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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) ‘Thundershowers this afternoon or tonight; tomorrow fair; not much change in temperature. Temperatures—'ighest, 90, at noon today: lowest, 75, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 N Entered as secol SCOPES REINDIGTED AFTER TRIAL OPENS 10 CORRECT ERROR Technical Flaw Halts Case for Hour While Grand Jury Acts Anew. 29,655. THRONG HAILS BRYAN’S ENTRANCE WITH CHEERS Court, Jammed, Is Opened With Prayer—Local Attorney Quits Defense. By the Asso DAYTON, Tenn.. July fndictment, based upon the evidence responsible for the old document, was returned against John Thomas Scopes hy a Rhea County grand jury here to- day. The Indictment charged viola- tion of the recently enacted Tennessee law prohibiting the teaching of e lution theories in the public schools. | The technjcality involved was the! question of elapsed time between the summoning of the special grand jury | in special session and the meeting of the body. Thirty days should have separated the two. Reindictment to-| day cured this defect, it was said by atiorneys | ated Press 10.—A new First Indictment Quashed. On motion of the attorney general the former indictment against Scopes ' was quashed, having been superseded | by the second official document in the | The indictment allfed that Scopes | ‘did_unlawfully and wilfully” teach In Tennessee schools certain theories that deny the story of the Divine cre- ation of man as told in the Bible. It charged that the instructor taught | that man was descended from a lower order of animals. This alleged teach- ing was “against the peace and dig- | nity” of the State. Clarence Darrow, speaking for the defense, told the court his side had a number of scientists it expected to call to testify. The defense would llke to get an indication when § might be possible to call them as they were busy men, and it was hoped that they would be able with a minimum of effort. to testify | Jury Seen in Short Time. Judge Raulston inquired of the | State how long it was likely to take to get a jury and the attorney sug- | gested it would require a short time. Mr. Darrow said he expected it! might take some time. The Chicago | lawyer added that he considered aclentists competent within the case. | Judge Raulston indicated that he would go into this matter when a jury was sworn in the case. A last-minute change in colfnsel for | the defense was indicated by the fail- ure of John L. Godsey, Dayton attor- ney, to appear with the other lawyers | in court after his absence from a con- ference of defense attorneys last night had been regarded as significant. | While Judze Godsey told the As- sociated Press he had no statement to make at this time, he said he would not appear in court with other de-| fense counsel. He said, however, that | he did not wish to harm the defense case. He declined to discuss his rea- son for the action, although it is| known that Mr. Godsey has desired from the beginning to have the trial | of the case confined to the constitu- tional questions involved. | i Bryan Is Cheered. During the first two hours of to- day’s court session one outburst of | cheering came from the hundreds of | spectators erowded into the court- room. It marked the arrival of Wil- liam Jennings Bryan to begin his work in connection with the prosecu- tion of Scopes. Several school hoys, former stu dents of Scopes were called befor the grand jury to testify. They were | followed by the presentution as evi- | tar: nd class matter post_office, Washington, D. C. Chinese Take By the Associated Press HONGKONG, July 10.—Reuter's | Canton correspondent announces dis- covery of an alleged Chinese plot to | attempt to capture both Shameen, the | foreign settlement of Canton, and | Kowloon, opposite Hongkong, with | the assistance of Russian aviators. The correspondent says a plan for the capture of these places with the assistance of Russlan aviators has been prepared by the commander of the Whampoa Chinese Cadets at Can- ton. (Reports, never definitely substan- tiated or disproved, said these cadets commanded by a “Russian officer,” parading near Shameen, started the trouble on June 23, as a result of which a French merchant, J. Pas- quier, was killed. and several British wounded. British and French ma- rines then fired into the Chinese dem. onstrators.) The Chinese clalm, according this dispatch. that Shameen could be captured in three minutes at the cost of only 1,000 Chinese lives. Inquiries made in Shameen. how ever, confirm the Hong Kong impres- sion that fhe defenses of the foreign CHINA HLD CALSE OF ELLOGE VI Grew Taking Recent Notes From Abroad to State Sec- retary in Massachusetts. By the Amsociated Pre: Undersecretary of State Grew made arrangements toda to leave for Swampscott, Mass., to meet Secretary Kellogg, who is en route to the Sum- mer White House from St. Paul. The Undersecretary will be the bearer of State Department exchanges which have taken place since Secre- Kellogg left Washington last week for an indefinite vacation stay at his St. Paul, Minn., home, and wiil submit them to the Secretary as a basis for conferences with President Coolidge. There is reason to believe that the two most important subjects to be discussed _ between Secretary Kel- 0gg and President Coolidge are those regarding the Chinese and debt situa- tions. Parley on China Opposed. A certain amount of reluctance has risen abroad toward participation in the proposed conference on the Chi- nese question. Secretary Kellogg has !taken & stand In favor of a discussion between the powers signatory to the nine-power treaty of the Washington conference relating to China and the governments whose representatives approved a resolution then dealing with extraterritorial rights in the Far East. While none of the governments, in- cluding Great Britain, France, Ifaly, Japan, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal, has actually declined to par- ticipate in the conference, their ob- Jections as to the method and time of such a meeting have been such as to give Becretary Kellogg more or less concern. It is the Secretary's belief that a conference should be held as soon as possible to keep faith with China in carrying into effect the promises stipu- lated by the resolution and to call upon the various governments to give assistance toward the attainment by the Chinese government of its desire to reform its judicial system and to obtain freedom from worry over trou- blesome special privileges enjoyed by oreigners in China. Relinquishment f extraterritorfal rights in China, it is belleved here, would go far toward dence of Hunter's biology, the text- hook used by the defendant, and the | testimony of Walter White. superin. | tendent of the Rhea County schools and prosecutor of the case. Spertators began to find seats in the | courtroom two hours before the trial | began. By 8:20 o'clock the high-ceil- inged room, which will seat approxi- mately dred men, observers. The lawn and walks outside were thronged with visitors, ‘who included mountaineers and khaki-clad tourists. | Motion picture cameras were placed at | strategic points to “shoot” the princi- pals in the case as they approached | the scene of the evolution trial. A hum of tense conversation filled the courtroom, and above this sounded the clatter of reporters’ typewriters| and the muffled click of telegraph in-| struments Judge Raulston entered at 8:30, fol- | lowed by his wife and two young| daughters and mother-in-law. The ! judge’s family took seats within the vafling. Raulston was busy shaking hands with friends. H. West brought in a bunch of flowers and placed them on the judge's desk. They were rhododen- drons, sent by friends from Laurel| Falls, six miles from Degton. | Building Is 800 persons, contained a hun. | with a scattering of woman | Jammed. At 8:45 few seats remained untaken and the entrauce and stairways were crowded. The attorneys and the de- fendant were slow in arriving. Rules were lacking for controlling the entry of spectators. Raulston indicated that regulations to check the over- flow would be perfected. Dudley Field Malone of defense counsel, followed by Scopes’ attor- neys, Darrow, Hays, Neal, and the de- | fendant's father. entered at 8:50 and | prepared | which would be necessary the elimination of friction between for- eigners and Chinese, a principal cause for recent riots in Shanghai, Canton, Peking and other Chinese centers. Hold China Unprepared. Opposition to participation in a conference dealing with extraterri- toriality has been found on the part |of several governments to be based on the belief that the Peking gov- ernment, admittedly weak and incapa- ble of enforcing law and order, is un- to assume responsibilities in the event limitations upon its political, jurisdictional and administrative free- dom are removed. Ratification by the French Parlia- ment of the Washington conference treaties, which was accomplished to- day, while not relating directly with the extraterritorial issue, would have an influence on clearing away pre- liminary obstacles to a final agree- ment GIRL AND DETECTIVE FOUND SHOT IN AUTO Married Man Killed With Own Gun by Companion in Sedan, Police Say. By the Associated Press. RUMSON, N. J., July 10.—Sergt. Détective Henry D. Walling of Long Branch and Miss Mary A. Linsmayer of Atlantic Highlands were killed early today in Walling’s limousine at Walnut street and Hartshorne road took seats at the counsel table to the left of the judge’s seat. | Al principals in the case passed ! through a group of photographers | at the entrance to the courthouse! grounds. Judge Raulston, with a/ Bible and a dictionary under his arm, | posed for them for several minutes. | Scopes, entering the grounds with | Darrow, Malone, Hays, Neal and Rap- pleyea, was held for several minutes. When they finally pushed their way through the crowd, disappointed cam- era men scampered ahead and posted themselves upon the courthouse steps. With a prayer by the Rev. Wil- liam M. Cartwright, pastor of the Dayton Methodist Episcopal Church South, court was convened. The opening of the court was marked by what was expected to be the first <6f many demonstrations when the entrance of William Jen- when te:snirance of Willjam Jen: JCébntinued on Page 4, Column 2.) by bullets through the heart, which police sald were fired by the girl from Walling’s service revolver. Both bodles were powder burned and Walling’s gun was found on the floor of the car to the left of the irl. ¥'Walling was 28 vears of age, mar- ried and the father of one child and the son of Willlam D. Walling, chief of Long Branch police. Miss Linsmayer was 22 years of age and was graduated from the Nurses' Training School of Mon- mouth Memorial Hospital, Long Branch, this Spring. Police said that finger prints on the barrel and bust of Walling's re- volver proved conclusively that Miss Linzmayer shot Walling and then silled herself. Police expressed the bellef that the double shooting was the culmination of a -sulcide pact brought on by Walling’s attachment for the girl. Russian Aviators’ Plot to Aid Plan to Capture Canton Foreign Settle- ment and Kawloon Hatched by Com- mander of Cadets, Dispatch Says. to | ¢ Foenit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 0 Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regu'ar edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,200 WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JULY '10, 1925—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. Shameen Bared | settlement at Canton are sufficfent to make it impregnable against any attacks possible by forces at present avallable to the Chinese. Two bombs were thrown into the offices of Wing Kee and Co., ships compradores, today. Chalrs, windows and desks were demolished, but there were no casualties, A strong force of European, Chinese and Indian police, supported by armed volunteers, raided various places and arrested three Chinese. FOREIGNERS WARNED. ‘Women and Children in Canton Told To Leave. CANTON, July 10 (#).—All foreign women and children here were warned today by the British consul to leave for Hongkong immediately. The Chinese flareup against foreign- ers has developed into a contemplated atttack on Shameen. the forelgn con cession. the consul said yesterday !while he was addressing a gathering | at_the foreig: ncession. The con (Continued on Page b5, Column 3.) HARD COAL MINERS SPURN ARBITRATION Will Win Demands by Sep- tember 1 or Strike, Union Leaders Decide. By the Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 10.— Anthracite miners will not listen at this time to proposals of operators to agree upon arbitration in event of deadlock in the coming scale negotia tions, or to agree to remain at work | after September 1, whether a contract has been signed or not. The miners’ subcommittee of six reached this decision at a morning meeting in advance of the opening of | actual negotiations this afternoon. No official statement was made, but it was learned from a responsible rep- resentative of the miners’ union that | the objection to the proposals was based upon two grounds. Scent Operators’ Plot. First, the roiners were said to feel that with seven weeks until Septem- | ber 1, there was stili plenty of time to reach an agreement, if one were possible. Second, according to this in- formation, the miners frowned upon arbitration in a belief that operators would try to make it the substitute for the present negotlations. Once the miners agreed to submit any differ- ences to arbitrators, it was said, they | would be uncomfortable for fear the | mine owners would block a decision being reached here at Atlantic City | in a play for a judicial decision| later on. i Operators today declined to discuss this disclosure, other than to say they stood upon the proposals made by Samuel D. Warriner, chairman of the | anthracite operators’ conference. Ar. bitration and a non-strike pledge were simply measures calculated to serve public interest, they said. Having heard a denunciation of arbi- tration by John L. Lewis, a conference of representatives of the United Mine Workers and mine owners has re. ferred the union's demands to a sub- committee which meets this afternoon. | Operators “Amazed.” The operators object strenuously to | the miners’ demands for a 10 per cent wage increase for contract men and $1 a day for day men and the reten- tion of the check-off, the collection of miners' union dues by the operators for the union. They expressed ‘“‘won. der and amezement” at the terms. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, denied at an | open conference yesterday the exist- | ence of justification for arbitration. Samuel D. Warriner, president of the | Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. and chaifman of the operators’ general committee, suggested arbitration to prevent injury to the industry by sus- pension of work. Recalling that 1,000 miners were killed and 40,000 maimed since the last wage conference in 1923, Mr. Lewis said that an arbitration commission virtually determines what price a miner may die for. Arbitration is de- manded only of the man who works | with his hands, he said, and neither the professions nor capital surrenders to others the right to fix what fees or profits should be. He defended only arbitration of disputed interpretations of contracts already signed i Retail Price at Peak. Mr. Warriner said inroads on the | hard coal market by oil, gas, elec- tricity and bituminous coal had so im- periled the industry that a reduction of labor costs was needed. The miners’ demands, he deelared, would add $100,- 000,000 to the existing labor bill of $300,000,000, an increase which oper- ators cannot afford to absorb even in part, and which cannot be passed on to consumers without curtailing_ the demand for anthracite, already selling at_peak prices. He warned the miners” representa- tives that insistence on the wage in- crease would force the same condi- tions that exist in bituminous fields, ‘where non-unfon operators have taken over 70 per cent of the production. He rejected demands for retention of the check-off. Mr. Lewis declared the world would | stand aghast if the crippled miners and widows and orphans of the dead could pass in review on the Board- walk. | “'Every bit of anthracite produced is | smeared with blood,” he said. “We hold that the interest of human life and limb $a superior to that of the dollar.” FRENCH RATIFY TREATIES Senate Passes Washington Pacts Relating to China. PARIS, July 10 (®.—The French Senate today ratified without discus- sion the two Washington arms con- ference treaties pertaining to China. The Chamber of Deputies already has ratified them. {ple rushed into the NEW SEVERE QUAKE FELT IV NONTANA FOURTONNS RCK Helena, Manhattan, Butte| and Three Forks Tremble in Temblor Today. AS BRICKS SHOWER DOWN Shock Rivals in Intensity One That Occurred on June 27. Damage Slight. By the Associated Pres HELENA. Mont., July 10.—South. western Montana again today was dis Five MONTHS AGO turbed by earthquakes that were felt | here, at Great Falls. Forks. Manhattan and Billings. spread damage was reported. Three No wide. | The quake was most pronounced at | Three Forks, where it minutes. At Manhattan and Three Forks peo reets as bricks began to fall from the ruins of chim neys left by former quake: Although the quake at Great Falls lasted for rwo lasted but & few seconds it was com- | parable to that of June 27 in intensity. At Billings many inhabitants were unaware that the city had been visit- ed by quakes, workmen on buildings being the first to report the earth's inward convulsions. Buite also was rockéd by a temblor of short duration at 7:45 o'clock. No damage was reported. GREAT FALLS ROCKED. Intensity of Quake Comparable to | Shock June 27, GREAT FALLS, Mont., July 10 (®). —Great Falls was rocked at 7:45 this morning by a short but pronounced earthquake, whose intensity was com- | parable to that felt here June 27. The | tremors lasted about three seconds. TREMORS DECREASING. Earth Under Santa Barbara Getting Firmer and Settling. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 10 (#).—For two days past the earth tremors here have been growing light- er, and the two or three felt vester- day were so slight as to cause little or | no excitement. Seismologists have said that these slight tremors might be ex- pected for several days as the settling earth readjusts itself. ‘With the new Santa Barbara zon- ing ordinance and buiflding code, City Manager Herbert Nunn announced that there will be no moreé faulty con- struetion in the city, as the two orders will be followed rigidly. SHOCKS RECORDED HERE. Slight Tremors Registered on George- town Seismograph. Slight earthquake shocks were reg- istered on Georgetown University seis- mograph today, beginning at 9:56 a.m. and lasting until 10:05. Director Tondorf placed them probably in Mon- tana. BOY KILLED BY WAGON UNSEEN BY ITS DRIVER Run Over While Going to Deliver Packages From Store With Express Cart. While en route to make a delivery from a_store with a small coaster wagon, Russell Vance, colored, 7 years old, of 320 ¥lorida avenue, was run over and killed by a wagon in front of 125 Florida avenue today. The wagon, Huguely. owned by Galliher & Sherman avenue and W street, was driven by James H. Par- | ker of 1559 Kraemer street northeast. Parker claims, according to police, that he did not see the boy at all be. fore the accident and learned that he had run over the child when Chaun- cey Waller, 9 vears old, 212 S street, ‘who was with the boy killed, called to the driver. It is thought, police say, that Russell was- sitting on his little express wagon, guiding it while being pushed by Chauncey. The boy killed was taken to "reedman’s Hospital by a passing automobile. He was dead when he reached the hospital. BRUSSARD NEW MEMBER OF TARIFF COMMISSION | President Appoints Utah Man to| Succeed William S. Culbertson, Named Minister to Rumania. By the Assaciated Press. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 10.— ‘The President has appointed Edgard Bernard Brussard of Utah to be a member of the United States Tariff Commission, succeeding William 8. Culbertson, recently appointed minis- ter to Rumania. Mr. Brussard had the indorsement of Senator Smoot of Utah. His ap- pointment fills the only vacancy on the Tariff Commission. RICH YOUTH SOUGHT. Soldier, College Gr-;;ute. Linked ‘With Murder. MINEOLA, N. Y., July 10 (#).— Philip Knapp, graduate of Cornell University and son of a retired manu- facturer of Syracuse, N. Y., sought as the murderer of Louis Pe- nella, a taxicab driver who was killed on the night of July 3. Knapp was a soldier stationed at Mitchel Field. He has been missing several days and was last heard from on July 8, when he was in Albany. His family believed he had committed suicide, police said. Penella’s body was found buried in rubbish at Camp Mills on the morning of July 4. His taxicab had been stolen and the police learned in their investi- gation that it had been sold in New York city. Knapp was positively iden- tified as the man who sold the car po- Nce announced. ( horse-drawn | is being | HOPES OFTAYCUT AREEN PETLS Federal Revenue Receipts Far in Excess of Estimates for Past Fiscal Year. Possibilities of generous duction by the next tax Congress re- re- lation by the Bureau of Internal Revenue that the tax cut last year resulted in a reduction of actual re- ceipts by only about half what had been expected Although the new revenue law had been anticipated to slice receipts by about $400,000,000 for the six months of the fiscal year 1925 during which it was operative, the actual reduction for that period was only $212,168,408. Treasury officials feel that thé re- turns have more than borne out their predictions that a cut in taxes to give more freedom to working capital would not only be beneficial to the industry of the country, but would continue to support amply the Gov- ernment with revenue. Surtax Cut Likely. Much speculation was expected to be engendered by the revenue re- ceipts published today, on the mat- ter of the top bracket of the surtax in the next tax bill, with probability that there might be an inclination now to favor a smaller maximum. Secretary Mellon has contended con mum surtax would bring out huge to work in the business of the coun try, not only stimulating business it self, but providing revenue to the Government, which formerly was hid- den in tax-free investments. While the Treasury so far has re- fraihed from naming a specific figure for the new maximum surtax, there has been free discussion of the mat- ter among members of Congress and others. Maximum surtaxes ranging from 13 to 25 per cent have been ad- vocated, the higher one being spon- sored by Chairman Smoot of the Sen- ate finance committee and Chatrman Green of the House ways and means I(‘nmmhlef, Senator Underwood of Alabama has suggested a 13 per cent maximum surtax, and Frank W. Mon- dell, retiring member of the War Finance Corporation, has favared a 15 per cent limit. Senator Glass of Virginia favors 20 per cent. Favored by Both Parties. Although Democratic speakers have made some attacks upon the so-called Mellon plan of the last Congress, and Senator Glass, in particular, has taken occasion to reiterate he is in favor of “‘outmelloning Mellon,” so far there has been no sharp political line drawn in the prospect of cutting down the tax burden of the American people. Both Republican and Democratic lead- ers are in favor of a substantial tax cut, while there has been no indica- tion of obstructive tacties of any kind from adherents of the third party, headed by the late Semator La Fol- lette. It has been said at the Treas- ury that this year there is no “‘Mellon plan.” There has been some optimistic dis- cussion, hoping that with the House ways and means committee getting hearings under way early in the Fall { before the opening of Congress in December, there would be a possibility of passing a new revenue law before the 1st of January, 1926. This, how- ever, has been discounted by many close observers of the situation, who feel that to rush the revenue bill would lead to fll considered legislation. $2,584,010,847.50 Income. The Internal Revenue Bureau in its figures for the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1925, shows total tax collec- tions of $2,584,010,847.50, as compared (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) |FORBES AND THOMPSON | APPEAL CONSPIRACY CASE | Former Veterans’ Bureau Head and Contractor Convicted of Scheme to Defraud United States. By the Associatsd Press. CHICAGO, July 10.—Appeals in be- half of Charles R. Forbes, former di- rector of the Veterans’' Bureau, and J. W. Thompson, wealthy St. Louis contractor, convicted last February of conspiracy to defraud the Government through hospital contracts, were filed today in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Radio Programs—'Page‘_lz EVOLUTION ceived a big impetus today with reve- | sistently that lowering of the max- | funds from tax-free securitles to go| (P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENT IN TENN Showers to Cool ! City Tonight, But | | Only for Moment | Thundershowers this afternoon | | and probably tonight will supply | | Washington with temporary | | splashes of ceol weather, but an one looks for permanently | cooler conditions in the immediate | future is destined to | pointed, Forecaster R. | Weightman announced today | After the showers have gone | their way tonight the atmosphere will begin to clear up once more, and by tomorrow the citizens should be shedding as much cloth ing as self-respect will permit, ac. cording to the weather man | The 50.000 spectators at the big | automobile race near Laurel to- | morrow, consequently, had better prepare themselves for an exceed | ingly warm afternoon, Mr. Weight- | man advised. No, I don't see any hope of | permanent relief in sight right now | at all” he concluded. who CONN, AVE, SAFETY HALT IS ORDERED Removal of Center Poles| From Street Also Consider- ed as Traffic Aid. | Two definite steps toward making | traffic-congested Connecticut avenue a safe thoroughfare for motorists and pedestrians were taken today by offi- clals of the District government. Rules were drafted to require all | traffic to come to a full stop before | entering or crossing the avenue from | S street north to Chevy Chase Circle, while, in the meantime, the Public | Utllities Commission considered the advisability of removing the center poles between the Calvert street and Klingle bridges and reduce the num- ber of side poles to a minimum by requiring that electric transmission wires be put underground. 7 The order requiring vehicles to come to a complete halt before entering or crossing the avenue, will become ef- fective as soon as painters emblazon | the word “Stop” in bold white letters on the pavement at all intersections north of § street. The work was started today. Moller Explains. Col I. C. Moller, engineer in charge of traffic, explained that the new rule, which is the first move toward the es tablishment of the boulevard stop sy tem in the District, does not give mo- torists moving north and south on the avenue any special speed privilege, but was promulgated merely in_the in. terest of safety. The existing speed regulation will remain. The “stop” system has been in ef- fect for some time at Thirteenth street and Florida avenue, the foot of a dan- gerous hill, but this is the first time the rule has been applied to a long stretch of thoroughfare. Col. Moller indicated the stop rule would be applied to certain other streets in the near future. Tiwo other place& under consideration an»: Eighteenth street, from Pennsyl- vania avenue to Columbia road, and Sixteenth street, from Newton street north. The stop signs will not be used at intersections on Sixteenth street south of Newton because the new traffic signal lights will be in. stalled on that part of Sixteenth street. “Road Hogs” Blamed. In a statement vesterday afternoon Traffic Director Eldridge characterized the “road hog” as a menace to safe driving. Mr. Eldridge believes many accidents are caused by drivers who take up more than their share of the road and refuse to move in when an- other car indicates an intention of passing. Vehicles moving slowly should keep near the curb, Mr. Eld- ridge said, Although the Public Utilities Com- mission has taken no definite action on the proposal to rid Connecticut avenue of the dangerous center poles between the Calvert and Klingle bridges, it is understood that it looks with favor on the idea. Only the trolley wires necessary to carry the overhead current for the street cars would be exposed between these two bridges if the plan is approved. The commission hopes to have these overhead trolley wires struag from thin poles along the curb line that could also be used as street [ 16 of their number could enter | mile classic automobile race that | liott of Los DRIVERS FIGHTING T0 PLACE IN RACE Elliott Makes Average of 126.6 Miles an Hour in Time Trials. Faced with the certainty that only the motor contest, 18 dare-devils of the speedway began the elimination con- | test today in preparation for the 250- is to open the Baltimore-Washington Speedway tomorrow afternoon. The first driver to be clocked in the | elimination test today was Frank El- who made an| Angeles, average speed of 126.6 miles an hour and whose highest point showed 32 seconds per lap for an average of 140 miles an hour. been accurately checked by early af ternoon. Storm Halts Tests. A small crowd occupied seats in the grandstand and watched the elimina- tion. During a second test by De Palma a severe electrical storm halted the proceedings for a_ half hour and thoroughly drenched all in the grand- stand, who were ungble to seek shel- ter in time. The eighteen candidates who are striving for unsual records in order to be among the 16 in tomorrow’s race follow: Earl Cooper, No. 2, Junior § Spe- clal; Harry Hartz, No. . Miller Spe. cial; Tommy Milton, No. 4, Miller Special; Bob McDonough, No. 14, Mil- ler Special; Jerry Wonderlich, No. 10, Miller Special; Jim Hill, No. 19, R. J. Special: Bennie Hill, No. 3, Miller Spe- clal; Fred Comer, No. 5, Miller Spe- cial; Phil Shafer, No. 9. Duesenberg; Ralph De Palma, No. 8, Miller Spe- clal; Peter De Paolo, No. 12, Duesen- berg: Dr. Willlam Shattuck; No. Miller Special; Ralph Herburn, No. Junior 8 Special: Wade Morton, N 23, Duesenberg: Earl Devore, No. Miller Special; Frank Elliott, No. Miller Special: Leon Duray, No. Miller Special; Peter Kriess, No. Duesenberz. Two Will Be Dropped. Although it had been announced that an average of 110 miles an hour would | qualify candidates for the big contest, it wilLbe necessary to drop the low- est two after the elimination tests have been tabulated. Only 16 cars will enter the race and as result the | pilots are striving for far higher marks than they would ordinarily try to attain in an elimination test. Earl Cooper set a high speed mark in " the preliminary afternoon, when he flashed around the mile-and-one-eighth oval in 31.22 sec- onds—a rate of 129.8 miles an hour. Harry Hartz, who is one of the youngest racers in the field, nego- tiated the track in 31.3 seconds, or 128.2 miles an hour. Tommy Milton, who -holds the world championship for 1921, was clocked at a speed of 126.6 miles an hour; Bob McDonough, 125: Jerry Wonderlich, 121.6, and Jim Hill, 119.8 miles an hour. Fifty Thousand Expected. Fifty thousand persons are expected to travel to the Speedway tomorrow morning and afternoon to witness the titanic struggle of steel and fire, brains and brawn, for supremacy on the high-banked track of the new aero- drome. To prevent accidents and facilitate the movement of traffic hoth Maryland and_District police officials are working together for the strict enforcement of special regulations. Despite the fact that the closeness of the new Speedway to both Balti- more and Washington will tempt thou- sands of motorists to drive to the (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) U. S. REQUEST “STRANGE.” London Paper Reports Britain as Vetoed New Attache Post. LONDON. July 10 (®).—Under the caption: “A Strange Request,” the Daily Telegraph today savs that Great Britain has declined a proposal from the United States to appoint here a customs attache, one of whose duties would be to investigate the prices asked of American buyers by British exporters, claiming the right to in- spect the books of the British firms concerned. Spain and Belgium previously have refused to give diplomatic status to American customs officials sent abroad to investigate production costs for tariff making purposes, and similar action by Great Britain was forecast some time ago. The request was sent to all countries under a provision of the last tariff act. lighting posts. Final action prob- " (Continued en Page 2, Cotumn §) z; Its refusal is not expected by officiale to greatly embarrass Teasury agents. Ralp De Palma fol-| lowed Elliott, but his time had not | runs yesterday | HEADLEY DEMOTION FAIR, MUST STAND, C. OF . INFORMED Commissioners, Replying to Resolution, Assert Action Was Justified. 'REFUSAL TO MAKE PUBLIC CASE DATA REITERATED | |Good Administration Requires Silence on Many Points, Board Says. Reiterating the statement that the demotion of Capt. Albert J. Headley from inspector in charge of the Traf fic Bureau to captain of the fourth pre cinct was in the interest of good police administration. the Board of Commis- sioners today replied to the letter of the Chamber of Commerce and told the chamber there were good reasons why the change should have been | made. | The Commissioners also stated in | their letter to the chamber that in di- recting the affairs of the District of Columbia it sometimes becomes neces- sary to take action without making public all of the facts in connection | With it. They stated that it would not {be In the public interest to depart | from this well established policy Text of City Heads' Reply. The complete text of the letter, writ- ten by Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the Board of Commissioners, to A. E. Seymour, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, follows My Dear Mr. Seymour: The Commissioners of the District lof Columbia are in receipt of your letter of June 8. forwarding copy of a resolution of the board of directors {of the chamber, reading as follows. ‘‘Resolved. that the Commission- ers of the District of Columbia be requested to rescind the order of June 19, 1925, demoting Inspector Headley, land that the inspector be not demoted unless charges publicly made be so clearly esablished as to justify such punishment,’ with request that the resolution be given careful considera- on. = “In reply, T am directed by the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia to state that it is their feeling that they are charged with the administra- {tion and control of District govern ment affairs, and in doing so, it some- times becomes necessary to take ac- tion in matters without m#king pub- lic all the facts that were considered by them before taking such action. To depart from this well established policy and make public all facts con- | cerning matters presented to them, on { which their administrative acts are based, would not, in their opinion, be in the public interest. Was “Good Administration.” “In the matter of the demotion of | Inspector Headley to captain and his | reassignment, the facts and circum- | stances of the case were given more |than usual attention. As you well |know, an Act of Congress was |recently passed with the object of improving traffic conditions, and it | was the earnest desire of the Commis- | sioners to have traffic law carried out |in the most effective manner,as they {felt it was the desire of Congress that this should be done. In carrying out this purpose, the Commissioners felt | that the interest of good police admin- istration required a change in the head of the Police Traffic Bureau. | There were good reasons why this | change should have been made, and | the Commissioners weel that the action | taken by them in making the change |was in the public interest and that {it would have been detrimental to | public interest to have a trial pro- ceeding in the matter. “The Commissioners hope that you {will appreciate their position in the. { matter.” | The letter was made public this | afternoon following the regular Fri- |day board session of the Board of | Commissioners. | | D. C. YOUTH KILLED, FIVE HURT BY AUTO | Joseph Caranfa Dead in Crash With | Pole on Boulevard at | Elkridge, Md. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | "BALTIMORE, Md., July 10.—Joseph | caranta, 13 years old, F street | northeast, Washington. was killed and | five others injured early this morning when the automobile in which thev | were riding crashed into a telegraph | pole on the Washington boulevard | near Elkridge, overturned and rolled | down an embankment. Leonard Caranfa, brother of the dead youth and alleged driver of the { car, {8 being held by the police pend- ing an investigation. | Lawrence McNally years old, 210 | K street northeast, who was slightly injured, is being held as a material | witness. Three girls who were in the car were injured and taken to St. Agnes’ Hospital. | The girls in the hospital are Carrie | Wheeler, 19, of 109 Third street north- | west; Margaret Smith, 19, of 1321 |Union_ street southwest, and Mrs. Alice Donnelly, 23, of 619 First street | southeast. None is seriously hurt. | According to Leonard Caranfa the accident occurred when he became blinded by the lights of an approach- 1ing machine. The party was returning {from Baltimore to their homes in ! Washington about 2 a.m. As the car | rounded a curve near Elkridge a tour- !ing car bound for Baltimore sped into {view. | Caranta lost control of his machine, iwhich swerved sharply into a tele- |graph pole, overturned and hurtled !down a steep embankment. The other | machine continued on its way, he told | police. | | | LAWYER SAVES 4 LIVES. Special Dispatch to The Star. MORGANTOWN, W. Va., July 10.— {Charles T. Herd, member of the Mo- | nongalia County bar, prevented no less than three drownings in Cheat River, here, within a few day: He dived, |fully dressed, into the Tiver at Rock: ley and rescued a man who gave his name as Frankhouser and stated he lived near Unlontown. Later he went 0 the resens of two girls and a bog.