Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1925, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., IN CASE YOU LIKE A WATERMELON NOW AND THEN. where 10 boats unloaded melons for the markets of the Capital. Each boat The boats came up the Potomac late Sunday afternoo DISCOVERS FUEL SECRET. Thomas Delehanty the Department of Commerce, who has discovered the secret of making methanol, the basis of synthol, which is claimed to give 50 miles to a gallon in small motors. The fuel comes from German patents seized dur- ing the World War. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. GERMANS OFFERED YOUTHIS ARRESTED AIDINEMIGRATING - ON CHARGE OF GIRL commercial chemist of UESDAY, A scene at the Washington wharf yesterday, carried from 2,000 t Wash 5,000 melons. on Star Photo BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE MARYLAND FARMS ON TRIP TO WASHINGTON. Three hundred members of the farms club. AUC UST: 11, :-1925. 1 ALMOST DROWNED IN CHANNEL SWIM. Lillian Harrison, an Argen- tine, who yesterday made her fourth attempt to swim the English Chan- nel wa nel is too much for m forced to call for help when within 7 miles of her goal. “The " she say: THE PRESIDENT INSPECTS FAMOUS OLD BATTLESHIP. yacht, the Mayflower, arrived at the Charlestown nav party made a thorough inspection of “Old Ironsides.” President and now attending Summer classes at the University of Maryland, visited the Department of Agriculture yesterday afternoon. The photograph shows them listening to a talk by Assistant Secretar Poland Declines Responsibil- ity for lllegal Presence of Teutons. By the Associated WARSAW, government T German government that declines any responsibility consequences of the illegal f Germans in Polis to give uthorit s out of Polanc least inconveni he acting mini on Saturday vith ithough it for the presence it ance to the ing thelr cit iermany with e to then foreizn a note to I er sent ealin itriation 1921, cho nationality many who sit Polish citizenship. ¥ail to Conform The note decl the Germans this choice, unde: of the Gerr cluded und Teague of Nat Poles in Gel to retain res that a part of who made 11 and 12 vention con spices of the Vienna August which the; domiciles med conventior have not lef note asserts that the retain their Polish v the same agreement within the period August 1, conforming to ed f the German The n, ntinues ie Polish government emphasizes that from August 1 those Germans in Poland who opte to their countr sojourn ink territory, and Tor subject to all measures provided international usage respecting s of one state Deing in the another state ‘without perm therefor. Ready fo Co-Operate. “The Polish government draws to the attention of the rman govern ment paragraph 4 of article 12 of the Vienna convention, which says: contracting parties are in agreement that optants who have not conformed to the obligation to leave Poland with. in the period provided for by the pres- nt article ¥ conducted to the frontie wded over to the Ger on autherities. Access to Polisi may be definitely August 1, stipulations of the to the present territory. The Poles electing cltizenship unc have left fixed, end notices recel authorities and up sior The Warsaw g affirming that it e fully with the German goverr anent for the purpose .of assuring proper organization for repatriating the remainder of those Germans in Poland who have elected to return to their own country. EMIGRANTS AIDED. by op “All Humanitarian Considerations Accompany Departure, Is Report. The Polish legation here made pub- »Jic today a cablegram from the Polish foreign minister, which declared “all humanitarian considerations” had ac- companied the departure from Poland of persons who had elected to tuke up om | these | Polish | Story of Attack by Negro Re- canted and Friend Named. He Makes Denial. | Special Dispaten to The st ROCKVILLE, *Md. Robert S. Parkhurst, tlver was char inal in a warr: this morning after a » of Silver Spring, ry County officers it who attacked her S The ] aila ) county and finally ed with crim- it sworn out 16-year-old girl, told Montgom hurst t. id her according Parkhu urday previously negro, then named to as sworn ot Gingell Parkhurst 1d in jail, the charge non-bailable. e denies the and says he can prove an being allegatic alibi His hearing has been set tentatively turday morning that she and Parkhurst had been on _intimate terms, but that she had broken with him after learning he was paying at- tention to another girl. khurst | denies this also. The girl, who had been b © questioning, father toda he youth girl ught here was taken home by the son of Mrs. |ginia. Peters-Parkhurst of Berw who recently announced her candi- dacy for the Democratic senatorial nomination. | SCOTT MAKING BASKETS. | Slayer Taken to Asylum, Still De- nies Insanity. | CHICAGO, August 11 (#).—Russell T. Scott, convicted murderer of Jo- seph Maurer, found a new task await- | ing him at the Chester Asylum for the criminally insane. He will spend | his time weaving baskets, acco: | to word received here, asylum offic | holding to the belief that his fnsanity {is not sufficient to prevent him from doing constructive work. Scott last night scouted the idea | that he was insape at all. “I am no more crazy than you,” he told Supt Stubblefield, “but this seemed the only way out of it.” Special consideration was shown to sick and aged persons, the statement sald, and those “whose plight in the German reception camp at Schneide- muehl has stirred public opinion chose to go to Schneidemuehl Yoluntarily.” “There Is no question,”, the state- ment said, “‘of an expulsion en masse {of Germans from Poland, but there {has been a reciprocal departure of { persons, who, of their own free will, |elected to become Polish or German citizens, and who now in legal con- |sequence of their choice are obliged |to transfer their domicile to the coun- {try whose citizenship they chose.” | The statement said Poland had made | careful preparations to recetve its citi- zens when they returned from Ger- |many. ana their reception 128 80, or a (8 ¢ unanticed, I3 Vir- | n, | S |Red army as a guardian PAINT DISPLACES THE EARRING. e cumbersome and uncomfortable ear t of Agriculture R. W. Dunlap Milad: g T need no longer tolerate is the latest idea—paint- ing the design, any color desired, on the ear. Copsright by P. & A. Photos. National Photo. LEASED BY MRS. WILSON. The magnificent Villa Bartholini, at Geneva, vitzerland, leased for a period of six months by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, j who has been abroad for some time. |SOVIET ARMY GROWS, |BRITISH HAIL U. S. EXPERIMENT HEAD WARNS WORLD | Labor Is Peaceful, But Will Fight, { People’s Commissar Asserts By ated Press. August 11.—On ing 6,500 milita; |officers in the Red army, M. W Frunse, people’s commissar for the army and navy, issued a special order atirday to both branches of the Soviet fighting forces under his di- I rection, in which he referred to the of world the v cadets peace. At the same time the order warned enemies of the Soviet that strength of the Red army, which |rests upon the will of the workmen and peasants, is unshatterable. “Increasing our army by new com | manders who are ready to give up | their lives without hesitation for the great task of freeing the laboring | masses, we declare to the whole world that, Soviet Russia is busily engaged |in the stubborn peaceful task of re- | establishing the national economic | situation,” said the commissar. ‘‘But its peaceful labor is under the vigilant guard of the.Red army."” More than 75 per cent of the new | Red army officers are Communists, 60 per cent of them coming from the peasant class and 37 per cent being | tormer workmen. This is the third | normal promotion to ranks in the Red army under the Soviet regime. Be- side the cadets who received commis- sions, 300 officers completed their edu- cation at the Soviet military academy. The occasion was celebrated with cere- monies of great solemnity. Machines that wash dishes in 30 seconds have appeared in' Europe oc- | the | OF EXAMINING See Passing of Hardships | | i | ALIENS ABROAD at Ellis Island, Sore Spot With Britain Since Geddes’ Famous Report on Conditions at Port of Entry. | | BY JOHN GUNTHER. By Cable ta The Star and Chicago Daily News. LONDON, August 11.—After the first week of operation, observers agree in commending the new scheme of Amer- ican examination of emigrants for the United States on this side. The L don papers headline the story “No More Ellis Island,” and express the hope that the success of the experi- | ment will insure its continuance per- | manently. Seven American immigra- | tion inspectors have been stationed | for a week now at their posts in Dub- lin, Queenstown, London, Southamp- ton, Glasgow, Liverpool and Belfast. }They say the’ experiment is progress: ing well. The idea of the scheme is to abolish {the necessity of British immigrants | zoing through the delays and incon- veniences of Ellis Island, which have {been a sore spot with Great Britain lever since Sir Auckland Geddes pub- lished his famous Ellis Island report. Under the new provisions all second |and third class passengers, who plan to stay any length of time in America are examined at the ports of em- barkation by American immigration officials and medical advisers, speclally dispatched here and stationed at the ports for that purpose. These officials are empowered to issue visas here after the examina- tion, -these visas, except in extraord- inary cases, give the holders right to enter: the United States without halt- { ing at Ellis Island. Such an arrangement long has been felt necessary, particularly in view of ~ the notorious cases of hardship suf-| | tered by immigrants who, upon reach. | |ing New York, have been refused ad- ; mittance to the country, and sent back to their homes. The steamship com- panies are delighted at the plan, which they term the inevitable com- mon-sense solution of an awkward problem. Many times they have had to pay a fine of $5,000 for transport- ing unacceptable immigrants, and also have had to refund the immigrants’ passage money and return them free ) to their home lands. The plan now is undergoing a test period of three months. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) SHIP PULLS OFF ROCKS. Schooner Not Found by Coast Guard Relief Boat. KEY WEST, Fla., August 11 (#).— | The schooner Gabriel Palmer, which was reported ashore off Wolf Rocks, near the Bahama Islands, could not be located by the Coast Guard cutter 293, which was ordered to the relief of the stranded vessel on August 8, according to a cablegram received from the commanding officer of the 293 by Capt. John Berry, Guilf divi- slon commander . with headquarters here. The crew was reported landed in Havana by the British schooner San Gil. The Coast Guard cutter has been ordered o return to Key West. Copsright by P. & A. Photos. 'HOLDS PEARL HARBOR| MOST VITAL U, S. BASE Expert Says Development Should Proceed Despite Sacrifices on East Coast. By the Associated Press. ELES, August 11 that Pearl Harbor, A dec- Hawail land San Francisco Bay naval bases |should be developed regardless of what is sacrificed on coast was contained in a report sent at his request to Senator Willlam H. King, Utah, by W. B. Shearer, ex- perimental expert for the Navy dur- ing the World War. In his letter Shearer said “the spe- cial board on shore establishments, of which Admiral Hugh Rodman senier member, said the bases, in the order in which they should veloped, are San Francisco Bay, Pu- get Sound, the New York Narragan- sett Bay region, Chesapeake Canal Zone and Hawalian Islands.” Shearer, as his own report, declared: “San Francisco and Pearl Harbor bases should be developed regardless ! of what is sacrificed on the Atlantic coast. build their own ships. ““Also, considering the exceptiomal- ly large fuel shipments to Japan, something should be done to store Navy fuel oil at strategic points on the Pacific.” Goes to Panama. Maj. Enrique Urrutia, jr.. U. $. In- fantry, has been relieved from duty with the National Guard of Porto Rico, at San Juan, and ordered to the Panama Canal Zone for duty with in- fantry froops. =i o o8 ey ayaiain s Photograph taken when President Coolidge's The ght by Underwood & Underwood yard, Boston, and docked next to the Constitution. Copy CELEBRATED HIS BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY YESTERDAY. Secre tary of Commerce Hoover was 51 vears old yesterday, and he celebrated the day by remaining on the job. The photographer * his de AUCKLAND WINTER HOLD TESTS HERE BREAKSFORFLEET FORPLANE RACE ught” him at National Photo the Atlanticy is | be de-i Bay, | If there is further need for | economy, then the navy yards should | New Zealand Has First, Spring Weather of Year as | U. S. Battleships Arrive. By the Associated Pi AUCKLAND, New Zealand, August 11.—After the spell of stormy Mid winter weather, there was a touch of Spring and almost clear. sky and g smooth sea as eight American battle! ships and three auxiliaries here at noon today As they passed nificent landlocked great crowds point of vantage. dotted with excur: craft ns cended from the wa Admiral S, Robison, command arrived | through 1f for tehed f The harbor on boats aluted and air) hips. the mag- miles every was om of the United States battle floet, plying to the civic welcome, declared *“One of your writers, commenting on the ever-memorable visit of 1908, said: ‘Friends today, the two aations may be comrades tomorrow in the | conservation of pr b we come now not only | mutual eges against po: a foreigner. rights and ble aggression | So. if we have proved s friends, but | jas comrades in the World War, we | nt always ready to up- | |8reet you, treading now the pleas paths of peace, bu hold the right.” i Will Entertain Crews. | The battleship California is anchored | abreast of the town; the other vessels | are aligned two miles to the heads. | Official calls have been made and | returned by the admiral and officers. | The civic reception in the town hall | | brought out a great gathering of citi- |zens, who displayed the greatest en- | thusiasm. The Navy League has provided a | | clubroom for the petty officers and men and arrangements ve been made to serve refreshments to the| thousands of men who will be ashore | each night. | ALLEGED SLAYER ILL, ’ | ASKS RELEASE ON BAIL | Man Held in Auto Killing Has Tu- | | berculosis, His Attorneys Tell Court. James O'Connor, who has been in | the District jall since November 16 | last, today applied to Chief Justice McCoy for, release on bai! O’Connor | was indicted with Vernon S. Storey on | & charge of murder in the first degree | by running down Charles F. Jarvis| with an automobile on Keane's lane | northeast. The case was tried, but | the jury disagreed, and the men are | }in custody awditing a retrial. Attor- | | neys David L. Riordan and Joseph D. | | Kelly, for the prisoner, presented affl- | i davits showing. O'Connor has tubercu- | | losis, and needs to go to a sanatorium. The motion to admit to bail, which | has been granted only in rare cases ‘in | | this jurisdiction on a first-degree mur- | | der charge, will be argued Friday be- | | fore the chief justice. The, general average of education {for wbmen in India is less than 3 per cent. i | Methodist - Church . here, Potomac Course Laid Qut for Trials in Observation Craft Contest. All pregarations for t tries in the observation plane be held October t Mitchel New York, will be carried out Naval Air Station here, it cided yesterday afternoon at ference of the racing pilots conducte. by Lieut. George T. Cuddihy, actinz commanding officer of the station The fivers will lay out 12-mile tr Ar' racing course veen W\ and Al ndria over whicl lots entered in the observatia will make practice f The Haviland planes to be entered will wken from routine ¢ the tion and “‘cleaned up’ the r: This will include substitution of row, small landing wheels for Martin bombing wheels now ployed: dismantling unnece projections on the planes and stream lining of the wires and fuselage After these alterations the pilots wil get increased speed from their planes by eliminating “dr. Cleaning up the bombing was deferred until a lzter date. Pulitzer trophy entrants and alter nates will conduct thelr practice flights at Mitchel Field, which is ad jacent to the Curtis factory, where} the planes are being made. race tc Field he de was e huge en pla he ALIEN SMUGifVilr.ING PLOT DETAILS BARED TO U. S.” Portuguese. Facing Deportation Confesses Alleged Opération of Florida Gang By the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla., August 11.—A con fession, purporting to reveal the ex tensive operation of alien smugglers along the west coast of Florida, today was in the hands of authorities here The confessions made by Alfred Santos, a Portuguese, designated him self as leader of a band of nine aliens | smuggled into Tampa from Cuba and held prisoner for 12 days when they failed to pay the required fees. Deportation proceedings will be ir stituted against members of the ban all of whom, except a 6-vear-old sor of Santos, are being held in jail here The boy sent to relatives at Taunton, Ma: The men waded ashore at Point on the night of July 19 when _they Hooke he said concluded passage on two-masted sloop from Havana Women and children in the part were carried ashore by sailors. Woman Shot by Son May Die. PARKERSBURG; Towa, Aug 11" (#).—The condition of Mrs. Del Barber Vanderygort, wife of Rev J. Vandervoort, pastor uof the Fir was g today. ‘' She .was shot twice by h 17:year - sgn Warren last Thursda nlg}r‘:t after the youth had killed his Tather.