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2 L FRENCH BIG GUNS SENT AGANSTRIFFS Reinforcement and Heavy | Artillery Rushed Forward as New Attack Looms. Br the Amsociated Press FEZ. French Morocco, .June on the Bibain Heights, tribesmen are extremely numerous, the district affording them excellent cover. The French have sent rein forcement and heavy artillery to that sector. Abd-el-Krim continuing his and. according ligence service, already ing Himself as operating under the walls of Fez. He is in fact at Fez Hl Rali, a little village the Ouersha River more than 30 miles from Fez, but as an important quarter of this ity also is called Fez EI Bali he is taking advantage of the confusion in names. where Rifan chief, of propaganda French intel the work to the is on BATTLE ON LONG FRONT. Gullies and Ravines of 20 Mountain Sides Aflame. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. ON THE FRi ROCCO, June 5. -—The writer has just witnessed a vio- lent battle in the mountains north of the Ourgha River. For two days in the olive groves, the wheat fields, the frumbling native villages and the gul- lies and ravines of 20 mountain sides. thousands of French colonial troops and thousands of Riffians have been engaged in mortal combat/ During the days while the valleyvs crackled with rifle fire and echoed the thunder of concentrated artiller 8 thrilling human drama, replete wi cruel uncertainty and picturesque de tails, progressed to a tragic conclusion in- the vast natural amphitheater which lay below “Far up the mountains, where for weeks they had been cut off and be- geged by the Riffians, were three Tonely outposte. The garrison of each consisted of a few Algerian and Sene. galese riflemen with a French lfeuten- ant and two or three Krench sar geants. The plight of all was desper ate. For nearly a week, except for ic blecks dropped them from airplanes they had been without water. Their logses under fire had been serious, The Riffians had brought up several can- non and were gradually knocking to bits the brittle stone walls of the high- perched, completely exposed block houses. To dig a trench in the stony seil of the mountain top was impossible. The defenders sheltered themselves as best they could behind rocks and grain sacks. It was only a question of hours when the breach would be complete, and they would lie at the ¢ of the Riffians . Huge Force Gathered. mer In the Ouergha valley, eight mil South. with its Algerian and Senega- lese rifiemen, its French souaves, its battalions of the Foreign Legion, its Algerian and Moroccan cavalry, its light and heavy artillery, its armored its numerous wagon and mule trains. a large and. formidable fighting force was ready ai a mo- ment's notice to operzie in any di- rection. 5 On Wednesday morning this cofumn received orders to rescue the garri- sons of the outpos: As Sker and Sker Intermediary. to blow up the block houses and return to base. Execution of such an order is less simple than It sounds; for the country was very broken and some- where in the hills between the French camp and the beleaguered posts lay elements of a Riffian war party fully as numerous as the French. That the French would reach their objective was a foregone conclusion. but that they could do so without a bhattle was unlikel, And whether they could arrive in time to save the garrisons from capture or worse was polgnantly doubtful. Five miles from the valley camp, high in the first range of foothills lies a rugged plateau beside the village of Taounat, which used as a sort of advance base. From Taounat the beleaguered post of Astar | 1wo miles to the northwest and the post of Sker and Sker intermediury on a ridge three miles to the north east are plainly visible. Moreover there is room at Taounat for an entire column to pitch camp in comparative security. French Begin March. To Taounat, therefore day night, the French troops began to march ‘over a road more or less protected on the right by a deep valley stream. On the left numerous cavalry detachments, operating dismounted in the undulating wheat fields formed a on Wednes. flank guard. Under cover of darkness the march to Taounat was accom plished without incident, although when the correspondent motored over the same road a few hours later there were several bends at which, despite the vigilance of the cavalrymen lving in_the wheat, gun $hots could be heard &nd bullets of invisible Riffian snipers whistled by The colonel commanding the ¥'rench column lost no time in placing alt his artillery on the edge of the plateau at Taounat and while two battalions of Algerians attacked the village of Astar, a battalion of legion. naires went straight across the val ler and up the dim bare =lope towa the Astar post. The writer arrived when the battle was al its helght. The batteries were pounding dearen ingly and the valley crackled with the sharp detonations of rifles and m. chine guns. Streicher bearers plodded up the hill bringing the wounded to a bloodstained straw pile which served as a dressing station. Astar village proved a veritable hornets’ nest. Desterted by its inhabi- tants when the war began, its steep lanes and mud-plastered houses had heen honevcombed with trenches and shelters by the Riffians. The Alger- ians, attacking from the south. were stopped short in the olive groves and were digging_themselves in as best they could. The other battalion, at tacking from the easet, was also stopped in a shallow ravine. But two companies had climbed the mountain side and were now firing into the village from above. Reach Astar Post. With field glasses the skirmish lines could be seen and the shells bursting in the village. ~rawled among the ruins of one nouse. But despite the hot bombard ment the Riffians could not be induced o evacuate. Doubtless the French ould have carried the attack by bayo- net, but this would have been costly and unnecessary, for the attack al- ready had served the main purpose, namely to enable the legionnaires to reach Astar post. But alas, they ar- rived too late, They found on driving off the en. emy and entering the little block- house the mutilated bodles of two Senegalese with their eves gouged out and the flame charred body of a French sergeant ‘What frightful crime Bad been enacted here? Where were tPp rest of the garrizon? Had they s@irendered or been captured? Were ey dead or alive Probably. 8.— Turther fighting between the French and the Riffian invaders is anticipated the is represent.- | SNCH FRONT IN MO- | VIA PARIS, June 8. | fts | was to be | Two wounded Riffians | Slain in Blackmail Case THOMAS LEEMING, with an office in th by Charles Springs, N. Y. after a short chase and arrested. the whole truth of this tragedy - by Toward sunset the battle died down. Three companies of legionnaires were left at the Astar blockhouse, whose | previous sarvison had so tragically will anished. Four companies of Alger ians were ieft in the ravine opposite {the village. It was the unenviable dnty of these units to remain all night to hold these precarious situations, | exposed to snpers and the murdetous | creeping naifves. in order to hold | off the Riffians and cover the left rear !of the operations to relieve Sker and | 8ker intermediary which were 1o vt the next morning (Copyright. 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.1 LEWD LITERATURE . o'clock in the Healy Building. Dr.|ture room for delicate babies and an | ’ = - { ON STANDS AGAIN; [oock"in’ e Heary "hulfani.’ “br' | fure room for (Continied_teom Fiest page) | i will describe the Medical School's long | A twostory power house and laun > ! POLICE RENEW WAR/|»i1 ‘Successtul atruggle to 4 place of | Ary building will be erected adjolning | nnounced today by the Weather | - —— high standing among its sister schools | this addition BubERyL. | (Continued from First Page.) in the country. President Lyors will| All plans for the new building are| With the prevailing east winds, the = o visualize the medical school of the|in charge of Dr. G. Eliis Williams of | bureau sald. the metropolitan district to give the dealers the fullest op-|future. Among the guests will be|Frederick. Md.. acting president of | would be assured of at leasi & day portunity to clean their own houses | SUrR. Gen. Hugh S. Cumming of the | the hospital association. who was in oL Ewollmora ?/nrml weather so that they can not go to court and | Public Health Service and other med Washington today conferring in re- . x.fl :' '7 - nfluence of the cool plead thai they were not given time |ical officials of the Government. gard to them. ‘;,r'uf,'l”‘e“l onacas (i”"““;':'l"’:':e“;“;; l\‘l‘ ?Scte".[xdimn'g:s(rn":fnr:?g (;’sel:".ffum.'] Baccalaureate Sermon. ! and 11 p.m. Sunday. registering a | Maj. Gordo res his ¢ e . AY.S T8 . |absolute and airtight against tech-| The baccalaureate sermon was LAWYER SENTENCED ‘A'( X‘_n{. nl.‘ gzzxp ”:;. ::mmlr,::,;? nicalities preached to the graduating classes N | wes ‘s perature The disirict attornes suszested | yesterday | morning in Danlzren| ()N H() C RGE | " Nex™ serses ; jthat Washington should follow the |Chapel by Rev. Francis K. Keenan.| H LD'UP HA o Sew, Jeras B e | example of Boston and establ S. J., of Woodstock Coilege. a George. 2 N o ke maliee tam i commission here to investigate maga- |town graduate of 1907. | \ 3 ing| zines offered for sale each month. This board. he pointed out, could de- {vete its undivided attention to sala- cious literature and obscene pictures and within a short time rid the city that 'PLANS ARE COMPLETED FOR SURVEY TO END | POLLUTION OF RIVER work (Continued from Firsi Page.) vicinity of 17 playgrounds as a means lof giving the children of the city a | cooling shower under saft supervision during hot weather. 1. §. Garland, superintendent of the Water Department, demonstrated Sat- | urday that the sprinklers can be made at a small cost by perforating sections of lead pipe and mounting them on ! tripods. | Mr. Garland said today that a large number of children gathered late Sat- lurday under the sprinkler erected for test purposes in front of the water pumping station at Second and Bryant streets. Commissloner Fenning. who has charge of the playground department, | said today he preferred to discuss the uestion with Mrs. Rhodes before de- ciding what should be done about the sprinklers, He said, however, that the idea of giving the children relief from the heat in this wav appealed to him if the water can be spared at certain hours of the da CARNIVAL BRINGS $1,000 T0 BUILD SWIMMING POOL Congress Heights Citizens' Asso- ciation Succeeding in Drive for Public Tank. The Congress Heighls Citizens’ As- sociation has raised approximately $1,000 by the carnival it has been conducting in Wilson Park, Nichols venue and Portland street south- |east, for the last week to raise funds {for the building of a public swim- ming pool in the vicinity, Dr. E. E. | Richardson, president of the associa tion, announced today. Rather than go through the long | process of appealing to Congress for {funds for the pool, the association decided to build its own pool from [money to be raised by the carnival or_other means. The carnival will be closed Wed nesday with the announcement of the winner of the prize baby be- tween the ages of 6 months and 1 vear and the most popular young lady. Silver loying cups will be pre- sented the prizé winners. Voting in the iwo contgsts was begun this morning. 01d Saying Has History. Everybody has heard the saving, | “Don’t give a rap,” or “It's not worth 2 rap.” but few know how the saying originated. It British commercial transactions. R. A. P. in the old Indian or Hindu ac- counting system, meaning rupees, annas and pice or pounds, shillings and | planes are NADK, NAFK and NAGK. and amateurs are urged to report results to Washington. Tests with both the shori wave and the long wave Navy standard set radio apparatus jwere conduct- ed at Phuudcbh!ruznl du-ql 2D s i Ak |34 years old. a perfumery Importer Nestle Food Building, New York, who was fatally shot in the main hail of that building Muller, 24, of Saratoga Muller’ was captured publications from the newsstands, he comes from ancient As a matter of fact it actually stands for THE EVENING . U WIL CONFER 71 HONOR DEGREES Nineieen Medical Faculty | Members Among Those to Be Distinguished. STAR, Twenty-one honorary degrees will be conferred by Georgetown Univer sity at its 126th annual commence-; ment this afternoon in recognition of faithful end service to alma mater. In honar of the diamond jubilee an- niversary of the School of Medicine the university has singled out 19 members of the medical faculty for honors. Two degrees of doctor of laws will be conferred on Frank .. Hogan IPLANS FOR ADD'T|0N 7 bl s SR TO SIBLEY- HOSPITAL of Haskell, U. S. A., and Col. William ! chief of the American Relief former Mission to Russia. At no other time P in its long history has Georgetown Building to Provide 110 Beds to undertaken 1o confer so many honors | {on distinguished alumni and friends. | Be Erected, Adjoining the At 4:15 o'clock the 485 graduates of | the university will assemble on the | Present Institution. college campus in front of the Healy Bullding, where the final exercises are to be held. Rev. Charles W. Lyons | Architects plans have been drawn . J., president of Georgetown, W : 2 S Drentde” T o e make | for & 102-bed addition to Sibley Hos pital, to adjoifi the present bullding on Plerce street. These plans now of contractors for the address to the graduating classes. As chancellor of the university, Rev. Louis J. Gallagher, S. J., will con- {fer the honorary degrees, while Presi- dent Lyons will present the dipl are in the hands bids and’ further to the graduates. Medals and prizes|a8ction walis on the receipt of are to be awarded (o a score or more | estimates. | of honor students. The new building will be will ¢ nission Cadets. shaped. 42 by 142 feel. with four Twenty-eight cadets of the R. O. T.{floors and a basement. 1t has heen €. unit are to receive their commis. | designed to conform with the existing sions as second lleutenanis in the Reserve Officers’ Corps through Capt. | buildings, The basement will he devoted to the Willlam E. Bergin, U. . A.. retiring | dletians’ department. dining rooms | commandant at Georgetown. An-iof nurses and saff, and kit¢hen | nouncement was made that a special ; The first floor will contain 32 beds {prize will be awarded to the cadei |for ward patlents. The wards range from semi-private rooms of 1wo beds each to rooms with nine heds. There will be 70 private room beds on the second and third floors. On the fourth floor there will be a large pursery. with cribs. There will be a high tempera the Medical unit attaining the high | est standing for the four-vear course This prize is offered by the Surgeon General of the Army. Following the commencemeni exer- cises the Diamond Jubilee banguet of the Medical School will be held at 81 Father Keenan urged the seniors| i i not to forget thelr duty to God in the | Accused of Part in Robbing of Ma race for worldly success. He sald, in | of $180—Appeals for part: “'Success in business, success in dis- | New Trial. entirely of that classd of merchan-|tingulshed achlevement, success in| dise. Although he is confident his |the pleasant enjoyment of the goods y iz campaign will drive most of thesel|of the world are compelling standards | Sidney A. Schwartz, 52 vears old. a of our careers among men. { member of the bar, waus sentenced to- thought their numbers have reached ' “It Is true that, In themselyes |daY by Chief Justice McCoy in Crim- a point where they deserve the at-|these ambitions are not wrong. These |in@l Division 2 to serve six vears in tention of a board burdened only with |factors of life may have their lawful |the penitentiary as the leader of a “hold-up” gang. Schwartz denied his guilt. and told the chief justice that deapite the decision of the fury he In- place in our caresrs. But is when they hold such a our minds and hearts, the evil place in when they so B up our. dally. activities and con | tended to prove his innocence. He sume" our powers that il and S9n | noted an appeal to the Court of Ap- terests are crowded out or forgotten. |Pe8ls from his conviction -and sen ; > : ence. he evll in when for the sake of these |X€ g iwarts was indicted with two we forget our duty to God and our duty to our souls and our duty to the life which is to come. Life, then, is out of true perspactive. “It s this that Georgetown has tried to impress upon your minds while you have been under her care. She ha: wished to help you bring a true per- | spective into the arrangement of the | things of vour lives. But she has de- | sired, ahove all else, to convince you thoroughly of your supreme duty to- ward d and toward your soul and toward vour final and evarlasting life. Services Simple. The services were simple but impres sive. Mass was said by Father Lyons | He was assisted by Father Burtle, ‘20, | deacon; Dennis Comey, .. sub- deacon, and George O'Donnell, S. J. master of ceremonfes. College senlors who served as aco- Iytes were Victor St. Onge. Joseph R. | Brennan, John Hays. Jeremiah Min- | han, Robert Hitchcock and Richard | Homan. Joseph de Raismes, another senlor, acted as crossbearer. Besides the deans of the various de- partments and members of the facul. ties, visiting members of the board of regents and out-of-town alumni were present. Hundreds of friends of t oon | 32 g sity attended the reception ;‘:m"i'r‘:‘:.hlo | Nutrition Classes to Graduate. afternoon by President Lyons and the | Graduation exercises of the children deans of the departments in honor of |in the nutrition classes of the Ban the graduating classes and visiting | neker, Cleveland, Garrison. Lincoln, alumni. The pariors of the Healy |Logan, Phillips, Mott, Slater-Lang. Building were gaily bedeck: ¥ i Buiding i w"f" y cked with | ston and Stevens Schools will be held young men. Charles B. McDonald and Theodore W. Merritt. on a charge of highway robbery. They are said to have held up John Work in front of his home early last December and re lieved him of $180. The boys turned State's evidence and testified for the Government. Assistant (nited St Attorneys Fihelly, Horning and O’Leary con- ducted the prosecution. while the de. fendant was represented by Attornevs Abner Siegal and S. Herbert Giesy. Refuses to Pass on Law. The Supreme Court today refused to pass on_the constutionality of the New York bullding zone The court took the position that the ques- tion had not been ralsed in the lower court in the case under considera tion. which was brought by the Rose- vale Realiy Co. and arose from a dis- pute over erection of a bullding in Midwood Manor, Brooklyn. The court denied the writ under which the case had been brought up, holding that it did not properly present any ques- tion on which a ruling could be made. law LHasid in the Miner Normal School Audi- n the evening the quincentennial | torium tomorrow afternoon at 4 classes held their annual reunion ban- | o clock, quet, while outside the alumni met in the quadrangle, where a band concert was given and the familia: student days were sung. o 4 May Circulation | With President Lyons pre: idi of regents of the university was held D‘ily N 97’605 earlier in the day. ¥ ¥ Sunday . 104,387 TRUNK CATCHES FIRE. Blaze in Apartment on New York it NG CNEREOLE Business Manager N LD, " Busin of %’fi%‘{v:nmc and SUNDAY STAR. does ®olemnly swear that the actual number of Honies 51 ‘the papers named. sold and dis Avenue Does Little Damage. .| ibyted durine the month of Mar."A. D. A mysterious fire started ina trunk | DANI in a rear apartment on the third floor | Das Copies. Coples of 912 New York avenue this morning. | 101,547 96,785 Much excltement was caused by a 1 97,649 100,352 port thut there was a man asleep I 100,438 100,346 the room. but when firemen made 101,726 their way into the apartment they 101,233 found no trace of any one. = 100,581 The fire evidently had been burning 100,371 some time before the smoke attracted 21508 attention of occupants of other apart- 99,815 ments and firemen summoned. A 100,538 hole was burned through the trunk 100,544 and floor before firemen succeeded in 100,316 extinguishing the blaze. -+ 100,171 ames E. Prisvalis occupies the apart- ent. Fremen and policemen exam ined the premises after the fire had been extinguished, but were unable to determine the origin of the fie. Dam- age to building and contents was es- Less adjustments Total daily net circulation. ..2,587, Total average net paid circu- timated at $200. rrmliaie R . 96,604 pence in the British system. ima 3: D iase binbe | “copies for service, ete..... 911 | Amateur Radio Operators to Report Daily average net circulation 37,605 ill P | SUNDAY. “ Tests on MacMillan Party Planes! .. Cosing, B Covles. 106611 24........ 105480 | 106333 3100000 103,578 Amateur operators are requested vxnhl satisfactory results. The | .. 106,259 by the Navy Department to listen shortwave apparatus operates on , T in on wireless teats when the thres | oot 0S/C Yihlle the standard sel | | ¢ sajustments .......... 6519 amphibian planes of the MacMillan recent tests the short-wave set wi Arctic expedition fly from the | heard at Hartford, Conn., 200 miles | TOtal Sunday net e ML naval aircraft factory at_Phil away, while the standard set has |Average net paid Sunday cir- delphia Wednesday ~to Boston. | a demonstrated dependability at |GUation -.................. 103,770 whence the expedition will sail | 400 mil Average number of coples for - June 17. The call letters of the The short-wave set is expected | 2ervice, etc............~.. 817 to be heard at much greater dis- tances, due to the faculty it has eveloped of jumping over “silent areas” in the air to points the sands of miles away. time of the flight Ayerage Sunday net circuls tion A WASHINGTON, provision for 72| D. (., MONDAY, J \Gems of Paraguay | Refugees Offered To State by U. S.| By the Associated Press 1 BUENOS AIRES, June §- The | American - legation at Asuncion, | Paraguay. says La Razon. has sent a note to the chancellor. offering to return o the government a | sealed case containing jewels hand | ed over by Paraguayan families to | { the American Minister in 1868, | when they were obliged to abandon | | the city during the advance of the | | allied forces of Argentina, and Uruguay | For a long time, the paper savs the jewel case was kept at Rio Janeiro. Later it was conveved to Washington and now is deposited In a bank at Montevideo v the order of the United States legation. | According to documents which stili Brazil | are preserved, the case contains jewels of great value. There also is a list of the owners, most of whom are now believed 1o he dead. 'SHOWERS TO MARK | HEAT WAVE BREAK: QUICK DROP DOUBTED| The forecaster warned, however, that | in 48 hours the wind might shift to the southwest, bring more warmth. After clalming 149 lives yesterday. 71 in Philadelphia alone, and more than 408 during the spell in the East. the torrid weather gave way in front of a brisk northeast wind. Begin ning on the New England coast. temperatures catapulied as much as 40 degrees in five hours. The chilly breezes swept over New York -City hortly before midnight. continuing over New .Jersey and part of Penn svlvania. The Weather Bureau at Washingtons predicted that the effect of the copl winds would he felt s far as northeastern Virgini The final day of the torrid wave | was the worst in point of fatalitfes. One more day of heat would have | equaled the nine-day record stretch {in the %0s. Millions flocked to the | beaches In addition to the heat | fatalities about 40 lives were lost by drowning. Eleven persons died in the waters.about New York. 10 in| New England and at least 20 in other | parts of the East. There were 31 heat deaths here. Crowds at Shore. It was estimated that 750,000 jam {med Coney Island. Bathhouses turn- ed away thousands. At least 150,000 flocked to Atlantic Cit$ and 80.000 to Long Beach. N. Y. Subwavs here were jammed to suffocation. One woman’s neck was fractured when she war knocked down In the mad rush to board a Coney Island train. Rays of the sun focused on a barn by a new milk can at Preston, Y |set fire to the structure. The flame: wiped out all buildings on the farm. Maximum temperatures of 100 de- | grees were common until the Atlantic Dreezes brought velief. From 92 at| 11 a.m. yesterday the mercury drop-| ped to at noon in Boston. Karly | this morning it was 50. At Provi- dence. R. L., the drop was 41 degrees in five hours. New York City record- ed a 15-degree drop in as many min- ites. The maximum during the day was 94. At midnight it was 66. New York had a spontaneous out- burst of joy over the advent of cool- | ing winds. Tughoats in the Hudson tooted. Children danced in the streets. | Folks about Lo retire poked thelr t heads out windows and laughed. Throngs returned from open areas to sleep at home, pleased over the goose flesh caused by the chill. LIQUOR ROW SEEN | IN SLAYING AT INN < 1 Killing Followed Attempt to Get: Beer Proceeds, Is Po- lice Theory. | By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, June 8.—Attempted col- | Jection at the point of a revolver of the fllicit proceeds of beer running was the best theory obtained by au- thorities in the killing of Harry Hass- miller. affuent loop hotel resident. and the critical wounding 'of Walter O'Donnell, gangster, in an Evergreen Park inn. Hassmiller gave an assumed name at the hospital where he died. Satis- fled he is an aristocrat of the Chicago rum-dispensing business, the police were unable to trace his identity by means of witnesses or fingerprints. City and county officials pleced to- jgether an account of the shooting From the stories of witnesses in the inn. Hassmiller and O'Donnell arrived at { the inn after midnight, bent on forcing a collecting of beer-running fees, ac- | cording to the police version. Hass- | miller carried two revolvers. They de- manded money of Thomas McLaugh- lin, the owner, who shouted to his ba tender to “give them the mone) Hassmiller placed one of his weapons on the counter as he reached for the cash, and as he did so a bystander selzed it and started to shool. Hasa-| miller was shot five times and O'Don- nell twice. McLaughlin and several men were held for questioning. Accounts of the shooting given by witnesses showed discrepancies Lloyd to Preside. James T. Lloyd, president of the Board of Education, has been desig- nated to preside at t| mencement exercises of Central §jigh School in June 117, at 8| |SIX ARE CONVICTED | | court | evidence | of economy | ties of fuel, statistics of mineral pro- day that his recommendations to | prominent mining organizations to draft individuals from these organi-! \DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENT. UNE 8. 1925. IN DRY couspmAcv; Colored Group Sentenced From One to Two Years—First Case of Kind Won by U. S. | One colored woman and five colored men were sentenced today by Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 2 for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. The case is the first of thix character to he won by the Government in the District and was | prosecuted by Assistant United Siates | Attorney Frank Kelly lLawrence Hall, considered by ihe one of the Instigators of the| conspiracy. was sentenced 1o serve tw Years iIn the penitentiary James Braxton and William Wright, were each given a term of 18 months in the pen'tentiary, while Blanche Brown, Fdward Blackwell and Charles Bran nan were each to serve one vear and on: day in the penitentiary. The de fendants noted an appeal and ball was fixed a1 $2.000 for Hall, and $1.000 each for the others lohn Phoenix, another of the origi nators of the scheme. turned State's and testified for the prose cution He was not called for sen tence today The alleged conspiracy was un earthed when the police were investi. ! gating about four years ago the sud den death of a man named McDonald. | i | | MINES BUREAU MAY JOIN STANDARDS ‘ AS ECONOMY MOVE (Continued from Fi Page.) main for the present in its quarters in | the Tnterior Department building. It wad learned today that in tke interest and the elimination of duplication, combining of the Bureau of Mines with the Bureau of Standards in the big Standards area on Con necticut avenue would save the Gov- ernment much money and would | eliminate overlapping of work. Laboratories of the Bureau Standards and the Bureau of Mines now carry on analogous Investigations into the same subjects. For example, the Bureau of Standards conducts re search in the use of gasoline and lubricating ofls in gasoline engines and the Bureau of Mines carries on research generally in the gasoline and petrolenm products. Other duplica ilons mentioned include invesfigations into the quality of materials for the manufacture of porcelains, the qnali duetion, statistics of explosives pro- duction. safety appliance investiga- tions and many other scientific 1 quiries which are very similar character and scope. If the Bureau of Mines is consoli- | dated on July 1, or thereafter, with the Bureau of Standards, it will affect about 200 employes in the Washing- ton office of the Mines Bureau, one- fifth of the entire staff of approxi mately 1,000 on the pay roll of the Bureau of Mines. The appropriation for the Bureau of Mines, totaling about 2,000,000, will go to the Depart- ment of Commerce when the transfer | is_made. The entire is in ue of available space the overcrowded (ommerce De- partment facilities is nnderstood to have caused Secretary Hoover to con- | duct further inquiry into the possi- | bility of construction of a building for the Department of Commerce. The present building is rented. Mr. Hoover favors the new building to house all the departmental facilities, including the aPtent Office. which was | transfered from the Interior Depart- ment 1o the Commerce Department on May 1, the Census Bureau, now in @ temporary building on the MaH, and the other Commerce Department’s activities now being operated in rented quarters. Part of the Hurley Wright building at Eighteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue is being used by the Commerce Department. It was vacated a few weeks ago by the United States Rallroad Administra- tlon. Mr. Hoover plans to announce the personnel of the committee o investi- gate the Bureau of Mines within a few days, but it was said at his office to- | zations for the committee must be | taken up by the executive boards of the mining bodies before the person- nel of the committee can be finally decided upon. Seven-year-old Dorothy Bryant's death in an excavatior. near her home, 2227 Shannon piace southeast, Satur- day afternoon was declared by a coroner’s jury at an inquest held at the morgue today to have resulted from an accident. It was in evidence that the watch- man in charge /of the work about the excavation had warned and driven children from the danger spot on numerous occasions. When Dorothy’s father missed her from the vicinity of the family home he was given per- mission to remove earth that had piled in the bottom of the trench a result of a cavein. It was while he and Policeman Hicks were remov- ing the earth that the body was Jocated. | the District DISPLAYS PLANNED FOR MUSTER DAY Patriotic Demonstrations to Be Main Feature of Cere- monies July 4. Directions to corps area command ers that patriotic demonstrations he made the main feature of muster day ceremonies July 4. are contained in a comprehensive circular of instruc tions sent out by the War Department o the nine area commanders The commanders ure directed to confer with State and municipal authorities and local committees in or der to assist in every way in arrang ing the demonxirations. As was the case in the original de fense test lasi year, detafls of ihe | muster and of the pairiotic celebra tions are left entirely (o the local com munities. The Regular Army person nel is under instructions. however. 10 “give the impetus and direction neces defense sar 0 insure a successful test.” A new feature is the instruction (o Army personnel 1o seek (he appoint ment of local muster commitiees through the co-operation of civilian authorities, the committees 10 “Tepre- sent the Stale and local agencies which would be used in procurement under either a voluntary or selective service system” of the men to fill up the ranks of the various components of the Army of the United States as signed to each locality May Pad Ravks. “The functions in thix respect should be demonstrated in each com munity by fAlling the ranks of the or- ganizations stationed in that vicinity the personnel for which may be se cured through invitations to civilans of militaty age to serve voluntarily with specified units only during their participation in parades and patri otic demonsirations,” the orders state “These invitations should be issued by unit commanders and the local muster commitiee in conformity with mutuel agreement. Such action may not be expedient in some localities and should not be undertaken in any ter ritory without the approval of the local muster commitiee.’ Want Women's Ald. Acting Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis wrote Mrs. Anthony Wayne 0ok, president general of the Daugh {ters of the American Revolution. yes terday chat the War Department o pects “full and complete” participa tion by women in the Defense day muster on July 4. Mrs. Cook had complained that in some instances last vear ‘‘women were not permitted to participate actively eith, on local committees or in the parades.’ “The War Department stands square- Iv behind the maintenance of the traditional part that women have plaved in the defense of America. its ideals and its institutions. ever since those days of the struggling colonies. Mr. Davis said. “The women of that time stood beside the men of families in the wooden blockhouses when facing the attacks of the In dtans. or. fiintlock in hand. stood guard in the open field, while their husbands plowed the soil or the crops that had been planted. ‘As the War Department views the approaching Muster dav. it sincerely hopes that every patriotic woman in the land will join with the men in this test of the practicability of the plans for the common defense. By this means the potential elemenis of our future forces, should occasion arise to call them to duty. will have a clearer conception of thelr individual tasks, and it _cannot be denfed that the responsibilitiex of the women are equal to those of the men.” Tsaac Gans, chairman of the com- mittee on invitations of the Commu- | nity Center Department of the Public schools, has sent a letier to Gen. John J. Pershing. Gen. John A. Lejeune, Gen. S. D. Rockenbach and Admiral . W. Eberle, inviting them to he Buests of honor at a celebration to he held at the Central High School Sta dium the evening of July 4. The letter follows “Following the thought expressed in the President’s message (o the Na- tion creating the 4th of July this vear as National Defense day for the country, the executive committee for of Columbia celebration to be given under the auspices of the Community Center Department of the Public Schools, with civic and patri- otic organizations participating, has S0 arranged a program which will be held in the Central High School Stadium on the evening of July 4, at 8 o'clock, as to emphasize national defense. “The purpose of the celebration will be to remind the audience of the link between those.who, through supreme sacrifice, rose to the creation and de- fense of a nation in 1776 and those wiio have the responsibility of train- ing new citizens and youth of today that ours is the task to carry on “The committee feels that it will be a great inspiration to have you as one of our guests of honor on that eve- ning. and we hope that you will find i( possible 1o be present. Will you kindly communicate with Mrs. Cecil Norton \Rroy, director of the Com- munity Center Department, at the Franklin School Building. in order that proper reservations of seats may be made for your party.” MATE THROWN THROUGH WINDOW OF PILOT HOUSE George Windsor. first mate of the excursion steamer Charies Macalester. was thrown through the window of his pilot house today when the rudder chain of the vessel snapped while backing out into the channel and per- mitted the ship to drift against the sea wall of the Speedway. Windsor was at the wheel at the time and the concussion of the Mac alester drifting against the seawall percipitated the mate out onto the deck before he could brace himself. He suffered slight contusions of the | body and was taken fo Emergency Hospital in a taxicab after the hoat had been redocked. Later he wa sent home. The collision occasioned littie ex- citement among the passengers and after the rudder chain had been re- paired, which required but time, the Macalester continued down the river to Mount Vernon, The sea- wall was not damaged. Boy Father Tossed F rom Sinking Boat Lost on Lake After Drifting Many Hours B the Associated Press. PORT HURON. Mich., June §.— Somewhere on Lake Huron James McCoy, a 13-year-old lad of Harbor Beach, has been drifting since Sun- day afternoon, when he was put into a life preserver and thrown from a sinking row boat by his father, John Coy. McCoy and © other children ‘were rescued by the Harbor Beach Coast Guard, but “Jimmie"” had not drifted hore, as his father ex- pected. The family had gone to the lake shore for the day and Jimmie's new rowboat. which he purchased with money saved throughout the Winter, was being given its maiden run on a fishing T ] RSt , Sl began to fll with water and the father, rowing rapidly, broke both oars. Determined to save the eldest son, at least, McCoy bound a life preserver around him and threw him overboard, expecting he would drift ashore. Two vounger children walted in the siowly sink- ing boat for the help they expected their brother to bring. Meanwhile persons on the shore had noted the plight of the fishers and the Coast Guard sent out a rescue craft. It had returned to the station before it was discovered that Jimmie had not drifted ashore. A report of the boy's plight has been telephoned to the wireless sta- tion at l;u‘n [Edward, Ont., and messages have heen staried 1o ships that might in the vlelu_‘t;h their | harvested ! a short PERRYGO ESCAPES - DEATH SENTENCE Youthful Murderer Aliowed to Plead in Second Degree. Confession Thrown Out. | The four-vear fight the life of Edgar Re Perrvgo. 21 vears old. who was sentenced on May 20 1921, to hang for the murder of Mrs Emily Falthful, more than 70 years of age, was won today when the prisoner | was allowed (0 plead guilty fo a charge of second-degree murder, which defi nitely wipes out the electric chair's | shadowy portent | Chier Justice Mccoy change of plea and minimum sentence of consideration for for now only allowed him the gave the years, with the § years alread: i spent in jail | “he first step in the legal battle for { the life of voung Perrygo. who at the { time of the murder was hut 17 vea {old. wax an appeal by his attorne | #ames F. 0'Shea. on the ground that » | confession by ths defendani. intre | duced into the evidence, was not vol | untary | The appellate court recently hande down an opinion which took judiciz notice of the fact that the introduc | tlon into & room In police headguarters of ihe girl—one vear younger tha Perrygo——to whom he was engag | worked on his mind so that the cor | fession was not valid evidence | court ordered a new trial Accepts Guilty Plea District Atiorney Pevton Gordon . {autention wax directed by Atiorne 1O'Shea 1o poinis considered by the | Appellaie Court in arriving at its de jcision 1o reverse the criminal cou and he finally consented. in view the status of the case since the | fession of Perrvgo was invalid. 1o - cept a piea of guilty to murder the second degree and not 1o press the first degree murder charge a second time | It was that the fight came jinto court today. It marked the close {of one of the most strenuous and |dramatic criminal cases in the histor lof the local courts | The elements of“romunce and ad { venture were injected into the case from the outset. by the presence of the then 16-vearold fiances of Perry | 0. Mable Hill | While Washinzion was shocked & { the cruelty of the crime. the youth | of the defendant created svmpathy for { him against death. and many op ponenis of capital pupishment cor i their moral support he for his lite. | recognized faci in the ecase | showed that the 17.vear-old bov, ens {in January, 1921, was about to mar | Mable Hill, 16 vears old. He had no funds. He knew that Mre. Faithfu kent a large sum of money on he person in her Congress Heights home He weni to that home. struck Mrs Faithful with an fron bar and fs injured her, iaking the money and scaping. That took place about jo'clock in the afternoon Arrested Within 3 Hours. Within three hours the boy wa | der arrest. He was searched the | 5th precinct, where $50 was found {on his person. At the time, he de | nied striking Mrs. Faithful and was taken to Police Headquarters, where { he was questioned by Inspector Grant |and other detectives. He adhered to jhis original statement that he had | worked for the money and had not | struck Mrs. Faithful. After 90 minutes 1of grilling. Mable Hill was sent for {and Brought in After she went out he said: “1 am going to iell the truth { about this thing." according tn a Gy ernment witness in his trial. and “Then he started 1o relate just wha i had occurred. | It developed that Perrvgo had com i plained of a headache and hefore the { introduction of Mable Hill into the jroom he had been told she was present and advised that it would prabably he best for him (o tell about it in the end. although whatever he said would be offered as evidence in court | | It was on this state of affairs rounding the confession of Perrvge 1!h9| Attorn O'Sh. already armed with a weapon against forced cor {fessiona by the Wan case, which had Ibeen reversed a short time previousiy | proceeded 1o the Court of Appesls ! Believed Coercion Existed. | Ana the Court of Appeals decided {that the mental condition of the ac cuged at the time. combined with the introduction of the gir), to induce {him 1o make an incriminatory state jment.” took the confession from the class’ of voluntary statemenis | “Placed as he was.” said the appellare {court, “harassed in body and mind as {he must have been, he well may have {thought either that the gir] had im | plicated him or that unless he made |a statement she would be held as an [accessary. { “The measure. of coercion was far {greater. in our view, than in the Bram |case, where the defendant was the | irst mate of the vessel, a hardy man of mature yearse ‘There Bram had not been subjected. as was this | defendant, to a grueling examination {by several police officers. but. as the {court found. he was placed in 2 po sition where if he failed to. speak his | silence might indicate gifiit.” ! With victory for the defense in this ! view of the case by the appeliate court. {the second victory today definitely iplaced young Perrvgo outside the I shadow of the electric chair forever. Scientist Weighing World in Chamber 35 Feet in Ground Hopes to Finish Check Up On Figures Within Year At Standards Bureau Working in a_chamber 35 feet un derground to offset unbalancing in fluences which might affect his deli cate instruments, Dr. Paul R. Heyl of the Bureau of Standards expects to finish his task of measuring the | weight of the world within a vear. Dr. Heyl has heén working for several months in his underground laboratory checking up on the figures of other scientists and arriving at new con- clusions of his own. The world has been found to weigh | about six thousand million million | milllon_tons—in figures, 6 followed by 121 ciphers, | "Dr. Heyl is measuring the weight laf the earth with a mass of steel weighing 140 pounds. accurate within | & grain of weight, and a ball of gold weighing an ounce and a half, all in cased In an air-tight chamber to keep out the disturbing influence of other moving bodies. So delicate in the mechanism that the motion of a person within a short distance affects it Statue 6,500 Years Old. Scientists sent out by the University of Pennsylvania have unearthed at Ur Jof the Chaldees a clay statuette that is sald to be 6500 years old, and a portrait of the goddess of the time o Falh She was & d