Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1924, Page 2

ENGINEERS TACKLE D. C. LIMIT PUZZLE Survey to Begin This Week to Find if D. C. Owns Part of Virginia. BRINGS UP BIG FROBLEMS In Case Geography I= Disturbed Many Voters Will Lose Right of Suffrage. Does the District of Columbia ex- tend across the Potomac River into geveral square miles of land now claimed by the state of Virginia, in cluding the present National Capits Horseshow grounds, Arlington Beach, the private flying field to the west and other impartant property? This question at first seems easy one to answer. Almost would say “Of not.” But t very aquestion has sumed h perplexing propor to the United States government that Congress at the last annro- priated $3,000 with wh ek av nswer to it, the office ¢f public buiidinzs and ground this week will launch a thorough survey a.d investigation in an effort to setile they admit is a moot problem. Maps May present day map in aispute will line between V rict_of Columbia 1g_the Virginia River from the - Columbia-Maryland line above Chain bridze to Jones Point, below Alex- andria. But a very fine question has arisen, during recent activities of federal government along the Vir- inia shore, as to the legality of this boundary At the office of Col. C. is in charge of th pointed out the that the investisa that legally the established approximately inland in some places and that the land thus affected automati- cally would be i trict of Columbia, instead of part of Arlington county, Va. The ex- haustive survey now being under- taken is expected to settle this point definitely Boundary Specified. The presumption that the dispute may really be part National Capital is based on fthe that when Virginia took back its commonwealth the section Alexandria, now Arlington count first donated as part of the trict of Columbia, the specification was made that the boundary line between that state and the District should Le located along the high-water mark on the Virginia shore of the 'otomas, Maps of 1846, the vear that the Vir- ginia portion of the District was ceded back to the te, boundary line un any one course as S ons session hoto s and enzineers « what Be Wrong. of the show ter- the ginia and extend- side of the District of Any 0. Sherrill, survey, it iy o line close should be half a_mile land in of the fact mto of at considerably different from that of today. In those days what is n show grounds. the beach, the flying field, the Corinthian Yacht Club property and contiguous territory composed Alexanders Island, entirely distinct from the Virginia shore. A branch of the Potomac scparated the island from the shore and the high- water mark of the Virginia side con- sequently was far south of its pres- ent designation. Island Disappeared Three-quarters of a century left marked changes in the shore line, however. The branch circling Alex- anders Island on the south grew smaller and smaller, and it eventually became closed. The “island” no longer could be called such. Swamps formed where the bed of the stream formerly ran, they became closed in and filled in, and today Alexanders Island is to all intents and purposes part of Arlington County. But_on whose authority was the boundary line moved out to the north side of Alexanders Island? When the Virginia part of the original site for the National Capital was retroceded no provision was made for a chang- ing shore line. s it proper to pre- sume that the high-water mark of the Virginia shore should be extended across Alexanders Island when the island became first a peninsula and then actually part of the mainland? Deviations Marked. It is with the intention of answer- ing these and other questions that War Department engineers have de- cided to make the present survey and probe of records. The Ale ander’s Island territory is only part of the land in question, however. The shore line across the Highway bridge has suffered the greatest change, it is true, but marked devia- tions, it is believed, also have taken place throughout the whole length of the boundary line. River sedi- ment_has formed accretions along the shore in numerous places, creat ing large areaz of solid, verdant ground and, possibly, the waters of seventy-eight years have eaten great hunks out of the commonwealth in other places. Virginia's curves to- day would present a Strange aspect to_her boosters of long ago. If the government engineers should report that the property across High way bridge and other localitie along the shore line should be within the limits of the District of Columbia, many nice legal technicalities would have to be ironed out. For instance, there would probably arise the ques tion of whether the taxes which Vir- ginia has derived from the affected land should not be turned over to the District of Columbia Votes May Be Lost. Owners of property in the territory who have been enjoying the privilege of voting for their Presidents would find themselves deprived of the right of suffrage, along with other aitizens of the National Capital. The District Commissioners would have some more roads to look after and the police department a new territory to patrol. The federal author- ities no doubt would put in a claim for certain portions of the land. It is possible that many of the questions would have to be put up to the Department of Justice or some other authoritative branch of the government The survey probably will not be completed for a number of weeks. Meanwhile property owners in the disputed area will spend many a restless night. Not knowing whether they are In Virginia, the District of Columbia or a government reserva- tion_is bound to bring on the no- man’s-land feeling that makes for in- somnia. . Death-Ray Finder Coming. By Cable to The Star and New York World. Copyright, 1924. LONDON, July 12—H. Grindell- Matthews, inventor of the ‘“death ray,” is sailing for New York on the liner Paris .tomorrow. Presumably his ‘visit will have some connection with his death-dealing invention, which has been somewhat frowned upon here. —e Ten Years for Hitting Officer. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 12.— Private Willlam Cosmos, Fort Sam Houston, pugllist, was sentenced to ten years' hard labor by a general court martial today for hitting Lieut. Clark H. Mitchell in the face. Mitchell testified that he asked Cosmos what he was doing and that 08 struck him in the face. Cos- mos sald the lieutenant also hit him. me. part of the Dis- | show 4| W the horse | Millerand Says He Will Return To Fight Radicals {Br Cable to Tue Star and | News. Copsright, PARIS, July 12. ident Alexandre Millerand will re-enter politics in opposition to Premier Herriot's policies, he an- nounced today. “I am eager to get back active policies,” he declared. “For four years I had my hands tied as president. Now I am out, glad to be frec and can return to the fight unfetiered by constitutional disabilitics which make the presi- dent’s position irksome. do not believe the radical tendencies will last and have let my friends know 1 will be ready soon to return to combat then AMERICA DECLINES - PART IN TANGIERS Willing ~ That hicago Daily L into present Government | trol Moroccan Affairs. Refusing to join in the administrs | tion of Tangiers Zome contem- plated in the convention signed England, France and Spain last the State Department has ex- 1 to those governments the willingness of this country to cede its extraterritorlal rights there if American interests are adequately guaranteed. The decision of the United State was communicated to the signatories to the convention in a note prepared by Secretary Hughes prior to his de- parture yesterday for a month's vaca- tion in England and on the coptinent The attitude of this government was | sought in a joint communication pre- | senced late in May following ratif | eation of the conveéntion by the three | suvernments. Ask Speeific Declarations. Emphasizing the desire of the Uni- ted States not only to co-operate but to avoid the placing of any obstacle of an equitable settlement problem, the note it _clear that the meaning of ccrtain provisions in the tripartite agreement must be made specific before this government would give even tacit approval to them Maintenance of the open door, | surance of equality of economic op- portunity, judicial guarantees and ac ceptance’ by the administration of responsibility for acts of the zone authorities in connection with inter- vational claims were some of the points stressed by the State Depart- ment as requiring more definite phras- ing Officials declared the policy fol- lowed in the note was the Same which has governed the attitude of the United States since American inter- ests were first identified with the one. ~ Adherence to an agreement afiecting Morocco would be no new Gepartnre, tney pointed out, since the United States was a signatory to thé treaty promulgated by the Algeciras conférence in 1906. It was_this agrecment which gave the United States and other countries the spe- cial rights now proposed to be abro- gated. as Seek Only Protection. In signing the treaty Ambassador White attached a reservation declar- ing the United States had no political ambition in the zone and sought only protection of life and property for its citizens and equal trade op- portunities The Senate, before ratifying it, add- ed another reservation asserting the United States assumed “no obligation for administration” of the zone, and that adherence to the treaty should not be taken as indicating the slight- est intention to depart from “the tra- ditional policy” of non-interference in European political problems. The Tangiers zone problem former- 1y involved Germany, and furnished the famous Agadir incident, which threatened to precipitate a European war. A special agreement then was made giving Germany new rights in the Moroccan region.” These she lost in the settlements after the world war. . o 'DAVIS’ SKY CLEARS WITH PROMISE OF McADOO’S SUPPORT (Continued from First Page.) Adoo, who is on the Homeric, bound for Europe: “Let me thank you for the more than generous statement which you gave out on sailing. 1 am greatly cheered by the assurance that I shail have the benefit of your aid and coun- sel in the coming campaign “That it will result in the advance- ment of Democratic reforms and Democratic ideals I confidently be- lieve. Mrs. Davis joins me in wishing Mrs, McAdoo and yourself a pleasant voyage and a safe return. Mr. Davis was shown today the statement by Fugene V. Debs, in which Mr. Debs denied published as- sertion that Mr. Davis, as a lawyer, had ever defended the Socialist lead. er. The dispatches had said that the_litigation was conrected with a coal miners’ strike in West Virginia. Says Debs Correot. Mr. Davis said his trade union clients in this case were Willlam B. Wilson, who at that time was secre- tary of the United Mine Workers of America, and, who later was Presis dent's Wilson's Secretary of Labor, and many others, He said he did nof remember the other names and that if Mr. Debs stated that he was not among them, that doubless was cor- rect. . A visitor to Mr. Davis tonight was Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon- tana, who was chairman of the na- tion convention. They discussed the organization of the party machinery for the campalgn. The nominee will attend the morn- ing service tomorrow at St. John's Episcopal Church in Locust Valley. James E. Burns, mayor of Glen Cove, which adjoins Locust Valley, has asked Mr. Davis to lay the cor- ner stone tomorrow of the new Elk Lodge_there. Mr. Davis spent the day quietly, re- celving a few callers, answering let- ters and telegrams of congratulation and playing a round or two of golf. Sees La Follette Strength. Senator Walsh, upon leaving Mr. Davis tonight, told newspapermen that in his belief Senator La Follette might poll a large vote in the north- west generally. The independent candidate prob- ably would prove strong among the farmers in_his own state, he sald. When asked whether the nomina- tion of Mr. Davis would satisfy the Democrats of the northwest he said he had received a telegram from a close friend in Montana in which he was told that his section of Lhe coun- try was well pleased with the con- ventlon's choice. ‘Woman Gets Life Term, DETROIT, Mich., July 12—Mrs. Sarah FElizabeth Lewen, twice convicted of the murder in April, 1921, of six-year- old Donald Max Ernst, today was sen- tenced to life imprisonment. She re- cently was granted a second trial by the state supreme court. The state charged that Mrs. Lewen strangled the boy to death in revenge for an alleged wrong in a real estate deal with the boy's father, s European Nations Shall Cun-I THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., REBEL OVERTURES SPURNED N BRAZIL Offer to Come to Terms Is Met With Demand for Un- conditional Surrender. By the Assaciated Preys, RIO JANEIRO, July 12—The Sao Pauio revolutionists, according to an | ofticial bulletin issued by the govern- ment today, sent a representative with an offer to come to terms, but the chief of division engaged in putting down the insurrection refused the offer. \ “The pirit of our troops is mag- nificent,” the official bulletin says, nd only unconditional surrender of the insurrectionists will be consid- ered. { Another communique issued by the | Bovernment this afternoon says: “The n'lh"(n' operations against the Sao | Paulo revolutionists continus, with our troops obtalning advantages Which restrict the defense of the rebels, It is evident they are em- the final resources at their disposal. e situation is clearl ‘,"\”".lli’(. for our troops whose su{ Periority is evident at all points.” oo carly communique, 'describing sesterdas’s operations, said: Our wd: I8 nee w arted yesterday morn- | ins continued through the day with ‘u\u(l ‘.Arnll»‘r,\' disturbing the enemy. At 6 m. our attacking troops objective points, which reached, cap BOADCE, LW machine guns RESER Shwentycont AID LOYAL TROOPS. B R 4, Federals Sending Confiscated Sup- plies to Sao Paulo, SANTOS, Brazil, July 12.—Federal forces besieging the city of Sao Paulo on the south are concentrated at Alto Da Serra, about twenty miles north of this port. They are confiscating foodstuffs, blankets, medicines and other stores, dispatching them to those in Sao Paulo who remain loyal to the government. The (azeto Do Povo B o o today - lished @ proclamation. signed by’ spe goyernor of Sao Faulo, who say; fonkacing ‘momentary superiorit orces, the government of Sao I nds itself in a safe part of the capi- 4l With its troops united with the ederal forces which are aiding it promptly to establish law and order. e call on the noble people m Sao aulo to remain calm until the re. turn of the regime which has made | the Ereatness of Sao Paulo.” e rebels in Sao Paulo are ; b report- ed 1o have seized large stores of sup- plies, distributing to the people, PROGRESS REPORTED. in ‘aulo Federal Troops Use Artillery in Assault. greement” with the federal forces, proposed by a representative of the rebels at Sao Paulo, was re- Jected by the commanding officer of the attacking division, who declared the government would accept nothing. but unconditional surrender, an offi- clal communique received yesterday by the Brazilian embassy said. This advice and others received at the }:mha.u!y bear out the dispatches from Rio. The communique, which was dated midnight of July 11, follows: “Our troops have continued the progress started yesterday. During the early morning of the eleventh our artillery attacked the rebels for long while. At 6:30 in the mornin: our troops divided their attack to at- tain their aims, which they succeeded In doiry by seizing, during the ac- tion, twenty-one machine guns. Dis- couragement reigns among the rebels. An agreement was proposed by representative of the rebels. The division in operations rejected the proposal, declaring they would only listen to the rebels to accept their uncoaditional surrender. Morale of our troops is magnificent.” Branded as Mutiny. In another communique received by the embassy the uprising in Sao Paulo is branded as “nothing more than a mutiny which was provoked by par of the state's military poiice? “ene cavalry was described as having taken many prisoners and machine guns, Criticism is leveled at certain ispatches emanating, it s chargs from the River Dlate, Earest; “The Brazilian government,” the communique reads, ‘“has received from its diplomatic representatives in the most important capitals of Iiurope and America copies of tele- grams published in the local papers, containing the most false and alarm: ing information about the mutiny in Sao Paulo. It is very significant that these dispatches, whatever their destination, always spread alarming rumors in 'all their details, and al- ways have the same origin, the River Plate. The government has assured itself that part of the press and cor- respondents there, while acting in entire good faith, have been the vic- tims of false information transmitted by teiephone from Rio Grande do Sul and other communications from the frontier of that Brazilian state. Rio Grande do Sul is in perfect order, but thero, as ailways and everywhere, especially in frontier regions, it is impossible to prevent those inter- ested from carefully spreading such rumors. Outbreak Not Spreading. “The movement ‘in Sao Paulo is nothing more than a mutiny which was provoked by part of the state's military police, which was joined by part of the federal garrison stationed there. This mutiny, because of the immediate and energetic measures taken by the federal and state gov- ernments, remains strictly confined to the city 'of Sao Paulo, and has not spread “at all to other parts of the country. It has not been able to overthrow the president of this state, Carlos Campos, who had already re- sisted efficiently and had maintained his authority long before the arrival of the numerous troops which were sent by the federal government to help him. An Government Is in Control. “Taday the rebels are completely dominated by government troops sent through Santos and by the Brazil Central Railway, perfectly equipped with calvary, infantry, heavy and light artillery, tanks and airplanes. They already surround Sao Paulo and have even reached the center of the city. However, they are not precipi- tating the surrender or the arrest of the rebels, since it Is desired to avoid unnecessary = injury to the city. Therefore "the troops are only de- stroying the barracks and stores held by the rebels. and are surrounding them iIn order to prevent their escape. The cavalry this afternoon took many prisoners and seized twenty- one machine guns. The Brazil Cen- tral Railway is already completing the repair of its line of five hundred kilometers between Rio and Sao Paulo, which was the only one which had been interrupted in some small sections. From tomorrow the regu- lar passenger trgins, ‘including _the night trains, between Rio and Mgy das Cruzes, a station which is at a distance of forty-four kilometers from the-place of the military oper- ations, will be resumed.’ —_— “Twelve hundred dollars in cash and bank books showing deposits of more than $26,000 were found on a cripple ! wpe had been arrested for begging, 2 in Bedg.uns‘ “WATIONAL PHOTO Charlex W. Bryan, Democratic nominee for Viee at the ball game between Washington and Cleveland yesterday. BEER SALE SENDS MAYOR 70 PRISON Hamtramck, Mich., Execu- tive Gets 2 Years—30 Others Convicted. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich, July 12.—Gov. Groesbeck announced late today that he would take no immediate action toward the ousting from office of Mayor Peter C. Jezewski of Ham- tramck, who today was sentenced by Federal Judge Arthur J. Tuttle to two years in Leavenworth prison. Mayor Jezewskl and thirty others, including Hamtramck' city officlals, saloon keepers and officers of the National Products Company, were convicted last night of violating the federal prohibition law in a con- spiracy to sell beer in Hamtramck saloons. Mayor Jezewski, Max Wozinski, former commissioner of police at Hamtramck, and John Ferguson, for- mer police lieutenant, were involved, the government charging that they connived to permit the beer sales by preventing police officers from inter- fering with saloon keepers handling the beer of the National Products Company. Governor Ordered Probe. Gov. Groesbeck early this year ordered an investigation of condi- tions in Hamtramck, sending state troops there and appointing a special assistant attorney genmeral to Inves- tigate charges that Michigan's fourth city was operating “wide Jezewski was summoned be- the governor and was given ninety days to remedy conditions, under threat that he would be re- moved from office for failure to do so. A crowded courtroom listened to Judge Tuttle as he pronounced his sentences on the thirty men and one woman convicted. A motion for a new trial was denied. The heaviest sentences were im- posed on officlals of the National Products Company, formerly the West Side Brewery, two of whom were given two-year penitentiary sen- tences and fined $2,000 each. The sentences tapered down to three months in the Detroit house of cor- rection. RAPIDS HALT ALIEN PAIR. Smugglers Saved From Drowning; One Shot Fleeing. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., July 12— Two alien smugglers were rescued from their disabled boat in the rapids a few hundred yards above the American falls late tonight by im- migration men and city policemen, who braved the upper rapids in a motor boat. One of the smugglers is in a hospital with a bullet wound in his leg. The other is under ar- rest. The wounded man was shot while trying to escape from the im- migration inspectors. Wallace Pearson, twenty-two years old, of Niagara Falls, Ont, was taken to the hospital. His wound is not serious. Edward Barry, twenty- three years old, of Niagara Falls, Ont, was sent to the police station under arrest. $3,000,000 IS WANTED FOR WORK ON CONDUIT (Continued from First Page.) break occurred in the tunnel be- yond Cabin John Bridge, and work- men, under the direction of Maj. O'Connor, engineer officer in charge of the aqueduct, worked feverishly sev- eral days to mend the breach. Fortunately, the reserve supply in the city reservoirs was ample to meet requirements while the repairs were being made, but the level in the reser- voirs was reduced greatly and has not vet been replenished completely. Request Is Logical. Consequently, the Comm ioners, who, with the United States engineer office, keep in close touch with the water situation, have good cause for recommending a liberal sum to the budget burcau this year for the pur- pose~of speeding the new conduit to completion. It also is reliably reported that the Commissioners are leaving in their estimates a conservative sum to be- gin carrying out the street lighting program of approximately $1,200,000 planned by a committee of experts a year ago. The original intention was to try to complete the street lighting project in five years, which would have ne- cessitated about $250,000 a year. Be- cause of the urgent demand for other large expenditures like the water conduit, however, the city heads now are discussing the advisability of spreading the allotments for lighting over a ten-year period, which would permit of about $100,000 a year. Plans for Lighting. This lighting plan contemplates the gradual substitution of electric for gas lamps and the installation of more powerful illuminating units on main streets and traffic arteries. The list of street paving items to be asked for out of general revenues will not be as large as requested a year ago. The Commissioners are said to be of the opinion that so much highway work has been authorized this year that they can afford to con- centrate a little more in the next estimates on other important work. Of course, the new estimates will carry a list of streets to be paved in 1925-26 out of the gasoline tax col- lections. As stated previously, the Commis- sloners are practically now ready to submit a preliminary report to the budget bureau Tuesday, showing that the total estimates for the District for next year should aggregate about $35,500,000. ey PREMIER’S WOUND SLIGHT By the Associated Press. CAIRO, July 12—An X-ray ex- amination tonight of the Egyptian premier, Said Zagloul Pasha, Wwho was shot and wounded early in the day by a young student, showed no trace of the bullet which had passed through the fleshy portion of the premier's right forearm and had skimmed the right side of tHe chest muscles. The premier had recovered suffi- clently to receive many callers and was quite cheerful. The king, be- cause of fhe attempt on the life of the head of the government, canceled a reception scheduled for tomorrow. If You Tire Easily —if you should also have a persistent light cough, loss of weight. some chest pains or hoarseness, you may be developing consump- tion and you should lose no time to See a Doctor or Have Yourself Examined at the Free Health Department Clinic - 409 15th St. N.W., Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday at 2-4 o'clock. Friday evenings from 7:30-9 o'clock. To Prevent Consumption 1. Avoid house dust and impure or close air, day or night. 2. Get all the light and sunshine possible into your home. 3. Avoid raw milk, raw cream and butter made of unpasteurized cream. 4. Eat plain, nourishing food. 8. Get enough sleep by retiring early enough. 6. Try to avoid worry. Be cheerful. Think kindly. Your mind acts on your body. Annual Health Insurance A thorough Examination on Your Birthday Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telephorie Main 992 N 1022 11th Street N.W, JULY 13, 1924—PART 1. resident, and Senator Pat Harrison of Miseissipp! snapped BRYAN SEES RACE HINGING ON DAVIS Commoner Says Candidate’s Speeches and La Follette Strength to Decide Issue. By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, July 12.—The character ané amount of strength which Robert M. La Foilette gains for the progres- sive cause, and the charactet of the speeches made by John W. Davis. Democratic nominee for President, will be the determining factors in the coming campaign, Willlam Jen- nings Bryan declared upon his ar- rival hero tonight. “The Democratic party and the La Follette party,” said Mr. Bryan, “are together amply strong to defeat the Republican party. The question now is whether Mr. La Follette will draw enough strength from the Democrats to help the Republicans, or enough from the Republicans to help the Democrats or enough from both par- ties to be elected himself. That Is the problem of the campaign. Depends on Davis Speeches. “The speeches that Mr. Davis makes will determine the question. He is running on tha Democratic platform, which is proz:essive beyond the ques. tion and beyond any former Demo- cratic platform. 1 believe that he will stand squarely on the platform and defend the advanced ground taken on economic questions. “If he does this, he will hold the progressives in thé Democratic party and ought to gain progressive Re- publicans. All depends on Mr. Davis’ speeches. I have confidence that they will be clearly and unequivocably progressive.” Discussing the Democratic standard bearer's professional connection, Mr. Bryan asserted that “if he can con- vince progressives he has not been corrupted by his associations—that is, if his sympathies are with the people in spite of his associations— his professional relations may even became an advantage to him by prov- ing the strength of his personal con- victions.” Mr. Bryan declared he would tour the country in the interest of Mr. Davis and Charles W. Bryan of Ne- braska, the * Commoner's brother, as Vice President. His exact plans, however, he added, were not yet formed. Mr. Bryan's trip here is to pay a visit to his wife, who has been il and is stopping at the home of Mrs. J. D. Dana, friends. He was accom- panied by F. C. Davis of San Antonio, Texas. T U. S. OLYMPIC TEAM CLINCHES VICTORY, WITH FINNS SECOND (Continued from First Page.) and Kleimberg, Esthonia, third. These places were the only ones definitely determined tonight, when the gruel- ing all-around competition ended the longest day's test of the Olympic games and saw a majority of the competitérs in the two-day, ten-event contest in a state of collapse rivaling that of the cross-country runners. Athletes Fall Exhausted. The final half in the decathlon struggle lasted throughout the seven- hour program. It was concluded in the dark, with the athletes falling exhausted in almost monotonous suc- cession at the close of the final event, the 1,500-meter run. Emerson Norton, Georgetown, who had led Osborne by a slight margin yesterday and had maintained his ad- vantage throughout most of today's battle with his teammate in the hurdles, pole vault, discus and javelin events, lost the fight when he wilted in the 1,500-meter run and collapsed after struggling across the finish. Osborne scored twice as many points in this event as his rival, enough to give him a winning margin. The 400-meter relay brought out some great racing, in which the record breaking matched that in the individual event at the same distance the two previous days, Great Britain's quartet of fiyers lowered the record made by the American team in the last Olympics to forty-two seconds flat in the first heat, which was equaled by the Dutch team in the third heat But the real thrill re- mained for the sixth and final heat, when the American team, composed of Hussey, Clarke, Murchison and Leconey, flew over ' the track, beat France by twenty meters and clipped four-fifths of & second more oft the record. The American 1,600-meter relay men won their heat easily from Canada_and qualified for the finals, which will be held tomorrow. The British squad, on the form shown to- day, appear to be the closest rivals of the Americana in the baton-pass- ing contest. 18 DAYS LEFT TO FILE PERSONAL TAX RETURNS Eighteen days left in which to file personal tax returns at Room 103, District Building, and escape 20 _per cent penalty. Shares of stock of the local tel phone, “electric, gas, and street railway compani¢s are not tax- U. 8. Scientists Go To Remote Parts Of China for Seed An expedition of exploration into the little known parts of China will be conducted for the next two or three years by agri- cultural explorers of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, it was an- nounced yvesterd The scientists, who sail from San Francisco for Shanghal on the steamship P’resident Wilson July 22, are Dr. P. H. Dorsett and his son, J. H. Dorsett. Thelr explora- tions will be conducted in the provinces of Chih-1i and Shen-si and in the rich agricultural terri- tory of Manchuria. They will make intensive studies of agri- cultural conditions and the prin- cipal crops with a view to ascer- taining in what way & mutual ex- change of seeds and plants can be brought about between China and the United States. ASKS $8.000 MORE FOR LOCAL CAMPS Summer Outings Committee Announces Needs for Rest of Season. John Joy Edson, chairman of the summer outings committee, is asking for $8,000 additional funds to meet the expenses of the balance of the season. The committee estimates that it costs $1 a day for each camper. With 150 at Camp Good Will and 125 at Camp Pleasant, the total expense is nearly $300 a day. Checks may be sent to Treasurer Harry G. Meems, at 1022 11th street. The campers now at Camp Good Will will return Tuesday after their two weeks' holiday, making way for the newcomers Wednesday. Many re- quests have been made by those now in camp to be allowed to stay another fortnight, but others are waiting to take their places, and only mothers and children who are in extreme need because of home conditions or phy: cal defects such as underweight can be retained. There are now three sets of twins in camp, the youngest only two years old. Require Special Care. Among the few who remain over is a family where two of the children, Wwhose mother is deserted by their father, are anaemic; two families where the children are undernour- ished and anaemic and where there is a suspicion of a tendency to tuber- sis; a_mother and six children, nother child expected, where there is tuberculosis in the home; a mother and five children, where a good deal of time has been lost from school because of ill health and the father is too ill to work. LeRoy Mark is again, as last year, providing an operator and films for weekiy movie nights: The navy yard committee, which has been responsi- ble for establishing Saturday field days, provided prizes for a continua- tion of the custom this year. One in- novation is a camp picnic in the woods, which is enjoyed by each new party, and there is a continuance of the Weekly trips for the mothers and children to the Zoo. Big Sixters Provided. Camp Pleasant, at Blue Plains, D. C.. which opened its season July 1 with 130 campers, has remained full. There are comparatively few mothers in this first party, because so many of them were found unable to leave their work long enough to go with their children to camp. In order that the children themselves might not suffer by having to Stay at home, Mrs. Laura B. Glenn, the superintend- ent, has arranged for a number of volunteers, several of them schosl teachers, to play the part of big sia- ters to the younger children who need special care. The mothers who are fortunate enough to be able to enjoy the two weeks' holiday with their children also lend a hand in looking after their neighbors’ little ones. The first party will return from Camp Pleasant tomorrow and will be succeeded Tuesday by a second group of 125, the normal capacity of the camp. ' Fearing Brothers gave the camp’ a great treat last week, when they took their largest radio outfit with amplifier to Blue Plains, D. C., and the bedtime stories were heard by the children and they were al- lowed to stay up a little later than usual to hear the fine concert in New York. Several new tents have besn named at Camp Good Will during thg past week, including an additional cne by Cleveland Park, El Dorado Club, Wil- liam C. Eustis, Edna J. Thomas, Wel- fore Club of the office of the regis- ter of the Treasury and the teachers of tenth division, public schools, have contributed to name a tent at Camp Pleasant. e REPORTER PROVES CUPID COLD TO GOLD Lee Friday Matches $90 With $75,000 of Rival and Telegram Announces He Won. Last Saturday night in a lunch- room, just when Sunday morning was, nearing, Lee Friday, jr. police re- porter for the Washington Herald, leaned over to the reporter who cov- ers police news for The Washington Sty and said: Do you think I can beat $75,0002" The second person looked at him and wondered if it was something deep or something silly. So he adopt- ed the diplomatic course and sald: “Absolutely.” “Well, 8o help me, I'll do it.” Devouring the remaining half of a doughnut and choking on the ice in the tea, he grabbed his hat and dis- eared. His last words were: T've only got $90, but I'm going to do it.” Pussled Friends. His case has puzzled police, friends and fellow newspaper men for the last week. He dropped out of sight completely. A straw hat was found on the bank of the canal Tuesday— but, strangely, it was not Friday’ Then, last night, to headquarters pressroom, where mysteries, dramas, Tomances and adventures are born, fostered and reared with tender so- licitude, came the mysterious expla- nation of the cryptic mutterings of adventurous Lee Friday, jr. It was in the form of a telegram. It said something like this: “Have beat the $75,000, Married in Reading Friday. Wish me luck. Fri- day.” 3 in a second message to a friend he explained the $75,000 young man had gotten the gate and he had got- ten the heart of Miss Mary Ursula Gustitus of Pittston, Pa., a_former member of the faculty of Pittston High School and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. And all that is being awaited now is Friday's return. What the gang is wondering is if he was serious about having only $90 and if so, why he didn’t send his address in the tele- gram, AIDD. C. SUFFRAGE, - PLEA T0 GREETERS Colladay Stresses Plight of City to Convention—Roose- velt Praises Coolidge. Advocate and work for suffrage for the District of Columbia wherever you go. This was the gist of a meesage de- livered to the Greeters of America by E. F. Colladay, president of the Washington Board of Trade, at a banquet in the Willara Hotel last night. The banquet was the concluding feature of the fourteenth annual con- vention of the Greeters, and Mr. Col- laday urged them to spread through- out the United States of the handicap of the nea lion citizens of voteles shington, He explained that the District of (o lumbia pays more taxes do seven of the states, and told his hearers that, in this city, the same conditions exist today that brought about the famous “Boston tea party,” taxation without repre “Such a thing is contra the principles upon which the Constitu- tion was founded,” he emphasized Preparedness, Roosevelt Plea. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, the next spe er. made a plea for preparedness and better citizenship. ~ He urged that the public make their political leaders “come clean” and say what they stand for. “Don't let your politicians use language to conceal their thoughts, but language that will make known their thought,” he said He praised President Coolidge for expressing himself in language easily understood “Calvin Coolidge uses words to tell the people what he means and not to conceal what he means,” the speaker asserted Col. Roosevelt who would armament, nations do; who would do away and Navy Isaac Gans, president of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce, extended felicitations to the T and prais ing the organization urged them to d their part as good citizens. Secretary ix Boosted. Other speakers inc E tor F. Harold Van Orrman of A. M. Loeb, president of the Tra esmen’s Association, and Knepper, general counsel of the Hotel Men's Association. Mr. Loeb told of a move on foot in New York, under the auspices of his organiza tion to make Col. Roosevelt governor. T. C. Melrose of Tu Okla., who previously had prese £100 to the Greeters home board for ghe upkeep of the home for the indige embers of the organization, was introduced and spoke briefly The remainder of the program in- cluded the pre of a gold watch and chain to the retiring pres- ident of the Greeters, Wi bacher, as an expression The presentation was made by C. Snyder, United_States the District of Columbia, toastmaster. A _basket of flowers was presented to Mrs. Russell Conn of Washingtc by Mrs. Wrightson of Baltimore Officers Are Named. At the final session of the Greeter: in" the Willard Hotel this after: Frank P. Hanna of Pittsb elected president. Other officers ele ed were: Francis Patrick Shaniey Los Angeles, first vice presid George . Swain of San D second vice president: J. C. Farle Dall third vice president; Harm Pollworth of Milwaukee, fourth v president; L. W. Savage of Mobi fifth vice president; W. A. Strav Toronto, sixth vice president; S. Wariner of Denver, sccre treasurer, and A. C. Pohl of St. Louis, sergeant-at-arms. John Egan of Omaha and Allan Hurst of Worcester, Mass, were elected members of the board of governors. The Women's Auxi Greeters, meeting in Hotel, elected national officer the year, as follows: Mrs. Ada I Holton of Columbus, Ohio, president Mrs. W. C. Adler of Pittsburgh, first vice president, Mrs. Evelyn M. Conn, Washington, sccond vice president, and Miss Bertha Hodge of Denver secretary and treasurer. Mrs. E. Dallas, Miss Margaret Greely J. Walsh and Mrs. A. M. Co elected to the board of governors. FOUR-MILE CHASE NETS TWO MEN, 120 GALLONS After a four-mile chase through the outer northeast section vesterday, po- lice from the twelfth precinct arrested Solomon N. Chesavoir, twenty-two years old, of 319 L strect, and Eugene giving the same age and on charges of transporting and illegal possession of liquor, and seized a §3,000 high-powered automo- bile and about 120 gallons of liquor. Inspection of the machine showed that it was equipped with a smoke screen apparatus, which was not used. According to the police, this was the second car captured from Chesa- voir in four days. Chesavoir also is sald by police to have been the man who was being pursued by revenue agents and police several months ago, in an alley near Pennsylvania avenue and. John Marshall place, when Sena- tor Greene was wounded by a stray bullet fired during a pistol battle. word than condemned those trip the United States of regardless of what other e classed as “idiots” those with the Army luded § M. Otis m Defen- of ' estee dgar marshal of who was the June Circulation Daily - - 94,394 Sunday - 100,080 District of Columbia, ss. FLEMING NEWBOLD, THE EVENING solemnly swear that the coples of the paper name tributed during the month of June, A.D. 19 was as follows: > DAILY, Business Manager v STAR. doe number Days. 95,053 94501 2,383,361 Less adjustments....... 23504 Total daily net circulation. Total average net paid circu- N R R Daily average number of coples for service, etc... 359,857 93, 232 Dally average net circulation SUNDAY. Copies. Days. 101,733 22 101,284 23 sae 100,355 Less adjustments..... 94,304 Days. X . TR . 15 . . Copies 99,615 100,637 Total Sunday net circulation Average net paid Sunday cir- culation 5 . Average number of copie service, etc.. 500,396 29,540 540 4 Average Sunday net circula- tion - 100,080, FLEMING NEWBOLD, ) Business Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7th day of July, A.D. 1924, (Seal) BLUER F. YoONT,