Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1922, Page 4

\ WOULD HAVEL. §. OWN POST OFFICES President’s Aid. May Be Ask- i ed to End Enormous Cost of Renting. President Harding may be asked to send a special message to Congress in behalf of the plan Initlated by the Post Office Department for govern- ment ownership of post office build- ings throughout the country. This step seems likely as the result of the decision practically reachtd to- day by high officlals of .the Post Office Department that this plan for govern- ment-owned post offices, instead of the present system of rented offices, will be made the major endeavor of the department for the remainder of the administration. ; The help of the President, therefore, 14 regarded as greatly. necessary, since Congress will have to be con- sulted at every step in the scheme, which involves the purchase by the ited States of more than 5,000 post office buildings, and sites for many more, as the parcel post business of the nation STows. Rents Run Into Millions. iThe present system of paying ehormous rents, running Into the millions of dollars, is regarded 1y postal officials as perhaps the muat upbusiness''ke spectacle in a govern- ment service which has in the past presented many such unbusinesslike ys of procedure. . Under the present way of doing thinge” & private | builder borrows money, say. at 7 per cent, and builds a post office, for which the govern- ment pays rent year-after year. The government could borrow money at 4 per cent. it is pointed out, and then would own the building itself, tax fgee, whereas in paying rents for Post offices it must also pay taxes, the taxes being figured into the rents by _the owner. Yovernment ownership of all post offices, it is pointed out. would allow the government to take the natural advantage of growth of citles, and phrchase ground in advance. ~Thus the government would get the ad- vantage of low cost. Expect Treasury to Ald. ft is expected that the Treasury De- partment will fully co-operate in the plan, and that the Secretary of the Treasury will do all in his power to end the present method of renting. Officials recently were shocked at the enormous rental to be paid for a new Ppost office building in New York, run- ning up into many millions of dol- lars In as many years. The office of the supervising archi- tect of the Treasury now plans the building of all post offices. The new plan would mean that post office men, familiar with the modern problems of post offices, would design and su- pervise the building of all offices. Cities and towns of the country would greet the new plan with joy. it Is held, as all would welcome & federal-owned post office, a bit of Uncle 8am, in their midst. Tt is seldom, officials believe, that a plan for betterment of a government service has held so much of real econ- omy and So many points in which Teal business methods can be demon- strated. For this reason it should e popular throughout the country and In Congress, when properly ex- Plained. It is in this connection that officials hope to get the President to Send a special message. RACKET CLASSIC JAMS WIMBLEDON (Continued from First Page.) over Mrs. Peacock, 6—4, 6—1. Mlle. Lenglen's play in the tourn: ment and in her match yesterday has been a source of wonder to those who witnessed it. When it was suggested to her that she has been playing the greatest in her career she smiled and sald: “Yes, 1 think you are righ Mrs.' Mallory appeared to play an inspired game against Mrs. Beamish. She was almost faultless, and her con- trol of the ball was amazing. She often has revealed an instabllity in returning the ball on the back hand, but yesterday it might have been her stronger side. Ball after ball she hit with perfect control and flne speed to within inches of Mrs. Beamish's left side line. In a rally she would send over a continuous stream to this spot, then, having got Mrs. Beamish well dis- placed out of the court, would shoot & forehand winner across to the op- posite corner. INTEREST IN U. §. KEEN. Mrs. Mallory’s Tennis Career Mostly Spent in This Country. NEW YORK, July 8.—Seldom has an athletic event in a foreign land attracted more general interest in America than the encounter of Mrs. Mallo Bjurstedt Mallory and Mile. Suzanne Lenglen. While Mrs. Mallory is'not a native of America, most of her career as a tennis star has been passed in this country, and Americans were hopeful she would emerge vic- torious from the crucial test. The wonderful tennis genius of the Prench champion, her mechanical wikardry and her personalit; made Suzanne Lenglen a worl of the courts. have figure Even her tempera- mental display last year at Forest HUls, when she left the courts and forfeited to Mrs. Mallory, did not take away from her all the glamour that was hers. Today's match at Wimbledon was looked upon as a psychological as well as « physical gncounter. It was the Nordic arrayed, as in ancient days, sgainst the Gallic, JOE MILLER'S BOOK. Jests Manufactured by Others ‘Were Foistered Upon Him. From the Cincinnati Times-Star. One of the fascinating bits of lite- rary history is the true story of “Joe Miller's Joke Book.” or rather, “Joe Miller’s Jests,” to give the famous book its original title. Truth' is that Joe Miller never read a joke in his life, and. therefore, could not have compiled a book of jokes. For Joe Miller could not read. He was an ignorant actor, who achleved great success in 1714 at the Drury Lane Theater in London, in such characters as “Sir Joseph Wittol Congreve's “Old Bachelor, Robert Howard's “Committee, favorite comedies with Londoners of that day. And the only way that Joe Miller could memorize the lines of his parts was to have them read and reread to him until he was able to repeat them, the duty of thus drum- ming" diaslogue. and cues into the comedlan’s mind being Intrusted to a wife, whom he had married for the purpose. Off stage or on, Miller w. not e wit or humorist, But a year atter his death a’'pamphlet appeared in_ which -247 jests were given, of which only- three were- ascribed to r. They had been compiled by & man with the appropriate name of Mottley. By the middle of the nineteenth century the number of es had been increased by succes- sive compilers to 1,546. ¥ r ringed bosr snake was wor- By o CLAIMS $9,000 DAMAGES. Della Bhacklett Accuses Store Mahagérs of Slander. Della Shackléett today filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recove $9,000 damsges_from the Piggly- Wiggle Stotes, Inc., for allege sault, unlawful detention and slande Through Attorney Ralph Fle- harty, the plaintiff says she wi purchaser at the company’s store Tth street northwest April 5 last an after paying for her purchases was about to leave the store when an employe of the company stopped her and, pulling her around, inquired if the had pald for everything. She answered that he had made the com- putation and she supposed had in- cluded all the goods. “What have you {n®your pocket?' !niulrl.d the clerk. gainst her protests, she says, her pocket was searched and when noth- ing was found, the clerk stated, in the presence of other customers, “I would have sworn I saw you get s cake of yeust and put it In your pocket.” —_—_— BRTISH FURTHER ARM PACT ACTION Second Reading of Treaties Bill Moved in House of Commons. B the Associated Press, X LONDON, July 8.—The second read- ing of the treaties, of Washington bill ratifying the pacts signed at the Washington armaments conference, Wwhich has been passed by the house of lords, was moved in the house of commons today by Charles Amery, parliamentary secretary of the ad- miralty. In moving the reading Mr. Amery said the government consider- ed that the United States had fully carried Its undertaking into effect, that France, Italy and Japan were preparing to ratify the treaties and that Canada already had done so. Therefore, continued the secretary, he did not think Great Britain couid claim to be acting greatly in advance of her co-signatories. “But whether that is the case or not,” he continuyed, “we ought not to show any hesita- tion in making it quite clear that the parliament of this country is fully behind the statesmen who signed the Washington treaties. Former Premier Asquith praised the treaties which had been negotiated at Washington, and said it was time similar "agreements were made re- garding armies, as such agreements were quite as essential as the naval agreements for the permanent peace of the world. . Capt. Walter Elliott, coalition-union- ist member for Lancashire, asked whether there would be any system of inspection with regard to limita- tion of n. | armaments. He declared that as Spain, for example, was not a signatory, it would be possible for dockyards to be opened there for building ships, say, for South Ameri- can republics, far larger than those stipulated in the treaty. ENGLAND TURNING AGAIN TO AMERICA TO SAVE GERMANY (Continued trom First Page.) and talking of eventual German pay- ments or granting of reparations con- cessions permitting Germany to make some payments in the near future with the resultant increase in French stability. : Reflected in France. The French franc, oficials pointed ut, is falling, as we the German . and it'is believed here that a more stable German cugrency would be reflected In an improvement of the French exchange position. The probability of Germa. s fail- ing to make the reparations payment of 50,000,000 gold marks on July 15 was not regarded by officials as fore- dowing any serious economic con- it was explained, it would only be & postponement of payment. Officials’ added, however, that made some disruption of exch: affecting the British navian currencies a probably the French franc as well, would result from the purchase of gold by the Germans to meet their obligations. } The period of German currency de. on, with the mark dropping to ts a hundred, the lowest in his. tory, is the natural outcome of the political crisis following the murder of Foreign Minister Rathenau, da threatens the fall of the prei German government, the Departm of Commerce was advised late y terday in a cable from Commercial Attache, Herring, at Berlin. ANXIETY IN FRANCE. ges ound, Scandi- Officials Alarmed Over Rapid Fall of the Mark. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 8.—The violent decline in the mark is_causing considerable iety both in French financial circl among the officials of the repd: commission. 5 | “Although there have been' Frumars within the last twenty:-four hours that the. fall in the mark would make the July § reparation payment of 0,000,000 gold marks impossible, nothing has been received by _th reparations commission to Indicats | that Germany intends to ask a mora- {torlum for the July instaliment. In Financial Panlc. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copsright, 1922. . BERLIN, July S.—Germany is [the midst of a financial panic. confused political situation, t ure of efforts to obtain an interna- tional loan have been augmented by the printers’ strike, resulting in the absence of newspapers and . the spreading of disquieting reports. The sudden new -ni precipitous fall in the value of the mark—now approaching 600 to the dollar—has produced a furious buying _epidemic. Customers are crowding the shops, purchasing anything and everything at fabulous prices in order to get something of stable value for their depreciating paper money. ~Many “sold out” ‘sign. their prices with ge list in hand. The stock exchenge s booming with sudden demand for lecur_l;}lles. e: a Manufacturers are frightened. jdo not know whether to sign con- traots or to refuse orders, dreading the possibility of not being able to get raw materials if the mark con- tinues to fall, or of having idle fac- tories if the mark improv ermany seems to be only about one vear behind Austria in the process of currency inflation. MINERS MEET MONDAY. Negotiations between mine opera- tors and union representatives called to Washington by President Harding to consider means for seftlement of the coal Industry’s labor troubles were at a standstill today, with both the anthracite and bituminous sec- tions of the general conference awaiting a gathering Ménday at which the President may present further views on behalf of the government. ‘The anthracite employes and union officials adjourned their meeting yes- terday without definite results being accomplished, although Secre of Labor Davis, who sat in the meeting -as tte -r‘e&r- t:::'u“uoc'u the govern- men a ¢’ Bress 2| " THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ALIENS THREAT 10 ACT IN CHINA 3 Marauders Must Be Curbed, Demand of Japan in Man- churian Disorder. By the Astoclated Press. PEKING, July 8.—China's inability to control disorderly elements of her own population has brought her face to face with the possibility that arm. ed allens again will establish them- selves within her domain. Bsndits who attacked & Japanese consular establishment near Chientao in Manchuria, near the Korean border and slew two Japanese are the of- fenders who have forced the strug- gling republic to envisage this tangi- ble evidence of her weaknes: The Japanese government has made bitter protest as a result of the dis- orders, Minister Obata making it quite clear that unless China main- tained order either Japanese troops or Japanese constables would be sent to Chientao. Japan until recently had troops there. He also gave notice that damages would be exacted for the deaths caused by the bandits. China, in her reply to Mr. Obata's admonition, announced that she was making vigorous efforts to eliminate the bandit: JAPAN WARNS PEKING. Will Send Troops if Nationals Go Unprotected. By the Ausoclated Press. TOKIO. July S.—Japan has warned the Peking government that. owing to danger from bandits to Japanese residents at Chientao, If China falls in_her duty o protect Japansee in the Chientao region, the necessity of doing so might “compel reluctant J pan to dispatch troops” to the fected territory. NEW REVOLT LIKELY. Followers of Sun Increase to Men- ace of Cheng. PEKING, July 8.—China, torn by civil warfare for five years past, ap- parently faces a renewal of that con- dition almost at the very moment when the more optimistic among her leaders hoped that she was about to enter a period of peace. The new menace to a pacific condi- tion is the growing strength of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of the over- thrown Canton government of Chin which is backed by Sun’s oft-expres ed determination to dle in support of what he believes to be the logical method of unifying China, rather than to accede to the proposals of his op- ponents. Canton advices to foreign legatio here yesterday brought word th: Sun's supporters were Increasing numbers and power and conflict with Chen Chiun, ing and his army was inevitable. Efforts of Gen. Ngal Bong- Ping to mediate between Sun and Chen seemed to have fafled. For some time a movement to medi- ate the differences between Dr. Sun and Chen has been afoot, with pros- pects of success at one stage d scribed as bright. But of late I has been heard of the mediation move- ment and yesterday word came that the situation had assumed a serious aspect. gun. at last report, was at Wh;mgon. near Canton, with naval vessels which had remained loyal to him and with a force of two thousand men at his command. His main force, that which invaded Kiangsl province, was re- ported to be disposing itself for a fight with Chen's army and it was sald that Sun was awaiting only the ar- rival of these troops to initiate an at- tack on Chen. LN NEW MUTINY CHECKED. 5 Wu Army Outbreak Quickly Sup- pressed by Loyal Troops. PAOTINGFU, China, July 7.—The 2d division of Gen. Wu Pei-Fu's army, stationed here with other troops, mutinied last night and at- 4 to loot the city. Loyal troops attacked the mu- tineers with machine guns, and after an all-night battle, crushed the revoit. Late this afternoon officlals reported the situation well in hand and order restore: This is the second abortive mutiny among troops umler Gen. Wu's ban- ner within three weeks The previous outbreak occurred June 21 at Hsinho, when the 26th division revolted. A gunboat quelled that mutiny and selzed all the division's ammunition. POLICEMAN’S SHOT KILLS BURGLAR, 18, TRAPPED AT STORE (Continued from First Page.) an inquest that Dr. Herbert J. Mar- tyn, acting coroner, will conduct into the death of Michsud. e Found fn Lake. The only loot located by the riso: was & safe stolen from &lphlnl Theater, 1409 9th street June 8, recovered in the big lake -in Boldiers' Home grounds, not far from where the nutomobile of Louls Taylor was abandoned. Samuel 8heer, man- ager of the theater, told the police the safe was worth 8§76 and that ft contained only valuable papers. sson sald he thought they got about $5_from it. In converstition ~ with Detectives Billman and Smoot today, Casson sajd he formerly was employed as clerk in the Sanitary grocery store ‘in Brookland. ‘Later, he said, hé was unable to get employment and he started stealing. Cusson told the de- tectives that he and his companion had committed about thirty robberiés. . “It was a case of fifty-fifty,” the prisoner stated. “First he would sug- gest a robbery and then I would suj &est one.” Put Bluing in Sugar. In two places where they failed to find money, he said, they became destructive. At one place they put bluing in sugar, while at another place they put boxes of cereals on the floor and trampled on them. Casson told the detectives that the robberies had netted them about $3b a week. Alfred Michaud, father of the slain youth, is a machinist at the bureau of engraving and printing. Young Michaud was popular in hix class at the Eastern High School, graduating last month. Charles Hart, principal of Eastern High, sald th as a scholur he was very qulet and unassuming, well Iiked by both faculty and students. ‘Yearbook Comment. The yearbook of the graduating class of FEastern last month makes this comment on Michaud: “Michaud is a newcomer to Eastern, having attended Central previoust; He is quiet and unassuming, but liki others of his retiring type, possesses the faculty of making friends of all who meet him. It is to be regretted that Michaud did not have & lon stay at our achool. As it is, we may only hope that he makes as many friends i{n_his later -life' as he has made ot ern; he will need no re." MAJ. BLAKE AT ALEXANDRIA, BymeAM'd!n-.j VL Jul 8. H:j. Iw T BI..:‘-, th:’gr‘ill?h'.l:fifll'fir_i ‘who is attemp! an a ane around the 'firw nm& here yes- E The Thrill That Comes Once in a Lifetime. TR Al | = = ,,‘Z 1, it | I / AL, :// & BoreD STIFF WITH TRAVEL o THE BORROWE AlLL PLASTERED LABELS D SUITCASE WITH FOREIGHN Copyright, 1933, WL T. Webstor BT T C.. SATURDAY;, JULY -8, 1922 "~ ' q By the Associated Press. The Japanese government, through ite minister at Peking, has presented ® more formal and extended protest against Chinese bandit attacks on the Korean border than that referred to in yesterday's Peking dispatches, it was said at the Japanese embassy. The embassy in a statement giving details of the attacks as received by cable from Tokio also gave the sub- stance of the protest presented July 5, which was quoted as follows: “The Japanese government, there- fore, feels compelled again to ask the Chinese government to take adequate steps for the protection of Japanese 2nd to prevent the recurrence of simi- lar incidents. In case the Chinese government should fail in this re- sponsibility, the Jepanese govern- ment would be obliged again to send troops to the district and itself to assume responsibility for the protec- tion of its nationals. “The Japanese government there- fore hopes that the Chinese govern- ment will this matter under serious consideration and prevent any zapam.lnn of the unfortunate situa- on.” ‘Wants Repetition Prevented. ‘The embassy statement further sald: “At 2 a.m. on the 20th of June, about 170 bandits ralded the town of Tow- tao-Kow, in the Chien-tao district near the Korean border of Manchuria. Al- though there were In the town 100 Chinese soldle forty-four Chinese olice and twenty-three Japanese po- ice, the attack lasted for six hours, and when the ba retired they left thirty-two of their dead. They set re to the Japanese consulate and destroyed the consu Jail. The Chi- nese customs house, ephone office, barracks and about twenty-five other buildings, :fl%; ng to Japanese. i Kore were burned. Two Jepanese, one Korean and three Chinese residents were killed and many seriously wounded. “The raid is the third to take place in the district since September, 1920, in spite of formal requests for pre tection and the receipt of .formal a. ‘surance from the Chinese government g _—m SLEMP TO HOLD G. 0. P. LEADERSHIP IN VIRGINIA Deecision Not to Actept Congress Renomination Not Retirement From Polities. RFOLK, Va., July S8.—Repre- ngtonlvu C. Bascom Blemp's decision not to accept another nomination to Congress from the ninth district, an- noun ast night, does not mean his retirement a8 republican leader in ini: v‘fi:’.‘ ."ltl ement wms made this morning by Joseph L. Crupper, col- Jector of the port of Norfolk and republican state chalrman. “The democrats eed not comfort the ‘His decision not nomination to Con- that he is going me of the drudgery very important posi- of Representatives. leader.” —— FOREST FIRES CAUSE HAVOC IN NORTHWEST Many Vancouver Island Houses and Soldier Barracks and Nanai- mo Water Supply Hit. ) , Jul ~—After -}?m"'{‘l’.‘.i‘; th?id fi the J-rvm. sol- diers’ settlement snd destroying many houses in Sayward Thursday night, forast fires raging in many parts of Vancouver Island yesterday had cut off Nanaimo's water supply, menaced logging camps in the Cowichan lake district and were threatening to wreak 'enormous damage in many ‘g;'fi.r"m. most serious 1088 has been In Merville, where twenty-five hom: have been burned, two men burned to death and serious injuries to thres ers. A fire warden estimates Tha provinclal fire D sumales . | dogs, b GORY RAIDS BY CHINESE BANDITS DESCRIBED IN JAPANESE PROTEST that it assumed full responsibility for the protection of the lives and prop- erty of foreign residents. Protection Promptly Asked. “The Japanese government imme- diately after the raid instructed fits minister at Peking to ask the Chinese overnment to take immediate steps or the protection of Japanese and, at the same time, to inform the Chi- Dese government that o certain num- ber of Japanese police were heing dis- rlllchtd to the place from Korean sta- ons. “Then on the 5th of July formal resentations were made by the Japanese minister at Peking, of which the following is the substance: “In September. 1920, after the ‘bandits had attacked Fun-chun, the anese consul general at Chien-tao, fearing a repetition of the affair, ask ed the local authorities to take the necessary protective measures. The Chinese authorities declared that m{ would be responsible. Never- theless, & month afterward, the at- tack was renewed, the Japanese con- sulate was burned and many Japa- nese were killed or wounded and other serious damage was done. The whole region of Chien-tao was dis- turbed and the life and property of Japanese residents were menaced. As the Chinese authorities apparently could not assume effectively the re: sponsibility for maintaining order, the Japanese government sent Lroop! to protect its nationals. “The Chinese government asked the Japanese government to withdraw these troop! ain giving assurance of_complet, The Japanese government withdrew all its troops in April, 1921, but being unable to rel{ wholly upen the Chinese authorities for the protec- tion of the life and property of Japa- nese residents, it stationed & number of _Fflllc. in e region. ‘“The Chinese government then ask- ed that the police 0 be withdrawn, but the Japanese government, consid ering carefully the existing con tions of disorder, was unable to cept these urances and to quiesce in the demand. Its appre- hension now h: been unfortunately justified by the recurrence of the in- cldent.” ¢ DOG PRESIDENT SAVED MAY BE TRIED AGAIN Game Warden Unsatisfled With Remittance of Fine of “Illegal Alien” Owner. PHILADELPHIA, July $.—Although the President of the United States, the Governor of Pennsylvania and prominent citizens Interceded for him at his “trial” in Lansdale last week, Dick, the Bt. Bernard dog, is sgain threatened with prosecution. After & hearing before Magistrate Boorse, in which Jeremiah Reinert. Montgomery county game warden, charged violation of the state law which prohibits aliens from owning the magistrate pettled the case cob Silverman, the e o mflflflly. flnln‘};m $25 an rning the dog over to Frederick 8. Carter, a 8. P. C. A. agent. The law pr Ibes that dogs owned by foreigners shall be killed. I denounced at the he tute. Presid the magistrate, although the message @14 not reach him until after the case ™ Now Retnert declares low nert declares he is not sat- isfled, and the magistrate had no right to remit the fine. Hs says he is thinking of “fling an official protest,” though he does not mention appeai- TCHITCHERIN REPORTED SUFFERING BREAKDOWN Bussian Boviet Foreign Minister Rests at Innsbruck, Austria, . Bay Geneva Dispatches. By the Awseciated Press. GENEVA, July 8.—~George Tchitcher- in, Russian soviet foreign minister, who headed the soviet delegation to the Genos conference, has entered a privats hospital suffering from a nerv. ous breakdown, according to dispatches today from Innsbruck, Austris, report. ing his srrival there Wednesday. The ;:mm sald he had recelved many and telagrams, { ' 3 P d, t. Lo ‘WASH. London. gk h_ltnlut mans 3 ! THE WEATHER District of Columbia, showers and thunderstorms this afternoon or to- night; cooler tonight: tomorrow fair and cooler; moderate southwest, shift- ing to northwest winds, squalis tkis afternoon. Maryland . showers and thunder- storms this afternoon or tonight; cooler tonight; tomorrow fair and cooler; fresh southwest, shifting to northwest winds, squalls this after- noon. Virginia. showers and thunderstorms in east and south and falr In the northwest portion tonight; cooler t. night; tomorrow partly cloudy, prob- ably showers on the coast, cooler in east porilon; fresh southwest, shifting to northwest winds, probably squalls. West Virginia, generally fair to- night and tomorrow; cooler tonight. Thermometer—4 p.m., 87; § p.m. 12 midnight, 75; 4 a.m. 73; § a. noon, 85. Bafometer—t pm.. 20.85; § pm. 29.93; 12 midnight, 20.98; 4 am. 29,94} 8 a.m., 29.96; noon, 28.96. Highest temperature, 88, occurred at 5 p.m. yesterday: lowest temperature. 70, occurred at ¢ a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 93; lowest, 76. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at § am.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 75; condition, very muddy. Weather in Various Citles. SR L TR Abiiene,Tex. 3! Albany ... Asbury Park ‘Atlantic City y Pt.cloudy Pt.cloudy Clear Galveston . Louisville Miami, F 222323323228 28280 R SRR REER SRR T 33325332833328333232 53273282382 TI3882 Po ,0re. 8. Lake City Ban Antonio. 29. 85SUUPBUBEEENSSELUBEBEEBLLLS: 8 222R2I282553825 8220283588832 Diego.... 2088 8" Franciico .90 30,00 20.96 3008 20.98 Forelgn. m., Greenwich time, Mg.) Temperature, Weather. glend. ‘Ratning "France. Au 3333333233 Clear Part cloudy OLES GIVES UP FIGHT TO REGAIN- MAYOR'S JOB “1'11 Serve If I'm Mayor,” He Says. Unwilling to Pay Cost of Court Battle. l!m‘uu‘(lfldl’rulbm S ie [GETOWN , Jul .—For- m:rrmi‘aynr George L. Oles has given up his fight to regain the mayor's chair. - o rve if T'm mayor,” he said. "m’c“r':; not willing to neglect my own- private business spend $5,000 to $10,000 to regain the office Rnd probably after serving without sy, making enemies by the hundreds n every attem save money for the people of Youngstown. “l'lpfle :Olnf to let the oase be set- tled by the question of whether the acts of Willlam B. Re a® mayor, are legal. If his name on the new bond issue is accepted as mayor, I'll drop the fight to regain the office, Mexican Immigration. From. the Mexico City Times. . Immigration totals for 1921, com- o r;.'s‘# 12.1:-::-”-3:"1: :Ih: '{-:f :::Pv’. n::'«" :iy 'l girls have been employed as elevalor B iR o33 ot the total; GOE- | oF his Bome UL R T R S AR S POl A Sl Rl g 1Y %»n wab taken to the Police. sth- 4 Navesont Bonnelly ‘of New Fork SENATOR AND WIFE ILL. Bronchitts Attacks Mr. and M. Watson of Georgla. - Senator Thomas E. Watson of Geor- ia Mrs. Watson, both of whom have been (il of bronchitis at their home in Chevy Chase, were sald by Dr. Grant 8, Barnhart, their phy clan, today to be convalescing. i tor Watson, However, will not be able to resume his duties {n the Senate for another week. Senator Watson and Mrs. Watson became {ll about fen days ago. Dr. Barnhart ssid the senator had been “quite 111" but now was well on the road to recovery. BOOTLEGGER SHoT ON WOMAN'S “TIP” Alleged Sweetheart Gives Police Information, Which Leads to Fight. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., July 8—On in- formation of a woman, said to be the sweetheart of J. W. Frye, an alleged bootlegger of Martinsburg, W. Va. police lay in waiting for Frye along the Shenandoah Valiey pike early this morning, and in a running fight for nearly fifteen miles Frye was serious- 1y wounded by being shot through the chest and arm. When Frye's automobile came into sight he was commanded to stop. He put on more speed instead, and the police opened fire. After racing for some distance a bullet flattened one of his rear tires, but he continued to speed on. A companion, who gave his name as George Reynolds when later arrested. in an effort to lessen the weigh: of the car and make the chances for es- cape better, began throwing kegs of moonshine liquor to the road. These kegs were scattered for miles along the pike. When near Middletown, Frye was hit in the arm in the ex- change of shots. This did not stop him, until some minutes later a bullet hit him in the chest. This brought his machine to a halt and the two occupants were arrested. Winchester bootleggers, hearing ' of the liquor distributed along the pike, 108t no time in jumying in their ma- chines and going out to collect it. They were closely followed by the po- lice, however, and failed to get away with any of the moonshine. —_——— RAIL STRIKE PEACE IN BALANCE AS ALL SHY AT FIRST STEP (Continued from First Page.) country is through its function as an icing point for a large share of the California fruit sent east, experienced a strike of workers at the icing plant of the Pacific Fruit Express Company. A request was made for troops to maintain order. Company officials said the strike was due to intimida- tion of icing plant employes by strik- ing shopmen. Three large fruit shipping com- panies appealed to the governor to intervene “to save the fruit."” A state labor commissioner was sent to Rose- ville by Gov. Stephens. Sheriff Eland at Burlington, lIowa, added 100 extra deputies to his force as picket lines were drawn closer, while soup kitchens, cots and sup- plies were moved into railroad shops preparatory to an attempt to operate Monday. Shopmen Comdemn Disorders. Judge Foster of the United States district court at New Orleans grant- ed an injunction to the Transmiss| | sippi Terminal Railroad Company en- Joining etrikers from interfering with the operation of the road. Resolutions condemning the action of railway strikers wio beat and dis- armed two guards in the Wabash yards at Decatur, Ill, were adopted by_the local shop federation. The railway signal men and main- tenance-of-way employes were ob- jects of attention in many quarters today. D. W. Helt, president of the signal men, had arranged a meeting of his executive board in Chicago to- day. Maintenance-of-way men on the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford; Boston &nd Albany. and Boston and Maine roads had voted to demand strike orders from their union offi- clals {f wage adjustments were not made by August 1. TROOPERS GUARD SHOPS. Stat: Constabulary Protects Erie Workers at Hornell, N. Y. By the Associated Press. HORNELL, N. Y. July §—State constabulary _maintained complete order at the Erfe shops here today after a night of minor outbreaks. Guards, with rlot guns, dispersed a big crowd about the depot early to- day, when a train arrived with more new workers from New York, but no violence was offered by the strikers: Two strikers arrested last night, charged with assaulticg Ralph Van Vorhees, a guard from Rochester, pleaded not guilty and asked for a jury trial. They claimed the guard drew a revolver on them first. Forty-eight negroes, who were brought here early in the week to work in the shops, ‘wWere shipped back to New York today. TROOPS HELD READY. Less Than Three Hours Needed to Rush Soldiers to Slater, Mo. Dy the Associated Press. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., July §.— Missouri national guardsmen at War- rensburg and Boonville today were under orders to remain in touch with points of assembly for possible duty in connection with the rallway shop- men's strike at Slater, Mo., where non-union men have been barred from the Chicago and Alton shops by strikers. Adjt. Gen. W. A. Raupp. who report- ed to Gov. Hyde yesterday the results of his trip of i ection to Slater, said he saw only three men whonr he would class as pickets. He said that in his opinion “there will be no violence until the rafiroads attempt to replace the men.” According to the adjutant general there are 250 soldiers In the two cam- of state troops at Warrensburg Boonville Is about-two hours from Slater by motor truck and the roads are in good condition. It was sald the troops could be ready to move in less than an hour. Their equipment comprises automatic pistols and automatic rifles. ARRESTS IN BUFFALG RIOT. State Troopers Take Four—Detac- tive Shoots Inspector. By the Associated Press. = BUFFALO, N. Y., July 8.~Disorders were reported from the east Buffalo| railroad yards today. Edward Ander- son, & workmin at the West Shore railroad rounflhmllls was_beaten by a crowd of men and boys. State troop- ers and deputies clashed with a crowd of twenty rested four of them. The officers used but no shots were fired. inski, triking car .in- GOV, HADING RAPS CRITICS N SENATE Reserve Board Head Defends Action in. Cireulating Glass Speech. Gov. Harding of the Federal -Re- serve Board, in a letter sent to the Benate today, struck back at sena- torfal critics of the board and fts policies. -Assuming complete responstibility for ‘recommending circulation by fed- eral reserve banks of a speech by Senator Glass, democrat, Virginia, de- fending the board, Gov. Harding clared that charges made aguinst the board were “misleading and untrue.” Without mentioning by name Sena- tor Heflin, democrat, Alabama, who has ‘criticized the board frequently, Gov. Harding said that some of t. Senate charges “would have been re- sented as libelous” but for the con- stitutional Immunity of senators in de- bate. Responds to Resolution. Gov. Harding's letter, written in re- sponse to a resolution by Senator Heflin regarding circulation of Senator Gl speech, was accompanied by letters from the Philadelphia, Rich- mond and B8it. Louls reserve banks, stating that they had circulated, re- spectively, 11,000 copies, 10,000 and 15,000 ¢opies of Senator Glass' speech. In his letter Gov. Harding said that on January 18 he sent a letter to the governors of zll reserve banks, stat- ng: “Think Senator Glass' great speech defending federal reserve system should be widely and promptly circu- lated. Government printing office will print epecial copies of it Frida h, and additional orders should be g! tomorfow. Printing office estimates cost of copies at from 5 to 7 ts each. Please wire promptly how s.auy COpies your bank wishes Rests on Confidence. “The banking business,” said Gov. Harding {n his letter. “is one which rests peculiarly upon the foundation of confidence. While true in the case of any bank, this is particularly true with respect to a federal reserve bank, which is the eole custodian of the legal reserves of its member banks and the instrumentality through which s issued the coun- try, fiduciary currency. Anything which tends to undermine public con- fidence in a bank, and in a reserve bank particularly, impairs its ability to perform its functions and unless counteracted may defeat entirely the purposes of its organization. There- fore thoee charged with the admini- stration of a bank have the right and are impressed with the duty of using all legitimate means, when necessary, 10 protect its good name and to pre- vent any impairment of public confi- dence.” Many of the attacks, the letter said, were personal abuses and were re- | peated and amplified on the Senate {floor “at frequent intervals Gov. Harding promised to forward state- ments from other reserve banks regarding oirculation of Senator Glass' specch as they are received. KAMENEFF LIKELY LENIN SUCCESSOR Regrouping of Soviet Lead- ers Forecast by Latest Developments. By the Associated Press. RIGA, July & —Diplomatic les think a regrouping-of the soviet lead- ers on account of the iliness of Pre- mier Lenin and developments during and since the Genoa conference ai- ready has begun. with indications of a leaning toward the left when the reorganization is completed. It is declared in these quarters that with the regrouping Leo Kamenefr, greuldenl of the Moscow soviet, will become more powerful. He is even mentioncd prominently as likely to il Lenin's place. M. Kameneff married w0 War Minister Trowsky's sieter. According to information in the hands of the Latvian premier, M. Metrovitz, it is understood in Russian circles that Foreign Minister - Tchit- cherin will be replaced by M. Letvin- off. This information indicates also {that. M. Tchitcherin's Genoa policy continucs to draw criticism, and dip- lomatic circles regard it as a fore- gone conclusion that the Russo-Ital- ian agreement will never be ratified by Moscow. Leonid Krassin, commissar for for- cign trade and commerce, who has had disagreements with M. Trotsky and others of the soviet since the Genoa conference, is reported in news reaching here also to be slated for re- tirement in the regrouping proceas. The diplomats are of the opinion that M. Krassin's having repeatedly pulled too far to the right is the cause. Peter Bogdanoff, chairman of the supreme economic council, is sald to e slated to replace M. Krassin imme- diately after The Hague conference. — GREAT TASK NEARS END. 'From the New York' Times. Oxford Dictionary Begun in 1879 Nearly Completed. Scholars and near-scholars through- out all the English-spcaking parts of the worldi—and In not few other parts of i{t—will rejoice at the pnews that the Oxford Dictionary, begun in 1879, 1s 80 nearly completed that its publication in full is to come in a few months. The United States has good reason to be proud of having produced sev- eral dictionsries of more than ordi- nary excellence. That fact has been recognized cordially, if not quite as enthuslastically, in England as here, and for many and ~Important purposes the American dictionaries will hold their own even after the Oxford Dictionary in completed form is available. The latest dictionary, however, though not always, and by no means necessarily, the best, does have over its predecessors the advan- tage of using knowledge their makers dl! not have. The ford Dictionary has other points of superiority than this, and it is & work truly botn “coloesa” and “monumental,” embody- ing & vast amaunt of linguistic eru- dition and containing in trustworthy form practically all the imformatian there is about every word in a rich and .noble language. The care and competence with which the Oxford Dictionary has been com- piled is {llustrated by the statement lhlld(he late Sir James Murray- de-. yoted many hours of every day foi two months to investigating and re- cording the history of * part of This recalls the ancient as death appr he had not confined wholly to “de.” In récent years many women and “