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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Unsettled with occasional showers tonight and tomorrow; change in temperature. Temperatures: Full report on Page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,717. post office, Wa PRESIDENT RETURNS - WELL RESTED BY 11 WEEKS OF VACATION .Special Train Arrives at 1:20 P.M. After Overnight Run From Salem. CROWD AT UNION STATION TO WELCOME EXECUTIVE Officials Also Are on Hand. President Is Facing Well Filled Program. President Coolidge came back to Washington and an abundance of work today, smiling and visibly im- proved in health, by his eleven-week sojourn in the cooler climate of Swampscott. With him was Mrs. | Coolidge, attractively tanned by the | bealthy outdoor life she led on the | Massachusetts coast. | Union Station was lined with a| crowd of close to 1,000 spectators | when the President stepped from his | train, and he was not spared the| ordeal of submitting to the orders of & score of camera men. The first person to greet the Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge was Secretary of State Kellogg. The two shook hands heartily and the President, £ripping the gray-haired Secretary of | State by the arm, asked: “How are you, Mr. Secretary? see you.” Secretary of Cemmerce Hoover was then greeted by Mr. Coolidge and Un- dersecretary of State Grew, who com- pleted the official reception party,| presented his compliments The train from Swampscott rolled | into its shed here exactly at 1:20, on | time to the minute. Long before, however, crowds of eager spectators began to arrive and it was soon neces- ( sary for the police to stretch the lines across the concourse to the Presi-| dent’s entrance: ! Along the entire concourse the | crowds were banked 5 and 6 deep, and as the President walked through to| his waiting car he was cheered and | applauded. | | Mrs. Coolidge seemed delighted to | be back home. She was dressed en-| tirely in black, and a small black hat ! Gotthard Strohschein, 30, both Ger- | with a big bow on the side, served to | bring out strongly the sunburn she | acquired up North Mrs. Coolidge Happy. | She greeted the score or more of | friends and newspaper men. the only ones permitted down to the train, vivaciously. As ..the . presidentiai | party walked slowly up the platform, after having been in the hands of the dictatorial photographers for a full | 12 minutes, the members of the train crew stepped to the doors of their cars. and shouted good-byes. ‘The President returned each, and as he passed the puffing locomotive he doffed his hat to the grimy engineer and firemen who stood on their tender | 0 see their celebrated passengers pass. | Mrs. Coolidge turned and waved a! little white handkerchief at them and | all three men snatched their black- ened caps from their heads and grin- | ned. There was no ceremony to mark the | return of the President. The atmos. | phere of his meeting with old friends | seemed to be one of blase expectancy, Washington seeming to take it for granted that this is now the Caol- idges' home and that they should be tickled to death to get back. Be it said for both that they acted | the part well and as the President | sank back into the cushions of one of | the White !louse limousines he ac- | tually sighed as though in relief. Great Precautions Taken. Extraordinary precautions were taken by the police to guard the Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge. Their train was brought in on the nearest track to the President’s entrance, and the next | four tracks were kept entirely clear, | %0 there would be no chance for out.| zoing or incoming passengers to jos- tle in and out. { Admission beyond the gates was only | hy card and then after a careful scru- | tiny. The President made no remarks oth- er than those of greeting to the recep- | tion party. ' Once, however, after he had cor- dially shaken the Secretary of State | by the hand, a photographer who had | missed the important operation yelled | out: “Do that again, Mr. President, please.” The President smiled broad- ly, and the crowd laughed out loud, and then Mr. Coolidge sald, “No, I think that's enough,” and thereupon | ended the barrage of sensitized photo- graphic plates and endless yards of movie films. | The party then moved immediately | Highest, lowest, 7 am glad to | | here of the Forecast.) not much 8, at 3 70, at § am. Entered as second class matter shington, | | | i { D. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 10.—Fifteen million dollars is the estimated loss sustained during the past year by English financiers who sent men down to the seas in ships filled with liquor Intended to assuage the thirst of Americans willing and ready to pur chase the contraband. The swift blockaders of the Coast | Guard off the shores of the United | States not only have obliterated fa |mous rum row, but also have cut so deeply into the bank rolls of the financiers that they no longer are willing to furnish the money to in- trepid skippers who chance the run- ning of the blockade to put their wet | cargoes ashore. Opulent Days Pass. Masters and crews of rum run- ners are seeking other employment | They aver that their days of opulence | have passed and that they are look- | Ing for more law-abiding methods to | eke out a living. | Since January exports destined ultimately for States have dropped almost 50 per cent, and available figures indicate that liquor exports from Great Britain this year will fall far below the annual 2,000,000 gallons sent out of the coun- try during the last few years. As an instance, for the first six months the export for Canada ag- of liquors the United WASHINGTON, D. C., $15,000,000 IS LOST ON RUM ROW BY BRITISH FINANCIERS IN YEAR | Days of Opulence Gone, Masters, Crews and Backers Are Forsaking the Trade Made Perilous by Swift Coast Guard Blockade Boats. | | sregated only 379,341 gallons, as com pared with 1,101,019 gallons for 1924, Consignments to Bermuda and the West Indies, haunts of the rum run- ners to the United States, have shown a proportionate decrease. In these | two possessions the exports for the | present are said to be largely stock on hand, but no one is desirous of | trying to run the gantlet of the rum chasers and put the liquor ashore in American territory. { The loss of a large part of the rum fleet and hundreds of thousands of cases of whisky apparently has | | dismayed those persons in England who had hoped to get rich quickly | in supplying thirsty Americans with their needs, and there now is no money available for smuggling proj ects. Many ships once engaged in | the illicit traffic now are to be seen |1ying idle in ports. | Ship Unable to Sail. | | Among these is the steamer Gen-| eral Serrett, the captain of which says he has on board 25,000 cases of whisky destined for the United States. The vessel has been tied up at Deal for a week because the owner is un- {able to raise the money to pay the wages of the crew and outfit the ship for the hazardous journey into forbldden waters. The General Ser- vned by a London woman " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4) | BERLIN KLAN PROBE i ] ;Third Escapes—Trio Led Big Movement in Germany Like K. K. K.in U. S. | | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, September 10.—Two Americans, father and son, alleged to be behind the recent organization “Knights of the Fiery Cross"—-patterned after the Ku Klux Klan—have been arrested by the German police in Silesta. They are Otto Strohschein, 54, and man-born, but now American citi- zens and recently residents of Chi- cago. A third American, Don Bur- ton Gray, 21, of Hillsboro, Il is #aid to have left Germany three weeks ago and to be in Chicago now. Papers found by the police indicate that branches of the order exist in Hamburg, Jena, Dortmund and Cas- sel, and that the founding of the or- ganization dates back to 1923. The police investigations in other cities where branches are sald to exist are being conducted secretly on the basis of clues furnished in the mate- rial seized in raids in Berlin. Roster Is Found. A complete list of the members of the organization was discovered, and the police in the larger cities of Ger- many have been instructed to arrest all persons figuring on this roster. It is alleged by the investigating authorities that the organization was financed with funds supplied from Klan circles in America. It held its meetings in_ various restaurants in northern and western Berlin. It seems that the order, which was founded two years ago, played an ac- tive role in_the revolt of the so-called Black Reichswehr, which started in 1928 in the fortified towns of Kuestrin and Spandau. The leaders of the order already ar- rested include a former captain named Klipproth, who was found near the Dutch frontier as he was about to en- ter Holland in an automobile; a former lieutenant, Hildebrandt, and a Dr. Huebner. The “Knights of the Fiery Cross” have copled to some extent the ritual of the Ku Klux Klan. The insignia of the organization is a bloody uross, the black, red and white flag of im- perial Germany, and the anti-semitic swastika. The membership has been lurgely obtained from the “Wiking- bund” and the “Frontbann,” notori- ous fascist groups. Would War on Jews. It is the avowed purpose of the knights to gather together men ‘‘de- termined to right for the liberation of the fatherland” and, “by waging war free the country of un- Until concrete evidence s produced that they are promoting a German |Ku Klux Klan, the American diplo- matic representatives will decline to | intervene. The mysterious disappearance of a NHS?%RIBANS‘ o the waiting cars. Even outside | young adherent of the knights is said the station, where the sun and a |to have provided the police with the stifing humidity made life seem too | clue leading to the discovery of the much, a large crowd waited patiently | organization. A majority of those be- for more than an hour. ing detained by the police are young AS Mr. Coolidge 4nd his party ap-|men, and it is therefore presumed that peared it cheered with a vim and |the order is a mew varlation of the scores of persons tried to run beside | German ffl;'c"t'hb‘;‘d“! il T the automobile as far as Columbus | SPonsible for the murder of Wathias Monument until Secret Service men |Erzberger and Dr. it and police waved them back. The| As these m‘fl"‘n"?"; Sfe bureed President and Mrs. Coolid ar‘rom—ifl’:‘:"‘:fl‘gf 'L""’r’:p’m‘;;!‘é . e e panied only by the official reception 7 : : btlon | {ion 1s that their backers are now committee, then moved off «quick] 1.:9':““ o bl Uten by copy- 1o the White House, taking the ueuui K. route through the Capitol grounds. - |In& the American Ku jan. | FAVORS NEUTRAL MITCHELL PROBE | | | Davis Would Have Disinter-| ested Agency Go Into Charges by Colonel. ! | | Full investigation by a-disinterested {agency of charges made by Col. Wil- liam Mitchell against Army adminis- | tration of Air Service matters is fa- | vored by Acting Secretary Davis of | the War Department. i Mr. Davis has told colleagues in the | department he desires suc” an inves- | tigation should be made by some one | other than the War Department it-§ | self. if the public was to be entirely | satisfled. ! He also has stressed his intention | to see that while he continues as | Acting Secretary that Col. Mitchell| shall receive fair treatment in con-| nection with the disciplinary steps which have been initiated against that officer. = Meanwhile, a storm broke in an other quarter of the defense establish- | ments with the vigorous resentment | | by the Army and Navy Air Services of ! charges made in New York yesterday | that these two organizations have | forced the climination of clvilian afr- | craft from 2 of the 10 events in the na- | tional air races to be held thare early | next month because they feared their | own equipment would suffer by com- | parison. The charges were made by (‘ol.i Harold E. Hartney, vice president and | general manager of the General Air-| ays System. and a former Army r pilot with distinguished servic He declared the War and Navy De- | partments have extended thelr “sinis- | | ter influence” to Mitchel Field, Long | i Istand, the scene of the forthcoming | | air meet. He declared he offered to | enter the giant Sikorsky air trans port, a familfar sight 1A Washington, | in the Detroit News trophy race, but | was told the Army and Navy had! agreed to restrict this race to Martin | bombers. ! The Army and Navy aviation| |branches took the joint stand today | jthat they would not be made the “goat” in this controversy. They de- clared the impending air meec is being | arranged by the National Aeronautic | | Association, which is the governing | body in America for all aircraft con-! tests of an official nature. The rules| for the races were drawn up by the| assoclation, and the Army and Navy | Alr Services will abide by those rules, | no matler how many times they are | changed. i The latest flare-up In the aircraft| |problem provoked a conference this | | morning 'in the oMice of Maj. Gen.| Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army Alr Service, at which his advisers, representatives of the Navy and the National Aeronautic Association were present. Afterward it was said the |two services would abide by the con- ditions of the contests as laid down by the aeronautic association. Civilian Couldn’t Compete. The background of the entire trou- ble was explained by a high Army Air Service officlal as being this. Several yvears ago the various races were thrown open to all contestants, mili- tary and civilian. This brought a pro- test from civillans, who were handi- capped in equipment, and they were forced to compete against _service (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) | Pepper Seeks Re-Election. PHILADELPHIA, Sefitember 10 (#).—Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania formally announced his candi- for re-election to the Senate. Many Problems Up. { The President’s first general rnur\d—\ up of administration problems after | the Summer's interlude will take place as at cabinet meeting tomorrow morn- ing. Secretaries Mellon and Davis had beaten their chief back to Wash- ington by only a few hours, and were putting in a long day at their desks. ‘The former was wrestling with a tax-reduction plan, and the latter was gathering information about the an- thracite suspension to lay before the President. In the offing Acting Secre- tary Davis of the War Department was scratohing his officlal head over the behavior of Col. William Mitchell. If any of these things troubled the equanimity of the President, he con- cealed it completely. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 10.—Oliver Henry Wallop, sr., of Wyoming, who has announced that he will assume the title of Earl of Ports- mouth in succession to his elder brother, recently deceased, may do so without foregoilng his American citizenship, which he acquired by naturalization in 1904. British officials pointed out to- day, however, that if the new peer desires to_ take his seat in the House of Lords this would neces- sitate taking the oath of allegiance to the King, in which event he would automatically lose his American citizenship. A number of Americans hold British titles, among them Lord Fairfax, Lord Camperdown and Lord Fermoy. 1t is believed here that the new Earl of Portsmouth may come to England soon and assume his title, but members of the family and friends here say lq; are no in- Surnames Ordered for Turk: LONDON, September 10 (#).—The ! Turkish department of education, in a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Constantinople, has ordered all Turks to adopt surnames. Free choice is v to he allowed in the selection of the names, provided they are not those of historic figures. . Radio Programs—Page 27. |Heir to Earldom Can Assume Title 1 And Remain American, Britain Holds dications that he has any intention | of taking his sedt in the House of Lords. SHERIDAN, Wyo., September 10 UP).—Oliver Henry Wallop, Wy- oming ranchman, who Monday in- herited the earldom through the death in London of his elder brother, John Fellowes Wallop, seventh Earl of Portsmouth, re- iterated last night his desire to be a “man of two countries,” despite statements of naturalization offi- cers that it would be impossible for him to hold his citizenship here and at the same time succeed to the title. “I never shall foresake my mountain home in Wyoming. I have made my home here and I have, my friends here,” the new cowboy earl sald. He declared that he hated to leave the Wy ing mountains and range for even a small part of the year. {ever, is the effort on the part of the ! | there has been no particular division { past the late Senator La Follette re htears to get its fingers burned, and WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SPLIT, ARE FACED WITHTWO FIGHTS Must Beat Robert, Jr., in Pri- mary, or Failing, in Sena- torial Election. RELIGIOUS ISSUE RAISED BY WILCOX CANDIDACY Coolidge Backer Is Catholic, While Klan Also Has Entry—McGov- ern Is Fourth Aspirant. BY G. GOULD LINCOL Staff Correspondent of The Star MADISON, Wis., September 10.— | The primary campaign for the nomi- nation to succeed the late Senator Robert M. La Follette becomes an | even more tangled skeln when viewed close at hand than at a dis- tance. The | { | one outstanding fact, how- anti-La Follette people, Republicans, near Progressives, Democrats and Socialists, to smash | the La Follette organization to smithereens. To do this they must ! dofeat Robert M. La Follette, jr.| in the Republican primaries next| Tuesday, and failing that, must de- | feat him in the election September “stalwart” | i Follette angle, it is! decidedly satisfying to see the oppo- | sition divided in support of three| other candidates for the Repubhcan1 nomination: they are Roy P. Wilcox, | who declares himself a Simon-pure | Coolldge Republican, and who was| the choice of a majority of the! Oshkosh “stalwart” convention; for- mer Gov. McGovern, who disputes| the statement that La Follette is the “only Progressive in the field,” and | who insists he himself was too} Progressive and not enough pro-| Coolidge to be accepted by the Osh- | kosh convention, and Rev. Daniel Woodward, a Protestant clergyman | and candidate—or should it be Kiani- | date—of the Ku Klux Klan, who! ineists, he, too, is pro-Coolidge. Religious Issue Raised. The interjection of the Klan candl- date ralses the religious issue. Of the other candidates for the Repub- lican nomination, La Follette is a Protestant, Wilcox is a Catholic and | McGovern in his early days was a Catholic, but according to reports, has drifted away from the church. In this State there .is a very considerable number of Catholics, but in the past here along relizious lines when it came to politics. At a meeting of | the Klan held here this week and participated in by about 8,000 people, including Klansmen from some of the other Northwest States, speakers plainly attacked the candidacy of Wil- coX because he is a Catholic and Knight of Columbus. At the same time the Klan candidate, Dr. Wood- ward, declared he could not support the candidacy of Robert La Follette, ! Jr.. because he was the candidate of | the “political ring at Madison” and because he is “too young and in-| experienced.” } How strong the Klan is in Wiscon- sin remains to be seen, and observers here are looking forward to the vote next week to tell them in a measure | what the strength of the organiza- | tion may be. | Although Wilcox is a Catholic and La Follette a Protestant, not all the Catholics by any means are behind the former. Leading priests in their communities have unnounced them- selves for La Follette, jr., and in the cevied very many Catholic votes. McGovern Out of Picture. So far as organization is concerned, La Folleite and Wilcox seem to have the best of it. McGovern, while rec- | ognized as a strong man and with | a personal following, has been out of the picture politically for some time. He failed to get the backing of the “stalwart” organization, such as it is, which went to Wilcox at the Osh- kosh convention. La Follette has ba- hind him the “Republican organiza- tion” of the State, which is, in fact the La Foliette organization, and which is now denounced by all its opponents as the “political ring at Madison,” headed by Gov. Blaine. | La Follette has, too, the support of | all the members of the House trom | Wisconsin. i Senator Lenroot, regular Repub- lican and supporter of the Coolidge administration, himself up for re- { election in 1926, is stumping the State | for Mr. Wilcox, and attacking La Fel- lette and his platform, which calls for repeal or modification of the Esch- Cummins transportation act and low- ering rallroad freights on farm prod- ucts and things the farmers buy. He is attempting to ridicule these plat- form pledges. While Senator Lenroot is urging| the candidacy of Wilcox, the Repub- lican national committee is doing nothing, at least openly, in this fight. Frankly, the national organization | i also that its open support of Mr.| ‘Wilcox from Washington or Chicago might be injurious to his cause or the cause of any of the other anti- La Follette candidates. Means New Problem. If La Follette gains the Republican nomination, however. then the na-| tional organization will be faced with a different proposition. It might with some degree of justification enter into the campaign in support of Wil- cox running as an independent. There are those in the La Follette camp who insist that the Republicans may even send money into the State to aid the Democratic nominee—that they have done so in the past to aid Democratic nominees against Repub- lican insurgent members of Congress. The interference of “outsiders” in a State campaign is always a ticklish matter and is likely to raise some measure of resentment, particularly in primary elections. The fact that out- side talent is coming into the State | to_ald La Follette is being made a (Continued on Pacze Column {lon belleves the volume of return_on | | he even suggested that x 15 per cent | {Three Blazes in Tennessee Moun- i the civilian population. ! guished only by a drenching rain. |ago burglars entered the home of E. | window was | watch and this note: ¢ Foening Star. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1925 -FORTY-FOUR PAGES. LAFOLLETTE FOES, THE G The Star’ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday': s Circulation, 92,358 » UP) Means Associated Press. TWO. CENTS. REAT MAD! SCAUST _HoLScaT) UTTODPERCET INSURTAXPLARNED Repeal of Publicity Section and Lowering of Estate Tax Advocated. By the Associated Press. | The Treasury’s tax recommendations to Congress now are expected to in- clude a reduction in surtax rates to & maximum of 20 per cent, repeal of the income tax publicity section and a lowering if not an entire elimination | of the tax on estates. Other minor changes will be sug- sested, largely to close up loopholes in the present law. Secretary Meilon, who returned to- day from a vacation, declined to say how active a part the Treasury would take in urging its recommendations on the House ‘ways and means com- mittee when it meets next month. He previously had indicated he would make no formal proposal that could be labeled a “Afellon plan,” and might only advance verbal suggestions in response to such questions as the com- mittee might ask. The Treasury holds to its often-ex- | pressed bellef that a majority of the | taxpayers favor repeal of the public- | ity section. Officials say masses of | letters of protest have come in since | September 1, when this year's pay-| ments were opened for public inspec- tion. The Treasury officials have not com- mitted themselves finally to a 20 per cent_surtax maximum. but Mr. Mel- that rate will be iramediately sreater than at a higher rate. At one time| tax would be scientifically proper. TOWNS ARE MENACED IN FOREST FIRE PATH | tains Defy Efforts of Bands of Fighters. By the Associated Prees. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., September 10.—Forest fires today continued their destructive inroads -upon the timber lands along Unaka and Buffalo Mountains despite efforts of a large band of forest rangers and cltizens to check the flames. At least three separate fires were reported raging | in this vicinity last night. One was | at Rock Creek, another at No Busi- ness Ridge and the third near Mar- bleton. The Rock Creek fire was reported to be threatening the village of Erwin. A saw mill plant in the path of the No Business Ridge blaze was completely destroyed. Dwellings and | outbuildings in the Marbleton settle- ment were menaced by the flames. W. H. Stoneburner, chief forest ranger, was endeavoring early today to get more volunteer workers from The village of Erwin and other nearby points are under a thick blanket of smoke and drought -~ondi- tions have heightened the tempera- ture to such an extent that many of the fire fighters have been forced to abandon their task. Fire fighters in this vicinity freely expressed the opinion that the blaze could be extin- DYING BURG—LAR RETURNS WATCH TO BLIND VICTIM Special Timepiece Made for Sight- less Was Part of Loot in Rob- bery 12 Months Ago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 10.—A year F. De Bower, president of the Ameri- can Academy of Letters, through a kitchen window and stole jewelry, in- cluding a specially made wrist watch that enabled Mrs. De Bower, who is blind, to tell the time. There was said to be only one other watch like it in_Chicago. Tuesday night the same kitchen raised and a package pushed through. It contained the “Jem Conners is dieing. Want you to have this and pray for him. “*His Pal.” President Gets Anthracite Strike Data Tomorrow At tomorrow’s cabinet meeting President Coolidge will be given the latest data on the anthracite situation. Secretary Davis, returned to the Labor Department today after a long absence, called in his sub- ordinates who have been watching the effect of the present suspen- sion of work in the anthracite fields and was given much infor- mation on which to base his re- port to the President. There was no indication of a Government move to end the sus- pension, but officials are deeply in- terested in providing substitutes for anthracite in case of shortage Reports on_bituminous production are being watched closely. FIVE BANDITS BIND “AND ROB MAILMAN Escape in Auto With Four Registered Pouches After Winona, Minn., Hold-Up. By the Associated Press. WINONA, Minn., September 10.— Five bandits held up a Winona mail wagon about 4:30 am. today, tied the messenger's hands and feet with wire and gagged him and then after selecting pouches out of between 50 and 60 bags, headed toward the Twin Cities in an automobile. The messenger, Henry Williams. was on his way from the. Chicago, Milwankee & St. Paul depot to the post office. When about three blocks from the depot five men intercepted him, led him into an alley warned him against, any outcry and told him to “take orders." While two men covered the mes- senger with guns, one tied him with wire. He was then forced to lie on the ground, face downward. the mail bags hurriedly about the ground searching for registered pouches. With the four registered mail pouches the bandits fled in an auto- mobile. Before departing they told Willlams that he should not move for a half hour. Postmaster E. B. Hicks said that the monetary value of the stolen mail could not be estimated at pres- ent, but he doubted that the four pouches contained any great sum. The robbery was discovered when a Burlington railroad employe, be- work, found Willlams in the alley the four registered malil| and | Mean- | | while, the two others were scattering coming alarmed at his failure to find | the morning mail on his arrival for | 1S MAY RELEASE PARKSTO STATES iWork Planning Move to Keep | Large Areas and Give Smaller Ones Away. | Outliring an entirely new policy for | administration of national parks and monuments, Secretary of the Interior | Work is considering a recommenda- | tion to Congress for the release to | States of the less important parks and ! monuments now under supervision of the National Parks Service The Shenandoah and Great Smoky | Mountain Park areas, which are to be turned into parks embracing a total of 1,200,000 acres in Virginia, North | Carolina and Tennessee, would be re- terest in them, under the program outlined by Secretary Work. Such na- tional parks as the Yosemite, Yellow- stone, Grand Canyon and other ex- tensivé park areas would be retained as national playgrounds, while some of the smaller parks now under the administration of the National Parks Service would be returned to the States to be operated by the State governments. Fftate Grouping Effected. Detalls of the plans of Secretary Work were made public by members of the Southern Appalachian National Parks Commission today on their return to Washington from a meet- ing in Richmond vesterday, which complete agreement interested States natfonal drive on for | three a plan for a Virginia, nessee. Fifty per cent of the funds raised in the national campaign will be turned over to each of the two parks, and an agreement was reached |at the Richmond meeting yesterday | to include the District of Columbia in | the Virginia territory for the purpose of raising funds to promote the | Shenandoah National Park in the Blue i Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Funds |raised in North Carolina and Ten- nessee will be devoted exclusively to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. The committee which met in Richmond with a score of representa- tives of the three States agreed to group the two national parks as one project for presentation to Congress at the coming session. Secretary Work mittee follows: “You are very fa- miliar with my keen interest in see- ing established the proposed Great | Smoky National Parks. The wisdom of this movement has been much discussed, never argued, but readily admitted when viewed either as a local busi- ness_venture. a_recreational opp | (Continued on Page 2, Column tained as national parks because of | their magnitude and the national in- | at | was | reached with representatives of the | funds | to purchase the two park areas in | North Carolina and Ten- | letter to the com- ! Mountain and Shenandoah | 'YANKEES WIN, 770 3; HOMER r { X zel, Ruth and Gehrig Get Suc- ive Drives Off Gray in Opener. lying beside the mail wagon. TEAM HEADS T07!;IEET Officials of Clubs in World Seris~ Running Called Together. Notice of a meeting -t officials of the base ball teams that are still in the running for the 1925 world series ‘was received this morning by Edward B. Eynon, secretary of the Washing- ton_Club. The gathering will take place at 1 o'clock Saturday at the Bellvue- Stratford in Philadelphia. Eynon ex- pects that officers of the Pittsburgh and New York National League and Philadelphia American League clubs will attend the meeting with the lo = magnates. By the Ascociated Press. PHILADELPHIA. September 10.— New York defeated the Philadelphia Athletics in the first game of a double- header today, 7 to 3. Successive home runs by Bob Meiisel, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehriz off Sam Gray in the fourth inning contributed largely to the downfall of the Athletics. “The hidden panel suddenly lLifted, revealing a man's footprint—-—" : “THE NIGHT OF THE WEDDING" B Beg;;:.; .fn g o TOMORROW'S STAR An absorbing modern romance of love, adventure and mystery —a thrilling and mystifying story. Watch for the opening chapter in | The watch strikes the hours and quarter-hours and is valued at §800. TOMORROW'S STAR S BEAT MACKS 'SHERRILL T0 MAKE ORVEFORBEACHE * INNEXTCONGRESS | Two Resorts, Costing $200,- | 000, Before Next Summer to Be Demanded. 'iDlSTRICT COMMISSIONERS WILL SUPPORT PROJECT Use of Dykes and Chlorinating Boats Will Solve Pollution Prob- lem, Director Believes. | Whether or not Washington shall i endure another eltering Summer without bathing beaches will be put squarely up to Congress at fts forth coming session. Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, director of public buildings and pub lic parks, in a statement today definitely announced that he would present to Co early in the | Winter complete plans for two bath | Ing beaches, ome in the Potomac | River for white bathers and another in the Anacostia River for colored | the entire project at least $200,000 ess Commissioners Back Plan. The efforts of Col. Sherrill to ob | tain beach facilities next Summer will receive the whole-hearted support of the Commissioners, it was indicated at the District Building today. | “I expect that the Comn and the Citizens' Advisory Co both will make every effort to obtain these needed facilities next vear, Engineer Commissioner Bell declared When the Citizens’ Advisory Coun s making its report to the Com oners several months ago as to the city for { il ! mis: all the requirements next year, it included a recommenda |tion for a substantial sum for the establishment of new bathing beaches Although the council has not met | since its report in the budget was com pleted. Col. Bell said today that he e pected it to support the va of the city both before the the Budget and the com Congress. Can Be Made Sanitary. Although the United Health Service reports t are polluted by sewage, Col. Sherrill pointed out today that the cost maintaining the two beaches and keep ing their waters thoroughly purified would be considerable, and this item is not covered in the above estimate | But_he added that there is no dovot in the minda-of competent sanitarians | that both the Potomac and the Ana costia can be made safe *. ‘“athers Elimination of sewage jodution of the two rivers through diversion of sewer outlets to purification plan seems physically impossible after complete study of the situation by J B. Gordon, sanitary engineer of the Distr Even if the people of Wash ington were willing completely to re build the District sewer system. at an expense of at least $23.000.000, the { question of stopping pollution from Virginia and Maryland towns wou still be unsettled. As a_result, Col. Sherrill, assisted | by sanitary engineers of the Army has gone ahead with plans for purify ing those sections of the rivers used { for bathing purposes. This, it was said, can be done by constructing dykes to reduce the current in the beach areas and chilorinating the water therein. Such a plan, engineers have decided, is quite feasible and safe es Public both rivers Sherrill Stresses Need. “Our position is simply this,” said Col. Sherrill: “We can make the Po- tomac and the Anacostia Rivers safe for bathers if Congress will give us { the money. The cost will not be ex- orbitant when the benefit two big beaches will bring to Washington next Summer is considered. Ordinarily Washington is a very hot place most of the Summer, and bathing beaches seem to ofier a good means of relief. Each beach should be large enough to accommodate at least 6,000 to 8,000 persons. The one in the Potomac would be used exclusively by white people and the one in the Anacostia | exclusively by colored. We can make the waters around those beaches just as safe as was the Tidal Basin, and { we only had two or three compalints a year from something like 200,000 bathers."” Just where the beaches will be built, if the necessary appropriation is obtained. has not been finally de- termined. Col. Sherrill and his as- sistants are undecided as to whether a point just above the Key Dridge or Columbia Island would be best As to the Anacostia beach, it would be located at a point easiest of access fo the colored peo { ple of Washington. ! Seawall Plan Ideal. Col. Sherrill pointed out that the ideal manner of solving the bathing problem here would be to protect both beaches by a concrete seawall. Jontrol ga such uld_ 'TWO COATS FOUND | IN HUNT FOR FLYERS { | in the Potomac. i | i | 1 Discovery on Hilo Beach May Lead to Solving of Fate of PN-9, No. 1, Crew. By the Associated Press HONOLULU, September 10.—Two aviators’ coats found on the Keauka- hakeaa Beach, 7 miles from Hilo, | today zave hope of a clue to the fate | of the crew of the missine seaplane | PN-9, No. 1, which dropped irom sizht { with a crew of five men on September |1 in mid-Pacific. The plane was on a non-stop flight to Honolulu and indi- | cated in radiocast messages that her | tuel supply was low and she might be forced down into a stormy sea. Authoritles were also investigating a report sent to the Advertiser from its Hilo correspondent which said: “Two kapok life preserving jackets marked ‘U. S. Navy' were found last night on the beach at Leleiwi Point, 10 miles south of Hilo.” The jackets were ordered delivered to a battleship today for inspection,