Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1925, Page 2

o — w- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY 20, 1925. { BALDWIN SETTLES - FIGHT IN CABINET Admiralty Chiefs to Stay. Agreement Reached on Navy Program. By the Aseoctated Pres LONDON, July 20.—Premier Bald win has been busy over the week end endeavoring to smooth out the diff ences among his ministers in the cru- cial problem of naval shipbuilding, and in the opinion of most parlia mentary writers the resignations of W. C. Bridgeman as first lord of the admiralty and of Admiral Earl Beatty and the other sea lords, which were threatened at one time, will be with held. The differences hinge on the| admiralty’s demand for new naval| construction involving a fleet of fast cruisers, to cost from two million to three million pounds apiece. The on | chancellor of the exchequ Churchill, supported by Lord Birken-| head and various other ministers been strenuously opposed to thi ing the plea that the state count: finances should ture construction It @vas the task of the premier to find & way to reconcile the differences of opinion, and one of the t had to bear in mind was that to g up plans for naval construction on an | elaborate scale would mean the losi of an opportunity to find places for the large number of unemployed men But it is reported a promise has been made that there will be modifica tion of admiralty’s program, and that when the cabinet meets today the dif- ficulties will be overcome. Will Delay Part of Work. One report is the admiralty has promised that five of the proposed great cruisers would not be laid duri the present financial year. It the admiralty’s original program is carried out, it would mean an addi- tional £10,000,000 sterling added to the estimates for next vear Bconomists in the cabinet have protested that the country’s finances could not stand the strain Their hands were greatly strength ened by the general plea, even frnm;‘ the ranks of conservatives outside the cabinet, for caution in reaching a deci- sion on the paval construction pro- gram. DISTRICT CATHOLICS 70 JOIN PILGRIMAGE Will Take Part in Holy Year Journey to Rome and Other Points. Arrangements for a group of Wash tngton Catholics to join the great national pligrimage to Rome for the Holy vear of American Catholic men and women which safls from New York September 19 are being made by a local committee of the National Council of Catholic Men, which has established an office at 1314 Massa- chusetts avenue, under the chairman- #hip of Matthias W. Knarr. In addition to the pilgrimage to Rome, an interesting itinerary of Eu- Topean travel is being arranged through France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, England and Ire- Jand. A special group. composed of the parents and relatives of American Catholic soldiers who are buried in France, will go to the American cemeteries, where memorial services will be held at their graves. On the return journey, it to have the party visit the Shrine at Lourdes, in the Pyrenees, and the Carmel at Lisieux, the home of Sister Teresa, “The Little Flower Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco, chairman of the administrative com- mittee of the National Catholic Wel fare Conference, will present the pligrims to the Pope at a special au dterice October WOMAN FOUND DEAD, VIOLENGE EVIDENT Two Are Held in Death of Colored " Woman, Who Complained of One’s Attentions. planned . Mary Ella Jones, colored, her head and face d 4 and her body bruised, was found dead in bed in her room in a house in the rear of 840 5 street southwest shortly after mid pight this morning. John Middleton, colored, 41, roomer in the house, reported finding the body when he went to the oman’s to invest a noise as it @ erson had fallen on the stair: Middleton awakened Robert Jordan, another colored oce it of the ho of the dead wom. and notified a siste an of her death. Lieut. Holmes of the fourth precinct made an investi gation of the affair, and the colored men were held for investigation. 4 Two weeks ago Lieut. Holmes was summoned to the house by the Jones woman, who registered an objection to attentions she saild Middleton was paying her. There was no further trouble between them, however, so far | as the police know. Marks on the steps In the house t evidence of a person having fallen on them — BROWNING BLACKMAIL _ATTEMPT IS CHARGED .thtives of Typesetter Claim Po- lice Beat Confession Out of Youth. - By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 20.—Philip Siegel, 1 vear old typesetter, who was srrested vesterday on a_charge of attempting to blackmail dward W. Browning, millionaire realtor who recently advertised for a girl to adopt, was held in $25000 bail when ar. ‘aigned in court today. He is alleged o have sent Browning letters de- manding $50.000 and threatening death if he refused Police investigators said Siegel told them he wanted the $50,000 so he could elope with a girl, who was not approved by his family. He was arrested after he had accepted from Browning a decoy bag supposed to contain the money Relatives of Siegel yesterday as- serted that after his arrest he was beaten by six policemen and signed a “confession” only to escape further mistreatment. Their charges were based on a statement made to them Dby the youth They said that while he was being beaten Mayor Hylan, who is a personal friend of Browning, went to head- quarters to see Siegel. The detectives, they d, wiped the blood from {have not { pire, France Must Stop TooFreeSpending, Caillaux Declares By the Associated Press. MAMERS, France, July 20— Years of economy is the price France must pay for her financial salvation, M. Caillaux, minister of finance, said at a dinner given in his honor at his home town on the eve of the gold coupon loan. France's debt, he said, went from $30,000,000,000 francs before the war to 300,000,000,000 today. And economy must be practiced “be- cause of the 130,000,000,000 later deficits; the brakes must be put on; the people must stop their too free spending.” A nation which had the courage to throw out governments that would not adopt a firm financlal policy, the minister went on, would have the courage to listen to him when he said to them “The financial restoration of France demands that for years there must be vigilant reduction of expenses and continued sacri- figes.” NAVY RADIO HEARD IN SOUTH AFRICA Low-Power, High-Frequency Signals Reach Maximum Distance. Low-power. high-frequency radio signals from the Uniteal States fleet at Honolulu were heard during May and June consistently and clearly by amateurs at Johannesburg. South Africa, a distance equal to half the length around the world, or as far as could possibly be heard. The Nav while holding the tests et demonstrated the com- vlete reliability of the low-mower, high frequency radio, said that in nighttime the flagship Seattle in Hawaiian waters was able to com- municate with North America, Aus- tralia and New Zealand, and the steamer Peary in the Far North heard the signals. Station To Be Closed. Due to the installation of improved tube transmitters of the Navy stand- ard radio equipment, the radio sta tion at Morehead City, N. C., by order of Secretary Wilbur, will be closed soon and disposed of. Its work will be taken over by the station at Lookout, N. C., with the new tube transmitters. The station at Marshfield, Ore., will also be closed and disposed of and its work taken over through the new tube trans- mitters by the naval stations at Em- Ore., and Eureka, Calif. The lease to private Individuals or a company of the naval radio sta- tion at St. Augustine, Fla., as a radio station, also has been authorized. BOXER INDEMNITY RETURNED T0CHINA Balance Remitted by Presi- dent to Be Used for Pur- poses of Education. The balance of $6,137,552 due the United States from the Chinese gov- ernment on Boxer indemnity pay- ments has been remitted by President Coolidge under congressional authority granted in May, 1924. The funds are to be employed for educational and similar purposes under direction of a board appointed by the Chinese government and com- posed of Chinese and American citizens. Mr. Coolidge's executive order was signed July 16, just when the Amer- ican Government was seeking to im- press upon other governments the feasibility of its plan for removing some of the embarrassing elements in | the present Chinese situation. News of the President's action is expected here to have a beneficlal effect in further demonstrating to the Chinese people the friendship of Washington. The original amount due the United States was more than $24,000,000, but the total was reduced by act of Con- 492 in 1908, ' ich will administer the educational fund already has been or- gunized and is ready to begin its work. BORGLUM PLANS NEW MOUNTAIN MEMORIAL Confederacy Tribute in North Carolina May Be Carved on Chimney Rock. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 20— Gutzon Borglum, deposed sculptor of the Confederate memorial at Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, Ga., declared here today that “his original concep- tion of a massive memorial on the face of a rock mountain, expressive of the true spirit of the Confederacy,” will be carried out in North Carolina. The sculptor said he had been as- sured of ample financial backing to carry his new project to a successful conclusion. . Mr. Borglum stated that the location of the proposed memorial in North Carolina to the Confederate cause has not been selected. “Several locations have been sug- gested, one or two have been recom- mended and I-am seriously consider- ing the great expanse of rock on the face of Chimney Rock Mountain,” the sculptor explained. DU PONT GIVES $250,000 FOR TUSKEGEE FUND Delaware Senator’s Gift Brings Total to $4,500,000 in Endow- ment Campaign. By the Associated Pres: NEW YORK, July 20.—Another pledge to the Hampton-Tuskegee en- dowment fund was fulfilled last week when Senator T. Coleman du Pont paid $250,000, Clarence H. Kelsey, chairman of the fund, announced. Earlier in the week announcement was made of the payment of a $1,000,000 pledge by John D. Rocke- feller, Jr. Mr. Kelsey said that the fund now exceeds $4,500,000. The goal is $5, Slegel's face and rinsed his face in water before he was taken before mayor, 000,000 and must be attained by December 31 to qualify for a $2,000, 000 gift of George Eastman. HONTFOR WALLE OF MURDER VT Youth Arrested With Girl in Maryland Leads Police to Spot in Woods. Special Dispatch to The Star. SNOW HILL, Md., July 20.—James Baker, alleged confessed slayer of James A. Carey, farmer, 74 years old, led the police today to a spot near ‘Whaleyville, Md., where, he said, he threw away $3,100 he had taken from the farmer last week after knocking him in the head with a club. Miss Blanch Ellingsworth, who fled with Baker and was with him Satur. day when he was arrested, denied com- plicity in the crime, and Baker said she knew nothing of it when he ap- proached her in a fleld and induced her to go with him. She is being held as an accessory, despite these state- ments, and both will be arraigned following the investigations now being made. The missing money had not been found at a late hour today. Rela. tives of the murder victim say he had more than $7,000 in his possession when attacked. In his alleged confession Baker sald | he was ‘walking along the raflroad | near the farmer's home when he dis covered him sitting on the ties. Hav- ing heard that Carey always carried a large sum of money, he said, he was overcome by the temptation and struck him over the head, intending merely to stun him. With the girl, he was arrested near Dover, Md., while on the way to Phila- delphia to spend their honeymoon. BROOKHART-STECK REGOUNT STARTED 40 Begin Tabulation of Sena- torial Contest Results. 6 Weeks Required. A Senate committee today began the work of determining whether Senator Smith W. Brookhart or Dan- iel F. Steck, his Democratic opponent in last year's election, shall be seat ed as United States Senator from JTowa. Forty men were called in and as- “aned to a large room in the Senate Office Building, where it is expected six weeks will be required to count the ballots. Should counsel desire to expedite {the recount a larger force will be employed. Senator George, Democrat, Georgia, was the only other mem- ber of the committee present when Senator Ernst administered the oath to the counters and started them upon their task. Neither principal to the contest was present. Senator Brook- hart was represented by J. G. Mit- chell of Des Moines as counsel and by Louis H. Cook as supervisor, while Daniel F. Steck, the contestant, was represented by James M. Parson of Des Moines as counsel, and John R. Pendy as supervisor. Judge W. B. Brown, formerly of Kansas City, now practicing law here, also appeared as counsel for Steck, but was unknown to Judge Parsom, Steck’'s other coun- sel DR. HIRSHBERG, FREE, TO BE REARRAIGNED Former Hopkins Professor and Writer, After Fraud Term, Faces Perjury Charge. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md, July 20—Dr. Leonard K. Hirshberg, former pro- tessor at Johns Hopkins, and one of the first doctors in the country to start giving medical advice in a newspaper column syndicate, fea- tured throughout the country, re- cently paroled after serving half of a four-year term at Atlanta for using the malls to defraud, will be arraigned here on a charge of perjury at the Fall term of court. Dr. Hirshberg is now at liberty un- der a bail of $5,000 on the perjury charge, growing out the arrest of Winthrop Smith, head of the blind pool of which Dr. Hirschberg was sald to be the brains. At the time of Smith’s arrest Hirshberg pledged his home here as bail, swearing it was his own, when, according to court officials, it belonged to the estate of his father. Dr. Hirshberg started off_in Balti- more on his way to New York, and informed States Attorney O'Connor that he was ready to stand trial at any time, and would act as his own attorney. TWO MEN ROBBED NEAR SAME PLACE Bill Folds Containing More Than $200 Stolen From Pockets by Thieves. Pickpockets are believed to have stolen two billfolds containing a total of more than $200 last night. Thomas R. Galleher, 1027 G street northeast, reported to police that he had been robbed of a billfold containing $96 and some change while on an eastbound street car on H street northeast. Two hours later Frederick Kuhnert, 516 B street southeast, reported: that his pocket had been picked while he was waiting for a street car at Eighth and H streets northeast. Mr. Kuhnert was standing at the same place that Mr. Galleher had discovered his loss. Galleher report- ed that two colored men on the street car attracted his attention, but that he did not feel their hands go in his pocket when robbed. Tipton & Myers' drug store, at Park road and Seventeenth street, was robbed of nine gallons of whisky and six quarts of wine. The loot was valued at $100, the police were told. Hannah Bremerman, in business at 1146 Seventh street, fell asleep in her store about noon yesterday, and while she was napping a thief robbed the cash register of $20 and a bankbook. Mrs. Efith Vaughn, 714 Eighth street northeast, told police of the loss of a dlamond pin valued at $80. The pin disappeared while she was visiting at a house on Randolph place north- east, she reported. A project in Peru will have 120,000 acres irrigated by waters of several rivers, some passing through a 9- mile tunnel constructed for the pur- pose. umu:‘ this country has nearly 100 commercial . woods, Swedsn has only two, By DENIES GIRL HELPED IN SLAYING Substantial progress in development of anti-aircraft fire in “accuracy and volume” has been noted by Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, chief of staff, from advance reports of the first phases of the extensive pro- gram of Summer test firing inaugu- rated by the War Department as a result of the con- troversy over air- fore congressional committees at t..c last session. The tests are being made at Fort Til- den, New York, San Francisco, Fort Barrancas, Florida and in Hawall. A report to Act- ing Secretary Davis by Gen. Hines, made public last night, shows that results “gratifying to those respon- sible for the development of anti- aircraft artillery” had been obtained at Ford Tilden during the last week with both 3-inch guns and machine rifle fire against targets towed by airplanes. Units of the 62d Coast Artillety manned the guns. The 3- inch batteries fired 445 shots in § minutes and 40 seconds at a target towed 70 miles an hour at an eleva- tion of 6,000 feet for a distance of about 215 miles. One Target Shot Down. “While one target was shot down and lost at sea,” Gen. Hines sald in summarizing the results, “seven holes were counted in the targets recovered. Thi& means that each of the two batteries scored a hit three times a minute. “The batteries fired at a rate slight- Iy above 51 shots per battery per minute, which is over 12% shots per gun per minute. “The percentage of hits scored, 5.6, or one hit for each 18 shots fired, is about six times as many hits as have been claimed for the firing at the end of the World War.” Maj. Gen. Summerall, commanding the 2d Corps_ Area, and technical officers from Washington, observed the firing at Fort Tiiden. Gen. Hines related ' that all of the firing was directed at standard towed targets, which are cloth bags 19 feet long, 5 feet in diameter at one end by 3% feet at the other and are towed at the end of a 2,100-foot wire. The target is about one-fourth the size of a modern bombing plane, which would have a wing spread of 74 feet, 2 inches, a length of 42 feet, 7 inches, and a helght of 14 feet, § inches. To calculate hits other than those represented in actual holes in the target, an observer rode in the towing plane and another was stationed on the ground, bursts above or below the target being watched by one and those ahead or behind by the other. Bursts Rated Hits. “Bursts are considered hits when they occur within 50 yards of the tar- gets as viewed from the gun, and when within 35 yards short to 15 yards over as viewed from the plane,” Gen. Hines explained. “In view of the wide dispersion of high explosive shells, this is the afea within wacn destructive effect might be expected.” Machine gun anti-aircraft batteries MAJ. GEN. HINES. By the Associated Press. MAGNOLIA, Mass, July 20—A Gothic village in the National Capital for elderly and retired clergymen of the Protestant’ Episcopal Church is to be established by the Washington Cathedral. ol A special cathedral committee meet- ing here vesterday announced that construction of the first of 12 homes of the proposed-village is to be start- ed immedlately. shop James E. Freeman of th ashington diocese explained that'a “generous gift” by the Rev. Joseph W. Fletcher, D. D., rector of the Rock ~Creek —parish, Washington, had made possible the building of the first house at this. time, and that the Rev. Mr. Fletcher wfill.)o its -future - jpant. 3 craft matters be- | James Baker, 22 years old, of Snow Hill, Md., alleged confessed slayer of James A. Carey, 74-year-old farmer of Whaleysville, Md., and Miss Blanche Ellsworth, who was arrested with him. MORE ACCURATE ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRING SHOWN IN ARMY TESTS Gen. Hines Reports Progress in Program Growing Out of Controversy Over Plans Before Congress in Winter. at Fort Tilden were used in night firing tests July 13 with similar towed targets, but at a lower altitude, since they are intended for use only against low-fiying aircraft. The firing distance was about 3,000 feet from guns to targets, which were travel ing at a 75-mile rate and were iliu- minated by searchlights. Sixteen guns were used and 15,574 shots fired in exactly 5 minutes, or 386 shots per &un per minute for Battery E and 447 shots per gun per minute for Battery F of the 62d Coast Artiller: ‘Eighteen holes were found in Bat- tery F's target and 21 in that of Bat- tery E,” Gen. Hines reported. In 10 days of firing preliminary to this test the 3-inch batteries at Fort Tilden fired 2,027 rounds at towed targets, scoring 83 hits, of which 59 were actual holes counted in reco ered targets. The machine guns in the same period fired 85,978 rounds, and 230 holes were counted. During the May and June test fir- ing by the 13th Coast Artillery at Fort Barrancas, Fla., the 3.inch guns attained a “notably high"” percentage of hits, Gen. Hines asserted, the fig- ure being 9.6 per cent out of 146 rounds fired at targets under condi- tions similar to those at Fort Tilden. Fourteen hits, or five per battery per minute, were recorded. Three of the hits were holes counted in recovered targets. The Fort Barrancas machine gun unit of four guns fired 7,716 shots in 5 minutes and 40 seconds at a target moving 80 miles an hour, and 66 holes were fqund in the target. The rate of fire was 344 rounds per gun per minute. Score Nine Hits. At San Francisco, where the 63rd Coast Artillery conducted the tests, the three-inch guns fired 80 shots in four minutes and scored nine hits, one practice target being brought down in six shots. Range, altitude and speed §9,200,000,000 NOW INVESTED ABROAD $551,591,000 of American Capital Placed During First Six Months of Year. | American investments in foreign | nations for the first six months of the calendar vear 1925, estimated at $551,- 591,000, brought the value of private American investments abroad to a! total of $9,500,000,000, the Commerce Department announced today. Acceleration of the foreign invest- ment tendency in the United States was illustrated to some extent by the department’s showing that the total | for the first six months of 1924 was only $379,700,000, although during the latter half of 1924 the records placed | the total at $830,087,000. Al of the| figures were based on the public offer- ings of foreign securities made by the American investors. Offerings of forelgn governments or the borrowings of enterprises enjoy- ing governmental guarantees account- ed for $416,671,000 of the 1925 foreign investment total. Forelgn corpora tions depending solely on their own credit got scarcely a quarter of the American loans, but this was an in- crease from one-seventh last year. Europe Took §237,600,000. Suropean nations took $237,600,000 of the six months’ investment from the United States, Latin America $151,081,000, Canada $131,910,000, and Asfatic nations $31,000,000. German industry alone obtained $36,000,000. England's former pre-eminence in the field of international finance was very little evident during the period. London floated loans for British do- minions and colonies to the amount of £28,123,800 sterling and also han- died some foreign corporation borrow- ings of a permanent investment type, but the Commerce Department esti mated that the total provided in this center for investment abroad was barely a third of the American invest-| ment. During the same period last year the United Kingdom absorbed foreign securities to the extent of $244,800,000, which was nearly $86,. 000,000 more than this year's total. It has been well understood in finan- cial circles, however, that the British plan to restore the pound sterling to par required restriction of landing gold abroad during the last 12 months. Some of the American loans of 1925 have been refunding operations, and the department made allowance for thess in placing the total now outstanding at more than $9,500.- 000,000. This amount was distributed among Latin American nations, $4. 140,000,000; Canads and Newfound- land, $2,545,000,000; Europe, $2,1)5.- 000,000, and Asia and the islands of the Pacific, $722,000,000. Banking credits curren extended abroad, American ownership of foreign realty, industrial partnerships and like in- terests were not included in these figures. R PORTUGAL CRUSHES BLOODLESS REVOLT Not a Shot Fired as Military Units Seek to Ef- fect Coup. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, July 20.—Por- tugal, often disturbed by revolutionary outbreaks and latterly confronted with governmental difficulties by a succes- sion of shortlived cabinets, came through an abortive revolutionary movement engineered by certain mili- tary units yesterday without the firing of a shot and without cas- ualties. The revolt ended a few hours after it started, due to the prompt action of the government. Capt. Baptista, who engineered the plot, and four of his ajdes are under arrest, having given themselves up when it was seen that the authorities had the upper hand. The situation now is normal. Malcontents in Lisbon had won over the officers of the cruiser Vasco da Gama, from which their leader fssued demands to. the government. These were promptly rejected by President Gomez and Premier da in these tests have notsbeen reported. The San Francisco machine guns pumped out 4,000 rounds at an aver- age range of 700 yards and 20 holes in the target were counted. “During all of this practice,” Gen. Hines commented, ‘“the Air Service has rendered special service in tow- ing targets and making the exercises possible. After considerable experi- ment and tests on the ground and in the air, the Air Service has developed a practical system for this service, in- cluding night and day target towing Silva, who demanded surrender of the mutineers under threat.of bombard- ment. The officers of the cruiser found themselves isolated, as the other warships had been ordered to Lagos. After a few hours' considera- tion they capitulated. Cowgirl Lassoes Steer Threatening To Attack Cowboy | By the Associated Press. RYE, N. Y., July 20.—A cow-girl saved the life of Sy Sage, cowboy of Oklahoma City, by lassoing a steer that had thréwn him and threatened to gore him Saturday night before a rodeo crowd here. Sage's right leg was broken and he suffered possible internal in- jurfes. . The cowgirl was Mrs. Richard Shelton, also of Oklahoma. Before her marriage last week to one of the riders in the rodeo, she was Miss Rene Hasley. DAWES PLAN EASES GERMAN BURDEN But Is Not Absolute Eco- nomic Guarantee, An- anysis Shows. By ths Associated Press. DUESSELDORF, July 20.—While the Dawes plan in fts first year of operation served somewhat to amelio- | rate the financial and economic situ- ation in Germany, it is the opinion of the Duesseldorf Chamber of Com merce it will not prove a panecea for all the ills from which Germany is suffering, and that it is incapable of offering an absolute guarantee of re- construction. In a report on the situation the chamber asserts that during the 12 months the plan has been in effect it has failed to re-establish productv ity as it was intended to do. The re- port claims that Germany's commerce is suffering from heavy taxation and other imposts, and the opinion is ad vanced that a complete debacle in business will occur unless conditions are alleviated. It is pointed out that owing to the high cost of production German commodities cannot compete in_foreign markets. The first year under the plan is to re-establish productivity, but report says in this it has proved successful. Though the first effects of the plan were salutary and tended activity, it is claimed report that oufstanding labilities m erous other difficulties brouzht abo: a crushing situation. Taxes reached unprecedented figures. The points out that in 1924 the goven ment collected revenues of 2,500,00 600 marks in excess of the previous signments to fndividual states and communities. Tax Collection Gains. The actual tax collection by the Government increased from 4,800,000.- 000 marks in 1913 to 12,000,000,000 marks in 1924, whereas the public in come in 1924 only aggregated 36,000, 000,000 marks, as compared with 43 000,000,000 before the war. The country’s commerce is said in the report to be suffering from the heavy license tax, and also from high credit rates and railway freight rates. The latter rates are due to heavy ex penses entailed by the large personnel of the railways and pensions. The cost of production is declared to pre- clude competition of German goods in foreign markets, thus paralyzing in dustry. A threatened increase in un- employment s mentioned in the re- port as the consequence of enforced retrenchments by large concerns in order to meet the increasing demand for higher wages. A complete col- the responsible leaders in public life adopt most energetic measures to al- leviate the burdens of domestic econ- omy, especially as regards taxation. All classes of the public are admonish- ed to exercise the utmost frugality. | Advantageous trade treaties are { recommended in the report as means for reopening foreign markets to Ger- man goods. WORK DECLARES TOUR CONFIRMS FARM VIEW No Need for More Reclamation Until Present Projects Are Cared For, He Says. Secretary Work, who returned to. day from & six-week tour of the North west, declares that inspection of Gov- ernment irrigation projects confirmed the soundness of his reclamation pol fey. “There is no need for more recla- KLAN HEADS REACH DENVER BY. PLANE and two-way radio communication from plane to ground. The co-opera- tion of the two branches has produced good result: A special test of the new sounding devices for locating hostile aircraft in the dark, and of recent developments with searchlights for the same pur- pose, will be held at Camp Dix, N. J., July 27. A simulated night attack on the camp by a group of planes will be a part of the operation. The 62nd Coast_Artillery batterfes will go from Fort Tilden to Camp Dix for the pur- pose. Longest Water Tunnel Open. The longest water tunnel in the world runs under the Kaiser range of the Sierras in California. It is 13% miles long, has a 15-foot bore and cost $20,000,000. It is known as the Florence Lake tunnel and will bring down enough water to irrigate 620, 000 ‘acres not now under irrigation. Gothic Village Here to Be Erected By Cathedral for Retired Pastors Bishop Freeman Announces “Generous Gift” by Rev. J. W. Fletcher—Rock Creek Rector Will Provide First Unit 6f Scheme. said, contemplates occupation of the village by clergymen who will wel- come the opportunity to particlpate in their declining years in the work ofT!gn ctnt{udnh e village is to be situated on Mount St. Alban, near the cl?h- edral, to which it ultimately may be connected with a cloister. Under the plan, cottages will be en- dowed through subscriptions from in- dividuals or churches in all parts of the country. The cathedral library and the Library. ot Congress both will be accessible to the occupants, as well as the cathedral itself and the National Government activities, thus affording, the announcement stated, close at once interesting, dignified _beautiful to the sunset years of Come From Washington to Probe Secession of Colorado Unit From National Body. By the Assoclated Press. DENVER, Colo., July 20.—Ten national officers of the Ku Klux Klan headed by W. F. Zumbrunn, national attorney, arrived here late yesterday from Washington by airplanes to in- vestigate the secession of the Denver Klan from the national organization. Mr. Zumbrunn said he expected “some news” to develop today. The visit of the national officers followed the action of the Denver Klan at a meeting Friday night, when it was voted unanimously to withdraw from the national order and form a new organization called “The Minute Men of America”. It was announced also, that 14 Klans in Colorado had joined the Denver organization and had surrendered their charters. E ok 15 AUTOISTS ACCUSED OF DRIVING WHILE DRUNK Number Taken in Two. Days Be- lieved Record—118 Held on Rum Charges. Fifteen persons were arrested in the 48 hours ended at 8 o'clock today for driving automobiles while intoxicated —a number believed to be the largest for any prior similar period. Saturday's arrests for intoxication numbered 69, while similar arrests yesterday numbered 49, a total of 118 for the two days, & decided decrease over the corresponding days of a week ago. There were 682, arrests for sale, transporting and possession of intoxi- cants during the -48-hour period. Seventy-five gallons of whisky, gin and aleohol and 105 gallons of alleged hard cider were seized in connection with the arrests. One touring car was. also seized. . Lnn‘[holr:tzhl 4,000 motor a)"l:lAss made mation projects until the present ones are put on a sound basis,” he asserted “One-third of the projects are insol- vent and onefourth of them should never have been built. Six thousand farms under Government ditch are without occupants, and there is no more reason to construct projects than there would be to bulld houses without prospects of tenants.” A report of reclamation will be pre- pared by the Secretary and Elwood Mead, commissioner of the geological survey, who accompanied him on the trip. Crops in the Northwest at the pres- ent stage indicate they will be one of the best ever produced, Secretary Work declared. The farmers are thrifty and prosperous and strong for | Coolidge, even including the Demo- crats, he added WINNER OF BALLOON RACE STILL IN DOUBT Two Apparently Tied. Decision of Referee Is Due Today at Akron. Entreis iBy the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, July 20.—With the Rotary Club and Chamber of Com- merce entries apparently tled, the winner of the junior national balloon race, which started here Saturday, re- mained in doubt today. The Rotary balloon, piloted by Jagk Boettner and Porter Collins, landed at Toronto, Ontario, last night. Th Chamber_of Commerce entry, pllotee by Herbert Maxson and Walter Mor- ton, landed at Lindenville, N. Y. Unofficial charting indidated that each had covered 225 miles. The referee was expected to make a decision today. The race was a preliminary to the centennial celebration of the founding of Akron. Actor’s Double Hurt. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 20 (). -—W: H. Reed, screen stunt man and ‘husband of the motion picture actress, Eva Novak, was reported recovering today from the serious injuries he sustained . while doubling for Buck Jones in a dangerous ‘“‘escape’’ scene last Friday. Reed missed his hold when l!,lrm from a roof to the -bar Y cross-| of & telephone pole, designated a3 having been intended | to start again the country’s economic |g the report | year, which was spent entirely in as-| lapse in business is predicted unless | CHOOL CENSUS GETS UNDER WAY Work Is Held Up Several’ Hours by Failure of Records ! to Come in Time. ance and work permits, W first annual sch augurated this afte census enumerators. Bentley begin t the Miss planned to of taking o'clock t enumerat census records, uisite, were mt had promised fa printed blanks on ators will record t the District childrer antic cal distance that a messenger Washington witr ehee! A af ord the ages of 3 ed by the cen make a house-t every home. serve as a compulsory ed same time will the need of fut tions. Miss Be of taking the ce Children To Be Examined. the begin 1 school ce National hers it round-up of amined end taught homes before school. 1 tions, {ment. offered 1 ing in the campaigr MEXICAN-U. S. LABOR PARLEY IS POSTPONED Morones Unable to Attend Meeting Originally Scheduled for July 23 Here. A conf leaders a Federation ranged to be 23 to cc the Uni until late in 2 William Gre eration, announced postponem because Louis of the Mex: ment of commercs : to participate and cc Washington until the “It is believed t of Mexico is oppose of its national nd will be rece that would preve with the United S “Mr. Morones reperesentative of 1z as a member of cabinet has done n propa ence bet d official RAILWAY ROBBERIES CONFESSED BY GANG Some Members of Band of 10 Ar« rested Admit $78,000 Thefts, Police Say. By the Associated Press CHICAC group of rested after m by police and Am ? press detectives, confessed I to three railway robberies amoun to $78,000. The first robbery involved in confession occurred last January when $18,000 was_taken from American Railway Express Co. at La Salle Street Station. The second was the taking of §50,000 from an ex- press messenger on a New York Cens tral train March 28. The last includ. ed the holding up of the Blue Islan Express station, the shooting of a guard and the theft of $10.000 April 17. Those held include Jack Sha Joseph _Shapiro, brother of Jack: Frank Raymond, Louise Berardl, t wives of the two Shapiros, Mrs. Edna Grey, wife of Forest Grey, and Mrs, Hazel Brown. Berardi was captured at the time of the first robbery a th CHARGE GAMES FIXED IN BLUE RIDGE LEAGUE Prosecutor and Base Ball Officials Lay Trap for Alleged Gambling Ring. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., July 20.—Al- leged operations of a gambling ring were exposed today as a result of a months’ secret investigation by Blua Ridge League officials and State’s A torney Ellsworth Roulette. Arrests are expected to be made at once and the names of the gulity, who are said to be among prominent men here and elsewhere in the cir- cult, made public. For eight days Hagerstown's team lost according to schedule, the inves- tigators say, and runners of the gam bling ring, who had been gathering bets of $1 to $1,000, received their rake-off of 10 per cent of the bets won. The investigation was started by J. Maurice Guider, president of the Hagerstown téam and President J. V. Jamison of the Blue Ridge League. Public buildings and improvements to be completed in Hawall within the next two years will cost §5,000,000: