Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. . Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, with occasiomal showers, to- night and tomorrow; not much change in_temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 86. at 3:15 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 67, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on _page (R Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 29,680. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D MINERS T0 BREA No 'MACMILLAN OPERATORS TODAY; DEMAND REJECTED | Br the Associated Press | ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. I, Au gust 4.—For the first time in history | fhe succesatur Birect tranmission and | reception of messagzes to and from | the Arctic polar sea were recorded here late last night and early today, {hen the MacMilian Arctic expedition Negotiations to End Shortly jwhen the yacartian, newspaper. men After wage COnference‘from station 9 The expedition, | mately located at Etah, Greenland, approxi- 3,700 miles north of Chicago, Meets Unless Some Con- e cession Develops. the crow flies, clearly heard the sage and within 15 minutes the swer came zooming through the OWNERS REFUSE CHANGE | IN SCALE COMMITTEE tic spaces and -wastes scarcely hindered by static and adverse weather conditions. Operating on a low wave length of 40 meters and 1,000 watts, station SXN of the Zenith Radio Corporation alled their president. E. F. McDen ald.-jr., vice commander of the Mac- Millan expedition. at 12:20 a.m.. Fast ern standard time. The radio crash of internatio code was immedjately acknowledged with “Okeh. McDonald.” A series of test questions prepared newspaper_men and representatives assgciations were then dis patched to McDonald. The first read Have you reserved seats for us when Washington wins the world's series?” The answer came: ‘Afraid not be back in time to help GREEK ARMY SENT TOWARD BULGARIA May Seize Frontier Towns in Retaliation for Kiliing of Citizen. i Warriner Declines to Take Part in Discussions, But Renews Offer to Prevent Suspension of Work and to Arbitrate All Points Unset-| tled by August 31. | | By the Associated Pre | ATLANTIC CITY, N. August | 4—Anthracite scale negotiations | will definitely be broken off on re-! sumption of the wage scale confer- | ence here this aiternoon. “barring unioreseen developments,” according to an opinion voiced by a high au- thority among the miners today What ground would likely be ad- duced for such a break was not in- dicated Anthracite operators on arrival for the mecting expressed full determi- to uphold, at all costs, the dignity of their scale committee st the challenge they felt John of the United | America, had nation aga L. Lewis, president Mine Workers raised against it D. Warriner, the anthracite operators conference, and William J. Richards, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co.. whose presence Mr. Lew i= had requested today. did not accom- Br the Associated Prese PARIS. August 4.— were on their way to the Graeco- Bulgarian frontier today. having been dispatched by the Greek government | following the recent assassination of M. Nicolaides, a Greek citizen at | Stanimaka, Bulgaria, and allegations hy Greece of terroristic actions by of Samuel chairman of |CAN'T BE BACK TO ROOT FOR NATS, | SAYS IN RADIO CHAT WITH HARD COAL Two-Way Communication Between Arctic and hi- cago Established—Message Indicates Month’s Delay in Return—Planes Tested. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY RAIL LINES MERGER HELD BY COOLIDGE AS RATE EVIL CURE Sees Aid to All Industry in Proper and Orderly Consolidation. | Washington root for Griffith. (Clark Griffith, president of the Washington Club). My compliments from this fairyland of ice and snow to those at home. McDonald.” Etah is approximately 13 degrees south of the Pole. It has beén said by explorers that the exact location of the Pole varies and a difference, of 10 miles can be calculated due to the fineness of instruments which are affected by the aurora borealis and the magnet pole. Prior to the trans- misssion of messages members of the expedition aboard the Peary, with Operator P. J. McGee at the key and operating on the same wave length of 40 meters, heard faintly some plain- jtive phonograph melodies. 1 The first question submitted and | which was answered, completing the | epoch-making event, carried an in-| nilendo known only to the reporter | who sought to determine the approxi- 2 - mate fime the expedition will return | BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, to Wiscasset, Me., from which point | Staff Correspondant of The Star the expedition took its final leave. | SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., August His reference 1o the world series| R ey o I he dnte “The. axpedition | Consolidation of railreads, with the ap planned to return under its schedule | Proval of the Interstate Commerce during September and tha world serfes | Commission. is looked upon by Presi usually is in October. | dent Coolidge a= the real cure of the The deiay thus_inti - | railroad rate evil. . e s, i ! | (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) In making this known at President made it very clear that the | PRESIDENT HAS“HOPES OF COAL PARLEY PEACE lations Advances as His Greatest Work. White | proper and orderly combinations of | transportation lines with the hope that {it will bring about substantial reduc- | products but other as well. | {any additional leglslation is necessary to bring about the desired consolida- tions, and the inference is drawn that But Chance of Geiting Him Is Among World’s Most Remote. | | Interstate Commerce Commission will ! find its way clear to grant the request for consolidation. Await Van Sweringen Merger. In this connection it was pointed out that Mr. Coolidge is aware that nu merous railroads are awaiting the out come of the Van Sweringen Nickel SEW FORIK | Plate petition for a merger. when | NEW YORK. August 4 —Republi-|i po)chi that they themselves will | can leadere of this city and State. who | make appeal for consolidation if the | are laughing with goulish glee at: commission’s decision is favorable. | Tammany's dilemma with Mavor; Those close to the President Hylan. have a great scheme in the deeply impressed today by his frank | back of their heads. They admit the : declaration regarding railrpad con- scheme is exceedingly visionary. but!%olidations. and it is tahen by them they like to cling 1o it. and they say BY ROBERT T. SMALL. as an unofficial bid on the part of Executive Picks International Re-| pany the other operators here It Bulgarians against Greeks along the frontier. | that as vet there is no constitutional | the Executive fer the railroads of the country to promptly consider combina- was officially announced the two lead- Word has reached here from Athens ers would not come. that the government has pointed out | the possibility of seizing Bulgarian | frontier towns in retaliation for the | killing of If. Nicolaides unless suitable thracite bureau of information, today | . 8aid the operators’ scale committee, | fePATation ls mgde. While one report 2 {from the Greek capital is that the which Mr. Lewis impugned, was elect- : 3 =4 by the entive industry At a special | Bulgarian reception of the demand for Chosen by Industry. E. W. Parker, director of the an- amendment against hoping. i The big white hope of the Republi-, | cans is that they can talk one Charles | Evans Hughes into being their candi- ! date for mayor this fall. These| leaders believe that Mr. Hughes could | be elected at any time, but with me| tions. The President is known to be convinced that with the proper con- solidations effected it will be made easy to institute substantial rate re- ductions. This is necessary if the ing for for some time. meeting here July £, after a thorough | reparation has not been favorable, a technically known as a *shéo-in.” 1o this method of relief than to any- Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | | | | the | | Executive intends to make a bid for | it | were | 1925—-THIR AND DARKEST STAIN ON - CIVILIZATION| The President does not believe that | IS SEEN IN GREEK DEPORTATIONS| the Executive is very hopeful that the | ¢¢]*. grant Child Says as Gi Tide Leaves Tr: This iz the first of five articles by Mr. Wood describing methods and results of exchanges of minori- ties under treaty in the Balkan States BY JUNIUS B. WooD. Correspondence af The Star and Daily News. SVILENGRAD. Bulgaria T've killed a littie Bulgar.an dog. calmly remarked a Greek gzunman who had just shot a 12-vear-old girl The murder was committed in the villagze of Evrinkokoy on March §. a Sunday and a day on which the Ortho- dox Catholic peasant does not work the Chicago June 24 agriculturiats of the country are to|and the villages are given over to Service for their child. took the body tain the relief they have been ask-! worship and simple amusements. Rad. | hY force and buried it in the dark. It is the ka Kurtuva had coaxed a coin from ! thought that the President looks more! her parents and. happy in her Sunday finery, had gone to the village square | o Star. AUGUST 4 ve Killed a Little Bulgarian Dog,” Slayer of Emi-i The Star *“From Press to Home Within the Hour” 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, 93,906 TY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CE THE EMPTY CELLAR WORLD GOURT GETS DEMOGRAT BACKING Swanson Declares Party <eize o voung stranzer who stood un.| Will Support Plank If Cool- concerned a few feet awav. the smok 2z . idge Bars Reservations. ing pistol still in hiz hand. He said rl Falls Dead—Each ail of Victims. his name was Yani Kabaridi. He made | no effort to run away. Greek soldiers who were near hy came up and took possession of the murderer to pro- tect him from the outraged villagers. “I've killed a little Bulgarian dog.’ he calmiy explained to the soldfers. That was sufficient. The soldlers Br the 4 Pre Democratic Senate leaders expect to see President Coolidge’'s World Court recommendations accepted at the coming session. provided the Presi Associa | BOULEVARD RULES UPSET AL RIGHTS - OF GROSS TRAFFIC Cars on Main Artery Always Have Precedence, Mol- ler Warns. “STOP” MEANS WAIT TILL WAY IS CLEAR | | | | | | | | | | Police Are Ordered to Arrest All Motorists Who Are Caught Violating Order. n standing in gardinz the bouley I C. Moller, engineer office, declared tndas boulevard streets has all vehicles etonn e s Col. Moller collisions oce boulevard h the proof would be on the d ing from the side stree brought to Col. Moller's notice today | that some drivers are laboring under the impression that if they comply with the stop sign by bringing their car a halt they may proceed take the right of way if they are on the right of a vehicle approaching the intersection on the boulevard Must Wait for Clear Way. this is a misconcep- system. It is he said that seems to have developed the minds of many d hi to to tion of ti provided that traffic right-of-way of-way rule, whic the regulation on the hou The traffic engineer further ed today that to bring about the houleva ing flagrant proceeding across a houlevard without heeding the Tnspect f tions machines stop sign own, commander of escorted him away. The stricken par dent | No. 37374 to the mixed commission | will stand firm and not | with the irreconcilables. | Material concessions, however | would be looked upon by the Demo. crats as creating a new situation. None of the leaders will predict their course in that event, but it is re | called that when proposed conces. sions in the form of reservations were injected into the League of Nations ents carried the dead child to their Srac home. That night, the villagers report, the ireek commander went to the house and, despite the supplications of the parents who wanted a Christlan burial he Greek gunman disappeared. The_above is a synopsis of report | The com- Traffic motor ey au, has ucted 1 squad to keep a particular watch on the boulevard while they are performing their regu lar duties in order to catch motorists who disrezard the stop signs Painters from the traffic shop are continuing as rapidly as possible to | paint the warning at all of the inter sections on the 25 thoroughfares that | were officially designated as boulevard ntersections dispatch from Sofia, the Bulgarian thing that could be accomplished bs‘!to purchase a handful of sweets. As|Of the League of Nations. | fisht the Democratic membership of canvass of all available candidates. other similar in | capital, says that in reply to the Greek The committee was nominated by & | communication, Foreign Minister Kalf- present rift in the Democratic ranks, they say his race would be what i The Republicans further admit' that | additional legislation. Mr. Hughes would have to he drafted. | headed by F. H.|off has exprossed extreme regret | but this is one instance In which th Hemelright, an independent operator | over the assassination and promised | former Secretary of State would no 3 of Scranton, Pa., Mr. Parker said, and | that all measures would be taken to|mind the stigma of “draft dodger.” ucts do not dispute the fact that the the cominitiac's persmnel was acoopt. | Punishithe cifenders | The grand old party tried to draft Mr. | farmer should have a reduction. they s 8 5 | Hughes for mayor just 20 years ago. | cannot grant it because of the finan- ed by the meeting as a whole only Ministers Urge Peace. | 1t formally and solemnly nominated | cial loss. But if a railrcad of this after an hour's @iscussion Officials of the Greek and Bulgarian [ him at a city convention. but Mr. | type were merged with a railroad that Various other candidates were pro- legations in Paris have deprecated talk | Hughes politely but firmly declined to, was not dependent upon agricultural posed, according te Mr. Parker, secre- | of serious tension between the two|run. The following vear. however,|shipments, this combination would tary of the meetinz. who said various | countries, emphasizing that such fron- | he was drafted for governor and was ' then make it possible to effect reduc- amendments to, and motion to recon. | Her disturbances as those which oc. | elected to two terms. tions s R - haq |curred lately were not unknown L Although President Coolidze sider, the labor committee's report had | ;pong tne Balkan countries. In No. Mood for Sacrifice. itivicy Sléar ihat Betits s to be disposed of before accord was| " mhey were aware of no other cause | Within the past 13 years, therefore, | advocate of consolidations. reached. The choice of the commit-| gy 115 ple between Greece and Bul- | Mr. Hughes has given four vears of doubtful if he be considered tee. Mr. Parker said. ‘was anything | garia and made it plain that they | his life to the State, two vears to the |able to compulsory consolidations but ‘formal and cut and dried ould be astonished if a conflict de- | Supreme Bench, and four vears to|such as have been urged by & number The meeting, he said, re; esen_lvd veloped from the Nicolaldes affair. | the Nation as head of the Harding and | of leaders of his party. including Sen- 115 anthracite mining companlies, vir- | * M Dendramis, Greek delegate to Coolidge cabinets. The public has re- | ator Cummins of lowa. who is the tually the whole of the industry, and | ipe "League of Nations and Greek |ceived more than a fifty-Afty split on {author of the present transportation comprised not only the 15 corporations | ypiniser to Switzerland, is reported in | Mr. Hughes, and he is in no mood at |act which permits voluntary consoli- Included in the anthracite operators' | 213 s ; ; patch from Geneva as saying |the moment further io sacrifice him- | dations. conference proper, but fully 100 more. !sm yon to ‘'shve the city-wtichasl o o i Fate etk labor committee makes strong it is Renews Offer to Arbitrate. | from Athens to Sofia is not consid- | favor- | | many railroads which are almost ex- | shot was fired and she fell. clusively carriers of agricultural prod. | almost instantly. she walked slowly under the trees It is a recognized fact that while where other childrén were playing the | Character. She dled | Women ran to pick up the child Men of the village were as quick to | CODLGETOCALL FARN CONFERENCE Will Reassemble Advisers to Consider Legislative Pro- | vides for mission has many the Senate voted almost sofidiy against ratification. Senator Swanson of Virginia. rank- ing Democrat on the foreign relations committee. said today he expected to ses the World Court accepted if the President enforced the terms he him self had laid down. “Over two-thirds of the Senate are willing to agree to President Cool idge’s recommendation: he said, ‘provided the President will adhere to The treaty of Neuilly of 1919 pro- the exchange of minorities between Greece and Bulgaria (Continued on Page 2] Column 6. SISTER FACES QUIZ IN'WOMAN'S DEATH Brother-in-Law of Teacher Also to Be Grilled in urged by the oppenents of the League of Nations and of the World Court, |who are now insisting that the path |way shall be made easy to them, and whe will. should the President traffic with them, bring the World Court into disrepute.” \DRY LAW HELD IN FORCE BEYOND “3-MILE LIMIT” them and not consent to reservations | {highways Saturday No Sign, No Arrest. Inspector Brown has that where the sizns been painted. arrested for failing moment the word led at an intes effect and that when a driver Street car | desirable in section ed, but announced have not vet will not be to stop, but the p has been paint ction the rule ule will be in effect motorists i in s are the downtown congested where the streets are crowd they are %0 necessary in other parts of city, the opinion of Engl Commissioner {Bell, discussing the question which has arisen as to the relative merits of the platform and the safety zone marked by white lines Col. Bell, chairman of the Utilities Commission. has not decided, how |ever, what action should be taken on the Mystery Case. that if the reply to the note sent the way the Republicans are phrasing | | { Inasmuch as this is the first time gram of Aid. | ered satisfactory by Greece, an ap- | their anti-Hvlan warfare. the letter of the Capital Traction Co Mr. Warriner formal Mr. Lewis last night that the anthra- cite industry would stand on its scale committee as already constituted. It is now regarded as Mr. Lewis move Asserting that the membership of the mine owners subcommittee was chosen “with the greatest care and elected at a meeting of the operators called for that purpose,” Mr. Warri- ner's letter declated that the commit- tee was fully authorized to speak for the industry and that its personnel could not he changed. The subcommit tee, the letter set forth, “is composed of men of long exeprience. occupying fmportant positions in all three fields of the anthracite region. who have the confidence of the industry as to their competence to deal with the problems involved in the negotiations.’ Repeating the offer of the operators tn agree to no suspension when the present wage agreement expire: ust 31, and 1o arbitrate points agreed to at that time, Mr. Warriner told the mine workers’ president that if the miners mean to break off nego- tiations if the personnel of the com- mittee is not changed, he was ‘as- suming a grave responsibilit GERMANY HESITATING OVER POLES’ EVICTION Course to Depend on Other Coun- try's Action in Case of Loyal Prussians. B the Associated Press. RERLIN. August 4 hesitates to order the eviction of Polish residents in Germany who voted in favor of Poland in the plebi- scites of 192021 in Upper Silesia and Fast and West Prussia, but have fafled to comply with orders 1o leave country by Augnst The Prussian ministry announced today that Germany’'s action will de- pend on whether Poland forcibly evicts the Germans who voted for Germany In the plebiscites and still remain in Polish territory. The Polish legation stated that thus far no Poles have been forcibly sent from Germany. BOMB PLACED IN PLANT. Preaks Windows in Chicago Week- ly Paper's Quarters. CHICAGO, August 4 (#).—A bomb exploded early today at the plant of the South Town Economist, a weekly newspaper, which also operates radio station WBCN. The éxplosion shat tered all the windows in the plant and did other small damage. The bomb had been placed outside the printing plant. Several weeks ago plate glass windows in the building ‘were smaghed. : ermany still in Berlin has | replied 10| peal would be taken to the League | | of Nations. ; Sees Property Plot. | He declared while he was not aware lof an ultimatum, the Greek govern- {ment had explained to Bulgaria that reinforcements would be sent to the frontier in view of acts of terror against Greeks, and requested the | Bulgarian government to take steps to arrest and punish those responsi- ble for culminated in the murder of M. Nico- laides. Under a_voluntary agreement for the exchange of populations between the two governments, M. Dendramis | explained, about 6,000 Greek residents in Bulgaria were scheduled part for their homeland by mid October. In Greece, he said. the re- cent murders were looked upon as | designed to terrorize the Greeks into | | leaving in haste, opportunity _for | their property. | CHINESE RAID HOSPITAL. | Police Rescue Two Male Nurses in Episcopalian Institution. | PEKING, August ¢ UP)—A report !from Ningpo today says that a Chi- {nese mob vesterday raided the hospi- |tal of the Church Missionary Soclety at Hangchow, Chekiang Province, and captured and roughly handled two male nurses who later were rescued by | the police. They were not seriously in- { jured. Chinese police have promised to protect the hospital in the future. (The Church Missionary Society is | affiliated with the Church of England.) 'Hail Like E thus affording an the confiscation of the numerous killings which | to de- ! j that President Coolidge has been rep- {resented as being so outspoken for of the | qu2r, Hughes is 63 years of age and still_has before him the task of ac- | cumulating a comfortable fortune for |MeTEINE rallroads as a means | himself and his family. He was not |CTiNSing the desired relief to precisely a poor man when he went | farmers, to Vashington as Sec He had four vears of Werstive borc: | necessary consolidations it Is not tice. But four vears in the Capitol as | thought likely that he will seek an\ premier of the cabinet took a heavy | Kreat amount of farm legislation at toll of the Hughes financial reserve, the next Congress. and in quitting the State Department | President Coolidge is still hope: to g0 out and provide for himself as | be averted. against the coming of “old age.” Mr.| It was learned officially at | Hughes is a type, however, If Root and Chauncey Depew. who will |Decting that the miners and operators not grow old. and whose later vears Will reach an agre that_ will are filled with wisdom rather than| (Continued on Page 4. Column i) with wistful reveries. The Republican leaders have re. cefved mot gentle but rather forceful reminders that they need not come knocking at the Hughes law office door when looking for a Moses to lead them out of the municipal wilderness The job of mayor of Greater New York calls for a term of four vears The governor's term is but two. Hylan's Views Plain. Mr. Hylan has had two terms, and is very frank to admit he would like | to have at least two more. He wants | New York eventually to be known as “Mayor Hylan's city.” He has put his name on everything else about the town. Even the “rough guy” stand- ing in marble in City Hall Park is known as “Mayor Hylan'k clvic vir. FRENCH GIRL MIDWAY { Mlle. Sion Reported Nine Miles Off | English Coast—Slowed Up by Adverse Tides. By the Associated Press. DOVER, England, August 4.—The captain of the cross-channel boat Invicta reported that he observed tue.” Mayor Hylan sees no reason why he should not be the perpetual mayor. He likes the job tremen- dously. Mr. Hughes, on the other hand, can think of nothing he would like so lit- Mlle. Jane Sion, the French girl. at- tempting to swim the English Chan- at 2:16 o'clock this afternoon. Rivals on Hand. | | BOULOGNE, France, August 4 (#). " (Continued on Page 3, Column 6. ggs, Snow and Flood in West | Supplant Usual High Temperatures Br the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 4.—Hallstones as large as eggs, snow, floods, vio- lent thunderstorms and cool wea- ther have found mention in Aug- | ust’s weather chronicle in place of | the usual record of skyrocketing | temperatures. Hail was reported in several Mid- | western States Monday, causing considerable damage to the tobacco crop in parts of Kentucky. Snow fell for five minutes over an area of several square miles near Am- berg, Wis., and was followed by a damaging_hail. From the Southwest came word of damage by flood waters of the Rio Grande River. Detroit, scene of a destructive rain Friday, again was visited by a violent wind and thunderstorm. Rain and hail flooded hundreds of basements and filled the streets with 18 inches of water. The hail was half an inch thick, l At Indianapolis the mercury drop- ped 26 degrees to 5%, when hail as large as marbles showered the city for half an hour. 7 vo hundred soldiers from Fort El Paso, have been ordered out to assist farmers, business men and_ reclamation service employes in fighting the Rio Grande flood in the lower valley cotton fields. Damage to crops in the vietnity of Fabens, 30 miles below El Paso, was estimated at $275,000. Several hundred acres of cotton land were inundated when the river broke through levees one mile below Fa- bens, bringing the total flooded area to between 2,000 and 2,500 acres. A force of 1,000 is working to hold the waters in check. Phoenix, Ariz., where the mer- cury registered 102, was the lead- ing hot weather point. Elsewhere temmperajures in the 5 708 prediminated. ntered the water at 8:10 this morn. ing at Cape’ Gris Nez in her attempt to swim across the English Channi from the French side to the Engl coast. Conditions were good. Miss Lillian Harrison, the Argen- tine girl swimmer, who is soon to make another effort to swim across |attempts. is accompanying Mile. Sion { for a few miles for training purposes. Miss Gertrude Ederle of the United States, who plans to attempt to swim the channel'at the end of the week, watched Mlle. Sion start. Mile. Sion was 9 miles’ off Cape Gris-Nez after swimming 5 hours and 35 minutes. Her progress had been slowed up by adverse tides. Jardine Under Hospital Care. Secretary Jardine today entered ‘Walter Reed Army Hospital for traat- ment for a. stomach disorder. His condition was described as not serious. He has suffered from the ailment for a number of vears, and it was ag- gravated by his recent lonz Western tour, at the end of which he was persuaded to go to Wisconsin for a Test. ’ i nel, nine miles from the English coast | 31y Mlle. Jane Ston, French swimmer, | the channel after three unsuccessful | it is taken for granted by |—President some that if he can bring about the | agricultural conference to map out| White | tive marketing Elihy | Court today that the President ix ex- ! gress in the closing davs of the ses IN CHANNEL SWIM | | | served on the conference before ap- {the economic situation in farm areas | 4. his Br the Associated Press SWAMPSCOTT. Mass.. August Coolidge will recall a legislative program for farm aid. The conference. which was ap- pointed a vear ago, presented a pro- | \1. gram fto the last session of Congress he frankly stated it was his intention | that the threatened coal strike will|in which principal recommendation | was for Government alid in co-opera- Comink hefore Con- sion, the conference report failed of approval, with considerable opposi tion voiced to some of its main pro- posals. Spokesmen for the farming terri- tories told the President this Sum- mer, however, that they helieved co- operative marketing legislation to be | the principal need of the farmers and the President has determined again to leave the problem in the hands of his conference, headed by Robert D. Gary of Wyoming. Export Bill Opposed. Secretary of Agriculture Jardine pointment to his present post. Some opposition was apparent to the con- ference’s report last session in the De- partment of Agriculture as well as in Congress. Among other things, the conference did not approve the Me- Nary-Haugen bill, designed to encour- age exportation of surplus farm prod- Since coming to White Court Mr. Coolidge has given considerable att n- tion to the,agricultural situation, and has now as his guest John T. Adams' of lowa. The Executive understands from the reports he has réceived that is improving, with prices of most of | the products described as ve (nod.' The only unfavorable condition is re. ported to him as resulting from poor | crops in certain restricted sections. | Both Senator Curtis of Kansas and Representative Purnell of Indiana.| who visited the President here, de. | clared farming conditions were show. ing a steady improvement and were approaching normal. s | BEER TAX MAY BE RAISED. | Suggested to Pay for British Ac- tion in Mine Fight. LONDON, August 4 UP).—That beer | ibe made to pay the cost of the gov- ernment’s promised subvention to coal miners is a suggestion that is being discussed in political quarters. It is| % ¢ 1 | Radio Programs—Page 20.! reported that Winston Churchill, chan- | {‘cellor of the exchequer, is considering | the question of an increased tax on beer which would enrich the ex- chequer to the extent of £20,000,000 a year on the basis of the country's present . consumption. 4 | cers worked over the communications, { authorship. | acting Br the Associated Press MATTOON. Til., August 4.—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Seaman, brother-in-law | and sister of Miss Cora Stallman, 48 | years old. whose body was found in a cistern on Mrs. Seaman’s farm Sat- | urday. were to be questioned by Charles Fletcher, Coles County prose- cutor. They returned last night from Cincinnati, where the funeral was held vesterday. Prosecutor Fletcher sald that the county anthorities would join in a sweeping investigation, and that every effort would be made to ferret out the writer or writers of the threaten- ing letters which members of the Sea- man household and neighbors re- ceived during the past vear. Throughout the night county of Crew of British Vessel Cap- © tured at Sea. By the Associated Press MOBILE, Ala., August 4.—Estab- lishing a precedent for the T'nited States judiciary svstem, Judge Robert T. Brvin, in Federal Court yesterday, {ruled that the prohibition laws of the | United States extended beyvond the | 3-mile limit when he upheld the con vietion of the six members of the crew |of the British achooner Francis E. by a Federal jury on charges of vio- lating the tariff ‘act and prohibition ot. This was the first time that the criminal prosecution in the Federal | courts, it was said by Joseph W. | Johns, assistant United States district attorney. Judge Ervin's decision, upheld, will establish a precedent for the prosecution of rum runners ar rested outside of the territorial waters of the United States. offi- comparing handwriting and making every effort to obtain a clue to the Notes Undecipherable. Whether Miss Stallman took her own life by poison or was murdered is as much of a mystery as it was last Saturday, when her body was found. Mrs. Seaman is confident her sis- ter committed suicide. She had been queerly for some time, al- though it was nof suspected that her ernment has been to seize the liquor crews. BIG FISH CAST ASHORE. Federal Court Upholds Sentences master or crew of a vessel seized be- yond the three-mile limit have faced it Hitherto the procedure of the Gov. Jaden craft and release or deport the objecting to the painting of safety zones for passengers on Fourteenth street from K to S streets Believes Powers Ample. The Engineer Commissioner said he had referred the letter of the t tion company to Corporation Counsel Stephens for a legal opinion on the point raised by the company Although he has not had time tn study the legal phases of the ques tion, Mr. Stephens expressed the be lief today that the commission has ample authority to direct the Capital Traction Co. to establish safety zones for passengers by painting white lines on streets. Mr. Stephens said the question would be one of affording protection for passenzers waiting for {a car and that he thought it was wall within the powers of the commission John H. Hanna, vice president of the company, stated today that he ia desirous of co-operating with Traffic Director Eldridge in every way pos sible, but that he cannot bring him self to feel that a safety zone of white lines without a platform or stanchions is safe for passengers Records were not available today to show the exact number of times vehicles have collided with platforms and stanchions erected in lieu of plat forms. Useless in Snow. Mr. Hanna made the point, how ver: that if automobiles have collided mind had become so seriously affected, said Mrs. Seaman. Important to the murder theory are some thirty-odd Scrawled and printed letters, most of them attack- |ing Miss Stallman in some way, which were sent to her, to her sister and to Boss Lilly, a tenant farmer living on Mrs. Seaman’s farm, a mile and a half away. Some of these notes. made public (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) By the Associated Press UNIONTOWN, Pa., August 4.— L. Arensburg, national com- mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, today telegraphed Gov. Al Smith of New York State protesting against the governor taking any part in a drive to pro- mote interest in the Stone Moun- tain Memorial. Comdr. Arensberg said his telegram was based upon storles printed in New York mews- papers to the effect that Gov. Smith would make a series of ad- dresses for the Georgia memorial association. “As commander-in-chief, in be- half of the Grand Army of the Republic, the 125,000 survivors of the Unjon Army and their 6,000, 060 and more descendants, and.100,- - 75 of Whale Species Dying o Brewster Beach. BREWSTER, Mass., August 4 (#) Seventy-five blackfish, a species whale, from hotels. several fashionable Town officials are composition sets in. Stone Mountain Memorial Plan ‘Suicide,” G.A.R. Head Warns Gov. Smith 000,000 patriotic citizens of the United States, irrespective of their political belief, I hope you may see your way clear to cancel vour engagements, as they appear in the public press, to speak in behalf of the Stone Mountain coinage act, encouraging treason and rebellion and the debasement of the coin of our country,” said the telegram. “We protest against any governor of any loyal State misrepresent- ing the patriotic citizens of his State by approving the actions of traitors to our Government.” In a letter to Gov. Smith, sup- plementing the telegram, Comdr. Arensberg told the New York ex- ecutive that he was ‘‘committing political suicide” by taking any - part in-the. memerial drive. : of veighing from a quarter ton to three tons, are dying on the beach at East Brewster, only a short distance | Summer making -C | plans to dispose of the fish before de. | with platforms and broken stanchions |at other places they would also strike passengers standing in a painted area without platform or stanchions. | "The vice president of the traction —!company also said that in Winter time a snowfall would obiiterate the | painted lines if no stanchions are | used. Trafic Director Eldridge said ves |terday it was his information that iron trafic buttons were to be used at the ends of safety zones marked by | white lines. Mr. Hanna does not be lieve these traffic buttons would afford sufficient protection. Mr. Hanna de clared today his objection to the paint {ed safety zones was not intended as ia fight against the plans of the traf {fico officials, but that he felt strongly | the need for greater protection than is provided by white lines without stan- chions or platforms. n | TIME CLOCK STRIKE ENDS. | Hard Coal Miners Return to Work ! in Lehigh Colliery. i | LANSFORD, Pa., August 4 (#).— | The 800 anthracite mine workers at the Greenwood Colliery of the Lehigh jCoal and Navigation Co., who struck {last Saturday in protest against the introduction of a time registering sy ftem, returned to work today. The m: agreed to place the matter in tne hands of higher officials of the United | Mine Workers. | No wages are Invalved in the intro. . duction of the time magistering ur-n.