Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Probably pm. today. showers tonight and to- morrow, cooler tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, vesterday; lowest, 75, at 6 a.m. Full report on page 7. 94, at 3:43 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Che. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. “From Press to Home [ Within the Hour” ! Star's carrier system every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers printed The covers Yesterday’s Circulation, 93,331 Entered as = post office, No. 19, cond cl; Washington, matter e WASHI D. ., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1925—-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. * #) Means TWO CENTS. Associated Press. PN-INO. T FLYERS - AGCLAIMED HEROES INSPITE OF FAILURE Honolulu in Weary Airmen as They End Trip. SHARKS ADDED HORROR TO DAYS LOST AT SEA Crew Rests Hospital After Ordeal—Rodgers’ Still Called Factor in Safety. in By the Associated Press. HONOLULLU, September 12.—Rested, happy and asleep, America’s roes of aerial navigation were at Harbor recovering from strenuous crv h they cast about t nt winds in ifle for T i the PN-9, N« arl today were Midpa The red cpital last afte Lihue aboard a s on sea to bed at the their arrival steamer. They night S i by the| 31, w ived with open arms way. | for duty. island populace, headed by Gov. lace Farringt Every member of the crew told a sparkling story of their unprecedented adventure. John Rodgers, com- mander the sens ing the nine-day trip, ciates augmented his story with many details. All Praise Leader. The statements revealed the innate modesty of every member of the crew. Each declined to take credit for his own daring acts of heroism, but all pointed to “Capt. John's” optimism in the face of disaster and privation as the saving grace of the trying situa- tion. “Capt. John,” in turn, poured his subordinates. The pr. harks which trailed in the wake of the drifting seaplane, the ability to hear radio messages tell- Ing that the men were believed dead, the inability to dispell these messages v failure of the radio ge prevented e conditions failed to dim the hope of reaching land until aided. Only when they were picked up 15 miles from land by the submarine R-4 were they momentarily disap- pointed. For, after drifting 400 miles, they expected to move into land un- assisted. Lack of Wind Blamed. Just before the crew was retiring a_member of ked to give his opin- rel ning the flight We figured to pick up the trade winds 500 miles from San Francisco he said, “but it was more than 1,000 miles before we had the wind on our tail and then it was only a slight wind. ‘As for gasoline, we had all the lished charges, and the officers stated oline we could carry, some 1,300 |at his San Antonio post yesterday Without wind we couldn’t|that he had given this last Tuesday, have and did not have a chance 10| pefore Gen. Hinds forwarded his re-| gallons make it. That's all there is to it.” Acclaimed as Heroes. Wildly they they acclaimed as came here last had planned, heroes night, not as proudly riding through the air their great seaplane, | the next stage of development. as the first to span the broad reaches of the Pacificc but in the more prosaic fashion of passengers aboard the United States destroyer Mac- Donough, the daring sailors of the aerfal argosy were ordered to bed. The five men insisted they were feei- ing fine, and physical examination re- | with under Army regulations. vealed that need of shaves most serious result of nine da the failed while it still was some 300 miles from Honolulu. Nevertheless gratulations and words of praise still ringing in their ears, the flyers were hustled off to sleep and rest. A formal reception had been prepared, but it gave way to spontaneity. City in Wild Acclaim. As the MacDonough steamed into port whistles shrieked and the great assemblage at the docks yelled. The reception became no less pretentious, no less glorious, no less proud than if | they had attained the fullest success in the greatest adventure of peace- time aviation. Three hundred persons, most of them Navy officers, friends of the aviators and their wives, with a few prominent citizens, were gathered on the dock in the harbor within the cfr- cle of the motion picture flares. Along the path made by the searchlight of the battleship Nevada, tied up at an- other dock, loomed slowly the moving greyhound bow of the MacDonough. ery eye was strained searching for Rodgers or his flight companions. R. A. Rodgers, cousin_of Comdr. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) AIR SERVICE UNITY FAVORED BY BORAH | | since it was obvious I would stand Idaho Senator Backs Mitchell on Consolidation of Both Defense Branches. Bs the Associated Press CHICAGO, September 12.—Senator Rorah of Idaho predicted vesterday hat the next Congress would conduct 2n inquiry into aviation policy, with particular refereace to the charges of €ol. Mitchell. He was here en route to Washington. Col. Mitchell, T am inclined to thinl, 1n correct in his attitude for consolida- tion of all our national aviation prepa- rations To me It seems logical that the entire Air Service be combined un- Asr a separate management by ex- perts.” Sepator Borah's speculations as to how the Air Service might be more ef- ficiently administersd brought him to the general conclusion: ‘Any bureau in Washington starts without intelligence and ends without conscience. So it really does not make uch difference. The tendency of a buresu is to steriliza and to conform o a perfectiv routine avstem. That is ihe evil of bureaucratio government.'" t T Wild Reception to‘ five | order and released yesterday. | | | | dictated a statement detailing | my ations which came to him dur- | that I . e | Corps. and his asso-|, 500000 inhabitants of this city has |n atio &' Gen. Hinds’ Report Awaited. | i 1 | | which is understood to advance to a ion on the whole flight. He said that | more important stage its procedure in the aviators had placed too much | determining ice on wind conditions in plan- | Mitchell's attack against the Army and i when | San Antonfo of Col. George A. Nugent, | | President Coolidge has let it be known /s afloat | its Alr Service administration is made in their crippled plane after it settled |in a statement by Rear Admiral Wil- 10 the water when the gasoline supply |liam A. Moffett, chief of its Bureau of the | the name of Col. e Navy doctors were determined to take | cent charges against them were “false | no chances, and, with the first con- |and a slander on their personnel. | | | | 'BUTLER ADMITS IN CLEANING U i(jily Won't Co-Opera!e.v Does Not Regret His Leaving. ume Marine P¢ January 1, After 2- Year Absence. | Special Dispatch to The PHILADELPHIA, September 1 | Director Butler has reached the con- clusion that he failed in his efforts o enforce the prohibition laws here. The director pointed out today that ‘lhv percentage of convictions as com pared with the number of arrests is almost not worth noting ““The fact that of 6,080 persons s rested in saloons and speakeasies this vear only 212 were convicted proves that liquor-law enforcement in this city is virtually stopped,” sald Direc tor Butler. His conclusion was based upon a comparative statement of arrests and convictions for the first eight months of 1925, prepared by the police at his he result,” said the director, clearly shows that enforcement | hasn't amounted to a row of pins after the arrests were made.” | Gen. Butler relterated his statement | that he would return to the Marine Corps on January 1 here is no question about my go. he said. “I am offi- My leave expires mber | and T am under orders to report ing, cer. “In the light of what has happened while 1 have been here, Philadelphla seems to me like an opulent sick old man who went hunting for a specialist to cure him. Two or three weeks ago commanding officer announced would return to the Marine Since then not one of the expressed any regret, with one excep- tion. Mayor Kendrick said he regret- ted 1 was to go." Discussing his liquor law figures SELF A FAILURE P PHILADELPHIA SMEDLEY BUTLER. Gen. Butler pointed out that in 1923 the police made 1,913 arrests io in 1924, 5,757, and so 3 In 1923 there were convinctiors: in 1924 there were 1,260, and this year only 21 “The figures can explain them- selves,” Gen. Butler sald. “They g glven out so the public can draw any concluslons it wishes Director Butler said that 40 per cent less property was stolen her during the first elght months of this ear than in the corresponding period of 1923, before he came to Phila delphia. There were 59 hold-ups in that period and only 15 thus far this vear, he said. The value of automobiles stolen € | senatorial primary SENTIMENT IS DUE TOFIGURE LARGELY INWISCONSIN RACE ‘lnfluence of Late Senator La; | Follette on Voters Now ' Is Problematical. “YOUNG BOB” WILL FACE NEW FIGHT IF VICTORIOUS | Wilcox to Runr as Independent. | Slush Fund Charge Raised | by La Follette. | Staft Correspondent .f The Star. | MILWAUKEE, Wis, September 12 |—Inability to estimate the strength of in the coming Republican has both the Wil {cox and McGovern camps and, indeed the La Follette, up in the air any of the Wisconsin voters are go {ing to the polls next Tuesday to vote | |for “Bob" La Follette, ir,. because they revere the memory of the late Sena |tor La Follette? | If Bob La Follette were Bob Jones | |instead of the son of the man who ntiment How ! in this city in the first eight months | controled Wisconsin for a quarter of of 1923 was $1,055,000, greater than|a& century, and he had submitted his| the value of machines stolen thus far |candidacy for the Republican nomina- this year, according to the director. | tion, his two principal older opponents, Although the city is much larger both of whom have held public office in | v, Director Butler said, there were 1,524 arrests on charges of drunken- and disorderly conduct during the first eight months of 1923 and only 1,034 this year. MITCHELL'S CASE BEING EXPEDITED Moffett Calls Charges False and Slander. The War Department is awaiting a report forwarded by Maj. Gen. Ernest Hinds, Sth Corps Area commander, whether Col. Willlam Navy Alr Service administrations calls for discipiinary action. The department, as the first step in the necessary routine in such cases, is seeking to obtain Col. Mitchell’s formal acknowledgment of his pub- port. Thus, if the report contains the required facts, the proposed trip to investigate the matter, to bring it to assigned to will not be necessary With the case thus being expedited through War Department channels, that he intends to await developments thers without personally intervening, belleving the case one to be dealt Emphatic defense of the Navy and Aeronautics, who, without mentioning | Mitchell, deolared re- | “I am ready to disprove these charges by testimony under oath,” he said. "It is no longer a question as to aviation and the best weapons for national defense, but whether truth, honor, loyalty and respect for con- stituted legal authority shall prevail.” BACKS HIS CHARGES. Mitchell Tells War Department He Made Reported Statements. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., September 124 () —Authenticity of charges he was reported to have made agains; adminis- | tration of the Alr Service by high | Army and Navy officers " was vouched for by him last Tuesday and his state- ment forwarded to the War Depart- ment at Washington, Col. Willlam Mitchell sald yesterday. Col. Mitchell admitted for the first | military U.S. SENDS FORCE TONCARAGUA PORT Two Gunboats Dispatched at | Legation’s Request in Na- tional Turmoil. The gunboats Tulsa and Denver are proceeding from Panama to the ports of Corinto and Bluefields, Nicaragua, respectively, as a precautionary meas- ure thought necessary by the Ameri- can legation in Nicaragua. .due to the disturbed political situation in that country. No landing operations are in con- templation, as no American lives or property have been actually dangered. The situation in Nicaragua is uncer- tain, however, because of the recent coup, in which all but the conservative members of the cabinet were ousted from office and liberal leaders were compelled to flee. The constitutional government is functioning with the conservative offi- clals only on duty. No fighting or other disorder has been -reported. The American legation has taken the position, however, that it would be desirable to have warships avail able at each of the chief ports in the event the political situation takes a more serious turn. Each of the gunboats carries a force of marines in addition to its bluejacket complement. If there is a landing, it will be undertaken only after con- ference with Washington. —_— STORY OF SITTING BULL AS MASON CALLED BUNK North Dakota Past Grand Master, A. F.and A. M, Says the Indian Could Not Join Fraternity. by the Associated Press. MANDAN, N. Dak., September 12.— Dispatches from New York yesterday that Sitting Bull was a Mason and had been exalted as a Royal Arch Mason were characterized as ““pure bunk’ by E."A. Ripley, past grand master of the North Dakota Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M., today. “Sitting Bull would have been una- ble to take the obligation, as he was ‘a medicine man,’ and could not pro- fess ‘his faith in God,’" Mr. Ripley sald. “Furthermore, there was no Ma- sonic lodge in Dakota Territory in 1876. Not only that, but Sitting Bull was too little liked by any white man |counted it will be found that the race en- | time he had been in communication with War Department authoritles. His statement was forwarded through the office of Maj. Gen. Ernest Hinds, commander of the Sth Corps Area. statement made to concelve of his being passed for ‘membership. “It's just another of those wild West _\b'srl;n:»bunk‘ just pure, unadulterated unk!” He reiterated & Il Pages 27 to 29 earlier that he had never discussed his case with Maj. Gen. Hinds. “Filling out of the official papers Dby me was just a routine matter that 18 followed in all such cases and I did not think it worthy of comment back of anything I sad said,” Col. Mitchell said. Mitchell gave the Associated Press this statement: “I have the highest respect for Maj. Gen. Hinds and all members of his aff. #t2iy relations here have been most pleasant. The charges I have made | refer only to conduct of the Air Serv- jce by Army and Navy officials at ‘Washington.’ MINOT, N. Dak., September 12 (#). —Two masked men early today held up occupants of a smoking car of the Mountaineer, crack train of the Min- neapolis, St. Paul and Saulte Ste Marie Raflway. One of the robbers 1s reported to have fired at the conduc- tor, who was not injured. The men jumped off the train In the Minto yards after obtaining $20. ' Income Ta®Returns| i POLICE WILL ENFORCE LAWN-SPRINKLING LAW Washing Sidewalks With Water Also Forbidden This Month by District Code. The public was warned today by J. S. Garland, superintendent of the ‘Water Department, that the restric- tion against the use of water for sprinkling lawns except during ce: tain hours of the morning and ev: ning must be complied with until the end of September. With another hot spell visiting the city, Mr. Garland has noticed per- sons watering lawns and sidewalks in violation of the law. He con- ferred today with Acting Police Supt. Charles Evans, who sald |he would issue a bulletin to pa- trolmen to enforce the lawn-sprink- ling regulations for the remainder of the month. The regulation provides that dur- ing July, August and September lawns may be sprinkled only between the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock am. and p.m., and that no water may be used during those months for wash- ing the sidewalk or street. Belgian Rum Pact Sought. Negotiations have been opened with Relgium for a liquor treaty similar to t-with-Great Britain, : {the State, would have the race to| !themselves. As matters now stand, {La Follette has fighting for him “sen- | timent” and the La Follette name, he | has the old La Follette organization, | the labor unions and his own ability as la vote getter, which is growing greater | day by day as he continues his stump. ing tour. Others Have Assets. Roy P. Wilcox, choice of the Osh-| kosh convention of “stalwarts,” h the regular organization, ‘“busines: and the “upper classes,” and his serv ice as State Senator and a pleasing personality and ability to speak on his | side. Former Gov. McGovern has expe- rience as an administrator and exec- | utive andl a real appeal to the intel- lectuals among the Progressives as his chief assets. It vou talk to Wilcox supporters they tell you that the fight is between | | Wiicox and La Follette. If vou talk to McGovern people, on the other hand, they say that when the votes are is between McGovern and La Follette, and that Wilcox will run third. It is evident that young Bob La Follette is considered the serious con- tender by both of his opponents. The | vote of the Klan candidate, Dr. Dan. | fel Woodward, they all insist, will be negligibte. | Wilcox Forces Optimistic. There is evident in Wilcox circles, however, a strong degree of optimism. They insist their candidate will de- feat La Follette for the nomination and, barring that, he will win in the election two weeks hence, for which Wilcox has filed as an independent 80 as to make the race in the event he falls to win the Republican nomina- tion. The word has gone out that control | of Republican politics in Wisconsin is to be regained by the stalwarts after many years of waiting. There is to be a rebirth of the party in the Badger State—according to the stal- warts. They base thelr hopes on the fact that they have been at work or- | ganizing in the State ever since the Coolidge campaign last year. This work of organization has continued through the Winter, Spring and Sum- mer. It was begun early in prepara- tion for the congressional race which is coming in 1926, when a Senator and Governor also must be elected. The death of Senator La Follette and the | call for the present special election 'will bring this organization into action months before it expected to be called upon. Nevertheless, the regu- lars insist they are ready for the test. They have had plenty of money to carry on this program of organiza- tion. People with money in the regu- lar ranks have been ready to put it up. The Republican national commit- tee has been lending a hand quietly, it is understood, though the national committee insists that it is not mix- ing up in the primary fight. Slush Fund Is Charged. Almost on the eve of the primaries comes from the La Follette camp a charge that a monster “slush fund,” comparable to that which was de- clared to have been used in the elec- tion of Senator Newberry of Michi- | gan a few years ago to beat Henry Ford, is being expended in Wisconsin in behalf of the Wilcox candidacy. The charge is made by Erick J. On- stad, secretary of the La Follette per- sonal campaign committee, who de- clared in a formal statement that ~(Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) | | PRISONER FACES AIRING OF EASY BERTH IN JAIL | Court Orders Trial on Attempted | Murder Charge Regardiess of Illness Claims. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, September 12.—Terry Druggan, prisoner at the county jail, today faced an airing in court of the | circumstances centering around him resulting in the removal of two war- dens and an assistant within a month. | _Judge T. J. Lynch, before whom ( | Druggan must enswer an indictment charging attempted murder growing out of an attack on a newspaper man in the jail Thursday, sald he would be larraigned despite all claims of {llness. Druggan went back to the jail hos- pital last night when an afternoon in an isolated cell gave him ‘stomach pains.’ Newspaper men found him, clad in purple silk pajamas, with a reading lamp and half a dozen books in a soft, clean bed. Yesterday Capt. George Weideling, head of the county highway police, was named warden to replace Thomas Brockmeyer, charged with holding a newspaper man while Druggan beat him about the head and face. Brockmeyer had been warden three weeks, succeeding Wesley Westbrook, when an investigation was started !n;ln Druggan's nightly trips from the Jail, s S v | | advantageous positions and thus | given as = | ~ DROWNINGS JUNP B0 PCT. SHOWING NEED FOR BEACHES Twenty Already Recorded Here This Year, With Sea- son Not Over. COOLIDGE PLEbG_ES HELP | TO OBTAIN EARLY RELIEF White Haus:: Says E;ecutive will Back Request to Congress for Appropriation. | tistics on {1s expected | tention of the I | before Congress for consideratio; quest for $200,000 w struct two tomac and Summer. FRENCH CAPTURE TRIBAL CAPITAL Mighty Drive Successful at All Points as Rebels Fall Back. | carried rench Morocco, September 12.—Amyot, capital of the territory of the Beni-Zeroual tribesmen, has been captured by the advancing French armies converging from Teroual and Tatrant. | Both the French wings resumed their advance at daylight. They en- countered only isolated resistance, pre- sumably becauso Abd-el-Krim is with- Half-Day Saturday Holiday for Clerks | No More This Year 1 g e | Government employes of the Dis- trict and Federal departments here are enjoying today their last Satur- day half holiday of this year. Next Saturday work is scheduled to be through until the regular 4:30 hour. This afternoon found thousands of Government employes streaming out of town to make the most of their |last Saturday afternoon at nearby cool resorts. The Saturday half ses- sion started June 13. | With most of the employes having | spent their annual leave, they now | have but the regular Thanksgiving ay, Christmas and New Year holi- | days to look forward to this vear | A ray of hope for next vear is held | out to the employes in the movement | which has been started for an act drawing men from the French front|Pproviding that Government workers to strengthen his lines against the|be Spaniards. | The Spanish success in landing| troops in Alhucemas Bay is declared | to have greatly affected the tribesmen. | Spanish Force Advances. MADRID, September 12 (#).—The | latest communique issued by the war office dealing with the operations in | | Morocco says the Spanish forces fight ing the rebels in the Tetuan region | have been reinforced and have won ai: minished the enemy’s resistance. The | Spanish casualties in the fighting are and those of the rebels as 600 men killed. The statement follows: | “In the western (Tetaun) region our | reinforced units continue their opera- | tions and have gained advantageous | { positions, diminishing the enemy’s re. | sistance. A native prisoner who escaped from the rebels reports that | the Moors are withdrawing large num- | bers of their casualties from the front, | including dead and wounded. | “In the El Araish sector columns comm:nded by Col. Boloix and Col. | Garcla, operating with French forces came in contact with the Riffians. The’ rebels left five dead on the field and two prisoners in the hands of the Spaniards. More Troops Loaded. “On the Alhucemas front war ma- terial and troops from Melilla con- tinue to be landed. Native spies re- port that the rebels are disconcerted over the landing of the Spaniards. They mistrust Abd-el-Krim and -the Riffian leader, owing to this fact, has had to abandon his residence at Ajdir and withdrav: some 12 kilometers to the south of the Nekor River. “The enemy is impressed with egormity of the casualties he has suf- fered in the Tetuan reglon. There are 500 dead in the Beni Hosmar sector alone. RIFFIANS ARE CRUSHED. JFrench Regain Territory Once Lost in Smashing Attack. FEZ, French Morocco, September 12 (#).—Marshal Petain, commander of the French forces operating against the rebellious Moorish tribesmen, is reported to have won in_brilliant fashion his first attack in the big of- fensive against the followers of Abd- el-Krim, the Rifflan war lord. Yesterday in less than eight hours his troops had reached all the points which had been made their objectives alons the Ouergha River and had gone on beyond them. The groups of the French troops operating from Ter- roural and Tafrant are now well es- tablished in the Beni Zeroual coun- try. Those from Tafrant, notwith- standing the exceptionally difficult terrain, reached the territory of Djebel Ifran. i The gulding principle of Marshal Petain's plan is to get across the Ouergha and well settled on the hills, so that he can lay roads and con- struct bridges within the three weeks, perhaps two wecks, when the rainy season will begin, as otherwise the fighting would have to be brought to a standstill, since it is impossible to operate in the valleys after mid- October. Other Drives Expected. Consequently, other offensives are to be expected on different parts of the front to supplement the present operation and place the French in complete control of all that area up to the frontier of the Spanish zone, which never has been fully pacified. This region has furnished a large part of the dissident tribesmen who have adhered to Abd-el-Krim's banner. These -hardy mountaineers hitherto have been completely under the domi- nation of Abd-el-Krim. Any sign of deserting from his cause is said to have been visited with direct reprisals from which the French were not in a position to p ‘tect them. The presen. operation of the French (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. granted Saturday half-holiday N PEAE P RASED I PARLY Inglis Confers With Pinchot. Lewis to Meet Governor on Monday. By the Associated Press. MILFORD, Pa., September 12.—A ray of hope for the resumption of the anthracite wage negotiations, hard coal flelds on September 1, was seen today in the conference to be held between Gov. Pinchot and repre sentatives of the miners and opera- tors at the governor’s home here. The governor is to confer this after- noon with W. W. Inglis, president of the Glen Alden Coal Co. and chair- than of the anthracite operators’ wage scale negotiating committee. On Monday John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Work- ers, is expected here to go over the situation with Mr. Pinchot. In announcing that he had invited the two leaders of the contending forces to confer " him, Gov. Pinchot said that had done so “not for the purpose of intervention,” but in order to keep himself posted on the situation. He said he would hold what Mr. Lewis and Mr. Inglis tell him as ‘“entirely confidential.” The governor said that because of the number of States affected by the an- thracite suspension, “I respect the right of the President of the United States to speak the first word.” wANKS MAY PRODUCE NEW TOKID ENVOY “Career Man” From Diplomatic Service, May Be Chosen as Bancroft Successor. President Coolidge’s list of avail- ables for Ambassador to Japan now includes men already in the diplomati service as well as outsiders. » It has been indicated previously that the President was inclined to make his selection from those avail- able outside the service, some special reasons existing for the appointment | of “a career man” to Tokio. | A selection will be made after Mr. { Coolidge has conferred with Secretary i Kellogg, probably next week. HONOR TO U. S. NOVELIST. French Order Bestowed Upon Ger- trude Atherton for War Service. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, September 12.—President Doumergue has instructed Ambassa- dor Daschner to confer the Order of the Leglon of Honor upon Gertrude Atherton, American novelist. The award is made for “literary merits and the wonderful activities displayed by that brilliant American writer for France and her wounded sons during the World War, when she organized drives, obtaining large funds to allevi- ate the sufferings of Soldlers in hos- pialy.’ (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) ¥ § & the | breaking off of which resulted in the | suspension of mining operations in the Figures on ¢ [ the Pol | there w | 80 per cen eight over Th: FLORIDGE SHELVES NEW “TURN" PLAN = | at the Tidal Ba Proposed Tests at 14th and| the Avenue Are Indefinite- | ly Postponed. mer without bathing e those taken away Twenty Lives Lost. report- there nent the Plans which have been prepared by the traffic department for the t ut for a different system for makin right and left hand turns at Four teenth street and Pennsylvania ave i nue, have been laid aside for the time | ended being, Traffic Director Eldridge stated & | toda j tirely Employes of the Traffic Bureau have {removed from the pavement at that | intersection some of the white paint- | ed arrows and printed directions which were marked there several weeks ago in_preparation for the experfment Mr. Eldridge said today that he was not sure that the proposed pians would not be tried out at some future time, | but that it had been laid asids for the | time being. | He explained that there has been considerable improvement in the con- | dition at that corner since the order was issued to traffic policemen to use whistle signals with an interval to permit pedestrians to reach places of | satety. = Referring to the proposed new method of turning, which was de- slgned with a view to further safe- guarding pedestrians, the traffic direc- tor_said: i “We do not want to do anything | until here practical It was recalled of the deaths fron place in the first Summer, show direct resul pervised A ington's popt joyed for sev at the Tidal deemed beaches—sou as the log! r recreatior bathing. virtually no that is unnecessary, and with the im. | gateguards 5 T Salig provement that has been observed at|diq wha: thev st that corner recently it does not seem !jittle, for the ! necessary to try the new method of nized po! turning at this time.” river to protect | DAWES ADMITS TILTING | for 5 s “WINDMILLS” IN SENATE for bathing places are widely scattered Wins Applause in Los Angeles by | | Attack on Filibusters as Menace to United States. today that drowr many for _bathi iver this ye would h ricate sc the rive Coolidge Backs Plan. While the Commissioners’ Advisdh Council, which an active par | last Spring in the need | for bathing be is expected to | take some a m in renewing its | indorsement "of Col. Sherrill's pro | posals, President Coolidge vesterdav By the Associated Pre { Joined the ranks of those who wil LOS ANGELES, September 12.—{work for the beaches in time for next Vice President Dawes carried to Los | Summer’s bathing. Angeles last night his fight for revi-| As recorded in yesterday's final sion of the Senate rules, winning en-| edition of The Star, President Cool thusiastic applause from the large idge, through a White House spok |audience which heard him attack fili-| man, was represented as promising bustering by Senate orators as a na-| his support when the time comes to tional menace. | ask Congress for the necessary ap. The address wds not without humor. | propriations. The President, it was “You hear them saying,” he chuc-!said, expressed an unusual interest in kled, “that I am a Don Quixote tilting | the question of Washington's recrea- windmills.” ! tional bathing facilities, and recalled “Well, that's what they are, these'that last year he had indorsed the Senate filibusterers—windmills.” | proposal to build another bathing | beach at Tidal Basin, which Congress | approved, before deciding later that SEA CANOEISTS SAFE. |Tidal Basin was never intended as a site for bathing beaches President Coolidge is willing to ask S0S Call Found in Bottle Hoax, C'ongress g%. an x’\r‘;'r“l‘x ation suffi- cent to #sure adequate bathing Italian Coast Guard Finds. !}c;cnes, the spokesman said, and add- LONDON, September 12 (#)—The | d that the President has been watch bottle message recently picked up off | ing carefully the latest discussion of Italy and purporting to have heen‘lhls need. written by George Smyth, Toronto| The President is understood to have canoelst, and his companion, Lieut,|Pointed out that Washington offers Brandt, has been proven a hoax, says | pecullar difficulties in the matter of the Rome correspondent of the Morn- | bathing beach facilities, since the ing Post. Tidal Basin was not intended to be ITtalian coast guards located the|used fof bathing purposes and the canoeists in Italian waters, continu- | Potomac River is said to offer other | difficulties in his mind. He is keep- ing their paddle from Rome to Lenin- grad, Russia, to win a wager of 10,- 000 lire, made with the Marquis Guglielmi. —_— STRIKERS ARE TOF;I'URED. CANTON, September 12 (#).—Ut- most cruelties have been shown to the strikers trying to return to Hong- pickets. Although there are satisfaction in the ran |ing Chinese, new rules |strike committee have resulted in turther dislocation of business and threatens serious consequences to European firms. gns of dis of the strik- ed by the Fumes in V?fi;e: Vat Kill Cleaner and Rescue Crew of 3 . France, September 12—Four persons lost their lives today in an immense wine vat at Valreas. Marius Chambon, a vine- yard owner, was overcome by fumes while cleaning the vat. His son descended into the vat to res- cue him, but was himself over- come, as were two employes who entered the vat, kong from Canton ‘and captured by | ng in touch with the plans of Col. | Sherrill, however, and is undoubtedly anxious to give ail the support he can | to any logical solution of the problem. EMBLEM CAUSES FIGHT. | Mothers’ Day Founder Held After Dispute With War Mother. | PHILADELPHIA, September 12 (®).—Miss Annie Jarvis, Philadelphia, credited with eing founder of Mother’s day, will be given a hearing Monday before a police magistrate as a result of a heated argument with | Mrs. Catherine Tullidge, Miiford, Conn., a delegate to the War Mother's | convention here. | Miss Jarvis objected to the war | mothers adopting the carnation as | their national flower on the ground |that it is the emblem for Mother's day, | and is alleged to have appeared at the | convention without invitation. Last | night Miss Jarvis and Mrs. Tullidge ibecame involved in an argument. A | crowd gathered and a policeman was summoned, followed by Miss Jarvis | being held on a technical charge of | disorderly conduct. She was released without bond to appear for the hear ing. Sheffield to Leave Soon. Ambassador Sheffleld will _confer with Secretary Kellogg next Wednes- day preparatory to his return to Mex- ico City. ¢ i