‘Reports of excMlent augury” have reached Westminster relativ 'S 8 e to the conferen t Dublin between U= mon de Valera and the four south- ern unionists Sunday, says the par- liamentary correspondent of the don Times. In quarters whe a ¥S ago the prospect of Mr. de lera coming to London was r as doubtful. he adds, the o up belief that the conf -rence chang d the aspect of evanrts his coming might b re 1 o i racd as not barely possible, bat even prob- as e ¥ 1 e, bt even prob The { optimism Is duc large correspondent declarcs thiat 1y to infori that “as an cat_of the Sinn Feiners w the Earl of Baudon of Bandon was kidna, residence in Bantry, by a band of armed morning of June Great Concern in Misslon. An ex of hopefulness was found in the edi- torial comment by the Morning Post, d any concession to the It began its edi- i ng the government's attitude of “eating dirt.” Great interest was manifested in the mission of Gen. Smuts to Ireland, there being a difference of opinion whether it was prompted by the gov. ernment or undertaken at the Invita- tion of Irish leaders. Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster, left Belfast for London today, and jt is pointed out he will have abundant time to confer with members of the government and others whom he may desire to con- sult, pending a decision by Eamonn conference of Irish lead v Lloyd George. erswIhEM Another Peace Step. Earl Midleton, one of the four - ern_ unionists Who took part in yes: terday’s conference at Dublin, arrived in England last night, and it s as- sumed he intends to confer with poli- ticlans here during the interval be- fore the resumption of the Dublin conference on Friday. ~ Earl Middle- ton. when interviewed at Holyhead, declined to talk of the proceedings of the conference, saying the particl- pants mutually had agreed to say nothing for publication at present. adding_ that, as far as he personally iwas concerned, he would say there was no reason to be dissatisfied with the progress made. PEACE OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS. DUBLIN, July 5.—For three hours vesterday Eamon de Valera, the Irish Tepublican leader; Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein. and four southern unionists—Earl_Midleton, Sir Maurice. Dockrell, Sir Robert Henry Woods and Andrew Jameson—conferred on the Irish situation with a view to preparing the way for possible negotia- tions with the British prime minister and the Ulster premler, Sir James Craig. Great crowds gathered outside the Mansion House, where the discussions took place, waving American flags, many falling on their knees and reciting prayers for the success of the conference. The unionist representatives met with a cordial reception from those assembled. were reticent regarding what took I place at the meetings, but points of agreement were reached on the finan- clal question and the disadvantages of partition. Popular sentiment 18 very hopeful of peace. This was voiced by the lord mayor in'a speech at a meeting of the Dub- 1in_corporation after the conference, in which he said that he was break- ing no confidence in declaring that much good will would come of it. In a statement to the Associated Press an important official in touch with all sides of the situation pa- serted that the government was pre- pared to make large concessions, the far-reaching_effect of which Mr. de Valera would appreciate. The view is entertained here that Sir James Craig's absence from the conference may be even advantageous to the present negotiations, since any concessions necessary from Ulster might easier be made by the Ulster premier in London than Dublin. This view, however, is not shared by the members of 'the conference, ~who would have preferred that all Ire- land should be represented. NETWORK OF AIRWAYS SPANNING NATION PLANNED BY AIR SERVICE A system of mode] airways, cov- ering the entire continent, is plan- ned by the Army air service for the use of all operators or owners of aircraft. It contemplates various chains of well organized landing flelds, supplemented by frequent emergency flelds and identification markers connecting the principal cities. Because of the lack of appropria- tions from the federal government, air service officials sald today, it was their purpose to appeal to the chambers of commerce, aerial clubs Mr. Wilson really sacrificed his views on the Shantung question in order to make sure of Japan's entrance into the league of nations, feeling that it was absolutely essential to bring Japan within the jurisdiction of the Jeague, 80 as to prevent a possible war Vetween the United States and Japan. Inasmuch as America is not a mem- ‘ber of the league of nations, the \Vashington government must seek through the avenues of diplomacy a way to insure peace on the Pacific. Secretary Hughes (s bending all his efforts in that direction. But it has now been officially disclosed that dis- armament will have to wait until giplomacy has tried its hand. . ACopyright, 1921} and civic organizations to assist in creation of the airways. The Boy Scouts organization already has pledged its co-operation, it was stated, and will construct identifi- cation markers, guard wrecked planes, submit monthly reports on emergency landing field conditions and generally assist aviators in trouble. ‘The plan calls for the first of the model airways between Washing- ton and yton, Ohio, with five main stations, ten subsidiary sta- tions and twenty emergency flelds. ‘These will be divided among Lees- burg, Va.; Charles Town, Pawpaw, Moundsville and Morgantown, W. Va.; Cumberland, Frostburg and ¥ Oakland, Md.; Point Marion, Smith- fleld and Waynesburg. Ba: Droas ant City, Cambridge, Zanesville Columbus, Springfield and Dayton, Each main station will be pro- vided with a municipal landing field, wireless and telophone equip-. ment and a meteorological station which will forecast weather con- glfllonll B{ld Wkl‘nfl directions and isseminate such informatie fiyers along the route, lion:toutie Other airways tentativ = proved by the air service t:)‘ybo?:- cluded in the national system of air trails include one from New York city to Langley Field, Va, connecting the principal cities be. tween the two terminals; one from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Diego; Calif.,, along & general line of Mo- bile, "Ala.; San Antonio, Tex., and Tuscon, Ariz.; another from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Seattle, to . be known as the Yellowstone trail, along the general line of Aberdeen, S. D.; Miles City, Billings and Butte, Mont.; Couer d’Alene, Idaho, and Spokane, Wash., and another proposes to connect New Orleans, “La., and Chicago, Il taking the Misalssippi valley route, rocd | | ption to the general trend | De Valera respecting the )nnolea.‘,’.—”,,”“,.{ out that the tariff bill, The members of the conference | heni WITH SUNDAY MORJING EDITION SENATE VACATION ASKED BY LODGE | Opposition Arises to Proposal | for Adjournment for Three Weeks. By a vote of 28 to 24 the Senate to- day refuxed to take a holkdny from July 9 to August 8. Party allgnmentx | Were dinregarded in the vote. The| | Senate will remain at work. | The agitation for a summer holiday for members of the Senate which has | been growing for several weeks w brought to a head today, when Sen ator Lodge, republican leader, offered | i & concurrent resolution providing that when the Senate adjourns on Thurs- day it shall not meet again until| | Thursday, July 28. This would give| ! the senators a three-week Irliday. In offering his resolution Senator Lodge explained that there was a de- sire on the part of many senators for | brief rost during the hot weather. | probably would not reach the Senate until the end of July. The House in the meantime will be engaged upon that measure, he said, and would not be willing to take up any other bills that the Senate might now pass until after the tariff bill has been disposed | of. Reeess Opponed. Senator Norris of Nebraska strenu- | ously opposed taking a recess until some of the bills now pending in- | tended to aid the farmers shall have | been passed by the Semate. He men-} | tioned particularly a bill to estab- lish a goverpment corporation to sist in the’ exportation of agricul-! tural products, and also the anti-| grain gambling bill. i “agriculture is in a deplorable condition today,” said Senator Nor-| ris. “And I am not willing to vote! for an adjournment at this time. We | should dispose of these bills first.” ' { | Senator Borah of ldaho called at- tention to the fact that the senators | who live in the west would not be; much benefited by an adjournment | for only three weeks, since they Would be unable to visit their homes. Senator Lodge explained that when | the tariff bill comes over to the! Senate from the House it will be; Teferred to the Senate fihance com-| mittee, and will be before that com- mittee for at least a month. During that month, he said, it would be pos- | sible for the Senate to dispose of the bills referred to by Senator Norris| and others. | i Later Vaeation !u‘xrned.‘ .l suggestion by Senator Sterling o S e ota was that the Senate Bhould stay here until July 28, and | | then take an adiournment for three ! | or four weeks. Senator Sterling is| | chairman of a subcommittee in charge of the Volstead anti-beer bill, which | escribed as an emergency meas- B e yine that it should be passed | hout delay. W tor Mccumber of North Dakota, in charge of the soldiers’ adjusted compensation bill, announced that he ould bring up that bill as soon as the so-called maternity bill has been disposed of. The Senate has a unani- imous consent agreement to vote on the maternity bx}l on ;ye tenth legis- tive day after June 30. Ia Y or Fletcher of Florida, demo- arat, and Senator La Follette of Wis- consin, republican, both attacked the proposal for a holiday at this time. Benator La Follette declared that Con- ress had done none of the things so far for which it was. called into spe- oial session by the President three nonths ago. He called attention to the | fact that the President had particu- i larly urged that some aid be given the farmers of the country. Semator Ta Follette also said that the country had been promised legislation revising an reducing taxation, but 50 far nothing done about it. had Do Norris interrupted to say that the Senate had done one thing at least, it had ratified the treaty with Calumbia under which this country pays Columbia $25,000,000. ; Senator Lodge later amended his reso- lution. to read from the Sth of July to the 8th of August. JAPANESE PROFESSOR CONFERS WITH SENATORS higeo Suyehiro, professor of law in Kf'ntg Tmperial University, Japan, who is in this country in the interest of limitation of armaments, announced today that he had conferred on the subject with Senators Borah, repub- lican, ldaho, author of the disarma- ment resolution appended to the naval appropriation bill, and Kenyon, re- publican, Iowa. Prof. Suyehiro declared that in his juagment it would be “a grave error should the proposed disarmament con- ference be secret, “because of the vital interest taken in the subject by the British and Japanese people, as well as those of the United States, if the fmpressions I have received here are correct.” Prof. Suyehiro sajd the movement for limitation of a. iments had “the backing, political and active, of Japa- nese business interests,” and that “ar- dent approval” had been shown by the masses in Japan upon the many oc- ..IIOII-M I may co had addressed thgm, s n Star. Member of ‘The Associated A rights aispatches Associated Press Preas i exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all mews dispatches credited to it or not otherw'se credited In this paper and also the local news published hereln. of publication of special bherein are also reserved. Yeste;dny's Net Circulation, 71,691 GOMPERS TO TOUR. Will Visit Large Cities to Aid A. F. of L. Membership. A nation-wide tour to survey the prospeets of industrial organizing is contemplated by Pre: amuel Gompers of the Ameri ation of Labor, it was learned tod President Gompers plans to visit vir- tually every large city and every state with large industries in the country, Cwas said at labor headquarters, aft- er which a sweey ampaign will be launched. tion's membership at nt runs well above the 4,000,000 k. according to recent figures, and 1 5.006.000 or more is sought befo » next international conven- tion of the organization. BACKS ROCK CREEK GOLF COURSE PLAN. ithe Poles had withdrawn from the ! Office of Public Buildings and Grounds Will Ask Ap- propriation. Estimates for a public golf course in Rock Creek Park and new roads through undeveloped sections of the; park will be contained in the next budget of the office of public build- ings and grounds to be transmitted to Congress in December. About $50.000 will be asked for the golf course. it was said today. and $75,000 for roads Although economy consideration: are to govern the preparation of this as well as other department budgets. it ix known that Gen. Lansing H. Beach, chief of engineers of the Army, and Col. 0. C. Sherrill, superintend- nt of public buildines favor an eArly start being made ward the developmentsof certaln sec tions of the park which now are pr tically inaccessible, and that their views will find a practical expression in the forthcoming budget. See Demand for Golf Course. Both officials_believe there is de- mand for a golt course in the north- ern section of the park and, in recom- fnending that Congress provide funds for this recreational facility, they will have nfer upon the citizens of the District, but the health advantages iit may bring to convalescents in Wal- ter Reed Hospital. The site proposed for the links is the section morth of Morrow road, between Rock Creek and 16th str lying opposite Walter Reed Hospital. New roads to be recommended in the budget will have as their object the general opening up of the northern section of the park. It‘is stated they Will form connections with Military road, Morrow road and Beach drive. Believe Start Should Be Made. The appropriations to be requested will not meet the total cost of the improvements planned. It is the opin- jon of Gen. Beach and Col. Sherill that a start on the development pro- gram, even though a modest one, Should be made now, and the work carried on as rapidly as Congress will make annual appropriations for it. “DEVILCHASER” FATAL. Ardie A. Hardy, fourteen months old, 3410 Volta place northwest, died yesterday from poisoning resulting from chewing a “devil chaser,” a small explosive. Coroner Nevitt, after viewing the child’s body today, gave a certificate of accidental death. f[‘.oday’s News in Paragrdphs i Rush work on new District of Columbia water supply. Page 1 Congress shifts foreign burdens on Pres- ident's shoulders. Page 1 Misgivings in Pacific believed chief ob- stacle to United States action for dis- armament. Page 1 Office of public buildings and grounds proposes public golf course in Rock Creek Park. Page 1 French army officer killed in hostile ‘demonstration by Germans in_Upper Silesia. Page 1 Gen. Smuts and De Valera hold impor- tant conference in Dublin. Page 1 Infant mortality high in Wzshington, is Hyglepic Association’s report. Page 3 Senator Watson charges Federal Re- serve Board with warfare on Ameri- can business. Page 13 Ex-Minister Ozakl declares Japan is anxious to discuss limitation of arma- ments with United States. Page 15 Germany pleased with conclusion of peace with United States. Page 17 Eight men killed, thirty-six hurt in re- finery explosion at Whiting, Ind. Page 17 Senator Harrison scores delay in nego- tiating peace. Page 17 Five warships' crews make Christiania gay. s Page 17 Harvey picturés universal amity, with disarming following naturally. Page 18 Motor tag law cvaders to cause police Page 19 round-up. or organizing and grounds, | in mind not only the benefits it TWO CENTS. KILLING OF MAIOR {French Aroused Over Beuthen Incident During Evacuation. Germans Tell of Attack. Iis the Associnted Press. PARIS. July 5.—The killing of Maj. antalicres of the French army dur- ng a hostile demonstration by the 'man population of Beuthen, Upper . reported in foreign office ad- vices, ha ! pression in French official circles, it i indicated in these circles toc Follows Withdrawal of P The reported killing occurred after B « I town under the evacuation agreement. The officer was in command of a small | French det in Beuthen throughout the Upper Si- lesian troubles, it was explained. The British_troopa that were assigned to occupy the town had not yet arrived. | and the manifestants profited by this {fact, the dispatches to the foreign of- fice 'state. The major was shot from ! behind by some one in the crowd, the i report declares. When_the British arrived, the for- ieign office advices add, they were obliged to fire in order to disperse the icrowd, and some of the demonstrators {were killed and others wounded. Origin of Trouble Explained BERLIN. July 5.—The version of the trouble at Beuthen, Upper lesia, given by the Aligemeine Zeitung today, declares that people of Beuthen began acclaiming the allies upon the Polish with- drawal, but that when the inhabitants ! started singinz patriotic songs the ¥rench attacked them with rifle {butts. Some shots were fired. the {account continues. a major being killed and several Frenchmen beini ! wounded, whereupon the French lost control, with the result that several women and children were killed. Twenty prominent citizens of Beuthen were taken as hostages, the newspaper adds, and an inquiry was i1 opened. Shot by Civilian. Early accounts of the JBeuthen ineident, given Monday in Oppeln to the London Daily Mail. | advices declared a French battallon entered the town amid a hostile demonstra- tion by the German population, and that later Maj. Montalieres was shot dead by a civilian who escaped when the crowd shielded him. —_——— POSTAL STATION OPENED. Office in Post Office Building Base for Twenty Carriers. The Washington city post office |today opened its branch station in ‘Ahe Post Office Department building, the former 11th street station being closed. The new station will be open from 8 am. to 6 p.m., and the lock boxes will be open to holders of keys twenty-four hours a day. Morethan twenty carriers will make the station their base of opera- tions, beginning Friday, delivering to the southwest section of the citw and the business section of the north- west. George Tait is superintenden EXPERTS SEEK “ABSOLUTE ZERO” IN TEST WITH Searching for “absolute zero” at the cryogenic or low temperature laboratory at the Interior Depart- ment today proved something like the recent hunt Georges Carpen- tier made for the world's heavy- weight pugilistic championship. IMen with sleeves rolled up and beads of perspiration rolling down their ?aces deftly filled flagons with iquid air, while warning a repre- sentative of The Star that the in- sertion of a finger in the liquid would mean its freezing. “Be careful, young fellow,” said the engineer, as The Star man stooped over to look at the liquid air smcke down from a glass pipe into a great flagon built on the vacuum bottle principle. “I'm trying to find the coolest place in town, that's all,” was the reply. “Well, we handle the coldest stuff in town, but we're hot down here just the same as everybody else in Washington is,” came the reply. “Can't you draw me off a saucer of that cold stuff?” ‘Wiping off the perspiration from his brow, the engineer on the com- pressor amiled. | REST ON PRESIDENT IN'SILESIA STIRS. chment that had remained j the | . TURKISH NATIONALISTS, OCCUPATION SPREADS |WARSHIPS []RDEREU OVER ISMID PENINSULA By the Associnted T ress. LONDON, July 5.—The Turkish nationalists have oceupied almost the cntire Ismid peninsula and d the some of them have even ent neutral zone, s an change Telegraph dispateh from Constanti- nople today. It Qs said that e private meet- ing of the allicd high con on- ers in Constantinople discussed the auestion of asking Runt, to s defend nationalists pateh adds. FOREIGNBURDENS | | | Congress Shifts Responsibil- ity for Action on Mr. Hard- | ing’s Shoulders. It is recognized on Capitol Hill that responsibility for action in the inter- national situation has now shifted from Congress to the executive, and | Wors are awaiting the next move from the other end of the Avenue, sub- jsequent to the techn declaration of peace with Germany President it is declared, now finds hin fing the necessi of taking the deciding action in se nstances, as follow i Whether to withdraw the troops | {from Germany, in accordance with the an element in this country, voiced by t -, or to | all Vs in the § m shmit o the S ty of and navigation with which may contain more {than m commercial clauses o BO [to the length of setting forth terms of #nt of the r h this < reserved to itself in the reso- 111 the 1 qu as to { conttic jutil in ibility of of Versaill understoos fary Hughes mempers of to and [ £ te De- | partment proclama- | tion of j 1 advisable. fon acrou upon_ the | limitatio: The State | 5 the opinion | { retention of troops on the | Rhine will he entin LoAf it s jthe jud ident to so | direct. { It is pointed out that the troops are there by virtue of the armistice, and {all rights of the United under | jthe armistice are expressiv reserved | lin the resolution of Congress just| passed declaring a state of peace. \See Popular De::and. Seators expect, however that there will be pronounced popular demand in country for their withdrawal,! | overlooking the larger and broader aspects of the international situation | which necessitated their being pu there in the first place. The Presi dent, as commander in chief of the Army and Navy has full jurisdiction in the prem and it is taken for | granted that a declaration {gress would not go bevond ression of the opinion of that body. | The commercial and navigation | treaty vet to be negotiated may read- | ily be made the vehicle, it is thought | 1Ly senators. for conve: ip- | ulations bearing upon rel. Germany growing out of the war, | they will be in the nature of preserva- !tion of American rights set forth in [the Versailles treaty and the armistice. ions with | ISPANISH CABINET OUT, | PROLONGED CRISIS SEEN | Predicted Speaker Guerra of House of Deputies Will Attempt to | Form New Ministry. Es the Associated Press. | | - MADRID, July 5.—The cabinet of | Premier Allendesalazar resigned to- | day. | Conferences between the retiring | premier and other leading politicians of the liberal and conservative groups were begun early today, and the opin- | Guerra, speaker of the chamber of | deputies, would be requested to form a new ministry. He possesses a solid following among the various conservative EToups. El Imparcial foresees great diffi- culty in forming a new cabinet and predicts the ministerial crisis will last a long time. —_—— GEN. COLLARDET DIES. Brig. Gen. Collardet, military at- tache to the French embassy here, died in Lille, France, yesterday, ac-! cording to a cablegram recelved at the embassy last night. i In 1918 he held the rank of colonel | when promoted from assistant attache | to the higher post, which previously | had been occupied by Gen. Vignal more | FREEZING LIQUID “I'll pour you a pocketful,” he Jested. Finally the flagon of “cold brew" was about filled, according to tests made with a piece of red rdbber tubing. which emerged frozen hard and white as snow. The frozen tubing felt cold—very cold—to the touch, but soon thaw- ed out. ‘Then the flagon was taken into the next room and corked with a wad of hair. “I'll just walk off with this bot- " smiled the reporter. “You won’'t walk off very fa replied the engineer. “Take that out in the sun and it will explode.” “Guess I'll buy from the old ice man instead. But why do you cork i with hair?” “That's_to let it have a chance to ‘get the air’ Corked tight, it would explode.’ The liquid air is used In liquefy- ing helium and hydrogen, the lat- ter of which has not vet been ob- tained, it was declared. When Dr. R. B. Moore, head of the labora- tory, gets back to town soon, ex- periments are to begin again. The low temperature iaboratory was dedicated by Mme. Marie Curie, the noted woman scientist, when she was here recently. The lab- i oratory, is located in the basement :: the Interior Department build- '3 l ion was general that Jose Sanchez|y BYU. 3. TO TAMPICO 10 SAVE INTERESTS |0l | American Properties—Peril Situation Jeopardizes in Labor Riots. OBREGON DECREE ORDERS INDEMNITY BY COMPANIES Instructs Closed Concerns to Pay Employes for Loss of Work. British Speed Operations. The crui r Cleveland and the gun- wento have been ordered to ampico, Mexico, to protect American interests in the event that they are Jjeopardized because of labor trouble growing out of the unemployment situation, it was said today at the Navy Department The Sacrumento should reach Tam- pico todayMrom Galveston. The Cleve Jand ordered from Cristobal. Zonw, and probably will _not Tampico before Thursday. Both els are assigned to the American 1 service squadron in South and -ntral Ameri waters, Rear Ad- miral H. F. Bryan commanding. ient Riots Increasing. lained at the Navy De- »mployment had becn in und around cpression in the that u tantly . Tampico bhec: lustry the oil i duc to the new tax sy id that incipient riots and & labor troubles had resulted in igion_to send the two war- ships to the Mexican port to protes American interests should they be en- dan d It was said, however, that the ves- sels would take no action unless a < situation arose. from Tampico yesterday ships _of the Atlantic a4 at Tampico were d -partment to be pre- It w var craft k stated that no Ameri- A arrived there and it w umed that the reports resulted from the receipt of news at Tampico that the veland and Sacramento had been ordered to that place. DECREE TO PAY IDLE MEN. Obregon Orders U. S. Concerns to Indemnify Those Out of Work. A4 Press. ) CITY. July 5—Ofl com- panies which have closed down oper- ations in the stutes of Tamaulipas and i Vera Cruz “without sufficient justifi- tion ordered to pay indemnifi- cation to employes thrown out of work b ir action jn a decree is- sued by President Obregon last night. The decres was promulgated through the department of the interlor. £h the amount of the indem- Altha ¥ i not stated, it is understood that would receive three Reports from the Tam- indicate there has been tion of work during k. especially among American _concerns. _Gen. Arnulfo iomez, commander of ffederal troops tin that region, reported yesterday that more than 10,000 workmen had been dismissed within the last few da by foreign oil companies. No reason for their action has been an- nounced Ly the companies, but it is understood to be an act of reprisal against the recent decree increasing the eXpOTL taxes on petroleum. British Speeding Up. Reports from the Vera Cruz fields indicate British companies are speed- ing up operations instead of decreas- ing their working forces. At Puerto Lobos, where pipe line terminals are operated by Americans, work has been ! closed down and 450 men thrown out of employment. Coincident with reports of this sit- uation in northeastern Mexico come dispatches from the State of Tabasco, farther south, that several oil gush- ers have been discovered there within the past few days and that the field gives indication of being very rich. The appearance off Tampico Monday of *“five armored vessels comprising part of the United States Atlantic fleet” is d ribed today by the Tam- pico correspondent of El Democrata as having produ a great sensation. The v els cast anchor just outside the three-mile limit and gave no in- | timation as to the cause of their visit. but El Democrata says it believes the vessels are engaged in maneuvers off the Gulf of Mexico and declares their presence should not cause any wild speculation. STOCK STILL DECLINES. Heavy Selling Follows Reports of Adverse Conditions.. NEW YORK. July 5.—Mexican oils were subjected to further liquidation in_toda stock market. Additional selling was attributed to the discon- tinuance of oil shipments from Mexico by American producers because of the heavy export tax. * Mexican Petroleum. which had been the storm center of the stock market throughout June, declined 7 points to the new low record of 92% by midday. Pan-American Petroleum. which con# trols Mexican Petroleum, also regis- {tered a sharp reversal, as did also General Asphalt and the shares of other companies operating in Central and South America. a2 Contrary movements were recorded, however, by some of the European oii stocks. Royal Dutch, for example, made an early advance of 2 points, and this was increased to 3% points by noon. S GIRL DEAD IN TROUGH. Believed Murdered Before Being Thrown Into Water. WINCHESTER, I, July 5.—Beat- rice Kincaid, ten-vear-old daughter of James Kincaid, a prominent farm- er. was found dead in a water trough near the Kincaid barn. Finger prints on the child’s throat led authorities to believe she was murdered. Ed- ward Mundy, thirty-two, employed as a afrm worker by, Kincaid. is being Teld in the Scott county jail here for investigation. RUSSIA TO COIN RUBLES. RIGA, July 4.—Colnage of silver rubles is expected to begin at the Petro- grad mint September 1, according to a wireless dispatch from Moscow. The new rubles will be of the same weight as the old issue, but will bear & different design. The first shipments of silver for the new issue are expected in a few days, says the report. Tubics and half-rubles of pure silver and smaller coins of silver alloy are to be coined at & capaeity amounting to 600,000 Fubles dally,