Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1921, Page 4

U. S. STUDENTS IN ITALY. Americans on Way to Dante Ex- ercises Feted at Genoa. GENOA, July 13.—One hundred and @eventy American man and woman tudents arrived here erday on & tour of Italy. They were received at the station by students and pro- fessors from the University of Genoa, and were accorded & warm reception. Dlstnct National Bank \ 1406 G Street “Welcome —Not only on the mat be- fore the door—but in the smile and greeting of every officer and employe, from our president down. We have humanized the banking business—taking out the frigidity and in its stead installing cordiality— a glad-to-see-you spirit that bespeaks co-operation and presages mutual benefit. A Bank of service—that delights in the serving— and goes the limit for its customers. That’s us. ter go to Rome. m‘rh-fluudnn came 'Ia e primary purpose of e sxeraiess to be hel wher‘ & bronze memorial uhl-t. 99 President R. N. Harper Vice Presidents W.P.L Lewis Holmes C. J. Gockeler N. L. Sansbury Cashier H. L. 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Moberly, in the employ of the United States {wpyiivn 1ur -Il'e than "' by the House of Representatives to complete the werk of the at, the paintings around the imterrior of THREAT OF SCANDAL IN BANK'S FAILURE China Industrial Institution’s Collapse Causes Clash of French Deputies. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Wirsless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. PARIS, July 9 (Delayed).—The China Industrial Bank failure now threatens to degenerate into another typical French politico-financial scandal. The affair was the subject of a lively discuasion in the chamber of deputies yesterday. The extreme left and the extreme right com- bined to attack the government. Dej Bartha, speaking for the left, flacllm’mt he considered that “there hu been eolhboranon between politics high finance too long.” Gen. Cas- tellane 'speaking for the right, demanded that suit be brought ~unflinchingly against the responsible directors of the defunct bank and that no one be spared. Basis of Discussion. The debate centered on the fact that Philippe Berthelot, general secretary of the mlnIl'.U of foreign affairs, who is a brother of Andre Berthelot, one of the heads of the China Industrial Bank, sent telegrams to the French diplomatic rep- resentatives in Chg:n to :’ea::un{ m- Chinese regarding the con of the bank, thus, in eginion of the depu- ties, lnp‘ln‘ the responsibility of the sty ito | Philippe initiative completely and himself would have signed sald, if he had become premier & few days earlier. It was necessary at the time, and it was to the interest of the lflllr‘ country to react against the anti- French propaganda which Reuters, an ufllch.l Brmlh agency, was spreading in llkh‘l.m.mm M. Briand further asserted that even now the n“rnmcn( ‘was trying to de- vise means of saving the Chuu Indus- trial Bank because its collapse {ufloul to French prestige in the Fl-r but the government recogn that such salutary action was dlmcult under the law, because this bank was a private institution. The government succeeded in prevent- ing the fixing of deilnite blame for the failure by a narrow margin of votes. It is estimated that the bank might yet saved 1if 300,000,000 h'lllcl (normally $60,000,000) could be raised. HAGERSTOWN HAS 11,460 WORKERS, CENSUS SHOWS Statement Also Says There Are - 2,853 Farmers in Fairfax County. There were 11,460 persons ten years of age and over in Hagerstown, Md. in 1920 engaged in gainful occupa- tions, constituting 40.8 per cent of the total population of the city, and 51.6 per cent of the population ten years of age and over, according to the census bureau. Of the gainful workers of Hagerstown in 1020, 81, 919, or 77.8 per cent, were males and 2,541, or 22.2 cent, were females. Five thousa engaged in manufacturing an chanical industries, the others being spread ovsr transportation, trade, public service, professional service, domestic and personal service and clerical occupations. There were 2,253 farms in Fairfax county, in 1920, of which 2,033 | were operatéd by white farmers, the, bus announced today. The value: l:nfll“;:d buildings, as o(i was $1 ‘l 641,158 in 1910. A to 183 acres was included in the farms in Fairfax county, of which 102,298 were improved. The principal crop of the county in 1919 was corn, of which 595,076 bushels were har- vested. ‘White foreign-born perso: prised 20.6 fi“ cent of the total popu- lation of Hampshire in 1920, against 23.4 per cent in 1910, the cen- sus bureau announced today. The ratio of foreign-born whites also de- clined during the decads in Vermont and Maine—from 14 per cent to 12.6 per cent in Vermont'and from 14.8 to 14 per cent in Maine. Of New Hampshire’s total popula- tion in 1920, whites were I“.IH and colored 621. Vermont had 351,817 whites and 672 colored, while Maine had 765, sss":huu and 1,310 oolored. colo; population of Wisconsin ncreased 79.3 per cent between 1910 and 1920, against a 12.8 per cent in- crease in whites, the bureau announc- ring the decade the propor- tion of foreign-born whites decreased from 22 per cent o{ the mm popu- cen lation to 17. lation l!l 1.20 ns com- ‘Wisconsin’s total popul ;'2‘0.1 :Xo led’ 'g; xuu ,938 whites, nese, 60 Japdnese and oth o ‘ o SAYS RUSS LIKES GERMANS. !ywud-hmlm:-mp,u, per. b ven trograd, says the lnnlu ltcn- dores unload cargoes, the Belish. The -lfi':':?n'."h‘ it the German-Russian trade L very rapidly. — the Capitol dome, above (Photo by 1. Pridgeon) who did practically RUSSIA REPORTED AS FACING “WORST SUMMER" IN HISTORY Lack of Land Medicines for Prevailing Epidemics, According to Advices. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Oable to The Star and rmr-.o Dally News. Copyright, 1921 CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkty‘ July 11. —Rellable bolshevist reports show that Russia mush face the worst sum- mer she ever has had. The surface of the cultivated fields does not ex- ceed one-third of the surface culti- vated In 1918, and on account of the drought the crops have been com- pletely ruined. Even southern Rus- sia, renowned as a rich corn country, is facing famine. On the other hand, on aoccount of lack of medicines, doc- tors and nourishment, exanthematic typhus and cholera are ravaging the towns and villages. Soviet reports show 8,400 cases daily, but according to travelers just returned, there are 10,000 cases a day in the south alone. Attempt to Obacure Condition. In such circumstances the govern- ment, fearing that even the placid Russian peasant might lose patience and rise against the present regime, has decided agein to adopt an aggre: sive foreign policy in order to di tract the attention of the masses. The note addressed to the Polish govern- ment on July 7 clearly Indicates that the soviets are trying to find an ex- for renewing hostilities against that country. The note accuses Poland He |of not respecting article § of the Riga_treaty, as it is supporting the anti-bolshevi movement, though each country pledged itself not to in- terfers with the internal affairs of the other. The bad faith of the bol- shevikl is evident, because, according to rnporl- received here, M. Z\novlev sald, at the preliminary meetlng the third internationale, 2 v placed at the disposition of the ol shevist agitators in Poland large sums of money and skill gandi; for spreading bolshev m in e Polish army.” After bringing his charges against the Pollsh government, Foreign Com- missar Tchitcherin asks for the imme- diate dissolution of all anti-bolshevist organizations in Poiand and the im- mediate deportation of the heads of those organizations, especially S8avin- ikov, Balakovitch and Petlura. He also asks for the creation in Warsaw of a Russo-Polish commission which will designate other persons for de- rortation, and the right of the bol- thevist representative to control the fulfillment of these demands and to supersvise the activities of the anti- bolshevists in that country. Busy With Balkan Issues. Commisear Tchitcherin is very busy with the Balkans at present and Is obviously preparing the ground for long-planned action. It is rellably reported that a Bulgarian delegation has been invited to proceed forthwith to Angora, there to meet nationalist nd bolshevist delegates in order to gree upon the ultimate fate of Thrace. Moreover, M. Tchitcherin is reported to be encouraging the Bul- garians to attack Greece, promising that Russia will keep Rumania busy ould that country, which, by the way, is signing an alliance with Greece, try to prevent Bulgarian mili- tary action. The allied authorities here are much worried over the activity of the soviet government and fear that the coming months will be the most critical in the history of Europe. “If we are unable to snatch Turkey away from the bolshevist grip the next few months will mark the be- mnnmg of a decisive struggle be- tween civilized Eurons l.nfl bolshev- {sm,” said the head of allied mis- lon here today. shevist agttators In Foleod’ Jargsiwon heretedey. | RIVERS DWINDLE AND GRASS BURNS FROM SEVERE DROUGHT IN EUROPE BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily Copyright, 1921. PANS. anc-.‘ July 13. large part of western Europe is in the grip of the most severe drought in many years. In France the situa- tion is unprecedented. Brooks and springs have dwindled to mere trickles and the rivers are getting lower and lower. The grass, which 1s usually a rich green throughout the year, is now brown and dead. France is an entirely different country from that against whose continuous dampness the American doughboys complained so despond- ently during the war. Day after day passes without a cloud adorn- ing the sky, or if the becomes overcast the clouds soon pass with- out shedding a drop of rain. The newspaper Le Matin urges the government to make an effort to produce rainfall by artificial means the next time the clouds gather. Fortunately, the grain crop is not greatly damaged. It is the truck German % mrstflfl wrow | !mh of rhubarb nm' m- d lchlll nches in mlbu;' garden and dairy products that are suffering most. tuce has tripled recently, and other vegetables are increasingly expen- sive. Both milk and eggs are be- coming really scarce. ~Farmers around Paris are taking water from the rivers in tank wagons to sprinkle their truck gardens, so many wells have gone dry. ‘The drought, which began In August, 1920, was broken by a tor- rential rainfall October 17, but there has been very little: molsture since that date. In the seven months from November to May the rainfall registered was 164 milli- meters (a millimeter is .0394 inch) against a normal average of 305. In June, only one milli- meter of rain f a average of 55, no rain has f: The rivers suffer also from the fact that the snowfall in the moun- tains last winter was very light. French hot spells, however, dif- fer from those in most other coun- tries in that in France the tempera- ture always falls toward evening, permitting comfortable rest at The price of let- - 10 REMOVE OIL AND TAR AFTER DIPS RICHMOND, Va., July 13.—Sea bathing along the Virginia coast hus been almost entirely destroyed in re- cent months by the appearance of a heavy ofl and tar on the surface of the incoming tides. Just where it comes from is not known, but the fact is that is does come in, and those who are daring enough to risk the surf come out with & coating of this . stuff all over them, This is reported as existing at the rescrts along the coast near Norfolk, and as a conse- quence the bathing has to be done mn the tide goes out and when this scum recedes. Some of it has gotten into the sand, and the loss to the re- sorts by this menace to health and the utter destruction ‘of bathing is enormous. Various conjectures have been made as to the cause of the oll and tar lwurln‘ some of them being BRIAND HOLDS CONTROL. Practically Certain to Be in Power During Disarmament Conference. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, July 13.—Both the senate and the chamber of deputles adjourned y terday for their three-month summer hollday. They will reconvene on October The government of Premier Briand a strong majority in both houses on the last vote taken, the sen- ate yesterday giving the government 249 votes to the opposition 15, while in a test vote taken in the chamber of depu- ties Monday on the government's general toreign policy, 439 votes favored the government, against 112 for the opposi- Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. , e ¢ | tion. the rotunda, b ¢ dted, leaving the work unfinished. vernment now cannot overthrown for three months, and it is considered vlrtuully ocertain that M. Brhnd will be in charge of French af-|* wwhen the Washington disarmament l' alled ingtol len TO GOMMAND HOSPITAL SHIP. Cultivation and Scarcity of|a —_— Young women in Eureka, Calif., may ‘whistle on the streets all they have a mind to 'lthou! being x\ulty‘ of dis- e e just rendere of that oity. ynpooo’udle JULY 17 Similar Excursion August 14 ‘Washington 13130 A. M. Arrive in New' York in Early Morning. RETURNING: Leave New York from C. R. R. of N. J. Termimals, West 33d Street (uptown), M. standard time; 6145 P. M. day- light saving time; Liberty Street (downtown) 6:00 P, M. standard time; 7 P. M. daylight saving time, pame day. Tickets om Sale Friday and l-l-:-r Preceding See Hm Oo-nlt Ticket Baltimore & Ohio that the veasals coming Into Virginia ports aredischarging bilge water and machinery washis as they enter; that the ofl-burning vessels are responsible for the condition, ‘while there are some who believe that the evil may be due to destruction of steamers laden with oll and tar, the disappearance of vessels along the coast rise to the reports of pirates, or, being wrecked, and this oll and tar is washing up from these. ‘Whatever is the cause, the fact is that persons have been to the beach this pummer and have had their dips and swims, and they have emerged with coatings that have called for kerosene oll to remove, and many ex- cursionists have come back with the odor of tar and oll, only to discover that they have been coated while in the water and did not have a chance to discover the same when dressing in the bathing g:llkflu, ‘which are usually dark. matter will be called to the attention of the govern- ment for correction. CHICAGO STREETS DARK. 8,000 Police and Firemen Held Ready in Six-Hour Strike. CHICAGO, July 13.—Chicagoans groped their way through darkened streets for six hours last night as the result of a strike of city electriclans, while 8,000 policemen and firemen ‘were held in reserve at their stations to prevent any outbreak of crime or disorder. Shortly before midnight the walkout was declared off and the lights turned on again. The strike was called despite the last-minute pleas of city officials and business men by Irwin (Boscoe) Knott, business agent of the Electrical Work- Union, although the city had of- to meet the demands for wage s of all of the 360 electrical workers involved in the dispus, with the exception of forty. The only illumination in the business district during the y hours of the night was supplied by lights within offfcs_builaings, ators windows and electric signs. When these flickered out the shadows cast by a moon in the second quarter turned the streets into black eanyons. A person without good eyesight is miss- ing half of his life, Real contentment comes from a full perception of all that is going on around us. If you would know eyeglass comfort get acquainted with our optical service. 7 M A LEese 0¢TicaL (o OPTOMETRISTS For Your Convenience “Murco” Liquid Paints the life-long paint —is put up in cans ready for immediate use— and the ingredients that go to make “Murco” Liquid Paints are— 100% Pure Lead Pure Linseed Oil Pure Turpentine Japan Drier The very finest and class paints since the have been going into high- world began. White and Most Colors, $3.75 Gal. Come in and talk over your paint needs—our men are thoroughly competent to advise and will be glad of an opportunity. E. J. Murphy Co. 710 12th St. N.W. Teck Shoes For street wear; for sport wear; for everywhere Brevity is the soul of wit. And Teck is the sole of longevity. 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