Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1925, Page 1

(u. s Partly cloud howers de Temperatures: Highest p.m. yesterday: lowest, today. Full report on pa WEATHER. Weather Bureau Forecast.) y local thun- cooler tomorrow afternoon or night. tomorrow; 88, at 415 1. at 5 am. ge 7. - N T Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION tered office, 29,695. B e pos 0. nd class matter hington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, BELGIM T0 REPAY, §75 3050 TERNS - HELDLENIENT:PARS REACTION. WATED Effect of U. S. Generosity on| Other Debtor Nations Watched With Confidence | by Officials Here. | Quake Recorded In Chicago, Shock Felt in San Juan By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, A earthquake she — A severe tered reg on the United $ Weather Bu- r i at ‘the Univer- ity ginnin at 6:18 a.m. central standard time today The indicated distance was 4,525 miles, but ro direction was shown. The maximum intensity recorded here was reached at am., but the shock am. were continuing at 7:45 SAN JUAN, P.R., August 19 (#). nt earthquake shook the : Porto Rico at 1:10 o'clock this morning, lasting for about two minut Another shock less se. elt about 5 o'clock. No damage has been reported. NO INTEREST CHARGED | ON LOANS DURING WAR| Post-Armistice Advances Will Car-| ry 3 1-2 Per Cent Rate Until | Whole Sum Is Paid in 62 Years.l Wilson Agreement Given "Mnmll Weight.” | funding her debt to s, becomes the »-xzhl g this Government | amortization of their | now clears the| way for further nego s expect- | ed with many others, including| first France and Italy. More than | 5 billion of the 12 billion dollars | ® owed A 2 have ' thus been| funded | The reement, which was ap-| proved by President Coolidge, must | be ratified by both the American Belgian “political finally becoming , 1925, d the b Congress authorities” cffective as of Junc Senate Opposition Seen. i here were indications that the! ter would in all probability be proved by the House of Rej e tives, but that some question may be raised ag them in the Senate. | No funding agreement negotiated by | the American Debt Commission, how | ever, has yet been rejected by Con- gress, which already ha pproved t with Great Britain, ry. Two others negotiated, with Lithuania and Poland, also await, with that of Belgium, for ap: proval b, i ation existed today | both Ame the s the Gene, the on of delegates ove late yesterday ‘at part ween the (wo commissions. agreement provides for no in. | the pre-armistice loans, and | 62 vears in which to pay this princi- | pal and the post-armistice loans with | interest up to 312 per cent—a grand | total of $727,830,500 Official Washington had its ears to the cables today, with much antici- pation, awaiting word of what kind of reception is to be accorded the | Belgian-American agreement in_Bu- | rope, particularly in Paris and in Rome No Apprehension Felt. On the part of Government offi- | cials there appeared no apprehen- | sion t there w a definite feel- | ins in some quarters here today that | the generosity of the terms, which | provide no interest whatever on more | than $171,000,000, the pre-armistice loan, may prove to be more harmful pful whe time comes for | with the and Italian debt to the United however recorded isideration, it was explained, in view the fact that this Govern-| ment felt “no legal obligation,” but ! “a weighty moral obligation” from as- | surances given by President Wilson in Paris. Under the treaty of Ver-| sailles, never ratified by the United was provided th he pre- | vances differe to F um cupied cial obli countri 5 other | ditors | hdand | the arrangement | man government | ibstituted for Belgium as| mistice deb ican Government | Other ¢ whereby would be the debtor f This poi never conceded. Zarly indications from Paris were | to the effect that Fiance Minister Cail- | laux was suspend ctions to the French Debt Commission to| America, and would look into the | terms granted by this Government to | Belgium before finally determining | the position to be taken by the commission. It now seems likely the French may be here early in Oc tober. Italy Promises Action. ! From Rome, Mi Affairs Alberti, who has been charged with the new duty of clearing up the | question of interallied debt has cabled assurance to Washington that the| question is being given serious con-| sideration. No probable date has been | tixed-for Italy’s conference here. "] n-American agreement in two parts of the debt, ind post-armistice, with ntiation in their treat- scond part andled to the other five fund- diff The milarly sharp ment. ve ing ments completed with Great Britain, Finland, H , Lithuania and Poland. No int her ac: crued or fu e, is against the pre-armistice loan of $171,800,000. | The pre-armistice loan is to be paid off, without , in annual in- stallments, d 15, the first six years carryvin maller amounts, as Tollow: $1,000,000, $1,000,000, $1 000, $1.750.000, $2,250,600 and § 000. Thereafter, beginning with 1932, the annual installment principal will be $2,900,000, until 1987, when the final installment will be $2,280,000, making a total for the pre-armistice loan of $171,780,000. Post-Armistice Terms. post-armistice debt of $246,- s to be paid off in s, beginning June 15, 2 rrangements de for | lighter rate of interest fix itra- | rily for the first 10 vea to 315 per cent in the elev vear. The interest for the first 10 year will thus be paid in flat sums ranging from $1,740,000 for the first y 1 to $5,230,000 in the tenth year. will 1 a total of both principal and interest to he paid durinz those first 10 vears of sums ranging from 52,840,000 for the t vear, up to (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) { what |'aeronautical | others | stand MITCHELL RENEWS AR SERVICE FIGHT Settles in Office Here and Launches Broadside Against Foes. In Col Washington for brief visit, William Mitchell, former assist- ant chief of the Army Air Service, today established himself in his old {office, in the Munitions Building, a short distance from the Army and Navy officials with whom he has been odds: received newspaper men and spokesman for the “air people” attacked, in characteristic Mitchell style, the present management of the Nation’s defense and proclaimed again the superiority of aviation over all other militar The offie Mitchell occupied now is used his successor, Brig. Gen. James E. Fechet, who is out of the city at present. Col. Mitchell en route from Detroit to San Antonio, Tex., his headquarters as air officer of the §th Corps Area Washington tomorrow. Assails Recent Tests. Col. Mitchell. in the face of reports from the War Department setting forth the success had by the Coast Ar- tillery at Fort Tilden, N. Y.. in its E st airplane- to the defense d_characterized the “kindergarten perform- About all they meant to him, | he said. was that the airplanes are trying to “hit the muzzles of the guns with the targets.”” The Coast Artil- he said, have not met with as | much success at Fort ‘Tiden as they did at Fortress Monroe, March 6, be- fore the aircraft investigating commit- tee, at which demonstration the air- plane was given the honors of the day. Col. Mitchell said he had just com- pleted a thorough tour by alrplane of the western portion of the country, d everywhere and in every walk of e he found a profound interest in his air busines: They are con- rned with the problem of nation: defense, he sald, and they are going to “demand that the cards be laid on the table before Congress to see just s vital ion The “air people,” Col. Mitchell said, will be just as aggressive in the next Congress as in the last. Three bills will be introduced, he predicted. one providing for the establishment of a united air force, another for the establishment of a department of n: onal defense and a third for a “gen- overhauling of the whole defense Sees Solution of Problem. Formation of an aeronautical cor- poration to operate along the lines of the Inland Waterways Corporation of the Government, was advocated by Col. Mitchell as the only solution for the commercial aviation problem. The corporation, he said, would be able to put aviation on a paying business and then could tprn it over to private operation. At present he saw no organization or individual who coud make a suc- cess in commerc ation other than Henry Ford ord,” he said, “can keep putting the profits of his auto- mobile industry in aviation while the have no other source of in- come. Ford knows what it is all about nd he is the only one that is getting anywhere. Every day he carries 1,000 pounds of freight in his airplanes be- ween Detroit and Cleveland and De- troit and Chicago and since his line has started months ago he has had only six delayed trips. He, personally working on an oil engine now for t which will be the solution for power trouble: Asked if he would accept the nomi- ation to the United States Senate from Wisconsin, as has been proposed in that State, r of Foreign | “wouldn’t take it now, but I may| later on.” He said he was going to serve out his Army career until re- tirement, about three years hence. Reiterates Former Stand. Col. Mitchell reiterated his previous on the value of aircraft for coast defense, and declared, from his own experience in flying from San Antonlo to San Diego “in an old DH that was falling to pieces,” that a hombardment wing of 100 bombers and 200 pursuit ships could attack a fleet 200 miles. off the Pacific coast from Tucson, Ariz., and return to the base there without landing. “We now are on the eve of an en- tire rearrangement of the national de- fense of the country,” he declared. He will leave | to the interest of the| | | MACHILLAN DROPS FLIGHT PLANS DUF TO-WEATHER; OTHER STUDES 10 60 ON Early Winter Balks Explora- I tion Over Polar Sea—Will Carry on Rest of Objects of Expedition From Etah. AIR TRIP “IMPOSSIBLE” NOW, COMMANDER SAYS Geographic Society Praises Efforts in Message to Party—Another Attempt Likely Next Summer, With Belief Experience Will Be of High Value for New Try. The MacMillan Arctic expedition | has abandoned hope of carrying out its full cxploration program over the Polar Sca this year. Curtailment of the expedition’s activities was forced by adverse weather, which has locked the Northland in ice and fog well ahead of the usual Winter season. MacMillan and his explorers will proceed, however, to carry out other objects of the expedition, including scientific investigations from the | present base at Etah, Greenland. plans the The change in was an- nounced today by National Geographic Society, after it had been advised by MacMillan that the proj- ect of establishing an advanced base on Cape Hubbard and flying from there over the frozen north- ern sca was not feasible because of this year's unusual weather condi- tions. Called Impossible Feat. The veteran explorer advised society officials that, in view of all the cir- cumstances, to go ahead with the original plan would be to attempt “the {mpossible. The soclety’s announcement said: “Unexpected Summer snowstorms, continuous fog and unprecedented weather conditions, which prevent fly- ing, resulted in the announcement to- day by the National Geographic So- ciety that the MacMillan Arctic ex- pedition would proceed immediately from Etah to accomplish other ob- jectives of the expedition. “This decision was made following a radio message from MacMillan stat- ing that he and the expedition mem- bers now agree that establishment of an advance station on Cape Hubbard and exploring the Polar Sea from that point is not feasible this year in the time left before the Bowdoin and the Peary would have to leave Etah ahead of the ice barrier. Going Ahead With Other Plans. “Comdr. MacMillan has been advis- ed by the National Geographic So- clety to follow his judgment in the mat- ter and to proceed to the other ex- plorations the expedition planned as soon as he deems it wise, leaving the Polar Sea work for a subsequent ef- fort.” “John Oliver La Gorce, vice presi- dent of the society, this morning sent the following radio message to the leader of the expedition: “‘The National Georgraphic Society has every confidence in your decision, based on expert knowledge, experience and integrity, and will stand by your judgment in delaying further explora- tion of unknown area. We concur with proceeding upon further plans of expedition. The society is proud of vyou and every man under your com- mand and congratulates you, Comdr. Byrd and Navy personnel on the splendid attempt.” Important Studies Planned. “As announced at the outset, the expedition contemplated an explora- tion of Norse ruins in Greenland and Labrador, with a view to comparing the two and thus to determine wheth- er there was eleventh century com- munication between the Old World and the New. The explorers also plan- ned, on the return trip, to explore by airplane the interior of unknown Lab- rador, there studying the bird and fish life, and also the Eskimo tribes. “Another important objective are the flights contemplated over Baftin Mitenell said he | 1sland, a new ‘Great Lakes' region of this continent, which lakes teem with fish life, and the entire area is a habi- tat of many kinds of birds which are of greatest interest to the naturalist and the sportsman. “MacMillan’s message -describing the handicaps imposed by weather conditions pointed out: “‘We have been here (at Etah) 18 days. Two depots have been estab- lished ‘only "90 mlles from the ship base. We have a thousand miles to go, in addition to another thousand to es- tablish an advance station. Since this must be done in 10 days we now are wasting time in trying the impossible this season, and defeating all other objects of the expedition.’ “Comdr. MacMillan paid the high- est tribute to Comdr. Byrd and the entire_Navy personnel for their ex- (Continued on Page , Column 8.) (Continued on Page 2, Column Z.) ‘| “Enemy” Bomber Shot Down by Guns Guarding New York, in Eight Seconds By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 19.—Com- pleting tests of anti-aircraft de- fenses of Fort Tilden, on the Long Island side of outer New York Harbor, Coast Artillery guns have brought down an “enemy’ bomber § seconds after firing started. Two batteries were trained on the sleeve-shaped target represent- ing an enemy plane and towed by - a Martin bomber yesterday. Sixty- eight rounds were fired during the few seconds, and the target came fluttering to the ground pierced by several 3-inch shells. Searchlights illuminated the sky for miles, when the tests were ” concluded after dark. In ten flights over the land batteries, the target, towed by the first plane at an altitude of 3,000 to 5,000 feet, was hit twice. No hits were scored on the target pulled by the second plane. Continuous radio communication was maintained between the planes and the fort. Licut. James J. Walker's plane was threatened by fire when the radio transformer burned out. The blaze was extin- guished and the damage repaired in flight by Capt. Walcott Hayes, radio officer. Lieut. W. T. Atkin- son piloted the plane, which suc- cesstully dodged fire, though #o- cated by searchlights. H I ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carricr system covers every city block and the regular cdi- tion is dclivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Yesterday’s Circulation, 92,911 WEDNESDAY, THE AUGUST V*‘%E“_ THAT CALMS WISCONSI AUTO TURN SAFETY RULE ANNOUNGED Moller Devises Method to Fit in With New Pedes- trian Controt. A plan to permit vehicles to make right and left hand turns at intersec- tions without passing through a line of pedestrians on the crosswalks has been worked out by Acting Traffic Director Molier and Inspector E. W. Brown and will be tried out in a few days at Fourteenth street and Penn- sylvania avenue. Under this plan machines desiring to turn must fall in the line of traffic nearest the curb before reaching the intersection. Here is Col. Moller's ex- planation of how they will make the turns when they reach the intersec- tion: When traffic is moving on Pennsyl- vania avenue vehicles intending to make a right-hand turn will pull across the Pennsylvania avenue cross- walk, but will stop before crossing the pedestrian walk on Fourteenth street. When the “Go” sign is turned to Fourteenth street these machines will complete the turn by crossing the Fourteenth street wal Present Rule Modifled. When traffic is moving on Pennsyl- vania avenue vehicles intending to make a left-hand turn will cross the Pennsylvania avenue crosswalk, but instead of pulling up to where the policeman is in the middle of the street, as they do now, these vehicles {will stop in a single line to the right of the machines that are going straight. When the ““Go” sign is turn- ed for traffic on Fourteenth street, these machines will then make the left-hand turn and prpceed north or south on Fourteenth street. The rule will work exactly the same if the driver is approaching the corner on Fourteenth street, and wishes to turn either right or left into Pennsyl- vania avenue. Col. Moller pointed out that this plan, if it proves practical in the tryout at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania avenue, will remove two objectionable features of the present method of turning: First, it will prevent turning vehicles from going through a lane of pedes- trians on either one crosswalk or the other, and secondly, it will keep ma- chines making the left-hand turn from stopping near the officer's sema- phore, where they block machines in- tending to go straight across the in- tersectfon. Under this arrangement, Col. Moller said, a turning vehicle will never cross the path of a pedestrian unless the pedestrian should be crossing against the traffic signal. Driver Must Act Quickly. A machine will not be able to make the turn properly under this plan if it is in one of the outer lines of traffic near the car tracks. A driver ~“(Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) RUDOLPH APPROVES NEW AUTO TAX PLAN Levy Based on Weight Is “Fair- er,” Commissioner Says, in Indorsing Proposal. Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph to- day expressed his approval of the proposed legislation being prepared by Assessor Willam P. Richards to abolish the personal tax on automo- biles and substitute a tax based on the weight of the vehicle. Under the present law machines are assessed according to the value of the car. t seems to me the tax on the weight of cars is the more equitable measure of what the vehicle should be assessed at, just as the tax on gasoline is a fairer method than the former charge on horsepower,” Mr. Rudolph said. “Under the proposed system a machine would be taxed as much after it had been used several vears as when it was new. I believe this is a fair rule, because a machine gets as much use out of the streets when it is 5 or 6 years old as it does when new.” Mr. Rudolph pointed out, however, that an act of Congress would be necessary to make such a change. Mr. Richards proposes to recommend a graduated scale under which the rate of taxation per 100 pounds would increase in accordance, with the size of the car. Radio Programs—Page 28. 2 FRENCH REPLY READY ON SECURITY QUESTION Ambassador at Berlin Asks Audi- ence With Germany's For- eign Minister. the Associated Press PARIS, August 19--The French Ambassador in Berlin has been in structed by the foreign office to ask an audience of the German foreign minister t v for presentation of the French reply to the latest German re- Joinder on the security t question These instructions were sent upon receipt by Foreign Minister Briand of the approva! of both the Italian and Belgian governments, to whom copies of the reply were submitted vance. EXPERT WILL URGE CAPITAL ARMORY Army Inspector Praises Dis- trict Guardsmen After Visiting Camp. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. VIRGINTIA BEACH, Va., August 19. —Need of an adequate armory for the National Guard of the District of Co- lumbia will be stressed in a special re- port which will be made to the Militia Bureau of the War Department by Capt. Frank Lockhead, on duty in that bureau, and who has been in camp for two days making a thorough inspec- tion of the 121st Regiment of Engi- neers and 29th Military Police Com- pany. This report, it is confidently expect- ed by Col. -John W. Oehmann, com- manding the 121st Engineers, will be the direct medium for influencing the War Department to throw its influ- ence behind the movement which will be made at the next session of Con- gress to get a fitting armory for such a fine organization as Capt. Lockhead said he found in the field during the course of his officlal investigation. Capt. Lockhead left for Washington today, and will stop en route to_ in- spect the 260th Coast Artillery, Dis- trict Guard, now in training at Fort Monroe, Va. ‘The finest military unit he has in- spected during the course of numerous visits to scores of Summer camps of the citizen troops of the various States, was the classification given the 121st Engineers by Capt Lockhead, in discussing his inspection with The Star's representative. Of course, he said, they have faults, but they are so small as to be almost negligible. He declared that he told Col. Oehmann that he would have full reason to be proud of the report which he will make to the War Department. Facilities Are Lacking. The District Guard has been work- ing under great difficulties in the manner of training facilities, and par- ticularly the lack of an armory, Capt. Lockhead continued, but they showed by the work in the field which he minutely observed that they have displayed unusual initiative in making use of the inadequate facilities by sending into the fleld a group of citizens who have almost overnight turned themselves into soldiers in an organization that is working as smoothly as though they had been out for months. He said that he would stress this point in reporting the utter inadequa- cy of the armory facilities, which are becoming worse due to the sale of Convention Hall in Washington, which has been used as a drill hall. From now on the engineering regiment of the District will have to drill in the street, New York avenue between Sixth and Fifth streets, being closed off for one hour and a half each drill night. Col. Oehmann laid before Capt. Lockhead certain of the problems faced by the engineers in their effort to give full armory training, stressing particularly the need of rooms in an armory where the elaborate engineer equipment could always be kept on display. He pointed out that they had no place to store properly the expensive equipment which engineer regiments must have. Capt. Lockhead sald that he realized the difficulties and would do everything possible to assist the 121st Engineers to get-an adequate armory. More tears were shed by the Dis- trict Engineers on the field here today than the whole regiment has ever weeped on the days of homesickness or for other causes, when the entire regimént was sent through a tear (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) | in ad-| WILD WAVES COOLIDGE N DOUBT ON DATE OF RETURN Mind Not Made Up Yet, He Says—Back for “Old Home Week.” BY RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. PLYMOUTH, Vt.. August 19.—This is “Old Home week” in Vermont, and it is being observed pretty generally throughout the State. the only native of Plymouth Notch to answer the call and come back Whether the President had ““Old Home week’”” in mind when he scheduled his visit to his father at this time, or whether it was just another evidence of the now famous Coolidge luck, no one but the President is able to answer, and he has not yet committed himself. At any rate, he is back at the old | home; and besides being with hi father and mingling with the natives —most of whom he has known since he was a youngster—he has, by com- ing home at this time, saved the Notch from drawing a blank in the matter of returning sons or daughters dur- ing this period. The handful of residents of the Notch have arranged nothing in the nature of an “Old Home week” cele. bration, although in various parts of the State all sorts of celebrations are being held. It was explained in this connection | that the Notch used to that kind of thing, Wilder, who married the sister of the President’'s mother, described “Old Home week" celebrations today. One Celebration Recalled. There was one home week celebra- tion in Plymouth which the natives will never forget, even though it hap- pened 25 years ago. On that occasion the little cross- roads hamlet was decorated and one of the best cornet bands in the neigh- borhood was hired. But the real sensation of the day was the prin- cipal oration, which was delivered by a rising young lawyer from North- ampton, Mass., a former Plymouth boy, by the name of Coolidge, said ris- ing young lawyer now being the Presi- dent of the United States. One of the older residents of the Notch, who remembers that event as though it happened yesterday, said today that ung Coolidge on’ that eventful day as billed as John Calvin Coolidge, jr., and, in the opinion of this proud Notcher, that was the best speech “Cal” has ever made, not excepting those since becoming President. He could not recall just what it was “Cal” said on that occasion, but he was positive that it was his best speech, and he clalms to have read them all. President Recalls Speech. The Presidert was today reminded of this great occasion and hee re- called the fact that he made some sort of an address, but he couldn’t agree to the claim that it was the best he had ever made. He said, “Well, T guess it was the best speech I had ever made, up to that time.” There is no disputing the fact, the President is fully enjoying his visit here. “Old Home week” may or may not have something to do with it but he is getting a real rest and he never tires of looking off at the sev- ‘g0 in"_ for (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) President | Coolidge has the distinction of being | as Uncle John | 19, 1925—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. #* ) Means Associated Press. I'W(O CENTS. i |Grabs Mail Pouch JU S BEG'NS PR[]BE Thrown From Train,| U. 0. Fucapes in Aute I STEAMER BLAST WAUKEGAN, 1l August 19— ; An unusual mail robbery at Hizh- wood near here was disclosed to- day when it was learned that | ponch of registered mail thrown train, rushing through the villagze ched up by n who | leaped out of an automobi and | escaped. R FeeTR T e aster at Highwood said i 1 e ebrered mah recehea s | Hoover Orders Investigation offices often contains as much as $4,000. | as Mystery Envelopes The sheriff at Waukegan was notified, and a search is being made | Cause of Disaster on Ex- | for the’thiet. Y PLAYEROUNDS . <o e NG 2 - BYHOODLUN BOYS " Smothered in Clouds of Steam. ! of Those Trapped in Interior of | | cursion Boat Off Newport. Leap Into Bay to Escape Fate Ship—Navy Aids Rescue. “Gangs” Bully Younger Chil- | dren—Destroy Park Property. i By the Associated Press NEWPORT, e st R 19— am that poured over 677 cx- the August aboard steamer uthy Narragansett Bay last iyground Qe se laimed the lives of per- prominent play centers, The Star’s in ile 41 others were so badly | vestigation of local juvenile conditions that fcar was felt for t has disclosed. S e b | According to Probation Officer Jo. Ul oL s |seph "W. Sanford of the Juvenile | ¢ 1d one person | Court, there appear to be o 28| Senorted m g gangs of “bullies” preying on vour o = K children at certain playgrounds, a Groups of merrymakers on the result of which many narents refusd | stcamer were startled by a hissing to permit their youngsters to visit . = $ et i sound and a surging of the decks | The “gangsters,” Mr. Sanford as ,about 15 minutes after they had put serts, are youths in théir 'teens and | ou¢ fom Newoort for their ret older, many of whon hould be work » vport tor their return ing instead loafin, 1 day around | voyage to Pawtucket. In an instant the cit chi a cloud of steam enveloped the ves- dren. : f ; The rowdies not only drive young el, crowds rushed for the railing, children from base ball diamonds. ten- | many jumped overboard s nis courts provided by children, but dations, ‘such the field hou surrounding play equi ing mild ha | ground directors, “Joke™ The mischief-bent” youths even {have gone to the trouble of lifting and rolling a 500-pound tennis court roller and crashing it into a concrete most all of those below decks were believed to have lost their lives or to have been seriously burned. There | was no loud report such as usually and the a accompanies n, cau of the mystery today Conflicting reports said the ship's boiler had burst and that steam pipes had been broken. Closes Pool. An official investi- | gation was started. wading pool, with consequent damage to the r:ool‘, This n‘w»m»m occured ! Most of the excursionists were quite recently at the Virginia Avenue . _ 5. P Plaveround. i Southeast Washine: | from Pawtucket and Providence. The pool had to be closed for | R. I, and from Attleboro, Mass. , during an extreme h e of the “joke’ perpetra |ed by a gang of boys with nothing better to do. | At this same playground a sturdy | wire fence, erected by the mun Crew Shares Fate. h Many of the Mackinac’s crew shared the fate of the unfortunate passengers Some 20 are injured, several seriously af are dead. government at considerable expense hip's officers, with the excep- has been completely wrecked tion of Chief Engineer John Grant of wire has been wrenched loose from | Providence, escaped injury. | the posts and trampled into an un-| The disaster recalled to the minds | recognizable mass on the ground.|of many of Newport's seamen a like | gates have been torn from their experience in the career of | moorings in some unaccountable | way and one or two of the gates are entirely missing. Thomas McVey, the skipper. in command of the steamer Larch- mont when she was rammed by the | “Some boy would rather tear schooner Harry Knowlton off Block down a portion of fence to et into|Island in a blinding snowstorm Feb- | @ playground than walk 50 feet or so|ruary 11, 1907. Many lives were lost to a perfectly good =zate” Mr. San-|when the steamer sank. ford soliloquized. *‘Yet, if they were | United States Senator Je: told they would have real work thev ‘cruelty.” How spond to a to do that much | ca would protest at the many bovs would re- for aid in dumpi f was on his yacht a short distance of the it occurred. H sistance and 1 accident wh zave all possible as- oceeded to Newport that roller into the pool if the play-|when the Navy rescue part Na es ties as- ground director wanted it there?'sumed the relief work . - It is the fact that she doesn't want, A special train took some of the it there that swa some boys to work feverishly to accomplish their mischievous objective.” The Plaza playground has given the authorities much concern past in connection with the survivors hon was ready w A train of nine cars 1en the first of a fleet of automobiles, carrying more than 500 of the less unfortunate passengers, ar- rived at the station from the do problem. Not long ago a Pitiful Scenes Enacted. vs broke into the field house there 5 T Sta | About 50 of the passengers remained Do h‘;}:g’;dbi;m;’g‘ and Stole sev:ihoused in various homes near the - sheet lead. |, ,5va) hospital, where they telephoned stored there by one of t'ie municipal | departments, Mr. Sanford states. Tries to Shoot Policeman. Even Mrs. Elizabeth Mahan, director of the Bloomingdale playground. one of the most competent play supervis- ors in the business, has had her ha full in trying to keep suppressed th irresistible impulse for ‘“devilment’ Wwhich is a potential factor in the| make-up of most boys. Usually M Mahan is well able to keep “her chil- | dren” under complete control, but one relatives The night of horror presented scores | of pitiful sights. A girl, whose life ix | despaired of., cried out continually asking why she should die, as naval workers carried her into the hospital In the first group of injured landed at the Government pier was a 10- vear-old girl. As a patrolman rushed 10 her side she held up her scalded arms and pleaded, “Please blow on them, they burn 0.” | "Among the dead is John M. Hunter bex. ° a Brown University sophomore and a ‘:lm; a le;’\ weeks past she had a near- ! member of the crew. The youth, who of on her hands when she tried to| would have been 21 years next Sun- Bt some big bovs off the ground for | day, went to work as an oiler on the disobedlence. She had to call the po-| Mackinac a week ago against the o‘?"ih""d w h};’" an officer appeared one | wishes of his uncle, Charles M. Hun- ond pujiogths drew a loaded revolver | ter, a wealthy Providence real estate s gger twice at point-| man, who wanted him to spend his range. The policeman is living | Summer vacation resting. today because the shells failed to ex-| The Mackinac was built in Man- {)l?de. The recreant lad was hnledim,u.»k, Wis., in 1907. She has been n’;‘ l;n-::":ga"e Court and committed to | making two round trips a week from “So £l | Pawtucket to Newport for several ometimes you can hardly blame | years past the boys for playing mean tricks on | ] f E‘;{.\'grm;m:humci‘als " Mr. Sanford said. Blast Comes Near Shore. ew of the playgrounds have base | i . ball diamonds for the larger boys, and | yarae foems she othorwine” ihe asualty list would have been trebled, they are forced to pl | passengers said today. The excur. Trace of Earliest Man Believed Found By Andrews Expedition Deep in China By the Associated Prese. PEKING, August 19. — Roy Chapman Andrews, leader of the third Asiatic expedition of the American Museum of Natural His- tory, believes that the expedition has found remains of the earliest type of man yet discovered. Far in the interior of Mongolia, among sand dunes which ages ago formed the shore of a lake, since vanished, the expedition discovered traces of human beings which closely resem- bled the handiwork of the Azilian man found in Europe. Mr. Andrews believes that this form of primitive culture went from Europe to Asia. He announced his discovery today on the eve of his departure from Peking to rejoin the expedition, which is awaiting him about 300 miles northwest of Kalgan, on the edge of the desert. The expedition has covered a course of about 4,000 miles across the Gobi D?un as far as the Altal Moun- tains. LR (Continued on Page 5, Column 1. | stonists, including many women and | children, were homeward bound from |an outing at Newport, Many aboard were employes of the J. and P. Coates ‘('U.‘ manufecturers in Pawtucket. The company had declared a holiday for | the outing. A patch on the boiler, which | been placed there just before the de had | The men who left the remains | uncovered by Mr. Andrews and his |parture of the boat, gave way, ex- companions have been named the |Pploding the boiler. according to “‘dune dwellers of Shabarack Ussu,” |one report. ~Capt ~McVey = sald the boat was traveling 15 knots an hour, its fullest speed, and wos loaded to its capacity. At the time of the accident he was in the pilot house with Capt. Ben Thomas, the pilot, and Herbert Spenard, quartermaster and wireless operator. In a statement made to the As sociated Press shortly after the ac | cident, Capt. McVey said: “1 was in the pilot house with Pilot Thomas and Quartermaster Spenard when we heard a concussion aft. This was followed immediately by the hissing of escap ing steam and the entire vessel was enveloped with a steaming mist. Then |the engines stopped suddenly and I | gave the wheel a yank and headed it to the beach, where its own momen- tum grounded it shortly after.” Passengers, who described the scene, said it was one of tremendous con- (Continued on Pagp4, Column &) 2 taking the name of the place where their traces were discovered. Among the dunes of the vanished lake shore were found an abun- dance of flint and jasper imple- ments and weapons, and the re- mains of fireplaces, with charred animal bones and layers of ashes. No human bones were found. That the dune dwellers were the original discoverers of the dinosaur eggs which Mr. Andrews intro- duced to the civilized world in Sep- tember, 1923, was proved by bits of shell neatly drilled for ornaments. These shells were of both the dino- saur and a glant ostrich ngw long extinet. “In the dune dwellers of Shaba- rack Ussu we believe we have found the earliest type of man in the development from the ape,” Mr. Andrews asserts. - B e e TR