Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1923, Page 1

' “WEATHER. ~ Generally fair tonight and tomor- moderate temperature. ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours row; ended at 2 p.m. today: ut noon today: lowest, yesterday. | | | | 7 '¥ull report on page 7. 70, at 9 p.m. Highest, 78, ing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 @he NO. - post Bk e TURKS HOLDING OUT AGAINST AMERICAN| TREATY DEMANDS But Little Progress Made in Solving Problems of New Pact. U. S. WILL GET NO MORE RIGHTS THAN EUROPEI Claims Against Moslems and Na- tionalization Laws Points of Discord. * By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, July 25.—The can minister, Joseph C. Grew, and the chiof Turkish delegate, lsmet Pasha, held a night sesvion that lasted until ‘ this morning, but little was made in solving the of the projected Turko- Ameri- o'clock gress pblems American treaty. It way denied categorically that the United States asked for extension of the authority of the foreign legal ad- visers that Turkey has agreed to ap- voint in temporary substitution of tie former system of judicial extra territorial privileges. The Turkizh spokesmen who made the assertion last night declared the Angora assembly would never ratify ore privileges to America than to Europe. The Americans today * mgreed to accept the Turkish declaration aid they had terms of the concerning ju- ial safeguards which Ismet Pasha | nd to the European states that | Wil & sizned the general peace terday treaty yes- American Purpose Defined. The Americans explained that in Attempting to draft a treaty they i | { had adhered constantly to the princi- | ples the the laid. down as u basis when the negotiation begun. They had met Turks half way on details, but the *Ottoman delegates scemed to follow |4y (ne Pacific cos « policy of yielding nothing. Claims advanced by American citi- against the. Turks, which the Uuited States wishes to settle by ar- Litration and recognition by the Turks tion dis M agrced upon one thing during their contcrence. This was lo continue the Degatiations until an agrecment was cachud or clearly shown to be im- possible. isniet has recognized that separste treaties require specixl stipulations to mect speciul conditivns. and the Amer- lcans are said to be conducting the negotiations along this line without “licmping to secure general privi- leges which the Tutks fefused to the lies, The American and ‘Lurkish ex- ts have called another meeting 1or Jaws continue to be points of ord. Near East Peace Pact Signed. En‘ered us secohd claes atter office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, Downfall of Poincare Seen . As Ruhr Failure Is Realized Stubbornness Believed Lficely to Bring Repudiation Within Few Months When Facts Are Learned by Nation. : BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Dy Cable to The Star. PARIS, July 25.—Outwardly Pre- mier Poincare looks like “the strong man of France,” but actually he lives in constant.fear of the various groups that support him. His inflexibility with reference to the reparations question during the last several months has been the result of In»‘ timidation, not determination. And his downfall will come in a tew months, when the people of France realize their national in- terests might have been just as well preserved and more might have been gained at the same time by a proper understanding with other al- lied powers. 2 It is true that the British, Amer- | ican and Italian viewpoints what ought to be done about reparations have not coincided with what the man in the street in France wants to see done, but meverthcless there TAKES UP BOYCOTT OF UNION LABOR Attorney General to Prose- cute Frisco Criminal Cases While Awaiting President. <remier Poincare. | | | 1 | | Bs the Associated Press. i CHICAGO, July 25.—En route today | st to join President | Stutes Attorney | Daugherty plans r personally in eriminal acs Harding, United General Harry M. to app itlons against San Francisco building of the American nationaliza- | materiul dealers and trdde associa- | . Grew and Ismet Pasha, however, | DOycott union.labor by refusing to The treaty of Lausanne, re-establish- | ing in signatures of Japan, peace the ncar eat Greece, east, bears the Britain, Rumania Sunple ceremonies marking the term- tualwa of negotiations, wnicn have ex- 1ended over many months, were carried out m the main hail of Lausanne Uiri- Versily yesterday afternoon, and when Loe 1cpresentatives of the various na- tions, ied by Ismet Pasha, had affixed their signatures President Schurer of the Swiss confederation dec:ared the on adjourned, with the admonition : “Let the closing thought be a bene- diction.” % An impressivé demonstration acclaim- iig the signing of peace occurred in lausanne last night. The strects were crowded with rejoicing muititudes, many coming trom the country districts to tiake part. The tower and spire of the cathedral, which dominates tue city, were agiow ~ with eleetric designs, visible for iniles on both sides of tue 1ake, while searci- lights yud across from tae surround- ing_ hilis, Che British delegation left for home Jast night : the others went today, leay- ing oniy the Americans and Turks, wno dre still engaged in negotiations over the Turco-Aaerican tieaty. SEE TURKS VICTORIOUS. Associatéld Press LONDON, July 25.—The ing note of all comment newspapers on the signing By the outstand- of " the France, and ! | against labor is as indefensible as a | ported | said. twhich upheld the Interstate in today's’ near east peace treaty at Lausanne, yesterday is Turkey's complete diplomatic vietory er the allies. The new treaty, nev- ertheless, is regarded by some com- mentators as a good one. a frank admission of | The Times describes the document as a model of generosity and justice, while the Daily Telegraph, which 1akes a gloomy view, expresses the | opinion that if the treaty of Sevres had been ratified the settlement cre- ated thereby would very soon have been shattered. Friendship with Turkey is a more or less traditional policy of the Brit- ish conservative party and in that quarter there was no disposition to complain over what Turkey gains, ' Elsewhere’ there were serious mi: givings regarding the future particu- larly as it pertains to Armenfans and other Christians who remain, under Turkey's dominion The Times says 3 “The part played by the genial Ainerican observer was mostly unex- ceptionable, but when through the mouth of its diplomatic - representa- ‘tive a government claims to intervene between a foreign government and a British company, that representative task becomes not only ungrateful but unenviable.” TWO WOMEN MISSING IN ASHEVILLE, N. C., FIRE Br the Associated Press. ASHEVILLE. N. C., July 25.—Fire of undetermined origin had envelop- «d the Emporlum building on South Park Square at noon today, and was | lowed for, the total of purely munici- threatening the city library, structures In the heart of the business section. Two clerks. Mrs. Alice White and’ Thelma Opperian, are missing, and it is feared have 'perished in~ the tiames. O. P. McArthur, a floofwalker, was severely burned and suffered the fracture of a leg when he leaped from 1he second floor. Mre. Edward Wil- Aiams, a clerk/ was ‘burned about the arms, but was odught {n a life net a8 she jumped-from the third floor. | shape to go to the bureau s | | i 1 i i the | pal items-is less than $29,500,000. legal building, Pack Theater and other!| |GRIFFMEN IDLE TODAY; 1 tions to] charged with™ conspiracy furnish matérials to cohtractors cm- ploying erganized workers. L‘O“ftl‘-" ences with interesfed organization | leaders over the Southern l’&clflu-i Cenpral Pacific geparation decleion of | the federal circult court also will| ocupy u large part of Mr. Daugherty’s | time in California. Declines to Give Names. The Attorney General declined to| reveal the names of those against, whom court action might be taken in | San Francisco when he announced his plans before leaving -here last night. He salq he had once advised civic and trade association delegates from San Frahcisco that “a boycott.! cott against industry,” and he 00d reudy to test that position | in the courts. | “The right of the worker to organ- ize into trade unlons for lawful pur- poses is as fundamental in America | as the right to vote—and as well sup- | in law,” the Attorney General “Any attempt to infringe on that right is illegal.” The next move in the litigation in the Southern Pacific-Central Pacific case rests with the_government, which has until August 15, to decide wheth- er an appeal shall be taken to the| Supreme Court on the decision of the | St. Paul federal ceurt of appeals | Com- | merce Commission decree authorizing ! he unified operation of the two sys- | ems. i Numerous Petitions Received. i Numerous petitions ceived by have been re- the Department of Jus- tice urging the acceptance by the government of the decision, the At- torney General said. President Hard- ing's” views will be consulted and a decision on further actjon reached before the presidential party leaves on its cruise for Panama. Mr. Daugherty expected to join the chief executive at either San Fran- cisco or Los Angeles and will be a member of the party on the contem- plated tour of Panama, Porto Rico and Cuba. FURTHER CUT SEEN IND. C. ESTIVAT Final Draft Expected to Nearly Million Below Predictions. | Be | When District éstimates are in final of the budget Tuesday. they will total less than $33.000,000, it was reliably learn- ed today. Although early reports placed the total at close to $33,500,000, it is un-| derstood tkat the figure will not run much above $32,500,000. This total includes the estimates of federal. work for which the District government pays 60 per cent, and also takes in more than $1,000,000 for the maintenance of the .water de- pdrtment, payable wholly out of wa- ter rent. When the ‘estimates for such federal actlvity-as the bullding of the new condylt, upkeep of public buildings and _grounds, and mainte- nance of the “Zoological Park are al- == PLAY TWO TOMORROW -BOSTON, July 26.—Washington's &ame with Boston was called off today on account of rain. A dou- ble-header is billed tomorrow. the first starting at 12:30 o'clock. Waghingtoa time. v U:S. TOKEEP GRP | ON AL 7S SHIPS has been and will be room for co- overation. such as former Premier Briand tried, and finally Poingare will he driven to the same thing, 8o the people might as well ask what they have gained by Polncare's stubborn- nese. Election Draws Near. The new general election will be held in France next April. It is of the utmost importance to the whole world because in the months imme- diately ahead the present adminis- tratiow must strive to show that something has been achieved. No possible manipulation of sta- tistics can make the occupation of the Ruhr look successful. Less coal s being obtained from the Ruhr now than before the French seized it Passive resistance has deprived France of her reparations and at the same time has not crippled Germany, for the latter has been importing coal from Great Britain. The French dislike to admit failure, but they can- not erase the facts, and almost all an outsider needs to know to be con- vinced of the utter futility of the Ruhr cnterprise is that, while the average monthly Imports France from Great Britain used to be 900,000 tons, they now have reached 1,800,000 tons.” Not only has the Ruhr failed to pay France reparations in kind. but has diminished_the coal (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Reichsbank Run Caused by Lack Of Large Bills By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 25.—A run on the German reichsbank began® soon after the opening, according to a Central News dipatcl from Berlin, which gives thg ‘cause aus an in- sufficiency of Mlls of large denomi- nations to satisfy the other banks. — Board Refuses Proposal to! Give Un Control of Vessels. The Shipping Board after an all day session yesterday rejected the proposal’ submilted” by. (he ‘American Steamship Owners' Association for the operation of the government merchant flect without supervision of | the boara In announcing this decision, Chair- man Farley, sald the board hoped soon to be able to make public a plan for direct government opera- tion, details of which are now being worked out Effect of P'r. The steafnship owners' proposal effect, Chairman Farley said, that the Suipping Board ‘“deliver to the steamship operating companies the needed vessels to maintain service on the present established routes for the absolute control of the operating company without board supervision, that the Shipping Board pay the ex- penses of the operator and in addi- tion pay all of any losses that would be incurred in such operation: all profits to be sct aside in a special fund for the use of the steamship operator to buy ships from the Ship- ping Board, without obligation as to iuture service on the routes. Warning By Senato A warning against direct government operation of the American merchant marine as a permanent policy, is con- tained in a statement issued today by Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, demo- crat, president of the National Merchant Marine Association. Such a course, Senator Ransdell said, would inevitably result in driving all private American onal. in shipping from the seas, and in the end, | when Congress grows tired of appro- priating to meet deficits of the Shipping Board, in the complete withdrawal of the American merchant marine. Congress, in the merchant marine act of 1v20, he said, had directed tha everything possibie be done to keep the ships on the seas without direct gov- ernment operation, which was only to be a last resort. —_— FRENCH DEPUTY STRANGELY MISSING Communist Seen July 17, Near Strasbourg, Travel Worn After Moscow Trip. By the Associated Press PARIS, July 25.—Dr. Georges Levy, communist member of the chamber of deputies, representing one of the constituencies of the city of Lyon, has_strangely disappeared, says the Matin. He was returning from Mos- cow and on July 17 appeared at the entrance to the Kehl bridge, oppo- site Strasbourg, one end of which is under French control. He was with- out papers of any sort, his clothing was covered with dust and his shoes 8o worn as to indicate that he had been tramping a long distance. ‘When the sentinel challenged he replied, “I am Dr. Georges Levy, dep- uty from Lyon.” His identity was established by the French authoritles and he was admitted, but he disap- peared immediatelv and his friends have since been unable to trace. him. Dr. Levy was a friend of the two French communist leaders, Lefevre and Lepetit, who disappeared while returning from Russia two years ago and were reported to have been thrown' overboard from a vessel in the Buitic. 7 of coal to| | questioned when the jury rgepuyeneg N WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening D. C, | MISSHOUGK LA “NERGLESS” GRIL Kepner’s Sister-in-Law Again Testifies—Jury Strife Said to Continue. By a Staff Correspondent FREDERICK, Md., July of strife within the carefu s grand jury is rapidly drawing to a close its investigation into the death of Mrs Grace Simmons Kepner, were | reported unmistakably evident this morning. The questlon of whether anybody would b indicted for murder was more uncertaln than at any time since a coroner’s jury declared the ! woman to have becn slain Eleven remained be witnesses o at 10 velock this morning, but Miss woman, was recalled to the stand for the ‘secondt time twenty-fo hours, She iemained in the jury chamber more than an hour and when she was finally excused to assist her to the circuit courtroom below and apply restoratives. Questioned Sharply. cross-examination of Miss “merciless—worse she told ner personal Storm, when her Tie Houck yesterday—" Taw William thoroughly torn nerves had quicted enougin to enable her to speak. It was Miss Elizabeth Houck whom 8. Evard Kepner, husband of {the slain woman, declared had been | the one hopetul light in his unplea: ant life as a member of his wife tamily. But when Miss Houck her- |5elf took the stand at the coroner’s | inquest she sharply contradicted some of her brother-in-law’s statements. Despite the woman's serious physi- was ! cal condition as a result of the ordeal | to which she has been subjected dur- |ing the last twenty-four hours, the Lgrand jury forvade her leaving tne {courthouse until it was satisfied she | would not be called to the stana a third time. Too tired to pay much rattention to what went on around her, { she reclined in an casy chair in the circuit courtroom, comforted all the while by the Rev. Dr. Henrl Keifer, pastor ‘of the Evangelical Reform Church here, which she and her fam- ily attended regularly. immediately aiter Miss Houck left | the stand. Addie Tyler, colored maid lat the Houck country home, was | called to the stand. Addie testified at (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) POLITICAL CHAS IN MANILA GROWS Appointive Members of Leg- | islature Resign, Due to Dif- | ferences With Gov. Wood. | By the Associated Press. MANILA. July 25.—The chaotic { political situation here, marked re- cently by the resignations of all the i principal native officials of the Phil- {ippine government and by a legisla- ! tive request that Governor General | Leonard Wood be recalled, is in a | more muddled state after the resigna- { tion last night of six appointive rep- resentatives and senators of the leg- islature. . The latest group to quit as the re- {sult of differences between Governor General Wood and Filipino officials | explained they wished to give the governor an opportunity to flll the | | 1 not embarrass him. Friends of Wood, however, contend that the governdr's encmies, notably | Manuel Quezon. head of the new col- lectivista party, are bent on ousting all of Wood's appointees, in an effort to make it appear that the people ap- proved the resignation of the entire membership of the cabinet and coun- cil of state on July 17. In the recall resolution adopted by the legislature Monday night it was asked that unless immediate inde- pendence were granted the Philippine Tslands, a Filipino governor z-neral be appoincey o veplace Wood: ‘ chamber where the Frederick county Blizabeth Houck, a sister of the dead | friends had | positions with leglslators who would | Sta {Man Held Wife’s ]‘ Property; Other g Woman Barred Special Dispatch to The Ktar., SAN ANTONIO. Tex., July A wife hol property right to her husband, to the exclusion of any other woman, according to a deciston handed down here today by District Judge W. W. Me- Crory in granting an injunction sought by Mrs. Rosa M. Ross to restrain Mrs. Catherine Rathke from having anything to do with her husband. Although Ross has not with his wife for several vears, the court held this fact had no bearing on the case. Mrs. Rathke 18 enjoined from living in the same | house with Ross and even from ! speaking to him. The injunction | works but one way. Ross may | talk to Mrs. Rathe. but she is prohibited from answering him. | The case is a strange one, and ac- cording to lawyers here sets a PREAS ALLOWED o i | | | 1 | i | | lived | [ e i Present Crash Responsi- than! ; bility Question. been | | The District Court of Appeals today lallowed special appeals in nine of |the Knickerbocker Theater civil |damage suits, which are among the |fifty-odd suits brought by legal | representatives of the persons killed ;oumgm by the collapse of the roof| jof the theater January 28, 1922, The {total damages asked exceed $500,000.; { The effect of the action of the | court is to give an opportunity to !the defendants to present to the ap- pellate tribunal for determination | the question of responsibility for the ‘fall of the roof and the resulting |death of the patrons of the theater- The appeal is from decisions by | Justice Hoehling of the District Su- preme Court holding that the doc- trine of res ipsa loquitur applies to {the case and that not only the theater company, which operated the place of amusement. but also the architect, steel fabricator and building contractor were jointly li- able because the building i3 alleged to have been faultily constructed. Position of Applican: i peals were made by Reginald W. Geare, |the architect;: John H. Ford and the Union Iron Works, which fabricated the |steel and of which Mr. Ford is presi- ing contractor. They claimed that even if the building were improperly con- proximate cause of the death of the vic- tims whom they had not invited into the building, but who were there at the invitation of the theater company. At- torneys Wright & Ershler, William C. Sullivan and Gibson & Hazell, appeared for the applicants. DRYS HIT UNDERWOOD. Anti-Saloon League of Mississippi to Oppose Him for President. JACKSON, Miss., July 25.—The Mis- sissippi Anti-Saloon League is op- posed to Senator ©Oscar Underwood of "Alabama, as a possible democratic formal statement issued today by Dr. T. J. Bailey, state superintendent for the league. “Senator Underwood in every re- spect suits the liquor men of the east, north and west,” sald the state- ment. “Prohibitionists learned long ago they were safe In taking the op- Senator Tnderwood ls satisfactory to the liquor interests, he would not be to the prohibitionists INGTHEATER SUITS! | Knickerbocker Defendants to! The applications to the Court of Ap-| dent, and Frank L. Wagner, the build- | structed such negligence was not the | presidential nominee, according to a posite side to the liquor men. Then, if WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 1923—THIRTY-TWO PAGES, MORSE DEFENSE RESTS [T CASE Prosecution Starts Rebuttal. Jury May Get Case Latter | | { The defense in the Morse conspira- | trial before Justice Stafford and| the jury in Criminal Division 1 rest- ed its case at noon today. It has been Just fourteen weeks since the first talesman was examined in the case. The prosecution occupied eleven weeks in presenting its evidence and the defense has taken two weeks and three days The prosecution immediately began ts rebuttal cvidence by recalling to the witness stand Charles Piez, form- er vice president of the fleet corpora- tion. He is expegtedfo combat some of ihe testimony given by the defense. Seven Defendants Stand Firm. flupert M. Much'Was the only one| of the eight defendants to take the witness stand. The others, on ad- viee of' counsel, preferred to stand on their claim that the government has failed to show that they entered into any conspiracy to defraud, hinder | or embarrass the United States in| its shipbuilding activities. | i The government is expected to use| two days in presenting its rebuttal | jtestimony which will bring the tak- | ing of evidence to a close by Friday Numerous prayers, or instructions on| [points of law to the jury, are ex-| jpected to be presented by the defense iand the government may also have | a few requests for instructions. Ar-| guments probably will begin early {next week and the case is expected 1 {10 go to the jury next Wednesday or “Thursday. Defense Loses Pleas. Before closing its testimony, the| defense made vain efforts to get into jthe evidence the pleadings in civil | proceedings in Virginia between the | | Fleet Corporation and the Virginia | | Shipbuilding Company. | They were also denied a request to jread to the jury annual reports of | | the Shipping Board or excerpts from | i them, which, they claimed, were vitai | {to the contention of the defense that | the government Is taking a distinctly | | different stand in that case and in| i the present criminal prosecution. in the civil suit they treated Morse as | owner of the vessels and, in the criminal case, seek to dweld him as| a trustee and liable for alleged mis- | i appropriations of the trust fund. PLEA FOR NEW WARD INDICTMENT BEGUN. Last Witnesses for Prosecution Be- fore Extraordinary Grand Jury. | | B the Associsted Pres WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., July 25— The extraordinary grand jury which reopened the investigation of the slaying of Clarence E. Peters of Haverhill, Mass, by Waiter S. Ward, wealthy baker's son, today was re- ported to be receiving from Attorney General Carl Sherman a plea for an- other murder indictment against Ward. Mr. Sherman, who conducted the in- quiry for the atate after a previous murder indictment had been dismissed Dbecause the county prosecutors’ office announced It was not ready to go to trial, was sald to have called his last important witnesses before the jury vesterday, when the dead man's par- ents came from Haverhill 1 v | i The Crisis World-Renowned L John Maynard Kéynzs —discusses the threatened break between Great Britain apd France over occupation of the Ruhr, in a’ special cable dis- patch, to be published tomorrow. in THE EVENING STAR | | in Europe British Economist | betow: “From Press to Home The Star’ every city bl Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers lock and the regular e tion is delivered to Washington homes. L as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 87,202 American Girl At Lowest Ebb Says Minister By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 25.—The Amer- ican girl is at “the lowest ebb of her history,” the Rev. Dr. F. H. Knubel, president of the United Lutheran Church of the United States and Canada, declared today before salling on the Lapland for Germany, where he will attend the world conference of the Lutheran Church in August. “American girls and young women"” he said, “should mend their ways, because the men de- spise them. They drink cocktails, smoke cigarettes and altogether their conduct is shocking. _“The whole United States is very immoral at present and 1 tru there will be a recovery very soon. The women are no worse than the men, but they seem so because previously they were so reserved. They should realize that men hate them for flaunting indecency. I believe much of this is due to the exaggeration of the true duty of woman, namely, suffrage and this new freedom. 8 VOTES PLEDGED FORIGH PRESSURE BY CONGRESSMEN Only One Opposing Voice 70 Interviews on D. C. Water Project. With seventy members of Congress interviewed in the poll that The Star is taking regarding their attitude on the proposed high-pressure water sys- tem for the business section of the Natlonal Capital, the score is: Forty-eight have declared that they will vote in favor of authorizing this much-needed public improvement and | will work for the passage of this leg- islation. Twenty-one announce that they will give it careful and sympathetic con- sideration, saying frankly that they are now inclined to vote for it and can see no reason why the legislation | shculd not pass. Only One in Opposition. one, senator, R Omaha, Neb., sounds querulous note in declaring that properties benefited should pay i B! a the the a new of This is considered a remarkable and encouraging showing by those who are urging the need for the high- pressure water system. It must be remembered that this project has never been brought to the attention {of Congress before, and that quite naturally members hesitate to. g0 on record for any proposition until they have had #ome opportunity to study its merits. Under such ¢ircumstances a friendly reply promising to con- #ider the matter with an epen mind is about all that could be expected. Here, however. are not only twenty one members who say they are in- clined to vote for this proposition, if the need can be established, but there are forty-eight who unhesitatingly announce that they will vote for and work for this legislation. Views of Members. In Sunday's Star the replies of thirty-eight members were quoted. Interviews sccured since then are given Senator Bert M. Fernald of Maine, chairman of the committee on public buildings and grounds: “I am heartily in favor of this and many other im- i { | 1 provements which are necessary. Lit- | tle or nothing has been done {0 im- prove conditions and beautifying the Capital city in the past seven years, and as chairman of the public build- ings and grounds committee, I am desirious of making many improve- ments. starting in_the next congr 7(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) WYOMING FLOOD WRECKS RAILROAD Eighty Miles of Track. Many - Bridges Washed Away. By the Associated Pre CASPER, Wyo., July 25.—With un- lofictal estimates of the damage placed at nearly $1,500,000, the region west and northwest of here, extending as far as Thermopolis, is struggling to get its head above the flood waters which deluged that section yesterday. The damage to the Burlington ' rail- road Between mopolis, a stretch of eighty miles, is estimated at close to $750,000. Be- cause wires are down most of the way between Arméngton, thirty-five miles northwest of here, and Ther- mopolis, it is difficult to ascertain the exact amount of damage. No loss of life is reported thus far. lington rallroad reports three steel bridges smaller amount bridges. besides a of roadbed washed out. Alkali creek, Badwater and Wina rivers all are running bankful. Bad- water has opened several new chan- nels and has caused the most hayoc. Several bridges on the Northwestern rallroad between here and Lander are reported swept away by high water. Two Northwestern trains are ma- rooned near Moneta, a short distance west of here, with ater on both sides of them. Burlington officials do not expect to regular train service resumed ::tv:lel\xhtre and Thermopolis and Billings for nearly six weeks. ‘Water is rising at Thermopolis and many buildings_are flooded. Water from the Big Horn river, late re- Dorts said, was nearly up to the top of the rails at the Burlington depot, one of the highest points in the city. The entire town of Boonville is r ported under two to five feet of water. large { | costs, Armington and Ther-| The Bur-| out west of here and two! | | i TWO CENTS. CITY HEADS PLAN FULL INQUIRY INTO COAL CONDITIONS Will Determine Whether Reg- ulation as Last Year Will Be Required. STEPS TO BE TAKEN ONLY IF SITUATION SERIOUS Dealers to Be Adked to Give Data on Costs, Profits, Etc., by Con- sumers’ League. The Commissioners are planning tn make inquiry into the present coal situation fn Washington to deter- mine whether it will be necessary to regulate’ the distribution of commodity again this winter Commissioner Rudolph, chairman of the board, stated today the muni- clpal government would not attemp: to control deliveries unless conditions later on warrant such n The Commissioner pointed out that neither the Commissioners nor the Public Utiities Commission has power to fix coal prices. He recalled. how- ever, that in the erisis last winter the utilities commission, in co-operation With the retail dealers, adopted a fair price list and worked out a system whereby the inatlequate shipments of fuel were fairly distributed th, Rules Helped Deliverien. Although the commission had no [1aw Dehind it, marked success was achieved in restricting deliveries to consumers, preventing some buyers getting all they needed, while others went without coal, The Commissioners realize. however. that such restriction shouid not b applied unless the situation becomes as serious as it way a year ago. Maj. Bell, the Engineer Commis sloner, stated that he is merely seeking information as to-what the commission did last winter and how effective those methods were, It was suggesied to Maj. Bell today that one of the principal facts to be obtained is the amount of next win- ter's supply that already has been laid in by Washingtonian Consumers Seek Da A letter will be sent the near future to all retall coal dealers in the District requesting them to sub- mit an itemized statement of thei prices, margin and net profits for the past year to the Coal Con- sumers Leagye, according 1o instruc- {tions given Mrs. C. R. Whitaker, scc- iretary of the league. &f an executive meeting at 1620 Riggs place, las: night. Mrs. Whitaker also instructed to send a letter to District At- torney Peyton Gordon, asking him when the thirteen coal dealers indict- ed under the Sherman anti-trust act would be brought to trial. The personnel of the following com- mittee. will be appointed at an e ecuti - meeting to be held at 1620 Riggs place next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock: Committees on costs, prices and profits, distribution, economy and substitutes, membership and finance Louis F. Post, president of the league, president. PREDICT FAILURE FOR GERMAN REDS Authorities Believe Prevent- ive Measures Will Cripple . Planned Demonstraton. | By in | | i | i the Associated Press BERLIN, July 25.—The attempt of jthe German communists to make |next Sunday's “anti-fascisti’ demon- | strations a test of their political | strength is considered by the au- thorities as destined to founder on the preventive measures taken by {the federal and Prussian govern- ! ments and the complete disavowal of the communists’ aims expressed by the united socialists and organized laboz. | The two_latter factors are openly backing away from the extremists | attempt to drive the working classes {into the streets, especially since the outbreak at Frankfort, which re. suited in the public murder +f Dr' Haas. the city prosecutor. under re- volting circumstances. The socialist { Vorwaerts reminds its followers that the Frankfort episode is « | warning signal which should teach |the workers of moderate views the folly of allying themselves with the extremist element as_ they did in Frankfort in connection with the | public protest against the Worsening jeconomic_condifions and the mount- ing food priges. 1 | "™Foth the federal and Prussian min- | ister of the Interior have authorized the various state and local authori- ties to suppress public meetings and parades, the decrees being aimed at inationailstic as well as extremist ! demonstrations. In selecting Sunday for the so- called anti-fascisti protest the com- munists are believed to have had i view the recruiting of large num- bers of holiday rpakers in the general excitement they expected to work up. HAAS BRUTALLY SLAIN. | By the Asseciated Press. FRANKFORT, July 25.—The au- topsy on the body. of Dr. Haas, the public prosecutor killed during the | ccmmunistic disturbances here Sun- 'day, seemed to show that the vic- was clubbed, stabbed and stoned to death. The murder occurred in front of the prosecutor's residence. Afterwards the mob ransacked the dwelling. One placard carried by the | demonstrators read: “No justice with- out blood. The police have arrested several suspects but have been unable to es- tablish definitely the identity of the murderers, largely owing to the fact that the scene of the outrage was not well policed at the time.