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i 2 x¥ * THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©. UNIFIED CAR LINES |LINER'S MAIL CARGD) " Fons vorreo . MAY B ROERED Utilities Body May Act to k. Avert Possible Increase W in Trolley Fares. (Continued From First Page) to its satisfaction that the revenues from the present rates of fare do not ' give them & fair réturn, the commission ,will inquire whether savings cannot be made through unified operation to offset the need for changing the pres- 'ent rates. The commission also will expect the ecompany to be able to show that no othzr rate except the one sought will meer The casc, and expects to have de- tailed figures worked out in the form of exhibits showing the probable ef- \Zect on the incoms of bther rates than ' those asked for 'by the street car companies, Shortly aftst Commissioner Harleigh H. Hartrman todk ‘ofice he let it be known that he was considering the | probable effects of &n .arder by the commission eompelling unified opera- tion by joint use of trackage and roll- ing stock without a merger of the two companies. | . Subsequently the commission wrote 16 the two street car companies asking for their views as to the possibility of a mergér at this time. The Capital Traction Co. replied that any merger negotiations now would be “futile,” and the Washington Railway & Electric Co. has not yet replied. Mow far the commission will g6 in this new direction, however, still remains to seen. Ask 10-Cent Cash Fair. | The rate sought by the companies is 10 cents cash, and 4 tokens for 30 cents, ,while the présent rate is 8 cents cash or 6 tokens for 40 cents. The peétition for higher fares will be coneidered at ® public héaring beginning July 29. Rerouting Might Cat Costs. ‘Through & general rérouting of the car and motor bus lines which the commission has authority to order. Hartman said he believed the standard of service could bs materially improved |and economies in operation eéffected ‘which would remove the spectet of in- créased fares. | Beter service and morée economical operation, which would tend to keep car fares from rising to & néw level | ' Hertman pointed out, aré virtually all that the transit companies held out to the public in the way of benefits in their own mergér agréement, which éx- pired June 1. These same benéfits, he | fe1t, could be brought about by thé commission . without the mnécessity or formality of such A consolidation as agréed tA by the transit utilities. Hartman uséd 4s the DBasis of his study of the transportation situation ‘the voluminous réport of the Charles Hansél consulting specialists on the eomprehénsive furvey it madé of the transit linés in the District in 1927 for the public utilitits committée of the Tederation 6f Citizens’' Assoclation. réport came as a prelude to t merger negotiations of the transit com. panies and répresented the most thor- ough analysis 6f transportation condi- tions since the McClélland and Junkers- feld survey of 1923. ‘The Hansel réport contained a de- tailed scheme of rerouting. ROADS IN D. C. PARKS WILL BE IMPROVED Construction of Another Link in Rock Cresk-Potomac Parkway Is Started. | Béveral road projéets in the eity’s ;&m are now going forward, Prank T. riside, chief of the park division of the otficé of Publi¢ Buf 1ié Parks, made known Parkway has begun, with thé starting of work 6n thé aréa between thé Zoo- logical Park and Massachusstts avenue. Neéarly a milé of roadway will have to be constructéd and the ford at the Zoo will have to be widened at a cost of about $50,000. Construction of this low-lével road between the Zoological Park and Mas- sachusetts Avenue will include éx- ténsion of watér mains, drainage, grad- ing 4nd planting adjacerit to thé road- way, a8 Well as connécting roads, Mr. Gartside said. The work is éxpectéd to consume & good part of this fiscal year. As anothér feature of the roAd pro- gram, Lieut. Col. U. 8 _ Grant, 3d, diréctor of the cé of Public Build- and Public Parks, is bids for supplying 24.000 rapid-curing road oil, t0 be applied to préssure _distributors. Friday. The treat- ment for bitumifious roads in the parks. about 10,000 gallons of the oil to be uséd in the Rock Créek Park drea, and galions in the Potomae Park séction. In addition to these activities, Mr. Gartside is supervising the placing of ulclurg chiéride on the cinder 4and othér dusty roads in the city’s parks t6 kéep down the dust, particularly in the vicinity of thé Lincoln Memorial and near ‘some of the temporary Gov~ ernment structures. NOTES FROM BRITAIN ON TARIFF DENIED Board of Trade Official Tells Com- , mons Matter Is Carefully t Watched, However. 3 By the Associgied Press. liamentary 10 the Board of Trade, told the H of Commons that the British government had ceiyed some communications _from Chambers of Commerce and trade or- gaAnizations on the subject, “but no rep- résentations up to the present had been made to the United States by his maj- at:y'l government in the United King- eA MAN THOUGHT KILLED ACCIDENTALLY IN FIGHT . 5 Rival in Aute With Girl Baid to Mave Been Attacked as Chieagoan Is Crushed Against Tree. A July 15.— un manner of Daniel Rogers' death was being investigated today. Rogers was killed early yesterday in front of the home of Miss Anna had there 1S RIFLED EN ROUTE Brltlsh Officials Cover Probe With Mystery, With Loss Undetermined. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 15.—Scotland Yard was Assisting the post office au- thorities today in Investigating the mys- terlous rifiing of & registered mail con- signment Aboard the: White Star liner Laurentic, arrivihg at Liverpool yester- day from Montreal, The Yard communicated with New York and Montreal in connection wiin the ‘case. whith WAs said to Involve a considerable loss. * Investigators were known to have been struck with the re- markable siilarity of the case and the robbery of the Leviathan's registered mail a year ago. Seals Checked Intaet. ‘The Laurentic's officers handed the ship's registered mail over to the postal employes At the dock, checking off each sack and seeing that the seals were in- tact, but not investigating them fur- ther. ‘When the sacks were brought to Lon- don and opened, a discrepancy . wAs | noted between the contents of one bag and the list which accompanied it. About 80 pieces of the Montreal sir mail alone were missing. The bag ft- self. one which a plane from Montreal had placed aboard the Laurentic at sea, | was not damaged and its seals wére un- broken. Loss of “Consider: Value.” ‘The ‘post officé immediately threw a veil of mystery about the theft, indicat- ing only the losses were probably of considerable valué although no check had yet béen made. Last year & my:sterious rifling of the Leviathan's registered mail bag was sald to have netted the thieves between $100,000 and $500,000. A British gov- | ernment_announcément placed the loss At $12,000. Three arrests were made, two of them members of the crew. Postal officials at Ottawa, Ontarlo, said the usual check of thé mail was made at Dimauski, Quebec, indicating it was intact when it was given an a plane for dropping aboard the liner. BUSINESS MERGERS DUE FOR SCRUTINY BY ADMINISTRATION ___ (Continued From First Page.) | instances where 1t undertook in &d- vance to guide thé corporation in quéstion. Col. Donovan in & recent speech be- fore the Peénnsylvania Statée Bar Asso- ciation suggested that the informal par- leys, which he conducted, should be substitutéd by a formal procedure. He sald that an industrial court should be established, before which parties to a merger could lay all the facts and all period, the Department of Justiceé wish- ed to reopen the case, it would be privileged to do so. In this way would be removed the [constant threat of prosecution. One of the principal problems in- volved is that the securities in these mergers aré distributed widely to the public and that once the bankers and original owners of the stock have se- cured the consent of a government de- partment to bring about thé eombina- tlon, the Actual ftransgression occurs long After the stock has passed into the hands of thé public, so that éonceivably it the Government instituted an anti- trust sult and compelled a dissolution many persons who had nothing to do with the mergef iri thé first place, but who bought théir securities on the theory of Government Assént, would be innoeént victimé and perhaps suffer big financial losses. Check fér Fraud 18 Necessary. ‘The Hoovet administration is study- the question in the light of its ap- plication to the public, s well as to the businesses in question. It has no de- sire to interfere with or restrain natural evolution eommercial units, eéspe- cially sinee it has been demonstrated that efficiency, as well as low prices to the publie, can be & direct conse- quence of each combination. But the nancial complications, as {hey relate to the investing public, make it incum- bent upon the Government to examine every merger in the light of possible monopoly as well as fraud. Many such steps as the creation of an industrial court would require action By Congréss and at the moment the tendéncy on Capitol Hill is to impose more restriction in the direction of pros tecting the public than to make it easier for big busihess to work out néw and 1argét combinations. Theré aré A num- ber of resolutions pending which séek to inquire into reeent mergers and all that can be sald At the moment is that the Hoover administration has recog- nized the seriousness of the situation sufficiently to put under the microscope all future mergers and combinations. (Copyright, 1929.) gl W. T. FRANCIS, MINISTER TO LIBERIA, IS DEAD Formet Attorney at St. Paul Ex- pires at Monrovia After Ill- ness of Three Weeks. sociated Press. CHICAGO, July 15— W, T. Francis. United States Ministér to Libetia, died today At Monrovia, Liberia, according to A cAblegtam récelved by Dr. L. T. illiams, president of the National 1st_Eonvention. e Minister, according to the mes- rom Mrs. Francis, had been il ADOUt three weeks. Mé was formerly A Bt Paul attorrey And was. manager f the colored départment of Mpubflefn adquarters here fout years agd fot President Coolidge. -2 2 Died of Yellow Fever. ‘The State Departiment was informed this motning that William T. Francis, By the 84 ¢ | United States Minister Resident to Li beria, died at Monrovia arly this mors ing fioni yellow fever. M. Francis was born. in St. Paul, Mifin, ahd was & prominent meniber of the bar of that city. Me was appointed into the Li- fllymx .‘;-,"'“’" by President Coolidge in uly, e Secretary Stimson has sant a telegram of sympathy to Mrs. Francis &t MOn- fovia in ‘which he said: y deepes umutnmfi out o you if your great forrow. tragie déath of Mt. Francis lopr‘h:- m:rhe&nm ':rm oli one of l"t: Mos and.trusted public servants. His notable achievement in furthéring rélations betweéen this country and Li- beria will not beé soon (mrmn and Hi loss will be mm& n‘-'tbh'e all who ment and in the foreign service.” RUM SUSPECT FREED. A charge of illegal possession of liquot, Jodged against Arthur Mason, colored, 1000 block of Twenty-first street, last night following his arrest Policemén V. C. Rantsaw and P. ‘ecinct, whs dis- nited States At- vid A. Hart today on the one gill of liquor is not evi- T AN Block f | the plans and then, if after a fixed | MOVING TO BORDER . (Continued From First Page.) press comment was not general. Two or three editorials held both China and Russia blameworthy for have ing both apparently violated the rail- way agreement. Possibility of Japan's becoming involved in the quarrel was régarded with misgiving and the situa- tion was admitted to be full of sinister possibilities. Military obsérvers in Toklo are re- ported In Reuter's dispatches to be of the opinion that the dispute will be settled without resorting to f of arms. ‘While withholding official -comment on the situation, the military observers express bellef that the Russian ulti- matum was intended to force China to negotiate, rather than to convey & threat, especially as it is fel. Moscow is keenly desirous of preserving peace- ful relations with China. ‘The British government’s only infor- mation on the Soviet ultimatum to China was what had been published in the znflim press, Foreign Secretary Arthur Henderson told & questionér to- day in the House of Commons. Asked it the government would ap- peal to Russia to lay the dispute before the League of Nations, Mr. Henderson replied that he would consider that when he got some official information. Mr. Henderson stated in the House of Commors recently that in the opin- ion of legal experts of the forelgn of- fice, diplomatic relations between Rus- sia and Great Britain had not been broken when commercial relations were severed after the rald on Arcos House, London headquarters of the Russian trade delegation, in 1927 The foreigh office considered that it was necessary only to provide for the renewal of diplomatic services, which will be included in the negotiations about to begin. REORGANIZATION PLANNED. Dispateh Quotes Chinese Railway Min- ister as Preparing {o Aet. SHANGHALI, July 15 (#).—The Ta- chung News Agency, considered semi- official, in a Nankink dispatch today quoted Sun Fo, minister of railways, as that the'seizure of the Chinese East- érn Rallway wAs “taken on authority issued by Nanking. ““The railways ministry now is pre- paring to take over the disputed rallway and reorganizeé its administration,” he sald. HARBIN OFFICIALS ARE CALM. Gen. Chang Bars Rail Employes From Seeret Labor Unions. MANCHURIA, July 15 (P).—Officials in Harbin received the news of a Rus- sian ultimatum in & matter-of-fact manner and without surprise. Official circles would not give the slightest intimation of their next move. Gen. Chang Ching Hul, chief admin- istrator of the Harbin district, issued a communication urging new and old employes of the Chinese Eastern Rail- | way to remain peacefully at their posts and to disregard rumors and reports. | At the same time, Gen. Chang pro- hibited 4l Chines¢ Eastern Railway employes, whether Chinese or white Russian, from joining any secret labor | union or similar organization. NATIONALISTS UNDISTURBED. Government Resents Threatening Atli- tyde of Russia. NANKING, China, July 15 (P.— Leaders of the Natichalist government today declared their government re- sented the threatening attitude of Rus- sia over seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway in Manchuria, but weré not in {the least disturbéd’ by Russia’s ulli- matum. Leng Source of Friction. 1t & conference should be held on the question, it is likély. that the two most important matters to comé up would be the right of the Chinese to eject the Russian_personnel of the Chinese East- ern Rallway and the Chiness charges that Russia was disseminating propa- ganda throtgh the Russian employes. The raflway, constructed by the Rus- lan imperial regite beginning in 1897, has been a source of friction between Russia and China for the past 30 years. Although it is enly about 1000 miles long, it serves a vast area in Notthen Manchuria and represents an exceed- #higly imporiant foiite from Siberia to Viadivosiok. By agreemeénts of 1920 and 1924, the glru:torlte of the road has & board of 10, half Russian and half Chinese. Marchtiria s about eight times the size of New York State and has nearly 27,000,000 inhabitants. It is the ex- treme mortheastern state of China, and lles a8 a buffer betweén Russia and Japanese-controlled Korea. It is a wedge extending far into Soviet Rus- siah Mongolia. The Chinese provirice lying to the west of it is dominated by a so-called Soviet govérnment, which takes no orders from the Chinese Na- tionalist government at Nanking. Manchuria is chiefly high rolling | prairie. The southern half is largely devoted to grain raising and grazing. The Chinese Eastérn Rallway. the con- trol of which was ifi thé hiands of Rus- siins and Chiniese’ commissioners _be- fore the Chinese dislodged the Rus- sians and started the present clash, teps one of the richest granaries in Asia. Caravans of camels are numerous in the western section of Mongolia, fre- queéntily cartyibg tea from rail ends in China across the Mongolian Desert to points on the line of the Chinese East- ern Raliway. There is & econsiderable population of Russians in Harbin and the larger cities of Manchuria. There are !lng ,rla :;e cth: In 'y Wi Fien black-sofl, country from South and Central Chinal PR TARIFF COMMISSION URGED BY FARM BODY AS CONGRESS’ AGENT (Continued From First. Page)) desired by August 19, were seen in the ;‘mlve Manchurians heard this week. Nearly 76 names were Etill on the ist of those to be heard. Goft Replies to Harrison, The foreign protests against various rate increases and the pi 20 per cent duty on boots and s—figured in today's addition to the Republican- Democratic tarift wmmm% Replying to 4 statement by Senator Harrison, of Mississippi, issued through the Democratic national commitiee, i'fi\"n:w:m i (oA ‘tnac the Mumerous ista diselosed & likelthood of “for- Becretary 3 American sales in foreign 5 revious records” in the face beyond &) of Mlher,'rn\eeme tariff rates and had thus “‘demonstratedt trade,”” the West Virginian declared: “If this.is true, and it is, theh these foreign protests of ucers andl man- ufacturers are entil to /litile weight in the minds of American business men, either North, South, East or West. ‘The boot and shoe duty was _descr! by the Democratic na- tional 'eommlme a8 fuge” for picking the lin 8 atatement Ia Japanesé colonies, chiefly small traders, and extensive groups of Koreans, who dre lnrmi day laborers. The ave migrated to the long list of witnesses remaining to be (BlicAn, West Vir- retaliation and & ruination of out ;o'f::‘:g M”: without justification.” | textile ing that President Hoover, while of Commerce, had countries that a tarlff does not ruin or even check our foreign ly & subter- | tive DORAN STUDIES - WHISKY SUPPLY Must Decide When Distilleries Have to Produce Me- dioinal Liquor. ‘The question of when the distilleries of the country will have to be started up againh to replenish the medicinal liquor supply will be tackled by the Prohibition Bureau when the regular annual reports on the medicinal supply at the end of the fiscal year June 30 last, reach the Treasury Department. Dr. James M. Doran, prohibition commissioner, saild today his reporis show theré Are 300,000 barrels contain- ing whisky in the United States bonded warehouses of the country, but the exact Amount eontained in those bar- tels, he sald, will not be known until the annual reports reach his office, about the end of this month. Decision Is Doubttul.” ‘The figures on this liquor have b2en gathered at the end of every fiseal year since prohibition went into effect. Fol- lowing his statement b>fore & congres- stonal committee, that the matter of medicinal liguor will have to be cone sidered this year, Dr. Doran sald tod.y he planned to use the regular fisc year figures as & basis for considerin the problem. Some decision probably will be reached following a study of the figures, Dr. Doran said, but what that decision would be, he sald, could not be pre-|Legge. Standing: dicted at this time. Physicians Divided on Value. The law provides that permits for importation or manufacture of medi- cinal whisky may not be issued until necessary to replendish the medicinal liquor supply. It is considered extremely unlikely that any permits to import liquor will be issued, as American whisky is recognized by the pharmacopoela. ‘The medical profession is said to be widely divided on the value of whisky in sickness, one physician in the Pro- | hibition Bureau, making the recent estimate that the profession is split about even on the proposition, half prescribing. and the other half issulig no prescriptions, —— DEATH BALKS WISH OF COL. PERCEFULL TO WED MISS ALVORD. ____(Continued From First Page.) contend that their brother was not n‘:enully competent to contract mar- riage. Wedding Had Been Planned. Several months earlier, while & guest in the Alvord home, Col. Percefull ex- pressed to his flance's father the fear that he had ecancer. He and Miss Alvord became engaged last August, the father sald, and because of their affection for him he remained in the home while ill. Later it becamé neces- sary to transfer him to the hospital. It was in deference to the sick man's urgent requests that a wedding was even considered, Mr. Alvord said. 1t was planned to have the céremony take place at Col. Percefull's beside, but Dr. Joseph L. Almone, head of the hos- pltal’s medical staff, sustained Mrs. Wathen'’s conitention 'that her brother was incompetent, and the further con- tention that the sick man had told her he did nhot wish to mafry. When Miss Alvord stopped calling at the hospital, Mrs, Wathen attended her brother. Funeral arrangéments were in het chargé togay, and it was said in- terment would be in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery as a time not decided upon, Insurance fo Mother. By the terms of Col. Percéfull's will, which was filed today by Elias C. Al- vord, father of his flancee, & citius grove near Lakeland, Fia., is directed to be sold at a valuation between $10,000 and $15,000 end after a number of small amounts are given to friends and $1,000 to his sister, Mrs. Annie P. Wathen, Left to right, « MONDAY, JULY 15, 1929. James C. Stone, Secretary of Agriculture Hyde, President Hoover, C. C. Teague and Alexander " F. Schilling, Charles S. Wilsen, Carl Williams and C. B. Denman. —Associated Press Photo. MANCHURIA IS FOCAL POINT FOR CLASH OF MANY MOTIVES Chinese Consider Provinee Their Rightful Domain. Japanese, Russians Sl)’fl Oblel‘VGf. BY GIDEON A. LYON, Mgmber of American Journalists’ Party ‘ouring Otient As Quést of Carnegle En- dowment for International Peace. CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, June 17— ‘Take & map of northeastern Asia, in=| cluding the Japanese islands; draw a line from the southeastern tip of the peninsula of Korea, diagonally up through Seoul to the northeastern cor- ner, which is at the mouth of the Yaeu River; continue this line up to Mukden and then on northwatd to Changchun: from Mukden draw another line down in & sbuthwestwardly direction to the tip of the Lisotung Peninsula to Dairen. ‘That, with some additional lines, in the way of branches and cornections, constitutes the South Manchuria Rail- way system. Now draw another line in an’ easterly direction from Changchun somewhat southeastwardly to the coast of Korea, just south of the Tumen levfr and not far down from Viadivos- tol Much of the political problem in Manchuria, and therefore in eastern Asia, turns upon this last-mentioned line 'to the Korean coast. 1t does not exist, in_whole, on the map today. It runs only a short distance—in fact, from Changchun to Kirin. There is in existence a continuation of this line from Kirin to a little town called Tun- hua, which is & bit more than half way from Chengchun to, ihe coast. B from the Japanese viewpoint this lasi- described extension does not yet exist. ‘There is a rall line running up from the coast to About half way to Tunhun. That does exist, from the Japanesé view- point. Just for the sake of visualizing the ' political-situation here in this land of complications and expectations, draw the line all the way on the map from Changchun to the northeastern Korean corner. Then you will get & picture of | o oflof the 5. M. R. If this line to the the Manchuria of Japanese hopes, the Korea of Japanese desires, And | the continental breastwork of Japan ¢f that country’s wishes. Korea #s a Bridgehead. Elizabethtown, Ky., the balance is to l‘:,e | Korea & bridgehead of protection sev- paid to his mother, Mrs. Doroth Percefull. The mother also is to have $12,000 life Insurance and & brother- in-law, R. B, Wathen, s given land near Cecilia, Ky. Alvord, in filing the will, which was executed December 15, 1928, says he re- ceived it December 20 from Col. Perce- full for safe keeping. ‘The officer's automobilt and a dia- mond ring, now in her possession, are given to Miss Alvord; & radio, 4 card table and chairs to Mrs. E. C. Alvord, her mother, and & diamond and pearl stickpin, humidor and smoking stand to Mr. Alvord. A clock is given Miss eral hundred miles in extent. It would bring the Yalu River whelly within the range of dJapanese “influence.” It would extend the frontier away up into the heart of Manchuria. And, finally, it would give Japan a railroad connec- tion with a port on the Eastern Korean coast and shorten the distance for the hauling of the supplies upon which the | Japanese people and industries depend, making nm of 400 miles from the dis- tance from Dairen, the port now chief- 1y used, to Japa ‘We have just returned, an hour or so ago, from & two-day trip over that part of the line, all that is now in physical Gertrude Milstead, described as the | axistence. which extends from Chang- testator's secretary. A shrine button is | chun to Tunhau. It has been a rather left to Mr. Weiss of the Veterans' Bu- | trying journey, not at all stimulating, reau, and golf clubs to Dr. Milburn|.qve at times to the sense of humor, Fowler of the buréau, and office equip- | and fatiguing in its stretch of 10 hours ment to Dr. Alexander Nettelroth. The remaining eéstaté is left to on each leg. But it has been well his | worthwhile, to give us a view direct of mother, or, in the event of her death, nd over which there is at present to his sister. Should both be dead, the :-‘:\fc}? contention, although no evidence testator had pr tairé diamond ring should go to Miss Alvord, and certain personal property rovided that a large soli- | of the real gravity of the situation ap- rs on the surface of affairs. T have already indicated, in an to his' brothersin-law. The remainder | oueijer letter, the promptness of the in that event was to be distributed | Ghinese government o impress upon among the Masonic Widows and Orphans’ | ¢ the fact that, “after all, Manchuria Home at Loulsville, Ky. QGeotgetown | j Chinese territory.” At Mukden there College at Georgetown, Ky.; Chfidrfll'fi were plain indications of a desire on Free Hospital at Loulsville, and the 'ihe part of the Chinese authoritles to Baptist Church at Elizabethtown. The mother and sisters are named as exec- utors. Records of the War Department show that Col, Percefull entered the Army at Louisville, Ky., in September, 1937." He was assigned to duty at Camp Selby, Miss., 45 assistant to the surgeon of the 38th ‘Division. In Aptil, 1018, he Was promoted to the grade of major in the Natiohal Army and served overseas from Octoher, 1918, to September, 1919. and during that time he acted as brigade sirgeon of the 66th Field Artillery Brigade, at Field Hospital No. 332, 34 Atmy Cotps. Upoh his return to the United States he was atationed at Fort Omaha, Nebf., a8 post surgeon until February 21, 1920, when he was honor- ably discharged in the grade of lieuten- ant colunel of the Reserve Corps. COMMITTEE TO AID TEXTILE WORKERS National Organization Will Seek Better Conditions for South- ern Mill Employes. By the Associated Press. RYE, N. Y., July ed” upon Sas 15— Pormation of y & national committée of 1,000 members | of the space left over k better eonditions for Southern | dl take possession of our expedition, or at least to have & l:’nna in lllsdn;m:n:ree. Our program and our schedule W changed to conform fo that desire, in rt—but only ih part. Certain ameni- ties demanded that concessions be made to the Nankihg government, and also to the Manchurian govérnment. For instance, it was agreed that the trip up to Harbin, which begins tomorrow morning, should be under Chinese “auspices.” . Kirin Officials Take Charge. But we had not reckoned upon the sudden Appearance at the hotel here the night we arrived of a younhg gentle- man who announced himself, rather vaguely, as the representative of the Kirin government, Kirin being one of the three provinces of Manchuria, sent to escort-us over the line to that city and to Tunhua. It required some rather clever management on the part of our pi dde and courier, & representa- he Bouth Manchuria Railwa; to adjust this matter. But the ne: morning it proved to be unadjusted again, ;or‘ into nl‘z" : clgz a‘l’e‘eg'i‘nzu - T, engage: or us by uthes in- chiirta Rat iwdy, With & diner, for the trip, came ring nearly & dosen more “representatives” of the Kirin govern- ment afd of the Changehun-Kirin Railway, the status of which I will ex- plain shortly. They completely took possession of our party for & time, and even when other “adjustments” n aftected the led & large part our luggage of maneuvers en a seties terday At & cuaference Arranged by the :m;. wefe highly amusing. Whenever Unitéd Textlle Workers of Ametica, panese representative would Mrs. Daniel O'Day, associate chair-|around to talk with ohe of us a Chinese man of the State Democratic commit- | would hovet around, and yice versa. It |pro chairmanship of a organize the commit- traditions in textiles. business e the enlnlu-- fun a railroad across Manichiutia o tee, um&ud thi body whieh will n Mrs. O'Day. at whose hom soon became appatent that the Chinese Mmh tell us. that the Japanese have 1o ence was held, explained that the ¢om- | up with & Korean pot, fia mittee will aid the effosts of the Ameri- | were bent upon telli that the ration of Labor to organize the | Japanese, who built [lines trom workers in Southern S ebdahon, president ot | Kirin gl "mu'fi”‘i"a ced the for the work T Ametions ‘advan mor ?my interest. Ad to Kirin and ' that from u‘t:“n'runhum under contract for had charged an excessive price a . And also that the work had been done. 3 to|beauty, This part of Manchuria Watch for Vantage, not only by ourselves but by our Japa- nese escorih. the way we were “welcomed” by Chi- nese officials, who came on the train “or introductions. At Kirin, where we stopped for an hour, we weré received with great ceremony and invited cver to the station master’s office, where tea was served. And at Tunhua we were importuned to go to the town fitself, which is about three-quarters of a mile from the station, to see that com- munity, although the road was dark | and muddy and there was nothing to | be seen after all but a few hundred mud houses, We slept in our special | car. Chinese Very Atentive, day we had the same close attention by the Chinese, who lost no opportunity to téll us About the poor work done by the high rate of interest. In short, at every | station, it would appear, the pu: | line to Tunhus is Chinese, that the | Japanese are only the technical man- agers of the division to Kirin, and that | The fact is that Japan does not at present desire ownership of the line, if it is constructed. It only wants the termine themselves. It will be an ex- pensive task to run the line down to | the const, for the region to be covered is mountainous and sparsely settled and | rough. But if it cost five times as much as ordinary railfoad construction Japan would be glad to undertake the job. It has already, in earlier reports, been | pointed out that Japan maintains a | | small army of soldiers over here in Manchutia for the protection of the railroad lines. There are some 8.000 | troops stretched along the various lines Korean coast should be conxtructed‘ under Japanese financial auspices and | if China should default in interest or | Such a line, completed, would give ! principal payments on the construction | debt, foreclosure would be quited in the | order of logical happenings. And the | ranks of Japanese soldiers would then exterid all along the lines 1 have sug- | gested to be drawn on the map. | It is not to be concluded from this | description of the situation that Japan | has a militant motive *in thus trying to draw the railfoad line completely around the bridgehead above Korea and to establish a Korean port in the north- | east. On the contrary, Japan's policy | is distinetly pacific. It wants China to | go_ahead and develop Manchuria. It | 1§ Relping the Chinese immigrants, who are arriving from South and CentrAl | China at the rate of a million a year, | giving them reduced railroad fares, flv- ing the aged and the children Iree transportation, supplying them with pto- visions for their journey. It is main- taining schools for the education of | those within the area of its influence and operations. As 1 have heretofore shown, it is conducting agricultural ex- periment stations to improve and stimu- Iate farming. 1t is aiding in the estab- | lishment of industties in Manchuria, Counter Motives Felt. All this means that Japan wants & prosperous Manchuria, under Chinese administration. But it wants ils own interests protécted agalnst either Chi- nese or possibly Russian aggression in the future. It wouid seem to be en- tirely frank in its implication that it does not altogether trust the sufciency of Chinese administration or the per- manent quiescence of Russia. ‘Then there is this angle to the situa- tlon: Japan urgently needs foodstuffs from the mainland for the supply of her own people. She needs raw materials for her industries. Therefore she wants a highly productive Manchuria, as well a8 Korea, and shé wants the production assured _of grcmelon from bandfiry, from official brigandage and from “for- eigh” intervention. Japan hopes for the completion of the line to the Korean coast. It contends that under the treaty of June 18, 1918, China agreed to the constru tion of such a line, and that an sgret ment was entes into between tl Chine vernment and three Japa- nese banks. - But nothing came of that arrapgement. It is understood that the | late Chang Tso-Lin had undertaken 1o | renew the agreement only a short time before his death a year ago. His son is not making any move toward the renewal of the contract, Evidently there is a deep feeling on the part of the Manchiitians Against any more, Japa- nese-owned or Japanhese-managed rail- road lines in Manchuria. And {this feel- ing may be the cause of the hesitation on the part of the “Young General:” In all this maneuvering, of which we were %0 keénly conselous during these past two days, there is & suggestion of comic opera. The plays in the game are so evident to our eyes that we can almost imagine a musical setting. But :il‘l’eere is_another side :n I& l:ld. n;:: n,'em me) . We may more of it in Harbin, and perhaps & ill more when we move south into China T, fielhn comic opera or melodrama, the scene of the play is one of great through Which we have been travel is flmun e atiractive. SRS WS Mile-High Railway Under Way. Claimed to be the hufi: suspension nllni.l‘? the mldh Nebelhorn Cable way in the 0y varian Alps, is MIHII’ etion. I than mmm -;mwm HOOVER OUTLINES " FARM BOARD TASK AT FIRST MEETING | &hi5ton Sidewster, Va- i the Potomas (Continued From Pirst Page.) ex-officio as head of the Agriculture Departmens; James C. Stone of Lexing- ton, Ky, vice chairman, representing tobaceo; Carl Williams of Okiahoma City, cotton; C. B. Denman of Farming- ton, Mo, live stock: Charles C. "vl'e"nguel of L.os Angeles, fruit farming; William At several stations along | & gehiling of Northfield. Minn., dairy- | POt Previously. ing, and Charles S. Wilson of Hall, N. Y., who speaks for the miscellaneous | agricultural interests of the northeast. e $1,500,000 Made Available. Of the $500.000,000 the board is au- thorized to administér as it sees fit in making low-interest loans to co-operative agencles, $150,000,000 has been made available for immediate use, together with $1,500,000 for administr tive expenses. President Hoover hi promised that he further appropriations as need arises. Considerable subsidiary organization | templates thy Aume rhfl oty coun= templates the creation of advisory coun- All the way back to Changehun to- | SRSl (e board in its work on the problems of each major agricultural commodity, and the establishment of Japanese in building the line and the ‘;“';25;";:.:&"?""““’ through co- | must be effected. | Hoover i8 holding in reserve the long | was to stress upon us the fact that the | jie¢ ot names of thcse recommended for appointment to the board iteelf, which e avowedly considers the most"impor- tant governmental agency ever estab- the Chinese have no intention to extend | it beyond Tunhus to_the Korean coast. | joneq io the assistance of & single Get “Break” at Start. line bullk; | AT that Events will de- | e sy e e S he expected the first day to bz d principally to routine and to “getting | H.:da -;‘m M(r, Leégge both | usiastically of ‘the upward ! tod thend of wheat prices which reached | 13 voare ot ai® eenned From Pk $1.31 a bushel at Chicago today, an in- | vesterd crease of 37 cents since the low point 4 few months age. “We have a break of luck to start, " Details of the shooting reveal that the Legge, i com- | boy became enraged when his father re- The | fused to allow him to use the family with, anyway,” =aid Mr. this development. chairman would nob g:“%‘“:ll;:&v Pro- | automobile. gram until after he ha th | mgencb"a of 'the boare Young Philbeck had agreed to accom- retary Hyde declared the rise in | police on the way. The elder Philbeck wheat prices was attributable largely | js T ; T e hamyient ers ST%Ly |is in & hospital here and physicians sax establishment and organization of the Farm Board. He said the spread be- tween the price of wheat at Liverpool | and in this country was only 5 cents the “usual spread was about 17- cents. STIMSON CONSIDERS COAST OPIUM CASE | T Xorts, Geimen Liovars new steamer By the Associated Press. The question of whether Ying Kao, | Europa, will leave Bremerhaven on her former Chinese vice consul Francisco, his wife and Suen Foo, chancellor of the consulats, would be tried in China or in the United States | By the United States Army Band, Despite the fact the trio has been ar- rested upon advices of Washington of« flelals to the San Francisco officials | that their connection with the consulate does not preclude proseécutions, it was disclosed today that the American Government has not reached a decision on the request of Chinese Minister Wu that the trio be turned over to his government for prosecution. Secretary Stimson said today a full announcement would be made on the entire matter as soon as A decision is reached. He added that the question of deportation does not figure in the case. Unofficial circles interpreted this th the return of the China would be depsndent upon their voluntarily waiving the right to remain in the United States foreigners who come into the country under official papers. BARGE CAPSIZES, DROWNING FOUR Fright of Vacationists Cause of Accident at Pequea, Pa., Summer Resort, which is held by By the Associated Press. LANCASTER, Pa, July persons were drowned in the Susque- hanna River at Pequea, & Summer tesort near here, early yesterday, when a river barge carrying a group of vaca- tionists capsized. Summer residents, awakened by the screams of women and children in the ut out in boats and rescued 15 rd on the re- of the 19 per: turn mprfim 5 miles away. ‘Those dro will be more | dook IRAZING OF 200 SHIPS BY 1930 EXPECTED Fleet of Wartime Vessels Be- ing Burned at Rate of 8 to 10 a Month. Officials of the United States engineer office, in charge of Maj. Brehon Somer- vell, anticipate that the work of burn- ing up the fleet of war-time Shipping Board vessels, anchored near Wide- water, Va., will be finished within the next year. To date about 115 of the vessels have been burned in Mallows Bay, near Sandy Point, Md., across the Potomac River from the anchorage spot. The vessels are now being disposed of at the rate of 8 to 10 a month, and the ! permit allows burning of about 200. After the remaining vessels have been burned a rim of earth will be built up | by dredging, to make a marine grave- yard of the keels, and the 4 or 5 feet of vessels that remain unburged and insure that the material will not drift into the Potomac River and become a menace to navigation. Machinery Removed. | _ This fleet of old wooden Shipping Board vessels was sold to the Western Marine & Salvage Co. a Pacific Coast | concern, and most of ‘the vessels were |towed from the James River to near | Alexandria, Va. The Virginia Ship- building Co. of Alexandria assisted the salvage company in dismantling the ships. The machinery and other fix- tures of value were removed and the United States engineer office gave & permit on July 22, 1925, to the Western path of naviga- tion. ' Permission to burn the ships in Mallows Bay was given and officiais of Maj. Somervell's office kept a con- stant watch on the burning process, 8o that passing vessels and navigation in general will not be interfered with. ‘There are now about 130 hulls in Mallows Bay, some of them having been shifted from the anchorag® Known as $30,000,000 Fire. | ships created wide interest. for it was known as the $30.000,000 fire, inasmuch as the vessels had cost about $1.000,000 ! each. This method of burning the vessels in large batches was found to | be too uneconomical. as the keels struck to the bottom of the bay. Later five ships at a time were burned, but this was likewise considered uneconomical. { The method now pursued of burning one vessel at a time is found to be the best. Only the keel and about four or ifl‘.e feet of the hull remains after the burning of a vessel. Recently some 14 of the old vessels were sold to construct a breakwater in Philadelphia. The Federal Government, through the United States Engineers’ | Office, has bonds covering the ultimate disposition of the ships to insure that i they will not become a menace to navi- | gation. Maj. Somerveli's office renewed | the permit of the Western Marine & | Salvege Co. in 1928 for three years, so ’lhlt it has until 1831 to do the job. but is likeiy to finish it in the next 12 i months. | SON FLEES IN SHOOTING. North Carolina Boy Charged With Wounding Father. BHELBY, N. C., July 15 (#).—Police |3 y, after being taken into eus- i tody on & charge of shooting his father, 1 John Philbéck. 40. in the shoulder. | pany the officers to jail, but eluded the | he will recover. His face, neck and | shoulder are peppered with shot phy- | siclans stated. ! S e ; BLAST MENACES SHIP. ;Ves!el. Damaged by Fire Earlier, i Is Launched. | HAMBURG, Germany. July 15 (P — | March 26, narrowly escaped a second | disaster yesterday on her launching Question of Prosecution of Chinese :"‘hm there was a sudden explosion at Turns From San Francisco ¢ réar énd of the dry dock. The giant liner, however, already had cleared the dock and the damage was confintd to the dry dock. The caute of the explosion was not known this afternoon. The Bremen, sister ship of the | maiden voyage tomorrow. i BAND CONCERTS. | |Curtis D. Alway, captain, Infantry, for oplum smuggling apparently had | commanding; William J. Stannard shifted today from San Francisco to - e 3 leader; Thomas F. Darcy, second leader, at Twenty-sixth and Irving streets northeast, at 7:30 o'clock tonight. March, “General Lejeune,” Branson Overture, “Festival”....... .Leutner Fox _trot, , Precious Little Thing Called Lo ... Arditi Rom| Waltz, “II Bacio” Selections from “Maryland Mystie dance, “King of the Deep,” Clarke Suite, “A Sevillan Festival”. March, “C. M. T. C. . Pran “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band, ‘Taylor Branson, leader: Arthur 8. | Overture, oo () Gavotte, gno (b) Intermezeo, “Nail Sole for cornet, “Facilif Musiclan Winfred Kemp. Excerpts from “The Runaway Girl” 1 Car; Salo for calrinet, “Concertina™. Wr“’"r Musician Fi-il Race. Exotic dance, “Esotica” asc- -l | Sulte from the ballet, “The Swan Lake, Techaikowsky (a) “Valse.” (b) “Dance of the Swans, (c) “Hungarian Dance Marines' hymn, “The suma” “The Star Spangled Banner” By the United States Navy Band, Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, assistant leader, at the Capitol at 7:30 o'clock tonight. March, “Hand in Hand”.....Von Blon. Overture, “Der Freischuts,” Von Weber Solo for cornet, “Willow Echoes,” Simon Musician Ralph Ostrom. Suite, “Caucasian Sketches,” Ippolitov-Ivanov (a) “In the alls of Monte- Humoresque, “The Wedding of Helnle and Katrinka" <veve...Alford Excerpts from “The Desert r