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method of increasing the traffic capa- city from ocean to ocean, 1t was said
 at the War Department, would be to double lock facilities of the Panama
 canal. but it was added that both from
 military point of view as to defensi- bility and because it would shorten the trip from coast to coast by some five days, the Nicaraguan route appears
 most desirable.
 In Nicaraguan circles here it was
 said nothing definite as to new canal however, that canal rights already
 granted to the United States are valid, and that the conflicting interests of
 Costa Rica as to the San Juan river,
 along the route, and Fonseca bay, all
 ready have been worked out in nego- tiations between Nicaragua and Costa
 Rica
 It appears possible that the Central American conference, which will hold
 the treaties and agreements arrived at
 are expected to be made public, has
 given some consideration to the Gen. tral American canal route question.
 Pending publication of the treaties
 and their formal ratification at to-
 morrows plenary session, however, ad- .lrn any comment in this connection.
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homie system, Dean Knapp said, oth- erwise the people will have to continue without the income to satisfy them.
BOY APPOINTED SGT.
 OF U. OF A. RESERVE CORPS

Fayetteville, Ark, Feb. John w. Daniel of Prescott is one of the newly appointed active sergeants of the Uni versity of Arkansas Reserve Officers Training Corps here. Appointments of the cadet officers have just been made by Captain K. NJ Helpins, Command ant.
 The University battalion includes four companies of infantry, band, a color guard. and special detachments consisting of a machine gun unit, 37 field piece unit, and Stokes mortar unit. The entire staff of officers, with the exception of the regular army officers who are in charge of the work at the command of the War Depart ment is made up of young men in the University The R. o. T. c. of course is entirely equipped by the War De
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ADDITIONAL
 WATERWAY
President and Cabinet Favor Another Isthmian Canal Traffic Shows
 Increase

Washington, February 6.-President Harding's administration favors ap- plication of the profits accruing from operation of the Panama canal to the construction of new interoceanic waterway, it was said today by a White House spokesman. The question was discussed by the cabinet, and all though no definite project has been outlined the cabinet talk was de- scribed as extremely interesting.
 Impetus was given to the discussion by Secretary Weeks explanation of the striking increase in traffic through the canal last month. when the records show a 90 per cent greater movement than year ago. Canal tolls collect
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OzAN MERCANTILE co.
 Prescott, Ark.

ions have mounted. the cabinet was told, until there is a steadily increas- ing monthly balance above cost of op- eration. Presumably it was this fact which brought out the administra- tions desire that canal profits go to- ward construction of a new canal.
 The outstanding feature as to the increasing canal traffic, it was said, was the growth of intercOaStal busi- ness. AdmniStrat tion officials have seen concrete evidence recently of probable further growth of this busi- ness. Within the last few days Secre- tary Weeks has meen approached by interests seeking to buy two army transports for conversion into refrig- orator ships to carry Pacific coast fruits to Eastern markets. He was told that it has not been possible to obtain a sufficient number of suitable vessels from the Shipping Board.
 Nicaraguan Route Favored
 Such comment as was available in cabinet circlse favored the Nicaraguan canal route, if new canal project is to he undertaken. The least costly
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MAY EXTEND
 COTTON BELT
Agricultural Leaders From all Over South Confer-Say Wide Region Can
 Grow Staple

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 6.-Possibility of extending cotton production west ward and northward, declarations that wider economic system is imperative | if the South is to be the homeland of happy and contended people, and the warning that within the past few years the great cities have drained the rural South of 75O,OO0 population, were among the outstanding points brought out today before the triple meeting of Southern agriculturists,
 Among the principal speakers at to- days session were w. D. Hunter of the Bureau of Entomology, Depart ment of Agriculture: Dr. Bradford Knapp, dean of the Agricultural Col lege of the University of Arkansas, and C. A. Mooers of Knoxville, Tenn, president of the Southern Agricultural Workers Association.
 Cotton production could he extend tU NtStNdIu anu HUI tilNulu lo lh' tN tent of increasing the acreage F per cent and the production to 65 per cent of that nov. produced in the cotton belt" MT. Hunter said in his address.
 Possible to Extend Belt
 Tt is possible under climatic con- ditions and temperatures to grow cot ton 150 to 2OO miles further north at some points than is now reached, talk ing in parts of Kentucky and extend ing as far north as Mary but west of the Mississippi river the limit of cotton production could be extended much beyond it's present limit
 In Texas, Mir Hunter said, the cot ton belt could not go beyond the region of the 20 inches rainfall, but in Cali fornia and Arizona under irrigation the acreage c0u'd be considcea in- creased. Generally speaking, he would not recommend cotton growing where the average summer temperature is lower than 7S and the rainfall less than 20 inches.
 The new territory ill which cotton could he grown. MT Hunter said, would produce more cotton per acre than the average of the cotton belt, therefore the P per cent increase in acreage might easily increase the crop production @ per cent.
 Dean Knapp is Speaker
 Dean Knapp. in his address deliver 1 ed tonight presented specific con Isiderations in determining a farm pro gram for the cotton grower. There are two things necessary for profit in farming" he said. One is economic production and the other is economic marketing. We need to continue to work on both ends of the business
 Ultimately the South will have to come to the consideration of soil fer tHitv vield par acre anda wider eco
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pertinent.
 Sixteen active sergeants were ap- They will be assigned to company or special detachment posts.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-02-08

Sheriff John b. Parker and Deputy Albert McGough left Tuesday for the lower part of the county, and begin- ming at Hatley's Store, will make canvas of the entire county, collecting taxes. They will be accompanied on their rounds by MT. Charles Orrick, who will collect delinquent subscrip- tions for the Nevada County Picayune and solicit new subscriptions. Any cOurtesies shown MT. Orrick will be appreciated by the managers of the Picayune.
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NOW IN STOCK

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-19
WARDMAN LEASES
CONN. AVE. BLOCK
Secures Section Between K
and L for SO Years-Big
Store Rumored.

Harry Wardman has leased from
Edward p. Schwartz Inc, through
Weaver Brothers. the entire west side
of Connecticut avenue between X and
L streets. with the exception of the
Rauscher property and property now
occupied by Magruder. grocer, for
ninety-nine years at an aggregate
rent of $2.7s1,000.
With the exception of government
leases this constitutes one of the larg-
est. If not the largest, transaction of
the kind in the history of Washington
real estate.
While long-term leases such as this
have been on record in the past in
the District, they are more or less of
infrequent occurrence.
Judge James S. Harlan drew the
lease, representing the owners, while
Judge Daniel Thew Wright repre-
scented MI. Wardman in the transac-
ton.
The purpose for which this prop
erty is to be utilized has not been
announced. Recently. however, a
well known realtor. speaking before
a group of bankers, visualized the
future Washington as having q large
department store near this territory
In his talk he spoke of the develop
ment of the city toward the north
and west and declared that no stretch
Of imagination was needed to see q
large depa rtment store raising Its
outline on the landscape.
At any rate, those interested in
Washington realty are now awaiting
the definite announcement of the use
to which this property is to be put
The average annual rental will
amount to somewhat more than
$4,000.
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SHOOTING IN MANNHEIM.
$50 Shots Fired by Sentinals-Tw,
Germans Wounded.

BERLIN. May Especial dis
patches to the Berlin newspapers re-
port IAN orgy of street shooting" by
the French in Mannheim last night. in
which as many as $50 shots were fred
and at least two Germans seriously
wounded. The Germans say the
French patrol on Friedrichs bridge
fired wildly in all directions, some Of
the shots hitting nearby houses. while
a street car filled with passengers was
directly fired upon. The cause of the
outhurst is not given.
Other dispatches report the fatal
wounding yesterday in Mannheim Of
Karl Traub. a policeman. The story
told by the Germans is that the
French had advised the German au-
thorities that one of the French rail
way station patrols was being pelted
with stones by children. whereupon
the Germans posted a police guard at
the station. with Traub as one OF it's
members.
Shortly afterward he is said to have
been arrested, the charge not being
stated. While being taken away he
broke loose from his captors and
jumped onto a river barge and then
dived into the water. The French are
declared to have fired on him white
he was attempting to swim of and
later took him from the water suf-
fering from wounds which proved
fatal.
PEI HTrrrn rN rracrY
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EMBASSY IN MEX|CO|
HEAVILY GUARDED:
Oregon Considers Bomb At
tack Effort to Hinder U. S.
NegotiatorS.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. May 19.-President
Obregon said today that he consider
ed yesterdays bombing. which damag-
ed the Office of a Mexican attorney
in the building that houses the United
States consulate general, was an
effort to hinder the government in
its recognition negotiations with the
United States.
What could it be but a profound
diSpleasure? he said. II believe 1t
concerns maneuvre against the
government to hinder us in reaching
a good understanding with the United
States"
No Clue Found.
After twenty-four hours of in
vestigation the municipal police and
federal secret service agents early
today had found no clue warranting
an arrest in connection with the ex-
plosion.
Ell Universal publishes a report of
the inquiries purporting to prove that
the bombing had no political signifi-
canoe, but was rather the work of
enemies incurred by Attorney Castillo
while he was Intimately associated
with Esteban Cantu, Governor of
Lower California.
Warren and Payne Threatened.
Newspapermen learned from Gill
berto Nalenzuela. undersecretary Of
the interior, that Charles 3. Warren
and John Barton Payne, the America n
members of the mixed recognition
commission, received anonymous
warnings soon after their arrival on
May IL, that they must leave Mexico
within seventy-two hours. Traffic
past the Escandon Palace, in which
the delegates are staying. was pro-
hfbited last night and heavy force
of police maintained a watch outside
the building.
The guard of police and secret
service men around the American en-
bassy, consulate and the building in
which the conference sessions are be-
ing held, has been greatly increased.
1t became known today that on
Thursday night the police discovered
several men in the act of climbing the
Washington monument in Denmark
plaza The officers. who pursued the
men without success. expressed the
opinion that the band planned to
throw the statue from it's pedestal
This incident was cited as confirm
ing the newspaper theory that yes
terday's explosion, like that which &C.
CURED on May 4, on the American en-
bassy property, was part of con-
spiracy by enemies of the Oregon
administration, in the hope of inter-
fering with the work of the recoeni-
ton conference.
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ONLY FEW AMERICANS
STAY IN VLADIVOSTOK
q. S. and British Consulate Stats
Leave Without Incidents-Jap-
anese officials Remain.
By the Associn ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, May 19.-Departure for
Toxic of the American and British
consular staffs of Vladivostok, occa-
stoned by the refusal of the govern
ments to comply with requirements
Of the Moscow soviet, was without
incident The consuls, applying for
and receiving viSas on their pa ssports.
closed their consulates and brought
away all documents.
S. Pinkney Tuck. American consul
at Vladivostok. reached Toxic with
Willard L. Thomas. vice consul, and
Maj. Phillip r. Faymonville, military
attache at Chita.
Only a few Americans remain in
Vladivostok. They include the widow
OF Vice Consul Frederick S. Pray, who
died recently. The Standard Oil Com
pany's representative in staying and
will be rejoined shortly by his family.
Foreigners are n|t molested as long
as they refrain from interfering in
politics, but they are heavily taxed.
The Japanese consulate at Vladi-
vostok is being kept open temporarily
IN the hope that arrangements to con-
tinue Japanese representation there
may arise out of the negotiations now
going on between Viscount Goto and
Adolph Joffe. soviet representative.
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PLAN CR0SST0WN
BUS IN SOUTH D. c.
Capital Traction Co. Seeks
Permission to Unite South
east and Southwest.

Application for a cross-totwn bus
line to form a direct connection be-
tween the southeast and southwest
sections of the city was filed with
the Public Utilities Commission to-
day by the Capital Traction Company.
The Capital Traction Company also
applied to Col. c. 0. Sheriff.. super
intendent of public buildings and
grounds. today for authority to run
busses to the new Rock Creek golf
course. which opens next Friday.
These buses would run in conjunc-
titon with the busses of the company
on 18th and Kennedy street.
Urged by Citizens.
Although the Capital Traction
Company has an indirect interest in
the Woodley road bus line of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company, this Is the second move
of that company toward trackless
transportation.
The citizens associations of the
southeast and southwest communities
have been endeavoring for a number
Of years to get cross-town service
south of Pennsylvania avenue. But
because of the prohibitive cost of un-
foreground rail construction the Utili-
ties Commission has not ordered any
track extensions in recent years.
1t was estimated today that a car
line over the same route would cost
In the netghborhood of 100000,
whereas bus service can be estab-
lished for $4,000 or $4,000.
John H. Hanna, vice president and
general manager of the Capital Trac-
ton Company. stated today that the
company realizes the need for service
between the navy yard and the south
west, and, in view of the cost of lay
ing rails, decided to offer the public
bus line.
Proposed Route.
The proposed route is as follows:
From sth and M streets southeast,
along NJ street. Delaware avenue, o
street and Water street to the inter-
section of Water and P streets south
west. Eastbound, the buses would go
by way of p street, Delaware avenue
and NJ street.
This route would link together the
two street car lines of the company
on Sth street southeast and Water
street southwest. Street car tokens
would be good on the busses and
two-cent transfers would be sold to
the street car at either END of the
bus route.
The general impression prevailed
an rol,r,p
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Funston, Jr., and
Aguinaldo'sSonto
Enter West Point

Memories OF the Philippine insur-
rection which followed the establish
ment of American control over those
islands after the Spanish war are
revived by two appointments just
made to the United States Military
Academy.
One of the young men who has
qualified as cadet Is Frederick
Funston, jr.. son of the late Gen.
Frederick Funston, who gained dis
tinction as the captor of Aguinaido.
the leader of the Instruction. under
dramatic circumstances
The other successful candidate for
appointment to the academy Is Emelio
Aguinaldo, jr., the son Of the Filipino
leader.
members of the same class Is ex-
pected to excite considerable COM
:
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By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ST. ANDREWS. May 10. The
American amateur golf team retained
possession Of the Walker cup by de-
feating the British team in the two
day tournament ending today. six
matches to Ave. with one halved.
The cup was won only on the
thirty-fifth green of the twelfth
match. when DR.. o. F. Willing of
Portland. Ore, playing w. A. Murray
of the British team. sank a three
yard putt to win his match by
and one.
The Americans, after winning only
one Of the four two-ball foursomes
played yesterday, came through in
the individual matches today with
Ave victories to the Britishers' two.
One match, that between Ouimet and
Wethered. resulted in a tie. the play
ers being all square at the thirty
sixth hole.
S. Dawson Heron of Chicago came
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u. S. Stars Beat British
Golfers After Game Fight
Scintillating Finish After Task Seemed
Impossible Enables Americans
- Retain Cup.

within an inch of sinking a putt on
the thirty-sixth green to square his
match with John Wilson. but by his
failure lost the hole and the match.
the eleventh to be finished. This
placed the burden of the struggle
to retain the cup solely on the Shout
ders of DR.. Willing, whose failure
to be selected for foursome competi-
ton yesterday caused comment. The
Oregonian. continuing the steady
play which has marked his perform
ances on the British courses, was
equal to the task
The courageous and successful
struggle OF the invaders under the
odds imposed by the results Of yes
terday's foursome play. brought spon-
taneous tribute from the gallery of
many thousands which turned out
for the matches.
Ouimet sank clever three-yard putt
around quarter stymie to win the
thirty sixth hole and square his match
with Wethered.
The Englishman holed his chip ap-
proach shot on the fourteenth, thus re-
storing his lead of two holes, which
Ouimet had cut down by his brilliant
Continued ON IIa0r , I'nI,n,n =
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RUNS CAR OFF BRIDGE TO ESCAPE
WHO LATER SAVES HIM

bank. where the officer rolled over
exhausted and writhing in pain.
Passing motorists were attracted
TO the two by the smashed bridge
railing. The men were taken to the
8arrtsonburg Hospital. where Shift
flett Is in dying condition.
The deputy sheriff halted Shiffle;t
as he was entering Rockingham
county with a cargo Of liquor. After
placing Shifilett under arrest Lucas
entered the car and told his prisoner
TO drive to Harrisonburg. After
travelling several miles. the Elkton
bridge came into sight down a steep
grade. Without a word Shifflett In
creased his speed. shot down onto
the bridge and threw his STEERING
wheel to the right In his desperate
chance to escape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-19
OUTLAWS GEORGE TROOPS.
Gen. Hofung-Yu's Soldiers Ready
to Join Bandits in Hills.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, May 19.-Gen Hofung-
Yu. commander of the Chinese gov
eminent troops surrounding the
mountain retreats Of the Shantung
bandits, no longer is the dreaded
foe of the outlaws. but through the
present situation has lost his face"
and is menaced by revolt of his
10000 or $1,000 soldiers. according to
a private report unpublished in China.
but received from an authoritative
source.
Gen. Hos grip is said to have
weakened largely because the troops
he commands have not been paid for
eighteen months. and are enviouS Of
the bandits prestige.
Fathers Lenfers and Buis. the Cath
Ollie priests who have been on relief
missions to the bandit stronghold.
are quoted as saying that Gen. Ho,
seeking to pacify his subordinates at
a recent parley was defied and threat
ened and finally forced to withdraw
American. British mad French COM
merCial bodies in Shanghai are pre-
pairing for a mass meeting to give
articulate expression to their anxiety
over the foreign captives held at
Paotsuku mountain.
CAPTIVE SEES DOOM"
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CHINESE OFFICIALS
READY T0ABAND0N
HOPE FOR CAPT|NES
Reports Indicate Bandits
Terms for Release Are Held
= Too Extravagant.
SOLDIERS MAY DESERT
TO RANKS OF OUTLAWS
Unpaid Troops, Jealous of Position
Brigands Hold, Turn on
General.
BY the Associa ted Press.


PEKING, May 19.-Telegrams to the
Chinese from Tsa Chwang, near which
fifteen foreign captives are held by
the mountain outlaws of Shantung,
indicate that the government repre-
sentatives are on the point of aban-
doning negotiations for the release of
the prisoners because of the bandits
extravagant demand.
The latest such terms were that
troops be Withdrawn from the entire
province of Shantung. the bandits to
constitute the provincial military
force.
II is intimated that WI Yu-Lin,
minister of communications. who has
been in charge of the governmental
parleys, will be recalled to Picking.
OUTLAWS GEORGE TROOPS.
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Austro-German
Union Is Sure to
Come,Says ENJOY
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
FRANKFORT ON MAIN, Ger
many, May Participating to-
day in the observance of the
seventy-tifth anniversary of the
first German parliament, Prof.
Ludo Hartmann. Austrian ambas-
sador to Germany. declared yes
terday that the Austrians "are
hard and fast in their yearning
for a union of Austria with Ger
many" and he believed this would
be effected eventually
The revolution of 1919 he said.
was to bring US as its fruit the
unity and coordination of German
middle Europe into one state"