Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1923, Page 2

S183 99428 TOTAL INLABOR TREASURY Defense to A. F.of Which Opened.To! Fund Report Made .-Convention, - day. PORTLANT “defense fund” of the American Fed- eration of Labor s to_$182.- a9, ranl Morrison report- «d to the annual canvention of the or- ganization today,; with about §40,00 held in & special fund’for general expenses. He sct the total receipts for thegear ending August’ 3L 1823, at" $687,880, and total expenses at 3862398. ‘Total memberkhip of the federation was announced a8 2,926,468, showing 2 loss for the fourth consecytive year, and of more than 260,000 in the past twelve months. The high-water mark of membership avas attained in 1920, when the rolls of atfiliated unlons numbered 4,078,740. Report ‘of ‘Expenditares, > Details of the expenditures report showed the following items: Organ ors’ expenses and salaries, §1 legislative espenses. including aries of three legislative committe.- 9, jeg at headquarters, nd. lockout benefits, X appropr Workers by ¢ Additional were $300 to ‘assist e federation in efforts to state industrial court law ited Textile Workers, Workers' Union and granite cutters. and $4,928 to the federation’s national non-partisan campaign fund. “Of @ total voting strength of 30486, based on the average membership re- ported or paid upon to the federation by the 108 affiliated unions, the United Mine Workers ranked first with 4,049, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners being second with 3,150 With 500 and more delegates in at- tendance, fifty nesks correspondents present and practically all outstand- ing leaders in the union labor move- ment here today. the annual convens tion of the, American Federation of Labor was ready to swing into action. The Initial program today was giv- en_over largely to formal opening exerciees. Addresses of welcome were acheduled by Gov. Walter Pierce and Mayor George L. Baker. Responses were to be made by President Swmn- uel Gompers of the federation and other leaders in the labor movement. The gallerics of the imunicipal au- ditorium, where the jon will be held, were thrown open to the public today and throughout the convention. | according to announcement by I'r\-sl-? dent Gompers. | We want all to attend, friends and opponents a *he declared. ohn, Lo head of the United Mine Workers, is expected to arrive tomorrow. Plan to Organize Steel Workers ¥ for carrying out an campaign organizing the workers in the steel industry announced by William Hannon, sec-| retary of the council of the ! national and international unions of | the steel industr: According to Hannon's announce- ment, at least $1,000.000 will able for the campatgn, which supported: by all labor uni i od with the federation. “The object of the campaign.” Han- | non said, “is to bring about the uni- | versal elght-hsur day in the steel in-{ dustry and the 100 per ¢ént union tlon of the workers.” Executive Council's Report. Development of an industrial franchis “comparable to our political franchise" must_be the next goal of the labor movement,, the escoutive council of the | Amerfcan Federation declared today in { its report to the convention. Warning § ate invasion of in- { council assertad that | pronounces{ Jor thut' sh full implica-~ 18 i our ment of ,more nearly tlons of trade u *“The cl of t! a turning point the report suid, hold - relief the forms and institu movement for or ers into trade meaning than_thi | | ked for in human relations,” | nd ‘threw forth in dequacy” of existing | Henceforth the izatlon of the work nons has a deeper ! mere organization of | groups for advamicement of group in- terests. & “We advo 1 wage earners 1 useful and productive elem Labor now par- ticipates more fully In the declsions that shape human life than ever be- fore and more fdliy in Ametiea than in any other nation on eariy; hut our participation must' be = grddually brought to completion. The pur- pose of this is not only the command- ing of better w and better condi tions of .work, vital'as those afe and have been. ~The purppde that now unfolds: is*hreader: and nobler” and filled with deeper meaping: “Industry. must organize to govern | by Wisconsin against. Illinols and the |Dolls closed, itself, to {mipose upon jtself tasks and rules and to bring. ordernto its own house. to itself constructive an order thrust-upon it which would. he demoralizing if not fatal. Agriculture was urged to he nex the council denled that it wished to offer "unasked advice to thove who deoupy other fields in our productive life.” " It urged that the federation continue to co-operate in ¢very way with organized farmers, Both the fascisti and Ku Klux Klan movements were condemned by the council a3 “hostile to the purposes of organizell government and the trade unfon movement.” With.regard to the Klan, the report 1: “This secret organization promotes discord among our people and strife | within the ranks rgunized labor, | ks to destroy the cherished Am an principle of religious freedom tolerance and purposely fosters racial prejudices. The Klan sceks also to take into its own hands the adminis- tration of punishment, thus setting itself up as superior to government.” _Efforts to promote fascism in the United States was denounced “as a token of hostility to our democratic institutions and particularly to our American trade unlon movement.” Relating to immigration, the report says: “The convention is urged in the strongest terms possible to point out to Congress the danger to Ameri- can institutions if Immigration is not restricted to a greater extent than is provided in the present law. “The federation should co-operate with and participate in every effort to solve the problem of the Lusiness with recurring perlods of un- mployment. We have no hesitancy in emphasizing that the most potential factor against unemployment Is re- sistance to wage reductions.” ‘The council feels that the proposed establishment of a central - labor bank in Washington at this time not ly impracticable, but undesir- able,” but urges expansion of the present syetem of speclal labor banks and credit facilities. 5 The ~Supreme Court's minimgm wage decislon is held to have greatly weakened the protection to women. in industry. It is a demonstrated fact, however, that “women are per- manently in industry as wage earn irs,” and the fundamental consldera- tion vin their protection now lies in thorough organization, “The ‘un-American’ “scheme to establish ‘the so-called open shop’ roally has ‘had the effect of uniting organized wage earners more solidly,” it is declared. Rail Labor Board Criticism. Decla¥ing the Railroad Labor Board had fully justified the condemnation expressed at the last convention, the report urged that efforts be contin- ued for its elimination, which should mark the end of legislative efforts toward political invasion of the field of wage-fixing and employment re- lations. Practically the same crit vism was made of the Esch-Cummins law as a whole. The report also reviews at length the labor legislation passed in each ate during the past year and the strikes that have taken place since the last national convention. The n . Chi injunction is condemned m&' ~the .raliway .shopmen's | in in} at jd {ing to this { chusetts against New York, claiming Nail Deep inBrain Of Boy Removed; He Will Recover Speeia) Dispatch to The Star. . PHILADELPHIA, Pa, 3—Paul Grimminger, ten-year- old boy of Lewistown, Pa. is rapldly recovering at the Jeffer- son Hospital from an unusnal op- aration which necessitated the re- moval of a wire nall from his brain. The nail had been driven in: the boy’s brain directly above h eye when shot from an afrgun b; a’ playmate. but so delicate w the operation performed by Dr. 3 Flemming, chief resident an of Jefterson Hospital, even the slght of the in. will be lmpaired, it is October . The nuil entered the right eye just above the 1id and forced its Wway on behind the right ear, where it lay imbedded one and & quarter inches under the skull. et RITES FOR F. B. HARVEY. Funeral services for Frank Brag- don Harvey, veteran of the world war, who died at the Mount Alto Hospital Tuesday last, were held Sat~ urday at Gloversville, N. Y., with military honors, under the auspices of the American Legion. Veteran Harvey was a member of Company G, 105 vision, A. B. o having heen gassed in the ¢ whieh broke the Hind line, in which the 27th played, a major part. member the recently Warren Harding Post. American Legion, of this c His father ana mother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Har- vey, and one sister, Miés Beth Har- vey, survive him. The family home is at 1218 B street northeast. ASKS LIMITED DIVORCE. Mrs. BEmma C. Kell, today filed suit in the District Supreme Court for a limlted divorce from Zane W They were married in Balt more October 6, 1916, and have no clilldren. The wife says her husband ned to beat her into a pulp, acked his clothes d he would not return and would not support her, the wife tells the court. She charges cruelty, desertion and non-support. wken & Havell repre- organized ent the wife. GERMANS REVOLT, ATTACKING FORT; CENSORSHIP HIDES TOTTERING REICH from First Pag oners succeeded in restoring anwhile, the separatists had be- come so aroused that they attacked the Green police and it was only with ifficulty that the military prevented further cagualties The rench stationed guarde roughout the city and placed ar- duty in the streets. occupation authorfties assert the security police attacked demonstrators wjthout prov Three policemen, accord- source, were among the The that, the ocation killed SUPREME COURT OPENS TERM WITH LONG DOCKET Continued from First Page.) tetm would have the effect of en abling bankrupts to conceal their as- The Georgia Rail and Power Company and the Atlanta Gas Light Company contend that *the court ould review Its decision of last erm sustaining gas rates fixed by the rallroad commission of Georgla, insisting that it was not consistent with other recent declsions of the court as to what construction and operating items must be considered in rate making. The court is expected to announce which of the.large number of c: Accumulating during | ing an appeal it will ¢ Among the original cases waiting a hearing are those brought by Massa a part of the eity of Rochester: by New York against the Federal Power ! Commissfon, -contesting the constitu- { tlonality of federal control over non- navigable waters within the =state; sanitary district of Chicago, which has bekn Jjoined by a case on the Industry” must - bring order{ appellate docket of the samitary dis- [je: or it will have{ trict agalnst the United States, in |strength both of which it is sought to reduce the quantity of water which may be diverted from Lake Michigan for use developing step, although | by the drainage canal, and two cases | machinery brought by the United States against Minnesota, seeking the return of cer- tain_Indian lands which had been awarded to the state under the fed- eral swamp act. As has been the experienca of the court for several years, for the nest term is littered with personal injury, prohibition, patent and interstate commérce cases not of general interest. Only one anti-trust case is on the docket, showing the constant change in the character of the litigation reaching the court. It| was brought by the National Associa- | tion of Window Glass Manufacturers and the National Window Class Workers and others to have set aside the findings of the lower federal courts that the wage and working contract between them is a restraint of interstate commerce. Bank Case Deciston Awaited. Among the cases pending are those brought by the First National Bank of St Louis to have determined whether national banks can establish branches; by the government against the New 'York Coffee and Sugar Ex- change in its fight to control the price of sugar; a number of rate cases, particularly those against the Public Service Rallway Company af. fecting street car farc in New Jerse: he search and selzure rights of the fed- eral and state authorities in prohi- bition cases; the right of creditors to liquidate claims against alien ene- mies out of property held by the allen property custodian; a number of controversies arising out of con- ditions’ during the war, especially those relating to the contractual obligations of those furnishing sup- plies to the government, including whether the government must pay prevailing market prices for articles taken and whether states may regu- late the size of loaves of bread. Whether persons charged with a federal crime can be tried on infor- mation flled by the prosecuting attor- ney or must be Indicted is a question raised in another case, and there are the usual large number of cases seek- ing interpretation 6f the income and other federal and state tax laws. A case from ifornia raised the ques- tion whether states in the enforce- ment of prohibition can restrict drugists to furnishing upon physi- clans’ certificates one-half the quan- tity authorized under federal law, Tomorrow the court will proceed with the hearing of arguments in cases, the call starting at No. 1 on the docket, and proceeding during the week, probably as far as No. 25, In- cluded in these cases are the suits brought by the American Railway Express Company against Kentucky to test whether it must pay penalties assessed agiinst express companles betore those companies were absorbed-| by it; and the questions whether the St. Cloud (Minn.) Public Service Com- pany can increass its gas ra whetm; l_l}a l::w Ierl:lydnre!! rail- ways shoul compelied to reduce fares and whether the New York state income. tax. foreign dor- parations is constitutional. jto prevent iths {of the its docket jwhich extended o ) VENING ! ! | Pretty display of the poj of Washington, whick WALTON PUTS ELECTION | Dahlias Of Every Hue on View BOARD OUT OF. OFFICE TO FORESTALL VOTING (Continued from First Page.) force of special state officers to assist regular county civil -authorities in preventing the opening of the polis. The execut such officers under his control. Bimultaneously. the governor at His residence here reiterited his determi- ion to prevent the election. There will be no cloction,” was ail dd. D. McBee, state representative and leader in the defiance of the ex- ecutive's proclamation postponing the election, said: . ) "We will put it to a test. We will learn whether we are free men en- titled to cast a ballot, or slaves. The governor's proclamation was issued Saturday night after the col- Inpse of a bitter court fight over the legality of the eclection and of the legisiative question to be submitted. “I have been very patient,” he said. But one more crack and I am going to put this state under martial law that will be martial law. I am going to make them go to bed at 6 o'clock and there will be very few passes issued after that hour. Puts Blame on Press. The cxecutive declared he had “no doubt there will be many vacant houses in_ Oklahoma soon” There may be bloodshed, he asserted, de- claring that"the biame could be laid at the door of the press, which he charged has opposed his program and thereby stirred the people to a state of_indiscretion. The _governor assailed Attorney General Short as a member of the K. K. K. when advised that the latter had expressed an opinion that the election is valld “The attorney general bas not heen asked for an opinion by the chief executive” Gov. Walton said. “His opinion is immatertal and has no legal weight whatsoevery) Georzge Short is a_member of the Ku Klgx Klan and that is to be expegted from any mémber of the Kiari: | Attorney General Short in a stat. {ment made afte tack on hin lieve that : knowingly, ~ deliber law of this land, stitutional rights of this state or deprive a qualified voter of the opportunity to cast his vote at Tuesday's election. I cannot believe that there will be any bloodshed in Oklahoma. The executive made it plain that only the eivilian arm of the enforce- ment machinery, ‘consisting of regu- lar county officials and his secret service operativés, - would be used he casting of ballots and ltary would be held in use event of rioting result from th viglage the h® con- zens of the 1 rve for might e polls. He explained :that he did not In- it Ir seeking to vote.. His Hole action, he said, would consist in‘Keeping the Cltizens’ Force Unique. Followers of Gov. Walton’s admin- traton were: ‘®lirprised at the he claimed for his state police force. The\governor's police constitute an innovation in the law enforcement of the state. They repre- sent an énlargement of a plan which the governor had in operation while he was mayor of Oklahoma City, tm- mediately before becoming chief ex- ecutive. ~ At that time he lssued hun- dreds of “courtesy police cards, to' holders certal prerogatives not held by citizens in general. While they did not constitute an actual police commission, political opponents of the executive waged a constant attack on the ‘“courtesy curds,” alleging that many persons were ' using them as guthority for bearing arms had been subsidized for political pur- poses. Becoming governor, gan the issuance of “special state police commissions.” These commis- sions were given freely. Newspaper men had no difficulty in obtaining them and it was charged that virtually any one who applied could obtain them. Opponents of the governor declared he ‘was building up a political army, as well as extending authority to thounsands of persons to bear arms, A telegram declaring that condl- tion in Washington county, OKla., were “unsafe and deplorable” becauss of alleged activities of the Ku Klux Klan, and asking that “martial law be established at once to restore peace and order” was made public by Gov. J. C. Walton. The telegram was signed by sixteen citizens. 3 Simultaneously he made public tes- timony of Roy Montgomery of Shaw- nee before.the military court at Okla- homa City, which, he sald, tended to show that the Shawnee Klan had a definlte organization for administer- ing punishment to victims. FACTIONS ARMED IN TULSA. By the Assoclated DPress. TULSA, Okla, October 1.—Armed 1 forces faced each other at noon today at the Tulsa county courthouse as the hour approached for the distribution of election supplies to precinct poll- ing_ places for tomorrow’s special election. An injunction directed against the entire National Guard of the stats and also against all officers operating un- der authority of special state police commjssions restraining them from {interfering with the election tomor- {row was issued here today by Judge (A. J. Hunt, in state district court. Béveral hundred men have been aworn in by Sheriff Bob Sanford, who has declared the court's order will be | enforced, and every man thrown into jail who attempts to hinder the open- ing of the polls. Sherift Sanford declared “there will be at least twenty armed deputies sworn in to permit the election to every one of Gov. Walton's gunmen ordered to break it up.’ Thirty-five thousand ballots, print- od last night, were under guard of more than a hundred special deputies at the courthouse today. They ‘will uhken »tdo ‘p'r‘?la(xnt polling. vhu.; to) it an 5 minute. until -the election 'Ln cording to county election offffials. Walton be- said there were 22,000 | closing | nd that the holders | at 1 O’Clock on | Once a despised flower. along with the golden rod and other “weeds,” the dahliz came into its own today at the second annual dahlia show of | the Florists' Club of Washington, opened to the public at 1 o'clock this afternoon on the second floor of the Gavel Club, 719 13th street. From the beautiful Patrick O'Mara, whose Lronze color is similar to that selected by Mrs. Coolidge, wife of the President, as her own’ favorite shade, to small waxy varieties, the formerly humble dahlia showed the Washing- ton public what & flower can do when it “comes into its own. Opened at 1 o'clock by William F. Gude, Washington representative of the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists, the show will remain open today and tomor- row. The flowers will be on exhibi- tion until 11 o’clock tonight, and to- morrow will be open to the public from 10 am. to 10 p.m. There is uo charge for admission. Blooms Number 23,000 About 25,000 blooms are sald to be in the show. These are comprised In 200 entries, evenly divided between amateur and professional growers. For the dahlia, with its meteoric riec to a commanding position in'_the world of flowers, is a bloom which turns its cultivator into an enthu- siast. 1f "you grow dahlias you are a dahlia “fan.” That seems to.be the way it runs, judging from the atti- tude of the growers at the show. Jt is something like a bench show, only dogs have turned into fowers— blooms of pink, bronze, deep red, shades upon shades, colors upon col- {MEXICO-VENEZUELA RELATIONS SEVERED Act ‘of. Latter conn‘tr;in Barring Mexican Theatrical Company Resented. tend to order the afrest of persons | By the Associated Press, MEXICO CITY, Ottober 1, — The exequatir of the’ Veneguelan minister was suspended vesterday by the Mexican goversment, . The Mexican minister, in'' Venesuela has been ordered to close all Mexican consular offices in that country and return home, thus severing diplomatic rela- tions between the two countries. severance of relations -is due to the Venezuelan authorities at La Guaira refusing to permit a Mexican theatri- cal company to land there. Entries for Zaurel opening dsy, Tuesdsy, e ctaber 4.3 FIRST RACE—Pars fllies; two-yehr-olds; longs. Pink and Yellow. 115 Muchade . Ebb Tide ol five Haughty Lady a‘ncdnl Carriy SECOND RA , *$3,000; clsiming: lmploa\:hu: for tmq-rqfil and up; two coi. 140 %7im Goffroth. B 1140 Vieatre o The Trout .. Vox Populi 3d THIRD RAOE—Purse, $1,600; for two-year- five and one-half furlengs. s ¢ Tuisg Wur ... 104 17, 8. Cosden entry. FOURTH RACE—Purse, three-ysar-olds and up; one long, . 108 “Jiminy . 1% Ths Rt Baii FIFTH RACE—The Cepital’ 3 added; for three-yearolds and up; six SIXTH RACE— Porter, purse, $2,000; for all ages; one ’um ]Ih' Boart . ... 13, 8. Cosden sntry. SEVENTE RACE—Purse, $1,300; claiming; 1wu&m and up; ose mile and ene It is semiofficially stated that the: At Florist Club’s Annual Show Exhibit of 25,000 Blooms Opened Today Second Floor of Gavel Club, 719 Thirteenth Street. {ors, a riot of glorious floral beauty. Stand in front of any bloom and the xhibitor Is likely to come forward, beaming with pride, to tell you all about the fine points of his offering. Patrick O'Mara a Costly Flower. “The Patrick O'Mara is one of the 1 highest priced flowers in the show. At !one time, and only a few years ago, | this specimen was selling for $100 a {dozen roots. This was the beginning | of the “skyrocketing” on dahlia roots. Then thers is the U. §. A., a reddish- bronze bloom. The insulinda is the smallest flower In the show, some two inches across, while the largest ones are represented by the Paul Michael, six inches across; the Mrs, George W. Eikins, eight inches, and the Wizard of Oz, ten inches Striking In itself, the A. D. Livoni, a emall pink quill dahlia, is interesting owing to the fact that it represents “the beginning of the evolution of the modern dahlia. It is a far stretch from this little bloom to the immense grizzly with its erimson-maroon coloring. Blooms Now at Their Prettiest. All the dahlias are now at their pret- tiest, just before the frost, and officials of the show extend invitation to all flower lovers in the District of Colum- bia and vieinity to attend. Judging of “the thirty-five classes was in progress this afternoon. the judges being Prof. D. J. Norton of the University of Maryland, Willlam E. Mc- Kissick of Baltimore and David Bisset of the Department of Agriculture. Z. D, Blackistone is executive chairman of the second anriual dahlia show. Robert L. Preston is chairman of the amateur growers' section. Among the blooms of interest is the Mrs. James a_seedling of the Patrick O'Mara, which won first prize at the Takoma Park Horticultural Soclety show last year. OYSTER AWAITING DRY COUNTERBLAST {Ready to Run Down at Once Any Charges Against . - Police. Aithough-no countercharges against local police concerning enforéement of prohibition have yet been filed with Commissioner Oyster by prohi- bition officials, the Commission said today that he would take prompt ac- tion in running down any complaints that are made. { It was learned today that the spe- jcial intelligence unit of the internal revenue bureau will begin temorrow |a thorough inquiry into the charges {that have been filed with prohibi- tion Commissioner Haynes by mem- | bers of the police department against enforcement agents. Wil Make Haste. It is impossible to forecast at this timé how long it will take to com- plete the investigation, but there is every indication that the probe will be carried on as expeditiously as possible in order to clear up the present situation, That the various officials concerned are not letting the matter lag was indicated today when further confer- ‘ences were held between .Commis- sioner Oyster and” Elnfer L. Irey, chief of the intelligence. unit of the internal revenue bureau. The Com- missioner also talked again with Maj. {Sullivan and Lieut. O. T. Davis, head {of the vice squad, but said that noth- ing: new had developed. Irey in Charge. Assistant Prohibition Commissioner Jones {ndicated today that the entire investigation, from the point of view of the federal prohibition unit, had been placed in the hands of Elmer Irey of the intelligence unit of the internal revenue bureau. Judging from the matter which had come to his personal attention, Mr. Jones said he thought it would not take very long for the jnvestigation by Mr. Irey, but that there was noth- ing to indicate definitely how far the robe might reach, entalling pro- jonged investigation. Mr. Jones, although declining' to in- @icate what kind of ‘counter charges ‘might be filed against the police, or when' they might be flled, intimated 1'that they would be placed with Com- | missioner Oyster as soon as sworn statements from persons having ac- tual knowlédge of the charges could be obtained. No decision had as yet 108 | been reached as to this, however, Mr. Jones said. TEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL MISSING. Guy B. Lancaster, 809 23rd street, has requested the police to search for his niece, Mary Contee, ten years old. who_is reported t started from dy Spring, Md., gencra-y and fatled to arrive at his home. The child stated, was to eache haa R atrests at 4 30 otk 10 the afternoon. He was lmlblah:.o account | { | | 1 { of November 10, |2 that in Chile in 1922, jcovered an area of only approximately i Since ened today at the Gavel Club, 719 13th street, FINDS MOUNTAINS ARE MOVING ON CONTINENTS {Continued from First Page.) continues to live where these great movements are in progress. Scientists have known since 1906, when the great San Francisco earth- quake occurred, that at least a part of the California coast ranges was marching northward, Dr. Willis said, but it took the Chflean earthquake 922, to show them that the Andes were just as slowly but steadily shifting eastward over { what is now the Argentine Republic. The movement in each case is away from the ocean, and the eastern part of Japan is probably moving west- ward. Elastic Rebound Theory, Referring to the causes of earth- quakes, Dr. Willis said that his five months' field work in the Chilean area had confirmed the theory of elastic rebound as a prime condition of earthquake vibrations. In explana- tion he said there is a mass of rock there, whic). may be considered to be 1,000 miles long, 600 miles wide and | 100 miles thick. This pile is being pushed eastward by the changes in- side the earth. It moves just so far, the pressure becomes too intense and the whole mass snaps or jumps back some distance, The resuit is an earthquake. The ‘same kind of change, he as- serted, is pushing the Andes moun- tains over Argentina. IHow fast they are moving science has not vet learn- ed, but that they are meving has been proved beyond a doubt. In the Chilean earthquake secto: he said, there is a nearly flat horizontal fault, Wwhich originates under the Pacific deep and reaches up into the Andes mountains, 16,000 feet above sea level. Vast Area Affected. While the Japanese earthquake was much more severe, Dr. Willis con- tinued, it was not nearly s extensive The former 40,000 square miles, while the Chilean quake shook 200,000 square miles, or 3,000,000 cubic miles if it were only ten miles deep. “I have said,” the noted geologist remarked, “that I was sent to South Amierica to chase a big earthquake, buf they let a venomous little one get away while I was absent. There {s no doubt, Dr. Willis stated, that both quakes were caused by the same conditions, but each originated in widely separated and distinct cen- ters. Points Out Differences. Describing the difference between the €alifornia fault and the Chilean fault, Dr. Willis pointed out that the former is vertical while the latter is horizontal. In the cage of the Cal- ifornia he said that science can even estimate roughly the rate at which {the western section of California fs | moying, since measurements made by the coast and geodetic survey dem- onstrated changes of position of thelr transfiguration 'station. Tepeated observations have shown, he continued, that the stations es- tablished by that survey have moved three feet or more in a period of ten or fifteen years. Upon the occurrence of an earthquake, however, the sta- tions eprang back part way into their original ‘positions, proving again the theory of elastic rebound as a prime condition of seismic vibrations. The theory works upon the same principle as that of a steel spring being slowly pulled aside until it snaps back. Records Twenty-Foot Jump. Science has confirmed that the hori- zontal jump of the mass in Callfor- nla durfng the earthquake of 1206 was twenty feet. Dr. Willls added that there is every reason to believe also that in the” millions of years the “displacements began mountain ranges of Callfornia have slipped many miles past each other The Andes, he said, may be spread- ing over Argentina at the rate of a meter a - century—perhaps two or three meters. o Dr. \vuns‘salm the. cause ofut’hcg: vast’ geological _changes is found ‘lnllde of - the earth. Molecular forces “are brought into action by heat and pressure, ocausing rocks under & great deep like that off the coast. of Chile or Japan to expand horizontally while they shorten ver- tically. That force then may be de- veloped Into a mass 1,000 miles long, §00 tiles wide and 100° miles deep and would be sufficlent. to cause the vements observed. P Part ot Dr. Willls' mission to Chile wasg to study the condition of houses in the earthquake area and endeavor to deyelop 2 structure that would be quakeproof. He belleves that - prob- lem has been solved. One of the first | steps, he said, is to digcard nalls in a country subject to earthquakes and substitute wooden pegs and fence Wire, the latter to tie stimbers to- gether. the | AIR DERBY DELAYED BY RAIN: SESSION ON National Congress - ‘Head ‘Frowns on Legion Proposal to Limit Arming. | | ¥ e Assdciatéd”Press ST. LOUIS, .Mo.. October 1-—With the internationil air races postponed | until Thursday on account of heavy | rains ‘yesterday. the wnnusl meetings {of the Natfonal Aeronautical Congress and- the Alr Institute of.the Aero- nautjeal Chamber of Commerce began as scheduled today. Howard E. Coffin of Detroi, presi- |dent of the National ' Aeronautital | Congress, in « statement, ‘declared thet the proposal of the American | Legion for the calling of a world con- ference . to_limit aircraft armaments. was ill advised. e urged the United States to keep on an equal basis in | aerial strength with foreign nations | which, he said, have apprepriated {huge sums for afreraft building pro- grams. Legislation regulating civilian fly- ing &6 that the public may become confident t commercial ayiation ix not as dangerous ured as thé result of stunt fl % Urg: by Glenn L. Martin of Cloveland,*v Ipresident of the congr and {afrplane manufacturer. 1 New Deplores Backwarduess. ‘The United States “is im a ctuelly { paradoxical position with regard to-air craft,” .Postmaster General. New. as- serted in 4 paper prepared for the air institute, - While the United States leads. the world in aviation records, “in quantity of supply.we are lamentably and ai- most-pathetically deficient as: contrast- ed with most of the -other first-class powers,” he declared. t 18 apparent to ‘all,” ce an he contin- character non-militarists, They do not |care to think of war, the.possibility. of it, even insurance against it, or to pay the slightest attention to the re- quirements for protection untl] war is actually upon them. They placidly {regard " -the country’s economic re- | sources as sufficlent to protect them. | “Applied to aviation, this means that our afreraft industry born of the war, as a military adjunct, cannot hope to survive if compelled to look solely to the military, and in this is included the maval,.market. In Interior Department. Airplanes are destined to perform invaluable service for the Department of the Interfor, Secretary Work de- clared in a paper prepared for the air_institute. “In rushing mine rescue apparatus, in mapping from the air the immense reservoirs and extensive canal systems of reclamation projects, in ° photo- graphing inaccessible places to complete topographical features of the land for the geographical survey, and in_the transportation of passengers to the national parks, these are some of the possible developments of the future,” the Secretary said. MUD HOLDS UP RACING. Mulvihill Trophy Event Is Set for Wednesday. By & Staff Correspondent. ST.. LOUIS" FLYING FIELD, ; St. Iouts County, M October 1.-St. Loujsians who drove seventeen'miles to the flying field here to get a final look at the score or more planes en- tered in the airplane derby scheduled to begin. a three-day run today, were greeted with @ sea of mud where the fiving field stood and the announce- ment from headquarters that the races were postponed to Thursday, Friday and Saturday. One event, the model airplane race for the MulvihHl trophy, donated by Bernard Mulvihiil, vice president of the National Aero- nautic Assoclation. with headquarters in Washington, will be staged Wed- nesday, < A light rain supplemented by a evere rainstorm shortly before noon ' ! into a mass of slippery mud. Pllots, who had expected to give their planes a final “rub up,” were keenly disap- pointed, one to the extent that ha declared he would substitute pon- toons for his landing gear and fly anyway. As a matter of fact, the races today and tomorrow could be beld if it did not rain, but the heavy planes would dig up the ground to the extent that thetiny racers could not take off Wednesday. CO0-X Not to Fly. Tt was learned this morning that the Army CO-X, a remodeled JOB of of the Curtiss pursult plane that al- most made a_transcontinental flight in one day, will not be entered in the race for observation planes. Interest centers around the performance of this plane and the Navy triplane 18-T, or “Wasp,” a single-seated ship originally, but now a two-seater “ob- servation” plane. This JOB will be flown in the race by Lieut. D. C. Al- len of the naval air station at Ana- costia, D. C. Lieut. Wendall H. Brookley of MecCook Field was to have piloted the CO-X. Capt. Robert Oldys. a Central High School graduate of Washington and {attached to the office of the chief of tair service, flew his CO-1 JOB in for the observation race. Capt. Oldys is disappointed in the performance of the ship and said he was sure he could get no more than 134 miles an hour out of it. THREE D. C. RESIDENTS MEET DEATH SUDDENLY Three persons died suddenly vesters day. Willlam A. Gwyer, sevenly-five years old, 3507 10th street northeast, early yesterday morning dropped dead in the bathroom at his home. He had been ill for some time, it was reported; and death resulted from na- tural causes. Lowry S. Calloway, thirty-eight i { years, 2213 Washington circle, was [found dead st his:place of business, 902 218t stieet, about'5 o'clock yester- day afternoon, ' The body was found by C. A. Lucas; 912 21st street, who summoned Dr. J: A. Jeffries. A cer- tificate of death from natural causes | was given by the coroner. | Elizabeth Turn colored, fifty | years, 500 22d street, was takén sud- {Qenly ill yesterday while ylsiting .at 2310° H- street’ - She was taken to Emergency Hospital where she died tan hour later. Her death resulted from a cerebral hemorrhage. -—mm—— ™ - M — e - - ———— ™ ™ Milk and the , The commercial expansion portance to the public than its s Public Health. Unless all milk and all cream, in particular such as is used Public Health of the milk- traffic is of less im- anitary aspect, its relation to the \ i ued, “that the American peonle are by I { yesterday turned the soft dirt field | TALKS and TALES With and’ Abous CA PITAL’S GUESTS So far so good! The stage will now be cleared 16r the World's Dairy Con- gress Assoclatfon, which convenes at the New Willard"Hotel tomorrow, and for the next several days inter- ested parties will be ¢oid In detall of what “Bossy' is contributing toward tHe sustenance of suffering humanity for with délegates in nttendance from the four corners of the earth every fault and virtue of the world's most vital industry will be thoroughly thrashed and reported ingly. As ea s last Monday represent atives to the big conference from many foreign lands began arriving in the city, until now there is not a hotel register in Washington that cannot show its quota, while ail incoming trains are hearing newcomers. Fully 600 delegates and guests are expecied at the congress. Out at the Wardman Park Hotel four energetic - voung citizens of Buenos Alres, officially . designated by the Argentine republic to_attend the conference, were found up to their ears in papers. Thege ‘were Ridardo M. Pearson, Ernesto M. Quir 'tana, Gustavo Casares and Aturo P mental, the last named secretary to the minister of agriculture of th country. All were out accord nthugiastic over the grea strides made in deiry products 1 their homeland, especially since the war, and gave statisti to show tha G 1921 the to! value of ex iry 'product unted to han $100,000,000. exportod -this year 53,000,0 Poynds of batter,- 7,300,000 pounds of cheese during ‘the first six month and’ 22,000,000 pounds of casein. proudly exclaimed young Pearson, o passed the clgarettes. “'At prese: there are 35,000,000 head of cattle in the central part of Argentina and 45,000,000 sheep «in . the south. Our land s most fertile and cost of feed~ ing is very low. The Buenos Afres man said that most of the butter went to England with Italy, France and Germany fol- lowing in order named. Italy buys the bulk of Argentine cheese, whil: the United States is.the largest puyr- chaser of caseln, which is used for button manufacture, gunpowder, etc. Mr. Pearson stressed the wonderfu climate of his country and said tha he and his companions lad traveled through the east of America in search of ideas. He was satisfied that dairy methods here and in the Argenti were quite similar. All praised highl the standard in the United States. seemed astonished that prices ican machinery had not drop- . “We buy most of our machinery in the United States,” continued M1 Pearson, and it is due to its cost that keeps the price of our exports up. Is it neyer to drop? 3 was announced that Argentina will hold an international exposition of dairy machinery in 1924, when ‘all Interested from every country will be invited. At the Hotel Shoreham, the Ii Donald Mackinnon of Melbourne, Vic- torla, commissioner in the United States from the commonwealth of Australla, who dropped down from his New York office to attend" the conference, was quite as optimistic over his country's dairy products’ outlock as were the South Ameri- cans. Yes,” said Mr. Mackinnon, “Aus tralia is doing wonderfully well wit her dairy produts, Of course, you know we not only make the cheapest but the best butter in the world, even betfer than the Danish butter. This is made. possible: by our exceptfonul land. Everything” grows and cattle feed on the nafural grasses, no hand feeding or anything lke that. The “Australlan suid that the dalry business had partly solved the labor problem in his land by developing the family production s which, too, Las shown the small farmer Pposs! bilities never dreamed of before. “Fo instance,” continued- Mr. Mackinno “with all ‘working at home the A trallan farmer soon turned his atte tlon to cotton, and during tho past three years the -value of our cotton crops has reached more than $3,000.- 000. This is not gigantic by any means, but 13 oniy the beginning.” The commissioner spoke in glowing terms of the thrift of his peopls their accumulative genius, stress their ability to handle- the natio debt without tfoub and -said it with a little larger population Aus tralia would never b He with his family will through the south and west on of inspection of dairy establish in those sections. Knowing full well what the .Dane thinks of his quality of butter, a visit was made to Dr. Phil Orla-Jensen, professor of technical biochemistry in the Royal Technieal College, Copen« hagen, and president of the Danish section of the International Dairy As- sosfation; who is stopping at the New Willard. “I d- not care to take issue with Commissioner Mackinnon,” said the Danish delegate when apprised of tha Australian’s remarks. “But 1 think everybody knows that Danish butte is. the Dbest in the world. At least Britain is of that opinion, for she i our biggest customer. It is our mos. {essential industry.” Dr. Orla-Jensen said that Denmarlk had suftered greatly from the effects of the war, practically 10sing one of her best consumers, Germany, bacayse of that country’s inabjlity to pay, He has made an extended trip through the western section o the United States, and was complmentary toward America, saying that our milk supply {was better than anything to bé found in Europe. “You are a wonderful people.” said the professor just as three bright-faced Youngsters, all ap- parently the same - age, passed through the lobby with their father and went to their rooms. Investigation proved that the boys wete not triplets but the one-year- apart sons of A. H. Curry of Dallas, Tex., vice president and manager in the Lone Star state of the Edison Company. verybody thinks. they are triplets,”. sald Mr." Curry.. “But Dudiey-is nine, Jack eight and Greg- ory seven. . Oh, I have some more & r boye and one bal: 2?#@%‘%&“0‘&15( is this boy Dud. Then the man_ who would have brovght much dee-light to fommey President Roosevelt made for the open to enjoy .a hike in the country ering the Washington: Hotel Just sy the sweet strains of “Lohen- grin” wafted through the corridor te Tet all- know that a wedding. breik- fast was beifig hield on the mezzanine floor In honor.of one of Mme. Schu- man-Heink's daughters, who just that day had beon married to a local-man- facturer, a call was made on D . E. Potthuma of The Hague, for- mer director for agriculture, trade® and industry in Holland and president { of the board,of directors of the Netli- in the making of butter and of ice cream, is properly pasteurized the consumption of milk and other dairy products is at all tim attended with a good deal of risk. The World’s Dairy Congress can_do much for the improve- ment and for the safeguarding o on dairy people the world over milk and cream under Municipal or State supervision. es f the Public Health if it will urge | the proper pasteurization of all Only then can Welfare Workers and Hygienists who are jn- terested in the Public Health, pe‘;zpslc. work hand in hand with consume more milk. This Bullstin is SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION-OF SICKNESS 1458 Columbla Road .. Legal notably. of children and of sick those who desire that the public paid for by the ANatice. & JE, Berliner, Sec'y. erlands Federation of Unions of Co- operative Dairy Factorles. Dr. Posthuma served-as food ad- minstrator for his country during the war and. is considered the best versed man on dairy products in that land Je sajd that Holland had suffered much_on account of. Germany's condf- tion and that the Rubr guestion was of vital importance to, the business men of the Netherlands. - #Ours, as you Enow, is strictly an agricultural country, and' when' You add to our loss in Germany the high tariffs imposed by your country and others it-would be ridiculous to say that our people are prosperous at present. We'do a great business with England, and as .yet have not been | affected 'by_ either New Zealand or I have, been as-famme: say you have THE MIXE: Australta: as Chicago and mu wonderful country. ' L