Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S, Weather Bureau Forecast.) Probably thunder showers this after- noon, followed by fair and cooler to- night and tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 77, at noon today; lowest, 58, at 8 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 29.569. tered us second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. WASHINGTON, D. AINLEVE ACCEPTS MNONS O HEAD BINET I FRANCE Assured of Socialists’ Aid| and Will Have Three Mgm- bers in Ministry. BRIAND HELD UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT PORTFOLIO Caillaux Called to Paris by New Premier, But Appointment | PAUL PAINLEVE. Is Doubted. | ————— T Y e | ARIS, April 15.—Official announce- ment was made shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon that ex-Premier Paul | Painleve, who had been invited by President Doumergue to form a cab-{ X inet in succession to the Herriot min istry, had accepted the invitation. | M. Painleve arrived at the l‘alm‘(“ of the Elysee at 3:07 p.m. to give his| L4 5 Gefinite reply 1o President Doumer.| CUDAN President-elect Wil gue. His visit followed closely as- 9 surances by the Socialists that they| Be Guest at White House would participate in his government According to the present arrange-| ments three Socialists will take office | Luncheon Tomorraw. in the new ministry, two being Paul Boncour -and Alexandre Varennes v e By Unless a. change is made M. Briand ‘.lklden!-i‘lcvcl :\[4()\.-1‘|n of Cuba i 2 S himselt | 27Tived in Washington ear this take office, Painleve himself |, pie1000n for a four-day visit in the | g the portfolio of foreign y; National Capital, where he will be| the recipient of diplomatic and mili-| {tary honors, and will participate in an elaborate program of official cere- | of forming & mnew ministry to some|monies and entertainment. He ex-| extent has dissipated the confusion | Dects to leave the Capital Saturday reigning in the French political world. | for New York City. He set about immediately on the! In the party of the President-elect problem before him and promised to|ere his daughter, Miss Elvira; M report what progress he makes dur-!jyrercedes Madrazo, Carlos Manuel de | Confusion Lessened. M. Painleve’s acceptance of the task ing the rest of the day to President,; . = Doumergue at about 10 o'clock to.| Uespedes, Cuban secretary of state; night, | Mr. and Mrs. Nestor G. Mendoza, Dr. | M. Painleve said, however, that he | Rafael Martinez Ortiz, Rafael San- did not expect to have a cabinet slate | chez Aballi and Maj. William H. Shu- completed before tomorrow morning. | tan, U A., military attache at first steps were to consult with | Havana. Tronident do Dives uf the Senite 1081 20r. Washallo and‘meriy awece et | ith the presidentn and reporiers ok lat Gnion Stition by 7. Bubler Wright: | the finance committees of the Senate = < Sndtiie Honse ot iDeoniiss. | Assistant Secretary of State; Brig. | Joseph Caillaux, ex-premier, who | Gen. Samuel D. Rockenbach and Rear recentered politics after his rehabili-| Admiral Henry H. Hough, as repre- tation by the amnesty act. will arrive | sentatives of the Secretaries of State, in Paris at 7 o'clock tonight from his | War and Navy; Dr. L. S. Rowe, di. country home, according to réports In | rector of the Pan.American Union: the CHERex Or Sepotiaf | Dr. Gilborges, assistant director, and | It was understood in the Chamber | = | that M. Cafllaux g8 coming.,to Paris | °fficials of the Cuban embassy | in response to a summons from M.| The distinguished visitor was es- Painlev but opinion is divided | corted to the presidential room at the| whether the summons merely-was-for:| station' -and-on'-emerging the- Army a consultation or whether Caillaux is|Band played both American and to be offered a seat in the cabinet. |Cuban national ajrs. Troop E, from | g i the 3d Cavalry, Fort Myer, provided Chamber Adjourns. | military escort’ from the station to| The Chamber of Deputies met this|the Mayflower Hotel, which will be| afternoon, but after a few minutes’|the President-elect’s residence dur- | session adjourned until 4 p.m. The |ing his stay in Washington | adjournent was at the requgst uf the Will Lunch at White House. finance commission, where some hi urred in connection with framing| The first appointment for the Pres- | the Lill increasing the legal limit of |ident-elect was a courtesy call at 4| the currency circulation, thus regu-|o’'clock on Secretary Kellogg, accom larizing the agreement for the in-|panied by the Cuban secretary of crease between the Bank of France | state; Don Arturo Padre, charge of | and the government. the Cuban embassy, and Mr. Wright. | When the chamber reassembled the| Mr. Machado's call upon President | Socialist deputy M. Louis Marin | Coolidge at the White House, escorted challenged the constitutional right of | by Mr. Wright, was fixed for 5 o'clock the Herriot government, which does| ~Tonight a dinner will be tendered not have the confidence of the Senate, | the Cuban party by the Belgian Am- to introduce in the chamber the meas- | pageador. ure authorizing the Bank of France to| Tomorrow the visitors will be raise the legal limit of paper circu-|juncheon guests of the President and lation [ Mrs. Coolidge, and in the evening will | M. Eriand strongly urged the cham- | given a dinner by Secretary and ber to ratify the convention with the z . el 1 'S, gg at the Pan-American Bank of France, but M. Marin Insisted | 1 Kelloss upon taking a vote whether the cham-| U0l e the President-elect | ber should z;ufi“ M. De Monzie (0 in-| "oty will embark on the presi : tEdguce Eheybl dential yacht Mayflower at 9:30 for a Socialists Block Briand. | trip to Mount Verno; gl ng Friday evening | lat 10 o'clock the Cuban charge d'af- } By fts decision taken by the Na-ifajreq will give a reception at the em tional Council yesterday not to have | y,qqy in honor of the President-elect. a part in a ministry headed by M. 'o° Briand, the Socialist party virtually et compelied the seven-times premier to | abandon the task of organizinz 2 ENLISTED TO ROUSE | cabinet, and, in the view of political writers, showed itself to the world | as a political “dog in the manger.” REVOLT IS CLAIM | M. Painleve should have no difficulty ’ in finding ministers, for not less than 165 offers of collaboration reached him vesterday afternoon and evening. Speculation is busy about the names of possible members of the cabinet. It is generally agreed that Anatole de Monzie will continue in the post | Crouch Intended Fomenting Trou-| ble in Hawaii, Say Court- Martial Records. of finance minister. The Socialists appear to be aware —- of the unfavorable light in which L . Ahey have been placed by their at-| The 40-vear sentence imposed by a military court at Honolulu on Private Paul M. Crouch, 21st Infantry, was based on evidence that he had enlisted with the purpose of fomenting revolu tion both in the garrison and among the civil population in Hawaii. A summary of the evidence received | today at the War Department indi- | cates, officers said, that both Crouch | and Private Walter M. Trumbull, also | convicted for circulating communist | titude with respect to sharing in the responsibilities of government, for it | is reported that the national council | decided that in future the permanent | executive committee of the party should have the right to pronounce on the question of party members taking office. HERRIOT PLANS COME-BACK. CONSTANTINE BROWN. - i & £eapdiCh e O, were concerned in plotting | control, dense clouds of smoke ham- PARIS, April 10.—With the refusal! o ./ the Government before they|Dering the fire fighters. The Mont- of Aristide Briand to form a cabinet,” went to Hawail [laurier was due to resume her trans. | the French government's crisis is| (Crouch is said to have been a sup- ‘;m]‘"“c sailings the coming week | earing an end, and Paul Painleve, - of the revolutionary political | oy & nleve, | porter of the revol ALY From the decks of the steamer Inca who was summoned to the Elysee 5 i i iong - ! }'\'ll"u'l‘“ B e Do jolysee | doctrines of the Third Internationale|at a neighboring dock the firemen | Palace % form a cabinet it e | before his enliatment poured great streams of water on the | The testimony in both cases is now | under review by the judge advocate zeneral of the Hawaiian Department, With indications that both he and Maj. | Gen. Lewis, commandant of that de- sent a list of new ministers. The solution will be only temporary, as it is not believed the new minis- try can live long. Extreme Socialists I | of addressing a letter on the question {interval of ‘time between the nemina- COUNCINOMINEES MAY BE QUZZEDON D.C. VOTING STAND Sentiment on Representation in Congress and Electoral College Is Sought. PRCPOSED BY MEMBER OF CITIZENS’ FEDERATION Nominating List Closed—Records of Aspirants to Be Studied, H Suter Says. i indidates who have been nomi-| nated for the Citizens’ Advisory Coun-| cil may be queried by one or more| delegates in the Federation of Citi-| zens’ Associations as to how they | stand on the question of represen:a- | tion for the people of the District in | Congress and in the electoral collese, | it was learned today. The candidates | will be asked for their position on the movement which has been in! progress for a number of years to| obtain a constitutional amendment under which Congress would be emi- powered to extend national repre- sentation to the District. Perry in Move. | ank Sprigg Perry, one of the | tes to the federation, stated to- | { B delegs day that he was in favor of asking | the council nominees their views on the general question of suffrage for the people of the District. Mr. Perry | indicated that he plans to consult other delegates as to the advisability | to the candidates. “I am in favor of national repre- | sentation in Congress for the people | of the District,” Mr. Perry said, “but | I do not confine my belief to that. 1 am also in favor of any other form of suffrage that we may be able to get that would be satisfactory to the peo- ple.. Mr. Perry said he considered suf- frage one of the most important ques. tions to Washingtonians, and thought it would be well to find out the views of_prospective council members. ! Nominations closed last nizht and| there will now elapse approximate:y | two weeks before the election tikes | place. Want Time to Study. In discussinz the method adopted | for creating the council, Jesse C.! Suter, president of the Federation of | Citizens' Assoclations, said today that | one of the reasons for leaving an | tions and the election was to enable delegates to study the list of aepir- ants carefully and decide upon the | slate for which they will vote. 1 Mr. Suter also expressed the hope | today that when the council is elected | it will not lose any time in getting | down to active work for the benefit | of the city as a whole. He empha- | sized that co-operation and teamwork | among those finally elected will be | essential if good results are obtained. Must Have Rules. Mr. Suter, who will be ex officio! chairman of the council by reason of | the office he holds in the federation. | sald he thought one of the first things the council will have to do, following the election, will be to meet and formulate some definite rules of pro- cedure. As an example of why some rules| will be needed, Mr. Suter expressed | the belief that the persons elected to the council probably would not be ! able to devote a great deal of time| to lengthy hearings on questions which may be presented for their con- sideration. He suggested that it might be desir-| able to provide that matters to be| considered by the council be present-!| ed in writing. | While there are 36 nominations the plan calls for the election of only | eight members to the council, indi-| cating that the contest will be a spirit- | ed one. Of the total number, six will be elected by the Federation of Ci (Continued on Column 6.) | to be| ge 2, CANADIAN LINER BURNING| NEAR LIVERPOOL-DOCKS Montlaurier Had Just Been Repair- This Week End. By the Associated Press. LIVERPOOL, April 15.—Fire start- ed at 7 o'clock this morning on the Canadian Pacific steamer Montlaurier, which had just completed repairs at| a dock at Birkenhead, across the| Mersey opposite Liverpool. By noon | the whole forepart of the vessel was | ed for Resumption of Sailings | | white hot plates of the burning liner, | but they made little impression. The| cabins and gangways are choked with debris, while smoke and gas filled passages are preventing the entry of men with firefighting appliances. The fire started in the third-class headed by Blum, still are the power | "W SV e satisfied that the 40- Lehind the throne. In_conversation | DO/ MOl ey essive, A radical re- with M. Painleve, M. Blum pointed | g,0tion in the term of imprisonment |accommodations out today that he will agree to take | i 'axpDected. |fisiganioy part in the cabinet provided Plainleve pts the program of the extreme Socialis containing drastic financial measures and also agrees to offer ex- tremists important ministries, such as | finance nd foreign affairs. M. Painleve pointed out that this | was impossible, since such a cabinet | would be overthrown at once by lhel | By University of By the Associated Press. BERKELEY, Calif., April 15.—An- nouncement was made today at the | University of California that prelim- inary investigations of the orbits of the three comets recently discovered have been completed by graduate stu- dents under the direction of Prof. A. ceed Painleve, who, according to his | O. Leuschner, director of the stu- most ardent supporters, will not be | dents’ observatory, in so far as obser- able to remain in office longer than | yations at present available will next June. Herriot is bitter against | hormic. the so-called reactionary elements in | P°LI0"y o\ cchner sald that the comet Senate. Former Premier Herriot is not ex- pected to take part in the new cabi- net, since he prefers to keep freedom of action, and to following Gambetta's example of traveling through the country and holding meetings, with a view of regaining some of his lost | popularity, so he will be able to suc- | the count nd will lean toward the . extreme Socialists more than before. | discovered at Fulkova, Russia, a para- He hopes to return to office with their | bolic orbit has been derived by H. aid, Kaster and. Miss. K. Prescott, from A from an undeter-| California Students observations made by Schorr at Berge- dorf, Germany, Geffers at the Lick Obsegvatory and by V. Biesbroeck at the Yerkes Observatory on March 23, 26 and 28, respectively. Due to the exceptional mathemat- ical conditions of the case, the results | on this comet are still somewhat un- | certain, it was stated, although they are in accord with subsequent observa- tions of which the last was made on April 13 by Geffers at the Lick Ob- servatory. i ““The results are sufficiently definite to preclude the identity of this comet with the periodic Tuttle comet which has been claimed in Eastern press dispatches,” Prof. Leuschner said, | has a tendency {the Federal census. {soldiers under Chinese command, as| jOrbits of New Comets Are Traced i - Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,222 C.,, WEDNESDAY, , APRIL 15, 0. POPULATION AN 50 Census Bureau Estimates Gain of 60,000 Since | 1920 by July 1. ‘ oyl | | ‘Washington will have a population of 497,000 persons on July 1, 1925, an increase of about 0,000 inhabitants in five years, the Census Bureau esti mated today, basing its conclusions on the normal growth of the city ex- pected as a result of observations on the growth of the Capital during the vears from 1910 to 1920. The 1920 decennial census showed Washington to have a population of 437,571 per sons. Maryland and Virginia, continuing the population growth indicated by their_population figures for 1920 and decade preceding that year, would have populations of 13537000 and 2,449,000, respectively, officials of the burean estimated. | The population of the United States, | which was 105,700,000 in 1920, is ex- | pected to reach 113,500,000 by July.| according to the same arithmetical | caleulations, representing an im-rease‘ of 8,000,000 persons since the 1920 census. Immigration Reduced. | The natural increase of births over deaths shows an apparent decline in the unoficial figures and the excess of immigrants over emigrants also downwgrd. The Cen- sus Bureau expects the new immigra- tion restrictions to be a material factor in the country’s population in 1930. | The Bureau of the Census is hesi- | tant to make a population forecast, and is waiting for the outcome of the State census, now under way in many parts of the Union, to give it an index of the tide of population. This census, which is being taken in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Florida, Wyoming, Iowa, Kan- | sas and South Dakota, is separate | from the recent agricultural census | and is usually taken five years after | SOVIET ENVOY FILES | PROTEST AT PEKING Objects Strongly to Employing Reactionary Russian Troops in | Chinese Army. BY JAMES L. BUTTS. { By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily Ne PEKING, April 15.—L. Karakhan,| the Soviet Russian Ambassador to| China, has lodged a strong protest with the Peking foreign office against the continued empmwyment of reac- tionary Russian troops in the armies of Gen. Chang Tso Lin, Manchurian | war lord and military supporter of | the Peking government. Ambassador Karakhan's protest, it is feared, may prejudice the forthcoming Sino-Rus-| sian conference. The Soviet diplomat disputes the previous official Chinese excuse, which was that these Russian troops had become \Chinese citizens. He points out that the naturalization iaws quire five years' residence, ap. of the ministry of the interiov publication of the names in ihe of- ficial gazette, none of which condi- tions have been fulfilled in this case. He aiso cites the Sino-Russian agreement signed last vear, which | provided for a discontinuance of the| “white” Russians in the Chinese army. He claims that instead of there being only 300 of these Russian | re- claimed by the Chinese, more than a thousand are in active service and more are being enlisted” at Shanghai and Mukden. He insists upon the immediate liquidation of the Russian detach- ments, holding that continued delay tends to indicate bad faith regarding the 1924 agreement and makes doubt- ful the expediency of a fresh confer- ence. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) . Lighthouse Keeper Swei;t Away. BREST, France, April 15.—News reached here yesterday that Keeper Colin of the Jument lighthouse, a crippled war veteran, was_ swept away by a wave Sunday night while tending the light. As soon as the report was . reCeived a lighthouse service steamer started for the scene, but owing to heavy seas was unable to zet alongside the lighthouse. MOVEBY | section. {be unlawful | have assembled here the railroad m |how the merger would increase the WHAT THE PRESIDENT! SAID ABOUT MEN ANGLIN™\/2 WAS WITH Y© ReSERVATIONS Armed Vigilantes Formed in Vicinity Of Bank s as Guard KANSAS CITY, Kans.. April 15 —Distribution of arms, to members of a vigilante committee, composed of bank empléyes and business men, to protect banks here against robbers under way today Two hundred and fifty rifles, sawed off shotguns and .45-caliber re- volvers will be given persons in the neighborhood of the banks. | “No work for the jury” is the slo- gan of the committee Each bank is being equipped with an alarm that may be set off at a number of places in the build ing. When the alarm is sounded, under the plan, each vigilante in the vicinity will seize his weapon and find a ‘vantage point, previous- Iy selected. As the bandits appear the guards will open fire MINORITY INERGER BEATEN 1. C. C. Overrules Plea to De- | lay Hearing on Van Swer- ingen Plan for Railroads. | was A motion to postpone consideration | of the Van Sweringen Nickel Plate merger plan, filed by a committee | representing minority stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, was overruled today by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The commission acted after hearing a prolonged and vigorous argument | by attorneys representing parties to the proceeding. The hearing on the | merits of the merger itself was taken | up immediately thereafter before Commissioner Meyer and Director Mahaffie of the commission's finance W. A. Colston, counsel for the Nickel Plate, called as his first witness T. C. | Powell, traffic vice president of the Erie Railroad, who began an analysis and explanation of the traffic condi- tions which a merger of the Nickel | Plate with the Erie, Pere Marquette, Tlocking Valley and Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad might be expested to encounter ommission’s Power Upheld. Mr. Colston declared that the Nickel | Plate merger, if completed, would be brought before the Richmond court, | but that the Interstate Commerce Commission’s authority Wwas para- mount. Commissioner Eastman to ask: “If the court should find that the Chesapeake and Ohio Co. was without authority to make this lease under the laws of Virginia, you contend that the commission could overrule it?' | “I do,” Mr. Colston responded. “But | it would take me three hours to set| forth our position on that point and | cite the decisions. We hold that the | Interstate Commerce Commission could make law for us in this matter just as it did in the lease of tha Central Pacific to the Southern Pacific: that acting under its orders we may do things that without its order might under State or Federal interrupted statutes. Sees Right to Act. “But setting aside the whole ques-| tion as to the lease of the Chesapeake | and Ohio Railroad, we say that there is enough stock controlled and pledged by the owners of the Chesapeake and | Ohio Railroad to carry out the oper- ating agreements which the Nickel Plate merger involves even if no lease is ever granted. | “Now, further, we ask that this pro- ceeding go forward in the interest of peace and truth. We say that this minority committee has been responsi- Dle for the publication of untrue and false statements, that they have al- leged fraud and made charges, and that we have told them we'd answer when we got before the commission. ““We demand now that they produce witnesses and make proof, and we and the experts who can e truth clear under the or#¥s.examina- tion of the Saml!fillon. Are they afraid to-goon?" * MY, Poweli undertook to demonstrate availability of competitive railroad (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Raaio Programs—Page 38. | Bs | band, Viscount Lascelles. 1925—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. JOHN SARGENT DIES ATHOME INLONDON Was One of Greatest Portrait Painters of Recent Times. Son of American. the Associated Press LONDON, April 15 the noted artist, died suddenly at his home in Chelsea this morning. Mr. argent suffered a stroke at 3 o'clock and died a few hours later. John Singer Sargent, probably one of the best known portrait painters of recent times, was borr: in Florenc Italy, in_ 1836, the son of Dr. Fit william S. Sargent, Boston physician and author. With the exception of some half dozen visits to the United States, the last of them in 1903, he has made his home in European capitals ,and since 1584 had lived n London. One of his best known portrdits is that of Theodore Roosevelt. Found Dead by Maid. A maid discovered Mr. Sargent dead in his bedroom when she brought up his breakfast at 8 o'clock this morn- ing. She immediately called a doctor, who, after an examination. decided that the artist had died between 3 and 4 am. Sir Phillip Sassoon was the first caller at the Sargent home after the fact of the painter's death was known Sir Phillip had been away on a visit, and on returning to London rang up Mr. Sargent to invite him to luncheon and was shocked to hear that he was dead. He drove to the artist's dence in his motor car and left a flo tribute. Mr. Sargent had intended to exhibit at the Royal Academy exhibition opening early in May, and a_number of his paintings wefe taken from the house last week to be put on view at Burlington House, where the exhibi- tion will be held Health Had Been Good. _ The noted American artist had been in good health,"and was at work on a picture as late as last night. He had John Sargent, | booked passage on a steamer sailing | for | the United States on Friday to complete his decorative work in the Boston Library. Sargent’s last work, upon which he had been laboring recently and which death leaves uncompleted, is a paint- ing of Princess Mary and her hus- Only yes- terday they sat two hours fer him in his Tite street studio. the exterior of which is one of the sights of the art colony in Chelsea. Admired as Artist. Many of Sargent’s fellow academ- icians were busy superintending the | hanging of paintings, some of them his own, in Burlington House, the home of the Royal Academy, this morning when the news of his death reached them. The public has as yet had no view of the paintings to be dis- played at this year's exhibition, and officials of the Royal Academy this morning declined to give any indica- tion of the nature of Sargent's pic- tures. His name was on every tongue within the walls of the academy, where he not only was admired and respected as an artist. but was greatly loved as a colleague and a gentleman, Was Prolific Worker. No public buildings in England bear the decorative impress of- Sargent's genius,.as is the case in the United States, but taking his work as a whole, England doubtless shelters and cherishes far more creations from his brushes, pencils and pens than does p_(Lown countr; His paintings ana (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) . The aid of radio has been in- voked by Col. Frederick A. Fen- ning,’a member of the District bar, in an effort to locate an heir to a, $5,000 estate which {s TFor distribution. 1aWyer has se- cured_permiffSSion of Chief Justice cCoy of the District Supreme Court to spend $10 of the funds of the estate to pay station KPO at San Fragecisco to broadcast a - description of Michael Regan, who is supposed to reside somewhere in California, if living. The money belonged to an insane patient at St. Elizabeth’s named Charles P. Regan, who died July 3. 1921, and of whose estate Col. ' Fenning ig the administrator. The Heir to $5,000 Is Sought by Radio In Closing Estate of Insanity Victim : * TWO X-Ray Photograph '\ Of Hand Sent by | CROSSINGS' DEATHS Wire in 7 Minutes SHOW JAY-WALKING - SAFERIN CAPITAL Q_Mosl Fatalities Occur After | Dark—Eldridge Outlines By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April —An x-ray photograph of a human hand was transmitted by telephone ~wire from New York to Chicago in 7 minutes today, marking what is believed to be an experiment that will prove valuable in surgical work requiring prompt consulta- tion of experts. The photograph here by the American sent from Photo Sup: ply Co. and awas received in Chi- Two Remedies. ago by the Victor X-ray Corpor tion, a subsidiary of the General — Electric Co., which announced de- EASSIREANLER * President Did Not Say Sport killed at erosswalks than between Was Only for Boys, |RESPECTING WALKERS’ RIGHT OF WAY IS URGED New Headlight Law and Better Street Illumination Other Pro- posals to Reduce Killings. ber of fatalities occur and midnight betweer are the outstandir . revelations of an analysis of au as Published. mobile deaths in Washington = {last 21 months, Traffic Director I | dridge announced today BY DAVID LAWRENCE. There are two lessons to be | lea All the fishermen hereabouts won- | g0y s investigation, Mr. Eldri dered if thelr eyes deceived them|. iy 4ng he summed them up as f when they read published reports to-| 5., day that President Coolidge didn't} “.py.¢ tnere js urgent need for re think of fishing as a sport for grown quiring motorists to respect ups, but as identified primarily with to respect the rig of way of pedestrians at intersectior chilghood. : 3 od. 9 s ok and that we need a new The “White _“”:;"onj’l'l’f’; ! e[ 1aw for vehicles as well as bett that anonymous personait illumination on the streets to ¢ veals with authority the views, inner feelings and emotions of the Pri down accidents after dark dent—had given the newspaper cor- Modify Headlight Plans respondents 2 comment in answer to| In this connection Mr Eld > their questions about stocking the|today that at the confertnce h Tidal Basin with fish advisory committee last ~igt The correct information given the | decided to modify tne oi‘gir for a new headlig dimming of lights | conditions: On br t law b2 per under ths fc htly lighted was as follows: | ¥ President didn't know enough about the fishing possibilities of the Tidal Basin to make an intelli- | in 0ing over the brow of & h gent comment on the suggestion that | f0Z2Y nights and in heavy rain that basin should be stocked with| The proposal that headlight fish. He had advocated out-of-door|ample to enable the motorist to life, but whether that would be con- | tinguish an object 200 feet away wi be recompiended, Mr. Eldridge said ducive to any success in that direc- | Here are some of the high points in tion, he didn’t know. Fishing he had always identified more with the sport | the analysis of accidents, which was of children than that of grown-ups. | made by the Police Department He supposed that was more or less the Bureau of Public Roads at because of his own experience. He |request of Mr. Eldredge used to fish when he was a boy, and = i with a good deal of satisfaction. The 55 Pedestrians Killed. From July pedestrians 1923, to June ere killed newspaper men who were up in Ver- mont with him surely would remem ber the brook that rung down through | At intersections, 24; cro: the meadow. When he was a boy |than an intersection, 1 that looked to him to be a large and |street, 1; plaving in street important stream. He used to repair |ning into street, 2; others to it as often as he could after school | class, 4 and catch fish there. That was about | From July. 1924, to Mar the extent of his fishing experience w other people got a good deal of | satisfaction in going to Florida or into the north woods to fish Would Help Young. ! Stocking the Tidal Basin wouldn't minister to the desires of people of | that kind. So that the President should think after a moment’s con- sideration it would probably appear that the only good it would do would be to furnish a place for the small boy. It it really would he thought it might be worth while. But he should want to have it investigated by the fish de- | partment of the Department of Com- merce or the\Department of Agrieul- year there were 38 pedestrian as follows—At intersections, 13: at other than intersections, 13; standing in safety zone, 3; playing in stree: running into street, 3; others of this class, 1. Considering the two periods to gether, there were more than 40 per cent of the total lled at intersec tions. In the two periods less than 30 per cent were killed while crossi: at non-intersections. The remaininzg number were due to plaving or run ning in the streets. The 135 fatal accidents listed the 21 months covered by the survey shows the hours of occurrence as fof lows: Between 8 and 9 o’clock at nig! killed ture or by the committee that has a |18 deaths: between 4 and 5 p.m, special interest in outdoor sports to|between 7 and § p.m.. 13; between see what could be done, and 6 p.m., 13: 6 and 7 p.m., 13. The . Right along with that was an |Feport shows few accidents occur in the morning or early afternoon Most Deaths After Dark. inquiry about the Junior Achievement | Club work. That was brought to the President’s attention by a visit of some | New England people who are organiz- | For the entire period from 6 n ing the work among childaren, more es. | to midnight, 61 deaths occurred, or pecially in the textile industry. Some | per cent of the total number of fa- of the younger people making certain | talities in the 20 months analvzed materials (the newspaper men saw | Analyzing fatal auto accidents by them present a scarf to the President | the days of the week shows Friday to and Mrs. Coolidge) were identified with | the Junior Club work. The President | came in contact with it when he was voung. His father organized it for him | mostly in his childhood. be the most dangerous day to be on the streets, but traffic officials little significance in this chart is how the da Friday, Here s of the week line 6 killed; Wednesday, 21: Mo: day, 20; Saturday, 20; Sunday, 17 Thursday, 16, and Tuesday, 15 There is nothing in this phase of the survey to indicate that fa cidents are more frequen. over week end. the report states. Gives Chlidren Interest. That isn't possible for these children | that live in cities and whose parents are engaged in the textile industry. Where that is the case, the President thought something of this kind was a firstclass proposal. It gives these young people an interest, it gives them something to do. They should ee they are making a real achieve- ment, The President thought it would be very much worth while. Of course, | when one got into the open country | this work is really going on in the! different farm organizations. The boys have pig clubs where they raise a pig for market. Now that extends to cattle and the chicken and egg in- dustry is one that lends itself very well to the occupation for the young people, and, of course, the cultivation of the fields. The President’s grand- father died when Mr. Coolidge was 6 years old and before he died young Calvin had begunito sow wheat at Women's Record Is Best There were only six woman drivers involved in fatal accidents over the 21-month period covered by the sur- vey. The analysis according to co and sex follows for the 21 months White male drivers, 106; white fe male drivers, 5: colored male drivers 22, and colored females, 1. Drivers re- mained unknown in 11 accidents. This shows there was a total of 128 man drivers involved in fatal ac- cidents, as against 6 women “There is little or no indication, ac cording to this analysis,” states the report, “that automobile accidents happen more frequently in one month than in any other—at least so far as those which were fatal are concerned his instigation. Had the grand-| There were only three accidents in father lived, the President perhaps|january and October, 1923, and only would have been sowing wheat today | two in January and August, 1624 (this brought a smile from the corre- | The greatest number was recorded in Sainne L ohahind she Ereside LT TTot obon ers seare 11 Tha of a wise old judge in Northampton | jin Bt Riibusti192 Who, thought e might all be batior | Minimum was two, in August, 1924. off if we were engaged with a hoe | Percentage of Children. and potato. So Mr. Coolidge is very | - y firit Yery! In the vear from July, 1923. to much in favor of the junior achieve | ;, e, 1924, of the total number killed ment clubs work and one form of it e e e 1 would be adaptable to city life and | Fm’”;']u"‘{ 1024, <to, March ‘of this those who are in textile centers, and | another form would be adapted to| life in the open country. The Presi- . 2 dent_thought commendable progress; -Although this shows a large number was being made in both cases. | of children killed, the largest group 3. The President didn't know any- | according to age, in both periods was | of persons 45 vears and over. More | than 35 per cent of the persons killed ! since July, 1923, were over 45 years of age. In analyzing street .car the report stated - “Each of the-#¥al street car acci dents inyolved the death of but one -~ 4n the first period (from #1923, to June, 1924) there were | per: =L gna \% Qf these occurred i accidents—7 only relative so far loe#®d is a !yithin the block and 4 at intersec- brother, also_{nsa®é; and a patient |ions; in the second period (from July at the State” hospital at Willard, {1924, to March, 1925) there were o .¥:" Should Michael Regan, the |accidents at intersectionsand 6 within father, be alive he would be en- |ihe block. - titled to_the estate under the Dis- R e trict code, as the son died intes- Limit Upon Motor Trucks. tate and unmarried. Inquiry con- Mr. EHiridge said today that at cerning the father has failed to |the.conference last night it was de- locate him, and Col. Fenning @®. “|%jded to place a limit of 28,000 pounds cided on the unique-idea”of having |on motor trucks that may operate his_description broadcast in Cali- |on the streets of Washington. It aiso fornia in the hope that some one |was dacided to prohibit overloading of acquainted with him will furnish |trucks. the information of his whereabouts The speed limit for trucks in the or proof of his death. Should the |new traffic code wege agreed upon at father not be alive the estate would (18 miles an hogeYor pneumatic tire 0 _to the brother, it is stated. tzucks and-35 an hour for solid tires Col. Fenning will communicate. | “The mass of data contained in the with the radio station and furriish |analysis of when and where accidenta the description of the missing heir : at once, he styted™ vear 35 per cent of those killed were under 14 years (Continued on Page 2, Column &.) accidents (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.)