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[ S § RUDCLPH 10 SEE PRESOENT TODAY %Commissioner Simply Making - Call of Courtesy at Swamp- scott, He Explains. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. : SUMMER WHITE HOUSE, “BWAMPSCOTT, Mass, July 23. “Cuno H. Rudolph, president of the Board of Commissioners of the Dis- strict of Columbia, had an engage- “ment to call at White Court this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mr. Rudolph, who with Mrs. Rudolph is spending a part of his vacation at Magnolia, about 20 miles north of Swampscott informed the writer this morning that no signifi e should be attached to his call, as it is merely for the pur- pose of pay respects. The Com ner amplified that he has no intention of touching upon any business concerning the District government unless the President makes inquiries, Commissio| nd Mrs. Rudolph were gue: at dinner ut the Summe zan, the Magnolia. Have Rough Voyage. President and Mrs. Coolidge braved & rough sea, with a terrific north- wester blowing a gale, yesterday after- noon while on a cruise aboard the Mayflower. The President, who has never deried that he belongs in the front ranks of the “landlubber” class, demonstrated on this exciting trip that ne of Baron von Malt- Germian Ambassador, at he is an all-weather sallor. He had nothing on Coolidge, In this re- spect, either. She was right up on deck during the hardest of the blow, except when a rain started, acc panfed by lightning and thunde ‘The trip was made for the purpose of visiting the cot: e between Hull and Pemberton on Boston Bay, where the Coolidges spent two very happy Summers while Mr. Coolidge was lteutenant governor of Massachusets, and to permit him to attend the an- nual plenic of a large drug company &t Pemberton Gale Is Braved. The real excitement of the expedi and tion came when his party were transferred Mayflower to the President and the journey from the to shore was made. A 5 n was sweeping these waters and the MUttle barge did some fancy high diving and rolling, but successfully rode tr waves and the landing was n out incident. The trip bac) Mayflower was even rougher. The presidential party remained ashore less than an hour. and Mrs. Coolidge were the John, Secretary Sanders, Sena tis of Kansas and Col. military aide to the Presiden The first act of the Pres they reached shore was to lead the way up the hill to the little cottage where they used to live. ral neig bors came up to greet Coolidge the President on S M As he left the cottage, the President | was greeted by Louis K. Liggett, head of the United Drug Co. He escorted the presidential party to the Pember- ton Hotel, where the President greeted & number of delegates to the dru 3 convention. Writers Get Thrill. The President’s outing furnished the newspaper men stationed at Swamp- scott with thrills they will never for- get. To fulfill their assignment on following the President, they char- tered a launch at Marblehead and tralled him down the coas The - | the dis grs Upper, left to right: Representative J. W. Summers, author of the rider to the last District of Columbia appro- Ridiculin; lasa Tenn., Willlam Jennings Bryan “quack™ and the trial at Dayton, as “an unfortunate affair and no trial at all as far as evolution is concerned,” Dr. Paul Bartsch, curator of mollusks at the National Museum, explained to the members of the { Lions Club at their weekly luncheon {at the Mayflower Hotel yesterday that ion involving the descent of n from a monkey was merely a secondary matter in the scientific the- cry of evolution. | " Making it plain that he was talking |in a personal capacity and not as an {offictal of the museum, Dr. Bartsch told the members of the club that the trial at Tennessee had carried people {back to the days of the Crusades, | where those who did not belleve as { the majbrity were killed, and that the | trial had raised strife, bigotry and dis- I'trust. “William Jennings Bryan considers | himself able to discuss the scientific side of evolution as well as the theo- {1 1 side of creation. I look upon { Bryan as a quack. There is no one ! o ‘sublimely egotistical without know- [inz it than Mr. Bryan,” sald Dr. | Bartsch, who declared that evolution was such a wonderful and amazing | story that the story of monkey an- | cestry commonly accepted as the story launch did not ride the waves so well|of man's ancestry drifts into insig- as the big vacht, however, and two of the party were very seasick before Boston light was passed. turn journey conditions for there was not sufficient shel: the launch for all, newspaper men had derstorm and the rz At the height o take the thun n standing. of the per capita, than on of newspaper men In going to Pemberton, adverse weather conditions, the Presi other voyage dent was paying a debt of gratitude to | Louis Liggett, for many years his personal friend and lieutenant in politics. On election night, in 1919, it} was Liggett who telegraphed to <a Republican leader in Connecticut, “We have elected the next President of the United States of Massa chuset by a majo y of 125,0 Last Summ was Senator Butler's chief : in the im. portant work of raising the campaign tund. Senator Butler of Massachusetts was at White Court when the party ar- rived last night. He remained over- night and left early t morning with Senator Curtis. KLAN FOE, ARRESTED Thomas L. Avaunt Is Accused of Operating Without a Dis- trict License. Charged with conducting an un- lcensed employment agency, Thomas Lexington Avaunt, former chief of detectives of Il Paso, Tex., head of the Protestant Knights of America and later head of the Anti-Ku Klux Klan League of America, was arrested last night by Detectives Vermillion and Brodie in Py n Temple, Twelfth and U streets, where a number of col- ored persons had gathered for the purpose of hearing the question of the formation of an anti-Klan organiza- tion discussed. Avaunt was arrested on a sworn complaint of Hoiland Diggs, colored, 825 F street southwest, who is al- leged to have had dealings with him relative to his now organization and obtaining employment Police say Avaunt's license to con- duct an employment bureau was re- voked early this month, and it is charged that his method of conduct- ing the affairs of his new organization constitutes a violation of the law gov- prning employment agencies. Male nembers of the organization were required to pay a fee of $10, while females were permitted membership for $3, police stated. Avaunt furnished a bond of $300 for his appearance in Police Court to day, where the case was continued. GALE WRECKS 13 VESSELS Hurricane Sweeps Gulf of Cali- fornia—No Lives Lost. NOGALES, Ariz., July 23 (®). FEleven small fishing craft were wrecked and two steamers were grounded by a heavy gale which struck the Gulf of California day, reports received here today Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, stated. Despite the heéavy wind. which struck with almost hurricane-like in- tensity, no loss of life was reported. ‘The names or the size of the vessels were not given. On the re-| were worse, | b; r on | ga and most of the!ning of the scientific theory of evo- storm, it is| estimated, more prayers were uttered, | under_such | nificance and is merely a secondary question. Carrying the members of the club -k over the ages, Dr. Bartsch be- n at the start of life and the begin- Jution—the first cell. Dr. Bartsch said | that all life began from a single cell of an amazingly intricate make-up. The ‘protoplasm contained in the cell, (‘ Bishop Barnes | B Associated Press. July 23.—Next to Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, there is perhaps no more arresting thinker in the Anglican community than Bishop rnest Willlam Barnes of Birming- | ham, whose modernism recently brought him into extreme disfavor with the high church element of Great Britain. Bishop Barnes delivered a sermon to the British Medical Association in Bath, on “Superstition,” which he de- scribed as an excess of belief and sald it constituted the bane of medical science as well as of religion STEPHENS TO BALK EVOLUTION CLASH HERE IF POSSIBLE (Continued from First Page.) Bryan “Quack,” Says Museum Curator; Strife and Distrust Raised by Trial Monkey Theory Secondary, With Evolution From Single Cell Main Point of Scientific Doctrine, | Dr. Bartsch Tells Lions Club. A e priation bill, which is the basis for the suit; Francis H. Stephens, corporation counsel, who will defend the schools. Lower, left to right: Loren H. Witt- ner, the plaintiff; Edwin C. Graham, president of the Board of Educatios who says the board will adopt a “hands-off” policy in the suit. or life itself, is something that years of intensive study has failed to dis- cover or explain, declared Dr. Bartsch, who said, however, that there is no reason why in the future scientists cannot properly associate the intricate parts of the single cell so as to pro- duce life. He explained that scientists have traced life back to a single ceil and it is the development of life from a single cell that i occupying the main attention of sclentists and that whether or not man descended from the higher anthopoids or the same universal trunk, as the higher anthro- poids is merely a possibility. He indicated that there is no dis- pute between science and religion. “All sects are trying to come in con- tact with God. God is truth and all the scientists are seeking is truth,” declared Dr. Bartsch. *We have our minds and every new discovery made is God's will, we should know,” he said. He expressed his hope that the trial would lead to a wider knowledge of what evolution really means, and de- clared that if evolution is to be for- bidden, then telescopes that daily re- veal wonders of other worlds, the ro- tundity of the earth and all the scien- tific developments of the age will also have to be forbidden. He declared that evolution of man would possibly be in brain and not so much in form, and that the theory that the lower order of things were constantly striving to develop into human beings was probably so. He traced the descent of pigeons, grain and various plants, and declared that four years' experiment on the blood of the Jersey cow showed it had Whole World Laughs at Tennessee, evidence of relationship to the zebu. of Britain Declares “All the world is laughing at the attempt in Tennessee to hide well-as- certained results of scientific re- search,” Bishop Barnes said. “If it were not for my belief that through reason we can fully inter- pret the revelation of Christ, I should not be speaking here. Civilization is maintained not by the many, but by the chosen few, and the great duty of the medical profession as of the church, is loyalty to the truth.” Bishop Barnes is well known as a scientist. He is the only fellow of the Royal Society on the Episcopal bench. ENGINE 23 LOWERS EIGHT-SECOND TIME IN FIRE SPEED TEST _(Continued from First Page.) Congress will have a chance to pass vpon it again? I believe the best in- terests of all will be served by having the case stopped at the start, and we certainly will do our best to stop it. “Ot course, if anybody sees fit to file a flawless brief we may have to fight it out, and it might involve a long, hard case. But such a step seems to me unnecessary.” Legal authorities here today saw, moreover, little possibility of the pres- ent case ever reaching the United States Supreme Court. That tribunal, in the Frothingham case, decided that a taxpayer could not enjoin the use or disposal of public money or property, but nothing was dome to relieve the lower courts from having «to handle preliminary matters pertaining to such suits that may be filed. The court will not go into the ques- tion of whether the theories, scientific or otherwise, taught in the public schools here are disrespectful to the Bible, as the edict of the Supreme Court_prevents the case getting that far. The lower court is compeiled to dismiss it upon motion of counsel for the defendant officlals, and it is cer- tain that the motion to dismiss will be presented to the court July 28. May Force Issue. Despite this, however, the appropri- ation bill provision presents an oppor- i tunity for an anti-evolution trial in the District, and ways may be found of having the courts take cognizance of the issue advanced by Mr. Wittner. Mr. Stephens this morning placed the case in the hands of his assistant, Ringgold Hart, for further study. E. C. Graham, president of the Board of Education, an Robert L. Haycock, |assistant superintendent in charge of elementary schools, called on Mr. Ste- phens this morning and left with him _|a list of the scientific textbooks ap- proved for use in the high schools next year. They also offered him any assistance possible in preparing the case. Mr. Hay, one of the school officials, ‘whose salary might be held up by the action, said today that he questioped tionable facts, Eighth street southeast, Capt. W. M. Green commanding, F. M. Dyer driv- ing, time 13 seconds; Engine 5, Wis- consin avenue and M street, Lieut. J. H. Buscher commanding, Pvt. J. N. Lowery driving, time 10 second: Truck 5, Dent place and Thirty-fourth street, Capt. W. A. Dixon command- ing, Pvt. F. M. Wighington driving, time 10 seconds. The net result of the test showed that 10 of Washington's 40 or more companies bettered Baltimore's record of 10 seconds, and 10 more, at least, equaled it. In short, 50 per cent of Washington's Fire Department either bettered or equaled the record of the Baltimore company that had been regarded as the fastest in the United States by virtue of its success in having lowered Detroit’s best time. Only a few Washington companies took longer than 12 seconds to get out of their houses in resvonse to alarms of fire. SHENANDOAH GOES SOUTH Dirigible to Maneuver With Fleet Off Virginia Capes. LAKEHURST, N. Y., July 23 (®).— The Navy dirigible Shenandoah sailed at 8 a.m. standard time today for manuevers with ships of the Atlantic fleet off the coast of Virginia. The craft will be moored to the cruiser Patoka, at Newport News, and will Se away from the station for several ays. —_— whether the theory of evolution ac- tually was being taught in the public schools here within the meaning of the law. Probably in classroom discus- sions, he said, teachers have men- tioned that there are various theories in regard to the origin and develop- ment uf life and have explained what these are. But they have been ex- plained merely as what some men be- to be the facts, not as uhques- Has No Outside Financial Backing in Test Case, Treasury Employe Says. Actuated, he says, solely by a desire to show that Congress is wrong in its attempt to “stifie the broadening of education in the schools of the Dis- trict of Columbia,” Loren H. Wittner, plaintiff in the suit involving the principles of evolution which was ad- mitted in the District Supreme Court yesterday, believes sincerely in the teaching of the theory of evolution, whether the theory is tenable or not. In his own mind, the 36-year-old clerk in the Office of Supply of the Internal Revenue Division of the Treasury Department, is a firm be- lever in the theory. From a back- ground of years of research and study of education processes and compara- tive religions, Mr. Wittner is satisfied that the evolution theory is_sound. He holds that the decision at Dayton, Tenn., a few days ago upholding the Tennessee law prohibiting the teach- ing of the evolution theory is only a slight deterrent to a great movement which will result in broadening of the education process in this country— only a small check on the spread of the principle of broader education. Denies Financial Aid. Of medium size, plainly dressed, the plaintiff in the newest test case in- volving the fundamental teachings of the Bible is plainly an individual- ist with a mind of his own. He says he filed the sult of his own free will, without outside monetary assistance, and that the action was taken purely in defense of the principles of edu- cation which he holds to be right and proper. “Congress is stifling education by writing such provisions into any biil as was written into the bill involved in this-case,” he said. “By so dbing it lessens the chance of a full and complete education of every student.” The drama of the situation is ap- parently lost on the young Govern- ment employe. He has taken a step, thrust by the dictates of his own teachings, as a result of his studies, which thousands of others would not dare, no matter what their bellefs. Yet he takes it in a matter-of-fact way, asserting that his theorles are correct and that he intends to know why education cannot be broadened, rather than its opportunities “stifled.” He belleves in the evolution of in- organic compounds as well as organic compounds, coinciding with the views held by some scientists as to the de velopment of elements. Not College Graduate. Wittner is adnittedly self-taught. He did not go to college, and although he did research work at a Middle West ern university, he was not enrolled as a student. Nor did he take a law course. His studies in the Library of Congress here and in his home in Rockport, Ill, have all been along academic lines, seeking the truth of the development of the human race. He belleves, he sald, that modern education is entirely too narrow, crediting himself with the same views which are held by Upton Sinclair and_Herbert Quick. “‘Education should include not only the theory of evolution. It should in- clude also the abstract sciences. It makes no difference whether the the- ories taught are tenable or not. Just 80 they are possible and not altogether improbable is the thing. A well round- ed education must Include knowledge of all the theories and beliefs held by man concerning man.” ‘Wittner is 36 years old, unmarried and has been in the Treasury Depart- ment for 11 years. CLAIM LOADED DICE USED TO DEFRAUD ON “BOOSTER” TRIP (Continued from First Page.) L. Newmyer and Milton W. King rep- resent Mr. Blick. White and Blick say they were guests of the association on the trip down the river on the boosters’ outing, to which Simmons had not been in- vited. The latter, they assert, “through treachery and deceit, and for fraud- ulent purpose of preying upon the members of the assoclation and their guests,” took passage on the boat as a ‘“potato peeler,” but mixed among the guests, representing himself as one of them. Simmons, with other al- leged confederates, it is alleged, while engaged in games of chance used load- ed_dice. Investigation among the parties on the trip brought to light a consider- able loss of money, the court is told, and White, Blick and Hanford, acting as a_committee, took steps to recover the money. Simmons was called from his stateroom, it is asserted, and was requested to give up the money. At first he refused, it is stated, but on a second demand turned over to the committee $80, which was not accept- able, as being far below the losses. The committee then demanded that Simmons disrobe, and large sums of money were found strapped about his person. $1,064 Recovered. A total of $1,084 was taken from Simmons and two of his alleged con- federates, but the plea of the defend- ants alleges that Simmons secreted other funds belonging to the members of the association and their guests and took this with him when the boat landed at Washington. Simmons also had a loaded automatic revolver, the court is advised. The claim is made in the plea of the defendants that Simmons and his associates successfully carried out a similar plan or scheme a few weeks before on a &imilar gathering of men on an excursion. The money which they recovered, the defendants tell the court, is being held by them for the purpose of dis. tribution to those rightfully entitled, or, with their permission, to be given to’ reputable charitable organizations in the District. Zoni;fizw Balks Playground Plan For Western High The zoning law, which the Dis- trict Commissioners have so often invoked, proved a boomerang to- day when these officials sought to condemn a vacant lot for an ath- letic field for the Western High School in the area between Thirty- eighth and Thirty-ninth and R and S streets. Justice Bailey, act- ing on a motion of the owners of the property to dismiss condemna- tipn proceedings brought by the strict Commissioners, held that the purpose for which the fleld is to be used is prohibited by the zoning law. The justice said: “I think that the purpose for which ht‘).-a District roposes to condemn ropert: s within the prohibition. of th zoning law, and that property can- not be condemned for a purpose forbidden by law.” The owners of the property op- posed the condemnation proceed- ng through -Attorneys W. C. Sul- livan and A. Coulter Wells, Engine Company 23, stationed on G street near Twenty-second street, which got away to an alarm of fire in seven and one-fifth seconds today, thereby winning The Evening Star cup for the fastest company in Washington and lowering Baltimore’s record by three seconds. Capt. D. W. Weaver (on right of plcture) commanded the company and Pvt. Paul P. Ballinger drove the apparatus. BIOLOGY HEAD, ANGERED, CALLS . SUIT “SILLY AND CHILDISH” William P. Hay Says Text Book Used in District Schools Makes No Reference to Ape Ancestry of Man—~Outlines Course of Study William P. Hay, head of the biology department in the Washington high schools, frowned harshly today on the suit which would restrain his pa is utterly foolish, childish and sill he said vehemently. Because Mr. H. heads the high school biology department he is al- leged in the fuit to have violated the heretofore obscure little clause in the District appropriation bill which for- bids the teaching of disrespect to the Holy Bible. He is deeply concerned in the prospective court battle, not because of the fact that his name has been linked in the suit, but due to the prospect of his salary being held up until the case has been settled. Mr. Hay emphasized that the peti- tion filed in the District Supreme Court by Loren H. Wittner makes no reference whatever to evolution and therefore he can see no plausible rea- son for being dragged into the case. If the points made in the petition are upheld by the court, Mr. Hay be- lieves that history, geography, mathe- matics and chemistry, as well as blology, will be stricken from the high school curriculum, as all of these subjects relate adversely in some way to biblical teachings. A careful examination of Hunter's ew Essentlals of Biology,” which is used in all high schools of Wash- ington except Business, was made to- day by Mr. Hay, and as a result, he said he found only one chapter re- lated vaguely to evolution. It is head- ed “Evolution of Man,” and makes no reference, he said, to the theory that man is a descendant of the lower forms of animal life. “I was sur- prised to learn” he sai, “that no- where in this chapter couid be found any statement that could be con- strued as indicating that man evolved from ape-like ancestors. On the other hand, I do not recall of having seen a statement by any competent zoologist or biologist which indicates that man is evolved from monkeys Mr. Hay said there is a serious doubt in his mind as to whether the high school pupils study the theory of evolution. “Of course, the pupils in biology do considerable experimenting with animals,” he said. ““They dissect and examine many types. Starting with the grasshopper, they follow with an examination of the earthworm, then hydroyds, Jjellyfishes, sponges, star- fish, and usually end with fish. If time is found, the frog is studied, dissected and examined. Afterward the pupils have six weeks to study human phy- siology—but it is just a drop in the bucket. The study of human physi- ology concerns chiefly the structure of the human body and then branches out into plant types, when bacteria, moss and ferns are studied. ometimes during the discussions a pupil asks how these things happen —how they came to exist. And that's when the discussion of evolution comes up. When it does I try to give them a fair and impartial interpreta- tion based on the theories of eminent zoologists and biologists. I never try to influence them one way or the other. I always make it clear to a class that I am giving them -the theories of zoologists and biologists, and let the pupils form their own opinion. I don't care whether they be- lieve these theories or not.” Mr. Hay sald_he assumed it to be contrary to the Bible to allow children to read anything which taught that the world is round, that a rainbow is due to the reflection of light, the law of the consecration of matter, that there is a solar system and that the earth revolves around the sun. If these matters are construed as teach- ing disrespect to the’ Bible, he de- clared, then the study of chemistry, biology, mathematics, geography, his- tory and English should be thrown out of the school curriculum. MACCABEES PLAN HEALTH PROGRAM Work to Be Conducted Connection With Order’s Insurance Work. in Drawing near the close of its five- day quadrennial convention, the Mac- cabee Supreme Review, the high coun- ol of the Maccabean order, decided today to inaugurate this yvear a nation- wide health program, to be carried out as part of the insurance business of the organization. The decision was reached at the conclusion of a report read by Dr. J. C. Hanchett, supreme medical director of the order, in which Dr. Hanchett declared that occupation is probably the most important sin- gle factor in determining the length of life of an individual. Another meeting of the Supreme Review this afternoon and a theater party tonight at the Earle Theater will wind up the affairs of the con- vention, which has brought 10,000 members of the order to the Capital. Tomorrow morning nearly 500 auto- mobiles, filled with Maccabees who traveled in their cars to Washington from every point of the compass, will leave the Capital to visit the Inter- national Maccabee Home at Chat- ham, Pa. The $5,000,000 fund of the American Leglon for the aid of veterans of the ‘World War and their widows will be well in hand by the time the legion convention opens_in Omaha, October 5, Col. James A. Drain, national com- mander of the legion, told the Mac- cabee convention. “Subscriptions re- cefved total $3,500,000, our latest re- ports show,” Col. Drain said. “There are $2,000,000 more in sight, and we shall achieve our objective, which is to provide a fund to fill the gaps be- tween existing agencies for relief of veterans and their dependents. Seeks Homes for Orphans. “There are 30,000 veterans still .in hospitals and more than 30,000 orphans of World War veterans. Five thousand of these orphans are now in need of care. We want every one of these children adopted into a real American home. We want them in homes where they will be one of the family and we shall not stop until we do it. “We are pledged to serve God and country in peace the same as in war. Precisely the same spirit moves us now as in the war and every member of the legion wears at all times the invisible spiritual uniform of the American soldier.” The resolution, pledging the sup- port of the members of the order in favor of suffrage for residents of the District of Columbia, was to be taken up this afternoon. It was presented at the first business meeting Tuesday morning. Industrial Workers Short-lived.’ Dr. Hanchett told the convention that environment is more important than heredity in estimating the expec- tation of life of the average person. “Industrial workers who begin work at or before the age of 20 years have their lives cut short an average of eight years as a result of their oc- cupations,” he said. “Thelr expectation of life is an aver- age of 42 years, as compared with 50 years, which is the average expecta- tion of those not engaged in industrial work. The accident rate among in- dustrial workers is two and one-half times that of the non-industrial group.” Dr. Hanchett added that hereditary factors are recognized as difficult to estimate, because they extend back so .. 'many generations, whilé environment is subject both to study and control. He predicted a reduction in the net cost of insurance in the Maccabees in the future because of the prosperity of the rorder and the lowered death rate in’ this country, declaring that the sum of $630,000 has already been set aside by the order for dividend dis- tribution. Officers Elected. The Maccabee order yesterday elected officers for the ensuing term and adopted a resolution designed to bring about more complete centraliza- tion of the management of the organi- zation. A. W. Frye was re-elected supreme commander and S, W. Hall of Oak- land, Calif., was chosen supreme record keeper, succeeding Thomas ‘Watson, who retired after 23 years of service in that office. Other officers elected yesterday were: R. P. Kuntz, Atchison, Kans., su- preme lieutenant commander; J. E. Turner, Norfolk, Va., supreme chap- lain; R. N. Smith, La Porte, Ind., supreme master at arms; F. O. Croy, Birmingham, Ala., supreme sergeant; James S. Green, Toronto, Canada, supreme first master of guards; Jones Parker, St. Louis, Mo., supreme senti- nel; R. P. White, Seattle, Wash., su- preme picket; and supreme trustees— Ed L. Young, Norwalk, Ohio; W. E. Blaney, Pittsburgh; W. M. Kent, Buffalo; Ethan W. Thompson, Fort Huron, Mich.; J. B. Sawtell, Waco, Tex., and E. H. Haas, St. Paul. The slate headed by Commander Frye carried the pledge of the organi- zation to centralize power in the head- quarters of the order, taking some of the authority out of the hands of the “great camps,” as the large divisions of the Maccabees are known, to place it in the hands of the central organi- zation. The resolution provided for placing “all affairs of the order except those purely local in character” under the direction of the supreme officers of the order in Detroit. The change will affect several States in which much of the organization's business was handled by the “great camps.” Frye Praises Plan. Speaking of the new plan of admin- istration, Mr. Frye said ‘“greater effi- ciency and the application of uniform business methods will result from this step.” "pAll the social and other benefits of the great camps will be retained and the entire order will benefit by plac- ing control of its business under charge of the headquarters in De- troit.” States affected by the change in- clude New York, Ohio, Pénnsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Missouri, Min- nesota, Wisconsin and California. The change, on which a fight in the convention had been predicted, was carried through almost unanimously, only one vote being recorded against it. While the change In business pro- cedure was being carried through, it became known that the Maccabees will push for uniform traffic regula- tions throughout the country, based on observations of the members of the automobile caravan which traveled to ‘Washington from all points of the United States and Canada. The move for uniformity in han- dling traffic will be carried to the Na- tional Conference on Street and High- way Traffic, when that body meets in ‘Washington this Fall. The Maccabees are considering be- coming pieneers in the aerial trans. portation field. R. P. Kuntz of Detroit has been in copsultation with Army Air Service officials seeking thelr ad- Vice on the airplane as a quick means of transportation for .Maccabee offi- cials. . Mexico Denies Arms Seizure. MEXICO CITY, July 23 (#).—The Mexican war department has denied reports here that Great Britain has seized large quantities of arms and BRITISH WORKERS PLAN HUGE UNION Alliance of All Trades Has Approval of Transport Labor Body. By the Associated Press LONDON, July 23.—The port Workers' Unfon unanimousl approved the scheme recently nounced for a great alliance of mil- | 1i of workers in all branc British industry. The subject to confirmation ent branches of the tra ers’ organization. As soon as the various branch have voted in favor of the scheme all power will pass into th of the executive body and the union” funds will be at the disposal of the | allfance. In any extreme situation the al liance also will have power to de clare a general strike or to declare a strike b; the necessit bers. v one union withc of a ballot by the m WATCHED IN U. S. i American Federation Keenly ested in Project. The American Federation of Labor will watch with keenest intere: pre s of the formation in Britain of a great interunion I 8 liance for centralization of power, but believes that there is no pre formation of such an allianc country. William A. Green, president of the federation, states that American labor has never adopted the pclicy of sym pathetic striking such a parently would be needed to carry out the purposes of the British organization. American trades unions, he said, make their own contracts, and have held that they have not the right to violate them even to aid, by sym- Inter- pathetic strike, other unions whose contracts have been violated. President Green recalled that the newly approved British scheme is in furtherance of a_similar one of a few years ago, when the transport workers, miners and railwaymen en- tered into a triple alliance. The first test of this alliance, he said, failed during the British coal strike, when allegations were made that the rail- waymen declined to participate in the strike. RIVER FLOODS CITY, DAMAGE IS $400,000 Purgatoire Washes Out Six Bridges Near Trinidad, Colo.—Danger Is Passed. By the Associated Pre TRINIDAD, Colo., July —Fair skies and a warm sun today greeted residents of Trinidad and vicinity as| they returned home and prepared to check up property damage resulting from cloudbursts late yesterday. No casualties are reported following the heavy rains that sent the Purga- toire River out of its banks last night, | but property damage, it is estimated, may reach $400,000. Train service into the city is prac- tically demoralized. Scores of families forced to flee to | the uplands last night spent the night in uptown hotels and rooming houses. Many of them were housed in the Centennial School building on the north side of the river. Railroads Suffer. The railroads proved the heaviest sufferers. The Santa Fe Railroad's large steel bridge at Hansen, 3 miles west of here, was washed out and both east and west bound trains were held up. The Denver, Rio| Grande and Western system reportec that one of its bridges had gone and 300 feet of trackage inside the city limits was swent away. The Colo- rado and Southern Railroad's bridges remained intact, but were submerged and are believed to have been under- mined. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's railroad, the Colorado and Wyoming, suffered the loss of bridges at Valdez and Segundo, coal mining camps, near here. Police and fire authorities last right and early today maintained careful vigilance against a recur- rence of the flow in the river and were prepared to send out warnings to the city’s residents. Trinidad, in 1904, suffered a severe flood in the same river, all the bridges of the city being washed out. The Sante Fe Railroad depot was destroyed. PRESIDENT A.PPOINTTS POST OFFICE OFFICIALS Glover and Regar Named and Three Posts as U. S. Attorney in Pennsylvania Filled. By the Associated Press. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.. July 23— W. Irving Glover was appointed Sec- ‘ond Assistant Postmaster General to- day, succeeding Paul Henderson, re- signed, and Robert S. Regar was named as Mr. Glover's successor as Third Assistant Postmaster General. President Coolidge also appointed George W. Coles, United States at- torney for the eastern Pennsylvania district; Andrew B. Dunsmore, United States attorney for the middle district of Pennsylvania, and John B. Meyer, Ugited States attorney for the west- erfv.Pennsylvania district. ammunition en route to Mexico. It is declared Mexico has made no pur- chases the present time, i not needing lrnu,a&l Peru is to have a toll auto highway FLEET ACLLAWED BY AUSTRALIY Great Turnout Welcomes American Vessels at Syd- ney and Melbourne. ted Pre By the Assoc SAN FRANCISCO Gres popular demonstrations greeted th arrival today of detachments of the American fleet at Melbourne an Australia Thousands of persons crowded v tage points along the 3 c each city as the w ! found harbor waters. Aeri tured the we planes joining ing the ve ible ac mated tk witne: nation of the pe ing the com two nations. Program Elabor: but Melbourne show torian for t to have ne as E rike, which eek, the Commander Is SYDNEY, New 23 (P).—Admiral er of the U rived toda when h lute of 17 witnessed Cheered. : W THREAT OF MINERS LOES MUCH SN Workers Explode Chances of Strike by Withdrawing From Plans. By the Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, Much of the stir day from the gene made to the G: by Van A. Bittn izer of West V Hard coal miners t said to have exploded c! serious danger when terday that their bi try was n strike plan one with the operator rd coal standing that h problems must be kept separa least until a new anthracite cc is negotiated to replace the one ex- piring Aug The oper miners ee to continue work af September 1 regardless of whethe contract is signed d agree to submit any s tion by “three impar trio, in the terms of be selected by President the litizants could not them themselves SEVEN MEN TRAPPED BY BLASTS IN MINE Fears Felt for Party Which En- tered Tennessee Shaft to Combat Blaze. By the Associated Press. ROCKWOOD, Tenn., July liam J. Snow, Roan Iron Co. coal of six men were trapp sion in a mine here earl fears are held for their uperinter p to men had gone into F combat a fire. ; one of the part escaped. Bryson Dip is the scene of a fire was that broke out some time a walled-up in an attempt to extin, it. The barricade wa T week in the p Federal mine nounced cond 11 o'clock the old blaz again and a fire-fighting organized. A rescue y sent into the mine. said to be the mo: years the mines have been in op tion. Templar Official Dies. SPOKANE, Wash., July 23 (P.— Grand Comdr. Jewett of the Knights Templar of Rhode Island died thi: morning In Glacier National Park cording to a private dispatch received here from C. M. Dunbar, a member of his party, en route to the triennial conclave of the Knights Templar at Seattle. The message sald Mr. Dun- bar was returning home with the body and that the remainder of the party would continue to Seattle Found Unconscious on Street. George Clay Poole, Walter Reed ‘Hospital patient, was found uncon. scious at Pen 1v: a avenue and Fourteenth street early vesterday morning. He was-taken to Emerge v Hospital, whe: he vregained con- sclousness and was able to reveal his identity. He was returned to the hospital. Q e