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Evening star., 1920-06-17
AGRICULTURAL EDITORS
PLAN NATIONAL CHAMBER
Secretary Meredith Addresses Men
Gathered for Three-Day
Convention.

,;Pfans for a National Chamber Of
Agriculture. similar to the United
81 etss Chamber Of Commerce. were dis
cV)ssd At the opening session today Of
~ nfst annual convention of the Amer
i(8n Association of Agriculture
Hllitors, at the Hotel Harrington.
leecretary Meredith addressed the fifty
otli more editors who have gathered for
~ three-day convention from all parts
a&tthe country. This afternoon. follow
~ . luncheon served at the Department
o&IAgriculture by the home demonstra-
t}lh section. the editors are gaining first-
hNhd information as to the work of
tfk various bureaus.
delegates are divided into eight
cthmittees. each Of which is inspect
itR two bureaus. Tomorrow the re-
pSfts Of these committees will be
hhrd At a meeting at the Harrington.
348night at 8 o'clock Secretary Mere
dhth will be host to the editors and
Tub chiefs of the bureaus of his de-
p0ftment at the University Club.
romorrow night the Washington
c&frespondents of the farm papers Of
t4b country will entertain the dele
s3kes at Harveys. The convention
Wnl be concluded Saturday.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
SUFFERING UNDER REDS
FOUND BY ANTI-FORCES
Admiral McCully Reports on Of
fensive Which Began
June 6,

The people in the districts recently
occupied by Gen. Wrangel and his
anti -bolshevik forces in the Crimea
and southern Russia show evidence
of much suffering under the bolshe-
vik regime. the State Department
was advised today by Admiral New
ton A. McCully, American commits
sioner in South Russia. The inhabi-
tants are very poorly clad and lack
medical and other supplies.
Admiral McCully said the often
sive movement of Gen. Wrangers
forces began June 6. when 10000 men.
constituting an expeditionary force
under the immediate direction of Gen.
Slashtsev. cut the railroad near Ky
rilovka, about thirty miles south of
Melitopol. and approached that city.
Forces under Gen. Kutepov. advanc-
ing northeastward. occupied Khar-
kovka, on the Dnieper river, on June
9. while other troops. under Gen.
Pisarev. captured Geniehesk, south Of
Melitopol.
The department was informed that
there was no serious opposition from
the bolshevfki and that Gen. Wran-
gels forces. while suffering compare
lively small losses. were reported to
have captured up to June 8 approxi-
mately 1000 prisoners. II guns and 3
armored trains.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
Tied Together
Couple Strives
to Die in Sea

HILO, Island of Hawaii. June
17-Strapped together as they
lcaped into the sea to fulAn q
double suicide pact. Uye Tafa-
buro, q Japanese Of North Ko-
hala. and Maxine Kukuyama,
wife Of another japanese. part
ly failed in their endeavOr.
TnfaburO was drowned. hut the
woman was pulled from the
surf by w. Pfnehnka. jailer OF
North Kohala.
P1nehhka saw the pair. with
ankles and bodies tied. leap
into the sea from the rocks be-
low Hawi ON the North kOhala
coast. He scrambled down to
the waters edge just n the
tide washed the woman back to
shore, the bonds that tied her
to her companion having
broken.
The woman's infant child,
wrapped in her obi. or girdle.
was found hanging In a tree
not far from the spot where she
had failed in her attempt mt
suicide.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
BANISHMENT OF FREIGHT
JAM HERE is PREDICTED
Shippers Representative on Local
Committee Declares Things
Are Moving Nicely.

The local freight situation has much
improved and everything Is moving
George H. Cushing. shippers' repre-
sentative on the Washington terminal
committee, who said today the freight
situation in local railroad yards has
cleared itself and Is nearly back to
normal.
Cars are being unloaded with
greater rapidity and heavy shipms0ts
Of coal and print paper have been nm
loaded in the past two days, clearing
the yards for other commodities" Mr..
Cushing said. "If everything gees
along now as 1t has done within the
past week there will be no moro
freight congestion in yards in and
near Washington"
The Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion today marked time in its efforts
to relieve the freight congestion
which has choked industry for sew
eral months. It had under advise
ment a proposition submitted by rep
resentatives OF striking rail workers
and marine workers asking for re-
hiring OF the men whose places have
been filed with strikebreakers.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
q HEROES TO FIND
REST IN ARLINGTON
Capt. Booth Only Commissioned
Officer to Be Buried There
TnmorrnUy
Tomorrow.

Twenty-Five members of the Army
who died overseas in the service of
their country will be buried with
military honors in the world war sec
ton Of the Arlington national ceme-
terry tomorrow afternoon at 2:3o
o'clock. Religious services will be
conducted by Chaplain Fealy at Fort
Myer and another chaplain yet to be
selected. Cavalry troops at Fort
Myer will serve as an escort of honor
and firing squads will be provided
officials of the War Department and
representatives of the American
Legion will join relatives and friends
In paying tribute to the heroic dead.
serve Corps. who died at Brest
France, September 26, 1918, while at
tached to replacement unit No. 62,
is the only commissioned officer in the
list of those to be buried He was
the son of Mrs. S. s. Booth of $3.50
Nina P. Booth of Palo Alto. Calf.
Three of his children, Alpha, Marion
and Owen, and his sister, Mrs. M. B.
Kern, reside with Mrs. Booth at the
l1th street address brother. E. C.
Booth. is resident of Leavenworth,
Kan. Capt. Booth was Spanish war
veteran. He was a Scottish Rite
Mason.
The twenty-one enlisted men to be
buried at the same time are: Corp.
Joseph A. Lowe. 30ad Stevedores:
Corp. Francis A. Guild, 57th Pioneer
Infantry; Cook John w. Miers, 321st
Aero Squadron, and Privates Roe E.
Adams, Medical Replacement Unit 21;
Frank Addante. 332d Machine Gun
Battalion; Edward E. Arnold. 57th
Pioneer Infantry; Mike BARBARA, 343d
Infantry; Willie NJ. Brown, 27th Com
pany. Camp Macarthur; Benjamin De-
vent, replacement draft, Camp Gordon:
Richard H. Dole, Medical Replace
ment Unit A; William Genoff, 1st
Provost Guard Company; J. E. Helm
348th Infantry: William Johnson
164th Infantry; William F. Larsh. for
est casuals; Ordley Parvin, 57th Pion-
eer Infantry: George Pate, 57th Pion-
eer Infantry; James L. Smith. Re-
placement Medical Unit Al; John H
Copeland, 367th Infantry; Ellie Moy.
801st Pioneer Infantry; Edward W.
Nelson, 550th Engineers, and Earl
Webb, 806th Pioneer Infantry.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
MINE WORKERS TO FIGHT
LABOR ENEMIES At POLLS

CUMBERLAND. Md. June 1.-THE
special convention Of district No. 16.
United Mine Workers Of America, in
session here, passed q resolution in
dorsing the plan promulgated by the
American Federation OF Labor to sup
port a non-partisan ticket. both ma
tionally and In the state. Only per-
sons who will pledge themselves to
legislation such a. the federation ap.
proves will be supported. and every
effort will be made to defeat candi-
dates whose record has been inimical
to labor or who will not subscribe
to labor's demands.
Another resolution passed denounc-
ed profiteering and called on Con-
gress to provide a remedy to elimi-
nate the evil.
The convention heard an address
by Percy Tetlow. international sta
tistician of the United Mine Workers.
He inveighed against the enforcing
of the Lever act in times Of peace.
He said the government saw At to
set aside the restrictions of the act
as it related to the operator and the
selling price OF coal. while the min
ers still are working under its re-
strictions without means OF getting
redress.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
SiluerSprngEHe
Fighters Want Use
ofMer1y-

Anybody got n mediun-siZe
merry-EO-rOund which he would
like to rent for few days to
appreciative parties who guar
antee to handle n merry-gO-
round gently:
If the pOssessOr of an idle
carrOusal will communicate
with the volunteer fire depart
ment OF Silver Spring. Nd. he
probably will be able to frame
up n deal.
Members of the fire depart
ment mt that place are hunting
for one, not as big as IA house,
and yet one not too small.
They want it for their annual
carnival. to be held the first
week in July,
Evening star., 1920-06-17
RENTAL COMMISSION
. MAKES SEVEN DECISIONS
Gives Owners Possession of Sew
eral Properties-Minister's Case
to Be Heard.

In a determination handed down
today by the rent commission in the
case OF William e. Dixon VS.. N. L..
Sansbury Company. Inc. a rental Of
$27.5O a month was adjudged fair for
the occupancy Of the first floor OF
1927 35th street.
Possession Of 1897! 7th street was
given Clarence NJ. De Veille. and
Walter Emerson was granted possess
sion or the property at 126 Randolph
street.
Among the cases on today's docket
assistant rector of Epiphany Church.
VS.. swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Com
pany. Mr.. Hall. who occupies an
apartment at the Brunswick, declared
his rent had been raised from $42.50
to $50. and he protested against the
increase.
TWO tenants of the Dunsmere
apartment. 1893 14th street, were
awarded reductions in rents by the
commission. Mrs A. Beck was al
lowed q reduction Of from $25 to $40
a month. while Mrs. Helen J. p. Starr
was given a decrease Of from $50 to
$2750 a month. The building is
critics.
The commission decided that notifi-
cation served on John H. Smith by
the owner. Irving Fantroy, to vacate
the property at 231 Massachusetts,
apenue was legally insufficient. For
the same reason notice served by Ed
ward T. Johnson on Susie Shankin to
leave the building at 1929 Sherman
avenue was declared void.
Mrs. Osie A. Van Horn, GIL Sd street
was allowed to retain her rooms
rented from Mrs. Rosa M. Shiver. The
rent board declared the notification to
evacuate served by the owner was not
made In good faith.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
Year Taken off
Sentence for Each
Wound Received

PHILADELPHIA, June IT.
An excellent record made by
Anthony TelenAlky while serv-
ing overseas during the war
saved him yesterday from q
long prison term for raising SO
notes to $50. The prisoner was
wounded fourteen times, and I'm
imposing sentence judge
Thompson deducted q year for
each wound. He was given ono
year In the federal prison at At.
lAntn. The Judge told the de.
1enAant his ofRense called for
tho maximum sentence Of Af.
teoA years, but that he could
not overlook his Ane war record.
Telensky IL an unnaturalixed
Russ1an and enlisted I'm a New
England regiment shortly after
war was declared By this coun-
try.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
EXTENDS COAL EMBARGO.
B. & o. r. r. Refuses Permits at
Curtis Bay.

BALTIMORE, June 1.-THE Balti-
more and Ohio railroad has extended
its embargo on ports to soft coal. An
order has been sent out announcing
that, effective at midnight Tuesday,
the company would refuse to issue
further permits for bringing coal to
it's piers at Curtis Bay, and with
drawing those which h&d already
been issued. The order does not af-
feet the trade in domestic coal which
is handled at Locust Point. though
the officials Of the Baltimore and
Ohio say this is not near SO large
as the quantity which goes to Curtis
Bay.
There are several thousand cars
now on the sidings between the mines
and this city. and until some re-.
pended.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
WILL CONTEST Revived.
Controversy Over Mrs. Frank Les
lie &1.7OO. 600 Estate.

NEW YORK, June 17.-Surrogate
Foley yesterday granted a petition of
Henrietta r. Hurlbut, Administrative
Of the estate of her sister Althea,
Baroness Salvador, to revive an ap-
plication seeking to revoke the pro-
bated will Of Mrs. Frank Leslie dis
posing of $1,700,000 estate.
Mrs. Leslie's estate was distributed
shortly after her death flve years ago.
The baroness instituted proceedings
to revoke the Leslie will in April.
1919, but died at her Paris residence
before the case was called. She
claimed that she had been named q
chief beneficiary under q prior will
Evening star., 1920-06-17
COAL SHORTAGE FEARED.

.NEWBERN. n. c., June 19.-Local
pablo utilities are in danger of being
clSsed on account of a statewide coal
shortage. which is especially prevalent
~ the eastern section. The John l..
RNper Lumber Company has been
fe&ced to shut down for an indefinite
pSfiod. and, as a result, over 500 men
h4yo been thrown out of work With
IL city water and light plant with a
eNpply Of coal that will last only FIVE
Days longer and no relief in sight, the
situation becomes alarming.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
JAPANESE TRADE DROPS.
Silk Bank Fails to Reopen After
Suspeusiou.

Depression in trade continues gen.
orally throughout Japan and the
balance Of Japan's foreign trade was
unfavorable during the first ten days
Of June, according to cablegram
received from Commercial Attache
James F. Abbott from Tokyo at the
Department Of Commerce today.
The Sevnty fourth Bank Of Japan.
which was to have opened June Is
following it's forced suspension May
primarily silk bank. the postpone
ment Of its reopening is indicative of
the difficulty being experienced by
bankers on the one hand and silk
merchants and manufacturers on the
other in arriving at a compromise as
to the security value Of silk to be
used as the basis Of advancement of
credit, says the cablegram.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
PACIFIC TO BE STUDIED.
Problem of Exploring Resources
Before Science Meeting,

SEATTLE, Wash, June 1.-THE
problem of exploring the resources
of the Pacific ocean confronts dele
gates to the fourth annual meeting Of
the Pacific Division of the American
Association for the Advancement Of
Science, which opened two-day ses-
sion at the University of Washington
here today.
Study of the ocean fauna and flora
is held to be necessary to conserve
the fishing industry, some branches
Of which are threatened with extinc-
ton. The proposed oceanic eXplora-
tion will result in saving of shipping
through better knowledge of ocean
currents The science of meteorology
will be advanced, resulting in gain
to agricultural and nautical interests.
it is held.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
SEES COTTON SHORTAGE.
7. A. Todd Warns the Manchester
ENGLAND, Textile Institution.

MANCHESTER, England, June II.
Prof. J. A. Todd. secretary OF the
empire cotton growing committee Of
the board of trade. has just deliv-
cred to the Textile Institution q
warning of the prospective world
scarcity of cotton in the near future
and emphasized the need for devel-
oping new sources Of supply as well
as experimenting with cotton substt-
tutes.
After dealing exhaustively with the
labor position in the United States
cotton growing areas, bad weather
and ravages by boil weevil. as well
as the acreage position, the professor
said: "It is obvious that we were
not going to get 100000 bales OF
cotton this year."
Evening star., 1920-06-17
ALLIES TO GET "a SHIPS.

BERLIN. Juno 1.-THE minister Of
instruction has published q decree.
made necessary by the terms Of tha
peace treaty. expropriating twenty
four vessels now under construction
in German shipyards. They Include
ten neutrality-suspicious. line steamera.
one Of 20,800 tons. Tho others s4grs.
gate $4,000 tons.
tions commission on complexion.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
BERGDOLL SEEN, CLAIM.
Fugitive and Woman reported
Speeding North in New York.

UTICA. N. Y. June 17.-0rover
Cleveland Bergdoll, the fugitive draft
evader. who escaped from Army ~.
thorities recently At Philadelphia, was
seen last night At Canastota, accord.
ing to a report given to the state
troopers at headquarters in Oneida BY
q garage man Of Canastota. The "a.
rage man said he sold gasoline te .
man in q large blue car about $50
last evening. With the man in the car
was q woman. When the garage man
reached home he saw Bergdolrs pic.
ture in the American Legion papers
and connected him with the man in
the blue automobile. The car was
headed north, evidently toward Can.
ada.
Police authorities here were mott.
fed By the state troopers 1t Oneida.
All the roads in the vicinity are beiAO
watched.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
OBJECTS TO THE TOPPER
Prince of Wales at Sidney Would
"Dodge'' Silk Hat.

SYDNEY, Australia. May 10 (Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press).-
Must I wear a topper (silk hat) at
the races?' the Prince of Wales rath-
er plaintively asked when the Aus
tralian program for his entertain
ment was gone over with him upon
the warship Renown just prior to his
reaching New Zealand.
Eyes, that will be necessary" he
was told by one of his staff.
But what does the governor gen.
eral wear at Flemington?" (Mel-
bournes race course). the prince
hopefully asked.
"A top hat" was the reply.
"Well, may I wear a squash hat at
the (agriculturaO show" the prince
demonstrated.
Certainly" he was told
Evening star., 1920-06-17
.DLzMELOSESCAS7E.
BRLNCSBOREDOM
TOFRUITPEDDLER
Joins Ranks of Lowly
NckIe and N0w
Won fBuy Cherries.

For some time it has been
largely true that "a nickle will
not buy anything" Now it appears
that the dime also is rapidly los
ing caste.
Let me have ten cents worth of
cherries" said a man today as he
halted in front of a Pennsylvania
avenue fruit stand.
They're twenty cents a quarter
with q bored air.
Then you are not interested in
a diner
Nope"
Whereupon the prospective GUS
toner put the coin back in his
pocket and wondered ii quarters
could retain their self-respect for
another year.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
HUDSON BOY LOCATED.
Minister'S Housekeeper Refuses TO
Surrender Youth Enticed Away.

DOYLESTOwN, Pa. June H.
George D. Hudson. fifteen years old.
alleged to have been stolen from New
Haven. Conn.,. has been found in the
home Of Rev. William r. Lut8 Of Ed
dington. near here. in tho custody OF
the clergyman's housekeeper. Ellen
Louise II. Atkinson. She. It 10
charged. enticed the boy away from .
school at Bradford, Conn. on May 81.
He had been placed in the school by
Or. Frank w. Wright. under whose
care the lad had been put By his
mother, Mrs Leora 8. Hudson.
A writ Of habeas corpus was OBJ
tanned yesterday to recover the boy.
as the woman refused to surrender
him.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
RENEW "OLD CLOTHES"
MOVE IF PRICES SOAR
Howard Figg Lays Department Of
Justice Plans for War
on n. C.. L.

A nationwide campaign urging the
public to refuse to purchase clothing
and other articles Of wearing apparel
this fall II the prices rise as high as
last winter will be carried on by the
Department Of Justice. according to
Howard Figg. special assistant attor-
ney general In charge OF the govern
ment's high cost Of living campaign.
Mr.. Figg said there will be no ex-
cuse for boosting the price Of fall
clothing. The best way. he said. ia
combat exorbitant prices is to warn
the public and urge them to refrain
from buying until prices drop.
If the dealers refuse to lower prices
despite the public's refusal to buy,
more drastic action" will be taken.
Mr.. Figg said.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
MILLION-DOLlAR WHISKY
SYNDICATE SUSPECTED
S35 Cases Of Liquor En- Route
From Kentucky to Cleveland : Z
Are SefzAd

CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 17.-Chief
Prohibition Agent Counts and federal
agents today seized 335 cases Of
whisky being transported by automo.
bile trucks into Cleveland from .
Kentucky distillery. on what the fed
eral agents claim IL q fake govern.
ment permit.
A New York man, believed 70 bs
acting as Cleveland agent Of Q mil.
lion-dollar whisky syndicate" was
taken into custody, and was to be ar
raigned before a United States COM
missioner late today
Evening star., 1920-06-17
FRUIT EXPRESS RATES CUT.

The Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion today approved an application OF
the American Railway Express Com
pany to file schedule providing for
charges on berries. fruits. melons and
vegetables in carloads from south
western points to points in Connecti-
cut. Illinois and Massachusetts.
While the complete new schedule
has not yet been filed with the COM
mission. It was said that the reduc-
ton would amount in some cases to
80 per cent Of existing rates.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
$4,000 HANDS WANTED.

TOPEKA. Kan. June 17.-With the
Kansas wheat crop started. the need
Of Kansas for $4,000 harvest hands 10
announced by J. c. Mohler. SECRETARY
Of the state board of agriculture.
TRANSPORTATION Of the crop. however.
is q more vital problem now than
harvest hand shortage, Mr.. Mohler
said.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
FLORIDA BANK CLOSES DOORS

KISSIMMEE, Fla, June 1.-THE
state bank Of Kissimmee. capitalized at
100000, closed it's doors by order Of
State controller Ernest Amos. The In
ability Of borrowing cattlemen to realize
on their livestock sufficiently to meet
their obligations to the bank IL the un-
derlying cause which forced the bank
to close" said N. c. Bryan. president
Of the bank, who two weeks ago suo-
ceeded G. A. Carson.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
LEAGUES INACTION
IN PERSIA'S PLEA
GIVEN CRITICISM
CONTINUED from First Page.)

adjudication undertaken by the
council of the league of nations, was
remanded today pending the result of
the bolshevik promise to cease ag-
gressions in Persia and withdraw the
landing party operating in the neigh
borhood of Enzeli.
The supporters Of the league antici-
pated action by the council on the
Persian appeal for Intervention as the
first practical test Of it's power to
settle international disputes. but the
council after two days deliberation
concluded that it was desirable, in
order to give every opportunity for
success Of the exchanges now going
on between Teheran and Moscow, to
await the fulfillment of Moscow's de-
clared intentions before determining
the manner Of bringing the leagues
machinery into play.
Clashes I'm MesopOtamin.
LONDON, June 17-Sensational re-
ports emanating from Persia to the eff
feet that fresh disturbances had broken
out in Mesopotamia- were met here with
the statement today that the latest Of
fetal reports from Mesopotan1ia said the
situation was much quieter. The town
of Tell Afar, to the northwest Of Mosul,
which was temporarily lost to the Brit
ish. is again in their hands, it is stated.
British to Reduce Commitments.
LONDON, June 16.-There is no ques-
ton of Great Britain increasing her
military commitments in Mesopotamia
and Persia, according to Andrew Bonar
Law, the government spokesman. who
SO stated in the house of commons to-
day. Mr.. Bonar Law added that on the
contrary the government was endeavor-
ing to reduce its commitments, realiZ-
ing the necessity of decreasing military
expenditures
The red revolutionary committee of
Persia. has issued proclamation an
nouncing the formation Of soviet re-
public at Resht, according to a London
Times dispatch from Teheran. dated
June Is.
Soviet Replies.
TEHERAN. Persia, June 1.-THE
Russian soviet government in reply to
Is no question of an enterprise against
Persian independence, but says it was
necessary to protect Russian shipping
in the Caspian sea. The soviet gov
ernment agrees to withdraw from En-
zeli, on the Caspian. when Persian
independence is guaranteed and she is
no longer under foreign influence"
The bolshevik forces which landed
at Enzeli consisted of one army corps,
being reinforced later by an escadril1e
Of hydroplanes, according to advices
received here. The city proper and
it's suburbs are occupied by contin-
gents of cavalry. The advices add
that the Russians seized fifteen tank
steamers and sent them Immediately
to Baku.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
SUGAR MEN INDICTED.

FORT SMITH. Ark, June 1.-THE
FEDERAL grand jury has returned ind.ct-
ments against four local wholesale
grocery houses on charges Of violating
tho Lever act. The indictments
charged that they sold sugar at prices
resulting in an unreasonable profit. !"
the tnformations state that $4,000
pounds of sugar were involved.
Evening star., 1920-06-17
u. S. OWNERSHIP
OF RAILROADS GETS
SUPPORT OF LABOR
Continued from First PAge.l

1918, to the effect that "those con-
tributing to production should have
4 part in its control" It then went
on record in favor ''of setting up OF
conference boards Of organized work
tary in character and in thorough ac-
cord with our trade union organi1a-
tions, as means Of promoting the de-
mocracy Of industry through develop
ment Of cooperative effort"
Autocratic control Of industry was
condemned, and 1t was declared there
..is no salvation and no hope Of album
dance in our time" until 1t 10 removed
"from our Industrial life"
Evening star., 1920-06-17
ICE OUT OF YUKON.

DAWSON, Y. T.. June 1.-THE ice
is now out Of Lake LaBarge and the
first steamers for Dawson this year
sailed down the Yukon river from
whitehorse Tuesday, and are expected
to arrive today with much needed
supplies.