Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1925, Page 1

\WEATHER. (U S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tonight and tomorrow, Partly cloudy followed by thundershower afternoon or nlght; warme Temperatures: Highest pm. yesterday: lowest today. Full report on page 7. s tomorrow v tomor at 8§ a.m. Closing N. Y.Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Che WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. The Star's tion is deliver as fast as the “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- ed to Washington homes papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,542 = post ered as seco office, No. Washington, nd class matter D€ P WASHINGTO 1 | | INDITEDL. . JUDGE 15 KLLED IN AUTO * PLUNGE INTO CREEK Ross of Tennesseei Found Drowned Under His Car in Stream. WAS FREE UNDER BOND | IN BANK FAILURE CASEi Accused by Grand Jury Yesterday | After Unpaid Drafts Were | Found in Institution | 5 Tudge | o Federal District | 1 Tennessee, who yes connection with | Saving hich he was driving and | ar left the distance from a bridge, which of road built to led to the The car an angle | n embankment where the ructed h rve that road at inned Under Car. | pinned under the ho examined the he apparently had ed uncon head from the as it struck. svered shortly an ambulance ene. Examina-| suffered a se- | and he His body 1 was | | have | dog to of his miles from road, main patrick. whose | arged in one | indic forged At alone in the car. | 4 | name having Under Bond. under in the he county investig Was Free Tuds 3 o indict- nd n of | The sed about mor investigation the iminer showed unds in excess of $300,000. B. Carroll, former cashier; | John M. Carroll. his son and assist- | ant cashier, and W. L. Cawthon, a timber dealer, were arrested on war- rants after ailure. They | were with Judge and returned i State o nk e Thomz the rial of the four men has been set for the third in_September The basis of Judge Ross’ indictment | was in unpaid drafts bearing his mame, seve em issued on | Mempk nd found in the | Yesc k. When called | upon by liquidating agent to pay I Ross had | refused he was not in-| Made. lure Judge | L statemer which he of the drafts had been | upon the operation | mp s and, as 1 a single himself { were returned 1ld be taken rand jury | proceed bank the the decl to the instit Claimed Loans Not bank fa 1is banl vears old ent he He Harding | western ncellor tate Chancery rnh1 B 1vannah automobile car defined a road had been the last few toss had traversed w S: where within merged in a 1 heavy partly swollen by sub- recent | SOVIETS PLAN AIR LINE TO ALASKA AND JAPAN Will Build Trial Dirigible Liner to Make Trip Over Arctic in Less Than Eight Day urope using dir- . i considered feasible 1ls. A special com- ted favorably on the council of Brouns of Ger- Fridtj of Nansen, nor commissar thie many is from Lenin- Petersburg) to by way of the the Ten: The jour- 1 take seven trip to on the ) explor nned for 1927 100,000 eubic will be built for this Cape north- | tion of Alaskan coast Arctic specia ern the ses irsh WASP CAUSES FATAL HIT. Stings Driver, Crash Follows—One | Dead, Two Hurt. | CHE sting ¢ CORPUS o) . automobile STI, Tex., July 9 f a wasp caused an | ollision on the San An-| jere last night { & John H. Wicker of San | fnd injury to two children. i The wasp stung Buster Coffman of Corpus Christi on the face, causing | him to lose control of his automobile, | which plunged into a motor bus in which Wicker was a passenger. The two injured children were in the bus, Christi _highway near resulting in the death Antonio | | Thirty-fourth street tenement house. | | Their heads had been crushed in and | found at the threshhold of the a { who Harvest Workers On Seized Train Quelled by Posse Br the Associated Press LAMAR, Colo., July with revolvers and clubs, harvest field workers boarded Santa Fe freight train east vracuse, Ian., vesterday subdued the crew with little culty, ordering the engineer “speed up A the train passed Syracuse the conductor note asking police meet the traln. A hastily organ- | ized posse surrounded the freight | as it slowed down here and began | firing over the heads of the harvest workers. Sixteen were captured and there were no casualties. On_sighting the posse some of the harvest hands dropped from the train and showed fight, but when the posse started shooting 9.—Armed out of and diffi- to through | dropped a Lamar to | | they scattered. | SHIP BOARD BLOCKS §1370,000 SHIP SALE Rejects Palmer Recom- mendation That Offer for | 200 Vessels Be Accepted. Further 200 negotiations for the sale of vessels for scrapping were ordered today by the Shipping Board, which rejected the recommendation of President Palmer of the Fleet Cor- poration that the bid of the Boston Iron and Metal Co. of Baltimore of 370,000 for the 200 be accepted Negotiations will be opened immedi ately and continued until July 1 when another decision will be made Market Effect Weighed. The Boston Iron and Metal Co. was | one of 20 bidders. It submitted its offer under a condition permitting re sale of the engines, boilers, ayxiliary machinery and all other equipment Chairman O'Connor said the board was influenced by a “feeling of the importance of considering the effect of throwing upon the market engine boilers and equipment in large vol umes There was no indication of whether Henry Ford, whose expected offer in the first sale failed to arrive, would enter the new negotiations. First Exercise of Powers Only three members of the hoard were present today, the others being out of the city, but it was held the three could act without“the necessity of a quorum of four. The action today was the first under the new arrangement whereby all negotiations for sales of ships or lines are conducted by the Fleet Corpora- tion. with the hoard merely giving approval or disapproval 1o the rec- ommendations submitted. MOTHER AND CHILD BRUTALLY KILLED Heads Crushed and Throats Cut With Saw-Like Instrument in Tenement House. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 9.—Mrs. Mar saret Dianco and her 6-vear-old daugh- ter Jennie were found murdered to day in_their apartment in an East their throats slashed. Police said that the murderer of | the woman and her child used a saw like instrument, which almost severed their heads. The child’s body was ment, indicating that she had attempt ed to escape her assailant The bodies were found by a man said he was looking for a fur nished room. REPORT RICH GOLd FIND. New Ledge Discovered in Light- ning Creek District. QUESNEL, British Columbia, July 9 (P)—Discovery of a_gold lode at Caribou, 18 miles from Stanley, in the famous Lightning Creek district, which in the early 60s produced many mil | lions in gold, was announced by J.| F. Williams, Stanley Hotel proprietor and a prospector, here vesterday. ' High-grade ore was found along | the ledge, which is from 10 to 15 feet | | wide and easily traced on the sur-|of the teacher face for more than a mile, Williams | said. Exchange Expels Kohloss. NEW YORK. July 9 (#).—Robert A. Kohloss, jr. member of the brokerage firm of Joslin & Kohloss of | pringfield. Mass., was expelled from | the New York Stock Exchange today. He was accused of having made a mis- | statement to the business conduct | committee of the exchange in relation in its periodical questionnaire | coming | ea | the country | and THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1925 - FORTY-FOUR PAGES. ) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. AS TEACHERS' FO ON EVE OF TRIA Move for New Constitutional Amendment Charged by Defense. COMMONER EXPEESSES FAITH IN JURY SYSTEM Legal Talent Arriving in Dayton to Test Theory of Evolution. By the Associated Press DAYTON, Tenn., July 9.—The state ment of defense counsel that a move for 2 new constitutional amendment was the inference to be drawn from addresses by William Jennings Bry and announcement that Bainbridsg Colby, defense attorney. would be un able to be jfresent at the Scopes trial, were topics of interest today as Day. ton made final preparations for what Las been termed a battle between fun damentalism and evolution Dr. John R. Neal, chief defen: counsel, declared that Mr. Bryan had forecast he would move from the low er court to the State Supreme Court, then to the Supreme Court of United States, “and, having lost hi ight on account of the existing consti- tutional guarantees of religious and educational liberties, he intends imme diately to wipe out these constitutional immunities by a new constitutional amendment Many Concession Stands. Attorneys, witnesses, newspape: men and visitors arriving on every in train and bus, were greeted by the monotonous clanging of ham mers as carpenters applied the finish- ing touches to the concession stands | springing up in alleyways and along the sidewalks. An address by Eryan at Morgan William Jennings Springs last night contained an expression of his faith in the modern jury system and a dis- cussion of what he termed an attempt by a minority of scientists to force their views on scientific lines upon the children of the majority formed the | pal themes in Mr. Bryan's ad Faith in Jury “Some of the city papers have ridi- culed the idea of trying a scientific question before a jury,” he said. "It would not be possible or even wise to try such a question of scientists, "’ “Our faith in the jury system rests upon the same foundation as our faith }in_popular government.” Voicing a protest at what he term- an effort of a minority to force their views upon a majority, Mr. Bryan said: “The evolutionists, if they were in the majority in Tennessee, could elect a Legislature on this issue and re peal the law, but, knowing they are in a minority, they have not sug- gested any such action. “On the contrary, they are relying upon the courts to force their view upon the schools, regardless of the opposition of the parents, taxpayers and voters.” Mr. Bryan concluded with the dec- laration that the Tennessee lution law simply prohibits the evo- lutionists from using the public schools to substitute their kind of re- ligion for the religion of the masses. Darrow Arrives Today. * The array of defense counsel was to arrive during the day, Clarence Darrow coming from Cincinnati late this afternoon and Dudley Field Ma. lone and Arthur Garfield Hays from Chattanooga. They were expected to bring with them’ several witnesses for the defense. No indication has yet corfe of the possible line.up of aitorneys for the defense and the prosecution in the courtroom. Attorneys said this feature would not be known until after conferences today. Attorney General A. Thomas' Stew- art of the eighteenth judicial circuit arrived vesterday, as did Judge John T. Raulston and Thomas Scopes, father of the defendant. Mr. Scopes had little to say. met Mr. Bryan on the street Harms Teachers. He Mr. 3ryan believes that Scopes ‘“is doing more harm to the teachers of than to any other class.” This harm, he declared today, would be ‘“indefinitely increased if his (Scopes’) views as to the independence were established.” “If the evolutionists can succeed in | establishing the doctrine that a teach. | O the strike started on June § was er can teach anything that he or she pleases,” said Mr. Bryan, “and teach- ers disregard the wishes of their em- ployers, find out teacher think: because the people who employ teach- ers will be just as certain to prevent teaching what is objectionable to those who employ the teachers as bankers business men are to (Continued on Page 2, Column before appointment what the Hidden Canyon Under Santa Barbara’s Princi pal Street By the Associated Press LOS ANGEL] concentration of destruction in ate street, the main thorough- fare of Santa Barbara, visited by an earthquake awveek ago, farmed one of the main topics of discus- sion_at a meeting here last night of 16 southern California engi- neers and geologists after their preliminary observations in the stricken area. An observation of the geological structure, pointed out by A. M. S{rong, an engineer, which found favor with H. G. Woods, research assistant of the Carnegie Institu- tion at Washington, indicated that the main artery of the quake- shattered city lies above a sub- merged canyon, which, in pre historic_days, extended from the anta Barbara Mission to the sea. The submerged canyon, Strong said, having in time become cov- ered with a lighter sofl deposit. formed the territory upon which State street stands, and since it was less firm than the surrounding land, produced an exce}em con- i July 9.-—The | Blamed for Quakes ductor for the temblors, which re- duced the business district to ruins. While no actual evidence of the earthquakes' action in the Santa Ynez Mountains back of Santa Barbara was offered at this meet- ing. the scientific observers were inclined to belleve, until, further investigation, at least, that the temblors originated in that region. From the temporarily accepted point of origin in the mountains, the observers believed the quake's force was transmitted through Santa Barbara by the submerged chasm to the three charted faults along the ocean front, where damage was also wrought. The 16 engineers and geologists made verbal reports to Wood last” night and will later offer the re- ports in writing for the careful scrutiny of the research committee. “We have added much to our data,” Wood said, “but it will take much observation to _definitely place the origin of the Barbara earthquake. It is evident from the reports that the major vibrations of the disturbance were zenerally from the northeast to the southwest.”” o an the | before a jury| ant-evo- | it will become necessary to| on disputed questions, | ISN'T'ALL ON BIG CONSTRUCTION - STRIKE IS AVERTED | Plasterers Ready to Return| | to Work—Bricklayers ! Will Not Quit. | ! : | A threatened tie-up in the construc- | | tion industry of the nation, involving | several hundred million dollars’ worth | of building in many of the larger {cities, has apparently been averted | " Although efforts by large contrac tors to get officials of the bricklayers'| union to submit to arbitration with| |the plasterers’ union have failed, the | plasterers were ready today to sign | an agreement which would result in | the more than 30,000 men of that| trade out on strike returning to work. | The bricklavers will not strike, ac- nording to John J. Gleeson, secretary {of the Bricklavers, Masons and Plas terers’ International Union, notwith- standing the attitude of the plaster- ers’ organization, unless developments on _charter rights in Florida justify a strike. Bricklayers to Continue. Late yesterday there were indica- | {tions in’ New York that a strike of | bricklayers might result from the de- cision of the plasterers to return to work. Today it was declared the bricklayers will continue their work {on the construction jobs of the nation, regardless of the action of the plas. |terers, unless they are further aggra- vated by what they claim to be in. roads into their organization jurisdic tion in Florida. % The dispute affects 32,000 plasterers nearly 100,000-bricklavers and masons and about $500,000,000 worth of con- struction work in the United States. The history of the trouble dates back to more than a year ago, when a steadily expanding business boom | struck Florida, and members of the | Operative Plasterers and Cement Fin- | ishers’ Association, attracted by the | climate and steady work.. went_to | Florida into competition with the members of the bricklayers' union, which also included many plasterers, It spread slowly, until on June 8§ Edward McGivern, head of the plasterers, sent out a telegram or- dering his men off the jobs of the George A. Fuller Co., the Thompson- Starrett Co. and the Longacre Con- | struction Co. Later they were ordered off all jobs undertaken by contractors who were building in Florida. Not Trade Dispute. The dispute was described as an or- ganization jurisdiction dispute, and not a trade jurisdiction dispute. It | does not involve wages, hours or working conditions, but simply the right of the bricklayers to lay plaster. Heretofore, the two union cards had been interchangeable, but the brick- |layers claimed the plasterers invaded | their territory in violation of the | agreement of 1911 defining the juris- | dictional rights of each. The fact that McGivern has called { viewed at the Department of Labor Ilodfi)' as in line with the proposal { made to both sides in the controversy three weeks ago by Secretary Davis 3 . Column 1) | (Continued on Page U. S. OFFERS FOWLER | INSANITATION DATA | Will Permit Inspection of Records { That Brought Charges in District. The Department of Agriculture has | granted the request of Health Officer | | William C. Fowler that a_representa- tive of the local Health Department | be permiited to examine the informa- | tion on which a recent report of the | Agriculture Department was based, | referring to certain insanitary cond |tions in the handling of foodstuffs | here. | | 'Dr. Fowler has received another | letter from R. W. Dunlap, acting Secretary of Agriculture, which reads as follows: “As 1 stated in my previous letter, | the department does not make public the names of individuals or firms | covered in any of the investigations. I want to co-operate with you, how- ever, in this matter and shall be glad to have a representative of your department obtain in person from the Bureau of Agriculture Economics the | information on which our report was | basea.’ i Dr. Fowler said he would arrange | to have one of his food inspectors go over the information soon, in order to { determine whether it contains facts which might assist him in improving any conditions of which his office may not have had knowledge. D HA HA! TuE JoKE ME! THe NEW seRvict: HASN'T BEEN SO ALLFIRED SPEEDY Dog Gives U]) Life To Save Mistress From Rattlesnake By the Associated MUSKEGON, Mich,, ‘Krip.” an old brindle bull og, owned by Miss Mable Hilt, Zave his life yesterday to save his mis- tress. While walking near her cottage, at Point Sheldon, she ame upon a rattlesnake coiled, ready to strike. “Krip” attacked the reptile, killing it only afte$ he had been severely bitten. It was but a few moments before the poison started its work and with- in an hour the dog had died. WELCOME CLOUDS HALT HEAT WAVE Mercury Descends, With Cooler Weather Promised for Tomorrow. Old Sol hid his fa of clouds today, Washington and noon the mercury climbing only to 77 degrees. The Weather Bureau predicted the thermometer would not register in the Press. July 9 ce behind a screen bringing relief to this vicinity. At had succeeded in | 90’s today, or perhaps tomorrow, but permanent relief from the heat and humidity can not be expected for several days Cooler weather is en route on the wings of a thunderstorm which is now causing disturbances in Ontario and to some extent in mid-Western States. It will arrive here by Saturday. barring unforeseen elemental upsets Overcast weather is predicted for today. tonight and tomorrow, but showers were not expected by fore- casters, though they added that the prediction was for this section general- ly and - that local disturbances might | cause precipitation which would lessen the heat. Showers Bring No Relief. Showers yesterd: afternoon sent the mercury tumbling from ite high mark of 92 degrees at 1:30 o'clock to 79 degrees a half-hour later. But the humidity climbed at the same time to new uffocating heights, from fits registry of 59 before the shower to 85 soon afterward. The temperature dropped to 75 at midnight and to 73 at 2 o'clock this morning, affording com- fortable sleep, but started to rise early today Only one additional prostration was reported late yesterday. Alexander Berthe, 57 years old, of 1116 Seventh street, a plasterer, was overcome while working on a scaffolding on a new building at Third and F streets and fell into & pile of lime. Some of the mixture burned one of his eyes painfully, but physicians at the Epis- copal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, where he was taken, said the injury was not serious. FOUR DEAD IN MINM Injured Storm. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 9 (®. —Wind, rain and hail took a heav toll yesterday in several districts of Minnesota, including the Twin Citles. In Minneapolis 4 persons were killed, 18 were injured and 1 was reported missing in a_terrific wind and rain storm. which struck the south part of the city shortly after 6 pm. A trail of wreckage, repre- senting more than $100,000 property damage, was left. Streets were flooded and for sev- eral hours during the evening were blocked by hundreds of uprooted trees. The Lake Harriet Municipal Pavi lion, one of the most popular of the city’s playgrounds, was the scene of NEAPOLIS. Many Others in Terrific | the greatest catastrophe of the storm. | A section of the building collapsed on 50 persons, killing Mrs. Emma Miller, 35 years old, and her daughter, injuring 6 other persons and throwing 200 persons in an ad- joining room into a panic. - Among BOYS lElLLED BY CAVE-IN. Roof of Cavern Gives Way, Bury- ing Two Lads Inside. SOUTH RIVER, N. J., July 9 (®).— Chester Byonin, 12, and Alfonse Kos- cinkwicz, 11, were suffocated yvester- day when the roof of a cave in which they were undressing to go swimming gave way. Companions found their bodies early last night. 3-year-old | | Post-War | power now DEBT DISCUSSIONS OPENED BY LATVIA! Republic, Owing U. S. $6,000,000, Seventh Nation to Seek Refimding. Latvia has opened negotiations { iooking toward a funding of its $6,000,- 000 debt to this Government. This new republic, “born" after the World War, thus becomes the seventh holding discussions with American officlals over funding prob- lems, five nations having previously completed their agreements. About 45 per cent of the total for- eign debt owed this Government has now been funded. More than half of America’s debtors, or 12 out of 20, owing a total of $12,151,238,393.39 as of May 16, 1925, have either completed thelr agreements or opened negotia. tions, and American officials do not conceal their gratification over the progress made. Total Is $6,352,139.45. The Latvian negotiations were open- ed when the newly appointed Minister, Charles L. Seya, called at the Treas. ury Department for an informal dis- cussion. It was understood the con- versation did not reach the stage of any definite terms, but the American government was advised that the Latvian budget is balanced, and their currency on a good basis. In what was understood to be discussions pre- Jdiminary to determining the capacity of Latvia to pay, it developed, how- ever, that Latvia suffered a great loss in population, 40 per cent, during the war, or proportionately greater than any other people. The Latvian debt as of May 16 of this year was $6,352,139.45 The relation of payments from $2,050,000 IS RAISED FOR ONATIVIA FIRM Conference Under Way in Chicago Expected to End $35,000.000 Receivership. (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 9.—With the arrival from New York of Benjamin V. Becker, representative of Eastern creditors, with final data on the progress’ of the reorganization plans, receivers of Dean, Onativia & Co.. began a conference which they hoped would terminate the $35,000,000 re- ceivership. The Chicago Title and Trust Co., Western _receivers, announced the $800,000 Western allotment of a_$2, 500,000 reorganization fund was fully subscribed_and that $1,250,000 of the balance had been subscribed in New York last night, leaving $450,000 to be raised before the brokerage offices may be reopened. Creditors have agreed to withhold the company’s collateral from the market pending the outcome of to- day’s conference. Under the reorganization plan ap- proved yesterday 30 per cent of the firm’s liabilities are to be subordinated for deferred payment over a period of five vears at 6 per cent with the personal notes of the partners as securit Lafayette Escadrille for Riffian War Formed by Americans of Foreign Legion By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 9.—A Lafayette Es- cadrille for service in Morocco is be- ing formed by American volunteers who saw service with the Foreign Legion during the war. Two pilots who have already engaged to fly with the forces opposing the Rif- fians are Granville A. Pollock of New Orleans and Charles W. Ker- wood of Philadelphia. Pollock served with the artillery in the British expeditionary forces during the first two years of the ‘World War and then joined the La- fayette Escadrille, to which he was attached for the Temainder of the conflict. After the armistice he be- came a plilot in the United States Army Air Service and later helped to sorganize the New York City aerfal police force. Kerwood was a member of the Lafayette Escadrille in 1916-17. He was shot down in 1918 and captured by the Germans. Later he became lieutenant colonel in the air forces \Policemen Seeking | Stolen Watch Dog Find Selves Robbed By the Ascociated Press SAN PEDRO, Calif., July The automobile of Mrs. L. F. tier, parked in the shoppir trict here yesterday. had no lock on it, so she chained her German police dog to the car to guard it When she returned a half hour later the car was still there, but | the dog had been stolen She telephoned polic tive Lieut. G. W. Beeson out 10 look for clues. As he stepped from his car he noticed the spare wheel had been stolen. He went to | the telephone to turn this new de velopment over to Patrolman Ben | Hoskins to handle. The latter was | off duty at the time, and in getting out of bed to answer the call found | that his clothes had been stolen. | MOTORS KILL TWO AT SAME CORNER Accidents at Porter Street and Connecticut Avenue Prove Fatal. Ban dis and Detee- | motored | Traffic-congested Connecticut ave-| nue claimed two more lives vesterday | in two accidents, both of which oc curred within three hourse of each other at the same intersection, not far from the scene of the triple tragedy of Klingle Bridge several weeks ago. | Yesterda victims were Julian | Pretzfelder. 60, of Seattle, Wash.. a| | guest at the Raleigh Hotel, and Mrs. Alice Moore, 54, Veterans' Bureau employe, of 3024 Porter street. Pretzfelder Died Today. Pretzfelder died early today [injuries received yesterday afternoon | when_the automobile driven by Wil-| liam H. McClure of 901 Pennsylvania | |avenue crashed int street car at | Connecticut avenue and Porter street Mrs. Moore was killed almost instantly | |at the same corner about 5 o'clock | yesterday afternoon, when she was | crushed " beneath the wheels of a! | heavy truck driven by William Davis, | colored employe of the District gov- | rnment. H Inquests into both deaths will be | held ‘at the morgue this afternoon, | | Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt announced. | On the decision of the coroner’s jury | will rest the absolution or holding of | Motorman J. J. Binkert of the Capital Traction Co. and Davis. The latter | | was_arrested and lodged in a cell | pending the outcome of the inquest. | Pretzfelder received a fracture of | the skull when he was thrown to the | roadway as McClure's car skidded | into the street.car on the rain-soaked street after vesterday's shower. Mec. from | Clure was injured, but not seriously. According to witnesses, McClure was | attempting to pass another auto mobile when his tires slipped on the | wet surface and careened toward the |southbound car diagonally into_the path of a northbound street car. Both | |men were taken to Emergency Hos- | pital. McClure was treated for cuts| and bruises. Pretzfelder did not re- gain consclousness before death Was Alighting From Car. Mrs. Moore, police say, had just alighted 'om a street car, and was {starting td cross Porter street en route |to her home nearby when the truck turned from the avenue into the side street and knocked her down. It is said the truck was proceeding at a speed of not more than 15 miles an hour at the time. Mrs. Moore is reported to have jdodged another car just before being {run down. The front wheels of the |truck passed over her body before the machine could be stopped. The woman | was carried to the fire engine house |nearby, where an Emergency Hos- {pital physician_pronounced her dead. {She is survived by a daughter, Miss Margaret Moore, who also is employed at the Veterans' Bureau. | | MONDELL’S RESIGNATION | ACCEPTED BY COOLIDGE - i | Letter to War Finance Board Mem- | ber Is Made Public at Swampscott. By the Associated Press SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 9.—Ac- | ceptance by President Coolidge of the resignation of Frank W. Mondell as a director of the War Finance Cor- | poration was announced today at the | Summer White House. i The following letter from the Pres- ident to Mr. Mondell was made public: “I feel that I must comply with your | wish so earnestly expressed that your resignation as director of the War Finance Corporation be accepted. It may take effect July 15 next as you suggested. | “This affords me the opportunity to_express my appreciation of the valuable service you have rendered | while serving as director. You | brought to the solution of the many | problems encountered your wide | experience in governmental affairs | and you have earnestly and indus-| triously labored at the difficult task. | The value of your work has been | great not only to the beneficiaries of the law you were administering, but also to the country.” | | of Greece, continuing in that posi- tion until the fall of the monarch: Charles Sweeney and Paul Rock- well, both among the first of the Americans to enlist in the Foreign Legion at the beginning of the ‘World War, have volunteered as machine gunners and observers in the escadrille. Sweeney, whose home is in Seat- tle, Wash., was wounded during the Champagne offensive of 1915. He ‘was the first American to win the medal of the Legion of Honor dur- ing the World War. He reached the rank of captain in the French Tank Corps and was commissioned lieutenant colonel in the United States Army in 1917-18. Rockwell hails from Atlanta, Ga. He also served on the Champagne front in 1915 and was wounded in action. | quires the of |lice department during h HEADLEY DEMOTION DECLARED DUE T0 FOE'S PROPAGANDA Police Official Said to Have Continuously Misinformed Fenning. RAYNER DENIES HEADLEY SOUGHT DIRECTORSHIP Tells City Heads He Desired to Con- tinue as Inspector and Heartily Approved Eldridge. ing ‘mis; demot traffic f to clear up the hodge-podg: woven n Albert J leadley ourth precinct, W. Pearce ommander of Washi on's ps for four year n_open let today to Commissioner Frederick Fenning, pointing out that Capt S not a candidate for the office of director of traffic, and if there had been any cases of failure to c operate with Director Eldridge it was due to the created within the Police Department Mr. Rayner stressed terms that Capt. Headle: ““disgruntled” because the torship was not given that he had pledged his v co-operation with Director F In the meantime, a Capt. Headle ated his de motion was the ultimate result of the efforts of a Police Department official to force him out of ¢ ead of the Traffic Bureau 3 c cording to the friend, worked assid ously carrying misinformation Supt. of Po ullivan on his s bed and Com t. Headley. of P from motor t obstacles in positive was not traflic direc. him, and rle-hearted to Declare Headley Ignored. Although the new traffic law re- ce of the director of traf- fic to forward all requests to the traf. fic bureau, it was charged today that these orders were not sent to Inspector Headley. The day following Inspector Headley's demotion, it was said today, the orders resumed their normai course through regular channels. The open letter of Mr. Rayner, wh. through his close contact with the po- service with the motor corps opened to him the va- rious channels of “gossip” and won {him the confidence of the numerous officials, follows "he Honorable Frederick A. Fenning Commissioner of the District of Columbia, Washington, D. C.: “Dear Sir: Believing that you hav been made a victim of misinformation and to give as much publicity to this statement as was given to a purported quotation from you to the effect that ‘Inspector Headley was disgruntled because he did not get the job of traf fic director,’ I wish to make the fol lowing true statement, which I will swear to whenever necessary: “L-have been a friend to both In- spector Headley and Director Eldridge. Several weeks before Mr. Eldridge was made traffic director { had the honor, with Mr. Rudolph Jose and Mr. Paul Lum, to be the first to call on Commissioner Bell and propose the name of Mr. Eldridge for the position he now occupies. “The same day this occurred -I called on Inspector Headley, who had previously informed me that he was not a candidate for the position of traffic director, as he would have to lose his retirement pay, and he did not believe the Commissioners would grant any police official a long leave of absence to undertake the new posi tion, and that a leave of absence was the only way to protect retirement pay. Says Headley Approved. At this interview I told him that 1 had just proposed the name of Mr. Eldridge to Col. Bell for the position of traffic director, Inspector Headley was enthusiastic, he struck the top of his desk with his hand and said, Fine! You could not have proposed a better man. There is no man I know anywhere that I would rather work with or take orders from, if that is the meaning of the new law, than Mr. Eldridge. I have served with him on several committees, and he is always reasonable, good natured, well in- formed. and a regular gentleman. I hope he gets the job, and I will co gperate with him a°1000 per cent if he oes." “Since then on numerous occasions. Inspector Headley has told me that he was being given ‘silent treatment,” was not informed as to what was go ing on and protested that he was be- ing forced into a position where he could not co-operate as he wished to and that an order had been issued compelling the traffic director to take up all matters concerning the Traf- fic Bureau through the acting major; but that at the same time policemen at the traffic shop for whom he was personally responsible were being siven orders direct, when no transfer of authority had been made. “I can personally testify to hearing such orders to the traffic shop given over the telephone from the traffic al rector’s office.” Question May Be Reopened. While Commissioner Fenning has asserted positively that the Headley |affair is a “closed incident” as far as he is concerned, it is likely to come up again before the Board of Commis: | sioners tomorrow when the action of the directors of the Washington Chamber of Commerce in asking for pt. Headley's reinstatement until he |is given a hearing is likely to be con- sidered. While it has not been definitely stat ed that the board will take up the case again tomorrow, Commissioner Fenning has said he will lay all com- munications on the question before the full board, and the next oppor tunity to do so will be tomorrow. The Commissioners at their session on Tuesday disposed of all the letters that had been recelved regarding Headley by drafting a reply in which they sald they saw no reason for de- parting from the action taken and ex- pressing the belief the demotion was in the interest of good police adminis- tration. The action of the Chamber of Commerce directors was taken, how- ever, after the Tuesday meeting of the Commissioners. Commissioner Fenning stated toda: | that he had no knowledge of a report- ed plan to introduce a bill in the next As_combat planes are unnecess- ary in the Moroccan fighting, due to the fact that the Riffians have no fighting pilots, the new Lafay- ette Escadrille plans to use large bi- planes, Congress to create another inspector- (Cont tinued on Page 2, Column 7.) Radio Programs—Page 4,