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) WEATHER (U8 tonight and mperatures—Highest, p.m. yesterday; curred at 5 a.m. toda Full report on page Weather Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow; 'h change in temperature. lowest, not . occurred 0, oc- Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 16 ch Entered as post_office, 29,662. W ond class matter shington, D, C. SCIENTISTS BARRED AS WITNESSES FOR DEFENSE OF SCOPES UNLEASHING STORM ‘Darrow and Judge Clash. Former Gives Latter “Right to Hope” Court’s Integrity Is Not Attacked. ° DEFENSE IS PERMITTED TO PUT CASE IN RECORD ‘Will Prepare Substance of What Experts Would Have Testified. Trial May Be Brought to Close Monday—Raulston Says Law Is Clear to Any Mind. By the Associated Press. COURTROOM, DAYTON, Tenn., July 17.—After Judge John T. Raul-| ston had excluded sclentific testimony in the Scopes case court adjourned until Monday morning at 9 o'clock The intervening time will be spent by | counsel for the defense in preparing statements for the record of what their witnesses would have testified bad they been permitted to take the witness stand. Judge Raulston’s decision to ex the experts from the witness developed sharp clashes between Arthur G. Hays and Judge Raulston and Clarence Darrow in the court. Mr. Darrow had asked for the rest ©of the day to draw up proof which the defense wished to present. The judge asked if it would take the rest of the day. Mr. Darrow said he did not under-| stand why every request of the de- fense was overruled. Word Clash Is Torrid. “I hope you do not mean to reflect | on the court,” sald Judge Raulston. “You have a right to hope,” replied | Darrow. “I have a right to do something sald Judge Raulsto: ““All right, all right, then,” said Dar- row, apparently ending the clash. Mr. Bryan insisted on the right of examination of the defense wit- sses in the absence of the jury. He submitted that no one-sided case should go before the higher courts. Mr. Darrow insisted on having the re- mainder of the day in which to pre- pare the statements of what his side desired to put into the recerd. “Well,” sald Judge Raulston, “if You think it will take the day, justice is more important than tim Although court was in session only 30 minutes, the judge giving his de- cision at 9:51, it was stormy. After defense attorneys had raised their voices in_vehement protest to the court’s ruling, another argument de- veloped on the .question of the week end recess. The defense insisted on this step, and while the State pro- tested, the court finally ruled for the halt in the proceedings. Judge Raul- ston indicated. however, that on his return to the bench Monday he would insist on the case moving more 3 idly. This was taken to mean that the case might-end Monday. Stewart Hits Defense. Attorney General Stewart said that the defense wished to conduct a cam- paign of education for their theories of education and evolution through the medium of this trial The State offered no objection, said, to permitting the defense offer the substance of the testimony in_affidavit form Dudley Field Malone denied that a| campaign of education was being con- ducted although the way in which the defense had | conducted the case educational. | He said that the defense was meeting propaganda started by “a distinguish- ed_member of prosecution counsel Judge Raulston said he was not in- clined, after having given an opinion, to hear testimony to show that the opinion_was wron, Mr. Darrow h he to | | edly said that if| such witnesses are put on the stand | it would not be proper to cross-ex amine then It would be the purpose of such testimony, he said, to show what the defense expected to prove. It the defense wishes to put its proof | into the record in the form of affi-| davits it s that privilege of so do- ing. If it puts witnesses on the stand | to show what it expects to e then the State has the right to cross- examine. Text of Opinion. Judge Rauiston in his opinion ex- cluding scientific testimony sald | “This case is now before the court | upon a motion by the attorney gen- | eral to exclude from the consideration | of the jury certain expert testimony | offered by the defendant, the import | such testimor being 1 effort to | explain the origin of man and life The State insis that such evidence is wholly irrelevant, incompetent and | unimportant to the issues impending | @ that it should be excluded Upon the other hand, the defend- ant insists that s evidence is high- lv competent and relevant to the issues involved and should be ad-| mittec | He read the first section of the statute involved in this case and added | “The State savs that it is both | proven and admitted that this de-| fendant did teach in Rhea County, within the limits of the statute, that man descended from a lower order of animals, and that with these facts uscertained and proven, it has met | the requiremen: f the statute and | has absolutely established the defend- | ant’s guilt, and with his guilt thus admitted and established his ultimate | conviction is unavoidable and in evitable and no amount of expert tes- | timony can aid and enlighten the | court and jury upon the real issues | or affect the final resuits. In other words, the State anlsts‘ that by a fair and reasonable construc- | tion of the statute the real provided against in the act is to teach that man descended from a lower order[ of animals, and that when this is ac- complished by a fair interpretation and by legal implication the whole of- fense is proven. That is, the State cays, that the latter clause interprets | and explains what the Legislature ant and intended by the use of the clause ‘any theory that denies the setory of divine creation as taught in offense | among s he said he thought |5 Dawes Knew Little Of Senate’s Needs, Borah Declares By the Associated Press. FILER, Idaho, July 17.—Com- ment regarding the stand taken by Vice President Dawes on Sen- ate rules was contained In an ad- dress by William E. Boraff, Idaho's senfor Senator, before about 3,000 farmers last night. “Don’t be worried President Dawes,” he declared. “When he launched his attack upon Senate rules he did not know very much about them, as he has several times since admitted.” The Senator then eulogized the present rules and the filibuster, saying that no good measure was ever permanently killed by the fili- buster, while many bad ones, once talked to death, have not been able to come back. about Vice BELGIUM AGREES T0 EVACUATE RUHR Will Leave Cities She Holds in General With- drawal. By the Assoclated Press BRUSSELS, July 17.—The Belgian government has agreed with the French and British for the early evacuation of Duesseldorf, Duisburg and Ruhrort, simultaneous with the evacuation of other places in the Ruhr. Recent dispatches have said prepa- rations were being completed for the allied evacuation of the Ruhr not later than August 16, the date fixed by the London agreement of 192 which put the Dawes plan into effec Already a number of small towns in the Ruhr have been evacuated. E and Bochum are to be freed soon. Duesseldorf, Duisburg and Ruhrort are so-called “sanctions cities” and their evacuation was made conditional by the London agreement upon Ger- many’s fulfillment of her Dawes plan obligations. Although some allied troops already have been withdrawn from the Ruhr and other withdrawals are continuing every day, political police will remain until August 16 as’an indication that the occupation technically continues to the date specified by the London agreement. Reply to Briand 0.K.'d. BERLIN, July 17 (#).—The Reich- stag foreign affairs committee by a large majority has approved the prin- ciples of the German government's re- | ply to Foreign Minister Briand’s note | of June 18, which answered the pro- posal made by Germany in February for a western European security pact. (Dispatches from Berlin on Tuesday said the tentative draft of the French note was completed. Germany was expected to express readiness to join the League of Nations upon certain conditions, one of them being the com- pletion of the allied evacuation of the occupied areas.) COUNSEL DROPS PLEA FOR ARMY COMMUNIST Attorney for Arthur Trumbull, Sentenced as Red, Gives No Reason for Action. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, July 17.—Attorney Fred Patton, counsel for Paul Crouch and Arthur Trumbull, soldiers sen- tenced by general court-martial fo 40 and 26 years' imprisonment, respec- tively for ttempting to organize a revolutionary Communist league idiers here, has withdrawn Trumbull's petition for a writ of habeas corpus to set aside the de- cision of the court-martial. He did not ate his reasons, but began his argu- ment for the petition on behalf of Crouch. It was announced here after the de- | cision of the court-martial that the | sentence on Crouch and Trumbull probably would be materially reduced. RUSSIAN IN SHANGHAI _ RIOTS TO BE DEPORTED Court Refuses to Convict Dosser, But Recommends Expelling From China. By the Associated Press. , Julgs17.—The British 5. Whitamore, and Magis- trate Zua, sitting in the mixed court today, di sed the charges of being identified with the recent riots against Zinovis Dosser, Russian, but ruled he was “an extremely undesirable resi- dent of the setltement, and he will therefore be handed over to the Chi- nese authorities with the request that he be deported The court decided that the docu- ment found in Dosser’s possession identifying him with the riots was genuine, but his activities did not warrant his conviction. Tre arrest of Dosser was followed by a protest from the Soviet govern. ment to the British and Chinese gov- ernments, in which a demand was made for the punishment of those re sponsible for the arrest. Sargent Visits Sick Grandchild. Attorney General Sargent left here today for his hbme in Ludlow, Vt., to near his little granddaughter Mary Gordon Pe il ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 5 WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1925—TWENTY-FOUR ,PAGES. PRESIDENT STUDIES PLANTOHALT GOAL STRIKE WITH DAVIS | Determines to Take Hand if Miners Quit Work on September 1. SECRETARY TO RETURN BEFORE CONTRACT ENDS Labor Department to Keep in Touch With Parley While Head Is in Europe. | = | By the Associated Press. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July he Government will take a hand in the anthracite coal field wage negotia- tions should an agreement not be reached and a strike called on Sep- tember 1. The program which the Government will pursue in the event of a strfke was discussed at a three-hour confer- ance here today by President Coolidge and Secretary Davis. The specific plan of the Government was not disclosed. Secretary Davis ventured no opinion as to the outcome of the wage negotiations now under way. He pointed out, however, that the Department of Labor, through two mediators, was keeping in close touch with the discussion of the op- erators and the miners and was hop- ing that®an agreement would be reached before the present wage con- tracts expire on August 31. Will Return August 25. Secretary Davis came to the White Court to discuss several de- partmental matters before sailing to- morrow for England, but the coal situation received particular empha- during his conference with the Executive. There was no hint by the President of the plan of pro- cedure by the Government in case a strike is called. Mr. Davis will, however, return to this country on August 25, a week before the expira- tion of the present wage agreement in the anthracite fleld. While in England the pects to study industrial conditions, a study which was interrupted two ars ago when he was called back by the death of President Harding. DEMAND SALARIES BE TOLD. Miners - Declare igh-Priced Law- yers” Increase Costs. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 17 (®).—Anthracite miners today de- manded that operators reveal salaries they paid to presidents, directors and “high-priced lawyers” for considera. tion in determining labor costs in anthracite production. The mine own- ers refused on the ground that such information was irrelevant. The scale conference adjourned until Tuesday afternoon In describing the demand a miners spokesman said: “So far we have beei unable to get a statement operators on the labor cost of mining anthracite cc In order to ascertain all the facts that enter into this charge, we requested the operators to- day to submit to the subcommitfke the alaries of presidents of coal com- panies, of members of boards of di- rectors and the huge sum paid to high-priced attorneys. Ve believe that the total represents a substantial item in the cost of labor in the hard- coal business. Information Refused. “The operators did not indicate their willingness to furnish this informa- tion, which they regarded as irrelevant and not deserving of consideration.” The conference touched briefly again on the method of paying contract miners’ laborers, with the miners con- tending that operators were violating some sections of the present agree- ment. After adjournment Phillip Murray, miners’ international vice president, said that the miners’ representation on the scale subcommittee had full authority to negotiate a renewal of the agreement expiring August 31. Ha added that the absence of President John L. Lewis lessened in no way the authority the members could exer- cise, and pointed out that the 1920 agreement in the hard coal fields w. reached without Mr. Lewis being pres- ent. It had been planned to adjourn for tion at Wilkes-Barre, Monday, but a desirs public that no time was being wasted here is believed to have actuated miners and mine owners in decid- ing to keep to their work regard- less of the Wilkes-Barre se: Neverthele: it s considered doubtful by close observers whether either side would show \its trump cards here until after the Wilkes- Barre convention. A Thomas Kenned commencing to convince the miners’ interna- tional secretary-treasurer and for- mer president of District 7, will head a delegation of committeemen attending the opening of the conven- tion. They will return in time for the Tuesday session. Miners vesterday challenged mine owners to submit hard coal prices to public investigation to determine Whether enough could not be saved to_give the public cheaper fuel and “Alternate Eating and Long Fasts” Best for Health, Is Scientist’s View By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 17.—For better health, alternately eat and take long fasts, advises Frederick Hoelzel, lay sclentist of the University of Chicago physiology department. He has fin- ished a 33-day fast. Prolonged hunger is not the ordeal that hunger strikers would lead the public to think, he says, for he never felt better in his life. He lost 30 pounds during the period of abstention, hut regained 20 of it in less than eight days afterward” "asters should go on a meat diet immediately preceding their enforced T (Continued on. Page by.Column.3. shumgers. Hoelzel did and felt perfectly. 7 normal the first two days of the fast. He had a hard time walking from the third to the seventh day, then he ex- perienced a slight weakness. No dis- tinct hunger was felt until after the third week. v The desiré for food after the third week overtopped everything else in the life of the faster. All interest ex- cept in things to eat waned. Pains caused by contraction of the stomach prevented sleep. No headaches we experienced and hot weather was found favorable. Hoelzel broke the fast with orange Juice. Ten days later he ate a pound of steak, a pound of shrimp, a poi -of halibut and a pound.:of. salmong 11— cretary ex- | from the | one week during the district conven- | Wi Roge FRENCH CASUALTIES INMOROCCO 4148 Press Dispatch Places Losses Above Estimate of Painleve. By the Associated Press PARIS, July 17.—Total French cas ualties so far in the Moroccan War with Abd-el-Krim's Riffians are given {by the Petit Journal in a Fez dis- | patch as 4,148, Of these 707 were cilled wounded and 666 missing French authorities estimate Abd-el- Krim has not more than 30 French prisoners. Therefore those technical ly listed missing are regarded as dead. These are the first detailed figures published of French casualties. Pre- mier Painleve, after his recent return {from Morocco, assured the Chamber {of Deputies French losses were not so great as rumored, but he avolded giving- figures. - Troops in Line Continually. The Petit Journal's Fez correspond- ent says Abd-elKrim has so reduced the French effectives in Moroeco that they are daily becoming less efficient. French troops, because their num- | bers are insufficient, are compelled to |be in the fighting line constantly with no rest periods whatever. They |are carrying on under terriffic heat, nd the correspondent insists it is im- perative that they be relieved soon. | He demands additional aviation units |and says the present French bombing { planes tn Morocco have a radius of lonly 18 miles over the enemy lines, |and that pursuit planes are badly | needed. The correspondent declares German | aviators are fighting with Abd-el-Krim. | One, he said, is named Von Dietrich, a former member of Gen. von Hinden- burg's staff. He advocates the bombardment of Adjir, Abd-el-Krim’s headquarters, by {the Spanish fleet or by French air- planes, and declares it is necessary for | the French to use native methods of warfare against the Riffians—meaning the destruction of property and con- | fiscation of harvests, the penaltzing of | tribes who do not assist the French | and the taking of hostages from tribes | whose fidelity wavers. i Tribe's Tactics Cited. | He says Abd-el-Krim took 200 host | ages from the Beni Zeroual clan, shot ,000,000 francs on the tribe, in addi- i tion to confiscating quantities qf its The writer says Mafshal | Lyavtey, French active commander in | Morocco, has “‘seen the necessity of this procedure,” and that he is or- ganizing a force to put it into prac- tice. The French government is throw- ing one of its strongest pleces into | the game in the person of Marshal Petain, who commanded the French armies during the latter part of the World War. The marshal left last night for Toulouse, planning to go thence by {airplane to Rabat, the seat of the | French governor general of Morocco. | “We must try to give confidence to {the troops who have been fighting without respite for many weeks and i { who have accomplished a superhuman he sald. Reinforcements Coming. “Reinforcements are arriving by land and sea—an army corps by the Oranese frontier toward Taza and an uninterrupted stream of effectives by way of Casablanca. “This reassuring stream is flowing without pause from the east and west, and it is indispensible that dts flow be_uninterrupted.” Petain’s task will be to employ the reinforcements to the best advantage, with the object of definitely defeating his swarthy opponent and hurling him back _into the RIff country, in the Spanlsh protectorate. The marshal is vice president under Foch of the Superfor War Council, and it is remarked that if he is going in this high capacity more importance is being given to the Moroccan opera- | tions than has hitherto been shown by the French government. 1t is expected that he will remain in Morocco for a fortnight. He was accompanied on his departure by Gen. Georges, an experienced Moroccan campaigner, and Cel. Paquin. Naulin Due in Paris. Gen. Naulin, recently named com- mander-in-chief of the forces in Mo- rocco, is expected to arrive at Mar- seille from the Ruhr early tomorrow morning, there to take ship for Casa- blanca. This would land him in Mo- rocco next Tuesday. While ‘the French. mobilize their strategists and troops, the American Volunteer Flying Squadron is prepar- (Centinued on Page 3, Column £ _ ‘Radio Programs—Page 10, feat, half of them and intlicted a fine of | | | CANT TAKE TH FRONT PAGE RS, THE Earth’s Age May Be 1,200,000,000 Years, Scientist Declares| By the Associated Press KOENIGSBURG, Germany, July —The approximate age of the earth, in the opinion of Prof. Wil heilm Eitel, is from 1,100,000,000 to 1,200,000,000 years. An account of his investigations, just published here. shows .he arrived at these figures through calculation of the radioactivity of various strata of earth, using pre-cambian stone for mations as representing the oldest known minerological deposits WORK WON'T QUIT HE AVERS FLATLY Has No Intention of Resign- ing—Is in Line as Succes- sor to Weeks. | By the Associated Press | CHICAGO, July 17.—Hubert Work, Secretary of the Interior, has no in- tention whatever of resigning. His flat denial of rumors of his imminent retirement from the cabi- net came as he passed through Ch cago en route to Washington after a five-week tour of Government recli- mation projects in the Northwe: Everytime you hear a report " he told newspaper men, just | write a denial and publish the next day. ave no intention what- | ever of resigning.” | Secretary Work, who has set at| rest definitely widely published rumors that he was about to resign, has had | some alluring offers for his services from private concerns, but it has| been well understood here for some time that he had decided to accept none of them. When_ those who were seeking to induce him to retire from the Gov. ernment service became insistent some months ago, President Coolidge so0 unreservedly expressed his confi- dence in the Secretary and so strongly urged him to remain in the" cabinet that Mr. Work agreed to do so. Having demonstrated his admin- istrative ability as the head, success- ively, of the Post Office and Interior Departments, he is regarded by Mr. Coolidge as a man of unusual fitness for high public office. For that rea son It is believed that should a vacancy occur in the secretaryship of War, Mr. Work would be well in the forefront of those considered as a successor to Secretary Weeks. The latter now is recovering from a seri- ous illness and is expected to return to Washington this Fall, but it would cause no surprise among his friends here if he should decide later to give | up the strenuous duties of War Sec- retary. Not only because of his executive experience, but through service as a reserve officer during the World War Mr. Work has acquired a men- tal equipment which the President is known to believe would eminently fit him for the War secretaryship. ke RESERVE FLYER KILLED IN LANGLEY FIELD FALL Lieut. De Podesta’'s First Flight as Pilot Proves Fatal—Plane Crashes in Flames. Lieut. Anthony De Podesta, an Army reserve flyer of Swissvale, Pa., was killed at Langley Field, Hampton, Va., today when his plane went into a spin from which he was unable to recover. : Lieut. De Podesta was making his first flight in a Thomas-Morse pursu; plane. _ The flight was part of the ah- nual two weeks' active training taken by reserve officers at Langley Field during the Summer. The plane crashed on the edge of the field in some woods and burst into flames, igniting the growth about it. Lieut. De Podesta is survived by his widow and two children. who are staying at the feld, but who did not witness the accident. e Col. Mapes Killed in Crash. DENVER, Colo, July 17 (®.— Lieut. Col. W. A. Mapes, former com- manding officer of Fort Logan, near here was killed today when his auto- mobile crashed into a trolley car.| Lieut. Col. Mapes was a patient at Fitzsimmons Hospital and had recent- ly been relieved of the Fort Logan command and attached to the Tth Infantry at Spokane. | will be in to surrender myself. CONFESSION STAYS BROTHER'S HANGING Scott, Few Hours From Scaf- ford, Reprieved, as Kin Admits Crime. By the Assoclated Pres. s CHICAGO, July 17.—There were wes in the hand of Russell Scott as he played what he thought his last ame of cards early this morning in death row in the county jail while awaiting his hanging at dawn for murder. Before he could play them he got 1 new deal in the form of a seven- day reprieve from the governor after he had abandoned all hope. The reprieve was really a message from Scott's missing brother Robert, the man whom Scott always has said did the killing for which he was sen- tenced to death and whom he pre- dicted would step out of obscurity to save him from the gallows. Confession Telegram. small, resting in a sanitorium, actually wrote the reprieve, but based it on the telegram. Ten houre pre- viously he had refused the supplica- tions of Scott's young wife and aged father for executive clemency. Scott was to hang at 6:30 o'clock this morn- ing. Instead, the hour found him sleéping soundly in his prison bunk in death row, his guards and erstwHile card partners reduced to double soli- taire in the visitors’ quarters. The telegram, which reached the governor shortly before midnight, was from Detroit. It read: “Qelay hanging of my brother. I I am Gov. the one who shot Joseph Mauer. (Signed) “ROBERT SCOTT. Scott was sentenced for the murder |of Mauer, a drug clerk, in a robbery here April, 1924. The trial court and the Supreme Court of Illinois held that the brother had no part in the killing, and, acting {on those findings, Gov. Small first de- clined to consider the application for a reprieve or commutation of sentence to life imprisonment. Resigned to End. Russell Scott, five vears ago head of a $30,000,000 Ontario_ engineering corporation, later a vaudeville actor, author, bootlegger, robber and nar- cotic peddler, was resigned to his end on the gallows when the reprieve came. But he still protested his inno- cence. “Some day they'll discover the truth; some day they'll know the mis- take they made,” he soliloquized be- tween deals at cards before the arrival of the reprieve. Authorities today began an inquiry to determine if the telegram was a fraud. One report which came to them was that the message had been given to a messenger boy in the street. Scott's penchant for writing found expression in works on business ethics and books on how to_succeed. Among his titles are “Mind Your Mind,” and “Humanity and Business,” both large- Iy written in jail. Chief of Detectives Schoemaker was explostve in his comment on the re- prieve. Prosecutor Skeptical. “The whole thing is rotten. When Scott was captured he admitted to me that he shot the drug clerk, who was struggling with his brother. He was identified in more than 20 other drug store robberies. He should have been hung and his brother with him. ““People have the idea they can re- form murderers by putting them on a nice farm and feeding them oysters and buttermilk.” Assistant State's Attorney Gorman, who opposed a reprieve for Scott be- fore the State Board of Pardons this week said the telegram was “‘a fake, pure and simple.” “If Robert Scott was sincere, he would have walked into the police station and given himself up instead of sending a telegram. We will hang Russell Scott next ued on Page “From Press to Home The Star’ every cit block a Within 's carrier the Hour” system covers nd the regular edi- tion is delivered to "Nashington homes as fast as t he papers are printed. Yesterday’ ’s Circulation, 95,051 (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENT! Planes Collide In Midair, Three Aviators Killed By the Associated Press. CHALON-SUR-SAO July 17.—Three aviators were kill ed today in a midair collision of two training planes at an aviation school here. The accident cccurred when a student flyer cut across the route of an instructor'’s machine, ramming it amidships. CLASSGASEDFUOD PLANS PROTESTD Is Impractical and Unneces- sary, District Commission- ers Are Told. Market dealers, storekeepers, whole- sale merchants and baking companies united today in appealing to the Com- missioners not to adopt the revised regulations recommended by Health | Officer Fowler, which would require | that many commodities be kept in glass cases. All of the speakers expressed the ments, and contended the Health De partment inspectors have ample au thority to take action in individual cases where they find any unwhole some commodity. Edwin C. Brandenburg, speaking for baking companies, declared there was no necessity for the glass-case re. quirement, and added it as his belief that the question would not have been raised had it not been for the recent report of the Department of Agricul- ture concerning methods of handling foodstuffs here and in other cities. Mr. Brandemburg characterized the rt of the Agriculture Department ‘unjustified and uncalled for,” and said it was a mistake for the Health Department to get “stage fright” as result of the Agriculture Depart- | ment incident. rupted to peint out that Dr. Fowler had recommended the revised regu- lation because of a recent court de- cision in a Health Department case Dr. Fowler explained that the re fon for the protection of foodstuffs | from flies, dust and other contamina- tion begins by referring to ‘‘unin- closed” plac Several of the attorneys present sug- gested to the Commissioners that the object sought by Dr. Fowler, namely, to make the ting regulation apply with equal force to all places, could be covered by eliminating or adding to the word “uninclosed.” Will Confer with Fowler. After hearing -lengthy arguments Commissioner Fenning announced the board would confer further on the subject with Dr. Fowler and Cor- poration Counsel & ing any action Percival Marshall, attorney for the Louisiana Avenue 'Merchants’ Asso- ciation, told the Commissioners the glass case requirement would be un- necessary and_unreasonable for the dealers along Louisiana avenue. He declared it would be impossible, even with glass cases, to comply with the proposal of the Health Department that meats be kept at a temperature of 55 dgrees in Summer. He ex- | plained that the bulk of the market business is transacted between 6 and 11 o'clock in the morning and that during that time the meats are dis- posed of so rapidly that there is no danger in keeping meats on the block while they are being cut and sold. He pointed out that during this busy period of the morning, if the dealer: were required to have glass cas they would be constantly putting the meats in and taking them out. ma ing it impossible to maintain the re- quired temperature. Joseph Falk, a wholesaler, that the wholesale business along Louisiana avenue could not possibly be carried on if the large quantities stated buyers were required to be in cases. Columbus Joins Protest. Charles J. Columbus, representing the Merchants and Association, entered general opposition to the showcase requirement for food- stuffs as being unnecessary and un reasonably burdensome, and then pre- sented a dozen dealers, who gave de- tailed reasons why the new regulation is not needed. Attorney Narshall press on the sought to im ommissioners that the dealers thems®lves are vitally inter- ested in keeping their commodities wholesome, pointing out that they must protect their commodities if they wish to retain their patronage. John Brayshaw, jr., representing the retail grocers, expressed the belief that the Health Department has am- ple regulatory authority to protect the food supply. The department may need more inspectors, but they do not need additional regulations, he de- clared. Among others who spoke were W. W. Millan of the O Street Market Co., Harry Sherbey of the Louisiana ave- nue group, Karl Corby of the Corby Baking Co., John Blick of the Conven- tion Hall Market and representatives of the Arcade and Riggs Markets. POLAR QUEST STARTED. Canadian Explorer at Spitzbergen. Ice Conditions Favorable. LONDON, July 17 (#).—The corre- spondent of the Morning Post at Oslo, Norway, reports that the Arctic expe- dition under Grettir Algatsson, young British Columbia explorer, has ar- north as possible. Ice conditions are very favorable. Moscow Girds for War as Mobs Burn Foreign Flags, Swedish Dispatch Says BY F. A. McKENZIE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. STOCKHOLM, July 17.—Stock- holm Tidningen publishes sensa- tional dispatches from Moscow describing war preparations and anti-foreign agitation there directed particularly against England. At a demonstration by young Commbumists at Minsk, the Ameri- can, British, Polish and Rumanian flags are reported to have been Publicly. burned, the British having been first trailed in the dust and torn to pieces. All officers of the general staff on leave have been recalled by _tele- graph and war material is being rushed to the Polish and Ruma- nian_frontiers, while groups are being prepared in foreign coun- tries, mainly consisting of unem. ployed, to create trouble behind the lines. Investia repeats reports about the British intention to re- vive the blockade. (Copyright, 1925. by Chicago Daily News.) | | belief that conditions in Washington [ do mot justify the proposed require- | Engineer Commissioner Bell inter- | ephens before tak- | k. | Loughborou of goods which must be displaved to | Manufacturers’ | rived at Green Harbor, Spitzbbergen, | from Belfast, intending to go as far | NEW RAL BRDEE PLNNEDINTIHILE ALEXANDRI LI Short Line Will Run to Lough- borough Tract West of Capital. WILL OPEN AREA HERE TO COMMERCIAL FIELD Backers of Project See Inducement Offered to Industry to Locate Near Washington. leven miles of railr 000,000 and linking the bi vards at 2 b of Washington around the Dalec Reservoir, are soon to he constri Ly the Washin Loug Belt Line and Terminal Co. and a Vi ginia corporation now in the proce of formation. In addition to giving W new connecting link to the freight ya andria, the project contempla onstructian of an other bridge the Potomac | River, to be just above the District line, thus relieving the »w used by all roads entering W ington from the South of suc { Whelming traffic Plans tor the new railroad line hich is expected to open a new sec m of Washington commercial | progress, were outlined today by Al {bert W. Walker, president of the Al lan E. Walker Co.. parent corporation of the Loughborough Development Co. | They are the outgrowth of projects i previously started by the late Allan {13, Walker in visualizing the continual |growth of Washin 2 com I mereial d, Camero; at section ds at A th acros: located ton as } Route Is Announced. The route of th | will | Cher: proposed new line Ballston, Clarendon and 50 opening up to those aces new commercial advantages. t Loughborough the Conduit |road, extensive freight yards and |refrigeration plants are to be in stalled. It is said the new line will |cut the haul of freight from the South something like 19 miles. The jrun over the new road will be ap. { proximately 9 miles, whereas the pres. {ent route of freight from the South |is 30 miles. { Those interested in the development : Admiral Austin Knight, Le jr.. Albert W. Walker Leedy, George S. ev {comer, Harry A. Blessing and Doug | R. Rose. | The War Department has approved {plans for the bridge. It is pointed {out that at present freight from the South consigned to Washington via {the Southern Railway, the Seaboard [Air Line, the Atlantic Coast Line and |the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad is uted through the Cameron yard Alexandria, to the ‘“much-con | gested Potomac yards” outside Alex andria and then across one railroad ge and through many congested and troublesome tunnels ‘through and around the city via Hyattsville. The Washington and Loughborough Belt Line and Ter minal Co.’s plans will mean an almost direct communication, avoiding tun nels and congested freight vards to {the Loughborough development, whers wholesale m keting houses and re | frigerating plants will be erected i a on ¥ Point Out Advantages. Those interested in the development | feel that it will mean much for Wash { ington, and they point out that while | Washington is fourteenth in popula | tion, it ranks 119th industrially in the list of American cities, e | “According to Mr { h Belt to supply to invite Walker, the and Terminal Co the inducements | prop manufacturers, | necessary jobbing and wholesa ale that will aid Wa | chants to reduce the per capita cost living in the District of Columbia. ““Activities of a wholesale | bing nature and warehousing { which are to be developed at Lough | borough by the companies can render | store-door _delivery to retailers, Mr | Walker said, through a fleet of trucks | which will be operated by the Wash- { ington Loughborough and Belt Line | Terminal Co. |TIDAL WAVES REPORTED ' ALONG LAKE ONTARIO | Waters Recede, Then Rush Back, ! Carrying Driftwood Up i on Shore. | By the Associated Press. | ROCHESTER, N. | Tidal waves have been reported along | the shore of Lake Ontario from Char {lotte to Forest Lawn during a heavy | thundershower. ! A summer resident near Forest { Lawn reported that the waters of the {lake vesterday receded about § feet land then rushed back, carrying drift |wood up the shore for several feet | The water again receded slowly and | the phenomenon was repeated. | At Ontario Beach Park a severe squall, accompanied by thunder and lightning, attended the tidal waves | The water rose slowly and then re ceded about 40 feet. This was re peated several times, each time on a lesser scale. No damage was re ported. FACE WOUNDS IN DUEL. | Deputy Conti and Journalist of Rome in Sword Combat. ROME, July 17 (P).—Deputy Gio- vanni Conti of Rome and Curseio Suckert, a journalist, fought a duel vesterday, in which each received sev eral minor face wounds. Conti chal lenged Suckert because he took of- fense at a newspaper article by the {latter. Physicians stopped the com- | bat after Conti had received a par ticularly bad cut near the ey: (Opponents of dueling recently launched a campaign in Rome to end what they described as “a silly sur vival of romanticism.” The number ofsduels in Rome, usually not result ing in serious {njuries, has greatly in creased lately.) GivefSl,OO0,000 to School. T. LOUIS, M July 17 P, i Washington University here has an nounced a gift of §1,000,000 from Charles Rebstock, retired business man and bank director, 2