Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1925, Page 2

r g = . CITY HEAD CHOIGE Many Urged for Post Left Vacant by Death of Capt. Oyster. Although a number of indorsements of aspirants for the appointment to the Board of Commissioners to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Capt. James F. Oyster have been recelved at the White House, President Cool- Idge has not yet given these any con- sideration. In making this known to- day, the White House intimated that the President has no Intention of rush- ing matters, and it Is thought that he will not glve any attention to this matter for at least another week. In the meantime, it is expected that the suggestions and indorsements re- garding the filling of this post will multiply by leaps and bounds. The field 1s not being confined to any one political party, although the Repub- licans thus far are in preponderance. The White House also has recelved g froo tae incorsemeats discussing the mat- ter, that he wants to appoint a man of the highest standards and one who is well qualified In every way to fill the place. At the same time he wants led two-fisted man, not too closely {dentified with any political party. As a matter of fact, the Pres- ident has indicated that he would pre- fer to follow the custom of the past of having a Republican and a Demo- crat as the two clvilian members of the board. Chance Is Boomed. However, local Republican leaders have let it be known that they are £oIng to urge the President to appoint one of their party to this place. Sum- uel J. Prescott, chalrman of the Re- publican State’ committee, and Ed- Ward F. Colladay, Republican national committee, have already expressed themselves to this effect. The local State committee will meet at the call of Chalrman Prescott nest week, when it will consider the field of Republican aspirants and will decide upon one to indorse. Friends of T. Lincoln Townsend, a director of this committee, and prom- inent Republican and business man, and of Willlam T. Banker, local banker, and who was chalrman of the Coolldge inaugural committee and who was delegate to the Cleveland con- vention, are expecting either one of these to receive the committee’s for- mal {ndorsement. Local Democrats are getting busy to land the place for one of their party, and already a lively boom has been started for Merritt O. Chance, former Poastmaster. John F. Costello, Democratic na- tlonal committeeman, has not an- nounced when the local party organi- zation will meet to indorse some one. The name of Maj. Gen. Willlam M, Black, U. S. A., retired, former chief of the Corps of Engineers, has been sent by friends to the President to consider when the time comes for reaching a decision regarding a suc- cessor for Capt. Oyster. Those who submitted this name called attention to Gen. Black’s long and conspicuous record and stated that the Natlonal Capital would be extremely fortunate in having a man of his experience and character as one of its com- missioners. Mrs. Van Winkle Urged. Thus far, the only name of a wo- man received at the White House Is that of Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, in charge of the Women's Bureau of .the Police Department. It is understood &lso that friends of Robert N. Harper, local banker, who was chairman of | President Wilson's second inaugural committee, have started a boom in the interest of having him appointed, although Mr. Harper has not agreed to permit his name to be used. Chagles W. Darr, attorney and pru:ilnent in civic work here, has beed asked by his friends to permit them to initiate a campaign in his behalf. Other Democrats who mentioned in this connection are: McK. Clayton of the Federation of Citizens' Association, Robert E. Mat- tingly, now one of the Municipal Court judges, and Conrad Syme, former cor- poration counsel. John Hays Hammond, whose name was vesterday sent to the President, with a suggestion that he be appoint- ed to the Board of Commissioners, stated publicly today that as much as he appreciated the honor and this evi- dence of kindness on the part of his friends, that he wished it to be known that he is not a candidate and could not accept if the position were ten- dered him. Others Are Suggested. Besides these names mentioned in connection with filling the vacancy, others already mentioned are Chapin Brown, who for the past two vears has been attorney for the now ex- tinct District Rent Commission and who at one time was Republican na- tional committeeman for the Distric: Julius Peyser, attorney, a member of the Board of Education, and Arthur Carr, secretary of the Board of Trade. It Is the opinion of the Republican leaders here that when the time comes President Coolidge will not hesitate to appoint one of his own party regard- less of the fact that he has intimated that he would prefer to appoint a Democrat. It is expected by the lead- ers that Samuel J. Prescott, chairman of the Republican State committee, who personally directed the 1924 cam- paign in Washington, will be asked by the President to confer with him at the White House before the latter gives any serious consideration to the filling of this place. have been G. C. Havenner Indorsed. George C. Havenner, member of the Citizens’ Advisory City Council, was indorsed by three citizens’ associations last night for the vacant Commissioner post. The East Washington Heights Citizens’ Association, the Randie Highlands Assoclation and the Ben- ning Citizens' Association, called in special ons, adopted resolutions urging Mr. Havenner's appointment on President Coolidge. Four citizens’ assoclations of the northwest section are to meet Monday night to consider indorsing a candi- date for the new commissionership. John B. Cochran of the Franklin N tional Bank and E. P. Hazleton, presi- dent of the East Washington Citizens’ Association, are heading a group of cit- izens who are working to’ erystallize support for Mr. Havenner. They point- ed out today that their candidate was given the largest vote of any candi- date to the Advisory Council in the recent electfon by the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. He received €0 of a possible 86 votes. Has Long Been Democrat. Should the President decide to fa- wor the appointment of a Democrat, it would strengthen the position of Mr. Havenner, his friends say, as he has been an independent Democrat for many years. Mr. Havenner’'s supporters recall the mal civic enterprises he has Upper: John W. O’Leary of Chicago, made national president. Lower: John Joy Edson, re-elected national treasurer. CALLAN ARRESTED IN SHEPHERD CASE Politician in Cell—Is Accused of Attempt to “Fix” Pro- spective Juror. By the 'Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 23.—A charge of contempt of court faces James C. Cal- lan, politician, accused by Philip J. Barry of attempted jury tampering in the trial of Willlam D. Shepherd on a charge of killing his foster son, Wil- llam N. McClintock, with typhoid germs. Callan was arrested last night as he was leaving the offices of his at- torney, who throughout vesterday had promised he would surrender him to the State's attorney. He admitted he had been retalned as a defense inves- tigator and had talked to Barry, but denied making any attempt to influ- ence him. He knew Barry, Callan said, and merely had asked him if he was a ve- nireman after Barry had first asked him the same question. Ile was held overnight in a police station. and his attorneys sald if. he was not released before tonight they would seek a writ of habeas corpus. Only Four Jurors Selected. Beyond the investigation of the al- leged jury tampering attempt and search for Robert White, vanished State's witness, the almost completed first week of the trial has produced only four tentative jurors to try Shepherd. Examination of 85 veniremen dur- ing five days resulted in acceptance by the prosecution and defense of F C. James, 45, Desplaines, Iils., florist; H. Pillar, 22, chauffeur; A. R. Hoyt, 5. former school teacher and now 34, purchasing_clerk. Since the defense announced it would accept the first 12 men tender- ed by the prosecution in‘order to stop the talk of jury tampering, Willlan Scott Stewart, Shepherd’s counsel, has asked only a few perfunctory questions of the veniremen as they pass before the attorneys for ques- tioning. JURY IN WRIGHT LIQUOR CASE HUNG Assistant Dporkeeper at the Capitol to Be Tried Again in Police Court. After being out elght hours the Police Court jury hearing liquor charges against George E. Wright, assistant doorkeeper at the bitol for mearly thirty vears, disagreed. Wright, who at the time of his ar- rest lived at 720 Thirteenth street, was_charged with both sale and il- legal possession of alcoholic bever- ages. He denied that he ever sold any whisky, saying that Revenrue Agent Ford purchased liquor at his home from a bootlegger he had called for him. When the alleged bootlegger was called to take the stand for the de- fense, his lawyer rose in court and told him not to say anything that might incriminate himself. Although losing the defense’s most important witness, Wright escaped conviction by the jury. A new jury will be impaneled at a later date. MAX NAMED PREMIER. BRUSSELS, May 23 (#).—The King today asked Burgomaster Max of Brussels to form a cabinet to succeed that of Premier Aloys van de Vyvere, which rseigned vesterday. M. Max agreed to attempt to form a tempo- rary business ministry, unaffiliated with any parliamentary political groups. zens’ Assoclation from 1895 to 1898 he began a number of movements for im- provement of the District. He served on many committees of his associa- tion and was re-elected its head in 1923, 1924 and 1925. It was under his leadership, his friends say, that Ana- costia citizens were able to get Con- been associated with. He assisted in the organization of the Department of Commerce and Labor and achieved prominence in 1909, when President Roosevelt appointed him to investi- gate the Government Printing Office. As presiden of the Anacostia Citl ’ gress to grant a charter to the first electric street railway operating cars south or east of the Anacostia River. Reclamation of the Anacostia Flats is pointed to as the most Important movement with which he was asso- clated, 7 HOSRIE o real estate agent, and R. F. Sedgwick, | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ‘C, ‘SATURDAY, GOOLIDGE DELAYS HOWARD'S SPEECH | PLOT T0 SHIP RUM HELDREPLY TOU.S. Answer to Houghton znd Im- plied Plea for Tariff Cut Are Seen. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Great Britain has made pointed an- swer to the recent speech of Ambassa- dor Houghton. This is the general feeling here after reading the address of Sir Bsme Howard, British Ambassa- dor, before the American Iron and Steel Institute in New York. The British argument that trade is the only solution of Europe's trouble, taken with the significant delineation of America's commercial responsibil- ity to the rest of the world, Is viewed here as a polite but firm appeal that the tariff wall erected by the Fordney- McCumber law be reduced. European economists have all along been saying that the operation of the Dawes -pla: by America, were depend exteat on america's readiness to buy goods from Syrope. It was not until Ambassador Foward made Lis public statemeat in New York, howeve; that the British government, speak!ng really for the rest of Europe, made an officlal point of the tariff situation. Inference Held Plain. It would have been Indiscreet for the British Ambassador specifically to criticize the tariff law, but without treading on undiplomatic ground he showed the relationship between ex- ports and {mports in the British- American trade and sald plainly enough for American officlals to grasp his meaning that unless Britain sells more goods to America nefther she nor the rest of Europe can pay war debts. Although the warning sounded by American Ambassador Houghton was really directed toward the political instability of Europe, the British Am- bassador, In reply, went a step further in arguing that the peace of Europe, while desirable enough, was not the only factor that would tend to restore normal conditions in Europe's rela- tionship to the United States. This is the most significant poution of the address. “All T ask is that there should be in America a sympathetic understanding toward those who are endeavoring to bring together the jarring and con- fiicting elements in Europe, and en- deavoring to see if they cannot work together for an economie, if not for any higher, reason, for the good of Needs More Purchasing Power. The Ambassador pointed out that after peace was re-established, it was necessary to increase the purchasing power of the countries to which Great Britain sold her goods. added: ow, if Great Britain cannot sell her products abroad she cannot, of course, continue to buy raw material and manufactured goods in the United States, as has been her custom. It is, I am sure, fully realized that Great Britain could scarcely carry on an unfavorable trade balance with the United States forever and yet pay the 32-0dd million pounds per annum required to meet her indebtedness to the United States Government.” The Ambassador forecast that de- spite Great Britain's good intention to pay her debts, the time might come when it would be impossible to make heavy purchases in the United States and still pay interest on the war debt. These observations are regarded here as by far the most Important that have been made by the British government in the last vear. Nothing has come from a British premier or foreign secretary which is as pointed as this. Followed U. S. Policy. Great Britain, however, noted that President Coolidge and Secretary Kel- log selected the Ambassador at Lon- don for thelr most important expres- sion on forelgn policies made this year and the speech was as effective as if it had been issued by the Government at Washington. The British therefore adopted precisely the same plan and authorized Sir Esme Howard to re- veal the official British position, in the hope that the United States Govern- ment would realize that advice to Eu- rope, even if taken by Europe, was not sufficlent to restore economic equilibrium in the world, but that America must be ready, reciprocally, to accept advice from the nations across the se: The British Ambas- sador's speech is so skillfully worded that it keeps within the bounds of propriety, vet it will go down in dip- lomatic history as a most significant declaration of British policy, the full meaning of which is already grasped in official quarters here and may fur- nish the ground for considerable de- bate next December in Congress. (Copyright, 1925.) U. S. FACING BRIGHT TRADE OUTLOOK, SAYS NEW C. OF C. CHIEF (Continued from First Page.) AS FISH IS FOILED 330,000 in Ale and Liguor Selzed—Labeled “Lobster and Herring.” By the Assoclated Press. BOSTON, May 23.—A gigantic plot for distributing liquor as lobster and herring has been unearthed here. Sixteen persons are under arrest, liquor valued at between $350,000 and $460,000 has been selzed here and in New York and the existence of a new overland rum route from Canada to Maine seaports has been revealed. Two millon-dollar liquor rings are involved. The result, it is stated, will be a Federal grand jury investigation that will involve possibly 1,000 liquor deal- ers, rum runners and agents in New England, New York and Canada. The latest blow delivered by prohi- bitlon forces started here yesterday with the selzure of $50,000 worth of liquor on the little steamer Vez, op: ated b Cozst an aca Steamsaip Co. The contraband was packed in boxes wita labels for va- rious kinds of 5 were made. Seize Huge Shipriear. A few hours later ale and whisk: valued at between $300,000 and $400,- 000, were selzed in New York on the steamers Boston and Herman Winter, both from Boston. Tt is belleved that the New York shipment was once a part of the Van's cargo and that the entire load was brought overland from Canada to some lonely Maine port over a new route necessitated by the Atlantic rum blockade. Soon after the selzure on the Van two customs agents opened a safe in a North End establishment that vield- ed documents contalning the names of more than 1,000 liquor deale 2x- amination showed that the papers be- longed to a ring operating at least three steamers, a fleet of sailing ves- sels and a flotilla of fast power hoats. The papers also disclosed a system of signals to liquor boats telling them how and where to land their loads. The raid on the safe resulted from planting several Coast Guardsmen with the rum runners. SIX SAIL SOUTH. Rum Ships Clear From Halifax for Bermuda and Other Ports. HALIFAX ., May 23 (#).—Six rum ships which put into port after the establishment of the United States Ca ard blockade along rum row cleared today for southern ports, in- cluding Bermuda, Honduras, Cuba and Nassau. The rest of the fleet isx ex- pected to clear within the next few days. AWAIT BIG SHIPMENT. Coast Guard on Lookout for German Boat With “Pottery.” NEW YORK, May 23 (®).—Rum Row’s blockaders were on the watch today because of reports that a Ger- man steamship was due off or in New York with 25,650 cases of Scotch, made in Latvia and consigned as pot- tery. 3 Sir Broderick Hartwell, British baronet, who recently excused his failure to continue big dividends to in- vestors {n his rum-running syndicate on the ground that his liquor had been confiscated, Is reported to be backing the German craft. Orders were sent by radio to all Coast Guard boats to keep customers in small craft from shore from com- municating with the steamship, to which varlous reports give the name Margaret or its German equivalent. Some reports said the vessel planned to dock in New York to un- load its ‘“pottery,” as its crew was unaware that the real purpose of the voyage had been disclosed. QUITS PACIFIC RUM ROW. Ship Sails North—Won't Be Back, Coast Guard Told. SAN PEDRO, Calif., May 23 (). The rum ship Gertrude, which has been hovering ofl the Southern Cali- fornia Coast for several weeks, has sailed northward with the announced intention of remaining absent from the waters indefinitely, the Coast Guard cutter Vaughan reported when it_put into port here today. The master of the rum ship was kind enough, said Capt. W. A. Wood of the Vaughan, to leave in her wake as she sailed away yesterday noon an empty whisky case surmounted by a white flag. Inside the case the Coast Guard cutter’s skipper found a note which read: ; “We are going away. You won't see us again. Good-bye and good luck.” NAVAL RESERVES BACK FROM CRUISE U. S. S. Eagle, With Local “Jack Tars” Aboard, Berths at Home Port. he was president of the National Metal Trades Association. His predominant business interest at present Is in banking. He is vice president of the Chicago Trust Co. and a director of a number of Chicago business houses. But the wide range of his interests is shown by the list of organizations of which he is efther a member or an officer. These in- Cclude: Chicago Association of Com- merce, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, National Guard Commission, Epworth Assembly, Chicago Crime Commission, It Welture Society, Chicago Y. M. C. A., American Institute of Elec- trical Engineers. He is on the advisory committee of the Boy Scouts of America and of the Chicago Boys' Club. He also is president of the Board of Trustees of the Oakland Methodist Church in Chicago. Advocate of Preparedness. Mr. O'Leary has taken a prominent part in movements for national pre- paredness. One of his outstanding contributions to this cause was made in Chicago in 1916. At that time there much unorganized senti- ment that America should take more definite steps to make ready for pos- sible participation in the World War, which many far-seeing citizens be- lieved was Inevitable. Mr. O'Leary organized Chicago’s famous prepared- mess parade, which was held within three weeks after a citizens’ commit- tee which he headed was organized. As head of the Chicago Association of Commerce in 1917 he did much in preparing the sentiment of the people for the universal draft. During 1917 and 1918 he was prom- inent in war work, especlally in the locality of Chicago. In 1919 he was a member of President Wilson's in- dustrial conference. Mr. O'Leary is married and has five children. Vice presidents were elected yester- day as follows: Eastern division, Lewis E. Pierson, chairman of the board of the Irving Bank-Columbia Trust C New York. North central division—William Butterworth, president, Deers & Co., Moline, Iil South central NVMW R, The U. S. S. Eagle, No. 56, with officers and men of the United States Naval Reserve of the District of Co- lumbla aboard, dropped in at her berth at Water and O streets southwest this morning, completing the first of the training crulses of the local naval re- serves. Lieut. Comdr. F. W. Jones, attached to the United States Shipping Board here, was in command of the vessel on this vovage, which was the first_ foreign cruise of the local re- serves since the World War. The vessel went ¢o the Bermuda Islands. While the &ficers and men had a most enjoyable and instructive train- ing cruise, practically the whole ship's complement suffered from sea sickness during the passage between Hampton Roads and Bermuda. The heavy seas tossed the little craft all about and made it difficult to handle it. The constant rolling and pitching of the vessel caused a breaking of the main steam feed line on the return voyage, making it necessary to heave to a sea for several hours while repairs were made. During this time, according to those who were aboard the vessel, the ship pitched and tossed dangerously and several times was caught in the trough of the sea, causing some con- cern to those aboard. However, under the direction of Lieut. Young, chief engineer, the re- pairs were made so that the ship reached Norfolk under her own steam safely . After a brief repair period at the Norfolk navy vard the vessel went to Tangier Sound in the Chesapeake Bay for target practice. Lieut. Philbrick, executive officer, reported that the gun cruise showed 40 per cent hits of the four-inch guns. Ellis, president, the Hessig-Ellis Drug Co., Memphis. Western division—Paul Shoup, vice president, Southern Pacific Railway Co.. San Francisco. Treasurer—John Joy Edson, chair- man of the board, Washington Loan and Trust Co., Washington. Honorary vice presidents—Owen D. Young, chairman of the board of the General Electric Co., New York; Henry M. Robinson, banker, Los Angeles, and Boston, . tand impressed the Mojave. MAY 23, 1925. TERRIFIC CRASH TEARS SOLID RAIL FROM CONCRE’I;E BRIDGE UM ROW CRAFT OAST GUARDS Departing Liquor-Laden {FT ARE ROUTED IN BLOCKADE Vessels Are ‘““‘Shadowed” Far to Sea by U. S. Boats to Prevent Their Setting Up Business Outside Other American Ports. By WILLIAM P. HELM, Jr. More than 500 rum runners—small motor boats capable of making from 18 to 35 miles an hour, and of carry- Ing from 50 to 350 cases of lquor in a single trip—have been tied up, out of business, it is estimated, along the Long Island and New Jersey coast since the Coast Guard began its block- ade of rum row three weeks ago. Dur- Ing the same period the row has thinned, until today less than 100,000 cases are waiting for the runners on fewer than a dozen vessels on the row. At the height of its activity of a few months ago this section of rum row consisted of nearly 100 ocean tramps, varying in kind and size from tiny schooners of the Gloucester fish- erman type capable of carrying about 5,000 cases, to supply steamers of 3,- 000 tons register. A ingle one of these big boys of the row fully loaded, has room for more than 100,000 cases. At fts he; rum row had waiting for the runner not less than 1,000,000 cases of liquors of all kinds. They used to lie fairly close to the shore with only a mile or so of blue water between them, these rum car- riers, but now they have moved from 25 to G0 miles off the coast, and leagues separate most of the individ- uval ships. hose that are left have settled down to grim waiting, as if they intend to rock idly at anchor till Neme: goes home. Little do they know Nemesls of the Coast Guard. Trailed by Coast Guard From 60 to 70 rum carriers have given up the fight, at least tempora- rily, and sailed or streamed away. The masters of these vessels seemed to think they could depart in peace. In this they erred, for with each depart- ing carrier went one of the Coast Guard vessels. It is the intention of the Coast Guard to send its ships wherever the departing rum carriers g0 until many leagues of brine lie between each smuggler and the main- land. Some of the bafled rum carriers have been convoyed almost as far as Bermuda, others hundreds of miles on their w: to ‘Halifax or the West In- die: Talk about the rum fleet's in- tention to sail down the coast, shake off the Coast Guard squadrons, and set up in business In the Chesapeake is just that—talk. Cervera's ships ntiago had some such idea, elimi- natlg the rum equation. The rum fleet will find it as hard to shake off American pursuers as did the Spanish admiral. In its first great drive against the smugglers, the Coast ard combed the Eastern coast for vessels. It sum- moned the cutter Ossipee from Port- land, Me.; the Acushnet from Woods Hole, Mass.; the Seminole, Seneca and Manhattan from New York; the Gresham from Cape Hatteras; the Yamacraw from Savannah; the Talla- poosa from Mobile, and the Red Wing from New London, Conn. Commander Is Terror. For its flagship it sent to Honolulu For com- mander-in-chief of the blockading fleet it picked sandy-haired “Bill” Wheeler, a mild-mannered bachelor of 50, whose fun ashore is to tend his Pennsylvania farm. Gentle and soft-spoken on DECORATION DAY FLOWER GIFTS ASKED G. A. R. and Allied Veteran Bodies Seek Donations of Blooms for Soldiers’ Graves. Donations of flowers from the citl- zens in the District who have gardens, are being requested by the Grand Army of the Republic and allied vet- eran associations, to assist them in decorating the graves of the soldier and sallor dead, Memorial day. Chief Watson of the Fire Depart- ment has promised to see that all blooms donated will be kept fresh un- til ready for use. Maj. Sullivan, super- intendent of the Police Department, has volunteered the use of the patrols to convey the flowers to the ceme- teries, All donations should be cut Thurs- day evening or Friday morning and taken to the nearest fire engine sta- tion, where they will be placed in tubs of witer. Boxes in the shape of miniature headstones, to receive the cash con- tributions of the public, have been placed in stores about the city and it is expected that every patriotic citizen will assist the veterans by dropping cash offerings to the *‘Deco- ration day fund” in them. The Eve- ning Star will also receive contribu- tions Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, daughter of the late Gen. John A. Logan, who, as commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic issued the order No. 11 by which Memorlal day was_ established, today Issued an ap- peal to pastors of the city and indi- viduals to aid in the raising of the fund for the purchase of flowers for the graves of veterans. Mrs. Tucker asks that pastors of churches have special collections for the flowers taken in services tomor- row. Donations received by The Star for the flower fund to date, follow: CONFEDERATE. Acknowledged ........oeeeeeee..$2.50 G. A. R. Acknowledged .. L......§708.91 Patrons Earle Theater, 5-22... 20.92 Patrens Mutual Theater, 6-22 31.60 Patrons Gayety Theater, 5-23. 49.50 Rowland W. Boyden, | Total. nrmemnanaperanmes - 01008 land, he is a terror afloat. He it was who commanded the Seneca during the World War, and patrolled the ocean lane from Gibraltar to Britain. In doing so, he fought 11 gun duels with submarines, sinking several and establishing a fighting record for the service. Engaged In the blockade were 20 squadrons of patrol and picket boat each squadron commanded by a cu ter or converted destroyer. The lat- ter, resurrected from inglorious idle- ness to which they had been consigned by a Navy that had no work for them to do, and brought back to efficiency and speed of 35 knots, are the fast- est Coast Guard vessels afloat. Twenty of these vessels have been reconditioned and put into service. If these are not enough, the Navy has nearly 300 more Jjust like them— enough to plant one every 30 miles along the coast, st and West. An act of Congress uld be necessary to enable them to get into the rum-fight- ing service. The forthcoming session of Congress will be the dryest vet,and as the last Congress was about 80 per cent dry, it will be seen that the votes could be had, if necessary. It will not be necessary, in the opinion of those who are conducting the present campaign. The force au- thorized by Congress, which exceeds 350 vessels of all descriptions, prob- ably will be found ample. Operating in swift squadrons, it can quickly go from point to point and lay a block- ade as it did off New York. Liquor Industry Huge. The extent of the fllicit liquor in- dustry was estimated a few months ago for this correspondent at $500,- 000,000 a year by Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League of America. A survey of con- ditions indicated that Dr. Wheeler's estimate was low—that the retail total of bootleg liquor dealt fn at that time approached more nearly $1,000,000,000 a vear and that perhaps half of this T{u:mtlly was smuggled in from Rum ow. If the Coast Guard is successful, as it expects to be, and if there is no ap- preciable jncrease in the volume of liquor smuggled in from Canada and Mexico, and if the land forces are able to hold distilling at its present volume ——three big “ifs”"—the campaign of the Coast Guard fleet will result in cut. ting down the bootleg industry in the United States to half its former pro- portions. Nobody knows the number of whole- sale and retail bootleggers and dis- tillers ashore. Dr. Wheeler estimates that there are about 2,000,000 regular and reliable drinkers in the United States and a larger number of casual drinkers who take it when it is e: to get. Supplying this demand, it estimated, are hardly fewer than 10 000 bootleggers, nearly half of whom, perhaps, depend on smuggied goods. The possibilities, therefore, are that a successful Coast Guard campaign along our eastern and western shores may put 50,000 bootleggers and others out of @usiness. The process will be slow, for it is believed there are large stocks ashore. On the other hand, the campaign may put only a few out of business and operate to lower the volume of business done by those who continue to sell. (Coprrigh Asks War on Flys Be Concentrated on Places of Breeding The war on the house fly should not be confined to the screening of doors and windows and the liber- al swinging of swatters, but should include the elimination of breeding places for the pests. Heulth Officer Fowler urged todas | Dr. Fowler laid stress on the necessity for keeping garbage palls tightly covered and added that ac. cumulation of rubbish around the back vard should be avolded. All “food-stuffs in the Kkitchen Should be protected, Dr. Fowler said, against possible contamina- tion from flies SOVIET GOLD IN LONDON. Port of $10,000,000 Bar Shipment Bears U. S. Marks. LONDON, May 23 (®).—Gold val- ued at £2,000,000, some of it in bars said to bear the United States Gov- ernment stamp, has just arrived in London from Leningrad, says the Daily Mafl. The metal was consigned by the Soviet State Bank and de- posited in the Bank of England to the credit of Arcos, Ltd., the All-Russian Co-operative Society's trading organi- zation. Extreme precautions for secrecy were taken when the gold was unload- ed from the Soviet government steam- er Gercen. Boxes were placed in a motor truck and covered with posters advertising Danish bacon and taken to the Bank of England vaults under heavy guard, SWAT THE FLY Take advantage of an early start by an aggressive war on the fly at the beginning of the season. The Star has for free dis- tribution, wire-handle fly swat- ters. Ask for one at the main office of The Star, or at any ef the Agenciea. Branch . s ey below. PARCHEDU.S. HORDE AT BORDER 0ASIS Self-Conscions Smile Stamps College Youths and Other Thousands. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. DETROIT, Mich., May 23.—Here- with are the experiences of an unoffi- clal observer at the foaming front— over there in the great crowded places where beer is beer, even if the “kick” in the flowing amber fluid is little more than a tintinnabulation. As you arrive in Detroit your fel- low travelers on the Pullman want to know if you have come for the big opening. “You grin and admit the soft impeachment. At the hotel you grin as you ask the hotel clerk the nearest way to get to Windsor—over where the Union Jack files. The clerk grins back at you. Everybody is grinning. There is something in the air. It's like the last day of school—if you can remember back that far. Fare Across Is 5 Cents. Following complete directions you go down to Woodward avenue . and turn right to the ferry. Woodward avenue is Detroit's great trunk thor- oughfare. Now that there is beer across the river, you wonder if it won't get trunkier. walk to the ferry house, great blunt-nosed, black-hulled steam- ers are walting. The crowds are on the way. You buy a ticket. It is only a nickel. That's fair enough—a nickel to get to the promised land. And, oddly enough, your particular boat for the trip is called Promise. Her sister ship is the Pleasure, yet the ticket has printed across its face, “Not good for pleasure riding.” What other rid- ing could there be on the way to Beerville-on-the-Border? A five-minute sail takes you across the green waters of the Detroit River. It is not much wider than the Po- tomac where they say George Wash- ington threw a silver dollar across the stream. It s easler today, however, t0 tote them than to throw them. On the boat there are all sorts— young and old, men and women. It is easy to separate the regular com muters from the beer pilgrims and thrill seekers. There are painted girls with roll-top stockings. Some of the women are older, but dressed as girls. Their eyes are dull with a too- great knowledge of the world. They are seeking international adventure. College boys, bareheaded and in plus four knickers—but above the legal age to buy beer in Canada—18. Lumbermen in Crowd. Men from the lumber country with big checked shirts. One of them is carrying a tiny baby in a blanket. His wife's pocketbook also is on his arm. The wife is there, too. It is all very much like going to the circus. Only the men grin foolish, self-con- sclous grins. Men like to opear wise and blase. But on this occasion they are walking out Into the unknown and are conscious of it. As you leave tne boat there is a sign saying that everybody with par- cels must step inside to pass the cus- toms. You wonder what they will do with “packages” on the way back. In the street it seems as if you had just stepped into another American com- munity. There are the same automo- biles, the same traffic cops, the same “stop” and “go” signs, the same fruits and vegetables on the market stands, the same familiar 5 and 10 cent store with its red front, the same movie billboards—Jackie Coogan, Bet. ty Blythe and the others—everything seems the same, yet different. There is again something in the air. High adventure lies just ahead. But where The big beer signs are not up yet. There are no pictures of overflowing “schooners.” Everybody hesitates to ask the big question. Men look sheep- ishly at each other and walk cau. lluu,sly up the street lest they pass the ' “first chance.” There is a wise- lunk‘pg loafer on the corner. “Where ' you begin, but there is no need to go further. “Right over there, governor,” he says with a bit of cockney 2y ockney on his Taproom Crowded. Already the taproom with its - tiple tables is crowded. All the :,Tq“lln in the dining room are occupled or engaged. Only “standard hotels” and bona fide clubs may sell the precious but mostly innocuous brew. It is very solemn business, this quest of the stein on the table. There are no good songs ringing clear to guide you. But at last you find a place on the big leather seat running all the way around the taproom wall, Then you sit and walt. You make slgns and call to the waiters, but you dare not leave your place. There are others to grab it. It is like waiting your turn in a doctor’s office and you don’t know what the verdict is going to be—or the fee. Finally you catch the white-coated waiter. He has a fine burr. He is from Edinburgh. You might have known it. He wishes it was the good old Scotch brew, he tells you. “But it's fairly good, sir.” At last your bottle comes. One more grin. It is “Cincinnati Export Beer.” That's rub- bing it in on poor old dry Cincinnati. You pour your own. The collar stands up stiff and white above the amber. There is not enough to blow off. King Gets Many Toasts. “God save the King!" says your next door nelghbor. “I came 400 miles for this,” he adds. Down she goes. It's beer all right, milder than the mildest of the beer- de-la-Meuse you used to get in the American Ex_editionary Forces in France. Light and palatable. After the third bottle there is undeniably Jjust a little sense of Euphoria. Not enough to make you want to sing or laugh at some fool remark, but just that little glow of well being which, unfortunstely, you find has just about' It is only a short | and two | | the tour. AUTO WRECKS RAIL OF CONCRETE SPAN Bzltimore Man Nazrrowly Escapes 100-Foot Plunge From Conn. Ave. Bridge. Albert P. Strobel Baltimore real estate broker, narrowly escaped death short- ly after midnight this morning, when his powerful roadster, after a collision, swerved, swept across the Connecticut Avenue Bridge and crashed into a bal- ustrade, sending it 100 feet to the bot- tom. The car halted on the lip of the outer flooring of the bridge. Strobel, who was arrested by Motor Cycle Policeman J. E. Fondahl of the substation at Tenlevtown, was fined $50 for reckless driving by Judge Mac- donald in Police Court tod According to witnesses who testified at the trial, Strobel was running north. The lights on the bridge w allow repairs to be made. prominent and fnsurance roadst ited car the Moorehouse's machine again. The car then described a quadrant of a circle, swung into the sidewalk on the western side of the bridge and crashed Into the rafling. The first crash was followed by sllence. Then came a reverberation when the balustrade landed at the bottom of the valley. It upparently would have meant certaln death had the car gone over. A Another man whose name was not made public by Strobel was in the machine with him at the time, POLICE OF THIRTY NATIONS TOUR CITY Visiting Chiefs Fail to See Cool- idge to Urge Federal Bureau Plan. Headed by Police Commissioner Enright of New York City, a delega- tion of police officials from 30 countries who have been attending the Inter- national Police Conference in New York, are in Washington over the week end, in the interest of “inter, natfonal peace” and “cutting crime irf half.” It had been planned for the delega- tion to be received at the White House at noon by President Coolidge, who has indorsed in an annual message formulation of a national police bureau, fostered by Comissioner Enright. Indisposition of the Presi- dent today, however, prevented his receiving all callers. The delegation, which is on a tour of the Eastern United States, follow- ing business sessions of the Interna- tional Police Conference in New York, ending last Monday, arrived In the Capital this morning aboard the spe- cial train which is their home during They were met at the sta- tion by a delegation of District offi- clals, and will be escorted on a pro- gram of sightseeing and entertain- ment lasting until Monday morning, when the special train leaves for Baltl. more, Philadelphia, Atlantic City and New York. The party has already vis- ited Buffalo, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Chicago and Pittsburgh. Tour City Today. Honorary _ Police _Commissioner George MacDonald of New York has represented Commissioner Enright on the tour as head of the party, with Special Deputy Commissioner Douglas , I McKay of New York second in com- mand. The train is in charge of Gen. William Egan of the Pennsylvania lines, which takes charge of the tour from’ here on. At the station the party was cor- dtally received by District Commission- ers Rudolph and Bell, Former Com- missioner Gen. John M. Johnson and Asst. Supt. H. G. Pratt of the Wash- ington police, representing Maj. Dan- | tel Sullivan, who s ill. Headquarters for the delegation is at the Mayflower Hotel, where & luncheon was held at 1 o'clock. sightseeing trip is on the prog this afternoon. Tomorrow the delega- tlon will go by automebiles to Lorton and Occoquan, will take luncheon at Lorton, and return by way of Alex- andria. Assistant Supt. Pratt is in charge of arrangements for the party while here. Urge National Bureau. How far the police officials might go during their visit here toward asking for Federal ald in solving police problems was not revealed when they first arrived. g But it is known that Commissioner Enright and the conference of which he is leader are strongly urging the proposed National Bureau of Police here in Washington. Commissioner MacDonald said on arrival that the conference on its tour had found that all cities visited had approved the plan for the national bureau. Such a bureau was said to have been the inspiration that led Commissioner Enright to organize the conference and the tour. FPresident Coolidge ap- proved such a national bureau in his last message to Congress. The “captains of the world's peace guardians had come together,” said , a statement on their behalf toda “because they feel the need of awak ening the nations to the need of tak- ing measures to further check the rising flood of crime, particularly youthful crim: In discussing the National Police Bu- reau, a statement for the police chiefs declared: “Every other country has such a national police bureau, or cen- tral, through which its municipalities work and through which it connects with other nations. The only link missing in the chain of police security about the world is that which Amer- ica can supply. This plan has been approved formally by all the mem-, bers of the conference, the 700 or more police chiefs of America and th leaders of the great foreign forces Other things accomplished within the week by the conference, repre- sented here today, were said to bo the completion of a new radio police alarm, by which one station or a thou- sand stations could be signaled by bell and light for the communication of police alarms. This was originated by Commissioner Enright in New York, and is being {n- stalled in that city. Other features for scotching crime brought forth at the convention inciuded a secret police telegraphic code for the simple trans- mission of complex police messages, a distant identification system by which fingerprints can be identified at a dis- tance by wire and a “who's who' of criminals or directory of crooks. There was recommended at the con- terence, it was said, a uniform system of traffic lights and signals, and & uniform system of traffic laws and regulations, already adopted by 300 citles. all ‘disappeared by the time you have recrossed the ferry and satisfied the immigration man that you are a free- born, liberty-loving American citizen, Once more life seems solemn ang gray, — t