Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bu Fair tonight, possibly I tomorrow fair and warmer. res—Highest, 61, at noon . 43, at 4 a.n Kull report on page 7. au Forecast.) ight frost; n. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 ch Entered as second class matter Washington, D C WASHINGTON, D. C, ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1925 -THIRTY DICAL CHANGES W eather Bureau May Test Lon g-Distance/F orecasting IN TRAFFI, RULES TV TONGHT Eldridge Appeals for Public| Support for New Reg- | ulations. } MINOR VIOLATIONS NOW TO BE SHOWN LENIENCY Reckless Drivers to Feel Full| Weight of Law—Parking Limits Are Specified. | With the new traffic code becoming effective at midnight, Trafic Director Tldridge today appealed to the public to unite in bringing about compliance, ) the end that street accidents may e materfally reduced For the first 10 da pe lenient in dealin who break minor infractions of the| sew regulations, but Acting Supt.! ‘ivans has instructed the police mot [ +) show any leniency in cases of reck- | driving, driving while intoxicated, ving the scene of an accident with out making a report and similar seri- | ous offenses. While the entir operation tomorrow, encounter the new parking r tions for the first time when drive down town Monday morning. | New Permit System. | The new method of issuing opera tors’ permits also will be put ir effect ‘Monday morning. Here are the | principale new features to be remem- | bered A an hour. use, s the police will with motorists ie code will be motori in | will | they general speed limit of 22 miles There is a reckless driving owever, which states that no vehicle shall be driven (1) reckl 1y (2) at a rate of speed greater thun is reasonable and proper, having regard to the width of the public highway, the use thereof and the tr thereon, (3) 0 as to endanger propert individual, or (4) so as unnessarily to damage the pub o or unreasonably lic_highway. The old speed limi hour at intersections the new rule requires a machine ap proaching an intersection to down and be kept under such control as to avoid colliding with other ve- hicles. | of 12 miles an | is abolished, but slow | | Truck Speed Limits. | The new speed limits for truc ks are: | With pneumatic tires, 18 miles an| hour; solid ti: 15 miles an hour, | and tractors, 15 miles an hour. All vehicles will be ricted to 7 es an hour in alley _shall no Porge trom ah alley, £8 &-or-place business faster than 3 miles hour and must stop before crossing the sidewalk Pedestrians have at all intersections, traffic officer is on duty i Vehicles have the right of way be- | tween intersections. | The vehicle approaching inter- | section from the right ave the ght of wa as at pre: There is a new clause added, however, that ve hicles intending to turn at an inter- | section shall give the right of way tu: vehicles going straight. Under the new code vehicles m stop 8 feet behind a street car, e Where there are loading platforms or safety zones. The old rule was 15 feet. ’ 1 ignal to Be Given. Drivers shall extend the arm iraight out when they intend to stop, turn or pull out from a curb Under the old code there were three different nals for stopping and | turning or left. Teadlights must be of appre Iy 21 candlepower and v be .nx!)vl{- to reveal a substantial object 200 feet ahead. Lights may be dimmed on streets that are lighted suffic iently xu; show ah object 200 feet ahead, or inj| zoing over the brow of a hill. Headlights mu not be da ! and under this provision lamps nust | be adjusted so that the beam shall not rise above a line drawn horizontal through the center of the lamp. Motorists whose lights cannot be adjusted to meet the requirements| will be allowed until August 1 to buy new equipment. J Foot brakes must be capable of stopping a car within 50 feet going 205 miles an hour, and hand brakes within 75 feet at 3 An'\! of the right of way | except where a st pt mate- ing, must stop the car the same speed Beginning Monday (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) WOMAN”RED IN FRANCE | GETS $30,000 FROM U. S. morning _park- | i in Connection With | his Folice: Bearth o' Co | for all practical purpo: Killing of Youths Reveals Al- leged Fund Collection. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, May The polige searches in connection with the alleged Col munist ambush of republican youths in the Rue Damremont on April 24| have been especially thorough in the! rrault, who repre- s Moscow” in the| ¥French Communist world, and is said| to wield unlimited authority over her| red adherents. | Le Matin today sa th: mong the things seized in her a rtment, which | is described as luy nd furnished with the latest Soviet art, were ac. ounts showing that she had received from Moscow, by way of America, dur- ing the last few months §30,000, which had been distributed among various persons. The receipts also were found, | but the names were unfamiliar to the | Police. MODERN FATHER FLOGGED Church Worker Whips Man for Letting Girl Wear Knickers. SHREVEPORT, La., May Conrad Oliver, carpenter and worker, was found guilty late yester-| day of whipping John Barker, struction foreman. Barker wa ged because he permitted his 17 ¢ld_daughter to wear knickerbockers | and ride a bicycle, it was indicated in evidence introduced at the trial. W. E. Miller, defendant with Oliver, | was acquitted. —Oliver will be sen:| ienced Wednesday. 1 | | | | would be produced from day {by the sun on a cubic centimeter of | ciated with Dr. Abbot in applying the |u.uol‘, blackened as with ink, placed |theories to the United States, showed | culated yesterday outside the atmosphere of the!da | ana | Krim, | natives be | manner a | that the rebel movement, inspired by ‘Twenty-Year Fight on Solar Constant System With Smithsonian Scientists Climaxed by Debate Today Differences of 20 years' standing be- tween the Smithsonian Institution and the Weather Bureau over the possi- bility of long distance forecasting based on vagjations in solar radiation were threshed out today before the American Society of Meteorologists. Dr. Charles F. Marvin, chief of the Weather Bureau, and Dr. C. J. Abbot, assistant secretary of the Smithson- ian, carried the brunt of the argu- ments. At the close of his talk Dr. arvin said that while he was far from convinced of the practical ‘ap- plication of Dr. Abbot's theories he sufficiently impressed with the in- sing accuracy of the observations that he was willing to co-operate fully | with the Smithsonian observers in an effort ground. to arrive at some common Method is Debated. The i it is possible to forec week to ten days in ad: uring the variations we a nce by meas in heat which ust earth, the obs the only way possible at the bottom of the a of air and consequently subject to errors which might prove S0 great as to nullify results. The debaters for the Weather Bu- reau, Dr. Marvin, Dr. H. H. Kimball Dr. H. W. Clough, maintained that it was still impossible to elim e these errors, which must be ex- pressed in ten-thousands of calorfes heat, to such an extent as to be certain whether there is any variation in the solar constant at all. He pointed to the great variation in MORQCCANS BEGIN to day|Ar observations made in 1912 and 1913 due to the explosion of the great Alaskan volcano, Mount Katmai, which filled the overlying atmosphere with dust so that much more heat than usual was absorbed. All three speakers brought out that the variations reported from the Smithsonian stations at Montezuma, Chile; Haqua Hala, Ariz., and Wash ington might be measures of terrestial rather than solar heat. Dr. Abbot said: *“I cannot see whether it makes any difference, so far as weather forecasting is concern- ed, whether the heat variations are on the earth, the sun or some dis- tant planet if they give results which ctually do enable observers to predict | weather 10 days in advance.” Shows Accuracy. He then showed a number of charts showing the use made by the Argen e under debate was whether | tine weather bureau of the solar con- | stant theor: by which a remarkable iegree of accuracy is reached. H Clayton, former forecaster for entine government and now the S0~ which were falrly accu- rate over 10-day periods. Dr. Abbot asserted that the Weather Bureau had not given the theories fair consideration because they had taken observations made from to 1920, when the Instruments used in obtaining them were far from as ac- e as those now employed. These measurements,” he “are prehistoric and cannot ered in a general average. ment used against me said, consid he argu can be com- the “ontinued on Page 2, Column 2 HERD'S LAST ACT ATTACK ON'FRENCH WINS WIDOW AID Vast Move Launched by Abd- el-Krim on 60-Mile Front. By the Associated Press. FE May Moroccan tribesmen, operating under the orders of Abd-el-Krim, the rebel leader, are ttacking the French zone over a front of 60 miles. At some points they have surrounded French posts, where small detachments are defend- Morocco, 2 Ing “themselves in block houses. The French military .authorities here are of the opinion that the rebel leader hes a vast project in mind, with Fez as the principal objective. { The direction of the attacks thus far | made by the tribes in their offensive indicates a plan for a converging movement upon this city. Outposts Felt Shfe. There is no serious apprehension for the isolated posts, which are pro- vided with machine guns and 3-inch pleces. With this equipment, it is felt, the garrisons should be able to keep the tribesmen at a distance. It will be necessary, however, to provision them with water within a short time. The French forces in the zone of activ number about 12,000 men, three columns, each com- manded by a colonel. Reinforcements I now on the way will bring the total to 20,000. Extenslon of native rebellions from the nish to the French zones in Morocco have been indicated recently d for several months previousiy French troops had been somewhat in- creased in fear of possible trouble. Wednesday Si Mohammed, younger brother and righ-hand man of Abd-el- the Moroccan leader, was re- ported to have entered the French zone at the head of a considerable native force. Drove Spanish Out. Abd-el-Krim d line, leaving him pract ter of what had been the Spanish zone of Moroc This left a portion of the French zone exposed, and an to fliter across the line —peacefully but nevertheless in a susing French apprehension success against the Spaniards, might | be extended to the French area. s years of rebel leadership Abd-el Krim has frequently been ported dead. These reports always proved to be untrue and he continued to a point that made him, , the sultan of the Riffian tribes of Morocco. Denied French Hatred. Abd-el-Krim, although credited with responsibility for the present In- surrection in French-African territory, recently declared that he had no enemy but Spain and he categorically denied fostering any pan-Islamic movement for winning Africa to Allah. Abd-el-Krim is the man behind the battle lines in northern Africa. His | is the master mind that looks to the future when a constitutional mon- \fter years of fighting v |afternoon drive and picnic on which - | Mr. and Mrs. Stephens and their chil- dren, Ethel, 6, and E | | | | | re- | Alexandria, | | Pension Reward for Hus-| band’s Bravery Comes in Time of Need. On the verge of being forced b; continued {ll health to give up, for the second time. the work with which she has been &eing out a bare exist ence for herself and two young chil- dren since the herofc death of her husband 10 months ago, Mrs. Richard Carlisle Stephens of 3335 M street was rejoicing today over the news that the Carnegie Hero Fund Foun- dation has just awarded her a bronze medal and a pension of $70 a month, with $5 a month additional for each of the two children. Mr. Stephens was drowned June 2 1924, in the presence of his family, when he tried to rescue two young girls from drowning in Occoquan Creek at Occoquan, Va. Diving, fully dressed. into the creek when he heard the girls cry for help, young Stephens struck his head on a submerged rock and was partially stunned. Despite his injury, spectators saw him come to the surface, blood stream- | ing over his face, with one of the nearly drowned girls under his arm and the other over his shoulder. He managed to struggle with his heavy | burdens close enough to shore for a marine, Pvt. J. A. Culpeper, to wade in and pull the limp children up the bank. Paid With Life for Act. As soon as he was relieved of his| charges, however, he collapsed in the water from loss of hlood and from the serious nature of his wound, sink H.| on recent predictions for New | rvations being taken in| York City 1900 | DETECTIVES GONG TOCOUNCILVOTIG TOPROBELETTER “Instructions” Iésue Due to Be Raised at Citizens’ Election Tonight. | | | ‘ SEVERAL ARE SUSPECTED AS POSSIBLE AUTHORS Boomerang Effect Seen as Federa- tion Leaders Hit “Petty Squab- bling and Piffle.” Among the spectators who will as- mble tonight in the boardroom of the District Building to witness the election of Washington's first Citizens' | Advisory Council to the Commission. ers, will be two headquarters de. tectives in quest of clues to the au- thorship of the mysterious letter cir- mong the voters. n Detectives Ira Weber to “cover” s reached to Decision to ass Keck and C. P. J. the meeting tonight day by Inspector ¢ [ALL RIGHT " BUT ‘TAIN 13 ord L. Grant, |chief of the Detective Bureau, fol- |lowing reports that the letter would |be brought up for discussion prior |to the balloting by c ain campalgn | factior Several Suspects Reported. | The two detectives, who began 3 |terday afternoon an intensive investi- | zation of the origin of the anonymous circular the instance of the Dis. | trict Commissloners, have failed thus far to uncover any definite clu2s 1o {the author, aithough it was reliably reported there were several “sus- pects.” It is understood the detectives ques- tion of Citizens’ Associations yesterd | in the hope of shedding some light on | the source of the document, which {Jesse C. Suter, president of the fed | eration and chairman ex-officio of the council, has characterized as “damna- ble and contemptible. The letter purported to adv gates to vote tonight for an istration ticket,” composed of seven persons named, although actually, it s contended, it was calculated to pro- {duce just the opposite result. | Joked by “Piffle. To all appearances, however, the letter has tended to have a boomerang effect, it was indicated today, and fed tion leaders were advised of the rystallzation of a strong | against what they term “petty squab | bling and piffie” recently manifested | in the pre-election fight. | "This widespread sentirent, it was learned, may be reflected in the devel- opment _tonight of a determined | “aamper” on rumored efforts to fli- | buster and postpone the election until | Monday night. Will Fight Filibuster. Furthermore, it was intimated today | that federation leaders agreed today ‘DH a line of parliamentary procedure | that, if strictly adhered to, should | preciude any attempts to forestall the balloting. It was being rumored that persons | intent on stirring up factional strife may find themselves outwitted, not to say outnumbered. President announced today ntinued on Page (8} | 'EX-PREMIER’S WIFE | SUSPECTED IN SOFIA | {Kelpefl Plan Blast That Cost 160 | Lives in Cathedral, Bulgarian | Authorities Think. ing before the marine could return to | help him. He had paid the supreme sacrifice for his bravery. A quarter of an hour later his body was found, with the aid of a grappling hook hurried to the scene, but frantic | efforts of physicians revive him were una: The tragedy nd spectators to ling. climaxed a Sunday dith, 2, had gone to celebrate Mrs. Stephens’ conva- lescence from a long illness. The fam- ily at that time resided in Alexand while Mr. Stephens was employed as a carpenter for Floyd E. Davis of this city. Girls Slip From Rock. The family was preparing to spread lunch beside the shady creek when | the two girls, Beulah Cook, 11, of and Katharine Roberts, 12, of 1113 Fourand-a-half street, this city, slipped from a rock on which they had been playing in their bathing suits. Both had gone down twice, ‘and undoubtedly would have been drowned, If'is said, had not Mr. Stephens rushed to the Trescue. Mrs. Stephens saw her husband dive | over the bank, and then collapsed in a state of hysteria. The older daugh- ter, Ethel, ran to the bank and saw her father, bathed in blood come up with the girls. The memory of that moment is so indelibly impressed on her childish brain that it was feared for a while, her mind might be af- fected. Last Fall she started to school at the Hyde Public School in George- town. The funeral was held at the Free| ~"{Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) TG ued on Page 2, Column 3.) Flames Applied to Feet by Bandits Fail to Make Old General Open Safe By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, May 2.—Gen. Francisco Romero, retired, a vet- eran of the old federal army and member of one of the weaithiest families in Mexico, withstood torture when robbers last Wednes- day night endeavored to force from him the combination of his safe, it is learned. The criminals, eight in numl entered the Romero home, two blocks from the city hall, bound and gagged two servants and then confronted the general. When he smiled at their Jeveled guns and refused to give the combination of the safe, they seized him, and, igniting pages torn from a book, applied the Hames to his bare feet. The old fighter still refused to yield. The robbers then brought his sister: to witness the torture, and she, fearing they would kill him, gave the desired information. Meanwhile a policeman, noticing the open street door, entered, but was quickly overpowered and gag- ged. The robbers then rifled the safe, and escaped with the family jew- els, estimated to be worth $13,000. The gang is believed to be the one responsible for a daring robbery in the heart of the commercial dis- trict last week, in which a cashier was shot dead. Radio Programs—Page 12. | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 2 2—Dispatches re- |is withheld, is believed by the Bul- | garian authorities to have been im- | plicated in the recent cathedral ex- | plosion at Sofia in which 160 persons | were killed. It is reported | that the government has found Com. im\ull.fll thought to have penetrated | ofti educational circles. Ma teachers and employes in the educa- tional departments have been dismis: ed for alleged Communist tendencles, it is said. The Bulgarian legation here today denied that there have been any fur- ther unrest or criminal attempts in Bulgaria. i Monks Also Accused. | By the Associated Press. | ' SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 2.—Traces of the Communist conspiracy in Bulgaria have led to the Tcheropitch Monas. tery, 38 miles from Sofla, where the authorities claim secret meeting were held. The attorney general has or- dered the arrest of the implicated monks. in these dispatches | | | | ' MANEUVERS IN PACIFIC PROVOCATIVE, IS VIEW | Italian Paper, However, Sees No Immediate Clash Between Japan and United States. By the Associated Press. ROME, May 2—The Pacific maneu- | vers of the United States Navy are | used by the Messaggero as the sub- | jeet for a two-column front-page edi- | torial on American-Japanese relations. The newspaper expresses the opinion the the maneuvers are provocative, and, while seeing no immediate danger {of trouble between the United States and Japan, believes that activities of Occidentals in the Orient will ultimate- 1y force Japan to a sort of Monroe Doctrine of “Asla for the Asiatics.” The Messaggero says the fact that the fleet is visiting Australia causes liance between Australia, Canada and 'Amerlca for Asiatic purposes. The paper expresses the opinion that IJapan will never become the aggressor against an Occidental country so long {as peace reigns in Europe, but spec- ulates regarding the outcome if ther is another KEuropean war, and if Japan, China and Russia should form an effective alliance. 2 7 | tioned several delegates to the Federa- | ‘admin- | sentiment | ceived here from Sofla say that the| wife of a former premier, whose name | - had complained against the alleged iit to believe that there is a close al- | | BOY HELD IN PROBE - OF RIVER TRAGEDY {Detained as Material Wit- ness as River Is Dragged for i Hotel Man’s Body. | While police of the harbor precinct fruitlessly dragged the Potomac today | for the body of George B. Ashby, 39 | vears old, manager of the Capitol { Park Hotel, who was drowned when { his canoe capsized at the foot of Wis- | | consin avenue, Leslie E. Gross. 17, son | | of an auctioneer of Norfolk, Va., was | being held at the seventh precinct as | a material witness pending orders of Coroner J. Ramsa evitt. The accident itself, according to | | evewitnesses, took place when Ashby and Gross, occupants of the former' canoe, were changing position the bet ter to battle the strong current, not| far distant from barges moored at the | wharves bel K street. As they | stood to switch positions, & treacher-{ ous movement by the cance threw | both of them into the water. Both came up. | Hanging on to the canoe, Gross| 1crled out: “Are you all right?” | | | | “All right,” came back the words heard from Ashby. Finds Ashby Missing. Gross took a few strokes and reach- ed a barge. He turned to look for Ashby. The latter had disappeared. So had the canoe. Shortly thereafter the canoe came up close to the shore as though it had passed under a barge. iross, shedding his outer apparel, dived for his friend. So strong and viclous was the current that when he came up he was between two| barges, 3 feet to the right or left would have put him under one or the other of the barges. He dived again. He continued his efforts at a rescue until partial exhaustion forced him to quit. The belief now is that Ashby was carried under by the current and when he came up he struck his head upon the bottom of one of the barges. Gross at first told police he was Edgar E. Rawlins of Atlanta, Ga. He later explained that he gave the ! wrong name so that his mother, who | |was il in Norfolk, would not be affected by publicity of the tragedy. | Gross returned to the Capitol Park Hotel last night, but later left there, going to 1404 Harvard street. Meanwhile Detectives Carroll and Arrington of the seventh precinct had been investigating the case. They learned that a snarled mass of co- incidences surrounded the relations of the two men, Ashby and Gross. They | then went to the Harvard street house |and ook Gross into custody. Learns Gross' Identity. Last Monday, police learned, Ashby last { i | | ‘attempt by Gross to pass an unau- thorized draft on a Baltimore hotel proprietor, to pay his hotel bill. At |that time Gross was known as | Consolvo, the name he used in regis- | tering at the Capitol Park last week. | “Investigation disclosed that the {draft was unauthorized, according to | the police. During these proceedings, | however, Ashby had discovered the real name of Gross and had commu- nicated with the boy's parents. The first prime coincidence was that the father of Gross and Ashby were close friends, both having met previously in Norfolk. Ashby then procured Gross’ release in his custody. Yesterday, according to Milton D. {Smith, president of the Policemen’s | Association of the District and brother-in-law of Ashby, the hotel pro- prietor, feeling the boy's plight keen- Iy, arranged to take him up the river to look at a canoe in a boathouse |there. Arriving on the Potomac, the i pair met Kenneth Ward of 1112 H| street, who accompanied them in an- other cance during a trip to Analos- tan Island. While on Analostan Island, Gross told Inspector Grant during a quiz at | headquarters this morning, both Ward and Ashby had had some corn liquor, intimating that he had taken a bit himself, but he stoutly main- tained that none was under the abso- | lute influence of the whisky. On the return trip, en route to the boathouse, Gross and Ashby, in the latter’s canoe, were far in advance of Ward. They had just about reached the shoreline near K street and Wisconsin avenue when_ the tragedy took place. Ward was far to the stern of the capsized canoe, and Paul Ward of 1012 Wiscon- sin avenue, put out a boat and as- sisted Kenneth Ward, a namesake, but not a relative, to the barge. Gross, however, lost no_time in at- tempting to save Ashby. He took im- mediate action in diving and attempt- ing to recover the body. Police_were informed today that a Judge Day of Norfolk, friend of the Gross family, was en route to this city to look after the interests of the vouth. He was expected to arrive this afternoon. | ing Star. -TWO The every city bl “From Press to Home Star’s’ carrier system covers tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Within the Hour” ock and the regular edi- Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,547 TWO CENTS. i HELPIN’, Rules Wife Must Forfeit Alimony Or Surrender Dog By the Associated Press LOS A LES, Calif., May 2 If Art Acord's wife persists In denying him the companionship and ald of their family dog he need not pay her alimony, it was ruled yesterday in superior court, where Mrs. Acord is seeking tem porary alimony pending the out come of her suit for divorce from the screen actor. The court decided that since the household pet is community prop- erty, Acord has a right to utilize its screen acting ability by sending it to the studios and putting it to work earning part of the alimony. NEW YORK SKIPPED BY LADY ABERDEEN Head of |nternationa>l Council of Women Comes Direct to Washington. Headed by the Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair of Great Brit- ain, president of - the International Council of Women, about 200 woman delegates from many foreign coun- tries arrived in Washington at noon today for the seventh quinquennial convention of the council, here May 4 to 14, Coming on a special train from Can- ada, after a tour of the Dominion, the delegation was greeted at Union Station by a representative reception committee, headed by Mrs. Philip North Moore of St. Louis, president of the National Council of Women of the United States and a vice presi- | dent of the international body:. New and Old World Meet. It was a meeting of the new world and the old world as Lady Aberdeen and Mrs. Moore clasped hands, ex- changed greetings and discussed plans for the international conven- tion. About 40 nations will be rep- resented by 250 voting delegates. There will be many alternates and visitors. Sessions will be held at the Wash- ington Auditorium, beginning Mon- day, and headquarters will be both at the auditorium and the Hotel Washington, where the Marquis and Marchioness of Aberdeen will reside. Mrs. Moore, in a statement today, said: “The National Council of Wom- en of the United States, the oldest affiliated organization of the Interna- tional Council of Women, welcomes, Wwith sincere affection and high pride, the delegates to the seventh quinquen- nial convention. Organized Here in 1888. “The International Council is com- ing here at our ‘Invitation,” she con- tinued. “We thought it time the council come back home for a visit; it has been away a very long time, prac- tically ever since its infancy. It was organized in this city in 1888, and Lady Aberdeen was elected its presi- dent in Chicago in 1893, when the council _was still in its swaddling ontinued on Page 4, Column 3.) Three Injured, Fire RENTS WILL SOAR WHEN BOARD DS CODLIDGE S TOLD {Chairman of Commission ALL BALLOONS P N ATIONAL AGE | Big Bags Heading Southeast Over Missouri—Army Flyer Is Left. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., M: —Daylight saw five balloons in the national elim- ination race headed southeastward to | day probably over southern or south eastern Missouri. National Aeronautic Association officials anxiously await- ed word from the big bags that left Rosecrans Field here late yesterday to contest for the honor of represent- ing the United States in international balloon races. | Four Contesting. | Four of the balloons, those piloted by | Capt. H. E. Honeywell, veteran of : vears; W. T. Van Orman, winner of the race last year; Herbert V. Thaden and Lieut. Willlam J. Flood, are those contesting for the coveted positions in the international event. The three bal- loonists finishing in the lead are eli- gible to enter. The fifth balloon, pilot- ed by Maj. Maurice Smith of Kansas City. was a pilot balloon that led the way for the racers, ch pilot was to drop messages to- day telling of his position, speed and experiences. The messages are to be delivered to N. A. A. officfals here and to the Associated Pres: Seen Over Missouri. The bags, on taking off, headed toward the southeast, and the Weath- er Bureau predicted they would follow |that course until in the vicinity of | Memphi Tenn., where they would ward with the wind toward the Atlantic coast. The last report from the balloons |last night was that three had passed over Liberty, Mo., and another over | Kansas City. | __ A fifth contestant in the race, Capt | Raymond O'Nelll of the Army, saw | his hopes shattered yesterday, when | his balloon was dameged by the burst ing of the net about the bag. It | could not be repaired in time to per- mit him to enter the race. |COL. COOLIDGE IS HOME DOING USUAL CHORES Specialists Who Examined Father of President Say Heart Block Is Common. By the Associated Press. PLYMOUTH, Vt., May John (L Coolidge, father of the Presi- dent, was back at home in Plymouth today performing his usual chores after having undergone a heart ex. amination at the Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital in Boston yesterday Col. Coolidge had nothing to say con- cerning his trip to Boston, other than that he was feeling as usual. Special- ists who examined him said he had heart block, a condition often recur- ing among persons of advanced age. There was a dance in the hall above the general store in Plymouth last night, but the President’s father did not attend. Oftentimes he drops over 'to these affairs and watches the merry- E:ers but: it was believed the day opach in preference to wait- jog for a train with Pullman accom. modations, had made him tired and he had gone to bed early men Called Qut, Chaos Reigns as Machine Runs Amuck William R. Hartley, 21 years old, 635 E street southeast, stepped on the starter of his automobile early this morning and immedi- ately the plot began to thicken. At Tenth and I streets north- west his car struck a taxicab, owned and operated by George H. Bowle, 927 Fifteenth street, and hurled the cab to the sidewalk, where it struck and demolished a fire plug. L. P. Griffin, 21, 603 Fourth street, a passenger in the taxicab, was injured and taken to Emergency Hospital, where he was treated for shocks'and bruises. Proceeding dewn I street, Hart- ley's machine at 9th street struck and knocked down Oscar Foy, 500 Ninth street southeast, and Anna Graves, 1120 Tenth street. ~The former sustained injuries to his head and right shoulder and the latter was cut on her face, head and_body. When the two pedestrians were struck, a third pedestrian, who witnessed the progress of the ca- reening automobile, thought that something ought to be done about the matter, and, nothing else occur- ring to his mind at the time, turned in @ fire alarm. Several companies answered the alarm and on its way to the sup- posed fire No. 4 truck struck and damaged the automobile of D. Gordon Washburn, 931 New York avenue, which was parked in the center of the roadway in front of his home. The damage was slight. In the meantime the police had stopped _ the wild career of the troublesome automobile driven by Hartley by arresting its owner, who was taken to the first precinct and charged with driving while drunk, colliding, failing to stop and make his identity knowd after the accidents, and two counts of as- sault. He spent the early morning in jail and demanded a jury trial in Traffic Court today. Bond of $225 was demanded in each case, which brought the total to $2,100, on pay- ment of which he was released. 2.—Col. | from Boston, which he made | Says Survey Shows Big Increase_s Planned. ASSERTS LOW-SALARIED WORKERS WILL SUFFER Instances of Threatened Raises of 100 Per Cent Are Laid Be- fore President. | When the Distri |goes out of ex | month there is & able rent ording { formation given to President ( | today by Oliver Met the District Rent The Presiden mission chairn the houses apart: | now being rented in Washin completed by the rent shows that a fraction over c {of the owners of these homes | signified thefr intention of ra | their rentals on June 1 [ these incre will average |25 per cen i t Rent Cor late ng to be c boosting, a Mr. Metzerott w information rhouses, explaining | sion’s ‘surv pects to acq | this latter sit situation within the next | Wage Earners May Suff According to Chairma Metzerot the unfortunate fe ] ught out | by ing rented |a vo-family apartments is th low-salaried ma said the shows that which have been rented from $45 a month are the ones which w {be more ily affected by | promis: reases his opinion v few of these ses are w | ranted under the circumstances, he ventured the sug on that boos in rentals would not have been made if the Rent Co had cc {in_existe Mr. Metzerot 1 ht with the White House a score or m communications from tenan landiords, mostly from the { which dealt with the housing sit | here e nere ion Large Increases Most of these letters were froi Government employ who _stated that they are now paying as much as they possibly can for remt, and that | their salaries will not permit an in | crease. In several of these letters it was shown that the increase made will run over 100 eral of them were mo |cent, and in no case did the lette show that the owners of property promised any mprovements which would warrant a raise in renta Other than to say that Presiden dge is deeply interested the housing problem of this city, p: icu larly as’ it affects those cit of |the city in the Federal service, Mi i Metzerott did not care to « ent after his conference with the Presi dent upon the latter titude or |comment regarding the report made to him today Has No Plan to Offer. Metzerott said tl plan to offer the P might serve to here when the Rent ¢ {out of existence, ar finance corporation to on second mort at low rates of interest, as planned by former !tor Ball, a member of the Rent Com is: s a means of reducing the nd which met with the President and ecretary of Commerce Hoove: | Metzerott did not appear overenthus Alleged Mr. loan money is natural to suppose.” Mr Metzerott said, ““that cheap money will | make it possible to have lower-priced | buildings, but it is doubtful if there {are enough people charitably minde |who could be found to put money in |such a corporation. | Second mortgages are known to be | hazardous and even have an element of risk dividual who loans mc | speculative purposes g | mands a rate of interest commen | surate with the risk involved Guarantees Needed. “In the event that the are enough public-spirited men and women to make such a finance cor poration possible, it will be necessar: to get a4 guarantee from the builders |and others borrowing from the cor | poration that the houses or apart | ments they build would be sold or rented at figures in comparison with | the low interest charge.” Mr. Metzerott thinks also that if isuch a plan were put in effect, even mortgages e | with the best intentions in the world, | there would be a likellhcod of similar | companies being formed principally | for the purpose of swindling investors. | PUBLISHER IS CONVICTED | OF LIBELING EX-SENATOR Criminal Charge Pressed by Mag- nus Johnson Upheld by Court in Minneapolis. By the Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, M: A.'N. Jacobs, publisher «f a magazine in Minneapolis, today w found gullty on a charge of criminal libel in connection with the printing of a story charging former Senator Mag- nus Johnson with disorderly conduct. SNOW NEAR ASHEVILLE. | ASHEVILLE, N. C., May 2.—Three inches of snow on Mount Mitchell was reported today by a party which returned from a trip to the mountain yesterday. Snow falling and temperatures of 2: 5 degrees pre- vailed. The party was treated to ex- ceptional Midwinter views of snow- covered ranges. A party returning from Blowing Rock today reported a heavy blanket of snow in the mountains of that se tion. There has been no snow Asheville. n