VOTj TiXT XO Entered at Portland (Oregon).
'" 1jAJ- -'"" Postotflce as Second-Cars Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1923
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
TO BE INDEPENDENT
MRS. STOKES WINS
BRITAIN'S WAR DEBT
MAY BE PAID SOON
SMILINGLY
IRISH CHANCELLOR'S
MACE IS RECOVERED
FIGHT FOR MILLIONS
END TO VIOLENCE
E
REPARATIONS CUT
AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES
WILL BE WITHDRAWN.
DOWER RIGHTS TO ESTATE
ALLOWED BY COURT.
PLANS ON FOR SETTLEMENT
WITH UNCLE SAM.
PRICELESS RELIC STOLEN
RECENTLY IS FOUND.
HARD
ORDERS
MR. CHAMBERLAIN
SEES PORT NEEDS
GERMANY TO GET
DENIES RERD
AT
V
V
Official Strike Proclama
tion Is Issued.
QUIET SETTLEMENT URGED
All Citizens Are Asked to
Help Move Trains.
RIGHT TO WORK CITED
President Takes Position
Men Can , Accept Jobs
Well as Refuse Them.
That
WASHINGTON. D. C July 11.
President Harding, in a proclama
tion issued at the White House late
tonight, directed "all persons to
refrain from all interference with
the lawful efforts to maintain inter
state transportation and the carry
ing of the United States mail."
In the proclamation, which was
issued after a day in which con
tinued reports had reached the post
office department of interference by
railroad strikers with mail trains,
the president invited the co-operation
of all public authorities, state
and municipal, and the aid of "all
good citizens" to uphold the laws
and to "facilitate those operations
in safety which are essential to life
and liberty, and the security of
property and our common public
welfare."
Peaceful Settlement Asked.
The peaceful settlement of con
troversies between shopcraft em
ployes and carriers was requested
"in accordance with law and due re
spect for the established agency for
such settlement as essential to
the security and wellbeing of Our
people."
The president took the position
that men willing to maintain the
operation of railroad trains in order
to transport mail have the "same
indisputable right to work that
others have to decline to work."
President Harding was occupied
throughout the evening with the
preparation of the proclamation, de
laying his dinner one 'hour in order
to go over the first transcript. He
returned to the executive offices
after dinner and remained there
until the proclamation was made
public, about 10:49 P. M.
Labor Board If. S. Agency.
The text of the proclamation fol
lows: "A proclamation:
"Whereas, the United States rail
road labor board Is an agency of the
government, created by law and
charged with the duty of adjusting
disputes between railroad operators
and employes engaged in interstate
commerce; and,
"Whereas, the United States rail
road labor board has recently
handed down decisions, one affect
ing the wage of the shop crafts em
ployed, the other declaring the con
tract system of shopcraft work
without side agencies to be con
trary to the intent of the transpor
tation Sff anA fjin-afn.. u . 1.
u..u. - ... uii; iudl OUUit
practice must be discontinued; and,
"Whereas, the shopcraft employes
have elected to discontinue their
work rather than abide by the de
cision rendered, and certain opera
tors have ignored the decision or
dering the abandonment of the con
tract shop practice; and,
Right to Work Is Cited.
"Whereas, the maintenance and
operation of railroads in interstate
commerce and the transportation of
United States mails have necessi
tated the employment of men who
choose to accept employment under
the terms of the decision and who
have the same indisputable right to
work that others have to decline
work; and,
"Whereas, the peaceful settle
ment of controversies in accordance
with law and due respect for the es
tablished agencies of such settle
ment are essential to the security
and well being of our people.
"Now, therefore, I, Warren G.
Harding, president of the United
States, do hereby make proclama
tion, directing all persons-to refrain
from al interference with the law
fur efforts to maintain interstate
transportation and the carrying of
the United States mails.
Supremacy of Law Urged.
"These activities and the main
tained supremacy of the law1 are the
first obligation of the government
and all the citizenship of our coun
try. Therefore, I invite the co
operation of all public authorities,
state and municipal, and the aid of
all good citizens to uphold the laws
and to preserve the public peace and
to facilitate those operations in
safety which are essential to life
and liberty and the security of
property and our common public
welfare. . .
"In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused the
-Seal of the United States to be af
fixed. "Done at the city of Washington
this eleventh day of July, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-two and of the
(Continued on Page 2, Column L)
Stale Department at Washington
Lays Plans for. Provisional
Government as First Step.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 11.
The state department announced to
day that a tentative programme for
evacuation of Santo Domingo b
American military forces had been
agreed upon with a group of Do
minican leaders who have been in
Washington some months on their
own initiative in conference with
department officials. The pro
gramme will be carried out, the
statement said, "as soon as it can
be ascertained whether it meets
with the approval of a majority of
the Dominican people."
A summary of , the programme
provides, first, for establishment of
a provisional government composed
of Dominican citizens, which will
conduct general elections "without
the intervention" of American au
thorities for installation of a sub
sequent permanent government.
The present American military gov
ernment will delegate to the pro
visional government necessary ad
ministrative powers to cary out its
purposes.
Under the' plan executive depart
ments of the Dominican republic
will be turned over to the cabinet
ministers to be appointed by the
provisional president, and officials
now in charge of such departments
will aid the provisional secretary.
"No payment will be made by the
department of finance except in ac
cordance' with the provisions of the
budget, but any necessary item of
expenditure not provided for, in the
budget will be appropriated by the
provisional government in agree
ment with the military govern
ment," the statement said.
After installation of the provis
ional government the American mil
itary forces will be concentrated in
two or three centers, leaving the
task of maintaining order to the
Dominican national police, except
where the police may be unable to
cope with the situation.
GORKY APPEAL-INDORSED
Anatole Prance Joins in Plea for
Russian Socialists;
(Copyright. 1922, by the New York World.
Published by Arrangement.)
PARIS, July 11. (Special. Cable.)
Anatole France has replied to 1
Maxim Gorky's appeal to him to
intercede in behalf of the Russian
socialists imprisoned in Moscow
with the following -letter:
"I regret I am insufficiently in
formed on the affair about which
you write and have been unable to
follow the trial of the revolution
ary socialists, now proceeding at
Moscow.
"Like you, however, I believe the
men in question have in their time
faithfully served the cause of lib
eration for the Russian people. Like
you, I believe their condemnation
will weigh heavily on the destinj
of the soviet republic. With all my
heart, dear Gorky, I join in the ap
peal which you make to the soviet
government." ;
AUTOIST, ASLEEP, KILLED
F. M. Bethune, Reported as Port
land Man, Victim of Accident.
LOS ANGELES, July 11. F." M.
Bethune of Portland, Or.; fell asleep
at the wheel of his automobile today
and was crushed to death beneath
the car when it plunged over a 15
foot Cliff Of! thu BiHp-o Rnnta noo
National Forest inn, according to I
word received at the sheriffs of
fice here tonight. Two youths rid
ing with him were only slightly
injured.
The name of F. M. Bethune does
not appear in the city or telephone
directory. Other Bethunes residing
here do not know the Bethune men
tioned in the dispatch.
GROCERY STORE HELD UP
$5 5 Is Taken by Two Men, Who
Intimidate Three Persons.
The grocery store of W. H. Roy,
1 Enst Twenty-eighth street North,
was held up and robbed of $55 short
ly before 11 o'clock last night. The
job was done by two men, one
weighing about 180 pounds and the
other 130. The larger man held a
revolver on Roy, his wife and a
customer, while the smaller went
to the cash register and removed
the cash. The pair drove away in
a small red bug.
Motorcycle Patrolman Giddings
rode past the store just after the
holdup, was hailed by Roy, and gave
chase, but the bug had disappeared.
WARD OUT ON BAIL
Application to Dismiss Murder
Indictment Is Denied. .
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., July 11.
Supreme Court Justice Seeger late
today denied an application of Wal
ter S. Ward, wealthy baker's son,
for dismissal of the first degree
murder indictment charging him
with the slaying of Clarence Peters,
an ex-sailor. -
Justice Seeger, however, ordered
Ward released in $50,000 bail, holding-
there were several circum
stances in connection with the case
which made it seem unfair that
1 Ward be held in prison to wait trial
. next October. - -- :
Others Holding Hearing
Also Believed Won.
SHIPPERS EXPECT RELIEF
U. S. Sub-Committee Mem
bers Leave City.
TERMINAL 4 IS VISITED
More Data Presented Later at
Banquet Tendered to Board
Officials.
Portland's emphatic stand .for the
allocation of more shipping board
fleet vessels with which to carry
on its trade with the far eastern
countries, as. announced at the hear
ing conducted by a subcommittee
of the board Monday, is believed to
have had an appreciable effect, and
shippers believe relief will be af
forded.
It is regarded as certain that i
strong impression was made on the
committee. In fact George E. Cham
berlain, chairman of the committee,
said yesterday that he thought the
need for additional tonnage, as pre
sented at the session, had also im
pressed his associates, Admiral W.
S. Benson and Meyer Lissner.
"I am inclined to believe that the
hearing has made a most favorable
impresion on the committee and that
the members appreciate the needs
of Portland," he said.
More Data Gathered.
During the day more information
was gathered by the committee on
the port situation.' In the morning
terminal No. 4 was visited by the
party, which was accompanied by
Frank M. Warren, president of the
Port of Portland commission, and
Phil Metschan of. the commission
G. B. Hegardt, chief of engineers of
the commission of public docks; J.
N. Teal," who represented the c&am-l
ber of commerce at the hearing; H.
L. Hudson, manager of the port's
joint traffic bureau, and Charles
Gerry, attorney-examiner for the in
terstate commerce commission.
' Later the shipping board mem
bers were guests of shipping inter
ests at lunch, where much that had
a bearing on section 2S of the mer
chant marine act was discussed, as
well as the present tonnage situa
tion at Portland.
Party Leaves for Seattle. ,
Members of the committee with
Mr. Gerry, also Clifford W. Smith,
secretary of the shipping board; Mr.
Hudson and Mr. Teal, left for Seattle
last night, as a hearing on section 28
is to be conducted there today. The
Portlanders are interested in the
presentation Seattle and Puget
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 5.)
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Woman Separated From Husband
Last Fall Gets Property
Worth $2,500,000.
NEW YORK, July 11. Mrs. Helen
Elwood Stokes today won her fight
to have her dower rights to prop
erty valued at more than $6,000,000
restored when Supreme Court Jus
tice Cohalan handed down a decision
in the suit she had brought against
her husband. W. E. D. Stokes,
wealthy hotel man and real estate
operator.
. Mrs. Stoke alleged that she had
signed away her dower rights to the
property under a misapprehension
that it was necessary for her to do
so at once. The defendant alleged
that she had signed over her dower
rights as part of an ante-nuptial
pact,
Mrs. Stokes, who obtained a sepa
ration from her husband and $18,000
a year temporary alimony last fall,
will have an interest amounting to
about $2,500,000 in the Stokes prop
erty, It was said, if Justice Cohalan's
decision is upheld by the high court,
to which appeal will be taken.
STREET CAR WAR BEGUN
Passenger Busses Will Be Run in
Tacoma for 5-Cent Fare.
TACOMA, Wash., July 11. The
city council this morning granted
a franchise for the operation of 12
16-passenger busses In competition
with two lines of the Tacima Rail
way & Power company. The busses
will operate on regular schedules
and icharge 5-cent fares in compe
tition with the 10-cent single trolley
fares or 12 tickets for $1. '
Granting of the bus franchises is
the latest development in the fight
of Mayor Fawcett to induce the
local traction company to sell 20
tickets for $1 without transfer
rights, or 16 tickets for $1 with
transfer rights.
OBENCHAIN TRIAL HALTS
Judge Orders Adjournment When
Defendant Becomes III. '
LOS ANGELES, July 11. The trial
of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain for the
murder of J. Belton Kennedy was
suddenly halted late today when it
became apparent that the defend
ant was too ill to remain in the
court room. Judge Shenk ordered
an adjournment until tomorrow
tnorning. - ' .
Mrs. Obenchain fainted in her cell
in the county jail during the'rioon
recess, it became known after ad
journment. 10,000,000 TO BE FED
Reduction of Rationing in Russia
Is to Be Started.
MOSCOW, July 11. (By the Asso
elated Press.) The American relief
administration this week expects to
reach the maximum of its famine
relief programme, supplying meals
to 10,000,000 persons.
The rationing will be gradually
reduced as the harvest comes in, re
gardless of whether it is decided
definitely to abandon the work in
Russia' after September.
CALL FOR MR. PLUVIUS!
France Will Pay, but Much De
pends on Germany, Asserts
Agent of Government.
LONDON, July 11. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Evening Nfc'ws
today says arrangements for repay
ment of the British loan to America
in a lump sum in the near future
are in-an advanced stage. It de
clares repayment will be made by
means of a loan to be raised jointly
in England and America.
NEW YORK, July 11. (By the
Associated Press.) Bringing the
message that France will pay her
debts, but adding that "a lot de
pends on Germany," Jean K. Par-
mentier, official representative of
the French government, arrived to
day on the steamer La Sovie on his
way to Washington, as an adviser
the coming sessions of the inter
allied debt funding commission.
"If the German people were taxed
by their government as are the peo
ple of France;" he said, "Germany
could probably come close to paying
the full reparations demanded from
her."
"The debt of France to America,"
he added, "we must consider as part
of the interallied debt, in which
France also owes Britain" and Brit
ain Is indebted to the United States.
"If Great Britain and the United
States press France for payment of
her debts to them, the franc will
drop and create a situation so bad
that I would not dare talk aboflt-it
now."
MRS. SPRECKELS NAMED
San Francisco Society Leader to
Be U. S. Agent in Europe.
WASHINGTON. D. C. July 11.
Mrs. A. B. .Spreckels of San Fran
cisco, it was announced today, has
been appointed a special represen
tative of the department of labor,
and will investigate conditions
among women in industry in
Europe. The appointment, it was
explained, is' similar to that recently
of the late Lillian Russell-Moore of
Pittsburg, who investigated immi
gration conditions in Europe for the
department.
SAN FRANCISCO, July ll.-Mrs.
A. B. Spreckels is the wife of a
sugar magnate and is prominent as
a social leader here. During the
war she was active in Belgian re
lief." he assisted in the entertain
ment of-Marshal Joffre of France
during his recent visit to the city.
Mrs. Spreckels is a patron of art
and is having built In a public park
here a structure modeled after the
palace of the legion of honor, Paris,
to house pictures and other objects
of art.
FLIER LEAVES RAMLEH
Major Blake Off for Bagdad in
Attempted World Flight. v
LONDON, July 11. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The air ministry to
day received a wireless message
from Major W. T. Blake, saying that
he started at dawn today from
Ramleh, 20 miles northwest of
Jerusalem, for Bagdad.
Major Blake is attempting an air-
I plane flight around the world.
May Peterson Found
Safe in Portland,
NOTED SINGER MOWING LAWN
Rumors From Far Away
New York Run Down.
WEDDING HERE ATTENDED
"I Almost Died Laughing, but
Came No Nearer Pine Box,"
Is Soprano's Declaration.
"I almost died laughing, but that
is as close as I came to the little
pine box and six feet of ' freshly
turned sod," vouchsafed May Peter
son, nationally renowned grand
opera soprano, who smilingly and
cheerfully denied reports of her
death yesterday.
"Does this look much like I am a
dead one?" she queried, as she
braced her shoulders against a lawn
mower and began to trim the lawn
at the home of her brother, Guy H.
Peterson, 1559 East Thirtieth street.
From far New York came tele
graphic reports in the form of
vague rumors that Miss Peterson
had died yesterday morning in Port
land. These reports gained cur
rency throughout the day and
caused considerable alarm among
her Portland friends and admirers.
But through it all Miss Peterson
went blithely along on a shopping
tour during the afternoon, unmind
ful of the fact that many admirers
were wondering whether it should
be white carnations or lilies of the
valley
Star Hnrt In Accident.
Between mowing the lawn and
staging a losing defensive battle
against a swarm of mosquitoes that
persisted in lighting upon her bare
arms. Miss Peterson . didn't have
time to think of a fitting epitaph
for the headstone.
"When I Becided recently to come
to the coast ahd take a needed rest,
one of the musical journals wrote a
little story - and headed it:. 'Miss
Peterson at Rest,' " she said. "And
on top of that Suggestive headline
comes this report this afternoon
that I have passed on. But I am
getting used to it. I have been ac
cused of marrying or being engaged
to all sorts of men, most of whom I
never saw or knew, but this idea of
being dead is really a new sensa
tion and I can't quite decide that I
like it."
Several months ago Miss Peterson
was badly injured in a taxicab
collision in Chicago, but has prac
tically recovered from her injuries.
Her physician in Portland has sug
gested a little hard work to tak
the kinks out of her injured right
shoulder, and the lawn mowing
operations last night were just the
start of her working programme for'
the summer. Within a short time
she expects to go to the mountains
where real exercise and hard work
can be had for the asking.
Miss Peterson, accompanied by
her mother, came to Portland un
heralded to attend the wedding of
her brother, Frank S. Peterson of
Sumpter.
Pastor Is Good Sleuth.
Rev. B. Earle Parker, pastor of
the First Methodist church, offi
ciated at the wedding, and it was
to him that reporters went yester
day for information which might
lead to the discovery of the Port-,
land abode of Miss Peterson.
Rev. Mr. Parker proved to be a
good sleuth and helped to find the
Peterson home.
"Well, well," he chuckled, as he
spied Miss Peterson at work with
the lawn mower. "Having officiated
at the wedding, I knew I would not
be slighted if you had to choose
somebody to preside at the f uieral."
And thus was brought to a close
another mystery story. The obituary
editor lost a chance to write an
other notice. The police reporter
had to discard all his wild theories.
A perfectly good picture ' of the
grand opera singer went back to the
"morgue." And that's that!
COCKROACH WARY INSECT
I Creature Scents Danger and Es
capes Electrocution.
ROCHESTER, N. T., July 11. A
device for the electrocution of cock
roaches was the subject of contro
versy in city court here when
George D. Forsyth, an attorney,
appeared as his own counsel in an
action charging breach of contract
in the manufacture of a contrivance
he invented. ,
"Electric chairs" were shown in
court. It was alleged one was de
fective because the roach was
warned of danger by a tickling sen
sation in his front feet when he
touched the live metal. The roach,
according to the specifications of
the invention, was to have been in
duced to walk on the metal by quan
tities of celery juice placed at con
venient spots. 'Decision was re-
I served. , . ; ''
Elaborately Jeweled Staff, Say
. Dublin Police, Was About to
Be Sent to England.
BY P. J. KELLY.
(Copyright, 1022, by the New York World.
Published by Arrangement.)
DUBLIN, July 11. (Special cabls.)
The story of the alleged theft of the
lord chancellor's silver mace, an
elaborately jeweled staff surmount
ed by a replica of a crown, was told
today when William Holland of Ar
ran Quay, near the Four Courts,
was arrested.
The mace, which is used only upon
state occasions, when it is borne be
fore the lord chancellor of Ireland
by the official mace-bearer, disap
peared a few days ago. The Dublin
police and the national army intel
ligence corps were assigned to the
case.-
Acting upon secret " information
they searched Holland's' home and
found it concealed in the flooring.
Holland said he received it from an
army officer, who told him to keep
it as a souvenir.
The police doubt his story and
are holding him for further inves
tigation. They have information,
they say,- that the mace was about
to be sent to Fngland for disposal.
Considered historically, the mace is
priceless.
ELEPHANTS PUT TO WORK
Circus Force Shows Resourceful
ness in Train Wreck.
MASON CITY. Ia., July 11. A cir
cus train was struck by a switching
engine in a fog here this morning.
Two animal cars were overturned
and the beasts of the field and the
fowls of the air were at large. Be
cause of the' shopmen's strike a
wrecking crew was not immediate
ly available, to clear the tracks.
Attaches of the circus rounded up
the elephants from neighboring
cornfields and pressed them to val
iant service. In less than 30 min
utes the overturned cars had been
pulled from the track and the right
of way cleared.
BERLIN STRIKE ENDED
Printers Resume Work Today
Under New Wage Agreement.
BERLIN, July 11. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The strike of Berlin
printers, which has kept the Ger
man capital without most of its
daily newspapers for several days, J
came to an end today.
Work will be resumed tomorrow
under a new wage agreement, under
which the printers will receive in
creases in- salary ranging from 150
to 300 marks weekly.
TOURIST RUSH IS RECORD
79,000 Americans Reach Paris
Between March 1 and June 30.
(Copyright. 1922. by the New York World.
Published by Arrangement.)
PARIS, July il. (Special Cable.)
The present rush of American
tourists to France constitutes a
record, according to the official
figures.
Between March- 1 and June 30,
79,000 arrived here, three times the
number for the same period in 1919.
20 per cent more than last year
and nearly seven times more than
in 1913.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Wether.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature,
77 degrees; minimum, 38 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Irish lord chancellor's .silver mace, re
cently stolen, recovered. Page 1. .
Britain reported planning to pay Ameri
can obligations soon. Page 1.
Germany to get reparations cut. Page 1.
Aviation landing place for Amundsen to
be marked. Page. 4.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen's fleet bombards forts.
Page 2.
National.
Senate passes bill providing for investi
gation of Columbia basin project.
Page 2.
United States plans independence for
Dominican republic. Page 1.
Harding orders end to violence. Page 1.
Harding pleads for rigid economy. Page
6. t
. Domestic.
Mrs. Stokes wins fight for millions.
Page 1.
Strikes cost $10,000,000 daily. Page .
New York baffles puzzle experts'. Pages.
Pacific Northwest.
Mr. Booth and Mr. Barratt expected to
resign soon. Page 3.
Valley fruit crop in good condition. Page
13.
Accused commissioners of King county,
"Washington, demand speedy trial.
Page 7.
Sports.
Golfers struggle to qualify amid sun
. and rain. Page 14.
Pacific Coast le&gue results: at Salt
Lake 13, Vernon 4; at Sacramento 6,
Oakland 5. (No other games; teams
traveling.) Page 14.
First blood drawn by Yankees, 2 to 1.
Page 14.
Golfers of state tee off today. Page 14.
Mayme MacDonald survives tennis test.
Page 15.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat growers' association completes
arrangements for export marketing.
Page 22.
Confidence of stock market traders ap
pears tempered by caution. Page 22.
Reports of railroad embargoe send
wheat up at Chicago. Page 22.'
Foreign bonds recover part of recent
losses. Page 23.
Port considered for new service. Page 21.
Portland and Vicinity.
Mr. Chamberlain sees port's need. Page
1.
State demands license fees for city
autos. Page 11.
Labor to oppose lower carfares. Page
.24.
Nurserymen want more supervision.
Page 12.
Solos to feature Oregonian radio enter
tainment tonight. Page 10.
Diva smilingly denies her .death. Page 1.
Mr. Chamberlain felicitated at' dinner.
Page 4.
Weather report, data and forecast.
f age 21.
July Installment to Be
. 32,000,000 Marks.
50,000,000 AMOUNT DUE
Credit for 106,000,000Given
for Dyes Delivered.
CRISIS DISCUSSED FULLY
Formal Request for Moratorium
Is Expected Today, but De
. tails Are Vet Secret.
PARIS, July 11. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The reparations
commission decided today to relieve
the German crisis to the extent of
reducing the monthly installment of
50.000,000 gold marks, due next Sat
urday on the schedule of payment,
to 32,000,000 gold marks. Germany
had announced her willingness to
pay the whole amount, but the com
mission ruled that in view of the
crisis the smaller figure was al
that would be required.
Credit to the amount of 106,000,000
gold marks was given Germany on
her reparations account for deliv
eries of dyestuffs made during the
last few months to the Textile Alli
ance of America for all the allies
and also for deliveries of coal which'
had been made to Luxemburg at
the request of the allied govern
ments. These credits were due Ger
many for some time and the offi
cials thought the time opportune to
allow them In view of German diffi
culties: (tImIm In Dincuittted.
The members of the reparations
commission spent all day discuss
ing the German crisis. Dr. Fischer
and Herr Schroeder conferred with
the members this morning and had
another talk with M. Dubois, presi
dent of the commission, in the
course of which the German repre
sentatives reiterated the country's
inability to meet cash payments
after July.
The commission is expecting to
receive a formal request from Ger
many for a moratorium in some
form tomorrow; indications tonight
were that the German note would
ask that Germany be relieved of all
remaining payments this year.
Roland R. Boyden is keeping in
clcse touch with, the developments
so as to be able to advise Wash
ington. It was said tonight in cer
tain reparations circles that therk
was a disposition to take no action
on the German request for a mora
torium, but rather await possible
political developments in Germany.
Value of Decision Doubtful.
Those who take this view say that
the fall of the present German gov
ernment would make any decision
reached now of little or no value.
The French government is op
posed to an immediate meeting of
the allied powers to discuss the rep
arations situation, and it will only
consent to such a meeting as a final
step. This was made plain in offi
cial circles today after a conference
between President Dubois of the
commission and Premier Poincare.
BRITAIN, FRANCE CONFER
French Premier Expected to Be
Invited to London.
LONDON", July 11. (By the Asso-
ciated Press.) Premier Poincare of
France probably will be invited to
London for discussions with Prime
Minister Lloyd George on the repa
rations question as affected by pres
ent conditions in Germany, accord
ing to official circles here.
Great Britain and France are in
close communication concerning
Germany's financial position, which
came before the British cabinet
meeting today.
Among the data available to the
ministers were special dispatches
from the British ambassador in Ber
lin outlining conditions in Germany.
The Times today began publica
tion of a series of special articles
discussing "the economic morass in
which the world is floundering," and
aiming to point the road to re
covery. The writer says the latest
collapse of the mark merely adds an
alarming symptom to the other
symptoms long noticeable.
"Great Britain alone holds the key
to the whole position," he declared.
"The only gateway to the path to
safety is through firm, courageous
treatment of the reparations prob
lem. In order to unlock the gate
the question of the British war in
debtedness to the United States
must first be settled."
GIRL ATTORNEY- ONLY 17
Savannah, Ga., Claims Youngest
Feminine Lawyer.
SAVANNAH, Ga., July 11. Savan
nah lays claim to the country's
youngest feminine lawyer. '
Thelma Lenora Harrell, who has
just celebrated her 17th birthday,
recently passed the state bar exam
ination and yesterday was admitted
to practice,
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