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rY * 22 CKVILLE FAR PROGRAM SSUED Children’s Day, With Pony Racing, to Feature Open- ing, August 25. Special Dispatch to The Star ROCKVILLE, Md., July 18.—The program for the annual fair to be held here August 25, 26, 27 and 28, un- der the direction of the Montgomery County Agricultural Society, has been announced. The opening day will be Children’s day, and all children will' be admitted For the benefit of the children, nd girls tree. the judging of ponies, boys’ s club exhibits will piace on the first day, and there will be pony races and other features provided especially for the little folks. The annual horse show will be the | feature of the second day, and the judging of many of the exhibits in the various departments will be done then. The usual cavaicade of horses, teams and prize-winning stock will also be | held on the second day take, Parade Third 1 1 trucks and scheduled for A parade of automobiles smooth-wheel t = the third day, and on the fourth and last day the program calls for a dog show, clay pigeon shoot and other fea- | tures 1 A full wild West show, carrying 40 horses and 25 performers, wiil be the fair all four days and will giy exhibitions between the races. Di. plays of fireworks will be given Wed nesday and Thursday nights The racing program includes the 2:25 pace and five po: races on the first day, the 2:20 pace and 2:22 trot, a mule race and a hunters’ flat race on the second day; the 2:25 trot, free- forall trot or pace. 2:15 trot and a | mule race for the third day. and the 2:14 pace and 2:18 pace for the final @ay. The purse in each of the har- ness events will be $300; those in the | pony races range from $20 to $50; in each mule race the purse will be § and in the hunters’ event the prize will be a handsome silver cup. | C. H. Hopkins, Suffolk, Starter. C. H. Hopkins of Suffolk. Va., has been engaged to act as race starter this vear. He will take the place of the ‘veteran driver and horseman, Thomas Cannon of Durham, N. C., who has officiated at Rockville fairs for many y At a meeting last evening directors of the agricultural much business of the society mu in preparation for the | fair was transacted. It decided to erect at once an exhibition hall to replace the one destroved by fire two years ago. and President Clarence L. Gilpin was made chairman of the building committee. The structure will occupy the site of the one de- stroyed. FORMER INSTRUCTOR AT ST. JOHN’S DEAD Brother Paul of Ammendale, Md., Was 10 Years at College and 43 Years in Service. Special Dispatch to The Star. AMMANDALE. Md., July 18— Brother Dubricius Paul of the Chris- tian Brothers, formerly for 10 vears at St. John's College, Washington, died yesterday afternoon at Normal Insti- tute, Ammandale, Md. He was 63 years of age at the time of his death and had spent 43 years in educational work in the Christian Brothers' order. He taught 10 vears at St. John's College, Washington, and a number of years at Calvert Hall, Baltimore, and at the Christian Broth- ers’ College in Philadelphia. He will be buried tomorrow. morn- ing and mass will be said at 9:30 o'clock by Rev. A. J. Conlon at the brothers’ chapel at the institute, which is the m;uhar house of the order in | vland. DIPHTHERIA WAR WINS. Laboratory Facilities Established in Nearly All of Maryland. Special Dispatch to The Star . BALTIMORE, July 18.—Maryland is ¢ ing on a winning fight against | the ravings of diphtheria through the | establishment of laboratory facilities | in nearly every part of the State, ac cording to the officials of the Depart ment of Health So great has been this svstem that now virtually every physician has laboratory facilities near to hand for the treatment of pa tients in his care. More than 3,000 analyses and tests are made each month, the total for the first six months of the present vear running close to 20,000. Most of the tests are for diphtheria. These not only are taken to prove the pres. ence of the disease, but the culture is examined from time to time to de termine when the patient is frea to mingle with other people “Carriers,” those who have the dis- ease, but nevar in a violent form, but who' spread the germs among other who would contract the disease, are also located in this manner, and the health of the public safeguarded the extension of SYDNEY WAITS U. S. FLEET | SYDNEY, Australia, July 18 (#).— The American fleet reception commit- tee today was overwhelmed with re. | quests from persons who desire to! act as hosts for small groups of offi. | cers and enlisted men. The committee plans to allow as much time as pos sible for private functions apart from the elaborate public program now ar- ranged Many naval parties will visit scores of country towns as guests of the residents. A large number of country visitors have arrived here to welcome the fleet. The arrivals include Harry Sheppard, 82, a Civil War veteran, who was wounded in the battle of Fredericksburg. MYSTERIOUS SHOT FATAL. Maryland Man, Father of 20 Chil- dren, Killed on Hunt. Special Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., July 18.—Fran- “is Yoder, 50 vears old, of Somerset, was fatally injured by a mysterious shot while hunting vesterday, his leath occurring an hour later in a Somerset hospital He was with his son and it is thought he was struck by a stray sullet from the rifle of another hunter. Francis Yoder was a miner for a \umber of years and was the father of 20 children, 15 of whom survive. Epworth Session Adjourns. Sgecial Dispatch to The Star. ¥ MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, Md., July 18—The Pittsburgh Conference Epworth League Institute is winding up a week's session here with an at- tendance of about 600, which exceeds the expected attendance by nearly 100. | Company { has been |an R | Guara Staff Sergt. Edward W. Ireland has been promoted to be first sergeant of the Headquarters and Service Com- pany of the 121st Regiment of Engl- neers, according to an _announcement made at headquar- ters this week. Sergt. Ireland first enlisted in the lo- cal National Guard in March, 1912, in Company I, 2d In- fantry, and later was merged in the 3d Infantry. He | . was with the lat- | ter outfit when it went to the Mexi- can border during the trouble there before the World War. He re-enlist- ed in the 121st En. gineers in Febru- ary, 1923, Sergt. Frank V. Birthright has been transferred from the headquarters sec- tion to the band section of the Head- quarters and Service Company as a private. Privates George A. Walker and Philip F. Biggins, Medical Detach- ment, 121st Engineers, have been pro- moted to sergeants in that organiza- tign. In Sergt. E. W. Treland. the Headquarters and Service Private Thomas J. Dawson promoted to sergeant, and Privates Henry J. Krumm, jr.. and James J. Skelly to be corporals. The following promotions in Battery 260th Coast Artillery, have been unced: Privates to be corporals, William B. Harmon, T. N. Lynch, E teinmuth and T. S. Wallace; privates to privates, first class, L. W. Cooper, J. Anderson and Harry Silbert. The Militia Bureau of the War De- partment in notifying the District headquarters of the service schools to which National Guard offi- cers will be sent this year, announced that the District of Columbia Guard had been allotted one student each at the Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Va., from September 14 to November 6, and one at the Medical Officers’ School at Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pa., from September 1 to Oc- tober 13. gt. Edward D. Andrus, Company t Engineers, has been awarded a distinguished marksman medal for having won a place on the National Guard team which participated in the national matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. He was a member of the team in 1922 and 1924. B; Guard headquarters has sent to all unit commanders instructions re- ceived from the War Department re- garding the number of armory drills to be held by the local guard during the current fiscal vear. The order ays that not more than 24 drills may be had during the first half of the year, and not more than 12 drills each during the third and fourth quarters, making a total of 48 drills in all. Tn order to keep within the allotment of funds for this purpose it is impracticable to give the local citizen soldiers more than this num- ber of drills during the current year, unless they drill without pay. The honorable discharge of Sergt. David Ross from the 29th Military Police Company has been requested by Lieut. Raymond M. Peak, com- manding. Sergt. Ross has removed from the District. Lieut. Peak also has requested the promotion of Corpl. Ralph F. Bartley to sergeant and Pvt. ‘Wilson C. Wilmot to corporal. The 24th Military Police Company now has its full quota of officers and men, according to Lieut. Peak, and is ready for camp. Pvt. Frank J. Bastable has been promoted to pri- vate, first class, in this company. The following men enlisted in this com- pany Wednesday night: Robert I. Hemphill, Joseph T. Risdon, William S. Ennis, Willlam H. Presgrove, Rob- ert L. Livingston and Ralph M. Dean. Sergt. John F. Colbert of this com- pany has been detailed for 10 days’ duty at the Reserve Officers’ Tratning Camp at Camp Meade, Md. The 29th Military Police Company will start on its first practice march next Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock Lieut. Peak will assem- ble the command at the armory and it will march out Massachusetts ave- nue to Wisconsin avenue and the Rockville pike into Maryland, where a camp will be established for the night. They will return Sunday about 8 o'clock in the evening. Lieut. Peak and_Lieut. Daniel B. Lloyd will leave Washington today tor Camp Meade, Md., where they will confer with men in the training camps there, with a view to getting ome of them to enlist in the 29th Military Police Company. The 260th Coast Artillery spent last Sunday at Fort Washington, Md. They went down by motor truck. While there they manned and drilled at the 12-inch guns, held infantry drill, con- dueted a battalion review, an manned 4l the fire control equipment. It was in command of Capt. Louls M. Gosorn The same organization left vesterday afternoon on the Army quartermaster ferry Gen. Rucker, for another night and a day at the river post, engag: ing in various drills. The vessel will Jeave this morning at 11 o'clock from the Washington Barracks wharf, and will carry down members of the fami- lies and friends of the artilerymen who will watch them in their drills. Capt. James D. Eggleston made a reconnaissance of the roads between this eity and Fort Monroe last Sun- | day, preparatory to the departure of ‘ha' 280th Coast Artillery for camp. This outfit will go by truck and auto- mobile and Capt. Eggleston has marked out various points where the organization may camp during the trip, although it is the hope of the officers that the caravan will be able to make the destination in one day. Sergt. Cecil W. Burden, Coast Ar- tiller it was announced, has ap- plied for an honorable discharge on account of removal from the District. The 260th Coast Artillery, Maj. Walter W. Burns, commanding, and Company A, 121st Engineers, Capt Roy W. Keesee, commanding, have opened a recruiting station at 1226 F street northwest, where an intensive arive will be made for recruits for the two organizations to bring them up to full strength by the time they embark for the annual encampment. Maj. Burns has recelved permis- sion from the Traffic Bureau to park a 15-ton, 155 mm. gun and a 10- ton tractor on F street, near the re- cruiting station, in an effort to at- tract recruits. The particular gun, which will be on the street, was used by the 60th U. 8. Coast Artillery in France during the World War. Maj. W. E. R. Covell, assistant engineer commissioner of the District of Columbla, in charge of public tilities, attended” his last drill as instructor of the local National Guard. He has been relieved of this duty and now will give his entire time to the local public utilities prob- lems. Maj. John H. Cochran, recently on duty in the office of the chief of Coast Artillery, War Department, attended his first drill with the 260th Coast Artillery Wednesday night as instruc- tor. John J. McDonald enlisted in the headquarters and service company of Classes were conducted in steward- ship, forelgn and home missions, life service, evangelism, Bible study, Ep- worth League and Sunday rhool methods. the 121st Engineers during the week: as also did Crispolo G. Donato. Henry E. Tripp enlisted in Company C, 121st Engineers: Stanley Aubrey Clark in Company E, 121st Engineers; All w'll réturn to Washington tonight. | and John W. Belt and Horace Duffey in the medical detachment of the 121st Engineers. W. W. Owens, general manager of the American Railway Express, in a letter, has informed local guard headquarters that not only does that company not have any objection to any of its employes joining the Na- tional Guard or attending military training camps, but, in fact, has al- ways encouraged the practice. Naval Reserve. The U. S. S. Eagle No. 56 is due to arrive at her dock, at the foot of Water and O streets, this morning, completing a 30-day practice cruise with the local naval reservists aboard. With the arrival of the Bagle it will mark the ending of the service of that vessel here as a training ship, as she 1s to be relieved some time this month by the United States destrover Allen, now fitting out for this service at the Philadelphia navy yard Although the present naval sched- ule provides for the Eagle to remain in this district, it is expected that later orders will be issued for her to proceed to Baltimore, Md., to relieve the United States gunboat Cheyenne, training ship of the Maryland re-| serves. The Eagle 56 did not carry out her full itinerary on this trip, as she was scheduled to visit Haiti and the Virgin Island. After reaching Havana, Cuba, however, she turned back to the States. No reasons were given for this in dispatches to the Navy De- partment. ‘The United States destroyer Childs, flagship of Division 41, Squadron 14, of the scouting fleet. has been assigned to carry the detachment of reserves which will make the training cruise which starts on July 26. It had been intended that the destrover Toucey should make this cruise, but it was said at the Navy Department that the Toucey has not completed her over- haul in the navy yard and is not available. However, it was said that the Childs will only relieve for this trip and that the Toucey will make the September cruise. The Childs is scheduled to arrive here today and to remain for a week before. starting out with the local servists. She will carry out the itin- erary planned for the Toucey. The fromer vessel has just returned to this coast from a cruise with the United States fleet in the maneuvers off Hawail recently. She is com- manded by Comdr. N. H. Goss and her executive officer is Lieut. R. E. Keating. Officers and men who had planned to take this cruise on the Toucey are somewhat perturbed owing to the fact that they have not received noti- flcation that they had been selected for the cruise. There was some con- sternation when the report gained | ground that the Toucey was not to come here, when it was not coupled with the information that the Childs had been ordered to relleve her for this duty. All unit commanders of the Guard have been urged in a memorandum sent them by Maj. Gen. Stephan to | make an intensive drive for recruits. He points out that there is on file at Guard headquarters a record of the names and addresses of approximate- Iy 1,300 men who registered for the national defense test on July 4. It is believed, said Gen. Stephan, that an examinatiom of this list will reveal a number of men who are eli- gible for membership in the National Guard and who could probably be se cured if some organized effort were made. Unit commanders are urged to inspect this list and select cards for such Individuals as they desire to se- cul Several of the local commands are short on numerical strength, and ef- forts now are being made to recruit them to the minimum allowance be- fore going to camp. Otherwise there will have to be a consolidation of some of the companies. A recruiting campaign now is being carried on and placards calling attention to the com- ing encampment have been posted throughout the city. i Corpl. H. Milwit, successful candi- date for West Point from the local Guard, has reported to the Military Academy and has been assigned to the 4th Company, according to- informa tion received at Guard headquarters. Formal instructions for_the annual encampment of the 121st Regiment of Englneers, 29th Military Police Com- pany, Infantry, and the 260th Coast Artillery have just been issued. Al though it has not been determined whether the organizations will pro- | ceed by boat or train, every prepara- tion short of this is being made at | this time, so that as much of the de- | tail as possible may be finished. In | addition to the main bodies of troops | there will be an advance force to go | to the camps several days ahead of | time to make preparations and a | rear guard left behind when the main | body leaves for home at the end of | the encampment. The order follows: “Under authority of the War De- partment, pursuant to section 92, na- tional defense act, the annual field training_camp for units of the N tional Guard of ‘the District of Co- Ilumbia will be held as follows: ‘Virginia Beach, Va., from August 16 to 30, 1925: 29th Division staff, State Staff Corps and departments, 121st Regiment of Engineers and 29th Military Police Company. “Fort Monroe, Va., from August 16 | to 30, 1925: 260th Coast Artillery. “One day preceding and one day following the above periods is author- ized where the journey to or from the encampment is in excess of 12 hours. “Commanding officers are_author- ized to detail advance and rear dé- tachments for two days immediately preceding and two days immediately folowing the camps of their units to prepare the camps and close them as follows: “For regiments and separate bat- tallions: Service company, less the band, or one officer for each battalion and three enlisted men for each com- pany. They may be taken from any or all companes. . = “For separate companies and de- tachments: One officer and three en- listed men. “The above days of duty are in ad- dition to the authorized period of the encampment and the necessary travel period. “For the purpose of administration and supply the 20th Military Police Company is attached to the 121st En- gineers during the above period. “No enlisted men of the National Guard will be taken to the encamp- ment of his unit if his term of service is due to expire during the first half of the authorized training period un- less he agrees to continue in the serv- ice. “The United States property and disbursing officer will furnish the nec- essary transportation. “Subsistence at the rate of 50 cents per ration and necessary authorized supplies at the camp will be furnished by the camp supply officer, to be des- ignated by the camp commander. “The Medical Department will fur- nish the necessary medical supplies and medical attendance. “This duty will be under pay. Pay of grade from Federal funds is au- thorized for all officers and enlfsted men. Other than Government em- ployes will be paid from National Guard funds at rates stipulated in General Orders No. 21, this headquar- ters, 1915, in addition to the above authorized pay from Federal funds. ““Attention is directed to paragraph 932, National Guard regulations, as i $10 worth in the raw state. | molested by the strange upright cr | married ELLSWORTH SHOWS LOVE FOR ANIMALS Amundsen Party Co-Leader Is Scientific Student as Well as Mighty Hunter. BY JAMES B. WHARTON, Correspondent_of The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance with (he Amundsen-Ellsworth Polar Expedition. OSLO, July 18—There is one epi- sode of the Amundsen-Ellsworth polar expedition which has not yet been chronicled, but which deserves a place in our records, because it revealed to us twe sides of Lincoln Ellsworth, the American co-leader of the party. We devoted one of our idle days at Spitzbergen to the study of seals, and Ellsworth, leading our axcursion, proved himself not only a mighty hunter but also a lover of animals and a patlent scientific student of their habits. Seals abound off the west coast of Spitzbergen, but they are another species from the Alaskan seal and their skins have small value as fine fur. Their commercial value lies rather in the amount of oil the body contains, each animal producing about Personnel of Sealing Party. Our sealing party was made up of Ellsworth, Dietrichson, our surgeon and two or three others. We headed across the jice toward the opposite | side of the bay, where are the ruins of London City, a settlement estab- lished some vears ago by an English expedition but now deserted. Our hunting ground looked to be less than a half-mile away, at the blue-green edge of the glacier, with the moun- tains rising behind ft. But it was fully 10 miles; the intense clearness of the air deceived us. From 5 miles awa~ we could see innumerable seals, scarcely percepti- ble to the naked eye, but looming | large and clear through our glasses They lie out on the ice quite like a man, if he were to wear a fur bathing suit, sunning himself by thé seashore. The seal's transit between the water where he finds his food and the air which he breathes is a round hole, 18 inches or so”in diameter, which he makes in the ice. On our hunting ground a thousand seals bobbed & thousand heads through a thousand of these holes, cautiously and quickly, for reconnaissance. If satisfidd that all was clear, they would puil them- selves up onto the ice. Frightened, it | took them less than a second to flip back into the safety of the water. Tame When 200 Yards Away. They proved tame enough up to about 200 yards. After that they were wary of any one who approached. As a hit at more than 100 yards is difi cult, a hunter must approach ver carefully/ We tried it. Ellsworth | with his rifie went forward step by | step. Dietrichson with the glasses hung back, observing the seal and in- structing the gunner to halt, go slowly, quickly or shoot, all according to what signs of alarm were evinced by the seal Two or three times they falled to get near enough. Then came a final try. In undertones came the com- mands from Dietrichson: “GGo—easy—ed all right—go on— | hold it—shoot! Simultaneously with the crack of | the rifle the seal's tail flipped out of | sight. A miss. Several yards beyond | the hole we find a slash in the snow which covers the fce. Overshot by an inch, perhaps less. Next Dietrichson scored a miss. Then Ellsworth fitted his telescopic sight onto the rifle, and a few min- utes later the surgeon has an oppor- tunity to do a rough anatomical job with his bowie knife. We saved the skin and a few pounds of edible meat and turned, homeward. On the way back Ellsworth makes a detour, observing the seals from a distance and studying their habits. Presently he calls to us and we find ‘him bending over u baby seal, lying on the jce With its mother. “An ab-| sorbingly interesting domestic scene,” | he remarks. Seal at Birth Wears Fur. | A seal is born with white fur, be- | cause for about 14 days it must lie | on the ice before it learns to swim and | goes under the water with its mother. | So for two weeks. protected by its color, it lies beside an ice hole, depend- ent upon its mother for sustenance. The pup looks like a young Angora kitten and meows tly like one Its mother is so tame that we can ap progch within a yard of the little group. Our coming angers the old lady a bit, and she snarls and snorts maternally at us, splashing water over us in an attempt at offense, but she will not leave her helpless white pup for long. Frightened, she will flop {nto her hole, swim about in the water like a fish, then bob up again to see that her darling is still safe and un- tures who stare at her and click the shutters of their weird boxes. (Copyright. 1825, by North American News paper Alliance. Al rights reserved.) Absolute divorce is asked in a suit filed in the District Supreme Court by John D. Stanton, jr., against Ruth S. Stanton, who is now said to be residing in Philadelphia. They were in Baltimore February 6. 1913, and_have two children. Atto ney D. Edward Clarke appears for the husband. | units will not be sent to field train- ing camps unless the unit concerned has the necessary minimum mainte- nance strength required by paragraph 110, National Guard Regulations, and unless 50 per cent of the officers and 60 per cent of the actually enrolled enlisted men attend the camp. “Pay rolls will be prepared and or- ganizations mustered for pay prior to close of the encampment. Property lost by personnel and for which they are responsible will be charged against them on the pay rolls. “Companies will be paid after their return to home station and prior to their dismissal from camp duty. overnment employes will be fur- nished certificates for the duty per- formed under this order. Attention is_directed to the re- quirements of National Guard Regu- lations pertaining to field training encampments as noted in the follow- ing paragraphs of the regulations, as amended: 457 to 468, 682 to 692 and 932 to 935, all inclusive. “Details as to movement to vari- ous encampments will be published at a later date. “Travel directed is necessary in the public service.” The Medical Department of the 121st Regiment of Engineers, Maj. George J. Allen.commanding, jumped to top place in attendance last week, and Company C, 121st Engineers, which held top place the preceding week, dropped to sixth place, accord- ing to the record at Guard headquar- ters. The percentages of the various; units follow: Medical Detachment, 76.46; Company A, 1st Separate Bat- talion, Infantry, 68.91; Company F, 121st Engineers, 66.66; Headquarters’ and Service Company, 121st Engi- neers, 65.33; 29th Military Police Company, 65.30; Company C, 121st Engineers, 64.28; Company A, 121st Engineers, Company D, 12ist Engineers, Company B, 121st amended by changes No. 4, which provides that officers belonging to companies or similar units will not | be entitled to pay, and that such Engir cers, 53.8 Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, 47.16; Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery. 46.50, and Com- pany E, 121st Englneers, 45.16. | tree. !nor would she accept a proposal | court,. and the main hope | duction Current News Events Summary of Important National, Foreign and Local Affairs Specially Arranged for the Convenience of Students. Current History. Secretary of State Kellogg explained in & terse statement at Swampscott last week the purpose of his hurried visit to the President, upon which he was accompanied by Undersecretary of State Crew. The statement declared that he conferred with the President upon the situation in China and the foreign debt. Of the former he said that the corner stone of this Govern- ment's policy toward China lies in the sérupulous observance of China’s rights, and the insistence, on the other hand, that China live up to her re. sponsibilities under the Washington treaty. | Of the debt situation the Secretary declared that matters were progyes ing satisfactorily. President Coolidge hopes that con- aitions will be such that a conference "can be held in the near future on the question of extraterritorial rights in China. This conference would also take up the question of Chinese cus- toms. The conferees would represent the nine nations which signed the Washington treaty. The State Depart ment has been in communication with the nations in regard to holding the conference in Peking at an early date. French official circles, however, were represented in dispatches last week as believing the time is not propitious for the holding of such a conference Abandonment of extraterritorial rights should come only after China has shown her ability to preserve order, something which she has so far failed to do. Those observing the week end holi- day last week paid a toll in 61 deaths— | 28 by drowning, 19 from automobile accidents and 6 from the heat. Floyd R. Harrison, & Government employe, who rose from the ranks of the army of Uncle Sam's workers in Washington, was last week appointed director of the War Finance Corpora- tion, succeeding Frank W. Mondell, who' resigned. Mr. Harrison entered the Department of Agriculture in 1906 as a messenger boy and served in va. ridus offices. He was assistant to Eugene Meyer, jr., managing director of the corporation, when he received his appointment. Mme. Caillaux, wife of the Minister of Finance, was sev jured last week near Angers, Fr when her automobile crashed into a She was on her way to hear the results of a senatorial election in which her husband was elected to the Senate. She probabf® will recover. Mme. Caillaux received international notice in 1914, when she shot and killed Gaston Calmette, an editor, for his attacks on her hushand. She was acquitted. Her husband’s election to the Senate was considered his final vindication of charges of treason, upon which he was tried and convicted dur- ing the war. cently granted amnesty by the S French 1y Great Britain has refused to join France and Spain in their campaign against the Riffs, it was revealed last week, when Austin Chamberlain, Brit- ish foreign secretary, replied to a question in the House of Commons. Great Britain declined a proposal from France and Spain, he explained, for the co-operation of British naval forces in suppressing contrabrand traffic in arms six miles out to sea from Tan- gier. The proposal would have ex- tended the territorial waters of Tan- gler from three to six miles, and to this Great Britain would not agree, to land troops, with \France and Spain, for the protection of Tangier. My, Chamberlain expressed the belief that such action would be useless as a means of ending the revolt in Morocco and might cause additional -troubles. The first week of the trial of John T. Scopes in Dayton, Tenn., for viola- tion of a State law prohibiting tedch ing evolution in the public schools ended with victories entirely with the prosecution. Three of the defense's moves were fruitless. A motion by the defense to diSmiss the indictment was overruled by the court. A motion by Clarence Darrow of defense counsel { to eliminate the prayer at the opening of the court was also denied by the of the de. fense, which lay in their plan to intro. duce witnesses who would testify on the scientific theory of evolution, were dashed when the court sustained objection entered by the pr to such testimony. The judge agreed with the prosecution that the intro. of such testimony would be irrelevant, Defense attorneys were frank in admitting that their hopes to \\"Xv\ the case for young Scopes were slim s ecution While France was celebrating one of her greatest holidays last week— the anniversary corresponds with our Fourth of July— a little group of city planners in Wash- ington gathered at the tomb of Maj Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who laid out the city of Washington, and paid tribute to his mémory. Maj. L'Enfant was buried on Green Hill Farm, near this city, shortly after his death, in June, 1825. In 1909 his body was ex- humed and reinterred in Arlington. Preparations are now going forward for the withdrawal of allied troops from the Ruhr district of Germany, in accordance with the agreement in London which put into effect the Dawes reparations plan of 1924. The agreement will not be effective if Ger. many fails to carry out her obliga tions under the Dawes plan. Scientific. The medical world awaits with in- terest a forthcoming report by the British Institute of Medical Research on its studies which, it is believed, will show a great advance toward find ing the germ which causes cancer. All the English newspapers are devot- ing much space to the disclosures, which are considerqd of great impor- tance. An interesting story lies behind the alleged discovery of the cancer germ. Dr. J. E. Barndrd, a member of a hat- making firm, took up microscopy as a hobby about 30 years ago, and became one of the leaders in this branch of science. Through one of his powerful instruments was observed and photo- graphed the cancer virus. This ob- servation has led, in the words of Eng- land’s leading medical journal, to the belief that “the existence of the living cancer virus would appear to be es- tablished.” Engineers believe they have solved the problem of ridding the great Jersey City-New York vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River of the'monox- ide gas which will be generated by the motors of the 46,000 automobiles it will transport daily. The tunnel, two miles in length, is expected to be open to traffic in November, 1926. Driven by tremendous fans, a 75-mile-an-hour hurricane will rush through a seven- foot airway below the traffic road, to which the fresh air will have ingress by slots at regular intervals through- out the tunnel's length. Another air passageway above the traffic road will suck the used air out. break-down occur in the machinery, traffic nolicemen will have signs to “stop all motors. Educational. John D. Rockefeller, jr., last week announced a gift of $1,000,000 in securities to the Hampton-Tuskegee endowment fund, which brings the total of the endowment -0 far sub- an| of the Bastille, which | Should a| scribed to $4,500,000, which is $500,000 short of the goal of $5,000,000. Enumerators will start tomorrow gathering data from which to compile Washington's first census of school children, an annual undertaking which is provided for under the compulsory education law passed for the District Dy the last Congress. The figures will serve as a basis for enforcement of the new law. Unofficlal estimates place the number of Washington children of school age at approximately 80,000. Economic. rmers and city dwellers continued !0 swap jobs during the year 1924, the Department of Agriculture announced last ‘week, backing its statement up with figures to show that 2,750,000 farmers left their farms and journeyed to the cities and industrial centers to seek a livelihood, while 1,396,000 city dwellers left the crowded marts to buy farms. Two section of the country— New England and the South Atlantic States—showed increased farm popu- lations, while all the others showed decreases. The department in a later statement declared that the average monthly wage for farm hands is $34.94, with board. With the use of modern farm methods, reports to the depart ment_indicated that the present sup- ply of farm labor is adequate. ! Uncle Sam has rolled up a balance of trade of $1,042,681,497 during the| fiscal vear just closed, thus showing | that amount of exports in excess of imports. Both the imports and ex- ports for the last fiscal vear exceeded those of any period during the las five years. After passing back and forth be- tween the Senate and the House of Deputies six times, the French budget for the vear 1925 was adopted late Sunday night last week. Two contro- versial measures were stricken from the bill, one providing for the reduc- tion of income tax payments from the | owing year's income, and the other providing relief for the smaller classes of traders from the payment of a | turnover tax. The government prom. ised separate action on these two prob- lems later. z ' The Standard Ofl Company of New Jersey last week announced that here. after its workers in the midcontinent oil flelds will work on an eight-hour- ¢ basis. instead of the twelve-hour which has been in effect since the | first oil well was drilled in this coun try, in 1859. Wages will be scaled to meet the change, and three shifts for the 24-hour day will he {naugurated to replace the two shifts heretofore in existence. John D. Rockefeller, ir.,| who controls the company, has long opposed the 12-houn day, but officials denied that he had suggested the change. It is presumed that other s in the ol fields will follow the example set by the Standard Oil Com. | pany. Henry Ford's bid for the 200 Ship- ping Board vessels offered for scrap-| pIng purposes was opened last week. | He offers $1,706,000 for the vessels,| compared with the $1,370.000 offered | by the Boston Iron and Metal Com.| pany of Baltimore when the original bids were opened, June 30. It will be | remembered that Henry Ford's bid failed to reach the Shipping Board when the first bids were opened, al though Mr. Ford said it had been sent When Admiral Palmer of the Emer- gency Fleet Corporation recommended that the Shipping Board accept the bid {of the Baltimore company his recom mendation was overruled and new bids | [:were asked. It was evident that Mr Ford had the advantage of knowing, therefore, what the previous high bid was, and easily bid above it. The Bal- timore company has filed formal pro- test against consideration of the nP\\'! bids, and demanded that all proposa now’ be rejected and the ships offered under new advertisement and new pro- ceedings. While the miners and operators of hard coal mines were having it nip and tuck at Atlantic City over the re- newal of the present wage agreement, which expires August 31, President Coolidge conferred with Secretary of Labor Davis at Swampscott over the| Government's program in case a strike | is called September 1. No informa- tlon was available at the Summer | White House concerning the Govern. ment's plan of operation in case of a| coal strike, for would the Labor Sec- | retary comment on the possible out. come of the conference between oper- { sur American Legion. The U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, the American Legion, met at the ‘Weomen's City Club last Monday even- ing, at which time the commander made a report of the department con- vention. The post’s constitution was revised to change the time of nomina- tion and election of officers. Vice Department Commanders Frailey and Coggswell made brief talks. Mrs. Tracy and Mrs. Rule entertained the executtve committee July § at Mrs. Tracey’s home in Virginia Highlands. The various departments of the Amerlcan Legion are whipping up for the home stretch in the Hanford Mac- Nider trophy race. The MacNider cup is awarded annu- ally to that department attaining the highest percentage of membership over its preceding year's membership. The competition for the trophy closes on that day that is 30 days prior to the national convention, which this year is September 5. No department having less tha 1,000 members on December 31 of tk preceding year shall be eligible to 1 ceive the award of the MacNider tro phy. The Department of Florida now holds the trophy, having won it ir 1924. Two more States have completed their quotas for The American Legion 5,000,000 endowment fund for dis abled veterans and orphans of tk World War, bringing the total nu ber of States “over the top” for t fund to date up to 18, according an announcement of National Con mander James A. Drain of the legior With the addition of Montan; Idaho to the list this week, ever State in the Rocky Mountain region has gone over the top by a large over. subscription. n Rainbow Division. deliberations we developed programs covering every phase of relief to the war’s disabled, which should go far toward solving the broad problem that has been a source of constant worry .;‘1me the armistice,” sald Comdr. Ma an. “In the matter of legislation we had the advantage of the presence of Representative Royal Johnson man of the veterans’ committee ir the House, while on rehab! n. Hines co-operated in giving the reaction of the Veterans' Burea each of our proposals. By w be seen that we s:a co-operat te the utmost with the G clals having the work hand, and this po tinued, although it that we may. differ how best to reach which we are ving “We felt that in re ones who held com luring the notorio . Hines has d personnel and rans' Pureau, ! complished chair this : vernment off} maulir.g Veterans helpf Elmer F. Nagle of this city was elected second vice president of the Rainbow Division of the World Wi at the national convention this ! at Chicago. Rev Francis P. Duffy of NewYork, chaplain of the 424 Di vision, was elected president. Sergt ¥red Crawford of Chicago was elected first vice president: J. D. Glassbre of Indianapolis, third vice president Roy L. Norris of Cincinnati vice president. The president v point a secretary and treasure Veterans of Foreign Wars. A joint meeting of the adv council entertainment and re committee of National Capi No. 127, Veterans of Foreign was_held Tuesday evening. Gec J. Neuner presided. A resolution committee was appointed to consider drafting a resolution to he prese at the twenty-sixth annual encar ment to be held at Tulsa September, for restricting f mittance of negroes to in the Veterans of F lieving that the negroe: their cause by establishing separate orders. Like the aliens restricted by the immigration laws from the United States on the ground being non-assimilable. The que: of safeguarding the veterans’ r ence laws was considered. I tion from the national legislative committee of the Veterans of Foreign Wars announced it had received as nce from President Coolidge that veterans’ interest in civil service would be “guarded.” The President was represented the Veterans of Foreign Wars as hav ing promised that the Governmen would “not only fully preserve all rights or preference accruing to the veteran under prior Executive orders, but would add to these by granting credit for length of service, both mi tary and civil, and for dependents.” A memorandum from the White House, dated June 24, from Chair man Allen of the personnel cla cation board, was said to have been received, as follow “The personnel classification has not approved or issued any ir structions to department heads pro- viding that the average of the ratings of all employes of a grade in any office should not exceed 82.5 per nt, nor has the board prescribed any other percentage for such an average.” This “order” ndum prepared by the Bureau Efficiency, dated November 17, 1924 Capt. Bettelheim of the Veterans of Foreign Wars said that the com- munication from the White House was far more sympathetic to the vet- erans’ cause than he was led to be- lieve it would be after reading statement of William H. McReynolds, the Bureau of Efficiency representa- tive on the board, which statement was given to the press June 19, five days prior to Chairman Allen's memo- randum to the President. Ernest Wickstrand, chairms enter board ators and miners, Secretary Davis | rope for a tour and 1centers there. is leaving for Bu-| study of industrial | | Political. . | Tongues were set wagging last week over the possible political significance | of an invitation extended Charles D. | Hilles of New York, a leading Repub lican worker, by President Coolidge to | visit him at Swampscott. Speculation | was to the effect that Mr. Hilles might {be offered a Cabinet post. The only | trouble is that there is no Cabinet post | to offer him and no vacancies in sight. | Secretary of War Weeks, who has | been seriously ill, is planning to re. jturn to the Wdr Department in the | Fall, and has denied rumors concern. | {ing his resignation. Secretary of the | Interior Work in Chicago last week likewise denied that he had any inten- tion of resigning. He told newspaper men, in addition, that whenever the: received such a rumor they could im- Pmediately deny it and credit the denial to him Denies His Wife's Charges. Thomas E. Langley, an employe of a department store has filed an answer to the suit for a limited divorce recently brought against him by his wife, Margaret T. Langley. He denies her charges of cruelty and asks that her suit be dismissed. Langley tells the court his wife left him June 17, saying she was going to Virginia to get a divorce, and has since resided there. 3 Porter Killed in Wreck. WILMINGTON, N. C., July 18 (#). —One man was Killed and five oth(fis were injured, one serfously, when an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train was derailed seven miles from Wil- mington, on the Newbern brance. The baggage car and two passenger cars left the track, turning over. The dead man was Ed Marshaburn, negro porter. His neck was lacerated by broken glass. ~ Whipping Boss Acquitted. CROSS CITY, Fla., July 18 (#)— Thomas Walter Higginbotham, former Dixie County lumber camp “whipping boss,” today was found not guilty by {a Circuit Court jury on a second de- gree murder charge in connection with the alleged slaying of Martin Tabert, North Dakota youth. A vear ago Higginbotham was found guilty as charged, but a new trial was granted by a Supreme Court decision. PO Milk Aplenty for Dr. Hainisch. Correspondence of the Associated Press. JAUERN, Austria, June 28.—Dr. Michael Hainisch, President of Au: tria, has the honor of owning the champion milk-producing cow of his country. Bella of his herd, from May 7, 1924, to May 6, 1925, pro- duced 2,683 gallons, an average of more than seven gallens a day. | member of any organization entertainment, announced that Buddy.” will be the password to good time at Marshall Hall August when it is expected to have a gener reunion. Each post in the District is striving hard to go over the top and win a prize for itself in the many entries of the day. All veterans any war now in the city, whether a kit are invited to attend Joseph B. Gardella, chairman of r cruiting, announced that plans for an elaborate program for recruting. wi being mapped out and same will be presented to the department for co- operation. All committee membe are urged to attend special meeting July 31 for final arrangements. Margaret Lidston, president Na tional Capital Post Auxiliary, an- nounced the election of four delegates to represent the auxiliary at the na- tional encampment to be held at Tulsa Okla., next September. Various con: mittees will be appointed at the ne regular meeting for the purpose of shaping a program to be presented to the entertainment committee for the Fall and Winter. At the last meeting of Post, No. 833, Edgar H. Hale was elected as delegate to the national en campment of the V. F. W. at Tulsa, Okla., to be held next month. John E. Brooks was appointed alternate. Arthur J. Bowser, jr. 720 Eighth street northwest 'was admitted to membership. Transfer of Past De- partment Commander Homer Carroll from Admiral Perry ship to Columbia Post was accepted. Columbia Post decided to co-operate with National Capital Post, No. 127, for the excur slon to Marshall Hall, August 7 The August meeting of the Columbia Post has been set aside for a social at which time the post will be host to the poppy committee and the young women who assisted the committee. The entertainment committee under Dr. D. A. White is making arrange- ments. _All;members of the V. F. W. are invited to attend. It has been proposed to change the meeting date of Columbia Post from the second Wednesday to some more suitable date. The question will be taken up for action at next regular business meeting. Disabled American Veterans. Co-operation with the Veterans’ Bureau on matters affecting the war’s maimed and support of the prepared- ness programs of the War and Navy departments were outlined in a state- ment by John W. Mahan of Helena, Mont,, recently elected at Omaha as national commander of the Disabled American Veterans. Comdr. Mahan, who is a graduate of the University of Montana and who was wounded in France, is here for consultations with the staff of the Washington office of the Disabled American Veterans and Government officials on the problems of the disabled. “No Disabled American Veterans’ natfonal convention we ever held accomplished more work than the meeting at Omaha, and out of our checkmates the memo- | of { the | of | not, | Columbia | which »sing hc man v has ha since he by nent eled Army dealing entir entitled n w the hos commencin the whole war seven or n they were the service are to remain e and with practically no t The Disabled s to make a th men supreme ef ese lay must compen: way th: Bure: break get ba we wa least as prec take of the compelled to spitalization. experience meén was Board for nt their rek “Keenly recalling |when the relief of split between | Yocational | Insurance United i > t the Veterans are girded |for a fight against the proposed ab: | sorption of the Veterans' {the projected department and ed We are not {another department, but we |intend to be quiet if there |sure to include the bureau jmerger that would put Bureau under to report to a would report The Vete: when the sc | past were relief } against do not is pres in the the Veterans ssistant secretar, retary who, in turn to the Presidep ans’ Bureau was f ambled conditions in t proven costly to public and unsatisfactory to the abled. Let them have a department of relief and education, but ve the | Veterans’ Bureau alone. | ‘These are some of the will keep the I | Veterans busy befor sion_of “No louder heard at Omaha than f owed 1demnations of the ultra-pacifists and the pleas for national defense. s of men is | better qualified t6 discuss the hor rors of war, but the voice of Ameri ca’s disabled will be heard next Winter backing up every reasonablen movement for an adequate national security, such as ample appropriations for the Army and Navy, strengthen ing of the fortifications at Hawaii:s and giving us a properly equipped and trained air service.” After finishing his conferences here and visitin, the Cincinnati national headquarters, Comdr. Mahan wil make a tour of the hospitals and vocational centers throughout the country. a e coming ses Con ers were | AN nfbdern languases |LANGUAGES 5, iféesrs anenases |teachers. Conversational Mathod. = Day | jaud Evening classes. 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