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GERMANBONDPLAN FAVORED IN PARIS| Called Way to Enable France to Settle Debts and Save Currency. Br Cable 1o The Star and New York World PARIS. August 21.-Settlement of war debtg and reparations by issuing 16.000.000.000 gold marks of honds on German railroads and industrials ag provided by the Dawes plan is dis cussed publicly for the firet timé in France by Lucien editor of Le Figario. Judginz to aid her neighbors in their currencies. Romw many’s financial position i< such that | she wonld be willir It o et & portion of this huge hiock of natin al oblizations he put on the market to hasten the end of the reparation problems. I it could he arranged, he save. it is possible that with the fesue of a big hlock of securities giv ing ¥ at once immense credits ahroad the war debts agreements also would he revised and perbaps liqui dated. Viewed as Credit Source. “We are looking for eredits to sup port our rate of exchange and defend the franc.” he “There we have them. and without the necessitv of ratifying the war debts agreements with a knife at our throat Also we need not horrow money ruinous rates nor need we make new frane fssnes or tuch the gold of the Bank of Frar Coming from M. Romier, this in dicates that conservative financial in terests in France are ready to accept a rapid reparations settlement with Germany on the hasiz of the 16.000. 000,000 g0ld marks reparations honds, which. as has hean pointed out before, would give France cash in hand, or its equivalent. for $2.000.000,000 with which 1o payv her debts. The war debts question has not heen Aropped in B even thoush it is unlikely come hefore ament | for several weeks. Deputy Josepl Rarthelmv. vice president of the for elgn affairs committee in the ham ber, mriting in Le Journal. touches same theme. He savs that France ha everything to zain by making a v mettlement of reparatic and wa Acbts together, as other <he will earry the odlum of being Germany’s eternal creditor, hecause she is the biggest. Gain to America Seen. For the same reason, he argues. the Tnited States will also escape from the position of a b debt collector, willingness upholding savs Ger by rmany s which it now occupies, if it will meet | Furope half way in the matter of deht settlements. Even the Forty the discussion. Henry the French Academy. writing a long article in the FEcho de Paris, says that the difficnlty of settiing war debts to America lies in the faet that Amer has mever suffersd like Burope. did not go throuzh (est of the Middle Ao and did not have ciilizing infinence of the Renaissane Bordeaus wavs it will ta S0 vears before Americ: position to falk with | rope. American husines cordine to Bordeaux sible for Ameriea 1o ax they really are or he in ferior value money as compared with human lives, Until America has eome 1o the national ideal. he ravs. Furepe must try understand Amer jca. because America is incapable of understanding Furope (Consright. 1 Immortels are in Rordeaux of the ke another will be in a rt-day Bu ainin it impos s of The Wrong Man to Bluff. Prom Evershods's Magazine The voung lawyer had just entered his office for the first time. He was nervous. The paint on his shingle was hardly dry. Silently he prayed for a client. A knock, as if in direct re sponse to his petition. was heard at the door. Hastily seizing the tele phone and assuming the attitude of one engaged in a very earnest con versation, he bade the one seeking ad mittance enter and with a =lightly hored expression motioned him 10 A seat. The lawyer resumed his con versation over the telephone with the fmaginary party. This latter, it seem the | e debts | (Sizg “and the," in the ni Trevr ter, ail vz Toss w0y et » dpwn blew, me. “They teli ine—, Plague has &'ain his ten, thousands ofghe very bes thus the Bettle sjoko— fear'd und famed of y youths and maldens out my enp the bev brain. and {n:m- the &cores below : firtt < Hons with the lava t in the pathi of batt blood iy ro Ty sonl. the aword, Lo chi atill T drect! and they my Lre: ) [Tims0nz of the decanter i <o tr Blends with fts fnvita ts .7 Seventy years age a young woman composer with temperance leanings | repeated in the preface to ome of her | song hooks the ald adage: “Let me make the ballade of a natlon, and I care not who makes the laws. Within the covers of that interest ing collection she incorporated a num ber of highly moral prohibition bal- lads, thereby indicating her willing- | ness to try out the maxim in connec- | tion with the eventhen vexing liquor problem. 1 The woman. Lilla Linden of New York. having thus contributed her hal- lads for prohibition. caved mot about | the laws. Were she living today. how ever, she might well he surprised to learn that the old adage she quoted in | 1856 was prophetic, in so far as prohi bitien laws were concerned. Prophecy Comes to Light. Miss Linden's unwitting prophecy has just come to light with the diseovery of one of her song hooks in a New ngland town by a \Washington resi nt. M M Southland. 1413 irard street, widow of H. K. South nd, lor foreman of The Star’s com posing room One of the outstanding numbers I\hlu rare llection of sacred nd moral song is called the “Song of the Decanter,” the words of which were carefully arranged hy the printer &0 as to resemble the reviled jug of the corner saloon. This work of art is re of the wileat noves jt 1 placedl it in'the window, where the hlast was blowing free, and faneied that its pale month sang the quecrest etraine to more_than all yonr fi to shame Sour conquerors timt slay their yet while I kiil'd the body. I have damud the ve as [ in mirth or matie inve bro thorsands tread the ¢ " befose tlat which * dulls the braiu, ugd THE SUNDAY WOMAN SONG WRITER’S PROPHECY | REGARDING DRY LAW COMES TRUE §0NG OF THE DICANTER. 1 nth live, as one syllable] = o'd decans aud) wes we: the e Lad went Liumming-— bumming np and i the puny conguerors ! tha . and War lde hundred tof men ; but [ "=t was “but | bave conquerd mous conquerors, so ore. Then come. ye all. ecme, drink from ceraze that Jol's the spirits np; that puts )15 has delnged mil- ide of woe, Though Te dark streams of the plague, Y Reverwr on the 1 we do not fear to trnst ony yonng they Wil prefer the bevesize thag | produced herexith, in facsimile On the opposite page is another hymn for the early temperance cru saders, entitled “Cold Water.” The ! reader is advised on the n that this melody, paradoxic “Seotch.” This song asserts that: To beauty's cheek. though stranze it seems. _Tis not more strange than true— Cold water, "though ifself wn bale. Tmparts ‘the rosiest hue' The other verses go on ta point out how the sturdy cak. the fair tulip and ther handiwork of mature owe their | respective sturdiness, fairness and | other virtues to “cold water | | Tries to Protect Youth. | Declaring there i sterling worth in the adage ahout ballads and law the author of the hook explains that “it was with a vivid sense of the dur- | abllity of impressions made by the songs of early childhood that the pres- ent work was prepared.” She adds {that “the sentiment ‘if we save the {young we save all' is unquestion {ably true, and with this in view we trust th: the present work will he reckoned as well directed effort of in earnest lover of youth to persus fthem to shun the paths of vice folly and walk in wisdom’'s ways, It ix not amiss, then, to wonder Lilla Linden and her ilk v the real unheralded her heroes in the long fight for don.. if " not e es and prohibi DISTRICT T0 HONOR Elevation of E. W. Bradford to Post of Grand Sire. he celebration ed, was fmportuning him to take a case involving thousands dollars RBut the voung lawver hut firmiy refused. He tant litigation pending Thinking his listener i pressed by this time receiver and. turning to the man, ask ed majestically, “And what can 1 do for you. sir Nothing.” 1eplied the other, “I was qust sent up by the telephone com pany to conneet up vour phone. . Rare Red Diamond. A fne specimen of the very rare red diamond has been found at the Star Kimberley mine. in South Africa. The stone was discovered in the al Tuvial river diggings of the mine. The red diamond is somewhat like the ruby in color, and will probably com mand a price of $600 (o $750 a carat It was cut to a flawless stone about six carats in weight The higgest “rush” o the history of n the western Transval recently on the farme Zwartpl miles from Ventersdorp, savs xineering and Mining Jouynal The length of the run was ahout 100w yards (fiveeighths of « mile). and ahout 2.000 diamond diggers toed the line, in fan-shaped formation eurve of about,one and a half miles The mining commissionef, with a force of police. eonfurion Stones worth ahanut $50.000 had heen discovered during prospecting opera tions. The number of licenses issued for the rush was 1630 Tourists Good Eaters. Tourisis have excellent particularly when traveln eountry. where the wei er lightfully cool Midsummer, and where the alr nted with the tang of the pine. and the quantities of food | consumed by American tourists in the Province of Ontar immer been estimated and is n nteresting Think of 9.443 sheep being eaten with 1.762 hogs. X795 lambs 2,145 cattle, 2204 calves, 98000 bags of potatoes, 3000000 quarts milk 500,000 dozen eggs and 300 tons of hut ter, togett 1 idental offeri: vegetal bhread. «he These totals have heen maie tourist bureau to show the trades people the immense importance of American travelers being welcomed and carad for with eve tesy. as they leave many m of dollars when they depart of politely Miciently im peg claims in Aamond digging | Dl 15 the Fin Press petites in st rowit » Vifee. tea and « by the ions Saves White Robin. Epe~tal Thepatch tn The Star PITTSBURGH. August 21 —A white rohin with pink eves was saved from the attacks of crows hy Mrs 1. Greenfield of Oil City, Pa. The robin was one of four hi nermal parents. When it attempted to learn to fly it was attacked by a group of crone Mre. Greenfield took the baby white robin into her home. where she intends to keep it until f is streng enough to fight fts own batties. it A more tmpor. | he hung up the | was present to prevent | has | ed by | J‘phn to pave all of its streets. i here on to mark the [T o of Deputy Grand Sir W. Bradford of the 1. 0. O. - to rand sire in the ovder which is 1o 1take place just previously at !.)\k;‘ l\d( | ol meeting of the Odd Fellows Philvdelphia have been completed the iriState committee officials in of the affair. The tri-State committee is ¢ Fepresentatives from vl and the District. Substituted for Conclave. |in {hy i posed [’“r Virzinia, I Maryls is being conclave ern Viv The trip to Washington enbstituted for the “{""”a"h S he [Odd Fellows of northern V' Dinia. and according to J. F. Haverty At ¥alls Church, ~president of the o er Virginia association, Aanc o ara 1o Nevin of Clarendon. Srand warden of the Rehekah branch A e wider, who have been holding O eries of “hooster” meetings. s en u jeally approved throughout by train will avail e week end excursion prevailing over the lines leading Washington. The Norfolk and Newport News lodges have arran d charter a steamer for ashington, while many of those coming by automohile will arrange to join the caravan which will escort vrd here from his attendance at the annual apple festival and carnival at Winchester preceding the Washington meeting arade Prizes for Womer Mrs. Clara L. Nevin., grand warden, { announced that the Rehekah branch of the northern Virginia assoclation ha offered prizes of $40 for the Rehekah lodge ng the greatest number of women in the parade. $3u | for the lodge making the hest all round appearance and $30 for the hest flo The State organization is Jso offering similar prizes of $25 ind $10 for the Virginia Rebekihs in the parade Mrs, L. A. Keiser, president o Rehekah Assembly of the Distr Columbia. also stated that the plans of her nization for pa | in the parade are rapidly taking form Grand marshal of the parade, Wil “red H. Lawson, stated that the Vir | gina delegation Wil assemble at F nd R streets, the Marviand dele gation R street and New .Jersey avenue and other jurisdictions at Indiana avenue and Firs: street The mother lodge of the 1. 0. 0. F. in America, Washington Lodge, No. 1 of Baltimore. will form the guard of honor in the line of march up Penn sylvania avenue. coming themselves of t . ! ‘Woman Is Steeplejack. Special Dispatch to The Star NAPOLIS August 21.—a "k painting the flagpole on of P. Building at Ohin and Pennsylvania streets the other day {arew quite a gallery. not because {painting a staff is anvthing extraor Ainary, but hecause the worker was Ia ymung woman. The building man |ager identified the feminine steeple. ‘acker as Miss Ethel Hawkins, whe | acently painted a high air shaft at the Board of Trade Building. . ie considering Alicante. Spain, 1.0.0.F. OFFICIAL | Celebration Here Will Mark/ the trip to | icipation | BIG CROSS TO MARK | KLAN’S BEACH RALLY | | Al Nearby Klaverns Invited tn} Join Hyattsville Unit at Outing Saturday. Invitations have heen sent to all Klaverns of the Ku Klux Klan within | | radius of 100 miles of Washington | [for the second annual excursion of the Hyattsville K Realm of Marylan Reach next | turday The feature of the outing and cere. | monial will take place at night, when | fites of the order will he conducted by the lizht of a cross 75 feet fall, which will e erected on a foat the bay. o as to be visible from all parts of the resort, it is announced. The coremony will he hizh hill overlooking the Klansmen will wear thei | with masks. A numbes from several sathering of prominent klansmen ections will address the ecial trains will he run to the beach, traMc officers will he employed (o handle the parking of cars, and special policemen will bhe on hand to direct the crowds, 'OUTING FOR DEPENDENTS. | Widows and Orphans of U. §. War Veterans Going on Excursion. The fifth annual excursion | Widows and Orphans of War Veterans theld at Marshall Hall P | ceeds will be devoted to erecting a | bullding for the widows and orphans. | Many contests and entertainment features will be provided, in ding a | drill by the Reheckah degree team in charge of Charles B. Sanford. The commiltee on artangements is com | posed of Mrs. M. Loebsack, .J. Clinton | { Hiatt, Arthur L. League. r. Henry M. Johnson. Capt. C. 0. Howard, De | partment Comdr. E. J. Nolan, Maj {Gen. Anton Stephan, John W. Reid. {Mra H. L. Deam, Mrs. Lizzie W. Ca ver, Mrs. Lucy Goldshorough. Mrs Klizabeth D. Shaw, Miss Tillie M Roth, Mrs. Laura A. Lemmon, Wat. son R. Miller. Miss Jennie L. Hamil- | ton. Miss Auzusta B Palmer. Mre, | whie 1. Rergner, Miss Anna Hage and_Gen. John L. Clem | O 2 G2 WHEN YOU NEED A KEY You need our instant duplicating service Duplicate Key, 25¢ Bring vour locks to the shop. TURNER & CLARK of the nited States will_he | STAR. WASHINGTOXN. DEMOGRAT WEDGE INBAY STATE SEEN Butler Says Party Banks on Weakening Confidence in Administration. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Maes., August 21. —That the national Democratic par- ty is making a deliberate attempt to “stage here the first skirmish in the campaign of 1928 was the declara- tion of United States Senator Wil- llam Butler. candidate for re-elec- tion, headline speaker at the hig outdoor demonstration Republican I I All New Location 12 New York Av 1221 Motor Coach Excursion | Week End | $ Trip Each | Way Trip, $7.50 30-Day Return, 813.‘50 Annapolis Hotel NEW YORK Seventh B €. here today. “The Nation rolled up an impressive vote of copfidence two vears ago in the Republican party and its standard hearer. Calvin Cool- idge. have been scheming to destroy that confidence. Torn with factional. see- tional and other differences, still as | disorganized as thev were in that | memorable convention in Madison Square Garden, the Democrats are banking evervthing on their at- tempt to tear down Calvin Coolidge, and they are beginning in his own State,” he said. “We have plenty of evidence of | their purpose.,” the Senator contin- ued.® “They brought from Maryland last Spring a Democratic governor who frankly admitted his party is banking evervthing on a repudiation of Coolidge in his own State. Later Representative Oldfield of Arizona said substantially the same thing. And only last Saturday one of the State leaders of the party said that the election of the Democratic Sen- ator here this Fall would mean the 1921 Butler sald that the AUGUST 22, For two years the Democrats | election of a Democratic President in | 1926—PART 1. shrewder leaders of the Democrats| have within a day or two seen the unwisdom._ of the tactics employed | and have decided to call a halt. United States Senator Simeon Fes {of Ohio called for indorsement of the administration by the re-election of Senator Butler because of the prosperous condition which he de- picted. saving that never had insti- tutions been more stable, industries more ‘sound or the people mnre} happy. Gov. Fuller warned of what | he termed false issues that he said | would be raised by the opposition | party in the campaign and said that in both State and Nation the Repub- | | lican party had set up a record of quiet accomplishment. ! | . | Finds “Dead" Son in-Prison. | Special Dispateh to The Star. CLEVELAND. August 2L.—A man | sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary in 1921 under the name of Ralph Miller. for robbery in Cleveland, has heen | tound there by his mother, Mrs. Eliz- abeth MeFarlin of Los Angelss. aft | she had thought him killed in the [World War & vears ago. NICARAGUA REBELS DECLARED ROUTED Outbreak Suppressed and Communication Resumed, Government Says. Br the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Niearagua, August 21, ~The government reports that it ha: the rebellion suppressed and tele graph and railway communication re- stored throughout the country. The rebel forces have been broken up inte small bands and are resorting to guer- | rilla warfare. 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