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WEATHER. ing cloudiness tonight; morrow unsettled and slightly colder, Incre; probably showers. Tempe! hours ended at 2 p.m, today 72, at noon today; lowest, today. #ull repert on page 7.. £ to- ure for 24 Highest, 47, at 5 am, Closing N. Y. Stoclu_ggd Bonds, Page 30 No. 28 838. Entered as second-class matter post otfice Washington, D. € = GERMANY FRAMING NEW APPEAL BASED ON CURZON ADVIGE Note Will Be Sent to Allies and U. S. When French Reply Arrives. ! | | | 1 POINCARE SPURNS ALL NEGOTIATION PROFFERS Answer Approved by Council of Ministers—Still Insists on Cessation of Resistance. BY GEORGE WITTE. By Cable to The Star and Chicngo Daily News. Copyright, 1023. BERLIN, May 4.—Desplte the un equivocal French refusal to even con sider the German note, Germany Wil continue her efforts to bring about a| new reparations conference. Officials are already preparing a new note to| be sent out to the allles and the| TUnited States next week after the| French answer has been received here. | Germany will once more offer to ne- gotiate, and this time, heeding Lord | Curzon's advice, will refrain from} mentioning any definite figure. The big industrial concerns are re- sponsible for the new decline of the mark, as they are throwing all the German money available on the mar- ket to buy forelgn exchange. FRENCH REPLY ABRUPT. | Refuses to Negotiate Until Resist- ance Comes to End. By Cabie to The Star and Chicage Daily News. Copyright, 1923, PARIS, May 14.—The eight-page reply to the German reparations | proposal, which Premier Poincare | drafted on Wednesday evening. has | been approved unanimously by the | council of ministers. It was submit- ted to the Belglan government Thursday night and will be trans- mitted Saturday at the latest to| Great Britaln, the United States. Japan, Italy and Germany. The re- ply is dominated by the following vrinciple 1. France will refuse to reopen ‘nonversations of any sort with Ger- | | | | i MacReady, Kelly and T-2 Exceed Wildest Fancy of Plane Inventor Thrills and Anxieties of Non-Stop Flight of 2,700 Miles in 26 Hours 50 Minutes Told by Record Flyers. By the Ascociated Press 1 descendant of that ‘“contraption.” 4.—Some | Which only day before vesterday ! in a hangar at Hempstead. N. Y S, DIEGO, Calif., May twenty years ago at Kitty Hawk|yyjjeq pway, having traversed the con Field, N. C.. a crowd of curious spec- | tinent in the air, under its own power tators known as an alrship and with accord declared: “Huh! That thing will never le: the ground.” But it did. utes and 38 2. Surpasses All Hope. n\'e‘ Another step {aviation has been accomplished, and Under the guidance of | one which surpasses what inventors oae seconds. j Orville Wright the contrivance arose | at first merely termed “the flight of a falteringly and spent a few minutes | bird.” for no bird can fly continuously in the air, groaning and creaking. for so long a time or such a distance Aviation in America had become a' The men who flew the machine from reality. New York are Lieuts. Oakley G. Kelly : e % bt. | And John A. MacReady, who between In spite of this initial success doubt- | thar aiready hold seven aviatiom rec- ful ones who witnessed and read of |ords for speed. duration of flight and the achievement still sald: | welght taken Into the air on a single “Well. they'll never get anywhere | atrplane. 5 | The men thought little of their ac- with a contraption like that.” Tcday, in a hanger at complishment, and almost as soon as Field, near here, there stands a lineal Column 4.) OUINET IS WINNER (INSULTS' BY CUBAN OF ST. GEORGE'S GUP ARDUSE AMERICANS American Wins From Team-|Fletcher and Others Refuse mate, Dr. Willing, in Play- - | to Attend Santiago Lunch- Off of Tie. eon—Parley Adjourns. (Continucd on age i By the Assaciated Press. BY CLAUDE 0. PIKE. i WASHINGTON, D. in the progress of Rockwell | they landed were making plans for ! SANDWICH, Engiand, Francis Quimet of Boston won the Royal St George's champion grand challenge golf trophy today, defeat- | ing by one stroke Dr. O. P. Willing of Portland, Ore., in the play-off of vesterday's tie. Quimet took 77| strokes for the eighteen holes, while Villing required 78. | It was a hard fought contest, with | Dr. Willing on Quimet's heels all the | way. At the eighteenth hole the | Oregon champion’s approach came | within three inches of the cup. Had ! it dropped it would have tied the match. : May 4—| Ouimet’s Putting Bad. | Quimet went out In 37 and Willing | | BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copsright. 1023 SANTIAGO. May 4.—The refusal of Ambassador Fletcher and several members of the United States dele- gation to attend a luncheon tendered | to the Pan-American conference mem- bers by the Cuban representatives because of alleged insulting remarks made in a speech by Aristi a Cuban delegate, enlivaned the clos- ing session of the conference. Dele- gates Rowe, Vincent and Pomerene were the only United States delegate at the luncheon, the oth:rs sending their regrets. Different Verslons of Meeting. It is known that the interpretation Ces Aguero, vy WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION PONCARE ORDERS FRM PROTEST ON SHP RUMRULIG _300urt Decision on Vessels in U. S. Waters Held to Vio- late World Law. tood around a strange machine | and without & stop, in 26 hours 50 min- | OFFICIALS HERE MOVE WITH MUCH CAUTION Foreign Powers Expected to Voice Opposition to Measures Inter- fering With Liquor. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 4.— Premier Poincare has given instructions that a strong protest be made to against the ruling of the United States forbldding the entrance of for- elgn ships into American ports with liquor aboard, says Le Matin today. The newspaper asserts that the pre- mier holds the ruling to be contrary to International law. It should be remarked, adds Ie Matin, that the Supreme Court by its decision creates a precedent it would be extremely easy against American ships Forelgn Office Prepares Note. PARIS, May 1.—The French foreign office has prepared & note for transmis- slon to Washington reflecting the sen- to turn aeainst the American ruling making | the " territortal | States. The note, it is reported, expresses surprise at the iInterpretation of the law as made by the United States Su- | preme Court, and indicates that if all | | the nations applied their local laws to | fcreign vessels ocean navigation would ! waters of tne United eanwhile Minister of Marine Rai-| berti is conducting a research into the | ancient laws of France governing shinping, which is understood may | form the basis of reprisals in applying | restrictions on American ships in | French waters | An international _conference of | steamship owners {s forecast here as a means of reaching a settlement of | the question. i U. S. MOVES CAUTIOUSLY. | The administration is moving with | extreme care in its preparations toi apply the Supreme Court liquor edict | ering Washington | which | {1llegal the transportation of liquor in | Star. “From Press to Home The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Within the Hour” | | | Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 95,568 C., FRIDAY, MAY ¢4, 1923—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. PRESIENT TORUN AS DRV N 194 Recent Actions Have Lined Mr. Harding Definitely Against “Wets.” i timents of French steamship operators | BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding will campaign for renomination election 100 per cent dry. Evidence of the complete swing of the President to the “dry" side of the prohibition controversy as it may af- fect his own political fortunes or enter his and re- those of the national republican party ! |Children Found l Packed in Boxes On Chinese Junk By the Asoctnted | SHANGHAL May 4. —When marine ipolice at Soochow. a canal port about | sixty miles west of here, went aboard {a junk and opened two boxes, be- ilieved to contain £oods, they found inside thirteen boys and girl {ranging in age from seven to twelve, |bound, gagged and consigned to Shanghal. An aged woman boxes was arrested, The discovery jrecent kidnapings and discloses that | jan organized band of abductors has | been at work. The police were called | when a passing boatman heard the smothered cry of a boy who had con- | trived to dislodge his gag. H in charge of the HARDING MAY THRDUGH TROPIS Secretary Denby’s Sugges-| tion of Canal and Porto Rico | Stops Considered. President Harding has under con- sideration, among other plans for his ears up numerous | western trip, a proposal advanced by | Secretary Denby that he return from Alaska on u naval vessel by way of the Panama canal and Porto Rico. Secretary Denby sald today that |§1e had outlined such a trip for the!shortly ident and had pointed out the a=vantages which would accrue n 0 TWO CENTS. KNOCKEDINTOCELL, MARINE'S EVIDENCE IN FREDERICKSBURG Court Reprimands Seagrove for His References to “Guy in Civies.” COURTROOM CROWDED AT OFFICER’S HEARING | Private Testifies He Didn't Tell Judge Because of Feeling Against Soldiers. From a Staff Correspondent FREDERICKSBURG. Va. May 4.-- The United States Marine Corps’ fight to win for its members equal righta with citizens was formally opened in the quaint little courthouse hers today. when Deputy Sergt. Reuben H. MeGee was placed on trial on two charges of having assaulted Private C. O. Seagroves, from the Quantico marine base, after having arrested him for drunkennes: Array of Legal Talent. Tn many years this placid Virginia town has not been so thrilled as by the paradox of a two-fisted marine hailing a policeman into a court of justice to answer charges that uni- formed men In the armed service of Uncle Sam have heretofore been in the habit of settling in their own in- dividual way. Had the stage been set for the tria] | of some mighty corporation the prep- :nra(lnn could hardly have been more prptlt‘nll(vus. Three noted lawyers sat ready to assist the marine in his lega! battle with the policeman. e Two more learned members of he Virginla bar took upon them- | selves the duty of defending McGee. i Courtroom Crowded. | The courtroom was so crowded | even a casual observer could not help rondering over who was taking care 10 Frederickshurg's business while Judge T. Goolrick holding court 110 determine whether or not the po- {liceman's alleged brutality toward a | defenceless marine should cost that | oMcer “his job. | Two indictm g 'ts were drawn 2gainet McGee wilen the trial opencd before noon. | In the first Trivate Seagroves was ot named as the complainant; in the sec- {in 38. agulnst foreign vessels in American | has been accumulating, but not until | Soly in the war of 1ot fof il gisac many until Germany has entirely ceased her passive resistance in the Ruhr, whickh France regards as an open defiance of Germany's treaty obligatiors. “"ant Pay, Then Evacuate. 2. ¥rance under no circumstances will evacuate the Ruhr prior to re- suming conversations, but will effect this evacuation only progressively and gradually as Germany actually pays. 3. The only basis for discussion which France will accept is the so-! called scale payments of May, 1921, solemnly accepted by Germany, or as benevolently modified by the French proposals of last January 4. Finally, in the question of se- curity, France will_accept no more German pledges as Belgium's experi- ence in 1914 showed that a pledge is worthless, but demands something concrete; fofr vxamplo, the permanent mneutralization of the Rhineland. See Sign of Collapwe. Under the January plan France of- fered Germany a moratorfum of two years tor cash payments and special discount facilitics in case the money was raised by an international loan. | It accepted fifty billion gold marks | au the total reparations, of which the | French share would be 26,000.000,000 | gold marks, but reserved the right 1o hold enough unissued C _bonds eventually to compensate the French debt to Great Britain and the United Btates, French metallurglsts see in the Ger- man proposal a slgn of the coming German collapse which was also pr dicted a few days ago by Premicr HMussolini in a confidential diplomatic dispatch to the French government. FRENCH TIGHTEN GRIP. De Goutte to Put Starner Measures | Into Effect. By the Assoclated Press, DUESSELDORF, May 4.—The Ruhr will be ruled with a firmer hand than | heretofore, now that the latest Ger-: man reparations offer has been re- | fused by the French and Belgian gov- | ernments, was the gist of a zone an- | nouncement made at French head- | quarters here. Just what additional pressure wiil | be applied by the French and Bel- | gians in their effort to coerce the; Germans to come to terms was not | made known, but it I8 assumed that Gen. De Goutte, as head of the occu- pation forces, is planning to put into | effect ‘some of his decrees, already | promulgated, but not yet enforced. | One decree, issued a month ago, | provides that all vehicular traffic, | whether motor, steam or horse pro- | pelled, will come under the immedi- | ate supervision of the military au- thorities if they are liable to be used ! for transporting coal i The Germans say If this decree is enforced It would shut down all Ruhr | industries within a month. There is no indication of any weak- ening of German passive resistance. | CURZON STILL HOPEFUL. Concerted. Action Needed With Germany, He Says. By the Ausoclated Pres LONDON, May 4.—Marquis Curzon, the forelgn secretary, referring to the latest German reparation proposal in & speech at a Primrose League dem- enstration in Albert Hall today, said: “I decline to regard the situation #n despondency or despair. Whether the offer made by the Germans is good or bad—and there are & great many ple who regard it as inadequate— ghh question concerns us all. “We shall only emerge from the aiMcult and anxious situation by con- ‘gerted action. If the Germans are oonfronted with the advice, decisions and actions of all the principal pow- ers ooncerned, the chances for suc- #ome will bo greatly increased.” ) | { | Quimet's play was steady, ai- [pyt upon the Aguero speech was the | though his putting might have been |rou) cause of the delegates’ fallure to | was issued today by Go ito the residents of ! improve upon. * He took two putts on every green except two and needed three on these. Willing was frequently in the rough nd in the bunkers, but he hung on tenaciously, largely through his su- periority in putting. It was not until he reached the sixteenth that he re- quired three putts. At the second, third, fifth, eighth and eleventh holes he needed only one. The cards: Ouimet— Out 3% Willing— out 3 In S48 65 In presenting the cup the club committeeman, Lieut. Col. J. C. Moore-Brabazon, sald: “I see no objection to your taking the cup to America, except the diffi- 440 55 4453438 5 4—40—78 to Ouimet, | culty of getting it filled there.” Ouimet, in his speech of acceptance, declared he was ture that if the Eng- lish golfers had plaved at their usual high standard he would not have won the cup. The American star will take home with him a silver reproduction of the cup, the original golf cup re- maining here as is the custom. ENFORCED TUMBLE IN SUGAR KEEPS UP 25,000 Women in New York Pro- test Parade Against the High Prices. By the Associated Pry NEW YORK, May 4—Raw sugar future prices continued to tumble on the New York Coffee and Sugar Ex. change as 25,000 women were being marshaled for a protest parade against the high price of the refined | product. Struck by & flood of selling orders that came in overnight as a result of yesterday's drop, futures fell 25 to 35 points in the forenoon tradin Operators showed uneasin2ss an | offerings of Cuban, cost and freight. were made as low as 5% cents. | The protest parade was scheduled to start from city hall, led by Mrs. Louise Reed Welzmiller, deputy com- missioner of public markets, who is heading the buyers' strike movement Resolutions shaping the future course of the sugar crusaders were to be acted upon at a meeting before the parade. | here. Scheduled speakers included Mayor | Hylan, United States Senator Cope- land and Bainbridge Colby. URGES SUGAR BOYCOTT. Governor of Kansas Proclaims De-! sire for War on Prices. TOPEKA, Kan., May 4—A publie | proclamation urging “a sugar boy- because of prevalling _prices J. M. D: vis. He advocated that “it be car- ried out in the spirit of our fore- fathers of Boston tea party days and extended his request not alone sas, but to those of the nation as well. FEAR RACIAL TROUBLE. Boycott Against Japanese at Amoy May Lead to Outbreaks. By the Assoclated Press. AMOY, May 4.—The local boycott against the Japanese, growing out of the refusal of Japan to discuss the abrogation of the treaty containing the famous “twenty-one demands,” is growing more serious. Forelgn officlals hold grave fears that the outcome may involve other natlonals. I attend, though, when it became known | that the newspaper correspondents had | learned of the Incldent deniu! was made I that the circumstance had anything to do with the absence of the delegates from the luncheon. In the course of an oratorical ef- fort before the armanents commit- tee, Aguero is reported to have said in effect that “Cuba never will rest until it had complete liberty notwith- standing the power Weking to with- hold it.” There are differant ver- sions of the exact launguage used and aiso of its real meaning. The Cubans y deny that there was any intention to ®wsult the United States. They insisted that Aguero referred to the revolutionary period. Ambassador Fletcher Is quoted as having sald after the speech that the insult consisted in the fact that no mention was made of the part taken ly the United States in the llbera- tion of Cuba. Several members of the United States delegation imme- diately sat down and dictated letters of regret without giving any ex- planation for declining the invitation to the luncheon. | Guaranty of Peacc. Though the conference closed with- out taking any action on the arma- ment question and without fixing any date for ~ special meeting to con- sider it. the agreement reached that American nations shall refrain from hostile acts pending Investigation and arbitration is looked upon as a guaranty of peace on the western nemisphere. The delegates of the A B C nations made final statements regarding their position on the subject of armaments. | Argentina repeated the charge that | there was a secret understanding be- tween Chile and Brazil on the arma- ment question. The Argentine repre- sentative clalmed that his country had come to the conference prepared to agree to an actual reduction of armament. that it had not purchased any cannon since 1911, that it wanted peace, industry and 'education. and that It had two school teachers for every man under arn.s The next congress of the Pan-Amer- | fcan Union will take place in Havana, Guba, but the date has not yet been fixed. By the iscociated Pross. NEW YORK, May 4.—The rum fleet, which apparently had run away yes- terday in the face of a three-sided jattack by government forces, has ecir- cled back and is lying in* extended formation off the coast, Capt. Berry of the coast guard service announced today. The yacht Istar and the Britlsh tanker Warszawa are off Jones inlet, while some schooners are scattered along in open formation about twelve miles apart. 4 Capt. Berry announced that the cut- ter Seneca, one of several craft detall- ed to keep a constant patrol of the fleet, had captured two motor boats, the K 9637 and K 12219, which were communicating with one of the rum ships. He sald it had not been de- cided what charges would be pre- ferred against the crews, which still are on board the Seneca. Although the two small oraft seized by the Seneca Hiad no liquor aboard, and had not delivered provision to the fleet, the customs authorities believed they had found a means of holding their crews, - It was said they would be held un- der tute prohibiting any un- licensed vessel trom proceeding on a foreign vovage. Expeditions bevond porte, and the regulations now in the making will not be announced until every possible angle of the situation has been examined. Revenue Commissioner Blalr, whose bureau has supervision over prohibi- tion enforcement, conferréd with President Harding before today's cabinet meeting, at which it was understood the Supreme Court opinion | was talked over for a second time by jthe chicf executive with his official family. At the same time there were indi- ons that the State Department was preparing for a diplomatic bat- tle with the foreign governments who consider their interests in the mari- time world transgressed by the new ruling. Department officlals the United States to regulate conduct of ships within its territorial waters cannot be questioned, but th are aware that a different view held in other quarters Stories published in Paris that Pre- mier Poincare already had ordered a protest lodged with the American government were without confirma- tion in any quarter here, although it way said at the French embassy that such action would not be unexpected 1t is regarded as likely in diplomat circles that Italy, and perhaps o-her foreign powers, will take -imilar actfon. Daugherty to Defer Ruling. Attorney General Daugherty said today he would defer formulation of his ruling on the legality of the use of naval forces Lo combat rum runners until after the Treasury Department had drafted its new regulations for enforcement of the dry law. He indi- cated that his attitude would be largely dependent upon the steps to be taken by the Treasury The question whether the naval forces could be legally used against rum runners within the three-mile is of Justice for a legal opinion by the President prior to announcement of the Supreme Court's decision. WANT 1921 WAGE SCALE. CHICAGO, May 4. restoration of the wages in effect prior to July 1, 1921, on the Boston and Albany rallroad was filed today with the Rallroad Labor Board by the Brotherhood of Rallway and Steam- ship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Ex- press and Station Employes. The effect of such. & restoration would be to increase the wages of the organization on that road about 15 cents an hour. | 'Rum Armada Ventures Back; Cutter Nabs Two Motor Boats| | the three-mile limit, it was declared, | were foreign voyages. | Reports from Atlantic City said the |cutter Kickapoo, the swiftest vessel in the coast guard service of this dls- trict, was cruising off shore there, on the theory that some of the liquor vessels were heading in that direc- tion. -She had a double crew on board. Makes Alrplane Tour. Palmer Canfield, state federal prohi- bition director, paid a flying visit yes- terday to the remnants of the rum fleet 1ying off the New Jersey coast. He t00k off in an airplane plioted by Lieut. Robert Burtt at Miller Field, Staten Island, at 5 o'clock and re- turned half an hour later, saying his inspection tour had been satisfactory. The flight was made, Mr. Canfleid sald, principally to detérmine wheth- er the airplane could be made a weapon against rum smuggling by spotting the whereabouts of the liquor vessels so that coast guard cutters could mobilize from the sea and prohibition agents on land to cut off_the traffi “This means the fleet,” he sald on his return. “I will use mile-a-minute seaplanes equip- ped with machine guns, which will put an end to the practice of bringing liquor ashore. I have already advo- cated the use of water patroi of the coast guard and I intend to supple- ment this with fast motor boats and an adequate land force.” have ! taken the position that the right of | the | zone was referred to the Department | Application for; w0y death of the rum | { this week was convincing proof given of the President’s leanings. | When the Supreme Court of the | United States decided that American | snips could sell liqour outside the | three-mile limit until a law of Con- { gress prohibits it, the chief executive | had 1t In his power to revoke the In- ! structions given originally to the | United States Shipping Board to cease selling liquor. His first orders were issued when the legal phases of the matter were in doubt, and it was natural for the President to stop the practice until a decision had been reached Now, however. the decision has been made. It ix lawful to sell liquor out- side the three-mile 1imit. Congress can act, but hasn't. At least eight months must elapse before the law- making branch of the government is in session again and it might take even longer than that to get action on any bill to prohibit the sale of liauor on movernment ships. for this kind of a measure would not be pass- ed without considerable debate espe. clally on the economic disadvantages of putting American ships on an un- equal_basis with vessels fiving for- eign flags. Keeps U. §. Ships Dry. | The President made up his mind to | keep the American ships “dry.” what actuated him in his decision is inot. of course, being publicly ex- { plained. but it was the first case in which Mr. Harding could have grant- jed the “wets” a point if he had dis- | posed to keep free from the contro- | versy itself and take the position that | Congress alone could bring about | modification in the existing situation, both with respect to the eighteenth {amendment and the Volstead law. jcommitted to the dry side of the argu- ment by a constitutional amendment ‘and that it is his duty to carry out the spirit as well as the letter of the | federal Constitution, which his oath { of office requires him to uphold. So |long as the eighteenth amendment is in the Constitution Mr. Harding is not likely to take the initiative in offer- ing any suggestions for the modifica- tion of the Volstead act or any other moasure which even remotely conflicts with the spirit of the amendment. If_the democrats want to take the (Conumued on Page 2, Column 8.) Y. W. C. A. HOTEL BARS NEWSSTAND LESSEE Grace Dodge Hostelry Defeats Ef- forts to Procure Ouster Injunction. [ | i | | 1 | The national board of the Y. W. C. A., which conducts the Grace Dodge Hotel, near Union station, has defeated the efforts of Andrew G. Pollock, news- stand and beauty parlor concession- aire at the hotel, to secure an injunc- tion to prevent ouster proceedings being conducted against him hy the management in the Municipal Court. Justice Siddons of the District Su- preme Court hus announced that he will sign an order denying the appli- cation for injunction. Mr. Pollock claimed that the oppo- sition of the management developed over the sale of cigarettes to patrons of the hotel, but the defense asserted that he not only failed to keep his agreement as to the sale of tobacco, but did not conduct the beauty parlor in a satisfactory manner and other- wise failed to keep the terms of his lease. 2nd Mr. Pollock claiming a right of renewal sued for its continuance and for_an injunction to prevent ouster. No formal order has been signed, the justice suggesting that the parties adjust their differences ttorneys Clephane & Latimer and G. L. Hall appeared for Mr. Pollock, while the ¥. W. C. A. was represented by Attorneys Ellzabeth C. Harris and Judge Michaal M. Dovle. Just | The lease expired last October i 1 AQUEDUCT BRIDGE 5 NOT FORSALE | Acting Secretary Davig of the War Department has informed R. H. Phil- | lips of Kensington, Md.. that the War | Department is without authority | I either to sell or lease the Aqueduct, | bridge over the Potomac river at| | Georgetown, and that the disposition | of that structure rests entirely with Congress. | Mr. Phillips recently offered to }leasc the old bridge and put it in | good repair with a view to its use | for heavy motor traffic and steam {railroad transportation between | Georgetown and Rosslyn. He posted 1$1.000 with the War Department as {an evidence of good faith and stated | that his plan was indorsed by many merchants as being in the interest of lincreased traffic facilities between the District and Virginia Bridge Safety Question. Army engineers question whether the Aqueduct Bridge can be made safe for heavy traffic, even with ex- tensive and costly repairs. They pointed out that the piers were dis- integrating and that the structure had been officially condemned as un- safe several years ago. That was the main reason, it’'was explained, why Congress authorized the con- struction of the new $2.000,000 con- crete bridge since named in honor of Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star Spangled Banner.” The engineers say further that the | act of Congress calls for the re- moval of the Aqueduct bridge on the completion of the Key bridge, but that no specific appropriation is available for that purpo: ent the old bridge is used only to carry the cars of the Washington and Old "Dominfon line to its terminus in Georgetown. That use will be discontinued when the new terminal station of the company at Ro: is put in operation, probably in Au- Bust next. Georgetown residents are interested In the fate of the old bridge to the extent of preserving the span over the Chesapeake and Ohio canal at the Georgetown end, if possible, for use as a recreation and observation pier. It is expected that the War Depart- | | Aberdeen | ment will present the question of the disposition of the historic struc- ture to Congress next December. lumbila as a “Hybrid organization. neither fish, flesh nor fowl,” Former Vice President Marshall, now a mem- ber of the federal coal commission, today declared that if he were a consumer of coal in Washington he would organize residents into a pur- chasing community who could and possibly. would be able to reduce the price of coal. Mr. Marshall's statements were made in a discus- sion before members.of the commis- sion in which the question of the right of a municipality to license retall coal dealers was the toplc. “If 1 were a coal purchaser in the District of Columbla and found that the coal costing $8 and $8.50 at the mine was selling here for $15, I would hire a hall and call mass meeting to devise a way to purchase coal at a cheaper price,” Mr. Marshall declared. Questioned as to whether Wllhlnf- ton coal dealers were profiteering in executive and Mrs. Harding, but aise the opportunity it would afford to Vvisit Porto Rico. So far as could be learned at the White House, today, however, the President at present 1& more inclined to return overland after landing at Seattle and to take ad- vantage of the return trans-continen- tal trip to further enunclate the policies of his administration and to report to the people on its accom- plishments. Possible Use of Warship. The proposal made by the Secretar: of the Navy is understood to con template the use. possibly. of one of the new naval vessels, such av the cruisers Detroit and Omaha. have just been completed. nt jof a return by water. the President | also might use one of the pping Board vessels. and it is understnod that he has discuvsed that rossibility within the last few days with Chalr- man Lasker, The President. in discussing with visitors his western trip, has always made it plain that its chief object Wwas not the speeches to be made In | the west, but the study of conditions in Alaska. Those who have brought up the question of a return to Wash. ington by water have pointed out that such a route would permit the President to study also conditions in Porto Rico, another nossession which during the past two vears has pre- sented problems of “administration equally as important as those involv- | ed in the government of Alaska. Seen as Opportunity. As opposed to those who have ad- vised the President to return by boat are a great number of senators and representatives, poiitical leaders and also cabinet members who believe the | President should not throw aside the opportunity to obtain information as to the problems and viewpoint of the northwestern states. The tentative schedule of the President's trip has always provided for a return through the northwestern states, beginning at Seattle and continuing through such cities as Spokane, Helena, D.; St. Paul or Minneapo. lis, Chicago, South Bend, Ind., and Detrolt. MITCHELL FLIES 325 MILES IN 150 MINUTES Br the Assomated Press CLEVELAND, Ohio. May 4.—Brig. Gen. Willlam Mitchell. assistant chief of the U ice, landed at here at 10 o'clock this morning in a non-stop two-hour-and-thirty-minute flight from Washington, 325 miles, in an airline. After a short visit with Mr. Martin and some inspection work Gen. Mitchell left at 10:30 o'clock for Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, Mich. Hybrid D. C. Should Co-operate To Buy Its Coal, Says Marshallj Characterizing the District of Co-|ccal Mr. Marshall said there was no adequate basis on which to fix profits of retall dealers, and that he wa not in a position to say whether deal- ers were profiteering or not. Assurance was given by the com- mission today that every effort will be made within the next few months to bring together all sides in the coal | industry in order to effect a perma- nent stabilization of the coal indus- try. Chairman John Hays Hammond said the commission is in recelpt of several suggested plans for stabiliza- tlon of the industry and expects to receive many more. He sald all the various plans will be discussed with representatives of all the coal agen- cies Involved and an effort will be made to bring about peaceful settle- ment of the issues at controversy. “The coal Industry,” Mr. Hammond said, “must approach the problem of solution In the right spirit. Recrimi- nation and charges by either side will do no lasting good. ~Both sides must make some concesalons in order that the American public may de nrotectad and have a constant supply of fuei st a reasonable price. 4 Boise, | ited States Army air serv- | Glenn Martin Field fond four prominent business men, ieager to defend their town against in- : sinuations that it had been unfair in |its treatment of a man wearing the {American uniform, were the complain- |ants. Marines Bring Attorney. | The Quantico marines in general {and Private Seagroves in_particular jWwere represented by R. E. Byrd, noted Richmond lawyer. Willlam K lfiooll’u‘k was present to handle the |Pusiness men's legal rights. I, M | Chichester, the commonwealth aitor- {ney, was on hand to care for the in- terests of Fredericksburg in general | _ Defending McGee were Willlam W | Butzner and F. W. Coleman. H At the outset of the trial Judge i Goolrick announced that he would i hear all of the charges simultaneous- Iy. He also flatly declared that his court would not be interested n hearing of any old feuds between the police department and the marines {from Quantico. The trial, he said, | was predicated solely on the question {of whether or not Policeman McGee ihad on April 2 assaulted Private Sea- 1 groves without justification. ‘ Court Aroused by Remarks. Seagroves himself first took the wit- | ness stand. He had not talked long. | however, before the court felt that he {had outraged its judicial atmosphere | by referring to McGee as a “guy in | civies” and to a policiian Jenkin jas “cop in uniform.” After the ma. | rine had used these adjectives several | times Judge Goolrick found himself | obliged to demand that the “witnes | speak more respectfuily of a police- {man." | Seagroves testified that he had been {arrested by McGee and Jennings on a charge of drunkenness and disorder- |1y conduct. En route to the station house, he testified that the former, | without provocation, struck him and { knocked 'him through a store win- ow. | ocked Into Cell, He Says. | Arriving at the town “lock-up.” he | swore that instead of being placed in a cell he was stood before the door and smashed on the right jaw as a | means of helping him through that iaperture, | "Seagroves had the visitors to tha court in an uproar and the officers ‘of that tribunal indignant by his {Marine Corps slang. Under cross- | examination he was asked why he \hml not reported the assauit to the !police court judge who tried him the next morning on the drunkenness | charge. His reply was characteristic. but revived the very thing the Quantico marines from Brig. Gen. Smedley But- ler down are trying to overconme. “It_was no use, he sald. “T know that I am a small spud when it comes to fighting a civilian in court. A ma rine can't get a square deal.” Soon after cross-examination of Seagroves had ended the court ad- journed for lunch. It will reconvenes and complete the trial this afternvon. Tonight Officer Jennings is to be tried | on & simtlar charge. {CHURCH ACQUIRES SITE FOR BUILDING A site containing about 27,000 square feet at Newton and Center. streets |3ust off 16th street northwest, has | been purchased by the congregation { of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church for $60,000, on which is to be erected a ! unique edifice. The church property is to include a group of buildings, consisting of audi- torium and parish hall, bullt aronv a tower. There are several gwsh churches in the United Sta out none in the District. Rev Dr. George F. Dudley, cector of the church on 14th street near Co- lumbia road northwesf, stated todax that the erection of ghe parish hail will be started nezg fall. The erec- tion of the churgh proper will be de- termined upon ee soon as the present property ls sed. The preesnt church property has greatly iucreased in value since it was Enechased some years ago. At that &ime the ground was bought for 3% cents a square foot, and Dr. Dud{:) sald today it Is expected $10 & square foot will be secured for It. ©