Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Mostly cloudy Sunday, probably showa ers in the morning. Monday fair and somewhat warmer; light to gentle shifting winds. Full report cn page 5. No. 957.—No. 28,943. 1.5, TOUSE EVERY POWER T0 BALK | FOR FEAR OF REDS, | HARD-COAL STRIKE & Members in Congress Pre- dict Drastic Federal Action to Avoid Suffering. SPECIAL SESSION TO MEET SITUATION ASKED Operators and Miners in Atlantic City Hurl Further Bombs at Each Other. The federal government, it was predicted here last night, will act with every power at its disposal to prevent a tie-up of the anthracite miners remain deadlocked ‘after Sep- tember 1, when the present working agreements expire. Members' of Congress in Washing- ton expressed the opinion that the President should take drastic action, 1f necessary, to see that the fuel sup- Ply was not cut off by a strike. In some quarters it was urged that the President should take over the mines and operate them. If no spe- cific legislation is on the statute hooks, it was said, he should never- theless act and obtain the leglislation when Congress assembles—as it is be- lieved he could easiliy do. Others suggested that a special session of Congress should be called to give the President specific power to deal with the situation if a strike occurs. Favors U. S. Operation. Representative McLaughlin of Ne- braska, republican, said he believed the federal government should take over the mines if strike conditions arise—with a shut down of the mines to follow. Such conditions as pre- vailed in many states last winter, due to the coal strike a year ago, he said, must not be permitted again. “The President should draft labor to operate the mines and give the workers full protection, if such a course becomes necessary.” said Mr. McLaughlin. Great pressure will be brought to bear upon President Harding to act without delay, either through the Power of the executive or to call Con- gress together, if it becomes t the miners and the operators are not going to settle their differences. It is known that a plan for taMing over the mines and operating them'has al ready been worked out b¥ govern- ment officials—was worked out a year ago—and it is said it could be put into operation within twenty-four hours. Fuel Body Is Silent. Meanwhile the United States Coal Commission, which recently made its recommendations to the Presient In regard to the anthracite industry, is occupying a position of watchful waiting. For the present, it was sald, the commission would refrain from interfering in the anthracite situa- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) MOB WRECKS LW.W. PLACE, BURNS FLAG Records Scattered, Furniture Smashed, But Hoboken Po- lice “Know Nothing” of It. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 28.—Their head- quarters raided and practically wrecked, their red organization flag torn down and burned and unable to get any action today out of the Ho- boken police, officlals of the Marine Transport Workers division of the Industrial Workers of the World to- night declared they were “carrying on” with their strike of* Jongshore- men begun last Tuesday. The Hoboken headquarters were raided today by a band of fifty men who tossed 1. W. W. literature and records into the street, smashed the furniture and carried off the flag, which the I. W. W. had refused to lower vesterday despite the protes of indignant citizens who pointed out that no American flag was dis- played. No Arrests Made. An hour after the raid Hoboken police headquarters professed to &now nothing of the disturbance. Later it was stated at headquarters $hat members of 1. W. W. had called & policeman on post nearby, but that when he arrived the trouble was over and he had found no one to arresf John Gunlach, secretary of the Ho- boken branch of the I. W. W., visited headquarters seeking warrants, but was advised to come back Monday as there was no judge on hand to issue ghem. Meanwhile, New York headquarters @f the 1. W, W.,, wired Gov. Slizer of Kew Jersey, accusing Hoboken offi- glals of the Hoboken offices of the Pnited States Shipping Board with eausing the raid and demanding in- westigation and punishment of those Fesponsible. The raid, it was alleged, was car- ried out by members of the intern: tional Longshoremen's Assoclation, who were declared to have been egg- ed on by shipping board officlals. The international is seeking to break the strike in ‘which some of its members et first joined, but later were order- ed 36 return to work. Entered as socond-clasc matter post office Washington, D. C. GERMANY ON EDGE APPEALS FOR CALM French Occupational Troops to Assist in Curbing Proposed Communist Upheavals. ECONOMIC SITUATION GENERALLY CHAOTIC Amid Sharp Attacks Upon Cuno Government. Germany today awaits in terror the outcome of bolshcvist demonstra- tions to be held in all parts of the country. The government has made appeals for calm. The French army of occupation will help German governmental forces and disorders will meet with drastic action. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, July 28.—Barring Saxony, which has declined to accommodate the federal government by issulng a prohibitive order, the bolshevists at all points in Germany will be forced to celebrate indoors today. To |demonstrate their proletarian solid- arity, however, they purpose to march to the meetings In groups of ten, hoping thus to dodge the provisions of the riot ordinances. The authorities belleve the German reds either have lost heart or run out of funds, as their chief organ, the Rote Fahne, has revealed con- slderable moderation in its procla- mations since the federal sovernment and the Prussian authorities ex- pressed their determination to sup- press any attempt at political capital- ization of the present disturbed situa- tion. The reds have been instructed by thelr leaders to conduct themselves in a disciplined manner, and desist from “provoking the minions of the law into blood spilling.” “Our hour has not yet come, but it is nearer at hand than most peo- Ple assume,” Is the comfort held out by the Rote Fahne to Its followers. FRENCH TROOPS READY. ‘Will Prevent Demonstrations of German Communists. By the Assoc DUES July French troops and the moderate German ele- ment in the Ruhr are ready for the predicted communist demonstrations tomorrow and little fear is felt that disorders will occur or that the situ- atlon will get out of hand. The demonstrations, nevertheless, have been widely announced by the radical German press, causing the circulation of alarming rumors und the consequent gathering of street corner crowds. The communist papers have been campaigning 2 for days 1 throughcut the occupled territories for the work- ers to meet, principally in Bochum, {for mass demonstrations, but it is { believed the mobilization manifesto |--m be generally ignored, as the French have forbldden open air dem- onstrations and the leading trades union leaders have also expressed disapproval of this method of pro- test. Anything May Happen. This opinion, however, particular- ly among the Germans, is tempered by the admission that the dizzy slide cf the mark. with its consequent sky- rocketing of prices, may have puved the way for anything to happen, espe- cially if the communists and the ex- treme nationalists can get an oppor- tunity to express their opinions with stronger weapons than words, The French troops, it was stated at headquarters, are fuly prepared to cope with any situation that might be created by deflance of the anti- demonstration order, and it 1s consld- ered certain that the better elements of the German population will co- operate in preserving order. This desire for order by both the French Cabinet Pleads for National Unity | he WASHINGTON ‘IF EITHER. OF THE OLD PARTIES | GARRETTS FOES BROTHERS CLEARED Court Decision Blamed. Clans May Break Leash at Trial Any Moment. Special Dispatch to The CUMBERLAND COURTHOUS!I - July 28.—This little village is basking In the sun of an indulgent summer day like “Stringtown on the pike On Monday, it will again bristle with the excitement of emotional conflict as the two Garrett brothers, Robert and Larkin, sit in court, while Judge ! White tries to assemble twelve good: men and true to determine whether or not they are gulity, as charged, { with murdering Rev. E. 5. Pierce on the morning of June 5. The rural calm that pervaded to- jday, which probably will continue tomorrow, will pt aside Garrett and McRae clans from all sections of the county come into the | village to watch the proceedings,| each of them watchful of every move of the other, for there is not telling when the bitterness of factional dis- trust will break the leash of patiently restrained tempers and ignite the county afresh. be as| Many have sald that the decision of Judge White not to remove the case from Cumterland county for trial has made the anti-Garrett crowd very bitter and they feel that their side | side is rapidly losing ground. There is | hardly a doubt among them that the| Garretts will be acquitted and once more will take up their position of ! power in the affairs of the county.| The indictment reads “did kill and| murder.” The possible penalty is the electric chair, but there is no man, woman orchild in the county who be- lieves that this will be the result. The Garretts' plea will be self defense. They will attempt to show that they went to the home of the preacher to “obtaln an explanation” and that there was no shooting until the preacher opened fire. Thero is a great measure of dif- terence, however, on the question of who fired the first shot. The Garretts claim they did not open fire first. There is a difference in the testimony of the inquest on this point. The prosecution has not announced the personnel of its witnesses. It is belleved that many McRae witnesses willgo on the stand to show the feel- ing that existed before the Pierce shooting. s Singularly striking is the poster conspicuously piaced about the village offering a reward of 3.500 for in- (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) Coal Output Sets a Record; D. C. Receipts Also Large Figures obtained at the office of Federal Fuel Administrator Wad- leigh yesterday stand out llke bea- cons of hope to coal consumers lost 1in the maze of prediction of serious shortages, high prices, impending strikes and other hardships. These figures indicate that on July 14, 54,800,000 tons of anthracite had been mined since the first of the year, a figure approximately 5,300,000 tons in excess of the record production up until this year. The average consumption of the country for the whole year is 90, 000,000 tons. 1t a strike should come as threat- ehed at Atlantic City, and the aver- age production of the year be con- tinued until September 1, when the contract between the miners and the operators expires, there will have been mined 67,446,000 tons, or ap- proximately three-fourths of the nation’s demand. Stocks are reported exhausted at both mines.and at the dumps of local dealers, which is another healthy indication that the publio ‘has taken the advice-of the.opers 2 ators and bought its coal during the epring and summer. As fast as it comes in it is being bought. The local situation is at present apparently in a slightly better con- dition than in years preceding the strike of last year. The figures given out indicate that in 1920 at this time the District had recalved 121,462 tons; in 1921, 120,- 699; in 1922, 7,307, and this year, 121,600 tons. These figures are com- puted from April 1 of the respective years. The total consumption for the Dis- trict during these years is as fol- lows: 1920, 581,000; 1921, 529,00 1922, 343,000 There is nothing, : it is officially declared, to indicate, though the receipts are much lower than the years needs, that a normal supply {8 not moving into the Dfs- trict at the present time, and if the general precedents of former years are carried out, from this time on shipments should increase, as the shipments over the lakes’ and into the New England states get priority during the summer, whem the weath- er is still favorable, “THE SPIRE WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION D. C, —_— 1912, TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. Fraternities—Page 23. Radio Notes and Programs—Page 25. Financial News—Pages 26 and 27. Clvillan Army—Page 27. OF PART TWO—21 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Soglety. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 8. Aviation Activities—Page 10. Army and Navy News—Pag Boy Scouts—Page 12. Spanish War Veterans—Page 13. Girls and Their A%alrs—Page 15, Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 15. Book Reviews—Page 15. Classified Advertising—Pages 16 to 23. PART THREE—10 Pages. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. i Music in Washington—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 to 8. Boys' and Girls’ Page—Page 9. World War Veterans—Page 10. PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Sectign. PART FIVE—S8 Pages. Magazine Secticn—Fiction and Features. ROTOGRAVURE—S8 Pages. World Events in Pi COMIC SECTION—{ Pages. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Betty; Mr. and Mrs. OYSTER T0 URGE BOND NEEDSURVEY Will Ask Authority to Deter- mine What Projects Might Be Financed. Commissioner Oyster announced yesterday that he will ask his col- leagues on the board to authorize a survey to determine what are the ur- gent permanent improvements that could be met through a bond.issue. The Commissioner had a conference with Daniel J. Donovan, city auditor, for more than an hour on the sub- ject of a bond issue. It is understood the auditor agreed with Capt. Oyster that the first step toward any bond issue should be to find out accurately what projects should be financed in that way and approximately what they would cost. It was learned yesterday that the estimates for next year carry a re- quest for a final appropriation of more than $160,000 for the sinking fund with which the District in Au- gust, 1924, will retire its present is- sue of 3.65 per cent bonds. This appropriation will leave the District entirely free of debt next year. 4 1f Commissioners Rudolph and Bell approve of Capt. Oyster's proposal for a bond issue survey it will be made by the heads of the several depart- ments, including the board of educa- tion. It would cover the need for new streets, sewers, water mains, a high- pressure system of fire hydrants downtown and improvement of the Washington channel river front. PLEDGE END OF WAR. 10,000 Take Part in Demonstra- tion in London. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July. 28.—The anniver- sary of the outbreak of the world war was commemorated today by a great “no more ‘war” demonstration in Hyde Park, in which 10,000 per- sons took part. Messages were read from the United States, France, Germany and elsewhere, and anti-war resolutions were adopted, after which Mlle. Lau- riest, the French representative, em- braced Frauline Steinitz, the German delegate, amid the enthusiastic ap- plause of the crowd, Y 1 and 4.} IPARIS SEES MELLON ON DEBT MISSION Thinks He Will Discuss De- { ferred Payments in Connec- tion With Reparations. | By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. Copyright. 1923, PARIS, July 28.—Responsible Paris newspapers do not accept as “strictly private” the presence here of Andrew W. Mallon, Secretary of the United States Treasury, who came here from London. The press attributes the Secretary’s visit to a desire to sound Frange ;ul ©op her war debt to the Unitea tdtes In connection with the coming reparations discussions. Mr. Mellon talked with various po- litical and financial personalities in London. Likewise will he confer with finance authorities In Paris, whence he will repair to Brussels to discuss with Belglans the situation in that country. Mr. Mellon will have the oppor- tunity of ascertaining whether the official French views would accept the postponement of the bulk of the Ger- man vears in the event creditors would act ltkewise toward France. He may possibly be able to give French officialdom a lead on this question which could Influence negotiations now going on between Paris and London. Delay Is Suggested. Both France and Belgium already have suggested a plan of delay to Great Britain. News from Brussels tonight says that the Belglan cabinet has decided to send a separate note to London relating to the suggested British draft of an answer to Ger- many. While the Belglan note will uphold the well known basic ideas of the French stand on the Ruhr dispute, it will not be couched in such a firm tone as Poincare was able to indict into his own communication. The Belgian cabinet passed final judgment on the French document today. Both the French and the Bel- glan notes should be in the Marquis Curzon’s hands on Monday morning. Immediately thereafter a conference among the chlefs of the three forelgn offices concerned probably will be arranged. b Belglan efforts to get Premler Polncare to enter into further con- versation before dispatching his doc- ! ument to London were futile. The French premier stood vat on his position that the British draft was unacceptable as it stood and dis- patched his note, though he admitted that furtlier conversation might be destrable. Whether Secretary Mellon will be able-to help the allles out of their war debt dilemma is a question here, but it is certain that his “strictly private” ‘advice will be solicited earnestly regarding Washington's sentiment on the plan of delayed settlement. |14 Street Deaths For Month Bring | New Safety Plea | . With fourteen persons killed this month on the streets of Washing- ton, Commissioner ' Oyster last night - appealed to motorists and pedestrians to get back to the les- sons of safety week. ‘This long casualty list in les than thirty days should, the Com- “missioner belleves, move all res dents, whether they drive or walk, to exercise greater care on the streets. A partial report for the month received 'by the Commissioner from the traffic bureau yesterday showed that out of thirteen fatal- ities seven were classed as acci- dental by the coroner’s jury, and in four of the cases the drivers -were held for the action of the grand jury, leaving twb cases un- settled, ‘o indebtedness over a period of | that France's | Sunday Star SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1923.—EIGHTY-SIX PAGES. = “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. League Confident of Success Despite Aloofness of America Thrown on Own Resources, Geneva Body Develops Strength and Scores Triumph, Says Writer. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. By Cable to The Star. GENEVA, July 28.—There has been a distinct change in atmosphere here with respect to the prospect of America’s taking her vacant chair in the league of nations. The time was when the absence of the United States was keenly felt and when few people thought the league could accomplish anything without America. Three years and a half have passed since the league was born, and while no doubt the moral influence of the league would have been greater if America had joined there has been bullt up just the same a greater con- fidence in the abllity of the league organization to achieve results with- out America. It is much the same as an individual dependent upon a rich or powerful brother or parent being suddenly Weeks Sees War Threat for U. S. In World Today By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 28.—The pos- sibility of a war which “might involve even the United Staates” oxists in the present unsettled condition of the world, Secretary of War Weeks declared In a let- ter to the American peace award created by Edward Bok. In the letter, made public today, the Secretary expressed the hope that the award committee would be able to present a plan for co- operation in promoting world peace. He pointed out, however, that the War Department was urging sufficient preparedness for defense. Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote that it was “sadly easy” to talk about co-operation in pro- moting peace and that the United States must keep first with other nations to eliminate things that disturb peace. - 1.5 GAARGES VAR HARNESS FRAUDS |Seven Men in Purchase of Surplus Stock Indicted for Conspiracy. Frank J. Hogan of this city, coun- sel for the United States Harness Company, which bought from the government more than a milllon dollars’ worth of surplus harness af- ter the conclusion of.the war, was advised yesterday that indictments charging conspiracy to defraud in connection with the sale were return- ed by a federal grand jury in Elkins, W. Va., yesterday, against four of- ficers of the company and three for- mer War Department officlals. Those named in the indictments were Earl R. Estes, formerly of the ‘War Department Claims Board; John C. Skinner, formerly chief clerk of the War Department Surplus Property Division; E. C. Morse, who was di- rector of sales under Secretary Ba- Kker; and Joseph C. Byron, George B. Goetz, Azel F. Cochran and Henry W. Benke, all officers of the company. Morse Indicted Before. The case is one of those worked up by the war frauds division of the Department of Justice. E. C. Morse, one of those mentioned in the in- dictment, also was indicted last Au- gust in connection with the sale of the 0ld Hickory powder plant near Nash- ville, Tenn. Clvil litigation was in- stituted over the harness transactions two years ago and President Harding in a proclamation declared the con- tracts were invalid. Charging the indictments returned yesterday were the result of ‘“star chamber proceedings,” Attorney Ho- gan said: “Nobody had any part in directing the proceedings but the pro- secuting officlals,” and that “neither the - defendants nor thelr attorneys were permitted to be present.” “These men,” said Mr. Hogan, “by perfectly creditable means, business ssgacity, and patriotic loyalty, ac- tually saved the government from a loss of hundreds of thousands of dol- lars and sold to the farmers thous- ands of sets of useful and practical harness at unusually low prics Sees Taxpayers Helped. ““Deserving of the utmost grati- tude from the government, the tax- payers and the consumers, they have been arraigned and indicted on what must have been a grossly misleading presentation of the facts to the grand jury.” The United States Harness Com- pany, Mr. Hogan sald, took a con- siderable portion of the harness sur- plu econditioned and marketed it and paid -the government $1,262,312, which - was: $614,797 more than ' the prices it had guranteed. The gov- ernment recelved sixty-seven per cent of the total amount for which the property was sold.” In the civil litigation the govern- ment contended that, Goetz, Byron, Cochran and Benke, army officers, sought and obtained the contract so fter resigning their official mn“:n'e:.r‘oo cast doubt on the in- e carigil | BEBEILY, Of the wWhole transactiong thrown on his own resources. Quali- ties of self-rellance are developed and talents are brought out which might otherwise have remained dormant. Favor Admitting Germany. Thirteen former allied powers composed the membership of the league when it started, but within a short time all other signatories to the Versallles treaty except the Unit- ed States had joined. Then came all thirteen countries, which had been neutral during the war, including Scandanavia, Holland, Spain and Switzerland. New republics born from the war applied and were admitted and finally three former enemy powers, Austria, Bulgaria and Hun- gary, were received into the family. There is a strong undercurrent of opinion in favor of admitting Ger- (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) TURKS GRANT U. . STRAITS PRIVILEGES, America Gets Favored Nation Treatment by Agreement at Lausanne. By the Associated Press. LJUSANNE, July 28.—The Ameri- can and Turkish experts reached an agreement tonight whereby the United States receives the most favored na- tion treatment concerning the freedom of the straits for merchantmen and warships. The United States, with- out signing the straits convention, will recelve all privileges. Also, it will be restricted by all limitations imposed by that conven- tion, which gives each signatory power the right to maintain three warships, not exceeding 10,000 tons cach, in the straits. There is a sub- stituting privilege, that each power may have as many ships there as are possessed by any country bordering on the Black sea. This, of course, in- cludes Russia, which has decided to adhere to the straits treaty. The clause in the Turco-American treaty covering these questions does not go into details of the regulations code set forth in the stralts conven- tion, but refers to them in blanket form. Agree on Tax Collection. Another important matter agreed upon tonight was that concerning the collection of taxes on American com- panies and American individuals resi- dent in Turkey. A declaration in the treaty will apply the provisions con- tained in the allies’ treaty. From May 15 of this year Turkey engages not to collect back taxes. If, how- ever, any back taxes have been paid, Americans cannot claim a refund. Another meeting of the experts will be held tomorrow. Both Ismet Pasha and Joseph C. Grew probably will re- quire additional advices from Angora and Washington, respectively, before they are able to conclude the unset- tled points, namely, assurances con- cerning the protection of Christian populations in Turkey and the ques- tion of claims for damages suffered by Americans in Turkey during the war. Ismet Pasha returned to his hotel atter the conference. He smilingly sald: “We were not able to finish; I shall stay on at Lausanne for several days.” The Americans confirmed lIsmet's statement as representing the situa- tion, and it is likely that the confer- ence will be continued for a consider- able perfod. A meeting of the ex- perts, held simultaneously, smoothed out many questions of phraseology. MIDSHIPMAN, APHASIA VICTIM, IN HOSPITAL HERE H. L. Dixon, Absent From An- napolis Five Days, in D. C. for Observation. ANNAPOLIS, MD., July 28.—H. L. Dixon, fourth class midshipman who returned to the Academy after a five- day absence without leave, is thought by Academy authorities to be a vic- tim of aphasia. He was sent today to the Naval Hospital at Washington for, observation, it was disclosed by Rear Admiral Henry B, Wilson, su- perintendent of the Academy. His actions on his return pointed strongly to a mild mental trouble, Admiral Wilson sald. Instead of re- porting at once to the commanding officer or the officer of the day, he went to his room. His service as an enlisted man in the Navy must, it was said, have famillarized him with the ruling which required a prompt re- port upon returning from any ab- sence. He refused to tell where he had been or what he had been doing. Academy officers did not press him, belleving it a case for doctors rather than disciplinarie 20 FIREMEN HURT. PHILADELPHIA, July 28.—Twenty firemen were injured or overcome by smoke at a fire which destroyed the Grossman bullding, 233-235 Market street today. None was seriously affected, however. The bullding Is in the center of the wholesale district. The bullding was virtually un: occupled when the fire was discovered, due to the Saturday half holiday. Damage was estimated at $500,000. * FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENT BETTER AFTER ATTACK OF PTOMAINE POISON Forced by Physicians to Re- main in Berth Through Oregon Trip. FOOD ON TRANSPORT CAUSED ILLNESS, SAID Strenuous Day in Seattle Also Factor, Secretary Work Tells Crowds. Gen. Sawyer Reports Temperature Lower By the Associated Press. ON BOARD PRESIDENT HARDING’S SPECIAL TRAIN, July 28.—Brig. Gen. Sawyer, the President's personal physician, in a statement to mewspaper men tonight coincident with the announcement of the change in “The President's condition is somewhat improved; the howel trouble has dixappeared entire- Iy and his temperature this evening Is considerably lower than earlier in the day.” The trip into the Yosemite was abandoned after Gen. Saw- yer had advised complete rest for the Chief Executive for the mext day or wo in order that he might recover from the attack ot ptomaine poisoning from which he suffered last night and By the Associated Press. ON BOARD PRESID! IN SPECIAL TRAIN July 28— Although still confined to his bed aboard the special train en route from Seattle to Yosemite National Park, President Harding was described to- night as recovering from the slight attack of ptomaine poisoning from which he suffered last night and to- day. Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer, his personal physician, and Lieut Commander Joel T. Boone, medical assistant to Gen. Sawyer, who are in attendance upon the chief cxecu- tive, sald the President was respond- ing to treatment and no complica- tions were probable, Suffered from Heat, The heat had troubled the Presi- dent somewhat during the day, Gen. Sawyer sald and from other source it was learned that one of the factors in the decision to proceed direct to San Francisco was the hope of ob- taining cooler weather. The heut was intense as the President’s tramn tra- versed the state of Qregon znd enter- ed California. The President and Mrs. Harding, on arriving in San Francisco tomorrow morning, Secretary Christian said, will go direct to the Palace Hotel and will spend tomorrow and Monday resting. During these two days they will receive few if any callers and participate in no functions of any kind. Beginning Tuesday morning they expect to go through with the program for that day and for Wed- nesday as has been arranged, includ- ing the address on America's foreign relations, to be delivered by the President Tuesday evening at the Auditorium. The party will leave San Francisco Wednesday, as a treaty arranged, for Los Angeles, the trip to the Yosemite being cut out alto- gether. T HARD- Illness Not Alarming. Mr. Christian said in answer to inquirfes that the President's con- dition was in no wise such as * give cause at this time for consid- eration of abandonment of the trip from San Diego to New Yerk by way of the Panama canal. Although ptomaine poisoning re- sulting from having eaten crab meat was the direct cause of the Presi- dent’s indisposition, the change from the cool weather of Alaska to the heat of the Pacific coast aggra- vated his condition. The presidential train will be run into the 3d and Townsend streets station at San Francisco, arriving there at 8:45 o'clock tomorrow morning. The day of complete rest, although it resulted in disappointment to thousands in a dozen or so Oregon cities through which the presidential traln passed, was held by the two physiclans to have been of great beanefit to Mr. Harding. who had been slightly indisposed for several days since he ate something which aid not agree with him aboard the transport Henderson Just before reaching Vancouver, British Co- lumbia. Secretary of the Interior Work, himself a physician, was summoned by the President to his compartment and instructed to explain to people who had gathered at the railroad stations the reasons for his inability to appear. This was done by the Secretary at Roseburg and later at Grant’s Pass. Secretary Explains. “You should know at this point,” Secretary Work said at Grant's Pass, “that it comes about that during our last day at sea many of us were attacked by a temporary indisposi- tion, not seasickness, but due to am item of food put up in a can. I winl not say what the item of food was. The indisposition was temporary. All have recovered almost completely and the President has about recov- ered. “Had he been able yesterday to take care of himself he would have Dbeen in his usual vigorous health this (Continued on, Page 2, Column 8.)