Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1923, Page 2

NAVAL RESERVES REACH YORKTOWN U. S. S. Eagle Drops Anchor and Half of Crew Given Shore Liberty. YORKTOWN, Va, August 18.—After down the Chesapeake bay York to this placy the U 58, Capt. John A. Schofield, and with officers and men of the United States naval of the District of Co- \ual training to the Un 1 fine cruise and up th river No. commanding, reserve vard, wval moo oil the of visit out lines were en W thoroukh the regu After % the a va giving the vesse Aratory ain's i spectior K was over follow frernoon wil - entire ship's rniitted 1o ship's side liday and compan £0 on liberty wi fish and crab fron e the ves rowing and swimmir Howing his inspection 1 expressed himself as with the showing made Report Fine ' w t those be Capt mu B pleased e, E talking had on port they ht before sailing, the park in the entertained at w vaudeviile sh on by the of t 1l mented by wle Jazz Or, Durin win Capt. Sct ship old b flne ti Cristiel T ¢ the popu W put aug- Lestra . the ba Bive orders to swin nt off the wrecks of the Marcos and battleship Ala- 1 d th nig town, Under the direct J Nichols, executive gu uts. Gunior grade) Nelse on of Harry otticer, Thom . Hi Lieut 1 n An overeast king bearings of the bearines were taken . old wrecks which are charted Men Reported Rendy. have beer 1l the d on kept s ta and Lieut. Nichols have quite well fitted even now ons aboard vessels fleet in the event flic of the of Yorktown un- when it will river. up the the mouth of Patuxtent river 1 to point off where more drills While here, the vessel way severil times and ning, the York past cemd down r target practice, | i | | 1 have an opportun- s of their drills CANADIAN CABINET GETS 3 CHANGES Minister Robb of Trade and Com merce Takes Immigration Portfolio. By he Associated Pross. OTTAWA, Ont pertant ch ir A o. t 18.—Im- anadian cab- ed last night hanges in t et were annou J. A. Robb, minister of trade and commerc: the formation of the King government, takes the portfolio of immigration and cclonization. T. A. Law, member of th net with out portfolio, will take the place of Mr. Robb as minister of trade and commerce E T minister pointed 1 Mr. Ma donald t 0T natic to that post fense. Mr. Macdona Law will have to seek re- m their constituencies. ration and colonization tepartme up to the present has n in the hands of Charles Stewart, er of the interic CAROLINA KIWANIANS acting is ap- Bandits and Cop In Holdup Series, But Thieves Win By the Associated Press, CAMBRIDGE. Mass., August 18— A gasoline filling station in this city was held up here by two armed bandits. A policeman hap- pened along and held up the bandits. A third highwayman ar- rived and held up the police The three bandits escaped with several hundred dollars, but they had to walk, for their taxi-driver had fled in t meantim The taxi driver reported the police later that he had been forced at revolver point to aceept tie bandits as passengers. PARLEYS ON CUBA to |Railway Consolidation Be- lieved Secondary to Sound Government Subject. ferences and here from Secretary Crowder, r consul- betweer Ambassador i f resumed next week to later conferences Coolidge, in order fully advised of the in the island repub- Hughes called tation, x are to be lead sident may events and with } that he trend of wh Hughes return, tl fand the funeral ceren ident Harding gave no opportunity W complete review of Cuban affairs Th determin on of the Coolidge nistration that American erests protected in Cuba has been d by government veral times sinee the first representations w forward to Hivana a week agod 150 has heen emphasized all along that the United st advisory atfitude on Cuban legislation was founded upon a de- sire that a stable, self-sutficient sound governme should | tained in Cuba in the inte Cuban people themselves. Seek Sound only interests been iny ratlway Cuban the bassador hus seen Mr. two his » business oceasions since other ronivs for Pres for reatir: point at which immediate of American nationals ved so far is in the Ci consolidation bill.> S overnment has agreed to n th pend hearing, that question is s for the moment. and arger one of sound government ‘uba presumably is receiving more '\ Washington Department still is await- figures showing the ef- proposed vailroad legisla- Americ: roperty sugar rai private opinion as to w the et would be fAscatory will be formulated only when all of thess acts have been received and studie There no doubt, however, that Washington administration feels seri- ous concern at the course of events in Cuba, and that it is prepared to take whatever action it finds neces- sary when the whole situa f Las been analyzed KIDNAPING PLOT DENIED BY GRIFFS Shows German Court He Had Very Little Gas in Tank of His Auto. ban The Stat ing detai fect of t a e A By the Assaciated Press. MOSBACH. Germany, August 18.— n Griffis and Victor Neilsen at {their preliminary hearing yesterday in connection with the recent attempt to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, {the American draft evader, denied jany knowledge of such an attempt { One point brought out by Griffis w: {that at the time of his arrest the jgasoline tank of his automobile was {nearly empty, which statement was {verified Ly the police who confiscated { the car. | {He T0 BE PROLONEED THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, "AUGUST 18, 1923. LYNCHINGS ROUSE | GEORGIA GOVERNOR Will Order Investigation of Mob Violence at Once, Walker Says. By the Assnc ATLANTA, Ga. August ploring the lynching of two € | negrocs vesterday for alleged crim-} |i assaults on white ov Clifford Walker today ,A. ntion to.the investigations which | he said would b 1 1 to of ! my office to prev cness in Georki nphasis Both negroes were lynched in cen- trul Georkia at Wellston and Cochra respectively. In both instunces th mobs worked quietly and systemati- cally and immediately afterward dis- pe i Press. women, turned his ordered at one: all the pows nt disorder and law * the governor de- expect one of th Macon harged with attac white woman in her home near Wellston the evening of July 4. Yes terday, as he was being taken to the Houston county jall, a mob, sald to have been composed of about reven- ty-five men, halted the officers and took the negro from them He was taken to the house of woman he Is ulle; d, hang- ed to a tree and shot to death Aaron Harris, the other Iynched, was serving a term county hain gang for the time he is alleged to to a nearby farmhouse for w attacked the farmer's wife. T leged ack took place last W ~-n||u~‘ day Y wrday. while the sherifft and other jail offici were absent, W mob tore a hole in the jail wall, sawed through and took | the negro a short S out of! Cochran, whe they hung him to| the limb of a tree which had been| used previously in a lynching. reon was reported to have con- | fessed to the mob before his death. | cgroes, diay king a p was | n | | i | i | 1 { \ | {SAUNDERS TO PUSH ! FIGHT IN COURTS Will Ask Receivership for Piggly| Wiggly Organiza- tions. | | { | { ! i s the Associated Press L MEMPHIS, Tenn August 8.—| Clarence s vesterday resigned | ident the Piggly Wiggly ! Corporation transferred to th the has b ‘waged for several months within th i the filing of & pe-y tes district court, | ‘ eiver ¢ Pigg holde Piggly Wiggly | country .oper- | as pre courts ght which } organization, v 1 [tition in United St asking the appoint Stores throughout the { ame between of directors| rs to devise means elimination of loans. sential to the concern. suit was filed company met ignatfon of Mr. Saun cher Scott, viee presi- Walker, secretary- lected Johrg =AY Bul-| his, temporar® vice | president 1 W. Rollow. tem-| \'y-u ary treasurer, and ced that | | 4 DIE AS CAR STALLS ! ON RAILROAD TRACK i | i ! Driver, Dodging Cows, Failed to See Approaching Train—Fifth Victim May Die. the board ing of ings of d by Sau ing and he declared cess of 1y after the of the | tinan which . | | | the ace der {de treasurer, lin of Men: E | Ry the Ascocinted Pres MARQUETTE, Mich. August 18- | Four persons are dead and another is {dying as the result of a Chicago, Mil- { waukee and St. Paul railway freight { train crashing fnto an automobile at | Trout Falls crossing. two miles south of Republic, last night in Scotland fty years ago, Mr. and Wrx. Ro ‘n wedding anniversary, week celebrated their & her wedding gown for the o Capltal for thirty yeurs, Treasury and hix wife is sevent STATE SENDS TROOPS TO QUELL TEXAS MOBS; PP from First Page.) ! ontinued fr r an ‘ ’ rope. He did recognize any of his assailants Davis was brought back to the vil- lage and turned loose Armed wit “hotguns, farmer friends of the Duvis family came to lowa Park last night and made many open comments as to what would hap pen it the kidnapers were found Sheriff Murphy and his deputies w to Towa Park last night an_investigation It was because the was considered unsatisfactory Davis family and their fric telexr were dispatehed brother and father of the victim to the state execut night SHERIFF ARRESTED. | | investigation { by the | nds that by the floging offices Ve las Ik Texas County Officer Held in Fiog- | ging Case. | By the Amsociated AMARILL Texas Rangers' investigation of flogging by five unmasked men of E E. McDonaid. bridge worker, Wednes- day night, hus resulted in five arres Under orders of Acting Gov. the fifth arrest was that of She Less Whitaker of Potter county night Ranger Capt. F. A. Mamer filed the charges wh h uited in the sheriff being placed under arest The com- plairte were twofold, one harging conrpiracy to commif a felony. the othe alleging the sheriff to b been an accomplic in an assault with} prohibited weupon W T. W with' the ilar bond was n of $5,000 w made andfo charged fointly granted & sim The sherifr managing a nls maint » the s elected laundry opponents nionism enemies tigated Surrounding Tulsa. By the Assoctated Press. TULSA, Ckla., August 18S.—The arm | of the military, sent hgre by Gov. J.| (. Walton to suppress mob viclene: reached out into Tulsa county to find an answ recent abductic this- vicinity Martial law. originally decracd only in the city of Tulsa, was extendedd last today to the numecrous and whippings in to include rt Thomson thix Mrx. mxon donning have made thelr home in the MARKET LOSS THREAT MAY BRING COAL PEACE (Continued from F 1 ore the ent under ng kept now was ners, pre the which the mines are open. This meeting in order that both operators might once more their respective cases to public The miners have their eleven previously minor dem; withdrawn none munds; the oper- ad agreed 1o three 18, and matters of of § Will be resumed at Atlan Just where day July It i the operators they purpose to proc 1 of more of th ~fore approaching principles whick the split. Many mands the chnieal er th public would not understand the The stumbling bl th ete T heel brought about the minor workers 14 mir e off” il e systerm, it There iners of from miners the 1 propo the de- system, the collecti dues simply owners deducting the latter envelopes, but it was sald proposal was mixunderstood. he end it amounted than a gesture Fear Lows of Market. one impelling that remains to operators er € loss of the a from later noth The ently and spec bring mir the pro- thracite marke toge is no mere bugaboo. The oper- the Ave presented awiy that Prestdent Coolidge at the White H walkout for fur ators have held it up to ners in since statisti Ket may 1t meern and mpleted with a Pres be ering the vast, as there was This statement w to awaken the a realizatio 1y ot < more operators an of their Which been made Without suff could be no great pressure opinion to settle a str without suffering there would @ reali- zation that millions « persons h tofore thought dependent upon d miners sttuation uld have ring there ners compensation ac I 1 | commit ) | | i | | for the |en { ard al matters. 1/COOLIDGE FRIENDLY OIS, WIRKERS Federation President Confers With Executive and Leaves Well Pleased. The federal employe has a good friond in Presldent Coolidge, at least that is the opinion of Luther C. Stew- ard, president of the National Federa- on of Federal Employes, who was in conference with the President at the White House today. After his talk with' the Executive, during which he explained some of the' legislation being sought by his ociation, Mr. Ste rd said that he was greatly impressed with the Execu- tive's famillarity with the activities of the assoctation and his expressed interest in the welfare of the large of zovernment workers Althought the President did himself, Mr. Steward the impression that Mr. Coolic Kive hix sympathetic support to legi latlon being sought by the assocla tion, if the same is within reason is consistent with the terms of j ent laws affecting the federal ployes army ot ned ike Bay State Law. President, for instance, only th the working the reclassification law, but b known to favor the principles of re sification us is called for in the law In speaking of this Mr. Steward called attention to the fact that t federal reclassification law corre- aponds to a lage extent with the re lassification law passed by the Mas chusetts legislature and signed and administered afterward by Mr. ool idge when he was governor monwealth r. Steward discuss Jength the present adm reclassification law e ered that the President agreed him when he declared that the tional classification of empl Ty resents the most efficient and moderr way of handling this difficult and in- tricate subject Mr. Steward sald afterward President Coolidige’s experiernc sovernor of Massachusetts has caused him to fully appreciate the hum part of the whole reclassificatio machine—the functional classificatior Mr. Steward sald that the law ir Massachusetts has been successful d that he told the President hoped the federal law would & with a corresponding success. Want Higher Retirement. Among the other matters with the President by the of . amendment to the federal employes’ tirement act and the need for lej tion to strengthen the Employes’ Com- The not of is stration of fu th wh discussed wishes his ation for an re- President i maxi- only Act needs Steward told the fmportant in this connection the necessity for increasing the mum retirement pay. It 18 now 20 and it should be $1,200, should be reduction tire,” Mr. At pres- the optionally re explatned the employe must v until he reaches seventy rs. This be reduced by at least five Steward furt Flaws In Compensation Act. “Another vitally importan the federal employe is th islation o s existing in t It has been found necessary to cle lled condition growing out cent decision of jer of the currency i whi alsab i progress s being Presi the good w op: nvention Denver, Col read at the annual Seex Few Callers, fow He devoted the greater the disposing of matters requiring his reading nature and to the study of d¢ Secretaries Hughes of the saw callers day part of his day t routine nd sig- z- coal Profi Just first before conferenc t from the At could get along without it Home Owner. break-up of tic City the | | State Department and Hoover of the { Commerce Department conferred with | said his call | him briefly. The latter had nothing to do with coal, but that JUDGE B. F. HARRAH DIES IN HOSPITAL HERE Wa‘s Assistn:twAudito; of Panama Canal Commis- sion. JUDGE B, F. HARRAH. Harrak umin . northwest, auditor of commissic Hospital death, returned Harding's f alif he Dr M Marrah Judge Newto years assistant v Guorgetown Judge Har the time of day of Pr f Pas street canal his son ym wherd wa 4 hi g iling dur Washingtor was horn ut Newtc ¢ law, 1 inty ‘cour thout ntrolier of the was appointed evelt a member of fiv examine contracts used | vernment department and finally w tor of the He the « mmittee ate e office of a e to rious eaus, commissior Owel and Dr. and arran [ r. Steward were | AL EXPLANED the Washingt for n motor bus fa deel t Mmpany's er pa Rapid Company rease ts the rep Cit commis- the sider the application | nade a f fair va ; that the nd insur- ipany are ex received th until suc imal dete {of the compan charge {ance reported by th cessive, and, not having the TALKS and TALES With and About CAPITAL’S GUESTS strange that last day breathed group icans asse of the Cross New the new merchant which the for so i Fre. his at n the ve Bue discus sl Souther, Aire: hes 1y r admiration America haris, the tive te Fixe had worl defatigably Car and one in the Arg suggested message to Pr metropolis gather nerat Hard ntin to ident ced unned b ar expressin, cro Bue 000,000 { y I Argentine The s athletes ican s tor, greatest state in the rned three years later o sen and after nimiof o side. appc to fill by t express he hina Stear Asked lern republ casy |thought lditions {Chy e for turies |cn > rocked in i Hot for n 4 will b nterestini the this ter 1 smoking room t night more than half a dozen small towns in the southern | portions of the county, and today,| with the scope of their powe: broad- | ened, state authorities are artempting | to uncarth a connection hetween mob | activities outside and inside the city, Floggings have not been confined to | Tulsa itself, persons residing in sur- {rounding communities havinz felt in recent months the lash of self-ap- pointed dealers of punishment. With charges already filed against | two men in connection with a whip- | {he wished to make known to the Presi- 1 St chairman | dent several matters pertaining to his warned | department’s activities. Secretary Hughes is understood to have discussed {the progress being made toward bring- ing about an understanding with the Mexican government, which, when completed, will result’in recognition. James A. McFarland. natalonal com- {formal approval of the Ishould not be allowed | present rate of 1 should be after care visions of the created, full authority ideem pro tion und. Exami commission July, Samuel D. nd that th the operator's committee, the miners that a suspension of min- ink on September 1 would mean further and permanenit loss of anthracite market. He stated that | the profit in anthracite mining comes | mander of the Disabled American from the sale of so-ealled domestic | Veterans. after an Interview with the S S I president today, said that in the new | sizes of coal. used in stoves and fur- |y acutive he believes his organization s In eastern homes, ihas a subporter of its contention that Mr. Warriner said that thg market | priority should be given legislation for kitchen coals constantly® was be- |for the relief of the war's disabled, ing diminished. No new houses were | when Congress {8 swamped, in De- being built with coal ranges in the |cember, by various proposals backed kitchens. (ias for cooking was sup- {by former service men's groups, sald planting coal in most of the older |that he discovered that the President houses; gas was predominant in all Warriner, e . . added remember racial_differences, count distinct experien fers between s of the occiden usly rtal und to_his ELECT NEW OFFICERS‘ The authorities contend the plan The dead are: Miss Eita Krom, was to carry off Bergdoll to Paris, [Tron River, Mich; Willlam Ruwich i DUt GriMa maintained ' there wasiCrystal Fails. Mich.: Miss Hinda Ru- 3 - cely enough gasoline in the tank | yi. “rysta “ulls, Mich.; Miss Attendance Trophy Goes to Greens- | to carry him to Heidelberg. where he | faoire Fime Detsort, Mich Intended to spend the night | “Rernie Bernstein, Iron River, Mich. That Princ garin, who was ar- | ; ; er, is in the Republic {rested with Grifis and Nellson, was |& DANK examiner ¥ {in the . he : Was i jospital in a critical condition in the automobile at the time was texplained as merel a . coincidence, | The driver of the automobile, s |Grifis daclared that he and Neilson | dodging cows along the road, did not uguSt 18.—|\wore pasing through Eberbach Friday | notice the railroad crossing, nor hear | 3 man oflnight and became confused because | the approaching train. The motor Raleigh, w vesterday clected district {there were no lights and they were | stalled when the car was on the| ROvernor the Carolina Kiwanlans not familiar with the highway. They |crossing. The car was hurled fln\(‘n.R“‘nfi. and with others being detained at the convention Wrightsville |stopped a moment to Inguire the way [a steep embankment an d demolished. | by military authorities, it is indicated | Beach . wus chosen [to Heldelberg when Prince Gagarin joance . inti 4 o {"“An explanation is expected during |new homes. Furthermore, Mr. War- | e oy of b |that the investizators have penetrat- as the dity. came along and voluntecred to guide FOR CROSSING FATALITIES = |the day of the selzure by national | riner said, that oil was being intro- | moa inay oo g, for disabled veterans. i ;m‘ lf;e ve Ilflf mystery that has mark- Other wera Lieut.|them to the edge of Eberbach ed the mob operations and are get- | Gov. John B, Duffie, Sumter, 8. *; R.|put them on the right ang ting toward the bottom of severalf W. Fewell, Rockhill, 8. C.; Felix Har-| Griffis denied knowledge either of ’ vev; Kinston, and William A. Fre mh]"firl Sehmidt, who was killed in the | of Wilmington |alleged attempt to kidnap Bergdo 2 d Priet Kiwanis Tnternational, was the prin® | dent of Parls," who was Wounded. ere begUEne herm botire Adp fem |er and greater extent. Add to all this the incapacitated men. Mr. Mo- cipal speaker of the closing session ng_ to the authoritles an Markham, but nothing has been ‘..}:dh:‘r’umwr r:.m"’“:l“{‘“fl‘\:flvivm fiTrmm:( Brzl‘;l":l;;"l:m'uxm 2’““ Gen. as.to the reason for their de- | gemands of the miners, and he de- |rors at the Veterany Burcau. nad ‘bt clared the loss of the market was in!he hoped he would be coatinued as sight. As a matter of fact, Mr. War- { girector of that important bureau. Q that ental aided stted! b and raised 1 proc a a abe a which it was opinion that it has sider, and. if it on the applica- | boro for Second and Last Time. Ry thie Assoctated Press WILMINGTON, N. ¢, Harry Adawms, Insurince the is of i | | to to act onside ton of Dooks. | “An the bLooks of the compary, Ly the sworn statements of its operations, as sub- | mitted to the ni shows that the company has been able under th present rate to set up a depreciation reserve for retirement of the | capital invested in motor busses on the basis of a life of three amounting to $80,098.48 on Ju 11923; that ample depreciation {serves have Leen set up for the | - i Warming up ; e continued: “The m yuld never be devi Japan_intends tc ntrol, if she can, the reial situation examination : na t 533 verified c Spartanburg next comvent officers elected com on, her program “The great achievement of ! mented Hanling, namely, the power treaty, may. it i to be . Ty a part of the anxiety af I wreat 3 i3 the preservation of peace betweed that was 1 lourselves and Jupan. th i v bred by this Japanese d | Hifement of other equipment jurally red But Tam clearly ot i {repairs and maintenance of busses ! (SN IELY unless some association {and equipment have been made when | 08 (" 12V 0S for the assurance of needed, $26.098.43 having been spent|{Cace becomes operative within for this purpose during the calendar | NIOCE VNCU shore time a disti year 1922; that working capital, in | 408 Piremendous peril to the mair the form of tires, tubes. stock repair | 800 CTEMERTONE T Mrar cast will party and other materials and be found in the practical construc plie s of June 1 amounted | 70/ "ihat the Japanese policy W s that all operating ex-{ il 5 the armament provisions penses and taxes as | §10° rocent four-power treaty.” well as all general hus | P TolCaking of Prestdent expenses, i £ B Sayaite for insurance; that the net results of | oo O ecantions Cirpf operation show a profit, after the { De, 0, who never jumps St nd who, whild dition |av £ ihe fours hope e - Erie Report of Shows Big Majority Fail to Look for Approach of Train. By the Assoctated Pre “CLEVELAND, Ohio. report issued by Charles Bucholtz, superintendent in this city of the Erfe Railroad Company, places the blame for railroad grade crossing fatalities in which automobiles are d | involved largely upon the drivers of the cars Seventy-five per cent of the auto- mobilists, who were watched at thir- teen dangerous rallroad grade cross- ings around Cleveland, did not stop, look, listen, or take any precaution ars, 30, res that R - Nathan Hantaman, whose whipping more than a week ago resulted in the sending of troops here, appealed yesterday upon his conviction upon a | charge of vagrancy and the case will | be disposed of next week. VETERANS PROTEST SLUR ON SOLDIERS Post Says Remarks of Neighbors August 18.—A I mple allowan e American Army lieutenant's uniform | (Gt ensboro; *. for the second!Was found among Griffis' effects, but | s s s e e oTothes (RIiNE) ATAUNGE carel (o S nL cohvention. AT Soesh pariiey |ithel funiforimi in iGermany, pdon riner sald, he thought the present nently to the Gate city club. The authorities have not yet con- ! price of anthracite was about all that sperber, in which the wounded ma ators an © householders of the IN CANADIAN T | dccuses Grifis of having engineered eNen it e doed Inct taftect ithie MALFEASANCE CHARGE b 5 RADE | "LriEvt. dRIFFIS PRAISED. Coolldge Issues Warning. | West Virginia Public Safety Su-| i And now on top of Mr. Warriner's| 5 - $140,000.000 Increase Four:Legion Post Says He Acted From plain statement of market conditions; Perintendent Accused of Failing Months, With Imports $16,000,000 | High % to Account for Cash. g 2 rl igh Motives. for their protection, according to the dent of the United States that the ;""“""m L, gote car- Sonclusigns nd predilect i 8 ar- | $iola and predilee % - o 1 > a o " f observa- governmemnt itself would see that|! CHARLESTON, W. Va., August 18.— jried show a steady increase in traff sts the temptation to act on them B the Asnoiixted Pross Lieut, Hooven (Griffis, Held| fn & Goro |t O L e s o the people get proper and plentiful | Charges of malfeasancs and incom- |a condition which should continue, in§ peSiTE L tency in office against Col. Jackson | view of the efficient service gi L con utive time won th tendance | he explained he was wearing civilian Feuontea: Grime . Netean or bran- | the market would stand. This is one HUGE GROWTH SHOW s e alleged plot negotlations at Atlantic City. i has come the statement by the Presi- Greater Than Exports, HAMILTON, Ohio, August 15| report By the Associated Pre money, and that the passengers car- sympathies OTTAWA, August 1S, — Canadian [ Lonmadelat thens Bt e substitutes for anthracite in the event | B¢ fng the four months ending with e o T St atonmedian July, the department of customs and azcls announced yesterda For July alone the increase over the Ptevious July was $29,000,000. perts were $16,000,000 greater than 4xports {iThe total trade for the four months whis $624.000,000 compared with $4854,- #00.000 the corresponding period last vear. Imports were $314,000,000, against $236,000,000, while domestic wxports for the current year wers $805,000,000, against $243,000,000 in 1925, 5 BELGIUM WILL FLOAT BIG LOAN IN FRANCE 400,000,000 Francs at 6 Per Cent Sought for Operations With- in Republic. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, August 18.—Finance Minister de Lasteyrie and M. Lepreusx, vice gov- ernor of the Bank of Belgium, at a conference reached an agreement con- cerning the loan of 400,000,000 French francs, which the Belgian government intends floating in the Paris market soon. It is understood the loan will bear 6 per cent interest and will mature in ten years. The proceeds will be used axclusively to finance Belgian commer- cla] operations in France. A m- | plicated in kidnaping of Grover ! Cleveland Bergdoll, was actuated by only the highest motives, and was not acting as an adventurer, accord- Ing to resolutions adopted here by Frank Durwin Post, American Legion, ¢f which Griffis is a charter member and first adjutant. OPEN NEW RADIOS. Services to Hague and Italy An- nounced by American Firm. NEW YORK, 18.—Direct | August United States and The Hague, Hol- 1and, and between the United States {and Caltano, Italy, was established vesterday, the Radlo Corporation of America announced. Opening of these i services raises the total direct radio circuits to European countries from New York to eight The circuit to Italy is over 4,500 miles, one of the longest in existence. ANCIENT HOUSE BURNS. TORO, Spain, August 15.—The fa- mous *Palace of Where the Cortes met during the time ot Catholic kings in the fourteenth cen- tury, was destroved by fire yesterd. together with its valuable -onten Lightning started the fire. Two per. sons were killed by the lightning,: radio telegraphic service hetween the | number of | the | | only 633, or 18 per cent, slowed down or gave other evidence of precaution. The chock was made by special observers of the Erie during July, in connection with the “cross cro arefully” campaign of the Am an Railway Assoclation on all roads in this country. CLARA PHILLIPS’ AID WORKING WAY TO U. S. Associated Press. ANGELES, Calif., August 18.— esse C. Carson, confessed confeder- te In the escape of Mrs. Clara “hammer murderess”. from Angeles county jail, Decem- {ber 5, 1922, and, who accompanied her {in her flight to Honduras, where she was arrested and returned to | California, is working his way back to the CUnited States on a fruit steamer, according to advices re- cefved here. A telegram to Sheriff Traeger from ranama Canal Zone officlals indicated }that Carson was aboard the United | Fruit Company steamer Ulua, en route to New York. The sheriff's of- ice here is awaliting identification of Carson before taking actlon. Mrs. Philips was convicted of the murder of Alberta Meadows. She is serving a life sentence in San Quen- tin penitentiary, : i . g the 3 a | sulting” by members ot the National! of Hospital Were Insulting. Statements before the District Zon- ing Commission that Walter Reed Hospital soldiers were “a nuisance’ were resented as “slanderous and in- Capital Post, No. 127, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a meeting last night. The members declared that they did not care whether the apartment house in question was erected or not, but they stated that they did object to the soldiers being used as a mears t> pra- vent the undertaking of the project. Two crippled soldiers addressed the meeting and branded the testimony of the neighbors as an insult to the vet- erans who fought and suffered in the late war. It was pointed out that the majority of the men confined at the hospital were to seriously injured to Dbe & nuisance. ‘ The post suigested that the Dis- trict Commissioners investigate _the alleged “petting parties” on- 16th street and near the entrance to the hospital. The post voted to send 150 men to the Norfolk convention the latter part of this month. —_— A woman has been appointed as vice minister of agriculture of Argen- tina. She Is a practical farmer and fluent writery % c of a continuance of the present dead- lock between the stubborn repre- sentatives of miners and operators. It has caused both sides to the con- | troversy to stop. look and listen. But_reason has not always guided in labor disputes in this country. There was, for instance, the recent strike of the railway shopmen, which virtually wiped out the shopmen's union in many Sections of the cour try. It remains to be seen whether self-interest will prevail at Atlantic City even if reason falls. (Coprright, 1923.) NAMED GEORGIA JUDGE. G. H. Howard Gets Post Despite Charge of Opponent. ATLANTA, Ga., August 18.—Judge G. H. Howard, manager of the 1922 gubernatorial campaign of Gov. Clif- ford Walker, late last night was ap- pointed judge of the new superior court of Fulton county, created by the 1923 general assembly. The announcement was made fol- lowing a charge by Edgar Latham, Atlanta attorney, that Howard had oftered him the solicitorship of the new court provided Judge Howard was given a percentage of the fees. Judge Howard declined to make reply to this charge, declaring that he_ probably would 'issue, & formal statement laters © ['S 1 I { Arnold, superintendent of the West | Virginia department of public satety. were lodged by -W. D. Armstrong, a former sergeant of troopers, and im- mediately denied by the officer. Armstrong, according to Col. Arnold, was arrested while a member of the force, charged with having liquor in his possession. ‘The charges, all by the colonel, included allegations that he turned department property to his own use, transported liquor il- legally, gave liquor to a newspaper man, was gullty of immoral conduct and 'falled -to “account for- turned over to him. The charges were flled with a board established to review such complaints. Col. Arnold has fifteen days in which to make his formal answer. CALIFORNIA GIRL HURT. Wrong - Identity Climbing Accident Discovered. GENEVA, August 18.—Tt was learned yesterday that the girl in- jured in an avalanche accident while ascending the Jungfrau on Wednes- day is Betty Shurt of California, and not Helen Short of New York. as was first reported. - With a guide. Miss Shurt was within twenty yards of the summit of the Jungfrau when she was struck by falling stones. She received a painful wound in the head, but is said to be doi: no, col nmmm':’ in specifically denied | money | Mountain-{ the comp DIES IN VAIN EFFORT T0 RESCUE HUSBAND Couple Recovered Lake ’ After Launch Explosion Locked { in Each Other’s Arms. [ { By the Associuted Press. FAIR HAVEN, Vi, August 18.—Mrs. Fredorick Buchier of Rfchmond Hill, N. Y., one of three persons drowned when the gasoline tank on a motor launch on Lake Bomoseen exploded, gave her life to save her husband, hecame known today when the two bodies were recovered from the lake Mrs, Buehler was a strong swim- mer, but her husband was unable to swim. When the bodies were found they were locked arm in arm in a position indicating, the medical ex- aminer said, the wife had been drowned while trying to keep her husband afloat From { FOOT BALL STAR DIES. Ind, August 18 Stiehm, foot bail University of Wisconsin director of athletics at Indiana University, died at his home here today. 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