Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1925, Page 2

9 * AUTO RACE ERROR LAID 70 SCORERS A. A. A. to Have Experts| Handle Future Events, As a result of the unfortunate error of inexperienced scorers at the Balti more-Washington vay on Satur day, by which crowd was given to underst at Bob McDon g had won th motor race, wh Peter de the victor ¥rr \i manager of | the A Association, | nounced today th he associa m’'s contesw board will y ably in: sist upon putting its own entire ex perienced outfit in charge of scoring at all official races in the It ican A entire ct Smith dec desired by because of believe, he board will th qu e possible for the bile Association to itfit in charge Jut this is not ‘speedway mans the expense involved. ever, that our contes ist on doing this in the ther be no poss standing h t Mistake Not First. rday istake has e winner a first in was not on time deeidin utomobile Amer been made offictals of fat lication of these ly due to inexpe n one of the Western tracks not long ago a driver was declared mediately after the race, but when the electrical tape was checked it was | found he had re hed third l On behalf of Mr. "Wag ner emphatically stated that both | Tommy Nelson, owner of car No. 14, and McDonough, the driver, were en- tirely satified that the electrical timing mashine was correct and th: in spite of the scoreboard, the r belon ‘something errors, which are enced scorers. plaining the posit of American Automobile Association clarifying the mistake recorded on the | scorebo mith today fssued atemer | board rules provide | “Our contest | v prot over a that if there is a race the prize payment held up pending the our electric timing record. day mornin, our office and not a a protest against record. E are recheckin On man_registered | ithenticated isfied and | ou I paid over $25,000 in prize money. | Scorers Inexperienced. “The recording difficulties entfated from scoring, which crowd the wrong impression, caused by inexperienced men handling part of the recording. “It is possible for A. A. A. to put in an entire checking outdit, but this is not always desired by the speedy management, because of the expense involved. I belleve our contest board | will insist on doing this in the future, and that there may be no possibility | of public misunderstanding “The statement made that the race| decided In a bedroom is distinctly | At the conclusion of the race | cal timer operated by A. Leavell was taken room, where it could be checked with- out interruption. The error- ym: the recording board was at once detected,] and a public correction made. The | men vitally interested, the drivers themselves, were satisfied that no in- justice had been done “What actually happened was that the callers for the scoring machine failed to call a lap made Paolo. This mistake occurred j the moment that an impending ac cident distracted the caller. A little later one of the boys in the scoring stand, which the public saw, pulled two numbers on McDonogh instead of one. At the end of the racd De Paolo did not protest, but said to Fred Wagner, the starter. ‘Please give me | a recheck and you will find that I | have won.’ " Recheck Ordered. Mr Wagner ordered at once the scoring tape to be taken to the Wil- lard Hotel and checked with the elec trical tap This was dor It was once shown that McDon: ogh had taken 1 minute 4 32-100 sec onds to make a lap, when he had made all other laps in from 30 to 33 seconds. This at once located the | missing and unrecorded lap and it | was known that McDonogh had not stopped at the pits “The authori of the A. A. A.| d to seeing first that the track | | is built under strict specifications that insure protection to the drivers and tk blic, then that the race is run p the vers protected in secur; money and that all conditions incident to sportsmanship are observed. Will Increase Comfort. “In the heat of the exc of a with officials under a their knowledge that under existing ns death lurks at every cor- re were some abrupt and un-| statements made publi unfortunate, Itimore and Washington | men have tried to give to us a great sporting event. Lack of experience in handling crowds and making proper accommodations ex acted a toll of the public in the way of discomfort and lack of exact in- formation that was unfortunate. The | executive committee of the A. A. A will be fully apprised by me of the | event of Saturday. T beileve that we have a duty to perform to the publie that goes beyond our official duties | due to our regulation of th we can and will exercise an| influence to make every condition pleasing to the public in the future.” GaV. thNAHEY INVITES EXTRAVAGANCE PROBE ‘Will Demand Copies of Letters on Subject Passed Between Two Ohio Officials. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, A. V. Donahe to make formal r General C. C. ttor Joseph ace and in the sporting event, strain due to iness July 13.—Gov. s preparing on Attorney and State Aud- for copies of correspondence between the two officials relative to the governor's alleged extravagance in running the executive mansion. Until he has re- ceived copies of the correspondence, or has been refused them. the governor aid he will make no comment on the charges. The governor did say, however, that he invites a thorough investigation of the charges by a committee from any civic organization in the State. The Week, a political newspaper pub- lished here, last Saturday, carried a copy of Attorney General Crabbe’s let- ter to State Auditor Tracy severely criticising _expenditures made by the governor for furnishings of the ex- ecutive mansion and also of bills for food Gov. Donahey would not comment on possibility of his abandoning the executive mansion, moving his fam- the drivers gathered in |7 ily back to his new Philadelpiria home and himeelf taking up a room at.a. local hotel Heads U. S. Finance Body] FLOYD R. HARRISO] 0YD R, HARRISON TS MONDELL 0B [Named Director of War mner im- | Finance Corporation After | Long Service. Ey the Associated Press SWAMPSCOTT, M Floyd R. Harrison w day director of the W tion, succeeding July 13 ppointed to- W. Mon- Meyer, jr., e coproration, and to former Secre- t llace and Houston of the Department of Agriculture. Mr. H who is an expert on farm ‘problems a result of long ervice with the Department of Agri born in Petersburg, Va.. He is a graduate of Law School and has been d to the bar Entering the Department of Agri- ire in 1906 a messenger, Mr. successive as ste- the solicitor's office, the solicitor, executive to the chief of the Bureau secretary to the As- private secretary and, from 1917 to the Secretary of Ge in to ant Chemistry etary, of 192 A to has been He was of cretaryship of y by Secretary Houston, hom he had served while the head of the Agriculture ¢ AL AND BOY ATTACKED, CAARGE Two Autoists Jailed in Vir- ginia and Third Is Held as Witness. a fered the T Depa By the 2 iated Press. RICHMOND, Va., July 13.—Harry Fox of Washington and Robert Olm- stead of New York were charged with a felony by Hanover County authori- ties today for their part in an affair on the Ashland-Bowling Green high- turday night, in which Thomas Scanlon of Washington was attacked and beaten and his 14-year- old companion of Washington was spirited away was found with way late S girl Fox and Olmstead, who were accompanied in an_automobile by Michael Schuppert New York. Fox and Ol jail at Hanover lon and Schuppert tained as material witnesses. The girl was brought to a hospital in Rich- mond, where she was said to be in a serious condition The girl is said to have started out to “see the world.” Scanlon said he followed her from Washington to per- de her to return home. They were driving along the highway late Satur- day when they were attacked. the The girl stead are being held in without bail, and are being de- Information ed by local police yes to the effect that Fox is 25 years old and has a wife and two children liv- ing at 112 B street. Margaret Drury. although but 14 years old, weighs 120 pounds, has dark brown hair and blue eyes. The car, the police were told, was borrowed by Olmstead from his brother, John Olm- tead of Anderston, N. J. Fox had heen given a lift by the two men, when the trio came upon Scanlon and the girl. Scanlon was held at bay with stolen rifle Washington Buil on Fifteenth street, Ne Finance Cor- | man. | terday from Richmond was | e structure, to ayenue and G THE EVEN KNP CANDRATE FORCHURCH EAD Who Seeks Election as Patriarch of Sect. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dai CONSTANTINOPLE, July 13 bitterness of the campaign the election of patriarch of the world’s Orthodox Catholic churches caused the kidnaping Saturday night {of Mgr. Germanes, one of the leading metropolitans eligible for the| ) office. Three mo a called at Germanos’ home about 11| p.m. and invited him to enter their | automobile, explaining that the chief of police wanted to question him. Knowing the ability of the police to disqualify any candidate who was sus. pected of not being a loyal Turkish citizen, Germanos complied with alac rif ews The preceding Haeked Off Beard. The automobile stopped in the rear of a crowded Summer garden ad- joining a leading hotel and the three (hosts, using a dull knike, hacked off | Germanos' flowing beard and thick mustache. Uusing the same cr instrument they then divested his h of its long curls, leaving numerous gashes in the scalp. The operation aas performed to the strains of a nearby Hawaiian orchestra. which drowned out_the vietim's protests The desperadoes forced the priest to descend from the car and return home afoot. However, thev kept his high black rimless hat, saving they intended to show it to their employer as proof that the job had been com | pleted | Rivalry Believed Cause. | The only clue in the hands of the police is a remark made by one of the | kidnapers, indicating that the rivalry between Germanos and another met- ropolitan prompted the deed. The election of a successor | mer Patriarch Constantine, who was deported to Greece last January, is ‘helm; held today. About 20 local met- ropolitans will choose the head of the entire Orthodox Cathollc Church® of |the world. The new patriarch: is re: | quired to be a loyal Turkish citizen | The police already have excluded sev- |eral liberals who were suspected of |lacking that qualification. | (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Dai to for. News Co.) OB DRIVES 0UT -~ JAPANESE LABOR Angry Mill Workers in Oregon Escort Alien Employes Out of County. | By the Associated Press. TOLEDO, Oreg., July 13.—Overcom- ing the resistance of armed guards of the Pacific Spruce Corporation’s mill here, a mob of about 400 men, women and children rounded up the com- pany's Japanese laborers yesterday, loaded them and their belongings into motor ears and trucks and carried them beyond the county line, leaving them to shift for themselves. No weapons were used in the fight with guards, but fist fights were gen- | eral and several of the mill foree and townsmen were severely beaten. Martin Guermer, Charles A. Buck and W. S. Colver, alleged leaders of | the mob, were arrested by Sherift Horsfall and a deputy, and the mob dispersed. The names of at least 50 other participants were taken by the officers, it was said. The trouble was the culmination of a disagreement of several weeks' standing between certain laboring groups and the company over the employment of Japanese labor at the company’s sawmill. The march on the spruce mill followed a brief, but flery mass meeting in the streets, at which agitators harangued the crowd. The mob was led by a man waving an American flag. None of the Japanese was injured. BLAZING FERRY RUSHES 50 SAFELY TO LAKE DOCK By the Associated Press. SPRING LAKE, Mich.. July 13.—A blazing ferry boat, the Comet, won a race with fire last night when she docked here after a quick run from mid-lake and landed her 50 passen- gers, who had been huddled in the stern as the flames bore steadily down upon them. ° | Fire was discovered on the boat some distance from shore and the speed with which the boat made for this place served to fan the flames be- vond the control of the crew and the passengers, many of whom were women_and children. As the boat slid against the dock the men aboard helped the women and children ashore and then jumped to the dock. The boat, which ran | between Grand Haven and Spring | Lake, was destroyed. The origin of the fire has not been determined ) NG Top: than Baltis Thomas 0 MOTION TO QUASH " SCOPES CASE LEADS | TO CLASH IN COURT ore’s crack compan: nnor, drill master. (Continued from First Page.) | lined in the motion. Mr. Neal said he regarded the c im of the defense that | the religious freedom of the people was invaded by the act as the most important contention During Mr. Neal's argument the at- torney general moved that the jury retire. This developed a mild clash between Attorney General Stewart and Clarence Darrow. Mr. Darrow at first said, “We do not object.” Mr. Stewart replied, “It dees not matter whether you do or not. The court is the judge of that.” After a general exchange of comments from Attor- neys Dudley Field Malone and Arthur Garfield Hays the court ordered that the jury be permitted to retire. “We know the Legislature repre- sents the majority in Tennessee, but we represent the minority,” said Mr. Neal, in concluding Mr. Hays followed in speaking for the defense, applying himself at the outset to a discussion of the indefi- niteness of the law, as he saw it. Says Law Indefinite. He devoted himself to the words “teach” and “theory” in the act of the legislature, declaring that the language is indefinite and falls short of clarity in saying how far a teacher can or cannot go. He also claimed the act is not proper under the police power of the State. He read a hypo- thetical statute he would ‘have the Legislature enact prohibiting the teaching of the heliccentric theory and making the punishment death. The speaker claimed that the evolu- tion theory was established as reason- ably as the heliccentric theory. “An unreasonabla restrictio upon the liberty of the individual,” he said, in giving his conception of the act. He also asked the court to reserve his decision on the motion to quash until he had heard the evidence in the case. He suggested the court and jurors needed to be Informed on the subject of evolution, the Bible and other things. . Former Attorney General McKenzie made the first argument for the State, defending the constitutionality of the act in question. He said religion could not be taught and neither could a doctrine. Uses Colloquial Speech. The veteran mountain lawyer used many similes and colloquial terms in his pl “Now, Mr. Hays," the lawyer drawl- ed, “has dragged In his proposed statute, which would hang a man on the courthouse lawn, an act not near- 1y as much akin to the evolution law as he says we are kin to the monkey.” Mr. Malone filed an objection with the court to Mr. McKenzle's argu- ment, suggesting that it was not being restricted to the issue. He also sug- gested that the speaker not refer to the geographical section of the coun- try from which the attorneys come, ng: “We are here as American ms in a court of justice.’” “Why. you don’t know me,” replied Mr. McKenzie. “I love you, love you | all”* adding ‘“There are no hard feel- ings so_far. Mr. Malone replied: you. “And I'm for Bryan Removes Collar. A sultry heat sat upon the Rhea County courtroom as the second day of the trial began. Electric fa lacking Friday when everybody sw tered, had been installed, and played about in an effort to make the atmos- pheric - conditions more endur7ble. Judge Raulston, taking judicial cogni- zance of the weather, changed his suit of blue woolens to one of linen. Blue-uniformed Capt. Perkins of the Chattanooga police, with a menacing expression on his face, stood by the judge's bench and waved a drug store fan. Mr. Bryan, collarless as well as without a coat today, had a tightly filled leather brief case as he moved to the prosecution counsel table. He seemed prepared for argument. Benton McMillan of Nashville, for- mer Tennessee Governor, entered and began shaking hands all around the room. Photographers were climbing like monkeys over the seats and benches and shinning up window projections, snapping their cameras at the occu- pants of the railed arena. A movie cameraman gound out several cellu- loid feet of Mr. Darrow on one side and Mr. Bryan on the other. The jurymen sat with hands en STAR, WASHINGTON, First Rescue Company, which got out of its quartey’s on ai Bottom: 2, chins, taking panoramic views of the expanse of faces. The opening of court was delayed lace stores, hotel and .offices reet, U AR T several minutes while the picture-tak- ing brigade shot off its ammunition. The auditorium agein was crowded D. C, MONDAY, n alarm Engine Company \%o. Opening Prayvr In Dayton Conurt May Bring Fight By the Associated Press COURTROOM, DAYTON, Tenn. July 13.—The custom of opening Rhea County courts with praver may become an issue in the Scopes case here. | Clarence Darrow of counsel for the defense, while he has made no | formal statement on the floof of | the court. is known to have pro- tested informally to Judge John T. Raulston, presiding at the trial. Judge Raulstqn today said that he would not gepart from his cus- tom of having prayer daily at the opening of court and if Mr. Dar- row presisted in his protest to the extent of entering it in the record the court would rule' that the ques- tion was one to be determined by the conscience of the judge and the resulting responsibility would be the judge's alone. The first prayer of the trial Fri- day was made by a Methodist min- ister, and a Baptist preacher of- fered the prayer today. Mr. Dar- | row was silent’ after both prayers. to capacity and scores stood in corri- dors and along the walls. At the entrance to the courthouse boys laden with cushions posted them- selves and peddled their ware to prospective spectators. They found | few buyers, however. | Scores of persons, unable to find | seats in the courtroom, returned to the courthouse lawn and grouped themselves about amplifiers. Twenty minutes after court was to have been convemed a battery of photographers still occupied a "post | beside the judge’s stand and’ at se eral points over the courtroom tri- pods bearing cameras were reared like lone sentries as their operators ground oft’ pictures. The judge opened court five minutes later with half a dozen cameramen occupying the stand. When the roll of the jury was called William G. Day filed objection to his name being carried officially as “Blll.”’ This was ~orrected. The attorney general announced that he wished to question one of the jurors and the other eleven retired While R. L. Gentry was interrogated. The defense objected' to the interro. gation, but the judge overruled the objection. Attorney General Stewart announced he had been informed that the juror had expressed an opinion. This Mr. Gentry denied and said that he was unbiased, unprejudiced and had an open mind. He was permitted to remain on the jury. The ruling of Judge Raulston that there should be no smoking was re- flected in the munching of chewing gum by spectators. A policeman sta- tloned beside the judge chewed openly | and the sheriff furtively rolled it | under his tongue. | Policeman Crowded Out. | Twenty minutes after court opened one of the two policemen had been crowded from the judge’s stand by the photographers, who flimed every action of the court. Cameras clicked as the veteran Me- Kenzie warmed to his argument, and one cartoonist maneuvered inte po- | sition near the judge to sketch the speaker. Mr. McKenzie has the reputation of being the leading orator of this sec- tion. 1 Church Loses Pastor. The Methodist Episcopal Church (Northern) was pastoriess today as a result of week end activity in the evolution controversy outside the Rhea County courtroom. The minis- JULY which took 10 seconds. |trolled ~ partly | reported as 13, 1925. of fire in 9 seconds, one second faster Inset: Deputy Chief |DEBT FUNDING SOON FROM ALL ALLIES, IS COOLIDGE’S GOAL inued from First Page.) | debtor countries to meet the American viewpoint of prompt settlement countries which co-operate not, regret it From a political viewpoint no time is more favorable than the next ses- sian of Congress. Mr. Coolidge has now will | control of the situation now, but there is m telling what might be the case it party lines should later be drawn and a_debt settlement made by the Execu ve Tejected by a Congress con- by another political party. The Piacsident is known to have de- clared to S.cretary Kellogg while here his satisfacaion that negotiations were proceeding aapidly. Mr. Kellogg is having emphasized the need for unWterrupted attention to the problem, yThe outlook, therefore, ie that Secretary, Kellogg will not get much of a vaa(?zx:m this Summer, but | will' stay on the' job at Washington and’ keep in consfant touch with the diplomatic situatioy in the hope of moving the debt nigotiations closer and closer to a concl\sion. The prog- ress already made wahrants the hope that the Belgian asreament will be ready within another ceuple months and that the French comaission com- ing to the United States w'ill quickly reach an agreement. Imleed, the fundamentals are already ma e or less definitely established. and the’e is no necessity for much parleying. Plain Talk Is Factor. The biggest factor, however, o) all is the plain talk that has been an- veyed politely to the foreign govemn- ments that Amevica will not sanctioAl in this country any further loans un- less debt settlements are made. While this may sound harsh, it is considered by American officials to be sound economic policy, even from the viewpoint of foreign governments, France, for instance, is paying a high interest rate for her internal loans. much higher in fact than she has ever paid in her history. If she should fund her debt to the United States her credit would promptly rise and ultimately she will be able to borrow money from private bankers in America at rates of interest lower than she can possibly hope for abroad, so that little by little sha can begin to reduce her own cost of barrowing and pay off some of her internal debts by refunding in very much the same way that the American Treasury has reduced the interest rates on domestic loans floated by the Government. America has taken a. firm stand on the need for payment of debts not because the amounts of money that will be paid on the principal in the first few years will really bring in much, but because the entire credit structure of the world will be strength- ened by the spectacle of govennments. {‘efl.flflng and fulfilling their obliga- ons. (Copyrigbt. 1925.) acceptance of the invitation. Mr. Byrd then announced to the board of stewards his retirement from the pastorate and the three regular Sun- day services of the day were canceled. +Bryan's Pastor Invited. Dr. W. Foster Taylor, who, as pastor of the Cocoanut Grove Presby- terian Church, Miami, Fla., is Mr. Bryan’s minister, had been invited by Mr. Byrd to preach in his pulpit Sun- day night. Dr. Taylor declined to comment on the cancellation of the service. Mr. Byrd, who roofed and painted his own church and fashioned the furniture in his parsonage with his own hands out of black walnut from the mountains areund Dayton, is re- garded here as the original instigator ter, Rev. Howard Gale Byrd, an- nounced yesterday that he had with- drawn fhrvm the cmuon m.rwm' bers of his congrega prol 0 him against the proposed preaching in their ehurch of Dr. Charles Francis Potter, Unitarian clergyman of New York. Dr. Potter, exponent of modernist doctrine, who became widely known through a series of debates with Dr. John Roach Straton, New York spokesmen for the fundamentalists, had been invited by Mr. Byrd to occupy his pulpit on Sunday morning. Dr. Potter accepted and announced he would speak on the subject of “Evolu- tion.” W] approximately 50 of the church’'s membership of 94 made pro- test to the pastorsxwarning him that Dr. Potter’'s appearance might cause a “disruption” of the coi the ‘New York churchman Blp of the charges against Prof. Scopes. His frfend, George W. Rappleya, original prosecutor, said yesterday that the liberal views of Mr. Byrd, his pastor, had induced him to make a test of the anti-evolution law. C. H. Patton, chairman of the board of stewards, expressed deep regret at the pastor’s action. He said the con- gregation held Mr. Byrd in thighest esteem and regarded him as soundly orthodox. Dr. Poter’s sermon, which he %had prepared to deliver ¥n the Methodhst Church, was devoted to giving the Unitarian minister's interpretation of differences between ‘‘fundamentalists and liberal réligion."” A- great crowd heard Mr. Bryan speak on the courthouse lawn yes- terday afternoon on the subject, “He Calleth Thee.” Avolding controversial issues, his address was an old-fash- The | AIR HUNT 15 BEGUN FOR PHILIP KNAPP Alleged Killer for Thrill Be- lieved to Be Hiding With Rum Runners. By the Assoctated Pross. NEW YORK, July 13—An Army alrplane has flown 300 miles in order to search the foothills and woods of northern New York for Philip Knox Knapp, deserter from the Army Air Corps, who is regarded as a killer for super-thrill ¢ The air bunt for Knapp, who ap parently slew Louis Penella, Hemp. stead tuxicab driver, after he had ex hausted all other means to get & “kick' out of life, centers in Platts burg The plane was dispatched Mitchel Field by Maj. Willlam N Hensley, jr., commandant, vesterday 1t carried photographs of Knapp and other material intended to assist a ground force of State troopers and Army police In quest of him. The plane will go from its head- quarters to points along the Canadian border as far west as Alexandria Bay, Thousand 1slands, where it is belleved Knapp may seek refuge among rum runners, his avowed former associates The ground force of seeks to uncover tracks of Knapp and then the plane is to swoop down with a posse of officers to the spot William W. Knapp of Syracuse father of the accused man, has come 1o New York to engage lawyers to defend bis son in case he i captured A ‘warrant for Knapo's arrest has been issued and the Nassau Jury will be asked to indict Knapp, who attended two colleges, vanished from Mitchel Fleld last Mon day after leaving an unsigned note telling of his desire for a new thrill Penella’'s body was found in rubbish and evidence developed that Knapp had taken the name of his victim FOREIGNERS QuIT HONAN PROVINCE Shortage of Water and Foo Forces Leaving—Mission Is Raided. By the Associated Press. PEKING, July 13.—Most of the for- eign residents have been safgdy evac uated from Honan provinee, in cen tral eastern China, where there are considerable coal and iron deposits About 40 refuges from the Peking syndicate mines in Honan arrived in Peking last night, reporting that a strike of 2,000 Chinese miners began last week, and that the water and food supplies of foreigners in Honan for them to leave the province. (The Peking syndicate, largely con- trolled by foreign capital, is one of several Important. coal and fron com- panies operating in Honan.) Cantonese soldiers on July 9 forced their way into the English Presby. terian Mission at Wukingfu, 50 miles they beat one missionary and injured him with knives. They also beat two of the woman missionaries, cutting them slightly with knives The British consul at Swatow | demanded an offictal apology, punish. ment of the gullty persons, and repa- ration in the form of compensation Canton Situation Quiet. HONGKONG, July 13 (®).—The situ- ation at Canton is reported quiet. Hun dreds of agitators have proceeded from the city to the coast ports to carry on propaganda Protection Is Pledged. SHANGHAL July 13 (P).—A wire- less message from Changsha, in Hu nan Province, says the Chinese au | thorities thera have renewed their as surances of protection for forelgners. | 4 V, July 13 (#).—Reports “hangsha say a strike of coolies began there Friday, and that a general )strike is set for tomorrow Russians Send Munitions. CANTON, July 13 (®).—The local corespondent of the Japanese semi offiial news agency says it is re- liably reported that a Russian steamer bearing 1,500,000 rounds of ammuni- tion has sailed from Viadivostok for BUILDINGS ARE SAFE FROM BROKEN MAIN Gaping Hole at Fifth Avenue and 42d Street Is Worst Damage From New York Pipe. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 13.—Fear that waters from a broken 20-inch main at Forty-second street and Fifth ave- nue would sweep away foundations of skyscrapers in the heart of Manhattan | was allaved today by W. (. Lancaster, engineer of the transit commission, who expressed confidence that the supports of the buildings were un damaged and His views were corroborated by C. M. Pickney, chief engineer of the depart. ment of public works. Three subways in the Grand Central dfstrict were flooded, in some places to a depth of six feef, and trafic was temporarily halted. The great under- mining force of the waters was shown when a gaping hole, 10 feet square, suddenly appeared in the pavement at Fifth avenue and Forty-second street. Traffic became disorganized and the aid of police reserves from nearby stations was required before order was restored. A small army of workmen, under supervision of city engineers, and working with compressed air ' drills were put to work drilling to water mains between Forty-second street and the East River to determine the extent of the damage. EXPLOSION WRECKS HOME NIAGARA FALLS, Y., July 13 (®P).—An explosion, believed to have been caus by a dynamite bomb, early today wrecked an East Falls street two-story store and dwelling, owned and occupied by Joseph La Tona, & supervisor from the third ward. Fire followed the explosion. All members of the La Tona family 'yvere away at the time. La Tona recently announced his candidacy for renomination as super- visor. Pollee believe political ene mies ameng the foreign-born com- munity may have been responsible for the explosion. The damage was estimated at 320,000, from | man-hunters | County | bad been cut off, making it necessary | in the interfor of Kwangtung, where | has | there was no danger. | JOINING OF PARKS GETS UNDER WAY Sherrilt Starts Work on Link Between Rock Creek and Potomac. Cleaning up andremoving of debris from Rock Creek and Potomac Parl way preparatory to opening up this connecting link between the present | Rock Creek Park and Potomac Park | has been started, according to report {recelved in the office of Lieut. Cc | C. O. Sherrill, director of public by {ings and pubilc parks of the A Capital Workmen have been engaged the past mont in aning section of this parkway betwes and M streets. Funds are available carrylng on this work. a planned later in the Summ the construction of & roadw ale Rock Creek f) n the Connecticut A | nue Bridge to the Potomac River, | Recreation Spaces Popular. Reports received in the office from those in charge of the var tles in the parks show that th of persons are taking ad the recr ities pro the corps of workmen is doing | most to ke of condit June had but the ger I month ing the me aned and many {ings are receivi ing and painting The house on Tenth street in whic Lincoln died _fs being wired for eler tricity and the lighting fixtures be placed within a Unfted Sta | property., Oldroyd c [in it Thousands Visit Monument Despite the intense onth June. 766 visitors mounted ‘\n» top of the Was | This makes a total {sons who have visited the 1 | great ft since 188§ { he of # elevator is out of com | pected that work the | of & new one will be completed w |a short time. During this month { of the tablets placed.there by var States and organizations n a thorough cleanin gures are presented ir showing the great | who take advantag recreation facilities | Base ball led. with for the month of | players. The golf « | during the 137,435 playe | was | whe { The | persons | The used by issi on inst the re port nbers of persons of the \ 84,980 J ourses and during picnic 14 groves in 00 persons. Efficient Fire Profection. | The efficiency of the fire protec | force in the publi buildings [ shawn by the report R. A | peaux. The report showed th were only 42 fires in the public buil ings here and on Federal Governmern { property here during the vear ending June 30, ax against 49 fires for | previous year. Thirty of t were in so-called proof b with a Joss of § while were in De | $55.75. This was a red of $202.56, des) the fact number of additional buil | placed under the public bu: public parks office during th A tabulation of the causes {fires shows that cigarettes led The other causes were tabu | as follows: Electric current 1 ed matches, 3: lighted taneous combustion, loss was the fire at the Columb Statue at Union Station Plaza the transformer was destroyed a loss of §100. | Commenting on ¢he fire report | W. L. McMorris, 1. S. A. F >/ said that the excellent ed and the small am« { damage resulting from the of which were promply extinguishes |are ample justification for the small expenditure involved In maint { special fire prevention service | public buildings 'RED-HEADED GIRLS TO ENTER CONTEST \Competition for Most Brilliant Hair to Feature St. Gabriel Church Fete. “Red Head" night will be cele brated at St. Gabriel's carnival anc lawn fete, Grant circle and Webst street, tonight, when girls with hair ranging from quiet auburn shades to those with tresses of sun-like bri lancy will compete for a substantia prize and {he honor that goes with it The judging will be at § o'clock Tomorrow night will be devoted a contest for the girl with the nea { est bobbed hair, while the outstanding | teature Wednesday night will b | freckled-faced b contest | winner of the last-mentioned mus | assay the greatest number of freckles per square inch of face surface i Other contests during the carnivs will be: Thursday, the tallest mas Friday, the best looking marrie couple; Saturday. the keenest male o female dancer: Monday. July 20, the fastest ple-eate Tuesday. Jul 21, the clima 1 men's beauty MRS.WALLACE BETTER. Former Ambgssador’s Wife Hurt in Auto Accident. PARIS, July 13 (P).—Mrs. Hugh . Wallace, wife of the former Americs Ambassador to France, who w bruised in an automobile accident yes terday, passed a satisfactory night The physicians belleve she will be able to leave the hospital in two or three days. Mrs. Wallace's automobile struck by a car belonging to Uruguayan Minister. on from 1 that gs were gs and wit e large event. was the Girls Found More Headstrong. Dr. D. M. Levy, psychiatrist, says, after extended investigation, that he is convinced that girl babies are more headstrong than the boy babies. He also says that perversiveness may be expected after the infant is six months old and reaches its peak at three vears of age, subsiding at five to ac cord with reasonable expectations. Mrs. Elisa N. Marshall, aged 102 years, of Springfleld, Mass., celebrated her birthday by knitting a pair of mocks,