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r c - 2 - BRITISHT0 MATCH . ANYFORGEIN AIR Premier Says Defense Pro- gram Will Be Modified if Other Nations Agree. By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, June 26.—Prime Minister Baldwin agnounced In the house of commons this afternoon that the government had decided to establish a home defense air forca sufficiently strong to defend the country ade- quately from attack by the strongest alr force within striking distance. The premler said the home defense force would consist of fifty-two squadrons. This would add thirty- four squadrons to the sauthorized strength of the royal air force. The force, continued the premfer, would be organized partly on & per- manent military basls a‘nd |p-.\r!ly on territorial or resetve basis. ® Mr. Baldwin concluded by stating that Great Britain, in conformity with her obligations under the cov: onant of the league of nations, would gladly co-operate with other ;:n\rrlz- ments in limiting the strength of air armemerts on lines similar to the ty of Washington. e thur Ponsonby, labor member for Sheflield, askea “whether this new competition in armaments would not eventually lead ‘(u the conse- s as the la i *°I hops mot.” replied the prime | minister; 1 hope that long efore that date arisc xhr;ro 1;‘:1\' lm\ some ement in regard to limitation oL Bir Samuel Hoare, secretary of state for air, In answering anuth query, declared emphaticaliy that ‘.hht whole object of this expansion wa home defense and nothing else. AERO TAKES FUEL IN AIR AT 90 MILES | (Continued fro; developed one fault that was e ediod quickly. That was the in- | abllity of the fueling plane pilots to haul the hose back Into the fuselage. The rush of wind under the plane caused the heavy hdse to whip around like a plece of string. It required ex- pert jockeying on the part of the pilots to get the two planes, thirt five feet from wing tip to tip. 10- other, and then throttle down s Eeat the hose could be caught and fastened to the tank. Find Eosy Solution. Tn the preliminary tests Seifert was compelled to make a landing with a forty-foot hose dangling under his plane. Tt was found that by en- same Increased Wage TH. GERMAN BOMB HITS Meeting Called | TWO IN RUHR STATION By Brotherhoods |3, ., By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, June 28~—A meet- ing for “the conslderation of the question of fnaugurating a move- ment for increased compensation,” the first In several years by mem- bers of the “big four” transpor- tation brotherhoods, has been called by W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Traln- men, and L. F. Sheppard, president of the Order of Railway Conduo- tors, in a cfrcular to chalrmen and secretaries of general committees of both brotherhoods, to meet in Chicago Monday, July 9. The southern association of gen- eral committees of the two broth- erhoods will meet fn Washington, D. C, July 23 and a speclal meet- ing 6f the eastern assoclation of general committees has heen called to meet in Cleveland Thursday, August 9, for the purpose of con- siderihg the question of increased wages. 2,000-POUND TON FOR COAL OPPOSED BY COMMISSIONER (Continued from First Page.) ing should be set up by legislative enactment. “It is claimed that if the welght is reduced the price per ton will be re- duced. E if the price were ro- duced in proportion to the reduction i ght there would be no saving any one, and it would be Imprac- in tull proportion to the in weight. A large portion al sold at retall Is sold in two or thr s. The cost to the dealer for delivery of a ton would be practically the s for delivery of a long ton. ems rea ble to expeot that cost will be added te the price to the consumer as usual. “T am informed fhat the average es- timated cost per ton for delivery of coal sold at retall in Washington is probably noi less than 90 cents. If, therefore, 50,000 familics are force by a reduction in_weight to buy an additional ton each this would add another annual tax on the people of approximately making a total annual for which those who p eive nothing. And if the reason of any unf n circumstances, should fail to come down, the unnecessary bur- den would far greater than s in- dlcated above. No Demand Seen. appears to be nd for the reduction. it appears that those consumers who have cxpressed them- selves .on the subject are practically unanimous in opposition. reductior of the lots of on no general for the reduc- \ds, there 1 ng the hole in the bottem of the e ingo of the faeling ship that it could be hauled aboard nore easily. Approximately two minutes is r quired for the two plares to fly vi tuklly togcther and emnpty fifty zai- lons of gasoline thron o rubbor ho#e from the_ shi to the ship below. Eight con- taots will be made at daylight tomorrc the program. until C Lileut. Richter ha four days and four or_until | sheer jhysical weariness or motor | trouble forces them to descend. WIDENING OF 13TH, F TO EYE, FAVORED (Continued from First Page.) mith & remained alo! hts, 1 record as being opposed to class dis- oounts by merchants of the city. It was explained that these class dis- counts are special privileges given to certain classes of people. The resolution has the effect of requir { thé merchant members of the asso- calation to have one price for all. i A resolution was adopted express- ing the appreclation of the assoc tion to the Commissioner in of police, who, the assocliatio informed, is working on a regulation : affeoting carnivals. Ross P. Andrews, chairman of the 1928 booster outing committee of th assoclation, was congratulated resolutions ' on the success of event. OPERA SEASON LOSS. Chicago Company Deficit for Ten | Weeks Is $351,718. | CHICAGO, June 26.—Ten weeks of eclvic opera In Chlcago last sea<on were produced at a net loss of $3 718.58, according to the first anndal | report of the Chleago Clvic Opera ! Company, which has been made pub- | o, Despito this loss, the season was dedlared to be the 'most successtul | ever held in Chicago. The loss, coming from a total ex penditure of $1,385925.70 and re-| celpts of $881707.12 for the ! weeks in Chicago and three weeks' | tour, will be mado up by about 200 guarantors, who will be called upon to pay appreximately 70 per cent of | their pledges. Plans now are heing made for the 1923-2¢ season, which will be ex- tended to eleven and one-half weck with at least eight-flve perform- ances Lengthéning the road tour ur‘;- planned. t season sevénty-two perfor- mances of twenty-six operas were sented, which netted $757,770.23. ree weeks' road tour receipt totaled $226,436.89. o TO RELEASE TiKHON. Archbishop to Be Freed Pending Trial in Moscow. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, June 26.—The supreme ocourt has decided to release Arch- bishop Ttkhon pending his trial on the Gharge of resisting the soviet authorities, it was announced today. ‘The decision is the result of the letter ‘which government circles recently an- nounoed the former patriarch had written from his prison cell express- ing regret for his past actions and dedlaring his readiness to swear al- leglance to the soviet government. U. S. BATTLESHIPS ARRIVE. Copenhagen Welcomes Squadron on : Ten-Day Visit. COPENHAGEN, June 26.—A syuad- ron of American battleships, headed by the dreadnaught Arkansas, flag- ship of Rear Admiral Archibald H. Scales, with the dreadnaughts Flor- mnm and North Dakota, has at Copenhagen for a ten days’ visit. There will be society fetes in honor of the visiting fleet, culminat- ing on the Fourth of July with a nh by John D. Prince the American minister. The local sports m::‘:ou are arranging a series '8 with the American sailors. Pot and Kettle. * Pralii the London Telagraph. ner in & certain Lancashire L having been sentenced on sev- I B Ve YIng ta Tefor LA n leaving to reform, as he ‘'was costing the ocountry a lot of his behavior. oner nflhd. *T don’t know ocosting it a lot. I think you You're always ' I always lea i here | the last ten v | centage | ana upon the y sell or & law does in making sales ton of coal & pie have long g As a_ton, idrega that the p to_receiv public is sucl reduced many persons rdless of whether they w cheated or not. Such a s wouid tond to reduce publie confldence In coal merchants generally. For the reasons set forth, I recommend I ction be taken by the Commis- iers toward procuring legislation re- ing the weight of the ton of coal in the District of Columbia. CURE OF LEPROSY , IS HELD POSSIBLE Many Patients Released From Treatment as Not a Menace to Public Health. tion Leprosy is In a measure amenable to treatment, according to the United States Public Health Service. During ars a considerable per- of the lepers segregated at Kaltht Hospital near Honolulu on Molokai Island have been that is, they have been re-| leased as being “not a menace to the public health,” but have been re- quired to report for examination at certain intervals which vary with the individual case. about 13 per cent have relapsed and have returned to segregation; but bout one-fourth of these were later raroled for the second time. In all, 242 lepers were paroled; thirty-one relapsed and seven of these were later paroled. Ten were completely 1eleased from parole. The chance of arresting the disease the paroled; that it had been allowed to g0 with- cut treatment unless this period was cven years or more. atients who survive without treat- of T their chances for marked improve- ment under treatment. Those who desire it are treated with chaulmoogra oil and its deriva- “tives. ' The parole system was begun In 1912 and has worked admirably. Those paroled appear to have toid their friends that the conditions existing at the hospital were good; and the mere fact that they had been released has shown that segregation I might lead to cure and not to life- long confinement, as it almost in- varfably did previous to 1912. As consequence many lepers, instead of concealing the disease up to the last possible moment (and thereby spread- ing it through the community), are| eve: now surrendering of their own ac- cord and taking treatment, earller surrender and earlier treat- ment hasten the degree of improve- ment that will secure parole and will | it does later, perhaps, complete release. { { | | On | { would doubtless belleve they were being | {i Apparently | €uage study. {ment for seven years possess powers | Objects Atance that Sligntly ineresss | Starting the institution, for it is not ———Tr oy ‘Warning to Keep Off " French Trains—Sentinels Kill Four. By the Ansoclated Press, WIESBADEN, Germany, June 26.— Eomb throwing has been resorted to in an effort to deter German ofvillans from patronizing trains controlled by the French. A bomb was thrown early today into the waliting room of the Wiesbaden station, where a large number of Germans were awaiting a tratn. The explosion wounded two persons serlously and caused con- siderable damage. Germany, June 26.—Four Germans were shot and killed and three others were wounded by Bel- glan sentinels here Sunday. Three of the Germans were killed by a patrol in a section of tha tow where travel had been forbidden as the result of the killing af three l:e!¥lnn soldlers, it is semi-officlally cxplained. The fourth was killed by a sentinel along the rallway. The three persons who were wounded were struck by bullets while walking in the streets after curtew. FORD WILL CONSIDER OFFER OF PRESIDENCY General Secretary to Auto Maker Says No Such Advance Has Yet Been Made by Any Group. c Asmocinted Press, KOIT. June 26.—Henry Ford would give serious consideration to an offer of the presidential nomina- tion by any responsible persons or party before_rejecting or accepting it, accordind®to E. Q. Leibold, his general secretary. Mr. Liebold added, however, that no such offer had been made to Mr. Ford. The statement was made in con- nection with a letter made public rsterday by E. 8. Fuller of Savan- nah, which quoted Mr. Leibold as ying Mr. Ford had no objection to further activities supporting him for the presidential nomination. Mr. Lelbold declined to verify the aying he could not be sure of without seeing the searching through his e have been thousands of let- efved in connection with Mr. nd the presidenc he sald. 200 such letters are received It is hard to say if the Savan- ter s authentic for this —_—— SUMNER CURTIS’ RITES TO BE HELD HERE FRIDAY }Gridirnn Club to Attend Funeral of Former Newspaper Man Kill- ed in Denver. Funeral services for the late Sum- ner M. Curtis will be held at Gaw- ler's chapel Friday at 4 o'clock, with interment in Fort Lincoln cemetery. The body left Denver last night, cscorted by Republican Natlonal Committebman Vivien of Colorado, and will be met In Chicako by a representative of the national com- mittee and escorted to Washington. A special meeting of the Gridiron Club was held at the New Willard at noon today to take action upon the death of Mr. Curtis. Resolutions appreciative of his character and of his services to the club_were adopt- ed. The club will attend the funeral as a body. At the request of the fumily that the club be represented the pallbearers, President Arthur Henning designated Secretary J. Harry Cunningham. Charles P. Key- . O. Messenger and himself to DEATH ACCIDENTAL. Circumstances Around Elevator Killing Undetermined. Dr. Herbert E. Martyn, deputy cor- oner, today conducted an inquest at the morgue in the case of Leonard Bur- rows, colored, sixteen yvears old, 812 2d street southeast, whose dead body was found at the bottom of the elevator shaft at 623 B street yesterday. Police inves- tigation of the affair falled to disclose how Burrows reached the bottom of Of those paroled |the shaft, and the jury reported & verdict of accidental death. ENGLISH IN PRAGUE. Experiment in Modern Language Study Well Received. From the New York Times The English University College at ten | decreased with the length of time | Prague since 1920 has been carrying on an experiment in modern lan- The name of the col- lege gives little indication of the of those responsible for affillated with Prague or any other university, reports the Czechoslo- vakla consulate general. It is mere- ly an institution where English is studied and English and American literature read at lectures given by an efficient staff of trained lecturers, both Czech and English. Since the college stated {ts work more than 8,000 adult students have been en- rolled, and at present there are about 1,600 students daily attending the leotures, which range from the elements of English taught by Czech teachers who have & knowledge of 2| English to advanced lectures upon English literature. A special point is made of the fact that the lecturers ochange classes hour, each class in turn thus getting the benefit of all the staff This | and the teachers are kept fresh and saved from etting into a rut, says the report. s o Gach class exhibiting as aifferent stago of progress in English, the lecturers are oom- About 70 per cent of these who have | pelled to adapt their lectures to the been paroled were in segregation for | varying educational proficiency of less than two years. Real Needs. From the 5t. Paul Crescent. the students. The college is quite independent of government control and receives no financial assistance from it, though the authorities of Prague provide accommodation for the different classes in one of their ‘What the country needs is not a|large and centrally situated school: new birth of freedom, but the old-|The experiment has been 80 success: fashioned $2 lower berth. What this|ful that it is intended to extend it country needs isn't more liberty, less people who take liberties with our liberty. What this country needs is not a job for every man, but a raal man for every job. What this country needs isn't to get more taxes from the people, but | lou for the people to get more from the |lear: taxes. but|to other parts of the republic. Celebrated for Her Learning. From the Wide World. Clemence Isaure was a lady of Tou- Fran celebrated for her g. She instituted the floral games in that city, when flowers were What this country needs is not more | bestowed on successful competitors. miles of territory, but more miles to|She was born in 1464. the gallon. « Successful Strategy. From the Dramatic News. Her hat obscured his view at the theater, so he leaned forward and asked If it would be possible for her to remove it. ‘When she was a young girl the one romance of her life began. A young troubadour fell in love with her and sang songs to her In which their names were linked. She replied with flowers, whose mean- ing her lover could easily interpret. He was killed in battle and Clemence resolved to take the veil. Before do- ing so, however, she renewed the poetic festival and as wor." After o fow momenis|tributed among the victors the five ted his request. Then she turnied on him. ‘here is no demand for my doing)| 80,” she said. 4 “No demand?” he echoed. He rolled his overcoat, placed it on his seat and sat on it. 'hen he put his hat on his head. In a moment there were cries of "Elllo it off!” and “Take that hat oft i Theén, with & swift movement, the woman unfastened her hatpins and removed her hat, . difterent flowers, wrought in silver, with which she hld.ul!gnl.l:: to her lover. The floral games were continued for 400 years. Maybe So. From Judge. Pete (at the under 's" Wonder how 1 ot ia Hrons with Clfil&l?n‘“. Just refused to dance Bill—Maybe she doesn’t oarry an it insurance, - % E _EVENING STAR, WASHINGT ON, D. ¢, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1923. PROMOTIONS, NEW ASSIGNMENTS MADE IN POLICE DEPARTMENT Lieut. Dean, Harbor Pre-| cinct, Is Made | Captain. — | Other Veterans in Service | Advanced by Com- missioners. Promotions and new assignments | in the police department, for which the entire force has been watching | expectanly for several weeks, were | announced by Commissioner Oyster | today. They follow: Licut. Russell Dean, commander of | the harbor preceinct for many years, | advanced to captain. Sergt. Harry R. Lohman, a veteran member of the depariment, made leu- tenant. Lieut. Walter R. Emerson, desig- nated as aid to Inspector Grant, and will take charge of the detective bu- | reau from 4 to 12 pm. Detective Sergt. W. O. Embre: plain clothes man at headquarters for many years, assigned to command | the detective. bureau from midnight to 8 am wards Promote | Private Lewis I H. Edwards, stat- | isticlan at headquarters, promoted to sergeant and left n his present position. | Motor Cyele Policeman Richard Mansfield, promoted to detective Sergeant In the detective bureau. Lieut. Frea Cornwell, recently pro- moted from detective ~sergeant, de- | tailed as night inspector in place of Lieut. Emerson | The selection of Lieut. Dean for the | aincy created by the appro- priation act is in line with Commis- | sloner Oyster's announced plan to re- ward officers who have given the best years of their lives to the service and who are nearing the time for retire- | ment. b new capt: Elevate Veterans. When Capt. Dean is placed on the retired list it {s understood to be the intention of those in charge of the| department to elevate another pioneer | leutenant. The men most prominently men- tloned for the next captaincy are| Lieuts. Conlon and Yulee Hodges. The assignment of two new as- sistants to Inspector Grant is the re- sult of the recent promotion of Lieut. | Plemmons to be captain of the eighth precinct and of Detective Sergt. Fred Cornwell to be lleutenant of a pre- cinct. Capt. Russell Dean, born in the Port | Tobacco neighborhood of Charles | county, Md., November 2, 1859, en- tered the sqrvice of the District April 11, Jduty in the fourth precinct, South! Washington. He had spent much time on the river prior to entering “QUTSIDE INFLUENCE” i HALTED BY MOONEY IN RACE FOR JOBS (Continued from First Page.) master Mooney today called to the Mttention of his employes is carried s rule 33 of the postal laws and reg- ulations. It reads: ceking Outside Influence Is For- bidden. No recommendation for the promotion of any employe in the Dassified service shall be considered Cxcept it be made by the officer or cMoers, under whose supervision or control such employe. is serving, and uch recommendation by any other | person, with the knowledge ang con- sent of the employe, shall be suf- ficlent cause for debarring him from the promotion proposed, and a_repe; | tition of the offense shall be sufficient | cause for removing him from the service.” Determined to End Drive. While Postmaster Mooney, it is un- derstood, has no desire to remove any one from the service, or any in- tention to go to such extreme, he is determined that the “drive” mnow being made upon his office for differ- ent position, for “preferred posi- as they are called, shall be ended. ks A borers want to be placed on whtehman duty, where they may sit in chairs and have time to study while attending to their postal duties. One man, who is employed at night, has & wife employed elsewhere dur- ing the day; the man wants to be changed from night to day duty, so that he and his wife may spend their evenings together. Seek Outwide Influence. So it goes. And each employe, if possible, goes to some person out- side the city post office and gets him to write the postmaster about it. The man on duty wants to be transferred ( gul to night duty, so that he can attend some college class during the day. A man on night work desires to get ards as a “preferred posi- X",‘:-‘- e Tasy duty, in order that he may have his evenings fres to at- tend some night class in which he is rested. 'ns?-chl initiative is commendable, master Mooney says, in the de- g:::men::r service—but not in the postal service itself, which is a very different thing. The malls must be moved, they must be moved hour by hour, &nd it takes day and night work to move them. large proportion of the work wlth h\: mails is necessarily done at night. Trying to Exchange Places. Not alone have the local employes made the situation dificult. It also developes that postal workers throughout the country, attracted by the educational adyantages of the National Capital, are attempting to exchange places with employes in the local post office. Postal employ suffering from lung troubles throughout the country have de a similar drive upon the Angeles post office, 50. that the office there has been besieged with near east, | ana | Bervi WARRIS -EWING PNOTOS. ut. Walter tmerson, renevea of wicycle duty e bureau at night, w h additional compen= the harbor precinct, made captain; Serst. H. —Private L. J. H. Edwardw, detalled at headquarters, made ser- ivate R. H. Mansficld of xecond precinct, made detective sergeant. ———————— Distriet being < license, was the Joe Blac of ‘the police rs after his holder of a igned to duty burn. the first cf harbor service. Under a spectal law, Robert Sut- ton, harhormaster, became lleuten- ant’ in charge of the harbor police precint when the precinct was or ganized in 1905. Dean wag practi- cally in charge of the water Service of the precinet and was promoted to succeed Lieut. Sutton, so famillarly called “Commoiore Sutton,” when the latter died in 1910. Added to Fleet. During the succeeding years Dean, as lMeutenant In charge, with but small appropriations, succeeded in getting the present frame structure for use of members of his command auditional boats, The steamer Vigllant succecded the Joe Black burn, and two gasoline boats were added to the fleet. Harbor Tug 77 7 was recently obtained from the fed- and three | | times work in connection with the keeping |- eral government for use by the police | command, and a new home soon to be buiit for the men As chief of the harbor force, the licutenant performed much valuable in enforcement of laws re lating to the harbor and in the work of saving human life and recovering bodies of drowned persons. He is a member of Columbia Lodge, No. 3, F. A. A. M. - Emerson D. C. Native. Lieut Walter R. Emerson, a native of this city the police department since August 21, 1894, and has served as night in- spector since September 1, 190 ruary 1. 1919, when he was mad lieutenant, as acting lleutenant. His promotion in 1919 came as a reward for meritorious service. The position of night inspector, probabl the most u ular one in the de partment, was filled by on with entire satisfaction both to his superiors and to those he found nece to cite for alleged dere- lictions. Lieut ry merson served as a member of the bicycle command for a number of years, and while connected with the third precinct he was selected ta accompany Pr t Roosevelt on trips about the city and suburbs from ptember 20, 1902, until July 1, 1906. The licutenant ctive member 4, Knights of | Edwards’ Record Good. dwards, many Sergt. Lewis I his excellent commende of statistics, according to his superior officers, is entitled to a more lucrative promotion than the Commissioners were able to give him. tationed in the room of Inspector Wiiliam Shelby, where he serves as the Inspector’s assistant, Edwards has ! introduced new methods of keeping i | the | the street has been connected with | He | 1885, and was assigned to was promoted all the line until Feb- | work there that he w the department’s records that enable him to furnish much information at a moment’s notice. Sergt. Edwards, a native of War- renton, Va., has been connected with police force nce November 17, 1803. His first duty was performed in the Boutheast sec eight years on and several succeeding years as desk sergeant. In May, 1918, he was transferred to No. 1, where the work was of much greater volume and more exacting, and it was because of his successful s transferred 1921, to headquarters in Februar: having previously served The sergeant has a wife and six chil- dren. Two Fighting Young Women Center of Big Phone Strike Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, June 26.—Julia O'Connor and Annie Molloy! Around these two young women cen- ters the strike of the New England tele- phone operators. The strike, called for this morning, went Into effect on sched- ule time, but at this writing Miss Molloy and the cause she heads seems to enjoy a possible advantage over the cause of Miss O'Connor. ‘This is because the telephone company declares its forces are not demoralized by the walk-out of Miss O'Connor’s ad- herents. Miss O'Connor is the president of the union, the members of which are out on strike, while Miss Molloy is president of another union of telephone operators, who have voted to continue work. It is too early as yet to gauge the effect of the strike order, but the danger to telephone service throughout all New Fngland—a territory embracing more than fifty large citles, with a total urban and rural population of more than 10,- 000,000 persons, and with over 12,000 telephone operators directly mvolved— rests in the fact that the clash between the two unions may bring trouble to telephone service in other parts of the country. Miss O'Connor's union has an American Federation of Labor char- ter, while Mias Molloy’s union, which once possessed such a charter, lost it were accorded the liberties of the ‘Washington city post office recently, and. were discovered busying them- |selves among the clerks and car- riers in attempts to induce them 'to exchange jobs. —Postmaster- Mooney has issued strict orders requiring that all visitors, whether postal em- ployes or mnot, be accompanied by ides, who are fo stop and attempts at trafficking in positions. Difterence in Salaries, The situation is further complicated here by the strange relations be- tween the sglaries of laborers paid in the Post Office Department and the Washington city post office. The main city post office bullding Is .oleaned by departmental post office employes. Laborers in the city post office building, therefore, Who are on the Post Office Department rolls get sal- aries ranging from $720 to $900 a year, plus the bonus, while laborers on the city post office rolls, being in the postal service, which has been reclassified by Congress, get $1,350 their first year and $1,450 their sec- ond year. It is not strange, therefore, that laborers of the department want to et transferred to ‘preferred posi- ons” on the city post office rolls. GREEK TRADE SOUGHT. LONDON, June 26.—Premier Musso- 1ini of Italy has decided to establish close financial and maratime collab- oration between Italy and Greece. Ac- cording to the daily Telegraph’s dip- lomatic correspondent, the plan is said o include an Jtallo-Greek bank in thens, with bri throughout, the > | | | | | | | i ! . <. These brought 4 | organizations. recently. But behind the two local unions are two international unions— the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, of which James Noonan of Washington, D. C., is president, and which 'is affilated with the American Federation of La- bor, and the International Brother- hood of Telephone Workers, of which John Dolan of Boston is president, and which is not connected with the Federation of Labor. The latter or- ganization is opposed to the strike. The charge of the two organiza- tions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor is that Miss Mol- loy's unfon and Mr. Dolan’s union are merely Bell Telephone Company It is the dissimilarity of character between the unions which might cause the strike to spread. Miss O'Connor and Miss Molloy were once fast friends. In 1919 when the telephone girls of Boston struck Miss O'Connor and Miss Molloy worked hand-in-hand to win the strike. Later they broke and it was on charges preferred by Miss O'Con- nor that Miss Molloy's union lost its federation charter. One viewpoint of the strike, given by a telephone oper- ator, is this: “It looks to me as_though this was a_ fight between Julia O'Connor’s union and Annie Molloy's union, and all we phone girls in New England have got to wash dirty linen now that Julia has called a strike.” (Copyright, 1923.) 114 SHIPS TO DEFY U. S. LIQUOR RULING "(Continued from First Page.) might be carried out, and otherwise modifying the liquor enforcement laws affecting foreign steamers, has been received by the British foreign office. The departmental experts now are engaged In studying the docu- ment, as well as the full text of the United States Supreme Court decision in the ships’ liquor case, but it will probably be several weeks before Great Britain makes reply to the com- munication. ‘While the British government, it is declared, regards Secretary Hughes' suggestion as one difficult if not im- possible of fulfillment, the foreign of- fice is desirous of accommodating the American views so fhr as is consistent with existing maritime law and Brit- ish policy. No effort will be spared, it 1s asserted, to find a way out of the present tangled situation under which the sealed liquor stocks on all British liners are being selzed in American ports. It is predicted in competent quarters, however, that Great Britain will reject the twelve-mile limit prin- ciple as she did previously when a similar proposal was made by the ‘Washington government. BERNHARDT LIBRARY PRICES. PARIS, June 26—The first day of the sale of Sarah Bernhardt's library realized 69,187 francs The highest price paid ‘was for two volumes of the portraits of great men, dated 1786. 5,600 francs. A Lieut. Emer- | Parents Warned Fireworks Still Menace to Child Fire Chief Watson. has sounded the annual warning to parents to watch their children while they are playing with the “sparkler,” which s still permitted in Wash- ington on the Fourth of July. The chief points oat that while the rays of illumination emitted by the sparkler are harmless in themselves, the wire from which they emanante becomes red hot. This wire, if accidentaly touched to a child"s clothing, may ignite a flimsy garment and result in s rious injury, the fire chief warns. Toy bLalloons filled with kero- senec-soaked waste also co itute a source of danger, the chief de- clares, because they may land on a roof*or frame structure and start a fire. SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES TO REST IN ENGLAND Sight Slowly Improving and Will Not Be Totally Lost—Silent on Ship Liquor. By the Associated Press. N YORK, June 26—S8ir Auck- land Geddes, British ambassador to the United States, sailed for home to- day on the Berengaria for a three- month rest. The ambassador's sight, which has been seriously af- fected during the past few months, was said to be improving slowly. His friends said he would not become en- tirely blind, as was at first feared. Sir Auckland will spend most of him time in England at his home, but will attend a few conferences with Premier Baldwin and members of the cabinet. He declined tod to make any comment on the ship liquor question. The ship left port with the ambassador’s flag, 2 union jack bear- ing a crown, flying at the foremast. D. C. PUBLIC LINKS STARS NEAR TOP (Continued from First Page.) testants maintain the pace they set in the Harding cup tourney vester- day. While the Washington contest- ants did not play up to their true game, it was predicted It would take & thirty-six-hole total of 183 or less to make the champlonship flight. On this b J. Volght was the only Wi contender who would probably qualif, based on hi score of yesterday. Of course, only four Washington men played in the tourney yesterday, but they were {supposed to be the of the local entrants, having been picked for the am to represent the capital in the {Harding cup tourney. Play 36 Holes Today. The entire fleld played 36 holes today in the medal round, with the first pair starting at 7 o'cl this morning, and the last pair leaving the first tee on their last round at 4.20 {this afternoon. Ties for last place jin the championship flight will be played off tomorrow morning instead of this afternoon, the committee has announced, because of the size of the entry iist and the possibility that jthe last’ man may not be in until dusk tonight. Interest in the medal round today centered about the play of such golfers as young Bob White of Ch cago, who electrified the gallery ve: {terday with a score of 76, holing & run-up shot at the last hole for a bird (Ted) Ll of Chicago, < : Walter Kossman . Louls, Richard_Walsh and Allan Poin- sett of New York, a brace of shot- makers, who will take a lot of beat- ing in the present tourney; Ed Hay- den of Milwaukee, and C. M. Mc- Court of Baltimore, who had low score of the day yesterday, with a 75, only to see his team disqualified because of the thoughtlessness of one of his teammates. Last Nine Difficult. Players in the tourney appear to be having a great deal of trouble with { the second nine holes, where the fair- ways are rougher and not in as good condition as_the first nine holes Thirteen of the contestants broke 40 yesterday on the first nine, while there were but nine scores under 40 on the second nine. Ed Hayden of Milwaukee was out in 37 and back in 48 yesterday. The McAndrew brothers of Boston will bear a lot of watching. Between them they have held a strangle hold on the caddie championship of Massa- chusetts for the past three years, where they have been winner and runner-up for that period. They are both fine golfers and should do well today. For non-qualifiers in the tourney today, the Columbia Country Club of- fers a tourncy tomorrow. The con- testants will qualify in flights of eight at Columbia and will finish their tourney Thursday. PHONE GIRL STRIKE HITS NEW ENGLAND (Continued from First Page.) make the actual working time seven and a half hours. The strikers demand a seven-hour day, with the same rest periods, and wage increases ranging from $5 to $9 a weck. One Union Remains at Work. The strike was called by the union affiliated with the American Federa- tion of Labor, the telephone oper- ators’ department of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The unton whose members remain at work is the old Local 1-A, whose charter was revoked after a quarrel with union officials. Strikers ploketed the fifty ex- changes in Boston and members of the old_local picketed the pickets. The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, after announcing Vesterday that operators remaining at work during the strike would receive a special emergency payment of $6 a week in addition to the regu- lar wages and overtime payments, rescinded the order because “‘so many of the operators have protested agalnst accepting any extra payments for maintaining the public service. “We won't take anything extra, not even a postage stamp,” declared Miss Annie Molloy, head of Local 1-A. The strike had its chief strength in the large cities. Many exchanges in smaller centers reported that their operators would remain at work. The number of operators em- loyed in New England, excluding Connecticut, 1s 12,585, of Whom 6,100 are in the greater Boston area. In the strike vote of last Tuesday it was said that 7,699 ballots were cast, of which 6,466 were in favor of a strike. FALLS FROM WINDOW. Boy Expected to Die From Injuries at Ebbitt House. Charles Carroll Dishman, colored, sixteen years, 705 4th street, cleaning 2 bay-window on the second floor of the 14th street side of the Ebbitt House this morning about 10 o'clock, lost his balance and fell. His body struck a ledge and then dropped to the areaway below. Carroll was unconscious _when picked up and taken to Emergency Hospital. Surgeons found he had sus. tained & fracture of the base of the skull and said he probably would die. —_——— It's always easier for the landlord to raise the rent for the tenant to ral he wherewl! -t From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. NEW BIS LNE AUTHORIZED HERE Capital Traction Company | Route to Cover South- east Section. The Public Utilities Commission ves- terday afternoon authorized the Caj Traction Company to ope ine of motor vehicles over the owing route: West bound from 11th a N str southeast, w M street to 3d street southw to L street southwest, L street to { Water street, Water street to P street southwest, P street to 4% cet southwest; eastbound from 4 and P stre southwest, along P street to 3d street southwest, 3d street to N street southeast and east on M street to 11th street southeast. The commission also ordered the fare to be charged on the mc busses shall be the same as the cur- rent fare in force on the street rai way lines in the District such other rate of fare as may be pre- scribed by the commission. The transfers between the motor bus lines and the connecting street railway line of the Capital Traction Company and the Washington Raflway and E tric Company shall be issued and sold by each company at 2 cents, provided that where a second transfer is re- quired for a continuous ride, on either of the street railwa lines, it shall be issued without charge or or From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. {PRESIDENT DENIES HE'LL QUIT MARION Assures Editor of the Marion Star He Has No Intention of Leav- ing His Friends. MARION, Ohio, June 25.—Explicit denial was made tod President | Harding that he intends to sever relations with Marion as a citizen One of the press reports sent out last week when the Marion Star, Harding's paper, was sold hinted that the business deal might mean that the President would not return to Marion to reside. The following telegram received by George A. Van | Fleet, editor of the Star, is believed to be the President's first definite statement as to his intentions: “I note in the press statements that my sale of a controlling interest In the Star means the severance of my relations with .Marion as & citizen. Please publish an explicit denial. Such j an announcement is of no particular interest to_anybody excepting my life- long friends of Marion and myself, I do wish it understood at home that I have never entertained a thought of changing my residence. The ties of a lifetime are not so easily severed.” CALLS WEDDING RING SYMBOL OF AUTHORITY' From the Kansas City Star, The solitaire has been evolved from an iron ring worn by engaged mai- dens two hundred vears before the Christian era. At first these served as wedding rings, too, and then a wedding ring was introduced with a key attached that gave the wife sole access to the household valuables. The ring remained a symbol of thority even after the key was dis carded. Pay no attention to those women who tell you that a wedding ring is a “badge of servitude.” Tha orange blossom engraved circlet is a symbol of authority just as its prede- cessors have heen for nearly twenty- five hundred years A beautiful square-cut solitalre set in platinum with a tiny sparkler on each side of it, tells that the wearer has not been engaged very long—at least not seven or fourteen years like that meek maiden whose father made Jacob serve so long and dili- gently. For even Seven years asc engagement rings were different. For one thing they were not carved in a design that later is to be matched in the wedding ring. And yet the carved rings are a re- vival of a very ancient fashion. They were found in the ruins of Pompeii; Cleopatra wore them. And then there are the aquama- rines that are having a great vo this yvear. These are clear grayvish stones with blue and gr lights and they look like little lakes in mid- ¢ summer. They are cut square and set in white gold, sometimes with the popular flanking of little diamon And there are just as many ameth: as there ever were, cut square to b up-to-date, nad setin green or white gold. BANDITRY CHINESE CUSTOM. 1 1 In the 01d Monarchical Regime ItY ‘Was Recognized. From the Kansas City Star. Banditry is an established custom in China, and in the old monarchical regime was a recognized part of the government. The interior of China nows little law except that of the bandit's decree. The government's in- fluence is felt principally along the coasts, and even there the officials co-operate with the bandit leaders. The bandits divide tke country among themselves, and one gang is not aly lowed to encroach on the domain o another. The chicfs exact a trihute from the inhabitants, and in turn give them protection from marauders from another section. Bandlt fees take the place of taxes. Many of the bandits were formerly soldiers in the Chinese army, but de- gerted when pay was not forthco ing. So they're collecting their wages over and over again from the people. as the old-time bandit continues his routine tribute in the remoter in- terior. Sure Proof. From the New York Sun and Globe. Louise—So you think the girls talk- ed about you at the party last night? Mae—I know they did. 1 was a little late, and when I arrived they were talking about the weather. From Yesterday's 5:80 Edition of The St: Devise Automatic Cannon for Use In Air Attacks Ordnance experts at the United States arsenal at Watervliet, N. Y., are developing an automatic cannon, firing high explosive or armor-plereing shells, in bursts of five, which may solve the problem of air attack. The gun was designed by Capt. Thomas M. Jervey, Ordnance De- partment. It is of 87 millimeters caliber and weighs only 160 pounds, aluminum alloy = being used in its_construction wherever possible. It is intended to be used mainly against airplanes and tanks. \