Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1925, Page 17

THE EVENING —_— e IV F 4 McDONOGH AND DE PAOLO F TIGHTING FOR THE LEAD IN 25 MILE AUTO RACE. This photograph was snapped at the Washington-Baltimore Speedway yesterday afternoon, while Bob McDonogh (the winner) and Peter De Paolo (finished seco made an average speed of 12 W NER OF THE SCHNEIDER CUI nd) raced side by side .3 miles an hour. P RA Lieut. James Doolittle of the United States Army, who broke records in covering the 350 kilometers t Bay Shore, Md., yesterday in his Arm seaplane. His maximum speed. in the last lap of the race, was 235.036 miles per hour. Photo snapped im- mediately after the race. LUTHERLADNGHE AT FORPACTS Begins Vigorous Drive for, Reichstag Approval of Lo- carno Treaties. | | i | | By the Assoclated Press [ BERLIN, October 27—With his re- constructed cabinet, made necessary through the resignation of three Natlonalist holders, Herr Schiele, Dr. Schileben and Herr Neuhous, Chancellor Luther purposes o go ahead vigorously with his idea of having Parliament give its sanction | to the Locarno agreements. There | 13 safd to be no likelihood at present that the cabinet will resign. | Chancellor Luther will take over | the ministry of finance: Herr Gessler, | at present minister of defense, will sssume the interfor portfolio, and Dr. | Krohne, minister of tra portation, | will add the ministry of economic his duties. Meets Party Leaders. The chancellor ferred with various the prevailing ion, espec an endeavor to bring about un cal ratification of the Rhine pact and the arbitration treaties. He is said | to be hopeful that h obtain from French forelgn ministe Chamberlain, the Brit | retary, amplification of some parf the agreements reached uat Le particularly with regard to the Cologne | bridgehead and disarmament. The optimism of the chancello this direction, it is believed, defeated only if the powerful § party decides to play a political game for its own benefit, by refusing to act as a stop-gap for the Nationalists by declining to come to the ment's rescue with the purpos lieving the reactionaries of the odium of voting for the peace pact. 1f both the Nationalists and the So- riallsts abstain from voting when the | ?ut comes up for ratification the i ther government still will command | | in | the necessary majorit The political leader lief that Chancellar Luther and For- #1gn Minister Stresemann, with the aid of President von Hindenburg. will suc- ceed in pacifylng the con: ting in. ternal political currents to a sufficient extent to insure a respectable line-up for the government and its peace treaties when the chstag recon- venes three weeks hence. express the be- LAUDS U. S. DRY LAW. Correspondence of the Associated Press. LEEDS, September 30.—Lord Mayor Gibson belleves prohibition “is a_won- derfully good thing” for the United Siates. The lord mayor has visited the United States every year for a jong period, and he told club member in an address after his last trip that in his opinion prohibition has been on. of the maln causes of “the wonderful <uccess of the American people in the lust few vears.” Francls E. Cox, chairman of the | lub, said he belleved from what he )ad seen that prohibition had cleansed the life of the working class iy America.” i Revolting | armed men.” Copsright by Underwood & Underwood. {Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Against State By the Associated Press. South Carolina escaped in the Supreme Court yesterday from pay- ing damages because two children Thelma and Minnle Sandle, died after being given anti-typhoid ccine distributed by the South Carolina Board of Health. Relatives won a verdict for damages in the lower State courts, but it was reversed by the State Supreme Court. The Federal Supreme Court today refused to interfere on the ground that it had no Jjurisdiction. CARAGUA FORCES SIN PEACE TREATY General Gains Point and Provides for Pay- ment of His Soldiers. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, October {—A peace treaty has been entered into by President Solorzano and Gen. : | Emiliano Chamorro, whose forces on Sunday carried out a coup and cap- tured La Lonfa Fortress. The town was entered by Chamorro because of his opposition to members of the Liberal party having seats in the cabinet. Chamorro is a Conserva- tive. The Liberals holding portfolios are to be dismissed under the agree- ment, and the Conservative party promises to lend its support to Gen. Solorzano. One of the stipulations in the agree- ment was that $10,000 should be pald to Gen. Chamorro for expenses in- curred in the operation, and that his | troops will be pald off by the govern- ment. Chamorro is to be appointed a gen- | eral of the army for a sufficient time to insure peace. An official report recelved at the te Department on the coup in Managua by former President Cha- morro said he proposed to drive the eral members out of the cabinet 1 to restore the Conservative party to the control it held prior to the re- cent “fraudulent elections.” The Conservative leader did not in tend to force President Solorzano ts resign, but demanded that the minis. try of war and complete control of arms in Nicaragua be turned over to him. Two men have been killed in front of the President’s palace, due to the firing_in the streets by “Chamorro's * the message said. Burton Operated Upon. Representative Theodore Burton of Ohio is confined to his home here tion. Members of his family said to- day the operation was successful and that Mr. Burton hoped to be able to resume usual activities by the end of the week. A fought a hard battle for the lead. The winner National Photo. TAR, WASHINGTO THE WINNER AND RUNNER-UP. D. ¢, TUESDAY Bob McDonogh (right), winner of the 250-mile race at the Washington-Baltimore Speedway vesterday, and Peter De Paolo, who finished second. Bob after the finish of the grind. Peter was the first to congratulate Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. OCTOBER 27, 1925 Y. M. C. A. DELEGATES IN ITY M AKE A PILGRIMAGE TO TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER While attending the convention of the National Council of the organization, the delegates took a wreath to Arlington National Cemetery UNITED STATES ARMY ENTRY WINNING THE SCHNEIDER TROPHY AT BAY SHORE, MD., YESTERDAY. Lieut. James Doolittle flash- ing above the crowd when he was declared the winner of the world’s premier seaplane classic. The Army lieutenant, by his marvelous skill in making the turns of the 50-kilometer course, drove his plane at an average speed of 232.573 miles per hour. By Doolittle’s victory the Army re- Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. tains the Jacques Schneider cup. ENGINE COMPANY 23 - PAID HIGH HONOR 300 Neighbors Gather to Cel ebrate Victory in Star Cup Contest. Up the circular steps which lead to the dormitory of No. 23 Engine Com- | pany, G street near Twenty-second | street, 300 neighbors of the popular | i { firemen of this unit trudged last night | {to help them celebrate their posses- | sion of The Star cup, which they won |1ast July when they proved themselves | the fastest fire company in the United | States. The firemen of No. 23 not | only scored.the speediest time in get- | ting out of quarters for a run of any | other company in Washington, but | their 7 econds record lowered that | of Baitimore by 3 seconds. | Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning, | in charge of the Police and Fire De- partments, in a_short talk congratu- lated the 3 men on the honor they had won for themselves as well as the entire Washington Fire Depart- ment. He said that he would not be at all surprised to be making a similar visit next year, when the company will be called upon to defend its right to The Star cup. Cup in Place of Honor. In a place of honor in the center | of the speaker's table and the cynosure | of all eyes, stood The Star cup. Both the hall where last night's banquet |and entertainment were held and the |main fire floor were draped with | American flags. | Dr. Samuel Hilton, one of the busi- ness men who helped arrange the celebration, acted as toastmaster. He | credited John J. Cleary, who lives next door to the engine company, as being chiefly responsible for the suc- cess of the event. ! Each of the battalion chiefs present were called upon by Toastmaster Hil- ton. Deputy Chief A. J. Sullivan de- iclared in his long experience on the Fire Department he had never seen such a gathering, and he commended it on the ground that it creates a closer tie between firemen and the public, ! Other Speakers. T. Leo Haden, chief clerk of the | Interstate Commerce Commission, re- | minded that the many Government | departments housed in the G str | vicinity may feel secure with such an { efficient fire company near. Thomas | O'Connor, drill master of the Fire De- | partment, revealed some of the prac- | tice sessions No. 23 engine company | held before they met the official speed test. Other. speakers were Deputy Chief | B. W. Nicholson, Chief A. C. Busher, | | i Weaver of No. 23 engine. Battalion Chief O'Connor concluded the speaking by appealing to the men, women and children of the neighbor- hood present to investigate their | houses and woodsheds and see if they | have any fire hazards. An abundance of entertainment was supplied by Bill Capps, fireman sta- | tioned on the fireboat and loaned for the occasion, and Hazel and Bill | after an operation for an ear infec- | Mitchell. | In the -North Pacific Ocean there |is a chasm in the sea's bed, esti- mated to be six miles deep. | Chief Andy Walters and Capt. B. W. | | Americans Say They And Shackled on NEW YORK, October 27.—Charging | they had been mistreated by police and a mob in Oraya, Peru, because of | pected sympathy with Chili in the Tacna-Arica dispute, Ernest Colwell of | Pecos, Tex., and Gladstone Gllette of | | San Francisco arrived today aboard the Pacific steam navigation liner| | Ebro. The men, who claim American | { citizenship, said they were kept in| prison for three days and only es-| caped mob violence with the ald of a | Peruvian guard of 35 soldiers. | and Colwell were guests of Mr. and Mrs. K. V. Condon, | English citizen, when the four wers | arrested on September 23 and thrown | into prison. Here they were shackled with iron loops in such a way that| their only way of resting was to sit down with their feet six inches from the floor. They were Kept in this po- sition, he sald, in a freezing tempera- ture while every effort was made to force them to confess hostile actions against Peru. Gilette said they were kept in jail three days while a mob of Peruvians Were Imprisoned uspicion in Peru surrounded the building forts to gain entrance them. At length they were placed under a guard of Peruvian soldiers and were taken to Callao, where they were turned over to the American consul. Mr. and Mrs. Condon went to Chile and Gilette and Colwell start- ed for their homes. ‘“We were in the employ of a cop- per mining company,” “There were about 200 Americans em- ployed with us and we do not know why we were arrested and treated as we were. Colwell added: “We hope that when we took our case up with the Ameri- can consul at Callo that he would file complaint with the State Department and it is certainly our Intention that everything dealing with our arrest and imprisonment 13 to go to the State Department. “Our case has been kept quiet and suppressed when it should have been given wile notice. There are thou- sands of Americans in Peru and none is free from similar treatment it they are not assured protection.” nd made ef- to assault DR. WILEY PRAISES WORK OF CHEMISTS Declares Society Has Done| Much for Progress of American Agriculture. Speaking before the members of the society that he helped to found 41 years ago, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, honorary president of the Association of Officfal Agricultural Chemists, to- | day told the delegates to the conven- tion of the hardships experienced by | the handful of men responsible for its | early organization. Mr. Wiley, who is 81 years old, has attended every annual convention of ! the roclety. He told of the work done by somle of the ploneers in the field ;of agricultural chemistry in analyzing | fertilizers and materially reducing ( prices. | C. A. Browne of Washington, pres- lident of the soclety, also spoke, laud- ing the work that has been done by |the organization, but calling to their | {attention the fact that they have only | started on the long road that lies be- | fore them. { He reviewed the history of the ex-| | periment station and urged more ag- ricultural research work and more | highly developed methods of conduct- ing this work. Mr. Wiley praised the books that |have been published by the soclety, |stating that many of them are being t used as text books in various col- leges. Secretary of Agriculture Jardine will address the delegates at this aft- ernoon’s meeting. After two more business sessions tomorrow the convention will adjourn until next year, when it will again meet in Washington. ST The Natlonal Confectioners’ Associa- | tlon has donated $5,000 in prizes for | the nation-wide candy display contest | to be held the jyeek of November 9. PARAGE T0 ATTEND UNVEILING RITES Military Review to Be Part of San Martin Statue Ceremonies. Ceremonies attending the unvelling tomorrow afterncon in Judictary Square of the statue to the Argentine hero, Gen. Jose de San Martin, will be climaxed by a military review, for which Brig Gen. S. D. Rockenbach, commanding the District of Washing- ton, arranged today. Salutes of 21 guns will be fired by two pleces of field artillery as the statue is unveiled, and following ad- dresses by President Coolidge and Ambassador Pueyrredon of Argentina, the military parade will pass the sta: ue. Prior to the beginning of the unveil- ing ceremonies Army Band will give a concert in Ju- | diclary Square from 2:30 to 3 o'clock. Just as the exercises are drawing to a close, the band will leave the park and pick up the military unit at| Fourth and E streets and lead it past the park. The parade will be commanded by Col H. S. Hawkins, commandant of Fort Myer, Va. It will consist of a war strength troop of Cavalry, in com- mand of Capt. Finley; a war strength battery of Field Artillery, in command of Lieut. O'Rellly and the 3rd Bat- talion, 12th Infantry, from Fort Wash- ington, commanded by Maj. W. H. Simpson. The parade will pass- down Sixth street to Pennsylvania avenue, where it will disband, the various units returning to their stations. Bridge Falls, Three Killed. BATAVIA, Java, October 27 (#).— Three persons were killed, and 50 are missing, following the collapse of a bridge near Medan, Island of Su- matra. Gilette said. | the United States | CITIZENS BEHIND town Group of Vitally Need- ed Law Revision. ly inadequate public facilities.that place the National Cap- ital far behind other cities one-quarter F. Bowerman, public librarfan, who outlined a series of changes in the li- brary law before the Georgetown Citi- zens’ Assoclation last night. The changes in the law were approved by the association and would place the trustees of the institution in a posi- tion to meet present-day situations confronting the ltbras 3 Dr. Bowerman declared that out of 36 leading cities in the United States Washington ranks thirty-fifth in branch libraries, and, while it is sev- enteenth in population among these cities, it is twenty-eighth in per cap- ita_maintenance of its libraries. The per capita assessment here is a6y cents, while in many cities it is over $1 and in some goes as high as $6. Washington is 17 cents below the average per capita maintenance cost in the 36 citles. Praises Present Law. The speaker highly praised the pres- ent library law, drawn by Theodore W. Noyes, president of the board of trustees of the Public Library, 30 years ago, and declared “no library law drawn has a finer conception. He pointed out, however, that changes were necessary to meet rapidly changed and modern conditions. The amendments to the library law suggested were: Provisions to allow to provide books, printed matter and information service convenient to the homes and offices of all residents of the District; authority on the part of the Commissioners to accept gifts of land and money for building purposes without the need of a special act of Congress; authority to rent quarters in vartous sections of town for small branches; authority on the part of the District Commissioners to include li- brary estimates in the budget; author- ity to establish branches in communi- tles adjacent to but not in the Dis- trict, with a small fee for the books used, and e number of minor changes dealing with the dispositio nof fines, etc., collected by the library. In stressing the vital need of bet- i ter library conditions Dr. Bowerman declared that so far as a great num- ber of the people of the District are concerned library facllitles are “non- existent.” “Children have to pay 16 cents car fare to the main library and arrive in a traffic condition at Mount Vernon Square that I would not allow any child of mine to gzo near,” declared Dr. Bowerman. Fenning Also Speaks. Commissioner Fenning made a short address and complimented the association on its interest in the welfare of the Georgetown library. Fred G. Coldren, counsel for the Na- tional Capital Park Commission, out- lined the history of the park develop- ment of Washington. The paving of Wisconsin avenue between R and Thirty-fifth streets, the erection of a public comfort station near Wisgonsin avenue and M. street, - IBRARYCHANCES {Dr. Bowerman Tells George- ! library | its size were pictured by Dr. George | the establishment of branch libraries | . M. C. A. of America, in center. GERMAN PRESIDENT VISITS DRESDEN. esterday and placed it upon the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. R. F. Williams of Canada and F. W. Ramsey, president of the Von Hindenburg, chief executive of Germany, greeted in real military fashion upon his visit in Dr en. hands with the old-time “war horses." ', J. HILL ESTATE FIGHT LIKELY TO BE REOPENED | St. Paul Paper Hears Six of Nine | Heirs Will Ask More Equal Distribution. By the Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn., October 27.—The St. Paul Pione it 1 | information sources™ t property of th widow of famous “empire d again b six of the n sty try to Leuis W. Hill, eldest son Hill, | more than $1,000,000 estate and bonds which were deeded to by his mother. The property include the James J. Hill homestead, nex St. Paul, valued at more than §: and $750,000 in bonds. Those opposing Louis W. Hi an equal share in that property filed suit against Mr. Hill in New York in 1924, but the Ploneer Press says that the action will be shifted to St. Paul this week. wrest from ALABAMIA STORM RELIEF IS STARTEL Fund of $3,100 Collected and Red Cross Will Send { More. By the Associated Press. TROY, Ala., October 27.—-With people of the south central portion of | Alabama, which was hit Sunday by a tornado, claiming a toll of 17 liv | were turning to the relief of the in jured and sufferers who lost all they owned in the twister. An emergency fund of $3,100 had been collected here and was imme- diately avaflable and Mayor John Gamble, heading relief work, was pushing the subscription lists still further. Word was recefved late yes- terday that additional relief funds were being provided by the American Red Cross from Washington. The injured in local hospitals are reported improving. Amonz them are Mr. and Mrs. Walter Knight, who *lost their four children in the storm. Mrs. Knight also lost a_sister. The four Knight children, Ralph, Ruby, Frances and Mary Ellen, and Mrs. Eliza Davis, their aunt, were laid to_rest yesterday afternoon in Good Hope Cemetery, about six miles from Troy. Hard by, in a neighboring cemetery, the remains of the negro victims, also were rev- erently buried. —_— A government estimate gives the number of child wage-earners and ap- prentices in Japan as approximately 1,397,000. The working day of these children is from 10 to 11 hours. ralsing of the sub T police station to a precinct, and opposition to the proposal to locate the new junior high school for Georgetown on the suggested site at Wisconsin avenue at U street were among the matters acted on by the association. their dead buried, thoughts of the | { “.m“!quem es of the storm They | S | | | | All the troops of the city turned out, and the President shook By A CREW OF DISABLED STEAMER RESCUED 32 Taken Off Norwegian Ship Eiven in Midocean by American Craft. e Photos. By t iated P members of disabled to other vessel in the arrival of seven trans atlantic liners were the conse. aturd: 1 gales dis mer Elven, vdney. ir teamshir nt to the rescne Yish of the latter n helpl with oken and its boats v in the north Atla Huge seas whipped by abled the No bound fr midoce: Amer vestel vessel its steering arried The heavy a_rescue, but w of the Elven was tak and the Americar Trader continued toward this port The Elven was one of the ship which turned off their courses < to ald the foundering It ¢ Ignazio Florio. The : of the Italian v ¢ York on the United State liner President Harding, which further delayed by the storm and is not expected until tomorrow. The paddlewheel of the Fall River Line passenger ship Commonwealth was disabled late Sunday night be tween Point Ju nd Watch Hil R. I. After riding out the night anchor she was ed 1o Newport vesterday and 500 enge: were sent tu New York by spe train. Capt. Howell of Lapland, which arri late, said the vovage had been series of stprms which at times made it necessary virtually to heave to. The ship, however, was undamaged and none of the passengers or crew was injured. Other liners scheduled to dock one or two davs late are the White Star liner Celtic, the Cunard-Anchor liner Tuscania, the United American line Mount Clay, the Royal Mail st packet Orbita and the Cunarder thia. exented the Red Star liner ed today 48 hours OiL VPRICES REDUCED. California Company Announces Cuts at Plants. SAN FRANCISCO, October 27 (P). —Reduction 1n the market price of tuel ofl and in prices offered for crude was announced yesterday by the Standard Ol Co. of California. The reduction in the market price of fuel ofl is 21 cents a barrel at its tidewater refinery at Richmond and 20 cents a barrel at El Segundo and San Pedro. The new price at Rich mond, effective tomorrow, is $1.04 and at El Segundo and San Pedro $1 a barrel. The reduction In the current price offered for crude oil at the wells ranges from 15 cents a barrel on the heavy grades to no reduction on thr lighter grades.