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to such a fund. ers tonight or tomorrow S0 warm tomorrow. ended at 2 p.m. toda; 2:45 p.m. yesterday: Full report on a.m. today. WEATHER. Partly cloudy; local thunder show- Temperature for twenty-four hours Hi i I not qui shest, 92, at at 5:30 ge 4. | = P Closing New York Stocks, Page 23. 98213, B No. * as second-ctass matier fice Washington, P CITIZENS ASKEDTO HELP FUND TOKEEP PLAYGROUNDS OPEN Commissioner Says 25,000 Children Must Play in Streets Unless People Aid. D. C. IS UNABLE TO PAY TO OPERATE GROUNDS ° The Star Is Asked to Print the Names of All Benevolent Donors. Those desiring to contribute to the playzround fund may send checks addressed to Capt. James F. Oyster, Dintrict bull ing. Care should be taken that the contributor specify “for layground fund.” The District Commissioners today put squarely up to the public to de- cide whether additional recreational facilities shall be provided for Wash- ington children during the remainder of the summer. The District has no funds for open- ing the seventy-two school play grounds. It i: too late to ask Con- gress to appropriate for these grounds this year. But the Commissioners and the board of education are desirous of opening them if the public will provide the funds. While the District cannot -wage a fund-raising campaign, it can accept donations for playground purposes, Commissicaer Oyster said today. He requested The Star to publish the names of those who might contribute The Star will do this. After a conference with Mrs. Susi Root Rhodes. supervisor of play grounds, Commissioner Oyster an- nounced’ that a fund of $10.000 would be sufficient for opening the seventy- two school grounds and operating them for a period of two months. se Money Immediately. If the public should manifest in- terest in the matter the District will not wait until the full amount re- quired for opening all the grounds is donated, the gommissioner said, but will gat the j reation parks in_operation the money comes in. It is planned to supplement the pub- lic contributions, if any should be re- ceived. by giving festivals and en- tertainments on_the school grounds in the interest of the yoluntary fund. Several schools last year gave en tertainments for this purpose, and it is said that considerable money is now in the school treasuries which could be applied toward the expense of operating the playgrounds until the heginning of the fall term of - school. Only ‘Temporary Problem. The playground problem confront- ing the ( missioner considered mporary o as the Com- . in their next budget, will or the employment of a suffi- largely a sione ovide nt number of instructors to keep at least 50 per cent of the school | playgrounds in operation next sum- mer. It is believed Congress will see the folly of keeping a large number | of cquipped grounds closed during the summer and will appropriate for an increased number of instructors. In the me because ounds are | about 25,000 chil- dren a ito the streets for their pr diversion. aceording (0 Commissioner Oyster. He belibves | that when the public considers this fat and the inability of the Com- missioners o remedy it because of lack of fu de ions will come in from many citizens which will make possible the opening of a num- her of school grounds. He expr the hope today that tomorrow's mail would bring in & number of contribu- tions. FIVE STILLS RAIDED. One Arrest Made by Revenue Agents in Bedford County. Special Dispateh to LYNCHBUR( .. July 2T.—As a result of raids on five moonshine stills in Bedford county, Federal Commissioner O'Brien_here has held John Beilenberg of Big Island for the next federal grand jury. Beil- enbe red one of the outfits No arrests have i+ other ¢ resulted liguor heing ippeared., . to hav months. WILL SPEAK IN ALABAMA. President to Assist at Birmingham Centennial. 3 «l with operating been made in tne but the five raids | or six gallons of | destroyed. All of the the revenue agents been in operation some President Harding is understood to these | sed | { Ourselves,” Says Vigorous protest against attempts by men to pass all sorts of legislation regulating what women shall and shall not do were voiced at a hearing today before the House District com- mittee on a bill by Representative 1Johnson of Mississippi. prohibiting the smoking by “female persons” in public. Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma. the one woman a member of Congress, took an active part in the hearing. indicating both in her questions and statements that she is | | tion. The "hearing attracted a large number of women, including secre- taries and stenographers from the of- fices of members of the Senate and | House. Chairman Focht of the committee, in the course of the hearing called for a show of hands by the spec- tators, indicating whether they fa- vored the proposed legislation or not. The vote by the women was one in favor and twenty-four in op- position to the Johnson bill. The vote of the men was one in favor and nineteen in opposition. Johnson Defends Bill Representative Johnson argued |that smoking is injurious to the health and morals of women and has a bad effect upon their children. He [said that Congress has every right i to protect the health and morals of the Deopl The hearing went far afield of the HUNGRY PRISONERS ON “WORK STRIKE" Occoquan Inmates Stand by Cells and Demand More Food—Trouble Adjusted. Defying the officials and guards at the District reformatory at Occoquan, Va., twenty-one prisoners created one of the most unusual scenes in the his- tory of the institution Monday, when they went on a “work strike.” claim- ing that they had not been served sufficient breakfast. For eight hours, the required work day, they stood by their cells. steadfastly refusing to pursue their customary duties. The “work strike” was called off vesterday morning after the prisoners had been assured by Supt. William H. Moyer that hereafter they would re- ceive the proper amount of food. No { punishment has been meted out to {the participants in the “work strike,” accérding to Mr. Moyer. | Some Got No Breakfast. | Supt. Moyer in explaining the action | of the prisoners said that it was all due to the fact that a_ sufficient jamount of food for the 238 inmates | | was not prepared at Monday's break- fast. As a result some of them went | without the meal. while others were served only a portion. The failure of the cooks at the in- stitution to prepare enough food for the prisoners, Mr. Moyer attributed | to the lack of a system, pointing out | that the preparation of the food was |not always in charge of the same person. To preclude a recurrence of | this condition, he said, he has placed | the steward in direct charge of the | preparation of foods. Supt. | strike” was called not as a protest lagalnst the quality of the food, but the quantity. He said that the | prisoners aiways are served clean, | wholesome " food. } Promised Sufficient Food. i When the prisoners went out on the “work strike,” Mr. Moyer said that he was not at the reformatory. As soon as he returned, he said, he held a conference with the prisoners and assured them that in the future they | weuld receive sufficient food. What punishment to mete out to the prisoners has not been decided by Superintendent ~ Moyer, although he indicated that he plans to inflict some !sort of penalty upon them. He de- clared that while their claims were | justified. their method of protest was not. | _The District Commissioners and | George Wilson, secretary of the board of charities, today denied any knowl- ! Mr. Moyer said that he has not filed any official report of it with the Dis- i trict authorities. —_— LIGGETT USES FORTUNE TO PROTECT CREDITORS President of United Drug Com- pany Turns Over Personal Assets to Trustees. BOSTON, July 27.—The announce- The WASHINGTON, not friendly to ‘the proposed legisla- Moyer stated that the “work ' | edge of the affair at the reformatory. | b 42 ~ WOMEN VOICE PROTEST AGAINST MAN-MADE LAW | Vigorously Assail Johnson Bill to Prohibit Smoking in Public—*“We Can Regulate One, at Hearing. subject of cigarette smoking to the question of what is not proper cloth- ing for women to wear. Representative Johnson said that |he had several thousand letters, many of them from women. which lwere profanc and filthy. He read | extracts from some of those in sup- | port of his bill. ] Representative Woods of Virginia suggested thal women, themseives, could and would 1ight the evil kel resentative Johnson replied that va‘ |4 best man in the country is | as a child when h wich a He described the so-called smart set as thus named because they are smart enough “to cover up thei devilment 80 as not to get caught.” Several sharp clashes enlivened the hearing. In reply to some que by Representative Focht, Repre tive Johnson declined to answer | questions.” At another point when airman Johnson was calling for -t vote by the spectators at the request of Representative Fitzgerald of Ohio, Representative Blanton of Texas pro tested, saying, “I do not like to see a committee of Congress making itself ridiculous.” Representative Fitzger- | ald flared up and told Mr. Blanton if he did not care to see things he should | exercise his privilege of leaving the | committee. Not to Apply to Cluba. Miss Robertson questioned whether | the proposed legislation would ap- | ply to women's clubs, and the author tof the bill replied that it would not. (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) CAPITOL IS SCENE OF HANDBOOK RAID Arrest, Considered Important in Crusade, Expected to Bring Disclosures. Commissioner Oyster's “flying de- tective squadron” last night made an- other handbook arrest, which. it bring startling disclosures of hand- booking operations in the United States Capitol. The police have been working on the Capitol situation for weeks and have a large number of names, it is stated, which will turned cver to the grasd jury. Detectives Thomas Sweeney and ‘Willlam Messer, composing the hand- book squad, assigned by Officers Thomas Nalley and Charles Wise of the fifth police precinct, took into custody shortly before midnight last night, Walter Wade Davis of 760 Ho- bart street northwest, who is alleged to have opzariated a handbook in Capitol. The oficers say they evidence indicaiing bers of the Capitol pelice {urce have acted as Davis' nzeats. The arrest. which wa sonally to Commission=r Oyster this jmorning by Sweeney and Messer, was characterized as one of the most im- portant that has been made in the handbook crusade. Investigation of the Capitol situa- ticn has been an exhaustive one. it is reported per- leged handbooking operations there. The detectives say they have so much evidence concerning the activities of the Capitol employes who will be summoned before the grand jury that a full disclosure of alleged gambling in the Capitol is certain to result. JURKS ASK ALLIES TOEND GREEK WAR Kemal Seeks Intervention in Hostilities Through Cen- tral Government. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 27.—Mustapha Kema Pasha, head of the Turkish nationalist government, has sent @ telegram to Constantinople asking that the cen- tral government intervene with the allies in an effort to obtain a cessation of Greco-Turk hostilities, according to dispatches from Constantinople to the Exchange Telegraph Company. ATHENS, July 26.—Information from all sources indicates that the resistance of the Turkish nationalists in Asia Minor is completely .broken. the Greek official news agency declares in a statement issued here today. The Turkish losses in killed, wound- ed and prisoners to date are estimated said today at police headquarters, will | be | the | have | at certain mem- | said. covering many angles of the al- | § D. C, ANERICA DEMANDS SOVIET RUSSIA SET FREEULS. CAPTIVES Formal Note Follows Mr. | i Hoover’s Reply to Appeal | ' of Maxim Gorky. i ICLOSE RELATIONS BARRED | BY IMPRISONING CITIZENS . iEffcrts of Red Crobs to Secure B.e-l lease of Those Held Declared Unavailing. rmal demand for release of Amer- prisoners in Russia hzs been P n i i {made upon the soviet authorities by Secretary Hughes. The State Depart- ment was adv d today that the com- munication had been handed to the soviet” representative at Riga yester- |day by Consul Aibrecht. The text of the communication has {not been make public. It is under- stood, however, to be a brief insistence that the Americans be released before there can be any thought of better relations between the United States and Russia. The action was taken in the name of humanity and because all eiforts to secure the release of the icans made through Dr. Nansen of Cross have failed. | Future Course in Doubt. 1 What course will be take1 by the| United States if the soviet authorities | | gnore or refuse to accede to the de- | mand was not indicated. ! The communication was sent to] Consul Albrecht July 25. The deman-l; ! made upon the Russian authorities; | for the release of American prisoners | iy the first official representation made upon the subject, although lenin and Trotsky and their associates have been previously advised informally of the determination of the United States not to consider closer relations with Russia until this was done. 1 The dispatch of the communication | was timed so it would reach the Rus- sians simultaneously with the mes- sage sent by Secretary Hoover in re- sponse to the appeal made by Maxim Gorky Strengthens Hoover Attitude. The State Department’s message is regarded officially as wholly independ- ent of the Hoover-Gorky correspond- ence. although it is admitted that it will serve to strengthen its attitude taken by Secretary Hoover, who made lit clear in his message that any re- {lief by the United States for the suf- | fering Russians would depend largely | jupon the manner in which Americans {in_Russia are treated. There are now held as prisoners in Russia eight or ten Americans. A llarger number are believed to be de |tained within the borders of ~Russi: isome of whom are restricted to lim- jited areas. Within those areas they are permittel to come and go, but al- ways under surveillance and with the understanding that_efforts to &xtend thelr movements will result in closer {confinement. The Americans still held. according to the latest news received by the ate Department, are Mrs. Marguerite {T. Harrison of Baltimore, a newspaper correspondent: Capt. Emmet Kilpat- rick of Uniontown, Pa.. a Red Cro worker: Royal C. Keel William Flick of Brooklyn. N. Dr. Weston B. Estes, motion picture photographer. and X. B. Kalamatiano ‘of Racine, Wis. DEMAND REACHES SOVIET. ! Handed to Bolshevik Minister at ! Riga Last Night. | By the Associated Press. | RIGA, Letvia. July 27.—An_official demand by Secretary of State Hughes for the relief of the American pris- {oners in Russia was handed by Con- sul Albrecht to Leonid Stark, the bol- shevik minister here. last night. Maxim Gorky. it was learned today. has telegraphed to John Miller. the Riga representative of the American relief administration. saying that the jcommunication of Herbert Hoover. as |head of "the relief administration, with regard to American relief for the ill and starving of Russia would \be answered in detail. The release of the Americans held prisoner in Russia was laid down by Secretary Hoover, in his recent cable message to Gorky. as the prime con- dition upon which American relief measures for Russia would be taken up. SHUTTLE CAR HITS AUTO, | WHOLE FAMILY KILLED By the Associated Press. i CLEVELAND, July 27.—Five per- jsons who were killed. four of them {almost instantly, when a shuttle car on the Sabbey avenue viaduct and an automobile crashed head-on short- {1y after midnight were identified this morning. One faniily was wiped out when John M. Francyk, forty, a garage owner; his wife, thirty-seven, and their two children. Edna Mary, aged ten, and Theodore, aged nine months. were killed. The fifth person killed was Mrs. Anna B. Branloff, thirty-nine. Max Branloff, forty, her ' i WEDNESDAY, one enin &T}I SUNDAY MORNING EDITION JULY 27, 1921--TH IRTY PAGES. JLLIB0ns o T '/ GOVERNGY NN | N7 OF Member of The Awsociated vuper and af All rights dispatches the use for republication of all news dispat credited to it oF not otherw e « the local the Associated Press Press 1x excluxively entitled to in his ews publisiied herin p— ed ot publi aere i 1o 1 | Yesterday's Net Circulation, 88,432 TWO CENTS. \ ! i | i NOTHING DOING IN DIVINITY. DAWES TAKES STEP TOCONTROL SALES Orders Country Cut Into Divi- sions and Will Pick Co- Ordinator for Each Area. Machinery for handling the surplus property of the government and pre- venting the sale of any property by department of the governm ni where it can be uscd by anotie: Pa‘Unent was put in moiion toda. i, Chaies G. Dewes, Jhief ¢f the bureau of the budget. ‘e orlur L:ovides {or the citry of tie courry into divierus fo'low ing the nine corps areis oi tne Army, each division to have a co-ordinator The nine eo-ardinators will come under the general supervision of a general co-ordinator in the geae-ul <upply committee in this city. Gen. Dawes said that he is not ye* ready to announce the names of the general co-ordinator of the arca co- ordinator: but expected to complete this portion of the machinery before another week. One thing he did make plain, and that was that the Army or the Navy will not control the surplus disposal and transfers. The Army corps areas were selected as they geographically provided the best divisions for carrying on the work. Have Broad Powers. Under the terms of the order the o-ordinators have broad powers in their resoective areas in disposal of suplus property, ascertaining that no branch of the government represented their respective areas purchases property in the open market where they can be obtained from another de- rertment. The area co-orcinators not cnly are required to keep themselves fully posted regarding material needs in their respective areas. but they must keep in close touch with the needs and supplies in the other areas Tacy aleo are required to gonfer with (fiiclals of every executive depart- ment having activities in their areas. The co-ordinator, the order says, “will keep in general touch with all government projects in his area in- volving the procurement, transfer or disposal of government supplies and equipment. It shall be his duty to see that government policies are car- ried out in regard to the depart- mental purchase of government sup- plies. He shall have the power to fix the fair market price of sur- pluses, which price shall be the de- termining measure of the transfer of funds upon the books of the de- partment incident tg ' the interde- partmental transfer aterial. Can Postpone Sales. “He is authorized to act in the name of the chief co-ordinator, gen- eral supply, Washington, and post- pone any sale of government property in any department whatsoever when Pis investigation shows that it is not in the financial interests of the gen- eral government to permit the sale to be held or to be continued. He will immediately report his action in theso cases to the head of the de- partment concerned and to the chief co-ordinator, general supply, Wash- ington. “He will, by correspondence, keep in touch in a general way with the co- ordinators for general supply in areas adjacent to his own, with the view of effecting economies by the interchange of materials between corps areas when such a transaction would be to the in TWO U. S. FLYERS KILLED. Crash Near Coblenz, Germany, Fatal to Soldiers. COBLENZ. July 27.—Two American aviators, Lieut. Carl Derby Gunther of Frankfort, Ind. and Corp. L. ©. Rogers of Hillsboro, Tex., were killed | at Weissenthurm Field, near here The airplane, which burst flames as it fell, was said by spect: tors to have developed engine trouble immediately upon taking off, and to have started fallng at an altitude of 150 feet. when Lieut. Gunther tried to turn back for a quick landing. PARTY TASKS STILL KEEP STAFFS BUSY Democrats and Republicans, :7at Headquarters Here, Turn Out Publicity. \ Possibly it might be a violent as- sumption to think that anybody would read politics in the dog-days, and such dog-days, but it is a fact that the two national committees are functioning actively though quietly at headquarters in the National Capital Chairman Adams of the republican natiofial committee is at his desk in the Munsey- building daily with his staff around him and his publici bureau humming busily. Chairman George White of the democratic na- tional committee divides his time be- tween headquarters in the Woodward building and New York and Ohio, while his publicity outfit keeps the daily and country press supplied with attacks upon”the enemy. % Unwilling to Pay. The finance subcommittees of both organizations are harrying the coun- try, trying to scrape up contributions to meet the deficit of the last cam- paign and complaining bitterly of the faithful showing a begrudging and complaining spirit and a marked dis- inclination to ‘“come across.” It is the same old story of unwillingness to “pay for the dead horse. committee is down south. endeavor- republicans together and build up some kind of an organization in the southern states for convention pur- poses in 1924. Chairman Adams “reports progress” in disentangling the patronage squabbles in the south- ern states. which duty was turned over to him by President Harding while they gave their time in full meas- ure to great affairs of state. The publicity bureau of the demo- cratic national committee is making a lively crusade against the repub- licans, attacking the tariff bill, the “robber barons of protection.” com- plaining about taxes, the shelving of the bonus bill. and generally find- ing that there is no health in the republican administration or Con- gress, all of which puts the repub- lican campaigners in a state of high dudgeon and eliclts vigorous backs.” . Miller's Statement. Secretary Miller of the republican national committee, in a recent state- cratic attacks: vesterday when their airplane crashed | into | Secretary Miller of the republican | ing to get the factions of southern @ and Attorney General Daugherty. the | “‘come- | ate- g ment, had this to say of the deémo- ISTHE AGREEMENT i President Discusses Question With Senatgrs at White House Dinner. irtual agreement was said toda have been reacked at a dinner ference at the White House last night {for Senate consideration {sion legislation before the permanent |3ariff act is taken up by that body. A {number of senators were President {Harding's guests. and the legislative Isituation was said to have heen dis- {cussed extensivel 2 | White House officiuls had nothing to say about the conference today. and it was understood Mr. Hard'ng himself had forbidden advance an- nouncement of his nlan to consalt his former associates in the Senate. They were said to have advised him that the finance committee would not have | the House tariff bill ready for Senate consideration short of five or six | weeks. and it was on this showing I a consensus around the dinner tabl that tax revision should be given precedence was said to have been dis- closed. Muckh Work on Tariff. | The President was told, it was said. that the tariff bill would require work- |ing over to a hitherto unexpected extent. | American valuation provisions in the bil' were discussed by the diners to | there were reports that the Presid not favor the policy. but comment {that phase was refused. The railroad question and funding of al'ed loans also were talked over dur-| !ing the dinner. as well as summer recess possibilities’ for Congress. Hopes for Rece President Harding told h he hoped both branches of could recess from the middle of Au- gust to the latter part of September, or the 1st of October. but was repre- sented as opposed to any recess of either body until the.tax revision bill has passed the House. and leaving the Senate finance committee to work or tax rev on out both tax and tariffl measures jduring the rece: Senate leaders said today that all! proposals for a rec would be abandoned until the tax bill came from the House. probably within fortnight, and making an_adjourn- | ment of both bodies possible about | i the middle of August. | | Republican leaders said the Senate { program was for passage of the Kel- loge substitute for the Norris agri- lcultural export financing bill. the i Willis-Campbell anti-beer bill and the 1 Capper-Tincher bill for government regulation of future trading on grain | exchanzes before adjournment. The allied debt refunding bill and the rail- | road funding measure, recommended esterday by the President. were said to be slated for postponement. Difficult to Pass. | Mr. Harding was infprmed that both | of these bills would be difficult to pass and take considerable time. and it was understood that he agreed to their deferment until after the recess ! period. About half*of the conference last night, it was said, was deveted to discussion of the allied debt refunding bill, on which Secretary Mellon is to reappear tomor-: row before the Senate finance committee. | Discussion of the congressional pro- gram with House leaders alxo is p'anncd TAX, BEFORE TARIFF, | world t i taxpayer doesn't { when men of capita 1 by TAX CUT DOUBTFUL, RELIEF EXPECTED BY READIUSTMENT More Even Distribution of Burdens One Hope of Administration. GOVERKMENT ECONOMY ~ WILL BE GREATEST AID ‘ 2epeal of Excess Profits Tax Cer- tain—Re‘urn to 2-Cent Post- age Is Likelihocrd. WRENCE. Tax programs are like time tables subject to change without notice. But certain principles have been agreed upon by President Harding and ad- minigtration leaders which can be of some cuida 10 taxpayers. Those principles as explained at the White Hous do not necessarily commit the administration (0 a cut-and-dricd pro- cedure which will prevent a ghange of mnd. in o nothir final until it is acty in the bil that pass & both house but so far forsec, indeed the b xhalod foliowing con- one ment rresent elu n ay I the that eut to ads ons st be reu profits tax must ion will be taken the revenve frow dminished to soc tent that it compares unfavor with the immense mount damage done 1o bus ness a who! Wrough the restraints placed upon vd vidual enter initiative and expansicn B-C ent Po Second. the return 1o 3-cent postage for firsi-class mail. This step be taken reluctantly by the republican administration, for the shrewd Albert Sidne: Burleson. Postmaster General under the democratic administration 100k off an extra cen’. and th is that democratic cam; orators will point to the extr: age as a sign that the poor man's burdens have not heen decreased but increased evertheless the 3-cent tax is favored not mere! < pr exe tits has age Scen. a great revenue producer and the b FAns getting bett ! postal” gervi A Hays. the new Postmaster General. is {rying to pro duce an efficient postal service and is making good headway. He finds it rv to spend money to ger He has heen told by” busi- men to go ahead and incur a defi-it. but deliver the mail on time. So the price of efliciency is an extrs cent on postage. The general opinion £)that the stamp tax will hardly he Surtax May Be Cot, Third. « cutting down of the large surtaxes. The hardest th in the explain to the average tax- paver is the why wnd the wherefore of a surtax. The income tax blanks &ive no inkling as to how the scien- tific tax experts devised it. and th see any particular scheme of percentages behind it. The large surtaxes have, however. oper- ted like the excess profits taxes to destroy initiative at the very time should be using 1o promote American enterprises it it (Eiving employment to the unem- ple ul nd starting the wheels of business and industry on the road [to xound and ¥ prosperity That there will be a diminution of large surtaxes can be taken for | granted. Fourth. all the sch. for sal, ver tax. production tax « *tax will go by the boards ‘s the trend at preesnt stration has listened to plans proposed and ed to find one that wouldn't i the burden on th The suspicion e is uneconomic and to double taxation The ad- 0 the ttemn. - rease ultimate consumer. sts that the idea leads in the end his is stoutly denied. but the truth is that the ad- ministration hasn’'t been convinced and_ the tendenc to forget these virious salfs and corsnmers’ taxes jand try to raise money by other means President for Economy. President Harding himself has told callers that he doesn’t believe relief from tax burdens can be accomplished by new devices or rather by new tax proposals. but by w rigid cutting down o1 zovernment expenditures The big gest principle underlying the whole tax program is the battle ax applied to the expenditure column. By every dollar that the expense bill is dimin- ished the amount that must be raised taxation is reduced. Mr. Harding insists that when ail is said and done the best way to reduce taxes is for the government not to spend xo much money. The drive for economy makes headway for a little wh however, only to run up against soi after-the-war Snag or emergency 1- | uation like that involved in financing the laid the railroads or agriculture or Shipping Board, and the best plans go awry. In a nutshell, tax revision this vear will mean tax readjustment—a trans- fer of the burdens and a more even n the hope that business be restored. Low. taxes for the nation as a whole are | ment that the personal assets of Louis |at 60,000. The Greeks, the statement| by the President. It was said he ex-|still in the reglm of conjecture, but « husband, was scriously Injured. “This new administration has been in have definitely accepted an invitation to speak in Birmingham, Ala., late in October at a celebration commemorat- K. Liggett, president of the Umited Drug Company, had been placed in ing the 100th anniversary of the founding of the city. During the same | trip he may visit several other south- ern cities. . Senator Underwood of Alabama, | democratic leader. discussed the Pres- | ident's visit with Mr. Harding at the | White House today. The President asked Senator Underwood to have the | committee fix a definite date duringi the last two weeks in October. i GERMAN MINE FLEET, FIRED ON BY RUSSIANS, HALTS CLEAN-UP WORK By the Axsocinted Pres BERLIN, July 27.—The German mine-sweeping fleet, which has been operating in the Kola bight, on the northern Russian coast. is reported in a spectal dispatch from Vardoe, Norway, to hate been fired on by Russian land forts. The Ger- man fleet returned the fire, but no damage is reported on either side. The German fleet, which left Wil- helmshaven a ,week ago to clear the White sea of mines. under the provisions of the Versailles treaty, has returned to Vardoe to await further developments, the dispatch says. the hainds of trustces as a result of the decline of the common stock of the United Drug Company in the last twenty-four hours was made today. The 2rnouncement was made by Frederick . w. Mr. Liggett's ar- forney. I'ie siatementsaid. “Owing to the decline in the mar- ket value of the United Drug Com- pany common stock in the past twenty-four hours, Mr. Louis K. xgett has transferred his assets to F. C. Dumaine, Frank W. Remick and Neal Retaul. as trustees, for the pro- tection of Hs creditors. The per- sonal affairs of Mr. Liggett are alone involved.” Mr. Liggett, whose rise from a drug clerk in Detroit to the presi- dency of the United Drug Company, which he organized by bringing to- gether corner drug stores in many vlaces, was rated many times a mil- lionaire before the collapse of stock market and commodity values during the last year. Since that time de- eciation of his personal fortune was so extensive that he found it necessary to dispose of his stable of "show horses and to make other economies. TRIBUNAL CONTROLS BANK. PARIS, July 27.—The Banque In- dustrielle dle Chine, which recently filed a petition in liquidation, has been placed temporarily under the judicial administration of a tribunal of com- merce. This action was taken at the bank’s own request following a meet- ing of stockholders. : T N} says, are constantly pressing the Kemal- ists along the road to Angora. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 23.—The| Each of the dead sustained a frac- tured skull. The cause of the accident, accord- Turkish nationalist prime minister. Fevzi Pasha, told the national assem- 4ly last night that although th» Turks had been obliged to yield ground in the face of the Greek ad- | | vance, the enemy suffered terrible losses. The region between Kutai and Eski-Shehr, which recently were captured by the Greeks, was covered with thousands of bodies, he declared. ‘The prime minister warned the as- sembly against panic, asserting that every precaution had been taken to secure 4 successful continuation of the struggle, which he said was en- tering the decisive phase. A Greek warship today approached Samsun, on the South shore of the Black sea, with the intention of bom- barding the town, but the comman- der of a United States destroyer ly- ing off the coast disswaded its com- mander from firing, pointing out that such action might endanger the Greek population. The ~ Greek destroyer Panther opened fire today on Trebizond. on the Black Sea coast to.the east of Samsun, but did not cause much damage. CONSTANTINOPLE, July. 24.—Cir- cassian bandits appeared today in Karabogha, on the Sea of Marmora, thirty-five miles east of Gallipoli, raided the town and killed the Turk- ish governor and commander of the gendarmerie. A British detachment assisted the Turkish gendarmes in_ pursuing the bandits. As a result of this incident the British are reinforcing the Dar- danelles garrison.- - ing_to police, was the operation of a shuttle car east on a west-bound track, the east-bound track being under repair. The motorists were westbound and when they saw. the strcet car on the west-bound track they apparently thought it was trav- jeling in the same direction as their automobile. - The automobile in which the two families were riding had been left in Francyk's garage for repairs, po- | lice said. i BY GEORGE WITTE. By Cable _to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. BERLIN, Germany, July 27.—Ger- many will build ‘ransatlantic Zep- pelin airships just as soon as the al- lies lift the ban on them and in- 2ntors once more are permitted to build them. “In_view of the pressure being brought to bear in France and Eng- iand by American capitalists who are eager_to Invest money in getting a New York-Berlin line started, there is_hope that the allies will soon withdraw their objections.” - This ‘was the report made at a general meeting of the Zeppelin Alr- ship Company stockholders by Di- rector General Eckener of the" Zep- financial interests of the general gov- ernment. ; “He will submit recommendations to the head of the department concerned and to the chief co-ordinator, at any time involving practical suggestions which he believes would result in economies to the general government in disposing of our surplus stocks or result in better co-opération between various government agencies. Co-Ordinators to Be Instructed. “The chief co-ordinator, general supply, will instruct the co-ordinators (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) GERMANS PLAN TRANSATLANTIC AIR LINE WHEN ALLIES PERMIT / pelin wharves. ‘The Germans also are trying to get the allies to reconsider the de- mand that the big Zeppelin hangars at Friedrichshaen on the Bodensee. the birthplace of the Zeppelins, be destroyed, inasmuch as the plan is + to make this the starting point of the transatlantic line which would touch France and Spain before fly- ing over the ocean. Herr Eckener is quite sure that the plans are practical, and predicts that hardly a year will, elapse between the time the ban on airship building in Germany is lifted and that on which the first transoceanic flight is successfully carried out. Count Brandenstein-Zeppelin, son- “in-law of the late inventor, was made . mankging director -at ‘the annual ‘meeting. y power only_a little over three months, but its deeds hava been gigantic. We smile at these democratic critics and hurl at them with all the strength at our com- mand the fact that this administration has accomplished more in three months than has been accompished by any oth'r administration in that length of time since the government began. This ad- ministration is in the work of building up the country the democrats spent eight vears in destroying. ~ We have not completed the rebuilding in three months : we did not expect to. We are going to redeem the country from the chaos of democratic rule just as quickly as brains, knowledge and a unified party can bring about the change, but it will take some time."” ington will center this fall in New York city, where a mavoralty campaign will be on, the republicans seeking to oust Tammany. Just at the hour they are having a hard time settling upon a can- diate for mayor to run against Mayor Hylan, who is to be renominated by Tammany. SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CHOSEN. Special Dispatch to The Rtar. LYNCHBURG, Va., July 27.—The school boards of Campbell and Bed- ford counties, which manage the New London Academy, have elected Rev. Alexander Miller of Jackson, N. C., as principal of the school for the. coming session. ~ Mrs. Miller has been made a teach- er in one of the primary grades of the school. - S pected ta have another dinner in the!rearrangement of caxes may give near future, with House republicans as | business some measure of relief and his guests. to seek co-operation in the permit expansion. Interest in politics. outside of Wash-| program, informally outlined with the senators last night. { Today’s News ' in Paragraphs | State health officials may be called for pellagra conference. Page 2 District officials praise motor corps _ald. Page 3 Legion serves notice on President and three cabinet members bonus_cannot | be downed. Page 4! | Public asked to help boys attend Camp | Harding. Page 41 Secretary Weeks announces Army will be down to peace time strength by Au- | gust 1; gix cantonments to be aban- | doned. 3 Page 12! Mother accused of stealing girl from ! foster parents. Page 14| Spurgin’s daughter savs she knew | father took over $500.000 of bank’s | funds. Page 17| | Obregon denied right to adjust troublous | article 27. Page 17| Norrig bill believed given death blow by President’s message. Page 17 Irish leaders say they are still studyin British peace proposals. Page 17 Appeal to avoid trial in connection with Supreme Court de(‘l!lo? “leak” de- nied. Page 17 Plans comvleted for mammoth reunion of 86th Division in Pittsburgh. i 1 : Page 30 i from H | murses t (Copyright, 1921.) FIND EDUCATOR’S BODY: WIFE,IS ST'LL ALIVE Dr. Stone. Head of Perdue Univer- sity, Had Fallen Great Distance in Mountains. By the Associnted Press. BANFF. Alta., July 27.—The body of Dr. W. E. Stone has been found and Mrs. Stone is alive and will recover the shock of the Mount Eanon according’ to a brief letter the search pariy headquarters here tragedy, from guides leading received at police Mrs, Stone was found Sunday at the foot of a seventeen-foot crevice and the dead body of Dr. Stone was discovercd shortly afterward a great distance b low in a very difficuli position for r. covery. Mrs. Stone has been taken to Camp Assiniboin headgquarters and have been sent to care for he Stone, who was president of Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., with his wife, has been missing since July 15, when they left the camp of moun tain climbers for a three-day trip in order to condition themselves for the big Alpine camp meet ut Luke O'Hara (his week. Dr Stone and his wife were both experienced Alpinists. Dr.