Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1923, Page 2

(F2™ “TREATY APPROVAL IS ACCLAIMED HERE French Action on Five-Power Pact Cheers U. S. Officials, Who Feared Delay. Br the Assoclated Press. Word that the French chamber of deputies had ratifled the naval limita- tion treaty was received here as one of the most encouraging pleces of news that has reached Washington from abroad in many a day. For many reasons, not all of which have heen apparent on the surface of events, favorable action by France had been awaited with unusual con- cern. Although the French senate still must give its assent before the circle of ratifying powers is com- plete, there appears to be little ap- prehension among American officials of serious opposition or delay in that quarter. Foremost among the for gratification here is that French ac- ceptance of the treaty will put the capsheaf on the most portentous diplomatic undertaking of the Hard- iug administration by actually giv- ing vitality to the Washington con- plan to end competitive building of first line ships of war. All the other signatory nations— cat Britain, Japan, Italy and the Cnited States—already have ratified and are awaiting only the pledge of ¥rance to put the Washington pro- gram into effect Relief Felt Here. Beyond this there is a measurable degree of relief among practical navy men at the prospect that the un- certainty which has surrounded American naval pollcy for more than & year soon may be cleared away, and the expense of keeping in a state of suspended animation naval units destined to be scrapped may be crased from the balance sheet. A comprehensive plan for putting the new program into effect, Including details of scrapping the discarded vessels, has been on file in the Navy Department for months awaiting the word of execution. causes ference Sets Rumors at Rest. still to the here by element another element contributing favorable reaction aroused the French move—and an of which officials will say little—Ilies in the unusual state of world diplomacy. During the past few months it has been an open secret in diplomatic circles, at least, that the delay of France was looked upon as a possible factor in the general policy she has followed in her deal- ings with her all Again and again French statesmen have denied that failure to ratify the treaty had any ction with the French effort to at Britain to her way of thinking about the Ruhr. but the denials have not served to entirely set at rest speculation on the part of diplomatic representatives of the other powers. It is certain that during the long walt for French approval of the ‘Washington agreement the other signatories found means tg let their disappointment become well. under- ®tood at Paris.’ In some quarters it was suggested that a broad hint as to the attitude of Japan was con- veyed to the French capital less than a4 week ago by a story emanating m Tokio to the effecti that the apanese government expedted to gp- " proach the United States and Gréat Britain on the subject offreducing the five-power treaty to a three- | yower basis. It {5 assumed here that any such plan now will disappear if the action of tha French chamber really reflects a purpose to complete French artification. Fearful of Hitch. There are some not entirely confident that the Frenoh senate will take the requisite action ! and who still are fearful of a hitch. In most quarters, however, the view Lere i3 one of confidence that the lLilghest peak in the pathway of the treaty has been passed. Ceremony Here. On this assumption officials fore- see a possibility that the final cere- mony putting the naval limitation program Into effect may be held here | befors fall. Washington is the place designated in the treaty for “the de- | VoEit of ratifications” and as soon as French approval is complete Sec- 1etary Hughes will be notified and will fix a date for the ceremony. It . 1s assumed that the regular.diplo- matic representatives of the powers will be designated to act for thelr goveruments, but in each case they will have to be nrovided with special authority, usually supplled in writ- © ing. A month or so, it is calculated, . may be required in supplying these credentials to Washington, delaying by that period the date of the actual effectiveness of the treaty. The Navy Department program, whicn wouid become the policy of 1he government in naval matters the moment the treaty comes into force, not only has been prepared in:every aetail after long study by naval yorts, but has been given formal ap- proval by Secretary Denby. It was prepared in May, 1 by a board of which Rear Admiral David W. "Taylor, chief constructor of the Navy, was chairman. Aiready Carried Out. To some small extent the recom- mendations of the board already have been carried out, but only in cases of ships which would hve been elimi- rated from the active list regardless «f the outcome of the Washington «vonference. Two obsolete battleships Tave since been sold to contractors who are breaking them up for salv- age of old metal, four have been dis- juantled and_ being offered for sale for similar disposition, and the old Jowa was used as a target for tlie Missiesippl’s new fourteen-inch bat- 1eiies, Sale Recommended. The Taylor board recommended that fthe hulls of four new ships on navy { yard ways be sold “on the stocks” for ! ©ld metal; that two others, building under contract in private yards, “be <ut up under present contracts and { the scrap be disposed of,” and that «ll other ships be sold to the high ‘bidder, who would be required to give @ bond guaranteeing compliance with ihe terms of the treaty. On the financial side, operation of the treaty apparently means a saving of about $48,000,000 to the United States. Official estimates prepared by ‘the bureau of yards and docks place the total expenditures to date on the eleven new ships at mpproximately 1 394,000,000, against & completed cost i apf #142,000,000\: ond = officials who are | Capt.C.C. Block Will Head Naval OrdnanceBureau Selection of Capt. Claude C. Block | to be chlef of the Navy bureau of ordnance, suceeding Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay, jr., was announced yesterday by Secretary - Denby. Admiral MoVay is to take command of a division of the fleet. Capt. Block, who will be promoted by the detall, was one hundred and twenty-ninth 'in the list of captaina as given by the latest official register. He served at one time as assistant chief of the bureau. FOR MEXICAN PARLEY Results of Eight Weeks’ Discus- sions Placed Before President Obregon. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 7.—Except for two points concerning which the United States and Mexicarf commis- sioners still are negotiating the re- sults of eight weeks’ work of the recognition congress was before Presldent Obregon today for con- sideration. The unsettled points, it is understood, involve an. important phase of both the petroleum and agrarian problems, although nothing has been given out officially. An attempt to secure confirmation of the report that the conference findings were considered at a special cabinet meeting yesterday brought an official denial, together with a| statement that the meeting decided the president was without power to issue regulations defining article XVII of the constlitution as affecting a large American development project in the Yaquo valley, Sonora. WINKING AIDS EYESIGHT IS DOCTOR’S ASSERTION Staring Causes Defective Vision in Children, Declares Osteopathic Physician. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July 7.—Wink your eves If you would have your eyesight, Dr. Jerome M. Watters of Newark, N. J., advised the annual convention of the American Osteopathic Assocl- ation. The tendency of children to stare, he said, was partly responsible for the high percentage of defective eyesight. Winking, he asserted, was an excellent way to relleve strain. Advice to deer hunters was given by Dr. Wilson J. Deason of Chicago, who declared it is useless to hunt the animals when the barometer is low, because such weather caused swelling of the deer's innernose membranes, thus causing it to lose Keen scent, by which it detects danger. At such times, he said, the animal instinc- tively seeks seclusion. Dr. Deason asserted that low baro- metrio conditions had a similar effect an the human nasal membranes and Wwas a cause of more hay fever cases than wind-borne pollen of plants. WILL CASE PRINCIPALS FIGHT IN COURTROOM By the Associated Press MIAMI, Fla, July 6-—Attorney John M. Murrell and his brother-in- law. Frank Clark, jr., son of Rep- resentative Frank Clark, exchanged blows in the courtroom today in the { hearing of charges brought by At- torney Murrell against Representa- tive Clark, Maude E. Brickell and | Willlam B Brickell, executors of the $7,000,000 estate of the late Mrs. Mary Brickell. Misappropriation of $00,- 000 or more of the assets is alleged. ‘The blows followed when Mr. Mur- rell called the younger Clark a liar. ‘The men were quickly separated by friends and later were fined $25 each by the court. CUNO DISCLAIMS BLAME FOR BOMB’ (Continued from First Page.) the consequence, of spontaneous re- sistance by the population. Baron von Rosenberg defended the government's telegram of condolence in the Schlageter, saylng that France and Belglum could not hold Germany responsible for the consequences of an illegal invasion of the Ruhr and unbounded terrorism by their troops. He added that before one Belgian or a Frenchman had been harmed in any way. twenty Germans had inno- cently fallen to the invaders’ bullets. Acts of violence, such as that at Duisburg, were not the intention or policy of the German government, which had left nothing undone to in- duce the population to persevere in its passive resistance, but exercise restraint. It had in no wise been jconclusively proved that Germans had participated, and the government of the relch would make a statement as soon as it received concrete and substantial results of the investiga- tlon. WILL PROLONG CONTROL. French to Continue Traffic Rule Six Weeks, Is Report. COLOGNE, July 7.—It is the inten- tion of the French to maintain for six weeks the intensified control of trafic in the Ruhr instituted be- canse of the Dulsburg bridge ex- plosion, according to semi-ofcial German quarters. Measages from Elberfeld tell of an appeal y _Dr. Gruetzner, deported préaident of Rhenish Prussia, to Mgr. Testa, who came to the Ruhr some time ago as a speclal envoy of the Pope, to intercede with the occupa- tion authorities for the lifting of control of Germen traffic and for ces- sation of German food selzures. Dr. Gruetzner declares that a food ca- tastrophe’ of the greatest proportions 1 bound to occur, adding that many Germans,. especlally chlldren, are dying hourly through these measures. celed contracts and other verhead" expenses incurred while waiting the action of France was expeoted to ma- terially reduce the indicated saving, however. Referring to plans for contracts and subcontracts, the Tay- lor board estimated that the cost to the government would be around $70,- 000,000, but Secretary Denby declared this was “simply a preliminary esti- mate and must in no way be con- sidered final.” This cost would have to be met by a special appropriation. Under the terms of the treaty six months from the exchange of A cations was permitted for “scrap| the naval units which were to be eliminated. The Navy Department has interpreted this clause to mean that the ships must be rendered ut- terly unserviceable for offensive or defense operations within that period, and must de actuall; dll!n-tlhnbond X3 ttlement of ONLY TWO POINTS LEFT|. Laughter at Camp Good Will Drives Away Childish Cares' DEFY LEWIS’ ORDER Dopey Dan Finds High Spirits Cure “Grouch” and “Blues”—One Lad’s Tears Only BY W. H. CLAGETT. All the way from Washington Sing-song, Kitty, and away we go! We belong to Camp Good Will, Sing-song, Kitty, and away we go!, Dear Folks Of all prescribed cures for “blues, ‘grouch,” “droopin’ spirits,” “fidgets and the thousand and one petty wor- | ries to which flesh is heir, none, ac- | cordin’ to my way o fgurin’ bring quicker relief than the hearty | layghter of a happy little child! With nerves on edge from heat and | the usual tedlousness that precedes ! a vacatlon, Friday last I tossed all| cares to the demnition how-wows and hit straight for the country! Whither I was bound I knew not, but that 1 was on my way was & moral cinch, | for never have I hiked along faster nor with greater determination to keep on the move! | Merry Prattle of Kiddies. On. on I went, hatless and coatless, | up hill and down dale, here encoun- | terln' @ stretch of level, straight| road, there zlgzaggin' through a thicket of underbrush, and still fur- | ther on followin' a crazy little traill windin’ around some flerce juttin’ rocks, which led to the edge of a sparklin’ stream! Suspicious of the invitin' projections that stuck their slippery heads above the surface and reatly invigorated by the cool morn- B breczes, with a mighty bound I lept clear of the ripplin' water, only to come to a sudden stop on hearin' the merry prattle of two little kid- dles, diggin’ at the roots of a gnarled and venerable oak! “What, ho! Where do you belong, | bub!” I 'shouted to the taller of the | pair as he jumped to his feet! \ “We belong to Camp Good Will, sing-song, Kitty, and away we go!" rang back through the foliage as the two bare-footed rapscallions made for the bushes and bade me to follow! Luckily for the pursuer, the smaller of the duo sported a bum underpin, which made it possible for me to keep sight of his rearwards until I pulled up at the new summer outin' headquarters of the Associated Char- ities in Rock Creek Park, where lite is bein' made more endurable for s many _underprivileged of the Dis- trict of Columbla! Ninety-ome in Daily Sing. Trudgin’ up hill all out of breath I arrived just in time to hear Miss Mary Knox Fitz, and her alster Ge- neva, the two young Alabama girls in charge of the recreation activi- tles at the camp, call the ninety-one kiddies and eleven mothers to their dafly class sing, and no sooner had the happy outfit cut loose with one | this year of our Lord! Drawback. their “nighties Settin'-up exer- cises followed by a hasty wash are then indulged in, after which break fast is served! Immediately after “eats” the flag Is raised, and then every blessed kid in the camp is lined up for & tooth- cleanin’ drill—they call it drill in Tent inspec- tion follows, and then the sing! These over, everybody gets a glasw of fresh milk, which brings the hands of the clock to 10:15! From 10:15 to noon. games, hikes and tellin’ of storles are indulged in, and at 12:15 the whistle blows for a wash-up for din- ner! At 12:30 the maln feed is spread, and from 1 o'clock to 2 outfit takes a rest! happy colony beats it hot-foot for the zoo, returnin’ at 3:30 for another swig of milk! From 3:30 to 4:30 the mothers' club goes into session, durin’ which time their offs) what they durn please! Taps at 7130 P.M. At B o'clock there is another wash- up—talk about your and at 5:30, supper is serve to 6:30 th incomin’ mail is distributed and age allotted! Then comes a half 08t~ 0ld Glory is lowered with all hands at attentlon! Fifteen minutes of en- tertainment follow and at 7:30 taps are sounded for the kiddies, 8 o'clock bed, and then night inapection! The mothers turn in at 9:30 and 10:15 all workers hit the hay, and at 10:30 pre-cisely the “dim" has been sounded! The entire program is run off in & rat-a-tat order, and talk about amusements, oh, kerry be back! Everything dear to the hearts of regular youngsters, from courtesy contes and_ Indian dances _to “Strong-back Billy” and boney-fidy boxin' are everyday features that never grow stale! And 1 might add here that as an extry attraction, every Saturday aft- ernoon the big-hearted-Jims down at the Washington navy yard ship bulgin’ freezers of ice cream out to the camp with a special man to serve it, and no part of the entertainment can quite equal thi: Sees a Sizsling Set-to. Fortunate in see-lectin' Friday for my visit, I had the good luck to oc- cupy a ringside seat at & sizalin’ set-to between Joe and Max Gordon for the mosquitowelght champeenship of Rock Creek Park! The two battlers, brothers, tipped the beam at sixty eight pounds, and after three fast and furious half-minute rounds, so undecided was Referee Bill Ashburn, brother to Andrew, that he just out and bellowed, “the fight is a draw!" much to the disgust of both scrappers, who had to content themselves with dlvidin' the purse—a lucious stick of chewin’ gum! Wild-west dancin’, duck-on-Davy, ring-around-a-Rosey - and oodl of other age-worn pastimes were staged in rapid succession followin' the big verse of “The Pixey Band” than 1 forgot altogether what itched me, and for the remainder of the da no youngster at the reservation wi merrier than I! Notwithstandin' the fact that Mis Ida Browrigs, general superintend- ent in charge of Camp Good Will, was away for the day, I didn't suf- fer for lack of attention, and for nigh on to two hours Mies Nannette Hansen, her able assistant, the Misses Fitx and Andrew Ashburn, @irector in charge of the older boys, vied with ‘each other in .explaini the details of the most attractive place! Showin' me through the thirty-two immaculately kept tents, all named for their donors, and over the won- derful brand-n aby-pavilion, and dinin’ room and kitchen, both gifts of the Washington Kiwanis Club, which will be fittin'ly dedicated th! afternoon, bit by bit I learned - the routine of life as lived at “Good ‘WiIl,” and accordin’ to my notes it runs somethin' like this: Bottles for Dabfes. Promptly at 6 o'clock a.m. bottles for babies are delivered!. At 30 workers at the camp ‘are afield to soe that no worm-ketchers are on the job before 7 o'clock, when risin® bout, but even with it all, all the merriment, excitement and laughter, one little {ncident happened that sent a pang to my heart! The incomin’ mall, bearin’ tender messages from loved ones at home, had been assorted and distributed among - the little outstretched hands of the lucky reciplents, when glancin’ over by the edge of the crowd I saw one eleven-year-old boy, who with his two younger brothers are restin at the camp, deliberately tear his half-read letter in two, drop his head to hia chest and quietly slink away over by the pavilio Ome Sad Little Heart. Instinctively sniftin’ tragedy, I dou- ble-quicked to his dug-out and asked him his trouble! “Ah, it ain't nothin’, mister!” he re. plied ‘with a choke. “Poor old dad’s been out of a job for nearly four months and now he's down sick! I'm for this place aw'right, but I'd ruther be home, 808 to help him and mo! “Where—"but before I could fin- ish he'd wiped away a tear drop and beat it back to the bunch! The poor kid'a unselfish thought brought me up with & jerk, and made me remember ‘twas a long trek to wn. Beatin’ it back to thank them charge £q0 mY wonderful ireate the entire | At 2 o'clock the | pring can do| post_office opens, when | our | of more games, and at 7 o'clock sharp | |SYDNEY STRIKERS Nova Scotia Leader Says He Will Not Obey Order of Union Head. y the Associated Prei SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, July | Under arrest, charged with “willfully spreading false tales” in advocating | a general strike of coal miners in | this province, Dan Livingston, presi- | | dent of District No. 26, United Mine | Workers of America, tonight scorned | the telographed demand of John L. Lewls, international president, that| the strikers be ordered back to work. ! “District No. 26 is absolutely au- | tonomous,” was his reported com- | mont on the order, “and it isn't ac- | cepting dictatian from John L. Lewls | or anybody else.” | Livingston, together with J. B.| | MacLachlan, another afficer of the distriot, was taken by automobile today to Canso en route to Halifax, where they will be arralgned. Hor- ace Kennedy, chief inspector of the Halifax police, and Joseph B. Mc- Cormack, chlef of police in Sydney, guarded them. As they prepared to leave Liv- | Ingston was shown & oopy of the telegram sent by Lewls from Atlan- tlo City, N. J.. denouncing the strike | as “a violation of the agreemen between miners and coal compantes | and of the principles of the union.| “This telegram is one thing. The | mction we'll take is another,” was | Livingston's reported statement. | Lewis' attitude was not & surprise, | he sald. The telegram would, under | the usual procedure, be referred di- rectly to the miners of the district for disposal. MacLachlan's opinion of the tele- am was that “it constitutes thun- | der, but there is ne -lightning back | ot 1t | 'HOLLAND BANKER BIDS FOR U. S. SHIPS By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, July 7.—Jacques Plerot, ir., president and manager of the In- ternational Maritime Mortgage Bank of Rotterdam, who arrived here a few days ago from Holland, admitted today that his mibsion here is to buy ships, and that he is negotiating with the United States Shipping Board for part of its steel fleet. He refused to state what figure he would offer for the vessels. | “I want them for breaking up pur- iposes,” he sald, “and at breaking up prices. Ships are a drug on the mar- ket, and in Europe vessels of seven thousand tons are selling at 337 a ton, but that is not a breaking up pric Mr. Plerot sald the Germans are buying ships abroad and bullding or rebuilding at home. He stated the industrialists have plenty of money, outside of Germany, and that they are buying ships for £1 and £2 a ton, re- conditioning them in German yards and paying the German shipbuilders in marks. He will o to Washington Monday to confer with officials in to prices. ment, I waved all hands good-by.and turned to the southward, easier in mind for a day weil spent, happler for knowledge of what some folks are doin’, and understandin’ more thoroughly the meanin' of His words, “Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God"! Congratulations Messrs. John Joy Edson, John H. Clapp, Harry M. Meem, and your organization work- ers, the Kiwanis Club and every other 1blessed body who's helpin’ to keen alive this most worthy movement! Camp Good Will is a deservin' under- takin' and merits the unstinted sup- Tt _of eve od citisen of istriot Explorer and Party ———— KLANSMEN DEFIED INLYNCH THREATS Constable Told tok Shoot if Williamsport, Md., Druggist Is Sought. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAKERSTOWN, Md., July 7.—Brand- Ing the justice of the Ku Klux Klan or any other body which seeks to take the law into its own hands as Dpersecution, States Attorney D. Angle Wolfinger of this city today burled deflance at the Willlamsport Klan and warned its members that the law will step in and prevent their per- secution of Willlam Hurd, a Wil- liamsport merchant, whom a mob threatened to lynch a few weeks ago. Wolfinger issued bis warning to the Klan {n the office of Justice of the Peace J. T. Tice of Williamsport when he demanded that Tise dismiss a charge of criminal assault upon & fourteen-year old girl, after the jus- tice had refused to heed the previous instruction of the state's attorney t- free Hurd. Gets New Warrant. The warrant was sworn out last night by Dr. E. P. Adams, a former Texan, a resident of Williamsport for about a year. Adams, who is said to have introduced himself upon his ar- rival in Willlamsport as a member of the Texas Klan, is the same phyei clan who appeared before both Jus- tice Tice and State Attorney Wol finger two weeks ago and demandeds that Hurd be refused bail on a com- mon assault charge. The latest warrant against Hurd was {ssued last night by Justice Ti charging criminal assault upon four-, teen-year old Grace McCauley of near Kents, who is to become a mother in a fow days. magistrate'’s office asked for a_warrant and demanded the arrest of Hurd, who had arrived back in Williamsport but & few hours' before, after attending the funeral ‘MacMillan Sees New Record In Present Iceberg Drift Encounter Ten Well ‘South of the Entrance to the Straits of Special wireless from MacMillan's aretie- bound ship the Bowdoln, relayed by amateurs. BY CAPT. DONALD MacMILLAN. 1923, iCopyright, North American Newspaper Alltanee. We cast anchor off Greeley Island, southern Labrador, at 8§ o'clock Thursday night, after a fine run and fair wind all the way from Sydney. To the delight of my new men, who had never witnessed such a spectacle, we passed ten icebergs well south of the entrance to the Straits of Belle Isle. In my fifteen years of arctic work I have never known icebergs to be in this locality so late in the year. This may indicate an unusually large number in northern waters, or a very late season. We expect to pass |at least one hundred more on our| way northward to Battle Harbor, our | objective point, if the weather per- mits. Whales are stiil with us. A large finback appeared right under the bow of the Bowdoin this afternoon | and disported himself for over a half | hour. It i{s blowing a gale from the northeast, & most unfavorable wind for us, as it will certainly bring ice southward into the straits. Enjoyed & radio concert at sea last night. SHIP'S COOK IS MARVEL. Bill Lewis of Bowdoin FPossesses All the Needed Qualities. WISCASSET, Me, July 7.—Bill |Lewls {s salling north today as A. C. —able cook—of the stout ship Bow- doin, which is carrving Dr. Arnold B. MacMillan and his party into the arctic for fifteen months or more, Bill Lewis has been fixing salt korse and such for ‘fore mast hands for the last thirty-five years, but never in all the seas has he done his job at tinler gallery than the Bowdoln'; He's happy, though—Bill says it's worth while If he can hear the latest jazz and the base ball scores and so forth over the radlo, and for a follower of the sea Bill has a keen ear for jazs. Three other oooks backed out before he signed for the voyage. He's a big man, is Bill Lewl There's 200_pounda of him, well dis tributed. That's a lot of cook to carry on a little ship which is to be iced in for months on end, far from a grocery store. The Bowdoin, by the way, 1s carrying an ice box into the arctic. But Bill is an object lesson in ef- ficlency worth the study of any housewife. He has waste motlons worked out to a finer point than any industrial expert ever dreamt of. Maybe that's one reason for part of his 200 pounds. His eficlency will come in handy on the Bowdoin, for she has a galiey that is really noth- ing but a stove and little- else set in the middle of the forecastle, which itself is so small a fair sized man has to_stoop or bump his head. The biggest thing in the forecastle {s Bill and the next bigwest is the mast which is stepped right through between the bunks After that in size comes the galley equipment. It's lucky Bill has learned to be dextrous and agile since he first set out from Lynn, Mass. to be a sailor man. (He insists he ls, even if your real old salt would scoff at such a claim from cook.) The chet aboard such a polar schooner as the Bowdoin needs a variety of qualifications. He must be something of & magician, & bit of an acrobat, a thorough seaman, have an even ‘disposition and be an all- round cook, equally‘capable of fixing up polar bear and a tasty nrple ple. The laboratory of Willlam A. Lewis would be the despair of the housewife, whose first requisite is room in the Kitchen. It really i» a galley fn name only, for it consists of & cookstove, & ally small and an_ equ :‘ Belle Isle. faquare feet in the after part of the forecastle That's where tho abllity as 2 ma- gician and as an acrobat comes in Apparently from nowhere the cook ust produce a meal for el husky appetites (including his o ): - To do it in his close quarters his act makes pulling rabbits out of a hat and_doing a back flip look simple With a good sea tossing the ves- sol about he has to be rpeedy to reach for the sugar without coming up with the coal scuttle. Ineldent- ally. his coal for the stove is all stowed far under the flooring, and he has to get it out through an aperture of two square fect. His ice box is lashed on deck, because there wann't room for it in the hold However, he has one advantage He can reach out of his bunk and put his hand on almost everything in his kingdom. ite his size, Lewis has given indication of qualifying in every direction. He 1s a son of a sea cook, in name only, for even the noisy hum of the radio generator, breaking into his well deserved slee failed to ruffle his good temper. He sets a splendid example for the irrita- ble housewifo whose temper is easily mislaid among the pots and the pans. The position of cook on an arctic expedition is far from lowly, It is | of the utmost psychological impor- tance. The effect of a badly done {Toast on a tired man fo a matter of common knowledge. This effect iy magnified in geometrical ratio by oach degree of northward progress, and a poor cook could do such havee to the morale of an expedition that the whole party might conceivably end in & genera] free-for-all mas- sacre, With the rest of the gang dis- posing of the cook first, by common consent. But Dr. MaoMillan has sald there'll be nothing like that with Bill Lewis around. (Copyright, 1023 Rrituin, by N Newspaper Alliance Newspaper All rights resersed ) ELECTRIC LINEMEN VOTE EARLY STRIKE Boston Workers Indorse Phone Operators Effort to Force Wage Boost and Better Conditions. By the Assoclated Press, BOSTON, July 7.—More than two- hundred linemen, employed by electric lght services In Greater Boston, who are members of the local union aili- ated with the International Brother- hood of Electrical Workers, voted to- night, at a speclal meeting, to go on strike to enforce demands for higher wages and better working conditions, The date for the strike was left to the strike committee, ‘The assembled linemen voted In- dorsement of the present strike of telephone operators, which has been in force since June 26 and also voted to support the operators financially. The tolephone operators’ strike has af- fected five New England states and was called to enforce demands for a_seven-hour day and higher wages The striking operators are also af- filiated with ~_ the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The telephone operators’ strike was also indorsed at a meeting tonight of representatives of the order of Rail- road Telegraphers. Moral and finan- clal support was voted. A _conference between the leaders of the warning factions of telephone operators in greater Boston has again been arranged for Monday evening it was announced tonight. e Borrow trouble for yourself if that's your nature, but don't lend it te your neighfpra of his wife, who died several days ago in Pennsylvania. Hurd Gets Bafl Hurd was arrested and brought to Hagerstown, where he secured ball for a hearing this morning. ‘When Hurd, his attorney and State Attorney Woifinger arrived in itamsport this morning they fou that Justice Tice had postponed thc case because of his inability to secur all the witnesses. “I demand that Hurd be dismisged State's Attorney Wolfinger told J tice Tice after the hearing had bee postponed. ' “And I refuse to dismiss said Tice. Tice questions s authority to order dismissed. the case the at the casc Warns Justice. Justice Tice finally consented dismiss Hurd, but refused to tak- any responsibility in doing so, dec! ing that “he was afraid of what townspepole would say If he freed the merchant.” It was then that State’s Attorney Wolfinger warned Justice Tice that a *“certain organi- zation” was attempting to mete out justice to Hurd and that Hurd de- served the protection of the law and would be given it. Wolfinger instructed Constable D. Hawbaker, when the latter fn- formed the state's attorney that trou- ble was inevitable and that the Klan intended to “get Hurd,” to defend the merchant w his life. Hawbaker said that he was positive the Klan meant business and that he might have to shoot In order to protect Hurd. Authorizes Shooting. a your own judgment, said Wolfinger, “and if it is hecessary to protect Hurd in this manner, do so We don’t want any bloodshed if pos- sible, but every American citizen has his rights, and I am going to ses that Hurd is given protection which is guaranteed him by the Constitution That Hagerstown klansmen are backing the Willlamsport Klan in fts effort to drive Hurd from that town where his father was mayor for & number of vears, was the intimation of Justice of the Peace Tice, who de clared that a committee of four men which included a Hagerstown ma: known as one of the leaders of the Klan, had waited upon him, following Hurd's first arrest, just two weeks ago, and demanded that Tice refuse to give Hurd bail. When Tice refused t give them any satisfaction, the same committee came to Hagerstown and appeared befors State's Attorney Wolfinger and made the same request Wolfinger told Dr. Adams that the charge against Hurd was bailable and that he would grant him bond if requested Hurd now is out on $5,000 bail on a common assault charge for trial at the November term of court. The next day after Hurd was res cued by Sheriff Kline from a mob which stormed his drug ‘store when he assaulted his step-son, after tha latter had refused to obey him, the Klan is alleged to have sent a wa ing to Miss Edith McMullen, a pretty young_girl, who had been nursing Mrs. Hurd, then critically {ll, in- structing her to leave Willlamaport at once. There had been rumors that Hurd., who brought her to his home was intimate with the girl. “iss Me. Mullen ignored the first warning The following day a prominent manu- facturer of Williamsport, walked into Hurd's store and told the druggist that he had been asked by three men members of the Klan, to tell the nurse to leave Williamsport by sunset of that day or that she would be dealt with harshly, The nurse left, and her where abouts are yet unknown, A few days later Hurd took his wife to the hame of her parents, where she died. 1t is understood that the Klan leader of Willlameport will be- eclosaly watched, and the first sign of mob violence' will bring orders for mar tial law, & " June Circulation 94,192 Digtrict of Columbia, ws.: FLEMING NEWROLD. Business Manager of THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR. does solemnly swear that the actual number of Coples of the paper named, sold and distributed during the month of June, A.D. 1923, was s follows: DAILY. Copies. Da: oxb7s 160+ 80,743 15., . 107,004 19, 110,633 20. 100,840 21. 110,809 22. 107,158 i | { Days. Coples 88,703 240 89,803 SLO1T 3,453,026 Less adjustments . aee1 Total dally net circulation. ,.3,445,984 Daily average net pald cirou- lation .. 3 Daily average number of coples for service, etc...v.. 8 8492 Covies “’.D“l 95,266 413,488 1,135 Total Sunday net circulation. 413,343 Average net pald Sunday cir- - ‘ culation 103406 | Average number of copies for Bervice, €10, +...ternenninns Daily average net clrculation SUNDAY. Coples. Dayi 110,414 17. 111,127 24. Da; 3 10 Less adjustments | Average Sunda tion .. Bubscribed and f snl . A.D. aen)" | R O, ¥ net circula- FLEMING ) Business M sworn to before me this 6tb 1923, ELMER F. YOUNT, Notary Fuslia