Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1921, Page 1

g - n‘,’w WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight and tomor- row; probaLly local thundershowers: rot much chinge in temperature. Temperature for twenty-two hours cnded at noon today: Highest, 92, at 9 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 71, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on Page 6. New. York Stock Market Closed Today 59 Entered d-class No. 28251, Forshes Wesmington B o FEDERAL TROOPS TAKE UP WEST VIRGINIA POSITIONS; FIRING RESUMED IN MINGO Both United States and State Military Author- ities Expect Belligerency on Boone-Logan Boundary to Disappear Entirely Today. MINERS WILL BE GUARDED BY SOLDIERS IF THEY AGREE TO RETURN TO HOMES Leader Charges Planes Dropped Gas Pipe Bombs Over Mines;. Says One Fell Between Women—Armed Men De- termined to Await U. S. Protection. The situation in West Virginia, where federal troops were taking their stations today in accordance with directions to re- store order and put a stop to the mine war, was discussed by Presi- dent Harding and Secretary Weeks at a conference held shortly before noon at the White House. . The nature of the subjects discussed at the conference was not revealed, but it was presumed that the War Secretary laid be- fore the President the latest reports from West Virginia. Whether the question of, declaring martial law in the disturbed area was taken up likewise was not disclosed. ? By the Associated Press. LOGAN, W. Va, September 3.—Firing was resumed a short time before noon from a machine gun along Crooked creek. The def:nders| said they had been unable to locate it. * ‘The bodies of two men killed in the fighting on Blair mountain yes- terday were brought here today. They were members of the attackin, forces, the authorities said. Identity was not disclosed. ¢ WILLIAMSON, W. Va., September 3—Firing from the Kentucky hills along Tug river into West Virginia mining villages was resumed this morning shortly after the guard, which Maj. Tom Davis, Gov. Mor- gan’s personal representative in Mingo county, had maintained during the night, had been withdrawn. No one was hurt, Maj. Davis said. With the withdrawal of the state police from Mingo county to rein- force the “defense army” in Logan, Maj. Davis mustered into the state service a company of the new National Guard. These men were supple- mented by some 500 volunteers, who have been held in readiness here @he 3 . 7 ening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D, C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1921—EIGHTEEN PAGES. JAPAN STATESMEN FACING POLITICAL SUICIDE IN PARLEY None Eager to Handle Dis- armament and Far East Questions at Conference. COUNT CHINDA LIKELY TO HEAD DELEGATION Strong Sentiment Against America as Result of Propaganda—Would Call U. S. to Account. BY JU WOOD. By Cable to The Star and Chlcago Daily News. Copyright, 1 TOKIO, Japan, September 3.—The mystery enshrouding Japan's delega- tion to the disarmament conference at Washington is expected to be cleared up when Count Chinda, who is ac- companying the crown prince, arrives here. The government is delaying the formal announcement of the personnel’ of the delegation in the hope that the veteran diplomat will head it. Another peculiarly local con- dition that does not exist in any other country is dampening the ardor of the Japanese statesmen who might aceept the high honor of membership in the delegation. The delegates of no other country expect disapproval at home and the finish of their polit- ical careers should they unworthily represent their country. The dele- gates from Japan are confronted with political suicide, regardless whether they make a justifiable failure or a brilliant success crowns their ardent efforts. Result of Home Propaganda. This peculiar condition is the ob- vious result of the consistently chauvinistic home propaganda for the purpose of intensifying national pride and confidence. Whatever Japan's position, the result of the conference will not fulfill the expectations al- ready aroused by unofficial agencies. Japanese statesmen have not forgot- ten that the brilliant career of Prince Komura ended abruptly after he rep- resented the hatien at the signing of for possible eventualities in the coal strike zone along Tug river. Shootng from the Kentucky side | committee, which will meet on Sep- was reported several times during the week, the principal object of I.l-] tack being Merrimac. Last night Maj. Davis had his en- tire force of some 600 men along the forty miles of border, but only cnce were they fired upon. They were withdrawn this morning, and reperts reached Maj. Davis within an hour afterward that the demonstration against Merrimac had been resumed. , Maj. Davis said he did not know ‘Whether fe were to be sent to Mingo, he felt that with his present force he could maintain order in the county. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va., September 3. —The remaining troops ordered into the disturbed tountles of the south- Western part of the state arrived to- day and took up positions designated by Bfig. Gen. Hi. H. Bandholtz, in command of the federal soldiers. The fitst of the troops aghived last night at Madison, Boone county, behind the lines of the armed bands farther up the mountain at the Logan county line. The soldiers arrived late and did not leave the twenty-three cars that conveyed them to Madison. They, how- ever, had a strong guard out. Both the federal and state military = he ; authorities believed today will see t! elc‘n be found and that the accused ndary line and the mine-<imen will surrender themselves as will}Soon as they have satisfactory assur- to tnemr i ance their lives will be protected. lis also sald they want assurance end of the belligerency on the Boone- Lovwan bo and others gathered rapidly disperse and return qmmes under the protection of the fed- efal troops. International Vice President Philip| Murray of the United Mine Workers' expressed his personal judgment in a statement last night that the pres- ence of the federal troops will result in immediate quiet being restored. 'Will Welcome Troops. “The men will welcome the federal Aroops with oven arms,” ke said. Dis- trict Vice President William Petry of Charleston said he had assurances from the men that they would not oppose the regular troops and would obey their orders and regulationa. Gen. Bandholtz did not anticipate ‘meeting any trouble, and it is not ex- | pected the 2,000 troops held in reserve | in_Army camps will be nceded. There were reports Lere early today that there was a movement toward home in progress late yesterday. It| was_expected the federal authorities would arrive at a decision today on the question of declaring some form of martial law in_the counties of Ka- nawha, Boone, Logan and Mingo. “Drastic proclamation, if one is issued, is_not expected here. Telephone and telegraph communi- cation_with Fayette county was in- terrupted early today, according to advices_received at Gov. Morgan's office. Inquiry at the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, Kanawha and Michi- gan railroad, Chesapeake and Poto- mac Telephone Company and mel there American District Telephone and Telegraph Company offices brought responses that all lines were down. Fayette County Included. Fayette county was included in the list of cmlnflelt'lu be affetted should martial law be proclaimed following the arrival of federal troops. Efforts are to be made by the Unit- ed Mine Workers to have the Senate tember 19 to investigate the mining situation in Mingo county, W. Va. broaden the scope of its inquiry, so a: to include the area mow being occu pied by federal troops. Philip Mur- ray has stated he would go before the committee and. ask that it ex- tend its investigation to Kanawha, Boone, Logan, McDowell and- other counties where miners have been at o0dds with the coal companies. Failing in this, Murray. said, he would bring the miiners® ‘natignat’ dianapolis on September 20, with the purpcse cf Maving it requesc Pros dent Hardifig to use his good offices to have the Senate committee broaden its inquiry or have another commit- tee appointed. Men Want Assurance. Sheriff Walker of Kanawha county, of which Charleston is a part, has not yet been able to serve warrants upon District President Charles *F. Keeney and District Secretary Fred Mooney of the United Mine Workers, who were indicted in Mingo county for alleged connection with a shoot- ing in_that county several months ago. Neither official has been at the miners’ headquarters since the sher- Iff Teceived the warrants on Wednes- ay. It was said here that members of the organization know where they It they will be admitted to bail. A rep- resentative of the miners said it was believed the state would fight any movement to release the men on bonds. A change of venue from Mingo county would be asked if Keeney and Mooney are placed on trial in Mingo county, it was said. TROOPS AT MADISON. Cheered as They Arrive—Miners Ready to Disperse. By the Associated Press. MADISON, W. Va., September 3.— Two previsional companies of Regular Army infantry from Fort Thomas, Ky., in command of Capt. John J. Wil- son, arrived here last night after a two-hour run from St. Albans, and left early today for Sharples and other points further up Coal river. They were the first federal troops to enter the disturbed area. At 5:30 o'clock a.m. a train from Camp Sher- man arrived here. It carried mules and field kitchen. When the first train_of troops arrived in Madison last night the soldiers were cheered by a little group of men gathered at the station. Later the group was augmented until there was several hundred men and women surrounding the train. W. M. Blizzard, subdistrict presi- dent of the United Mine Workers, after a conference with Capt. Wilson, left shortly after midnight for points on the firing line to inform the miners federal troops had arrived. Flat Cars Pushed Ahead. ‘Three flat cars were pushed ahead of the engine on the trip from St. (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) .Gompers Tells President Peace < Alone Will Not Be a Remedy President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor told President “Marding today that against the au- thority of the government of the United States “the people of West Virginia cannot and must not stand in hostile array.” Mr. Gompers and James Lord, presi- dent of the Mining Department Feder- ction, called on the President, they explained, to lay before him the sit- uation as they viewed it. Mr. Gompers said he also told the President that after all, when the men have obeyed the order of the Presi- dent and dispersed, “it may crush their spirit, but that is no remedy of the acute situation as it exists in West Virginia and nothing will be settled.” The federation president urged Mr. ‘Harding to adopt the suggestion of President Lewis of the United Min orkers of America, that a confer- ence of operators and miners be called to endeavor to reach a conclusion, ‘which would not only settle the pres- ent controversy, but establish better- relations between the miners and op- erators for the future. The President, Mr.. Gomp sald, tuation before the v onvention e fac | tude-or the treaty of Portsmouti, What Japan received disappointed the exaggerated expectations | home, and, reception when he returned, ® it was necessary to have a guard smuggle Komura ‘ashore and protect their fel- low countryman. He died soon after, broken in health and spirits. Discussion of Outcome. Government officlals are recovering from their firt surprise today in ex- ecting the conference to have bene- icial world-wide resuits. The atti- “of"the ‘most eorse! A papers—the Osaka _ Mainichl, e | Tokio Asahi, the Jiji Chuo and the { Chugai Shogyo—has been comsistent. ly sane; the socialistic Yomiuri b lieves all nations, including Japan, capitalistic and hypocritical: the Hochi, the organ of the miljtaristic Marquis Okuma, is wavering between a patriotic desire that the conference | will help Japan and the political hope | that the results of the conference | will eternally discredit the Hara min- | istry. The Yorodzu and the Kokumin consider the ‘conference a conspiracy between the United States and Great Britain against Japan's honor, the | Yorodzu contending that Japan should devote all her energies to self de- fense and the Kokumin urging prep- arations to “chastise the wayward, selfish America, 2 second Germany.” The most talkative army officrs, col- lege professors and other profesy sional jingoists invariably belong to the latter camp. Strongly Againat Amerlea. Starting a fire is easier that prevent- ing a fire and the psychological result of public sentiment among that part of the population aware of the coming con- | ference is that they are strongly against America and have a sccondary griev- ance against Great Britain. They have nothing particuldy against France, Italy and China except that they are likely to agree with America. One newspaper disposed of them with the explsnation that France, Italy and China are sec- ond-rate powers that should not have been invited to the conference Wwhere Japan, England and America are first- rate powers capable of settling the ‘world’s affairs.’ “Japan should call America to ccount frequently, strongly and as pérsistently as possible, so that America will be practically silenced at the conference, says the Yorodzu. “It is unreasonable that a land area so large as America, indispensabie_to the existence of man- kind, should be monopolized by a single country with a population so small as that of America.” Numerous Suggestions Made. Though suggestions are lacking as to what Japan intends to do about its own armament reduction, there are numerous suggestions what Ja- pan should propose to the othex mna- tions to do. Seven jingoist profes- sors, some of them said to be ad- visers to the conference, are holding an alarmist meeting. One suggests that should America propose that Japan evacuate Shantung, Japan should demand that America abandon the Philippines, Guam and Hawaii and return America to the Indians, and should Great Britain broach the re- turn of Shantung, Japan should de- mand the abandonment of Weihai- wel and Hongkong. Others more modest merely ask the razing of the forts at the Panama canal, in the Philippines, Guam and Hawail and internationlaize the cables and radios on the islands. Should America be permitted to bring up Korea, Japan should retaliate by demanding a dis- cussion of Haitl and Mexico. Mexican Situation Disturbs Japan. Since a local savant evolved the theory that the Mexicans are de- scendants of the Japanese, Japan suf- listened with keen interest and sym- |fers acutely. on account of the dis- pathy to his appeal, but stated that |turbed conditions in Mexico, though his first duty as President was to es- tablish the authority of the United |Japanese ancestry. Sta{:! and the maintenance of order. the Mexicans are unaware of their Seven professors believe that Japan ought to rescue leaving the White House Mr.|the country from “Amercian unscrup- Gompers dictated a statement review- | Ulousness,” and annex it to Japan by ing the situation and touching grounds Covered by his statement of Thursday. on | TiEht of discovery and original set- tlement. Should America mention the Monroe doctrine, Japan ought to After referring to the wage award | €Voke & similar doctrine and refuse last year and the “disorganizati of the miners, “first by injunction” and imposition of {individual contracts, Mr. Gompers declared that “gunmen and detective agencies are really the cause of the whole conflict now.” “The operators have refused,” he said, “to conform the output of the mines to what -has been and is the practice in every other coal field in the United States or in any other country of which I know. The uni- versal practice outside of West Vir- ginia is. to weigh coal by the ton as to the output of the men. Instead of this in these mines they have mine America the right of discussion in far eastern affairs. Though conservative men respon- sible for Japan'd welfare, nationally and internationally, do not entertain and do not voice any such ideas, it is well known that the jingees are instilling these into- the minds of the people. Naturally such a back- ground at home does mot lead to & rush for membership in the dele- lon. T SWISS TO JOIN LOAN. BERN, September 2.—It has been cars which have a capacity of from |decided by the Swiss government to two to five tons, and they pay for the |shire to the amount ‘nt 25,000,000 highest and largest quantity of coal!francs in the loan which the entente in these cars and pay the men $1.4 per car load of five tons, fully 50 to 60 per cent less than would be the|guarantees on condii #ol 0 | countries are considering for Austria. Switserland also will renounce certain tion that the other countries do instead of a triumphal | Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the ase for republication of all news disptches credited to it or mot otherwise eredited in this vapér and also the local news published herein. Al rights of publication of spechl Qspatches bereis are also reserved. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 84,311. TWO CENTS. l TE— = 187,383 1S SAVED ON POSTAL FORMS Reductions in Size Made and ‘Double’Address Cards Furnished. A saving of approximately $187,383.61 has been secured on blank forms used by the postal service since January 31 last, according to a report made today ¥ the committee on blank forms of the : Post Office Department. By reductions in size of forms, fur- i nishing cards with double address, and other means savings were made as follows: January 31, $42,653.98; June 30, | £45,913.02, and August 31, $47,131.86, i making a total of $135,698.86. Cemmittee Recommendation. “Under date of February 9, 1321, fre-committee recommended the redwe- tion in size of blank facing slips and the extenslve uze of strip labels, ‘which »recommendation, based upon the quality used during the preced- | ing year and’ the then prevailing prices, would have resulted in an cstimated savings of $51,684.75," re- ported the committee. “We understand that this recoms | mendation has been adopted, and the committee feels justified in claiming the additional saving as indicated. On that basis the actual savings accom- plished by and through the efforts of Ithe committee would amount to! | $187,383.61. ¢ : {ROBBERY SUSPECTS HELD Mexicans Arrested Had $30,905! TU. 8. Gold in Possession. I LOS ANGELES, Calif., September 3. | —Augustin Autunez, twenty-five, who sald he was a Mexican customs officer at Tijuana, Lower California, and Romero Breton, twenty-five, a clerk | in the same office, were arrested here | today with-$30,905 in United Statesj gold coin in their possession. They | and Harry J. Waldrig, seventeen, chauffeur, were held on suspicion of robbery. Autunesz, the police said, told them he brought the gold into the Unned] States “for safekeeping.” PERIL IN MAIL CRANES. ‘West Virginia Official Asks Change of Locations by Postal Service. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va., September 3.—As a result of a serious accident to an engineer on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, when he was struck by a mail crane, E. E. Winters, chief railway inspector of the Public Service Commission, has sent a re- quest to the superintendent of the railway mail service at Washington, asking that the mail cranes be re- located at a safe distance from the tracKs. Several years ago a railroad engi- neer wi kliled instantly when he was struck in the head by a malil crane. Inspector Winters explained that the cranes were considered dt a safe distance from the track when they were constructed, but that the modern locomotive is much larger in size and the cranes are ornly a few inches from the cab. toward our city. “The Mirrors of Dan cation of this remarkable PANANA WARNED Features of Tomorrow’s Star “Washington as the World’s Diplomatic Center” Sterling Heilig, writing from Paris, gives the French outlook, and says 6ld world capitals are casting eyes First of a series of sketches on British leaders by “The Man With the Duster.” First newspaper publi- The Best Fiction of Today by America’s Leading Authors Silent Airplanes May Wreak Havoc In Next Great War =By wirelesy to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1021. September claims to have found to n mechanical problem which will revolutionize the mext war ux nothing elxe will—the nilent airplanc. ‘The first attempt with the mew aircraft, which will creep over aleeping hostile cit- dex on dark nights without a thunderous warning being giv- en the inhabitants by the roar of propellors, was made today and, the inventor claims, with wuccens. The new airplane, whick strongly resembles the average machine, but has mno motor, made a flight of five kilometers in thirteen minutes, with fts in- ventor, Engineer Kiemperer of Alx Ia Chapeliz, piloting it. Klemperer took off from a hill 3,080 feet high and climbed to perer’s. gL act ax a turnihg polmt evslution of aireraft.- 1 OF HER ATTITUDE Col. Morrow in Note Charges “Day of Mourning” Is Anti- U. S. Propaganda. By the Aswociated Press. PANAMA, September 3.—Col. Jay J. Morrow, governor of the Canal Zone, has addressed a note to the Panaman government charging that i the projected closing down of all} business on Labor day as an expres- slon of public mourning for the loss of the Coto district, on the Costa Rican frontler, “is “anti-American propaganda’” Gov. Morrow states that this attitude on the part of the government might lead to disturb- ances next Monday throughout the republic. Proposals that there be erected a monument commemorating the Coto affair are qualified by Gov. Morrow as a “hostile act toward the United States and one that would engender ill feeling between the two people.” He points out the strong ties linking Panama and the United States, and declares it is necessary to maintain amicable relations. Disturbances, he declares, would bring about the po- licing of the cities of Panama and Colon by American forces. Secretary of Foreign Relations Al- faro, in reply, has stated that the Panaman government is animated by a desire to maintain amicable rela- tions, and that anti-American propa- ganda and the movement for the erec- tion of a Coto monument will net re- ceive sanction from the government. RELIEVED OF SEA DUTY. Capt. Charles R. Train, command- ing squadron three, destroyer force, Atlantic fleet, has been ordered to this city for duty in the bureau navigation, Navy "Department. Street” work. _The Rotogravure Section «. of The Sunday Star. Contains the very latest news and feature " ‘phétographs. They are gathered from all over the world for Washington readers. ‘The finest rotogravure section in America today. ’ A HERESY IN THE OLD DOMINION. IPRESIDENT LAUDS i | | — i . (00 YEARS' PEACE Says Unfortified Boundary, U. S. and Canada, Shows World Grows Wiser. An unfortified boundary line more than 3,000 miles long between the United States and Canada is the best testimony that the world grows wiser and better, President Harding said in a letter today to be read at the dedi- cation of a peace portal in commemo- ration of more than a century of un- interrupted peace between America and Great Britain. The Portal, to be dedicated Septem- ber 6 on the international line, was Samuel Hill of Seattl ioH "Gf the “sign! the occasion the President wrote Mr. Hill as follows: *The ancient Romans erected a tem- ple to Janus, a dispenser of peace and war, and ordered that its gates should never be closed while the nation was at war. In seven centuries they are said to have been closed but -three times. You have erected a temple of reace, whose gates are never to be cloged save in war. Already it stands for more than a century of unbroken peace between Britain and America, and we all join in the hope that in coming times it may commemorate an era of peace much longer than the poriod of wars for which the Temple of Janus stood.” “Our century and more of peace with the British empire; our rela- tions of unbroken amity with Canada; the fact that a boundary line over 3,000 miles long remains unfortified— these are the testimonies that the world grows wiser and better. All mankind looks to this example, yearns to follow it; and we are justi- fied to believe that 3 time is at hand wken it may ta%e a long step in that direction. On the occasion of dedica- tion of- the Pacific Peace Portal I wish to convey to you personally my high appreciation of your patriotic service in providing a symbolic shrine to international peace; and in_doing 50 I would also thank the Pacific Highway Association (the builder of the portal) for the fine co-operation it has rendered.” SENATOR PHIPPS ILL. In Serious Condition in New York Hospital. Senator Phipps of Colorado is se- riously fll in Flower Hospital, New York, according to Information reach- ing the White House today. The sen- ator was taken suddenly ill in his summer home at Watch Hill, R. L, yesterday and rushed to the hospital on the advice of physicians. He was operated upon immediately upon his| arrival at the hospital, as the phy- | sicians believed his condition ex- tremely dangerous. His condition | today I8 reported as bheing “very sat< isfactory.” Senator Phipps had not | been suffering as far as any one| knows, and the suddenness of the at- | tack surprised his friends and family. H PRESIDENT 10 GET PLAN OF WELCOME 10 FOREIGN ENVOYS ‘ D. C. HEADS CONFER WITH OFFICIALS ON CHGOL ESTIMATES Commissioners Go Over Most Important ltems for Year With Dr. Ballou. IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM MAY REACH $9,000,C00 Betterment of Streets Also Being Given Thorough Consideration. Regarded as Urgent Necessity. Formal Proposal for Civic Committee Expected to Be Taken Up Next Week. President Harding feels there should be a genuine and becoming spirit of hospitality evinced on the part of the resident population of the National Capital during the period of the con- ference to Me held here this fall for the discussion of placing a limitation on armament. The chief executive is anxious that the many distinguished visitors from abroad who will be here during the scssions be made as happy and as comfortable as possible. In his opin- ion the representative citizens with the leaders among various local bodies and organizations should do their share in making this possible. The: should aid in the promoting of fai ness and good sense on the part of the citizenship in the treatment ac- corded the visitors, he believes. Favors Civic Committee. In this cornection he is favorably inclined to the creation of an official central civic committee to aid the State Department in arranging for the reception and entertainment of the delegates, their respective staffs and assistants and the hundreds of others who will be on hand more or less in the capacity of onlookers. The President already has made this fact known! Although the pian has not been formally brought to his attention, he has becn acquainted with the proposition and appeared greatly impressed with the possibilities of having such a body of local men as- sisting in making the visitors com- fortable. It is understood that the matter will be brought to him in a formal manner mext week. and it -is that he will start the machinery in ‘motion for the ereation of such a com- mittee. Anxious for Co-Operation. It is believed by those who are anx- lous to have such a body working in conjunction with the officiais of the State Department intrusted with the management of the wholg affair that the commitgee should be formed some- thing afterthe nature of the former inaugural committees, with ome direct ing head and with a number of sub. committee chairmen selected because of their particular qualification to di- rect some part of the detail work as- signed to the general committee. Fo instance, this committee could a. in arranging for the transportation, the street decorations, the housing and the working facilities and many other problems which will arise when the time arrives. Also this committee could see to it that the expressed wish of the President regarding the spirit of hospitality and faitness be carried out to the letter and that the good name of America and of the District of Columbia be maintained throughout the world—that no one of the visitors would return to his home disgruntled or bitter because of any treatment re- ceived while in this city. The local business men and officials who have been advancing the idea of creating this committee are anxious that there should be no violations of this spirit of fairness and hospitality and that the coming event should not be taken by some residents to be a time for a ONLY ONE BODY MISSING. All Americans But One Recovered From_ZR-2 Disaster. HULL, England, September 3.—The body of only one of the Americans ‘who lost their lives in the recent ZR-2 disaster is missing—that of William Julius of Los Angdles, Calif. The in- quests opened today on the four latest bodies to be recovered, includ- ing those of J. T. Hancock and Lieut, H. W. Hoyt, were adjourned until October 4, the date set for the in- quests for the others. It is expected that the fifteen Ameri- | X! can bodies already recoverd will be held here until the body of Julius is recovered, when all of them will be sent to America together. WOULD SING IN U.'S. °f | Russian Bdsso, Barred From Eng- land, Desires to Aid Famine Cause. RIGA, September 2.—Theodore Cha- Mapine, the noted Russian operatic basso, has formally applied to John P. Huyrley, the American consul here, for permission to go to the United States to sing for the benefit of the famine sufferers of soviet Russia. The de- |1 cision rests with the Washington gov- ernment, to which the application has been referred. ‘The local British officials recently refused_ Challapine permission to go to | Stat England, but an appeal has been made to’ London. IToday’s News in Paragraphs| VISITS OF Canal Zone governor warns Panama her attitude toward U. 8. Page 1 President calls unfortified boundary with Canada evidepce world grows wiser. 1 Three Killed tn thunder shower. Rod Cross to aid Russian Relfef. ; Page 3 President attends memorial services for King Peter. Page 3 Bar association members at flying fleld for aviation law data. Page 3 Alien property custodian favors hold! _ German property till claims b Chinese miniater says Americans wel- K in China. - Page 3 Zionist congress at Karisbad state, money harvest. Warnings Are Recelved. Already there have been warnings of this nature brought to the atten- tion of the President. One_ example made known at the White House, is 1o the effect that the owner of a cCer- tain residence which has been offered for sale at $15.000 has offered it to one of the mations to be represented here, to house the staff to accompany its delegates, at a rental of $3,000 a month. It is known that the President looked: upon this as evidence of poor hospitality and of greed. It is known also that the matter of housing the coming envoys and their assistants was among the subjects discussed by the cabinet yesterday. This incident of alleged attempted profiteering is nown to have been brought to the attention of- the cabinet and that from the President down, the opinion expressea was that “such a violation of the spirit that ought to be main- tained calls for a cure by the good sense and fairness of the people of Washington.” Ball Act Cited as “Cure” It has been made known at the White Fiones. that the President is extremely serious in his ambitions regarding the complete success of the ‘conference and that the visitors nrust be accorded a becoming hos- pitality and among other matters ‘brought to his attention in this con- nection the exercise of the Ball rent act should readily serve as one of the “cures” mentioned in connection with possible attempts at profiteer- Ing. fore the President takes up for- mally the proposition of appointing a central civic committee, the matter will be given consideration by the ~ : It has been announced at the White (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) The C sicners are in session to- day with school officials perfecting a final draft of the school estimates for the_next fiscal year, which, it is re- ported. il aggregate between $7,000,000 and $9,060,000. The ciiy heads arc going over with Supt. Bailou each item in the school- building program to determine the most urgent ones that should be asked for this year. Dificult Problem. The school program is one l_ll the largest factors in the District’s an- i nual budgee and the question of limit- ing the school estimates is the nost difficult problem facing the Commis- sioncrs, icners in drafting their next fiseal v ave not overlooked the necessity ifor improving the cond.tion of th of the city. sireets anG rozds al estimated sum for new airs to cxieting s of suburban road i run cloze to a million and Sums Appropriated. For the past two years Congress nct cut the lump sum of 000 s to strcets and the $250.000 D of suburban roads. i r of new how - H e vear 4 In " the i vear they had al- are post - -cumuiz have to that will e paved in the near future. jWOULD CONTROL BUSSES. Maryland Public Service Commis- sion Files Test Saits. Special Dispatch to The Star. E CUMBERLAND, d.. September. public serviee commissicn of Mar Iand. throuch Wiiligm Cabell Bruce of Baltimore, gencral counsel. and Willlam C.Walsh, locai counsel, has filed three suits in the that Vance G 1y Pattison, Vance Goldswy T. Buckeli and Chalme all of Lonaconing, be restrai operating motor busses for the carrving passenzers. They operate between Lonaconing and * Luke, . carrying men 1o and from work at the puilp and paper miil The object of the su I power of the public s is to test the rvice commission to require operators of motor vehic engaged in the transportation of p; senzers and goods on the streets and improved roads of Marviand to obtaln a permit for such taffic as a common car- rier. l The court issued an order for the de- fendants to show cause on or before September 12. It is unde or more similar compia; filed from all over Maryland by steam and electric railways, hinging upon a decision in this case. LONG CHASE ENDS. Detective Gets Man After Trailing Him Year and a Half. W YORK, September 3—After chase ihat led over the ted States ard Canada for more than x year and a half, a detcctive here ar- rested Framcis M. Sheridan, who, the police say, was under indictman’ for the thefc of $47,000 worth of negoti- able bonds from the Guaranty Trust Company. where he had becn employ- jed as transfer clerk. | The detective had missed his man scveral times in the long chase, but picked him out of a 5th avenue crowd as he rode by on a ous. e STOCK SALE DENIED. Farmers Finance Corporation Transaction Declared “Deceptive.” ST. PAUL, September 3.—The Farm- ers’ Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of the United States Grain Grower: Inc., is denied the right to sell $750,- 000 of preferred stock in Minnesota, in an order issued by the state se- curities commission, which declared the “offer and s: . * mislead- ing and deceptive. In its application to the commis- sion, the farmers corporation reported it had issued its twenty-one shares of no par value stock to the United States Grain Growems, Inc. a non- stock corporation, formed under the laws of Delaware, andl also had issued 127 shares <of the stock for $13.900 cash. CROWN PRINCE RETURNING \Japanese Plan Recception of Heir to Throne After Absence. YOKOHAMA, September 3.—Exten- sive preparations have been made here today for the arrival of Crown Prince Hirohito, who has been visiting Eu- ropean countries for the past two months. During his journey, the ;‘llrl;lce visited England, France -fnd aly. KAISER- DEPRESSED BY SOLITUDE; By the Associated Press. DOORN, Holland, September 3.— Former Emperor Willlam of Ger- many finds his almost constant state of solitude in exile, since the death of former Empress Au- gusta Victoria, strongly oppress- ing him, despite his efforts to gain diversion by reading, walking, sawing wood and caring for his garden. The visits of relatives and friends have decreased greatly. At 7 o'clock this morning William was seen walking in the park of his estate. Some minutes later he appeared at the entronce and took the direction of the t.vltg:ln eu, n o e KIN AND FRIENDS FEWER mind, however, and went back into the grounds. The only trip the ex-kaiser, who still walks briskly, but has the ap- pearance of a man suffering from nerves, ever takes is to the home of Count von Bentinck, his former host in Amerongen. The two men participated in the celebration of the birthday anniversary of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland last Wed- nesday. When some weeks ago the Duke and Duchess of Brunswick spenta few days in Doorn the exgkaiser expressed a desire to have them live with him, but the duchess de- | | l clined. The wife of William’s ffta son, Oscar, is expected in Doora soon to couple