Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1925, Page 2

3 * 2 JAPAN SKEPTICAL OF U. . DIPLOMACY Policy Proved Unreliabie, Tokio Editor Telis Politics Institute. By the Aseociated Press WILLIAMSTOWN, 12.—Thinking men America’s diplomacy uncertain _and not deserving of much reliance, Moto sada Zumoto of Tokio, editor of the Herald of Asia, said in an address at the Institute of Politics here today Speaking on' American foreizn dii macy in the Far East, he said also that well informed Japanese did not believe China’s proposal for abolishing extraterritoriality was in line with the regeneration of that country Mr. Zumoto said the people were influenced more the sentiments of American missionaries cultural workers in China than the views of men with economic inters at He recalled inci dents in recent diplematic history which purported to show that the ex ecutive branch of the United Government labored under ‘‘unfort ate constiutional handicaps™ in form ing a proper f 1 policy. Mass.,, August Americ sts stake pan Sympathetic. “We with the recove said. “We the have hize the he apanese warmly sym Chinese in their fight for f the judicial autonomy ready to help them to ibility. The people of han their government 4 manner not mistaken deep sympathy with new spirit of nationalism which he Chinese people, especial ation. But we fail zical connection between jurisdiction and the internal disorders in that country. To be per fectly frank, China’s malady is more {undamental. It is in the people them welves. It is in their history and their sivilization. They now are beginning 10 realize that something wrong h them. There is. however, reason doubt whether their dia of their own trouble is really accurate enough to insure adoption of a right remedy At all e e is not no less hown in to the consular is wi to osis is the nts what they kely to prove how the ale jurisdiction prepar China’s political and social v nich is what Speaking from our the really need national they in the existence of trate jurisdiction a standi stim great potency to ur them exertions in the ¢ of reform. W pro- efficacious. tien of con he way regenera- For sular e own experienc alive to will f itori of their he - Awakening Real. “China’s longr admits movement of stage where it pathy, but w ance. Otherwise i of nning amuck a ! ble that may cost China dearly | China undoubtedly now needs and deserves sympathy on the part of her | foreign friends. But what is even | more badly neede careful and dispassionate rvey of the sitvation with a view to the adoption of a com- mon policy of sensible and wise as- nce to China on the part of the powers principally interested in that country.” To illustrate what he termed the undependable character of American diplomacy, Mr. Zumota instanced “an important diplomatic arrangement which had been functioning to the satisfaction of the .Japanese and American governments, and which W terminated without notice.” He did not the arrangement. He continued Proposal Ignored. is real doubt the spirit is in a ot only sym- judicious guid- be in danger 1 creating trou- | awaken of any the new 2qu and t W it But sista A plan whereby a joint high com mission appointed by the governments of these countries was to investig: questions pending between them w revived by oup of citizens of the Pacific coast of the United States The Japanese government gave it ten tative approval, but the proposition received no encouragement at Wush ington. In contrast with this, the United States invited the Mexican government to settle recent questions arising from Mexican land legislation through a similar high commission “Secretary of State Knox in 1910 proposed that the control of the South Manchuria Railway be taken from Japan and placed under an interna- tional body. Yet Japan had just won the railway in the hard-fought Russo- Japanese war, and America would have resented s lar stand by Ja pan with the situation reversed East Perplexes U. S. The Far East offers the most per- ing field for American diplomacy f. Georze H. Blakeslee of Clark | University said at the conference which he is conducting on the recent foreign policy of the United States. He mentioned the growing nationalism of China and the problem of immigra tion. The “white Aus: policy of that country, he said, aimed to ex clude laborers coming from southern Turope as well as from the Orient ‘Between the United tes and Japan there a 1 two racial issues discrimination against Japanese im. e and diseriminati ainst pi residents in the United ates,” said. “If | nese exclu- rded as at least temporarily settled the people of the Pacific Coast will be willing to remove anti-Japa nese legis! n and make every effort to treat resident Japanese with friend- | liness. There good reason to be. feve that if no agitation is made to do away with the statutory exclusion of the Japanese the people of Cali- fornia will begin the very next| meeting of their Legisiature to repeal the discriminatory laws against Orienta! residents.” nese Mexican Masses Dissatisfied. {The masses of the Mexican people | are convinced that they have been un- | justly dealt with and are determined | te gecure a larger share of the national | weaith, Dr. Lee S. Rowe, director gseneral of the Pan-American Union in ‘Washington, said at the round table on inter-Americ problems ““The basic error of the Diaz regime was in confounding national wealth | with national welfare. He failed to | see that while the national resources | of the country were being rapidly de- | veloped largely by foreign capital the condition of the working classes im- proved but slowly, and in the case of agricultural laborers remained prac- | tically stationary. It was this fact | which brought on the upheaval nf’ 1910 and which has given rise to the | difficult and delicate problems now | confronting the United States in her relations with Mexico. Future Is Brighte “The agreements recently reached for the adjustment of claims of the United States against Mexico and Mexico against the United States mark an important step forward in the developments of the relations be-g tween the two countries. There is also every indication that the trou- hlesome questions arising out of the interpretation of article 14 of the con- stitution of 1917 will be amicably set- tled. ‘Although the present outlook is most promising. we must not close our eyes to the fact that for many years to come our relations with Mex- in Japan consider | be | for | really needed? | mission expressed the regeneration | S led that t inEe | would be agreed to. calling to atten- { tion | Britain likewise I | which the commissions |reach an lar difficulty { [Petting, Smoking, | Roll Tops and Rum | Banned by Co-Eds Woman freshmen who enroll in the University of California (his week will learn that the women's executive committee has been tive during the vacation In outlining a campalgn to pro mote intellectual pursuits rather than frivolities the committee let it be known today that it will not | tolerate: Coming home from dances after 1 o'clock. Entertaining after 10:30 p.m. Hose rolled below Too generous use of lipstick. Al extremes duct Indulgence in e Petting parties. Drinking intoxicants. Violations of the code will mean trial before the women's tommittee. ! masculine friends the knee. rouge and in dress and con rettes, Progress Reported. But Way Is Not as Smooth as | Expected. i s = | me pro: in | the Belgian debt funding negotiations. { The discussion has reached the point | where actual ter « proposed set | tlement were under examination | There were indications that the way | {had been found not quite |as expected, but the commi {appeared to be optimistic opostion made vesterday by | ors and rejected by the Amer- forms the starting point from ress was made today iz is of as smooth on still THE EVENING 0. PLANS TOTEST ' RULING BY MCARL :Supreme Court Decision Is Sought on Right to Stop Navy Pay. By the Associated Press The $upreme Court of the United States probably will be asked 10 referee the next round of the bout between Controller General McCarl and the Government departments. | The Controller General has lost the decision, so far as the lower courts are concerned, in a number of cases where the pay of Navy officers as held up to compensate the Gov- ernment for alleged overpayment to them in previous yvears. To day the Department of Justice announced it was considering the question with a view to appealing in seventy-two cases, under the impres- sion that there is “possibly no au- thority for withholding the pay of naval officers where ihe overn- ment's claim js not based on the failure of the officer to account for public moneys entrusted to his care. Some Cases in China. “Some of the cases,” the ment’s statement continued, “were in the United gStates Court for China, some in lhg District Courts of the United States, some had been carried depart {to the Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States, and some 80 or more were in the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia s the cases outside of the District of Columbia involved many technical questions of practice and procedure, obscuring in a measure the main is- sue, the department will not authorize appeals in any case outside of the District of Columbla. “With respect to the cases in the District of Columbia, the decision was ched some months ago to authorize 1 appeal to the Court of Appeals of e District in two of the cases, and was done. Those two cases are now awaiting decision in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. the discussion of terms will proceed. Just how far apart the com-| missions ape v not disclosed, but| some members of the American com- | nion that| tiations might be concluded | | this week : i Result Was Expected. | Officials =aid it was not to be expect- | e first proffer of settlement al offer -by Great d been found un- Jle, but served as a basis from | were able to| without particu- | that the ini accey agreement The terms which the vere not disclosed, nor would | American commissioners indicate whether a moratorium and a division of the war and post-war debts had | been requested. Before the parleys be- | gan it indicated that Beigium | might ask for a period in which there would be no payment of principal and | interest and for separate treat ment for the war and post-war debts. | IS WANTED BY ITALY P Variable Total. Like Dawes Plan, to Be Urged on Ambassador’s Return Here. visitors pre- | By the ROME, Ttaly's debt Associated Press i August Discussion of to the United States will} he reopened in Washington immedi-| ately after the of the| French-American debt negotiations | there, it was learned In official quarters today | acomo de Martino, the Itallan| Ambassador to Washington. who is| now on his way to Rome, will make | only a very brief stay in Italy and willy return to Washington accompanied by | a staff of experts. The Italian press, | apparently reflecting the views of the | government, - is urging that Ambas. | sador De Martino, in further negotia. | tions with the American zovernment, | take the line that the total amount of ! Ttaly's obligations to America should | be laft variable, somewhat in the same | way as Germany's reparation obliga- ions under the Dawes plan. The government has created a| bureau to be known as the office of | interallied debts and has appointed | Dr. Mario Alberti, who was associated with Ambassador De Martino in the carlier debt discussion at Washington, as a minister whose sole duty wiil be | to deal with the debt question. JAPAN-OPPOSES U. S. CONTENTION ON CUSTOMS PARLEY i from conclusion First Page.) (Contin the treaty which authorized its crea- tion. Under the treaty a 5 per cent ad va- lorem customs rate would be provided for goods imported into China. Es- tablishment customs autonomy would mean abrocation of the old con- ventional tarff treaties, under which a 5 per cent tariff was collected, but which was based on the valuation ziven the goods many vears ago. If customs autonomy is proposed for discussion the American attitude is understood to be one of willingness to consider it at the time, with a res. ation of decision until after the dis- cussion had been held. There is a feeling here that it would be wiser to leave all matters not in- cluded in the agenda to the confer- ence itself for decision. ITALY’S FUTURE BRIGHT. of Papers Pleased With Reports of U. S. Confidence in Finance. ROME, August 12 (P).—The semi official comments in connection with the return to Italy of Giacomo de Martino, the Italian Ambassador to Washington, dwelling on the possi- bility of the active participation of American finance in Italian industries and public works, are arousing great satisfaction here. All the newspapers conclude from these comments, which attributed - reassuring expressions to members of the American cabinet, that the United States is confident of Italy's economic and financial future. 1l Tevgre, which supports the Fascist government, says that this shows that position reports of a lack of con- fidence abroad in Italy’s stability are without foundation. satisfactorily to settle. The difficulties are inherent in a situation in which a highly organized industrial society comes into close contact with a people practically devoid of capital and de- ico will present problems that will require the broadest statesmanship pendent upon foreign capital for th utilization of their natural resources.’ | authorized by law to withhold Case Planned. “As to the other cases involved in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in favor of na officers some stipulation will he made so they will abide by the result in the test ses, with a view to avoiding trouble and expense to the Government and the naval officers. There is now under consideration by the department the question whether one of the District of Columbia cases will be taken to the Supreme Court as a test “In the meantime in all of the cases decrees are in force restraining the disbursing officers from withholding pay, and the officers whose cases have been tried are receiving their com. pensation in full pending the final outcome of the litigation.” Cites Issue Involved. “The principal question involved in this matter,” the announcement said, “is whether accounting and disbursing the United States are compen ation of naval officers to cover claims of the Government for alleged over- payments to the officers in prior years of allowance for dependents. “The merits of the Government's, claims agaifst the officers are not in- volved, but enlv the right of the controller general and the disburss. inz officers to withhold pay to cover the claims. As a result of the controller general in ordering their compensation withheld, many suits were brought by naval officers against accounting and dishursing officers to compel payment fn full of the coms pensation fixed by law. In all cases which have been tried the naval offi cers were successful.” FATHER SEEXS WRIT T0 REGAIN DAUGHTER Tells Court Child Was Taken From Mother, His Divorced Wife, When She Was Arrested. officers action of the Douglas A. Seeley, assistant official reporter of the Supreme Court of the United States, today applied to the District Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus for possession of his daughter, Pearl A. Seeley, 7 yvears old, who is in the custody of the Board of Children’s Guardians. Chief Justice McCoy directed that the child be brought into court Monday, when he will determine the question of custody. Seeley explains that his divorced wife, now Mrs. Fay Behrends, took possession of the child, and that when the girl was in her custody June 30 police arrested Mrs. Behrends on a charge of blackmail. When the mother was taken to the House of Detention, the child went with her and was given into the custody of the board. Mrs. Behrends has since been indicted on a charge of alding another woman to get possession of the latter's child by abduction. 'he father tells the court that he has been unable to see the child since it was placed with the board, and that unless the court interferes she will be disposed of in Juvenile Court, be- ing elther formally consigned to the board or returned to Mrs. Behrends. He is represented by Attorney Wil liam N. Nicholson, and a&sures the court he is willing and able to sup- port his daughter. Another claimant for custody of the child appeared today in the per- son of her grandmother, Mrs. Jassie Beard of 3471 Fourteenth street, who asked the District Suprerae Court 1o appoint her as guardian. Through Attorney John J. McGinnis, she claims she has cared for the child since it was 14 months old and has never been compensated for that care. She also seeks an injunction against the Board of Children's Guardians and Mrs. Behrends, to pre- vent removal of the child from the District pending action of the court on her petition. 800 FALL BEFORE TRIBE. French Casualties in Syria Include Killed, Wounded and Missing. PARIS, August 12 UP).—The French suffered a_total of 800 casualties, in. cluding killed, wounded and missing, in their recent engagements with Druse tribesmen in the Jebel Druse district of Syria, Premier Painleve announced after a cabinet meeting toda’ These figures were d on a dis- patch from Gen. Sarrail, French high commissioner in Syria, received by the ministry of war today. Sales Company Is Bankrupt. Harry H. Hoke. jr., trading as the Excelsior-Henderson Sales Co., at 1114 Ninth street northwest, today filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. He lists his debts at $8,848.35 and esti. mates his assets at $3,170.16. represented by Auorn’-y J. B. Adams. STAR, WASHINGTON, in Recovery of $4. BY BRADLEY KELLY. Dispatch to The Star and American Newspaper Allianc ABOARD SALVAGE STEAMER SPRAY, Off Norfolk, Va., August 12.—A serfes of battles with hungry sharks has featured the past week's operations of the divers who are at- tempting to salvage the $4,000,000 treasure of the sunken steamship Merida. The divers, coming up from the 200- foot ocean depth, are compelled to make long stops on the upward climb in order to rid their hodies gradually of the effects of the terrific pressure which they have endured on the ocean floor. Three hours in all are required to make the 200-foot ascent; otherwise the men are certain to suffer terribly from the dreaded “bends” or caisson disease, as soon ax they reach the sur face. It is during this slow upward climb that the sharks have been annoying them, and they must be constantly prepared with knife in hand to ward them off and perhaps to fight for life. Special North Use Pork as Decoy. The task of the men on the boat overhead 1s to draw the sharks away from the diver by the use of decoys greet hooks baited with cholce morsels of pork. Several small sharks have been caught in this manner, but the climax of the fishing seasog w week, when Worthtngton Davis, the Harvard athlete in command of the expedition, found 16-footer soundly hooked to his bait, Seven men came and after a fierce struggie they the big fish up to the surface. Iive men went over the side in the launch and fought the shark with pike poles and Colt automatics for a half he More than a hundred shots were fired into him before he capitulated. Then he was hauled up on the afterdeck, only to come startlingly back to life again in a final struggle. He was conquered by five men with fire axes. Shark steak, re rded as a special dainty by the sallors, will he served asx a regular part of the bill of fare on the Spray for some time to come. Dynamite Path in Ship, Meanwhile the diving operations are progressing steadily. Examin tion of the sunken ship has shown that the entire superstructure is mass of caved-in wreckage. To reach the treasure it is necessary for the divers to clear a way cautlously through this jungle of blistered steel and iron, sometimes using dvnamite. After nearly two months’ work neither diver has succeeded in getting nearer than ahbout 40 feet to the strongroom, where thousands of pounds of gold and silver bullion are awaiting. The successful recover of the treasure is expected within a other month The Merida quest is now so well known that every passing’ liner de. flects her course in this direction to &lve her passengrs an opportunity to see the salvage crew at work During the past week we also had a visitor from the air. The giant diri- gible Shenandoah came out for a visit, circling our anchorage a half dozen times before she turned hack majesti- cally on her return journey. Fall Under Suspicion. A new Coast, Guard boat, seeking rum runnners, studied us suspiciously for a long aftennoon, and finally came over to'inquire what we were doing. ~'What's your business here?” mega- phoned the official in command. Capt. Moore of the Spray replied facetious- 1y, “We came in here for shelter.” This brought laughs and jeers from to assist Davis, hauled s reached thisd pounds, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DIVERS, AFTER MERIDA RICHES, FIGHT WITH SHARKS FOR LIVES 1 Hungry Monsters Attack Men on Slow Upward Jour-! ney From 200-Foot Depth—Progress Made 000,000 Treasure. the crew of the Spray, who knew that an experienced sailor should read our whole story from the flags and pen nants fiying at our mast-head. The cutter made a complete circle about the Spra:. studying our insignia. “You're : zalvagh boat?” finally in quired the marine police official. “Ay ay, sir,” replied Capt. Moore. ~Hunt ing for buried treasure, I under- stand?’ “Ay, ay, sir,” reafirmed Capt. Moore, and the police boat went away satisfied. Fifteen times in all, since the Meri dn was located, the dives Frank | Crilley and Fred Neilson, have donned their diving gear and gone over the side of the Spray to the wreck be- low. These deep-sed dives, which are record for depth at this distance from land, are so carefully prepared tha they would compete with the staging | of an elaborate opera with a famous prima donna in the siellar role. Each Diver Has Valet. Each diver has a permanent ‘“va- let,” whose duty is to keep the diving gear In proper shape. making minute | inspection of every inch of the seams | | in the suit and reinforcing wealk spots with patches, us the siightest weak- ness anywhere in the diving uniform | Would mean certain disaster | Preparing to put on his diving d s, which weighs Imost 200 the diver first adds heavy len clothing, extra shirts, trouse jand socks he is to descend inta frigid temperatures, and it is impor- tant that he be kept warm and dry ‘Then his valet assists him into his rubberized canvas suit. The heavy breastplate is slipped over his head and the suit clamped to it solidly to make a water-tight joint. Overalls with large pockets for his working tools and his sheath knife are pulled on and rubber bands snapped around his wrists to hold the sleeves water tight. | we Wears 16.Pound Shoes. | The heavy iron shoes, each weighing |16 pounds, are strapped to his feet |and’ he is’heiped over the rafl onto the diving ladder. About hix waist is strapped a wide leather belt, studded with 94 ponds of lead weights held in place by shoulder braces. Next a small leather cap. like that worn by an avia {tor, is fitted on his head with the ear- | phones attached and fastened under | his chin. Finally comes the great cop- |per helmet, with the telephone wires plugged in at the side The diver's sheath-knife, his first aid in time of trouble and his chief weapon of defense against sharks or |devilfish. is on a string at his waist. The airhose, telephone cable and life line are now brought wnder his arms from their connections at the rear of { |the helmet and tied firmly on the front of the breast plate. so that the en- tire weight of the diver is suspended from this point. He is now fully dressed and valeted, ready for the plunge. A smart tap on the top of his helmet by the valet sig- nifies that everything is in readiness. In the meantime the air pump has been started and the pressure in the air tanks bullt up to 125 pounds to the inch—this being the pressure required for work at the depth of the Merida. The diver drops down the ladder until his head is level with the surface, when he reaches out and grasps his “‘descending line,” a three-inch manila rope leading down to the ocean bed below. He slides out of sight down this line, increasing his air supply as the water pressure becomes greater. For every foot of depth the pressure in- {‘rarus by half & pound per square nch. | (Coprright. 1925, by North American News- vaper Allianee ) 2 $25 MINIMUM FINE FOR IGNORING RIGHT OF WALKERS URGED (Continued from First Page.) sections street cars will be directed 1o stop in the interest of safety before crossing. “Slow” to Be Substituted. At certain other points, where the number of passengers passing on street cars outnumber the number of persons crossing in automobiles, street cars probably will not be required to stop. It has been suggested that in such cases a “slow” sign be painted on the street. Col. Moller predicted today that there probably would not be more than 15 points where street cars do not al- ready stop and at which they would be directed to stop for boulevard traffic. There are many boufvard crossings, Col. Holler sald, at which cars aiready make stops or at which policemen regulate all traffic. After the conferees of the traffic office and the Utilitles Commission have prepared a list showing what should be done at each of these boule- vard crossings the commission will hold a formal public hearing before putting the order into effect. Willlam F. Ham, president of the ‘Washington Railway & Electric Co., contends that street cars have always had the right of way over vehicular traffic. At the hearing yesterday, however, he admitted the commission would have authority to order certain stops where it would be in the inter- est of safety. Mr. Ham, however, drew a distinction between stopping a street car and giving trafffc on the cross-street the right-of-way over it. Mr. Ham also took the position to- day that making a boulevard crossing a stopping place for passengers would not solve the question, because, he sald, cars do not stop at such points except when there is some one to get on or off the street car. ‘Would Increase Fine. Col. Moller's suggestion today re-| garding increasing the fine for those who disregard the rights of pedestri- ans, if approved by the Commission- ers, will be the second move under- taken by the traffic office this week to make street crossing safer for those who walk. Col. Moller explained that at corners. where a policeman is on duty neither motorist nor pedestrian has the right of way, but both should be governed by the signals of the officer. The first move undertaken this week to benefit the pedestrian was the in- stallation at Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue of the two- whistle system, which leaves an inter- val of time for walkers to get either to the curb or to the safety zones in the middle of the roadway. In order to make this system a suc- cess, however, it will be necessary for the pedestrians to watch the traffic signal and start across only when the traffic is moving with them instead of across their path. tles for traffic to start is to give the pedestrian time to get clear of the lane of vehicles. Our hope is that after the extra policemen have been on the Jjob for a week the pedestrians will continue to follow the signals. Prac- Ucally the same persons cross that intersection daily and they should be willing to co-operate for the benefit of all who use the streets.” Col. Moller, while observing condi- tions at Fourteenth street and Penn- | svlvania avenue this morning, said the Traffic Bureau is making a sincere effort at that corner to give the pedes trians protection by leaving a time interval between signals. Up to Pedestrians. “It is now up to the pedestrians themselves to make the system work," Col. Moller added. As announced vesterday, vehicles have been prohibited from making a left-hand and- Pennsylvania avenue between & and 9:15 a.m. and 4 and 6 p.m. Inspector Brown said today that the establishnient of this rule made the new pedestrian system work more smoothly this morning. The inspector said Pennsylvania avenue is so wide that vehicles barred from making the left-hand turn at the corner can easily accomplish a turn in the middle of the block The traMic officials have not decided definitely whether they will abolish the left-hand turn during rush hours at other intersections on Pennsylvania avenue. e gt s CUTTER BEAR ASHORE IN BEHRING STRAIT Coast Guard's Famous Arctic Pat- rol Boat Reports “Fresh Wind"” Is Blowing. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash, August 12.—A cablegram received here today from Unalaska, on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Archipelago, stated that the United States Coast Guard cutter Bear was ashore at Cape Prince of Wales, at the western end of Seward Penin’ sula, in Behring Strait The message read: “Bear ashore on Cape Prince of Wales village. Fresh southeast wind. RITES FOR DR. CULLER. Rev. Dr. M. L. Culler, who died here Monday at the home 6f his daughter, j Mrs. W. F. Wood, 2006 Columbia road, was buried yvesterday at Mercers- burg, Pa. 5 Dr. Culler was born in Frederick County, Md.. October 13, 1839. He was educated at Gettysburg College and the Lutheran Theological Semi- nary at Gettysburg, Pa.. and entered the ministry 61 years ago. He held pastorates in Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, his last charge be- ing at Bedford, Pa. Dr. Culler was prominent in the affairs of his denomi- nation, for several years holding the office of president of the Pittsburgh turn at Fourteenth street | For the balance of this week Inspec- | Synod. He retired from active serv- tor B. W. Brown, chlef of the Trafc |ice 12 years ago, and for the last 5 Bureau, will keep patrolmen at each | years has made his home in Wash- of the four corners to see that pedes- | ington. trians move at the proper time. Funeral services were conducted :y Rev. W. C. Waltemeyer, assisted by Test to Céme Later. Rev. Dr. John Weidley. at the home The real test of whether the plan|of his daughter) who is the wife of can be made a succes permanently |Col. W. S. Woodiof the United States will come: when the extra policemen | Army. are withdrawn from the cry Tks. “The officers are there this week to educate pedestrians to do their part by walking with the traffic signal ‘Warrant Officer Charles S. Moore, sajd 1 tor Brown. “The object .of |on duty at Waltex Reed General having “officer blow one whistle for | H “this city, been assigned traffic to stop, leaving an interval of | to, duty at the a&. Arsenal seconds, and then blowing two ‘whis- Metuchen, New J-r-wg 2 Assigned to New Jersey. AUGUS GOAL FREIGHT CUT TOCAPITAL DENIED 12, 1925. ers Seaboard Rate on West Virginia Smokeless. Railroads serving West Virginia smokeless coal districts were ordered Ly the Interstate Commerce Commiis. sion today to establish a new basis of rates, which will allow movement of such coal to consuming territory, in- cluding all of New England and the prth Atlantic seaboard. The new rates, which apply only in certain dis tricts, will apply to Washington inso far as the joint rates are concerned, but will not effect a reduction in the vates on coal shipped direct to this city. The to order commission refused ! general rate reductions on anthracite and posible substitutes for anthracite, leaving the rate from the Pennsyl vanta fields to the Capital at $3.28, a rate which has been in effect for several years. Reduction Demanded. 1t alluded in the order to a desire by consumers for a ‘'subst ntial re- duction in the retail selling prices of anthracite,” and said that reduction hy 10 per cent of the $3.28 rate from Producing points to Washington would save the Washington house holder, who burns 12.5 tons of hard coal a year, about $4.10. At the same time, the commission said, the Gov ernment had displaced anthracite coal for the heating of approximately 8§00 buildings in Washington by the use {of low volatile, bituminous coal, with a resulting large reduction in the cost of fuel. The (overnment now buys approximately 250000 tons of low volatile bituminous coal and 20,000 tons of anthracite for that purpose an nually. A rate reduction on this fuel was ont ordered in 8o far as Washing- fon is concerned, although the joint through rates to New England will be reduced. The investigation showed conelu- sively, the commission said. that the marketing of West Virginia smoke- less fuel as a substitute for anthra- cite was restrained by a lack of proper joint rates. Rallroads were notified to remedy the deficiency by October 15, under -principles set forth in the decision. A reduction affecting all North Carolina points which now pay an average of $7.06 per ton in freight on prepared anthracite was ordered. The new rate will be $5.75 per ton from Pennsylvania, Pfler‘!? e within three months. The decision lowers the rates on anthracite from Pennsylvania to points in Maryland north of Baltimore and on bituminous from West Virginia to other points in Maryland. Commission Began Move. The proceeding was brought by the commission on its own initiative, on recommendation of the United States Coal Commission, and was supple mented by a complaint brought by the Interior Department attacking the rates on the soft coal it buys for the Government fuel yard. Regarding this complaint, the com- mission sald the carriers durinz the hearing reduced some of the bitumi- nous rates to the level sought by the Government, which alleged excessive, unjust and unreasonable rates. ‘It is. agreeable to the Government that the question as to the reasonableness of the other rates which it attacked may rest in abeyance without preju- dice to its right to attack the reason- ableness of those rates in any pro- ceeding it elects to bring in the fu- ture,” the commission suid. ‘“‘There- fore we shall not pass upon the rea sonableness of the rates attacked by the Government.” “Upon the record we are unable to find that all of the rates on an- thracite coal now in force are exces- sive, unreasonable or otherwise unlaw- ful,” the decision said, ** and in our opinion a horizontal reduction of all those rates to an extent which could be reflected in an appreciable reduc- tlon of the retail selling prices of domestic sizes of anthracite would im- pair their credit and consequently their ability to perform sufficient and satisfactory transportation service. Carriers Need the Money. The record is persuasive that im- pairment of the ability of the carriers to perform sufficient transportation in connection with the distribution of anthracite coal might subject con- sumers to hardships which would out- weigh any benefit resulting to them from a reduction of rates on anthra- cite.” The commission found, however, that certain local rates on anthracite to Watertown, N. Y., should be made the same as the rate to Buffalo, while rates to Port Richmond, Pa., on coal to be transshipped were ordered fixed at $1.90 per ton for pea coal. The Reading Rallroad was required to make new schedules accordingly with- in 90 days. To Wilmington, Del., over the Pennsylvania and Reading Rail- roads, & new rate of $2.59 on prepared anthracite was also ordéred. In considering the rates on smoke- less coal suitable in a degree for sub- stitution for anthracite, the commis- sion cited the results of investigations made both by the United States Coal Commission and by Massachusetts governmental authorities. The fre- quent threat, particularly of labor troubles in anthracite fields, the de- cision said, had induced one Massa- chusetts commission to decide that “permanent relief for the household- ers of Massachusetts from their crush- ing domestic fuel burdens will come only when other fuels than anthracite are developed and competitive condi- tions prevail in this market.” New England Benefits. “It seems preferable,”” the commis- sion sald, “that the solution of this domestic fuel problem be accomplished through the development of trade and commerce. The sources of production of an ample supply of household fuels for use in the New England States and the Middle Atlantic States are in- dicated. Freights rates effect total restraint of the shipping of coal pro- duced from mines in West Virginia to points in the 11 Northeastern States north of Hagerstown, Md., and Wash- ington, D. C. To remedy this situation and to open a transportation avenue for the move- ment of the anthracite substitute fuels, the commission ordered the Chesapeake and Ohio, Virginian and Norfolk and Western Railways to make joint rates with the Pennsylvania, altimore and Ohio, New Haven, Bos- fon and Maine and Long Island Rail- roads. As a measure of the new rati on low volatile coal, the railroads were instructed to fix a total charge to principal Eastern consuming points at not more than $1.10 per ton above the rates on bituminous coal moving from the Clearfield district of Pennsylvania, Boston and Maine was given a slightly higher rate for its movement. The commission observed that the rate on bituminous coal from the Clearfield distriét to Boston is now 6 cents per ton higher than rates on anthracite from Pennsylvania to Bos- ton. Certain suggestions were made as to the divisions of the point rates, but no orden was issued on the sub- Ject. Sent to West Virginia. Col. Cromwell Stacey, 2d Infantry, at Fort Sheridan, Tll, has been detail- ed as instructor of Infantry, West Vir- ginla National Guard, with station at, Charleston, Commerce Commission Low- | 3,231 Offenders 2 ofenders D VOUNGSTERS From ere i Year 116 O Qg A total of 3,231 prisoners were sent to the District workhouse at quan and 128 long-termers were sent | to the reformatory at Lerton, Va.| during the last fiscal year, according | to the annual report of M. M. Bar- nard. general superintendent of penal) ! f Oceo Star and Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Line to Be institutio submitted to the Commis- sioners today During the fiscal vear there were 3.181 discharged from the workhouse and 106 released from the reforma- tory. Supt. Barnard reported gratifying progress in construction work at the reformatory, but recommended that the appropriation for carrying on the bullding program there should be at least $75,000 a vear. The superiniendent also told the Commissioners that the brick factory at the workhouse turned out more brick during the last fiscal year than at any time during the last five vears. FOREST FIRES KILL 5 N MAD SWEEP Two Driven Insane by Toil Against Blazes, Un- equaled in Past. By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO, August Forest fires in the Pacific Northwest were reported today as the worst in many vears but as gradually improv. ing. In British Columbia they have taken a toll of five lives in the last 24 hours and two men apparently have been driven insane by incessant toil in attempting to save their homesteads from destruction. Four were Kkilled while fighting a blaze near Revelstoke 250 miles from Vancouver, while an- other lost his life in a blaze on Van couver Island. J. Cox and W. Scovery were found pouring garoline on the embers of a burned house and shouting: “Let's have a big fire.” Both had been fight- ing fire which burned over their home- steads, near Newton Surrey, for 36 hours and were seriously burned. They were removed to & hospital. District Forester St. Clair of Van- said last night that “never in my seven vears in Britith Columbia have I seen the fires as bad as they are now. Some have grown to such proportions that we can protect only the more valuable water sheds and valuable timber. We are hoping for rain. A fire near Rossland, B. C., traveled 12 miles last night. Two huge blazes are burning toward each other near Penticton, B. C.; one of these is out of control Near Chilliwack, B. .. one is sweep- ing uncontrolled over a mountain, de- stroying much valuable timber. 12 couver, With the exception of the blaze in} the Pine Creek district near Wallace Idaho, which is threatening the work ings of a mining company. forest fire conditiens in Idaho and Montana were generally improved. Scores of homes and small ranches are threatoned by the Pine Creek con- flagration and the settlers are pre- paring tb flee from the path of the flames. BOMBS ARE HURLED IN TAILORS’ STRIFE Explosives Placed in Two Shops. Acids Used to Destroy Gar- ments in Three. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, August 12.—Five at tacks, three with acid and two with bombs, were made on tailor shops early today in an apparent organized program of destruction. Labor trouble was the cause attributed Six men armed with two quart bot- tles filled with acid entered the third- floor shop of Rudolph Cosentino and Mario Bruno, lined up 11 employes and sprinkled acid over the clothing in the shop as well as the garments of the employes. Cosentino sald he had operated an “open” shop for two years and said he had been threatened by repre- sentatives of the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers' Union. Similar attacks were made in the tailor shops of E. J. Vanseck and Paul Kapz, but bombs were exploded at the shops of J. J. Bazowski and Joseph Alabaty in western suburbs. BABE BORN TO GIRL, HOMELESS, IN STREET Young Mother Evicted After De- sertion by Husband and Father. Child Dies. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 12—Deserted by her husband and father and evicted by a constable from her onl home, Mrs. Anne Cooper, 19, gave birth 1o a child yesterday as she lay on the roadside in the village of Phoenix, southwest of Chicago. The baby died a few hours later in an infirmary, where it and the mother were taken in a hearse because no ambulance was available. Physicians there attributed the death to ex- posure and premature birth induced by the sight of a pistol in the hands of the constable. An_investigation by the coroner will be asked and an inquest held. The mother is in a serious condition. Mrs. Cooper is one of 11 children. Since her father deserted them three years ago, her mother, Mrs. John Max and the elder children earned a pit- tance by working for farmers. They fell behind in their rent. Then Mrs Cooper's husband left. Mrs. Max said the constable had evicted them after telling them they were squat- ters and giving them a week to move. SISTERS ASK INJUNbTION. Declare Owners of Adjoining Prop- erty Are Violating Contract. Natale Avignone and Corinne Avig- none of 2428 Elghteenth street yester- day asked the District Supreme Court for an Injunction against Emile Beau- vais and Samuel Rossi, who own ad- joining property on Eighteenth street, to prevent the erection of a building within 7 feet of the huilding line. The plaintiff asserts there is an agree- ment covering the distance that build- ings shall be erected from the side- walk and the defendants are threat- ening to build beyond such line. At- torney Arthur A._ Alezander for the plaintiffs. Hosts Monday. i | _ The word has been passed amonx 500 boys and girls in Washington s children's institutions that the annus outing of The Evening Star and the Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Steamboat Co. will be held Monday at Marshall Hal Invitations have been extended to every institution where there are ch! dren old enough to make the trip ar | participate in the activities of th@ ou ing, and, while a large number of them are away for the Summer, the com mittee in charge succeeded in lining up about 500 | Monday's cuting will given in their honor by the steamboat company held in 1 was the hosts (o be the third he Star and he first w and the second in 19 intention of the conduct one laxt year, hu unforseen obstacles appeared ai the last minute. The Star last Jan endeavored 1o placate the disapp children by having them as its zur at the moving picture “Peter Pan.” While they there was evidence that from Washington, a ver and outdo be more to their will The tentative prograrm alls for departure from street wharf on the Ch in command of Capt 10 o’clock Monday morning to the popular river resort rides on the many handed out through Fred Mertens, jr., manager « amusement park. While being taken on the amusement tures, luncheon will be prepared an following this, officials a ground Department will stage sever contests. There will not be t e anything after the compet to run for the hoat. which here about 5:30 «'clock Through the kindness of Brig S. D. Rockenbach, commanding off of the district of Washingtor tion of the United § will accompany the chi W. J. Stannard, the leader, person will select a unit of pieces a direct a program ively music throughout the day. Although band is scheduled to give a publ cert Monday night. Capt G. Sherman, commanding 1y offered to assist. even musicians will suffer vience in preparing for concert. comt produc in contests likir by Concessions En keis f concessions the co e from the wi Ra Scer some the evening Aides Are Chosen. The playground delegatior backbone of the outing—was ass by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supe of playgrounds in the District. At the request of The Star Mrs. Rhodes a pointed all those who had attend | previous outings and who 1 are the playvground service They are Miss Maude Parker, dircctor of girls activities: Diek Tennyson, director of boys’ activities; Miss Nina White retary to Mrs. Rhodes: Mra. Caroline Alexander, director of th Plaza pla ground; Miss Thelma Smith, direct of Virginia Avenue plavground. ar Miss Elizabeth Mahon, director « Bloomingdale playground Boh'' TLe Gendre, nationally known athlete and a graduate of Georgetown (1 v, will make his first trip on the outing “Bob" is inspector of Summer plavgrounas. The institutions to be represented are: St. Joseph's Male Orphan Asy 924 H street; Jewish Foster Hom 13213 Q street; * John's Episcop: Orphange, in Summer quarters t Radio, Va.: Gospel Mission Home C street: Washington Ho: Chi dren, 1715 Fifteenth street: Swartzell {Methodist lome, 201 Rittenhouse street: Washington City Orphan Asy lum, 1739 Fourteenth street; St. Vin cent’s Orphan Asylum, Fourth and Channing streets northeast; Baptist Home for Children, in Summer quar ters at Bethesda, Mad. Children’s Emergency Home, Central Union Mis sion, 624 Louisiana avenue, and In dustrial Home School, Wisconsin ave nue. The Episcopal Home for Children at Anacostia is spending the Summer at Colonial Beach, Va., and is unable to attend. The German Orphan Asy lum, also in Anacostia, as in the pre vious two vears, has been unable to attend owing to mammoth prepara tions for Labor day celebrations at the home. - PLANS BRYAN MEMORIAL FROM CHILDREN’S DIMES Commoner's Goddaughter Movement for Statue Clewiston, Fla. Starts in By the Associated Pres: CHICAGO, August 12.—Plans for a nation-wide movement for e a memorial to Wiiliam Bryan at, Clewiston, Fla.. an nounced here by Miss Dionessa Bryan Evans, goddaughter of the late Com- moner and daughter of D. H. Evans of Tracy, Minn., prominent politica economist. Funds for the erection of the me. morial will be supplied by dime con- tributions from children of the S day and public schools of the country. Miss Evans said Charles F. Da president of the Liberty Natic Bank of New York, had promised the services of that institution todian of the funds. A triangular site Clewiston has been monument. Miss Evans’ idea of the monument embraces a heroic statue of Bryan Bible in hand, surrounded by a group of children. Miss Evans' father was a delezate to every Democratic national conven- tion from 1896 to 1920. L RITES FOR MRS. LOHR. Services to Be Held at Daughter's Home in Virginia. Funeral services for Mrs Edith Lohr, who died Monday, wi held at the home of her daughter John F. Hardie, 302 Walnut Lyon Park, Va., tomorrow, at 3 p.m Mrs.Lohr had been a resident « Washington for many years previous to making her home with her daugh ter. She was a member of Mirlam Chapter, No. 23, Order of Kastern Star, and was uctive in that work until her health failed. She served as a yoeman in the Navy Department during the World War. She 1s survived by her husband. Al bert A. Lohr; her daughter, Marian ¥, Hardle, and & son, Allen” W, Lohry now of Pittsburgh, Pa. Interment will be at Columbia dens, Rev. Dr. George H. Fielding of Clarendon, Va., officlating. Hotel Man Takes New Post. Edmund J. Brennan, for more than 11 years manager of the Harrington Hotel, at Eleventh and E streets, and one of the best known hotel men in the East, will leave the Harrington s.nmhiv = take over the mansge- ment of e Hotel Hamilton, Faur« teenth and K streetss ction of Jennings the in the heart donated for Mary | be Mrs