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4 “GREATEST FLOOD" OF LIQUOR STOPPED Coast Guard’s Effective War on Rum Row to Be Continued. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 16—Only 12 ships, manned by dejected crews, re- main of more than 80 rum-row float- ing warehouses, after 10 days of the Coast Guard's blockade of the At- lantic t This figure official sellers were checked up spection cruise of men and represen sociations which day. F f Stephen S. Ye Guard's commandant, The rum in an in- newspaper of press as- concluded to- Lieut. Comdr ndle, aide to the Coast Rear Adm 1 who is known as the ars and eye! on the blockade front, eruised the Atlantic | waters from Nantucket Light on the north to Atlantic City on the south, with the newspaper observers aboard the Coast Guard cable cutter Iequot The inspection cruise, Ay the most comprehensive ever made of the mid-Atlantic rum area, which r. Yeandle termed the “nationa ued that little if any liquo is stting asho e f New York, Long Island, New | 1 or New Jersey channels. Through these channels up to Ma the day the Coast Guard offensive under way, flowed the greatest | flood of liquor that the Governm.enc has had to contend against, the Guard officials admitted. 70 Rum Boats Leave. The inspectors did a thorough job. All the erstewhile rum s visited and the number “rummies contrabz throu f remaining the name given the con- d carr s by the guardsmen— ked up; the newspaper looked at | the end of the gi ntic rum running | “industry” in its every pha Ten days ago the Coast € 38 whiskey selling ships the notorious New row, extending from a point south of | Fire Island to At y. At dusk Friday night th investigators found seven ships there. With the biock- ade’s start re were 30 ‘‘rummie: in the Mo Point and Nantucket light secto he observers aboard the Pequot found five ships in their places, one of them the French steamship Pellegrini, battered veteran of many liquor selling crusades on the “row. The the wi dozen or Cew Jersey | inspe er ction tour did not include off Boston, which held a ore “rummies” at the start of the drive. Coast Guard officials declared, however, that these, too, had been swept out of touch with their land alliances Thig means that more than 70 rum sellers have migrated since the open- ing of the blockade. All were fol- lowed by C G pickets or patrols until they rounded Nantucket | on the north or got below Atlantic City on the south. Other pickets picked them up in those waters and | saw to it that they be kept off shore. Coast Guard officials said they had no | definite information concerning the | present whereabouts of the fugitives, it 2 number are known to have re turned to their home ports. Await Foggy Night. A vast armada, however, is known to have anchored from 50 to 200 miles | off shore, there to play a game of | patience with the | await an opportunit ward on a foggy or The Pequot London, Conn, noon with Lie command and M. Molloy Guard' oast enemy forces, or | to sneak shore- ormy night. eamed out of N ast WWednesday after- | . Josaph Greenspun in Lieut. Comdr. Thomas in charge of ail the Coast bases in this part of the coast, also aboard. Four hours later the first “rummy” was sighted—the General Pau, out of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. In the s of the setting sun newspaper photographers and | news reel camera crankers had their will of the beleagured Pau, which was under constant guard of two patrol | to u | teve Country. Armenia Austria . Belgium Cuba Finland France ... Great Britain . Greece Hungary a Liberia Lithuania Nicaragua Poland Rumania Russ Jugoslavia Borals: .t St e, Finland e Great Britain Hungary Lithuania* Poland* Totals. .. selves fishermen, stood about idly in ou B Comdr. Yeandle said, when Pequot reached New York today, that “the war on the rum-runners has just begun; we realize that it is to be a tough tussle, and we are prepared to see it through.” worLp U the NAVY. Wheeler Cites Action of Washington in “Whisky Rebellion.” By the Associated Press The rum war off American shores has touched off a colorful display of publicity fireworks at the press bu- reaus of the natlonal organizations favoring and opposing prohibition. Opinions, predictions and suggestions on both sides are raining down on newspaper offices in \Washington in blinding profusion Both Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti- Saloon League and W. H. Stayton of the Association Again tion Amendment last night wound up the week with statements loaded with verbal shrapnel Mr. Wheeler said he saw no reason se the Navy against rum runners ept as a last resort,” but recalled that George Washington used the Army to put down the whisky rebel- lion and added that “if another whisky, -ebellion develops which cannot be uppressed by civil authorities I be- Uncle Sam has as much red blood in his veins as he had 131 years ago.” AIr. Stayton asked that prohibition agents be bonded “to protect the pub- lic from unwarranted holdups,” citing the case of Harry Brown, a school teacher, who, he said, had been shot by dry agents at Charleston, W. Va., because he failed to halt when they commanded him to do so. FRENC;-I DEBT HUB OF SWEEPING U. S. COLLECTION MOVE prompt steps to arrange the debt boats and a converted destroyer. At dusk the newspaper men on the | Pequot's bridge, about 50 feet from the General Pau’ rred side - ried on a megaphone convers with a man on the liquor ship. couple more patrol boats h in the meantime, and the Coast ( group began a colorful play of s lights across the skies, turnin portion of the seas into a min white way. In the distance were two | other rum boats, each with its quota of vigilant pickets, which the festival of light. with beams that chased the darknes Offered Liquor for Smokes. | On Thursday the Pequot and her | passengers went off Montauk, called on the notorious and baered Pelle- s ni, a French ship whose crew | shouted at the interviewing news | paper men :n excellent “American 1'nlike the General Pau’s spokesman, A strong voiced member of the Frenchman's crew readily admitted | the Pellegriri had a righty load of whisky and cham; ne aboard and| quoted prices of ase f the “hard stuff” and se for the wine. There w and a W S a ase of champ flered in exchange for a news- paper and a carton of cigarettes. But the Coast Guardsmen forbade con- tact with the Frenchman. In the distance was but “rummy,” the schoone: Zach “rummy’’ had it: ant pickets. In_this nights before, Comd been informed v were 12 boats. en 36 hour: The Pequot then proceeded to the ew Jersey rum row, which en days ago was admittedly dway with rted from by 1 was of one more ie Aubre! quota of vigil area just two Yeandle had hington, there ad vanished in up to 2 drenching and wine bobbing _*‘rummies boat-to-shore runners under close guard, were there. a case of liquor had left them in 11 s, the Coast Guardsmen said. ‘Will Fight to Finish. the Pequot put some of men ashore at Ba where several re- tail_liquor dispensers, selling whisky at 50 cen: drink, predicted gloomy times ahead. One speed boat owner, who had no scruples in admitting ‘he was a rum runner, said he had brought 200 cases ashore since the blockade's inception. Ordinaril aid, he “ran” 10,000 cases a week. Still another dolefully confessed he had not run the blockade as yet At Freeport, Long Island, the in- vestigators put off in a 200-case rum boat, @ 36-foster with 300-horse-power engines, and proceded to the Atlantic through the runner-infested areas of Jones and Fire Island inlets. As the runner smashed into the heavy run- ning seas a Coast Guard patrol was seen in pursuit. As the runner’s powerful engines pulled her away from the pursuer, the guardsmen poured a few shots in the fugitive's direction. There followed a 20-mile chase, which ended only when the runner slowed down and her passen- gers explained to the pursuers. Every inlet and devious waterway oft Freeport and Bayshore was found to be under patrol by the guardsmen's boats. The rum-runners’ powerfully- engined boats were tied up in the in- lots and the ruggers, who call them- he | settlement with Great Britain. | versations between r | French governments on this subject | earlier in the year were interrupted question with the United States created intense interest here on account of the known British policy that any French settlement with the United States must be accompanied by a similar rather, con- British _and or, the The negotiations, by the change in the French govern- ment, and so much has happened in the interim in connection with the British resumption of the gold stand- i that the debt question has been temporarily more or less in the back- ground. No Offer Made to Britain. So far as is known to late Herriot government, in whatever tentative Fesponse it made to the British gov- ernment’s request to be favored with the French idea on the settlement of the British debt, made no offers which the British government considered in any way adequate. M . Caillaux, French finance min- ister, has revealed to his country- men an even worse financial posi- tion than had previously been sus- pected. with a huge floating debt needing to be dealt with either by loan operations or drastic increases tion before France is able to 2 budget equilibrium. M. Caillaux has the reputation as being the ablest financier among French statesmen, and is considered in London to have shown the greatest courage in dealing with an almost overmastering problem. How he will respond to the American request is here with the greatest enjo. awaited curiosity. CAILLAUX NOT COMING. Too Busy to Discuss Debt Settlement In Washington. Radio to The Star and New York World. r!’l'Mus, May 16.—Finance Minister Caillaux is not going to the United States as reported to settle the debt question. M. Caillaux let it be under- stood today he is too busy wrestling With complex budget problems to think of leaving France. For the same reason, France-American nego- tiations on debts cannot yet enter a positive phace. as announced yester- day in some quarters, where the offi- cial communique on the cabinet coun- Gil decision was wrongly interpreted. Ambassador Herrick will continue the conversations begun a fortnight ago, and henceforth Foreign Minister Briand will participate in them. This is now declared to be the real meaning of the official announcement that the cabinet has instructed Cail- Jaux and Briand to “‘pursue an exami- nation of the possible solutions of the blem. det Phux. himself has definite ideas which he is principally applying, and which he has communicated to Ambas- sador Herrick, with regard to debts, but there is no immediate likelihood that he will despatch a special debt commission to America. The French government considers its budget and general financial prob- lems of sufficient importance to delay any measure of that kind. Mean- while, however, active exchange of views on the debt question will con- tinue between Parls and Washington, preparatory to an eventual confer- ence between specially accredited f dslesl.tlonl(&wm‘n Tfl%,) the Prohibi-} : 2 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 'C.l MAY 17, 1925—PART 1. _————— e e T Principal amount of obligations now held. $11959917.49 24,055,708.92 377,029,570.06 91,879,671.03 13,999,145.60 8.910,000.00 3,340,516,043.72. 4,554,000,000.00 15,000,000.00 1,958,412.50 1,647,869,197.96 5,132,287.14 26,000.00 6,030,000.00 110,590.28 178,560,000.00 ,128,494.94 152,601,297.37 51,037,886.39 1,2198: 6,768.85 " 10,380,166.2: 62,546.394.87 14,377,111.50 Interest accrued as of the last interest- paying dates. $2,999,562.45 6,495,041.43 103,474,413.55 Total indebtedness. $14,959,479.94 30,550,750.35 480,503,983.61 25,799,424.67 3,794,874.68 17,794,020.28 8,910,000.00 4,210,556,948.27 4,554,000,000.00 17 625,000.00 1,958,412.50 2,138,543,852.77 6,352,139.45 32,768.85 6,030,000.00 - 110,590.28 : 178,560,000.00 46,508,601.17 255,147,692.24 65,414,997.98 2.31 Payments on 64,302,901.29 248,181,641.56 HOW MUCH NATIONS OF WORLD OWE THE UNITED STATES Statement below shows principal amount of obligations of foreign governments held by the United States Treasury, interest accrued and unpaid thereon up to and including the last interest period prior to May 16, 1925, and payments heretofore made on account of principal and interest. Payments on account of interest. account of principal. '$18,526,408.21 228675158 633,206,657.11 hcinec 1,159,153.34 9,672.50 30,056.18 164,852.94 126,266.19 861.10 91,996.97 6,180.69 2,048,224.28 263,313.74 7.911,594.39 636,059.14 $10,556,804,223.40 7$1,504,434,169.99 $12,151238,393.39 Funded Obligations Held, Included in Above $8,910,000.00 4,554,000,000.00 1,958,412.50 6,030,000.00 178,560,000.00 $8.910,000.00 4,554,000,0600.00 1,958,412.50 030,000.00 178,560,000.00 $327,361,993.16 46,000,000.00 $946,430,821.72 $538,650.00 275,310,000.00 29,303.14 90,450.00 $90,000.00 ,672.50 $4,749,458,412.50 T $4,740458 412.50 RUM 0OW CURBED, U. S. FACES REAL TASK IN SEALING BORDERS Canadian and Mexican Borders Abound in Un- guarded Paths—Reciprocal Exchange of Tips on Smugglers Sought. sed from First Page.) and Federal courts are devoting their effort toward convicting and punish ing rum runners—but the invisible supply of liquors, concocted in Mexico, or shoved through that country from foreign distilleries continues to en gage a sizeable army of smugglers, who risk their lives nightly wading the Rio Grande. Gun fights with smugglers are routine with the American border pa- trol. Occasionally a daring American with a motor load is caught on a high way en route to northern markets. Prohibition enforcement men raid and capture local stocks with their distributors. But the tide of booze stealthily laps the entire Mexican border, because there is no barrier on the south bank of the river except what little riprap has been thrown up by a few zealous Mexican officials, really anxious to help the law enforcement program of the American Government. Conference Seeks Co-operation. That's what the international con- ference of the Andrews-Villa-Michel commissions here is all about. Hope is entertained by the American deleg: tion authorized by President Coolidge and the cabinet to treat with the Mexican government that a clear understanding, plus meighborly co- operation, will arise from the discus- looking toward a reciprocal ex of information which will hasten the suppression of smuggling, not only of intoxicants, but of nar- cotics and the aliens taking th door route into this count Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, A: Secretary of the Treasury, who heads the American commission. also is em phasizing the value of co-ordinating the contraband catching labors of all bureaus of this Government, so that the various groups will work as one for the arrest and convictoin of all classes of smugglers. The dispatch of Subsecretary of In- ternal Affairs Primo Villa Michel and his mixed commission to the border conference is regarded by American officials as a hopeful sign of the atti tude of the Mexican government toward Washington’s program of law enforcement. LIQUOR CHEAP IN FLORIDA. Gun Key, Nearest of Bahamas, Base for Operations. MIAMI, May 16.—Efforts of the Coast Guard to break up New York’s rum row will not result in a further mixing of rum with Florida waters. Florida has her own rum row lying off Gun Key, one of the nearest of Bahama Islands, just 50 miles across the Gulf stream from Miami and Palm Beach. ; § Confident that the commotion being raised among their Northern brethren will not cause even a ripple to wash the coral banks of the Bahamas, the vendors of illicit cheer from across the gulf stream are riding lazily at anchor, loading an occasional small speed launch for the dash across the banks, but making no effort to land their contraband in wholesale lots. Crippled by lack of patrol craft and with insufficient speed to cope With the modern boats of the smuggling fleet, the Coast Guard off Florida's peninsula is waging an unequal battle against the rum running industry. Re- cently a large seaplane, with Navy markings still faintly showing on its fuselage, has added to the Coast Guard's troubles. Operating from Gun Key, the plane makes frequent cross- ings of the gulf stream to land near the coast and transfer its cargo to a small boat. ‘While prying eves are not welcomed at Gun Key, it is possible for an ob- server to get a close-up of the Ba- hama rum row. The boats are usual- 1y manned by negroes and officered by white men, mostly Englishmen. Strange stories of titled Englishmen and heroic figures of the late war drawn to the rum running industry by the lure of adventure and quick riches are heard daily as heavily laden speed boats safely negntlate the night dash to Florida shores. Florida still finds it simple enough to obtain liquor at $4 to $5 a quart. LOUISIANA IS WET. Liquor Reported Flowing in Freely. Dry Force Limited. NEW ORLEANS, May 16.—Liquor continues to flow freely’ into Louls- iana and Mississippi, although Fed- eral agents are conducting a serious offensive against retailers in New Orleans. In the whole bayou fringed shore of the Mississippi there are only six prohibition agents, although there are rumors now, resulting from the visit of Chief of Prohibition Officers Yel- lowley, that the force is to be in- creased. There have been no large captures reported in Mississippi for many weeks. In" Louisiana the importation of liquor continues as a regular busi- ness. In St. Bernard, on‘nt the bayou parishes, it is a recognized business. Motions for quashing charges of State prohibition law vio- lations are made on this ground and seriously argued before judges. Bootleggers are preparing dry offensive. reputation has just purchased a great twin motored ~seaplane for ‘“sport purposes.” - HUGE AMOUNT LANDED. for a Liquor Valued at $500,000 Declared Taken Into California. SAN DIEGO, Calif.,, May 16.—Pos- sibly the most enlightening commen- tary on the liquor smuggling situa- tion along the California-Mexican border liesin the fact that here in San Diego Scotch whisky now is offered in unlimited quantities at $45 per case, delivered to any address within five miles of the local water front. Gin is to be had almost for the asking; champagnes, brandies and other cordials are selling at prices far lower than at any other time since the pro- hibition law took effect. Last Tuesday five 10,000-ton vessels, the decks of each piled with cases of contraband liquor, anchored between San Diego and 4 a Islands. They have been discharging their car- goes into speedy motor craft almost constantly ever since, and on Thurs- day night alone, it is estimated, liquor to the value of $500,000 was landed in California. 0 combat the rum runners, the Government has on guard two cutters of ancient vintage, the Tamaroa and the Vaughn. They are not making a dent in the traffic. Two hundred and fifty special police have been called to duty along San Diego county roads in an effort to pre vent distribution of the smuggled liquor, but the futility of their efforts will be at once apparent to any one familiar with the myriad trails which thread the wilderness that borders much of the southern California shore ine. Rum running is nothing new to this border country. It has been going on steady for the last five vears, but never on such an enormous scale as the present week has seen. It is esti- mated that from 10 to 15 shiploads of liquor are available to rum runners now, and local bootleggers talk freely of a score of other vessels similarly laden which are drawing neay to re- plenish the supply. N Overland smuggling from Mexico has been virtually abandoned in favor of the water route. STAND BY BURTON BRINGS ARMS CUT PARLEY TO CRISIS (Continued from First Page.) his finger at the American delegation, M. Comnene exclaimed: “For the firsi time in history the small states do not have to wait outside the door they enter within the portal and here in this house of Geneva they sit and speak out on a footing of perfect equality with the great countries of the world. That is a new thing, a great thing.” Sees League Imperiled. M. Comnene declared that God, alone, knew in his omniscience whether “this immense and glorious Geneva effort” would succeed, but that all must strive to attain the goal marked out for them. He proceeded vigorously to combat the creation of new central organisms like an arms traffic bureau outside the Leagus, as- serting that it would imperil the League's usefulness by endangering that unity of effort which the League embodied. The American delegation, in its formal amendment, suggested that the signatory states themselves: cre- ate the central arms office, but today. Mr. Burton brought forward the idea that information on the traffic in arms might be forwarded to some eight or ten ministers accredited td Switzerland, presumably so taat they could act on a lesser scale in some- thing like the same sense as the am- bassadors’ council. The international conference has received a_communication from the ‘Women's . International League for Peace and Freedom, supporting the American proposal for condemnation of the use of poison gas in war times. Three Officers Shifted. Engineer officers at Fort Humphreys have been ordered to other stations, as follows: First Lieut. Robert G. Lovett, to the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallis; First Lieut. Louis J. Claterbos, to the California In- stitute of Technology at Pasedena, and First Lieut. Conrad P. Hardy, to the 3d Division at San Francisco. $46,099,672.50 *Funding agreements approved by Congress. but bonds have not been exchanged One bootlegger of local | $275,968,403.14 EAST DERINITELY MENACED BY QUAKES, SCIENTISTS ASSERT earthquake maps prepared for each city of the Northeastern area and to stimulate seismological research. The Istaff also is working on such problems how transportation could be cai ried on in an earthquake emergency ‘\Ahen subways and elevated roads |may be put out of business: what buildings are safe under conditions of shock and how new buildings should be put up; the whole re of oil stores to earthquake h the best ways to prevent panic eck it; the functions of the Army Navy and police in such an em: ergency; how disease might be check- ed and food and shelter brought to a stricken population. History of 'Quakes. The Foundation’s historical studies show that besides the San Francisco temblor of 1806 there have been four destructive shocks in the United States and Eastern Canada in record- ed history in the St. Lawrence Valley in 1663; the Boston region in 5; the lower Mississippi Valley, center- ing at New Madrid, Mo., in 1811; at Charleston, S. C., in 1586, Eight considerable shocks have marked the recent seismie revival in the country East of the Mississippi— on September 30, February 2 24, April 27 of February New York City, the first since 1924, A seismological map shows the earthquake zones of this region to be Long Island Sound, the Connecticut valley, the Maine coast, from Boston to the Bay of Fundy, and the St Lawrence valley. All these have been active in the recent disturbance, Dr. Jagger also says there are geological reasons for considering the Watchunk ridges of New Jersey and the Palisades of the Hudson liable to | earth faults. Dr. Jagger has mapped the earth’s surface on graduations of “quakiness” on a_ scale of 1 to 10, Tokio, Hawali and such volcanic re: gions being No. 10. On this scale New York and New England rate at No. 8, the same as central and southern California, with other parts of the country rated lowe: Michigan at No. 3, Unio and the Mi sissippi valley, No. 5; North Carolina | and eastern Canada, No. 6; the district from Washington to Philadelphia, No. 7. i The Foundation has made public opinions of leading scientists on the earthquake danger in the Northeast- ern area, these agreeing that there is no basis for assuming the immunity of this section from earthquakes of destructive intensity. Public Has Been Lulled. “We have been lulled into what i: perhaps, a sense of false security, says Prof. A. Knopf of the geology department of Yale University. Long before the recent recrudes- cence of earthquake activity broke out the Foundation, established as an | independent research group before the war and functioning during that conflict as the commission on educa- tion of the Council of National De- | fense, decided that the national emergency most worthy of study was an earthquake disaster in one of the greatest cities of the Atlantic sea- board. It has, therefore, accumulated what is considered the largest body of information in existence on earth- quake hazards, with special reference to Eastern America. It has assembled a total of 26,000 records. Dr. Hollls Godfrey, engineer and educator, is president of the Founda- tion, and its chief officers include Rear Admiral Willlam S. Sims, U. S. N., re- tired; Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, U. S. A, retired; Samuel P. Capen, chancellor of the University of Buf- falo; Frederick C. Ferry, president of Hamilton College; Franklin D. Roose- velt, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Dr. Thomas A. Jagger, director of the United States Government Ha- wailan volcanic laboratory; John A. Stevenson, second vice president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society; Grosvenor B. Clarkson, former director of the Council of National Defense; Charles F. Thwing, president emeritus of Western Reserve University; John H. Finley, former commissioner of the American Red Cross for Palestine and the Near East. —_— IRON AGE EDITOR DIES. George Smart, Well Known News- | paper Man, Ill One Week. FOREST HILLS GARDENS, N. Y May 16 (#).—George Smart, mana; ing news editor of the Iron Age, died today at his home after a week’s ill- ness. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1863. He had formerly been identified with the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Cincinnati Enquirer and he was one of the founders and the first editors of the Columbus Cit- izen. He was editor of the Iron Trade Review, Cleveland, 1905 to 1917, when he was called to the Iron Age. The funeral will be held on Monday. Coming to Capital. Col. Willey Howell, Tth Infantry, at ‘Vancouver Barracks, Washington, has been ordered to this eity for duty in the office of chief of infantry, War Department. 3 » 200 GOSMOPOLITAN MEMBERS TO TOUR Elaborate Entertainment Is Planned for Cruise to Nor- folk, May 29-31. Plans have been completed for the Norfolk eruise of the Washington Cosmopolitan Club, May 29-31. Ap proximately members of the club and th-‘r guests will take the trip, which Xpected to be one of the most el ‘te of its kind ever under- taken herec "t will be the first of its kind by a civie club. The Cosmopoli- tan Club is endeavoring to make this ploneer effort successful, and arrange ments have been made for a compre- hensive entertainment program. One of the outstanding features will be the formal acceptance of the Amer- ican flag presented sometime ago to the club by the wives of the members. At sunrise on Decoration Day, the entire rty will gather on deck, and the presentation will be made at ap- propriate ceremonies, with the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, by one of the orchestras which will be taken on the cruise. Features In Norfolk. At Norfolk the local club will be the guests of the Norfolk Cosmopoli tan Club. From the time the party lands, the Norfolk Club will have complete charge of the entertainment A special train will convey the mem- bers to the site of this entertainment. Special features have been arranged. On Sunday the members of the Nor- folk Club will embark on the boat and be guests of the Washington Club on on Friday, ceed by where which is May 29, and pro- pecial train to Baltimore, they will go aboard the steamer. They will cruise down Chesapeake Bay and then return Monday in time for the members to start business. TABLET PAYS TRIBUTE TO WORK OF EDISON Unveiled by Wife of Inventor. Mark of Esteem of His Early Associates. By the Associated Press. MENLO PARK, N. J., May 16. The Edison Pioneer bronze _tablet, commemorating the work of Thomas on at Menlo Park from 1876 to unveiled today by Mrs. as A. Edison. About 600 per sons witnessed the unveiling, includ- ing Gov. George 8. Silzer of New Jer- and President John Grier Hibben of Princeton University. The purpose of the tablet, accord- 0.J. DeMOLL Apartments—Homes—Mansions 31-Plane Squadron Given to Soviet by Workman’s Group By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, May 16.—The rail- way and river transport workers of Soviet Russia today presented the Moscow government with a fleet of 31 airplanes, the cost of which was defrayed by popular subscription among the workers. The squadron has been named the “Djerfinsky Escadrille” and two of the planes have been christened “Baginskl” and “Wierzorkiewicz," in memory of the two Polish Com- munist officers who were killed re- cently by a Polish sergeant while they were being conveyed to the Russian border for exchange. CLEM SHAVER CITED IN CONTEMPT WRIT Advertising Concern Makes New Move Against Democrats. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 16.—An order for Clem L. Shaver, chairman of the Democratic national committee, or at torneys, to show cause on Tuesday why James W. Gerard, former Am- bassador to Germany and a member of the committee, should not be ad- judged in contempt of court, was signed by Supreme Court Justice Guy. toda; Reason for the order was given as Mr. Gerard's failure to appear for e amination before trial in a suit brought against the national com- mittee by Van Patten, Inc., an ad- vertising agency, over a contract for |advertising during the last presiden- |tial campaign. Mr. Gerard is now in Europe. affidavit submitted by attorneys for the advertising agency alleges that notice to appear for examination was served, but Mr. Gerard on three oc caslons failed to do so. Van Patten, Inc., is suing the na- tional committee for $84,220 services, the committee having viously filed suit for $50,000 alleging their agreement. ng to the inscription on it, was to at |test the appreciation of the Idison | Pioneers, the men who have worked with Mr. Edison since he bezan Lis experiments, for Mr. Edison’s labors in the field of science. Mr. Edison was present but took no part in the dedication. Twelfth & G Streets N. N THE furniture department of our establishment there is a collection of Art Furniture and objects of Arts, sufficient to furnish mansions. Hotw- ever, it is not to the majestic grandeur of a palace but rather to the simple, sweet homes that we make our appeal; those who desire beautiful furniture in Eng- lish, French and Italian designs will find FRENCH PREPARING FOR RIFFS' STROKE First Phase of Offensive Against Tribesmen Completed. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 16.—The relief by Gen Colombat's forces today of the ad vanced French output at Aouley, where half a dozen French soldiers remained unwounded out of a tc force of 50 after a two-week under constant artillery and machine gun fire by Abd-ELKrim's invading Riffs, is rezarded in military circles here as closing the first phase of the French offensive against the rebillious tribesmen. The next turn in the eperations, it is believed, will depend on where Abd-ElKrim will = his attacks There are two important groups as sembled on his side, one in the region of Chechaouen and the other east of the Bibane Heights, where Col. Frey denburg’s column is operating. It is regarded likely that the Riffs may strike from both points at the same time. More troop: to Marshal T stand are dafly being added utey's forces. made by the small Senegalese g on at the Aouley ¢ post. which held the post for 15 nder fire, livin sions and a from_the f by French : regarded as an exar among the heroic French army. 1y w blocky of men ice into the e GAME TO AID HOSPITAL. the agency did not fulfill terms of | besm at | Masonic Field Day Receipts Build Children's Ward. Proceeds o sonic field da be held at to the An | Base Ball Park ward the dormitory Star erect at th Home, by for | O. pre- | M. O. preceeded ceremoni 2 o'clock. In appea home, 1 the in as officials dec children f | gether with 45 intolerable situ The board of direc have voted to proceed v struction of the children e been drawn and 1 is expected to be s EMMONS S. SMITH 0.J. DeMOLL & co. BE d 3 % what they want here at the price they want to pay. 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