Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Generall fair tonight and Tuesday no change in tempera winds, mostly south and southwest. Temperature for twent: ended at 2 p.m. today: at 3 p.m, yesterday; lowest today. Full report on page 7. ture; gent y-four hours Highest, 83, , 68, 5:30 a.m, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 21 No. 28,923 post_office Wa Entered as second-class matter shington, D. C. - BODY OF LT. ROTH FOUND IN BASKET OF LOST BALLOON Second Body, Believed Lieut. Null, Is Found by Searchers. CANADIAN FISHERMAN BRINGS VICTIM TO PORT Exposure Causes Death of One Officer on Ill-Fated Flight. By the Associated Pres WINDSOR, Ontario, July 9.— A body, believed to be that of Lieut. T. B. Null, the second miss- ing American balloonist, who dis- appeared with Lieut. L. J. Roth in the ill-fated A-6698, was found to- day in Lake Erie, off Point Pelee, near Leamington. By the Associated Press PORT STANLEY, Ontario, July 9.— The body of Lieut L. J of the ill-fated United States Nav: balloon A-§698, was found in the basket of the airship 14 miles south- west of here this forenoon. The basket, for which a vain search had been made by airplanes, flying boats and other agencies for three days, was picked up by a fishing boat commanded by Capt. George Wilson of Port Stanley. Baxket Towed to Port. The ‘basket was towed into this port by Capt. Wilson and, with the body, was temporarily placed in a fish house, in charge of the police. Evidence that Lieut. Roth died of exposure was seen in the fact that his head and shoulders were hanging over the edge of the basket. Identifi- cation was established by a laundry mark “LJR” on his underwear. A ring on the third finger of his left hand ! contained a red stone. A lifebelt was around Roth's body. | but the basket contained nothing else that would give even an inkling as to when misfortune overtook the two aeronauts. The fact that Null ap- parently had falled to lash himself to the basket probably makes it doubt- ful his body ever be recovered. Sights Bag Near Nei Capt. Wilson left here early this| morning on his customary trip to his | D fishing nets, and sighted the basket bobbing in the water when fourteen | Aoilex o o the basket, and it was towed here. Examination of the basket dis- closed only the body of Lieut. Roth. A bag of the big Navy balloon which was picked up off this port Saturday with a clock. the uniforms of the two aeronauts, and Lieut. Roth’s watch, together with the re- mainder of the ship recovered this morning. now are in possession of D. H. Jackson, reeve of Port Stanley, who is holding the salvage for fur ther instructions from the Navy De- partment at Washington. The body of Lieut. Roth also will be held here | pending advices from the U. S. Navy alr service. ASK CONTINUED SEARCH. A Hihe Was Gulekiy fastened Local Officials Still Hope for Find- ing of Null’s Body. The bureau of naval aeronautics | #as informed by the Associated Press of the finding of Lieut. Roth's body | and it immediately ordered Lieut., James H. Strong, in charge of navai | aireraft at Cleveland, to proceed to Port Stanley and take charge of th body and the balloon. It also requested | the Aeromarine Airways, Inc. at] Cleveland, and the Great Lakes train- ing station to continue the search for | Lieut. Null until either he or his/ body is found The location of the body of Lieut. Roth blasted all hopes of finding the ! other naval aviator alive, and efforts | now are centered on recovering the 0dy. | Lost Flyers in W | United States Navy No. A-| one of thirteen contestants in the national elimination race that | started from Indianapolis last Wed- | nesday afternoon. The other twelve entrants were accounted for many | hours before fears for the safety of | Lieuts. Roth and Null were feit. The last sight of the A-6658 was over Lake Erle on Thursday when H. T. Honevwell. pilot another_contestant irockton. N. Y., reported he sight- ed the naval craft far below him ap- parently fn a different air current. | He lost sight of it. he said, when a storm approached and fog enveloped the lake. First word that mishap had be- fallen the two naval aeronauts came when Capt. John J. Cassin of the steamer Colonial ported Saturday rival here that he had sighted a balloon bobbing in the water twenty- five miles south-southwest of this port, Tugboats sent out from here brought the bag i SON OF RICHARD WAGNER TO CONDUCT CONCERT By Cable_to The of ‘the St., ar and Chicago Daily News. Coprright, 1923. BERLIN, Ju'y 9.—Siegfried Wag- ner, son of Richard Wagner, has just signed a contract to conduct perform- ances of his famous father's operas in about two dozen American cities. He will leave Beyeruth for the United States about Christmas. The cities in which he will conduct are New York, Chicag>, Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washingtan, Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, Toledo. Detroit. St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, ~San Francigeo, Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif. CUBAN SENATE TO ACT ON SUFFRAGE MEASURE By the Associated Pres HAVANA, Cuba, July 9.—The Cuban senate will tomorrow take up consid- eration of a number of amendments to the Cuban constitution, among them being the granting of suffrage to women. The amendment has been presented several times, without suc- cess. The feminist associations have waged a campaign for months in Zavor of the franchise, Roth, pilot} in | who landed | presentation of the cases and while from Cleveland re- | morning on his ar- | Supreme Court Ex-Justice Dead CLINEDINST WILLIAM R. DAY. WILLIAM R. DAY, 73, DS INMICHIGAN Former Associate Justice of Supreme Court Had Been Failing Two Weeks. | | By the Assoclated Press. | MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., July 9. | —Willlam R. Da v, former associate justice of the United States Supreme | Court, died at his cottage here at 5:30 this morning. With him at the time was his son, William L. Day, and the i latter's wife. | Death was attributed to a general | breakdown following an attack of | bronchitis last fall. The body was to !lYl‘ taken to Canton, Ohio, at noon to- daj Mr. Day, who was in his seventy {fourth year, came here two weeks | lago and although in failing health | expected to benefit by the quiet of { his summer home here. He had spent I his summers here for the last forty years, finding rest and quiet on the shores of the island. Death came Ppeacefully. BURIAL IN CANTON. Funera} Plans for Justice Day fNflt‘] Yet Arranged. CANTON, Ohio, July 9.— Justice! i i y's children were with him at tlu' time of his death early this morning. The telegram received by relatives| here announcing the death of Mr.| Day was sent by Willlam L. Day of | Cleveland, former Unjtes States judge. Justice Robert H. Day of the Ohlo supreme court and Davis B. Day of Canton are brothers of the late jurist. | Following his resignation as final arbiter of the German war claims several months ago, Justice Day an- nounced his intention of retiring from public life because of ill health. He left three weeks ago for his cot- tage at Mackinac. The body will be brought to Canton. Definite funeral arrangements have not been made. HAD NOTABLE CAREER. ‘Justice Day Honored by McKinley, Roosevelt and Harding. William the United sonal friend, in April. 18! Day was introduced to States by his_close per- William McKinley, who, brought him to Wash- ington fo fill' the office of ussistant secretary of state, which in reality called upon Mr. Day to be the Secre- tary, owing to the indisposition of John Sherman. An untrained diplomat, Mr. Day chieved remarkable successes and upon the conclusion of his duties as Secretary, to which office he event- ually succeeded, President McKinley declared “Judge Day has made ab- olutely no mistakes,” a high tribute from his friend Secretary Day had acquitted him- self so well in the short space of time {he was in the State Department ‘that as the Spanish-American war drew to a close he was selected to lead the Paris peace commission and the treaty of Paris stands as his monu- ment. - Put on Bench in 1903. In 1903 President Roosevelt ap- pointed him to the Supreme Court of the United States, where he won the regard of both bench and bar as one {of the most valuable members of | the court. Uniformly courteous and he closely attentive, followed the he <id not specialize on any subject, he was considered influential in shap- ing the decisions of the court in { many important cases. He delivered | the opinions in the United Shoe Ma- chinery and Southern Pacific-Central Pacific cases anl wrote the dissenting { opinion in which Justices Pitney and | Clarke joined in the United States Steel Corporation case, decided in March, 1920, when the court divided, 4to 3 Justice Day resigned the bench November 14, 1922, to accept the duties of umpire. of the American- German claims commission. He was appointed to this office by the mutual agreement of the government: but on May 21 of this year was forced to tender his resignation to Pres! dent Harding. He -gave as his reason «the enormous amount of work facing the commission with claims amount- ing to $1,479,064,000 to be settied and his bellef a younger and stronger { man should be in charge of the work. Long Fought 11l Henlth, Justice Day's entire life had been spent fighting against broken health. His determination in_spite of handi- caps to succeed has been the source of much comment and admiration by those who were acquainted with him. ch £ WASHINGTON, D. C, PAGF TREATES ARE RATID BY FRENCH DEPUTIES Pacts Relative to Island Pos- sessions Drawn at Arms Parley Adopted. HARDING REMARKS HIT BY SOCIALIST MEMBER Speech Is Called Unfortunate and Unfriendly to France by by Archimbaud. By the Associated Pres PARIS, July 9.—The chamber of deputies today unanimously approved the Washington treaties relating to the Pacific. The chamber passed a bill approv- ing the treaty corcluded on Decem- ber 12, 1921, by France, the United States, Great Britain and Japan cov- ering their island possessions in the Pacific and the declaration adopted on the same date relating to the Pacific mandates. It also accepted the complementary agreement made in Washington on February 6, 1922, in which applica- tion of the treaty was precisely de- fined as it concerns Japan. On Saturday the chamber approved the Washington agreement on naval limitation. Both treaties now go to the senate. Assalls Harding. In today’s debate Deputy Archim- baud, socialist-radical, said that the President of ‘the United States had expressed remarks very unfortunate, not to say unfriendly, to France.” The vote on the naval treaty Sat- urday was 460 to 106. When the question of ratifying the conventions to the Pacific came up today, Deputy Archimbaugd, soclalist- radical, said he and his friends would vote for the bill not because France would obtain any great advantage from it, but because the treaties con- | stituted a perceptible effort by four great nations toward peace and would strengthen the chances of peace in the Pacific. He congratulated Albert Sarraut, minister for the colonies, French delegate to the Washington conference, for the efforts he had made to transform the Pacific pact. which originally was t6 have been signed by the United States, Great Britain and Japan, Into a four-power treaty.’ ; aya U. 8. Alded France. Af. Sarraut =ald he had been much alded by the United States in attain. ing this object, that country never having ceased to show a desire that the treaty should be signed by all four powers. “If T may the message sent by President to the Senate on that occasion, rejoined Deputy ‘Archimbaud, “I hardly gather the same Impression, and I consider that the President of the United States expressed in that message re- marks very unfortunate, not to say unfriendly. to France.” The deputy added that the Presj- dent’s message contalned allusions far from favorable to the treaty of Versallles. M. Sarraut refused to admit of this interpretation, and Premier Poin- care interposed to the effect that President Harding had spoken only of the Pacific treaty. which was of more importance for the United States than the treaty of Versailles. Continues Attack. Deputy Archimbaud continued his remarks, saying that If the treaty recognized Japan's situation in the Pacific as the leading naval pawer and put an end to the Anglo-Japa- nese alliance, the advantages for France appeared to be of the small- est, while those of America and Japan were evident. M. Sarraut interrupted with “that remains to be seen” and added that the French delegation had wished to include Indo-China in the zone of the territories guaranteed by the treaty. That, however, would have raised other problems, like the one of Korea, while anyway, Indo-China had no need of the moral guarantee provided by the treaty. He assured the deputy that_Indo-China continued to benefit by the guarantee of the Franco-Jap- anese treaty of June 10, 1906. Alded Russians. Replying to a query by M. Archim- baud regarding Hussia, M. “Sarraut said_he had recalled at Washington the long standing friendship between Russia_and France, which had com- pelled him to make all the reserva tions possible owing to the absence of_a Russian delegation. M. Archimbaud asked finally what the government had done toward solving the question of the relations between the white and yvellow races, to which Premier Poincare replied that such a question concerned only two_of the allled powers. & So far as we are concerned. he , “everybody knows that ance Baa ever made any difference be- tween whites and blacks." Deputy Archimbaud concluded his speech by demanding the appointment of a French high commissioner for the Pacific as a step toward France attaining the role to which she has claim owing to her exceptional situ. tion on the Pacific. which should b that of a great power. In Great Document. M. Barraut in urging the speedy adoption of the four-power treaty id: $2i0iis treaty s a great document, for it_has relleved a tense situation The United States, be it said to its honor, has endeavored to shield hu- manity from serolus occurrences, de. signing by the creation of a four. judge by Harding (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) | 1 | By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 8.— Mrs. Clara May Miller, saleswoman for an oil syndicate, has announced recelpt of a.letter from, a Boston law firm telling her she had been left $250,000 in the will of Theo- dore Tibbits, leather manufacturer of Lynn, Mass., whom .she saved from drowning when he was a small boy. About -twenty-five years ago, Mrs Miller sald, she'Was & menx- ! within sixty daya (Continued on Page 2, Column &) 'Woman Left $250,000 by Man W hose Life She Saved as Boy ber of a party crossing the Bay of Fundy "on 'a steamsnip. Tib- bits, then a precocious youngster, climbed on the rafling and fell. overboard. Mrs. Miller, then s Clara Beckwith, although fully dressed, immediately jumped into the sea and rescued the boy after & hard struggl £ Tibbits' father gave her $1,000 to buy clothes to replace those ruin- ed’in saving his son, she sald, and the Canadian, authorities gave her & medal for ‘heroism. She expects to go:to Boston soon, as the.will is-tobe probated: there WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION PROTEC FWANT AL 1 CAN GET! A REAL SCOPOLAMIN i TURKS AND ALLIE - ENDWAR MENACE Lausanne Parley Closes in Complete Accord; U. S. En- voy’s Points Are Met. By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, July 9.—Ismet Pasha has proved himself a great diplomat, 0r' by the near eastern peace which was arranged In principle between the allied and Turkish representa- tives early today, he achleved signal vietorles for his country. He never relinquished hig §rasp on the delicate situations that offen con- fronted-the conference. He was bet- | ter than the brilliant Marquis Curzon In the first stage of the negotlations, and ‘képt 41l the skilled diplomats guessing from the start. He smiled always, but scldom. if ever. aid he yield. The Angora government must still be consulted on several points con- cerning allled concessions in Turkey, but everybody at Lausanne believes that peace will surely be signed with- in ten da Danger Removed. The great result of the Lausanne peace, as seen by the diplomats here, is that one of the most serious dan- gers to the happiness of the continent has been removed by the liquidation of the state of war in the near east and by the agreement of Turkey and Greece to lay down their arms at last. European troops will evacuate Turkish soil, and Turkey with her new type of government will be free to fashion her destiny unfettered by European domination. “Peace! Peace! Tell it to the whole world!” These were the words of the Turkish leader as he ememged from from the conference hall. Champagne waw drunk at the delegation hotels to celebrate the success of the nego- tiations, which began last November. only to be interrupted in February by a sensational collapse over ques- tions which this morning were set- tled. Comen Back to Europe. Turkey won a succession of vic- torles throughout the conference, In the first place she obtains abolition of capitulations, a step which it took Japan long years to accomplish. In the second place, Turkey, by her re- entry into eastern Thrace, comes back into Europe. France, on the question of the Otto- man glebt, which she wanted to put into e treaty to conserve the rights of her numerous bondholders; made a sacrifice in order to hold fast Great Britain and Italy on the near eastern problems and to attain peace. As the pact now stands it contains no ref- erence to Turkey's debt, but the allies will declare that the debt contract cannot be modified except by mutual agreement between Turkey and the bondholders, with whom she must en- deavor to negotiate a moratorium for the payment of interest. American views on the question of concession have been respected by a; modification of the protocol covering this important point. Inasmuch as the United States expressed objection to confirmation of pre-war contracts | Which were not entirely formal, the powers and Turkey have agreed to ecify in the treaty those conce sions to which they desire to refer. These include the French railro grants in Anatolla and the conces Slons extended to the Vickers-Arm- strong group and the Turkish Py troleum Company. It has not yet been determined how the American rep- resentatives will take this settl ment and it seems likely that some of the concessions will be discussed by the interests concerned. Both Sides Concéde. Thus the near t conference, which has been in continuous session for more than three months, has had a successful outcome. For a consid- | erable period the settlement hung in! the balance on the:. question of the Ottoman debt, concessions and the evacuation of Constantinople ' and other Turkish territory by foreign troops. Both sides were forced to give way In a measure at the end, and it was apparent at the first pe sion today that a termination of jthe discussions was. close at hand. | It was after several hours’ di sion last night that the allie Turks reached their accord on outstanding problems, . which h long been threatening to wreck t! conference, and, barring unexpect: difficulties over minor points, pea should be signed at Lausanne almc immediately. T ‘The allied plenipotentiaries (Coul-mqy Page 2, Column 3.) ' formed the A lated Press that FOR f TION . b PROTECTION W = Child Is Found Chained by Neck, Father Accused SIOUX CITY., Iowa, July Carl Grinsavage was in custody here today on a charge of cruelty to children, the result of the find- ing Saturday night of his four- year-old son John chained to a cot in a barn. Grinsavage offered no explanation. The child, with a chain about the neck, was emaciated and suf- fering from lacerations caused by the heavy links, the police de- clared. e SARAZEN LEADING OPEN TITLE FIELD | | i U. S. Golf Champion Shoots 73 in First Round, Diegel Among Leaders. By the Associated Press. INWOOD, N. Y., July 9.—Gene Sara- zen, defending his title as American | open golf champion. today tied for low medal score in the first eighteen holes of the qualifyIng round. Sara- zen's card for the round fotaled 73. Leo Diegel of Washington came in in 36 after taking a 40 for the first nine, placing him well among the leaders, Sarazen Shoots 73. Francis Gallett, former Scotch ama- teur, now a professional at the Port Washington, N. Y., Country Club, was one of the few golfers in the opening qualifylng round of the 1923 open champlonship tournament to find easy going today over the difficult Inwood Country Club course. He played the first elghteen in 73, one over par. On the fourteenth he had an cagle three. Gene ~ Sarazen, the champlon, equalled Gallett's'73. He was out in 36, one under par, but took two over par coming in. On the sixteenth he pulled his drive | into a trap and was forced to plav short of the green. Klis third rhot was on the green, and h» took twe putts for a five. On the eighteenti he was again bunkered and played short of the brook. He took five, one over par. i Diegel Has 76, Leo Diegel of Washington found the going difficult on the first nine, taking forty strokes, three over par, but did 36 on the way despite trouble at a short water hole and a shot to the edge.of a brook on the eighteenth. Jock ' Hutchison of Chicago did 74 on the first eighteen, despite poor luck with his wood shots on the first nine and bad putting. He missed several putts and kept the gallery laughing by his witticism.. With bet- ter putting he would have been un- der par. The best cards round follow: Sarazen out n Diegel: of the morning 43574 ihi 4—35—73 Away Off Game. Chick Evans of Chicago took 43 for the first nine, making it difficult for him to qualify. Other scores for the firat eighteen holes in today's qualifying test for the national open golf tournament were Archie Capper, Larchmont, N. Y. 43-38—81; Emil Loeffler, Pittsburgh s, Lake Gener 2, Column 8. Reparation Bees Given to French Fly Back Home ‘By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Jyly 9.—German bees won't stay in France. French ‘aplarists are complaining through the French newspapers that swarms delivered to them by the Germans under the Versallles treaty are rapldly flying back across the Rhine. Commenting on the French com- plaint, the Berlin Zwoelfuhrblatt r ; **i0ndoubtealy these homing swarms of bees are acting om or- ders from Berlin.” MONDAY, JULY 9, 1923_TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. i@ s MORE POTENT THAN | DREAMED ! TRUTH-TELLING DEMONSTRATIO} FUELBODY FAVORS 1., COALCONTROL Federal Commission Asks An- thracite Supervision \r_lith _ Seizure in Case of Strike. The anthracite mining industry should continue in operation under private ownership, -but under official scrutiny and open publicity as to costs and prices, according to the con- tention of the Federal Coal Commis- sion in a report made public today. Wage contracts between operators and mine workers should be made en- forceable by penalties against infrac- tioa from either side, and power should be vested In the federal gov- ernment to take over and operate the mines in any emergency resulting in cessation .ol onel’._unnl,‘ the report stated. Concluding s elght-month investi- gation of the indubtry, and summing up its findings in a 27,000-word re- port, the commission declared anthra- cite to be a limited natural monopoly, | one-third exhausted, and affected by a public interest which makes it a subject for especial governmental treatment. Cite Profit Sp! Without Interpreting the facts de- veloped by the inquiry, the commis- slon found that of each dollar pald for anthracite coal by consumers, half went to cost of coal at the mine, one- fourth for freight, and one-fourth to the retailer. Operators and retailers, it was declared, divide 11 or 12 cents out of each doHar In profits, while labor cost per ton—$1.56 in 1913—had advanced jto $4.12 per ton. The aver- age worker gets “as income for a family of five,” the report said, be- tween $1,600 and $2,000 a year. A summary prepared by the com- mission outlining the principal points in_its report follow “Anthracite coal is a limited natural monopoly, one-third of the deposits of which have already been exhaust- ed. As it has long been the fuel of the northeastern states, it is affected by a public interest. The dissolution of the railroads and the coal mines is 8o recent that it is yet impossible to say whether the natural monopoly will_be in restraint of trade. The commission opposes government own- ership, but, for the purpose of de- termining the effects of this natural monopoly upon the consumer, recom- mends publicity through annual re- ports made to some governmental agency on forms prescribed thereby. T:e increasing cost of mining and distributing coal Is traced, so that the consumer may know the facts upon which wholesale and prices have doubled in ten yea: does not differ from other commodi- ties save that the soaring price did not drop in 1920. “The consumer’'s dollar is analyzed. showing that, roughly, half of it pays for the coal at the mine, & quar- ter pays the frelght and a quarter goes to the retall dealer. Of this same dollar 11 or 12 cents are divided a8 profits between the mine operator d the retaller, the raflroad profit not being determined. The item of freight charge is so large that it urges upon the Interstate Commerce Commission a re-examination of an- thracite rates. It discloses that near- ly three-quarters of the coal mined is by wnine large companies, which e a circular price ranging from $8 to $8.35,/ running through the year, Wwhile the remainder comes from in- dependent companies, varying in nor- mal times from $9 to $10 a ton, and in ‘periods of stress obtaining any- thing the market will bear. “It calls attention to the royalties pald and the large increase of such royalties during the last ‘When it comes to the actual mining of the coal it shows that labor cost er ton has advanced since 1913 from retaining practically jon to total cost, while st of supplies has doubled and general expenses nearly trebled. The total cost of a gross ton of all sizes was $6.75 for the rallroad mines and $6.32 for certain large indcpendents. In 1913 the relative cost was $2.23 and $2.50, respectively. “These averages include steam sizes that sell below cost, as well as the household sizes on which the profit is made. The average cost must be compared with average sales reallz tion on all sizes, not with the market price of domestic sizes. This average in 1913 was $2.63, and In 1923, The margin between what it costs to mine hte averuge ton of coal and what it sold for at the mine is the approximate. measure of what the operator recelved for his services. Fixes No Investment Rasis. * “The commission fixes no basis for investment, that being a Jjudicial function, but will later state the fig- ures, with relative theories, as to on_Page 5, Column 3.) Foening Star. i | | | By the Associated Press. {to commit an offense against the “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. Saturday’s Sunday’s Circulation, 93,266 Net Circulation, 78,217 MAUGHAN GIVES UP ASFORCEDLANDING WRECKS HIS PLANE Engine Goes Dead Near St. Joseph, Mo., Causing Serious Damage. FLYER PLANS TO TRY AGAIN IN FEW DAYS Uninjured, Lieutenant Says He'll Make New Start From New York Within Week or So. By the Associated Press. ST JOSEPH, Mo., July 9.—Lieut. R. L. Maughan, attempting a coast to coast daylight flight, was forced down at 1:10 p.m. (central time) ten miles northeast of here today, when Maughan's engine “went dead.” The aviator was uninjured, but his plane was so badly damaged that Maughan said he would be unabls to continue his flight. Maughan sald - would make another star: from New York In a week or ten days. Automobiles left for Avenus City to bring Lieut. Maughan fo St. Joseph. The aviator was to reach St. Josepi about noon, central standard time. Maughan covered approximately 1,130 miles of his purposed 2,640-mile flight. By the Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, IIl, July 9. Russell L. Maughan pasi Springfield at 10:22 am, standard time, flying low. Springfleld is approximately 190 miles from Indianapolis, and the dis- tance was negotiated in 1 hour and 10 minutes. ~This would indicate Lieut. Maughan is keeping to his stride of 160 miles an hour. LOSES WAY TO DAYTON. Lieut. d over central DAYTON, Ohio, July 9.—One hour and thirty-five minutes behind the schedule on which he was attempting to traverse the continent between dawn and sunset, Lieut. Russell L. Maughan arrived at McCook - Field here at 9:10 am., eastern standard TWO CENTS. HIGH-PRESSURE FIRE PROTECTION MAINS STRONGLY BACKED Commissioner Rudolph Says Organizations Urging Plan Will Get Hearing. BUSINESS MEN FAVOR PROJECT IN ESTIMATES Downtown Fire Hazard to Be Argued in Appeal to Congress for Appropriation. High pressure water service for fire fighting in the business district may get into the estimates this year, despite the statements in somse branches of the District govern- ment that there were other needs which might be given right of way. Commissioner Rudolph, chairman of the board, said today, upon returning from a short vacation, that the mat- ter would be given serious consider- ation when the estimates come up to them for review or revision. In the meantime, business Interests land civic organizations are lining up |85 one to press the matter before the Commissioners. With such organi- zations uniting on the need of such a proposition, it was pointed out today, they will be given serious consider- ation by the congressional commit- tees, as it has been pointed out many times on Capitol Hill that when the people of Washington want anything, it they will agree beforechand, they will have a better chance of getting it. Start Now Advocated. Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Assocldtion, today stressed the im- portance of starting right now to provide a separate high-pressure water system for fire fighting in the business district. The Capital city should have it, he pointed out, not time, this morning. Twenty-five min- utes later his Curtiss pursuit plane | again took to the air in an attempt to for lost time. He hopped off m., eastern standard time. y fogs and a hazy atmosphere, (Continied on Page 2, Column MOONTOAGQUIT MORSES REFUSED Justice Stafford in criminal divi- sion 1 today overruled motions of Charles W. Morse, his three sons and the other four defendants for in- structions to the jury to acquit the accused of the charge of .conspiracy 10 defraud the United States and the fleet corporation through wartime contracts. Counsel for defense Im- mediately began introduetion of tes- timony to refute the proof offered by the prosecution during the eleven weeks of the trial. Several weeks will probably be required for the evi- dence on behalf of the defense. When .court convened this morning to begin the twelfth week of the trial, Justice Stafford directed that the ‘jury retire. He at once beghn the Teading of his decision on the motions to instruct the jury to ac- quit. The court took up the two in- dictments, count by count, and after reviewing the indictment charging the defrauding of the Shipping. Board, which alleged a conspiracy among ali the defendants, the court Suggests that the, charges are in somewhat general terms, but must be read, “having in mind the contracts re- ferred to, the acts of Congress and executive orders, the purpose of same, the state of war and the d fendants’ connection with the con- tracts through their relation to the various corporations which were parties to the contract.” All Could Be Parties. The court points out that the in- dictment charges an unlawful con- spiracy and that it is not necessary that the means of carrying it out should be unlawful in ~themselves. Consequently as to the Shipping Board indictment, he holds that any | number of the defendants not less| than two may be convicted under it “provided the evidence shows them to have been partles to the general conspiracy charged, although ignorant of some of the means that were used and ignorant of any intention on the part of their co-consplratdrs to use them.” | In references to ‘the other. indict- ment, which charges a conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States through fraudulent and false representations to the Fleet Corpora- tion, the court admits an embarrass- ment. There the indictment sets out the nature and character of the state- mentand representations in six ways lettered from A to F. The court holds that® all the defendants to be- con- victed must be found gullty of mak- ing one of the six false statements or misrepresentations, but the jury cannot hold them gullty of a general conspiracy if some made only one of the alleged false statements and others made one or more of the other statements. Hitch in Cawe. “It would not be permissible,” said Justice Stafford, “to find all gullty by finding that some conspired with re- spect to A and others with respect to B or some other of the six misrep- resentations. The jury would have to teke up the charge as defined by each of the gix divislons of misrepresenta- tions in connection with the general charge of conspiracy and consider as ‘to each which ones, if any, of the de- fendants were guilty with respect to that misrepresentation and to find a werdict of gullty against all of those defendants who were found to have conspired touching any one and the same of said misrepresentatidns, but beyond that they could not g “All the defendants found guilty must be found guilty of having conspired United States consisting in the use of the same misrepresentation.” The first witne: called by the de- tense was Frederick H. Schutz, a com- mercial photographer, who ldentified | I fire | could then be utilized to increase fire only for the protection of the high- valued business property,’ but also the federal government property, in many of the bufldings of which are priceless government records, pre- served since the birth of the nation, and which have b#en a source of great worry ‘on account of the fire danger. Gen. Stephan said the businéss in- terests are for the high-pressure sy, tem, both for the protection for busi- ness property and the facreased pro. tection it will provide for the resi- dential districts by releasing fire- fighting apparatus which will not be needed downtown when the high- pressure system is installed. So im- portant does Gen, Stephan regard the need of such a system now that he will bring the matter to the attention of the board of governors of the merchants’ association at its meeting this month. At that time prepara- tions will be made to press the mat- j ter before the Commissioners. Reealls Disastrous Fire. Serious fires recently in the District have brought to the mind of the peo- ple the fact that high pressure is an imperative need. Gen. Stephan point- ed particularly to the warehouse fire at 1st street and Florida avenue north- east last winter, when the engines could not get water from the mains to pump to the fire. Without high pres- sure an increase in the amount of motor-dfiven fire apparatus would be of no use. With the Board of Trade, which renewed the campaign for a high- pressure system last week. now is lined up the Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association. The Chamber of Commerce, through its board of di rectors, last week went on Tecord as favoring the inclusion of a.request for it in the estimates, following the announcement of the Board of Trade of its plan,to press the proposal. 1t will be brought directly befora the Commissioners this week, when chairmen of committees of the Board of Trade will call there and present the importance of the matter of ask- ing Congress this vear for a funl with which to begin the installation. The arrangement of the conference, according to Richard Connor, as- slstant secretary of the Board of Trade, merely awalts the return to the city of Francis R. Weller, chair- man of , the board’s committee on water supply. As soon as he returns, a time will be asked of the Commis- sloners when they can see Mr. Wel- ler, David M. Lea, chairman of the committee on insurance and fire pro- tection, and Mr. Connor. Bell Studying Conditions. Both Commissioner Rudolph amil Commissioner Oyster have been in favor of the high-pressure system for many years. Maj. J. Franklin Bell, the new Enginter Commissioner, wants to familiarize himself with local conditions before making up his mind. Although the two civilian Coma missioners are advocates of high- pressure as a general proposition, they will not decide until they begin conterences on the estimates whether it should be asked for this year. Officials of the water department figure the present cost of installing the system as $1,600,000. The argu ment has been advanced at the D trict building that it might be wiser at this time to spend a much smaller amount on the purchase of additional fire apparatus. Save Much Apparatus. Advocates of ithe high-pressure system point out, however, that when, these new hydrants are installed pumping fire engines no longer will Dbe needed in the high-pressure sec- tion, which would take in the down- town business area. Officials ‘admit that the pumping engines now used downtown rotection istrict. Even_though the cost of puttipg in the high-pressure mains has now amounted to $1,500,000, or three times what it would have cost when first proposed years ago, the entire sum in the remainder of the photographs of the "Virginia Ship- bullding plant at Alexandria, Va. The photos began with the condition of | the site before the beginning of the work and at varlous stages as the building of shops and ways advanced. 3 ' would not have to be appropriated in ome year. In building the new water conduit, the Gallinger Hospital and similar large projects the funds have been obt: (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.)