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cloudiness, probably ended at 2 p.m. today: Entcsed as seco! ' No. 28218, NEW WORLD HOPE N DISARMAMENT, PRESIDENT SAYS Delivers Address at Anniver- sary Celebration of Land- ing of Pilgrims.’ MR. HARDING DECLARES “U.'S. WILL CARRY ON” Thousands Throng to See Historic Pageant of Coming of Amer- ica’s Forefathers. Br the Associated Press. ; PLYMOUTH. Ma August 1.—A hope that the disarmament confer- ence called by the United States may | bring to the world a new era of peace and freedom was expressed by President Harding today in an ad- dress here at the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrims. A Characterizing _the international situation as “more than promising. ihe P'resident asserted that the sced of common tolerance and understand- ing planted by the fathers here was| beginning to bear fruit a thousand| WEATHER. Falr tonight; tomorrow increasing J followed = by showers; little change in temperature. pérature for twenty-four hoi terday; lowest, 63 at Highest, 92 Closing New York Stocks, Page 26. nd-ciass matter post office Washington, D. C. MAYFLOWER IS TOSSED ABOUT BY HEAVY SEA IN ELECTRICAL STORM By the Associated Press, PLYMOUTH, Mass., August 1.— President Harding and his party on the yacht Mayflower ran into a’ stormy experience off Block Island, R. I, while on the cruise here last night ‘When the Mayflower docked to- day it was learned that she had encountered a severe electrical storm. A thunderbolt sent its im- pulse through the wireless ap- paratus and a spark of some length was thrown off. The adjustment was such that the force of the bolt was absorbed without shock. The President, preparing his speech for today, did not know of it until he remarked later upon the extent of the downpour. The rainfall was so great that those aboard sald it seemed to still the sea and the Mayflower rode through the storm as smoothly as on a mill pond. PILGRIMS LANDING GELEBRATED TODAY BY VAST THRONGS President and High Officials Present for Tercentenary Observance. The WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1921—THIRTY SECRETARY HOOVER TAKES FIRST STEPS IN RUSSIAN RELIEF Cables European Director of American Administration to Open Negotiations. WHEN PLAN IS COMPLETE | Release of All U. S. Prisoners Must Be Accomplished Before ! Parleys Can Open. Secretary Hoover today cabled Wal- ter Lyman Brown, European director {of the American relief administration at London, to proceed immediately to Riga and negotiate with Russian so- viet authoriti:s preparatory to relief work in Russia. The instructions of Mr. Hoover were gent on receipt of a cablegram from Maxim Gorky transmitting the Boviet government’s acceptance of the American relief administration’s offer to fight famine among the children and invalids of Russia. FOOD SHIPS READY TOSAIL | e _EVERY- THING CoMe s\ ening SUNDAY MORNING EDITION DR SN . _ PAGES. [} paper and slso Member of the Associated Press The Associated Pross is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot otherwise redited in viis the local news published ker:n l All rights of publication of epecinl dispatehes erein are il reserved. Saturday’s Sunday’s NOMINATIONS APPROVED. Gordon Reported. The Senate Jjudiciary committee today ordered favorable report on the ~ nominations of Miss 3 O'Toole 1o be judge of the Muni Court of the District, and of Peyton Gordon to be United States attorney for the District of Columbia. The nominations will be reported to the Senate as soon as an executive session is held, and their confirmation is expected. .S, GETS EXPERTS - FOR CONFERENCE Subjects Are Being Added to Staff. Convincad that nothing will inter- vene to prevent the conference on dis- armament and far eastern questions at a comparatively early date, the State Department, it was learned today, has added to its personnel a small group of experts on international subjects for the gathering and co-ordination of information that may be desired by the American commissioners. The work of getting together the information 1n the different govern- ment departments that may be called for is well under way and officials continued to manifest confidence that Names of Miss 0’Toole and Mr. | Authorities on International | Net Circulation, 79,525 Net Circulation, 87,330 TWO CENTS. SID HATFIELD SLAN WITH A POLICEMAN INCOURTYARD FRAY Famous Matewan Police Chief Dies in Gun Battle With Private Detective. FIVE PUT UNDER ARREST; ONE MINGO CASE WITNESS {E. C. Lively, Who Conducted Store as Blind During Mine Fight, Involved in Affair. By the Associated Press. WELCH., W. Va. August 1.—Sid Hatfield, former chief of police of Matewan, and Ed Chambers, a po- liceman of that place, were killed in a~gun fight in . here shortly the courthouse before noon toda: detective, were ya: s and arrested in connection with the shooting. Hatfleld was ::rested last week in connection with the shooting up of the town of Mohawk, W. Va., about a year ago and b Celch where he fold in the relations between nations. | <. = - objections that have been lodged |pers alsc A new hope looms today, 381 the |5y e Awociated Press. “:‘:t:;:::t ;: “B:;l ::::.x:::ym:i Setinnt "2 iy ecding wili “he bers aiso war Fresident: ~we are slowly but very | L E o v - V E : "HE ME- withdrawn. i Hatfleld was rele on bail and Surely recovering from the wastes| PLYMOUTH. Mass. August x.m!,cm Sieoicitis hunis oyiliiae ALL IN READINESS FOR THE HOME-COMING. While the way to a meeting not | vas with (hambers this morning and sorrows amd utter d'lsarn‘s.nxc; Another Mayflower came to Plymouth |, .. 4.livered out of that country s 1 - {:t;;&agciwvembr_r llxl is ur,derslood when he became involved in a quar- Iments ‘of a cataciysmical war. Teace | today, this one the presidential Yacht | demandcd by the Stato Department to have been practically cleared, the irel with 'Livily 'and some “of his is bringing its new assurances, and, p.,ging president Harding and an offi- | before discussions looking to food re- d. But ons have not been is-ifriends. In the shooting which penitent realization and st |cial party to joln in formal observance li€f are opened The cable follows: Jo{ A sued. But it is believed they may [lowed Hatfield end (hambers D ohscience will preserve that peace. | cl y v e R be forwarded within a few days. |Killed S iaith Is firmer that war's causes |of the tercentenary of the 1anding of | grom Mr. Gorky of July 28, would be Charged With Leading Fight. iy be minimized and overburden- | (he Pilgrim glad if you would proceed at once to ¢ ADVISERS START HOME. Hatfield was chief of police in the ing armament may be largely dimin-| " Ry ca L og pagsengers of 300! Riga. It is, of course. to be assumed g _ little mi ished. And these, too, Without sur- londed on a wild coast marked ; that the prisoners wiil have been de- Se Mo ginie Yillape ul Mniteeh o8 render of the nationality which has yelur; nfi’mfl e O A of today made | livered out of Russia as demanded by P veral Authorities on Far East|May 19, 1920, wiicn a party of private inspired or the good conscience which | UV N WIIRE U0 1o 1 welcome in scenes | the State Department before you open < Sail for U. S, detectives were sent there to evict has defended. - | that offered atriking contrast with those'g‘llucc':u::o:x:fimzo:.fl will x;:tz;\:fn:)lre‘“::x:; S ke R i miners from ho of the Stome «U. 8. Will Carry On | oo the faghers. Through the c ¢ . y Cable e Star and Chicago Daily News. | Mountain Coal Corporation. He was e o S WA Carey O DSt faced the fatners | Throusn (e | Svidence’of willingnoas 1o aggure irs One Hundred Boys From Washington Grouped o S R e e - D ac. | of orsons—L0B0%0 was one ctimate— |and Mberty of our staft. You will| penrecentative King Vainly YOKOHAMA, Japan, August 1.—The | the town, who battled with the de- than omising aud the i governors, lesser officials, men of highPlease advise Messrs. Gorky and marshaling of the array of American | tectives as they were about to take pression at home are symptomatic of early recovery. Solvent financially, sound economically, unrivaled in genius, unex- celled in industry, resolute in determi- nation and unwavering in faith, these United States will carsy on.” In the course of his speech Mr. Hard- ing praised particularly the part re- ligious freedom and other New Eng- land traditions had played in develop- | anent of the nation. He also took occa- | sion to deplore the gommon tendency | to concentrate governmental ‘authority in Washington, and to reaffirm his faith in religion as an essential element of Sood government. The President said. in part: — “ft is not too much to say that the! three centuries which have since men of our race came here to found a siew ste. haye-been the most momentous | and the inost pregnant in all the progress of human kind. - “To, this and the Virginia shore were } tiansplanted the seeds of representative | democracy, the new ideals of nationality through -association and representation, and there has developed, seemingly, the mcst dependable form of popular gov- ernment ever witnessed in the world. Colenial Demoeracy Factor. “Whether we reflect upon the re- straints upon freedom which the fa- 1hers imposed, or measure the broader liberty under the law of today, here began the reign of dependable public| opinion, which unfatlingly is the law of highest civilization. One may not say whether the Puritans at home would have becn able to work qut #uch a system if tlere had been no American colonfes and the colonial in- jluences to react upon the mother country. Doubtless the English revo- lution, which came soon after the set- tlement at Plymouth, would Have come even had there been no settle- ment here, no Massachusetts Bay col- ony, ne Virginia plantation. But it is easy to believe that in the long struggle after the restoration, the fruits of the revolution, the strength- ened parliamentary institutions and the restrictions of royal prerogative were_helped by the influences of co- onial democracy. “No_one will ever dispute the large part New England played in the rear- ing of new standards of freedom. The early struggles here were cotempo- raneous with the making of modern British’ constitutionalism and the new Wworld beacon was an incentive and an inspiration across the sea, and today old world and new join in rejoicing at the ends achieved. The beginning of American revolution may fairly be traced, the larger part of a_century from the date we commonly fixed for it, to the great town meeting in the Old South Church, to which was sub- mitted the question whether the col- ony would assent to the charter re- eorganization that the kjng demanded. Planted in Fertile Soil. “If the idea of religious freedom had | little to hope for frem the effort of the stern old fathers to set up a theocracy in New England the ideal of political freedom found here a particularly fertile soil in which to germinate. ‘““The cJafh between w theocratic tyire ny on this side and a political tyr- anny on the other resuited in.the destruction of both, to the vast bet- terment of every human interest in- volved.. “The men and women who came here to found in a wilderness, across | a thousand leagues of ocean waste, a new state came with high and con- scious purpose of achieving a great hu- man end. Out of their voluminous let- ters, memoirs, public records and his- torical writings we constantly get the impression of their deep conviction that they had been called as divine instru- ‘ments to accomplish a work of supremest aignificance. “Hand of men alone did not build; what was founded here; it was but the visible sign, the human symbal of a purpose, which we may not under- , but for whose beneficence all en must give tribute of praise and wvoice undying gratitude. We may speculate and conjecture. We may seek to frame laws of human relation- ship. by which to account for such 1esults as here have been wrought; but st last we will have to recogn! that they are not for us to explain. Birth of Freedom. ‘“The Brglish-speaking race had hardly established itself in true char- fcter, 4s the foremost exponent of Jiberal institutions when it began to distribute itself among the wiider- nésses of the earth. Even before lib- | erty had been secured for the mother country. its soldiers ware adventuring Juto distant parts, carrying their am- ditions with them. “The community of free peopls of ur race, whether in Europe or JAmerica, in Africa or Australia, under |- the northern or the squthern skies, “was begun when Jamestown and Ply- faouth were founded. It has Carried 4ts.ideals wherever it has set its standard. It has won reeognition of those ideals as the basis of social uct, of community relations, social degree and those of labor. Many of them formed in a colorful parade in which were direct descendants of both the first settlers and of the friendly Indians with whom they lived in peace. President in Parade. In this parade the President him- self took part, both as participant and reviewer. The parade and other inci- dents served to set the scenes for lhc‘ principal feature of the day's memorative program, public exercises]to yo beginni at 4 p.m, at which Presi- der‘xil H‘:‘fluu ':l deliver his only speech of the day and his only set ad- dress of the summer. For this he had as setting 'E.“Q( ?rodlctnt'.‘b‘lnk of ting. facing T "fi:!(h its northerly tip resting almost on::Phymouth Rock. _Lr_the ‘Seascape thi exposed were Bat- e e esivenis, Norin Da and Delaware. rid! in the bay, a the British cruiser Cambrian, at an- chor ingide Gurnet Point, itself loom- fag up like & battleship in the dis- tance. The Mayflower, yacht, anchored ‘here the May- turies aga. from the time when out from the Dutch port of Delft- shaven. This and other scenes were to be luced again in pageant form tonight, with Prl!flqnt Harding as guest. The old flower herself, reproduced fior the pegeant..lay alon shore within view of the Dl’ollaenlla party on its way from ship to shore. For this trip the -submarine chaser 408 was provided, the yacht being forced to anehor outer harbor channel that leads within. At the new state dock Tov. Massachusetts headed committee which inc Lodge and exeécut land states. There awaited the |plus. President a group of | Russia is based upon failure of the President at the dock also a of the Evening Standard competition for mastery of English by children of foreign parents, to|ago when depopulation of Russian whose honors were added those of re- ceiving their medals from the Presi- dent’s hand. > From the dock the President’s pro- gram took him to th® point at which | supplies from Danzig could begin im- ed, two miles | mediately upon conclusion of satisfac- outside the town, under guard of a |tory negotiations between Mr. Brown His was the first | and soviet authorities, and food could Regular and gtate | be shipped into Russiz immediately, military companies were assigned as | beginning in a small way and Brow- escort for the/guests, who included | ing as the rellef organization within the e was form troop of cavalr of five division: Vice President Coolidge, the governor, several United States senators, Wil- liam H. de Beaufort, charge d'affaires|be no public appeal for funds in this of the Dutch embassy, and Capt. Syd- ney H. Bailey, naval attache of the | work, as the American Relief Admin- British embassy. The fourth division, one of floats fom each of the towns and m: the villages of Plymouth and rn- stable counties—the c¢ld colony dis- trict—brougl.t the parade to a bril- lient climax. Plymouth’s float re- produced the landing of the Piigrim: That of Duxbury pertrayed the treaty between the first settlers and the In- dlans, The Bridgewaters were rep- resented by a float on which appeared {be sent to the: Petro Miss Priscilla Alden, lineal ant of John Alden. Prince: onekansuke, known nowadays as Miss Charlotte Mitchell, a direct descend. ant of the Indlan chieftain Massas- soit, was a figure on Middleboro’s first float, depicting the meeting of Gov. ‘Winslow and the chief. Pembroke recalled by {its float the signing December 28, 1772, at a town Im a b Ameri presidential | necessary in Russia to save the live: in the{of millions of children and invalids, because of the tortuous|government officials indicated today. Cox of | mamy-places and has been aggravated | a_welcoming |by.a drought in the Volga valley, luded Senator | which usually produces sufficient food ives of several New |to feed its own inhabitants and a sur- ‘ew Bedford school children, winners | 1921 crop. annual | have been expected, however, it wi of ! by other American organizations, Kaminefr.” Gerky Makes Reply. Maxim Gorky's reply to Mr. Hoover's offer of relief read; “I have transmit- ted your proposal to the soviet gov- ernment, seeing that the soviet gov- lernment alone can discuss the con- ditions contained therein. I have ré- the following reply for transmission ‘The Russian government hi cquainted itself with the proposal of Mr. Hoover, made in the name of the American relief administration, and finds this propase) quite acceptable as is including the relief of the| n mers. ‘Riissian givergment ‘conviders t, desirabl to fix e S AR S | * L. el SR Taman R 0 nuued:hc fedding, me: 1" traatment and clothing of a million children and invallds. For that purpose the Russian vernment would consider it useful at Director Brown or another per- 2on invested with full powers should carry out negotlations and should im- mediately come to Moscow. Riga or Reval. The Russian soviet govern- ment awaits a speedy reply as to the lace and date of these negotiations.” Fhe cablegram was signed by M. Kam- eneft, chairman of the commission of the ~ all-Russian_central executive committee for helping the famine- stricken population, and by M. Gorky Outaide Assistance Vital. Outside assistance is absolutely The 1821 food crop has falled in Complete economic collapse of Inklings of what might indicated, began to appear some time cities commenced, due to food shortage. Food Could Be Sent at Onmce. Mr. Hoover said shipment of food Russia_expanded. Mr. Hoover indicated there woul country to finance the Russian rellef istration had considerable resources on hand and would probably be assisted four of which are now working in Poland. He said it would probably require be- tween $1,250,000 -and $1,500,000 a month to conduct the fight against famine. “In addition to food supplies medical aid will be extended the stricken Russian population. Food shipments would probably first crea, Mr. ict was the Hoover said, as most accessible. ——— WILL SEARCH FOR BODY OF PURDUE PRESIDENT that Urges Restoration of Fig- ure to Courthouse Site. Representative King of Illinois en- deavored today to get action under the unanimous consen: calendar upon Iam Lincoln, erected by contributions of the people of Washington, to its old pedestal in front of the court- house bullding. The measure failéd of action when objection was lodged by Represejtative !cgul Morren of Indiana. Representative- King was giving a yivid word picture of the parade and granistand scene on the day that'the Statue was unveiled in 1868 when he was interrupted by Representative Mann of Illinoi The latter asked if he thought ‘1:1 proper for Congress, Which Is now constructing _the most _beautifull memorial in the world to Lincoln to order his statue replaced, which is the work of “a grave stone-artist.” House Leader Objects. House Leader Mondell interrupted with the complaint that too much time was being taken up by this matter. Representative Wingo of Arkansas (democrat)) questioned, if under the law, the President has not already taken care of this situation by re-| ferring the matter to the fine arts commission. _ Representative King read a letter from President Harding written after a delegation of patriotic socleties had called upon him, in which letter he urged that Congress take King bill. Representative King graphically ex- | plained to the House that instead of} being properly stored this statue of Lincoln had been allowed to lie ex-1 posed “down by the river banks, with dirt and moisture allowed to accumu- late on the graven face of the former war President.” Merits of Statue Topic. In reply to criticisms of the artistic merits of the Lincoln statue, Repre- sentative King read letters from famous artists purporting to show that this statue, carved by Lotz Flan- nery, is the best representation of the face of Lincoln as seen by those who knew him In life that can be found anywhere in the capital. 90,000 RAILROAD WOMEN. Recent reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission show a sur- prising number of womean workers on the railroads of the nation. Re- ports show that nearly 5 per cent, or 90,000, of the 2,000,70¢ railroad work- ers are women. The commission is engaged in a special study of employment of wom- en with.a view to determining the extent to which they are supplanting men In rallroad employment. Al- gh women do not enter the heav- fer grades of railroad work, they almost entirely supplanted the male workers as car cleaners, and women who operats trains as conductors are meeting of the first resolutions for Experienced Mountain Climbers to | not uncommon in some sections of independence adopted in the colonies. The Mayflower dropped anchor just outside the entrance to the harbor at 9:58 a.m. Formal welcome to Presi- dent Harding was deferred until he set foot ashore. Guard Halts Seantor Lodge. Ashore, meantime, the Pilgrim town was fairly jammed with people. So eat was the crush that some of the flltlnllflohed guests, unidentified by the required insignia, were hustled here and_there. nator Lodge was taken in hand by a provost guard, he insisting on his identity without suc- cess, and his automobile was directed to a thoroughfare distant from the pler, where he was tom the - dent. Naval officers who learned of the_incident scurried about to over- take him. The day was one of brilliant sun- shine, its heat relieved by a breeze from the north. Seek Dr. W. E. Stone Where He Dropped to Death. CALGARY, Alberta, August 1—A party of experienced mountain climb- ers and guides, headed by Rudolph Aammer of Lake Louise, will leave Banff Wednesday to search the re- cesses of Mount Eanon for the body of ' Dr. W. E. Stone, president of Pur- due University, who plunged to his death July 16. It was Aammer who rescued Mrs. Stone after she had fall- en to a rocky ledge and narrowly es- caped starvation: ‘The educator's son reached Banft yesterday and left today for Trail Center camp, where Mrs. Stone 18 rest- ing, preparatory to returning to civi- lization. He probably will accompany the searching party. ARMED POLICE WATCH OVER 50,000 IN BERLIN ‘NO WAR’ DEMONSTRATION " BY. GEORGE WITTE. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Pally BERLIN, Germany, August 1.— Numerous policemen, armed with rifles and machine guns, kept their eyes on 50000 men, women and children holding & “no-more-war” demonstration yesterday on the an- raary of the opening of the nive: ‘world war seven years ago. ¥ mmflowm ~not - exactly . Every { speech was full of threats of vio- lence' against the present govern- ment,.the capitalists and the allies. Theére were many Trows between individuala over the question as to who was respoi e for tI -war, the dispute in several cases ending in fisticuffs. The socialists as well as their “frien enemies,” ‘the in- dependent socialists, the demonstration, m‘ndlt ‘Was gener- ally to up the ing of the “war heroes™ by~ the nationalists for August 7 the country.. In some sections, also, ‘women work as section hands, while many work in shops and as helpers in_roundhouse work. The bulk of the women employed y the railroads, however, work in b the general offices and ticket offices. Some women work as telegraphers and others work as cooks and wait- resses in the dining car and restau- rant service. New Service Spe «ds Up Ocean Mail Deliveries By Twenty-four Hours NEW YORK, August 1—The steamship President, assigmed Jame Into One Unit at Meade for Military Training Which Begins Today. CAMP MEADE, Md., August 1, (From Staff Correspondent).—Wash- ceived from the soviet go\‘rrnmemlhh bill to restore the statue of Abra-)ington will have an entire company if its own In the citizens' military tratning camp, which opened here today. An even 100 boys from the District of Columbia were selected for the camp and when -they arrived at_ the training cepter teday they were assigned to Company M of the 3rd hattalion. The eamp will come prise threegbattallons of four com- panies with . each com, v Sinipaseqiol dn evin 100 men. G. W. o1 2th infantry, camp com dant, is following the ruleg of assigning boys from the same locality to the same company as far as possible. This method was select- ed not only as an accommodation to the boys but to make it easier for visitors to the camp to locate friends. Eight Hundred Report. Eight hundred boys and men be- tween the ages of sixteen and thirty- five years had reported by noon today, and the majority of the 1,400 selected for the camp are expected to be in uniform by this time tomorrow. Gen. Pershing will inspect the training re- cruits tomorrow afternoon. Of the men who had reported up to noon today only seven were rejected on account of physical disability. Cel. Helms and his staff of officers who are directing the camp were elated by the splendid physical showing of the boys and the enthusiasm with which they | such action as is provided for in the|took hold of their new duties. Big Army trucks met each arriving squad of students and conveyed them to the receiving depot. From this point the boys were taken to a build- ing where they underwent a pre- liminary physical examination. Next they were assigned to companies and battalions. The more exacting physi- cal examination was the third step in the process of establishing them in|j camp. Those who passed the test {were then given uniforms and as- signed to bunks. Regular Schedule Wednesday. Hard work will begin for the embryo soldiers Wednesday. The first drill ‘will be held Wednesday, and from that day until the end of the month the boys will live, work and play exactly as the men in the Regular A dp. - Reguiar Army cooks will Took after the mess, which will relieve tlie students from kftchen police or similar work, the blight of a goldier's life. nstruction to be given to the three battalions will be elementary. Each company will be looked after by three officers and eighteen soldiers from the Regular Army. There will also be a service company, comprised of 14¢ men of the Regular Army, and 2 demonstration company, comprising 150 Regular Army men, which, respec- tively, will assume the duties of a quartermaster’s corps and infantry in- struction units. T Taps at 10 0'Clock. _Col. Helms has ordered taps for 10 I‘ol‘lock each night. Calisthenic exer- clises will be the order of the day fol- lowing breakfast, and these activities will consume the time of the boys un- til about 9:30. o'clock, at which time will begin infantry drill. There will be a second drill period after dinner. Following supper motion pictures will be shown. in which the various activi- ties of the soldier will be depicted. Battalion base ball games will be or- ganized and a regular schedule main- | tained. Virginia youths, of whom there are 244 in camp, will make up the 3rd Battalion, along with the boys from the District. Col. Helms' chief assist- ant is Maj. 'W. A. Pickering, 41st In. fantry, who is executive officer of the camp. * Capt. Porter W. Wiggins, of the 41st Tntantry, is serving » TWO PLAYGROUNDS ARE OPENED TODAY Additional Places Expected to Be Made Available in City Tomorrow. Two school playgrounds were thrown open to the children of the city.at noon today with the funds contributed to the Commissioners in response to their ap- peal made through The Star. They yere the Jefferson, 6th and B streets South- west, and the Arthur, 1st and Arthur place northwest. Two More Tomorrow. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of playgrounds, announced that two more schoolyards, one white and one colored, would be opened tomorrow, but the loca- tions had not been definitely decided upon today. 2 Checks, cash and money orders amounting to $200 were received by Commissioner” Oyster in this morning’s mall, bringing the total in"the fund up to $541.75. F; One of today's contributions was a cheek for' $100 from Charles W.. Semmes, which was sent to The Star and forwarded to Commissioner Oys- ter. Others who contributed today were: Rosetta A. Boston, $1; 2 elica W. K. Cope, $6;: Minnie E. C. wvens, $5; Helen Giliiss, $5; Annie L. Edwards, $2; George Thomas, $1; a B. Parks, $25; A. Brylawski, $10; Cosmos Theater Company, $20; Interstate Amusement Company, 32| J. W. Clary, $6; W. Carroll, -§: N. V. Meredith, $1; Alice A. Tolso: $2; Anonymous, $2.75. 3 Coaching Classes Held. “Summer coaching classes arei in operation at the Jefferson and Arthur schools, and the playgrounds teach- ers of the board of education have been on duty in these school yards in the mornings. From today on, how- ever, these yards will be open to the children until 7:30 o'clock in " the evening. ‘The money coutributed by the public wil} be used to employ play instructors for .these grounds after the school play.feaders go off duty at.n p.was elated toddy.qver the generous response that has been made to the appeal for contributions. As _he fund grows additional school yards will be opened, affording a safe play space for thousands of children. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT IS CALLED TO THE CITY Deaths of Clerk and Deputy of Supreme Court Necessitate Temporary Appointment. Chief Justice Taft will arrive in ‘Washington tomorrow on a special trip necessitated by the death recently of both the clerk and deputy clerk of the Supreme Court. At present there 1s no one qualified to sign ourt papers, which must bear the clerk's signature, and Justice Taft will name a deputy until the vacancy caused by the death of James D. Maher, clerk of the court, shall have been filled. H. C. McKenney, deputy clerk and acting clerk since Mr. Maher’s death, died Saturday after an operation. The new clerk can be named only after consultation with the other Justices, and the court is in summer recess now until October. ‘Willlam R, Stansbury, senior as- sistant in the clerk's office of the Supreme Court, notified Chief Justice Taft of the death of Mr. McKenney. He al telegraphed other members of the court, all of whom, Mr. Justice McKenna, are absent from the capital, scattered from Canads, to California, and one of whom, Mr. Justice Pitney, is.in Europe. : advisers at the November disarma- ment conference in Washington has| already begun. Prof. Stanley K. Horn- beck sailed last Friday on the Em- press of India, which is due to arrive at Vancouver on August 8, and James F. Abbott sailed a day earlier on the | Shinyo Maru, which is due at San Francisco on the 14th of August. Prof. Hornbeck is proceeding on the orders of the State Department and Mr. Ab. |bott on those of the Department of Commerce. 2| | The former was one of the American adisers on far eastern questions at | € Paris peace conference. He re- iturned to China, and then toured the Briti nch, Dutch and Portuguese colonies and the Philippines. He ac- i companied Minister Charles R. Crane to China, and in June came to Japan by way of Vladivostok under orders to make a four-month study of tariff conditions. A few days ago his or- ders were changed to proceed to Washington as quickly as possible. Mr. Abbott. commercial attache of the Tokio embassy, with Lieut. Col. William J. Davis, assistant military attache in Tokio, formed the Ameri- can missfon which recently made a tour of the far castern republic. He carries a twenty-two-page report out- lining the replies to the hypothetical questions propounded by the State Department regarding conditions in Siberia and also a carefully guarded trunk containing documents and sta- tistics amplifying his report. ‘The Filipino party, headed by Man- uel Quezon, also sailing on the Em- press of India, will possibly have something to say at the conference. | The tireless Quezon hopes to pre- sent the views entertained by the Filipinos to the Harding administ tion before the conference begins, as well as before the Wood-Forbes re- port reaches Washington. TURKS AWAIT HELP T0 BATTLE GREEKS 30,000 Reinforcements Ex- pected—Allies May Be Asked to Mediate. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 1.—The Turkish nationalists vices from Anatolia, are holding posi- tions east of Sivrihissar, about fifty miles east of Eski-Shehr, while await- ing thirty thousand reinforcements said to be expected from Cilicia, Mesopotamia and the Caucasus, whose arrival is desired before a decisive action with the Greeks is risked. The nationalists announce a determi- nation to fight to the bitter end, and their leaders express bellef that the Greeks are at a disadvantage because of theix lengthened supply lines and the scattering of their forces over a jwide area in a hostile territory, with |the railroads rendered useless. It is pointed out, however, that the Turks abandoned large quantities of supplies in their retreat, giving the Greeks sufficient provisions to_ last them a considerable period. King Enters Eski-Shehr. PARIS, August 1.—King Constantine of Greece has cntered Eski-Shehr, the important railroad junction in Western Asia Minor recently captured by the Hellenic forces from the Turkish na- tionalists, says a dispatch from Athens. Premler Gounaris accompanied the king, it is said. The Journal today asserted that it had recelved information that Turkey and Greece intended to ask the supreme al- lied council to mediate in an effort to end hostilities between them. CITY EMPLOYS 300 FAMILY HEADS ON $150,000 SPECIAL PROJECT =5 1 By the Associatéd Press. 2 RACINE, Wis,, August 1.—Three hundred unemployed heads of familles went to work here today in street, park and cemetery im- provements under a municipal work project, for which a bond issue of $150,000 was created by the-city. ‘The men will be paid 35 cents an hour, some working six days a ‘week and others working but two or three acoording to the needs of their The project, ‘families. - ‘was -originated by members of the Racine Commer-, clal Club and was backed by othe: public organizations, a . special committee being created by the common council to map out the program. Many of the men given employ- ment were on the city’s charity list. H. G. Presser, head of the United States employment bureau here, will obtain lists of men who have been receiving aid from the city and will assign them to work according to their need,'the size of their familles and their ability. If any men refuse to work when jobs are offered th.{"_wm be taken from the charity 1 L , according to ad- | I {a train for Bluefield after the evic- tions. Ten persons were killed in the fight and Hatfield. Chambers and | twenty-two others were indicted. At “the trial, which was held at | Williamson, the county seat of Mingo | county, early this year, T. C. Lively { was one of the most important wit- nesses for the state. He testified that i he had gone to Matewan soon after the battle and. opening a store there. had pained the confidence of many of those jmentioned in connection with the shooting. He admitted on the stand that he was in the employ of the de- tective agency whose men had been | killed in the ficht. Lively closed his | store at Matewan during the trial { which resulted in the acquittal of ‘Hl!l\eld and his companions, and his name had not peen meutioned in con- {nection with the Mingo industrial troubles unmtil today. PRESIDENT URGES LOAN LEGISLATION Payment of Money to Liberia Declared “Moral Obli- gation.” Legislation authorizing payments to Liberia under the five-million-dol- lar loan to that country previously arranged for was asked by President Harding today in a letter transmitted to the Senate. An accompanying let- ter from Secretary Hughes to the President said a “moral obligation” rested on the United Siates to make this loan. “It is impossible,” said Presideat Harding in his jetter of transmittal to Vice President Coolldge, “tc escape the conviction that we have an obli- gation which tMe executive branch of the government cannot Gischarge without the properly expressed &p- proval of the Congress.™ Moral Obligntion. Secretary Hughes' letter said ex- amination_of the negotiations with Liberia “produces the convietion that commitments have been made by this government which imposes a moral obligation to make the lean.” The letter said that $5.000,000 was set aside for Liberia, September §, 1918, but actual transfer of funds was delayed until the Liberian legislature could act. The president of Liberia, Mr. Hughes recounted, came to Wash- ington to conclude the negotiations which provided “the necessary admin- istrative measures adequately to secure the loan.” By this time, how- ever, further commitments had been - restricted by Congress. Fostered by America. ‘The republic of Liberia was estab- {lished “largely through the efforts of American citizens,” Mr. Hughes said. nd the present economic situation of he country is largely in consequence of its participation in the world war { with the United States. Extension of the loan was “highly important from the standpoint of the proper protection and promotion of American commercial interests on the west coast of Africa,” Mr. Hughes added, and there was opportunity for “a practical expression of our con- tinued solicitude” for the Liberian government In this “severe exigenc: thus promoting the closest friendsh Today’s News in Paragraphs Russia changes attitude to get relief from this country. Page 1 Secretary Hoover orders first steps look- ing to relief of Russia. Page 1 Two playgrounds open today, two more. expected tomorrow. Page 1 Representative King vainly urges House I to act on bill to restore Lincoln statue 10 site fronting D. C. courthouse. | X Page 1 ‘anadian papers comment on Northclifte Page incident. 3 Seasonal dullness prevents material al- teration in general business. 7 Movie censorship begins in New York state. Page 17 A. F. L. sends out call fo open drive for new members. Page 17 Finance corporation may issue_short- term bonds for relief. Page 17 Italians aroused over secret diplomac; in Fiume controversy. Page Patrolmen of four police precincts greet new commanders today. Page 17 Reclassification favored by 30 cent, endum. Page 3