Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1925, Page 22

22t ABUNDANT THRILLS ASSURED FOR 4T Defense Day Aerial Program to Be Spectacular, With Plenty of Noise. Washington will not want for either military panoply or ear-splitting noise on the Fourth of July this vear if the War Department program for defense test exercises {s carried out as now presented Aside from the military demonstra tions to be presented in the morning when the reserve officers and men semble at their appointed places renew their pledge of alleglance United States, plans for the aerial demonstration at Bolling Field consti- tute one of the most pretentious such “shows’’ ever seen in this country The exhibition will begin promptly 2 o'clock und is expected to attract thousands of visitors to Washington trom Baltimore, Richmond and other nearby cities. It will not only give the visitors an opportunity of seeing airplanes operating under war-time conditions, but those who wish to ex- perience the thrill of having the maneuvers will get their tunity. Among planned following To Seek “Enemy.” A crosscountry observation to be participated in by about ¥ serve officers, who will endeavor locate at various places an imagina enemy to be outlined with Alr Ser ice panels. This event will be com petitive and the winner will be pre sented a suitable troph: D. H. Formation—This will be formation flying. with approximately six planes in each formation. It is hoped that the crack National Guard flyers of Baltimore will be present to compete with the Regular Army fivers in this event. Photography. — An Army photo graphic plane and two planes of the Fairchild Co. will take off. photo zraph the crowd, the Capitol, Army War College and other prominent building: the pictures and distribute them to the public before the program is com pleted. Balloon te oppor- the by exhibitions thus far the flying corps are the flight e Sniping.—This _event will consist of chasing toy balloons in the | airplanes and bursting them with machine gun fire. Parachute Jumping.—Efforts will be made to make this event very spec- tacular. Due to the smallness of the field it requires experienced jumpe: Exhibition Flying.—Special P.W..8 planes have been secured for this event and all of the twists, turns laops and dives known to aeronauticts will be shown Will Bomb Village. Destruction of Enemy Village by Bombs.—This event will consist of bombing a dummy village from Martin bombers. smoke Screen.—A curtain of smoke will be lald across the field to show the ease with which objects can be hidden by this screen. Review of Alrcraft.—In addition to the stunts enumerated, there will be many other interesting types of planes on exhibition. The new Dougla transport which carries efght men an the Boston-2 which finished the last lap of the Around-the-World flight, | will be among those displayed. At 8 o'clock in the evening the Com munity Center Department of the pub- | lic schools will present their program in two parts in the stadium of Central High School. The tentative program for the first part. beginning promptly at 8§ o'clock, follows: =N special concert, including patriotic music by the United States i Band. Patriotic message to the citi- zens of the District of Columbia as sembled, by Edgar C. Snvder, chair- man, Community Center Council. Oath of citizenship to the new citi- zens, led by Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph. Presentation of a copy the Constitution of the United States fo the new citizens assembled by Jesse C. Suter, president of the Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations of the District of Columbia. Historical Pantomimes. Part 11, beginning at 9 o'clock, his torical pantomimes and marches— “March of Yesterday,” music United States Marine Band. Co- lonial march around the stadiuim of all participants in the colonial scene, led by District of Columbia, M Maude Howell Smith carrying flag with District of Columblia seal, now being made the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association Pantomimic scenes of colonial his- tory, Indian frontier raid, 1775; sign- ing of the Declaration of Independ- ence, Winter at Valley Force, Benja- min Franklin at the Court of France, inauguration of Gen. Washington at President, New York, April 30, 1789, Federal Hall. Ilag march of today, participated in by any citizen who wishes to follow the flag, \the only requisiie Leing a white suit or white dress with shoul der sash of red, either crepe paner or ribbon The Star Spangled Banner,” United States Marine Band. Fireworks Reserve officers of the Distri nd vicinity will assemble in the V- ington Auditorium at 9 o'clock on the morning of the Fourth for muster and their annual participation in Defanse day. At the conclusion of the usual registration, Brig. Gen. Hugh A Drum, in cl of operations and training division of the general staff will address the reserve officers. Th f the 343d Engineers, itseif 4 reserve organization, will fur Indian Chief Held By Swiss for Trail Of Unpaid Debts By the Associated Press LUGANO, Switzerland, June ——*White EIK.” a big Indian chief from the United States, who last vear stalked the boulevards of Paris in an amazing headdress and multi- colored raiment, has been hauled before a pale-face justice of Swit- zerland, charged with not paving his_hotel bill. The Indian’ chieftain, according to the charges before the court, ap- parently succeeded in getting the better of Ttallan and Swiss hotel keepers, failing to pay his bills and obtaining various sums of money have come from ce, Turin, Genoa, Milan, Naples and Venice, but the specific charge made by a local hotel keeper is the only one now under consideration. HOLIDAY WARNING GIVEN. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., June 27.—Next Saturday, July 4, being a legal holi- day, and one that is followed by Sun- day, another holiday. shippers are ad- vised to have no perishable stock ar- rive on the Fourth, as there will be no outlet for the same until Monday. If held over, goods will have de- teriorated to such an extent as to he practically unsalable. Shipment of live cattle should be timed to reach here not later than Friday morning. to the | part in | will then land and develop | Marine of | Current News Events Summary of Important Local Affairs Specially Arranged for the Convenience rC urrent History. | The Greek Ciovernment changed |hands overnight last week, when a | bloodless, or “kid glove,” revolution, | engineered by Gen. Pangalos, former |Greek War Minister, and several jothers ousted Premier Michalakopoulos land his cabinet. Gen. Pangalos {sumed the office of Premier, and set {about forming his cabinet immedi- | ately. The revolution went off quietl land with no casualties, the revolu- | tionists taking command of the navy | good portion of the army, and | - demanding the cabinet in ‘power et out,” which was done after t and unheated argument. Greek | refugees in Rome and elsewhere who fled the country when Gre: over | threw her king and became « republic | lare hopeful that the coup d'etat may {be aimed at restoration of the mon. | archy | — | | A week of rioting and bloodshed in | Canton and Shanghai was brought to a climax by the dispatch of a note from Great Britain to the Chinese “oreign Office in Pekin formally pro- ng against the action at Canton ast Tuesday in which British subjects were fired upon by Chinese and sev- eral of them wounded. Drugon day, which marks the festival of sprouting seed in China. and which was feared | { because of promised disturbances on | {the part of striking students, passed lx|\l|L‘|1\ with few disorders. ! Closely following | {tor La Follette, S o mont Ladd of > kota died in ! | Baltimore lust week, and the l(lllv" | &roup of Progressives of the Senate | lost another member. Senator Ladd |espoused the cause of Senator La llette in the last campaign, and, with his chief, he was excluded from | the councils of the Republican party and denied a place on Senate commit- tees. He wus elected to the Senate in 1 . and was chairman of the com- mittee which heard testimony in the tamous Teapot Dome oil cas To accomplish what is believed to be a better enforcement of the pro- hibition laws, the whole system of prohibition enforcement in th: coun- | try will be completely reorganized, ef- ective August 1, under a plan an-| nounced last week by Secretary Mel-| lon. The country, which heretofore hus been divided into State districts, under the direction of 18 divisional headquarters, will be divided into 22 districts, regardless of State lines. It is believed the reorganization will {make the prohibition enforcement force more wieldy. President Coolidge left Washington | Tuesday for Swampscott, M .\\here‘ he will spend the Summer. He was greeted at the Summer White House by throngs of native sons, who wel- comed their former Governor back to Massachusetts. The President’s work- ing for has gone with him. and| while his tasks will be lighter than those which usually demand his time | in Washington, he will transact the | routine business of his office without a break. France has officially announced to Germany that she would begin evacu- tion of the Ruhr district within a short time. The announcement fol- | 1owed approval by the council of min- isters of the steps taken by the Pain- leve government to bring the evacua- i tion about Peru has accepted the conditions | and will participate in the plebiscite ordered by President Coolidge as arbi- | trator to decide the sovereignty of the | provinces of Tacna and Arica, occu-| pied by Chile since 1883. The decision | i was conveyed to the State Department last week by Peru, which declared in the note that she maintains her de- mands that the plebiscite shall “ex- press the true popular decision con- templated by the Treaty of Ancon." In the note Peru renews charges that Chile has violated the status created by the arbitrator's decision by “'seque: tering” Peruvians in the disputed provinces to prevent them from vot- ing in the plebiscite. With the arrival of the Peary > Bowdoin, the two ships carry | the MacMillan expedition, at Sydney. Nova Scotia, another step was com- | pleted ‘lust week in the progress of | this expedition toward the unexplored regions surrounding the North Pol. The next step is from Sydney to I | Greenland, which was to be accom: plished this week. Some shortlived excitement was caused last week when it was discovered that the Navy radio equipment for the three Navy planes on the expedition had been left at the dock in Boston, the planes being equipped with commercial wireless sets. The Navy equipment was loaded on a destroyer and sent to Sydney, and | the Secretary of the ordered Comdr. Byrd, in charge of the Navy | fivers, to see that the planes carried ithe Navy wireless or refuse to go | farther. It was afterward explained | there would be no difficulty in putting | { the naval apparatus aboard the planes |and that the equipment had been left | behind by mistake. The Shipping Board has placed in the hands of President Leigh Palmer | the authority to negotiate all sales of ships. The move had the indorse- ment of President Coolidge, and is ex- pected to result in greater efficlency by removing friction on the board brought about by the apparent in ubility of some of its members to agree | on policy. The British Foreign Secretary, tin Chamberlain, discu ng the pean security treaty in the House of Commons last week, declared that any move for a world conference on dis. rmament should come from the nited States or Great Britain, as those two nations had already reduced | their land armaments to a point where they perform police duty. A | nav: sarmament conference, he | id, should be initiated by the United States, as this country was responsi- | ble for the first conference of the sort ever held. The foreign secretary ! asked for parliamentary support of the European security treaty. The city of Chicago and Cook County, in which it is located, have decided to secede from the State of Tllinois, and the City Council last week unenimously passed a resolution fa- voring such action and requesting the corporation counsel to outline the proper legal proceedings to bring it about. The Governor of Illinois is not inclined to take the thing seriously, and has declared that such action by Chicago or the county is impossible. The agitation for secession was brought about by the failure of the Illinois State Legislature to provide for in- creased representation in the State Legislature for Cook County, the pop- ulation of which census reports show to warrant such increased representa- tion. The General Staff of the Army has followed the example set by the Navy Department, and last week announced | that hereafter all cadets at the United States Military Academy will be thoroughly trained in aviation. Off- cers graduated from West Point, it vas announced, will go directly to a flying field to obtain experience sup- plemental to the courses given at the Academ Department a few weeks ago adopted a similar pol- | tions problem given before the Inter- | national | the American Debt Funding Commis- icy with reference to the Nuval Acad- emy at Annapolis. | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 28, 1925—PART 1. National, Foreign and of Students. Educational. And now for a dictionary of the American language.” Prof. William A. Craigie of Oxford University, Eng- land, considered to be his country's greatest lexicographer, has sailed for the United States, to spend several vears In the compilation of a complete Qiction, of the ‘“American lan- guage.” He characterizes his project ne of the most interesting tasks of scholarship” ever undertaken. He approves of slang, and sees the extraordinary facility with which the ns coin picturesque and ex- phrases as one of the signs of intellectual creativeneas and inven- tion. The setting aside of a portion of public school hours for religious in- struction in churches of Mount Ver- non, Westchester County, N. Y., last week was forbidden by _injunction from the State Supreme Court. For the last two months children in the fifth and sixth grades were allowed to take 45 minutes of each school week for religlous Instruction. This was forbidden by the court, which said that religious instruction was not pre- scribed by the State education law, which defines what shall be taught in the public schools. Agitation to allow in New York City what has been done by school authorities in Westchester County has been combatted by the Teachers' Union there. Medical schools are facing changes in teaching methods under the modern ideas of prevention of disease rather than treatment of the sick, and the old-time family doctor must change his ways and become a “counselor of health,” according to the annual re- view of the activities of the Rocke- feller Foundation for 1924, issued in New York last week. ¥ 1ce, Great Britain, Germany and the United States are now busily hold- ing their “post mortems"” on the vari- ous parts they played from a military standpoint in the World War. The general staffs of the countries are writing cold, analytical books by the volume concerning their victories and their defeats, ecxplaining dispassion. ately how they all happened. The volymes will be studied by future generations of soldiers as chapters in the courses of military science. Some of the books have been received at the War Department library here, while the United States has sent its compila- tions abroad. Economic. An administration program by which s hoped to cut taxes by $300.000,000 has been completed, it was learned here last week, for presentation to Congress in December. Chairman Green and Secretary Mellon conferred on the program last week, and were | said to be In accord with the excep- | tion of some details. ‘This announcement followed closely the addresses of President Coolid, and Director of the Budget Lord be. fore the heads of the Government or- ganizations last week, in which the former predicted a_surplus for the | fiscal vear ending June 30, 1925, of | $200,000,000, and_declared this would be incre; d by $90,000,000 the follow ing year. Both the President and Gen, Lord urged upon the heads of the Government establishments savings wheyever possible. In the meantime, Chairman Green announced last week that his ways and means committee would start work on a tax revision bill October 19. it The United States Shipping Board, which finds it hard to make the American merchant marine compete with foreign vessels because of the higher wages demanded on American vessels, finds itself facing an interest. ing situation through the revelation last week that Henry Ford, who now | operates some ships bought from the Government, pays wages which are in some cases 100 per cent higher than those paid by the other American ship- ping concerns. One hundred doilars a month is the lowest wage paid by Ford on his ships. Recent dispatches from England in dicae a labor crisis which daily comes nearer, hastened, it is said, by pro- longed trade depression and rapidly increasing unemployment. The Labor party puts the blame on the govern- | ment for doing nothing, the employers declare that high wages and short working hours cause the trouble, while the government's ministers say that nothing can be done until the govern- ment is formally petitioned by both sides to take some action. A special trades union congress has been called for July 24 to discuss the unemploy- ment problem. The Labor party de- clares it will press the government to do something, and has given notice of a formaj vote of censure for its fail- ure to relieve the industrial situation. The Dawes reparations payment plan may become {noperative after | two more years, and the problem of Giermany’s indebtedness to the allies would become an American problem, ording to an analysis of the repara- Chamber of Commerce last week in Brussels by Sir Joslah Stamp, who helped to draft the reparations plan. America would be directly af- fected, he showed, because nations which pay their debts to this country are doing so with receipts from the Dawes plan. If the German payments would cease, this would have its direct effect on payments to the United States. Negotiations were formally opened here last week toward the funding of the Italian war debt. A three-hour conference was held between the Ital- an delegation and four members of sion, the details of which were not made public, although it was after. | ward stated that Ambassador de Mar- tino told the American commissioners that Italy desired a settlement of her debt, and that her ability to pay should form the basis for the negotiations. Another meeting between the delega- tions is to be held this week. The French cabinet has approved the plan of Finance Minister Callaux to restore the treasury by placing in circulation a speclal issue of franc notes and to sell another bond issue to meet maturing bond payments. The finance minister said his scheme was neither “inflation” nor a moratorfum, and purchasers will be guarded against a fluctuation in the notes. Religion. The joint commission on Prayer Book of the Episcopal Church has again recommended that the word ‘'obey” and the promise of the bride- room to endow his bride with all his vorldly goods’ be stricken from the Episcopal marriage service. The com- mission also recommended eliminat- ing from the Book of Common Prayer the paragraph withholding from the unbaptized, excummunicated and sui- cides the right of the burial service. Sixty thousand persons crowded St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome last week when exervises were held for the beatification of eight members of the Jesuit order of priests who lost their liyes in the seventeenth century while spreading the Gospel among the In- diang om the American continent. MACHILLAN GETS NAVY'S RADID SET Is Absolute Model of No Use Is Obsolete Model of No Use of Party Says. By the Associated Prese CHICAGO, June 27.—The Navy wireless set, controversy over which for & time threatened to hold up the Donald MacMillan Arctic expedition, arrived vesterday at Sydney, Nova Scotia, according to a telegram re celved here today from Eugene F. McDonald, Jr., Chicago radio manu facturer and member of the ex- pedition The expedition originally wus equip- ped with radio apparatus developed by McDonald’s laboratories We probably will not find the Navy set worth more than our 180-meter set, which we are taking along for no other purpose than to prove its lack of value.” said Mr. McDonald. “The Navy spark is an old, obsolete model of the battleship Florida “After we get north of 66 we will be unable to communicate except with 20 and 40 meter sets.” Prepare to Buck Ice. Mr. McDonald said heavy steel plates were being bolted over all port holes of the expedition’s craft for bucking the fce and that the trip towards the frozen North probably would be resumed today or tomorrow upon completion of the wWork. Using a 40-meter set McDonald talked with station SNL at New Or- leans. La., 20 minutes last night. The northern lights were south of the ex- pedition, but did not interfere with transmission or reception. BOWDOIN LEAVES SYDNEY, MacMillan Sends Greetings As Clears Harbor. The National Geographic Society has received the following greetings from Comdr. Donald B. MacMillan, leader of the Mac:Millan Arctic ex- pedition “The Bowdoin has cast off and are salling out of the harbor of Syd- ney, Nova Scotia. She will be followed by the Peary tomorrow. We are fully equipped for exploration and scientific study of northern lands with the aid of new methods such as airplanes, radio and color photography, and with a support which places all of us on our mettle. “The splendid United States N tions had a dramatic climax when the destrover Putnam overtook us at Svdney with additional radio appa tus sent to us by the personal order of Secretary Wilbur. Praises Byrd's Work. “Comdr. R. E. Byrd in charge of Navy planes and personnel and his assoclates from the United Navy have accomplished a work in preparation which challenges admira- tion for their technical ability and superb efficiency and enthusiasm. “We are conscious of a high re- sponsibility when the United States Government gives us its support and when we start out under the auspices of the National Geographic Society with its world-wide membership of a million enthusiasts for geography and exploration and when its president, Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, has been with us in person to aid in our final prep- arations. .. “Our experimental work with the radio has shown splendid results and indicates that we will at all times be in daily contact with civilization. have been in_communication for 20 minutes with New Orleans, La., using the voice. have talked for 30 minutes with a station in Milton, N. Y., and our v have been heard for 50 min utes in Winter Park, Fla We are grateful, as many Amer- ican Arctic expeditions have cause to be, for the co-operation and hospital- ity of the people of Sydney and Cape Breton Island.” He co-operation of the in our prepara- Submari;:e Pl;one Will Carry Voice Far Under Water By the Associated Press. Announcement was made by the aval Research Laboratory yester- day that a method for conducting underwater communication by sound telephony had been de- veloped, which would make it pos- sible for officers of two submarines to hold a conversation while far below the surface of the sea. While details of the invention were not made public, reception of high frequency waves was said to have been obtained by use of the “well-known heterodyn receiving principle.” “Code messages,” it was added, “transmitted by underwater sound telegraphy using comparatively low frequency sound waves is weii known, while high frequencies, that is, above the limit of audibility of the human ear (about 30,000 vibrations per second) are now being utilized."” SECRETARIES GRADUATE. Diplomas Presented to 27 at Com- mencement Exercises. Commencement exercises of the Washington School for Secretaries were held at the Washington Club last week. Diplomas were presented to Imogene Robinette Anderson, Clara Avis Beaty, Lucy M. Brookfield, Edna Byng, Emma zabeth Byren, Eloise Wootton Chiswell, Helen Fruzard Clarke, Ellen Wise Crenswah, Mar- garet Augusta Eckloff, L. Dorothy Finch, Evelyn Hollingshead, Ellen Clare Kane, Helen Sherwood Lester, Teresa Katherine Mueller, Gertrude Pauline Quistorf, Margaret Lucile Rausch, Glenn A. Renoe, Lenora C. Sheehan, Virginia Grace Smith, Geral- dine Hartlieb Stephens, Margaret Jeannette Thomson, Naomi Weather- up, Elizabeth Louise Fink, Esther M. Gross, Grace Hill, Elizabeth H. Waller and Florence P. Kellam. Lovers’ Quarrel Lands Swain in Jail When Engagement Ring Disappears This is a story of the misfortunes of an engagement ring. The arrest of Hugh Alexander Curtis, 31, yesterday by Detectives Waldron and Sweeney marked the climax of the tale, which had its inception in the engagement of Curtis and Mrs. Josephine H. Law- son of 1002 K street, about a year ago. The ring came to Mrs. Lawson some time previous to Christmas, 1924. It was purchased by giving two rings in part payment, accord- ing to the information Mrs. Law- scn gave the police. One of these rings, she said, was a small engage- ment ring which Curtis had given her, and the second ring was the property of Mrs. Lawson, valued at $200. Now the ring in question cost $85 over and above the allow- ance for the other two, and Mrs. Lawson ‘clatme that shé paid §36 | the room: | Mr. | association’s consideration by its con | the chair brought an appeal from the States | |stride in barring the teaching of evo We | LAWYERS PREFER FO0D TO EVOLUTION Tennessee Association Halts Speech Against Law, Then Repudiates It. By the Assoclated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 27.—In & plitched battle where laughter, pleas and parliamentary tangles were the weapons, opponents of Tennessee's evolution bill lost today to the Bar Assoctation of Tennessee. The score was 86 to 53—the count by which the association voted to ex- punge from its records an address by Robert ¥. Keebler of Memphis, on “The Tennessee Evolution Law.” Mr. Keebler condemned the legis- lature which enacted the bill, criticis- ing the bill as an attempt, “half piti- ful, half ludicrous,” to set up by legis- lative enactment a form of science which in itselt contradicted its as- serted purposes. By agrcement Mr. Keebler was lim- ited at the start to 30 minutes. When the time limit was reached, and the speaker had but warmed to his sub. ject, & storm of applause resulted in a motion for extension, which was granted. Ten minutes later his ex- tension was up and an indicated dis- cussion for further extension was in- terrupted by u cry from the back of “When do we eat?” Hunger Wins. Despite efforts to restore order the convention's will to adjourn for lunch was maintained and Mr. Keebler's address, unfinished, was concluded Ellas Gates of Memphis projected the meeting into a parliamentary tangle with a point of order that con- troversial subjects such as treated by Keebler were barred frém the stitution, the spirit of the meetings and the customs of its procedure. Attempted discussion of Mr. Gates' point of order were forestalled and | President Lovick P. Miles ruled the | whole matter out of order. “I was| chagrined and disappointed,” M Miles said, “when Mr. Keebler read i paper that instead of being confin to a legal question, discussed a ligious issue.” He declared the paper held up to ridicule people of orthodox views and ridiculed the acts of the State's legis lature. Opposition to the ruling of decision and a vote of 86 to cluded the discussion. BRYAN NAMES ISSUE. Cites Letter From Governor of Tennessee. MIAMI, Fla., June 27 (®.—William Jennings Bryan, announcing that he would leave next week for the Day-{ ton, Tenn.. evolution trial. cited a let-| ter from Gov. Peay of Tennessee, as | summing up the moot point of the! case. The letter stated that “‘we have the right to say through our law-| making bodies that the faith and re. | lMiglon of our children shall not be destroyed by teachers who poison | their minds with stuff that no science | has established and which belongs in no reputable textbook Around this statement, Mr. Bryan holds, the whole fight to uphold re. ligion is being waged. He expressed concurrence, too. in| the statement by Gov. Peay, that Ten. | nessee has made a great forward | lution from its public schools Conserving Gas Sought on Tour . By Shenandoah Navy Dirigible, on Trip West, Avoids Lift Over Mountains. The Navy's only combatant dirigible, the Shenandoah. will ‘make her trip | West shortly after July 4, and will fol- low generallly the course laid out for the non-combatant dirigible Los An- geles, on her trip West, which she was forced to curtail on account of engine trouble. Secretary Wilbur said that the com- mander of the Shenandoah has been given wide discretion in making points on the trip, but that it was probable that this time she would go via Buf- falo, in order to save a lift of some 3.500 feet in order to clear the moun- tains. Mr. Wilbur indicated that the con- servation of hellum gas was one of the problems of the Navy now, and that the trip to Buffalo was made with this idea in view, as after clearing the mountains, it would be necessary to valve hellum in order to come down again, He also said that the mooring mast at Detroit had been completed, accord- ing to information received at the De- partment. This will make it possible to make this a fueling station and re- moves some of the objections to the trip of the dirigible which has been mafrle by the officers of the great air- craft. COURT STOPSrBioNl]S BILL Proposed Pennsylvania Bond Issue Is Declared Illegal. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 27 (). —The State Supreme Court today de- cided that a proposed constitutional amendment permitting a $35,000,000 bond issue for soldiers’ bonus cannot be submitted to the people this year. The court held that as amendments were submitted in 1923 no further proposed changes can be voted on until 1928, under a provision of the constitution which prohibits the sub- mission of proposed amendments to the organic law in less than five year: of that amount, giving her a cash quulty of $235 In the ring in ques- tion. Along about January a disagree- ment started the ring on a journey out of this romance. Mrs. Lawson says that she and Curtis entered into an agreement whereby the ring would leave its place on her finger and be sold, and that she would get a refund on it. From that time until this the ring's whereabouts have not been defi- nitely known, but Mrs. Lawson is positive that-no financial arrange- ments have been carried out. IMERIDA, LOST TREASURE SHIP, FOUND IN 213 FEET OF WATER Salvaging of $4,000,000 Cargo Will Begin ’l‘l'u'.sL ARMY,S BIPLUMAS 2 Special Dispatch to The Star and North American Newspaper Alliance ABOARD SPRAY June STEAMER Norfolk, Vi SALVAGE by _courier to The steamship Virginia Capes, with a strong room, was located tonight 1 the salvage expedition organized a few months ago by a group of New York sportsmen. The ship lies at a depth of 213 feet. It has a slight list to starboard, but is in. a good state of preservation. | Salvaging of the treasure will be-| gin next week, and will require about 15 days. A large hole will be cut in the side of the ship, alongside the strong room, and the door of the lat ter will be dynamited. Its contents will then be brought to the surface in great wicker baskets holding one ton each. The total weight of the treasure is about 30 tons Search for the ship began on June 8. Two weeks were spent in sweep- ing the ocean floor by means of a milelong drag or cable. After more than 750 miles of sweeping, the cable caught on some object so solid that | the I-inch steel wire was cut in two. [ Repa were made the next day, and the sweep resumed in the same place Again the cable caught and again it was sawed in two. On the th attempt the cable held and was kept in position between the two salvage ships, while preparations were made GERM INJECTION PLOTTER'S THREAT Student’s Alleged Aide Held for Attempt to Mulct Mine Magnate. to | st. 27.—The ther | June tragic picture of a gray-haired v who brought her son and a daughter to a college town and found work in a department store that her children might have educational advantages she had missed. only to have the son jailed as the principal in a $50 extortion plot was presented 1 motley group of hangers-on in a din office at the Hall of Justice here today The mother was Mrs. Oliva old daughter. Pauline. m. Bliss, a University of over whose head is | Xtortion charge carrying one to five vears in hanging an penalty of fr the penitentiary Sought Perfect Crime. Gripped by a desire to enact a “'per- | |fect crime,” the voung university student who recently won a scholar- ship entitling him to a ve study abroad. today admitted that the ac-| complice whose name he first told the officers as ““George Beeman,” a ‘‘book agent,” in realitv was Rus appliance concern and 2 cton office. i Crawford s arrested late todav at Redwood City, south of here, and will be returned here tonight or early tomorrow to face with Ba a charge of extortion in connection with an attempt yesterday to exact $30,000 | from Col. D. (. Jackling, multi-| millionaire mining man of Utah and San Francisco, under threats of kid-} naping and torturing Mrs. Jackling. Phases of both the ILoeb-Leopold and Shepherd cases in Chicago found reflection in the kidnaping plot, with | the exception that Baker insists no harm was intended to Mrs. Jackling. Threatened Germ Poisoning. “We wanted to frighten Col. Jack- lling into giving us $50.000 without {actually meaning to hurt Mrs. Jack ling,” Baker told the police. The threat was made by Baker thar the germs of a virulent social disea { would be injected into Mrs. Jackling's | | body. suggesting the lisproven {charges in the Shepherd case that | young Billy McClintock came tb his death by the employment of typhoid fever germs. Crawford, telephone advices from Redwood City stated, admitted know- | ing Baker. but denied any knowledge | of any kidnaping or extortion plot. | He will be subjected to a grilling | by police on his arrival here tonight or_early tomorrow. | The “perfect crime” had as main feature the luring of Juckling from her home by telephone message. On a rv her sister, Mrs. Randolph Speckels. | had been injured in an automobile | cident and was in a hospital in a | San Mateo County town. It was| then planned that $50,000 be demand- ed of Mr. Jackling by messenger. Cab Driver Arrested. The taxicab driver was arrested with Baker an hour after delivery of the package to the messenger ye terday, bug he was released after questionin, The Bakers live at San Jose, where | the father is employed at various fruit | packing plants as a laborer. Mrs. Ba- ker came to Berkley three years ago to be near her son and daughter while they attended college and to| earn money to assist them in gaining an education. The daughter is enrolled at a Beik-| ley business college. Bliss was attend- | ing Summer school in an effort to complete a four-year university course | in three vears. Mrs. Baker attributes her son’s plight to overwork and too close application to his studies. She is bordering on prostration today after visiting her son in jail. Formal charges of extortion brob- ably will be filed early next week against Baker and Crawford. 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