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2 * BURTON PROVOKES DEBATE ON LEAGUE Proposal for Divorce of Bu- reau From Body Brings Warm Debate. | { By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 16.—A spirited de-| fense of the League of Nations char- | acterized toda of the inter- | national conference for the control of traffic in arms and munitions. This came during debdte on the American amendment to divorce the| proposed international arms trafic control bureau from the league. The smaller states represented at the con- e Spanish and Ru- manian delegate though ing concern th of humanity less to which wo Referred to Committee. American amendment cred to a spect perh: resented the h t it would be u organization hinder the league. nd tt wa com- esenta- . head who of- The of the fered th Mr. T that the the signe; themselves by the leag question w because und con his fice be or the a o proposal conventiox spointed e said this for Americ: posed conve would be a part of Nations, of which tes is not a member Burton said the dele ize that his Gove difficulties in treaty obligations concernin ganization set up by the league. Representative Burton admitted that another article of the draft makes partial adherence possible, but said that altogether it was undesirable that a convention be adopted to which ations would have to be made. lause of this article, he said, would make conditional adherence de. pend upon the consent of oth n- s, and also upon whether such ad- herence interfered with the effective- ness of arms control. the United St Mr. Sees Reservations Fought. “This would make it possible in the case of American reservations for any one of 40 countris object to these reservations,' suid Mr. Burton. “More- over, what body is to decide whether reservations will effect desirable su- pervision. It is impossible to do s0.” As alternatives to the creation of & central oftice by the signers of an arms pact, Mr. Burton susgested: First, that arms statistics could be communicated to the French foreign office, since the ratification will be re- ported there; that a special body with a tariat be chosen b eight or ten states; or, third, that re- ports be made to a bo of Ministers or Ambassadors to the same state, presumably the Ministers to land. Spanish Envoy Acts. The existence of opposition to the American proposal to eliminate the league council hecame apparent when Emilio de Palacios of the Spanish del egatlon introduced an amendment by which both the United States and Ger- | many would Le invited to nominate one person to participate in the estab- lishment of a central office. Its ef. fect would be to have the United States and Germany join the league council in making.the appointment. “I cannot see why the United States cannot accept th solution,” Palacios. It cannot be disputed that the League of Natiohs exists. We ure meeting_under its auspices. We can- not force any state to join the league, | but by the same token we cannot our- selves renounce our loyalty to the league.” The Rumanian delegate declared he appreciated American scruples regard- ing the Le: of Natlons, “but the league unites 55 nations,” he argued. | “We have not reached our goal, but | we believe we are approaching it. For smaller states it is a fine, new thing to be abie to coms here and speak on | equal footing. We wish this institu- tion to prosper, and we wish to ward off any blow directed against it.” In order to meet the American view, | as expressed by Representative Bur-| ton, several delegates favored aban- doning the idea of a central office leaving the states to exchange infor mation_amon Dr. Wal- ter A. Riddeil of Ca d a solu- tion of the proble 1d be found sat- | isfactol to le: members and to | the United States, whose position, he said, Canada appreciated. The Ven- ezuelan spokesman thought the cen.| tral office was unnecessary. “With- | out it we will be able to satisfy the | American viewpoint.” he said. “and at the same time will not harm the cove- nant, which prevents members from submitting to control organized out- | side the league.” i WESTINGHOUSE 1;0 OPEN OWN BRANCHES IN JAPAN Takes Agency From Takata Com- pany, Which Failed as Re- sult of Quake. By the Associated Press TOKIO, May 16.—L. A. Osborne, president of the Westinghouse Electric International Co., here investigating | the failure of Takata and Co., Japanese | representatives of his company, today announced the withdrawal of the Westinghouse agency from the Takat. concern, and the opening of its own branches in Japan. The Westinghouse | Electric was the Dbiggest Takata account H Osborne is still negotiating with the | Takata creditors’ committee with the object of the ultimate reorganization of the Takata Co. A | The failure of Takata Co., invoiving | some 50,000,000 yen, was announced | in February following the refusal of the government to assist the com- pany. The difficuliies of the company were ascribed to losses sustained in the earthquaye of September, 1923. The firm, one of the great importing | companies of Japan, had large Amer- ican connections. REFUSES TO CURB UNION. Judge Denies Mine’s Plea Against “Peaceful Persuasion.” WHEELING, W. Va, May 16 (#).— Federal Judge William E. Baker today denied a writ of error to the West Vir- ginia-Pittsburgh Coal Co. from his de- cision of May 8, in which he held that | modifications of an existing injunction against officers of the United Mine Workers permitted “peaceful persua- sion” of miners in the Pan Handle coal district to join the union. Papal Nuncio Leaves Mexico. MEXICO CITY, May 16 (#.—Mgr. Serafin Antonio Cimino, papal nuncio in Mexico, has left for New York by 1o combat s | toxin | those { sistent rumors, | impr | whom he talked that they were leav- | country | existence First Lady of Land Shares Thrills of Throng at Circus Youngsters and grown-ups who swarmed to the circus here yester- day to see the clowns, acrobats, animals and what not, shared their thrills with Mrs. Coolidge, who witnessed the afternoon perform- ance from a special box opposite the center ring. On hand 10 minutes before the xhow bezan, the wife of the Pres- 1dent remained until the finish, ap- parently enjoying every part of the performance. She was accompanied by Mrs. John ( argent, wife of ney C ral, who is a White Fouse guest. Both Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge had been invited to be guests of the owners of the show, but the Pres- ident, who saw the show last year, was too busy to get away from the White House. TOXIN HELD SAFEGUGARD AGAINST SCARLET FEVER Chicago Physicians Sponsors for Statement That Complete Im- munity May Be Obtained. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, May 16.—The current Journal of the American Medical As- sociation, in an article by Drs. George F. Dick and Gladys Henry Dick of Chicago, says evidence has been found that immunity from scarlet fever may be developed by the use of a toxin. The immunity will last a vear and a half, the article says The Doctors Dick, who have been working for yvears to develop a serum rlet fever and who have been recommended for the Nobel prize for their work, some time a; announced that scarlet fever germs an be isolated, that the fever can be experimentally produced, and that the can be used in testing sus- ceptibility to the fever. They write that the toxin can be used in doses large enough to confer complete immunity. Reactions to the toxin, they say, are less severe than resulting from typhoid and diphtheria_immunization. They tell of immunizing 206 nurses to the point of a negative reaction to the toxin. None of the nurses de- veloped rlet fever, although . ex- posed to it for from six weeks to a vear and a half. In another series of 405 tests, none contracted the disease, although exposed for a lesser period. CHAMBERLAIN TO QUIT LONDON, RUMORS SAY Retirement Over Differences With Anti-France Group in Cab- inet Is Held Likely. By the Assoc LONDON, ated Press. May 16.—There are per- the Daily Chronicle says, that Austen Chamberlain Is likely to resign the foreign secretary- ship In consequence of divergence with his colleagues regarding his atti- tude toward France. Mr. Chamberlain, according to the newspaper, is so much more pro- French than most of the other Brit- ish cabinet members that they had to restrain him from making a gilitary pact guaranteeing France's eastern frontier. Such a pact would have been aimed at Germany, and the cab- inet decided against it. When Secretary Chamberlain went to France two months ago he was charged to tell the foreign represent- latives that this pact was outside the limits of the British policy, according to the Chronicle, which adds that his resignation was then expected. See Interests Menaced. The paper declares that Mr. Cham- berlain’s complaisance to the French in the foregoing and other matters is regarded as endangering British and European interests and is causing anxfety in ministerial circles, but that, as he is such an important mem- ber of the government, evervthing possible will be done to prevent his resignation. Nothing regarding the question ap- pears in the other papers. The Daily Chronicle in its editorial policy op- poses the Conservative government. Reuter's News Agency learns that British official circles dismiss as with- out foundation the rumor of the ap- proaching resignation of Secretary Chamberlain. SELFRIDGE PESSIMISTIC ON TRADING WITH RUSSIA Bureaucratic Hindrances Causing Business Interests to Leave Country in Disgust. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 16.—H. Gordon Sel- fridge, just returned from a holiday trip in" Russia, Is quoted by the Westminster Gazette as saying that he saw no possibility of private trade in Russia in the near future and no inclination to give the private trader any facilities other than through the Soviet government. Mr. Selfridge, a former Chicagoan and now one of London's greatest merchants, admitted that he had not sought to establish trade relations in Russie himself, but sald he got the on from several traders with ing the country in disgust because | they found everything permeated with bureaucratie hindrances. After visits to Leningrad, Moscow and Pskov, he gathered that the was gradually reccvering famine period, but the of much extreme poverty was indicated. Mr. Selfridge said he was treated with extreme courtesy everywhere during his trip. from the EXPLORER COAL VICTIM. Austen E. Trim of Mount Logan Party Dies in Cordova. NCOUVER, B. C., May 16 (®.— A dispatch received by the Vancouver province from its correspondent with the Mount Logan expedition tos nounced the death of Austen E. Trim, former member of the Alaskan bound- ary survey and a member of the pre- liminary party which laid supplies in advance last month. The dispatch says that Trim's death was hastened by his party’s struggles against bitter cold, breaking ice packs and soft snow trails. He died a few days after his arrival in Cordova, Alaska, April 22. “ Eleven Jailed in Mine Strike. FATRMONT, W. Va., May 16 (#).— Eleven men, including' U. A. Knapp, Fairmont, attorney for the United Mine Workers, and McAllister Cole- man, said to be a New York newspaper man, were arrested today near the Grant Town mine of the New Eng- Jand Fuel and Transportation Co. way of Larvedo, owing to ill health. Tt is reported that he will not return to Mexico, as during his stay here he| suffered from nephritis and from thc‘l affects of the high altitude. charged with Intimidating non-union workmen. Coleman was released under $1,000 bail posted by a Fair- mont newspaper man. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, G000 CARS READY " FOR INSPECTION Testing of Brakes, Lights and Horns by Dealers Will Begin Monday. BY WILLIAM ULLM. Within the next few weeks an {army of more than 80,000 automobiles and’ trucks in the District will be falling in line for the first general inspection of brakes, lights, horns and license plates to comply with the new motor vehicle law requiring that such equipment measure up to certain standards. Never before has the motoring public of Washington been sent to wervice stations in such wholesale lots, but this is one of the means adopted by Director of Traffic Eldridze in _carrying out the law enacted by Congress with the intent of promoting greater safety in Dis- trict streets and setting up the National Capital as & model trafic city. Dealers Co-operate. In co-operation with the Bureau of Standards, which has set down the requirements for well-braked and well- lighted cars, Director Eldridge has is- sued the call for inspection and has designated some 50 automobile dealers |as leutenants in charge of platoons {to carry out this work. His instruc tions are that every dazzling or weak adlight shall be eliminated, every | faulty bugke adjusted and every rear |Ticenso piete be set In such a position las to be plainly visible both by day jand by night Car owners who fail to respond to the call for inspection will not be liable | to punishment, but any one convicted {of violating the brake or light regu | tions is liable to punishment by “a fine ’o( not less than $1 or more than $300 lor imprisonment of not more than 10 days.” Therein lies the punch behind the inspection call, and that is why the dealers are preparing for a land-office rush for inspections. Many of them are rigging up “tunnel: by which to carry out headlight inspections during daylight hours, and all are familiariz ing themselves with the regulations and the tests drafted by the Bureau of Standards and approved by the traffic director. Issue Certificates. Cars that measure up to the stand- ards will be given a clean bill of health, an inspection certificate—especially deslgned for this purpose—and sent on their way. Cars that do not toe the mark mechanically will be denied the certificate, and it will be nh‘\lmh\"u on the owner to see that his machihe is brought up to the legal require- ments. The i pection certificate idea is not new to motorists. Mr. Eldridge bor- rowed it from California, where it has been in operation for some time, and it is sald, working successfully It will merely serve as recognition of the fact that the .vehicle owner has had his lights and brakes tested on a given date In compliance with the local legal requirements, but will in no way tend to “absolve the owner thereof from responsibility which the law imposes to keep his equipment in proper condition at all times."” These certificates will be distributed by the dealer members of the Wash ington Automotive Trade Association to whom the task of inspecting all the cars in the District has been as- signed by the director of traffic. Mon. day about ,000 of these certificates —the initial instailment—will be dis. tributed among the dealers, with in structions that they be fissued only after a car has been subjected to test and found to be or brought up to legal requirements. ‘While such a certificate in the pos- him of the responsibility imposed by the law that his brakes, lights and other equipment shall be up to stand- ard at all times, the lack of one will be taken as prima facie evidence that the car owner has not bothered him may be haled Into court. Traffic offi- cers will be instructed to ask motor- ists for these certificates in the event that they have occasion to stop a driver for any violation of the traffic regulations. Leniency May Be Shown. Drivers who are stopped for violat- ing the brake or light regulations after they have had an authorized in- spection and can show the recognized certificate will be shown some leni- ency, it is understood from the traf- fic director's office. Such drivers, how- ever, will be warned to have further inspactions and adjustments. There is no time limit for which a certificate may serve to keep a driver out of court or free from a fine. The regu- lations require that the car's brakes, lights and horn shall be kept up to standard and, in the case of irre. parably faulty equipment, it may be the part of wisdom to go to the ac- cessory counter or the service station for entirely new parts. According to the plan, suggested by Mr. Eldridge and adopted by the Washington Automotive Trade Asso- ciation, "each dealer will inspect the cars for which he is the local repre- sentative. In the case of cars having no local representation, however, they may be taken to any of the dealer members af the local association au- thorized by the director of traffic to make the inspections. Mr. Eldridge believes this arrange- ment will be satisfactory to all car owners. Begin This Week. “This 1s a fine thing,” he told Ru- dolph Jose, who is in charge of ar- rangements for the dealers. It will mean much to our office as well as a convenience to the public. These inspections should help us materially in reducing the number of traffic ar- rests, cutting down the number of ac- cidents and making the streets safer for pedestrians and motorists alike.” Dealers will be prepared to begin inspections this week. The motorist is given until August 1 to comply with certain phases of the light regulations, but other phases are being enforced now, as well as the regulations covering brakes, horns and visibility and illumination of license plates. To_cover the cost of issuing the certificates, the expense of which has been shouldered by the dealers’ asso- clation, the dealers will charge 75 cents as an inspection fee upon the issuance of a certificate. “This work involves considerable expense on the part of the individual dealers,’”” said Paul B. Lum, president of the association, “but they are un- dertaking it at the suggestion of Mr. Eldridge. The dealers want to co- operate with the director of traffic and other District officlals in _their efforts to make Washington a better city with respect to motor vehicle traffic, and we hope the public will respond accordingly.” TWO KILLED IN CLASH. Alleged Smugglers Slain, Customs Official Wounded in Raid. TUCSON, Ariz., May 16 (#).—Two. alleged smugglers were killed and a United States custom official was wounded in a fight between officers and suspects 25 miles southwest of here last night. Ed Webb, one of the custom officials, rode 1 miles on horseback_with the wounded official to the St. Xavier Mission. Two depu- sheriffs were dispatched to the id of Webb. session of a car owner will not relieve | self to comply with the law, and he | FIFTY-GENT AUTOS MARK POLICE SALE Three Bring Total of $1.50. Other Notable “Bargains” Are in Evidence. Three automobiles brought 50 cents apiece today at the police sale of un- claimed, property at the Notes Auction House, 633 Louisiana avenue. The machines looked a bit | standing there, opening their head- ilights in amazed stares when the bidders refused to go above the half dollar mark There were automobiles, all told Many stepped pompously up to the class of $5 and $7.50 articles and one, proudest of all, sold for exactly This machine refused thereafter ave anything to do with the meek brethren which stayed in the one I figure class. Bicycles sold as high $13. Cents for Furniture. at §1, §5, and even An entire suite of furniture, includ in: knocked down for stove which evidently d seen bet ter days, vet had much service left in it, went for $1. It was of the oven type, with four complete burners and a simmerer attached. The good old white elephant’s trunk and whiskers were brought to the sale as a sample in the form of a bar- rel of white powder alleged to be soda ash. At noon no one was clamor- ing for the soda ash. nor the reddish liquor, which might be pomade or floor polish, which was seized with it after | being abandoned in front of a tailoring establishment, the fixtures of which had been placed on the sidewalk by a marshal. Inner tubes went for 35 cents apiece in a lot of 43. each tube cost ing only 15 cents less than the three famous automobiles. Almost at Record. It appeared at the outset of the bid ding on the automobiles (so-called) that the record of the New York Police Department, which sold a ma- chine for 20 cents some time ago was in a fair way to be broken, but some reckless spirit in the bidding ranks each time raised the ante to 50 cents, higher than which none was found with sufficient temerity to advance. The sale is continuing this after- noon. Opportunities for bargains in clothing and miscellaneous articles will be had The bicycles at the sale were in great glee over their preferred status, in the majority the automobile HEBREW BIBLE TEXT CHANGES ASSERTED prices. Discloses “New Facts” on 0ld Testament Transcription. Correspondence of the Associate Press. LEIPZIG, Aprii 2 A revolution in Bible research work is foreseen by the investigations, published in book form; of Prof. Franz Wutz of the Eichstatt Bishopric Lyceum, entitled “New Facts on the Septuaginta and Hebrew Bible.” The current version that the Greek- Alexandrian translation of the Old Testament, known as the Septua- ginta, is derived from the original Hebrew text seems to be shattered by the theory of Prof. Wuntz. The author is taken very seriously by biblical scholars, even those whose !favorite theory he confutes by his statements, as, for instance, the well known exponent of the OId Testa- ment, Rudolf Kittel. Prof. Wutz now comes out with the new and somewhat startling statement that the Septuaginta is largely a reproduction of Hebrew words written with Greek letters. He claims to have discovered that as early as 200 B.C. Jewish scholars utilized Greek-Hebrew texts for their translations into Greek. These tran- only an elucidation of the Septua- ginta—a feat hitherto considered im- Possible—but also open up an en- tirely new vista in old biblical liter- ature. An authority like Kittel rec. ognizes in these discoveries of Wutz a likely means of arriving at the mueh sought-for original Hebrew text of the Old Testament. Finding America Cost $7,200, New Records Indicate Correspondence of the Associated Press. GENOA, Italy, April 19.—Recent investigations {h Genoa's archives have disclosed that the entire cost of Columbus’ fleet, which discov- ered_America, was only 14,000 lira, or_about $2,800. : The expenditures on the trip amounted to 22,000 lira more, bringing the total cost up to about 00. Columbus’ annual salary 1,600 lira, about $320, “The captains received half this amount apd the monthly pay of seamen melancholy | two cots, chairs and a table, was | cents, while a gas | of cases selling above | Leipzig Professor Says Research| seriptiens, he believes, furnished not | D. C, SATURDAY, _WOMAN IS ACCUSED. | | S | Charged With Giving Wrong Name in Seeking Driver's Permit. Mrs « Evelyn Henson, 24, required to de- posit §100 collateral with the police today for her appearance in court Monday morning to answer a charge of failure to give her right name when applying for an automobile driver's permit. Mrs. Henson explained to the police that she gave her maiden name. | Thelma Evelyn Ward, when she ap- | plied for the permit, having pre viously given that name when she| procured tags for her car. When checking up her application for the driver's permit, Sergt. W. H | Carlin could not locate the applicant | at the Grant place address. Mrs. Henson offered no explanation for | using her maiden name. { . Thelma nt place, | (From tne Edition of Yesterday's COOLDGE PLEDGES WORKERS RENT AD Sees Revival of Commission| if Flagrant Boosts Are Made. | T President Coolidge is understood to | have told friends with whom he was | discussing the rent situation in the | | District that if there is any flagrant | | rent boosting when the Rent Commis- sion goes out of existence this month he would imagine that Congress, when |it next meets, would lose no time in recreating the Rent Commission. The President is represented as be- |ing of the opinfon that the Federal | government is without sufficient au-| | thority to issue injunctions in the| |event of widespread increase in rentals, but if the situation becomes critical | before Congress again meets he will use what powers are at his command | to protect the rights of the Federal employes affected. The President thinks that it would be most unfortunate to use Armistice | day here to stage a demonstration in the interest of National Defense day as has been proposed. In_making this known a spokesman for the President sald that while the latter has reached no conclusion re- garding the proposal, he makes no secret “of his sentiment regarding Armistice day. He believes that if the Defense day demonstration must be held on some holiday Independence day would be more suitable. The President expects the cost of fighting rum smngglers by the Coast Guard to be kept within the appro- priations allowed that service by Con- gress. . Mr. Coolidge favors limitation by in- ternational agreement of the use in war of polsonous gases. CAILLAUX IS MAKING IDLE FEAR FOR JOBS New French Cabinet Officer “‘Jaz- zing Things Up” in Finance Ministry. | | | | | By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 16.—The new French minister of finance, Joseph Caillaux, has taken hold of his work with great vigor, and is making things hum in the vast palace extending from the Tuileries Gardens to the Louvre. Al- ready he has got rid of some ‘“pen- sioners,” injected new blood into some administration bench warmers and has relegated others to retirement. There is now an air of hustle and bustle throughout the entire minis- try, even in the silent, deserted corri- dors where somnolent, ushers once greeted visitors with steady delibera- tion. The minister himself reaches his | { office closer to 8 than 9 o'clock in the | morning and makes a personal round | of the various bureaus. Late arrivals have been warned that 9 o'clock is the hour for work. €aillaux’s announced policy of econ- omy has caused the employes at the ministry to fear that the practice of | | the doctrine may hegin at home, and i therefore many are trembling for their jobs, and are displaying more energy than generally is noticeable around government offices in France. Thus far, however, the greatest suf- ferer from Caillaux's edict has been a large cafe immediately across from the ministry, on the Rue de Rivoli. The emptiness of the restaurant at 4 o'clock in the afternoon has resulted in questions to the head waiter, who replied: “The gentlemen from across the street used to come ;t’ere -);lery llt!er- noon to play chess. 'ow they are too busy; o\fr chessboards are idle and our tables are vacan! Blast Hurts Two Sailors. NORFOLK, Va., May 16 (®).—Two sailors were injured, one critically, in an explosion today aboard the Italian steamship Odige, anchored off Sewells Point. Both were brought to the Pub- | lic Health Service Hospital, where physicians have despaired of saving the life of one. The explosion, thought to have been caused by an accumula- tion_of gas in the bunkers, was fol- lowed by fire, which was extinguished with the assistance of the Coast Guard cutter Carrabassett and a Norfolk fire ( | Hotel last | association +May 25 and June 6, when the city MAY 16, 1925. WELFARE WOMEN NAME NEW HEADS Group Acts in Face of Court Order Recognizing Mrs. Stoner. Although the courts have nized Mrs. Wesley president of Association, ganization recog- Martin Stoner as the Woman's Welfare members of that or- met at the Shoreham night and elected a new president, and also a new board of directors. The president is Bradbury. New offi her were chosen as follows, it was nnounced today by Mrs. Nanette B. Paul. who presided at the closed meeting: Mrs. Mark Potter, first vice president; Mrs. Macpherson Crichton, second vice president: Mrs. Charles A. Hawley, third vice presi- dent: Mrs. Paul, secretary, and Mrs. Irwin J. Steele, treasurer The board of directors was elected, it was stated, by the members of the and the board then pro- ceeded to elect the new officers New Directors Named. Before electing a new board the members amended the by-laws of the organization =0 as to reduce the per- sonnel of the board from 27 to 9 mem- bers. The nine directors named at the executive session are Mrs. Paul, Mrs. Samuel Blythe, Mrs. Steele, Mrs. Crichton, Mrs. ' Noble Barnes, Mrs. Hawley, Mrs. F. A. B. Hancock, Mrs. Charles Shelton and Mrs. Bradbury. t was stated the board was pro- isional, to serve until the annual meeting. The meeting followed the issuance of a temporary injunction vesterday by Justice Hoehling restraining Mrs. Paul and Mrs. Crichton from interfer- ing with the operation of the clinics at the association headquarters, Eleventh and L streets Counsel in Evidence. The meeting proceeded after an at- torney representing Mrs. Stoner had advised those assembled that the court would look with disapproval on such a meeting. Attorney Wilton J. Lam- bert, for Mrs. Paul and Mrs. Crichton, announced earlier, however, that he had obtained the sanction of the court for the meeting, and the session then was called to order. Mrs. Paul stated that she took the chair only after a formal inquiry had been made of the assemblage if Mrs. Stoner was present. Mrs. Stoner had been formally notified in advance of the meeting, she explained. BOY AND GIRL, OEI?I‘CERS OF TOWN, SEE COOLIDGE Mrs. Wymond to serve with City Manager, 16, and Mayoress, 17, of “Tiny Town," Tell Presi- dent of Novel Government. President Coolidge today received Gordon Cummings, city manager, and Hazel Wilhoit, mavoress of “Tiny Town,” a ‘city” built, run and gov- erned by the school children of Springfield, Mo. The city manager, who is 16 years old, and the mayoress, 17, were recently elected to their re- spective high offices, after a hotly contested election. During their call upon the President they briefly told him something about their government and at the same time invited him to visit “Tiny Town'" some time during the period between will be open to public inspection. The President today also shook hands with Harold Lloyd, motion pic- ture comedy star, and his wife, Mildred Davis, and about 300 school girls and boys from Straudsburg, Pa., Gloucester, J., and New Haven, Conn. RAY IS REAPPOINTED. Maryland Tax Coramission Head to Serve 8ix Years More. * Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 16.—J. Enos Ray of Chillum, Prince Georges County, has been reappointed chair- man of the Maryland Tax Commis- sion, to serve six years more. Other members are Jesse D. Price of Salisbury. a Democrat, and Oscar Leser of Baltimore, a Republican. Ray was appointed by Gov. Ritchie REDSAREVARNED BYBATISHGABINET Must Stop Revolutionary Propaganda or Face Drastic BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Cable to The Star and Chicage Daily News LONDON, May 16.—British Com munists, connected either directly or indirectly to the Third International.! received warning today that they must | cease all political agitation in this country, or face most drastic action by the government. For months—in fact, since the early days of Prime Minister Ramsay Mc- Donad’s term—the British Communists have been told, without heeding, that they must not v out orders from Moscow, nor indulge in revolutionary | propaganda. Facts now revealed indi- cate that the subject has been con- sidered at a cabinet meeting, which gave Home Secretary Hicks full power to act against Communists refusing to cease active work for a revolution. In a statement to women's unionist organizations, the home secretary de- | clared the time was rapidly coming when the government would force a showdown. Patience “We intend ixhausted. to be n ters own house,” said Secretary Hicks, “We will tell Mo that her na tionals may come here to trade or for | purposes of business, but we are tired | of the influx into this county of men whose object ix to embitter cass hatred and destroy the constitution. | The great Soviet organizations seek to wage war daily and nightly upon every civilization which ers from | their own."” | The home secretary proceeded to ex plain in detail just how the Thir In ternational works toward the over-| throw of other governments. | (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) | SCHURMAN SWORN | IN AS BERLIN ENVOY Takes Oath of Office at State De- | partment—MacMurray to Leave | for China in June. i -~ 1 | in our| 2 churman, ates Minister to Chir sumed the duties of United States Ambassador to Germany He quiet. 1y subscribed 1o the oath of office the State Department vesterday after noon and will start for his new post of duty at Berlin in a few days, fol lowing the conclusion of his confer ences with Secretary Kellogz on the latest developments in China and pending diplomatic relations with Ger- many. J. V. N. MacMurray, who will suc ceed Judge Schurman as Minister to China, still retains the office of Third Assistant Secretary of & te, b will qualify in his new diplomatic office in a few day: He plans to sail for | China about the middle of June. | Secretary Kellogg said today that he had reached no conclusion as vet regarding the selection of Mr. Mac Murray's successor in the State De- partment, but expected to do so in a short time. The impression pre- | valls in official circles that some mem.- | ber of the foreign service, and prob. ably an official in the State Depart- | - . has offic | | | | pective vacancy in the Third Assist- ant Secretaryship. Hugh Wilson and Clarence A. Castle, chiefs of sections in the State Department, are under consideration for the appointment $60,004 SHIP CLAIMS ARE ORDERED SETTLED United States Judge Waddill in Alexandria Decides Litigation Pending Since 1921. Special Dispatch 5 The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 16— Claims against the Virginia Shipbuild ing Corporation, totaling $60,004, were | ordered paid vesterday by Judge Edmund Waddill in United States Court for the Eastern District of Vir- ginia. Checks on a Richmond bank ! were given. being secured by funds from the sale of the ships built here during the World War. The case has been in litigation since 1921. ‘The claims awarded were: | Asfatic Petroleum York. against the $30,809.40; Crandall against the steamer E. A. Morse. | $105.99; Colgan Manufacturing and | Supply Co., against steamer Clement | iC. Morse, $703.35; Bernard B. Smith, assignee. against steamer il F. Morse, $501.83; Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd.. against steamer . A. Morse. | $15,851.41: Crandall Packing Co., against steamer Jennie R. Morse, | $615.65; same company against steamer Annie E. Morse, $173.29; steamer Clement C. Morse, $1,077.14: steamer H. F. Morse, $298.35; Colin H. Livingstone, $725.65 Loveland Co., against steamer Clement C. Morse, $3,362.85; Robbins Dry Dock and Repair Co., against the steamer Clement C. Morse, $8,675, and Rees J. Evans, against steamer Annie E. Morse, $4,365.03. Co.. Ltd.. New steamer Venada Packing Co.. Bugle Calls Very Ancient. Of very ancient origin are the vari- ous bugle calls still used by modern armies. The “tatoo” dates back to the Thirty Years' War, from 1615 to 1643, and was originally the “tap to" call, a signal for the men to ce: their drinking by closing the bung or “tap” of the barrel. ‘“Retreat” call was used by the Crusaders. The cow’'s horn was the first it is mentioned in the Bihle. ram’'s horn was a later The variation. say the hugle is the oldest of musical instruments. It will take 25,100 miles of wire to make the two 30-inch cables which will carry the Philadelphia-Camden Bridge over the Delaware River. More than 300,000 miles of spirit- level lines have been run in the United States to discover the exact elevation in 1919 to fill the unexpired term of the late Arthur P. Gorman, jr. of ground above sea level. Darrow and Malone Offer to Defend Tennessee Teacher in Evolution Case By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 16.—Clarence Darrow of Chicago and Dudley Field Malone of New York today telegraphed Judge John Randolph Neal at Knoxville, Tenn., proffer- ing their services as defense eoun- self for Prof. Scopes, who is to be tried for teaching evelutfon, In vio- lation of the Tennessee law. The action was prompted, Mr. Malone said. by the offer of William Jen- nllngu Bryan to ald the prosecu- tlon. The telagram, made public by Mr. Malona, follows: ““We are certain you need no assistance in your de- fense of Prof. Scopes, who is to be _ prosecuted for teaching evolution, but we have read the report that Mr. Willlam J. Bryan has volun- teered to aid the prosecution. “In view of the fact that scien- tists are so much interested In the pursuit of knowledge that they cannot make the money that lec- turers and Florida real estate agents dommand, in case you should need us, we are willing without fees or expense to help the defense of Prof. Scopes in any way you may sug- gest or direet.” | basemen i while fup. | flooded { Minnesota fire ar | today by ment, will be promoted to the pros- | 5Y | that Lieut. bugle and| Many students of musical apparatus | STORNSANDFIRE DAMAGE B AREA Minor Floods Add to Havoc in Middle and Far West States. Br the Associated Press CHICAGO, May 16.-Heavy rains, high winds, hail. minor floods forest fires caused considerable damage yesterday and last night over widely separated areas of the middle and far West. Severe rains, accompanied by wind and hail visited several portions of Oklahoma, causing damage to homes in Norman, seat of the University of Oklahoma, and sending small streams out of their banks. Forest fires were burning tions of Wisconsin and in the Cor nado Natfonal Forest, in Arizona, but rains in Minnesota were reported to h removed the fire menace in that Minor Floods Reported. Minor floods also avere reported in Wyoming, the lower part of the town of Glenrock, Wyo., being under four feet of water as a result of a rise in Deer Creck. Many families forced to flee to safety, and dam: to propert and live stock was pected to be large Water stood more than a f in the business section of N s throughout flooded Several hou down by the wind, and in darkness for more than thre Telephone and telegraph pe blown down, mm interurban fMic Chickasha's streets while a hailstorm at considerable damage in sec the ox we the rail t wi also cau ops. Miles of Forest Alaze. Miles of forest glades in nado National Forest of Arizona were still blazing last night a= the of epreading of two fires in the cahua Mountains near Doug conflagrations, which a volunteers are fighting, cover an 3 miles long and 2 miles wide Soldiers are helping in flames. Rain e Coro. Chiri ndred ting the fell thr the north Wisconsin National Guardsm still werc iling fires in that State. Half a dc units were called out last night 300 guardsmen were sent to the fi area near Laona and in north Oconto County Nearly 1,000 {have been | Oconto County been reported | ber_camps were | Forest fire | alwo were causing 'VACCINATION DEATH 1 RUMOR IS DENIED | Public Health Official Probes Stories of Fatality and acres of cut-over land burned over in north No loss of life nd no villages or endan i Forest « Wis Amputation. Wild rumors that a pretts ment clerk had died shortly after {ting jodine on a vaccination, and tha another girl had suffered amputation of one lex because of virulent cinatiou, were thoroughly investizated Dr. W. F. Draper. assistant eon general of the Public Health vice, and declared to be “baseless Dr. Draper said these rumo: | reached him last night and this morn |ing for the first time. although thev { had been current about the streets of | Washington for some time. He i { diately began an official investigation | of the matter, and, after contact wit the medical authorities who would |kmm reported that no trace of such | cases had been uncovered | To put iodine a | would be entirely i | Draper. *“A vacc alone, unless it shows alarming sig when a physician should be se There would be no possibility of de resulting from lodine placed on « va cination, although -such treatment | would do no good.” | 8 vaceination \ation should be lef SUB-T POLICE STATION URGED AS PRECINCT Cleveland Park C Increase in Force and Eleva- itizens Request i tion of Commander. The Cleveland Park School and Com | munity Association adopted a resolt tion last night at its meeting at the Cleveland Congregational Church call ing on the District Commissioners to ask Congress to transform the sub-T police station in Tenleytown into a full-strength precinct. The association also recommended James L. Giles, now in charge of the substation, be raised to a captain and be placed in charge of | the proposed new precinct. Miss Josephine Burke, principal of the John Eaton School, told the asso ciation of the plans for the beautifi cation ~f the school grounds. The as- sociat.on went on record approving the plans and promising all possible support. The association instructed its presi dent, Frank S. Perry, to appoint a committee to make an investigation of available sites for playgrounds in the Cleveland section. A request for such an investigation was received from the United States Chamber of | Commerce. — DAWSON FLOOD RECEDES: {PROPERTY DAMAGE HEAVY | Many Left Homeless—Ottawa Is Asked for $50.000 Fund for Relief Work. | By the Associated Prees DAWSON, Y. T.. May_16.—Subsid | ing waters of the Yukon River. which | suddenly rose ané flooded towns along its banks on Sunday, following the breaking of ice last week. have left several families homeless and heavy property damage in Dawson. The town is considered out of danger for the present. = Several houses were carried away in Dawson. The Government radio sta- tion was out of commission for 12 hours. Prominent citizens have wired the authorities at Ottawa asking that an appropriation of $50,000 be sent to re- lieve distress and repair damage. Fearing for the safety of several farmers living on islands in the Yokon River, three miles south of here, city police in a launch were making an ef- fort to reach the islands. Cumberland Pastor Resigns. Special Dispatch to The Star. MBERLAND, Md., May 16.—The Ambrose Henry Beavin. who has been rector of Emanuel Episcopal Church here for nine years, has re- signed because of ill health. ‘It i= his desire to take a vear of rest, rec-ya- tion and study.