Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1923, Page 4

WANTS SHOWDONN ON JOHNSON LETTER Senator’s Friend Challenges Publisher to Tell How He Got Epistie. SAN publication host FRANCISCO, A ust 25—The by new: “notoriously nator Hiram John of cntial letter written to an intimate Ly the senator “has been very v characterized by the senator as the product burglarious methods.’ Aibert 1 Boynton, chairman of the re- pabii of Cali- ¥ friend pro 0 state central committee . #uid in a statement tod eful investization shows that ibor of private letters were stolen from my oft nd delivercd to political 1f tor Johnson's culated by his attempt to em- of po Ameng £enator's pes often demon- th has for yea rather gloomy of most always been 4 ement ey have been un informed that tor has been widely tical cnemie his strated bocn for. b specticu source itical stren . H the eve nph have Jod-nata; to whom v provert truth fitical obscrvers must Johmson is stronger tod: ever hefore. He was the United States a plurality of 34X ical career strength has increased v . und if he were a o he wou'd re- ing support of the . as all well in- formed thut S re- d to by T4, time, h han’ dim idate t ceive tin entire st “1 ne pubiis Tull de quired that th this 1l letter in order ¥ have tiie full truth.” RUM RUNNERS HIT BY COAST PIRATES! Getting Nervous Over Depreda- tions by Liquor Thieves on Way Doy Ass 1 Pross. OUTH, N unners who t from C n From Canada. By the H beat August down the dian ports with sup- the great American At nervous as a re- increasing frequency of pirates. Hankinson Wednesday after rded off the New who scriously cook, was Jdian rumship to 4% of modern ¢ months. was the Eddie as bourded off the American SUspring. Her supercargo was away and has not been seen pirates took several ars in cash and a quan- liquor she Capt Catherine later, but h £10,000 was raided her captain by a ruse. in a solled it into a_ cormer, unmolested while the searched the ship and vainly tencd the skipper in an effort s him disgorge his treasure. \ally departod, taking a cou- ired cases of liquor. Lewls H. mith, ac. sries current on the ] was robbed of more than $20.000 by pirates shortly before her ‘re two months ago. LLOYD GEORGE TO MAKE_ FEW SPEECHES IN U. S. Friend, Says Ex-Premier Has No Political Mission. By rie Associated Press. W YORI August 4 George, former premier of Great visit the United between September and v Alfred Cope, un- [reland during the who arrived mike arrangements ormer chicf. The date will be November 13, he added, as the former premier wishes to be back in nd on that date, when parliament convene “Lleyd George ttical.” Sir any 10 The Here to Arrange Tour, Llo Br said rize regi iretania 1o = visit_will not be po- Alfred ratd, “Nor wiil he lectures or make money. He probably speak only onee or twice during his visit. It has been his.life wish to the United States. He r f the education of an in- relishman to it the (v said to me before “I want Americ to do th OFFER $2,000 IN PRIZES FOR U. S. CDMPOSERS Friends of Ame)ic:\n Music Seek to go to America ar a. as the to Stimulate Interest in National Works. iated r. CITY, Mo.. of "American nization recently adquarters here, offered « today in a 1l compose made as soon as possible ed States may par- Ry the < KA The Friends national ors tuted with h $2,000 in y ontest for awards will March 10, 19 «citizens of the ticipat A prize of $1.000 is offered for the Vest orchestral composition in sym- phony or concerto form; a prize of $400 for an orchestral composition, hich must not occup; more than fiftecn minutes in the playing; $400 for a_composition of chamber music and $200 for a song. e BUDDHISTS END FIGHT ON VATICAN DELEGATE Japan to Exchnnge' Representa- tives With Holy See Early Next Year, Is Belief. respondence of the Associated Press. OK10, July 30.—The Buddhists. v this year opposed sending ninister to the Vatican d in having the appro- priation for that purpose defeated in the diet, have reversed that decision after a conference with representa- tive the foreign office, who im- pressed them with the necessity of 1he appointment. It is likely that the exchange of ministers will_be consummated next year, as the Vatican already has a Jegate here who has been waiting for anany months for offictal recognition. A 25— August & Needed Treatment. Yrom Lite Golfer yecommended off my wor anctor—Ye ‘Well. can_you prescribe 20w to get it back again?” Doctor. you remember golf to take my vou mind omething Mean- | uf- | James, | Wil 1 ards | teaching the worid how | - the Copvetght by George THE OWL TAXI y Herbert Footuer H. Dorin Company ) i 2 _(Continued From Yesterda By way of answer Blossom held it aloft. A cheer went up from the Kitchen. Thank God we're all right e: was standing, arms akimbo, taking it all in ltke a comical solemn | child. The temptation was too much for Greg. Before she knew what he was doing, Greg had seized her round the waist and waltzed her—or rather swayed her, for it was impossible to move her from her firmly planted| stand. The men roared. “Bessie! Bessle!” cried Greg. “Did| vou hear that, you dear little thing?| We have it |t io along with you!" said Bessie. | giving him a little push—and he went | along, flat against the wall He snatched the little black boolk | but of Blossom's hands and hastily turned the page: It was all in Spanish, of course. He could not read ‘it “Hold your warningly thing funny I tell you.” “What happened”” asked sobered. It looks all right; affidavits, just what Est “In the beginning every off all right”” Blossom bek Ninu, she went up to the and after giving her a minute owed her to the Service eatrance. Sh me in and told e she's herself with the old lady all right. She went and told the lady the piano man had come and 1 got off my 1 and dance it Mr Fairweather and the christ nd all” “Merriweather was the cried Gry “Now Blossom | some- till id maybe about that. Wait Gree. letters, said.” 2 went Miss & fe n. apartu square in Kind of “Oh well, any the same to her. Blossom. “Miss E it to her. At first the 3 ed doubtful She I'd have {wait till Mr. Seakoater come how But when T told her 1 had three more calls to make up in the Bronx sald she guessed it was all ri was a nice old not naturally | suspicious like. was (I‘H Ivrnk(‘ {up about the miss being took | away “She stayed watched while worked. 1 had to take the whiple back off the piano.y There was sixteen screws in it, four {to a s=lde. and every blame one of them stuck. 1 swenating with nervousness before I ot lhu_‘ last one out. expecting to hear his nibs in the hall any moment ' “When the little book Aropned outy the floor. “What's that™ savs the | old lady. ‘T]an it s x\«‘ S !'"Xx,]‘ quick and gladlike « of) Slstomers that 1 lost tme 1) {was here! 1 been every-| where for it ‘Let m it saysi she. rry ma‘am? 1= ] confidential; we ain sur lists to anybody.’ ¥. It was a shame to She let me get away with Wwell, say. 1 put on th wk‘ quicker than I took it off—only one screw to a side. Then 1 beat it for the basement. 1 breathed easier| when 1 got out. “1 waited downeata'rs for Misz Nina and the two of us made tracks for the subway at 96th street Some- where on the way back the ;;’l“l:;] must have picked us up, thou Fohlamt notice him at the time. Misa! Nina and me Was talking. 1 fir-t. got on to it that there w:\l”:r:nfl--x; unny when we Was wai 1 :\t‘:n:I;lfnrm All of a sudden I see] Pa Simmons there looking like a lost doz offen his cab. “1 recollected that Pa’ trail the Spaniard, so T lonked can- Hoaslike around 'for him {wasn't many on the ‘plfllvfnrm 'nly ona that eould be him was LY Th his head behind a mewsna per. AT tnuln gee W his elezant freased pante and his fancy shoes o ad sald he was a swel e % 3u lXx ;u:‘u:fl this w: him. And afte = Wards 1 caught Pas eve. and he gave sign that it was him TWell.a train come in and Miss and T got in one door, nd the Span- fsh gent in another. Don't know where Pa went Miss Nina had not Rot on to it that we was being trail- 1 and 1 didn’t tell her because I fhought she'd be scared and let on. He Was at the other end of the same T. i CAWell, all the way downtown I was | vninking how T could shake him.i i1 rememhbered the v:rn}wl along | Houston street, but T didn't want to, riek bringing him so clost home | {1 rememberad there was a gang of { Christmae shoppers 14th street, {too. s0 we go out the nd walked | west, There's a hie nickelodion ¢ [14th street—vou know, a long hall { penny-in-the-slot phonnzraphs {with { and move-cm-pitchers that's sunposed t they ain’t. It runs o~ he naughtv, bu e Vhere . $he didn't like it. fhomeht T was trying to put some- thing over on her. so 1 had to tell her| the Spaniard was after us. Say. it made her a1 % in the knees. | “twas hap Diard would | wait outsida and we conld! ik Cont the hick way. but not an smeak o M Gre” Tollowed us FIEhE | Theaneh. o we went on down 13th AT eut into the hack entrance of 2"Mix store, haping to lose him in the Lovowd, Dt be stuck er than a { hrother—upstaire. down in the hase- | -anslated old lady lo little in parior and, 1 on A the last ooking e to her.| job was to | i | ! i ont, out n~n 1ith street again. By This time he must have guessed. of | conrse. that we were on fo him. Nlext T went back to the subw n I took him up to Time uare, but I couldn’t shake him in crowds there, neither. Well. I subway once more and this a bit of luck. There was omine and zoing. ad as the owntown plat- train on each side,, al. The local was doors Nina Spaniard got 1 watehed m> chance, were ready to close exprese 1 erabbed ! the girl. hustled her across the plat- form and inte the other train, and t door closed behind us. 1t took the Spaniard gent by surprise. e run, too. for |h9 next door, but it closed in_his face” “Good work!" said G “Wait a minute! the funny part yet and we ‘was carried right past the Spaniard close enough to touch him only the other side of the glass. | Well, 1 couldn’t help having a bit of sport with him. 1 knew anyway he knew what I'd been up to as soon as | he went home and the old lady told; him. So as we passed by I held up | the little black book; like that, right before his nose.” i “The deuce vou did!" cried Greg,| delightedly. “Wait a bit! It didn't get acrost like 1_expected. He give me the Jaugh first. Yes. sir; threw back his head and laughed fit to die. What do you know about that?” “Just a bluff,” sald Greg. Hlossom shook his head positively. | “No, sir. 1 know a real laugh when 1 see it “But here is the book,” sald Greg. “Just the game, he thinks he has | omehow."” ’ 3 e : the { tried th i time T had Lo big e we mot down to form there was a {express and lo j mening he ecred M {local, and the Anther door just as they Aoors of aboard the on by and Sreg. 1 ain't told you The train started ossom's words carried conviction, and Greg's feeling of triumph was considerably dashed. “I wish Estuban was here,” he said. CHAPTER XIX. The Abduction. | i Though he had seen him but on the one occasion, Greg had more confi- dence in Estuban than in any of the taxi drivers, good fellows though they | were. He much desired Estuban's help on the dangerous expedition he had planned. and waited for him as iong as he dared. But 1 o'clock drew j the i main | Eaid near without any sign of him, and in the end Greg had to go without him. He was in difficulties when it came to choosing a man in Estuban’s place. They all wanted to go: each man oudly and shamelessly proclaimed nls own superfor qualitles. Greg finally decided to take them all. It was possible he might need them, and if he did not they could rem: concealment in the cab. He them by a mighty oath to obey in_the smallest particular. Meanwhile during the evening the old car had received a grooming like an athlete before his supreme rac { From all the cabs in the yard most nearly new tires were borrowed |\<r3 nut_screwed home, very wir este With black grease they smudged the le ¢ plates o that the numbers were illegible N did fail to test the extension ladder. Atterward ft was put buck in 1S paper and tied on top of the flivver, On the way uptown all rode pside. The fr t window was o re- dow that could in « instructions and ex- ions. While he talked to was sizing up his mer wowed thelr exciiement in istic ways. Dull : . oand there wa hied on his santly har molk teeth; little 1t like a re Bull for thought Greg _Whuen th venue Koy Llock down (o more than a fur- rose toward and long cenue, o, the seen the ear . the Columbus A the windows A light showed in likewise fn the doorway connecting house. way through the block: at the top of the litte hill ame upon a stationary fl er. but one v. yray coa the uniform of the ci was leaning back with his propped on a stone post, one cocked up on a step. and his dunelin: from its thong. The hearts of all went down at the sight. Uncomplimentary directed tow the In_the performanc “Damned unlucky At the end of the block Greg direct: ted” Hickey to turn the corner and stop, until they could decide what wis best to do The broad, unbeau- tiful inee of Amsterdam avenue was as empty as the slde street. It was like the avenue of some dead city. where the lights had been ning “What did_ v rssom. “Worse, Ining of the bloc the that is they 1 airr pol ron v a innocent offic of his duty muttered Greg u make of him? rezular cop. s ‘) Greg. “a T had forgotte nts of a private block ke thi: often club together and hire a man from an azeney to keep wat be there all night, damn him “What are you going to do” anxionsly, “give it up? n vour life!™ said hr«l: BT “Let mie think minute.” All four of them waited with blank minds for “We must create finally. at” asked Bull Tandy "Attract his attention elsewhere; him off." “I get yvou." said Ginger. a fake burglary or at_this end of the “Exactly. That'll yours and Blosson’s” Gin, " said priv diversion,” he ‘Get up \T--HIIH&' down be vour job lave a heart, aplece Tomorro ASKS LORD BIRKENHEAD BE BARRED AS SPEAKER FOR ATTACK ON WILSON I (Continued in inued from Fir Page) world requires the encouragement and the light of idealism. the whole world would probably not survive if idealism were given a complete free rein Hax No Delusions. “1. for to the only functi which the Ameri- can government is called upon to dis- charge. Their primary, and, indeed, their onlr, duty is to the American people. “If by of a vancs people intervention in the affairs stricken rope they can ad- the fortunes of the American then, it seems to me, as an humble observer, that it would be théir duty 1o make such an interven- tion. But, if, in cool perspective, they reach the conclusion that no coni- i pensating zain to the American peo- ple will result from reassuming Eu- ropean and world responsibilities they would be failing if they embraced an unnecessary re- sponsibility “Who can marshal the arguments? The great economists and flnanclers of the world have in the last four years proved little able to afford us sound guidance or accurate predic- tion.” Indicates Problems. Lord Birkenhead indicated as prob- lems to be taken into consideration 'the effect on America’s export trade of her accumulation of gold; the question of how long her "domestic market would be adequate for her manufacturing resources; the results | of the high tariff system: the effect ericultare of artifcially produced | economic conditions. “If I am right,” said Lord Birken- head, “in supposing that the deflated condition of Europe, as Europe is to- already affords grave anxiety to cultural community and n the future occasi nalogous anxiety to your manu- facturing community, I have at least established all that I care to estab- that grave and not very remote ems await the decision of the American nation.” CENTENARY OF SAINT. ROME, Augu —Pope Plus soon will publish a document on the eighth | centenary of the canonization of St RBernard, corresponding with tenth centenary of the foundation of the well known hospice for succoring travelers in the pass of St. Bernard. The hospice is situated in the Alps | between Piedmont and the canton of Valais, Switzerland, more than 8,000 feet above the sea level, and is in- habited by about a dozen monks. It is renowned for its famous breed of St. Bernard dogs. which, however, have now been replaced with New- foundland stock. For Better Vision The Right Glasses and Eye Comfort Consuit Kinsman Optical Co., 705 14th St. N.W. Established in 1900 were | ‘New Avenue for Hard-Coal Peace! THE WEATHER ana air tonight and tomorrow; | gentle winds, epithets were | that the Greg to give them a cue. | in their duty! the | hem | hey | descended | i myself. have no delusions as | } | | n an equal | a writer in a magazine who says the 1 | tegether lefr | {ference {at least six months. {considered the {1t was understood that he stipulated | beauty by spreading clay on my face THEM POLITELY SCRRY THEY SOR WRONG VoU TELL NQ, YOU'RE HAVE Thi PHONE p:N;s A\.;.\ il You WRONG NUT GAIN AND NBU ANS AS YOU GET \COMFORTARLY STATED ONCE MORE, PHONE STA BER PAQTY A- ALAIN NDS THE CALL ULL BE HANGED WER 1T BUT NO,SIR. YOU'RE NCT COING TU CET TCCLED A - GAIN . WHY THE DICKENS DOFSNT T STGP RINCING You SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, DEAL LI TAINT SUSPICION CF DOUBT BIGINS 1IND. THING T TINALLY SPEND THE REST OF THE EVE- NING WISHING YOU'D ANSWIER: ED IT AND MADE IND SAME PARTY THERE AGAIN AND CONVERSATICN ON BOTH PARTS 1923. IS A GOCD ESS PoOLI TO CREEP INTO YOUR. IT MIGHT BE SOME- IMPORTANT, AT THAT STOPS AND YOU SURE Seen in Gov. Pinchot Mediation Naming of Pennnsylvania Leader Pro-| vides Medium Through Which Settle- ment Moves May Be Made, Is Said. An which cite m be- ea ana safe- by nn- av through anthra- @ and onerators might come further effort to reach a of their £ differ- provided by President Coolidge yesterday in the desi tion of . P hot of Pennsylv. pecial n Maintaining tension of ‘prember 1 1 nue was u particularly hapny thracite ficlds are Pennsylvan 1 legislative the industry of the mine o “ftort. to reach by Mr. - of the unu: is thrown arou laws. Poseibility 3 fa_statutes leens tions being used in the a settlement was discounted Pinchot, however. Chairman Hammond of the Coxl Com- mission, which has been the designated ¥ of the federal government in aling with the anthracits crisis, par- ticipated in the White House meeting. and, it was announced later, will operate heartily with Gov. Pincho commission will farnish data and infor- mation bearing on the subject to the Pennsyly ve, an adm tion spok and will h in readine sist to a further ex- tent If its services are desired. No Change I Policy. Tt was said at the White House that the injection of Gov. Pinchot into the plcture should not be taken as a change in the policy of non-intervention hithe to followed. The government still holds, settlement en w existi - nia iator the that hard coal production wouid be suicidal to ind operator, the gov- ent's action was sald to be de- d to furn! medium through which conei ory influence 1 both les might operate witl damag to the strategic p ion, or the dig- nity. of either. After a lunct White House. conviction h & 1d ftself -on-conference at the v. Pinchot returned Harrisburg with the announced in- tention of getting in touch at once with representatives of the miner and operator grouns. It was stated that no definite proposal had been evolved at the White House meeting, and that Mr. Pinchot's first mov probably would be to ascertain whether a basis for further discus- sion exists, despite the unequivocal tenor of the statements jssued at the conclusion o Atlantic City con- | tion in la folly | sensitic age whi he anthracite indus impossible of cons Beyond the ry would be mation by : material dam- would resulteto the interests of bhoth miners nd operal dent Coolidge was said to tie-up of the anthracite f contrary “to the present national pea nd harmony, which lends self to scttlement of such questions by agreement rather than by force.™ the Selection Hauppy One. Describing _the relations of Pinchot to the federal authorit “solely co-operative,” a spokesman ent pointed out that his s MAUDE ADAMS IN FIELD AS A MOVIE PRODUCER Noted Actress to Present Kipling's| “Kim,” But Will Not Ap- pear in Film. YORK. Maude Adams. iter the motion producer, with s her first eame known here. wear in the film. Huge Drums Uncoil 4,600-Mile | s Strand From U. S. to Havre by Way of Nova Scotia. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. August drums at the shops of the Commercial Cable Com- August —Miss | noted actress. will | picture field as tudyard Kipling's production, it be- She will not ap- NEW 25.—Huge cable across the Atlantic today icahlo wiil run by way of Nova Scotia | Miss Adams returned recently from | anq the Azores to Havr R England, where it kas known shel o o aadixcanoo conferred with r\n»'ln She intends | ©f 4.600 miles. iling _for »on, where the| Clarence Mackay, icens ot “Kim-~ Is laid, and filming of | Postal Telegraph the picture there is expected to take [svetem, started water. It will have a ca city of 1,200 let- ters a minute. It will be the longe: =! and fastest submarine conneetion | between the Americas and Europe, Mr. Mackay says. It is the sixth cable of the Mackay system. JUAREZ AND EL PASO WILL CELEBRATE AMITY | All-Day Carnival Planned When Relations Restored Between U. S. and Mexico. By the Assoclated Press. EL PASO, Tex.. ficlals here, declaring El I'aso was the first city in the United States to ask the government to recognize Mexico, now claims to be the first to plan an international celebration to take place when news of the recognition is_received Flags and_colors of the United States and Mexico were distributed to merchants today. A parade will form as soon as the news is announc- ed by the blowing of whistles. president of the| Commercial Cable the cable into the The motion picture project was natural outgrowth of Miss Acams’ recent activities in the laboratocies of the General Electric Company at Schenectady, N. Y., where she has been studying stage lighting and electrical effects Motion picture rights to Kipling's “Kim" were said to have been sought by many producers without success. to Miss Adams that the picture be taken in India and insisted that the title role be plaved by a boy. The option on the story, it was said, was for eight yvears, but it was considered certafn that the film would he made within a year. All Is Vanity. om the Columbus Dispatch. “Now, just as I s beginning to think that I could become a raving once or twice a week, here comes claims for it are absurd, and it does no good at all to the skin” said a Columbus beauty who likes to keep up all the fads for improvement. h, well,” said her companion, “there is one comfort: You can save the money you have been spending on clay and buy face cream: FOR SALE-GARAGES A very choice garage in the Mt. Pleasant Section rented to show good returns on investment at $45,000. Purchaser can get immediate possession, if desired. all-day joint celebration, with a pa- triotic mass meeting that uight and | a street carnival afterward. A large garage in_a choice downtown location, leased for five years. Price, $110,000. Two other garages in downtown location, priced right. An excellent site, lot 66x140 to 30-foot alley. can assist in financing to party desiring to build. ALLAN E. WALKER & CO., IN 813 15th Street N.W. Main 2690 We LONGEST, FASTEST CABLE| LAYING STARTED TODAY |3 Far Rockaway work-| pany began unrolling the eighteenth | The! * August 25.—City of- | Juarez and El Paso are planning an | | Distrs Virginia | moderat | mostly West | morrow Itecord for I Thermometer—4 p.m 12 mid am., Highe 5 pam 6 am Temp | Hisnest 1 w i 14 i Cineinnat Cleveland Denver troit Paso it was added, that a cessation of produc- | Gaiveston . | Ttetena | Huron, Cknaoy 1 Kunsas ¢ | Ok, cit. Fortland, Rale 8. s to WASH., i s | Stockholm Hamiton, San Juan, Havan HON | i | the erans to Abbey. Col. British | ol ——=|al—=ale—o]a]———]o]lc—=lole——u>]aj=—x—]0] Lowest temper. water at perature Statiors. eigh. N .C Lake City D.C. 3 Stations, London, ct of Columbia, Maryland e temperature; westerly Vir : moderat Fair tonight and t e temperature. enty-Four Hours. 77; 8 pm., 7 ight. 65; 4 am., 60; 8 a.m. ieter—4 pm., 2 mldnight, A 30.01: noon, 30.03. st temperature, yester 93; 3 8.2, ! ure, 58.6, occurred oday. erature same date last year- 43 i st 69, of the Water., and condition of t Falls—Ten ; condition, muddy. ather in Varlous Citle Tewmperature & “aoamoing i 30.08 T 3004 30,06 Clonr Clear Clouds “loudy lear loudy i e « « « it ‘ t.cloudy would be | New Orleans .nmonnna of | New York y. P cloudy Cloudy Ore 30 30,03 29 9% smio. Pt.cloudy w4 &1 = Cloudy Cloudy Pt.clou FOREIGN. am., Greenwich time, today.) Clear Austr T 3, Sweden. s Part cloug p.m a.m., 29.96; occurred | the Pt clondy Pt.cloudy Temperature, Weather. DECLARES $300,000 - VALUE EXCESSIVE Attorney Atlacks Expert’s Testimony in Black Panther 0il Co. Investigation. MINERS AND OPERATORS TO ACCEPT PINCHOT PLEA T0 RESUME CONFERENC lationship between the union and em- ployers had set up precedents by | which these men should be held to their tasks, regardless of suspension orders 1o rink and file of miners. He indicated, however. that if the union was obdurate, some sort of spectal | conference might be asked by the| operatars to make the issue clear. | These assurances w vag to leave n opinion with s those familiar with the situation that operators might be preparing to ar- 1ge for emergency crews of non- n pump men and others to take | the work. Operators Prepared. Any such fnstallation of emergency | crews, it was sald, would constitute | indication that employers had prepared for a long and bitter strug- &le and would take no chances of the | [ property loss which a withdrawal of | union maintenance men would mean | in later stages of such a contest Insistent suggestion was made to |y, ‘rs’ contingent toda prospect of local or e of bituminous miners | c <5 of the ex ite suspension. Internat officers and all responsible spokes- men for the union carefully refrained | from makine any public’ statement, that such outbrea might be looked operatio. { for. ‘Inquirers w red | 5 to the past action and frequently an- ! Atta of nounced policy of the United ‘Mine | Tobin, | Workers toward strikes in violation of contracts and to the fact that no f the old m jon junion-led walkouts in unfonized bi-loil company here hefore tuminous districts could be staged |a receivership. The unless the whole organization was|for $148.00 | prepared to change front in this mat- | ih Al f-\:~|l1:€g Bitimnous e “m.lp declared to be fraudulent. tracts to which the unfon is party | Tobin characterize run until next April. What individ- | legal and fraudulent” { uals or local unions might do in case | approvai be deferred. He de of a prolonged shutdown in the an-|realty m which had bought the | thracite region, it w Wag en- i property should be requircd to map ely another question, bul was not |affidavits to show it was frite; of importan at the moment. sted directly indire James A. Gorman, secretary of the ! proceeds of the The joint seale committce of miners and | this | | operators, whose presence i required at all meetings of both sid also 1‘1.r~ the city with the miner: aled i committee. His departure was an- { other d ail that gave today’'s action | of the union delegates its significance of finulity. All parties to the long- { drawn-out negotiations and confer- ces held that all chance of avert- | & a suspension of mining, wnuhcr ged or short, had passed away. SITUATION IS GOOD. PHILAD. timony expert PIIA, Charles Aug « Bolton, over { Refining Compz | diana, that | there'wa cd today Di of three ficlals. rsion of st Bolton Enum Bolton enun an atex Wells, rated in detail eact some tinme insel, for. Marion, Tnd. entered form lother court agzainst i property na . isked th done. NDLESS CAVERNS XCURSION Wonderful and Spectacular Sunday, Aug. 26 Round $2.50 Trip Lv. Washington 8.30 A.M. Southern Railway System 1425 F St. N.W. PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent o- |East in Better Position Than Year Ago, Is Shown. ted Press YORK, August and distributors srmine how the Pennsylvania ners go on strike September ‘luded today that the east w. slightly better shape than it st year's suspen-| langer of severe 0 By the Assoc NEW operators lup to de fare if th —cCoal| checking | et will anthracite | 1, was, n- = sion, but suffering An_unoffic’al conducted throu {burcau of information dealers here. " Th luk still preliminary ore than 10.000,000 at the winter requirements ddle west and northwest have most _wholly filled and the »Ww can concentrate ments shi st ew England has received 3.000.- {000 tons of domestic sizes, exclus of steam anthracite, of tal es: Trequirement of 6,508,000 tons (3) New York city had received! and virtually absorbed into the cel- {lars of consumers about 3,000,000 tons of domestic and Steam anthracite. 30 per cent of her 10,000,000-ton an- | nual requirement. (4) New York city dealers have on | hand only five days' supply. at the present rate of deliveries. The reserve is slightly larger in New England. It is estimated that should there b a suspension of mines on September 1 shipments would continue fo ar- rive at eastern distributing e for two weeks before supplies at {mines would be exhausted. ) Independent dealers, known to the trade as ° already creating a speculative market prices begin to reflect the abnorm demand created by the pullic siness. Basing estin on consu charts prepared during the war. fuel administration and the stri isis of last winter, t thracite bureau of information fig- ures that the east is “well caught up and a little ahead of the calendar” in the amount of hard coal received to date. on 45 Pays 4 Per Cent withdrawn turi shares be- fore 1 Assets More Than $8,500,000 Surplus More Than $850,000 Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W.! JAMES BERRY JOSHUA W. CARR on Prestdent Secretary dy ORS BRITISH DEAD. Tomb of Unknown.s August 25.—Col. Alvin M, commander of the national American Legion, who is on his wa allie the Inte at Brussels, conference of s’ Federation d'\\ placed a wreath on the tomb of the unknown warrler In Westminster n the The tribute was paid name of the legion. Owsley was the guest of honor at a luncheon given in behalf of the government. E i I Robert N. Harper President W. P. Lipscomb C. J. Gockeler N. L. Sansbu Vice Presidents Hilleary L. Offu Vice President The “Friendly Bank” Legion Head Places Wreath on Beauufy your front terrace and lawn. !lliulld an artistic, durable, granite stone retaining wal Houses, Porches, Foundations, Chimneys, Fences, or anything stone. Estimates Gladly Given Call Col. 1642 John B. Ginechesi a | fl | ! District National Bank 1406 G Street Ei:IEIE—EEIE] i——loj——=laj——] A Mountain of Money If the money that each one of us will admit is spent heed- lessly was saved, it would pile up mountain high. Take it personally under con- sideration—and put away in a Savings Account what you are carrying around in your pocket —really wasting. You'll soon have a Bank Account big enough to do remarkable things in wise investment—or have it ready to meet the emergencies that may arise. ry tt, Jr. Cashier In our Savings De- partment we pay Inter- est at the rate of 3%. b