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WEATHER. (U, . Weather Bureau_ Forecast.) Fair today and tomorrow, with slowly rising temperature. ‘Tem; tures: Highest, 76, at 4 p.m. y y; lowest, 55, at'3 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page 7. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” = The Star'is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washingto= homes by “The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. P . WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, unflatg WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION 75 FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS Means Associated Pre: Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 1,270—No. . 31,127. JULY 21, 1929114 PAGES. PEACE PACT FACES FIRST CRUCIAL TEST ON EVE OF FORMAL GOING INTO EFFECT Hoover Remmds Russ»a and: China They Cannot Go to War Without Repudiating! Kellogg Treaty. DR. WU AND CLAUDEL CONFER WITH STIMSON Coolidge to Join in Ceremonies | Here Wednesday as Agreement; | of Powers to Renounce Arms f Settling Disputes as National | Policy Is to Become Effective. Developments in the Russo- Chinese trouble zone in Man- churia and Siberia yesterday were as follows: China broke all relations with Russia and will request all Rus- sian diplomats to leave the na- tion, asking Germany to repre- sent China in Russian affairs, as Chinese envoys will be with- drawn from the Soviet republic. The reported occupation of ‘Manchuli by Russian troops was held false in dispatches re- ceived in Tokio, which also in- dicated establishment of head- quarters in Harbin by the for- mer Czarist Cossack leader, Gen.. Savelov, to fight Soviet troops. ‘The Kellogg pact, backbone of the American-led world peace movement, faces its first crucial test as Washington awaits official Chinese and Russian responses to President Hoover's reminder that they cannot go to war in their Manchurian dispute without re- pudiating their slgnflture: in the treaty. President Hoover, rnroceedlng. meanwhile, to strengthen the chief instrument of his effort to avert war in the Orient, author- ized the announcement that for- mer President Coolidge would join with him, his cabinet and the dip- Jomatic corps in a solemn cere- mony on Wednesday to proclaim | the Kellogg treaty formally in ef- fect. It will be Mr. Coolidge's first return | to Washington and the White House since the expiration of his administra- tion, in which the Kellogg treaty was negotiated. Frank B. Kellogg, his Sec- Tetary of State, also will return for the occasion, which is calculated to impress the world that the United States and the other principal powers have faith in the efficacy of the treaty at a time when two nations, party to it, are confronted with the alternative of keeping their obligation to submit their differences to pacific settlement or make | a serap of paper of the pact and g0 | to war. England Joins in Peace Move. Great Britain yesterday joined France and the United States in seeking ‘o avold armed conflict in the Orient. Japan, the fourth party to the four- power Pacific treaty of 1921, requiring Joint counsel over troubles in the region of the Pacific Ocean, also has indicated, through her representatives in Wash- ington, her willingness to co-operate. Heartened by unofficial advices that leaders of both the Chinese and Rus- sian governments have declared they will respect the treaty in letter nnd spirit, President Hoover and Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State, still were ‘waiting for direct official assurance. Hoover Keeps in Touch. ‘The President, passing the week end at his camp in the Virginia mountains. ‘was kept informed of aavelonmenu by direct wire from the White House. Secretary Stimson, who passed Friday #ight as the President’s guest at the camp, returned to Washington yester- day afternoon to confer with Paul Claude], the French Ambassador, and Dr. C. C. Wu, the Chinese Minister, (Continued on Pue 4, Calumn 1.) Driver Who Parked Auto on Car Track Under Observation ‘Because he Inalned on wklnl his automobile in the middle the car tracks at North cnpiufl street and Massachusetts avenue last night and refused to movflt. Roy P. Murphy of Pomonky, M¢ is in Gallinger Hospital today tor mental observation. Policeman Robert Strong of the Traffic Bureau, while riding along North Olpltol street last night, was_attracted to a crowd and traffic _tie-up at the interses tion. - He found Murphy in the car. The man was taken to the sixth precinct. After being ques- tioned he was sent to the hos- pital. CAUGHT INBLAZING PLANE, THREE DIE Father, Son and Companion, Residents of Youngstown, | Ohio, Victims in Plunge. By the Associated Press. f ‘TOLEDO, Ohio, July 20.—Trapped in | the blazing and tangled mass of wreck- age, James Detchon, 59; his son Carl, 25, and Charles Jones, all of Youngs- town, were killed when their plane fell on the Carter farm, five miles south of | Perrysburg today. | The younger Detchon was piloting, it was believed. It was said the three had | leX Youngstown this morning for Pon- | tiac, Mich,, where they planned to leave their craft and go farther north on a fishing trip. Found Controls Hooked Up. ‘The accident may have been caused when one of the passengers bccame frightened and seized one of the dual controls, according to 8. G. Van Buren, superintendent of the transcontinental airport here, who examined the wreck- age and found the controls hooked up. Glenn and/Clyde Carter, loading hay | a few yards distant, saw the plane ap- proach with the motor sputtering. The plane circled overhead and soon began “hedge hopping,” according to the Car- ters. At an altitude of less than 100 feet, it dived. Plane Bursts Into Flames. Instantly on hitting the ground {t | burst into flames. ‘ghe Carters, who ran to it immediately, believed the men died instantlr, for no cries were heard from the 1ullll;= ! | | | motorists arrived, some with fire ex- tinguishers. Heat from the flames and the glowing framework prevented removal of the When they finally were extri- identification was difficult. Identity was established, however, after a key ring ing the stamp of a Youngstown bank, a watch stamped with the name of a Youngstown jewelry | company, two Masonic rings and an initialed belt buckle were found and & Youn‘stown newspaper was called. |EX-ATHLETE CONFESSES $173,000 STOCK THEFT Columbia Man Admits ing” Large Sum for Curb Speculation. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 20.—Lawrence Sorenson, 29, former Columbia Univer- my athlete, today confessed, according police, to the theft of $173,000 worth ot nnck from the loan department of | the Equitable Trust Co., where he was employed as a bookkeepe: Sorenson was deucud today while | attempting to negotiate a loan of $60,- | 000, using some of the stock for coi- lateral. Police quoted Sorenson as saying he | | took the stock with the intention of ledging some of it to raise cash, use this in market speculation, and when his fortune was made, regain the stock and return it to the trust company. KANSAS CITY GRAND JURY NAMES 164 IN DRY CASES| Great Grist of Indictments Under Jones Law Returned at Fed- eral Court Session. By the Associated Press. KANEAS CITY, July 20.—A Federal grand jury returned 80 indictments under the Jones act here today, charg- %N p&;'lons with liquor violations. ith indictments. returned yester- “Borrow- day, naming 70 persons, the grand jury had indicted XM alleged bootleggers. ‘Twelve indictments, in addition to more than 40 returned yesterday, were reported against residents of St. Joseph, Mo., arrested in recent raids. Most of the other defendants live in.Kansas It was not long before hundreds of | shore and start for the United States. RUM RUNNERS SLAY U.5. BORDER GUARD IN PITCHED BATTLE in Ambush by Smugglers on Rio Grande. ATTACKERS ARE DRIVEN OFF IN DESPERATE FRAY Mexicans Are Believed to Have Been Wounded in Clash at Is- land in River Near El Paso. By the Assoclated Press. EL PASO, Tex., July 20.—Ambushed by a large force of Mexican rum run- ners, six American border patrolmen early today fought a pitched battle on the Rio Grande, two miles east of here, and drove off the attackers after one of their party, Inspector Ivan E. Scot- ten, 25, had been shot and killed. ‘The engagement occurred at San| | Etizario Island. Bullets were exchanged across the river, which forms the inter- | national boundary, striking on both Ameritan and Mexican soil. Inspector Scotten fell with two bul- lets in his body. Several of the smug- glers were believed to have wounded. One of Series of Clashes. ‘The battle was one of the most des- perate of a long series of armed clashes which small squads of border officers have had in the .last few years in guarding almost 3,000 miles along the international boundary against the forays of smugglers of liquor, narcotics and aliens and gun runners and cattle Tustlers, Noted for their fearlessness, straight- shooting and relentless pursuit of smug- glers, the border patrolmen have fallen into ambushes on several occasions. Scotten, who recently became a mem- | ber of the patrol, and five other border | guards, were lying in wait for rum smugglers following & tip that a big “load” was to be brought across just before dawn. “Decoy” to Lure Agents Away, Captain H. J. Horsley, chief inspector, stationed the six men at the island with instructions to halt the smugglers. Shortly before dawn the patrolmen no- ticed a lone horseman leave the Mexican As is usual in most cases when "Dig loads” are run across the border, a decoy or advance guard is sent out from Juarez to draw the attention of the “Gringo Guards” as the Juarez smug- gling ring has branded Uncle Sam’s agents. Positive that the horseman was s decoy, the patrolmen kept themselves hidden until he had almost reached the United States side. One patrolman then jumped from his hiding place and called on the horse- | man to halt. The command was an- wered with bullets from the Mexican side of the river. Surrounded by Smugglers. ‘The Americans returned the fire, un- are that they were surrounded by smugglers stationed on the American side to receive the eonttronhnfl h.nmf des) ?erldou then began to pour & of ets into the hiding place of the American agcgts. Scotten fell under (canunued on Pue §, Colymn 2.) FOUR POLlCEMEN MEN HELD ON MURDER PLOT CHARGE Allege Phoenix Officers ‘Framed | Robbery for Purpose of Shooting Mexicans. By the Associated P PHOENIX, Ariz, July 20.—Four Phoenix police officers were held for trial in Superior Court on charges of murder late wa following preliminary p 'y not guilty. The officers, M. 8. rrzuur. l.ny Shockey, Stanley amcm - w. Walker, were death Joe lulhmenu Ill an -lle(e: d"-fl.e raroes mdiuded ahcgations that the omeenr';nmad the robbery for the purpose of shooting the Mexican and E."""‘" e mjed atier pro- 2 were - l"“reeelud from the Mex- : TODA?;S STAR. PART ONE—24 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. PART "o—l PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- and City. HOOVER CARRIES ROCKS IN HELPING TO BUILD CAMP SWIMMING POOL |5 President Also Serves as Engmeer for Dam and Watches | P/firict of Columbla Xu Horseshoe Hurlers. Construction of a swimming pool and pitching horseshoes occupied the time yesterday of President Hoover nnd the ‘members of the week end party at his camp on the headwaters of the mm. :“:n El‘ve‘m;' in lthe Blue Rf Moun- ins of Virginia. The swimming pool was built in the mountain stream nearest to the camp. and President Hoover not only served as architect and ehief engineer in eon- to form, the poo bll! helped arrying rocks l.ndbl{elplnz to put them Mr Hoover did not te in the horseshoe pitching, % games he was an mmuted horseshoes were taken to the camp by an Comdr. Joel T. Boone, the ‘White House ph: . He is one of the charter memben of the President’s medicine ball uhlnet. and introduced the “bull in the game nhnd by iden medicine ballers out their skill with the “shoes,” and as the interest increased and the throwers became more skilled. & real tournament was ‘under way. Allan - Hoover, the President’s youngest son, and Lawrence Richey, one of the President’s secre- taries and a charter member of the | medicine ball cabinet, finally were de- clared the winners of the contest, Mr. Hoover ‘edded to build the fter his arrival at the cam Friday n.mrnoon and eonn.rucum 'm-k was the first ptotum ot nmnhy’- udflmuu.“ the Whlu Hauu belon forenoon Mon- day. Secretary of State Stimson, who ad the party to the camp, re- nmn.othzr mutflnw’km Fcny are Herbert and Allan Hoover, former Gov, Huntley Spaulding l:fr m Mrs. Edga !rl!w York and mk‘ dlulhm Ethel, Mrs. Stimson, Mrs. Robert: 'I(e of the Under- Richey torial Features. I!evkw of New Books—Page 4. Reserves—Page 6. PAII‘ THREE—12 PAGES. At Cemmun Otnhrl- ge Parent-Teacher Activities—! Veterans of Great Wn— PAI'! mul—n PAGES. Amuumem Section—" ter, d Mus 1n" The ‘Moiot World—Pages 4. § and 6. Avhunn uuvm-—m and 9. mm-m Nal uuu-d—Puc m sum-h War Veterans—Page 1 Ww.C. '1‘. u. Am“—?m 12, PAI'I‘ FIVE—10 PAGES. Sports a Page 1 e | Army and Navy News—Page ‘10, PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Ad Y. W.C. A, m'wu—hn 8. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES, Sectlon. mm M—Pm 20. /RAVURE llc‘!'lofl—l !lfl.l‘. World Events in oowlumx—ancls. Moon Mullins; MAMM ml‘!l“lfil Somebody’s lfil!l” wmum Six Patrolmen Are Trapped; been ! :| bus o] COMMISSION ACTS 10 FORGE BETTER TRACTION SERVICE Survey Ordered to Determine Advantages of Rerouting All Car Lines. AUTHORITY OF BOARD UNDER LAW DEFINED Railway Company's Reply Awaited Before Further Merger Action, ‘The first definite move of the Public Utilities Commission to carry out its threat to bring about s unified opera- tion of the street car.and motor bus lines if the companies refuse to renew negotiations for a voluntary merger was made yesterday when a formal or- der was drawn directing the commis- sion engineers to begin at once an ex- haustive ‘investigation to determine the ,monomhl that would result from a general rerouting. Plans for the survey were announced early last week, but steps to carry them out were not taken by the engineers pending the receipt of the formal or- der. Members of the commission, | however, devoted considerable time | throughout the week to a study of ex- isting rail and bus routes as graphic- ally illustrated in a series of blue prints in an effort to decide which | lines should be rerouted and where the changes should be made. No reason was given at the commis- | ston for the delay in framing the order | for the survey, for it was Monday when | the announcement was made that it| had decided to take such action. In the meantime, however, the commis- | Aion sent to the Capital Traction Co. | & letter taking issue with the reasons | { it gave for declining to reopen merger ; negotiations. To Cover Whole Field. Aside from the economies that can be effected through a general rerout-! ing. the investigation is designed to take into consideration the fares charged, the service rendered, the ope! ating expenses, the transfer arrange- ments and the transfer charges. In other words, uilulon.‘r‘nbx‘m l.’nul engineer to Jrecnre av e in- formation relating to street car Andl It fllt work shows lny lndlefllon of rushing the mlu!. 2% { of the mountain to carry the 240 per- | HURLEY DESCRIBES engineers, pointed out, could be assessed against the transit compaines under an amend- ment to the public utilities act which provides that the expenm of any ln vestigation made by the ecommissio shall be borne by the publlc utfllty xn- i vestigated. In this case all of the| transportation utilities are lnvolv.d Since the lon's threat to re- foute the car and bus lines, its au- thority to do so has been questioned in several quarters, because any change that would bring about & unified opera- | tion would necessitate the joint use of tracks. At the commission, it was pointed out, section three of the act cmuna the commission vests in it the a ity to carry out any rerout- ing scheme that may be decided upon. It reads as follows: Text of Act. “That every public utility dol busi- ! ness in the District of Columbia having tracks, conduits, subways, poles, wires, switchboards, exchanges, works, or other equipment shall, for a reasonable com- nsation, permlt the use of the same ! y any other public utility whmevef public convenience and nml{ quire such use, and such use will not result in irreparable injury to the owners or other users of such equip- ment; nor in-any substantial detriment to the service to be rendered by such owners or other users. In case of fallure to lme upon such use, or the condition: ’Kenumm for such use, any pub!le ul ty or nny person, firm, co-] association, or corporation m'eruved “may apply to the wmmlulon and if after investiga- tion fon shall ascertain that pubhn convenience and necessity require such use and that it would not mun in irreparable injury to owners or other users of such eqnlp- ment nor in any substantial detriment to the service to be rendered by such owners or other users of such equip- mem. 1t shall, by orger, dl.rec:‘:e that mch be permitted and prescril mumu and compensation for luch 1olnt use, !uchuu-oor‘em-h-llheper- mitted and such conditions and com. Penutbu so prescribed shall be the lawful conditions and compensation 1o be observed, tollowed and paid, subject to recourse to the courts upon the com- plaint of any interested party, here: ftel wvided, which provisions, so far as applicable, shll apply to any action arising on such complaint so made." Any such. order of the commis- time to time revised Fidy) mwmfl M‘mn - l'-l - any y or upon own motion after hearing. an ang. ot ce by | uclrnm 3 similar_to that r:- mmr.h said zn::v:’ lexmptm of ,...o. disposition 'SEEK GILCHRIST’S AID. d Finan —_— m “"‘“’"’" “For the'Love of & Lady"— | Gheinical Warfare Chiet Asked to Qn_ilt -in Chicago Probe. | bocause” of lack of steam. ! Radio Forum Audlence Told { Broadcasting System. ¢e5 | bility,” he sald, £, 7 EVEN 7 Vo 4 / y PLAY P IVE HANDLED 2Z SOME BIG THINGS PRESIDENT HOOVER HAS A FAD FOR GETTING 4('QI'\1.\"FFD WITH HIS ASSOCIATES. “OLD PEPPERSASS” RUNS AWAY, MAROONING 200 ON MOUNTAIN Newspaper Man Is Killed and Three Hurt% -as Accident Mars Homeward Journey of Sightseeing Governors. By the Associated Press: MOUNT WASHINGTON, N. H, July 20.—Daniel P. Rossiter, a loswn‘ newspaper man, was killed, three other men were injured and a party of 200, | OPTIMISH SHOWN ON GERMAN DEBTS Difficulties of Debtor Nation Admitted in Statement on Reparations. including several governors and their families, were stranded here tonight By the Associated Press. following the runaway and explosion of was rededicated at exercises on the mountain top earlier in the day. | sons down. The members of the party | were experiencing only the discomfort The injured were: Edward C. “Jac Frost of Concord, engineer, who too! the engine up the mountain for first tim in July, 1869; W. I. Newsham, his fireman, and W. H. Cote of Swamp- | seott, Mass., & free lance press photog- rapher. Weather Is Near Freezing. The trains carrying the governors and | other officlals were unable to make the descent after the accident. Two of the trains backed up the mountainside to the top, while three others were stalled A ecall was sent out for all availabie automobiles in the towns at the base | ¥ “Old Peppersass,” an old engine which of near freezing weather, it was re- | ported. | Governors who were present at Te- | | | dedication ceremonies of the old en- gine today were John Hammill of Jowa. Theodore Christianson of Minnesota, | Henry C. Caulfield of Missouri, George | H. Dern of Utah, Jnhn E. Weeks of Vermont, William G. Conley of Well ln Lieut. Gov. C. S. Sto of Ol Pollowln: the enrclset “Old Pepper- sass” proceeded down the mountain with the five trains filled (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) U. 5. PREPARATION' Peace Value of Emergency Defense Activity. +«How this country is preparing its, citizens and industries to come to its | defense in time of national emergency was described last night to millions of Americans by Col. Patrick J. Hurley, Assistant Secretary of War, in the Ni tional Radio Forum arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia | His address was broadcast locally from Station WMAL and was carried to the Nation over a transcontinental network. “Our preparation,” sald Col. Hurley, “is not a preparation for war; it is pre- paredness against war. It is the sanest and surest method for the maintenance of peace.” ‘This Summer there are approximate- ly 230,000 citizen soldiers in training camps throughout the country, accord- ing to Col. Hurley, “fl&tln themselves to shoulder («he full nlihllfl,y of citizenship.” Reserves, 7,610 members ‘of the Officers’ Training Corps and 37,500 in the citizens’ military training camps. By the nature of American institu- tions reliance is rllud upon the or- dinary citizenry for national defense, Col. Hurley explained. Responsibility of Citizens. “The citizens assume this responsi- in lcknowledlflnent of their obligations to a-Government that they themselves have created snd in ‘whose blessings they participate.” The Assistant Secretary of War ex- plained how_the military organization (Continued on’ Page 10, Column 1.) BROMLEY DELAYS HOP FOR-JAPAN TO TUESDAY | o s ASonautic Experts to Examine Plane to Be Used in Attempting Pacific Flight. By ‘the Associated Press. TACOMA; Wash., July_ 20.— Lieut. Harold Bromley, vho nhnu a_4,700- mue non-stop m. Tokio, sald POLICEMAN HELD ASDRUNKEN DRIVER Detective Says He Had to, Use Fists to Subdue | Park Officer. Charged with operating an automo- biie while under the influence of liquo:, Park Policeman Lawrence A. Libby of | Arlington, Va., was booked at No. 3 precinct yesterday afternoon by Detec- | tive S. F. Gravely, who reported that he was forced to knock Libby uncon- sclous when he put up a fight to pre- vent being taken to the police station. Libby was suspended by ‘Capt. P. T. Carroll of the park police after Police Surgeon J. L. Kilroy examined him and | reported that he had been drinking. He | ‘was released on $500 bond for his ap- pearance in Police Court Monday. Resisted Arrest. Gravely, who lives in Virginia, said he noticed Libby’s machine pursuing a zig- zag course across Highway Bridge just in front of his own car while he was driving home yesterday afternoon. H> said he drew up alongside and ordered the driver to pull up to the curb. When he attempted to arrest him, Gravcly reported, Libby resisted and Gravely lf.r\lck him with his first, knocking him conscious., He then summoned the lo\ll'lh precinct patrol wagon and took the park policeman to the third pre- einc Both policemen were off duty and were wearing civilian clothes. Lib- by's identity as policeman was not given until they arrived at the station. He is sald to have given his occupa- tion at first as a mechanic. Capt. Car- roll and Dr. Kilroy were immediately notified of the arrest and came to the station. Not Sure He Was Drunk. e-r‘ Carroll said early this morn- - from the medical enmlmnon h- ‘was not. enti WaS ineap-fle when a Libby M n vy morning- roll. He uphlnofl that the officer may submit h.ll to Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of 'ht Office_ of Public Builé- ings and Public Parks of the National Capital, or he may demand to be tried a upeu:l board to be appointed by Grant uuq told Capt. Carroll, it was said, that he Gravely instead of preceding him, as tained, - Gravely was speeding and ‘was atte! dn‘ to overtake the offender m unan arrest, Capt. Carroil saf - BERLIN, July 20.—The interim re- | port of S. Parker Gilbert, agent general for reparations, covering the first nine ! months of the fifth annuity year to June 1, 1929, which was announced to- day, contains a distinctly optimistic note concerning Germany's future. It also expressed the opinion that the Young plan “provided an essential basis for further progress of peaceful recon- | struction.” ‘The difficulties of the German situa- tion are admitted in the introduction of | “German credit and busi- | the report. 2% | ness conditions during most of the period.” it was stated, “have been domi- | nated by exceptional influences arising on the one hand from the unprecedented | severity of the Winter and budgetary | difficulties of the Reich, and on the | other hand from attraction exereised by | the high level of money rates in New York and the suspense incident to the work of the experts committee for the final settlement of the reparations problem.” Germany's Payments. The report states that Germany “as in previous years loyally and punctually | made the payments required by the terms of the Dawes' plan.” During nine months Germany paid 1.800,000,000 mld marks, of which approximately .0.3 000,000 were to Prance, 397,000,000 to great Britain, 142,000,000 to Italy, 99,000,000 to Belgium, 70,000,000 to the United States and smaller amounts to other creditors. ‘Transfers of all kinds during the nine months amounted to about 1,680,000,000 gold marks, as compared to 1,252,000,000 during the same period of the fourth annuity year. Mr. Gilbert finds the tendency toward the transfer of an in- creasing proportion of the annuity in foreign currencies, the latter absorbing 58:22 per cent of the total transfers. As to delivery in kind, France )s | most interested. according to the Gil- bert report. Her contracts are prin- | cipally for coal and coke lignitd, but also cover many items such as boring and equipping & coal mine in Lorrai doing constructfon work for the canali- zation of the Moselle River, and build- | ing & motor ship for the French Steam- ship Line. Still other items are the building of a shed in the port of Mar- sellles, the construction of a dam across the Rhine at Krembs and the asphalt- ing of roads in Haut Rhin. How Nations Were Paid. Belgium ordered chiefly fertilizers, chemicals and machinery on the repa- rations account. Serbia ordered 110 locomotives and other railway material and agricultural machinery; Rumania obtained railway and sanitary matertal: Japan, sulphate of ammonia; Portugal, dredges, tugs and ba : Greece, motor FRENCH DEBT PACT WITH U. 5. RATIFIED BY MAJORITY OF 8 AFTER LONG FIGHT %Pomcare Is Exhausted and | Briand Takes His Piace in Long Struggle to Prevent Reservations to Treaty. i | [ RS |MEASURE OF APPROVAL STILL TO GO TO SENATE | Government Had Agreed to Stand or Fall on Cabinet Decision on Policy Demanding Promise to Pay Sixty-Two Annuities to Meet Expense of War. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 21 (Sunday).—The President of France early today | was authorized by the Chamber of Deputies to ratify the-agreement | for payment of war debts to the | United States. | The ratification vote was car- ried by the slim margin of eight votes. The count was 300 in favor and 292 against. | The measure must now come | before the Senate, but the ma- | jority of the government has jgenerally been much stronger in that body. It thus appeared cer- | tain that the agreement con- | cluded in Washington in July, f 1926, would take effect. The text of the bill, which the gov~ ernment of Premier Raymond Poincare had made a question of confidence, read: “The President of the republic is au- thorized to ratify the agreement con- | cluded at Washington on July 29, 1926, | between the Government of the United | States of America and the government | of the French Republic for the con- | solidation and repayment in 62 annuities | of the debts contracted by France with the United States of America.” Ends Long Debate. | The balloting brought to an end 11 i days of stormy discussion in the Cham- | ber, in the course of which the premier | himself, until completely exhausted, had | spoken for a total of 37 hours. Foreign Minister Aristide Briand had ! picked up the challenge of the opposi- ! tion where the premier had dropped it. \H! appealed to the gratitude of '.he | deputies for the tremendous the American Armies had given mnu in the World War and had declared that these fresh forces reached her shores barely in time to prevent her destruction. The foreign minister argued that America, because she was an ally, should not receive less consideration than any cre_xc_!;lmr of France. e _government had won a major skirmish preceding the final battle for ratification last evening. By a vote of 301 to 275 the Chamber agreed that any reservations it might have to the ratifi- cation bill would be limited to mere sug- gestions from the Chamber to the gov- ernment. There had been a strong ef- fort, in which the usual party lines were forgotten, to attach to the ratification bill a condition that payment of the war debts should only be with monies received from Germany in reparation for war damages. The chamber went into its final session at 10 o'clock last night. faced with the determination of the govern- ment that in that session it should make known its will. Premier Poin- care was still without the strength to appear again in favor of the measure. He has weathered many political storms, but never felt the strain so much. His government was often close to defeat as sudden waves of emotion swept parliament. The final vote was made at about 1 am. Approve English Paet. No such difficulty was encountered in obtaining a vote for ratification of the Caillaux-Churchill agreement for the payment to Great Britain over a period of 62 years of £653,127,900. A xlmll:r bill was voted by the deputies by show of hands after the American agreement had been disposed of. Although three years have elapsed without ratification since Ambassador Berenger concluded with Secretary of Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) BOGUS SOLICITOR AGAIN BARED RAISING FUNDS FOR CARTOONISTS n Generous Check Given Suave, Neat Stranger Repre- senting Self as Artm. Further evidence of the activities of a clever swindler who has been mulcting generous Washingtonians of contribu- tions for a non-existing relief fund for cartoonists not seeking the relief, came |to The Star last night when a promi- nent Washingtonian explained how the | smooth talking confidence man secured his - conitribution. ‘This gentleman described the swindler as an extremely quiet, soft spoken max of excellent presense, neatly dressed in 2 blue serge shit, white shirt, dark tie, and sailor straw hat. The man is clean shaven and does not wear glasses. He is of medium height, darkly sunburned, and well built. His eyes and hair are | of generous patrons in putting Lhe ex- hibit over. The sketches were to be sold after the exhibit, the proceeds to g0 into a fund for establishing a club for the artists. He talked his way into a generous check, which he asked be made payable to “Edwin B. Smith, treasurer of the Evening Star.” ;.;mmenunomuhpemmmm | star. Story Bares Swindle, By a curious coincidence, Priday’ Star came to the victim’s office with t.h: story of a previous swindle lllm for the benefit of Gu.flbrd K. Berryman, The Star's cartoonist than wrmln. £ F E‘.E?E gg