Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Generally fair tonight and tomor- row; continued warm, Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 pm. tods Highest, 96, at 5 pm. yesterday; lowest, 72, at 3:20 a.m. today. Full report on page 8. . osing N. Y. Stocks and V. 98 Q35. n‘ered as sece No. 28,935. post office Wa ond clues caatter shington, D. C. “NEW BRIIH NOTE - HANDED TOALLES, SDELIVERED HEE * U. S. Government Maintains Secrecy on Contents, as England. Requested. . ONLY PASSING MENTION OF RUHR RESISTANCE Document Reported Carefully Termed, Expected to Appeal to American Public. “I'he British note on reparations sent to the allied was delivered to the Washington govgrnment today. State Department officials said the text would not be made public, nor could the subject be The note came through the American em- bassy in London It was sald officials had not had op- portunity to studyqthe note in detail, but it was Indicated that when such opportunity had been afforded no an- nouncement could be expected in' view of the British government's injunction to strict secrecy. Whether any action will result on the part of the Washington govern- ment is a question which can be de- cided only in the light of develop- ments of the next few days. As a matter of practice notes by the allied governments from time to time on the reparations question have almost invariably been forwarded to Vashington for the information ‘of the American government. At no time in previous cases have replies been considered necessary. ACCEPTS EX< ERT PROPOSAL. capitals discus Note Expected to Expound Deep Moral Motives. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 193 LONDON. July 21.—Great Britain's reply to the last German note today was placed in the hands French, Belgian, Ttalian, Japanese and Ameri- can governments, Although secre i8 supposed to surround every word of Great Britain's reply to the German fairly authentic de- scriptions of the contents today in- dicate that Engiand has made on passing reference to passive resist- | ance, but it is hoped that Germany | muy see in it a clear indication that | British public opinion would like to | resistance endedoes— Great Britain is understood to ac- cept Germany's proposal for an fin- ternational commission of experts to determine Germany's capacity to pay, and around this acceptance British statesmanship has woven its theories in terms of highest humanitarianism. When the note finally is published to the world, it is believed that this section, expounding the deep moral reason actuating the British foreign | policy, will appeal tremendvusiy to American public opinion. And it is| hoped that France will see in it a great opportunity for once more bringing the allied nations into ac- cord. note, Carefully Worded Ideas. The reply to the German note em- bodies the most carefully constructed and meticulously worded ideas that; have gone into any state document | since the treaty of Versailles. Mar- quis Curzon, the British foreign min- ister, worked himself close to a point ,f physical exhaustion in reducing | laborate notes and lengthy reports | and memorando into five or six fools- sap sh forming the draft of the reply, and a more lengthy one cov- | ering diplomatic letter. The outstanding feature of the lat- .st British diplomatic move lies in ‘he complete lack of anything sensa- tional and the careful avoidance of words which might offend the French or Belgian susceptibilities. Gives Survey of Attitude. In the covering note to France a| complete survey of Great Britain's attitude toward the Ruhr invasion | is given, with a recapitulation of | principles lald down ever since France decided to take milltary measures. If any final settlement ccmes it must evolve around the operations of the body of experts the international commission, which, after reviewing Germany's ~ resources, = detarmining how much those resources should be drawn upon for reparations paymen will formulate the plan for payment. The British ministers fervently hope that their exhausting Ia will not have been In vaun, summary of opinion as_expri British newspapers reflect optimistic tone. This initial step does not in any way constitute Great Britain’s final word. She expuets tho allfes to suggest modifications in the text fof the reply in thelr own good time, no limit having been set for tho return of such suggestions, Such a thing as a summary rejec- tion by either France or Belglum fs not anticipated, but should they take a drastic course thare vet remain some roads to an agrecment as yet unexplored. Even if France is wholly dissatisfled with Great Eritain's ef- fort, further diplomatie cxchanges would arise in which England would seelc co-operation, reserving inde- pendent action by ‘the United Empire the last resource. RECEIVED IN PARIS. Poincare to Present His Views Again in Address Tomorrow, By the Associated Pre: PARIS, July 21.—The British note on reparations was received at the foreign office today. Knowledge of the note's contents is limited to & small group of forelgn office officials, each of whom promised Premier Poincare to keep the infor- mation to himself, the premier say- ing that the French government had given its word of honor to observe absolute secrecy until the British government agreed to the note's pub- lication, Premier Polncare's address at the monument ceremonies in Villers-Cot- teret tomorrow will present anew France's attitude on the reparation issue, but as the speech had been written before the British note ar- rived, it will-be a simple statement of the French position without regard :.:L!h. Questions raised by the Brit- \ last | jcluding Russia, { troops. | Angora the very | TURKS OBDURATE, DELAYING SIGNING OF PACTWITH 0., Americans Doubt Agreement by Tuesday—May Negoti ate in Constantinople. EQUAL RIGHTS IN STRAITS TO BE GIVEN IN TREATY Allies Planning Evacuation to Start Ten Days After Ratifying of Convention at Angora. | By the Assaciated Press. LAUSA July conferences betwe 5 American minlster to Switzerland |and Ismet Pasha, Turkish foreign minister, and between the American and Turkish experts do not appear to have advanced the settlement of the disputed points in the proposed Turco-American treaty. are contlnuing to manifest toward the Americans the same inflexible at- titude that they showed toward the allies through the long negotiations here. Both sides are working day and night in an attempt to hurry the con- 21.—Repeated n Joseph C ew, ;\D(lumfln spokesman sald today they | were optimistic over the outlook and hoped to finish the negotiations in time for the signing of the American convention signing of the treaty with the allie If this were impossible, they said, it | might be neces: to suspend the conversitions, resuming them at Con- stantinople. Americans Less Optimistie. The not seem to be hopeful of con- cluding the talks by Tuesday taking the view t unless the situation changed, several days longer would be required. At all évents, the Amer- feans evidently have no intention of belng hurried into the signing of a convention which, in their view, doe: not properly safeguard Americ legitimate interests. "The scheme for control of the ‘urkish straits will be incorporated into the American treaty by a clause ussuring to United States merchant- men and warships privileges equal to_those accorded any other nation. Without entering into the de of the straits regime, this will give the United States all the privilexes of the straits convention, which will be signed by the Huropean states, in- and insure free pas- sage for at least three American cruisers to and from the Black sea. PLAN EVACUATION. Allied Troops to Start Leaving 10 Days After Treaty Ratified. BY CONSTANTINE By Calle to Thy BROWN. Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. CONSTANTINOPLE, July -Ar- rangements have been made for the early evacuation of this city by allied According to reports from newly elected members of the national sembly have been summoned to meet by the end of this month, and it is expected that the peace treaty recently agreed upon at Lausanne by the allles and the Turks will be ratified before August f10. Turkish authorities have promised that the barracks military establishments ¢ allled troops since 191% will be evacuated a week after _iification and that the bulk of the truops will be aboard transports twenty days later. s Merchants Plan to Leave. been nd other unied by It is expected that a majority of the Greek and Armenian merchants who possess sufficient means to ex- patriate themselves and who remained in Constantinople feeling that they were protected by the allled army will leave along with the departing troops. The Turkish government does not oppose the departure, but through various organs encourages them to leave, suggesting that life will be urcomfortable after “friends for whom they betrayed the fatherland” Lave departed. The government intends to replace the departing Chrigtians with Mussul- mans from Saloniki, who are skillful traders. The Turks from western Thrace and Crete, who are expert to- buceo growers, will be established in the Samsoun district to replace the expelled Greeks and thus revive the falling off of the tobacco industry, which s one of the main sources of income to Turkey. American tobacco companies are spending millions of dollars yearly In purchasing crops. This shifting population requires large amounts of money, which the Turkish treasury does not possess. The financlal situation is worrying the Angora government considerably, and Ismet Pasha has been instructed to find out from the American and British _delegates to the Lausanne conference whether either country is willing to grant a substantial loan. Modern Jean By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 21.—Some- where within the bounds of the United States a man whose name is unknown, except to.a few officials, who like Jean ! Valjean, superman and convict hero of Vietor Hugo, lived for years within the shadow of the great fear that some day the law might reach out and re- turn him to the prison from which he fled, will be made happy within a few Gays through an act of Gov. Donahey. For twenty-five years the shadow haunted the man, who during that time earned an honorable place in a community far from the scene of his crime. Now he wishes to return to the scenes of his childhood and visit loved ones. | clusion of the negotiations and the| next Tuesday after the| American representatives did | ails | WASHINGT! The Turks| TOVOTES HAY TURN T OFELECTION | |Dispute Within Ranks of Oregon Republicans Likely to Cost Seat in House. POKANE, July 21.—Chairman Ad- ams of the republican national com- mittee and Chairman Hull of the jdemocratic national committee may be figuratively pictured as sitting pen in hand, waliting for the result of a speclal election which is to be held In the fifth congressional dis- [ trict in this state four weeks hence. to fill the vacancy occasioned by the elevation of Representative to the federal bench. Each is w ing for a chance to gloat, ar for the occaslon to “explain,” as the case may be, when the returns come in. All this summer these two rival chairmen have been doing one thing or the other, over varlous special elections from Hoboken to Minne- sota, with Judge Hull doing most of the gloating. Things have been com- ing the democratic way most of the time in these special elections and in one particular case, when the dem- ocrats missed by the kin of the teeth a Michigan congressional elec- tlon, Judge Hull groaned, “Shucks, if 1 had had $300 to hire automobiles we would have won that.” May Hinge on Trial If the democrats perfectly good can grab off a republican congres- slonal district in the coming al election, why, I reckon the town won't hold Judge Hull. The outcome of the September 25th election may be influenced by the decision of a suit which was on trial in the state supreme court Friday. It falls out that the court is called upon to decide whether the top-liner candidate for the republican nomina- tion for the House is entitled to ten absentee votes. That is clipping it pretty close, when it comes down to winning a nomination by seven votes, for that is what it would mean, as the other fellow had a margin of three. Absentee Votes the Ivsue, It came about this way. Out of a bunch of seven candidates for the Irepublican nomination Charles My and Thomas Corkery were at the head. The finish was close and had come to the point where Corkery was leading his opponent by three votes. Then Lincoln county flashed up with ten “absentee” votes for Myers—votes of men out of the county at the time, allowed under the law at a general election, but the point had been raised that the law did not apply to a special elec- tion. The attorney general, on ap- peal of the state, ruled previously that absentee votes could not be counted in a_speclal election. The Lincoln county attorney took ex- ception to the ruling and turned in the votes, the meantime, - ever, in six other counties the attor- ney general's rullng was accepted and no attempt was made to issue absentee_ballots. The eftect upon the election, after the supreme court decides, this. 1f Myers is awarded the nomi nation the republican organization will fall in behind him and work for him. If Corkery gets it, there may be some apathy. Corkery Is sald to have accepted votes in the primaries from every quarter. Aside from straightout _republicans welcoming a vote wherever it popped up, no matter upon whose shoulders it rest- ed, this congressional district went republican by 2,500 two years ago and its loss next month would be claimed as another straw showing the asserted drift away from the repub- lcan: Haunted 25 Years by Prison,. Val Jean Saved young. Today, if living, they are bent and gray, and doubtless bowed down with sorrow for a boy gone astray. A few days ago the man wrote Gov. Donahey, telling him he was paroled from the state reformatory twenty- five years ago, and, after making sev- eral reports, left the state in search of work. Leaving the state made him llable to arrest. He wrote that he married and now has a family, who know nothing of the term he did ‘for forgery and his sub- sequent parole violation. The governor investigated the case, found the facts as represented, and today, somewhere' in the mails an un- conditional pardon is speeding to .a destination where it will lift a burden of twenty-five years from the mind of man. His ‘parents, when .he. fled, ..were 'the - ¢ Fh may be WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION B 0, Author Divorces Wife Who Stood Out for Career B the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif.,, July 21— A desire for sel pression on the part of his wife was responsible for his marital troubles, Gouver- neur Morris, author, told the court yesterday when he was granted a divorce from Elste Morrls, whom he charged with desertion. and their two children’ are now in New York, where she con- ducts a beauty parior, Morris tes- tified. When' he returned from in the world war, he sald, found he could not write in the noise of the city, and_ his wife wnkly declared she wouid not be in the country ted a business career he added. he re- 1 all my efforts at reconcilia- As Mrs. Morris is out of the jur- isdiction of the California courts, no attempt was made to determine the custody of the children. 'DESERTED INFANT WILLARD MYSTERY Police Seek Veiled Woman Who Abandoned Baby in Room at Hotel. Through the stillness that envelopes a hotel at midnight, last night, came the wall of a hungry infant The New Willard slept on. But Mr: W. Horne of New Ye and Chicago, awakened in room investigated the crying next door, and became a leading figure in a drama that reached its climax when the three-month-old v she found was {taken to the house of detention this morning, while police startéd a search for the mother who deserted him. About 7 o'clock a woman had come into the hotel with an infant. She registered as Mrs. Harry Jones of Harrisburg, Pa. She was given a room next door to the one oceupied by Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Horne. Advertixes for Foo is is all the police know of the until the discovery of the baby by Mrs. Horne. When the door of {the room was opened, Mrs. Horne | found the youngster exercising a pair ; of perfectly good lungs and advertis- ing for food. Enlisting the aid of the night clerk and an attendant, a canned al- cohol heating outfit was obtained, a bottle of milk was fetched from the | Willard pantry, and the infant was glven a meal. Then Mr. and Mrs. rk T Horne brought the little fellow into| | their own room. He was fat—the kind that have {dimples in the elbow. He had a ,frank, open face, but looked on life with ‘a_frown. And he had a pug nose. But his eyes—despite an evi- dent heavy dose of parygoric which ilated the pupils—were crystalline blue and very deep. Walk Floor With Infan Through the early morning watches !Mr. and Mrs. Horne alternated in walking the floor with the crying baby. Mrs. Horne was so fatigued that she was asleep and could not be disturbed when Detective Patrick O'Brien of police headquarters start- ed his investigation about 9 o'clock this morning. -To the house of detention the youngster was taken, to make history for the woman’s bureau. In the opin- ion of Mrs. Van Winkle, lieutenant in charge, he is the youngest ward to have received attention there. Mrs. Hubbs, policewoman, expert on pick- pockets and shoplifters, remembered that she had trained nursing experi- ence, and beat out all other contend- ers in the race for the guardianship of the baby, while awaiting the loca- tion of some foster parent by the board of children’s guardians. Vell and Coat Clue. In the room at the Willard was found a heavy black crepe veil and a woman's black coat. This started speculation of widowhood of the mother. Baby clothes were found in abundance. On an envelope was found the name of a man and an ad dress. Police are seeking him. On a blotter—in reverse writing—could be deciphered “Lynchburg.” Inspector C. L. Frant immediately dispatched word to poliee in out-of- town cities requesting information and co-operation in establishing iden- tification of the woman and of the man whose name was found. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 709, | 1923 ! RUNNING DOWNNEW 'KEPNER CASE CLUES New Information Regarding Important Letter in Mys- tery Believed Found. I By a Staff Correspondent FREDERICK, Md., July 21.—Screen- ing their movements behind a signifi- cant vell of secrecy, State's Attorney Aaron R. Anders and a special detall of Baltimore detectives were out early today tracking down clues that have developed in the Grace Simmons |Kepner murder mystery within the last twenty-four hours. Added information concerning the letter Mrs. Kepner s alleged to have written to the Rev. Dr. J. T. Gaehr, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, in which she’ complatned of her sister Eleanor Houck, to be "a thorn in the flesh” was expected momentarily. Letter Back to Past Although Mr. Anders and Detective Lieut. Charles A. Kahler, who is in charge of the direct investigation, re- ifused to discuss thé letter, they In- dicated that ‘it had been returned to Dr. Gaehr and that he had given them valuable information .concerning its contents. Shortly after the letter had been read to the coroner’s jury by Leo Weinburg, chief counsel for Mr. Kep- ner, Dr. Gaehr igsued a statement in which he expressed doubt that cer- tain. phrases upon which the so-called defense lald_particular stress were | actually in the original communica- tion. At least, he said, he could not remember that Mrs. Kepner referred to her mafden sister as “a thorn in the flesh.” | Dentes Interview. | Dr. Gachr demanded that the letter be returned to him for investigation, and it is understood that Mr. Wein- burg complied with that request yes- terday. The clergyman, however, re- fused to see newspaper men and when the state's attorney and De- tective Kahler were approached they asked the writers to forget” the letter until after Monday. It was indicated that the prosecutor might raise the question of whether Mrs. Kepner wrote tho letter in the first place. It is known, however, that something of first fmportance to | the state's attorney has been de- veloped along that line and that he is holding it, together with other information, to spring Monday morn- ing when he lays before the grand lury his evidence. Further proof that Mrs. Kepner could not have committed sulcide, should Mr. Weinburg carry out his announced plan of opening that ques- tion again, ‘has been obtained by De- | tective Kahler. It is a lock of hair that the autopsists cut from around the wound made by the bullet as it entered her brain. The hair showed no burns, which would have been im- possible had she fired the fatal shot, since the high-caliber pistol would necessarily have been close enough to have singed the thin strands of hair. 1 ARRESTED HERE N BI§ DRY RADS Another series of liquor raids by the | vice squad and members of No. 2 police precinct, led by Prohibition Agent James L. Asher began early today, and resulted In about 1,200 gallons being conflscated and twelve persons arrested at noon today. Most of those arrested were colored. Headquarters of the vice squad at No. 2, used also as a temporary stor- age room for confiscated liquors re- vealed alcoholic beverages of all de- scriptions, including corn whisky, rye whisky, gin and peach brandy. Vari- ous fruit extracts were also stored there together with a large quantity of Itallan wines. A still taken from the premfses of 1525 Marion street was also on ex- hibition. George Johnson, colored, alleged to be the owner of the resi- dence, was arrested and charged ‘with operating a still, selling and i1- legal possession of liquor. At 936 9th street northeast five gal- lons of Italian wine was seized. Nick Natoll and his wife, owner of the delicatessen store in the cellar of which the wine was found, were ar- rested and charged on the books at )::i 2 with {llegal lon and e . Pt ening Staf. WENTY-EIGHT PAGES. Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes “From Press to Home I l l as fast as the papers are printed. | Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 87,742 TWO CENTS Villa, Robin Hood of Mexico, May Owe Slaying to Temper Violence of His Rage Made Many Ene- mies for Dead Bandit, Whose Body Lies in State Today Br the Ansoclated Press. PARRAL, Chihuahua. Mexico, July 21.—The body of Francisco (“Pan- cho”) Villa, Robin Hood of Mexico, the most interesting character of co-temporary Mexican history, a strange combination of horse sense and flery impulse ,lies in the city hall here, with thousands of persons flocking to view it. Heavily guagded, as always, a part of this military strategy learned In a hard school of experience, Villa met death yesterday morning about § o'clock on the outskirts of Parral, between Long’s House and the Gua- najaunte bridge, when seven uniden- tified assassins from ambush sent sixteen bullets into his body and head. Col. Miguel Trille, Villa's secre- tary; Rosaelle Morales, one body- guard and one bystander, whose name has not been learned, also were kill- ed. One Villa guard was wounded. The attacking band totalled seven, the bandit's unlucky number. The assallants were on foot while Pan- cho's men were mounted, leaving Parral on @ happy-go-lucky journey to_his ranch at Canutille, Durango. The assassins fled to the river bed and sped off on horses which had been hidden in the river bed near the bridge. Three Assailants Taken, Gen. E. Martinez, commanding a detachment of 100 federal soldiers, however, captured three of the at- tacking seven late yesterday near here. Gen. Martinez, who hurried here from Chihuahua City for per- DAUGHERTY CALLED AS MORSE WITNESS Subpoenged to Appear Mon- day—End of Trial Expect- ed in Next Two Weeks. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, July Attorney Gemeral Harry M. Daugherty, who has been In Columbus recuperating from his recent illness today served with a subpoena to appear in the District of Columbia Supreme Court Monday as a wifness in the Morse case. ..The Attorney General will leave for Washington either to- night of tomorrow, he said. END OF TRIAL SEEN. Case Expected to Go to Jury Week After Next. The end of the Morse conspiracy trial, which has been in progress for. thirteen weeks before Justice Stafford and a jury in Criminal Di- vision 1, is In sight. The case, from the present outlook, may go to the jury at the end of mnext week or early in the following week. Counsel for the defense expect to conclude their testimony by Tuesday and United States Attorney Gordon does not anticipate that the rebuttal testimony for the government will take more than two days. Argu- ments over the law points involved in the Instructions to the jury, both on behalf of the prosecution and of the defense, are likely to be pro- tracted, but are expected to be con- cluded so that the summing up to the jury can be started one week from Monday. Two days will prob- ably be devoted to these closing arguments, to be followed by the charge of Justice Stafford. No word has been heard from At- torneys Wilton J. Lambert and Nash Rockwood. of counsel for the de- fense, who went to Loretto, Pa., to consult Charles M. Schwab, former director general of the Fleet Corpor- ation, In reference to the latter's ap- pearance Monday as a witness for the defense. Unit®d States Marshal Snyder had not heard anything about the service of subpoena on Attorney | General Daugherty at Columbus. Of United States Attorney Gordon denied that his conference late yesterday af- ternoon with Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Crim, at the Department of Jus- tice was in reference to the Daugh- erty subpoena. : Attorney W. Bissell Thomas, repre- senting Harry F. Mofse, has sent & telegram to Thomad D. Schall of | Minneapolls, former representative | in Congress from Minnesota, asking | him to testity in the case. It is un-! derstood that counsel seek to learn about an alleged statement of Daugh- erty before the rules committee of the House of Representatives. Archibald M. Main, a naval archi- tect, who was employed by the Morses at_'the Groton works in 1918, was called to the witness stand shortly before adjournment yesterday. He will continue his testimony Monday. e REPORT LANDSLIDE | TIE-UP AT PANAMA| Radio Says Canal Closed, Though! Officials Here Have Not Been Notified. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif, July 21— Rumors that the Panama canal has been closed by a landslide were con- tained in radio messages received here last night from the tankers de Roche and Imlay, on the way from Los An- geles harbor to the east coast, asking their agents for advice and Instruc- was ! sonal investigation, is holding the men under orders’ from President Obregon. The general said the as- sassins used 30-30 rifles. Military detachments have left Jiminez and Ville de Allende to trail the mur- derers. Federal troops have gone to Canu- tille in anticipation of possible dis- orders at the Villa ranch. Affairs af- fecting Villa's estate admittedly are mixed, and some opinion is openly stated here that the ranch may re- vert to the state. from the command of Gen. Escobar are bound here from Torreon to help in the pursuit of the vo theorles are advanced by au- thorities here investigating. One {s that deserters from Villa's guard com- mitted the killings. The other is that of revenge. Had Bitter Enemies. la, the mountain man, with abil- ity to ride, shoot and swear, with a peculiar complex, the great weakness of which was an uncontrollable tem- per, had many enemies—probably hundreds of men had sworn to take his life—and, according to his friends, he had no enemy so bitter as Francisco Herrera. Villa is claimed virtually to have extermi- cd the Herrera family, prominent in Mexico, Francisco being the enly | male member of the family left. He is a government officlal at Gomez Paliclo, Durango, near here. To his fiery temper is attributed his downfall and the boy of the Sierra Madres of western Chihuahua Who grew to be the most notorious figure in all Mexico often admitted his _weakne: From a sane man, laughing, joking with his friends his eves would become blood-shot, he would pitch his voice several tones (Continued on Page Column 3V HARDING SPURNS AN EXTRA SESSION President Said to Think Con- gress Recess Is Aid to ., Country. By the Assoclated Press. ON BOARD THE . §. 8. HENDER- SON WITH PRESIDENT HARDING, July 21.—President Harding, it can be declared positively, has no inten- tion of calling Congress into sesslon in advance of its regular meeting in December. While the Chief Executive himself has made no direct statement, those among his party on his tour of Alaska who reflect his views say that he has no idea of heeding a de- mand for an extra session made by Senator Brookhart, republican, of Towa. Mr. Harding. these associates of his say, feels that there is little or no need for any immediate assem- bling of the federal legislative body, and furthermore that the leaders in Congress, in common with the pub- lic generally, are of the opinion that the country is benefitting the current recess of Congress. Farmers Needs Met, So far as need for relief legislation for farmers is involved. those close to the President are unable to agree with Senator Brookhart in that re- spect. They point out that the Presi- dent, in an address at Hutchinson, Kan., last month, presented a list of instituted by the govern- ment for the benefit of farmers, chich he -at that time said_should, with gradual improvement in business conditions, restore the agricultural industry to normal. Any further legislation at this ime, it is held by some of the Presi- would do more to restoration than to by President and Mrs. and their party were toda from Cordovato, Sitka here they expect to arrive at 9 ock tomor- row morning, for an all-day visit be- fore bidding farewell to Alaska. Seen Great eler. Harding en route For nearly three-quarters of an hour the President, enthralled, view- ed the massive ice cliffs of Child’ Glacier yesterday. Told that a gun shot would usually cause great masses of ice to break off, he asked one of the secret service men to fire at the glacler with his pistol. But the dis- tance was too great. A pistol bullet would affect the walls of that glacier about as much as a small boy's pop- gun would the side of an elephant, Just as the President was leaving a mass of ice greater than any of the others broke away and, plunging into the river, sent the waters ashore like a tidal wave. “One of the most impressive sights to be seen in Alaska,” was the way the President described the glacier as he boarded the train for the re- turn to Cordova. Back in Cordova the President and Mrs. Harding were taken for a ride about the town. Before returning to the Henderson the President made a brief address to the citizens of Cordova. WEALTHY PUBLISHER IS BELIEVED DRGWNED Murat A. Rothschild of Baltimore Last Seen in Surf at At-- lantic City. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, July 21— Murat A. Rothschild, a wealthy Balti- | more publisher, is believed to have| been drowned while bathing here | yesterday. He was seen in the surf by his| wife and two children. Half an hour tlons, according to the Los: Angeles o eurding to the paper. & radio als was_ recelved here from the tanker Hugoton at Salina Cruz, containing the statement “slide in'canal.” later when they looked for him he | the | Leonard Wood. CALLING CONGRESS 10 END MENACE OF COAL FAMINE URGED Representative ~ Treadway Urges Special Session to Fix Price of Anthracite. ASKS LAW BE ENACTED TO GOVERN DISTRIBUTION Convinced Federal Control Is Vital to Stay Acute Suffering in Winter. After conferences with the dent's Coal Fact-finding Commis- sion, with members of the Interstate Commerce Commission and with the federal fuel administrator, Repre- sentative Allen T. Treadway of Massachusetts, a member of the House ways and means committee, today an- nounced that he believes it impera- tive that the President call a spe- clal session of Congress as soon as possible to deal with the anthracite coal question. Representative Treadway vinced that legislation is nccessary creating a federal agency to eutab- lish a fair price for coal and to res- ulate its distribution, in order to forestall the misery that is inevitable next winter unle consumers are en- abled to get their anthracite supplies now. To Urge Harding to Act. As s0on as President Harding re- turns from his Alaskan trip sentative Treadway intends to him and personally urge upon him the necessity for calling Congress in special session to consider the report of the fact finding commission together with the President's recom- mendations. In the meantime he, himself, accompanied by members o the Massachusetts coal intends to t the anthracite mines in Pemnsylvania to fortify himselt to urge in the House as soon President calls Congress to presses _confidence that Dreside Harding will take such aetion 0"t Representati Treadway pelled to thi. action conditlons as he found them after a careful personal investigation in western Massachusetts, but says th reports he has received and his c ferences with members of the fact- finding commission, the Interstat Commerce Commission and the { eral fuel administrator make him believe that the general situatio: demands such action. May Ask States Act. 1f the President does not once to relieve the impending fering by making it possible for the people to get domestic fuel before the coal weather starts, Representative Treadway will back move for conference of the governors and « ssional delegations from the to demand Presi- is con- coal Repre is im- primarily by suf- remedia Cost May Reach $: Representative Treadway W, must first find o if there is Husion between indcpendent dealers and the companies. For a time th people could not get coul. Now they can get plent coal if they are willing to pay outside prices. Pennsy commission last winter ¢ of 50 per nt of the anthracite coal at the mines at $8 $8.50. Conditions are identical tod but the price is running from $11 o $12.50 at the mines. coal any that is being de- o today at fair pri ware & Hudson keeping i greement with tomers. The pric: bove are mines and for gross tons, liveries to consumers are so that with cost of transportation the price runs up to $16 and $17 now. with strong likelihood that it will soon be §25. Demnnd $4 Profit, “If the situation continues and we do not get the so-called company coal, the dealers cannot continue to deliver to the sumers at $16 and $17, because the 1 is now costing them that. The average freight on coal to western Massachusetts is §4 Why is it t every dealer in western Massachusetts has Guotations from middiemen at $11.50 and $12.50 at the mines, while they cannot get deliveries from the companies with which they regularly dea “In some way the middleman has a poly of the market The dealers used to be satisfied with (Continued on Tage » Delu- which its cus- at the while de- Company, Column ) FILIPINO LEADERS HOPETOCIRB WOOD Will Visit President With View to Getting Definite Policy Established. By the Associated Press. MANILA, P. 1, July 21. mentary mission headed by either Manuel Quezon, head of the new collectivista party, or Sergio Osmena, former speaker of the house of repre- sentatives, will leave for Washington within a fortnight to lay before Pr ident Harding on his return, the Fili pinos sion of the political con- trovery which culminated several days ago in the resignation of all the leading officials of the Philippine government. The party also will mer Secretary of Justice clerk and private secretaries. Quezon is the principal critic of administration of . Gov. Gen. A parlia- include for- ntos and 1t is understood that if President Harding concurs in the views of the had disappeared. For two days the surf currents have been treacherous and it is feared Rothschild was swept out to sea. Filipinos, they reguest the out- lining of a definite policy with in- structions to the governor general to follow it, X