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new PAVING CONTRACT /.
COVERS TEN STREETS

A $4,000 contract for the laying OF
ten new concrete streets, and the hx-
ing Of curbs and cutters on dozen
other highways. was awarded to George
B. Mullin Company by the Commits
Here are the streets on which the
new concrete surfaces Will be iaio:
Ingraham street, east Of 14th; Upshur
street, New Hampshire avene to 4th;
Yuma, S8th to 3sth; Varnum. "a to
Rock Creek Church road; Varnum from
7th to Grant circle: Sd from Taylor to
Upshur; Illinois avenue, Upshur to
Allison street; crittenden street. 18th
to Piney Branch road; Randolph street.
18th to 18th, and 18th street northeast
from Michigan avenue to Upshur.
Curb and cutters will be placed
on the following streets under the
contract:
PARK place, Manor place to Newton
place; Harvard street. Georgia ave.
nue. to 5th; Newark street, Highland
place to Connecticut avenue: Alton
place. 3Sth to 10th streets; 39th
street, Yuma to Alton; Morse street
northeast, West Virginia to Nom
teilo avenue; Lincoln road northeast,
r to v street; Lincoln road, Park
place to v and Harrison place, Con-
necticut avenue, to Belt road
It IL understood that Mr.. Mutlin
was the lowest of several bidders.
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Greatness of Lord N0rt1lcliffe
Is Extolled as Life Slo,vly Ebbs

ward America. Anti-Americanism in
his newspapers he would not tolerate.
His subordinates knew that II they
they must keep these sentiments out
of his journals or submit to the gull
lotine. He labored for British-Ameri-
can amity, not as an end in itself,
but as an essential preliminary to the
peace of the world. Only a short time
before he was stricken discussed
the affairs of the two countries with
him. He displayed all his familiar
energy and flaming interest. We
talked of the American tariff. the
American merchant marine. the debt
of Britain to the United States.
Believes Peace Possible.
These things do not worry u.s."
said he. 'It goes without saying
that the United States has a perfect
right to do as she pleases in her
own sphere. Every nation mas and
must retain this right. The United
States and Britain. come what may,
will not quarrel with France. They
will not quarrel Moreover. they
are 6ute'for all-round square dealing
and for permanent peace"
Can we ever get it," he was asked.
'@Peace" exclaimed he, lifting his
eyes to mine.
Certainly, II we have sense. The
United States and Britain in the
game Of peace or war hold the trump
cards. These cards they will play
for peace and no fool shall queer
their play
"Watch Japan"
You are always writing and say
ing" the correspondent suggested.
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RAIL HEADS SUMMONED.
14S Called to Consider Latest Plan
Loree Stand Individual.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, August S.-Telegrams
summoning the heads of 14s railroads
to New York Friday to frame the re-
ply of the Association Of Railway
second plan for settlement of the
shop crafts strike were dispatched to-
day by Robert s. Binkerd, assistant to
T. De Witt Cuyler, president of the
association.
orders for the convention were is
sued at Bar Harbor, Me-. by Mr..
Cuyler, who announced he would not
return to New York until the day of
the meeting.
A sharp division Of opinion between
eastern and western carriers chiefs
putting the question of seniority for
the strikers directly up to the Rail-
road Labor Board appeared in rail-
road circles today.
L. F. Loree. president Of the Della
ware and Hudson and chairman OF
the eastern presidents conference, Is
believed to have expressed the policy
of the "irreconcilables" when he de-
clared the Presidents request de-
manded "a complete surrepder" of
their position.
That Mr.. Loree's attitude may be in
direct opposition to that of the ma
jority Of the 2s5 votes in the associa-
ton was indicated today by Mr.. Blink
erd, who said ut should be distinctly
understood that Mr.. Loree is speak
ing for himself, and not for any other
railroad president. There is no in
dication that his stand complies with
the position of other members of this
association"
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DRY AGENTS TRAIL
DISTRICT DOCTORS
Wanted for Alleged Illegal
Supplying Of Liquor
Prescriptions.

Several prominent physicians Of
Northeast Washington. who will be
charged with attempting to defeat the
purposes Of the Volstead act by supply
ing liquor prescriptions to Wallace
Malone, manager. of drug store at 4o1
East Capitol street. are being sought
today by local prohibition operatives.
Warrants for the arrest of the physi-
clans will be issued this afternoon. &C
cording to the operatives, and a hear
ing given them before United States
Commissioner George H. Macdonald to-
morrow morning.
Records Being Checked.
G. ]. Simons division prohibition
chief for this district said today he was
having the records checked up in order
to find out just how many prescriptions
each physician gave Malone and .that
the identity Of the physicians would not
be revealed until they had actually been
apprehended.
Three hours were spent yesterday
afternoon, according to revenue
agents on the case, going over Ma
lone'S prescription DOCK ana SUCK OF
liquor. The agents say they found
him to be a score or more prescrip-
tions short for the liquor he was sup
posed to have on hand.
Drug store RaideA.
AS a result, one of the enforcement
men arranged to purchase a pint Of
liquor from Malone last night, and
later Lieut.. Davis of the vice squad
and Prohibition Agent Linton 8.
Evans staged raid at the establish
ment.
The operatives reported they found
162 pints OF liquor n the cellar and
a barrel Of alcohol.
In the meantime. the prohibition
officials declare, Malone, suspicious
over the results Of the revenue mems
investigation of his prescription rec
ord, yesterday afternoon went to serv-
era1 physicians whom he knew and
obtained from them sufficient pre-
scriptions to tally with his stock Of
liquor.
Charges Of conspiracy failing to
cancel prescriptions and selling with
out prescriptions. were lodged against
Malone at the second precinct station
last night.
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PARLEY W|LLPASS
ON STRIKERS REPLY
Heads of All Rail Unions to
Consider Response to
Presidents Plan.
REJECTION ANTICIPATED
"Bale of kilograms" Received by
Jewell From Locals Urging
Leaders to Decline.
REJECTION ANTICIPATED

By the Associated Press.
Heads of all the railroad labor Or
ganizations. called to meet in Wash
ington Friday. will be asked to pass
upon the response Of the striking
shop craft unions to President Hard
ing's new proposal for settlement OF
the strike. B. NJ Jewell, chairman OF
the striking organizations, announced
here today.
Officials Of the seven striking unions
will prepare their answer tomorrow
and they anticipate 1t will be q re-
lection. but will hold it up for con-
sideration at the later session of sew
enteen railroad union spokesmen.
Mr.. Jewell said he had received "a
bale of kilograms" from shopcraft
union locals and system federation
organizations. all Of them urging
the leaders to reject the President's s
last proposal-that the men be sent
back to work and the question of
decision of the Railroad Labor Board.
Forecasting the action anticipated
from the other railroad labor organi-
cations. Mr.. Jewell said the shop
crafts officials understood that the
engineers brotherhood had already
that their men should refuse to take
out engines which they considered
to be in bad order and unsafe for
operation. Any statements as to this
matter. he said. would have to come
from Warren s. Stone, grand chief
of the brotherhood.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CALLED
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TAKING OVER OF RAILROADS OR
AMENDING CONTROL
Mr.. Harding Likely to Determine Next
Step Before Going to Congress if
Proposal Is Rejected.
By the Associated Press.


Faced with probable rejection of his latest rail strike settle
proposal by the striking railway shopmen and with the reply
from the executives yet uncertain President Harding today
let be known that he desious having the House
Tuesday prepared any legislation which might be
deemed advisable connection with the industrial situation
The President said the White House, has informed
the House leaders that he opposed program of three
such has been contemplated He has suggested
the leaders, further stated that instead of marking time
with handful of members after the House
next Tuesday, full membership be hand that Con-
might function in legislation needed
the administrations program with respect the coal and
railroad situations.
There digung the seriousness of the coal sit
uation and perhaps the of the railroad uaton
administration spokesman said in making known the Presidents
desires
White House officials did DISCLOSE however, legsa
tion might be requested of Congress-
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the program contemplated a settle.
ment on substantially a national
basis.
No sessions Of the joint conference
were held today, and while there were
several informal meetings of both
operators and union officials their in
terest was centered largely in Chi
ors were expected to determine who
would attend the conference tomor-
row.
Lewis Predicts Peace.
President John L. Lewis Of the
miners, as are also leaders among the
operators here. is optimistic regard
ing the probability of settlement
which, IL accomplished, would be fol.
lowed almost Immediately by the
union asking anthracite operators to
renew the wage negotiations that
were broken off in June after several
weeks of fruitless effort toward a
settlement. Mr.. Lewis had expressed
the opinion that this week will see
the end of the bituminous coal con-
troversy."
In brief, the program for settle
ment called for re-establishment OF
the wage contracts that expired last
March 81, the eve of the beginning OF
the t1e-up that has continued more
than four months, and also the crea-
ton of an advisory commission of in
quiry, through whose influence it was
expected that disputes would be set
tied without strikes. The restab-
lished wage contracts would continue
in force until next April l. and mean
,,,hiIn +ho covopoiSsfon would dr,ff
recommendations for future con-
tracts. The "chek-on" system OF
operators collecting union dues would
remain through the ere-establishment
of the old contracts, and there would
be no change Of working conditions.
Mine union leaders and operators
who had gathered here Tor the joint
conference said they had assurances
that a number Of prominent operators
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FUEL PROBLEMS MANY. '
Distributor and Federal Committee
Work on Details. = 4.

Fuel problems Of New England.
the middle western states and various
angles of the railroad situation as
affectins coal distribution were VI,
for solution today before Fuel DIS.
tributor Spencer and the federal cen
trail committee.
Conditions in New England states
were discussed with particular ref
erence to canneries in Maine. Iowa
canneries and their needs were also
considered along with requirements
of middle western states. Tonnage
required by canneries, 1t was said.
was not large SO that no difficulty
was expected in providing them with
fuel. "a.
Mechanical conditions on the rail-
roads of Virginia and West Virginia
were discussed from the viewpoint
Of coal distribution through that Sec
ton hinging upon the ability Of the
carriers to transport fuel. Fuel con-
troll officials look for Improvement
upon those lines as the result of aid
extended by the eastern roads.
Railroad stocks of coal in the mid
die Atlantic states were reported to
have sunk very low, these lines not
being as well supplied with fuel rs
the southeastern roads. and means OF
replenishing stocks on the middle At,
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AMERICAN PILOT
IN BALLOON LEAD
Westover Reported to Have
Landed Southwest of
Budapest.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Aoeoctated ffeSu.
GENEVA, August 8. --latest cal
culations this afternoon Of distances
covered by the contestants in the
international balloon race for the
James Gordon Bennett cup indicated
that Oscar Westover, plotting an
American Army balloon. was leading
over Maurice Bienaime. a French
contestant.
Word was received that WestoveI
had landed on the right bank Of the
Danube. about thirty miles southwest
of Budapest Consequently. it was
estimated, he appeared to have trav-
eled the greatest distance of those
thus far reported.
The Swiss balloon, Zurich. piloted
by M. Muller, landed in a violent
storm near Salzburg. Austria, said a
message received this afternoon.
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and dazzled Great Britain with the
most iridescent journalistic genius it
has ever known. Since 1900 the cor
respondent has met Lord Northcliffe
continually. talked with him intimate.
ly and witnessed the full denouement
Of his powers. Considering him as a
whole. his great brain and spirit, his
organization, his Incompatible press
and his triumphs, I can think of no
man in journalism or out Of 1t who
has filled a larger place in the twen-
tieth century.
Fights Anti-Americanism.
His supreme service to humanity. in
my view, consists in what he did to
dissipate the miasma Of misunder-
standing and unpleasant feeling be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States. He was all bigness of soul to-
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Presidential address to Congress
May Follo,o Refusal of Proposal

| freight rates regulation is such that
the government can set up a system
of preferences for those railroads
which obey as against those which
disobey the transportation act. The
leverage to compel obedience on the
part of the roads Is greater than is
possible to exert with strikers except
gress believe the conspiracy statutes
can be broadened SO that a concerted
effort to persuade men to leave the
employ of railroads in violation of
decisions of the Labor Board can be
made punishable: II tho leaders Of
Ject to penalties for interruption to
interstate commerce the feeling is
that q transportation tie-up would
not occur as frequently in the fu-
ture as in the past.
GoadinE Government On.
Although Washington Is rather
ments from both sides in the contro-
versy appear unfavorable. there Is
no loss of hope that between now and
the end of the week the railroad ex-
ecutives and labor leaders will see
that they are simply goading the
government to moro drastic action
all the time which in the end will
bring on restrictive legislation that
neither side will enjoy.
Tho optimists here see in the first
comments of the shopmen a charge
of tactics from what occurred when
Mr.. Harding made his first proposals.
The shopmen accepted too quickly,
in fact, SO soon that the railroad
executives regarded the proposal as
one-sided and made At the instance Of
executives, although protesting their
dislike of tho proposal, will make
q gesture of disapproval, but will
accept the suggestion of the President
with the proviso. OF course, that they
take back into their employ They can
not be forced to take all strikers
back unless the unions make 1t
reason for preventing the return of
any strikers or unless the transpor-
tation systems Of the country be-
come tied up through the sympathetic
action Of the brotherhoods in refus-
ing to take out what may seem to
them defective locomotives and
equipment.
President's Plan q Short Cat.
The situation Is drifting for the
moment. but conservative opinion
here is that neither side can afford
to reject President Harding's latest
compromise without proving the in.
sincerity Of the first acceptances by
railroad executives and shopmen of
the proposal that all decisions Of the
Labor Board will be recognized a
valid.
So far rs the railroad executives
are concerned, the belief that they win
accept IL based largely on the state
nents made Informally by T. Dewitt
Cuyler, chairman Of the Association
Of Railway Executives. when he was
last in Washington, namely, that IL
the men would return to work and
ask for their seniority rights the
subject would then become dispute
within the meaning of the transporta-
ton act. and as such subject. to the
decision Of the United States Labor
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Up Before Cabinet.
The general industrial situation
was discussed at length by the Pres
ident today with his advisers, the
Tuesday cabinet meeting lasting two
hours.
At the same time the President
was in conference with his cabinet and
leaders of the striking shopmen here
in Washington 10 con1eru further over
the answer to be given to the Presi-
dents proposal as made yesterday.
that the strikers return to work, the
railroads assign them to jobs and
that the question OF seniority be left
for decision by the Railroad Labor
Board.
Some Possible LeKislation.
Possible legislation which 1t was
suggested the President might have
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in mind included authorization to
take over the railroads in event of
their failure to operate to the point
that the country demands; amend
ment of the transportation act to
give the Railroad Labor Board
authority over questions arising during
some question of seniority. and
amendment Of the transportation act
to give force to Labor Board decisions
through imposition of penalties for
violations.
pointed out that the success or failure
Of the present negotiations would
be determined before next Tuesday.
and as the President himself has
termed the proposal put forward
yesterday az rather the final call, {"
ne would be prepared for another
step by the time the House meets.
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HOOPER APPROVES PLAN.
Declares Presidents Proposal to Be
"safs and Sane"
By the Associated Press.

ny tne ASSOCIATED Tfe1S.
CHICAGO. August s.-Tha Presi.
dent. in his latest proposition to the
railways and the striking shopmen,
has found tho safe and sane posi-
tion of fairness and conservatism" !"
Chairman Ben Hooper Of tho United
States Railway Labor Board an
nounced today.
On many railroads. he said, the plan
can be carried out without any in
convenience. More than $4,000 shop
men had been laid of before the
strike, the statement adds. and, with
tho increased work now available,
SO many mon will be needed that
ION q very large number of roads.
in my Judgment, the question Of
seniority would never arise"
Mr.. Hooper's statement, In part,
follows:
"The Presidents proposition il fair
and practical. It would conserve the
law, would sacrifice the rights of
neither party and would save the
country from the further i'll effects
Of the strike. 1t was to be antici-
pated that there would be some OBJ
1ections to 1t on both sides. but such
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BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Neither side likes President Hard
ing's latest proposal for a settlement
of the rail strike which perhaps Is
the best argury Of an eventual ac-
ceptance by both.
For the President is at the end Of
his rope-he has exhausted every
means of mediation at his command
except one and that Is personal ad-
dress to Congress when the House
comes back next Tuesday. In that
address Mr.. Harding can ask for an
amendment to the transportation act,
which will put teeth in 1t and COM
pel the railroad executives and rail-
road workers to obey the United
States Railroad Board or suffer
penalty for violating its decisions
Until low there has been no penalty
for disregarding the transportation act
Mr.. Harding Is building up a case ior
further legislation. In his latest proposal
it will be noted that he calls attention
TO the public pledge given by the rail-
roads and the shopmen that will recog-
nize the validity of the decisions OF the
board Should they disregard that
pledge, the moment the chief executive
some issue through the instrumentality
of the Labor Board the need for leg1s-
Iation will be 30 obvious that Congress
will have to choose between seizure
Of the railroads and a return to govern
ment operation, which has proved 80
costly to the taxpayers. or the enact
ment of an amendment to cure the de-
1ects in the transportation act now on
the statute books.
Called Outright Surrender.
The reasons that both the shopmen and
some railroad executives are advanc-
ing as a basis for refusing President
Harding's compromise offer are not
looked upon here as likely to carry much
weight with public opinion. Ono rail-
road executive, for instance. says ac-
ccptance of the jurisdiction Of tho Labor
Board on the seniority dispute is simply
an outright surrender. The shopmen arc
saying that to submit the question to
the Labor Board IL to submit 1t to q
prejudiced court because tho chairman
OF the board has already predicted, in
n public statement, that the board could
not afford in the future to disregard
the rights Of those workers who had re-
fused to go out on strike.
Each side, in other words, Is afraid
the decision of the Labor Board will
be adverse. Yet the Labor Board IL
in a better position to work out a
compromise satisfactory to shopmen
and executives when once the strikers
are back at work than IL the Presi-
dent or even the representatives Of
both sides in the embittersd frame of
mind in which they hnd themselves
1T present
Executives Hold whip.
The railroad executives, however,
hold the whip hand. There is no law.
which can compel them to take any
individual back to work who has
bncs left the employ Of the roads. Nor
j. there any law by which the gov
ernmsnt can compel the strikers to
70 back to work II their leaders feel
khat the shopmsn will be deprived Of
Seniority rights.
Yet the processes by, which Con-
0ress has gradually acquired control
- tAs income Of railroads through
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LONG. WILL NOT CONTEST
SENATOR REEDS VICTORY
Former Assistant State Secretary
Believes He Still Is Choice Of
Missouri Democrats.
By the Associated Press.

RI tbe Assor5e te6 -p,>.r =
ST. LOUIS. August s.-Brecken-
ridge Long. defeated by Senator James
A. Reed for the democratic senatorial
nomination at last Tuesdays primary.
today issued a statement saying he
will neither ask for a recount nor
file a contest.
Declaring he still considered him
self the choice of the democrats of
Missouri for the senatorial toga, the
former third assistant secretary Of
state declared between 10000 and
50.000 republicans voted in the demo-
cratic primary, but owing to defec-
tive primary law there Is no legal
remedy" Reeds plurality was ap-
proximately 6,425.
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the soft coal strike
ready for con-
sideration tomor-
row, the joint con-
ference of the lead
ers of the striking
union miners and
coal operators to-
day marked time
awaiting the ex-
pected arrival of
9th er operators.
especially those of
Illinois and In
diana. In addition,
operators were ex-
pected from sew
eral other states
scattered over the
soft coal fields. for
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KEEPS PLACE ON TICKET.

I DALLAS, Tex, August San at
tempt to rule the name Of James e.
Ferguson, candidate for United States
senator, OF the ticket in the run-off
Texas democratic primary August 26.
failed yesterday, when the demo-
cratic executive committee decided to
certify his name to the county chair
man.
Judge John W. Gaines Of San An
tonic had filed, charges against Fer
guson setting forth that his impeach-
ment as governor several years ago
made him ineligible to place on the
state ticket
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derful old capital
which he SO ar
IDENTIFY ! o v e d.
whose life he at
fected so pro-
foundly. At his
bedside there is
d e S p air. Lady
Northcline writes:
I'VE are praying
every hour. but
we dare not hope"
T he wr 1 t e RS
own acquaintance
with this unique
man dates from
1896, the year in
which he founded
the Daily Mail
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ORDERS DECENTRALIZATION
By the Associated Prese.

by tne ABsOclNted Fk691. -I-----
: ROME. August S.-Benito Mussoli.
nj, leader of the fascist ofganiza-
tion, has instructed the secretary
general Of the fascist to order by
telegraph the rehabilitation of all
the fascisti throughout ITALY. It was
announced today.