Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1925, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed WEATHER. (. §. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow un- settied; not much change in tempera- ture Temperatures: pm today Highest, 83, at 2:15 vesterday; lowest, 50, at 6 a.m. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 29,602. ch WASHINGTON, Saturday’s Circulation, 96,387 Sunday's Circulation, 106,259 TWO WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D, C. FRANCE REPORED Prineess Orders Gax Gt OF7— TRAL F SHEPERD - In War to Oust Carry-On Club GHS UNI]ER WAY;E o D. C, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1925 THIRTY-TWO PAGES. __UP Means Associated Press. CENTS. ‘SCRAPPING POLICY AY ALLOW FORD - RUSHING DEBT PLAN Veterans Counter by Ordering I§ Con- 3. ANDBRITAIN Will Be Ready in 15 Days. Had Advance Notice of Request. PRESS COMMENT SCARCE; | MINOR ORGANS AROUSED Italy Declares Through Tittoni | and Mussolini U. S. Must Be Lenient. By the Associated Pre PARIS, May today it understands a posal will be within the French ent to the United States and Great Britain for the settle ment of war debts The action of tl requesting funding seen in Franc vance, it is said, in official circles, by | the ministerial declaration made after the cabinet meeting last Saturday. This was to the effect that Finance Minister Caillaux and Foreign Minis ter Briand had been charged with th task of studying the interallied debt question with a view to its settlement Temps said definite pro 15 days by govern e United States in proposals was fore in ad and answered Daeschrer Sends Details. The Qi Fram fre d'Orsay n M Daeschner A\mbassad Washington, on urday, giving full particulars of the American decision, but this is said to have contained no information that| might the French government | to precipitate negotiations other than | those decided upon Friday i These preliminary negotiations will | take fo f conversations or a | joint meeting of two groups of ex perts, both financial : political, from the ministries of finance and fc eign affairs experts will over the ground and establish for ¢ n before | s taken up with the United | cause th d These 80 some scuss e m: States. The tter foreign office saye it has no| knowledge of any note coming from | forts of the Dawes Washington. It is fel communication could the information given by M. Daeschner, who made known that America want- | ed action on the debt and explained | the methods the United States would | welcome. that no official 1dd anything to | Press Comment Scar America’s striking morning ignored with unanimity the principal | newspapers, but Ixeelsior | leads a few of the SWmel political Bt ans criticizing the Washington Government for presenting its bill “when France is floundering a grave financial crisis.” One doesn’t tie up a country's financial future when every element of that future unknown quan tity.” Excelsior Reminding the United States that Dawes repara. tion payments still_are 1 to doubt, it adds: *“To know what one can pay, one must know wh: can collect Le sees German influence with the American Congress as partly to blame for pressure now brought to bear, but also crit Frerch politiciang for giving this country a reputation of being i stic, with revolutionary tendenc request in ey Gaulois 1peria Clemenceau Organ Bitter. 1 L'Homme L the ¢ Clemenceau, exciaims bitterly: “It is from that the country of billion- aires is going » billions, 1 this it tern essence of uman ego Lo Action Fra heing pushed which “‘will able surprise L'Eclair, lik the conti rations pay efusal of Germany’s paper i I'rench debt likewise suspiciou Quotidien, of merely once gan of Liso says: “France is Germany's arms,” give I d 4 disagree- the casts doubt e of Dawes repa and rts that the the United States to accept disc rge of the that America is the ial organ of the prints extrac Washington dispat der the cap- tion: “Will We Be Theated by Amer ica More Favorably Than England?” U. S, AWAITS REACTION, Left from Would Welcome French Proposal for Payment First. The Washington awaiting with intere some word of he reception accorded in the nine ropean debtor nations to the news t this country desires to arrange unding sett nts without undue de- ¥ Meanwhile, there ulation to which of the nine will be the first to submit proposal, even though it hasis merely of preliminary negotiations France, whose debt (o United States is the largest of the is r warded as the hub of the situation and it is known that offic would wel come an _opening move from that quarter. Recent authorization by the I"rench cabinet of its finance minister | ake up the debt problem strength- ens the belief that cc et soon will be | made with the American Debt Com- mission Government is is spo provides a the See Ttaly Following. taly, second largest debtor, would quickly follow the actio; France in | putting her debion a regular payment busis, officials believe, with the other seven powers, Belgium, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, Latvia, Greece, Es thonfa and Jugoslavia, making the funding proposals as soon as possible. Official explanation still is lacking as to the exact means by which t nations were advised of this Govern- ment’s desire for converfing the notes it holds into bonds. Direct word was sent to some capitals, it is understood while the information was relayed to others through official and unofficial visitors from America. Many con ional leaders have toured Burope recently and, while they talked in formally with statesmen there, it is known that the debt question and the benetits of settlement were discussed. Lack Nothing in Force. 1f the means of conveying this Gov- crnment’s desires to the foreign cap- tals have been varied, however, they have lacked nothing in force and definiteness. In every case the debtor nation has been given to understand in an unmistakable way that Wash inston believes funding arrangements should not bhe further delayed. In view of that fact staiement of the French foreizn that _no (Continued on l'age 2 of office | stomachs ter Stre { welcomes more |its currency on a secure would | bitter struggle for her economic exist- ence. the | tor ! United States a genuine understanding of Germany's needs is increasing. | Lad | court_twis | Cavalier’s | courtroom at the time. boy | firs tinued in Their Name—Court Case Is Postponed. Following a new line of attack in her fight to oust the Carry-On Club from her home at 1600 Rhode Island wenue, Princess Elaine Lippe-Lipski 1imed a blow today straight at the of the club members by ordering the gas supply to the kitchen cut off, according to club official The club immediately countered with a strong offensive sally by order- ing the gas company to continue the supply in the name of the club, in- stead of that of the Princess. Meanwhile, the effect of the Prin- cess’ initial blow, which fell on one of the members in the form of a warrant for alleged trespass, was being tem- porarily dissipated by a postponement of the court proceedings for several days. John Walsh was the member at | whom the legal attack was launched. | He was served with the warrant Sat- night and deposited $30 col NEW GOVERNMENT IN BERLIN® BACKS DAWES PLAN TERMS Stresemann Assures Pro- gram Will Be Carried Out Without Change. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 18.—Foreign Minis- semann announced today to the Reichstag that the German govern- ment will continue to carry out the Dawes plan. Minister Stresemann said rio country than Germany the ef- plan to accomplish the economic pacification of Europe. He said even those who opposed the acceptance of the Dawes plan are convinced that without it Germany would not have been able to establish basis, and have been obliged to wage a Herr Stresemann said: “We shall continue to carry out the Dawes’ plan in the same manner as we have here- tofore. governments not conceive any administration which would deviate from the program and policies we have adopted.” ’arliamentary majorities and may change, but I can- He relations with satisfac- said Germany's United States are most Takes Up Cologne Bridgehead. Discussing the nom-evacuation of the Cologne bridgehead, Herr Strese- mann *sai This injustice reminds us how far we are still removed from normal con- ditions of peace and how constantly we are obliged to take some defensive ittitude against the intellectual orien tation and methods of wartime. “In the final #nalysis it is not a question of whether the Cologne zone is evacuated in accordance with- the provisions of the peace treaty, but it is a_question of whether a nation of 60,000,000 persons shall continu- ously be denied the respect and equal {ity of their rights. SENTEflCES 15;YEAR-0LD BOY TO DEATH IN CHAIR Who Killed Grandmother Is Calm Court Pro- nounces Doom. as By the Associated Press. POTTSVILLE, Pa., May 15.—Wil liam Cavalier, 15-year-old slayer his grandmother for the purpose of robbery, today was sentenced to die in the electric chair. He stood awkwardly before the ing his hat and looking at the floor while sentence was being pronounced by Judge Koch. Other- wise he showed no emotion. His face was calm as he looked at the judge after sentence had been pronounced. mother v not in the The judge, visibly affected, told the that he had been found guilty of degree murder with a recommen- dation of mercy, but there was no al | ternative provided by law to permit the Imposition of any other sentence than death Counsel for the boy announced an ppeal will be taken for a new trial. and all signs indicate that in the | 1 e ol sl dical o ine | committee unanimously resolved that | has followed the McClintock fortune | are sufficient to induee the gusrdsmen lin its judgment the central office or | for generations, Shepherd is the last of | | lateral at the third precinct police sta tion for his appearance in Police Court this morning. At the request of coun sel the case w 1y b the same collateral sei.g required ¥ District Attorney Given. House Manager Westphal, grand marshal of the club forces, learned from the gas company of the princess’ instructions to cut off the gas. There was a hurried consultation in the library of the club as to what to do about it. One member suggested that the princess be served with cold soup. cold tea and other cold fare for din: ner. If she doesn’t want the gas on she shouldn’t get a hot dinner,” he an- nounced. Manager Westphal tabooed this suggestion, however. The princess, in her daily ocia- tlons with the club members, gives no intimation of her determlination efect the club. She eats her meals with_them in the main dining room (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) CRISIS AT GENEVA AVERTED:; BURTON'S POINT IS GONGEDED Committee Decides Against| Arms Control Bureau, Fought by U. S. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 18.—The crisis in the international conference for the control of traffic in arms and muni tions, which had been created America’s refusal to have the League of Nations council appoint the central office for arms control, was averted today by a decision to abandon the plan to establish the proposed central bureau. Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, head of the American dele gation addressing a special commi tee in charge of the question, insis ed that the central bureau should not be connected with the league. Virtually all of the other 10 coun- tries represented on the committee adhered to the idea that no central international bureau should be estab- lished unless it is placed under the league's jurisdiction. Bureau Held Unneeded. Confronting this impenertable wall, the committee decided the conclliator thing to do was to make progress by marching around it. Therefore, on motion of M. Lange of Norway the bureau in the form previously pro- posed is not essential and that the same end can be attained by allowing each government to publish arms statistics. The practical effect of today's action is that the League of Nations never. theless will coilect all data regarding arms and tne resuit will be the same as if a central office had been created under the league. American susceptibilities, however, are satisfied and league members re main loyal to the league by declining to agree to the organization of any bureau outside of the league and by adhering to the stipulation of the league covenant that all its interna- tional bureaus be operated under the league. Representative Burton _withdrew his amendment providing that signa- tories of the arms convention them- selves organize the control office, e plaining that he had offered it merely because of the American diffiulty in approving any convention which creates an office to be appointed by the League of Nations council. Welcomes Changes Te said he rather welcomed the alternative Sugkestion that there be no central bureau at all, because such bodies are often unnecessary. The resolution adopted by the com- mittee was to the effect that inas much as the control of international commerce in arms rests on a license system or the issuance of similar documents listing importations and also upon publicity, it seems super- fluous to create a central organiza- tion. The resolution remarks that license and publicity can be assured | an increase of \more than half a bil-| % by periodical and uniform publication by all countries of their exports and imports of arms. The resolution must now be sub- mitted to the plenary session of the conference for approvai. League officials emphasized that all member states are obligated to send arms information to the league and that arms statistics for the United States, which is not a member, can be purchased at Washington, where such statistics are issued in pamphlet form. Darrow Likens Bryan to Nero as Futile Opponent of Great Doctrine’s Spread By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 18.—Clarence Darrow, Chicago lawyer who is to oppose William Jennings Bryan in the Tennesse evolution trial, came out today with a few_opinions about the Commoner. Nero and Bryan were linked by Darrow as men whose irrational opposition en- hanced the spread of great doc trines. Offers of Darrow and Dudle: Field Malone of New York to as- sist in the defense of J. T. Scopes, Dayton, Tenn. public school teacher, charged with violation of the law forbidding the teaching of ion, have been accepted. Mr. n is to assist in the prosecu- Darrow said, “tried to kil Christianity with persecution and law, Bryan would block én- lightment with law. Nero failed, as will Bryan. More persons are studying evolution in Tennessee now than before the law was pas ed. jusy as Nero's acts made Christizgs. an may be sure of his ideas, but If he is intelligent he knows there is room for doubt and debate % and he welcomes both. Mr. Bryan would block both because of his views. He was brought up on cer- tain beliefs which he has never questioned or about which he sought to be enlightened to the end that he might be wrong. That is lack of intelligence. “Had Mr. Bryan's ideas of what 2 man may do toward free think- ing existed throughout history we would still be hanging and burn- ing witches and punishing persons who thought the earth round.” Mr. Darrow said he and Mr. Malone were willng to pay all the expenses of the Tennessee trial “in order that day may triumph over night.” “Any man of ordinary intelli- gence could topple Bryan in such a_fight.,” the lawyer continued. “The Tennessee lawyers are good. They ] not need IIEIE Radio Programs—Page 21. s continued indefinite- | to | by | - | speedily * CALL TGS FORJRY Delay Is Expected in Filling Box to Hear Evidence in McClintock Case. PROSECUTOR WILL ASK FOR EXTREME PENALTY Faiman, Star Witness for State, to Have Separate Hearing—Pris- oner Is Pale. By the Asaociated Press. CHICAGO, May 18.—William D.| Shepherd went on trial today, charged | | with the murder of his millionaire fos ter son, Willlam N. McClintock, with tthe prosecution indicating that it would ask the death penalty. Charles C. Faiman. head of a school| {of sclences, indicted with Shepherd, | and who confessed that he instructed | the latter in the administration of typhoid gernis, and supplied him with ultures, was granted a separate trial on motion of State's Attorney Robert | E. Crowe, Faiman is slated to be the State's star witness. The first two veniremen examined for possible jury service were excused | { by the State after they said they had | | conscientious scruples against imposi- | | tion of capital punishment | { _Both States Attorney Crowe and| W. H. Stewart, chief counsel for| | Shepherd, announced themselves ready | | for trial when the case was called be- | i fore Criminal Judge Thomas J. Lynch. | | Judge Lynch, in harmony with the! i discussion by the judges of Cook( ! County of publicity in connection with | trials ‘and the passage of a rule pro-| hibiting the taking of photographs | in courtrooms, refused to allow type- | | writers, telegraph or telephone Instru { ments, s well as cameras, in the courtroom. 1 Shepherd Is Pale. | Shepherd, himself a lawyer, was e when brought into the prison- s dock. He was clean shaven, but! | his suit-showed lack of pressing. { { Mrs. Shepherd hurried forward and | | Kissed her husband. She had intended ito sit behind him, but was given a seat across the aisle. | Shepherd’s first, comments were |those of the lawyer rather than one| charged with crime. He inquired | { whether the trial would be conducted | and whether Judge Lynch| | would be punctual. | Estimates of court attaches as to |the time to be required to secure the 112 jurors ranged from 3 days to 3 jugeks. . . ¥ " he cotirfroom, which provides seats for omdy 140 spectators, was filled, with a crowd outside. There also was a crowd at the street doors of the crimi- {nal court building, but it was soon ! dissipated by guards. | A special panel of 100 veniremen | !had been summoned in addition to a! {regular panel of 65 men. i {_ Caught in_the trail of disaster that | | ] i i | H a_youth, who was the| Shepherd, had lived with | vears. | | titular owner of the $1,500,000 legacy. | MeClintock, | ward of Mrs. | them 16 1 Shepherd Charges Plot. epherd countercharged that it {was a plot fostered by a dozen | cousins of McClintock to break the will in order to come in for a division |of the fortune and thereby deprive | jhim of his inherited rights. He en-| tered an absolute denial of the 21 jcounts of the murder indictment. | | State’s Attorney Crowe will direct | | the prosecution. It was indicated that | [ the office of the attorney general of | 7 (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 'U.S. BANK DEPOSITS | SHOW BIG INCREASE| iGain of $1,784,251,000 Is Re-, vealed by Compilation of ‘, | April 6 Returns. | | i | Combined resources of the national banks of the United States amounted | {on April 6, the date of the last bank | | call, to $23,832,473,000, or an increase | | in_the last 12 months of $1,769,575.000. | | Every phase of national banking | | operations ~ showed important in- | | creases. Loans and discounts of all | { the banks aggregated $12,465.836,000, | lion in the year since the correspond- | ing bank call of 1924. Total deposit liabilities amounted to | $19,352,047,000, an increase of $1,784,- | | 251,000 over deposits of a year ago. | | Included In the deposit liabilities were | items of §3,418,841,000 as balances due | | to other banks and bankers, and de- i mand deposits, including Government | deposits, aggregating $10,178,895.000. | Postal savings deposits, included !among the Government accounts, were reported at $5.783,211,000, an in- crease of $676,241,000. | The statistics revealed a slight de- | crease in the ratio of loans and dis- | | counts to total deposits by comparison | of the last call with the call of March | 31, 1924, On the call this year the perceniage of loans and discounts to total deposits was 64.33, compared with 67.92 on the date of the corre- sponding call last year. | Yesterday’s Circulation i 106,259 The circulation of The Sunday Star yesterday was 106,259 copies. Of these 98975 were in Wash- ington and the immediate | suburbs i The Sunday Star circu- lation in the city and suburbs is 37,994 greater than that of its nearest competitor, according to | | 1 i | troubles | the sea. | that i final phraseology. U.3. RUM WAR HURT BY INTERNAL STRIFE Nine of Blockade Ships’ Men | Court-Martialed—Crew | Shortage Is Seen. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, May 18. are proving hane to] guardsmen blockading New | ork’s rum row. Six members of the Coast Guard have been court-martialed for smuggling liquor and three for in. toxication, it was revealed today. Officers have refused to discuss the | ffair, but it is known that 19 men have been confined for varying periods | in the county jail on Staten Island awaiting court-martial for various offenses. Six convicted of smuggling have been sentenced to six months’ inprisonment and three got three months each for intoxication. Shortage of Men. A far greater handicap is the pros-| pect of a shortage of men in the fleet. Fully 30 per cent, it is said, will not re-enlist when their service terminates | July 1. Conditions on the Coast Guard hips call for unusually hard work a few and brief shore leaves. These to seek other occupations. The Coast Guard has found in the speedy rum-running boat Cigarette a foe which is all but invincible. Be cause of its vastly superior speed the Cigarette outdistances the fastest of the dry navy's fleet. It is reported to have slipped through the lines several nights ago and to have headed for The present blockade is con- tinuing effective, however, and re- ports indicate that within a short time fewer than half a dozen ships will remain of the 50-0dd 10 days ago. Long War Seen. A four-day cruise of the rum-run ning area by newspaper men showed a billion-dollar group of rum smugglers was being combated by a £30,000,000 Coast Guard organization. To block oft 385 foreign whisky ships | of all descriptions, which have been | noted as having been on the row at various times the prohibition mnav. has 16 cutters, 20 dispatch boats, 203 patrol boats and 103 picket boats. Officials_believe the war will last long. And they are equally sure that no liquor is being smuggled into New York proper, or through New Eng- land and New Jersey. Coast Guard boats are belleved to be gathering for a blockade of the Gulf coast. Boats are being trans- ferred from the Florida stations to waters adjacent to Mobile. Officials, however, refused to discuss the ship movements. FRANCE SOON TO OUTLINE DEMANDS ON GERMANY Note Ready for Transmission to Berlin in Response to Proposals for Security Pact. By tha Associated Prese. PARIS, May 18.—The French note replying to Germany's proposals for a security pact, after being revamped by the French and Britfsh foreign of- fices, was ready today for perusal by the ambassador’s council tomor- row. The note probably will be sent to Berlin Wednesday or Thursday un- less difficulties arise regarding its At present it is couched in such terms that although courteous it gives Germany no way out except to state plainly and witkout equivocation pre- cisely what her security proposals are. AFRICAN GOLD RUSH ON. Huge Field on Lupa River Draws Many to Scene. LONDON, May 18 (#).—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Daressalam, Tenganyika territory, East Africa, states that 100 whites and 14,000 na- tives are engaged in working what is described as the largest alluvial gold | fleld in_Africa, on the Lupa River, be- tween Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa, and that many others are rushing to the scene. i Gold was first discovered in the neighborhood in June, 1923, but the area now is being rapidly extended. All unclaimed rights have been re- served by the government. — South Africa Reverts to Gold. the latest Audit Bureau of Circulation statements, I CAPE TOWN, Union of South Africa, May 18 (®).—It was officially | reaching London reporting further un- announced that South Africa todsy returned to the gold standard. Soviet Repudiation Of Internationale Reported Proposed By the Associated Press LONDON, May 18.—The Daily Herald’s Berlin correspondent claims reliable authority for the statement that Great Britain has proposed that the allies send a joint note to the Soviet govern- ment demanding absolute repudi- ation of the Communist Interna- tionale and expulsion of the head quarters of the Internationale from Moscow. Commenting on the dispatch, the Herald says that such a proposal, if successful, must lead to disaster for the whole world, as it may easily rekindle the fires of war. The paper, which is the labor organ, characterizes the alleged proposal as gross interference with another nation's autonomy and an act of calculated hostility EXPLOSIVES SEIZED INBULGARIAN PLOT Secret Organization Operat- ing in Kostenetz—Cache Found at Plevna. By the Associated Pres BERLIN, May 18.—A dispatch from Sofia says the police have discovered a secret organization operating in Kos tenetz and other nearby communities and confiscated a large amount of dy- namite, 200 revolvers, quantities of ammunition and funds amounting to 150,000 leva. The dynamite, it is al- leged, was intended for use in destroy ing railway bridges between Vakarel and Bjelovo. At Plevna a store of munitions was uncovered containing hand-grenades, two machine guns and a quantity of dynamite. TOWNS ARE PILLAGED. London Dispatches Tell of Continued Bulgarian Troubles. LONDON, May 18 ((P).—Bulgaria’s troubles are continuing, dispatches rest, with bands of raiders pillaging vil- lages in the central part of the coun- try. Their activities are said to be - OF 50 CITIES HERE |International and Domestic | nual meeting of the Chamber of Com-| T0 BUY 40 SHPS | Subcommittee Understood | Favorable to Junking of U. S. Vessels. 0’CONNOR, BACK, SILENT ON AUTO MAKER’S PLANS ‘Report Magnate Might Operate Steamer Lines Is Without Confirmation. Adoption of a polic 100 ¢ crapping of uy ment ships pre mended to the bably will be recom Shipping Board short by its subcomn Such the of ttee on scrapping 1 step would pave the way for open competitive term: bidders under 1 ul Chairm o a suct nd Ce Plummer enson will encou | there are (. OF . DELEGATES ter opposition in t indications that i ity Board Plans Withheld. man; was again at | Mr. O ng he discussed st 1r. Ford, but he issued no for a session of the board prior to the Mean- his state he be make an peration ane d 1 e h gular mee tomorrow while he ¢ v ment lief of veste: that ™ Mr. offer to b for scrap To wh: manufa ia Ford the automobile to bu revealed eventually propose Problems cn Varied Pro- gram of 13th Session. ships for operation was not and reports that he might bid for the purchase of unimportant lines Both the ited operated one or more 1t med 1 Delegates from half a hundred cities | 0} by 2 all over the country were gathering |l3urope. and the Par in Washington today in preparation | NOW oberated by the i an. | 10 South America, we for the opening of the thirteenth an-| 2 SR, SumIrica. e steamship iness on a scale. States I nes, now sration to an Line Li mfentioned sht enter the considerable merce of the United States, to be held Wednesday at the new home of the chamber, Connecticut avenue and H street. A varied program, embracing | international and domestic busine: and financial problems, and dealing at length with agriculture, an Ameri-| £an. merchant marine and the ¥ela| . eated by the Munson interests tlons of Congress and the American | cludes the Western World public, will be presented to the dele-| Cross, American Legion gates when the meeting opens. America. During the course of the meetings, | f it serapping which will end .Friday, half of the it is expected the directorate of 34 men who guide the ! Submitted 1o th destinies of the chamber will be elect- | e¢ of the boar Commis ed. Nominations will be made a | Sl Lissner, to invite bids. Th meeting of the National Council to-| Fleet Corporation has given the board morrow for 17 of the directorships.|@ list of 200 ships which are at pres Edwin C. Graham, president of the;ent tied up and which it National Electrical Supply Co. of | Pense with for scrapping. A ‘Washington, has been formally sug-|More may be added to this gested as one of the candidates for the board nomination to the board of directors| Ther representing the second election dis-|the Government, 900 of which are trict, which comprises the District of idle. Chairman O'Connor believes 400 Columbia, New York, New Jei .| could be kept for operation, 400 kept Delaware, Pennsylvania and Mary-|in reserve and 400 scrapped. land. | If his nomination is made at the | meeting of national councilors tomor | row, it will be formally ratified by the BLAST GREETS ATTEMPT entire chamber later in the week 3| TQ REOPEN, W. VA., MINE. Lines Considered. The amon | Harding United States Lines operate other vessels, the President President Roosevelt. G@orge Washington and Leviathan. The Government line to Pan America, now , in Southern and Pan program is adopted matter will then be ships sales comm . headed by ot sioner re over 1,200 ships owned by Graham’s name was suggested at midyear meeting of the chamber in| January by a delegation of Washing- | Ten Men in Bunkhouse Thrown Off ton business men from the business 5 organizations here. He is opposed by Feet by Explosion—Dog Seek Perpetrators prominent business men of the Zast, including Philip L. Gadsden, former chairman of the Federal Elec-| gy Associated Press tric Railway Commission. | MOUNDSVILLE, W n Five Years. {—A terrific explosion 3 {the Panama mine of The meeting of the chamber, which lin Coal Co., on opens Wednesday. is the first to be!Moundsville, was believed by police held in Washington in five years, and|to have disclosed an effort to prevent will be the first held in the new mil- | resumption of operations at the mine. lon-dollar home of the national or-|which was closed after a was ganization. Dedicatory exercises for|called by the United Mine Workers the new bullding will be held Wed-{April 16. The company had planned nesday night, at 8:30 o'clock. With!to resume operations today, Chief Justice Taft delivering the dedi-| The blast tore a great | catory address. Richard F. Grant,ihillside near the fanhouse president of the chamber; Ha A.|aged a miners’ bunkhouse. Ten min Wheeler, first president of the cham-|ers in the bunkhouse preparing to go ber and chairman of the committee (o work were thrown off their fes on financing the building. and Charles | hut escaped injury. Va., May the Ben I the outskirts First Meeting today at and for political motives, and the govern- ment’s action in sending a large num- ber of troops to cope with them is taken here to indicate that they have further aims than robbery. Stories of plots, some menacing the safety of the government ministers, seem further to show that the govern- ment's reprisals against the recent disturbers of the peace failed to quell the country's internal trouble, which may require still stronger measures for repression. One of the incldents reported is the arrest at Varna of eight persons hold- ing foreign passports and the seizure of a motorboat outside the harbor. As it is understood Bulgaria will not be allowed to maintain beyond May 31 the extra troops she was per- mitted to raise to cope with her troubles, the prospect of overcoming the disorder is not regarded here as very encouraging. The Bulgarian foreign minister, M. y Kalfoff, held a conference with For- eign Secretary Austen Chamberlain this morning and tomorrow will con- fer with other officials of the foreign office. Before meeting Mr. Chamber- {lain, Kafoff declared he was anxious to_contradict the impression that he, Nagel, former Secretary of Commerce | icers declared their belief that \ |and Labor, will also speak. Organi-| had been thrown at the fan |zatlon of the national chamber was|house and had missed its mark. Blood first suggested in 1909 by President|hounds were taken to the scene, but {Taft, and the steps leading up to!ivere unable to pick up a trail |formation of the body were taken! | under the direction of Mr. Nagel. | | More than 3,000 delegates from all | business and industries and all geo- graphic sections of the Nation are ex- | pected to attend the meetings of the | chamber. Officials of the organization | sald today Washington always draws | g mo;"e complelel\ representation than Two | do other cities when the nationa g | ings are held here. tional meet-, pictake Each Other—14 A meeting of the board of directors | il was held today at the chamber to Earmors Willed: formally pass upon the many reports ! gy the Associated Press made prior to the opening of the an-| A\EXICO CITY, May 18.—A mistake nua! meeting and upon the program!;;"igentity, with fatal consequences arranged for the sessions. The new |ig reported from the state of Jalisco board of directors will meet on Friday | where a band of armed rians to elect a president of the chamber|and a detachment of the 35th Rex: for the coming vear, beginning July 1.{ment, both pursuing a band of out It was not known today whether Mr.|jaws fought in the dark. Threa of the Grant would run for re-election to the | soldiers and 14 of the agrarians were presidency. {killed and many wounded. Coincident with the meetings of the| " The fight occurred at the hacienda chamber, conferences of the National | La Concepcion, near the town of Chi Association of Commercial Organiza-|huatlan. The firing lasted more than tion Secretaries and of American |two hours and ceased only when morn FRIENDLY BAND, THOUGHT ENEMY, SHOT IN DARK Bodies, Pursuing Outlaws, (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Nurse, Swept to Sea Is Saved W By the Associated Prees NOME, Alaska, May 18.—After narrowly escaping being carried to sea on a cake of ice while mush- ing around Cape Thompson, far within the Arctic Circle on the north coast of Alaska, and ex- periencing other harrowing adven- tures on an expedition of mercy, Mrs. G. O. Brady, Government nurse, has returmed safely to Kotzebue Sound, a dispatch relates. Mrs. Brady started north March from Kotzebue with Supt. Chance to give medical attention in native villages and schools. Three hours after the departure Chance Mrs. Brady were over- taken by @ blizzard and were forced to take refuge in a native cabin at (Continued on Page 3, Column 3. |ing came and the opponents were able to_distinguish each other The outlaw gang which both p: ! were seeking is commanded by T on Arctic Ice, e Corona. | hen Reef Slopb Fi l()el Caillaux Senate Candidate. i _LE MANS, France, May 18 (#). | Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux to day accepted the candldacy for the Senate from uhis district, offered by 1 party. He will replace Senator Gigon, who offered his resig nation in order to permit the return of the finance minister to Parliament. the mouth of the Noatak River after 14 hours of blind driving in a temperature of 30 below zero. When the storm subsided they continued to Point Hope, 800 miles north of Kotzebue Sound. On the return trip Mrs. Brady was accompanied only by a native musher, as Supt. Chance had pre- ceded her. Exceptionally high winds wrenched free ice cakes upon which Mrs. Brady and her guide were rounding Cape Thomp- son, and carried them seaward for more than a mile before a reef stopped them and they could make their way ashore. Old-timers describe the trail from Point Tlope the most dangerous in MacMillan Tests Planes. PHILADELPHIA, May 18 (@) Two of the Loening amphibian planes to be used on the MacMillan Polar expedition, which arrived at the Phil- adelphia navy yard Saturday, took the air today for a four-hour test. The landing gears also will be given (ry outs. The planes will be flown near!y every day for the next two woph was said at the yard. the northland.