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0 = SCOPES' DEFENSE 10 ASK INJUNCTION Will Seek to Stop Operation of Law First in United States Court. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 3.—Counsel for the defense in the Scopes case announced today that a temporary injunction against enforcement of the Tennessee law prohibiting the teaching of evo lutfon in the public schools would be sought Monday in tne Federal Court in Tennessee | Clarer Darrow said this was definitely decided in a conference held in New York by himself, Dr. John R. Neal, Dudley Field Malone and Bain- bridge Colby. Dr. Neal has left for Tennessee with the necessary data and the application for a_Federal injunction to prevent | the State authorities from proceeding | with the case will be made either| Monday or Tuesday at efther Knox ville or Chattanooga Scopes to File Complaint. s will be filed in the | Two complal Federal Court, to be determined upon by Dr. Neal Mr. Darrow. One will be filed b opes and the other by a property holder not mined upon The complaints will, i ations for injunctions ate court from pre al of Scopes at I July 10. Two major volved in the proposed step tain a short cut to a determination of the constitutlonality of the measure s yet deter- ct, be ap. restrain ceeding with | yton, Tenn., considerations are in. To ob- { and to remove the sensational element from the case. Also it is desired to bring home to the people the really serious aspect it has assumed. Chis is an increasingly serious mat ter,” said Mr. Darrow upon his ar rival from New York. “Tennessee is not the only State which this law. 1t is in effect in Oklahoma and South Carolina, and it is pending in 20 other States, I am informed, including Call- fornia, Kansas, Texas, North Caro- lina, Kentucky and Florida.” DAYTON MAY LOSE TRIAL. Defense Counsel Ready to Go Straight to Court. NEW YORK, July 3 (#).—While Dayton, Tenn., is making prepara- tions to handle crowds at the forth-| coming trial of John T. Scopes for teaching evolution, there is a possi- bility that the trial will not be in Day ton at all. Counsel for the defense at a con- ference in New York have agreed to seek indefinite postponement of the Dayton trial in the State courts and seek in the Federal Court at Knox- ville an injunction against enforce. ment of the law, Instead of marshaling an array of legal, sclentific and theological talent at the contemplated trial in Dayton a week from today, defense counsel will seek to prove in the Federal Court that the law is unconstitutional Miss Lela V. Scopes, who, like her brother, is an evolutionist, and failed to get a job as teacher in the Paducah Ky., has been offered High School, a position in Cleveland. Supt. R. G Jones said he would employ her if she made application and qualified when a vacancy occurred Dayton continued preparations for the trial. Its citizens were too busy discussing evolution to perticipate in a bond-issue election yesterday. Many polling places were not even opened Alfred W. McCann of New York, author of “God or Gorilla,” an attack on evolution, has written to William Jennings Bryan declining an invita- tion to testify at the Scopes trial. His letter says that he disapproves the entire procedure, and t the spirit of this generation must feel outraged by spectacular methods in- voked to put a muzzle on the teach ings of any cult, however erroneous. Mr. McCann, a Roman Catholic, is & pure food expert. SEEKS $2,000,000 DUE BALDWIN COMPANY Representative of Wall Street In- terests Negotiating With Ru- mania for Corporation. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, July Paul Stuppel, said to represent im- portant Wall Street interests, is ne- gotlating with the Rumanian finance minister for settlement of the $2,000,- 000 debt owing by the government to the Baldwin Locomotive Co. of Philadelphia. The newspapers here say the difference is likely to be sat- isfactor adjusted within a few days, leaving the way clearer for Ru- mania to seek a loan in the United States. MINISTER AND FRIEND HELD IN CHECK CASE Formér Chaplain Arrested After Paper of Companion Is Found Worthless. 3— Rev. Garrett Leroy Allen, tired Army chaplain, Roge Md., and Myles Selden Macon, 60, Chi- cago lawyer, living at the Ralelgh Hotel, were arrested yesterday after- 48, re. Heights, noon by Detectives Fowler and Flah- erty on a charge of alleged violation of the bad check law, the sum in. volved being $600. Rev. Mr. Allen, smployed in the Pen sion Office, was arrested at his place of employment, while Macon was ar rested at the hotel, where he has re sided the past vear. The former told the police he served as chaplain of the 40th Division, A. E. F., in France for a period of 13 months during the World War. In conversation with the detectives Mr. Allen said he was the innocent victim of an act of kindness cn his part in an effort to help a friend, &nd Macon assured the detective the check would be patd. It is alleged that Allen’s two checks for $300 each were cashed for Macon by S. L. Christie, manager of Lig- gett's store, 1237 Pennsylvania ave- nue. Macon had presented Allen's checks for smaller sums on several occasions, it is stated, and there was never any difficulty about them, but the two chec''s in question were re- turned. The case was continued in Police Court today until July 9. Rev. Mr. Allen was released on $1,000 bond and Mr. Macon on $2,000 bond. J. L. Chambers, Author, Dies. CHARLOTTE, N. C. July Lenoir Chambers. 70 vears old, well Xnown manufacturer, former news- paper man and author, died at his home here last night following an ill- ness of eight weeks. He was the fa ther of Lenoir Chambers, associate editor of the Greensboro News, and geveral daughte | reached | ‘We are out of control: keep awa. TREASURE SEEKERS FEAR PIRATE RAID 4,000,000 Salvage Expedi- tion Guarded by Battery of Machine Guns. BY BRADLEY KELLY. Spectal Correspondent of The Star and North American Newspaper Alliance. ABOARD SALVAGE STEAMER SPRAY, BY COURIER TO NOR- FOLK, Va., July 3.—Worthington Davis, the former Harvard foot ball star and a_member of the syndicate New York sportsmen. who are financing the salvage of the $4,000,000 asure of the sunken Ward liner erida, has arrived here with a unchload of machine guns, small arms and ammunition. He will di- rect the defense forces of the expedi: tion against any attempt by pirates or hi-jackers to seize the gold and sil- ver brought up from the bottom of the Atlantic. “We are expecting trouble,” sald Mr. Davis, ‘“as information has us that some of the most desperate characters of rum row are planning a coup. We shall be ready for them, with plenty of ammunition and 35 men who know how to use it effective Signals Warn Ships. _ “From the moment we begin hoist- ing the 30 tons of gold and silver from the hulk of the Merida, our picket boats will surround the scene of oper- ations. No vessel will be permitted to approach us. The flag signals swing- |Ing from the mast of the Spray indl cate in an internationa! language Any craft which does not respect that warning will be greeted with gunfire. The ~machine gun battery is equipped with Vickers air-cooled guns with a capacity of 400 rounds per min: ute. Davis, in command, was formerly | captain of the 304th Fileld Artillery of the 77th Division in France. The salvage expedition has now been at sea for nearly a month. More than three weeks were spent in the preliminary search for the Merida. During all that time the two little salvage steamers, Foam and Spray, have been the object of much curious attention from passing craft. Dry Navy Suspicious. or a long time the Government's antirum fleet was very suspicious of the expedition and gave it a good deal of annoving attention. This was un- doubtedly due in part to the secrecy maintained by the crew during their weekly visits to Norfolk Leaving New York Harbor June 4, a Government hydroplane circled the two boats several times, inspecting them carefully, and then alighting on the water near Fort Hamilton to make its report. That its report was not entirely satisfactory was indicated by the fact that off Barnegat a few hours later a Coast Guard motor launch came out from shore and followed the expedition for several hours. A week later, when the expedition put into Norfolk for fuel and water, after the first few days of sweeping the ocean bed, the prohibition forces were on the alert. An inspector from the Government's shore forces came aboard, reinforced by two Coast Guard boats, whose officers made a thorough search of our ships from stem to stern. Their inspection was micro- scopic; they tapped several of the buoy barrels and looked over the mys- terious caissons of helium gas. Two hours later they left our ships, pass- ing them as free of rum, and we have had no trouble with the prohibition navy since that time. Sweeping Ocean Hard Task. The search for the hulk of the Merida was no light task. In in- volved ‘“sweeping” more than 750 square miles of the ocean bed. In finite patience is required for this task. The “sweep” is a steel cable 13,000 feet long, stretched between the two boats and weighted so that one mile of its length lies flat on the ocean bed, which at this point has an average depth of 200 feet. The two boats move along at a uniform speed of two to three knots an hour. A motor launch follows the course of the drag, planting temporary cork- buoyed bamboo flag poles with small weights as anchors, to define the edge of the sweep. On the succeeding sweep these are picked up and a new line a mile west is placed in position. The 13,000-foot cable 1s equal to a 6,000 ton load for the two trawlers. It brings up all sorts of thing from the ocean bed as it plows along—old timber, minute pieces of wire and great masses of vegetable matter. On the level sandy bottom, it will catch on anything, and with its 6,000-ton momentum it will cut like a knife through any stationary object which refuses to give way. Romance and Adventure. Romance is wedded to science in the modern treasure hunt. Elaborate me- chanical equipment and all the compli- cated accoutrements of ocean-sweep- ing and deep-sea diving cannot en- tirely smother the atmosphere of old- time adventure, for which the scenery is provided by a vast empty stretch of sea, fifty miles from land; by the schools of porpoise which provide con- tinuous acrobatic entertainment in the wake of the salvage ships, and by innumerable little colorful inci- dents to break the meonotony of the day's routine. On one occasion our motor launch went “aground” on the back of a floating turtie—truly a giant armong turtles, for his back was as big as a small ferryboat and covered with bar- nacles. The turtle, apparently fast asleep, paid no more attention to the burden of our launch on his back than if we had been a fly. We spent 15 strenuous minutes with ptke poles ‘working ourselves free from him. The members of the crew are most- ly Scandinavians with names that in- dicate Viking ancestors. Many of them THE EVENING into_the superstructure of the sunk- en Merida. Lower left: Diver Fred Neilson going down to the Merida. Lower right: This anchored buoy bearing the marine flag code signal for “finis.” which signifles the end of h the hunt, marks the grave of the treasure ship. (Photos by Bradley Kelly. spacial corr spondent of The Star and {he Noth Ame ican Newspaper Alliance.) are acquainted from actual experl- ence with rum runners and bucaneer- ing in the West Indies. Some of them have been on two or three previous unsuccessful expeditions in search of the Merida's treasure. They have all the weird superstitions of the sea, one of the most persistent being that good luck for a deep-sea diving expedition can only be secured by the presence on board of a read-headed tomcat. Such a mascot was finally secured in Norfolk only a few days before the Merida was located. The crew will all receive substantial bonuses from any treasure which is brought up by the expedition. Most of their idle moments are spent in de- ciding what they will do with the money. Mike Olson will buy himself a little cottage on Long Island near the sea; “Sailor Gus” is going to give himself a year's vacation on the land Pete Peterson will acquire a flivver and see some of the country. Finding the Merida. The “sweep” which resulted in lo- cating the wreck of the Merida came at the end of the afternoon of June 21 —the longest and probably the hottest day of the year. After our steel cable had been twice cut in two by the saw edge of the Merida's prow, we at last caught a “hang” which held firm as an anchor. Slowly the two ends of the 13,000-foot cabie were brought to- gether, so as to pinch the “hang.” Both ends were fastened to the winches of the Spray and hauled in until the cable was straight up and down in the water, indicating that the “find"” was directly under the ship. Anchors were dropped on either side of the wreck, supporting two large main buoys with brilliant-colored pennants flying from their tall bam boo staffs. Then came soundings which showed a difference in depth of 48 feet be- tween the top of our “find” and the ocean bed just alongside. This indi cated that the object below was ap proximately the height of a vessel on the bottom. Next the lead was dropped with its hollow bottom filled with soft soap. When it came back up from the bot tom the soap was flecked with pleces of steel rust—steel rust because g in color. The lead, too, was scratched on its sides by a hard object which must have been steel because there are no rocks on this part of the sex bottom. Thus we know that the ob. ject on the bottom beneath us was probably a steel ship about 48 feet in height. Food Grows Short. This was as much data as we could gather without sending down a diver, and immediately preparations for a careful deep-sea inspection began But this requires perfect weather and the elements remained obdurate for five days. Meanwhile, the air com- pressor was overhauled, the diving suits were gone over carefully for possible leaks and weak spots, the helmet valves and deep-sea tele- phones were inspected;, the air lines and Iife lines were tied together at 6-foot Intervals, the leaden shoes and heavy breast weights were brought out. Five days of stormy weather wore every one's nerves nearly to the breaking point. The food supply grew so scant that we were down to a bare diet of hardtack and coffee. The fresh water tanks gave us a thick fluid with a rust color and a flavor of cement and iron. We speared a couple of porpoise and ate porpoise steaks, which are not to be preferred to the ordinary food of landsmen. Then came calm weather. In the late afternoon the two salvage ships drew together over the buoyed spot. Nellsen, an ex-Navy diver, was chosen from our three deep-sea ex- perts as the man to make the Initial descent. Crilley, the champion diver of the world, stood at the telephone and O'Hage=, captain of the expedi- tion, watched the pumps. Neilson went over the side at 6:45 FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE FEELING PULSE OF THE WEST Frederic William Wile has left Washington for a two-month news-writing trip through the West. He will contribute to The Star a series of articles on “What the West Is Thinking and Saying.” His first dispatch, dealing with the political: situation in Wisconsin, is published today. These articles will be supplemented by & column of “Western Observations,’ ington Observations, of the same personal, breezy nature as ‘“Wash- the editorial page feature with which Evening Star readers are familiar. Mr. Wile'’s investigations will deal with the political and economic thought in “the great open spaces,” whose representa- tives now are so predominant in both executive and legisla- tive branches of the Government. How Western men and women look upon the outstanding questions of the day, national and international, in the fields of politics and economics, will be the subject with which the Wile articles will deal. Mr. Dakota, Montana, Washington, ‘Wile will cross Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Oregon, California, Utah, Colo- rado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa before his return to Washington m September. Upper: The Spray dropping -.n(-hnr‘ | valves and drifted slowl T — p.m., dropping stralght down a depth of 213 feet. On the last 50 feet he slacked his speed by means of his air along the hull of a great steel ship. The weight of his descending line became caught in the ship's rigging and in the loop of the line he swung backward and for- ward along the hull like a trapeze performer. Through his helmet win dow he could look through the port holes of the great ship. Within a few minutes he had found enough identifying marks to telephone aloft to Crilley and O'Hagan, “She is certainly the Merida!” Neilson stayed on the ocean bottom for 15 minutes, going clear around the wreck and climbing over her superstructure. His identification was now positive, and O'Hagan ordered him to ascend. The diver climbed slowly up the ladder, stopping now and then to relieve the air-pressure of 105 pounds to the square inch, which he had been under during his 15 min- utes at the bottom. He was 8 minutes coming up. Now the marking buoys cured by additional anchors, and O'Hagan ordered the expedition into Norfolk for the additional supplies and equipment necessary for the final stage of the salvage operations The location of the wreck, in lati- tude 37.24, longitude 74.32, is approxi mately that indicated by the reckon- ings which the expedition secured from the reports made by the officers of the colliding steamships 14 years ago. (Copyright. 1925. by North American News- All’righis reserved.) were se. paper Alliance. ARCHITECTS OPPOSE PLAN TO REFURNISH EXECUTIVE MANSION (Continued from First Page.) the liberty of inclosing, with a copy of the reply by Mr. Cass Gilbert. “The institute, therefore, respect- fully calls to your attention the de- sirability of carrying out any present work of renovation or restoration of the White House along the lines es- tablished by Mr. McKim. “We have no thought that the in- tention is to do otherwise, so this let- ter is submitted as the performance of a cherished duty Besides sending this letter to the President, it was learned today that the American Institute of Architects has solicited the assistance of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston, former mis- tresses of the White House, in inter- ceding with the President and Mrs. Coolidge to suspend the carrying out of the colonial scheme. The condition that actually exists, as explained by Lieut. Col. Clarence O, Sherrill, engineer officer in charge of the White House and its improve- ments, is this: Congress directed that a definite program of White House re- pairs and restoration be planned, but (‘ongress has not furnished appropria- tions for carrying out this restoration, ave $50,000 for urgently needed cur- ent repairs. This includes painting of the green room, general painting und cleaning up and the purchase of some rugs, curtains and draperies, be- sides overhauling the vacuum cleaner apparatus, installing a new elevator and repairs to the roof. However, in the painting of the green room the first step would be taken toward restoring a colonial in- terior scheme, and this would gradu- ally be carried out. Those opposing this scheme contend that in the new draperies, rugs, etc., the heavier hang- ings of the Louls XIV period would be replaced and that the White House would take on an appearance entirely different from what it has been dur- ing the occupancy of Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, Wiison, Harding and “oolidge. As the situation now stands the furniture and fittings to carry out the colonial mansion scheme would have to be donated, unless funds are pro- vided by Congress to purchase de- sired fittings. Any gifts of colonial furnishings would have to meet the approval of experts so that the White House interfor would be truly a re- production of the best colonial style. The American Institute of Archi- tects took a guiding interest in the refurnishing and decoration of the White House during the Roosevelt regime, and the letters referred to by Mr. Kemper in his missive to President Coolidge are submitted as proof that President Roosevelt ex- pressed to Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Mec- Kim the hope that future work on refurbishing the “White House interior might bealopg the lines thenadopted. STAR, WASHINGTON, l HOW HUNT IS BEING MADE FOR SUNKEN SHIP’S TREASURE N, IMPETUS GIVEN { REGIONAL PLAN ntinued from First Page.) politan district, with the National { Capital as a center, when representa tives of Maryland, the Federal Gov- ernment and the District of Columbia stood at the head of Sixteenth street, where it joins with Alaska avenue, and conferred as to the treatment of the extension of this thoroughfare, which is to be opened this Summer. This extension will be the gateway to the Capital City from the north, east and west. In a few minutes of con- ference on the scene, a matter was decided that would have taken months by correspondence, and at its conclu sion all were satisfied The high hill which dominates Six teenth street at this point is to be preserved—some day to carry an im posing memorial. The contour of the land there is to be preserved, and it marks the abandonment of deep cuts big fills and open expanses of red ¢ to mar the landscape until foliage grows. It marks a new step in city planning, when the natural contours of land will be preserved for the ad- miration of future generations The conferees, who were there to examine the plats and plans and who openly gave their opinfons. which re- sulted in a mutual agreement which will rule the decision of the District officials who have charge, were former Senator Blair Lee of Marvland, Maj E. Brooke Lee, secretary of state of Maryland; Representative Zihlman, chafrman of the House District com- mittee; Col. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Commissioner of the District of Co- lumbia: Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sher rill, director of the office of public buildings and public parks of the Na- tional Capital; Maj. Raymond Wheeler, assistant engineer nmissioner of | the District of Columbia: Lacey Shaw, county commissioner of Monigomery County, in charge of the section ad jotning the District of Columbia; Vin- ton D. Cockey, department engineer for the Washington Suburban Sani tary Commission of Maryland: Melvin Hazen, surveyor of the District of Co lumbia, and Blair Lee, jr Cols. Bell and Sherrill brought with them plats showing a proposed de- velopment of this gateway in the form of a park. Just north of the junction of Sixteenth street with Alaska avenue it was proposed to split the highway and have it go around a large parkway, which would be left for future development for some memorial, but the main idea was to save the high hill which overlooks the entire territory to the south. Senator Lee did not agree wholly with this scheme. He said he belleved that the grade could be saved there, but that the present idea in highways was to keep them straight and open He found fault with some of the circles and squares at present in Washington which carried traffic in a circultous route to reach a given point. He said that the hill could be saved for the future, and if it was determined later to develop a memorial, a statue or a gateway there, it might take the form of a gigantic arch, such as the Arch de Triumphe of Paris The main idea in city planning, Col. Bell pointed out, was to save such land in as nearly its natural state as possible—to preserve it for future treatment, so that generations later could not say that those before them had not looked ahead. With the idea in mind of saving this hill, there was open discussio nof possibilities and plans, and it was finally decided that there would be no cut through the hill. It is probable that the grade will change to a slightly steeper one from Alaska avenue north, so as to give the proposed entrance as imposing a heighth as possible. That it is the general idea for the Maryland people to eventually tie in with this imposing entrance to the Capital was made known by Maj. E. Brooke Lee. People of Chevy Chase, Kensington and the suburbs lying northwest of this territory want to have their main road come inio this thoroughfare, and they do not ‘avor the circle. They want the gateway to look as attractive from the north as it is proposed to have it from the south, The District bowed to its northern neighbor and acquiesced in its re- quests, through its Engineer Comy missioner. The Federal Government, represented by Col. Sherrill of the | constructive” economy in our opera- FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1925. | |CALL FOR BUDGET DEMANDS BIG CUT Estimates for 1927 Ordered to Come Within Limit of $3,080,000,000. The Bureau of the Budget last night sent out its call to all government de- partments and establishments for their annual estimates for the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1927. The esti- mates are due at various times from September 1 to September 15. President Coolidge has asked that these estimates, exclusive of the postal service alone, shall come within $3,080,000,000, a “shrinkage” of the Government’'s expenditure program in order to effect further tax reduction. With the surplus for the fisc: 1225 having so far exceeded estimates with the total of $250,505,238.83 that the Treasury has ordered a restudy of the estimated surplus for the year 1926, the prospects for 1927, which will be reflected in the estimates now called for are considered by observers of all political faiths here to have vital interest for the American taxpayer. Economy Demanded. The call for 1927 signature of H. M. Lord, director of the Bureau of the Budget, “by direc- tion of the President,” contains no specific reference to the stringent re- trenchment program of economy d manded of the Government chiefs by President Coolidge. But the depart- mental and established heads still have ringing in their ears the mes- sages of their Chief Executive, and Gen. Lord, at the recent regular meet- Ing of the business organization of the Government. when further economy | for the purpose of further tax reduc- | tion was laid down as the order of the day Although Gen. Lord had called upon the business heads of the Government to whittle sharply at their 1927 es. timates with the near-vain hope of bringing them within the President's figure, it was evident today that the Bureau of the Budget was getting set for a strenuous time between the re- ceipt of the first group of estimates in September, and the submission of the budget by President Coolidge on the first day of Congress, December 7. estimates under Tax Reduction Promised. It is on this day that President Coolidge has promised the American people he will not only submit his budget message, but will recommend tax reduction. How much tax reduc- tion he will recommend seems fo con- stitute one of the most absorbing topics in governmental as well as other circles these days. Many guesses have been hazarded by prophets of various kinds, and some members of Congress have gone so far as to fix estimates of their own. | These estimates of possible tax re. duction to be provided in the new revenue bill run from § ,000,000 to $500,000,000. The nearest official fig- ure out of the Treasury Department is $300,000,000. President Coolidge, in calling upon his departmental executives for action carrying out the “shrinkage” in the expenditure program for 1927, said: “To accomplish the objective which I have outlined for 1927 will require your fullest assistance and co-opera- tion. Scrutinize carefully our estimates,” said the President, before you submit them to the di- rector of the Bureau of the Budget. We are waging a fight for the tax- payers. We are nearing the time when constructive economy in the business of government will not find a reflection in continuing lessening vearly outlays. But the necessity for each item of tions will ever be with us. TIts en- forcement is our privilege and duty. because thereby we serve the people. Preliminary Figures Asked. Director Lord sent out his call for the preliminary estimates June 23, the | day after the regular meeting of the siness_organization of the Govern- ment. These preliminary figures af- ford a bird’s-eye view of the situation, but are officlally revealed to no one but the officials of the Budget Bureau and the President. Some new features are included in the call for the regular 1927 estimates. One of these is the request for five copies of the entire budget from each reporting office, instead of two, which have previously been required For the first time also the report on the field services personnel must be made in detall, comparable to the re-| ports made for personnel in the Dis. trict of Columbia, showing salaries | and wages, and the number of per- sons in each salary range. The field service was formerly reported in a lump sum There is also a new feature which will show the difference between the 1927 and 1926 estimates, if any, as due to a decrease in force or increase in salarfes HAIL KILLS SPANISH CROP Violent Storms Do Widespread Damage in Tarragona. MADRID, Jul 3 (®).—Torrential rain and hail storms, during which at some places the wind assumed hurricane violence, yesterday did great material damage in Tarragona and the surrounding country. Ad- vices from Barcelona assert that the entire countryside near Tarragona was damaged, while the mayor of Valencia telegraphs that the harvests were destroyed by the hail stones. In the province of Jaen the country was inundated and fruit trees were washed away or damaged. Likewise in the regions of Huesca and Sara- iHe was besieged by his children on his TOKIO AGITATORS GUILTY. Convicted of Plot to Blow Up Diet and Kill Premier. TOKIO, July 3 (®).—Ryohel Uchida, leader of a reactionary society, and three of his associates were found guilty today at a preliminary trial on charges of attempting to blow up buildings occupied Ly the Diet last April to prevent passage of the suf- frage bill then under consideration. The defendants were found guilty also of an attempt to assassinate the pre mier. SPARKLERS' LURE COSTS BOY HIS LIFE Cab Hits Five-Year-0ld Child on Way to Buy Harmless Fireworks for Fourth. Running joyously across the strees to a neighborhood store to purchase Fourth of July sparklers after he had begged his father into giving him the money, little Harold Alford, 5-year-old son of Yarbor Alford, 154 A street northeast, was struck by a taxicab and fatally injured late yesterday. Theodore 8. Garman, 21 years old, of 713 D street southeast, driver of the cab, took the child to Casualty Hos- pital, where he died a few minutes later of a fractured skull. The driver was exonerated at an inquest at the District of Columbia morgue today. The child's father, a former resident of Magnolia, Pike County, Miss., is employed in a U street barber shop. return from work them buy sparklers.” Harold and his 8-year-old brother Jamie previously had been permitted to buy fireworks, but had burned ali the sparklers. After repeated requests of “Dad, give me a nickle,” the father gave them the money, cautioning them to be careful crossing the street Jamie returned, bewildered, minutes later to tell his “Harold got hurt by an auto.” The father and mother hurried to the hospital, reaching there while sur- geons viere preparing to perform an operation as a last resort to save the boy's life. Police say they learned the child had run down the street, so that it was almost impossible for the taxi to be brought to a stop in time. Measure. ments taken by police showed the cab skidded about 25 feet after Garman had applied his brakes. VESSELS RUSH TO AID CANTON FOREIGNERS yesterday to let 2 few father, Danger of Violence Closes Chinese Section of City to All Outsiders. By the Associated Press CANTON, July 3.—Gunboats are proceeding to all outlying communi ties to protect foreigners threatened by the antiforeign wave now sweep- ing through China. In Canton it is considered dangerous for residents of Shameen, the foreign settlement, to visit the Chinese. sec tion of the city, where there has been an apparent revival of business in native circles. German firms also are continuing business as usual. The British consul general con tinues to await the expected British demands on the Canton government. Silk merchants ani members of the chamber of commerce are anxious to regain trade which has been lost through strikes that have paralyzed shipping. SHENANDOAH’S FLIGHT TO BAR HARBOR STARTS Comdr. Lansdowne Has Charge of Giant Dirigible on Trip Up Atlantic Coast. By the Associated Press LAKEHURST, N. J., July 3.—The dirigible Shenandoah left the naval air station at 8:15, Eastern standard | time, on her flight to Bar Harbor, Me. The ship was headed direct for Provi dence, R. I, and was in charge of Comdr. Lansdowne. Evangelist Fined for Fishing. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va. July Dr. E. J Bulgin, Lutheran evangelist, who is holding a month’s meeting in Luray, where a tabernacle was erected for the purpose, was arrested vesterday by Constable Renolds on a warrant charging him with fishing in the Shenandoah River, in this county, without a non-resident’s fishing license. Streets Ordered lesn;aced, The District Commissioners today ordered the resurfacing of seven stretches of roadway in several sec. tions of the city. as follows D street southeast, Third to Sixth streets; K street northwest, Nine teenth to Twenty-second streets: S street northwest, from Sixth to Seventh and from Twelfth to Thir- teenth; Randolph place -northeast, econd to Third: S street northeast Second to Third, amd Second street gossa orchards were destroyed. FILL THIS northeast from R to T streets LEWD PRINT WAR WILL BE GONTINUED Citizens’ Federation Head Suggests Monthly Magazine’ | Survey by Committee. | Plans are underway to make the committee that has been surveying questionable magazines in Washing ton a permanent board of review to assist District Attorney Peyton Gordon in keeping periodicals that are sold | here well within the law that forbids | the aistribution of lewd, indecent and obscene literature. Jesse C. Suter, president of the | Federation of Citizens’ Associations and a member of the committee, called | on Maj. Gordon this morning and dis ‘irunuad the problem of lascivious | magazines and so-called “art” publica | tions. He told the prosecutor that a | number of the magazines examined by the committee were shocking In their | unveiled obscenity | 1t was pointed out hoth by Maj Gordon and Mr. Suter that the fight |to rid Washington of such published {Indecency should not stop with the | disappearance of the last objectionable mugazine and booklet, but that steps should be taken now to assure the people of the National Capital that these periodicals may never again re appear here without being certain of summary ejection again. Suggests Monthly Survey. With this in view, Mr. Suter asked the district attorney how he woulk |feel toward the creation of a perma {nent committee magazines old here every month, mark anfis | stories pictures that might seem |offensive and send them to the prose | cutors omcs e whether or not they were subjects for | prosecution | Mr. Suter stressed that thix commit tee would really be supplementary Maj. Gordon's office. which is already birdened with pressing court business |and is frankiy unable to devote suffi clent time to the monthly survey of | magazines which present condittons a most demand The eommittee would review the magazines and leave the de cision on those regarded as question. able up to Maj. Gordon Offer Finds Favor. | The atstrict attorney heart a proved the suggestion, and said h would welcome such assistance. The | proposition is now to be put up to the {Board of Commissioners of the Dis- trict, with the view to having the com | mittee formally appointed by them and to survey insuring it an official status. In the meantime another meeting of the pres ent temporary committes is to be c lled, probably for early in the week Prosecutions are to be asked in at least two instances wh ers were found to be selling indecent magazines. In both cases the obscen | | | im | ity was contained in the reading mat and not in the photographs, and upon the court’s decision in these cases, if warrants are obtained, will possibly rest the questisn of pressing prosecution against three or four | other cases. | Not on Gordon's List. None of the magazines in question was included in District Attorney Go: don's list of banned publications. He carefully warned the dealers that the mere issuance of a list did not give all other periodicals a clean bill of health and that they would have to be their own censors. The two in stances found by the volunteer board of review, it was stated, seem 1o be clear-cut violations of the law. They will be presented to the district attorney early Monday morning. and he will be asked to review the stories found to be particularly offensive. I | his decision sustains the finding of | the committee, officers will be sent out to purchase the editions and warrants will be issued on the basis of those sales. Trials will be asked immediate 1y, so that additional prosecutions mas ! be pressed without delay if the court |finds a verdict for the Government. WIFE SUES P. C. KNOX: CRUELTY IS CHARGED | Excessive Drinking Also Alleged in Action Filed Here for Maintenance. Mrs. Josephine P. Knox land avenue, vesterday afternoon filad suilt for maintenance ipreme Court again: hilander C. Knox, son of the former | | | { cretary of State and later Senator from Pennsylvania. The wife charged cruelty and the excessive use of in toxicants and declares she found it | necessary to leave her husband's home |10 go to the home of her mother. Mrs. W. R. Poole, at Charleston, W. Va Justice Stafford. at the reqnest of the attorneys. Wilton J. Lambert and Ru dolph H. Yeatman. issued a rule on the husband to show cause next Thursday why he should not make | adequaté arrangements for the sup | Port of his wife and two children | Mrs. Knox in her petition tells the court she was married September 26 1917. and has resided most of the timas |in Washington Refuses to Discuss Suit. | CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 3 (®) Mr osephine Knox, who is &t the home of her parents here. refused’to, | discuss her anc sult for separate maimte: filed in Washington against fer id, but other thun that has no.plans for the future. OUT AND ENROLL TOMORROW ENROLLMENT CARD OF ONE DAY NATIONAL DEFENSE VOLUNTEERS AGES _OF 18 TO 45 YEARS. INCLUSIVE. | HEREBY VOLUNTEER FOR THE NATIOMAL DerFense Test oF Juiy 4vW 1925. anp acreg To :m-o‘u IN THE ORGAN!ZATION INDICATED (a) BELOW FOR THAT DAY ONLY. | HAVE NO PREFERENCE FOR ASS|GNMENT (or) (s) OCCUPATION .. SIGNATURE AND AGE .. RACE, WHITE OR COLORED. Res|DENCE ADDRESS ... | PREFER TO 'BE ENROLLED FOR .THAT DAYSIN.. ey (RecuLar Ammy (Nat'L Guaro (Or¢, Reserve INSTRUCTIONS. FiLL OUT THIS CARD AND DELIVER (N PERSON ON JuLy 4TH eeFore 5:00 P. M. TO ONE OF THE FOLLLOWING PLACES WHICH HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS ENROLLMENT CENTER : NationaL Guamro Ammory. 472 "L" St. N. or Fire Statiol executive and ' Representative Zihl- man of the legislative branch, gave its approval, and Maryland was pleased, as evidenced by her repre- !sentatives, Maj. Lee, Lacey Shaw and Vinton Cockey, . ¥., Ore wy PoLice HeADQUARTERS | GRAMAM Res BuiLDING, - 14TH & "E " Streers N. W., Ho. Dist oF Wasu., Room 1027 MuniTions BuiLpine, BoLLing FieLo, Anacostia, D. C., Fort Mver, Va. Tue New WaSKiNGTON AUDITORIUM.(OPEN -ONLY unTiL 10:30 A M) | husband, Philander C. Knox. ., Hé children are with her. Mrs. Knox = will remain here for the Summer, she A