Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1923, Page 2

4 of the county will } mately GOMERY 0. Hstate L i Cut in Both Totals 19 Cents for Each $100. Bpecial Dispateh to The Btar. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 30.—~The county commisioners met here this afternoon and fixed the general county tax rate and signed the an- nual levy for the. fiscal year begin- ning July 1. The general county tax rate for the new year will be $1.15 on each $100 of real and personal property. This is & reduction of 15 cents from the rate for the year which closes today. The state tax rate for the year begin. ning tomorrow will be 80 1-13 cents, or 412-13 cents less than that for the current year. The combined state and county rates for the new year will be $1.451-13, which is a total re- dugtion of 19 12-13 cen Because of bond issues for road improvements there will be an addi- tional tax against some of the dis- _triots, ,as follows: Laytonsville, 1 cent; Poolesville, 13 cents: Rockville, 15 cents; Colesville, 13 conts; Darnes- town, 16 cents; Bethesda, 5 cents; Olney, 12 cents; -Galthersburg, 12 cents;’ Potomac, ' 20 cents; Barnes- ville,” 5 cents; Wheaton, 13 cents; Woodmont. 66 cents. The rates for speclal taxing arcas, as requested by the citizens’ com mittees of such areas, are as follows Section 2, 45 cents; tion 4, Chevy Chas tin's Addition to Chevy Chase, 30 cents; Friendship Helghts. 30 cents; Drummond, 20 cents; Northwest Park, 35 cents; ‘Oakmont, 25 cents; Alta Vista 15 cents; Woodmont, 35 cents; Washington suburban sanitary dis- trict, § cents. Recently Reasséssed, The taxable basis of the -county on-real and personal property, which subject to all the rates mentioned, Is now $45.224775. This is an in- crease of $9,508,175, and was due very largely to the recent reassess- ment of all such property. which was ordered by the state tax commission. The new assessments on securities of all kinds, which are subject to a tax of 45 cents on each $100. total 36.530.675. or an. increase of $2,930.- 310, Of ‘the revenue derived from his source, one-third goes to the state. one-third to the county, and i one-third to incorporated towns. and special taxing areas. That the decrease in the county tax . rate was not commensurate with the increase in the taxable basis was du to the fact tha public schools celve Approxi- more than was al- 25 cents; Mar- $35,000 # lowed them for the year just closed. i | * 8124 The taxable basis of by election distr s is now Jows: Laytonsv * sonal, creass, decrease, $23.55 Clarksburg—Real, §1,222. =onal, total, $1,420, cre ,125. Securitles, $33,350 decrease, $3,195. Poolesville—Real, $1,503,365 sonal, $187 total, $1,680,6! crease, $10. Securities, Rockville—Real, $4,429.93 al, $429.255; total, $4.859.190 20. Securities, $1,441, the county as fol- le—Real, total, Securities, per- person. increase, 30; in o eeare M. o o orease, $309,570. Seourities, $70,590 Bethesda—Real, $12,803,825; per- increase, $1,047,480, | 3281,680; increase, Gaithersburg—Real, $2.698,215; pe increase $75,680. SIABNAE. - e crease, $393,030. o Bemuille” $1.418,970; per- Damascus—Real, $1,110,845; per- crease, $4,090. $2,281,345. Securitles, -$747,35 expense budget, are as follows: Public $15,800; Incorporated towns and spe- -clerks, $12,100; elections, $13,600; in- chinery, $6,608.10 local and state boards of health, $3,- g caxtie, $3.000; ropairs at almshow cireuft court. $1,948: ' fuel. $1,600 county farm bureau, $1,200; Maryland printing, $1.450; taxes in ‘volunteer fire departments of county, 3115 the public achools receive 68 4-6 including bonds issue: Darnestown—Real, $1,361,290: per: sonal, $191,400; total, '§1,562,690; in increase, $44,485. Bethenda District. | Sonal, $743,170; total, $13,546,795; in- | $4,603,520. 'Securitfes, ' 32,- Olney—Real, $1,930,745; personal total, $2.212,395: ,355. Securitfes, $486,880: 1 . creage, $168,350. ; sonal, $329,650; total, $2,927,865; i arease, $455.710. Securities, $204,285; Potomao—Real, sonal, $98.600: total, 31,433,645; i Securittes, $2,20 inorease, $1.500. Barnesville—Real, total, $1,619,760: in- crease, $227.195. Secunities, $173,91 Increase, $2,650. wonal, $195.210; total. $1,308.055;: in- crease, $85,600, Securities, $5,300; de- Wheaton—Real, $8,701,55 $439.890 $9.141,440; crease, $145,090. ‘The principal items of the levy, or schools, $236,770; bonds and interest, $90,034.13; roads, $101,850; assessing, cial” taxing areas, $14,000; bridges, $13,000; county commissioners and digent insane, $13,000; sheriff, depu- ties and expenses, ‘$7.476.78; road ma- cirouit ‘court, $5.860; treasurer and clerks, $6,000; insoivencies, $4,000; 687; supervisor of assessmerits and assistants, $3.000; tuberculin testing 0; _pensions, $6,770; orphans’ court, $2,250; attorneys, $2,080; clerk Janitor courthouse, $1,380; jail warden and matron, $900; jall expenses, $800; training school, $1,000; paupers’ cof- fing, $489.50; Juventle coure. 3405.27; fund for delinquent girls, $100; home demonstration fund, $1,000; 3450. Of the general county tax rate of ents and the remainder—§8 1-5 cents—for all other county expenses, . dlircation Followed by~ Shots, l; . My Eyewitnesses to Tragedy * in North Carolina. * UNT HOLLY, N. C., June 30.— /Fields of Thirft, N. C., was shot and Instantly killed near here tonight after, an altercation with a negro Xknown as Brad.Gordon. According to | eyewitnesses Gordon fired four shots, ! all taking -effect. Fields was in an mutomobile with two women and a #man, but the others escaped injury. News of the shooting reaching here aused great excitement, and 2 mob nbled to bunt for Gordon, who han?d after the shoting. Policemen nd deputies, hastily summoned from | Bhariotte, atrived - here before mid- ht and the crowd part ‘was dispersed. ‘The -exact cause of the shooting Is known. Fields and his compan- ion# were sald to have been on the Bear hers when the no&ro ap- rouched afoot. Words passsd be- 7 ween Flelds and ‘Gordon, after which 2he latter 15 alleged to havo produced le, and commenced ME ; s & late hour lmxflt!o n had ot been apprehended.” i FIREWORKS KILL BOY. VERSVILLE, N. Y., June 3 “Javeronne, eleven, was fatall afternoon in an h a premature, for the most - TAXRATE REDUCED evy Also Lowered, |Judge Has Truck Plato, Rufus-Be Tested to Decide Speeding Charge u cannot put anything over on Judge Gus A. Schuldt.® You must show him. Hearing a case in the Traffic Court yesterday, in which Marvin A. Brown, colored, was being tried for speeding, the court directed Policeman Brown of the motor eycle traffic squad, the arresting officer, and Milton Smith, another traffic officer, to go out and take the auto truck of the defendant, Bive it a test and see if it would Tun only at a speed not exceeding twelve miles an hour. The arresting officer told the court that he had arrested Brown on Pennsylvania avenue operat- ing a truck at a speed of twenty cight miles an hd8r. The defend- ant positively denled the charge, saying his truck was geared up to make only twelve miles an hour. Then it was that Judge Schuldt ordered that the speed of the truck be tested. This i8 the first time such a test for verification or disproval of a defendant's clalm of the speed of a car has been made in the TraMc Court. The officers assigned to test the speed of the truck will make their report to the court to- morrow. MODIFIED DRY LAW IS OFFICIALS’ HOPE TOWAVOID TANGLES (Continue ntinug «d from jton by the prohibition organizations poured down on’the Treasury offi- clals like a ton of bricks. May Break Seals. British cablnet officers maintain that the United States is_entirely within its rights in breaking the customs seals and seizing the bev- erage liquors brought into this country for use on return voyages. They say the United States has a right to do it, but that it is a viola- tion of the comity of nation In plain language the comity of nations means the keeping of good relations With one's nelghbors. While both sides to the controversy re thus admitting that everything is right in the rum imbroglio.” the un- fortunate part of the wfair is the atmosphere Rhat is being created by it. The governments understand gach other, but the peoples do not. The English people feel that the United States is attempting to im- ose its own views, its own sump- tuary legislation upon the peoples of the ‘world and that it is distinctly insulting Great Britaln. English newspapers, unfortunately, have made much of this liquor guestion, and the anti-American feeling in England is growing day by day. Americans Indignant. . Here In Amerlea there is a growing indignation against the deflance of American laws {n the deliberate send- ing of forelgn liners to New York Wwith beverage liquors on_ board. {There is indignation that Marquis Curzon should say in effect that these liquors were sent here as a call to American “bluft.” The American government sces In this merely ithe foundation for a test case in some court or a basis for diplo- i matic negotiations. The public sees {nothing but British “effrontery. English papers are pointing out | that it conditions were reversed, that it America was the wet country and England dry, the American people would be beating the drums and twisting the lion's tail at any at- tempted seizure of American cargoes or American vessels In circumstances jsimilar to steps_already taken or {contemplated in New York. Ship Seizure Feared. The reluctance of Washington offi- olals even to threaten officially the selzure of some great liner for hav- ing on board a small amount of liquor under seal, is largely due to | the inflaming effect that such an act would have upon the Brtilsh or French peoples. Once a nation {s inflamed against another it {s only too easy to Stir a retaliatory, spirit One unfortunate word leads to an- other and thus the germs of possible war are spread. VPy frankly it is stated here that unless the forelgn governments do this the chances of amending the law may vanish. The greater the feeling engandered now the more | difficult jt would be to obtain modifi- catlon later. The drastic dry advo- cates even now are opposing any | change. - They are perfectly willing | that all forelgn ships should cease | to call at New York unless they are willing to call “bone dry. 1t appears today that unless the ‘Washington government can g0 to Congress in December and show sub- stantial co-operation on the part of Great Britain, in stopping rum-run- ning to this country from the British Atlantic: Isles, Congress will turn a deaf ear to any sort of modification H 1 _|Old Soko, Chimpanzee, Declared at Other End, of Scale. But Kangaroo Grandma at Least Has a Kind Heart. Released from confinement for taking leave from his quarters last Week, becuuse it was the first offense, and obtaining permission this time to roam the grounds of the Zoo at will, August Chipmunk, who broke into print just seven days ago as the smallest consumer of food among his fellow guests at the animalry, ap- peared before Obediah Elephant, the heaviest eater, and exclalmed: “I've; found the prize dodo of the reserva- { tion.” “Didn’t know you were looking for replied Obe, as he picked up a loaf bread, which a moment labor evaporated. Then August explained how he was making a survey, assisted by Head Keeper Blackburne, to find the most stupld and the most intelligent animals in the Zoo, and found that Plate Kanga- oo, one of the rufus-bellied wallaby types of Australian grasshoppers, with- | 1ish {language equally as well. of the Volstead act affecting sealed liquora on British ships, Of course the British claim that their ships, ly- ing outside the three-mile limit are breaking no American laws. This literally is true, but they are making it possible for others to break the law by running the liquor to shore, and therefore U\;y :ire" morally law sically. D imo "5t 15 admitied, on both sides of the water that a “disagree- able situation” exists, that “delicate mi are under discussion and ‘grave issucs of international aw"” are involved. And all over a provision.of the law which may be wiped from the statute books next December. (Copyright, 1923.) GIVES BEER AWAY. B the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK., June 30.—“Beer free, drink your AN ‘Words even as strange as these stand out on a sign that hangs to- day in the saloon of the Cosulich liner Preaidente Wilson from Naples, due to dock tomorrow, according to wireless messages. The placard was hung by the cap- tain, Stuperich, following receipt of a message from New York managers of the line iInforming him that the beer would be confiscated when the ship arrived and directing that it be done away with. The ship has 1,098 passengers adoard and ® lot of beer, so Capt. Stuperich tonight sent this message to shore: “Consuming all beer possible; giv- ing it to passengers gratis. But even their capacity is limited. Will have to destroy twenty barrels or more be- fore reaching the three-mile limit." As the message from the Presidente Wilson came in, a real wet ship, its P“.un undepleted by confiscation, o port. e Lamport and Holt liner Van Dyck, which salled from prior to the date when 3 law went into effect, sailed on the return trip. ‘The Van Dyck, it was announced, C'h‘::“ stop at Hami I‘OD.‘BI.HI“ICI. on tor ux"-&u’ 2'0f the line. Hetoktise Lamport and Holt -linera will m mm” & port c’ call, leaving u‘i‘.f- liquor stocks there wheén en route to the southern trips. L JAPANESE LINER DRY. PRSI N PR SEATTLE, June 80.—The - liner Shidsuoka Maru. of the Nippon Yusen ‘Haisha arrived here .today from the far cast without liquor stores, having jut them ashore at.Victoria, B. C. iepr‘o.nnuutn' :; g ;lns said thn;. 18xuoka, o firat vessel of flest to comé under the Ameri- can anti-liquor rule. She will takeon |1 out doubt gets the dumbbell prize. Doesn’t Know Anything. Plato doesn't know anything” said August. “I don’t know why it is, but he just don’t seem to be able to grasp the situation. He must have a brain about the size of a flaxseed. He has apartments to let. He suffers the pangs of poverty of intellect. His perception is clouded. His head i1s so empty a vacuum looks llke a full house in comparison. He thrives on flapdoodle. He's an empty-headed, long-eared, bleary-eyed, awkware untutored, unlettered, hopeless mis print. That's the conclusion I came to when I trled at conversing with him. And that's what the animal ex- perts here say. “On the other hand,” continued August, “I was informed that Soko Chimpanzee was by far the most in- telligent member of our Eang. I‘ overheard _Superintendent Hollister and Head Keeper Blackburne telling some visitors how bright he is. They | said he understands most of the Eng- | language and obeys the sign He is far superior to the most intelligent house dog. and has a keen sense of under- standing. Is Almost Human. “Old Soko, when he came here from French Kongo about nine years ago, used to eat at a table, ride a bicycle over the grounds and go walking with his keeper, but he's getting a little bit on in years now, and if he lost his temper while out on a walk three men couldn't hold him. They don’t let him do any more tricks, and he is living the life of a retired GOVERNMEN ENDS FISCAL YEAR WITH MILLIONS SURPLUS (Continued from First Page.) coming from Acting Secretary Gil- bert. President Harding is proud of the accomplishments of the Treasury and of the bureau of the budget, as exemplified in numerous pronounce- ments by the chief excutive in Wash- ington and in frequent references to it on his speaking tour en route to Alaska. Regardless of what may have been sald of various departments of the government or concerning cer- tain personnel problems within the Treasury itself, the actual handling of the government's finances has re- celved the unequivocal praise of all ciroles. Critics of the admintstration have claimed that much of the saving claimed by the budget bureau and the Treasury in the operation of the federal government was “paper sav- ng. ) Ask Further Slash. So earnest, however, has the Pres! dent been in his continued campaign ot “etfictency and economy,” that he allowed the criticism of “paper to pass by unheeded, and has called upon the executive depi ments to slash sharply at their ex- penses for the next two years at least. The time may come, he predicted, “when we must deal with increases, because there must be ultimately ex- panding _activities and. attendin growth of cost in the government o & growing nation.” The big problem of the executive departments he told the business organization of the gov- ernment was “to find the irreducible minimum upon which we may con- sistently enlarge.” For the coming year the President has predicted, according to present estimates, a deficit of approximately $30,000,000, with prospective expendi- tures of $3,668,000,000, but at the same time called for sharp redue- tions and expressed the “earnest.ds sire_that the expenditures for coming year, excluding the $500,000, 000 for debt reduction, be Kept within $3,000,000,000. i Emphasised by Harding. N Pabing const, Dresient Harging bas emphasized the policy of economy of: the administration, telling of the sur- us of the paat year, and going so ar, at Salt Lake City, as to point to the economies of the federal/govern- ment as an example to the state and municipal governments of the nation: ‘There is & of ‘which goics ot a S s sl ohmpa! e attract more attention m 1to Australiafi whe: Wallaby, Found Dumbest - Of AUl Creatures Who Live at National Zoe Upper—The “dumbest” animal at the Zoo—Rufus Bellied Wallaby, a kangaroo species. Lower—Soko Chimpanszee. who outranks all hix fellow guests, from the standpoint of intellect, an s just a few inches shy of being human. r—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— business man-—still very kind and affectionate and in love with Frank Lowe, his keeper. Mr. Hollister said he’s just a few inches away from be- ing a human being. “But that other mutt, I can't forget him,” continued the Chipmunk, as Obe reachea over for a mouthful of nis 100 pounds of hay. “He's a disgrace e he comes from. The whole crowd is. His wife's no better than he is—dumber, if you ask me. They can't teach that bunch of marsuplais to do anything but eat, and even that's a hard job, for all that satisfles them are vegetables. If they ate a little meat now and then they might get some gense along with indigestion.” Between swallows of hay, Obe stated that he never had seen Plato or his relatives, but that he knew Soko must be a pretty smart fellow. “He had a soft life before he came here, I've been told,” said Obe by way of letting August know that he was not quite ‘as dumb as Plato. “He used to live in the forest and run around with his family. During the day he would doze up in a big tree and occasionally come to life long | his tour of the country, enroute to, Alaska as a candidate for renomina-' tlon and re-election, the develop- | ments of his tour cannot fail to have effect, in the opinion of experienced political observers here, upon the campaign to come. It has been a matter of common re- port from newspaper correspondents on the President's special train that references by the President to “sav- ings” In the federal government seem to catch the popular favor. Figures, which some observers thought migh be difficult to * . according to reports from ident's tour, brought a quick response from vari- ous audiences, which seemed fully 20 u‘upraculo ‘what the President mean PLANE TESTS COMPLETE. MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y. June 30.— Final tests for Lient. Russell L. Maughan's fifteen hour, dawn to dusk, coast flight, scheduled for July 4, were completed today. He said he was completely satisfied with the per- formance of the pursuit plane he is to use. Four ascheduled stops are to be made, and mechanics will be waiting at Dayton, Ohlo, Joseph, Mo., Cheyenne, Wyo, and Salduro, Utah, to refuel the plane. San Francisco is his destination. L to the | enough to nibble at a young shoot. He loves fruit and consequently he and his family have busted up many a promising plantation. In his wild state he didn’t.care much for an, but let one try to corner him and he would fight with all the fury in him. At night he used to make his bed In a tree, sort of a platform-like affair, but he wouldn't go back to it a sec- ond time. Mothered Grandchild. “Uh-huh,” said August, still think- ing of the Kangaroo family. “I did see one thing while on my visit to that Kangaroo cage that prevents my branding the whole tribe as absolute idiots. Mrs. Desdemona Kangaroo had an infant in her pouch and her daughter also was the mother of a baby wallaby. ‘The latter, however, discarded her child, tired o. euring ‘for it, so the little fellow crawled over to his grandmother, who made a place for him in her household alongside her own child. In this case I don't know on whom to place the honor of pol ing brains.’ ‘And neither do 1" said Obe. {SAFE FOURTH IN D. C. | MAJ. SULLIVAN'S AIM IPo].ioe Ordered to Enforce Regula- tions for Use of Fireworks and Explosives. A safe and sane Fourth of July is the alm of Maj. Daniel Sullivan, su- perintendent of police, who yesterday issued an order to members of the force that he wanted accidents pre- | vented by enforcing strict compli- ance with the regulations governing the use of explosives. Attention of members of the force was called to the regulation, which requires a permit to store, sell or set off fireworks, permits to be obtained from the District Commissioners. It is set out. in the order that sparklers are the only fireworks per- mitted, and while they are supposed to be harmlegs, Maj. Sullivan stated, children using them often invite a cident by sticking them into on another’s face, hair or clothing. The police are directed to caution children against placing sparklers too close to anything which may be ignited or injured. Beware of Consumption it is usually not suspected-for a long time and unless discovered early requires years to be checked, and is then hard to cure entirely. If you tire easily—or are losing weight—and have a per- sistent light cough or hoarseness—d o not lose time.- See a doctor or have yourself examined at the free 409 15th St. N. W,, Tnesday,‘Thunda; or Saturday at 2-4 o'clock. Friday evenings from To Prevent -30-9 o’clock. Consumption Association for the Preventien of T czmgse.u.%. By b AL BELL STUDES WORKAS ETY HEAD New D. C. Commissioner Through Hand-Shaking; Will Knuckle Down. Having passed through that pre- liminary period of hand-shaking and getting acquainted. Maj. J. Franklin Bell, new Engineer Commissioner, has knuckled down to the task of finding out for himself what Washington needs. By riding about the city and asking questions at every turn, Maj. Bell is striving to get first-hand information concerning schools, streets and other municipal requirements. He 18 doing this in order that he may act wisely when he sits down with Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster two weeks hence to “blue pencil” the annual estimates of de- partment heads. 7 Maj. Bell said yesterday he rode along the Washington channel water front and found it notably improved in appearance since he was stationed at the Washington barracks twenty years ago. The major has learned of the elabo rate plan on file at the District buil ing for the rebuilding of the water front, and expressed an Intention of glving it thorough consideration. Commissioner Oyster and Assistant Engineer Commissioner Wood both have been strong advocates of im- proving the water front. Publio utility problems also are attracting the attention of the new Commissioner. ~ On Friday after- noon he sauntered down to the offices of the Utilities Commission, of which he is chairman, and questioned the accountants and engineers for de- tails of just how they keep in touch with the affairs of the several public service corporations. May Tackle Car Merger. The major is familiarizing himself with Washington's street rallway situation. He indicated yestorday | | | that he 1s already aware of the movement that has been under way for a number of years to merge the two traction companies. Other Engineer Commissioners have endeavored to make the merger dream & reality and it {5 not be- yond the bounds of possibility that Maj. Bell may tackle the qgelllon N i Commmissioner Ben h followed & policy of “say lttie and but he has explained to newspaper men that he wants to learn his’ subject before he dlscusses it. —_—— MA). PARKER TO AID IN U, S. SUIT IN LONDON Judge Advocate Ordered Abroad as Result of Attorney Gen- eral’s Request. Maj. John A. Parker, judge advo- cate, U. 8. A. has been ordered to London, England, to assist in the preparation and trial of a civil suit now pending in the high court of jus- tice, king's bench division, in which the United States is a party plain- tiff. The orders to Maj. Parker come as the result of & request from the attorney general to the Secretary of War, who stated that because of the large amount of money involved and Maj. Parker's study and knowledge of the whole matter it was considered absolutely necessary that he be or- dered to London to assist In the preparatolrt and trial of the case. Maj. Parker is a native of Harnett . C, a graduate of the Uni- versity of North Carolina, class of 1906, and practiced law at Charlotte, N. C. until he entered the Army at the beginning of the world war. Since the armistice he has held a very -important legal assignment in Washington, and. at present he is assigned personally to the assistant Secretary of War handling civil, legal matters only, principally those per- taining to the sale of surplus war materials and supplies. Boys, Given Ride, Steal Purse From Hostess,She Says d Samaritanism was handed a stiff blow last night after Mrs. R. H. Ruddy of 1865 Ingleside ter- race had taken pity on two young boys at 16th and U streets, who asked for a ride to Park road in her automobile. They were polite urchins. They thanked the hostess as they en- tered for the ride. They took off their hats and bowed and smiled their .thanks at the conclusion of the ride. “Lovely youngsters,” Mrs. Ruddy probably was murmuring when bethought herself of the pock: book which should have been adorning the cushion beslde her. It was gone. When the boys left the pocketbook also took its de- parture, police at the tenth pre- ofinct were informed last night. CADETS AT SIMMS HOLD TRACK MEET, Base Ball Game and Swim- ming Events Features at Training Camp. Track events, a swimming meet and a base ball gume were the fea- tures of competitive field day exer- cises held yesterday afternoon by the high school cadets in training at Camp Simms. The track and swimming events were_competed in by teams from A and B barracks. A base ball game, between & team representlng the cadets and a team made up of cadet instructors, was called at the end of the fifth inning to make way for other events. The score stood 29 to 2 in favor of the instructors. Willlam Howard captained the winners, while Paul Keyser acted as fleld leader of the losers. The track meet was won by A bar- racks with a score of 41 points as against 14 for B barracks. The swimming meet was won by A barracks, 34 to 21 points. Individ- ual winners in the swimming events.| were: One length of the pool, free style, Cadet Poole, first; Raymond Edmonston, second, and Robert Bur- ton, third. Fancy diving: Raymond Edmon- ston, first; Cadet Sims, second, and Cadet Rice, third. Swimming one length of the pool, breast stroke: Edmonston, first; Poole, second, and Thomas, third. Plunge for distance: Rice, first, distance 47 feet 5 inches; Underwood, second, and Howard, third. Swimming one length of the pool, back stroke: Poole, first; Abbey, sec- ond, and Edmonston, third. Relay team: Poole, Hebbard, Sims and Burton. Individual winners in the track meet were: 50-yard dash—Keyser, first; Thomas, second, and Troth, third. Spoon and potato Wellener, first; Lee, Poole, third. Mixed shoes race: Wellener, first; Lee, second, and Sims, third. Standing broad jump: Keyser, first; Thomas, second, and Abbey, third. Running broad jump: Keyser, first; Troth, second, and Cadet Monk, third. The winning relay team from A barracks_was composed of the fol- lowing: Keyser, Thomas, Poole and Dennison. The A barracks was captained by Cadet Capt. J. A. Rice, while Cadst Capt. W. E. Howard was the captain of the B barracks team. The judges of the various events were Capt. A. J. O'Keefe, Capt. Wil- llam M. Johnson and Walter Stokes, an _instructor at' the camp. Mr. Stokes was also in charge of the arrangements for the different events. Cadet and race: second, Mad Scramble Across Sea Like Oklahoma Land Opening Only Once Before in American History Has There Been Spectacle Compara- ble to Race Under Alien Quota Law. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, June 30.—The waters ot Gravesend bay have witnessed strange scenes, but perhaps none that encompassed so many human emo- tions as that of tonight. Picture the darkened and gaunt hulls of ocean steamers bearing within them human frelght to the number of thousands of men, Women and children — immigrants seeking admission to the promised land. They are the first under the fresh quotas of the new fiscal year, which begins at midnight tonight, to apply for ontrance to the United States. Only once before in American his- tory has there been a spectacle co parable @ ©On_ April 22, 1889, by executive order, the lands of the Creek and -Seminole nations in the Oklahoma territory were ~thrown open for settlement by homeseekers. The opening provided extraordinary scenes, Thousands of prospective settlers collected on the borders of the new lands, and at 12 o'clock noon, at a _given signal, a mad racs began for farms, town lots and city sites. Whole ' families, the men on horse- back, the women and-children in un- wieldly farm wagons and prairie schooners, drove at breakneck speed in the wild search for favorable land. But these people were Americans and talked a common language. Talk No Common Tongue. Tonight it was difterent. . The great liners, fiylng ensigns of nations the world over, hove to an imaginary anchored silently and waited. The line marked the limit of the waters of New York harbor, and the liners waited for a given signal, at 12 o'clocok midnight,” which permitted them to steam up the narrows and rbor with their cargoes of hopeful men and women. These peo- ple talked no common - tongue, but most of them gave thanks to a com- mon God in gratitude for having reached the United States. The American immigration prob- lem, under fire in the British house of commond, as well as from sources in this country, is_brought ‘sharply to. the attention’'of the mation be- cause of the mad scramble across the Atlantic the past week. Although some of the ships that were to steam into the harbor after midnight arrived in American waters early as Friday night, they an fhored off. Sandy, Hook because. the! quotas of all nations, ‘with. the ex- ception of Germany .and_ Esthonis, had been exhausted. 'For: steamship compan to. have brought .in the new cargoes before Sunday would have meant that not only would the immigrants ba deported, but that the companies - would Mv‘qnu to pay ‘their fares back-to Eufope. : Steamship - lines . haye _established agencies all over Europé and are arantéeing @dmission ~ td the Fnltad: States, provided, of coutse, t.can meet this nation's Suatinosone. . The immigrant. bist- The immigration laws allow an in- flux into the United States of 368,000 immigrants annually, in addition to those non-citizens who have been over here and returned to their native lands for periods of not more than six months. The figure is arrived at on the basis of the 1910 census. Each nation is allowed to send to America 3 per cent of its nationals residing in America in 1910. During this allotment, Great Britain with 77,342, has the largest quota; Germany is next with 67,607; Italy is next with 42,0567; Poland follows with 31,146, and in the following order are Russia with 24,405; Sweden, 20,042; Czechoslovakia, ' 14,357; Austria, 7, 421; France, 5,729, and Greece, which is generally supposed to have a much larger number, is among the lowest with 3,294, Other countries have smaller quotas. The system upon which America works, a system that has drawn criticlam from other nations, is to allow 20 per cent of the quota to be exhausted for each of the first five months of the fiscal year. Great Britain, for instance, could send one- fitth of her immigrants in July, August, September, October and November each, but if her quota were exhausted by then, she could send no more until July, 1924. The fact that 80 many of her citizens have been held at Ellis Island or deported be- cause of quota exhaustion has caused the héuse of commons' Tow. The immigration laws are unbend- ‘An instance was afforded Satur- when & Finn, who arrived Tues- day after the Finnish quota was ex- ordered deported, although only twenty-four —hours away his country would have a new quota. There is no recourse under the law, according to the retiring commissioner, Robert E. Tod. No sooner will this particular Finn be Jess than 100 miles from American on his way home as an ineli- then he would be classed as an le. If Canada would grant him he could go there and or two and then return, will ‘seldom grant per- P e, Sigd permission, stay & da: but Canada mission. Guided by Companies. To escape such cases as these, the steamship companie: press immi- to enter the country during fil';um: August. In those months at least a third of the year's allot- i1l enter. m:anl}uw Island is perhaps the most tragio piace in America. Immigrants cannot understand why they can’t be admitted, after the steamship ts have promised them they can. El.lly scores ars sent back to' their own countries, sither - because they are Jikely to become publia charges, be- cause they are mentally deficlent or because -of the quota exhaustion. Ch in the law are likely to be ‘made at the next session of Congress. Stros influences _are advocating nation abroad 'to determine whther immigrants will pass the tesgs at Ellis Islénd, instead of let- fing them break .all their business m:ii»mllr ties back home to.sall for An;rlu& and then, lrr‘ivgx lgura‘.. meet the tter disappointment o avi -oatablish having'_ to and re s Wi | rushed {8oon as the crippled boat managed to FLAREBACK KILLS FIVE ON DESTROYER Three Others Burhefl When Williamson Is Speeding in Torpedo Test. Special Dispatch to The Sta: NEWPORT, R. I, June 10.—Five men are dead and three lie in a critical condition as a result of « flareback on the destroyer Willlamson 8% she was racing along at a speed of thirty-two knots on the outside course of the torpedo proving grounds, off here this morning. The dead are: Doc Abernathy Milli- can, fl\'ll‘ class fireman, Fairfield Al Harry Chaplin Lincoin, third class fireman, Newbern, N. C.; Clifford Latchford, third’ ‘class fireman, Lebanon, Ohfo; Joseph Aleck Gis- guinto, water ‘tender, second clase, Far Rockaway, N. Y.; Louis Ran- dolph Blanchard, first class fireman, Springfield Mass. b _The injured are: Harry Amundson, Water tender; Haskell Bowler Field, first class fireman, and Toney Rock. first class fireman. Two of the men who were injured are in a very serious state and are not expected to live. As a matter of fact, it seems llttle less thun a miracle that any one at all was able to be saved from the caldron of heat The injured men were instantl to the Naval Hospital as hobble iuto port, and Commander dler of the torpedo station was immedtately on the job, having beex notified by radio of the accident. Testing Long-Range Torpedoes. The accident took place on the out- side proving grounds, while the Wil- llamson was testing out long-range torpedoes. In order to fire these ft is necessary to attain a high speed, and the engines were racing at a ca- pacity clip. Suddenly the small pin slipped, causing the cover of the ventilator to a blower to close and the blower, deprived of alr, started racing. The governor, which is supposed to throttle the ‘blower down, failed to function and the blower exploded. cutting off the supply of air from the fire room and creating a vacuum. With the vacuum created, the terrific heat from the furnaces Immediately flared buck into the faces of the men at work, attaining a temperature of 230 degrees and sweeping all before it in its mission of death. There were really only four acel- dents: ‘the breaking of the hot- ater feed pipe; the breaking of the steam pipes, the sealing of the fire room and 'the flareback, any of which would have been sufficient to produce death, but the four com- bined to take a fearful toll. Any coherent story as to how the firemen were removed could not be obtained from the men on the ship, all of whom were prostrated at the accident. However, this did not prevent them from acting decisively in the emergency, nor of administering ef- ficlently to the needs of the wounded men. Harry Amundson walked into the hospital, but the rest of the men were from the first believed beyond recovery and their condition now is still regarded as oritical. This is the most serious acoldent of this type that has ever occurred in the Navy. Others have happened, but particular care is always taken with this pin, because of the fact that the danger of such an acoident is reailzed. —Consequently it is a mystery how the pin happened to fall out of place when it should have been securely fastened. The Willlamson was tugged to her berth and Commander Sadler states that a rigid investigation will be conducted to ascertaln the cause of the accident. The Williamson has boen attached to the torpedo station for several months. NINE BURNED IN CRUISER. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 30.—Nine seamen were serlously burned In an explosion today on the scout cruiser Richmond at the Philadelphia navy yard. ~All are in the naval hospital. The injured men and their addresses are: Thomas B. Hipps, Corsicana, Texas: Willlam F. Hall, Mount Ver- non, Ohio; Ernest Adams, Portsmouth, Ohio; Lell G, Russell, Plainfleld, N. J.; Edward J. Berktold, Cicero, Ills.; Wil- lfam O. Eden, Atlanta, Ga.; James C. {Carey, New York city; Lawrence A. McCall, Des Moines, lIowa; Charles C. Lagana, New York city. The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined, but some of the officers at the yard believed it was due to hydrogen gas which. leaking {into a washroom where the seamen {were congregated, became ignited and blew up. The washroom {s beneath the radio room forward, and it was thought the gas leaked from auxiliary batteries. —_—— LEGIONS OF ALIENS POUR INTO AMERICA (Continued from First Page.) over the shipg’ Talls, gazing wistfully at the shores of America, are doomed to disappointment, as several quotas will be filed by noon today. A score more liners are racing across the Atlantio with other thou- sands of hopeful Immigrants who must return to the near east and Asla after spending the savings' of a lifetime on the 5.000-mile trip. Each of two ships which arrived to- day from Greece had more than enough passengers to fill the quota for that country. All passengers on the ship that comes in second will have to be returned. A The allotments for two centinent. Asie and_Africa, and six countrie: Greece, Palestine, Syria, Memel and Albania, will be filled by noon today, officlals said, and people who have traveled all the way here from their distant homes will have to return without setting foot on the main- land. Twenty per cent of the quota from each country will be accepted during each of the first five months. After that, if the annual quota has'been filled, no more may enter until next July. Many of those who will be ‘excluded today, and sent back, will find by the time they are ready to try again, that their country’s allotment has been filled for the year, and will be forced to wait until next July. Wil Retard Work. The authorities are doing their utmost, according to Deputy Com- missioner Uhl, but the lack of suf- filent oclerks and inspectors_ will greatly retard the work. Maj. Henry E Who took over the post of commissioner today, on the -departu of Commissioner Tod, Who recently r signed, said that every effort be made to provide comforts for the im- migrants, but that facilities were sadly inadequate. Twenty liners are spaced along the line in Gravesend bay, be- yond- which they may not pass with aliens before midnight. Of the forty-three nationalists on the quota Iist, only one, Iceland, will not represented tomorrow. Al the others from Great, Britaln, with an_ annual quota of more than 77,000, down to Fiume, With & quota of 71. have ditizens on the ships now down ‘h;n‘:gru from Canada stated ‘today: that a large number of fens are _massing along the border, resdy to across at midnight. ‘This_also cut the pumber in N York. The Greel quota 'mnb‘llx most ‘quickly exhmusted, as allows for 3.: 659, and the liner King Alex- oh ‘mornipg 9, arrived this T irecoer carriee Almost 1. 10m