Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1925, Page 3

ELECTRICAL STORM TAKES FIVE LIVES ‘Croops Destroyed, Trees Up- rooted, Power Lines Torn Down in Wind. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 17.—Terrific electrical rainstorms have taken & 1oll of five lives, uprooted trees, de- stroyed crops and crippled telephone and electric light service in the East. In Wheeling, W. Va., two men were drowned when rain descended with torrential force late vesterday, sweep- ing out small bridges and under- mining roads, A Pittsburgh man was about to tune in his radio when a bolt of light- ning struck his aerial and killed him. Lightning also killed a farmer in Ogdensburg, N. Y. A man at Aults- ville, Ontario, plunged blindly into the storm with his coat overhead for protection and was killed by a motor- ist. The storm apparently spent most of its fury in northern New York State and the St. Lawrence Valley. From Toronto came reports of roofs blown off, trees leveled and impeded street railway service. In the farm- ing districts many silos were over- turned. Power Lines Damaged. Shattered trees cluttered up high- tvays in northern New York, power lines were placed out of commission and lightning struck with consider- able damage in several towns. In Springfield, Vt., roads were washed out, wire communicgeion was paralyzed and railroad traffic suspended by a cloudburst. Lightning struck at the heart of Mount Gretna, Pa., an encampment of National Guardsmen and stunned and burned several men, none seri- ously. A deluge followed the light- ning and swamped the camp. The start of the Metropolitan open £oIf tournament at Grassy Sprain, Yonkers, N. Y., was delayed a day be- cause of heavy rain. MACMILLAN SHIP’'S REPAIRS COMPLETED Bowdoin to Leave Labrador Today, Radio Message Received From Explorer Says. It all goes well the Bowdoin will leave Hopedale, Labrador, today and should join the Peary, the second ship of the MacMillan Arctic expedition, in , according to a radlo mes- sage from Donald B. MacMillan to the National Geographic Society. After three of extreme diffi- culty, during which much of the Bowdoin's cargo had to be unloaded and casks had to be floated under her stern to lift it enough to enable workers to get at her broken pro- peller, the old propeller was removed vesterday and it was hoped to adjust the new one today and get away im- mediately. The message sent last night and recelved by amateur station 8 APW, Cleveland, Ohlo, at which L. E. Cald- well and R. L. Lewis are operators, sald: “By putting empty casks under the . stern of the Bowdoln and unloading barrels of gasoline we have at last succeeded in removing broken pro- peller. Tomorrow (July 17) we hope to put on our new one and should be ready to leave for Greenland the same With good weather we should My crew still continue to be the best I have ever had. They are a very happy body of men. MacMillan RAIL YARDS I}JSS HEAVY. Fire Causes $500,000 Damage. Eight Locomotives Ruined. BRIDGEWATER, Nova Scotla, July 17 (P).—Fire in the yards of the Ca- hadlan National Raflways here yes- terday, caused by an explosion in the roundhouse which completely de- stroyed the building, did damage es- timated last night at $500,000. Sev- eral buildings, a number of freight cars, large quantities of stores and eight locomotives were destroyed. The cause of the explosion was not determined. —_— SPECIAL NOTICES. TTER HEADS ON HAMMER. first-class work. Frank- y RN TLOAD OF F! ture from New York. Philadeiphia or Baltl- more. _SMITH'S TRANSFER AND STOR. AGE CO & CHARLES A CONTRACTOR. 3704 S n.w. Poto oo OAD OR PART LOAD OF FUR- Phila. or Staunton, Va. .S, Siorage Co. 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SAILING TODAY. exico—Yucatan . 53 S3 Priko > bbb Kb lam Cameronia—Glasgow Adriatio—Liverpool Arctures—FPort Said * onte Ror Nap] Laconia—Tiverpoot Silvia—St, Joh: Atalala—Santos Siboney—Havana Fort Victoria--Bermu Boswell—Montevideo Huron—Turks _Island . Pan-America—Rio de Janeiro. Homeric—Southampton PRESIDENT STUDIES PLAN TO HALT COAL STRIKE WITH DAVIS (Continued from First Page.) 3585 i 3222833233 & the diggers higher The operators declined. In naming the Interstate Com- merce Commission as an eligible in- vestigating body, the miners were merely anticipating an investigation that body had already made, accord- ing to the operators, who counseled that action be deferred until the re- port of the commission’s hearing was made public. Both miners and operators appar- ently came the closest yet to an im- passe on the wage increase question. The miners started in early by press- ing the mine owners for a definite re- ply to demand No. 2, which calls for a 10 per cent boost In the contract wage scale, an additional $1 a day for all day men and other fiscal gains. The operators avoided specifically saying “No.” However, they “reit- erated” the position they had taken from the outset of the present scale negotiations—labor cost must go down, not up. In so far asany change in this position was concerned, it was sald, this answer was final. Wants “Spread” Probed. It was then that Philip Murray, miners’ international vice president and ranking official here in the ab- sence of President John L. Lewls, proposed the public probe to deter- mine just how much “labor cost” amounted to in the .elling cost of anthracite. Mr. Murray assei ed that dealers in Philadelphla, for example, were charging the consumer $15 a ton for coal that was priced at $8 at the mine. He charged that this “spread” of $7, amounting to almost 90 per cent, was obvlously not due to dig- ging. He urged that the operators join with the miners in asking the Inter- state Commerce Commission to go into this question with coal com- panies, distributing companies and railroads. Chairman W. W. Inglis, for the operators, pointed out that the report of the United States Coal Commis- sion of 1923 urged just such an in- vestigation and that the Interstate Commerce Commission had about completed the work. Furthermore, royalties and some other features might not fall within the jurisdic- tion of the commission anyway To thls Mr. Murray replied that the Joint resolution could be worded to cover any qualified public body. The main thing, he said, was that some such investigation be started. CONFESSION STAYS BROTHER’S HANGING BY ONLY FEW HOURS (Continued from First Page.) wages. Friday, and the following Monday, if his brother surrenders, we will place him on trial and give him the same dose.” HIS SON’S BIRTHDAY. Children Never Learned of Father’ Death Sentence. ROCHESTER, N. Y., July 17 (#).— Happily unaware of the grim shadow that had swept past, Robert Scott celebrated his eighth birthday today with his two brothers at the Hillside Home for Children, while his father, Russell T. Scott, condemned murderer, rejoiced in his cell at Chicago over the reprieve that has spared him from the gallows. Robert and his younger brother, Russell, jr., have never learned of the | sentence of the father for the slaying of a drug store clerk during a hold-up, but attendants at the home today de- clared that Dudley, 9, the oldest of the three, had been taken into the confidence of his mother before she left her sons to fight for the life of her husband. He had been spared the detalils, however, and the first definite news that he had was the message of the reprieve. . Metal manufacturers in Spain are 8o busy that it will require six months to fill present orders. HAT pleases us most is this—we retain our very oldest customers from year to year. There mustbe a reason for this that should appeal to you. Bend us your orders Founded 1864 HIRES TURNER GLASS COMPANY BERNIARD W. SPILLE, Manager (Rosslyn) Washington THE EVENING STAR, \"‘VASHINGTON, D. -C,- FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1925. URGES PROHIBITIO AGTIVITY “AT BASE" Enforce Law and “Let Poli- ticians Do Their Dirtiest,” Dry Leader’s Advice. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa. July 17.—Dr. B. E. P. Prugh of Harrisburg, na- tional prohibition party chairman, to- day made public a letter to Gen. Lin- coln C. Andrews, Assistant Secre- tary of the Treasury, in charge of prohibition enforcement, urging ap- pointment of “‘friends of prohibition™ Ito fill vacancies in the enforcement service. He advised Gen. Andrews to “go to the bat at the home base of enforcement and let the politicians do their dirtiest, and you will win out in the end.” “Naturally, as_prohibition natfonal chairman,” Dr. Prugh wrote, “I am interested in the heralded movement to take prohibition enforcement out of politics. None would rejoice more than the prohibitionists, who are first of all patriots, if our Government would leave no reason for the exist- ence of our party, so far as its prohl- bitlon principles are concerned.” Discusses “the Acid Test.” “I am frank to say that I have been unable to convince myself that ‘the acld test of enforcement.’ in- augurated by the administration, is a genuine effort to make good, but do not mean for a moment to ques- tion your own sincerity as to your part in it. Considering the past his- tory of the department, considering the sale of Overholt Distillery for the engrmpus s lofiTE000/000 fana T Lo pessiiant il e considering the reported ial' utterances ‘semi-offi- of Senator Watson that this effort is intended to see whether the people will stand for this enormous cost of ‘acld’ enforce- ment, or whether they will agree ‘to modify’ the Volstead act, I rather fear that it Is an attempt to bring the act before Congress with the tale that ‘it is impossible’ and secure modification of the law in the in- terest of the wets. “‘The decreasing of the number of men employed under you ‘in the in- terest of efficlency’ has also disquiet- ed me somewhat, because I have not noted that the places of those dis- missed are being filled by friends of the law. T have long known the need of weeding out, for the appointment on the recommendation of politicians, of soloonkeepers, ex-bartenders and other wets has been shameful and in some sections almost to the ex- clusion of friends of the law. Fill up the full quota of those dismissed by friends of prohibition. Cites Aim of Politicians. “I note the attempts of politicians to override your declared intention to take your bureau out of politics. I have confidence to belleve you mean what you have said, since vou as- suredly will not forget your oath of office to ‘support the Constitution,’ and yielding to these politicans, I fear, would be doing so. I trust that you will spurn the attemps of Curtis and Pepper and others to force you. Let them refuse to confirm your ap- pointment, if they dare. You can better afford to be turned down for that than to yield, and will be doing your country probably the greatest service you have ever rendered. Such refusal on the part of the Senate would rouse the people as they have seldom been roused, and that is a thing greatly needed. “Go to the bat at the home base of | enforcement and let the politiclans do their dirtiest and you will win out in the end. GARROTE EXECUTION STAYED BY CONFESSION Cuban Convicted of Wife Slaying Reprieved Few Minutes From Death. By the Assoctated Press. HAVANA, Cuba, July 17.—Revival of the use of the garrote in Cuba was suspended today as the result of last minute efforts to save the life of Val- entin Martinez, convicted wife mur- derer of Pinar del Rio. The criminal section of the Au- dlencia Court of Pinar del Rio at a special sitting a few minutes before the execution was scheduled recom mended “ commutation of Martinez's sentence to life imprisonment. Defense fession made by Martinez shortly after sunset yesterday, in which he charged | the father of his paramour, Joaquin Perez, with the actual Kkilling of Senora Martinez last year. Secretary of Justice Barraque, who made a hurried trip to Pinar del Rio last night in an automobile, ordered | suspension of the execution until fur- ther action by the president. Michelson Better. PASADENA, Calif., July 17 (®).— Dr. H. A. Michelson, internationally prominent scientist, has practically recovered from a serfous {llness. For several days it threatened to prevent completion of experiments with light, in connection with which he came to Pasadena several weeks ago. LAFLIN SAYS OCULISTS’ Rx. FILLED RAPIDLY, PERFECTLY AND AT LOW. COST BROKEN I ES CLAFLIN" OPTICAL Co. lawyers presented a con-| 4,148 CASUALTIES SUFFERED IN RIFF STRIFE BY FRENCH (Continued from First Page.) ing to get on the scene as soon as possible. The pilots and observers, mostly veterans of the Lafayette Es- cadrille and the Foreign Legion, are to assemble at Toulouse Tuesday and fly to Rabat. Gen. Naulin last night paid tribute to the American volunteers, declaring: “They are brave soldiers, who ask nothing but to repeat in Morocco the fine deeds they accomplished on the French front, and, above all, they will constitute a moral element of Figh import.” Col. Charles Sweeney, who rose from the ranks to a captaincy in the For- eign Legion and who commanded a regiment in the 80th Division of the American expeditionary forces in the Argonne, has been named commander of the squadron. Inasmuch as the flyers will be en- rolled under the banner of the Sultan, instead of enlisting in the French forces proper, they have decided not to use the name Lafayette Escadrille. The first group to leave for the front will comprise 10 or 12 Americans, but others are expected from both North and South America. James Baer, a veteran of the La- fayette Escadrille, has cabled from Peru that he is hopeful of bringing some of his aviation pupils from there as soon as he can book passage. SITUATION SERIOUS. Political Aspects in Morocco Worry French Greatly. FEZ, French Morocco, July 17 (#). —The general situation in French Morocco remains serious, not so much from the Rifflan military threat as from political considerations by rea- son of the effective propaganda of Abd-el-Krim. The persistent infiltration of his friendly tribes, giving facllities for attacking forces from behind. In this respect it is significant that the latest communique says there is nothing to report in the middle Atla: as this is the first time this region has been mentioned asfin the zone of oper ations. While there is fighting of a minor character along the front, the princi pal activity is shown by the air forces, breaking up concentrations of the enemy. ORDERS BANK SUED. Gov. Wood Holds Officlals for $1,000,000 Unauthorized Payment. MANILA, July 17 (®).—Gov. Gen Leonard Wood has ordered the prosecution of officials of the Philip pine National Bank responsible for the payment of $1,000,000 to the Ba colod Murcia Sugar Central of the Island of Negros without authority Gov. Wood said the sugar central had been granted an extension of a loan of about a million dollars, but the con the enemy the French SHTONS BLANED INRUBBER TROLBLE Plea to State Department Due to Suggestion by Coolidge. Difficulties of the American rubber interests because of the unprecedented in the price of crude rubber were id before the State Department to- day by a committee headed by Fred- erick C. Hood, president of the Hood Rubber Co., of Watertown, N. Y. The conference with Secretary Kel- logg was held at the invitation of President Coolidge. It was contended by the committee that the high prices are due to re- strictions imposed by British interests which control the crude rubber sup- ply. It was not charged, however, that there was any discrimination against America, as the restrictions applied generally. Other members of the committee were A. L. Viles, general manager of the Rubber Association of America, Inc., and Edward C. German, presi- dent of the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Corporation. A memortal prepared in the name of the rubber association was left with Secretary Kellogg, who assured the committee it would be given careful consideration. No Indication was given, however, of the means by which the Government might seek relief for the American rubber industry through diplomatic channels. ‘Within the last six months stocks of coal in Belgium have more than doubled. PROFIT BY THE EXPERIENCE cern had actually obtained $1,080,000 | ithout authorit | Speedy Rum “Bike” Taken by Police After No Pursuit When Policemen H. E. Ogle, T. F. Heide, R. F. Langdon and Fed eral Agents T. E Hartman and R. F. Cornette arrested Henry War- ren, colored, in an alley near Four- and-a-Half 'street southwe: charged him with transpo they confiscated the fir ever seized on a liquor c this city. Policeman Ogle rode the captured bicycle in while the other officdrs were taking the man to No. 4 pre- cinet station. DRAFTSMAN IaEEDED.' Civil Service Commission to Hold | Examination for Place. i | The Civil Service Commission an- nounces today an open examination for metal furniture man to fill a vacancy in the ard at Norfolk, Va., and in positions requiring simi qualifications. The entrance salary for this positio at the Norfolk navy yard is $7.60 day. Advancement in pay may be| made without change in assignment up to $9.68 a day. 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