Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1923, Page 1

OKLAHONA SESSION v . state.” WEATHER. ght and tomorrow; mild Fair toni temperaturo. Temperature for twent: éndeéd at 2 p.m. today: at 3:50 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 4 &.m. today. Full report on page 5. y-four hours Highest, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 2; 29,001, ENtereo ar decona clusr maiter post _office Washington D. TROCPS JOBLZNG TOENFORCE BAN ON ““Shoot-to-Kill” Order Given and All Male Citizens Com- manded to Be Ready. ISSUE COMES TO HEAD AT NOON TOMORROW 'Peasant Revolt Against Soviet Reported in Riga By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 25.—A Reu- ter dispatch from Riga today says it is rumored there that masses of Insurrectionary peashnts are surrounding Moscow and Petro- grad. There is no confirmation of the rumors. TORN BY REVOLT, SOFIA SEES THREAT st 5w sumin o~ |N FOF ON BORDER Meet, While Governor Says Gath- ering Won't Be Held. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla,, Sentem- ber 25.—State troops, with orders from Gov. J. C. Walton to use all force of arms If necessary, are being marshaled here to prevent the im- peachment session of the lower house of the Oklahoma legislature called for noon tomorrow. Determined legislators are gather- ing meanwhile to lay final plans for attempting to meet in deflance of the executive Irrevocably pledged to his course, Walton last night issued in- stbuctions to Adjut. Gen. B. H. Mark- ham, to' draw upon forces of the state block the proposed ‘Will Shoot to Kill. Expressing.. the hope that no ex- cessive. measures would. be required, Gov. Walton asserted, nevertheless, “shoot-to-kill” orders would . be given the troops should such drastic action be necessary to disperse legis- lators. With the executive ov, necessary to absembly. crisis approaching, the commanded all male citi- Zens of the state between the ages | hot to st twenty-one and forty-five ars to d themselves in readiness “to come the assistance of the Sovereign e of Oklahoma" when Dby the governor or the adjutant gen- eral. ~The “citizen soldlers” ordered to prepare to bear such arths as they possess or are able to procure. The governer's rder declared that the proposed house session would be an unlawful assembly dominated by the Ku Klux Kian, which organi- | zition under his martial law proc- lamation is declared to be an enemy of “the state Furthermore, he charged the meeting would be “in deflance and violation of the statutes of the state of Oklahoma now under | miljtary il law, and alsp contrary te constitution and laws 'of the It would be a direct attempt to bréak the peace, he assérted. Determined to Meet. If the legislators atteimpt to hold the géssion at any place in the state other than the state capitol, Adjt. Geén. Markham is Instructed to take steps to prevent such a move. House members here for the pur- pose of assembling are expected to deécide upon a course of procedure at a caucus scheduled for tonight. Representative W. D. McBee, who drew the call for the session, and other leaders refused early today to Teveal their plans. Determination, however, to fight to the last ditch 10 be their right to convene and consider the executive's officlal acts was expressed by the house mem- bers. That they had- no intention 1o resort to force, but would take their case to the courts, was the statement of all the legislators in- terviewed. Goyernor's “Military Order.” Gov. Walton's order to tant general, headed or- der.” follow ‘Whereag“a certain pretended call was lssued by one W. D. McBee (rep- resentative * from Stephens county) and others addressed to certain mem- bers of the house of representatives of this state, which, in substance calls upon certain members to meet at the capitol City at 12 o'clock noon on . Wednes- day, September 26, proposed meeting would be an un- lawful assembly dominated and con- trolled by the so-called Jnvisible Bm pire, commonly kmowr as the Ku Klux Klan, and, “Whereas said pretended call is! without authority of law and issued for the purpose of aiding and abet- ting the cause of the so-called In- visible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan, an, Whereas the state of Oklahoma is now under martial law for the purpose of protecting the people of the sald state from the rule of_ the said so-called Invisible Empire and o obtain evidence for its gxtermina- tion, and, Kian Declared “Enemy.” Whereas, by proclamation of the governor of.this state the said In- “Military visible Empire or Ku Klux Klan was | declared to be an enemy of the sov- ercign statc of Oklahoma, and the all the military | summoned | were for what they claim ! the adju- | building at Oklahoma | 1923, which said | Fears Big Armies Await Pre- text to Enter and Seize Capital. | By the Assoclated Press. SOFIA, September 24.— Develop- ments today (Monday) indicate that Bulgarla is not only struggling . to crush a communist-agrarian revolu tion of wide ramifications, but, ac- cording to the government authori- ties, is menaged on her ;borders by foreign forces prepared to seize the opportunity to intervene on the pre- text of putting a speedy end to Bul- garia’s internal disorders. Premler Zankoff called on the ministers of the forelgn governments here today and | notified them that there were 50,000 | forelgn troops on the Bulgarian fron- tier, \ One of the points of concentration is the town of Tsaribrod, the Bul- garian fortress which the treaty of | Neullly gave to Jugoslavia. With | such a concentration centering on Tsaribrod, foreign military authori- | ties here ‘point out that it would be | possible for Sofla ta fall into Serblan hands within twenty-four hours. voys to Act. It is understood that the forelgn ministers friendly to Bulgarla have transmitted to their governments the | information given them by the Bul i garian war department, through Pre- | mier Zankoff. | | To meet the double danger which | jthe situation holds, King Boris has | isigned a decree of martial law, which |Is Teady for instant promulgation In | | case of necessity. This severe meas- | {ure is regarded as possibly necessary | | for the prompt supression of the com- | { munist-agrarian plot declared to be| | under the leadership of Vasil Kola- | |roft of the secrctaryiat of the Third | | Internationale ~ of Moscow, _George Dimietrolf and Todor Lukanoff. '3( Doci ts yel from jeaders wnapis . pals 1 The sing {n Botia show the co! mand was_inirusted. to these.. and two others, reserve officers. wag to s Sofia and Eobths with Badtbilon of the ‘afive | gsun ry by milltary means. THe plan | the communists was to eripple their opponents by seizing the tele- | Eraph and telephoné central offices in Sofia, which they held up to last night. A complete duplicate equipment, how- ever, Was established in the Hotel MacEdonia. Troops were placed at the raflway station and around the { vacated communications office and the ;nlghl passed without incident at j these points, although an attack was| | expected. i | _The provincial governor of Philip- popolis reported to the minister of the Interior today that four of the | communes organized in his district had capitulated, with three, remain- ing to be taken in the Pan Agurishtye district. Communications with the city of Panagurishtye are interrupted. | Troops Gnard Capital. i | A sentry was found killed yester- ! | day at Plevna, and a peasant's bag | near the spot was taken to indicate | | that the gssassin was an agrarian. | Many excesses. such as those which | | characterized the early phase of the | | Russfan bolshevik revolution, are | reported from various sources both | {in north and south Bulgaria. In | | Kovatchevets the military suppress- ed a local soviet republic. ~There was a similar suppression of one in | Duvandjilar, near Eski-Dzumaja. In |northern Bulgaria order was report- cd today to have been completely | | restorea. Sofia was closely guarded by in- | {fantry and cavalry last night, al- |though free movement through the streets was maintained “until 10| o'clock. Citizens were frequently ' | challenged by the sentries. The prices |of fruit and other provisions rose {considerably during the day. { . Trains from some places have not | ldrrived: for twenty-four hours, al- | {though the correspondent who trav- | eled to the capital yesterdsy found | {the appearance of the ferritory | | through which he passed virtually normal. “ GOVERNMENT RESIGNS. i {Zankoff Reconstitutes Ministry * With Single Change. By the Awsociated Press. evidence adduced before the military courts shows that it has taken over the political government in many cities and countfes, and as an organi- zation has murdered, whipped, beaten, flogged and outraged many citizens of this state, and by said proclama- tion all persons were forbidden to alid or-abet in any manner the carry- ing _out of the purposes of said In- visible Empire, commonly- known as the Ku Klux Kian, and, “‘Whereas, the proposed -meeting of | the said certain members of the house of representatives, unlawfully so, as aforeseld, Is in.defiance and violation of the statutes of the state of Okla- homs, now under military law, and also Gontrary to the constitution and Jaws of Oklahoma and fs an attempt to break-the peace of the state, Orders Assembly “Dispersed.” “Now. therefore, I, J. C. Walton, governor of the state of Oklahoma and commander-in-chief of the mili- tary forces of £aid state, hereby com- mand, order and direct you as adju- tant general of said state to disperse | said ynlawful assembly and prevent | absolutely the proposed meeting at 12 | o'clock noon, September 26, 1923, at | itol at Oklahoma City, or at | the u.: any other time or place iif the state of Oklahoma after the date of this order, and you will use all the mili- tary forces of the state, if necessary, for such purposes. To carry out this order vou will use absolutely what- cver and all force of arms necessary thereunto. o “The citizen soldlers of this state between the ages of twenty-one and fortysfive years are commanded and ordered to hold: themselves in readi- ness, with' such. arms as, they may possess or can obtain, to come to the aswistance of the soverel commander-in-chief of its military forces, or by the adjutant general. “You, as adjutant general, will is- sue all supplemental orders and direc- tions_fer. the carfying out of' thiy jumn 2.) - IN'SCOTTISH MINE Ign state of | for years. The active pit was flooded Oklahoma when directed so to do by | so quickly that there was no oppor- the governor of this state, as the |y iy to warn the miners. i PARIS, September 25.—A delayed | {message from Sofia to’ the Havas| i Agency, dated yesterday, reads: | “The 'Bulgarian_ government. after | resigning, been reconstituted | With the 'same members except Min- | ister of Justice Smiloff. The national | liberal party, to which Radoslavoff {7 (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) TOBELIEVEDDEAD ' 4 I R'ush of Water Through Wall Traps Men in a Deep’ : g 8 By the Assoclated Press. | GLASGOW, . September 25.—Seventy |tives ‘are .believed to have been: last |'today’ when a deep pit at'the James, Nimnjo Company’s colliery, near Fal- kirk, was flooded. The 'water which flooded the pit broke through the walls of an ad- Jjoining pit, which had not been used no_chance to get to the pithead, and only onme man. escaped after the in- rush of 'ltt; began. "l&ell‘thlm rushed to the pithead, but e hope ‘was: entertained ‘of ‘saving any of the -victims. # w WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 1923—THIRTY-FOUR | ments and enger | may require military operations. vy REPARATIONS BODY RESISTANCE AT END Poincare Is Expected to Seek Accord With British in New Situation. . FRENCH OCCUPATION POLICY TO BE RELAXED Stresemann Likely to Be Given Lee- way in Straightening Out Ger- man Finances. Dy the Associated Press. PARIS, September - 25.—Premier Poincare’s next movg in view of Ger- | many's economic surrender will be to |ask the interallled reparation com- { mission to @eal with the new situa- tion, jt was indicated today. ‘ As soon as the German government.officlally | Withdraws its resistance. orders direc- tions will be sent Gen. Degoutte to nake the Ruhr occupation as nearly invisible” as possible. The action of the German govern- ment yesterday is not regarded here as finally clearing the situation in the Ruhr. The resistance there will be considered as ended when Berlin withdraws all orders given the fune- tionaries and people of the Ruhr to resist the authorities of occupation. Officials Not Elated. The French prime minister and his associates in the cabinet appear to have recelved the news soberly and without the thrill which it has given the French people, the guthorities having long expected the German de- cision. Premier Poindare, who is at {his summer home in Sampigny, will return to Paris tonight. problems to the reparation commis- sion would be merely a formality, because the members of the commis- sion can only act upon instructions from their respective governments. Consequently it is forecast that Pre- mier Poincare's first endeavor will | understanding | be to arrive at an with the British government as to what shall be done with the new situation. Hope for Baldwin's Aid. It is hoped here that Prime Minis- ter Baldwin will disregard the past difference belwce.n % to the oF measures to deal With VL WAR THREAT FOUGHT BY BERLIN Interior Minister Risks As- sassination to Appeal for Bavarian Loyalty. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL, By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. BERLIN, September 25.—Minister of the Interior Sollman today was mak- | ing a last dramatic effort to prevent civil war in Germany. Traveling in- cognito, he went to Nueremburg Mon- day night under a heavy guard de- signed to prevent his assassination, and Tuesday afternoon made a speech appealing to Bavaria to remain loyal to the natlonal government in this difficult hour. The Stresseman government feels that civil war with Bavaria may come this week, and every possible military preparation has been made. Gen. von Seeckt, commander-in-chief of the national reichswehr, who is regard- ed as the best strategist in Germany, has completed a plan of campaign against Bavaria for use, if necessary. Situation Is Critical. The government's announcement that the cabinet meeting had adopted all necessary measures to protect the state from overthrow is indication of the seriousness of the coming days: 1t is alréady known that the govern- ment is prepared to proclaim a state of siege in the entire Reich. The cabinet has reason to fear out- breaks from the right and left, which The Bavarian premier & week ago made threats that aria would take ex- treme measures if the Berl 'ment. “under soclalist pressure,” cepted humiliating conditio: he_essential part of his statement was an indication that Bavarian fas- cisti bands would march with the Ba- varian reichswehr -to “liberate Ber- lin_from socialist pressure.” The government's only answer must be the proclamation of a state of siege temporarily establishing the au- thority of Berlin over Bavaria and other states. To. enforce this author- ity it might even be necessary to send refchwehr to Munich. 1In Strese- mann’s striking phrase, “Directorship af a minority would be answered by dictatorship of a majority.” torship is in the ail German patriots are much impress- ed by the spread of fascism in Italy, Bulgaria and Spain. They now are inclined to see Germany's salvation in a ruthl military government. A ‘dictatorship is also demanded- by the communists on general principles and they are steadily gaining influence over the working class - Undoubtedly this influence will incresse as the truth becomes clear that passive resistance, which caused such suffering, was use- less. ¥ i The communists. like the fasciti, are organized militarily. and they aréiarmed and well led. It is believed by some well informed persons that they have already struck a bargain dividing Germany into, two dictatorshi) Germany, including. Bavaria, Baden and Wuerttemburg for the nationalists, and. the. remainder for story they . i o Tespective and would sevaae \ The passing over of the nendxn“ the two govern- | Dicta- ¢ ~ g(8811 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TOGET RUHRISSUE;| “HE MINT WORKERS ASK END OF T2-HOUR DAY Employes at Philadelphia Ob- ject to Long Shifts and Small Pay. | 8pecial Dispateh to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., September 25 —An appeal is to be made to Con- gress by S. Tyson Kinsell, president of the Federal Employes’ Union of Philadelphia, In an effort to improve working conditions at the local mint, where, not being permitted under the regulations of the United States Civil | Commerce Commission to engage hl} politics, 300 workers toil twelve hours & @&y and reccive less than steve- dores for highly technical labor. One of the excuses for the order ereating: this condition is the fmme- diate need of ¢coining “small change” [for the greatly increased demand.. Hondle Milllons a Year. It is generally admitted by govern- ! ment authorities that because they are not “political pawns.” those who | toil over and are trusted with the precious metal have been shoved into the discard. Most of the men are ex- pert alloyers and annealers. The melters and cqiners at the mint —those who form gold, silver, nickel and copper into current exchange— ve no choice as to whether they | will work eight hours or twelve | hours; government economy has ruled that two shifts a da: e expedient. ‘The men, in addition to their metallurgical ability, are men of ab- solute trust. They handle millions of dollars in precious metals each year. Must Work Twelve Hours. They ‘an either work for twelve hours or get out. In the steel indus- try men toiling over furnaces were | backed by the government. Two in- vestigations were conducted. Presi- | dent Harding made a personal ap- peal to fiity of the leading men In the industry and the twelve-hour day was abolished. Melters and coiners, some of them In the service more than twenty years —all of them loyal to the government | for which they toll—receive $6.18 a day for their services. That is, they receive $6.18 if they are experts. 1f they are rated as| helpers they are pald $4.50. The| laborers at the mint receive approxi- mately $3 a day, $18 a week. These | amounts are paid for elght hours' | work. Anincrease, called “temporary” by | | the government, adds 76 cents a dav to the wages of each man. All em- | ployes get “straight time” and not | “time and a half” for the four hours { of extra work in the he:ted melting rooms. “We cannot have three shifts a day, each eight hours long, because of the limited appropriation” Assistant Superintendent of the Mint Frederick Chaffin said. “All of the mints are suffering from lack of funds, due-to cuts during the recent government sconomy drive. | BAG WITH $4000 " INJEWELS MISSING Vanishes From Mrs. H. V. Kearney in Lobby of Ward- man Park Hotel. The mysterlous disappearance of more than $4,000 in jewelry and cash in the handbag of Mrs. Helene V. Kearney from. the lobby of the Ward- man Park Hotel yesterday was being run down by headquarters detectives and the hotel management today. The jewelry comsisted of ap oval- tting dinner ring with ten ‘dia- monds, each weighing more than one carat, valued at $3,500, and a plati- num bar pin with seven dlamonds,| three small ones flanking each side of a large one. There was also $200 in large bills and a large amount in smaller bills in the handbag, as well as a number of private papers and smal]l documents. Five hundred dollars’ reward for | the recovery of the jewelry and hand- bag is being offered by Mr. Kearney. DID IT!"—WITH ACKNOWL | erans’ movement. PAGES. “From Press to H»omr ‘The Star" Within_the Haur” s carriet, system covers every city block and the regular. edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 91,941 ONE DOLLAR PeR Ton HAS BEEN ADDED To INTS Peasant Accuses Albanian Officer In Assassination By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 25.—An Al- banian shepherd, testifying before the international committee of in- quiry at Janina into the massacre of Gen. Tellini and his suite, cre- ated a sensation, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Athens, when he declared that the Al- banian governor of Argyrokastro asked him some time before the crime if he would undertake to “assassinate a mission.” Gen. Tellini and his brother of- ficers were members of the inter- allied mission delimiting the Greco-Albanian frontier. CUBAN REVOLUTION READYTOEKPLODE Veterans May Start War in Week, Angered by Con- gress’ Defiance. By Cable to The Star. HAVANA, September 25.—A pre- revolutionary situation is now ex- isting among the leaders of the vet- National and pro- vincial adherents are in hiding to 2vold the arrest ordered by the Zayas government on September 20. Among the most ominous signs is the placing of guards by sugar mills to watch cane fires and any possible destrustion of bridges, plants and railroad lines. All cables are being inspected closely, and domestic telegrams are being censored, while an immediate censorship is planned for long-dis- tance telephone calls. Fear Fight in Week. The best informants say the revo- lution is possible within a week, and jcertainly will flare forth before next year'sy election. . The purpose of the revolutionary element is not believed to be in the nature of a coup @'etat, but rather to force United States intervention. None of the twelve reforms cem-|would have been realizéd in removal | manded in the veterans' manifesto has been effected, resulting in general ap- prehension as to possible violence. The unrest is growing and the veter- ans are planning a big demonstration October 10, the anniversary of the bat- tle of Yarra, which began ten years of war and which is a national holiday. Deflance of the revolutionary move- ment is seen In the senate’s action last Friday in passing the Tarafa bill. The house already had passed the measure, although veterans demanded defeat. Gen. Carlos Garvia Velez, president of the veterans; Dr. Oscar Soto and his secretary, Col. Manuel Despaigne, who are in hiding but are directing the ac- tivitles, expressed doubt as to their ability to hold in check the people in- clined to revolt and overthrow the gov- ernment. —_— UNITED FOREIGN ATTACK ON CHINESE PIRATES SEEN| Dinosaur E By the Ausociated Press. PEKING, September 25.—It is re- ported here that commanders of the foreign patrol flotillas on the: upper | Yangtze river are discussing unified operation as a result of recent attacks on American and Japanese merchant steamers. Troops of Kweichow prov- TO THE LATE FQAL ! THOMAS NAST. SEES FORD OFFER UNRNEDBY SLE Muscle Shoals Property Without Gorgas Plant Quite Desirable, President Says. Sale of the Gorgas steam power plant to the Alabama Power Com- pany for approximately three and a half million dollars is held by Presi- dent Coolidge to have affected in no- wise the offer of Henry Ford to buy and lease the Muscle Shoals proper- ties in Alabama. The President, in discussing with visitors today the sale of the Gorgas plant as made yesterday by the War| Department;« was said, to feel that the remaining property built by the governmegt ini Alabama -during the WAr Was quite as attractive a propo- sition for Mr. Ford's purposes now as béfore thé Gorgas plant pagsed from government ownership. Possibility of further negotiations between the government and Henry Ford for the purchase of its remaining properties at Muscle Shoals hinged to- day on the Detroit Manufacturer's de- cision as to submitting a revised offer excluding ~ the Gorgas steam-power plant. Sale of the Gorgas plant was made on the last day, under several exten- sions of time, left"the government to reach a decision under the War De- partment contract with.the power com- pany requiring that it either move the plant’ from the power company’s land or seli it to the company. When Mr. Ford was summoned to Washington sometimé ago and in- formed that the Department of Justice and the judge advocate general of the Army had held the contract valid, he announced that he would take under advisement Secretary Week's sugges- tion that he submit a revised bid, ex- cluding the Gorgas plant. He was then given to understand that the War Department would propose to Congress that the proceeds of its sale be credited against his proposed initial payment of $5,000,000. Further Time Requested. Although Mr. Ford's engineers wired a request for another exten- sion of time on disposal of the Gorgas plant, which the power company de- clined to grant, no revised bid had been received. During committee hearings on his offer, Mr. Ford had previously informed Congress that he | would insist on inclusion of the Gor- gas plant as a condition of purchase. | Secretary Weeks' announcement of the sale said the government had no other course, since only junk value | of the plant. The actual price of | $3,472,487.25 was the appraisal figure ' of War Department and Federal Pow- er Commission experts. The war-| time construction cost of the plant' was $4,750,000. Mr. Ford's offer for the Muscle Shoais properties now must undergo ! 2 complete revision, because it has| been forecast that Congress will not| accept a bld which stands at $1,500,- | 000, because of the sale of the power | company. | See Danger in Delay. ' While the War Department usked the company for further extension in addition to the two previously ziven.| the company's officers decided that| further delays might have some ad- | verse relation to the company s con- tract rights and refused to grant a further extension. Scientists in By the Assoclated Press. PEKING, September 25.—Dinosaurs —the colossal reptile creatures of a ince are declared to have been the|prehistoric era—laid eggs five to six worst offenders. The foreign office has intimated there is no prospect of obtaining for- eign approval of a proposed surtax of inches long. And they had nests like any gertle domestic fowl of today. The ‘early beasts of Asia and Amer- 10 per cent on customs dutles, the|ica ‘were kin and roamed across the excess to be used for Japanese relief. | oo Voot Nl I K e land bridge COMMERCIAL AIR PILOTS IN RUSH ACROSS COUNTRY s CHICAGO, September 25.—Commer- cial mir pilots, in a series of relays, are that Jjoined them in' those remote times. . These are some of the discoveries nnounced by -the third Asiatic ex- pedition of the American Museum of Natural ' History .on_its retgen here after five, months on the Mongolian racing across .the continent, carrying |plains. to New York the first motion pictures of the Japanese earthquake. One of the fleets had its start at Seattle and the other at San Fraficisco. It was hoped the films could be shown on Broadw: y tonight. The location of the air racers was uncertain this morning. The Seattle plane reached Great Fails, Mont., yes- terday afternoon. Eddie Stinson, holder of the twenty- six-hour = endurance record, head eastward at the rate of hour, hoping to reach morning. One minute later, | tion, The party was in Peking today with what its menibers termed the largest find of the remains of pre- historic animals in the history of paleontology. Nine" tons of fossils have been collected and will be shipped to America. One of the leaders of the expedi- Henry Fairfield Osborn, the paleontglogist, sald the fossil beds found in Mongolia were the largest Somiles, i [known to sclence. The * adventurers of science re- Police Seek Au_t: That Fled After Wrecking House Police today are seeking a wild automobile which ran away while its operator was cranking it in front of 41 Jackson street north- east, tearing away a side of th house in its mad flight. The machine was standing by in a docile manner when the uniden- tified operator started to crank it. Then it gave a kick and start- ed off on its frenzied jaunt. The operator jumped into it and was whizzed away, to the amazement of spectators. Fortunately, the damaged house was vacant. MRS. RHODES URGES BOOKS AND LIGHTS FOR PLAYGROUNDS Also Proposes Kitchens, More Pools, Shops, Shelter Houses and More Space. Establishment of branch libraries on all playgrounds was one of nine recom- mendations made by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor, in her annual re- port submitted to Commissioner Oyster today. The other eight suggestions for im- proving the recreational system of the city are: That playgrounds be equipped with lights and kept open at night. That more federal reservations be made zvailable for organized play. That additional provision be made for swimming—not only more outdoof. pools for summer use. but inside pools for winter. That shelter houses or open-air halls be built on all grounds now in opera- tion. Lessons in Cooking. That school kitchens be opened in summer and nearby playground children be given cooking lessons as an occupa- tional recreation. That more playgrounds be made part of the proposed bond issue plan for the District. That each church or Sunday school {interested become responsible for the salary of one director for the play- ground nearest the church. That the shops of the elementary schools be opened during vacation to give the children on nearby grounds instruction in woodwork. Records Three Million Visits. Mrs. Rhodes stated that during the {last fiscal year the number-of visits to the playgrounds by children totaled 2,594,688, . “The _incréase, she said, “was marked and véry largely due to in- creased facilities. During the su mer there was an average daily at- tendance of 20,000 children." In her report Mrs. Rhodes gives full credit te Commissioner Oyster for the inauguraton of the plan of opening schoolvards as playgrounds during”the months when schools are close Three vears ago - Capt. Oyster {launched the movement by calling |for private subscriptions to provige {directois for the schoolyards. Con- gress then heeded a request for funds ard for the past two years even more schoolyards have been kept open through a congressional appropriation. | Summary of Needs. | Summing up the needs of her de- | partment. Mrs. Rhodes said: “There is no factor more potent in determining the character of the fu- ture citizen than play. The leisure | problem is a distinet soclal problem, comparable in Importance to. public education. The greatest lessons in life are learned in organized play; obedience, co-operation, team work, respect for the rights of others, all desirable qualities in the coming citi- zen. “Since the park playgrounds are far more attractive to the child than any other. it is fair to conclude that every park should have a playground for ‘children. We need additional maintenance to keep our grounds in better repair that they may rank nearer in appearance with our parks. Location of Grounds. “Playgrounds should be within walking distance of every girl and boy. as most children cannot afford to pay car fare. “'here must be su- pervision ove: these playgrounds, Play is almost only method of ical devclopment for city chil- and we riust provide for it if we would bave he children strong and law-abiding “Our needs are many—new grounds. perm’ “ient grounds, increased appro- priztns for the maintenance of £ unus, more directors and assist- wots und living wages for those al- r ady 0 our employ. We would em- phsiz- the accepted opinion that the saluiv of the playground - worker should equal the salary of the ele- mentary school teacher. One” of the most encouraging things to.us is that the churches are expressing an interest sn_recreation and the use of the lelsure time of the children.’ I i ggs Found by U. S. Mongolia Trip, turned with the opinion that they had proved the Mongolian plateau to lave been the center of dispersion of the most ancient animals traced. Dr. Osborn and Roy Chapman Andrews. the naturalist, consider a spectacular featyre of their discov- eries the twenty-five fossilized di- nosaur eggs which they found. These are the first dinosaur eggs to be re- vealed to science, according to mem- bers of the' expedjtin. who sald ‘that hitherto it had het been known that e dinosaur lail eggy. The eggs are elliptical, fivé to six inches lnfiillllth. their shell now covered with a buff- colored coatinig. Their .age. Is- esti- mated at ten million years. Twelve Comglete Skelets The explorers brought out seventy- two skulls and ‘twelve = complete skeletons of these “terrible .lizards,” as the two Greek words forming the term dinosaur describe them. The expedition also found numer- ous remains of mammals, principal. Ty of a glant rhinoceros-like beast, which is said to prove kinship among the earliest fauna of Asia and Amer ca. The party traveled in motor cars, but carried the supplies by a cara- van of seventy camels. : TWO CENTS. | CABINET TAKES P WHEAT TARIFF AND CHEAPER FREIGHT Coolidge and Advisers Act for Relief of Northwest Farmers. SURVEY OF SITUATION OF WORLD PRESENTED Interstate Commerce Commission Already Has Plans Under Advisement. ‘The agricultural situation was con- sidered today by the President and the members of his cabinet. Secre- tary Wallace ®f the Department of Agriculture lald before the Presi- dent and the cabinet the completed survey of the world's wheat situa- tion A number of suggestions. for help- ing the wheat farmers of the north- west were dfscussed. One proposed a lowering of freight rates, particu- larly on wheat and flour designed for cxportatfon, a spokesman for the President said, following the cab- inet meeting. Attention was called to the fact that the Interstate Com- merce Commission already had this matter under advisement. It was pointed out at the White House today that some of the railroads depend almost entirely upon the trans- portation of wheat and agricultural products for their revenues. That be- ing the case, it might be necessary, it was sald, to increase rates on other commodities if the rates on foreign ‘wheat are reduced. Another proposal before the cabinet for consideration looks to an increase in the tariff on imported wheat. It was explained that the present tariff on wheat appears to be operating to the advantage of the farmers, and that the spread between Canadian wheat and wheat in the United States recently has been about 28 cents. In view of the fact that the United States has a surplus of wheat, which it must export, it was said, an in- crease in the tariff rate at first blush would not_appear to be an effective remedy. However, such a proposed increase had been recommended by men who have a knowledge of the situation. And the President and the cabinet, it was said, will give the matter close study. The President is to meet a dele- gation of bankers and business men from the wheat belt of the northwest on Thursday. The President will have with him Secrelary Wallace of the Department cylture, Secs Totary Hoover of the Deparimént of Commerce, and Chairman Myer of the War Finance Col tion. Repre- sentative ahwn. Notth, Dakota and Répreséritative Young of Soutl Dakota will -be present also st the meet. GOOLIDGE TO URGE COAL LEGISLATION Approves U. S. Commission’s Plan, Including Authority to I. C. C. in Problem. Suggestions of the Federal Coal Commission for enactment of legis- lation to deal with the nation's fuel problem will he recommendéd to Con- gress by President Coolidge. Mr. Coolidge is studying the vari- ous recommendations made by the commission, both as to executive ac- tion and legislation by Congress. Al- though he has not had an’opportunity as yet to g0 in detail into the com- mission’s various reports, it was sald today at the White House that he approved those recommendations hav- ing to do with legislation and feels that Congress would find them worthy of consideration. The mmission’s recommendations generally were described at the White Touse as “helpful and wise.” Among them is the proposal that Congress by legislation create a section of the Interstate Commerce Commission to deal with the coal problem. U. S. SURVEYORS BATTLE 11-DAY ARCTIC STORM | Geological Survey Party Safe at Nome After Hard Fight on Bering Sea. | By the Associated Press NOM Alaska, September 25.—A story of an eleven-day battle against towering seas lashed by a Bering a gale wastold by members of the United . States - geological survey party from Point Barrow, who have arrived at Teller on the thirteen-ton schooner Teddy Bear. The Teddy 'Bear, ‘commanded by Capt. Joe Bernard, was driven -from Point Hope, north ' of Kotzebue sound. to St. Lawrence Island, oppo- site Nome, thence to. Sledge Island and thenee back through Bering strait to Shisma Reef inlet, a dis- tance of 500 miles, before the storm subsided “enough for the vessel. to Proceed on her regular courses Capt. Bernard was on deck most. af the time during the eleven days' fight and only his séamanship and knowl- edge of the northern waters enabled the little schooner to win through, according to, the passengers. _FIVE ON TUG MISSING. Members of Crew Belleved Drown. ed Boat Turns Over. VANCOUVER, B. C. September. 25. —Five mén are missing and belleved drowned 'in”the wreck .yesterday of MeNeill i’ Portier it coast of Vancouver The tug turned aver when she was fouled by.ropes gttached to a tow, ‘W. Ingram. the mate, escaped by swimming to a fishing beat, but was too exhausted to give any details of the tragedy. . :