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ATHER. r Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continued cool tonight; to- morrow partly cloudy, probably show- e Temperatures—Highest. 76, at 4:30 n.m. yesterday; lowest, 56, at 7 a.m. “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 Full report on page 7 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 he tered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No.. 29,732. ANERIGANS INFORM CAILLAUX OF NEED v sorer o o FOR BETTER TERMS L BY DAVID LAWRENCE. 3 ? France's first offer. rejected flatly Reasons for Objection 10,y the United States, was co tow as to " |he reg: led officially as absurd and First Proposal Are Stated |ridiculous. Members in Brief Meeting. American Debt | | Fund: Commission were frankly | lamazed when they read the figures | |presented by Finance Minister Cail-| laux. They could not believe their eves when they learned that France | |offered approximately $5.000.000 a year | {for the next five yvears. {proposal was for $25,000,000 a yYear, ‘but France already paying the | Unitea states $20.000,000 annually on hat portion of the debt contracted of the FRENCH KEPT WAITING HOUR FOR AMERICANS is Joint Session Lasts Only 15 Min- utes—Counter-Proposal Be- disposed of war lieved Probable. 'ost to about §2 R 000 for only $407,000,000 On this latter commercial transac- tion France has been paying the i 000,000 installments and officials of the Americart Government had put it out 000,000, | Debt Commission original ity to the The American today replied France's proposal outlining her pay her $4,000,000,000 to capa debt |the American commissioners are? WASHINGTO FIRST FRENCH OFFER SO LOW AMERICANS HOLD IT RIDICULOUS| ed to Pay Only Five Millions Additional Year- dered Only as Opening Wedge to Get Discussions Started. of their calculations as something al- | ready agreed upon. To be offered only $5,000.000 more for five years made the United Stated delegates feel that France had comipletely underestimated the American determination to have a full and complete settlement with ade- quate anyiual payments. Is the French commission just mak- ing a gesture preparatory to going home to tell the people what Shylocks or is the first offer simply a piece of bar-| not have to! The actual |pay the terms America really wants| gaining so France will ultitmately Is Shrewd Negotiator. The consensus is that M. Caillaux (ter the armistice when the United | will not go home without a settlement, | “ supplies | that he knew the first offer was not | likely to be accepted and that he is a shrewd negotlator. The American Government will be asked, naturally, for a counter pro- posal The same terms as were of- fered and accepted by eat Britain (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) | United States While it w inderstood that in the main the e re the French was considered as unaccep!- ! ahle in its original form. the Americ presented srmation whicl was interpreted today as the Ameri- cans’ counter-proposal American officials were careful to gay that technically, however, there| had heen no definite proposal or re- jection, it had been understood the conversations were to be entirely informal until a definite basis for ne gotiation was reached. Meeting is Brief. The meeting, of brief duration, Drug Firm. tween the two commissions was interpreted having brought | S | about the second phase of the nego-[ Special Dispatch to The Star. 3 tiations, which constituted reply from | BALTIMORE, Md.. September 25.— | the Americans containing concrete ob- | Convicted of conspiracy to divert esition, © Some points of the FIench} aicohol withdrawn from the Govern No deadlock of any kind has been| ment for use in the manufacture of reached. it was definitel ated, and | toilet articles and drugs, Nufield the next meeting of the two commis-| Jones and his brother, sions will be held tomorrow morning. | Jones, the latter a former Washing- | Rut one high American official de-|{on newspaper man, were sentenced | Clined to indicate whether or mot i| (i six other defendants this morn- e davs ot et tion s hare by {ing. Their indictment followed a raid on the Maryland Drug and proposal o TWO YEARS GIVEN JONES BROTHERS | Convicted of Conspiracy in Alcohol Diversion Through as be-| two days of negotiations have brought about any real progri Capacity to Pay. i In the French position, as laid be- fore the American commission, it is known that they presented their view of the French capacity to pay. Many pha s of re outlined, it is understood. including the French income from all sources. How far the French went, however, in figures, American_sources would not reveal “rench Finance Minister laux, n a conference With news corre spondents last evening. frankly said his offer was a “definite proposal.”; The nature of the American coun- | ter-proposal was not revealed, but it! was emphasized that the information afforded the French followed along the lines which have been agreed upon, of “informal progress: Are Asked to Wait, The French commission came to the Treasury shortly before 11:30 this morning, but instead of being escort ed into joint meeting, were ed to wait in an adjoining room. There they waited for more than an hour and when they were invited in to meet the Americans they remained | for mot more than 15 minutes and departed. Following this meeting the cans continued their session shortly after 1 o'clock. There will be no further meeting of the American commission today, it was said. but they will Join the French | tomorrow morning. probably about 10 o'clock At President Coolid; hinet meet ing at the White House this morni it was definitely stated that the ques. tion of the French debt did not come up. Neither was the present nego tiation a subject for conversation at the President’s dinner to the French commission last night. American officials for the most part | were even more reticent to admit there had been a [Irench proposal than the French themiselves. As late as vesterday afternoon. following the first joint session, wa officially stated for the America that as ye no “official propos: W considered as having been offered Will Proceed Pat Tn view, however, of ances of American commis conclusion wa: wn unof while the Americans will s v upon the general precedence of their past achievements, they will proceed with diplomacy and patience in consideration of terms for France consonant with her abi to pay. In other words, while the serious ness of the negotiations assumed more importance to the spirit of hope- | fulness that a successful conclusion will be reached. still continues. The Amer: N commissic held two | essions vesterday of considerable | length followir the joint meeting with the French. It is true that con clusions of a funding agreement with the Republic of Latvia occupied some time, but it is known that long and earnest consideration was given the | French posltion There were also indications that M - commission still have spee ment. The ship on which the inned to =sail, it was uns day, under E leave New York onc night instead of on morrow. There were opments to show that the French commission made any change in its avowed inten- | The Joneses received two each in the Atlanta penitentiar: H. Caro was given 18 months and | Isador Glasser. Simon Kelner. Wil-| liam Cohen, J. E. Baker and Charles | each. The prisoners had nothing to | say when sentence was imposed. A motion for a new trial and arrest of judgment was overruled and the men were remanded to the custody of the United States marshal. Court Scores Joneses. | “The guiit of Neufield T. Jones and WVinfield Jones, in the opinion of the court, ‘s greatest of all the defend- said Judge Morris A. Soper. | “Not only have they violated the Fed- eral statute against the use of alco {hol for beverage purposes, but have coupled with it treachery to the Gov- ernment which you were supposed to serve. You have been false to the {Government and false to your friends. The penalty In the case of the Jones brothers was the maximum. Caro was proprietor of Flavoring Co.. 610 -Penn 3 | nue, Washington. Glasser and Kel- ner both lived in Washington. Cohen {and the Baker Lrothers recently plead- ed zuilty. “The jury recommended Glasser and Kelner to the mercy of the court,” Judge Soper continued, “and the dis- trict attorney has asked leniency for |the other defendants who pleaded | guilty and aided the Government in its prosecution of the case, both of which pleas have been considered by the court.” Counsel Pleads for Caro. | the Caro vanfa ave- Ameri. until Previous to passing sentence, Rob- ert H. McNeill of Washington, counsel for Caro, made a strong plea for his | ating that Caro was a man old, had been in business for | that had ever been made against him, sking the court to have mercy in imposing sentence on account of his | wife and two small children. | McNeill also made a plea for Glas- ser and Kelner, citing that the former !had a wife and five children of which | he was the sole support and that Kel- ner had a wife and several children. Attorney Neale of Washington closed \with_a_strong plea for the Jones in which he cited the fact that Winfield | Jones had a wife and three children | and that a number of the highest- class citizens had gone all the w rom Atlanta to testify to the good | haracter and reputation of both the | Joneses. Sentence followed the refusal of | Judge Soper to grant a new trial | defense counsel and brought | to a close one of the most sensational rials ever held in United States Court | here involving violation of the Na- tional prohibition laws. Forming of New Company. The case grew out of the opening of the Maryland Drug and Chemical Co. of Baltimore after the original alcc hol withdrawal permit issued to Wil- liam Cohen under the name of the| | Standard Drug Co. had been revoked | and the Jones brothers formed a pew | company with Caro, Glasser and Kel ner as stockholders and part owners, Cohen was employad as manager and the Bakers as issistant manager: The business was started in Augu 1924, and continued until March when Agents Leo Woodward and (Continued on Page 2. Column 2.) ently. past utter ners the ally tha nd firm ty ew rk from to- from to- week |date for mayor, described the | of unhappiness,” | homa MILLION IN STOCKS MADE BY RADICALS Foes of Wall Street Smile at Luck With Fortune Given by Garland. By the Associated Press NEW YORK. September 25.—Rad- ical organizations, recelving assistance from a fund created by Charles Gar- land of North Carver, Mass., “to fight capitalism,” have made more than Winfield | $1,000,000 in Wall street in the last |5 two years. The American fund for public serv- ice has increased from $800,000 to $1,500,000, Morris L. Ernst, counsel for the foundation, revealed today, . Chemical Co. plant here last March. | despite the fact that $500.000 has been | - e : vears | given away to various radical organ.|the DIE craft into the vortex of the | izations and publications. ‘Some of our securities value 2,000 per cent Mr. Ernst sald. rose in in two years,” “A large part of our Baker, brothers, one vear and a day | capital was stock in the First National ! Bank which increased more than $1.000 a share. It shows that radicals are conservative when it comes to handling money on a large scale.” Thinks It's Good Joke. Dr. Norman Thomas, socialist candi- fund's success in making money in Wall street as one of the greatest jokes of the season. “It is a joke on us,” he said. a joke on George F. Baker, chairm: of the board of directors of the First National Bank. Haw! Haw! Haw! Think of George F. Baker (one of the richest men in the country), making money for the radical movement!" Garland, Harvard graduate and Socialist, established the fund in 1922 with the $800,000 he refused to accept as his share of the estate of his father, James A. rland, Boston millionaire. He is now living on a farm near Easton, Pa. “Private prop an is the main cause Garland said at the time. “The longer you have money the harder it is to see straight.” Nearing Heads Body. Dr. Scott Nearing is president of the foundation, which is incorporated in Delaware. Radical newspapers in Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, Okla- and sidized. The growth of the fund was reveal- ed in connection with an announce- ment that broadcasting rights for stated periods ‘dafly are to be pur- chased in a radio station with about 0,000 of the fund. Dr. Thomas and Mr. Ernst said that radical and liberal discussfons of politics, soclology and economics would be broadcast at stated hours each day because the press and radio have disseminated one-sided opinions. The programs also will include jazz and classical music, dramatic selections and talks on literature. after announcement of, the s” radio plans Cardinal Haves dedicated station WLWL at the Paul- ist Church, and praised it as a means of helping to stifle “lying propaganda’ and of scattering “‘the seeds of truth to the winds of Heaven.” | Death List of Officials Uncovered in Hungary. BUDAPEST, September 25 (#).— News of the discovery by the police of a plot to overthrow the government brought horror to the city yesterday. where memories of the regime of Bela Kun still are vivid. The leaders of the plot, Matthias Rakosi and Zoltan Weinberger, who was Bela Kun's sec- vetary, were arrested with 42 accom. Dlices. The newspapers say they have made complete avowal to the police of a “black list” which has noted for death in a six-month period all the principal Hungarian authorities. As described by the papers the final aim of the movement was to agadn proclaim tictatorship. tion to h this ship. Made Definite Proposal. The French foreign minister held a conference at the embassy last eve ning for newspaper men and women, | when he revealed that at the first meeting with the Americans vester: | v he had made a “definite proposal.” | With gracious and affable manner, the head of the Irench commission replied to questions crisply and pleas- e Morecn: antly. It was evident, however, that | By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. ke successfully folled ail attempts 10| GUEZZAN, September 25—Rather (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) |interesting, in view of the present | attitude of the State Department at ! Washington toward our escadrille, is i the experience of Lieut. “Chuck | Pennington before leaving New York. - .| When he put in for his passpors he s City | Rave as his reason for going abroad f= In the custody of Sheriff White- |that he was joining the Foreign Legion field Rhuel as a grand jury witness to fight the Riffs. When the pass- in the case of Mrs, Myrtle Underwood | port was returned from Washington Cook. Women's Christian Temperance | it was granted for the purpose of Tnion president and leader of the|‘travel on pleasure.” county K. K. K. women’s organiza-| Any one who can find any pleasure tion, who was shot to death in her!in the work we are doing here, or home here the night of September 7,|in any war for that matter, Hhas a the sheriff announced today. | queer psychological complex, to say ] ko) One Flyer’s Pas | BY COL. CHARLES SWEENY, : Commander of the New Lafayette Escadrille WOMAN };IEI;D— IvN KILLING. VINTON, —Mrs. He: Fighting Riffs No Pleasure, Despite i sport, Sweeny Says| the least. This same Pennington, who is a serious, conscientious young man, with nothing to say at any time, but is always on the job, some. times gives us a good laugh. The sacred city of Ouezzan seems to specialize in sacred dogs, which are as numerous and as uproarious }as they were in €onstantinople be- ! fore the Turks decorated the Island of Marmora with their bones. ‘The dogs Iive been holding a con- vention heneath our windows all night long, keeping us from any sleep.” Tuesday night Pennington rujned a perfectly good bottle of Evian water, more precious than gold, when he tried to silence the noises i by expert aim. The bottle broke, the dogs drank the water, ate the broken ginss and then maintained a svmnhony, cresl New York have been sub-| WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening Star. D C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1925_FIFTY PAGES. as fast as th Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,177 he papers are printed. (®) Means Associated (COL HALL ASSUMED DIRGIBLE. MOTORS FAILED, HE STATES Testimony Yesterday Was Not Based on Fact, " Army Man Says. | | | iNO EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON BIG BAG WAS NOTED| Rigger Asserts Gas Containers Stayed Entact Until the Ship Broke Up. | | js your opinion as to the! ! of the Shenandoah’s en- | i ! | BY the Associated Press. H | LAKEHURST, N. 1. September| | 25.—Re-examined today before the | {naval court of inquiry. Col. C. G. Hall | {United States Army observer aboard | the Shenandoah on her fatal flight.| |said his statement of yesterday | {that the fallure of two engines of tie | | ship furnished a possible contribut-! | ing cause to the disaster was more | |in the nature of an assumption than In statement of fact “Do you know at what time the Ienglne! failed?” asked Lieut. Comdr. | Rosendahl, senior surviving officer | of the airship. “I do not know.” was the reply. | “Was it after the uncontrolled rise! began showing that we were in the ivortex of the storm?” pursued Comdr. | Rosendahl “I cannot say,” the Army officer | returned. “I thouzht all engines were | going full speed until the ship was| | wrecked.” Testified of Engine Failure. “What reliability nes?” ! | "I believe there have been no more ! reliable aviation engines developed I than those of the Shenandoah.” | In his testimony yesterday Col. Hall expressed the opinion that the failure | |of two of the airship's five engines made more probable the drawing of storm which wrecked her after a spec tacular fight of 15 minutes. One en- gine went out because of a cracked cylinder and the other because of a radiator leakage. H Chief Gunner Raymond Cole esti-| Rigger Louis A.! d he had heard no sound indicating any rupture of the helium gas cells, Saw Engines Fall. Allely sald he actually saw the cars containing engines 4 and 5 hreak loose {from the Shenandoah in the air. This | was at 4:40 a.m. Central time, by the | {clock in the crew's space. { The witness was positive that the | control car broke away from the hull |at about the time the main structure | began to go to pieces. | “Did you see the control car thrown | free? asked Admiral Jones. i 1 id not. T arrived at by conclu | sions by my own reasoning from the I noise.” Allely said that a moment later the ship broke forward of amidships and | that immediately after this engine | cars 4 and 5 tore loose, carrving with | | them the section of the ship between | frames 110 and 130. The cars swung in | the air for a time on their support | | wires, the welght tearing out a part 1 of the bottom section of the hull. | The witness declared that he actual- {1y saw the frames of the ship break | | at the keel forward of amidships. He previously had heard crashing sounds. Ship Under Pressure. When the ship reached the highest | altitude of 6,065 feet the gas bags | were under pressure, Allely testified. i He added that he heard no escape | of helium gas at any time and that | | he could not have heard valving of | gas. An opinion that the reported fail | ures of the engines of the Shenan-| | doah were minor in character and' I not a contributing cause to the dis- | aster was given by S. S. Halliburton, | chief machinist's mate and assistant | engineer officer of the ship. | “Halliburton paid this tribute to j Lteut. Edgar Sheppard, chief engineer | | of the Shenandoah, who was killed: | " “Lieut. Sheppard was the most able | | engineer officer I have ever known. | “(Continued on Page 4, Column 3. i mated that it was approximately 4:30 |a.m. Central time when he passed the | ship’s galley and saw thermos bottles ! ‘and canned goods falling down in the ; keel of the ship. This was when the { Shenandoah was on the first flight up | [Jum before she began the uncontroled | ascent with her bow sticking almost | | straight up in the air. | Further testimony that no sound of | gas cells giving way was heard before | { the break-up of the ship was given by | | Willlam Richardson, Navy photogr: | pher on board. Richardson was in his | {bunk when the vessel began to go to | I plec | i ief Aviation | Allely also declare | | formation | 'FRIENDS SUE WOMAN " FOR AUTO INJURIES Six Guests of Margaret E. Bechtold | Ask $34,500 Damages | Six suits were filed today as the result of alleged injuries growing | {out of an automobile accident last ! July 4, damages claimed totaling | | $34,500. Margaret E. Bechtold is the | defendant in each suit. i Through Edward Stafford, attorney, | five plaintiffs recite generally that | the injuries were sustained when the | which the plaintiffs were invited | guests, overturned on the road be- tween Rockville and _Gaithersburg. | {Md.. en route to Detroit for a| plgasure trip. { Julia_ Bechtold sues for $10,000: | | Alma Rohrkemper, mother of three : | children, each of whom are alleged | to have been hurt, sues for $10,000 | for personal injuries; through the mother, Harry Rohrkemper, 9, sues | for §2,000; Aloretta Rohrkemper sues for $5,000 and Mary Rohrkemper sues | for $3,000. | The sixth suit is by Mrs. Alma Rohrkemper for a total of $4,500, alleging damages of $1.500 for loss of services and expenses of treatment for each of her three children. 1 | Walter G. | board, ! were busy | succeed him as commander, to Wash- | nevertheles ! the recent Hawailan | the cruise to | to Congress. automobile of Margaret Bechtold, in | - N N NN RN TWO CENTS. Press. ITCHELL GALLED 10 PROBE MONDAY President’s Board to Hear: Ten Army Flyers in Next Session. By the Associated Press. The War Department issued orders today to 10 officers of the Arr Air Service to appear bhefore the &1 dent’s Afr Board at 10:30 a.m. Mon day for examination The orders were with a request by the board for cer tain air pilots whom it desires to question on the policy of the Air Serv- ice. and obtain from them an structive suggestions they may to offer. Heading the list is Col. William Mitchell, former assistant Army air chief and outspoken critic of the Air Service, who is new en route to Wash ington with 800 pounds of manuscript Others to Appear. The others are Lieut. Col D. Foulofs, Lieut. C low, Maj. Thomas G in compliance con have Benjamin John A. Paege Lanphier, Maj Kilner., Maj. Bryon Q Jones. Maj. Harvey B. S. Burwell Maj. Ralph Rovce, Maj. John H. Pirie and Second Lieut. John A. Austin With the groundwork of its inquiry completed throuzh presentation of in and opinions from four Government departments concerned with aviation, the President's Air Board will enter a wider field of tes- timony when it reconvenes next Mon- day. Dwight W. Morrow, chairman of the and several other members at the Capitol vesterday going_over statements placed in the record by officials of the War, Navy, | Commerce and Post Office Depart- | ments, and laying plans for next week | Manufacturers of aircraft, several of whom have requested a hearing. | also will appear before the hoard at | a later date. Secretary Wilbur has summoned Admiral R. E. Coontz, commander- chief of the United States fleet Admiral S. S. Robison, who ington in the event the hoard desires their opinions on the subject. Three-Week Probe. While not stating that the presence | of two admirals had been asked, Mr Wilbur said the Navy Department, would offer their opin- of their experiences in maneuvers and Australis Rear Admiral H Wiley, com mander of the battleship divisions of the fleet, whe has been ordered to duty with the general board in Wash- | ington, also will be available. There was a possibility also that the Department of Agricuiture and the Coast Guard may be asked to testify concerning their limited use of air- craft. Board members today were of the opinfon that three iweeks at least would be required to complete the taking of testimony. leaving about a month for the drafting of a report, which President Coolidge may submit fons in view = | | MAL DE MER COSTS $2,000! DOVER, England, September 25 (4). __Seasickness is no excuse for not de- claring articles brought across the channel upon which duty should be paid. The customs court of Dover has %0 held in the case of an Anglishman | coming from Ostend who failed to de- | clare a gold watch, a revolver, opera | giasses and other things purchased in m. Be!‘\"f)‘l“whhulandlnx the fact that | plea was entered that the man was so | il he was unable to list the artitcles, | the court imposed a fine of about | $2,000. | | | | i i | | ! Classified and Church Advertisements. The Star, on Saturdays, will continue to print its regular edi- tion at 12 o'clock noon. All classified and Church ad- vertisements must, therefore, be received at The Star Office not later than 11:00 o’clocs Fri- day night to insure publication in the Saturday Star. This schedule applies also 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 nccepted until 10:30 a.m. Saturday. { Halmos, Coolidge Is Asked To Toss First Ball In World Series President Coolidge, who threw the first ball in the opening e of the world series here last was invited today by Clark Griffith, president of the WasHing. ton club, to act in a similar capac- October 9, the first day the tes will be here. He took the invitation under consideration. he President will return to the city from his trip to Omaha Octo. her 8. thus pe him to at tend the oper e here if he MEMORIAL BRIDGE BIDS INVITED SOON Actual Work on Structure Is Expected to Start Early Next Year. & Work on the Arlington Memorial Pridge is expected to get under way shortly after December 15. in the opinion of Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill. director of the office of pub- lic buildings and public parks of the National Capital and executive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission. There is no reason, he said, why much of the preliminar work cannot he done during the Win- ter months, and he said he confidently expected that it would be started soon after the bids are received and the contract awarded. At a conference vesterday of the en- gineers in the office of Col. Sherrill it was decided that the plans and speci cations could be gotten in such shape that bids could be advertised for by November They would be re- turnable 30 qays later, and within a few days the contract could be awarded to the successful bidder. The contractor then, Col. Sherrill said. could begin the wo of placing their machinery preparatory to start. ing actual construction. The conference vesterday was be- tween the designing force and the con- sulting engineers and achitects, and included, besides Col. Sherrill, William Mitchell Kendall, W. J. Douglas, E. E. () Van der Bent. Maj. Mehaffey, assistant to Col. Sherrill, and John L. Nagel. chief designer. Bids will be asked for the construc- tion of the main bridgze and smaller bridges up to the point where the arch spans begin. The conferees vesterday discussed various points of the designs and the esthetic effect of some of them, and reached conclusions which will be included in the specifica- tions to be put out in the advertise- ments for bids. MYSTERY BLAST WRECKS HOUSE IN LOS ANGELES Two Families Reported to Have Moved Out Before Explosion That Razed Building. BY the Associated Pres LOS ANGELES, muysterious explosion of such violence that it knocked occupants of nearby houses off their feet and broke win- dows-and electric light globes for blocks around, demolished a two-story residence and store building in the northeast part of the city last night. Early reports that several persons had been Kkilled in the blast were not confirmed by a search of the ruins. Two Italian families who were said to have lived in the bullding are be- lieved to have moved before the place was shaken by the blast. Detectives declard, it a “job of dynamiting. Parachute Fails, Man Hurt. CHICAGO, September 25 (#).— Fatlure of his parachute to open after he had leaped from an airplane 3,000, feet aloft resulted in probable fatal' injuries to an unidentified commer- cial aviator at Morton Grove flying field yesterday. The flyer, said to be an Army veteran. would give no name other than his professional title as the masked flyer. No Tie Brings $100,000 Suit. CHICAGO, September 25 (#).—Al- to go without a necktie aboard ship. He brought suit yesterday against the White Star steamship iine for that | amount because, despite having paid for a first-class passage, he had to go second class to his native England on the Homeric for want of a cravat. < three | HESSE T0 ASSUME | * NEW DTS S | Superintendent Is Expected to Take Charge of Police Department Monday. Active supervision of the affairs of the Police Department probably will be assumed Monday by Edwin B. Hesse, veteran chief clerk of the de. partment, who was named major and superintendent by the Commissioners |late yesterday, immediately following |announcement that Maj. Daniel Sulli | van had retired | The retirement of Maj. Sullivan is not effective until November 1, but it is understood that Asst. Supt. Charles A. Evans, who has been directing the force since Maj. Sullivan became ill, is adsirous of having the new super- |intendent take over the reins as soon | as possible Maj. Hesse said would need a few |affairs as chief clerk, which position he has held for 19 years. Hesse Successor Unnamed. Commissioner Fenning stated today that he has not selected a man to succeed Maj. Hesse as chief clerk and there were indications that this post will not be filled for several day The last Congress passed special legislation conferring on Mr. He: the rank of assistant superintendent as well chief clerk, but District officials plained today that this designation was personal to Mr. Hesse and will not extend to his successor. Although there had been doubt for some time whether Maj. Sullivan | would regain sufficient rength fol- lowing his illness to return to duty announcement of his request for re tirement came unexpectedly 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It had | been reported frequently at the Di | trict Building that Maj. Sullivan ex- pected to return to duty soon. Letter Not Submitted. Commissioner Fenning s | that he received Maj. Sulli | ter asking for retirement a day | two ‘ago. but that he had not laid | it before his colleagues on the hoard until it became publicly known ves terday that such a letter had been written. The Commissioners promptly into special and not only approved the retire. ment of Maj. Sullivan on a pension of $2,600 a year, but simultaneously selected Mr. Hesse to fill the place. | It is understood the city heads desired to avoid aving a lapse of time be- tween the retirement of Maj. Sullivan and the selection of his successor be- cause of the keen rivalry which al- | ways exists for this office when it lef{ vacant for-any length of time. The announcement that Mr. Hesse had been named police head came as a surprise, since he had not been jclassed as a candidate, while several | of the other higher officers of the de- | partment had been regarded as as- | | d today an's le a then board went session pirants for the promotion. A_belief_prevailed at_the District 2 " (Continued on Page , Column 7.) 'PRESIDENT ENTERS SHIP BOARD FIGHT ! Calls Commissioners for Confer- | ences on Dispute With Chair- | man Palmer. President Coolidge has taken a hand |in the Shipping Board situation, where | President Palmer of the Fleet Cor- ! poration and a majority of the seven members of the board are practically in a deadlock. | _For months the hoard and Mr. Palmer have been at loggerheads, | with five of the seven commissioners trom time to time indicating disagree- ment with the Fleet Corporation presi- dent and dissatisfaction with many {of his executive acts. | At conferences late yesterday and jtoday with commissioners, the Chief | Executive inquired into the situa- tion. and while no formal announce- | ment was made there were indications that _some move in the direction of {a definite solution of the tangle might | be looked for soon. Chairman_O’Connor, who discussed | conditions with Mr. Coolidge last Mon- |fred Howard thinks it worth §100,000 | 4a%, conferred again with him late | vesterday, and today Commissioners | Plummer ‘and Hill were called to the White House. None of the commis- sioners would state what had oc- curred. Radio Programs—Page 36. { this morning he| days to adjust his| | | | SHERRILL GIVES UP RIVER BEACH PLAN, l s | | URGING CITY POOLS Two Bathing Places, Accom- modating 12,000, Proposed at $350,000 Cost. | SHEPPARD AND MADDEN | APPROVE NEW PROJECT Natatoriums Would Be Designed to Use Water Either From Potomac or From Reservoirs. l Abandonmen construct t of his original plan to bathing beaches in the Po. |tomac and Anacostia Rivers in favor of the other prope for bathing beaches was announced to {by Col. C. O. Sherriil, director of the office of public buildin nd public iparks. At the same time Col. Sher. rill approved designs for the propose:d |artificial beaches which were prepared in his office and declared that they would be Jaid before Congres | The designs for the pools call for |beaches which will be elliptical in | shape, with concrete bottoms and sandy | beaches. The beaches will slope gradually toward the center, where floats will be placed for those who care !0 go into the deeper water. The cost of the two beaches would be $350,000, including the necessary buildings, lock- ers and other equipment, and they {will accommodate 12,000 bathers day when completed. artificial Accommodations Sufficient. ! During the hottest weather when the other beach at the Tidal Basin was operating, the largest crowds ac- commodated were around §,000. The i po the designs specify. will have a - will be equ use either pred so that thev river or city water. and adequate provision will be made for purifying them with chlorine ment. Treatment of water, it pointed out, will be much cheaper a easier in an artificial pool than it would be in the river breakwater type of beaches, and its purification will be much more certain. Tt i= the hope that Congress will promptly make provision for them t is the desire to have both for vice by Spring. he condition of the river water in and around Washington as shown by the recent survey by heaith officials, {it was pointed out. makes it impera | tive that inland beaches be provided and it is the belief that when Con gress is apprised of the conditions it will make provision for the inland type of beach, which can use either city or river water. With the sewage svstems of the city and what s to hecome the metropolitan area behind the increase in population, there little hope that the polluted condition of the streams will be checked for | some time. Plan Favored in Congress. as Estab} to the plar of the 1 members ment of pools in preference for immediate utilization is favored by at least two of Congress who have re- turned to Washington, and whosa views are considered important be- cause of the positions they occupy. Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, a member of the Senate District com- tative Martin B. Madden of Illinois, chairman of the Hou ap! favored the establishment of bathing pools in different sections of Washing- ton in interviews today. Despite an arduous Summer ampaigning and 16 trips to a Washington to his home Texas, Senator Sheppard has had time to fol low local affairs, and he 53 particular interest today in the bath- ing beach situation. He deplored the act that the District this Summer had been without adequate facilities, and stated that he will vigorou back any move to remedy the condi- tion before next Summer's heat de- scends on the Capital. For Cheaper Plan. am heartily in favor of install inz sectional bathing pools of large capacity,” he said today. “The Public Health report on the Potomac River showed conclusively that there were only two possible ways to make it fit for bathing—to divert sewage or to build walls and heavily clorinate the water. Both methods would in- volve a great deal of expense and at the present time do not seem feasible. “In the meantime, pools could be established to take care of the needs of each neighborhood. Congress, I be- {lieve would look with favor on this solution of the problem, but if it did not 1 am sure that the people them- selves would be glad to “chip in” to » T vide Summer bathing. “Washington is too large a city to be totally without bathing facilities. Immediate steps should be taken when !Congress reconvenes. The Senate | District committee probably will take up the matter at one of its first meetings and go over the entire situ- ation.” Madden Behind Plan. Senator Sheppard, who has had to cancel vacation plans for the Sum er, is planning a boat trip where he will be entirely out of communication {for a few days from all political |affairs. He then plans to return | Texas where he will stay until shortly before Congress opens. The solution of the bathing problem | favored by Representative Madden, who will have an important part in deciding what shall be done is com munity bath houses with pools and | showers in the more congested sec- tions of the city. He thinks that | bathing facilities should be brought | home to the people who need them most. Just returned to the Capitol where ihe is expediting preliminary com- | mittee work for the drafting of the | big annual supply bills of the Gevern- | ment, Representative Madden today | explained his position in regard to | bathing beaches, bathing pools and | river bathing as follows: “1 was chairman of the finance committee of Chicago from 1830 to 1897. In the course of my services as chairman of that committee T con- ceived the idea, which met with ap- | proval of the masses that public bath houses, with swimming poois. and attendants in charge should be located in sections of the city where the people are least able to supply them- selves with bathing facilities. That was_what_seemed to be one of the (Continued an Pace 2, Column 5J 3

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