Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8, Weather Bureau Fo Partly cloudy tonight; temorrow fafr. Temperatures: Highest, p.m. vesterday; lowest, 70, today. Full report on page T and slightly ‘orecast.) cooler 94, at 1:15 at 5:15 a.m. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 Foening Star, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. b deliy st Sunda; The Star” “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers block and the regular edi ercd to Washington h he papers are printe Saturday’s Circulation, 87,977 Circulation, 101,815 WASHINGTON, MOTION 10 QUASH . SCOPES CASE LEADS TO CLASH IN COURT 14 Constitutional Points Cited by Defense as Basis for Move. TILT BETWEEN LAWYERS FAILS TO RUFFLE JUDGE Raulston Asks Briefs Be Filed on “Profound” Points Raised in Sharp Debate. By the Associated COURTROOM, July 13.—Discus the defense to quash against John T. Scopes, charged with violating the Tennessee law inst the teaching of evolution theories in the public schools, occupied the morn- ing spssion of court to Presenting the motion, John Neal spoke first the defense, fol- lowed by Arthur G. Hays, presenting the same contention Attor- ney General B. G. McKenzie spoke in opposition to the motion, with Sue K. Hicks. also of the State coynsel, making the last argument before the noon reces: Judge Raulston just before ordering re until 1 o'clock, said to the DAYTON, Tenn., on of a motion by the indictment Ay for rmer a lawyers “Gentlemen, are profound and the court does not wish to guess,” adding that he would expect briefs to be filed on the motion to quash. Clash Other than reading of the indict- ment and questioning of a juror as to whether he had expressed an opin- fon as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant, the first hours of the day’s first session were uneventful A mild clash of attorneys developed between the attorney general, A. T. Stewart, and Clar and again between B . McKenzie and Dudley Field Malone. Neither seri- ously ruffied the calm of the court Mr. Neal. submitting the motion to quash, cited 14 reasons selected by the defense on which to base the motion. The contentions were nearly all re- lated to the constitutionality of the act, claiming that both the Constitu- tion of Tennessee and that of the Tnited States were violated in the act of the Tennessee General As- sembly Mr. Neal called attention of court to what he termed general lack of information as court to rule on the Constitution. He sald many others well informed lawyers did not know that the court had’ this authority and .was sworn to uphold it as an officer of the State. He called attention to the language of the Bible in telling the story of creation and said that every one might have a different interpretation of the “Divine story of creation. Cites State Constitution. Section 12, Marks Hearing. article XI, of the State Constitution declares, ““Knowledge, learning and virtue being essential to the preservation of republican in- stitutions, and the diffusion of the op- portunities and advantages of educa- tion throughout the different portlons of the State being highly conducive to the promotion of this end, it shall be the duty of the General Assem bly in all future periods of this G ernment to cherish literature and s ence.” Section 3, Article I, of the Tennes- see constitution: “That all men have a matural and indefensible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consclence that no man can of right be co led to attend, erect or support place of worship or to maintain any minister against his consent: that no human authority can. In any case whatever control or interfere the rights of conscience; and that preference shall ever be given by law 1o any religious establishment or mode or worship. Free Expression Assured. Section 19 constitution of thoughts and the opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man, and every citizen may freely speak, write print on any subject, being re- sponsible for the abuse of that liber- ty.” Section 8, Article 1, of the State con- stitution: “That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his free- hold, liberties or privileges, or out- lawed or exiled or in any other man- ner destroyed or deprived of his life, liberty or property but by the judge- ment_of his peers or the law of the land." Section 9, article 1, of the State con. stitution providing that in all crimi- nal proceedure the accused had the right to “demand the nature and cause of accusation against him."” Section 2, article 2, of the Tennessee constifution, prohibiting the exercise by one state department “of any of the powers belonging to either of the others Articie 1, of the State Federal The fifth the ( Basic Law Cited. mstitution of the United which set forth that no person shall be ‘‘deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law,” and that “‘no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property with vut due process of law, nor deny 1t any person within its ju equal protection of the laws.” The first amendment to the Con stitution of the United States which insures that “Congress shall make no Jaw respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting ercise thereof or abridging the free- dom of speech or of the press.” The fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States pro- viding that no State shall make or en- force any law which shajl abridge the privileges or immunities of elitizens of the United States, nor shall any State deprive any person of liberty or property without process of law, nor deny to any son within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law Real First Speaker. Neal delivered the first argu- ment of the defense against the in- dictment, elaborating the points out- * _(Continuea on Page 2, Column 4. _ Radio Programs—Page 18. due T Mr. R. the issues in this case | the | iline to the power of the | with | The free communication | and sixth amendments to | sdiction the | the free ex-| lite, | per- | 'Toreador’s Refusal) |To Fight on Wet |Ground Starts Riot By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July spectators at yesterda andy troops clashed because the fight was stopped on account of rain, and the police report that 13 persons were wounded, several of | them being expected to die. After a brife downpour had left the ground wet, and, in the opinion of the toreadors, unsafe, the fight- ers refused to continue. The spec tators protested, refusing to leave. “Troops were ordered to vacate the stands when a veritable fusiliade of shots was started. 6 DEINMISHAS DURNG WEEK END %28 Drown, 19 Are Killed in Motor Crashes and Heat i Adds 6 to List. { | JR.\ the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 13.—More than |three score persons were killed | | throughout the country as a result of | | the heat wave, lighting, automobile, flying and bathing mishaps and other causes. | With thousands of persons seeking | | relief from the humidity at beaches, | | deaths from drowning led the fatali- | itles, 28 lives being lost. Nineteen | |were killed in automobile smashups, ! | four were slain by lightning, six died { of the heat, three perished in a train jexplosion and one met death in an jairplane accident. In addition, sev- { eral score were injured, mostly in | motor car accident Three Die in New York. Three of the heat deaths were re- corded in New York City, where the! {second hottest Sunday of the year| was reported. The mercury there rose to 91 degrees with a high hu- midity. In the Middle West the high- est temperature was at Des Moines— 100 degrees—while the 98 point was! reached at Lincoln, Nebr., with 97 the {record at Omaha. Chicago contrib- uted two to the heat death total, and Sioux City, Towa, one. Missouri’s hot | weather was reduced by a heavy | rainfall. It was estimated that 240.000 Chi- oans flocked to the beaches Sun- | {day, two drownings being recorded {here. The bathers witnessed an un- jusual spectacle, a small tidal wave. | I At intervals of 15 to 30 seconds the | {lake level dropped two and one-half | feet, and the water receded from 75| 100 feet from the normal water Seventeen persons were drowned in New York State, New Jersey and | New England. Oklahoma, City re- | ported one, Denver one. Ashland, | Nebr., one; Perry, Tex.. two; while four others ocurred at various points in Towa. A member of a fishing party was {'killed by lightning at Niantic, Conn. | | A bather at New Haven met death | | from the same cause. One was killed | | at Mobile. Ala. A fourth fatality was { recorded in the west when lightning 13.—The bullfight to started 40 forest fires in Idaho and northern Washington. 19 Motor Deaths. | Motor crash fatalities in New York State, New Jersey and New England | totaled six. Two were killed in Chi- cago and seven in Ohlo over the week end. County Judge Frank Sass and Mrs. Sass were victims at Willow Springs, Mo. One was killed at River- side, Callf., and one near Boulder, Colo. | At Gainesville, Tex., Dr. Roy E. Hughes was burned to death and James Cole, a former Army aviator, was probably fatally injured when Hughes’ plane crashed to the ground, while three unidentified men were | killed and six others were unaccount- | ed for when an explosion and fire de- | troved eighteen tank cars of gasolin near Taylor, Tex. The loss was esti/ mayed at several hundred thousand dollar: Mavyor John Dillis of Rockaway, 'N. | died of excitement at a base ball | ame at which his son knocked a | three-bagger at a critical moment, and a man at Houston, Tex., was | burned to death. Twenty-six persons were infjured in | automobile accidents in and near Den- ver. Two were hurt at Chattanooga, four at Paris, Tll.. when a racing au tomobile crashed through a fence, and twelve at Los Angeles, when an auto- mobile bus struck an oil truck. The automobile accident death toll for the week in 12 Middle Western States was 88, as follows: Indiana, 25; Ohio, 18; Texas, 7; Michigan, 14; Missouri, 6:; Illinols, 5; Kansas, 4; Oklahoma, 3; Minnesota and South Dakota, 2 each; Wisconsin and Ken- tucky, 1 each. The two automobile deaths in Chicago brought the total for this city and vicinity so far this i year to 385. Toll Is 22 in East. NEW YORK. July ond hottest Sunday of the vear in the East had a death toll of 2 Three deaths due to the heat were recorded in New York City. Seven- teen persons were drowned in New York and New England. Thousands sweltered when the thermometer rose to 91 degrees, ac- companied by 46 per cent humidity. Massachusetts had the greatest num ber of drownings, two near Boston, two | at Blackstone and one each at Pitts- field and North Brookfield; New York State was next with five, two in New York City and one each at Utica, Old Forge and Wells. In Connecticut there were drownings at Woodstock and Middletow There was one | | drowning at Bayonne, N. J.; one at | Pompton Lake, N. J.. one at Asbury | Park. N. J.. and one at Providence. ‘w‘U ncle Sam’s Place’ { | | By the Associated Prese. PEORIA, IIL, July 13.—A clever scheme for. obtaining evidence against rum runners and dealers | has resulted in wholesale arrests here. One hundred and seventy persons have been taken into cus. | tody since Saturday by 40 prohibi- | tion agents, under the direction of | J. E. Asher and Max Hartzig of | Washington, D. C. Asher and Hartzig came to Pe- | oria two months ago and bought a | saloon. On the front in-large let- | ters they placed a sign which read “Uncle Sam's Place.” The sign caused considerable amusement among the bootleggers, . | SWAMPSCOTT, {dict regarding the culpability for the By Asher and Aide, Cleans Up Rivals U5, AVERTS BREAK BETWEEN CHINESE AND GREAT BRITAN Tri-Parly Agreement With Japan Provides Impartial Judging of Uprising. COOLIDGE WINS PLEDGE OF PARLEY ON CUSTOMS Early Conference on China's Share of Tariffs Agreed Upon—Action | on Foreign Courts Delayed. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. SUMMER WHITE HOUSE, Mass., July 13 The United States, by the reported agreement entered into by Japan and England and the United States, relative to the recent uprising in China, has averted a break, and has brought about a situation, under the | leadership of President Coolidge, ex- pected to compose the existing diffi- culties and lead to a permanent solu- tion of China's problem through the out of the Washington treaty. The uprising against the British growing out of the Shanghal crash s rapidly leading to a point where ireat Britain would resort to an in- | dependent policy to protect her own interests. This course was averted, it was declared here, by the agree- ment reached by the United States, Japan and England. Great Britain, under the terms of this agreement, consents to accept an impartial ver- ‘hanghai shooting, and stand by it, even should it involve the censure of British official The United States has agreed, it is declared, not to in- sist on immediate consideration ol the question of abandoning extra territoriality. Crisis Brings Conference. This agreement, it is believed, was laid before President Coolidge by Sec- retary of State Kellogg in the con- ferences held at White Court on in- ternational questions. It was this situation, rapidly approaching a crisis, which brought about the hasty con- ference at White Court. In enterin into the agreement the United Stat paved the way for ending the rising against forelgners in Chfna without in any way abandoning its position on the Washington treafy. The emphatic statement issyed by Secretary Kellogg at White Court vesterday afternoon, in which he in- sisted that China must t meas- ures to protect forelgners ayd assume responsibilities for carrying out the treaty, indicates that ybe United States is standing with ¥ngland, but| at the same time has wen a victory in clarifying the atmosphere for car- rying out the Washington treaty. | Secretary Kellogg, 4ccompanied by | Undersecretary of Sta{e Grew returned to Washington last ‘night. Before he left White Court h¢ issued the follow- | ing statement respecting this Govern- ment’s position gn China: “We have been engaged a conference with the President yith regard to the situ- ation in Ching, the foreign debt ques- tion and some departmental matters. The confergmce in relation to China had referefice to matters of policy. The corner stone of that policy, so far as this Government is concerned, may be suid to be a scrupulous observ- ance of the obligations to China en- tered fnto at the Washington confer- ence and the insistence that the Gov- ernment of China take adequate meas- ures for the protection of foreigners and to carry her responsibility under the treaties, Parley to Be Speeded. “There is nothing new in the debt question. We were discussing the | general situation. The settlement is progressing satisfactorily.” Mr. Kellogg added that he was con- | fident that all the nine signatories to the Washington agreement to revise the Chinese customs regulations would participate in the conference | which the pact states must be called within three months after complete ratification. As soon as France's ratification of the _nine-power pact is deposited at Washington, within the next week or 10 days, Secretary Kellogg will no- tify China that final action has been taken and request her to proceed to eall a conference in China to consider customs duties. Under the terms of the treaty China is authorized to call such a conference within three months after ratification. Had the disturb- ance continued, it was apparent that such a conference could not have been held. Therefore, the English-Japa- nese-American agreement, intended to | quickly settle the uprising, has clear- ed the atmosphere, now making this conference possible. While the United States early in July sent a communication to the for- eign governments stated that it fa- | vored abandonment of extraterritori. | ality, this was merely a statement of | its ‘position and not a hope that it would be carried out during the ex- isting trouble. Urges More Money for C'Ill!l’ Extra territoriality does not form a | part of the treaties proper. It is dealt with in a resolution adopted at the Washington conference calling for commissions to study the subject. This resolution provided that the com- | missin should assemble within a year after its adoption. China at the end of this period requested delay and (Continued on Page 4, C Saloon, Operated who soon became acquainted with the newcomers. After winning the confidence of all the illicit rum dealers, Asher and Hartzig began making purchases of runners and dealers and got evidence on prac- tically every saloon in town be- cause of their acquaintance with other “bootleggers.” | The clean-up started Saturday | morning, when “Uncle Sam's | Place” ‘closed’ and the proprietors went to the Federal Buflding to meet 40 prohibition agents who ar- rived from Chicago and Washing- ton. 2 One after another the raids were staged, until 100 had been arrested ~by-midnight Saturday, _ | the principal D. C., MONDAY, BE THiS DEBT FUNDIXG SOON 1S GOOLIDGE'S GOAL Wants to /Present Plans for All Allies to Congress at Coming Session. BY DAVID LAWREN SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 13.— Prexident Coolidge hopes to be able to present to the next session of Cop. gress, which meets in December, a funding of all outstanding debts owed the United States by the principal allied countriee. This is the ubjective toward which JULY 13, American diplomacy is working. now | that the Secretary of State, Kellogg, has had a long conference on the subject with the Chief Executive. Belglum is expected to settle first. then France and then Italy, with set Frank | | Matter Dropped by Commit- tlements about the same time from | Czechoslovakia, Lithuania and some of the other countries. Two . outstanding ideas now have been conveyed to the JSuropean debt ors as the irreducible minimum of American terms: No Reduction on Principal. First, there will be no reduction on The sacredness of in- ternational obligation — indeed. the sgcredness of contracts—is involved in a fulfiliment by the allies of the pledge they made to repay the United States when the sums were borrowed. Second, a reduction 'in the amounts of interest due and the interest rate 1s the only flexibility which the United States can possibly offer as an answer to the plea of the allies that “ability to pay” should be taken into consid- eration by their creditor, the United States. 4 The time for jockeying. however, is over. Delay will not get better terms. All the interested governments now know that. They also have been told plainly that if they come to an agree- ment with America at once their chances of being given favorable con- sideration on interest reduction will be better than if they delay. Good Will Invelved. Thus every effort is being used to persuade the foreign governments that they had best make their settle- | ments between now and the next ses- sion of Congress. It is pointed out that Congress will be in a better mood to approve debt agreements if they are presented in a group than if each is taken up singly and too great a variation in terms is sought. There is also a measure of good will involved in the willingness of the " (Continued on Page olum OEAN, ONATVIAASK RECENERSHP END Court to Be Informed Broker- age Concern Now Is Sound. By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, July 13.—With a reor- ganization fund of $2,500,000 oversub- scribed, Western receivers for Dean, Onativia & Co. went before Federal Judge Wilkerson today in a move to end the receivership. While legal formalities terminating the bankruptcy proceedings and re- establishing the firm members in the New York and Chicago exchanges may delay reopening of the brokerage offices for several days, the receivers and bank creditors are confident busi- ness will be resumed this week. Abel Davis, president of the Chicago Title and Trust Co., receivers for the brokers’ house since July 3, sald to- day the reorganization fund aggre- gated hetween $2,700,000 and $2,800,- 000, secured by personal notes of the nine partners. New - York and Chicago creditors contributed to the fund equally, but the Eastern banks holding collateral accepted deferred payment arrange- ments extending over only two years, while the Chicagoans accepted paper extending over five years. The success of the approved plan will re-establish the business without loss to creditors or customers. The reorganization notes are backed by Rosenbaum Grain Corporation stoek, which will be redeemed by the brokers at the market as the deferred obligations are met. The partners’ Josses, therefore, 1 be determined by the degree of pm-mrity and profits in the future of the Rosenbaum Co. | 1 oT SUMMERY J000748 7754 1708000004 Sousa “Too Young” At 70 to Play Golf, He Tells Friend) By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 13.—John Philip Sousa, noted bandmaster, who is 70 years old, regards himself as too young to play golf. “I'll start golfing when I can't do anything else,” he has told Willlam Cross, a friend whom he has been visiting at Middletown, N. Y. FGHTFORHEADLEY tee—Congress Probe Is Seen. The public safety committee of the | Washington Board of Trade, at a spe- | cial meeting today, unanimously de- | cided to drop the question of the de- | motion of former Inspector Albert J. Headley to a captaincy. After considerable discussion’ in which Capt. Headley was praised by several of the committee, the sugges- tion by A. T. Britten that the matter be allowed to rest with the Commis- sloners was supported by George B. Christian, jr.. former secretary to President Harding and a member of the committee. Pierce Raynor, former commander of the motor corps, predicted a con- gressional investigation if his sug- gestion, that the Commissioners be asked to conduct a private investiga- tion into the matter, with sworn testi. mony on the part of police officials, was not asked of the Commissioners. He declared, after naming a series of complaints against certain police of- ficials, that he would furnish the names of those who would be willing to give information that the demotion was the result of a trap if Congress decided ‘to take up the matter. He did not force his motion that the Commissioners he asked to con- duct % private investigation, and later supported the motion that the matter allowed to rest with the Commis- oners Mr. Raynor said during the meet- ing that the Commissioners were mis led, that Capt. Headley was not guilty of the charges, and M. 0. Eldridge, director of traffic, was not the cause of the Headley demotion. He will submit a list of findings to the Commissioners. TWO AVIATORS KILLED IN CRASH OF 1,000 FEET Machine Falls During Tail Spin and Bursts Into Flames in Field. By the Associated Pres WESTBURY, N. Y.. July 13.—First Lieuts. Charles R. Hickey of Brock- ton, Mass., and Albert C. Perry of Marlboro, Mass., were killed today when their airplane crashed near here. The plane went into a tail spin at | a height estimated at between 700 and 1,000 feet. It fell in a field and in-| stantly burst into flames. An ambu- lance and a wrecking cfew were hurried from Mitchel Field and the bodies, badly charred, were removed | from the flaming wreckage. Lieut. Hickey and Perry were Re- serve officers stationed at Mitchel | Field for two weeks' training. { | HEAT WAVE BROKEN; ! MERCURY TO DROP MORE| Cool Temperature to Last for Some Time to Come, Weather Man Says. The heat wave that has all but completely boiled Washington for nearly a week was broken today and the next few days will be cool and comfortable, the weather bureau an-| nounced today. 'Cloudiness that -be- gan at noon today will continue through tomorrow but no rain is ex- pected before Wednesday. Tonight and tomorrow will be even coaler than today and for a while, at least, Wash- ington may look forward to cool tem- peratures. Yesterday the highest point reached by the thermometer was 94, and it was aided and abetted by intense humidity every minute of its efforts :;. keep the National Capital miser e, _ 1925—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. $5000000 BULDIG T0 B BEGUN O0N Ten-Story Structure to Face Fifteenth Street From G to New York Avenue. The Washington Central Trust to- day completed arrangements closing a deal which will result in the im. mediate erection by them of a $5,-000,- 000 10-story office building at Fifteenth street, New York avenue and G streets that will change the skyline of that particular section of the city. The Washington Building, as the new structure is to be called, will face on Fifteenth street opposite the Treasury, with entrances also on New York avenue and G street. This building, which has been talked of for some time, became a certainty today when in the presence of a number of lawvers the final de- tails were closed calling for the erec- tion of the 10-story structure. This {s regarded as the most am- bitious construction program ever undertaken in the down-town area, and will call for the immediate razing of some bulldings long noted in the business section of the ci Buildings to Be Razed. The Washington Central Trust, which is a new organization, will authorize the destruction of proper- ties from the Evans Building on New York avenue, all the frontage on Fif- teenth street from New York avenue to G, and down G street, including the Fleming Building. Some of the struc- tures to be destroyed are the George Washington Hotel. the Home Life Building, a 10-story office structure; United States Shipping Board branch offices, the United Cigar Store, Lig- gett's Drug Store, the People’s Drug Store, Henderson's Cigar Store, tife Old Dutch Market and a number of smaller stores. The new building will the latest features in office build- ing construction. Those who are in- terested in the project feel that Wash- contain ington is rapidly becoming the most | influential city in the world, and that the site for the new building. located in the heart of the financial center of the National Capital and overlooking the Treasury, the White House, the State, War and Navy Building, the Treasury Annex, the Riggs Bank and other financial institutions, is one of the best sites in the country for their undertaking. Persons principally interested in the organization of the new Washington Central Trust are Aibert O. Hagar, president of the City Central Corpora. tion, a national organization; Edward J. Walsh of Washington and Robert M. Barnett of Boston. The structure will be an elaborate one of marble, limestone and bronze and will be equipped with stores on the ground floor, a bank on the sec- ond floor and offices for business and professional men on the other floors. . Ae soon as the tenants now in the Various properties can make arrange- ments to vacate, the construction on the new building will be begun. Many of the tenants already have arranged to vacate. The feasibility of such a project has been under discussion for some time, but it was only today that this new addition to the business sec- tion of Washington became a sure thing. G. Percy McGlue, local attor- ney, has carried out all the local legal matters, which have extended over a considerable period, for the Washing- ton Central Trust Two Killed in Blaze. QUEBEC, July 13 (#).—Two men were killed in a fire in.the Neptune Inn here early today. They are R. Brown. a yvoung Englishman, who was suffocated in his room, and Joseph Pickard, a lumberman. Boy, 8, Is Drowned * (#) Means Associated Press. WO CENTS. GENTER CAR POLES N WISCONSIN AVE. GRANTED APPROVAL { Considered Menace and Will Be Removed From Con- necticut Avenue. DIFFERENT CONDITIONS SEEN BY COMMISSIONERS | Bell Says Underground Wires Will Be Hard to Install in Improvement. While the Commissioners are ar- ranging to remove trolley poles from the center to the side of Connecticut avenue for at least a portion of the stretch beyond the Calvert Street Bridze, they have just authorized erection of poles in the center of Wis- | consin avenue in connection with the | relocation of the car tracks 6n that | thoroughfare between Massachusetts avenue and River road. Engineer Commissioner Bell sald today that when the improvement of Wisconsin avenue, including the mov- ing of the rails, was being planned a few months ago the engineering of- ficials gave much consideration to the question of where the new pole: should be located, and it was finally decided to place them in the center. Caused Bad Accidents. Within the past few weeks serious accidents on Connecticut avenue re vived the long-pending proposal to remove the center poles from that ar- tery of travel, and the Utilities Com- mission has practically decided to have them eliminated, at least as far out as Klingle Bridge. Col. Bell said the paving of Wis- consin avenue between Massachu- setts avenue and River road has pro- gressed to a point where all of th new center poles are in place, and for that reason he sald he does not believe the Commissioners would be justified In giving consideration to tearing them up again and placing them on the side at this time. Two reasons were cited by Col. Bell why side-pole construction is not as urgent nor as easy of accomplish- ment at this time on Wisconsin avenue as_on Connecticut avenue. In the first place, he sald, there is not as much traffic crossing and turn- ing into Wisconsin avenue from in- tersection streets as on Connecticut avenue, and that this condition make: the center poles more objectionable from a safety standpoint on Connec- : tlcut avenue. | Conditions Different. avenue from side streets at a down- | grade frequently cause motorists pro- | ceeding along Connecticut avenue to turn out into the path of the center poles. This condition is not as fre- quent on Wisconsin avenue,” the En- gineer Commissioner said. The reason, however, which ha more to do with the recent decision permit d o center-pole construction on the fact that the wires carrying heavy current both for street car operation and electric lighting purposes could not be placed underground on Wis- consin avenue from Massachusetts avenue north as easily as this can be effected on Connecticut avenue. “That part of Connecticut avenue where the poles are to be moved to | the sides is adjacent to an area in which the wires carrying current ar already in underground conduits,” Col. Bell stated, “but on Wisconsin | avenue beyond Massachusetts avenue we could not place the current wires | underground, “because the adjacent {area is practically all overhead con- struction.” { Feed Wires Underground. | In the case of Connecticut avenue, it is planned to put all of the feed | wires, both for the street cars and for transmission of house lighting cur- rent, underground’ will stretch across the avenue from | the side poles will be merely to sup- port the single trolley wire above the car tracks. Col. Bell said the Wisconsin avenue poles between Massachusetts avenue and River road could have been put at the sides by leaving the feeder wires overhead as well as the trolley wire, but he said there would be an element of danger in such an arrangement. Asked if the removal of center poles from Wisconsin avenue would come up at some later time, Col. Bell said that undoubtedly that would continue as a municipal problem in its general application to all outlying thorough- fares on which there are trolley poles. “For example,” the Engineer Com- missioner went on, “there is a greater need today for the removal of center- pole construction on Georgia avenue than on Wisconsin avenue. There is a very heavy flow of traffic on Georgia avenue.” ‘The exact extent to which the cen- ter poles will be removed on Connecti- cut avenue has not been decided uporny by the commission. Indications are that the first order will cover the stretch from Calvert street to Klingle Eridge, but there is a possibility the i change may be continued beyond that point later on. in Little River While Swimming in Forbidden Area Jack Willls, 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Willis, 321 Linworth place southwest, was drowned in the Little River about half 2 mile above Highway Bridge today. The little boy had gone to the place with his 6-year-old brother Earl and Bobby Murphy. 10 years old, who lived next door. Swim- ming in this area is forbidden, it is understood, but Jack and Bobby went into the water unnoticed. Shortly before noon a man whose identity was not learned, went to Arlington Beach and told Joyce Lever, a life guard at the resort,. that a boy had been drowned. Lever rushed to the scene and dived in about six or eight places the little boys told him Jack had down, and finally recovered e body. . Lever aaid about 15 feet from shore there was a dis- tinct drop, and he believed Jack had fallen into the six feet of water at that point. Mr. Willls was at home today and when informed of Jack's disap- pearance he went to a department store where his wife is employed and broke the news to her. Lacy Willls, 14, Jack’s sister, said the boy went out about 9 o’clock with Bobby and did not say where he was going. After the body was brought to the shore it was carried about 200 yards down toward the bridge where the Harbor Precinct took charge of it and conveyed it to the morgue. Officials of Arlington Beach strongly emphasized that the boys ‘were not on their property and the place where they had been swim- ming was entirely ouwt of their Jjurisdiction, “Machines turning into Connecticut | ‘Wisconsin avenue, Col. Bell sald, was | The wire which | STAR 0 IVE CIP FORFASTESTSTART BY0.C.FIRETRUCK Tests of All Apparatus to Be Made Shortly in Annual Competition. RESCUE CREW BREAKS RECORD DURING TRIAL Gets Away in 9 Seconds, While Two Engines Equal Baltimore Mark of 10 Seconds. Washington's fire fighters have set jout tobetter Baltimore’s much-adver- {tised record of 10 seconds in getting |away on an alarm of fire, and if a | preliminary unofficial test held this morning is a creditable harbinger the laurel is already as good as transfer- red to the 1st Rescue Company, sta- tioned on Twelfth street near G street. |, Carefully timed by Deputy Chiet Thomas O'Conner, departmental drill master, and a reporter for The Star, {the 1st Rescue Company, commanded at the time by Lieut. W. A. Parater {and driven by Pvt. J. L. Weiheim, |took only 9 seconds from the time | the first tap of the gong sounded until |it was clear across the sill of the jengine house and turning down | Twelfth street toward the box | That is just one second better than |the prize company in Baltimore was |able to do. Exactly the same condi- | tions were imposed, the engine was | placed precisely the same distance from tbe door as in Baltimore and the | same number box was struck—No. 13. | And two other companies, Nos. 2 and {3 engine sompanies, equaled the Balti- more depu<tment’s time, although they {needed a second trial to do it. The Star Offers Cup. When Baltimore nosed out Detroft and claimed to have the fastest engine company in the United States, it hav- ing actually gotten started on its way 10 a fire 10 seconds after the first tap f the gong, that fact was broadcast { over the country. Almost immediately |it was challenged by George Watson, | chief engineer of the Washington Fire Department, who declared his faith in finding a company here that could at least equal 10 seconds and probably beat it. Arrangements were promptly made for testing the entire department here, and The Star now offers a large silver loving cup to the Washington com- |pany that makes the best time in | getting out of its station on a regular jalarm. The name of the company { winping the contest is to_be inscribed n the cup, and, Chief Watson hav- {ing suggested that the test should be {made an annual event, it has been tentatively arranged that the company vinning the trophy three times be- omes its permanent owner. | Last Wednesday morning Deputy | Chief O'Conner and a reporter for The Star went to Baltimore and requested | Chiet Engineer Emerich of that city | to permit them to see the prize com- | PANY €0 out of the house under ex- jactly the same conditions as the day {on which it established the record of {10 seconds. The request was readily | granted and the speed and precision with which the Baltimore firemen | worked was frankly amazing. | Record Hard to Beat. The apparatus, a regulation hose carrier, was placed with its rear step 39 feet from the farther edge of the sill to be crossed en route to the fire. Its men, with two excentions, wers ordered to the rear of the engine | house, not being permitted to hold | themselves in positions such as run- ners on their marks, ready to go. Conditions of ease were carried out | as far as it was possible with the men | understanding what was to occur. | _ Without warning box No. 13 struck. | From the time the first stroke clicked | until the apnaratus was completely out of the door and on its way but 10 | seconds elapsed. That meant the | motor was turned over. the meén reach- { ed their stations, the box was located | and the command “go” was given by | the officer in charge, all in such a | short space of time. Deputy Chier O’Connor admitted on the spot that it jwas a hard record to beat. | This morning a preliminary test was | made here. first at No. 2 engine com- |pany. Driver Willlam Jaeger mis- understood the instructions on the | first test and did not start his motor juntil the box had finished striking. As a result, his time was 12 seconds. Upon learning that he should start his motor going the minute he reached his seat, however, he had the big ap- paratus rolling and clear of the sill, tearing to the box, in exactly 10 sec- onds. Sergeant J. Sheahen was in command. Rescue Company Leads. Then the First Rescue Company wad visited. It needed no second trial. Like a flash it was gone the instant !the gong had ceased, requiring only | 9 seconds to pass the given spot. That beat Baltimore’s record by a second, but it was unofficlal. At No. 3 Com: pany the first start was slow, Driver R E. Hunt unavoidably jamming his gears at the shift. His first time was 17 seconds, but on a second trial he made it in 10 seconds ‘When the actual tests begin within a few days, however, there will be no second trial, no excuses. The best driver and the best company will wi Had today’s test been official only the first rsecue squad would have been in the running, and if it can dupli cate its- own record it will take a fast | company anywhere to beat it. Mem- bers of the rescue squad, however, declared they had timed themselves before and had been out of the house on an actual alarm in 7 seconds. Full rules Z the competition are being drawn up by Chief George Wat- son now and will be sent to the differ- ent stations. As soon as they have been distributed to the different en- gine houses and been read to the men the official tests will begin. Deputy Chief O’Conner and a reporter for The Star will visit =ach company in Wash- ington, including tack companies, and time them on the getawss wi box 13. The one with the lowest time will get the cup, to hold it for a year, when the competition will be repeated. Lo Motor Cycle Victim Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., Juiy 13.— Harry Snyder, 37 yvears old, died to- day in Washington County Hospital as a result of injuries sustained when his motor cycle struck a ditch and was wrecked Saturday. Engene Le- tendre, his companion, continues in & serious conditfon at.the hospital,