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2 * MY LIFE JOB DONE, AMUNDSEN ADNITS Explorer, in Farewell to U. S., Says He Is Through With Expeditions. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, July 3.—The man who traded his home for an airship to fiy over the North Pole said good-by | to America today i The man was Rould sald favewell from t Bergensfjo on wh Norway he going is a tiny villa in virons of Oslo, which he sold to help pay for t Norge, the airship in which he safled over the top of the | Amundsen. He deck of the sailed for THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D. 0O, JULY 4, 1926—PART 1. | | | Heiress to Wed world. Friends have purchased the home and glven it back to Amund sen Linc member c the la mous stood Lieut. Comdr who flew over the I atrplane a few day made the trip. ’ other on the b ate farew: stay in sole American expedition, wi nd of the fa- sworth's side Byrd le in an pped each affection- he would | In sworth swarth said fea for a wh * Amund rs ago, at the 1 wanted to ! “I'm sen safd age of 15, 1 do during both poles A 1s done. TI are 0 re plac 9 wiil be no more lec > will be no more expedi Amune ke words of praise for Ellsworth and Byrd, who had met him on his arrival from Chica if tired from the rousing re en_Bobby Jomes, golf cl W York did not hecome vociferous over Amundsen He slipped into Grand Central Terminal, heard a e e ational an them, was photographed and inter- | viewed. His coming had not been heralded, and he spent less than three hours in New York. An official recep- tion eted him in the wvor Walker. Then he was i Brooklyn, whence ed Countrymen at Pier. pier hie was greeted by many countryraen. Hans Fay, consul il of Norway, led the crowd in wegian cheers. Speeches were de. Pretty women presented him with flowers. “I may never see Americs he said. “I love her much. treated me as a son. You my friends.” The ship moved played “Auld Lang deck waving good-by sen, his arms filled w and American Beaut amooth, tanned chee gray hair. He will celeb sixth birthday annivers: home July 16 ‘He's one of the finest and bravest men that ever lived,” said Lieut. Byrd as he waved farewell from the pler. D. C. DENTISTS GOING T0 BIG CONVENTION Several on Program of Interna- tional Dental Congress Beginning August 23 at Philadelphia. again.” | She has are all | out. The band Syne.” On the stood Amund h carnations in his own | Washington dentists are to figure in the seventh International Dental Con. gress, which convenes in Philadelphia August and is tended 20,000 members of the profession from | throughout the will be in Pres to open the cong ed a hoc has been invited 10 has appoint nen to attend - representing | "his body Ship- innesota, wh Represen chis 0 a dentist, s cut. Comdr. W. . the Navy Dental School. Other appolntees of the President are Col. Willtam H. G. Logan of Chicago, Dr. Otto U. King, secretary general of the congress, also ol Chicago; Dr. Truman W. Brophy of Chicago, Dr. Henry L. Banzhof of Milwaukee. Dr. W. A. Giffen ot De- troit, Dr. I. D. Friesell of Pittsburgh and Dr. Sheppard W. Foster, presi- dent he American Dental A Darnell, Clyde M. Gearhart and Rex H. Rhodes of Washington are vice presi- dents of tions of the congress. | Other Washington dentists who will papers and participate linics and discussfons include Drs. | Rufus W. ch, Wilber Souder, C A. Hawley, H. E. Harvey, F. E. Rodri- guez and Arthur B. Crane. There has not been an International Dental Congress since 1914, when the sixth congress mbled {n London, and was summarily adjourned at the outbreak of the World War. The last congress held In this country was in 1904, in St. Lous, i OFFICIALS’ EARS DEAF| TO APPEALS BY PONZI Coolidge and Governors Ignore Pleas as Financier Turns to Countrymen. in the By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, July 3.—Following di- rect appeals to President Coolidge, Premier Mussolini and the Governors of Massachusetts and Texas for aid in keeping him out of prison, Charles Ponzl, Boston swindler, today called | upon his Italian countrymen in the United States to come to his assist- ance. The only response the financial wizard has to various messages dis- patched to high officials is an assur- ance from Gov. Alvin T. Fuller of Massachusetts that officials of that State are anxious to put him behind the bars for the next seven or nine years. However, Ponzi declared today that Ttalians in Houston and Galveston were wiring appeals to President Coolidge and . Miriam A. Fergu- ®on, who will act on the request of Massachusetts authorities for his ex- tradition. He added that he thought others over the country would take similar actfon and thus add weight to_his fight for freedom. Tn his message to President Cool- idge Ponzi offered to submit to im- mediate deportation. He asserted that “the Ponzi case has assumed the proportions of a national scandal fos- tered by the State of Massachusetts with the forbearance of the Federal Government.” ‘Meanwhilg Ponzi remains locked up tn the-county $Ml here, ~y 4 | By the Associated Press | ment to Tivde Park | Rhondda's six-point group, carried one | pate in the speech-making at Hyde i Park but planted their colorful stand- | defeated by the upper chamber, where Y DENANDED BRITISH OHEN HRH American Women Assist i Demonstration Staged | at Hyde Park. = i RSt LO! 15 plat- forms forum with th sympathizer cal equalit DON, July in “rom sh women, of American . today demanded politi- | with men. Although their demonstration was not accompanied by the militancy of the days of the early suffrage leader: cal attacks ugainst their government for withholding the ballot from women untll the 30 vears ola, although men are en anchised at the age of 21. Strenuous attacks also were direct ed against the refusal of the House of Lords to permit peeresses in their own right to sit in that chamber. Amerleans in Parade. A group of 30 Americans. members of the National Women's Party, lent their mor to the demon- | stration by cl through Lon- | don in a great parade of more than | 2,000 women from Victoria Embank- | The Amerfeans carried a huge ban- ner proclaiming: “All women in the United States can vote. Why not here?” in the American diviston, which followed that of Lady of the historic purple, gold and white flags which ones picketed the White House at Washington in the days of American women's fight for the bal- lot. The Americans did not particl ards alongside the varfous rostrums and jolned in the applaus Vote Two Resolutions. Two resolutions were put to the crowds at each speaker's platform and were adopted by viva voce vote. The first resolution demanded that the government give votes to women at the age of 21 on the same terms as men. The second demanded that peeresses in their own right be given a seat in the House of Lords. This latter measure has only recently been it was introduced by Lord Astor, husband of Lady Astor, well known for her activities in the House of Commons. The peeresses’ bill was not stressed by many speakers. Even Lady Rhondda, who is one of the 20 peer- esses personally affected by the (le' feated measure, dwelt more upon the necessity of general equality for women with men than upon a seat in the House of Lords. Would Cool Fevered Brows. Miss Monlca Whately, speaking from the Trudes Unionists Forum, sald she was one of those who be lleved that it did not matter much what happened to “the august upper chamber of Parliament.” As long as the House of Lords existed, how- ever, she sald, women should have the right to sit there, if for no other reason than to cool the fevered brows of some of the noble lords when the hour came for drastic reform in their house. SUBWAY MEN ACCEPT OFFER TO ARBITRATE Strike Averted in New York if Company Agrees to Proposal, Says Leader. By tha Associated Press. W YORK, July 3.—Subway motormen and switchmen employed by the Interborough Rapid Transit Co., who have threatened to strike at midnight Monday, tonight decided to allow the transit commission to arbi- trate their demand for higher wages unless the Interborough Rapid Transit refuses to arbitrate, in_which case the strike will go into effect. Although & previous meeting of night workers had unanimously re- jected the arbitration offer, Edward P. Lavin, strike leader, announced| that as tonight's meeting outnumber- ed the earlier one, he would consider its_decision the will of the majority. Tomorrow. he said, at a_conference between strike leaders and the com- mission, he will inform the commis- ston that their offer of arbitration has been accepted. The motormen are demanding pay of'$1 an hour and the switchmen 75 cents an hour. TAILLESS BRITISH PLANE AMUSES ROYAL PARTY By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 3.—A tailless air- plane that flittered about like a huge moth today got a good laugh from asembled royalty at Hendon during a pageant by the Royal Alr Force. King George and Queen Mary, with their guests, the King and Queen of Spain and the former King and Queen of Greece, all enjoyed the an- tles of the plane. The tailless plane, which was de- veloped by Capt. G. T. R. Hill, made its first public appearance this after- noon and did stunts before the royal box. Among those present wera 240 mem- bers of Parliament, who saw 180 Brit- ish planes participate in a program filled with- thrills, | sen; ORATORS, IN PANIC, NEARLY MISS SHIP With Sailing Plans of Contest Party. Juig 3.—-A played havoe with the sailing plans of the members of the Natlonal Oratorical Contest party here this af ternoon, coming so close to making the entire parly miss the U. S. Republic and their twoand-one-halt month tour of 10 foreign. countries that there was no room for comfort, particularly on the part of Randolph Leigh, director, and Miss May P. Bradshaw, official chaperon, Miss Anne flardin, 16 year: Louisville, Ky. was the guilty flapper's old, of miss, | but no one in the party had the Leart to take the popular 1burn haired orator to task for Ler thoughdessisa. They caught the boat, and that enough. Happens Over n Coat. It all came about when Miss Har- din received word late this afternoon { that a topcoat her muther had mailed { her was at the post oifice. Miss Har- din, who had been lamenting this missing link in her otherwise correct wardrobe, won permission to slip away from the party as it was checking out at the hotel, In company with an official chaperon. She said she would be back immediately after she got the topeoat. At the post office, however, it was : siderable red the top- sidered the next delay they were caught in @ spotting a clock, the pair their piight and took the tubes irect {0 the pler. O siiing to. conclude that Miss Hardin had gone direct to the pier, Mr. Leigh and Miss Bradshaw or- dered the five taxicabs packed with | the orators and their impedimenta to ! wait for a solid hour for the return of Miss Hardin, at a cost of $7.75 per cab. Finally it was decided they must take a chance on finding Miss Hardin at the pler or miss the boat them- selves. And there she was. Flushed with anxlety and panting for their breath, the members of the oratorical party accorded the little ludy a relieved welcome and promptly forgave her for the torturous period they had spent fearing they all would miss the liner and their keenly antici pated trip abroad. Leisurely Plan Abandoned. According to the original plans, the orators were to take the trip to the pler lefsurely, and four hours were allotted for it. The actual dash to the Hoboken side, with the specter of having the gangplank pulled up when they arrived, was quite in contrast to the schedule. The actual safling of the young orators must have given these seven much-feted boys and girls the biggest thrill of their lives. As the gigantio Shipping Board liner glided from the pier they were accorded a tumultuous ovation by those ashore. Perched at vantage voints on the decks of the liner, the orators ac knowledged the applause of the crowd, which included scores of their friends and relatives, until they were far down the bay. Tonight they are on the high seas, dreaming of London. Venice, Paris and the other foreign cities they will visit. Shortly after their first dinner on the liner tonight, Mr. Leigh will in- troduce them to the officers of the Republic and present to the captain personal letters from Secretary of State Kellogg. Tomorrow the orators are expected to take a prominent part in a Fourth of July celebration to be held on the ship. A number of dignitaries of the Catholic Church, who are bound for Ireland after attending the Eucharistic Congress, were aboard the Republic and evidenced especial interest in Thom: P. Cleary, the Philadelphia orator, who represented the parochial schools in the national finals in Wash- ington. Miss Helen Bylund, the Brooklyn- New York orator who won third hon- ors in the national contest, was wel- comed at the pier by scores of Wad- lelgh High School girls. Miss Bylund is president of the student council at Wadleigh. She expects to decide upon a place to study art while abroad, as it is her ambition to be an artist, Miss Guita Bearman, the Minne- apolis orator, 13 accompanied on the tour by her sister, Miss Beryl Bear- man. The latter purchased the pas- sage of Joseph Mullarky, who won a trip but had to take a cash settle- ment, due to the {ll health of his widowed mother. Miss Posey Meets Friends. Miss Myrtle Posey, the Washing- ton, D. C.. representative who will be the official spokesman for the four girls in the group While they are abroad, was elated to find two of her former Eastern High School teachers ard the Republic. They are Miss Kate C. Moore and Miss Lewanna Wilkins. She immediately planned to see as much of them as possible in_Europe. Perhaps the most lonesome mem- ber of the party is Jose Munos Cota, the Mexican champion orator, whose knowledge of English is Hmited. The others vow they will keep him jollied up, however, and will teach him English in return for his teaching them Spanish. Cota will leave the party for two weeks while abroad in order to speak at an international Y. M. A. con- vention at Helsingfors, Finland. The orators will arrtve at Cher- bourg In six days, and will go direct to Paris. Mr. Leigh has planned for the young people to see as many of the plays and dramatic productions abroad as possible. Following their Paris stay they will make a three-day trip of the battleflelds. ©ther points on their itinerary fol- low: Avignon, Nice, Genoa, Venice, Milan, Bellagio, Lugano, Stresa, In. terlaken, Lucerne, Wiesbaden, Rhine steamer to Cologne, Berlin, Amster- dam, The Hague, Brussels, three-day motor trip of Shakespeare country, Edinburgh and Liverpool. Others to Join Party. ‘When the orators sail from Liver- pool on September 3 they will add the English and French oratorical cham- plons to thelr party. At Montreal, on September 12, they will pick up the Canadian champlon. Three champlons, together with Herbert E. Wenig of Los Angeles, Calif., the American champion, and Cota, the Mexican champion, will compete at the Washington Audi- torium in the National Capital on the night of October 15 for the title of international champion. Most of the early day was spent in the purchase of last-minute neces- sities. A farewell luncheon was ten- dered the orators at the McAlpin Hotel by friends. The girls would eat nothing at lunch time without the advice of Miss Bradshaw. They fear seasickness, and inasmuch as Miss Bradshaw has been to Europe numerous times and never suffered from this malady they are relying upon her knowledge to pull them through. Iceland will have visiting et % and Aug boats only between June ust 17 this season. ORATORY FINALISTS SAIL FOR EUROPEAN TOUR EPISCOPAL BISHOPS PLANNING CRUSADE Open Letter Declares “Something Is Radically Wrong” With Church. Declaring “something is radically wrong' with the Episcopal Church in the United States and that both its clergy and laity “must be awakened and aroused to their duty,” a group of prominent bishops, clergy and - men, comprising the National Com- mission on Evangelism of the church, in an open letter to its members, an- nounce plans for a great evangelistic drive next Spring in every parish in the country. Bishop James E. Freeman of Wash- ington {8 one of the signers of the letter, which carries the indorsement of Right Rev. John Gardner Murray, presiding bishop and head of the church in the United States. Idleness Decried. Declaring the Episcopal Church to- day “is as idle as a painted picture,” the letter asserts that although “in- comparably rich in money, organi- zation, influence and power, yet it is failing to produce anything like apos- tollc results.” The letter points out that with a milllon communicants, the church made a net gain in mem- bership last year of only 25,000, which *“means’ that it took 50 per- sons to add 1 commuicant.” “For so long have we allowed peo- ple to think of the church &s minis- tering chiefly to thelr own spiritual needs,” the letter continues, ‘“that it will take both time and effort to change that attitude. They must learn that instead of merely sheep to be tended they are primarily eoldliers enlisted for a desperate warfare. This applies to the whole body, laymen a well as clergy. The whole church- not just a few individuals—must be awakened and aroused to its duty.” A tentative goal of 100,000 new members is suggested for the evan- gelistic campalign, which will be launched with a preparatory period next November, to be followed by an intensive week of evangellstic effort next Spring in every parish in the country, with especially prepared serv- ices, prayers, hymns, etc. The cam- paign, to be launched as the “Bish- ops’ Crusade,” will be led bv Bishop Thomas C. Darst of the East Carolina Diocese, chairman of the commission. Others Who Signed Up. Others who signed the open letter are Bishop Irving P. Johnson of Colo- rado, Bishop Coadjutor G. Ashton Oldham of Albany, Rev. Dr. Floyd W. Tomkins of Philadelphia, Rev. Arthur J. Gammack of Fitchburg, Mass.; Rev. John S. Bunting of St. Louis, Very Rev. G. R. E. McDonald of Fresno, Calif.; Courtney Barber of Chicago, Willard Warner of East Lake, Tenn.; John Stewart Bryan of Richmond, Va., and Samuel Thorne of New York. In his letter of indorsement ap- pended to the commission’s letter Bishop Murray sald: ‘“The foregoing message has my hearty approval. It warms my heart, and I am sure will inspire the whole church to prayer for performance of the great work it proposes and emphasizes.” Committees already are preparing plans for the campaign, in which bishops, clergymen and laymen will address mass meetings and missions in a score of strategic centers, aided by several thousand preachers and laymen recruited for the campaign. STREET CAR IS HALTED BY AN AFFAIR OF HONOR Progress Held Up While One Pas- senger Forcibly Resents Being Called a Liar by Another. Proj s of a one-man Street car along Fourteenth street southwest was halted for several minutes yesterday afternoon while two passengers en- gaged in an affair of honor. One man had called the other a liar, accord- ing to witnesses. The fight was not settled because Policeman H. D. Secrest, attached to Police Headquarters, boarded the car and arrested the men on charges of disorderly conduct. They gave their names as George H. Schaffer, 42 years sld, 1312 Fairmont street, a tinner, and Samuel Norville, colored, 38 years old, 401 Oak street, a cement worker. At the Fourth precinct they were re- lellldh on deposits of $25 collateral each. Questioned by the motorman as to whether he had paid his fare, the colored man, according to the story, replied in the affirmative. Schaffer said to have intervened and told the motorman that Norville had not dropped the fare in the box, where- upon Norville is said to have called Schaffer a liar. The latter struck the colored man and the fight gained headway, during which a pane of glass was broken. The car had stopped at {‘ounecnth and B streets south- Upper left: Miss Myrtle Posey of Republic just_prior to her sailing for was presented Upper righ and relatives, w Louisville, Ky. (right), and Miss May i chaperon of the party, are shown standing on the steps of the bridge of the | - Jose Munos Cota, 18-year-old_oratorical | champlon of Mexico, who will accompany the six United States finalists on Republic. Lower: Miss Posey meeting their two-and-a-half-month tour of 10 English, but Miss Pose: to have him speaking fluently before t| h a number of floral tributes by Waving a fond farewell to the huge delegat! 0 saw them off, Miss Posey (center), Miss and other members of the oratorical party promise this city on the deck of the U. S. Europe late yesterday afternoon. She New York admirers. fon of friends Anne Hardin of | P. Bradshaw of this city (left), official | foreign countries. Cota speaks little hey return to America next September. SEVEN MEN KILLED BY MINE ROOF FALL Eight Others Injured 700 Feet Underground Near Wilkes-Barre, Pa. By the Associated Press. WILKES-BARRE, Pa, July 3— Seven miners were killed late today and eight others injured, some serious- 1y, in a roof fall at the Peach Orchard Mine of the Glen Alden Coal Co. Late tonight four bodies had been recovered. The victims were Anthony Urbin and Matt Marzinek of Kings- ton, Pa., and Joseph Vitkowski of Parsons, Pa., and one unidentified mine; Three others who were buried are believed to have perished. They are Metro Kabrita, Peter Kutcace and Andrew Purceli, all of Wilkes-Barre. Eight others who were in_the mine were rescued and taken to hospitals. Early reports were that an explosion of gas following a shot had caused an explosion. This was subsequently found to be incorrect, mine officials saying there was no explosion. The roof fall occurred about 700 feet below the surface over an area of approximately four acres, where second mining was being done. Tim- bers, rock and earth fell with crush- ing force, pinning the workers under tons of debris. The fall also released large quantities of gas, which made work of rescue difficult. VENGEANCE OF WOMAN UNCOVERS LIQUOR PLOT Great Combine Attacked Has Many Branches, Including Those in Metropolitan Cities. By the Aessoclated Press. CHICAGO, July 3.—Latest activities of a nation-wide alcohol combine, whose largest branches are saild by Federal agents to have been uncovered in Philadelphia, New York, St. Paul, Cleveland and Chicago, were betrayed today by a revengeful woman. Two arrests were made and two carloads of liquor seized. Harry Gellman of St. Paul, wanted in Cleveland, where more than 200 persons were indicted recently in con- nection with a bootleg conspiracy, was one of the men arrested. Charles Delmore, characterized by officers as the “walking office” of the Chicago branch, was the second man arrested. Thirteen bills of lading for liquor shipments were found pinned to his underclothing. Delmore was the man to be avenged. The heavily veiled woman, whose name the agents withheld, told them she “wanted to get even with Delmore for running around with other ‘women. GIBSON LAUDS .S, ARMS PROPOSALS Not a Single One Has Been Selfish, Says Envoy, at Geneva Celebration. By the Associated Press. +ENEVA, July 3.—The Americans have not advanced a single selfish pro- posal in connection with the disarma- ment discussions, and will advance none in the future. Hugh Gibson, the American Minis- ter to Switzerland, made this declara- tion in an Independence day address tonight before the largest gathering of Americans ever held in Geneva, among them all the members of the American delegation to the arms con- ference. Consul S. Pinkney Tuck presided. The American Minister was allud- ing to the recent rejection of some of the American jdeas as to the best way to settle naval problems. Every American suggestion, he explained, was based solely gn practical consid- erations and was ‘Introduced because it was felt that the adoption of such suggestions would contribute in some way to a solution of the disarmament problem. “When the work is over,” he re- marked, “we shall have the satisfac- tion of knowing that our Government made an earnest and honest effort to contribute its full share.” He pleaded for patience in carrying out the difficult task and said that Americans hoped that their efforts would help to reduce the world's bur- den of armaments. EIGHTEEN SAVED AS SHIP SINKS OFF FLORIDA KEYS Entire Crew Leaps Overboard Eight Minutes Before Steamer Goes Down—aAll Rescued. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., July 3.—Eighteen men of the crew of the British steamship Queen of Nassau, which sank 70 miles south of Miami Friday night, arrived in Miami late today on a freight train. All hands were saved. The Queen of Nassau sank in a little more than one hour from the time a serious leak first was discovered, and rests in 35 fathoms of water, where she cannot endanger navigation. She went down about ‘Seven miles south- west of Lower Matecumbia Key. The crew left her eight minutes before she plunged to the bottom. Rusting of the ship’s bottom, in the opinion of Capt. Peter P. Songdahl, had advanced to such a stage that vibration of the ship’s engines caused a plate to work loose. Trouble with the boilers had been experienced from the time the Queen of Nassau left Miam{. WORLD RACE NOW [ALIEN PROPERTY VIRTUALLY WON Evans and Wells Arrive in Yokohama in Time to Catch Pacific Ship. BY EDWARD S. EVANS. ial Correspondent of The St North Ame YOKOHAMA. Japan, July 3.— Linton Wells and T arrived here at 7550 this evening. as planned. In 20 minutes, aboard the Empress of Asia. we sail for America. The race to break the record for cireling the globe is virtually won. Only a most extraordinary catastro- phe can prevent us from reaching New York in 28 days or less, lowering hn Henry Mears' record of 35 days 21 hours 35 minutes and 4-5 seconds, Which has &tood for 13 years. At Shimonoseki with only a train ride between us and the steamer, Wells and I at last felt safe to jubilate. It was only with great difficulty that I restrained Linton from leading this dispatch with “whoopee.” It is im- possible to describe the pleasure which we feel in our achievement, convinced as we are that nothing can now inter- fere between us and our record. Mingled with this feeling is the im. mense relfef at having the race off our shoulders. It has been the great- est sport in my experience, but it has been hard work, just as a_matter of energy expended and thought given, Have Only to Wait. Now we have only to sit tight—a pleasant ride on a great liner across the Pacific; a dash across America by plane—and the record is ours. We have not vet completed our elghteenth day of travel. It was at 12:30 am stern standard time, June 16, that we touched off from the curb in front of the World Build: ing in New York city for this race. The events since that time have been &0 crowded that neither of us can remember more now than a confusion of train connections, plane flights, hasty arrangements for the transmis- sion of dispatches, food and snatches of sleep. Twice catastrophe threatened our flight. A dash by automobile from Cherbourg to Paris and a hazardous night flight into Germany saved the trip at its inception. Linton and I are quite ready for the lazy days to come across the Pacific, with the Empress of Asia throbbing on a speed run beneath us. Plan Fourth Celebration. Tomorrow we are going to buy all the firecrackers we can find and cele- brate the Fourth of July. Our time being aimost a full day ahead of that of our countrymen in the land of the free, the celebration will begin before even the earliest risers have begun waking the neighbors with five- inchers. Mixed in the general cele bration is going to be a little celebra- tion of our own. Our progress from Mukden to Fusan by raliway, from Fusan to Shimonoseki by boat, and from Shi- monoseki to Yokohama by raflway vesterday was a long triumphal pro- cession. Every station was crowded with shouting Japanese. Officials greeted us with speeches and flowers. Dur- ing the night reporters and photog- raphers boarded the train at every point, and the popping of flashlights and questions was continuous and quite in the spirit of approaching holi- day. Chose Train to Plane. The Japanese were greatly con- cerned at our refusal to use their commercial planes between Shimono- seki and Yokohama, but we thought it would be foolish to hazard our changes on a night flight at this stage of the game. The Empress of Asia hud agreed to wait until the arrival our train, and in fog and dark both of us still prefer rails to air- ways. The Empress of Asta is scheduled to reach Victorla at 5 o'clock the afterncon of July 11. Fifteen minutes later we will be flving toward 63 Park Row, the home of the New York World paper Alliance, from which our start was made. We expect to reach there a little after noon on the 13th, about 713 days from New York to New York. However, the Empress of Asia will_attempt to cut this time by a speed run, and in dispatches to fol- low Wells and I may be able to an- nounce the lowering of that time. (Copyright, 1026, by The Star and the North Ameérican Newepaper Alliance.) SHINGLING GAINS FAVOR AMONG GERMAN GIRLS Some Afraid to Face Parents After Getting Locks Shorn—Dutch Maids Follow Suit. By the Associated Press AMSTERDAM, July 3.—Shingling is becoming more and more the vogue in both Holland and Germany, but it has been the cause of many queer complications and domestic friction. The whole Rotterdam police recently were mobilized to search for an indi- vidual who, according to a girl's story, had climbed through her win- dow in the night and cut off her hair. She afterwards confessed that she had shingled herself and had invented the story in order to escape parental wrath. Another shingled girl from Nurem- berg was found in a Munich park, ery- ing and without money. It was found that she had had her locks shorn against the wishes of her parents, and not daring to face them, had fled to Munich hoping to find work there. A young woman with cropped head was arrested in Berlin on a charge of being a young man masquerading as a girl. A policeman took her to the police station where a woman inspec- tor gave her a quick glance and said: “Of course she's a girl—look at her ankles."” In Utrecht, a local ordinance forbids Hans and Gretchen sitting together on the banks of a canal. A watchful old gendarme pounced upon a couple from behind, but discovered, to his dismay, two mustached faces. ‘“I don’t know what the world is coming to,” he said, rpefully. “Boys and girls look all alike. The same hair, the same raincoats and the same eternal cigarette. I couldn’t tell the differ- ence. — ISLAND EPIDEMIC FATAL. Six Die of Diphtheria in Kodiak Group Near Cordova, Alaska. CORDOVA, Alaska, July 3 (®).— Six persons died in an epidemic of diphtheria in the village of Uzink, on Spruce Island in the Kodiak group, 376 miles southwest of here in the Pacific Ocean, the United States Coast Guard cutter Haida reported today. ‘The epidemic began in January and no new cases were found after June 15. Many of the villages continued after this date to suffer from tonsild itis and laryngitis. L Santa Barbam;eeh Quakes. SANTA BARBARA, Calif, July 3 (P —Three earthquakes, all of them of brief duration, were felt here at about 3 o'clock this afternoon. No damage was done and the quakes were not felt by many residents. ¢ and North American News- | . | Head, INQUIRY 1S VOTED |Borah and Four Others to Probe Disposal of Resources Seized in War. The King resolution, for a select committee of five to investigate the acts of the allen property custodfan and the administration of the allen property custodian's office, was adopt ed by the Senate yesterday, and Sena- tors Borah of ‘Idaho, Metcalf of ode Island and Masters, South Da Republicans, and Bratton, New Stephens, Missiksipp: Democrats, were appointed to make the inquiry. This action was taken without a dissenting vote. The resolution provides for a probe into these things: First, the selzure and appraisal of property, the care of the property sefzed, whether or not waste has been permitted in relation thereto, and the costs and fees allowed paid for such care. Second, the sale and conversion of property by the allen property cus {ndi;m, whether or not authorized by aw. Third, whether such conversions have been by public sale or through private negotiations. Fourth, whether or not the monevs received by such conversions were adequate and represent the real value of the properties converted. Fifth, whether or not sales have been made to agents, officlals, attor neys or other persons having fiduct ary relations to such property Sixth, the sale of patents, trade marks and trade names to the &o called Chemical Foundation, a corpo- ration of Delaware, or to any other persons or corporations, and the sala of properties of the Bosch Mag neto Co. Seventh, the relations of Depart ment of Justice to the business a affairs of the alien property custodian, whether there has heen any influence or pressure exerted by any Govern ment officlal or officials, or other per sons, to prevent criminal or civil pro ceedings in relations to any such transactions, and generally to inves tigate all matters touching the legal ity, good faith and necessity of all transactions and conversions affecting the property held in trust by the allen property custodian WILL OF BREWSTER HAD CUT OFF WIFE Document, Drawn April 8, Left Nothing to the Women He Slew. Special Dispatch to The Star. VEW YORK, July 3—The will of Sydney E. Brewster, who 10 days ago in his Glen Head home shot his wife, Francs, to death and then killed him- self, was filed at Mineola, Long Is- land, today. The document showed that as far back as April & he had intended to eliminate his wife from sharing in his estate, possibly because he pre- meditated the death of himself and of the woman who he believed loved an- other man. Mrs. Franels Tracy Lyons Brewster returned from Panama on April b Mr. Brewstdr's will, which made his brother sole legatee, was drawn thre days later. On her Panama trip Mrs Brewster was reported to have met Roscoe Conkling, an engineer, former- 1y of Catskill, N. Y., who was going into Mexico. Letter Found in Wallet. The scraps of a letter found in Mr Brewster's wallet after the tragedy { were pleced together, and were found | to have been a letter to Mrs. Brewster signed “Rad" or “Rod." The will filed today read in full b vdney E. Brewster, of Glen ssau_ County, State of New York, do hereby make public and de clare this to be my last will and testa ment, hereby revoking all former wills and codicils by me at any time made, “First—I direct the payment of my debts and funeral and administratfon expenses. cond—I give, queath to my brother, Warren D. Brewster, absolutely all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real and personal, and wherescever situated. Brother Made Executor. “Third—I nominate, constitute and appoint my said brother, Warren I Brewster, executor of this estate, my last will and testament. “In witness whereof I have here unto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this eighth day of April, 1926." The will was signed by Mr. Brew- ster before two witnesses, Walter L. Pate of Locust Vall 1., and Philip V. Brown of st 160th street. The value of the estate was not mentioned. it being merely set ut “more than $5,000." devise and be- BUTTEEL!ES AND MOTHS THIS WOMAN’S BUSINESS Miami Matron Has One of Largest Laboratories of This Nature in the Country. By the Associated Pres MIAMI, Fla., July 3.—Clad in a khaki skirt and a wide-brimmed straw hat and armed with a net and bag. & serious little Miami woman of slight build and white hair goes forth each day in search of butterflies and moths. For collecting and breeding beauti- fully marked specimens of this species of insect is a business with Mrs. Eliza beth O. Groves. She has one of the largest laboratories of its nature in the country. She receives orders for rare butter- flies from scientific institutions and zolleges that specialize in nature study, from jewelers and collectors. During her first season she sold more than $400 worth of the tiny blue- winged butterfly that feeds on the coontie. This is sald to be a rare specimen_in other sections, but com- mon in Florida. Mrs. Groves also col- lects grasshoppers. One order was for 10,000 grasshoppers. She doesn't know what they were wanted for, but each was worth 3 cents. —_————— Don't Blame the Baker. If you are tempted to complain of the bread and biscuits your wife bakes, go slow. The trouble may not be in the baking but in the flour. For one thing, says the Popular Sclence Magazine, the flour may be grouind too fine. Two chemists of the Food Research Institute at Stanford University, Drs. C. L. Alsberg and E. P. Griffing, have just discovered that tao much grind ing injures the starch in the grain As a result, bread rises too fast at first, and then falls. Excessive grind- ing also injures the gluten, which makes bread dough elastic, and then the dough is difficult to knead. ™~