Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Showers tonight or morning, followed by fair tomorrow; rising temperature. Temperature for twenty- ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 83, at 2:40 p.m. vesterday; 4:10 a.m. today. low Full report on page 11. - tomorrow -four hours est, 55, at Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 23 ¢ No. 28,534 | FRENCH CABINET DECIDES ON PART IN HAGUE PARLEY Agrees - to Send Experts After Forwarding Acid Note to Britain. FAILURE OF LOAN PLAN BRINGS TEST IN BERLIN Wirth and His Colleagues Prepar- ing for Strenuous Fight in Parliament. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 13.—France will be Trepresenter at the conference at The Hague on Russian affairs by a group of experts, the cabinet decided today. The idea of having Charles Benoist, the minister at The Hague, take part | in the preliminary conference was abandoned. By the Associated Press. BERL June 13.— Chancellor Wirth and the principal members of his cabinet, who have returned to Berlin from a week's holiday in vari-| ous sections of Germany, are prepar- ing for the strenuous parliamentary fight which is certain to grow out of the failure of the loan negotiations in Paris and the relation of this to Ger- | many's acceptance of the reparations ! commission's terms in her note of | May 28. The cabinet will begin its survey of the situation tomorrow, after Which Dr. Wirth will confer with the reichstag -party leaders in an effort to discover the nature of both the support and opposition which awaits the government in connection with its further decisions. No Yielding Spirit. For the present the official attitude appears to stress she fact that ac- ceptance of the allies” conditions does | not represent a yielding to the rep- | arations commission's pressure 5o much as a sincere desire on the part! of Germany to bring order into her| confused finances. | To this extent official sentiment permits the inference that Germans's Receptance was chiefly actuated by | the plight in which she finds herselt ! and ‘the hope that an attempted ful-| fillment would eventually lead to an| adjustment of the entire reparations fesue on the basis of her financial and economic capacity. 1 Itegardless of the outcome Of the Joan negotiations the government pro- posed to put the program of fulfill- | Tment into operation, and so_indicated it intention in its note to the repara- | tions commission. | Task Up te Cabinet. | The question of the foreign loan | was first broached when the allies de- | manded a definite maximum limit to| Germany's floating debt, cessation of the currency inflation and buggetary reform. It will now be the cabinet's task to determine to what extent the | government is able practicably to carry | out the reparations condltions without | the aid of a foreign loan. i The communique issued by _the bankers' committee meets with “the | uniform approval of the newspapers. | The Germania says: “The death ver-| dict has been pronounced on the allied | reparations policy by the body of ex- | perts expresssly entrusted by the; Teparations commission with the task ! of Investigating the subject.” Bankers’ Verdict Official. ! The newspaper considers the bank- | ers’ verdict not only thorough, but| also offictal. “Every line of the bankers’ reports | reflects more genuine wisdom than is contained In the Olympian head of | Polncare or any other Chauvinist,” | Theodor Wolff comments in the Ber- lin Tageblatt. i Herr Bergmann, the government's! special envoy to the Paris negotia- | tions, expected to arrive in Berlin | today to report personally to Chan- cellor Wirth. FRENCH REFUSE TO CEDE. | Note to Britain Insists on Agree- ment in Advance. By the Associated Pres PARIS, June 13.—Premier Poincare, 1n his note to the British government, in reply to the recent British memo- randum, does not cede an inch from the position taken in his memoran- dum of June 1 with respect to The Hague conference. He insists that it the powers come to an agreement in advance and present a united front to the Russians at The Hague and do not permit them to stray from the point, they can and will accept all required of them. As proof of this, M. Poincare instances what they have done for Italy in the treaty just con- cluded. The French document, although lengthy and businesslike is devoid of diplomatic circumlocutions and liter- ary graces. The tone is somewhat acid; disparaging references to the Genoa conference are frequent, and there Is what appears to be an un- complimentary allusion to the bank- ers’ commission, when, speaking ot the question of credits to Russia, the reply refers to “the demands formu- Jated by prospective lenders with re- gard to certain countries whose pros- perity and economic future cou:d not be doubted.” Holds Proof Desirable. Inasmuch as the difficulty the Brit- {sh government experienced in re- plying promptly to the French note was not caused by the strength of its arguments, the new note continues, it | ould have been desirable for the | ‘itish government to give soma& proofs of the confusions in thoughts | and ignorance of the subject to which | the British note refers as being evi- dent in the French note of Juns 1. | “The French government is glad to know that the British government | shares its view that The Hague con- | ference will be one of experts, not au- thorized to take decislons without re- ferring them to their respective gov- ernments, and not plenipotentiaries,” says the reply, “but other powers have interpreted the minutes of the Genoa meeting’ of May 14 otherwise and have decided to send plenipoten- tiarfes to The Hague.” Regrets British Interpretation. The note regrets the British inter- pretation that the meeting of experts on June 15 4s simply to settle the rules of debate and not to discuss the | fundamental principles of law and fact. BSuch procedure implied that a goneral agreement would soon be ~(Continued on Page 2, Comn jof the nations of the world,” he de- j co-operate and to work with and as | unless you _have character, a high Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. EARTH SUDDENLY OPENS, SWALLOWING BIG TREE IN UNDERGROUND LAKE WIER, Kan.; June 13.—The Raf- ferty farm, seven miles southeast of this little Cherokee county town, has been the scene attract- ing inquisitive hundreds of a Phenomenon of nature—a cavern Seventy feet deep and ninety feet across which appeared suddenly a few days ago. The cracked condi- tion of the earth nearby portends another cave-in, observers say. At the bottom of the pit there is a small pool of water, which rises and falls at intervals. Persons who have experimented declare that a sinker let into this pool by means of twine failed to reach bottom. All the earth which went down has completely disappeared, as weM as a tree about forty feet in height, which, it is said, stood on the ground. Local naturalists ex- press the belief that the cave-in was caused by an underground river or lake: ARMIES ESSENTIAL, | SAYS MR. WEEKS Secretary of War Declares World Without Troops Would Face Chaos. By the Associated Press. WEST POINT, N. Y., June 13.—As- sertions that the United States does not need an army were met by Sec- retary Weeks of the War Depart- ment in an address at the graduating exercises of the United States Mili- tary Academy today with the state- ment that “the civilization of the world rests on no surer foundation than did the civilization of Boston™ at tke time of the police strike nearly three vears ago. “If it were not for the restraining force of the military establishmonts clared, “an indescribable state of chaos would result and civilization would be rapidly exterminated through self-destruction.” To say that the United States does| not need an Army, he added, is just as reasonable as to say that “Boston, Chicago and other large cities do not need a police force.” Size in Controversy. The question of the size of the Army he declared would always be a matter of controversy, especially as after a great war there is “an alarm- | ing tendency for the overburdened taxpayer to forget the lessons of the past and cancel his insurance, trust- ing to luck for at least a few yeary | without the national protection which those more familiar with military matters and requirements deem nec- essary. But there is no question, he added, or difference of opinion as to 25 i3 not const a_thousand menc he contimecd should be an army of the best pos- ble thousand men which can be de- veloped. But you cannot have the best army or even a good army, how- ever sound the inditidual elements which compose it may be, unless i efficiently commanded.’ e Addressing his remarks partieularly to the graduating class, he declared that “you are to become a part of a £feat "organization, the success of & Which in peace or war depends on its | ability to operate-as a unit.r | Co-Operafion Necessary. “It cannot-do 50,” he added, “unless every component part is willing to! a part of the unit.” “You cannot be an officer and a gen- tleman,” he continued, “unless you are just, humane, thoroughly trained; ! sense of honor and an unselfish de- votion to duty. Be an example as such to every one. Do not counten- ance low and fmmoral things. Let it| be sald by the citizens of the republic that the officers of our Army are our examples and protectors; that we can absolutely depend on their honesy, their uprightness of character, thelr ability to serve the nation, and, if need be taeir willingness to die| for it PORTUGUESE ON LAST LEG. BAHAL June 13.—The Portuguese aviators, Capts. Sacadura and Cou- thinho, ieft here at 7:35 o'clock this morning on the last leg of their air- ship flight from Portugal to the Bra- zillan capital. @ WASHINGTON, D. C, ¢ Fhenit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Now, DAD, You NEED A REST. THE PROPER SPIRIT. BONUS TOWIN 00T N SEVATE TANGLE Hope of Jamming Measure Through Being Abandoned. Tariff to Be Delayed. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. | ‘The bonus and the tariff are getting intertwined. To make way for the {one the progress of the other may be | dangerously retarded. Yet the bonus will win out—it will be passed by the | Senate during the present session of | ! Congress whether or not considera- | tion of the tariff is concluded. All thought of jamming the bonus through in a few days Is being aban-| doned. Senators who Oppose the measure do not wish to’ filibuster or otherwise delay its passage, but they do want an opportunity to tell their constituents why they are against the proposal. Usually It takes a member of Congress more time to explain why he is nghugg something than why he tavors it. ,Especlally is this true with a measure such as the bonus which interesfs so many thousands of ex- seryice men. The senator who Is planning to vote against the bonus wants to explain comprehensively all his reasons for so voting. Thirty Oppose Bonus. There are at least thirty senators who will vote against the bonus. Nearly every one will make a speech. The addresses will vary in length. Many of the arguments will have to be answered by those sponsoring the bill. Those who favor it will also want to show thelr constituents how actively they championed it. All this takes time. This means that if the tariff gives way on the calendar to the bonus the latter may take three or four weeks to pass through the Senate. Should the tariff be sidetracked for three or four weeks it will be diffi- cult to get back the momentum al- ready achieved through night ses- sions in the last month. Relatively little progress has been made thus far. The interjection of the bonus debate will delay final action on the tariff bill so that Congress will be in almost continuous session. Talk of Harding Address. As for the debate on the bonus, there fs talk of a presidential ad- dress to the Senate when the measure reaches the floor of the Senate. Mr. Harding waited last year until. the bill was in the Senate and it was finally reported back to the com- i mittee after he made his plea. arding has let it be known a tinued on Pake 2, Column 1.) .CONGRESS BACHELORS DEFENDERS | OF WOMEN, SAYS ONE OF THEM Bachelors in Congress—and there are a score or more of them—were warmly defended today by Represent- ative Merrill Moores of Indlana, who recently won renomination despite his state of single blessedhess. Mr. Moores declares it s all wrong that a man needs a wife to make his way in Washington. He plictures the bachelor as the great champion and defender of woman's honor. While not wishing to mention the specific wife of any specific man, Mr. Moores nevertheless sald he recalled some instances where & man's wife had unmade his political career in- stead of helping him to the helghts. The campalgn belng made in Maine against Senator Fred Hale by State Senator Howard Davies and his wife on the contention that a married man would have a better understanding of the vexed problems which arise in na- tional legislation has caused no end of argument and speculation in the cloakrooms of Congress as well as in those “high political circles” which :are supposed to know everything and talk about everybody. Bachelors as Idealists. Representative Moores ‘railed par- ticularly today against the assertion ; in the Maine campaign that bachelors | really cannot grasp the thipgs in life . which are lasting and abiding, and that “eyes accustomed to bright lights can see nothing but darkness when. they look up at the stars.” H “Why,” he exclaimed, “bachelors are more apt to be idealists than married ‘men. They are nearly al- ways bachelors because they prefer to remain steadfast and true to a memory, the memory of some one woman in their lives and they are al- ways ready to defend the cause of all women.” | oversight was fatal. The very derivation of the word bachelor ought to enable the voters to understand them, says the bach- elor Indlana representative. “It comes,” he said, “from the word baccalaureus, which means a wreath of laurel, which in olden times was placed upon the brow of a newly- made knight-bachelor, A Kknight- bachelor was an apprentice, as it were, to a knight, and was the inter- medliary stage between a squire and a knight. took vows of chastity and also swore to redress injustices, particularly those against women.” Friends in Bachelors. From all of which it is to be in- ferred that the women of the country are to expect a better understanding of their problems and better treat- ment at the hands of the bachelors in.Congress than from the mere mar- ried men and widowers. Mr. Moores is not at all gloomy over the future of the single man in politics. He has had five congressional terms already himself and feels that he “is in” for another. -~ The Congress bachelors admit the old saying that a make or ruin a maigsbut they ask why take chances? ~The bachelo always feel they are in danger. how- ever, of becoming enmeshed. Mr. Moores himgelf tells of a bachelor! colleague, who, in order to be sure of himself, took a vow each morning 40 remain free from marital entangle- ments during the day. One morning | he got up late and rushed to his of- | fice without registering the vow. The Belore night he was engaged. As a final word, the bachelors say that Sculptor Macmonnies is right. “Clvic Virtue” ought to be a broad- shouldered young man. tramping his ‘way 'to the heights over the necks of a lot of would-be sirens. (Copyright, 1922.) The young knight-bachelor | ife can either! \DROPS 415 MILES IN AIR FOR PARACHUTE RECORD| By the Assoclated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, June 13.—Lashed and whipped about by a 120-mile-an- | hour gale, more than four and a half I'miles above earth, on the verge of suffocation, caused by loss of his vgen tank and compelled to cling to ropes and straps attached to a parachute for fear that a whirling cross current might weaken and cause them to break, are several of | the ated today by i Capt. A. aerial photo- grapher, McCook Field, who yester- { day broke the world parachute jump- {ing record, when he descended 24,206 feet. His First Drop. | The fact that it w apt. Stevens' | first “drop” tends to make his feat one of the most remarkable in the ! history of av ion. H esuffered no | ill_effects from his hazardous trip. The plane in which Capt. Stevens ascended, a twin_ motored Martin bomber. piloted by Lieut. Leigh Wade, broke the world altitude rec ford for this particular type of ship, carrying three passengers, When it attained a ceiling of 24,206 feet. ergt. Foy Langham was the third | member of the party. | capt. Stevens was reluctant today i to discuse details of his experience. or a long time 1 have wanted to 1 chute drop.” he said. | to obtain first-hand in i on as to the sensations one o I am highly gratified to think able to bring another record to McCook Field. Jumps From Ceiling. “When the plane reached the ceil- ing. I made ready to jump. AS near SHORTAGES FOUND BUT NONE SERIOUS Final Reporf on Bureau of Engraving and Printing to Show “Average Condition.” The bureau of engraving and print- ing is in “fairly average conditlon,” it was learned from officlal sources at the Treasury yesterday, and the final report on the inventory and in- vestigation conducted there is ex- pected soon to reveal no shortage more serious than might be expected in such an institution after the pres- sure of war days. Some shortages had been found, it was said, as had been indicated in an earlier preliminary report, and the final report in more detail was not expected to disclose anything of a “serious” nature. Not Exactly Clean Slate. The bureau does not exactly have “a clean slate,” it was sald, for the perlod of years, over which the inves- tigation was understood to extend. | Several of the discrepancies, however, | which were discovered by the commit- tee and reported sometime ago to Mr. Mellon, were believed to be old | shortages. Some persons are already in jail, it was learned unofficially, for some of the shortages of the past. The secret service of the Treasury Department |is charged especially with protection {of the country’s currency, and the bu- reau of engraving with its billions of dollars’ worth of securities, and money is one of its big responsibilities. Shortages there trom time to time during a 1ong period of years have always occurred, it was said. Report on Discrepancies. The change effected in the manage- ment of the bureau, when former Director Wilmeth and his assoclates were summarily removed one night ciosing nours, was not made on O mt of the WOFK with securltles, it was sald on the highest authority reasur; yesterday. e ™ Yepors from the bureau will be, it is understood, a record of the discrepancies, an analysis of them and recommendations for their dispo- sition, Old shortages are to be dif- ferentiated from new ones. The final report was prepared from the report of the special Treasury i committee by Deputy Assistant Treas- lurer Tate, chairman of the original i Treasury committee; Director Hill of {the bureau and Custodian of Paper Collins. 5 The exact whereabouts of the re- port remained a mystery today, all officers. concerned with it having nothing, to say. Officials have been hesitant to dis- cuss the final report, but made it plain_that statements made weeks ago denying “serious irregularities” would be borne out by the final re- port. (e = i J { s o as I could judge we were over Spring- field, Ohio. Bidding my pals goodbye, I jumped. “The opening of the parachute | caused the oxygen tank to become loose from its fastenings on the front of my clothing. Grasping it with both hands, 1 endeavered to retain it. The wind which was traveling at a speed of 120 miles per hour, whipped the parachute around like a jack- straw. I was forced to use both hands on the ropes and straps which held me to the chute, in an effort to check oscillation, which threatned to weaken the supports. It was then I lost the tank. 1 think it fell some- where near Springfield. Lands Twenty-Five Miles Away. “It was an experiment I shall never forget. Before settling down to a lower altitude I thought my time had come, as I was nearly suffocated due to the rareness of the atmosphere. Dropping out of the gale into calmer atmosphere below I quickly recover- ed, however. “I landed at Jamestown, approxi- mately twenty-five miles from where [ left the plane. The descent took just thirty minutes. “Just before taking off at McCook Field, an orderly appeared carrying a lunch kit containing sandwiches and coffee in vacuum bottle. We ate the lunch 24,000 feet in the air and we all enjoyed it thoroughly. The temperature at the ceiling was zero.” Another plane picked Capt. Stevens up at Jamestown and brought him back to Mc(ook Field. Two hours and five minutes were required by Lieut Wade to pilot the bomber to her record-breaking altitude. SCHENES 100 VAS T0 SUIT BANKERS “Pertinax” Reveals Three Plans Turned Down by the Committee. 'By the Ascociated Press. PARIS, June 13.—The international bankers’ committee, which has just adjourned its sessions here withput agreeing on a loan for Germany, con- sidered three distinct plans, according to “Pertinax,” political correspondent of Echo de Paris. The first plan, presented by Herr Bergmann, the German representative, provided that Germany issue a loan of 4,000,000,000 gold marks, and in return for which she be given a breathing spell for the space of, say, two years. Plan for Distribution. The proceeds of the loan would be distributed as follows: 1,300,000,000 marks to Germany, 1.000,000,000 to Belglum, 1.000,000,000 to the United States to defray the costs of the American forces In Germany, and the rest to be shared by the allles in ac- cordance with the proportions fixed at the Spa conference. Under this plan France would get 375,000,000 marks, but would undertake to place in France 750,000,000 marks’ worth of the loan bonds. The second plan originated with the French representative. He pro- posed to divide the 132,000,000,000 +gold marks due from Germany into {two parts, and, leaving 82,000,000,000 marks in “C” bonds aside for the present, issue the remaining 50,0 000,000 marks in corresponding and “B” bonds in installments spread over a perlod of ten or twelve years. Sum Twice Too Large. To this, J. P. Morgan, American representative, is sald to have re- sponded that it was impossible to place even half of such a sum for the period indicated, and then only on condition that France agreed to a reduction of the German debt and repudiation of all idea of recourse to penalties. M, Delacroix, the chair- man, and Belglan representative, was responsible for the third plan. Leav- ing out of account the problem as a whole, he proposed that Germany should during the current year ob- tain 1,300,000,000 gold marks from in- ternational money-lenders—that is to say, just enough to meet the require- ments of Belgium's claim to repara- tions under her priority privilege. These schemes, adds ‘“Pertinax,’ represent the substance which critics accuse the French government of having dropped for a “shadow” in pursuit of its non-comnromising poli- , ¢z of ali or nothin 5 Lt i surely larger. q Star. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1922--THIRTY-TWO PAGES. THREATENS EXTR SESSION TO OBTAIN SHIP SUBSIDY BILL President Urges House Ac- tion if Possible Before Adjournment. FAILURE MAY RESULT SERIOUSLY, HE SAYS Letter Urges Rules Committee Chairman to Press Matter, Fol- lowing Conference. By the Associated Press. President Harding has notified Chairman Campbell of the House rules committee that unless the ship subsidy bll is passed prior, to ad- journment he would feel obligated to call a special session solely for its consideration. Writing under date of May 26, the President said “so much is involved and such a difficult and discouraged situation will follow if Congress fails to sanctlon the merchant marine bill that T should feel myself obligated to call Congress immediately in extraor- dinary session to especially consider it if it went over through any neglect or delay beyond the present term.” The President expressed the hope that the rules committee would give privileged status to the shipping bill.{ Favorable Report Expected. “Understand that in a very short time the Merchant Marine bill is to be favorably reported to the house,” he said, “I am waiting to express the hope that your committee on rules will report whatver provision is neec- essary for its early and final consid- eration. I cannot convey to you how very earnestly 1 feel the neces- sity of passing this wmet. is involved couraging So much d'such a difficult and dis- uation will follow it Congry fails to sanction the Mer- chant Marine bill that I should feel myself obligated to call Congress immediately in extraordinary session to especially consider it if it went over through any neglect or delay beyond the present term. “I should be more than glad to co- operate in any way that I can in im- pressing the House with the urgent necessity of the favorable considera- tion of this bill. T am writing an ex pression of my earnestness to vou at this time because I understand it is within the province of the rules com. mittee to report a provision under which there may be secured early, and I hope, favorable consideration.” Confers With Mondell. Announcement of the President's policy regarding the bill followed a conference yesterday with Represent- ative Mondell, Wyoming, the republi- can leader, at which the President reiterated belief that the measure was of vital interest to the business wel- fare of the country, and that it should not go over until the short session, beginning in December. In his discussion of the legislative program with republican leaders it was said that the President had ad vised that no action be taken at th time on pending bills for disposal b the government of the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant. There was no indi tion, however, as to Harding was unalterably opposed to the proposal of Henry Ford for taking over the property. or simply to con- sideration of the matter now. The steering committee, it was said, reached no conclusion as to its pro- gram, although leadere, after telling the President of some opposition in the party to the subsidy bill, assured him that efforts would be made to comply with his suggestion. Presentation of Bill Delayed. Plans had been made to introduce the merchant marine measure in the House today, but because of unex- pected “delay in redrafting the final sections it was announced by Repre- sentative Edmonds, republican, Penn- sylvania, in charge of the subcom- mittee work, that the merchant ma- rine committee would not be able to present the bill before tomorrow. It will be referred automatically to the | committee, which will report it to the House later in the week. There was widespread discussion among members as to.the effect of the President’s letter. Republicans of the merchant marine committee who had known of its existence ten days or more, believed it would have the ef- fect of getting the party In line be- | hind the President. On the other hand, however, republicans opposed to action at this time declared that with “(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) SHOE MEN GASP THICKNESS OF WOMEN'’S ANKLES Special Dispatch to The Star. WARREN, Ohlo, June 13.—Fem- inine ankles are growing slowly, From Maine to Cali- fornia, from the great lakes to the gulf, the underpinnings of the once “weaker sex” are thickening steadily. Be the ankles those of the misses of the flapper type, or of their grand- mothers, who So closely resemble them in general appearance, the ex- pansion continues. Slenderness grad- ually is disappearing, and those who know and warn Insist they sound no false alarm. No one is better qualified to know this than the retail boot dealer, whose task is to keep the wome: and girls supplied with foot cover- ing. They say that there is no doubt of this. They insist that the proof is—well, apparent, and it is attested by many of the fair sex themselves. Nation-Wide Statistics. Local shoe dealers have been gath- ering statistics for their own use which now are made available to the shoe trade of the country. From all over the nation figures have been sent in which show that women who last year could wear certain classes of high shoes no longer can do so. The toes are too small. Z i The reason, of course, is simple. ighteen months,” or more, of low Fhes and the so-called ‘sensible” hecls—that's the answer. As a re- sult women's legs have straightened b Ve BEOW I LiiCKr o Lhe Er Member of credited to it or Al rights atches the Associated Press The Associated Press fs exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches not otherwise credited in this Paper and also the local news published herein. of publication of special herein are aiso reserved. NO BATH IN 124 YEARS; BULGARIAN STILL HAS 15 UNBRUSHED TEETH BY CONSTANTINE STEPHANOVE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1922, SOFIA, June 13—He is 124 years old and he never took a bath. He 5till has fifteen teeth, though he never cleaned them and never has visited a dentist. He has never smoked and has imbibed only occasionally. This remarkable man is Peter Nedeff, who lives in the village of Kurorman. Imposition of new taxes has led to the discovery of @ large number of centenarians in Bulgaria. Not a few of them are more than sixscore years of age. Nedeff was born in 1798 and re- calls Napoleon and the invasion or Turkey by a Russian czar. He £till plows in the fields, walks erect and has a ravenous appe- tite, although he does not eat meat often. Sour milk, beans and porridge have always been the main articles in his diet. He hulauls that he never had a quar- rel. Another man who has lived near- Iy a century and a_quarter is Hadji “Bairamoff, a Mohamedan- ized Bulgarian. = Though born in 1799, he is still working as a butcher. He is in excellent health. He never drank liquor or smoked | and never has been ill. He lives chiefly on bread and onions, sel- dom tasting cooked food. ADOPT RULES HERE .~ FOR'AIR FLIGHTS Regulations Require Li- censes and Put Ban on All Stunt Flying. Regulations to govern the fight of jairplanes over the District of Colum- bia were adopted by the Commission- ers in board session today. Like all | police regulations, they probably will become effective thirty days after { they have been published in the form iof a legal notice. | Here, in substance, is what the new ‘[ruxos provide: { That no person shall fly an aircraft {Aver the District without a municipal | |license. Licenses issued by any duly | | created board or by a government |agency will be recognized by the | District authorities. Licenses will not be required for |airplanes fiying across Washington {in transit. 3,000 Feet Minimum. No airplane of any description shall | be operated over the District at a| {lower elevation than 3,000 feet, ex- | cept when leaving or approaching a i landing place. Provision is made for the jssuance of special permits to photographers to take pictures from airplanes, des- ! ignating the hours of the flight, the | altitude and direction. All “stunt” flying over the city fs prohibited. | Airplanes will not be permitted to | land in the District except at places ! | designated by the Commissioners or | by the United States government. | It is stipulated that the regulations | I shall not apply to aircraft operated {by zovernment officlals engaged in| { governmental operations. | IROCK CREEK PARK | Drafted After Conference. i The rules were drafted by Corpora- | !tion Counsel Stephens after a confer- | ence with representatives of the | {Army, Navy, aviation service and| i postal authorities. i | It is understood that the corpora- | ito the Commissioners, also went on | {record in favor of national regula- tion of aviation, as provided for in a I bill now pending in the Senate, | The adoption of local reguiations jon flying is a result of an incident ion Memorial day when a plane hov- ered above the crowd that assembled |at the Lincoln Memorial to_ hear the President’s speech at the dedication | {of the buildin. ! FIVE BANDITS KILLED IN SILVER TRAIN ATTACK NOGALES, Ariz, June 13.—Five bandits were killed and three wound- | led in an attempt to hold up a train| i of the Southern Pacific de Mexico near |Rosares between Mazatlan, Sonora, and Tepic, Sinaloa, Mexico, late Satur- day, according to a conductor who ar- rived today. The men were members of a band| of twenty-five Mexican bandits which | attacked the train carrving a ship- | ment of 29 bars of bullfon valued at | $29,000. The other bandits fled with- out loot. The five were killed and three others | { wounded by Gen. Azelardo Rodriguez ! military governor of Nyaret, his aide | and chauffeur, who were passengers VYon the train. AT GROWIN calf down. The Achilles tendon, es-| pecially, has been strengthened and developed by the exercise and the! freedom from pressure. The small foot remains. It has been carefully incased in a substantial covering. But the husky tendon and enlarged leg surrounding it simply cannot be squeezed into the present high top that laces or buttons above the ankle. So long as the low shoe remains the fashion there can be no trouble. The high shoe for months past has been something llke the dodo—extinct. But there are Tumblings from the fashionable center that the high shoe is to come back next winter. If it does—and the shoe manufacturers are getting ready for it—changes will be in order. Unwelcome to Women. No woman likes the suggestion that her ankles have thickened. The sex is firm in that position. So the shoe manufacturers, to avold trouble, are seeking a solution that will meet the occasion. For the coming fall and winter trade they plan to add from | directly one to two inches to the circumfer- nece of the tops of all shoes manu- factured. Then, if the women and girls call for the high shoes they ) will be on hand as comfortable as of yore. And if they are worn tightly laced for a few months the small ankles will come back and the pres- ent standards can be returned to. If not, and if the women continue their preference for the more com- fortable low shoes with spats at- tached for the colder weather—well, the manufacturers refuse to make | danger. any predictions. - - (Convrieht. 19221 Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 86,041 TWO CENTS. BATHERS IN PERIL FROM BAD WATER Chemical Analyses Reveal Great AmBunt of Fecal Contamination. CHANGE OF SEWAGE METHODS ARE SOUGHT Communities Beyond City May Be Required to Abolish Dumping. Danger to the health of bathers lurks in the waters of Rock creek. The water has been shown by chem- ical analyses made for The Star by two separate agencies from samples taken last Thursday and Friday by a Star representative to be highly contaminated. Neither of the chemists was informed as to the source of the specimens submitted, but both re- ported the water very high in fecal contamination and dangerous for hu- man consumption. The samples were taken from two places where children bathe. While no typhold germs were found in the t it was pointed out that the specimens were high in intestinal germs, which carry the typhoid, and therein lay the danger. Maj. Willis P. Baker, Army Medical Corps, who has charce of purifying the waters in the public grounds of Washington, un- { der the office of Lieut. Col. Clarence O, Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, pointed out to- day that even though the tests did not develop the presence of any germs of the typhoid group there is the possi- bility that they always are present. Tests many times do not bring them | out, he said, and pointed out that some- times the typhoid germ is not shown until after many analyses have been made. Sewage Changes Sought. Steps have just been taken by Col. Sherrill to have the Washington sub- urban sanitary commission correct this disposal of the sewage of the Maryland towns north of Washing- ton into Rock Creek. He has written a letter to the commission asking them to take steps to turn the sew- age of Kensington, the Bethesda dis- trict and other places, which are now filling Rock Creek with fecal matter almost to the point of saturation, in other directions. The commission has not yet re plicd. Upon the answer to this lel ter will depend further action Ip the way of legal steps to force these Maryland towns to abate what is termed a nuisance involving the pub- lic heatih. It was believed to be desirable to allow-the-towns to vol- unteer action at this time before at- tempting to force it on them by legal steps. Secretary Weeks of the War Department and Attorney Genéra Daugherty, it was learned, have been in correspondence over the matter and it is the opinion of the legal de- partment of the federal government that the towns can be enjoined from polluting Rock Creek. While awaiting the Teply of the Maryland commission, the evidence on which to base an injunction is be- ing worked up under the direction of Col. Sherrill by Maj. Baker, who issan authority on such matters. It w pointed out that the United States owns large riparian rights on thé stream, and that if the pollution: of the stream can be proved to be due whether Mr. | tion counsel. in submitting the rules |10 the deposit of sewage. it is the opinion that it can be stopped by an injunction sued out In a Maryland court. Dumping at Kensingt Kensington is said to be the prin- cipal.offender, dumping her sewage into the creek about four miles before its entrance into Rock Creek Park. The conditions are made worse by Kensington, it was pointed out by Maj. Baker, who has made a personal investigation of the matter, by the fact that the town does not have a large water supply, and therefore the sewage Is not flush- ed quickly down the pipe line into the creek, but moves slowly, developing bacilli all the way down. In a short time the Woodmont sew- erage system will be dumped directly into the creek, making conditions ma- terially worse. These towns, it was pointed out, have seen to It that the waters of the creek as they pass their towns are kept pure to some extent, for the pipe lines are carried some distance down the creek for an out- let. The federal government officials are taking all steps possible to purify the stream as far_as possible by the use of chiorine. They realize that Rock Creek Park is tke big playground of the people and that they are entitled to the bathing facilities as well as the other pleasures which the park is intended to afford, but they are helpless to stop the pollution until the Maryland sewerage disposal prob- lem is solved. A large chlorinating station has been placed on the bank of the creek above the second ford, and above any of the bathing pools, except the:one at the northern entrance to the park, which is not now used. This station is operated from 10 o'clock in the morning until 4 o'clock in the after- noon every day, and bathing is not supposed to take place outside of those hours. Absolute Safety Dificuit. It is a very difficult problem to chlorinate a running stream such as Rock Creek so that the waters will be absolutely safe, it was pointed out. However, there are indications that the chlorinating is effective to some extent by the tests made of samples furnished by The Star. One bottle was taken at noon on June § and taken immediately to a commercial agency for analysis. The other was taken at 8 o'clock on the evening of June 8 and taken the following morn- ing to a government laboratory. The first specimen, taken while the chlorinating was in process, showed a lower count of bacteria than the specimen taken at nls"ihl, when the ating had stopped. ch%;len pnln‘l made by all the chemists is that the sewage pellution I-hn reat danger to any one Who x:zrb‘u any of the water, and though the bacler{l which really carry and develop disease such as typhold may not be present or may not show on the chemical analysis, there is the very great possibility that they are pres- ent with the bacteria from the human intestines in which they develo) The federal officers having charge of the park and its health conditions do mot make any secret of the fact that the creek is a source of great but they are trying td meet the situation_and_at the same time - (Continued on age 2, Columa 6 Lot ’ &