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v Several Killed, Number Injured When Giant|Fegeral officials Reported .1y "and . WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: at 2:20 p.m. yesterda; 6:15 a.m. today. Highest, owest, 67, at 80, Closing New York Stocks, Page 19. No. 28,241, Entered as second-c post office Washingt s matter D. C. he WASHINGTON, D. T WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., ening ® - Sfar. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1921 _TWENTY-SIX PAGES. lMunber of the Associated Press The Associated P: xclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in thls the Jocal news published herein. paper and also dispatche | All rights of publication of epecial s herein are also reserved. Yesterday's ¥ Net Circulation, 85,612 TWO CENTS. AIRSHIP ZR-2 EXPLODES [BANK CASHIER HERE OVER HULL,ENGLAND, AND | 10 BE QUESTIONED FALLS FLAMING IN RIVER IN CREAT SWINDLE Blimp Breaks in Two After Long Voyage— Washington Man Is Safe. TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS MARK WRECK OF CRAFT PURCHASED BY U- s- NAVY Authorities Spread Out Dragnet for Parachutes Descend Carrying Crew l-'rym Blazing Ainhip—'!'lmn- sands Witnessing Accident Flee in Panic. Commander Saved. . Twenty-one Americans were on board the dérigihle ZR-2 when she was wrecked today during her final trial flight. a report to the Navy Depamnént from London said. The re- port, filed at 7:30 o'clock, said at that time there appeared only six survivors from the entire complement. the Associated Press. LONDON, August 24.—The Press Association had 2 measage from i ington, D. ¢ had been saxved. er message to the press awsociation from Hull e et R-Z have been saved. Twelve bodles lieved ten of the men in the Zi Bave been recovered. ahortly after § p.m., saying that Ensign Marcus Esterly of Wash one of the American officers, who had been reported lost, id it is be- A dispatch to the Press Association irom Hull says five men were saved from the crew of forty-nine. LONDON United August 24—The giant airship ZR-2, purchased by the States from Great Britain, exploded over the city of Hull today, according to advices received shortly after 6:30 o'clock this e\'enix'lg The airship fell in the river Humber. Two dead and a number of in- jured were landed from the river and conveyed to the Hull infirmary. The airship was passing over Hull in fine style, when suddenly it wa; s seen to break in two. Instantly there was a terrific explosion and the airship burst into flames and commenced to descend. It is learned that the American of- Pulham from Norwich to assist in monr-l ficers on board the dirigible were Commander Louis H. Maxfield, Wash- ington, 1. C.: Lieut. Commander Va entine’ N. Bieg of Bryn Mawr, Pu. Commander Emory Cell of ; Lieut. Marcus H. Este iy, Washington, D. C.; Lieut. Henry . White, Clearwater. Fla., and Lieut. Charles G. Little, Newburyport, Lieut. Marietta; The explosions in_the big dirigible were of such force as to wreck many of the windows of store fronts in the center of Hull. Thousands of the people of Hull watched the disaster, which occurred at 5:30 o'clock. As the explosion oc- curred they dashed panic-stricken in all directions for fear of being en- Veloped by the wreckage, which fell just over the Victoria pier. Burning fragments from the air- ship belched dense columns of smoke, and flame which extended for hun- dreds of feet along the surface of the | ing the dirigible. The weather at Pulham was improv- ng hourly, and it was expected the airship would sail for that place to- day, landing this afternoon or even- ing. The perfection of devices for communicating _weather _ conditions between ground stations and the ZR-2 probably saved the big airship from a disastrous encounter with the storm last night. the air ministry re- One of the survivors, named Bate- man of Halifax, said he was in the tail of the ship making photographs when the rudder was turned sharply to the right, bringing the airsip from the center of Hull toward the Humber. One of the maln girders failed to stand the strain, it appeared, and the disaster resulted. y The turn of the ship carried her over the Hull pier, where she descend- ed, a burning mass. The following British officers are known to water. Eve witnesses saw at least have been on board for four men descend from the burning|the flight: Airehip by parachutes. Threec men| Air Commodore E. M. Maitland, were seen hanging from one para- rhute. A imescage from Hull. received shortly before 7 p.m. said the air- Ship's captain had been rescued. Some Todies, the message added, had been recovered Tugs and other craft of all kinds put off from the shore for rescus work immediately the disaster was witnessed. Simultaneously a corps of ambulances dashed to the pier and took injured members of the crew to the infirmary 2s they were landed. Tt is known that at least six sur- vivors have been picked up, one of them with a broken leg and one Se- verely burned. It was while the ZR-2 was cruising over Hull that she was seen to emerge from the clouds and suddenly break 31 two. One portion appeared to rise n the air. The other descended slow- fell into the Humber. One explosion occurred as the ship was falling and another after it touched the water. The wreckage floated on the water about 200 vards from the Early this n Lieut. A. H. Swan, Lieut. L C. Little, Lieat. R. S. Montague and Flight Lieut. Thomas. TESTS SHOWED WEAKNESSES. Trouble Framework and Engines. A London dispatch of Sunday last quoted the Observer as asserting that during the first trials of the ZR-2 a tendency of the giant dirigible to “hump” developed and that an inspec- tion revealed the fact that certain girders had bent and that lattice work had buckled under the strain. Remedial measures were taken, the newspaper sald, including consider- able reinforcement of the framework along much of the airship’s length. In addition to the structural trouble, the Observer asserted, the ZR-2 had been handicapped by engine difficulty. Jiverside quay and continued to burn. TRIP BEGAN YESTERDAY. ning the eil’ lf’llnl!!r}' an- rship ZR-2 would ot | prop g4y, England, August 24.— nounced that the u otemnt 4 landing at Pulbam until later in the day. The statement said the Zircraft had successfully accomplished several trials. It § A Tham occasionally during the day, indicating that it was making a wide sweep over the North sea. At noon_the ZR-2 was twenty-eight miles off Felixstowe, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon thirty miles east of Lowestoft. At the latter point it sent radlo saying “all well.” ® 2% \nofcially stated that the flight took the ZR-2 near the coast of France. nt radio dispatch-| { The giant dirigible ZR-2, which was expected to arrive here at dawn to- day and complete the trial trip begun early yesterdayeat Howden, was ap- parently driven from her course by a terrific electrical and rain storm early this morning. The airship, however, reported herself safe off Howden shortly after 7 o’clock. ‘The dirigible left Howden yesterday for what was intended to be its final trial cruise before being taken over by he Unied S ates Navy Depart- Two hundred soldiers were sent tolment. Four Washington Men Among Officers Commanding the ZR-2 The officers and crew dirigible ZR-2 on her States were of the naval lantic City, N. J. flight from | Jacksonviile, Fla.; Lester K. Coleman, i Charles W. Cass, r:orl ‘Worth, ‘Tex.; Robert M. Coons, ¥ngland to the United e ol i Coony ve been as follows: [ z L , obmrmanact Louts T Maxfeld, com- | Sentl Carcling: James W, Culinan. \onior engineer officer, Bryn Mawr, | Galatlan, New Vork city; John T. Pa; Lieut Commander Emory Coil, | jancock. TLendon England; Ralph exeoutive officer, Marietta, Ohio: | Jones: Los Angeles, Calif; Willlam Yieut. Commander R. E. Byrd, Jr., air | J00uS:, Sibers L Loftin: Hrank F. navigational expert, Washington, D. st am J. C.: Maj. P. E. Van Nostrand, Army,_g“”le- Bainbridge, Ind'; Llewellyn T. air service, Washington, D. C.; Lieut. | Stevens, Atlanta, Ga., and George Ralph G. Pennoyer, navigator, Berke- iv, Calif.: Lleut. Henry W. Hoyt, watch officer, Clearwater, Fla.; Lieut. John B. Lawrence, watch officer, Lin- coln, Minn.; Lieut. Marcus H. Easter- Jv, radio officer, Washington. D. YLieut. Joseph B. Anderson, meteoro- logical officer, Hyattsville. Md.: Chlef Machinist Shine S. Halliburton, as- sistant engineer officer, Macon, Ga.: lient. Clifford A. Tinker, publicity officer, Westfleld, Mass. * Enlisted Personnel om Board. The non-commissioned personnel of the crew was to be composed of ten riggers, sixteen mechanics and two radio men, as follows: Riggers—Charles 1. Aller, Denver, Col.; Arthur E. Carlson, Jullaetta, Jdaho;. Hans Christensen, Newton, Mass,; James H. Collier, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Charles W. Frank, ‘Yaynoka, Okla.; Charles A. Heckbert, Rockland, Me.; Maurice Lay, Greens- Welch, Elgin, IIL . Radio men—John 'T.. Robertson. New Smyrna, Fla., and John E. Water- m; El T¢ - % 230, Tex. - addition to the above two chief machinist’s mates, Willlam A. Ru: sell and William A. Lamkey, both of Brooklyn, N. Y.. were to be included among the mechanics. : Sketches of Washington Men. A _brief “sketch of the officers of the ZR-2 from Washington and vicinity follows: Commander Maxfleld is a native of St. Paul, Minn., and was graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1907. He was one of the pioneers in United States naval avja- tion. He trained at Pensacola, Fla., previous to the war, and during the war was in command of the United States naval air station at Paimboeuf, France. He is qualified as heavier and lighter than pilot. Following the war he was assigned to the Navy De- ro, N. C.; Ad Pettitt, New York }-’!"ly; Syivester F. Shields, St. Louis, f;fh':fl“ in nl::n ;;l 3 -nl:‘ i“m'.‘h‘: ;21 Norman O. Walker, Commerce, oo lm oo bt Mechanics—=Charies H. Broom, Abe « ued on’ 13 | Reported Both With| Hurrying From Chicago to Interrogate Him. $15,000,000 IN SECURITIES SEIZED IN CLEVELAND French’s Assistants—Many Banks Victimized. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 24.—The name ot J. P. Morgan today was brought into the investigation of the operations of Charles W. French and other members of an alleged band of swindlers, arrested here last woek, by James Horace Leet of Cleveland, who told federal officers that Morgan had turned down one of French's al- leged schemes. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 24.— Fifteen million dollars in notes and securities were seized in the Union Trust Company safety deposit vaults here today by John Sawken, Depart- ment of Justice agent, investigating the Cleveland activities of Charles W. French, alleged Chicago swindler, under arrest in that city The seizure came after Elmer Ger- ber, Cleveland stock broker and for- mer secretary to French, confessed his connection with the French opera- tions to Sawken and led him to the safety vault. CHICAGO, August 24.—Federal in- vestigators delving into the affairs of Charles W. Freoch, alleged head of a group of swindlers operating on a tional scale, today estimated that § 000,000 might be involved in the band's activities. Its manipulations, it is de- clared, were the most audacious ever uncovered by federal agents, and in- cluded alleged banking schemes, bond manipulations and stock transactions | involving seventeen companies and | three banks. Three alleged confessions were in the possession of federal authorities today. Government agents have also re covered a million and a half dollars’ worth of doubtful notes and have made eight arrests. ! | Alva Harshman, for the last six; years French's secretary, confessed |yesterday to John V. Clinnin, assist- ant United States district attorney, | regarding the band's activities, Mr. Clinnin said, He was released in $5.000 bon: and is expected to be swar witn for the government. Another alleged statement of the band’s activities came from Rudolph Kohn, head of the American Rubber Company, a Chicago concern. Involved With Worthington. French was arrested some time ago in connection with the activities of John W.. Worthington, alleged head of a group engaged in disposing of securities obtained in mail robberies. French is held here under $25,000 bonds. Besides” French and Worth- i Ington, both of whom are under ar- rest, Harshman, in his alleged con- | i tessipn, implicated a number of oth- | ers. C. K. Strobel, Akron, Ohio, real estate man; Elmer Gerber of Cleve- land and A. E. Strelzin of Milwauke | were yesterday taken into custody in | those cities, as agents of French To- day federal officials were said to be| hurrying to Washington to question | | the cashier of a bank there. He was said to be involved in the operations jof swindlers. “I don't know when | arrests will end,” Mr. Clinnin sald. “The whole affair is almost too big to grasp—I doubt if even French could tell its ramiflcations easil. Banks, bond houses, investment s curity brokers and wealthy business men from coast to coast were declared to have been the victims or dupes of one of the most gigantic swindles ever unearthed by federal agents. Millions in Bomds Traced. Six million dollars’ worth of stolen bonds, nearly $3,000,000 in worthless notes and hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of trust deeds and {forged certificates of deposit have been traced by Department of Jus- tice agents, it was said. The revelations resulted from a confession accredited to Alva W. Harshman, who was declared to have been a private secretary to French, and who surrendered today. He was alleged to have told of a deal nego- tiated by French for the purchase of a bank in the middle west that involved the exchange of $800,000. A Washington, D. C., man, accord- ing to Harshman, was to obtain cer- tified checks for $500,000 there. These checks, he said, were to be presented to the bank owners and when the band gained control of the establish- ment they were to cash all certifi- cates of deposit the bank owned. The money, he said, would then be for- ‘warded to the Washington man, who would deposit it before the certified checks on the original transaction were cleared and returned. Many other similar deals’ were also de- scribed. - In another case, it was asserted, a large amount of stolen securities were placed with a small country bank in re- turn for a certificate of deposit. The deposit slip, it was said, was cashed and the bank left holding the securities which would be identified and reclaimed when it tried to realize on them. Among names of the firms alleged to have been signed to notes used by the | bank were: Curtis Printing Company, Akron, Ohlo, $9,000; MacKey Truck Company, Akron, ° $18,000; Porcupine Mountain Lumber Company, Cleveland, $10,000; Portage Market, Akron, $21,0005 Heninger, Piumbing _Supply Company, Akron, $25,000; Scliwartzer Wrecking Company, Dayton, Ohio, $100,000; -Midwest Automobile Sales Company, Dayton, $50,000; Dayton Fi- nancing Company, Dayton, $300,000; Z. ‘W. Davis, - Akron, $500,000; Apple Fi- nancing Company, Dayton, $300,000; erican_Rubber Company, Chicago, $85,000; H. M, Strong Metal Products Company, Cleveland, $6,000: Cleveland Home Manufacturing Company, $16,- 000; George B. Wickens, Loraine, Ohio, $103,000, and the Portage Packing Com- pany, Akron, $31,000. . / HELD ON MUTINY CHARGE. Members of Steamship’s Crew Ar- rested in New York. NEW YORK, August 24.—Two water tenders and a fireman, one of them a negro, from the steamship Alllanca | which arrived yesterday from Cristo- | bal, were held in $1,000 bail by United States Commissioner Stanton in Hoe- boken on charges of threatening the ship’s officers and inciting to mutiny. The Alllanca arrived with twenty marines on board, transferred at sea ) | ] from the battleship Connecticut at/: the request of Capt. James Stone, who feared open mutiny among a crew which he sald had been disordesly & large part of the yoysge | cénsideration : for the President’s approval. SENATE DECLINES T0 DROP BEER BILL Recess Faces Upset Through Insistence on Campbell- Willis Measure. After a two-hour wrangle the Sen- ate refused today to set aside the anti-beer bill conference report for of other legislation and gave every indication of heading toward a jam calculated’ to upset !plans for a thirty-day recess begin- ning tonight. s Charging that the Houss in defer- ring a vote on the Senate resolution for adjournment was holding a ham- mer over the Senatc conferees on the farmer relief bill, Senator Harrison, democrat, Migsissippl, sought to have the resolution returned, but it was ruled that such proceeding was not in order. Filtbuster Looms. Advocates of the anti-beer bill, after falling to get consent for a vote at § o'clock tonight, declared there was every evidence of a filibuster by sen- jators opposed to the measure, which ; would preclude consideration of other bills prior to the recess. - In an effort to break through the jam, Senator Jones, republican, Wash- ington, served notice that he would not consent to consideration of a-sin- gle measure until the beer legislation was on its way to the White House The upshot of the wrangle is that there is litile possibility of a recess for several dayvs, or perhaps a week, unless the House does the unexpected thing, and adopts the resolution to quit work for a month. Compromise Attacked. After Senator Sterling, Republican, South Dakota, in charge of the anti. beer measure, insisted on its im mediate consideration, Senator Reed. democrat, Missouri, his desk piled high with law books, began a speech attacking the .compromise which would permit prohibition offisers to search all of @ man's property, except his tl'mmty for liquor without a war- rant. ‘The House by a vote of 169 to 81 ratified the conference agreement on the anti-beer bill, under which the Stanley search and seizure amend- ment is neutralized together with the House substitute construed as legal- izing home brewing and distitling. Given Right of Wa: The conference report as soon as ap- proved by the House was called up and given the right of way in the Senate, but by general agreement subject to displacement ‘by a conference ~report on the agricultural relief bill. The Sen- ate remained in session last night in order to have the latter measure before it, as leaders had agreed that it was the most pressing legislation to be acted on before the recess. E it pro- There were indications that hibition leaders were bent upon keeping the anti-beer* bill to the fare, its op- [amna;lts would attempt to talk it to eath. Senator Sterling, republican, South Dakota, chief of the Senate managers, in explaining the compromise on the Stanley amendment relating to search of homes, which the Senate had adopt- ed by unanimous vote some weeks ago, declared there had been no hope of having the House approve it as originally drafted. Constant Interruptions. ‘There were constant interruptions from senators, who insisted that the law making & man's home his castle, was as old as the world. Senator Ster- ling insisted, however, that under the compromise a home could not be searched except on a warrant obtain- ed from a court, but that no warrant was required to search other property provided an officer had reasonable cause to suspect violation of law and was not actuated by violence. Adoption of the conference report was urged by Senator Nelson, repub- lican, Minn., who declared that the brewers, having falled to bring back the “genteel drink” of wine and beer| were trying to get beer for the sick to keep the American race from per- ishing. But it was to the credit of the medical profession, he added, that it had opposed the old-time beverage as a_medicine. < BACKS UP FORD' RATES. Ohio Utilities Commission Protests I. C. C. Suspension of Charges. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 24.—The Ohlo public utilities commission has sent § protest to the Interstate Com- merce Commission at Waghington against the action of that body in| suspending the reduction of freight rates volumtarily made. by Foi railroad, "the Detroit, Toledo and Ironten railroad. The Obio utilities commission de- clares such action unjust and & usur- pation of authority and conducive to t hardshi of Ohlo, % the cent v‘rntho Ford rallroad wu’g Have beooma effective September 1. |STIRLING PAYS TO STATE CASH ALLEGED WITHHELD Illinois Ex-Treasurer, Indicted With Gov. Small, Transfers $391,- 386.28 to His Successor. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. August A—m- terest in the capital today was directed at the action of Lieut. Gov. Fred Ster- ling in turning over to the state treasurer vesierday $391,386.28 _ in- terest earned on state m while he was state treasurer. Mr. Sterling recently was indicted | | | with Gov. R. Small and Vernon Curties, Grant- Park, Ill, banker, on jcharges of embezzlement and con- I spiracy involving $2,000,000 of state tunds Sterling’s friends say the account- ing had no connection with the de- mand. They pointed to a letter sub- mitted with the draft for the mon(—.\'! in which attention was called to an earlier letter to the state treasurer ) when Sterling turned over his affairs to his successor, in which he said that when all interest collections and | proper deductions for interest due thel federal government were made. hei would render a final accounting. With: the deposit yesterday, the in- terest collections “turned into {state treasury by Mr. Steiing for his two-vear term as stale treasurer, total” $998.133:85. - In a letter Mr. Sterlng expiained that this sum was “all the interest collected .by me- on state deposits since May 31, 1920, end that it in- cluded “interest to date on such col- lected interest items from the dates when the same came to my hands.” ASK LIBERAL FUND FOR PLAYGROUNDS Commissioners Expected to| Include Large Amount in Next Annual Estimates. A liberal appropriation for extension of the municipal “playground system | probably will be asked of Congress by the Commissioners in their next annual estimates being drafted at the District building this week. The amounts to be requested for the various act{vitles of the city govern- ment cannot be revealed by the Commis- sioners before they are submitted to Congress, but It is expected that sev- eral hundred thousand dollars will be allotted to plavgrounds. A tentative outline of the city’s budget will be lald befors National Budget Officer Dawes at the Treasury Depart- ment September 1 by Auditor Donovan, who is budget officer for the District. The complete book of estimates, with all detailed statements, will go to the Treasury Department on or before Sep- tember 15. Not Ready to Fix Tax Rate. Commissioner Rudolph said’ today that there is no foundation for re- orts that a tax rate of $2 per $100 of assessed value on real estate and tangible personal property has.al- ready been decided on for the fiscal year beginning next July. 3 The fixing of the tax rate, he pointed out, 13 an entirely separate question from the estimates, and cannot be fixed until after the next appropria- tion bill is.passed by Congress. It is true the law requires the Com- missioners to-limft their estimates to double the amount of revenue they expect to collect in the fiscal year 1922-1928, and in complying with that law the Commissioners must have some idea of the amount of revenue to.be collected. Highest Figure s $2. Under the law $2 is the highest tax rate the Commissioners may fix. The city heads .may use this maximum ! rate or they may use the present rate! of $1.82 in complling their estimates. But whatever rate they assume in compiling the estimates will- not necessarily be the tax rate for the next fiscal year. That rate can be determined, Mr. Rudolph pointed out, only after- the Commissioners kno hat the actual appropriations wflwtorr the next fiscal year, TWO KILLED IN WRECK. Two Dying and 25 to 35 Others In- jured in Cojorado, GRAND JUNCTION, Colo, August 2¢—Two pérsons are dead, two are injured as & result of a wreck on the Rio Grande znd Western Railroad near Gale, -Colo.,, early today. The dead are Douglas Armstreng, en- gineer, Grand Junction, Colo., and a man named Fairfield, belleved to be & resident of e | 1 | | | | California. ! CLAIMS ALTITUDE RECORD. A Lo Mo Ty ouae. what is Betleved. to be the American altitude record for an airplane S l:!l:l’lw - 7 : 1 i l PREPARE TOHOUSE DISARMING ENVOYS Real Estate Board Appoints| Special Committee for Work. | By the Associated Pres. TOKIO, August 24.—Japan’s ac- ceptance of the Invitation of President Harding to participate in the . eonference in Washington on far eastern questi: and din- armament in November mext, wax forwarded to Washington today. | | Responding to a request of the| State Department for co-operation in | providing suitable housing accommo- dations for the delegates to the dis- armament conference, the Washington Real Estate Board today announced the appointment of ‘a special committee, | hezded by John P. Story,.to represent the board in handling arrangements in this connection. The board has assued the State De- partment of its willingness to place its organization at the service of the embassies of the various foreigsn gov- | ernments having representation in the | conference, it was stated. | The special committee already has | met and outlined some preliminary | plans and will get to work in a practi- | cal way as soon as definite informa- | tion relative to the delegations is ob- tained, the board pointed out. Hotel Men Asked to Ald. Hotel men, through their local or- ganization, also have been asked by the State Department to assist in caring | for the diplomats ang attaches coming Washington for the parley. The Board of Trade and Chamber of Com- meree and many of the prominent clubs already have offcred 'their co- operation in finding piaces for the dele- gates to live and conduct their busi- | ness. The State Departmnent, it was learned today, is “thoroughly con-| tent” with the spirit of co-operation which has_been manifested by the| civic and business organizations of | Washington and by the citizens of the Capital. Undersecretary Fletcher has been -pleased to find that in answering to the call for aid in housing and otherwise caring for the ) hundreds of - delegates Washington | has shown a determination to lay{ aside all thought of personal gain or glory and has entered into the pre- liminary stages of the preparations with a will that overrides obstacles | and insures satisfaction. The citizenry of the National Capi-| tal realizes that in helping the gov- ernment entertain and house the of-| ficial guests of the nation they are| performing a ‘privilege never before presented on so large.a. scale, in the observation of State Department of- ficials. Definite arrangements for finding houses and offices for the foreign diplo-. mats during their stay in Washington are being held in abeyance by the fact| that actual fiIgures on the number of conferees to expect are not available at present. The State Department, it was learned today, has received esti- mates of the probable size of the delegations from most of the five| countries to be represented, but in view of the probability of wide vari- ation from these estimates and the disinclination of this government to make any announcement which might | embarrass the foreign governments in dly{nllnlsmtx!:’g orcnlarsing their dele- gations, the estimates submi Bot beon disclosed. T _ survey of the embassies and le- #ations of the five governments which (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) Today’s News in Paragraphs McAdoo disapproyes of railroad funding bill. Page Jugoslavia awaits recovery of before proclaiming hlmr{(ing.A 1;;‘;:::“ Spaniards re, Moors. ‘Women wage-earners rights with men in tion of 5 Page 4 “Hands off,” reply of mine men to Labor Department wage-cut augnms‘ P: Pulse savage attacks by Page 3 demand equal American Federa- tion. age 4 House asks Senate 's re- i Epoat Vols:_:aud‘.,.n O s Sir Sam. Hughes, noted Canadian, dies. Page 7 Controller Crissinger halls conference as | business tonic. Page 13 Officials see elements of danger in West Virginia strike situation. = Page u! Hungary's regent in scheme to put| Charles on- throne. Page 13 Panama issues arder for evacuation of Coto. Page 13 Irish will deliver peace reply to Lioyd George tomorrow night or Friday. Page 13 PRESIDENT LAYS TREATY WITH GERMANY BEFORE REPUBLICAN SENATORS AUSTRIAN TREATY SIGNED IN VIENNA; ERLIN IS READY Signature of German Minister Expected Today—Aus- trian Action Surprise. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, August 24—The treaty of peace with the United States was signed at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Negotlations for peace between the United States and Austria, as well as between the United States and Ger- many and Hungary, have been in progress for some time. By the Associated Press. Austria had been sign an Associated FPress dispatch Viennu, caused some surprise today at the State Department here, where of- ficfals said the expectation had been that the negotiations would be con- tinued for several days. Although the same official has surrounded prospective with Austria and Hungar shroud- ed the German treaty unt today. 1t was learned that negotiations have been under way at both Vienna and Budapest for several weeks. The negotiations at Vienna were carried on Arthur Hugh Frazier, the American (S oner there, and at Budapest by U. Grant Smith, the American com- missioner to Hungary. The nature of the treaty with Aus- tria and of that under negotiation with <ile trea Hungary are understood to be the same in_principal as the German treaty. They are expected to be fol- lowed by treaties of commerce and amity. Officials in discu: resolution, and signed peace Congre: 3 Harding, related to Austria and Hun- gary, as well as to Germauy. s passed by President WILL ASK $300.000 T0 RECLAIM FLATS War Department Estimates for 1923 to Include Ana- costia Project. Appropriation by Congress of $300,- 000 for carrying on the work of re- claiming the Anacostia flats is afked in estimates prepared b partment for the fis June 30, 1923, it is understood This sum, it is said. bly and advantageously expended dur- ing the next fiscal year in purcha additional land, in rxecuting parking plans and in land development work, |in addition to continuing the regular work of dredging the Anacostia river, sea-wall construction and stmilar reclamation processes. A like amount was requested of Congress for the fiscal vear ending |June 30, 1922, but the appropriation actually made was $100.000, or one- third the estimate submitted by en- gineer officers. Active Operations Stopped. As a result of the she age of funds it was necessary to disc. ntinue aciive operations of a major character Sep- tember 10, 1920, it is learned. as the funds would have been exhausted in one or two months, with not enough floating plant or provide for any one to ook after records, it is declared Work has heen carried on up to the Benning road, where an actual bai rier has been created by Congre: against further work on the upper portion of Anacostia Park by a lim- itation placed in the last District of Columbia appropriation act. This limitation _is to the effect that all money appropriated by that act should be expended below Benning road, between the Benning bridge and the Anacostia and Pennsylvania Ave- nue bridges. This restriction pre- vents the initiation of any work to- ward placing a proposed draw-span in the Benning “twin bridges” so that various dredges, derrick boats and excavating plants cannot ascend the Anacostia river to engage necessary preparatory work of buil ing levies, etc., to form an fmpound- ing basin into which the larger dredges later pump excavated mate- riaf, it is reported. Made Ground Obtat The entire section between the Ana- costia and _Pennsylvania Avenue bridges has been reclaimed to date, transforming the territory from a marsh into “made ground.” The reclamation process consists in dcep- ening the channel of the river by dredging and pumping the excavated mud from the water area, it is ex- plained. It is estimated that a total of 4,400,000 cubic vards of dredged material has been removed. When the floating plant and equip- ment valued at $200,000 used in this 2| Work is allowed to lle idle through lack of funds, engineers state, there 3!result not only direct losses in de- terloration but intangible losses in efficiency of the working organization and stoppage of regular maintenance. “These losses, It is said, are impossible of actual calculation, but must be in- cluded as part of the cost which does not appear but which is involved in handling the project. ing plans up to the yBenning g:l'c}‘gcn‘. where work hds been estopped; has been purchased, con- tracted for or condemned. SEEKS SEPARATE TREATY. Hungary Official Says Negotiations With U. S. Are Under Way. BUDAPEST. August 23.—Negotia- tions for 8 separate peace treaty between Hungary and the United States have boen started, Forelgn Minister Banffy announced today. Foderal agents searching waters at s for rum runners hail- ing from the Bshamas. Page 13 in Mexico arranged c’oh;immé&%n:“m George T. Sumaer: Ball rent bill passed in Houss by vote . j0L'188 to 63, . Page 38 { - r in t Smith, American high commis- ?1::& in Budapest, is acting for the tates. 'Ji‘undwfl’ dispatch on August 156 annount the unsnimous u;pmv..lt by the Bt 8ena Word that a treaty of peace with| reccived in| from | ng the signature | pointed out that ; can De profita- | left even to place watchmen on the | So far all the land covered by the of the ra,-n‘l:dn_ of _the United Foreign Relations Committeemen Called In. PACT PROVISIONS MEET APPROVAL Secretary Hughes to Explain Terms in Full Detail. Details of the peace treaty between the United States and Germany were laid before republican members of the 1Senate foreign relations committee by | President Harding and Secretary {Hugles at a conference held today at the White House. enator Lodge of Massachusetts, irman of the foreign relations announced after the com- mittee for 2 o'clock this {afternoon, at which time Seeretary | Hughes would give more detailed in- formation as to the treat Terms of the frexdy were said to {have met with no opposition by any of the membwrs of the foreign rela- {tions comm and it was declared ithat zll gave to it their cordial ap- proval. Treaty Comparatively Short. Republican_members of the Senate commit ttending the conference irefuscd to discuss the terms of the treaty, but it was learned that it is A comparativ short document. The President, it was stated, hopes date. It was explained, however, that i for ratification of the pact at an early | he would not ask the Senate to forego {its thirty-day recess, xet to begin to- s desired that the Senate at the same time, slative body does tember 20 Primarily Peace Treaty. The ofictal statement with respect to the conference as made at the White - House emphasized that the treaty was primarily a peuce treaty, and that its ratification would be followed by a treaty of commerce and & V.. An agreement, it w ted, has been entered into with the German not to make the text of the peace treaty public until the sig- natures of Ellis Loring Dresel, the American commissioner in Berlin, and Dr. Friedrich Rosen, the German for- eign minister, have been affixed. This, according to press dispatches from Berlin, will take place today. The text of thé treaty, it was suid, them would be made public simultaneously in Berlin and Washington. President Critieised. The conference later was referred to in the House by Representative Connally, democrat, Texas, who criticised the President for not in- viting democratic members of the Senate foreign relations committee to participate in the conference. “Why didn't he talk things over with both democrats and republicans, as President Wilson did when he came back from Paris?” asked Mr. Iy government Conn: Conference Lasts Hour. The conference between the Presi- dent, Secretary Hughes and the re- publican members of the Senate for- eign relations committee ended at 110330 o'clock, about an hour having been spent in discussion. The object of the conference was not announced prior to the assembling. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, chair- man of the foreign relations commit- tee, was the first to arrive at the White House, reaching there at 9:15 o'clock, the time set for the confe ence. He was followed by Senators Brandegee, Connecticut, and Kellog, Minnesota. Secretary Hughes was the next to make his eppearance, and }Senators Moses, New Hampshire; Me- I Cormick, Illinois, and Knox, Pennsyl- {vania, followed Senator Borah of Idaho, one of the | republican committee m: {not_attend the conferenc ex- | plained to newspaper men that he had not declined the President’s invita- tion, but “was unable to attend on {account of other matters.” enator Johnson of California, who, like Senator Borah, was an irrecon- cilable in the fight over the treaty of Versailles, also was absent from the conference. The California senator has not been in Washington for si eral day, & WILL RESTORE RELATIONS. {Dresel and German Foreign Min- | ister Figure in Ceremony. | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 24—Friendly rela- tions between the governments of Germany and the United States, which were interrupted on February 3, 1917, were to be restored by the signature of the treaty of peace between the two nations here today. Arrangements for the event completed yesterda: clared that i were and it was de- 3 { figures in to- {day’'s ceremony would be Ellis Loring 1 Dresel, United States commissioner here, and Dr. Friedrich Rosen, Ger- man foreign minister, who would affix their signatures 19 the convention. Officiais engaged in framing the treaty and those who had been taken into their confidence were reticent to the details of the document. Imm. diate resumption of diplomatic rels-. tions between Germany and the United States was to be provided for, but it was understood that matte pertaining to commercial, economic |ind financial affairs were to be met- tled in supplementary agreements. {SILENT ON_RUM-RUNNING. !Members of Crew Arrested Refuse to Give Information. NEW YORK, August 24.—Michael Murphy and Robert Pike, members of the crew of the Britieh schooner Henry L. Marshall, which was seized by the coast guard cutter Seneca off the New Jersey coast last month, were held in contempt of court yesterday for their re- fusal to answer questions concerning the personnel and the alleged run-running activities of the vessel. Joseph Maul. a French-Canadian and a third member of the crew, who professed not to under- stand the oath required of witnesses, wes held for a hearing later upon his re- fusal to give the information desired. ‘The three men have been held in the Raymond street jail, , 28 mate rial witnesses since seized. inveStigation into. o aaisone o’ the. Eround. et estior :“wen might incriminate thems y | o