Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1925, Page 2

2 * 300 IPRSONED FOR BULEAR PLOT More Arrests Made After Trial Bares Facts of | Bombing. | i { Br the Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 7.—More ar- | rests have been made in consequence of revelations at the trial of those | charged with complicity in the Sveti| Kral Cathedral bombing tragedy | There are now about 3,000 p { in prison throughout Bulgaria. and! the authorities state that the Com- munist orzanization, which is blamed for the plot. is more far-reaching than was at first supposed Nearly all the members of the mid- | dle class who were invelved in the | movement ve been apprehended, hut several gangs of young idealistic | Communists are still undiscovered Few peasants were imbued with the Communist doctrines, the authorities .and the majority of these arres helong in towns where poverty and discontent offers a favorable field for the red propagandists Militia Keeps Watch. The militia continues its close | vatch on all entering or leaving| Sofia, and several cases are reported | of persons leaving bombs or explo- in the public gardens, fearing caught with them in their, sion sives he A remarkable feature of the recent events is the amount of army ammu- ition in the hands of the civilian population, and the authorities expect that further isolaied & violence | are hound to ocenr until the disarma- ment is general WARNS OF DANGER. ot of BELGRADE. Jugosiavia, May 7 (A T..—The Bulgarian foreign ministe ol Kalfoff, has arrived here on hi: way to Paris, Londen and Rome to explain the d'fficulties of his country’s situation to the powers. In a state- ment given out after an interview with Foreign Minister Ninchitch Col. Kalfoff said: My voyage abroad is in connection with the Communi offensive in Bul garia, which shows clearly that the nmunist danger is a reality which must be reckoned with. The danger i is zeneral and does not menace Bul- zarfa alone. ‘The attacks have up to the present heen repulsed. and I am convinced they will not be repeated. But if we ve mistaken in our hopes, I affirm that the Bulgarian government. sup- | ported by the Parliament and the country. will do its utmost to stifie the attempis of the Communists whose aim is to destroy the social order “It is to be hoped that this effort will receive the support of the govern- ments and peoples of all civilized lands. I stopped in Belgrade to talk th Foreign Minister Ninchitch. I! am glad to say that he full” shares; the Bulgarian government's view of | this question.” WRIGHT DETERMINED T0 SEND PLANE AWAY Word Is Pledged and Craft Will Go to Britain, He Says. Rr the Aseoctated Precs DAYTON. Ohio. May The oriz tnal Wright flying machine will 1o England despite the possibility of a congressional investigation concern- | ing his charges involving the Smith. | #onian Institution, Orville Wright said last night. Efforts of 2 dozen cities and half a hundred museums to obtain | the machine will only prove futile, he | said i The machine will be shipped toj Science Museum. South Kensington, within two months, Mr. Wright ampli fied It is pointed out that persons in-| terested in the movement to keep the | machine in this country hoped that he vould delay action until a resolution could be introduced in Congress pro-| viding for an investigation, but Mr. | Wright said that his word was| pledzed, and would be kept. | “The decision is unalterable, even it T wanted to change it,” he declared. | I have pledged my word and will | keep it. PERSIAN PREMIER BANS ALL TITLES IN ARMY | | { i | Aholition of Custom of Bestowing or Assuming Titles Among All Classes Seen. By the Associated Pre TEHERAN, Persia, May mier Riza Khan of Persia nounced the title Sardar commander-in-chief, and all titles In the army. Parliament has passed aholshing civil or military titles for people “who da not possess social position compatible with such titles. 7.—Pre- has re- | epah, or abolished a law The Persian government's decision as outlined in the above dispatch apparently is aimed at abolishing the curious custom of bestowing or as- suming titles among all classes. In the past a soldier, whatever his rank, might be given such a title as “con- queror of the country,” while an obscure peasant might be termed “owner of- villages.”" Such _titles, however inappropriate, were handed down from father to son 1t is noteworthy that Premier Riza Khan himself was awarded the title Sardar Sepah long before he was actually placed at the head of the army, while the title of khan. or duke, has become as common in Persia as “mister.” Asks Quiz of Tale Of $300 Sought For Postal Job f | l | i | { Representative Black, Democrat. Texas, said today he has requested the Post Office Department to in- vestigate charges that in a county in his district the Republican chair- man promised to obtain appoint- ment of & rural mail carrier for the payment of $300. According to his information, Mr. Black said, the ‘money was solicited on the ground that it would go to the Republican campaign fund. Post Office Department officials already have begun an investiga- tion of Mr. Black's charges. They zaid. they would proceed against any one guilty of soliciting money postal service appointments ther in the service or in a pe- Mtical organization. | Others on her | street DR. A. FRAM | Re-elected yesterday Women's City Club. DR, FOYE RETAINED AS CLUB PRESIDENT Ticket Picked by Judge Mary 0°Toole Wins, With Four Board Exceptions. D ed " A. Frances Foye re-elect- president of the Women's City lub yesterday and carried into office was with her a majority of the other can- | didates whose names appeared slate picked by Judge Mary O i the ole, |organizer of (he club and member of !us board of directors. Only two of | the six members supported oy Judge O'Toole for the board of direciors were elected, but all of the other ndidates named in her pre-election ticket eame out victorious. The threatened storm over Juds O'Toole’s campaign tactics failed to materialize either during the hallot- ing or at the annual meeting last nighi of the club, at which the elec- tion results were announced. Other 0'Toole Candidates. Foye headed the O"Toole ticket. slate who were electec follow: Mrs. Bessie Bruegzeman. first vice president: Miss Myrile Bunn. sec- Dr | ond vice president: Mrs. John Lorentz Steele, corresponding secretary: Mi: Nell V. Price, recording secretary, and Miss L. May Larkin. treasurer. Those on the O"Toole ticket elected to the board of directa re Mrs. Roe Fulkerson and Mrs 2dwin St John Greble. Other bhoard members chosen to serve with them follow: Mrs. William E. Chamberlain, Mrs. Laura A. Bradley, Miss Alice Beatty and Miss M. Grace McV The number of ballots cast in the election was not made public by the election board. The results were said to be close. The new officers take thelr posts immediately. — . b # 12 BABIES STARVED TO DEATH, CHARGE i Woman Proprietor of Home Held for Alleged Substitutions and Cruelty. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May Auguste Geisenvolk, who conducts a baby home on East Eighty-sixth was held in $35.000 bail in Po- lice Court today on a charge of sub- stituting children placed in her inst tution. = Assistant - District Attorney White, who appeared against the woman in court, said numerous com. 7.—Mrs. Helen | plaints had been made against her by mothers The prosecutor said it _had been re- ported to him that 12 children starved to death in the woman’s institution in one month. A former nurse in the aby home. he said. had told him Mrs. eisenvolk was “cruel to all her | charges.” The specific complaint on which the woman was arralgned was made by William Angerer of Manhattan. who sald he placed his four-month-old son in her care an that another child was returned to him. The prosecutor said the returned child was positively iden- titfied as not being the son of Angerer. FORD COMPANY ACCUSED. Mississippi Charges Conspiracy and | Asks $12,000,000 Fine. JACKSON, Miss., May ~W. Miller, State revenue agent, today filed in the Chancery Court of Hinds County here a suit against the Ford Motor Co.. charging a criminal con- to violate the anti-trust laws of Mississippi. and seeking to collect penalties totaling $12,000,000. All Ford dealers in Mississippi and | institutions with which they transact business are made co- defendants.. The State revenue agent seeks to attach the funds of the Ford Motor Co. on deposit in the several banks to guarantee payment of penalties in event the suit is sustained in the courts. g e Princess Is Improving. LONDON, May 7 (A.P.).—The Prin- ress Royal, Louise, who is suffering from a gastric affection, slept well during the night, and it was stated this morning that yesterday’'s im- provement has been maintained the banking T IPHOTOS OF FLEET “HECEVED B RADID ' Seven Pictures Are Flashea From Honolulu to New York in 20 Minutés. By the Associated Press, | NEW YORK, May 7.—Photographs, | transmitted through the air most of |the way, traversed 5,060 miles over- |1and and sea today, completing a his tory-making journey from Honolulu to New York in 20 minutes. Seven pictures of persons and events concerned in the shem warfare that the United States Army and Navy have been carrving on near Hawail were transmitted in the ceries of ex- | periments. Twenty minutes after the negative of emch picture had been placed In the transmitting appars at Honolulu the completed picture was in New York, Radio Men The experiménts were conducted by the Radio Corporation of Amerlca with the co-operation of the United States Army. Radio officials declared they were elated with the achieve- ment. Those in charge of the (ests also pronounced the transmission a great success from the point of view of ac- curacy, asserting that excellent re- productions had been obtained. The pictures transmitted included portraits of Maj. Gen. John L. Hin |u. s and Rear Admiral Robert | Coonz, UL s, who were umpires in the “war maneuvers’; Gov. Wallace | R. Farrington of the Territory of Ha | waii, Mavor Wilson of Honolulu and three —“action” pictures of “war xame” scenes: the flagship Neattle of the attacking fleet. Army troops at mess and & Coast Guard defense gun in action. | Three Jumps by Wire. Pleased. Three stretches of telegraph ‘wires and two wireless jumps were utilized in the 5.060-mile transmission. first wire jump was from Honolulu to the company’s sending station at Kahuku, a distance of 29 miles. At Kahuku' the pictures took the air for |a 2372.mile ride to Marshall, Calif.. from where they took a short wire | fight to_ the company’s Bolinas Bay | station, where thev again were wire- lessed, making a 2,640-mile flight to Riverhead, Long Island. From River- head the pictures were transmitted by telezraph wires 76 miles to the radio | company’s offices in New York City Radio officiale =aid thal 20 minutes trom the time each picture started to trickle into the receiving apparatus here the completed photographs hud heen received, CAPITAL TRACTION APPEAL IS STUDIED llndge Takes Plea for Five-Million- Dollar Increase in Valuation Under Consideration. Justice Hoehling of the District Su preme Court has under eonsideratiofl the appeal of the Capital Traction Co. trom the decision of the Public Utili ties Commission which excluded from the valuation of the company’s pros perty an item of $5.150.000 paid by the Rock Creek Railwav Co. for the stocks and bonds of the Washington and Georzetown Rallroad when the two companies combined and formed the Capital Traction Co. At the conclu sion of the arguments of Attorneys G | Thomas Dunlop and George J.. Hamil- | ton for the company znd of Corpora- | tion Counsel Stephens for the com- | mission the court asked for e state | ment showing the figures agreed on | between counsel and thgse in dispute. OIL FIELDS RACE CLASH RESULTS IN ONE DEATH | By the Associated Preas ELDORADO. Ark. May 7.—One negro was killed and eight white men were wounded in # fizht last in the oil fields, eight miles north of |here. Approximately 100 shots were | exchanged between white and negro | ~il workers. | The shooting is said 1o have started when 200 v foreman discharge | negroes emploved by the Standard | Ofl Company in laving a pipe line | trom the oil fields to the Mississlppi | River. After the foreman told the white men the negroes would be sent away today a shot was fired from ambush into the group, it is said. The negroes, numbering about 90, fled ‘rom the scene shortly after the shooting occurred. They took refuge in a wooded section nearby. The wounded white men brousht to FEldorado last |in ambulances and their dressed. | | were night wounds \Alaska Pilot Flies 40 Miles Inside By the Associated Press FAIRBANKS, Alaska. May 7. Completing what is believed to have been the farthest airplane flight north in Alaska, Noel Wein- eke, local pilot, returned yesterday after landing two passengers, one of them a woman, at Wiseman, 210 miles north of Fairbanks and 40 miles inside the Arctic circle. 'he actual flying time was 3 hours and 20 minutes over & route commonly taking a month by dog team. Count of Autos Parked Downtown Shows 19 Per Cent Drop First Day Automobile parking fn the down- town congested area was reduced by 19 per cent on Monday, the first day of the new restrictéd regula- tions, according to a count made by the engineers engaged in Sur- veying transportation conditions in ‘Washington. The engineers counted an average ot 5,835 machines parked downtown between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 1, under the old rule of one-hour parking throughout the day on all streets. On Monday, May 4, with no park- ing permitted on certain busy thoroughfares during morning and evening rush hours, the engineers counted an average of only 4,715 machines. It is planned to make another check of parking later, after motorists generally have Become accustomed to th# restrictions. In a report to Maj. W. R. Covell of the Public Utilities Com- mission today. Thomas R. Tate, in charge of the transportation sur- vey, gave the parking figures, by hours, as follows: Friday, May 1—At 9:30 a.m., 5,682 machines; 10:30 a.m., 6,066 cars; 2:30 p.m., 5,799, and 3:30 p.m., 5,793. Average for the day, 5,835, Monday, May 4—At 9:30 a.m., 4,289; 10:30 a.m., 4,814; 2:30 p.m., 4,916, and 3:30 p.m., 4,841. Average for the day, 4,715. This made a reduction in the average number between the two days of 1,120, or 19 _per cent. These parking counts are only a part of the general study “héing made to determine the advanta and possibilities of a the public transpo The | night | white men demanded that | group of | TheArctic Circle| HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DANIELS BALKED OF NAVY FOR Admiral Broke Laws to Avert U. S. Befeat, He Asserts. . Army Was Prepared “‘in Spite of Wilson,” Is His Charge. By the Associated Press EW J., Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, retired, told members of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce here last night ithat all his efforts before and during the World War to bring the American avy te an efficlent fighting status re blocked delberately by the then ecretary of the Nuv Josephus Dantel. Admiral inevitable « May tear Fiske sald he felt that the United would enter the war, and |meeting of the g¢neral hoa after the declaration of war beiween Germany and France in 1814, The board. he sald, wrote s letier 1o Mr. Daniels urging him to effect prepared- ness in the Navy. hut the Secr “refused (o glake uny action ever The admiral said that he alone, b {committing unlawful acts, which e posed him to court-martial and dis- missal, prevented America’s losing the war. Mr. Daniels. he charged. attended to all details himself, and overlooked the naval erganization as a machine, in which the various cogs must work efficiently. The Navy was “‘wholly unmanageable for war.” the admiral sald because the Secretnry had broken up the aid sysiem. Lack of proper clothing and shelter was responsible for the deaths of I was alled 2 a what- ALIEN CONQUEST OF U. S. BY-A MONGREL HORDE FEARED BY DEAN INGE (ontinued from First Page.) as< safe as anything ecan naughty world. I.have had a curious feeling. which may be quite mistaken. that the two nations are nearer (ogether than when I was here in 1906. With us the leve! ing of class distinctions has gone ver: far In the interval. The “gentleman —the public. school and university man—is no longer confined to a short Hst of possible professions, and the haughty artistoerat is so crushed by iniquitous taxation that he is often re duced to a shabbv genteel existence in a small London flat. be in America Has Changed. | 1 think America is changed also. The country seems tidier. more orderly more dignified. more self-assured than I remember it. But what have I seen of America? Just the most polished corner of it. 1 have not even driven through Main street. I was naturally conscious of what we unluc! ropeans have come to call the pre-war atmosphere. America has not passed through the furnace of affliction. The war has brought this country only increased prosperity. We have now restored sterling to par, and I think we may be proud of it. But the strain has been terrible. Fven the richest nation carnot lend ten thou million _dollars to traudulent without suffering severely. T have nothing worth saving about prohibition. T have heard all the usual opinjons—that it was a war measure, | which ought never to have been made part of the Constitution: that it will s00n be a dead letter: that beer and light wines will soon be allowed: and, on the other side. that boys are grow nd and who will never wish for it. Is a Demestic Question. 1t 1= a domestic question. on which foreigner is wise to hold his peace. But-1 am surprised that no attempt is made to create an illusion of iconviviality by offering effervescing jdrinks at meals. Cold water, with which the wild asses quench their {thirst, is & dismul beverage for human | beings. T have seen my first base ball match ale versus Pennsylvania. As an old cricketer, though not a distinguish- ed one, I watched it with great in- terest. It is difficult, without handling the ball and inspecting (what we should call) the wicket-keeping gloves, to give an opinion, but it seemed to me that the catching and throwing-in it were better than are often seen at first-class cricket. On the other hand. 1 doubt whether base ball gives so much scope for the strategy of a good {captain. who at cricket watches the style of each batsman and places the fielde or changes the bowling, ac- cordingly. Cricket takes foo much time for modern conditions, but as a |game 1 venture to think that it has no rival. Permanency of Prosperity. Considering that the future of civil- ization, or at least of Anglo-Saxon civilization, depends mainly on the United States, T naturally asked my- self whether the present amazing prosperity of your country is likely to be permanent. On this subject I had a talk with an intelligent and much-traveled Australian on the steamer. His remarks about England and South Africa were so depressing that I turned him on to the United States. “T think.” he said. “‘that their bloat- {ed prosperity will continue for another ars, and that then they will 1 said; “labor troubles he replied. Well, 1 can see that America lacks one safeguard against social revolu- tion. The nations of Europe cannot afford to play the fool beyond a cer- tain point. A sick nation, like Russia, is at once torn limb from limb by its neighbors. You have nothing of this kind to fear, and consequently the conflicts between capital and labor may be fought out recklessly. But somehow I cannot believe that there will be a revolution in America. Comfort is too widely diffused. and the intelligence of the people is too great. Revolutions are always a mis- take, and I belleve most civilized peo- ple_know it. There will doubtless be a slump in your business, which has expanded partly under artificial and temporary | conditions. But I think vou will meet | discomfort, as we have done, by fleec- ing the rich in taxes. The danger arising from the presence of turbu- lent and violent laborers from south and east Europe has been diminished by wise curbs on immigration. Ground for Misgiving. There Is, however, one ground. in my opinion, for serious misgiving. The Episcopalian clergymen of a small town in Connecticut said to me: “We are losing our Anglo-Saxon population. Last year, out of forty-seven birth: only seven children were born to Eng. lish-speaking parents.” In New Ha- ven I found nearly half the population Itallan. Now, if this is typical, and I am afraid it is, it means a foreign conquest of America, and a foreign conquest of the worst kind. Those beautiful old fowns and villages, laid out in colonfal days, are passing into the hands of allens, strangers by blood. . it may be said that thdy all become Americans. Yes, they do in a sense; Just as the mougrel Levantines who populated the Bast Roman Empire be- { this to | hankrupts on the continent | ing up who have never tasted alcohol. | D.- C, DEVELOPMENT WAR, FISKE SAYS THURSDAY, | | | | \ States | shortly | BRADLEY A. FISKE. Harris_Ewing Phot |thousands of soldiers in France, (said, and the war- called by Lloy George “a race between Hindenbur |and /Wilson"—was won by a hair by | Wildon because “a few Army and Navy office ol the Army in shape “in spite of” the President Admiral Fiske sald he was credited officially and personally, | torcea 1o ‘esign my position everything | told Mr. Daniels happen did happen. and in extreme degree than | predicted. | |was <o thoroughly vindicated (by the avy at least) that 1 was eleiced at annual meetinzs in succession ag |president of the ['nited States Naval | Institute longer term than any other president hax ever served “dis- and but uld more ——— | should came. and were called. Greeks. They apoke Greel and were superficially Hellenized. but they were not the kind |of Greeks whom Thucydides and De mosthenes would have cared to own us countrymen. Nor will the Americans, » mongrel horde, be ex actly the kind of whom Washington jor Lincoln would have welcomed ax fellow citizens, These th ghis are very disiressing | 10 an Englishmen. He has no feelin; about the War of Independence. After (L, if the (wo countries were now un ler one flag it is we who would b the dependency. and we are too proud | to like that idei, But when the Eng shman sees his kinsmen by blood shed out from their old homes by aliens or taking the position of a de- tached and sterile aristocracy the prospect of really “losing America” comes home to him in an unpleasant way The danger It well known to many admirable American writers, who have brought the facts hefore thelr countrymen. but the process of elimination of the old American fam ilies still continues, and no remedy has been found. The problem is not cullar to America: everywhere alike the ruling race tends to rule itself out thing fails like success. Will Be Happiest Country. 1 do not wish to end with a creak. Yours is likely to remain for some time the happlest country in the world, the country where, patriotic prejudices apart, one would perhaps choose to live. American responsi- bilities are, of course, commensurate with American opportuniti But most powerful nation in the world. If there are still any responsible Americans whoe talk of leaving Europe Lo stew in her own juice their attitude is ungenerous and out of date. As an Englishman 1 sav: If you do not like the League of Nations give us some- thing better: we in England will back | up.almost anything that you suggest, | but do not waste time | © The Old World lonzs for rest and se- curity and dreads intensely a new | epoch of competitive armaments, end- ing probably in another world war, from which Europe would not recover. Help us if you can. We are not quar. | relsome fools; but we cannot trust each other: and, as a distinguished German publicist said to me in 1912 “Where there is fear, there is always danger.” Our visit to America has been (ex- cept for the human mosquitoes, who, I hope. will forgive me for my little spurt of irritation) an unmixed pleas- ure. If I do not go home with a swollen head it will not be the fault of my hosts. Surely there are no peo- ple in the worid so generous, kind and warm-hearted in their hospitality as the citizens of the United States. 1 fear we cannot compete with vou in this respect: we are not forthcoming with strdngers. But | hope many Briton is a good friend when vou get to know him. FIVE FINALISTS HERE FOR ORATORY TEST; TWO YET T0 COME (Continued from First Page.) microphones would not strangers tomorrow night. be total Many times accomplished speakers have found themselves embarrassed upon facing the microphones for the first time, and those who have the con- testants in charge are chances of their charges being handi. capped by possible “stage when the supreme test comes. The speakers tomorrow night have faced t not only two microphones that will hurl their voices out over the coun- hroades more attached to the Auditorinm am- plifiers as well. Instructors With Orators. Miss Longenecker is chaperoned by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Longenecker, and Allen L. who was her Instructor speaking at the Ilion High School. A F. Los Angeles Times. 1s with Kroloff as his instructor. All of the contestants expressed an ardent desire for an opportunity of :esting the acoustic properties of the ashington Auditorium, and it is thought the hall will be placed at their disposal for a short time tomor row morning. In a contest with so much at stake they are anxious to “try their voices” from the stage so they may know beforehand exactly how loud they must speak to make themselves heard in all parts of the hall. Randolph Leigh. national director of the contest, announced today that persons who hold tickets for the final test tomorrow night must be on time or their reservations cannot be held. He strongly advised~those possessing reserved seat coupons to be at the Auditorfum by 7:40 o'clock at the latest, and urged 7:30 as an even bet- ter hour. No seats will be held longer than 8 o'clock, and that means ticket holders must actually be in their places at that hour. Urges Early Artival. “The contest will be conducted on a schedule which will permit no dzlays,” Mr. Leigh declared. President Cool- idge is to begin his address within a few minutes after the meeting opens. The program is. tobe. broadcast by ‘WCAP under arrangements hich make it imperativ that we begin on time. The contestapts themseives are new | pe- | taking no tright” try through the telephone company’s sting statlon. WCAP, but two Sisson, in public Young McElmeel is accompanied by his father, Owen P. McElmeel, and Blanks, his instructor, and a member of the editorial staff of the G. W. Whittaker MAY 17, 1925. PHONE CUT HINGES ON RETURN GVEN | Utilities Commission Enters| Into Final Study of Issue. Company Asks 8 Pct. Having received the final brief of the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele- phone Co., the Public Utilities Com- mission is in session this afternoon considering the question of whether | {any reduction in telephone rates is | { possible as 2 result of the new valua- | tion placed the company’'s prop. erty. While & decision will nof nounced today, the commis: pected to make up its mind on some of the main features of the case, on | which the decision will be based. Depends on Return. Whether there is to rates will depend largely of return decided upon mission. The | cordin on be a cut in on the rate by the com- smpany’s contention ix that % is a reasonable return. Ac to officials at the District ! Bulldinz the present earnings of the company are equivalent to approxi- mately 715 per cent Should the commission sustain the company’s plea & per cent, rates would not be changed. Tt the com mission should determine upon per a slizht cut in rates probably | would result | After the more important phases of | the case are passed on today, 1t prob. iably will take several days to com | plete the decision. 1 In support of the claim he allowed rates that will en- I'able it 1o earn an 8§ per cent return on the value of its property, the Tele- | phone Co. yesterday afternoon filed its brief with the commission. . Attorney Dozier De Vane, for the| ompany. contends in the brief that | reasonable return for the telephone | {company should be § per cent and cites |a number of court decisions in sup- port of this claim. { | The company also declaves that in- |come tax should be allowed as an | operating expense. In discussing the recent court de. | cision in the Baltimore telephone case, | which was referred to by the com | mission when evidence “was being | | taken last week, the company takes | the position that the court in that | case wax dealing with the question of | confiscation and did not intend to de- termine what was a fair rate of re turn. In this connection counsel for | the telephone company asked the commission to distinguish between what would be a confiscatory rate and what would be #n unreasonable | rate tes. the brief states necessarily reasonable because they {are not %0 low as (0 be confiscatory The present inquiry fo determine | Whether telephone rates should be re | duced followed the fixing by the com- mission of a new valuation for the property of the telephone company at $18.575.956. | — that 1t {to be limited 10 10 minutes xnd the |entire program will be ’uuhin less than (wo hours “Under these circumstances, it wi's bhe impossible to delay the operinz of completsd There | the meeting or to have it haiied by | can be no splendid isolation for the |late-coming members of the a-idiance. | Therefore, no reservations for i will be good after § o'cloci. Furthe: | more, ticket holders who wan® to b jcertain that they will get ~>its ~hould not make the mistake of timing their jarrival so that they will be at or near |the Auditorium exactly ac § o'clock “1f several thousand people make that mistake they will congest the en trances to the buflding. so that they will prevent one another from getting 1o their seats before the zero hour for seats are not | | | Mason M. Patrick and Capt. St. se landing In a plane at an isolated Ten, night gave the Air ious hours. DOHENY OIL TANKS RUSTING IN PACIFIC Lack of Use Ruining Hawaii Containers as Court Pro- ceedings Drag. The Navy Department formed that er oil storage tanks at were bullt under oil contract used since litigation. coming as been in Honotulu, which and which have not been the contracg has been in While the tanks are be usty from disuse, it that the Navy less to prevent tied by special Department is power it. as its hands are Government counsel who have issued instructions that the vy do nothinz which would indicate the | the | N an acceptance. on the part of Government of the tanks under terms of the contract The Government has contended that the contract was illegal and seek reservations. which Is 8 o'clock. Mv time their arrival at the Auditorium %0 that they will be there by 7:40 at the latest. If I were giving advice to a very close friend I would later than 7:30." Every effort will be made to take care prompily of those who have tickets and are a little ahead of time, and persons merely in the jgeneral vicinity of the Auditorium right on the zero hour or shortly thereafter need not be surprised if they find*that they cannot get seats. Delays to Be Banned. | “A meeting” of this kind cannot be | interrupted or delayed by late arri- {vals. In the case of regular commer- clal entertainments the ticket holder \has a perfect right to expect that a purchased reservation be held indefi- | nitely to suit his convenience. In the | case of a meeting of this kind. how- {ever, the rights of the contestants jmust be given the first consideration./case and tank 33 has been {1 am certain that the general public. | ever since. which has shown such’an inspiring in terest in this contest. will, once the | urgency of the matter is understood, be glad to co-operate with the young orators and the management by being not merely on time, but ahead of time." Saturday, Sunday and Monday the contestants will be the guests of The | Evening Star on a tour of Washington and points of historical interest near- by. Monday they will be given a trip {down the Potomac River on the Syiph, yacht of the Secretary of the Na and upon completion of thelr sta here each will-be presented a photo- graphle story of thelr activities, & gift from The Star. SCHOOLBOYS KILL FOUR. Barred From Examination. Shot Teacher and Three Pupils. WARSAW, May 7 (A.P.).—A strange tale of violence comes from Viina. where, dispatches say, three boy stu- dents, angered because they had been barred from the high school gradua- tion examination, broke into the school during the test and began firing wildly. Their shots killed a teacher and three students and wounded several others. One of the assailants was killed when he dropped a hand grenade and another committed suicide. Those planning to attend the ational Oratprical Contest finals at the New Washington Audi- torium. tomorrow night need have no fear of being caught in trafc Jams, police officials announced to- day. Inspector Charles A. Evans announced that regulations in ef- fect at recent affairs will be con- tinued. The traffic regulations for the guidance of drivers of vehicles ap- proaching and leaving the big building are as follows: - F_street—East from Nineteenth to Eighteenth street, south to E street below Rawlins Square, west to New York avenue to Auditorium, then west on New York avenue or south on Twentieth street. F street—West from Nineteenth street to Twentieth atreet, south on Twentieth street to E_street, east on E_strest ahove Rawline Square te Eilghteenth street, then | fer was made for the to have it canceled. As a resuli, i advice to ticket holders is that they |is the desire of the Government. it was explained. to avoid the appear | ance of recognizing the validity of the contract and thereby run the risk ‘Not | prejudicing the case in court Frank J. Hogan. pf counsel for E ward L. Doheny, is quoted in a sia ment could be made (o save the tanks with out prejudicing the G case in the courts should the Gover- ment allow Mr. Doheny to supply ol under arrangements which. he con. tends, would protect the legal rights in the case. An offer this effect was made about a vear ug Mr. Hogan states, but aselinad by Government counsel, Permission was asked by the ¢ ernment. through the Secretary « was Honolulu last Summer. Mr. Howan continued. and thix was granted wiih out prejudice 10 the vernment in At use any number of tanks same stipulations. out further that under to keep the tanik: from rusting it was suggested ‘o the Government to put a little oil in each which would not have prejud rights of either side in the litigacin Dr. F Ou;lé-)‘ ‘Denies Finding Smallpox In Business Places Health Officer. Fowler today ‘ppt an end to xumors. which, he sala, have been circulated arownd dur- ing the past few days to the effect that one or more caces of small- Pox had been found in -déwntawn Places of business: i “T wish to state positively, Dr. Fowler, “that there has not been a single case of smallpox taken from any business estab. lishment. Such reports are without any foundation.” 3 The general situation continues to show improvemént. Only one said i new case of the disease has been re- ported during the past week and the patients still at ing. Special Rules Applied to Prevent Traffic Jam at Oratorical Contest| east on New York avenue or north on Eighteenth street. E street—East from Twentieth street to Kighteenth street. then east on New York avenue or north on Eighteenth street. Twentleth street—South from ¥ street, then east on E street. Nineteenth street—No vehicular traffic from F street to E street, except street cars and busses. No parking on Nineteenth street from F street to New York avenue. No parking on E street from Nineteenth to Twentieth street. No parking on north side of New York avenue from Nineteenth to- Twentisth, except for bus stand near Twentieth street. Inspector Evans promises that there will be policemen enough on duty to prevent any traffic incon- venience. Co-operation hy motor- ists, he said, should mean the han- dling of the thousands of spec- tators without the slightest fric. tion. Service some anx- the Doheny-Elk Hills was stated. Secretary Wilbur has explained to the effect (hat arrangemeni- vernment's e | Navy, for the use of one oil tank a° | use the same time an of vernment 1o | Standar the Mr. Hogan pointed d the | the smallpox hospital are reported to be recover- 0F SCHOOL DOGTORS Association Pledges to Work for Increased Medical Examinations. A resolution pledging the support of the District - Public School Associa- tion for an increase of medical inspec- tions of school children was unani- mously adopted at a-.meeting in the | District Bullding last night. The asso | ciation authorized Mrs. L. R. Kalm | bach to represent it i a special meet ling of the health committee of the Council of Social Agencies this after- noon. at which the question. of more { physicians ‘and nurses for the public | schools 1k 10 be discussed | The resolution was adopied follow [ing an iress Dr. Joseph A Murphy, chief medicai and sanitar |inspector of Washington schonls which he told of the than doubling the present inspectors A U grade pupils in ently proved that only 14.6 per { fect. Dr. Murphy declared. The pres {ent force of 12 medica) inspectors dur ing the last year made a of {7312 Visita 1o the achools and i { spected 3.100 pupils, he said. but em { phasized the work (hat ought be done with a more adequite force Need Three Examinations. Dr. Murphy said that three medica inspections should be made | pupil. in the presence of the The inspection - shoule m: {when the child enters school. the {ond when b third grade |and the third eaches . | eighth grade {of inspectors | outlined in part as follows The staff to accomplish child upon ent to enable the when thes still further 10 inspect he said He emphasized the inspecting all children ter school. in order any physic | defects might be corrected, and staiec that the other inspections were tial, in order to carry on corrective | work and o catch physical defecis which develop in children after they have entered <choc need of numbe inatior he Distr total | pat first veaches the when b The ne 10 accomplish this wax must be increased the inspection to inspection of all chi each the third grade an be made childrer 1l eighth must a grade importance o when they e that . essen | Says Requests Denied. In conclusion. the speaker decls that requests ! adequate medical inspecting st the Board of Education had been turr | ed down withe Knowledge the part of the citizens The meeting calied by the Counci | of Social Agencies this afternoor it was pointed out to discuss matter of securing funds for school appropriation for an incres 1 number of medical inspectors nurses for the public and to take up the matter of an adeq hospital for contagious diseases WORLD FLYERS WILL GET FRENCH MEDAL for funds for a is he the nexi schools. 1% sion has started in the h Legion of Honor Decoration to Be Presented Lieuts. Arnold and Wade Friday. Leslie P of the Army Flight Expedition with the French ceremonies in the day afternoon at Daeschner will present in the presence entire of the embassy cers of the Army Air Service. The fiv ers were authorized under a speci act of Congress to receive the num. ous decorations offered them for ing the first flight around the globe. The French government had author ized decorations for the entire ne sonnel of the flight and the othe officers not now in the city will celve the French tribute date. SAYS TEACHERS IMPROVE. Adr Legion French 5 o'clock Service World be decorated Honer a embassy Ambhas the gl of t § of the and off f mak at ate vernment s to | Dr. Lowis Tells Meeting Standards Are Steadily Rising. tenchers’ colleges and and requirements for are steadily raising the of the teaching profession Dr. William Mather Lewis. president of George Washington University, told teachers’ divisions 10 to 13 at a _mee ing vesterday afternoon at Dunbar High School Dr. Lewis ments,” and day America fact that it the teacher | paints or ing Growth of normal schools certificates s “Encourage pointed out that some will wake up to the good business to pa: much as the man who plasters the school build spoke on PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY. The Glenmare adican: purse. $ miles 1 Treviscot 3 iHerriard stennin i 130 150 140 opuli % Houyhnhnm | Gravity +Ten pounds claimed for +Revelry $ Display Grahd Bey i Muffet Miss Stanley 113 Harvey Stedman. 1K. E. Hitt_entry fJ S. Cosden entry THIRD RACE—Claiming: purse. $1.500 3.year-olds and up: 6 furiongs Ensign 109 Sarko 17 e 94 Hend Cover 164 Wellfinder 112 Ladv Ambassador 107 *Lady Glassen Tod Benesor .. 10% | Battersea . FOURTH purse. $1.300 Dream of Val's Rama 2 White Marsh Lucifer 5 Sogzarth Aroon. 114 FIFTH RACE—The Preakness added: 3-vear-old colts and fillies Swope (E. Sande) 3 Maid at Arme (3. Maiben} . #. Backbone (L. McAter Gold Stick (J. Callahan) $Sir Ronald_(ho hoy) Edisto (B. Kenneds) [ 5 Prince of Bourbon (A Schutienger) Aimadel (L. McDermott) .. §Chantey (1. Parke) Singlefoot (A. Johnson) Marcony (E. Barnes) oltaic (F. Coltiletti) Covenirs (C. Kummer) By Hiscelf (C. Lang) S tGreentree Stable-H. P. Whitney entry Belair Stud entry. SIXTH RACE—Claiming : 3.year-olds and up: v miles. South Breeze .. 113 *Trajanus ... . 103 *Jacques 113 *Pete the Scribe 105 ageus 98 Grenadier 2d ... 110 eapolitan ... 108 Van Patrick 118 SEVENTH RACE—Claiming: purse, 500: 3-year-olds and up: 6 furlen Director . 114 Gymkhans ... alentine. .. 119 *MacLean .. Bliemaont . 117 John S Moshy *Star Bright 99 Tord Ralto. 24. . Ofvia ........ 112 Aporentice allawance « Weather clear: track fashy silver Threads rider | i £1.300 1Gavotte Flicker Charze +Pure Pepper Fore Star 2 & 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 e RACE: 3iyear- 16 Claiming 1ds and up ¢an Patrick Prince T Tl Villager ... Dusk . handicap Lye mile $50.000 Durse.. $1.500 $1 \ 0 2 I