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‘receded. NERIN ST HEH De Valera Likely to Go to London Again With More Colleagues. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 23.—The feeling both in London and Dublin over the prospects of peace in Ireland remain optimistic. Eamon de Valera, the Irish republican leader, today dis- cussed the British terms with Arthur Grifiith and others, at the Mansion House in Publin, but no formal con- ference was held and Mr. de Valera informed inquirers that it was most unlikely any developments would take place in the immediate future. There will probably be further con- sultations among the Sinn Fein min- isters, after which a meeting of the Dail Eireann will be called. No date for this meeting has been fixed, and it is presumed that modifications of the terms will be sought before the re- publican parliament takes up the mat- ter officially. Gen. Smuts, \the South African pre- mier, it is understood, will go to Ire- land early next week for the purpose of conciliating, if possible, the op- posing _factions of the north aad south. ce his services at he dispo: lera and Sir James Craig, the Ulster' premler, and it is probable that he will have considerable latitude in the task be- fore him. The opinion in London is that the British terms are not likely to be ac- cepted as they stand, but Mr. de Vaiera almost certain to come to London again, with more of his col- leagues, and the Ulster premier has already declared that he would be available at any time he was really needed. 3 Charges Com ts Ignored. CORK, July 23.—Commandant Bhrry, chief republican liaion officer, issued a statement this evening in which he says he has instructed the republican liaison officers to cease co-operating with the British military officials in Treland until they recognize certaln complaints of alleged violations of the truce. This action was taken, Commandanit | Barry explained. in view of the re- fusal by the British military to co- operate with the republican army's liaison officers in carrying out the terms of the truce, and their refusal to deal with complaints of direct breaches of the truce when regls- tered on Irish republican army note paper. WINANS' MILLIONS SHRUNK 70 §20,000 Sportsman Believed to Have Died Ignorant That He Was Broke. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md. July 23— Whether Walter Winans, former mil- lionaire, knew he was broke when his favorite horse threw Him from a sulky and broke his neck while driv- ing in a race in England a short time mystery and always will re- main ofie. “John E. Semmes, counsel for M, Winans and one of the execu- tors af his estate, thinks Mr. Winans knew or had a pretty definite inkling of thye facts, vet he says that when Mr. Winans drew his will last year he drew it in @ gnanner indicating that he still had millions to dispose of. instead of a fey thousands. Just how mucl the beneficiaries under the will of Mr. Winans will re- ceive is another mystery, but it is not an insoluble one. It is one that Mr. Semmes will have to unravel, and he 'is going to work on that job im- mediately. In fact, he already has begun the preliminary work. The job will be a long and tedious one, for Mr. Winans lived in many places in his time; bought many things, to some of which his estate may still hold title and which may be sold. Died Before Feeling Want. Mr. Winans_died before he ever felt the want of money. It has been said that the 10ss of his fortune was due to the bolshevik rule in Russia. which wiped out the value of Russian securities. Mr. Semmes doubts thut this was true to any grea: extent. Mr. Winans, he said, may have had some of his money in Russian securl- ties, but not enough to make him a poor man by the loss of those securi- ies. Mr. Semmes thinks he spent his money. He lived like a priace, was Javish in his expenditures “and in- dulged himself in the most expansive sports. He had hunting leases on large properties in many countries. He had the right to shoot bear in Russia, the right to shoot wild boar in northern Germany, was master of hounds at Spa. in Beigium: he main- tained a racing stud at Vienna_and another at Surrenden Castle, in Eng- land, where he lived for about fifteen years, the longest time he ever lived in any one place in his whole life. His right hand never knew what his left hand was spending, or how or When or where. When he was thrown out of his sulky in the race in England Nr. ‘Winans was driving in a big race at the agc of seventy vears. He was taken to expensive apartments at the Ritz. although the fortune, estimated at $10,000.000. with which he had started out in life, had shrunken to about $20,000. BURGLARIES NET $800. Three Reported to Police—Largest One Totals $396. Three burglaries, with a loot total- ing approximately $800, were report- ed to the police yesterday. The largest was reported by Mrs. Alada O. Oden of 932 C street ,louth- west, who told pclice that her home had been entered yesterday during her absence and $396 in -jewelry stolen. The stolen articles included a ring set with a solitaire diamond of %-carat valued at $150, another solitaire diamond ring valued at $75 and a lavalier set with two dia- monds valued at $60. Other articles, valued in all at $111 were taken. Mark Kellar of 3427 13th street reported that his apartment had been entered by jimmying the door and a gold bracelet set with five diamonds n!g?,locn. The bracelet was valued at A '$100 pearl necklace, $47 in other jewelry articles and $39 in cloth- ing_were stolen from the apartment of Miss Margaret Cissel of the Roy- den apartments, 1619 R street, yes- terday forenoon. The thief entered through a window in the rear, from which he had remo#®d the screen. BOMBER WASHED ASHORE. PORTSMOUTH, Va. July 23.—The wreck of an Army plane, a Martin bomber. was washed ashore near Vir- ginia Beach early today. The wreck drove ashore at high tide and was Jeft high and dry when the waters ‘The plane bore evidence of having been in the water a . consideral length of time. It was from Kelly Ficld. Texas, and was brought here for the maneuvers off the Virginia. cianes. e motor was missing and the framework and wings Wwere badly bi ttered. Inquiry failed to show any of the Army flyers who‘took part in the maneuvers durihg the past three weeks listed as missing. | By the Assoclated Press. Kin of Dead Heroes For Firing Squads By the Assoclated Prees. NEW YORK, July 23—~Un- dertakers have been explofting relatives of returmed dier de y charging them for firing mquads furnished gratis by tl Army for military funerals, it wan asserted today by officers | Undertakers Gouge at Fort Jay. Tiereafter all arrangements for supplying a firing aquad at the burial of a soldier must be made by the relatives direetly with fort, instead of by un- dert: TR, Dincharges under the recent order permitting men to quit the service have so decreased the enlisted strength that it has been necessary to deny many recent requests for mlilitary honors at the graves of bodies brought home from France. 'FAMINE HAS DEATH GRIP ON SQVIETISM _____(Continued from First Pagt governmeht has not yet declared itself. Sovietiam Va. Hunger. (By Cable to The Star and New York World. Copyright, 1921.) RIGA, Esthonia, July 23.—“Which will prove stronger—the soviet gov- ernment or King Hunger?' That is the question of the moment m Rus- sia. The answer depends not only on political events within Rus- sia, but develpoments in the inter- national situation. The soviet in the last few days has sounded the alarm and is urging the communists to bend thelr energies to overcome the critical situation. An editorial in the Moscow paper Izvestia, entitled “Strong Nerves Needed,” says. “From various places come reports that the peasants, in desperation, are cutting their grain prematurely, eat- ing harmful substitutes and perishing from cholera and typhus. Discontent is also growing among the workers. Even communists, and especially those on-the fringe of the party, are discouraged and feeling weak in the face of the gverwhelming task. In some places comrades are shirking their duties—which is more cowardly than deserting our ranks.” WARRING FACTIONS UNITE. Famine Wipes Out All Differences for Time Being. By thewissociated Press. 3 RIGA, July 23—The anti-bolshevik elements in soviet Russia are uniting with the bolsheviki to fight the fam- ine, the Rosta Agency, the official bolshevik news bureau here announced today. N. M. Kishkin, ister of public welfare, and S. N. Prokopovitch, former head of the de- partment of trade and agriculture, both of whom were ministers in the Kerensky administration; Nicolai N. Kuttler, a former cszarist ministe Feodor Golovine, former president of the second duma, and a number of other persons, including Maxim Gorky, the author, and Alexandra Tolstoy, met Leo Kamenefr; president of the Moscow soviet; Leonid. Krassin, soviet minister of trade and com- merce; M. Lunacharsky, former min- ister of education; Maxim Litvinoff, assistant commissar for foreign af- fairs, and other soviet government officials on July 20 at the headquar- ters of the Moscow soviet. They agreed the famine was a much greater matter than politics, the Rosta Agency declared. Kishkin, speaking for the initlators of the movement, and Kameneff, for the governmept, agreed to guarantee freedom of wBrk and independence in the collection and distribution of funds. Kameneff said it was neces- sary to get aid from America and Europe, which should be urged to give, regardless of social differences with Russia. A decree has been issued creating a central commission for famine relief, headed by M. Kalinin, member of the. soviet central committee, thes Rosta Agency says. It includes the heads of many government departments, but no communists are members. The anti-bolshevik element, however, are expected to aid this commission. PLEAS FOR HELP CONTINUE. Germany Reported to Be Changing Former Attitude. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 23.—Continued ap- peals for help from Russia, where large areas are reported to be suf- fering from famine and .a cholera epidemic, appear to be slowly chang- ing German sentiment in favor of ac- tive participation in relief measures. Conservative quarters insist, how- ever, that “help shall be for the peo- ple, not for bolshevism.” Some news- papers #iso declare that the soviet government “should stand aside in view of its failure to keep the com- inercial and economic systems organ- ized” and let the outside world as- sume direction of relief work with a free hand. Other organs recall that Germany hoped to live in peace and prosperity with Russia in an effort to heal “the war's economic wounds,” and urge participation in Russian re- lief as an act of plain humanity, which, moreover,* would serve to strengthen economic relations. Fantastic prices for necessaries of life are reported in recent advices from Petrograd and Moscow. Some late price quotations are: A pound of bread, 4,500 rubles (the normal pre-war value of the ruble was about 50 cents): a pound butter, 20.000 rubles; a pound of sugar, 20,000 a pound of potatoes, 2,000; three-fourths of a litre of milk (about 1% pints), 2,500; ten eggs, 13,000 to 15,000; a sec- ond-hand suit of clothes, 260,000 to 300,000; 2 new suit, 500,000 to" 1,000,- 000; a pair of shoes, 300,000. RUSSIA WORLD LESSON. \ Futile Experience in Communism- Declared Savior of Nations. NEW YORK, July 23.—Russia’s fu- tile experience. in communism has been the salvation of other Eutopean countries, in the opinion of George E. Roberts, vice president of the Na- tional City Bank of New Yerk, who returned from abroad today on the Aquitania. He attended the meeting of the International Chamber of Com- merce in London. “The example' of Russia has gaved the rest of Europe,” he said.”“Ac- knowledgement of conditions in that devastated country has’' permeated every corner of the continent and sup- pressed whatever there was of- in- cipient social revolutio: . r. Roberts asserted that virtually all the European countries’are on the way to better times and are in better codition now than at any time since the war. France, he declared, is little below its pre-war income pro- restored ducing capacity and most of the in evastated B acreage soviet min- | AMERICANS GIVEN WELCOME IN PERU Cordial "Exchanges Take Place Between President Leguia and Douglas. LIMA, Peru, July 23.—Cordial ad- dresses were exchanged between Al- fred Douglas of Washington and Pres- ident Leguia this afternoon on the oc- casion of the presentation of an auto- graph letter from President Har- ding, which served as the introduction of the American mission which will represent the United States at the Peruvian independence centenary celebration. The ceremony was fol- lowed by a similar one, at which French Gen. Mangin presented his letter of introduction. The members of the American naval mission, headed by Commander Frank B. Freyer, were among the officials present at the ceremony. Mr. Douglas said it was with pro- found gratification that the commis- }sion presented the sincere felicita- tions of the President of the United States, as well as of the people of the United States. Never before in the history of the United States,” he asserted, “has the government sent three great battle- ships_and a commission of six men to take part in a celebration by an- other nation of one of its centen- nials.” He declared that Peru occupied a special place in the affections of the North American people and that among the nations of the earth “there {is non toward which, we entertain more friendly relations and regard.” In reply, President Leguia said Peru and its people appreciated the:sour- tesies with which the t unlr£ l?d been favored' by nearly dll t - tions sending representativés 'to participate in its rejoicing; the satis- faction was greater in view of the extraordinary interest shown by Noi America and its peoples. f “We feel” he added, “thit no country has understood more deeply than Peru the international disin- terestedness of the United States or seen with greater clarity the confi- dence and fraternal spirit:which in- spired all your acts. “Peru, with the example of her elder sister country—of Washington, Franklin, Monroe, Lincoln, Wilson and President Harding—will devote all_its strength to universal peace and_progress.” Al ihe missions which will attend the celébration have arrived with the exception of the one from Argen- tina, which is expected on Monday aboard two warships. FETE FOR INFANT ASYLUM Annual Five-Day Event to Open on August 2. For five evenings, beginning August 2, the annual lawn fete of St. Ann's Infant Asylum will be held on the grounds of the institution, at 23d and K streets. "Those in charge of the fete are Mrs. M, N. Tucker, president of St. Ann's Auxiliary; Miss Mary T. Daly, secre- tary; Miss Katherine Ready, finan- cial secretary, and Mrs. William Car- lin, vice president. The tables will be presided over by Mrs. Ertter, Mrs. Clark, Miss Linskey and ladies of St. Stephen’s Church, Mrs. Gantley, Mrs. SHell, Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Hasks, Mrs. Kane, Miss R. Ryan, Miss Mary Daly, Miss Margaret Tucker and Mrs. Fitzgerald. Jack Ryan, former member of the ‘Washington base ball club, will be tn charge of the flying horses. HOLY NAME MEETING. ‘Washington Section of Union Will Gather Tomorrow. The quarterly meeting of the Washington section of the Holy Name Union will be held at St. Mar- tin's parish tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Members and delegates from forty of the Washington and sub- urban parishes have been invited to attend. The meeting is to be held out of doors. The meeting will be at.Mount St. Martin's grdynds, 116 T street northeast. The officers and members of St. Martin's Branch of the_ Holy Name Society are making elabgrate prepa- rations for the meeting, as this is the first time an out-of-doors qu terly convention has been possible. Several members of Congress have been invited to be present. Admiral Benson also is expected to be a speak- er and guest of honor. The meeting will be presided over by P. J. Halti- gan, archdiocesan president of the Holy Name Union. —_— ITALY’S. POLICY RATIFIED. Deputies Approve Premier’s Pro- gram After Sharp Debate. - ROME, July 23.—After a sharp de- bate on the government’s declaration of policy the chamber of.deputies to- day voted Its approval, 302 to 138, Socialists, fascisti, communists, re- publicans and several independents comprised those who voted agalnst the government. Premier Bonomi declared the treaty of commerce with Russia was ready and would be signed in a few days. Referring to the gonflict between the fascisti and communists, he said it was the government’s intention to guarantee freedom for all’ parties and to secure respett for the law. _The order of the day, spproving the ‘government's declaration; was‘thea adopteds | P i e The picture shows the camp bc“:' put in readiness for the arrival of the chief h {sales the budget officials will mpmvei CAMP'ON LICKING CREEK, NEAR HAGERSTOWN, MD., SPENT THE NIGHT. executive. GENERAL SURVEYS ORDERED BY DAWES (Continued from First Page.) plans to dispose of. Probably these stocks are stored within eighty or a hundred miles of the place where they are needed. The matter of transporta- tion will arise. Then the surplus automobile inventories will be exam- ined, and probably trucks will be found as surplus at a base near the others. These will be transferred to the proper department, the trans- portation will be provided and the supplies will be trucked to the point where they are needed. Thus the government not only will save the ‘cost of the materfals for which it has already paid and for which it perhaps would receive a be- low-market price if sold by the usual methods of bidding for surplus prop- erty. but it will be able to make use of its own transportation and thus save the high freight rates which would be Included in the bids of pri- vate contractors to deliver the needed material. Sales Must Be Approved. Before any material fs sold now the proposed sale must have the sera- | tinizing eyes of the budget officials| before It leaves the hand of the gov- ernment, according to the plan, and then it will not be sold, if it is found that some department may need it and is facing the possibility of going into the open market for it. But the budget officials are not to overlook any advantage which the'government might have of disposing wf any par- ticular property. Perishiable products will not be held, and where the gov- ernment can advantageously dispose |ot certatn properties through seasonal | them, it was said, if the advantage is on the side of the government. But the budget officials must know of (he] sale first, and must put the official} 0. K, on it, the plan is understood to provide. The government officers who are now out making surveys are not ex- pected to visit every base of supplies in the country before the end of the week, but each department will take one base that is typical of others scattered ‘in various parts of the country. Tiv: ones cf which Inven- tories are being made will be taken. as “key” bases, and the plans for the distribution of supplies will be made up from thes The inventories are to be classified for easy examination and comparisor with orders for supplies. There will be an electrical list, a plumbing list, ship supplies, structural steel, ce- ment, lubricants, automobliles, etc. The order for the co-ordinating ma- chinery has been written. It will not be promulgated until the inven- tories are ready, it is understood, and then the work of redistribution will begin in earnest. The checking of the property prob- ably will be the first complete Iin- ventory of surplus supplies mace singe the war, as it is known that some of the departments have not made complete inventories, FORMER YANK SHOT. NEW ORLEANS, July 23.—Charles ‘Wilson, New York city, enlisted man, just discharged from the Army at Fort Bliss, was shot to death in his room in the Y. M. C. A. building here early today. Frank Custer, a room- mate, told the police Wilson shot himself. Custer, with Jack Leitner and ' Isadore Goldberg, all of New York, and all just discharged from the 8th Cavalry, are being held by the police. Raw milk is hard to digest for babies. Scalded or boil- ed milk is easily_ digested and does not constipate. Milk poor in fat is best for babies. Pour off some-of the cream when milk appears very rich. Every baby should get small doses of orange juice or strained canned tomato juice, diluted in some water, between bottles, - once or twice daily. These sub- stances contain %mm jes of vitamines which help the as- similation of food. Give: the baby plenty cool, boiled water between bot- tles. ' A healthy baby needs no pacifier. 9, " Keep all milk cold and cov- ered. This Bulletin s Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Ediso: WHERE PRESIDENT HARDING Harvey S. Firestone, members of the camping party, which entertained the Prexident, and which included Mr. d Jirs. Henry Ford, Bivaop William F. Anderson and Mrs. Anderson. SEARCH OF-HOMES | FOR LIQUOR SCORED Alabama Governor Condemns Practice of Suspecting Law- Abiding Citizens. By the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY. Ala, July 23.—Ins structing Connle W. Austin, chief of state law enforcement, department of Alabama, to confine activities of his men chiefly to capture and destruction of stills and other apparatus for the manufacture of liquor, the apprehen- sion of distillers and xrrest of persons engaged in’unlawful selling or other Thomas E. Kilby today acted on complaints homes of Mobilians had been disposition of liquors, Gov. that searched without just cause. ‘The governor tional letter to invasion of the quest of hidden ‘The governor's Austin, liquor. letter become dens of vice. execution of search warrants.” + After stating that it appeared from addressed a sensa- condemning home by officers in to Austin, among othor things, stated that “the homes of the people of Alabama are their castles and should remain free from uninvited Intrusion unless they | teresting conversation, It was never contemplated by the legislature that the suspicion of a misdemeanor should questions, which reminded the others justify a violation of this sanctity by |at the table of the questionnaire re- cently made public by the noted in- PRESIDENT SWINGS AX HELPING PREPARE CAMP (Continued from First Page.) country health. party A dittle reports reaching him that members | Ventor. of the force had invaded and cearched homes of “highly respected citizens of Mobile, citizens who are not even reputed or suspected of beinz con- nected with the illegal traffic of pro- the governor sald “might appeal to those ambitious for newspaper no- toriety under flaring headlines, but, |spend much time sleeping.” the Presi- in my opinion, it brings theglaw en-|dent continued,” forcement department into disrepute among sober-thinking people, renders hibited liquors,” that such action PHed. the prohibition laws as so administer- ] ercise.” ed obnoxious to great numbers of good citisens and proves generally and highly discreditable to th2 executive department of the state.” N The governor ordvred that if re-|asked, with a twinkle in his eye. ports concerning the alleged invasion 8 of Mobile homes wera found to be true the men engaged in making the Jraids must be discharged. Hot Weather Advice for Babies It is raw milk that causes mearly 81l the loose bowels among babies. Dress the baby lightly. Use no flannels. Keep the feet uncovered in = hot weather. Protect the baby against flies and mosquitoes by net- ting. Besides the daily ' bath, sponge the baby off once or twice a day. Keep the baby in the open air and in shaded places as much as possible. Do not allow the sun to strike it. Cover lightly or not at all Very delicate babies are often successfully raised by milk powder, made by the cylinder process, dissolved in boiled water. Do not worry the baby or E fondle it. It needs quiet. Get the sanitary rating of your milk supply at the Healtk Ofice. paid for By the " SOCIETY: FOR -PREVENTION-OF SICKNESS to go in Edison, “IL eats too” much.” Receiving no replies, which indi- cated - there was not a wunanimous agreemnet statement, I know there have been times when I have been forced to realize that I had been eating too heavily. Be- cause.of this knowledg I have fast- I have gone as long as five or ed. six days at During those periods my principal diet was milk and water, chiefly the. latter.” While the campers sat in a group near the bank of the creek fol- /| lowing' luncheon, there was half an hour of general conversation. Then Bishop Anderson read aloud & chap- ter from “Henry and Me” Willlam Allen Whi and Gov. Allen’s experiences. in con- nection . with Red Cross work France. The President showed much interest in the narrative and asked a number of the tale. On his return to camp. he walked up the road to a country store. pick- |action and these matters would come | ing jup a blue-cyed girl, aged five, |up then. en foute, with whom amiy by a sizeable candy purchase. One of the old wall-type, telephones hung from wall, and President Harding swung its crank to call the White House, with a query as to Mrs. She has been indisposed. He was informed that while feeling bet- ter she would be unable to join the tomorrow. trundled out after dinner, when dusk fell over the camp, and it set a plaver piano going in addition te its light beams. The President, with his hosts, sat around the fire and swapped yarns, also slapped mosquitos, if conditions jat the center of things were similar to those reported from the adjacent press headquarters. At the dining tabie Mr. Edison sat near the President. put the former through a series of “You appear hale and hearty, what do you do to keep so well?” Mr. Hard- ing asked him. “Oh, nothing much.” Mr. Edison re- “I have heard you say you do not know what you do in the way of ex- “Nothing,’ “I suppose ¥gu aré oo young a man “Far too young. However, you can never tell what one will do when he |™ gets old. - 8o I will wait a while be- fore thinking about golt.” The conversation then drifted to the subject of eating, during which the President said, addressing Mr. The journey to the camp was made 1o the large touring car recently purchased by .the President, and he intimated that he would drive the lear ‘himself the greater part of the Teturn trip toinorrows ¢ he established | party-line the Harding's electric light plant was Following an in- Mr. Harding but T am axious to " was' the smiling reply. for goif?” the President think the average person of thought regarding this Mr. Harding said, “Well, a time without solid food. interesting story of his questions -suggested by COMPANY RESISTS general Board, who was with Mr. Smull, the — Half Man Legally ! Admitted to U. S.; Whole One Gets In Secretary Davis itted the mayor of Monrovia, Liberi tnto the United States t month, tte of the fadt that during July only one-half of one person may enter from that country under the percentage fmmigration restriction law. Only 3 per cent of the mum- ber of nationals of any country ajready here can be admitted for the year, a t 20 per cent of that number admitted in any one month. In the case of Li- beria, statisticians of the im- migration service sald, this 20 per cent amounted to half & person and Commissioner Gen- || eral Husband recommended to Secretary Davis that, no. pro- vision being made for such anatomical fractions, the en- tire mayor be admitted. SEIZURE OF SHIPS ! (Continued from First Page.) According to Elmer Schlesinger, counsel of thé® Shipping toard has got to get down to a busi- ness basis. 1 “Jollfed” Out of $3,000,000. “The old board was jollied aut of | $5,000,000 more than the United| States Mail was entitled to,” he said, passenger receipts since March 31" Replying to a charge made today by | officials of the United States Mail that the Shipping Board owed it money, Mr. Schlesinger said he was in, a position to say that the Shipp!ng‘ Board did not owe the company any- thing. Positive denial was made of al- legations that any interests other than those of the United States gov- ernment as represented by the Ship- ping Board were concerned in the mat- ter, and both asserted that if there | with it. Decision to have the United Ameri~| can Lines take charge of the ships was reached this morning, Mr. Smull sald. He reiterated that the arrange- ment was only temporary, and the Shipping Board was not com- mitted in any way as to future policy | respecting the ships or &s to how they would be operated or by whom. | Others to Be Seized. | “The action taken,” he added “w in the interest of the government, and in order that shippers and pros- | pective passengers who had made | contracts with the United States Mail Line might not be inconvenienced.” The steamer Pocahontas, now at| Naples, and the Princess Matoika, at | Bremen, will be taken over in the name of the board on cabled instruc- | tions to the captains. The master of | the Potomac, now at sea returning from Bremen, has been notified by | wireless of the board's uction and | instructed to report to the board's representatives here on his arrival. | Mr. Bchlesinger added that there! were “other considerations” than the | $400,000 alleged to be due the board | which led to the action of seizink the ships. He declined to siate what these were, stating he inferred the board would be defendant 1n a court He also said that action against this company was taken as in line with the board's policy of! clearing up all outstanding accounts. This one, he said, was one of the largest that has yet been considered. Not Reconditioned. Admission was made that the claim of the United States Mail Company that the ships had not been complete- 1y reconditioned was correct. He de- clined to say if similar action would be taken against any other company owing money to the board. " Francis R. Mayer, president of the United States Mail Company, said that under his contract with the board appointment of arbitrators to deter- mine matters in dispute. The amount due the board, he added, came under this head, as the subject of hire was in abeyance relative to it being re- duced. Some of the ships, he said, were put into service before they were fully reconditioned in order that the board might benefit by the revenue there- from, and that his company has given the board more than $250,000 as an advance upon accourit of charter hire yet to become due. ims Board Owes. Mr. Mayer also declared today that instead of the line owing mondy to the board, the board owed $2,000,000 to the company. He said the company had given the board more than $250,- 000 as an advance upon rentals and that in fact the board had been over- paid. Under the terms of the contract with the board, Mr. Mayer said, the nd they have kept the freight and | &f were, they would have nothing to do | ¢ that | ¢ {ROW NOT TO DELAY there was an express provision forg BLAMES INTERESTS! FOR INDICTMENT Gov. Small Takes Up Charge of Embezzlement and Flays Opponents. By the Associated Press. . CHICAGO, July 23.—Gov. Len Small, in his first public speech since his indictment last Wednesday for embezzlement of state funds, told several thousand republicans gath- ered at a picnic here today that “an | aggregation of great interests” has combined to defeat the will of the people. Referring_only incidenally to his indictment, the governor declared the action of the Sangamon county grand jury was intended to frighten him into_abandoning his plan to call a special session of the legiaiatuZe next winter. “Taking Life in Own Handa.* oL " Small said, “that for i the r of a state to stand up against the great moneyed interel and stop the plundedring of the stat treasury and the robbing of the tax- payers, is almost like taking one's life_in his own hands. pledge you again that as long as ] am governor I shall serve the people to the best of my ability, re- kardicss of indict- and I serve you with particle ngth and abil- persecution and will ity that I poss Attacking At eneral Brun- dage’s request 0,000 for the conduct of his for the next years. the the approp! to a litth two afte »n had been cut more than $600,000 by hi }it still represents more than the at- torneys general of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin com- will nd, and more than appropriations for the attor of fifteen states com- bine total neys general bined Denounces Hix Opponents. Continuing. he said “The moneyed interests discovered that they could neither buy mnor frighten me. and have joined the their g 0 Tribur ttorney gen- and Daily mick, in an nd destroy me icted by the grand with amon county county the most viclous po- litical ring in he state of Tllinois. “But 1 believe the people of Tilinois understand why Len Small was in- idicted. Attorney General Brundage hi gang of character cter defam nocent of every BERGDOLL HEARING (Continued from First Page.) fire 1 »n an interview John H. Sherbu committee counsel, had with Bergdoll at Philadelphia ten days ago relating to charges against Campbell. Mr. Johnson tried to develop whether Grover Bergdoil in a letter to his mother had mentioned Army officers or counsel by name. Insisting that he never heard of the allezed payment to Campbell, and that he did not remember what Grover might have written, the wit- ness declared that some of Mrs. Bergdoll's mail had been opened by governmemt agents, Finally Mr. John- son charged that Braun was mnot answering questions frankly and was not telling ail he knew. “You are trying to evade my ques- tions.” Mr. Johnson said, when the witness scemed unable to say just how Mrs. Braun, on her way to join her children at a camp in the Pennsyl- vania mountains, could be reached be- fore Braun could communicate with her. “I am not trying to evade your questions,” Braun insisted. “You are not trying—you are suc- Mr. Johnson declared Why can’t you come here and tell the truth?” “1 am telling the truth.” “You know you are not,” Mr. John- son asserted. “You are a liar,” Braun shouted. and thereafter all the stenographer caught was the chairman’s shrill an- nouncement—"The hearing is ad- journed.” BRAUN STATEMENT DENIED. iCommittee Attorney Says Brother's Evidence Was Untrue. WAREHAM, Mass., July 23.—John H. Sherburne, attorney for the Berg- doll congressional investigating col mittee, tonight characterized as “ solutely not so” the assertion made before the committee today by Charles A. Braun that Sherburne had suggested to Mrs. Bergdoll dismissal of Harry Weinberger, her counsel. Mr. Sherburne said that he went to see Mrs. Bergdoll about two weeks ago in_ connection with the Bruce R. Campbell evidence in ase. At this meeting, oke with some doubt as ger. “I told her,” Mr. Sherburne asserted, | “that as counsel for the committee 1 lcouldn't and wouldn't express any opinion. 1 suggested that she go to the president of her bank in Philadel- phia, whom she knew, for advice and then to follow it. So far as L can re- call the name of Weinberger was mentioned by her only.” Mr. Sherburne is at his summer home here. any was to pay at the rate of oD her "het remistered ton each onth, commencing on the date of re- conditioning, but nome of the vessels has becn completely reconditioned. When the $250,000 was advanced to the government, he said, it was then understood that the entire subject of hiring wouldjbfi held inabeyance, ing an adjustment. PR i 6 last, he said, the board voluntarily modified the contract and agreed to pay for reconditioning the Steamers America and George Wash- ington. The company has expended in excess of $250,000 on the America alone, he said. WALSH SAILS FOR FRANCE WITHOUT ENGLISH VISE Refused Passport Here, He Hopes to Get Permission to Enter England in Paris. NEW YORK, July 23.—Frank P. ‘Wal American counsel of the Irish nationalists, sailed for France today on the steamer Rochambeau without the passport vise he sought, for visit to England. British authorities in this country refused the vise, but Mr. Walsh said he would attempt to gain permission to enter England before lelvlnx Pari ¥ prevented again, he declared he would return immediately to Wash- ington and begin an investigatio contending that as an American citi- sen he was entitled to a vis H asserted it was denfed him for “purely rejudicial reasons.” ’Be‘nr.l‘l‘y of State Hughes lnrlre{l into the matter, Mr. Walsh said, bu British representatives in America asserted they had not received word from their foreign' pffice in London abrogating the order that the vise be denied. Denies Charges Made by Mother of Draft Evader MAJ. BRUCE R. CAMPBELL, Who has emphatically denfed charges by Mrs. .""flnll before ||I‘: l..tll'n: ouse investigating eommittee ':e received $5,000 from the Berg- doll family te aid In freelng Grover Bergdoll before a court-martial. The hearing before the House committee, which ended in an uproar yesterday, will be resumed tomorrow, )