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WEATHER. Generally fair tonight and Friday: measonable temperature; gentle winds. Highest, 90, at 4 pm. lowest, 70, at Full report on page 7. light to yesterday; Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bor.ds, Page 28 = 0. 28,926. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, C. - BALDWIN ~ ASSALS| - RUHR OCCUPATION, REVEALING BRITISH READINESS T0 AGT Separate Reply to Latest German Reparations Note Will Be Submitted to Allies in “Hope” They Will Agree. . PAINTS GLOOMY SCENE | OF DEVASTATED EUROPE | Sole Ground of Divergence Best Means of Payment, He Declares. Indicates U. §. Not Consulted in Decision to Assume New Re- sponsibility. Bis tne Assaciated Press LONDON, July 12.—Great Britain has informed France and Italy that &he is ready to assume the responsi- billty of preparing the draft of a reply to the Ger n reparations note. Tie reply will be submitted to the allles with the least possible delay in the hope that they will agree to s terms. | i Invitex Sympathy of Allies. Announcement to this effect was made by Prime Minister Baldwin in a statement 1 the house of commons today Great Britain's reparation policy. The British government, he said. invites the sympathy of the allies and of all interested states for the propo- * sal, which aims solely at the pacifica- tion of Europe and the recovery of | Pre Baldwin in his statement said it could not be made too clear, | condition among the agrlculturalists | G.0.P.Convention In Chicago in June If Upham Says So By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 12.—The repub- lican national convention will be held in Chicago next June if Fred W. Upham, national treasurer, makes such a request of the na- tlonal executive committee, J. L. Babler, natlonal committeeman from Missouri, said here today at a conference of national commit- teemen, state chairpien and re- publican leaders from seven states. PRELSAND OHNSON NECK AND K AS FINALTESTNEARS Senatorship Race So Close, None Will Predict—German Vote May Turn Scales. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. ST. PAUL, July 12.—This Minnesota senatorial contest continues to be a "hoss race” with “form™ favoring the farmer-labor candidate. Magnus Johnson, and the inside dope giving Candidate Preus a look-in of a char- acter of far from negligible Impor- tance. ‘The elements of “form” pos- sessed by Magnus Johnson are the | tremendous majority which the | farmer-labor party rolled up for Sen- ator Shipstead and the claim that the which elected Senator Shipstead are not only existent, but emphasized. The conditions which are expected to contribute to the prospect of Can- didate Preus are, first and foremost, | organization,” which every practical | politiclan will appreciate; second, the | absence of certain haadicaps suffered by Senator Kellogg /n his fight with Shipstead; third, racial distinctions, held to be in favor of Preus. @b . £ WASHINGTON, D. C, STRKE INONCTON OFRALUNON N MADE PERNANENT Final Decree Confirms Order Issued in 1922—Walkout Cost Miilions. JUDGE SAYS EVIDENCE SHOWS MUCH VIOLENCE Expresses Amazement That Such War fare Could Be Carried on in United States. By the Associated Pres CHICAGO, July 12.—A final decree making permanent the temporary in- junction obtalned by the United States government in federal court here October 5, 1922, against the rallway employes' department of the American Federation of Labor, its officers and others, restraining them from interfering in any manner with operation of railroads during the shopmen’s strike, was entered today by Judge James H. Wilkerson of the United States District Court. The decree making permanent the | injunction, which is considered the most widespread restralning order ever obtained, affects approximately 400,000 railroad employes and officers of the shop crafts concerned in the strike. The injunction was applied for by Harry M. Daugherty, United States Attorney General, on Septem- ber 1, 1922, two months after the i ception of the strike. The tempora: restraining order was handed down on October 5, 19 Strike Still On. Theoretically the strike still is in effect. The shopmen left their posts on July 1, 1922, when the United States Railroad Labor Board ordered a cut in their wages, effective on that date. which, according to evidence intro- duced by the government, widespread The strike continued actively | | for more than two months, during v . ering WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | PRESIDENT TAKES OATH OF KINDNESS Joins Arctic Brotherhood in Vow Never to Mistreat Dog or Horse. By the Associated Press. ABOARD U. S. S VACATION TIME. FIVE DEAD, THIRTY HURT IN MINE TRAIN WRECK Trip Cars, Carrying Men to Work, Part on Downward Slope. By the Associated Pi . BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 12—Five men were killed and thirty-five were injured, seven seriously, today, when a train of trip cars carrying the morning shift to work parted in slope mine No. 1 of the Sloss-Shef- jfleld Iron and Steel Company, near Bessemer, Ala., according to reports compiled from hospital lists and morgues, where the dead and injured “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes, as fast as the papers are printed. Star. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 87,907 THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1923—FORTY-TWO PAGES. T A by Asylum Inmates Forced to Work In Mine, Charge By the Assoclated Press. - PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 12— Federal officers today were investi- gating charges that the Benz Brothers Mining Company, operat- ing a strip coal mine near Turtle Creek, Pa., had brought men from an Institution for feeble-minded in Ohlo to work in the mine in viola- tion of lgw. The report will be placed before Walter Lyon, district attorney, for action. The men were retured to Columbus today. Two men, who sald they had been forcibly taken from institutions near Columbus and put to work in the mine, were arrested by Penn- sylvania railroad police while try- ing to board a freight train headed for home. UEL YARDS DENED I WAR ON PRCES Coal Consumers’ Proposal Meets Interior Depart- ment Rebuff. Use of the government coal yards {n Washington as a means of fighting high prices here, a proposal recently brought forward by the newly formed Coal Consumers’ League, similar to methods conceived by other civic or- | sanizations at various times, was an- nounced to be an “obvious impossi- bility” today by officials of the Inte- rior Department, under whose juris- diction come the federal fuel stations. The plan as conceived by the Coal Consumers’ League would make it possible for all government employes to obtain their coal from the govern- ment depots at wholesale prices, thus greatly diminishing the demand on private coal concerns, with a resulting | decrease in prices for all citizens of | the District. Such use of the gov- ernment yards, however, would be im- possible, niterior Department officlals maintain, without a special act of Congress, and the eventuality of such | THREE 745 BEST N NWOOD EOLF Barnes, Cruikshank and Far- rell Tie in Today’s National Open Playing. By the Associated Press. TWO CENTS. D.C. FIRELOSSCITED 10 SHOW NECESSITY FOR HIGH PRESSURE $2,074,096 of Past Year Nearly Doubles Figures of Preceding Period. BUSINESS MEN LAUD STAR’S FIGHT FOR PLAN Water Department to Ask for Pre- liminary Funds to Start Laying of Mains for System. Washington's fire loss for the fiscal year just ended went up nearly $900,000, it was learned today, and this iy stressed as one of the most conclusive arguments in favor of a high-pressure water system for fire fighting in the business area by its advocates. The fire loss for the past twelve months amounted to $2,074,096, the fire marshal's records show. Com- pared with $1,179,903 for the previous year, this {s an increase of $894,293. Although the total loss did not oc- cur in the business district that would be covered by high-pressure water hydrants, it was pointed out the en- tire city would be afforded better protection if these mains are in- stalled. The territory outside the high-pressure section would be bene- fited, as the pumping fire engines now assigned downtown could be as- signed to outlying neighborhoods. Will Ask for Funds. The proponents of the high-pressure system won their initial victory to- day. The water department, it was learned, will include in its budget for the next fiscal year an appropriation sufficient to start the installation of high-pressure mains, but the Com- missioners, who pass on these esti- the exhausted world. | i en who HENDERSON INW b W y - in the interests alike of the powers | assault and intimidation of m were removed. The dead and Injured | INWOOD. N. ¥, July 12.—Bobby mates, have not vet declared their in- concerned and any who misht hope to profit by exploiting the differences Detween them, that the of divergence was as to the best ef- fective means of realizing the ends which were vital to all. These ends! were the payment of reparations and | the recovery of the security of Jiurope. To secure these ends he said, the allles “have srudged noth- ing ' in the past, they | Erudge anything in thesfeeere: = Seex Rutn to Burope. | “This responsibility,” he’ wént on, “is acknowledged and shared in equal meas ure by the allies, but devolves cspecially | on the French and British nations. We | are as determined as any of our allies that Germany shall make reparations for the damages done in the great war, to the fullest extent of her capacity. W have never wavered on that point. The government i conscious that, as a bus Tiess nation, it we ask Germany to pay in excess of her capacity, we shall not | eed We are firmly convinced that meas- which would result in the ruin of would be fatal to this country, lies, and the whole of Europe, | The allies are obtaining less reparations | than before the occupation of the Ruhr, | States senatorship fight going on at | would ~hardly Political Experts Puzzled. here in the political | | Out fray are sole ground | Malf a dozen political correspondents | Were of eastern newspapers of the “old war horse” type who have “fit and| bled” on many a political fleld from coast to coast during the years agone and who were at a loss at first to understand the strategy of the battle | now. raging.- Here e au United! a crisis when the result may have far-reaching and profound effect upon the organisation of the Senate and the legislation of Congress in the ! next session. In any other state it| would be attended by a furore with pyrotechnical political effects on a large scale. Think what would hap- pen in like circumstance in New York, Indiana or Ohio! Why, the whole state: would be ablaze or attempts made to sct it ablaze. | A layman \-ixl:ung the state now ' now that a Teat | political fight Is on. There are no outward visible signs, No great meet- | ings, no combing of the y speakers. indecd there are few stump | speech efforts at all, and no attempt | to arouse popular enthusiasm beyond the efforts of the two candidates. On | the Magnus Johnson side they are #nd these have to be exacted at the | price of dislocation of the German eco- | nomic collapse of that system. ! Public Opinion Alarmed. i “Opinion throughout Kurope, and | not the least in Great Britain, is be- | coming more sensitive to these con- | ditions, with alarm at their con- ! tinuance. The recovery of the world | is in danger. Peace is at stake. Peace cannot secured until three yuestions a: ttled: First, the pay- ment of reparations; second, settle- ment of the iteralited debts, and third, the security of a pacified Europe. “From the beginning we have made it clear that in our opinion the occu- pation of the Ruhr was not calculated 10 produce the maximum amount of reparations payment. Many of the | consequences which were anticipated | are n the course of fuifillment. T- many herself appears to be moving fast toward economic chaos.” Scores Peace-Time Occupatio Dealing with the present situation in the Ruhr, the premier said indefi- | nite occupation by one country of | 1he territory of another in time of peace was a phenomenon and regret- | table, to which an honorable end ! should be found as soon as possible. “The proposals set forth in the recent German note were inadequate, he admitted, but they should be expiored and examined, not ignored. “We shall submit a reply with the; Jeast possible delay to our allies for | thelr consideration and remarks,” he! announced, “and we indulge in the | hope that' we may be able to'arrive| at agreement with them on the terms. | ‘What the exact nature of the reply should be, it would be premature to discuss at the present stage. “In formulating these views, his majesty’s government are not without hope that they will be expressing the allied sentiments as well as our own. We do not believe that in principle we are widely separated, If at all, from them. Divergence of method should nqt be incapable of resolution.” Mr. Baldwin failed to state what the British proposals will be in the note the government intends framing, nor | did he say anything in regard to an| international commission to examine into Germany's capacity to pay. Wil Continue United Actfon. 1n conclusion Mr. Baldwin said: “So far as united action is possible we | shall continue to pursue it. We shall | confidently invite the sympathetic consideration of the whole of our al-| lies and all the iInterested states to | proposals which will have no other aim than the pacification of Europe | and_the recovery world.” 3 Referring_ to the position of the allies, Mr. Baldwin said the exchange | of friendly conversations had not ap- | | of an exhausted | | showers would lower temperatures in “standing pat” on the principies of | the farmer-labor party and Johnson ! Swedish affiliations. On the Preus! stem and probably the future;slde they are depending on organiza- | tional tion, on an appeal republican sentiment and an appeal from radicalism, together with the ! support of the Norweglans. Preus is | a Norweglan of distinguished ances- try, and membership in the Lutheran | Church. His ancestors were founders | of the American branch of that church | n this state. to the supposed German Vote a Factor. Between the Norweglans and the | had taken places of striking shopmen occurred. In some instances troops called out and in others special guards were hired by the rallroads. The men returned to work in Sep- tember on the basis of what was known as the Baltimore agreement, which was entered into by thirty-one major railroads. The agreement left the question of senfority, which was the main bome of contention after a month of the rike, to a commission to dectdfe. shopmen accepted the wage reduction ordered by the Labor Board, The railway employes’ department of the American Federation of Labor as a body is now restrained perm. nently from interfering with the operations of the nation's carrlers, as is Bert M. Jewell, president of the department; J. F. McGrath, vice pre ident, and John Scott, secretary and treasurer; the International Brother- hood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers and its president, James W. Kline; International Alliance of Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers and President J. J. Hynes; Intern tional Brotherhood of Boller Makers, Jron Shipbuilders and Helpers of America and President J. A. Frank- lin; Brotherhood of Raiiway Carmen of ‘America and President Martin F. Ryan; International Assoclation of Machinists and President William H Johnston and E. C. Davison. grand secretary and treasurer; Interna- Brotherhood of ' Electrical Workers and President James P. Noonan and numerous other system federations and the presidents and WITH PRESIDENT HARDING. July 12.—President Harding has bound himself by an oath never to mistreat either a dog or a horse. The obligation to be kind to both of these animals was part of an oath taken by the President yesterday at Skagway, when he became a member of the Arctic Brotherhood. He today confided the oath in part to Mrs. bers of the présidential party. The Chiet ~ Executive from boyhood ha loved -animals and his enthusiasm over the brotherhood's purpose to protect them caused him to tell his wife about it. Organized in 1500, The brotherhood was organized in 1899 on the steamer Seattle by gold | horses and dogs in the north is said to have caused inclusion in the ritual of a clause requiring kindness to these animal {onen waters of the Pacific ocean, having passed through Icy Straitand Cross Sound into the Gulf of Alaska, en route to Seward, where he is due Friday afternoon. The Chlef Execu- | tive told the people of Skagway, in a brief address yesterday, that he was Hard™E WB5 T8 turn informed mem- | prospectors whose use and love of | The President was today on the| secretaries thereof. | becoming somewhat philosophical as Cont $96,000,000. The cost 'of the shopmen’s strike on the fifty rallroads from evidence was adduced amounted to approximately $96,501.376, according to government testimony. Thi which | he traveled. “We may wonder,” he said, “what is the greatest end of life. | “Men make their plans and try to |adhere to them. Skagway, a port Isituated in a mountain pass, was de- veloped-and made notable in a rush Swedes stand the Germans, a large figure does not include damages to|Of men seeking to acquire something element of the electorate. Neither | contestant knows how the Germans will vote. The Germans have been | disgruntled with the republicans, but raclally they are in this state as they | have shown themselves to be since | 1896, when they turned the tide for | sound money on the side of con- servatism and against such policies as Magnus Johnson advocates. If the | leaders knew how the Germans are going to vote in this election they could -lay_their bets with confidence, for the Germans and the democrats may decide the outcome. You will have to take off your hat to the strategy of the republicans whether it be effective or not. In the first place’ instead of deferring the election until November, they called it for midsummer, not only to prevent | a lapse of time in which the enemy ! might organize, but because the farm- ers will be so busy about their own (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) RELIEF FROM HEAT 'DUE IN SOME PLACES | Local Thundershowers Expeeted' in Many Torrid Parts of Country. | By the Associated Press. i CHICAGO, July 12—Relief from the heat, which continued yesterday in various sections of the country, was promised today by weather fore- caster, who predicted local thunder- affected areas. Lightning yesterday killed three persons in Texas and| three Natlonal Guardsmen in Mary- | land. | High temperature records which| have prevailed in the central section | peared to lead to positive results and | " Was ‘becoming ~evident that the| i attitude of the principal parties must;of the country diminished yesterday, Ye more clearly defined. He held that although several points reported con- the debtor should not be merely called | tinued heat with no relief promised, upon to pay his debts, but should be|Columbus Ohlo, today entered its piaced in a position to do. «ufi;c'hl::l; &lé;:{;l?hzumg:nmn. and el - Has Not Approached U. S. e L ed near _lt_he 95 ld':llr;: mark. Tex- . ; arkana, Tex. witl degrees, was Replying to questions by Ramsay{rII8: oot In the United Stoas MacDonald, the opposition leader,|yesterday; Phoenix registered 10,2 and Premier Baldwin sald the reply to|Oklahoma City, 100 degrees. Ev n sddhey , ville, e ‘00l weather AGermany would be proceeded with |t G i0q MO T, e forthwith. He would say tomorrow jections of the gulf state whether the reply was being com- hest wave nr:npn;-::nl.nnu I 5 ex ve municated to the United States. P vt SLRP R Lyriges ot Commander Kenworthy, liberal | moderate temperatures prevalled gen: rember for Hull, asked whether the | erally, Philadelphia was outstanding vernment _had _approached or_had |with 36 degrees yesterday. Few pros- (Continued on Page %, Column 1.) trations-were reported. the ! with property, loss of business incurred, increased cost of doing business or loss of claims for damages resulting from the strike. The Department penses amounted to $1,822,639, through the hiring of additional United States deputies and the incur- ring of other expenses directly trace- able to the strike. The strike caused temporary _suspension_of 706 _mail (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) AIRDISARMAMENT of Justice e: PARLEY OPPOSED House of Lords Told Time Is Not Yet Ripe for Lessen- ing Defenses. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 12.—The government belfeves the European situation to be so uncertain as to render inadvisable the initlation of an international con- ference of aerial armament limita- tion. The house of lords, in the course of a discussion yesterday, in which the possibilities of a “war-cloud” danger) ‘were openly mentioned, was told by’ the Marquis of Salisbury, lord presi- dent of the council, that although the government was on record as desiring to facilitate limitation of air arma- ments, now would be without result and would be misunderstood as well. added that the way to the desired end might be clearer later. The lords also discussed the Singa- i pore naval base in its connection with Anglo-American and Anglo-Japanese relations. Viscount Grey said that wh ase was anticipating trouble the United States, he thought frank admission should be made of the remote possibility of a_conflict with Japan. He asserted, however, that Japan's participation In the ‘Washington conventions rendered the contingency of trouble so remote as not to justify heavy expenditures at Singapore. Viscount Grey also urged the government not to hasten con- struction of the base until Great Britain had had time to consider the reaction of the project on the Wash- ington treaty. %y any move in that direction | every one scouted the idea that ; | of material value. { Rates Friendship Highest. “That is & motive which in inherent |in us, but the longer I live and the - | more I see of communities and human | beings the more firmly Is my bellef | established "that the sweetest thing lin the world is the friendship of a few dependable friends. This is the happiness that makes a life of con- tentment. “Apparently you have much of that here—as much as may be found any- where in the country—and you also live in an atmosphere that tends to cultivate ambition and lofty aspira- tions. 1 only hope that the worthy ones come to full realization.” INLAND TRIP PLANNED. President to Meet People Far From Modern Luxuries. By the Associated Press. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 12— If President and Mrs. Harding ad- here to their intentions, as the latest reports received here indicate, they will go from Fairbanks, terminus of the Alaska raflroad, to Chitina on the Copper river and Northwestern rallway overland. They will spend one night aboard a steamer on the Tanane river after leaving here, and a night at a typical Alaskan road. Paxson, and Charley Miers' while traveling south on the Rich- ardson highway. T The trip from Fairbanks to Chi- tina, over 200 miles, would bring the President and his party into intimate touch with the old Alaska hinterland, with people who ~live beyond the ireach of most of the luxuries of | modern life. ———— TWO DIE AS BOAT TIPS. Panic-Stricken Couple Leap Into Water and Drown. MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 12.—John V. Judge, twenty-one, and Miss Leola Moseley, twenty-two, of Memphis, were drowned at Lakeview, Mi: near here, early todax. The couple; it is said, had rowed about 100 yards from the shore when the boat partly tipped over. A small amount of water ured over the side and the( leaped r:lo the water. Neither could swim. An_unidentified boatman, who en- deavored to rescue Miss Moseley a: Judge, nearly lost his life when he was lnllgd the panic-stricken couple. Both: bodies have been re- covered.. SRS il o : were all negroes. INE PARLEY SEES - LITTLE PROGRESS ;No Tangible Results Expect- ed Before Latter Part of | August by Delegates. | By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. July 12— Members of the miners and operators subcommittee were unprepared to say today what part of the anthracite | mine workers' demands will be taken up when the two sides meet again late this afternoon. So far in the ne- i gotiations the check-off has been lightly touched upon and there was a general discussion yesterday on but no conclusion was reached. Ac- cording to one conferee, no material progress has been made, and the opinion was expressed that nothing of a tangible nature may be looked for until some time in August. When the subcommittee, which is charged with the task of negotiating a new wage contract met, the miners ked whether the operators had any further argument to ‘make on the question of the recognition of the union. contained in demand No. 1. is understood the operators made no specific reply, but suggested that the miners give them a resue of their reasons for all the demands presented. Operators Ask Time. The union leaders suggested that their view on the demands pretty well known, but that some of them had been Intensified since the five-month strike of last year, Dis- trict President Thomas Kennedy, in- stancing the grievances, relating to dockage and welghing of coal, es- pecially in district No. 1. It was stated by one of the confer- s after the meeting that. they had greed In principle” that should be no unjust dockage, but that no conclusion had been reached on what constituted unjust dockage. It was also stated that the opera- tors made it known that if they found that such conditions as the miners complained of existed there should be an adjustment and asked time to further consider the subject. There was no further discussion to- day of the proposal of the operators that work be continued at the mines after August 31 in the event that a wage contract had not been negoti- ated by that time. Scale Committee to Meet. The subcommittee will mieet again at 4:30 pm. today and may adjourn an ‘Friday until July 23, to allow scale committeemen of the United Mine Workers to attend the biennial con- ference of District No. 1 at Wilkes- Barre, beginning Monday. The committee placed in the min- utes of the proceedings a letter-from Charles P. Nelll, a member of the United States Coal Commission, deny: ing the published report that Attor- ney General Daugherty had rewrit- ten the report of the commision so a8 to conform with the labor policy iof the Harding administration. BROKERS RESTRAINED. Expelled Firm -Subjected to In- 1 Junction. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK. July 12—Attorney General Sherman today obtained a temporary injunction restraining Harvey A. Willis & Co., stock brokers, recently expelled from the Consoll- date - Exchange, from trading in atocks pendinj hearing on allega- tions that they have.been gullty of fraudulent practices. Jones of Atlanta, after a first nine in 40, came home in 37 for a 77 card in his first round of the qualifying fiight for the national open golf champjon- ship today. Robert Cruikshank, New Jersey professional, paired with Jones, had a card of 38—36—T4, two over par. : Eddie Held of St. Louls, trans- Mississlpp! amateur champlon, did 78 in the first elghteen holes. Eugene McCarthy of Philadelphia, paired with Held, aid 77. Jones Outdrives Partmer. Jones, the master driver, outdis- tanced his professional partner from the tee by 10 to 50 yards, but Cruik- shank was extraordinarily accurate with his irons and found the greens when Jones found traps. Jones was one over par on the eleventh and thirteenth holes coming in, and was par on all the others. . Crulkshank was one over part on the eleventh and elghteenth, but sunk a 12-foot putt for a birdle four on the fourteenth. an act they belleve to be extremely remote, since there has never been any disposition on the part of Con- gress to make allowances for main- tenance of government workers. Coal, it was pointed out, was no more likely to be supplied federal employes than housing, food and commissary stores. Yards Oreated in 1918. The government coal yards in Washington were created by an act of Congress effective July 1, 1918, to supply federal and District buildings. It was an economical measure to co- ordinate the purchase of fuel which had been handled previously by fifty or more agencies for the various de- partments of the two governments. By the wording of the act, It was shown at the department today that none other than these government buildings could be served by the yards, the act reading: “The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to estabilsh in the Dis- | tentions. Gratified over the decision of the water department. the trades bodies and other organizations in the fight are planning to again impress on the Commissioners the urgency of the high-pressure system as a protective need for the cit If they can suc- ceed in having the Commissioners re- tain the item in the District badget. a concerted drive will be made on Congress to hlVe. it approved. Board Is 0 Take Up Issue. President Anton Stephan of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Asso- clation has called a meeting of the |board of governors for W dnesduy morning at 11 o'clock, at wldch the high-pressure water system \efll be among the subjects discussed. “The problems which the boird of governors of the sociation will be jcalled on to consider at next Wed- | nesday's meeting will concern not { only our immediate welfare but that of ‘the future,” sald Gen. Stephan “The Merchants and Manufacturers' trict of Columbla storage and dis- | Association, In common with the civic tributing yards. for storage of fuel | elements of our citizenship, have from for usé of and delivery to all branches | time to time been appealing for the the demand for the weighing of coal; ! 'where It is now paid for by the car, of the federal service and the mu- nicipal government in the District of | Columbia and such parts thereof as may be eituated immediately with- | out the District of Columbia and eco- nomically can be supplied therefrom, and fo select, purchase, contract for | and distribute all fuel required by | said services. Jone Out....... Croikshank: Out. {Jones: Tn......... Crulkshank: In. Barnes Shoots 74. Long Jim Barnes, open champion in | It were| 1921, turned his first nine in 36, one under par, and had a 38 coming in, making him two over par for the round. He was ohe over on the first hole, but had a birdle 3 on the second and a birdie 4 on the fourth, sinking 16-foot putts on both holes. One under par up to the sixteenth, |he was one over par on the seven- teenth and two over on the elght- centh. His second shot on the last hole cleared the green. His pitch was short into a trap, and he was on In 4 and down in 2 putts. His card: out.. . 53645334436 In. 444443456-—35—74 Johnny Farrell of Mamaroneck, N. Y. played perfect golf until he reached the sixteenth, where he was in the rough on his drive. His sec- ond was short of the green, but he pitched on and holed in two putts. On the seventeenth his second shot was again short of the green and he took 5, one over par. He played the last hole in par for-a 37 and His card: Out... 4 48.5 52 3 ¢ 437 In. 443453605 4—37—14 Held, played badly on the first nine, taking 7 on the par five fourth and one over par on the sixth, seventh, cighth and ninth, but recovered com- ing_home, making a par 85. Held's card: out . 44575445 5—43 In 44355343 4—35—78 Former Champlon Has 82. Jesse Gulilford of Auburndale, Mass., former amateur champion, had a card of 41—41—82 for his first round. He was in trouble with his tee shots all around the course. His card: out . 45555346 4—41 In.........4 5356445 5—41—82 Dexter Cummings of Chicago, who ‘won the intercollegiate champlonship at Siwanoy two weeks ago, wired the committee this morning that he would not play in the open. The weather VGeorse Aulbach of Bost qualified for- the British 3;:}."'“‘;".5‘.? plonship, playlng on the Inwood for the first time, had an 81 His card: Out 44655454 4—a1 In . 45635445 4—40—81 Richard Walsh, the national public links champion, played his round’in 42 . “His' game was its usual standard. TOEERL Federal Stations Omly. Department officlals pointed out that on several occasions the controller of the currency had been asked for rulings on this act in an effort to supply coal to local institutions which were not of a purely governmental natute, But which were partially maintained by government appropria- | tions, such as hospitals, and in each | case ‘it was ruled that the coal sta- tions could not be used for such pur- | poses. With these rulings at hand, the officials felt confident the effort to use such coal for individuals would be met with immediate rebuff. As an argument for government em- | ployes using government coal, it has been pointed out that Army and Navy officers. have such a_ privilege, and this might be extended to others als Members of the branches of the ser ice, however, were granted the right to ‘get coal from the movernment, if obtainable, wherever they are Sta- tioned, by an act of Congress, which also granted the commutation of quarters and commissary privileges. (Continued on Page 2, Colurin 5.) AMERICAN WOMAN HELDINARMS PLOT i Wife of Forr_ner Army Officer Accused of Smuggling to " Chinese Rebels. | { By the Associated Press. | 'SHANGHAIL July 12—Mrs. | Stein, whose husband. believed to be a former United States Army officer, | is reported to be an adviser to Chang | Tso-Lin, Manchurian military leader | at Mukden, was arrested here last ! night, charged with being implicated i of 'arms and ammunition, Later while' the office of the Shang- € :val in a plot for extensive illegal sales by Scorea for First Eighteen Holen. ai Sports. a weekly publication es- Scores for the first eighteen holes ) tablished by the Steins, was, being in (Contlntied on Page 2, Column 7.) VOTE LOAN TO JUGOSLAVS. French Deputies Sanction Advance of 300,000,000 Francs. By the Associated Press. local base ball star and sports writer, also was arrésted in ¢onnection with the same affair. Lawrence ii Kear- ney, an American, for whom a war- rant_on a similar charge was issued last Monday, has not been arrested as iy PARIS, July 12.—The chamber oll ionable Burlington Hotel. A search deputies today voted a loan of 30N.-|of her apartment. authorities s de. 000,000 france to Jugoslavia. . The | clared, revealed scores of letters and vote in favor .of granting the loz#|telegrams incriminating her in the was 198 to 64. ; plot. 3] t. ‘Stein -left here last May for Man- churia. 7 'Mrs. Stétn ‘was drrested ini the fash- today's_qualifying test for thesearched, J. Ji Maloney, prominent | 4 installation of high pressure service in the downtown section Praises Fire Department. “I am _convinced that the move- ment will be eminently successful largely because I believe that the entire community is of one mind that there shall be no further delay in remedying the jeopardy that exists to life and property through inad- equate fire-fighting facilities. “I have the greatest admiration for the high type of efficlency that has for years been exercised by the per- sonnel of the WashMgton fire depart- ment, but even though we had the very flnest of apparatus if the all- essential water is not available in quantities. and with « force that would carry it to the high buildings and distances that are necessary they | are of themselves futile in anything | but a purely local fire. | Looks to Future. Speaking as one of the members of the board of governors, 1 believe that Washington should approach this matter in a broad spirit, realiz- ing that the community is not only | expanding in tervitory, but that the downtown business section has been builded upon to an extent that to- day exceeds even our ambitions of | earlier years, and with nothing to ! mar hington's fortune—ideally | situated as is the community- t is | the most practical consideration pos | sible that we should at once antici- | pate our future needs ay well | for the possible nma of toda | piThe federgl government has a very great deal atf stake and the adminis- |trntors of federal affairs Should be | quick to realize it. | “Practical business men realize only | too well the disaster that lies in fire l'l'hoy all cover themselves with in- | surance of every conceivable char- | acter, but experience has proven that even 100 per cent insurance does not and cannot compensate for the loss that ensues to any business that is i visited by a fire. Our hope is ever jand always that the fire-fighting { forces be backed up, as they must be. | by an adequate supply of water. This {18 of primary consideration, in order { to minimize fire hazards to the small- ! est extent possible. “As I have already { first consideration { There should be no picayunish policy ;permllled that would ever be the ! means of sacrificing a human life.” Praise for The Star. Officlals of the trade organizations were loud In their praises today for the support of The Star in the move- ment to secure high-pressure water service. At the Board of Trade it was pointed out that The Star has stood by the organization In its fight of more than twenty years for high- pressure hydrants, from the humani- tarian standpoint and the saving of lives and property David M. Lea. president of the Un- derwriters Association of the District | and ‘chairman of the insurance com- {mittee of the Board of Trade, who is leading . the fight for high-pressure service -for the body. said that The {Star has rendered “‘a magnificent igeryiee” in . the present movement, as { well as those of past years. Stephan Pays Tribute. | “Congratulations are in order to | The .Star for the vigorus manner in { which It is carrying forward the fight for high-pressure water service in the downtown section,” said President Stephan of the Merchants and Manu- facturers Association. “In making this observation I not only have in mind the present-day ctivities, but those for many years (Continued on Fage 2, Column Pointp to Losses. indicated, the human ~ life. |