Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Unsettled weather, probably show- ers tonight and tomorrow; moderate temperature. Temperature for twen- ty-fout hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 75, at noon today; lowest, 64, at 6:30 a.m. today, Full report on page 5. Closing ! Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 21 post_office_ Wa. No. 28,995. Entered as second-class matter shington, *D. C. PREMIERS IN PARIS DECLARE NO ISSUE PRESAGES RUPTURE Poincare and Baldwin Confer Without Reaching Definite Solution of Problems. CONVERSATIONS COVER ALL POLITICAL POINTS Future Relations of France and Britain Expected to Be Vitally Affected by Parley. Br the Associated Press. PARIS, September 19.—Premier Poincare and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin of Great Britain conferred here today, presumably on the repa- ration question. Their conversation ended at 4 p.m. when M. Poincare went to the Qui D'Orsay and Mr Baldwin proceeded to Ramboulllet to be recelved by President Millerand. An official communique issued after the meeting read: Basfeally in Aecord. “A meeting of the prime ministers of France and Great Britain took place this afternoon, of which they took advantage to proceed to pelitical situation. “It was not expected that in course of the meeting MM. Poinc and Baldwin would be able to settle upon any definite solution. But they were happy agreement of views and to discover that on no question is there any dif- ference of purpose or divergence of vrinciple which could impair the co- operation of the two countries, upon which depends so much the settle- ment and peace of the world." * IMPORTANT RESULTS SEEN. th Premiers’ Meeting Expected to In-| fluence Ruhr Developments. BY WILLIAM E. NASH. Br Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, September 19.—Premier Bald- win of Great Britain and Premier Poincare had a long talk on trouble- some problems after luncheon at the British embassy today, The luncheon: was atterded by a fairly large crowd of guesis. But at the interview, which brought the two. premiers face to face for the first time, they were alone save for an interpreter, M. Camer The Brige ish premier talks Fremch so poorly and the French premier has such a poor command of English that an in- terpreter was deemed necessary. By excluding every one save the inter- preter they hoped to avold indis- cretions. Preliminary conversations held | Tuesday by Premier Baldwin with Sir William Tyrrel, permanent undersec- retary of the British forelgn office, who came over from London specially for the purpose, and by Premier Poin- care with the Belgian premier and Louis Barthou of the reparations | comgission gave a more comprehen- slve character to this afternoon’s in- terview than had been expected ear- lier. The Paris edition of the London Daily Malil states tnat Mr. Baldwin may acknowledge Fran. victory in the Ruhr and &ccept e conse- quences ensuing from it. The French | afternoon papers intimated that the | meeting of the two government heads may become an important event in the development of future Anglo- French relations, even though no! noteworthy decisions may be reached. | British embassy officials have been | persistently attempting to minimize | the importance of the interview be- tween Premier Baldwin and Premier | Poincare. The visit, they say, was | purely a ‘courtesy call. = Returning | from a rest cure wt Aix les Bains, | Premier Baldwin, it is asserted, could | scarcely avoill a caur upon the French premier. And as the two, men had never met before, this seemed a good opportunity to brimg them together. On the other hand, the French say | there Is & very interesting topic that | Premier Baldwin may have wished | to discuss with M. Poincare. That is the position of Great Britain in the events that seem likely to follow upon the surrender of Germany in the Rubr. Capitulation apparently is bound to come Svun. Germany wiil then place herself at the mercy of France and Belgium, offering them everything they desire in the way of guaranties for the payment of repa- rations Sceks British Interests. Such action would be fine for France and Belgium, but where does Great Britain come in? Although she is a creditor of Germany, she took no part in_the Ruhr operations, and conse- ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) VOTENO ADVANCE - INPREEOF LK Farmers Who Supply Wash- ington Will Not Charge More Next Winter. The farmers of Maryland and Vir- ginia, who produce Washington's milk supply, voted this afternoon not | to seek a higher price this winter. | This was announced this afternoon by O. A. Jamison, secre of the farmers’ organization, following a di- rectors’ meeting at 1731 I street. This action, it is believed, removes the possibility of an_advance in the retail price of milk in Washington after October 1. At the present time the basic whole- sale price pald to the farmer by the local distributor is 29 cents per gal- lon for milk of 3.5 per cer* quality. The wholesale price is higher in pro- portion to the increase in quality above that percentage. The general re- tail price at this time is 14 cents per quart. to establish a common | By the Associated Press. \CIVIL BY HIRAM D. MODERWELL. ' By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. BERLIN, September 19.—Germany now faces another, internal ecrisis, more serious than any that has gone before. This time she is threatened not only with a series of local riots, but with civil war. The soclalist deputies took stock of the situation on Tuesday and decided |to make the sharpest possible de- mands on the government to hurry negotiations with France to the ut- most. All signs show that they are right—advancing prices, unemploy- ment and the growing boldness of. the armed revolutionary groups. In Bavaria, however, the insistence of a speedy agreement with France | 1s interpreted as “pressure by the so- | cialists _to complete the humiliation of the fatherland,” and the national- ists openly boast that they will “lib- | erate” the government from - oxate this pres 5,000 Workers Parade. While the Bavarian prime minister Was uttering such a threat in a speech COURT FREES FIVE BODY N OKLAHOMA State Troop Tribunal Loses in First Test With Civil Au- thorities, Is Said. By the Assoctated Press. TULSA, September 19.—Five men in- |dicted by Gov. Walton's Tulsa county military commission investigating mob violence and hooded band activities here since mid-August, were freed in {civil court today when arraigned for preliminary hearings. They were the first of the thirty men thus far in- dicted by the military tribunal to be released. The scheduled’ court test of author- 1ty between the military and civil offi- cers in Tulsa county was put over to Thursday, when Assistant Attorney General C. W. King today obtained a continuance of habeas corpus proceed- ings befsre Judge A. C. Hunt in dis- trict. court, involving three convicted igtflsefl held by the military forces ere. situation defined by Sheriff Bob San- ford as one of “synthetic rebellion.” It was perplexed as to who rules the roost—the military or the civil authorities, A district judge has ordered the state’s adjutant general to appear in a_civil court with three military prison The summons, delivered to the civil sheriff, Sanford, was com- mandeered by the military sheriff, Col. E. L. Head, who it is indicated, may or may not serve it upon his superior officer, Adjt. Gen. E. H. Markham. Situation Complicated. The situation was further compli- cated by a mystery surrounding the whereabouts of Adjt. Gen. Markham Monday. Whether the right of habeas corpus exists in_Oklahoma under martial law, despite Gov. J. C. Walton's order sus- pending the right, is the legal ques- tion involved. The townsfolk are all mixed up— from the half dozen guardsmen on |duty on the mezzanine floor of the city’s leading hotel and two score of their comrades quartered in an outlying armory, there Is no evidence of the political furor which grips the state. The seventy-five militiamen who constitute the force here are visible only at the armory and at military headquarters. The three military prisoners brought before Judge Hunt are Ben and Grover Sikes and Earl Sack, all of WAR IN GERMANY LOOMS OVER RUHR DELAY Socialist Deputies to Push Negotiations With France—Americans Escape Raids on Foreign Currency Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) e e S e SOUMR 6 Tulsa went to bed last night in a| since his departure for Oklahoma City | but business is as usual; and aside; WASHINGTO. Sunday 5,000 workingmen paraded in military 'formation through Leipzig and were greeted by trades union leaders as “the first Leipzig regi- ment of the red army.” The government has not relinquish- ed the hope that negotlations with France still may be possible on the present basis. Encouragement is found in the reported statement of the Belgian charge d'affaires here that the Belgian government will mediate between Germany and France. SKIP U. 8. MONEY. Berlin Agents Permit Americans to Retain Cash. By the Aséociated Press. BERLIN; September 19.—No Ameri- cans were molested in yesterday's raids by government fiscal agents for foreign currency, although it was stated that Dr. Fellinger, the govern- ment's “Dictator for Forelgn Cur- rencies” has instructed his detectives to keep a sharp lookout for foreign- ers of dubious extraction, who were making a_specialty of dollar spec- ulation. The American tourists who happened to be guests of the ralded ( SERBS MASS FORCE ON BULGAR FRONT Guerrilla Attacks on Mace- ! donia More Absorbing to Belgrade Than Fiume. B o Sta 7 Cable to The , Star and Pliladelphia Public BELGRADE, September 19.— Bel- | | 8rade seems far more Interested just jnow in Bulgarian guerrilla attacks on Macedonia than in Fiume. For- | eign office circles say: “The time nas| come to teach the Bulgarians a need- ed lesson.” | Through southern Serbia yesterday | an unusual number of troops were observed in every town, living in shelter tents and drilling. Evidently they had recently moved to the dis- triet, and it is understood many more are concentrated on the Bulgarlan and Albanian frontiers in that region. The Serbs are greatly elated by the fvisit of Mdrshal Franchet a"Esperey, | who, they report, publicly calléd the Bulgars “thieves and barbarians” and declared that France would not fail jto come to the aid of Serbia if she were attacked by Italy or Bulgaria, e Jugoslavia Sta As regards Fiume, Jugoslavia is standing firm on the Rapallo treaty, apparently willing to let the nego- tiations continfie to drag, as in the past, but will consider an Italian at- tempt to precipitate a decision by an- | nexing Fiume or Fiume annexing it- self to Italy as a casus belll. Mean- while both ultimatums and mobiliza- tions are insistently denied. The conciliatory tone the Serbs use in speaking of Italy is forgotten, however, when the subject of Bul- garia enters the conversation. “HUNGARY WIT HITALY.” Firm, Report From Budapest Follows Step in Fiume Crisis. Cable to The Star Public Ledger. Copyright, 1923.) ROME, September 19.—Following the installation of an Italian military governor at Flume, the most interest- ing developments in the Adriatic sit- uation are reports that Hungary would give military aid to Italy in| the event of a Balkan blow-up and stories of large French ammunition contracts with Belgrade. Jtalians are heartened by the re- ports from Budapest that Hungary would “fight by Italy's side,” but that extreme is not looked for in Rome. As for Belgrade, it is assert- By and Philadelphia (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) JONES BREAKS PAR T LEAD IN GOLF Max Marston Trailing in Sec- ond Round of Amateur Championship. FLOSSMOOR COUNTRY CLUB, CHI- CAGO, September 19.—Bobby Jones of Atlanta, national open champion, fin- ished his morning round 2 up to Max Marston of Philadelphia in the second round of the amateur golf champlon- ship tourney, but he had to shoot 34-36—70, four under par, in order to have that advantage over Marston, who nipped One stroke off the so- called perfect figures himself. Jess Sweetser, New York, amateur champlon, finished the first eighteen 2 up to Dave Herron of Chicago. Jess Guilford, Boston, title holder in 1921, was 2 up to Dexter Cum- mings, Chicago, intercollegiate cham- plon, at the end of elghteen holes of the second round. . Standing of Shute. Demsmore Shute finished the first eighteen holes 1 up to Ned Allis of Milwaukee. Bob Gardner of Chicago overcame a handicap of 1 down on the first nine and adjourned for luncheon 2 up to Bill Fownes of Pittsburgh. George Von Elm, Salt Lake City, ! was 4 up on Jimmy Manion, St. Louis, at_the end of eighteen hole: QUAKE IN BERMUDA. | HAMILTON, Bermuda, September 19. —-An earth shock sufficlent to cause the houses to tremble was felt here at 6 o'clock last night. No damage a3 been reported. i 0 Wilfle Hunter, Los Angeles, was 2 up to Francis Oulmet of Boston at the end of elghteen holes. Joe Wells, Ohio champion, was 3 up on H. K. B. Davis of ‘Francisco, at the end of the elghi m hole, , (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) SEES 1925 SURPLUS ABOVE $200,000.000 House Ways and Means Com- mitte Head Predicts Saving if Economy. Continues. Representative Green, republican, of Towa, next chairman of the House ways and means committee, today predicted that if the government con- tinued its present campalgn of econ- omy there would probably be a sur- plus at the end of the fiscal year 1925 of $200,000,000 or $300,000,000. This prediction was made follow- ing a conference at the Treasury with Secretary Mellon and high Treasury officlals, during which Mr. Green said the work of the tax-sim- plification .board and the ways and means committee had been discussed. Mr. Green added, however, that he did not know what the report of the tax-simplification board would con- taln, nor what would be the recom- | ment of Justice, an archives bullding, | mendations of Secretary Mellon to Congress concerning taxation. Budget Economy Seen, Mr. Green based his prediction as to the possibls surplus at the end of 1825 upon the present trend in government expenditures. The re- port of the budget bureau, now in preparation, which President Cool- idge will submit to Congress in De- cember, will be necessa more complete picture ol year 1925, Mr. Green But, cording to tlWie avowed intentions of Gen. Lord of the bureau of the bud- get, the estimates for. 1335 will be \ ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SEEK $100,000,000 FORU. 5. BUILDINGS OF NEXT CONGRESS “Omnibus” Bill to Follow Rep- resentative Langley’s Con- ference With Coolidge. URGENT NEED IS CITED; PRESIDENT’S MIND OPEN Government Paying $23,000,000 Yearly in Rentals—Confident . of Relief Measure. There will be introduced at the next session of Congress an “omni- bus” public buildings bill carrying an appropriation of at least $100,000,000, | according to Representative John W.| Langley of Kentucky, chairman of| the House committee on public build- | ings and grounds, following a con- ference with President Coolidge at| the White House today. In making this known Mr. Langley asserted that he has reason to feel certaln that some kind of a general building bill will be passed. He ex- plained, further, that it may be pos- sible that his committee, in prepar- ing this legislation. will draw up a| bill providing for a total appropria- tlon of $50,000.000 a year for ten years. instead of a total of $100,000,- 000 for a period of one or two years, as was contemplated recently. Buildings. Great Negd. There is an urgent need for public buildings throughout the country, Mr. Langley contends. He said he is of the opinion that President Coolidge has an open mind upon lhe! ubject. Mr. Langley is aware that| the majority of administration offi- cials are opposed to an omnibus pub- lic buildings bill and would have it put aside for the present in favor of | bills for individual buildings The | proposed structures include one for| the State Department, the Depart-| | to be comstructed in that section of | the Mall south of Pennsylvania ave- | nue and east of 15th street, and one | for the general accounting office of | the Treasury Department and the in- ternal revenue, to be located on plaza property in the vicinity of the | Capital. Congress will not agree to bills for individual bulldings such as this, Mr. Langley contends, and he has told Mr. Coolldge to that effect. Mr. Lang- i ley recalled the fact that President |/ Harding attempted to get through | bills for-an archives building and | one or two of the others just men- tioned at the last session of Congress, but without success. Inform New Members. To better acquaint the membership of Congress, especially the newly elected members, with the figures and facts concerning a general buildings bill Chairman Langley is sending out a circular letter. The outstanding feature of this communication is the fact that the federal government is spending $23,000,000 & year in rentals for buildings throughout the country and also that there have been no public buildings bullt for half a dozen vears and that many of the govern- ment’'s activities not only in Wash- ington but elsewhere are housed in buildings Inadequate in size and in | many Instances insanitary. | AS an argument in favor of this legislation, Mr. Langley explained | that the government could issue bonds to the amount of $500,000,000 to care for the building program, and, | after paying interest on the same, it could at least have $300,000,000 over and above what is being spent an- nually in rentals. Clark Also Present. Representative Frank Clark of Florida, ranking democrat on Mr. | Langley’s committee, accompanied him to the White House, and made it plain that he was in entire accord with the chaimpan’s views. Before leaving the White House Mr. Langley presented to the Presi- dent Mrs. Langley, who is vice presi- dent of the repubiican state commit- tee of Kentucky, and M. S. Crane of Jackson, Ky. Who was one of the original Harding men of that state. John Alken, chairman of the board of directors of the National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Mass,, told the Pres- ident today that the bankers, not only of New England, but those whom he has met from other sec- tions, are greatly impressed with his administration and have expressed themselves favorably toward his leading the party in 1924. Labor _conditions generally and those affecting directly the railway employes wexe discussed today dur- ing a conferehce between the Presi- dent and a committee of the Brother- hood of Rallway and Steamship Clerks, composed of H. Fitzgerald, president; George L. Levy, secretary and treasurer, and E. C. Milan, vice president. They assured the Presi- dent that they were ready to give him their support. - Representative Mayhew Wainwright of Rye, N. Y., former fassistant sec- retary of war, -called on President Coolidge today to pay his respects and to tell him briefly of his obser- vations during a trip around the world he has just eompleted. Others who saw the President today were Mrs. Harriett Taylor Upton, vice chairman of the executive com- mittee of the republican national com- mittee; Maj. Stanley Washburn and Charles L. Pack and Representative M. L. Davey of Ohlo. and former Rep- resentative P. H. Kelly of Michigan, The President late this afternoon will meet with the members of the United States Tariff Commission on a num- ber of matters pertaining to petitions for rate changes. STORM MENACES SHIPS. Anxiety Felt for Schooners Off Bering Sea Coast. By the Associated Press. NOME, Alaska, September 19.—Rag- ing storms are sweeping the Bering sea coast for a distance of.100 miles to eastward and westward of Nome. Grave fears are felt for the schooners Sea S SO ‘Wolt, Silver Wave, Teddy Bear and Nokatak, which are overdue more than a week at Nome from ports to west- rd. “‘l'he ;:_'hmnar M'“h.l. ‘Wood, o"nelg by A. Moore, a party of ol hl’ml TS, went in Port Clarence bay at Teller, ity miles northwest “Nome, no . Company, q DTS TSSOSO SO 9 0 lication in the east in T! from the scene of the Seattle last Saturday, Atlantic Photo Service. were carried above the cl down near Minneapolis. photographs to Chicago, DI DO DT DDA DA T A A A A A REV. OR. TUPPER T0 MARRY WIDOW Resigned D. C. Pastor’s En- gagement to Mrs. D. J. Walton Announced. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, September 19.— The engagement of Rev. Dr. Henry Allen Tupper, who resigned Monday as pastor of the First Baptist Church, ‘Washington, D. C., to Mrs. Debbie J. Walton, widow of Capt. John M. { Walton, city controller of Philadel- phia for twenty-five years, was an- nounced this afternoon. Rev. Dr. Tupper, a widely known minister and author, is sixty-seven years old. Mrs. Walton's husband died in March, 1920, at the age of sixty-seven. She now lives at 4205 Chester avenue, this city. No gdate has been set for the wedding. The couple became acquainted about a year ago. Rev. Dr. Tupper said he has tendered his resignation from the pastorate of the Washington church with the intention of travel- ing and revising some of his literary work after his marriage to Mrs. Walton. Capt. Walton' was active in politics here for a number of years and was a prominent club member. He left no children. He was married twice. His first wife died in 1902. Rev. Dr. Tupper has held the pas- torate of the Washington church since 1919. President Harding fre- quently attended sermons preached by Dr. Tupper_from his Washington pulpit. I ‘Tupper studied at colleges in North and South Caroli Richmond, Va, and the Universit: of Virginia. He was graduated from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1879; was granted the degree of D. D. in 1890, and the de- gree of LL. D. in 1906 by Georgetown College, Ky. His first wife was Ma- rie Loulse Pender of Richmond, Va., whom he married in 1879. Chaplain During War. \ Rev. Dr. Tupper held pastorates in churches throughout the south and also held a pulpit of the Calvary Baj tist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. He was a chaplain during the Spanish-Ameri- can war. He is president of the New York Baptist Ministers, Conference, New York Forelgners' Mission and a trustee of the Garden Citles Asso- clation of America; Rev. Dr. Tupper was! appointed in 1912, special peace commissioner at the 'international peace forum, and during_fourteen trips to MeXico had fruitful conferences with the leaders of the federal government and con- stitutional parties. He has traveled extensively and is the author of a number of books on travels and near east countries. During the world war he toured the country twice, ad- dresing nearly = 200,000 soldlers in cantonment: MISS FLAGLER T0 WED. NEW YORK, September 19.—The engagement of Miss Mary Harkness Flagler to M. B. Carey, jr., of Ridge- field, Conn., was announced today by her " parents, . Harry Harkness Fiagler. Miss Flaglgr is the granddaughter of Henry M. . ler, a founder of the Standard The Star’s Great Picture “Beat” First Photographs of Japan’s Earthquake, Fire and Tidal Wave In Today’s Star These remarkable photographs, with first pub- the Capital at great hazard and expense. Rushed aboard a special airplane by the Pacific and in the hands of a special messenger and brought by train to Washington this morning—about sixty- four hours after they arrived in Seattle. The Picture “Beat” of Years In Today’s Star D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1923 -THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. CouLD FIC 1T IN Five MnyTeS he Star, were brought to disaster, they landed at where they were put Through storms, they louds, the plane breaking Another plane took the where they were placed DDA DD DD DD DD DD, | COSGRAVE RE-ELECTED. Again Heads Executive Council of Dail. By the Associated Press. Cosgrave was re-elected by the dail today as president of the executive council of the Irish Free State. P. L RAINEY, FAMED AS EXPLORER, DIES Wealthy Ohioan Made Name as Hunter and Photographer of Wild Animals. By the Associated Pre NEW YORK, September 19.—Paul J. Rainey, noted explorer and big game hunter, died aboard the British ship Saxon, en route from Southamp- ton to Cape Town, his business aseo- clates were in- formed today in radio messages from his sister, Mrs. Grace Rainey | Rogers. He was bound for the ranch he { had carved out of the heart of the jungle near Nai- tobi, British East Africa, when he | was stricken by a stroke of paral- ysis. His body was buried at sea, Paul J.Bsiney. the messages from Mrs. ‘Rogers said. The Saxon left Southampton September 17 and was due at her destination Sep- tember 30. Although. he made extensive ex- plorations -and valuable scientific discoveries in. the Arctics, bringing back many of the first cl?llve speci- mens of animal life’in polar regions, Rainey probably will be best re- membered . as the first hunter of the tropics, whose exploits were preserved .in motion pictures. s Killings Restricted. He gpt his first taste of adventure near the.north pole. Theh he turned to the. tropics and, after the British | government - felscalled upon to Te- |strict-his killings of lions and tigers, acceptod a commission with the Brit- ish~ fordes, later becoming official 'photographer for the Red Cross in France.during ‘the world war. Rainey was born at Cleveland on September ‘18, * forty-six’ years ago, and for many years had been a di- rector of W. J. Rainey, Inc, a $10, 000,000. oal and coke distributing concern founded by his father. In 1910, he went into the Arctic with Harry Whitney on the Boethic on_an-expedition which netted valu- able llving. tfopbles and was termed highly successful. A year later he sallied into deepest Africa. ‘Soon re- ports trickl “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 as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday s Circulation, 91,516 ¥ TWO CENTS. WiTH CABINET oveR FARMER A\D- SENATOR Bora To See MR CoOL\DGE .Y, RESS STRE HINGES ON PARLEY Union Leaders in Conference. Newspapers Continue Com- bined Issues. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 19.—A meeting between George L. Berry of the International Printing Pressmen and Agsistants’ Union and officers of the New York Web Pressmen’s Union, No. 25, called for today, offered vir- tually the only hope of settlement of the strike of pressmen, which has materially curtailed publication of most of the city's leading daily news- papers. ' The strike, which began when workers on morning newspapers left - their posts shortly after midnight ; yesterday morning, continued through yesterday and last night, with both afternoon and morning papers re- sorting to_limited editions bearing the title, The Combined New York Newspapers, and carrying on front page the name of each paper aftected. Orders Men Back. Mr. Berry in a letter sent to the local union last night ordered the men to return to work, declaring the strike was unauthorized, and failure to com- ply immediately with his request would result in a_suspension of the union's charter. Early this morning the | LONDON REFUSES /(L. PROPOSALS ON LIQUOR SMUGGLING | Note Received Today Agrees, However, to Refer Issue to Imperial Conference. HUGHES HAD SUGGESTED 12-MILE SEARCH LIMIT llJcmr Is Believed Still Open to Ne- gotiate Treaty Settling Ship Rum Problem. The British reply to Secretary Hughes' proposals for a reciprocal agreement on ship liquor and liquor smuggling was received at the State Department today and was described by officials as “in general not sym- pathetic to the proposals. The Brit- ish government plans, however, to present the question to the British imperial conference, which meets in London next month. State Department officlals view the British communication as leaving open the possibility of negotiating a double-barreled treaty to curb rum- running and also to facilitate legiti- mate liquor shipments in foreign bottoms. There was no attempt. however, to disguise the fact that the British government had indicated general disapproval of the plan and raised objections against it. Asked 12-Mile Limit. In his proposals, made to several Powers, including France as well as Great Britain, Secretary Hughes pointed out that the draft treaty sub- mitted was designed to make a spe- clal arrangement extending the right lof search and seizure up to twelve | miles off shore for the particular pur- pose of preventing whoesale smug- gling of liquor into the Uniteq States. It was emphasized that no project was being put forward by the United States for any change in the general rule of international practice that fixes the limit of territorial waters Secretary Hughes also pointed out that under existing law in this coun- try the government was powerless to permit stores of liquor on fore! gn ships to enter American waters, even when it was clear that the liquor was not to be used or delivered within American jurisdiction. By an exer- cise of the treaty-making power, Mr. Hughes propoged to avercome ' this obstacle in a way that would have the effect of an Wmendment of the Wil Not Publish Note. The Stite Department does not plan to make public the British com- munication nor would officials dis- close the specific grounds upon which | British objections were based. Ap- |parently there is some hope in Wash- |ington- that reference of the question ino the imperial conference leaves a {door open to ultimate negotiation of DUBLIN, September 19.—William T. } < _ |a treaty along the lines of that pro- he had received no answer to that (2 g at pro communication, but it was expected |PoSed by Secretary Hughes. In any the reply would be delivered at the;e“:!“l e State Department regards oy cabterence. the matter as stlll in an indefinite The papers published this morning |State. - t{‘\lnp. elght-page acairs, contain- |, b(,x;ce ulmps chiefly concerned both ing little or no advertising and no|in the ship liquor controversy and in big game | editorials. Features were curtailed and one of the leading stories on all front pages was an account of the pressmen’s strike. Truck Held U Pickets were stationed at all news- paper plants throughout last night, but, aside from jeers as the trucks rolled away, there were few untoward incidents. Police reported that a driver for the New York American had been held up and additional men were sent to guara that office. The drivers’ union, however, refused to allow patrolmen to ride in their Wwagons or cars. The Daily News, the American, the World, the Herald, the Tribune and the morning Telegraph manned enough presses to publish eight-page morning papers. Each maintained its one-fourth of the first page was taken up Dby the banmer, “The Combined New York Morning Newspapers,” and the captions of the ten publications in the group, including the Times, the Staats-Zeitung and the Progresso Italo-Americano, which did not pub- e ditorials were eliminated from all edi+jons, as were most of the usual comics and features. Advertisements Were restricted to financial, steamship and theater displays. Other Papers Boom. Meanwhile the smaller English dailies and foreign language publica- tions not affected by the strike are, riding the crest of a boom. The for- mer have gained several pages in size in the last twenty-four hours. Flar- ing headlines are appearing where they seldom appeared before. ~One morning paper announced today it Was using all its presses and those of another non-struck plant in caring for its sudden boosted circulation. Several forelgn language e papers are appearing for the first time printed in English from captions and Cdttorials to advertisements. News- stands which distribute out-of-town daflies report selling thousands of extra coples. Five men who sald they were press- men for the World were arrested to- day charged with malicious mischief. Detectives said they seized fifty bun- dles of newspapers from an elevated train and carried them in a taxicab to the East river, ostensibly with the intention of destroying them. The newspaper famine was relieved in the late afternoon when a com- posite newspaper, representing joint- ly the eleven afternoon newspapers affected, appeared on the streets. The unique publication, which bore the names of all the newspapers in the usual typographical style used by each, was the resuit of a conference between newspaper owners and offi- clals of the international unmion. It was_there decided that the papers would pool their resources to permit the publication of a six or eight page newspaper to contain whatever ad- vertisements and news each of the dallies deemed it expedient to print. PRINCESS MUCH BETTER. TURIN, Italy, September 19.—~The improvement in the condition of Princess Mafalda, who is ill at Rac- conigi, continues, according to dis- patches recelved here. Newspaper men who have been watching the castle night and day report that the ‘windows of King Victor Emmanuel's bedroom were dark last night for the first time since the iliness began, in- 'dicating’ that the crisis was past. individuality except that about | the smuggling operations have been of British registry, other countrles have deferred answers, pending dis. closure of the British viewpoint. = So far as known, the Washington gov. ernment has received no officlal in- timation of the attitude of any of the other governments to which the draft treaty was communicated, ANTHRACITE MINES NOW IN OPERATION {155,000 Miners Return to Work After Two Weeks of Idleness. | By the Associated Press, | SCRANTON, Pa. Septemver 19.— { After an idleness of more than two weeks, due to the suspension by jorder of their union leaders, the 155,000 mine workers in the an- thragite reglon resumed work today. The “new wage scale, covering a period of two years from September 1 {and embodying the terms of the Har- | risburg agreement, based on the set- tlement submitted by Gov. Pinchot, tormally was ratified by the tri-dis- trict convention of the United Mine Workers on Monday and the sus- pension order officially lifted. The new scale includes a 10 per cent increase in wages, an elght-hour day, recognition of the union and the principles of collective bargaining. Union leaders said that a large out- put this winter was assured, although it was not expected that normal pro- duction would be restored for several days. Operating officials sald that the mines generally were in excellent condition. Tools of the workers and the mine mules were lowered into the underground workings yesterday and thousands of men were awaiting at the mouths of the mines when 't whistles blew this morning for a re- sumption of operations., - e, DRASTIC CUT IN PRICE OF MIDCONTINENT CRUDE By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla., September 19.—A drastic cut in the price of mid- continent crude oil and a radical change In the classification of the grades heretofore used were an- nounced today by the Prairie Oil and Gas .Company, which posted a new schedule reducing former prices from 15 to 70 cents a barrel and cutting he number of grades from eight to ge. i,