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TACHT SPEEDN ON 33 DAS in Famous Chicago-to- Mackinac Island An- nuat Race. 21 By the Associated Pres: CHICAGO, July _25.— Speeding northward before a brisk breeze, 1 vachts tonight are contesting for vic- tory on Lake Michigan in the eight- eenth Chicago-to-Mackinac Island race, a 331-mile cruise, the longest and most famous of all fresh water vacht races. If weather conditions remain favorable, vachtsmen figure the race will be finished between noon and nightfall on Monday. As Mayor Dever fired the starting gun a few seconds after 4 p.m., the Rainbow, owned by Sheldon Clark of Chicago, with all its canvas spread went into the lead and pointed its nose up the west shore of the lake. Five minutes later the yawls went across the starting line and following at intervals of five minutes came the aloops. = Record Crowd Present. The start was witnessed by the largest crowd of spectators that ever watched the send-off of the historic race. The Chicago Yacht Club har- bor was colored with gayly bededied crafts of all sizes, and thousands of spectators occupied points of vantage in Michigan boulevard skyscraper windows. One of the outstanding favorites in the race is Polaris 1I, the entry of James O. Heyworth of Chicago. The boat formerly was the Mystic, owned by J. Plerpont Morgan. The yacht is being salled by Capt. John Hanson, formerly sailing master to King George of England. 1In his crew are seyeral Chicago millionaires, includ- ing Joseph M. Cudahy, the packer. The Milwaukee Yacht Club's entry, Dorello, is given an outside chance to win the event. This sloop has been across the finishing line at Mackinac Island in_six successive races, but has never had enough of a #ad to win, because of the time allow- ance they must glve to the smaller aops. we best lapsed time record for the race was made by the schooner Amorita, in 1911—31:14:30. BRIAND MAKES COUP | OUTSIDE DIPLOMACY nch Foreign Minister, Also Noted as Sheep Raiser, Sells His Entire Flock. tar and New York World. SR Tuy T8 Sforelan Minister d, who, between negotiating the g‘ctnwnn the allles and Germany and helping his cabinet colleagues push toward settlement of the inter-allied debts, finds time to do some serious sheep ranching, is greatly pleased with a deal just concluded with former Minister Louis Loucheur. He has sold the erstwhile Minister of Commerce his entire flock of sheep, réised by himself on his farm in Nor- mgandy. :Briand’s home is half way between Paris and Brittany, at Labaule, a seaside place, where many artists and writers go. Vandongen, the famous soclety portrait painter, arrived there a:few days ago. He overheard a con- tractor for redecorations of the Casino complaining he had no one to finish the last panel of the facade wall. ““Are you looking for a painter?” asked Vandongen. *Yes,” replied the contractor; You one?” {“0Oh, T dabble in paint a little,” re- plied the artist. ““Then get to work at once,” said the contractor. ‘All day Vandongen, in a long white blouse, labored on lettering what was really only an advertising panel. When he had finished, the contractor asked: “*How much?"” #“Thirty thousand francs,” replied Vandongen, to the stupefied con- tractor, who thought the painter had gone mad. Finally, the artist re- vealed his identity, and the contractor agreed to pay the price. “But you will sign it,” he stipu- lated. 'Certainly,” was the reply. So Vandongen's signed advertising is one of the heavily insured treas- ufes of Labaule. (Copyright, 1935.) PATUXENT RIVER BRIDGE IS OPENED Structure and Mile of Concrete Road Between D. C. and Annapolis Completed. re Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 25.—A new biidge, taking the place of the strue- ture known as “Priests Bridge,” over Which both the National Defense high- way connecting Washington and An- napolis and the Crain highway be- tween Baltimore and southern Mary- land will cross the Patuxent River has been completed and opened dur- ing the week. More than a mile of additional con. crete road on the Annapolis end of the National Defense highway has also been opened. The movement to complete this road, which reduces the distance be- tween Washington and Annapolis from 40 to 28 miles, by next Summer will be pushed energetically. prchaar ABUNDANCE OF QUAIL, MARYLAND PROSPECT Hunting Season to Break Record as Result of Dry Weather, Says Game Warden. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July' 25.—This Fall ‘will be one of the heaviest hunting sedsons Maryland has ever known, according to B. Lee Le Compte, State game warden. From all parts of the State, Mr. Le Compte sald, reports are coming in that quall is plentiful and that rabbits and wild ducks are on the increase. Never have early season {ndications been so encour. aging. Mr. Le Compte attributed this con- dition to the dry weather. “Rain is good for crops, but not so good for nesting,” he said. “When the weather is dry rabbits and wild fowl propa- gate much faster. This Summer the weather has been ideal for rapid increase in game. People come into ¥ office and all tell the same tale, that rabbits, squirrels, jacksnipe: ducks, yellow-leg plover and wild tur- Key are very plentiful. In one of the cbunties rabbits are reported to be s6 numerous that they have taken to the woods and are gnawing the trees. The brush and trucking gar- . gens are not sufficient food for them,”| Around When the Movies Interfered With Feast. THE fire station on upper Four- teenth street recelved a hurry call from Perry alley. Perry alley, as it is affectionately termed by the residents, is a quiet, refined, resi- dential street off one of the main thoroughfares of the upper North- west section. ‘When the fire- men arrived they found smoke pour- ing from the back door of one of the houses, and, ad- justing their masks, went in,j with the expecta- tion of finding the house ruined and perhaps a charred corpse or two. The occupant of this house has two decided likes—lamb stew and the movies. His family, however, does not share in his taste for lamb stew, and as the members were in Baltimore attending a wed- ding, he decided to have a feast. He procured the meat, put it on the stove to cook and went out on the porch. In a short time the elderly man across the street called over and asked the City Editor’s Note.—Miss Nannie Lancaster, who for several years has conducted the “Around the City” column of The Sunday Star, will be in Europe for several weeks. , During her absence students of the eve- ning journalism olass of George Washington University will contridute their observations of Washington and its daily life. sided; the car glided a few feet on its way to town. In a few moments the letter lying on the sidewalk would have joined the host of lost epistles which have been carelessly forgotten or have vexed their right- {ul owners in courts, in business, in ove. 3 But the instincts that, since man left his cave dwelling and habits, have inspired deeds of chivalry, of kind- ness of service, without thought of personal reward, were stirring in oné heart responsible for the welfare of many. There was a quick applica- tion-of the brakes, the car stopped and its motorman dismounted. Pro- ceeding to the sidewalk, he reclaimed the lost letter, and in a few moments had restored it to its blushing owner. Perhaps he considered it all in the day's work. IDA A. VAN TINE. * ok ok ¥ Must Continue To Pay Speed's Price. A CARELESS autoist ran over a little flaxen-haired child nine years ago. Today in a large hospital at the very end of rows of white beds is Ethel, that child. She is a young lady, 18 years old now. el § him to go to the movies. He respond- ed with alacrity and they set out. The show was good, so they stayed to_see it through the second time. ‘The only corpse the firemen found was the charred remains of the lamb stew, and this householder has saus- age for dinner. JOAN C. MURPHY. * X ok ok Antique Deceives Prospective Old Maid. THIS is the day of the American antique, and If you haven't gotten the craze yvou're decidedly behind the times. Maybe you never could see anything pretty in a lot of old furniture sitting around, especially if it's battered and worn. Maybe you longed to “do over” those rooms at your grand- mother's. Just to see something new! You want- ed to throw all that old swff away. Well, that old- fashioned stufl is The Stuf now, and lucky you are if you didn’t yield to the impulse and throw it on the woodpile. Why, just go around to these antique shops a few minutes and see how the things cre selling. You'll sure come away with a new appreciation of your ancestor’s prop- erty. Think of paying $35 for a bat- tered clock that won't even run! And even then, it may be a reproduction that was left out in the rain. It is Wwise to know what the various pieces are before you invest. A certaln young woman In this town took a sudden notion to invest in antiques. She knew not the slightest thing about them, but she thought if she went to some of the antique shops she could find some- thing she liked. Well, she prowled around a lot; she inspected all sorts of dingy-iooking furniturs, and finally found a quaint looking little piece. "“What is this?” she askedl. “That is a dressing table.” Of course, it was rather small, but, being an antique, she cxpected it to be funny-looking. It appealed to her fancy, so she bought it and had it sent up. ) She was looking erouni at other stores for more furni‘urc not long after that. One day she saw a dupli- cate of her dressing table. “How much s that?” she inquired, to see the difference in prices. “That what “That dressing table over there.” ressing table! That isn't a dress- ing table, it'’s a shaving rtand.” A shaving stand! Aud she'd sworn to be an old maid! MIGNON SMITH. * k% x Solving Problem of the Porch Swing. is just a plain. rusty piece of I’l’ wire; the kind used by farmers to tle up bales of hay, fastened across the front of a plain little porch swing about the height of the head of the person oceupying it, on the porch of @ quiet-looking house in one of those suburban towns over in Vir- ginia; but.ta that plece of wire ap- pends a tale. The house is the home of a number of girls, all work- ing in Washing- ton. All have young man call- ers, and as a re- sult the porch swing is often In demand. On moon- lit Summer evenings, with the dark background of the Virginia hills, it is an excellent place to whisper sweet nothings. All this was very beautiful until the neighbor next door, who must never have been young in the sum- mertime, left his porch light burning each night until the last electric train had left for Washington. Romance was thwarted. One night a caller brought a piece of wire and fastened it horizontally across the front of the swing. Now the problem is solved. Though the light shines its brightest, its rays can not penetrate the coat or shawl draped over the wire hiding the couple seated in the swing. EDWARD GALLAGHER. * * % ¥ Letter Causes An Unreported Delay. A LETTER, an unimportant one at that, was the innocent cause of a probably unreported delay on the Mount Pleasant line, when a W. R. & E. motorman proved to the amazement of passengers and bystanders that the age of chiv- alry is not dead. A modish young woman stepped from the curb at Dupont Circle to board a car head- ed for town, and in her haste dropped a letter. At the trolley steps. an insistent tap- ping on the car window attracted the young wo- man'g attention and she saw a man passenger pointing in the direc- tion from which she had come. At her vague and uncomprehending glance in the line of the pointing finger the rapping was repeated, but this time the seemingly flirtatious advance was ignored and the fair Her pink kimono sets off blonde, bobbed hair. Blue eyes shine beneath long, dark lashes and eyebrows for the like of which many a woman has tweezed in vain. Since the accl- dent, life has been one hospital after the other. To this girl ordinary patients are “visitors,” for they come and go, while she stays there for months each time. Every one loves Ethel, and here is the reason* She is interested In other people— their joys and their sorrows. She is awake and alive to life. Just as any flapper, she must have her Buster Brown haircut, the funny paper, and dresses to sew for her little twin sisters. When they let her name the new baby brother, it was an event to be remembered. Each new patient in the ward has her sympathy ahd humor to cheer up a dull afternoon or slow, dragging evening. 2 ‘The little squirrel that climbs in the window and sits on her table for bits of candy and cake holds much pleas- ure for her, Although she must wear heavy body casts of plaster, which are necessarily tight and hurt cruelly, especially in hot weather, she does her best to forget the pain. Believing in God, she is an example in her steadfast faith despite misfortune. Neither does she shrink from the cause of her suffering—automobiles. When any one is kind enough, she en- joys a quiet ride around the Speed- way under the trees. Reckless driving _relentlessly manded its toll—a life always marred —but Ethel bravely smiles, “Yet I am fortunate.” HELEN L. TREMBLEY. * % x % Wet Coat, Ruined Apparel, Poise, Success. “SHE'S wearing a red hat and a coat with white fur on it.” ‘The little girl offered this informa- tion as she wriggled confidently in between the back of a seat midway the car and the s hrinking knees of a clad in dark blue. She had been separated from her mother in the rain-soaked crowd which boarded the | car in front of the | theater, and, en- tirely oblivious of the fact that her wet fur coat was ruining the appar- el of the annoyed young lady whose knees she was us- ing as a support, leaned forward in an attempt to find her parent in the rear of the car. “Oh, well, she probably couldn’t get on and will be on the next car. Will you tell me when we get to the Pow- hatan, please? I'm stopping there.” This to the sympathetic passenger in the aisle who had been listening to her tale of woe. By actual count her years could not have been more than 6 or 7, but her assurance in speaking sug. gested the polse of a woman of 30. Having reached a decision as to the proper procedure to follow under the circumstances, she, much to the relief of the tallored young lady with the now wet knees, abandoned her squirming and stood quietly for a | few moments. Then she spied a fa- millar red hat as the crowd in the back of the car began to thin, and her cry of “Mother! oh, mother, here I am!” showed that her independence and bravery were more assumed than real and that mother’s protection was still welcome. MARY H. CARROLL. AMERICAN AIR HEROES HONORED BY POLAND Demonstration Staged at Dedica- tion of Monument Raised at Lemberg. Correspondence of the Associated Pres LEMBERG, Poland, June 27.—The recent dedication of the monument to the three American aviators—Kelly, Graves and MacCullum—members of the famous Kosciuszko squadron who were killed during the war against the Soviets In 1919-1920, developed into a great pro-American demonstra- tion. The monument represents American aviator with American and Polish arms in the background, and stands in one of the most picturesque parts of the Lemberg Cemetery. It was erected from funds contributed by a speelal committee headed by Mme. Ebenberger, patroness of the famous squadron, SENTENCED TO CHURCH. Four Boys Ordered to Sunday School by Judge. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., July 25 (#).—Placing them where they shall be taught “Thou shalt not steal,” Mayor Gilmore sentenced four boys whost ages range from 9 to 14 years to attend Sunday school regularly for an indefinite perlod. The boys were charged with taking a pocketbook be- longing to their school principal and were taken into custody when the grandmother of one of them dis- covered the theft and notified the police. After pleading gulilty, the boys were shown the cells in the city jail, repri- manded and Mayor Gilmore imposed the Sunday school sentence. He warned them that their cases would passenger entered the car. Ding, ding. went the conductor's nal; the supposed “masher” sub- be reopened if they fail to carry out Luithfully the sentence Inu.nn', ’ de- | young lady | an | OF PRIVARY FHT Rival Governorship Forces in Virginia Expect Big Majorities. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 25.—Tues- day next marks the end of the pri- mary campalgn for State offices, and the voting on that date promises to be heavy. The fight for the governor- ship has been growing liveller as the days speed by. Senators Byrd and Mapp, the candidates, have been ap- pearing in many counties and cities. Byrd's followers have been claiming he, will have 50,000 majority, while the Mapp followers say they will give Mapp not less than 20,000 Members of the Virginia League of Women Voters have come to the front for Senator Mapp. The speaking itineraries are expected to bring the candidates to their homes by election day—Senator Byrd at Winchester and Senator Mapp at Accomac. Primary Is Destructive. That the primary system is going far to the disruption of the dominant party Is the contention of those who are strict party men. Unless a candidate has a barrel of money for campaign purposes he is wasting energy and sacrificing friend- ships to enter into the game, is the argument made against the svstem. Every candldate for office is allowed to make his own platform, it is also pointed out, and the voters are ex- pected to digest these and to reach their conclusions. The dominant party has no declaration of principles, is committed to nothing and successful candidates do not have to answer to the party for their acts. Soldiers to Return Home. For two weeks the two Virginia regiments of the National Guard have been in camp at Virginia Beach, and will return home tomorrow. The time has been spent In training the men in the manual of arms, foot move- ment, guard duty, signal work and heavy gun fire. The officers have been lecturing them on keeping physically fit, guarding their health, proper food, sanitation, first aid and all the rest of duties that are performed by sol- diers in the field. The health of the men has been remarkable—and there are few who have not gained welght, added several thicknesses of tan and sunburn, have splendid appetites and are in better condition in every way than when they went to camp. Officers returning from _Virginia Beach say Gen. Samuel G. Waller of | Front Royal, is the ideal commander, patient, firm and_considerate. The Maryland National Guard is to reach Virginia Beach one week from today, and is expected to remain for two weeks. In that time the drills and rifle practice and other features of the training course will be given. It is understood that there will be more than 2,600 men in the organizations. Gov. Ritchie and other State officers will visit the range. RECOGNITION ASKED FOR FAMOUS WOMEN Susan B. Anthony Foundation Says Schools Give False Idea of Part in History. Declaring that inadequate recogni- tion has been given women and thelr achievements by the people of the United States, the Susan B. Anthony Foundation recently adopted a resolu- tion to bring the matter to the atten- tion of authorities on education in an endeavor to secure “due recognition” of famous women in the future. The foundation, which was founded for the purpose of erecting a memorial to the late Susan B. Anthony, declares in the resolution adopted that but “slight mention has been made of the tamous women in the text books of the public and private schools of the country, and that boys and girls are accordingly given a one-sided view of democracy as represented by both men and women.” Accordingly, the foundation is ask- | { i | ing the curriculum commission, which has recently been meeting in Cincin- nati, to recommend observance of the anniversaries of the birth of such women as Miss Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, Frances E. Willard and Clara Barton, and that plgtures of such women be hung in public_schools. It is recommended also that full histories of famous women be included in biographies, en- | cyclopedias and in other hooks. It was resolved to send copies of | the resolution adopted to each- of the following: United States commissioner of edu- cation, the president of the National Education Association, the president of the department of superintendence, the chairman of the curriculum com- mission, the president of the National Parent-Teacher Association, the presi- dent of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, the president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the president of the Na- tional League of Women Voters and all administrators of public and pri- vate schools. Mrs. Anna E. Hendley of this city is president of the Susan B. Anthony Foundation. SURPRISED THAT FIREMEN HAVE OWN AUTOMOBILES Berlin Chief Praises System of New York and Other Ameri- can Cities. Correspondence of the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 6.—Returning from a visit to New York recently, Director Gempp of the Berlin fire department praised a number of features of fire- fighting systems he observed in Amer- ica. He lauded the fire alarm system of New York City and sald that the precautions taken in America for storing oil and gasoline are well worth emulating in Germany. What impressed him most was his observance that, for the most part, New York firemen have their own automobiles. “Of Berlin's 1,700 firemen, pointed out, “not one owns an auto- mobile. Among our firemen are many volunteers and persons partly inva- lided by the war, while In America they are full-time, paid me.” ELECTS OLD COMMANDERS Spanish War Veterans’ Camp Has 3 Former Officers at Head. MONROE, La. July 23 (®.—The distinction is claimed by Monroe Camp, No. 9, United Spanish War Veterans, that it is the only one in the country having for its three principal camp officers the same men who commanded the veterans as a unit in the Spanish-American War. The officers are Frank P. Stubbs, commander; Eugene J. Courtney, senlor vice commander, and Walter B. Mangum, junior vice commander. They were captain, first lleutenant and second lieutenant, respectively, of Company B. 1st Loulisiana 1In- fantry, during the Spanish War. | Soldiers’ American Legion. In order to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Comdr. Thomas J. Fralley, who has become senfor vice commander of the District of Columbia Depart- ment, it was unan- imously voted by the members of the Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13, the American Legion, at the recent meet- ing held at City Club, to hold an election. John T. Baker has succeeded Comdr. Fralley as head of the post, and C. Frank M Carthy, formerly second vice com- mander, is now first vice com- mander. Daniel W. ‘Washburn, third vice commander, is now second vice commander, which creates a vacancy in the office of third vice commander. Nominations will be held for this office of third vice commander at the regular meet- ing of August 13 at City Club, and the election will be in the regular meeting September 10. The members of the post are busily engaged In recruiting new members in order to recelve the citation of- fered by natjonal headquarters, In- dianapolls, to any post in which the membership average for the past four years Is exceeded by September. Adijt, George L. McGurn presented this mat. ter, and, according to records at de- partment headquarters, only seven more members are needed. Comdr. Earl J. Brown of the Carry- On Post, No. 26, was a guest at the recent meeting, and the members pledged hearty co-operation in a bene- Ait project of the Carry-On Post. The personnel of the American Legion's delegation to the annual congress of Fidac, Interallled Fed- eration of World War Veterans, which meets in Rome, Italy, Septem- ber 10 to 13, has been announced by National Comdr. James A. Drain. The delegation {s composed of the following: H. Nelson Jackson, Bur- lington, Vt., chairman; L. R. Gignil- lat, Culver, In vice chairma Russell Creviston, retiring national adjutant, Indlana, secretary; Willlam T. J. FRAILEY. H. Thompson, Pittsburgh sentative A. Platt Andrew, Glouces- ter, Mass.; Rev. William P. O'Con- nor, Cincinnati, past national char lain; Past Nntional Adjutant Lemuel Bolles, New York City, and Gen. Ed- ward L. Logan, Boston. One addi- tonal member each will be selected by the posts of Paris and London of e Legion. The delegation will sail from New York August 19. McGroarty-O'Connell Post, No. 7. American Legion, held a special meeting July 15 in the board room of the District Building, to devise im- mediate means of preventing further discrimination in the United States Government bureaus in the matter of dismissals and demotion of war veterans whose work is satisfactory. A telegram was sent to National Comdr. James A. Drain notifying him of the general dissatisfaction now prevailing among veterans em- ployved in the United States Govern- ment service. This telegram was drafted by a committee composed of Harland Wood, Lee Schwalm, Johu Fleming and Raymond A. Burke. A ietter was also sent to Secretary of the Treusury Mellon asking him to review the records of veterans about to be reduced or dismissed from Public Debt Service of the Treasury. The annual election of officers will be held August 4, 8 o'clock, 915 Fifteenth street northwest. Impor- tant matters relating to veterans’ welfare will be discussed, and a full attendance of the post is expected. Several applications for membership will be voted on at this meeting. Capt. Jullas 1. Peyser, department commander, will induct the newly elected officers to their respective positions. Two special events of the recent dedication of the new National Ameri- can Legion Auxillary headquarters were the donation of a table for the hall from the District of Columbia, in honor of {its president, Mrs. Leon Arnold, and the presentation of a desk and chair from Ohio, In honor of Mrs. Hobart. National President Mrs. O. D. Oliphant was pleased with this gift from the department. The national headquarters was given the American Legion and its auxillary in honor of the first heroes from Indiana, and will be called the “World War Memorfal,” and when finished will cest $10,000,000. The Department of the District of Columbia is planning a garden party on the grounds of the Saflors and Home, Ninth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, Aug- ust 21 and 22. There will be beauty contests for men, women and babfes. Miss Edna McIntosh is chairman, and will be assisted by Mrs. Shanna, Edith O'Connor, Mrs. Twyman, Mrs. T. V. Walker, Mrs. Leon Arnold, Mrs. Louise White, Mps. D. Miller, Mrs. P. Dorsey and Mrs. G. H. Davis. The Arlington broadcasting station, one of the most powerful in the world, will broadcast the message of Ameri- can leglonnaires speaking in the in- terest of the national convention of the American Legion, to be held at Omaha, Nebr., October 5 to 9, accord- ing to an_officlal naval order issued by Capt. Ridley McLean, director of United States naval communications. Twice each week from now until the convention meets the radio station will be avallable to legion speakers for as Jong a time as they desire, said Capt. McLean. It is estimated that at least 50,000,000 people, scattered throughout the country, will hear of the legion convention through the ra- dlo stations alone. Totals are mounting steadily for the American Legion $5,000,000 endow- ment fund for disabled veterans and orphans of the World War as the cam- paign sweeps over the country, ac- cording to National Commander James #. Drain. Commander Drain_announced that Secretary of State Kellogg and At- torney General Sargent have accepted membership on_the national honorary committee for the fund. Military Order of the World War. Word has been received here that from early reports it seems consistent that the 1925 national convention of the Military Order of the World War, to be held at the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York city, September 24, 26 and 26, will be the largest and most im- portant in the history of the organi- zation. The national convention executive committee has been appointed, and its personnel is: Comdr. Robert E. Tod, chairman; Maj. Gen. James G. Har- bord, Brig. Gen. Palmer E. Plerce, Brig. Gen. Samuel McRoberts, Brig. Gen. George A. Wingate, Brig. Gen. A. D. Andrews, Comdr. W. S. Bain- bridge, Lieut. Comdr. Wells Hawks, Col. Roger D. Black, Lieut. Col. M.-J. Farrell, Maj. Robert E. Condon, Maj. Chandler Smith, Capt. George L. Darte and Lieut. O. F. From. Disabled American Veterans. Having conferred here for one week with officials of the Disabled American Veterans and officlals of the Veterans’ Bureau on problems of rehablilitation, hospitalization, legislation -and com- tion, John W. Mahan, recently elected national commander of the Disabled American Veterans, has re- turned to his national headquarters at Cincinnati. At Cincinnati further conferences will be held with Disabled American Veteran officials, after vy*:h the whole B. Follett, Winter Park, Fla.; Joseph ; Mrs. John Killeen, Mrs. E. Tietz, Mrs. | plan of campaign for the new admin- istration will be promulgated. In his meeting with Director Hines Commander Mahan made it plain that the policy of his administration would be one of co-operation with all gov. ernmental agencies having to do with the war’s disabled, and while there are to be expected sharp differences of oglnlon on certain matters, the Dis. abled American Veterans intended in every way to assist the Dureau by fighting for legislation to lessen the burden of administration of the laws. | Last Monday the Disabled American Veterans’ leader visited the four hos- pitals here where veterans are pa- tients and in the evening was the guest of the District of Columbia De- partment of the Disabled American Veterans at a dinner at the City Club. At a luncheon Wednesday at the National Press Club Commander Ma- han met several prominent officials who are deeply interested in the solu- tion of the problem of the ‘wounded men. Among those attending the luncheon were Past Commander F. J. Irwin of New York, Gen. Frank T. Hines, Col. W. F. Conklin, deputy di- rector of the Veterans' Bureau; D. J. Callahan, supreme treasurer of the Knights of Columbus; Gen. Lloyd Brett of the Military Order of the World War; Robert Bondy of the American Red Cross, Col. F. B. Ryons of the Reserve Officers’ Assoclation, Capt. W. B. Miller of the American Legion, Capt. E. W. Bettelheim of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sid Hous- | ton, editor of the Stars and Stripes Maj. B. R. Patton of the Veterans Bureau, George R. Martin, District of Columbia commander of the Disabled American Veterans and members of the staff of the Washington office of the organization. From Cincinnat! Commander Mahan will go to the Northwest, but plans to return to ashington in about one month. Veterans of Foreign Wars. National Capital Post, 127, Veterans of Forelgn Wars, met July 17 at Odd Fellows’ Hall, 419 Seventh street northwest, Danlel J. Leahy, presiding. The degree team, consisting of Comdr. Leahy, Senfor Vice Comdr. E. A. Pierce, Junior Vice Comdr. Everet Miller, Adjt. H. P. Clements, Quarter- master G. Statsberg, Chaplain Wm. P. Cavanaugh and G. H. Foefester, offi- cer of the day, officlated in the mus- tering of recruits as follows: John I. Johnson, with 14th and 15th Division Rallway Transportation Company, World War served in France; John W. Harrls, with United States Navy, served on U. 8. S. Imperator and U. S. S. Eagle No. 35, World Wa: Dee, with 60th Coast Artillery Division, World War, served in France. Two former members were read- mitted. The post will hold a special meet- ing next” Friday evening, at regular meeting place, and Ernest Wick- strang, chalrman of annual excursion and field day to be held at Marshall Hall, August 7, expects to have pres- ent the following committee: Michael Guiffre, Willlam P. Cavanaugh, A. J. Cotter, A, Grudd, G. Statsberg, D. J. Leahy, G. J. Neuner, H. Loveless, C.! P. Browers, H. P. Clevents, P. Ces- tone, Thomas King, G. H. Kestner and Everett Miller. A program of varfous athletic events has been arranged. The Ladles’ Auxillary of National Capitol Post at its recent meeting elected delegates and alternates to represent the auxiliary at the twenty- sixth annual encampment, to be held at Tulsa, Okla., in September. Mrs. Margaret Lidstone, president, pre- sided. Delegates elected are Mrs. Margaret Lidstone, Mrs. Margaret Jacobson and Mrs. Gertrude Clark: alternates, Mrs. Elsie Miller, Mrs. Laura Weaver and Mrs. Bessie Quil- fan. The auxiliary will participate in the annual field day at Marshall Hall, August 7, and perfected the program as follows: 100-yard relay, Mrs. Lid- stone challenged Equality-Walter Reed Post and Federal Post Auxilia- ries. The challenge being accepted,| the teams will consist of Mrs. Lid- | stone, Mrs. Barrack and Mrs. Cooper | for National Capital; Mrs. Mary Lu- | cas, Mrs. Lulo Hiese and Mrs. Ad de Grant for Federal Auxiliary President Mrs. Vesta L. Reed. Mother | Steed and Mrs. Dalton for Equality- Walter Reed Auxiliary DAWES PLANS TO RIDE WESTERN BRONCHOS Stops in Denver and Visits Ceme- tery Where Pershing Family Is Buried. | By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo.,, July et President Charles G. Dawes today came to Denver for a second brief | visit before going to_ the mountain | ranch of Col. A. E. Humphreys, at | Wagon Wheel Gap, Colo., where he | will spend most of next week. He was in Cheyenne yesterday at- tending the frontier celebration. He was accompanied by his wife, his brother, Beman G. Dawes of Colum- bus, Ohio, and his wife, and Mrs. Harry B. Hoyt, the Vice President sister. His two children, Dana and Virginia, who had remained in Chi- cago because of slight illness, arrived late today with their governess and jined the party. Just before leaving Cheyenne Mr. and Mrs. Dawes visited the cemetery where the wife and three children of Gen. John J. Pershing, burned to death in a fire in 1915, are buried. They decorated the graves with fowers. Dawes and Gen. Pershing are close friends, having been young men together at Lincoln, Nebr. The Dawes party will leave tomor- row night for the ranch at Wagon Wheel Gap, where the Vice President expects to ride some Western bronchos, although not promising to mount bucking outlaws. The Vice Predident has not indi- cated how long he will remain at Wagon Wheel Gap before returning to Chicaga He expects to stop at Lincoln, Nebr:, on the return trip. On_his way to Wagon Wheel Gap Mr. Dawes Monday will dedicate a new American Legion clubhouse at Alamosa, Colo. Later in the week he may accept an invitation to attend a rodeo at Monte Vista, Colo. KNOX MEMORIAL PLAN INDORSED BY COOLIDGE Mellon Gives $1,000 to Fund to Honor America’s First Sec- retary of War. e » July 25.—Plans for the erection here of n’m«mo:u to Gen. Henry Knox, George Washing. ton’s chief of artiliery and first Secre. tary of War and Navy, were discussed here today at the first annual meeting of the Knox Memorial Association Inc.. The memorial would be a repro. duction of the Knox mansion, Mont. peller, furnished with relica from the me. Mrs. Herbert M. Lord, wife o Lord, director of the budget, mé f,:': ident of the assoclation, read letters of commendation from President Coolidge and Vice President Dawes. She an- nounced a donation of $1,000 from An- drew W. Mellon, Secretary of the ‘Treasury. Declaring that ‘“‘we cannot permit the old landmarks ;?,d..::‘""m relics to pass away,” nt -Coolidge wrote that the erection of the memo- rial was “a most worthy enterprise.” marksman or higher. EMIGRANT FRAUDS DODGE PUNISHMENT Smugglers in Italy Can Be Given Only Light Fine Under Present Law. Correspondengs of The Star and Ne ork World. GENOA, July 1.—-The growing num- ber of emigration frauds, especially in connection with would-be emigrants to the United States, cause the Itallan magistrates to wish the penal code had some provision for punishing the gang at Genoa, Naples and Trieste, who make big profits by smuggling their victims aboard ships with false passports. Italy’s penal code has no special re- gard for the emigrant smuggler for the simple reason that when it was drawn up emigration was a free thing. So the judge who tries such cases can only impose fines ranging from $10 to $50 for infringement of the emigration act, or merely formal disobedience of certain by-laws. Smuggler Fined $20. Recently an emigrant smuggler, Enrico Costas, caught red-handed he was smuggling emigrants into France by way of the mountains, to embark them from Marsellle for Mexico, whence, they were to get into the United States, could only, by law, be punished with a fine of 200 lire, under $20. The most to be pittied are the smuggled emigrants themselves. These, chiefly from Southern Ital bitten with the “American fever, are netted by smugglers like Costas, and, to start with, pay out sums vary- ing from 2,000 to 10,000 lire, equi- valent to $80 and $400. To get this sum and enough Yor the trip, they sell all their possessions— house, land, furniture—and are either taken over the Alps between Italy and France, or stowed away on some ship bound for Canada or Mexico. Money Is Extorted. When in France they are the “guests” of one of the smuggling gang, who does not let them embark till their last dime has been extorted. In many cases they never get into! the States, or even Into Canada, but come back without a cent to their name. It is calculated that, for every 100 | Italian emigrants smuggled into the United States, either through some quiet spot on the coast near New York, or by way of Mexico or Canada, 1,000 are caught before their ships sail, and sent home. One man, who was just arrested by the police at Genoa, had still 54,000 lire on him, after paying the smug- gler 7,000 for preliminary “services.” | The emigration officer remarked that | with such a sum he could start a profitable little trade at home. The | would-be emigrant scratched his head | and sald: “Yes, but the streets of New York are paved with gold."” LOCAL MILITIAMEN END ENCAMPMENT | Co. A., First Battalion, Qualified 23 | Men as Marksmen or Higher | at Saunders Range. The provisional battalion stationed ' at Saunders Range, Md., finished the 15-day encampment with fleld inspec- tion and muster vesterday. The second week of the camp was | spent largely in target practice. companles showed marked improve- ment over last year in the number | of men qualifying In the grade of | | Company A, 1st Separate Battalion, Infantry, District of Columbia - tional Guard, qualified 22 enlisted men and one officer, while the rec- | ords of the 1st Separate Company of | Maryland shows 23 enlisted men qual ified. Lieut. Plerce McN. Thompson, Infantry Reserves of Norfolk, gave | a demonstration of the complete | stripping and assembling of the | Browning automatic rifle. On Thursday, July 23, Gov. Ritchie of Maryland, accompanied by Na- tional Guard officers, inspected the camp, visited the baftalion and wit- nessed a parade, drill and smoke | screen demonstrations. After the ex- ercises the officers, under command | of Capt. A. Newman, informally | visited the governor at the range headquarters. He expressed himself as being highly pleased with the'| demonstration. On Friday a combat exercise was held in which both companies par- | ticipated. The problem was submit- | ted by Capt. A. C. Newman. The | exercise involved the attack upon and | defenge of a storehouse situated about | two and a half miles from Glen | Burnie, and developed interesting | problems in laison. | Those qualifying as marksmen with the rifle were: Lieut. Frank Coleman,J First Sergt. Ira M. Payne, Sergts. ! Monroe Slaughter, Howard M. Spar- | row, Frederick Myers, Sylvester T.| Blackwell and Leroy G. Davis; Corpls. | Oscar G. Blue, John M. Davis, Ben- | jamin H. Burrell and Robert Dyson: Pvts. George Tinney, Robert M. Shamwell, Squire W. Gilmore, Rush | R. Keenan, James . Chase, Harry | Howard, Leon O. Petite, Reginald E Goodwin,” Carl E. Darden, John W.| Jackson, Sylvester Fant and Ray- mond Harrison, and pistol marksman, Sergt. Howard M. Sparrow. The battalion broke camp at 6:30 a.m. yesterday morning and en- trained. = Company A arrived in| Washington at 10 o'clock yesterday. e DECREASE IN TYPHOID. Maryland Conditions Contrast Strikingly With Those Elsewhere. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 25.—Although typhoid fever has increased from 50 to 100 per cent throughout the coun- try during the last six weeks, the disease has decreased by one-third in Maryland during the past year, ac- cording to Dr. Robert H. Riley of the State department of health. Dr. Riley made this announcement following discovery that the origin of a case of typhold near New Windsor, Carroll |County, has been traced to Winona Lake, Ind., where the pa- tient attended a convention. Several other persons in Pennsylvania who attended the same convention con- tracted typhoid, Dr, Riley learned from Dr. W. D. Draper, Assistant Sur- geon General of the United States Public Health Service at Washington. Dr. Riley attributes the decrease of the disease in Maryland largely to the use of typhoid vaccine. 372 D. C. WORKERS HURT. The District government paid out a total of $13,370.22 during the last fiscal year to city employes injured in line of duty, according to the an- nual report of Edward S. Dawson of the corporation counsel's office, who handles such payments. There were 372 District workers injured during the year. ‘The largest group of injured came from the city refuse division, which includes street cleaning and the col- lection of ulr, garbage and trash. GRADUATE GOURSES OFFEREDBY N.U. Advanced Work in Business Administration and Politics Will Be Given. Graduate work in business adminis tration and political science will be offered during the coming academic year by the National University school of business administration, it was an nounced yesterday by Dean Maynard A. Clemens. This work will be for the benefit of those who have received undergraduate degrees from the school or from similar institutions, and will lead to the degrees of master of arts and master of business administration The degree of master of arts will be given those specializing in political sclence and kindred subjects and who present a degree of bachelor of arts or bachelor of science on entering The degree of master of business ad ministration will be given those who hold a bachelor's degree in business administration. An essay of consid erable length in the topic of the stu dent's major subject will be one the principal requirements for degree. f Thesis Required. Hereafter candidates for bachelor's degrees in the school of business ad ministration and government will required to furnish a thesis approved by the faculty, in addition to com pleting the required curriculum of studies. Howard H. Buice, Peter Koster and Howard L. Wyand of the have been initiated into Gamma Chap ter of the Sigma Nu Sigma nation: scholarship fraternity. These three men distinguished themselves in schol ship whil lents Nationa Universit Sigma N schoo s and the only ional Univer onorary, the one represente sity. Its memt principal | high marks in all courses taken by the student. A course in secret ticularly for given during the n, at the school of busines tion and government by Gould, former of the coll versity of Maryland, Miss Gould gave a similar cou: that university. Public A course in p added to the c ing year. In doing so versity is but fi T set by other institu in givir lege credit for work his char The course will be arge of Dale Carneg! irer, who several teaching ance, as written training, par stenc of commerce z Speaking Course. speaking has been iculum for the con National Uni the precedent Represen will give a course the law term, in ad n to the practice which he g: The Natic Club has the comil mith, who fraternal circles. Increased intere jects is being man| tudent Walter tive in loca graduate sub. d each year by ng to Cl in Both | ! Universit: of doctor of civil law, the high gree in law which may be awarded in course. The requirements for the degree of doctor of civil law are somewhat stringent. Besides requiring gradua tion from a recognized law sc , the d a bachelor of cree from some course of study a minimum of h the neces ertation which defend before or “representa reputable college. for the degree requ: one year in residence, wi sity of writing a di: the candidate has to faculty representative tives. Dr. John E. Bentley, professor of psychology in the school of business dministration and government, teaching courses ligious education sion of Bc FOR REPAIRING FUNDS Old Members Urged to Pay for Putting New Roof on Noted Library Building. Correspondence of the Associated Press OXFORD, England, June appeal is being made to old members of the Oxford Union for $30,000 which ary for the saving of the so- s buildings. ch appeals are most unusual in O: but this one is justified by an archit statement that the roof of the Union Library though comparatively new, cannot withstand the storms of = another Winter. This library has been from the first an ill-omened structure. It was upon its upper walls that Rosetti, Burne- Jones, Morris and the youns pre Raphaelites painted the famous fresco scenes from the Morte d'Arthur—a eries of wall paintings probably | never surpassed in England—only to ses them peel off with the damp and the rotting plaster within 10 or 12 years. The inside of the high roof, which is now giving way, was decorated and designed by William Morris and is worthy of note no less for its beauty than for the fact that here he first became aware of his abilities in this form of art. EDUCATIONAL. Al modern_languages LANGUAGES it w15 teachers. Conversational Method, Day and Evening classes. Free Trial Lesson. Reduced_Sunmer Rates BERL[TZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES 816 14th St. N.W. 1 hia. Nationally Tel. 0| BELS o Mo proparation for lesdma collesss: 2lsc | BB domafonent for.bors. unds bigh- school age. Unexcelled faculty and eguipenent AR e, s of 1% acre. ‘Seimme olf conrse. 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