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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow fair, with moderate temperature. Temperatures: Highest, 93, at 4 lowest, 74, at 7 a.m. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 he Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tiom is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,140 No. 29,631. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1925—FORTY PAGES. (P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 20 KILLED IN WRECK OF EMIGRANT TRAIN; Lightning-Torn Tracks Send Lackawanna Cars Piling Up Near Rockport, N. J. BODIES STILL SOUGHT UNDER TWISTED DEBRIS Fifty Are in Hospitals, Dozen of | An important traffic lane change put into effect by Director of Traffic Eld- ridge just south of the Connecticut Avenue Bridge to safeguard life and Droperty at that point has been re- voked by the Commissioners because residents in fashionable apartment houses there complained of the noise made by the diverted traffic. Director Eldridge ordered that the roadway separating two small parks in the center of the roadway south of the bridge be closed, and that all vehicu- lar trafic coming south over the bridge Injured Expected by | Doctors to Die. H By the Ascociated Press HACKETTSTOWN, N. J. June Twenty-five persons are known to 16 have lost their lives in the wreck of A Lackawanna special train at Rock- | port Sag milez west of here. early ! today. Fifty-two injured are in hos-| pital 33 at Easton, Pa.. 8 at the Warren General Hospital, Phillips- | hurg; 3 al Morristown Memorial Hos. nital, and 6 at Dover General Hos pital George Taule and Mrs. Augusta | Issiman, both of Chicago, died at Dover General Hospital. Eight dead include Jacob Scanlon, trainman, of Easton; Fred Loomis, en =ineer, Scranton, Pa.: Car! Haihn, fire man, Scranton. Pa.; a young girl and two unidentified women. i Bodies Not Removed. i The bodies of the engineer and ffre- | man have not yet been removed from the wreck. H There are 13 dead at Easton, The identified dead: i Helen Wagner, 9 years. | Martin Henadi % i Frank Bendich, 50. ry Cink, 40. Edwin Brunner, 5. Mrs. Antonio Barnhart. Mrs. Barbara Sahrner The critically injured at Dover | General Hospital include { Katherine Wilgermein. Mrs. Kath. | rine Kerli Karl Gantz, Hans| Toske. H Doctors said that at least a dozen among the injured would dle. i Filled With Emigrants. ! The train was filled with emigrants who had become prosperous in the | corn belt and were returning for a | visit to their native land accompanied ! by children and grandchildren. The | cars were decorated with banners | reading, “See the old country again.” | On Old Main Line. The train had beefi “Terouted “at | Portland, Pa. over the old Lacka. ! wanna main line that was replaced | by a cut off 12 years ago. The acci- dent occurred In what is known as | the Rockport Sag. where the rails, | although on a long straightaway, dip | into a hollow and then rise at a point beyond the State game farm. Trains gererally speed down the grade and take the rise on the mo- | mentum. i Those who reached the wreck first could see the body of Fred Loomis, the engineer, his hand still on the throttle, together with his fireman. | On the ploughed-up roadbed be. neath the locomotive lay the twisted | body of a little girl in a flimsy night. gown. ) Mrs. Duncan Dunn, who lives about 500 yards from the scene of the crash, | sounded the first alarm. She tele-| phoned physicians who called hospi- ! tals at Dover, Phillipsburg, Easton| and Morristown. Many Were Scalded. | Hundreds of rescue workers had| arrived by daylight and two relief ns began receiving the injured. | Scalds and burns caused the most serious injuries. Steam was issuing ! from the wreckage three hours after | the crash i Bundled in blankets, bodies of the| victims were laid side by side on the grass. The faces of two were said to! be scalded beyond recognitio: Pas- sengers in the last two cars, which did | not leave the rails ped injury. { Twisted by lightning and under-| mined by heavy rains the tracks gave wav heneath the train and the| cars and the engine piled up on one | Pa. | another. Most of the passengers were asleep in their berths when ! coaches pounded upon one another into the steam and scalding water | bursting from the wrecked locomotive. | Early this afternoon the list of dead the Easton Hospital had increased to 13, as follows: i Mrs. Anthony Ernst, Troike, Martin Heinig. Heinig, jr.: Mary Cin Edwin Brunner, sr.. Edwin Brunne ir.; Mrs. Wilgameier, Philip Schuster, unidentified woman about 30, unidenti fied woman about 40 and an unidenti- fied girl about 6. At noon there were seven dead in | the morgue of Undertaker Cockran at Hackettstown. COACHES PILED UP. Mrs. Louis | sr.; Martin Helen Wagne Men and Women Fight Madly to Escape Steam. EASTON, Pa., June 16. ().—Seven of the 10 cars of the train wrecked at Rockport, N. J., today left the tracks | and because of the manner in which | the roadbed was torn up it was im- possible for hours to determine what | might have been the cause. The first coach was hurled halfway over the top of the overturned loco- motive. Men and women fought | madiv to_work their way out of coaches. The locomotive blew up and filled the air with steam. Passengers said they were unable to see more than a foot in front of them. August_Fox, 38 vears old: Henry Steffen, arl Engle, 60, and Rein. hold Teschkew, 56. were among the first to make their way out of the| coaches and although all were seri- | ously burned, cut and bruised they did considerable to relieve the suffer- ings of the others. BALLOON KILLS FIVE. French Soldiers Burned When Gas Bag Explodes. COBLENZ, Germany, June 16 (). ~—Five French soldiers were fatally burned when a non-rigid balloon re- turning from a flight over Lutzel Park | today exploded upon mooring. Ten other soldiers are in a serious con- dition, g - { to register strenuous objection to t be made to go completely around and to the right of both parks. Accord ingly, last Friday the section of road: | way which motorists had been using | 10 pass between the parks was bs ved to traffic and reserved as a centel parking space for automobiles. This resulted in all southbound traf fic from the bridge passing in front of the Dresden apartment house, facing the second park. Almost immediately, according to Commissioner Cuno Ru dolph, residents of this building bagan e Commissioner Rudolph. who | change | fected point in 1922. It was 'Rich Residents Object to Noise; Eldridge Traffic |Dwellers in Fashionable Apartment House,| MANY NORE DYING Order Vetoed | at Million-Dollar Bridge Complain at Rerouting and Change Is Canceled. said the noise complained of by his fellow tenants did not bother him, but the complaints were so numerous that the Commissioners revoked the traffic director’s order after it had been in force scarcely more than a day. ““One woman told me she almost had nervous prostration from the racket made by the constant stream of ma- chines,” the Commissioner said today. “‘Others sald they could not sleep at night. So the Commissioners deemed it advisable to change back to the for- mer regulation in force at that point.” Commissioner Rudolph defended the action of the Commissioners from a safety standpoint, asserting he had no knowledge of any great number of traffic casulties there to warrant the change put into effect Friday. Director Eldridgze was out of the city when the order he issued was revoked A casualty Director fatal chart In the office of Eldridge shows that two accidents occurred at the af- here, also, that the car of Arthur Sixsmith private secreiary to Secretary Mel- lon. was involved in an accident sev- also resides in this apartment house.!eral months ago. BATHING PROPOSAL DOONED FORYEAR, 5 CODLDGE VEW Study of Law Said to Con- vince President Nothing Can Be Done. Washington will have to swelter along this Summer without the Tidal Basin bathing beach and until some future date when Congress makes suf- | ficient provision for swimmers. This was the view of the President as in- dicated by a White House spokesman today. The stand fs taken at the White House that Congress legislated not only the white bathing beach, but also that for colored, which was under construction at the time, out of exist- ence, and it is not believed that they can be opened, even if the people of the District provide the money. It is the view at the White Mouse that Congress does not want any bathing in the Tidal Basin, and. until it says otherwise, nothing can be done. During consideration of the matter of bathing beaches, which was pre- | sented to the White House by the | Citizens' Advisory Council. the Presi- | dent discovered, it was said, that the | law would seem to raise the question of the authority of any one to allow bathing In the basin. This view of the Chief Executive seems to settle the matter until Congress convenes in the Fall, when there is little doubt that the whole question’ will again be thrashed out. War Chief Studying Plan. Acting Secretary of War Davis has been making some inquiry into the proposal to reopen the beaches. but not with a view to taking any action, it is understood. e was in conference this morning with Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, director of public buildings and public parks, during which the latter out- lined the proposed plan for opening beaches at the expense of the citizens. Other officials who have been fol- lowing the matter are of the opinion also that Congress, having failed to provide for the beaches this Summer, intended that they should not be used. This was further strengthened by the | talegram from Representative Madden of Tilinois, which said that he would not countenance any violation of the | law which closed them. The White House opinion auto- | matically squelched efforts of citizens | and officials to open the Tidal Basin Beach. The Commissioners already have let it be known that they would make no further move in the beach prob- lem until the attitude of members | of Congress and the President was as- certained. The opposition of Repre- sentative Madden announced in reply to an urgent plea by Representative Blanton of Texas settled the matter as far as the Commissioners were con- cerned. Jesse C. Suter, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions and chairman of the Citizens' Advisory Council, wrote a letter to the President urging him to approve plans for reopening the Tidal Basin. He had not_yet received a reply from the Whjte House, but in view of the pronouncement today, it was expected he woud shortly receive a negative answer. “I regret extremely that the effort to reopen the beach has failed,” Mr. Suter said today on being advised of the President’s attitude. “If any other means of providing the Washington public with a safe place for bathing can be found, I am sure the citizens and officials will undertake to. find it. Something should be done if only | the for the sake of safety. Flammarion Will Bequeathes Heart To His Birthplace By the Associated Prosy PARIS, June 16.—Camille Flam- marion’s heart is left in his will to his native village. “I wish my heart taken out of my breast and offered to my birth- place, Montigny-le-Roi, where it beat for the first time,” wrote the famous astronomer. He also bequeathed to the village 10,000 francs, his bust and his por- trajt. MEXIGAN TROOPS GUARD U. 5. RANCH American Flag Over Property ! in State of Puebla Is Con- sidered Taunt. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, June 16.—Advices from Puebla toda said the Mexican government had ordered military troops to protect George Camp, Amer- ican manager of the ranch at San Pedro Coxtocan. formerly owned by Mrs. Rosalie Evans, the English woman who was murdered by Mexi- cans last August It was said that Mr. Camp had filed a complaint with the American embassy against the agrarian leader, Manuel Montes, for ordering the ar- rest of workmen emploved on Camp's ranch. Flies United States Flag. Dispatches from Puebla say W. O. Jenkins, former United States con- sular agent at Puebla, whose kidnap- ing by Mexican bandits in 1919 created a serious international situation, has hoisted the American flag over all his ranch properties in Puebla State. The dispatch added disorders are feared and much {ll-feeling has been caused because the Mexicans consider this action a taunt Mr. Jenkins was kidnaped by Mexi- can bandits at Puebla and held for $150,000 ransom October 22, 1919. He was released four days later after Mexican government had sent troons to his rescue and the American State Department had made strong representations to the Mexican foreign office. Subsequently assertions Wwere made that Mr. Jenkins had been a party to his alleged kidnaping for po- | litical purposes. A prolonged contro- versy was caused by the assertion and finally was carried through the Mexi- can higher courts.s He was cleared |of all charges in July, 1920, and then instituted a suit against the Mexican government for false imprisonment. Jenkins owned considerable proj erty in the State of Puebla while he was American consular agent there, and after geasing to hold that office has continued to live in Puebla, di- recting his properties. Brigands Get Death Sentences. BAGDAD, June 16 (Jewish Tele- graphic Agency).—Death sentences were passed yesterday upon two brig- ands who in March attacked a motor convoy proceeding from Bagdad to Beirut and killed-Mme. Maillard, wife of the French vice consul at Bagdad. The murderers were captured hun- dreds of miles from the scene of the attack on the convoy and were taken to Ranadi, Mesopotamia. Five Dry Agents: Ask $57.75 Expenses For Case Involving Seizure of Pint The cost of whisky—for evi dence—is running high in" Virginia these days. Five Washington prohibition agents have just filed with .the State a bill for $57.75 for expenses involved in testifying on the al- leged seizure of one pint—bootlez price, $3—in a recent raid near ‘Winchestef. Winchester court officials gasped when they saw the bill. It is how in the hands of Judge Frank! B. Whiting for approval. It mdkes the pint of liquor the most exbden- sive In their experience. The agents who presented the bill, however, see nvthing about it that need excite comment. It was presented in accordance with rus- tomary procedure in such a case, they say, and they are surprised at news from Winchester that there Washington office, are M. A. Hart, L. T. Tutt, J. H. Malseed, Leroy Cook and T. R. Hartman. They ask for court attendance fees, mileage from Washington to Win- chester and return and payment for two meals each. According to Winchester court attaches, the appearance of agents in such cases hitherto has been without cost, and the presentation of a bill is unprecedented. The raid ‘was at the home of Harry Jacks, near Winchester. The Winchester officials say it was unsolicited by local authorities. ‘The agents, however, explained to H. M. Luckett, divisional chlef, this morning that the raid was dis- tinctly a State case, as distingulsh- ed from a Federal case; that it was made in assistance to State en- forcement officers, and that the bill will be a deternmined fight against paying it. The agents, all dttaghed to.the - was presented on the advice of the United States district attorney at ‘Winchester, “UFE FOR A LFE CNES DEVAIOIN OPENING REPRIHLS Posters Call for Death of Foreigner for Each Native Killed in Shanghai. JAPANESE RUSH MORE WARSHIPS TO SCENE Uneasiness Growing as Anti-Alien Sentiment Increases—U. S. Hos- pital Is Stoned by Mob. | | By the Associated Press. | SHANGHAIL June 16.One foreign llife for every Chinese life taken in! the Shanghal riots was the slogan | | adopted by Chinese iIn posters dis | tributed today after the kiling of | William W. MacKenzie, an English | subject, vesterday. Otherwise the | situation ~ remained unchanged, a seething city of indignation and un rest. Further reports received up to 11 ‘n'clurk last night from Chungking, | Kiukian and Nanking (ports on the Yangtse River) described the situa- | tion at those points as increasingly | grave. | Forelgners at Nanking are consid- ered in danger. Chinese emploved there by Japanese and British firms | are on strike. The British consul and | his family are reported to have taken | up residence at the American con sulate. The principal menace at| Nanking, however, lies in the possible | | cutting off of water and food supplies. | | Foreign officials today expressed the { opinion that the circumstances of the | assassination of MacKenzie indicated |a deliberate attempt to interrupt the progress of the negotiations with the | Chinese government and to revive | waning animositi They emphasized the necessity for | the Chinese authorities to control the | ! lawless agitators operating around | the borders of the foreign settlement. | The British consul general Here to- | day vigorously protested to the civil | governor and also to the foreign com missioner because of the killing of Mackenzie. in | SENDS FOUR DESTROYERS. Japan Orders Additional Ships Rushed | { to Chin: | TOKIO, June 16 (#).—The Japanese government, impressed by the gravity | of the Chinese anti-foreign situation, ordered four additional destroyers to sail for China tonight. U. §. HOSPITAL STONED. Baptist Institution Attacked—Mob Yells “Death to Foreigners.” | By the Associated Press. Anti-foreign agitation in the Canton vicinity is causing uneasiness in that place and nearby cities, Consul Gen- {eral Jenkins informed the State De- partment in a dispatch sent from Canton June 14 and received today. “During a student demonstration in | Wuchow on June § a mob velled, ‘Kill foreigners,’ and threw stones at the American Baptist Hospital,” the mes- sage said. | " Mr. Jenkins reported that in Canton |the police department had begun to resume its functions on the day his message was sent, and that “it now seems likely that order will be restor- ed shortly.” He added that the Can- ton_situation appeared to be dominat- ed by “the Whampoa Military School Cadets, to whom the complete de- struction of the Yunnan army is due.” The consul is continuing to urge Americans to leave the Canton region for Hongkong and other safe places. As to the political situation in Can- ton, he said that the Cantonese lead- |ers, who are of the conservative group, would have a share in the new government. There was a sharp divi- Ision within the circle of leaders of {the South China party when the ex- ecutive committee of that party adopted a program last May declar- ing for co-operation with the Russian Soviet Federation and the conserva: !tive leaders here broke away. i Three Phases of Troubles. Three distinct phases of the trou- bles in China take form as the result | of study of the Washington Govern- | ment's mass- of reports from that | country and a canvass of expert opin- ion in Government circles. Canton has been recaptured from ! Yunnanese mercenaries by Cantonese | soldiers representing the radical wing of the followers of the late Sun Yat- | Sen. An anti-foreign agitation, springing | from troubles in Shanghai, has spread up the Yangtse River, causing dis- orders in a score of cities. Conflict which Western - observers think may overshadow all other de- velopments before the end of 1925 im- pends in Northern China between rival military powers,. with Peking and the armed domination of most of China as the prize. H There is no direct connection among ! the three phases. The battle for Can- ton and the impending conflict in the | morth are primarily the outgrowth of domestic politics, and, except incident- ally, have no anti-foreign aspects. That the three sources of concern for Western nations do interlock, how- ever, is evidenced through the fact that every official report received in Washington for months has empha- sized the influence of Soviet Russia, first, in the anti-foreign agitation; sec- ! ond, in the fight to recapture Canton, and third, in the preparations for civil | war in the north. With the possession of Canton ap- parently decided and Chang and Feng still at peace, attention centers for the moment on the second phase. Movement of Long Growth. The .antiforeign movement is of long and steady growth, and reports reaching Washington have empha- sized the probability that it may re- sult in seriously curtailing the extra- territorial rights of immunities now enjoyed by foreign residents in China by virtue of decades-old treaties. Troubles in Japanese cotton mills employing Chinese labor furnished the match to fire the train set long ago. It has run along the Yangise Valley with a rapidity startling to the best informed Washington observers. Out- Poor. LITTLE DUCK! AWFUL DRY B FRANGE AND SPAIN JOIN N RIFF WAR Warships of Both Countries to Patrol Coast to Bar Arms Smuggling. | By the Associated Press PARIS, June 16.—The Chamber of Deputjes today voted confidence in the Painleve government, 436 to 34. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 16.—Franco-Spanish co-operation against Abd-el-Krim's tribesmen in Morocco has Dbegun, Premier Painleve told correspondents after today's cabinet meeting. He said two French warships were patrolling the Moroccan coast and that “a provisional accord has been reached between Spain and France for warships of both countries to keep a sharp lookout along the Moroccan seaboard to prevent contraband arms reaching the tribesmen.” M. Painleve said Gen. Daugan would be maintained In command of all French troops in the field in Morocco and that the government did mot in- tend to send Gen. Weygand to take charge of the Moroccan campaign. He said there are now sufficient French forces in Morocco to permit replacing those that have been in the front lines for' several weeks. These troops will be brought to the rear for a rest. Painleve Back From Front. The French cabinet today approved Premier Painleve’s plans for a quick termination of the Riffan warfare. M. Painleve arrived from Morocco, where he visited the French front, five min- utes before the cabinet session began. The premier reported to the cab- inet the measures he had taken while in Morocco “to reduce to a minimum the risks and duration of the military operations there.” The nature of these measures was not explained. The cabinet was in_session three hours discussing the Moroccan and financial policies, but the official com- munique revealed nothing regarding the political aspects of the govern- ment's course in Parliament this week, when the fate of both the Left bloc and of the Painleve government may be decided. After the cabinet meeting Premier Painleve said he did not intend fo make an extended declaration before the chamber, as he did not think the interpellations to be made by the Communist deputy, M. Doriot, would be important. he premier said, however, he would hold himself in readiness to appear before the com- mittee of the chamber to give detail- ed information of his Moroccan trip. GREEK SECRETARY ACCUSED OF SPEEDING Complaint Filed With Gov. Ritchie Claims Diplomat Was Hitting Fifty. Cornplaint has been filed with Gov. Ritchie of Maryland by State police against C. Diamantopoulos, first sec- retary of the Greek legation. for speeding on the Washington boule- vard ‘early Monday morning. This was learned from Baltimore today. At the same time it was ad- mitted at the legation that the secre- tary had been stopped on the road by a member of the State police as he was returning from a week end trip at Atlantic City. shown by the policeman, it was said at the embassy, and, under diplomatic immunity, M. Diamantopoulos was not detaihed, but allowed to proceed home. Thas matter was reported to Gov. Ritchie by Capt. Charles F. Myers of the Maryland State police, according vices from Baltimore, which said :;:Abompldn! charged the diplomat with iviolation of the State automobile lawsi It was charged that the car was going at a speed between 45 and 50 miles an hour. At the legation it was admitted that the first secretary had been driving fast, as it was about 1 o'clock Mon- day morning and no traffic on the road. An automobile came up from behind, it was said, in which was the breaks are reported from Chinkkiang, Nanking, Kiukiang, Hankow, Chang- sha and a score of other places, includ- Kaifeng, north of the river in Ho- muedon?xa&.mun'mu; State police captain. Radio Programs—Page 22, Every courtesy was OUT HERENQ Bedridden Invalid Takes Plane Ride, | Finds It Thrilling By the Associated Press. ATTLE, Wash, June 16— Although Dr. F. R. Loope has been a bedridden invalid for 14 vears and is compelled to lie motionless, he took a 22-minute ride in an airs plane here yesterday. A mirror held in his hand re- flected the earth below, as Dr. Loope cannot turn his head. He declared he got as much fun out of the flight as a boy gets on his first trip to the circus. ROBT. E. OLDS GETS DEPARTMENT POST Former Partner of Kellogg Appointed Assistant Sec- retary of State. President Coolidge today appointed Robert E. Olds of St. Paul Assistant Mr. Olds is a mémber of the law firm in which Secretary Kellogg was a partner before he entered the Sen- ate. The appointment resulted from the desire of Mr. Kellogg to bring to his aid a lawyer'to whom he can transfer some of the burden of in- quiring into State Department legal questions. The Secretary has found it nece: sary’ to make such examinations himself up to this time, since none of his assistant secretaries were lawyers of experience. Mrs. Olds succeeds John Van A. MacMurray, who is en route to his new post as Minister of Peking. MEXICO DENIES RECEIVING SHARP NOTES FROM U. S. Foreign Secretary Saenz of South- ern Republic Declares Re- ports Are Untrue. By the Associated Prees. MEXICO CITY, June 16.—Foreign Secretary Saenz today denied the truth of reports from the United States that secret sharp notes had been sent to Mexico by the American Government and that Secretary of State Kellogg's recent statement had been issued because these notes had not relieved the situation. GAY CLUBS ARE RAIDED. New TYork Dancers Hiss Dry Agents—Four Arrests Made. NEW YORK, June 16 (#).—Three more gay night clubs were raided by prohibition agents early today. Four men were arrested and quantities of liquor seized. At the Silver Slipper in the “Roaring Forties,” merry dancers and diners greeted the agents with hisses. The bartender and two at- tendants were arrested. A pitcher of | gin was seized. Beer, whisky and gin were taken from the Club Durant on West Fifty- jeighth street and the Club Bamboo on (upper Park avenue. The Durant's manager was arrested. ! Determined to keep the averhead on apartments and office. Buildings down, and thus help prevent in- creased rents, the Washington As- ‘socfation of Building Owners and Managers, representing more than $60,000,000 worth of property in the National Capital, are now study- ing a plan whereby they will buy their coal direct from the mines. have it sent to Washington and haul it themselves. This is a distinct innovation in the fleld of apartment house and building management, and, it is hoped, will result in a large saving reflected in lower rents.. An incom- pleted survey indicates that ahout 23 bers of the association use, i ¢ S JUDGE DENIES PLEA OF FRAT MEMBERS Refuses Order Against School Board—Hands Not ! Clean, Court Decides. Because Chester C. Ward, Charles R. Dodson and Robert W. Yellott, high school pupils belonging to Sigma. Delta Fraternity, signed pledge cards declaring they were not members of any fraternity and did not intend to | Join such organizations, Justice Bailey of the District Supreme Court today decided they did not come into court with “clean hands” and could not maintain proceedings in mandamus to compel the Board of Education to restore them to honors in athletic and other school activities from which they had been deposed. The court held that the rule of thé board excluding pupils belonging to frats and sororities from place of dis- tinction was never properly adopted by the board because the notice calling for the meeting of June 1, 1921, when | the regulation was passed, did not mention the intention of the board to change the former rule as required by the by-laws of the Board of Edu- cation. The question of the right of the | board to regulate fraternities and sororities in the school was not pass- ed on by the court. Attorneys John E. Laskey Richard C. Thompson, representing the boys, noted an appeal to the Court of Appeals in the cases. As Chester Ward graduates tomorrow evening at Western High School, the decision of Justice Bailey seems to be final in his case, as when the matter reaches the appellate court it will be “moot” as to him. Counsel, however, in not- ing the appeal in his case explained that they desired to reverse the find- ing that he did not come into court with “clean hands.” Assistant Corporation Counsel Wilkes expressed satisfhction with the ruling of the court, #nd declared he would use his best efforts to sustain the ruling when the case reaches the Court of Appeals. LABOR ENTERS FIGHT, and Unions Urge Board of Education to Ban All Fraternities. The Central Labor Union last night entered the strife between the Board of Education and members of the high school fraternities by adopting a resolution condemning the secret societies as “highly objectionable cliques,” and commended the use of all lawful means of eliminating them from the public schools. The resolution, proposed to the union at its meeting last night at the Musiclans’ Hall, 1006 E street, by the educational committee, was adopted after a debate. The resolution reads: “The taxes which maintain our pub- lic schools, including our high schools, are paid largely by the members of trade unions; and through the agency of fraternities and sororities in our high schools the acquirement of edu- cation which will fit pupils to become useful citizens is often made subordi- nate to soclal amusement, and this, too, in the highly objectionable form of cliques in which wealth, family and social position are impbrtant if not the chief factors, contrary to the American policy of fostering democ- racy in our public schools. “The Washington Central Labor Union commends the employment of all lawful means having as their ob- ject the freeing of our public schools from fraternities and similar organl- zations_whose actlvities are found to |Apartment Owners Plan to Buy Coal At Mines to Halt Rent Increases (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) more than 75,000 tons of coal an- nually in their buildings. Not only will the association haul its own coal after buying direct from the mines, but the same trucks will be used for haul- ing ashes. Heretofore, apart- ment. house owners have been at a heavy expense, because the Dis- trict government does’ not haul ashes from apartment houses or large bulldings. Some of the mem- bers pay several thousand dollars per year in the District for haul- ing ashes. A plan for securing the coal is now being studied by Chester | order issued today will cease to fun !tion as such at 8 | morning. POLICE VICE SQUAD ABOLISHED AS NEW WAR ON RUM OPENS Action Is Viewed as First Step in Fenning’s Plan to Dry Up Capital. OFFICIAL KEEPS SILENT ON DETAILS OF CAMPAIGN Burlingame Promoted to Captain, May Have Charge of Crusade. In the wake of Commissioner Fen nig’'s new and mysterious drive launched vesterday in an effort 1o break up the Capital's rum trade, through the use of new enforcement methods, came the announcement to- day of the complete dissolution of the Police Department's famous ‘‘vice squad,” which has been in the p: the main aggressor here in the de- partment’s “rum war." This drastic abolishment of previous methods of enforcement is the first concrete evidence of Commissioner Fenning's new crusade, it is under- stood. Just what organization the Commis- sioner expects to build up to replace the vice squad is not known becauss of the secrecy with which he has shrouded his campaign. Burlingame Promoted. At the same time it became known that Lieut. Guy Burlingame would be promoted to captain of the eleventh precinct, which guards some of the principal highways. said to be used by rum runners coming into the Dis- trict. The vice squad under the special o'clock Wednesd Lieut, O. T. Davis, head ot the squad, at that time will be trans- fered from the Second to the Seventh precinct; Sergt. J. D. McQuade, from the Second to the Minth precinc Sergt. §. J. Harry, Ninth, goes on duty as acting lieutenant at the Sixth pre- cinct; Lieut. C. H. Bremmerman, from the Seventh precinct to be midnight inspector of the first district; Pre- cinct Detectives N. O. Holmes, from special duty with the vice squad to the Second precinct, and pvts. T. M. ¢ Wilson and J. I. Hicks. the former : the Second and the latter at the Fifth, will exchange precinc Silent on Details. Although police records failed t disclose any unusual activity liquor law violators. Commissioner Fenning announced cryptically tods that his secret liquor war was activel “under way." Commissioner Fenning continued to maintain strict silence regarding de- tails of hie dry crusade, but he made it plain that it would be unlike any other similar drive conducted here, in that it would be absolutely devoid of “the spectacular.” The Commissioner intimated that the familiar raids on bootlegging establishments, night resorts and other places that have marked cam- paigns in the past would be lacking in the “war” now started. Proof Is Indicated. It was indicated, however, that the: public might see some concrete re- inst | sults of the drive before long. Just what the results would constitute he refused to divulge. The Commissioner reiterated that his plan revolved around the theory that interruption of the supply auto- matically will serve to plunge Wash- ington into a liquor drought. It was assumed, therefore, he would center the offensive of the municipal dry forces on the rum runner. An impregnable blockade may al- ready have been set up around the boundaries of the District, with mys- terious sentinels on the alert for in- coming loads of “cawn,” gin and other intoxicants. If such a cordon exist Commissioner Fenning discreetly fuses to admit it. All he will say for publication is that he is determined to make Wash- jngton dry, and that how he does it is nobody’s concern but his own and the Police Department’s. He left no doubt in the minds of reporters as to his con- fidence in the ultimate success of the drive. Expects Full Support. Apparently the new Commissioner has taken no one into his confidence except police officials. It is understood he did not even consult with his fellow Commissioners before starting his dry war. He refused today to state whether or not he has asked formally for the co-operation of the Federal prohibition authorities, passing off a question to this effect with the gen- eral statement: “I shall expect to get the whole- hearted co-operation of all Govern- ment authorities.” ‘Want More Room. An effort to secure two rooms in the District Supreme Court Building for the purpose of clearing up the congestion of the prohibition cases now pending is being made today by Maj. Peyton Gordon, United States attorney, and the Police Court judges, Judge Gus A. Schuldt announced. 1f these rooms are secured, and this is thought likely, two of the Police Court judges will take turns presiding over jury trials there six days a week | The hours will be from 9 o'clock to 5 in the afternoon. Maj. Gordon will send over for the prosecution other assistant United States attorneys, be- sides David "A. Hart and Thomas E. Lodge, already available. This announcement follows close on the heels of the program laid down by Commissioner Fenning to round up the bootleggers. British Governor Fired At. LO¥DON, June 16 UP).—A dispatch to thé Evening News from Jerusalem today said an unknown person last night fired through the window of the residence of Gov. Abramson of the southern district of Palestine, at Hebron, a town 16 miles from Jerusa- lem. It was said a heavy fine will be imposed on the town until the as- sailant is arrested. Snow, jr.; David Karrick and Howard Phillips, who constitute a special committee for this purpose. Detafls of the plan will , mounced lates. be B G e Meindian Leader Dies. DARJILING, India, June 16 (B).— C. R. Das, Indiep home rule ledder, 1s'dead. ¥ \ E ! S gl e T >