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Evening star., 1923-01-17
RUHR PEOPLES
IN UGLY MOOD
Economic War in Germany
Takes on Tone of Deadly
EarnestneSS.
COMPROMISE is UNLIKELY
French, With Power to Force
Misery and Hunger,
Expect to Win.
COMPROMISE is UNLIKELY
BY PAUL SCOTT MowRER.

By Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
Foreign Service. Copyright, 1928.
PARIS, January 17.-All hope of a
compromise between the French en-
gineers and the German industrialists
has been abandoned. The economic
war has taken on a tone of deadly
earnestness on both sides. Tuesday
the French diverted 5000 tons of
coal, intended for Bavaria, toward
France reparations and today began
acquisitions without payment of
$4,000 tons of coal a day and the
same quantity of coke.
With the occupation of Dortmund,
the headquarters of the SHINES in
terests, the whole of the Ruhr re-
sources, including canals and railways,
are in French hands. If the coal own
ers refuse the acquisitions they will
be arrested and tried by court-mar-
tial. The French today began the col
lection of the 40 per cent coal tax on
all coal shipments from the Ruhr. The
thwart this move, the Germans have
tried to remove the coal tax records.
Meanwhile the Ruhr people seem to
be in an increasing ugly mood. In
the face of the inability of the Ger
man police to handle the crowds, the
French have begun substituting mil
itary patrols in some places for the
police.
The French contest the German
boast that German industries have
enough coal for two months. They
declare that their agents report that
Germany has barely coal enough for
four days and must henceforth find
100000 tons month in Saxony,
Silesia or abroad, unless they prefer
to come to terms with France.
The Echo de Paris calls the present
situation a new Verdun" and con-
tinues:
I'm this new kind of a struggle we
ought to win, for, after ALL we have
the power to reduce the whole Ger
man people to misery and hunger"
Evening star., 1923-01-17
Bavarian Split
With Berlin Is
Now Feared.
SATURDAY. is SET
FOR OUTBREAKS
Reactionary Moves
Have Had Backing
of French.
BY GEORGE wITTE.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1923.
BERLIN, January 17.-Trouble Is
brewing in Bavaria. This time the
reactionary elements which so often
have threatened to break away from
the Berlin regime really mean busi-
ness, according to advices received
here from Nuremberg and Munich.
Next Saturday is the day which has
been tentatively set for the opening
act of another drama depicting mice
lin this case the several federated
states-leaving the sinking ship OF
the German empire.
France has been encouraged by
Bavaria for the last three years, al
though it has not yet become known
what the French have promised the
Bavarians if they desert the reich,
whether it is the waving of the Ba-
varian share of the reparations or
financial aid and political support in
all her affairs, or both. Now that
the federal government is in more
serious trouble than at any other
time since the world war, Bavaria
may think the right moment has
come for her to proclaim her inde-
pendence, and perhaps re-establish
the monarchy, with Crown Prince
Rupprecht as king.
Urge Armed Distractions.
Gen. Ludendorff. Adolph Hitler,
leader of the gray shirts, and Gen.
Escherich, former head of the dis
banded civil militia, are all working
for1 gigantic armed distractions in
every city, town and hamlet of Ba-
varia next Saturday to protest against
the blunders made by the German re-
public. Reports from southern Ger
many show that the reactionaries
have gained thousands of recruits in
the last week or so.
Piece after piece is being chopped off
the German Reich. The Lithuanian
Baltic port of Memel may be followed
soon by a joint Polish h-CzechoSlovakian
coup in upper Silesia If alarmist re-
ports from Kattowicz and Oppeln are
true. Both Poland and Czecho-
slovakia are after parts of Silesia
adjoining the territory awarded to
Poland by the league of nations in
October, 1921
Troops Are Concentrated.
Czechoslovakia wants the Hult-
schiner district, and Poland the min
ing area OF which the city of Hinden-
burg is the center. German news
papers report heavy troop concentra-
tions along the Polish and Czecho-
slovakian frontiers, and declare that
these nations are about to follow
Lithuania's example and strike while
the attention of the world is concen-
trated on the events in the Ruhr val
ley.
The latest reports from MemeI show
that Germany has given up that port
for good. The foreign office here re-
luctantly admits that the handful of
soldiers in that city did their best to
keep the irregular Lithuanfans out
However, they were outnumbered
many times, and as the torpedo boats
and cruisers promised by France and
Great Britain had not arrived they
had no alternative but to surrender
or be annihilated. The Lithuanians
are confident that the warships will
not interfere when they arrive, now
that the allies are face to face with
an accomplished fact.
Evening star., 1923-01-17
Pressure on England to Back
France Proping Fruitless

Ruhr as "foolhardy" and designed to
leave Europe in a worse situation
after its completion than before.
. The Manchester Guardian sees in
the latest Ruhr occupations the first
signal for a change from economic to
political action.
NO one can say what form the
political agitation in Germany may
take" says the Guardian. "Bolshevist
propaganda is already in evidence.
with many signs of forthcoming vio-
Ience and disorders. The FrencS have
peen driven long way on the road
to reprisals, which, In their turn, will
provoke violence and resistance, ne
cessitating still greater repressions.
The French command great forces,
but not necessarily sufficient to quell
political unrest diffused through mill
lions of people animated by fear,
hatred and desire for revenge"
Officially, Great Britain stands on
the same ground as that taken at the
Paris conference.
Evening star., 1923-01-17
Stammering Child Recouers
Speech by Methods of Coue
Spectators AstOnislied When Autosugges-
ton Expert Induces 14-Year-Old Wash
ingtOn Girl to Talk Without Defect.

asked her by the doctors and others
among the fifty persons who were
privileged to be present.
81 am so happy, / am so happy" she
kept murmuring. her voice choked
with sobs-but not by stammeringi
Skeptical medical men. numbering
some of the best known local SUR
geons, orthodox doctors. and psychi-
artists, could but marvel at the ease
with which NJ. Coue, who arrived in
Washington at noon yesterday, was
able to relieve the child of the stam-
mering which had afflicted her for
years.
1T is a good thing, a good thing"
one of the prominent surgeons Of the
city declared. as he looked wiz ten
der sympathy at the happy girl. If
there was any different opinion among
the medical men present they did not
openly utter it All shared in the
happiness of the child
Whether the cure of the case of
stammering will be permanent, of
course none could say but the girl
was sure and, after all, that is all
that counts in NJ Coue's method of
induced conscious autosuggestion.
AS he said. he does not heal-he
merely teaches others how to heal
themselves.
The triumph with the stammering
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column %
Evening star., 1923-01-17
Mrs. L. Anderson
Defends Horse
In Damage Suit
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch TO The Star.
CONCORD, n. H., January H.
Mrs. Larz Anderson, who gave her
residence as Washington, D. c., but
who is widely known in Boston
and New Hampshire, where she is
the largest real estate owner In
Webster and Hopkinton, testified
in United States court here this
morning as character witness for
her chestnut horse. "Bawdsey
Amber"
Mrs. Anderson and her husband.
Capt. Larz Anderson, former United
States minister to Belgium, are
being sued by Andrew J. Craig of
Bradford, who seeks compensation
for injuries he alleges he received
by being kicked by "Bawdsey
Amber" at the Bradford fair in
1921, where Mr.. Craig and the
Andersons were fellow exhibitors
at the horse show.
On account of serious illness of
her mother, Mrs. Anderson has
been unable to attend the trial
until today.
Mrs. Anderson testified she was
the owner of the horse in Ques-
ton, that she had known him all
his life, that she had been in his
stall "a great many times" and
that she Rad never known him to
do anything wrong" Robert w.
Upton. for plaintiff, refrained from
cross examination.
Evening star., 1923-01-17
BY HAL o,FLAHERTY.
Wireless to The Star and the Chicago
News, COpyripht 1909

Wireless to The Star and the Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1928.
LONDON, January II Case pm.).-
Through numerous channels in Eng
land pressure is being brought to
bear to swing British opinion to favor
France in the occupation of the Ruhr
district.
This Francophile campaign is mis-
leading chiefly because such great
weight is laid upon letters written
to few newspapers not entirely in
sympathy either with the British
policy or with the Bonar Law gov
ernment,
As a matter of fact, anti-French
opinion among all British labor or
ganizations is stiffening every day
while liberal opinion emphatically de-
nounces the French occupation of the
Evening star., 1923-01-17
ITALIANS MAY REPLACE
YANKEES In COBLENZ
Negotiations Reported to Be in
Progress Looking to Reoccupa-
tion When Americans Go.

By the Associated Press.
DUSSELDORF. January 17.-Reports
gained circulation here today that
negotiations were going on between
the French and italian governments,
which, II successful, might result in
Italian troops replacing the Americans
in the Coblenz bridgehead.
In pursuance of Premier MussoIinPs
reported idea of a continental bloc con-
sisting of France, Italy and Belgium,
and desirous of showing solidarity
with Frances viewpoint on reparations,
the reports declared, overtures from
Rome have been made to the French
foreign office asking that the Italian
delegate on the interallied RhineIand
commission be raised to the dignity of
Italian high commissioner on the
Rhine
Evening star., 1923-01-17
Georgetown Bridge Opened
For Traffic at Noon TODAY

The new $2,000.000 concrete
Georgetown bridge was opened
for general traffic at noon today.
There was, no ceremonies, all that
was done being the removal of the
barriers at both-ends OF the bridge.
The temporary macadam roadway
at the M street and the Roslyn
approaches had been tested dur
ing the past few days and found
to be sufficiently settled and stable
to permit of their general use by
all classes of vehicles. That road
way, however, is temporary only
and will be used until the embank-
ment at Roslyn has been widened
and otherwise improved for the
Evening star., 1923-01-17
ACCUSE TWO OF MURDER,

PITTSBURGH. January 1.-Two
arrests have been made in connection
with the death of Joseph Minas,
whose mutilated body was found in
sewer pipe in Penn Township, near
hear, year ago, county detectives
have announced. The suspects are
Frank Gangene of Kittanning, and
Philip Germano of Homewood. Pa.
Minas' body was found by two boys,
from the sewer pipe. The body bore
seventy-two knife wounds. The arms
and legs were tied with heavy wire.
Evening star., 1923-01-17
MR.. HARDING, SICK,
REMAINS IN BED
Attack of Grip Brings Order
to Rest-Nothing Serious,
Says Sawyer.
ENGAGEMENTS DROPPED
All Cancelled for Today, Tomor-
row and Possibly Friday.
Davis and DR.. Work Ill.
ENGAGEMENTS DROPPED

President Harding cancelled all or
his engagements today and tomorrow
in order to remain in bed on account
of an attack of grip. 1t was said
at the White House that the rest
was decided on merely as a precau-
tionary measure and that the Presi-
dents condition showed no serious
developments.
1t was announced at the White
House this afternoon that unless the
President shows considerable i'm
provement in the meantime. it Is
thought likely that several engage
ments made by the President for Fri
day also would be Cancelled.
According to Gen. Sawyer, the
President is afflicted with what many
others in Washington have at this
time and which most of them term
"the grip" In describing the nature
of the illness to newspaper men, Gen.
Sawyer said there is positively Moth
ing serious about his patients condi-
tion and that he wished the public to
know that there is not the slightest
occasion for any alarm.
"FeeIs No Account All Over.''
1.-THE President simply feels no ac-
count all over. just like the rest of
us do when we are afflicted with
cold" the White House physician
went on to explain. He probably
will be up and around tomorrow or
next day. If the President had fol-
lowed his own wishes in the matter
he would have gone to his desk as
usual this morning, but inasmuch as
the cold has been hanging on for
several days, and because a point or
two of fever showed up for a brief
period, l deemed it advisable to keep
him in his room. Rest and quiet will
undoubtedly do him good"
The first intimation that the Presi-
dent was indiSposed was given at
the usual Tuesday conference with
newspaper men yesterday. He had
cancelled some engagements made
greater part of yesterday in the
White House. Last night he spent
the early part of the evening with
Mrs. Harding in her sitting room, but
retired at an hour somewhat earlier
than his custom.
Davis and Work Ill.
1t has been made known at the
White House that Mrs. Harding is
making most satisfactory progress
in her convalescence and that she
goes to the dining room every other
night or so and that she rarely uses
her wheel chair now.
A cold similar to that of President
Harding's has afflicted James ]. Davis,
Secretary of Labor. He attended the
cabinet meeting yesterday but shortly
afterwards retired to his apartment
at Wardman Park. Postmaster GEN
eral Work also is confined to his
apartment at Wardman Park with
a cold today.
Evening star., 1923-01-17

laying of the track loop of the
Capital Traction Company in the
spring. The widening of the ap-
proach will necessItate the closing
of the present Virginia entrance
to the AQueduct bridge, but that
will not be done for several days.
Under the present arrangement
vehicles and pedestrians now NAV
use either the new bridge or the
Aqueduct bridge for passage across
the river.
Pending the completion of the
proposed improvements, no final
arrangements have been made for
the regulation of traffic at both
matter will be settled before the
Capital Traction cars begin oper-
ating across the new structure.
Evening star., 1923-01-17
$50 FLEE APARTMENTS.
Hire in Chicago Attacks Three
Buildings, But None Is Hurt.

CHICAGO, January 17.-Nearly $50
persons were driven from their apart
ments today when fire attacked three
buildings on Michigan avenue at the
northern end of Automobile row.
The blaze spread from one building
to another adjoining and then leaped
twenty foot vacant lot to the ear
of 24-apartment building Con-
siderable property damage resulted,
but no one was injured.
Evening star., 1923-01-17
Final Meeting Tomorrow
Preface to Departure of DEL
egates From New York.
NOTHING TO WARRANT
REPORT TO CONGRESS
Visitors Suggest Fixed Minimum
for Annual Payments and Lower
Rate of Interest.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The British and American debt COM
missions have reached point in their
negotiations where 1t virtually is
agreed no further progress can be
made until the British commissioners
have returned to London and confer
red with their government.
The two commissions will hold an
other joint meeting tomorrow, but 1t
is expected to constitute only a leave
taking preparatory to the departure
of the British from Washington. They
will sail from New York Saturday
and any attempt to establish even a
tentative agreement as to terms of
settlement of the British war debt is
expected to be delayed for several
weeks.
Not to Make Report.
Despite the exchanges which have
taken place since the arrival of the
British group, it was indicated to-
day in authoritative quarters that no
result had been produced of a char
acter positive enough to warrant
concrete recommendations to Con-
gress for amendment Of the funding
law.
The British are understood to have
suggested in a tentative way that the
terms of settlement be based on a
fixed minimum for annual payments,
which would include both interest
and principal, and which need not
represent the total Great Britain
would pay in any given year if she
found it possible to exceed the mini
mum figure.
that the time limit and interest rate
fixed by the present law be re-
adjusted. The American commission
is declared not to have made any
definite agreement to any of these
proposals. however, but to have
the question which Stanley Baldwin,
the British chancellor of the ex-
chequer, who heads the British group,
regards as requiring a personal ex-
planation by him to the British
cabinet.
At Odds on Interest.
Among other things, the British
officials and parliament are said to
find it difficult to understand why the
Americans are reluctant to consent to
low interest rate, in view of the fact
that the Bank of England now is
loaning money at home at 3 per cent.
1t is expected that Mr.. Baldwin will
lay before his government the facts
as to the difference in credit condi-
tfons in the United States and Great
Britain.
Saturday had been the sailing date
already fixed by the British commits
sion for it's return to London, but until
today it had been hoped that the period
spent here might be sufficient to put
an agreement into at least tentative
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
Evening star., 1923-01-17
AWAIT FRENCH ACTION.
z BY the Associated Press.

z BY the Associated Press.
ESSEN, January 17.-Directors of
German coal mines, having reiterated
that they would abide by the order OF
:. the federal coal commissar to deliver
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column %
Evening star., 1923-01-17
WEATHER.

Fair and continued Geld tonight,
temperature sixteen TO twenty de-
grees; tomorrow partly cloudy and
warmer. Temperature for twenty-fou
hours ended at 2 pm. today: Highest,
SO, at pm. yesterday; lowest, 10. at
am. today. Full report on page z.
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Evening star., 1923-01-17

The Stars carrier system. covers every
city block and the regular edition is
deliyered to Washington homes as fast
as the papers are printed
Evening star., 1923-01-17

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Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-07
PAGE SEVEN

on by the ways and means committee, is the basis of the discussion and in- cludes graduated cannery pack tax atiOn, ranging iron. three cents a case for chums to sixty cents case for reds, kings and sockeyes The scale which is under discus11oc is as fol- lows:
 Packs of 10000 and under 15 censs
 10000 to 15,000 cases, 20 cents.
 15.000 to 25,00O cases, 25 cents.
 25,00O to 10000 cases, 40 cents.
 10000 to 60000 cases, 60 cents
 Over GO, GOO cases, 75 cents.
 All other varieties except chums will be on the same basis of produc- tion with the following taxes imposed, 3R cents, cents, 8 cents, 15 cents, and 25 cents.
 On chums flat rate of 3 cents case will be collected, regardless of the amount packed.
 Clans will be taxed cents a case
 One per cent of the net profit of concerns putting up mild cured kings will be collected; herring, 15 cents hundred weight; codfish. 10 cents per hundred weight. Fish trips, minimum of s200 for each trap, grading upwards according to the length of the leads The lead basis has not yet been established. Nonresident fishermen will be tax ed $15; gill nets, 5 per hundred fath- oms; seines, $1O for the first 150 fathoms, each additional 9 fthoms, g.
 The clause covering taxation on in- comes from fishing is at follows: Minimum net income exceeding l $5,0OO and not more than $15,000, a tax of one per cent will be collectable $J5,OOO to $150,0OO, two per cent; over 1 s150,000, two and half per cent.
 The matter under discussion also includes oil production, which has been listed as follows:
 One cent barrel on all production over 5000 barrels. ] A flat s20 tax will be imposed on all professional men. Slight changes will be made on automobile taxes. I Other 1921 tax schedules are as yet unchanged.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-07
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
 0F PLAYERS AND FANS

Last evening at the Gateway office was held the announced joint meeting of the Legion and Town baseball teams and if harmony is any creterion of future events then Seward people will witness some bang-up ball this season. A good representation of play CTS from both aggregations was in at tendance as we'll as few prominent businessmen who are interested in the promotion of baseball in Seward.
 Many matters in connection with the game were brought up for discus sion with the outcome being the for nation of the Seward Baseball Asso- citation and a city league, to be con- posed of two or more teams. Financial matters pertaining to placing Seward on the Alaska map as baseball town were gone into and from all indica- tions a ready response will be made by the people of the town when approach ed to support the undertaking. Elwyn Swetmann was appointed committed of one to launch the financial project.
 The Business Program
 Reading and adoption of the minut- es of Sundays meeting.
 Moved and seconded that nomina- tions and elections of Sunday, April l. be adopted by the Joint meeting. Car ried (Capain M. D. Barndollar then took the chair.)
 Moved, seconded and carried tha, the Seward Baseball Association be declared organized.
 Moved and seconded that a revision of officers be made, to include the of fees of president, treasurer and sec retary only. Carried.
 On Nominations and elections the following were chosen to office; Capt NJ. D. Barndollar, president and gen. eral manager; Elwyn Swetmann, treas urer; Earl Durgin, secretary. The pres ident was invested with all appoint. ment powers.
 Following the elections the meeting was thrown open to general discussion by the members and officers as tc means of procedure for promoting in terest in baseball in Seward. Follow ing this discussion order was called with the chair announcing that com mittees for securing grounds and also equipment would be named shortly No further business being apparent and adjournment, sine die, was taken
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-07
USED TARIFF TO CORNER
 SUGAR PRICES

WASHINGTON, April 2-"Sugar profiteers and market manipulators have made use of the present tariff to corner the sugar market and cause an increase in the price of the commod- ity, to the consumer" was the asser- tion of Senator Furnifold M. Sim mons, democrat of North Carolina, this morning when discussing the present sugar market.
 Senator Simmons holds that the re- publican tariff law is mainly respon- sible for the prevailing high prices Holding the position of ranking dem- ocratic member of the senate finance committee he has fought the high tar if rates on sugar when that measure came before the senate.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-07
GOING T TOO HARD?

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 J. P. Howe, proprietor of general store, 152 Water Street, Santa Cruz, Calif., says: "Overlifting affected my kidneys I had severe pain in the lower part of my back, but the main trouble was with my kidneys. They didn't act properly. The secretions burned and there was inflammation in my bladder. I tried different kid ney medicines, but they did me no good. Doan's Kidney Pills did the work for me. have been entirely free from kidney and bladder trouble since" (Statement given February 19, 1916.)
 On December 4, 1919, Mir. Howe said: tT never miss a chance to re- commend Doan's for I know from ex- perience there is nothing better for kidney trouble"
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