Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. §. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers late tonight and tomorrow, ‘warmer tonight. Temperatures: Highest, 58, at 4:15 pm. yvesterday; lowest, 33, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 No. 29,516. Entered as second class matter post_offce, Washington. D, C. 17 BODESFOUAD N N DISKSTER 3 STIL TRAPPED Cave-Ins and Afterdamp De- lay Rescue of Men in Sulli- van, Ind., Disaster. GRIEF-TORN WOMEN WAIT, STILL HOPEFUL, AT SHAFT Experts Fear, However, That None of Missing Men Will Be Saved. Gas Pocket Blamed. By the Associated Press JLLIVAN, Ind., February 21.—The 17th body was removed from the City Coal Co. mine this morning. It was believed to be that of Harry Ander- gon, 45, pit boss. A handful of weary, grief-worn ‘women waited at the top of the mine today for their “boys,” while a score ©of men toiled underground to re- cover the bodies of 34 of the 51 miners entombed in an explosion terday. Mine officials agreed it was improbable any of the trapped men would be found alive. A cave-in early today halted for several hours the work of rescue after 16 bodies had been taken out. After-damp, the dread polson gas of the miners, made first attempts to reach the entombed men precarlous, and part of the night was spent in re- pairing the mine’s ventilating system. A new supply of fresh alr made it possible for crews to penetrate Into th wrecked underground passages where the bodies lie after the debris from the cave-in was cleared away. Trapped in Little Rooms. The blast trapped all the men working in little rooms off the third and fourth, and seventh and eighth entries of the mine. A flash of flame auickly consumed all the life-sus- taining oxygen, and the concussion of the explosion brought loose coal and a shower of mine timbers down on the ill-fated workers. Mine experts sald a cutting machine, working close to the wall of an aban- doned mine, had cut through a par- tition, releasing a flood of gas that had acqumulated in the old working. A flame from a miner's lamp ignited the gas and caused the explosion. Rescuers were hopeful that all of the bodies remaining in the pit would. be recovered today. Sullivan dropped all other pursults In its efforts to bring solace to~the bereaved and alleviate the sufferings of the families of the victims. Four Fathers and Sons. The local chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club undertook the task of minigtering to the group of women at the mine. The Red Cross gave attention to the im- mediate needs of stricken families. In four instances fathers and sons were victims. These were Earl and Lex Robertson, Philllp and Wayne Wal- ters, Florence and Emi] Lecocq and Pearl and Frank Hawhee. The sole survivor of the 50-odd men working near the entries wreck- ed by the blast was Elmer Davidson. He was coupling cars in the main entry just outside the third and fourth entries. At the Sullivan Hospital Davidson ‘was recovering today from numerous cuts and bruises. He was taken from the mine by Clarence Ford and Harry Lewis, who found him burled beneath a plle of slate. They carried him several hundred feet through the “man-way"” to the open air. It was Davidson's third, injury in a mine accident, but he insisted today that when he recovered he would re- sume the occupation. Many May Not Be Found. Cobb Lamb, an_experienced miner and a member of the rescue team, after an exploration of the workings early today said there was a possi- bility that some of the bodies never would be recovered. There were many bad falls, he sald, that had cov- ered some of the bodies, making it almost impossible to retrieve them. Many of the women walting at the mine mouth were loath to believe | their relatives had perished. The wife and four daughters of Dave Smith were insistent that he had escaped. His name was among the missing. Vivian Smith, one of the daughters, was a member of the girle' all-State first-aid team that won a prize in the Indiana first-aid contest at Bick- nell last year. ‘Daddy isn't dead; know he isn't dead,” cried Vivians “He knows too much first aid. He knows how to talje care of himself.” Probe Is Unlikely. Davidson, the survivor, told of see- ing Harry Anderson, mine boss and one of the missing, hurrying into third apd fourth entry a few seconds before the explosion. Davidson add- ed that he had heard some of the workers talking of a “squeeze” in the entry, and presumed that Anderson had gone to investigate the condition of the workings. Norval Harris, Sullivan (‘nun(}"‘ prosecutor, said today that a grand| jury investigation of the disaster is improbable. "It is one of those accl- dents that occur not infrequently in | coal mines, and an Investigation would add little, if anything, to the known facts as to how to prevent an accident in the future,” said Harris, Throughout the night rescue squads worked in two-hour shifts timbering up the crumbling roofs of the mine. 1t appeared it would be impossible to bring out the bodles until late in the da Aibert Daly, State mine. inspector, | explained that frequent cave-ins were | hampering the rescue. He added that it would be a difficult matter to de- termine the cause of the explosion. “All of the men in the mine are dead and there is no one to explain the accident,” he said. Alr Force Camses Cave-Ins. Air was forced into the shaft morning to clear it of afterdamp. The high pressure used, however, was sald to have cut into the slate, causing falls which almost blocked the en- trie this tensive timbering was resorted to in an effort to brace the crumbling | walls and_ ceilings. 2 Outstanding amopg the heroic’ res- cue efforts was the work of Rarl Car- who, disregarding the dangers of | afterdamp, entered the shaft without a gas mask in a vain attempt to save his brother Cecil. Earl groped tbrough the workings until_he was almost suffocated and (Continued on Page 4, Column_b. | glven by Mr. The airship Los Angeles, which flew to Bermuda during the night from Lake- hurst, left on her return Jjourney 10:10 o'clock this morning. the Nawy Department was informed by radio. The great airship did not agtach her- self to the mooring mast of the tender Patoka, as had been intended, owing to weather conditions. Arriving in sight,of Bermuda at 4 :45 o'clock, the Los Angeles cruised about over the islands for several hours. The sky was overcast, and it was found that difficulties in the way of mooring were too great. _In returning without mooring, the vided for a quick return if weather conditions were not favorable to the | program originally outlined. TRIP IS COMFORTABLE. “Bumpiness” in Air Noticeable Only Over Gulf Stream. By the Assoclated Press. ON BOARD THE U. S. AIR LINER LOS ANGELES EN ROUTE TO BER- MUDA, February 21.—When darkness settled over the Atlantic on the route followed by the airship Los Angeles, DEATH AR DRVER HELD AT INCUEST Roderick to Face Grand Jury on Charge of Killing Adgie Bowie. Walter Edmund Roderick, 39 years old, of 3039 Q street, was held for the actlon of the grand jury by a coroner's jury at the morgue this afternoon to answer charges of hav- ing killed one man and injuring four others while driving his automobile at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue early yesterday morning in an Intoxicated condition. Roder- ick’s car swept the whole length of the street car loading platform at Twelfth street and sped away, later being stopped by pursuing police. Testimony against Roderick was iven the jury by two of the men jured, the policeman who captured him and several other eyewitnesses. The gist of it was that Roderick’s car, running at excessive speed, crashed into the lighted platform on which the five victims were stand- ing and sped away through Eleventh street to the rear of the National Museum where he wag halted by a noliceman, who testified Roderick was badly intoxicated. Doctors Testify. Dr. Martyn, deputy coroner, testi- fied that the déad man, Adgie Bowie of 1309 Princé street, Alexandria, died from & ruptured heart. Dr. H. A. Searle of the Emergency Hospital staff declared that Bowie was dead upon arrival at that hospital, and that he immediately turned his at- tention to the four other victims, who were: David Edward Jacobs, 30 years old; Robert Bender, 45 years old, and Ernest Grover, 19 years old, all of Alexandria, and Carl J. Hoyme, 43, of 540 Ninth street southeast. Grover testified that he heard the crash of the collision and the next Instant was thrown to the street. He said the five vietims were standing about the middle of the platform at the time and that they were thrown in all directions. The red light at the west ‘end of the platform was lighted, he sald. Jacobs sald he (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ACTION ON WARREN AGAIN MAY BE ASKED Apparent Lessening of Opposition in Senate Likely to Renew Con- firmation Plea. i T Because of an apparent lessening of the opposition, administration leaders in the Senate again are con- sidering the pressing at this session of the Senate for confirmation of the nomination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan to be Attorney Géneral. A decision probably will ba reached by Monday after further canvasses In the Senate, it is believed, and t if it is 1 nfavor of going ahead now Mr. Warren might be invited to ap- pear before the judiciary committpe early next week. Opposition to the nomination has centered largely on the ‘*estimony Warren at the “sugar trust Investigation” 12 years ago, and he would be expected to make a state- ment regarding that, as Attorn. General Stone did with reference to the Wheeler case when his nomina- tion to be a Supreme Court justice was held up recently at| Los Angeles Reaches Bermuda And Departs Without Mooring Weather Prevents Dirigible’s Effort to Test Mast on Ship in Harbor “After AU-Night Flight to_Island. officers on the Los Angeles followed | a previously mapped plan, Navy De- partment officials said, which pro- ch WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, | Navy the big craft was making 65 miles an hotr in her flight to Bermuda. “ The evening meal was served on small tables rigged between the seats in the passenger car, and consisted of roast beef, spaghettl, navy beans, bread, butter, coffee, cake and fruit. Knives and forks were novelties, and, like everything else on board, im- pressed one with the ingenuity evi- denced in weight-saving. Nobody was allowed to drop any- thing overboard, because it would lighten the ship, and the officers guarded against the necessity of hav- ing to release hellum In order to descend. The air was somewhat warmer and bumpier in the unstable conditions over the gulf stream. Assistant Secretary Robinson of the declared the experience was Imost beyond comprehe on.” To think,” he said, hat I left Lakehurst, near New York, this aft- ernoon, will sleep comfortably to- night and be in Bermuda when I awake. 1 am glad to make this pio- neer trip and expect this ship to make many others. In a few years commercial airship lines will be as commonplace as steamship lines. “It 1s fitting the Navy should do this ploneering, for commercial fiyers will be as valuable to our air serv- ices in time of war as our merchant marine is to our surface vessels. Two Ancient Cities, One Before Incan Period, Revealed By the Associated Pres BUENOS AIRES, February 21.— A dispatch to La Nacion from Lima, Peru, says that ancient cities, one of Inca and the other of pre-Inca origin, have been discov- ered in the mountains near Curzo The discoverer, Battista Ven- turello, says that he found remains of stone bulldings, a temple and a fountain in the Inca city and that there were traces of a wide road, which descended from the city down the mountains into the valley. CODLIDGE WATTS ONLEAGUE ACTION President Believes Project of Geneva Has Precedence ¢ Fhoeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION S CHARLIE'S 2 SPEEDING 15 Too LATE To q Star. 1925—THIRTY PAGES. * VACCINATON LAY COURT TEST LOONS IFive in Chiropractic Univer- sity Arrested in Small- pox Case. A test case In court on the validity of the vaccination law seemed prob- able today as a possible result of the arrest by the Health Department yes- terday afternoon of five persons at the Chiropractic Research University Building, 1349 L street, on the charge of having refused to be vaccinated following exposure to smallpox. Andrew Wilson, attorney for those held, stated today he would apply to the District S8upreme Court for & writ of habeaa corpus in an effort to have the question brought to a head im- mediately instead of at the end of the 16-day period the Heafth De- partment. plans to keep those ar- on Arms Parley. President Coolidge-still regards the outcome of the disarmament project sponsored by the Léague of Natiohs as a factor to be awaited before any formal move by the American Gov- ernment looking to the calling of a new arms conference. While hopeful that definite results will eventually appear from the in- formal conversations in which Ameri- can diplomatic representatives have participated abroad, these have not reached a status which, the President feels, commits the American Gov- ernment or yet definitely points to the calling of « conference under its sussices. Whether the attitude of the other powers as Indicated in the conversa- tions has presented any new out- look to the President, who several weeks ago was understood to be not optimistic as to the possibility of a conference being assembled within the year, was not .disclosed yesterday at the White House. The President, however, is keenly inter- ested in the reaction abroad, and as to the attitude of the British govern- ment will be in a position to obtain first-hand information with the re- turn to the United States of Ambas- sador Kelloge. ENGLAND LOOKS TO U. S London Ready to Accept Invitation for Parley on Receipt. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 2L—The next move concerning the proposed limi- tations of armament conference fs expected to be taken by Washington. Word was passed around in unoficial circles today that Great Britain stands ready to accept an invitation to_participate in such a conference just as soon as it Is received. The opinion prevails here that the conference will be called in the Spring or Fall, in order to avold the Washington Midsummer heat, which is as well known here as.,London's fog is in Washington. Foreign Secretary Austen Cham- berlain, who is planning to attend the Geneva conference in March, Probably will stop off In Paris for a talk with Premier Herriot regarding the pending League of Nations' se- curity protocol, etc., at which time the ‘Washington conference detalls also are expected to be considered. Mr. Chamberlain probably will be accompanied to Washington by Admiral Farl Beatty, chief of the naval staff, or First Sea Lord Bridge- ma Washington’s Birthday Features in the Magazine Section of Tomorrow’s Star “Washington’s Human Qualities Enhance Spirit of Memorial.” “The Ear of Jenkins,” a story of Mount Vernon, The Rambler writes of “The Washington Farm. “Old Days in the White House,” by Oliver P. Newman. “Alexandria Presbyterians to Restore Old Church. The Sunday Star Magazine Section also contal: from the pens of America’s leading humorists, complete short stories by the foremost authors, fashion notes by an authority and stories of special interest to children. and Don’t Forget The New Radio Broadcasting Directory In Tomorrow’s Star Order your copy from your newsdealer today. a full page rested in the District quarantine sta- tion. ‘Warrants Are Sought. Several days ago Mrs. Harriet Stackhouse, 81 years old, was taken from the L street building as a smallpox patient. Health Officer Fowler said the occupants of the bullding who have been taken to the quarantine station declined to be vaccinated, whereupon he applied for warrants for them. Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Drs. John T. Sprague and Rowland Ford of the health office and Acting Sergt. Rector of the second precinct went to the uni- versity building and read the war- rants to those named. They readlly gathered up their per- sonal ecffects and accompanied the health officials to the quarantine sta- tion. Those on whom warrants were served are Dr. Alonzo Bradley Chat- fleld, Mrs. Hattie Catharine Chatfield, Dr. Harry H. Cosper, Dr. Blanche De Wolfe and Miss Betty Louise Barrin, the last named being a roomer in the house. Congress Act Cited. The warrants were based on an act of Congress which provides: “That every person in sald District having been exposed to the infection of smallpox (including varioloid) shall be at once successfully vaccinated, or vaccinated a sufficient number of times to make it evident that suc- cessful vaccination is impossible.” As the party was being en from the house Dr. Chatfield stated that vaccination had been refused, and de- clared they were standing on what they regarded as their constitutional rights. The Health Department will not attempt to compel them to be vaccinated, but plans to keep them in quarantine for 16 da: No new cases of smallpox have been reported to the Health Depart- ment since Mrs. Stackhouse was taken to the hospital, but scores of persons continued to apply to the health office today for voluntary vac- cination as a precaution. e ANOTHER CARUSO SEEN IN FRENCH POLICEMAN Parisian Musical Crifics Believe They Have Find of Tenor ‘Who Holds to His Job. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, February 21.—French mu. sical critics believe they have discov- ered another Caruso in the person of Policeman Vors, who sang for the first time Friday night at the Olym- pic Theater before a crowded house. The young singer joined the police force in 1914. He used to sing only for his friends, but when, in 1822, a singer in the Paris opera heard him, offered the young man free les- sons. * Policeman Vors divides his time'be- tween hard study and an eight-hour beat. Even now, after his evident success, he is unwilling to give up his police job, because “you.never know what may happen and it would be difficult to get into the police force again If you once left it.” His musical knowledge is limited, but he has managed to learn seven title roles of light operas, and his wonderfully crystalline voice com- pensates for his lack of musical edu- ation. However, until some man- ager is willing to give him a remu- nerative contract, he will continue to direct traffic at the Place de L'Opera. ACopyright, 1925, by. Chicago Daily News Co.) Greeks Must Quit Turkey March 2 Or Be Expelled By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 21.— An Agency dispatch from Constanti- nople says the newspapers there publish an official proclamation fixing March 2 as the final date when all the Greeks held to be ex- changeable under the Lausanne treaty, including archbishops and priests, must leave the country or be forcibly expelled. REJECT PULLMAN SURCHARGE REPEAL House Committeemen, 16 to 2, Oppose Plan—Vote to Be Taken on Rider. The House commerce committee to- day refused to favorably report a bill authorizing elimination of the Pull- man surcharge. The vote was 16 to 2. Representa- tives Barkley, Kentucky, and Parks, Arkansas, Democrats, made up the minority. . ‘The House will have an opportunity to vote on the matter, however, despite the committee’s action. A provision repealing the surcharge has been attached by the Senate to the independent offices appropriation bill, which still Is to come before the House for final action. The House committes conducted hearings on the repeal bill after charges that it had been pigeonholed | had led to the circulation of a pe- tition among House members propos- ing to take the measure out of the committee’s hands and bring it up on the House floor. AMERICAN SHIP_M CREW LIBERATED BY CHINESE Orientals Drowned While Boarding Vessel Declared “Unacceptable as Passengers.” By the Associated Press. HANGKOW, February 21.—The steamship Chinehuen and its crew were released from detention by Chinese military authorities at Kwei- chowfu today after the boat had been held because of the drowning of a Chinese officer and two soldiers who were trying to board the Chinehuen. Lost Lives Boarding Ship. ; By the Associated Press. PEKING, February 21.—The drown- ing of a Chinese major and two Chinese soldiers while, apparently, they were trying to board the steamer Chinehuen caused the arrest and de- tention of Capt. Hawley, master of the craft which flies the American flag. He was taken from his ship after their deaths. The commander and officers from the American gunboat El Cano dispatched to Kweichowfu to obtain Capt. Haw- ley's release, abandoned the El Cano and the Palos, and were proceeding today to thelr destination by steamer from Ichang. The naval party was compelled to abandon its craft. be- cause of low water approaches to Kwelchowfu. . According to information avallable here regarding the circumstances of the drowning of the Chinese, the victims were “unacceptable as passen- gers.” The Chinehuen is owned by the West China Navigation Campany, which is under American management. FLYER KILLED IN FALL. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, February 21.—Master Sergt. David B. Grosvenor was killed and Sergt. Robert H. Pellow, me- chanic, seriously injured when an air- plane which they were flying col- lapsed when at a height of 800 feet and crashed on the mud banks at Pearl Harbor yesterday. Grosvenor's home was at Taunton, Mass., and Pellow’s at Enid, Okla. e Germany Halts Probe on Ebert. BERLIN, February 21.—The Relchs- tag committee Inquiring Into the loans of government funds to the Barmat brothers has decided to sus- pend its examination of witnesses re- garding relations between the Bar- mats and President Ebert. _ HAUGENBILL GETS FAVORABLE REPORT Senate Committee Moyes to Rush President’s Farm Plan Into Law. A favorable report was ordered to- day by the Senate agriculture com- mittee upon the Haugen bill to create a Federal co-operative market- ing board. The measure is designed to carry out the principal plank in the pro- gram of the Presldent’s Agricultural Commission. Adoption of the report was preceded by a lengthy executive session in which the bill was vigor- ously attacked by opposing commit- “tee “members. . The co-operative marketing board proposed ynder the bill would be com- posed of five instead of three mem- bers, to he appointed by the Presi- dent. cach to represent a principal agricultural industry—live stoek, grain, dairy and pouitry, cotton and tobacco, fruits and vegetables. The salaries of the commissioners would be $10,000 a year Instead of $12,000, as originally proposed. The Hauger bill was before the House today with a special rule to expedite action, Called in session an hour before the usual convening time, discussion by the House of the special rule to per- mit consideration of the measure and put a three-hour limitation on debate was first in order in procedure on the Haug=n bill. The measure would es- tablish a Federul Co-operative Mar- keting Board, comprised.of five mem- bers, to function in the registration and other matters relating to co- operatives, and authorize an appro- priation of $500,000 for the board. The position of President Coolidge with respect to farm legislation was re-emphasized when it was made known yesterday that he would re- gard- it as most unfortunate should Congress fail to enact such legislation before adjournment. SENATE PASSES BILL TO REWARD AIRMEN World Flyers to Get Distinguished Service Medal and Advanced Ranking. The Senate today approved without debate the House bill awarding the distinguished -service medal to the Army world flyers and advancing them on the Army promotion list. The bill advances Capt. Lowell H. Smith, the flight leader, 1,000 files in rank, and the other Regular Army officers in the expedition 500 files each. Commissions of second lieutenants in_the Regular Army are given to John H. Harding, jr, and Henry H. Ogden, who served as seconds lieuten- ants in the Reserve Corps, called to active duty, on the world flight Distinguished service medals - also will be given Maj. Frederick . L. Martin, the -original-leader, and his mechanic, Sergt. Alva Harvey, both of whom crashed out of the flight in the Aleutian Islands. Permission also is granted to accept foreign govern- mént decoration: “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi tion is delivered to Washington homes |Senate 0. K.’s Pact With Turkey to Renew Relations The Lausanne treaty for the re- establishment of full diplomatic and commercial relations with Turkey was approved today with reservations by the foreign rela- tions committee. The vote was nine to one, Sen- ator ' Swanson of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the commit- tee, casting the negative vote. The reservations were the same as those reported with the German commercial treaty, guaranteeing to each country freedom of action in restricting immigration and leav- ing to Congress the determina- tion of a policy of preferential tariff treatment for goods carried in_American ships Decision to force Senate action on the treaty at this session came as a result of a direct request from the administration Senator King, Democrat, Utan, appeared before the committee to- day for the third time to voice opposition, declaring the conven- tion made no provision for pro- tection of Christian minorities. He submitted scores of statements from church organizations de- CONFEREES L BATHNG BEACHE Will Recommend Temporary Facilities, However, Pend- ing Other Arrangements. Items in the District appropriation bill for the bathing beaches in the Tidal Basin are eliminated in an agreement reached by the Senate and House conferees today on that bill. The conferees will recommend that | provision be made in a deficiency bill | to enable Col. C. O. Sherrill, the officer | | | |in charge of public buildings and | grounds, to arrange for temporary bathing facilities until permanent | beaches can be located for both white and colored. It is understood that the be removed. Three items in the bill remain in disagreement: The lump-sum con- tribution of the Federal Government to the upkeep of the District, which the House fixed at $9,000,000 and the Senate at $11,000,000. Section 7 of the House bill. which was stricken out by the Senate. This section would compel the budget be submitted on the same basis of contribution by the Federal Govern- ment as the present District bill pro- vides: The House item adding two Police Court judges, which the Senate struck out. Senators Oppose Provision. it is improper for this Congress to seek to bind the Budget Bureau and the next ‘Congress as proposed in section 7. So far as the item for the two ad- ditional Police Court judges is con- cerned, it was pointed out by Sena- tor Phipps, chairman of the confer- ence committee, that the traffic bill providing for two additional Senate, is to come up for con. tion in the House Monday. If that bill is passed, the question of addi- tional Police Court judges will be settled. The conference report will be sub- mitted first to the House, where a separate vote will be taken on the Federal contribution items. Most of the $661,000 inc: vided in the bill as it passed the Sen ate were agreed to in conference. Under the terms of the conference report a Senate amendment providing $475.000 instead of $175.000 for the construction of the Stuart Junior High School is approved. Another Scnate amendment agreed to in- creased the item for repair of streets by $200,000. Fifty thousand for continuing the construction of the upper Potomac main interceptor, an- other Senate amendment, was agreed to. Paving Work Approved. Other increases recommended by the Senate and agreed to by the conferees were as follo’ Maintenance and repairs to market, $1,000; municipal architect's office, $2,400; employment service, §60 street improvements as follows: Pav Thirty-fifth t $14,000; paving Quebec to Rod- ing Ordway street, Wisconsin avenue, Thirty-fifth street, man, $4,500 Paving, Macomb street, to Idaho avenues, $12.000; collection and disposal of refuse, $4,000; personal services in public schools, $7, partments of school attendance and work permits, $11,600; Community Center department, §4,700; conti expenses for the schools, $3,00 Department, personal services, Court of Applals, personal services, $860; improvement and care of public grounds, $74,000; I The conferees also agreed to the following decrease: the Senate: Superintendent of bath- ing beaches, $720; support of prison- at jail, $360. Lord Rothermere Accepts Challenge To Try to Pass 14-Year-Old Boys’ Exam. By the Assoctated Press. LONDOY, February 21.—London is looking forward with amused snticipation to, the result of the special examination to which Lord Rothermere has undertaken to submit himgelf in reply to a chal- lenge to show whether be is bet- ter informed than the average boy who has been through the London elementary school cours: . The Dally “Mail, one of Lord Rothermere's papers, the other day started a campaign against what it described as the extrava- gance of the London county coun- cil in spending £13,000,000 annually on an elementary education, which it contended was not an educatton, as was shown by the complete in- ability of a majority of 26 boys who 'had passed through these schools: to meet the test set by the Mail, which wanted a boy aged 14 as a junfor clerk. - This aroused a hot controversy, in which many supported the news- found paper, though®sthe boys plenty of champions. Among the latter was W. G. Cove, former president of the National Union of Teachers and now a Labor mem- ber of Parliament. Mr. Cove de- clared Lord Rothermere probably could not do any better than the boys had, and, anyway, challenged him to prove his knowledge by answering a corresponding num- ber of questions. The newspaper owner, who is in the south of France, telegraphed his acceptance, remarking that he had left scnool 42 years ago at the age of 14, and therefore that the test was peculiarly appropriate. He offered to_ forfeit to the Labor party fund £1,000 if he did not at- tain a mark of 75. 1f he succeeded his challenger was to pay £200 to the newspaper fund. & -R—adip Prqgraxns——l’nge 9, bath houses at the Tidal Basin will| estimates for the fiscal year 1927 to The Senate. conferees belleve that| Police | Court judges, which has passed the| eases pro- | dollars | Wisconsin | water department, | recommended by | as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,152 TWO CENTS. NEW BOMBING TEST 0 FIX PLANE-SHIP SUPERIRITY ASKED Aircraft Prober Prepares | Resolution to Ask Weeks and Wilbur te 0. K. Plan. ASKS NORTH DAKOTA BE PROVIDED AS TARGET | | Adoption of Measure by House Predicted — Inventor’s Charges Are Aired. | A resolution asking | Navy Departments to | tests of the efficien | against battleships was {day by Representative Prall, Demo- crat, New York, for presentation to | the House committee. | The New York member sald the | resolution would be designed to settle the controversy on this subject which has been stirred up by Brig. Gen. | Mitchell, assistant Army air chief, in | testimony before the committes. Sev- eral committee members predicted it { would be adopted. | _The Prall resolutfon would accept Secretary Weeks' invitation to mem- bers of the committee to witness a demonstration of anti-aircraft fire, jwith the proviso that the battleship North Dakota, which has been desig- nated for the scrapheap, be placed |at the disposal of the Army Air Serv- ice for bombing tests. It says: | Text of Renolution. | “Whereas there exists grave doubt | in the mind of the American people {as to the comparative values of the | several arms of the country’s mili- tary establishment, and whereas con- flicting testimony before this commit- tee has tended to confuse the issue, and evidence before this committee seems to indicate the development of aircraft has made it a potent factor of defense: “Be it resolved that the invitation | of Secretary Weeks to an anti-air- craft demonstration be accepted, pro- vided that the Secretary of War and | the Secretary of the Navy co-operate in giving the Army Air Service an op- portunity to show Iits efficiency in ! bombing from the air; and provded further that the battleship North Da- kota be placed at the disposal of the Army Air Service for this test.” The committee today deviated from its {course of the past several weeks in | hearing controversial testimony over { the relative value of airplanes, battle- | ships and anti-aireraft defense and delved into a mass of technical data in an endeavor to see if the Army and Navy had mistreated James V. Martin, ‘an aircraft manufacturer, who claims that several years ago he submitted designs and inventions | Superior to the present military air- { craft With the report of the Army engi- the War and conduct new v of aircraft prepared to- neers on 10 devices and ' designs |credited to Mr. Martin and which turned down, the committee were | could get little information by a per- sonal examination, so Prof. 1. I | Warner of the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology, a recognized and leading authority on aerodynamics, was called to the stand to give the committee the benefit of his knowl- | edge on the subject. Agrees With Army Men. | Prof. Warner agreed with virtually | everything the Army had reported on, | whi to the effect that Mr. rplanes, devices and in- could not be used by the These included a design whereby two motors could be geared ropeller shaft; a retrac- shock-absorbing wheels; erodynamic stabilizer; speed type airfoils; pursuit plane; Navy fighter with collapsible pontons, tractor bi- i plane and wing radiator. After Prof. Warner had left the stand Comdr. H. C. Richardson, chief | of the design section, Bureau of Aero- { nautics, also placed his stamp of d | approval on the practicabillty of Mr. Martin’s collapsible pontoons. | The examination of Mr. Martin | started out with a ted discussion |led by Representative Reid of Mli- |rois, " who, after ascertaining from Prof. Warner that he had never built !a safety transmission and other de- ices such as Mr. Martin's, declared the witness was not qualified to dis- | cuss thenf; and objected to the testi- | mony. Representative Perkins of New |Jersey, the committee examiner, de- fended Prof. Warner and after con- | siderable wrangling Representative |Reid" left the committe, declaring he was going to attend “a coroner’s in- ! quest.” President Coolidge will be guided isolely by the recommendations of { Secretary Weeks in determining whether Gen. Mitchell is to be re- appointed next month or assigned to | some other duty, an alternative which would have the effect of reducing {him to the rank of colonel, it was {made known at the White House vesterday. Mr. Coolidge regards the question as one for decision solely | by the War Department, to be treated {no differently than any other appoint- ment within that department. The committee announced late | yesterday afternoon that Representa- | tive Bioom, Democrat, New York, had been asked to appear Monday regarding an aerial bombing device said to be so constructed that it will insure great accuracy. Mr. Bloom is not the inventor, it was sald, but will appear for him or introduce him to the committee. PARIS POLICé SEEKING GEN. WO0OD’S MISSING SON Inquiry Started at Request of Valet After Disappearance Last Monday. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, February 21L—The police late today began an investigation into the disappearance of Osborne C. Wood, son of Leonard Wood, Gover- nor General of the Philippines, who has been missing since Monday from his hotel here. The inquiry was instituted at the request of his valet. Senator Jones Named on Board. Senator Jones of Washington war elected by the Senate today a di rector of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf in place of Senatat Couzens of Michigan, who resigned,