Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1926, Page 1

" i _No. 30,019, FIGHT DEAD TAKE FROM $51; OFFICE FOUND AT LEVERS Bodies of Lieut. F. D. Foster and Four of Crew First -to Be Identified. FOUR MORE ARE KNOWN TO BE IN STEEL TOMB Torpedo. Room Not Yet Entered. Some May Have Been Wathed Away Since Submarine Sank. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, July 9.—The body of Lieut. Frederick D. Foster, the first of the S-51 dead to be identified. ton day, was found wedged in the control room of the submarine, with one arm stretched out toward the control lever. This announcement was made by Lieut. Comdr. Young, aide to Rear Admiral Plunkett, in charge of the . mavy vard. It was announced at 2:45 o‘clock ‘that eight bodies had been recovered, _that four more were known to be in the wreckage and that the torpedo room had not yet been entered. ‘The bodies identified were: George Henry Martin, cook, and ¥rank Lester Mins, third-class fire- man. whose addresses were ndot made public. 5 John Joseph MeéCarthy, first-class seaman, of New York City. Charles Carrell Thomas, - firstclass fireman, of El Paso, Tex. - First, Body Remeved. The first body was removed shortly after noon ard was taken in an un: aval .authorities sald the bodies ‘were in better condition than was ex- pected. The first man who aj before the. board of inquiry was John W. Horton, civilian pilot, who whs steer- ing the tow when the S.51 grounded in_the East River Wednesday. His testimony was to the effect that had river traffic. bsen stopped; as he been informied it would be, the Entered as second class matter post office, 'Washington, D. C. BATTLE OF WHITE PINE CAMP | ‘TURNS IN FAVOR OF MOSQUITOES President Marshaling Forces in Grim and Bloody| ed Marines and Plan Coup de Guerre.. - BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Stalf Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., July 9.—~There is a battle on at White Pine Camp. - It is no light or frivolous af- fair; neither is it a sham battle being | somet staged for the entertainment of the President. ‘It is a battle against the mosquita and it is‘being marked with blood and ferocity. . Everybody in the camp; including the President and Mrs. Coolidge, is spending most of the time banging away at these pests. and Mra, Coolidge received their share of bites, the after-effects were not_sufficient to. call for any médical applications.”. ~ However, ' both the President and Mrs. Coolidge are be. coming concerned and -are b thing can be done, or that the pests will spon disappear or else grow fewer in numbers. 3 Some of the mfin’h haye Nn"m‘ & mosquitoes -in ‘these- parts 'go.away au?h. fifteenth of July lnd\hm that date. They are tremendous in size, ugly|Y in nature and travel in endless swarms. There. seems to -be not let- % up. There is no telling how many thousand have been crushed to death by angry hands of the distressed campers, but these casualties appar- ently have made no dent in the mos- quito army. They apparently never sleep or rest.. They are just as active in.daytime as at night. in the outfit. Although the President CREDTS T0 FRANCE REPORTED PLANNED Bankers Ready to Stabilize Money Only if Briand Is Voted Confidence. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. bclihhnlli;‘r.lnflmmm 5 ws. PARIS, July 9.—The correspondent is reliably informed that British and American bankers, after an informal . jconference with 8. Parker Gilbert, lalx’s’ statement of Deptties that Ty betore the projects presumably will delay 4 ot | ournmient of Parliament untfl July 25. 4 B dictator ficer working on the submarine made any discovery which might explain the cause of the accident or serve to avert a he ‘would report recurrence to the I;oufl and give what testimony - | international . | jamin to during the salvaging, Lieut. Ovmd.;. lsberg 52 : ““Phe yo-a{mu of the men, many ‘of * MALCOM JENNINGS DIES; CLOSE FRIEND OF HARDING COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 9 0P).—Mal- ¥EREY, There is uently talit abroad of in France, but pres- ent indications are that ‘the country is anything but sympathetic to GILBERT STAYS IN PARIS. served to raise the spirits the wounds of the battlers Pine Camp. President Coolidge is understood to have dryly remarked when this spp- posedly cheery news was conveyed to him this morning by Oscar Otis, care- taker of the_estate and the official - | guide for the President, that he hoped forget the date. the pests would no! pos- Besides the annoyvance and the .| sibility. of infection the mosquito is giving the camp other jes. Some " |alarm s felt that the -fires being burned in th Marine camp with the view to smeking out the insects might spreadand start a real blaze through- out the thick . forests. Nothing is dreaded more in these parts than a forest _fire, {Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) As British Stick to Soety Fireplaces he Assoclated Press, LONDON, July 9.~—The Briton's love for old-fashioned freplaces adds to, his laundry bill in cities because of 2,500,000 tons of soot poured into the-afr, it is contended by Neville Chamberiain, minister of health. The fireplaces produce five times as much soot as industrial fur- naces, Mr. Chamberlain declared in' advoeating the government's smoke-abatement bill before the « House of Commons. e CLEMENCEAL BOOK TOLERANCE Will Lead to Freedomof Hu- man Mind, Writes ex-Pre- | mier of Franoe, in ‘L' Tlusteation. ' > .- “One virtue above all :i. would recommend for obtaining.a happy ful- filment of our personal evolution and thereby of our general civilisation soothe at White y of Fleet Head Wil Mean Salesof Lines Now Operated by U, §. ATTITUDE IN DOLLAR LINE SALE BLAMED FOR ACTION Dalton vtmmd New Chief by Shipping Board, Now in Agree- ment With President. BY DAVID LAWRENCE, PAUL SMITHS, N.. Y., July 9.— President Coolidge his had his way at last with the Shipping Board. 'The removal of Elimer E. Crowley as preel- dent of the Emergency Fleet Corpora- tion and the appointment instead of Brig: Gen. A. C. Dalton is the cul- mination of a controversy which has been going on almost from the very . Coolidge took the oath of office nearly -three years ago. It means that Mr. Coolidge's ‘determina- tion to get rid of the ships operated by the Government will be carried out.. 4 5 day look for % Meana Assoclated Press.. TWO CENTS. . NN THE CONGRESSMAN’S LIl;'E iS- NOT -A DRAB. ONE! = | FF ASSOCIATION WELCOMES INQUIRY Dr. Johnson Wires Gov. Byrd Road Body’s Acts Are 1 Open to Study. The Lee Highway Association 1d | somes an investigation of all its acts” in connection with the Lee boulevard project, Gov. Byrd of Virginia was ad- vised today in a telegram from Dr. 8. M. Johnson, general director of the association, who left Washington ?|last night for a vacation in Maine. o fitlfilfilfi‘ of’ Hr.\ccd-’ cords. that show forbearance to, one | palton’ th A .'lo :rhygonluov Reparations - Agent . Not 46" Join | 1ife le Bankers’ Parley Now. PARIS, July § (#.—8. Parl Gil- bert, American -agent . for. reparation payments, bas given. up his idea of taking a hollday at Cap Antibes because of thé wides ot ent regarding a “Cofference of imtern: financters.” This com- ment arose from the fact that & or of the New e Bank, Montagu_Notma,, SovEIRSS P2 (Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) WOMAN IS ARRESTED Congress. 85 | to- interfere in- controversy from ‘comi; I.JQMIA rhich roughly - transiated -as: “‘thoughtsin the evening of Mfe” ' : The former premier said that he expected to publish it both in France An:.enul!, ited States, but.that in and [ the meanwhile he had uscri] 2 AS LIQUOR RUNNER|. Found in Car From Philadelphia. Pleads Not Guilty. 5&;&;& g6 E i EXT it 'Whisky and Aleohol Reéported | . . Mediator in Tacna . - . Dispute Said to Be s . Reaching Solution By the Associiled Press. BUENOS: AIRES, July 9—A solution within 15 days will be found for the long-standing quar- rel between Peru and Chile over the' territory of Tacna-Arica, it is forecast by the correspondent of La Nacion ‘at Santiago, Chile. The Bolivian Minister Diez Me- dina is initiating - conversations with Chancellor Mathieu of Chile, the correspondent says, which are considered of great Importance. The American Secretary of State and the Peruvian foreign minister n|r:“ being - kept informed unoffi- cially, The State Department has no information that throws light on the Santiago Tacna-Arica confer- tween the Bolivian minister Mathieu. Officials ‘cont without ini O FOREGST HERE |ASHERELRYSOARS However, Naval Weather ° Pilot Reports. - Only clouds and thunderstorms, of which there is a bare chance, will prevent the thermometer registering the highest temperature in Washing- "| ton for the year-toddy, Forecaster Mitchell coldly announced. Reluctant to set a maximum for the mercury, Mr. Mitchell broadly inti- ‘mated that if the sky does not become " |overeast or it does not rain, the read- ing should be Higher than the-highest o far—91—and might stop at 95, The er quickly followed this. assertion the that there would be a ‘“break-up” tomorrow - | night, as there is a general disturb- land | should give general . | afternoon. for Sunday. ance from the West on the way. This sho tomorrow or night nflm- 1t cooler NEW HOUSGUNTS TOLREFIRZ) Accommodations Erected in Six Months Exceed Record for 1925 ?erlod. _“BY ROBERT J. COTTRELL. Housing units sufficlent to accom- modate 22,260 persons have been erected in the National Capital since January 1.7 This total exceeds the period last year by about 9 ite the fact that 1925 “in ‘residential ‘construe- nd | are communistic Only récently one prominent build- & expert checked up to find that in e last three months ect, ealer and ot:x‘:n‘. ‘Th - is ‘explain vé no axpert wiedge of the construction market. 1 & - Phe .cumulative, total of housing -average hl?"' ard one balf persons to thé unit. <15 | SISTER WINS REPRIEVE ude was b5.4 degtees, Fahren- T LR | 0" & p, noted the. te ture on - the “was 80 il N LABOR HEADS ISSUE |AWARNING AGAINST MISSION TO RUSSIA Federation Asserts Doubt of Good Faith of Proposed Study Commission. 'SCORES COMMUNISTIC ORGANIZATIONS IN U. S. Activities of “United Front Com- mittee” in Passaic Strike Hit. Aid Asked for British Miners. By. the Assoctwed ¥ram. Warning against senuing & peté sion. to Soviet Russia in th of American labor; organized labor for funds to assist the striking British miners, and an assdult on organizations believed to be communistic in make-up, camé today from the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. The council said efforts were being made by.some labor men and others to form a commission to visit Russia and other European countries for “the ostensible purpose of making ar investigation of economic, industrial, social and political conditions.” “We seriously doubt the good faith of such a self-cdnstituted commis- sion,” the council said. “We cannot believe any representative or officer of organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor will accept membership on such a com= mission.” No Authority Given. The council said its stand would remain unmodified until such time as the federation, through its legally constituted tribunals, clothed a com- ml:c"lon ‘with authority to make such a trip. ; In its appeal for funds for 'the British strikers the council said the “money will be used exclusively for the purpose of supplying food, cloth. ing and the necessaries of life to th miners’ families.” Their condition was described as ‘‘deplorable.” This appeal, it was explained, was in re- sponse to a request from the British Miners’ Federation. o Attacking Communist activities, the- council dealt with what it termed ';: ganizations - assuming. to lg:k iabor, in the name of labor, #nd which the executive council believes in up, if prin: “United Front” Rapped. The ‘‘United Committes,” the textile strike, was tioned, statement being made . | “are prominently ‘with the communistic move: ment in the United States.” It was explained that the council, lym “'sentiments of humanity,” ot the opinion “that ‘any contributions made by members of organized labor should be used for the purpose of re- Heving distress among the striking textile workers and their families.” It -was suggested that such contribu- tions be made through ‘a bona fide labor organization,” so that they could not be used in paying those “individ- ual leaders who are associated with Wu:l‘ \ CAUGHT IN ELEVATOR, GIRL IS CRUSHED Ry e g Hurt in Accident at Con- gressional Library. | FOR CONDEMNED YOUTH | piai