Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler to- night. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 76, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 56, at 6:30 a.m. today. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report-on page 7. L Closing . Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 - X No. 28,990. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. SPANISH MINISTRY. | FORSAKEN BY KING. {* FORCED T0 RESIEN Alfonso * Refuses to Orderi Punishment of Revolters in Barcelona Coup. RIVERA IS CALLED ON TO FORM A CABINET Dissolution of Parliament Expect- ed—New Elections to Be De- layed Some Time. By the Assoclated Press. MADRID, September 14.— The Spanish cabinet resigned this morn- ing. King Alfonso has returned to the capital. The ity at 9:15 a.m. He was greeted at the railway station by the captain general of Madrid, the members of the cabinet, prominent members of the military establishment and other notables. On leaving the he station pro- ceeded direct to the palace where he | had a conference hucemas Tt is understood that the premier requested the king to grant the gov- ernment facilities for punishment of the military revolters, in Barcelona and elsewhere. The kifig refused and the premier thereupon submitted the resignation of the entire cabinet King Alfonso th afternoon asked Captain-General Primo Rivera, leader of the military movement against the Alhucemas cabinet, to form a govern- ment. The newspaper A. B. C. says it understands that Primo Rivera, cap- taln general of Barcelonia and leader of the military movement against the government, will preside ove d composed of will stries. Meantime. apacity and indepe: of politics will be sought to form a cabinet, to replace the directory A. B, C. to govern without hich will be dissolved. New will not he held as long present political conditions with Premier Al- compet par the preva i Coba as announced by Capt f Mndrid, who is charged w {he waintenance of public order, that a proclamation of martial law’ was necessary King Declines to Art. At the conclu n of tion with King Alfpnso, Premier Alhucemas announced he had pro- posed te th king the imme (H.nu-gdl»- ssq] of 1he captalns-general of Bar- Crlomn. Giragosd and all the other millrar; presert movement. He alo recom- | mended the: Immediate summoning of pariiament discuss-the situation und n of the members of the government. but als: the ca et from governing. I King Alfonso_replied it was indis- pensable that he have time to “ider the situation. Thereupon the premier handed his majesty the resig- wnation of the entire cabinet tranquility preveils Spaln, notwithstanding and governmental according to all advices, | Comnlete throughout the miiitary velopment The & h e situation. re seen on today and the Few of fhe | the streets of usual haunts st in tary r E Madrid king reached the f catablish the respusibility fot only all those who had prevented | con- | SERBITALY CRISIS SETTLEMENT NEARS LATTER GETS FIUNE Jugoslav Government Said to Be Satisfied With Offer of Premier Mussolini. ITALIANS TO EVACUATE CORFU SEPTEMBER 27 | :Set Date at Insistence of British; ! Ambassadors’ Session Is | Stormy. | | By the Associated Press. | PARIS, September 14.—When Premie: Mussolini declares the annexation of Fiume to Italy he will announce the withdrawal of the Italian troops from { Porto Barros, the adjoining harbor, it |is learned here from an authorifative {quarter. He will thus give up any claim iw that port, to Sussak and to the delta | there, which will be left to Jugoslavia. This, it is stated, is the result of | direct negotiations now going on be tween Mussolini and the Jugoslav gov- |ernment, which are reported at about i the point of completion, Jugoslavia be- |ing satisfied to have a free hand in the | development of the ports left to it. | Premier Mussolinl's declaration of th | annexation of Fiume was fixed for to- { morrow, | announcement and it | that the time limit expires on Musso- | lini’s note to Jugoslavia, which had been construed timatum. in some quarters as an ul- Settlement Nears. The latest developments, both in Rome grade, appear to tend toward a nt which will remove the Serbo- Italian crisis, at one time threatening {the breaking of relations and possible hostilities, from’ the international fleld, says the present pro-|.g the Greco-Italian situation appears to | have been removed. A $tatement issued by the interallied cil of ambassadors today ec says !that the Italian government has de- | th! cided to evacuate Corfu on September ! considerably the date fixed by the council for conclusion of the Greek inquiry the massacre of the Italian mem of the Albanian boundary de!imitation mission. The intcrnational commission which | wiil investigate the Janina murders | leaves fo to conduct as vigorous an inquiry a possible. The am! the bassador§ are undersidod to for the e;fic:zl ¢ ingmiry thinks Greece has uot done cverythfng lnw ;ower to brin -fi%fi assassins to justice, Italy shall re- celve the deposit of 50.000,000 lire made by Greece under the terms of sattlement decided upon by the coun cil, Up to almost the last foment the !Itallans insisted that the ought to | word as to the evacuation, and leave {it to him to fix the exact date after the reparation measures had been de- ; carried out. The British embassador insistéd quite neral public is taking little in- | as strongly that public opinion through- | out the world ought to be reassured Albania today under orders faligntion of the mines It oppose: powers | take Premier Mussolini's | WASHINGTON, D. C, | | | 11.5.BODY REPORTS {Recommends Better Rela- | tions Be Established Be- tween Union and Operators. | | The building up of better relations | between the operators and miners ! within the agreement period s funda- | | mentally necessary and would very| lessen the probability | | of & natlonal coal strike, the United | | States Coal Commission declared, in a report submitted to President Cool- idge yesterday. The commission in considerable de- tail makes recommendations which, it | | velieves, would tend to improve rela- | tlons between the employers and the officers associated with the have decided that if on the day sel!workers, ion the coramission of | The report declares against nation- . | sorhpulsory - arbitration of dfeputes between the workers and operators. | It recommends compulsory {nvestiga- | fon, under authority of the President | |of the United States, when a strike threatens, 5o that when all the facts {are at hand the power of public opin- jion may be brought to bear to compel a settlement and prevent sus- | pension of work. 3 ] Must Give Warning. | Each agreement should contain a| WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ARTON TN NN AT THE RINGSIDE. Tomorrow Ends Half Holidays For U.S.Workers Tomorrow will be the last Satur- day half holiday this vear in the government departments in this city. These half holidays cover the three months of summer, begin- ning June 15 and ending Septem- ber 15 Tomorrow comes just within the limit turday half holldays in the District government offices will continue through Septemiber 29. BUDGET AS REVISED GOING T0 BUREAU Commissioners Hopé Part of ‘s7.000,000 Slash Will Be Restored. ERE 3= Although the revised estimates for next year will go to the budget bureau tomorrow etripped from $32,500,000 1o approximately $25,100,000, the Commis- sioners are hopeful of having part of the strickéen amount restored at the | Treasury Department. Taking advantage of a privilege ex- | by a definjte arrangement that would | clause that will provide for automatic | tended them by Gen. Lord, the Com- of military circles about the city were | pat an end to the talk that Italy in- | renewal, excépt in regard to provi- |Missioners also will eend forward tomor- almost deserted. By the Associated Press, H BARCELON September M- Leaders of the military movement are | Leeping foreigners under close sur-| veillance and are granting to only a | few persins Permission to cross the! frontier, Capt. Gen Primo Rivera/ said that the purpose of the move- | ment was “cleaning up politics and | making them Lonest.” Its cause, he | erted, was “the obstinacy of the ent in refusing to get rid of al ministry, whom it forced Lo people and the king.” i The revolt has extended to Madrid, according to Rivera, although the of- | ficers there have been kept to their bartacke. The captain general received an ova- ! tion when he appeared at the opening of an International furniture exhibi- | tion lere yvesterday H Replyin to the address of the mayor, i which that official thanked King Alfonso for the support he had given the exhibition, the captain gen- | eral =ald he hoped that the present politica] events would only s to increase the prosperity of the c When Barcelona officials visited the stands the ‘people cheered for the | hono , for the army and for | “honest men.” Capt. Gen. Rivera de- | ed chees for Qatuionia. He was | cclaimed on léaving the ex- Madrid Military Lends Aid. The captain general of Barcelona, Primo Rivera, declared yesterday that | the captain general in Madrid adhered | to the military movement. i “This movement aims at cleaning up , polities and making them hon said the captain general to the H. { correspondent. “It tends to impose a stricter application of the laws, to put | an end to waste, to insure liberty to | labor, to establish rapidly and with- | out passion the responsibilities for the Morocco disaster, and, finally, we | demand an entire change'in the con- | duct. of the Riff campaign. “The movement arose qujte inde- | pendently of the civilian.elements. al- | though it'corresponds with the senti- | ments of ‘the people. It was decided ! upon by the. military groups repre- | senting the views of the ‘officers: ‘It bewan in the Barcelona garrison. ‘hen extended to the trobps ‘of’ tite Barcd jonas military district ‘Tarrogons Lerida, Gérona and’Afagon followed| and then Madrid, where, although the | ofMcials have been kept in barracks, | they succeeded in obtaining the ad. | heslon of . the captain general to our | movement. ' k3 > i “A new policy will be put into op- eration which will comprise stern re- pressiop of the activithes. of snevolu- | fionary womuuunists and separatists in 80 far pe t10se groups- act: contrary to the law, but at the same tim something politicians - ‘have' * never heen able to do—humane legislation in faver, ot the workers, -+ - s “JWith regard to Morocco, we will | strive to carry out the general staff's| plans, as provided by the government; | fafter that we will confine our activi-! ties to lightening the excessive burden tmposed on the country by the Moroc- can campaign. In foreign affairs we intend to carry on a policy of ‘conell- iation, maintaining friendly’ relations | with all foreign countries, “No . {mperialist ideas are enter, talne ¥ s, ‘We balleve thst friendly nations will gee with symu-l thy the development of a movement direeted ugainst the immoralty which i dragging Spain into décadence.” e Rasks 5.6 e ngls s AL CLEANING UP POLITICS. | | ment today by {out of the state. Both the Dollings company officials | tended to remain in Corfu indefinitely. (Continucd on Page 4, Column 2.) INDIT 2 DOLLINGS MEN ON 14 COUNTS Grand Jurors Cause Arrest of | Secretary-Treasurer; President Is Sought. Br the Assoclated Press. COLUMBUS, September 14.—Four- teen indictments charging William G. Benham, president, and Dwight Harrison, secretary and treasurer of | the R. L. Dollings Company of Ohio, with obtaining money under ting in obtaining money under false pretense, were returned by the Pre- bie county grand jury yesterday at Eaton, Ohlo. according t~ announce- Attorney General C. C. Crabbe. Mr. Harrison was arrested at his | home here last night by Sheriff C. R. ehrley of Preble county, and today was being held in the Preble county jail at Baton. Mr. Benham has not vet been arrested. also are charged in one indictment with making false statements in writing as the property and means of the Phoenix-Portland Cement Com- pany of Ohio, a corporation financed by the-R. L Dollings Company. New Charge Likely. Attorney General Crabbe announced that at the proposed ‘grand jury:in- vestigation to be. madé in Franklin county (Columbus), he expected the same gharges to. be made. against ‘Bertham and- Harrison, with the ad- ditional eharge of migappropriating. and embezzling millions of dollars both of the R. L. Dollings Company of Ohio and its numerous subsidlaries. The indictments charge the two Dollings _officials ~ with - obtaining money under [alse pretenges and with aiding and abetting the K. L. Doll ings Company of Ohio and the Inter- national Note and Mortgage Com- pany to obtaln money under false pretenses. 5 The indictment charging the two officials with making false statements | concerning the financial condition of / the Phoenix:Portland Cenrent: Com. pany, according to a statement i sued by Attornev-General Crabbe; a: sert that Benham and Harrison said the cement company 'wi of a large cement plarit at Nazareth, Pa., and that the company had been manufacturing _cement, for twenty,twd years d that the com- Birmingham. all of which statemes Benfiam and Harrison kne i false.’ Attprney’ General that a Mgl: bonds fo: Benham and each fixed at $50,000 or $75,000. The sald attorney general's’ office will co-op- erate fully in the prosecution. ipany was also buliding a plant at By John F. Sinclair w to bp Crabbe tated st would be made that ‘rison {of ways and means | the | operators slons concerning wnich either party !may have given notice to other | ninety days in advance of the date of | terminationt of the agreement. Such; a plan would give ample warning of the danger of a deadlock and oppor- tunity to set on foot the proposed in- vestigations. The commission declared its belief that the operation of the national coal industry so as to assure an adequate supply to the public, with adequate wages to the workers and returns to the operators was possible. The commission condemned both the | miners and operators for alleged | derelictions, and recommended that | the two groups join in the study of stablizing | industry. A suggestion to the was that they perfect| talse | | pretense and with aiding and abet- He is said to be | among themselves an organization as effective as that of the miners both as a defensive and a co-operative meas- ure. Incorporation of the unions would { not have the effect of binding the union to its contracts, the commission | said, adding that apparently “neither side desires that wage contracts shall be specific enough to be binding through judicial enforcement.” It recommended special compulsory in- Vestigation as soon as failure to re- new an agreement appeared 'im- minent, and inclusion in every wage contract of a -clause -providing for automatic renewal, except respecting Such provigions as may be denounced Minety days prior to expiration of the oid contract. Other Recommendations. Other outstanding recommendations in the report were: That each side place “some check upon the provocative and truculent publicity” which tends to undermine good relations. Establishment in each district and nationslly of joint commissions of Sperators and miners to make studies of the principal jobs and of existing Vate differentials to “develop an ade- the owner | about | Quate basls for the necda ravision of | {.the. rate,_structur: - Continuation 5y tre gnvernment |of. its. study into ths Industry gen- |orally and into spadic phases, such ias. unemployment and inequalities jn} ITate structure, @nd “continuous, com-; {Duisory collection and publicity ofl | Pites and rate changes in non-union ! 'M;?:ubushment throughout non-: union flelds of check-weighmen, se- |~ (Gontinued on_Page 5, Column 23 | . Can Euroge ‘ Hold Together? ! Turn to today's editorial . ||| |l © page and read the first of thi serigs of illuminating articles i i il An econemist of international renawn and a practical busi- i oess man. i ) i i row a list of supplemental amounting to nearly $7,000,000, and in- cluding practically everything that has been eliminated from the regular budget. Letter Explainy Needs. Accompanying the two sets of es- timates will be a letter, written by Audi- tor Daniel J. Donovan and approved the Commissibners, explaining to Gen. Lord the absolute necessity for appro- priating the funds asked for in the sup- plemental list. 5 When the city sent forth their preliminary expense: sheets amounting to $32,500.000 they felt heads i that that figure represented the min- imum sum needed to provide the t payers of Washington with passable streets, sewer and water mains and police and fire protection They feel that they will be able to convince the budget officers that the local government of Washington pre- sents a financfal problem entirely dif- ferent from that of the various de- partments of the federal government. In the first place, the federal gov- ernment meets only 40 per cent of the total amount appropriated for Wash- ington, whereas the estimates of a federal department are a full charge p against the national treasury. In the second place, District officials point out, there are certain classes of improvements, such as sewer and water extensions, street and sidewalk | surfacing, to which property owners are justly entitled when they build houses and pay taxes on them. only do home owners pay their real estate taxes, but they stand special assessments for these improvements, | which result in bringing back into the Treasury a considerable portion of the money appropriated. The situation which the municipal- ity will face next year if the present Iimitation of $25,000,000 on the esti- timates stands will be dealt with in a comprehensive way by the Commis- sioners in the letter of transmittal to- morrow. ‘ Personal Visits Planned. The Commissioners and their de- partment heads will have to appear before the budget officers within the next few weeks to explain in person the need for each of the items con- tained in the supplemental list. It ‘aleo is likely that representatives ' of the budget office will repeat the practice of last year by making per- sonal tours of the city to get first- hand information on the need for street improvements and other essen- tial ‘projects. !PLAN FOR $150,000 HOME. CEDAR _RAPIDS, Towa. September 14.—The International Lathers’ Union convention last night voted to bufld a $160,000 home in either Cleveland, | Ohio, or Washington, D. C. The International Lathers' Union, according to the American Federation of Labor, has its headquarters in the Superior building at Cleveland, Ohlo. The contemplation of estab- lishing a home in Washington by the convention is one of several sugges- tm.:‘l ought before other intern: tional unions at varlous times that tuq move their headquarters to the National Capital. requests | Not | a WARUPON ILLEGAL Six Bicycle Police to Be As- signed to Task—Improve- ment Hoped For. Acting upon the suggestion of Com- missioner Oyster. Maj. Sullivan an- jnounced today that six bicycle police- imen would be detailed to the traffic {bureau as a special squad to make {war on auto parking violators in the {congested section of the city. | These men will be instructed to ltake certain streets cach day and { keep accurate time on machines that jare left parked bevond the half-hour 11imit an prosecute the violators. Ji The, regular patrolmen gre upabje 1o make much headway with parking | enforcement, because, in order to make la good case, they must have evidence that the machine has remained “in |one place longer than the allotted time. Foresees Improvement. The Commissioner said he realized {that half a dozen men will not be |able to cover the congested area all the time, but he believes they will {effect noticeable improvement in the i parking situation. | Capt. Oyster expressed the opinion yesterday that the biggest factor in parking congestion is th® motorist who drives downtown to work in the | morning and leaves his car at one location until it is time to return home in the evening. | One-Way Streets Approved. | Two more letters were received by | the Commissioners today indorsing their | stand in retaining one-way streets. One rommunication was from the Washington Automotive Trade As- soclation, which has voted in favor of one-direction traffic streets. The other indorsemrent was from C. B. Rodrick, 719 15th street, who xpressed 13th streets were more when they were two-way thorough- fares than they are now. He con- cluded his letter by voicing the hope that more one-way arteries would be designated. Commissioner Oyster declared to- day he was more convinced than ever | chat one-way streets are an advantage land should be retained SOVIET BUYS WIRELESS. RIGA. September government has ratificd a five year agreement with the General Wireless Telegraph Company of Parls which { provides that the latter will erect hirty wireless stations in Russia in that period. congested 'American Banks i Strike Mark Off soclated Press. YORK, September 14.—The German mark has sunk so low in value that American banks are glving up the task of trying to compute its worth, and are be- ginning to strike it.off their lists of foreign exchanges. The Na- tional City Bank was the first major Wall street institution to abandon all effort to adjust its figures on foreign bills to the rapidly shrinking paper mark, and other large banks are contemplat- ing similar actio When Dempsey and tonight at 8:30 o’clock, blow, round street and Pennsylvania avenue. PARKING WILL OPEN the--bellef that 12th and | Exchange Lists| tar. as fast as t he papers are printed. ! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1923—FIFTY PAGES. DEMPSEY IS SURE, FIRPO UNAFRAID, ON EVEOF TITLE BOUT Fast and Furious Battle Pre- dicted Tonight as Heavy- weights Meet. EXPERTS FORESEE END DURING EARLY ROUNDS Challenger's Mighty Blows and Grim Determination Pitted Against Champion’s Skill. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 14—Two gladiators of the new world awoke in New York this morning, ready for a battle to decide whether the flstic championship of the earth shall re- | main in North America or cross the | equator and become the property of { the Argentine Republic. These warrlors, Jack Dempsey of | the United States, present holder of the heavyweight championship, and Luis Angel Firpo of the Argentine. scowling chieftain of South America’s sluggers, will step into a brilliantly |lighted arena at the Polo Grounds iat 9:30 o'clock tonight. They will be | watched by a crowd of more than 90,000 persons, some of whom have come all the way from Buenos Aires {to see the meeting . | More than $1.000,000 will have been {collected by Manager Tex Rickard. | Half of this amount will go to the fighters, 37% per gant to Dempsey and the remaining 1% Irest goes to Rickard. I spectators have paid $27.50 for seats; others will pay $3.30 Wwhen the gates are opened at 4:30 o'clock. Still others have paid §150 to speculators, | it was said. Expect Short Fight. The actual time Dempsey and Firpo will be fighting each other cannot exceed 45 minutes. The bout is sched- uled to last fifteen rounds of 3 min- utes each. Most experts andeenthu- | siasts predict that it will not last nearly that long. Indeed, some have predicted that there will be less than three minutes of fighting. Most of the predictions of this sort come from those who think Dempsey will win. ‘They are counting on a furious at- tack from the start, with the result that Firpo will be knocked out in the first round, Many others think difterently. Firpo fages his cuisl mitsout, the hacking of ‘theve: tually . of them expect nmt':%o floored the fighting machine North America has produced in the shape of Demp- sey. But, “1_am. hot, afraid,” says the chalienger. Psychology May Be Factor. Psychology may play an important Ipart in this physical test tonight. Firpo says he is not afraid. He has been hailed by his countrymen as the “man of destl " His fellows of the Latin race are counting on him. He knows the great acclaim that will be his should he win the champion- jship. Firpo will' fight; every one ad. mits that, and those who say he will win are basing their prediction large- 1y on his downright desire to win. | They admit he lacks Dempsey's ex- perience, his speed, his ring general- hip; they admit he ik somewhat awk- ward as far as boxing standards go. But, say they, Firpo has a mighty { waliop: he can stand being hit hard land they believe he will be able to take the blows Dempsey is bound to deliver and_then, finaily, land one glorious punch that will spell his victory. “If 1 am knocked down again and jagain I will_come up again and again,” says Firpo. They don't usuaily come up when Dempsey knocks them down. Tt is this dogged determination expressed i by the Argentine that his backers are counting on. Only Gibbons Extended Jack. Dempsey enters the arena with the confidence of the champion. He has proved that he is a great fighter. Few | men have been ablé to hit him. Only Tommy Gibbons, the St. Paul light- | heavyweight, has been able to with- stand his onslaught for a full fifteen Tounds ssince he bécame champion. Gibbons was defeated even then on points in Shelby, Mont., last dth of July. Dempsey's other foes have faced | him for a short time only. First he !ing big Jess Willard a terrific pum- ! meling. Then came Billy Miske and Eill Brennan. Both fell before hit | emashing attack. Then came a dap- per Fremchman, Georges Carpentier, opular | idol and war hero. But garnen!ler was added to the list of the mauler's victims. Dempsey stayed out of the ring for two vears until his fight two months ago with Gibbons. Some said he wasn't the Dempsey of old in that fight; that his man-killing powers Were diminished. But Dempsey, now, says he is _in better shape than he Sver was. There is none of the brag- gart in his statement that he expects to win, for he says Firpo is “big and trong. and - dangerous.” S35 1"“can end th¢ fight in one round I'll do it,” says Dempsey. Slashing Battle Expected. The experts expect a slashing, tear- ing, terrific attack from the moment the first gong sounds tonight. Will Firpo be able to face it? That fis what more than 90,000 persons are paying more than $1,000,000 to find out. | ! °“Fhe_fight will be a brilliant aftair. In point of attendance it is expected to rival that of two years ago, whea Dempsey won from Carpentier, an (Continued on Fage 2, Column 3. Dempsey-Firpo Fight Firpo'mnet in New York Washington time, for the heavyweight championship of the world The Star will announce each phase of the contest, blow by y round, from The Star bw'ding. 11th An Extra Edition of The Star will appear on the streets immédiately the contest has ended, giving in graphic details big contest. 5 i 4 his way to the title by giv- | 14—The _sovier | hounded fU2, * |Chinese Ruler’s | Daughter in Hall Room in Wellesly .’ the Associated Press. WELLESLY, Mas: September 14.—)iss Grace Li, daughter of Li Yuan-Hung, President of China, has slipped quietly into Wellesly and rented a hall bedroom in a small boarding house on a side street. In contravention of pro- tecting the daughters of the rulers of China with troops of attendance, Miss Li arrived with but one com- panion, Miss Harriet Chow, her- self only twenty-one years old. The girls are entering Wellesley College to take two-year courses in political economy. Miss Li says she believes in woman suffrag. althougli she admits that Chinese femininity is hardly advanced enough to use the ballot yet. She is unmarried, 'because, she said, she has never seen the man she wanted to marry. * “Chinese no longer are betrothed as infants.” she declared, with em- phasis. ““That was so once, but not now, among the educated classes. We do as we want to. We are not bossed nowadays.” GERMANY QUIETLY BIVES UPIN RUKR Feelings of People Spared as . Steps Are Taken to Pla- cate France. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. BERLIN, .September 14.—The gov- ernment today was quietly canceling Rubr credits and withdrawing ordi- nances relative to passive resistance. This will not be published widely, but will be allowed gradually to pene- trate the nation's consciousness. The government must spare German feel- ings because of the internal situation. The purpose of this action is to in- fluence French opinion before Sunday in the hope that Premier Polncare's Sunday speech will open the way to the formal German note Monday. This nete already has been drafted and would have been sent today had the French reception of Premier Strese- mann’s Wednesday speech been more favorable. Spontaneous Affair. For internal consumption the gov- ernment will represent that passive resistance has always been a spon- taneous affair of the Ruhr population, Actually, ‘whole leadership has been given over to trade union leaders in the Ruhr, and they will undoubtedly aohtinue seMeform of passive resist- ance until the occupation is modified, if they can find a way to do So with- out absolutely starving. Co-Operation Different. difference between ceasing t“ which will continue it if they wisl 4 The tive co-operation with the French, however, i8 great. It is not probable that the new arrangement will be a Ereat help to the French in their task of directly exploiting the Ruhr. The attitude of the Ruhr population will not be governed by orders from Berlin, but by the degree of “invisi- bility” of the French occupation. If troops are withdrawn from the cities the population probably will resume normal work. If not, considerable trouble may be expected. The Ruhr population passionately desires to end the present hideous situation, but will (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) CUNO, HERE, DENIES SEEKING HUGE LOAN Former German Chancellor Declares Billion-Dollar Is- sue Not Object of Visit. By the Associated Pre: NEW YORK, September 14.—Ger- many can pay no more than 30,000, 000,000 gold marks in reparations— the sum offered in the last proposal gade by Berlin—Dr. Carl Joseph Wil- helm Cuno, former chancellor of Ger- many. declared today on his arrival on the steamship Rellance for a visit of several weeks in this country. Dr. Cuno, who now is president of the council of the Hamburg-American line, said he was visiting the United States for the fourth time as a pri- vate citizen and as a shipping man. “The sole purpose of my trip,” he declared, “is to renew personal and business relations with my American friends. As on my previous visits, I have no connectiop | which I definitely left behind when I resigned the office of chancellor.” Freely Answers Questions. Cuno, a. businessiike middle-aged man with a perfect command of Eng- lish, freely answered questions of re- porters. Before he became chancellor, he said, he had been offered the ambassadorship | to the United States several times, but refused. Asked if he were coming here now to relievs Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt, the resént ‘ambassador, he answered: “The oTice hasn't been offered to me sinee J-reaighed as chancellor.” After some hesitation he seid he wauld re- fuse the, post if it were offered to him new. here in the interest of a ?mmiw one- billion-dollar interallied loan to Ger- mainy or to arrange extension of the Hamburg-American and W. A, Harri- man shipping combine. Informed that Count Kesler, German spokesman at the recent institute of politics at Williamstown, Mass., had predicted - several weeks ago that Ger- Many would collapse financially and in- dustrialy within a month, Dr. Cuno laughed merrily. In a formal statement he sald. “Tae Germans realize that Germany lost the war, and that Germany, there. fore, must pay for the war. Germany is willing to pay:to the limit of her capacity. Life in the Ruhr district; the Industrial heart of Germany, is a standstil], and until the Rulir ¢ flict has been settled, no one can esti- mate Germany'- capacity to pay passive resistance and beginning ac- | with politics, | The former chancellor denied he was | Ye:tcriay’s-_(lircnl:fion, 91,123 a4 TWO CENTS ' i DAUGHERTY RULING SPURS DRY FORCES IN RUM SHIP WAR Prohibition, Customs . and Coast Guard Gird to Tackle Job Alone. NAVY SHOWS RELIEF AT AVERTING NEW TASK Haynes to Ask Boats in Part of $1,000,000 for 1925 Enforcement. With the Navy eliminated today from the great American game of catching the elusive bootlegger, other branches of the government concerned set their jaws and determined to warm up the trail, and spend even more energy in running him to his lair. Pro- hibition, customs and coast guard will “pep up.” following the ruling of At- torney General Daugherty yesterday that the Navy could mnot be used to enforce prohibition. Although there was no denying that the Navy would have become a terror had its gregt force been unleashed, there was no despair today among gov- ernment officials on account of the A torney General's opinion that the Navy could not be so used without the order: of Congress, or in an emergency. Maintaining their officlal com- posure in awaiting orders for duty, Wwas an unfeigred sense of relief Navy circles. Naval officers them Selves, it was said, would not admit having discussed at length the possi- bility of having to chase bootleggers. They admitted that had the Navy been ordered out, it would have mad. things warm for the rum runners. But, since the decision had relleved the’ Navy of further responsibility, for the nonce, at least, it was ad mitted m'\ v circles that to have set the Navy on the smuggler and the illicit purveyor of contraband drinkables. would have been to di- vert it from its principal du 1t would have shunted the N oft from the functions for which it was designed. Would Have Cut Pride. Tt was strongly intimated, mor over, among those close to the Navy that to chase bootleggers would really have cut the pride of the service. The prohibition unit admittedly disappointed at the decision. There bad been @ hope on the part of dry officlals that the Attorney General would hand down a general decision on smuggling, enabling the President to call inte tion any arm of the government pervice {o prevent smug- gling, not only of liquor, but of aliens, narcotics and other contraband, Already plans are under way to @rive against the smuggling evil with more force than ever. In fact, it was learned today that part of Pro- hibition Commissioner Haynes' re- quest for an additional million dol- lars for 1925 enforcement of prohibi- tion is for boats. The commissioner has hopes that he may get substantial additional funds to man and equip additional speed boa to add to the dry | mosquito fleet of prohibition unit and coast guard boats, Funds {n Doubt. There is some doubt about the co missioner getting any more 5 The policy of economy and efficienc |of the administration has called for a cut instead of an Increase In the |cstimates for 1825 - Commissioner Hayneés' request for §10,000,000 already |has béen pared to some degree by [the bureau of the budget, it learned today. However, Mr. Haynes will be given | the opportunity to appear before the |budget and go to bat for his extra {million. He will have the opportunity { to explain the expenditures of his en- | tire service, it was learned, and the | absolute necessity for that extra mil- |lion dollars. 1t he can prove the ne- |cessity, it was learned today, thers imay be some consideration granted by |the bureau of the budget. This | chance, however, is slim | 'The coast guard, which {to_all its other duties, |called into service with the proh ibition unit, will continue with un- | abated energy, it_was officially an nounced today. With the funds a: hand it will even fncrease its zeal. ! Coast Guard Makes Good. | That coast guard outfit hus in real- {ity Been bringing results to an e | tent_unknown to the general publ | Its numerous speedy small boats ply in and cut and around the coves of the American shore. The coast guard boys, who are sdilors par excellence, although called upon to do a job somewhat out of their line, have made. good with a bang, according to_all officials in close touch with thelr work. And they may be depended on to_do more. The customs serviee, which under the law has a responsibility against contraband anyway, may be expected to carty on. Another feature which officialg charged with administration of the Volstead act believe will facilitate the continued drive against the smug- gler is the fact that in the recent re- organization of the Treasury Depart- ment all those branches of the Treas- ury having to do with prohibition enforcement were placed under direc- tion of oné assistant secretary. For- merly they were under different ones Closer Co-Operation Seen. The prohibition unit, the .custom land the coast guard are now ail u jder direction of Assistant Secretary | of the Treasury McKenzle Moss. Th { allows of closer co-operation { ¥ How far this co-operation has been worked out in actual administration has ot come to light. With the Navy out of the way, It may be increased. | Smuggling, Prohibition Commla- | stoner Haynés said tfoday, ls not sa bag as it was. There has been 3t | improvement, he thinks, since the | notorious deys when the rum fleets hovered off New York and off Nor- i folk, Va. Opponents of the.dry regime | do not agree with this view. Delivering to President Coolidge a formal opinion, asked last spring by { the late’ President Harding,: Attorney | General Daugherty held that the naval { establishment *could ‘be used as an | enforcement ageney oply by special | authorization frem Congress, or in { 4, emergency which made elvil pro- | qesses impotent. At the présent time. | he declared further, there s no such | national emergency in the situation | calling for the employment of war- | ships to make the dry laws effective. Two uueltlov were submitted | originally by Bresident Harding— Whether the executive had power to | use the naval forces In enforcing pro- hibition in the absence of an emer- gency and, If ‘this was unlawi : (Continued on’ Page 4, Coldmn’ ‘.) was in addition as recently