Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1921, Page 3

DECADENGE CAUSE OF RUSSIAN FAMINE . Hoover Blames Decay in Transportation and De- crease in Industry. The food shortage in Russia is due to general decadence of agriculture, decay of transportation and a decrease of industry in general of more than 90 per cent of the pre-war output, according to a summary of conditions announced last night by Secretary Hoover. In a formal statement describing the economic situation in Russia, Mr. Hoover painted a picture of the virtual collapse of productive activities under the soviet government. The most acute famine area. he said. Is in the Volga valley from the Caspian sea north. The drought there, he added, would not be so serious were it not for the reduction in the surplus crops in other regions and the difficulties, due to transportation. of moving such surpluses as do exist. Mr. Hoover cited reports. showing the reduction of acreage under cultivation, varying from 100 per cent reduction in the province of Kazan to only 58 per cent in Samara of the acreage cultivated last spring. Steady Decline Noted. Overriding such local situations there has been a steady decline in ultural production.” Mr. Hoover ever since the revolution, o ing to the lack of incentive to farm- ers to provide more than their own needs. to the shortage of seed and the shortage of implements. The urban population has produced little goods 1o offer in exchange and the currency depreciation through the increase of currency issues to more than one thousand billions of rubles, has ren- deerd their accumulation no attrac- tion. From these causes Russia, be- fore even last vear's harvest, had declined from a state producing from six to ten million tons of food for ex port to a condition where there was such an insufficient supply of food for the cities that the. urban population has been reduced by about one-half.” Requisitioned for Taxes. As indicating the diminished grain crop in 1921, Mr. Hoover cited the quantities estimated to be requisi- tioned for taxes by the soviet gov- ernment, showing for all soviet Rus- sia, except the Ukraine and Turke- stan, 4320000 tons of grain, as against 7,614,000 requisitioned in 1920, while'the potatoes estimated for requisition totaled 1,080.000 tons, as compared with 2,016,000 last and 216,000 tons of oil seeds, against | 432.000 in 1920. ] Some stimulation to imports, he as- serted, has been given by shipment of the former bank reserves of gold, but the total imports from April 1 to May 15 were less than 4 per cent of the pre-war average for the same period, while exports for April were one-twentieth of 1 per cent of the same pre-war period. “Recent reports, as to instructions Eiven to foreign agents of the Rus- rament,” Mr. Hoover con- . “indicate the practical ex- haustion of gold and consequent re- duction of foreign purchases. —_— BRITISH AND U. S. SHIP | INTERESTS FAIL TO AGREE: i Lengthy Conference in London Does Not Develop Settlement of Dispute. LONDON, August 2.—A lengthy conference this afternoon between representatives of the American Shi ping Board and British shipping lead- ers failed to develop a settlement of the dispute between the American and British bidders for Alexandria cotton shipping contracts for the en: suing year. The conference referred to in the foregoing dispatch is believed to be the result of an ultimatum recently delivered by the United States Ship- ping Board to the British shipping lines that unless fair treatment is accorded American ships in contracts for the transport of cotton from Alex- andria, Egypt, to the United King- dom and the United States, the Ship- ping Board would “declare an open market” and haul anything, anywhere, at any rate. Reports of this ulti- matum were contained in a dispatch from London on July 28. ATTACKS GERMAN RULE. Helgoland Commission Says Berlin Failed to Learn Lesson. HELGOLAND, August 2.—A com- mission of sixty-two members work- ing for the independence of Helgo- land today issued a memorial in which it was charged that the “bu- reaucratic German-Prussian regime failed to learn the lesson which the maladministration of Alsace, Schles- wig, Silesia and Posen should have taught.” The memorial asserted that fits signers are tired of sending deputa- tions to Berlin “to sit with some minister in_an audience room catch-|hag’ be ing fliee while Prussian officials re- fuse to listen, or having heard, fall to understand Helgoland's case.” SPECIAL NOTICES. | year,, @ ! persons were slightly Abe Mart_in Says: common-iaw monopoly in anthra and the state of Marvland, Jury My, but some folks are tight ‘when it comes t’ spendin’ money where it won’t show,” says Mamie Beasley, o’ th” liver pad counter o’ th’ Monarch 5 an’ 10. (Coprright National Newspaper Service.) U. S.-BRITISH “ALLIANCE” OF FINANCIERS CHARGED Senator La Follette Declares Com- bine Operates to Aid English Shipping Interests. An talliance” between American and British financiers to aid British shipping interests was charged in the Senate yesterday by Senator La Fol- lette, republican, Wisconsin. continu- ing an address begun last Friday. J. P. Morgan & Ci and asso- ciates, he said, had “combined” with Eritish financiers, the Morgan com- pany controlling, ates, railroads which transported American_products for shipment on British ships. The British shipping interests, he said, were represented through the International Mercantile Marine Company, which was “thor- oughly British,” although supposed to be an American corporation. Senator La Follette spoke in behalf of his resolution for congressional in- u The Shipping Board’s recent at- tempt to dispossess the United States Mail Company of a fleet of ships was said by Senator La Follettc. appar- ently, to have behind it employes of the board “with old-time British ship- ping affiliations. STATE DEPARTMENT ASKS COPY OF DOUGLAS’ SPEECH Officials Here Anxious to Learn if Delegate to Peru Was Cor- rectly Quoted. SANTIAGO, Chile, August 3.—Albert Douglas, head of the United Sfates special delegates to the Peruvian cen- tennial celebration, has been asked by the State Department in Washington to forward to that city the text of an address he made in Lima on July 28. Dispatches quoting Mr. Douglas, which have been received here, have aroused considerable feeling on the part of Chileans. The following of- ficial statement was published here to- day: “The Department of State has spon- taneously informed our ambassador in ‘Washington that upon learning of declarations attributed in press dis- patches to Special Ambassador Doug- las, it has asked for the text of his ad- dress, the detalls of which are as yet unknown, even on general lines. The department has declared that his statements as published must be at- tributed to an error in transmission or a bad version of his remarks, as they are completely in disagreement with the reiterated statements make by the United States government re- garding its™mpartiality in the con- fiict between Peru and Chile.” WRECK HELD DELIBERATE. Probers Find Rails Had Been Tampered With. DETROIT, August 3.—Officials of the | Michigan Central railroad announced that investigation had convinced them the all-Pullman train, No. 7, was wreck- i ¢d at Inkster, near here, early yester- | ay as a result of deliberate tampering | with the rails. A reward was offered | for the arrest of the guilty persons, and | police are holding two men for investi- | ®ation. They are Martin Yasski and Alexander Schultz of Dearborn, taken into custody near the scene of the ‘wreck. A toolhouse near Inkster was found to have been broken into and the missing tools were found near the derailed train, | railroad officials stated. The investiga- tion, they added. had shown two ralls en disconnected by removal of angle bars, and that a number of spikes had been pulled from the tie: injured. SPECIAL NOTICES. BRASS BEDS i, Dull or Bright Mesh Bags gold plated. $4.00 up. ohn_A. Gottsman & Co. 150 Pierce St. N. W, Franklin 5431 Established 1910 LADIES COME AND SEE Our advance showing of Fall Style Hat Frames, 85 cents each. Duvetyn and Velvet Hemstitchin; . Harris and Pleot ed; at Frame Sho Thland terrace m.e. to H. Dobkin and will not be respousible for any cted. MRS. DAVID GOLDSMITH. 40 CONSOLIDATED (POOL) CARS TO PACIFIC coast for household goods at reduced ratex| with_greater security. SECURITY STORAGE COMPANY. 1140 15th st. T WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS one other than myself. C. ath st s. o 1. 1. 0. 0. F.. OF FOR. .. will hold its annual excursion peal Beach on Thursday, A\lznll 4. Maryland and District Odd Fellows and their friends may expect the same time as always marks these occasions. . ELECTRIC WIRING Ry expert mechanics. Repairing. Prompt_ser ice. E. R. Vogelson. 504 H st. n.w. Main 3734. THE KING JOY LOW CO. HAS SOLD THE Royal Restaurant to the Wah Hing Co. The business transactions, including the old bills credited to Royal Rest, will be cleared np on Sth of August, at 3 p.m. WING T. CHAN, 803 9th n.w. 7 BUILDERS, SEE US —for best prices on —Colonial Porch Columns Big stock—clear white pine columns— on_hand. 24 Fence Posts—fence pickets. Geo. M. Barker Co,, Inc. £19-651 N. Y. ave. : 1517 7th st. Tel M. 1348. The Million-Dollar Printing Plant Is equipped to do the biggest jobs &t most economical cost. The National Capital Press 12101212 D St. N.W. m - sHOP | . RECOVERING. E_TO FR. 4594-W. 718 13th ST. N.W. ROOF TROUBLE G MamTeo Grafton, ICes Tr. blde. M. 760. “Heating nd Roofitx Expert> = Vears. FORD 1921 SEDAN, braud-new- mediate de- livery. Mr. Kibbey, 1065 Wise - Con 1643. sin ave. Col. LT, n. I GAS RANGES RFPAIRED AND CLYDE L. BOWERS, rear 616 REBU H s Main 7004, CLAFLIN FOR EYEGLASSES. Get Casey on the Job This Is a Glzss House If the roof needs repairing or there is plumbing 207 14th ST. N.W. n the sense that we have e s CASEY 0ot 80 i ami Woon purpose, and silver R LT ROV, 9 Glass Tops for tables, dress- o ors and other fine cabinet Mirrors _ {§'iumered ciass. Becker Paint and Giass Co., CHAS. E. HODGKIN, Mgr. 1230 Wisconsin ave. Phone West CORRECTLY NAMED ITRONCLAD ROOF PAINT is made of the hardest. toughest irom ore oxide and pure linseed oil—equal to 6¥% metallic IRONCLAD e, 10 e Saliia. The Shade Shop W. STOKES SAMMONS. 830 13th St. ", M. 4874, Let us_measure for made-to-order shades. _Factory_prices. CLAFLIN OPTICAL CO. The Real Service Shop. 907 F STREET. TANOS FOR KENT_UPRIGHT AND GRAND planos for rent at reasonable prices: rent ap- lied on purchase price by agreement. HUGO WoRCH. 1110 G. 'Victrolas and records. Efficiency—Plus Characterizes our printing. HIGH-GRADE, BUT NOT HIGH-PRICED. THE SERVICE SHOP _ BYRON S. ADAMS, EFBINTERS. ROOF TALKS: Prompt attention given to all orders for roof repairing. Gratifying results. R. K. FERGUSON, Inc., 1114 9th St. Phone North 231-232. Roofing Experts. ) DIRECTORS OF COAL < |EXCHANGE INDICTED Baltimore Dealers Charged and individuals who handle 90 per cent maintaired a monopoly in anthracite ¢ through director- | With Conspiracy to Create Monopoly. BALTIMORE, August 3.—Alleging a conspiracy create a e coal in Baltimore | the grand vesterday . presented _indictments against directors of the Baltimore Coal Exchange and the firms represented by them. These directors represent firms of the hard coal sold at retail in Baltimore. Back of the formal charges, elght in number. is the story of the operations of the exchange since its organization in 1905 “for social purposes,” since which | time it Is alleged that the men and firms under indictment have regularly and fixed the prices to be charged b: members of. the exchange. Members who are not on the board of directors were not in ted. 3 Those Indicted. The_indictment_includes, Hill, J. Edward Waesche of the Che peake Coal Company, J. Harr: Enterprise Coal Compan Parkinson, Americ: Jamin F. Luc: Bushrod M. Watts, all being among the better known dealers of the city. The Carroll_Independent Coal Company also was indicted as a corporation. Four of the counts set the date of the alleged conspiracy as August 20, 1920, stating that it has continued to ! the date of the indictment. The] others, covering nearly the same ground, allege that the conspiracy has been continuous since August, 1905. | Charges Made. The seventh count recites that the men and corporations indicted on August oo . “did conspire, com- bine, confederate and agree together and ‘with each other, and together with divers, other persons and corpor- atlons associated with them as mem- bers of and parties to a combination, confederation, gentleman’s agreement ! and tacit understanding. willfully, fradulently and unlawfully to creat monopoly in anthracite coal in Baltimore city and Maryland, in order to regulate and fix the price thereof, to the great damage and injury of the public and of the purchasers and consumers thereof, which said coal! was then and there an article of prime | necessity to the public and the con- sumars] thereof; contrary to the law against the peace, gov and dignity of thepamfia Sorcmamen —_— BURIES CASH TO BUY AUTO. GREENVILLE, S. C. August 3. After contracting for the purchase of @ well known low-priced automobile, | a negro farmer near Easeley today | took the salesman to his farm whers | he took a shovel, went out into the pasture and dug up a glass jar which was found to contain $500 in bills. | The negro said the money had been | besides M Court Sustains Demurrer and Rules PUBLISHING SLACKER LIST |LIEUT. McCLOY_HONORED. UPHELD IN SUIT FOR LIBEL Publication Is Privileged as a Matter of Law. NEW YORK, August 3.—State Su- preme Court Justice William P. Burr, has sustained a demurrer entered by the Press Publishing Company. pub- lishers of the New York World, in the‘libel suit brought against it by a man whose name appeared in_the list of deserters furnished by the War Department May 5 last. The plain- tiff claimed that publication of his name held him up to obloquy and con- tempt among his neighbors. In his decision sustaining the de- murrer, Justice Burr said: “The publication by the defendant of the official list of slackers and de- Serters prepared and issued by the War Department, and published at its request, as appears on the face of the complaint, 1 hold to be privileged as a matter of law.” .The plaintiff declared that on May 25, 1917, he had contracted with the government to enter the United States coast and geodetic survey, for two sars’ service in the Philippine Is- lands; that he made his draft regis- tration in Washington, and left the country June 28, 1 He said he had shown his registration card to his chief in Manila, and had been told he was already in' government serv- ce. FRENCH BOND ISSUE WINS. PARIS, August 3.—Subscriptions of nearly 5,500,000,000 francs have been received by the government for e issue of 6 per cent treasury bonds, which will mature in two years, says the Journal. The newspaper declares ;h;\t the bond issue has been success- ul. buried there several yea vears, awaitin the time when that amount would | buy an automobile of this make, i i =) HOMES 1319 & 1321 Girard St. N.W. Just East 14th St. rs 8 Rooms 30-Ft. Parking Monthly Payments This is one of the best locations in Columbia Heights. Lurge Sleeping Porehes: Het-Water Heat Open for Inspection Room for Two Garages $2,000 Léss Than Other Builders Are Asking for Practically the Same Houses . OPEN DAILY H.R. Howenstein Co. 1314 F Street N.W. Immediate N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N § 150 ft.x500; fenced in: water N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N If it’s insurable == WE insure it Personal 1f you will just contemplate for a moment the advantage of Insurance protection in case of acci- dent and sickness—and let of these premiums—you won’t carry the risks your- self another day. Because no casualty has happened or no illness has overtaken—is no guarantee that you are immune. But knowing you are pecuniarily protected is a great comfort. There’s no obligation 4340. 1406 H Street $5.00 Values $6.50 Values $3.15 $3.98 A Bargain at $5,000 Completely Furnished Bungalow at Piney Point Water on Two Fronts Living room, 12x24: (3) large bedrooms, toilet (running water), large and small kitchen, servant closets, large attic; two artesian wells; four bathhouses; summer house on wharf; cement wal Apply to J. H. Johnson, Jr. c.0. Barber & Ross 11th and G Sts. N.W. | Nz S —— Mr. Ruofi. He will gladly advise you. ‘Boss & Phelps 500 More!| The Remainder of Our Order For TROUSERS From STRAUS MFG. CO. Baltimore, Md. We're certainly glad they arrived when they did, for in a day or two more our first shipment would have been cleaned out. Of course, this additional purchase strengthens our ability to match, or come nearer match- ing, any odd coat you might have lying around. A| PALM BEACH SUITS N| Just a Few Left At This Price "FRIEDLANDER BROS. 428 9th St. N. W, ¥’ Cutin Do Cited Several Times for Bravery in Battle.’ The name of Lieut. John McCloy of the Navy was omitted from the list of heroes awarded the congressional medal ot honor for valor above the demands of duty, published in Sunday's Star. ) Lieut. McCloy enjoys the distinction of - 25 { having received two such medals. He Q1 was awa the first for distinguisl . H conduct in action in the Peking expedi- and Decorating Done { tion in June, 1900, and the second for 2 | —while you are away this summer. Our | extraordinary heroism in the battle of | corps of men are thoroughly proficient and | TH 507 13th LEWIS M. HOWARD 8. FISK Manager NW. Have Your Papering The Hupmobile is easy to drive: it almost never gets out of order and costs little to maintain. | STERRETT & FLEMING, Inc. Chumplinin St. at Kalornma Rd, (Below 18th Street.) Phone North 5050 Vera Cruz in April, 1914. In addition, | | he recelved the Navy cross for merl E l l -ANs oujmilihe s toctly nseind. | e b i e Extimates cheerfulls. furnished, FOR INDIGESTION sweeping in the North sea during the CORNELL WALL PAPER CO. v 5373-531 world war while in command of the 714 13th U. 8. 8. Curlew. est Fiction 25¢ MY Circulating PEARLMAN 933 G St. Open Saturdays All Day Will Rent the Lat- ) BOOK SHOP i Built to Sustain a Reputation Sold to Meet Competition ‘ ?mvlaron ol | o SECRETARIES® EVENING SCHOOL - SHORTHAND 3 fessons eachi week $0.50 permonfh _MI9F ST,NW,WASHINGTO! ThbeXotmgens Shop 1319-1321 F Street STORE NEWS Closed Sa_turdays Durix_:g August Wool 3-Piece Suits Our cases now contain about 1,800 high-class suits that are reduced in price until they offer you savings of $15 to $20. If you are giving ECONOMY the slightest considera- tion, here is your chance. Our 1921 prices were exceed- ingly low, but we overestimated the public’s buying and : now find a tremendous surplus that must be closed out at an actual loss. | 45 Suits %60 Suits for for Possession August 3 13191321 F St. room, storage s; tennis court; lot on two fronts; rowboats, etc. If there’s a loss ‘WE pay it Insurance us tell you the modest cost involved in consulting our Phone Main Phone Main 4340 Just Arrived—Another Shipment of SHIR'TS .95 3 for $5.50 year at this season the “Yorke” manufacturers assemble all the short lengths—10 to 15 yards—from their fine shirtings and from these make us a line of shirts that are simply unmatchable bargains. » We know that in some of these shirts the materials alone cost the manufac- turer at least $3.00. There are silk stripsd Madras, Russian Cords, woven Madras, colored Oxfords, printed Dimities, printed Madras and Lortex Cords. KN STRAW HATS 9.95 Sold Up to $8.00 The $4 and $5 Qualities for $8.50 Values $10.00 Values $5.00 $6.15 1E N Our Straws .45 Sold Up to $5