Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1923, Page 2

BIG C. & P. RADIO STATION IS READY Largest Private Apparatus in This Section to Give July 4 Program. The largest private radio station between Philadelphia and Atlanta will be at the disposal of the radio “fans” of Washington and vicinity when the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company begins operating its new radlo station tomorrow morning. No call number has been assigned to the new station. The operation of this set by the telephone company will mean that hundreds of people in Washington who have small crystal sets and have been excluded from listening in on the big programs coming from long distances will now be able to enjoy them. The station has been erected at a cost of $50,000 and has a range of from 500 to 1,000 miles, according to the type of recelving set and pre- vailing static conditions. It 1s a 500- watt station, with a 469-meter wave length. The large mast of the out- fit is on the company's 12th street building and is 100 feet from the top of the structure. The antenna stretches 250 feet to the 13th street building, where it is attached to an eighty-foot mast. The feature of the opening will be the reproducing of the Independence day celebration at Tammany Hall, New York city. The American Tel ephone and "Telegraph Company’s station, WEAF, will receive by tele- phone 'all " the ' speeches from Tam- many Hall and at the same time that this station is giving them out by radio they will be sent to the local company’s station, where v will be amplified and broadcast. This will mean that two radio sta- one in New York and one in hington, a distance of 228 miles apart, will be glving the same pro- gram’ from the same telephone con- nections at the same time. Beginning Sunday, a program will be given by the local station all of next week. It is proposed to broad- cast government reports, the Presi- dent's’ speeches and other notable events that occur in Washington from time to time, as well as concerts by local talen Tomorrow’s program will start at 30 am. Washington time and will iclude speeches by Alfred D. Smith, Governor of New York; Finis J. Gar- vett, member of Congress from Ten- nessee; . Hawes, member of Congres: Missour| James A. Gallfvan, memher of Congress from Massachusetts; John W. Perilli, mem- ber of Congress from New York; Samuel _Dickstein, member of Con- kress from D York. and Gen. Pershing. The program also will in- clude musical numbers. WARTIME TALE THAT GERMANS CRIPPLED LEVIATHAN DENIED (Continued from First Page.) story and to impress upon passen- gers the great extent of the damage wrought by German plotters. Shipping Board officials today, finding themselves unable to reprint or correct the booklets on twenty- four hours' notice, conferred on the advisability of destroying the entire supply. No decision was reached, it was understood. MANY DEFECTS FOUND. Naval Officer Who Inspected Ship Told of Big Damage. Part of the official history of the world war wlill have to be rewritten if a report brought back to Washing- ton by Representative Madden of lilinofs, a_guest on the trial trip of the liner Leviathan, should turn out to be true. Mr, Madden said today that during the voyage he had been informed “on #ood authority” that the story of the crippling of the liner's machinery by | her German crew when she was seized by the United States was all a myth. Department of Justice records de- scribe extensive damage to the en- @ines of the ship, which then was the Vaterland, and attributed to German seamen, while the files of the Navy Department contain photographs of aping holes in her boilers and of attered mechanism found when the American naval forces took charge. Capt. E. P. Jessop, retired, who was in charge of the official inspection of the Vaterland when she was taken over and who also supervised the re- pairs to her engines, sald today he had found the following gpecific in- juries when he boarded the vessel. About three tons of blading from starboard high-pressure turbine miss- ing. These blades were of special de- sign and required the manufacture of special tools to replace them. Found Cylinder Cracked. One eight-foot crack in high pres- sure cylinder. This was welded electrically, the first time the process had ever been used in this manner, and with such good results that the same repair is standing today ,ac- cording to Shipping Board records. Thrust blocks on propeller shafts removed, permitting the seepage of more than 2,000 tons of water into the ship's hull. Fortunately, Capt Jesseop said, these missing parts were found hidden on board and were reinstalled. Numerous holes bored in outboard water pipes and then filled with put- ty. According to naval engineers these would have endangered the ship at any moment of her active service at sea. Tags and labels on all important electric and steam lines altered and shifted so that the American engi- neers were completely in the dark as to the purpose of this equipment. The repair forces, Capt. Jessop re- ported, devoted two months to the sole task of tracing these lines and correctly labeling them 80 as to obviate danger of short circuits and fires and of exploding possible hidden bombs. In addition to the repair of sabotage, the naval report said, alterations were made by the Navy in the design of the bollers which resulted in the sav- ing of 200 tons of coal a day and, finally, in the design of the turbines themselv in order 'to prevent “stripping” of blades which continued to occur when the engines had been repaired and tests were begun, All of these repairs were made in order to put the ship into the troop transport service and before she was turned over to the Shipping Board. Damage Small. “The Leviathan probably was the least damaged by sabotage of any of the seized German ships,” sald Capt. Jessop. “This was due, it seems, to the fact that her commander super- vised her bullding, and simply could not bear to see his beloved ship in- jured. There were clear instances, however, of deliberate damage, and the ship could not have been oper- ated under any circumstances, even by her own crew, until repairs had been effected.” In his annual report for 1918 Sec- retary Danlels included the Leviathan as among the former German ships which had been ‘“deliberately dam- aged by their crews, in many cases seriously, and the character of the injury oting that the work had been carried out under a central di- rection.” The Becretary did not give any details as to the injuries found on board the biggest ship. —_— Mme. Yorska, 'the well known French actress, has had a surgeon saw feces from the end of her nose and ift the flesh into Greek outline so that she can work in the movies. s CHOSEN TO FILL IMPORTANT POST DR. SAMUEL C. LIND, Who has been appointed chief chem- ist of the Department of Interlor, burenu of mines, succeeding Dr. Rich- and B. Moore, resigned. Dr. Lind hax for years been in charge of the rare and ‘precious metals experiment tion of the bureau at Reno, Nev. FINALINPECTION OF RACEBALLOONS First Ship to Take to Air To- morrow Afternoon From Indianapolis. By the Associated Press, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 8.— Final inspection of fourteen gigantic balloons was being made today in anticipation of perfect starts in the annual national elimination balloon race, which will start from Indlanap- olis tomorrow afternoon. The bags, which present a mas- sive array of cloth when deflated, were inspected inch by inch by the pllots and their assistants. Inflation will begin late this afternoon. The balloons are to be filled so slowly that many of them will take gas up almost to starting time. The contests, which is for distance, is limited to balloons having a ca- pacity of not more than 80,000 cublc feet.” Some of the pilots, however, will have bags with a gas capacity of only 50.000 cubic feet. A" cosmopolitan fleld will start the event. The Army and the Navy, a rubber factory, the American Legion and a number of individuals, who will _compete merely for the sport, comprise the entry list. The Army yill start three bailoons and the Navy our. _Ralph Upson, Detroit pilot, probably is the best known Indlvidual who will ride in the race. Upson gained International fame when he establish- ed the record of being the first man to cross the English channel in a free balloon. He also is a former winner of the James Gordon Bennett international race. Upson holds the unique record of having remained in the air in last year’s national race twice as long as the winner, but his ship failed to carry him any distance. The race started in Milwaukee and Upson was becalmed over Lake Erle one whole night. He is piloting his own balloon. The first ship will take to the air at 4 oclock tomorrow afternoon. Each pilot will be accompanied by | one assistant. FIRST §10,000 PAID ON BULL RUN PARK Famous Battlefield to Be Re- served as Shrine—Total Cost, $25,000. The first $10,000 has been paid on the purchase price of the battle- ground on which the first and second Manassas or Bull Run battles were fought. The next $5,000 is to be pald within a year from June 16, and then the state of Virginia will pay the last $10,000 under a recently passed law. This announcement was made today by Maj. E. W. R. Ewing, an attorney of Washington and Virginia, who 1s president of the Manassas Battlefleld Confederate Park, Inc. The terms of the contract with the present owners were obtained by Maj. Ewing and Dr. Clarence J. Owens, chairman of the finance board of the park organiza- tion, after much difficulty. The Manassas battlefleld {s the most historic in this section of the country. There was fought the first battle in the history of the world growing out of a disagreement concerning inter- pretation of a written constitution. Party Turns to Rout. Many members of Congress and women prominent in Washington so- clety went out in carriages to see the first battle, carrying with them cakes and wine with which to regale the vic- tgoPis Union army. Their pleasure perty was turned into a pell-mell rout. ‘This proposed park includes the land on which “Stonewall” = Jackson re- celved that striking title, from the lips of Gen. Lee, who said: ‘“There stands Jackson llke a stone wall. Here was where Jackson made his famous bay- onet charge which saved the day for the confederates and drove back Mc- Dowell's advancing soldiers. The Manassas Battlefleld Confed- erate Park Assoclation also has under option another twenty-acre tract. This will maRe the central unit of the park contain 150 acres. This land is beauti- fully located, has a magnificent ou look, and is visited by many tourists from Washington. Unpald Work for Park. Maj. Ewing has been making the dedl- cation of this memorial park a labor of love for many years. All of the work by the association is voluntary, the in- &ommlnn being a non-prafit organiza- jon, ‘The principal contributors to the bat- tlefleld park fund as announced today by Maj. Ewing are: Prince Willlam county, where the park is located, $5,000; John Barton Payne, $1,000; Fairfax county, $1,000; ‘Willlam Q. McAdoo, $1,000; u- doun county, 3$432; Richmond, Va., $1, !GQH;'DP. ‘Céog Wn'h“'“?ihmd Maj. . Virginia contributes the last m 000, ———— Not many Peruvian women have as yet tried professional careers and the anclent Unlversity of San Marcos numbers only twelve or fifteen girl among its thousands of students. DECLARES MORSE LENT HOUSE RENT Former Government Inspect- or Tells of Cash Advanced by Ons of Defendants. R. J. Drum, a former government inspector at the Groton fron works, testified today at the Morse conspir- acy trial, before Justice Stafford and a jury in Criminal Division 1. Head- mitted that E. A. Morse, one of the defendants, gave him $56 in cash for each of three successive months to pay the house rent of the witness. On cross-examination he declared that both he and Morse considered the matter a loan and so referred to it in conversation. There was no evidence i as to whether the money was ever repaid by the witness. Drum also told of selling a lighter, the Thomas D., which he owned. He flist contracted to sell it to the Gro- ton company, but was met with oppo- sition from the New York office of the fleet corporation, which feared “criti- cism” from the sale by a government inspector to the plant where he was employed. This agreement was an- nulled, and the witness sold the v #el to the New London Lightering ‘ompany, which, he sald, was owned by E. A Morse, for $6,500. On cross-examination Drum stated that the Hampton Company, which was building concrete ways at Gro- ton, was charging $50 per day for a lighter, and the Inspector has gested that by buying his boat Morses could save money. Drum said his conduct as a government official was In no manner influenced by the loan or the sale of the boat. Dexter Roode, assistant treasurer of the Groton work, and George B. Hyslop, auditor of the Fleet Corpora- tion at the Groton plant, also testi- fled for the prosecution. They traced vouchers drawn on the advance by the Fleet Corporation of $200,000 to pay the debts of the Groton concern. They admitted the vouchers had been properly countersigned by officials of the Fleet Corporation. OHIO COALFREGHT MTECUTBYL .G Action Taken to Equalize Shipping Costs With Other Nearby States. Rates on coal from Ohio mining districts to Michigan, northern In- diana and northwestern Ohio are too high, the Interstate Commerce Com- mission held today, in comparison with rates on coal from Tenness. Kentucky, West Virginia and Penn- sylvania producing regions to the ame consuming territory. A read- justment was ordered, effective Sep- tember 27, to be made partly by re- ducing the rates from the Ohio and partly by increasing those from other mining territory Dividing the bituminous mining territory in Pen: lvania, West Vir- ginla, Kentucky and Tennessee into two areas. In accordance with their distance from the consuming terri- tory, the first of which is classified s “inner crescent.”and the second as “outer crescent,” the commission con- sidered them in connection with the Ohlo regions. It held that the Ohio miners are entitled to a differential tavoring the use of their coal. At present rates from the Ohlo mines to the consuming territory in question average 40 cents less per ton than rates from mines in the “inner crescent,” and flie commission ruled that after September 27 they should be 50 cents less. From the “outer cres- cent” where the differential is 60 cents per ton, the commission required that it should be made 75 cents. Railroads were Instructed to bring about the re- lationships by reducing level of rates from Ohlo by 10 cents per ton, leaving the “inner crescent” rates as they stand but increasing the Louter crescent” rates by § cents per on. —_—_— DEMPSEY-GIBBONS FIGHT “ON” AGAIN (Continued from First Page.) to consider any such proposal and that the $50,000 in cash was not avail- able, as the $5,000 each pledged from the Montana business men who had attempted to raise the money had been returned. Some of the newspaper correspond- ents asked Stanton point-blank if his statement meant that the fight was off. “As far as I'm concerned, it's off,” the banker replied. Kearns, his face flushed with anger, turned on his heel and said: R"Thlt‘n good enough for me; it's off. The champion's manager immedi- ately left the room, going to hi quarters. Maj. Lane, who was asleep at_another hotel, was awakened and informed that there would be no fight. He hurried to Kearns' room to begin the series of conferences that resulted in _the restoration of the battle, Kearns offered to agree to a post- ponement to July 25 to enable the finances to be completely reorganized and a new drive started for the sale of tickets. This, however, did not meet with the approval of the pro- moters and Kearns went into a room with newspaper correspondents for a discussion of the situation. Kearns asked the newspaper men just what they thought of the situa- tion and they unanimously were of the oplinion that the fight should be held. They counseled with the man- ager to go back and make the pro- posal to “gamble” with the gate re- ceipts for his final $100,000 guarantee provided the preliminary expenses of the show were absolutely assured. The champlon’s manager hesitated, studied for a few moments, and then hurriedly left the room. He proceed- ed to the room where the promoters were conferring and made the “ga bling” proposition. The proposal wa not immediately lccextld, however, and Lane, Molumby and former Judge Roy E. Ayres asked for a few min- utes by themseives to talk It over. They discussed the propogition and came back In twenty minutes with the announcement that they would accept. REDUCES $25,000 AWARD. Court Orders $10,000 Cut From Verdict Against Shipping Board. Justice Hoehling of the District Supreme Court “yesterday ordered Jeremlah O'Shes, who recently re- ceived a verdict for $35,000 damages against the United States !nlp{ ng Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, to remit $10,000 of the verdict within fifteen days. Unless the. plaintiff agrees to give up that much of his ‘verdict the court will give the Ship- ping Board another trial of the case. O'Shea was employed on a boat of the Fleet Corporation in December, u’ , and suffered an Injury to his spine. the present | Appointed Deputy in Charge of Buildings. Active in Helping to Cut Costs of Guarding. Capt. Frank W. Hoover of this city has been appointed deputy superin- tendent of the State, War Navy, Interlor and other bulldings, a new office created at the latest session of Congress, with & salary of $4,600. He has been an assistant superintendent to Lieut. Col. Sherrill, and his promotion is ascribed by his friends to the assistance he gave that official in reducing the ex- penses of guarding and malntaining the State, War and Navy bullding to a figure below its pre-war cost. The guard force in the varlous public buildings has been reduced from a total of 532 men for guarding 5,300,- 000 square feet of office space to a total of 278 men guarding an office area of 6,430,000 square feet. That reduction was made possible by sub- stituting a guard patrol system for the former fixed post system. The organization absorbed the In- terior Department building, the pen- glon office bullding, the patent office bullding and the land office bullding last year and effected an annual sav- ing of more than $120,000. Propor- tlonate savin have been effected this year by the inclusion into the organization of the clvil service : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. 0! TUESDAY! JULY 35 192: { Capt. F. W. Hoover Named For New Government Post HoRRISREWING CAPT. F. W, HOOVER. bullding, the Department of Labor building, the Department of Com- merce building and the Department of Justice building. The new deputy superintendent is a graduate of the George Washington and Georgetown universities and a member of the bar of the District of Columbia. He is also a member of Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity, the American Legion and the Congres- slonal Country Club. During the war perfod he served as a captain in the Engineer Corps of the Army, resign- ing to accept the position of assistant to the superintendent, from which position he has just beén promoted. Copeland Says Ford Is People’s Choice, But Has Small Chance By the Assoctated Pre DETROIT, Mich., July 3.—Henry Ford {s undoubtediy the choice of the people for President of the United States, but he stands very little chance of being nominated by elther democrats, republicans or a third party, United Btates Sen- ator Royal 8. Copeland, democrat, of New York, said here yesterday. “Throughout the west,” said Sen- ator Copeland, who Is en route home, “I have heard the name of Henry Ford mentioned prominent- OREGON PIONEERS WON EMPIRE FOR U. S, SAYS HARDING (Continued from First Page.) 1y in conection with the presiden- tial nomipation. Ford would win easlly if nominated by either of the old lines. No matter where you £0, you hear his name mentioned. He I8 the cholice of the masses and the people believe hia election would put the country on a solid foundation. ‘But when you talk of the demo- crats nominating him, that is an- other question. No "one knows whether he favors the policies of the democrats or republicans. No party is golng to select an out- sider, and as far as the major par- ties are concerned Ford is an out- sider.” |“DON'T ROCK THE BOAT,” SLOGAN PRESIDENT MAY | ADOPT FOR 1924 (Continued from First Page.) who came to the Oregon country prior to 1853. Ploneer pageant depicting the com- ing of the white man. uncheon grounds. Ploneer dance on monster dance pa- vilion, grand march to be led by President and Mrs. Harding. Introduction of President and party to those who blased the old Oregon rail. in tent on pageant Speaks on Old Trail. Patriotic exercises, special music, and address by the President along patriotic lines, linking the history of the old Oregon trail with the history | of the United States. Grand powwow between the Pry dent and Indlan commissions and smoking of the pipe of peace. Dedication of the old Oregon trail and unveiling of monument dedicated to the first wagon train, which came to the Willamette valley in 1843, de ication speech by President. Horseshoe-pitching tournament for champlonship of the world, winner to plitch e with President for cham. plonship belt. Spectacular attack of Indians on wagon train and rescue of party by cavalry. Retreat. Take Automobile Trip. Grand massed band concert and pa- troitic exercises and lowering the flag. Dinner. President and party to be taken In automobiles over old Oregon trail, where they will get a grand pano- ramic view of the wheatflelds on the rolling hills of east Oregon from Summit to Emigrant hill. The presidential party arrived in Mencham after an all-night ride from Spokane, where the chief executive, speaking for the first time on the | Pacific slope, discussed development of the west and promised the aid of the federal government in reclama- tion work. — It you wish success in life, mal perseverance your friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genlus, | soever. The Prestdent knows that the people will vote on the Harding ad- ministration in 1924 entireiy upon the question of whether the man in the White House deserves a further vote of confidence. His whole western trip | was an effort to instill confidence not {only in his personality, but in his | administration. | Any one who imagines that the President prepared. for his western trip in a hurry or that on the spur of the moment he emphasized the vari- | ous points he made is mistaken. Mr. | Harding for many months has been | thinking of this tour around the | country and when ghe correspondents | started westward on the presidential train they were handed several print- d speeches which were the work of | several weeks. Mr. Harding sought | advice and got a good deal of it, but | the general strategy of his western | trip was his own. . | Used Prepared Speeches. | _What kind of an impression did the President make? The answer to this | question would be of doubtful value | even it every person in his audiences could have been Interviewed. Modern campaigning does not permit of ora- | torical appeal aione, because there is no particular spell about a speech {that is read from a manuscript. Mr. |Harding, being a newspaper man, |realized that he would get better pul licity by preparing his speeches in advance, because in that way the |newspapers generally would save tele. | graphic expense and be able to pro- | vide space to handle them at greater length. President Roosevelt was the first o see the advantage of this, and |often got his speeches into the mails, subject to release, a8 much as a month ahead of the speaking date. Presi- dent Wilson disliked to prepare speeches in advance, and even his ad- dresses to Congress were often held until_the last minute for correction. Mr. Wilson used to say that he de- rived inspiration from the crowds and that he hated to read a speech |trom a manuscript. Is Good Campaigner. President Harding is a remarkably | fine campaigner and cap make a good impression with an extemporaneous speech, but he knows the dangers of dealing with Important subjects in specchos composed on the spot. He was well aware of the difficulties of impressing_a crowd with a written speech, and once or twice during his IS CUPID AT WORK ON THEM? Two hundred men and women in the Sons and Daughters of Israel Home, No. 230 East 10th street, New York, are talking about the romance which favolves two centenarians, inmates of the institution—Chaim popular ‘eiss, “Sage of Yassl,” they call him, a landscape gardemer of 105 years, Wi eame from Bucharest, sixty years Ago, and Etta Tooper, 103, widow, fifty years in Ameriea. “Pve had three wives,” the old gent chuckled. “Three times is out. I know ‘when I've had enough,” but at the same time the inmates of the home hold that there is a real romance between the pair. Photograph taken at the home a very romantic pose. todny—shows the two centenarians in IBRITISH SHIPS GET INCOME TAX RELIEF Commons Backs Effort to End Double Charges by U. S. and London. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, July 3.—The house of com- mons yesterday, in the report stage of the financial bill, unanimously adopted a new clause moved by Sir Willlam Johnson-Hicks, financlal sec- retary of the treasury, providing for rellef from income tax of the profits of any shipping business which are chargeable to income tax in any for- cign. country, provided that recipro- cal excéptions have been agreed to by the forelgn country concerned. Sir Willlam explained that the clause introduced something new in Britsh financial legislation. The gov- ernment was very desirous of getting rid of the troublesome system of double taxation, not merely between Great Britain and the United States, but among all efvilized countries of the world. A beginning was belng made with shipping business of the United States and he asked the house to agree to the clause because it would give a lead to the committee of the league of nations Which was dealing with the whole question of double taxation. The scheme would be worked by an order in council. after a treaty with a foreign country had been concluded. Romarking that shipping had been harder hit by double taxation than any other industry, the secretary referred to Washington's offer in 1921 to exempt from taxation the shipping incomes of any country willing to make reciprocal arrangements. It was the careful consideration of this offer which led to the present gov- ernment action, which he hoped would be the forerunner of a wider scheme to relleve all trades from double taxation throughout the world. Tha debate revealed no opposition to the clause and Sir William further cxplained that the clause was purely permissive and would enable nego- tiations to be started with the United States. Any arrangement reached would be subject to the approval of parliament. } westward journey he laid aside his manuscript after finishing it and made an extemporaneous appeal. All the back-platform speeches were ex- temporaneous, however, with one or two exceptions, though the President Was very guarded il what he sald and did not attempt to do any more than impress his personality upon the crowds at the train. Wherever Mr. Harding departed from manuscript and endeavored to reach his audlence with a personal appeal he made a very effective im- pression. It was only in the big au- ditorium where the heat and stifliing atmosphere were not conducive to lecture on government finance or enthusiasm over a ten-thousand word academic subjects like the consollda- tion of railroads that the audiences were more or less unresponsive. Recalls Wilson Speech. But the writer has had so much experience in observing presidential candidates and Presidents in ad- dressing crowds that he would not hazard an opinion as to the impres- sion made by any of them simply by gazing at the assembled multitude. {One cannot forget that when Presi- {dent Wilson delivered in Philadelphia his famous speech shortly after the sinking of the Lusitania, in which the phrase “too proud to fight” ap- peared, the audience stood and cheer- ed for nearly five minutes. If this speech were considered a blunder, it was attributed entirely to the dlsadvantages of extemporaneous speaking. In fact, the interruptions of applause are said to have pre- vented Mr. Wilson from amplifying and from completing his thought. In any event what was at the moment considered a very effective utterance was condemned if not misunderstood by the press of the country. Mr, Harding made no secret of the fact ‘that he was endeavoring to reach a larger audience than the people who stood immediately before him. He confessed on one occasion that in these days of telegraphic communication d wide distribution through the newspapers of presiden- tial utterances the larger audience reading the American newspaper was really his objective. It is folly to fay, therefore, that Mr. Harding made a good impression or a bad impres- sion by his speeches on the western tour. It is a fact, however, that he made a good personal appeal and that folks everywhere llke him and showed their affection. Mrs. Harding Fine Aid. Mrs. Harding as a campaigner showed an aptitude that was almost Rooseveltian. Despite her recent {ll- noss she went right along with the President to all the auditoriums and nover fafled to appear on the back platform with him. Her greetings to the crowd, rapid-fire conversation and comment and wholesomeness {Vere as much remarked upon by the People as were the President's own manifestations of kindliness. Of all the Presidents who have been backpiatforming in the last genera- |tion, bresident Harding 1s unques- tionably the most natural in demean- lor President Taft was well liked, IPut he carried somewhat the air of Ithe judiclary. President Roosevelt had a way all his own, and depended ‘for his impressions n antics of speech that were wholly character- istic of his personality. President ‘Wilson unbent considerably whenever he went campalgning, but there was always an atmosphere of dignity, which inspired awe, if not reverence. He was frequently witty in his re. sponses to the comment of a back- | Platform erowd, but always one had Phe feellng that Mr. Wilson was un- comfortable in what he was doing. President Harding, on the other hand, Walks out to the back platform, says Food morning, as if he had been ac- Sustomed to doing it in that very Siace Tor years and as if he were a Dart of tha community which he was Visiting. . i What the people thought of his speeches probably will be better re- flected in the press comment of the Text fow weeks. His success at the Polls of 1924 will not depend, of tourse, on his personal triumphs, but Upon the concrete achievements of | his administration and the explicit | measures undertaken for the future, (Copyright, 1923.) | BIG DYNAMITE BOMB FOUND NEAR HOTEL | Believed to Have Been Result of { Threatening Letters in Fredericksburg. Special Dispatch to The Star, FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 3.— A big dynamite bomb was found here ! today near Greek hotel. The fuse had been lighted, but failed to burn to the explosive, which is declared to have been powerful enough to wreck several buildings. The police believe that the bomb was the direct result of the threat- ening letters which had been sent the forelgn population here several weeks ago, warning all_such residents to leave the city by July 1. The special police guards which had been on duty following the writing of these letters have been withdrawn since no disturbances are expected. OFFERS BIG SUM FOR PEACE PLAN From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. FIVE MEN INCICTED UNDERLIQUOR AGT U. S. Attorney Seeks Peniten- tiary Sentence for Alleged Second Offenders. Penlitentiary sentences await boot- leggers who are caught selling in- toxicants after they have been fined in Police Court. Carrying out his in- tention to use the indictment as an effective weapon to put a check on violations of the Volstead act, United States Attorney Gordon yesterday se- cured from the grand jury indictments for second offenses against the national prohibition act. Five persons were indicted, all of whom have been previously fined for first offenses of whisky selling and are accused by the police and prohi- bition agents with continuing to sell EDWARD W. BOK lelphia, former editor of the e’ Home Journal, who retired several years ngo to devote himself to welfare work and self-expression, ofters a prize of $100,000, which waits the American who ca elve the most practical plan by which the United States may cow operate with other nations to achieve and preserve peace. The award is to be paid in two parts, $50,000 for the iden, and the rest when the Senate or people indorse it. FIRST BOK PEACE PRIZE ENTRY MADE International No More War Demonstration Proposes Outlawing Conflicts. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 3.—The first entry for the $100,000 American peace award, offered by Edward Bok, former editor, for the best practicable plan for the co-operation of the United States with other nations for the attainment and preservation of world peace, was made yesterday, within a day after the award had been an- nounced. The peace plan eame from the tnternational no more war demon- stration of New York and was as follows. “First: That immediate steps be taken to outlaw war by making it lllegal to prepare for, declare or carry on war. “Second: That an agreement be reached with other nations that war, for any reason, be declared a crime, as well as the use of armed force against subject peoples and in time ot revolution. “Third, that in the event the United States Congress or the governing body of any forelgn country has been deprived of the power of waging war, or in the event war has been declared a crime, peoples be organized in groups to refuse to support war it funds be appropriated or war de- clared, despite the illegality of such acts. It was stated by the organization that up to the present the militarist has been in the saddle, and pacifist pro- tests against war were made illegal. “Reverse the situation, outlaw the militarist, the pacifist cause becomes legal and hatred between nations, engendered by the war-shouter and the sabre-rattler, will be relegated to the graveyard of a montrous past,” it is declared. The international _no-more-war demonstration represents the fellow ship of reconclliation, the Women's Peace Soclety and the Women's Peace Unlon, “absolutist pacifist organiza- tions. The Bok prize will be awarded in two parts, $60,000 to be paid for the idea itself "and the rest when the practicability of the idea has been proved. Any individual American, or any American organization, may enter the contest. CAPITAL RESIDENT TRIES. W. E. Ryan Mails Plan—Would Change Law of Nations. W. E. Ryan of Fontanet Courts, 14th and Falrmont streets north- west, has mailed his plan for the prevention of war to Edward Bok of Philadelphia, who has offered a prize of $100,000 for the most prac- tical schemeé of preventing war among nations. “The time has come to outlaw war,” declared Mr. Ryan, whose plan involves the writing into the law of nations the edict that henceforth war shall be considered a crime. He also urges that the President of the| United States invite all the civilized nations of the world to send dele- gates to this city, at the expense of the United States, to a convention to be held not later than November 1 of this year for the purpose of writing into the laws of all nations the out- lawing of war. FRENCH TAKE TOWN IN NEW REPRISAL FOR RUHR OUTRAGE (Continued from First Page.) official circles it is taken for granted that British ministers have already considered several possible lines of action. Commission Favored. One of these would consist in the appointment, after an agreement be- tween Great Britain and other allies that cared to join the movement, of an_international commission to as- certain Germany's capacity to pay. While this commission carried on its work many questions relating to the intent of obscure clauses in the treaty of Versallles would be brought before the International Court at The Hague and financiers in the most powerful creditor countries would be called into consultation to review the whole program of divid- ing whatever Germany pays among the allies. British statesmen hope that this point of departure will not be reached. They would much prefer to have France answer the guestions set before her in the recent British memorandum. The delay in forward- ing the answer is believed to be due to Belgium's political troubles, which, fortunately, are now virtually cleared away. When the French and Belgian ambassadors finally meet Marquis Curzon, the British foreign minister, to thresh out the questions 8o clearly stated from the British side, it is quite likely that Curzon will lay the greatest stress upon having a definite answer from France on what she ex- to do in case Germany ceases passivé resistance in the Ruhr. Great Britain must be assured that France intends to withdraw grad- ually, but finally completely from the occupled territory. ~Great Britain must be assured,. also, that France intoxicants. Those indicted are: Ber- nard Corridon, who conducts a gas station at 13 H street northeast; Henry White, dancing academy, at 506 Sth street northwest; Louis Gritz, 534 8th street southeast; Samuel Amato, 1453 P street northwest, and Louis Turher, colored, 2330 8th street northwest. Indicted for Larceny. Embezzlement, larceny after trust dictments reported against John' E. Brown, 2162 Wyoming avenue, for- mer employe of the brokerage firm of Redmond & Co. Brown is held under $20,000 bond and the police say his alleged speculations will reach $40,000. The figures used in the indictments fall far short of that amount. One indictment charges that whilas in the employ of she broke: Brown came into possession of two bonds of $1,000 each of the U. S. Hoffman Machinery Company which belonged to Maj. Cliftord C. Early and that he converted the bonds to his own use. Another indictment alleged that while so employed he was intrusted with a French republio bond of $1,000 and twelve shares of the stock of the American Telegraph and Tele- phone Company, which was the prop- erty of Mary G. Ogden, and that he converted these to his own use. Two Forgery Charges. The two other indictments alleged forgery. It is charged that Brown signed the name of Maj. Early to a receipt to Redmond & Co. for the bonds which Brown is alleged to have emhezzled. A similar receipt is eaid to have been made out and signed with the name of Mary Ogden for the French bond and the stock cer tificates described dictment. John S. Mockabee is charged with forging a certified check for $1,400 on the Lehigh Trust Company of Lan- caster, Pa. He is said to have repre- sented himself as Richard Freeman, representative in Congress, and to have used the letters “M. C." after the name of Richard Freeman, to whose order the check drawn. The check was given to a candy firm of Baltimore, Md., June 6 last in pay-® ment for 1,400 pounds of candy. The check was signed by George Hutaler and was drawn to the order of Richard Freeman. A stencil stamped certification appears on the face of the check bearing the name of the alleged cashier of the insti- tution. The government claims there is no such banking concern. Henry B. Thaden, an automobile dealer, is charged with false pre- tenses. It is alleged he obtained $925 from the General Finance and Se curity Company on an alleged con tract for deferrcd payments on an automobile which he imed to have sold to G. M. Routzahn January 23. It s declared the contract was not valid and that the car held by the purchaser was not the one described in_the contract of sale. George Wilson is charged with blackmail. He is alleged to have taken Florrie Baggett and Lena Van Winkle for a ride in his automobile and to have represented that he was a detective and obtained money from them on threats of arresting them. Manslaughter is charged in an in- dictment against Murray Bias, col- ored, who is said to have killed Ida Thomas in a motor accident last April. A truck had been parked in Snow’s court and Bias, who is sald to have nothing to do with the machine, turned the steering wheel, it is sa and started the machine down gra. Ida Thomas was standing at the en- trance to the court and was struck and_ killed, Others indicted and the charges against them are: Harry G. Tritapoe is charged with impersonating an officer. It is al- leged that he represented to Robert E. Long, manager of the Rialto Thea- ter, that he was an agent of the se- cret service of the Treasury Depart- ment and wished to enter the theater to make an arrest. Patrons of the theater were annoved by him, it is stated. Others indicted and the charges against them include Morris H. Dins- more, Harvey K. Shaner and Ernest M. Ruppert, embezzlement; Johnnie T. | Redman and Arthur Hall, grand _lar- ceny; Ralph D. Weeks, forgery; Rus- Isell Dickerson, violating drug law iLuther Ray. violating postal law Harry L. Serrin, false pretenses Phillip E. Strauss, jr., false pre- tenses: J. Edgar_Benson, violating bad chec: law; Joseph Bender, lar- ceny after trust; Octavia Scott, sec- ond offense, petit larceny; Nathan Trent, Maurice Conradi, = Richard Shell,” Samuel Johnson and Walter Spriggs, non-support. The jurors ignored charges of embezzlément against Joseph Green and Edward A. Roberts. The grand jury completed its term of service today and was discharged with_the thanks of the court. will permit the allles to operate ihe mines and the rallways in the Rhine- land jointly, and not as outsiders fol- lowing the lead of France. BRITAIN DISCOURAGED. Present Ruhr Policy. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 3—No request had been received by the British foreign office up to this aftrnoon from Count de St. Aulaire, the French ambas- sador, for an appointment to see Lord Curzon, the secretary for forelgn af- fairs. It was assumed from thisthat the French reply to the British questionnairs regarding reparations might be delayed. The British forelgn office is in the dark as to whether thé reply will be ) verbal or written, but favors having France commit hérself to paper and thus afford Great Britain a record for the future. The views held in British official circles are anything but ehoollrl.flng, because Premier Poincare has indi- cated no intention of receding from France's determination to evacuate the Ruhr and cease her economic pressure only when Germany has ceased her passive resistance and paid a substantial installment on rep- arations. The French and the Belglan am- bassadors are expected to call on Forelgn Secretary Curzon at about 6 o'clock this evening for presentation of thelr governments' replies to the British questionnaire on the Franco- Belgian reparation policy. It 18 be- lieved their communications will ‘be verbal. R and forgery are charged in four in- | ’ ’ in the other in- See No Chance for French to Drop/ ‘ /|