Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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THE  WEATHER
Washington, Aue. 11 — Eaatern Penna.: Cloudy and warmer Sunday with    thundor    etorms    afternoon    or
uikIiL;  Muud.iy cooler.
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Entered   at   Wllkes-Barre.   Fa„ as   Second   Class   Mall   Matter.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, AUG. 12,1923
The   Only    Bunday    Newapaper Covering tha   Wyoming   Valley
PRICE EIGHT CENTS
BURNS TO DEATH, 1 KILLED, IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
AUTOISTS OF WEST WIN TILT
Backed By Governors Ot Sev¬ eral States They Force Reduction Ot Fuel Costs
COWIPAIMIES SURRENDER
IVlotor Clubs Prepare To Ex¬ tend Campaign By Opening l\lo-Profit Fill Stations
Si'ftfE DEPOTS READY
Middle ¦n-catem states united laat night In plans for a war on high gasoline prlcea. While Governor W. H, McMaster, Bouth Dalcota, had Buo- cecdcd In forcing down retail prices from 21 to 16 cents a gallon, at least three other Btato executives were studying plans to take similar action.
Governor R, A, Nestos, North Dakota, wired the Standard Oil Com¬ pany of Indlax.ei, the dominating dis¬ tributors ot his state, demanding that prices bo reduced to a level with tliose in South D;J<ota. Ho said ha would cause co-operative concerns to sell It nt 16c. It the big companies do not meet his request.
(Jovernor Charles W, Bryan, Neb- riska, declared he Is "Interested" In Governor Mcllusters' plans ot estab¬ lishing state owned g'dsollne stations. The Nebraska Attorney General's office wns repoi-ted considering a plan to repeal franchises ot oil companies on tho KrouiuL-i that tliey are a com¬ bination In restraint of trade.
Governor IJryan. a brother of William JonnlHRTS IJryan. said he had been Inve.stlRatlng tha ftasoline busi¬ ness and liad como to tho conclusion there Is too wide a tap between re¬ finery, wholesiilc and retail prices. He drrhircd tho ,stato will give whatever relict poH.sible to consumers.
Governor Kendall, Iowa, wired Mc- Mastera fur details of his slate retail plan. Kour ind'-pcndent ea'Jiine cora- lianiea in Nobi-aska redured pi-lces as the result ot tbo South Dakota cut.
In Minneapolis und Wt. Paul mem¬ bers of automohilo cluba discussed plans to build a lllling station to sell gasoline without proflt.
Secretary First To Quit Coolidge
Washington, August 11.—Presi¬ dent Coolldge tonight accepted the resignation of George B. Christian as secretary to the President. In a letter to Christian, Coolldge said that ho would leave the effective date ot the resignation to be mutu¬ ally determined later, as he was desirous of accepting Chrlstlan'5 offer to aid and assist him in tak¬ ing up the duties of President of the IJnlted States. Coolidpo com¬ mended Christian for his success¬ ful public service in Washington "in a mo.st difficult and exacting position" and declared that he was cognizant of his ability and his helpfulness to President Harding. "I part with you regrcttully. be¬ cause of your usefulne.ss and. be¬ cause ot our friendship," wrote CoolKige. "Wherever ynu go nnd whatever you do, you know thnt sentiment will continue between us."
TWO LIVES CLAIMED IN ACCIDENTS   TO DRIVERS OF CARS
NGEfflNGMY
Paul Schmear, 21 years old, of Hazleton. was bunied to death yester¬ day afternoon, when a Ford car in which he was driving ciught flre while on tho way up East End hill, near the State Hospital, at that place. William Ward, 20 years old, nlso ot Hazleton, a companion ot Schmear, W!is badly burned and is reported In a serious condition In tho Hazleton hospital.
The car, which waa owned by James Killner, backfired as it was going up a hill nnd the rear end ot the machine caught flre. Before tho two young men realized what had happened, they were trapped In tho machino with tliimcs .'ihooting about them on all sides, Schmear Elowed the car down and each Jumped but not until severe¬ ly burned.
Both wero hurried to tha hospital whero Schmear died shortly afterward 'rom tho efTcrtR of his hnmn. Wfir<''¦ ccn:'.Hlcn, latb-i.'.sL iilgiu. wus reporLtd
i-ail of the viaduct over tho D., Ii 4 W. tracks  In  the  lower  end   ot  Duryea Borough,   pinning   hUn   beneath   the overturned   machine,     March  waa  on | ills  way homo  from  work  when the; accident occurred. y 1
According to reports, ho was driving 1 at a moderate rate ot speed when he | encountered   a   truck'pnrked   on   thej bridge   spanning   the   i-ailroad   tracks. ! It is Ijclicved that he beaime contused and   lost   control   of   tho   car   which sweiTed    to    ono    side    nnd    crashed through the railing nnd dropped to tlio | tracks   below,    a   distance    ot   about } twenty feet,    Paasersby saw tho over¬ turned car and, summoning help, the' car  was lifted from the  unfortunate victim.
Though still conscious, It 'was ap¬ parent tliat tho man'a Injuries wore serious and an ambulance was called from the Howell unciertakins estab¬ lishment at vm«ton The Iniiired man was rushed Co the Taylor hrtspital into which institution he waa admilted at (i:10 o'clock last evening. Ho died ^^^1 "iioi^^n hour later but reniailiod con
Freak Storms Lay Ice Coating Over Large Parts Of Mid-West
Chicago, Aug. 11.—Violent hail, wind, rain and elec¬ tric storms, inflicting damage to crops and property, swept the mid-west today and toniglit. A wind and rain storm hit Chicago tonight, flooding basements and streets and hurling refuse cans thi-ough the streets, endiuigering pedestrians. Automobiles were skidded along the pave¬ ments. Telephone, lighting and street systems were in¬ terrupted. In parts of North Dakota, wheat, coni and grass wore bejiten into the ground by hail which was as large as hen eggs and lay on the ground three inclies deep near Lamour. Many barns and smallei- buildings were destroyed. The Catholic Church at Dawson was wrecked. Both hail and rain swept parts of Nebraska. Near Laurel hail swept a path four miles wide and many miles long. ^Many windows were broken, the ice balls be¬ ing two inches thick. A few persons were reported in¬ jured.
ADMINISTRA TION FACES HARD WORK FROM VERY START
until  ihi
r later hut remaned ron- i .ho  iii.sL,   tlcsiJiT^Tno  l..ri j
Notorious Dratt Evader Also Bites Oft Thumb Of One Of His Pursuers
as serious. g
Tho   machine   waa   comi'lctely   dc fltrovcd^^
"^^Crusiied to l>eaih ^^...u. u... ^^
Jnhn'TTarch, iigrd 65, a well known lUiat his head w.f!, Ijri.ll^ cfffsi..-.r"fl%ai resident ot Old Forge, had his life j tho weight of the machine and he wo-s snuffed out late yesterday afternoon i also sufCerlng from Internal Injurlej. when .a Ford touring car which he wa.s Ho Is sur\'lved by his widow and driving   crashed   through   the   guard | several  grown-up  children.
HELPED BY CROWDS
Cut Xo Eleven Cents.
Dallas. Tex., August 11.—Gasoline at lie a gallon here tonight as dealers coniinucd a war of price slashnig which has .sent tho cost down ten cents wilhin tho last three weeks. The lie price announced today by tiie Magnolia I'otioleum Company was In- Btanily met by other firms and motor¬ ists chugged about joyously, anticipat¬ ing still further cuts.
Mllcli(^ll, S. vf,, August 11,—South Dakota will go on an uutomobile eprce tomorrow with gasoline at 16c a gallon. Filling stations were throngefl ns news spread that the price was cut by tho Standard Oil Company of Indiana, to "meet com¬ petition".
The State Supply depot hero had only meagre supplies'of gasoline to "Pll ot 16c. a gallon, compared witli the huge stocks of Standard OU and Independent companies who met the Btato price. The 100,000 gallons pur- ch.iscd In Chicago by Governor Mc¬ Master for distribution in carload lots, will not bo shlpiied in until ten cities h.ive assured the Governor they are ready to handle it U the l6o price.
War To  Finish.
Aanoiincuuunt by Governor Mc- Ma.stiT that lie would purchase 600,000 gullons more if the llrst lot was dis¬ posed of satisfactorily, is believed to have caused Sl.indard OU and inde¬ pendent companies to act. but. If flll- 'ng slatlona everywhere begin selling Kasolino at 16c a gallon, it is doubt¬ ful It the Governor wiil flnd it neces¬ sary to c.irry out his threat.
His   sole   aim,   it   was   pointed   out,
*^   to   forcQ   .a   cut   lu   prices   of   at
'east   6c   a   gallon.     Having   acconip-
^ [Ishet that  end,   he  may  rest  on  his
oars"  untU  prices  go  up  again.
St. I'aul, Minn.. Aug. 11.—Ths gas¬ oline price war was extended to the Twin Cities tonight when the Wil¬ helm Oil Company cut prices four ^nts to l'ji,i cents a gallon effective tomorrow
OfflcL-Us ot other Independent com- ^hles said other dealers would un¬ doubtedly be forced to follow. It was •""Closed that high test gns can bo 'aid iioivn In this city for 11',i cents. 'revaiiing prices range from ZiVt «o **i4 cents.
lleberbach, Baden, August 11.— drover Cleveland BergdoU, notorious draft evader and fugitive from justice in the United States, still was at lib¬ erty hero today after foiling nn ap¬ parent attempt to kidnap him nnd bring hlpi to a plnce whore ho could be extradited to America for trial.
Bcrgdoll shot and killed ono of the men wlio attempted to kidnap him and wounded another seriously here today.
The dead man wns aald to h« Karl Schmitt ot Lausanne, Switzerland, and tho wounded man Spcrber Roge, of Paris.
Two Americans were arrested by Gorman gendarmes charged with com¬ plicity in the alleged attempt at kid¬ napping. Thoy were said to bo a for¬ mer lieutenant In the United States Army named (JrlfBth and a chauffeur named Nielsen.
BergdoU's mother arrived here early this week to visit her son, App.ironl- ly sho was atlompting to got him to reluru to the l.'nitod States and soi-vo his sentence as a deserter, so that property sequoslored by tho alien property custodian could be claimed by the family.
Hidden Three  Years
BergdoU fled to Gornuiny May 10, 1920, after escaping from gunrds who bad accompanied him to I'liUadclphlu from Governor's Island. N, Y., where he was In prison fctllowing a senlenci": of five years for desertion from the army.
He had olitalned permission to m.ake the trip l>y declaring ho wished to lo¬ cate a sum nf money he h.ad con¬ cealed whllo hiding from draft officers during tho war.
Last night's was tho second unsuc¬ cessful attempt to kidnap tho de.sortor. In January. 1021. two sergeants of tho American expeditionary forces, Franz Zinimor .and Karl N'euf. leaped on the running board of BergdoU's automobile in ITelierhach nnd drew revolvers, ordering his surrender. The soldiers woro thrown oft. however, when the chauffeur speeded up the car. Thumb Hilton Off
Details "ot tho nttack on BergdoU wei-e conflicting, but. according to the version circulated tonight, three men nttacked tho dratt evader as ho enter¬ ed his hotel.
Borgdoll gained time by biting the thumb from ono assailant. Then he drrw his revolver, shooting and killing the second. The third of the att.-icklng party, a Russian named Count Gregor OarKorinl, flod to tho suburiis. Gend¬ armes, attracted b.v the pound ot tho shooting, chased the Russian to an automobile .alleged to l)rar I'nitod States license No. T-23 In which thoy found Lieutenant ftrlfHth. an Amorican and an Americnn chaufTour, Victor Noilson. Tho police arretted the Russian and two Amelrcans who were threatened by a crowd whiih had followed the gondarmos. shouting "lynch them." Tho police had dL^ culty  protecting  their  prisoners.
TIio u.s.sault on BergdoU, apparently was well pl.-mned as police .said the band cjirrled maps of the city, pic¬ tures of the hotel, and a plentiful supply of arms and money.
.\11 the men in the attacking pnrty
appeared tb be under 30 years ot age,
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TROOPS NOT need™
Charloiiton,   S.   C,   Aug.   11.—State I militiamen ordered on duty by Gover¬ nor McLcod because of jiosslbllities of I disorders     In     connection     wi'h     the
1 munieipal primary, wera being cJemo- bllized touitsht.
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FORCED TO CLOSE IS NOW BELIEVED
Williams And Bachman Ot Prohibition Office Sum¬ moned To Philadelphia
EXISTED FOUR YEARS
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ON SHERIFF VOTE
Fists And Hot Words Are Used At Meeting Of Non¬ partisan League
YOURISHIN DEFEATED
MINERS'LEADER
CALLED By m
ifr-ATLANtlCSTTy
Cappellini To Hold An Import¬ ant Conference With The International Persident
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T WITH LATE CHIEF'S
President Will Urge Plan To Join World Court When Congress Re-Assembles..
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NO EXTRA SESSION
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LEFT TO COOLIDGE
Dry Enforcement And Crisis In Europe Also Call For Very Early Assistance
CABINET INSTRUCTED
ISSUES STATEMENT
Although under ofllcers of the local dlstri<'t of the Trohlbltlon Bureau havo had no ofliclal annonncemont ot the closing ot tho local district offlces, It w.'Ls announced yesterday tiiat all ilis¬ triet prohibition ofllces Ir the State would be closod. and all assiRnmonts I will he made out ot the I'hiladelphia headquarters.
Cliief district enforcement offlcer HariT Williams, who Ii;i3 been In charge of tho local district, and J.ames liachnian of Hazleton, special agent, are in rhil.adelphla. having receive<l tho call on Friday to hurry to tho Quaker Cily for a conference with higher omcials In tho prohibition en¬ forcement detail.
From all reports the enstem Penn¬ sylvania olflcos a.s well as the .south New Jersey offlces will be closed at once, und all field ofllcers now In ser¬ vice will report back to rhiladelphia.
It Is undecstood flying squ.adroons will bo sent out to do the work cover¬ ed by tbo local enforcement ofllcers. I.ast night under ofllcers In tho local di.slrlct denied they had received nny olllcial word. It wns In Augitst. 1919. that the loc:U district wns tlrst estab¬ lished here, with Grover C. HoUlstor ot Kingston In charge. Harry Wil¬ liams hfl-s beon In sor\'lco hero for .a i ye.ar. During his tlmo ho cleaned up many of the old cases nnd prosecuted hundreils In his effort to make Lu¬ zerno and Lackawanna counties dry.
FIGHT IN RESTAURANT PUTS ONE IN HOSPITAL
For a littlo whilo his moniing the Oasis restaurant on Kast I^Iarkot streot- llvod up to Its title. It waa one spot In Wiikes-Barro that wns attractive. roUcenion found a merry fight in pro¬ gress wM^ u youth wlio gave tho name of .\ntonlo Dane getting tho \\'orst of things, I'atrol Driver James Duffy arrested Benny riiiskl of the Heights as tho chief olTendcr In tho melee, but whon others wero being hauled into tho patrol wagon I'luskl made his escape. Duffy chased bim Iwd blocks boforo he caught him and then ho hail to t.ake up tho fight where Dane had lett It off. Duffy had to use his club on riuski to surh extent that the lat¬ ter was sent to tho hospital for repairs.  :*'.	
WILKES-BARRE MAN
IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
Buffalo, N. Y.. Aug. 11—Kdward T. F.ilky of Wllkes-Barre, Fnd Hurd nf 462 Mnsten St. and John Newman ot 41 Ralph riace, both of Buffalo, were serlou.sli Injured early tod.iy when an automoiiilc in which all were riding failed to make the tum ne,ar Bayview, New York, on tlie Lako Shoro road near here and went off the road Into a field nnd overturned. Ali wero nishe 1 to Our Lady of Victory Hns¬ pital in Lackawanna, N. Y. AU are probatily internally hurt and T. Falky h.as a br.ikon leg. Full .extent uf rheir injuries cannot bo asce.-alneil for so:iii' limo, ho^pitai physicians ctated tonlfihU
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At a three hour session marked by violent verbal clashes and several tlsllc encounters, and which finally broke up In a wrangle, tho Non-Par- tisan Leaguo last night endorsed G. Jeri-y Dunn of i'lymouth as a candi¬ date for sheriff of Luzerno County in preference to John Yourishin ot Haz¬ leton. secretary-treasurer of District No. 7, United Mine Workers of Amer¬ ica,
Dunn's endorsement followed the defoat ot a motion of tho executive' committeo tliat John Yourishin of Hazleton be placed In tho field by labor aa a candidate for shorift. Dur¬ ing the week when Thotnas Kenne^ly ot Hazleton. president of District No. 7. United Mine Workers of America, declined th© endoi-scment offered by the league last Saturday night, tho executive committeo decided on Mr. Y'ourishin aa a candidato for the office and decided to rocommend his name for endorsement at the meeting ot the geneial body last night.
After ono delegate had ottered Mr. Dunn's name as a candidate for en- dor.sement nnd another h.ad presented Mr, Yourlshln's, It w.as nece.s.sary to lake a vote by ballots. When the tabulation was completed It was an¬ nounced that Dunn hnd received sev¬ enty-eight votea and Y'ourishin sixty- one.
Confu.slon In Hall
Immediately after tho vote the meet¬ ing hall w.as the scene of wild confu¬ sion and it was almost Impossible for chairman Bernard Callahan to rc.storo onler. Tho delegates from tho Pltts¬ ton section .especially the mlno workers, headed hy Alex Campbell, in¬ ternational board member I'lom Dis¬ trict No. 1, United Mine Workers of America, left tho hall in disgust, an- noimclng tliat they would .Mipfiort no person for the oflice of sheriff who wa« not an nctlvo mine worker. Tlie dele¬ gates fro n Hazleton and the Firr.t Legislative district headed by Neal J. Perry, International board member from District No. 7. left the hall In the samo frame ot mind, ns did delegates trom A.shley and Nanticoko.
When tile atmosfdiore had partly clqiired chairman Callahan urged thi delegates who were still In the hall to tako their seats as a number of Im¬ portant matters had lo be disposed of. He askod the plea.su re of the delegates regarding tho canilidate to bo endors¬ ed for the oltlcu of coroner but the delegates would nnt koop oriior and adjournment without any formal action .
Charge rolitics
After the  meeting officers    of    the i league   said   that   the  endorsement   of I Dunn for sheriff    was    the    work    of I politicians of I'lymouth who came In¬ to tho meeting with tho express pur¬ pose of seeing that their candidate re¬ ceived the endorsement  by the  "rail¬ roading"     process.      They     explained that ut a previous    meeting    of    the j committee when it was decided to en¬ ter the county political flght a resolu¬ tion was adopted to    the    eftect    that canlldatrs who would be eni'.nrsed for iCuntinued ou lat .page 2u(l 5t)Cllun) i
Rinaldo Cappellinl, president of Dis¬ trict No. 1, I'nitod Mino Workers of .America, loft this city nt two o'clock this mnrning to hold a conference with Inlernatlon.al President John L. Lewis, at Atlantic City. Tho confer¬ ence Is EChediiloii for ten o'clock this morning, .lust what is tlio purpose of this liuirlcd call. President Capelllni would not s.ay. Beforo taking his berth in tho morning sleeper the newly chosen nilnor.^' lotulor for this district .said that he wa-s on bLs way to Atlan¬ tic City to meet the International leader ot tho Mlno Workers In an im¬ portant session.
"At this timo 1 cannot sny Just whnt Is tho purpose ot this meetin.g. 1 wouM much prefer fo await my return beforo making any .statement," ho said, "I'riiliably President Lewis w.ants to consult me aliout Interna¬ tional appoint ments iu my district. Or may bo it concerns the present nego¬ tiations," laughed the youthful loader ot sixty thousand local mine workers. "You know onr district petilloned the International bureau for a chnmre among sonio of the International rep- rosontativcH here, nnd, thus may lie President Lewis' first opportunity of hearing our sldo of the argument. I must moot him at ton o'clock. Thore Is littlo to bo alarmed aliout In my go¬ ing. It is Just on business, nnd nt the propor tinio I will tell my pcoplo just what tniiisplred,"
At first il w,as believed President Lewis had issued a call to I're.sident Thomas Kennedy of District No. 7 and Chris Onlden of Di.strlct No. 9, to at¬ tend tills conforonco, imt nt nn early hour tills niorning President Kcnnoib-, from his homo in llitzloton. announced it wns "probably district business. Mr. Kcnnody, who Is active I" «>'" «J^- fairrs ot tho Nou Partisan I'o " ",'' I.ragua did not attend last nights session at Union Hall here, and the news wns given that ho wn.s out of his home city on business. ,However. this    morning    bo    allayed   all
doubt.     President   Cappellinl   said   he
raiiy
vo        be   back   to   the  district   head quarters in Scranton to-morrow mom-
SettlluB  Strikes.
"Ono hundred iior cent organized" Is the new district president's rlognn. Since taking office on August first, he haa succeeded In settling five walk¬ outs in Iho various sections of the district, sending morn than 20,000 men back to work. "I am campaigning, visiting somo local union meeting every night" snid the leader last night, "I proiniso to h.'ive every man \Nho works in and about tho mines, nnd who Is eligible' to moniliorBlilp In our union a moniber. (Jf course this Is somo task, but I will stick to the job, and when my tw i year term has ex¬ pired I will bo able, I hope, to piaco Dl.strict Nu. 1 with tho oilier loading district organizations ot the United Mlno Workers of America. Thero is strength In org.inlzatlo-i. I do not mean to abuse this strength.
"Prosperity does not cnme In mine strikes. tJur workers, however, must not bo overridden and wo will flght to lliB lust ditch to gain what Is only fair and Just. I nionn to represent every class of workir on our official Rlh'Vico Beard. I will not tako any undue advantage ot the Kxecutive Uo.ird. I will bring every Important question beforo. thu K.\ecutive lioard. 'I'his will ulso lie true ot all oppolnt- ments. ThLs will estalilish a preced¬ ent, but after lUl, we must forget the routino of such things and do things for tbo lietUrment ot tha United Mine  Workers."
I'^xlenclii  Comiiensatlon.
Presldi nt Cappellini announced he is now working oti a comproboiislvo plan In tb' imerest ot compensation (Continued ou 1st puKS Zod Secliuu)
Communists Send Demand To Reichstag For Trial On Charge Of Treason
20 DEAD IN RIOTS
Berlin. Aug. 11,—Any decision re¬ garding retirement or continuation of Chancellor Cuno is out of tha ques¬ tion. It was understood the Chancel¬ lor will await developments In tho Reichstag on Mond.iy and will not al¬ low hlmselt to be forced Into Immedi¬ ate resignation by the Rnclallsta In adopting a motion of lack of confl- denco when Parliament reconvenes next weok.
Mcantimo Communists, usins erery opportunity to foment a "i-eil revolt." continued a strong agitation ngainst tho chancellor. A group of the ex- tremo radicals paraded through Wil- lielmstrasso tonight, shouting "down with Cuno." and hurling abuse at the government.
Later tho Communists filed a resn- Intlon In Polchstng demanding that tho Cuno cjiblnot be tried before the Supreme court on charges ot cnni- pliclty In high treason. In connection with tho do-valualion ot the m.irk.
In somi ofticial circlos it w.us nd¬ mltted that tho poslllnii of the govern¬ ment seemed hopelo.ss and that Pres¬ ident Khort may havo grave dllllculty In tinding a man to replace Cuno. Sumo well Inforined persons even sjiw Germany on tho lirliik ot revolution and forocLst a recurrence of tlio bloody events which followed the re¬ actionary movement of March, 1!>:0, with tho workera against the Kapp dlctatoi-shlp.
This theory, ft wras pointed out, was supported by tha rints today In var¬ ious iiarts ot tho country In which upwai-d ot a scoro wero killed and m.iny Injured. The fact that the riots liroko out In upper Silesia, Hhonlsh Pnissia and on tbo Belgian frontier, slniultaneously, wns Inter¬ preted OS proof nt a concerted offort by tho Conuiiunists to force a situa¬ tion enabling them to make ii flnal effort for establishment ot their longed-for dl-.tatorshlp ot the prolo- lariaL
Tho whole nation today literally Bcothod with nn atmosphere of Im¬ pending trouble, wtth tho Ruhr and red Sajcony, tho center from which Communists hoped to spread disorder to nil corners of the Rolrh.
Tho hopelessness nt the financial outlook wns slightly relieved this morning, owing to settlement of the striko of monoy printers, who Immedi¬ ately resumed tluir task of grinding out billions of now marks. Setlloment I of tho strike enablo.l the Itelchslinnk I to reopen, but many of tho smaller financial institutions remained without t funds because of the money shortage. ] (Jormany ended iior celotiratlnn of i Constitution Day nfter riots In which ico persons wero klllod, nnd polltlcil .•¦vents forecast the downfall of the Cuno cabinet when the Reichstag convenes on Monday.
Tho (Into nf tho fourth annlversnrj- of the adoption nf tho Wclmer (Consti¬ tution found tho republic beset by what many obsorvora considered tho most serious sitiiatinn sinco the Kapp putsch of the monarchist reactionaries.
In Berlin the united Socialist groups, aftor heated detxite, decided to Join tho CnmmunLst.s In voting lack of confldinco In the Cuno cabinet.
Tills decision W.'US considered tanta¬ mount to cvcnfu,al resignation of the govornmont, although it was pointed out Prosidont Kbert may hold Cuno In office until nftor receipt of the reply from England to the lost German com¬ munication.
In political circled there wa.s much dt-'cusslon ns to Cunn'a successor, with Indications th,it Dr. Custav Strosemann, lender of the Deut.sche \'oll<s parlol. (popular parlvl, wa.s the most likely to be charged with forma- tioa of a new govemmeo* /
'^^,.i.;-i,-^».Vhitc ii.xi.iii. "vV Itolrl, Wa.'hington, Aug. Tl.—The pro¬ gram of government devised by War¬ ren O, Harding will be fulfllled. President Calvin Coolidge renewed Ihls pledge this afternoon In an In- fnrinal conference with newspaper men, strongly Indicating that he in¬ tends to Etril<e vigorously, not passively, to carry out the permanent Harding schedule of legislation,
Whllo Mr. Coolidge did nnt go Into dot.'iU, he know that his llstonors wore ac^iuaintod with Mr. Harding's nn- iioiinced plana—tho world court, con- i.olid.itlon ot tho nation's rallrimd systems, co-oidlnatlon of Slate and Federal prohlbliinn ngencios and .illcr- ation ot the \'nlttoad act to relieve the gnvornmont of ita prosont cmbarass- mont   with   foreign   nations.
The wnrld court proposal wnn foremost in the Harding sidiome. In a message Juat befitre tbo closing of Congress, tho iale I'rc.'^ldent suggested that tho Senate ofilcially autliorizo the .\merlcan govemniont to patrlclpate In tho operation of the world court ot justice at The Hague.
It 13 prcsiAned, therefore, that Mr. Coolidge's pledge Involves this—the very crux of Mr, Harding's program.
Mr. Cnnlldgo's announcement cnme nftor a day nt cnnteroncea with his Ciiliinot niomboiA, tiio s,aine that wero sclicted  by his  fnrmer chief.
Tho   following    Is    expected   to   be President   Coolidge's   progi-am: A Hewivy Prncrnm
\—When Congress cnnvonoM In Decemlier, go to thut Imdy with a message Innlstlng the UnlleiJ States shnuld ofilcially Join tho wnrld court. J 2—Avoid calling of an extra session of Congress unless some unforeseen necessity arises,
3—Move either by a Joint conference of State Governors or In Bome other way to obtain closer co-opor.it ion between Stato prohibition oflicials nud Federal chiefs.
4—Submit early In the next session a plan for consolidation of tho railroad systems of the country. The plan Is being drawn up by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
6—Place upon Congress the burden of flnding a wny out of the ship liquor tangle which resulted from the j Treasury Department order prohlhlt- intr foreign vessels to carry liquor inside the three mile limit.
Amend Prohibition {
Theso flve major principles nil have j strenuous opposition. The Irrocon- cllalilos of Congress had thought Mr. Coolidge might bo induced to drop the world court. The farm bloc is calling j loudly for an extra sr-ssinn ot t'nu- gress to tako care of tho farmer. The railroads are fighting, tooth and nail, to stave oft the consolidation pro¬ gram.
Tho move to amend the Vol.stead act to remedy the ship liquor situa¬ tion caused furore among tho drys and tho suggestion of calling a nation¬ al f lOVornnrs conforonco to discuss co¬ ordination In iirohlbltion enforcement has met only half hearted response.
Thus Mr, CooMdge takes upnn him¬ self the full burdens of his predeces¬ sor at the crisis of his admlnistralinn.
There Is wide Impression In Wa.sh- Ingtiin that Mr. Coolidge will be tho samo silent and shy man as President that he was ns Vice I'resldent. Those who hnvo seen bim in notion In the various political offices ot Maaaachu- setts know ho will not.
To escape tho oppressive heat of i thoir hotel, President and Mrs. Cool- ! Idge, accompanied by their friends, j Mr, and Mrs. Frank Stearns, took nn j hour's automobUe ride through thu i city tonight.        •
FORMER LOCAL GIRL
•    PORTRAYED BY RUTTER
The portrait by James Rutter which is on exhibition In the Boston Store window ia of Mrs. Fred Llnthicumb. of Los .\ngeles, Calif. In this effort, the prominent local painter has caught one of the mnst characteristic expres¬ sions ot his subject as those who know hor will vnurh. 1 loinro nutrriage. .Mrs. Linihicuinb wa.-i MLss Eugenie Klllott, ol Nortli Franklin street, this city.
new ligure on the bridge, tho .Ship of State today moved out Into tho tur¬ bulent se.a of national nnd inter¬ national nftalrs, afior tho p.ause brought about by the death of I'rcs¬ ident Harding.
Tho now President lost no tlmo In taking tho Initial stops to establish lilinsolt as chief executive. Ho sum¬ moned tho heads ot Departments.— Mr. Harding's cabinet members,—to his temporary Whito Houi^o suite at tho New WUlard hotel, and discu.ssed Willi oach one tlio condition of nftalrs In his jflrisdictlnn. Tbo Socretarteg then hurried away to their own offlces and tho business of government waa resumed with a rush.
Mr, Coolidge evidently doslrea to havo tho Federal Govornmont thor¬ oughly organized and funoilonlnjf smoothly before Congress meets. No slackening  will  tie   permitted.
Tho oiit.standlng mattora confront¬ ing the various Departments of tho Government ns tho new executiva took  hold were:
State Dopartmont: Decision as to recognition ot Mexico on tbe basis ot results accomplished by tho "recog¬ nition conference" of Mexican and American representatives at Mexico City.
The European crisis, which Is viewed ns a monnco to world  peaco.
Treasury Department: Rrfiindlng war dotits to tho United St.itcs of eighteen foreign nations. Balancing of the gnvornmont's books In the fao» of diminished revenues this year. Dry Knforcciiient.
War Dcprirtniont: Sol'.itlon of the alarming dmiculty ot keeping tha army up to HS authorized strength by rocruitlng in the face ot competi¬ tion nt high wages In Industry,
Navy Dopartnionl. Scrapping of battleships In confnrmity witli Ul* arms  conforonco troatlea.
Justice Department: Decision on tho ruling asked by President Hard¬ ing ns to whothor tho I'resident haa tho power to use tho army and navy In prohibition cnforcoinint. Tha prosecution ot a large number of an¬ ti-trust and wnr fraud suits filed In courts nnd the filing ot a number of others prepared. Decision as to gov¬ ernment policy In tho Southern PoxU- flc-Central  Pacific dissolution case.
Commerco Department: Extension ot American foreign trade; standardi¬ zation In American Industries; elimin¬ ation of w.iste In .American produc¬ tion and di.strlbution.
The Coal Problem
Labor Department: Handling tha Immigration flood precipitated on .\niorican shores by quotas ot July 1. Drafting ot legislation for soloctlve Immigration und alien reglsti-atlon. Possible Intervention In the thi-caten- cd anthracite strike.
Interior Departmint: Inaugura¬ tion ot ,a new roginfo In dovelopment ot Ala.ska In connection with President Harding's views, formed after hla visit there.
Postofflce Department: Inaugura¬ tion of the new trans-continental night air mail .service this month and extension of tho reirular air mall aer¬ vice.
Agriculture Department: Develop¬ ment of a program for relief of w-est- ern farmers hit by the wheat deprea- sion.
Crisis In Europe
The European ci'isis. becoming dally more acute ns chaos grows In Germany, will be ono of thJ flrst big problems presonteil to President Cool- Idgs. It was believed in official clrclea here tonight. Foreign affairs general¬ ly will lie In the flr.st rank ot tha problems to be tackled by tho new President during the remainder of hla term of oKlce, according to this be¬ lief.
In handling International questions, Mr. Coolldge Is expected to lean heavi¬ ly on \\\e advice of Secretary of State Hughes Just :us did the late President Haniing. Germany, which some ob- ser\cr8 believe is in the throes ot a final crash, muy soon appeal direct to the United States to take some st^ to bring an end to tho Ruhr and re¬ parations crisis.
.V diplomatic triumph.—settlement of differences botwtfii tho I'rited (Continued ou 1st page itui hectioo)