Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1923, Page 2

g CLASSIFYING DATA FORD. G FARBEHND Departments Lag in Furnish- ing Information on Em- ployes Here. Thirty per cent of the questfon- naires required by the personal clas- stfication board for the Distriet of Co- lumbia are still lacking, it was re- vealed today, although the data were expected June 1. In spite of specding up the work in departments since a recent statement from the board showing how far be- hind most of the departments were, the situation still is considered far behind what had been expected The number of questionnaires re- cofved by July 10 was 70 per cent of those expected from this city and 53 per cent of those expected from the fleld services. Total Number Needed. The total number of positions esti- mated to be classified in the District was placed at 53,042, of which 36,867 have been received. The total num- ber expected from the field is 133,919, of which 71,095 have been received. Departments and services which have falled so far to turn in their complete District of Columbia data include the State, Treasury, Justice, Interior and Commerce departments, the Interstate Commerce Commission and a few smaller outfits. No returns at all have been made by the State, Justice and Commerce departments for this city. Departments and _establishments which have completed their district returns are: Post Office, Navy, Agri- culture and Labor departments and the general accounting, superintend- ent State, War and Navy building: Veterans' Bureau, government print- ing office, District government, Smith- sonian Institution and Civil Service Commission Complete Fleld Reports. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion and the railway labor board are the only establishments completing their fleld reports, while the only ones which have made no field reports are the Panama canal, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldlers and the tariff commission. The board, with most of its work in temporary bullding No. 5, at 20th and B streets, now has more than 100 persons employed In the classification work. This immense proposition must be rushed through this summer, and the tentative part of it must be done in time for the budget officers of the government departments and estab- lishments to turn In their first reports to the bureau of the budget early in August. The total number of officers and employes now on duty and called from the various departments, exclu- eive of the board itself, is 123. BALDWIN ASSAILS RUHR OCCUPATION REVEALING BRITISH READINESS TO ACT (Continued from First Page.) been approached by the. United States in the matter of reparations. ~Mr. Baldwin's reply was desoribed by the reporters as inaudible, but beltef was expressed by those mnear him that he had sald no. First Chapter In Report. After the premier's address Mr. MacDonald expressed the hope on behalf of the labor party that the premior’s efforts would be success- ful. The first intently eager aud house was that the premier had steered his course through the troubled waters so carefullyf that there was no possibility of offense to France. Another impression was that he had told the world very little which had not already become & mat- ter of common knowledge during the discussions of the last fow weeks. He painted a broadly gloomy pic- ture of the chaos toward which Ger- many was heading and drawing with her the rest of Europe, but his ex- position brought forth no new points. He only hinted at a breach among the allies, saying: “So far as united actlon is possible we shall continue to pursue it The speech was evidently merely the first chapter in a record, the most _interesting chapters of which are yet to come. Late Changes Made. Last-minute changes were made by the cabinet this noon in the minis- terial declaration. Large throngs of people flocked to the house of parliament to listen to the long-anticipated statements by Prime Minister Baldwin and Lord Curzon on Great Britain's reparations policy. . Count de Saint-Aulaire, the French ambassador, who is said never to have attended a session of the house of commons before, was in the front row today to hear the prime minister. With him were Baron Moncheur, the Belglan ambassador, the Itallan and German ambassadors. and Dr. Edu- ard Benes, forelgn minister of Czechoslovalia. The afternoon was the hottest of the season. Awaited with Eagerness. It has been a long time since any ‘ministerial utterance here was await ed with such eagerness and curiosity, An extraordinary number of applica. tions was received for admission to each chamber, but the limited accom- modations, in view of the number of ambassadors and other foreign repre- sentatives who were assured of seats, saverely taxed the seating capacitie: of both houses. The officlal secrecy that has velled the most recent difficulties between Great Britain and France on the rep- warations question was well maintained to the last, as was indicated by the varying forecasts offered to the pub- lig by the political writers in the morning newspapers. DANCER ASKS DIVORCE. Bessie Clayton Says Playwrits De- serted Her. JERSEY CITY, July 12.—Mrs. Wil- liam Julian Mitchell, well known danoer, known to the theatrical world as Bessie Clayton, has filed a petition for a divorce from her husband, Wil. llam Jullan Mitchell, widely known &llywrl ht here. They were married arch 23, 1894, and she charged that he_deserted her in 1910, Bessie Clayton first attracted at- tention as a dancer with the old ‘Weber and Fields company, more than twenty years ago. Lat r. she has been appearing in vaudeville, A Losing Investment, Prom the London Passing Show, Agent—I've called to see if yeu'll “3new your fire insurence premium. Cottager—Not me, you: 11 naught but a swindle, Five % T DRid’ this premium’and ot 85 a& & windex bax TN ion of all in the impres plainly nervous Maughan Certain Dawn-to-Dusk Air Flight Is Possible By the Associated Pross, DAYTON, . Ohlo, July 12—"Do I think the flight can be made? There is no think about it. It can” This emphatic declaration was made by Lleut. Russell L. Mau- #han today, He landed at McCook Fleld yesterday afterncon, flylng from St. Joseph, Mo., where he was forced down on his Initial effort to cross the country between dawn and dusk. The flyer would make no com- ment on the actlon of United Stal Army alr officlals in calling oft further attempts at the flight. “The chlef says ‘do it I try. He says ‘quit trying,’ I quit,” was Maughan's comment on the orders. Speaking from his dash from New York to St. Joseph, Mo, in which he covered approximately 1,150 miles In elght hours' actual flying, Maughan sald there was not a thrill in ft. FRANCE T0 CENTER ON LIGHTER CRAFT By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, July 12.—The French par- liament completed ratification of the ‘Washington naval limitation treaty and the four-power Pacific accord by overwhelming votes in the senate last evening. The naval limitation treaty was ratified with only three dissenting votes and the Pacific ac- cord was approved immediately aft- erward, unahimously and without - passed largely by proxy, as the stifling heat kept most of the senators away. The French objections to any restriction were volced, but the trend of the discus- sion was that France was finan- clally unable to build even up to the limit of the capital ship program during the life of the Washinggon agreement, and the opposition was mainly sentimental. Speakers insisted, however, that it must be definitely understood that the treaty did not restrict the build- ing of lighter eraft and submarines on which the French expect to spend most of their naval appropriations. Opposttio Report. The report of the senata naval com- mission was the strongest feature of the opposition, Reporter Lemery ob- jecting to what he termed the capi- talizatlon of France's after-war naval weakness, with the control of the seas given to Great Britain, America and Japan. cepted as little more than a formality particularly as the government was able to hurry these principal treaties through the chamber of deputies with little pronounced opposition, but Pre- mier Poincare, seconded by Albert Sarraut, one of the French delegates to Washington, was, nevertheless, on hand, ready to enter the debate if necessary. e premier made only one obser- vation. He reminded the senate that the treaty applied exclusively to cap- ital ships, as the French viewpoint had carried the day at Washington with regard to the smaller vessels and submarlne. Minister of Marine Raiberti made a straight forward statement of the government's belief that the treaty permitted all the naval gonstruction financially possible for n Diminque Delahaye, royalist, speak- ing in opposition to the treaties, said: “Ratification wof't put us back In the good graces of the United States, but will only make them think .that we yleld eastly, We ought rather to make a show of resistance.” PREUS AND JOHNSON NECK AND NECK AS FINAL TEST NEARS (Continued from First Page.) affairs they might not give so much attention to polities, the opposition vote resting in the agricultural com- munities. Outside Atde Barred. Their next play was to keep out outside ald, except as to monetary contributions, and make this a state fight. They have accentuated the claim for the benefit of republicans throughout the state, of whom there should be left many of the old crowd which made Minnesota a banner re- publican state for years, that here is an effort by the farmer-laborites to gain_control of the state In 1924, which of course, is & fact. They had to make this appeal because of the bitter feuds and jealousies emong the old republicans. Right here it is necsssary to note a fact which may be painful reading tc the friends of the administration. Conditions are such in Minn it was deemed highly inad invoke the assistance or encoura ment of - th publican national ad- ministration. The only way to har- monize the republican faction was to hold up the certain prospect of all re- publicans in the state being super- ceded by farmer-laborites 1n 1924, should Mangus Johnson and his fol- 1 © through. So the sign p out,”” was posted against willing workers' from the outside. Seeks to Split Opponents. The republican managers are trying to drive a wedge between the farmer and labor elements, claiming that no possible policy of political engrafting or cross-breeding is possible. The farmers complain that wheat is going down and shoes are going up. “Sure say the republicans, “your labor col- leagues sre forcing wages of $10 and 13 & day, and your Wheat has to con- orm to the law of supply and de- mand.” The republican organization is in first-rate condition on an admirable scale. Their objective is to arouse re- ublicans who are apathetio first to he state menace of the farmer-labor movement and then to the national importance of it. The farmer-labor aim is to foment disgontent, for which there is ample ground among them. 1 have talked with high leaders in the opposing camps. Queerly enough, each gave, in effect, the same parting statement and subsequent admonition, “Things are going finely with us an we expect to win, but don't get out on a 1imb of prediction.> Willard-Firpo Fight Tonight By Megaphone Eleventh Street Side The Star Building Main bout is scheduled to start at 9 p.m., Wash- ington time. THE EVENING BT THIGE THRASHED ATTORNEY, ISCLA Army Captain Beat Lawyer Again on Way to Court, Police Allege. ‘While on his way to Police Court to answer one charge of having assaulted Frank I. Bider, an attorney, Capt. Rob- ert Adrian Willlams of the United States Army, stopped off and gave the lawyer another beating this morning, it 1s alleged, resulting in additional orim- tnal complaints against him., Franeis Willlams, a brother of the officer, whose wife Hlder represents in divorce proceedings againat her husband, was acoused of having participated in the first assault. The first assault occurred last week it 1s suid, immediately after Eld had written a letter complaining sgainst the two little daughters of his client belug removed from an Eplscopal home in Georgetown to the home of a young woman living in Del Ray, Va., whom Mrs, Willlams had named as a co-respondent. Held as Insult, Elder s sald to have called the place an unfit domicile for the little girls. In view of the fact that Capt. Williams® sister, Mrs. Mary Baker, s eald to llve at the same address, he accepted the slur a. insult to her. Entering the lawy office on the fitth floor of the Munsey building one day last week, Capt. Willlams and his brother are sald to have b d both of Elder's eyes and otherw pummeled him. Before the victi could summon the police both men disappeared, but & warrant for thel arrest was sworn out, charging sault and threats to fatally injure the attorney. Both men were to have surrendered themselves in Police Court today. lled for Police. En route to the court Capt. Wil- Hams 15 alleged to have again visited Elder's office and beaten him & sec- ond time. The lawyer, however, man- aged to call the police just in time for Detectives Murphy and Mullen to arrest the officer as he was leaving the elevator to continue his journey to Pollce Court. He was taken to detective headquarters and required to give $500 bond before being per- mitted to leave. fl'states are In Police Court Capt. Willlams walved hearing, pleaded a jury trial and furnished ' $500 bond in each charge. His brother Francis, who wag out under $800 bond, falled to appear for arraignment. All of the cases are expected to be called for Jury trial next week. In a private conversation Capt. Wil- llams sald the reason or his visit to Elder's office today was merely to ask him some questions concerning the slurring letter and learn why so much publicity had been given the matter. He denled beating him. DENBY FOR STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE Tells Military Order to Be Ever Diligent in Keeping Issue Live. Urging an Army and Navy ade- quately manned and equipped for the defense of the United States at all times in the future, Secretary Edwin Denby of the Navy today asked mem- bers of the Military Order of the ‘World War to ever be diligent in im- pressing upon the people of this country the vital meed for prepared- ness. “No assurance was given to this ceuntry on the outcome of the la war that there would never be futur warfare,” Secretary Denby sald, ““There 18 no assurance that this country may not become embroiled in warfare in the future, possibly in th: near future, which would be as grea as horrible and as devastating &s any previous war. It is hard to belleve, but nevertheless true, that since the beginning of this republic 147 years ago the United States has spent on tenth of the time in actual combi and there {8 nothing jn the presen outlook that would make warfare in the future any the less certain. “Although France has ust ratified the naval treaty and the four-power treaty, and theso agreements among the great powers will soon go into effect, making the minds of the na- tions look more toward peace than war, and although this step is a marked advancement and a splendld achievement, it does not mean by any means that there will be no future fighting. Possibility of Invasion. “We must never forget for one mo- ment that an attack by a forelgn nation on our shores and resulting subjugation is a possibility. ot only that, but wthout ade- quate defense our foreign trad without proper protection from our military forces, could be so completely cut off that America could be brought to agreeing to any terms for peace without a forelgn’ soldler ever ting foot on American soil this in mind, we must alwi Dber that it 1s necessary t adequate defense and not rely on treaties and agreements, no matter how productive they may be for peace in the future.’ Gen. Wolf, first commander of the Now ¥ork chapter of the Military Ora der of the World War, also spoke at the monthly luncheon,’ the remainder of the meeting being taken up in planning arrangementas for the con- vention of the order to be held in ‘Washington the first part of October. STORM INSURANCE RAISED AFTERNOONS Companies in Southeast Find Rain Greater During Later Hours. By the Assoctated Press. NEW ORLEANS, July 1A—Com- panies writing rain insurance have just Jearned why persons who reside tlong the gulf coast and in the southe eastern states sleep under cover dur- ing the summer months and rarely kick at the heat, while swelterin, denizens of the north and east hup the grepnsward of the parks when the sun ’ou down. It's becanse of the raini the afternoonm, rking at high pressure, and in the night. The discovery has played hob with base ball magnates and others who buy rain insurance policies. If ane wants insurance for his show now, and the event is to be held in the aftarnoon, the premium will ba cen- siderably higher than heretofore if it is to be in Loulsiana, Florida, Ala- bama or South Carolins, according to information received il Insurance bir. cles hera. If it is to be pulled off in the forenoon, the ald or a re- dugtion, will prevail, The insurance follc have lesrned that Jupiter Pluvius is a lasy fel in the foremoon, so far as tho#s four concerned, and for WASHINGTO! n tained in the forced landing. STRIKE INJUNCTION OF RAIL UNION MEN MADE PERMANENT (Continued from First Page.) trains besides the widespread slow- ing up of business, a¥ testified to by fifty-throe representatives of leading business concerns in the country. Approximately 1,600 instances of various kinds of assaults and nine- teen deaths due to alleged violence on the part of striking shopmen and about sixty-five cases of kidnaping and other assaults were cited In the government's testimon Amased by Evidence. In making the Injunction perma- nent, Judge Wilkerson sald, In part: “It seems almost Incredible that warfare of the kind disclosed by the voluminous record in this case should have been waged in tnis country. It is even more ominous that this un- lawful assault upon the commerce of the nation should have found apol- ogists and defendants, inciuding some (happtly a few, however) of those charged with tho duty of protecting property and enforcing the law, “This strike was more than a con- troversy between employer and em- ploye. Its manifest purpose, as shown by the evidence, was to cripple and destroy iuterstate commerce and to create by this assault a public opinion hostile to the decision of the board. The primary purpose of the combination, therefore, is unlawful, and it may not be carrled out by means that otherwise would be legal. Acts of Viclence. i the strike is regarded a controversy between em plover and employe, the evidence shows beyond doubt that it was par? of the purpose of those engaged in this combination to carry on the strike by assaults and aots of vio- lence. Certainly upon such a showing the injunctive relief will not be Iimited to forbidding acts of violence, which are done in_secret and for which it is hard to fix responsibility and to_impose punishment, and thus leave defendants free to encourage injury to persons and property by open words and deeds which In them- selves appear peaceful and lawful. Sixty Days for Appeal. The defendant unions were not rep- resented in court this morning. It was explained, however, that they have sixty days in which to file an appeal. The attorneys who repre- sented them withdrew from the case when the permanent order came up in May, and today’s decision virtually was by default. The temporary in- junction made permanent today not only enjoined the defendants from i terfering with rallroad properties, but also enjoined them from conapir- ing to injure or Interfere with the railroad companies in the conduct of their business, and prohibited them from making threats, jeers, taunts or entreaties; enjoining them from loi- tering in the vicinity of places of ingress and egress of the employes of the rallway companies or being unnecessarily in the vicinity. Free Speech Right. Answering the contention of the that the temporary injunotion ed with free wspeech, Judge Wilkerson said: “It is a misnomer to characterize any of the acts of the defendants as ! The peaceful words of the peaceful exhortatio: strike leaders take on, by virtue of ths atmosphere of lawlessnese and violenge in which they are spok - force not inhering in the words them- lves and, therefore, transcending right of free speech.” Three Judges Disagree. At least three federal judges are recorded in opposition to Judge Wil- kerson’s construction of the law and the facts, aooording to a statement {ssued here today by Donald Rich- berg, ocounsel for the rallway em- loyes' department of the Amerioan ederation of Labor, following the decision of Judge Wilkerson this morning. “This should make it apparent” continues Rr. Richberg’s statement, “that in issues of vast importance involving the fortunes and )Ilrpl. ness of millions of human beings the law is not an unchangeable prin- ciple merely applied bw the courts, but the law s made by a single judge, in accordance with the environments, heredity and habits which determine his_opinions. The defendants withdrew their attorneys before the final hearing began because they belleved it would be & waste of time and money to continue to litigate dead issues and the main purposes of the “Despl! the positive language of Judge Wilkerson, it must be appar- ent that judges may arrive at op- osite conclusions who consider the ssues of the strike from opposite points of vie STRIKE TO CONTINUE. Officials of the International Assooia- tion of Machinists here. said today that Judge Wilkerson's act in Chicage in maki ni permanent the injunctlos against the rallroad shop strikers 1922 will not affect their conduct of the strike which, they insist, still is in effect on a large number of eastern raflroads. . It was pointed out that B. M. Jewell, as chairman of the strike organization of the railroad unions, and other lead- ers had, in April last, refused to oppose the government petition for & perma- nent injunction, on the groun: t the unions were not considering unlawful action, and were not engaged in public assemblages to bring about unlawful action. a certain amount of bluster causes little trouble. Onece noon has alipped by he becomes wide awake and from that hour until midnight uses the sprinkler with all the energy he can command. As a result of a study of rainfall atatisties and the list of losses on policies written in the states named, their afternoon rates have been ad- vanced from 20 to 135 per cent. North Carolina and Vlvr"lllw amuserhent pro- moters &lso having cut into the funds of the companies to & conalderable ex- 18y Saterit Tecords: ta datermine their ‘whether an increase in their rnnln-u s necsssary, ik is und« herm N, D. O, THURSDAY, MILLER EXPLAINS PATENT TRANSFER Alien Property Custodian; Testifies in Chemical | Foundation Suit. By the Associated Pre WILMINGTON, Del., July 12.-—Con- cluding his testimony in the govern- ment's suit agalnst the Chemical Foundation, for the recovery of seized German patents, Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, stated to- day in federal distriot court that the initial request for the transfer by him of eleven patents for ball bear- ings to the foundation came from the Norma Company of America and not from Foundation officers. “The officials of the Norma Com- pany,” he added, “proved to my satis- faction that they should have had thess patents at the time they pur- chased the plant of the Norma Com- pany from my predecessor.” This transfer is one of the two made by Mr. Milier which the gov- ernment attacks as invalld, charging that information was withheld from the allen property custodian. Mr. Miller explained that he made the transfer to the Chemical Foundation because It had been the practice to assign all patents through that or- ganization. Attorpey Kresel, brought out that it was not until there was discussion, about May, 1522, of the government's suit that the “friendly relations” between Mr. Mille’s office and the Chemical Foundation came to an end. It was about that time, the witness sald, that he held in abeyance the signing of a release of two patents to the allan property custodian by the Chemical Foundation. Mr. Miller said the return of the patents had been requested by his office. FUEL YARDS DENIED IN WAR ON PRICES (Continued from First Page.) for the defense, Granting such maintenance to gov- ernment workers, however, has never been considered seriously by Con- gress. INVITED TO HEARING. Civic Bodies Urged by Consumers to Send Delegates. Invitations will be extended every civio organisation in the District of Columbia to send representatives to & meeting of the Coal Consumers’ League to be held in the rooms of the American Assoclation of Engineers headquatrers, 1317 New York avenue, next Friday evening at 8:30 o'clock. This action was decided upon fol- lowing a meeting of the executive committee of the leagua at the resi- dence of Mre, Celia R. Whitaker, sec- retary of the organization, yesterday afternoon. All of the citizens’ associations, the Federations _of Women's Clubs League for Industrial Democracy, the Anthony League, the Parent-Teach- ers' Association and other civis bodies will be included In the invitations, in order that a thoroughly represen- tative body of the ocitizens at large might attend the meeting.” as_the announcement oxpressed it It is partioularly desired that housewives of the city be represented. Plans for the organization of vari- ous committees for the purpose of investigating all phases of the local coal situation will constitute the principal business to be transacted at the meeting, according to plans ai formulated yesterday. JULY 12, 1923. D. C. FIRE LOSS CITED TO SHOW NECESSITY FOR HIGH PRESSURE (Continued from First Page.) past during which The Star has per- sistently appealed on behalf of the best interests of the cltizens of Washw ington for this very necessary service “I have already expressed the be- JMef that through a united effort the desires of the community for the es- tablishment of this service can be realized. It is most gratifying, there- fore, that The Star has undertaken this work, and I trust there will be no let-up on the part of The Star and other instrumentalities until succese 18 had.” Backed by Ganw. Isaac Gans, president of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce, Was equally praiseworthy for The Stars efforts to secure high-pressure water hydrants. “I have felt that Washington ought to have a high-pressure water sys- tem long ago,” sald Mr. Gans. “Every big city has such a system now. It is really a necessity In a city of this size, and I heartily commend The Star for its Interest and support in the past and present movements Engineer Commissioner Bell 1d today that he has not yet iad an op- portunity to go thoroughly into the high-pressure plan, but indicated that he is following closely the public dis- cussion on the subject. Maj. Bell has been busy since his arrival in Wash- fngton, about ten days ago, familiar- izing himself with his new work, but he wiil tackle the high-pressure problem with Commissioners Ru- dolph and Oyster before the estl- mates are completed. Several Years Needed. ‘With the trade bodies of the city presenting a united front in favor of its installation as soon as possible, it is practically certain that the Com- missioners will approve of the recom- mendation to be submitted. Even if the budget bureau and Con- gress pass the initial sppropriation in the next District bill it will be three or four years before the high- pressure. hydrants could be put into service. As announced yesterday, the first request would be for $400,000 or $5600,000, which is one-third of the total cost. If the money is madé avail- able at that rate, It would take three years to get the necessary amount. Believe Need Shown. he first move of the Commission- atter getting the Initial appr priation would be to engage the serv- ices of an expert on high-pressure installation. While the water department has al ready mapped out the business area to be covered by the mains and the approximate location of the pumping station on the water front, an author- ity on the subject would be needed to work out the engineering detalls. Records of the fire department showirg the Increased fire loss bear convincing _evidence of the fact that high pressure is needed for the protection of government buildings as well as private structures, it is Within four months of the last calendar year.two fires occurred in the Treasury bullding, which is in the proposed high-pressure district, resulting in a total damage of $87,- 000, These Treasury fires do mnot Qgure in the lors for the past fiscal year. Many Fires Cited. On February 8, 1922, a blaze was discovered on the roof of Uncle Sam's money _house, doing $12,000 On May 3 of the same year another fire occurred in the same part of the structure and had caused 25,000 loss before it was put out. ‘The fire at Bolling Field aviation station in March of this year caused $750,000 damage. While this is out- side the high-pressure section, it shows that a well equipped fire de- partment in Washington is {mportant to the federal government as well as to local property owners. The water department will endeavor t in the mext District bill an au- ation to lay a larger service main in Anacostia that will afford better protection for Bolling Field. There were several big fires in the high-pressure section during the past fiscal vear that helped to swell the total fire loss. BOSTON NAVAL OFFICER WHO THRASHED PASTOR, WITH WIFE | make ANARCHY SEEN IF DRY ACT LONGER FLOUTED Enforce Law or Repeal It, Urges Attorney General Brundage o Illinois, in England. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. By Wireless to Star and Chicago Dafly News. Copyright, 1928, SOUTHAMPTON, July 12.—“That prohibition need not worry the Amer- lcan government so far as American ships are concerned was demonstrated by the first voyage across the Atlantio of the refitted Leviathan,” said At- torney General Brundage of Illinots, who was one of the passengers. “Off the water, however, the United States faces many grave problems in con- nectfon with alcohol. If violations of constitutionsl amendments are to multiply our finish ia anarchy. On’ the subject of liquor lawle ness,” continued Mr. Brundage, “the Amerlcan public is sinking into an attitude of indifference. Since any thirsty citizen can elither buy or what alcohol he wants why 'h.h()uldv he fret over prohobition laws? The Volstead law 18 anomalous. Its exceptions make it nugatory. It in- toxicants are bad they can not be rendered good through the fraud of sacramental wine or that of profiteer- ing physicians. These two excep- tions hopelessly entangle the legal and keep the illegal spirits moving. We must take the necessary steps to enforce the prohibition law or re- peal it Strict enforcement would bring & showdown as to what the people want and the first step to- ward such enforcement would be the passing by Congress of a consistent prohibition law.” FATALLY BURNED SAVING LIVES OF AGED COUPLE Alabama Merchant Enters House Afire at Night—Colored Com- panion Injured. B the Associated Press, FLORENCE, Ala., July 12—Gilover Reed, thirty-five, a merchant of Leighton, Ala., is dead, and Allen Qualls, & negro, is seriously injured by burna received while saving the lives of an aged couple, who were alone and asleep in a burning house near Leighton last night. Mr. Reed and Qualls, while driving from Leighton to Tuscaumbia, dis- covered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Gargis, who live alone in an isolated house between Leighton and Tuscumbia, on fire. Both men leaped from the automo- bile and forced the door of the burn- ing building. The flames were liter- ally on all sides of the old people. but Qualls seized Mrs. Gargis and carried her to safety, receiving burns Hl{ the effort which may cost him his e. Reed brought Mr. Gargis from the house a few seconds later, but was fatally burned. Mr. Gargis was burned, but it is said he will recover. THREE 74’S BEST IN INWOOD GOLF (Continuod from First Page.) i national open golf champlionship fol- lo Charles H. Lorms, Columbus, Ohlo, 81 B. F._ O'Neil. New York, §7. Jess Gullford, Auburndale, Mass, 82. J. E. Rogers, Dayton, Ohio, 81 son Zimmerman, Westmoreland, Pa., 84. Eugene McCarthy, Philadelphia, 77. Eddie Held, Webster Groves, Mo., 78. J. B. Mackfe, New York, 54. Philllp O'Connor, Warren N. J., withdrew. Danny Horgan, Pittsburgh, 85 Frank Scully, New York, 92 Tucker Fields, New York, withdrew. Peter Harmon, Fayetteville, N. Y., § James B. Law, New York, 85. Eddie Coachman, New York, 102. Willlam L. Kline, New York, 77. Peter W. Henry, Cleveland, T Stuart Sanderson, unattached, 3. Chris McGrath, Chestnut Hill,Masa., withdrew. Walter Remish, New York, with-] drew. Louis Chiapetta, New York, 82. R. Douglas Brooks, Janesville, Wis., 86. s7John H. Lord, Amsterdam, N. Y, Joseph P. McMahon, Westmoreland, Pa., withdrew. Jim Brophy, Cincinnati, withdrew. Garry M. Ketcham, New York, 83. Arthur de Mane, New York, 84 8 Boyle, Woodbury, N. Y. 88. C. E. Triplett, St. Joseph, Mo., with- drew. Joll S. Smith, New York, 86. Aleck Chisholm, Portland, Me., 89. Al Clucl, New York, 85. Edawin Drost, Farmingdale, N. Y., 84. William P. Goebel, Charlotte, N. C., 85, Thomas Pepin, New York, 86. C B. Walbridge, New York, with- drew. George Bowden, Cincinnati, 76. Tom McNamara, Mount Vernon, N. Y., withdrew. Robert Crulkshank, N. J., 74. George Maln, withdrew. H. H. Gibson, Kan., 88. Harold Calloway, Rome, N. Y., 79. Alick Girard, New York, 82. Ramsay Hunter Rye, N. Y. 88. Willlam McKay, Jersey City, N. J, withdrew. George E. Griffin, Jenkintown, Pa., withdrew. Harry Bolesta, Fla., withdrew. ‘Harry B. Davis, Mount Tom, Mass., 87. Robert T. Jones, Atlanta, 7. Alfred A. Harned, New York, with- drew. Cyril Walker, Bnglewood, N. J., 76. B. H. Norton, Utica, N. Y., withdrew. Charles F. Smith, New York, § William M. Braid, Upper Montclalr, N. J., withdrew. Jack Gordon, Buffalo, N. Y., 88. John Golden, Beacon, N, ¥., 78. George E. Hughes, New York, 90. John Parr, Roselle, N. J., 88. John Farrell, Mamaroneck, N. Y., 74. Richard Waish, New Yori, 82. George Aulbach, Boston, 81, Jim Barnes, Petham, N. ¥., 74. Thomas J. Harmon, jr., New York, 83, LEE FACES OPERATION. President of Trainmen to Enter ‘Hospital Monday. By the Associsted Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 12.—At a meeting of the board of directors of the Brotherhood of Trainmen here today, President Willlam G. Les was granted an_indefinite leave of ab- sence in order to enable him to en- ter a local hospital next Monday for an_ operation. Assistant President T. R. Dodge was appointed scting president during the temporary ‘retirement of President Point, Shackamaxon, Maplewood, N. J, Fort Leavenworth, Palma Ceira, ‘W. M. Doak, senlor vice president, a ident L to represent b 1 sectional conferences of the general chalrmen of the trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors, similar to the one heid in Chicago this week, will continue on the assignment. Some Order to Fill. From the Kagsas City Star. A bride recently went into a pro- vision _shop and sald to the proprie- “I bought three or four hams a month ago and they wera Have you any more of them?’ the owner, ‘there are tem of those hams hang- Ilt_wpp“‘th’otib now.” o5 o “We! you are sure they're o the same pig I'll ul:&m ol &g" said the young woman. ARMS PAGTS SOON T0BE EFFECTIVE Only Filing of Ratificationg Here Remains to Complete Requirements. The French senate having ratified the naval treaty and the four-power treaty promulgated at the limitation of arms conference held here, no f ther steps remain for putting tha agreements Into effect, except for tia deposit in Washington of ratifi tions of all the signatories of the treattes. How long it will take for the formal ratifications and all the papers involved to reach here is not known, but documetary credentials are required by custom from all the plenipotentiarfes who participate in the deposit of the ratification that it Is thought unlikely that ceremony can take place for two three weeks at the earllest. The naval agreement provides t the treaties shall remain deposited the archives of the government the United States, and duly cer coples thereof shall be tran by that government to the other cor tracting powers Various provisions of the treaty take effect at prescribed period time calculated from the date o deposit of ratification. Vessels war to be scrapped must be rendered incapable of further warlike service within six months, and the “scrap- ping shall be finally effected” within elghteen months. The replacement program for capital ships, however, is nmot dependent upon the date of ratification, but is set forth in chart fixing the year in which re- placement keels may be laid down for each such ship. It is provided in the final article of the four-power treaty that the a ment “shall be ratifled as =oo possible, and shall take effect o deposit of ratifications, < take place at Washington same day, under the terms g & article, the Anglo-Japanese alliance, long looked upon with suspicion in the United States, will terminate. e e From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. T2 HOURDAY TOEND PREDIETS MARMTE Steel Mills Likely to Adopg Short Shifts This Year, Says Youngstown Head. o By the Assoclated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, July 12.—The twelve-hour day will end in many de- partments of steel mills before the end of this year, James A. Campbell, president of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, declared vesterday at a luncheon given him by the Rotary Club. Mr. Campbell, who since the pur- chase by his company of two other steel plants, is now the third largest employer of steel labor in the coun- try, said the complete abalition of the twelve-hour day would come “goon — sooner than most peopie now working on the plans” he added, “and by the first of the month we will begin putting them in operation. The speed of the change depends entirely upon our success in finding the labor neces- sary.” — From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. AIR CHIEF FORBIDS MAUGHAN'S FLIGHT Orders Attempt to Cross U. S. From Daylight to Dark Postponed for Present. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, July 12.—Further attempts by Lieut. Russell L. Maughan to span the continent between day- 1ight and dust were called off yesterday by the chlef of the air service upon the recommendation of McCook Fleld officials. Because the ideal time to make tha flight is around the 21st of June, the longest day im the year, and the time is rapidly getting away from t#at date, is one reason for calling off further attempts, it was said. The other reasons given by MoCook officlals were because both the engine and the plane have never been given the customary ground tests at Me- Cook Fleld. We consider that an actual service test, such as was being made in the flight, is not advisable without first testing the plane thoroughly on the ground,” a statement from McCook Field sald. he only service test made of the engine used in the ( tiss pursuit plane was at the Pulitzer races at Detroit, and we have not all the technical information on the plane that is desirable before such & flight can be made.” Phe daylight-to-dusk flight across the continent was never intended as a “stunt,” but as an actual service test, according to the McCook offictals. “Maughan's_effort has already at- tracted so much _publicity that we cannot afford to have the flight fail. Beforo it is attempted again we will be In possession of all information relative to the performance of both the plane and the engine,” the state- ment declared. —_— “WET” BILL REJECTED IN GEORGIA HOUSE Committee Unanimously Votes Down Dry Repeal Measure With- out Discussion. By the Assoclated Pre: ATLANTA, July 12—Unanimous op+ position to the Arnold bill to repeal the Georgia prohibition law was ex- prossed today by the house temper- ance committee voting to return an unfavorable report on the measure. There was no discussion preceding the aetiol Perfect Dance. From the Princeton Tiger “How dld your dear “Oh, ‘Ther¢ dance come out, it was absolutely perfect. werée flve men for each girl, two stags were trampled in the rush and the only other good-looking sirk there had hay feves,” ¢