Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1923, Page 1

3 WEATHER. . Showers and thunderstorms tonight and probably tomorrow morning; slightly cooler temperature. ‘emperatire for twenty-four hours onded at 2 p.m. today: Highest. 85, at 4:45 p.m. yesterday. Lowest, 73, a.m, today. Full report on Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 Entered_as second cluss raatter post office Washington, D. C. No. MOVEBY U.S.HELD VITAL T0 PREVENT HARD-COAL STRIKE ‘Close Observers of Wage Parley, Broken Off Yester- day, See Walkout. BITTER DEBATE MARKS | SESSION BEFORE BREAK | e z Miners and Operators Charge Each Other With Effort to Win Over Public. 28,942, By the Associated Pross, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July Anthracite miners and operators, hav- ing adjourned for the present their wage conferences, when they failed yesterday to reach an understanding on the check-off, are now waiting for something to turn up to permit them to | resume the negotiations. The present contract under which the miners working expires in five weeks. The Interruption of the negotia- tions, which came rather unexpectedly to the public, was not a surprise to those following the negotiations. No anthracite conference in the past has ever reached a point where substan- tial progress was made toward an agreement five weeks in advance of the expiration of a contract. Instead of sitting day in and day out as here- tofore, discussing the demands, the ! two sides have decided to suspend discussion until either side is_in- clined to resume the meetings. This was indicated by the action of the operators in asking that the secre- tary be authorized to reconvene the meeting when necessary. See Strike September 1. Close observers of the situation be- | lieve that there wliil be a suspension | of mining on September 1, unless the | government presses -both sides to agree. The mines have been working®| full time since they resumed opera- | tions after last year's lonz suspen- sion and the transportation of coal has been going forward a little above normal since last spring in anticipa- tion of a shut-down this fall. The discussion of the demands has not gone very far. At the outset the operators agreed to the demand of; the miners to climinate as far as practicable the twelve-hour day and that decisions of the umpire in cases from the conciliation board referred to him should be decided in thirty/ days. wage question, discussed in | only a general way at the opening| meeting has not been touched since. | Tre break, if it can be called a break came on the question of the check-off, which has heen under dis- cussion at every wage conference in the anthracite fi*lds since 1902. Debate Bitter. After a bitter contest of words, in which each side charged the other with responsibility for the state of affairs and declared its opponent was making an unfair bid for public sup-; port of an unjust cause. The joint committee of eight adjourned sine die. At the last moment a resolution was passed authorizing the secretary | to reconvene the committee if elther side indicated it had anything worth while to concede. There was no indication, however, that miners or operators saw any weak £pots in their own armor or that of their opponents, which would be apt to jurtify a resumption of negotiations. Since the.union already had publicly d clared it wouid not submit to arbitra- n, the only possible peace agency €een in the way of the threatened strike on September 1, was government inter- vention. The proceedings, us described in the official communique of James Gorman, . were: . Lewis, president of the Miners' Internatiowhl, made the statement that there was no change in the attitude of the miners upon the demand for full and_complete recognition of the union S. D. Warriner, spokesman for the op erators, read into the record a state- ment outlining the position of the op- erators. . Mr. Lewls made a statement outlining the position of the miners. The_committee_adjourned subject to (Continucd on Page 4, Column 2.) D.C. MAY PUBLISH | - FAIR COAL PRICES City Heads Consider Revival of Last Winter’s System in Case of Famine. Publication of a fair price list by the Commissioners in the event the coal situation becomes serious again this winter is being considered by Engineer Commissioner Bell, he sald today. Although he believes it is too early to decide to what extent the local au- thorities should supervise the coal situation next winter, the Commis- sioner said he was gathering infor- mation from various sources, “I sincerely hope the fuel situation will clear up before winter,” sald Maj. Bell, “but if it does not I sup- pose we will have to take some actlon.” Sees One Fair Price. On the question of a price list, Maj. Bell does not believe there should be a minimum and maximum, but that there should be one fair price. Last winter the commission pub- lished fair prices for various sizes &nd grades of coal and also restrict- ed the amount of coal to be delivered to consumers in order that an even distribution could be maintained. The commissioners probably will decide some time in August what part, i any, they will take in the el of the coal business for the coming winter. B i He puge 1. Turkey Is Torn By Internal Row Among Leadgrs BY CONSTANTINE BRO By Cable to The §tar and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 28.— The victarious peace the Turks succeeded in con- cluding at Lau- anne secems to have disturbed f{the apparent harmony among |the Turkish leaders, and se- rious troubles are looming up ) before Mustapha Kemal Pasha, president of the grand national assembly and commander - in - chief of the army. The leaders Mustapha Kemal, who brought to an end the fight for national independence now are divided, some favoring the re-estab- lishment of a monarchy and others favoring a republic. Some advocate the wholesale ex- pulsion of Christians and others desire the importation of foreign capital, pleading for the favor of the foreigners. It is difficult to forecast future developments, but it is clear that Kemal's position has been shaken greatly. PRESIDENT RESTS ON SPEEDING TRAIN Crowded Program in Seattle Follqws'ColIision in Fog Off Port Townsend. By the Associated Preas. ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARD- ING'S SPECIAL TRAIN, July 28— After a rail and water trip of more than 5,000 miles to Alaska, Canada, and return to Seattle, President Harding was again on board the train which left Washington June 20. traveling with his official party along the Pacific coast range south to the Yosemite National Park, Calif. and Mrs. Harding spent the day in relaxation from the hurried and strenuous program of yesterday in Seattle, occasioned by the delayed arrival at. that port of the Navy transport Henderson, in turn caused by impenetrable fog banks on the waters north and in the vicinity of Port Townsend, Wash. There was an evident feeling of regret among members of the presi- dentlal party that the colliston be- tween the Henderson and the de- stroyer Zeilin, which occurred in the fog near Port Townsend, had marred to even a slight degree what had been a thoroughly enjoyable sea voy- age to and from Alaska. At the same time, however, expressions of praise for Capt. Allen” Buchanan, command- ing the Henderson, were generally spoken, it being acknowledged by. all members of the party that he pre- vented by prompt action and eéxcel- lent seamanship what might have been a more serlons affair, resulting probably in loss of life and destruc- tion of the Zeilin. Ordered to Proceed. It was also made known that or- ders had been glven at the Presi- dent’s direction that Capt. Buchanan should not be detained at Seattle or delayed in any manner from pro- ceeding immedlately with the Hender- son to San Diego, where the presi- dential party will embark August 6 for Panama, The routine board of inquiry, customarily created to Investigate and report to the Navy Department on such events as the Henderson-Zeilin collision, will be compelled to func- tion in this instance without direct examination of testimony or Capt. Buchanan. The regret of the President and Mrs. Harding over the accident was | greatly increased by recognition of the disappointment to the thousands in Seattle who, lining the route of the presidential parade, had waited several hours, several of them from 8 or 9 o'clock in the morning until the procession finally passed by at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Siren Rouses Fears. Some of these had some anxious moments. A Seattle newspaper Thursday evening had announced that in event of any big news during the presidential visit a siren would be sounded. When 10 o'clock and the hour of the parade passed and there was no sign of the President’s arrival those waiting were mystified and the feeling grew as noon ap- proached. - Then about 11:30 the siren’s call was heard over the city. It was several minutes before new paper extras telling of the collision were on the streets, and during the intervening period there was an al- most panicky feeling in the hearts of those waiting. But_when tho presidential party did arrive those who had been walt- Ing for hours forgot thelr fatigue and jolned in giving the Chief Exec- utive and Mrs. Harding what the Fresident described as one of the most cordlal receptions received on the trip. Twenty thousand or more boys from various parts of the state of Washington, gathered in Wood- land Park for the annual boys' pic- nic given by the Seattle Elks, like- wise showed few signs of their long wait and greeted the President with roaring cheers when he appeared be- fore them, administered the pledge of alleglance to the flag and country and made ‘a brief address, declaring ‘every consecration to the and every mew pledge of devotion is a re- newed promise of a greater and better republic.” SEES ALASKA AS STATE. President Advises Stimulating of Home-Making in Territory. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., July 28.—The Alaskan program of President Hard- ing, evolved from his first-hand study of conditions in the territory, em- braces in the main measures to con- serve the salmon fisheries, removal of some of the restrictions on utiliza- tion of the forests. grants of more (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) _@h £ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION "o~ * . Sftar. | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washingtof homes as fast as the papers are printed. | Yesterday’s WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1923 _TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. FRENCH NOTE AIMS TORESTORE ACCORD INENTENTE RANKS Reparations Reply to Britain Drafted With View to Har- monious Action. POINCARE HASTENS TO DELIVER HIS ANSWER British Still Believe They Will Be Obliged to Make Answer to Germany. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 28.—The French note te Great Britain, in reply to the British suggestions as to a joint re- sponse to Germany's reparation memo- randum, was said authoritatively to- day to have been drafted with the determination to exhaust every means of reaching a full accord with the British, Dellvery of the French note is only awaiting word from Brussels that the Belgian note to London also is ready. The French communication, in any case, will be dellvered by the begin- rnffig of next week, whether the Bel- gian note is ready or not, because} Premier Poincare is anxious to com- | ply with the desire of Lord Curzon, | the British secretary for forelgn af- fairs, to receive France's answer be fore the British parliament adjourns | for the summer recess. The chances of rewelding the en- tente, with Great Britain co-operat- Ing In the effort to obtain guaran-; tees for the puyment of reparations | by Germany, 1§ thought by “those ! closely in touch with reparations questions to be better than at any time since the split of last January. This feeling of optimism prevails not only in_ French officlal circles, but among the allled representatives who are in Paris in connection with prob- lems arising under the treaty of Ver- sailles. Sce Council Reborn. The rebirth of the allied supreme | council is predicted now as a likely consequence of the exchange of notes. Lord Curzon. according to word from | England, will visit France shortly to take the treatment at a health resort, and this, with the prospective trip of Premier Theunis to Parls, will furnish an excellent occasion, it ls thought, for a meeting of the council. Premier | Poincare’s aversion to such conferences may be overcome, it is considered, by his desire to regain the co-operation of the British in working out the reparas tlon problem. REPLY READY MONDAY. French and Belgian Anéwere Ex-|communivts o whittlé dow pected by That Date. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyriglt. 1923, PARIS. July 28.—~The secret French reply to the secret British reparations proposal has been communicated to Belglum and will be communicated to Great Britain before Monday. The Belgians are drafting their own reply. As nearly as the writer can learn the present state of negotiations is as follows: Great Britain has submitted a draft of a proposed reply to the latest Ger- question. France and Belgium not willing to make any reply be- cause they are not willing to nego- tlate until Germany first ceases re- | sistance in the Ruhr. Great allles in summoning Germany cease resistance in the Ruhr, France and Belgium will make occupation “invisible™ to 1 and when a new reparations agreement with Germany has been reached. France agrees in principle to reduce the occupation if resistance ceases, but is unwilling_to bind herself in advance to any fixed schedule. Bel- ®ium seems to think a schedule of ultimate retirement might be drafted even now to reassure Great Britain, (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) POLA SAYS SHE'LL “Charming Fellow, But Too Temperamental,” Declares Tragedienne of Films. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., The engagement of Pola Negri, Pol- ish movie tragedienne, to Charles Spencer Chaplin, star comedian of the motion pictures, is off, definitely, after having once been off and then on again. Miss Negri still says “hel- lo” to Chaplin, but “realized five weeks ago” that a match with him “was an impossibility,” according to the Los Angeles Times. “Mr. Chaplin is a charming fellow,” she sald. “We are still friends. I y ‘hello’ to him, but 1 realize now never could have married him. He is too temperamental, as changing as the wind, He dramatizes everything. He experiments in love. He has no quality for matrimony. 1 am glad July 28— i Britain offers to join her: | food wil agree to! Witharaw from the Ruhr altogether | (OF this apprehension. { London. | possible to purchase butter, eggs or | potatoes in Germany yesterday be- {cause farmers were holding up sup- | pltes NEVERWED CHAPLIN | Food supplies are slowly decreasing it is over, for it was interfering with my life, my work. I have great am- bitions, and 1 am sure I could not be great actress as Mrs. Chaplin. Yes, I am glad It is over, and profited by the experience.” The couple announced their engage- ment six months ago at Del Monte, Calif. Once afterward, when Chaplin | was quoted In a newspaper about “be- | ing t00 poor to marry,” a quotation he later denied was correct. Miss Negri_“released” Chaplin, but they later “made up.” ! | “Recently it was whispered in mo- tion plcture circles that all was not well with the romance, but there was nothing definite until Friday night, when both were seen at & public place of amusement, but not together. 1 have l Chaplin was escorting Lenore Ul- rich, the acress. With Miss Negri were William T. Tilden, 2d, national tennis champion, and Manuel Alonso, Spanish tennis star now playing im the southern California championshij tournament. BY necct (IR THING IN THE > usCARToL Y/ News Note: A Thorough Cleaning Out of Fleas in the U. Capitol ‘Guide Trust’ Retreats Before Determined ‘Sightseers’| ‘BOLSHEVISTS GET CHECK IN GERMANY {Plans for Subduing Political Outbreaks Halt “Anti-Fas- cist” Demonstrations. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 28.—After federal and state officlals had announced de- tailed plans for subduing political outbreaks of all kinds in the present critical circumstances, the German bolshevist leaders late last night decided to keep their followers off the streets Sunday and to cancel their open-air “anti-fascist” demonstra- tions. . The order igsued by the united so- clalists and labor federation head- quarters to all members to avold communistic demonstrations is - be- lleved to have helped in impelling the N thelr project. The bolshevistic protest meetings have been ordered confined to indoor gatherings. which will be watched closely by the police. Dencending Mark Causes Havoe. The descending mark still is creat. jing havoe. The practice of listing prices on a dollar basfy is becoming almost unl- versal, and there prevalls on acute shortage In stocks of all lines, due to the hoarding by the public during the man plans for settling the reparations | 125t few months. are | Flour, potatoes and other agricul- tural staples are being held by the growers and distributors in the prov- inces through fear of communistic uprisings and that all shipments of 1 be confiscated. Wide propagandizing by the reds during the past week is responsible FOOD SITUATION GRAVE. Official London Showing Anxiety Over German Conditions. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 28.—The food situa- tion in Germany is giving rise to some anxlety in official quarters in It is understood it was im- in consequence of the heavy currency depreciation daily. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Duesseldorf says the questions of food and wages are growing acute. and a majority of shopkeepers sold goods only two hours this morning and two hours this afternoon. Anx- ious crowds surrounded the banks and exchange offices. The dispatch adds that the Ruhr outwardly is calm, but that under- neath disquieting symptoms are dis- cernable. The correspondent predicts that re- sistance will end in about three months, “when the people are faced with approaching winter, without coal or work and perhaps foodles: {28 MEN ENTOMBED BY MINE EXPLOSION Distressing Scenes at British Col- liery, Where Fire Has Been Giving Trouble. By the Assoclated Press. SUFFIELD, England, July 28— Twenty-elght men were entombed by an explosion today in the Maltby Colllery, where a fire has been ca ing trouble for several weeks. The terrific nature of the explosion made any operations to get in communica- tion with the men impossible for some time, but rescue parties were on hand ready to start as soon as condi- tions permitted. Distressing scenes were witnessed at the pit mouth where women and children were nxiously awaiting news of their relatives. One hundred men were working in the mine at the time of the explo- fon, twenty-eight of them at the.far end of the gallery near the fire. ‘The force exerted along the gal- ery by the blast brought down such quantities of stone and coal dust as to cut off the twenty-eight miners. A determined eye. plenty of bluff and a few words of more than two syllables are all you need to suhdue the army of guldes who have taken possession of the United States Capi- tol, insist that you check your per- sonal conductor outside the door and pay them the sum of 25 cents a head for escorting you through the marble halls of free America’s great- est tribunal. ‘ Two bables, & like number of mild- faced women,” a reporter and two other men put the whole force of Capitol guides to flight this morning. Il but shattered the serenity of the Senate sergeant-at-arme’ office and walked boldly through "the entire bullding, after having been told three times that it was “against the law” and “simply couldn't be done, without no contentlon, either.” It all came about in_ this way: It became known that not only are visitors to the United States Capitol charged “two bits” a head NONEY FOR PAVIG TSTREETS ASKED Main Thoroughfares to Be Repaired if D. C. Heads Are Granted Funds. | The amounts contained in the Dis- trict budget for the highway division [of the engineer department will, it allowed by Congress, provide for 114 street gaving Jjobs, it became known today. 5 While the streets for which im- provements have been asked cannot be revealed until the estimates are laid before Congress, it is learned from a reliable source that the list calls for additional funds to continue the per- manent paving of the main arterial highways. Thoroughfares in List. These main arteries include such thoroughfares as Rhode Island ave- nue northeast, Georgia avenue, Con- necticut and Wisconsin avenues. In the selection of other less im- portant streets the Commissioners were guided by two factors—whether the street is built upon both sides and to what extent it Is used for traf- fic. In company with officials of the highway division, Engineer Commis- sioner Bell yesterday made an auto- mobile tour of the city, Inspecting personally each street for which funds have been asked in the budget. Estimates Sent to Bureau. The District estimates, totaling a little more than $32,600,000, are now in the hands of the budget bureau and local officials are walting anx- iously to find out whether Gen. Lord is going to order them cut this year, as was necessary a year ago. Maj. Bell has now made a first- hand inspection of the sewers and streets d will turn his attention next to the water department, “The Owl Taxi” A Thrilling New Novel By Herbert Footner will begin in The Star Monday, July 30. . Capitol Is'Now Under Way. D. C. Residents, Disguised as Tourists, Prove That Building Can Be Seen Without Paying Two Bits to Do It. for the privilege of being escorted through, but that a veritable closed corporation of guldes had laid down enter the place, even at the request of the party he had been conducting through other places in the city. Looked Like Tourists. the manager of a local sightseeing bus company arranged a party of would-l§s tourists who had spent many years within Washington. The party consisted of the manager, his wite, baby daughter, sister-in-law, the young son of a friend and a reporter. Armed with cameras, guide i ot 1t beautiful looks, te” landed at the main en- trance of the Capitol in tow of the chauffeur who had driven their car. After taking a few fake plctures on the front steps and craning their necks upward at the dizzy helghts of the dome, they swept past the two guldes who lounged in the doorway and found themselves in the rotunda of America’s most noted building. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) WAR VETERAN SUES Income Tax Auditor, Claiming Good Record, Seeks to Prevent Dismissal. William E. Robinson of Virginia, a | their position in the town and county. | veteran of the world war, employed as an auditor in the Internal revenue bureau, today filed a suit for an in- Jjunction against Treasury Department officials to prevent his discharge from government employ next Tuesday. employe claims that his proposed dis- charge s in violation of law and quotes a sectlion of the statute of August 23, 1912, which declares “That |in the event of reductions being made in the force in any of the executive departments no honorably discharged soldler or sallor whose record in sald department is rated good shall be dis- charged or dropped or reduced in rank or salary.” Robinson tells the court he voldn- tarily enlisted in the military serv- ice of the United States December 10, 1917, went to France and served overseas from October, 1918, to Jan- uary 31, 1919. Me was honorably discharged March 3, 1919, and Sep- tember 1, 1920,. was appointed an auditor and qualified under the civil service. He has been engaged in auditing income tax returns at a salary of $1,800. The plaintiff de- clares his efficlency record has been good and points out that he has since April 1 last turned out an average of elghty cases a month, while the “good” rating requires but fifty cases a month. He tells the court that de- spite the clear wording of the law he has been notified that his services will be discontinued July 31. The attention of the court s also called to a)letter from Secretary Mel- lon to the dther officials of the Treas- ury Department, calling attention to the statute relied on by Robinson and pointing out that any violation of the provisions makes the officlal lia- | ble to summary removal from office | and punishment by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment not to exceed one year. Named as defendants are Secretary Mellon, Acting Secretary Gilhert, D; vid H. Blair, commissioner of revenue, and J. G. Bright, ‘deputy commissioner. DEMPSEY TO MEET FIRPO - IN TITLE CLASH SEPT. 14 NEW . YORK, Jul y 28.—Champlon Jack Dempsey will me: et Luls Angel Firpo of Argentina in a fifteen-round fight to a decision for the world heavywelght champlonship at th Polo Grounds_on fld-!‘ Septembe: 14, Promoter Tex Rickard announced a rule that no other guides might | To test the truth of this report,! 10 ENJOIN QUSTER Through Attorney. Harlan Wood the | nternal | * 31-Year Hermit, On First Outing, StungbyRumMan Special Dispatch to The Star. BOZEMAN, Mont., July 28.—Mon- tana’s Rip Van Winkle was on his way back to his mountain hermit- age today, a sadder but a wiser man. His brief visit here was his first return to civilization In thirty- one years and all for what—to be stung by a bootlegger! His real name is “English Tom" Lincoln and his home is at Taylor's Fork in Galatin county. For many years he has lived only a few miles from Bozeman, but he had not been here since 1892 and nearly every- body he knew here then was dead. The night he arrived from his hermitage he saw his first “movie” and he watched it with all the de- light of a child. The next day he had his first automobile ride and listened to a jazz orchestra. All might have been well and he might have elected to spend the remainder of his days in civiliza- tion if he had not bargained with a bootlegger for a gallon of moon- shine whisky which the latter agreed to deliver to him for $7. That was the last “English Tom" saw of the bootlegger or his $7. Life in the city, he sald, was too fast for him. FEAR CLAN CLASH AT GARRETT'S TRIAL Cumberland Courthouse Un- easy When Defendants Win Point. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND COURT HOUSE, Va., July 28.—A lull of reaction after a week of tense feeling pervades the air of Cumberland Court House, signs of the great legal struggle in which the trial of the Garrett brothers to some other point to hear the charge of shooting Rev. E. S. Plerce on the morn- | ing of June 5, are visible on all sides, but the town is almost devoid of hu- man activity. Shooting Expected. Last night also was tense. Both sides of the feudal factions which have precipitated the present crisis | kept to thelr houses for fear of an out- burst following the decision of Judge | White. Every one concerned in the controversy “packed” a gun if he had | occasion to leave the house after dark. but from close observation it seemed that the highways and byways were completely deserted. No one ventured far from the front doors after dark. Milton P. Ronifant, commonwealth attorney for Powhatan, who is acting in the case, did not leave Cumberland. | He is staying over the week end, and will be hére when the case is opened Monday morning. All of the other attorneys left yesterday afternoon. Police to Be Returned. The speclal police cordon which has been guarding the courthouse | will be brought back Monday and| encamped on the green. Judge White announced that the same rigid pre. cautions to safeguard the trial from interruption will be observed. Every | !cne entering the grounds will be| | searched for weapons, and any one | | found intoxicated will be put in jail ! and kept there for the duration of | the trial. The Garrett brothers were up this morning and about their business, Larkin at_the store getting courthouse _attending to his as clerk. his_clerical position in connection with the trial, he is looking after routine matters pertaining to the reg- {ular docket and other records. Both {Garretts appear very much gratified at the result of the case. en out last night by authority of the attorneys, which stated that they felt Judge White's decision vindicated | They are not worrled about the re. {sult of the trial, believing that they { will get a falr hearing and that when {all the facts are known they will be | restored to_their position in the com- ! munity and state. Other Faction Silent. been heard from the lother faction in the case. In fact, {few of those who are aligned with the McRae faction have appeared. | The case is not being discussed. | 'No_decislon has been reached as | to whether the Garretts will be tried singly or together. The facts in iboth cases arc identical. the same | witnessgs being summoned and all !circumsfinces, both attending _the {actual shooting and events leading {up to it, are the same. The C rets. say they have not discussed {this matter with their attorneys and | will_not go into it until Momlay | morning or probably later. The first proceedings in the case on Monday will be summoning a large venire from varlous sections of the county. It is believed that Judge White will not use the pres- ent venire list, but will quash it and make selectlons of his own from scattered sectlons. It Is understood | that the first panel to be summoned will_consist of 120 men, and if this is exhausted without obtaining the necessary jurors another hundred will be summoned. SHIP WRECKED IN CRASH WITH JAPANESE VESSEL { Wireless Says Rainier Lies Aban- doned in San de Fuca Strait After Collision in Fog. Not a word ha By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., Jily 28. — The Japanese steamer Mandasan Maru, in- bound from the orient via San Fran- cisco and Portland, collided at 2 a.m. | oday, four miles west of Port Angeles outbound from |Seattle and other Puget sound points for San Francisco and Los Angeles, according to a wircless message Te- celved from the Mandasan Maru by the port harbor station here. The Rainler, badly damaged and in a waterlogged condition, is adrift in the strait. The crew, with the excep- tion of the captain and three men were taken off the Rainier and are aboard the Mandasan Maru, bound for Alas! the message stated. No lives Were lont, it was belleved. The col- Usnn occurred in 4 heavy fog. state of Virginia failed to remove the | | lightening. things | put to rights, and Robert in the in! dutfes | While he is not occupying | in the strait of Juan de Fuca with the ! | steamship Rainler, Net Circulation, 86,968 TWO CENTS. BIG MONEY MADE BY CANVASSERS N LEGON POSTDRIVE Agents Collecting Funds Toll to Keep 20 Per Cent of Receipts. CAMPAIGN IS HALTED FOR PRESENT TIME Contract Canceled With Profes- sionals, Who Got 50 Per Cent of All Money Taken in Legion’s Name. Soliciting funds for the Costello Post memorial {8 a paying Jjob, ac- cording to information given The Star today. Solicltors who responded to news- paper advertisements by calling at an office in the Southern building have been making 20 per cent of everything they collected in the name of the Post and the American Legion. and 30 per cent of the remainder, it is stated, has been golng to those in charge of conducting the campalgn This leaves 50 per cent for the memo- rial to those who died in France. The Costello Post campalgn temporarily halted vesterday when it was announced that "the com- mander of the post, Dr. Walter F. Sullivan, has called off the drive, for the time being, pending official au- thorlzation from District legion of- ficlals and that the contract with the professional conducting the cam- paign had been cancelled. This au- horization will be discussed and ac- tion probably taken at an early meeting of the executive committee of the District department. It was made clear in the statement yester- day from Department Commander John Lewis Smith that the “officers and members of the post acted in good faith, but under a misappre- hension as to the approval of the propositio Promised Big Money. Details of how the fund raising campaign was being conducted, as related to The Star today en- The agents employed to raise the fund were told they could make “blg mon; and keep 20 per cent of all they raised. They were then given blanks and told to go out anvassing. Prospective donors were shown lists of subscribers, and a ques- tion has been raised regarding whether the lists were genuine. Legations and embasies in Wash- |Ington as well ux societies and churches and business organizations | have been canvassed. In case the soli- {citor raised the question before start- ing on his rounds as to what e |should say 1t the prospective custo- mer should question him alout what he “got out of It the agent wux told to reply “I am donating all my time to this cause.” or words to that effect, thus giving the impression that he was voluntarily giving hi efforts to help the Legion post Made $20 in One Day. rrted to have made v out of his calls ¥ 20 per cent of the total collected. It was pointed out that many of the subscribers and in- dorsers of the movement had the im- pression that every cent they gave to the legion would go toward erecting the memorial. As a matter of fact. only half of what they donated went to the legion. The oth: (Continued on 1., MARKETBOARD was ’Brookhart Says Special Con- i gress Session Is Vital to Prevent “Calamity.” i | | | By the Associated Pre | ELDON, Iowa, July 28.—A govern- i ment marketing agency. which is pos- sible by speedy and drastic action at | a special session of Congress, is nec- | eesary to save agriculture from the | “impending calamity,” Senator Smith | W. Brookhart said here today In ad- Iressing the Farmers' Union picnic. He urged that every one communicate with the congressman and ask that he assist in procuring an extra ses- sion to “meet this emerge “This government marketing agenc: | however, will offer only temporary relief,” Senator Brookhart said. “A | complete remedy 1s found in co-opera- | tive control of production, processing, | eredit and markefing by the farmers | themselves. | "“The critics of the great progres- | give movement in the west describe |it as a temporary period of unrest: Any concrete or constructive remed. | for this situation is defined as rad- ilc:\llnn) or ridiculed as a foolish pan- acea. They never fail to end up their Jisoussion with denouncing the alli- ance of the farmers and the laboring | people as . unholy, ill-advised and Vicious. In answer 1 say that agri- culture has always been exploited by | the middleman in our economic or | ganization. Flays Middleman. “The farmer has mo voice in the price he will pay for his necessities and, while organized labor has ac- {quired a volce in the amount of its wages, still it has no volce in the price it will pay for necessities. Any advance in wages, therefore is usually Inullified by advances in the cost of ving, in the profits, inefficiency and te of the middleman.” Senator Brookhart stated that the i farmer gets less than 37 cents out of {the dollar the laboring man pays for {the farmers’ products and the labor- ing man gets less than 20 cents out of the dollar the farmer spends for the laboring man’s products. He quoted Department of Commerce figures for 1919 showing that while forty-four billions of dollars of capital received fiteen billion dollars for over- head and profits, that nine million workers recelved rewards of only ten billion dollars or an average of $1.100 each. He sald that in 1912 the farmer received six billion dollars for his products, but that the consumer paid thirteen billion dollars for them.