Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1923, Page 2

Curzon Says Britain Must Reject U. S. 12-Mile Bargain Breaking of Ship Seals Not Law Viola- _tion, But Endangers Comity, He Tells House of Lords. B the Associated Press. LONDON, June 29.—Although what #s termed “the American bargain” still is under consideration today, Great Britain cannot ‘accept the pro- posal of the United States to extend o twelve miles the limit within which vessels may be searched for lquor, Lord Curzon informed the house of lords yesterday. Reviewing the ef- fect of the American prohibition pol- icy on British shipping &s well as the legal aspects of that policy from the British standpoint, the forelgn secre- tary said consideration “of the Amer- ican bargain” was still continuing un- der Ronald MeNelll, undersecretary ®f state for forelgn affairs. 3 While Lord Curzon absolved the American government from &ny in- fringement of international law 1in selzing liquor and In breaking British seals, the foreign gecretary and Lord Birkenhead and . Viscount Gray as well did not_conceal an anxiety that dangers might -arise through mutual friction If the question was allowed to_drift without real’efforts of both sides to solve it. Dificult and Grave. Lord Curzon. expiained that it was = very difficult and delicate matter, ralsing grave Issues in both interna- tional law and policy. The British government was not concerned with American - prohibition, which was a matter of domestic policy, in which the British® government was not in- terested in expressing an opinion vielther would- he discuss the inter pretation of the United States Su- prems Court on that country's laws. But it was concerned with the treat- ment meted out to British ships in United States territorfal waters and the degree n which that treatment conformed to or departed from in- ternational practice. Tt Svould be premature for him to say, indeed he did not know, what would be the result of their labors. He would not discuss the legal right of the United States to impose conditions on foreign vessels enter- ing its waters, because on this sub- jact international law was decisive. e next detailed the steps taken by Great Britain, beginning with & note to the United States government from 1he British ambassador at Washing- ton after Attorney General Daugh- erty’s ruling that the Volstead act applied to foreign ships. Confiict of Authority. “Wo pointed out” he continued, ®that for any state, even construc- tively, to project the operation of its strictly domestic municipal law on to forelgn vessels on the high seas— which was the practical effect of the American ruling—would be un- precedented, and if adopted by other States would subject all shipping other than coastwise to the evils flowing from a conflict of authority. The United States government ac- Xnowledged receipt of this, but did not enter into a dlscussion of its arguments.” The secretary enumerated the Brit- i4sh representations to the United States in chronological order, men- tioning instructions to the ambas- sador at Washington to place him- self in communication with his Eu- ropean colleagues. It was found im- possible to arrange concerted repre- sentations, as some of the other na- tions, notably France, had already Jodged a protest, after which followed the receipt of the United States reply the first week In June. Great Britain's legal position, ac- cording to its legal authorities, Lord Curzon sald, is as follows: “There are two recognized princi- ples of international law, which pre- Vent us from contending that the United States committed a violation of international law in forbidding forelgn vessels to bring liquor with- In its waters. The first is that for- eigners trading with a country must <comply with its laws; the second is that every soverelgn independent €tate is supreme over all persons and property within its dominion, includ- ng ships in its territorial waters. Other Considerations. “That is the strict interpretation of the law, but there are other consider- atlons of scarcely inferior validity and Importance. The principles to Which I have referred cannot be pushed to extremes, but must be ap- plied with moderation and good sense, A ship is a traveling unit passing ifrom one state to another, and there- fore. cannot escape the necessity of complying with other legal systems Avhich may not be consistent with the law of the particular country it happens to be visiting. Furthermore, 1t is_universally recognized that £hip has a particularly close relation- ship to state whose flag she flie: mnd on many matters it is generally convenlent that all governments #hould recognize the law of the flag state as paramount. The net result of this has been that on many matters the practice has grown up that a state should not exact compliance with its own law, ‘even though a ship 1s within its Mwaters, but leave such questions to e regulated by the law of the flag Ktate. “This, however, is international ‘practice, rather than international Jaw, and accordingly departure from it means a breach, not of interna- tional law, but of the comity of na- ‘tions. Thus if a nation acts unrea- onably toward the ships of other nations the latter may retallate.” Referring to the breaking of the Fritish customs seals, Lord Curzon Gxplained that the seals were not sacrosanct outside of British waters, ‘#nd in general. repeated the recent #tatement made by the prime min- gster, Stanley Baldwin, which was to the effect that there was mo ground ‘for a protest on this score, and that Great Britain recognized America’s ight to break the seals in territorial twaters. Not Meant as Test Case. *Th# object of British shippers in $ringing liguor under seal into New *York,"” continued Lord Curzon, “was not to bring a test case. Thelr in- tention was, while fully guaranteeing that liquor would not be landed, to mee whether the United States really meant to proceed in violation of in- tornational practice and refrain from svailing themselves of what i3 re- garded as a loophole in the decision ot the Bupreme Court of the United Etates, cited by Lord Birkenhead. “Another consideration is-that the Feal motive of the United States gov- ernment in_allowing the matter:to come to a head at the present time s most probably their desire to put yressure on us to check the trafo in contraband liquor, notably from: tl West Indles. This appears from the Fact that the latest United: States overnment _proposals to - Great Eritain couple ‘the two questions The secretary then went into de- tails of the proposals, beginning last ear, for checking liquor smuggling, favoiving extension of the Fght o arch within tweive miles of shore, nd the British refusal to eatertain uch proposals. 7 “We felt that the outbreak. of mmuggling could not be regarded as rmanent.” said the secretary, “and © could not acquiesce in the aban. Mdonment of a principle to which we ttach great importance. At the ame time we undertook to take all ateps possible to prevent local law- Wreaking by smugglers” T. S. Proposal Detailed. Lord Curzon concluded by detafl- ng the latest American proposal for the establishment of & twelve-mile limit as a temporary arrangement against a reversal of the Supreme fCourt's ruling. This he described ‘as @ somewhat complex proposal, which was being considered by the #) committes under Ronald Mc- {Neill. Tt was at this point that he no clreumstances agree to such a Dproposal. Calling attention to the seizure by the United States of llquor on British vessels, Lord Birkenhead sald: “An eminent authority (evidently meaning Mr. Lioyd George) has exhorted us to keep cool and let America make the grent experiment in her own way without interference. I do not know that any of us has shown any inclination to examine the matter in any spirit but complete calmness, and it is generally recognized that mo friendly and reas sonable representation to the United States could fail to receive a friendly and reasonable reception. Nobody in this country has the slightest inten- tion or desire to make any criticism at all of the United States’ domestic policy.” He passed to the legal aspeot of the seizures, and expressed doubt as to whether a single competent lawyer in the United States had ever suspected that the Volstead act would lead to consequences -such as had been brought about by the decision of the United States Supreme Court. A con- siderable school of international law yers, he contended, held that the Brit- ish ‘merchant!, ship _carries its na- tionality with it. That is the case both in ‘the United States and this country. Sees Test Case Useless. British shippers, continued Lord Birkenhead, had been advised to make » test case in the United States courts, bet he failed to see the use of this, as it was extremely unlikely that the decision of the Supreme Court would be reversed. “Without one word of friendly dlis- cussion with the United States, are we to tell British ship owners that asked Birken- head, “and that they must hereafter only take liquor as far as the port of destination and return without liquor. Viscount Grey expressed anxiety as to the effect the difficulty might have on Anglo-American relations. In his opinfon liquor smuggling was not a temporary phase, and would cause friction if continued. There was un- doubtedly a cause for irritation on both sides, and he urged that a real attempt be made by both govern- ments to settle the question. BRITAIN PUTS U. S. IN QUANDARY BY SHIP LIQUOR STAND (Continued from First Page.) ship liquor snarl seemingly tled tighter than ever. Task for Alexander. Who will cut the Gordlan knot? The government or the official who comes forward with & fine sharp sword able to cut that knot will re- coive the gratitude of all nations concerned, in the opinion of close observers here. The_rumor that some foreign ship lines had sent informal promises to the American administration that they shortly would cease bringing in liquor in violation of the Volstead act could not be confirmed in official olrcles today, but it persisted never- theless. If there should be a concerted movement on the part of foreign ship- ping for the purpose of temporarily relieving the situation and of pre- venting seizure of ships, it was thought In some circles that such ces- sation of the protest against the American ban would probably be only of & temporary nature. The nations and foreign ships, it {8 becoming re- vealed in & stronger fashion day by day, seem determined to carry their point, if at all possible, without straining American patience to the breaking point. Mellon Against Seisures. The personal opinion of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, who is on the high seas, en route for London, is emphatic_against the seizuro of the foreign ships except in cases of ex- treme necessity. Leaving in charge of the Treasury Undersecretary Gil- bert, it is understood he has also communicated his opinion on the seiz- ure of foreign ships. So far Mr. Gil- bert has been carrying out the opin- fon of his chief, through troubled days, to the letter. Secretary Mellon a few days before sailing declared that selzure of for- eign ships would be an “unwarranted and drastic’ interpretation of the Volstead except in cases of absolute necessity. How close this govern- ment i3 approaching such a necessity was a_problem entertained in many high circles here today. RULING AGAINST BEER. Denied to Shipping Liners for Me- dicinal Purposes. Assistant Secretary Moss of the Treasury today made publio supple- mental instructions to the public health service specifically prohibiting the allowanoce of beer and malt liquor to shipping liners for medici- nal purposes. “Under section 2 of the act of No- vember 28, 1921, known as the Willis- Campbell act.” sald the order, “only spirituous and vinous liquors may be presoribed for medicinal purposes in the United States, all forms of beer and malt liquors being thus pro- hibited by exolusion. You will ac- cordingly advise all officers of the public health servioce that only such liquors may be authorized for -use for medioinal purposes on foreign vessels within American territorial waters ay are allowed for medicinal uses in the United States—that is, spirituous and vinous liquors—and that beer and all forms of malt liquors are excluded.” Beer on Ships Banned. NEW YORK, June 2.—Beer is not medicine, according to the Treasury Department. At least it isn’t on board forelgn vessels and can not be car- ried as part of their medicine sup- plies, Dr. E. K. Sprague, senior medi- cal officer of the United States public health service, has been instructed from Washington. Dr. Sprague, who detérmines the amount of medicinal liquor needed on foreign ships de- clared he would follow instructions imsllully. Representatives of French and Itallan steamship lines, however, deoclared mla (Troasury Department P a incomplete and pointed out that laws of their countries in- cluded beer as medicine. Protests would be mads, they said. 3 CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE. Four Others Injured When Dwell- ing Is Destroyed. DUBOIS, Pa., June 29.—Three chil- dren Wwere burned to death and four others' injured, two seriously, here to- day whien fire destroyed the home of Truman C. Wall. The victims were sons of Mr. and Mrs. Wall. CHINESE TROOPS SACK CITY. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAL June 329,—Troops 1 Hupeh province have mutinied. and have pillaged the oity of Misnyane. sccording to advices received from Hankow. The aispatches say the mutineers carried off several captives from Mlienyang, St The Northwest. Logging Oj Association has bess ereanined et Seatle to combat the efforts and re- T Slleged “to. mave® ben insidiousiy spread through the lumber camps of leclated. Great~Brithin- fould -undex. the Pacific northwesty THE READY TO ASSUME NEW DUTIES HERE MAJ. J. A. O’CONNOR, New Army engineer officer in charge of Washington work, who will take up his new duties om Monday, He wucceeds Maj. Max C. Tyler, who goes to Florence, Ala. WALSH LEADS 5 UP IN TOURNEY FINALS (Continued from First Page.) tween two sons of Father Knicker- bocker, J. Stewart Whitham and Richard ~ Walsh, ~twenty-year-old golfer of parts and runner up last year to Eddle Held of St. Louls in the same championship. Both Class Players. If there is such a thing as a law of compensation, Walsh should win today, for he lost last year against the sharpshooting of Eddle Held. Held is probably a better golfer than Whitham, his final round opponent today. hitham, however, s no mean citizen, in a golfing sense, for he is as long from the tee as any man in this tourney, plays his irons with the firmness and punch of a professional and, all in all, shows a well rounded out game. 'His put- ting leaves something to be desired, however. Walsh, using only a three-quarter swing, does not hit the ball as far as Whitham, but he makes up for the lack of distance with the accur- acy of his work on the groens. He has won his way through this man’s tournament without much trauble, although Fred Hannon of Bostoa car- ried him to the ninetesath hole in the first round, and John “acAndrew, another citizen of the town tumous for codfish, carried him to the cignt- eenth in the third round yesterday before victory perched on the Walsh escutcheon. Caddied With Sarazen. Many years ago Whitham and Gene Sarazen, the national open champlon, were caddies together® at Apawamis, and Whitham has heid much of the punch and style that is Sarazen's. The potency of the putter—that club which either makes or breaks a golfer—was never better demon- strated than during ths semi-final matches yesterday afternoon. The putter broke McAuliffe when he had the match won on the elghteenth green, and it won for Walsh, who was putting with unerring accuracy in his match againat Coole. Tho red-thatched, imperturbable Buffalo entrant, who has had hard matchi 11 the way through the tour- ney, missed a putt of about two feet on the last hole to tuck Witham in his bag. The putt wasn't hit at all well. It ended three inches wide of the hole, and McAuliffe was oft for another extra hole match. This time he lost. His pitch was short of the green, and hig chip shot left him a ten-foot putt to negotiate, which he failed to hole. Whitham, on the other hand, with a new lease on life when McAuliffe missed his put at the eighteenth, drove 250 yards at the nineteenth, and nearly holed a three, winning the extra hole, 4-5. Sinks Forty-foot Putt. McAuliffe stepped into the lead in his match with Whitham at the sec- ond hole, where he stymied the lad from the metropolis. Whitham won the next two holes, halved the fifth and won the sixth to become 2 up. The seventh was halved and Whitham made a BOrry mess of ths elghth, ~where he took four putts and lost the hole when he should have won. The ninth was halved and Whitham turned one up. MacAuliffe won the tenth with a birdie 4 and the eleventh was halved. Whitham annexed the twelfth, when MoAuliffe evinced a tendency to push his tee shots to the right. The Buffalo entrant ran down a forty-foot putt on the short thir- teenth’ for a birdie 2 to square the match. At the fourteenth hole Whit- ham played a splendid shot out from the roots of a tree to win the hole when McAuliffe took three putts. Three-Foot Putt Missed. Whitham missed a three-foot putt at the fifteenth over a lrewhar‘:)‘tlts bit of terrain and the match was squared. He became one down at the sixteenth when he pushed his second shot to the right, while McAuliffe was home in 2. Whitham had a splendid chance to square the match at the seventeenth, but he took three putts and the lad from New York city went to the last hole 1 down. Both men hit long balls from the tee, and McAuliffe's pitch was just off the right edge of the green, while Whitham was well on, and holed a four-foot putt for a 4. McAuliffe missed a two-footer for half to win the match and then lost on_the nineteenth. Walsh and Coble were all square at the turn and the Philadelphia entrant won the next two holes. Here Walsh took & brace and playing the next seven holes two under fours and one under par, defeated Coble on the hole, where Coble’s second shot wi bunkered. Secretary of State Hughes will pre- nt the prizes to the winner, runner- up and medalist at 5 o'clock this aft- ernoon. SURGEON TAKES POST. German Doctor to Direct X-Ray Work in Pittsburgh. ERLANGEN, Bavaria, June 29. Dr. Heinz Langer, chief surgeon of the Roentgen section of the Erlangen Uni- versity, clinic for women, has accepted an offer to become head of the Roent- gen Clinic in Pittsburgh, it was an- nounce today. He specializes in com- cancer with X-rays. He will use rman apparatus in connection with his lectures in Pittsburgh. FOR NAVAL AGREEMENT. Paris Bill Would Ratify Protection of Neutrals at Sea. PARIS, June 29.—A bill calling for ratification of that part of the Wash- ington naval agreements relative to the protection of neutrals on the high seas and the use of asphyxiat- ing gas was introduced by the gov- groment in the chamber of deputies ay. Just & Woman’s Way. From Judge. Mra. Hoyle—My husband is a man of I“)?:'Doyl Tl wage: ost of th E o—T" contain bills, Fogrk S | 12400 ALEINS RACE IFORU.S. QUOTALINE Danish Ship First of 23 Ves- sels Seeking to Land Immi- grants on Time. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 29.—The Danish { steamer Polonfa, with 730 immigrants | aboard, arrived in Gravesend bay to- day, the first ship to get in line for the dash over the imaginary boundary when the new alien quota opens at !midnight Saturday. Twenty-two other ships are racing across the Atlantic with immigrants. They will arrive late today and tomorrow. Approximately 12,400 allens are aboard the steamers. More than 50,000 are expected In July. Beglnning Sunday night and last- ing until the quotas are filled, Ellis Island will be congested and many incoming forelgners will br kept aboard liners to awalt their {urns at examination. Change in Commissionership. The job of commissioner of immi- gration at this port will be taken over Sunday by Maj. Henry H. Cur- ran, who is being instructed in the intricacies of the task by retiring Commissioner Tod. Some .of the liners, including the Aquitanid, are making slow trips over, in order hot to arrive before the stip- ulated time, Aliens also are reported to be mass- ing on the Canadian border to start the rush. It is estimated that many of the smaller countries will exhaust their quotas for the first period with- in a few hours. DE BRODES ADJUDGED INSANE AFTER TRIAL Youth Indicted for Slaying Moth- er Is Ordered Sent to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. George De Brod:s, twenty-five years o0ld, was adjudged insane today by a jury in Criminal Division 2 before Justice Baliey and will be confined in the criminal ward at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. De Brodes was indicted yesterday by the grand jury for mur- der in the first degree In connection with the killing of his mother, Fran- ces G. De Brodes, at their home, 117 C street northeast, June 16. ' The young man had recently been grad- uated from a law achool. D. Percy Hickling and George Hoos, alfenists, testified that they examin- ed De Brodes June 17, the day follow- ing the tragedy, and found him to be mentally unbalanced. They say he has been epileptic since 1930. ~Attor- neys Wilton J. Lambert and Oscar Thomas appeared for the prisoner. HEADS LIONS CLUBS. Lt Iowan Chosen International Presi- dent—Fight Over City. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 29.— John 8. Noel of Grand Rapids, Iowa, today was unanimously chosen pres- ident of the International Associa- tion of Lions Clubs. A sharp contest for the mext con- vention between Columbue, Ohlo, and Omaha, Neb., was scheduled for this afternoon. MAYOR DRY VIOLATOR. Fined $1,000 Following Raid at Jersey Lake Hotel. MORRISTOWN, N. J., June 29— Mayor Richard Chaplin of Mount Ar. lington. today was found guilty of violating the state liquor law and was fined $1.000. The Arlington Hotel at Lake Hopat- cong, owned by Chaplin, was rald- ed last Sunday by county detectives and a quantity of liquor seized. WILL WED PRINCE’S SON. Dorothy Taylor, Who Divorced Grahame-White, to Marry Divorce. NEW YORK. June 29.—Dorothy Cadwell Taylor, who divorced Claude Graham-White, noted British aviator, in London on December 18, 1916, to- day obtained a license to marry Count Carlo Dentice DI Frasso, son of Prince Ernesto Dentice Di Frasso of Rome, Italy. The count was vorced in February, 1921, by Geor- gine Wilde. Faint heart never won fair lady, but | faint light has won fair lady many a faint heart. FRIDAY, JUNE 2 Ohioan, Special Dry Assistant, At Headquarters E. L. Porterfleld, divisional pro- hibition chiet at Toledo, Ohlo, to- day was appointed special ant prohibition commissione: headquarters he Mr. Porterfleld, whose home ‘ia in Delaw: Ohlo, succeeda Dr. R. O. Matthews, who resigned recent- ly to assume the premidsncy of Lincoln Memorial College, at Cum- berland Gap, Tenn. The new as- igistant conimissioner takes office ¢ Pending the permanent appoint- ment of a divisional chief at To- ledo, John Harper, now Mr. Por- l torfeld’s assistant, will vo acting COLLEGE HERE CITED TO APPEAR IN COURT Oriental University Must Answer Charges of Government for Revocation of Charter. Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 28.—Judge R. Carter Scott In oity cirouit court to- day ordered officials of the Orlental University of Washington, D. C. to appear in court at the November term and show cause why a writ revoking its charter under the Virginia law should not issue. The order followed motions by At- torney General John R. Saunders and District Attorney Thomas B. Jones in quo warranto proceedings at the! hearing of the petition of the federal government for revocation of the charter. The government alleges that the university has sold degrees in all parts of the world, that it malntains an_exceedingly low scholastio stan ard ang tivities the educational sys: United States has been dam: PREACHER EXAMINED IN'LOGAN SLAYING Rev. J. E. Wilburn Testifies in Murder Trial of Mine Leader. By the Associated Press. LEWISBURG, W. Va. June 29.— The Rev. J. E. Wilburn, preacher and miner, of Blair, W. Va, was croes examined today In the trial of Wil- llam Bliszard, mine union official, who 18 charged with being accessory to the murder of George Munsey during the 1921 armed march. Wilburn, a defendant in one of the armed march trials, was convicted of second de- gree murder. Questioned concerning a state- ment he made to the Jefferson county prosecutor, Wilburn said, “I hope that the Lord would help somebodsy to get me my freedom If I told the truth.” He denfed that he ever raid he was willing to swear to anything to get out of jall. The preacher told the jury that since he was sent to jall he had been told that some of the armed march- ers had gone into Blair Mountain and shot into the village of Blair to incite the people there. He added that many of his statements in prev- ious trials were at the suggestion of counsel for the defense. Woman Manager Of Hotel Cited on Contempt Charge Mrs. Mary A. Lindsley, manager- |director of the Grace Dodge Hotel, near Union station, and her counsel, {Michael M. Doyle and Elizabeth C. | Harrts, were cited today by Justice | 81adons in Equity Division 1 to show cause July § why they should not be held in contempt of court for alleged violation of a court injunction. The citation was issued at the re- quest of Andrew G. Pollock who has | the news stand and other concessions at the hotel, and who claims that by procceding with an ouster case against him in the municipal eourt the defendants violated an injunction which he claims to be operative pending his appeal from an order | dismissing his suit in the District S |preme Court. Pollock wants the municipal court proccedings stopped until the court of appeals acts on his appeal. At the Bottom of the Ladder. STEEL STRIKE RIOT CALLS OUT TROOPS Detachment on Special Train Sent to Cape Breton, N. S., After Several Clashes. By the Assoclated Press. HALIFAX, 8, June 20.—A de- tachment of 250 soldlers today was | under arms, awaiting & speclal train to take them ta Cape Breton, where clashes occurred last night between striking steel workers and the police. Col, provinclal police, ,was reported be on his way to Cape Breton. Dispatches from Sydney last night stated that, after several cl tween the police and striking work- men of the Dominion Iron and Steel to Company a magistrate attempted to | the riot act at Whitney pier, but was stoned untll unconscious. Sev- eral policemen also were hit, but were reported to have gained control of the situation. The disturbance followed a strike of 4,000 men employed by the British Empire Steel Corporation in its Syd- ney plant. D, McDougall, vice president of the company, arrived to Beck a compromise after the men had walked out, demanding a 30 per gent wage increase, an eight-hour day and inauguration of the -cut-off | system of collecting union du WEATHER IS FACTOR IN BALLOON RACE| Belief Last Pilot to Take Off in Indianapolis Event Will Have Advantage. By the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 29.—The last pilot to take off in the annual national balloon race, which will start here July 4, will have a decided advan- tage over his opponents, according to Blain McGrath of the Indlanapolis chamber of commerce, which is spon- soring the event. Barometric and atmospheric condi- generally become better for bal- ns as the day grows older, according to Mr. McGrath. With this in mind, the start of the contest will be delayed until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. It has been estimated that the first bag will have been on its way an hour or more before the last pilot leaves the ground for his uncharted journey. Fourteen balloons, each.having a gas_capacity of nnt greater than 80,000 cublo feet, will start the race, which is for distance rather than for time spent in the air, according | to Mr. McGrath. will be the largest number of starters in the history of the contest. It was said the winning balloon probably would remain in the air about two nights and three days. : The winning balloon will be enter- ed in the Gordon Bennett interna- tional race later in the year, it was sald. The man piloting the hational champlon bag will receive $1,000. Aeronauts manning the next five balloons to finish also will win awards. ‘A “stunt” program has been ar- ranged to preceds the starting of the glants of the air. LABOR PARTY DECIDES TO SUPPORT THRONE Not Royalty, But Capitalists, Make 3 People Poor, Says = Leader. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 29.—British labor de=- clined today to adopt the view that the royal family is no longer a neces- sary British institution. Delegates of the labor party from Stockton asked the labor party con- ference in session In Queens Hall to pass a resolution to this effect, but the motion was shelved. George Lans- bury, member of parliament for Pop- lar, sald the executive committee had discussed the resolution and he was asked to oppose it in the executive body's name. Mr. Lansbury said he used to think it was the monarchy and the nobility that made the people poor, but he had learned that it was the capitalist system. Royalty he declared was “just ordinary common clay, like any- body else. They eat like you do and they talk like you do—only a little worse occasionally—and do every- thing just like you do. -~ “When you have won the social revolution,” he added, “you may be uite sure what you will be abie to o with a king, a queen, a president or any one else.” —By KESSLER. It Eric Macdonald, head of the| hes be- | l WOMEN NAMED FOR NEW G. 0. P. BODY Upper—Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, who has been designated as the New York member of the newly created women's advisory committee in accordance with the plan approved by President Harding for giving women definite Positions of authority in the republi- can organization. Mrw. Sabin ix the wife of Mr. Ch: chairman of the bo: vice chairman of the Pennsylvania publican state committee, who was on the committee. Mrs. is the daughter of the late maker. CLEVELAND SLAYING | TRIAL DATE FIXED Defendant Sticks to Story That Policeman Shot Himself. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 29.—John L. Whitfleld, arralgned before Com- mon Pleas Judge Bernon this morning charged with the first degree murder of Patrolman Dennis Griffin while in custody of the officer on May 11, pleaded not guilty, and his trial was set for July 23, the earllest date possible under the Ohio statutes. ‘Whitfleld was returned to the county jail without bail. Whitfield is charged with shooting Griffin while on the way to a station- house in Whitfleld's automobile. After five hours of grilling by County Prosecutor Stanton last night Whitfield signed a statement, which told a new story of Griffin's body baving been buried in a shallow grave in a dense woods by a friend of the prisoner, a truck driver, who Whitfleld says overtook him just af- ter the fatal shot was fired, took the body and buried it. County Prose- cutor Stanton said the story is not true. Whitfleld still_sticks to his original story that Griffin accident- ally shot himself. Whitfield continues to refuse food. At noon today he had had no food for sixty-six hours, or since his arrest in Detroit Tuesday evening. Since his arrest he has refused food whenever it was offered to him, taking water and black coffee as his only nourish- ment. FIVE MAY BE TOLL OF SAW MILL BLAST Onlooker Among Victims When Boiler Explodes, Wrecking Georgia Plant. By the Associated Pres SUMNER, Ga, June 29.—Four deaths and another expected at any hour is the toll,of the plosion which wrecked the saw mill of J. D. Bridges here yesterday after- noon. The fourth death occurred to- day when Henry Baker, one of two fatally scalded, succumbed to his in- | juries. Mr. Baker leaves a widow and {four children. He was an on-looker ‘at the plant when the explosion oc- | curred. The other victims were Rhodes Ellls, master mechanic at the saw mill, who was killed outright when the ends of the boller were blown out, and two negro employes, West Dozler and Julius Francis. Two other negroes, Joff Glover and Charley Mul- key, were severely scalded, but are expected to recover. $10,000 FINES IMPOSED. Manufacturers Refused New Trial in Income Tax Case. WATERLOO, Iowa, June 29.—Fed- eral Judge George C. Scott overruled a motion for & new trial here yester- day for A. A. and W. F. Cooper, Du- buque manufacturers, convicted May 31 on charges of conspiracy to de- fraud the government hy withhold- ing income taxes for 1918, 1919 and 1920. The court imposed fines of $10,000 each on the two defendants. Notice_ of appeals- to the United States Court of Appeals was filed. Bonds for each were fixed at $20,000. Approximately $750,000 in income, ex- cess_profit, penalties and fines are involved. SONS GIVE FATHER BLOOD. WESTFIELD, Mass., June 20.—Two sons of Clarence A. Brogeur, princi- pal of Westfield Normal School, have already given blood ‘from their own bodles to save the life of their father, and a third son, Prof, Arthur G. Br deur of the University of California, it was learned today, has come here and plans have been made to use his blood in a third transfusion, which now seems likely to be necessary. Mr. Brodeur has for some time been 1l in & Brookline hospital. —_—— MOSQUITO FIRE COSTS 3 LIVES BARRY'S BAY, Ont., June 29.—A smudge lighted to fight mosqu last night caused a fire which spread to a cottage and burned to death Airs. Frank Petaskie, her Infant child and ber cousin, Agnes Barnackie. boiler ex- ( WHEELER TOHELP FARM-LABOR FIGHT Democratic Senator Agrees to Assist Progressives in Minnesota. Senator Burton K. Wheeler, demo crat, of Montana will campaign in AMinnesota on behalf of Magnus Johr |#on, the farmer-labor candidate for the Senate, to succeed the late Sena- tor Nelson. Senator Wheeler's in tention to make the campaign for tix farmer-labor candidate was announc- ed today in a telegram from Butte, given out at his office here. Scnator Wheeler's telegram said: “I have accepted an Invitation campaign in Minnesota for Magn Johnson, the farmer-labor candidate This does not mean that I have aban doned the democratic party, but that 1 am convinced the democratic can didate has no chance, and it is im perative that the people have another Drogressive representative in the Senate. Progressives in Congress are cer tering their efforts in large part to bring about the election of Johnso: to the Senate, it is said. Senator La Follette, republican, and Senator Frazier of North Dakota. also are expected to go to Minnesota. At the last election. Henrik Shipstead, the farmer-labor candidate for the Sen ate, was elected to succeed Frank B. Kellogg, republican. At .that time Senator La Follette took part in the campaign to bring about the elec- tion of Senator Shipstead. The Minnesota election will place July 16. FORMER MAYOR DIES "IN HOTEL ROOM HERE James K. MacGuire Was Prominent for Years in New York Politics. o take James K. MacGuire of New Rochelle. N. Y., former mayor of Syracuse and prominent in New York politics, was found dead in bed in his room at the Raleigh Hotel shortly befors 1 o'clock this afternocn. He was seen around the hotel last night in apparent good health, but when he falled to respond to a sum- mons at his room this morning the door was forced open. A physician was called and stated Mr. MacGuire had been dead for several hours and expressed his belief that heart dis- ease was the cause of death. Mr. MacGuire had been here for sev- eral days and is understood to repre- sent the Diesel Engine Corporation He was one of the oldest guests the Raleigh had, and had been visiting Washington at intervals for a num- ber of yeags. Coroner Nevitt was notified. SUSPECT EFFORT | TO “RIG” MARKET Exchange Board Tracing Inquiry on Automobile Stocks. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, June 20.—The board of governors of the New York Stock ¥ixchange today started an investi- gation of an attempt to “rig” the 'rmrkel for automobile stocks. A score or more brokers, it was stated, had received telegrams from Chicago signed with the name “W. J Stewart,” which read: Understanding in Chicago is that all automobile companies will cut prices next Monday. Wbhat Go you hear? Would you advise selling Stu- debaker?” Several automotive issues were de- pressed in the forenoon, partly, it was sald, because of circulation of the Chicago message. Today's was the third recent at- tempt to manipulate the market by fake messages. The largest was made several weeks ago, when brokers were flooded with orders ac- companied by forged checks. From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. 40 GALLONS LIQUOR SEIZED. A raid on Jack L. Rosenberg’s store at 10th and I streets yesterday after- noon resulted in the seizure of forty gallons of corn whisky and a quan- tity of wine. Rosenberg and his wife were arrested and charged with il- legal possession and sale of intoxi- cants. Five officers of the law in c!- villan attire conducted the raid. Mark- ed money was seized, the police re- | ported. From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star SUES FOR JEWELS HE FOUND. Suit in replevin was filad by Levi Holt yesterday in the Distriot Su- preme Court against Edwin M. Hesse. property clerk of the police depart- ment, to recover Masonic jewels te i the value of $6,000, which Holt claims he found and left last November in the c{x.utndy of l';euse, to find the own- er. No person having claimed th: Holt now asks their return. s —_— ' From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. STEELE REAPPOINTED. { Probation Officer Has Served Con- I tinuously Since 1915. Amos A. Steele, who has been pro- bation officer of the District of Co- lumbia Supreme Court for eight years. !yesterday was reappointed by the jus- tices of the court to serve for another term of two years. Mr. Steelo has been appointed pro- g;;ll’on officer every two years since From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. {Husband Seeks Second Divorce In Four Months Chester A. Carpenter wants the second divorce in four months from the same wife, He married Charlotte E. Carpenter January 8. 1915, and was granted & divorce at Madison, Va., March 5, last. = A reconsdiliation was effected and he remarried her at Alexandria May 17 last. He charges that shortly after the remarriage he learned she had re- sumed relations with the core- spondent named in the first di- vorce proceedings and he left her June 12. The husband asks an ab- solute divorce and the custody of their seven-year-old son. Attorney Thomas M. Baker appears for the husband.