Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1923, Page 1

somewhat warmer. ended at 2 p 4:45 p.am. am. to today—Hi, terday; lowe y. Full report on | WEATHER. showers this aftcrnoon and probably tonight; tomorrow generally fair and Temperature for twenty-four hours | élosing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 28,938. Entered as sccond clags matter post office Washington, D. C. PEACE PACT SIGNED BETWEEN TURK AND EUROPEAN POWERS, Ismet Pasha Worsts States- men of Other Nations, Gain- ing Most Vital Points. 12 YEARS OF WARFARE FOR MOSLEMS ENDED Deliberations at Lausanne Close With Americans Having Played a Dominating Role. —The Lausanne formally establishing Jeace between the European powers 1 Turkey was signed today. The signed at 3:15 o'clock in the afternoon. By sgaine Eastern Thrace and becomes ne bridge between the east and the She joins the league of nations on the footing of equality. tantinople goes definitely to for will be with- wn. troops akes pe between the patri of the thodox Church to remain in| Transfer of Nationals. the most Wi the most history by its of population, returning to| in Greece re-| It launches one of t pendous and in some vruel moveme in compulsory exchange Gre e and the Tu ng to Turkey fails to solve the Armenian prob- 1he v Gree urs | the treaty of Lausanne Turkey | Twenty Injured Before King’s Son| And Rec A s or CHILDREN VICTIMS YORIK. iom, Armentans being obliged to find ‘s size by its rec- | ‘hed mandated states Syria, Mesopotamia aud Pal e of the pen it rid capitulations, such | ought to uccomplish | hington, and which | nly after two decades | 55 Turkey treated | 2 other countries: For- | 's will be empowerad | ng to arrests | treat- f cconomic con- | companies were de- | effort to vali ncessions in t s of Mesopot Tur-‘ of the | ‘e _con- her sorely for a period of na- | on and development. - i ttempt in prefere th for foretg Turkey as Victorious Nation. gh vanquished in the, lly of Germany, came | at Lausanne as al Turl recon- etely routed | world to the victorious cour ¥'s Turko-Greek war produced a soldic et 1 . who, in | stiations here, has shown him- t states- worsted the British sec- | of state for forelgn affairs, at | Lausanne con- bition to restore peace | ast at almost any price | crated importance Tur- | sed as world power | Ler Beoy 1 position. Annexed to the treaty of Lausanne pecial s couvention™ the waterways linking the d Black seas hence- n open to both the 4 merchantmen of all na- A unanimous verdict that soviet Russia's 1 Inute decisfon to adhere to this sment stands out as the most ant single feature of the L conferenc bolshevik Russia probably has com witted Russia for all time to opening he straits to men of war. Though Lord Curzon was unable to be present at the ond sitting of the conference, his continued to be the directing mind in shaping 1ts course in the n and the | tions. It is agr: riyving all of the weury, end- (Continued on Pag olumn 1.) U. 3. GUNBOAT FIRES, AS CHINESE ATTACK Monocacy Does Damage.v American and British Crafts Targets. | | | i | Hupeh Province, China, Steamers arriving on the Yangtse river from Chung-King re- port the American steamer Alice Dol. lar and a British vessel under escort of the American gunboat Monocacy were heavlly fired on near Chung- King. The gunboat, according to the report, returned the fire, doing con- siderable damage. | A Canton dispatch, under date of July 22, told of a similar incident to that outlined in the above message from 1-Chang. In the former affair tho American gunboat Pampanga was fircd upon while patrolling the West river at Dosing, twenty-seven miles from Wunchow, although she was. flving two large American flags at the time. After an action lasting ten minutes, the commander of the gun- boat silenced the Chinese guns and later forced an apology from the at- tacking party, sald to have been Kwangsi troo Capture Engineer. i By the Assoclated Press. PEKING, July 24{—Chinese bandits have captured Darcy Wetherbe, a British mining engineer, near Chiuho, Province of Yunnan, according to a report received by the customs com. missioner here today. Wetherbe fo! merly was & resident-of Pekiag, PLUNDER ANDKLL INCOMMNT PLOY |Jjourned, clashes with the police oc- OF ROYAL GARRIAGE Frightened Horses Plunge Into Crowd During Duke of ’, York’s Parade. | By the Anko H LIVERPOOL carriages in s the Duke and Duchess of York here today struck part of a large crowd of people gathered outside the Royal In- firmary, I n about twenty wo children. Thirteen persons were taken away in the ambulances, including seven | children, who were the worst suffer- ers. There were several broken limbs | among the children, all of whom were | detained in the hospital. ‘The carriage which ¢ ed juries was the second in th tion, coming next to the duk. carried the high sheriff of shite and the larl of Derby horses became frightened by the loud cheering and plunged into the crowd. | he in- proces- ana | Lanca- | The | Attorney General Victim in Frankfort—Wife Is Maltreated. H Dy the Associated Press. LONDON, July 24—During com- munist disturbances in Frankfort, says a Central News dispatch from Berlin, the attorney general was knocked down In the street and kill- ed. His residence was then plund- ered and demolished. Reuter's Berlin correspondent con- firms reports of communist dlsturb- ances in Frankfort. He. says it was the public prosecutor, Dr. Haas, who was killed yesterday, and that his wife and father of the latter were maltreated. 100,00 in Demonstration. In response to an appeal from the social democratic and communist | parties and the trade unions, about | 100,000 persons ' demonstrated yester- | day against “usury and facism,” the Reuter message states. After the meeting of the demonstrants ad- curred in various parts of the town. All the shops, AU the shops, the message adds, Homemade Currency. Germans in the occupied territory are turning out homemade currency notes to take the place of paper of the Richsbank, which is unobtainable, shest, 80, at || est, 64, at & || 2 page 7. | [ WILL COMPROMISE ISSUE | ofti | changes of views between | reply. | glan statesmen with sighs of relief WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1923—THIRTY PAGES. POINCARE UPHOLDS FRANCES POSTION: CETSCABINETSOK, Believes Attitude on Rubr: and Reparations Unattack- | able, Legally or Morally. HOPED THAT BRITISH Belgium Regarded in Though Brussels Indicates De- | 1 | sire for Moderation. | By the Associated Press. H PARIS, July 24—The French cabi-| net today unanimously approved Pre- | mier Poincarc's attitude toward the | British project for a reply to Ger- | many’s reparation note, which the premier set forth to his COH(QG\IOS! today for the first time. i This was the only definite informa- tion that was obtatnable after the | meeting of the inet ministers. ! France and Belgium, it appears, al- ready have practically agreed as to| thelr posttion, the fact that the cabinet n ng, which was to have been held Thursday was advanced two days to hear M. Poincare's repor: on the atfon wae taken in politi- cal cireles as indicating that the pre- mier's reply w b4 1y and that it ‘Wwas negative on some of the impor- tant points in the British proposals. Bellieves Attitnde Right. Premier Py an authoritat | ! re, it s learned from | source, regards the | French position on the occupation of | the Rulir and on the rep | tion generally nomic point of vie « optim that appears to reign about the fc eign office Is attributed to the fidence entert that British cabinet enl alize the str sition and come 1 be ac It is unde; care der the same vow of from the offic before he set forth the the reply he propo British communicati, th promise that remier Poin- inet colleagues hat he exacted oreign office 4 ltaes of Maintain Secrecy. The French as a whole are making it a polnt of honor, it appears, to keep faith with the British government and the documents under consideration. The is not only aceepting the situation | patience but is refralning generally from the urual polnted comments on the differences in views between the French and British governments. Inquiries in c} circles indicate that the ex- | Paris and Brussels are proceeding eatisfactorily in he effort to agree on answers to the damental points touched upon by e Minister Baldwin and upon the 1 details, aithough it is thought o be un; that there be a joint LEAN TOWARD BRITISH. - Belgian Opinion Believed to Favor | Moderation on Reparations. BY WILLIAM E. NA By Csbie to The Btar and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923, 2 LRUSSELS, July 24.—1It seemed probable today that Belgian influence would be turned in favor of the ac- ceptance of the British note on rep- arations, with reservations. However, Premier Theunis {s linked so tightly with Premier Poincare that he had difficulty in exercising the full welght of Belglum as a moderator. If he is unable to bring about a com- promise his government may be over- thrown. “Reassuring, concillatory and con- ducive to relaxation,” breathe Bel- with reference to the British note. The note is comforting because it (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) FLPIOS DEWAND WOOD BERECALLED Both Houses of Legislature Unanimously Send Appeal to President. e By the Associated Press. MANILA, July 24.—President Hard- ing’s response to a formal demand by the legislature here last night that Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood be recalled at once, is anticipated as the next important development in the politi- cal strife which resulted last week in the resignation of the entire per- sonnel of the Philippine cabinet and council of state. The recall demand was contained in a resolution adopted without a dis- writes the Duesseldort correspondent of the Dally Mail, who says the pri- vate firms and manufacturers are inundating the ' finance mini; Berlin with requests for per“mulluysl:l: to print thelr own- currency. Other- wise, they say, they are unable to pay their employes. DETECTIVE IS KILLED IN RAID AFTER THIEVES By the Assoctated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 24— George W. Moore, a city detective, was shot and killed, and L. C. Gay, another detective, was seriously wounded early today when they at- tempted to rald a house here where diamond thieves were reported to have made thelr appearance in an effort to dispose of thelr-loot. of the occupants of the dwellls escaped. S N senting vote at a joint meeting of both houses of the legislature. All of the parties took part in the vote, which indorsed the stand taken by the cabinet when its members quit in & body. Gen. Wood is now in the province of Samar on an inspection of health conditions there. Smouldering hostility between Fill- pino officlals and Gov. Gen. Wood was rekindled by the governor's reinstate- ment of Ray Conley, American head of the Philippine secret service after the latter had been officially absolved of charges of bribery. This led to the resignation of Jose™P. Laurel, secre- tary of the interior, who had accused Conley. Then followed numerous sessions of heads of the political parties, and finally on July 17 members of the cab- inet and council of state, headed by Manuel Quezon, president of the sen- ate and principal foe of the Wood ad- ministration, went in & group to the governor general's offich and present- ed their formal resignations. - They ' were accepted, not divulge any part of the contents of | ! that upon his return } Iy \ MURDER OR SUICIDE AGAIN MADE 1SSUE Grand Jury in Kepner Case Said to Be Split Over Counter Claims. rdered or n sutc the special grand ju ef € the inv evenly divided on d several persons told they had been wmore amined by one ry- 1 particular regarding the sui cide theory. Kepner Consults Experts. was learn ef counsel for B nd of de Simultaneously Leo Weinberg, card Kep ceased womw Freder de for Wa to confer with government experts on gunshots wounds and firearms. persons officially attached to Mr. Welnbe office it also was learned hoped to ask permission to t specialists summoned, of refuting the testt ate la it the circuit court for have promine with the view mony of Maj and the autopisists. Maj. Munshower already fied before the gra clared, to the effect that no person could have held a pistol in a position to inflict a self-made wound such as that which killed Mrs. Kepner. The three autopsists bore out this testi- mony at the inquest, and asserted that judging from the course the bullet took it would have bsen practically tmpossible for Mrs. Kepner to have committed suicide. Dr. Howard Mal- (Continued on Page 2, Columin 4. REVENUERECEIPTS INCREASE RAPIDLY Nearly 34 Millions Excess for First Three Weeks of Fiscal Year. The high Jevel of revenue receipts established during the last fiscal year is continuing and in some cases in- creasing. A report Issued today at the Treas- ury showed that during the first three weeks of the new fiscal year, beginning July 1, ordinary receipts totaled $148,629,000, Which was $3; 895,000 in excess -of “total expendi- tures chargeable against ordinary re- ceipts.” Customs collections totaled $29,778,000, against $24,657,000 in the same period last year. Income and proflits taxes, $24,260,000, against $20,- 320,000, and miscellaneous revenue, $63,479,000, as compared with $58,167,- 000. The Panama canal was prominent among the sources of revenue, the tolls between July 1 and 21 aggregating $1,328,000 against $275,000 in the same period last year. Government expenditures, however, also are running ahead of those record- ed last year, the total for the first twenty-one days being $182,000,000, agalnst $167,000,000 in 1922. Con. tributing factors were expenditures of | $7,000,000 for tax refunds, $10,000,000 10 the civil gervice retirement fund and $14,000,000 to the sinking fund. Only $5.000,000 was expended for the sink- ini fund in the first three weeks of July, 1922. AIDS STRANDED SHIP. KEY WEST, Fla, July 24—The U. 8. S. Cleveland has gone to the assistance of the American steamer Mendora, which is reported ashore on the western side of San Salvador. The Mendora was bound from Hampton Roads to Kingston. It is in no great danger, reports said. WLV, COX d that | sud- | ington | From | ;Rock Pile Is Quick Cure for Men Who {Neglect Families By the Associated Ires: BOSTON, July auarry at Deer I house of correction has been re- ed to provide employment for conv 1 of non-sup- of their families. Institutions missioner Da 1. Johnson seid today that the new | 24—The oners at the rock pil usually file written tees to share their earnings their wives when released from jall. In the lust few w en who have her than share t 2 opes have repented af days of hammer swinging, accord ing to the con porters 1 i CLAIMEDBY DEATH ;Short lliness Fatal to One of Leaders in Washington Civic Enterprises. Williawy, Van Zandt Cox, prominent in the financial, civic and patriotic |affairs of Washington for many years, died at §:30 am. today of angina bectoris at his home, in mery place, Brightwood. He had been {1l for the past five weeks. Funeral services have yet to be ar- ranged, pending the arrival here of a sister, Mrs. Theodore Sullivan, from her home in New Jersey. Great Shock to Friends. Althoueh Mr. Cox’s condition has been regarded as serlous for several weeks, the news of his death today came as a great shock to his hun- dreds of friends and assoclates throughout the city. His work as president of the Second National Bank, in marking historical spots in the District. in fighting for the preservation of Fort Stevens, and in a multitude of activities, had en- deared, him to scores of persons. He is survived by his widow, Mrs, Julict Cox; two sons. Emery Cox of Norfolk, Va. and Theodore Cox, a member of the faculty of the Uni- versity of Virginia; a daughter, Mrs. Charles O. Parks, 'and four grand- children, and a sister, Mrs. Theodore Sullivan’ of New Jer: Both_sons (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) AN AND HIS WIFE | INFIGHT TO DEATH Succumb to Wounds From Stilletto, Ax and Re- volver. { | Ry the Associated Press. NEW TYORK, July -24—Fighting ! with stiletto, ax and revolver by the light of a flickering wick in a glass of olive oil, in an East Side tenement, Anthony Glordano, sixty-three, and his wife, Theresa, sixty-one, today in- flicted fatal wounds on each other. Both were dead when the police found | them. ‘With forty years of happy married life behind them the couple fought for thirty minutes. Two daughters,-sleep- ing in an adjoining room, heard the death battle and helplessly tried to force an entrance. Awakened by Screams. About 3 a.m. the sisters were awak- ened by screams. They heard the sound of breaking furniture and the passi €] ets. CTving to their parents, the girls tried the knob of the bedroom door, but could not turn it. Above the din could be heard the dull thuds of blows and later shots. 4 Unable to open the bedroom door the girls ran out through a rear door and called the police, who breke into the room. The woman was on a bed, with her right_hand clutching a revolver. A stlletto rested upon the The body of the husband lay about five feet from the bed, the throat cuty ari | spondent of La Naclon at Paso de Los DROP 74 WORKERS FROM TAX BUREAU Officials Put 45 Others in Positions Paying Less Ow- ing to Fund Shortage. | | | | | 1n ordér to meet reductions in | i ade Congress for revenue bureau for the al vear, seventy-four em- s of the income tax division of the bureau have been dropped from the rolls in the last few days and| rty-five other employes of that di- on have been assigned to positions which they will receive lower sai- ap- There have also been dropped from the rylls for the rame reason 100 fleld auditors of the Income tax d viston. Within the next sixty or ninet e there will be further reductions made in the personnel of the income tax divisior, it is said. Others to Be Dropped. Other divislons of the internal reve- nue bureau, affected by the reduced appropriations are also making rc- ductions in personnel, or planning such reductions, it was ledFned. Congress, In making the appropria- tions for the'new fiecal year, reduced the amount allotted to the fnternal revenue bureau by about $3,000,000. The income tax diviston's reduction amounted to approximately $1.009,0 of this sum. The other divisions of the bureau must reduce to the ex- tent of about £1,250,000 in the item | of salarles—which means the letting out of many employes. The balance of the reduction made by Congress is cared for in the abolition of the division handling the child labor tax, declared unconstitutional by the § preme Court; In the shifting of ap- propriations for printing, etc., to other funds, and in several other| ways. Employes Not Dismissed. It was explained by offictals today | that the cmployes let out of the income tax diviston were not dis- charged or dismissed. The pro- cedure has been merely to drop the employes from the rolls—because there is not money to pay them. ! The loss of thelr positions to these | civil service employes is made more of a hardship in view of the fact that practically no other departments or bureaus are taking on additional employes at_this time. They are In & position, however, to be certified to| other departments when vacancies| occur, for they have not lost their civil 'service status BRAZIL TROOPS REVOLT. BUENOS AIRES, July 24.—The 5th | Cavalry Regiment of Brazilian federal troops, consisting of 350 men, revolt- ed at Uruguayana in the absence of their officers and rode the streets of the town, discharging their revolvers, returning after a short fight with state troops, according to the corre- | Libres. The rebels lost one killed and three wounded. Fifty of them fled into the interfor and the others returned to their quarters, where they were placed under arrest. ' A woman and a child were killed by stray bullets, BANK MESSENGERS HELD UP BY BANDITS Two Shot and Considerable Money Stolen in Attack at Toronto. By the Associated Prees. TORONTO, July —Six bandits jumped from a large automobile to- day, attacked messengers of the Standard, Sterling and Commerce banks, returning from the clearing house with numerous bangs of money and escaped with what is be- lieved to have been a large sum, after wounding two Sterlihg bank em- ployes In a sensational pistol battle. The bank messengers, on foot, were followed by other bank employes in autos. . At the attack, James W. Har- ris of the Sterling Bank jumped from a machine and opened fire on the bandits. He was dropped by a bullet in the abdomen. W. S. Dick, & Ster- ling Bank messenger, also was wounded. Both are in a critical con- a“’l"::‘ bandits fled in their car while a large crowd was gathering. 2 { liably learned today that co | quate police and fire prot | termining what every city as fast as “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes, the papers are printed. ~Yestertlay’x Net Circulation, 87,311, TWO CENTS. §29,300,000 HELD LOW ESTIMATE OF D.C. NEEDSIN194 Total Request of $33,500,- 000 Includes $4,000,000 for U. S. Work Here. $500,000 TO BE ASKED FOR NEW PARK SITES | Commissioners, Expecting Cut, Say Their Figures Are Not Too High. Although the Distr: to the Treasury Department totaling approximately $33,500,000, it was learned today that only about $29,- 500,000 of that sum s for the mu- nicipal goverggent. The smalldWfigure represents the real estimates of the Commissioners for the running of the local depart- ments during the next flscal year. The remainder is made up of the estimates of federal departments over which the Commissioners have no control, but which are made a part of the District budget because they relate to work being done fn W, ington Want New Park Sites 1t is understood that the Cor sloners at the last moment added a request for purchase of some of the park sites advocated for vears by the Board of Trade, which increased the total to about $33,500,000. The largest of these outside items is for continuing work on the new water co from Great Falls, being built by the War Department The current appropriation act earries $1.- 00,000 for that project, but it s re. derably less is being req Another large outside em in the District budeet is the sum Col. Sherrill for ~quests fo dred thou dolla budget for maintenance of the ington aqueduct, under the War I nent; for upkeep of the Zoolo; der the Interfor Depart for continu nking Creek and Pot ably several h continuing_ the Anacostia flats D. C. Request $20,000,000. ns that the Comu reclamation of ssion- ers in reali little more than municipal W streets, ru laying new ,000,000 for actual T such as paving g the school system rs and providing ade- tion, city auditor, dding up the Daniel J. Donovan, hard at worle toda figures and preparing a final draft of the estimates $0 be tent to the direc- tor of the budget before August ven the predieted pproximation. not be know are umer* to Although the Ging to G Commiss r Lord & budget call- ing for approximately $2.000,000 more than last vear's tentative estimates, they regard that figure as a ccnserva- tive estimate of the city’s urgent needs. e See Demand for Cut. It is generally expected that Gen, Lora will direct the city heads to slash further these estimates because [of the administration’s earnest desire for economy. Tt 15 understood, however. that the Commissloners felt it was their duty to lay before the general what they belleve to be the absolute requi ments of a city of the size of W ington. District officials hope that in de- amount will be al- lowed the District the budget officers will bear in mind the fact that nearly four millions in the District estimates is for agencies qutsidg¢ the munici- pal government. PRINCESS GUILTY OF HIGH TREASON Marguerite of Hohenlohe- Oehringe Sentenced to Six Months in Erhardt Case. By the Associated Press. LEIPSIC, July 24.—Princess Mar- guerite von Hohenlohe-Oehringe was convicted today of complicity in high treason and perjury for her part in the escape of Capt. Erhardt, com- mander of the “Iron Brigade” during the Kapp putsch of 1920. She was sentenced to six months’ imprison- ment. Her alleged infatuation for a dashing, freebooting naval officer with whose ca- reer she was perfectly familiar, led the twenty-nine-year-old princess before the bar of the newly created court for the defense of the repubilc. The princess was charged with per- jury and with alding in the flight of Capt, Ehrhardt. The case against him and two of his alleged accomplices have been indefinitely postponed. The proceedings were devoted to the trial of the princess, who swore before a court in Munich that she was not acquainted with Ehrhardt, while the prosecution alleges that she was at the time in daily association with mfi‘irguerue made an efforf to be brave as she stepped before the pre- slding judge, but the coptradictions and seeming evasions which marked her testimony soon made her pliable in the hands of her inquisitors. Preséntly, in a_ tearful, almost in- audiable voice, she launched upon a recital of how he succumbed to what she termed Ehrhardt's hypnotic in- fluence. ested for.nest year. | that | el ommended that su only asking for a | U. 3. PLAN OF COAL CONTROL 1S HELD TOASSURE SUPPLY System That Can Be Made | Operative in Emergency Is Strike Antidote. FEDERAL OFFICIALS SEE NO CHANCE FOR FAMINE iPrescnt Apparent Shortage Traced to Heavy Buying During Summer Period P. KENNEDY. reau of.mi a comprehensive and detall plan for governm comtrol and operation of the anthracite coal mines ready te be put in force on about | twenty>four hours’ notice. This plar | was worked out by Edwanl C. Finne: now first assistant secretary of the Interior, directior Presiden Harding a ago and the offictals of the bureau of mines are in clos | conferenc: 7 the Coal Comm | sion ready to put this plan to wo | just as soon as the interests of { public dems This es b; of ¥ ers and coal oper- federal govern- et a etrike firml the governmer touch with the 1 sure there wil strike in the anthra general strik age agreement | on Augus great sur- of anthracite vhicl apse of the anthr: winter. This { a government th th OI-tlml\' | | who express | domestic consumer wi | the coal needs t | winter To Await Emergency information was given i rect reply to questions rega as critically described Allen T. Treadway of Massachusetts, who urged President Harding to call Congress in specia! to act upon the fact-finding commission’s report, with the Pri t's recommendation. It was phaeized that th lon rec course should emergenc: ction for the |not be taken until 3 t at once and ol thought out and matured plan if the emerg: fderable anxiet. the power of government supposed to bring relief crisis ends a matically on September | 1 set up the office of distributor and gave 1 ation and d on the on authority to regulate ti coal cars, to compel e priority to coal ship- enforce embargoes of other freight favor of co: - September 22. The coal commission, which a nding body.” an ments and t and other officials, also ceases to exist on that date. Procedure Explained. What probably will be done in the event of a strike is explained by a high government officfal who knows all the ine and outs of the coal situ- atic He s that the Pr den would establishment by appointment a temporary and emergency federal agency to take charge of coal dis- tribution, just as he did last summer before ( by direct legislation establish 13 Ing organizatio: The President w 1d then endeave to protect the tors while they continued to mine the coal, and to have pric held down to a reasonable amount through invoking co-oper tion and by moral suasion, just as was done during the stressful perfod las year. To Try New Plaun. Then,.-if such peaceful and diplomat ic efforts failed the plan which all ready in the bureau of mines, pre pared at the direction of President Harding and approved by him, wiil be tried. Those who know the details of this plan and the inward workings of the coal business declare there is no doubt but that it would work eftec- tively. It would employ troops to protect the mine properties. While the public has not been in- formed of this plan those who are now endeavoring to reach a wage agreement know about ft, and this knowledge s expected to have a saiu- v influ e on the radical element urging a strike. s the malled hand behind the recent warning of President Harding and the United States Coal Commis- sion that there must be no strike iu the anthracite field. Afraid of U. S. Control. The miners no less than the mine owners are afrald of government operation of the mincs, because it might be made permanent and be- cause it would at once dispense with certain privileges now existing at ex- pense of the public. In direct reply to the statement of representative Treadway that the public cannot get coal at a fair price because middlemen have & monopoly of the market and are gouging the public at the rate of $4 a ton for coal mined by independent operators throuzh collusion with the rallroads, this government official says: “The public cannot get all the coal it orders now, because it is ordering an unprecedented quantity. About 65 Per cent of the regular consumption 1s already In the bins of the house- holders, The production of anthra- cite this summer has been record- breaking. The coal is in the bins of the consumer instead of in the bins of the dealers, as in other years. This is particularly ‘true in New nglan€. to which Representative Treadway made speclal referenc: . Sees Plentiful Sup) This official, Who has access to all the records, predicts that by August 15, it the present rate of production is kept up, there will be coal enough (Continucd on Page 2, Colummn 6.)