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_— CLEMENCEAU OUT - OF DEBT DISPUTE Will Not Answer Borah, “Tiger” Says—Would Re- fuse Senate Seat. By Cable to The Star and New York World. PARIS, August 14.—Senator Borah's reply to former Premier Clemenceau’s open letter to President Cloolidge ends the controversy so far as the “Tiger” 48 concerned. Clemenceau opened the door of his rough, seaside home in Vendee to the newspaper correspondents who want ed to know what he intends to do. “Nothing.” replied Clemenceau in his customary laconic manner. “Won't you reply to Senator Bo- rah?" a visitor asked. No." declared Clemenceau, ‘‘nor any one else. I have said what I wanted to The letter was intend. ed primarily for the people of Amer- ica, but also for our own people. T have only to wait for the natural re- action.” Will Not Ask Conference. When told he had been eriticized for ®nce more destroying without recon- structing and was askedl if he would propose an interallied conference for mettlement of the debts, Clemenceau retorted: ‘Why should I take the initiative | which belongs to the othes 1] should only be accused of acting with out_authority “But vou can have the authority straightaw: remarked the Inter viewer, referring to the report that the electors of (lemenceau’s old con- stituency in the war period had tele- graphed offering him a seat in the Senate. “I haven't received such an offer yet,” he repiied, “and I would not ac- cept it If it were made,” he declared flatly. | n (Copyright. 19261 CABINET FACES PROBLEM. Rising Prices, Due to New Taxes, Forecast Further Difficulty. BY GERVILLE REACHE. Br Radio to The St PARIS, August 14 of Deputies at last } & national assembly meeting sailles, where the sinking ceived its constitutional amid a memorable uproar. The government now may breathe without danger of s life until Par. liament reopens, but it still remains on a tight rope. The sinking fund. ! which was created for lack of foreign credits, will not be endowed with im portant resources until 19 Until | then the fund w receive only some | hundred million irancs and the to- bacco profits, with which to provide | payment of interest on the debt of | 60.000,000.000 francs | Increasing prices, however. due to | the new taxes, customs duties and | railroad rates, stand a ch convenlencing the treasury w be the chief trouble of the govern- ment. In the cconomic field fc prices down is the most task whichsean devolve on the ities. It would have been e the government if the interallied | debt questions had been settled, for if | this menace had disappeared from the horizon the franc would easily have | been stabilized, Instead falling | again in a disturbing manner. ble. Former Premier Clemenceau's open | letter to President Coolidge has thrown new light on the state of opin- | fon respecting the war debts. The | old Tiger had no political maneuver in mind. AS a philosopher, retired into solitude. he wished only to act in | hix own way, though he really incon- ® ernme: much as he did the A an govern- ment, because he ed _public opinion over the heads of the chancel leries This makes answering cate point. The answer from an official pe enjoying universal but all the same to It runs the chance | financial debate, which it is desirable | should be peaceful, and reopening a terrible wound in' French hea Americu’s sep peace with many-—which time had healed. | France is divided into two camps| of opposition to ratification of the debt agreements. On_the right are the | Rovalists, led by Daudet, and the Na- tionali On the extrenie left are the Communists, the Sociallsts fanatical radicals of the Cartel. The Moderate party, which is willing to ratify the agreements—it is true, with the idea of obtaining better terms | later on-—consists of the Center par-| liamentary assemblies, the financial experts, the bankers and the econ- omists, Officials Not Responsible. If M. Clemenceau’s letter were a mistake, it would be pitiful if the mis take were aggravated by an answer | in which the creditor has every facil- fty for afflicting the debtor. Things must not be pushed to the irreparable point and Paris is hoping that the common sense and generosity of the American Government will prevent | painful consequences of M. Clemen- ceau's clarion call, for which the| French authorities were not respon. | sible. | | Chimber ssed, after o Ver: fund re- baptism s red Clemenceau Causes Tro him a deli would come | onage to a person ! prestige, indeed, | a private citizen. of poisoning the | e er-| (Conrright. 1926 BOY SHOT IN HAND. Lad Said to Have Been Playing With Revolver. Eleven-yearold John Rezantakos #hot himself through the hand while | playing with a_revolver at the home | of his uncle, James Conelos, 108 G | street northwest. last night. The lad was freated ut Hospital The wound is not Serious.” e i the m of George Bezantakos and lives at | hird street | According to Mr. Conelos, the boy | took the gun out of a bedroom druw- | er while he was downstairs getting | the duv's receipts. When he cama | upstairs he found the boy in the bathrcom washing the blood off his hands SPECTAL NOTICE! | i " W th Py EIN. 808 ¥ Wit PNk EMOVAL ich €a. ity rer Jeather 2nd Cets nw 1 £ TMPORTED largast ling OA more. rk. Bh [adgiohig, 0 o TRANSFER A PEACHES RIPE AT QUAINT ACRES $1 to $2 Per Bushel END TO ROOF LEAKS Years of experience back of all our work. Just call us up. moNaAD Roofing _9th & Evarte “Company” Sts. N.Ey nd a few | S Total of $625.12 Given to Bring Relief to Needy Families. Hundreds of Slips Are Issued—Movie Fans Help Movement. Despite nrarked inroads made yes- terday on the supply of frec ice tickets for heataffected familles of restricted means, the fund being Taised by generous Washingtonians with the help of The Star to replenish the stock of tickets increased rapidly and encouragingly until it reached last night the grand total of $625.12 This means that a total of 6.251 tickets, entitling the bearers to ice at nearby lce stations, have become available for suffering babies and poor mothers since inauguration of the ice distribution plan Friday. Seldom has the public responded so spontaneously to an appeal for aid, and with the spread of news of the free distribution yesterday there was a corresponding increase also in the demand for tickets. Funds Raised at Movies. Sydney Lust, moving picture pro- prietor, -announced last night that special screen bulletins explaining the fce fund were flashed before the patrons of his theaters, the Leader, Hippodrome, Elite and Olympic, fol- aisles and received additional dona- tions for the fund. While sympathizers were swelling the ticket supply vesterday in so sub- stantial a manner, hundreds of the s constituting a godsend to as weltering families were issued to the worthy Hesse's 14 police stations, the tion Army, the Gospel Missio: Visiting Nurses and the Charities, alva- the Assoclated Demand is Heavy. Severdl hundred tickets were dis- posed of at the various police stations during the day. the greatest demand apparently being manifest at the ninth preéinct station, where more than 100 were given away. The supply at the second precinct was depleted early. Other precinets had thelr hands full in taking care of the requests for free ice. The Salvation -Army sent large quotas of tickets to its various branch offices and found the demand heavy Approximately 80 families were pro- vided for at the branch at 1501 Seventh street, 50 at 607 Fourth street 12 at 1025 Jefferson street and an un- letermined number at its other head | quarters, Opens Drinking Fountai Anticipating an unusuaily demand today from the membership of its so-called “alley Sunday school,” the Gospel Mission laid in a new sup- ply of 500 tickets last night. The 100 or so boys and girls of this unique school are gathered each Sunday from the streets and alleys of the congested downtown area, and all are of the [under privileged type. Supt. Harvey Prentice will announce the fce plan to his pupils this morning. and he ex pects the response to be immediate The mission has accepted the offer of one automobile owner to assist in carrying the ice to homes not having heavy lowing which ushers went through the | public through Maj. | and a hurry call went forth for more. | - THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ICE FUND SWELLS AS DEMAND FOR TICKETS MOUNTS 'RAPIDLY WHERE TO GET ICE TICKETS. At any police station. Gospel Mission, 214 John Mar- shall place. Salvation Army headquarters, 607 E street northwest: from any of its district stations, at Eighth and 1 streets southeast, 75 Jefferson street, George- town, and 1501 Seventh street northwest, or from any family relief worker of the Salvation Army. WHERE TO USE THEM. At any of the following sta- tions of the American Ice Co., Station No. 1, Ninth and Water streets southwest. Station No. 2, Fifteenth and E streets northeast. Station No. 3, 21 Florida ave- nue northeast. Station No. 5, third street northwest. mm-um. No. 6, Silver Spring, “Station No. 7, Thirteenth and Upshur streets northwest. Station No. 8, 917 V street northwest. Station No. 9, 1147 Nine- teenth street northwest. Station No. 10, 1109 N street southeast. Station No. 11, Wisconsin l\'e:me and Jenifer street north- west. 1122 Twenty- To take care of all who need ice today, all of the above branches of the American Ice Co., will remain open_until noon | | to honor Star ice tickets. | | other means for transporting it. As a | further feature of fhe relief program the mission has put in commission an ice-cobled drinking fountain in front ? its headquarters on John Marshall place, and this proved to be a popular rendezvous for the thirsty vesterday afternoon. All the District branches of the American Ice Co. will remain open to- day until noon to serve holders of the ice tickets. Contributions received by The Star are acknowledged as follows cknowledked e e C ¥ H. R Howénstein Co Mury” E. Allen “rapk J0 Hogan .. $474.50 Steere.. 255 Mry G PG Laniie S Reymond Hoover. W. M. Logan . W Tot. Fretwell MAYAN HIGHWAYS RIVALED ROMES Broad Stone Roads, Which Often Ran for Miles on High Grades, Still Exist. The good roads movement no new thing in America. Far back in the days when the luter Roman em- were pushing the highways of white stone to the outer limits of their domain and making “Roman roads™ phrase conjure by for all time there was an empire in the American tropics that had its own stem of roads that rivaled those of Rome. The jungle has taken them ck again, as It took the ancient capitals of the Mava people, but a report to the Carnegla Institution of Washington, recently sent in by its well known explorer, Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley, now tells of his discovery of the roads that led to Coba Coba was the capital of a Maya empire even more ancient than that of Chichen Itza, already made fa- mous by the archeological excava- tions by Dr. Morley. Having partly finished his work at the later city, the American scientist this season conducted a little preliminary work in the ruins of Coba. and among lhe riking evidences of the high civili- zation that flourished there near the beginning of the Christian era prob- ably the most outstanding feature is 3 system of radlating road white roads.” the Maya 1led them. Dr. Morley states that he has found seven of these great hik}\\\ s, and has received from the native: reports of others. which he expects to investi- gate later. They were all constructed of stone, were from 30 to 60 feet wide, and as a rule stood about 2 feet above the surrounding terrain. In places, however, they ran for miles at a height of 18 or 20 feet The most notable find in the city of (oba itself was a 10-foot monument, evidently to one of the emperor-build- ers. It ronsists of a shaft 4 feet quare, with a principal figure hold- ing the double-ended Mayn scepter staff in both his arms, anding on the back of a captive, and receiving the peror: a to homage of two other kneeling figures. | The rest of the surface of the monu- ment is eciosely covered with sculp- tured triumphs and with columns of hieroglyphic writing. What these hieroglyphics may sig- nify is still unknown, for though Dr. Morley has succeeded in deciphering the highly perfected Mava calendar, no Key has vet been discovered to the > that hides the history of Amer- s first empire maker CHOLERA IS SPREADING. Epidemic, Checked in Shanghai. In- creases in Remote Sections. SHANGHAI, August 14 (P).— Cholera is spreading in remote parts of Kiangsu Province. in which this city s located. Tt has broken out among the native population in many provincial centers. Ravages of the disease among Chinese of Shanghal and vicinity have been checked. The number of deaths, which had reached 1,000 daily, has decreased owing to cooling temperature and drastic measures of precaution taken to prevent the carry- ing of infection, traced to bacteria in the water supply. New cases are of milder¢ype, with decreagpd mortality, L) ARMY BAND PICKED TOPLAY AT SESUU |Chosen as Official Group for September—Honor Added to Many Atready Won. The Army Band, Capt. Willlam J. Stannard. leader, has been accorded the honor of being the ofticial band of the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia for the month of Sep- tember, it was announced here last night. This nationally famous military or- ganization, which became the ranking band of the United States Army in 1923, is the first group of military musicians to be selected for a lengthy engagement, it is stated. The band will alternate with some the world's greatest musical nizations in playing concerts at the expostiion next month, Capt. nard explained. Ordered by Pershing. The growth in popularity of the Army Band—a comparative new. comer to the field of military music— has been due in large measure to the untiring efforts of its leader in push- ing it to the forefront on its own merits, offictals point out. Organized In 1922 by order of Gen. Pershing. the band started with 90 musicians selected from existing Army bands, with Master Sergt. Wil lis S. Ross as drum major. Sergt. Ross had been drum major of Persh: ing’s headquarters band in France. A special board appointed to select a suitable leader named Capt. Stan- nard as their choice. Upon taking over the new band Capt. Stannard found that he was handicapped to a certain extent, as most other Army bands are, by lack of “grade” among the personnel, limiting salaries and indirectly affecting the efficlency of the whole group. Wins Pay Scale Raise. After six months of effort Capt. Stannard succeeded in having the rank of the band personnel raised to a plane commensurate with the type of work it was expected to perform. The pay e was increased to amounts varying between $60 up to $126 a month, in contrast with the meneral scale of $21 to $72 a month padd in line bands. Proponents of | better working conditions for line | band musiclans point to the Army | Band as an example of the effect | which the projected reforms would {have on the morale of the various |other Army music units. Since its organization four years ago the Army Band has been accord- ed many distinctions. It led the fu | nerul procession of the late President | Harding, took part in President | Ceolidge’s inaugural parade and has | been designated by the Pan-American | Union as the official band for the in- Itmdur‘t!on of South American music into this country. of TR . Stage Cough Too Realistic. One of the highest compliments pald Edwin Booth was accorded him by an old negro servant who went to see him in_“Richelieu” during Booth's visit to Savannah. The next day she expressed to her mistress | great concern for the health of the {actor. “Poor old man,” she said. “he can’t last long. Dat cough will carry him to his grave sure.” o After paying its deficit of 1924 of more than $3,000, Sweden's author ized broadcasting company made & profit-of $56,000 in the past yean, 4 FIGHT WORD BATTLE OVER BALKAN 1SSUE Jugoslavian and Bulgarian Diplomats Enliven Williams- town Meeting. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. August 14.—A verbal battle over the Ba issue was fought on American soil. Dr. A. T. Pavichich, minister to this country Panaretoff, former ‘Bulgarian minis- ter, were the principals in the tilt, which took place at the Institute of Polities during a discussion of problem of minorities in Macedonia. M. Panaretoff had pictured the con dition of expatriated Bulgarians, which he placed at a million. in the Macedonla territory now part of Jugoslavia, and concluded with an expression that the difficulty might be solved by a Bulgariun-Jugoslavian alliance. Dr. Pavichich declared that the “million” Bulgarians now in the Jugoslavian region numbered in reality “some two or three hundred thousand.” He added that Bulgarl had neevr had a hold in Macedonia anyway, except during the war, and that then she had “distinguished her- self by committing crimes and blun ders.” #As a matter of fact. he said there no longer ex pebple. Iithnologic longed to Jugoslavin, he contended, and in support of his contention, said the only Bulgarian words existing in Macedonia were confined to the names of 10 towns. Bulgarian Is Incensed. Panaretoff, clearly incensed, [ M. with dissenting ejaculations. After the discussion had ended, Dr. J. 8. Reeves, chairman of the confer- ence at which the verbal tilt occur- red, remarked that the influence of the League of Nations in harmoniz ing the various racial and cultural minorities in Lurope was “manifestly not highly successtul.” A breakdown of C| nopoly of the nitrates result through the manufacture of synthetic nitrates, Dr. 1. A. Curtis, professor of chemical engineering at Yale, predicted In an address before the institute. This, he said, would result in a reduction of the hizh ex port tux by which the Chilean In- dustry has so long been maintained. He pointed to u reduction of 5 pel cent in the price of Chilean nitre for the coming vear. and said th would be other reductions. Chile in has produced 95 per cent of world’s supply of nitrates, he sald, and the country’s income from this source had paid from one-th to twothirds of the government' costs. will ultimately Warns of Inflatios The world might have profited reatly from Germany's experience in Inflation. but does not seem taken the lesson to heart, Dr. J. Bohn. German economist day, nflation brought the world near the end of the capitalist cycle, for put a premium on wasting,” he aid to- said. meunt that the only way to save it was to spend it immediately, capitalism is dependent on Germany can say with | ‘honesty’ is the best policy, tried them hoth.’ “Her lesson ought to be preserved for the world, but the feelink of dan- ger to the capitalistic system is not as deep-seated as it ought to be." o iews Superior. saving, nviction Marriage Vi view of marriage, displays nore wis- dom than did her Victorian sister, according to Dr. Bernard Hollander, the well known London “physician, savs'(he London Graphic. A “We must welcome the enterpr| ing nn{darn &irl, who no longer keeps herself apart and secluded until the great adventure comes along,” he said at the meeting of the South Place Ethical Soclety “Half the marriage tragedies of the past were due to women's lack of knowledge of men. Therefore, from an eugenle standpoint, the greater freedom of modern girls is a desir- able change in the relation between the sexes.” Doles, the panel and other forms of philanthrophy, he added, had re- sulted In the vigorous, hard-working and prudent people assuming ever- l:ro}\'lng financtal and other burdens, which limited thefr powers to do justice to their own children, while rendering it more possible for the in- dolent and improvident ¢o live in comparative ease. Increased medical and hygienic knowledge made the defective and diseased survive. STORM HALTS HEAT WAVE AS TWO DIE: MORE RELIEF TODAY to be called a tornado, York today and tonight, doing con- siderable damage in New Rochelle, at Manhattan police headquarters and at other widely separated points in the greater city. But, with the exception of the last three, which swept over the city with unusual fury, little surcease was had from the oppressiv that had kept the city sweltering for da The worst of the three came shortly before noon and centered around New Rochelle, where more than 100 trees were uprooted and a dozen houses damaged. The second, which came shortly after 5:30, did little more than wet the city and stop ball games, but third struck the antenna of the powerful radio station at police head quarters and knocked out its ator. Policeman Touts Michaels, operator of the station, was sending out alarms for missing persons when the bolt struck, and he was sent across the room by the impact. station wires saved his plained. done to the station. life, it was ex- AMUSEMENTS. Washington Auditorium 19th and E Streets at N. Y. Avenue, Only Six More Nights 6 P.M. to 12 P.M. Food, Health and Beauty Show DANCING 9P.M.to 12P.M. Humming Bird Orchestra Souvenirs and Prizes Given Away Daily Charleston Contest Harmoniea Players Contest Old Fiddlers Contest ‘' in | Jugoslavian | and Stefan | the | punctuated his opponent's statements | ile's world mo- | to have Moritz it] “The continued fall in value of money | but for I have | The modern girl, from the point of swept New a lightning bolt that accompanied the | oper- | Grounding of | Damage of about $10,000 was | G C., AUGUST 15, Former Writes Poetical- } ly of ‘Fair Hawaii, His Former Home. Explorer Urges Polar Bear “Farm” in Antarc- tic for Sure Wealth. | Caged In the walls of the Federal | Penitentlary at Leavenworth, Kans., two men have built for themselves palaces of dreams. Barred windows, rifle-armed suards, rusty shackles of routine— The wild bird Time itself trans- formed into a dull, lumbering turtle— But these two middie-aged men, for both of whom unfortunate mis- takes Interrupted careers of honor and adventure, find an antidote for it all in their dreams. One of them, a former private of Marines and not many years since a figure of note in Washington, finds his surcease from sorrow in the past and writes articles tinged with poetry about it. s Charles R. Forbes, former director of the U, S. Veterans' Bu- entenced to prison after a con- ional committee had uncovered varfous frauds in his administration. In the current issue of. the Leaven- worth the publication of the 1 he writes of vounger in the South tefore the World War Forbe: covimissioner of public works t which he gave up for ce. i < of emerald beauty nestled in the Mid-Pacific,” he calls hix old home and continues— “When the curtain of night is drawn over these lovely isles a feel- ing of refreshmet and repose steals over the wayfarer as he lies down to sleep and he is awakened by the soothing zephyrs from a peaceful ea_while the song birds attune his soul for another da Another Who Dreams. The othier dreamer i3 not less not- able than Forbes—one endowed with an active imagination which once 2ot him into serious trouble, but which serves him in good stead now. But the dreams of Dr. Frederick A. Cook differ radically from those of Col. Forbes. e builds his castles in the future. Just’ now nomic opportunities | South Poles and their vicinitles. There wre enormous fortunes to be made by young men who are willing to put up | wWith the inconveniences of life in those regions, says the doctor, in run ning polar bear ranches AL present this monarch of the Ice | fields’ dwells only in the Arctic, but this tervitory will prove too small for the industry. onee it gets on its feet and sturts to expand, the doctor be lieves, te advocates stocking the now lifeless Antartic continent and the surrounding islands with the ¥ anima who recently was named )t the prison paper, knows what talking about. Ie has explored both regions and even his enemies ad «t he is one of the most courageous men that ever salled into the icepacks—if it wasn't for his ab. normally active imagination. Skins Should Bring $200. Dr. Cook’s article, entitled “Other Worlds to Conquer,” is altogether too | good 1o be confined in Leavenworth It follows in part: ‘It is a bold step to advocate the breeding and ranching of bears as an -eeable occupation. Nevertheless I believe it can be done with great | profit. Furthermore, it will furnish that kick of zest to life that the com ing wenerations are seeking. A ranch stocked with 1,000 bears would keep a big group of movie artists and other adventurers in perpetual motion for all time. “Bear families should double in numbers yearly. Therefore an island stocked with 10 breeding animals, properly cared for and fed at the end of 10 years should increase to about {6,000 bears. The skins should sell at | 8200 each, but if sold at $100—the live | stock on the ranch would represent | $600.000. “The polar bear rules the world in which he lives. He is emporor of the boreal wilds, and dominates primarily by superlor intelligence. Physical and In some 'ts mentally supe- rior to man, his sense of hearing, gmell, sight and other instincts are developed to an extraordinary degree His grip upon the animal functions of the body, coupled with some reason- ing power, are so quick and dramatic that the Eskimo assigns to him a su- pernatural position among animals and above all among the spirlts that eriously dominate the icy North. In song and story of the Arctle, bruin is praised for courage, intelligence and power—and ‘his acts are associated with the gods of other worlds “Surely the greatest of all travelers, the white bear is an adept far supe- rlor to man or other animals in a re- glon where the chill of death is al- ways coming from the frosty blue that pours despair over land and sea. He | enjoys the nude mountains, the charm | of color in sun-burned plains of snow and the dark stormy seas. All na- ture at its worst is joy_to his battle. seeking nature. He ‘encircles the orthern Hemisphere along the outer | edge of the ice strewn circumpolar sea. In his carefree wanderings he | is equally at home on land and sea. e S e e e e “En route to the Pole, for the first 400 miles the polar bear was almost a constant companion. On our return a bear saved our lives, and at all times the bear taught us much about the | Dr. Cook is sensing eco. the North and | e | | | Do You Enjoy Home Cooking? Then Try Our Regular Dinner for 50¢ Served From 4:30 to 7:30 P.M. COPPER KETTLE CAFETERIA - _821 Vermont Ave. nt _15th _St. Small %2 BOOKS BOUGHT *z:: “Bring Them In” or Phome Fr. 5416 PEARLMAN’S, 933 G St. N.w. | | | hears could be farmed. fan 1926—PART 1. FORBES AND DR. COOK, IN PRISON, f DREAM OF BEAUTY AND RICHES Above—Charles R. Forbes. Lower—Dr. Frederick white unknown. A great deal of Es- kimo art of the chase is based upon an understanding of the bear's hunt- ing habits. The important phases of life that man could learn from a bear would enliven a book that some one should write. ““Fhe Eskimo girl demands that h: future man must secure at least one bear before she marries him. Since he must get the bear with a knife or a spear, the qualifications are very se- vere; if we were forced to do likewlise few of us would have wive ‘Because of the priceless charm of his skin, the polar bear offers good economic rewards. There are thou- inds of islands in the cold northern and southern regions upon which the To be success hould be located on which the sea i does not drift. r drifting ice offers and easy way of escape. About islands of this kind there is usually a great variety of large sea animals to serve ful a bear ranch N fsland_agaln 3 ¥ tandpoint of the further preservation of this remarkable bear an island should be selected in the South Atlantic or South Pacific. Al nditions there are favorable for e unimals, and the entire Southern Hemisphere could be covered by the white bear as its new and natural home. For the south polar pack fce offers him the same kind of feeding grounds as the Arctic S “In the Anarctic regions th no bears, no wolves and no foxes. In deed most of the fur-bearing animals of the North could and should be transplanted to the far South, and he who -undertakes this will confer great advantage o future generations. Who will father this great new task i the call of other worlds to conquer MAN FOUND DEAD. Girl I11 of Poison—Police Suspect Suicide Agreement. CHARLESTON, W. Va., August 15 P).—A suicide pact was believed by police to have been responsible for the death yesterday of Alex Mitchell Ashland, Ky., and the serious illness of his companion, Viola Dye, also of Ashland. Mitchell was dead when found in a hotel room and the girl was take nto & hospital suffering from the effects of a poison which she said they drank. 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Realtors FINISHED IN EUROPE i i for iy BOILER DEATH TOLL 1S RAISED T0 FIVE Cause of South Carolina Ex- plosion Still Mystery. Five Are Injured. IRON TRUST PLANS Continental Coalition to Com- pete With United States ~and Britain Looms. Br the Associated P GREENWOOD, S By the Assaclated Press PARIS. August 14.- Negotiations | the formation of a_continental | ' P steel and fron trust have been virtual- | The death toll fror completed. The agreements will | two boile at the plant be submitted for approval to the in-|Lumber « near Ninety-six, 9 mil dustrial interests of France, Belglum, | from Greenwood, this mornini wis i Germany and Luxemburg, who are d 1o five this afte W concerned with them. Perry Williims, negro, who was s Tt is not expected that the agree |verely burned, died in i loca ments will be signed before September | Of the five injured. Wil 15, because of a difference in opinion | weather, who also was burne hetween the French and Belgians on | suffered 1 broken leg and some minor details which will be dis- | juries, Nt expects cussed before ratification by all the cording to a report from the groups. involve tonight The conversations which have been [ R. H. Goodman carried on here for the past two days|a lumber wagon about follow preliminary feelers during the [ the boiler room when past two years with the object of |occurred. is said to forming a combine that will be able to | ously njured. compete with American and British | Tn_additton to iron_and steel producers in forefgn | Ernest Jari markets. The negotlators are par-|plant, who died ticularly interested in South America |way to a hospital her, and the Orfent. as it is admitted that | negro fireman, and the British hold the colonial trade and | year-old negro boy that the United States is supreme in |instantly, and Anc Canada. |died several hours brought to a hospital ITALY FIGHTS IRON « 11 n . Aug an explosio of th Fnoon pita Minne a Wi » dive fr hospit who was unloadiy th ave expl been ser Willizms, the dead w. machinist at t) Ninety-six on th David Harri iot Walter, 1 was Killed Rutler, wha after he wa (i | The other injured are Bub Con land Roscoe Connelly. hoth sev burned. and Henry Jackson injured Officials { Press Fears Country Will Suffer F Agr ROME, August negotiations for agreement amonsy and Belgium Is exciting extensive comment in the Italian press, which fears that Italy will suffer from it. &i an agreement which may be. com® an alliance dominating F pean metallurgy,” 3 Glorn DItalia. “‘We expect either a polic of very low prices, intended to inun date the Itallan market, or a policy of high prices, rendering purchases abroad extremely difficult or impossi ble for the Italian industry. Lither case presents 4 new menace for Italian industry requiring immediate defensive measures.’ FLAMES DAMAGE SHOP. Theatergoers Watch $2.000 Blaze | on Lower Thirteenth Street. Five of undetermined origin hroke | out on the second floor of the South ern Auto Top Shop, 408 Thirteenth street, shortly before midnight, caus | ing approxtmately $2,000 damage. The | fire was witnessed by hundreds of the | atergoers, who banked the east side of Thirteenth street. The shop ix owned Mo M. Cohen, police say B, I8 Carlock, proprietor v pic- | ture establishment at 406 Thirteenth | street, who lives on the third floor at that address. sald he smelled smoke and, upon looking out the window. saw the blaze nest door. 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