Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1926, Page 2

L] CALIFORNIA QUAKE 9 - TAKES CHILD'S LIFE Only One Casualty Reported. | Great Damage in Shocks Throughout World. Asso Pross. JLES, June 30.—One 1 child. and minor ippeared today the earth- in south ed by ts he coast from v southward to 1 vear to a ( quake which rocked Santa + that most vesterday of Coolin swaved . und it was death was thu on him ) other chil Barbara in st were toppled over in year's re > lates on Other Tow sar rhara con chimneys, v dis Santa Paula towns, but dishes Two pendu Bure ni Monica 1ken stapped REPORTED. MANY QUAKE Disturbances in Various Parts World Do Much YORK, J Damage. [Z2) th 1y Medd 1o Beypt n from seismic ¢ been B the parts ve various [ omena., 1 aatra e than has there loss of his wi the Island is reported t! - een i con ns were hocks in [Italy 30 (). Sever shocks, v There ar eece. June 5 o the sat but not i fr Crete. is consic v rab e ntiquities wral paintings. including “A 12 show 2 porce. snake and from Cnosus, the ote, were hroken. ts have alr and experts will them tozether. minister ¢ v immedi and ir for tion of the museun museut total damage on Iy estimated at 12,000,000 drach ' (ahout $150.000), and 10,000 per camping out because of the of or damage to their minavet of St. Titus thrown out of plumb by vement, the di leans like e Church wi m the famous Many Killed in Sumatra. PANDANG, Su The ernor _returned to today from: fer mad; tour of sion matra. June 30 (#).— ndang having visited by ie said it imate the number cilled 2 Pandjang as the - occurred on market day when banites were in the town many hod were still ter the debris estimated, howevel md 50 native ed. Practica the town wooden of d pe that inhabit 20 se n' were k Al ve. nia re Kerted nve 1 report of the distu bance and m. served of f Talang column 'ORDED HERE. One Described as “Severe” by Father Tondorfl at Georgetown. Three earthquakes were recorded s on the Georgetown Univer- graph. The first began at the tremors dyinz away Director Tondorff, who severe,” estimated 00 miles to the a.m., about noon. described it the distance at south T second series of tremor; 02 p reaching «_maximum ity between 2:16 and 18 away about 3 o'clock, with the tance estimated at 2,000 miles, The third, which was less severe than the others, began at 6:38 p.m., continuing about half an hour. The listunce was estimated at 2,300 miles om Washington began inter dving qi CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 30 (4). Federal District Judge Smith Hicken looper issued an order releasing George 1. Osterfeld, former president of the Mohawk Brewery, from Miami County jail from July 3 to 10, to per- mit him to be with Mrs. Osterfeld, who must undergo a major operation. Osterfeld was sentenced early this year to six months in jail following his plea of guilty to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to manufacture and sell beer of illegal alcoholic content The court specifically ordered that Osterfeld be not placed under guard. tof Kidled | " censor of particular " {tive municipal body. atches | e | in tents, | ind | |GILBERT LAUNCHES ATTACK ON FENNING IN SPEECH IN HOUSE (Continued from First Page.) {if not hetrayed, the confidence of the {people.” Speaking of Commissioner | Mr. Glibert said: *“The facts he is. either consciously or uncon ! sciously, a part of of the system. e ix a large sickholder in the corpora- tion of Rudolph & West. owning he tween a third ard a half of all the stock. When first examined as to the business connections between that cor poration and the District he stated ,that he in no way influenced the Dis- trict’s purchase of supplies and other competitors shared equally with his firm. Later, however, an audit dis closed that during the last fiscal year the firm sold to the District more than $70.000 worth of supplies. while the nearest competitor sold only B 000 worth of supplies. When con fronted with these figures and asked ywhether he had attempted to deceive or was merely snizant of the Distriet’s business. he chose the lat dtive, “In my firm opinion, his holding of this office while the tiem of Rudolph I & West is in contract relations with the District is clearly in violath Rudolph, re that not section 41 of the Criminal Code of the | United States. amed by Commissioners. e corporation counsel has ad vised Mr. Budolph that there is noth | ing illegal in his dual allegiance. And | this particular counsel has uniformly { rendered an whenever re- | quested upon ble illegality e the tions of any of the system that desived action was nowise il This corporation 1 is named by the Commission and 1 wish personally ll at tention 1o the conditions in his flice. A opinior Y poss of the Gilbert then declared that “one mast reprehensible situations in econneetion with the Nchool Board. At the head of the School dis B raham, president of the Nationa 1pply Co. This { School Boar named by the | judges of the Supreme Court. but the chool Board, like all of the other municipal agencies within the Dis triet, is concerned more with execu than with teachers and more miracts than the welfare - of This e system controls ers o the School Board appointment of relatives as teache and the letting of 1ets “Interlocking Referring to a qu lociing of interests,” I his colleagues that |most intluential corporations of the { District meet their municipal obliga tions apparently from choice and not from necessity. The litigation to com el them 1o do so is in the hands of orporation cou el, who is appoint v the District Comurissioners and either in person or fAuential on the board the corporation Al 1 have not the figures, Ve e, in my opin miillons of ars owing to the 1 ¢t by these tions and a mere gesture to compel them to pay. Five slone have unsettled against them on the tax col $461,000, some of it g for 15 years and a it hy the Washington which is permitted by the Commissicners to receive profits diseriminating among its pas of the tives with | pupi E cont of Interests.” ton of Mr. Gilbert e bigzest inter told and as a rule. ends, is tors of v o i porations | sengers. | “Not only that, but under a most | peculiar arrangement certain lighting i owing by this corporation are rged and paid by the District, h in turn is supposed to recove it from the company, but for several vears the company has not paid that “In answer to a question from me 25 1o whether or not this corporation | not only did not pay its taxes but had District pay its lighting bill as the corporation counsel answer es, it is a sad fact." This corpo- counsel is falling far short of the Distriet in its legal ration stecting hts.” Mr. Gilbert in prefacing his specific District officials told his colleagues that “there is a well organized system within the Dia. ict consisting of men hound together by social, financial and political asso- cation so interlocking and dovetail- |ing that the virus permeates the en- These men are 1 clubs banks and | assoclated as directors of s | hotels, taxicab companies public utilities, and in none of the municipal activities do the interests of the citizens appear to be the first concern of the offi 1s. The street space in front of the hotels and the choice platforms at the Union Station are reserved for preferred taxicab companies. Urges Probe Be Authorized. Mr. Gilbert strongly urged that the | Gibson resolution for a joint commit- tee of the House and Senate to go | thoreughly into an examination of the municipal administration should be | passed before Congress adjourns. | Mr. Graham said: "I wish merely to !make a protest. 1 do not desire to | make a speech or discuss the subject I spoken of by the gentleman from | Kentucky, Mr. Gilbert. T was pained to see in_another body a | discussion carried on by distinguished Senators. I am pained to hear on the floor of this House a discussion of the | merits of a matter that is under in- | vestigation in the judiciary commit- | tee of the House and is ®o situated { that it is like the case of a jury that lis ont considering a case and having argument made on the floor of the {Touse on the merits of the case. wish to protest against it in the name fairness and of justice.” Refuses to Yield. Graham refused to yield for w question by Representative Rankin, Democrat, of M ssippi. = Continuing, he said: “These gentle. men who were conducting this case hefore the judiciary committee of the House cannot comp not afforded every I committee, You charged us with the duty of making this investigation. 1 wish to say that the committee has proceeded in a spirit of perfect fair- ness and candor, giVing every oppor- tunity, more than the law requires, to produce evidence in support of the charges against this citizen. “I understand that before 1 in derogatory remarks were made concerning the committee, which I vesent and scorn. Our committee de- serves the place which has heen given to it and will be given to it in spite of jeering laughter. Truth is mighty and will prevail. No amount of dia- tribe or inconsiderate speech can crush the truth, and that is all this com- mittee is seeking to ascertain. The subcommittee is now in session in the House Office Building considering the evidence which they commenced to take immediately after the reso- lution passed the House, and have been considering the case. 1f there has been delay. it has heen due to the conduct of the case and not to the committee of the House that is de- serving of your confidence. “T do not care for myself; you ma criticize me as you please. but T ches ish the honor of that great committee over which T have the privilege of presiding, and T want to tell you gen- tlemen, it is only fair, it is only hon- st it is only honorable, to wait until our hear the verdict. and then. it you have reason to attack it. do it, and God bring about the development of the truth in thig greatly abused mat- ter, where evidence has not been sought in a legal sense, hut where every supposition has been given such swing and play that it is diffieult to dwparate the wheat from the chaff.” lot My scope and oppor- came certainly | in that they were | ¢ to produce evidence hefore that | THE EVE COMMERCE TO GET - HUGE STRUCTURE Work to Start on Building, Second Only to Capitol in Size, in Short Time. ~ BY WILL P. KENNEDY. The Department of Commerce build ing. one of those included in the five. year building program, will be the largest Government building in Washington —except the Capitol—of monumental type, containing 1.000,. 000 square teet net of office space, and costing $10,000,000 for construction alone. It will be erected on the Mall, paralleling the new administration bullding of the Department of Agri- culture. and lined up with the Na onal Museum In this monster office huilding. front of which wiil occupy two bl it is designed to house all the many and varied activities of the Department of Conunerce, excent the woof Standards, which has fts {own group of huildings on Connecti- cut avenue. An immediato appropriv- on of $600,000 and @ $10,000.000 au- thovization was approved by the House yesterday. The Department of Commerce is essentially a service department of the Government dealing directly with the people and working day after day and year after year for general j perity, 11 s now inadequarely housed {in 33 buildings. some of which are | fivetvaps, 1t pays $65.000 o year vental for the leased building which i administration headquarters and With the lease soon o expire and the owners of the property anxious not to renew it Will Be 80 Feet High. The new building. risinz S0 feet from the ground level. wWith six floor: and basement. is 10 be located on the Mall, directly south of R street north- west, on Government-owned land, be- tween Twelfth and Fourteenth streets west of the National Museum ing. In summarizing the needs the department and plans for the building before the louse appropria tions committee, Supervising Architect Wetmore said “The requirements of the Depart of Commerce are extimated at 1,000,000 square feet of floor space, and this requires a building of approximately M feet frontage and 360 feet in depth, with basement and three stories. | The location reauires a stone faced building, monumental in style No design has been prepared, but a build ing of this character will cost ap proximately 65 cents per cubic foot, | which brings the total cost to ap | proximately $10,000,000 | “The entire period of construction { Wil consume at least three years and | possibly four { It is estimated that only the pile foundations, and possibly the concrete footings on top of the piles, 1 be constructed during the Hrst year, at lan estimated cost of $600,000." ! Will Have Six Stories. The tentative plans for ink worked up by the Department of | Commerce to meet iis necds show a |six-story building. while Mr. Wet- llmurs testimony mentions a three. the ity ment proximately the build- story building. From the B street | frontage 1t will probably be six stories, { while on the fnner, or Mall frontage, |1t will have a three.story appearance, {conforming with the Commission of | Fine Arts requirements that it shall be harmonious with the National Mu seum and especially with the Depart ment of Agrienlture Administration Building. which will be on the cres of the elevation which slopes away o the B street frontage. The upper story will he set hack as the upper story of the Treasury and the Hou | Office Building, so as not to he seen {from the street. In this way the ad- {ditional office space can be provided without marring the architectural ef fect Whashington people are much inter. ested and somewhat concerned ahout | what will become of the Department {of Agriculture greenhouses which | now oecupy the site which the new | Commerce Building is to take over In these greenhouses are held annu. 1:.”_\' the amaryllis and chrysanthe- mum shows, which have become im- | portant seasonal events. The public is assured that there s no thought of wiping these green houses off the map. As soon as de- tails can he worked out a suitable new location for these greenhouses will he designated. They will prob- )y be placed south of the Depart- ment of Agriculture group of build ings. Some such relocation of the greenhouses has long been contem. plated. \When this change is made there will be provision made for a iarge modern conservatory in which the department can make exhibitions on a much larger scale than hereto. | fore. Space for Cars Provided. Especially hecause it is a service | department, with constant contaet | with a very larze number of persons | who are coming daily to the depart- | ment headquarters, particular care !has been taken to provide parking | facilities. Tn the vast Interior of the {new building an innovation In Gov- {ernment office structures will be imade, providing free parking space { for all emploves of the department, thus leaving the adjucent curb space for thdse doing business with the de- purtment. | "The entire first floor of the inner | court of the new building will be { given over to parking space for auto- | mobiles owned by employes of the de- {partment. Space will be provided for | about 500 cars, and this space may be expanded by construction of a ramp nd driveway to double this automo- bile capacity. Commerce Department officials, with the present congested traffic situation in mind and foreseeing the time when vehicular trafic will be much more dense than at present, plan to pro- vide ample parking space in the their cars off the streets surrounding the structure. Work on the butlding will i shortly, under the $600,000 d»ne::.fc? item provided for the foundation work and engineering and _architectural work approved vesterday. The ap- propriation will be available for use 1927 on Thursday. Treasury archi- tects are still working on pians for the new building, which has the ap- proval of the Public Bulldings and Fine Arts Commissions. This question of properly housing the Department of Commerce directly affects 5,167 residents of Washington, distributed among 10 bureaus and the office of the Secretary, hundreds upon hundreds of whom are now working in firetrap bufldings. Besides the present main adminis- tration building and the Hurley- Wright Bulldings, at Eighteenth and Pennsylvania avenue, and the Bureau of Standards group, the Department of Cgmmerce occupies the Bureau of Fisheries group, at Sixth and B streets southwest: Temporary Building D, at Sixth street and Missouri avenue southwest: the eight ramshackle huildings In the Coast and Geodetic Survey group, at New Jersey avenue and B_street southeast: the Patent Office Building, Ninth and F streets. Ten hureaus of the Commerce De. partment, eight of which are now housed outside the main building, at Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania 3ulld- | of | building to enable employes to keep | with the opening of the fiscal year | NG STAR. WASHINGTON, | | | Top: Laok Post_Office in the background. Lower: Looking south between | buildings. Departme BLEASE AND REED HALT TRAFFIC BIL District Measure Delayed by Demand for Security of Trial by Jury. t of Commerc The conference reffort on the Dis- trict traflic bill was taken up by the Senate again today on the motion of Chairman Capper, hut up to a late howr this afternoon had not been act ed upon because of opposition which Senators Blease of and Reed of developed from South Carolina Missourf. When conference report was callad Minority Leader tobinson of Arkansas objected to its consideration until he had time study it. He withdrew his objection today after having read a letter he veceived this morning from Traffic Di rector Bldridge, explaining the urgent importance of enacting the measure ator the up yesterday before adjournment. The reading of the letter, how- ever, led Senator Blease and Senat Reed of Missouri to launch into discuskion as to whether the pending bill would interfere with the right of trial by jury. They gained this im- pression from that section of the bill which would empower the traffic di rector to suspend op pending trial. Senator Harreld of Oklahoma sup- | ported Chairman Capper in defending the bill, pointing out_that under exixt- ing conditions in Washington cases have been brought to the attention | of the District committee in which individuals charged with driving while under the influence of liquor and other serious offenses continued | to drive their cars because the pres- ent law does not permit revoca- tion of operators’ permits except fol lowing convietion on certain charges. ‘After the debate had gone on for some time Senator La Follette of Wis- consin stated that since it seemed un- likely the traffic report would be agreed to at that time, he desired to | address the Senate on another matter. —— in the mew the bureau located to will be building, in_addition now located in the main b department now ovcceuples about 0,000 square feet of floor space. One million square feet of floor space will be available in the new bullding for about the same number of employes and the same number of bureaus which can he expanded in decennial census years for inclusion of the in- creased number of Census Bureau employes by utilization of the five courts which will stretch p}lm\'p the center ground floor parking area. “These courts will he 90 feet wide and labout 200 feet long. | “"Although the projected milllon | square feet of foor space for the new building will be ample to house all | the bureaus of the department at present, with the exception of the Bureau of Standards, department o | ficinls have estimated that the d partment 15 vears hence will need additional space. The new huilding w! on the Mall any more than dp('l the structure occupied by the National Museum. [ts greatest length will be east and west hetween Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, while it will be but one block in width north and south. While its main entrance will front on the Mall, department officials contemplate uniform treatment of Dboth the north and south sides to make entrance equaly favorable from both sides. The interior treatment of the inner courts will be of the so-called “fac tory type' construction, of concrete, steel and glass, permitting variable expansion to meet enlarged needs. The building will north and south, with the main build- ing of the Department of Agriculture, venue, | Thirteenth- street. mammoth Commperce structure will be bn the same line. Provision will be made for the finny exhihits of the Bureau ofsFisheries in courts to be constructed within the building rather than in the corridors, while probably a large pool will he provided for the general aquatic ex- hibit of the bhureau, which i now housed in a_small pool in the bureau building on Sixth street. The center of the orth between Thirteenth and Fo his whole area, from Tw ding, which will be to | a permits | s| ME, McCor building. | il not encroach | line up_ exactly | whose main entrance fronts toward Department | D. C. ¥ R E teent elfth and elfth to Fourteenth a li the south side with the Nation: BUS FARE INCREASE WILL BE REQUESTED BY RAPID TRANSIT (Continuad from First Page) the month analyzed it entries in ’m- month | of April and thoroughly to show in detail all the making up the charges of Revenues for April. “The total operating revenues for vil. including all lines were $4%.- 8, while those applicable to the District of Columbia were $43 10 against $43.000 expenses or enough excess to pay interest.” The repo preciation cost per pany’s busses for April was 6.7 | cent. or more than twice the rate of the Chicago Motor Coach Co.. while the maintenance costs for April compared with previous months have appeared excessive, the costs in April heing $5.032.27 I feel sure.”” the report continued. that if the comission could he around the shops a few hours. examine the bill for parts, as well as make a thorough examination of the husses, we would all agree that the costs are reasonable. These costs figure out 3.9 cents per mile, compared with 4.0 cents per mile of the Chicagn com ! pany.” SAVES SIX HOURS BY HIRING TRAIN Mus. Cynu. H. M:C:rmick. Jr., Spends Over $7,000 From New York to Chicago. mile of the com- per as By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 30. Mrs, Cyrus H. McCormick, jr.. paid more than $1,000 for each of six hours she saved in a record-breaking railroad trip from New York to Chicago. Her reasons for the hasty journey have not been divulged. Arriving here veaterday in a spe- cial trlan, Mrs. McCormick spent the | first of her six costly hours in driving |over a_circultous route in a taxicab to the Drake Hotel, apparently in an endeavor 0 6ScApe reporiers, : | She later went to the home of a sis- {ter, where she declined to be seen or ‘comment on the trip. { “ltelatives here professed to have no intimation of the motives for the trip. pick, son of the chairman of (he International Harvester Co., who returned with his wife from ku | rope and departed for Chicago on a later train, sald before leaving New York, however, that @ pressing en- gagement led her to hurry to Chicago. {¥le assured inquirers that there was nothing to | “ne illness, no mystery, get excited about.” | The special train which Mrs. Mc- | Cormick chartered averaged 70 miles {an hour, completing the journev in 16 hours and 56 minutes, a record | passenger service on the Pennsylva- | |nia_Railroad. . p 17 In exchange, Mrs. McCormick was !said to have paid a_sum equal to 125 |cash fares of $56. or $7.000. In addi | tion, =he left $130 in tips for train at tendants. WEDNESDAY, streets, showing the Gover just | t pointed out that the de- | JUNE 30, 1926. g oy, I!LL“= 7 ient hothouses, with the teenth streets, showing the hothouses and other Government of B street, w be cleared out for the al Museam. END OF SESSION | “ sured as Rivers Bill Agree- | ment Is Delayed. | An adjournment date for the 1t session of Congress, much desived by members of the Senate and b was 1l elusive today. pporiers and opponen of the rivers and harh bill far have heen unable to agree as to what shall with that bhill The was expressed by several favoring the bill that Congress could not now adjourn on Saturday, as had neen planned. Indeed, they expected the session to run until the middle or the end of next week. Many conferences are in progress in the hope of winding up the session at the earliest possible date. Nup porters of the rivers and harbors bill nsist they will not permit | purnment until that bill has been <ed or until an agreement has leen entered into by Senute which will set a date for considering the bill next December, under such limitation of debate as will insure a final vote on the measure. Such a they have not yet been a cure, A proposed agreement was heing circulated this afternoon under which the Senate would take up the rivers and harbors hill soan after Congress meets in December and debate would he limited so that ench Senator conld speak not more than one hour on the bill and not more than one hour 1 each amendment. While such an agreement was reported to he sat- isfactory to opponents of the bill. it was by no means satis v to many {of the supporters of the The [latter feared that if each Senator was | Allowed to speak for one hour on all | amendments that might be offered the ‘th\(nlfll!s would he able to filibuster the bill to death in the short session of Congress next Winter. | Prediction was made by some of the supporters of the hill that it would vet he necessary to take up the rivers and harbors Bill in the Senate at the present session snd run along for a day or two, with perhaps u night ses sion, in_order to convince the oppo nents of the bill that an agrecment satisfactory to the hill's supporters must be reached. or Congress will he | kept here this Summer untit the Lill | pusses. A majority of the Senate favors the passage of the bill, which alrendy has passed the llouse. The House ways and means | mittee met today to consider the ud journment resolution referred to it by the House. The committee took no action, however, and decided to | meet again later in'the afternoon. pres: s <0 he done vie said 1 le to pro- | m- A check-up on the time consumed by men and women talking on the telephone In Germany has disclosed that the women talk ahout twice as long as the men. The famous devil-dog marines, boasting that they “have fought—and defeated—everything else capable of putting up a fight”" tomorrow will engage in warfare, modern (o an ex treme, with an old enemy that is as multitudinous as it is persistent—not to say pesky. The marines of Quantico at 10 lo’clock tomorrow morning will go over the top for the scalps of huge swarms of mosquitoes that Infest vers and creeks near the marine base. The war has the approval of Con- gress, which this vear made a “muni- tions™ appropriation, and of scientists of the Department of Agriculture, who will witness the fray. TLoaded to capacity with tanks of paris green and armed with special spraying devices, De Haviland marine plane, piloted by Lieut. H. J. Norton, will sweep throughout the day over an area of 50 square miles, shooting a mist of the lethal liquid over rivers, craeks and swamps. battle” will beydirected - by Marines to Engage in Battle.to Death With Mosquitoes That Besiege Quantico Lieut. Col. Thomas C. charge of the marine air sf will he assisted by Comdr. J. H. Holner, Medical Corps, of Norfolk. Va. Among Government ' scientists whe e interested in the outcome of the attack on the carriers of ma- because of the possibility of using the airplune attack in other sections, is Dr. V. King of the Ru- veau of Entomology. Department of Agriculture, who , lust year pro- nounced a test of the plan successful. The project was - inaugurated last vear at Quant A test was made over a limited area, and, according to Maj. J. C. Fegan, publicity officer of the marines, this new form of pro- tection against aria _mosquitos was productive of “wonderful results.” Congress this vear, on the basis of the tests of last Summer, appropri- ated about $4,000 for the project. About 500 gallons of paris green have heen prepared for the mosquitos. Ix perts say that while the preparation is lethal to the insects, it ia weak enough to he harmless to humans or to. animals. urner, in ation, who new laria, NOT YET IN SIGHT Adjournment Far From As-| Senators ! areement | KINSEY WINS WAY INTE TENNIS FINAL American Defeats Brugnon in Five-Seti:Match Before Queen at Wimbledon. By the Aseociated Prass WIMBLEDON, England. June Howard Kinsey, American lawn ten nis etar, entered the final of the Wim- bledon singles todey by defeating Jacques Brugnon of France in a five set match, 6—4, 4—6, 6—3, 3—6, 9—7 Bdugnon opened service, winning the first game. Kinsey took the next. The American gained an early lead by capturing Brugnon's second service in long-drawn deuce game, in he won the advantage seven times. The games then seesawed to a count of Zall. Kinsey won the next two. Brugnon saved the set on hix service, but Kinsey took the tenth to win ut G—d., Lrugnon won the second set, ¢ 30 4. Kinsey Tightens Game. in which nefther player exerted him self e American then tightened, winning two games to tie at at 4-all The st was dull from the spectators standpoint, hoth players sticking to | chopping game Queen Mar of the third set -3 Suzanne Ten middie of the set the roval box. on hit in the same row pled by the Queen Brugnon won the fourth set, § making the st score 2—all. The Afth and deciding set deuce one, Holding a1 & Rrugnon was iead arrived which at the start Kinsey won en entered and took a seat in the opposite side A% the one oeen in the 3, was a 4 game advantage, ing 40 1o 15 on Kin when the American rallied and captured tha game. deucing | the game all. Brugnon won his and then took Kinsey's the mateh point three the American crashed throush to capture the game own o xervice serviee w times hefore h Lis service on since Kinsey could 1ot b game ntage by winning a love gume iis way through Bix own service n snon’s o Kinsey then simashed the sixteenth game for the se id mateh, I ) and H.W. Austin defeated N. H. Latchford and 1L D. N. Pryce Jones, 62, 6—2 63 The winners will meet Vincent Richards and | rlgnyfl.-\ in the semi-finals of the me: Results in Dounbles. In the mixed doubles Alvarez of Spain and | Kelrlinz of Hungary * Sterry and H. K. Lester of nd. & 6 -2 They were 1 Mary K. Browne and Kinsey the day Mrs Senarita de Baron efeated e ! ter in Geraldine Beamish R. Clarke defeated Mrs and Miss . Tyrrell, -6 ad vancing 1o the semi-finals of the wom [en's doubles. where they meet the American pair, Miss Browne and Miss lizabeth Ryan Mrs. Jackson Welch defeated Mins Mrs. Hazel, 63, 6—4 semi-finals of the women® L. A. Godfree and Mrs [ feated . F. Petchell, 6 doubles. Jdean Rorotra eliminated his fellow | countryman, Henri Cachet. in their semi-final mateh, 2—6, 7 ¢, 0—93 and Miss Cole; Fielden and Miss N, Joan Fry and entering the doubles. Godfree de- Aeschliman and Miss E. 2, 6—3, in the mixed IN BAKING CASE | e [La Follette Says Court Was Imposed on in Continental “Trust” Dismissal. Associated Press, oss franud” had heen rated upon the Federal Court at Raltimore i the Continental Bakin { Corporation case. Senator La Follette, | Republican. Wisconsin, today ealled | upon Federal Judze Soper to order its { reopening and to i that the “At | torney General of the United States {and the bread trust lawyers explain | their actions | The Wisconsin Senator the entry of a consent suit against the corporation, assert |ing a dissenting report_of *Federal Trade Commissioners Nugent and { Thompson had s ‘revealed for the first { time extraordinary conditions under | Which the entry of the consent de {eree’ was procured | The fraud wis {eourt, he said, by “pre charges against the Continental | poration we groynd that pending ) SIon” U As 4 matter serted, “the Federal | sion's compluint had dismissed the previous and the Attorney General had heen informed that this action had taken place.” He udded that the dismissal was ar- ranged at a “secret” conference April 1 at the Department of Justice, in which the Attorney General and the chief counsel for the Trade Commis xlon met “withent authority™ with the “lawyers for the bread trust. The dismissal. he continued. “was railroaded throagh in 15 minutes by the reactionary majority consisting of Commissioners Hunt, Humphrey and Van Fleet without giving Chairman Nugent even an opportunity to ex amine the documents.” The proceedings, he declared, con stituted “a farce which permitted the Continental Baking Corporation te gn scot-free and to eontinue its monop olistic course without effective re- straint.” D.C.to Bégin New | Fiscal Year With Big Appropriation referred to decroe in the on the iding that the Hak perpetrated . Commis fact, he le Commis actgally heen of The District hegin the new fis with the largest hi v for its oper: and public Government. will omorrow ation in nd main- improvements. Congress has appropriated $33. 918, 517 for the new financial year of which a lump sum of $9,000.000 comes out of the Federal Treasury. The Commissioners, however, are keeping one jump ahead. Plans the fiscal vear 1927 already are under way. Department heads have submitted estimates of their needs for that period, and the ¢‘om- missloners have set aside Friday to begin the task of paring them preparatory to making up the tentative budget which probably will be transmitted to the Bureau * of the Budgegbefore August 1. which | Brugnon gained a 4—2 gume lead | in the second set, in a chopping duel, | }ITALIAN WORK DAY MADE HOUR LONGER Drastic Economies Decreed by Fascist Regime to Offset Bad Trade Balance. By the Associated Prass ROME, June 30.—The lengthening by one hour of the lahorer's work da: is permitted in a new decree by the Fascist government, which recentl forbade strikes. The decree is one of a series d- signed to strengthen the lira and off set last year's unfavorable trade ba! |ance. No halls may cabarets or dance New housing re limited new hotels, he opened Newspapers und special wpplenents restricted to six pa 3 ure forbidden Thie hie V0u.LY lire for authors May Outdo War Restrictions. estrictive I than w o encon authorized prizes cabinet has fof age more sures even prevalent durin World War dars are still cor plated by the Government. accordin to the semi-official Popolo Di Romar | The sale of soft drinks, tea and coffee | a5 well as alcoholic beverages and of food of any kind. afier 10 o'clock nt will rhidden forthcom - deere e . a daytime drinking will The imposition of a 300 1ir each coffen restaurants pers today the paper .. ven coffoe I be hir hy direct tax on in cafes The newsp crees, which were er by the Mussolini its surprise at ment percolato pected Premie v opportune me anothey racteristie the Against Drifting Poliey | Answering concernir | the increase of the normal workl | day from e it to nine hours, Pope I D Roma that it preferable use this method to prevent crisis with its [ auent = unemploy ment ArfC along aimlessiy [ The paper savs it the inere a pos Sibse thi sibie economi working hours Is Fascism’s answe. 1o the dilemmi, “whether to yield der the economic position of foreign nations, living mis [ erably day to das the edge of { precipice 16 unify own ener {tion and breaking the chains whicl tare suffocating ux and threatening t { destroy our rebirth i Orders Tave Wide Scope. Virtually every phase of commercia activity is tonched by the orders. 1. aries of various Kkinds are restricted efforts to laboring class are of lalv's pressure of strong er: on meet | ibition of the construction private houses and villas {urious ty The only new tion permitted is of cheap houses workers, farm laborers and small {arfed employes, farmhouses or crative wpartments 1 direct nt of vir Special gov the building of large presenting the ate invest small | rnmental aid chean h industria given for ik for em ! tablishments. | Announcement that | have been reached for the reduction lin price, without hurting the quality, Lof iren, cements, bricks and plaster. Announcement that steps have heen taken to help large emplovers open anteens in order to sell food to thely emploves at the lowest possible pric eements Industrialists to Help. Announcement that e been reached with industri to help in the production of nietal L agreements hists The appointment of com | mittee to help in the utilization of domestic fuels and minerals and to stimulate their product Authorization for with aleohol 1 of No mining susoline effective vemiber { The | tension_of | foodstuffs t n Rome. | ister Nati I luzzo has been directed to study the Ladvisabiiity of using at 1 15 e cent of other cereals in the milling of { wheat flour. 'SHELL LEFT IN FIELD AFTER WAR KILLS 38 Shrapnel Explodes as Troops March Over It. 41 Others Are Injured. the Iso authorize for the state employes ¢ N e activities o resident o onomy | Ry the Associated Press KOWEL. Volhynia. Poland 30 Chirty-eight soldiers inclnding two off were killed and 30 in jured seriously, when a shrapnel she presumably it over from the Worll Wur, exploded here today Fleven other soldiers were less seriously. The accident oecin while company of the 35ch | went of lufantry was practising on tield and marched over 18 centi mete shrapnel shell dur WS e nenvers. WASHINGTON BOY WINS IN MARBLE TOURNAMENT First Atlantic City Contest of Qualifying Nation. injured | Vietor Gauzza in Rounds for By the Associated Press, | ATLANTIC CITY. N. 1. June 30 | All but one of the sectional champion | ships were decided here today in the national marble contest. There is a | tie in the Central League section he tween Steve Jonoseyvich, Youngstown | Ohio, and Francis® Boswell, Owans [ boro. Tt will Ie played off tomorrow ! The iwinners of the qualifying l rounds today were: | League. Willinm | Trenton. N. 1.: Eastern Leagy | tor Gauzza, Washington, D. | western League, Carl T | bus, Oh mrtheastern 1 | Gore Springfield, Mass.; Northern i Anthony Chicki, Buffalo, N | ¥ League. Willis Harper, | i nd \Wedtern League, J. | 15 Baumgardner, 1l Paso. Tex. The only girl in the tournament, Leni Fatiea of Cleveland, Obfo, has seen eliminated. Drriber Vi Aid lum . Dan Atlanti cue, Southern vier, Ky., I Sues Terminal Company. The Washington Terminal Co. was sued for $5,288 damages today in the District Supreme Court by John F. Elliott for alleged personal injuries. | While working as aborer for the company, September 28 last, the plain- tiff slipped down an incline at Union Station with a wheelbarrow load of wet sawdust and sustained painful Injuries, he states. Attorney . C. Dickson appears for the plaintiff, ¥ Pt Flovida 1 suitable for citrus fruit production is estimated at §,000,- 000 to 8,000,000 acres.