Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1924, Page 2

"BRITAIN OPPOSES LEACLE ARMS PACT ‘Would Mean Increase in Na- tion’s Armament. MacDon- | ald Declares. FAVORS FURTHER PARLEY Holds Treaty Definition of Agres- sion Difficult of Inter- pretation. By the Associated Press. GENEVA. July 18.—Carrying out the obligations imposed by the pro- Vvisional draft treaty of the League of Netions wonuld invelve an increase her than a decrease in Rritich ame, s, Prime aid of Great Britain declares in the | | Minisier slacDon- | SENATOR BURTON K. course of a document detailing the | British objections to the treaty which | has been received by league officials. While repudiating the essential | Pprovisions of the treaty. Mr. Mac-| Donald emphasizes that the lcague's | study of the problem of reduction of | armaments has been fruitful and has | demonstrated an international dcslrcl to find a solution of the problem vors New Conference. After pointing out that on the prac tical side an advance in the reduction | of armaments already has been made i Central and South America and in carrying out the recommendations of the Washington conference, the Brit- ish premier declares that his nation's policy is that the governments of the world, including those governments not yet members of the league, should | meel at some favorable opportunity and skould confer to devise schemes for the reduction of armaments. It shall also be the task of such a conference to study all suggestions. in- | cluding those contained in the treaty of mutual assistance, and also constructive proposals, such as defining the zones of demilitarization between states, safe- zuarding special frontiers under some form of international control and grant- ing further powers to the internation: court. Pact Unsatisfactory. Mr. MacDonald finds the league pact unsatisfactory because of the uncer- tainty and difficulty in determining what constitutes an act of aggression and because of the difficulties which the council of the league would encounter in deciding within four days which nation is the aggressor. Another im- portant objection is the long delay likely to occur before the forces at the disposal of the league could be | brought into effective operation against the aggressor state. Premier MacDonald affirms that the experience of the world war does not justify the assumption that where the forces of several nations are in- valved, immediate acceptance or rapid execution of plans of operations can be counted on with certainty, because the States, owing to public opinion at home or commitments elsewhere, may not be in a position to help with | military force Moreover, the council would have great difficulty in reaching a unani- mous decision concerning the ap- pointment of a higher command, as uo nation places its troops under for- eign command without careful con- sideration M’LEARY BURIED HERE WITH HONOR (Continued from First Page.) Mshed by citizens of Rock Hill and Tnion who were to arrive in Greenville today. He gave his name as Robert Walker. and later as Luther C. Jones, of Alto, Tenn. Solicitor J. Munroe Spears of Darling- ton announced that indictments against King and Harrell would be sought at the opening of court in Chesterfield County September 22. , He expressed the opinion that the jurisdiction of the case is not affected by the allegation that the men charged with the crime are deserters from the Army —_— U. S. FLYERS PUSH WORK ON PLANES (Continued from First Page.) tions prevailing at that time is ob- tainable Clover Field was the actual start- ing place of the flight, although | Seattle, Wash., was the pivot for the first division of the world tour and the place from which the aviators left American soil. As the plans are now shaped, it is proposed that the fivers leave Washington for the west coast, following the route to Mounds- ville, W. Va. Dayton. Ohio, and thence alone the air mail line across states east of the Rocky Mountains and perhaps as far west as Sacra- mento, Calif., before turning south to Clover Field The trip from Washington west will be made as expeditiously as possible. Officials here realize that once the world flight has been ac- complished, competitive tests to break the record of the Army fiyers will be started generally. 3 For that reason the air service in- tends to arrange the schedule for the last lap with a view to making the record as difficult as possible for other fliers to break. A leisurely trip will be arranged, however, for the fliers return flight east, to give the people of the country an opportunity to see the men and the machines of the world flight squadron. No itinerary for the re- turn flight, however, vet has been decided upon. MACLAREN DELAYED. TUnfavorable Weather Prevents British Flyer From Going On. Associated Press. By Tor July 19.—Owing to unfa- ~vorable weather, A. Stuart MacLaren, the British around-the-world fijer, who was forced to land on Uruppu island, after leaving Yetorofu for Paramashiru, Kurile Island, has de- cided not to make a fresh start today. WARRANT FOR OFFICER. Assault Charge Preferred for Al- leged Attack. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 19.—A warrant for the arrest of Lieut. Huber Taliaferro of the 109th Tennessee Cavalry, at Camp Sevier, on a charge of assault and battery on A. E. Bishop had not been served today. Camp officials maintained that the lieuten- ant is amenable to Army discipline and refused to polnt him out for ar- t T*Yieut. Taliaferro was leading a parade of cavalrymen here Thursday and knocked Bishop's hat from his head whan ke did not salute 1n ‘colara, [— | party a Indepentent caded by Senutor h Robert Folictte., WHEELER TO RUVNi WITH LA FOLLETTE; FLAYS OLD PARTIES (Continued from First Page.) people of the nation, s fliliation, who honestly believe in clean government, in the enforce- ment of the law against the privi- leged class well as against the common offender: those who believe in the prosecution of the irre: as profiteer | 2nd those guiity of corruption in high places: those who still hold to the political principles and personal ethics of Jefferson and Lincoln, must neceds find a political abiding place outside of the two old parties as they are constituted and managed today. i Still Remains Democrat. 1 “In accepting this call, 1 do not! abardon my faith in the of Thomas Jefferson. crat. but not a Wall street Demo- crat. 1 shall give my support whatever influence I may posse those candidates for office who proved their fidelity to the interests of the people wherever they may be' found, but 1 shall oppose every man on whatever ticket he may ap- pear who bears the brand of the dol- lar sign. “Believing as I do. that the presi- dential candidates selected by the| Democratic and Republican parties | for 1924, will be unable if elected to| serve the best interests of the people | of the United States, I therefore ac- cept the call of your committee and shall do my best to help make this, my country, safe for democracy.” Although he previously had de- clared he would not accept a place on | La Follette ticket, Mr. Wheeler yielded and reversed his decision after he had been urged to do so by Senator La Follette and several of his principal advisers. The special committee from group of La Follette followers in conference here called on the Mon- tana senator, yesterday, and formally tendered him the indorsement of the conference for the vice presidency. He promised to reply today, and he did so soon after he reached his office. “I will accept the nomination,” was his first terse announcement of the decision. Then he turned to the preparation of the formal, statement | setting forth his position to the country and replying to the formal offer extended him by the La Follette leaders. Several days ago Senator Wheeler announced he could not support John ! W. Davis, the presidential nominee of his party, although he intended to work for the Democratic State ticket in Montana, and to give his aid to- ward the re-election of his colleague, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, prosecutor of the oil committee and chairman ot the New York Democratic Na- tional Convention. 1 am a Demo- and Insisted on Acceptance. At the same time he made an un- qualified declaration that he could not accept the vice presidential nomi- nation on the La Follette ticket if it were offered him, but when they gath- ered here yesterday to map out cam- paign plans the La Follette leaders refused to take no for an answer. Their committee spent a good part of the day with Senator Wheeler, adding their persuasions to those of Mr. La Follette himself, and the conference formally and unanimously named him as its first and only choice for second place on the ticket The conference, which was assem- bling to receive Senator Wheeler's answer at the time he made his in- formal announcement of acceptance, is being held under the auspices of the Conference for Progressive Po- litical Action, which indorsed Senator La Follette for President at its Cleve- land convention. The question of se- lecting a vice presidential nominee was left to the meeting which began here yesterday. Will Speak Tomight. Always a fighting campaigner, Sen- ator Wheeler is expected to make a wide speaking circuit of the country during the coming summer. His plans are not complete, but he has agreed to begin hostilities tonight by ad- dressing a rally of La Follette sup- porters at a nearby town in Virginia. While the La Follette conference was awaiting Senator Wheeler's' for- mal reply to its offer today, it went over further details of campaign organisations. Robert M. La Follette, jr., who has acted as his father's spokesman in previous campaign discussions, was closeted with some leaders and went over with them the organization problems with which the conference is dealing. At noon, the committee which vis- ited Senator Wheeler yesterday, headed ,by Willlam H. Johnston, head of the Machinist Union, was sent again to the Capitol to receive the vice presidential nominee's formal acceptance. WORKED HIS WAY. Burton K. Wheeler was born at democracy | s to | have | | past the | TRAFFC FATALTES TOTAL 84N YEAR Increase of 31 Over Previous 12 Months Held Due to Many More Autos. I i 1 Automobile uccidents resulted in §¢ ths on the streets of Washington during the fiscal year ended July 1, [as compared with 53 in the preced- | ling twelve months, atcording to fig- | | ures obtuined trom the police depart- {ment today. Two years ago the num- i | | | £ ber of deaths caused by motor ve- hicles wus 38 Albert J { the traflic bureau, liet that the mounting number of usiudties on the streets is due in {pirt t ihe rapid increase in the num- of auto, | The (hiel of the trafic bureau de clured the District does not need more Lut strict compliance with iy in effect to heep down the death toil Not only is the number of machines increasin ach day, but the number of individuals driving each car is becomning lurger all the time, the in- | spector said. The traffic bureau es- | fimates that there are well over {100,000 licensed operators in the city. 1 103 Fatalities. There wer: 12 persons killed by |street cars lust year, 4 by steam rail- road trains and 3 by horse teams. Adding these to the motor vehicle fatalities gives a total of 103 cas- ualtics for the fiscal year. Of the total number kiiled under 14 years of age. \ record kepl in Maj. Sullivan's lotlice sets forth the following: Driv- vs held for grand jury, 25; declared accidental by coroner's jury, 59; list- «d as due 10 the carelessness of the deceased, 12. Therc were four cases in_which the automobiles causing drath remained unkcown, and in the case of two other deaths no inquest |was held, because the driver died | The total number of traffic accidents for the fiscal year was 9,444, in which, aside from the deaths, 47 persons {were seriously injured and 2,793 re- ceived minor injuries. In 6,418 cases property damage resulted. More Police Needed. The fncreased number of traffic deaths, 'Inspector Headley said, shows the need for continued education of | both the motorist and the pedestrian. The inspector pointed out that seri- ous accidents do not usually occur in the crowded downtown section, sug- gesting that the driver and the pedestrian should both be as careful on a quiet street as they are on the | busy thoroughfare. | “Many accidents occur at inter- section: the inspector continued. “Motorists should strictly observe the right of way rule and the pedestrian in crossing an intersection should move with the traffic going in his direction.” Inspector Headley reiterated the statement that the department should have more men to devote to traffic regulation in order to reduce the number of accidents. A report submitted to Commissioner Oyster by Maj. Sullivan shows the police were more active during the twelve months in enforcing traflic rules. The report shows a total of 33,104 arrests for all traffic viola- tions, of which number 9.876 were speeders. The previous year showed | 8,994 arrests for speecding. Headley, chief expressed the Inspector o i 23 were village shoemaker, though his mother was a Hale and a member of a New England family of note. An unevent- ful youth presently brought out the boy as a graduate of a business train- ing school and a stenographer, who got a job In Boston and went to work at it He nad, however. an ambition to study law, which was little encour- aged by his older brothers, and an ambition to go West, which was even less encouraged. With the savings of his stenographic employment he cut himself loose from Massachu- setts, went to Ann Arbor, Mich., and entered University of Michigan Law School. He waited table, cut lawns and tended furnaces outside of lec. ture hours at the university, and in summer scoured the rural sections of the Middle West, selling books. So engaged, he stopped one day at an llinois farmhouse and met the daughter of the family, Miss Lulu White, now his wife and mother of his four children. Forced to Stop in Butte. Through school, and possessed of the legal education he had sought in spite of the advice of relatives and friends, Wheeler started west again, aiming for San Franoisco. He had as little money as when he landed at Ann Arbor, and when he got to Butte, Mont.,, he had to stop to earn some more. The great Montana copper city was a difficult town In the early years of the present century when the future senator landed there, minus friends and money, and.cursed with the com- bination of nasal and broad-voweled Yankee accent, which in those times always pricked up suspiciously the Western ear. But, somehow, the young attorney got on his feet. By pushing forlorn-hope damage suits of injured miners against the big min- Woman’s 4,000 Pet Rats Killed After She Had Fed Them for Years By the Associated Press. GRAZ, Austria, July 19.—Rats in the garret, rats in the cellar and everywhere else ip the house was what the health authorities found here when they searched the home of Fraulein Aurella Mayer, who had been supporting some 4,000 rodents and considering them as her pets. In- vestigation of the Mayer house was begun because of complaints of the nelghbors. 5 Fraulein Mayer, who took in sew- ing to make a living for herself and SMALLPOX SPREAD BRINGS WARNING U. S. Advises States of Pos- sibility of Serious Epi- . demic Over Country. Apprehension over the growing number of smallpox cases throughout the country was expressed today by Surg. Gen. Cumming of the Public Health Service, who said the presence of the disease in 35 states threatened serlous consequences unless ptate health officers exercise the greatest vigilance in vaccinaon and revacoi- nation. Dr. Cumming is particularly alarmed that the disease has spread so widely in the spring and summer months. If it is not checked, he fears a more gerious situation next winter, during the season when it usually is most prevalent. Fears General Outbreak. Warnings have been sent to all State health officers, to the American Railway Association and to the American Automobile Association, urging that the greatest care be ex- ercised to prevent a spread of the disease. “There is grave danger of out- breaks all over the country,” Dr. Cumming said today, ‘‘unless people are vaccinated.” Figures on smallpox cases for the week ending June 21, compiled by the Health Service, show thirty-five States reporting 95 cases, as com- pared with 371 cases for the cor- responding week a year ago. For the same week 100 cities report 345 cases as against eighty-three for the corresponding week in 1923. The ~discase apparently is most prevalent in the midwest, with Cin- cinnati reporting 25 cases; Toledo, 22: Indianapolls, 45. and Detroit, 56. for the week 'ending June 14.—Halti- more reported 16 cases for the week, and_Hopewell, Ewing and Trenton, b J., showed 18 cases, 7 of which were'in Trenton Although the has not received recent figures from Pittsburgh, Dr. Cumming =aid the epidemic in that city was serious. The rapid spread of the disease is health service | believed by Dr. Cumming to be trace- able to lack of care in mild cases, which frequently develop into a more virulent form, and to indifference to warnings by health officlal; NEW CHAIRMAN HERE. Shaver Arrives in Washington for Conference With Hull. Clement L. Shaver, the new chair- man of the Democratic national com- mittee, is in_Washington today on a visit to national Democratic head- quarters here. He went into conference immediate- 1y with Judge Cordell Hull, the re- tiring chairman, and was closeted ith him the greater part of the day. midst, he was indicted in his home state, on a charge of accepting a fee for aiding a legal client to get oil land permits from the department of rats, told the authorities she often had scarcely enough to eat for her- self, but that her rats were always amply provided with food. She gave them bread and cheese, sausage and other morsels regularly, she sald, be- cause otherwise the rats might go astray in search of things to eat and inconvenience the nelghbors. The town's ratcatcher was en- gaged for the best part of a week in clearing the Mayer house of its ro- dent inhabitants, the owner mean- while staying at a hotel. There were white rats and gray rats and dapple rats when the ratcatcher be- gan his task. All were killed, and then the house was fumigated. LABOR T0 DECIDE POLITICAL STAND Executive Council of A. F. L. to Settle on Candidate to Be Supported. Members of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, which has been summoned to a ses- sion at Atlantic City August 1, will be called upon to define the posi- tion of the organization in the com- ing presidential campaign. A semi-official statement from the federation headquarters declares the council would have to consider the question “as to which presidential candidate will receive labor's sup- port,” and that its members would rocced to take up the question on “the basis of an analysis of the various platforms and records and pronouncements of the various candi- dates.” A week or ten days probably will be needed for the task. The council will face a new prob- lem in the presidential campaign. in that the La Follette candidacy, back- ed by a number of affiliated labor unions, is openly seeking indorse- ment from the federation, although this so far has not been given INVESTORS TO GET PRIORITY IN CASE BERLIN DEFAULTS (Continued from First Page.) position to the fourth, as it would leave open the question of separate action by the allies. CANADA'S VIEWS AIRED. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, July 19.—The corre- spondence between the Canadian and British governments on the question of Dominion representation at the erallied conference discloses the ct that Premier King of ‘anada strongly insisted on a separate Cana- dian delegate and acquiesced in the pancl system” of representation only after he had been assured that the introduction of this system, under which Colonial delegates sit in rota- tion as members of the British dele- &ation, would not constitute a prece- dent. Mr. King reiterated his belidf in Cénada’s right to separate representa- tion in accordance with the precedent established at the Versailles and Washington conferences. For a time the Canadian premier's stand ap. peared to threaten the solidarity of Great Britain in entering the pres- ent interallied conference. Concurred in Parley. When Premier MacDonald suggest- ed to Canada a meeting of Dominion and Indian representatives in London to discuss with the imperial govern- ment the policy to be adopted at the conference and to make arrange- ments for representation, Premier King concurred. He said, however, that the Canadian government as- sumed that the procedure would be that set forth at international con- ferences where there is a British Em- pire delegation “in which the Do- minions and India will be separately represented.” the Interior. The Senator and his friends asserted the charge was en- tirely false, “framed up” to discredit his investigation. The Senate, after a special inquiry adopted almost with- out dissent, a committee report find- ing him innocent of any law violation, either in letter or in spirit. The indictment still is pending. The Daugherty investigation mean- time continued with undiminished vigor and only was dropped tempo- rarily when Congress adjourned early in June. After Senator Wheeler had read to the committee his statement of ac- ceptance its members discussed it at some length with him and also talked over related subjects connected with the campaign. Mr. La Follette has indicated that he does not desire to go through the formalities of an of- ficial notification, as practiced by the Republican and Democratic parties, and his running mate probably will pursue the same course. TRACKMEN BACKING. Maintenance of Way Union Unani- mous for La Follette. By the Associated Pres: DETROIT, Mich, July 19.—Senator Robert M. La Follette's presidential ing companies he began to attract attention in his profession and at the same time was drawn into alignment with a liberal political element, as & spokesman of whioh he was sent to the Montana State Senate. He aided there in the election of Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, and later Senator Walsh procured for him the appoint- ment as Federal district attorney in campaign will be given the unani- mous support of the United Brother- hood of Maintenance of Way Em- ployes and Rallway Shop Laborers, it was announoed at the union's head- quarters here today. PLANS IN NEW YORK. Socialists to Launch La Follette Montana, in 1913. Rejected by Wilnon. The turbulent hard-rock miners of the Butte underground were stirred to pretty constant activity from the time the German Kaiser tried out his war ma- chine against the world. The soaring price of copper, which registered the munitions demand, was a temptation for agitation, and there was constant clash- ing between employer and employe and between 1. W. W. and trades unionist. ‘When the United States was drawn into the war the labor struggies grew more deadly, and Wheeler was accused by his enemies of looking with a too friendly eye upon all the minets and their leader. In 1918 President Wilson settled the is- sue by retusing to reappoint him as dis- trict attorney. Out of the schism grew a fight inside the Democratic party. In 1920 Wheeler was nominated for governor .against the opposition of most of the regulars of his party, but with the indorsement of the Non-Partisan League. Defeated in this campaign, he was promptly nomipated in 1922 for the Senate, With the same backing, and swept the fleld, coming down to Washington to align himself with the Senate La Follette group as one of its most outspoken adherenta ‘Warred on Dangherty. Taking charge of the attack on former Attorney Gen. Daugherty, he Drive Tuesday. NEW YORK, July 19.—The La Follette presidential campalgn in New York state will be opened officially next Tuesday night by the Socialist party, it was announced today by Julius Gerber, sccretary of the New York Socialist organization. A rally with the entire national executive committee of the Socialist party as speakers, will mark the opening, ac- cording to the announcement. Congressman Victor L. Berger of in and Morris Hillquit, na. Xo‘mn:ommltteemu\ of the Confer- ence for Progressive Political Action, Will be the principal speakers. The Socialist national committee, which will hold sessions here Tuesday and ‘Wednesday, has charge of the cam- paign plani Colonial Secretary Thomas replied from London that the question of representation would be discussed at the preliminary conference, but there might be dificulty in arranging for separate representation for all the Dominions and India, “since this would result in our total representa. tion outnumbering that of foreign countries” Mr. Thomas suggested the possibility of adopting the panel system. Mr. King replied that if & protocol was to be signed on behalf of Canada he thought it would be necessary to have at the conference a representative of Canada. GERMANY ANXIOUS. By Radio I:-r_h'ofp';;u;:‘m‘;:f"" Daily July 19.—How great is the German anxiety over the London interallied conference appears from the political activity here as well as from the general hush of waliting. The German government is terribly disappointed over the faflure to be invited to the London meeting, and still hopes for an eleventh-hour in- vitation. The reason is that the German in- ternal situation depends exclusively on external affairs. The German gov- ernment is internally strong in so far a8 it succeeds in_obtaining some outside success. For months Ger. mans have been asking to be heard by the allies. Even if such a hearing were purely academic and did not change anything in the situation, it would at least give the impression that Germans were being treated as members of the soclety of nations. It is rumored that Stresemann has already threatened, should the Lon- don conference fail, to enter direct negotiations with the French, exclud. ing British and American participa- tion; that he has sent the industrial magnate Vogler to Paris to feel out the ground; that he is prepared to make a big’ swing to the right, form a new government with Conservative and Nationalists eleménts, and offer to the French alone entire control of the rallways, industries and finances which he is prepared to give the in. ternational consortium. Strangely enough, this idea finds an echo or a parallel in France. The Temps writes that should the London conference fail, France wili have to reach an understanding with Gere many. Thus France and Germany, with almost diametrically opposite’ view- ints, both threaten if they cannot ve their own way, to get together and spite the Angio-Saxons. = This logic is curlous, since if it is 80 easy to make ~arrangements between France and Germany, it is a pity it was not done years ago. It would seem that both France and Germany are bluffing hard. Present this,Coupon and 15¢ at The Star Busi- ness Office—or the newsstand of any of the leading hotels—for a copy of— . The Star’s Auto Route Distance Atlas If to be sent by mail, add 3c for postage UL 5. BANKERS T0LD DAWES PLAN VITAL Non-Adoption .Serious for Germany, Says Fred I. Kent, at Baltimore. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., July 19.—If the Dawes plan is not put into effect Ger- many will go through a financial crisis entailing resuits more serious than any which have occurred since the armistice, declared Fred I Kent, vice president of the Bankers' Trust Company of New York, addressing the annual convention of the American Institute of Banking at its final business session here today. The sentimental effect of its failure upon all civilized countries, he added, would be disastrous. In part, he said: “If the plan were refused, France and Belgium would continue their hold upon the Ruhr and all European exchanges would be subjected to further severe shocks. Trade and commefce would be dealt a terrific blow, und might for a time be confined to necessities, and the progress toward better conditions which be dissipated aimost overnight. The re- | action upon the United States would un- doubtedly be more severe than anything which has happened since the war. Benefits in Acceptance. “Should the Dawes report be ac- cepted by the allies and Germany and become operative, a very different set of conditions can be expected to pre- vail. The object of the Dawes plan is to place Germany in position to stabilize its currency and balance its budget and undertake the payment of reparations under conditions which will not result in another breakdown and that will allow Germany to re- merce on a sound basis and one which can be expected to continue.” Kansas City, Mo.,, was selected as the 1925 convention city. Edwin V. Krick of San Francisco was unanimously elected president. e UNION DISCUSSES CUTS } UNDER RECLASSIFICATION | Federal Employes Express Dissatis- faction With Results in Pay Envelopes. The Federal Employes’ Union, No. 2, met last night at its headquarters in the Bond Building, with Joseph Stansfield presiding,’ and discussed the general results in the first pay envelope un- der the reclassification act. Prelimi- nary action for revision and recon- sideration was taken Many cases of actual reduction were cited, due to abstraction of larger sums for the retirement fund, and this, at least, deemed unjust, especially in the case of low-salaried employes. FIREMAN KILLED. Carbarn Blaze Does Damage Esti- mated at $500,000. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 13— Fire in the Hall sireet car barns of the Grand Rapids Street Rallway Company today resulted in the death of one fireman, serious injury to an- other, $500,000 property damage and the complete disruption of street of the city. Several other firemen were hurt, although not seriousiy, when the west wall of the barns collapsed. Seven new and twenty. eight other street cars were de- stroyed. THE WEATHER District and Maryland—Fair night; tomorrow partly cloudy: much’ change in temperatur north winds. Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, probably showers in west portion; not much change in tempera- ture; gentle northeast winds. West Virginia—Unsettled tonight, showers in early morning or on to- morrow; not much change in temper- ature. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 77; 8 p.m., 71; 12 midnight, 62; 4 am., 58; 8 am.. 65; noon, 72. Barometer—4 p.m., 29.90: § pm., 29.92; 12 midnight, 29.98; 4 a.m., 30.0; 8 a.m., 30.05; noon, 30.04. Highest temperature, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 58, occurred at 5:00 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 86; lowest, 62. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Temper- ature, 74; condition, clear. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States coast and geodetic survey.) Today—Low tide. 4:26 a.m. and 4:58 p.m.; high tide, 10:20 a.m. and 10:50 .m. P Fomorrow—Low_ tide, 5:20 a.m. and 5:47 p.m.; high tide, 11:11 am. and 11:41 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 4:57 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises 4:58 am.; sun sets 7:30 p.m. Moon rises 9:51 p.m.; sets am Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Weather in V. to- not ; gentle 78, occurred sun sets Stations. IUNH -Kwpinwak “3q8u 39w 8% Baltimore Birmingham. 30. Boston Charleston. Chicago . Cincihnati. Cleveland .. Denver ... 29 troit 3 B Tano. 1 B: Galveston Helena Huron, 8. D. 2984 Indlanapolis. 30.00 Jackeonville. 30.00 Kansss City. 29.78 Los Aogeles, 20.88 298 BESBBL 52232838 BB 28352 8. City 29 San Antonio. 29. 8an_Diego... 29. 8. Francisco 20. 8t. Logis.... 2. St. Pal... Seattle . ane WasE B¢ FOREIGN, '(8 a.m.. Greeawich time, today.) Stations. Loadon, England. Paris, Prasce. B3R 23RI53823! 2% ERERAEE £ Cloudy Cloudy Clear’ SE35RaRRNBRBBTASRILIIRBIIRENBILBIRLBLY 22 233BL B! has been made.since the armistice might | sume her production, trade and com- | dissatisfaction with the | car service in_the southern section | |tal skies, Coolidge Defines Meanings of Old Political Labels Definition of the two commonly- used political labels, “progressive” and “reactlonary,” depends, in the opinion of President Coolidge, on the viewpoint of the person en- dcavoring to make the distinction Mr. Coolidge's views as to the two terms were elicited yesterday by a caller who asked him to de- fine the two words. In his reply he said it had become somewhat of a custom in the United States for every person to classity all who disagreed with him politically as reactionary, and added it re- minded him of the old definition of orthodoxy as *“my-doxy" and het- rodoxy as “thers’-doxy. The President had engagements today for several conferences, none of a purely political nature, and proposed to poard the Mayflower about mid-afternoon with Mrs. Coolidge, their son John and his father for the customary week end cruise down the Potomac. The President has decided on thesc cruises as the only vacation he will take. - - MAJ. IMBRIE BEATEN -AND CUT TO DEATH BY FANATICAL MOB (Continued from_ Washington last January 5. He re- counted his remarkable adventures in crossing Asia Minor on horseback. Mr. Imbrie had been commissioned by the National Geographic Society to take photographs in Persia for the National Geographic magazine. Mr. Imbrie told how he found Asia Minor to be unchanged by the centuries. “The styles of women, unlike our shifting modes, seem as immutable as the centuries, e said. “The problem of a traveler in that region,” the speaker humorousiy re- marked, “is not o much a matter of language and supplies, but rather how proficient he is in smoking and drinking coffee. “The weed and the berry,” he con- tinued, “must precede and accompany any sort of business whether it be with a chant or an exalted official.” { There was an important change in | the styles of men's dress, Mr. Imbrie | said. The well known fez has ail :bul disappeared, giving place to the | “kalpock. which is a sturdier tuzz, {wool cap without a brim. Mustapha Kemal Pasha has 0ut a hundred ot them and the fact at he w other headdress has been a factor in the ka! s popularity Mr. Imbr descrnibed world capital with few veniences than a village. ing “hotel” he compared | wWagon yards of America's days. humble mer- government Angora as a more 1ts to con- teaa- the Practiced Law Here. For some time after school, the young man was connccted with the Legal Aid Society of New York, an organization providing reiief for sea men. He later entered the practice of law in Baitimore, and then came to Washington, where he was for | some practiced law ormick, now profe. the Naval years, | Howard Mc English at Annapolis. When the war broke out in Europe, Imbrie joined the American Ambu- lance Service, an organization of Americans, which was later brigaded into the French Army. He served with valor at many points in France. and went through the seige of Verdun in 1915, Volunteering in the French Oriental expedition, he followed the j French flag to Salonika. There he served until stricken with fever, and was forced (o return to the United States. ssor of Academy at Entered Consular Service. Feeling that he was too weakened physically by his European service to enter the American Army when the United States joined the war, Robert Imbrie went into the consular service, and was sent to Petrograd. Upon the departure of Ambassador Francis from the embassy there he took charge of American affairs. Although ' official representative of this Government there, it was only with extreme difficulty, it is related by his triends, that Imbrie escaped from Petro- grad and returned again to the States. He was appointed United States con- sul at Viborg, Finland. It was his serv- ice at this post which is picturesque- 1y depicted by cartoons upon the walls of his room here, drawn by a friend who was famillar with his difficult problems at Viborg. Imbrie's next assignment was to the Allied High Commission at Constan- tinople, where he not only served his Government with distinction, but where he fell in love with an Amer- ican girl trom Boston, Miss Catherine Gillespie, who was engaged there in relief work with the Red Cros Married in Near East. The romance, budding under orien- was followed by marriage at Constantinople while the young diplomat was on leave from Angora, where he had been sent as special observer of the new Turkish regime. His experience at Angora enabled him to be of able service at Lau- sanne durlps negotiations between the allies and the Turks. At the conclusion of ‘ the Lausanne treaty negotiations he returned to the states aguin, where he received the latest and_unfortunately fatal appointment to Persia. While here he was ap- pointed major in the United States Army Reserves. When he left Washington his plans called for going to Tabriz, but the American consul (Gottlieb) at Te- heran asked for temporary relief there, and it was while serving in this capacity at Teheran that the major met his death. Collected Rare Weapons. One of Maj. Imbrie's hobbies was collecting weapons, and his collection at the Q street home includes curious sharp-edged instruments from all parts of the world. Many of them were gathered on an expedition in Africa prior to his military service with the famous anthropologist and explorer, Garner. On this trip info the Kongo the two were said to have followed a trail deep into Africa, which had been penetrated only once before, by a famous French hunter. Imbrie, his friends say, shot a fine collection of big game. For his military and diplomatic service, Maj. Imbrie was much deco- rated and cited. A list of his medals follows: French croix. de guerre, French white rose croix de guerre, French ambulance medal, French fleld service medal, Verdun medal, victory medal, the French medal of recog- nition’ for serving six months at the front, the interallled Russian cross, the Russlan medal and the first Rus- slan Order of Nobility. He wrote a book on his experience in the war, entitled “Behind the Wheel in France.” X Maj. Imbrie was & member of the University Club of this city and of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. ‘. v | negotiations, ars no trontier | with | y GRILLING OF ‘EMIR: ° TAKES NEW ANGLE |Quizzed by U. S. Customs Agent, Expert in Jewel Smuggling Cases. |CHARGES POLITICAL PLOT “Prince” Says Turkey and England Conniving to Get His ¥ 0il Lands. Another branch of the governmen: took a personal interest today in tae renowned Seid Zerdecheno, sélf- styled “Emir of Kurdestan” being held the third precinct for im magration authorities when E. ( | Corkhill, agent at the Baltimore Cus- | toms House, noted for his activities in running down jewel smugglers paid the royal guest an official visit in company with Special Agent Waite of the London office. who hap pened in town when Corkhill arrived The “prince” weld for the Labor department on a charge of ere tering United States withcag proper passports The Emir rather after sleepless night on the steel-ribber, bunk at the third precinct his gray suit, pajama-shirt, and nat boots, received them suavely ai with a lordly air. Seated comfortab ! |in Capt. C. E. E. Flather's office | parried all questions skillfully, ta at is being drawn attired <4 ing airily on all subjects which cou {not involve him and diverting line of thought on ail possibilities o: thin ice | Jt was learned from the agents th |they were running ut tips.” b & | had failed to “turn up” anything. The emir charged in an intervic ¢ today that a plot in which Englar £ |and Turkey wera primarily interest was at the bottom of the “terrib nderstanding”’ which has place” n in_his present predicament. e A plot underlies it all,” said he “1_will tell about it later. It con- cerns my rich oil fields in the state o | Moosil England wants them” Turkey wants them 1 will not let* | them have them “It is all a misunderstanding so far as I can see It will be corrected in a few days.” He resumed then his {coffee, cantaloupe and coffee cake. | comprising_his breakfast at the third precinct The royal viands were pro cured at a market next door. Winces at Coffee. royal features were noted to the first taste of sed the royal lips £?" he was asked d. distinterested]v can make my body " and he made an elo zesture at the basket-ribbed teel bunk. “but they cannot touch | my soul. That belongs to God. They can do what they wish with my { bodee, ah—but my soul—that is some | thing clse different.” He said he did not sleep weil. He | looked it. His appearance could not ‘I:-— classed as immaculate by any stretch of the imagination. He seemed | not to be seriously affected by his de- | > enraged once today. It demon phojographers un- | exploded a flashlight and { took T He raved about it to her. capt. Flather | chased the photographers. | "7t s ved that the Emir will | spend the rest_of the local visit at | the District Juil. This was the indi- | cation given at the Labor Depart- ment today. A hearing probably will be held late today ar early next week it was stated Meanwhile The | immigration officials |and customs agents are busy at their | investigations | PURCHASE OF FORESTS | URGED UPON CANADA | Pulpwood Commission Advocates | Federal Ownership—Leaves ' Embargo to Parliament. | By the Associated Press OTTAWA, July 19.—Recommending the development of a chain of pub- licly owned forests, the special pulp- wood commission in its report filed in Parliament today leaves to the government determination of the question of an embargoe on pulpwood The question of an embargo has been agitating pubiic circles for some time. ‘Conservation of pulpwood is im- perativ the commissioners reported. declaring the development of publicly owned forests throughout the Domin- jon would be the best means to this end. The report 0 observes that if 'lhe government adopts an export tax on pulpwood the revenue should be applied to forest protection, adding “The application of an export tax, os- tensibly as a means of conservation. but actually for the purpose of o= curing revenue to apply in other di- rections would be adding insult to injury.” — From Yesterday's 5:30 Bdition of The Star. GIRL HELD FOR THEFT AT D. C. BEAUTY SHOP Charged with embezzlement of $1.- 145, Gertrude Caswell, 26 years old, was taken into custody of the police by Detectives Springman and Fowler yesterday afternoon. She was held at the House of Detention pending further investigation of the case. The complainant in the case is the Elizabeth Arden Beauty Shop, Con- necticut avenue near L street, where Miss Caswell had been employed for a considerable time as head book- keeper. She was in charge of the cash of the establishment, the de- tectives were told, and the girl is said to have admitted having extract- ed cash from bank deposits which she was accustomed to take to the bank. She said, according to the detectives, that she wanted the money not for herself, but to aid a friend who was financially embarrassed. Detectives have verified the latter statement, it is believed that a settlement 38%ne case will be miMe later. The friend did not know, according to detectives, where Miss Caswell was getting the money which aided in staving off bankruptcy from a merchandising business. S From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. PICK MURDER TRIAL JURY. After more than 400 talesmen had been examined, a jury was selected yesterday afternon to try Ernest A. Brown, William Ludley, Floyd Mon- roe and Joseph Slaughter, all colored, who are charged with murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Policeman John W. Purcell, also colored, last October. The opening statement for the prosecution was made by Assistant United States Attorney O'Leary, and the introduction of testimony will commence Monday. The trial Is being held before Chief Justice McCey I