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\ ] WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow un- settled: probably thunder showers; gentle south winds. Temperature for twenty-four hours ending at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 86, at 3 p.m. yester- day: lowest, 65, at 5 a.m. toda Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 No. 29,301. Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. DARROW THROWS LOEB AND LEOPOLD | | | | ONCOURTS NEREY | i\ Changes Plea to Guilty, But | Will Present Evidence of Insanity. JUDGE WARNS DEATH PENALTY MAY FOLLOW Attorney Says Defense Never| Sought to Restore Slayers to Freedom. B the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, July 21.—The fate of | Nathan Leopold, jr. and Richard Loeb, indicted for the kidnaping and murder of 14-year-old Robert Franks, was rested today “in the mercy of the | court.” The degree of punishment, which may vary from an indeterminate | prison sentence. through life sentence fn the penitentiary. incarceration in | an asylum or death, will be deter-| mined after a hearing which is to| start at 10 am. Wednesday. This resulted from a plea “guilty” today in court Clarence S. Darrow, chief counsel for the boys, and affirmed by them “after | they had been duly warned by the | court of the consequences of this plea” In entering ot | made by | the plea of guilty | torney Darrow said that the defense admitted the correctness of the fa “substantially as printed in the news Papers | Evidence of Insanity. ! permission of the to offer evidence as to the | mental condition of these younz men | and their dezree of responsibility.” The defense the “tion confere o the Crowe this He however, asked court was willing to submit | of mentality joint { alienists by the defense, Rober au to a objected State and State’s attorney to saving he State i that t of the but that thes in position to show guilty admit, doubt se 1 are they any reas and fully of not only here nable fact which Eone conscquence n therciore, are cognizant thox Caverly agrec to h ts and Judge John both ne to ia men- | the prescnt responsibility ht R rmation Attorney Crowe declared in after the procecd- “insist on the defendan sides for as two to to him nent ixsucd ings that would treme penalty” The Crowe follows There was he ex- bodh statement of 8 ney | Loeb | guilty. | that | nothing left for but plead overwhelming and The no jury 1o do oof could return any verdict cept of guilty The premeditatc e cold blooded. | atrocious that any other punishment “There only death, | extreme crime a could fix death punishment halil was so and no ! That insist th h of them | proper ard | penalty one on as to | Wil Tud Caverly. realizing responsibility which the in the nortorious case places told the attorney, he would ing with as speedy clusion of the hcaring possible Attorney Clarence Darrow, sel & his motion to change pica. addressed the court as foliows “Your honor: Mr ch and my- and of thuse concerned case the defonee are fully | responsibilities involved. | has attracted an un- | usual amount of attention and the theory has becen ad nced that the | defense wishes to restore the defend- | ants to society. | ‘I wish to say frankly to the court | that we never have entertained such | an idca” | Hasten Hearinz. the grave | uddon turn upon him, iet noth- | con- | | | interfere a in ti Bac celf all this for aware of the “The d case Should Be Isolated. “We are of the opinion that mese‘[ two young men should be perman- | ently isolated and it never was our | intention to attempt to restore them to freedom. | “We must consider in this case' the standpoint of the public, who are rightfully interested in the proceed- | ings. It would necessarily take a great deal of time to choose a ]ury.i especially at this hot season of the | year. | “We have considered a change of | venue from this county. It seems plain that it would be difficult to have a fair trial here because of the intense feeling aroused by the crime, but in my practice of 37 yeras as a lawyer in Chicago, I have asked but one change of venue and that was at the advice of my client and against my own convictions. Moreover, the | facts in this case are as well known outside of Cook County and outside of Illinois as they are in Chicago. Wants Boys Incarcerated. “It is our intention merely to see that these two defendants are safely iLcarcerated for the rest of their lives. ““Therefore, 1 move to withdraw the plea of not guilty and to enter pleas of guilty for both defendants.” The youthful defendants, only slightly wan from their incarceration in jail, greeted their attorneys with smiles as they entered court and calmly affirmed the plea entered in their behalf by Mr. Darrow. Leopold was called first to the bar of the court and was asked this question: “Knowing that the court may sen- tence you to death, to imprisonment for life or for a term of years, do i you still desire to plead guilty7" " (Continueli wn Page 4, Column 3.) | size the fact that this pilgrimage of Officials’ Arrest Stirs Rhode Island Against Bay State By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. 1. July 21 Massachusetts is to be asked to explain to Rhode Island why an official party from this State, in- cluding two assistant attorneys general and two police officers, were arrested by Massachusetts constabulary This was decided today by Attor- ney General Herbert L. Carpenter after receiving a report from As- sistant Attorney General John P. Hartigan of the arrest of himself, Assistant Attorney General George Hurley and other members of the who had gone to Rutland, late Saturday night seeking evidence in connection with the affidavits by Thomas Lally of Brooklyn. N. Y., and Mathew Me- Govern of Boston. These affidavits named Chairman Willlam C. Pel- key of the Repubiican State com- mittee as the instigator, and “Toots” Murray, a Boston Rang- ster, as the planter of the gas bomb that broke up the Demo- cratic filibuster in the Stafe Senate on June 19. The statement of Capt. H. A. Parker of the Massachusetts con- stabulary that the arrests were due to mistaken identity was said not to go far enough. The charges have been dropped party Mass BRITON HAILS 1776 REVOLT AS BENEFIT American Lawyers Hear In- dependence of U. S. Praised by Lord Chancellor. HUGHES’ SPEECH CHEERED Final Blow to Antipathies Aroused by Separation of Nations Believed Dealt. Chicago Daily 1924 The Hall of Star and News. - Copsright LONDON. July 21 Westmiinster rang with applause to- day when the Lord Chancellor, wel- nx the members of the American Association, dectared that the revolution in 1776, which separated | the American colonies from the mother country, had worked for the| goud of the world and had cemented | 4 relationship which had been of the | utmost to humanity | Surrounded by justices in their robes. solicitors and prominent Amer- icans, \iscount Haldane put into his] words an element of finality as if he impress indelibly on his au- consciousness that no in animosity re- a the ancient By Cable to The Bar value would dience vestige of maincd as struggles, the will result of Hughes Makes Remponse. the writer sat in the body of the great hall cxpressions of sincere appreciation were heard on every of this remarkable initiation of Law Congress. American familiar with the foundations common law, sat in almost reverential silence during the turning their eyes brilliant assembly of legal lights on the steps at the south entrance to the lofty vaulted roof, with its carved angels and recently restored rafters. Secretary of State Hughes delivered an to the lord chancellor, standing a platform raised so that all might see his black-coated figure outlined against the red robes of the He, too, seemed to empha- A International lawy of the formal from the speeches. Charles E. address in re- justices. ch lawyers marks a historical lurfling point in the relations and judicial systems of the two great countries. It antipathies existed in years gone by they are laid now permanently at WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1924_THIRTY PAGES. PERSIAN SOLDIERS HELPEDKILL IMBRIE, AUTOPSY SUGGESTS | Saber Cuts on Body Made by Weapons Used Only by Military Police. i H i ESCAPE WAS CUT OFF AT GATE OF BARRACKS Mob Brgke/ Into Hospital—Many Arrested—Parliament Expresses Horror at Act. By the Associated Press. TEHERAN, Persia, July 20.—De- velopments in the investigation into the killing of Robert Imbrie, Amer- ican vice consul, held to indicate that parts at least of the Persian govern- ment's protective forces failed in he and Melin Seymour, another Amer- | ican. were attacked by a fanatical | mob last Friday, have caused anxiety | here and the diplomatic body is ad- dressing a serious note to the Persian government, it was stated today. The assault occurred in a crowded | thoroughfare, and although it is de- clared that numbers of armed police | and soldiers were present, it does not | appear that a shot was fired in de-| fense of the victims. It is alleged that soldiers formed a part| of the mob. The autopsy on body of Mr. Imbrie confirmed the; report that there was a saber cut on his head, and the equipment of the defensive forces say that only the military police carry sabers. Many Arrests Made. The Mejiis, the Perstan in open session expressed its row and profound horror at the crime and urged the government to pursue the tnvestigation relentlessly. Many arrests have been made among civil- ians. The latest details of the killing the vice consul show that the by the mob occurred about 11 a.m. on Friday, when the American official and Seymour were driving past a fountain which is reverenced by masses of daily and which at the was surrounded by a throng worshipers. The Amer- sor- of Persians moment of icans alighted from the carriage a! | short distance away and Mr. Imbrie held up a camera to photograph the scene. The crowd objected and surg- cd toward the Americans, who, seeing the menacing attitude of the throng, jumped into their carriage and drove away. The crowd followed, shouting imprecations and accusing the two Americans of being Bahais (members of a universal religious movement which originated in Persia three- quarters of a century ago) and of Poisoning the water of the fountain. Overtaken at Barrack: The carriage got away quickly, but the uproar spread rapidly and at the entrance to hte Cossack barracks the carriage was overtaken by a man on a motor cycle-and forced to halt. The crowd quickly came up to the carriage and it s alleged that some of the soldiers also interfered to pre- ! vent the Americans’ escape. Vice Consul Imbrie was dragged out on one side of the carriage by the mob and Seymour-on the other. Mr. Imbrie valiantly defended him- self with his cane until he was struck on the head by a military sword. He attempted to rise, but was | knocked down again by a huge stone, which broke his jaw. Meanwhile Seymour was struck from all sides and dragged into the Cossack parade ground. A detachment of police finally suc- cosdsdiin etcing toth offthe tnjuzed|| men into an automobile and took them to the police hospital. The crowd followed and broke into the building, smashing doors and windows, and committed further assaults on Mr. (Continued on Page 3. Column 4.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Mourning Death of Only Child, Ex-Policeman Commits Suicide! Rudo.lph Shonfeld, 'War Hero, Noted for His Cour- age, Breaks Down After Months of Hopeless Sorrow and Takes Life With Gun. Living in the depths of melancholia since the accidental death last De- cember of his only child, a 5-year- old daughter, a melancholia, that, friends Say, led him to lose all inter- est in society, work and life itself, Rudolph Shonfeld, former policeman of the third precinct, sank onto a sofa in the front room of his home at 223 Virginia avenue southeast this morning, . remarked bitterly to his wife that he must “end it all” and shot himself fatally in the right temple. He died an hour and a half later at Casualty Hospital without regain- ing eonsciousness. Thé bullet, fired from a police .32-caliber Coit pistol, plowed through his brain and lodged against the skull behind the left ear. Mrs. Shonfeld is in a state ‘of physical collapse at her home in apartment 2 of the southeast address. Penny Poisomed Child. Last night Shonfeld, in talking to his neighbor and friend, Julian E. Oliff of apartment 1, same address, reverted to succumbed to stomach poisoning after swallowing a penny. “Oliff,” he said, “if 1 ever have an- other child, I hope to God I won't get attached to it the way I was to Helen. She was my whole life and soul.” Shonfeld's act today ended an ex- traordinary career of adventure and heroism, featured by such outstanding incidents s the capture, while he was an American soldier, of his own brother in the uniform of a German machine gunner; his frequent con- tribution_of quarts of his blood to brother police officers who needed transfusion operations to save their lives; his voluntary medical service, enhanced by experience overseas, as nurse after hours to police associates taken to various hospitals, and numer- ous acts of bravery performed while serving as a patrolman at No. 3 pre- cinet. Eulogien by Many. In every quarter today where Shonfeld was known there were sol- emn faces and muttered eulogies. He seemed to have had no enemie: the ever-dominant theme that had marked his brief and few conversa- tions during the past several months— the death of Helen, his little girl, who His loss of interest in life became apparent not only to his wife and neighbors, but to his companions at v-mwms.a;% © even'| the | those acquainted with | Parliament, | attack | PERSONNEL BOARD ! Steward: Calls Reclassifica- tion “Hodge-Podge” and Urges Workers to Fight. Attacking the methods used by | the personnel classification hoard | but not the classification law itselr, | Luther Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal km- | Ploves, teday issued a statement in | which he branded the present recias- | sification as a “hodge-podge” and | declared, “Today the negd is as great as ever for a real classification of the national civil service, based upon appropriate standaedf*and 13sts, uni- Jformly applied.” Mr. Steward charged that the pres- ent classification had left the impres- sion that “about all the scaling down of salaries was visited upon the rank and file” He calied upon all gov- ernment employes to join the move- {ment to abolish’ the personnel clas- sification board, as provided by leg- islation now pending before the Senate. Text of Statement. Mr. Steward's statement was issued |as a partial reply to a flood of indi- vidual and group protests which has been pouring into headquarters of the National Federation of Federal Employes. The statement follows: ‘o the thousands of Federal em- ployes whose reasonable expectations of a fair, intelligent standardizing of salaries, based upon the duties they perform, have been rudely dashed to the ground by the adoption of a veritable caricature of the classifica- tion act the Natjonal Federation of Federal Employes extends its pro- found sympathy. It hopes. however, that this further experience will sup- piy the thousands who feel t they have been wronged an incentive to ally themselves with the great move- ment which is backing the Lehlbach resolution (H. R. 6896) to abolish the Personnel Classification Board and place the classification of the Gov- ernment personnel in the hands of the Civil Service Commission, which has shown itself earnestly desirous of effedting a true classification. This resolution has passed the House and is now before the Senate awaiting action. Every Federal employe who be- lieves in fair - compensation standards impartially and intelligently applied should do something to assist the pas- sage of this measure. The most effective work in this behalf can be done through organization. Quotex Lehlbach, Representative Lehlbach, joint author -Lehlbach classification ) “By a vote of 2 to 1, the board ordered the departments to allocate positions in the District of Columbia to the 18 grades of the repu- diated Brown schedule instead of to the services and grades carried in the act of Congress. It established no classes, and consequently furnished no specifications of duties and quali- fications for such classes by which uniformity throughout the 'depart- ments was intended to be promoted. It established no titles by which any one in the Government or in Congress could definitely recognize the char- acter and quality of work performed by a person holding such title. With amazing effrontery the Classification Board turned upon the law which created it and proceeded to destroy every provision of it except that bring itsel into being. * * * Any one acquainted with the circumstances surrounding the progress of this per- formance can have no doubt as to the moving spirit behind the scenes. From the very beginning, the representa- tive from the Bureau of Efficiency consistently opposed carrying into effect the provisions of the law. The representative of the Clvil Service Commission, on the other hand, con- sistently strove to have the plain let- tor ahd the clear intent of the law (fiunneanl’-fl}.columfi WORK 1S SCORED ITISKT” 7 ALLTHATS /72 NECESSARY T/ _.“TO LAND STILL 57 DROWNED IN WRECK OF JAPANESE FREIGHTER Ship Founders Without Means to Call for Help—Only One Survivor. LEARNING. By the Asociated Pross TOKIO, July 21.—Fifty-seven per- were drowned when the Nip- pon Yusen Kaisha freighter, Mat- suyama Maru. foundered og Goto | Island, near Kyushu, July 11, accord- ing to a report received here today | from the Kobe office of the company, The freighter was an old vessel without radio and carried no pas- sengers. The last port made by the vessel was Keelung, Formosa, from which it sailed for Lokohama July 9 The ship carried down with her all her officers and crew except one fireman, who was picked up by a |trawler and brought to Kobe. Her owners had had vessels scarching for | her for several days along her regu- lar route betwcen Formosa and Japan. The survivor said that a typhoon, which the general unseaworthiness of the ship rendéred her unable to ride out, caused by the disaster. DAVIS BEGINS WORK UPON ACCEPTANCE Much Foreign and Domestic Information to Be Digested by Nominee. sons By the Associated Press. DARK HARBOR. Me., July 21.— Preparatory work on his address ac- cepting the Democratic presidential nomination was started today by John W. Davis in a temporary work- shop, which has been set up in the studio building of Charles Dana Gib- son, his host on Seven-Hundred Acre Island, near here. A mass of data on foreign and domestic problems, which was gath- ered together at New York, was taken to the Gibson home by his sccretaries, and Mr. Davis will digest this before starting to map the ad- dress out in his mind. He already has discussed many phases of the whole subject-matter with party leaders. Lunch and Golf Engagements. The candidate had engagements for lunch with Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Polk at their summer home in Isleboro and for a round of golf. He |said he,already felt 100 per cent bet- ter physically than he did upon his arrival, here Saturday noon. He expects to have his speech out- lined in memorandum form when he leaves early next week for New York. Upon his arrival there, he wiJl put it in finished form. His friends predict a vigorous handling of the major problems of the day, including foreign affairs and farm relict as well as other domestic questions. Honesty in government, they believe, will be a paramount subject. Mr. Davis attended services yester- day at the Church of Christ, Epis- copal, overlooking Penohscot Ba: He where he remained in seclusion the rest of the day. Learns of Wheeler Acceptance. With a single telephone line and a twice-a-day steamer service providing the only communication with the main- land, news of events in the outside world merely trickles into this place. Consequently, ‘it was not until yester- day that Mr. Davis learned that Sena- tor Burton K. Wheeler of Montana had accepted the invitation to become the vice presidential candidate on the ticket with Senator Robert M. La Follette. 1t apparently proved no surprise to Mr. Davis. e i Price of Gasoline Cut. NEW YORK, July 21.—Atlantic Refining Company has cut the price of gasoline one cent a gallon in Penn- sylvania and Delaware, making the service station price 21 cents. A similar reduction was made a week ago. | police stations, returned by boat to the Gibson home, | “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 t he papers are printed. Saturaay’s Circulation, 85,672 Sunday’s Circulation, 97,661 WO CENTS. 600-Pound Woman Carried to Grave By 10 Husky Men By the Associated Press. ANSONIA, Conn., Catherine Bristol, neral was held here vesterday, weighed excess of 600 pounds and was buried in a casket weigh- ing 430 pounds, the largest ever used in the state, according to the undertaker who supervised the burial. July 21.—Mrs. 49, whose fu- BUTLER, DEFIANT, SHAKES UP POLICE General Ofders 320 Men to New Stations Despite Ru- mor of His Resignation. By the A\wuv»v]‘l‘r!--. PHILADELPHIA, July 21.— Despite | that his of public di- be resignation as safety would reports rector requested by Mayor Kendrick unless | he discontinued the redistricting of Brig. Gen. Smediey D. Butler issued orders today for the biggest police shake-up since he assumed the office last January. More than 300 patrolmen wnd 20 Street sergeapis...aitached to the central districts, whom the director declared had “double-crossed” their licutenants, will be transferfed to outlying sections, from which other men will be brought to take their places. The director said he had learned of | a plot by certain politicians to dis. credit his system of cutting down the number of police stations under his redistricting plan. which, he de- clared, was the most effective method of eliminating political control of the police. Gets Word of Hold-Up. “I have learned,” he said. “they are going to stage a hold-up right in front of these deserted stations to show the public that a big mis take has been made in wiping them out. T have instructed the ‘inspector of detectives on duty outside of every station.” Officials close to the director as- serted that he knew his resignation was to be demanded and that he had “mapped out his own campaign.” These officials said the general planped to ask Gov. Pinchot to enroll in the state police 500 men | picked from the Philadelphia police force and continue the work of rid- ding the city of vice and crime. ALLEGED SLAYER OF BOY RUSHED AWAY FROM MOB Youth of 17, Accused of Killing Child of 5, Taken to Neighboring City. By the Associated Press. PICHER, Okla., July 21.—Picher went about its regular affairs today with nothing to indicate that last night only prompt steps taken by of- ficers prevented mob action against Jud Parsons, 17, who, according to Joe Nolan, assistant chief of police, confessed to having attacked and killed Floyd Smith, aged Parsons is in jail at Miami today, Nolan said, where he was rushed after a crowd of about 200 persons last night milled about the car after Parsons had been taken to a morgue to view the boy's body. Officers, fear- ing the temper of the throng, him from the city. The boy was the son of Joe Smith, an ore hauler in the mines nearby. Early Saturday he ran to his home crying to his mother that he had been injured by a man who lured him to a box car on a pretext of giving him a watch. Parsons was arrested yesterday. At first he denied knowledge of the case, but according to Nolan confessed last night at the morgue. FLOOD SUFFERING GROWS Chinese Pirates Add to Woes in Canton Area by Stealing Supplies. By the Associated Pre; CANTON, July 21.—The flood situ- ation here is unchanged today, but serious news is arriving from many outlying points regarding the spread of suffering among many ousted from their homes by the waters. Many are destitue. Relief measures are being taken, but the activities of river pi- rates, who are only too ready to seize supplies intended for the flood vic- tims, and the want of money to finance the rellef work ase hampering 1t sadly. 7 - '{COAL ECI to keep a policeman | line of | sped | The woman's death occurred on the third story of a Main street building and a block and fall was used in lowering the casket from the rooms Ten men, acting as pallbearers, carried the casket from a hearse to the grave. a distance of 100 fect. They obliged twice to put it down for rest during the short journey. Mrs say. weight leave her BIG SAVING HERE were Bristol’s death, physicians was caused by her increasing She had been ungble to home for three vears. IN SUPERPOWER Development of 180,000 Horsepower at Great Falls Part of Hoover’s Plan. ONOMY IMMENSE ‘Engineers‘ Report Says Proposed Combination of Plants Will Save 50,000,000 Tons Annually. Hydroelectric of | 180,000 hor. | the waste, development the epower at Great Potomace River, now running | which received great en- | couragement at hearings during the last scssion of Congress. is given | strong impetus today in the report from Secretary Hoover on what | known as the northeast superpower arca. This shows that an annual saving an be made of 50,000,000 tons of coal, that productions costs can lowered !'with tremendous saving of human ef- fort and with extension of ¢ ‘|IUIINI. to the farms throughout the [clllir» region from Maine to Mary- n‘lnnd and West Virginia, inciuding {the District of Columbia. In this region is concentrated 40 per cent jof the population of the entire | country, it consumes 30 per cent of | the kilowatt-hour production and vorwrau—s 60 per cent of the primary power of this country This report shows that Great Falis should be developed as an integral ipart of the proposed—and coming— | great interconnected power system | Secretary Hoover saw that progress in the entire northeast section of the country was being retarded by con- flict in the State laws and restricted local vision. So, with the consent of the President, he called into con- ference representatives of the public utilities commissions of 11 states most affected and Federal engineers. Com- mittees were organized to study the legal and engineering phases of the problem of getting adequate and eco- nomically efficient power for this area lin the future. The report made pub- {lic today is the report of the en- ‘K-AHPQI' com teee. The legal ques- ition is a much more complicated one and the report of the legal com- | mittee will not be forthcoming until some time in October. trical | Monopoly Not Intended. | Secretary Hoover has no thought | of disturbing the existing power com- | panies. The idea is not to create a | great monopoly or trust to control ilhe power throughout this area which jincludes 14 States and the District | of Columbia, but to get close co-oper- ‘ation between the existing power companies, through i nterconnection, jas an economically sound business | and conservation proposition. The broad improvements required had through such interconnection, drawing in some 200 different utility }ccmpanios now engaged in produc- | tion and distribution of power, as | recommended by Secretary Hoover in his report are: (a) Reduction of reserve equipment. { (b) Better average load factor | through pooling of daily and seasonal load variation and wide diversifica- tion of use through increased indus- | trial consumption. the amount of (¢) More security in power supply |against interruption by strikes, storms | failure of transportation and equip- | ment. _ (d) Available water power in this area can be much more advantageous- 1y applied to carry base or peak load | as local conditions may require. (e) Interconnection makes possi ble the use of secondary water power which arises from the seasonal flow of streams, and thus brings into prac: tical use a larger quantity of water power than would otherwise be pos- sible. (f) Power would be available more quickly to meet growing demands. Big Increased Dem: ! The survey made by these en- gineers shows that the power de mands of this entire northeast s tion are increasing tremendously, about 10 per cent a year, so that it is nip and tuck with the power com- panies to keep abreast of demand. The startling fact was disclosed that even if all the waterpower of this region is developed by 1930, it will still represent only about one- fourth of the power needed. “Hence,’ the Hoover report says, “our prin- (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) Falls on | | for future progress, which can be | the | ALLIES IN ACCORD ONALL POINTS BUT RUKR WITHDRAWAL Complete Agreement and Final Session Wednesday or Thursday Now Seen. FRENCH INSIST RAILWAY CONTROL BE MAINTAINED MacDonald Wants German Dele- gates Called Before Adjourn- ment of Conference. BY HAL O'FLAF ERTY. Star and Chicag pyright. 1924 21.—Agreement By to T News. LONDON, July all but one question French withdrawal that regarding from the Ruhr, having been reached at the allied con- ference, it is predicted that final | will be held Wednesday {and Thursday Buoyant tude of all delegations, | French o end now sessions on optimism marks the atti- especially the and Belgian. Premiers Her- Theunis during the impressed thoroughly upos solleagues Uing all petty ing their points and week their the necessity for e difficulties atter upor it ion in com and of manfuliy for points pute, settlement remai vague | Compromise Ix Expected. | When committes ing with met port from the with French men and mi areas. France ! whole operation s«hall remain Frer nd m | Failing to reach an agreement uno | this point, it is likely the cofh mittee will make | plenary the principal d undoubted upon the delicate i phases this withdrawal offer: number two. unity of the to k ~onomic expe today ted ar a withdrawal tary of ra indus when t from the that completed insists on stra 5 1,000 railwa to allowing report the session tomorrow emdtes to bring the bear of French for In concilitory sp many s problem a wide scope promis May Call in Germans. For nstance, the allies might azree to maintain a Franco-Belgian outskirts of the very small nucleus of men on Rhineland for use ir | raiiway the of extremc Friends of Ramsay British vis d Macl premics naid de clare the wants 1 Germ. fore the end of depends the plenary session The American is too early see legates called in be the week work but the much f nes upor o esentatives protocol with during this conference, but that it is possible that this happy con clusion will be rcached ALLIED CHIEFS CONFER. repr, it to raise ting signature of the Germany hope m- | Ways of Reaching Accord Diseu ed With MacDonald Ry the Assapiated P'ress | TONDON. : 1 Donald of E ferred for | Herriot de Stefani Theunis of Belgium and means of o between the liies conterenc: of the Dawes plan. While the plenary delegates dis cussed the broad phases of the Dawes plan the committees of experts con tinued their efforts to reach agree- f bringing ana economioinnity of is believed this wil | be realized by tonight, except for the | question of railway | remains a stumbling | plans for the evacuati Premier M: ng oo Prem Finance Minister Italy and Premier regarding ngland this two nours of France. of yrn with ways | | taining an agreeme delegates of the the inter- on enforcement | an { ment on the | about the fis jermany. Tt measures control, which block to the n of the Ruhr a Plenary Sesxion Tomorrow | The experts resented the conflicting views on railway advanced | by the British, ¥ Belgians, respectively, to Number | One of the conference and are await- ling fresh instructions ! proceed. The progress made | group of experts studying the ation of Gern unity ind will be to hold session tomorrow Frank B. Kellogs, ambassador, was unable to attend the | conference this forenoon with Prime | Minister MacDonald Downing | street, because his presence was de- | manded at the ceremonies of welcome to the Bar A delegations from overseas. The German government has com- municated to the British foreign office its latest views on the Dawes report and the question of German representation at the conference. The German representations will be pre- sented at the next plenary session of the conference. Look to Eventualities. The French, it indicated, none too pleased over the possibility of losing control of all the railways to the Ruhr. They have adopted a | view somewhat more conciliatory toward the British position that the lines should be returned to the au- thority of the interallied railway board, but they are still seeking ways to insure the maimtenance of | their own communications i any eventuality in the Ruhr Premier Herriot and his colleagues carcfully, the conter- control neh Committec and how by on o the restor- tes it plenary possibie a the American in seiation is are Radio-Programs—Page 14.