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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Unsettled, showers, late tonight or slightly cooler tomorrow. probably followed by tomorrow; Highest, 93, occurred at noon to- day; lowest, 60, occurred d at 5 am. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 No. 29,607. post_office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. NO WORD OF POLAR FLYERS RECEIVED; 20 HOURS OVERDUE; HOPE STILL IS HELD Report of Storm Arising in Siberia Causes Fear Among Anxious Crews of Waiting Convoy Ships. WEATHER STILL HOLDS FAVORABLE TO PARTY Steamer Hobby Penetrates Far Into Ice Pack in Vain Search Missing Airmen—Latest | | for Time for Their Return Set as i1 0'Clock This Morning. B the Associated Press. BOSTON, May 23.—All the plans of the Capt. Donald B. MacMillan Arctic expedition will be subordi- nated to the relief of Roald Amund- sen, if Amundsen is not heard from before the MacMillan ships Bow- doin and Peary leave this country Iate in June. BY JAMES B. WHARTON. (E dio from Steamer Farm) Ma) No word has yet been received of the six flyers of the Amundsen-Ells- worth Polar expedition who hopped off at Kings Bay for the North Pole in two flying boats early Thursday afternoon. ! The report of the meteorologists | that a storm is arising in Siberia and Greenland is causing anxiety. Arctic weather changes quickly, and a storm might wreck the planes or force a landing under unfavorable conditions that would damage or even demolish them. Weather Still Clear. The weather over the Polar basin is still clear, and the meteorologists | belleve this condition will neutralize any storm that might come from Greenland or Siberfa. No immediate change is forecast for this vicinit for the next 12 hours. The expedi- tion's two meteorologists, Bjerknes | and Calwagen, sent up a balloon to| 30,000 feet. It traveled under the force of a northeast wind to 7,000 feet, then swerved under the influ-| ence of a northwest wind and con- tinued to climb. Anything but south- erly winds are favorable for the flyers. Easterly winds are particularly de- sirable, as they clear away local monsoons. The meteorologists are eagerly awaiting the valuable meteorological | data which Lincoln Ellsworth, the sole | American among the flyers, hoped to obtain. He may get a horizontal pro- | file of the atmosphere at a level of | about 3.300 feet. The aerial observa- tions will be more representative, and hence of greater value than the ground | findings of other polar explorers. Ells- worth expected to obtaln a complete | record of the temperature, humidity | and barometric readings, on the flight. | These data must be correlated by the meteorologists with the known at-| mospheric _conditions of the entire northern hemisphere. The findings may throw light on many hitherto un- | solved Arctic weather problems. Ells-| worth 1is the foremost sclentific mem- ber of the fiying party. Study of Flyers. The flyers offer an_interesting psychological study. With Capt. Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole, the necessity of reaching the North Pole became a personal conviction, almost an obsession. Ells- worth’s interest s almost wholly scientific. Pilots Hjalmar Riiser- Larsen and Leif Dietrichson and Mechanic Oskar Omdahl, all Nor- weglans, are soldiers in their attitude toward the venture. They regard it as they would a military campaign. The pliots are lieutenants in the Nor- weglan navy. Mechanic Carl Feucht takes the flight with typlcal German stolidity. From the first trial of the planes at Pisa, Italy, over the warm waters | of the Mediterranean, to the hop-off | on the Spitzbergen ice, the adventure has been merely a matter of perfect motors to him. Late yesterday Capt. Hagerup went ashore in the motor boat to observe the north from the extremity of | Amsterdam Island. He saw only the arift ice which marks the edge of the fce pack 20 miles distant, but me_signs of the fiyers. Toward evening the oc- cupants of the crow’s nest of the Farm and the Hobby scanned the sky with Jong telescopes, but without results. | Expected at 11 0’Clock. Frohlinde, who knows more about airplanes than any one aboard, ex- pected to see the explorers about 11 o'clock today. It the weather at the pole is any- thing like what it is here it would un- doubtedly cause Amundsen and Ells- worth to stay there longer than the six hours orizinally declded on. Strange as it may seem, the sun is actually warm, with the air balmy, on the sunny side of the ship, but with Winter still lurking on the shaded side of the deck. The solid blue of the sky overhead is broken by a streak of light wind clouds, which Bjerkns says formed in Florida and swept up here from Greenland. Due north is a fairly thick cloud bank, representing a local monsoon, but the meteorologists as- sume that it will be kept away by the prevailing favorable winds. Another wind current balloon was sent up and showed the upper strata still moving from the favorable easterly compass point. Coversation over the “mess” today revealed an Interesting fact. When an effort was made to insure the Polar planes before the flight the only com- pany willing to take the chance was an English concern, who demanded a 50 per: cent premium. Certainly not one of the six flyers belleved he stood only a 50-50 chance of living through the adventure, although every one was fully aware of the risk. The only evidence of our suspense, during two days that have passed | jectives. gagements, But By the Associated Press. President Coolidge suffered an attack of indigestion today, but his physiclans announced that the indisposition was vielding promptly to treatment. Nothing “of a serious character” had developed, they sald, and although all engagements for the day were can- celed, the President went forward with his plans to leave the White House for his customary Saturday aft- ernoon cruise on the Mayflower. The attack followed closely upon Mr. Coolidge’s arrival at his desk htis morn- ing. He immediately returned to his ronm in the White House and lay down for a while, but before noon was able to recefve some callers and do some routine work in his study. The two White House physiclans who had been called to cafe for him sent out word that the attack had been of a minor nature, and that no rious consequences were feared. There had been no previous outward hints of illness, although it was in- dicated that Mr. Coolidge had been feeling the effects of the increasingly hot weather of the Capital. Ordinarily Mr. Coolldge’s health has been more robust than is ordinary for a man of his years. He scarcely has missed a day from his_desk be- cause of illness aince he eritered the White House. For some vears, how- ever, he has suffered slightly from throat trouble, and has consuited specialists periodically on that ac- count. Recently TRADE VIEW GOOD, C. OF C. HEAD SAYS John W. 0’Leary of Chicago Is Named President of National Body. he has applted himself “American business is fundamental- Iy sound and I belleve the business outlook for the near future is good.” uch is the verdict of John W. O'Leary, new president of the United ates Chamber of Commerce, whose election by the directors yesterday places a Chicago banker, hitherto lit- tle known outside of Illinois, at the head of one of the most powerful or- ganizations in American life. Lauded by Grant. The man who will lead the thought of American business for the next year was thus deseribed to the staff of the chamber here today by Richard F. Grant, the retiring president: “I never knew a man who has a pro- founder love for his country and its nstitutions. And I never knew a man who has given more to his community. “He lives in terms of definite ob- He analyzes every detall of a problem and of his work. He de- velops every factory, however obscure. His is always a sound approach to every problem. Mr. O'Leary said this morning: 1 believe that the business outlook for the near future is.good. Funda- mentally, business is on a sound basis. When such a condition exists, the out- look is bound to be optimistic. “The slowness of KEuropean read- justments has had a deterrent effect on our business conditions. The ac- ton of the Bank of England in going on a gold basis has had the effect of restoring confidence that European business will improve. The gradual stabilization in Germany and the new- ly expressed attitude of the French government on international obliga- tions, all tend to establish confidence. Confidence Is Engendered. “Here in this country we are more and more looking ahead at the prob- lems of the future. In national finance, the eyves of business are fixed not only upon the immediate prob- lems of tax reduction, but on careful study and solution of the future ques- tlons of national finance. This means that many pitfalls may be avolded, and this fact engenders public and business confidence. “Food, clothing and heat, the three basic commodities of our present civilization, are getting in better con- dition. Agriculture has just pasesd through a crisis, which in the past would have brought a great national panic. It is again on a secure basis. “I foresee good business—not a boom, but sound prospertiy.” The new president has spent a life- time in the invigorating atmosphere of American industry. Long Business Career. He was born 48 years ago in Chicago. His father, Arthur J. O'Leary, was a_ prominent manufac- turer of iron and steel products. Thus he grew up in close connection with big business, especially as it con- cerned the Middle West. Mr. O'Leary has an intimate knowl- edge of industry, not alone from its financial, but from its technical side. He is a graduate of the Armour In- stitute of Technology in Chicago and of Cornell University. He began his business career with his father's or- ganization in Chicago in 1899 as a mechanical engineer. For two years WASHINGTON, Coolidge Il of Indigestion; Condition Held Not Serious Indisposition Is Yielding to Treatment, Physicians Announce—Cancels En- Receives Visitors. even more closely than usual to the dutles of his office, working long hours and omitting many soclal engage- ments. Last vear he went with Mrs. Coolidge to the circus, and when cir- cus time came around agaln a week ago a box was reserved for him, but only Mrs. Coolldge of the White House circle occupled it. It has been customary, too, for Presidents to attend the annual horse show here, but this year Mr. Coolldge sent word he would be unable to go. Despite his indisposition, the Presi- dent today recelved in the White House proper Chairman Borah of the Senate forelgn relations committee, whom he had summoned for a con- ference earlier in the day. Sitting up, he talked with the Senator for 10 ‘minutes on a point relating to in- ternational matters. Senor Jose del Carmen, the Domini- can Minister, called at the White House to present Senor Don Federico Velasquez, vice president of the Dominican Republic, but they were unable to see Mr. Coolidge. One of the other canceled engagements was with a group of visiting police chlefs. In addition to the day's special en- gagements, the President’s dally re- ception to delegations of visitors also was canceled. Recently these dele- gations have been unusually large. Yesterday he shook hands with 600. Mrs. Coolldge was out walking when the President was taken {ll. When she returned soon afterward she found him under care of his physi- clan: Submarine Dives With 25 on Deck; All Are Rescued By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, May 22 (delayed). —An unheralded maneuver gave the “gobs” of the submarine S-28 the thrill of thelr lves during ex- ercises a mile off Lahaina, it be- came known at Pearl Harbor today. The entire deck crew was on deck when the submarine suddenly took a dive, the 25 members of the crew being carried under water. Four or five of them could not swim, but were kept afloat by thelr | comrades. The submarine soon emerged and picked up the men. It {s sald an order had been mis- interpreted. There were no cas- ualties. RIFES WITHSTAND FRENCH ATFACKS Hold Ground Stoutly Despite Heavy Loss in Fu- rious Attack. By the Assoclated Press. RABAT, French Morocco, May 23.— The Riffian tribesmen are standing their ground stoutly against the forces seeking to oust them from the French zone, and, although Gen. Count de Chambrun's success in Thursday’s and Friday’s operations is unquestioned, Abd-el-Krim @nd his followers still loom as formideble foes. French military men at headquar- ters here say the Riffians have shown themselves to be thoroughly organ- 1zed along the lines developed during the World War, and that the French everywhere In De Chambrun's opera- tions captured the enemy’s positions only by bayonet charges. The French found that the enemy offered the stiffest resistance, and have learned that they can attack the Rifflans successfully only after good artillery preparation, exactly as was the practice in the World War. Bayonet Attack Wins. Gen. Cambay, on the right wing, has had particularly hard fighting in the recent operations. His men were con- stantly exposed to a biting fire, and won only at the point of the bayonet. Realizing the difficulties of the cam- palgn, the French are reinforcing their advance posts, many of which hereto- fore have been surrounded and often dangerously threatened. The French column fell back after revictualing and strengthening a number of posts in the path of the re- cent advance. The French tactics are to reinforce and multiply these for- ward posts so that they will consti- tute a defensive line. The Communist organ L'Humanite of Paris was today barred by official order from sale or distribution in the French zone. The order stated that certain articles in the newspaper had tended to “provoke French soldiers to disobedience during the present opera- tion, and are of a nature to threaten the ' discipline and safety of the troops.” The situation of the French forces {has_been greatly improved by the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) By the Amociated Press. DAYTON, Tenn., May 23.—Little Dayton, faced with an impending infiux of thousands for the trial of J. T. Scopes, charged with vio- lating the State'’s new statute against the teaching of evolution in the public schools, began a hunt today for Army tents, amplifiers and Pullman car sidings to care for the overflow crowds. It's no small job this, for over. night this small mountain town of 2,500 population or less will find itselt doubled and tripled and perhaps quadrupled for the spec- tacle that is likely to ensue when rather quietly, occurs when a sallor shouts at another, or the wirele: ,paratus begins suddenly to hum. This . {Continued on Page 4, Column 2.). . - Clarence Darrow, Dudley Field Ma- lone and William Jennings Bryan lock horns on the question of man's prehistoric ancestryy - Dayton, Tenn., Seeks Tents and Pullmans To House Hosts at Evolution Trial (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) The Dayton Club looked at the rroposition yesterday and got down to business.” Committees were ap- pointed to ask Congressmen and State Senators to obtain tents from the-War Department sufficlent to house the crowd, another to obtain amplifiers for the courthouse and lawn and & third to query the rafl- road on the possibility of clearing all local sidings, during the trial, for Pullman coaches. Judge John T. Raulston, who has called a special session of the grand jury for next Monday to take up the Scopes case, sald today {of all debts owed the United States [MBS. WILSON SAILS that all attorneys have consented to walve Irregularities in order that the State Supreme Court may recelve and pass on the case be- #choole—. . WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. €., POST-YAR LOANS REPAYMIENT NOW ASKED OF LRORE Several Nations Are Declared to Have Neglected Recon- struction Debts. SATURDAY, TWO MAKE PAYMENTS TO OTHER CREDITORS Rumania and Belgium Reported Reducing Obligations, But Amer- ica Receives Nothing. By the Associated Press. The United States Government has taken steps to collect not only the war debts owed ‘it by Europe, but the re- construction loans made after the armistice. Several debtor governments have failed to pay either interest or principal on reconstruction debts, and in consequence the Washington Gov- ernment has called thelr attention to the agreement negotiated at the time the loans were made that there would be no discrimination in the discharge of obligations of this character. Belgium is said to have paid Great Britain about 8,000,000 pounds on post- armistice reconstruction and ald loans. Rumania also is understood to have made substantial payments to nations (), J, which advanced relief funds, but no move to pay the United States. The Jugoslavian government in- curred a numper of reconstruction debts, but has not made payment to any of her creditors, and, for that reason, is not held to be In the same position as Belgium and Rumania. The Debt Commission sees no dis- tinctlon whatever between pre and post armistice debts in so far as the obligation of the debtor nation to pay 18 concerned. Some consideration s bLeing given by the Washington Government of- ficlals to a proposal to publish a list and showing not only the amounts due, but in each case the total pay- ments made on post and pre armi- stice debts. AS ‘ELEANOR COLLINS’ Refuses to Break Silence on Eve of First Trip Abroad Since Peace Conference. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. May 23.—Mrs. Wood- row Wilson, widow of the war Presi- dent, registered in the rolls of the liner Majestic as ““Miss Eleanor Col- lin, salled at 1 o'clock this morning for Cherbourg, whence she will go to Paris by motor. Mrs. Wilson has as her traveling companion Miss Belle Baruch, daugh- ter of Bernard M. Baruch, who was chairman of the War Industries Board under President Wilson. Wearing deep mourning and carry- ing a bouquet of white gardenias un- der her arm, Mrs. Wilson said it was her rule “to say nothing.” This is her first trip abroad since the memorable trip with President ‘Wilson to negotiate the treaty of Ver- sailles after the World War. Mr. Baruch accompanied her and his daughter to the steamer. After a few days in Paris, Mrs Wilson plans to motor through France and possibly to visit Belgium. SUMMER WHITE HOUSE READY FOR PRESIDENT White Court, Redecorated, Is Made Clean and Cheery for Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge’s Visit. By the Associated Press. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., May 23.— White Court, which will be the Summer home of President Coolldge here, has passed through the hands of decorators and now is ready for occupancy. The 26.room porticoed mansion, reconditioned, s spick and span and cheery, in readiness for the President’s first real vacation in two years. The dining room and various others have been entirely renovated, accord- ing to a general scheme. The rooms in_which “official calls” will be re- cefved now hold a different aspect from those In_ which the President and Mrs. Coolidge will meet personal friends and live during the vacation. Hangings, upholstery and wall paper have been done over in obtaining the new effects. CLOSE BORDER AT NIGHT. Me- ‘co Takes Action to Stamp Out / Gambling in Nogales. NOGALES, Ariz., May 23 (P).—An| order closing the International bound- ary line here at 8 o’'clock every eve- ning, issued by federal officlals in Mexico City, became effective last night. The order was issued by the federal government in an effort to stamp out gambling in Nogales, Sonora, it is belleved here. The federal government granted the gambling concessions, but the fact that the closing order also was issued by the Mexico City government at the request of Gov. Alejo Bey of Sonora is taken to mean an end to the gaming tables along this section of the border. —_— FIVE GUILTY OF PEONAGE. Turpentine Operators and 30 Others Convicted in Florida. PENSACOLA, Fla., May 23 (#).— M. B. Davis and Charles’ Land, tur- pentine operators, and three other per- sons who were charged with peonage involving involuntary servitude on the part of negro workers on Davis’ farm, were found guilty on all counts by a Federal jury here. The verdict, which was reached late lest night, was an- nounced today. io Programs—Page 2, | couraging those of Persia to estab- MAY 23, ¢ Foening Star. 1925 —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. AR AS HTS SHAG Committee, Unable to Agree, Puts Issue Before Geneva Parley. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 23.—The American proposal that traffic in polson gas be prohibited struck a stumbling block today In the legal committee of the international conference for the con- trol of the traffic In arms, the com- mittee reporting itself unable to reach an agreement. It asked the full con- ference to decide the question for itself. This action was due to the ap- prehensions of the non-manufacturing states, which felt they would be at a terrible disadvantage if they did not possess gases. The conference finished the first reading of the proposed convention, but it has much work ahead, includ- ing solution of the questions as to poison gas and the excluslon of \war- ships from the control list, as well as the determination of the zones Into which the shipment of arms will be forbldden. To give the committee time to digest these problems the con- ference adjourned, subject to call. Burton Carries Point. The suggestion of Representative Theodore E. Burton, heading the American delegation, that the signa- tories should be free to renounce the convention at the end of three years, instead of ten, as the draft provides, and that it could be revised at the end of three years instead of five, was favorably received. Mr. Burton said he hoped some agreement for peace more far-reach- ing than the convention soon would be arrived at, the revision of the pro- posed treaty thus belng necessitated. Moreover, he thought it possible that the invention of new engines of de- struction and the development of air forces would require an early revamp- ing of the convention. Russian Hostllity Denied. Rumania and Poland presented a joint statement to the conference to- Qday protesting against the current im- pression that their refusal to sub- scribe to the arms convention, unless Russia adheres to it, implies any hos- tility to Russia. The statement in- sisted that these countries wished to remain friendly to Russia, but were obliged to take precautons at Geneva because Russia unfortunately had re- fused to participate in a conference, the aim of which is conciliation and peace. BONES 2,000 YEARS OLD. Prehistoric Skeleton Unearthed in New Mexico. SANTA FE, N. Mex., May 23 (#).— Bones of a human being about 5% feet in stature, belleved to be 2,000 years old, have been unearthed at a mining camp in Cottonwood Gulch, Rio Arriba County, according to Prof. Fayette A. Jones, mining geologist. Jones sald the bones were dug from under 8 feet of hard, compact, cemented clay, unaffected by river de- posits. Three successive strata of charcoal a foot or two apart were penetrated before the bones were en- countered. Cedar trees, apparently several hundred years old, had grown above the bones, Prof. Jones said. POLICE CHIEF OUSTED. Swampscott Officlal Accused of Rum Conspiracy. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., May 23 (). | —Chief of Police Willlam L. Quinn, charged with conspiracy to smuggle liquor and with neglect of duty, was today ordered by the board of select- men to vacate the police department forthwith after the selectmen an- nounced their findings on an investi- gation into the chief’s conduct. On nine out of the 11 charges lodged against Chief Quinn the board found him gullty. There were no findings on the other two. Deputy Chief Edward E. Callaban of the Lynn police department has been retained to take over supervision of the Swampscott department. Persian Uprising Grows. LONDON, May 23 (®).—Dispatches reaching here from Persia today sald an uprising of Persian Turcomans ‘was reaching large proportions. The Russlan Turcomans have been en- The Star” tion is delive: “From Press to Home Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- red to Washington homes - as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 99,256 TWO Tidal W ave Sweeps Resorts on Shore Of Lake Ontario By the Associated Pres ROCHESTER, N. Y., May 23.— A tidal wave along 26 miles of the American shore line struck Lake Ontarlo today, causing heavy dam- age to one village and Summer re- sorts. No loss of life was re- ported. The wave rolled in some places more than 150 feet inshore, carry- ing wreckage and small boats with it. At Bear Creek, a fishing village, the outgoing wave sucked the creek dry_and carrfed. with it the fleet of the fishermen. The wave followed several elec- trical storms last night and early today on Lake Ontario. Some thought the phenomenon might have been caused by an earth tre- mor in the lake bed. COOLIDGE FAVORS DEFENSE DAY TEST Decision on Date, However, Awaits Conference With Davis and Hines. By the Associated Press. President Coolidge is understood to have decided In favor of a national defense test this year, as recommend- ed by the War Department, but has not as yet approved the day upon which it should be held. Decision as to a date is expected to follow conferences with Acting Secre- tary Dwight Davis and Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, chief of staff, both of whom have just returned from trips which took them from the Capital. Several veterans’ organizations have indorsed the prosed defense test and have suggested that it be held late in September or early in October. It is not belleved that a test could be arranged for July 4, the date sald to be the most preferable to the President. WOMAN, ABDUCTED, DEAD WHEN FOUND ‘Was Taken From Cottage on Lake in Maine by Man Who Shot Aunt. By the Associated Press. WINTHROP, Me., May 23.—The body of Miss Ada Hayward, who was taken from her cottage at Lake Maranacook early Wednesday by a man who shot her aunt, Mrs. Emma L. Tow and set fire to the cottage, was found today in a room on the second floor of a cottage owned by Jennie Gray at Pine Polnt. The Gray cottage is about a mile and a half from the former home of Miss Hayward. The State authorities had the name of a man who they belleved had abdutted the woman. The body was found om a bed cot. It was be- that Miss Hayward had been choked to death. CAPTAL SIS RELEF IS REMIDTE Heat Records Expectefl to, Fall as Mercury Nears 90 at Noon. On the wings of withering winds, equator Summer weather swept into Washington today with unexpected suddenness and sent the last rem- nants of Winter wear to the moth balls with unceremonious dispatch. Although the thermometer register- ed only 90 degrees here before noon, the mercury was still climbing rapid- ly and the Weather Bureau expected it to pass the record mark for this year, established on April 24, when 94 was reached in the official tubes. Little rellef is promised for today or tomorrow. Thunderstorms may strike Washington this afternoon or tomorrow, the official forecaster said, but whatever respite they provide will only be temporary at the best, and the National Capital and much of the East may look for “continued warm weather.” Tomorrow night may be a cooler, far from cool, the Weather Dureau announced. In short, the man who trifle wondered a week age when Summer | was coming will now have plenty of opportunity to long for Winter. Summer has arrived, some four wecl ahead of the time fixed by the zod! The present warm spell is general throughout the country. It originated | far South, and was brought to Wash- ington by the light winds that are pre- vailing today. The Mississippi Valley States are in the throes of unseason- ably warm temperatures, but in Wash- ington no records have yet been broken. The atmosphere feels warmer than it really is, due partly to an over- abundance of humidity and partly to the fact that this part of the country has been enjoying temperatures that are rather cool for this time of the year. The suddenness of the change has caused it to be felt more, and the forec: would be “used to it"” in a few days. MICHIGAN HAS SNOW. North Freezes While Middle West and South Sizzle. CHICAGO, May 23 (®),—Sizzling heat in the Southern and Central States and freezing temperatures in Minnesota and Northern Michigan, with snow and a gale in the latter section, produced the most remarkable situation today that Prof. Henry J. Cox, district weather forecaster, said he had ever observed. There were prospects that the tem- perature in Chicago might again du- plicate yesterday's high mark of 94, equaling all May records, before the cold from the north breaks the heat wave late today or tonight. While the mercury here stood at 80 this morning, a freezing temperature was recorded at Duluth, Minn., and Houghton, Mich., with snow blowing over the northern end of Michigan. In Canada the cold had forced down temperatures to 26 at White River and 24 at Cochrane, Ontario. The heat wave In Chicago may be broken before sundown, Prof. Cox said, possi- bly by a thunderstorm, with prospects of cool, raw weather Sunday and Monday. Italian Flyer in Penang. PENANG, Straits Settlement, May 23 (®).—Comdr. de Pinedo, the Italian afrman, who is flying from Rome to Japan and Australia, arrived here to- day. New Type Fire Alarm Boxes Installed; Open Without Breaking of Glass Pane afected aistrict were cracked or aam- A new type fire alarm box in ‘which there is no glass to be broken i8 being installed in downtown ‘Washington. In order to sound an alarm from the old boxes it is necessary to break a pane of glass, turn a key which opens a big door and then pull down the hook once. ‘With the new box it is only nec- essary to pull down ahandle, which reveals the hook, and then pull the hook once. There is a small circular piece of glass in the front of*the new box through which the hook is visi- ble, but Fire Chief Watson remind- ed the public today that it is not necessary or advisable to break the glass. lish their own soviet, which would Dbe united with the Russian organisa- tion, these advices asserted, . ‘The purpose of the new box is to make it quicker and easler to sound gmmped plainly on the front of the 0x. The new boxes had not been in service more than a few hours when some one, in sounding an alarm, followed the old practice and tried to get to the hook by breaking the small pane of glass. “The theory of the old box with a glass door was that it should be made difficult for persons to turn in false alarms,” Chief Wat- son sald, “but experifence has shown that there are a few who will turn in fake alarms anyhow, and, therefore, it was deemed ad- visable to design a box that would make it as easy gs possible for geople to call us when there is a re. At the present time only 25 of the new boxes are being installed, but all new installations in future - e and - instructions - are ! ‘will pe of the improved type,- but the atmosphere will be| er predicted that Washington | 290 REPORTED DEAD INJAPANESE QUAKE; HUNDREDS INJURED, TOWNS WIPED OUT Estimates Indicate Toll Will Soar When Stricken Sec- tion Counts Its Vietims. Flames Follow Shock. FOREIGNERS IN RESORT CITY ARE BELIEVED SAFE Train Trapped in Tunnel Cave-In. Recurrence of 1923 Disaster Feared—Planes Rushed From Tokio to Razed Villages—Trem- blor Worst in 30 Years. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 23.—The department of communications announced today that more than 290 persons are be- lHeved to be dead in the earthquake this morning at Toyo-Oka, while sev- eral hundred were injured in the earthquake and fire at Kinosaki Springs, a famous resort visited by tourists. It is not believed that any foreigners were victims of the temblor or fire. Reports from Osaka continue brief in the wake of an earthquake and fire | today that shook the district centering {around Toyo-Oka, 80 miles northwest | of Osaka. Vernacular newspapers assert sev- eral hundred casualties were reported. An airplane from the Asahi, a Tokio newspaper, relayed reports that the fire at Tovo-Oka continued to rage late today and the whole town seemed virtually destroyed. 10 Dead in Village. Police at Kyoto report 10 persons | dead and many injured in Fumihama, | where numerous houses collapsed. | Tsulyama, near Toyo-Oka. was re- ported in flames, but no damage has been listed east of Kinosami Springs. The department of communications recefved another official dispatch trom | Toyo-Oka this morning which said: | “Violent earthquake this_morning. | Many houses shaken down. Fires start. ed in two places and many casualties are expected. Communicution with Tottor] was re-established .with diffi- culty, as railroad tunnel between Kino- saki Springs and Takeno crumbled.” The authorities are investigatin; determine what relief measures wi necessa in Tokio. to 1 be . Only a slight shock was felt An offer of assistance was cabled today by Chalrman John Barton Payne of the American Red Cross, to the Japanese Red Cross. “Our deepest sympathy for sufferers in the disaster in the Fanin distriet,” the cablegram read. “‘Can we be of assistance?” 200 HOUSES DESTROYED. ' Quake Is Reported to Be Worst in 30 Years. OSAKA, Japan, May 23 (P).—Two |hundred houses were reported col- {lapsed and numerous fires were rag- |ing today in the vicinity of Toyo-Oka, {a town of 7,700 population, 50 miles |northwest of Osaka, as the result of |an earthquake which sent residents | scurrying into the streets, fearing re- currence of the Tokio disaster of 1923. The quake, according to meteorolog- ical reports, was a horizontal vibra- |tion of nearly 3 inches, which is a rec- ord for the past 30 yvears. The tre- mor was continuous, and lasted sev- eral minutes. Reports received here by the ver- nacular newspaper report the Toyo- Oka post office has collapsed and the railroad station burning. Military air- planes have been dispatched to the area affected to investigate the extent of the damage. No detalls have been received here as to casualties. KINOSAKI REPORTED RAZED. Train Caught in Tunnel Collapse, London Report Says. LONDON, May 23 (P).—Dispatches from Tokio to the Evening News said it is reported the town of Kinosaki was destroyed by the earthquake. It was reported a rallroad train had been burfed in the collapse of a tunnel near Ashiya. The Ikuno silver mine was reported greatly damaged by collapsing tunnels. The Evening News' special from Toklo sald the inhabitants of Toyo- Oka were fleeing and that the town was burning. It said great confusion prevailed in Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe and Nagoya, but no damage was reported from those citles. It was stated in this message that military airplanes from Osaka had flown over Tajima province and reported that a con- siderable death list was indicated trom apparent condition In villages of that section. The correspondent says the earth- quake was of a terrifying nature. The shock, which is sald to have been the worst felt in the district for 30 vears, centered between Kyoto and Tottor, and telegraphic com- munication was interrupted. Many _structures throughout the aged and smaller buildings destroyed. Dispatches received by Reuter's agency from Osaka gave the number of houses that had collapsed at Toyo-Oka as 200. It was sald that fires had started In several places in that town. Considerable damage was reported from other towns in Tajima Province, but it was said no areas outside Tajima are seriously affected. The Osaka advices added that the quake lasted for three minutes. A severe shock was also felt at Kobe. The Evening News dispatches from Tokio sald 80 persons were reported dead in Kuniyama and Fukuchi, small towns near Toyo-Oka. Soviet Ousts City Heads. MOSCOW, May 23 (#).—Dispatches received here today announced that at Khotan, a town of about 100,000 popu- lation, near the Turkestan border, the entire Soviet city administration had been dismissed for inefficiency in of- fice and pew elections ordered, - € i) &