Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. ‘Thunderstorms late this afternoon or tonight; not quite so warm; tomorrow falr-with somewhat lower temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m, today: Highest, 93, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 75, at b a.m. today.” Full report on vage 7. " Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, l’u:ZZ— ’ No. 28,910. FEntered ks second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. 1 i eni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1923—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. PRESIDENT LEAVES TRAIN, TAKES AUTO TO SALT LAKE CITY Prepares for Busy Afternoon With Speech on Taxation for Tonight. \ PLEASED BY BROADCAST OF ADDRESSES BY RADIO Home Listeners Rush Messages to Executive—Special Telephone System on Train. By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 28.—President and Mrs. Harding and ‘their party arrived in Salt Lake City for a twelve-hour. visit shortly before moon today, after n automoblle ride down from Dgden through fertile valleys 17ing between snow-capped moun= tain ranges. By the Associated Press. OGDEN, Utah, June 28.—President Harding and his Alaska-bound party wrrived In Ogden at 8:45 o'clock this morning and fifteen minutes later left by automobile for Salt Lake City. The program for the President's stay In Salt Lake, as announced on -the train, provides a greeting from the' school children in Liberty Park, & public reception at his hotel, golf during the afternoon, an organ re- cital at the Mormon Tabernacle, deliv- ery of a formal address at 8:30 in the tabernacle, and departure shortl: fore midnight for Cedar City, Ul for the visit to Zion Park tomorrow. The chief executive has selected tax- ation as’the subject of the address he | will make in Salt Lake, largely lve-; cause of Utan being the home state | of the chairman of the naté finance committee, Senator Smoot. Thus the | Prestdent will define further the views of his administration on na- ticnal questions. Special Phone System on Train, 40One of the features of the I'resi- dent’s trip little known to the pub lic he ha: d, but which hs been the sub, nsiderable c ent among of the party ng the President, cment in telephone engineering it demonstrated. The . special ain has a special telephone system its own, which, immediately. the ain stops in larger centers, is con nected with a spec switchboard in | ilie city. From this switchboard lines previously have been extended to the presidential quarters at .ue hotel, to the headquarters set up for the news- paper men, to the press assoclation es and to the various points in| city where the President may | Thus the whole party may! in touch with each other and, further, upon a few minutes’ notice | can _ establish _communication with | Washington and the east. | Pleased by Radio Broadcast. Another achievement is giving the Egesident gr satisfaction, and that | is'the apparatus which has been in- | stalled on his observation platiorm | and in every hall in which he has | ken whereby his addresses are | broadcast by radio to Invisible audi- ences throughout the country. g Every day the President receives numeros messages—some from New York, others from Washington, still others from New Orleans and others from cities on the Pacific coast— | hich have been sent by persons who, sitting in their own homes, have lis- tened to his addresses, hearing his | whrdas as distinctly in most cases as they would had they been within a few feet instead of hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of miles, HEAVY SEAS RETARD SALVAGING OF SHIP! Royal Mail Stea‘mship Caraquet on Reefs North of Bermuda—Pas. sengers Rescued. By the Associated Press. HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 26.—Ef- | forts to salvage the cargo of the Royal Mail steamship Caraquet, from Halifax | 4 the West indies, which went on the | reefs twelve miles north of Bermuda | yesterday, were proceeding under diffi- culties today. High winds and heavy seas still prevail and it seems most cer- taln the steamer herself will be a total loss, All the twenty-Ave saloon passengers and the fifty-five Chinese in the steer- age were brought ashore late yesterd; The mails also we saved, and a con- siderable part of the cargo already has en salvaged. | Three of the Caraquet's holds are | filled with water and her fires are out, | making the work of discharging the re- maining rgo slow. The ship struck ddring a heavy fog. The Caraquet was valued at $1,000.- 000 and there will also be a heavy loss on the cargo. —_— LAUD HARDING STAND. ‘Anti-Saloon Leaguo Officials! Commend President. By the Assoclated Press. WESTERVILLE, Ohio, June 26.—A telegram commendnig President Harding on his stand on the enforce- ment of the prohibition laws was sent him today, signed by state superin- | tendents from every state in the ! Union and officials of the Anti-Saloon | League of Americ: i {he state superintendents and offi- T | { s of the Anti-Saloon League of America are in conferenceé here to discuss enforcement of the Volsteas act. GRIFFS GET OFF IN FRONT IN CLOSING MACK GAME SHIBE PARK, PHILADELPHIA, June 26.—Walter Johnson and Slim Harris were the moundsmen in the final game of the serles here today. The Athletic line-up was the same as yesterday, with Heimach on first and i C “Qutside Influence” Halted Postmaster Mooney struck a blow today at the practice of employes at- tempting to use outside influence to gain for themselves preferred posi- tions in the Washington city post of+ fice' when he called to the attention of every one of the 2,000 employes that sectién of civil service rules which speaks agalnst such practice. Scores of requests for night work by those on day duty, for day duty by those working at night, and other changes to facilitate study at local educational institutions led the post- master to his drastic step. Curb on Trading Positions. At the same time he has issued strict orders that no visiting postal employe from any other city be al- lowed the freedom of the post office without a guide, as it was discovered that some had taken advantage of the local clerks and carriers to positions with them. 1 SHIS 10 DEFY 1. LIQUORRULIG Foreign Vessels Continue to Arrive in New York With Sealed Stores. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 26.—The number of foreign liners which have entered New York with liquor supplies since the Treasury Department made its bone-dry ruling will be increasel to- morrow to fourteen, when fomtr more ships are due. Other vessels are ex- pected to arrive later in the week to jtest the right of the United States | |to prohibit carrying sealed liquor across the three-mile limit. The latest arrival slipped in this morning. She was the Scandinavian- American liner Frederick VIIL At her offices it was said her lliquor all { was marked “medicinal supplies,” but that it exceeded the usual amount. Vessels in Port. The nine other vessels Which have arrived to date are: Baltic, Beren- saria, Paris, Cedric, Suffren, Conte Verdl, Providence, .Tuscania and aronia. The four approaching these shores are the Canopic, Chicago, Olympic and Saxonia. Most of them had been expected today. The Baltic and Berengaria, the first vo whose supplies were seized, are bound back for Europe, but with more liners piling up fast, it became apparent today that seizures would have to be made more rapidly or else the vessels would sail back with their liquors, or their sailing dates would have to be postponed. Beer to Be Dumped. Between 3,000 and 4,000 liters of beer will be' dumped overboard from the French liner Paris, now In port, it was announced today after a con- ference in which Collector of the Port Elting, Dr. Sprague of the public health’service and Prohibition Direc- tor Canfield took part. The Krench line was notified that customs men would visit the Paris toms seals and seize such liquor as did not come within the requirements of the French law for crew and pas- sengers. HUGHES' NOTE RECEIVED, Proposal to Extend Limit Twelve Miles. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 26.—The text of the proposal from Secretary of State Hughes to extend to twelve miles the limit within which searches for liquor to old freedom to attempt to influence | “trade” | this afternoon, break the French cus-| By Mooney in Race for Jobs New Postmaster, Swamped With Pleas for Transfers to Preferred Positions, Warns of Service Rules. Postmaster Mooney believes that the postal service is a lifetime busi- ness, aml he does not want persons in the Washington city post office | who are merely’ working there until they can fit themselves for some- thing else. A great believer in edu- cation, at the same time the post- master does not belleve a postal em- ploye can do watchman duty, for in- stance, at the same time he is study- ing law. Since his appointment as local postmaster May 1, the requests made of Mr. Mooney for various preferred positions have reached alarming pro- portions, it was learned today. Members of Congreas Appenled to. Senators aml representatives were appealed to by various employes, and the members of Congress in turn wrote to Postmaster Mooney. The thing finally has come to such a pass that the postmaster felt it incum- bent upon him, for the good of the service, to warn the employes to desist. k. civil servi | —(Continued on IPHONE GIRL STRIKE | HITS NEW ENGLAND 60 Per Cent of Boston Serv- ice Paralyzed—Police Keep 3,000 on Move. chich Post- e 2, Column 4.) By the Associated Pro BOSTON, June 26.—Telephone op- erators went on strike today in the New England states except Con- necticut. The strike was called by one union for shorter hours and higher wages. Members of a rival union remained at work. Members of the rival unions, emerg- ing from mass meetings in |early today, threatened to physically. Extra details of kept 3,000 girls on the move. The operators who voted to strike shouted “scabs” at their rivals, who retorted, “We're stickers.” Catcalls, hisses and yells Increased the early morning din of Newspaper row. 40 Per Cent Normal Service. An estimate that the service in Boston was about 40 per cent of nor- mal was made at the general offices of the company. Vacancies in the exchanges were being filled, it was said, by volunteers and by older stu- dent operators. A statement from strike headquar- ters said the Richmond and Beach ex- changes in Boston, all the Newton ex- changes and the Waltham and Somer- ville exchanges were completely tied up by the strike and that calls to these exchanges were - refused. All Boston fire department calls are nor- mally handled through the Beach ex- change. Claim Complete Providence Tie-up. In Providence the strike was prac- tically 100 per cent effective, accord- Ing to union leaders. They said not a single operator remained at her post after 7 this morning. Small groups of young boys and girls were taken to several of the exchanges for in- struction. In Springfield, when operators were brought to the exchange buildings in taxicabs provided by the company, they were hissed by picketing girls, and the officers on duty had some trouble in clearing a way for them to enter the buildings. One officer was slapped by a picket. The company asserted that most of the operators reported in Greater Boston. The average wage now Daid is said by company officials to be $20 a week. The operators have a nomm- inal eight-hour day with rest periods, which, according to the company, | | | clash police ~(Contnued on Page 2, Column 6.) BY DAVID LAWRENCE. RAWLINS, Wyo., June 26.—Pres! dent Harding has become a total abstainer. He meant literally the speech he delivered at Denver ap- pealing to the people of America to give up strong drink even though their stocks were lawfully acquired before the eighteenth amendment and Volstead act were adopted. Mr. Hard- ing, it was learned today, fsels very nation he should set an example of restrajnt, although there is no law against drinking liquor one has legal- 1y acquired, and Mr. Harding violated no law in taking an occasional drink in the White Jouse. It has become known that in the last several months the President has refused gifts from close personal friends, and has told them he meant to conform to the implications of the law as well as its specific obligations. Since the Harding administration be- gan no llquor has ever been served at. the table for officlal guests. Feel Class Rivalry Keenly, Close reading of the President's speech at Denver will reveal that he feels very keenly the rivalry of classes in America; the resentment of the working people over the fact that the rich can secure all the liguor they want, irrespective of price. ‘What Mr. Harding realizes, of course, is that there always will be avallable, through one channel or another, some supply from sources that cannot be stopped to the wealthy. Mr. Harding appeals ifi the hope that they will conda on third. The continued hot spell kept the attendance down to about 2,500. At the end of the first inning the u:g ‘was Natlonals, 4; Athletics, 0. . voluntarily abstain from violating the law in purchasing liquor, and that they: will either stroy what they have or fail to renew their supply when it 48 exhausted. ‘The President thinks the very se- 2 deeply that as chlef executive of the | (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) _ Harding Sets Nation Example By Total Liquor Abstinence curity of American institutions de- pends on the attitude that the Wwealthy folks of the land take to- |ward the Volstead law. 1If one law can be ignored, and an amendment held in contempt, he fears the whole structure will coilapse. As for him- | self, the President has taken tHe mat- |ter "to heart, aad while the public hasn’t known it, nevertheless it is |a tact that for some time Mr. Hard- ling has been abstaining and that he | means to keep his household -dry_and | will refrain even when away from the White House from accepting the invitations of friends or their gifts. No Sudden Development. Mr. Harding’s sense of increased responsibility has been no sudden development, his intimates say. He has been gradually coming to the conclusion that the sooner universal prohibition is actually practiced the better will it be for the moral fiber of the nation and the sooner will come those modifications in existing law that the people shall desire. His own prediction is that the longer prohibition is in effect the greater the likelihood that the changes in the law will be in the direction of effec- tive enforcement rather than relaxa- tion, but even if the sentiment of the nation were to swing te a 2.75 per cent beer the chances are that such a change would follow a period of absolute drought so far as Strong drink is concerned, instead of an era of continued “bootlegging of whisky. That seems to be the trend of the President’s mind at present. So long the Volstead law Is on the statute books the President himsell will set the example of the nation in refraining from accepting amy pre-Volsteadian drink or any other from his friends in the intimacy of the White House circle,! for Mr. Harding has taken the pledge, not in written form, but with his consclence, and the time may not be far off when he will appeal to the nation to do likewise. (Qopyright, 1023.) | | all | Roston | L0BAUND TN FOR COAL OPPOSED BYCOMMISSIONERS Will Not Recommend to Con- gress That Legal Weight Be Reduced. BELIEVE THAT CHANGE | WOULD BRING CONFUSION Accept Report of Weights and Measures Head That No Ben- efit Would Result. The Commissioners today voted not to recommend to Congress that the legal ton of coal in the District be reduced from 2,210 to 2,000 pounds. They took this position in approv- ing & report from George M. Roberts, | superintendent of welghts and meas- ures, in which that official expressed his opposition to the change. In laying the proposal before Com- missioner Oyster several weeks ago, the local coal dealers stated that they would reduce the price of a ton of coal propostionately if the weight of the ton were brought down to 2,000 pounds. Standardization Sought. They gave as the principal reason for seeking the change that most of the states have a 2,000-pound ton, ands| that to make the change here would be in line with standardizatlon. They | further pointed out that because other } large cities have the short ton their| price Is lower, and that many persons, unfamiliar with the fact that Wash- ington uses the long ton, get the im- pression that dealers here charge more for coal upt. Roberts took the stand, how- th. with a 2,000-pound rule rgton houscholders would have one or two tons more a year w bLurn, with a corre- se in the cost of stor- 1 in the cellar. Confuxton Seen. After careful consideration,” Supt. Roberts, “I have reached the conclusion that a reduction in_the weight of the ton would be of no ben- efit to the public, but that, on the! other hand, it would cause confusion, dissatisfaction, misunderstanding I to’ the public interest probably in some respects contrary to the interest of coal merchants as well. Having reached that conclu- sion, it seems proper for me to state the basis thereof. “If such reduction in weight were made the average householder would | find it necessary to purch one or| more additional tons of coal per year. | “In delivering to_consumers coal sold at retail in the District the usual custom is for dealers to deliver same | at the curb. The storage cost, usu- | ally about 75 cents per ton, must be borne by the consumer in addition 4o the purchase price of the coal. This | storage cost per ton would, in my opinion, stionably remain the same rega s of the reduction in weight advocated by the dealers. $37,300 Loss Estimated. ug that there are in the Dis- ,000° families occupying resi- dences, the additional tax upon the peo- ple for the storage alone, with no com- pensatory benefits whatsoever, would in the neighborhood of $37,500 a year. | The custom of selling coal by the | long ton has prevailed in the District | for more than a hundred years. It was| established in the beginning and has | never, 50 far as I have been able to a been the basis of complaint by dealers. “It is a fixed custom among house- holders in the District to order coal by the ton and to negotiate with dealers regarding the price by the ton and not otherwise; and the definition of a ton of coal as weighing 2,240 pounds- is as firmly fixed in the public mind as is the weight of a pound at 16 ounces or the value of a dollar at 100 cents. This is a matter of common knowledge. “Congress has the power to reduce the welght of a pound of every commod- ity In the District of Columbia to 12 ounces or 6f a vard to 30 inches, but if either or both were done, it would re- quire a long time for the people to be- come accustomed to the change, and in the meantime the opportunity for de- ception by merchants would be great. Misunderstanding Likely, “While, of course, I do not assume that deception would be practiced by coal merchants if the weight of the ton were reduced, opportunity for de- ception and misunderstanding would, in my opinion, be afforded until all the people of the District became accustomed to the change, aind among the poor and ignorant—those least able to bear any additional burden— the opportunity would be great. I do not believe that any such oppor- tunity for deception or misunder- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) NAMES GOV.HARDWICK TO AID FRAUD PROBE Attorney General Appoints Him to Légal Advisory Council Investi- gating War Cases. | to bu tnan spond ing the co « sald | Attorney General Daugherty today announced the appointment of Gov. Thomas W. Hardwick of Georgia to membership on the legal advisory council of the Department of Justice war frauds division. Gov. Hardwick, whose term in Georgia is now expiring, will-succeed former Senator Thomas of Colorado, who resigned from the advisory coun- cil several months ago. Other mem- bers of the council are Judges Charles Kerr and Thomas M, Bigger. AN RN “The Evil | board Gen. WE Donr WANT To News Note: Membership. The Republican National Committee Has Just Admitted Women to Associate Gen. Patrick, 60, Wins Wings As Full-Fledged Flying Pilot Air Service Chief Loops and Spirals in Final Test. Handles His Plane With All Nerve of Youth. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the air service, today is as proud as a newly created second lieutenant of the service command, for he is authorized to wear on his left breast a pair of silver wings. The general is now a full-fledged air service pilot, having passed the final examination this morning at Bolling Field before a board of officers including Col. James E. Fechet, Maj. W. H. Frank, exec- utive of the air service, and Lieut. | | Lester J. Maitland, acting operations officer at the field. Gen. Patrick, who is entering his sixtieth year, became chief of the air service October 5, 1921. His line was with the Corps of En- having_graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1886. For the past several months, however, Gen. Patrick has been tak- ing instruction in flying first under Maj. George E. Lovell, jr., command- ing officer of Bolling Field, and then | under Maj. Herbert A. Dargue. This morning before the examining Patrick climbed into the AERO TAKES FUEL IN AIR AT 90 MILES Feat Accomplished for First Time—Two Minutes to Do Trick. By the Assoclated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif, June 26.—An airplane in flight was, refueled for the first time here yesterday. Rushing through the air at ninety miles an hour, Lieuts. Hines and Seifert gulded their craft above that flown by Capt. Lowell Smith and Lieut. John P. Richter, ran down a forty-foot steel-wire-encased rubber hose, and within two minutes the feat was & matter of history. The quartette of officers many times in practice had succeeded in getting the pipe from one plane to another, but never before had the gasoline been sent from one plane to another, the precious fluid of which & few drops scattered over the hot exhaust pipes would have spelled disaster. for at least one of the ships. Finally the officers re- garded themselves as “letter perfect” and ready for the hazardous attempt. Prepare For Long Flight, The try-out was in preparation for the attempt of Capt. Smith and Lieut, Richter to attempt to smash all air records for endurance. Tomorrow they plan’ to 'go up and remain aloft four days and night Only by refueling in the air could they hope to keep their powerful craft flylng for anything like that eriod. P Preliminary refueling in yesterday's (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Shepherd” BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. Begins in Tomorrow’s Star —An extraordinary novel of English life; fascinating and stirring, by one of the leading authors. | | | | | | | | MAJ. GEN. MASON M. PATRICK. { cockpit of a Curtiss JN training plane, | took the air, looped, spinned, spiraled, dived and ianded to the complete | satisfaction of the officers. | _This remarkable accomplishment by Gen. Patrick is further proof to his flying officers under him of the in- tense interest he is taking in avia- tion. Shortly after he became chief Gen. Patrick procured a plane for his special use and has flown many thou- sand miles over the country on in- spection trips. Il | \WIDENING OF 131H, FTOEYE, FAVORED Merchants Will Urge District Commissioners to Make Street Change. Immediate steps toward widening the roadway of 13th street from F to I streets northwest will be urged upon the District Commissioners by the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. The board of governors lof the association at a meeting to- day passed a resolution, introduced by Ross P. Andrews, asking the Com- missioners' to take this action. The action of the board of govern- ors follows discussions at its recent meeting called to obtain the opinions of merchants on the one-way streets. At that.time it was pointed out that one of the greastest needs in the downtown section was a widening of 13th street between the points nam- ed, in’order to take care of the large volume of traffic which it carries. It also came out that there is on \file with the Commisioners a petition signed by every abutting property owner but one asking that the altera- tions be undertaken. The Commis- sioners have authority to proceed with such widening without special act of Congress. The board of governors went on “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's ‘carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Net Circalation, 90,240, SICK AND TIRED OF STAG PaRTIES! D, C. PUBLIC LINKS STARS NEAR T0P, |Game Improves Over Yester- day’s—Voight Turns in Card for 79 for Morning. BY W. R. MeCALLUM. Washington’s entrants in the qual- ifying round of the national public links golf championship, which be- gan today at East Potomac Park.| were playing better than they did vesterday in the Harding cup com- petition, and if they maintain-the same pace this afternoon the Capi- tal will probably have four or more representatives in the championship flight. Playing with an injured hand, George J. Voight, clerk in the Treas- ury Department, was out in 37 and back in 42 for a 79. He led the local contingent. Charles B. Rollins, an employe of the Shipping Board, turned in a card of 80. He was out in 42 and back in 38. Willlam P. Dieste and Earl McAleer were tied for third place, with cards of 82, Di Este was out in 42 and back in 40. while McAleer had 41 each way. John Shorey had a score of 84 in the first half of the qualifying round. P. Brooke, captain of the Wash- | ington team, had a card of 85. Wil- liam M. Lord had a card of 90. M. A. Shipley of Washington was out in 42, but took 47 for the last nine for a total score of 89. Oregonian Leads. L. Gordon Haw of Portland, Ore., led the early qualiffers in the first balf of the middle round with a card of 77. One stroke behind Haw came Ed Curtain of Newark and Ed Hay- den of Milwaukee, who were tied at 78. Robert White, the sixteen-year- old schoolboy of Chicago, who per- formed so well yesterday in the Hard- ing ‘cup match, took 88 on his first trip over the course in the qualifying round and will have to,shoot spec- tacular golf to quality. Other Jow scores turned in were as follows: Lawrence Mules, Baltimore, 79; Frank Golp, Seattle, 79; J; S. Whitham, New York, '79; ' David O’Connor, Chicago, 80; Allen F. Poin- sette, New York, 80; L. A. Boyle, Philadelphia, 80 Richard Walsh, New York, 81; C. E. Sommers, New York, 82; Harry Scharff, New York, : 82; 'L, Thoren, New York, §0; Charles M. Agnéw, 87;°E. M. Posey, 83. Haw's card follows out 44444454437 In [.0555 44443 6—40—7 Visiting players leveled criticism today at the action of the manage- ment of the Potomac Park course in distributing caddies around without regard to the engagements made for the boys yesterday. CAPITAL GOLF STARS OFF FORM IN PUBLIC - LINKS TITLE BATTLE Public links golfers entered in the second national public links cham- plonship settled down to real work at East Potomac Park today. With the competition for the Harding tro- phy over and the big cup started on its joarney to Chicago, the 130-odd contestants in the championship to- day were in the midst of the thirty- six-hole qualifying round, in which but thirty-two of the big entry list were scheduled to make the cham- plonghip flight today. Judged aolcl{ by their showing yes- terday, Washington will do well to qualify two men in the championship flight "today if .the rest of the con- 1 (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Heat Wave Break Tonight Is Forecast for Capital At last comes word to sweltering ‘Washington that the blanket of heat is about to Be lifted by the gentle auspices of a thunderstorm late this mfternoon or tonight. Prognostica- cators at the weather observatory fo- day forecast- thundershowers \Wwill dry out the humid atmosphere some- what, and that tomorrow will be a fair day, but a cooler one than those of the past week. Although the thundershowers will be a bit high over the city, they are declared at the weather bureau to ®e virtually sure heat-breakers. How long the cool gpell will last is not known, but it@life. is not expected to be prolonged more than a fewsdays. The cause of the prumised coolness is a storm which s advancing east- ! ward over the great lakes today. One tentacle of this disturbance is expected to grasp Washington. The storm already has brought showers to New England, New York, the great lakes region and the upper Mi: sippi valley. Showers also have fallen in the southeastern states, al- though a large part of the territory ! oast of thé Mississippi river stiil} sweltered today under a blazing sun. the exceptions being the upper lake region, the upper Mississippl valley and the north plains states. Cooler weather tonight or tomor- row will overspread the lower lake region, the: Ohlo_valley: the middle Atiantic and the New Enzlu}am.u. @éxcept eastern Maine, , & ' their TWO CENTS. URB ON CARNIVALS ROMISED CITIZENS BY COMMISSIONER Oyster, Informed of Legal Right, Assures Protesting Groups of Restriction. CITY HEADS HAVE SOLE RIGHT TO GRANT LICENSE Corporation Counsel’s Decision Says Courts Lack Power to Re- verse Ruling. Operation of carnivals in Washing- ton hereafter will be restricted, Com- missioner Oyster declared today. He made the statenent after re- celving “a report from Corporation Counsel Stephens, in which that offi- clal advised the Commissioners ;fiey have full discretionary power ufder existing law to refuse permits for merry-go-rounds and similar devices which form the nucleus of the smaller shows that have been making Wash~ ington a mecca during the past few vears. “It will be noted,” wrote the cor- poration counsel, “that the issue of a license for suchi character of amuse- ment is purely discretionary with the Commissioners. - ‘Their discretion in such a matter 18 not subject to re- view by the courts. From my per- sonal experience I know of no car- nival coming into the District of Co- lumbia not accompanied by a merry- go-round or similar amusement de- vice. 1t is my opinion that such devices are the ones used by car- nivals as crowd-gathering attractions and that without such their patron- age would be so extremely curtailed as to cause them to abandon opera- tions in the District of Columbia. Refusal Will be Ban. “Thefore, in order to curtail the operation of carnivals, all that i necessary is that the Commissioners exercise the discretion vested in them Dby Congress and refuse a parmit for a merry-go-round or simtiw device as enumerated above, wh tl & same is to be used either by itseit or in connection with a carnival.” After receiving the report, Com- missioner Oyster made it clear that as long as he is in office he would exercise the discretion pointed to by the carporation counsel. The inquiry by the corporation counsel is a result of protests sent to the District buliding by citisens and business men against the increase in the number of shows.mow Visiting ‘Washington annually. Ask No More Sigmatures. The corporation counsel advised the Commissioners not to enlarge the area from which the prospective car- nival must obtaln consent signatures around the show grounds. Mr. Ste- phens expressed the belief that people living some distance from the carni- val grounds would. sign more readily than those close to the show and thereby make it easier for the carni- val manager to get the required number of signatures. In commenting on the suggestions that license fees for carnivals be in- creased to $500 per day, the legal ad- viser told the Commissioners it could not be done without authority from Congress. The Commissioners are confident that without any new regulations they will be able to control the car- nival situation by the exercise of dis- cretion in the issuance of permits. CONTRACT IS LET FOR PAVING STREETS Cranford Company Figures for D. C. Work Approved by Com- missioners, Announced. A contract' for the paving of fifteen thoroughfares with asphalt was awarded to the Cranfor@ Paving Com- pany by the Commissioners today. The streets to be improved are: Good Hope road, Minnesota to Ala- bama avenues; Little Falls road, from Condult road east; New Cut road, Foxhall to Canal roads; Foxhall road, Conduit to Canal roads; Benning road, from the east end of the bridge to Minriesota avenue; Ben- ning “bridge, across the Eastern branch paved with asphalt; Benning road to be paved with asphalt for a distance of 450 feet from the end of the present asphalt pavement; Car- roll street, from Cedar street to the District line; Western avenue snd Rittenhouse street, from Chevy Chase Circle to 32 street; 4th street north- west from T to M streets; Oakdsle street northwest, 3d to 4th streets; Elm street northwest, 2d to 3d streets; V street, 2d to 5th street; W street, 2d to 4th streets, and Georgia avenue northwest between W street and Fair- mont street. ¢ ALL AMERICANS WIN IN TENNIS TOURNEY Johnston, Richards and Hunter Get Past First Round Without Trouble at Wimbledon. By the Associated Pres ‘WIMBLEDON, England, June 26— William M! Johnston, No. 2 ranking American, defeated E. Higgs of Eng- land, 6—4, 6—2, 6—1, in the world champlonship tennis tourney here, to- day. Richards defeated Washer, the Bel- glan star. J. B. Brugnon of France, one of the pair which won the world dou- bles hard court championship ‘at St. Cloud recently, defeatéd B. E. Henty, ;n old Oxford star, 8—4, , 6—8. B. 1. C. Norton, South African star, defeated J. G. Richie of “England, Francis T. Hunter, No. 9 on the American . list, defeated . Eduard Flaquer of Spain, 7—5, 6—4, 6—l. Thus all three Amerioan stars won ; round matches