Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1925, Page 5

POSTALBLSINESS (T BY REDTAE Newspaper Circulation Man- agers Say Also Rates Are Too High. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, August rates offered by express compantes and less red tape in the handling of deliveries have caused newspaper publishers to withhold most of their shipments of papers m the postal service. This was the consensus of testimony of witnesses who appeared yesterday hefore the joint congressional com- mittee investigating the effect of postal rates. The subcommittee, under the leader. ship of Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire, devoted most of the third day of its sessions here to listen- ing to reports of newspaper circula- tion managers. The witnesses thought the Govern- ment might retrieve the lost business by delivery of packages of newspapers on a basis of competition, both as re. gards service and cost. The hearing brought out that a chief source of ob- jection to using the mail was depart ment insistence on use of sacks for packages. Max Annenberg, represent ingthe Chicago Tribune publications, told of the heavy withdrawal of new paper shipments following the insti- tution of the postal zone rates. “We were good customers Post Office Department before the zone rate went into effect. Now the railroads and the express companies are soliciting our business continually If the express and baggage people can make money out of their rates. there is no reason ¥ the Post Office De- partment can't.” The present zone rates, he said, practically restricted A newspaper to the nearer zones. Mail Would Be Swelled. Tf the flat rate were re increased number of inquiri plies by first-class mail prompted by the newspaper advertisements would swell the first-class business decidedly, he added George M. Rogers, general man- sger of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, sald the average cost a copy for mail delivery within 10 miles of Cleve. land was .92 cents a copy. The aver age cost of all other deliveries to the paper, outside the mail, was .14 cents a copy R. Hatton of the Detroit F'ree Pr ment indicating that Press subscription lists had been un dergoing a healthy increase, payments 1o the Post Office Department steadily had declined thousands of dollars. He said his paper was getting the same service by using baggage cars for 60 cent a hundred pounds the Govern ment would give at $2.21 a hundred. Stating that the Indianapolis News has built up its truck delivery tem, J. M. Smith, business manager, said he doubted whether the News could be lured back into using the mails. Frank P. B. Glass, editorial director of the St. Louis Star, representing also other papers in his district, said that the Post-Dispatch and the Times join- ed with his newspaper in the use of trucks for package delivery up to 100 and 110 miles. He said the in creased rates prohibited the use of the mail The picture post card business had been seriously injured by the rates, Frank ith, Milwaukee commer- cial printer, declared of the red. the s and re. circulation manager s, read 4 state. while the Free HUGE LIQUOR SUPPLY Haitian Consul Likely to Have $1,200 Customs Fine More Than Doubled. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 22.—When customs officials yesterday searched the baggage of Eugene Le Bosse, hon- orary Haitian consul at Manchester, they found not 240 bottles of , which Mr. Le Bosse said they contained, but 584 bottles, two cases of Jamaica rum, 100 cartons of per- fume and cigars and cigarettes. Yesterday Mr. Le Bosse claimed diplomatic immunity when customs officers wished to search his trunks. When this was denied, he readily ad- mitted that the trunks contained liquor which he was bringing in for friends. There were 240 bottles, he said and Edward Barnes, tant solicitor at the custom house, fined him $1,200. In accordance with the usual custom. Mr. Le Bosse promised to pay the fine Monday. As the result of the dis- covery of the additional bottles, how- ever, the fine probably will be more than doubled. BEACH MEETING CALLED. Acquisition of Vacant School for Other Public Uses Planned. Special Dispatch to The Sta CHESAPEAK CH, Md., Au- gust A public meeting has been called f Augus 6 at 2:30 p.m. at the little hoolk se to discuss the feasibility of acquiring the school- house for public meetings. It has ed that the town and the ation need such a place, and since the county has built a new schoolhouse it is possible for the citizens to acquire the building. Supt. Donald of the beach company will submit a proposition at this meet- 1 Wednesday. The proposition of the State Leg the two beache: by number of to have a member lature elected from has been discussed citizens. *‘Co-Respondent” Own Wife. claring that he is a resident of 1d the plaintiff resides in homas J. Echols, a builder, rict Supreme Court niss a suit for an absolute di- brought against him by Mildred F. Echols. The woman named as co- responde second wife, the de- fendant ass having been di- vorced from Mildred F. Echols by a Montgomery County court last March in a proceeding which was not con- tested by his wife, he states. The court has no jurisdiction to entertain the plea of the plaintiff, Echols says through his attorneys, Newmyer & King BAND CONCERTS. Ilvan Theater, Monument by the United States Army Band, Raymond G. Sherman, ptain, commanding: Willlam J. tain, band leader, this 5 o'clock. 3 Milton O. Boone, Wi annard Overture, “The Mill on the Cliff,” Reissiger Dance suite, “Three Dances from Henry the VIII" ...German “Ave Maria” . ;... .Gounod serenade, “Romance”. | Rubinstein Waltz, “Eternelle Ivresse”..Ganne Serenand, “Romance’...Rubinstein ‘Les Preludes”. .. Liszt nzugsmarsch der Bo- Y ou ...Halvorsen “The Star Spangled Banner.” iHeld in Murder, Man Acquiesces To “Truth” Serum By the Associated Press. WINDSOR, Ontario, August 22.— Arthur Janisse of La Salle, who is held in connection with the murder of Clay- . a service station pro . consented to be u subject for the “truth telling” serum introduced some time ago by Dr. Robert H. House of Texas. Dr. House is to attend the conven- tion of fingerprint experts here next week, and during his demonstration f the serum, which he has named copolamin,” anisse will be a sub-| ject. Counsel for Janisse und the crown attorney have consented to the test. | Jani arraigned yesterday on a murder charge, was remanded until next hursday. FAVOR SUBSTITUTES IN EVENT OF STRIKE! Education in Use of Other Mate-‘ rials Than Coal Urged by Governors. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 22.—Governors of the New England States und their representatives decided yesterday that hould an anthracite shortage develop in this territory, the best method of preventing hardship would be to edu- cate the public in the use of substitute fuels and to see that such substitutes were supplied The decision was taken at a con terence called by Gov. Fuller of M sachusetts, which was organized with John Hays Hammond, former Federal fuel administrator, as chairman. Mr. Hammond, who wanted it un- derstood that he did not represent ! President Coolidge, declared that al though the New England public should Ue educated in the use of other fuels it was his opinion that there would be no serious strike in the anthracite section this year. Plenty of bituminous fuel will be avallable, he pointed out, inasmuch as there is no danger of a strike in the union soft coal fields. GERMANS GETTING MORE GOLD FROM MERCURY Process Far Fiom Being Comuner- cially Profitable Yet, However, Scientists Report. By the Ascociated Press. NEW 'YORK, August 22.—Increas. ing success of German scientists in obtaining gold from mercury is de- scribed in dispatches to the American Chemical Society, made public today. Though far from being commercial ly profitable, the experiments of Profs. Adolph Mlethe and Stamm- reich now are yielding 10,000 times as much gold from the same amount of mercury as the: i ‘ear ago. Such_an eminent skeptic as Prof. Fritz Haber, whose synthetic am monia process played a large part in German war plans, the soclety re ports, has been won over. By the improved process, electrical discharges are sent between mercury electrodes in a_diclectric, like paraffin The gold is found in the mercury atomized in the spark path In the ratio of 1 part of gold to 10,000 parts of mercury. From one kilogram of mercury one-tenth of a gram of gold can be obtained. Virtually all the quicksilver is recovered and is used over and over again. The same results, the society re- ports, have been obtained at the Siemens Works, Berlin, when mercury surfaces were bombarded with elec- trons in extremely high vacuum. ‘Watching Prof. Nagaoka at Tokio, who discovered the gold-producing process independently of German savants, Prof. Haber is quoted as saying that he has confirmed the re- | sults by repeating the experiment himself. Prof. Nagaoka has detected a second substance, similar to plati- num, in the gold residue. LEAGUE TO K.EEP POSTED ON SECURITY DISCUSSION Chamberlain and Briand to Address Assembly on Negotiations With Germany. By the Associated Pres: GENEVA, August 22—It stood that both Foreign Secretary Chamberlain of Great Britain and Forelgn Minister Briand of France plan to keep the League of Nations assembly fully informed concerning the security negotiations now going on with Germany, and that they will address the forthcoming assembly meeting on that subject when the Geneva peace protocol comes up for reconsideration. M. Briand s to preside over the league council September 2, after which he probably will turn over the chair to Premier Painleve, who thus will have the right to serve as temporary chairman of the assembly where he plans to de- liver an important address. The as- sembly convenes on September 7. under- {LIGHTNING KILLS THREE. Strikes House in Which Trio Had Taken Refuge. CAMILLA, Ga., August 22 ().— Three persons were killed near Sales City yesterday when a house in which they were seeking refuge from a storm was struck by lightning. The dead are: Julla Gregory Webb, 11: Mrs. Albert Pitts, 20, and Ton Webb, 10. They are all children of Charles W. Webb, prominent citizen of Sales City. Raln and wind did serious damage to the crops. PINEDO PLANE DAMAGED. Italy-to-Japan Flight to Be De- layed Two Days. MANILA, August 22 (#).—The plane of Cdmdr. Francesco de Pinedo, the Italian aviator flying from Italy to pines, was damaged while moored in the harbor of Cebu, where the aviator arrived vesterday. It will require at least two days to make the necessary repairs. A motor boat cut the mooring line, allowing the plane to drift against a pier. 800 SHEEP SLAUGHTERED. Destroyed to Prevent Spread of Hoof-and-Mouth Disease. HOUSTON, Tex., August 22 (£).— Spread of foot-and-mouth disease among a herd of about 800 sheep near Deep Water, south of Houston, ne- cessitated slaughtering the entire herd today. So far about 5,000 head of cattle have been destroyed in the eradica- | Randolph Hearst, in his first fo | whether he would bac! {and co {tion this yed on the opening day, | Japan via Australia and the Philip- | tion campaign of the_United States Bureau of Animal Industry and the State Live Stock Sanitgry Commission. THE EVENIfiG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST HEARST T0 BACK HYLANTO LIMIT | Publisher Says Mayor and Seif Are Seeking Same Political Ends. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August William nal statement in the municipal primary campaign, published today, says he ill follow the leadership of Mayor Hylan in the campaign for renomina tion and re-election, wherever the lead committing himself as to Mayor Hylan an independept candidate if defeat ed in the Demdcratic primaries Sep- tember 15, Mr. Hearst emphasized that he would abide by the mayor's judg- ment. “I ‘will do whatever thinks best to d mayor may Without Mayor Hylan the publigher tele graphed from his California ranch. *1 have perfect confidence in the lofti ness of his purpose and the sagacity of his political leadership. “The objects which he and I desire to accomplish in public_matters are very largely the same. They are hon esty in public life, loyalty to the public interest, honorable adherence to pre-election promises and equal justice in government to the more prosperous and the less prosperous alike. ““The s ation presents a choice be. tween an honest administration by an honest man or private exploitation of the public by speculative financiers rupt bosses, whose records e reditable and whose word is worth Smith Cancels Vacation. Gov. Smith, visiting at Glens Falls vesterday, was asked if he was on his ion In the Adirondacks. There isrft going to be any vaca the governor replied. ve got to get back to New York and get Jimmy Walker nominated.” Republicans have described the pri v campaign as a fight to determine whether Gov. Smith or Mr. Hearst shall control the New York delegates to the next Democratic national con vention Mayor Hylan's last opportunity to withdraw from the primary race and enter both the primary and the elec tion as an independent candidate ex ast midnight when the board of elections closed. Tammany leaders nted out that if the mayor runs in depenidlently now he must do so with a primary defeat against him and risk the loss of his chief supporter. John H. McCooey, Broc who has said he would abide by the results of the primary and support the win- ning Democrat in the election Novem ber 3. State Senator William 1 joined half a dozen other who have repudiated the m: gone over to Senator James . er's Tammany camp bec mayor's attack on Gov. Smith’s $300, 000,000 bond issue, proposal issue for the elimination of railroad grade crossings. Two terms are enough for any man, Senator Love said. Mayor Tours Brooklyn. The mayor made hi paign in Brooklyn, Mr. Walker said he was for the § fare, but he wouldn't be a mayor. Mr. Hylan, taking the cue from John J. Lyons, one of two in surgent Republican candidates, who scored Frank D. Waterman as the designee of reactionary Republicans. selected as a “knockdown candidate with the aid of pro-traction interests in the Democratic party. Mr. Waterman will open his cam- paign Monday. William M. Bennett, another Republican candidate, is bid ing his time also for the opening next week. Eugene V. Debs, four times Socialist candidate for ‘President, and other oclalist leaders will invade the city in behalf of the candidacy of the Rev. Norman Thoma: Three big meetings already have been arranged S S SALES OF TRACTORS SHOW BIG INCREASE IN 1925 Lead Farm Equipment in Market for First Half of Year. Survey Indicates. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August —Tractors led farm equipment sales through- out the first half of 1925, as shown by the research department of the National Association of Farm Equip- ment Manufacturers, which survey- ed its officials, who are heads of mo: of the 200-0dd firms making up its membership and selling through some 21,000 dealers to the farmers. Plow and tillage tool makers re port the first half of the year ahead of 1924, and the tendency toward big- ger equipment to eliminate man and horse labor is more marked than at time in the history of the trac- development, Oliver Chilled Plow Works reports 20 per cent increase. One great company estimates its two- row cultivator business 50 per cent ahead of last year. The American Seeding Machine Co. reports 33 1-3 per cent increase over 1924 in grain drill business. The first half of 1925 has seen a 24 per cent increase over the same period last year with Fairbanks, Morse & Co. on farm scales, gas engines, wind- mills, water supply systems and feed grinders, the reports sho Hotel Inn Phone Maln 8108-8109, 604-610 9th St. N. 7 weekly: $10.50 cooms, gx? R loiier. Shower, and levatory, st in_room. 50% more. Rooms like Mcther's The impending coal strike is approaching quicker than most of us realize. Call Main 8944 —and let us fill your bin now. W. A.Egg....$1450 W. A. Stove..$15.50 W. A. Nut. .. .$14.75 W. A. Pea....$10.75 Also soft coals and coke B. J. WERNER Y 923 New York Ave. 1937 5th St. N.E. ? the | | | { i 1 with pes to Vote for Coolidge in 1928 By the Associated Press. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.. August 22.— A letter to President Coolidge from William A. Aiken, who described him- self as a 92-year-old “Green Mountain boy” and expressed the hope that he would have another opportunity to vote for Calvin Coolidge for President, | was made public here yesterday at the | executive offices. | Mr. Aiken, whose Summer residence | is in Marblehead, Mass., said he had| cast his first vote for Abraham Lin-| coln after being present at the Chicago convention which nominated him for | the presidency, had eight interviews Lincoln as military representa- tive of Connecticut's governor during the Civil War nd was present at Lincoln's funeral in the east room in the White F President « in reply, thank-| ed Mr. Alken for his good wishes, but | made no reference to past, present or | future politics. | NEW YORK-MIAMI AIR MAIL IS ASKED Route Includes All Large Cities | on Coast—Stop at Washing- ton Proposed. Petition for an extension of the air mail service between New York and Miami, with stops at a dozen cities in between, has been received by Post master (ieneral New. The petition was signed masters at the cities conc post would be avallable each day. It w: proposed that stops would be made Philadelphia, BaltimoFe, Washington Richmond, ~ Norfolk, ~ Wilmington. Charleston. Savannah, Brounswick Jacksonville, Daytona ana Palm | Beach. Alr mail service officials were busy today working on the proposition and | endeavoring to figure out a4 schedule. Should the proy extension receive their approval, bids for contrac: serv ice would be asked from commercial viation companies. These bids would e opened 60 days after the call was made. In the opinion of air mail officials it might not be feasible to operate over the entire route proposed, inas much as the length of it would require night flying over a lighted airway on both the New York and Miami ends. They belleve a route from Washing | ton to Jacksonville with only day fi ing might be feasible. Such servi could handle mail posted in New York the previous evening and place it in Miami early the nd morning thereby saving ubout 23 hours in transit time. for Economical cw { rency | indicated | Ame | impogt, 9y “dy 1925 CURRENCY REFORM SHOMN N ELROPE American Money Coming Back Home as Foreigners Find Own Is Stabilized. American money that was drawn abroad by the instability of currency | which followed the war to come back home. Finding financial co their own countries stable, Europeans who resorted to use of American paper money on a large scale for several years after the wa are now putting faith in the stabi lized currencies established by own nations. The Commerce Department, through a special study aided by banks do. ng foreign exchange business, has determined that during the first seven months of 1925 American cur previously sent abroad to a total of $42,079,000 was returned. In the same period, only $3,131,000 of American money was sent abroad s beginning fitions In their About $18,000,000 of the net return | of American money came from Ger many, whose people persistently sought and obtained dollars during the vears when the mark was sink ing. The balance of about $§11,000,000 came from England, but the study that this total the concentration through London of ican currency formerly held on he continent, ince the English nev dollar currency for their o mestic transactions, as did othe Europeans. One of the associated factors in the return home of the American paper money, the department said, was a trifling upset of figures hitherto ac cepted in determining total balances in international trade. The dollar money as it came back to the United States had the same effect us a gola nd served to pay off public or private debts chalked up against Europe in American financial cent far this year, gold exports from United States have been held to gold imports by $144,000,000 nst this balance the net American money must the exceed but ags port of i SLAPS CHILD. IS KILLED. Neighber Boy Is Slain by Mother of Baby Struck. IEVANSVILLE, Ind. Because he pped his hild, Devenas Taylor, 16 v . the victim of a builet fired by Ruby MelIntosh, whose oung lor struck Mrs. Mcintosh admitted the shoot ing. She was released on bond of $5.000 pending action by the grand jury mext month Transportation Low Prices on Closed Models New Quality Featurc- on All Models You Can Finish a Floor with [ e — a5 W L HOUSEHOLD LACQU EROID and Dance on it in Less than One-Half Hour There never has been so beautiful, or durable a finish as Lacg; nor one that could be applied so casily. 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