Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and slightly warmer tonight; tomerrow fair. Temperatures—Highest today; lowest, 58, 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. . 82, at noon Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 ' Entered as seco 29,725. o. — AR INQUIRY BOARD * MAY QUIZ DAVIS AS FIRST WITNESS Probers Studying Reports of Other Surveys of Fly- | ing Services. WILBUR TAKES SECRET PAPERS INTO HEARING | Other Bodies Sifting Disaster to Dirigible Shenandoah and Col. Mitchell's Conduct. The Nation's three-cornered investi- mation into the problem of adequate aerial defense today was sweeping | rapidly on to the conflict that is just | ahead. post_office, Washington, NEW CONNECTICUT AVE. POLES | Connecticut avenue and the substitu- nd class matter D. C. “UGLY,” FINE Substitutes for Center Line Will Damage Trees Need- ed to Hide Cheap Buildings, Commission Says, Opposing Plan. While the: District Government and the Capital Traction Co. are proceed- Ing with plans for the removal of frolley poles from the center of tion of rows of iron poles at each curb, the Commission of Fine Arts has frowned on the change and re- gards the design for the new poles as “positively ug In addition, the Fine Arts body has learned that the change wiil damage trees along each side of the avenue, and that this is unfortunate, as the treeshelp to hide what it considers to be inharmonious and cheap buildings which are going up on each side of the avenue. Siding with The Star in its edi torial suggestion, the Fine Arts Com- mission is unable to see why the Dis- trict Commissioners are removing the poles from the center of Connecticut avenlue while letiing them remain in the center of Wisconsin avenue, which, when the present paving is com- pleted, will be as important for trafic as Connecticut avenue is at present. The commission also believes, discus- sion at a recent meeting developed, is The President’s special board of in- quiry, quartered in its permanent | rooms in the House Office Building. | completed organization this morning | and began the first chapters of its| actual probe by acquainting itself with | the work of previous aircraft investi- | gating bodies preparatory to calling | the first witnesses Monday. | | Davis First Witne: | Acting Secretary of War Davis, it | is expected, will be the first witness ! called. It v decided at today's | meeting of the board to hear officials of the War Department first. Since Mr. Davis first proposed the present inquiry, it is probable he will be the first to present the War Department's position. This would also be in ac- cord with the previous announcement of the board to hear officials first. Simultaneously the War Depart- ment was completing preparations for the court-martial of Col. William Mitchell, peppery instigator of the present uproar over America’s air de- | fenses, while a Navy court of inquiry made ready to convene at Lakehurst, N. J.. to investigate the cause of the| disaster to the Shenandoah, which gave Col. Mitchell the target for his| hroadside of accusatio | Seek Other Reports. President Coolidge’'s board of in- vestigation began its work today by calling upon the Navy Department | for the report of the special naval board which was convened by Secre- tary Wilbur last Winter to inquire | into the comparative adequacy of sur- | face, subsurface and air ships as | weapons of defense. The board, of | which Rear Admiral Eberle was chair- man, completed its work last January. | Secretary Wilbur personaliy carried | six volumes of the testimpny taken be- fore the naval board and the ¥€fort of | its conclusions to the presidential com- | mittee. He was accompanied by Rear | Admiral Fletcher and Comdr. W. W.! ‘mythe of the general naval hoard.l The six volumes turned over to the committee contained _almost 2,000 | pages and the members were in.| formed there were 4,000 additional| pages of information at their disposal if they needed them. Explains Secrecy. Secretary Wilbur remained with the committee only for a short time. Upon emerging he explained to newspaper men that he had accompanied the re- yort only for the purpose of explaining 10 the committee that considerable of it contained information of the most | secret nature and of tremendous im- portance to the Navy. He asked that none of these secret parts be permit- 1d to leave the committee room. Much of this report, it was recalled, was printed in the public press when it was issued last Winter. Secretary Wilbur's statement gave the first in- timation that any of the report had heen withheld as secret, and it came as a distinct surprise. Comdr. Smythe | returned to the House Office Building after Secretary Wilbur had left to take charge of the report after the commit. | tee had finished with it. | Secretary Wilbur definitely con- | firmed that Comdr. John Rodgers, | commander of the recent attempted flight from California to Hawaii, | wou!d be in Washington in plenty | sruggle for supremacy, would re-enter | of time to testify before the Presi- dent’s committee, if his presence is| ired. He will be assistant chief | of the Bureau of Aeronautics, and is; expected to report here around the first of October. Comdr. Rodgers is | regarded as the Navy's ace to be played against Col. Mitchell. House Officials Attend. | Shortly before noon officials of the | special House committee which in-| vestigated the aircraft situation ap-| peared before the committee. A few | minutes after they had departed a | colored messenger arrived, pushing | ahead of him a whole truckload of refully bound books containing the imony taken hefore that commit- | e during its turbulent sessions. It {as quite evident that the hoard in- tended to acquaint itself with every thing of importance that had gone, before. Today's session was, of course, pri- wvate. Public sessions and hearings will not begin until Monday morning at 10:30 oclock. Members of the hoard who left the special chamber. from time to time declared, however, | that the committee was simply pro- | ceeding with the documents before it | and putting the final touches to its' | organization in preparation for the | ordeal that will begin on Monday. 1 Mitchell Trial Here. | Papers ordering the court-martial | of Col. Mitchell are said to be ready | for the approval of Acting Secretar: of War Davis. It is considered pot sible that the trial will be held in Washington instead of San Antoni where Col. Mitchell is stationed, order to give the accused officer the fullest possible benefit from his as sociates here. High naval known to€ay tion that Col. Mitchell might be ecalled to tify before the Navy court of inquiry into the Shenandoah | disaster. So far as can be learned | officers, frown on it bhecame the sugges- | no orders against his appearance | have gone out, but it was declared | thal Col. Mitchell knows nothing | his summons could scarcely be inter- preted other than an effort to make him appear foolish. impression as this. They honesly | hope to see some big, outstanding recommendation come of the Lake- preasion the calling of Col. Mitchell would cheapen the court and detract about lighter-than-air craft and lhatl Ranking officers deprecate such an hurst inquiry and it is their im- pwommued on Page 2, Column 1) | Ambassador to Peking, | lettering oh these cas | Soviet sources by that & new bridge must eventually take the place of the present Klingle Ford Bridge, and when the new one is built the undergrcund. or third rail. track system on Connecticut avenue | should be extended as far as the Bu- reau of Standards, with the poles in the center or at the sides of Connecticut avenue. See New Bridge Needed. Desplte the stamp of disapproval placed upon the iron poles which are to be placed on each side of the ave- nue by the Capital Traction Co., the work of installing the poles will go forward within a short time. The poles are described at the District Building as being of iron piping, ranging from 23 to 25 feet in height and tapering, as a telescope. toward the top. The ection nearest the ground will be thus doing away | @hg WASHINGTON, ARTS BODY SAYS seven inches In dlameter, the next six and the.third five inches. The Fine| Arts Commission found that the poles were bad enough, but that the orna mental brackets on them will make them all the harder to look at from an artistic point of view. The commission believes center poles can be made harmonious, and that it would be more desirable for the ap- pearance of the avenue to leave them in the center until the time arrives to extend, the underground trolley sys- tem on Connecticut avenue., New Poles Ordered. The new side poles have already been ordered, and the first shipment is expected to be delivered in Wash- ington October 10. Before the middle | of November they will all be here, and | District officials say present plans are | to begin erecting them by December. In connection with the removal of the center poles to the side, the Cap- ital Traction Co. is placing its heavy feed ires in an underground duct, | and this work has already been | started. The Potomac Electric Power | Co. also is placing its electric wires | underground for a part of the distance | out Connectlcut avenue. i The new side poles, howaver, would still_carry wires across Connecticut avenue trom curb to curb to support the overhead trolley wire above the | street car tracks. The movement which resulted in | the order of the Public Utilities Com mission authorizing the Capital Trac- tion Co. to remove its poles from the | center to the side of Connecticut ave- | nue began following the accident | several months ago, in which an au-| tomobile plunged through the railing | of the Klingle Ford Bridge, killing | two persons. i This revived the question of getting ‘xhe trolley poles out of the center of | the avenue on the ground that the! | avenue would be safer from a traffic | standpoint. NEW INTERNAL WAR LOOMING IN CHINA | Province of Shansi Is Prize. Outbreak Unlikely Be- fore Spring. By the Associated Press. PEKING, warfare again threatens in China, with the province of Shansi. to the west of Peking. as the bone of contention | between rival military leaders. Reports from Honan say Yue Hwel- chun, u supporter of the Christian general. Feng-Yu-Hslang, is massing troops for an invasion of Shansi, with the Intention of bringing it under Feng's control. Marshal Chang Tso-lin, Manchurian war lord, is credited with the declara- tion that if an unprovoked attack is made against Shansi he will take up arms in defense. Gen. Chang Tsung-chang of Shan- tung also is said to have declared in favor of Shansi, and is reported to be concentrating strong forces on the border or Honan. Political circles here are hopeful that war may be averted. FORECAST BY KARAKHAN. id War Was to Be Expected. By the Associated Pre Reports to warlike preparations of the rival military leaders in China tend to cdn- firm the view expressed Wednesday in Moscow by M. Karakhan, Soviet that a new outbreak of civil war was to be ex- pected, They also reflect the new angle to the Chinese military-polit: 1 situation pointed out by Karakhan in his asser- tion that Wu-Pei-Fu, oncé overthrown and presumably eliminated from the Soviet Envoy the Chinese picture as a vital factor. Gen. Wu is known to have gathered considerable strength about him in re cent months in the Yangtse provinces to which he retired after the Peking coup executed by the Chris eral, Feng Yu-Hsiang, who deserted Wu and joined forces with Chang Tso- Lin, the Manchurian war lord, who set up the present provisional regime in Peking. One point on which information In Washington appears to be somewhat clearer than any knowledge Karakhan admitted In the Moscow interview is the source of the military supplies reaching Gen. Feng at Kalgan, his present headquarters. Within recent weeks motor trucks laden with am- munition cases have been seen by American observers on the road e tering Kalgan from Mongolia. indicated that they came from way_of Mongolia, Which is largely under Soviet control. Feng is generally credited with having from 300 to 500 machines, most of them of American make, engaged in this traffic, which presumably preparation for the struggle Karakhan held to be inevitable between Feng and Chang, with Gen. Wu as a third factor whose course may not vet be definitely forecast. Observers here agree that the new outbreak of civil war is not likely be- fore next Spring. and 10,000 fil}lejukets Coming Home. HONOLULU, September 18 (#).— Approximately 10,000 bluejackets were | taking their last look at Honolulu to- day preparatory to the departure for home tomorrow of the United States feet. All men must be aboard their ships by 5 a.m. Friday. September 18.—Internal | reaching Washington as| NAVY FLYER MAKES LMLES AN HOUR Williams Exceeds World Mark by 24 Miles in Test of Race Plane. | By the Associated Press MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y., Septem- | | ber 18.—A new unofficial world speed | record was established today, when | Lieut. Alford J. Willlams, Navy avi- ator, flew at the rate of 302.3 miles | an_hour. The flight was a test for the Pu-| litzer races, to be held here next month. Williams' time was caretully checked by officials of the Curtis Alr- plane Co. He flew one kilometer in 7.4 seconds. The world record for airplane speeding is 278 miles an hour, held by France. Willlams started his flight by div-| ing from a height of 3,000 feet over | Curtiss Field and then leveled off for the onekilometer distance. Later, without alighting. he flew at an av- erage of 268.2 miles an hour on a straight fiight. The Curtiss racer Williams used was designed and | built to make a speed of 260 miles | an hour or more. The body is less { than 20 feet long and the plane stands | jonly § feet high. The Curtis V-1400 | | motor in the nose can develop 619 | horsepower. | The racer fully equipped weighs | 2,200 pounds. Bronze used in con-| struction has a tensile strensth of | 105,000 pounds. | The material from which wing-type | radiators is made is thinner than the average sheet of paper and| 12 gallons of water pass through | which Lieut. | { Communist member of the House of j Commons, whose passport visa as a | Kellogg. | isfled as to the authentléity of -ex- | cerpts | Shapurji Saklatvala, Communist mem- ‘' mons, on which orders revoking his |to the United States to bening Star, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, THE NEW YORK FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1925—FORTY-SIX PAGES. * NEWS REACHES THE GRE AT OPEN SPACES. BRITISH DENY PART IN'SAKLATVALA BAN Official Disclaimer Issued. Review of Case Here Not Probable. By the Associated Pre LONDON, September 18It was officially denied today that the British government had any connection what- ever with the exclusion from the United States of Shapurfi Saklatvala. member of the British delegation to the Interparliamentary Union confer- ence in Washington was revoked Wednesday by Secretary of State Action to Stand. State Department officials are sat- | from public addresses of ber of the British House of Com passport visa were hased. They are not disposed to reconsider the decision denying him admission | attend the Interparliamentary Union here next month. On the contrary, it can be sald that the action taken by Secre- tary Kellogg in the Saklatvala case marks the initiation of a definite policy in the department to exclude | rigidly any individuals found to en-| tertain and publicly support views as | to overthrow of government by force, | which brings them within the mean- ing of the immigration exclusion statutes. Sends Protest to Borah. Saklatvala cabled Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the Senate for- eign relations committee, who did not favor the State Department’s action, | that the citations from his speeches quoted by Secretary Kellogg {n an- nouncing cancellation of the visa did not fairly represent his utterances. This brought no reply in officlal quar- ters, nor was any comment provoked by his statement that he attributed his plight to Mr. Kellogz's “petty-| coated” ideas of British aristocracy. | | o'clock this afternoon fan gen. | The | vas Russlnn,‘ them at the rate of 75 gallons a min- | acquired while ambassador to London. | ute. The duralumin propeller is not | The Idaho Senator did not make pub- affected by hail, rain or high grass,|lic the text of Saklatvala's cablegram. and can be bent without breaking. | There was not indication that he had To make sure that the plane would | transmitted it to the State Depart- stand the terrific air pressure the | ment or intended to do At the de- wings were tested upside down as well | partment it was evident that steps as in normal flying position with [had been taken to get accurate infor- bags of lead shot equaling the weight | mation as to what the British member {of 15 small automobiles. | had said before his case was decided. |and there was no indication that the | foling to exclude him would be re- |viewed. | \POPULATION OF TOKIO - INCREASED SINCE QUAKEi | Designation Is Applied to Saklatvala | City Shows Gain of 150,000, Near-| Pl Ly rics AR ey | NEW YORK, September 15 (P).— | i Saklatvala, Hindu Commun- frott ?E’t"‘r:fg\ber ot Paritament. who has By the Associated Press. been refused admission to this coun- TOKIO, September 5 | try to attend the Interparlimentary 18. — Figures| ynion at Washington. was character- published by the municipal authori-| ;64 today by his brother, P. D. Saklat- ties disclose that Tokio's population|yala, president of the Middle States on the second anniversary of the 1923 | o) (o., as a “destructive genius.” earthquake was even greater than| rhe brother said he thought Amer- before the calamity, in Which nearly | jcan Government officials were taking 100,000 persons met death, | Saklatvala “too seriously,” but he re- The figures follow: August 31, ftysed to comment further on the ex- 1923 (the day before the earthquake): | cjusion order. Toklo prefecture, 919,279 house- | ‘‘Although I have a natural affection holds, 4,255,683 peoble. | for my brother,” Mr. Saklatvala said, Tokio city, 407,206 households, 1,-| T have absolutely no sympathy for 885,865 people. his radical theories. Even as a young Toklo suburbs, 512,073 households, | man he was an ardent nihilist. He| 2,319,818 people. was always eager for publicity. But August 31, 1925: I learned not. take him seriously. Tokio prefecture, 840,619 house-| *He could have been a brilliant busi- holds, 3,859,674 people. ness man had he only chosen to enter Tokio city, 441,872 households, —(Gontinued on Page 2, Column 2. 036,136" people. SR Tokio suburbs, 398,747 households, 1,823,538 people. 1t s significant that while the city has gained considerably in popula- tion the loss in the suburbs has been so material that the prefectare as a | Whole is less populated by some 346 persons than two years ago. “DESTRUCTIVE GENIUS. 2,- Classified and Church Advertisements. | The Star, on Saturdays, will Disappearance of Child Is Solved By Dream That By the Associated Press. STOCKTON, Calif., September 18.—A dream led A. Delmuto to the discovery yesterday of the body of four-year-old Lenora Aguilar, miss- ing since December. The body was found in a crude wooden box in a cesspool at the place where Mr. and Mrs. Louis Zamora, the child's stepfather and mother, former lived. continue to print its regular edi- tion at 12 o'clock noon. All Classified and Church ad- vertisements must, thérefore, be recelved at The Star Office not later than 11:00 o'clock F'ri- day night to insure publication in the Saturday Star. This schedule applies alen to Saturday advertisements sent by mail to The Star, which should be posted in time to be received at The Star Office on Friday. Lost and Found Ads and Death Notices will be accepted until 10:30 a.m. Saturday. { Leads to Her Body Neighbors said the Zamoras left the country after Mrs. Zamora had £aid the little girl died in a hospital. County officlals conducted a search for the missing child, but ‘were unable to locate her. Delmuto sald that after his dream that the child was buried in the cesspool he notified the authorities, took three friends and then started digging. Discovery of the body . sulted. | Tropical Valleys In Far North Found On Airplane Trip EDMONTON, Alberta, September 18 (Canadian Press).—George Plat zer, who. with his three sons, left Wrangell, Alaska, June 1 aboard a 450-horsepower seaplane, has re- turned after an aerial prospecting trip through the Yukon and north- ern British Columbia which cover- ed the Dease Lake and other new mineral fields. By plane, canoe and on foot, Platzer said, the party covered nearly 10,000 miles. No forced landings were neces- sary. The party went as far as the Coal and Highland Rivers, but their investigations are not completed. As soon as Winter travel is possi- ble Platzer plans to leave Spirit River by dog team for the Liard country. He declared the reported tropical valleys of northern British Colum- bia are actualities. In the vicinity of Hot Springs, he said, potatoes ,&row and raspberry bushes, heavily laden with fruit, stand & to 10 feet high. FLAMES RAZE DIET BUILDINGS IN TOKIO Several Hurt and Valuable Papers ! Lost in $1,000,000 Fire in Capital. By the Associated Press TOKIO, September 18.—Fire at 3:30 destroyed the Diet buildings. two-story wooden structures which housed the legisla- tive branches of the Japanese govern- ment. Several persons were injured. The loss is estimated at $1,000,000. Many valuable documents were lost when a government library building was burned. A big modern bullding is under construction to sup- plant the buildings burned, but it will not be ready for several years. It is understood a temporary structure will replace those destroved. The fire threatened the district sur rounding _the government buildings burned. These were unoccupled, ex- cept for painters and other tradesmen repairing the place. A lighted cigar- ette or incendiarism is thought re sponsible for the blaze. The buildings burned like tinder, flames leaping 100 feet in the air. Every fireman in Tokio was out fight. ing the blaze. Soldiers joined with gendarmes in surrounding the vi- cinity. The Diet was destroyed once before by fire. It was rebuilt 34 vears ago. {JOHNSTON DOWNS WILLIAMS AT NET Takes Sensational Tennis Match in Straight Sets at Forest Hills. By the Associated Press. FOREST HILLS, September 18.— William M. Johnston, veteran Cali- fornian, reached the finals of the na- tional tennis championships today for the sixth time in seven years by con- quering Richard Norris Williams, Davis cup captain, in straight sets, 7—5, 6—3, 6 in the first semi- final match of the title tournament. Johnston won the first set after a tussel, in which service was a domi- nating factor until the final game, when “Little Bill" broke through his opponent’s delivery for the decisive points. Johnston's steadiness in the rallies favored him but he found Williams a stubborn foe, handling speed with equal speed, and shooting his volleys across at amazing angles. Johnston took the second set, 6—3. ratic under the Californian’s steady fire. Nevertheless the Davis Cup cap- tain kept the gallery astir. with his astonishing returns. He was meeting everything Johnston shot over on the volley and hitting with such terrific power that his strokes either were errors or placements in short order. Johnston compiled a formidable lead of 5—1 before Willlams rallied, break- ing through the Californian’s service in the seventh game and taking his own in the eighth. Johnston quickly finished out the set at love on his own service in the ninth. in one | NEW STEPS TAKEN IN FRATERNITY BAN "Parents to Be Asked to Sign Pledge Cards—Closer Check to Be Kept. Supt. of Schools Frank W. Bal- lou and his subordinate offizers be- gan shaping plans today for enforc- ing the Board of Education's anti- traternity rule as soon as the schools open for the new term Monday. Ad- ministration of the rule will be car- rled out as in former vears, but the high school principals probably will be urged to keep a closer check on the fraternal affiliations of their stu- dents. The pledge cards, used to show whether a student belongs to any of the secret organizations which have not met the approval of the board, will be distributed to the students soon after the beginning of the new term. Parents as well as the students them- selves will be asked to wign these cards. If a card is returnefl unsigned school officfals will assume that the student is a member of a disapproved organization and will automatically cancel his eligibility to offices honor and other school activities. Position Outlined. Dr. Ballou has ordered printed thou- sands of pamphlets containing infor- | | | | distribution to school students. These circulars out- secret_organizations and the methods of enforcing the anti-fraternity rule. Under the heading “Statement of Board's Posltion,” the pamphlet reads: “The Board of Education is not op- posed to secret organizations among men or women. The board is not op- posed to fraternities and sororities in colleges and universities. The board is not opposed to fraternities and so- rorities in the high schools, because they possess some of the common characteristics of such organiza- tions. The board is opposed to fra- | ternities and sororities in the high schools solely because. in its judg- ment, such organizations are not con- ducive to the achievement of the best educational results in the high schools. | Exclusiveness “The Board of Education is opposed to membership on the part of junior high school or high school pupils in any organization, association, club, fraternity or sorority whose member- ship is narrowly exclusive, self-per- petuating, or secret, whose members are required to pledge support of one another as against non-members: whose eligibility requirements for membership are not approved by school authorities and known to all pupils so that they may qualify for membership if they wish, or whose meetings are not held under school auspices and under official faculty supervision. Accordingly, membership on the part of any boy or girl in a junior or senlor high school in any organization, association, club, fra- ternity or sorority which possesses any of the characteristics to which the Board of Education opposed is hereby disapproved.” The pamphlet recites that any stu- dent who Jjoins an unapproved or- ganization will be penalized with dis- qualification from holding a commis- mission or warrant in the High School Cadet Corps: from holding any posi- tion, either elective or appointive, on any school publication; from repre- senting his school on any team in competitive athletics, rifie matches, interscholastic debates or dramatic performances; from being certi- fled as eligible to stand for elec- tion to any class office; from hold- ing any position in a school bank; from holding any office in any organi- zation, club or activity which comes under the’direction of the school; from | receiving any form of school honors, | other than those awarded for scholas. | tic attainments, and from holding any position as representative of his school. | of | | mation regarding the fraternities for | the parents of high| line the board’s position regarding the | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’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, 95,328 TWO CE NTS. P Means Associated Pr President Agrees To Review Legion March in Omaha FRENCH CAN'T PAY NOW IF DAWES PLAN HOLDS,REPORT SAYS Institute of Economics Sees Intensified Financial Difficulties. President Coolidge not only will deliver an address at the American Legion convention in Omaha October 6, but will review a parade of war veterans attending the meeting. The President today discussed plans to visit Omaha with national Comdr. Drain of the Legion, who sald Mr. Coolidge probably would arrive in Omaha on the morning of October 6, deliver an address shortly before noon and review the parade in the afternoon. 1t is improbable that any plans will be made to have the President as guest of honor at a dinner or banquet, as he plans to leave Omaha early in the evening for ‘Washington. REPARATIONS PRINCIPLE WOULD OBVIATE PAYMENT PARIS SEESBRITISH | sition, which declares there is no pos- sibility of that country paving any- thing in the near future on her for eign debt, except by methods which would intensify her generai financial difficulties, has been placed before i the Treasury by the Institute of Eco-. | momics, an unofficial organization, with headquarters here. It is one of a number of such val umes which the Treasury has been offered by various organizations and Provision on Disorganization of Currency and Exchange Cited in Review. Construes Churchill Talk| as Admitting Justice of Caillaux Plan. | By the Associated Press | PARIS, September 18—Le Matin says today that the recent speech at| Biimlnghzm by Winston Churchill, | individuals, and all of which bear British chancellor of the exchequer,|°n the French capacity to pay. Insti foreshadows a complete debt settle- | ;‘;f‘u:m?*l»' said it had been in prap- ment between France and England. ation for two years. Finance Minister Caillaux’s insist- | Would Have Raised Deficit. ence upon the doctrine of contingent! “In the year 1924,” the review says, liability alone prevented the conclu-| “France could have met her foreign sion of such an agreement with Mr. | debt interest obligations in full, so Churchill at their recent conference in | {ar as ability to pay is governed by e rdbai e ranfiaise | income “from foreign trade and serv- b . | ices. That is to say, her favorable bal M. Cafllaux accepted Mr. Churchill's| 4nce of payment was actually as large |proposal that France pay annually|as the annual charges would have £12,500,000 for 62 years, but only con-| been under a plan like the settle. |ditionally upon ermany’s paving! ment effected between the TUnited | France, because he held that the in-igtates and Great Britain. The transfer ternational debts must be interdepend- problem is not at present the crux of nt and that unless that premise Were | the difficulty. In this respect the admitted the negotiators would get Franch situation presents a striking | nowhere. contrast to that of Germany | "Ye Matin understands that Mr.|“CBut on"'the other hand, the | Churchill personally shared this ""““ French government could not have |but that his fellow cabinet members| aised the necessary funds internally did not. The chancellor now, it be-lyith which to meet the interest on | ieves, has succeeded in convincing his| the external debt. If payments had |colleagues that it would be an injus- | heen required in full the deficit would Jtlce to obligs France a":&e 2 ’;95;” the have been raised from about 16,000,- consequences of a possible default by | 000 oo ver 20, 0,001 nes. | gonsequences of a nossible default bs|000.000" to over 20,000,000.000 francs. explanation of his speech. { Might Disorganize Currency. | “If the principles iaid down for the Mr. Churchill was quoted by press administration of the reparation plan dispatches as saving in his Eirming- | for Germany. namely, that payments ham speech: “Our main idea has|should not be exacted if to do so been a settlement. We have not sought | would disorganize currency and ex- to be judged upon this question by our | change, were adopted in conrection ability to exact the uttermost far-|with French problems. no payments thing. We think it our duty to consider | whatever would be demanded under not only the capacity of the debtors to | present conditions.” pay, but the circumstances in which| The institute operates under a grant these debts were incurred. We be-|from the Carnegie Corporation of Meve it also to be in the interests of | New York. Among its trustees are Great Britain to promote general ap- | President Alderman of the University peasement and revival on the conti-|of Virginia, former Secretary of the nent of Europe.” | Treasury Houston, John Barton | Payne, Dr. Charles' D. Walcott, Sec- retary of the Smithsonian Institution | Paul M. Warburg, Baltimore banker; ert S. Brookings, president of the GETTYSBURG VISITORS | Faui's" INDICTED AS VANDALS iiff Sefiiets EEe 2nd {of Yale Univer: and others. Di. C. Misi-One of; 30 Aseised cf‘;[eaa?.ld G. Moulton is s directory T hooo mim sose | CONTRACTS AWARDED FOR 3 NEW SCHOOLS By the Associated Press. Eight-Room Buildings to Cost SCRANTON, Pa.. September 18.— | Thirty persons from many sections of | $339,000 Will Have No Ex- tra Facilities. the country will be asked to appear | before the October term of the Federal | District Court here to answer charge: of defacing monuments on the Gett burg battlefield. Criminal informations were {ssued against them yesterday. Most of the defendants are alleged to have written or scratched their names on a New York State bronze memorial tablet on Little Round Top,| Contracts for the erection of thres a favorite stopping point in the tour | new public school buildings were of the battlefleld for visitors. The awarded today by the Commissioners New York monument, occupying the | (o the firm of Skinker & Garrett, local loftiest point on the knob. is annually visited by thousands. The alleged de- facing was said to have been done about June 1. Conviction by a Federal jury would carry a fine of from $10 to $1.000 and a prison sentence, at the discretion of the court. Photographs of the defaced tablets will be wused as evidence against the alleged offenders. Those named_defendants are: C. C. Conway, W. F. Whitlock, York City; P: Corpyor, Lake George, N. Y.: Fred C. Wyatt, Providence, R. Donald Campbell, Washington. D. C; Robert Mark, sr., Mrs. Mark, Robert Mark, jr., Elizabeth Spangler, Julia Boyer, L. G. Warner, H. Gunderson, Annie Hurstan, A. Eng- land, George Moffal, Hugo and Anna ‘Wyborg and Alberta Southland, all of Baltimore, Md. Ts. IN PARTS OF BOLIVIA Serious Conspiracy Is Reported Cause of Order in La Paz, Oruro and Cochabamba. By tho Associated Press. BUENOS ATRES, September 18.—A dispatch to La Nacion from La Paz, Bolivia, says that a state of siege has been declared in the departments of La Paz, Oruro and Cochabamba. The { dispatch asserts that the order for a state of slege was issued after the discovery of a serious conspiracy. A report reaching the State Depart- ment today pictured the situation in Bolivia, where the government has taken steps to prevent an outbreak In certain provinces, as well under con- trol with little likelihood that any seri- ous complications would result. De- tails of the communication were not ‘made public. His Attempt to By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 18. —Gen. Butler will wind up his job here as director of public safety “with a roar,” he said today. “1 am going to have a big time before the wind-up in January,” said the marine officer, whose leave of absence from the Marine Corps expires the first of the year. “We are going to get more sa loons, we are going to forge ahead {Gen. Butler Will Wind Up With “Roar” It was more decisive than the first, | for Williams was growing a bit er-| Purify Philadelphia on the lines laid down right up to the last moment."” The general sald he had been as- sured by Maj. Gen. Lejeune, com- mandant of marines, that he would be assigned to the post at San Diego, Calif., and added that he would be perfectly satisfied with the appointment. Orders have not been issued yet, he said, but prob- ably will come two weeks before he leaves. Robert | | contractors, the low bidders in each | instance. | Each of the structures will contain {eight classrooms, but will be devoid jof extra facilities, such as teachers’ | offices, administrative rooms,. etc., be- | cause of the lack of appropriations at | this time. The buildings will be con- structed so as to permit of the addi- | tion of these rooms at a later date, should funds for the work be made available by Congress. The new buildings will be located at Fifth and Decatur streets, Fifth and Sheridan streets and Eighth and In- graham streets. The Decatur street school will cost $114,000, the Sheridan street building $114,827 and the Bright. wood Park School $111,000. The Commissioners at the same time let contracts to the Warren F. Brenizer {Co. for the grading of Sixteenth | street extended, between Alaska ave- | nue and Kalmia street. NAMING ENVOY TO JAPAN AWAITING 0. K. BY TOKIO Announcement Probably Will Be Delayed Until Next Week—Se- lection Is Problematical. Announcement of the name of the new American Ambassador to Japan probably will be delaved until next week, it being assumed that the Tokio government will not be ready before | that time to communicate its accept- | ance of the appointee. Among those known to have been under consideration for the post are Charles MacVeagh, New York, law as- sociate of John W. Davis, Democratic presidential candidate in 1924: Joseph Grew, Undersecretary of State; Am- bassador Henry P. Fietcher, at Rome; Minister Hugh Gibson, at Bern, Swit- | zerland; Henry Lane Wilson, former Ambassador to Mexico, and a number of others not new in Government service. L. F. Tooker, Writer, Dies. NEW_YORK, September 18 (#).— Lewis Frank Tooker, author and an assoclate editor of the Century Maga- zine, died yesterday at Greenwich, Conn. He had been ill two months after suffering a stroke and the am putation of a leg. He was the au- thor of a number of short stories and books, among them “The Life of Paul Jones” and “The Call of the Sea.” Radio Programs—Page 3.