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2 TRANS-SEA FLYERS FALL INTO OCEAN Portuguese Aviators Meet Second Disaster—Rescued by Steamer. BY the Assoclated Press. PERNAMBUCO, May 12—The Por- tuguese aviators, Capts. Coutinho and Sacddura, have met with their sec- ond disaster since starting on their transatlantic flight from Lisbon to the Brazilian coast. They fell into the sea yesterday on their attempt to fiy from the island of Fernando Noronha back to St. Paul Rocks, where their first plane was wrecked, and eventually were rescued by the British steamship Paris City. The aviators were picked up at a point variously estimated at 100 to 120 miles from the Rocks, or as reported by the rescuing vessel, in latitude 1 degree § minutes north, longtitude 31 degrees 10 minutes west. So far as is known, they were not injured and are in fairly good condition after their trying experience. L The cruiser Republica took the avi- ators off the British steamer and is ex- pected to reach Fernando Noronha to- morrow. The Republica also salvaged the hydroairplane, which was consider- ably damaged. Not Badly Damaged. LISBON, May 12.—The hydroairplane of the Portuguese avintors, which fell into the sea off St. Paul Rocks, was not badly damaged, according to advices reaching here. The aviators encounter- ed a gale in their t from Fernando Noronha, which drove their machine more than 100 miles off the direct line between the two places which they in- tended to follow. 5 2 They had engine trouble in the high wind and ran short of petrol. The Republica sent word that the two airmen will continue their flight, not- Wwithstanding their misadventures. = The Portuguese government will ex- tend its support and assistance to Capts. Coutinho and Sacadura to the end, the president of the council of ministers said today. A new machine will be sent to the airmen, if necessary. —_——— HANDICRAFTS EXHIBIT OF GREAT INTEREST Great Variety of Work Presented in Pleasing Manner—Seven Craft Guilds Represented. The exhibition of handicrafts now on view at the Art Center, 1106 Cos necticut avenue, is exceedingly in- teresting, both because of the variety of work shown and the charming manner in which it is displayed. The walls of the gallery are covered with silk hangings dyed in exquisite cu'lors Ly Charles E. Pellew of New York and form a background of pecullar picturesqueness. Against this is shown on shelves and in cases, metal work, silver and pewter, book bind- ing, statuettes, jewelry, pottery, doll furniture, etc., all finely designed and beautifully executed. This work has all come from seven craft guilds. The largest collection, naturally, is from members of the Handicraft Guild of Washington. It comprises decorative textiles, small bronzes, carved wood, pottery, lamp shades, decorative porcelains, etc. Next In size is the collection from the New York Society of Craftsmen, which includes large objects, such_a: wrought iron gates, hangings, quilts and carved chests. The Portland So- ciety of Arts and Crafts has_ con- tributed useful articles, such as towels, beautifully embroidered, and some lovely examples of glass. The Artists Guild of Chicago has sent book-ends, pottery and hand-tooled leather of notable merit. Two Bos- ton societies are represented—the Folk Handicraft Guild and the Tide Over League—both of which are chiefly represented by needlework, but of an exceedingly varled char- acter. The Baltimore Handicraft Club is the only one contributing examples of block printing. From this center has also come a'fine exhibit of hand- wrought jewelry. These exhibits, which are for sale, are comparatively moderate-priced and are enviable possessions, both as works of art and as articles of util- ity. The Washington Handicraft Guild is being congratulated upon having successfully assessembled so otable a collection. 2 LEILA MECHLIN. —_— WALTER REED PATIENT DIES AS TAPS SOUND Passing of Sergt. Wheaton Recalls Heroism and War Romance. / The spunding of “taps” at Walter Reed Hospital Thursday night came ta the ears of Sergt. Albert A. Whea- ton, hero of the world war, for the last time, for just as the last notes were echoing through the stillness of the night, hfs heart, weakened by gas poisoning in France, gave way under the strain, and the tired, weary soldier succumbed, a casualty of the great War. A romance had come into the event- ful life of the sergeant, for while en route to the front he received a note dropped on the train, which culmi- nated in his marriage to Miss Ida Bar- rett of Nyack, N. Y., which took place upon his return from France. Mrs. Wheatog was notified of the ‘death of her husband and immediately left Nyack, where she had been stay- ing, for this city, whence she will ac- company the remains back to Nyack. Sergt. Wheaten played many val- iant parts in Uncle Sam's fighting ma- chine in France, and at one time succeeded in capturing a German ma- chine gun nest. For this act the French gcvernment awarded him the croix de guerre. Later he was gassed, but seemingly recovered. Before the world war, Sergt. Wheaton had served in the Cu. ban rebellion and the Philippine in. surrection. ———— ENLARGED CAFETERIA FOR P. 0. DEPARTMENT Postmaster General Supervises In- stallation of Better Lunching Place for Employes. Under sugervision of Postmaster General Work, installation of an en- larged cafeteria began today in the Post Offico Department. Dr. Work, who invariably eats his lunch in the cafeteria, is much interested in the deyelopment. Now able to handle about 600 em- ployes, the enlarged lunchroom Is expected to take care of more tian 1,200 employes, allowing all who want to to eat in the building. At present facilities there are inade- quate to handle the crowds. More than $250 has beén spent in se- curing new equipment, representing value greately in excess of that sum, since the material wgs purchased from ‘War Department surplus. ‘A special committee from the de- partment visited the modern cafeteria in The Star building to get “pointers™ for the enlarged Post Office Depart- ment lunchrooms, which are located on the top floor of the building. RESIGNATIONS ACCEPTED. . ' “The President has accepted the resig- ‘nations of Commander Prentiss P, Bas- ‘sett, naval inspector at Brooklyn, and. Lieyt. Lawrence F.-Drumm..N: Nédieai Corps, 2t Portspioath, N. H. "~ 2 >y |LOST! ONE BIG METEOR, | SOMEWHERE IN VIRGINIA; BUT WHERE? THAT’S IT NORFOLK, Va., May 13.—Lost— One perfectly good meteor, guar- anteed to be of first-class quality. Last seen floating over Virginla skies Ftiday night. Everybody saw [t and most everybody was willing to tell “about where It fell.” Some of them gave most lurid descriptions of the havoc wrought and the terrific jars to the com- munities affected, but so far no- body can find it, although one of those reporting on the subject gave its weight as twenty tons. Newspaper men who made" fran- tic efforts to get the story of the phenomenon had no difficulty in gathering all kinds of information about the meteor. Everybody was willing to tell all about it until the question was asked, “Just where did it hit?” Then the sub- ject was changed, although per- Bons in three counties were abso- lutely sure it fell right outside their back doors. g HONR T0 MEMORY OF H.A. WILLARD Association of Oldest Inhabit- ants Observes 100th Anni- versary of His Birth. Members of the Association of Old- est Inhabitants of the District of Columbia gathered at the home of Henry K. Willard, 1333 K street, to- day to do honor to the memory of Mr. Willard's father. Henry Augustus Willard, who would have been one hundred years old tomorrow had he lived. These pioneer Washingtonlans seat- ed around the luncheon table allow- ed their memorles to drift back to the early days when Mr. Willard's father operated the hotel which still bears his name. All joined in paying tribute to the energy and industry of the elder Mr. Willard, who worked himself up from clerk in a Vermont store to a pros- perous business man of Washington. Was Native of Vermont. Henry Augustus Willard was born at Westminster, Vt., May 14, 1822, and was one of filve brothers, all of whom lived at one time in Washington. He attended Walpole Academy, near his home, until he was seventeen, when he obtained a position as clerk in a store at Bellows Falls, Vt. Mr. Willard's first business venture demonstrated the initiative which he possessed. He was employed on a New York steamship when the thought occurred to him that a good library on the ship would prove a convenience to the passengers d a success financlally. = Accordingly, he Duschlsed the latest and best novels and periodicals of the day and rented them to the travelers. He succeeded in saving $2,000 out of the enterprise. Locates in Washington. Coming to Washington in October, 1847, Mr. Willard first leased and later purchased the hotel at 14th street and Pennsylvania avenue, then known as the “City Hotel.” In 1847 the now attractive hostelry consist- ed of five or six old buildings. Mr. Willard_remained the sole proprietor < | until 1853, when he nade his brother Joseph partner. Mr. Willard died December 2, 1909, one month after the death of his wife. —_— SECTIONAL ANTAGONISM IN SENATE REGRETTED Senator Robinson Resents Smoot’s Reference to “Illiteracy in South.” Senators should forget sectional lines and sectional antagonism, con- sclous of the fact that they are citizens and servants of a great re- public, Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, declared today in the Senate, replying to a reference made yesterday by Senator Smoot, repub- 1fcan, Utah, to illiteracy in the south. “Some senators seem unable to get away from the spirit of sectionalism that at one time threatened to divide the Union,” said Senator Robinson. “It is true that in some of the southern states there is jlliteracy and in a greater degree than found in some mnorthern and western states. The fact of the matter Is, as every one knows, that with the civil war ended, the south was left impoverish- ed to a degree that is pathetic to every fair-minded man. It was left with the burden of educating a race just freed from slavery. “No other people in all history has so bravely met misfortune; so gal- lantly overcome difficulties threatened to overwhelm them, so triumphantly emerged from the mis- fortunes of desolating warfare as have characterized the efforts and the success of the people of the south, and today we are maintaining in every state, practically at the expense of the white people, educational insti- tutions for colored students without discrimination, institutions of the same character as those provided for the white children in the south. “In spite of sneers, in spite of in- sinuations, the white race of the enlightenment and glory and leading by the hand the men and the chil- dren of the black race.’ —_— ONE KILLED, 25 INJURED . i IN CRASH AT CROSSING Railway fixpnu Train Hits Auto- bile and Three Cars Are De- railed and Smashed. By the Assoctated Press. BATAVIA, N. Y., May 13.—One per- son was killed and twenty-five injur- ed today when the Lehigh Valley's eastbound Black Diamond expr: ran into an automobile at a grade crossing at North Leroy and was de- railed. Three cars of the express overturned and were badly smashed. ‘The dead man was the driver automobile. His identity has nogtb::: learned. DETAILED T0O WAR COLLEGE. Capt. Leonard R. Sargent, command- ing destroyer squadron 5 of the Pa- cific fleet, has been detailed to instruc- tion at the Naval War College, New- port, R. L. g —————— Balfour Scores Pleas atfoul Of Nations to America Without Aiding Selves By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 13.—The Earl that |, south is advancing to a condition of} THE EVENING WAR ON TERRORISM NETS CONFESSIONS| Identification “of Slayérs of | Chicago Policemen Imminent. By the Amociated Press, - CHICAGO, May 13.—The police net about figures In the recent series of bombings and beatings, which cul- minated Wednesday In the killing of two policemen, tightened perceptibly today, authorities sald, with the ob- | taining of partial confessions from three of the approximately 150 labor men under arrest and the arrest of three more, one In St. Louls, Mo. Identification of the actual slayers was Imminent, the police sald, as the relentless drive against those respon- sible for the recent disorders was continued. Additional lidictments and arres were to be expected today, the au- thoritles sald. Eight men already are under Indictments and are hel without bail. Included are “Big Ti: Murphy, head of the Gas Workers' Unlon; Fred Mader, president of ‘the Chicago Building Tradés Council, and Con Shea of the Theatrical Janitors' Unlon. The confessions obtained, it is understood, deal with the recent operations of these three. Two of the men sald to have confessed are Isadore Braverman of the Fixture Hangers' Unlon and Robert M. Mec- Cloud, indicted with Murphy, Mader and Shea, and Harry (“Smash”) Han- son. Honson appeared with counsel In superior court and made an espe- clal request that he be kept in cus- tody and not released on a writ of habeas corpus friends sued out. More Revelations Expected. Sensational developments are ex- pected to be made public within the next forty-eight hours, it was indl- cated after a discussion of police heads, assistant state's attorneys and leaders of civic .organizations Inter- ested in ending In Chicago what has been termed gang rule, war between the police. and labor and, terrorist plots. @ are extremely gratified with the situation In the last twenty-four hours,” sald Chief Fitzmorrls, speak- ing for his department, the state's at- torney’s office, and Henry Barrett Chambeslain, managing director of the crime .commission, who-has been in active co-operation with the au- thorities throughout the investigation. “We wish to express our thanks to the courts for the treatment we have received and for their hearty co-oper- ation with the police in the present situation.” “Hanson has given us much infor- mation that we are glad to get,” Fitz- morris sald. “He has Implicated Mader as an actual member of the auto-slugging gangs. He has proved Murphy is the real leader of the ter- rorism plot.” Unions Condemna Vjolence. Resolutions condemning violence in labor disputes and expressing regret over slaln policemen were adopted last night at & meeting of the Build- ing Trades Council. In the absence of Mader, the meeting was presided over by James Harty, vice president, and James J. Conroy, who was released Thursday night. . ' g “At a ‘mesting ‘of the Cirpenters’ District Council, one of the organiza- tions bitterly opposed to the Landis wage award, over which disputes which led to the present chaotic con- dition arose, members reaffirmed their former action in breaking away from the Bullding Trades Council. The other principal developments of the third day of the crime drive were: Asslistant state's attorneys assigned the investigation were deluged with’ anonymous letters threatening the life of Chief Fitzmorris and a general conflagration in Chicago “if one labor man remaips in jail by sunset Saturday.” Damage Suits Filed. Damage suits of $50,000 each alleg- ing false arrest and imprisonment were filed against Chief Fitzmorris, Lieut. William Shoemaker, Lleut.| John W. Bourke and Chief Hughes | by Attorney M. L. Thomson, Emmett Ploo", general organizer for the American Federation of Labor; Em- Imett Flood, jr., his son, a member 10f the Fixture Hangers’ Union, and | his daughter, Miss Evelyn Flood, all {of whom were taken in Wednesday’s ralds. Chief Fitzmorris issued an order for the recapture of Jeremiah (Jerry) Horn, ex-saloon keeper and ex- policeman, who was one of those in- dicted but who, through a mistake, ’wla booked on a disorderly charge H at the detective bureau and released on $50 bond before the indictment was returned. ‘The postal authoritles may be ask- {ed to assist in the crime drive as a | result of the threatening letters re- ceived. . David Feud Renewed. The old controversy between Chief of Police Fitzmorris and Judge Jo- seph B. David flamed up again yes- {terday. The judge, criticized by the chief because he took two arrested labor leaders from the custody of I police. and turned them over to the sheriff, replied with a 1,000-word | statement. |_Opening with the assertion that | While dtdinarily he paid little atten- ition to statements in the public press, he said he felt that while the public mind is aroused almost to a state of frenzy at the present state ot outlawry, it was incumbent upon | him to set forth his side of the story. ! He pointed out that the men were wot held by the police department on any legal authority and that it was possible for-the sheriff to legally hold them, while the police could not. |FATIMA BIDS U. S. DISMAL FAREWELL (Continued from First Page.) ° was open-handed and welcomed the stranger within its gates. Fatima said she wanted to educate her sons in America, where opportupity knocked at every man’s door: One by one her dreams were shat- tered. She fell into the hands of im- posters, she suffered the ignomy of being put out of some of our most fashionable hotels, and at length she found herself in the teeming East Side of New York, an object of pity and charity. _But npw, her day of glory spent, she has ‘gone—gone to the engulfing the Suez. (Copyright, 1022.) 3 PASSION PLAY ACTOR DIES! L 5 w Prieumonia. : LONDON, Msy 12—Anton vastness that lies somewhere east of Imgemmfiqf of Thomas Succumbs a8 STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1922, Mader (right), president of PROMINENT FIGURES IN CHICAGO LABOR WAR the Dullding Trades Counell and head Fred of the Fixture Hangers' Union, and “Big Tim” Murphy (left), head of half a dosen unions, who were among the 400 Iabor leaders arrested in Chicago. DEMOCRATS CHALLENGED BY BOLSHEVIK MENACE Author Calls Threat Greater Than Prussian- ism’s—Says Labor Would Fight Soviet Recognition. By the Associated Press, PHILADELPHIA, May 13.—Demo- cratic clvilization is “even wmore fundamentally and squarely chal- lenged by bolshevism than it ever was by Prussianism,” Willlam E. Walllng, author and student of so- clalism, declared in an address here today before the American Academy of Political and Social Sclence. Whereas diplomats, Mr. Walling sald, have been studying the psychol- ogy and social philosophy of the soviet leaders in Russia for “barely three years,' American labor has been studying bolshevism ever ' since its inception there seventeen years ago. Dally contdct with agents of the soviet regime, he sald, has con- vinced the labor element of this coun- try that “there can be no rehabilita tion if Europe gives a new Jease of power to the most destructive regime since the days of Genghis Khan.” Discussing_what he interpreted as suggestions for a future international conference should the Genoa confer- ence fail of its purpose, Mr. Walling declared: - “It is clear that American labor will fight to the finish the effort now being made to drag the American government into another pseudo- economic conference, which would in- volve de jure recognition of the so- viets and an economic entente which would maintain and prolong their power. Seek to Push U. S. Ia. “The promoters of the Genoa con- ference assert that conferences will continue until the soviet govern- ment is brought into some interna- tional agreement on a basis of equal- ity with other nations. The issue of the 'hour is the next international conference. . Will the American gov- ernment, supported ' by American labor, allow itself to be pushed into a Trotsky-Lloyd George conference through the stupendous propaganda subsidized by foreign governments and interests?” Impartial experts agree that the only hope of economic reconstruction for Germany lies in a “speedy and con- &lderable reduction of the exaggerated reparations payments” and the defer- ment of all such payments for “at least a number of years,” Karl Lang, German charge d'affaires, declared in an addregs here before the Academy. In his first public utterance since arriving in this country last fall as the German diplomatic representative Charge idded that an 11 important essential to German: nomic recovery- was the negotiation of an international loan. In this, he sald, Germany hoped the United States would “take part,” for “it seems that & collapse of Germany, and, conse- quently, of other European nations, is inevitable if the United States con tinues to stand aside.’ Because factorles are running there is little unemployment at present and ‘cermln slgns of luxury.are observable in the larger cities of Germany, Mr. Lang eald, and foreigners traveling there are ‘‘easily led into & misconcep- tion of the true situation.” The real truth about “this so much talked of prosperity"” in Germany, he said, is that |1t 13 to a “very great extent” absorh- |ed in a twofold manner non-existent before the war—first, by reparations payments, and second, by the “in- | creased imports of foodstuffs, owing | to the decline of German agriculture,” { caused by the war. The labor of mil {lions of German men and women must 80 to offset theso conditions, the speaker sald, and thus ylelds no profit to the nation. Wealth Cut 43 Billion Marks. Added to the economic handicaps which he -sald Germany now faced, Mr. Lang. estimated that since the signing of the Versailles treaty the wealth of the German people had been cut down by approximately 45,000,000,000 gold marks, exclu- sive of the lost colonies and ceded { territory. More than eleven billions of this amount, he sald, was in Ger- man_property ~expropriated abroad. | Polnting out in this connection that the United States thus far had not followed this course with respect to German property, Mr. Lang remarked that adherence to this policy wauld be a guide to “every individual as to the country in which to invest his money, where it would not be touched in the case of future International trouble.” Tax levies In Germany, the speaker said, are now higher than in any other European country, and it is likely that higher rates would bring no greater revenue, but result in busi- ness depression. Budget Cannot Be Balamced. While the balancing of the state budget is recognized as a prerequisite to the bringing about of sound eco- nomic conditions in Germany, Mr. Lang sald, this was not possible with the value of the mark falling at the rate it has in the last months, as new taxes could not be levied quickly enough to offset the decline. Conse- quently, new paper marks must be issued. Bince the framing of the 1922 budget, calling for expenditures of y 300,000,000,000 paper marks, of which not less than 200,000,000,000 is to ap- |ply to the Versailles treaty obliga. | tions, the decline in the mark, Mr. Lang said, had almost doubled the necessary estimate for expenditures. “The reparations budget,” the speaker concluded, “cannot be bal- anced at all under the present condi- tions.” SENATE MAY PROBE PRICE OF GASOLINE McKellar Introduces Reso- lution, But Action Is 2. Deferred. Senate investigation of the recent increase in the price of gasoline is proposed in a resolution introduced today by Senator McKellar, demoarat, Tennessee. Prompt action on it by the Senate was asked, but it went over pending determination whether & similar resolution was pending. An investigation Into the rising price of gasoline will soon be start- THREE MAY JON BIG CHURCH UNION Federation of North and South Methodists and United Brethren Seen. By the Associated Press, HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 13.—A full day behind with the business on its calendar, the nineteenth quad- rennial conference of the Methodist BEpiscopal Church South began the final session of the present week here today. The convention did not get to touch calendar business yesterday, the ses- ed by the government, it was sald|sion being taken up with considera- today at the Department of Justice. The rise of several cents per gallon during ‘s few weeks has been the tion of special orders of the day. Tonlght the delegates will attend a cause of several complaints reaching|meeting at which representatives cf the department. No special investigation of the gen- eral ofl and gasoline situation has been undertaken, offct d, but all compiaints will be given the same attention that any alleged violations of the anti-trust law réceive. It is understood that latest officlal reports indicate a huge reservefsup- ply of gasoline. The geological sur- vey has indicated’that production i high and lfiucorfl&n:‘: to present indi- ions will continue. c.;l: formal action had been filed with the Department of Justice, it was ex- plained today, but the many informal complaints that -had come in since et d“ clals :o !nlkl: l(gn '2:’ od”off - )c:lll‘llonut‘;sln te, as would be done, it was nld.m other similar case. NEGRO BROUGHT BACK.- Curley. Butler ‘Returned From New Curley Butler, colored, forty-six 'years .old, under indictment for intent to kill and charged :1‘3“ .' ‘v‘lzluwfl of the v:?nau pro- e, ) £ 1¢ged .?.“‘l(.: a nnfu with Revenue Age: Harola Stepnsnson and ninth ct on lensburg T P32 months 8go. Bond of $5,000 ven 1 Wwas | ern an ast nt % police of the | Isadora road co Of But- f X T the church finance board will discues plans for obtaining a fund of $10,- 000,000 for superannuated ministers. The conference gave its approval to the project earlier in the week. A new church union of large pro- portions looms as a possibility as a result of an unheralded suggestion ]mnde to the conference that the de- nomination join interests with the of the United Brethren in The suggestion came through Bishop H. H. Fout of Indianapolis, fraternal messenger of the United Brethren, who. declared he was em- powered 'by the bishops of his de- nomination to say any steps toward federation by the conference would meet their hearty approval. It was voted to send the suggestion to the committee on church relations All conference officlals were of the opinfon that a wide new fleld for duscussion had been opened and there was much speculation over the pos- sible “effect the suggestion would have upon proposals for unifi- gation of the northern and southern branches of Methodism. Many offi- clals were of the opinion ‘that a triple _merger had been o more probable, and described the territory of the United Breth: Church as forming a link betweeh the north- ist churches. southern Meth HONEYMOONS BY AIR. Duncan Arrives in Berlin From Moscqw. BERLIN, , May 13.—Isadora Duncan, ““:i has arrived from Moscow in Church/ Christ. an airplane. A lspatah from Moscow May 10 Isaders Duncan - and ,llo'r.’ tvo::ly-‘ she ere to ve that h! mq&lm 'on'-n.llr ¢ honeymoon. txip, 3t husband, to whom |’ —_— . STATENEAR END - BLIZZARD CASE Prosecutor Expects to Close Next Week in Trial of Treason Charge. By the Amociated Press, CHARLES TOWN, W, Va.,, May 13.— The state expects to close Its case against Willlam Bliszard on a charge of treason next Wednesday or Thurs- day, A. M. Belcher, chief prosecution counsel, announced in court today. H. W. Houston, chief delense attorney, said he wished to know in order to notify some witnesses. ‘Walter Morris of Coal Fork, & union miner, sald he heard of the killing of a man named Gwynn, the night after “Mother” Jones made her speech. The following morning he saw the body being taken out, he added, but on cross-examination admitted he knew nothing of how the man met death and was not positive who he was. Cross-examination also brought out that he heard only of the Intention of organizing mine workers in Logan and Mingo counties and nothing of plans by the men at Marmet to nuilffy martial law. 5 The state delved again Into the use of unifon funds in connection with the march against Logan county, Walter Hancock of Dry Branch testifying that the local to which he belonged gave $360 for the purpose. “What did you promise to be let out of jail in Logan county without bond after you had been charged with murder?’ he was asked and after answering that he made no promise, said, “You'll have to go over and ask Don Chafin.” The state re-examined to show that Hancock took n'! part in the second march In connection with which the murder charges were lodged. G. W. Akers, of Argossan, testifled that a committee from the local union there settled & bill for $52 for supplies taken one night during the march from the store of the Bdone county coal corporation. Under ,cross-ex- amination he sald he heard armed men in Argossan declare they were going to release prisoners in Mingo ¢ tunty and do away with martial aw. A number of witnesses yesterday, told of activities behind the miners’ lines. One of them, C. G. Williams of Bharples, related that he saw Blizzard there on September 3, and that men who pointed out the young official sald, “That's the man we take orders from.” VANDERLIP WARNS OF GERMAN LOAN i I (Continued from First Page.) steps of far-reaching importance to American industry and ocommerce recalls & hitherto unpublished inci- dent which {llustrates -how far- sighted bankers can be. Just two months before the armis- tice of 1918 Thomas W. ont, & member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., visited the White House and had a long talk with President Wilson about the possibilities of world economic re- construction should the war come to an end. On the traln to New York Mr. Lamont sald to this correspondent: “The war isn't over and I sup- pose it would create great con- sternation to say it, but when the war s over and Germany has to pay a_ big indemnity, you will find the allles lending the money to Germany to pay her indemnity.” “Do you mean that the —United States will do such a thing?” Recalls 1870 Precedent. “Yes, the people of America and Great Britain have the money to lend. I suppose it sounds fantastic— that we should loan our enemies the money, but that’s what will happen. I have just been reading what oc- curred after the Franco-German war of 1870. At that time France had to pay Germany and she borrowed the money and the investors in the other European countries, including Ger- many herself, lent that money. It may not be popular to write about it now, but put it in the bagk of your mind for future use.” i Mr. Lamont foresaw, therefore, as early as September, 1918, the pros- pect or an international loan. Nearly four years have elapsed since then and the problem of Germany indemmi- ty payments has not been solved. Tho reparations commission created by the Versailles treaty is supposed to regulate the flow of-German pay- ments. The commission knows Ger- many can't pay at once or even periodically without some sort of a loan. Bankers of all countries have been invited to give their advice. Mr. Morgan will meet his plr(ner.] | Thomas W. Lamont, who is already in Europe, and together they will advise 'h?tl can be done with an in- given of stability in Europe, other-| wise American investors will not feel safe in lending their money. That means some definite understanding between France and Germany so that the reparations question will not be a constant source of worry and ir- ritation. And when once arrange- ments are made for Germany to bor- row the money whefewith to pay her indemnity, the allied countries will be benefited because the money they receive will help to reduce their burdens of internal taxation and business - and commerce will be stimulated. Overspeculated in 1870. Curiously enough, the danger in the future doesn’t lie on the side of the defeated country—Germany. It works just the other way. The victorious countries are in danger of over- speculation as a result of the fiaW! of indemnity money in their direc- tion. History of the period imme- diately following the anco-Germnn. war of 1870 shows that Germany, the victor, suffered a serious financial and economic crisis because her in- dustries promptly began to expand on an extravagant basis and the in- coming funds stimulated unwise speculation. The government itself ent its money for public enter- prises, which were paid for at higl rates of wages and at absurdly high trict Commissioners : o All government departm of en; to 3:30.p.m. the fire department, 8 a.m. to 3:30 Executive office and the Congress—No change; Senate 12 hoon. District of Columbia Supreme to 3 p.m.; sessions at 9 hour earlier. ot George Washington Universit; o'clock; evening classes, hour earlier. 8:15 m«- at 5 pm. Building Trades Unions—One Builders and Manufacturers’ Banking houses—No change. Public Library—No change. h | sulates in this country. HERE'S HANDY LIST TO -GUIDE AS YOU START TO SAVE DAYLIGHT « ~The 'following changes in working hours of government, city d private institutions will become effe 1 ¢ ::cml')d;nceev,vith ‘the suggestion.of President Harding and the Dis- ents, with the exception of the aving and printing and the government printing office, 8 a.m. Dlnrict'govarnment—All departments, with the exception of p.m. ‘White House—S8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. City. post office—No cliange in present working schedule. Public schools—Advance opening time one hour and close one i ity Law School—Morning classes, 9:30 CetrEtomn U“'""i:’lo o'clock; Foreign Serv?ce School, one ¢t stores and bysiness establishments—Between 7 and Bobbed Hair Girls Barred as Indian Maidens in Pageant LAKE GENEVA, Wi May 18~The bobbed halr i has proved an obstacle te the spon- sots of the Lake Gemeva His- torical pageant, which is to be held May 328. hi ::ll.um-l remearch has failed to reveal any historical refer- ence to Indians with bobbed r. Fifty per cent of the high sehool girls assigned parts in the pageant have been rejected because of bobbed hair. contract figures. France, on the other hand, came through the crisis splendldly and financed herself by borrowing of foreign capital, which she gradually paid back by increas- ing her domestic and foreign trade. In this connectlon, it is pertinent to quote from an essay written by Victor Bonnet In 1873, who says: “Two loans were made in 1871 and 1872, equalling together the full amount of the indemnity besides @ sum of six hundred million francs for supplementary expenses. If we had been able to raise these loans by re- course to French capital only, that capital, abundant as it was, would not have relieved us from embarrassment. It would still have been necessary to to take two billion francs from our metallic stock, as we could not pay the Prussians In any. other way than in specie or its equivalent. Now the sudden withdrawal of these two bi lion francs {n the situation in whi we were, and In which we are today, July, 1873, could not have been ef- fected without a severc financial crisis. Those who suggested the pos- sibility of paying the indemnity by a public subgcription, or even by a tax on capital, had not reflected on this result which would have been dis- astrous. It was only by the help of forelgn capital that we could provide the two billlon francs which were still wanting. Paid All in Two Years. “To foreign capitalists, therefore, we appealed and they have taken a large interest in our loans. In this way, by means of the payments effected by them, we have had large sums at our disposal in foreign' countries. “Thus have we In two years and & half compassed the payment of our entire Indemnity without having created an adverse exchange, with- out having depreclated our paper money and without having to ex- port much specle.” The foregoing is in line with what is happening today. If Germany could have secured a loan immediately upon the close of the war she would not have been so adversely affected in the exchange market, and she would have been able to purchase from American manufacturers much of their surplus stocks of necessities. Germany would have gotten much of what ehe was deprived of through four yvears of a blockade, and America would have captured en important market. But, instead, Germany was treated as an isolated factor without thought of the effect of her economic condition on the rest of the world. Germany in desperation has made the mistake which the French writer in 1873 said would be disastrous for his country if attempted—it was the imposition of a tax on capital and the over-is- suance of paper money. Four years have gone by, but at last the bankers of the world are taking the situation in hand,and the possibility of borrowing money from American investors will have more effect on sobering Europe and tran- quilizing her political situation than all the debates at Genoa conferences and the like put together. (Copsright, 1922.) DAMAGE, $60.000, INVIRGINIA FLOOD Bristol Inundated When Cloudburst Swells Beaver Creek. By the Associated Pross. BRISTOL, Va. May 13—Receding | waters of Beaver creek, which over- flowed here last night, left debris- strewn streets and water-filled cel- fars in Bristol's business section to- day. Damage was estimated at $60. 000 in the city and surrounding ter- ritory. ’}‘z\ll;ty-flve stores and many homes were_fiooded. Sycamore, Cltmber]u.nd, Lee, Water Front, Shelby, 7th, Front Broad, Willlam and State streets were Virginia post ent stores and red water dam- inundated and the office, several depart the Hotel Bristol suf 28 sudden flood, which ended al- most as quickly as it began, is said to have originated in a cloudburst near Wallace, Va., early last night. Warning was given by telephone and many merchants threw up sand bags to protect their stores. ‘Workmen were busy al ing the streets, and today the flooded area resumed its normal appearance except in spots. The heaviest loss Was sustained by stores on State street near Beaver creek. Water stood from two to four feet deep in about thirty stores, offices, _automobile showrooms and warehouses. Pumps Were used today to clear basements. The flood occurred twenty-four hours after the city council had sign- ed @ contract to have the creek chan- Tel straightened and concreted to pre- vent such visitations. MAY CLOSE CONSULATES. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. May conference between the five counsel generals of Mexico. stationed in the United States, and Gen. Aaron Saenze, subsecretary of foreign relations in the cabinet of President Obregon of Mexi- co, it was decided that recommenda- tions would be made to the government for the discontinuance of six coun Among citi affected are Cincinnatl and Mobile, Ala. effective Monday 'morning, in bureau convenes at 11 a.m. and House at Court—Office of the clerk, 8 a.m. y—No change. hour earlier. Exchange—One hour earlier. 1 night clear- | 13.—Ata! ASKS JOINT ACTION ON BUREAU REPORT Secretary Mellon Referg Back “inventory” to Com- mittee and Officials. Becretary Mellon today- referred back the “Inventory and examina- tlon™ report on the bureau of en- graving and printing to the speclal Treasury committee which made it, to Director Louis A. Hill of the bu. |Feau, and to the custodian of paper, F. G. Collins, for “foint considera- tion of the report and of the differ- ences” revealed. Treasury officlals explained that Mr. Mellon desired a further report from the committee, soparating the known shortages from any new dis- crepancies found by the recent in- ventory. In its present form, officlals sald, the report merely listed such discrepancles between the bureau's supply of paper and its books wihout differentiating between shor i previously accounted for, auc!‘:“:: petty thefts, which had been taken care of by the secret service in the and any new discrepancies h were unaccounted for. Neither Director Hill nor Custodfan of Paper Collins worked with the Treasury committee in' the compila- tion -of the report. Neither had heard from the Secretary’s office co cerning the reference of the comm tee report. Surprise was expresscd by Mr. Collins that he was to hel, consider the committee report. Ho 3 e knew ing e Teere abeolutely nothing s explained by officials today, report of 'the committee ahowe. o check of the paper on hand against the bl?:‘lf:v,:)f.:ne custodian of paper, bt ef of the division 1e custodian of paper ‘ by the Sccretury S the “Treassss With responsibility for the amount of paper issued for the printing ¢ money, stamps, certificates, etc, uc the bureau, and from the first fssue of such paper at the bureau throug: the many processes it undergoes i completion, numerous counts are made to safeguard every sheet. Dej. uty Assistant Treasurer Tate, chai— man of the Treasury committee, i1 at noon he had not as vet receive. official notification of the action o7 Secretary Mellon. i WANTS DAYLIGHT ORDER RESCINDED (Continued from First Page.) timore now leaving at 6 wil v will change to 7: train for Baltimor. so‘\:' leaving at 6 a.m. will change 1., :15. One Change on Southern. Only one change is ann ; the Southern railway, namels . Tra No. 18, now leaving Warrenton, Va at a.m., will leave at 5 o'clock. The company also announced that the afternoon train will continue to leave Washington at 4:05 p. but will make stops as far as Calverton for the Vb!nefi! of commuters. _The Washington and Old Dominton line, operating between Georgetow: and Virginia suburbs, announces thar morning tra now arriving in ! Washington at 7, 8, 8:20 and 8:25 will all arrive one hour earlier. Tha afternoon trains hich now leave Georgetown at 4:45 and 5:30 will start one hour Sponer. The 6:3 train will not change. P The Washington-Virginia raflway. running into Virginia from 12th street and Pennsylvania avenue states that its morning and evening schedules will be moved up one hour. ' The local representative of the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric railroad sald he had not re- | ceived definite word yet, but that an | €Xtra train probably would be put on at an earlier hour in the morning for the benefit of commuters. Trolleys to Move Up an Hour. As previously announced, the local street railway lines and the Washe ington Rapid Transit Company will all move their morning and evening schedules ahead one hour Monday morning. The entire train schedule to and from Chesapeake Beach will be put on a daylight-saving basis, beginning Monday, according to a decision {reached by the Chesapeake Beach { Railway Company. Previously it had (been announced that only the earlv morning train leaving the Beach would be shifted in time, |, Beginning Monday all’ trains will {be advanced one hour. Daily trains {will leave the Beach at 5:35 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., and will leave Washington { for the Beach at 8 a.m. and 4:40 p.m. The Sunday schedules will remain | the same, with trains leaving Wash- |ington at 10 am. and 6:45 p.m., and |return trains leaving the Beach at {8 am. and 5 p.m. University for Pi | Georgetown University will adopt {the daylight saving plan, it was an- j nounced at the insutution. The publio lectures on Monday afternoon will ba | held at 3:30 o'clock instead of 4:30. | Classes at the Foreign Servica School of the university, which are l held in the evening, will be moved up an hour to conform with the plan. The authorities at the law school, where evening classes also are held, are declding on the plan this afters noon. It was said that every indica- tion points to favoring the scheme. President Hodgkins of Georga Washington said the new movement would not be observed in the uni- versity, as about a week or ten days { remains before the end of the present | session. Definite arrangements for {the summer school have not been made and the matter will be taken up later, he said. The Young Women's Christian As- gociation announced that all its ac- tivities previously announced will take place an hour earlier. This includes the opening -and _closing hours of the buildings, the.serving of meals in the cafeterias, the hours for use of the swimming pool, the hours for the meeting of classes, and all events taking place, after Sund: May 14. “Daylight-Saving” Confusion. To the Editor of The Star: I have read with a great deal of in- terest vour comments on the confu- sion that will be caused by so-called daylight saving as pubjished in your valuable paper and am sure experience will prove you have not exaggerated results in the least. If the organiza- tions that have endeavored to hava the laws of nature changed in order to tickle the palates of their members. had taken the thousands of members of other organizations, grocery, meai market and other mercantile hous: employes and e large percentage of the government employes into ' con-. sideration who under our -standard’ time have to dress and eat theit breakfast by artificial light and had put the matter to a vote of the Dis~ trict instead of & few organisations they would have found & majority in, favor of our standard time. T. D. WHYTE. HONOR POPE’S NAME DAY. ROME, May 13.—The Pope's name day was celebrated quietly yester- day. The Palatine Guard Band gave a concert in the St. Damaso court- and all the Swiss, Palatine and ‘9 » ’ N ’ /