Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1923, Page 2

—_— LIBERAL WILL RUN, -SAYS LA FOLLETTE If Major Parties Name Reac- tionaries, Third Party Will Come, He Prediots. A third political party—made up of progressives—may result if the two old major parties, both nominate re- actionaries for President Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, progressive re- publican, said yesterday afternoon in an interview. Senator La Follette supplemented this assertion with a statement that in his opinion President Harding was a reactionary and his administration had been reactionary. The nomina- tion of Mr. Harding by the repud- licans to succeed himself has been confidently predicted by republican leaders. Should the democrats, there- fore, nominate a so-called reactionary, the farmer-labor party, already or- gAnized, may be expected to put na- tional candidates in the field. Declines to Predict. The Wisconsin senator declined to sdy whether he would be avallable as a third party candidate, or to sug- gest the names of other progressives who might be drafted to head such & ticket. He is going to Europe next week. apd will not make any an- nfuncement regarding his plans until after his return. He does not believe the time is ripe to discuss further & third party movement. hqn the opinion of Semator La Fol- latte, the conditions which in Minne- sota’ brought about the election of Magnus Johnson, farmer-laborite, to the Senate exist in the east also to a far greater extent than Is generally beleved. Liberal Would Be Solution. “1 think we must await develop- ments,” he said “I do not think it hymanly possible for anybody to say anythirg about a third party at this time with any degree of certainty. ¥If liberal men should be nominated by both of the two old parties, 1 should doubt very much that there would be a_third party movement at all. It would not avall much. But If plainly, indisputably reactionary men Should be nominated by both of the two old partiex, something in the way of a third party may develop. “Whenever anything of that kind comes to stay, it comes from no spor- adic movement or because any body of men have decided to avail them- selves of any opportunity. It de- Velops because the people are insist- ent upon deliverance from the old parties. 1 do not know whether that time 1s at hand or not. Conditions Nationwide. “What is done by existing party or- ganizations may go far in bringing about a third party movement. Con- ditfons recently disclosed in Minne- sota exist very generally all over the country, much more so in the east than Is generally realized.” Asked about his views on_the re- nomination of President Hardin| Senator La_ Follette replied that he “did not think Mr. Harding is re- garded as & liberal or progressive. ir. Harding’s record in the Senate was that of a reactionary,” he added. “his administration, in my view, has been a reactionary administration, When asked about Henry Ford, Senator La Follette replied: do not see_what would be sig- nificant in Mr. Ford as a candidate. I know that he has achieved xreat distinction in his field of work, but I do not know of anything in Mr. Ford's record which identifies him with any party. He has devol himself to business rather than to politics.” Progressives to Meet. Declaring an extra session of Con- gress would not result in the enact- ment of much beneficial legislation, the Wisconsin senator said members of the House and Senate identified with the “progressive bloc” would meet, probably in October, o map out & legislative program for the De- cember session. In contrast with the prediction made by Senator Johnson, republican of California, in his N York dress Wednesday night that foreign policy would be a leading issue in the 1924 presidential campaign, Senator La Follette sald he did not belleve the voters would take much Interest in’the league of nations-world court are things at home, he “which are going to absorlh their attention.” FIND STARVING WOMAN ' BY CORPSE OF SISTER Bythe Associated Press. CARTHAGE. Mo., July 28.—Hilda Coe, forty, was founded dead of starv: tidn and her sister, Mona Coe, thirt: seven, in a weakened and possibly critical condition, watching by the body, at their home In a select resi- dential district here last night. The elder sister had been demad more than lenty-four hours, according to Dr. H. A. La Force, physician for Jasper cointy. Nelghbors asserted that the sister apparently had had nothing to eat for several weeks but leaves and berries gathered by the roadside. At- tempts to relleve their distress, neighbors declared. were rebuffed. The sisters inherited what was said to have been a conslderable estate frgm their father, a retired farmer. Gradually, the neighbors say, their property’ was sold as the sisters needed money. With increasing pov- | erty, the women shunned acquain ances and gradually became recluses. BiG MONEY MADE BY CANVASSERS IN LEGION POST DRIVE (Continued from First Page.) make up the fees of those engaged In collecting the fund. ' Commissioner Rudolph’s name as an indorser, with a newspaper clipping outlining the drive, has been one of the things shown the prospective do- nators. The District Department of the American Legion pointed out in its statement yesterday that “The Ameri- can Legion, both national and in this department, has always been opposed to the solicitation of donations by outside parties in the name of the le- gion, no matter how meritorious the proposition may be. Our rule requires that the approval of the department officers be obtained before any request shall be submitted to the public. ‘There is no question that the officers and members of Costello post acted in good faith, but under a misapprehen- s:?‘n to the approval of the propo- aition.” TOKIO ATTACHE SUICIDE. American Embassy Language Of- ficer Suffered From Insomnia. By the Associated Press. . TOKIO, July 28.—Waiter C. Magoon, officer of the American m; here, committed suicide to- day by with a revolver. hooting himself in the head He had been suffer- ing from:mervousness and insomnia. ‘Deatroyer Hit by President’s Ship Brought to Port The United States naval de- stroyer Zeilin, which was serfously damaged in collision yesterday with’the naval transport Hender- son, bearing President Harding and his official party on the return from Alaska, has been brought alongside the Army dock &t Fort Casey, Wash., the Navy Depart- ment was informed in a message received early today. The message sald the destroyer, which was brought to dock in tow of the destroyer Nicholas, had a list of thirty degrees, resulting from her flocding of the forward engineroom - and the aft fireroom. Other compartments of the vessel re said to be holding, and it vas said she would be towed to the Puget sound navy, yard for docking as soon as Dpracticable. The destroyer Woodbury also is standing by, ‘and a barge with wrecking equipment is proceeding from the navy yard. WOMANIS SOUGHT Three Arrested in Shortage of Near Half Million in Denver Institution. By the Amsociated Press, DENVER, Colo., July 28.—Doors of the Hibernia Bank and Trust Com- pany are closed and three young men prominent in Denver financial circles spent last night in Jjail, following the discovery of a shortage In the bank's funds estimated to be $400,000 and $500,000. Those taken to the county jail last night were Leo P. Floyd, secretary of the company; John Harrington, tel- ler, son of M. C. Harrington, president of the bank, and R. M. Man- brokers. District Attorney Phillp Van Clse stated last night that charges against the trio would be filed today. More arrests loom in the case, ac- cording to the bank examiners and officals of the District Attorney's office. Detectives who have been call- ed in to help unravel the financial tangle intimated that “the woman in the case” Is being sought. Her name was not revealed. Leonard De Lue, head of the De Lue Detective Agency, who ar- rested Floyd and Harrington, pre- dicted additional arrests soon. There will be an investigation also, he de- clared. into what he termed a “tip- oft” which enabled favored depositors to withdraw thousands of dollars: from the bank before notice was posted that it was in the hands of the state banking examiner. De Lue estimated that possibly $40,000 or $50,000 had been withdrawn by these depositors, | Floyd, according to his alleged con- | fession, told how money and bonds had been manipulated over a period of three years in such manner that bank examiners did not detect the reported defalcations. Harrington was quoted as saying that he had knowledge of what was going on, but that he sought to protect his friend, Floyd. “I did not receive a cent,” he declared. Floyd was quoted as saying: “I was not in this alone. Three Years' Activities. - Vice President Harrington said that Floyd had revealed the shortages to the bank directors, that they had be- gun three years ago. when, he said, Mandell put through some short checks which the bank's secretary had covered because of friendship for the broker. E. P. Ryan of Spokane, Wash., president of the bank, is en route to Denver with securitles, and Mrs. Jo- sephine Leonard, a large stockholder, is coming from Washington, D. C., with additional securities to be used in an effort to meet the Hibernia's losses. Although the alleged peculations cover a period of three years, bank examiners last Tuesday pronounced the bank's records satisfactory. Ac- cording to the last statement the Hi- bernia had deposits of $1,373,729. HOBOKEN CROWD TEARS DOWN I. W. W. RED FLAG Storm Headquarters of /Orgnnizu~ tion After Protest Against Emblem Is Ignored. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 28.—A crowd today stormed Hoboken headquar- ters of the Industrial Workers of the World, whose longshoremen aro on strike, and tore down the red flag of the organization floating over the building. The flag, flown despite protests of Hoboken citigens, who demanded that the Stars and Stripes also be raised, was burned after it had been torn down, according to New York headquarters of the I W. W., which announced it had telegraphed a pro- test to Gov. Silzer of New Jersey. New York headquarters charged that the attack had been made by members of the International Long- shoremen’s Asgociation, which had called back those of its members who had walked out. INBANK'S FAILURE: between | vice | dell, head of Mandell & Co., investment ! Frank R. We e B WILL TRY TO REGAIN SEATS IN COMMONS Four Ousted Members No- tify Speaker Not to Ob- - struct Attempt. * on Chexaps By the Associated Press LONDON, July 28.—The four labor members who were suspended from the house of commons a month &go and have since refused to apologize ito the speaker. announced their in- tention today of attempting to take their seats again next Monday, and in a joint letter to the speaker ex- i pressed hope that he will “see that no obstacle is put in our way.” They referred to an incident in the commons earlief in the yemr. when with & member's suspension under consideration, the premier said three weeks' punishment was adequate. Special Action Required. The present rule is that a sus- pended member is unable to take s seat.for the remainder of the Pu ion unless a motion to that effect proposed by the - government IS ] | passed. The wuspended members are James { Maxton, J. Wheatley, Rev. Campbell | Stephen and G. Buchanan, all Scotch laborites. They were suspended after {a stormy scene over a proposed re- | duction in the applications for child welfare in Scotland during which they denounced those favoring the reduction as “murderers.” refusing to withdraw the term when asked lto do so. RAPS COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO REPLACE STRIKERS ! Pastor Says in Leaflet They Vio- late Fair Play; Denounces Sys- tem V. R- R. Uses Toward Labor. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 28.—Copies of & lleaflet which charges that students vioiate American college spirit in working for raflroads during summer ] aistributed next year among 300 stu- tdent rail workers, the Rev. Dr. Richard W, Hogue, author of the leaf. let_and officer of the Church League of Industrial Democracy, announced to- day. The leaflet, which suggests a con- ference on the questions between rep- resentatives of the ralilroads, the unions and the college men, will be distributed at Pennsylvania railroad shops at Olean, N. Y.; Harrisburg, Pa., and Altoona, Pa,, Dr. Hogue said It calls the Pennsylvania railroad “arbitrary, autocratic and jnhumane” in its labor relations, and says the students, by taking jobs and wages of shopmen, “are affronting their own self-respect, challenging thelr con- sciences and insulting their sense of fair play.” Dr. Hogue, former pastor of Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Baltimore, Md., sald the church league, which numbers seventeen Eplscopal bishops in its membership, had approved the spirit of the leaflet, but that the statement was made on his own initiative and responsibility. _—————— FRIENDS IN CONFERENCE. “Quaker Problems” Being Discussed. RICHMOND, Ind, July 28.—Human relations, Bible study and modern “Quaker problems” were the princi- pal subjects on the program for dis- cussionat today's session of the Young Friends conference, in session ere. Approximately 200 Young Friends are attending the conference, which opened yesterday. Modern Are ROOSEVELT AND EBERLE REVIEW MILITIA | Naval Militia from New York, New Jersey mand Commecticut, were re- viewed terday on their sub-chasers a the Assistant Seeretary of the Navy, Admiral Eberle and other high Navy| Eagle boats in the Hudson. by I holidays, to replace strikers, will be | the | MARRIAGE ON WANE, DIVORCE INCREASES 12 Per Cent Fewer Take Vows, While 30 Per Cent More Break : Them, Is Shown. A sharp increase in the last six vears in the ratlo of divorce to mar- riages is disclosed In preliminary reports for 1922 announced today by jthe census burcau for half a doszen northeastern states, the first for which figures have been compiled in a nation-wide survey. The 1922 ratio was almost half again as large as it was in 1916, there having been almost 9.3 divorces to each 100 marriages in 1922 com- pared wWith almost,6.3 in 1916. Analy- sis of the statistics for the six states show the number of marriages in 1922 were one-elghth less than in 1916, while the number of divorces was al- most one-third more. i The states covered in the reports ew Hampshire, Vermont, Mase- tts, Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware. Marriages in these states in 1922 numbered 80,883 as compared with $2.531 {n 1916, and divorces 7,513, compared with '5.793. There was a decrease of 11,648 mar- riages in the states, or about 123 per cent, while divorces Increased 1720 in number or almost 30 per cent. There was an increase in the num- ber of marriages In onfi' one of the six states—New ampshire. There was a decrease in the number of divorces in Vermont, but the ratio of divorces to the number of mar- riages showed an increase in that state, as it did in the other five states :’n which divorces increased in num- er. ADMIRALTY RENEWS AIR POLICY ROW Earl Beatty Among Those Who May Resign If Views Are Rejected, Rumor. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 28—The old con- troversy centering about the démand of the admiralty for a separate alr force for the navy has been revived in the last few days and rumors are afloat that certain members of the admiralty board, Including Earl Beatty, first sea lord, will resign un- less their views prevail. There was tension in the matter some time ago in parliament, when Bonar Law, then premier, announced that the question would be referred to the committee on Iimperial de- | fense, whose decision, it was under- stood, the admiralty had agreed to accept. This committee’s report is belleved to be adverse to the alms of the ad- miralty and that it proposes o offer a compromise which would admit cers tain naval officers to the air ministry. The admiralty, which has the sup- port of many conservatives, is report- ed to be disgruntled with this re- sult’ The matter now is before the cabinet. BLAME FOOD CRISIS T0 “BOLLAR cuiT” German Authorities Sift Cause of Retarded Products from Truck Gardens. 1 By the Associated Press. | BERLIN, July 28.—Greater Berlin' 1 food crisis is viewed as one of the di- rect results .of the “dollar cult,” whose most ardent devotees may be found in the rural sections, where not lonly the large agarian, but the modest truck gardener and dalry farmer have now become bourse fans. Ever since the mark began its pres. ent tobogganing there has been a noticeable interruption in the ship- ment into Berlin of potatoes, grain, dairy products and betf, and the mu- Bicipal authorities at firat failed to grasp the cause of the hiatus, The German agrarians now view a pound of butter or a quarter of beef as a “gold value” to be computed on the dollar basis. The extent to which the flucguation of the mark is refleoted in $ie capital's retail trade is illus- trated in the varying price levels named for identical commodities by different dealers in the same gh- borhood. They are explained on the ground that one dealer succeeded in laying in his day's supply before the bourse reported the mark depreciating, while his competitor across the street 1 forced to ask higher prices because his purchases were made later and on & less favorable wholesale markef These price discrepancies form one of the numerous causes for complaint among the shopping' public, although the retailers insist there is no rem- edy, in view of the growing practice of estimating food products on the dollar basis. SRR RUSSIAN TRADE GROWS. Foreign Buying From Country Is Greater Than in 1922. By the Associated rn-l 3 MOSCOW, July olgn trade for the six months ended March 31 shows an increase over the preceding half year, according to of- ficlal statistics. The value of the exports is placed at 47,831,000 gold rubles. More than 30 per cent went to_England. Imports are valued at 110,359,000 old. rubles and 45 per cent came m England, Membership committer of the civie organization ready to leave today for the big affair held at the estate of COUZENS SCOUTS FORD'S 1924 CHANGE Says Auto Maker Will Not Be " an Issue in Election Campaign. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 28.—Senator James Couszens of Michigan sailed for & vacation trip to Europe on the Leviathan today, - declaring “rafl- roads, agriculture and the Volstead act” were the three greatest issues before America today. European af- fairs, he declared, ranked behind these. . Asked to comment on the chances of Henry Ford, his former business zssoclate, for President, Mr. Couzens replied: “Mr. Ford is not an_issue, and I never discuss anything but issues.” He predicted early modification of the Volstead act to permit light wines and beer. “The handwriting is on the wall,” he_ said, He id he favored President Harding’s proposal to join the world court, provided there was a reservi tion '“that would let us stcp out should the occasion arlse.” Recalling his opposition to propos- als for a ship subsidy, he pointed to the magnificently reconditioned Le- viathan, owned by the government, as his idea of proper solution. “That is the only way to keep the American flag on the seas,” he said. “In this type of ship all selfish in- terests are removed.” U.S. CREW,TAKEN BY REDS, OVERCOMES GUARD, FLEES Tale of Swashbuckling Soviet Offi- cial’'s Seizure Revealed by Captain of Iscum. By the Associated Press. NOME, Alaska, July 25.—A story of duplicity and double dealing and of the pecullar actions of a swash- buckling soviet representative who boarded his ship at Sand Point, Si- beria, June 14, and assumed charge of her, ‘was told by Capt. Putta of the trading achooner Iscum of Tacoma, which arrived here Wednesday after the captain and crew had overpow- ered the soviet guards and fled from Anadyr to Nome. The Iscum, after being interned for six weeka by the red authorities. reached here with the youthful armed guards from the red army, praying they would not be returned to Rusela for fear of losing their own lives. It was belleved the men will be taken to Tacoma if arrange- ments could be made. —_— COURT CLERK IS CITED IN FIGHT FOR DEPOSIT Dropping of Landlord Tenant Case Results in Complications for Blanche Neff. Justice Bailey of the District su- preme court yesterday cited Blanche Neft, clerk of the municipal court, to show cause August 15 why a writ of mandamus should not be granted to compel her return $10, which was deposited when a demand for a jury trial in a case of landlord and tenant in that court was flled by Willlam ‘W. Bolls, a tenant in the Magnolia apartme: Attormey Andrew Y. Bardley, who represents the pe- titioner, says that other tenants made similar deposit, which the clerk de- clines to return. The lawyer de- clares that thousands of dollars are being thus detained from litigants in the municipal court. Mr. Boils explains to the court that his landlord began ouster pro- ceeolngs and he and other tenants Jemanded a jury trial and were re- quired to deposit $10 each. Later the tenants decided not to proceed with the Ilitigation and confessed judgment in favor of the landlord. Attorney Bradley contends the clerk should return the deposit less a pos- sible feo for the entry of the demand on her dockets. He says a test case by one of the tenants was declded in favor of the landlord and Bolls anid other tenants decided not to go before a jury. _ PRESIDENT RESTING AFTER STRENUOUS DAY AS TRAIN SPEEDS SOUTH ___(Continued from First Page.) liberal appropriations for road build- ing, _encouragement in _agricultural experimentation and retention of the Alaskan rallroad by the government. The Chief Executive presented his program and a report on his two- ‘week visit to the territory in an dress delivered here late yesterday. He declared emphatically that he had found no “Alaskan problem that “Al a is alk right and is do- ing well Mr. Harding emphasized through- out that much of the development of Alaska was dependent on the people of the territory, although the federal government, he said, might aid. * “Alaska 1Is destined for ultimate statehood,” he asserted at another point. “In & very few years we can well set ofd the panhandie block of the connecting state. This region now contains ea: ly 90 per cent of the white popul tion and of the developed resources. It would be the greatest single im- petus we could possibly give to the right kind of development. As to the remainder of the tewritery, I would leave the Alaskans of the future to decide.” “THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1923, e S oo A el ot B AT B et U.S. NOTT0 JOIN GOERCION OF CHIN Stand Blocks Foreign Diplo- matic Plan of Collecting Boxer Debt. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1928, PEKING, July 28.—America will not participate in any threat of withdrawal of recognition for the purpose of forcing China to pay it§ Boxer indemnity debts in gold francs. Her stand blocks possible action by the foreign diplomatic corps along such lines. While only France, Italy, Belgulm and Spain are directly invoived in the controversy, newspapers here are in- | sisting that the diplomatic corps con- siders the subject, alleging that Spain threatens to withdraw recognition of China unless settlement is made on the basis demanded by the four nations. The outcome threatens to affect the credit of both America and Eufope. “Spain’s recognition OF NON-Tecog- nition of China is entirely an affair for those governments involved and is in no way a proper subject for congideration by the diplomatic corp” sald a high American lega- tlon official. “America, as well as several other nations, is unconcerned with the franc coritroversy.” Nature of Payments Issue. The argument of China with the four nations recelving Boxer indem- nities in francs is based on whether they shall be paid In gold francs or in francs based on current rates of exchange. China contends that as long as the countries refuss to admit dual gold paper a monetary stand- ard, they should accept payment at the New York sight draft rate instead of demanding the theoretic gold rate. The former is 70 per cent less than he latter. Spain, the most belligerent of ths four creditors, has indemnity claims o? less than four thousand gold dollare ! annually, while France gets more than two miliions and Italy and Belgium another million. For fifteen years, un- til she entered the world war against Germany China paid monthly Boxer in® stallments in current rates of exchange. Agreement of Franee. Last year France, on account of the assistance rendered the defunct Banque Industrielle de Chine by the Chinese government, agreed to accept payments | on the old basis, using New York cross current rates of exchange. This year France demanded payments on a gold payments and sent a commission to conduct negotiations. A deadlock was precipitated when the Banque de Linda Chine withheld a million dollars of the salt customs surplus, which was meeded by the Peking 'government for current ex- penses. The other three countries made similar demands. ““The Boxer protocol paymenta,” specifies gold sald the French repre- sentatives. “Foreign obligations of all governments are pald in gold, though the same countries may be using paper money for Internal debts.” In reply, the Chinese exhibit a French 100-franc note and insist that Paris itself says that it 1s equivalent to gold. Six other nations are paid thelr Boxer indemnity in dollars, florins and pounds sterling. ABSENT MIDSHIPMAN BACK AT ANNAPOLIS Authorities Will Investigate Dis- appearance of Plebe for Week. Nervous Trouble Indicated. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md, July_28—Mid- shipman E. L. Dixon of Washington state, the plebe who absented him- self ‘without leave from the Naval Academy last Sunday, returned to Annapolls and reported at _the academy last night. He s now in Bancroft Hall, the midshipmen's quarters, and the officfals will take the proper steps in the matter. Rear Admiral Henry B. Wilson, superintendent of the acedemy, stated this morning that he had re- ceived no official_report of the mat- ter, except that Dixon had returne and had not determined upon his action in the case. He stated, how- ever, that a thorough investigation would be made. Dixon appears perfectly well phy- sically, though the circumstances of his departure Suggest a nervous trouble. It is known that he has left other schools which he attended in a similar way, and an examination Will be made to determine if he is qualified to remain a midshipman. From Yesterday's 5:80 Edition of The Star. Mussolini Asks Enough Planes By the Assoclated Press. MILAN, Italy, July 28.—Balked recently in a desire to fly to Mount Etne because no airplane was avallable, Premier Mussolini sent a telegram to & government secre- tary at Rome saying “We must have enough airplanes by next year to hide the sun. We must flyl We will fiy)” DRINKING DRIVERS LAY OFF ONE DAY Police Slate Without Arrests for Practice Sullivan Calls Murderous. Yesterday was the only day the past week that the police failed to arrest an individual for driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor. Two such arrests were made Bunday, and one each of the other five days. Maj. Sullivan, super- intendent of police, still clings to the bellef that jail sentences will put a stop to what he terms a murderous practice. One hundred and twenty-eight pedestrians were arrested on charg of intoxication during the period, indicating to the police that recent’ bootleg ralds did not land all bootleggers -behind the bars. Police officials are anxious that members of the dry squad get a few more of the more prosperous_bootleggers. It is the men higher up that Maj. Sullivan is extremely anxious to get, the persons who have the sources of supplies, feeling that the arrest of a few of much persons will reduce the number of arrests for intoxication. Sugxestions have been made to the police to have Intoxicated persons closely questioned in an effort to learn the identity of the bootleggers furnishing them, but such efforts in the past seldom met with succes Arrests the past week for selling intoxicants totaled twenty-two, twen- six were arrested for iliegal posses- sion and eight for transporting. Only one person was arrested for drinking in public. 4 KILLED IN CRASH OF CANADIAN TRAINS Express Hits Way Freight on Curve, Derailing Cars, Causing Injuries to Trainmen. By the Associated Press QUEBEC, July 28.—The Edmond- stone-Quebec express, No. 34, today crashed into a way frelght from Charny, near Picard, on the Trans- continental railroad 100 miles east of Quebec. Four trainmen were killed and several persons were injured. Reports recelved here indicated that the accldent occurred on a ocurve. The passenger train had out its speed, but still was moving at a good pace. The freight also was making good time. Both engines left the tracks. The engineer and fireman escaped by jumping. The cab force of the ex- prese was found under the debris, both killed. The baggage and ex- press cars, in which Boulanger and Alexander were riding, were smash- ed. In the first-class coaches sleep- ing passengers were hurled from thelr bunks. The train crew pre- vented & panic and hastily summoned medical assistance. FIRE SWEEPS IRISH TOWN Blaze in Portlaw District Believed Incendiary’s Work. BELFAST, July 28.—Large fire be- lleved o be of Incindiary origin be- gan last night in the Portlaw district of County Waterford. The country- slde for several miles is ablaze and large quantities of hay and straw, to- gether with five buildings have been destroyed. The fires are believed to be connected with the present strike of farm laborers in the district. WEEK’S TRAFFIC ARRESTS 563 Arrests for alleged violations of the traflo regulations the past week totaled 563. Speeders numbered 150, while violators of minor traffic regu- lations numbered 413. RAGAMUFFIN, BORN IN KENNELS OF FORMER CZA Ragamuffin is dead. His four years of adventure, be- ginning in the kennels of the former Russian czar, were ended Thursday ‘morning in the basement of his home at 4417 Towa avenue—the victim of poisoned meat, which, his bereaved friends declare, was eaten away from home. Ragamuffin was a prize Ru n Pomeranian. Shortly after his birth in Petrograd he was stolen from the former royal kennels, transported across bleak Siberia as a puppy and placed aboard a salling vessel. His master, a bolshevik sailor, needed funds when he arrived at San Fran- clsco, 5o he Sold the beautiful little animal, then six months old. Tn the possession of kind hands, Ragamuffin remained for a year and a half, when, on the occasion of Dor- R,IS DEAD IN D. C. ris Helne's second birthday anniver- sary, the silken-haired canine was sent east to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Heine, jr., at the JTowa avenue address. Dor- ris and her baby brother Billle “grew up” with Ragamuffin for two years. Wednesday the ash man forgot to the ashes from the back yard. dog, who had been carefully guard- ed, slipped out. He returned later in’ the day and appeared ill. Yes- terday morning Mrs. Heine found the family pet stretched out dead at the foot of the cellar steps. A veternarian performed an au- topsy, and declared that Ragamuffin had been poisoned. “We are heartbroken,’ ‘said Mrs. Heine, “but we hope our loss will be a warning to owners of pets they lfova to guard them against such a ate.” To the children, Ragamuffin has “run away,” and they did not know today that he never will return. — WASHINGTONIANS DECORATED BY KING MRS, DOROTHY H. SUTTON, Takoma Park, who were both given the in Athens, for relief work is doing STRIKE PROSPECT \|, To Hide the Sun| NAYHIT D, G, GOAL Dealers See Higher Prices in Scarocity Which Has Be- come Serious. Fallure of the Atlantic City anthra- oite coal conference to reach an agreement, which may mean a strike in the anthracite fields on the ques- tion of full recognition of the mine workers' union, probably will mean higher prices for anthracite in Wash- ington, local coal dealers believe. The situation as regards prices for enthracite will not be known in Washington until next Monday, when Quotations are expected here from the so-called “independent” coal com- panies in Pennsylvania. As to the actual supply of coal in Washington, dealers have asserted through their trade agency, the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade, that the situation !s a serious one, and that the anthracite supply here is very short. he purchasing public was urged today by one of the largest coal dealers in the city to purchase substitutes as soon as possible if anthracite cannot be obtained, as it s anticipated the price on substi- tutes—prepared soft coal and coke— will g0 up along with the threatencd rise in anthracite. Little Hard Coal Here. Although anthracite production thi year has been uninterrupted and has reached proportions far higher than that of previous vears, very little hard coal has reached Washington— far less than should have come to this city, dealers say. The bulk of the anthracite production has been sent to northern points—New England and the northwest—which were in serious straits last winter, leaving the south and the middle Atlantic states be- hind in thelr normal allotment of coal. - The claim {s made that coal move- ment to northern points should bs heavy during the summer and fall in order that reserve stocks may be laid aside before winter sets in and navi- gation on the great lakes is stopped by fce. Movement of coal to the south and east can go on uninter- rupted during the winter, according to experts, and these points can thus be assured of their supply as it is mined. Besed on Wage Demand. The assertion that coal will prob- ably go higher in price next winter, which the dealers believe, is based on the demand of the miners for an in- orease in day wages and the possi- bility there will be a strike fn the anthracite flelds on the expiration of the present agreement August 31. The United States Coal Commission has used its restraining influence to prevent just such a break as has oc- ocurred, and, although dissolution of the Atlantic City conference does not necessarily mean a stfike, those in touch with the situation say it may cause a cessation of work in the an- thracite flelds in September. —_—— WOULD ORGANIZE BAND TO AVENGE VILLA DEATH Brother of Slain Chieftain Asks Permission to Lead Guerrillas in Pursuit of Assassin. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 28.—Col. Hi- polito Villa has written President Obregon asking authority to organize a group of Guerillas to pursue and capture the assassins of his brother, Francisco Villa, last week. He be- lieves that they have not yet tried to cross the border into the United States. Lieut. Col. Julian Abitia has re- turned from Parrall where he was sent by the president to investigate the murder of the former rebel chief and is tareport tomorrow. Presi- dent Obregon has Instructed Gen. Euginio Martinez, commander of federal troops in_ Chihuahua, to s sist native and foreign correspond- ents who are investigating the crime. Chlefs of twenty military columns who had been_ sent to capture the assassins by Gen. Martinez, so far are unsuccessful, although three suspects have been arrested. From Yesterdas's 5:30 Edition of The Star. $15,000 FOR CLINIC IN DISTRICT URGED Centrally Located Imstitution For City Chgrity Bodies Is Asked by Citizens. The District Commissioners urged yesterday by a delegatiun of ficlals of women's clubs and charit able organizations to ask Congress for an appropriation of §15,000 for the creation of a central clinic for the benefit of all local municipal chari- ties. The clinic were is now located at the close the gate after he had removed | house of detentlon and is conducted Thaiby interns and physicians. The $15.- 000 is for salaries. It Is proposed to place the direction of the central clinic under Dr. William C. Fowler, District health officer. The deputation was composed of the following: Miss Julia K. Jaftray. chalrman of the committee on insti- tutlonal relations of the General Fed- erations of Women's Clubs; Dr. Edith Seville Coale, chalrman of the com- mitteo on institutional relations, Dis- trict Federation of Women's Clubs: Miss Lyda Hafford, vice chairman of the department of legislation of the General Federation ~of Women's Clubs; Mrs, J. W. Frizzell, president of the District Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Emma S. Shelton, pres| dent of the District Women's Chris tlan Temperance Union; Mrs. Frances Carter, associated director, national headquarters, General Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs, I O. Woodley. chalrman_of legislation, Women's City Club; -Willard Smith, assistant director of -educational work®of the United States public health service, and Olfver Hoyem, repredentative of the national committee on prisons and prison-labor. From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. Steamer Vigilant, Her Hull Rotten, Scrapped as Junk Declared unserviceable, the faith- ful police steamer Vigilant, a pic- turesque figure on the Potomac since the Spanish-American war, will be dismantled and her parts 8014 as junk. The board of Com- missioners yesterday ordered the junking of the police boat when it ‘was learned it would cost approxi- mately $2,000 to recondition her for duty. The principal infirmity of the boat is a rotten hull. The Vigilant has been on_the “off duty” list for some time. Her suc- cessor in the water operations of the harbor police is the “tug 77, which is practically a new boat and is said to be well adapted for such work.