Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight and tomor- réw; not much change in temperature; cast and east winds. Highest, 93, at 2:15 ; lowest, 75, at 5 am. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 moderate go Tempera ores p.M. yesterda today. @k E WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “F‘om Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 95,209 v = Entered as second class matter No. 29,653. post office, Washington, D. C. * WASHINGTON, D. C, NEW SEES DEFIT OF SA00M0 - POST OFFIE FUNS Increase in Pay of Workers and Change in Rates BY ). RUSSELL K> EDY. R"_,R'dm"’ Whe Seariand Ghicako Dlly Newa: severe shock felt in the region since | 1 'OKIO, July 8.-—A report of the| 1391, Are Blamed. | meteorological department savs: all Honolulu Records Quake. SRL the earthquake zonmes of Japan are| HONOLULU, July 8 UP).—An now active. This is especially in- oarihquake of considerable magni- JUNE BUSINESS SHOWS triguing to Summer vacationists, who this week are deserting the cen- BIG GAIN IN 50 CITIES restored to activity as in 1923, Nagoya holds the center of the stage ‘today. The entire district around that city is reported to be un- dergoing a severe rocking process. So far, however, no loss of life has been reported, and the damage is compara- { tively small. Nagoya is famous in | the earthquake history of Japan, but |is was rebuilt some 20 years along Br the Associated Press. more modern and substantial lines. New Schedule Fails, However, to Produce Revenue Expected. { vesterday afternoon on the S s A deficit of approximately Hfl,ol\fln._ooul; Trlvkm. Yokohama and Osaka are Georgetown University seismograph | Staft Correspondent of The Star. for postal operations for vlwd cal resting eas; Tt lasted from 12:49 p.m. to 1:53 p.m.| BISMARCK, N. D., July 8.—Edwin vear of 1925 was esnr_":l."’” today by} copyright. 1 by Chicago Daily News Co.) | Eastern standard time, and was most | F. Ladd's seat in the United States | Postmaster General New lintense a few minutes after 1 p.m. Senate iz the object of the same sort The deficit was attributed by the| SEVERAI KILLED IN QUAKE. | Father Tondorf estimated the distance | of scramble as there is for the toga Postmaster General to the ;‘nm;asmh £ at 2,300 miles from Washington of Robert M. La Follette. In North pay of postal employes and the change | .. 5 = . 25 Dakota, as in Wisconsin, there are in postage rates | Violent Shocks Do Property Damage PORTUGAL IS ROCKED. many. aspirants and numerous cross In announcing total postal rp(‘e]]:l:; In Nagoya District. | SRR {currents. At Bismarck. as in Madi of $2,832,682 for June at 50 industria s 5 Several Karthquakes Are Felt In|son. too. there is a governor who is city post offices he said: { TOKIO. .July 8_ (#).—Dispatches Vorthakn’ Provings sparring for time and confusing the The receipts of the 50 selected post | from the town of Nagoya report that b ces. | situation by refusing to indicate his ofices for June show an increase of |a severe earthquake shook the Na.-| LISBO. July 8 (#®) Jarthquake | {ntentions. Whether Gov. Arthur G. 14.72 per cent over June, 1924, and | gova district yesterday and there |shocks were felt in the northern|sorie, the so.called conservative Non. those of 50 industrial cities, with 16.45 | were several casualties. A number provinces of Portugal today. | Partisan League ruler of the State. per cent, show even a better average. | ““There are two most gratifying_eir- cumstances in connection with these figures, the first of which is the fact | that every one of the larger cities| shows an increase, and the same is true of all but one of the 50 industrial cities. The month’s business is there- | fore quite satisfactory from the stand point of the post office. “‘Of course, any estimate based on these figures as to how nearly the postal receipts will balance expendi- tures for the current year is the merest guess. But the fisures quoted would indicate a deficit of something like $40,000,000, which Is due, of course, to legislation passed by the | last Congress affecting both pay and | rates.” Rate Hearings to Begin. A special joint congresstonal commis- sion soon will begin hearings in vari- Counts on Public Aid in Get- ting Surtax Rate Reduced. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Japanese Quake Zones Active; Every District Is Rocking Vacationists in Mountains Find AIll Sum- mer Resorts Trembling—Several Lives i Lost in Vicinity of Nagoya. |of tall chimneys collapsed | The quake is described as the most tude was registered at 3:51 a.m. yes- tinued about 3 hours. The distance away of the disturbance could not be estimated. but it was said that the record resembled that made by the seismograph on the Santa Barbara earthquake. Felt at Georgetown. A pronounced earthquake, the sec- record POST FOR MONDELL - TAXFIGHT EARLY N CABINET HINTED Resignation From War Fi- nance Body Is Held Significant. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star 0 terday on the selsmograph at the ters of population for mountain re-|{inited States magnetic station at sorts. Al of these resorts have been | ko, ®C y #UES, SERTE FECOR ond recorded during the day, left its | By FREDERIC WILLIAM WII | will appoint a successor to Ladd or| | i i | { l i | | ! rights to fill vacancies in State offices. | | | | ous_parts of the country on postal rates and must submit recommenda- tion to Congress during the first week of the December session for a perma- | nent schedule. Considerable opposition to the re cently increased rates has been voiced | by business organizations and large| mail users, who have declared they | have curtailed postal revenues. | From the two and one-half months’ | operation of the new rates postal officals have found it almost impos- sible to determine just what effect they have had toward increasing the | revenues. Experts calculated they would. produce about $50,000,000 in additibnal funds, but the officials now say ihdications ar€ theéy are not pro- ducing anything near that amount, Total revenues for the fiscal year of 1925 / are expected to -approximate $600000,000, compared with $5§72,000,- 000 for 1924. $537000,000 for 1924 and the deficit was | $24,300,000. Estimates of expenditures for 192 have not been made up, but they are SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July §, A2 . President Coolidge has fired the open-| SUMMER WHITE HOUSE,| ing gun in the battle for tax revision |[SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.. July 8.—An.| and he has fired early enough so that |Douncement late vesterday by Frank opinion may crystalize long before W. Mondell. after lunching with th Congress convenes in December President, that he had tendered hi e 4 g ignation as a member of the Wa Usually the administration does not , 1& 0 - £ th disclose its recommendations so far in | Finance Corporation o practice law | advance, fearing the attacks of the ashington. was ;the |topic of conversation here last night. opposition or the cooling of the ardor | *°P! 2 o advocates through protracked de.| GOSSIP has it that President Cool. Expenditures totaled | bate. But there is significance to the bold declaration by the President of his bellef in as low a surtax rate as | possible. When it is disclosed that the | President will sign a bill carrving maximum surtax rates of less than 25 per cent, even 12 per cent if the Treasury experts say the surplus can stand it, this means that the admin- istration has taken stock of the strength of its opponents and finds them diminished in numbers as well as influence since the Mellon plan of 25 per cent maximum was first pro- | posed nearly two years ago. | Surtax Crux of Reform. notsmaller than last vear. In ad- dition o the normal expenditures: rhe truth about surtax rates is there was added about $34,000.000 by |ihay the President still feels they the. increase in employes' pay which became effective January 1. | constitute the crux of sclentific tax reform. He believes his position, which was, of course, taken on the advice of Secretary Mellon, that un- less surtaxes are equitably distrib- | uted the indirect burdens of taxa- | tion are not reduced, is a thoroughly i sound one. The presidential references to the |cases of the man of small income, who might get five dollars taken off his total tax bill of $35, as contrasted with more employment and financial opportunity in a business world stimulated by lower surtaxes, simply CHADS IN NEW YORK 1 SEENIFLAWFALS Home RU'E Act vmded"along the same lines as it was when $300,000,000 Bond Is- | epe that mow the. Treasary i forc: sues May Be lllegal. | fied by facts and figures taken from | the returns that have come in within | the last two vears. | It sounds fallacious, but the whole argument of the administration, that G the lower the surtaxes on great NEW YORK, July §—Legislative | wealth the more revenue the Govern- chaos in the government of New |ment gets. The reason is that under York State and in 41 of its 60 cities | high surtax rates there is avoldance of taxation and a turning to invest- Amociated Pres is feared by the home rule commis- | sion if a court decision invalidating the home rule amendment to the State constitution and its enabling act is upheld. » Laws passed under constitutional amendments dating back 31 years to the adoption of the present constitu- tion must be found void, James J. Hoey, chairman of the commission, says, because the amendments were submitted to the people by the Leg islature in the same manner as the home rule amendment. Included are those dealing with the $45,000,000 soldlers’ bonus, working men's com- pensation and $300,000,000 in bond issues. Bond specialists say. how- ever, that even if the issues should be technically invalid, there is legal precedent to compel payments of in- terest and principal. City Elections May Go. Third-class cities are left without any provision for holding elections this year, Mr. Hoey says, and he re- gards the legal entanglements in prospect for them as almost hopeless confusion. Corporation _Counsel George P. Nicholson of New York is to seek a stay of execution of the decision and file an appeal to the Court of Ap- peals. The home rule commission also plans proceedings. The appellate division of the Su- preme Court held that the Constitu- tion required two successive Legisla- tures to pass a proposed amendment in the same form before ratification by the people. The home rule amend iment. the court declared. was slight] changed before its second passage by the Legislature. The home rule en- abling act went into effect January 1, 1924. The amendment prohibited the Legislature from passing laws Applying specially to one citv, but permitted such legislation when ap- plicable to all cities. Mr. Hoey says that no amendment adopted since 1894 has been read in full and without change to two suc- cessive Legislatures. —_— Tetrazzini to Tour U. S. NAPLES, July 8 (#).—Mme. Luisa Tetrazzinl, the coloratura soprano, has decided to make a farewell tour ,;of the United States hnd Australia, commencing the lattér part of this year. ments that are exempt from taxa- tion, whereas under low surtax rates | securities and investments that are {taxable really prove better invest- ments even when the tax is deducted. In other words, since it has proved impracticable to abolish tax-exempt securities by constitutional amend- | ment, because of the length of time |it would take to have such a pro- vision enacted and because this could not affect the billions of dollars of |tax-exempt securities already issued, | the only policy that can be followed | more attractive than they have been | to men of wealth. View Changed. | | Some revenue is better than no | revenue, according to the tax experts, | and the furnishing of capital for pro- | ductive enterprises by men who would |under high surtax rates withhold their funds is a better stimulus to business and the prosperity of the average man than any single reform that could be applied in taxation. That_is the line of thought which the President is endeavoring to in- calculate in the minds of the Ameri- can people. And he is doing it thus early because he and his advisers have been visibly impressed by the change in the attitude of individual members of the Senate and House, ! who two years ago wouldn’t think of |a surtax maximum of 25 per cent, but { who today are frankly conceding it would be wise legislation. If public opinion can bring ‘a | change so quickly—and two vears Js considered a shert time for such a re- | versal of attitude—then something more can be accomplished in the same direction in the few months that elapse before Congress really comes to a vote on the next tax bill. It is confidently expected that the Treasury will recommend a surtax maximum of from 15 to 18 per cent. While the administration would be satisfied with a compromise of 25 per cent, the pro- posals of the Treasury will be made, not with the idea of trading but be- cause of a conviction that the coun- try's finances can actually stand a lower surtax maximum. It will be the consistent effort of those ~who favor this school of thought to keep hammering away for Congress’ 1s passed. r |is to make the taxable securities| | |1dge would like to have Mr. Mondell} land the prices which will prevail when | in his cabinet. and there are some who are inclined to think that this is likely and that it had semething to do with the latter’s resignation. It is known, also, that Mr. Mondell would very readily accept @ cabinet place and ‘that his friends frequently have suggested his appointment as Secretary of the Interior if Secretary Work retires. The President makes no secret of the fact that he is per-| sonally fond of Mr. Mondell and that | he has a high opinion of his ability. Work Inclined to Stay. | Some of the President’s close friends | have said that it would please him if Dr. Work would retire, but apparent- 1y Secretary Work is not of a retiring disposition. his going would be the last of the| cabinet members who figured in the Teapot Dome oil scandal, but since the Teapot Dome lease had been ex- ecuted before Work was named Sec- retary of the Interior he sees no par- ticular reason why he should drop | out of the cabinet and revive the ofl | scandal for the present. | Mondell's defeat for the Senate, to compete for which he left the House, | was due in no small measure to his defense of the Teapot Dome lease. | Mr. Mondell's visit to White Court indicates the thought President Cool- | idge is giving during his “vacation" to_agricultural questions which, ac- cording to Washington reports, prom ise to become an important issue be- fore the next session of Congress. t Mr. Mondell was a director of the | War Finance Corporation to act as| an expert on farm matters. Agrees With Mulvane. Mr. Mondell, it is understood. agrees Republican leader of Kansas, that eco- nomic conditions in the Middle West | are improving, and that in conse- quence thereof the farmers are en. thusiastic about Coolidge. He would not, however, discuss the Mulvane as- sertion that the farmers want the President to have another term. It is understood upon good author- ity that another farm program to have administration support next Winter is in the making, but it will not be tinged by the radicalism of some of the Western members. It, rather, will follow such conservative precedent as was established in the report of the President’s agricultural commission. President Coclidge. it is understood, realizes that the state of mind of the farmer as well as his future economic condition depends upon the harvest | he sells his products. Therefore, there | is real concern here as well as in| ‘Washington over the crop outlook. On | the other hand, the opinion is ex- pressed in some well informed quar- ters that-the worst of the farm crisis has passed. Administration officials are confi- dent that the income of the farmers +his vear will be larger than it was i 1924, which is expected to be re- flected in a further expansion of busi- ness. It was learned today that President Coolidge has no intention at this time " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | JUDGE ROSS INDICFED | IN BANK FAILURE CASE! By the Associated Press. | . Tenn.. July 8.—The| Madison County grand jury, invésti- | gating the failure of the Peoples’ Sav- ings Bank of Jackson, today returned indictments against Judge J. W. Ross of the Federal District Court for West- ern Tennessee, Thomas B. Carroll, former cashier of the bank; his son, John Carroll, and W. L. Cawthorn. T. B. Carroll, John Carroll, who acted as assistant to his father as cashier of the bank, and Judge Ross were named in a joint indictment con- taining 22 counts. | Judge Ross also was named in an in- dictment charging forgery and an- lower surtaxes even after the new law ! nther alleging fraudulent breach of trust,’ RADICALS' FUTURE INN.D.AT STAKE N LADD'S SEATFIGHT Political Lines Drawn For Out-and-Out Battle of Factions. SORLIE MAY MAKE BID FOR G. 0. P. LEADERSHIP Republican Success in 1924 Sus- pected of Arousing Ambition of Governor. call a special election is at this hour the acme of uncertainty. Today at Bismarck a rump conven- of the tion Non-Partisan League, . is in sesslon. Its purpose is to force the governor's hand by indo ing a Leaguer whom it would be em barrassing for him to ignore. But Sorlie has given no sign that he is ready to be stampeded. North Dakota’s laws on the subject of a senatorial vacancy are highly complicated. They make no direct provision for appointment by the gov- ernor. He has certain constitutional The question over lawyers in the § whether the United States senator- ship is a State office or a Federal office, with which the governor has nothing to do. Sorlie Urged to Act. Sorlie is hance on the Senator without which the best being urged to take law and appoint s delay. Contrary to the advice of his attorney genera) he has indicated his purpose of doing so in due course. to Washington is entitled to Senator Ladd's seat. It is admitted there are the seeds of a bitter fight on the floor of the Senate in this program. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, ate are differing is | 21 will "]promh\_v tomorrow, the Weather Bu- | 1925 -THIRTY | |Promised Rainfall Fails to | Give Relief and Humidity Stays at High Peak. " DESPIE SHOWERS | The depressing torrid weather, which | vesterday took a toll of two lives here | prostrated a number of others and | discomforted every one within its area continue through today and reau sorrowfully predicted today. | A light shower at 2 o'clock l‘lo 79 degrees, and forecasters at the | Weather Bureau predicted that there |would be some slight relief today. | The shower, predicted for last night this | 5 fternoon, however, brought the ther- | It would then be | . . i principal | for the Senate fo say whether the Mometer tumbling’ from 91 degrees, | | man the North Dakota governor sends | Which were registered an hour before, | -TWO PAGES. REAL BATH. ’ fHoney Drowns Bees | When Heat Melts California Hives By the Associated Press FRESNO. Calif., July 8.—Many ‘ colonies of bees in Fresno County have been drowned in their own | honey, the hives melting during the recent heat wave. The June report of C. R. Snyder, | inspector of apiaries. filed with the | board of supervisors, revealed the | condition. YOUNG BARONESS PLUNGES T0 DEATH Former Texas Girl Falils 7 Sorlie is In receipt of plenty of ad.|and which forecasters hesitated to an-| Stories From Hotel vice on the subject. One piece of such counsel is that if he appoints a_conservative who would be accept- able to the Coolidze admiristration | and Chairman Butler of the Repub- lican national committee, there would be no doubt that the precarious Re- publican majority in the Senate would welcome him with open arms. Such a man would go to Washing- ton on the understanding that he jor occasions. and concur ments. larity" domestic and foreign, in presidential appoint- His reward for such ‘“regu- would be control of North Da- If Work should get out |kota patronage and the corsequent |8rees. ability to build himself an effective in the State. This is the nounce again for today, will not, how- |ever, bring lasting cool weather, it | | was explained, because it is only local. Low-pressure areas moving FEast from the Lake section were expected to draw cooling thundershowers here last night, but an unkind fate wafted them farther north and Pennsylvania and New York are rejoicing today and the populace there is letting up on the | furious vibrating of fans in order | would support Coolidge policles on ma. | L0 get a breath of air, made essential | vesterda | The peak of the heat came vester. day at shortly after 4 o'clock. when |the 'thermometer registered 98 de- A Stiff breeze, springing up learly this morning, brought the mer {cury down to 75 degrees at 5 o'clock. machine sort of speculation rife in Bismarck, | With the climbing of the sun to his| Fargo and other North Dakota polit. Perch, however, the thermometer be ical centers. What Gov. Sorlie’s ac.|&an to mount without delay and by tual intentions are no man knows. He |10:30 the mercury had passed 83 de is a brother in silence with Gov. &rees and was still climbing. Blaine of Wisconsin, under almost| A temperature of 89 degrees had identical circumstances. |been reached at 12 o'clock and at 112:40 the Weakher Bureau reported Suspected of Conservatism. |the red tube had climbed to 91 de- Although elected governor as an out- | 8rees. and-out Non Partisan Leaguer, Sorlie | is suspected by the most stalwart radi- | cals of being conservative. If he ex- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) Two Workmen Dead. The heat caused the death of two | | workmen vesterday afternoon and | prostrated at least a half dozen other persons, but a round of calls to hos. | pitals failed to reveal any additional | | casualties today. | Burrell Johnson. colored, 40 vears | old, of 827 Clark court southwest. a | | workhouse prisoner. was stricken | while working on District property at | i After Dance. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. July §.—Baroness | Helen Zur Muehlen of Java. Dutch | Bast Indies, was killed today by a |fall from a seventh-story window of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. She struck on the roof of the hotel's | Japanese garden, which is on a level | with the “second floor. James M. | Thompson, at one time a close friend | of Miss Millicent Rogers, now Countess | von Salm Hoogstraeten, was visiting the baroness, with other friends. He said she stepped to an open window for fresh air and fell. The baroness who is about 28 vears old, was Helen Carruthers of San Antonio, Tex.. before her mar- riage to the baron, who is at present in Java, where he expected to be joined by his wife. He is in the Dutch diplomatic service. Had Been Dancing. According to the hotel management Baroness Zur Muehlen had gone to her apartment after dancing until late, be- ing accompanied to the suite on the seventh floor by a number of friends. Complaining of the heat, she went to the open window and. to the horror of her guests, toppled over the sill. Police, after an investiga- tion. said it was believed she had fainted. () Means Associated Pre: TWO, CENTS. CRY FOR FAIR TRIAL OF HEADLEY GROWS AS CASEIS CLOSED Board of Trade and Chamber | of Commerce Reiterate | Demands for Facts. \ [ | \ | it ;DEMOTION WAS MADE | ~AT ELDRIDGE’S REQUEST | Chamber Takes Exception to Fen- ning’s Explanation to Four Directors. Despite the decision vesterday of the District Commissioners to take no further action in the case of former Inspector Albert J. Headley, demoted 10 a captaincy and placed in command of a police precinct, those who have been advocating his right to a “fair trial” showed no inclination today drop their pleas for reconsider: | the case | Following closely the action of the | Chamber of Commerce last night in adopting a resolution calling on the District Commissioners to reconside Inspector Headley's case, Odell S. | Smith, chairman, of the Board of | Trade's committee on public safety and saw Commissioner Fenning for.a arranged an appointment later with vesterday from the Commissioners de- | case should be reopened. The letter was | the Board of Trade. He said today ki Wik {the spokesman for the Board of Trade. ALEXANUR'A FlRE |few minutes. The latter had to at- | Mr. Smith. jclaring they saw no reason why the |in reply to one he had sent requesting he considered the reply unsatisfac Commissioners Silent. Northwest Section. called at the District Building today itend a board meeting, however, and U'I'S AREHUUSE The Board of Trade received a letter {an interview as a representative of s | Destroys National Fruit Plant | tor"ana thar ne naq teen Losatistac In the meantime there was no in. |dication on the part of the Commis sioners of taking up the case again Commissioner Fenning declined to dis- lcuss toda: | that started in the warehouse of the | National Fruit Produce Co. this aft |ernoon has completely destroyed the warehouse and plant, and is threaten- ing the whole northwest section. The electric service in the north- west section has been disrupted by the fire, one of the transformers going out of commission shortly after the fire started. The fire is still burning turiously, and property damage total- ing $100,000 is feared. The Alexandria branch of the Hoge Seed Co. has been saved by firemen. AUTOISTS WARNED | obeying Law to Start on August 1. Hundreds of motorists whose cars are equipped with headlight lenses not on the approved list in the new traffic code will have to get approved equip- ment by August 1, Traffic Director Eldridge reminded today. matter today so that motor car own- |ers would not forget the requirement | until the period of grace for the un- approved lenses expires. The traffic director said that while he had no way of ascertaining how many drivers have unapproved lenses, he estimated that 20 per cent of the cars would have to get new headlight equipment. The new code went Into effect May TO GHANGE LIGHTS | Prosecution of Those Dis- Mr. Eldridge called attention to the | it Dieaichote T e guss today the reasons for Inspector e B 5 Bt j Headley's” demotion, despite the fact SEMXANDETA NS Ty KA fies | 5utiar Ingt nighite taecting ot e | Chamber of Commerce he was repre |sented by four directors as having jexplained to them the reasons lving {behind the inspector’s demotion. | These, briefly. were that Inspector | Headley hud failed 1o co.operate with {Traffic Director Eldridge, the latter {had threatened to resign if such co. |operation was not forthcoming, and |that the change in the office of chief jof the Traffic Bureau had resulted. | . Commissioner Fenning denied today | that in talking with certain directors of the chamber vesterday he had any | intention of trying to influence their | action in the Headley matter. H “It was simply a courtesy on my | part,” the Commissioner said. “I feit | they should know that the action In | the Headley case was taken advisedly | and after due consideration. -1 had no | thought of influencing their action.” The Commissioner expressed the be- | lief that after mature deliberation the | directors of the chamber would | recognize the spirit of courtesy in which he talked with certain of the directors. Awaits Communication. | He said he had not vet received a ! communication from the directors of the chamber and that it would be placed before the Board of Commis- sioners when it reaches him. | The statements of the four direc- tors fell as a bombshell upon a |dramatic meeting of the chamber last night, which finaily adopted a res- olution asking that the Commission- ers rescind the demotion and tha Capt. Headley not be demoted unless charges are publicly made, substan- tiated and clearly established. | The four directors conveying the | message were Martin A. Leese, vice | president of the chamber; J. Manson |Foote. W. K. Shipley and J. H. {Hanna, president of the Capital | Traction Co. Mr. Leese, Mr. Foote and Mr. Shipley all declared that they | had discussed the matter individually { with Commissioner Fenning, who, they said, stated he understood the | chamber was to discuss the Headley with the view of David W. Mulvane, | | the dry law. ON PUBLICITY PLAN Woman Speaker Withdrawn, $50,000 Poster Campaign Not Approved by Andrews. By the Associated Press, Disapproval by high prohibition officials of the policy of building up sentiment for the dry laws by means |of propaganda and speech-making has seriously threatened the prohibition unit’'s $50,000 poster campaign. Reports have been prevalent in official circles for several weeks that administration approval of plans to spend $50,000 on poster dry propa- ganda would be withheld and these have been revived with the an- nouncement that the duties of Miss ! Georgia Hopley, woman prohibition agent, who has been speaking before women’s organizations on the benefits of prohibition, had been abolished. Andrews Against Posters. Under the $11,000.000 prohibition appropriation for this fiscal year $50,000 was set aside for the dissem- ination of information and appeals for observance and enforcement of For more than a month artistically inclined employes of the prohibition unit have been painting posters with catchy slogans appeal- ing for law observance. The posters have been before As- sistant Secretary Andrews of the Treasury for several weeks, however, and while he has not stated definitely whether he would approve the idea, he has indicated that he is not heartily in favor of it. He believes the money can be used more effec- tively in some other manner, but whether this could be done legally officials are not prepared to say, since the law specifically provides for expenditure of the money in the circulation of appeals for law ob- servance. The $60,000 item was the target for sharp criticism when the prohibition appropriation was before the last ses- sion of the House, one member char- acterizing the proposal as an attempt at_“billboard enforcement.” Radio Programs—Page 18. the foot of Ninth street southwest. He was taken to Emergency Hospital, but died before he reached there. Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate of death from heat prostration. Willlam Washington, colored, 34 years old, 3317 Thirty-seventh street, was overcome while working on the street in Georgetown. He died short- ly after he had been taken to George- town University Hospital. George Cooper of 2650 Wisconsin avenue fell unconscious on the side- walk at Fifteenth and I streets yes- terday, from heat prostration, but re- gained consclousness at Emergency Hospital later. His recovery is ex- pected. Howard Willoughby, burg road northeast. was stricken while at Seventeenth street and Rhode Island avenue, but was report- ed not to be in a dangerous condition at Emergency Hospital, where he was taken. James Russel, 1332 Twenty- fourth street, was overcome while seated in his motor truck on Florida avenue. He was given first ald at Emergency Hospital and later taken home. 0 Miss Susan Miller of Wilmington, Del., suffered a slight attack of heat prostration at Fifteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue yesterday and taken to Emergency Hospital. NINE DEAD IN EAST. 1130 Bladens- Dozens Prostrated Second Day of Heat Wave. , NEW YORK, July 8 (#).—The sec- ond day of the heat wave which swept down upon the East from the Middle West has caused at least nine deaths directly and indirectly and dozens of prostrations. Violent thunderstorms in most sec- tions vesterday brought only tempo- rary relief. Scores of buildings were struck by lightning. In New York City a temperature of 90 degrees, with high humidity, killed one man and prostrated nine other persons. Three boys were drowned, a white youth giving his life in a fu- tile attempt to rescue two negro boys in the Harlem River. One died in Hoboken, N. J., and two were over- come. Lightning killed a motor cyclist who sought shelter from the rain under a tree in Medford, Mass. Three women and a man under the same tree were stunned. | A farmer near Wheatsheaf, Pa, died of heart faflure while firemen battled a fire In his barn, struck by lightning. R A The young woman was elaborately gowned and jeweled. - Her diamond earrings were dashed from their set- tings in the fall and were recovered from the roof by detectives. Mrs. Gladys Carruthers, mother of the baroness, was at the hotel during the evening watching her daughter and the other young people dance. She went home when the baroness retired to her suite with her friends. Notified of her daughter’s tragic death, she fainted, but quickly re- vived and directed the plans for dis- position of the body. ‘Were to Sail Today. Miss Susan Welen, the baroness’ companion. with whom she arrived at the Ritz-Carlton June 26, said they were to sail for Europe on the Beren- garia today and that last night the baroness gave a farewell party. As the party was about to break up, Miss Welen said, the baroness went to a rear window in her suite and stood looking out over the roofs. Suddenly her companions saw her press her hand to her heart and topple forward over the window sill. ;rhey sprang to catch her, but too late. Besides the baroness, Miss Welen iand Thompson, the party included Les- | ter Conly, connected with a Fifth ave- nue concern. The two men told the | police the party of four had dined at the Ritz-Carlton together, later they went to the baroness’ suite. Miss ‘Welen ieft the room and after she re- turned a few minutes later the men said she whispered something to the baroness. who in turn left the apart- ment and was gone about 15 minutes. ‘When she came back she went into the living room and leaned out of the window, remarking that it was very hot. Thompson said all three saw at the same time that the baroness was fall- ing. Miss Welen screamed and the two men ran to grasp the baroness, but she slipped from their hold and plunged out of the window, Thompson said. 2 An investigation was begun by Act- ing Medjcal Examiner Liebers and As- sistant District Attorney Ryan, who questioned Thompson, Conly and Miss ‘Welen. Ryan and Liebers said they believed the death was accidental, but that further investigation would be necessary. Police said that Miss Welen, whose home is in London, would be allowed to sail on the Berengatia today on the cial” that she would be produced if reguired by the district attorney, 3, but Mr. Eldridge said the time for | matter and wished them to convey a buving approved lenses was extended | message to their colleagues. Each of to August 1 in order to avold working | the directors talked to Commissioner hardship on owners of cars with un-|Fenning, not knowing at the time approved lenses. Motorists will find a_complete list of the approved types of lenses in the back of the traffic regulations, and all of them are on the list adopted by the conference of motor vehicle of- ficlals of the Eastern States. In this connection, Mr. Eldridge also announced today that Inspector Brown of the Traffic Bureau, is ar- ranging to have all of the traMc po- [licemen given a brief course of in- struction_in headlight regulations by Maj. R. E. Carlson of the Bureau of Standards. The plan is, Director Eldridge said, to have Maj. Carlson take the traffic | officers in groups of 10 and explain to them the principles of proper head- light adjustment. Mr. Eldridge said that while he still gets complaints from persons who say they are bothered by bright head- lights, he believes the headlight situation has been greatly improved recently. He again urged drivers to make sure their headlamps are properly adjusted so as not to be blinding. Mr. Eldridge said he drove through Baltimore recently and observed more glaring lights than he has found in Washington. The headlights, Mr. Eldridge continued, should be adjust- ed down on the road and not gauged so that they light up the trees and the buildings. “If a motorist has not obtained ap- proved lenses by August 1 he had better leave his ‘car in until he gets them,” Mr. Eldridge said. Jugoslav Minister Forced Out. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia. July 8 (#). —The minister of justice, M. Loukinitch, has tendered his resigna- tion to the premier following attacks by the opposition parties in connection with the release from sequestration of properties owned by the Prince of Thurn and Taxis, estimated to be worth one billion dinars (about $17,500,000). Fear Seaplane Flyer is Lost. MANTILA, July 8 UP).—A message was broadcast today to all ships in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands to watch for Lieut. J. C. Taylor, who left the Island of Corregidor Monday for promise of “a British diplomatic offi-|Cebu :h a seaplane. It is feared that| Lieut. Taylor, a member of the Army | Air ‘Service, has been lost. ‘ | that the Commissioner had spoken to | any other member of the board. | Orders Not Obeyed. | Mr. Foote stated Commissioner Fen: | ning told him Traffic Director Eld- | ridge_had complained that he could | not function as traffic director as {long as Inspector Headley was in | charge; that Mr. Eldridge had com- | plained of lack of co-operation, and [ that he had given orders to the Traffic { Bureau that were not carried out. Mr. { Foote said Commissioner Fenning told { him that after investigation he felt | “Headley was a square peg in a round I hole.” He also said the Commissioner | stated that it was natural for Headley | not to co-operate because hé was dis- | appointed in not getting the job as | traffic director. Inspector Evans, he | said, submitted the name of Capt. | Brown as Headley's successor, and Eldridge declared that either he or Headley would have to go. These messages followed the report of Charles W. Darr, chairman of the police and fire protection and public | safety committee of the chamber, | recommending that Inspector Headley | be given a hearing. The report was | finally adopted by the chamber. As the meeting proceeded and three directors rose in turn to explain’they | had been called on by Commissioner | Fenning individually, surprise was ex- | pressed by the other members of the board. Mr. Darr decried the pro- | ceedure of picking out certain mem: bers of the board to discuss the situ ation with and to bring a message: | He deplored the fact that the Com- | missioner had overlooked the presi | dent of the board, James T. Llovd, iand declared that the Commissioner should have communicated with the entire board instead of calling in pick- led men one by one. | All Wanted Change. | Mr. Leese declared that he had also been summoned to the District Building by the Commissioner, who, he said, stated that he heard the chamber was going to discuss the Headley matter and requested Mr. Leese to convey a similar message to the board. Mr. Leese said that the Commissioner told him he made a study of the chiefs of the depart- ments under him and was particu- larly interested in the Trafic Bureau; that he:had learned one of l:hg heads of the departmente was (Continued on Page 2, Column #. k -