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WEATHER. Unsettled tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy: mild temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. tod 2:30 yesterday v 67, report on page 7. Highest, 85, at at 4 am, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 21 : Che No. 28,526. Entered as secol post office Washington, D. C. nd-ciuss matter EACUSH HOD (P 1.5 SHP GARRYING ARV T0 RELAND Large Quantity of Ammuni- tion Seized on Shipping Vessel Carrying Corn. SINN FEINERS EXPELLED FROM ULSTER TERRITORY - Invaders Routed by English Dur- ing Hard Fighting—Entire Bor- der Line Battle Front. Br the Associated Press. LONDON. June 5.—A steamer bound from New York for Fenit, County Kerry, with corn and a mixed cargo has been held up in Tralee bay by a British sloop, says a dispatch to the Central News Press Association from} Tralee. today. A large quantity ot ammunition in barrels was seized, the dispatch states. The Central News message says the steamer mentioned is the Seattle Spirit, and that she i{s now berthed at Fenit pler. The Seattle Spirit is a Shipping Board vessel, built at Seattle jn 1919. e sailed from New York May 18 for Cork, Dublin and Belfast. ARMS SMUGGLED ON SHIP. Br the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, June 5.—Officials of | the Moore & McCormick Company, which operates the Seattle Spirit, de clared today they had no knnw!ed;e“ of arms or ammunition aboard the | vessel when she sailed, and asserted | the supplics alieged to have been dis- | covered by the British must have| been smuggled aboard by members of | the crew | | The cargo. sail Capt.-C. W. Kreig, | marine superintendent of the line, | was of corn in bulk and merchandise | 4n barre boxes and b; Three months ago attempt to smugzie arms into Ireland aboard one of the line’s six ves s frustrated the aft. Cabt. Kreig rev everal thou sand rounds of ammunition were fou in the coal bunkers, he asserted, just | as the ship was docking at an Irish | port i The captain of the vessel arrested several .members of the crew and | turned them over to the British au- | thorities for trial, it is said i Second U. S. Ship in Trouble. The Seattle Spirlaesidie. the second American vessel to get into trouble over shipment of arms for Ireland. | Just a year ago this month, the steamship East Side was boarded as she was loading at a pier in Hoboken, French Cruelties Are Charged, Police in Syria Firing on Women Dragged Through Streets and Peaceful Crowds Tram- pled Down, According to Correspondent, Who Declares Results of Mandate Rule Have Been Misrepresented. are forced either to print faise state- ments or suspend publication. In proof of this they exhibit a written order from the authorities. One of the_ articles published de- seribed Mr. Crane as a secret agent of the Zionist movement. Another pictured him as an enemy of the Mos'-ms and still another that he hud been tried by court-martial and BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 19: DAMASCUS, Syria. June 4 (By cou- rier to Haifa, Palestine, June 5 With Bedouin tribes engaging French troops in the Syrian deserts. and this metropolis of 500,000 souls the scene of daily deportations of prominent |sentenced to twenty years imprison: vitizens, protesting strations | ment. The censor did not object to g Ehdenonans this last statement as it was intended ot growing intensity, economic stag- nation and increasing bitterness, France is facing unending trouble in the mandate she claims. This is among the mandates which the United States is expected to con firm at the meeting of the league of nations council on July 19. Its con- firmation would mean the retraction of the exalted principles which the United States enunciated on entering the war violation of the solemn promise bf plebiscites for class A mandates and approval of the French policy of severity toward the natives and discrimination against other na tions, especially the United States and Great ain, which has char- acterized three years of occupation. Falxe ldea consumption. How- ever, it reached the outside world and evoked an inquiry from the State Department. Subsequently the press bureau denied the report and caused the arrest in Beirut I week of an editor, who had shown himself the least subnussive to French policies. Little Girl Murdered. The only violence occurring at the frequent demonstrations in Damascus is by the police officials themselves. The chief of police, a former Turkish official and reputed to be the only man in Syria willing to order his men to shoot women and children, recently showed his own character in a suburban beer garden and demonstrated his marksmanship with the pistol by shooting and kill- ing a six-year-old girl and wounding her younger brother. The local gov- ernor immediately suspended him and ordered an inquf Six hours later the high commission in Beirut or- dered the chief to be reinstated and the inquiry halted. Six hours of suspension” was the only punishment only for home provoked Sri France's Conveyed. Through the vernacular newspapers controlled either by subsidies or by threats of suppression, the wide dis- tribution of official documents and offictally conducted tours of foreign newspaper men, a rosy picture painted, which gives an etirely false idea of the actual conditions. - A|given him booklet, circulated by the French| Moslem women for the first time hizh, commission, states that the|in Syria head demonstrations. which erely quiet efforts to visit some American mission of 1919 ‘ascertained the local wishes and decided in favor I and present a petition. The of the French mandate. Though the invariably charge the parades Teport of the mission, of which |and trouble starts. the veiled women Charies "R, ‘Crane was a_ member, |making a stiff fight Last Friday ne was published either by the | forty women started out to call on Department or the league of | the governor. The police firing re- fons, it is no secret that Syria|Volvers and drawing clubs charged Voted “overwhelmingly against the|the little group and dragged eleven Fronen “mandate. Since Mr. Crane's | Struggling and shouting women to a latest visit the newspapers have util. | Police station. One of them. whom ized propaganda derogatory to him|the writer saw later, lifted her veil. discl ibby. smilin and nd Americans generally, the intimi- dated editors explaining that they “ontinued on Page 5) Foen | MERICAN TROOPS | REPUBLIGANS PLAN 4 * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D.. C.,, MONDAY, JUNE 5, BIG BATTLE PENDS BETWEEN CHINESE Border Warned to Leave as Clash Nears. Br the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, Jur have beep warr 1l foreigner: ve Shanha d ny Star. ROCKING THE TO KIDNA Halts All Attempts to Free American Sergeants. | Foreigners on Manchurian, Insults Heaped Upen Prisoners and Officers At Trial--200,000 Marks for Girl’s Injury. | BADEN RESENTS EFFORT 1922 -TWENTY-SIX PAGES. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to 1 the use for republication of all news dispatches || «redited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. * | | P BERGDOLL arked that re | posed 1o be led by X {cure an agreement upon a man who FORD WOULD CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT SHOULD THE PEOPLE SO DESIRE By the Associated Pres DETROIT, June 5.—Henry Ford has intimated privately that he woud run for President “if the people of the country desire him to do €0, bup “he would refuse to spend any money to bring about his nomination or election,” ac- cording to William T. Kronberg, editor of a Dearborn newspaper nd one of the leaders in the Dear- born “Henry Ford for President” Club. REPUBLIGANS FAIL Pepper, Pinchot and Reed in; “Amicable Disagreement” at Parley Here. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. A conference of deep concern to| nominated for the other senatori lican candidate for governor. {issued a formal comp! at, and Gifford Pinchot, the repub- | Senate in response to the The | adopted resolution of Senator La Fol- TWO CENTS. BIG STEEL COMBINE CITED FOR UNFAR TRADING METHODS Trade Commission Proceeds Against Bethlehem and Lackawanna Companies. {REPORT MADE TO SENATE 10 PICK CHAIRMAN IN RESPONSE TO INQUIRY New Merger Declared to Contain “Dangerous Tendency to Re- strain Commerce.” commission has inst the The federal trade Bethlehem Steel Corpora La chawanna Steel Compar ! republican politics in |ing they have been and are us its bearing upon possible party peace | fair methods of competition lor factional trouble was held herecomplaint grows out of the |today at the Hotel Powhatan. The|recently effected by the two com | participants were Senator Pepper, | Pan |Maj. Reed of PVittsburgh, recently| The commission made this an- 1% nouncement today in a report to the recently point at issue related to the selection | lette of Wisconsin, directing inguiry of a chairman of the republican state!into the merger by the commission committee and involves a difference between the factional elements sup- | Pinchot and | others popularly d bed as tne old regime in the party. The object of | the conference was, if possible, to se- | i ! | nd the Department of Justice. Stating it had the proposed merger of steel companies under observatio prior to Senate acti the La Fou lette resolution, and had fol lowed developments along thar ling the com ion, in its report, said if n on closely ;u,ul«l be agreeable to the candidate { now had *“reason to believe in the for governor and to the tWo sema-|junguage of its qonstituent act, tha The cutcome of today's meeting was | the proposed Bethlehem-Lackawanna bine on a candidate for | i | kun, Chilt, on the Manchurian border | 0 STAY ON RHINE, 70 DEFEND-TARIFF Secretary Weeks Says Gen. | . Convinced of Filibuster, Re- Allen and Two Battalions ' plies to Attacks to Be Made, to Remain. { Says Watson. In compliance with recuests from| Republican Senate leaders have de- Germany and some of ‘the allied pow- | termined to explain and defend the ers, a small force of American troops | administration tariff bill in general and 495 machine guns were seized by | is to be retained at Coblenz on the h boke lic [ h theory the Hohoken palce’ on ithe IO kRnine beyondi July 1, the date set! they were being illegally shipped to| Ireland | originally for completion of American John J. O'Brien, who said he was| evacuation of German territory. 2 carpenter, was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to ship arms and am- riunition to ireland. The charge wa. dismissed however, when the authori- ties admitted they had not sufficient evidence to connect him with any plot. The Seaitle Spirit was in trouole here less than a month ago over a cargo of contraband liquor. Customs inspectors, looking over a cargo of “pickled herring.” she was discharg- ing. detected a non-fishlike odor. In- vestigation revealed that 149 barrels contained liquor. BRITISH ROUT SINN FEIN. ated Press. LONDON. June 5.—British troops have driven the Sinn Fein invaders (Continued on Page 14, Column i CAN PROSECUTE UNIONS AS TRUST By the As: Labor organizations are not exempt | from prosecution under the Sherman anti-trust law, the Supreme Court to- day announced. The court delivered such an opinion in the celebrated Coronado coal case, one of the most important pieces of labor litigation ever to come before the nation’s hizhest tribunal. The court held that lavor organiza- tions can be held liable for property and other damages caused by the acts of members during strikes. The de- | cision was delivered by Chief Justice | Taft. The case was brought by the; United Mine Workers of America against the Coronado and other coal companies, arising out of the Ar- kansas strikes of 1914. Chief Justice Taft in delivesing the opinion stated that there had been no misjoinder_ of parties in the suit as brought. He discussed at length the question of the suability of the national and international unions if the unions were responsible for what done, pointing out that in com- | law unincorporated organiza- tions could be sued as "individuals but from necessity of existing con- ditions it was utterly impossible of doing justice otherwise than by hold- ing labor umions suable. “FIRST 50 YEARS HUSBAND SUED FOR DIVORCE AT 75 Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, June 5.—"“The first fifty years are the hardest,” wailed Israel Friedman today. Friedman is trying to make up his mind whether or not to defend a suit for separa- tien brought against him by his wife two years after they had cele- brated their golden wedding anni- versary. It was a grand celebra- tion, that anniversary, two years ago, when the joy of life flowed freely, but~Friedman says that all during the half century his wife had “nagged” him. Grandchildren Agree. ., Mrs. Friedman says she didn't, and there the matter stands. The six Friedman children and some half #core of grandchildren all apparentl agree that their parents and grand- | Baenta Alm pot Secretary Weeks announced today that decision had been reached to re tain Maj. Gen. Allen and two bat- ! time the troops will be kept on the Rhine, Mr. Weeks said, had not been determined. The Secretary said the troops would not come home this month, but would stay on the Rhine “beyond July 1. He would make no other comment as |t the change in policy In accordance | with the requests which have reached | Washington for retention of American troopg, at Coblenz. The 1st Battalion of the 8th In- I fantry already has been withdrawn and the two With supplementary. units make up a Coblenz which will be reduced to 1.000. ! The two battalions of the $th Infan- itry to stay in Coblenz were listed to remaining battalions, | force of about 1,500 men now at! debate in the Senate, Senator Watson, republican, Indiana, announced today lin opening the first of a series of jaddresses which is planned for the | next few weeks. Renewing the charge of a demo- | Yallons 6f the Sth Infantry, which | cratic filibuster, Senator Watson said | was scheduled to " have "sailed for!the republicans were convinced that home on June 20. ~Bhe length of|the democrats did not propose to ’llermil the bill to become a law until {just before the Novémber elections, s0 that its full effect could not be | felt until after that time. That being the belief, he added, the majority had | determined to present to the country i their views, heretofore withheld in | the interest of speeding up enactment of the bill. “Best Balanced BilL” Asserting that this was the best | balanced tariff bill ever presented to | Congess, the Indiana senator declared { War Department has not as vet desig-| rageous” as they professed { France Honors K. of C. Officers for be stationed at Fort Screven, near|that if the democrats believe the Savannah, on their return and the; measure one-half as “immoral or out- mated units for that station to take ; sthey Ewould get out ‘of the way and let us this bill in fiteen minutes.” belleve that if this were Octo- | ber 1, the bill would be passed at | once,” the senator said. The charge of filibuster brought denials from the democratic side. Senator Pomerene of Ohio called at- tention that the measure was held in the finance committee for nearly a year, and said that if that much time was necessary for the majority to frame the measure, the democrats should be given a little time to study and discuss its various features. Senator Harrls, democrat, Georgla, said if the tariff bill were as good as Senator Watson contended it was, the majority should be willing to have free and full discussion. Deride to Anwwer Attacks. Senator Watson told the Senate that i when the tariff bill was reported there were two courses open to those in charge; to refrain from general de- bate in the interest of speed or to reply to general attacks as they were made. The first course had been de- i cided upon, he continued, in the hope ithat Senate action could be speeded up, but this policy now would be changed. Senator Watson went on to say that the assailants of the measure had “had the newspapers” up to this time because the man who attacks attracts attention, and since the republicans were convinced that the democrats in- tended to delay a final vote anyhcw the place of the men on the Rhine. —_— ELECTED TO LEGION. Reconstruction Work. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 5.—Certificates of election as chevaliers of the Legion of Honor, in recognition of war welfare and reconstruction work of the Knights of Columbus, have beén awarded by the French government tq the members of the supreme body of the order. ~The receipients of certificates are: william_P. Larkin of New York, su- preme director, who was overseas di- rector throughout tthe war: Supreme Physician Dr. E. W. Buckley of St. Paul, Supreme Treasurer D. J. Calla- han of Washington, Supreme Advocate Joseph C. Pelletier of Boston, Supreme Secretary William J. McGinley of New | York, Deputy Supreme Krht Martin H. Carmody of Grand Rapids and Su- preme Director James J. McGraw of Tulsa, Okla. James A. Flaherty of Philadelphia, supreme knight, was made an officer of the Legion of Honor more than a year ago. MSS HELEN POTTER DIES. FLUSHING, N. Y., June 5.—Miss Helen L. Potter, eighty-five vears old, one of the pioneer lecturers of suffrage and a co-worker of the late Susan B. Antheny, died yesterday. HARDEST,” WAILS bill to meet the attacks and get their views before the country. gao e o ot |BENGHE SWERT TOWED: Friedman is a trifle older. They, Actress to Marry Film Director Neilan This Month. LOS ANGELES, Callf., June 5.—Miss Blanche Sweet, motion picture actress, and Marshall Neilan, motion picture producer and director, will be mar- ried in New York some fime this month, according to word received here from Nellan Mp. Nellan Is in New York and Miss Skeet will leave here today for that city. ASSOCIATION TO MEET. The regular monthly meeting of the Association of Oldest Inhabitant: of the District of Columbia will be' ;‘:mt:'n lé:loll‘E:fln&.l'é\)tlu%Uth and streets, a o' ‘ednesday evening, ‘were married fifty-two years ago in Galicia, but have lived in this coun- try now for twenty-two—Ilong enough Mrs. Friedman says, to show her that she does not have to stay mar- ried for another fifty years. The frony of the situation to Friedman is that he is earning his livelihood now as a marriage broker. Slips “Noose” Over Others. “Aren't people enough unhappy without getting them into th:!ln-me troubles I have known for fifty years?" he asks. “No,” he replies; “more people than ever want to slip their heads into the marriage noose.” Why. therefore, should not Israel Friedman be on hand to help tightert the noose at the psychological mo- ment” Tt is with a melancholy ghake of the head that the o!d man who is being sued for u separation W about, his task of furthering '8 JOUg- dreprm, . ' { | it behooved those in charge of tllel aus along the gulf of Liaotung, be serious fighting is expected betw the advance guard of Gen. Wu Pei- fu's invading army and the retreating troops of Cha Tso-Lin, the Man- churian war lord. The warning wa telegraphed from Changli by the com- mander of the Chili column. The Ghill advance guard at noon Saturday had reached Liuahouying. the next station from Peitajho. Gen. foreigners be removed from that city within twenty-four hours. Manchuria Invaded. By the Associated Press. PEKING, June 4.—The troops of Gen. Wu Pei-fu have invaded Man- churfa. It was announced today in official circles that Wu Pei-fu's main army, which was sent in pursuit of Chang Tso-Lin, the rebellious Man- churian war lord, has reached a point near Chinchowfu, 150 west of Mukden, by march. Another division of the army moving northward along the rail- road line to Mukden. Chinese gun- boats, loaded with Wu Pei-Fu's sol- diers, left Taku destined northward today. Altogether 60,000 of Wu's troops are advancing toward Muk- den. The {British crusier Curlew is at Pehtaiho to protect foreigners. Fight- ing in the neighborhood of the own was reported several days ago,though the town itself was quiet. Leader Booms. Sun Yat Sen, first president of the Chinese republic. leader of the Can- ton, or southern government, and an undoubted patriot, loomed today more prominently than ever as the one man whose word may bring about an era of peace in China or may consign that country to a continuance of the civil strife, which has torn it for five years_or more. Li Yuan-hung, ousted by the mili- tarists’ monarchial coup in 1917, an- nounced yesterday that he was ready to resume office, provided he did so as the leader as an united China. Sun Yat Sen Advised. Telegrams to this effect were dis- patched to Dr. Sun's headquarters in Canton. _This involves Dr. Sun's resignation as leader of a faction en- an overland ernment headed until recently by Hsu Shih-chang. A direct refusal, it is believed, would cause Gen. Wu Pei-fu to take steps to redeem his recent promise and use force against Dr. Sun. ‘Wu is a tthe head of the most power- ful body of troops in China today and Dr. Sun is far from lacking fol- lowers, serious consequences might result. Li Yuan-hung's Terms. Li Yuan-hung in a statement yes- terday made his resumption of the presidency conditional upon the early Abolition of the Canton government headed by Dr. Sun, the appointment of Tang Shao-yl, a leader in the Canton regime, as prime minister at Peking under him, and the limitation of his term to the unexpired portion of Hsu-Shih-Chang's _incumbency. | Heu, who resigned cflice a few days ago. was elected for a term ending in October of next year. Pending assurances that his desires '{s remaining in retirement at Tientsin. Today’s News in Brief. Senate orders sweeping probe into price of gasoline. Page 1 British hold up U. S. ship carrying ammunition to Ireland. Page 1 American troops to stay on Rhine. Page 1 Christians forced into Tark armies. / Page 1 District industry improves in_May. Page 3 Belleau memorial gifts requested. Page 2 e premier to get more power. Japanese D AL “Perfect love: slayer not sorry. : Page 2 50,000 klansmen attend night meet- ing. - Page 4 Verdun gets first U. S. medal to city. i &l faeas Attorney General ‘to war ‘on pirates and outlaws in Pacific fisherles. Ls s o Paze 26 Ag: Chang's Fengtien troops were re- tiring toward Shanhaikuan. The| Chili commander advised that all miles south- | gaged in strife with the Peking gov- | As | in these respects will be granted, Li; i 3 v to date in two more instalments. BY CHARLES R. FEHRLIN. Formerly Intellizence Police, Amer- ican Forces in Germany. Although as former service men and iotic Americans we can only and praise the action of th American detectives in making this {daring attempt to apprehend Berg- | doll, from the standpoint of interna- tional law their action constituted an infringement of the provisions of the law, and with this in view the com- imanding general of the American i forces in Germany, immediately upon \learning the details of the case. sent a formal apology to the German gov- {ernment and later requested the re- |lcase of Naef and Zimmer. isy Their release was strongly urged by the American Legion through Paris Post, No. 1, Paris, France. However, s request was flatly refused by German foreign office, as the sta jauthorities of the state of Baden. Wharein the attempted kidnaping oc- curred, insisted upon bringing the of- fenders to trial, as public sentiment in the state demanded such action. Then the American Legion urged the State Department to intercede, and the American commissioner in Berlin conferred with Count Bern- storff, the former German ambassa ! dor to the United States, with a {to a speedy Telease and amnesty of !the” two American prisoners. Again most emphatically denied the federal government any authority to inter- fere with the administration of state ONES RESOLUTION GIVEN TO HOUSE Committee Reports Favor- ably on Probe Involving $5,000,000 Fund. The joint resolution fathered by Senator Jones calling for investiga- tion by a joint congresional commit- tee of the fiscal affairs of the Dis- trict to determine once and for all whether the federal government owes the District $5,000,000 or not. was fav- orably reported to the House today. Last week the:rules_comittee voted to make such a report to the House and it was formally presented today. There is no assurance, however, when this resolution will be passed because the report carries no special vrivilege and no special rule for con- sideration of the resolution has yet been authorized. Delay of Months' Possible. If the resolution goes on the union calendar and awaits the cal] of the rules comittee on calandar Wednes- day, it will be many months before it receives consideratior It 1is possible, however, that the resolution can be taken up at any tinie under suspension of the-rules, and as today is regular suspersion day, there is_a possibility, although not a probability, that it may receive consideration late today. Some members of the rules com- mittee claim that Chairman Campbell expects the resolution‘to_receive con- sideration on the next District day, which is a week from today. The House District committee, however, has ordered that the Fitz- gerald workman's compensation blill, which provides for compulsory in: dustrial insurance in the District of Columbia, shall be the special order of business on the next District day. House Leader Mondell said .today that he has no idea when the.Jones resolution will be brought up and has not considered this question. | wo | fons by the can m th the attorney e of Baden wzs reached under which an {ment for “unfawful ate authority” w In the meantime our two detective indict- failure to tog, er applies | i does not ATty involve a break in the over the state and senatorial be too | aid Se; emphasized ator Pepper, with | T merger, When consummated, will con- chairman. The state committee | ¢ R S o of g Wil meet in Philadelphia next Sat- |Sttite an unfair method of competi- and Mr. Pinchot will recom- | tion. in that it conta a dangerous m o sher Minot of | tendency unduly to hinder competi- ilks-Barr jon and to restrain commerce, a and Maj. Reed i eristie eine | Lo ana (o e STAIn Bevmine it SanR ot W Harry Baker now secre. | that a proceeding by the commission | tary of the committee, to the chair- s Tespect is in the public in- ip. terest ased without | Office Only Involved. “The detalls of this plan, however,” e e s e i e o o mwaired. |- The inability to agree at today's|the commission added, “are being care- X ;:IH»\' l:x(( ;xn‘-:xh 3 V'H'-l sergeant Gtage Set for Trial. meeting on a candidate acceptable to ! fully followed, and so soon as the com- | matic by fuvading Germany Thus the Ze was to be set for 8!l parties to conference would | mittee is in possession of sufficient in- fown smitiative and atter: one of the most sensational trials of S€¢m to indicate the cpening of a|formation it will make further report | Gérman a | American citizens before @ foreign | factional disagreement at the very | to the Senate as fo the second of i - commandivg & Our men were originally to}outset of the campaign, except for a | proposed merge indicted for mansiaughter, but |Statement made after the meeting by | LaFollette Satisfied. rious representations and | Serator Pepper, who pointed out that| Semator La Follette of Wisconsin, uthor of the resolution ca to the office under discussion|the Attorney Genefal and the Federal | 1 ade Commission for information rding the proposed merzer of certain el companies, today expressed satis- tion with the report of the Federal “ommission 12 oIt Gora Wandovintes | associate on the senatorial ticke “The complaint filed against the i ferrd from the local jail at Eber- | Reed, standing by and acqui- | Bethlehem Steel Corporation and the h to the counts Jail ai Mosbach, a | (SCINg. “that our failure o come to | Lackawanna Steel Company by the L it ed abont sweniy five miles | Lerms on a candidate for tate chair- | Federal Trade Commission indicates | from Eberbach up Neckar Tiv n does not mean a cleavage in the | that there was reason fot looking into | Thanks to the genero ty and\does not create a faction- | this merger matter,” said Senator the Rhine through fizht r the general program.”|La Follette. “The commission, from {No. 4, American Legion, all work for the republican | its report, has not yet completed it party and not play favorites in {many. and [ Post, > i jcan Legion, Paris. F ghelcampiiEn, et | “We are united as a team for the lieoct e lne Mehe Ty o fall campaign, for the entire republi- e vere S0 can ticket. We were in session for | Smokes. edibles, magazin two hours and came to a_ perfectly | tloners. S amicable disagrecment as to the choice of cnairman of the state com- {mittee. We will make separate rec- ommendations to the state commit- | tee, which has the deciding power. | WiH Work for Harmony. ! “We are all anxious not to take sides in a factional contest and will | {do all in our power to work in har-| Legion Hires German Lawyer. Furthermore, Paris Post, No. 1, pro- cured for them one of the most capa- | {bi® lawyers for their defense, Dr. | Hugo Schrag of Karlsruhe, capital of the provience of Baden, who for sev- | vears practiced law in the United States. He, being able to : {speak English, was therefore, par-|mony in the campaign and the elec- ticularly able to prepare their defense | tion.” in_a most satisfactory manner. X o DE Eehk o vy conscleunious) ) BeRL whp B moticars &5 be |1 btaining all of the necessary avi. | auoted, voiced agreement with what ! dence to properly and effectively con- | Senator Pepper said. Immediately | duct their defense, and in view of the | 5 |t et e T I e 1o chye | 2fter the conference Mr. Pinchot re- {task, by reason of the vast popularity | turned to Penpsylvania and Maj. | lthat’ Bergdoll enjoved in the town |Reed left for his home later in the day. The three participants in to- view | the authorities of the state of Baden | where the attempted kidnaping oc- | curred. and the evident animosity on the part of every one at Eberbach | {toward the two Americans, and in | fact toward all Americans, the de- { fense's task was by no means an easy | one. Dr. Schrag well deserves their | gratitude_and_that of all Americans " (Continued on Page 3. Column 3.) GASOLINE INQUIRY VOTED BY SENATE | Sweeping, Price Probe Order- ed Following Charges of Profiteering. The Senate today ordered a sweep- ing investigation ef the prices of gas- oline, adopting a resolution intro- duced by Senator a Follette of Wis- consin giving the committee on man- ufactures a wide authority in the matter of summoning witnesses and calling for papers and in the em-| ployment of counsel in making the investigation. Senator La Follette, who Is chairman of the committee, which is to make the investigation, is expected to be- gin the investigation at an early date. | The rapld incrcase in the price of | gasoline in the last few months has caused suspicion in -the minds of sen- ators that the producers and oper- ators are profiteering, and also that there has been a conspiracy in con- | nection with the increase in the price. Senator La Follette also put through an amendment to a resolution intro- duced by him for an investigation by his committeé of the leasing of naval | oil reserves by Secretary Fall. This | amendment gives full authority to summon witnesses and carry on the investigation proposed. —_————— VALENTINO IS FREED LOS ANGELES, June 5.—Rodolph Valentino, screen actor whose princi- pal roles have been those of love heroes, was liberated of a charge of bigamy here today, when the felony complaint against him was dismigsed after a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Hanby. The justice ruled there was insufficient | evidence present to support the com- plaint, | | i day's meeting will attend the meet- ing of the state committee in Phil-| adelphia next Saturday. Pennsylvania politicians in town, outside of those who sat in the meet- ing, were deeply interested in the outcome of the conference and vari- ous views were expressed prophetic of the future. The strong statement of Senator Pepper made an impres- sion and was taken at its face vaiue as indicative of the desire of the two senatorial candidates to bring about harmony of action with the new element represented by Mr. Pinchot, if the latter is agreeable. Mr. Pinchot, afder the meeting, said with a smile, “I have a very im- portant announcement to make, my usual one. I have nothing to say. But he then withdrew for a talk with Senator Pepper and Maj. Reed, and it was after this conversation that Senator Pepper made the foregoing statement. CHRISTIANS FORCED INTO TURK ARMIES Labor Brigades Formed to Rid Cilicia of Non- M@slems. By the Associated Press. ADANA, Cilicia, June 5.—Mustapha Kemal Pasha, head of the Turkish natfonalist government, has given orders for the conscription of all Christians resident in Cilicla. They are to be formed into labor brigades and sent to the front line trenches to assist the Turkish army in its war against the Greeks. The Turkish newspapers are comingy out boldly in advocacy of a policy of clearing out all Christians from Ci- licla, so that the country may become purely Moslem. Many Christians are being imprisoned on politicAl charges, and their estates confiscated and sold on the allegation that they belonged %o the Turks before the war. It is estimated here that fully 80 per cent of the Armenians in Cilicia | investigation | companies, | the Attorney ih | would discuss the report of the Federal have either been conscripted, depor ed, killed or have died of starvation A large number of those remaining have embraced the Moslem faith so as to _escape persecutionm, | zard to other steel s0 has not acted in re- in to them. enator La Follette pointed out that eneral was still to be He indicated that later he rd from. ion in the Senate. Trade Comm! LENIN'S ILLNESS SERIOUS, IS REPORT News of lliness Had Been Suppressed Until Officially Announced Yesterday. BY F. A. MACKENZIE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News, . Coprright, 13 MOSCOW, June 5.—The fact of Lenin's illness was carefully con- cealed from the public until it was made known officially Sunduy. Re- ports that he recovering were spread through the city the latter part of the week, and his breakdown, due to a combination of prolonged overwork and the reaction after an cperation, was wholly unexpected by his friends, though not by his ph: sicians. Before Lenin left for the country eleven days ago he seemed better than ever, as he was full of vitality and energy. He had m. national matters in mind and spoke of plans for improving the public services, maintaining the essential principles of communism and ridding the par:y of inefficient and corrupt members. Under the most favorable cir tances Lenin must rest for ne to come. some Even his avowed po- litical opponents show every sign of personal grief at the news of the se- t rious turn to his iliness, declaring that he is the man Russia can least afford to spare. STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY. Confirmation of Premier's Condi- tion With Reported Improvement. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, June 5.—Confirmation was obtained yesterday of the report that Nikolai Lenin, the bolshevik premier, had suffered an apoplectio stroke. It is declared his condition is serious, but that he is improving. The physicians attending Lenin have issued a carefully guarded bulletin, revealing that the bolshevik premier has suffered some sort of a stroke, and though he is said to be improva ing, his associates make no secret that his condition was serious. The following official bulletin was issued on June 3: “On May 24 M. Lenin was taken il with a sharp gastric _enteritis, which was followed by a high tem- perature. Because of previous gen- eral overwork his illness developed a nervous condition and a minor dis- order of the blood circulation, which, however, within the next few da: began to improve. “At the present moment, M. Leni temperature is normal. He feels be ter and the patient, for whom w prescribed absolute rest during the near future, is now on the road to full recovery “The Lulietin was signed by Profs. Foerster, Kramer and other phy