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WEATHER. !':I': tonight and tcmorrow; cooler to- Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 89, at 2:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 75, at 4 a.m. ay. Full report on page 13. Closing New York Stocks, Page 23. | No. 28,206. U.S. INTERVENTION INSILESIA SOUGHT; ~ OPEN WAR FEARED British Again Urging Calling | of Council, as France Demands Troops. GRAVE SITUATION CAUSES ANXIETY TO ALL EUROPE Commissioners of Britain, Italy and France Appeal for Reinforce- ments of Troops. By the Associated Pregs. LONDON, July 20.—It was stated in authoritative quarters today that informal suggestions have been made for American intervention in the Upper Silesian trouble, which, it is feared, will threaten open hostilities. The American government's policy with respect to the Silesian and sim- jlar disputes concerning the fixation of boundaries, it is pointed out. has been one of non-intervention unless the situation.was held to be such as to threaten an outbreak of hostilities. It is understood now that representa- tions are being made from certain quarters interested in the Silesian sit- | uation that such a break is an im- mediate possibility. The British government is urging the immediate convening of the su- preme council to consider the com- plications caused by charges that the German protective organizations| in Upper Silesia are still functioning, constituting a danger to the allied authority. which have been followed by demand. notably from France. that the alljed forces there be in- creased. Opposed by French. Such a meeting, however, has been opposed by the French on the ground that they considered nothing would result from such a meeting, in which case the situation would be rendered materially worse. There scems good reason to believe that the menace to European peace which it is held the Silesian question presents is the real cause for the ost- ponement of further action on the Irish question and other matters of moment. The Silesian question, it is stated, is causing grave anxiety to all the gov- ernments of Europe. Important de- velopments in this connection are ex- pected within the next forty-eight hours. Reinforcements Are Demanded. | PARIS, July 20. — The British,| Italian and French commissioners in Upper Silesia have sent in a report in which they jointly demand that reinforcements be sent to the allied troops of occupation, it was an-| nounced here this afternoon. | This recommendation came almost | simultaneously with the receipt of a| Entered as second-class post_office Washington, tter C. The WASHINGTON, D. C, $943,534,755 INTEREST - OWED Treasury Department TO U. S. BY ALLIES Agreed to Defer Pay- ments, Assistant Secretary Wadsworth Tells Senate Finance Committee. Interest of $943,534,755 now is owed the United States on allied war debts, Assistant Secretary Wadsworth _of the Treasury Department told the Senate finance committee today in further consideration of the ~administration bill for refunding foreign loans. He submitted a detailed statement on de- linquent interest and said that $730,- 000,000 in interest had been paid by the debtor nations. Agree to Deferment. Secretary Mellon, also before the committee, said thére had been nego- tiations in Europe in 1919 for the dev ferment of interest which resulted in understandings by means of which the Treasury Department had agreed to defer payments. He suggested there might be material embarrassment should it be considered desirable to insist upon the payment of deferred interest. “Do_you consider yourself bound to extend payments?” asked Senator Watson, republican, Indiana. “I consider the government under obligations to defer payments when WILL TAKE PEACE OFFERS T0 DUBLIN De Valera to Quit London After Seeing Premier Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 20.—The meeting be- tween Eamon de Valera and Premier. Lloyd George tomorrow will probably be their last before the return of the South Ireland delegates to Dublin. Following_their return to Ireland a meeting of the Irish republicans will be convened to give the republican leader an opportunity to report and to take fresh council on the the new complexions which the Downing street parleys may have placed upon the old question, and to formulate a pol- icy respecting such issues as may have originated during these talks. Belfast Meeting Uncertain. It is problematical whether Mr. de Valera will then go to Belfast for a meeting with Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier, which was forecast this_morning in some quarters as a proability; whether he will resume what he 'has termed his “long_range bombardment” with Mr. Lloyd George, with the one in Dublin and the other in London, or whether the southern Irish leaders will signify their belief that the continuation of the parley would be‘nnnko_ly to produce the desired re- sults. The last contingency, however, is still_considered at Irish headquarters as the least probable of the three note by the French foreign office from the British government in which Great Britain insisted there was no necessity for sending more troops into Upper Silesia. The note was in| reply to the recent communication in | which the French government notifled | Great Britain that reinforcements | for the allied troops of occupation were needed urgently in order toj make sure that the troops were no disturbed and to insure respect for | the decisions of the allies under the treaty of Versailles. i Relterates Council Demand. The British note reiterated the de- | mand of that government for the| early convening of the allied supreme , council. In view of the insistence of | the British prime minister, Mr. Lloyd ! George, it is probable that Premier : Briand will agree to a meeting of the council in the neighborhood of Jul; 27, probably in Boulogne. Because of | alternatives. “Two Natien Idea” Opposed. One point upon which Mr. De Valera will be urged by his colleagues to make representations to Mr. Lloyd George before the return of the south of Ireland delegation to London from Dul will be what the republican leader's advisers regard as the un- }rnble background created by the ritish premier's maintenance of the wh-nation idea,” by seeing Mr. de Vafera and Sir James Craig sepa- rately. “Some members of our party see in this a desire on the part of the pre- mier to hold before the world the famillar picture of two separate en- tities within Ireland, which contra- dicts the very essence of our case says a man who enjoys the confl- dence of the southern delegates. “In view of our refusal to sit at the conference iable with Mr. Lloyd such an agreement had been reached,” replied Secretary Mellon, referring to ;g;sRlfllbone-nllckB!l agreement of “Have you any understanding on that question of an extension?’ con- tinued Senator Watson. “No, I have no understanding with reference to deferred interest pay- ment,” said Secretary Mellon. 5 have entered no such agreement. I would direct your attention to my letter to the British ambassador of May 11, 1921." Mr. Mellon's Statement. A statement filed by Secretary Mel- lon shows that of the $943,534,755 in- terest accrued upon allied loans which iremained unpaid up to and including | the last interest period, Belgium owed $34,007,409; France, $284,148,863; Great Britain, $407,303,283, and Italy, $161,- 078,880. In memoranda accompanying his letter to the British ambassador, Sec- retary Mellon says the Interest pay- ments were deferred for three years to April 15, 1922, and are to be paid without compound interest. ABANDON PACIFIC All Conferences Likely to Be Held Here—Lloyd George Coming. By the Associated Press, ™ LONDON, July 20.—The suggestion that a meeting preliminary to the Wash- Ington disarmament conference be held in London to enable the British domin- ions to express their views on far east- ern questions is likely to be abandoned, it was learned in a well informed quar- ter here today. “Any and all conferences dealing with | these “two subjects will be held in America,” was the assurance given in this quarter. - It is announced as provisionally ar- ranged that Premier Llyod George will attend the Washington conference on limitations of armaments, + President Harding has been informed of the desire of the dominion premiers that advantage bé taken of their pres- ence in London to subject the Pacific question at least to a preliminary ex- amination here, according to the London ;“orl:!els.n ’.fl:e tfirfimlem_ hope “!? ‘be In a sition at thelr meeting Wednesday, adds the Times, “to take a definite step forward in this matter, with the concur- rence of the United States.” Strict Secrecy Maintaimed. It declares that the strictest secrecy was maintained relative to the dis- | cussion of the Paciic conference and empire defense considered by the pre- miers at a full session' Tuesdday, but that no decislon was reached on the { {10 be held that no Pacific conference could be of any value without the { presence of the Dominion premiers. The Times reports that the Canadian {premier, Arthur Meighen, has post- i poned his departure from London. { Baron Hayashi, the Japamese am- i bassador, denies that there is any 1Japan to President Harding’s pro- | posal for a conference at Washington, i which, on the contrary, he said, was iwelcomed. Japan was quite ready to discuss with other powers questions of mutual interest, including the limitation of armaments, on which the Japanese government had already expressed its willingness to negotiate. {Japan, however, desired to know be. forehand what ' subjects were to be the report of the commissioners in: George and the Ulsterites,” he con-|discussed. Upper Silesia respecting the need for more troops there, however, it is re- garded improbable that M. Briand will yield on that question. If Great Brit- ! aln refuses to join, France probably | will send troops independently. M. Briand has not yet replied to the British note, and it is likely will| make known his final decision regard- | ing the convening of the supreme | council this afternoon. The council, | besides dealing with the Silesian question, probably will be occupled principally with the question of main- taining the penalties against Ger- many, continued occupation of Dues- seldorf. Duisburg and Ruhrot, and a few details concerning execution of the Versailles treaty. PASTOR LEAVES MIAMI. | Tarred Minister Says Officlals Said | He Probably Would Be Killed. | MIAMI, Fla. July 20.—Rev. Philip | S. Irwin, white pastor of St. Agnes: Colored Episcopal Church, who was | tarred and feathered Sunday, boarded 8 train here vesterdav afternoon for ; New York. Still deflant. he declared | he would not leave the United States, as he was warned to do by his kid- napers, under penalty of lynching. “I am leaving Miami of my own volition,” ~Irwin declared, ~ “even though T hav ebeen offered 'the pro- tection of local authorities and the British vice consul. I belfeve it would be the best for all concerned that 1 leave on account of the intense feel-' ing stirred up against me by reports that ] had preached social equality and intermarriage of the races, de- spite the fact that these reports are false. At first I decided to stay and face the consequences, but after giv- ing careful consideration to the mat- ter 1 decided that even if I remained further work here would be under a handicap and would possibly lead to much bitterness and trouble be- tween the races. “The city and county authorities told me plainly that I probably would be killed if I remained. I am going to New York, where I will request my superiors in the church to give me an assignment in another section of the country, where I will not be misunderstood.” TWO MEN MURDERED. Chicago Police Trying to Connect Double Shaying. CHICAGO, July 20.—Efforts to con- nect the slaying of two unidentified men, one found on a lonely road near Libertyville with four bullet holes in his head and body and with his skull orushed, and the other found in the oity with his skull likewise crushed, were being made by police today. Ludwig Borveki told the police of having ridden into Chicago Saturday ht an automobile which he hailed after blowing a tire on his own machine. He sald four men were in the machine and in the rear seat he ‘was shown two men with their skulls crushed, and was mwmml . Ailled in & Oghie- {and s tinued, “it would seem that our ob- jections on this point were unjusti- fiadle, but what we desire to have made clear is that conversations such as have occurred here do not imply any recognition on our part of the Ulsterites’ equality.” The probability of a meeting in} Belfast between Eamonn De Valera ir James Craig,.the Ulster ‘pre- mier, is foreshadowed in some politi- cal quarters and several newspapers. Gen. J. C. Smuts, premier of South Africa, Who re-entered the negotla- tions yesterday, doubtless is largely responsible for this and similar op- timistic speculation, which has sur- vived under great ' difficulties since Monday, when the Ulster premier de- parted suddenly for Belfast, after making a forceful statement on the subject of slelt—delermmluon as it appilea to Ulster. P Phis seemed for a time to end all hope for an amicable meeting between the two Irish leaders, but the mod- erating influence of Gen. Smuts, cou- pled with Belfast dispatches to the effect that Sir James does not regard the peace parleys as interrupted, has gone a long way toward re-estab- lishing confidence. Mr. De Valera is reporteq willing to go to Belfast and meet Sir flgs fter he has discussed with hi ‘liln e!A:nll('pwm"l certain proposals which, it is understood, Premier Lloyd George will submit to him Thursday. Talk of Cabimet Split. British cabinet today will give upzz.l:l consideration to the Irish ques- tion, and it is believed that the afore- mentioned proposals will be discussed at great length, and that they are like- 1y to receive the approval of the entire ministry. On tryhe other hand, there still are persistent rumors that the cabinet is. not altogether harmoniops, although definite expressions to this effect are not obtainable. Staunch unionist members of the British parliament are reported to be increasingly nervous respecting the progress of Irish affairs, and it is known that about forty of them met privately yesterday to discuss their po- sitions. = As they lacked inside knowl- edge respecting the negotiations, how- ever, they refrained from reaching any decision as to the action they would take. KIDNAPED JUDGE FREED. CORK, July 20.—Magistrate Patrick Brady, who was kidnaped by armed {Mjss Margaret McNas men from his residence in Ballylickey, ‘West Cork, July 6, was released yes- terday. His captors brought him up to a spot mear his home in a motor car. Magistrate Brady was one of the witnesses on the killing of Canon Magner, parish priest of Dunmanway, in ‘December last, by Cadet Harte, who later was found guilty of the mfrder, but was adjudged to hdve 1 —_—— |JUDGE FLAYS BONUS FOES Impeachment in Address. CHICAGO, July 20.—Stating that what he sald might be reason for impeachment, Federal Judge K. M. Landls, in an address before wound- ed soldiers at Fort Sheridan yester- day, denounced the foes of the sol- diers’ bonus bill and asserted tMat if he were president he would “fire the whole outfit” at Washington who were “getting in one another's way trying to pass on the veterans’ com- pensation proposition.” “As one man who stayed at home in peace and security while you fel- lows were fighting for our lives,” said the judge, “I am against stali- ing off this bonus proposition.” MOTHER AND BABE KILLED Caught Under Falling Tree Felled by Husband. HASELHURST, Ga., July 20.—As the result of injuries sustained when they were caught under a falling tree, Mrs, J’;I“P. Crapps and her three-year-old child are dead. Craj was cutting into & tree on hiy farm, ok kere, and his wife and child wers with When the tree started t opposite direction than Crapps mutondes: he yelled to his Fite to run. With the arm: baby in her arms she ran directly under Today’s News in Paragraphs President may be forced to again to apply brakes on mroronate tions. b awg:::"i Plan to hold Pacific I abandoned. Pariers. Ia Toniton Open hostilities threate intervention of U. 8. l‘:ed."ll?.gguh g District receives title to sity in southeast. 2 lorp’;:?r{ ara loses life when Page , 2 in his trial for Page - ‘Willow Villa burns. Col. Shelley takes stand shooting_groom. No immigrants reachin, . 8. have yet been turned b‘u:l){ o: l&’;’m of new immigration restriction law. Argentina decli; t ediat Sl ntina declines to_m t Panama and Costa Rica. % ‘?:::“ & been insane at the time the crime |Congress to investigate Federal Reserve Page was committed. No news has yet been received of Mrs. J. W. Lindsay, widow of a local landowner and justice of the peace, who was kidnaped from her_home in Coachford, County Cork, in February last, by three armed men. Her sister has issued through the RewEDaDers, - (Y e ‘appeal in her behalf Board. Lively fl'¢M on tariff to begin 1 when Bill leaves Houser®™ npfiz';'i' Dawes estimates possible eco: menta, PARLEY INLONDON ! question of opposition on the part of | K. M. Landis Exposes Himself to | o 1a 2 on the sixteenth, iy Fuening BARNES, WITH 63, TOPS GOLF FIELD INOPEN TOURNEY Duncan, British Player, Takes 72, Missing Four Short Putts. ;|MICHAEL BRADY HAS 70 FOR SECOND BEST CARD Peter 0’Hara Takes 71. Diegel | and Bobby Jones Each Turn in 77. James M. Barnes of Pelham, N. Y., led the A4 in the morning round of the qualifying play of the second day for the United States open golf cham- pionship, today over the coursg of the Columbia Country Club with a card of 69, one stroke below par. Incident- ally Barnes set a new competitive record for the course, as Bobby Jones' score of 68, made Sunday, was in prac- tice, and wili not stand as the official record for the course. Barnes was playing with George Duncan of Eng- land, who had a score of 72. The com- plete cards of Barnes and Duncan fol- low: Barnes—". . 53455344538 . 344344345—34—T2 Duncan missed four short putts, or he might have had a score of 69. His pitch shot to the fourteenth hole was within three feet, and he missed the putt. The same thing happened on the fifteenth hole, and at the seventeenth he missed another three-footer for a 3. Barnes ran down a 20-foot putt for and sank an 8-foot putt for a 3 on the eighteenth after a fine iron shot. Barnes led George Duncan two strokes at the turn in the qualifying round this morning. Duncan Poor on Greens. Duncan was playing poorly on the greens, and was lucky to secure a § on the fifth hole, where he half topped a chip shot and hit the bank of the green and stuck. On the sixth he holed a niblick pitch shot for a birdie 3. Both men were in sand traps off the eighth tee, and Duncan took two to get out, running down a six-foot putt for a 4. Barnes chipped out, dead to the hole, and secured § par 3. At the ninth Barnes ran down a six-foot putt for a 4. while Duncan took three putts for a 5. Barnes playec by far the more consistent | golf of thé pair on the outward nine holes. Barnes outplayed Duncan all the way around the course. The British entrant putted very badly. " Duncan secured a birdle 3 on the tenth hole through the medium of a very fine iron shot dead to the pin. Barnes’ second shot to the eighteenth Pacific conference. The view seemed hole brought up within eight feet of the pin and he ran down the putt to establish the new competitive record for the course. Duncan Strong on Tees. Duncan consistently outdrove Barnes all the way through the round, but Barnes' iron shots and his general work around the greens far outshone that | of the British entrant. Duncan ap- | peared slightly nervous on the first half dozen holes, but settled down ; after he had holed his niblick shot | for a 3 on the sixth and played per- fect golf from that point, with the exception of the eighth hole. Barnes nearly got a 2 on the short thirteenth hole, his ball stopping on the lip of the cup. Duncan’s second shot to the fourteenth was no$ more than three feet from the hole. He missed the putt and then missed another putt of the same length at the fifteenth, where his pitch shot was perfectly played. Barnes, on .the other hand, putted very well. His work around the greens was a big factor in his record score. Barnes’ iron shot to the eighteenth was per- fectly played, alighting within two feet of the pin and running only six feet beyond. He ran down the putt for ia birdie three. At the conclusion of their round the players were accorded applause by the | gallery which had followed them around the course, and the hundreds of golf enthusiasts who watched the finish of the play. The weather to- day was perfect for good golf. The strong southwest wind which bothered the contestants yesterday had changed into a gentle northeast breeze, and weather and course conditions were | never better for championship play. | Michael J. Brady of Oakland Hill, | Detroit, turned in the second lowest ! card of the day. His score was 70. Brady’s partner, John G. Anderson of New York, had 77. Peter O’Hara Scores 71. | Peter O'Hara of Shackamaxon, a! brother_of Pat O'Hara, who, with | Nelson Whitney, led the field of quali- | flers yesterday with 73, turned in a splendid 71 in his round this morn- | ing. Playing with George B. Clark | of the Greenbrier_Club, O'Hara went | out in & par $5 and home in 36 for a total of 71 strokes. O'Hara on his outward trip had two birdies and an | eagle, scoring a birdie three on the ! 320-yard second hole, an eagle two on the 395-yard fourth, and a birdie three on the 327-yard seventh hole. In the second nine he shot a birdie four on the 487-yard twelfth hole and a birdie three on the 368-yard fif- teenth. Jones and Diegel Take 77. Robert T. Jones, jr., of Atlanta. reached the turn in the qualifying round today in 39. His partner, Leo Diegel, had a 40. Jones played the first and ninth holes dly, these holes being the only weak spots on a card of consistent golf. He broke par on the fifth hole, where he had a 1 b { aided in just such a practical way, Star. WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1921-THIRTY PAGES. Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot otherwise credited in this Daper and also the local news published hereln. ANl rights of pullication of special dispatches berein are also reserved. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 88,731 TWO CENTS. GETT NEW SENATE SNARL ON APPRUPRIATIUNS[ President May Have to Make ! New Trip to Capitol to Protect Funds Saved. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding may have to take another trip to the Capitol or in some other way apply the brakes to the tendency of Congress to appropriate for new purposes ail the monzy that has been saved by the careful pryn- ing of the budget. The Senate is in a snarl again. Al- thougn Mr. Harding pleaded with his former colleagues to sidetrack not only the bonus but other legislation, excepting the tariff and taxation, the bill providing $100,000,000 to finance farm exports now is up for consid- eration. It means, if passed, a spend- ing of exactly the amount which C. G. Dawes, director of the budget, an- nounces has been saved. In other words, just as fast as a_saving is ac- complished at one end of the National Capitol means of spending an equiva- lent amount are found at the other end. And on top of it all the new Shipping Board finds it necessary to ask for $300,000,000 to salvage the wreck on its hands. Thus the Presi- dent finds_himself in the awkward situation of appealing to Congress di- rectly or indirectly to concentrate on the tax program and let alone other! matters. Farm Export Bill Pushéd. The agricultural bloc in the Sen- ate is pushing the farm export bill with the same vigor that the bonus | was pressed. The President himelf has not said anything for or against| the farm bill, and there is no doubt that he would like to see agriculture | but the question of establishing a precedent and giving $100,000,000 to. one class is a perilous one. =Other industries may come forward with requests for aid. Furthermore, the! farm bill gives authority for a po: sible appropriation of @ billion do! lars eventually, as it is a progressive thing, with $100,000,000 to start with. ir. Harding has asserted his lead- ership, somewhat to the discomfiture of some_elements in the Senate, but to the gratification of others. His closest friends would welcome an- other trip to the Capitol. They i sist that the Senate has no leaders powerful enough to override the wishes of any bloc or group. The demands of different sections of the country have upset the tra- ditional influences of the party léad- er. The call to party is not as strong as it used to be. ~Mr. Harding is being told he is the only man who can lead the Senate out of the wilder- ness of its variegated interests and force action on the big questions of | taxation and revenue. Only Higher Taxes Prevented. As it looks now about all that has been accomplished in a general way by government economy has been the prevention of higher -taxes than last year. Were it not for the efforts at economy made through the budget committee and the appeals of Presi- dent Harding to his cabinet the go ernment would be faceq with the n cessity of increasing rathef than de; creasing the tax rate for the calendar year of 1921. Unless some drastic cuts are made in government ex- penses on the one hand, accompanied \by & few vetoes of congressional de- sire to spend more money, the tax rate will remain unchanged. This, the political advisers of the adminis- tration fear, will react against them. They promised to reduce taxes, and unless a gradual réduction can be put info effect so that a convincing; demonstration is made of the repub- lican purpose to keep its pledge, re- publicans themselves admit they will enter the congressional elections with a gloomy prospect. President Hard- ing’s intervention in the Senate sit- uation is again regarded as inevitable. (Copyright, 1921.) —_—— BOMBING TESTS DELAYED. birdie four. The hole is 560 yards in length. - Both Diegel and Jones played bet- ter in their inward trip. Diegel got a 37 despite weakness on the greens on 17 and 18, for a total of 77. Jones finished with 38 and a card of 77. Playing for 17, Jones got into a dif- ficulty with his second shot, but made a-brilllant recovery and sank a long putt for a par four. On the eighteenth ‘wreen Jones had a short putt for a birdie three, but missed by a fraction of an inch. The second largest gallery of the day followed the amateur Chick Evans of the Edgewater Club, Chicago, and Charles R. Murray, the Canadian pro- fessional from Montreal, when the pair drove off at 2 oclock sharp. Both amateur and professional had long drives from the tee, Murray's ball 1ying & trifie farther out and in bet- ter position for the second shot. Course in Good Shape, Heavy Weather Off Capes Causes Postponement. A message from the United States ship Henderson to the Navy Depart- id bombing tests against the }::':lter!.(}ermln battleship ~_Ostfries- land, off the Virginia capes, had been postponed today because of weather conditions. “Commander of air force believes it impostible to operate today,” the message said. - ALBARNIA CALLS O0UT TROOPS. the Associatéd Press. P UBLORADE, July 19.—The Albanian government, has decreed general mobilization of all men between the ages of eighteen and forty to repress the insurrection of the "Mirdites, a Christian_tribe inhabiting upper bania. The Mirdites recently pro- claimeq an independent republic and elected Marco Djonl as their pres! esas F ING READY FOR THE | Flavoring Extracts Named Co-respondent In Alienation Suit By the Associated Press. SALISBURY, N. C,, July 20— When a wife en for damages for alienation of her an affection, she generally names another woman. Not so with | Mrs, Mellissa ‘Woedington of | | this city. | FI % extracts, grown potent since prohibition, are her co-respondent. led Mrs. Woodington today suft for $10,000 against W Roseman, a grocer, who, charges, sold to her hus oring extracts which caused to neglect and beat her. Mrs. Woodington doesn't spe- eify the flavor. RANCH LIBRARY ITE IS ACQUIRED District Takes Title From Former Owner to Plot in Southeast Section. Title to a site at the junction of South Carolina avenue and D street adjoining Pennsylvania avenue south- east, for the proposed southeast branch of the Public Library was transferred this week from the former owner, J. Edson Briggs, to the District of Columbia. The consideration was reported as being $8,360.30. . The plot of ground, known as lot 1, square 875, contains a total of 6,431 square feet. The location is corsidered ideal for a library building, fronting on a federal park and being close to both the Pennsylvania avenue and| 8th street car lines. The site is readily; accessible for employes%of the navy yard desiring to consult techni books in connection with their work, | as well as for the majority of resi- Qents of the southeast section of the c’I'he American Security and Trust Company represented the trustees of | the Public Library in the negotiations for the land. Originally it had been; planned to obtain the old Naval Hos- pital property, at 10th and Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast, as a site, but the property turned out to be not available. : The new branch library structure is being designed by Edward L. Tiltops architect, of New York. It is expected ! to cost not less than $50.000. The | building will be of imposing architec- ture and will be equipped with many modern filing and reference devices. ALLEGED MURDERER SHOT Policeman Fells Spanish Student l Declared to Have Stabbed Woman. NEW = YORK, July 20.—Several hours after he was alleged to have stabbed to death Mrs. Anna Cornel, rooming house keeper and collector of rents, Auremo F. Colmenar, a young Spanish student, returned to the bullding, brandished a knife be- fore several tenants, and was Shot twice by a patrolman who was there investigating the woman’s murder. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital and charged with homicide. Colmenar was described by other occupants of the house, located on West 57th street, as a disgruntled roomer. A woman tenant declared she had seen him standing over the body of the dead woman, but that he fled when she screamed. When he re- turned he resisted arrest, and stopped fighting only when the bullets from the officers’ revolver felled him. He was shot in the throat and jaw. —_— ADMIT RUSS STUDENTS. to The Star and Chics Daily News. By Cabie it e e CHITA, Far Eastern Republic, July 20.—It is learned from Harbin that the American State Department has finally granted permission to twenty Russian students out of fifty who ap- plied to_eater the United States and matriculate at the Universities of California and Washington. They will arrive at San Francisco on August 11. There are fourteen boys and six girls in the party, and they will study technology, medicine, dentistry, agri- culture and journalism. The students rejected an invitation to enter Ger- man institutions. STRIKERS BACK TO WORK. _ SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.—San Francisco union marine engineers last night voted 480 to 50 to return to work immediately, it was an- nounced by their officers. The en- glineers have been on strike since May 1, when the nation-wide maritime strike was called. TARIFF. TELEPHONE RATES HERE ARE TAKEN UP Company Officials Present Figures to Show Return of Only 4.86. Turning aside temporarily from con- sideration of street railway and power rates, the public utilities com- mission today began an investigation of the earnings of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, with a view to determining whether any changes should be made in the exist- ing charges for telephone service in the District. Represented by Albert E. Berry, president, and its principal offi- cials, the company with a request fore the commission with a request that the present rates be continued for a year. It based the request cn the showing that net earnings during the period ended May 31, last, amount- ed to $621,644.12, which is a rgte of return of but 4.86 per cent on the fair value of the company’s property, as established by the commission November 30. 1920. The value found as of that date was $12,789,290.18. Harry Gretz, chief accountant of the company, was the principal witness introduced, and his testimony was mainly of a technical character, i explanation of charts and exhibi offered. Wants Old Call System. Early during the hearing William McKy Clayton developed the fact that the Federation of Citizens' Associ tions wants a return to the old system under which a subscriber who is en- titled to fifty calls a month will be credited with calls not used in that month, so that he could usilize the full annual quota of 600 calls. ‘Walter B. Clarkson, general com- mercial superintendent. was called to the stand to explain why the old sys- tem of credits was abandoned. He said it was a cumbersome method and was given up because it developed friction and was destructive of public good will. The question of ten-cent charges for telephone calls in hotels and hospitals | also was brought up. President Berry said the company makes a uniform rate to hotels and hospitals. but that some of these institutions. maintain- ing private switchboards. have a bigher call charge than others. This, he said, is a matter the tele- phone company has no control over, although it has always insisted that private booths be maintained in the Fotels where individuals may make five-cént calls in the usual way. 3 Asks About Operation. Chairman Kutz sought Mr. Berry's opinion as to whether the service of the telephone company is economically operated. The telephone officlal said the C. & P. group operates as economi- | cally and efficiently as any other teie- phone group in the country. President Schulteis of the Chamber of Commerce said that he had heard no complaints on the existing rates, and the Chamber of Commerce was more concerned in getting good serv- ice than rate fluctuations. “We_look to the commission” he said, “to grant a fair rate, and we are ‘willing to pay a fair rate to get Rood service. ~ We consider Wash- ington's telephone service as good.” The rates which the company wouid have continued are $1 a_month for business individual lines (fifty calls a month); $5.50 a month for residential unlimited lines, and $2.50 a month for two-party lines. residence (thir- ty-five calls per month). EXECUTIVES OF RAILWAYS DISCUSS HARDING PLANS Consider Use of War Finance Cor- poration to Prevent Drain on Treasury. NEW_YORK, July 20.—Representa- tives of railroads holding member- ships in the Association of Railway Executies met today to consider plans proposed by the Harding administra- tion to fund the $500,000,000 owed by carriers for additions and betterments to their properties during government operation and to settle claims of roads for undermaintenance, depreciation, unpaid standard return, balances due for material and supplies and other iccounts arising out of federal con- trol. The proposed plan, details of which have not been made public, is re- ported to contemplate some use of the ‘War Finance Corporation as an agency for financing the operation without further drain on the United States Treasury. Funding of the in- debtedness of -the carriers for capital expenditures is expected to open the way for eash payments to the rail- ropds on their caims against the l{nhed States Railroad Administra- tion. HOUSE COMMITTEE T0 TACKLE STREET CAR ISSUE FRIDAY New Effort Intended to Bring Definite Conclusions on Desired Legislation. FAVORABLE ACTION TAKEN ON FIVE D. C. BILLS TODAY District Committeemen Favor G. A. R., Holiday, Medical and Land Sale Measures. In an effort to reach some definite conclusion on legislation to ‘relieve the street car situation in Washing- ton, a special meeting of the House District committee is to be held Fri- day morning at 9:30 o'clock. This action was taken today on the motion of Representative Woods af Virginia, whose bill, according to previous decision of the committee, is to be first taken up for considera- tion. Representative Kunz of Illinois, urged delay until the committee could find out the decision of the Public Utilities Commission in regard to lower car fares The House District committee today took favorable action on five bills and ordered a favorable report to the House The bills are follow The measure fathered by Repre- sentative Moores of Indiana for the incorporation of the G. A port of this speeches wers Maj. Gen. John L. Clem, “the dr mer boy of Shiloh”; by Represnta- tiv Osborn of California and Repre- sentative Woods of Indiana. Holiday In Favored. The bill fathered by Representative Siegel of New York, to make Lin- coln’s birthday a holiday in the Na- tional Capital. Representative Blan- ton of Texas cast the only vote in opposition to this measure The bill fathered by Representative Underhill of Massachusetts, providing for medical examination of those supposed to be inquent coming within the jurisdiction of the Juve- nile Court is to be rewritten so as to lodge the authority in the District health office and to make the ex- penses paid proportionately out of the District treasury and the natfonal Treasury. The bill fathered by Representative Zihlman, somewhat similar to the one which has already passed the Senate fathered by Senator Pomerene of Ohio, is to be sybstituted for the { Pomerene bill. Weuld Allow Land Representative Reed of West Vir- ginia slsc got favorable action on his bill, whici: provides for allowing the Irospect Hill Cemetery Corporation 10 dispose of certain land on the west side of North Capitol street between V and Adams streets. This_property was o ally included in the ceme- ion_of has left this other side of the nnot be used for tery track in 1860. but the exte: North Cupitol _street 1y on the - which ¥ purposes. ; Representative Zihiman of Maryland got favorable action from the commit- tee on his request for a subcommittee tc consider his bill, which would | equalize the pension of police and fire- ! men, allowing the veterans on the re- tired list to receive the same schedule of pay and other benefits as those who {will be retired under the advanced pay schedule. Anti-Picketing Bill “Dead.” Representative Wheeler of Illinois made a report that the subcommittee of which he is chairman had been un- able to reach any decision on the anti- picketing bill, and referred it back without recommendation. On the mo- tion of Representative Walters of Pennsylvania, the committee voted to lay this measure on the table. Repre- sentative Blanton cast the only vote in opposition. He served notice that it is his intention to file a motion in the House to discharge the District committee from further consideration of the anti-picketing bill. Chairman Focht told him that the bill is dead. Several members of the committee, including Representatives Wheeler of Illinois, Focht of Pennsylvania and Woods of Virginia. resented forcibly charges and imputations made against them in certain signed ar- [ticles_in a local newspaper. They i sharply criticised the statement made by Maj. Oliver P. Newman, author of those signed articles. Mr. Wheel- er said that the statement that he was a large owner of street railway shares in Illinois was a deliberate lie. Cghairman Focht bitterly crit- icised Maj. Newman for the statement | that he (Focht) was well acquainted | with one Mr. King. formerly presi- iden! of one of the street railw companies here, and that they lived in the same town. Makes Further Denial Mr. Focht denied this, and also de- i nled that he owned any street railway stock. He accused Mr. Newman of “talking through his hat,” and said it was a most “reprehensible statement, land cast_reflection on reliable and trustworthy reporters.” He said he denounced Maj. Newman's articles as “contemptible and lent and un- | worthy of a gentleman of truthful- ness.” Representative Woods of Virginia | denied that he owns any stock in any street car company, and said he never did own but ten shares, which he sold fifteen years ago. He charged that Maj. Newman's “conduct is a gross disregard of the rights of others and does an injustice which borders on the criminal.” B It was proposed that Maj. Newman should be summoned before the com- mittee and given an opportunity to make a l‘l‘ll‘acllol"l Iin the paper that blished his articles. P Representative Fitzgerald of Ohio reported from the special subcommit- tee in favor of the Fitzgerald bill for compulsory industrial insurance in the District. His bill proposes mo- nopolistic_insurance by ~the govern- ment, and has been vigorously op- posed by business, civic and profes- Sional organizations in_ the District. | This is the measure which proposes | compulsory industrial insurance for all workers from “the kitchin to the pulpit” Representative Underhill of Massachusetts is preparing a minority report and a substitute bill which Wwould do away with the monopolistie feature, merely making industrial ine | surance compulsory, with the risk to be carried by private companies. Consideration by the committee of the industrial insurance legislation was made the order of special business for next Vednesday. . “"c"h’hml.. Focht reported to the com- mittee that his investigation had shown that the municipal architect’s office had ity under the law to let contracts o ‘::t;ld’e architects for preparing plans for nine school buildings In the Distriet. resentative Sproul of Illinols sald (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) :