Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1921, Page 2

BUISTRUND FORPLAYCROUNDS Campaigh to Open School- yards to Children Takes on New Life. The campaign to open school play- grounds for the balance of the sum- .mer took ‘ol new Iife today with the receipt of more than thirty additional contributions, amounting to $86. to CommisNoner Oyster's school play- ground fund. A gratifying feature of today's re ceipts was the fact that a number of small donations were received. Those in charge of the campaign said today interested in playgrounds to hold off beeause he cannot give a large sum. The Commissioners, it was pointed out, would rather have hundreds of citizens contributing small amounts than to receive a few large contribu- tions. They are anxious to show Con- gress that the city as a whole is be- hind the playground movement in a practical way. List of Contributers. The acquisition of more permanent municipal playgrounds must come through congressional appropriations. The amount of interest shown in this campaign to finance the school play- grounds temporarily, however, will be an indication for Congress of the city's desire for more playgrounds. ose who contributed today were: Henson Henry, $1; W. F. Butler. 25 cents; Robert Jones, 25 cents; Joseph Butler, $1: Mrs. Lottie Matthews, $1; Henry Matthews. $1; Joseph N. Mar- ley. $1; Mrs. Susie Jones, §1: Charles Creamer, 50 cents; Frank Corom. $1; Mrs. Janie Caldwell, $1; Mrs. Rosa Bowman, $1; A. W. Carroll, $1; Miss Reba C. Jones, 25 cents; J. Edward Young. $1: William H. Dabney, $1: Allie Jackson, 50 cents: -Hilliard Berry, $1; Prof. J. H. Small, 25 cents R. H. Beverly. $1; Rev. M. W. Tra- vers, $1; Frank Scott. $1; Richard A. Chase, $1; W. H. Lewis. jr. Joyce, $1; Bertha A. Baker, $10: Isa- bel C. Baldwin, $10; William C. Bald- win, $10; H. Zirkin, $5; Arthur Burt, $5. and Park ~ww Citizens’ Associa- tion, $25. ONLY 6 -AMERICANS GET OUT OF RUSSIA, “ U.S.RELIEF HELD UP ‘. ntinued from First ¢ ge. cavalry leader, swho defeated Wran- ! gel's “white” forces and forced them # from the Crimea. Kilpatrick enlisted in the United States Army whemsAmerica declared , war against Germany in 1917, and at- tended the first officers’ training camp at Fort McPherson, Ga., receiving the rank of first lieutenant in the fleld artillery. He saw eight months’ ac- tive service on the fighting front in France. 2 . Following the armistice Kilpatrick was appointed a translator for the peace commission and later promoted to be chief of the supply department to the commission. Joins Lithuanian Army. When the peace commission was dis- solved Kilpatrick resigned from the American Army and entered the serv- ce of the Lithuanian army, with the rank of captain, serving with the forces during thé fall and winfer of 1919-20. He wenk.on a_diplomatic mission for the new republic to Paris, which was saiqetouhave heep attend- ed with succesh.® In May, 1920, Kil- patrick resigned’from the Lithuanian army and entered the service of the American Red ¢noss, and was asdign- ed to the Crim§a with the unit serv- ing there. He hdd risen to be second in command of the Red Cross there when captured gnfity mifes behind the lines of thi hite army,” while attending to thé civilians. Capt. George (. Kilpatrick of Mo- bile. Ala. and H. Kilpatrick of Hattiesburg, Miks, are brothers of the Ited Cross office: Money and Clother Taken. A statement of the capture of Capt. Kilpatrick at th&'time was written by irene Knicgevetch, . his stenographer and secretary, a daughter of Prince Kniegevetch, head of the Russian Red Cross and a cousin of the late csar. Miss Kniegevetch was with Kilpatrick when captured. but was -subsequently 1eleased and carried to Constantinople on board an American destyoyer. She and the captain had gone forward to visit’ the front of the “white army,”” when they encountered the ‘“reds” following _the retreating army of Wrangel. They started back and had arrived at Renowo and were having dinner in a house when their orderly, Miss Kniegevetch, said, opened the door and said with a pale face, “We are surrounded by the Lolsheviks.” The “reds” cdptured them and took all their money, one soldier taking Capt. Kilpatrick's ®lothes, leav- ing him only his undershirt and O. D. shirt, according to her account. Finally, after much difficulty and some hard experiences, the stenographer’s n. account said, Budenny's g been ziven the same kind cf clothing their captor’s were wearing. Kilpatrick was ' sent, to prison and, Miss Kniegevetch reledsed. LENIN MAKES APPEAL. Predicts Famine Will Be as Severe as in 1891. By the Associated Press. o PARILS, August 10.—Nikolai Lenin the Russian soviet premier, has tele- graphed a relief appeal to the so- cialist newspaper, Humanite, here, in which he predicts that the famine bids fair to approach that of 1891 in severity. He asks the workers and agriculturists of other coun- tries to come to the aid of Russia as a ready means of aiding the soviet republic. “Several Russian provinces, Lenin's appeal. “are afflicted by a famine, Wwhich apparently will be only slightly less severethan tiwt of 1891. This is a terrible: conse- quence of the backward cultivation of this country and of seven years of imperialistic war and civil war imposed upon the ‘workers' and peas- ants by the lardowners and capi- talists of all countries. Immediate: relief is indispensable, D “The soviet républic of -warkers and peasants awaits this help from the workers—the workers in Indus- try and the small farmers. Both are themselves oppressed by ' capitalism and imperialism, but we are con- vinced that, notwithstanding _their own miseries, their lack of work and the increased cost of living, they will respond to our appeal™ 2 The soviet premier affirms that this aid is necessary for the soviet repuld- lic, which is'foremost in undertaking:- he fertile but gigantic task . of overthrowing capitalism.’ reads + DISCUSS RUSSIAN RELIEF: Consult on Plans. Plans for American reliet adminis- tration in soviet Russia were dis. cussed with President Harding today by Secretary Hoover. - After the conference = Secretary Hoover said rellef weork actually Would begin when American prisoners * confined in Petrograd and Moscow " were out-of Russia and when other prigotiers confined in the interior had beén released from custody. * ‘Transportation facitities were avail- able. Secretary Hodver sald, to enable Americans to get out of Russia quick- 1y ‘from Petrograd and -Moscow, but lh:btlhole |d.l..’.:;.':. k“u I:u ac- . e region might take as long as 3 th. to cross the borders. i “of ‘the’ relief work Istration said, would be| . they did not want any person who is} $1; B. B.| b b, h e g 5 s G, o Bob Hair Clerks Ordered to Wear Nets i Until Tresses Grow By the Assoclated Press. ‘ CHICAGO, August 10.—Orders ‘were posted by Marshall Field & Co., one of Chicago’s largest department wtores, today that sirl clerks with bobbed . must wear hair nets until their | tresses grow agaim. One clerk was dismissed for refusing to obey the rule. STREET CARBILL MEETS NEW DELAY House District Committee | Adjourns Because o_f_ Lack of Quorum. The House District committee met today. but failed to take up for con- sideration the Woods bill for the cor. rection of the street rallway trou- bles of the National Capital, for which purpose the meeting had been called. A quorum not _being obtaimed. Chairman Benjamin K. Focht of Penn- sylvania entertained a motion of ad- journment subject to the call of the chair, put by Representative William C. Hammer of North Carolina, and the motion was adopted. Chairman Focht and members of the committee present did not wish to consider the street railway bill P. Woods of Virginia in the absence of the author of the bill from the city, out of courtesy to Mr. Woods. - Wiling to Return at Csll, Chairman Focht indicated that the members present were willing to come back at call to consider the railway bill, and that he would send out a call for the meecting as soon as a quorum could be obtained and Mr. Woods' presence secured. Mr. Woods at present is at Roanoke, Va., but is expected back h\!\\v’nshmgum prob- ably Friday or Saturday. The Woods mcasure, favored by a majority of the District committee up to this time, proposes to permit the merger of the two main traction syatemg and the Potomac Electric Power Company and to change ihe method Gf taxu- tion, shifting from gross to net reve- nues. Blanton Makes Objection. ' Paul Brockett, assistant secretary of the National Academy of Sclences, asked the committee to report out Mr. Focht's bill calling for the closing of upper Wager street, between 21st and 22nd_streets northwest, to form part of the parking-in front of the proposed million-dollar home of the national academy. Representative Elliott W. Sproul of Ilinois moved to report out the bill, but Representative Thomas E Blanton of Texas objected to consideration of the matter by the members of the committee present, on the ground of no quorum. Chairman Focht said that he would not put the question under the ob- jection, and asked Mr. Blanton to withdraw his objection. Says It's Matter of Prinel, “I won't do replied Representa- tive Blanton. “it is a matter of prin- ciple with me.” The representative from Texas said he objected to the closing of any street in the District. It was pointed out by Mr. Brockett that upper Water street is not used as a street and that the Commissioners could see no reason for not granting the closing desired. The Senate pass- ed the bill May 9. Upon Mr. Blanton insisting upon his objection, Repre- sentative Hammer moved for adjourn- ment. Besides Chairman Focht, members present today included Representa- tives A. H. Walters of Pennsylvania, Oscar E. Keller of Minnesota, Roy O. Woodruff of Michigan, Elliott W. Sproul of Illinois, Frank C. Millspaugh of Missouri, Thdmas L. Blanton of Texas and William C. Hammer of North Carolina. SHOW STREET CAR FARES DECREASED Report Big Drop in Travel. Street car travel fell off heavily during July, according to figures made public today by officials of the two street railway companies. During the first week of the cur- rent month the decreaseswas still ton Railway and Eleetric company, while the Capital Traction company reported a slight increase. . R. and E. durthg July car- {ried 6,308,153 passengers, ‘or 91,446 {less than the number hauled ifl July, 1920. The Capital Traction company, during July, lost 143,000 passengers as compared with July of lastsyear. In the first eight days of August the W. R. & E. reports a loss of 57,500 riders from the record of the same week last year. Small Gain for a Week. The Capital Traction last week gained approximately 17,000 pas- sengers over the number hauled dur- ing the first week of August, 1920. These traffic losses are a source of worry to officials of the W. R. & E. with a reduction in fare scheduled to take effect September 1 The directors of the Washington Rail- way and Electric will go into special session at the company offices at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon to consider the effect of the reduced fare on the com- pany’s finances and to discuss ways and means of offsetting the expected loss In revenue. Milton E. Ailes, chairman of the board, was unable to state this afternoon what action the directors might take. Mr. Alles expressed the conviction |pay & tax of 86 cents on their s that the courts would hold the new rate | instead.of 31, as originally assess of fare to be confiscatory should the|The loss is about $9,000 to the city. company take the matter to court, be-!It is announced that the banks will he said, it will fail to produce a |accept the assessment without ques- cent return on the company's|tion and that there will be no litiga- e physical valuation. Mgy Drop Unprofitable Lines. It is expected that the directors will give serious thought to the possibility | WQULD WIDEN 9TH STREET. of abandoning one or more of the un- profitable suburban lines of the Wash- ington Rallway and Electric system. If such action should be decided | widen and extend 9th street north- upon perhaps the first road to go would | wes! the. Washington Interurban, operating |derwood street and Underwood street out Blldtn’lmrt road. Two miles of |from 9th to Georgia avenue. ying between East -River- this road, dale and. East Berwyn, was abandoned veral months ago, with the approval the Maryland commission, because it was not paying operating expenses. | has determined to renew its agree- MAY ASK MEAT INQUIRY. DETROIT, Mich., dugust 106—A pro- posal to request tWe government to institute an inqllr{ in meat prices throughout the United Sates in or- der to place the responsibility for prices, will be considered at the ha- tion: ‘erl.l Bu!(iherl‘ Association, accordi: to delegates. S Th:-sonnnflon will continue through ursda; m-'-na ‘buck’ has been often as to meat prices t been worn prety thin,” John A. Kotal of Chicago, national secretary, as- 't belong to us, and a fed- “1t does: eral commission ought ide to whom it bel 7 ' | the 83d Infani able to decide om.» s e vention will 2 ?:uu:mn‘ll‘ improved mer- [Chandising mehods Getignaec, tb .| | | sponsored by Representative James . i The train plunged into the creek. WILL NOT-STRK Last Disappears When Unions Decide-$o . Rely on Public. =~ © Iny the Asgoclated Press. Threat PHILADELPHIA, August 10.—Shop- men on the Pennsylvania railroad will not strike to force the company to comply with the order of the United States Railroad Labor Board to meet with their union employes and ar- range detalls for a mew election of committee to draw up a new schedule of working agreements. 3 The last threat of a strike, disap- peared today wher H. S. Jeffery of this city, chalrman of the advisory board of the shop craft unions of the Philadelphia-Camden district, — an- nounced today the anions ‘would rely on American patriotism and . public sentiment to force the road to obey the transportation act. Up to early afternoon no word had céme from the Pennsylvania rail- road officials as to their intentions in regard to the decision of the Labor Board ordering a new election of com- mittees. The time fixed by the board for the company and union representatives to meet to arrange details of the pro- posed election expires today. The Pennsylvania, however, is expected to make known its position some time today. ' - Mr. Jeffrey, in a statement, pointed to a paragraph in the Labor Board's decision_which provided that in the event either party believes the de- cision is not being complied with. a complaint should be flled with the board. This was taken men_would make the Labor Board, sylvania railroad from its position. ¥ ———— Four to Sixteen Reported Killed in Train Crash. LAKE CHARLES, La., August 10.— Reports received here said that es- timates of the dead in a freight wreck on the Gulf Cosast Line, at Clear creek, near Kinder, La., ranged from four to sixteen, all believed to be_unauthorized train riders. to mean the shop- another appeal to in case the Penn- refused to recede Several oil cars caught fire and the wreckage still was reported burning. Officers of the raillroad at Houston Tex., estimated the dead at four. None‘of the crew was“killed. ASK BRITISH MANDATE. Drastic Dry Regulations Part of Complaint by Samoans. LONDON, August 9.—A dispatch to the London Times from Wellington, New Zealand, says that owing to the drastic _prohibition regulations and other grievances of the people of for- mer German Samoa a petition has been prepared asking tHat the gov- | ernment of the island be transferred to Great Britain, according to Mr. | Lee. minister of foreign affairs of | New Zealand, who has just returned | from a visit to Samoa. The mandate for German Samoa was given New Zealand by the peace treaty. The Samoans, says Mr. Lee, are dis- satisfled because they were not con- sulted or asked to sign the peace treaty which disposed of their terri- | Officials of D. C. Companies |aoun county. greater on the lines of the Washing- i When E. E. Windle, a bather of Fish- convention of the United Mad- {3 80 [~ t it has easily to be|the ‘148th Field Artille iLight and Power tory, although they signed., in'1895, | the convention creating a German protectorate. GET NEW POWER SERVICE. | T Consumers Served Between Pur- cellville and Millsville. Special Dispateh to The Star. PURCELLVILLE, Va.. August 10.— The work on the new electric service from Purcellville to) the electric power plant at Millsville on the Shenandoah has been completed. The § Digj. i debt \ NSY SHOPHER] = o2 Left to right: Sawyer, Methods and Hou: son, caval Wheeler-Ni son ci been arge those in t oncial w ter and current is turned on, and power and light from that plant dre now being used on all the lines of the Loudoun Company. - which formerly furnished electricity to Pur- cellville and adjacent towns in Lou- The new current so far seems to fur- nish more steady and uniform light and power than that which hereto- fore has been supplied., TREAT CRAMPS AS JOKE. ’ Companions Ignorant of Peril,| Man Nearly Drowns. Special Dispateh to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., August 10— ers Hill, slid off a slippery bank into the Shenandoah river near Strasburg, and began struggling to reach the shore, companions om the bank ove attention to his apparent distress. Finally, his son, a mere boy, realiz- ing his father was suffering from | waste of blood, Were too great." Nicholson is the au- cramps_and unable to help himself, plunged in, but of no avail. Saum and Harry Clayton, however, fespiration revived him. BANK TAX REDUCED. Lynchburg Loses $0,000 by De- cision of Highest Court. Specidl Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va, August 10.— Conforming to a decision of the United States Supreme Court in a case which went up from Richmond, the banks of this city this year. will ‘tion here, as seems to be expected in other municipalities of the state. as in the Senate to Senator_Jones of Washington introduced a bill from Longfeliow street to Un- ALL ISSUES UP TO UNCLE SAM. n ol company on the Pacific toast ment, leaving all disputes with em- ployes to & “representativé of government for final settlement, the Department of Labor has announced. The concern was described. as one of “political i partment.” two “might he in an but are and then r d by the War. Depart-| change ment in rating the efficienc) cers and the cashiering of officers put in class B are severely criticized | in a report submitted to the Semate{ military affairs commit- cholson -8 that he nfluence Maj. based on eclassif) Col. Charles R. Forbes, the President’s physician, and Ralph Dority, INJUNCTION ASKED. Merchants Declare Officials Inter- fere With Steam Engine. Renno Brothers, and food products, at 1229 D street | southeast, today METHOD OF RATING EFFICIENCY SCORED Army Officer Criticises War| Department Procedure, Al- | leging Unjust Charges. tees by Maj. Malcolm Wheeler- of Washington. claims has suffered under the is in danger of discharge under un: {Just charges. Alleges False Statement. In the report Maj. Wheeler- although he ted exceptiopally high as an j officer by most of his commanders. War Department - who have handled his case garded these notations and have ac- cepted the judgment of three of his commanders, who disapproved of him. He also filed charges against Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Sladen for false tatement—namely. former was below average | mand of a unit. One of the principal charges against heeler-Nichalson, i from his brief, is that he went into He explaine that he a debt of $4,000, after his parents had SU their property, by going to their - Likened to “Sewing Circle.” “Basing an officer's discharge from the Army on the so-called efficiency record kept of him by the War De- ‘Wheeler-Nicholson said after filing his brief with the military — affairs likened in_civil, basing the discharge of an executive industrial concern ‘on.thé:sole testimony of an old:lady 'in’the vil- large sewing. circle. % g “They are-not based upon an.of- ficer's work and the results gained, the opinions of a few of his commanding officers, who do not, as a rule, take the trou- ble to record commendations thereon, but only take pen there {s some violation of a petty regulation to be noted. Says System Broke Down. “No further argument when it is known that this system broke down completely when applied to the uses of actual war in France, thought he was trying to “put oneland made it necessary to try officers on them. and paid little or no | out in command of troops .under fire. them at Blois, if the their failures, with Ma). Wheeler- Byron | thor of 'a book on cavalry, one time liaison ang intelligence of- grabbed Windle "as he was sinking | ficer attached to the Japanese gen- for the third time, dragged him to|eral staff, and was an instructor at the bank, and by means of artificial | the first Plattsburg camp. TENSION RELIEVED IN ALLIED COUNCIL BY SILESIA_DECISION _(Continued from First Page.) time. M. formity of fe Geatlons, mmslisted upon uni liberated regions, insisted ' upon = ity o suggesting as a|Camp Meade, M basis of compromise eleven marks O'Donnell, costs, ing the armies of occupation in Ger- many up to May 1, 1921. committee will examine ghe o maintaining these troops sinc in hand When chief of police, ence with the operation of a steam | plant. | Comm the of offi- | tricity threatened ichol- Maj. he and that system Ju: show torney A. L. tiffs, explal; ichol- has have disre- that the in com- it appears incurred committees, | Of this year. life to &8 compal ; engine used The plaintiffs tell the court | that” on complaint of neighbors the ners motive they asxistant to | District Supreme Court junction against the District Com- missioners and Harry dealers in meats filed suit in the for an in- L. Gessford. to prevent interfer- in their refrigerating which deavoring to do, but the work has not been completed. The merchants say they ndave been today with directed arrest them power to die have been to en- and every other day that the steam plant is continued in operation. ice Hitz issued a rule on the ! commissioners and Maj. Gessford to cause August 29 why the junction should not be issued. in- At- cwmyer, for the plain- 4 to the court that the ricd last year, according to public today by the internal revenue bu- | réau. From January 1. 1920, to June 30, 1920, the records show 5.170.598 gallons of whisky were withdrawn, as agginst 1,487,306 gallons during the corres ing period of this year. Decreases in withdrawals during the firet three months of this year were ex- plained by the ban closing warehouses and_distilleries, which was modified in April 1 to permit withdrawals by retail druggists, and in May to allow whole- sale druggists to withdraw whisky. A decrease of $14,312,519 in the sales of stamps for mon-beverage spirits was also shown during the first six months eccrds made power company will take two more weeks to instail the transmitters and that the shutting down of the plant would cause the merchants to their supply of meats, which cannot be kept at this time of the vear with. out a refrigerating plant. WITHDRAW LESS- WHISKY. Six Months Show Decline of Over:forces in that region appear to be 3,500,000 Gallons. Withdrawals of whisky from bonded! | warehouses during the first six months{ water the Spanish troops c ; of this year fell off by more than 3.500,- | aid, and educating a younger broth-!g00 gallons, compared with the same pe- er, while he was a lieutenant. in his home state. Washington, the circumstances of his debt were re- garded as rather an henor to him. it is stated, but when the circumstances were brought to the attention of the War Department by Senator Poindex- former Senators Chamber- lain and Eourne, another black mark was put against his record, on the ground that he had attempted to use lose nd- Stamp sales for the first half of the year aggregated $27,916,480, with $42,228,999 during the £rst half of 1820. : SHIP REPORTED STRANDED LONDO! 1s needed, | [y 70 # resultant the American Vessel Declared Disabled Off Spanish Galitia. . August 9.—The American steamer Black Arrow is reported to be stranded on Cape 4illano, northwest coast of Spanish Galicia, jsays a dispatch to Lloyds from Co- The Black Arrow belongs to the United States Shipping Board. is a vessel of 6,600 tons gross. The steamer left New York July 12 for Tenerifte and Vigo, Spain, by way of Havana, which port she left July 22. The Black Arrow formerly was Nes at | the German steamer Rhoetia. —_— WILL TRAIN RESERVES. Many Officers Detailed to Organize New Units. A large number of officers of the Army have been ordered to report to ‘commanding officers of various corps areas for duty in connection with the organization and training of on the She units of organized reserves. Included in the list are Lieut. Col. William R. Vt. fantry, at 'amp Meade, caval Md. Taylor, cdvalry, at Fort Ethan Allen, Lieut. Col. John M. Field, infan- try, and Maj. James H. Tierney, in- Another { Thomas N. Cunningham, cavalry, at of | Walter Reed General Hospital, that |city, and Maj. Frank F. Jewett, in- fant?y, at Camp Meade. Md., who are French minister of |ordered to Fort Howard, Md. Col. William M. Morrow, infantry, at this and Maj. Louis A. , in this city, for each soldier—a suggestion which |ordered to Governors Island, has not been accepted by the British |Maj. Josiah Kemp, infantry$at Camp , cPherson, The committee will decide whether |Haig Shekerjlan, infantry, at Camp delegation up to the present. the present German payments wl\t cover the costs, and in case of a defici! Meade, Ind. Meade, to Fort are . Y.; Maj. to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Lieut. Col. William F. H. God- Will determine the conditions under!son. cavalry, in this city, to Gover- '%lhch the deficit will be met. nors Island, N. e United States was represented |Babcock, cavalry, at mission by Roland Col. James A. Logan, of the cost of maintaining the armies of occupation in Germany and how that country will be required to pay It did not, however, touch upon the amount the United States is paying for the maintenance of her forces at the | Goblens. - That is regarded, both the financial commission and Wabh- a question that may be dis- the America® and on cussed nly by the largest employers“on the coast|German governments. and its action was taken by official |ndk~ntlng.tln; the present leiru- ent . will l?‘flll! Tenew {l’ln]«"ou fields. Operators had m_"‘: y indicated they would not renew (o ] s S ARNY-NAVY JOURNAL SOLD, NEW YORK, At st 10.—The Arm: and Navy Joul , owned by W. (! and F, P. Chureh, has been sold to Col. Henry J. Reilly, who commanded the intention to reduce wages Brigade in the Rain- BROTHER KILLS BROTHER. Al telephone the killing of Ralph Pcnl‘olafl id, by his brother, f berrich Gy dining _room of | bers Elkins Park, enty-six, a ers, wit! bill of in the ling_house in here, according to-thi lice. - the Ratn: ‘The argument b:'j:p:“g-q the broth- sald, Fatally at Philadelphia., Boyden and Discussions Y Admiral’ A. ] STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 192L CTOR OF VETERANS' BUREAU, ESTABLISHED BY SWEET ACT. TAKES OA 1 | i i 1 rector; Representative Burton E. Sweet, the director, who administered the oath. SPAIN FACES NEW MOROCCAN REBELS ,Rif Tribesmen Attack Block House at Meijas, in. Te(uan District. By the Associated Press. MADRID, August 10.—Hostilities between the Spanish and the Moroc- can tribesmen, which have been going on in eastern Morocco for the past three weeks and have resulted in a virtual collapse of the Spanish cam- paign there, appear to have spread into western Morocco. The Spanish commandant at Tetuan reports that Rif tribesmen on Sunday attacked the blockhouse at Meijas, in the Tetuan district, and that the garrison. after losing ‘several men. was obliged to fall back upon Gouk-El-Arba. The commandant has declared that the in- cident was not important. Am official statement issued last night relative to the fighting near Melilla states that the conflict at Mount Arruit, where Gen. Navarro and a force of men have been su: rounded for several days. has com pletely ceased, and that the enemy less numerous. Another report re- céived here, however. states that Gen. Navarro’s position is becoming in- creasingly critical. 1t is said the only n get is by melting ice brought by airplane. The political crisis which has re- sylted from the defeat of the Spanish in Morocco continues to be the cen- ter of interest here. In political cen térs there is an almost general de- mand for the establishment of a strong administration that may be capable of handling the critical situa- son. A parliamentary government under thé premiership of_ Antonio Maura, conservative leader, is fa vored, but it is forecast that he may meet great difficulties, owing to the plans of the heads of small political organizers, who might take advan- tage of the present situation. It is known that Premier Allendesalazar wishes to relinquish his post The presidents of the chamber of deputies and the senate called upon King Alfonso yesterday, and outlined their views as to the-Moroccan prob- lem and the solution of the ministerial crisis. Both expressed the opinion. that severe punishment should be visit- ed upon the rebellious tribesmen. In commenting on the defeat of the Spaniards in Morocco, the Epoca says the foreign press, in dealing with th Moroccan question, has “done justice to the acts -of the Spanish troops, but still awaits Spain’s response to the Moroccan offensive.” “It is Spain's duty.” the newspaper continues, 0 make this response. The problem is an international one, and it is necessary that Spanish opin- ion be brought into agreement with this aspect of the question. _—_— NOW UP TO PRESIDENT. The House yesterday adopted the conference report on the bill to regu- late meat packers, and the bill will £0 to the President for his signature. RETURNS WITH PRISONER. Detective Sergt. Pratt has returned from Portland, Ore.. with William W. Dumville, recently indicted by the grand jury on a charge of embezzle- ment and larceny after trust. Marshal Alexander and Deputy U Marshal Ross o nied the prisoner and surrendered him to the custody of U. S. Marshal Splain. Dumville was selling stock tor a finance corporation, and, accord- ing to the indictment, collected cash and liberty bonds and appropriated them to his own use. ' SUES FOR $10,000. Suit to recover. $10,000 damages for the death of her husband, Ashley B. Le Preux, has been filed in the District Supreme Court by his widow, Laura G. Preux., against Roy T. Graft, sald to be the owner of an automobile which turned turtle on the way to Philadelphia and caused the death of the husband. Through Atorpey J. H., Bilbrey, the plaintiff says her husband employed Graff to take him to Philadelphia and that 8. S. nd Col. Conrad B.[on the way the car skidded and n this cit; he meeting of the financial coms|Benjamin Harrison. Ind. ¢ CENSURES NAVY FLYERS. Admiral Robinson Terms Firing on Boat “Stupidity.” NEWPORT, R. I, August 10.—Rear H. Robinson, commander of the Destroyer Fleet here, charac- terixed as “plain stupidity” the act- tion - of the orew of the Navy plane 92, which while flying over Nar- rangansett bay riddled a launch with machine gun bullets, wounding a girl. He refused to make any further com- it on éxpliration this month and had|Disputed Telephone Bill Results|ment. n | the affair, ‘thirty] The orman, near VR e | te ni el S ot heen W . made to | PHILADELPHIA, Pa., " 10.— s Quarrel over responsibility for a|went to Oakland 4,11 resulted i A naval board of inquiry picked from the officers of the U. 8. 8. Shaw- mut, mother shi to the seaplanes, to investigate board Teturned later but re- fused to divulge its findi: said a report would be forwarded immediately to the Navy Department. ] “The machine Mem- n.on the plane had il well and y, to Fort| furned over. ——— FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION Edward Schnelberg, retail jeweler and dealer in souvenirs at 507 Penn- sylvania Aaveniue northwest, today filed a petition in. voluntary bank- tllsh:y. He, lists his debts at $2,212.31, and says hp has no assets above legai exemptions. Attorney 8. C. Brez ap- pears for the petitioner. MINERS VOTE TO END STRIKE. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., August 10.—| Thirty-five hundred anthracite mine ‘workers, on strike since last week in eight colliers of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, have voted to return to work today. The strike was set- tled by the men going to work under their old agreement. - ————— LIGHTNING KILLS 3, HURTS 12. RALEIGH, N. C, August 10.—Two brothers, -Robert-and Frank Herring, and Larry.Crumpler, .were instantly killed and twelve other persons, in- oraen and children, were in. miles from Pikeville, N. C., cluding we %,1 Portland accompa- | Burning of Signboards in Zion City Provokes | Defiance of Voliva ZION, TIL, August 10.—Wilbu Glenn Voliva, hend of the Zion ity was for the Zionixts and he asxerted that work whs 1o be wtarted om “three-story balle boards” whereon en-" tire mermons could be printed. “For every signboa: %0 a xermon ean be put on them, and Ill proteet them with bix | mearchlights.” H SEVENU.3. CAPS Camp Meade Among Those Affected by Army Order Issued Today. ~ Orders were issued by the War De- partment today for the abandonment % soon as practicable after Sep ltember 1, 19217 of Camps Meade, Md Sherma Devens, Mass.; Jackson, S . C.—seven in all. It is stated that in the case of each of the cantonm. such sorehouses land. roads, wal ground na . transformer st plants, will be retained ‘and nder ‘disposed of under ihe direction of the quartermaster gen- eral. The. ted turned over to the quartermas eral of the Army, but small deta ments will be retaine ach for guard and fire protec til such fransfers are mude. organiza {tions to b retaine for that purpose fantry and the Ixt Tank group. Otlier troops at Camp Mead 1to be transferred to other st foon as practicable after September 1 as follows: Headquarters 14th Bri gade to Plattsburg barracks, N. Y 3ith Infantry, less 1st Battalion and w ompan . to Madison N. Y.; 1st Battalion. 3ith Infantry. to Fort Ontario, N. Y.: two comp 34th ntry to Fort Howard to Camp Dix, N less one battalios barracks; 5th Engineers Humphreys, Va, and one 64th Infantry. to Fort ntonmen Md. 8BS t0 56th Infantry 6ith Infantry, sburg mp v all of these movements will be made by marchin; {ACCUSED OF FRAUD PLOT. Four Men Arraigned on Charge of i Swindling Merchants. NEW YORK, August 10.—Charged w _lh defrauding merchants in the middle west by purchasing clothing and merchandise throuch mail orders | under the name of well rated houses, {four aen were arraigned betore | Unitea tex Commissioner Hitch- cock and held for hearing August They are Harry Lovett, Herman Shaw. Samueb Stein and Morris Copen. partners in the Clever Dress House of this city. Their arrests were broughi about through Frederick R. Stiefle of the New York Credit Men's As lcmuon, and the postal authorities GERMANY BARS MOVIE. BERLIN. August 9. {man motion picture censor has denied a permit to the Rhenish Women's League for a public exhibition of a 500-meter film entitled “The Black Pest,” dealing Wwith the question of ‘co!ored troops on the Rhine. | The denial of the permit was made {on the grounds that the film was not only worthless as propaganda. but was also calculated to injure German prestige abroad. —_— SILESIA IS HELD VITAL. The chief Ger: German Population Regards Pos- of Fatherland.” Chicago Daily News! ‘session ‘Only Hope { By Cable to The Star and Copyright, BERLIN. Germany. August 10. After the unlimited amount of space devoted by the newspapers to dis- cussions of Upper Silesia and the almost innumerable demonstrations | on account of it, the larger part of the German population has been led [ to 1ook upon this little strip of land ias the fatherland's only hobe of sal of it Germany cannot exist. The people as a whole are op- | timistic as to the decision that su- { preme council will make in the case. They have been told time and again that Great Britain and Italy were in favor of awarding Upper Silesia to Germany undivided. or with only a little slice taken off to satisfy the Poles. In Wilhelmstrasse, however, there is a great deal of anxiety as to the decision. Some of the more promi- fient members of the government ave expressed the conviction that { Germany would lose Upper Silesia | completeiy. They believe that in this matter France will trump over Great Britain's high card with her Asia |Minor ace. As viewed by these men, Lloyd George will be compelled to yield to Briang in order to be sure of the support of France in Angora and other matters in the near east. {WILL GRANT SMALL { CHANGE OF VENUE (Continued from First Page.) tive was in the actual performance of his official duties The governor then agreed to meet the sheriff at the executive mansion at 5 o'clock and it was there that the warrants were read. $50,000 Bail Offered. George Gillespie, attorney for Gov. Small, then offered Sheriff Mester a bond of $50,000, which the sheriff curtly refused until it had been ex- amined by his attorney and firmly insisted on G \'.hSmlll accompanying o the courthouse. B Rote was attached by Gov. Small to the bqttom of the bonds in which he asserfed they were given under protest. During the day, the state capitol was thronged with a crowd of curi- ous spectators watching the progress of Sheriff Mester’s siege of the state’s chief executive. Three indictments were returned against Gov. Small by the Sangamon county grand jury on July 20, in which he was charged with em- bezzling half a million dollars of state funds while state treasurer and conspiring to defraud the state of $2,000,000. Retention of interest Gov. Fred Sterling and Vernon Curtis, president of the Grant Park Bank, were also indicted. Sterling and Curtis furnished bonds and were released the next day, but Gov. Small's attorneys claimed that as the state's chief executive, he was immune from arrest. . The court ruled, however, that the governor was not above the law. Gov. Small then left Springfleld and remained away for several days, spending the time in a tour of the state inspecting roads. .The sheriff refused to serve lh: 'uua.u “out- side Sangamon county and the gov- ernor weat b to, Springfield Mon- 10 BE ABANDONED barracks, | vation and to believe that deprived | on state funds was charged. Lieut. | IRECRUTS SWELLING BOYS' CANP RANKS Additions Expected to Per- mit Making of a Full Company. Camp Harding is looming into a real camp, and daily recruits in squads seem likely before the week is over to present the making of a | full company. Capt. H. D. F. Long has extended a general invitation to boys who would like to enter and 1o r parents to come out and take a look at things Sunday, preferably after 2 o'cloc in the af: no o There will be no obligation incurred, {the object being simply to convinee parefts of the splendid advantages lof the camp and the boys of th { pleasure as wel] as the advantages to | d from it Long number ¢ anxious to « {to pay their way. arns living b lace curtains, mp would found a s who are eager but are unable whose mother washing and iron- was found. to whom mean a great deal. The mother felt she could only pay half the mess fee, and arrangements were made, through the kindness of interested persons, to take the boy |free of cost, but his identity will not lm- made known ays he has i Facilities for 100 Boys. Facilities are available for the ac- commodation at least 100 Loye, and advices have been received which indicate that with the closing of the {summer high school many more will enter. but the offi in charge of the camp are desirous and are ex- erting special efforts to book the en- tire number. The thirty boys who are already highly desir: ing taken t this s constant sur- and the mi A corps of non- rs. under the su- Long. will assist itary 1 other instruc- n at the camp. or System Adopted. The honor system has been adopt- ed and the boys have been given the { privilege of choosing their non-com- { missioned officers. Conferences are held daily with the bove looking to {the betterment of conditions, whete ! may be necessary. and With the ) . securing the highest ad- 1 P from the camp cour is mno home ness of a - e but a gene enthusiasm. The Star will still continue to re- ceive subscriptions for those who wish to contribute for the benefit of b s unable to pay their charges. ACTION EXPECTED ON RENT MEASURE maintain nder th lin the m | tions gl [ ge.) 15460 per month. more !cent increase.” | nator Fletcher said {a serious business it jthat goe to the root of the whole | mat far as those of us are con- cerned who object to it on the ground of its being unconstitutional in our {judgment, as to whether there is any difference in passing a bill like this which extends the operations of a statute and. on the other hand, pass- ing an original bill creating the commission and oing the same thing as the original act. In other words, the Supreme Court hefd that the act than 100 per i was constitutional Fecause of the existence of an emergency at that time under war conditions. Now, we have passed through that emer- sency undoubtediy.” Senator Poindexter, concurring with Senator Fletcher, said: “The original act was sustained by | the Supreme Court on the ground of the existence, as found by the Con gress, of an emergency. That em gency. of course, was the war. I do i not claim that the court laid down the general rule that no such legislation could be enacted in any emergency jgxcept the emergency of war, but the fact was that in that case the emer- { gency that existed was the war. !”“Furthermore, in rendering their | decision the Supreme Court laid great emphasis upon the fact that by its own terms the act was to come fo an lend in two vears after its enactment unless it was sooner repealed. That Fwas one of the important elements which entered into_its decision. Now, the senator from Delaware propos {to extend that period of two years, nd I do not think it follows at ail i'because the original act was held by {the narrow margin of one in a di- vision of the Supreme Court to be within the power of Congress, that Congress should be held to be withia its powers in making a furtheg ¢ tension of it under the present clr- cumstances. {SPEEDERS TO FACE COURT ATTACHMENT FOR EVADING TRIAL ) (Continued from First Page.) $10; Earl Douglas, $10; John L. Am- bersold, $5; Herbert Randall, $10; Joseph Hoffman, $10; Donald H. Mc 1 Knew, $5; Joseph E. Mullen, $5; B gar Thomas, $10; George Alexander, $10: Lester 1. Damuth, $10; William Jameson, $5; Leon Leonard, $10; Ben- jamin R. Burch, $20; Carl A. Busel $10; Arthur G. Daniels, $5; Edward Howard, $10; Theodore Leavy, §$10; thaniel N. Smile, $10; Theodore rner, $10; Joseph E. Clement: 35 Alphonsus Diges, $10, and George Jones, $20. Under the new method of ving attachments on flagrant speed violat- ors, who have been arrested for the same offense twice in the same num- ber of months, many of those who have thus far evaded appearance in court by forfeiting collateral will be forced before the judge. in the opin- ion of T. G. Walsh, assistant corpora- tion counsel. Heretofore, according to Mr. Walsh, the only time those who violated speed regulations were | forced before the court was wh they appeared in the corporation counsel’s office in an effort to have the amount of the collateral reduc: Instead of reducing the collateral in cases such as these, he said, the col- lateral of the fast drivers was not accepted and they wege forced into for trial. ot was first believed that the in- creased collateral required under the recent order of Commissioner Oyster Wwould have a tendency to draw the speed violators into court in the hope of collecting a_ rebate. The court records of the last two days, how- ever, indicate that only a few more of the fast drivers are appearing for trial than heretofore. —_— HEIGHTS CLUB ELECTS. Mrs. Hobart Heads Sixteenth Street Organization. cement of the election of omA:enr‘:“(;} the Sixteenth Street Heights Club for the ensuing term was made 101!!:: officers are as follows: Mrs. H. K. Hobart, president; Mrs. S. D. Grove, vice president; Mrs. Ansel Wold, secre: tary: Mrs. Carl F. Stuhler, treasurer. Mrs. B. E. Scott, custodian, and Mrs. Milton Dansiger, delegate to the Fed- . Clubs. eration of Women's RETIRED TOBACCO MAN DIES.) RICHMOND, Va., August 10.—Adolph Dill,” eighty-one, millionaire retired tobacco ‘manufacturer, who recently sold his business in this city to a New York concarn, Is dead at his home here.