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affairs; and, second, through going
along with their own fleet at then
own fleets fast fighting pace ir
order to be able to launch tor
pedoes at the enemy's fighting line
We today have numerous sub
marines quite well fitted for in
dividual raiding service. We have
absolutely no submarines which are
fitted by size or by speed for fleet
service.
That Is the reason the sub
marines which accompanied oul
fleet in its recent maneuvers gave
such a poor account of themselves
They were being asked to do a
thing for which they we're not de-
signed or built or fitted. They
were perfectly capable of doing
their own sort Of work. They were
not capable Of doing another sort
Of work.
Failure Is No Discredit.
Their failure Is not in any way
any discredit to our navy. 1t is a
discredit, II to anybody, only to
the members Of Congress. who
having been repeatedly informed re-
garding our submarine situation
have refused to give our navy the
financial means with which to
equal the British submarine effort
1t Is true that in October we shall
begin to put into commission three
new submarines Of fleet size and of
Ileet speed. These submarines were
started into construction seve. al
years ago.
Meanwhile, the British have pur
sued the following far sighted
They have been deliberately sell.
ing. or scrapUing = large part of
their old outfit Of raidIng sub.
marines, which they built I'm eonse.
quence of the lessons of the war.
but which proved to be unsaiisioc.
tory In open sea performance. They
have concentrated their effort and
their money on the develOpment of
q new design and new type of large
scouting and battling submarine.
which presently will be ready IL cO
into service.
We claim, and prove. that our
submarines abundantlv give the
service which they were actually
designed to give. We admit that
for fleet service the British pres
emily will have submarines which
are beyond ours.
Department Not TO Blame.
We have no need to feel in any
slightest degree that our Navy De-
partment, within the limits of its
financial possibilities, has neglected
the Improvement and development
OF our submarine arm.
In so far as we have gone, we
have gone we'll. The point only ia
that the British are going farther.
and that in order to catch uD with
them there will be needed an an.
preparation by Congress for making
really modern fleet submarines for
which the Navy Department al.
reaGy mas the engineering designs.
copyright, 1924, Washington Press
Service.)
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TANNERS SAY FANCY
SHOES RUIN HER FEET

ATLANTIC CITY, May 9.-The
present styles in women's shoes
and the use of rubber heels were
deplored by the Tanners Council
of America in convention at the
Hotel Traymore today. Fraser NJ.
Moffat, of New York, president Of
the council. said that fancy foot.
gear is running the feet of the ma.
tons women. and declared that ten
times more women than men are
undergoing foot treatment.
Real leather shoes were advocated
az a remedy for foot ills, from
which Mr.. Moffat said SO per cent
Of the people were suffering.
Excessive motoring also came In
for criticism. Tanners say the au-
tomobile industry has made inroads
into the shoe and tanning indus
tries. Walking was doomed an a
health builder. The slogan of the
tanners is Nothing takes the place
Of leather"
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RUSSIAN TROOP
MOVEMENT IS
REPORTED
London Paper Says Line on
Rumanian Frontier Is
Being Fortified

LONDON, May. s.--Rusaia has be.
gun concentrating troops along the
Rumanian frontier, according to, a
report printed by the Daily Elk.
press today. Rumania is said to
be rushing soldiers. to strategic
border points. "
The Russians are reported to be
terrifying q line along the Dnei6ter
river. The populations Of the dis
trict whore the military movements
are under way are fleeing south
ward. Soviet Russia and Rumania
have been at loggerheads ever since
the latter country seized the Rus.
sian province of Bessarabia.
A peace conference was held in
Vienna, but 1t broke down. Re
Gently King Ferdinand Of Rumania
visited Paris and 1t was understood
France promised him aid in the
event Of war between Rumania and
Russia.
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JAP
POLICY IS
DOOMED
Leaders Say Senate viii Re-
fuse to Extend Exclusion
Act Until Next Year

The proposal put forward by
President Coolidge and Secretary Of
State Hughes for extending the.
date upon which Japanese exclu-
sion becomes effective until
March /. 1925, appeared doomed to
defeat today.
There was every indication that
Japanese exclusion will be fixed for
July l. next, as planned by the
farmers Of the new immigration
bill. i.
The House probably will agree to
the Presidents request for time ex-.
tension, but resentment is more
pronounced in the Senate and lead.
ers of both parties expect the Sem
ate will refuse to abide by the con.
ference report dictated by Mr..
Coolidge.
Rejection by either House win
throw the bill back into conference,
for further discussion, and in such
event it is considered likely the
July / date will be re-adopted and
then ratified by both Houses.
The conference report was called
up in the House today and put on
passage.
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to sea and to work knowing that
we would have no more rest for
quite q while. Most things with
us are much better now. We have
advanced. In nothing in this coun-
try in our Judgment has there been
more advance and development than
in submarines.
Our submarines today in material
and in personnel are capable of do.
ing everything with which the Ger
mans, at the beginning Of the
war and clear through almost to
the end Of it, threatened the exist
ence Of British individual ships in
commerce or in combat. The diff
ficulty is that submarines now are
wanted for a newer and larger pur-
pose, in company with g. whole
fleet of battleships in grand COM
bat; and the difficulty Is that for
that new purpose we are about to
be behind the British
Facts to Be Considered.
This statement summarizes the
situation and is based on the fol
lowing facts:
The submarine during the war
was principally a raider upon COM
merce. It went out and attacked
an individual merchant ship. Expert
naval opinion Is that in future
wars the submarine will have :ts
highest function in accompanying
the fighting fleet and in serving it
for the gaining Of victory.
They will serve 1t, first through
going out as secret scouts toward
the enemy's ships and toward the
'enemy's coasts in order to get in.
formation regarding the enemy 8
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ssh ARE LAP AHEAD OF u S, NAVY ON SWIFT SUBMARINES
Wars Breaking Out
In Europe, as Reds
Unset Ruhr.

Fighting and threats Of hos
tilities were reported from vari-
GUS parts Of Europe, Asia, and
Africa today.
According to a report print
ed by the London Daily Elk
press, both Russia and Rumania
are making warlike preparations
along the Russo Rumanian from
tier by massing troops. These
nations have long engaged in a
territorial dispute.
Fighting between French
gendarmerie and Turks is again
reported from the Syrian from
tier-on the edge Of the Syrian
district under French mandate.
Spanish forces in Morocco
have been engaged in a two-day
offensive against the Riff
tribesmen in the BENZ Besaud
sector Of the battle front. The
tribesmen losses were put at
800.
Communists are active all
over Germany. They have pre-
cipitated strikes Of half a mil
lion men and fears are felt that,
under the urging of Russia, they
may attempt to, wage war
against the existing order Of
things.
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badge and said, You go back and
tell that steward to send what we
ordered and send 1t damned quick. 4"
When we got to Manhattan juno
ton, just outside New York, Casey
said, II guess there'll be an even
bigger mob waiting to see you at
Pennsylvania station. and we can't
duck that"
could see myself in a glass that
was set in the wall, and 1 didn't
look 80 good. Hair all struggled
and messy. No color. looked q
sight.
asked them to let me fix up. I
had some powder and a lipstick in
my coat, and borrowed a little
pocket comb from Casey. They un.
fastened my wrist and let me 20 to
it, and watched me and laughed.
And when we got to the citation I
was glad / had, for there was such
a crowd as you never saw in your
life, and about a million women.
ITO Be COncIuded.)
in the final chapter, to be Dub.
lished exclusively In The Washing.
ton Times tomorrow, Cecilia CoOney
will tell Of how she was brought
back a prisoner to Brooklyn, hooted
and jeered and cheered by crowds
that blocked the streets In the city
she had terrOrized, and of how the
relentless machinery of the law
closed In upon her to exact its pen.
atty.
Copyright, 1924, ~ King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
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OURS FAIL
! A7.FLEET
WORK
None Has Speed Enough to
Keep Up With BattIeships.
Experts Bare Needs
BY WILLIAM HARD.

The British are one lap ahead
Of US on submarines. They have
under construction q type Of sub
marine more advanced than our
latest type. Nevertheless much
undeserved blame has been placed
upon our submarines in popular
opinion because Of their poor per-
formances in company with our
fleet during its recent maneuvers.
Our submarines, for the type
OF work for which they were
actually designed, are vastly more
efficient and effective sthan they
were ten years ago and could go
out today and within the limits of
legality do anything and every
thing that the rowing individual
medium-sized German submarines
did during the war.
Reasons for Anxiety.
Such are the general conclusions
which are impressed upon this
writer when, after having examined
the evidence regarding the condi-
ton of our surface boats, he comes
to examining the evidence regard
ing the condition of our boats that
move under the surface.
Regarding them. just as regard
ing the surface boats, there is rea-
son for anxiety and action. but no
reason for panic and despair.
Talking today to two experienced
submarine commanders, who for
quite a few years have spent most
Of their time at sea and under it
In our sub-surface craft, this writer
was informed as follows:
1.-THE Improvement in the condi-
lions of our work has been enor-
nous. Ten years ago we were
always carrying men out Of the
engine, room overcome and uncon.
scious. We would go up into a
little cove and come to the surface
and get nights sleep and go back
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Did Sleep Well.

And, would you believe 1t, did
sleep well-the first time in nights.
Anything was a relief after what
we'd been through slept solid
until they walked me next morning
at Z o'clock. end ia have slept
longer II they'd let me.
] sovt Of frightened mp after
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j. s. OIL LANDS
ALL LEASED,
.HESAYS
Assistant Secretary of Interior
Declares Government Has
No Reserves Left


All Government lands which
might be available as naval fuel
oil reserves have been leased to
private interests, e. c. Finley, as
sistant Secretary of the Interior,
testified today before the Senate
Public Lands Committee.
Between 10000 and $1,000 leasing
permits have been granted, cover.
ing all Government productive oil
fields, Finney said.
Alaska May Produce.
Finney said, however, oil may be
found on Government lands in
Alaska, which are now being ex-
plored.
Except for the possibility Of
producing oil in Alaska and a few
wild cat fields, where there is
geological evidence of oil although
none has been produced, / know Of
no Government land which can be
set aside for naval fuel oil reserve
purposes.
Leases on the Government oil
lands, Finney said, were made
under the administration of three
Presidents-Taft, Wilson and Hard
ing.
Couldn't the Government make
an arrangement with the owners
Of these $4,000 leases to secure
royalty oil for the navy?" asked
Senator Spencer Rep) Of Missouri.
History Of Leases.
THAT is a legal question and /
doubt If 1t could be DONE" Finney
replied.
Under direction of Spencer, Fin
ney traced the history of the leas-
ing of all Government oil lands.
F,inney said ex-Secretary Of the
Interior Albert B. FaH-held the
opinion that ut was essential" to
lease the Elk Hills, California, re-
serve to protect the area from
drainage by adjacent wells.
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7 turks DEFEAT
FRENCH IN
AMBUSH
Heavy Casualties Reported.
Angora Masses More Troops
on Syrian Border

LONDON. May 9.-Further fight.
ing between Turks and French along
the Syrian frontier was reported ln
dispatches to the Daily Express to.
day.
French artillery was ambushed.
and su. said to have sustained heavy
Angora IL massing Turkish troops
along the Syrian border facing the
French gendarmerie.
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GEORGE BERNARD. SHAW
AZORES SIMPLE LIFE

LONDON. May 9.-"I am an old
Communist" declared George Ber-
nard Shaw last evening at a Nor
wich meeting of labor men. my
wants." he continued, ARE very few
q nice little flat in the West End of
London, a pleasant country house
not too far from London, a couple
of motor cars, $4,000 or $4,000
pocket money and there is no more
contented man in England than Ber-
nard Shaw.
Observation-Disclosures describe me as
poor devil. but get along very
comfortably"
Evening star., 1924-05-04
CONNECTICUT TREND
ALL TOWARD SMITH
Governors Strength Takes Decided
Gain, But Pledged Slate Is
Unlikely.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARTFORD. Conn.,, May 3.-Decid-
ed strength will be. shown by Gov.
the Democratic state convention
meets next week in New Haven to
elect delegates to the national con-
vention. The Smith strength has
been growing all the time and 1t may
be great enough to give the support
ers of the presidential candidacy of
the New York executive courage to
propose instructing the Connecticut
delegation for him. Such instruc-
tions are. however, not probable, as
some of the advocates of the nomina-
tion Of Smith are opposed to tying
the hands Of the delegates.
Even vote to instruct the delega-
tion for National Committeeman Ho-
mer S. Cummings of Stamford, in the
"favorite-son" role, might fail Of pas
sage, especially as the Smith leaders
see danger in such a vote, which
might hold the delegates for Cum
mings, a pronounced supporter of Nc
too late to be of any help to the New
York Governor.
The Connecticut delegates to the
Republican national convention will
go to Cleveland and return by spe-
cial train. The party will leave Sat-
urday, June 2, arriving in the con-
vention city Sunday. two days before
the opening of the convention. The
party will number about seventy,
each Of the seventeen delegates and
seventeen alternates being allowed to
invite a guest. H. ]. HORTON.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
TEXAS DELEGATION
TO GO UNPLEDGED
Neff Apparently Wins Fight to
Keep McAdoo or Underwood
From Controlling State.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
AUSTIN, Tex, May 3.-Today's pre-
cinct conventions. which control the
question of final instruction to the
Texas forty delegates to the Demo-
cratic convention, are against in
struction for W. G. McAdoo, accord
ing to indications at midnight and in
complete returns from a majority of
counties.
Resolutions circulated by Gov. Pat
NJ Neff instructing for prohibition
enforcement and exercise of suffrage,
but against binding Texas vote to
either McAdoo or Underwood have
been adopted in many precincts, and
a majority of counties will be con-
trolled next Tuesday by delegates to-
it appeared virtually certain from
early returns.
The Texas governor has made a
three-week campaign tour, telling
the people neither McAdoo or Under
wood is available for the Democratic
nomination" and asking a free dele
cation be sent from Texas, bound
only for the principles declared for
in the precinct meeting today.
Indications are there will be scat
tered group of McAdoo counties and
a few counties favoring Underwood
in the county conventions next Tues
day, but that the organized anti-Mc-
Adoo campaign will easily control the
state convention May 81.
S. RAYMOND BROOKS.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
DEMOCRATS NAME
NORTH DAKOTA SLATE
Choose Candidates, Achieve Har'
mony and Plan Vigorous
Fight in November.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star
BISMARCK, N. Oak, May 3.-The
outstanding feature in the weeks
political developments in North Da-
kota was the achievement of har-
mony among warning factions of
Democrats and an agreement by them
in state convention to make q deeer-
mined fight, not only for natlonai put
for state offices as well in Noyem per.
Refusing to continue fusion WIN ene
Republicans to support candidates IN
opposition to the Nonpartisan League
candidates in the Repu ublican column,
the Democrats named w. Z. McDoWeIl.
well known banker, as candidate TOT
governor, a. complete state ticket
and three candidates for Congress in
their state convention. They pledgoo
support to nominees in the June pri-
mary
The Democrats, stating their atti-
tude on national issues, indicated the
plan of campaign against the Repub-
licans. They charged the Republi.
cans with passing a tarif law to aid
"big business" asserted President
Coolidge has refused the lawful re-
quest" OF. the Senate to discharge II.
and declared the President had been
weak on enforcement of the liquor
laws. He also was charged with
failure to use his influence to aid
the farmers The Democrats pledged
support for the McNary- Haugen bill.
asserting that there was a good
chance for the Democrats to carry
North Dakota in the fall, showed
more enthusiasm than usual in their
mittee Of eleven members, and decided
upon a financial campaign to aid the
Democratic national committee
w. s. NEAL
Evening star., 1924-05-04
COOLIDGE ASSURED
OF INDIANA VICTORY
President Unopposed in Primary
Tuesday-McCray Successor
Hailed for Governorship.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May S.-The
Indiana primary. which will be held
next Tuesday, will not be visibly af-
fected by the conviction and sentenc-
ing to prison of Gov. Warren T. Nc
Cray, because none of the governor
ship entrants were allied with him.
The change in governors. however.
has brought a new element into con-
sideration, and that is Emmett F.
Branch, who, as lieutenant governor,
succeeded McCray.
Much talk already is heard that if
no Republican is nominated in the
primary and the nomination devolves
on the state convention Branch might
easily win it. Many political leaders,
especially those friendly to Senator
James E. Watson. have taken up the
cry of Branch's availability eagerly.
There is no doubt that many of the
states leaders would relish a situa-
tion whereby Ed Jackson, secretary
of state and backed by the ku klux
klan, and Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank
of Indianapolis, running on an anti
of the running: Neither man is want
ed by the politicians because of the
general fear that as class candidates
they would make a sorry showing
this fau.
Due to the fact that he has taken a
middle-of-the-road" course, E. G.
Toner of Anderson has gained strength
in his governorship race in the last
few weeks.
None of these various moves has
affected the Coolidge campaign in In.
diana and the President is expected
to have a landslide in the primary.
Senator Johnson's abandonment OF MS
campaign left him in weakened
Condition. and observers believe Cool
idge will carry every county.
HAROLD c. FEIGHTNER.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
DEMOCRATS DEFEAT
IN BAY STATE SEVERE
Drubbing Worst in History.
Smith Wins Sentiment-Cool-
idge Gets 80 Votes.
oeciaI Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, May 3.-Never before in
the history of Massachusetts politics
did state political organization re-
ceive so severe a drubbing Is that
suffered by the Democratic state COM
mittee in last Tuesdays primaries.
Not only was Chairman McGlue de-
feated as one of the district dele
gates, but the official slate was
broken by Gen. Charles H. Cole, who
ran as the American Legion candi-
date for delegate at large, pledged to
Gov. Smith of New York. In as much
as the Democratic machine had ex-
pressed no preference for the presi-
Dental candidate, Gen. Coles election
is regarded as a most pronounced re-
Election of Democratic sentiment
throughout the state.
All predictions as to the election
of q solid Massachusetts Republican
delegation to the national convention
were fulfilled. The result was a
unanimous approval of President
Coolidge'S administration by the cleo
similar number of alternates pledged
10 him.
The victory of Gen. Cole. unpre-
cedented and remarkable as it is
makes him the second most powerful
Democrat in the state Senator Walsh
reelection in a few months
Whether Gen. Cole will capitalize
his popularity by seeking the Demo
cratic nomination for governor is a
question Of deep interest to the
voters. Many prominent Democrats
who do not wish to see Mayor James
NJ. Curley nominated are urging Gen.
Cole to make the fight. But Mayor
Curley has been campaigning, one
way or another, for more than a year,
and thus has a big start on any rival
candidate. He is said to have already
more than 100000 pledge cards.
FORREST p. HULL
Evening star., 1924-05-04
MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRAT
CONTEST is ASSURED
Underwood Forces Face Battle
With Group Led by Pat Harri-
son in Convention.

Special Dispatch to The Star
JACKSON, Miss, May 3-With the
issuance of a call for the meeting Of
the Mississippi state Democratic COM
mittee for next Tuesday, the fight for
control of the delegation to the ma
tional convention was begun in ear
nest
The committee will determine the
date of the state convention which
will select the delegates.
Judge Powell, secretary of the ex-
ecutive committee. will endeavor to
obtain a delegation instructed for
Pat Harrison is the leader of the ad-
vocates for an uninstructed delega-
tion and his influence in Mississippi
is powerful politically.
Efforts at harmonizing the two ele-
ments are under way and it is pos
sible that the state convention will
adopt q resolution complim entary to
Senator Underwood and contending
against southern isolation, but not
outwardly pledging the delegation to
the Alabaman.
Advices from Chicago are that
Judge Rockwell, William g. McAdoo's
campaign manager, will visit Missis-
sippi before the state convention. AL
organized in this state, McAdoo still
has some strength and j. w. Davis
has been gaining rapidly
Women for the first time will be
seated at a state Democratic conven-
tion, but their influence will not
change the situation materially.
REX B. MAGEE.