Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1925, Page 2

DEATH CAR BRAKES FOUND EFFEGTIVE Two Autos That Killed Chil- dren in Perfect Condition, Police Inquiry Shows. Four - year-old James Randolph Oliver, son of Mr, and Mrs. Peter R Oliver, jr., of 1136 Abbey place north east, playing near his home yester- day afternoon, was knocked down by the automobile of George F. Demp sey, 3014 Earl place northeast, and killed. Death resulted from a frac- ture of the skull while he was being conveved to Sibley Hospital. irred by the killing of the child the second fatality of its kind in 18 hours, M. O. Eldridge, director of traffic; Capt. I. C. Moeller, his as- sistant, and Capt. E. W. Brown of the Traffic Bureau made an investiga tion of the accident and reached the conclusion that it was unavoidable so far as Dempsey was concerned, the child having run from behind a parked cgr directly in the path of Dempsey’s machine. An inquest will be held at the morgue today. Car's Brakes Effective. Examination of the car that killed the child disclosed that it was in per fect condition. The same was true of the taxicab that killed Harold Alfor 154 A street northeast, while on h way neighboring store Thursday night to purchase sparklers. Yeaterday's fatality was the fortieth recorded by the police since January 1. Three other deaths from injuries inflicted by motor vehicles were not classed by the police as traffic accl- dents. In one instance a colored woman was jammed against a wall at a gasoline filling station. Another involved the death of a colored man that resulted from the accidental overturning of his motor cycle, while the third was the case of an individ- ual committing suicide by hurling himself in front of an automobile. Director Eldridge, in an effort to re- duce traffic fatalities, has requested officlals of taxicab companies to re- quire their drivers to be more careful, especially in the matter of right-of- way. He also issued a warning to motorists and parents in an effort to better protection of children 80,000 Chlidren at Play. Attention was called to the fact that there are 80,000 children on the streets during the vacation period. and Director Eldridge said that slow and careful driving has become a ne- He suggested to motorists would be well to remember ere may be a child behind any car they approach Margaret Perez, 4i-year-old child of &n attache of the Cuban legation, was njured by the automobile of M. J. London, 2001 Connecticut avenue, r of her home while in the alley in rea s treated at Chil vesterday. She was t dren’s Hospital for bruises and shock. Mrs. Josephine Tate, 65, Fourth street southeast, was severely shocked last night as a result of a collision between the automobiles of R. L. Hin- son Fourth street southeast, in which she was a passenger, and the car of Walter E. Purdey, 314 E street northeast. The collision occurred at Pennsylvania and Minnesota avenues southeast. Purdey was arrested on a charge of reckless driving, taken to Traffic Court and released on collateral for his appearance next week Locked Brake Overturns Car. An automobile driven by Henry Schwalbach, 1 K street southeast, turned turtle at Massachusetts avenue and Macomb street, American Uni versity Park, early today, injuring the occupants. Others with Mr. Schwal bach in the car were Edward O'Con nell, 1448 Girard street, and Paul Beach, 11 K street. They were taken to Emergency Hospital, where physi cians said they were only slightly hurt. Locking of the brakes was responsible for the accident, it is stated, and the young men experienced difficulty in their efforts to get out of the over- turned car. A big milk truck belong- ing to J. J. Bowles, dairyman, dropped into an excavation along the line of the tracks of the Capital Traction Co. at Pennsylvania avenue and Eighth street southeast It was taken from the excavation by the street car com- pany's wrecking crew and was found not damaged WEEKS SELLS HOME, WILL LIVE IN FLAT War Department Officials Deny Sale Indicates Secretary Will Resign. Secretary Weeks has sold his house, at 2100 xteenth reet, and his friends said today he would live in an apartment instead when he returns to Washington. Disclosure of the sale, together with Mr. Weeks' continued iliness in Mas- sachusetts, revived a perennial report that he had resigned, but War De partment officials said today they had heard nothing of such a development Situated on Sixteenth street at the foot of Meridian Hill, where there are 2 number of intersections, and where the traffic is unusually heavy, the noise lately has become particularl objectionable to the War Secretary. The sale was negotiated more than a month ago. ONE DEAD, 11 MADE ILL BY POISONOUS FLOUR ‘Woman. 74, Dies From Eating Bis- cuit—Child, 3, Is in Crit- ical Condition. By the Associated Press ARCADIA, La., July 4.—One person is dead, another is critically ill and ten more are recovering from the ef- fects of eating biscuits made of flour containing poison. All of the poisoned live on a farm 3 miles from Bien- ville, in southern Bienville parish. Mrs. Free, 74, mother of W. P. Free, on whose farm the tragedy occurred, is dead, and Charlotte Lowe, 3-year- old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lowe, is critically 1ll. The other mem bers of the two families, Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and four children and Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Free and three children, are recovering. The flour, a self-rising brand, was purchased from a Blenville store by the Frees, and Mrs. Lowe borrowed some of it. Both made biscuits Thursday for dinner. All members of the two families became critically i1l shortly afterward CHINESE MOB JAPANESE. SHANGHAI July 4 ().—Mobs at- tacked three Japanese here last night. The victims were rescued by Chinese police. Reports received in Shanghai state Japanese and British stores were Inoted vesterday at Swatow, Kwang tung Province. THE EVENING Herrick Expected To Discuss French Debt During Leave By the Associated Press Ambassador Herrick. at Paris, is expected to come to this country in the near future on leave, and dur- ing his presence here probably will discuss the French debt, as a mat- ter of course, with Washington of- ficials So far as officials here know, however, he will bring no new com- munication on the subject from the French government. HOTEL GUESTS FLEE LEONARDTOWN FIRE Attorney Gordon and Family Among Those Driven Out by $8,000 Blaze. Fire of unkpown origin, which drove United States District Attorney Gordon, his wife and daughter and 22 other guests from their rooms in the St. Mary’s Hotel at Leonard town, Md., at 11 o'clock last night, caused damage estimated at $8,000 be fore volunteer firemen could ex- tinguish the flames. Recent completion of a new water system at the resort town and pro- vision of hose lines enabled the vol unteers to save the building from de- struction and prevent its spread to other bulildings. Guests Get Timely Warning. All the guests of the hotel were warned in time to flee from the build- ing before the flames spread to a dangerous extent. No one was re- ported injured While alarms were being sent to Washington and Baltimore fire depart ments with requests that fire engines Ibe sent posthaste, a corps of volun- teers was organlized by Inspector L. A Radcliffe of the District fire marshall's office, who was at Leonardtown at the time on a visit. During the three hours while the pumper engine from No. 25 engine company here was speeding to the fire, the volunteers directed streams of water on the blaz- ing three-story brick and frame build- ing and had practically extinguished the flames when the engine arrived. Maj. Gordon and his party were taking a week end rest at the resort, having left Washington yesterday afternoon with thousands of others who deserted the Capital for over-the- Fourth celebration Albert Lomax, proprietor of the hotel, said an investigation failed to disclose the cause of the fire. He expressed doubt that it was caused by lighted fire crackers thrown through an open window by Fourth of July celebrators. The blaze started in the servants’' quarters at tie rear, he believes. QUAKE INSURANCE GAINS IN DISTRICT Large Buildings Covered Since Possibility of Disaster Is Admitted. Chances of a disastrous earthquake in Washington are about one-third as great as for a serious conflagration. So the larger insurance companies figure in making up their rates, which are on file in the offices of agents here. Up to a week ago there was prac- tically no earthquake insurance in the District. The lesson of the Santa Bar- bara quake, together with predictions that some time within the next cen- tury there is a probability that a more or less serious quake will occur on the Atlantic coast, apparently have spurred some property holders to take cognizance of the risk. Practically all tle larger companies are seeking earthquake business. The agents within the past two days have received letters quoting new rates and urging them to push the sale of pol- fcles. One of the larger agents said yes- terday that he is just closing a deal for earthquake insurance on one of the biggest office buildings in Wash- ington. Another agent, who already holds several smaller earthquake policies, said that there had been repeated in- quiries for rates and conditions fin the last few days and that ke was about to close a large policy. The prevaliling earthquake insurance rates are: For dwellings and fire- proof bulldings, 10 cents per $100 of value for three. vears: for all other buildings, 15 cents per $100 of value for three years. Fire Insurance Considered. The fire insurance rate is 30 cents a $100 for three years, exactly three times as much as for an earthquake policy. ~ The tornado policy rate, which insures against damage from severe storms whether to be classified as tornadoes or not, is 20 cents a $100. The tornado business has more than doubled in the District in the past few years, agents agree. There are occasional’ small losses to be pald. Money lenders, it was reported, now are requiring tornado insurance on most new suburban frame house: which are likely to suffer in a severe storm. While none of the insurance agents seen believes that Washington is likely to be visited by a severe earthquake in the near future, they point out that the rates are made up by engineers on the best scientific information. The policies require that the prop- erty be insured for at least half of its value. Agents pointed out that fire insur- ance policies are inoperative if the blaze starts after a building falls un- less the structure is also covered by earthquake insurance. GRAIN FIRM’S STATUS IN BROKERS’ FAILURE IS WALL STREET TOPIC (Continued from First Page.) mour Grain Co., one of the firms merged into the marketing company, said in Chicago that there was no obli- gation to sell 51 per cent of the stock by July 1. The failure is the largest in point of liabilities in the history of Wall street. Estimates of assets range from $30,- 000,000 to $35,000,000. The firm re- ceived $20,000,000 in loans from New York banks and $§7,000,000 from Chi- cago_institutions, all but $2,000,000 of which was secured by collateral other than Rosenbaum Corporation stock. Irving L. Ernst, counsel for the New York receiver, gaid that the 2,000 ered- itors would be paid 100 cents on the dollar. = 1 PETWORTH PARADE SCOLORFUL SCENE Children in Colonial Garb and | Dressed as Flowers March. Fireworks Tonight. With a setting of historical events as a background the entire citizenry of the Petworth section turned out today to join in a July 4 celebration Under the auspices of the Petworth Citizens’ Association a program of events is being held all day, to con clude about 9:30 o'clock tonight with a display of fireworks. The opening event of the Petworth celebration was a parade with seven units participating, which formed on New Hampshire avenue near Quincy street, marched north on New Hamp. shire avenue, around Grant Circle and back to the point of formation, where it disbanded. Most of the paraders were children, dressed in colonial costume, and other costumes portraying the growth of the Republic from Revolutionary perfod to the present day. The units in the parade were a newsboys' band, the Petworth Home and School Assoclation, the Petworth Baptist Sunday School, presenting American historical events; the Wal- lace Memorial Summer Bible the Vipivoce Music Study Club, the Petworth Woman’s Club and the Pet- worth Flower Garden. Flower Garden on March. Historical characters of Revolution ary days were portrayed in the unit of the Petworth Baptist Sunday school. Children garbed to represent Betsy Ross, George Washington - olutionary soldiers, Indians and other characters of 150 vears ago made the unit a colorful spectacle. The Pet- worth Flower Garden exhibit was a group of children dressed as flowers their costumes representing rose tulips, bees and daffodils. The ps rade was led by Willlam J. Arm- strong, general chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the celebration At noon today flag raising exercises were conducted at Grant Circle, with the flag raised by Elizabeth and James Armstrong, dressed as a co- lonial boy and Columbia, with salute by a naval gun crew Athletic events are scheduled start shortly before 2 o'clock afternoon on Tenley Field, Hampshire and Concord avenues. One of the events is a base ball game between the Petworth A. C. and the Maryland A. C. Various run- ning events were scheduled for boys and girls, with racs for fat men, married men, a sack race, a three- legged race for boys and an egg race for women. to this New Fireworks Tonight. Patriotic exercises will be held at 6:45 o'clock tnis evening on Tenley Field, with the Rev. Edward Hayes presiding. The principal address will be delivered by Rev. H. C. Stein- heimer of China, while the invocation will be delivered by Rev. Henry J. Smith, pastor of the Baptist Church and Rev. C. E. Hawthorne, pastor of the Wallace Memorial Church. The pyrotechnic exhibitions will begin immediately after the close of the evening exercises. The general committee in charge of the Independence day celebration is composed of William J. Armstrong, general chairman; W. R. Robertson, vice chairman; Joseph A. Wright, treasurer, apd Margaret A. Lentz, secretary. Other committees are as follows: Finance, W. C. Butler, chair- public comfort, Raymond Stack- aid, Dr. Alfred Norcross, chairman; Dr. William D. oodman, vice chairman; Dr. W. P. Burns, Dr. H. H. Lefler and Dr. Howard F. Cane; publicit; Mr: Estelle B. Schwartz, chairman: parad Mrs. Horace J. Phelps, chairman; printing, Irving W. Hitchcock, chair- man. SHEIK HORSEWHIPPED HER, U. S. GIRL AVERS Lashed by Arab Horseman, Miss ‘Wattenberg Says, Upon Return. NEW YORK, July 4 P).—Her back still bearing the marks left by a horse- ip in the hands of an Arab sheik. Miss Gizella Wattenberg returned yes- terday on the United States liner George Washington with an entirely Qifterent. conception of the desert Bedouin from that she had previously found in fiction. Miss Wattenberg is the daughter of Philip Wattenberg, a wealthy real es- tate owner of the Bronx, who is presi- dent of the Galician Federation, and who gave $100,000 to the Epstein Uni- versity, a branch of the New Univer- sity of Jerusalem. Her father and mother returned with her after sev- eral months in Palestine. Miss Wattenberg, leaving her par- ents in Jerusalem, joined & party of 12, on April 7, on thelr way to Nablus to observe the ancient Jewish custom of animal sacrifice. The party was slowly proceeding over the mountainous trail when a band of horsemen swept down, circled them twice and began to throw stones. Miss Wattenberg said the Arabs were dirty, slovenly and vicious. They beat the gulde over the shoulders, and then the leader of the band brought his whip down several times across Miss Wat- tenberg’s back. A party of Americans then appeared on the scene and frightened them away. Better Late Than Never. From the Topeka Capital. Pat stopped to read & sign in front of Max Goldstein’s place, ‘“‘Ladies’ Ready-to-wear Clothing " “Shure, an’ it's about time,” mused Tat as he walked on. Schooi, | | STAR, WASHINGTO. Sovietized Colony Is Planned in U. S. By Russian Exiles By the Associated*Press. NEW YORK, July 4 settlement to be known as “New Petrograd” is planned for New Jer- sev. with a Nevsky Prospect and other features of the old St. Peters burg. later Petrograd, then soviet- ized into Leningrad. Organizers of the project have se- cured a tract of land near South Plainfleld, N. J., and’ propose to build a_town of Russian architec- ture. The site will be dedicated to- morrow. W. W. Bauimistrow, president of the Russian Refugees’ Relief Society of America, is direct- ing the project. The tract has 1,400 acres. Streets of the town will include Peter the Great boulevard and several named for American benefactors of Rus- sian refugees, including Herbert Hoover. About 400 Russian fami lies have signified their intention of DEATHS I WAKE OF HEAT IN WEST By the Associated Press CHICAGO, July West's short-lived flight with the advent of cooling winds and thunderstorms, but the high temperatures of the last three 4.—The heat wave took Middle days accounted for several deaths and scores of prostrations, while cloudbursts and drownings added materially to the casulty toll. The break in the wave for most of the central territory came late yesterday in generous downpours, ith showers indicated today for th Eastern and Central Great Lakes region and the lower Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys. Moderate tem- peratures were predicted in the mid- dle area, but the weather chart said the heat would continue slightly modified in districts to the south. ‘Weather Is Erratic. Yesterday's weather chronicle was an erratic mixture of windstorms, heavy rains, cloudburst, temperature drops and in a few instances of sur- prising rises in the mercury. Chi- cago, which usually remains com- paratively cool because of lake breezes, saw the temperature ascend from 77 at noon to 98 at evening, a record for the year, while Milwaukee reparted a rise from 80 to 93 de- grees In 10 minutes. The highest mark in the Central States was 102, at Springfleld, 11, but while most of the middle area was watching the mercury fall, the first tier of South- ern States was experiencing a steady rise, which reached 99 at Knoxville and 100 at Nashville, Tenn. The day's casualties included an au tomobile party of six, drowned in a flood resulting from a_cloudburst at Hay Junction, near Rock Springs, Wyo. Another cloudburst occurred in Colorado, flooding Cherry Creek, which threatened for a time to inundate South Denver and points along the waterway for 40 miles. Hundreds of persons prepared to flee, but after sev- eral hours of anxiety the danger was declared over. The heat caused one death and 26 prostrations in Louisville, Ky., and one death at Prairie Du Chien, Wis., while a farm worker was killed by lightning at Brazil, Ind. A heavy wind and rain storm at New Castle, Ind., gave rise to erroneous reports that the town had been struck by a tornado. with many deaths. Four per- sons were drowned at Center, Ala., and one at Knoxville, Tenn. Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and In- diana reported a general break in the heat wave, while rellef also came to parts of Kentucky. In the latter State temperatures ranged from 98 to 100, and it was indicated that the heat over most of the State would continue another 24 hours. ' Although not connected with the storms in the Midle West, a high wind at Visalia, Calif., blew over what was considered the largest oak tree in the world. The tree, believed to be from 700 to 1,000 yvears old, was 37 feet 4 inches in circumference and had a spread of 150 feet. U. S. VIEW ON CHINA OPPOSED IN JAPAN Proposal for Parley on Extra- territorial Rights Is Attacked. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, July 4.—The United States Government'’s desire for consideration of the question of extraterritorial rights in China has been widely com- mented upon by the Japanese press. A spokesman of the Tokio foreign office today indorsed the view of his government, already announced, that, although Japan is ready for the aboli- tion of extraterritorial rights in China at the earliest possible time, and is prepared to facilitate Chinese efforts toward this end, it considers all such attempts at present prema- ture in view of the disturbed condi- tions in the country. ‘The Japanese foreign office has no official knowledge of the proposal the United States intends to make re- garding China, but does not believe the Washington Government is likely to approach the powers immediately with plans for abrogation of the spe- cial privileges held by foreigners in China, D. C., SATURDAY, LANGLEY CLEARED OF LIQUOR CHARGE | Representative Not Guilty of | l Intruding on Woman While Intoxicated. By the Associated Press. PIKEVILLE, Ky. July 4.—Repre- sentative John W. Langley, Repub- lican, Kentucky, today stands acquit- ted of the latest liquor charge against him, drunkenness, when it was held in County Court here yesterday that he was not walking unsteadily because of an alcoholic condition, but because of the influence of medicine he had taken on a physician’s advice to pro duce the effect of dizziness. Charge Causes Arrest. The Representative was arrested a few days ago on a warrant sworn_out by Mrs. W. C. Henritze, who charged he staggered to her apartment door Mr. Langley testified that he had become exhausted due to his weakened physical condition while downtown one day, and had stopped in the apart ment of a gentleman friend who oc cupied rooms next to Mrs. Henritze. While there he said he took medicine and also a cold-water bath and was so unfamiliar with the hallways that when he left the bathroom he wan- dered dizzily into the doerway of Mrs. Henrltze's apartment. He denied drinking any liquor that day Testimony of Dr. A. G. Osborne, the Representa tive's physician. said on the stand that he had advised Mr. Langley not Physician. to go on the streets after taking the medicine. Mr. Langley was fined $10, and served a four-hour jail sentence for contempt of court when he was given his first hearing on the charge REVELERS BURIED AS BUILDING FALLS; (Continued from First Page.) suddenly as an orchestra was play- ing a dance selection. More than 100 guests were in the club for a night before the Fourth of July cele- bration. Many of them iwere be- lMeved to have made their way out safely, but there was no knowing how many had done so. The lowest estimates of the number buried in the wreckage was between 30 and 50, while many held that at least 75 were imprisoned, either dead or alive. Survivors said the crash came with a rumble that resembled an earth- quake. Merrymakers in the club had been setting off firecrackers in the early morning hours, and for a mo- ment the dancers thought that a giant cracker had been exploded. They were on the second floor of the build- ing, and in an instant the wall and three floors above them came crash- ing down, crushing the dance floor to the street and on to the basement Doctors Comb Ruins. Firemen and doctors came by the scores, and untll dawn poked about the ruins with flashlights. Internes from the City Hospital crawled be- neath the ruins wherever they could giving hypodermic injections to sur- vivors in pain, but who could not be released. A priest from St. James' Church, just around the corner, gave absolution to the victims who were carried out. Crowds of wreckers and riggers ar- rived soon after daybreak to ald the firemen in clearing away the debris. Little hope was held out, however, of reaching the victims before nightfall, and it was thought likely that the work would continue through most of tomorrow before all could be found. The labor was considered extremely precarious, as it was believed the front and rear walls of the building might fall at any time and thus delay for a much longer period the end of the search. The three upper floors were unoc- cupled. SEVEN DIE IN FIRE. SARANAC LAKE. N. Y. July 4 (#).—Seven persons are dead and one is belleved to be dying as the result of a fire in a_ threestory apartment house here early this morning. The dead: Peter Dwyer of Saranac Lake. George Dukett of Saranac Lake. Patrick Martin, believed to be of Chateaugeay. Kenneth Monakey, 12-year-old son of Mrs. Sarah Monakey, of Saranac Lake. Infant of Mr. and Mrs. George Dukett. Two unidentified men. Mrs. George Dukett is in the hos- pital here and belleved to be dying of her burns. Vietims on Third Floor. All the victims were on the third floor of the building, where the fire started. Eleven persons on the first and second floors were rescued. The cause of the fire is unde- termined. Starting at 4 am., it had gained such headway when the firemen ar- rived from their station, only two doors away, that they were unable to rescue any of the persons on the upper story. § The position of the bodies indicated that most of the victims had died in their sleep. Martin got as far as the window and was hanging over the edge, but firemen were unable to res- cue him owing to the intense heat. Efforts were belng made to learn the identity of the two men. It was thought they were from Burlington, Vt. e Miss Emma Millette has become a successful business woman in Buf. falo, where she operates an estab- lishment for the splicing together of broken threads in cloth that has been torn or \\'\:rn* 8 BELIEVED KILLED| JUI Eight New Types Of Planes Tested For Air Mail Work By the Assoc P CHICAGO, July 4.—On Mon- mouth-Maywood air mail experimental track are being tested eight new types of airplanes, from which 1t is hoped to develop a standard mail plane. The all-metal monoplane, the first of the Ford series, is capable of carrying 1,000 pounds or more of mail, while the Carrier Pigeon and Mercury have similar capacity. The others in- clude a “world cruise=" type, a Boe ing, a Huff-Deland and a Cox-Clemens. Present air mail planes of the De Haviland_type ¢arry only 500 pounds of mail, due to lack of cubic capacity, Since the 3-mileaminute Army biplanes have visited the Maywood the hangars, the aerial postmen have be- come a bit discontented with their 100-mile-an-hour cruisers. If the new- type planes carry several. hundred pounds more mail and fly only 95 miles per hour, they are likely to be declared “too slow” by the pilots. This may seem queer 1o non-flyers, but to air- men it is logical, for speed in the air means better control. Control in turn means a greater safety for the pilot and his cargo. From experiments with the new- type planes it is desired to develop a more efficient plane to be built in quantlty WOULD BAR “OBEY IN WEDDING RIT Prayer Book Revisers Also Would Shorten Ten Commandments. the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 4.—Removal of “obey” from the marriage service, a shortened form of the Ten Command- ments, elimination of the rubric which forbids the use of the hurial service over suicides and omission from Good Friday pi invoking mercy all reference to Jjews, Turks and in- fidels, are recommendations contained in the fourth report of the commission | on prayer book revision of the Epis copal Church. Approval of the recom- mendations will be asked by the tri- ennial general convention to be held at New Orleans next October One of the inspiring causes for the revision of the Book of Common Pray- aid Right Rev. Charles Lewi; bishop coadjutor of Mass: setts and chairman of the revision commission, is a purpose to put the Episcopal Church in touch with pres- ent-day life. Rights Thought Equal. “We are coming to look upon the rights of men and women as equal,” said Bishop Slattery, explaining the dropping of “‘obey” from the marriage service. “The pledge of the man, therefore, should be the same as the pledge of the woman. The life which is entered into in marriage is a_life of mutual consideration and obedi- ence, and not submission of one to the other on one side only.” The tery, change is not lowering the marriage | but rather raising it, he added. | The proposed change in the form of | vow. e commandments is recommended 0 that the mind and heart will be reached more directly by the short- ened form.” Tt is pointed out that the use of the longer or shorter form will be optional with the clergy. Service for Suicides. Regarding the burial service for suicides, Bishop Slattery said: “The burial office has been given more of a_ Christian hope and confidence. There is difficulty in deciding whether a person who commits suicide is re- sponsible for his act. In many cases we feel sure that the person is not responsible for his act, and that the act is part of a serious mental dis- ease. A hard and fast rule which bars all such persons from the privi- lege of the burial rite, adding grief 1o the sorrow of the surviving rela- tives, seems not true to the spirit of Christ.” The Good Friday collect, which in- vokes “mercy on all Jews, Turks, in- fidels and heretics.” and which has &iven offense to the Jews, will read, if the convention gives its final ap- proval, “have mercy upon all who know Thee not as Thou art revealed in the gospel of Thy Son,” etc. Memorial Prayer Added. Another revision of the prayer book to which significance attaches is that prayers for the departed are provided for in the revised burial service. Prior to 1916 there was in the prayer book no prayer for the de. parted, although many regarded the latter portion of the prayer of the church miilitant in the communion office as impliedly a petition of this sort. In 1916, however, with the World War waging and world-wide prayers being offered for those who were falling in battle, a new prayer “for Memorial days” was agreed upon after an impressive debate by the general convention meeting in St. Louis. This prayer, the use of which was made merely permissive, was ratified in accordance ‘with the pro- visions of the church constitution in 1919, whereby the principle of prayers for the departed was recognized. It is now used on memorial days. At the convention of 1922 this prayer was slightly revised, and in its new form will be finally voted on at the New Orleans convention. gt Taken From a Gravestone. From the London Daily New: “This monument is erected to the th memory of Patrick Dooley, who was accidentally shot by his brother as & mark of affection.’ the | | Homes Are Wrecked, In Japanese Quakes| No Lives Are Lost| i By the Associated Press TOKIO, July 4. — Numerous houses crumbled today when an earthquake described as “‘somewhat severe” struck Yonago, 100 miles west of Kobe, which was also shaken. No casualtles were re- ported. POLIGE CHIEF HELD IN RUM SMUGGLING Virginians Delivered 5,000 Gallons a Week in North Carolina, Charge of Police. | By the Associated Press JACKSON, N. C., July 4.—John R. Gordon, chief of police of Lacrosse. Va., and four alleged members of Virginia_whisky combine to have been makfng weekly deliveries of 5,000 gallons of whisky into North Carolina, were arrested in Northamp- ton County by Federal and county officers yesterday charged with cross ing the State line to deliver 236 gal lons of whisky. Federal officers, pos ing as bootleggers, said they had pre viously contracted with Gordon for delivery of the whisky. Continuing their drive across the State line, the Federal officers captured Giles Daniels, who is alleged to have had charge of the general distribution service of the combine. A 500-gallon eam still, together with a large quantity of stores for the manufac- ture of whisky, was seized and de- stroved. The officers are searching for A. T. Jones, well known Virginian, who Is said to be the head of the whisky combine. GAPE BRETON TORN Three Buildings Burned by Vandals, Who Seized Rum Supply. By the Associated Press SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, July 4.— Plentifully supplied with liquor seized that is said | BY STRIKE DISORDER SCIENTIST DOUBTS SCOPES WILL WIN U. S. Expert Says Evidence in Man’s Descent Theory Is Weak. If the evolution of man is taken a the basis of argument the forth coming Scopes trial in Tennessee, the court’s likely to be favorable to the followers of William Jennings in decision is Bryan, in the opinion of renowned scientific authorities here A court, in considering so momentc a question as that .nvolved in the ! evolution ¢ must weigh the evi dence presented in behalf of evolution and must render its decision sole n the basis of actual facts presented, it is pointed out “Frankly, sciénce must admit tk so far as the evolution of man i cerned, it has been unable tc {all the evidence needed to prove( descendance from the ape.” Dr. W { Hough, head curator of Museum, declared today the Nationa! Missing Links Numerous “There re, unfortunately fc « theory, 100 many missing link are confident we are right, but to shal enough actual facts—known specimens linking man wit the di past—is another matter. Cour mand evidence. Scopes is conf with the difficu task o this evidence the demand court f this I'm afraid Scope: any one else {can produce the proof in the way re quired. Dr. Hough expects; ho: r, that the trial will not develop Into a fest of the theory of the evolution of man alone, but will revolve about the theory of evolution, in general. In this case, he asserts, the evolutionists stand & much better chance of prov ing their argu “Tre horse elephant car be cited in proof of the evolition theory,” Dr. Hough said. “We have models here showing, step by step. the evolution of the horse from the for | high eohippus to the modern animal There are no missing links in this chain. The evidence is certain Man’s Chain Incomplete. “But the chain of evidence connec ing man with his ancient predecessor in a raid on a customs house, vandals have started anew their depredations in the Cape Breton district, where 12,000 United Mine Workers are on strike against the British Empire Steel Co. Incendiarism, looting and assaults, which were stopped for a time with the arrival of 500 or more provincial and Dominion troops and the organi zation of special union police, are again causing concern. Within the last 24 hours three of the company’s buildings have been burned. A large structure owned by the Sydney Ice Co. and an empty building at Glace Bay were destroyed. At New Aberdeen a small warehouse was destroyed. A band of crudel masked men entered the residence of the collector of customs and forced him to unlock the customs house, ca ying away 43 kegs of rum recently seized by authorities on the coast | Nova Scotia is one of the three Cana dian maritime provinces which has re tained the wartime dry law. Union officials have said that the plentiful {supply of liquor was, in part, re | sponsible for the disorders Man and Wife Assaulted. | | A Belgian national and his wife | were assaulted at Glace Bay. Houses { of strike antagonists were stoned and windows smashed. Troopers and po lice are handicaped in preventing disorders by the fact that the com- pany's property is scattered over an area of 30 square miles. Dense for- ests afford ideal shelter for the van- dals, who swoop down, burn and loot and then take to covér in the forests. The strike started nearly months ago, when the company re- fused the men a wage increase and abolished credit at company stores. Efforts of the Canadian minister of labor to effect a settlement have been unavailing. MOTOR CYCLE CRASH KILLS D. C. YOUTH Companion Narrowly Escapes fn Passing Bus Near Pikesville, Md., on Way to Altoona. Special Dispatch to The Star PIKESVILLE, Md. July 4.—Gra ham MacKall of 3556 Eleventh street, Washington, D. C., was instantly kil ed in the wreck of his motor cycle, miles north of here on the Westmin ister road at 1:30 o'clock this morn ing, when the machine tripped in passing a bus. He was 20 years old. Thomas Reed of 3338 Sherman ave. nue, Washington, had a narrow eseape on the opposite side of the bus, when the motor cycle he was riding wobbled and nearly crashed into a pole. Ac- cording to Reed, the bus, which was conveying a base ball team to Balti- more for a game today, appeared to be a touring car with room on either side for the motor cycles to pass, but as it came abreast of them, the sides protruded so far it was impossible for MacKall to pass. The men were on their way to the Altoona races. The victim's skull was fractured, neck broken and one leg almost torn off. Coroner Corsoch held an inquest at Pikesville, and held the accident to have been unavoidable. Reed re- turned to Washington, and the body of MacKall was taken in charge by an undertaker to be sent to his home. N NEW LOAN TERMS GIVEN FRENCH MINISTERS’ 0. K. PARIS, July council of ministers today approved the condi- tions for the new gold basis loan to be issued in exchange for the national defense bonds which fall due this year. The terms will appear in the Official Journal on Sunday. ‘An organizing committee headed by Undersecretary Georges Bonnet is planning a drive along the lines of the liberty loan campaigns in the Un States, and a special appeal will be made in the country districts. The 1925 budget is expected to be finally dispesed of by Parliament by a week from tomorrow.. This will leave Finance Minister Cailiaux free to de- vote his whole energies to pramoting the loan and studying means of set- tling the interallied debts. four | is sadly broken. Even Neande thal and Heidelberg do n help mend this chai undoubt edly evolved from man’s antecedent but they are really an ‘off-shoot’ fron the main line—a lost race, in other words. Dr. Hough regrets that religion has been injected into the so-called con troversy. He contends that religion |and science do not conflict, even as {to the origin of man, and declares | that only persons of narrow mind will ay that they do. Religion, he ob | served, never could be construed as | an assault on facts, and its exponent of which he himself is one. should |not endeavor to align the two. Re {ligion, he says, has its own particular | sphere of duty—to uplift man spiritu |ally—and science another—to estab- \lish basic facts. ither sphere en | croaches on the other, he asserts { Man, Dr. Hough added, is process of evolution. One thousand or vears from now he may have arrived at a state of near perfection, he said, with a perfect | mind, perfect body and full concep {tion of duty. Then, he believes, there will be one universal language, operation between all peoples and ¢ sequently universal peace PROSECUTION DENIES REMOVAL OF SCOPES | CASE IS WITHIN LAW {concerned over the location of the {trial. Declaring he had signed no {injunction applic said he I would do so if h s thought {proper. He left decision of the mat |ter in his legal advisers’ hanc | The statement today by local prose. cution counsel said “As attorneys for the State in t prosecution of John T. Scopes for violation of the recent anti-evolution |teaching statute. we have attempted {to maintain a dignity commensurate with our duty and responsibility t« the State of Tennessee as officers the law Deplore Defense Tactics “We have kept the ate’s case on [ | | | a plane of dignity and regularity. We |regret that the defense has made such widespread effort to make a sensational display of the trial of a simple case ! “The latest effort sensationalism is so foolish and ridiculous to be ludicrous. The effort to have the Federal courts interfere with the courts of Tennessee in the trial of one of its residents for a violation of one of its laws is so out of line with the rights and powers of the Federal Government that one Is led to doubt either the good faith or the intelli gence a lawyer proposing such a { procedure. “The defendant Scopes is being prosecuted in good faith and will be tried in the circuit courts of Rhea Jounty The prosecution will be ready for trial July 10 and will in sist on the trial that time Deny Injunction Danger. “There is no danger of the United States courts issuing an injunction.or otherwise interfering with the State courts in_the trial of the case. The State of Tennessee through its courts t is supreme in the enforcement of ¢ its laws and the trial of the criminal case: . “If any question is to be magde as to the regularity of the proceed in, s to guilt, it must be made {in the State trial courts. Such ques. tions may be taken into the supreme courts and later into the Supreme Court of the United States, provided | there is a Federal constitutional ques tion involved."” The first step in the Scopes trial is scheduled for Monday, when the Rhea County Circuit Court convenes. Fifty veniremen will be chosen from the county roll, and from these the trial jury will be selected later. Reports from New York told today of a difference of opinion among de- fense counsel as to the wisdom of the injunction move. Dudley Field Ma lone and Dr. Neal believed that it too late to expect a Federal court to assume jurisdiction and they opposed in the conference the proposal to as a Federal injunction and a temporary restraining order against the State courts. Their associates, Clarence Darrow and Bainbridge Colby, advo cate tne injunction proceedings as both a wise and a possible means of taking the case from State to Federal courts. Louisville public school authorities announced yesterday that Miss Lela V. Scopes, sister of the defendant, could obtain a place in the public schools of that city upon satisfying educational requirements. Miss Scopes’ application for a position in the Padu- cah High School recently was rejected” when she declined to declare her dis- belief in the theory of evolution. The board believed that no one should be discriminated against be- cause of their personal views on the evolution theory.