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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tomorrow Temperatures—Highest, 85, at 6 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 65, at noon today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION tered as second class matter st_office, Washington, D. C. No. .29,688. P WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1925— ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 93,498 THIRTY-SIX PAGES. * TWO CENTS. WEEKS WILL RETIRE COOLIDGE 1S TOLD; SUCCESSOR SOUGHT: War Secretary Informs Pres- ident of Step to Be Taken Soon. BY HAYDEN CHURCH, Special Correspondent of Tl ar and North American Newspaper Alliance LONDON, August 12.-—~The dawn of a new era in deep sea exploration is| promised by the Hartman deen sea| expedition, which will conduct exten- sive operations during the coming Autumn along the coasts of Italy and Tunis This unique American scientific en- terprise has aroused iwidespread in- terest among European scientists. D: | Hans Hartman of New York, leader of the expedition, has just arrived in London and is going over his plans| with officials of the Royal Society and other learned bodies. His pr an ambitious one, | pointing the way to the solution { many deey mysteries regarding | which scientists have thus { |only an inkling. A study of | civilizations which are bu nds of feet below the sur Mediterranean is the first objecti After 20 3 of research, Dr. - 5, | man has perfected a deep-sea diving/| August 12— |abparatus, through which ocean 1o in | deDths of 5,000 to 15,000 feet can be Lt | explored and studied. President| The American inventor, who is well | serious study to|known in London and is a member of successor to John NEEDS COMPLETE REST TO RECOVER HEALTH Leaves War Department in Ef- ficient Condition, With Ex- penditures Cut. RUSSELL YOUNG, nt of The HOU BY J Staff Co SUMMER SWAMPSCO According to repre offic here Coolic WHITE Ma: entations toda: RUINS 15,600 FEET UNDER SEA | SOUGHT BY RICH U. S. SCIENTIST |Dr. Hans Hartman Perfects Apparatus to Permit Study of Mediterranean Floor—Sees World Turning to Ocean for Food. Scien man of independent means, realized from his earlier in- ventions in the field of mining engi- neering and electro-therapy. His ex- periments in oceanography have been conducted from his own New York laboratories and in conjunction with the Prince of Monaco's work at Monte | Carlo and Northern Africa. The first | tests of his diving cylinder were made | in 1911, under the Mediterranean, while his deep sea photographic ap- paratus was developed in tests made from an American warship, in co- peration with the American naval au- thorities. On his Mediterranean expedition he companied by group of sts, representing America, Germany and Spain. The| of the expedition is Alma | ncisco, an American | t who has spent the past| 2 in_explorations of Yucatan ‘entral America. The Hartman apparatus consists of | steel cylinder, equipped with a 36| hour supply of oxygen in three units. The cylinder, now being completed by the Krupp factories in Essen, is strong | enough to resist the pressure of the| greatest ocean depths. Dropped on a uired de it the Royval Society of Arts and retary of War. IN'NARCOTIC RAIDS alth. It is the opinion of lose to the President that the latter is ready to announce the ! Outbreak as Aftermath of Ar- rest of Beach Scented in Chicago. those « appointment of the new Secretary of | D when Secretary Weeks publicl announces his r tion. President Coolidge received a rather definite hint from Mr. Week: that he was going to retire shortl when he motored to Coles-Island, near Gloucester several weeks ago to call upon Mr. Weeks. He has in the meantime been able to study the] field for the ri man to head the! War Department ary Weeks has gone through serious illness and his recov- is looked upon as won- derful, but he r from well. He lso knows that he cannot expect complete recovery unless he gl public life re very ery thus far By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, August 12.—Possible na- tional ramifications and fear of tong e result of the narcotic | itions which resulted in the | arrest of Col. Will Gray Beach, vet- | | eran chief agent, and a score of raids in Chinatown occupied the attention of Federal and police officials today. | Clues have been uncovered indi-| cating that the illicit drug industry, with headquarters heye, did a national warfa inves Told President of Plan. Before departing from his retreat at Coles Island, where he went ufler" his operation in Boston nearly two | months ago, Secretary Weeks yester- | day made a motor trip of 40 miles to | return the President’s call. At this | time it is known that he told the President in a more definite his intention to leave public life for- Mr. Weeks will leave tomor- for his farm at Lancaster, N. H. As he left White Court yesterda afternoonsMr. Weeks declined to d cuss in a definite way what he had told the President respecting his resignation. “I'll be back in Wash- ington in September if 1 go back at all’ Mr. Weeks said. This cryptic statement is accepted here as mean- ing that Mr. Weeks has determined to_retire. Those in his confidence expect him to announce his formal resignation short! In fact, they believe he is merely awaiting the pleasure or convenience of President. Secretary Weeks will leave the War Department with the expenditure for the mil shment cut to the Unde: administration, and hg the Coolid my the civilian personnel in rtment has been reduced to the pre-war status. Of course, the em- ployes in Wasl on are in excess of the period before pan- ar. hone. follow gre the e he World V other sec , barracks and divi- 1l headquarters and Iy below the pre- Weeks will leave the an efficient condi- The employes i country in dep d e are war pay roll. Mr ar Department in tion. No Further Cut Army e Seen. perts have come to the con- clusion that the o ductions can be made in th partment is by cutting the American Army. This question, it is will come hefore Congress v solution in bringing about r Department ex- | now 123,000, Army , and merely ice force and it is the powe tive | o pro- | the | tions of the | way further re- | 115,000, | of | business. Connection also was seen between the inquiry here and recent | investigations of a drug syndicate in | Cincinnati. Measures against an outbreak of tong warfare have becn takgn by the | police. Reserve squads patrol China- town, where members of the On Leong Tong see machinations of the rival Hip Sings in the fact that all the {raids Monday night were against re- sorts run by On Leongs. Arms of Chinese Taken. and policemen have | seized more than 50 revolvers in | searches of quarters of bands, who, they believe, were ready for a break in the truce arranged a ! few months ago. | Patrick Roche of the intelligence { unit of the Internal Revenue Bureau, who directed the arrest of Beach and three of his operatives, admitted a vast amount of valuable information | had come from Chinese informants, but he refused to say it had come | exclusively from Hip Sing: | Nine Chinese, alleged proprietors of | opium dens, were arraigned yesterday | on charges of selling narcotic drugs and released on bonds of $1,500 each. | Beach was also released on bail {after a day of questioning, during | \hich he was closely guarded to pre- vent any suicide attempt. Roche denied that Beach had made any con- | fession or disclosed a secret cache where $250,000 worth of narcotics were stored, but said he had made “damaging admissions.” | Beach Predicts Release. | on the other hand, Beach, de- | prived of his necktie and belt, said, “I suppose they will try to make a goat out of me. But I'll never be | convicted, to face a possible 10-year penitentiary sentence. Federal agents said Beach and his tives admitted they had pur- d certain articles from drug ad- | TFederal agents | ope: | ch; a nucleus for ex g in war times. | gioes “put all denied they had traded d that, President | grygs for them, as the Government e ! nt to a further re-| charges. Arrested with Beach and duction in the size of the Army. .| released on bonds were Dennis J. If there a s skies tomorrow | SRR o SR Sfer and Harr President Cooli expected, Will| pyejirich. “Search of their apartments 1in ¢ leave by tr visit father, his birth- plac Mount make this ing from h lute t he will ble Mrs make the Plymouth lies burie: at Plymouth, , recover- tion, an ab- S pos: high office. anxious to to return side at r younger the trip steh son K flow urt to be While there last President visited and when they of the President’s week of their present were drawn to the lit- is they learned was out of danger. year she and the cemetery went to the bec father the fir: vacation they tle cemetery as soon that Col. Coolic Goes Home Annually. 36 Pre In the period of public ve rei ng he took no vac President why he retu in mually to the home of his birthpls that he found that it was good for health to an- nually breathe the air in the altitude in which he was born. He has seemed to thrive on the vacation spent in that quaint, restful place, where the only recreation possible is walking and sit- ting up on the porch overlooking the valley and the mountain slopes in the ilstance. If the weather is forbidding tomor- row the trip to Vermont will be made by the President and his party the day following. The President plans to re. m'\l{n away from White Court three ur days. President Coolidge today spent the morning in a final pose for the oll portrait being painted of him by E. C. Tarbelle of Boston. Luncheon guests were Dr. Charles V President’s throat coming here President, has (Continued vm Page 4, Column 2. Court at Whil r the . Ricl and no wa ~ his | she sent | the | explaining | revealed stores of merchandise, which | charges is stolen | the Government property. Beach produced bills of sale for part of the merchandise founa in his hotel. A Chinese green jade vase, | valued at $5,000, Beach accounted for | by saying he had a fad for coliecting. | TWO FORMER DRY AGENTS! . IN ALLEGED LIQUOR NET Automobiles, Seized by Columbus, Ohio, Police, Who Charge They Contained Quantity of Gin. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 12.— Willlam Sims, Philadelphia, former Federal prohibition agent in Colum- bus, and Harry S. Bibbins, said to be a former general prohibition agent were arrested here late vesterda charged with violation of the liquor laws. Two machines, containing a quan- tity of gin, were confiscated. Sims pleaded gulity to charges of poss sion and transportation and was bound over to the Federal grand jury, bond being fixed at $300. Bibbins pleaded not guilty to the same charges and his hearing was set for Thurs- day. He was also held under $500. ALLESINACEORD ONSECURTY PACT Briand and Chamberlain Agree on Reply to Ger- man Plan. By the Associated Press LONDON, August 12.—“Complete accord” between Aristide Briand and | Austen Chamberlain, foreign ministers of France and England, in regard to the reply to Germany regarding the | proposed security pact, was announced | in 2 communique issued at 2 o'clock this afternoon by a member of Mr. Briand’s staff. The communique says: “The conversations between M. Briand and Mr.\Chamberlain have re- complete accord terms of the answer which is to be sent by the French government in! agreement with the allied powers in reply to the latest note from the Ger-| man Reich concerning treaties of mu- tual guarantee and arbirtation.” The communique continues: ““These conversations have furnished an occasion for the exchange of views on the subject of the projected security pact. Such a pact cannot take definite form until conversations have been engaged in on this subject between representatives of all the interested parties. The conversations in London ve largely contributed in hastening | the time for +»~ aventual conversa. tions, which will permit of definite final results.” Houghton at Luncheon. M. Briand and Mr. Chamberlain later were luncheon guests at the French —embassy, where Winston | Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, | was one of the guests invited to meet | the French foreign minister. While some quarters found occa-| sion for much comment in the fact| that Alanson B. Houghton, the Ameri- | can Ambassador, was a guest with M. Briand at luncheon at the French Embassy yesterday and at Mr. Cham-| berlain’s dinner last night, in the most responsible diplomatic circles this fact was said not to have the slightest significance. | The reply on which the two foreign ministers have agreed, according to the best sources of information, is not argumentative in character and its various points are set down with a minimum of words. It is said to carry the suggestion that the preliminary interchanges have reached such a point that negotiations now best can | be carried on by means of personal meetings. These meetings, it is point- ed out, will bave a much better chance of ironing out the remaining differ- ences between the German and allied points of view than written inter- changes, which do not achieve, the clarity necessary to produce full ac- cord. GREECE DESIRES PEACE, BUT.IS READY TO FIGHT Premier Says 600,000 Bayonets | ° Will Answer Any Threat Upon Greek Soil. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, Greece August 12.—The Athens newspapers today . quote Premier Pangalos as having sald recently, “in conversation with a representative of a great power,” that Greece desired peace more than any other Balkan state but was not dis- posed to see her dignity injured nor to submit to threats. 5 The newspapers assert that the premier added that if any one dared to_ infringe Greece's territorial in- tegrity such a threat would meet 600, 000 bayonets ready to defend Greek territory and drive the enemy beyond the frontier. = sulted in on the Haitian Invasion Charged. PANAMA, August 12 (£).—News- papers reaching here from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, report a Haitian invasion of Dominican ter- ritory. They say that an area about 6 miles from the frontier, in the neigh- borhood of Guayabo, has been occu- pied by the Haitians. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., August 12.— Facing death from a sudden iliness early today, Kavanaugh Jacobs, night telegraph operator for the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad at Monongahela,, near here, threw on the red signals to stop all trains a few minutes before he fel across his key, dead, from an atack of ac- cute indigestion. Trdins on the division were halt-- 4 Stricken Operator Falls Dead at Key - After Setting Signals Warning Trains ed for more than an hour until another operator could be sent to man the wire. Jacobs’ body was found at his desk by police who went to the sta- tion in response to an appeal from divisional headquarters of the rail- road to investigate the failure of the operator to answer his call. Earlier in the night Jacobs had summoned a physician, but had de- ~clined to leave his post, 55 NINNUM i FORGNORING RGHT OF WALKERS URGED Responsibility at Crossings Should Be Motorists’, Moller Declares. PEDESTRIAN INSTRUCTION CONTINUING ON AVENUE Abolition of Left-Hand Turns at 14th Street Intersection Held Safety Move. and nies views With the District authorities officials of the street car comp still holding widely divergent on what the street cars should do at | boulevard “stops,” Acting Traffic Di- rector Moller turned his attention again today to the pedestrians and methods by which their lives will be more adequately protected. The proposal advanced today by Col. Moller 1s to amend the traffic regulations by fixing a minfmum pen- alty of $25 for motorists who fail to give the pedestrian the right of way at non-policed street intersections. At present the rightof-way rule for pedestrians at cross-walks comes under the general penalty clause, ranging anywhere from $1 to $300. Col, Moller belleves a minimum fine of $25 would add considerable fmpor- tance to the regulation, giving pedes. trians right of way at unpoliced in- i tersections, although he admitted that it would be an extremely difficult reg- | ulation to enforce. Boulevard Stops to Be Argued. In the meantime, one of the most interesting sitBations which has yet | arisen régarding traffic here—the argument over street car stops boulevards—was to be thrashed out in a day or two when street car offi cials and District authorities get to. gether to determine what street car: should be required to do at each of | the 65 or more points at which car tracks cross boulevard highways. A survey of the situation today indicated that the problem would be solved along the following lnes: At many of the busy intersections of street car track and boulevards fic policemen will be stationed, whic will do away with discussion as to the | right of way, since all traffic would be governed by the officer. At_certain other boulevard inter- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) TACOVERNORS URGE MCRAY'S PARDON Imposing Plea for Former in- diana Executive Is Present- ed to Sargent. By the Associated Press. One of the most imposing cam- paigns ever undertaken to secure clemency for a Federal prisoner was launched here today on behalf of War- ren T. McCray, former Governor of Indiana. The petitioners, headed by Repre- sentative Wood of Indiana, based their request for a pardon on . the ground that the sentence of 10 years and $10,000 fine was excessive and that McCray is anxious and capable of making restitution to those who lost money in transactions with him. These transactions were carried out in an effort to recoup money lost in his farming and cattle operations, and led to his conviction on the Fed- eral charge of using the mails to de- fraud. Coincident with the presentation to Attorney General Sargent of a formal application for pardon, the Depart- ment of Justice was gjven more than 200 letters supporting the request and bearing the signatures of 14 governors | and former governors of States, seven of the jurymen who found McCray guilty, 30 of the bankers who were involved in the financial operations which resulted in his conviction, a number of Senators, Representatives, business men and ministers of the gospel. Has Served 15 Months. The Attorney General promised to give the matter careful consideration. { McCray only began his ten-year sen- tence in May of last vear, however,| and the general policy of the Justice Department has been to refuse par- dons in cases where the prisoner has not served one-third of his term. One of those who called at the de- partment with Representative Wood to present the application was Chase Osborne, a former Governor of Mich- n. “Mr. McCray wants to try to pay back, which he ought to do in about 10 years,” Mr. Osborne said, adding that he understood that Gov. Jack- son of Indiana has telephoned the At- torney General urging favorable ac- tion on the petition. Indictment Still Pending. One element that might militate against restoring McCray's constitu- tional rights was said to be an indict- ment still pending, but Mr. Osborne predicted that present Federal court officials in Indiama would be willing to nolle prosse these charges. Indiana citizens who have expressed their support of the move in a par- don were sald by Mr. Osborne to in- clude Postmaster General New, Sena- tors Watson and Ralston, Albert J. Beveridge, Will Hays, Tom Taggart and George Ade, who is a brother-in- law of McCray. = Only one juryman, the former Mich- igan governor said, had refused to urge a pardon. The others who did not join in the move could not be located. The conference with the Attorney General lasted more than two hours, and Repersentative Wood said after- ward that Mr. Sargent had “treated us courteously and was very generous in the time he gave us.” Radio Programs—Page 22. Ju T TWO SOULS WITH BUT ‘A SINGLE THOUGHT. SMOOT T0 ASK U. 3. BUILDING BONDS IF - OTHERMEANS FAIL %Will Introduce Such Measure if Congress Denies Ap- propriations. BELIEVES $100,000,000 | ISSUE WOULD MEET NEED Exact Figures, However, Not De- cided Upon, Finance Committee Head Asserts. Senator Smoot, chairman of the Sen ate finance committee, will favor a Federal bond issue to finance the Got ernment’s new bullding program in case the proposed appropriation bills for that purpose fail in the next ses- sion of Congress. Senator Smoot today said he al has drawn up two i one to authorize an | the other in case Congr: | propriate, authorizing the floating of | a Government bond issue | This development followed close eady tive bills tion and 17 ARCHITECTS BUSY ON'U. 3. BUILDING New House Office Wing to Be at| Composite of Many Designs. When the proposed new addition to | the House Office Building is completed | it will represent not the creative ideal | of only one man but a structure molded from the best ideas suggest- { ed by most of the leading architects eraf- | of Washington, it became known last night at a dinner of the Allied Arch- itects of Washington. Marking a distinct departure from the old method of competitive bidding, the contract for the plans of the new structure has been given by the House Office Bullding Commission, of which Speaker Longworth is chair- man, to the Allied Architects, a new association, including among its mem- bership 35 of the National Capital's ! best known archifects. | Immediately upon receiving the contract the association requested its members to submit three plans each for the new building. One plan was to suggest a structure covering two whole blocks, another to cover a block and a half and the third to oc- cupy but one block. Seventeen mem- bers agreed to draw plans accordingly. ingly. Designs Are Submitted. Last night they were shown at a | private dinner of the Allied Architects, at which David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, was the guest of honor. The nature of the plans was not divulged, nor is an announcement of the type of building finally recommended to be made until after the House Office | Building Commission formally acts on the ultimate proposal. From the 17 plans, however, a sin- gle composite plan is to be created, embodying all of the best features of the entire group. It has not been de- cided whether the proposed building should occupy one, one and a half or two blocks, bufthe board of directors of the Aliied Architects expects to have the final design ready for sub- mission to the House commission within a month. This idea, it is confidently believed, marks the beginning of a new method of designing the big public buildings of Washington for the future. As ex- pressed by Horace W. Peaslee, secre- tary and treasurer of the Allied Ar- |chitects, it substitutes collaboration for | competition, for the paramount pur- pose of providing building projects with the highest type of architecture. Architects Explain Plan. The Allied Architects of Washing- ton, D. C., as the organization is officially named, is a fully chartered corporation. In their charter the or- ganizers state that it is not the in- tention of the corporation to enter the field of private practice, but that it will concern itself only with the larger public or semi-public undertak- ings. It is such an arrangement as this, | architects here believe, through which the future big public buildings of Washington will evolve. Frank Up- ham is president of the Allied Archi- tects, other directors, in addition to Mr. Peaslee, including: Appleton P. Clark, jr.; Louis Justement, Edward W. Donn, jr.; George Oakley Totten, jr., and Delos Smith. The organizers of the corporation include the fol- lowing: Percy C. Adams, Snowden Ashford, Robert F. Beresford, Ward Brown, Norris Crandall, Harry F. Cunning- ham, Willlam I. Deming, J. H. de Sibour, William<Dowden, Charles Gregg, W. H. J. Flemming, Arthur B. Heaton, Benjamin C. Flournoy, Arved L. Leisenring, O. Harbey Mil- ler, Frederick S. Pyle, W. B. Olmsted, Victor Mendeleff, Thomas A. Mullett, F. V. Murphy, Harry Peale, George N. Roy, Frederick J. Ritter, Gilbert L. Rodier, Wilmer Smith, Alexander H. Sonneman, L. P. Wheat, jr.; George C. Will, Nathan C. Wyrth and Joseph P. Younger. The charter of the Allied Architects sets out that “the paramount purpose of the corporation is to advance the art of architecture. * ¢ *" In fur- therance of that, the by-laws provide that a fourth of the corporation’s pro- ceeds shall be devoted to that end and to the education of the public in archi- tectural appreciation. - IRV SR VN U. S. TREATY APPROVED. BERLIN, August 12 (#).—The Reichstag today approved the new treaty of commerce and amity be- tween Germany and the United States. The Reic] also passed the gov- ernment’s bill without amend- ment. . NEW YORK GANGS ARM FOR WAR | AS POLICE AWAIT FIRST SHOT Neary and Diamond Mobs, Reported on Warpalh,: Have Recruited Forces With Gunmen From City and From Detroit. By the Associated Prese. EW YORK, August 12.—Rival [gangs in New York's underworld are arming for war. News of the im pending“trouble is contained in a con fidential order to the detective divi- sion of the police force. The order, said to be without prece- dent in the history of the department, dees not give the cause of the trouble between the gangs, but says: “One is known as the Neary mob, which hangs out along Seventh and Eighth avenues between Twenty- seventh and Thirty-fourth The order is the Diamond mob. They have fallen out and have sworn ven- geance on each other for some reason, and it is rumored that they are in automobiles looking for a chance to Kill members of opposing mobs. “It is said the Diamond mob bas imported a mob cf gunmen from De- troft to help them. The Neary mob streets. | { | | | i day on the heels of discussi Swampscott between Chairman den of the House appropriations com { mittee and President Coolidze. Bond Issue Secondary The Senate finance committee chair man is not in favor of a bond issue he said today, if there Is any way to obtain first direct appropriation for financ: the Federal building pro gram. First attention is being ziven, he said, to the problem of how much the Government will need how much should be appropriated for the i next vear to meet these needs. Thi { he said, would be the best way to dle the situation The Federal building program fa vored by Senator Smoot would take care of both the District of Columbia and the field. “In my opinion.” said Senator Smoot, “we could not get an appropriation for the District of Co lumbia without also some appropriz tions for needs in the fleld.’ The exact figures to be included in to har is said to have amalgamated with the Linky Mitchell mob, who have prom- | ised to stick by Neary. The “Neary mob” referred to in the order, is believed to get its name from | John F. Neary, a former policeman, | who was arrested July 28, on a bur- glary charge. At that time detectives | asked reporters to withhold the news | because “it would lead to a couple of murders.” the appropriation bills a The “Linkey Mitchell mob” holds | posed bond issue bill have r forth along Hudson street and ports | decided upon, Senator Smoot said of Greenwich village, where the now extinct “Hudson dusters” ruled years ago. The “Diamond thob” comes from Harlem. Its leader, Joseph Diamond, was found slumped over the steering wheel of an automobile at One-hun- dred and Sixth street and Fifth | avenue on the night of July 1, with 64 pellets fromya shotgun in his head and a .38-caliber revolver bullet in his heel. He was released from the hospital last week. ANGLO-U. . GRANT RATIFIED BY REDS Area Containing $100,000 000 Gold Conceded to For- eign Capitalists. B’R;‘;S%‘B‘::".“;E‘:sia. August 12— The Lena Goldfields concession, pro- vislonally granted an Anglo-Ameri- can syndicate by the Russian Soviet, concessions committee in May, was ratified today by the Council of Com- missars. The Lena Goldfields concession is the largest concession vet made by the Soviet. It takes the form of a 50-year contract with the British Lena Goldfields Corporation for the exploitation of the Lena Goldfields of Siberia, and are estimated to con- tain more than $100,000,000 worth of gold. American banking interests participated to the extent of 50 per cent in the investment. The concession was negotiated by Walter Lyman Brown of Los Angeles, formerly European American Relief Administration; Alexander Malozemoff of Oakland, Calif., formerly chief engineer of the Lena property, and Maj. Frederick W. D. Gwynne of London. The Lena Goldfields Corporation embraces also the interests of the Russian Mining Corporation, Ltd.; the Altai Mines, Ltd,, and the Sissert Co., which, with the Lena Goldfields Co. operated the mines covered by the concession before the Russian revolution. , Mines to Be Taken Over. These mines, which now are oper- ated by the Soviet government, will be taken over immediately by the Anglo-American syndicate. The company’s technical staff will be largely British and American. Un- der the terms of the contract the Soviet government turns over to the company many steamers,.steel barges and tugs. for transportation on the Lena River. The company agrees to install $7,000,000 worth of modern equipment, which will be largely of American manufacture. director of the Ohio Woman Gets Paris Divorce. PARIS, August 12 (#).—Mrs. Eliza- beth O'Hara Kiesewether was granted a divorce today from Louis F. Kiese- ‘wether. They were married at Colum- bus, Ohio, April 20, 1897. JAPAN OPPOSES - . 3. PARLEY VIEW Latter’s Agenda Open Meets With Objections. By the Associated Prese. TOKYO, August America are holding conversations re- garding the scope of the customs conference in connection with the sug- gestion of the Washington Govern- ment for enlargement of the agenda to include matters not considered by the Washington agreement. It is understood that Washington favors a discussion at tke conference of customs autonomy for China in view of the present nationalization movement. The foreign office stated to Associated Press that Japan is willinz to co-operate with America in every Plan to Leave | 12.—Japan and, the | lhe was waiting for the latest estin { from the Post Office Department espe- cially, and other Governmer tivi tles throughout the country, to deter mine upon the latest development field needs. Senator Smoot last year favored the { movement which would have author- |1zed a total of $150,000,000 for a 10 year building project by the Federal Government. Thix, however, was not ienacted by the last Congress. The | Elliott bill. which authorized such a | program with the expenditure of $150 | 000.000, passed the House, but failed {in the Senate in the last jam of legis lation. $100,000,000 Issue Seen. Pressed for a rough estir the probable amount of the b {in case appropriation legislatio Senator Smoot said that his approxi- mate estimate would be $100,000200 This figure, however, he emphasized was vet to be determined. Asked as to the probability of the bond issue bill passing Congress, Sen. ator Smoot said he thought it very likely could be enacted. The District of Columbia under the original proposal in the Federal build- ing project, Senator Smoot said today, {would have received about $50,000,000, or $5,000,000 a vear for 10 years: This stipulation, however, was not includ- ed in the Elliott bill. | The discussion of a probable bond | issue by Senator Smoot and Chairman | Madden of the House appropriation | committee was Interpreted today by |friends of the Federal building pro- {gram as among the most favorable developments of its kind since the ! program was launched. The subject loccupied much time in circles inter- ested here and it was understood that | officials were already making a sur vey of the whole situation, including ithe number of buildings which are needed by the Post Office Department | and the whole Federal machine in the | District of Columbia. | 1t was peinted out that Congress e as to nd issue faiis, way, but feels that the customs con- | has authorized the construction of no ference should be held strictly in ac-!buildings except the War Emergency cordance with the Washington agree-| buildings since 1913. The need in ment. | Washington and throughout the coun The situation is somewhat delicate |try was said by officials to be rapidly in view of Japan's interest taward |increasing, particularly on account of China, spokesmen for the foreign office stating “all countries suspect Japan of ulterior motives, conse- quently Japan is unable to initiate any move, but is compelled to follow the lead of the powers.” While Tokyo is not taking an un- alterable stand regarding the con- ference, it is probable that extensive conversations will be required to ef- fect an agreement as to the agenda. OVERTURES INFORMAL. . 8. Merely Calls Attention to China’s Suggestion, By the Associated Press. The possibility that the question of customs autonomy might arise in con- nection with' the meeting of the Chi- nese customs revision conference has been brought to the attention of the Tokio, Washington, London, Paris and other governments. “It has not been officially put forward from any quarter so far, the ex- changes dealing merely with the fact that the Chinese themselves have raised the question informally in statements and addresses made in China. The Washington Government takes the position that the customs confer- ence should meet without definite agenda further than that provided in (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.} Shenandoah to Make First Trip as War Machine, By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J., August 12, —The Navy dirigible Shenandoah will begin her first trip as an armed dirigible either late today or early tomorrow, although it was said at the naval air station today that the impending trip did not contemplate any test of the 10 .30-caliber ma- chine guns which have been in- stalled. The dirigible is to put out to sea But 10 Guns Will Be Silent off the Virginia coast for maneu- vers with the mast ship Patoka and for experiments in refueling from the Patoka. If the tests are successful this will mark the first time that a dirigible has taken on fuel from a base in the open sea. Tests also will be made to de- termine the amount of fuel which can be conserved by having the Patoka tow the asmft. the growth in postal business. ! When congressional committees meet next Winter they will have be fore them an up-to-the-minute picture from the executive departments of Federal bullding needs ‘Various structures have been named from time to time as the most urgent necessities in the District, but there has been no decision. it was under stood today, as to which of them were to be first constructed in case Con “{Continued on Page 4, Column 3. CRUSHING OF RIFFS PLANNED BY PETAIN Marshal Going to Morocco to Di- rect “Nutcracker Drive” to End War. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 12.—Marshal Petain will leave for Morocco before August 20 to direct what is planned to be the final phase of operations to crush Abd-el-Krim and his rebellous fol- lowers. ‘With the junction of the western wings of the French and Spanish forces already effected at Amazou, in the region of Ksar-el-Kbir, on the Loukkos River, the nutcracker opera- tions of the two armies are ready to begin. The plan is to compel the concentration in on¢ region of the elusive Moors, which may force them to accept a pitched battle on which the fate of Morocce will depend. R Brookhart Nearly 4,000 Behind. By the Associated Preese. The official recount in 44 counties in the Iowa senatorial election con test, including Lee County, today gave Daniel F. Steck, Democrat, 174 and Senator Brookhart, Republican, 170,839 uncontested votes. Steck ballots challenged totaled 877, while Brookhart votes protested vars