Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1925, Page 2

COOLIDGE STUDYING COAL STRIKE ISSUE Will Be Ready to Act if Nec- essary—Goes tc Plym- outh Tomorrow. BY Staff Correspondent of The SUMMER WHITE HOUSE, Swamp seott, Mass. August 13-—President Coolidge is studyinz the coal situation caretully 1o be fully prepared to act in the interest of the public in the event of a strike after September 1 He had a long talk today with R Arnold, a consulting engineer Los Angeles. Calif.. and an authority on coal. Mr. Arnold has many vears in the Geological Survey and is the editor of a technical dealinz with mining affairs. He is prominent in Republican politics in California the found ers of the Hoover Clv RUSSELL YOUNG. Iph spent and was one of Ik Over Elec Another visitor to the executive of fices today was Benjamin Loring Young. former speaker of the Massa chusetts House of Representatives. and a colleagu President Coolidze during the latter’s legislature days. They talked over developments in Massachusetts politics, discussed the proposed reapportionment hill and re viewed the situation as affecting the ve-election of Semator Rutler. Mr Young reported that orzanization in Massachusetts was in zood shape. and that evidences of dis cord, which existed hefore the Presi dent’ came to the North Shore. now were disappearinz. It is the helief of Mr. Young that Senator Butler wi elected in 1926 by a normal ma o despite the depression existing among many Republicans in certain sections of this State. All the Massachusetts Republicans recognize that the fight Senator Butler will be forced to make against former Senator David | Walsh. who will he his Democratic op- panent, will be a hard one. The Re. publican leaders are depending the prestige of President Coolidge to carry Senator Butler and the congres sional slate to success Brings About Harmon, 1t now apparent. after weeks the President has spent here that his influence politically has been tremendous. He started in his char acteristic quiet and thorough manner 10 effect harmony two weeks after his arrival. He attended a gathering of peliticians brought together by Ralph S. Bauer of Lynn. Republican cand @ate for mayor of that city. and har mony was restored between the Lodze nd Butler factions hy the appearance of the President at the Essex County Republican Club outing Mr. Coolidze today mapped out his itinerary for his trip to Piymouth, Vt which will be made tomorr If the weather is fair, the journey will he made by motor. If not, the presiden tlal party will go by special train. He expects to remain with his father at the old homestead four dayks The people of Lynn. in executive office is located. have seen very little of the President. and are anxious to get hetter acquainted. Some of the leaders of the city have dropped a hint 1o this effect. and it is now thought likely the President will par- ticipate in the dedication of a large flagpole to be erected on the Lynn common at a date to he set at the convBnience of Mr. Coolidge. seven which the eted. 2ot their first real ent today. The tri- the executive offices was jammed with people, many of them women and children, a number of whom stood more than an hour 1o catch a glimpse of the Executive when he Jeft the biding The President lingered at the en- trance long enough ta be photograph ed. The crowds cheered and waved, and Mr. Coolidge smiled and lifted his hat. George H. Fairchild of Manila. editor of one of the leading newspapers in the Philippines, who called on the President late yesterday, declared his Coolidge Ts Lynn residents 100k at the P anzle about opposition to Philippine independence. | He and told of urged of onditions in the the strengthening hand Governor General Wood. He also brought a special message from Gen. GOVERNMENT EXPLOSIVE OPERATIONS COMBINED Three Sections of Bureau of Mines to Be Put Under Pittsburgh Experiment Station islands of the Leonard Mr. Coolidge Wood The Department of Commerce an nounced today that in the interests of economy, efficiency and unity of direc- tion the explosives physical testing section, the explosives chemical labor- atory and the liquid oxygen explosives research of the Bureau of Mines will be combined into the explosives sec- tion of the Pittsburgh experiment station « § J. Perrott, assistant chief explosives chemist, in charge research Charles chemist of the will specialize on explosives He will report to Dr. Munroe. chief explosives through the superintendent Pittsburch ation. Spencer P. Howell. explosives en gineer. has been transferred to Pitis. burzh in contintze work on liquid oxy gen and special investigations, CHALLE_FiGES DR. STRATON William E. A. Brady Wants Debate on Theater of Today. ASBURY PARK. August i3 William A. Brady. New York ducer, today challenged the Rev Roach Straton to a debate on theater of today, shouid it be abused or saved?” Brady made & charges made by weeks ago in an Grove in which he American stage v reeking with moral infamy and the only place where a =pot on a4 woman's characte was an asset In a statement asserted that it would he better for My, Straton to preach the gospel among actors and actresses than to abuse them ). pro- John sweeping denial of Mr. Straton two eddress at Ocean asserted that the todax the produc Amundsen to Sell Maude. COPENHAGEN. Angust 13 (®).— Roald Amundsen has offered to sell hig ship, the Maude. which has just been freed from the ice of the Arctic Ocean after a vear-long imprisonment, in order to satisfy his credito; (The Maude was frozen in last year near Bear Island, 800 miles west of Behring Strait and 250 miles north of Siberia She now ix proceeding 1o Nome, Alaska.) Ex-Governor of Tennessee Il BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn.. August 13 () Alfred A. Taylor, former Governor of Tennessee. is seriously il at_his home. at Millizan College. Tenn.. hut information from hjs bedside today is that his condition is not alarminz. Mr. Taylor. who ie 77 vears of age, was <t rief several weeks ago with a stoma4g ailment. magazine | National Republican ! the Republican | upon | .{ without prolonged discussions. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO Jails ‘Brawny Fire Lads Fovderca o vasiw D.C.COAL DEALERS Blackbird Hordot PI.AN FUR SIRIKE ISargent Asked for Opinion on | i Emergency Measure for [ Distribution. !m«-nhamx in case of emergency re.! {sulting from strike of anthracite ! iminers was laid hefore Attorney Gen eral Sargent today by Jesse (', Suter, | secretary of the (oal Merchants’ i Board of Trade. If the Department of Justice finds | |that the proposed plan would not be. in violation of the anti-trust laws. Mr. | | Suter explained. not only the members {of the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade, but all dealers in Washington will he |asked 10 co-operate in putting the pro- | gram into effeci for the protection -“ Ithe city. At the same time 1t was revealed by statisties collected by Mr. Suter's or- | | ganization today that the supply of | |anthracite coul now in the hands of | |dealers here is much larger than| !O\KIIOI Al the same time in 1924 or inj i1 the year of the last anthracite strike. T Fire Chief called upon today Commissioner Bell tn outwit an army of blackbirds that has been annoving the residents of New Jersey avenue between 1. and M streets. A resident of the neighborhood after relating how the swarms of birds had upset the peace and quiet of the community, sought permls sion to have them frizhtened away by shotgzuns The Commissioners deemed such A course unwise and called in a hoard of stratexy to devise some other means of attack. It was fin ally concluded to tet Chief Wat son’s brawny fire-fighters make an attack on the hirds with line of fire_ hose. The board of stratesy luctant 1o reveal the exact time of nizht when the stealthv firemen would advance mpon the blackhirds not hecause of any fear that the birds would be forewarned. but to avoid the presence of a curious crowd which might get more of the water than the blackbirds. U S-BELGIAN DEBT PARLEY IS HALTED {Recess Is Taken to Await In- structions—Agreement Thought Nearer. George Watson hy Engineer was | | | | | i i Plan for control tion in the National of coal distribu Capital by coal was re Plan Is Withheld. Deiails of the program for emer. gency distribution were not revealsd |The “plan has heeng before the o | 2anization for,some fime. It was d veloped by 4 committee of five mem- | hers and adopted by unanimoux vote| [of the hoard of directors Tuesday.| | Mr. Suter presented i in doc: [ mentary form 10 Attorney Gen | sargent. i The plan was sald hy Mr. Suter to | be relatively simple, and in the opin- fon of his orzanization and others with whom he has conferred. perfeci- Iy legal. Refore going further with the prgject, however, the (oal Mer- | chants’ Board of Trade determined 1o {keep fts contents secret unless ap- |proved by the Department of Justice, | In the past during emergencies when strike conditions brought about shortage of coal in Washington, the Government itself has stepped in, either through the Kuel Administra tion or the Public Utilities Commis- n. to take control No | i | ul | Ry the Associated Press Negotiations hetween { Belzian debt commissions | pended temperarily today permit the v receive instructions from Brussels as to a new Belgian of- for A lever, meet {they American American and were ' sus 0 | 4 is expected overnight, how- and the commissions agreed to again tomorrow. At that time will have before them also a new proposal, embodying some which presented to. to the Belgians. reply was Move Made. There were plain indications at the Department of .ustice today thai no official move hasx as ver been taken towards stopping any possible strike. In some quarters this was inter preted as indicating that the depart- | ment might appreve the local plan {for emergency distribution | Even xhould the Department of lustice approve the plan. Mr. Suter {explained, it would not be put into ef fect until it was definitely decided an emergency existed. and then only by unanimous vote of the board of di rectors. The supply of anthracite which has been shipped into Washington for conl dealers during the four monihs ending Juiy 31 ageregated 155.143 tons, as {compared with 144540 tons for the same period in 1924, and 150,884 tons for the same period in 1923, the strike year. The shipped Moratorium Opposed. The Relgian governmeni has asked that the 1otal of the debt be reduced through a computing of acevued inter- | lest at a rate lower than the 4% per jcent at which the British debt interest ! was fizured, but no agreement on tha { point has been reached. The only agreement so far disclosed is that for brief moratorivm. The commissions remain quite far apart on the other questions involved, but both | sides are hopeful of an azreement supply of bituminous SE000000 COAL MERGERPROPOSED = - coal the tons, | port Illin ois Woman for Debt When Creditor Agrees to Pay Board Rr Consolidated Prey ST ST. LOUIS. Mabel Young brunette of East RBelleville Belleville deputy sheriff 10 help the State of Iilinols 13.—M departed company revive According Tllinols law throw payving board in jail for the debtor. John Louis, is paying Mrs two of seeinz her for on severel REPLY Intimidation Aect dent Roulstone, president of the Parks Con | servation Association of New York, - | charging that tempting to intimidate the city of affording the space for matie ment Far Roc be him 10 President. improper, for with a Miller. its ancient prisoning debtors. the 200d mo) Novak. weeks f April 3 v oen to a and creditor ney also provis long unused, impi ment for a court judgment is per mitted for as long as six months provided ., a st custom after 6f F Miller the satisfaction locked up. 4. hruised ROBINSON REFUSES 10 ATTACK Charged in Ef- fort of Navy Chief to Get Air Site. ng Secretary kaway My comment and h of the Navy { Inson declined 10dav 1o comment upon “|a letter which has been written Presi Coolidge by William the Secrat an aireraft Long Tsland. Hohinson =aid. letter received on N communication from the subjeet. Robinson Asked Grant. recently Mr of New to the Navy park space, which sinc used. us A been station. was vital of i that from th Previously | tempted to obtain -the sit unsuccesstully.¥ Tobinson. manent It is understood that in his letter. followed quite closely the the same subject York City authorities | text of a | wHitien to New Edwin Denby by the sations o 23, special Robinson mavor and sinking fund commissionsr urging the city Department York he would not the national defense of New York Cis in case of a department e air the hase. but letter o n had be a the lat W the temporary He pointed out that the site| o national defense because strategie location and indicated responsible for Mr today on wants Nova when an some of the naval for a automobile driven by Mr pursued him Louis sidewalk. He sued sonal damages of $2,500. September received a judg the amount, when Mrs. Ml 10 defend the case. Unable to eollect ment, Novak sent August pretty Louls, in of im on t the of the son ler's keep for two weeks. Mrs. Miller, 31 vears ol wife of a switchman, who but irregularly employed lost his job in the strike She took her arrest wi placency. “1 see no wav money.” have fo serve The car that struck old one worth aho to bad by ast St < board of get 2k was $500. UNION GOMING | onto an, East Belleville $14 to pay for Mrs. Miller st for per- and last ‘ment for ler failed .. he judg- heriff at Mil d. is the has heen since he of 1920, th com- ting the she sald. “and 1 guess I'll the sentence. Novak was an ANTHTUBERGULOSIS HERE Gathering Next Month. Roh International Tnion Again: eulosis will t in the U Bradford meet in the Unit to October’ ¢ in Junction with Washingto! was at thé Nattonal in the Depart tation at 1t wonld for the no upon Nationa) prominent the world Arrangements which will bring 1a Washi proximately 1.200 persons this morning by | the National Tuberculosis A and . E. LeVigne, executiv for to rote the The National tion will meer diately | International 1o cede October 4 10 has Alr Union culosis. Headquart Mavflower Hotel. The outstanding delegates eign countries who will & conference are Sir Robert | Edinburgh. Scotland. Drs, Humbert, Gunn and Rist of Again will refusal. had at- per- Dr. Neuman and Dr. London and Dr. holm. Sweden. Many Nattons Represe lacobaeus when he was Secre it also was in con rity with the conclusions presented naval board which was headed hy Admiral Rodman, and submitted a re- the department DAVISON HEADS in Thirty-one countries will tofore heen held in Europe London and Lausanne. | The headquarters of tion ix in Pari | _Dr. Theobald Smith of N. J.. one of America’s leadi ogists and coverer losis germs, is president of | national Union and of the | sis Association. the Animal Research Socie Rockefeller Institute and w at the meeiing here. shore Rear on the January st Tuber ed States The meeting will he held September 30 n Tuhercy the convention ngton ap- were made Dr. Philip Jacobs of | ge ssoclation e director of the Washington convention bureau Tuberculosis Asxocia 5. imme following the meeting of the | st Tuber be at the from for ttend the Phillip o Bernard Parls: Dr. Rollier and Dr. Levsin of Switzeriand, Varier-Jones of of Stock nted. be repre. | sented at the meeting. which has hers usually at organiza Princeton ng pathol bacteriologists and the dis f the bovine type of tubercu the Inter | | | ' murder. Will Attend International | For the first time in its history. the | a | who stopped (o give him & Nft. in con- | losis Association and will.bring 10 the | ,haut Capital some of the most | remove his coal and Adams produced seientists and pysiclans in a2 gun | { | probably Friday. { with | torney i { I Tuberculo- | He also in director of v of the 1l presiae | World Famous Physicians‘ whe will be ' “The | ‘[Bituminous Mines of West | Virginia and Kentucky May Pool Their Interests. Br the Associated Press LEXINGTON. Ky. August 18.— | Plan= for consolidating Kentucky and | West Virginia coal mines inio a | $500.000,000 company producing ap | proximately 150.600.000 tons of fuel a vear are awaiting return of | questionnaires now in the handx of operators, an announcement hy J. | E. Johnson, secretary of the Hazrd {Coal Operators’ K ange, said 1o- | day. Mr day pal New the returned merger conference of of the two States in said the operators helieve would reduce strikes and lahor troubles to & minimum Coal fields included in the pro. posed consolidation are the east Ken. tucky fields of Harlan. Hazard and Big Sandy. which produce superior grades of domestic. gas and Elhorn hy-product and the Wesi Virginia fields of Thacker. Lozan. Willlamson Pocahontas. Kanawha. Winding Guif and Tug River. The Fairmont field. in northern West Virginia. would net be affected by the consolidation Stabilization of the coal industry {the main producing section of Appalachaian range is the object | the combine. Mr. Johnson said. If the {returned questionnaires are favorable to the plan. bankers propose to issue stocks and honds totaling $500.000 1000, covering the agreed valuation of | the mines. Johnson. who vester from & onerators York merger in the of $150.000,000 in Cash. Fifty per ecent of iwould he in honds, 3 per cent |of which would bhe turned over in {cash to various operators to liquidate accumulated debts, and 20 per cent re. tained by the corporation for work !ing ecapital, The other 50 per cent |would he distributed among the mine owners. as their shares in the cor | poration. The Aquestionnaires will (urnish | financiers with the tonnage of sach mine. the aperating expenses and the total debts. as well as the sentiment of the operators toward eonsolid; tion. Plans can be onlv tentative. how ever, until the sentiment of all the operators is known, Mr. Johnson said { Those attending the New York {conference included John .J. Riordan, representing the New York and | Baltimore bankers: John Lang. presi {dent of the Kanawhs Coal Operators’ | Association: M Garvey, president {of the New River Coal Operators’ | sociation, Winona, W. Va son. Wyatt Coal Co.. West Virginia: Dana Grose. Roston: Ernest M. Mer- I rill. consulting mining engines of [the Biz River (oal Operators’ As | sociation. Charles Town, W. Va., and ! P. T. Colzan. mining engineer. rep- resenting the Harlan field, Middles. hora, K the amount i = . | Bands Raid Bulgarian Frontier. SOFTA, Bulgaria. August 13 (@) — | Small bands of political refugees | dressed in Serbian military wniforms | have raidea the trontier at two points. | One band attacked and robbed a house near Kustendil. about 10 miles from the Jugoslav-Bulgarian border; an- other attacked two vilages near Pe- | rich, ‘Turther south. The bands re- {turned to the frontier after the at- tacks, with Bulgarian troops in pur- | suit. Italian Air Attache Recalled. ROME. August 13 (). —Winz Com- mander Mario Caldernra. air attache | of the Italian embassy at Washington, | has been ordered to return to Italy. He will be replaced by Comdr. Scaroni, now air attache to the embassy at London, As- | . Rob- | 1 past the LT w ANTHCRIME BODY v the same period in | | These shipmenis are in addition to | {ihe mrpp:«es |;~iwfl by the Govern. ! 3 m uel vards, public utilities, Navy | TATE G sl Somreen movhocins | NeW- York Legislator Elected Chairman of Citizens’ Commission. |as compared with 82,900 tons for {same period in 1924 and | for | tcoal through dealers. All these agen {cies, in addition to the dealers, were | i=hown by statistics in the hands {the Coal Merchanis' Board of Trade as having on hand a good supply of Iboth anthracite and hituminous coal. FLAYING CARTER Ry the Associated Preas C YORK. August 13. -Unanl- mous election of F. Turbee Davison, | member of the New York State Legis {lature from Nassau County. as chair {man of the National Crime Commis sion was announced yesterday afier a meeting of leaders of the movement {in the office of Eibert H. Gary. | The importance of promoting the | formation of local commissions or | ommittees in the principal cities UNION ASKS OUSTER Typographical Workers Want | lishing the ‘macionai neadauariers as |a clearing house for these smaller | Removal Made Issue in Next |Podies was ree ot o e ves Congressional Election. | sion were Circuit Court Judge Ewing | | | | | Cockrell of Warrenshurg, Mo.. who | made an exhaustive study of «ime land remedies for its suppression, in | | thix country and abroad, and Prof, Al | By the Amsociated Prees. | hert Leavitt of the law department of | KALAMAZOO. Mich..'August 13.--| \Vashington and Lee University. who | | A resolution demanding that George | urged attacking the crime problam H. Carter be ousted a= public printer | throngh the law schools {of the United States was adopted with- out a | Typographical Union hare this morn- . roll call by the International| | e 1$3,000,000 SLASH | With the resolution was coupied an! |N D. C. 1927 BUDGET appeal to trade union workers through | jout the United States to make Carter's | ORDERED BY LORD| {1emoval from office an issue during | | | all congressional elections in 1926. 1 (CoRBnusE o m A Paxe) ontinued fry The resolution was introduced by Jacob Wagner, a delegate from Wash. ,H,:rnn, D. C. who declared Carter $36,250.000. while far less than the | % S city heads sought, is in reality $36.277 | #x holding office in violation of the|mgre than all appropriations eranted | law, which savs the public printerilhy the last session of Congress for the must be a practical printer, versed|current fiscal year. These current ap- in the art of hookhinding.” {propriations aggregate $36,013.723. Comparison of the figures now under Rule Declared Tyrannical. consideration with those of a year ago It referred to Carter as a : shows: Last Summer the Commis- X 4 MENACE | Ginners sent 1o Gen. Lord a tentative 10 an efficient. economical. fair public | pidgar of $36,568.869, while this Sum. serviee " and an “ineligible. incompe- | mer they asked for more than $39,000. tent and intolerant public servant, who|000: last August the Budget Bursau has become a tyrant in office. [nrdzred the !hi’s«ifiufif' flx:’rv fl'u' "; Willi i ® <k. ! $32.500,000, which was a reduction o log cueam Higkine of Philadelphia ask-| 30%000.000; this year the Budget Bu- y to re- i i reau cut the $39.479,865 recommenda turn home and “pin down™ his Rep-|iion to $36.250,000, a reduction of resentative or Senator on the question | siightly more than $3,000,000. of ousting Carter. Maj. Donovan explained today that “Every union man and woman in|the limitation of $36,250,000 just fixed the United States should make & con-|by the budget bureau includes trust certed effort to see that this man is and special fund appropriations of 52, discharged,” declared Higgins. -To dg|000.000, whifb are not in the nature this we must adopt a policy of sup- of municipgl improvements. It like- v les the expenses of the porting our friends and defeating our | 1" ’""'{ L enemies at the next congreseional elac- | | | { | Water Defartment amounting to §1.- §00,000, which are met out of water rents, and, therefore, does not effect the tax rate. There are two other large items figuring in the $36,250,000 budget I"hk‘h would not increase the tax rate. ) % One is street improvements to he met was found nnnecessary, however, el ieis) b tpma b Sl S 8 . v e | for next year. While this would tend CARTER NOT WORRIED. (7 0ep down the tax rate, it would | \ - — | come out of the pockets of local ax | ic. e pe ars. The other large item ix the Rublic " ERuser (5euaRaMI unexpended balance of $2,626,028 in Been Sought Before, | the city's old surplus fund, which is OMAHA, Nebr., Auguat 13 (0 be appropriated for school buildings orge H. Carter, public printer of nd playgrounds sites. o N 7 ‘While this also will not affect the the United States, said today he wa y not concerned with u resolution adopt. |Present tax rate it ln money e ed by the International Typographical |Sar® Trom DBtiiet MOXpRvers & fer Union at Kalamazoo, Mich., attacking |Y*2rS ago. and is. gt his administration and asking his dis- charge. Mr. Carter was here attend- ing the convention of the International Association of Printing House Crafts- men. It When the question came to a vote, President James M. Lynch requested all Canadian delegates to refrain from answering the roll call. The roll call | i next budget. Tt is understood that a budget of $39,479,866, an recommended hy the Commissioners, would have called for |a tax rate next year slightly above the present rate of §1.70 per $100 of |asnessed value. [ Amons ihe large projects In ihe budget that may have o be prun of the appropriation bill passed by | NS T Y R (0N, LT Congress. The unfon asked then that | Toe" nyeryenr school bullding program. I he investizated on charges of vio- | gy uenr Achool buliding program lating the civil service regulations. | fes eammierion of toe e waler man: President Coolidge and Attorney Gen- | i TVREN 0 T TS Tone Jeq ' o “eatl eral Sargest considered -my’ for more than $1,000.000, and a large is a closed Incident,” he said. “They tried to remove me before, when I cut the working force from 4,186 to 4,000, acting under the terms | 274.301 in gold and the imports have the District’s contribution toward th![ Walter S. Ufford. secretary of the Washington Tuberculosis Association will iake an active part in the meet ing. together with Dr. George M. Ko ber of Washington. secretary of the | national assofiation. GAIN SHOWN FOR U. S. IN FOREIGN TRADE Favorable Balance of $12.000,000 in July—Imports, $326.000.000; | Exports, $338,000,000. l | of $12,000,0600. Impocis were valued ai $326.000,000, 1 while exports were $338.000.000, i | For the same month of 1924 axports | $276.649.000 and imports i £278.593.000. The figures, compiled hy the Com merce Department, showsd the gold imports of July were larger than. the | exports. which is the first time that: such an excess of imports has bean noted since last November. The totals By the Associated Press Foreifn (rade for July showed u fa- vorable balance (0 the United States wer | were small. total gold imports bsing $10.204.112 and exporis $4.337.84; ilver exports were $8346,204 and imports $5,238,437 For the zaven months of 1925 to date the United States has exported $195.- been $50,870.616. GEN. ISAAC R. SHERWOOD IS 90 YEARS OLD TODAY, Noted Ohioan. 50 Years in Cun-l gress, Celabrates Day at August 13 (®), Dinner. TOLEDO. Ohio, Gen. lsaac R. Sherwood. who served | over a period of 50 years in Congress. cenebrated hix 20th birthday anniver-| sary today. He had a birthday rake with 30 small flags on it, and he cut| it himzell and ate a big piece. { Suffering little from the handicaps of age, Gen. Sherwood. who has been A picturesque figure in Ohio polities for two generations, spent the day in his usual fashion. He never worries about what to eat or what not to eal or what time (0 g0 to bed. After his birthday dinner he took his favor- ite easy chair out on the balcony of his apartment and watched the ctowds go by. Gen. Sherwood was born rd, N. Y., August 13, 1835, STATé CUTé éUEL PRICE. in Stan- South Dakota Moves: Gasoline Reduction. PIERRE. §. Dak., August 13 (P).— South Dakota has taken another step to bring the price of gasoline down to “'a reasonable price. Starting today. Huron, Madison, Prookings. Mitchell and Watertown will sell gas at 21 cents a gallon, while the price at Aberdeen will drop to 211§ {cents. In Mitchell, however, other gas | stations have met the State price. CUTTER BEAR SAFE. Ship Rushed to Aid Reports Arctic Vessel ‘0. Keh.” | SEATTLE, Wash., August 13 (#).—A | message received here today from the ! steamer Oduna. which vesterday was | on her way to aid the United States | Coast Guard cutter Bear, ashore in Bering Strait, said that the Bear was keh” and the Oduna was proceeding to Force | | and approved it," ‘ftem for purchase of park areas. to Beattls. LY {ing an outing last year. , D. ¢, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1925. | | BOY, 17, TO FACE MURDER CHARGE Body of Teacher Killed by Passenger in Car Found in Missouri. Ry the Associated Press KANSAS CITY. Mo., August 13 Everett Adams, 17-vear-old Wilming- | ton, Ohio, high school boy, seif-con- | fessed slayer of A. R. Clawson, school | teacher of Lodi, N. Y., today was on his way (o Sedalia, Mo., from Garden City, Kans., in custody of officers to answer a charge of firat degree Sedalia is the seat of Pattis County. 1t wans near Lamonte in that county. | that the decomposed body of Clawson wae found yesterday in a ditch, where it had lain since August 1. Adums confessed he had put the body there after he had shot Clawsen 1o death following an attempt to rob him. The 1 boy's confession was obtained | Garden City, Kans., police. where he had driven Clawson's coupe after disposing of the body. Bloodstains on | the car led to his arrest in the Kansas town. The confession followed & grilling by officers there when the license plate numbers on the car were checked and it was found 1o have be. longed to Clawson. Adams sald he was walking along | road just Weast of Jefferson City Mo.. when overtaken by Clawson, Shot His Renefactor. Adams, nearly penniless. decided to rob his benefactor After riding an hour, Clawson alighted to Clawson resisted. Then fol- lowed the shooting. the disposal of the body and the yvouth continusd West in the car. His arrest and subsequent confession in Garden City followed A preliminary hearing on the mur- | charge ix to be held at Sedalia, The body of Claw: son is at Lamonte, where an inquest 15 10 be held tod: Adams began (0 tell w straight story only when faced with the fact that he was seen in Union. Mo.. with out a car and in Pleasant Hill, Mo. the Clawson coape. and that Clawson had mailed & card home from Gerald. Mo., according to County At- Calithan. For three days he gave the name of Fred Jordan. Then he admitted his real name and home to Callihan and Sheriff Ol Rrown. At frst he | #aid the clothing in the car belonged 10 a buddy who was coming later. When the “buddy” failed to arrive he said they belonged 1o the man who sold him the car. just outside of Terre Haute. Ind. Adams shot Clawson hecanse of unexpected his intended hold-up, cafed When they while sxcited resistance to Callihan indi- arrived here. neither voung Adams nor his father would say what the vouth's plea would be | when arceigned. but the hoy indicatad that he did not intend to fight the case. He said he would muke no statement untii he had consuited an attorney. . Young Adams said he wax despond ent over a love affair at_home and that he decided to go to Colovado to get awav from it all. He was en oute to Colorado in Clawaon's coupe hen arrested. COMMITTEE IS BUSY WITH OUTING PLANS Star and Steamboat Firm to| Entertain Children of Institutions. The commities of the | annual outing (o Marshall Hall of | The Evening Star and Mount Vernon | an@ Marshall Hall Steamboat Co.. for the bovs and giris in Washington's | children’s institutions, today was plan- | ning for provision of transportation from their homes to the wharf and back. arranging for food. feading them ‘at the resort and drawing up a program of athletic contests. | Absut 500 voungsters have been in- ¢ vited to be the guests of The Star | and the steamboat company on that | day—marking the third vear thay haye spent the dav in a body at the Potomac River amusemant park. The invitation was extended just a few days ago and came as a distinct aur- prise to many of the children who had attended the previous excursions, because circumstances prevented hold in charge | Have Lively Summer. | Although the childcen in the various homes and institutions have baen leading a lively Summer as guests of friends and civic and fraternal or- ganizations, none of their entertain- | ments has had its locale at Marshal Hall. One of the features of a dav | at that resort is the delightful boat | ride on the old faithful Charies Macs)- | ester, in command of the veteran river | pilot. Capt. J. H. Turner. Altogether, three hours and a half are spent on the water—one hour and 5 minutes each. way. The forcex at work today included Dick Tennyson. director of boys' me- tivities of the playground department. appointed by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, Bupervisor of the department, to head the committee of plavground instrue- tors who will supervise the children at play. Mr. Tennyson was drawing up a program of athletic events to be held in the short space between lunch and boat time. The boat will leave Marshall Hall at 4:30 o'clock and arrive in Washington at 6:15 p.m, Band Leader Busy. Another busy person today was Capt. W. J. Stannard, nationally known ax a composer and leader of the United States Army Band, who will direct a unit of 25 pleces he has selected from the main organization to accompany the children and play for them. He i selecting & suitable of ively music, which the “brasses” from the band will dispensze at intervale throughout the day. The committee from The Star wans | #ndeavoring to place orders in large amounts for luncheon and dessert to fil the hungry mouths and also to develop a systam for transporting the children. from institutions scattered about the District and in nearby Maryland and Virginia to and from the steamboat whart. Decision Is Deferred. Chief Justice McCoy has taken un- der advisement arguments of Attor. neys S. McComas Hawken and Ar- thur N. Presmont, attacking the va- Jidity of the indictment against Clif. ton Young and Estelie Robinson, both colored. who are charged with murds in the second degree and manslaughter in connection with the death of Sister ! | | narcoti Colonial Style For White Hous Favored in Poll By the Associated Press NEW YORK. August 13 Amer ica should nationalize the White House by using the colonial type of furniture during the restoration now being proposed and any sub- sequent restorations, according to a majority of leading American edi- tors, art critics, architects, deco rators and other artists, whose opinion was sought by the Literary _Digest. Their replies. made public today, indicate, however, a vigorous mi nority belief that the rooms which are used to entertain the repre sentstives from the nations of the worki should retain the imprassive- ness of the Franch smpire stvle in which the White Honse was orlgi nally decoratad. DOPE CONVICTIONS EXCEED DRY CASES 1,046 in Atlanta Prison for Former Offenses—437 for Latter. Vielators of the narcotic # big majority aver haotlazgers in the Federal prisons Figures |ssued indax by the Depart ment of Jusiica showed that June 30 the number of Harrison narcotie act prisoners in Atlanta penfiantiary was 1.048 or 32.1 per cent of all conviets there. There wars only 437 of the revenue and prohibition combined. or 13.5 per cent Comparative statistics for lLeaven worth and McNell Island were not avallable. but they w sald to be somewhat similar For the fiscal revenus and were sent to Atlanta, figure jumped (o 389. Narcotle law offenders confined in the Ascal vear 1824 were 610 and in 1925 they num Dered 18 First Year Margin Wide. For the first year of national pro- hibition the ratio of revenue and dry act prisoners in Atlanta to all otbers was 11.1 per cent. the total being 173. while drug convicts numbered 322 or laws vear 1924 oniy prohibition prisoners but in 1925 the 121.2 per cent of all prisoners. and this 1otal- Ranking next to prohibition revenue prisonars on June 30 vear. ware posial law violators ing 420, or 12.9 per cent of th tution's entire registration ianeous offsnders came next. totaling 363, or 11.1 per cent. Other prisonars were ax follows: Violation of the in ate commerce and motor veh 290, or 8.9 per cent: counterfeit ing and forgery, 218, or 6.6 per cent vobhery, burglary and housebreaking 106, or 3.2 per cent: Mann whiie slave act. 7. or 2.9 per ceni: murder and mansiaughter. %4. or per cent articles of war, 71. or per cent national banking laws. 48, or 1.4 per cent: bankruptey act, 36 or 1.1 per cent: larceny, 23, or .7 par cent sault with intent or with dangerous weapon. 9. or .6 per cent. SHAKE-UP LOOMS IN ¥ Nutt in Chicago—Addiects Graw Des- peratse With Supply Cut. CHICAGO. August 13 (). —Though officlal comment was withheld, the ar rival hare of Col. L. G. Nutt, chief of the Federal anti-narcotic forces in the United States. was thought in some Federal circles to forecast a complete reorganization of narcotic units in the Middle West. particularly Cincinnati Loulsville and Indlanapolis. The chief of the drug agents has joined in the Investigation. which thus far has resulted in the arrest of Col. Will Gray Beach. narcotic chief here Miscel and three of his agenis and raids on | a score of Chinatown opium dens. Drug Addicts Desperate. Because curtailmeni of drug sup pliex an a result of the raids has caused Aesperate conditions among ad dicts, steps have hesn taken by the Government ofclals to give madical traatment o all who apply Few of the 15,000 addicts wio are said by L. 4. Ulmer. acting chief, to live here have been able tn obtain . which have jumped in price from' $35 to $200 an ounce. Upward of a hundred have asked 1o be sent to Federal and State institutions. An outbreak anticipated hetween | rival Chinese tongs as a result of the raids has failed to matertalize. SCOTT ON STAND IN DIVORCE CASE; TRIAL NEARS END (Continued from Firat Page.): Reprasentative Scott, was called to the | stand shortlv befors the noon recess. Taking of her testimony anded noon today, And arguments by counsel Degan thix afternoon. Judge Frank ek probably will ressrve his ds. Many of the sensations that had been promised durink the recess hat began January failed to materialize. ‘Testimony concerning the alleged ac. tivities of several Congressmen aboard the steamer Cristobal, which carried a congressional party to Panama In 1323, 4id not develop. The flow of charges and counter charges by both Mr. and Mrs. Scott which were poured into the record last December continued with witness- e= testlfying by depositions concerning alleged improper conduct by both. The honors today appeared to be even as far as witnesses who gained their in- formation through kevholes was con- cerned. Floven Dallaw, Filipino’ Serving boy for the Scotis, said he tried to look through the kevhole of Scott's office at the House Office Building in Wash- ington. but saw nothing because of the nature of the lock. Dallaw had seid he found Mr. Scott alons in hix office one morming with Miss Jane Kennedy, his' secretary. But Fred- erick Sikes, one-time Washington po- liceman and hotel detective, out stripped Dallaw in keyhole peeping. for, in hik deposition, read vesterday. Sikes said he had “looked through = lot of keyholes,” and at one time saw Mrs. Scott with 2 man named Gilbert Bensinger, described by Sikes as a bootlegger. Among Siker’ keyhole revelations at Lee House in Washington while Mrs. Scott and Bensinger were guests there, were viswa of & congressman (un- named In the testimony) eating straw- ‘bercies in bed with his secretary, and of RBensinger sitting close (o Mrs. Scott in her apartment Wwith lquor botties and glasses conveniently near. Sikex' Aeposition 100k up a large part of vesterday's sesslon. Both Mr. Cephas Becker of Providence Hospital. Assistant * nited States Attorney O'Leary defended the indictment. which {s in 11 counts and covers 22 |%everal depesitions read at the presenty typewritton pages. and Mrs. Scott, howsver, were on the stand during the day. mostly making fresh denfals of charges made in the sitting of the court. » laws have | violators | insti- | as- | MYSTERY IS SEEN IN CASE OF WEEKS |Resignation Not Surprise, But Announcement at This Time Unforeseen. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., August 13.— There Ia something not apparent on the surface with respaci io the resiz nation of John W. Weeks as Sacratar Iof War. Tha myatery is not that M. | Weeks Is resigning. bui that an {mouncement of his plans should he made at this rime The Presidant for has known of Mr |retire. His {hands of the President hefore inau guration day. Mr. Weeks told Mr {Coolidge he was tired of public service and wanted 1o take a long rest travel ing around the world. The President asked the Secretary when he wanted to start and he sald abour Midsummer But he would be glad to have his tern of service end at the President’s con {venience. Then Mr. Weeks became il |and nothing has been said about re {signing, though It was plain his healt jwould make it unwise for him to turn to work as Secretary of War Coolidge Kept Silent. inquiries about Mr probable retirement from the wa portfolio the White Honse insiated that nothing definite had heen deter mined. It has heen suggested tha Mr. Coolidge purposely refraines Ifrom discussing Mr. Weeks' resigna- !tion while he waa seriously (11 hon- ing that he would recover sufficiant] to present his resignation later on and turn over the duties of his affice 16 a successor There is another possible sxpla tion, and that is the usual pressure that begins to be exerted wheneve & resignation is announced. So long as it is mere rumor the candidaies And their ftriends feel a certain delicacy about approaching tha President and he thus is spared %00d deal of bother. It is supposed Mr. Coolidge had his own reasons for hoMing back the wave of applications {Which now has begun with the pul | lished repori= quoting Mr Weeks himself as intending 1o resign | New's Name Mentjoned. All soris of transfers inside the can et are being suggesied. One is that | Postmaster General New be given the { war portfolio and that Assistant Pos: | master General Bartlatt of New | Hampshire he promoted to the head of the Post Office Department Anoth is that Senator Butler of Massachn wetts might he given the portfolio nf Postmaster General. but this is highlh improbable. as he is making plans 10 {run the congressional campaign. and | he is admittedly the strongest candi ! date whom the Republicans could pu into the field in Massachusetis, partis ularly because of his intimacy with | President Coolidge The senatorial battle of next Autumn will be waged | entirely on the question of supporting | Coolidge, and this in Massachusetts is just now a strong eard. though former | Senator David Walsh. Democrat, is # remarkable campalgner and will give Mr. Butler a close race Should the latter be defeatad. \ir Coolidge might wish (o have him In | his cabinet, but this in more than a vear away. and the chances are this contingency is net baing welghed at all at this time hy the President Assistani. Secretary Dwight Davis has reallv heen acting a8 Secre tary of War for saveral months. and | Mr. Coolidge has a high opinion of his abflity. Mr. Davis came from Mis | souri, which is one of the States where the Republican party has twice hee victorfous—in 1820 and 1%%¢—and it { would not displease Western Republi | cans it Mr. Coolidge sought a Secie }mr\ of War from somewhere west of the Alleghenies. so a3 to offser, ic {some extent, the criticism that the | Coolidge administration is dominated {100 much by New England. which is { sure Republican territory anvhow (Copsright montha Aesire was in the several Weaks resignation To all Weeks l 'ROBINSON IS WILLING 1 | TO LEASE DIRIGIBLE i SIS | Navy Has No Formal Offer for Commercial Use—Barred for War Purposes. If & bona fide offer for lease of the dirigible Los Angeles for commercial purposes should be recaived by the Department. Acting Secretary Robinson would be inclined to urge lis mcceptance. despite that thix would !involve tying up the Shenandouh. John Hays Hammond, jr., repre senting a commercisl aviation cor poration, has. made a request (o Presl dent Coolidge for u of the Los An gelex, but Mr. Robinson insisted today that no formal offer for lease of the airship had been received by the de partment. The Los Angeles was buill in Ger meny under treaty terms preventing its employment for military purposes while the Shenandoah is primarily a | naval craft. no such restrictions hav | ing been plscad about fts construction |In event of the leasink of the Los Angeles. the Shenandoah would have {to be tied up until the supply of i { | i helium was sufficiently increased 1o permit ite inflation, since the quan tity of thiz non-inflammable gas now available {s not great enough to All both big bags. Some correspondence and informal discussion between officials of the air craft corporation and the Navy De- partment with respect to the airship have taken place, but department of ficials sald today no detafls of pos sible leasing had been gone into. Many problems would have to he | solved in carrying through sueh { transaction. including provision for { mooring und hangar facilities, and es | tablishment of both ground and air | crews for the operation of the craf McCRAY PARDON PLEA PASSED ON BY SARGENT Is Started on Departmental Journey and Will Be Sent to Prial Judge. Attorney General Sargent foday turned over to the pardon Aattorney of his department for study the plea sesking clemency for Warren T. Mc- Cray, former Governor of Indiana, ‘who is serving a ten-year sentence at Atlanta Penitentiary for using the malls to defraud. When the pardon attorney has com- pleted his investigation, hea will for- ward the Dapers 16 the trial court in Indiana for a report by the judgs and prosscuting attornevk on the rase. When thix i receivad he will make his recommendation to the Attornay Gan- oral.