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[N CAPTAL D NN FGHTLABORCOURT Judge Reveals Outlines of Two Alleged Plans to Ruin Kansas Tribunal. TOPEKA, Kan, August 6—An out- line of two alleged fights being waged against the Kansas court of industrial relations, one by laborand one by capital, and their apparent purposes was prepared here !oldny by W. L. Huggins, presiding judge of the court. - Following his statement, Judge Huggins said that the chief policy of the court was to hew a line be- tween the opposing interests, which would be equitable to all. The statement covering both cases follows, in part: 5 “The contract, which the miners union officials were able to make with_the opergfors with the aid of the federal government provides a wage of $7.50 for an eight-hour day for common labor. The operators claim that the efficiency of this class of labor is now 50 per cent of What it was five years ago. Tnfon Rules Wages. “The union officials evidently are the absolute masters in everything relating to wages, working condi- tions, hours of labor, method of work, etc., the operators merely furnish the money. meet the pay roll, sell the coal, fix the price, make the public stand the economic waste and pay the profit. Now, this contract, OK'd by the federal coal commission, ex- pires next April, and it may be that the president of the district fears some interference on-the part of the state of Kansas when the contract is to be renewed. This may account for Mr. Howat's strenuous efforts to obsfruct the industrial court and de- stroy the industrial law. That Is one phase of the question. Other Phase Litigation. “The other phase, now very promi- nent, is the one in which the em- ployers of labor are litigating in the state court the right of industrial court to fix a wage of $3.20 for an cight-hour day in the packing in- dustry for the men-and women who work in the killing and cutting floor. under conditions, which can better be imagined than described. “The people pay the price of the miners’ wage and waste, as well as the profit to the producers and deal- er, wHen they buy coal, and they pay the price of the packing house wozk- ers’ wage when they buy the prod- ucts of the packing plant.” BROAD BEER REGULATIONS PROPOSED TO MR. MELLON Internal Revenue Bureau Reported to Have Suggested Case at a Time. ’ Prescription of a case of beer at a time as medicine, but without limit as to the nuinber of prescriptions. is provided for in regulations understood to have been completed by the in- ternal revenue bureau, and forwarded to Secretary Mellon for approval. As the Secretary is away for the week end, it was indicated that no action | could be expected before Monday, and that this might be affected by com- gressional enactment of pending gnti- beer legislation. x The Willis-Campbell anti-beer BIL which is designed to gprrect the en- forcement act as interpreted by for- | mer Attorney General Palmer-in the | matter of medical beer, was debated in the Senate today, but adjournment was taken until Monday without an agreement for a final vote being | reached. Opponents threatened to con- | tinue a protracted debate of the meas- ure. B Senator Broussard, democrat, Louisi- ana, criticised the failure of the in- ternal revenue bureau to promulgate the regulations for the prescription of | medical beer. but Senator Nelson, re- publican. Minnesota, contended that by the withholding of the regulations brewers had been protected against needless loss. WILL TEST BEER SEIZURE. Canadian Customs to Appeal Cases to Home Authorities. WINDSOR, Ontario. August 5.— Windsor * license inspectors an- nounced today that they would make a test' case to determine whether 9| per cent beer can be shipped across the Canadian border into the United States. A shipment of 100 cartons of beer consigned to five sesidents of Wyandotte, Mich., was seized last night by authorities in Sandwich, | who found that clearance papers had | heen obtained from the Canadian customs. The case will be referred to Ca- nadian authorities for settlement. Meanwhile the beer and those ' in charge of a boat on which it was found were not detained. a SPECIAL NOTICES. | Abe | {men were Killed, iand As we predicted, Germany wuz as well prepared fer defeat as she wuz fer war. Next t' an Alaskan summer ther hain’t nothin’ as brief as th’ popularity of an imitator. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) HATRIELD SHODTIG HELD SFLF-FFENSE Detective Declares Sla_in Men First Made Attack on Him. By the Assofiated Press. WELCH, W. Va, August 6—Self- defense is the claim of C. E. Lively, Baldwin-Felts detective, held under bond in connection with the shooting and killing of Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers, Mingo mountaineers. in a statement.to newspaper men today. “I regret having had to shoot either one of these men,” Lively said, “but it is a case of seif-defense pure and simple.” The gun fight on the steps of the courthouse lasted perhaps a quarter of a minyte, the detective ad@ed. Lively said he had been told many times that following his testimony given In the Matewan trial last Feb- ruary, Hatfield had threatened to take his life. “I knew that if Sid got what he considered a ‘good chance’ it would be either his life or mine,” Lively as- serted. Posed as Miner. Lively had posed as a whion coal miner at Matewan following the bat- tle there in May. 1920, in which ten and had testified against Hatfield, Chambers and other co-defendants in the trial at William- son. Speaking of the Welch fight, the detective €aid he was sitting on a balustrade outside the courthouse when Hatfleld, Chambers and their wives approached. I happened to look down the steps d Sid Hatfield, Ed wives on the first were looking at me, Chambers, landing. The: |and exchanged glances, nodding their heads. Sid said something to Ed I couldn’t hear. Suddenly they stepped apart, I could see Sid’s jaws set like a stedl trap. Both men pulled their guns. As they did so, I jumped to my feet und pulled mine. Sid fired at me and I immediately shot back.” Had Two Pistols. Lively continued: “I had two pis- tols and was using both. Sid stag- gered and fell as did Chambers im- mediately afterward, ' then Mrs. Chambers attacked me with her um- brella, I grabbed the umbrella, threw it away and then walked over to the office of A. C. Hufford, justice*of the peace, and surrendered. “The report tHat I shot into Cham- bers’ body while he was lying on th steps dead is an absolute falsehod. W.=€. Mitchell, chief of police at Welch, stated that after the fight he took a pistol, still warm and contain- ing empty shells from beside Cham- bers and found a two-inch barreled gun in a trouser pocket of Hatfield. —_— PORT ROYAL AS BASE. Being Considered Because of th‘ Ideal Location. KI Jamaica, August 5.—In connection with the_proposal to re- establish Port Royal as a naval station on account of the strategic position of Jamaica in the Caribbean sea, pro- vision is being made to coal and victual British ships, especially those passing_through the Panama canal. Port Royal is situated at the tip of a narrow peninsula just at the en- trance to the harbor of Kingston, and thus, it Is pointed out, Kingston would become a rival of Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone. s SPECIAL NOTICES. THB VALET SHOP, ANDREW LEWIS, PRO- pristor, notifies that all creditors of the sald Valet Shop present their claims on or before August 15, 1921 THE VALET SHOP. AN- DREW LEWIS, Prop. . 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It is certain that at least 100 claiming to be Amer- icans are in Russia and are seeking to leave the country, and it is be- lieved efforts will be made to facili- tate their return to the United States. Departure Is Unreporte departure from Russia The of mericans had not been reported up The hospital car operatgd by the Ameri- can Red Cross, however, went to the frontier to greet the [lr(novrs when they had actually reached "non-Rus- sian soll. Though prepared to meet the con- ditions of the American rellef ad- ministration relative to aiding Rus- sia's famine sufferers, if. Herbert Hoover, as chairman of the adminis- tration, insists upon them, the bolshe- vik delegates who will confer at Riga | with Mr. Brown are expected to pro- i pose that the Americans submit to the { general supervision of the Russian | famine committee. Statistics received from Russia by ireless, claiming to show the needs the populaion, show that Ukraine and Siberia have a surplus of food, bue that it cannot be transported. It iis_ believed the Americans will be lasked to take over one of the whrst | districts in the Volga region. BAN ON TELEGRAPHING. Russia Allows Few Messages to Be Sent Out of the Country. RIGA, Itvia, July 17.—Although Russia has been in open telegraph communication with the outside world for some months since the Russian- English and ,various other trade agreements were signed, few tele- grams ever come out of Russia in re- sponse to the thousands that are sent in, say officials of the telegraph ad- ministration in Riga and Reval. Most of the telegrams are routed through these two cities, which are in direct wire communication with Moscow and Petrograd. . “We have a good deal of money on hand unused in connection with ‘answer prepaid’ cablegrams from America, and elsewhere to Moscow, and other Russian points,” said an official of the Riga telegraph depart- ment. “Telegrams by the hundreds have been sent into Russia with answer prepaid, but very few of the answers have come.’ Only certain persons are allowed to telegraph in Russia, it is under- stood here, and to gain the privilege of replying takes much time, duridg which the person is subjected to a complete investigation as to the rea- son he could possibly want to tele- graph. GERMANY TO WORK ALONE. ‘Will Relieve Russian Famine Suf- ferers Independently. BERLIN, Aug., 5—Germany will conduct her work in relieving famine suffers in Russia independently of other powers, it is officially announc- ed here, 2z About 200,000 tons of grain must Dbe available to feed the inhabitants of the districts afflicted by famine, according to a wireless dispatch re- ceived here from Moscow. quoting George C. Hitcheronbolshevik foreign minister. The dispatch declared the soviet government s mobilizing all public agencles for rellef work, and reitertes recent denials of reports of horrible conditions in the districts striken by crop faflures. special dispatch from Moscow the Rotefahne, thg communist or- gan here, says the’ soviet govern- ment has officially denieq having ap- plied to the Uhited States, Great Britain or any other power for food relief. —_— FRANCE TO AID RELIEF. America Expresses Thanks to Gov- ernment for Movemegt. PARIS, August 6.—France, accord- ing to the Petit Parisien today, re- eently asked the American govern- ent if it intended to administer the roposed relief measures for soviet ussia, and offered her own participa- tion with the United States in any Russian provisioning movement that might be under advisement. The French government was in- formed by Washington, however, “adds the newspaper, that the United States had no intention of participating of- ficlally in the relief movement. but would leave the whole problem in the hands of the American Religf Admin- istration and other Amerifan relief bodies, In the reply, which the Petit Pa- risien says was received from the American State Department yester- day, thanks for the offer was extend- ed to France, and it was set forth that America would be be very happy to see France second the efforts of Her- bert Hoover, who is at the head of the movement as chief of the American Rellef Administration, an unofficial organization. CONFEDERATE VETERANS HEAR VIRGINIA GOVERNOR I Staff o Pull Unifqrm First Time in Several Years for Reunion at Fishers Hill. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., August 6.—Gov. Westmoreland Davis of Virginia was the. principal speaker today at the an- nual Confederate Veterans reunion held on the famous Fishers Hill battleground under auspices of Stover Camp, C. V., of. Strasburg, Va. Members of the gov- ernor’s staff accompanied him to the re- union. Staff members wore their full uniform, the first time in a number of years that a uniformed governor's staff has been seen in Virginia. ‘The Fishers Hill reunions were in- augurated more than thirty years ago, and always have attracted great crowds of peopie from Virginia and other states. All Confederate veterans in uniform by Daughters of the Confederacy were “entertained at dinner in a large mess hall. Gov. Davis, who is a candidate to suc- ceed §enator Claude A. Swanson when the latter's term expires in the nn)er house of Congress, held a number of in- formal receptions on the grounds at the reunion, although he did not touch, upon his candidacy during his formal address. TR e, IS VENEZUELAN REBEL RAIDS .| WILLEMSTAD, D. W. I, August 6. —Persistent rumors_are in circulation here that Gen. Juan Pablo Penaloza, the notorious Venezuelan rebel leader, has invaded the Venezuelan state of T chira from Colombia, where he has remained since his last invasjon of that region last year. R There is much uneasiness felt in the uu_lt): of Zulia, whose capital is Mar: caibo, THE EVENING ~S’1;AR. WASHINGTON, - D. AMERICAN INVESTIGATORS RETURN FROM SIBERIA. | 5 ik | Lieut. Col. W. y, and Dr. J. ™C . Davis, assistant military attache of the American e . Abbott, commercial attache to the American embassy in Japan, who have just returned from an 5,000-mile trip into Siberia to in- port to Washington, bringing this city with his family abopt RAPS GOVERNMENT PART IN COMMERCE Viscount Bryce Says Less| Executives Take Part Bet- ter for Peoples. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., August 6.— The less executive governments have to do with business and international finance the better for their peoples, Vis- count James Bryce said in his third pub- lic address before the Institute of Poli- tics at Williams College last night. He was discussing international trade, and questioned the value of direct govern- mental aid to commercial interests. Speaking of the connection between finance and war. Lord Bryce declared : “Money can exercise as much illegiti- mate influenee in democracies as else- where. Jn some of them it can buy the press, pérhaps, also a section of legisla- tor: here the standard of public vir- tue is high, those who want to get some- thing from a government will seek not to bribe, but will, to use a current ex: pression, ‘try to get at the press,’ while also seeking to induce influential con- stituents to put pressure on their mem- bers and members to put pressure on ministers, the object in view being rep- resented ‘as.a public interest, whereas it is really the interest of a small group. When the standard is low the group will approach the private secretaries of a minister or even a minister himself. Finanelers Have Hand. “That wags are made by financiers is not generally true, but they have a great hand in negotiations and in | fixing the lines of policy, and they sometimes turn it in directions not favorable to true national interests. Government must, of course, consult financiers, and may often not only protit by their advice, but make use of them. A consortium of banks such as has been set up for China,may prevent—and, I think, does prevent— evils which would arise if each na- tional group intrigued for its own interest. There are upright men, val- able to a nation, in ‘high finance' as in other professions. You know them in America, and we know them in| England. They have their sphere of action necessary to the world. But wherever large transactions involv- ing sovernments arise the danger signal for watchfulness should be raised.” Slave Trade Safeguarde In ‘the course of his lecture, which dealt entirely with international trade and its influences, Lord Bryce referred thus to the former slave trade: - ‘One case deserves a word of men- tion, * because it shows the power which a small number of sordidly self- ish persons engaged in one particular line of business could exert upon the policy of great states, even when every consideration of humanity waf, or ought to have-been, arrayed against them. The Portuguese, the Dutch and English shipowners during the sev- enteenth and eighteenth centuries car- ried hundreds of thousands of negroes from Africa to the two American con- tinents, and the governments of their respective countries set so much store by this traffic that its safeguarding for them was repeatedly stipulated for in treaties. “The planter who bought the slaves in Brazil or Carolina might, at least, plead that he could not cultivate his plantation without African labor and could get that labor in mno other way, but' the wealthy men who in,Europe supplied “the ships, for this abomin- able traffic and the statesmen who re- garded it as a means of enriching their respective countries, had no such excuse to allege. There is no’stranger instance in history of the lengths to which selfish greed and ‘want of thought can make men obtuse to con- sideration of morality, justice and compassio; Of the charge that munition makers are sometimes interested in creating 111 feellng between peoples, Viscount Bryce bad this to say: "It has been frequently said of late years that in .several countries the great firms which. manufacture mant- tions of war endeavor to influence mil- itary and naval expenditure and 're- sorted to a secret alarmist propa- ganda, or even tried to stir up ill feoling between nations, in order to| induce governments to propose and legislatures to vote large sums for such expenditure. - This may have happened in countries which it is bet- ter not to name, but no evidence suf- ficient to confirm po odious a charge has, to my knowledge, been produced. 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August 6.—Re- lations between Afghanistan and Great’ Britain depend upon the atti- tude of England toward Turkey, it was declared by the Afghan ambassa- dor to the Turkish nationalist govern- ment in the course of an address de- livered at a luncheon at Angora yes- terday. He declared his country would stand by Turkey as a loyal ally and would declare war wn Great Britain if that country took the part of the Gree! He asscrted that if England gave se- cret support to Greece, Afghanistan would stir up intrigues between the tribes on the northwestern frontier of India. GREEK TROOPS ADVANCE. Moving on Ismid, Fifty-Six Miles From Constantinople. LONDON, August 5.—Two Greek di- visions are advancing south on Is- mid, a town fifty-six miles southeast of Constantinople, which has been in the hands of Turkish natlonalists, sa. a_Constantinople dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The Greeks are said to have entered with out resistance the towns of Verizhan and Lefke, about thirty miles south of Ismid, and to have obtained mastery of the southern exit of Geivli pass, a strategic position, about twenty miles from the city. —— COUNT KAROLYI’S ACTS ~ BEING INVESTIGATED High.’l‘nason'ls Amniong Charges Against Pormer Hun- ° garian Head. BUDAPEST, July 21.—Count Beth- len, the Hungarian premier, has set | in motion an investigation of f§he va- rious acts of which Count Michael Karolyl, former provisional president of Hungary, now an exile from_his native land, stands accused. These include the allegation of high trea- son made before the national assem- bly by Prince Louis Windischgraetz in" connection with the organization of the Hungarian revolution. Several members of the independ ence party are involved in the same accusation, which Is based partly ! upon the text of memorandums that Karolyi 18 declared to have addressed to the entente governments during the war. Prince Windischgraetz cites Clemen- ceau’s replies to interpellations in the chamber of deputies, in which the French premier eaid he had proof that Karolyi entertained close rela- tions with the soviets. From all the documents and evidence which Win- dischgraetz has handed over to Premier Bethlen, he deduces that Ka rolyl volunteered to entente govern- ments to start a revolution in Hun- gary and that he conspired to that end with revolutionary elements in different countries, VOTES TAX ON GASOLINE. ATLANTA, Ga, August 6—By a vote of 29 to 7, the senate hag passed | the hor bill providing a tax ot 1 cent a gallon on retail sales of gaso. line. A \ax of 5 per cent on admis- sion to all places of amusement was written into the state general tax bill yesterday by the senate appropria- tions and finance committee. & England has a Bunker Hill, near Hampstead Heath, and it is now pro- Pposed to erect thereon a “Bunker Hill monument” to commemorate the help given by America to England in the war. , :SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1921—PART T. DOUBTS DISARMING PARLEY RESULTS Japanese Press, However, Concedes America’s Earnestness. LONDON, August 6.—That the prac- tical results of the Washington con- ference cannot be reckoned upon with any degree of confidence is the con- clusion of the Japanese press and public opinion in Japan, according to a long statement communicated to the London newspapers by the Japanese embassy. After reviewing the attitude of the’ various Japanese newspapers respect- ing the invitation to the conference and the agenda, procedure and other details, the statement conclude: “On the whole there emerges both from the press and public the opinion that at the present moment, although American earnestness and disinterest- edness generally are taken for grant. ed, there is a certain current of opinion unfavorable to the American proposal because. aithough theoretically re- g‘ll‘ded with complete approval, it is elt that practical result cannot be reckoned upon with any degree of confidence. i | ation Not Underktood. That there existed some misconcep- tion of President Harding's invitation for a conference for the discussion of armament limitation and Pacific ques. tions is indicated by the summary of the proceedings of the imperial conference. issued at the conclusion of the last session of that body. “In accordance with the suggestion. made by the American government, that the conference on disarmament should be preceded by friendly con versations or consultations between the powers principally concerned in the future of the far east and the Pacific.” says the summary, “the im- perial conference, anxious that for the Anglo-Japanese agreement there should be substituted Some larger ar- powers concerned, namely. the United | States, Japan and Great Britain, and | holding the firm conviction that the later discussions on disarmament, to which they #ttached transcendent i portance, could best be made effective by a previous mutual understanding on Pacific questions between those powers, discussed these preliminary conversations or consultations which the American governmeat had, in ‘Principle, agreed should be held in London. Cites British Action. “When it transpired.” continues the summary, “that there was #ome mis- understanding as to the nafure of the suggested preliminary conversation, the British government, in a desire to remove any possible misconception and to meet what it believed to be the American view, volunteered to attend | a meeting on the other side of .the Atlantic. at which the agenda of the Washington conference could be discussed.” ‘Premier Lloyd George, Marquis Curzon and the Dominion premiers were prepared to attend such a meet- ernment. Japan also had nified her willingness to attend. The American government. however, did not favor the idea, which accordingly was dropped. obstacle from the path of the Wash- ington meeting, which it desired see atfended with complete succes: The summary declares that the greater part of the proceedings of the imperial conference relating to for. eign affairs and defense was of a con fidential character, but that the dis- cusgions revepled a unanimous opinion as to the maih lines to be followed by the British policy and a deep convic- tion tHat the whole weight of the em- pire should be concentrated behind a united understanding and common ac- | tion in foreign affairs. Frequent con- sultations were decided upon. Naval Defense Left to Parliaments. to the various parliaments, as was the question of imperial commumcation.|’ It was decided to improve the wire- | less link, while the various govern- ments recommended the introduction { of uniform legislation regarding bills | of lading. Any assistance given by | the governmients for geduction of rates i for press messages.’ it was agreed, | should be so directed as not to aftect ' the quality of the news service or the | freedom of the newspapers so served. | A resolution was passed, with South | Africa dissenting, the summary says, | that the rights of British Indians to citizenship should be recognized. | Representatives of India expresse their profound concern at the posi- i tion of Indians in South Afriga, and | their hope that by negotiation between | the governments of India and South : Africa some way might be found to make their position more satisfac- | tory. H A" meeting of a committee of rep- | resentatives of the patent offices of | the Dominions will be held in Lon- | don, it was ‘decided, to consider the ! practicability of instituting a sys- | tem for granting, patents, which will | be valid throughout the empire. i Tt was agreed that, in view of the consultations of the premlers, no ad- vantage was to be gained by holding the - proposed constitutional confer. ence. France Agrees to Da PARIS, August 5.—France, replying | today to an inquiry made by the State Department at Washington, | agreed to November 11 as the date | of the conference in Washington on} disarmament and far eastern ques- tions. BUSINESS MEN TO MEET. pecial Dispatch to The Star. . FREDERICKSBURG, Va.. August 5.} —The board of- directors of Fred-{ ericksburg Chamber of Commerce has! { arranged for an outdoor August mem- | bership meeting, which will be held this evening. on the lawn of Bromp- ton Heights, the home of Capt. M. B. Rowe. d Trnest N. Smith. chairman of the resolutions and referenda department of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, will make an address on “The Graatest Room in the World. The Fredericksburg Band will fur- nish music. Refreshments will be served. Office Most desirable offi the new Star building. New Star Building _ able prices on the 3d, Reservations are now being closed for one or more rooms for September.1 or Octobef 1. Apply Room 101 STAR BUILDING Main 5000 2 Rooms ces for.rent at reason- 4th and 5th floors of DIRIGIBLE FLOATS 50 MILES UNGUIDED {Unceremoniously Dumps the | Crew Into Swamp and Rises ; commun By the Assoc ceremoniously dumping her crew of three into @ marsh on Barren Island, near the Rockaway naval air station, the towing dirigible H-1 rose swift-| 1y to a high altitude, became the pre. of prevailing breezes and ended an | unptloted journey of fity settling unharmed He WAl ‘avrive i1 |Which Wwas believed to have been |here last night. crew, who were thrown frpm the when she struck on the’island {2 crash, flaunderad about the swam watched thesunrul and were later pic {to a hospital. where it was sajd their injurfes were not serious {a church steeple as she drifted down rangement between the three: great |t0 €arth. As she settled into the field stump. station arrived soon afterward with aviation mechanics, i mantling the ship to take her back to her hangar. away yesterday afternogn re which consisted of Pilot Licut. Charles | Bauch, Washington: L Sull A. Kenny. had started on a test flight when it was noticed the engine wal not acting properly. tempted, it, the engine the ship dropped precipitously to Bar- ren Island in Jamaica bay. i part y over Westchester county until rea ing the improvised landing field near here. SAVED FROM DROWNING. | ing if invited by the American gov- { Mrs. Frank S. Tavenner. Jr., “At no stage was it suggested that|Mys. Frank §. Tavenner. jr. a the result of such consultation should S ci ead either anticipate the work or tie the| POPUIr Youns socicty leac & 23 hands of the Washington conference.| Woodstock, Va. was saved rnn,{‘ On the other hand, the imperial con-|drowning vesteniay afternoon in the ference made the proposal because it{gp i ST Sy - 5 Shenandoah river mnear Strasburg. was anxious to remove every possible | *1PEN A CHCCL T L e third time. Miss Sara Zea Zea swimmer, and had been_chaperoning a party of young people at the river. It is thought she remained water 100 long. as she was seized with cramps. ! desperate efforts to swim ashore she | was unable to do so. 1 distan and swam rapidly Mrs. Tavenner had been disappearing from the surface of the water. swam with Jher to_the nearest shore. ! The matter of naval defense was left | and after Some first-aid treatment had been gi b her home, where she is recovering. s — 1 l BAND CONCERT. i White House, today at | o'clock, concert’ by the U. &, | Marine Band, William H. | Santelmann, leade: Taylor | Branson, second leader. ¢ \ Program. March, “With Shot and Shell” | Bilse | Overture, “Calm Sea and Happy | Voyage” . Mendelssohn Caprice, “The Butterfly Bendix | Trombone solo, “Love's En- chantment” ..........Pryor Musician, Robert Clark Grand Scenes from Waltz, ‘Siegfried,” !\ agner h. Lincke Spirit of Grossmann ar Spangled Banner.” “Venus on Eart Czardas from *Th the Wojowoden. “The | to Roam and Settle Safely. ted Press. SCARSDARE, N. Y., August 6.—Un miles by into a fleld near The members of the | raft | with airship dart away | ed up and taken The craft narrowly missed striking | ! the air; score of men made. her fasxt to a Motor trucks from who began dis- The H-1 began her trip from Rock- Her crew. | Machini n and Chief Aviation Rigger Repairs were as the crew “went 1o picces.” but, Thegship drifted over Brooklyn. a ®: Manhattan and then roumed ch- Seized With Cramps While Swimming. 6.— August who formerly was daughter of Frank is an expert Mrs. Tavenner. of Strasburg. in the | | By the Smociate L0 TELLEGEN SUES GERALDINE FARRAR Opera Singer’s Husband Asks Separation—Says He Was Locked Out. Pross NEW YORK. August 6.—Lou Telle- gen, actor. has filed suit for separation fwom his wife, Geraldine Farrar, opera singer. on a charge of desertion, it was announced last nizht by Tel gen’s counsel. The suit, according to ] foliowed a let telling him that cer which were not made talked over in the law of thei denied admission, s couns Servants fold him his wife wa he city Mr. Tellegen, his cou attempted for several d ation with filing his suit. but m cess. Friends ited him at Lo eral times during the mediately peecedin her letter. No exp differences was offe get into before with no suc- his_wife vis- ch, N tiree w the reced nation of their g < Alvin Unter for Miss Farrar, d at his ent had not been served with any 1 action for sep- papers whatever aration or other ceived any such “The fake proce is so disgr ermyer said her detert hing further to do wit not propo case in e wSpa it has become mec ry statement in her behalf Mr. Untermyer deciined Miss Farrar's whereabouts nor had ne ro- s for her. in to mak to discl {MRS. DEMMER IS OUT AFFER GIVING_BONDS in Investigation Into Three Deaths. Released Following liabens Corpus Petition. CHICAGO, Auzust € —Mrs. Mayr Demmer, held the invest on Into the deaths of Lor husband and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kolze. was re- leased today or bonds after a petition for a writ of habeas corpus artorn, Demmer is Kolze told had been filed by Before her 1ol said to have a ittedg th Ler weeks after the death of his wife, eight years he had “don away with her” = also 10 have denied that to Kolze. dec however. Ko be- to other tc was jea his attent that she cause o women The bodies band and Kolz exhumed rece L an showing, according 1o t that they contained enough poison kill a score of persons. Kolze died recently, his wife cight years ago and Mr. Demmer shorily ~before Ars Kolze. Mrs. Demmer w said 1o have admitted that she nursed each of the three before their deaths. Demmer's hus- his wife were examination Mrs and and when she made | J. 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