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N 5 B e e e Py JAGEN CONES BAC EAR GOLF LEADERS Brilliant 71 in Afternoon Gives Him 147, One Stroke Be- hind Britisher. - THE _EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, __D. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1923. SURVEY SHOWS BRITAIN NOT READY TC VOTE DRY Labor Committee Reports Nation Cannot Suddenly Drop Habit of Drinking. By the Assoclated Press. NDON, June 14.—Sudden reforma- tion of the drinking hablits of the British nation is not attainadle, says the report of the special committee appointed by the British labor party to inquire nto the question of pro- hibition, made public teday. The committee says it perceives no sign that the British people are at all likely to vete & national prohib- itory law. It points out that the ex- ample of ne United States cannot be pleaded, because ‘“prohibition in Americal came only as the culminat. ing stage of three-quarters of a ce: tury of reform, including the wid spread adoption of local veto legisia- BOYS HUNTING CROWS FIND DEAD MAN’S BODY Believe Victim of Shooting and’ Blow on Head—Apparently Killed Week Ago. Dy the Assoclated Pre COLUMBIA, S C, June 14.—The body of a man belleved to be Joe Maracas of Madison, Ga., was found Iying in a clump of underbrush three mifes from Columbia shortly before noon today. The man had been shot and his skull was crushed, examining physicians said. The man apparently had been dead for a wock or ten days. Partlal lden- tification was made by means of & hank book fovnd In his pocket show- ing that he had a deposit in a Madigon k. The body was discovered by John 32 ARE ORDAINED CATHOLIC PRIESTS Largest Class of Dominican Novices, Numbering 20, Elevated. i TROON, Scotland, June 14.—Walter Hagen, American holder of the Brit- ish open golf title, was among the Jeaders when the second round of viay for the oven champlonship was half completed this aftornoon. Scor- Thirty-two novices were ordained Catholie priests by Archbishop Cur- ley at St. Dominic’'s Church today Among those who received the priesthood were twenty Dominican ing a brilliant 71 on top of his 76 for the morning round, Hagen had an ag- gregate of 147, and was but one stroke behind the British stars, C. A. Whitcombe and A. G. Havers, who had 146. Hagen's only faultr shots in thei afternoon round were on the tenth | and elevent holes, but took the tenth} in a pav 5, and the eleventh in one over par. He had hard luck on the greens, several long DULts stopping on the rim of the cup. but made birdies of the fourth, eighth and last holes. His afternoon card: Out 444435642434 In 55443553 Early Putting Weak. Hagen got his the morning round by plaving v well. except for his putting. until he was bunkered on the short seventeenth. where he took a 4. On the eighteenth his second shot found a bunker and he was barely out in 3. Th missed n eighteen-i putt took a 6 for the hole. Hagen's morning card: Out 5444 In RERE Johnny Farrell’ morning round wal Out . In . Farrell shot glving him 1 Smith Off His Game. McDonald Smith, in taking 80 this morning, did not play the golf he displayed in the qualification rounds. On the first hole today he almost drove the green, a distance of 350 Yards, but his chip shot was short and e took three putts for a fi.l On the next four holes he was down | in figures, but on the sixth he i had another lapse, taking three putts for a 6, 1 over par. This, together with an extra strokc on the 385-yard ninth, brought his total at the turn 1o 40. He was 1 over par on the thirteenth and 2 over on the fifteenth, ad a bad lle on his drive nd, hitting the face of the bunker, went high into the air and dropped back into the trap. His card: and s s: 5—40 In 4—40—80 Joe Kirkwood made the 72 in the escaping every bunker making but one laps that counted during the round. This was the sixth hole, where he took 3 putts and raquired 6 to sink. He was off the line with his drives in only a single instance, at the 220-yard sev- enteenth, where he got a par 3 by sinking a 6-yard putt. His card: 43343644435 54443553 43772 Diegel’'s Putting Poer. Teo Diegel of Washington, D. C., the firét of the Americans to finish the morning round of eighteen holes, brought in a card of 80. His drives and approaches were crisp and direct, but his putting was weak. He took 3 on each of four holes, and at the sixteenth, which he made in 7, his drive kicked off the fairway into a trap. His card: Out....4 45 5 3 5—40 in 4345467 2 5—40—80 Diegel's 80 in the afternoon placed him far behind, with a total of 160. Twenty-Year Old Leads. C. A. Whitcombe, a_twenty-year old professional from Bath, led the field with a score of 70 when all the players in the British open golf championshinp here had completed the morning round. Last year at Sand- wieh Whitcombe finished fitth in the open champlonship with a_score of 303 for the 72 holes and in the quali- fying round for this tournament he waw one of the three who led the fleld with aggregates of 146 for the 38 holes. His afternoon round of 76 left him in a tie with Havers for first{ place. The first fifteen in the morning ! round, in the order of their standing, were as follows: = C. A. Whitcombe, 70; Joe Kirkwood 72; H. Roberts, 73; A. G. Havers, 73; T.'R. Fernfe, 73; R. Scott, 7 Buckle, 75; J Macdowall, 75; 7! M. Watt, 76; . 76; J. Mackenzle, 7 and Abe Mitchell, 77, 545 Conms, CHICKERING, LEADS CHEVY CHASE FIELD (Continued from First Page.) phy is backed by a group of notable players from his club, the Columia Country Club, including Albery R. MacKenzie, runner-up at Baltimore two weeks ago; Miller B. Stevinson, Donald Woodward, the runner-up in | the Middle Atlantic event last year, | and several others, any one of whom | is liable to uncork a streak of fine &olf and romp through to the title, Many of the entrants went over the course today, and all were agreed | that the changes made in the course | recently have strengthened it con- , siderably und made It o finer test of &0) The committec in charge of the event announces that in case of a tle for last place in the first flight, there will be u play-off instead of & draw for the place or places. A feature of the qualifying round will be the annual team matches of the association In which, however, only five teams have entered. The Columbia Country Club, Chevy Chase <lub and Washington Goif and Coun- try Club have each entered two teams, while Bannockburn and Coun- try Club of Virginla have entered one team each. Members of Teams. The first team of Chevy Chase will be compesed of the following golfers: Wal- ter R. Tuckerman, Marshall Whitlach, Samuel Dalzell, C. A. Fuller and Charles M. Mackall. The second team is made up of J. H. Clapp. Morven Thompson, Robert Stead, ir.; F. H. Ellis and R. P. Davidson. Columbia’s two teams are composed e follows: ~First team—C. J. Dunphy, M. B. Stevinson, A. R. MacKensle, Guy M. Standifer and Donald Woodward. Second team—George P. James, Roland MacKenzle, B. R. Hart, G. H. Chasmar and J. F. Brawner. The Washington Golf and Country Club's two teams are made up as foi- lows: First team—G, P. Lynde. W. R. McCallum, J. H. Dayidson, E. W. Free. man and’ Col. L. Morey. Second team—G. T. Howard, G. E. Truett J. V.. Turner J. Holt Wright and J. D. Davidson ‘The mlke-u{l of the Country Club of .. Tnln team is as follows: A L. Hawse, F. J. D. Mackay, Melville Peck, H. Crim Teck and F. T. Williams. The Ban- nockburn team will be composed of R. €. McKimmie, the club champion; Les Lynn_ Haines, Karl F. and Karl Hookstadt. BABY FALLS FROM WINDOW. Demey Chicheater, colored, eighteen months_old, this morning about 7 o'clock fell from a second-story win- dow gt his home, 1636 O street, and was seriously injured. Police "were told that the child was playing near ithe window, when he acoldentally fell, landed on the pavement and sus- tained a severe injury to his head. He was taken to Children’s Hospital, ‘where it was sald his skull may Bl Tractured. ! 1 Huitt, a ten-year-old boy, who, with a companion, was hunting crows in the neighborhood. They notifled au- thoritle:: here, and &t first it was b lreved that it was that of a negro. as there was a negro dance hall nearby. Closer examination at a ne- gro undertoking establishment, how- ever, disclosed the fact that the body was that of a white man. MEET DRAWS STARS FROM ALL SECTIONS BY LAWRENCE PERRY. In considering the third Na- tional Colleglate Athletic Associa- tion’s champlonship games which will be held at Stagg Field tomorrow and Saturday at least one point stands Qut that should Interest eastern track coaches. It is tho splendid balance as between proficiency In track and field events that the leaders among the conference group have displayed this season. In the big ten meet. for Instance, Tilinois won points !n six of the field events and in five of the track fea- tures. Michigah figured heavily in six track events and In siy fleld events. Wisconaln won points in five field and five track events. Chicago scored in four events on the track and two in the fleld. Of the 300-0dd athletes who will participate in the meet at Stagg Field the majority will hail from the western_and Mlissouri valley confer- ence. None the less some sixty In- stitutions representing some twenty- seven states will compete. It Is in- teresting to note that the newly born interest In track events in Dixie will find expression through the presence in the mect of athletes from Auburn, Mississippi A. and M. Georgia Uni- versity, Georgla Tech, Clemson, South- ern Methodist and Texas A. and M. From the Pacific coast will come athletes of the University of South- ern California, Leland Stanford, Po- mona and the University of Wash- ington. Montana and Colorado will also have entrants. Eastern repre- sentation will include Haverford, Penn State, W. and J., Johns Hopkins, Maryland, Bowdoin and New York niversity. The Missouri valley and western conference colleges will be out in force, JOINT ALLIED NOTE TO GERMANY NEAR (Continued from First Page.) day, making the total dead in the af- fray seven. One of those killed {a Swiss, named Hans Schleh, who was visiting the Ruhr on business con- nected with his dye works, according to German sources. German natlonallsts who, accord- ing to the French military authori- ties, have organized a reign of ter- ror against the forces of occupation have established headguarters in an old castle near an unnamed town in unoccupled territory east of Dort- mund. From this point, French se- cret service agents report, they direct acts of sabotage agalnst rallroads and the telegraph lines and also night at- tacks upon the French soldiers. These operations, it Is asserted, are in the hands of a chief, who is as- sisted by captainss and lieutenants, who control their men in the fleld by means of secret telephones communi- cating with points in the occupied territory. ‘It s alleged that the band has counterfeit French rubber stamps, | which they use in signing passes for Germans, who go to and from oc- cupled territory, which is prohibited without the French stamp on passes. ARMS IN PRISON SEIZED. ermans Declare They Were for Guard Purposes Only. By tho Assoclated Prosi BOCHUM, June 14—The French authorities here have seized eighty rifies and fifty pistols in the Bochum prison. The director of the institu- tion claimed they were used merely for guard purposes. The French as- sert there were more arms than was legally permissible. No penaities, however, were inflicted. German civilians at Angermund have reported to the French having found an automobile containing dy- namite bombs wilch are believed to have been intended for placing on railroads or for other sabotage uses. The owner of the car escaped. Communist miners and metal work- ers in the Recklinghausen and Wit ten districts have lodged demands with_their employers for payment on the dollar basis, agking to be paid in | marks at_the current rue of ex- change. They demand per, day, which now is about 10009 marks, instead of the 30,000 marks they now are recelving. The employers will meet tomorrow to decide what action to take. SENTENCED TO DEATH. Horror Expressed by Berlin Press Over French Verdict. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 14.—Horror was ex- pressed by the Berlin press today over the French announcement at Mayence of the pronouncement by court-martial of the death sentence on another German, Paul Geroges, an agricultural engineer employed in the Baden aniline and soda works at Ludwigshafen, convicted of sabotage. The first death sentence imposed by the occupational authorities was that against Albert Schlageter, for- mer German army officer, shot by a firing -uy\ud at Du‘::‘:elm May 26. He also was charged with sabotage. —_— U. S. PARTY TO SUIT. Test Case on Sale of Alien Prop- erty to Be Brought in Canada. B the Associated Press. OTTAWA, June 14—Disposal of shares in Canadian companies, whioh were ssized by the United States cus- todian of alien property during the war, may be decided by a test case in the Canadlan courts, to which the United States will be a party, it was lcslrng todn&o r Lomer Gouin, minister of declared n the house of “sommons that his recent trip to Washington had been made for the purposs of pressing Canada’s clatms. It had been greed, he said, that the United States would be a party to the case if it were decided to make one, and that the Canadian government had decided to proceed along these lines. A BULGAR REVOLT COST LESS LIVES THAN BALKAN ELECTION (Continued from First Page) | When a guard of boulisky's uadron of avalry arrived at St country house at mid- night, the men found the premier in his night clothes totally unaware of what was going on. Realizing what had happened he showed intense dis- gust with his minister of the Interior. Too Late to Sack Him. “All this is the fault of that im- becile minister, of the interior. I knew that I appointed an ass to that| important office and always meant to sack him. Now it is too late.” When the premier's house was searched the officers discovered a se- cret drawer, in which were 1,200,0 Swiss francs, £400 and 1,000,000 lev &11 of which representcd Stambo lisky's illegal earnings during his five years in office confiscated, and later ficlally announced that it over to the national treas ia In pressing need of for rency. For the first few days the peasants showed signs of restiessness, refus- ing to believe that Stamboulisky had | really been deposed and arrested, and | in many places regular batties were | fought between the peasants and the new government troops. The revolu- | aorary forces virtually everywhere | gOL the better of the peasants, who lacked leadership and were inadequately | armed, Artillery Disperses Insurgents. | In many places the situation be- | came very critical Sunday and Mon- day nights, the overwhelming num- ber of peasants defeating the small government patrols. The outlook was_especially bad in the neighbor- hood of Burgas. where several thou- sand armed peasants threatened to attack the town, llwllllln the danger, the local au- thori ispatched against the pens- ants, Who Mad arrived within seven miles of the town, & couple of bat- teries of mounted artillery, and after {a few shots had been fired the in- {surgents were dispersed with few casualties. Varna, liice the rest of the country, ! is patrolled by military pollce, who try not to interfere with the normal life of the place. Martial law has been proclaimed throughout Bul garia. All shops are closed nfter sun set, but circulation in the streets is permitted until midnight. Foreigners landing at surprised at the perfect appearance and polite and refined manner of the soldiers, who are all_perfectly well dressed and shaven. Were it not for | the small arsenals they carry over ! thelr uniforms one might almost think that the whole thing was staged for a movie show. Police Reserve Ofcers, Surprise is expressed when it Is discovered that the soldiers speak correctly either English, French or German. To the astonished traveler it is then explained that all these military policemen are really edu- cated reserve officers, who, as soon they learned that tho Stambou- sky cabinet had been overthrown, hastened to offer their services to the new _government, abandoning their daily occupations, donning the uniform of private soldiers and ac- cepting the humblest jobs. It is es- timated today that the number of reserve officers and non-commissioned officers who are serving the new | government exceeds 30,000. These | men, forming small and’weil armed | detachments, are sent all over the country to the towns-and villages; with strict instructions to keep or- der without using their weapons ex- cspt in cafe of extreme urgency. Their duty is to convince the peas ants that the new regime is anxious to help them to be prosperous, to save Bulgaria from Stambouliskils mis- rule and to co-ordinate the work be- tween the townspeople and the villagers. Optimism Is Prevailing. Wherever arguments do. not avafl! the detachments are instructed to ar- rest the rebel leaders and to use ma- chine guns only if the people refuse to listen to reason. So far the system has proved successful, for in most, cases after a few rounds are fired | the frightened people offer to submit the KIi | to the new order. Optimism prevalls throughout the country that the main trouble is over, | and it'is hoped that the government, ! which is formed of men a 'majority of whom d& not belong to any politi- cal party, will be able to restore or- der without further bloodshad. Though local disturbances are still | occurring in isolated parts of Bul garia, the situation has already Im proved so much that the government has allowed the resumption of rail- way communication all over the country, Indian Wedding Custom. From the Obio Btate Journal, Convention and custom must be ob- served in Indla, where the rule is that the younger daughters may not wed until the oldest has found a husband, 80 the practice has been developed, in cases where the older sister is with- out prospects, that she is to be wedded in a mock ceremony to a tree or a flower of her own selection, then the younger sister weds and goes on her way. Commercial Candor. From London Punch, Grocer—If ever I sell you a bad egg, Mr. Clibbitt, you bn:z“l( back and I'll give you another one for u.'c jremained unknown to WILL COMMEMORATE WAR-TIME TRAGEDY Railroad Accident Cost 350 Lives. Censorship Prevented News. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, June 14—A railroad aec- cigent which cost 350 lives and yet the general public, because f wartime censor- ship will be commemorated on Sun- éay at St. Michael-en-Maurienne, when Minister of War Maginot an- vells a monument to the dead. A trainload of 500 soldiers on leave after fighting on the Plave beside their Ttallan allies, left Modane, Savole, on November 12, 1917. The engineer said the train was too heavy to cross the mountains and refused o start until he received orders from Lis military superior. His fear proved to be founded and bis engine went wild in_descending into the valley. The only effect of the airbreaks was to set the cars cn fire, and the train crashed into the stone bridge, near the entrance to the station at St. Michaei-en- Maurienne. Less than 150 soldiers ' Vvere taken out, all of whom were, uiore o less seriously injured. Of the cthers, those who did not lose their lives 'in jumping from the turned to death. The censorship revented the accldent from becom- ng known. BEET SUGAR GROWERS HIT HIGH CUBAN PRICE| Declare Islanders Responsible for Propaganda to Stir Up Trouble in Industry Here. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 14.—Adopting the slogan “American sugar for the American people,” the United States Sugar Manufacturers Assoclation, representing the domes. t try, closed its annual convention here ast night by declaring that the Amerfcan consumer {s the most in- torested party in the battle now Varna are|raging between Wall street refining! interests and the hinterland. Declaring that Cuban refining in- terests have been responsible for propaganda to stir up trouble be- tween beet factorfes and farmers, child labor tharges and the movement for a reduction in the tariff, resolu- tions sald the beet sugar findustry needs no vindication, “for it today is the main factor In keeping down sugar price R E————— HONOR U. S. STUDENT. British Lawyers Hold Special Cere- mony to Recognize Record. By the Ausociated Press. LONDON, June 14.—John G. Madden of Kansas City, American Rhode scholar, was called to the English bar in an unusual ceremony last night, when the benchers of Lincoln Inn held a special session. Madden’s examinations at Oxford in- terfered with the official ceremony for young lawyers, but in view of his brilllant scholastic record. a special esslon was held, the call being ed by Lord Justice Younger. dden obtained the highest honors %ford law school and in the Eng- 1ish bar examinations. He won a cer- tificate of honor in the bar finals, in recognition of which he was named “genior student” at Lincoln's Inn. It is the first time an American has been accorded this distinction. Madden was named a Rhodes scholar from the University of Missourl. He wlill enter the Columbia Untversity law school in September for advanced study. —_— OIL OFFICIAL HELD. Rival Company in Mexico Charges Pierce Head With Defamation. MEXICO CITY, June 14.—William H. Mealy, Mexican manager of the Pierce -0il Corporation, was held for trial last night, charged with calumny and defamation In connection with charges preferred by the Huasteca Petroleum Company. Mealy was detained last Saturday and was held overnight and released, under bail of 5000 pesos, through the eforts of Fernando Roa, chief counsel of the Plerce Corporation and one of the Mexican commissioners in the nco!nmon egotiation The defendant’s arrest was the out- growth of complaints which the ¢orporation he represents has been filing with the government in the controversy between the Plerce and Huasteca companies over petroleum 1and titles in the Tamplco fleld. Mealy hat an incorrect translation documents was responsible for the charges. At the Ticket Window. From the Princeton Tiger. & Old Negro Mammy—Ah wants a ticket fo' Florence. Ticket Agent (after ten minutes of weary thumbing over railroad mgg-)—\vhoro the devil is Flor- en Old Mammy-—-Settin'.over @ar on de bench, in | cars, | beet sugar Industry of the coun- | | PRESIDENT LI QUITS; | SURRENDERS SEALS T0 SOLDIER CAPTORS | _(Continued from First Page.) ' he was permitted to proceed to his home. As he passed out of the station in the early hours of this morning the Chihli guard which had menaced the president a few hours before came to salute, while its leaders bowed deeply when he went by. LI HELD CAPTIVE. American Consul Refused Right to Confer With President. By the Assoclated Press. TIENTSIN, June 14.—Li Yuan-Hung, president of the Chinewe republic, is being held a prisoner aboard his special train In the Central rallway station here at an early hour this morning, following his flight from the capital at Peking yesterday. The train is surrounded by troops acting under the direct orders of Wang Chen-Ping. governor ot Chihli prov ! ince. The troops allowed American Con- sul Jay C. Huston to enter the sta- ! tion, but would not permit him to board President Li's_train to confer { with the executive. The British con- sul was forcibly prevented from ap- P | proaching the train. The president is being held, it is sald, because he has possession of the government seals, which he carried with him in his fiight from the capital. ALL PRISONERS SAFE. i Americans Freed, But Negotiations Nearly Ended in Failure. Br the Associated Press. SHANGHAL June 14.—Six of the eight foreign captives released by the Shantung bandits, atter being held | prisoners since May 6, arrived here | yesterday. Although bearded, unkempt and fagged out gonerally, the victims of the Chinesa outlaws apparently were ilttle the worse for their ardu- ous experience. Those arriving were G. D. Mussos J. B. Powell, Emile | Gensburger, Fred Elias, Leon Fried- |man and ' Leo Solomon. Maj Ro- land W. Pinger, U. S. A, and R. H. { Rolatt proceeded north to Tientsin and Peking. The former captives all recelved enthuslastic receptions at every station where their train stopped. It is stated that negotiations for the prisoners nearly ended in a flasco. The bandits, at the last moment, de- manded that 5,000 of their number be enrolled in the Chinese army, instead of the agreed 2,000, and also that they be paid $100,000 ransom. ~The interme- diarics and officials finaily compromised Dby an agreement to pay $85,000. The brigands decided to retain their Chinese captives, sending them back to the mountains. It was said that four of these, however, escaped. All the former forsigh captives are insistent that the fullest reparation and indemnities be demanded of China and that the governments take action DYE PATENTS'USE FOR PUBLIC URGED Letters on German Formulas Presented in Suit to Nul- lify Sales. By the Associated Py . WILMINGTON, Del., June 14.—More documentary evidence relating to transactions connected with the dis- position of the seized German dye patents was introduced by the gov- ernment in the United States district court today, in its action to have the sale of many of these patents to the Chemical Foundation, Inc., by the allen property custodian set aside. Among the numerous letters were |some from state leagues of American {municipalities, asking that the pat- ents be not disposed of in any manner that would operate to prevent' or re- strict the use of any of their manu- factured products in promoting meas- ures for the protection of the public health. One létter, from the Filush Tank Manufacturing Concern, made an offer of $2,000 for the patents it had need of, and to dedicate their use to the American publle. Long arguments followed the offer- ing of this letter, as it was chal- lenged as an _attempt to impeach the judgment and propriety of an act of the Washington administration. It was finally accepted. From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. BOY OF 16 KILLED BY BURGLAR TRAP Tries to Enter Shack for Drink and Bullet Goes Through Body. By the Assoelated Press. HULL, Mass., June 13.—A burglar trap, which worked with deadly pre- cision today, caused the death of Vic- tor Trarmatco, sixteen years old, when he tried to enter a shack on Little Brewster Island to get 2 drink of water. When he started to rais & window a bullet from a rifle within passed through his body. are seeking the owner of the shack and said they would charge him with manslaughter. From Yesterday's 5:80 Edition of The Star. to prevent future outbreaks. The bandits’ victims sald that during the last ten days they were subjected to continuous {nsults, Solomon brought out hi guard, agreeing to use him a: ant. _This man, who had the Russian army, kidnaped by ' the bandits two vears ago and forced to join them. He now professes ab- | solute loyalty to his new master. REPORTS CONFLICT. Rival Forces in Canton Claim Vie- tories in Fighting. By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, June 14—Confiicting reports describe the warfare between Sun Yat-Sen's southern constitution~ alists and the northern troops rep- resenting the Peking government. The southern forces are said to be besleging Walchow, about seventy- five miles east of Cantvn, while other advices state that trooys under Gen. Chen Chiung’ Ming, Dr, Sun's arch- enemy, pressed back ths constitu- tionalists a few miles from Waichow. Dr. Sun's Yunnanese troops_claim to have defeated Gen. Shea Hung- Ying’s forces on the North river and to have recaptured Maba, ten miles from Shiokwan. The Kwangsi g;ov- ince enemies of Canton, on the West river, resuming the offensive, are threatening Takhin Transportation facilities on the West river again are disorganized. Only two British steamers, convoyed by gunboats, have been able to run to Wuchow. Food supplies have been driven back, and Chinese business men are appealing for Prvlec!lon to the government of the B! sh colony at Hongkong, 8o that Chin river steamers may resume their sail- ings. Meanwhile Hongkong and neigh- boring districts are experiencing a food and ] shorta Trade with the in- terior practically is at a standstill. The export of rice from Hongkong to Ganton was stopped twice owing to the danger of piracy and of unlawful seisure by uu Cantoneae troops. His Mistake. From the New York Sun, “Yes, ma'am” the convict was saying, “I'm here for tryin’ to flate ter a rich man. I “The {de exclaimed the prison |visitor. “I tried to imitate Wis ‘signatyre on a check,” SKELETON OF INDIAN 7 FEET TALL FOUND By the Assoclated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 13.—The almost perfectly formed skeleton of an Indian seven feet tall was un- earthed here yesterday by workmen engaged in construction of a home for Mrs. M. K. Kuhn on her property, seven miles from this city. Efforts will be made to have rep- resentatives of the Smithsonian In- stitutfon make a more complete in vestigation of the site, with a view to substantiating Mrs. Kuhn's bellef that more than a score of Indfan glants were buried there. From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. U. S: Dead Must Stay in Mexico, Pending Amity Senator Harris of Georgia today made public a letter he had received from Quartermaster General Hart of the Army relative to the Inability of this government to arrange for the removal of the bodies of Herman . Kirby and seven others, who, members of an American military force, were killed In Mexico in April, 1916. Gen. Hart stated that in Novem- ber, 1920, the matter of sending a burial corps into the state of Chihuahua for the purpose of r moving the remains had been taken up with the State Depari ment, which had advised that nothing could be done in the way of instructions to the American embassy at Mexico City lookin for necessary permission untfl some government in Mexico had been recognised. Gen. Hart added that the matter would ain be taken up with the State Depart- ment in the hope that some ar- rangement could be made for the removal of the remains. The police | tion.” The report expresses regret over the absorption of the time and energy of reformers in Great Britain in ad- vocating what the committee regards as for the time being an lmpractica- ble measure. [ — From Yesterdsy's 5:30 Edition of The Star. WESTERN PACKERS ASK CUT IN RATES Declare That Lower Freight Charges on Live Stock Bar to Competition. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 13.—A rate fight between eastern and western pack- ers was begun today at an Interstate commerce hearing on the petition of John Morrell & Co., packers, Ot- tumwa, Jowa, for equalization of rates on meat products and live stock from Interior points to the Atlantic coast. Sixty-five packing companles had filed intervening petitions, Yaking the same position as the Morrell com- pany, alleging that the freight rates virtually prevent them from com- peting with eastern packing concerns. It is charged by the petitioners that rates on meat products are 30 per cent higher than the rate on live stock and that these should be equal- ized by lowering the rate on meats or increasing that on live stock. Rates End Competition. The lower rate on live stock, the pe- titioners explain, permits eastern packers to obtain meat animals at rates much less than the packing companies are compelled to pay on shipments of their products to the eastern states. This difference in rates has been maintained since 1884, aithough varying from 20 to 40 pe. cent during that period, the petition- ers set forth. Big packers as well as small are re ported in the petitions which are di- rected against the New York Central and other lines reaching the seaboard. Claim $10,000,000. Armour & Co. and Swift & Co., in their petitions, ask reparations for higher rates paid in the past, which, they estimate, represent upward of $10,000,000, which, they contend, was coliected under the alleged excessive rates on meat products. The petitioning packers assert that as much as 60 per cent of hogs sold in the St. lLouls district are shipped east and dressed and sold cheaper than they could be dressed in the St. Louls market and then shipped east as meat products. From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. DRAYTON DIVORCES WIFE; TRIAL SECRET Records Sealed — Counter Suit Against Astor’s Grand- son Is Dismissed. By the Associated Press. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 13.— Willlam Astor Drayton, & grandson of the late Willilam Astor, was awarded an interlocutory decree of divorce from Mrs. Helen Squires Drayton on June 1, after a secret trial at Newburgh, N. it was disclosed today. A counter suit by Mrs. Drayton, nam- ing co-respondents in Italy and France, among them a Parisienne known as “La. Baronne,” was dismissed and the rec- ord of the trial with all testimony or- dered sealed. The name of the co- respondent named by Mr. Drayton was not made known. Bupreme Court Justice Seeger, who heard the case, awarded custody of an sight-year-old son, John, to Mr. Dray- ton, and that of a daughter, Margaret, |seven, to Mrs. Drayt Mrs, Drayton, a_daughter of the late Herbert G. Squires, one-time United States minister of Panama and later to Cuba, was sald to be living now in Lon- don. Mr. Drayton is in New York. . RAILROADS PREPARE FOR BIG FALL FOOD RUSH Unprecedented Movement of Freight Cars Expected. Await Harvest. Anticipating a tremendous move ment of food products and fuel dur. ing_the fall months of the present year, rallroads are now taking nnvre- cedented steps to prepare themselves for it. According to records of :he American Rallway Association, be- tween April 16 and June 8, 41,000 empty box cars were turned over by eastern railroads to the western lines which connect with them at Chicago and St. Louis, and are being parked on sidetracks throughout the cureal awaiting harvest. Continuing the preparations rail. roads are now "«I'l. pproximately 1,000 empty cars a day through the same two citles to .ldd to the 41,000, and the car service division of th railway assoclation has ordered this novices, the largest number of that order ever ordained in the United Btates at one time. The others were elght Oblates, two Marists and two seminarians, Officiating at the mass were Rev. F. D. McShane, O. P., S. T. Lr., arch- priest; Very Rev. B. G. Fitzgerald, O. P, S, T. M., notary, and Rev. J. W. Owens, O. P, S. T. Lr.,, master of ceremonies. ~ Very Rev.” Raymond Meagher, O. P., §. T. Lr, and V Rev. W. G. Scanlon, O. P., pastor of St. Dominic’s Church, assisted in tie sanctuary. The Dominican priests who wers ordatned are prepared both for teach- ing and preaching. Their order is principally occupied in this country with going from city to city and giv- ing missions. Besides preaching mis sions, which their name, of Order of Preachers, signifies, the Dominicar conduct two colleges in the Unit States—one, Providence College, Providence, R. I, and the othe Aquinas College, at Cclumbus, Oh Though most of the young men w take up their work as teachers, m sioners or parish priests after th bave completed their course study, there is a high probability that some of them will receive the oppor tunity of going to China and serving in the foreign on which t province of St. Joseph has lately a: sumed. Those Ordained. The Dominican oriests who were ordained are: Rev. Brothers La rence Vander Heyden, O. F.; Franci oCaddon, Q. P.; Constant Werner, Antoninus Healy, O. P.; Jer- ome Olson, O. F Peter O'Brien. O P.; Hyacinth Sullivan, O. P.; Mark Della Penta, O. P.; Augustine Naselli, 0. P. (foregoing former students at Aquinas College); Ambrose Smith, O. P.; Aloysius McLaughlin, O. P.; Regi- nlh‘l Hughes. O. P.; Vincent Dally 0. P.; Raymond Grace, O. P.; Geraic O'Donnell, 0. I.; Norbert Georges. O T.; Dennis Muller, O. P.; Nichels Ehrenfried, 0. P.; Gabriel Knauff, O. P., and Joachim Walsh, O. P. All theso young men have completer thelr studies at the Dominican House of_Studies of this oity. The others ordained were: Secular. James Creahan and John Puskar mariste, Claude Carteron and Char' oblates., Emile Boldue. J¢ Wilfrid Doran., Arthur Cyr, Leo Chambers. John Kenn: Gerald Kencaly and Donatius Morri sette. LINK WESTERN TRIP WITH SECOND TERM (Continued from First Page.) reports are hard to verify at this dis- tance and even President Harding. who has something of a political Intuition himselrf, s not inclined to accept them at ‘face value. Ho hopes to see and hear for himself on the western journey. But if the west ia intact. publican part: of the Mississippi | sing. the sssumption among Mr. Harding's friends is that he will have a safe margin of electoral votes in 1 Battle for West. So it's a battle for the west which indeed Mr. Harding is setting out next week to conquer and preserve for 1924, even though he may publicly and otherwise give the impression that he is not bent on political er- rands. Rumors that Mr. Harding may with- draw from the race if he finds sentiment adverse and not subject his party to a defeat, permitting some one else to make the race, are traceable in part to thoee who would like to have some one else nominated. but Warren Harding is that kind of a party man who would willing?y accept the verdict of a convention on that point. He has always felt that the party to which he belonged was big- ger than any individual. There is, on the other hand, a good political reason for renominating the President, no mat- ter what his own beliefs may be about success in the final election. It Is that any candidate would have to make the fight on the record of the Harding ad- ministration, and no one can speak about that record as authoritatively as Mr. Harding himself. The poalitical map of the cou: can undergo many changes ‘tw now and the national conventions which are to be held just a vear from this month but alignments frequent- 1y can be discerned and the trend of events traced even as early as this. Political soothsayers predicted the fall of the Taft regime immediateiy after the Winona speech made on western trip long before the electic Will the western trip vield a Winona speeches? Mr. Harding carefully preparing every word advance and going over it all wi an eye to the political past as wel as the future. —— From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. GENERAL ELECTRIC PLANS BIG MERGER U. S. Firm to Take Control of Canadian Co. Sept. 1, Ac- cording to Reports. if the re- By the Associated Pre TORONTO, Ont., June 13.—Rumors were revived today of an impending amalgamation of the Canadian Gen- eral Electric Company with its ex- tensive factories here and in Peter- boro and the General Electric Com- pany of Schenectady, N. Y. The report was that the Canadian company was to be absorbed, Sep- tember 1, by the American organiza- tion. A. \E. Dyment, president of the number to be increéased to 1,160 cars|Canadian corporation, was reported per day on and after Jume 15. ‘western roads will hold all cars com- ing to them under thé plan, as well as all others received from eastern lines loaded until they can be filled with grain and olh commodities. Steady. purch of new equISa ment for the an (clp ted trafiic needs s enabled rallroads to get into ervice between January 1 and June to the service division. eight cars, while 107,07 of manufacture. Not Read Up Yet. From the Country Gemtleman. “Well, no; I reckon not,” replied Lab Juckett of Clapboard Springs to the plea of the able editor of the Tumlinville Torch of Liberty and Tocsin of the Times that he take & year's subscription to that influential Journal. “When my Uncle Tobe died 2 couple of vears ago he left guité & jag of newspapers, and I haint got ‘em all read up yet” The : to be In New York, preparing to sail for ERurope, and other officials re- fused to comment on the report. It was reported some time ago that the American General Electric had acquired a large block of Canadian General Eléctric stock and was seek- ing a controlling interest. Yearns for Unattainable. From the Boston Transcript. Miss Green—If you wished to retain a man's love what would you do? Mre. Golightly—Let him marry some other woman. e Not a Pleasing Prospect. From the Kansas City St: Mrs. Quizz—Why did s refuse Mr. Multirox? He certalnly ‘is 7zich Mainchance—But think how he sot it. He eays it was rigid economy jand he must nave the nabit by this time.