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(U. 8. Weather Fair and cooler fair and continued ‘Temperatures. 31,125. : Highest, 86, at 2:30 m’wumy; lowest, 68, at 5 am. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, % R WEATHER. Bureau Forecast.) tonight; tomorrow cool. D.°C Il No. | -YEAR EXTENSION - PROBE ORDERED 10 SET WATER RATES Costly Additions Force Com- | missioners to Determine if ! Increase Is Necessary. | REPORT SAYS EXPANSION | HAS DEPLETED FUNDS ! Revenues Short $34,030.27 of Proj- ects Authorized by Congress, Report Discloses, . Confronted with costly additions to the District’s water distribution system | 85 a result of rapid development of | the outlylng sections, the Commission- ers, it was learned today, have direct- ed the Water Department to make an | exhaustive investigation of the prob- | able extensions over a five-year period | to determine whether water rates should | be_advanced. | Unlike other departments of the | municipal government, the Water De- | partment and its activities are supported | entirely on revenues derived from con- sumers. Improvements in the water | system, therefore, are dependent on | the amount of receipts. i Report Fund Depleted. A Tecent financial report of Maj. | Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and bud- get officer, showing that expansions in | the distribution system in the last sev- eral years, not only have depleted the ‘Water Department’s surplus fund, but | created a deficit in the current fiscal year, actuated the Commissioners to | order the preparation of the five-year program. Col. William B. Ladue, Engineer Com- missioner, pointed out that if the five- year program indicates that the esti- | mated revenues will not provide the probable neded extensions over that ! period, water rates must be increased. Data already prccured from other cities, he said, show that the rates in Wash- ington are low in comparison. This is due principally, he explained, to the fact that the cost of the supply system was borne by the Federal Government. The five-year program will be thorough in ‘every detail, according to Col. Ladue. It will delinate the pro- | jected extensions, based on probable building developments, replacements in the existing system, probable operating expenses and general maintenance costs. “In other words,” said the Engineer Commissioner, “the investigation of the ‘Water Department is designed to pre- sent a complete visionary picture of Washington five years hence with the | water system extended into all nmewly developed sections. Donovan’s report reveals that . the | | water revenues in the current fiscal year will fall short by $34,030.27 of pro~ | widing the projects authorized by Con- | gress. As a result some of them will have to be postponed until the 1931 , fiscal year. Deficit Due to Overestimate. The so-called deficit is due largely, according to the auditors, to an over- , estimate of the receipts from Arlington County, Va. which is supplied with water from the Dalecarlia reservoir. The revenue from Arlington County in the last fiscal year amounted to $7.- ,981.73, whereas District officials had calculated on a much larger sum on the basis of information furnished by the county authorities. District officials, however, are expecting receipts totaling $23,725 from Arlington County in the current fiscal year. The appropriation charges against the Water Department in the current fiscal year amount to $1,495,330, while the estimated revenue to be available, |2 Donovan has figured, will be $1.461.- 299.73, leaving a deficit of $34,030.27. Th2 major projects in the current Water Department program include the installation of additional fire and pub- lic hydrants at a cost of $50,000, re- placement of old mains in various lo- cations on account of inadequate size and bad condition of pipe at a cost of $50,000, installation of a 36-inch main in M street from Eleventh street to New Jersey avenue costing $105,000; installation’ of a 26-inch main in East Capitol street beween Fiftieth street and (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Belgrade Feels Earthquake. | BELGRADE, Jugoslaviz, July 19 (). —A somewhat severe earthshock was felt here at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The epicenter was estimated to be about 60 les away in the Rudnik district. ' e Voleano in Eruption. S8APPORO, Yezo, Japan, July 19 (#). —The volcano Komagatake began a new eruption today, showering ashes over the nearby villages. The inhab- itants prepared to withdraw. PATRICK INSISTS CAR LINES TAKE UP MERGER PLAN Head of Utilities Commission Takes Direct Issue in Let- ter to Companies. BODY NOT IN ACCORD _WITH SENATE IDEAS Cannot Approve Modified Agree- ment of District Committee, He Says. The Public Utilities Commission to- day wrote the Capital Traction Co. taking direct issue with all of the reasons advanced by the company for declining to enter into any further merger negotiations at this time. A statement in the letter that the com- mission could not approve the merger | agreement as modified by the Senate District committee in its entirety was regarded as having particular signifi- cance. The text of the letter, which was signed by Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, as chairman, is as follows: “Gentlemen: “The receipt of your letter of the sixth instant is acknowledged. The commission notes your unwillingness to resume merger negotiations and to sub- mit a new form of merger agreement until Congress shall have moved in the matter. “The commission cannot agree that action on the part of the companies, at present, would be futile, nor that in default of such action Congress may be expected to fix the terms under which a voluntary merger may be brought about. “Furthermore, the commission could not approve, in its entirety the modified agreement as set forth in the form of the amended joint resolution to which you refer in your letter. “The commission, therefore, must also disagree with your expressed opinion that the submission of a new form of merger agreement for its consideration wouldr delay rather than expediu" the accomplishment of the desired end. The commission last month wrote to the Capital Traction and Washington Railway & Electric Cos ukmg‘the companies to submit new merger pians. The Capital Traction Co. replied stat- ing that to do so would be useless at this time, for the reasons referred to above. The Washington Railway & Electric Co. has not vet replied. Its answer is expected after the next meet- July 24. { SEVEN ARE KILLED Clogged Machine Belt, Creating| Friction Sparks, Is Blamed by Pennsylvania Coroner. | | By the Associated Press. NEW KENSINGTON, Pa., July 19.— Seven dead and nine injured was the toll today of the explosion which last | night wrecked part of the Logan Ferry ‘Works of the United States Aluminum Corporation, & subsidiary of the Alumi- jnum Co. of America. Coroner W. J. McGregor said, after making a preliminary investigation, that machine belt became clogged and friction or a spark probably had caused | an_explosion of dust. | " J. 1. Paustenbach, 55, Tarentum, Pa., night foreman, staggered from the plant a few minutes after the explosion and dropped dead. The body of another {mr.n was found in the ruins. Five others died in a hospital. The explosion wrecked two connect- | ing brick and steel one-story buildings and rocked the New Kensington district. Firemen extinguished flames which burst forth with the blast. Firemen and volunteers combed the debris today, al- though officials of the company said all the two score men at work in the plant at the time of the explosion had been accounted for. Official estimates placed the property damage at $10,00( & —iy, 50,000 Have Stomach Aches. MEXICO CITY, July 19 (®).—Fifty thousand persons in the federal district of Mexico have stomach aches, accord- ing to an announcement by the health department last night. The ache was a symptom of a strange malady of the digestive organs, belicved to have been contracted by drinking water contami- I nated by the recent heavy rains. TRAFFIC BUREAU IN AUTO LICENSE “TAG” GAME Two Sets of Plates Given Same'Person, While Maryland Woman Receives Pair. Already worrled over the oversight of the automobile license bureau in issuing two sets of tags to & man whose only recorded address Is “General De- livery,” traffic officials were agitated further today to learn that by a third . mistake D. C. tags were issued Wednes- day to & Baltimore woman. All three errors were said to have occurred in the rush of applications | for license plates. In the first two instances Traffic Director Harland is endeavoring to get into communication with the licensee by mail and in the Jast case License Superintendent Coombs ‘h.u" notified the woman to return the Baltimore Woman Gets Tags. | | _‘The Maryland recipient of tags was Sophia Feldman, who gave her address in her application as 2328 Bryant ave- Md. The Baltimore part nue, , ore, | of the address was not noted at the i time her application was ap but IS MADE “IT” Ford, believed to he the same persol In both cases General Delivery was the address given. Supt. Coombs explained to Director Harland yesterday that the ere given out by mistake, and wrote Mr. Ford at ;‘-l‘u“l;lmq thereupon the No reply had been address. received today. ‘Must Be District Residents. Trafic regulations require that ap- plicants for automobile tags must be ing of the company’s board of directors, | IN FACTORY BLAST; | between the Pederal Government and OF COURSE, SOMETHING WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1929—THIRTY PAGES. FH¥ tion is delivered to as fast as the papers are Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- ‘Washington homes rinted. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,084 () Means Associated Pre: . TWO CENTS. TR // / AUA N ,’//{/f ) f HifH-Am S WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN THEN! WICKERSHAM GETS WATSON'S SUPPORT Senator’s Attitude Indicates President Will Not Comply With Caraway View. By the Associated Press. The prohibition suggestions made by Chairman Wickersham of the Presi- dent’s Law Enforcement Commission in the letter read to the governers’ con- | ference at New London, Conn., con- tinued today to engage the attention of wet and dry members of Congress. It was clearly established that the President had no intention of comply- | ing with the demand of Senator Cara- way, dry Democrat, of Arkansas for the chairman’s resignation on the ground that he had “sacrificed his use- fulness.” That conclusion was drawn from the statement by Senator Watson of In- diana, Republican leader, in defense of the Wickersham proposal that enforce- ment responsibility be definitely divided the States, which was coupled with his suggestion that, if this were done, “na- tional and State laws might be modified { g0 as to become reasonable and en- forceable.” Interpretation of Watson. The Republican leader, who is closely associated with President Hoover, inter- preted the letter as urging “that the States do their full duty in enforcing the eighteenth amendment.” “Chairman Wickersham's statement,” he sald, “was an effort to enlist the support of the States in doing their full constitutional duty. The eighteenth amendment left the States concurrent power with the Federal Government to enforce its provisions. Some of the States have not exercised that power.” Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, dry leader and supporter of the Presi- dent's enforcement program, remarked that Mr. Wickersham had “at least suc- ceeded in making it clear that he re- gards the prohibition law as unenforce- able.” He declined to say whether he thought President Hoover had seen the letter before it was sent to Gov. Roosevelt of New York, who read it to the conference. Merit Seen in Proposal. Less reticent on that point, Senator Tydings, wet Democrat, of Maryland de- clared he did “not think Hoover had anything to do with it,” but that he regarded it as an “effort to get the re- action of the governors so that the commission might study their views.” Although he is opposed to “divided con- trol” in prohibition enforcement, he saw “merit in the proposal,” and held that it “is a move in the right direction,” mgnvgm-;ezm: l'-he"mbee:;‘:t ‘the head of at leas ning to ques- tion where we are helded."' s Caraway Continues Attack. The controversy between Senator Caraway and Senator Watson was con- tinued today by the former, who de- clared the Wickersham letter was “not an appeal to the States to do thefr full constitutional duty,” as Watson said, but “simply a proposal for a trade be- tween the States and Federal Govern- ment” of methods of enforcement. “Wickersham didn't even suggest what Watson said he did,” Caraway ‘declared, denying that former Gov. Enala‘at,mmmthencampum dl.r'y' Fall, re- pu e Democratic tform, as Watson had chn&ed‘ e oy, That isn’t true,” the Arkansan said. If “Smith said what Watson said he did, nobody weuld have supported him. Wickersham’s posal means nullifi- cation of the titution, and Smith consistently declared he would always uphold all of the laws on the books.” COMMAND IS CHANGED. Maj. Gen. Hagood Will Go to Omaha. Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood, recently relisved from command of the troops to the United States, has bee: to the command of the 7th bona fide residents of the District of Columbia and must give to the License Bureau their correct street addresses, In order to prove residence status all applicants next yéar must exhibit a receipt to the license clerk. “ll‘t was en&l:\ed .:,h:hedny u todsy on e a total of 421 sets of were_issued et ‘were given out. Most of this lates gork fell upon one clerk, it was under- stood. Mr. Harland said it s virtually im- possible to check up on the addresses by applicants when there is a m'o( m-m]lu:ovaln for service. ‘was _umable derstand, how- ever, how such addresses as de;vtywluum.ud,eufld se_Bu- cent assignment to command the 2d Coast Artillery district, at Fort Totten, N. Y, has been canceled. Policeman Injures Foot. Pvt. James B. Sayer of the fourth ered an injury to his left Radio Progr: leading to it. for out of the President’s own pocket. The half hundred United States Ma- rines who are stationed nearby for the purpose of policing the vicinity, assisted in laying out the President’s camp and put up the group of shacks and crude frame buildings which comprise the executive camp, but they were not used, according to the White House, in the construction of roads or trails conneci- ing the main highway with the camp. Regardless of how others interpret the prerogatives and attributives of the Chief Executive, Mr, Hoover since be- coming President. it was pointed out, has very religiously followed the policy pursued by him throughout his public service in the matter of personally pay- ing for things unless he considered them strictly in line with his duties. This was true in the case of his South American good-will tour and the President has shown no inclination WHITE HOUSE DENIES MARINES BUILT HOOVER FISHING CAMP Detail Is Stationed at Rapidan for Pro- tection—-—Expense of Retreat Borne by President. President Hoover personally is paying all the expenses of his camp at the headwaters of the Rapidan River in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and will continue to do o as long as he is President, it was said today at the White House in reply to published reports that he had set to work the 40 Marines formerly attached to the Mayflower to build the camp and roads All of the'lumber, nails, cots and beds and everything else used in the establishment of the camp, with the exception of some tents, have been pald to alter his viewpoint. This was revealed by George Akerson, one of his secre- taries, with much emphasis. Mr. Aker- ' KELLOGG PACT BARS WAR, RUSSIAN SAYS, AS STIMSON UNDERTAKES PEACE MOVE Dispatches Sfiy Troops Clash in 3 Places. ’ SHIPS CENTERED ON MANCHURIA Consul at Harbin| Given 24 Hours | to Get Out. Russian troops have captured the border towns of Popranich-| naya and Manchuli in their first | active offensive against the| Chinese, according to a dispatch to the Osaka Asahi, in Osaka, from its Harbin correspondent. At the same time reports to the Associated Press from Shanghai stated that the Russians are con- centrating the Soviet mercantile fleet at Blagovestchensk prepara- tory to moving large bodies of troops in Manchuria down the Sungari River. Another report stated that the Chinese had repulsed the Russians at Blagoveshchensk, when an at- tempt was made to cross the Amur River into Manchuriah ter- ritory. Harbin has been placed under martial law by the Chinese forces, according to a special copyrighted cable dispatch to the Chicago Daily News and The Star, and the Soviet consul there allowed 24 hours in which to leave the coun- try. At the same place 20 Com- munists are reported in the cus- son stated that the roads and trails | tody of Chinese troops. leading over the mountain to the c..mp[ were built by the Highway Commission of the State of Virginia. He said also that with the exception of the Marine putting up the shacks in the President’s camp all the work and material in t establishment were paid for by Mr Hoover. He added that the President antici- pated some criticism of his ideas of en- joying the week ends out of Washing- ton and from the very beginning has insisted & strict accounting in the matter of the camp costs. Mr. Akerson pointed out that the President must be protested and, more- over. that laying out camps and putting (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ACCOMPLICE HINTED IN BENNETT CASE Federal Agents Said to Have Traced Large Part of $104,000. While Federal agents are said to have traced a large part of the $104,000 al- legedly embezzled from the Farmers & Mechanics’ Bank of Georgetown, it was disclosed also today that an associate of George Willard Bennett, accused young bank teller, is under suspicion as an accomplice. Except for the admission that this new phase of the investigation has no connection with any other employe of the bank no further intimation was given with respect to this angle of the inquiry now under way. Investigators refused to state the sum it appears certain will be restored before the case is ready lor submis- slon to the grand jury, but it was in- dicated that the search for missing funds is about over. Agents of the bonding company whose policy protects the Farmers & Mechanics’ Bank in- sisted today that the total amount re- stored by young Benhett does not ex- ceed $8,000, instead of $15,000, as has been suj . This sum includes also the ue of Bennett's automobile, which was seized at the time of his arrest. Roadster Offered for Sale. Although the 'y roadster in ques- tion is bel ered for sale llqu the in the Philippines, and now on his way | officials Page 10 y1e1,000000. in which it is now stored, it wes learned that Bennett is not being deprived of the pleasure of mo- toring, for he is said to have the loan of another car. - 5 The fact that a large amount of money or stocks is expected to be re- covered appears to bear out the con- tention that most of Bennett's tamper- ing with the bank’s accounts occurred within the past year. As the examina- tion of accounts continues, the belief is strengthened that the most active period of the all ‘embezzlements (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) Washington clearing house, $4,494,- 020.20. ,470,000,000. “He' 1'33' clearing house, balance, DENIES PRESIDENT ASKED TARIFF LIST White House Statement Fol- lows Report Concerning Democrats. The White House today- denied published reports that President Hoover had directed the Tariff ‘Commission to report to him on Democratic members of Congress who had made requests of it. At the same time a comment on the reports by Senator Harrison, Demo- crat, Mississippi, declared the Demo- cratic minority would “neither be bludgeoned nor browbeaten” in the tariff controversy. The Republican members of the Senate finance committee will begin their effort Monday to complete the task of rewriting the House tariff bill in time for presentation to the Senate when it reassembles August 19. Committee Takes Rest. In the meantime, the full member- the committee, Democrats as' well as Republicans, are ad- vantage of their runity to rest after the five weeks they have devoted to hearing hundreds of witnesses appeal- ing for rates on various commodities higher than the House bill proposes, supporting different sections of that measure, or attacking rate and admin- istrative changes it would bring about. The open hearings, in which all members of the committee participated, were begun June 12 and were to have ended July 10, but the decision to give (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) —— FLETCHER IS PRAISED IN MUSSOLINI LETTER Farewell Says U. §. Ambassador Has Been “Best and Most Sincere Collaborator.” By the Assoclated Prass. 5 ROME, July .19.—Premier Mussolini, in a letter of farewell to retiring Amer- jlcan Ambassador Henry P. Fletcher, biished last night, said he has had him “the best and most sincere the ties between Italy and the United States. ‘The premier added that Fascist Italy “knows it had & most serene observer and a fal interpreter to yg:r government and the 't 4 the Ambassador was diplomatic career and con- cluded with “expression of my sincere mwrzmawm.mn not only for this sent t but for the he had received from Fascist «officls during his five years in Rome. All along the railroads south of Har-l bin trains are reported crowded to| overflowing with Russians and Chinese seeking refuge in a safer zone following the appearance of Soviet airplanes over the North Manchuria border districts. panie stricken. A high official of the Nationalist gov- ermnment_arriving at Shanghai today from Nanking said his government would await the next move by Russia before adting itself.- " ite Moscow's severance of reld- tions,” he said, “the Soviet remains faced with the responsibility of making the next move. The Nationalist govern- ment is following a policy of watchful waiting. Its leaders do not believe the Soviet will attempt to regain the Chi- nese Eastern by force.” Native Shanghai papers said that the local Kuomintang, or Natlonalist po- litical party, committees were calling upon the Chinese people to line up be- hind the government and not to allow mediation or other interference by for- eign nations. . It was said the Nationalist govern: ment would not reply to Moscow’s sec- ond note, that severing diplomatic re~ lations between the two governments. A second copyrighted cable dispatch to The Star and the Chicago Daily News said that C. T. Wang, minister of foreign affairs in the Nanking govern- ment, has arrived in Shanghai from Tsingtao following a summons to Nan- king from President Chiang Kai-Shek in_the Chinese-Russian crisis. ‘Wang declared China had ample rea- i son for the Chinese Eastern Railway seizure, stating China had never dbeetn ven an equal opportunity on conduct- railway affairs, Russia having. vio- lated the terms of the agreement upon half a dozen occasions and even using rallroad funds for conducting anti- Chinese propaganda. Asked what Nanking's next step would be, Wang declined to answer. Asked what bearing the Keusfiumcl will have, Wang said: “We see soon,” and refused to elaborate the lhvivgment 2o s ang vigorously refuse uss the question of American mediation. Contrasted with the panicky activity in Manchuria is the calm attitude evinced in Nanking government circles. At a meeting of government leaders, at which it was decided not to reply at present to the Soviet's note severing relations, it was voted in the meantime to issue identical notes to the chief powers oY the world, informing them of events to the disruption of relations. The note, it was said in Nanking, will emphasize that Soviet Russia has been in the dissemination of Communist propaganda in the Orient (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) Many communities there are said to Mj ALEXEI RYKOFF, Head of the Soviet Council. for whom | the acting president declared there will be no war declaration against China. | FRANCE S NOTIFED OF FAREAST CRISIS Russian and Chinese Envoys | Call on Briand to Relate Manchurian Situation. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 19.—The Chinese-Rus- sian difficultles in Manchuria were brought formally to the attention of | the French government today with calls | by the Russian Ambassador and the | Chinise Minister upon Aristide Briand, | foreign minister. They acquainted him | with the view of their government and the situation as they saw it. It was stressed officially, however, their calls were merely to inform the | French government of the situation and that there was no question yet of ask- ing the Council of the League of Na- tions to intervene to preserve peace between the two nations. Shows Keen Interest. M. Briand, both as a member of the League of Nations Council and 2s French foreian minister, is naturally following the RusSso-Chinese dispute with keen interest, as are all League officials both at Geneva and Paris. M. Adatchi, Japanese Ambassador to Prance, and president of the League of ations Council, is out of town -on a vacation at present, but is near enough to Paris to return in a short time should the crisis become graver. Both diplematic circles and the press, however, continue to express belief that ‘umemfl 1“be averted by the fwo na. ns 4 Anxiety Is Felt. Rumors that there had becn an| actual clash at the frontier caused some anxiety to the diplomats who are watch- ing the situation and in some circlés it was believed to be only a question of time before the dispute was taken be- fore the League of Nations. Foreign Minister Briand is understood in both interviews today to have coun- seled moderation and conciliation, gmtlng out the danger of any precipi- te action by either country. BANDITS TAKE TRUCK FROM ARMED GUARDS Escape With $42,000 of New Or- leans Bank's Money in Day- light Hold-up. By the Assoclated Press. EW ORLEANS, July 19.—Seven bandits today held up the armored truck of the Hibernia Bank & Trust Co., threw the armed guards off and drove away with the truck. ‘The bank reported the truck carried $42,583.90 when the bandits seized it. An hour after the hold-up the police had been unable to find any trace of the armored car. It was seized at Dryades and Julia street, the two guards thrown off and the bandits took the wheel, while their companions followed in a motor car after holding the guards at bay with revolvers. KING GEORGE IMPROVING. Monarch’s Physicians Announce He Rests Well During Last Night. LONDON, July 19 (#).—King George had a very good night and his progress SACRED INDIAN WAMPUM BELT TO BE DISPLAYED in 150 Years at Celebration of Immigration Treaty. By the Assoclated Press. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., July 19.— Indian dpllmum-gltlsalflbe;lml d ‘wamj laye: to tomorrow when Indians of the Six Nations celebrate the treaty which allows the free passage of Red men back and forth across the Amer- ican-Canadian border unhampered by immigration laws. taved 2 The wampum was displa: first time on July 14, 1928, first celel marking their exclusion tion regul ] A band of Indians from northern guebee will bear the wampum to this ity. With it they will bring many other In treasures, including a canoe which, it is claimed, is the first canoe ever built on the North con- tinent. The wampum will be guarded by Indian warriors. for the continues very satisfactory, it was stated officially at Buckingham Palace today. His physicians paid their usual Secretary Calls Three Nations to Assist. SEES CRISIS END UNDER TREATY Envoys Consulted Through Pacific Agreement. Bv the Associated Prezs. MOSCOW, July 19.—The acting head of the Soviet government told American newspaper men that Soviet Russia had no inten- tion of declaring war on China over the Manchurian situation. Citing the Kellogg peace pact, to which Russia is signatory, Jan Rudzutak, who in the absence of Alexei Rykoff, is acting head of the government, saild Russia thought the Kellogg pact more precious than the loss of $5,000,000 or $10,000,000 involved in seizure of the Chinese-Eastern and sus- pension of trade relations with China. Rudzutak, vice president of the council of commissars of the U. 8. S. R. and commissar for commu- nications, is acting president of the council. Stimson Moves Here. Secretary Stimson has called to the attention of both the Soviet and Chinese governments the fact that they are signatories of the Kellogg anti-war treaty. In his steps to avoid hostilities in the Far East, Secretary Stimson enlisted the aid of Japan, Great Britain and France. Besides con- ferring yesterday with Frencn Ambassador Claudel, Mr. Stimson talked at length with Japanese Ambassador Debuchi. Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador, has also conferred with the Sec- retary on the situation. Protection Cited. Under thé terms of ‘the four- power treaty concerning the Pacific, signed in Washington in 1921, the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France are ted . to confer nxzd cuntsugg -ablig: wlm.rm’e’ andthér-in peace in the Pacific and particu- larly regarding a threat to their possessions. g Sccretary Stimson went beyond this, however, and took steps to call to the attention of the two governments their adherence to the Kellogg treaties for the re- nunciation of war. French Ambassador Claudel called at the State Department yesterday and it is presumed in dlylomntic circles that Secretary Stimson communicated to him for transmission through his govern- ment to the Soviet the suggestion that they should abide by the re- nunciation of war doctrine which was _adopted as a national policy by Russia with adherence to the Kellogg pact. _The Chinese Minister received a similar suggestion from Secretary Stimson. 3 While the State Department 1s without authoritative information on the underlying causes of the dispute between China and Rus- sia over the seizure by China of the Chinese Eastern Railway, Sec- retary Stimson, on the basis of press reports, feels the entire matter can be settled without re- sort to hostilities. PRAISES SOVIET STAND. Chairman Porter of House Commitiee Pleased With Moscow Report. Chairman Porter of the House com- mittee on foreign affairs was delighted today to hear of the action of the Rus- sian government. “It has always been extremely diffi- cult,” he said, “to get the real facts in regard to the present Russian govern- ment. All the facts I have been able to obtain indicate a sincere desire on the part.of the Soviet government to aqutlaw war. The present action is a most satisfying evidence of their dom- inant aim. “They are to be congratulated on translating into deeds what they have been advocating for . oc- casion is very auspicious. The spplica« morning call. ‘The Prince of Wales drove over from York House and remained at the palace Will Be on View for Second Time | three-quarters of an hour. tion of the Kellogg-Briand pact is cer- tainly most gratifying. It indicates that after all we have developed & means of outlawing war.” SHORE DUTY WHILE AFLOAT EQUALS CRUISE ON DRY LAND: Ruling of Navy, Puzzling to Layman, Is Explained in Navigation Bureau Circular. test prunounément of the Bu- ‘The laf "hg;'“%‘; reau of Navigation of the Navy Depart- ment, which informs naval officers that if they are serving on certain ships, that is considered shore duty, but if they are serving on land, such as Guam or Samoa, that is considered a cruise, is puzzling the . A circular letter on the subject from the bureau was made public at the de- gmmn& today. Service on board the . 8. 8. Rigel, while legally sea duty, is considered shore duty for purposes of rotation of duty, says the bureau. The Rigel is now at San Diego, Calif. “Service on board all district vessels 13 considered shore duty, except in the case of certain vessels designated by name from time to time by Bureau ot Navigation, service on board which 1s considered sea duty,” the bureau’s let- . “This designation is based on the amount of cruising done by the various district vessels. At present the vessels in the sea-duty class are as fol- lows: Bagaduce, Chewink, Owl, Keway- din, Pelican, Sciota, Seagull, Swallow, Swan and Umpqua. “For all officers, for purposes of rota- " tion of duty, on shore on the Asiatic station (except atiache and language student dul{nin Peking or ‘Toklo), in Guam and in Samoa is con- sidered a cruise.”