Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1925, Page 1

) WEATHE! R. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Unsettled today and tomorrow; prob- ably occasional change in temperature. Temperatures—Highest, vesterday; lowest, Full report p.m yesterday. showers; not much 69, at 4 47, at 2 pm. on page 5. 29,594, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. RUM ROW BREA UNDER BLOCKADE: LARGE SHIPS LEAVE Signs of Disintegration, First in Years, Reported by Dry Fleet. ENFORCED HOLIDAY CUTS BIG HOLE IN FINANCES Officials Here Seek Means to Ex- pand War on Liquor Smugglers. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 9.—Wireless re ports from the rum row blockade zone to Capt. W. V. &nt of the Coast Guard at New York, today told of signs of the disintegra tion of the whisky been off the mid-Atlantic coast, on and off, ever since the prohibition law went into effect. Capt. Jacobs said no details had Peen given in the messages. which Swere sent from the cutter Mojave *fagship” of the blockading dry Mavy. The messages coingided with Feports received at the New York dry fleet headquarters stating that sev @ral of the largest vessel Wp anchor and departed because of heir enforced holiday since the block #de went into effect last Tuesday. Movements Are Checked. Patrols and converted submarine fhasers of the dry fleet bobbed along through the fog after the departing eraft, to make sure they moved se: ward and not merely to new position on the row. It was not known where the contraband carriers were bound. With the arrival of the fog—the blockade up to today was conducted with all conditions favo ernment forces—the Guardsmen in- creased their forces, a dozen patrols and a few more chasers, some of them with new engines capable of 35 knots, went out to the blockade zone. The rum runners were expected to take advantage of the swirling mists 1o seek land to some of their liquor for the week end trade of the Great White Way, along which approach- ing aridity has been reported in the past few days. One of the shore-to- row runners made a try at it today, but failed. Rum Boat Escapes. The rum runner got to one of the guarded whisky carriers in some manner and started: for shore with | 100 cases of the contraband. But a vigilant Government boat's crew sighted it and gave chase, firing as it pursued. The fleeing rum boat Jettisoned its cargo to increase its speed, and made its escape. But the Government men said it took no liquor ashore with it. Two of the twelve dr avy boats which returned to the Staten Island base today had been rendered virtually useléss by mechanical trouble. One’s engine was disabled, while the second had lost a propeller. Guardsmen said they were convinced the bootleggers had either bribed hitherto trustworthy mechanics in the Government's em- ploy to make inferior repairs or had placed some of their men in the Gov- | ernment service Capt. Jacobs, admitting that he and other Coast Guard officers had re- ceived threats of violence and death, said that bootleggers also had threatened to homb the barge office. LAKE CRAFT SEIZED. Smugglers Get First Blow of Spring In Dry War. Mich., May 9 (A.P).— The first severe blow dealt rum run- ners on the Great Lakes this Spring came today, when two boats of the dry navy took Frie, after spending the Winter in Jcorse, a down-river suburb, seized three motor boats -loaded with 10 Guarter barrels of beer, 642 quarts of DETROIT, whisky and 10,920 quarts of beer and | arrested seven nien The first capture Estral Beach, where hoat w 7 whisky found on Blackmore Mies The peared the offic b quarter t sky was made at 5-foot motor Twelve s of ons of beer were the boat, and Cyril M. of Toledo and William f Chicago were arrested. second boat, a 5-footer, a few minutes later. On it eport that they found of beer, 3 cases of es of beer:. F liam_Jones and Sidney of Kingsville, Ontario, were arrested A short run lowed, and off Cow boat of 30-foot leng and taken. On that be assert they found 200 ci and 22 cases of Harold Waldecker of Cariton, ) and Ra. mond Lu Fontaine of Newport, Mich ere arrested. All seven men pleaded not guilty when arraigned and were held under bond of $2,000 each. ATTACKS INCRE! the shore fol- nother overed officers of beer ng New Efforts to Cripple Dry Armada Reported. By the Associated P Coast Guard offic day to a_conside means of further expanding their program designed to compel the rum row bootlegger to quit in disgust. While confidential reports to Guard headquarters continued to evidence of vandalism, threats and attempts to bribe men and destroy Guard Rear Admiral Billard, Coast commandant, wa in constant touch with his advisers and subordinates in mapping out plans to outguess the emugglers and their agents. Officials do not care to disclose at | this time the nature of the expansion | to be attempted. It was indicated, | however, that the program includes | the use at an early date of some of | the new 100-foot steel patrol boats, | contracts for which were let during the Winter. None is ready for serv- | jce yet, but it is likely that some of | them will be available within a short | time. i it was disclosed day that Admiral Billard had re- quested Controller General McCarl | 10 decide whether funds appropriated | for use of the prohibition and cus- | {oms services might be taken to pay | “for_repairs on_some of the 200 grl (Continued on Page 4, Column 7. als turned yester- also during the | | E. Jacobs, command armada that has| had pulled | & the Gov- | a run down to Lake| ank | ation of ways and | TDry Agents’ Poker | Debts Disallowed In McCarl Ruling Government agents may be reim- bursed for living at high priced hotels, making lavish expenditure on social events and buying liquor to_obtain evidence for prohibition enforcement, but Controller General McCarl draws the line on gambling debts. In a decision made public yester- day, the controller general declin- ed to approve a prohibition agent’ expense account that included losses of about $50 at roulette, poker and faro. The opinion was brief, but positive. MISSISSIPPI HOLDS VICTIS OF WRECK |23 Listed as Dead; Reason for Disaster Undetermined. Hulk Located. { By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, May 9.—The Missis- |Sippi River tonight still held the { bodles of those lost when the steamer | M. E. Norman sank last night. | Twenty-three persons remained un- |accounted for and are believed dead. Others who escaped the {ll-fated | steamer, chartered for a river trip by |the Engineers of the Midsouth, were listed as safe,aftey a check by city { offictals. Plans to lower a diver from a barge anchored above the ill-fated Norman, {which sank 16 miles south of here. | were abandoned temporarily late this { afternoon, when wind and a driving | rain made the venture impracticable. Buoy Marks Hulk. Two Government boats, two barges, and a buoy which marks the spot { where the Norman went down, re- | mained on the scene tonight and to- | morrow the work of reclaiming | bodies of persons believed to have been trapped in the cabin of the ves- sel will go on. Maj. D. H. Connolly, | United States Army {the Memphis distrie night that Col. Charles | president the Miss Commission, rive tomorrow from St. Lou: {will g0 to the scene of the from the train. | Since the hour of the tragedy, 5: |o'clock vesterday, every means avail- {able has been in operation to re- |claim the Norman wreck and its con- | tents. | The Government boat, Viola Puc- {kett, put out from Memphis this | morning with Government officials, a diver and salvaging equipment aboard. The Choctaw, towing a |dredge, was plying the ‘waters when {the second ship arrived. Ship Is Located. After more than eight hours' |dredging, the sunken ship was lo- cated early this afternoon when an anchor brought a piece of the wheel to the surface. Soon after a bucket plank came to the surfacc, the anchor lifted a curtain from the Norman's pilot house, and with the location thus fixed, a buoy was floated to the spot. During the morning scores of per- | sons from the Memphis vicinity lined | the Tennessee side of the river, watching the ponderous Choctaw as i she drug her anchor along where the ship went down. | Maj. | Maj. “Connolly, today explained for | the’ first time why passengers failed {to find lifeboats available when the ship_capsized. By Maj. Gillette’s in- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. | W TROTSKY BACK, SHIFTS IN SOVIET CABINET DUE | Likely to Be Chief of Supreme chief of the Engineers in nnounced to- H. Potter, ssippi River | | | Economic Council—Trend to | Right Indicated. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, May 9.—Leon Trotsky's {return to active political life, it is believed in diplomatic quarters, is likely to involve an early rearrange- ment of the cabinet portfolios. Leo- {nid Krassin, recently appointed am- | bassador to France, probably will |be transferred from Paris to the vice presidency of the Soviet Repub- lic, assisting Premier Rykoff. Kras- |sin ‘may be succeeded at Paris by | Christian Rakovsky, charge d’affaires lat London. Trots| |of the supreme economic counci | succeeding Djerjinsky, who is likely | to be appointed commissar of internal { trade. | "“Also. Zinovieff may be relleved as {head of the Communist International and assigned to other duties, while | Leo Kameneff of the council of com- {missars is rumored to be slated to | take over that post and modify its | policies and activities. | These and additional changes, in- {dicating a trend to the Right, prob- |ably will be announced at the Fed- |eral Congress of Soviet States which opens at Moscow Tuesday |Amundsen’s Silence By the Associated Press. | OSLO, Norway, May 9.—Since no direct news has been received for two days from Roald Amund- sen there is speculation here of a possibility that the explorer may already have actually started upon his attempt to dash to the North Pole by airplane from some point | near Spitzbergen and that news of ! the effort has been withheld until his return. Those who advance this con- jecture, despite the fact that all weather reports have shown un- favorable conditions in the North that would be calculated to prevent. the proposed flight, point out that Amundsen delights in startling the world and that a spectacular way of doing that would be the an- nouncement not that he has started a dash to the pole, but, instead, an announcement that he has al- ready dashed there and back. The understanding in Osio (the Norwegian capital, formerly known as Christiania) was that Amundsen’s final start by airplane for the pole would be made from Virgo Bay at Dane’s Island, where Walter Well- nd two divers will ar- | Douglas Gillette, assistant to | it Is thought, will be chief | he WASHINGTON, D. C, unday Stac. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION FUNDIG OF FRENCH DEBT RUNORED S WINSTON RETURNS Treasury Official Denies Ne- gotiations, But Possible Conversations Are Seen. DISCUSSION OF FINANCES IN PARIS IS ADMITTED | Diplomats Believe Way Has Been Cleared for Adjustment Held Incumbent on France. By the Assoclated Press. Coincident with the return to Wash- ington from Paris yesterday of Under Secretary Winston of the Treasury, who spent several weeks in the French capital on a vacation, there was wide- pread speculation, particularly in diplomatic circles, as to the possible significance of his visit in connection with the French war debt question. Washington officials, including Mr. Winston, made the flat statement that they knew of no recent development looking to initiation of negotlations for a France and the United States. In some other quarters it was hinted that a direct move to foster the beginning of debt conversations either had been made or soon would be made. Among some diplomats the view was express. ed that conversations of this kind ap- peared to be impending, judging by the course of developments in London, Paris and Berlin in connection with the security question and the connec- tion of that problem with the French financial situation. Admits Financial Discussion. Mr. Winston admitted that all phases of international financial mat- ters which fall within his jurisdiction had been touched upon during in- formal conversation in Paris, not only with Ambassador Herrick but also with French governmental with whom he came in contact. He emphasized, however, that he had made it clear to everybody concerned that he was on a vacation and that he was not delivering official messages in an_unofficial way. The undersecretary outlook he found in Paris. While h dld not go into details, he said he fel assured that France would succeed within & yvear's time in getting her financial affairs out of the. difficulties which have overwhelmed them in re- cent weeks, resulting in ministerial changes. French Action Held Likely. The view in diplomatic quarters that France is quite likely soon to begin debt funding conversations of a defi nite nature appears to be based on the theory that she must put her financial house in order before the fundamental question of security can be settled satisfactorily through the negotiations | that have been proceeding in a tri-| angular way between Paris, and Berlin. Since the French war debts with Great Britain and the United States are a factor that must be considered by French financiers in working out any financial readjust- ment, it is assumed that the debt question probably would have to be dealt with before other aspects of the readjustment could be put in final form. Largely because of this reasoning diplomats have been inclined to at- tach considerable significance to the visit to Paris of Mr. Winston. Some London inquiries seeking light on what might | have been the results of his informal | conversations there are known tu nave been dispatched. There is nothing to indicate that they have as yet pro- duced anything more definite than (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) MEXICAN TROOPS JOIN SEARCH FOR AMERICAN Rancher of Sonora Believed to| Have Met Foul Play—Miss- ing Since Thursday. By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Ariz., May 9.—A squad of Mexican soldlers from the 64th Regiment at Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and a detachment of Nogales, Sonora. police left there this morning to join | cowboys and ranchers in a search for George Jarrl, American rancher, who has been missing from his home, near Quijano, Sonora, since last Thursday. It is feared that Jarrl, who is a well: to-do cattleman and rancher of So- nora, has met with foul play and the soldiers, police and cowboys will comb the vicinity of his ranch home in an attempt to find him. Jarrl's riderless horse, with the saddle turned underneath and bearing the marks of a hard journey, return- ed to the ranch last night. Officials ay they have nothing on which to base suspicion of foul play, but they belleve it possible that he has been shot by bandits. Brings Belief _He May Have Started Polar Flight man some years ago established a base for his balloon expedition. However, when the auxillary ves- sels carrying the party to the North reached Spitzbergen their officers selected Sydgat as the best starting place. So far there has been no news here of Amundsen’s leaving King's Bay for Sydgat, and although bad weather is gener. ally accepted as having caused the delay, it has not precluded the belief by some that possibly the Danish explorer already has made his start. Dr. Hoel, geologist of the Royal University at Oslo and Spitzbergen expert who has spent every Sum- mer for 20 years on that island on scientific eXplorations, says the weather conditions in that region at this season are very unsettled and as affording difficulties for such an undertaking as Amundsen’s. There are strong local winds, he said—winds from the west that drive ice into the bays and hamper salling, or eastern winds that clear the coasts of ice. A problem is whether proper fce fields can be found for starting and landing. refunding agreement between | officials | was surprised | at the favorable economic and financial | | | FIRE RISK SURVEY OF D. C. PLANNED §Underwriters' Inquiry Ex- | pected to Aid in Campaign | | for High Pressure. of Trade officially | paign tomorrow for |of a high-pressure water tem in downtown W ington, the tional Board of Fire Underwriters will un- dertake an exhaustive survey of the ntire fire-fighting facillties of the | National Capital to decide on a con- [tinuation of the present insurance | rates, or whetler a new rate is nec- |essary. | The survey. which will take from i three weeks to a month to complete. | probably will be started the latter part of this month by a special group |of engineers. The National Board of | Fire Underwriters, under whose aus- | pices the investigation will be made, {18 the official body represeating all {the fire fnsurance companies m the country. The intention of this orsunization to conduct this survey in the Na- tional Capital was learned by David M. Lea, chairman of the insurarice committee of the Washington Board of Trade on a recent visit to New York City, where he conferred with offieials of the organization. Tomor- jrow, Mr. Lea and Samuel J. Prescott, president of the Board of Trade, will officially visit the District Commis- | sioners on the part of their organiza- tion to urge the city heads to include estimates for a high-pressure water system in the downtown area next budget. Plan Survey in Baltimore. A similar survey will be under- taken in Baltimore, and immediately {that is concluded the survey will be started here, probably under the di- rection of the national board's chief engineer, G. W. Booth, who will be assisted by other expert engineers. This examination will include the testing of hydrants, the water flow, the water pressure, the distribution and amount of fire apparatus as well as its efficlency, the type of bulldings to be protected, their inflammability, the number of men on the fire force and other data. g _to Mr. Lea it is about ed on Page 5, Column 6.) starts its cam- TODAY’S STAR. PART ONE—36 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreig: Schools and Colleges—Page 18. Current News Events—Page 26. At the Community Centers—Page 26. Girl Scout News—Page 26. D. A. R. Activities—Page 27. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 21. Around the City—Page 28. You and Uncle Sam—Page 2 Veterans of the Great War—Page 29. Radio News and Programs—Pages 30 and 31. Campfire Girls—Page 31. Army and Navy News—Page 32. Boy Scouts—Page 32. | Fraternal News—Page 33. | i PART TWO0—18 PAGES. | Editorials and Editorial Features. | Washington and Other Soclety | Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. | Reviews of Spring Books—Page 4. | Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 14. | News of the Clubs—Page 15. | Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 18. and PART THREE—12 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- lay. | Mbsic in ‘Washington—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. District National Guard—Page 1! Serial, “The Seven Sleepers’" 12. PART FOUR— PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fictiont and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Classified Acvertising. Civilian Army News—Page 9. Financial News—Pages 10, 11 and 12. GRAPHIC SECTION—S8 PAGES. ‘World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 PAGES. Mr. Straphanger: Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs; Mu(!und Jett, SUNDAY MORNING, | Shortly after the Washington Board | the installation | MAY 10, 1925. Teuton Women at World The German delegation to the In- ternational Council of Women con vention probably will not attend the exercises at the tomb of the Un-| known Soldier today for two reasons: First, they fear that some American | or allied mother might he offended by the presence of the wife of a man who might have killed her son, per. haps the Unknown himself, on a, French batlefield. | Second, they feel that the partici pation of American Army and Navy | officers in the ceremony gives it a slightly different tinge than if it were | purely a gathering of mothers. | The question of attending the cere- | monies has been a vexing problem to NEW HAGUE PARLEY PROPOSAL PLANNED Way to Induce America to| Join a World Court | Thought Found. | By the Associated Press Proposals for a third Hague confer- | ence to discuss the attitude of the | participating nations toward war with a view to framing a new code of inter- national law will be advanced for adoption at the International Parlia- mentary Union meeting here Oc- tober 1. The belief is strongly entertained in nal and administrative cir it developed vesterday, that| should the nations find they can agree upon a code of international law to be applied by a world court, as the Supreme Court construes laws of this country, and imposing conditions mak- ing war unprofitable by prohibiting the annexation 'of territory and the imposition of indemnities, the United States would then join a world court without reservation. Senator McKinley of Illinois, who saw President Coolidge yesterday on his return from Paris, where he was a member of the executive committee arranging details for the meeting of the union here, made a comprehensive report and predicted an attendance of | aporoximately 200 delegates from the Old World, with liberal representa- tions from the Latin American na- tions and about 25 delegates from Can- ada, to whom special invitations were sent by Secretary Kellogg. Senator McKinley’s Report. Senator McKinley reported that Eu- ropean statesmen had abandoned all expectation of the United States join- ing the League of Natlons. Among European nations this Government is recognized as the most powerful na- tion in the world, he stated, and all are anxious to obtaln, its moral sup. port. They want the United States in some kind of a world court. he added, and if this country is opposed to the machinery now provided the present member nations will be found willing, he predicted, to change it. In certain Republican congressional quarters there is a feeling, attributed in part to the knowledge that the re- cent speech of Ambassador Houghton at London was an expression of a part of the administration's policy; that the Prestdent believes there is a strong evidence of national sentiment in this country for an Americanization or America-first policy, and that the ad- ministration will direct such a policy, glving close attention to all matters affecting American interests. In these circles it Is asserted the President has reached the conclusion that the time has come when Ameri- can interests must be closely guarded. It is believed that the proposals to be made for another Hague conven- tion is part of the administration's ?rogtram to bring this question to the ront. et $1,000,000 Lumber Mill Burns. l._ GROVELAND, Fla., May 9 (A.P.).— Fire that started in the pianing room of the J. Ray Arnold lumber mill to- GERMAN DELEGATES HESITATE TO JOIN UNKNOWN HERO RITE Incident or Misunderstanding Might Result From Participation. the German women here, entirely out | of respect and for fear might lead to misunderstanding. celebrated daughter of the former mayor of Ber- | day | ot Americ MAY 10, 1925—102 PAGES. \Z NN Meeting Fear Unpleasant to the American of some women | incident that This was explained last night by | Dr. Van Huelsen Reiche, wife of the | German novelist and | lin. The delegation will attend Mother's exercises in the churches, Mrs. Van Huelsen said. “The members of the German dele- gation,” v she sald. “honor the memo s unknown as they honor | the memory of all who died in the | terrible catastrophe from which the | world has suffered. We would be| Rlad_to go to Arlington and pay (Continued on Page 3, Column BABY FARM DEAD INGREASED T023 Added Victim Said to Have Died of Malnutrition—Wom- an Held for Inquiry. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, death toll of Mrs. Helen Auguste Gelsen-Volk's East Eighty-sixth street “baby farm" has reached 23, it was | announced by the authorities today. The woman, widow of a Prussian army officer, and a former German Red Cross nurse, was held for investi- gation by the grand ju The twenty-third vietim, a 2-year- old boy, died at Bellevue Hospital last | night. His father had taken him from Mrs. Geisen-Volk's “haby farm™ yes. terday morning to the hospital for treatment of ailments said to have been caused by malnutrition and neg- lect. Mrs. Geisen-Volk was held on 4 charge of heving attempted to give a strange buby to William Anferer when he called for his own child. Stephen, 7 months old, last Tuesda The Angerer child still is missing, and a_half-dozen children taken from the “baby farm” remain at Bellevue, un. identified and unclaimed. Held in $36,000 Bail Mrs. Geisen-Volk offered no defense when arraigned. Her bail of $35,000 on the substitution charge was con- tinued and the magistrate Imposed additional bail of $1,000 when chil- 9.—The baby ay junder a { school “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month and service will start immediately, Telephone Main 5000 * Foxy Collie Wins Mayflower Cruise By Simple Ruse! Rob Roy, the White House collie, | got away with murder yesterday afternoon. That, of course, is ac cording to the viewpoint of Paul Pry, the White House aliredale. Some of the White House attaches are also understood to side with Paul, but that’s beside the point— the point being that Rob Roy pulled a new one yesterday and today is listed among those present on the Mayflower, which is taking the President and his guests on their weekly cruise down the Potomac. Just as the President and Mrs. Coolidge were stepping into the White House limousine yesterday afternoon Rob Roy trotted out to the car, placed his forefeet on the | running board and looked into Mrs. Coolidge’s face as only a dog which is being left behind can look. Mrs. Coolidge leaned out and patted Rob Roy and Rob Roy (the sly dog) let out a pitiful and long drawn out whine. It was too much. board. ‘And last night Paul was going around with his tail between his legs asking everybody he met: What's this world coming to, anyhow?"” He went on AGED GEOGRAPHIES IVE AMERICAN WOMEN SIDESTEP PLEDGE ON DISARMAMENT CENTS. |Also Refuse to Vote on League of Nations Indorsement. |GERMAN DELEGATION IS DIVIDED ON ISSUE Lady Aberdeen Explains Preparedness Plea Was Suppressed. Why The International Council of Wom en will work for disarmament and for the inclut all countries in the League of Nations. but without the of the American council, repre senting 10,000,000 American women This was made clear yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Philip North [Moore, president of the American council, because of the various inter- ion of aid Kaiser, Czar and Pre-War Things in General Are in Text of 16,500. All obsolete geographies now in use in the District public schools will be replaced at the close of the current | scholastic year with modern and up- to-date text books, it was announced last night by Supt. Frank W. Ballou Approximately 16,500 of the anti- quated geographies which speak of the Kaiser of Germany and the Czar of Russia and abound in other in- formation conspicuously inaccurate, are still in the hands of the pupils, but orders have been given for their condemnation when the schools close in June. They will be replaced, be- September, with new books, replete showing the historical and geographi- cal changes wrought in Europe as a result of the World War. Dr. BaMou also has ordered from ac | tive use 10,000 geographies purchased since 1921 which are no longer on the Board of Education’s authorized list of text books. These will be retained however, for reference purposes only. Issued Prior to 1921. The obsolete geographies now used were published prior to 1921. Virtual- 1y all of them are in the fifth, sixth and seventh grades of the elementary schools. Many are ragged and torn others are filthy from long use. Replacement of the out-of-date geo- graphies will cost the public schools about $22,000. Tt will mark the first definite step taken by school authori- ties to rid the system of antiquated books, and has been made possible through the practice of rigid economy by every employe from teacher to janitor. Congress gave the schools only $25,000 more for supplies for the current fiscal vear than it did in 1924, and a large portion of this increased appropriation went to provide supplies for the enrollment increment. Purchase of the new books will be made for the first time on a large scale vertical open list adopted by the officials. Heretofore purchases have been ma on a closed list. Under the new policy the super- vising principals will be permitted to select from a list of authorized books the texts which they think best suited for the pupils of the schools under their supervision. The replacement program of the authorities contemplates the early condemnation of ail other obso- erature. ‘Will Cost $50,000. Maj. Raymond O. Wilmarth, busi ness manager of the school system, estimates that it would cost appro mately $50,000 to replace ali other an tiquated text books, exclusive of the geographies. Of the $50,000 needed to modernize has figured that $15,000 would have to be spent for new geographical read- ers, §10,000 for new globes and wall plete the replacement of books in the fourth grades, $10,000 to dren’s scclety agents charged the womhan with having violated the terms of her city license in that she had night completely destroyed the plant, causing a loss of $1,000,000, estimated Ly the owner. (Continued on Page 2, Column complete the replacement of physi- ology and hygiene books in the fifth, seventh and eighth grades and $3,500 for up-to-date arithmetics for the fourth grade: Wild Plane Dash Saves Navy Flight Record When Timer Delays Report The Navy came near losing a world ' record yesterday when somebody woke up to the fact that the official observer of the PN-9 seaplane’s continuous flight of 28 hours and 36 minutes a week ago had failed to turn in his official report to the National Aeronautic Association here. Under the rules, the official observer must turn in his report within seven days after the event, or. the record goes by the boards. L. M. Woolsen, chief research engineer of the Packard Motor Co. and designer of the engines which propelled the PN-9, was the official observer. Through a misunder- standing, he had failed to turn the record in and time was flying in great leaps and jumps when the Navy Department got busy. Tele- phone wires throughout the East were kept humming yesterday un- til Mr. Woolsen was finally located near New York at the Loening air- craft manufacturing plant, which, by the way, had just turned out a spic-and-span new amphiblan plane that had never gone more than a few miles from the factory. Into the plane hopped Mr. Wool- sen, with the records. Into the Plane. likewise, hopped Lieut. Thomas F. Jeter of the Bureau of Aeronautics, the pilot: Grover Loening, builder and_designer of the new plane., and Lieut. V. V. McKenna, on duty here. The ship left the ground at 3:10 and headed for Washington, where most everybody in the Naval Air Service, from Admiral Moffet on down, was developing an acute case of -the malady known as ‘heebie- Jeebles.” Suffering ‘ acutely, the officers gathered ‘“aboard” the naval air station at Anacostia to cool their heels and wait. In the meantime they received some com- fort and consolation from B. Rus. sell Shaw, chairman of the contest committee of the Aeronautical As sociation that if the records were dropped in the mails yesterday it would be O. K. Half an hour after she was due to arrive, the big amphibian roared into sight, settled down on the water and headed for the concrete runway. The pilot pressed a but- ton, the plane’s wheels were let down and the ship ran smoothly up on dry land. “Have you got the records?” shouted Admiral Moffett. “You bet!” came the reply, and the Navy's world record was safe. fore the beginning of the new term in | with modern maps and authentic data | recently| to lete text books and supplemental lit- | the text-book situation, Maj. Wilmarth | maps, $5,000 for modern civic books | for the seventh grades, $3,000 to com- | language | pretations of the us of the Amer {upon these subjects | sesston of the counci rium | They did not vote | pledging the council | speedy inclv fleague the forenoo in the audito- The actior to work for the 11 nations in the thout a disser ing vote, while the disarmament rese |1ution was approved with a scatter |ing of nay votes This leaves the 4 | precisely the same p vote had been taken, according to I Mrs. Moore. By abstaining from vo ing and joining the discussions onl ias individuals and not as represent- | ing either the delegation or the coun- cil, she said, the situation on these particular issues Is as if America hac no membership in the ernatic 1 | Council. This_action, however, does not af- fect their status in voting on other questions on the agenda of conference. i | German Women ion o sed w rican women ition as if no Pledged. delegation is Dosition. ted for the league resolution afte: {an official statement to the effect that { their action was based upon he: approval of the ideals of the leagu ut that they doubted the immediate ealization of these ideals. On the jdisarmament issue Frau Emma En {der, chairman of the delegation, told |the convention that the Germans iwould abstain from voting, since the) considered the question infringed too far on international politics to come {under the constituzion of the council |A few minutes later, however. Frau |Ender introduced an amendment to { the resolution designed to remove its olitical complexion. This was de {feated. Then the main question was {put before the house, and the Ger {mans refrained from voting. | 'But, it was pointed out. they had acted as a_unit in moving the amend ment and that Frau Ender had oken on the issue not as an indi vidual delegate, but as the representa |tive of the women of her count {The final upshot may be that the {German women are pledged to work |for gradual, partial disarmament as {the sense of national security | creases | Dr. Katharine Bemet Davis of New | York, the only American delegate who spoke on the disarmament resolution | stated plainly that she represented herself alone and was not empowered {to speak for the council or her dele | gation | ™ Mrs. Moore also explained that the wide divergence of _opinion among American women, the National | Council_at its annual meeting had |taken definite action to pass [ these resolutions on the agenda due over i Storm Thought Over. | The storm which broke yesterday | over the disarmament resolution is considered to have marked the end | of the difficulties of the council on | the peace issue. Five other articles remain for discussion tomorrow, but E: more routine nature. re s the study of the pro , drafted by the fifth assembly of the league. Others indorse the league reconstruction scheme and the International Labor Bureau. The fourth urges efforts to bring about a better understanding between govern | ments and minorities thrown under | their rule by the war treaties. The fifth proposes that the councils bring influence to bear on their governments to have the covenant and aims of the i League of Natfons taught in the schools. The sting is taken out this for the American delega the phrase applying it only to members” of the league After the vote on the disarmament | resolution there remained 1 | in the minds of Amer atrons an State chairmen as to just where the: stood. The text of the resolution as adopted reads: “The International Council of Wom en, while recognizing that general disarmament is_the ideal to be aimed at, considers that it might be pre ceded by -a gradual, simultaneous disarmament under effective control to be agreed upon by the respective governments and by the League of | Nations. They recognize that govern ments will not agree to disarm until they feel some sense of security. This | council believes that the way to es tablish peaceful relations among na tions would be through a policy that regards neighboring peoples as nat ural friends and not as possible enemies.” Support Strongly Urged. The league resolution reads: “The | International _ Council hears with | satisfaction of the efforts that many {of the National Councils are making | to insure the success of the League of Nations. The International Coun- |cil urges its constituent members to | make every effort to promote the i highest ideals of the league, and to | use ail their influence to procure the | speedy inclusion of all nations.” | Shortly after the disarmament vote | the delegates left for Mount Vernon, | where, in the name of the women of |the world, a_wreath was placed on the grave of Washington. Lady Aberdeen was unable to make the Mount Vernon trip, but remained for a conference with delegates from Latin-American nations on the prospects for securing additional na- tional councils on _that _contin (Continued on Page 4, S2'Zmn 1.)