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Irish Peace
Is Hopeful
JAM Participants Mark Time
Awaiting Conference To
day Betwen De Valera
And Unionists.
Jmuts Received by King
London July 7. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) The prime minister,
Mr. Lloyd George, stated in the
House of Commons today that he
understood Gen. J. C Smuts, the
South African premier, went to
Ireland on Tuesday last on the in
vitation of Eanionn De Valera, the
Irish republican leader. Asked
whether he had conferred with Gen
eral Smuts before the latter went to
Ireland, the prime minister replied
laconically that he was seeing Gen
eral Smuts constantly. ,
In answer to another query Mr.
Lloyd George said none of the
dominion premiers would attend the
proposed Irish conference in Lon
don to which Mr. De Valera and
Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier,
had been invited.
Smuts Meets King.
Aside from this statement there
" cate what progress had been made
a virtually nothincr today to indi-
by the Big four comprising Air.
Lloyd George, General Smuts, Sir
James Craig and Earl Midleton, a
prominent southern unionist, toward
Reaching a solution of the Irish
question. .There was, however, of
ficial re-affirmation of the statement
that the outlook was hopeful and
that nothing . had transpired which
seriously jeopardized the prospects
' of a settlement.
General Smuts was received in au
dience this morning by King George,
the latter having shown a keen de
sire to be informed of every move
in the direction of peace in Ireland.
General Smuts gave the king the
imoressions he gathered while in1
Dublin, the audience lasting half an I
hour,
General Smuts has been invited to
attend Friday's meeting in Dublin
between Mr. De Valera and the
southern unionists, but thus far has
not definitely answered yes or no,
merely observing that he failed to
see what useful purpose his attend-
(ance would serve. ,
May Meet at Palace.
In an authentic quarter it was de
clared today that recent utterances
and acts of the Sum rein leaders
were considered to indicate a reces
sion from their demand for an inde
pendent Ireland and to imply a will
ingness to accept as a talking basis
a "united -Ireland," its legislative and
governing machinery to incorporate
unrior a riittprpnt name than tne
Ulster parliament, which would have
ctal assembly. A similar . body, un
Apr Mich an arranc-ement. would be
V created in the south, with some form
( of "all Ireland" assembly consisting
of upper and lower houses, which
would serve as a co-ordinating body.
The king, it was stated today, has
placed Buckingham palace at the
disposal of Mr. Lloyd George for
holding there the proposed Irish con
icrence. . , ,
All Nations Turning
To United States for
: Help, Herrick Says
iXew York, July 7. The need for
America to apply its great power
for world betterment in a concr te
way was emphasized by Myron T.
Herrick, reappointed ambassador to
France, at a luncheon given in his
honor by the France-America so
ciety! Mr. Herrick sails tomorrow
for Paris.
"Even those who are closest to af
fairs, at the center of things, do not
seem to understand how all nations
are turning to us for a solution of
their problems, the solution of which
alone will bring the world to a high
er plane," the ambassador- con
tinued. In a message, President Harding
said: ' .
"I desire to join in spirit with
ftk. The favorable impression he
has made leaves no doubt of the suc
cess of his present mission and is
an assurance of the promotion of
good understanding and most cordial
relations between the United States
and France."
Berlin Municipal Workers
Threatening General Strike
Berlin, July 7. The strike of the
laborers employed on lands con
trolled by the municipality of Berlin,
in progress for some time, is threat
ening to develop into a general strike
of all the municipal workers in sup
port of the agricultural laborers.
Their leaders state that partial re
turns of a vote show there will be a
two-thirds majority for a strike.
The communist organ, Tlje . Red
Flag, declares, that as . far as the
electric and tramway .. workers of
Greater Berlin are concerned, the
two-thirds majority necessary for a
general strike already has been ex
ceeded. '
Sugar Rate Case Re-Opened
By Commerce Commission
Washington, July 7. The Inter
state Commerce commission re
opened the case involving difference
in rates on sugar to Chicago and
Missouri river points from New Or
leans and Pacific coast points. Per
centage rate increases of last year
: j i . . .
ji'cn uiu fo nave micrrupicu vuui-
"yetitive schedules prevailing since
1914.
The sugar tariff will play a part,
as Hawaiian sugar carries no duty
to the Pacific coast, whil Cuban
sugar imported largely through New I
TAa4
Acts as Intermediary
i , Irish Conlrovers
Killing Ordered
By Wife, Kaber
Said When Dying
Testimony to Show Husband
Suspected Mate of Hav
. ing Planned Death
Given by Officer.
By The Associated Frrnt.
Cleveland, July 7. Testimony
tending to show that Daniel F.
Kaber, for whose murder his widow,
Eva Catherine Kaber, is on trial,
suspected her of having planned his
assassination, was introduced today
by the state through two witnesses.
"My wife ordered this done. My
God, my wife ordered this done."
These exclamations were uttered
by Mr. Kaber to Police Lieutenant
L. B. Miller of Lakewood, , soon
after Mr. Kaber had been stabbed,
according to the lieutenant's testi-
. ! mony.
"My God, doctor, my wife must
have done this," Dr. W.'J. Qmgley,
who was called to attend the wound
ed man, said Mr. Kaber exclaimed.
In addition, testimony was of
fered by two women witnesses that
Mrs. JCaber had told them she want
ed her husband murdered. Mrs. Mary
J. Wade, an alleged medium, testi
fied that Mrs. Kaber had said to
her:
"I want you to try to get rid of
Dan Kaber for me."
Wanted Husband Killed.
Asked by Mrs. Wade how, she was
to go about it, Mrs. Kaber was al
leged to have replied:
"I want you to kill him any way
to get rid of him. The man I love
has no m6nv, only brains, and Mr.
Kaber has $50,000 life insurance."
Mrs. Bertha Miethke, grandmother
of the little Patricia" whom the
Kabers had adopted, testified that
Mrs. Kaber said to her: . f
"I hate Dan Kaber and am going
to get rid of him within six months."
Dr. Quigley and Dr. Alfred
Mashhke said they had treated .Mr.
Kaber and made examinations of him
several months before his death,
They asserted he was suffering from
neuritis and secondary anemia.
Based on a hypothetical question
asserting that an analysis' of Mr.
Kaber's internal organs disclosed the
presence of arsenic in quantity "suf
ficient to kill four men," both physi
cians said they would diagnose the
cause of the anemia and neuritis as
arsenical poisoning.
Attempts to Prove Alibi.
Attorney W. J. Corrigan, on cross
examination, sought to establish that
the poison might have been ab
sorbed from powders sprinkled over
the organs by the undertaker. Dr.
(Turn to Pan Two.' Column One.) '
Mrs. Pullman Estate
Placed at $3,474,353
Chicago, July 7. Personal proper
ty left by Mrs. Hattie' Sanger Pull
man, widow of George M. Pullman,
has been appraised at $3,474,353, ac
cording to the report of a commit-
p nf annraisprs filed tndsv.
Mrs. Pullman died in Pasadena,
Cal.. March 28.
The in . utory contains an apprais
al of the Chicago home at $188,876
and the residence at Long Branch,
N. J., at $26.517.. ' Stocks valued at
$2,361,400 and bonds valued at $457,
761 also were listed.
A pearl necklace, including 49
gems, was valued at $100,000.
Do You Know Jerry?
He's the office boy,- philoso
pher and
dispenser of
tickets and
good cheer
at that bus
tling way
station, just
this side of
New Monia.
There are
.depths to
Jerry's na
ture not
vet plumbed, by his boss. In fact,
he furnishes Mr.' Givney with
many a juicy thought morsel on
which to masticate and cogitate.
You're missing "a. laugh a day"
if you're missing this comic strip.
"Jerry on the Job," 'drawn for
The Bee by Hoban, is a daily fea
ture of .
The Evening Bee
s
U.S. Will
Loan Roads
Half Billion
Mellon Announces Additional
Advances Will Be Given
Carriers Under Refund
ing Arrangement.
Many Claims Involved
By The Aaaociated Freas. '
Washington, July 7. Treasury Sec
retary Mellon announced today that
under a provisional refunding ar
rangement with the railroad execu
tives the carriers would receive ap
proximately $500,000,000 in additional
advances irom the federal govern
ment within the next six months.
Mr. Mellon' said the negotiations
with the railroad executives probably
would be completed within two days
and that the advances contemplated
would give to the railroads, in cash
sums of money equivalent to those
which the government spent in cap
ital betterments during the period of
war-time control.
Will Get 6 Per Cent.
The government will receive for
the advance 6 per cent security, evi
dencing the indebtedness of the par
ticular railroads which receive the
advances, it was explained.
All of the claims and counter
claims between the railroads and
the government arising out of main
tenance expenditures during the con
trol period are involved in the ne
gotiations, Mr. Mellon indicated,
and where arrangements for an ad
vance yare completed some sort of
a compromise agreement will result.
Mr. Mellon indicated that addi
tional appropriations would be
sought from congress to make the
advances.
Will Aid Business.
He said he believed the advances
to the roads would be beneficial to
the general financial situation and
might assist in a resumption of busi
ness activity.
In the long run, he added, the gov
ernment would obtain a net profit
from the advances since the money
necessary could be borrowed at a
lower interest rate than railroad se
curities would bear. Railroad se
curities now held by the treasury,
he said, amounted to approximately
$400,000,000 and interests and capi
tal payments had been regularly met
on all of them, giving the govern
ment an income of about $18,000,-
000 a year.
Kidnaper Is Shot
To Death By Posse
Ex-Convict Who Wounded
Oregon Man Killed After
Chase By Officers.
Hood River, Ore., July 7. Luther
Fagan, who shot T. J. Miller here
today and kidnaped Miller's wife,
son and daughter, was shot and kill
ed early tonight by a posse after he
had been surrounded in ' a thicket.
His prisoners were not injured.
Fagan recently was given a par
don from the state . penitentiary
where he was serving a sentence
for attacking Miss Louise Watkins,
Miller's stepdaughter.
After shooting Miller and kid
naping the others, Fagan was pur
sued closely and early tonight was
reported surrounded in a thicket
southwest of here. The possemen
feared to advance because of possible
danger to Pagan's prisoners at his
hands. While most of them debated
their course, Herman Preggel of
Oak Grove, crept up close to the
thicket and 6hot Fagan through the
head, killing him instantly..
Miller was able to give an account
of the day's happenings. Accord
ing to him, Fagan appeared at the
Miller home and said he wanted to
see Miss Watkins and "get a re
lease" from her. Miller believed the
man wanted to have the girl ask for
a parole. He told him Miss Wat
kins was out of the city. The man
then shot Miller in the breast. When
Mrs. Miller rushed out, attracted by
the shooting, he told her to call a
doctor.
Dr. McCarney responded to the
call and Fagan stood over him witti
his revolver while he examined the J
fallen man. When the doctor said
Miller needed hospital treatment, Fa
gan told him to bundle Miller into
his automobile and take him away.
This the doctor did, bringing Miller
to the hospital here and giving the
alarm.
Fagan then forced Mrs. Miller, her
daughter and the Anderson boy into
Miller's automobile and drove off
with them.
Miller is not seriously hurt.
Arizona Forest Fire Is
. Reported Under Control
Roosevelt, Ariz., July 7. The for
est fire which has been burning over
3,000 acres in the region of Mazatzal
peak, 40 miles north of here, today
was reported under control by For
est Supervisor W. H. Goddard. The
fire was thought to have been due
to electrical storms. One hundred
men from Roosevelt subdued the
fire.
No official estimate of the damage
to standing timber had been made
today. . '
Medicinal Beer Permits .
To Be Held Up Two Weeks
Washington, July 7. Action on
permits, to manufacture medicinal
beer will be deferred for at least a
week or two, Secretary Mellon said
today. The house bill to prohibit
the sale of such beer has been fa
vorably recommended to the senate
by the judiciary committee and
Chairman Sterling expects to bring
h VP in. the sepate within a few days,
New York Leads All States
In Payment of Tax Returns
Total Receipts by Government for Fiscal Year End
ing June 30 Given as A f 13,933,248 Pennsyl-
vania seT
ntW.
Washington, Ji . receipts
bv the Kovernmi-.tior the fiscal
year ending June 30. totaled $4,593.
933,248, of which $3,212,713,489 was
derived from income and profit taxes,
the bureau of internal revenue an
nounced today. The statement was
based on collectors' telegrams of
June 30, it was said, and it was ex
plained it might . be necessary to
make some slight changes.
The statement showed that of the
total collected. New York with $1,
124,351,706 paid more than one
fourth and led all other states. Penn
sylvania came second with $487,711,
269 of which $351,383,599 was from
income and profits tax. Illinois, with
a total of $387,763,982, of which
$260,300,282 was collected from in
comes and profits, ranked third.
Others in the order of which their
payments ranked with the total col
lected and the amount from income
and profit tax were: Ohio, $284,532,
398 and $203,208,385: 'Michigan,
$271,997,771 and $183,862,453; Massa
chusetts. $258,902,844 and $214,062,
847; California, $181,313,722 and
$127,423,338; New Jersey, $142,800,
951 and $97,380,694; Missouri, $125,
451,231 and $86,121,143, and North
Carolina, $124,510,451 and $38,669,
057. Other states in their alphabetical
order follow:
Profits
State Income Tax Total.
Arizona $ 2,780,166 $ 4,129,131
Arkansas ... 8.245,750 10,323,205
Colorado ... 5,043.693 33,960,357
German Officer
Scored at Trial
For His Defense
Conticted Major Told He
Should Have Known Lieu-'
tenant General Couldn't
Give Order.
Leipsic,, July 7. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Dr. Schmidt, presi
dent of the supreme court, in an
nouncing the acquittal of Lieut. Gen.
Karl Stenger of the charge of having
ordered the execution of wounded
French soldiers and prisoners, and
the conviction of Maj. Bruno Crusius
on the same charge said that, an ex
perienced officer like Cruius should
have known Gemral Sfengerwas in
capable of . giving such orders.
Crusius was sentenced yesterday to
two years' imprisonment and was
deprived of the right to' wear the
German uniform in the future.
"It has not been established that
1 Stenger, gave the order of which he
i is accused," said Dr. Schmidt. "The
executions, which undoubtedly oc
curred, cannot be imputed to him.
"Crusius was not responsible for
his actions' on August 28, owing to
mental derangement, but on August
21 he knew quite well what he was
doing. The actions of Lrusius were
due to ' negligence; he thought
Stenger had given the order to finish
off the wounded and prisoners. An
experienced officer like himself, how
ever, should have known Stenger
was not capable of giving such an
order." . .
During the course of the trial Dr.
Sernau, an alienist, testified that
Crusius had been sent home from the
front a nervous wreck and repeated
ly had told him that "his soul col
lapse was chiefly due to the ghastly
scenes witnessed on the battlefield
incident to General Stenger's order
to shoot wounded men and prison
ers." Thousands in Want as
Result of Pueblo Flood
Denver, Colo., July 7. One thou
sand, seven hundred families or 7,000
persons are in absolute want as a re
sult of the flood at Pueblo, Governor
Oliver H. Shoup of Colorado an
nounced today in a proclamation in
which he urered the oublic to render
,110re assistance to the stricken city.
The flood destroyed 659 homes, the
proclamation said.-
"The figures, the governor said,
were obtained from a report made
to him by the Red Cross and other
public and private agencies.
The governor recommended a
fund of not less than $500,000 be
raised for the purpose of rehabilitat
ing the sufferers. He urged dona
tions to such a fund be sent to the
Red Cross.
Taft Will Take Oath as
Chief Justice on Monday
Washington, : July 7. Former
President Taft is to be sworn in
Monday as chief justice of the
United States. The ceremony, it was
said today, will take place in the of
fice of Attorney General JJaugnerty.
California Sunshine
Cease 8 to Be Blessing
As Mercury Climbs
San Francisco, July 7. California
sunshine ceased to be a blessing and
became.-onerous in many places to
day, when the thermometer con
tinued it flight toward record alti
tudes throughout the state.
Little relief from yesterday's tem
peratures, which topped 100 degrees
in many cities, was promised today
by the weather bureau except in the
San Francisco bay region, where a
slight decline was forecast.
Imo prostrations had been reported
to this afternppnj
ri- ontriDutor ana
oOS
: vjird Place.
Connecticut . 49,188,288
Delaware .. 9,848,541
Hawaii 18,859,082
Idaho 3,492,870
Indiana 49,785,173
Iowa 28,886,189
Kansas ..... 26,855,764
71,372,388
11,827,831
20,676,778
4,463.801
77,354,934
36,954,509
38,139.783
Kentucky ... 25,090,385 r 50,391,608
Maine 14,468,384 17,822,985
Maryland and
Dist. of Co. 52,974,617
Minnesota .. 53,881,989
Missouri .... 86,121,143
Montana 3,924,709
Nebraska ... 15,821,201
Nevada 715,429
New Hamp're 8,302.934
New Mexico. 1,306,020
North Dakota 2,072,634
Oklahoma .. 21,243,813
Oregon ..... 21,970,012
Rhode Island. 35,920,483
South Dakota 3,638,544
Texas 52,122,825
Utah 7,181,381
Vermont 4,803,179
Washin g t o n
'and terri-
tory of
Alaska .... 29,446.225
West Virginia 35,802,975
onfia7 7i'
77296297
125,451,231
5,340,702
23,345,909
1,169,094
10,231,498
1.697,820
2,934,831
26,993,357
27,927,734
42,218,480
4.874,715
76,549,433
10,494,762
6,255,231
36,403,924
41,551,661
73,724,537
3,183,75(1
Wisconsin .. 56,932,474
Wyoming ... 2,534,603
Philippines (9
months ...
897,296
bales ot in
ternal reve- '
nue stamps . ;(
by post
masters (11
months) .. 19,390,823
Mother Opposed
! Return of Son's
Body to Glidden
Spot Where He Gave Life
Logical Resting Place for .
First Iowa War Victim,
. Mrs. Hay Declares.
Glidden, la., July 7. (Special.)
A grave in the poppy fields of
France, where he fought, bled and
died , for a principle, is the wish for
a last resting of Merle Hay,' one of
the, first three Americans killed, in
the world war, of his mother, who
resides in this city. The body of
the Iowa soldier is now in New York
where services will be held Sunday
after which it will be sent here for
burial.. -
"Why couldn't they have left him
in France?" Mrs.' Hay bemoans.
."It was my wish that he should
remain buried in France where he
fell.. -.1 think that would have . been
best. Why couldn't they have left
him. there in peace?"
The mother, who was closest in
the affections of her son, feels that
it would have been the wish of her
soldier boy, as well as herself, that
he be buried in one of the beautiful
little cemeteries beside his com
rades.' The body was returned on
orders of the War department. -
Mrs. Hays says she feels confident
that could his body have been left in
France his crave; would always have
been kept green-by loving hands of
those who have seen the ravages of
war and feel grateful for the timely
arrival of the Yankee troops paying
their debt to Lafayette.
The whole town of Glidden and
countryside will take part in . the
burial ceremonies. Full military
rites will be accorded him.-
He was a member of the Sixteenth
infantry.. First division, and was
killed on the night of November 3,
1917. At the same time Thomas R.
Enright; Pittsburgh, and James D.
Gresham, Evansville, Ind., were
killed.
Mother Threatens to Bob
Hair, So Girl Leaves Home
Chicago, July 7. Gladys Ramey,
14, for whom squads of detectives
searched all night, in the belief she
had been kidnaped, was found this
morning, asleep in a doorway of a
garage. . She is an important witness
against two men charged with crim
inal assault. The trial began yester
day and it was feared she had been
kidnaped to prevent her testifying.
She had accused Harry Monahan
and Thomas Daly of dragging her
into an automobile, carrying her to
a western suburb, where they kept
her all night.
"I ran away from home," she
sobbed, "because I did not want my
hair bobbed. I wanted to put my
hair up because I'm a big girl, but
mother would not let me and said
she intended to bob it."
Forest Fires Continue to
Rage Unabated Near Quebec
Quebect July 7. Reports from the
area in this province being swept by
forest fires continue to be anything
but reassuring, ' Premier Taschereau
and Honore Merciere, minister of
crown lands, said today after a con
ference last night with forest rangers
throughout the province.
The situation in Abitibi was re
ported particularly grave and latest
reports indicated that a number ol
villages in that vicinity were almost
hemmed in by the flames and. their
destruction teemed imminent.
No Trace Has Been Found of
Earl of Bandon or Kidnapers
Belfast, July 7. Although num
bers of the police and military are
scouring the country in search of the
earl of Bandon, who was kidnaped
at Bantry,: County Cork, June 21,
when his residence, Castle Bernard,
was burned, no trace has so far been
found of him. ' It is believed here
that the place of his detention is
changed daily and that he is being
held as a hostage for the safety of
sows condemned republicans,
July 21 Set
For Vote On
Tariff Bill
Consideration of Measure
Started in House General
Discussion Will Be
Limited to July 14.
Denounced by Democrats
Washington, July 7. With
the
of
the general tariff bill today, the re
publican majority has fixed July 21
as the- date for a final vote on the
measure. Under a program of pro
cedure agreed upon at a republican
conference last night the period for
general discussion will be limited to
July 14, debate thereafter to be un
der the five-minute limitation when
the house will consider the specific
schedules, which the conference
agreed shall be open to amendment
from the floor and voted on sepa
rately. These are the hides, cotton,
dyes and oils schedules, . all other
schedules to be subject to amend
ment only by the ways and means
committee.
Scored by Democrats.
Democratic members of the ways
and means committee in a minority
report filed today denounce the ad
ministration tariff bill as a "con
spiracy to benefit a few favorites at
the expense of all humanity."
The report declares the tariff was
not an issue in the last campaign and
that this is not the time to write a
tariff law. They assert that the
problems- which "confront our peo
ple, cripple our industry, stifle our
commerce and perplex, an amiable
administration have nothing to do
with the tariff." ,
Rap Republicans.
Criticizing the republican majority
of the committee for withholding
the bill from them and from the
house membership generally and for
permitting only a week for its study,
the " democratic, members . declare
there has been insufficient time to
draft a substitute. They do not un
dertake any detailed discussion of
the schedules, confining their 27
page typewritten report to general
indictment of the whole measure and
the manner of its preparation.
Churches Plan
To Extend Work
Crusade in Behalf of Chris
tianity Mapped Out at'
Endeavor Convention.
New York, July 7. Determination
of a world policy for the Christian,
Endeavor was began tooday by the
Sixth World's Christian Endeavor
convention. . Conferences- were held
and plans made to extend the crusade
m behalf of Christianity in all
countries. . ' .
Word was received from Russia
that the Greek church would wel
come Christian Endeavor t'..ere. The
people of Finland, Esthonia, Letvia,
Germany, China, Mexico, South
America, India and elsewhere were
also . reported . bidding for the help
of the society. Rev. Dr. S. M.
Zwemer of . Cairo, Egypt, in an ad
dress, urged that a great evangelistic
campaign be started to Christianize
every Mohammedan land and every
section of the Moslem world. ' He
said that thousands of Mohamme
dans were anxious to become
Christians and were flocking to the
missionary stations already estab
lished. He urged that new forces be
sent into the Near East and other
Moslem countries.
One of the features of the conven
tion is the singing by a choir ot
1,000 voices. All the song service
programs are led by Homer Rodc-
heaver, Billy Sundays well-known
song leader.
The first world convention of the
Junior World's Christian Endeavor
opens tomorrow. More than l.auu
children have registered as delegates.
Two young delegates, Froves Kil
bourn of Waxahachie, and William
Gray of Ferris, Tex., made the trip
by hiking. They were 24 days on
the road and claimed to have spent
but 58 cents. ' ,
Two cities have entered the race
for the 1925 convention. They are
Portland, Ore., and Des Moines, la.
Canadian Indians Said
To Have Turned Cannibals
Fort McMuray, Alta., July 7.
Canadian mounted police left here
to investigate reports that starving
Indians in the Caribou tribe have
been eating human flesh. The re
port states that human bones were
found, showing evidences of canni
balism. A few years ago, officials state,
caribou were so plentiful that the
Indians ate only the tongues of the
animals, Which they held as a deli
cacy. They slaughtered the animals
m thousands. The prophecy' was
made at that time by officials of the
Canadian province that the caribou
would soon disappear and starva
tion would face the aborigines.
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Loaded Revenue Freight
. Cars Show Big Falling Off
Washington, July 7. Railroads of
the country loaded with revenue
freight 775,061 cars durinar the week
ending June 25, or 5,680 less than for
the week previous, according to a
statement today by the American
Railway association. -
I he reduction includes decreases in
all commodities except ore, which
showed a slight increase. The num-
er ot cars loaaea wun gram was
38,821 or 2,173 less than the preced
ing week, while merchandise and
miscellaneous freight loadings were
468.107 or 1,416 cars under the previ
pus week,
To Succeed Wolcott
As Delaware Senator
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, T. COLEMAN DU PONT.
Dover, Del., , July 7. Gen. T.
Coleman Du Pont today was ap
pointed United States senator from
Delaware by Governor Denney to
succeed Josiah O. Wolcott, who re
signed ' last . week to become chan
cellor of Delaware.
Classics Must Be
Retained Is Plea
Of Vice President
Coolidge Tells League,
Science and Social Culture
Could Not Advance
Without Them
, Philadelphia, . July 7. Science,
commerce and social culture could
not progress if our educational sys
tem dropped the classics of : ancient
civilization : from its curriculum,
Vice President Coolidge today told
the American Classical league m ses
sion at the University of. ' Penn
sylvania.
Education is primarily a means of
establishing ideals, the vice president
said, its first duty being the forma
tion of character, which is the result
of heredity and training. It is the
ancient classics, he declared, that in
spire the ideals toward which all men
and nations are striving today.
"The most pressing requirement of
the present hour," the speaker as
serted, "is not how-are, we to solve
our economic problems, but where
are we to find the sustaining influ
ences for the realities of life?
"The progress of the present era
gives no. new answers to these prob
lems." ' There are no ' examples of
heroism which, putrivaK Leonidas at
Thermopylae, or Horatius at the
bridge. The literature "'iV-Greece
and Rome, is, from beginning to
end, an inspiring plea for patriotism.
"Unless Americans shall continue
to' live in something more than the
present, to be moved by something
more than material gains, they will
go down as other peoples have gone
down before some nation possessed
of a greater moral force.
Convict Who Has Four
Escapes to His Credit
Nearly Makes Fifth
ProsscT, Wash., July 7. After es
caping from prisons four 'times with
in a few weeks, Louis Lafrinire, a
fugitive convict from the Montana
penitentiary, was thwarted yesterday
as he was trying to effect his fifth
escape. He was arrested here by
Sheriff L. C. Rolph and had been in
jail but a few hours when he
wrenched . strips of " steel from his
bunk and pried loose bars from the
cell door. He was almost out when
the sheriff discovered him.
The sheriff slept in a steel .cage
last night handcuffed to the prisoner,
who was shackled with leg irons.
Jap Government Preparing
To Discuss Naval Limitation
Tokio. July 7. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) According to infor
mation obtained here the ground is
being prepared for formal negotia
tions later with the United States
and Great, Britain ' regarding naval
limitations. Indirect conversations,
considered of the most important
nature, are in progress, and recent
special meetings of the elder states
men in Tokio have led to the im
pression that they were participating
in deliberations on naval questions
and other matters having to do with
the relations between Japan and the
United States. . 1
Woman and Son Arrive in
Utah Express Package
salt Lake City, Utah, July 7. A
woman and a 13-year-old son hvlt
reached Provo,' Utah, as au : express
package following consignment from
Constantinople, Turkey. , Mrs. Thero
.arati and son were expressed to
the formers husband, . who is a
farmer. Sarafi left his nativve land
a few months before, his son was
born. The "express package." was
detained at Ellis Island for a month,
but the. "contents" were rleased
through the intercession of Senator
Reed Smoot. -, ' .
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President
Asks Delay
On Bonus
Harding Urges Senate to Post
pone Action Until Financial
Condition of Govern
ment Is Clarified
Suggests Recess
Soon
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Chicago Trlhunr-Omali Hr l.faiird Wlr.'
Washincion. i"!u 7 .PV.l!iu.!nr
i -
i up Secretary of the Treasury Mcl-
lcn's warning letter, President Hard
ing took vigorous action today to
halt the passage of soldiers' bonus
legislation at this session of con
gress. The president went to the senate,
and in conferences with a score cr
more of senators, urged postpone
ment of the legislation which he fa
vors in principle, until the' winter
session or until the revenue and tar
iff bills shall have been passed and
the financial condition of the gov
ernment clarified.
Having allowed the bill to reach
the "floor, of the senate without ef"
fective administration protest, the
president found it a difficult task
to halt the legislative machinery,
which is grounding out the bonus
grant so ardently sought by the ex
service men. ' " ,t
Plans Message to Congress.'
Republican leaders bluntly in
formed Mr. Harding they could not
hope to obtain a postponement of
action unless he would assume the
responsibility formally therefor.
This he expressed willingness to
do in the form of a .message to
congress, . possibly tomorrow, re
questing that action on the bonus
bill be deferred.
Mr. Harding, who had dropped in
at the senate unexpectedly and
lunched with a party of senators at
his old table in the cafe, ; estab:
lished I'Sjelf later, in' the president's
room ji called in senators. witn
whom e discussed not only the bo
nus, but the general program of
legislation and handed out some
presidential advice thereon.
Affably, but frankly, the president
reminded senatorial leaders that he
had summoned congress into special
session for the definite purpose pf re
vising the tax and tariff laws." He
gave them to understand that he
thought if was time to drop ex
traneous measures which have been
pushed forward, and to concentrate
on the main objectives. To this end
he suggested , that congress, after
the house passes' the tariff bill, take
a recess so that the committees har
ing charge of tax and tariff legisla-... ....
tion might be enabled to draft more
speedily the new bills. , '
Senate Leaders Hostile. fl.-"
Mr. Harding's program was re.-r j
ceived with considerable hostility on
the republican side, as well as
among the democrats. Only two
days ago, the senate, by a vote of
46 to 4, decided to make the bonus
bill the unfinished business, thereby
clearly indicating its intention of
passing the measure. Only, one re
publican, Senator Warren of Wyom
ing, was recorded against taking up
the bill. It was generally agreed
(Turn to Face Two, Column Two.)
Four' Persons Injured
In Blimp Explosion
Washington. July 7. The naval
Blimp C-3 exploded at the naval air
station at Hampton Roads, Va., to
day burning and injuring the four
persons who were aboard, according
to reports to the Navy department.
None of the persons aboard the
C-3 were seriously injured, accord
ing to the reports to the department,
but two were painfully burned. The
big gas bag had just been released
for a photographic flight and was (
rising slowly at about 75 feet when
the explosion occurred. Those
aboard jumped with parachutes. 'The
blimp was destroyed.
The explosion was caused by the
carrying away of the rip panel of -the
balloon, the vibration setting fire
to the craft. ' ,
I. C. C. Orders Rate Probe of
North Dakota Express Rate .
Washington, July 7. An, investi
gation to determine whether . rates .
maintained by the American ' Rail- ,
way Express company within the
state of North. Dakota are prejudi
cial to interstate commerce was or
dered today by the Interstate Cora- .
merce commission. The date and
place for hearings were not an
nounced. . .
The inquiry grows out of a peti
tion filed by the express 'Company
charging that the North Dakota rail,
road commissioners had denied the
company's request to increase jU
rates for state traffic to the level of .
those in interstate traffic. .
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American Burlesque Will
Adopt Open Shop Policy
New York, July 7. Directors of
the American burlesque circuit to
day decided to adopt the open shop '
policy. The circuit will receive the
co-operation of the Columbia cir-. .
cuit which, has' already declared for
the open shop, it was announced.
The mote was made at a special '
meeting after the officers had waited
for friendly overtures from the r
union organizations. . ,:
Noted Actor Is Bankrupt ,j
$15 and Clothes Only Assets
New York,' July 7. Raymond
Hitchcock, actor, filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy today in fed
eral court. . " .
His only listed assets were $15 and .
clothing on which he claimed ex-
emotion-. He cave his liabilities
$8,944, and named three credtaii.