Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1923, Page 11

BERLN TRATAY CONPANES RUNED Some Charge Plot by Stinries to Break and Then Buy Theém Cheap. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Cabje to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Jerer Copyright, 1923 BERLIN, September 21.—The mu- niclpal tramways of Berlin,, driven into bankrgptey by the fall of the mark, have rgorganized as a separation cor- poration. under municipal direction, and will operate in the future on reduced schedules. Almost overnight sixty-two of the city's Winety tram lines were suppressed and ‘the;fares were almost tripled, The municipality is making its last effort to make the trams pay for themselves, but the, prospects are not.bright. Coxt of Coal. This is one of the most striking evi~ dencés of-the gradual decay of organ- ized Iife In Germany. The immediate reason. ‘for ' the collapse of the tram servige:is the high price of coal, which the lines were ‘unable to pass along to the riding public in Mmcreased fares be- cause of the poyerty of the car rider: At B meeting last week of the Ger- man Association of Tram Lines and Private. Railroads it was formally charged’ that the price of coal fixed by the Céatral Kartel, or coal assoclation, dominated by Hugo Stinnes, was ex- tortionate and was driving German municipal undertakings to ruin 3 bers of the assoclation were indij 2 - of, national omy, * to attend meeting, was, not represented. Stinaess Plot Charged. The _economic minister, von Raumer, who i3 @ member of the Stinnes party. has beén accused in many quarters of the acting ‘as Stinnes' agent and directing | economic matters in the interest of the industrialists. Others go so far as to assert, that Stinnes is fixing coal prices with the deliberate intention of ruining municipal hndertakings, so that he can | buy them: up at low prices. In this connection it is recal Stinnes recently gained domina |UNDERWOOD NOT NO STRONG FOR LEAGUE Failure to Function in Face of Italian Defiance Cited as One Reason. By the Associated Press. Oscar Underwood, Alabamws candi- date for the democratic presidential nomination, is no longer a strong ad- vocate of the league of nations, he is credited by the Chicago Tribune today as saying In an interview. To the senator, once an eloquent advocate of the league, who was in Chicago on his way to Washington from a fishing vacation at ~Eagle River, Wis., was attributed the fol- lowing statement: “I am no longer a strong advocate of the league of nations. My original views aré well known, However, on my tilp abroad I saw the leagué at wark. Developments then and sub‘ sequently have changed my attitude, The fallure of the league to function in the digpute between Italy.and Greece had much to do with the change.” The senator also said he did not think the league would be an -issue tn the approaching. presidential cam- paign. “The present administration’s lack H eign policy and its notable accom- plishment at home will furnish the best democratic campaign materfal,’ the senator as declaring. The republ | session of C | cept mark ti study ite v an party in the coming ess “will do_little ex- fill the pork barrel and s candidates for the presidential nomination,” Senator wood of Al a declared. dbjectives of the United . he said, are toward peace, the stabiliz- t, 607 12. M. 2704 SPINDLER as quoted by the Tribune (© THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO macy” as well as by a.league.’, The only thing keeping Hurove out of war today is the fact t'at he ' is broke, he declared, and added: “It seems to me there I wonder - ful .fleld . here for.the Ol ashioned kind of vigorous American diplomacy, but the republican party has sifply laid down and done nothing since the day it came into power.” He 8aid he probably will resume efforts to. repeal the present Canadian tariff bill, or commit the democratic platform to its repeal in 1924. HEAVY. WEEVIL DAMAGE REPORTED IN SOUTH By the Associated Press. ' ATLANTA, Ga. September 21— “Extremely heavy weevil damage” to cotton is reported throughout the southeast during the past fortnight, Bccording to a. bulletin issued here today by the bureau of agricultural economhics, United States Department of _Agricultute.’ “In North Carelina, the greatest destruction has occurred in the past Ifew weeks ‘that the state has ex- {perfenced.” the bulletin reads. “There i no late crop. The boll weevil has {been attacking the grown bolls and, for this reason the outcome of the crop is still problematical In ‘the {northern part of the belt.” Cotton picking has progressed rap- tdly during the past ten days, it is said. Caterpillar damage is reported in Alabama and northwest Georgia, but is not expected to seriously affect the size of the crop. South Carélina has sent in reports of rust. The tobacco crop is good, except in the stern wet area of North nd postions of Tennessee, CHICAGO, September 21.—Senator |/ to the bulletin. 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Through the quick intervention of the State Department his life was spared and he was later released. During the world war Col. Ryan served with the Red Cross overseas. He returned home in August, 1932, aud later Jeft for Persia. Col. Ryan was decorated by many countries for his gallantry as head of the Red Cross while working among stricken people.', He was about for- ty-one years old and was a base ball player and physician here before he took up: Red Cross work. He is sur- Wived by ‘one sister, Mrs. Henry V. Lawler of Jessup, Pa. | WILL FEED YALE MEN. NEW HAVEN, Conn., September 21. —Miss' Corn C. Colburn, for many years:director of the commons at the university of Chicago, is to be placed in charge of the dining halls at Yale this year, In an attempt to make the enterprise self-supporting. She has been given a years leave of absence to undertake the work. 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