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Evening star., 1922-07-26
us. DEBTS|SSUE
TO SWAY PARLEY
British and French Hint
Strongly at Scrapping of
Huge War Loans.
BY. HIRAM X. MoDERwELL.

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BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. Ioz2.
LONDON, July 26.-The London meet
ing Of Prime Minister Lloyd George and
Premier Poincare, now tentatively fixed
for the first week in August. will hinge
inevitably on the attitude Of the United
States toward European debts and loans
If the program now being sketched In
London and Paris IL not greatly modi-
fed. @
The maximum British program with
regard. to reparations contemplates the
remission Of the total wkr debt Of
France to Great Britain plus the re-
nunciation Of Great Britain's share in
the reparations total This program is
to be carried out in return for French
consent to complete the reparations
settlement on the basis suggested at the
meeting Of the international bankers
in Paris early in June.
Balks at U. D.. Debt.
NJ Poincare's program. the details
Of which are now fairly we'll known,
Is however, moro uncompromising than
before. Ten days ago tho semi-official
Temps bluntly urged France to notify
the British that she would not pay
her debt until she received complete
compensation from Germany for the de-
vastated regions-which At best would
not be in less than ten. years
Yesterday M Peret. president OF the
French chamber Of deputies. extend
ed this information in veiled terms
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Evening star., 1922-07-26
WOMAN, USING GUN, F0ILS
FIVE WOULD-BE ROBBERS
Mrs. Montrand Fires on Intruders
After Husband Is Felled.
Arrests Made.

TAUNTON. Mass. July 2e.-Five
men were in custody here today
chiefly because Of the GOODNESS and
quick eye of Mrs. John P. Mortrand,
whose husband was held up by a
gang in the yard Of his home.
When Montrand returned to tho
house last evening after Va wood
chuck hunt he saw an automobile
standing in the yard. Five men were
talking to his wife. Upon seeing
Montrand they ordered him to hold
up hia hands and then knocked him
unconscious with a blow from a
blackjack.
Mrs. Montrand promptly seized her
husbands shotgun and fired into the
group, wounding one of the men in
the leg, Tho five jumped into their
machine and escaped.
The woman was able to give the po-
lice such q careful description of the
men that officers later arrested five
persons, who were charged with as
sault with intent to rob-.
Evening star., 1922-07-26
''Company Unions
Brings Renewal
of Threats.
ACTION OF GUARDS
ALSO IS PROTESTED
Men Fear Careless Use
of Weapons-Grable
Denies Reports.
By the Associated Press.

DETROIT, July 2e.-A threat ina.
the 100000 maintenance men en-
ployed on the nations railroads Will
go on strike because Of alleged ac-
ton of certain eastern roads In AZ
tempting to form company organize
tions to take the place OF interna-
tional railroad brotherhoods ana 'he
action of guards employed by the
railroads, was made here TO-DAY d.
HEADQUARTERS of the International
Brotherhood of Maintenance of way
Employes and Railway Shop Labor
ers.
E. F. Cradle. president of the union.
is in Chicago conferring Win tne
United States Railroad Labor Board
and is prepared to demand. 1t was
stated authoritat.vely today. that GER
tain practices of the railroads oe
abandoned. Unless grievances OF the
maintenance men are settieo, ~ .
stated at union headquarters mere,
strike is inevitable
The brotherhood officials mere
charge the Lehigh Valley ana Deta
ware. Lackawanna and western anu
other eastern railroads are attempt
take the place of the present LABOR
organizations.
The maintenance men also protest
against use of guards by the rail
roads. They assert lives OF all rail-
road employees who remain at Work
are imperiled by promiscuous shoot,
ing on the part of guards charged
with protecting railroad property dur
ing the shopmens strike.
Specific instances cited are those
in Saginaw, Mich. at Tucumcari,
y. NJ Fifty maintenance men quit
work in the Pere Marquette shops at
Saginaw yesterday. saying they feared
they would be wounded owing to
careless handling Of firearms by the
guards.
At the New Mexico city. it is al
legged. thirty-five Mexicans were
brought across the border into the
United States. deputized and given
firearms Maintenance men there
protested to President Cradle, saying
they refused to work as long as the
Mexicans were permitted to have
guns The report here said mem bers
or other railroad brotherhoods en-
ploysd at Tucumcari had protested in
a similar manner to their brotherhood
officials.
On several eastern roads. where the
practice of forming company organi-
IA tions Is said to have been put inso
effect. the maintenance men have
asked permission to quit work, II was
said at the union headquarters here.
NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING.
Evening star., 1922-07-26
ROTHSCH|LD SUED
FOR $5(O,o)D BALM
French Girl Claims Wealthy
NobIeman Failed to Keep
Promise to Marry.
By the Associated Press.

~ ahS AecOCiatc0
NEW YORK, July 26.-James Henri
de Rochschild, son of Baron de Roths-
child, head of the famous RothschiId
family of France, was sued for $780,
600 damages in state supreme court
today by Marie Porquet, a French girl,
who alleged she came here last spring
upon his promise to marry her and
date for the marriage.
"A statement issued by the Roths-
child's counsel. Edgar T. Bracket, de-
clared the French nobleman denies
most strenuously the statements of
the plaintiff and says that the claim
that he ever promised or contemplated
marrying her is absurd and without
the slightest foundation"
De Rothschild now Is in Paris. The
complaint was served on him here al
375 Park avenue June 27.
In her complaint. Mile. Porquet alleg.
ed de Rothschid promised her in France
last April % that he would wed her
within reasonable time If she would
come to the United States She agreed
to become his wife and arrived here
about May Is. the papers said She de.
clared the baron has refused to agree
on any date for the marriage, though
more than q reasonable time has elapsed
since her arrival.
Answering the complaint, de Roths.
Nchid's attorneys deny their client pro.
posed to Mile. Porquet in France o,
that she came here under such q prom.
ise. $500
This Is one OF those cases where 8
man is confronted with the alternative
Of either paying large sum Of money
or fighting out the issue regardless O.
Evening star., 1922-07-26
GERMAN FIRING SCHOOL
ON KEEL CANAL. BRINGS
SHARP ALLIED NOTE

By the Associa ted Press.
PARIS. July 26.-The council Of
ambassadors decided today to send
a sharp note to the German gov
ernment demanding the immediate
destruction Of the fire-control and
range-finding school. which the
German naval authorities have
quietly established at q strategic
point on the Kiel canal. Allied ex-
pert opinion has declared the school
convertible into a fort commanding
the entrance to the canal.
Allied control officers who re-
ported the school to the council.
termed 1t the most fagrant of the
long series of violations of the
naval terms Of the treaty of Ver-
sailles on the part of Germany.
Experts reported these violations
to have extended over a period of
two months and strongly urged ac-
tion by the council. Among other
charges made against Germany was
that of attempting enlistments for
the German navy far beyond the
quota allowed by the treaty. Fall
ure of the Germans to destroy the
coast defense guns was also among
the complaints.
Evening star., 1922-07-26
Progress Satisfactory, Declares
Cradle, Denying Threat.

BY the Associated Pre1S.
CHICAGO. July 26.-T. F. Cradle,
president Of the International Brother
hood Of Maintenance of Way Employees
and Railway Shop Laborers. denied to-
day reports emanating from his head
quarters at Detroit that the 100000
members Of the union were threatening
again to strike.
Mr.. Cradle said negotiations were
proceeding satisfactorily before the
United States Railway Labor Board.
We are filing our cases before the
railroad board and expect an early
hearing" Mr.. Cradle said. Amy new
strike threat is news to me, and I just
left Detroit last night. Somebody up
there must have had a dream"
Mr.. Cradle also denied that members
of his union In Canada were voting on
the question of forming a separate
union under Canadian management. He
had never heard of T. Y. Geekie Of Win
nipeg. Manitoba, who made that an
nouncement he said.
Our men up there are going ahead
Just as we are here" he said. They
have a labor board and are taking their
grievances to 1t. just as we are doing.
Evening star., 1922-07-26
WANTS D. c. BUDGET.
ITEMS EQUAL|zED
Oyster to Oppose District
Paying Full Cost of Some
Departments.
DENIES EXPENSE is ISSUE
Fears Precedent Will Lead to Con.
gress Shifting Entire Expendi-
lures Upon City.

When the next District appropria-
ton bill is being drafted an effort may
be made to convince Congress that 1t
Is unfair to charge the expenses of
certain municipal departments en-
tirely to the taxpayers Of the city.
Commissioner James F. Oyster. act
ing chairman of the board, said today
that he would advocate putting all
District activities on an equal footing.
In the current appropriation act
Congress singled out the Fairgrounds
minimum wage board and community
center departments. and stipulated
that the allowances for these Offices
are to be paid wholly out of the
revenues of the District Of Columbia II
The amounts appropriated for these
three departments for this year are;
For play grounds, s134.220: community
centers, $4,000. and wage board
5000.
U. S. Saves ses,ess.
If these allotments were made OF
the 60-40 basis applied to other mu
nicipal activities the federal govern
nent's share Of per cent would b,
$ee.6Se.
The actual cost of this to the tan,
Comparison 20 the appropriation aci
as q whole. and the financial burden
involved is not the primary reason
which causes the people OF the Dis.
trict to look with uneasiness upor
those three items.
What the civic leaders of the cit,
fear is that If this rule of appopriat.
ing for Fairgrounds. community cen
ters and the wage board is allowed to
60 on unnoticed 1t could easily become
the entering wedge in making the Dis
trict wholly responsible for the ex'
pendftures of other municipal ohces;
In the case of the playground de
partment, for instance, some officials
at the District building feel that there
is no more reason for making that ap
preparation wholly chargeable to thu
District than there would be to charge
the city with the entire cost of thu
school system or the police and FIRE
departments.
$4,000 for Playground.
1t is understood that the estimates
for the playground department for th'
next fiscal year, as submitted to tn,
Commissioners, total substantial!
more than 100000. This figure. it IL
reported, includes a request for tn,
purchase of number of additiona
sites for recreation centers.
The fire department estimates
which also are ready for the scrutin!
of the commissioners. are said to con
tain a liberal request for more moto
apparatus. This particular item ma!
run over 100000.
As soon as all of the department.
have been heard from the Commits
sioners will forward to the budget bu
reau a preliminary report, giving
what they estimate will be total o
the city's budget for next year.
Evening star., 1922-07-26
VETERANS PLIGHT LAID
DIRECTLY TO SAWYER

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, July 2s.-Charges
that Brig. Gen. Charles e. Sawyer,
chief co.ordinator Of the federal board
of hospitalixation. was directly re-
sponsibls for alleged Inadequate care
of the war veterans in the 9th district,
were mads In . report Of the American
Legion REHABILITATION committee of
the district made public here today.
The district comprises Missouri. Ne
braska, Iowa and Kansas.
According 70 the report there are
1000 insane cases in the district, of
which only 492 were being cared for
, in hospitals. Medican- and surgical
cases are estimated at 1000. Of which
k40 are In hospitals
Evening star., 1922-07-26

cupied by John Sharp Williams, who
has announced he will retire soon
from the senate.
Mr.. Wilson's letter. which bears the
date OF July 8. follows:
MY Dear Mr.. MCCALL:
II have your letter Of July 5. In
reply, let me say that / am not in
q position to review Mr.. Vardaman's
record In Washington, In detail, but
/ can sum up my impression OF him
in q angle sentence: think that he
is thrOughly false and untrustworthy,
and that It would be great detri-
ment to Mississippi and the nation
should he be returned to the Senate.
with aeep interest in the outcome
Of the contest of which you speak.
"eincerely yours.
Evening star., 1922-07-26
STOLE BRICK FOR CHURCH
Robert Baylor Fined $50 and Sen
tenced to Sixty Days In Jail.

Robert Baylor, colored. charged un-
dor three informations with the lax-
ceny Of 1,540 building brick. was nned
$50 and given sixty days in jail by
Judge Mattingly in the United States
branch Of Police Court today.
Evidence showed that the brick were
stored on q vacant lot at 18th and 3
streets southeast. and were the prop
erty Of Warren r. Brenissr Company.
Inc.
Il was shown BY the evidence that
Baylor took the brick and turned them
over TO the builder Of . colcrsd church
under erection In the enorthease.
Evening star., 1922-07-26

body of the New York Stock Ex-
change over Stutz Motors. Peter B.
Olney. named as receiver, plans to
sell the Ryan securities at auction
on August 2. II he wants to do SO.
the father easily can bid them in and
assist the son to reorganise his
tangled finances.
Overshadowing the spectacular
features Of this failure. one of the
greatest In New York's financial his
tually will result in young Ryan and
his father forgetting their personal
dates from October 20. 1917. when the
elder Ryan. a few days after the
death OF his first wife, Allan's mother,
married Mrs. Cornelius C. Cuyler.
The marriage. however. was fol-
tack by the son on the father because
the latter had failed to wait at least
year before taking another wife.
Since then. so far as Is known, the
two have not spoken. However, at
the time Allan Ryan manipulated his
historic corner in Stutz Motor stocks,
SPEEDY Rise on Wall Street.
Allan Ryan had moved rapidly to
the front following his advent in
Wall street Behind him was the
prestige of his father. the one man
who was both hated and feared by
the manipulators Of securities. The
Offices of Allan A. Ryan & Co.
were crowded almost from the outset.
New corporations which had a future
but which had been unable to secure
needed funds to carry on were taken
under his wing and soon became well
known. Always young Ryan domi-
mated.
"I must sit at the head of the
table," he frequently declared, and.
as chairman OF the board or presi-
dent Of the various corporations. he
dominated their course. Older men
was plain that he had inherited rare
gifts as a keen and resourceful trader
and he. never wanted for finan cial aid
to back his various undertakings.
In 1918 he was the leader of the
younger clique of Wall street opera
tors who carried the market up from
the valley Of dependency to the
heights of inflated valuations. Early
in tho following year Ryan began to
| buy into the Stutz Motor Car Com
pany. Before he could get well start
ed he was stricken with Illness and
the bears engineered a raid on his
holdings. sending the price down
from $134 on February II to $113 on
March /. Leaving his sick bed. he
went to his ONCE and started a buy
| ing campaign. The result was that
on March Is Stutz was quoted at $2S2
\ share, only to go to 1891 within the
next few days.
Ousted From Exchange.
investigation showed that Of the
LOO, 900 shares outstanding Ryan held
&c. o0o, and the shorts awoke to the
I fact they could not meet their obli-
! rations to deliver stock they had
sold.
and the governors Of the stock ex-
| chauge tried him In secret, found him
| ruilty Of conduct and proceedings
| Inconsistent with just and equitable
| principles Of trade" expelled him
from the exchange and sold his seal
! TO the highest bidder.
This was the turning point of his
| career, and since then he has beer
hampsred At every turn, with the re-
| sult that . few days ago he waa
/ compelled, although het cleared ur
| 81 .cSo, 900 In the Stut8 deal, to file 3
I petition In voluntary Bankruptcy
| Now his assets will be liquidatsd and
| financial cifcles are wonderina
whether His father VIII enter intc
! tccpyrixht. lssz,
- = = e 4
Evening star., 1922-07-26

consider i. the re-
turn of James K.
Vardaman to the
United States Sem
ate as a detriment
to his home state
as we'll as the
C o u n try a 8 a
whole. according
to a letter re-
ceived from Mr..
Wilson by DR..
James F. MCCALL
nf Carlisle, Clay
borne county. and
made public here
last night. Mr..
vardaman 10 one
Of. three candi-
Evening star., 1922-07-26
TRACKMEN AGAIN THREATENING
TO JOIN SHOPME.N IN RAIL STRIKE:
u. s. ACTS TO AVERT DISASTER
Strikes at Glance

BY the Associated Press.
Coal trains moved under the
governments emergency priority
orders.
President Harding conferred with
Secretary Hoover and w. w. Alter
bury, vice president of the Penn
sylvanfa system. ',
California fruit growers repre-
sent to President that crops are In
danger unless $4,000 to bO'Ooo
refrigerator cars are provided dur
ing the next three months.
Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
notify Railroad Labor Board they
have 1900 shopmen at work
whose seniority rights they can
not yield. =.
Dcnison, Tex, rail shops placed
under guard of troops.
men at Toledo shops.
Two piclkets shot by guard at
Creston, lows.
Troops Mobilized Mt Birmingham
Ala, for possible strike duty.
Conferences between Baltimore
and Ohio Omcials and strikers con-
tinue.
Government plans to establish
priority orders for the movement
of coal went into effect today.
Iowa miners refused to enter
separate state conference.
Southwestern miners drafted
"qualiaed refusal" to the invitation
of operator. to hold q district con-
ference.
John l.. Lewis, president OF the
mine workers, and Pennsyivania
subdistrict presidents met to con-
slider the strike situation.
Illinois miners' board met at st.
Louis, hut discussions not revealed.
Move in lllOnis governors once
to reopen mines at old wages.
Troops sent to Kentucky-Ten-
nessee mines at FOnde.
Evening star., 1922-07-26

cier and nghter OF
Virginia and New
York, will come at
last to the finan-
cial rescue of his
son. Allan A. Ry-
an, was . prob
lem of intense In
terest in local
business circles
today. Allan Ry-
an Is q voluntary
bankrupt, follow
ing his spectac-
ular battle with
the g o v e r n / n g
Evening star., 1922-07-26
SEEK RUM sMueGLERs.
Machine Guns Used in Warfare
Along Canada Border.

Along Canada Rofder.
\ oGENSBURG. N. z. July 26.-The
war against booze smugglers along
the Canadian border in northern New
York 10 On In earnest Two light
Army trucks with machine guns
mounted on their platforms. part Of Q
fieet of twenty-four. have arrived
here for use In patroliinx the border.
There will be about thirty federal
agents working with customs agents.
Each truck Will be manned BY two
federal agentA expert n the use OF
machine gum.
Evening star., 1922-07-26
FATHER Of RYAN
MAY SAVE BROKER
Bankruptcy of Finance Wiz
ard Likely to End Fam
lily Row.
AUCTION SET FOR AUG. 2
Parent May Bid In Securities and
Aid Reorganization Of Tangled
Wall Street Firm.
AUCTION SET FOR AUG. 2

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW work.. July 26.-Whether
Thomas Fortune Ryan, veteran nnan-
Evening star., 1922-07-26
VARDAMAN JO[TED
IN WILSON LETTER
Return to Senate Would Be
Detriment, Says Former
President.

By the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss, July 26.-Former
President Woodrow Wilson would
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Cloudy tonight; tomorrow partly
cloudy and slightly warmer.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at 2 pm. today: Highest. 10: ct
i pm. yesterday; lowest. 81. at $50
am. today.
The New York herald., 1922-02-22
CRIME WAVE SELDOM
REACHES FIFTH AVENUE
Association Takes Part Credit
for Condition.

The Fifth avenue district has been
comparatively free from serious crimes
disorders, robberies and other forms OF
lawclssness, while other sections of the
city have suffered heavily. the Fifth
Avenue Association. Inc. pointed out in
its annual report. made public yesterday
at the annual meeting in the Biltmore
The report stated that the immunity
was due in large measure to the watch
fulness and precautionary measures
recommended by the association.
The membership of the organization
now is the largest in its history.
These officers were reelected: John
II. Towne. chairman of the board .
Bobert Grler Cooke, president; Michael
Friedsam. Ancell II. Ball and Douglas
l.. Gilman. vice-presidents Harris A.
Dunn, treasurer William j. Pedrick
general manager. and Thomas w.
Hughes. secretary. New directors elected
were Charles Thorley and William zieg-
Ter. Jr waldron y. Belknap. James q.
Blaine. Jr J. Howes Burton, Mr.. Cooke
Mr.. Dunn, william W. Hoppin. Robert
H. Koehler. G. stanley Mitchell. the
Rev. Ernest NJ. Stires. Mr.. Towne and
Wilson Hatch Tucker were reelected
directors for a fun term Of three years
l.. NJ. Boomer was elected TO the execu-
tive committee.
The New York herald., 1922-02-22
OPERA SINGER DENIES
OWING 81, ,875 FUR BILL
Margaret Namara Files Her
Reply to Furrier's Suit.

Mrs. Guy Boulton. a singer and a
member OF the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany. known professionally as Margaret
Namara, filed an answer in the Supreme
Court yesterday to the suit of Samuel
Schiller, furrier. who sued her month
ago to collect $1.S75 which he says is
due him for a mink wrap, an opossum
collar and a sable skin.
The furrier sues Mrs. Boulton and her
husband and A. B.. Adams. stating that
they bought the furs together and be-
came individually responsible. Mrs.
Boulton In her answer denies RESPONSE
bility and sets up that Adams bought
the furs and that her arrangements for
payment are with him. Her husband has
filed an answer to the same effect. No
answer by Adams has been filed.
Schillers original price for the furs
was S2.425. but he accepted moleskin
coat valued at $3.50 in part payment.
The New York herald., 1922-02-22
COURT SAVES MARY
FROM CAMERA MEN
Doug Also Enjoys Immunity
When Judge Mack Puts
Veto on Snapshots.

Extra details of deputy marshals were
the crowd of persons anxious to see
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks
when they appeared at the United States
District Court in the Federal Building.
where the suit for $1O8,0O0 commissions
alleged to be due to Mrs Cora Wilken-
ning. theatrical agent, is being tried. 1t
appeared to be MEMS Day" for all but
ten of those in the crowd were of the
male six. Probably "Doug's" disappear
ance on Monday caused the young stem
ographers to give up hope Of seeing him.
At the time the court was to open the
corridor of the building was so crowded
that the deputies were called in, armed
with clubs, to keep order and only
those connected with the trial were per-
mitted to enter the courtroom. AS sew
eral photographers were preparing to
take pictures, Judge Mack stopped them
and said:
There never has been a picture taken
i'm my courtroom and there never will
be-
Several times the large crowd tried
to rush the deputies. but were finaay
subdued and the doors of the courtroom
closed. For several hours men stood
outside the court and at noon several
hundred men stood and waited for a
glimpse of Mary. Her husband virtually
had to fight his way through the crowd.
Mrs. Wilkenning was on the witness
stand nearly all day and told of the
agreement made between Benjamin
Hampton and Miss Pickford IN her Office
On March IS. 1916. by which the former
was to finance a fllm corporation known
as the Mary Pickford Corporation. and
Mrs Wilkenning identified check of
$1,000 signed by Hampton to bind the
agreement.
Moses L. Malevinsky, counsel for Miss
Pickford, cross-examined Mrs. Wilken-
ming at length, and engaged In several
warm clashes with George e. Joseph,
plaintiffs counsel.
The trial will proceed tomorrow.