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. ¥ Unsettled, showers an showers tonight change in temperature. ended at 2 p.m. today: Hij 2 today: lowest, 73, 2 p.ni. today. For fuil report see | | WEATHER. or ‘tomerrow; Temperature for twenty-four hours d thunder- no ghest, 85, at at 65:30 a.m. page 8. | | | | L Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 Entered as gecond-class matter post office "Washington, No. 28,549.° MANY IRISH FALL; BATTLE RAGING IN HEART OF DUBLIN Regulars Open Fierce Attack on “Rebels” Barricaded in the Four Courts. SHELLS RUIN BUILDING; RORY 0’CONNOR WOUNDED Irregulars Give Up Fowler's Hall | When Fire Breaks Out—700 Free State Troops in Battle. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, June 28.—An attack begun At dawn today by Free State troops on the Irish republican army irregu- lars barricaded In the Four Courts, at Dublin, was still in progress at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Under a heavy fire from rifles and machine guns and of high-explosive shells from small- calibered artillery the troops, under Commandant Rory O'Connor, were reported to have been diven to the rear part of the Four <ourts building, and the belief that they could not hold out much longer was expressed in official quarters. Fowler's Hall, in Parnell Square, Tield by the insurgents, also was be- sieged, and after fire had broken out there shortly after noon the irregu- Jars evacuated it and moved to a hotel in the vicinity, where they be- gan throwing up defenses, Fifteen' Reported Killed. Unofficial estimates were that fif- teen men had been killed and num- hers of combatants wounded up to the carly afternoon, and it was rumored that Commandant O'Connor of the ir- regulats was among the wounded. The artillery fire upon the Four Courts was sparing in quantity, from the desire to save the ancient build- ing as far as possible, and during the »ur from noon to 1 o'clock not a shot s fired from the eighteen-pounders m which the high-explosive shells “ere being sent into the structure. As early as $:30 o’clock the copper me on ‘the Four Courts had been | Llown in, ambulances were dashing| about in all directions and the scene was one of indescribable confusion. owler Hall on Parnell square, oc- cupied by irregulars, also was at- tacked by the Irish government troops. The official troops command _the Four Courts building from all sides, but the nature of the structure made an assault difficult, and as the build- | ng contains irreplaceable legal doc- iments there was no dispesitionto ire the structure as a means of oust- ng the insurgents. Casualty List Heavy. The number of casualties on either | side was not known definitely, but| fourteen had been reported up to! inidforencon. Thre® irregulars were | carried out of the Four Courts build- | ing by the rear exit at 9:30 o'clock. They were believed to be badly| wounded and it was rumored two others of the Irregulars had been Killed. Pive casualties among the Free; State troops had occurred up to| 11:30 o'clock. These were men who| had been wounded and taken to a! hospital for treatment. One woman in the city died of heart failure from | excitement brought on by the fight-| ing. { Antillery was re-employed to some ex- | tent “by the pro ijonal government | troops, at least one eighteen-pounder | having been in action, and considerable | damage was reported to have been done the insrgents’ stronghold. The Four Courts had been strongly fortified by 1he irregulars, who replied vigorously to the fire of the attacking parties. H The Royal Dublin Society’s buildings, avhich had been chosen by the provi- Bional government as the meeting place for the new southern Irish parliament 1ext Saturday, have been tightly closed and the gates barred as a precaution ~ against an attack by the irregulars. Burating Shells Stir City. The fusilade around the Four Courts | was punctuated at intervals by the ! sound of bursting shells, and it was as- | certained that two eighteen-pounders were in action. Machine guns were be- ing freely used by both sides. The entire city was awakened by the ! din, even to the remote suburbs. Soon after 5 o'clock this morning there seemed to be a slackening in the in- tensity of the firing, but it revived soon afterward, and the sound of the ex- ploding sheils made it evident that the conflict was still in progress. The first casualty reported was| amongst _the provisional government troops. = Private Long was wounded while on duty in Chancery street. It was learned during the morning that the official forces were using: against the Four Courts two eighteen- | peunder firing high-explosive shells with delayed action fuses. They fired at first from the high ground in the neighborhood of Christ Church Ca-i ihedral at a range of 200 yards. By 11:30 v'clock a breach had been made | in one wall of the building. The idea. of using high-explosive shells was to minimize the risk of fire. The guns Jater were moved to fresh positions where the advantages of direct fire seemed greater. The attack on the insurgents was preceded by the sending of two ulti- matums to Commandant Rory O'Con- nor. One of these demanded the re- lease of Lieut. Gen. O'Connell, assist- ant chief of staff of the regular forces, who was seized yesterday by the insurgents. The other set a time limit after which an made. Building' Turned Into Fortress. Eager preparations were made by O'Connor’s forces yesterday and late last night to strengthen their de- fenses in anticipation of the attack, which their leaders boasted that he desired and did not fear. He has held the building since the middlé of April, and has turned it into a fortress by piling sandbags, law books and fur- irregular | ‘ conference revolved. attack would be |.¢! D. C. Hague Hotels Lower All Colors to Shield Queen From Red Flag By the Associated Press. THE HAGUE, June 28.—Queen Wilkelmina does mot lke red flags, and Foreign Minister V: Karnebeek has adopted a skill- ful plan to prevent her majesty from seeing bolshevist pennants fiying over the Orange Hotel at Scheveningen, headquarters of the soviet delegation, upon Rer approaching return to Hol- and. Alll of the hotels at the heach been requested to ors of the various Hons which they are shel- tering. The union jack, the tri-color of France, the red sun of Japan and the other na- tional standards have all been lowered. Even the Dutch flag is not being floated over the long line of hotels adjoining the bolshevik headquarters. “SHOW S MONEY” SOVIET CHALLENGE European Delegates at Hague Demand Demonstra- tion of Security First.. By the Associated Press. THE HAGUE, June 28.—“Show us the money and we will talk to you, is the challenge of Maxim Litvinoft, head of the Russian soviet delega- tion at the conference here, to representatives of the European powers, and their retort is, “Show us proper security and we shall then taFk about money." Consequently The Hague confer- ence is starting in much the same cir- cle as that around which the Genoa M. Litvinoff and his colleagues are meeting the subcommlssion tomorrow which Is intrusted with the settle. ment of claims arising from the prop- | erty of foreigners nationalized in Russia, and today they were sched- uled to meet the subcommission for consideration of the Russian debts. Proposals Without End. There seems to be an endless chain | of proposals and counter proposals, with unlimited possibilities for talk and delays. The British and other important delegations say they can- not make any recommendations. to | their bankers and business men to| let Russia have money and credits until Russia shows a disposition to make good its old obligations, and proceed along lines which will in- sure the stability ot investments. So it is now up to M. Litvinoff, they say, to divulge his plans for the Ruissian resonstruction, which the soviet goy- ernment “desires 1 have Europe finance. % The soviet demand that France and Belgium' disclose the exact footing on which they would participate in The Hague conference, which was transmitted yesterday to M. Patyn, president of ‘the ceniral commission, developed a sensation and called | forth strong anti-bolshevist expres- sions in French and Belgian circles. Delegation Criticized. The soviet delegation was espec- ially attacked for giving to the press | a copy of its communication simul- taneously with sénding it to the president of«the conference and be- fore the delegates had had an bp- | portunity of receiving it officially. The Russlan document is virtually an insistence that France and Bel- gium show their credentials and an- nounce definitely whether they. will participate in the conference's de- liberations on the same basis as the other powers. President Patyn will reply to the communication after consaiting wich | the French and Belgians, who are | awaiting instructions from Paris and | Brussels. The Russians make the point that France and Belgium have never definitely -accepted the pro- | gram_ adopted at Genoa as a basis| for The Hagua conference. The Belgian - and French repre- sentatives said that the mere fact that--they were here showed that | they wished earnestly to collaborate | on Russian problems. | CONSIDER PAYING DEBTS. i MOSCOW, June 28.—If the powers represented at The Hague grant credits to Russia, the soviet govern- ment is prepared to pay a percentage of the Russian debt proportionate to the credits received, declared Leo Kameneff, acting premier, in an ad- dress before the Moscow communist conference. “But,” he added, “we refuse to pay | only 'for “de jure recognition and afterward to receive money from private bankers owing to the fact that the governments ~themselv have little money.” ks, FESS SEES DANGER | INNEW CONTROL On the eve of his retirement as chair- man of the republican congressional committee, Representative Fess,~- Ohio, declared in a statement today that if the republicans Ipst control of the House in the November elections all important House committees would have demo- crats as chairmen, provided ranking dem:x;-:tic sitting members were re- cted. “The. party situation becomes a sig- nificant fact in each election of Con- gress,” said Mr. Fess, “since it is not a successfully disputed fact that when the democrats control either house of Congress, especially the lower house, it is a minority control. Assuming that the present sitting democratic ranking com- mittee _members, will be re-elected in November, the ‘conduct. of legislation will be transferred under the control and direction of men who come from a | small section ¢f the country. “Twenty-five committees, all the im- portant committees of the House, are niture against the windows, barring several of the doors and guarding the remaining approaches with barbed wire. About 700 men were engaged on the government side. Orange Hall, taken over by the in- surgents as “refuge for Bellf: Catholic: ‘was also attacked. Newspaper men were not allowed to approach the scenes of operations, ilte surrounding streets being cor- doned with troops; consequently, au- thentic details were difficult to gb- 1ai 5 The arrangements for the.invest- ts i1 ‘Thi it | Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, all to be under the direction of not difficuity only one section of the country, but | the last week in September, the demo- | of his office without the ke; confined to eleven states, with as!crats at Syracuse and the republicans | side of the many as four committee chairmen from one state.” States in the Liat. ‘states listed by Mr. Fess are: Mary- jand, Kentucky, . Georgia, luuom!l; Texas, Florida, Louisiana and: North Carolina. ‘The resignation of Mr. Fess, who is a candidate for the Ohl nomination will be pr. ::pnbw congressional th | partment. CLOSING OF PLZA HOTELS LOOMING "IN CONTROVERSY Will Come if Stir Continues Regarding _Management, Says Henning. ANTAGONISTIC SPIRIT IN ORGANIZATION HIT Assistant Secretary of Labor Gives Views in Letter to Presiding Official. Discontinuance of the government hotels on the Union station plaza looms as a possibility if certain “fac- tious elements” continue to stir up charges regarding the management and conditions prevailing therein, Assistant Secretary E. J. Henning of the Department of Labor wrote today to Miss Bertha Anderson, president of the plaza council. The letter was in answer to a petition comtaining certain charges filed with the de- Coples of the letter to Miss Anderson’ also were sent to signers of the petition. i In his letter Mr. Henning scored what he termed the “apparent mili- tantly antagonistic spirit of those {dominating the plaza council” afd | urged that an end be put to the “con- tinued criticism of the hotel manage- i ment.” Sees Change Expensive. After discoursing generally as to a comparison with the manner in which the government hotels are run and the way commercial American plan | hotels are operated, Secretary Hen- ning points out that it would double the cost to the guests to change from the method now in force on the plaza to a venture on a strictly com- mercial plane, where it would be nec- essary to include every overhead charge, such as taxes, interest on in- vestment, etc. After pointing out that both Sec- retary Davis and himself are not a little concerned for the welfare and convenience of the guests at the gov- ernment institution, he says that they have reached the conclusion that “the Plaza Council, if.it were prop- j erly organized and efficiontly admin- istered, could render a service pot only to the guests of the government hotels, but would have extended such co-operation with the management as would have no doubt made life more pleasant and comfortable for all those interested. ‘The apparent militantly antagon- istic spirit of those” dominating the coun he continued, as been re- sponsible in a large measure for the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) HEARST AMBITIONS HELD SIGNIFICANT May Run for Governor of New York to Pave Way to Hoped- For Presidency. Trustworthy advices from New York reaching Washington indicate that William R. Hearst is to be a prominent figure in the :contest for the democratic nomination for gov- ernor this. fall. The belief prevails that Mr. Hearst is taking this course as a pathway to the presidential momination in~1924. In this view his gubernatorial campaign is classed as possessing national sigrificance. Another angle of the Hearst pro- gram 1s reported to be the expected entry of former Gov.-Martin H. Glynn in the race for the United States sena- torship nomination. Press dispatches report that Mr. Hearst h bought Mr. Glynn's newspaper,’ the Albany Times-Union, which is an influential democratic_paper in that section of the state. Mr. Hearst has not yet ai nounced his candidacy for the gov- ernorship, being abroag with his wife, but well posted New York politicians expect him to do so. Tammany in Questie Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall comprises the uncertain quan- tity in the equation, being understood to be looking with-disfavor on the Hearst candidacy for the governor- stip, but up-state democ: are working upon the Tammany leader to bring him into line, using the argu- ment that Mr. Hearst could carry the state for the democrats on the gov- ernorship and entire state ticket, and, possibly, take the senatorship along at the same time. The present administration of New York city and Brooklyn, headed .by Mayor Hylan, is for Mr. Hearst, and John H. McCooey, the democratic jeader of Kings county, is also among the Hearst backers. Another angle of uncertainty, however, is the pros- pective attitude of former Governor Alfred E. Smith and referred to as “the most popular democrati in the state of New York.” He is being urged to run either for the governor- !ship or the United States senatorship but is holding off. ' His: friends de- clare_he would not go into the sen- atarship fight it Mr. Hearst is to be the candidate for governor. Conventions to Decide. Nominations will be made by state conventions, delegates to which will be elected at the primari They will probably be'held simultarieously at Albany. Mr. Hearst’s-backers have opened headquarters in Syracuse and in New York city, the lstter in charge of William J. Conners, of owner of two i tial newspapers of that eity. S. Harris, former democratic sta hio mfioufl mittee. uenf He is aided chair- | I - | | WANTSLLS.TOTAKE OVER COAL MINES Représentative Burke Places Bill Before Congress—Ac- tion Unlikely Now. BULLETIN, President Harding has decided to summon to Washington Satur: day a group of representative coal operators from all parts of the United States to discuss with representatives of the miners’ unfon possibility of a econference to fix wage scales that would settle the bituminous coal strike. A resolutton authorizing and di- recting the President “to take over and operate coal mines for a period of one year, or as long thereafter as in his discretion may be necessary todsy by Represemtitive Burke, re- publiéan, “Pennsylvania, long identi- fied with organized labor. The Burke resolution set forth as a basls for such action “the serious con- ditlon existing in the coal industry due to the fact that operators have refused to continue the miners’ wage schedule” and had failed to negotiate differences. Coal Prices During Period. The President would be directed to negofiate with the miners’ committee for *a mutually satistactory wage and working agreement,” and during the period of government control coal would be sold the public at actual cost plus a reasonable return to mine owners. House leaders said there was no likelihood of action on the resolution at this time. Lewis Again Sees Davis. Efforts of the government to bring to a head negotiations looking to- ward an end of the coal strike were continued today when Secretary Davis of the Department of Labor conferred again with John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers. | tor more than an hour and it was in- dicated that the major topic under discussion was a possibility that the government might seek a national conference in which miners and ope- rators would meet and thresh out their differences. That the United Mine Workers are steadfast in their stand against settlement of the strike by district tonferences was reiterated today by Mr. Lewis who, however, would not comment on a national conference. ‘White House View. At the White House, President Har- ding was represented as feeling tha! delicate negotiations were necessary | before representatives of the mine owners and the striking miners could be got together for an agreement. There were indications today that officlals were considering e plan to bring & few representative operators together with - Mr. Lewls nd other spokesmen for the miners to discuss informally. the prospect for holding a national conference authorized to make & new wage agreement. Following his conference with Pres. ident Lewis, Secretary Devis hurried to the White House to see President Harding. DR. GRIFFITH T0 SUE: Action to Compel Reinstatement to Be Started TomorTow. A mandamus suit to, compel the Commissioners to reinstate Dr. Lewis A. Griffith, dismissed superintendent of the District insurance department, will be filed in the District Supreme Court tomorrow morning by W. Gywnn “Gardiner, counsel ~for Dr. Griffith. Attorney Gardiner said he had planned to file the suit today, but has been delayed in preparing the legal document. Meantime, Burt A. Miller, the new urance department, is h“i’ o'fl “‘w‘l{‘:l:lg for the keys to-his office Ydeske which Dr. Grifiith has. re-- o turn over to him. Mr. Mil- tu-idh‘t,'" it is s=ald, 'is having carrying on the work as one ined the been er, no esk: which con :nnphern-.lu opened. McPARLAND RE-ELECTED. INDIANAPOLIS, June 28.—John Mc- B o iaens of the Tniernations] o3 the. public good,” was Introduced | with miners with a view to adjusting| The two men remained in conference ! ADJOURNMENT JOLTED. House Resolution Blocked by Sen- ate Bi-Party Conference. House plans for adjournment Sat- urday were upset temporarily in the Senate today, when attempts of Sen- ator Curtis, Kansas, assistant repub- lican leader, to put through a Senate resolution giving Senate consent to the adjournment was blocked pend- ing consultation between democratic leaders of the two houses. The resolutipn which Senator Curtis put_in was introduced at the request of House leaders, he said, and pro- vided for adjournment to August 8. LIQUOR WAR AIDED BY SHPPING BOARD gPreventiofi of Smuggling Aim of Co-Operative Move by Government. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The United States Shipping Board has promised its co-operation in the campaign of the prohibition forces of ithe government, to prevent the smug- | gling of liquor from foreign countries. The regulations issued by the Treas- ury Department permit the sale, out- side the three-mile limit, of liquor which is a regular part of the ships | stores, but they make it unlawful for |crews or passengers to carry intoxi- cants ashore. | The problem of smuggling on the | part of crews, however, is one which |rivals in its enforcement difficulties ! the stoppage of liquor traffic on land. | Unquestionably the crews of Ameri- !can and foreign vessels are plying a {healthy trade in foreign liquors. | Smuggling on an extensive scale has been going on ever since the federal | amendment went into éffect. How ican it be prevented? The task is almost hopeless. Force Insufficient. The federal government hasn’t enough agents to search vessels or their cfews ! effectively. It takes a long time to make search of a modern merchant vessel |and by the time agents would finish one part of a ship it would be a compara- tively easy matter for crews to trans- fer their liquor to another part. If agents are stationed on the docke the crew can put out small boats and land at other points along shore. Nobody Ipays much attention to the activities of a crew when the vessel is in port. They can come and go freely. In the case of American ships, the captains might be penalized if negligence in preventing smuggling is proved—this might easily be added to the laws, but this would not touch foreign skippers who could hardly be punished for something their crews did in their own waters abroad When the act of smuggling began. The practical diffieulties in the way of enforcing prohibition are numer- ous, but few phases of the question are as perplexing as the smuggling of liquor by crews. The Shipping Board has written its managers and urged them to do all they can to pre- vent smuggling of liquor, particu- larly while-the ships are in foreign ports. The Shipping Board keeps a record of the liquor bought for sale on board and seals up the intoxicants when an American port is reached. Any smuggling that develops usually is in liquors privately stored dn the ship by members of the crew. ‘An idea of the difficulties of catch- ing a smuggler may be obtained by the experience of the Shipping Board in_stopping the traffic in nar- cotics. Nobody in the government, no matter what his views may be on liquor questions, can be suspected of a desire to let drugs come into the United States, especially from the orient. Yet the rxm'el-muem has h its hands full in keeping drugs out of the United States.. Only last week 200 packages of marcotics came into the United States through' a Ship- ping Board vessel. iThe packages had been carefully concealed between the switches and the chief electrician was al ed. There are so many places ‘aboard ship which permit of easy concealment of contraband ar- ticles that the federal governmient will have to Increase its searching force considerably to cope with the problem. 3 5 Until Congress changes existing law American vessels will continue to sell liquor outside the three-mile 1imit, but the prevalent opinion is that legislation will be passed soon prohibiting this. Nobedy has devised a way to prevent smuggling, except lectric by’ appropriating large sums _of | Mil money . for si agents to search ships and their crews and Dl"‘m Even if vessels touching Ame nted from bringing | attsvill fivm are pre e aree ng | INDUSTRIAL HOME REPAIRS RDERED Action of Commissioners Seen as Move to Keep In- stitution Open. That the District Commissioners in- should be kept open was forecast to- day by the announcement that con- tracts had been let for ftems of re- pairs and improvement at the school. The contract includes installation of a new boiler, erection of a new porch |on the main building, and installa- jtion of new electric lighting fixtures. On Tuesday, it is expected, the | Commissioners will receive a report 28 to the holding of & joint meeting by members of the board of trustees of the Industrfiil Home Sihibol and members of the board of children's guardians, befieen whom friction and lack of huttiony was reported to have developed,b¥ the board of chari- ties investigating committee. This report was expected yesterday, poned until next week because of the absence from the city of some mem- bers of the board. It is believed now i that such a meeting will be held on Monday and that the point of con- troversy which led to charges that the board of children’s guardians was {attempting to force the Industrial Home School to close its doors by withdrawing children from the insti- tution and placing them in private homes will be thrashed out and an dmicable settlement of the dispute effected. A private investigation of man; homes to which the board of chi dren’'s guardians has been sending children is continuing under the auspices of a _citizens’ committee headed by Mrs. Edmund Brennan and Mrs. L. M. Clements. It is expected that the committee will visit more than a score of the homes to which children have been removed by the board of children’s guardians. Dis- i v ments with keen interest. No official action will be taken, it was indicated received the report of the joint meet- ing, which the boards agreed to hold when called into conference last week with the Commissioners. MARVLAND GAINS CUSTODY OF LYLES $7,500 Bail ‘to Be Fixed, Pending Action on Charge of Assault on Girl. J.” Marshall Lyles, thirty-six years old, charged in Maryland with a felonious assault on Katherine Ros- enbaum, thirteen years old, of 1235 Maryland avenue northeast June 18, today consented to return to Mary- land and withdrew his opposition to the requisition sent here last week by Gov. Ritchie. Chief Justice McCoy | then honored the requisition and Lyles was surrendered to Thomas H. Garrison, deputy sheriff, who took his prisoner to Hyattsville. Mr, Garrizon stated that the Mary- land authorities were satisfled with bail bond of $7.500 for the appear- ance of Lyles should the grand jury indict him at its October term. At- orney Robert L Miller, representing iyles, sald he. had arranged with John J. O'Neil to furnish bail for Lyles, and Sheriff Garrison declared r. O'Neil would be acceptable to the Maryland authorities. The bond has to be executed in Maryland. Assistant United States Attorney O’'Leary explained that State’s Attor- ney Ryon'of Hyattsville had expected to be present in court this morning, but had received an urgent call from the attorney general of Maryiand for a conference and cculd not come to Washington. On the assurance of Mr. Ryon that a speedy trial will be given of the case !f Lyles is indicted. United States Attorney Gordon will hold the Washington charges against 'the prisoner in abeyance. Warran chl.r'l:g. white slavery and abdu tion. had been served on Lyles in this Jurisdiction. a Char] s 'Redmon, thirty-four years |C: old, a’boarder in the home of John Giddings, in Maryland, on the Sligo 1: road, where the alleged assault on the Rosenbaum girl took place, was srrested yesterday afternoon by Constable Thomas H. Garrfon of Hy. on. charge -of carnal a | n & prelimi ) 3 betore/Magiatrate Tohn tend that the Industrial Home School | but the joint meeting had been post- | | trict officials are watching develop-! today, until the Commissioners have | * THREE KILLED, 24 HURT IN GERMAN ROW OVER RATHENAU SLAYING BERLIN, June 28.—Three persons were killed and twenty-five were wounded at Armstadt yesterday when the police fired on a crowd during a demonstration in connec- tion with the assassination of Dr. Walter Rathenau, the German for- eign minister. The demonstrators previously had forced their way into the houses of deputies Dingeldey and Dr. Osann, members of the peo- ples’ party, and seriously injured the former.” They also smashed the windows and furniture in two newspaper offices. Considerable damage aiso was done to the German national party’s building at Karlsruhe by the demonstrators. MEXICAN STATION EEPS LS INDOLBT Officials-Puzzled Over Dearth of News Regarding Ran- som of Americans. Government officials, more\ than twenty-four hours after having been informed by the American consul at Tampico that a Mexican rebel leader had seized forty American employes and property of the Cortez Oil Com- pany in that vicinity for ransom, were today still awaiting fuller in- formation. : The time limit for the payment of the ransom of 15,000 pesos, as fixed by Gorozave, the rebel chieftain, ex- pired yesterday, and State Depart- {ment officials frankly were puzzled iu the delay in definite reports as to what happened at the oil companv's camp. It generally assumed that the federal authorities in Tampico took prompt measures to deal with the situation. Failure to do sp would of necessity lead to serious inter- national complications, and 1t was felt here that the Obregon govern- | ment would avoid any such possibil- |ity. ~ At.the same time, it .is recog- nized by officials here that the inci- dent might have been planned in an effort to discredit the Obregon gov- ernment and be more serious in ap- | pearance than in fact. Doubt Mem Will Be Hurt. If it should be, %as suspected by some officials here, a deliberate ef- fort by political enemies of President Obregon to involve his government in complications with the United States it was felt that the plan hardly would B0 so far as to permit any serious injury to the captive Americans or to the oil property, which is a valuabl asset to Mexican authorities. ‘ The State Department also was without official advices indicating that Bruce Bislaski, the American cap- i tured by bandits and held for ransom Inear Cuérnavaca, had been released or that arrangements for his release had been completed. It was assumed ithat the embassy at Mexico City | would not report until definite infor- {mation on this question was at hand | there. | | It was indicated authoritatively to- {day in regard to the Cortez Oil Com- {pany incident that the Washington | authorities would take no step be- | yond the representations aiready transmitted by Charge d'Affaires Sum-., merlin in the Mexican capital and |Consul Shaw at Tampico urging | prompt action by the Mexican goverw {ment and_punishment of the guiNy | persons. No move has been made | yet to dispatch naval vessels to Mex- jican waters, and further action here | | will await advices from American of- |ficials in Mexico as to the develop- | ments at Tampico. Mexicans Mistreated Here. Discussion of the bandit activities against Americans brought out at the | State Department today the informa- i tion that the Mexican charge here! recently made representations in one . | case where Mexican citizens were al- ileged to have been mistreated by strikers in American coal fields. The representation presented early in June said that five Mexicans had been interfered with by strikers in the| Utah coal flelds. The case was refefred to the Gover- nor of Utah, who transmitted an affi-| | davit from Ferdando Durano, a Mex- | iican, !ho was taken from a stage by strikers and detained over night with his wife and family and sent back to the town from which he had come. The affidavit said that there was no other Mexican in this party and that the strikers fed and cared for the Mex- ican and his family, paid their trans- portation back the way they had come and in addition gave the man $2. This information from the government was duly reported to the Mexican embassy here, and while Utah officials are still investigating to discover if any other Mexicans were involved in the coal field troubles, it is believed that the Mexican consul in Salt Lake City, who Treported that five of his countrymen were mistreated, did 50 through a mis- take. 5 The Mexican charge here also has re- ceived information that one Mexican was killed and another badly beaten in the Herrin, IlL, mine troubles, but at the State Department today there was said to be no confirmation of such reports. Today’s News in Brief. Representative ‘Burke wants Presi- dent to take over coal mines for year's operation. Page 1 Speaker Gillett appoints members to aid in fiscal relations inquiry. Trains will run, say rail officials. _ Page 2 | Vatican protests Jewish privilege in Palestine. Page 2 Fourteenth street extension found necessary. Page 2 .Col. C. O. Sherrill scores the carele: Y pleasure-seel 1 Page 2 Disabled soldiers to get $10,000,000. . Page 3 Crippled and alling™ flock to faith healer. Page 4 Pennsy to seek other wage pacts. Page & Good Wil for mothers and ehilaren opened today, Page 7 Two Tepublicans are opposing Sena- tor McCumber for renomination in North Dakota today. Page 16 Launch national fire waste fight. Page 19 Democrats shift Wisconsin voters. Page 20 kington citizens op] bill nt. ml.ngm!xtnnnhn of railway lldln‘r‘: in square 710." | Page 32 {Orge bt drastic health test for I S AL Page. " Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 6,647 | vet N TWO CENTS. MEXICAN TROOPS PURSUING CAPTORS OF 40 AMERICANS Release of Bielaski by Ban- dits Hindered by Act of Friends. RANSOM SENT, BUT NOT AS REBELS STIPULATED Obregon Officials Delay Financial Plans With New York Bankers Until Incident Clears. By the Associated Press, MEXICO \CITY, June 28.—Mexican government officials believe that the kidnaping of A. Burce Bielaski in the state of Morelos and the capture of forty_other Americans near Tampico within a few hours of each other are Isolated cases of banditry which will be adequately attended to by the fed- eral troops now in pursuit According to advices from Cuerna- vaca, negotiationis are still in prog- ress between Mr. Bielaski's friends and his bandit captors, a brief mes- | sage from the former stating: “Ar- rangements for release almost com- pleted. Bruce safe and well.” In some quarters it is asserted that the presence in Cuernavaca of numer- ous friends of Mr. Bielaski has mili- tated against his speedy rclease, as various attempts are being made to pay over the ransom, none of which complies with the program strictly outlined by the bandits last Sunday. Federal Agents B Mexican government agents known to have been In Cuernava since Sunday night with sufficieny funds to meet the ransom demands, but actual contact with the bandits has not been accomplished. The war office announces that two columns of troops equipped for mountain and hill fighting are now scouring the terrain adjacent to Cu rnavaca. Secretary of War Serrano has not been " advised officially of the seizure of the Cortez Oil Company property near Tampico and the d tention of the forty emploves, but newspaper reports caused him to di- rect Gen. Gaudalupe Sanchez, federal commander in that zone, to start a campaign against the rebels in the entire region. Gen. Gorozave, commanding. the- Tampico rebels, was reported killeq several weeks ago but, aceording to the war office, he suddenly appeared in the Huasteca region last week and his activities against the oil com- pany's Aguada camp indicates m program of outlawry. Gorozave, wi is a Spaniard, is said to _have nearly 300 well armed men under his com- mand. No news has reached he; from Tampico concerning the cap- ture. and local representatives of the Cortez interests said they had no information other than that contained in dispatches from Washington. It is rumored here that of the forty caj tured less than a dozen are Ameri- cans, the remainder being British sub- jects. Blelaski Case Separate. There appears to be no general feeling ‘here that there is any con- nection between the Tampico ci tures and the kidnaping of Mr, Bie- laski, and the moest popuiar belief is that the latter is being held by ordi- nary bandits who were in need of money and who carefully selectad their victim from the scores of Americans and other foreigners whe traversed the road between Crena- vaca and the famous caves of Caca- humilpa last Sunday. The developments of the last few | days have caused little stir in Mexi- can official circles, although in some quarters it is said that formal ra fication of Financiul Secretary de la Huerta's agreement with the New York bankers was deliberately post- poned yesterday, so as to allow the | situation to clarify before proceeding. Representations to the Mexican fo eign office urging immediate action to secure the release of forty employes of the Cortez Oil Company, held by the rebel Gen. Gorozave, were madi Monday night by George T. Summer- lin, the American charge d'affaires, it was announced today. At the time the reque: was re- newed for the release of Bielaski and for the apprehension of his captors. DISTURBS MEXICAN ENVOYS. National Debt and Oil Tax Parley Affected by Kidnaping NEW YORK, June 28.—Officials of the Mexican government who are here negotiating Mexican national debt and oil tax agreements were plainly disturbed by the kidnaping in Mexi- co of A. Bruce Bielaski and the hold- ing for ranson of forty American em- ployes of the Cortez Oil Company near Tampjco and threatened destruction of company property, valued at $250,~ 000. Neither Adolfo de la Hyerta, Mexican minister of finance, nor any of his staff would make any official comment, pointing out that all their information thus far had been ob- tained from newspaper reports. ‘Thus far no definite connection has been established between the Blelaski incident, which took place in the state of Morelos, and the Cortez episode in Tampico, but in some quarters here hinted that the otubreaks may have been inspired by politi ponents of President Obrego gime, with the purpose of embarrasse ing his representatives in the cone ferences now under way here. Property valued at millions of dol- lars is owned by American interests in ‘the Tampico oil fields, and fears are felt here that unless the rebelt under Gen, Gorozave, who are holds ing the Cortez employes, are dis- persed or captured, othér outbreaks are likely. Local oil men wired theit agents in Mexico to take speclal prés cautions to guard the lives of theit employes and the companies’ property, but at the close of busine: word of gny trouble had ceived. toda: been rer —_— GIVE BILL STATUS. The House rules committee today ordered favorable report on a special rule to give the Zihlman bill creating a new assistant secretary of labor e, rivileged status. An effort will be rnnda to push this bill through before the contemplated adjournment of the House. The new assistant secretary is be- ing created in order to. take char:s of uppeals in immigTation.. eases. hich have been incumbering tie sec: -