Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Mostly ¢loudy tonight and tomor- row, probably showers by tomorrow afternoon or night; rising temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 76, at noon today; lowest, §6, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 13. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 28.947. post office Was! Entered as second-class matter hington, D. C. CHAOS THREATENED BY ALLIED BREACH, BRITISH CHEFS SAY Delay Necessitated by Fran- co-Belgian Reparations Stand Held Menace. DECLARE ANSWERS GIVE NO BASIS FOR ACTION “Irretrievable Ruin” Impends Un-} less Immediate Steps Taken, ! Baldwin Holds. By the Associated Press. | PARIS, August 2.—If the British government demands publication of the documents recently ex- changed between the allled gov- ernments on reparations, the | French government will agree to . this request, it wax announced to- | day, and will ftself publivh the | French note ax soom ax it recelves | the consent of the other powers, notably Belglan. LONDON, August 2.—Great Britaln | and France stand even further apart in their attitudes toward Germany than the British people and probably the world at large have understood. This seems to be the conclusion drawn from | the explanations Prime Minister Bald- | win and Lord Curzon, the foreign sec- retary, gave the two houses of parlia- ment today of the position resulting from the latest British attempt to lay the foundations of a united policy. The m'nisters revealed that the latest communications from France and Bel- | gium furnished no matertal for an al- lied answer to tne German reparation proposals and they brought to light a rurprising deadlock in the correspond- .. Neither the French nor Belgian . they stated, even mentioned the note to Germ: which Great in had submitted to the two allied | governments Deal In Generalities. Apparently the French and Belgian | communications were limited to reply- | ing to Great Britain's covering ,note | eent with the draft, or dealt only in | generalities. { | The British spokesmen acknowl- d the cordial spirit in which the allies had worded their communica- tions. Ministers luid emphasis upon | the fact that Ttaly hud expressed gen- eral agreement with the British posi- tion, but they indlcated clearly that they saw no lope for joint action and they pointed out directly that, while the ‘allies were exchanging views with unabated friendliness, the European situation might sink into “irretrieva- ble ruin.” ed Reveal Vital Points. Some of the salient points in the proposed British plans were revealed 1 e ministerial statement. One was | that Grea* Britain had proposed some 1orm of international control of the rman financial administration; also that she had put forward a proposal for the much-discussed examination by an impartial body of experts, co- opevating with the reparation com- mission, “into Germany’'s capacity to reat Britain. it was revealed, had } proposed to tell the Germans that if | Germany ceased her pa. ve resist. ance there would be at least a r consideration of the conditions of the Ruhr occupation. permitting a grad- | ual return to normal industrial life. Both Prime Minister Baldwin and Lord Curzon spoke without any st tempt at oratory. Their audiences were intent but undemonstrative, | Mr. Baldwin joined with Lord ("urlfl: in hu\!nrming parliament to- day that the replies by Franc of'a aliiiament of the Huhr Stastien | o Tne ‘near tuture hor the openin a_ discussion remurding repartion Great Eritain had submitted to the otkon ollise sks dve "o Ll oo spe gEoTE Brimie PEn E g R 0L10]) Tepiy, the | premier said. Neither France nor | Belgium, however, had mentioned this reply in ‘their answer the British | communication and Great Britain, to the regret of her government. was | unable to find in these respo. suf- cient material for the dispatch of a | joint allied reply to Germany. Awnk for Publication. Rculizing the danger of the Euro pean situation sinking into irretriev- | able ruin during prolonged negotia- | tlons among the allies. the British government, holding that the problem | cannot be evaded, the statement said, has invited the allies to agree to the| publication of their communications | in the hope that these documents, to- gether with those prepared by Great Britain, may convince the world of | the necessity of prompt and united | action. | The prime minister in the house | of commons and Lord Curzon in the | house of lords began their identical | addresses by reciting the history of | the recent negotiations. They then broke new ground in this manner: ! “The government drew up a draft | reply, which they forwarded on July | 26, with a covering note to the allied | governments. i “In this draft reply the British government dealt with the various proposals contained in the nermani memorandum and they expressed the | opinion that while nothing should be done which was inconsistent with the stipulations of the treaty of Versail- les, advantage would be derived by an examination by impartial experts, | in co-operation with the reparation | commission, into Germanq's capacity to pay.- Discussed Guarantees. “As regards the guarantees offered by “the German government, the British government went on to point | out in the draft reply that the eco- nomic value of any such guarantees ! must largely depend on factors, of | which, the German government in its| memorandum had made. o mention, such as stabilizing -the mark and balancing the German budget. and that no guaranteé could be effective unless provision were made for some form of international control over the German. financial administration.” “The reply ended.” continued the prime minister, “by advising the German government that, If it desired a resumption of the inquiry, to with- draw without further delay the or- dinances and decrees which organized and_fomented the policy of passive (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) j some | Plerce,” CURZON BITTERLY FLAYS B £ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1923—FORTY PAGES. FRENCH AIM TO DICTATE Coming and Hits ?Says Other Peoples Have Reparations Ruhr Policy That Causes Germany Ruin. By the Associated Prens LONDON, August 2.—Goaded by the criticisms of Lord Birkenhead, Lord Curzon did some plain talking in the house of lords this afternoon, quite jdifferent from the calm phrases of his prepared formal address delivered on the reparations issue. The foreign secretary said that, in- stead of seeing reparations coming out of the Ruhr, the British govern- ment saw all chance of any repara- tions being whittled away before ‘“‘our very eyes." He remarked that other people be- sides the French and Belgians had reparations coming to them. and therefore could not stand to one side and let France and Belgium carry whatever policy they might de- sire. speak not merely of our right to interfere, and that right to interfere rests not only upon our share of repa- rations,” asserted Lord Curzon, “but also upon the rights which we possess in respect to the payment of inter- allled debts, which is a matter of su- preme importance and which cannot be set on one side as if it did not exist. Sees Germany Rotting. “We see Germany rotting to ruin, sing into irreparable decay, ving with it all prospects of nomic recovery, not merely v, but for Europe. When we looked at our own po. SLANMINSTER HAD TOLD OF LOY T0 KIL GARRET Cumberland Court Witness Said Rev. Pierce Also Was Marked. By the Associated Press. CUMBERLAND COURT HOUS August A. M. Chandler, May 3 was shot {rom ambush, today testified that Rev. E. 5. Plerce visited him in a Richmond hospital and told him that the man who had shot him had “pulled the wrong trigger: that he had No. 4 shot in one barrel and birdshot in the other. and that the No. 4 shot were intended for L. C. Garrett and the birdshot for me if I interfered.” Chandler said he had never seen Mr. Plerce before. Chand- ler was the second witness for the efense In the trlal of Larkin C. Gar- rett for the murder of the minister in front of the Baptist parsonage here on June § e, Va., 5. Klan Enters Trial. The Ku Klux Klan was brought into the Garrett trial for the first time today and caused quite a flurry. J. T. Doyne, a Farmville undertaker, was on the stand and was asked by Attorney H. M. Smith, Jjr., whe'lher he was not a member of the Klan, which recently was said to have do- nated funds to Mrs. E. 8. TPierce, widow of the slain minister. The state objected 'he witness demanded to know “What's that got to do with this case?"” And the court said all in one breath, who prepared the body of Rev. Mr. Pierce for burial, was the first witness today. He described the wounds and injuries the minister 19 %01 8ed 1o Thay ca”at Tthe Tands of Garrett passed “Don’t answer,” the mith shap- 1 me il Aftor Delng excused Mr. n_need Dot J0Ok 0 Ilko s T e Vot a bit, not a bit,” was :he re- ply The court broke In to stop further side-play. Plerce's Pistol Produced. John M. Sheppard, who said he |rooms at the home of John Godse: | testified the first shot he heard w fired by Larkin Garrett and “next T saw Robert Garrett put the pistol practically in the breast of Mr. Pierce lana fire” “I saw Robert Garrett fire again and again into the body of Mr. he said. Sheppard was the man who picked up the pistol by Mr. Pierce’s body. He was asked to produce the pistol and while he was getting it Dr. Wei- siger was recalled to the stand to I give weights of bullets taken from House | who on | sitfon at home we saw that what was passing in the Ruhr was telling upon almost every industry in this country. And after a few brief weeks of activity, due to the pur- chases of coal in Great Britain when the situation in the Ruhr first began. we zaw the dark hand of this trag- edy clutching at the throat of al- most every industry in this country. “If we do not see it now we shall in the course of the winter. The effect of the Ruhr occupation will be felt in almost every cottage in this country. And because we noted his circumstance, because we felt our duty to these supreme inter- ts to take action to intervene, we been taunted by Lord Birken with having reversed our pol- Lord Curzon said that if any asked what the government was going to do next week or mext month, his answer was that he did not know, and he added it was un- fair to ask such a question before the papers had been laid before the government or before the govern- ment had the advantage of the as- sistance of public opinion that would come from such publication. “I, myself, have made, and hie majesty’s government have made.” the foreign secretary concluded. “many struggles to preserve united action. That is the policy in which I have firmly and consistently be- lieved and from which I hesitate to depart. 1 should not like to admit. even for one moment, that, although that policy has not so far been suc- cessful, all chanc more successful in disappeared. one s of {ts being the future have Fear of Assassin | Grips Mussolini, Says Rail Head By the Axsociated Press. ’ NEW YORK, August 2.—Premier Mussolini of Italy has a strong premonition that he will be as- sassinated, Henry Walters, chair- man of the Atlantic Coast Line and Louisville and Nashville Railroad, just back from Europe. declared today. The premier, he sald, fears that an assassin will prevent his completion of the work he has set out to do. “Mussolini,” he declared, “has really been the salvation of Italy. CROWDER'S RETURN SEEN AS PROTEST Summons Home Believed Due to Growth of Anti-U, S. Sentiment in Cuba. Concern over the recent trend of legislative action in Cuba, culmi- nating in the enactment of the lot- tery bill, counter to the advice of the United States government. is seen here as the cause of the sudden sum- mons home from Havana of Ambas- sador Crowder, who is due to reach | Washington next Monday. While [ State Department offclals would not deviate today from their statement that the ambassador has been called home for conference “on | various matters.” his summons was | senerally interpreted here as in the nature of a protest against the legls- i lative developments in Cuba. i Above the enactment of the lottes bill. however. as a factor in the mitu- ation is the resolution adopted by the ban congress at the time of its en- factment. The text of the resolution. Fopmeng ou | ; |actmenl RS (EXE O3 IRS FESSITHCR e e e s e sidered advisable by the Washington authorities to call Gen. Crowder home | for conference on the situation Gen. Crowder went to Cuba to lend | such aid as he could as a special repre- ! sentative of President Harding in shap- }ing a Cuban legislative program that Iwould aid in the recovery of the island government from after-the-war condi- tions. He undertook his mission at the request of the Cuban government. ! Negotiations with Cuban authorities were prolonged before the program was ccomplished, and the oppointment of en. Crowder as ambassador was viewed at the time as significant of the belief in Washington that a legislative house- Icleanh\g had been set afoot in Cuba and that economic recovery would follow. State Department approval subge- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Bat, Belled Cow and Hungry Cop Too Much for Garrett Jurors Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND COURT HOUSE, Va., August 2.—There is one jury in Virgihla this morning dead tired. It is the jury which con- vened at 9:30 o'clock to hear evi- dence in the case of Larkin C. Gar- rett. The jury went to bed last night at 3 o'clock and got up this morn- ing at 4. Its sleep was troubled. In the beginning, the jury didn't feel like sleeping. The exciting events of yesterday were not sleep-conducive, o it sat up late. Disaster Flies In. But then disaster befell. When the twelve good men and true be- gan to stack thelr shoes and hang up their trousers and the yawns were many and one or two suc- cumbed to dreamland, some winged creature flitted through the window, hit a lamp chimney and fell into the sleeping men. Yells of terror and anguish were heard. Bedla: pandemonium reigned; brooms Were mustered: I jurors stood on their beds and threw pillows with more or less accuracy of aim. Finally, a juror knocked the creature down and it proved to be a bat. At 3 o'clock quiet was restored and snores once more began to ue from the courthouse. A 4 o'clock the real calamity oc- curred. One policeman stopping with the jurors was responsible for what almost became a riot. Cow Goes Sightseeing. In Cumberland, meandering cows stroll in at any hour to see how things are around town, and one equipped with a six-cylinder bell rushed into town like a fire engine at 4 am. The policeman’s mind ‘was on sustenance. He may have been dreaming of it. At any rate. he heard a bell ring. The day be fore he had been late at breakf: and Fanny's batter bread had been :x‘!'llllll!ld before he got to the able. So, when he heard the old cow tinkling by he sat bolt upright in bed and led: “There's the breakfast bell This is the reason a sleepy jury srected the judge on his arrival from Farmviile this morning. guarded | quently of the loan to be negotiated by | PLAYGROUND SITES MAYBE CONDENNED District Unlikely to Endure Extortion From Owners of Property. Condemnation proceedings may be resorted to by ment to obtaln sites for playgrounds and school extensions if the owners fatly refuse to sell, it was sald today at the District building. The District officials, however, are hopeful litigation with the property owners, pointing out that it is a duty which they particularly dislike Maj. Holcombe, assistant engiuesr commissioner, who has been making a survey of the city for sites for pub- e school additions and playgrounds, has found a few property owners un- willing to sell at the consideration offered. In virtually all such cases, Maj. Holcombe says, the owners re- cently made improvements on their {homes and feel that they cannot pur- |chase another home for the price of- fered. veral Sites Bought. Several sites for either playgrounds on the recommendation of Maj. Hol- been acquired by the Commissioners on the recommendation of Maj. Hal- combe. He is now negotiating with property owners in the vicinity of the Slater-Langston School for the pur- chase of a site for a playground and { potential school extension. Approximately $500,000 has been al- lotted to Maj. Holcombe for the pur- chase of sites. From this amount will be bought the site for the new McKinley Manual Training School, for which $215.000 is available. in addition school purposes. Holcombe has noted a scarcity of un- improved property which might be gacd for cither mchool sites Of Blase as an assistant engineer commission- er propablx has o:o of tho moat 1o ug @il GOsIBCHIIC CENIEET CONIIITERION: or. probubly haw one of the most te Sipur woric or entering into and consummating negotiations with property owners for the sale of their property for playgrounds and school extensions. Most of the property owners with { whom he has negotiated, Maj. Hol- | combe said. have been fair in placing a consideration on their property A few, however, have attempted to hold up the District government by { property. | THREE AMERICAN WOMEN HURT IN RIOT ON SHIP Chinese Soldiers Demanding Free Ride Cause Fracas Quelled by U. S. Bluejackets. By the Associated Press PEKING, August 2—In a fracas jaboard the American steamer Alice Dollar, caused when a crowd of Chinese soldlers boarded her. at Ichang and demanded free transpor- tation, three women, including the wife and daughter of the Dollar Line agent, were injured, according to a report reaching customs officials here today. A party of American bluejackets from a gunboat, responding to a call for help, overpowered the rioters and fired before the trouble was ended. The Chinese soldiers had become threatening when their demand for a free ride was refused. IMMIGRANTS IN WRECK. BARRE, Vt., August 2.—A Canadian special Immigrant train southbound ran headon into a local passenger train on the Central Vermont rail- way north of East Granville today, injuring several passengers. NOTED LAWYER DIES. Cooper, assistant corporation coun- sel, former law partner of Brand Whitlock _and former city judge in Toledo, Ohio. died suddenly at the wheel of his automobile here last night while driving with his mother, Mrs. A. Coopér of Toledo, whom he met at a train. He was the author of numerous works on prison condi- tions. Death was caused by heart disease. "{ the District govern- | they will not be forced to enter into ! to a number of other properties for | During his tour of the city Maj.| Maj. Holcombe, recently apppointed | | placing excessive valuations on their the captain of the ship and} arrested fifteen of them. Shots were; CHICAGO, August 2.—Joseph R. W. | IVE Gone. HIGHER THAN | EVEK ANTICIPATED B EMENT WARNS SHIPS TO BAN IMMIGRANT RACES Commissioner Deplores Contests | | That Endangered Thousands Rushed to New York. By the Amsocinted Pre<s. NEW YORK, August 2. —Commis- sioner of Immigration Curran today announced he had warned officials of | jall transatlantic steamship lines| lagainst repetition of the race to quar- antine Tuesday night of thirteen lin- jers carrying an average of 1,000 pas- | sengers each, when- lives of the pas- sengers were endangered by the pos-| sibility of collisions which in some that 1 cases were avoided by only a few|ywim across Lake Erie from Pelee | teet. | i The commissioner said he renewed {his appeal, first made before the rush to fill the August quota began Tues- | iday midnight. that there be, no more {mad’ MidniEht rREeks ant’no Smors | necessity for detaining on board ship thousands of immigrants ignorant of their ultimate fate,. % He téld Eteamship officials the fush! might be avoided if the companies! would agree to sprinkle their alien{ passengers during the month instead {of trying to bring them in by a mid- night rush when the month opens. He also recommended that as many immigrants as possible be diverted to Philadelphia and Boston. RETRENENTFUND WTHOUT U, .AD {Joint Conference Head Says Employes Pay and Urges Changes in Law. A L { the NATS LEAD BROWNG “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's cairier system covers every city block and *he regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 87,654 * TWO CENTS. A KA SWINS LAKE ERE, SETTING RECOR Expert Crosses From Canada in 20 Hours, 15 Minutes. Motor Convoy Missing. By tiie Associated Press. | CLEVELAND, Ohio. August Carbis A. Walker, Central Y. M. C. A.| swimmer, landed at Loraln at 5:30; a.m. today, just twenty hours and fif- | teen minutes after he started his Passage lighthouse, Ontario, according to a telephone message to the News here. < Meanwhile, a search is being made for the power boat Argus, which left Point Pelee Tightship yesterday morn- ing, acting as a comwoy to Walker. Some time during the trip the row- boat which asecompanied Walker lost sight of the Argus and {ts flve pas- sengers — Charles D. Solders, com- mander, Cleveland Boat Club; his as- sistant, H. T. Lamers, fleet surgeon, and three Cleveland newspaper men. It is belleved the Argus exhausted its fuel supply rching for the swimmer and is marooned in the lake The pilot of an airplane that left Lorain last night to report on Walk- | er's progress, did not sight the Argus. | Walker had to steer his way from | Point Pelee lighthouse to the Lorain lighthouse by the sun and | moon and directions given by passing craft, as the compass he had relied upon to guide his course was on the Argus. Walker was accompanied the entire distance by a rowboat manned by | five persons. & 1 Before making his start Walker | estimated that it would take him thirty hours to accomplish the feat! —one which has never before been accomplished. The United States government thus | s. which was en- | {0ela] Treasnry Qences aononnced to- @ceen vied w8l 1080] OCCOIAME (O OIv May T Tini Conrerence on * retirement. feprecenting the civil service empioyes | of the United States, All funds that have thus far been |employed, Mr. Alcorn says, cumulated through the con {of 23 per cent of salary by the em- {ployes in the government service. A Treasury balance of about twenty-six million dollars is very gratifying to the employes and the conference, especlally ‘as the accumulated fund has been beyond all estimates, he ll"ohns out. He argues that “there Is no question but that the law should {be liberalized and increased annuities paid. ve ac- ributions Room for Improvement. “There are few laws that mean as jmuch to the government and to the: jemployes as the retirement law,” ac- cording to Mr. Alcorn, “but there is room for improvement. The joint conference on retirement wili con- tinue its efforts to have the law amended with the thought in mind that 11f made better for the employes it will {be just so much better for the civil service.” | The figures quoted from the Treas- ury records by Mr. Alcorn show that the total pald into the retirement fund from August 1, 1920, to July 30, 1923, or since the law has been in operation, by taking 213 per cent from the basic saiaries of employes has reached the unexpectedly large amount of $40,628,191.57, “which, with interest and profits on investments of $$1,725,342.02, make a total of $42,353,- 533.59. ' Total Balance, $35,311,199. i There has been paid out in an- inuities and refunds, $17,042,334.37, {leaving a balance on hand July 1, ! 1923, of $25,285,670.75, to which isadded !the unexpended appropriation bal- yance June 30, 1923, of $25,528.47, which ibrings the total balance up to $25,- 311,199.22. Should this fund be given par value on account of investments, | plus unexpended appropriation to June 30, 1923, it would be $26,059,778.47. nformation from the Interior De- partment, which administers the re- tirement ' law, shows that the total number of claims for annuity filed is 12,079; the total number of annuitants on the rolls is 9,334; the total number of annuitants who have died Is 1,633; the total number of claims rejected or dismissed for various reasons is 629, and the total number of claims nending June 30, 1923, was 483, drive. j was walked and then called out, Foster | ans popved to Foster. 20 IN 3RD INNING/ OC CIDOTX ofniC OF FIRST GAME LINE-UP, ‘WASHINGTON. Leibold, cf. Evags, b, Goslin, 1f. Rico. ©f. | Ruel, | ST. LOUIS. Tobin, rf. Foster, 3b. Jacobson. Willi: Mcblanus, 25, ge'%rsid, . erber, ss. Schleiber, 1b, Gharrity, 1b, | ‘Shocker, p. Mitchell. p. | Umpires—Messrs. Ormsby, Rowland and Con. ! noll ‘l{ltld“l.'&v 1,200. Monroe Belvedere Mitchell, right- handed recruit pitcher, whose Washing- ton debut was spoiled by rain Tuesday, got another chance to start a home game for the Nationals today, Manager Donie Bush sending him to the slab in the first part of the double bill with the Browns. Urban Shocker, who has won sixteen games this season, was the wvisitors' pitching choice. FIRST INNING. ST. LOUIS—Tobin flied to Leibold, Foster was safe when Evans muffed his Williams, batting out of turn, Peck, ss. returning to first. Batting again Wil- liams doubled, and_Foster was thrown out att he plate, Rice to Gharrity to Ruel. Jacobson was out when Willlams batted out of turn. No runs. WASHINGTON—Leibold walked. Goslin bunted single, Leibold taking third when Sev- | ereid made a wild throw past Schieibner. Rice flied to Tobin, Lelbold scoring and Goslin taking second after the catch. Ruel flied to Jacobson. One run. SECOND INNING. ST. LOUIS—Peck threw out McManus. Harris tossed outwGerber. Severeld fiied to Leibold. Na yuns. WASHINGTON—Harris lined to Ja- cobson. Peck singled over Gerber. Ghar- rity hit into a double play, Shocker to McManus to Schleibner. No runs. THIRD INNING. ST. LOUIS—Schlelbner fanned. A third strike was called on Shocker. Tobin flied to Rice. No runs. WASHINGTON—Mitchell fouled to Foster. Gerber threw out Leibold. Evans singled through short. Goslin singled to center, Evans taking third. Rice beat out a drive to McManus, Evans scoring Ev. | Conx { the reclamation of east und west P {a marsh infested with Marked Money, Like Bad Penny, Back to Accuse! It appears that marked bills, like bad pennies, have a penchant for | coming back and bringing ill luck with them. Testimony to this effect can be had from Thomas Brown, a young white man, arrested by Detectives O. W. Mansfield and Buck Berry on a charge of violating the national prohibition law. The jinx played a trick on Brown. - When arrested for an al- leged violation of the national prohibition law—selling—on July 31, a marked dollar bill that had been paid him by Revenue Agent George King, for the alleged pur- chase of a half pintof corn whisky, was found in Brown's, possession, the arresting officers s Brown said, according to Mansfield and Berry, that after he made the sale to King he changed the bill into silver. The next morning he went to the same place and asked for change and the fates handed him back the marked bill. PARK DEVELOPMENT ONELABORATE PLAN URGED FOR CAPITAL Assistant Secretary of War!| Davis Hits Piecemeal Sys- tem Now Followed Here. GROUND IS BROKEN FOR Many Attend Ceremony Marking Opening of Work on Project to Be Among Best. Adoption of a comprehensive sy tem of park development for the tional Capital, carrying out the plan evolved by George Washington 1 vears ago for the Washington of that | day, by the procurement of adequate park areas throughout the entire ter- | ritory surrounding the Capitol, was advocated by Acting Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis, speaking this afternoon during the ceremonies in- cident to the breaking of ground for the beginning of the Anacostia Park project. “This permanent policy,” Mr. Davis declared, “can never be accomplished by the piece-meal method of procure- ment of PaFk areas which has fol- lowed in the past.” Mr. Davis advocatéd the enactment of & law creating a park commission, to be composed of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Engineer Commissioner of the District, the chairman of the commit- tees on public buildings and grounds | of the Senate and House, with tho | officer in charge of public_buildings | and grounds as executive officer. Such a commission, he explained, should be endowed with full &uthority to de- velop a comprehensive park plan, not only in the District, but in the ad-| joining Virginia and Maryland areas, and with authority to expend a sum not to exceed half a million dollars a vear in the purchase of such areas which the commission may consider desirable or necessary. He said a bill | has been introduced to this effect and | will be reintroduced. | Mr. Davis said it should be the hope | of Wasiington citizens that the de- velopment of the park system here will continue so that this city may truly claim the title of the most beautiful city in America. Pointy Out Small Cost, In describing briefly the beauties of | the capital Mr. Davis said that, al- Though thix city ia famed throusho e Ehany Tol i GUN AnaCuERR e Shamic Ssiotem: it s commonty | hought. pecially by members of CHat w tremendous amount i> snent (or the unkeen of| (BRIERTBAE TMAARL of nione C e out RMinneapolis, Minn. with a population of 408,000, has 4.000 acres of park land out of a total area oc- | cupied by it of 34,000 acres The District off Colun total of ,000 acres, has only 2,836 acres “of park lund, approximately one-third of which was obtained 1 ia. with a tomac parks. 508,666 on it Minneapolis spent $1,- parks last year; Detrof with two-thirds as much park ar as Washington. $1. th considerably the District, $1.25 spent for the maintenance of parks of Washington last year 3531,219.06— $187 per acre—or about one-third the average spent by the four citles of comparable size.” Mr. Davis congratulated the resi- dents of Anacostia for having finally obtained from the national govern- ment, after many years of effort, funds for this great park system ly. ing so picturesquely along ihe banks of the Anacostia river. He assured his listeners that the development of this park will naturally attract the attention of residents in other sec- tions of the District to the land in the vicinity of this park, as yet so little developed. Describes Area's Changes. Mr. Davis then described how this area, which only a few years ago was malaria mos- quitos, has been reclaimed. thereby not only freeing the nelghborhood of unhealthful conditions, but providing an area for park development. He said he hoped that Congress soon would authorize the extension of rec- lamation work above the Benning bridge, that the entire area adjoin- ing the Anacostia river, from fits| mouth to the District line, may be converted into a park. Mr. Davis de clared that the day is not far di tant when It will be possible to drive on park boulevards completely around ‘he District, starting at the north side of Rock Creek Park.' thence through the Zoological Garden and the lower Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, West Potomac Park, East Potomac Park, thence by way of a waterfront boulevard to Washington Barracks, thence to Buzzard's point and finally by a bridge across the Anacostia river to, Anacostia Park, and thence to the driveway across and Goslin taking second. Ruel tripled to center, scoring Goslin and Rice. The Browns claimed that Ruel did not touch second in rounding the bases, and called for an out when Jacobson threw the ball to McManus at second. Umpire Rowland refused to allow it. An argu- ment ensued and Shocker and Tobin ‘were put out of the game. Durst went to t fleld and Pruett to the slab. Harris singled to left, scoring Ruel. Peck fanned. Four runs, - i [ [ 2 the northern extremity of the Dis- trict, which is planped to connect a series of old forts. Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph sald the Commissioners heartily join in the spirit of the ceremonies and that he felt honored and_pleased to bring _their greetings. He eaid it WA fortunate at the levels of Anacostia_lend thomselves so read- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ! condition at 7 | apprenensions |ident be able to travel j utive, | month of July PRESIDENT'S FEVER ENTIRELY SUBSIDES, BUT PULSE IS STILL REPORTED T00 HIGH Mr. Harding Makes Progress, But None Will Prophesy When His Condition Will Warrant Travel — Long Convalescent Period Seen. “STILL A SICK MAN,” WARNS GEN. SAWYER May Have “Ups and Downs,” Says Physician—Sister Visits Chief Executive, But Is Requested Not to Converse With Him. PRESIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS, Palace Hotel, San Francisco, August 2.—President Harding had “a restful night” last night, his second within forty-eight hours, and his tempera- ture this morning was normal An informal statement issued by Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer, his per- sonal physician, gave the executive's 5 a.m. as follows: “Temperature, 95.6; respiration, 38; pulse, 110. Dr. Sawyer was up early and after spending some time conferring with his assistant, Lieut. Commander Joel T. Boone, went into the President's bedroom and spent some minutes with his patient. Official Bulletin. The official bulletin issued by Presi- dent Harding's physicians at 9:43 am. today follows: “9:45 am.—The President had sev- eral hours of restful sleep during the night and, except for the marked ex- haustion 'of an acute iliness, ex- presses himself as feeling ecasier this morning. “The temperature is 98.2 degrees: pulse, 100, and respiration, from 32 to 40, “The lung condition improvement “Small quantities of food are being taken and elimination remains satis- factory “While recovery will inevitably take some little time, we are more confident than heretofore as to the ome of s {liness. (Signed3 “C. B. SAWYER, M.D. RAY LYMAN WILBUR, M.D, ‘C. M. COOPER, M.D, “T. T. BOONE, M.D, “HUBERT WORK, M.D." announcement set at rest which had been ex- pressed by some of the watchers outside the Presidential suite sev- eral times during the night. These were based on the fact that a light was observed in the President’s bed- room where none had burned pre- viously since he came here, ill, last Sunday. It w learned that Commander Boone, who had spent nearly the en- tire night in the sick room, had caused the light to be kept burning. Time Chief Element. Time seems today to be the chief element in the recovery of President Harding. It also was regarded by his physicians as one of the most uncer- tain The shows definite The “When will the Pres- " found about as many different answers among members of the presidential party as there are persons in the party. The physlclans attending the chief exec- however, would not even vet venture an opinio olnE to fake tinme Swver. his physician, but in answer to the Guestion us to how much time. 1 SaWyer would say was: wenen aun tleet oo Sles 4o ) 3 el mon]q PR mver question convalescence ix Zaid Brim Gen cr would say One thing was certain and that was that the President was making prog- ress toward recovery at the beginning of the day. He obtained considerable sleep during the night, and just be- fore he dropped off to sleep Gen Sawyer “took stock.” as he phrased it. and found all indications favorable (Continued on rage 2, Column 3.) TREASURY CLIES MONTH WITH LSS Deficit of Nearly Nine Mil- lions Shown at Start of Fiscal Year. The Treasury ended the first month of the new fiscal year with a deficit. Figures made public today for the showed expenditures of $214.490,208, while receipts amount- ed to $205.742,176. As a consequence of the deficit. |there was a comparable increase in debt, together with a shrinkage in the general fund of $88,085,326. Officials explained, how- ever, that the increase in the public debt was inconsequential when the operations for the month, which in- cluded certain interest payments, were taken into consideration. Among the receipts for the month were $43,225,073 in customs revenue. This figure was not as high as the average for the last several months, but officiels pointed out that a de- crease usually occurs in midsummer owing to the annual seasonal decline in_imports of certain commodities. Customs officials declared that with receipts of above $43.000,000 for the first month of the fiscal year, they were confident of heavy income from that source during the coming twelve aon the public