Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1925, Page 2

2 TRADE IS AT HEIGHT, HOOVER DECLARES Conditions Leave Little Room for Complaint, He Says, in Preface to Report. American business conditions dur- ng 1924 left little room for complaint, Secretary Hoover said today in a fore word to the Commerce Department history of trade for the year. Publica tion of this document, known as the department’s vear book, summarizing statistics of production and distribu tion covering the Nation's trade, co incided with announcement of forelgn trade figures disclosing a balance of $1,042,681,497 in favor of this country in the last fiscal year. Mr. Hoover in his foreword to the year book said that 1924 had been marked by very complete employment of the Nation’s working force; that agriculture had experienced ‘‘some partial recovery from three years of extreme difficulty”; that transporta- tion efficiency had been high; that buflding and construction had estab- lished new records, and that the gen- eral production and distribution of a ticles for consumption had been meas urably satisfactory There were some less elements in the business the general results were gratifying sat held to Shipping Tmproved. “The shipping board showed some tmprovement in 1924, Mr. Hoover said, “although it has not yet reached a basis of stability. The textile indus tries experienced more inactivity than other manufacturing industries. The bftuminous coai industry is in great difficuities due to complex causes partly the hold-over from excessive expansion during the war. But, gen- erally, we have but few difficulties re- maining which can be attributed to the effect of the war Mr. Hoover said that prices of ag- ricultural products had taken a shift for the better, indicating, he added, that while the number of farmers in this country has remained constant asince 1914, the consumers have in creased greatly. “By and large, the average price of all agricultural produce now approximates the gen eral level of commodity prices.” Foreign trade for the calendar 1924 showed an increase over 18 10 per cent in exports at $4,551,000, 000, and a decrease of 5 per cent in imports at §3,611,000,000. The most permanently significant change in our exp movement, Mr. Hoover added, was an increase of per cent in manufactured goods, compared with the previous vear. Merchandise exports exceeded imports by $980,000,. 000. A large fraction of the heavy | merchandise balance in our favor was taken care of by our loans to foreign countries of nearly one billion dollars Foreign Trade Better. International trade relations of the T'nited States are still affected by the foreign economic situation, although greater stability has been attained in | Furope, due to the settlement of rep arations and to the successful efforts of many countries at balancing of budgets and stabilization of their cur- rencies. Mr. Hoover pointed out that publi- cation of the results of the manufac- turers’ census for the vear 1923 brings out vividly the rapid progress in in- dustrial eficiency and in elimination of economic waste during recent years The figures show that our manufac turing output has increased by fully 60 per cent over that of 1914, and shows a substantlal gain over 1919. “Against this large increase 1in products the number of wage earners increased by only 25 per cent, as be- tween 1914 and 1923, and It is inter- esting to note that the horsepower used increased 50 per cent in the same period. Wages for 1923 and 1924 were generally maintained at about 100 per cent higher than in 1913, and with | the cost of living on a basis of about 70 per cent over the pre-war level our | fabor is recelving a large share of the result of this increased efficiency in the highest real wages of our his tory. The higher real wage has been expressed both in advancing stand- ards of living and in greater savings on the part of the masses of the popu latton.’ FRENCH NAME HEAD OF DEBT MISSION TO COME TO AMERICA lfinLhnHml From it 18 expected to follow Precedent The terms which France is expected to offer through M. Franklin-Bouillon, which may call forth the selection of this extraordinary body, are low. France wants a 10 r moratorium, and, as I have previously cabled, there is good reason to believe France, as well as other European creditors, already has reason to believe that can be arranged if other conditions | are satisfactory. A low rate of in terest will be asked and a percentage of amortization which will spread the payments over 50 vears. ance will st declare that the debt has grown from approximately | $3,000,000,000 to $4,000,000,000 by ac-| crued interest through no fault of France but on account of Germany's | failure to pay reparations from the | start, as anticipated. But France will accept the e of §4,000,000,000 with- out question nevertheless, and will try to arrange for a long-time pavment on a very low interest rate. About 2 per cent is the French idea. the Dawes plan French Argument. The interest Dawes pl French ate runs as n. in effect man debt to a third allowed a three vears' moratorium, | and, as financlers figure, Germany b; the Dawes plan was allowed 30 v to pay reparations. France moratorium three times a8 long and nearly three times long to pay the total. Two per cent interest would | mean payment by France to America of $80,000,000 annuallc As this would necessitate the payment of a similar sum to Great Britain, it would total more than half the reparations Ger many is to pay to France under the Dawes plan It is anticipated Washington will ask more, and the repeated charges that France is imperialistic are ex pected to make it difficult to induce | the Congressional Funding Commis-| slon to accept terms as low as France will offer. Questioning by the Amer feans of the military item in the French budget is anticipated, and if this happens XL Xranklin-Bouillon will be preparea to offer to let un- prejudiced Americans decide, in con sultation with a qualified Briton, a Frenchman and an Italian, whether France can reduce her present arma- ment The plan practically means Ameri- ean examination of German disarma- ment. The state of Germany's armament. Germany's state of mind and France's colonial difficulties all will enter Into the discussion. M. Franklin-Bouillon, who is a grad- uate of Cambridge University, Eng land, and negotiator of the Franco- Turkish treaty of Angora, is the man who the French government believes can put through the French terms. ument for low | follows: The | cuts the Ger- | Germ: A jMaj. Coupal i to Gold Bricks Made From Quake Relics Saved for Trophies By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 15.— Bricks shaken from Santa Bar- bara's business buildings during recent earthquakes will serve as trophies in the 1925 annual regatta of the Southern California Yacht- ing Association, which will be held at the Channel City during the second week of August. Four, selected from the city’'s ruins, will be plated with gold and engra\ed. HILLES' SELECTION FOR CABINET SEEN IF VACANCY OCCURS _(Continued from First Page.) is a member of the party. In the party also are the score or more of movie cameramen and newspaper photographers, who have been “shoot- ing” the vacation movements of the President and Mrs. Coolidge. The newspaper correspondents covering the Summer capital were not aboard, but met up with the party upon the Mayflower’s arrival at Quincy. According to the schedule of enter- tainment arranged for the presidential party while in Quincy it is not thought likely that the President will get back to White Court much before 7:30 this evening. Visit First in Years. President Coolidge recalled today that this is the first visit he has made to Quincy since he was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. He was then accompanied by Secretary of War Weeks, who was then in the Senate, and they had gone to the old town to take part in a political rally. Apparently, according to the Presi- dent's recollection, the affair had been poorly advertised and as a result there was only a handful of people in the hall. Naturally enough, there was little enthusiasm, all of which was felt by the President ghd Mr. Weeks. On the way back t/ Boston he and Mr. Weeks spoke of $#is cool reception a number of times, But the President, who has an almost 9ncanny memory, no doubt recalled that reception, with its indifferent applause, when he was being so enthusiastically hailed by the populace tod: He has acquired a habit of making these comparisons since becoming President Secretary Weeks, by the way. has sent word to the Summer White House that he is_recovering rapidly since coming to West Gloucester and that he is planning to return to his desk at the War Department early in the Fall. The Secretary's progress is re- garded by his friends as amazing. He now walks about the grounds of his beautiful estate on Ipswich Bay with the aid of a cane, and is eager to get { back in harness again. ‘Will See President Soon. The Secretary hopes to make a call at White Court shortly. He told friends last night that he was glad | Coolidge is to again urge Congre: to pa: the bill pro- viding for a reorganization of the executive departments of the Govern ment. He pointed out that there is a great need for reorganization through the whole governmental sys- tem. He stated that the War De- partment can stand considerable re- organization because of the tremen- dous burdens imposed upon it during the World War and since. When President Coolidge tomorrow receives the newly appointed Egyp- tian Minister to the United States at White Court, he will be establishing another presidential precedent, ac- cording to some of the older execu- tive office attaches. This call is sole- ly for the purpose of permitting the Minister to present his letters fo cre. | dence. The reception will be formal in its nature and will be concluded after an exchange of felicitations. It is not recallld when any previous President has received a foreign rep. resentative for such a purpose while away from the White House. Maj. Coupal to Return. Maj. James F. Coupal of the Medi- cal Corps, U. S. A., the President’s private physician, who has been with Col. John Coolidge, the President's father, at Plymouth since the latter's operation, nearly three weeks ago, will return to Swampscott tonight. told the President over the long-distance telephone yesterday that Col. Coolidge has recovered to such an_extent that his presence at Plymouth Notch is no longer re- quired. Maj. Coupal sent word also that John Coolidge is preparing to come to White Court within the next few day. The latter will visit his parents for a week or 10 days before going to the citizens' military training camp at Camp Devens, Mass. Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, medi- cal officer of the Mayflower, and who has been visiting White Court daily during the absence of Dr. Coupal, was called away today to attend the funeral of his mother-in-law, Mrs. R. H. Koch, at Pottsville, Pa. Dr, Boone said today, before leaving, that he expects to bring Mrs. Boone back with him Edward T. Clark, personal secretary President Coolidge, who has been on a trip to Cuba. Porto Rico and Panama aboard an Army transport, will arrive at Swampscott tomorrow night. He will occupy a desk in the President's study at White Court for the remainder of the latter's vacation, President Is Restive. Those who know the President well say that while he is getting plenty and is thoroughly enjoying ay on the North Shore, he is becoming a bit restive under the im- posed restraint and seclusion of his Summer home, and that he intimated that he wants to see more callers in the future. It is thought that from now on the daily calling list at White Court will increase as the vacation draws near its end. Among the President’s several call- ers vesterday afternoon were Dr. Harry Garfield, president of Williams College and son of former President Garfield and Mrs. Garfield. Dr. Gar- fleld was fuel administrator for the Government during the war, and it is understood that he discussed only briefly the coal situation in this coun- try. ~Before leaving he invited the President to attend some of the dis- cussions of the institute of politics to be held at Williams College. Conference Held in Study. President Coolidge held his bi-weekly conference with the newspaper cor- respondents in his study at White Court. Formerly he has conducted the conferences on the lawn, in the shade of the tall maples. The Presi- dent stood up on one side of the large walnut desk situated near a large bay window, giving a happy view of the lawns and flower garden. The President’s study is an attrac- tive, comfortable-looking, old-fashioned room of convenient size and_simple decoration. The furniture is English walnut. The walls are hung with paintings of marine scenes, mostly wrecks of ships on the rocks or shore, probably the very rocks and shore in the vicinity of White Court. On the President’s desk was a well thumbed volume of Whittier's poems. There were several attractive pieces of old china in cases and little ornaments and other knickknacks strewn about, reminiscent of the Victorian age. R e TR A clock ticking seconds takes one week four days and 14 bours to tick 1,000,000 times. that President i { ment, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 1925 IFENNING ACCEPTS UPFORFIRE TEST Washington Companies Out to Beat Baltimore Time in Answering Alarm. Full authority for the competitive test of the Washington Fire Depart- ment to determine, which company in the city can get away on an alarm of fire fastest was granted today by Com- missioner Frederick A. Fenning, who at the same time accepted The Star’s offer of a large loving cup to the win- ning company. Although the two primary objectives of the test are to increase the morale of the department and to determine how fast the local companies are comparison with those of other cities, the big goal the men in the depart-. ment have before them is to break Bal- timore's record of 10 seconds in actual- ly getting under way and thus captur- ing national honors as the fastest de- partment in the country. Star Offers Cup. In a letter to Commissioner Fenning vesterday, Philip C. Kauffmann, as- sistant city editor, offered in the name of The Star a large silver loving cup to the company in Washington which, under conditions to be arranged by Chief Engineer George S. Watson, spots its alarm and flashes out of its headquarters in the least number of seconds. The letter follows: “Recently there appeared in papers all over the country an Associated Press dispatch announcing that a fire engine company in Baltimore had es- tablished a new speed record for get- ting away on an alarm of fire. The time was 10 seconds “We have carefully investigated the conditions under which the record was made, and are confident there is a. fire company in Washington that can beat that time. To that end, The Evening Star wishes to offer a silver loving cup to the local fire company getting away fastest to an alarm of fire under given conditions. “The Evening Star wishes to im- pose no conditions except that every fire company in Washington shall be given an opportunity to compete. Chief Engineer George S. Watson has already been officially apprised of the conditions under which the test was made in Baltimore, and we are in- formed he desires to have similar con- ditions here. “It is our belief that an annual test of the Fire Department's alertness would be an excellent means of keep ing up morale, and if there was a suitable prize in sight for the winning company it seems that it might do much to intensify the men's interest and create some keen, beneficial com. petition “Trusting you will see fit to accept this cup and permit the officers of the Fire Department to conduct the test in the interests of increased effi cienc: and with sincere pe nal re- I am, very truly. PHILIP C. KAUFFM Assistant City Fenning Accepts To that letter Commissioner Fen ning, who is in charge of the Police and Fire Departments of the District, replied today, accepting the cup In the name of the Fire Department Commissioner Fenning added that he believed the test would make for in- creased efficiency, his letter in part following “I concur in chief engineer ment that such tinct interest to the men partment and will undoubtedly for increased efficiency. “The generous offer of The Evening Star to donate a silver loving cup is therefore accepted and it is under stood that the officers of the Fire De partment will conduct the test in such manner and under such conditions as may be subsequently arranged.” Plans Completed. Chief Watson has already complet ed plans for the test. It is to be con: ducted by Deputy Chief Thomas O'Connor, drillmaster of the depart who went to Baltimore last week to watch the record-breaking Baltimore company turn out. Exact- ly the same rules used in Baltimore are to be enforced here, so that should a Washington company lower the Monumental City's record of 10 seconds it can claim the national championship. The date the tests are to begin will not be announced. The deputy chief and another timer will simply turn up at the various engine houses, quietly order the officers in charge to sound box 13 and then time the apparatus as it leaves the house. There are to be no excuses, no second trials. The company that is ready and fastest will win the cup, and with it a bronze tablet, to be placed on the winning engine. Nearly a week will be consumed in trying out the different companies in Washington, and when the outfit with the best record has been de- termined the cup will be presented with fitting ceremonies. High officlals Editor.” Offer. the opinion of the of the Fire Depart- a test will be of dis of the de. make { of the department will be present and congratulate the winners on _their splendid achievement. And if the company has succeeded in nosing out Baltimore’s fast time there is likely i to be some very special praise for the men. e ASKS OIL RECEIVERSHIP. Oklahoma Stockholder Misappropriation of Funds. TULSA, Okla., July 15 (®).—A re- ceivership for the Gladys Belle Ol Co. was asked in a petition filed vesterday in Federal Court by R. W. Hart, stock- holder in the company and former tax manager. United States Judge Franklin Kennamer is to pass on the case Wed- nesday. Charges of misappropriation of funds, dissipation of company as- sets, manipulation of stock and vari- ous alleged illegal actions are set forth in the petition, which is directed against the Gladys Belle Ofl Co., Pitts- burgh Trust Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. and John Mahon, bond broker of Pitts- burgh, and the Marquette Oil Co. of Tulsa. Hart alleges that the company is insolvent. PROBE CLASH WITH KLAN. Police to Investigate Rioting in Leicester, Mass. LEICESTER, Mass., July 15 (#).— Police investigation into the riot be- tween Klansmen and anti-Klan sym- pathizers which occurred late last night was expected today. Many persons were bruised by flying missiles, automoiles were damaged and’two persons, whose identity has not been learned,.were rendered un- conscious. Although meetings of the Klan have been conducted on the outskirts of the town for a long period, last night's oc- currence was the first display of hos- tility toward the organization here. - Ordered to Denver. First Lieut. Harold W. Kohl, Medical Corps Reserve, at Denver, Colo., on leave of absence, has been relieved from duty at Walter Reed General Hospital, this city,and ordered to Fitz- simons General Hospital, Denver, for duly. Charges Six Lusitania Claims Remain; Awards Will Total $2,250,000 Largest Sum Given Is $130,000, to May Davies Hopkins Gilmer for Deaths of Husband All but 6 of the 175 war brought against Germany as : of the sinking of the steamship Lusi tania off the coast of Ircland in May, 1915, have now been settled by the United States-Germany Mixed Claims Commission, sitting in Washington; and the surprising fact brought to light by the decisions is that the ag gregate amount of the Lusitania awards will probably amount to less than $2,250,000. The total amount of the awards al ready granted relatives of the Lusita- nia victims has reached $1,900,000, an amount much less than was expected | when the work of adjustment started. The commission has adjourned for the | Summer and will take final action on| the remaining cases early in the Fall. | $130,000 Largest Award. The largest sum granted in the cases so far settled is an award of $80,000 to Mrs. May Davies Hopkins Gilmer for the death of her husband and $50,000 for the death of her father. The ne largest award has been made to Mr: Gertrude Adams for the death of her husband, Arthur H. Adams. The sons of the late Charles Klein, the drama tist, are allowed a total sum of $50.000 | in damages, while the relatives of Ju tus Miles Forman, the novelist, have been allowed no award. The case| brought by relatives of Charles Froh- | man, the noted. theatrical producer was also dismissed, the commission taking the view <hat through his death they were receiving as large or larger pecuniary returns than they would have received had he not been @ | passenger on the ill-fated ship { There have been many other dis-| missals because of lack of sufficient | evidence. According to the Cunard| Steamship Co.’s passenger list there | were more than 100 Americans aboard | the big liner, not including American | members of the crew, most of whom | lost their lives in the disaster. The | awards of the commission up to this | time have been in favor of the next | of kin and other dependents of those who lost their lives and for the benefit | of surviving Americans who presented | claims for mental and personal in-| juries. | Many Points Probed. | In settling each individual claim | the age, sex, health, condition and| station in life, occupation, habits, in-| dustry and sobriety, mental and physical capacity, customary earnings | of the deceased and the uses made of | such earnings have been carefully con- | sidered by the commission. The prob- | able duration .of the life of the de ceased has also been a vital point, as has the question as to the earning| capacity decreasing or increasing, had the victim lived. The age, health, sex | and station in life of each of the| claimants have also been taken into | account How the deceased would have spent his money had he lived and how much | of it might have reached his relatives was given attention in every case. Probable future cash contributions to | relatives were gauged largely by wha the deceased had given in the past Neither the physical pain nor the mental anguish which the dec ed may have suffered when the German torpedo sent the giant ship to the bottom of the ocean were allowed to fizure In _the' damage claims. The mount of insurance which the rela- tive of the victims may have received on account of the tragedy was also disregarded by the commission and no vindictive or punitive damage have been allowed Compensation,- however, for mental suffering, wherever proven, has been en into ynsideration by the com. mission. it in many cases the claimants it very difficult to U. S. HELIUM DIVISION: UNDER R. A. CATTELL| of Mines Change An- nounced Involving Setting Up of Five Units. Reorganization of the helium di vision of the Bureau of Mines, plac ing R. A. Cattell, formerly superin- tendent of the petroleum experiment station at Bartlesville, OKla., in charge of the division, was announced today by the Department of Com merce. The appointment of Dr. Andrew Stewart, chemist, as_execu- tive assistant in charge of the div was also announced. Five units will be set up within helium division, to be under the rection of the following men: H. Kennedy, natural gas section: C. Cook, production section: Dr. hrm\.ul general section; C. W. Kanolt, re: search section, and C. W. Seibel, repurification section The work of the mineral resources division of the Geological Survey, which was transferred to the Bureau of Mines, has heen consolidated with the statistical work of the bureau relating to mine accidents and pe- troleum refineries to form a division of mineral resources and statistics under direction of F. J. Katz. All statistical work of the mineral re- sources division in the Geological Survey on petroleum and its products has been co-ordinated with the pe- troleum refinery statistics unit of the Bureau of Mines into one unit of petroleum statistics. G. A. Bole, su- perintendent of the ceramic experi- mental station at Columbus, Ohio, has been designated as supervising cera- mist of the Bureau of Mines to have supervision of all ceramic investiga- tion. The reorganization is an internal one, and was said to have no connec- tion with the inquiry into the bureau to be conducted by a committee of experts from all mining industries to be named by. Secretary Hoover. Mr. Hoover is scheduled to be in Wash- ington on August 1 to confer with the committee which he is to name. DRY FLEET TAKES SHIP. British Schooner Mary Adams Taken to Key West. HAVANA, Cuba, July 15 (#).—Port police here have received reports that the British schooner Mary Adams, which sailed from Havana a week or more ago, has been captured by United States prohibition authorities and taken to Key West. The reports said the schooner had a large cargo of whisky on board. 80 ARE HELD IN PLOT. Alleged Counterfeiting Gang, Brooklyn, Includes 11 Girls. NEW YORK, July 15 (#).—Arrest of eight alleged counterfeiters in Brooklyn during the past 18 hours made a total of 80 arrests by local claims result F found Bureau | of John W, | ptints of 'his secret service agents in what was de- scribed as one of the most extensive counterfelting plots uncoyered in this country. Eleven girls were am!ng those ar- and Father. prove mental suffering in.a_manner that could be figured on a cold finan- cial basis and an award made in dol- lars and cents. The measure of claims when applied to the facts in each case have not rested on value of the life lost or the loss sus- tained by the estate, but the actual loss represented by the death to the claimants, who must also be Ameri- can citizens. The commission has dealt only with real and actual claims and dismissed all suits that were purely sentimental and vague. Final action on some of the most important claims resulted in the fol- lowing awards based directly on the loss of life of wellknown Americans on board the giant liner To Mrs. May Davies Hopkins Gil- mer, for the loss of her husband, $50,000. May Davies Hopkins Gilmer, forthe loss of her father, $80,000 Josephine Bates, for the loss of her son, Lyndon Bates, jr., a young en- i $25,000 Bilicke, and loss of life Billcke, $50,000. Richard J. Hickson, of estate of his sisters, Caroline Hick- son and Cathexine Hickson, promi nent fashion deslgners, $14,000 Estate and next to kin of Mr. Mrs. Elbert Hubbard, $59,500. Estates and next to kin of Mr. and Charles Ambrose Plamondon for pérsonal injuries of Albert Constant administrator and of deceased. $5 Leon M. 50. Kessler and Osmond K. Fraenkel, executor of estate of George A. Kess $36,000. Philip Klein and John Victor Klein sons of Charles Klein, deceased dram- | atist, $20.000 and $30,000 respectively Gertrude Adams, individually, for the death of her husband, Arthur H. Adams, $70,000. William McMillan Adams; son-n-law Davis, $9,835 No Vanderbilt Award. The estate and next of kin of the estate of Alfred G. Vanderbilt received no award, action being the same as in the Frohman case. There is conside Germany must pay based on loss of life juries bear interest at the of 5 per cent from the time the Mixed €laims Commission began its work in November, 1923, while the interest on awards for the loss al prop- erty and effects is me and dates from of steamship. The demands originally Germany totaled nearly two billion dollars in connection with the Lusi- tania.and all other war clair Th tremendous reduction in awards to about $250,000,000 is mainly due tc the dismissal of more than 12,000 s filed with the State Depart ment and the commission. The cases were dropped grounded in points of law 1an the required w Schwabacher, able interest which also. All awards in- at the made on because i and in evidence s not pro. | duced Judge Edwin B. umpire in all settl ican commissioner derson and Dr. German nynge, Parker has been nts. The Amer- is Chandler P. William Kresselbach, commission Roert W American agent, and Dr. von Lewinski, German agents been able to agree on recom- mendations on a great many cases be- fore they came to the umpire for final decision. Such marked success ias been attained in settling the alms against Germany that arker has been made sole arbitrator of the claims between the United States and Austria and Hungary, which are next to be taken up and adjusted Air Photos Made And Printed in 9 Minutes by Army Senator W adsworth Shown Efficiency of New Aerial Films. I By the Associated Press ROCHESTER, N Senator James W chairman of the Senate military affairs committee, witnessed a demon- stration of the value of the air service yesterday when two aviators Army photographic plane X., July Wadsworth, 15t ir. in an circled about his home at Genesee and nine | minutes later dropped residence photographic on his front lawn. The two aviators, Lieut. George W Goddard of the Army Alr Service and Dr. S. M. Burk, Government physicist, both stationed at the Dayton, Ohio, experimental field, are now in this city conducting experiments on new photographic processes. Among the developments under trial are several new types of photo- graphic emulsions which make pos- sible the developing and printing of photographs during flights in 5 to 10 minutes after the shutter of - the camera is snapped. The process is expected to revolutionize wartime photography. Yesterday's tests were made with a new film, manufactured by the Bast- man Kodak Co., which, after removal from the camera and developing, becomes a positive print. It requires no printing. Similar tests have been made on a negative and positive film. Prints were secured by this method in five minutes after the time of ex- posure. MANY DROWN IN FLOODS. Unusually Heavy Damage Is Re- i ported in Korea. TOKIO, July 15 (®.—Dispatches to the Japanese newspapers agree that the floods reported in South and Central Korea vesterday are more serious than usual. A number of per- sons have been drowned. The damage in Keisho province in the south was heavy. Details are lacking owing to_the fact that communications have been interrupted. No official dispatches have yet heen received. OPPOSE BUII:DING DAMS. Maryland Officials See Injury in Youghiogheny River Project. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 15.—Building of dams on the Youghiogheny River by the Youhiogheny Power Co. will be prevented by E. Lee Lecompte, State game warden, if the attorney general of the State decides that he has the power to do so. The dams planned will spoil Swal- Jow and Muddy Creek Falls, beauty spots of Western Maryland, it is said. Lecompte said they will prevent fish from ascending the river, which he be- licves against the la the | instances | An- | Judge | PEPCO IS HURRYING CLAIM ADIUSTMENT Refunding Money as Rapid- ly as Time Will Permit. Electric today gave assurance that 1 claims for refund under the settle- ment of the valuation case will be dis posed of as rapidly as possible and ap- pealed to consume tient if their checks have not yet arrived. One official of the company ex- plained that a slight misunderstand- ing seems to nave arisen in the public mind in per cent re duction in to as part of the compr This reduction which began February, has led some consumers to believe that they would receive a 25 per cent refund from previous y Officials plained that no such figure can given as the amount of any refund, since the refund varied according to the amount of current consumed-and {is also affected by the several different rates which were effeetive at various times during the seven years of litiga- tion. So many telephone calls have been recefved from customers seeking in- formation that it has been necessary for the company to 1 additional telephone trunk lines to take care of the demand and also to enable persons to transact other business with th company during the day. The com pany 3 that a large force is stantly at work adjusting refund clalms quickly, but correctly. ONCE WEALTHY CONVICTS Morris Sweetwood and Mannie Kessler to Take Step to Get Fines Remitted. By the Associated Press . NEW YORK, July 15.—Mrs. Morris Sweetwood, whose husband and Man nie Kessler completed sentenc day in the Federal penitentiary lanta for violation of the prohibi act, but are held pending pa $10,000 fines, indicated last night ths the men will plead the “paupe at the end of 30 days in the hoy taining their release She sajd that she had been to raise the amount of he: fine. She went to Atlant; to return home with her hu he was released, but hat he would fine was paid sh make 1S to raise the §10,000. At the time their arrest hoth Kessler and Sweetwood were reported to have been very wealthy. ot 0 unable alone t |BATTLE OF MANASSAS | {CEREMONY NEXT TUESDAY Historic Henry House, in Prince William County, to Be Scene of Celebration. Special Dispateh to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., Commemorating the first battle Manassas, anniversary exercis be held Tuesday at the historic Henr House, in Prince William County, Vs 1 many c leaders are planning to attend. At a joint representing erate Park uly 15 of meeting of the Manassas Confe ind the Jefferson Highway Association invitations were e to Dr. E. A. Alderman two gubernatorial candidates, rd and Senator Mapp. x')l' is to be a joint the Mana Highwa As President of the founded by Jefferson, Dr. reported to be deeply »vement recently build a Jefferson Washington to morial Bridge Senator This meet Booster day" for as Park and the Jefferson Universi Alderman interested in unched to highway Monticello. The will be the ‘“neck the bottle” through which the highw. and boulevards will enter Washington, leaving the present bridges to accommodate as much of the local 11 possible. The Manassas Battle Park, the Shen- anc ous shrines cenic beauty expected, tax traflic | JUDGE FINES DRIVERS. Overloading Held Serious Damage Me. of main and historic points and throughout Virginia, it will attract tourists and facilities to Highways. &pecial Dispatch to The Sta CUMBERLAND, Md., July 15.— Overloaded trucks, even if they do v material for road improvement, not traverse Maryland roads nnsylvania truck .drivers, tak- ing material from the railroad siding here into Bedford County, to be used on the improved highway building from the Maryland line to Bedfc Pa.. being a part of the old Hor: trails. were fined by Justice William C. Korns here,”as follows: George Miller, $15; Carl Hartman, $20; G T. Wallace, §10; Carl Kauffman, $20;: Leonard J. Emefick, $10, and Joe Balenti, $10. THe concrete highw to the Bedford County line, which is to be met by the section now build- ing in- Pennsyivania, has been badly damaged by overloaded trucks, it is charged, hence the fines. WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY. “Baby ‘Farm” Official Admits Sub- stitution of Children. NEW YORK, July 15 (P).—Mrs Helen ~August Geisen-Volk tpday pleaded guilty to an indictment re- {turned last May charging substitu- tion of children at her East Eighty- sixth street “baby farm.” She was discharged on her own recognizance in another indictment charging first degree manslaughter for the death of children at the baby home. The law provides a sentence of from three and one-half to seven vears in prison for baby substitution. Sen- tence will be imposed July 22 { | | | | | ¥ in Maryland e WOMAN HELD SWINDLER. Accused of Leaving Trail of Bad Checks Across United States. LOS ANGELES, July 15 (®.—A transcontinental trail of bad checks led to arrest here vesterday of Mrs. Louis Cogan, 42, on a charge of is- suing checks without sufficient funds. Police detectives said the woman had | checks made out for a total of $6,325 ready for cashing and that she had { victimized New York and Baltimore banks to the extent of about $1,500. Capt. H. L. Girault Resigns. The resignation of Capt. Hunter L. Girault, U. 8. Infantry, recently sta- tioned at Fort Benning; Ga., has been accepted by the President. ¥ Is Disposing of Cases and| be | TO PLEAD PAUPER ACT| committees | xtended | the | from | h National Park and the numer- | | | recommendations {it £ { livered [St. Swithin Winks As Weather Board Predicts Showers| Should the elements be merciful | and sprinkle Washington with a re- freshing shower today, 40 days of wet weather are to follow, ording to popular superstition. This is St. within's day. Meteorolc 1 wizards Weather Bureau, however. merely smile and nod their scientific heads very dubiously at the ingenious leg end concerning the watery saint If rain fn the District will cause the old ninth century ecclesiastic any dis pleasure, the weathe experts arn him to prepare now. Light showers are forecast for this afternoon, bu the weather sharps refuse to con in the superstitious belief that 40 va' of rain will follow. As a matter fact, they predict that the old le will be exploded tomorrow, for thes see overcast skies and no rain on the metec gical he zon. The mild showers which tk ther Bureau predicts for Wash this afternoon will bring little in temyerature. Cloudy skies row will veil a blistering Summer s at the i Wea ngton hange tomor- 1h (From the 5§:30 Edition of CLEANER MARKETS PLAN OF FOWLER Health Officer Would Require Glass Cases for Foods Exposed for Sale. Health Officer Willlam C. Fowler yes- terd afterncon recommended to the Commissioners that the regul his department be amended to require meats, poultry and other food- stuffs exposed for sale on any stree or in any market or store be inclosed in glass cases to protect it from dust, | flies and other insects. The oners consid a board erday afternoon, but post Friday in order to organizations that rd before action has been a re at no person shall ex on any highwa sed ‘market, store, fish and unless the wrapped or cc protect it Commis at ain had hea Ther pose inel 1 ir ain same fectu closed and 0 as to from Case Dismissed. 1d the Commissi was brought the existing regulations and t Dr. Fowler t at 2 prosecutic “that the pears in th not to the )\ the regu the cou ew to overcomi mend th ed to read as f term ‘u uninclos er places rr In view n. and the diffi t section 6c be entic howe wit se for n any market, 1 or other place t of Columbia any meat ultry r gam birds squirrel, but leomargarine, lard, lard com- substitute, cheese, candy, g g any food monly any public highw store, . stand, st cakes, br whatsoever of hed, peeled s or uitable ass case so as to effectually protect m dust and other insects nor shall ar nsport over any publi any place in the said Dis: or to be de to a pur- haser or consumer of the articles aforesaid, u the same be then and there effectually and in a cleanl nner wrapped or covered, so as to protect it from dus' flies and other insects.” an Refrigeration Required. The regulation provides that be tween April and October of each year meat_or h fish ot be ex- posed for sale unless it be kept at a temperature not exceeding Dr. Fowler also recommended a vision of a similar regulation apply- ing to the managers of markets, dairies, cafes and lunchrooms, requir ing them to keep food properly cov ered or inclosed in glass cases. Dr Fowler told the Commissioners that it the proposed revision is made the Health Department can accomplish much more in the protection of the food supply than at the present time SEE e GLOBE-GIRDLING PLANE RUSTING, NEGLECTED IN HANGAR AT DAYTON (Continued from First Page.) hall shall 55 degrees condition it was when it pe: feat of outstanding impor: is the Fokker monoplane T-2, flew across the continent That which without a !'stop in 27 hours under the guidance of Oakley G. Kelly and John cady. The other noted aircraft Langley plane, and center of the recent controversy bptween the Smith sonian Institution and Orville W and the De Haviland used by Capt. St. Clair Streett in his flight to Alaska and return in 1919, do mot represent the actual original planes. When Capt. Streett’s expedition returned to Washington all four planes were put into routine service and in a short time three of them were crashed and “washed out.” Capt. Streett’s ship also was badly damaged in an acci dent and then Brig. n. William Mitchell, then assistant chief of the Air Service, and who sent Capt. Street to Alaska, ordered that broken parts be replaced and the plane set up in the museum. , Metal Parts Rusting. The longer the Chicago remains away from a secure, final resting place the greater the danger of dam- age or destruction, it was emphasized at the Air Service today. It has been standing on its wheels in a lone hangar at Dayton since last Novem- ber, isolated and unnoticed, and rust is said to be forming on the metal parts and deterioration of more frag- fle parts is beginning to set in. Nobody but Capt. Lowell H. Smith, leader of the expedition, and his as. sistant pilot, Lieut. Leslie P. Arnola, have ever flown the plane, and these two officers are understood to be deeply affected by the manner in which their beloved craft is being treated. It has been suggested that these officers be allowed to fly their ship from Dayton to Washington, where, amid. befitting ceremonies, the plane can be turned over to the Mu- seum. Nothingwcan be done about this, however, until the War Depart- ment decides what will be the final disposition of the cruiser, it was added. A. . — ‘The Boot and Shoe Workers' Union of America has voted to increase the weekly dues from 25 to 35 cents, jons of | nt, DECISION MAY FREF 1500 IN DRY CASES Judge Holds lllegal Warrants Obtained in California With Fictitious Names. [ By the Assoclated Press AN FR 2l of = charged wi tion amend a m long peri signing in obtaining Suspect Objects D. C. EMPLOYES’ RATING T0 BE SAME AS OTHERS separation « the departme the Personr S0 set up st VAN SWERINGENS DENY UNLAWFUL DIRECTORSHIP Minority in C. & O. }; Interest R They Dec | | | 0. T nied in terstate C and M. J state Ohio | Van Rai Swer! denial the minorit real intere: apeake and OF them to tk | The answer previous stat the other rectors w apeake 1 Ohi. SLAYER’S RELEASE URGED Killed Bal May Go Japanese Who Physici eps are parole of N in confinement for mental George B Ri the subject believe a | in progres ra Ish and Gov ed on Ishida if gua oner The Jar municated such a = Tokio to Ishida’s re be required to ser ke charge of I to_commit him t Dr. Wolff was Tshida, who Shepard-Pratt ¥ Hospit TWINS BORN TO BALDWINS New Arrivals Great-Granddaus ters of Late “Lucky” Baldwin. July 15 (). randdaug late California n was anr s, W tively, arrive Baldwin M. Bald Idwin, last Satu: formerly Miss ted resting com two great v** Baldwin, lionaire landholder here today. Tt and 5 pounds, r in the household of win, son of Anita ¥ day. Their mothe Nell Maxin, was repor fortably. Trio Freed and Rearrested. Special Dispateh to The DANVILLE, Va., Ju! < of execution of sentence has beer granted by Judge Daniel P. Withers in the case of Thomas Doyle, Jerry Farlow and Thomas Roberts, tenced to serve five yea: S in the penitentiary for tools. The court technically re the men, but they were immediatel rearrested on Federal warrants, a as soon as Federal Judge . C. Mc Dowell slgns removal papers they will be taken to Greensboro, N. C to stand trial, charged with blowing a post office sale. Stat 4