Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1923, Page 1

¢ % . “From Press to Home : Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- 1 tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as’the papers are printed. | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 89,477 WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow: cooler tonight; temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 87, at 12 p.m. today; lowest, 70, at 6 a.m. today. ~ Full report on page 2t ClosingN. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 28,960. WASHINGTON, - D. C, S .40 ey, T AID N SOLVING (F REPARATION IS Inference Drawn That Cool- idge Administration Is Will- ing to Respond to Appeals for Assistance. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, TWO CENTS. 87 MINERS' BODIES TAKEN FROM SHAF1 IN WYOMING; T0LL LIKELY TO NEAR 10( Frantic, Desolate Little Vil- age Prepares to Bury Those Killed in Blast Thai Robbed Every Home. 1923 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. T VALERA_ CAPTURED S BY IRSH SOLDERS . DURIG SPEECH T e V& Has No Solution for Problem. Sees Way Open for America; Own Hands Full. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. ou want to know what we. are going to do about reparations,” re- marked Prime Minister Baldwin of Great Britaln, speaking to me alone SUPPORT OF NEUTRALS | {eit Triuin, speaking to me alone AND ITALY lS EXPECTED miérs at 10 Downing street, London, just before I left London for the United States several days ago. Knit- ting his brows over the great Euro- Even France, After Calmer Study, |}can ridate, he saia: : “I do not know. We do not know S Is Believed to See Possibility of what to do. Our most acute and e:- | believe it will never be broken. Agreement—London Seeks Only |perienced specialists confess them-| “But we are terribly worried oved Enough to Settle Indebtedness to [ *'¥¢ bafled. They will tell you that |the Ruhr situation. We want it put Republican Leader Seized in Market Square at Ennis, County Clare, During Ap- peal for Election. CAUSE OF BIG EXPLOSION REMAINS DEEP MYSTERY TROOPS FIRE VOLLEYS OVER HEADS OF CROWD Fear of Fire Unfounded; 34 Es cape With Lives From Gas-Fill ed Tomb—Relatives Crowd Temporary Morgues in Vair Platform Surrounded by Armored Cars After Sinn Fein Chief, Long ‘‘on Run,” Had Been Cheered Tumultuously on First in the history of statecraft they are|right. It seems to us appallingly America, or 14 Billion Marks. dangerous. We differ with France as to what should be done, but we do not consider France disposed to seek anything except what every one hould desire—a scttlement and the prospect of permanent peace. We do ted Press. August 15—The most familiar with no other complication so obstinate as this. Not knowing what to do, we yet know we must do something, and we are thinking and debating the whole time what this pmething shall be. amonn De Valera, the Appearance for Long Time. By the Associated Press. Clare, Ireland, Effort to Identify Victims. By the Associated Pres KEMMERER, Wyo., August 15.— The local 1. O. O. F. Hall and a down welcome reaction yet received in Lon- Subifcan' Teadér. wee arieated by town undertaking establishment to don as a result of the British repar-| «0f thig we are sure: We value un- | iy " huKn the motives of our great s X lov her as dentl, Fr ate troops here today on his 0 L day had been turned into the tempo ation note sent to France and Bel€ium | speakably the frisndship of our old|ever. and p Justice may be ‘done|appearance to address a republican 820,00 ,000 oan g|Tary Testing places of eighty-sever Saturday is contained in the press re- |allies and assoclates and hope and| e W miners who met death yesterday i (Continued- on Page 10, Column 2.) |meeting in the election campalgn. . Us e the Coolidge administration will make | | Fle axreat was made under senst o elp arret e e e = Ay t 1k 1 tional circumstances. De Valera was - e ol Corioany. Blsban ready response to any appeal to ! e or B0t Connaty. Eicw A addressing a meeting of electors in 1 A d America for assistance in settling the | I[]N RA“-YING fucesing o misng of clocon b Cotton rrange men known o be in the mine, are prolonged reparation struggle. troops came on the scene and fired 1 By the Associated Press. given up for dead On the whole, the comment on Gr several volleys over the heads of the NEW YORK, August 15.—A New P Al through the night, undertakers and definite settlement with German A stampede occurred and several i | the Seaboard National Board and i jgje | victims for burial and anxious rela. B T L jumpede occurred and severat| Mogridge and Robertson Op-| the seabvoara Nationat moara and |Further Reductions ~ Antici- | yictime for buriat and a0 out s foreign office officials. surrounded the platform and took the : N fetan s e o T H ithe hope of identifying their lovec e s B Eepibilan losdcr Smts costely. ponents in First Game Plgted srrengements for x lawe || pated—NewiRetail Cost fav ile d e 3 a 6 tries Cheered By Crowd. Cotton Association for the purpose 2 Froatle ad b il s e : : : of Double-Header. of wxsisting in the orderly Markets Effective Tomorrow. ire desirious of supporting any | When De Valera appeared on the ing of the cotton crop in that 5 scene there were many thousands of —_—— 5 people around the platform and he H . . S was given a tumultuous welcome. Operators and Miners Get|Upholding of Harding Policies | " :" e s nenra “Shomnting: R Ty R castera] om0 g e : . . ¢ soldiers are coming!” and im- ckinpaugh, 3. ostil, ‘cf. more, depending upon the size of > e : B s p to early this morning there had Together i inati ; % | Gostin it. Collins, 25. O CraD A tha Atk ot Drlce Tor. | dthtes toasy: when igas ook ‘aiaron | ipesu no oHial BHaINeE eat aatte gether in Final Peace and Determination to Pre- |meawtely a targe body of military| Sieecst: Shoely 1b. the product. of a cent a gallon in Washington and | the cause of the explosion. The re- with armored cars surrounded the b ‘I, Effort. o . N B. KELLER. ident Coolidge that he proposes to| The great gathering became more BY JOH - I tion of wage negotiations as er- the French hysteria of anger and dix- | BOvRtionatwus uider, state. While the amount of the loan . o ne-up. was not disclosed, it is understood Results of the gasoline war that| i 4. The s ceurred about Chicago. that it will total at least $20.000.- |is being waged over the United|POT* iy i S Leidold, of. Hooper, ef. 000, and may be substantially |States were felt in the | one mile under groun levels of the mine as was first re- ‘Washington. ven France Hopeful. Evén from France, according to the British government's spokesmen, there Umpires—Messrs, Owen and Nallin, emphatically that the price of the motor fuel will reach the low mark| ¥From all sections of Wyoming there Assox Repeated announcements by Pres- crowd NEW YORK, August 15.—Resump- . heads of the crowd. According to the British viewpoint, ° P | were people here today who either ones. scheme” wh pears_ likely to re- | 3 | mov: dies he mine began : B [ e, e s nearby states. Although local gas- | MOVval of bodies from th i ‘influential opinion that the British vent Coal Strike Hailed. |iatform it [] AN IN KEPNER i conduct his adminfitration along the | Danic stricken as the shots were fired. CHICAGO, August The mine is a mile northwest of the { main section of Kemmerer. | There was no fire in the lowe: atore nprmal economic copditions on the continént. soon after dusk la ht and pre oline dealers admit that further re- | Somfed o morrmmtus eprotaae s P proposals scem to offer a basis for dis- e The crowd stampeded in all diree- o it S S cussion and not to call for summary e | tioy The soldiers fired volley after s L Relatives Pour In. i3 g g Associated Press. slley over the platform and over the rejection. elsewhere. b 1 Pyiaihe ; -ashi ; . .| had relatives or friends working in taken here today by officials of the | Women shricked and fainted and some . Why Washington and, vicinity |3 g o appointment upon receipt of the Brit- | -yiiaq Mine Workers of America and | ¢ Course outlined by the late|,¢ them were seriously injured in the | Mogridge, southpaw hurler, who| | should have higher prices than other | the Hll-fated mine. Rescue car No. ish nete was based on the bellef of ol a President Harding and his announce- | confusion. 1t was reportcd a number|came to Chicago in advance of - : T [ofithe Unitea i Staies buienu of mines several years' standing, that nothing | oy, inracite operators’ committee, | ment that the government will be |Of peopie were wounded. De Valera|ine Nationals' squad that he might be places was not disclosed. National | Food In the way of A Feparation et |at the invitation of the United States | was taken to the county jail 5 it e i reached here vesterday afternoon and = prepared to act decisively, if nec fully recovered from the trying jour- motorists’ organizations and unaffil- tlement could possibly come out of | Coal Commission, with a view of avert- England. ing a hard coal strike on September 1. A closer study by some writers who : e are concidered in Sloee totel withau | Before entering into the conferen 5 2 , ey | immediately took charge of the work sary, to prevent the coal famine this | Fell on Platform. ney before adorning the slab, faced faced sEavoline . consmmers:« However, | 4 - . : are of the opinion that the investi- | of reaching the entombed men. winter, is bringing praise and pledges| At the first volley De Valera was|the White Sox in the first game of Miss Lulu Rlcketts‘Vanlshes galhmn'hflng made dln)' the Depart-! 1In the grip of sorrow and desola- of support froml practically every |geen to fall on the platform, and his |today’'s double-header. Kid Gleason's ment of .Justice and state officlals | yjon, Kemmerer and the little coal cam: e Gneters s dm presided over by John Hays Ham . 5 = . % = S 2, are bearing fruit. . v T aiscioss thut, theraiis e posIbINY | mond, chatiman of the Feareal Cunt] S iomior il disl country. collapse added to the excitement. He |pitching choice was Charlie Robert- When Sought by State’s The Washington office of the Stand- | Suburb. Frontier, one mile away, al- of an agrcement with Great Brtain, | Commission. the mine workere: teadery | 1¢4d¢rs of his own party, either in|was unhurt, however, and his fall [son. right-hander of no-hit fame ard Oil Company of New Jersey re- | ready have set about the task of pre- It was indicated in Downing street = e person or in writing, have been quick | was ascribed by those nearby to his | Cool weather greeted the Nationals Attorney_ ved an order, effective today, that|paring her dead for burial. this morning that everything possible | apparently had set their minds to alto let the President know of their dodging at the sound of the shots, | here, greatly to the discomfiture of gasoline should sell for 20° cents P10 chout the hours of darkness P oUlbe dons Co dtenelinn (hisiar [clearcut Pikeue e stoikie. Lior - the lisstizfuction . with \iihe imantisr: dallnit the otaui onias onfikEinat iit lse s dtita et s Ty @ SR Cacrespomsent throng at the portal of the mine wholesale and 22 cents retail in the as arc lights shed a pallid §llumina- vorable trend in Paris opinion. o gy . District of Columbia. The dispatch |2} - e check-off, by which the operators are | which he has entered upon his new |crowd bello?ed him to be wounded. c further stated that the reduction, | fon, OV, & WeePing, grief-stricken Seek-Only Debt Total, asked to deduct union dues from the | duties and of his determination to| De Valers at the outset was sur- FIRST INNING. FREDERICK. Md. August 15—|amounting to Lcent a gallon, would | regeue workers brought forth the It is pointed out here that if the|Wages of union miners. §arTy jout the policiey of the admin- |rounded on the platform by man and | WASHINGTON—Leibold singled 10| ynile the defense of B. Evard Kep- | SoPL, 10 New Jkrtey and ;“f:;‘,’:‘;“‘zihlasvcha"cfl el e e hatirs experts’ commilasion shoullg;jgsaeys| THe opeiNtors contend that accept-| JSELiP 85 HoXHEMiLy e dpvede. [ wonian supporiers hut Soon affer the mter, ek T e, ey 10 ok | ner charged with the murder of his [gallon was ordered for Virginta: Toolsuflocated as tiexisolant satety Germany's capacity for payment at|ance of the demand for the check-off | Individual citizens and representa- | contained thousands of men women Rice lined to McClellan, who threw to | wealthy wife, Mrs. Grace Simmons|West Virginia and North and South ik ST fitty illion gold marks, which was the | would mean binding them to “collec- mfis of |ngu!'l{rl.ll and other organi- |and children, was almost deserted. | Collins, doubling Leibold. No runs. Kepner; awas nedilhn i ls lendl in the gg,rcr;ll::m T:M:oudl::";::ln:&'pm; local | 34 Emerge Allve. > s g onar | tion of a war fund” for the unions|Z4tions and of organizeq labor are | Additional shots were fired, however, | CHICAGO—Hooper took a third strike, % L X 34 G amount propused by Premler Bouar) tos of » war fund” fo Lty Snlon® | among those “who have, during the |and the few civilians who StIl 1in: | Biaewc tow set Mestih Colling 1 strike/| county circult court here today, the Pesin Ol Disos Thirty-four of the 134 or 138 miners Law in January, Great Britain's Anisat per Rt few days, given to the President [ gered were turned away at the point | Collins stole second. Sheely went out, | breath of another sensation was The Penn Oil also announced a re- | WhO Were entombed by the blast have share of this indemnity would be|8nd aid in bringing about “closed |assurances of support and pledies |of the bayonet. Mogridge to Harris to Judge. No|gweeping Frederick in the mysterious | duction to 20 cents a gallon whole- |emerged from the mine alive. Of eleven billion gold marks, based upon | Shop” conditions. | G e e Lo everyching swithini People Clear Square. runs. § and complete disappearance of Miss | Sale and 21 cents gallon retail. The | these, one lies at a hospital here in the Spa agreement for 22 per cent. AS| conference by their president, John L. | tlon successtul. After a lapse of ten minutes De SECOND INNING. Lulu Ricketts, the young and Dretty | motrow This companye reduction |® Serious condition as a result of the Great Britain seeks only to recover: Lewis; C. J. Golden, Thomas Kennedy Senators Pledge Support. Valera was brought down from the | WASHINGTON—Judge was retired, | “woman in the case.” is 1 cent, as Penn Oll gasoline sold |inhalation of smoke and gas fumes 14,200.000,000 gold marks, or £710,-|and Rinaldo Cappelini, presidents, re- Sheely to Robertson. Gharrity popped | “go 000 "0 P08 FRSET de by | yesterday for 21 cents wholesale and |1t is believed he will recover. 000,000, for the payment of the Ameri- | Spectively, of districts Nos. 1, 6 and 7,| Senator Smoot of Utah, who will be | P/atform and found to 'be uninjured. |to Hooper. Harris flied to Mostil. No| ¥ w made bYi323 cents retail. s 5 S (dlsbe b iuIn: Nemand lomy/ Inithe Anthraete R chairman of the all-powerful finance | He Was bromptly surrounded by the | runs. States Attorney Aaron R. Anders (o “Texas Oll “Company, Independent |, DI383trous 88 was the loss of lite 3,200,000,000 gold marks, or £160,000-, The mine owners' representatives 5 military and armed plain-clothes men. | , CHICAGO—EIsh flied to Rice. Peck | Keep Miss Ricketts' unexpected ab-|0il Company, Dome Oil Commpany ana | B¢, interior of the mine was only 000, from her continental debtors, who | Were Samuel D, Warriner, chairman | COmmittee of the Senate at the next ¢ | threw out Kamm. McClellan went out, | ..o 5 gecret since Monday evening, | Crown Oil Company today announced | SHEPUY wrecked by the explosion, owe her approximately £1,200,000,000. (of the general committee of the an-|session, and Senator Keyes of New | Hundreds of persons who had fled at | Bluege to Judge. No runs. ce 3 Y evening. | 4 ps of 1 cent, to 20 cents wholesale | 2P0 rescue workers, who plunged British officials belleve that respons: | thracite coal operators, and W. J.|gampshire, who were among the |the AiTing rushed out of houses along e e when he and Lieut. Detective Charles | (00500 (Tetal]. - In most caves the | 1B1g, the smoke-filéd passageways vible quarters in Paris are prepared | Richards, president of the Philadel- | G O'Connell street, pressed through the IRD NG. A. Kahler went to the restaurant|retail price of these four companies | any Sesterday were hamperea at any rate to glve careful consldsra- | phia and Reading Coal and Iron Com- | President’s offictal callers at the ex- WASHINGTON—Bluege flied to Elsh. [ where she works to question her re- Wil not become effective until tomor. | Lo, DY, debris, WAt entry ffteen tian to proposals for an ag-eement |pany; W. W. Inglish, president of the | ecutive offics today, each lauded the | T27KS of the soldiers and shook hands |y ou gl Nlca” ts Hooper. Robertson : row, in order to allow the garages and | 25, 16Cessary to clear away a cave- on this basis. Glen' Alden ‘Coal and Iron Company. | purposes of the Dresident with the captured leader. It was with | threw out Leibold, No runs. garding a matter that might require |T0%, 1%, oreer, 1o allow the garages and jin which had buried six mine cars, Tt 1s polmted out that Great Britain's | and A- 3. Jeasup; vico president of the | PUCPoses o sident and gave | Ko 0 Chat the troons made thelr | CHICAGO. Deck threw. sut Schalk, | her- Dresence on the witness stand | amail Al . it land beyond, at entry seventeen, th R D O e e S iiie Hicnlo o ot O e Rim positive assurance of their indl- | &y rck Wit thelr ‘Cap. | Robertson went out, Peck to Judge, | once more. It was then learned that SRR workers © were forced t0° - fe ther payment. should the experis de- vidual loyalty and of the support of |tive, who was wildly cheered en | Hooper popped to Gharrity. No runs, | the Elrl had left her home and place | poroprene snock UP SRR b BR i Biut Covngny 1o cepunie WANT NO SUBSTITUTES. |the people of thelr respective states. | route. R NRIC ploy ¥ night, and : : a . had failed to return. B bt 1o e These Senators were happy to tell | Intense excitement prevails in En- Asked today whether Miss Rickefts d cars found by rescuers at first led < is. = o ar; - b % . . Britain does not seck priority for her | Keyes Tells President View of New | the President that there is no ques- | "5 A S HIN G ON er ek Popped | 10| had been located, Mr. Anders said fie | BATEain-Price Gasoline Eagerly |to the belief thal fire was raging in ¥ r The arrest of De Valera comes as a|Schalk. Goslin lofted to Kamm. Rice | dia. not koo nor amoiy > the workings after the explosion, but . payments from Germany, as has besn tioning the confidence in which he is | dramatic climax to the republican |fiied to Elsh. No runs, v, nck worldilie: fatiy Seized by Car Owners. e iias eI e have e suggested by the French press. England. held e, | = S y | investigation later is said .to have re throughout the country, and|leader's persistent opposition to the| CHICAGO—Mostll lined to Haris. | \hether her absence would delay the TOTAL OF REPARATIONS . < v vealed no other traces of conflagra- : that he should feel confident that| A oss Irig et opposition to the| SHICAGO-Mostil lined to Harma.|{rial. “r. Kahler and I wanted {0 By the Associated Press, vea Sepator Keyes of New Hampshire, | p 8 r OGO pho: nglo-Irish treaty a e State | Collins flied to una CETId8€ | question her about a certain matter o S ot . : Eiale CHICAGO, August 14— America Tepublican, told the President today |carrying out the program of the ad. | 50" criment set up under it tossel out iSueely.F Noj runs: which I can not discuss at this time.” e 5 “On Run” for Months. FIFTH INNING. s Relatives Frantie. was the only statement the county |MOtOTISts from the Alleghenies to the DEPENDS ON DEBT STAND |that the people of New England ‘K}L"IIE:{:‘},‘;';(l‘;;T:::,rlfc inherited irom OF U. S., PARIS BELIEVES BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1t PARIS, August 15.—The final solu- tion of the reparations question now is squarely up to the United States. This is the impression which is | rapidly growing here, following the publication of the British blue book and the French yellow book, giving all the decuments in the case. From statements made it is apparent that in the minds of the continental allies the only element now lacking for the final fixing of the German debt at a considerably reduced figure is the knowledge of precisely how much the United States intends final- | 1y to demand from France, Italy and Belglum, Four Creditor Nations. “According to the balance sheet of debts and reparations, ‘drawn up a few months ago by the reparations commission, there are only four na- tions with a final credit balance, thus: The United States, 48,700, 000,000 gold marks; Great Britain, 47,400,000,000; France, 47,100,000,000 and Belglum, 7,700,000,000. 'Others, including Italy, ‘all owe more than they are due to recelve, since the final settlement depends almost wholly on the arrangements con- cluded ultimately between the four creditors—the United States, Great Britain, France and Belgium. ¥rom the polemics and the {ll- temper of the latest British note to France one striking fact emerges: That great Britain is ready officially to abandon her end of the credit bal- ance of nearly §50,000,000,000 gold marks and is asking from Germany and the allles merely 14,200,000,000 gold marks, which fs the sum_ Great Britain has agreed to pay the United States. Belleves U. S. Gives Up Nothing. France'’s final minimum credit of 26,000,000,000 gold marks and Bel- gium's clalm of five billion plus, are in each case what these countries must pay to Great Britain and the United States. Adding the known claims of Great Britain, France and . {Coptinued.on Page-2, Column 3.) would not be satisfled with substi- tutes for anthracite in case of a shut- down of the hard coal mines Septem- ber 1. The administration had let it be known vesterday that full plane had been made for providing all the |people in New England and other eastern states and the District of Co- lumbia, who make it a practice of using anthracite, with substitutes, | such as coke and low:volatile bitumi- | nous coal. 3 The plans adopted by the adminis- tration to supply al Ithose who need fuel in place of the anthracite usually consumed are expected to follow to a very large extent the plan devised and perfected recently by the Na- tional Coal Assoclation—the asocla- tion of bituminous operators, repre- { senting practically the entire soft coal output of the United States. This plan has ben submitted officially to F. D. Wadlelgh, federal fuel distribu- tor, and to other officials of the gov- ernment. Confident of Ability. The association, it was said at its headquarters here today, Is confident that the coal and coke needed to sub- stitute for anthracite, in case of a coal strike, can be mined and dis- tributed so as to prevent the hard- ships which occured last winter. The plan has been worked out in such detail that it is known just where the coal Is to come from and just Represenatives Madden of Illinols and Vare of Pennsylvania, who had Individual conferences today with the Executive, sald afterward that he gave the latter assurances of sup- port similar to those of Senators Smoot and Keyes. President Coolidge was pleased to- day when he was informed by a com- mittee of three representing the In- ternational Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors and Trainmen that this organization is behind the admini tration and that he can count on’ its| membership for loyalty and support. Those in the delegation were: L. E. Sheppard, president of the conductors; W. N. Doak, vice president of the trainmen, and W. M. Clarke, vice president of the conductors. The President directed two of the independent agencies of the govern- ment, the Tariff Commission and the Civil Service Commission, to continue the policies pursued during the Hard- ing administration. People Back Coolidge. Representative William S. Vare of Philadelphia, Pa., called on President Coolidge today to assure him that the people of Philadelphia, irrespective of party, approved of his course since he assumed the offite of Chief Magistrate of the nation. He said that republi- cans of Philadelphla are behind the President and will give him their hearty support in carrying out the policies enunciated by the late Presi- dent Harding. what raflroads and other means of transportation are to be used to get the fuel to the consumers. Senator Keyes said after his con- Representative Vare sajd also that he discussed the coal situgtion. with| the President and asstired the latfer that the people of the country would (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 15.—A Central News dispatch from Berlin says com- munists stormed the town hall at Alsdorf, eight miles north of Aix-la- Chapelle, with hand grenades and that 100 persons were killed or ‘wounded. Three persons were killed and nige 2 (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 100 Killed or W ounded in Riots In Germany Led by Communists wounded in the course of rioting at Wilhelmsburg, near Hamburg, yester- day. A party .of Hamburg police which went to Wilhelmsburg to help the local police, whose headquarters were attacked by strikers, was received with a volley of shots. The Hamburg policemen replied and with difficulty dispersed the riotergg The first armed opposition by his party to the Free State regime was|center. Gharrity flled to Elsh. in the seizure of the Four Courts and several buildings in Sackville strect, Dublin, in July, 1922. These strong- | Kamm lofted to Goslin. holds being taken by the government troops after heavy fighting, he fled months was “on the run.” One by one his chief licutenants, in- cluding Austin Stack, Erskine Chil- ders and Rory O'Connor, were cap- was even asserted iIn some’ quarters that De Valera him- selt remained at liberty only because his arrest would cause the govern- ment ambarrassment by making him |& third strike. No runs. appear as a martyr. He was several tured, and it searching parties by the narrowest of margins. The search for him apparently end- ed with his proclamation of April 27| ter, scoring Goslin, last, ordering cessation of hostilities. His' appearance in Ennis today was in pursuance of his announcement | center. Harrls walked. that he would contest the elections. COUNTERFEIT PLANT By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 15.—Seizure of a complete plant for the manufacture of counterfeit $100 federal reserve notes in Floral Park, night, was announced today by Joseph chief of secret service|By the Assoclated Pres ~TOKIO, August 15.—It that heavy loss of life resulted from tidal waves and storms on the west promptness with which the secret|coast of Korea. Several hundred service acted presented any of the notes from getting into circulation. Five men alleged to have been im .i- cated in the plot were arrested. MOVE PRAISED HERE. A. Palma, agents in New York. The capture was effected just as operators of the plant were running off the first set of proofs and the Seizure of the counterfeiting plant at Floral Park, Iong Island, is regard- ed by Chief Moran of the secret serv- ice as a plece of work that “nipped in the bud a very dangerous situa- The chief sald toddy that while rone of the counterfeit money had|Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt, been placed in circulation, channels already had been opened for its dis- tribution as soon as it was ready, and for several to have escaped Schalk. One’ run. CHICAGO—Collins Long Island, last By the Assoclated Pres AMSTERDAM, ‘works, WASHINGTON — Judge ris sacrificed, Robertson to Sheely. Bluege lofted to Elsh. CHICAGO —Elsh lined to Bluege. filed to Leibold. No runs. SIXTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Mogridge bunted and was thrown out by Kamm. filed to Elsh. Peck was out, McClel- lan to Sheely. No runms. CHICAGO—Schalk singled to right for the first hit off Mogridge. bunted forcing Schalk, Bluege to Peck. Hooper popped to Peck. Mostil took SEVENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Goslin left. Rice grounded to Sheely, Goslin going to third. Judge singled to cen- Gharrity popped to sheely. Judge stole second and got to third when Schalk pegged wildly to On an at- tempted double steal Judge was caught at_the plate, Robertson to Sheely to Sheely bunted, forcing Collins, Mogridge to Peck. Elsh forced Sheely, Mogri SEIZED IN NEw YORK :_3“}:.‘—-1-. Kamm lined to Bluege. HEAVY STORM TOLL IS FEARED IN KOREA boats were missing today. CUNO MAY COME HERE TO SUCCEED WIEDFELDT August patches from Berlin today say it is re- liably reported there that the name of former Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno is being mentioned as successor to German ambas- sador to the United States, who will resume his direction of the Krupp prosecutor would make. It was known, however, that every effort was being made to locate the girl in Washington, Baltimore or Hagers- town. Trinl Nears End. In the meantime, over in the cireuit court of Frederick county, before Chiet Judge Hammond Urner and As- [sociate Judges Glenn H. Worthington and Edward C. Peter, the defense of Mr. Kepner was rapidly being com- pleted. He has been on trial for nore than & week and shortly before lunch there was every prospect that Leo Weinberg, chlef counsel for the de- fense, would rest his case early this afternoon. The state will then put several new witnesses on the stand and possibly recall a few of those who have al- ready testified in rebuttal. Both sides have prepared long and technical ar- guments, which, in themselves, are expected ta occupy the better part of a day. In view of these circum- stances, a decision on whether or not Kepner killed his wife is not expected before tomorrow evening or perhaps Friday morning, Mrs. B. M. Joyce of Baltimore, a Rockies today revived the quaint old custom of “rushing the can” as price- slashing tactics of competitors in the gasoline industry brought about bargain prices, and retail gasoline dealers re- ported one of the greatest sales records in_their history. The thrifty motorist who ordered his auto tank filled and brought along extra containers to haul home a reserve brought forth no paeans of prosperity from the petroleum industry, however, for all asserted that prevailing prices were below the cost of production and will prevail only as long as competi- tion makes them necessary. While rejoicing motorists in many states today laid in supplies of gas- vestgations designed to obtain reduc- tions in prices were either under way or planned in states not yet affected by the price cuts. Eastern states Joined the midwest and southern sections with announced reductions. An immediate searching investiga- tion by the federal government into the gasoline situation was urged by Gov. A. V. Donahey of Ohio, in a telegram to President Coolidge and (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) (Continued on Page 7, Column 5.) U. S. Probe of Gasoline Situation Aimed at Possible Conspiracy By the Associated Press, The Department of Justice is press- ing its inquiry into the gasoline situ- ation In the west, but has not yet ob- tained sufficient information to lecide whether there Is evidence of a con- spiracy to interfere with Interstate commerce. At the department today it was said the investigation was directed at every phase of the question, with par- ticular attention to the alleged agree- ment of some fifty refiners to close down their plants during this month, so as to curtail production. The price_war which has followed the action of Gov. McMaster of South gasoline at 16 cents, however, is also under investigation. Complaints from the governors of Nebraska and Ohio of discrimination by producers have been r.ceived by the depart- ment, and the fleld agents have becen directed to inquire into the facts, Thus far the Federal Trade Commis- sion has received no complaint from the so-called independent refiners, and officials say it is not likely the com- mission will take action on the basis of reports that some of the larger oll companies are taking advantage of the present situation to cut prices at certain points in order to injure the independents. In the usual course the commission proceeds with investigations of such questions only after formal com- plaint has been received from thosc Dakota in ordering the state to sell in the trade, oline at prices lower than 20 cents, in- | As news of the explosion spread quickly throughout Kemmerer and Frontier yesterday, a crowd, estimated to number 1,000 persons, gathered at the portal of the mine and maintained a frantic, fearful vigil throughout the day and far into the night. Wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, sweet- hearts and children of the entombed men pressed against the rope barrier | strung around the shaft, and at times overwhelmed the small force of Kem- merer police and volunteers as rescue | crews emerged from the underground tomb. Hysterically, women wept for a hus- band, father, brother or friend, as the hours passed and only a few survivors straggled from the mouth of the pit. Children’s wails mingled with the heart-breaking cries of faithful watch- ers when it became apparent early last night that no more men remained allve in the mine, and rescue workers ceased their search for the living and turned to the task of bringing forth the dead. The eyes of men were wet with ‘tears as they waited, hoping for the appear- ance of comrades with whom they had worked shoulder to showater, but who never came. On the streets of the town grim- visaged men and drawn, sad-faccd women went about the sorrowful task of preparing for the last homecom- ing of gnose they loved. Many Unidentified. At the temporary morgue down- town in Kemmerer, throngs of weep- ing relatives of men who had lost their lives in the blast passed slowly along before the long rows of forms, many still unidentified, or stood in small groups, assuaging the sorrow of those who had been bereft. The first intimation of the disaster yesterday was a long tongue of . smoke which shot from the fans used 1to ventilate the mine. The electric alarm system had been destroyed by the explosion, the pumps had been wrecked and tracks on which the “trip” cars operated had been torn uj DE Rellef crews were organized Im- mediately, and under direction of P. J. Quealy. vice president and gen- eral manager of the Kemmerer Coal Company, and T. C. Russell, super- intendent of the Diamond Coal and Coke Company, an experienced mine rescue expert, the work of explor- ing the mine beg: Russell 1 (Continued on Page 2, Colunin