Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Thundershowers tonight and sibly tomorrow morning, followed by- partly cloudy to MOrTow: not so warm pos- tonight; much cooler tomorrow and tomorrow night. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 ah WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 94,537 30,032, post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, . WASHINGTO N, D. C., THURSDAY, JULY.. 22, 1926—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. = () Means Associated Pres TWO CENTS. POINCARE TACKLE TASK OF FORMING. COALITION CABINET Selection of Premier Leads to Confidence—Franc Recov- ers From Sharp Decline. MINIMUM OF MEMBERS Herriot Beaten in First Test in Chamber When Fiscal Pro- gram Is Presented. By the Associated Pr i PARIS, July 22.—The burden of | saving the franc was borne today by Raymond Poincare, almost the only French statesman of note who has not been tried as premier during the past two ye: of financial stress. The two-day-old ministry of Edouard Herriot was defeated upon its first appearance in the Chamber of Depu- ties last night by a vote of 290 to 237. There was an occasional cry of “On to the Elysee!” and hoots came from | a crowd of about 5,000 gathered in front of the Palais Bourbon as Her- viot’s ministry was making its dec- laration of policy for the rehabilita- tion of the franc and amelioration | generally of the financial crisis. After M. Herriot and his ministers had tendered their resignations to President Doumergue at the Elysee Palace, M. Poincare, former premier, as called upon by the President to 'm a national ministry.” The task was accepte Coalition Widely Sought. The decision of President Doumer- gue to have a national ministry was | out of deference to a.general desire | by Parliament, t he press and the pub- | lic. 1t will be made up of members | of as many of the political parties | as it is possible to bring together. | Notwithstanding the downtall of the Herriot government, Anatole de Mon- Herriot's minister of finance, succeeded in having passed by both | chambers of Parliament a bill au- thorizing the transfer to the Bank of France the available balance of $25,- 000,000 of the original $100,000,000 loan obtained from J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York. This measure ! will serve to relieve the strain on the treasury. M. De Monzie, who is to hold the finance ministry portfolio until the new cabinet is formed by M. Poincare, said in the Chamber that if his de- | mand was refused e-would instruct'| the Bank of France to realize dollars | on the Morgan loan in the open ex- change market to meet the press- ing needs of the treasury. "I have the right to do this,” M. | De Monzie exclaimed. “Even if I have not, you may send me to the high cou Poincare Widely Favored. While many politicians, particular- ly of the Left, look askance at “the man of the Ruhr,” as M. Poincare is called, there is no doubt his choice 8s premier corresponds with the view of large sections of the general public. The collapsp of the Herriot minis- try cleared the political atmosphere like magic. As soon as the vote was announced a delegation of deputies asking for a national ministry visited the President. They were followed by a deputation from the Wounded Var Veterans' Association on a sim- flar errand M. Poincare, it Is understook, in- tends to set an example of economy and efficiency by having as few min- fsters as possible. A tentative cabinet list, circulated in the Senate lobbies, had M. Poin- care as his own finance minister and Aristide Briand as foreign minister. Briand resigned as premier last Sat- urday when Herriot forced the re- jection by Parliament of dictatorial powers sought for Briand's finance minister, Joseph Caillaux. Herriot Post Is Open. In the lobbies, the question of Her- riot's successor as president of the Chamber caused considerable discus- sion. The leading candidate at noon seemed to be Raoul Peret, former finance minister, who presided over the debates from 1920 to 1924. A group of radical Socialists asked { M. Herriott to stand for the post again, but he declined, saying he wished to preser the independence he assumed on Saturday, when he stepped from the chair to take part in the Chamber debate. M. Poincare started his endeavors by calling on former Premiers Briand and Herriot and former Foreign Min- fster de Selves. Returning home, he received a delegation from the parlai- mentary gro! which favors a “nu~| tional union” cabinet. i Later he was to recelve Albert Sar-| raut, who was one of the delegates to the Washington conference in 1921, and the heads of the party groups in | the Senate. “Things are going well,"” that Poincare would say to the news- paper men. It is understood he hopes rapidly to form a ministry compris- | ing four Senators and four or five dep- uties. was all Will Reduce Secretari M. Poincare has let it be known that he intends to dispense with all the undersecretaryships which figured in M. Herriot’s short-lived ministry. Ho gave the impression that the cabi net might be constituted early this | afternoon. M. Robineau, former gov- ernor of the Bank of France, called at Poincare’s home this morning dur- ing the absence of the premier- | designate. Several deputies arriving at the house let it be known that, while strongly favoring ’Peincare’ inclu- sion in the new ministry, they feared that if he assumed the prémiership it would revive political passions in the chamber, inasmuch as he was premier for the National,bloc just prior to the elections o My 11, 1924, which resulted in the assumption of power by Herriot and the Left cartel. This tended to diminish the optimistic forecast that the present crisls would be solved within a few hours. At the close of his morning con- sultations M. Poincare had a briet interview with President Doumergue to report on his progress. It is under- | stood he insisted he must be both pre- mier and finance minister in order to have sufficient authority to effect 'CHOOSING FENNING SUCCESSOR IS TRYING TASK FOR COOLIDGE | BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, | Staff Correspondent of The Star. | WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., July 22.— President Coolidge has not reached a decision regarding the ap- pointment of a successor to Frederick A. Fenning as Commissioner. Accord- ing to those in, his confidence, the President is finding the task of mak- ing a selection a most difficult one, is made, It was said at noon today by one of the President’s intimates, who had Jjust been in conference with him, that the President is no nearer making a choice today s when he asked for Mr. resignation and later when he made public the resignation. The President is described as being of an open suggestion. Several Names on List. True enough, .there are half a dozen or so names before the President which he is considering, but there is nothing to indicate that any one of these is the answer- the President is looking for in landing the type of man he wants for the District com- missionership. There are one or two men on the list whom the President is said to think well of, but he is unable to make up his mind. It was learned at the President's mind and is anxious for and it is thought that some little time | may elapse before an announcement | | ll’resident No Nearer Decision Than When He Asked for Commissioner’s Resignation—50 Persons Recommended for Post. office here today that more than 50 persons have been recommended for Mr. Fenning's place. It also was [ learned that the President has called upon the Attorney General's office to |advise him as to the legal question in- | volved in the appointment of retired Army officers or other retired officers of the Nations arms of defense. In | this connection it was explained that : W T s AL is known to be under consideration. Barneu uso Meniwoned. | Gen. Helmick was strongly recom- mended and the President is under- stood to have come to the con- clusion that this Army officer pos- | sessed many of the qualifications he I w seeking. Gen. Barnett, former | commandant of the United States | Marine Corps, also has been recom- mended, as have two or three retired jofficers. While considering these rec- | ommendations the President has been advised, however, that the law gov- | of District Com- | erning appointments | missioners _specifies that there shall {be two civilian Commissioners and | ane_engineer officer of the Army and {that the President would not be car- ving out the letter or spirit of the law if he appointed a retired officer | to serve as a civilian Commissioner. The President wished to be cor- rectly informed regarding this legal point, and for that reason referred the matter to the Attorney General. In muking this known one of the Presi- dent's associates, however, wanted it made plain that this did not indicate that the Pry had_decided to an- (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) BROOKHART GIVEN FULL SUPPORT OF IOWAREPUBLIGANS Former Senator, Read Out of Party Once, Pledges Fight to Aid Farmers. By ths Associated Prews. DES MOINES, lowa, July 22.—Col. Smith Brookhart today is the accept- ed United States senatorial nominee of Towa Republicanism, despite the State central committee's formal declaration two years ago that he had bolted the party. The party also has definitely de- manded “economic equality for agri- culture,” Brookhart's battle cry. Thrice in the past six years of his stormy political career has the colonel been the nominee, but he has Jjust experienced for the first time the honor usuallly paid the candidate heading the ticket. His acceptance by the State convention here yester- day was marked by his declaration from the platform that he would win in the Fall election and return to ‘Washington “to tell the truth regard- ing conditions in Iowa.” Says He'll Tell Truth. Brookhart, widely known for his support of farm relief legislation, the subject which tended to fuse all party faction -into a harmonious conven- tion group, asserted he lost his seat in the Senate because he “told truth.” “But I'll go back and tell the truth again,” he added. It was a holiday for the former Senator, who was un- seated by Dan F. Steck, and his broad smile showed he enjoyed the new sensation of being escorted, amid applause, to the convention platform. He began his brief address with “Fellow Republicans,”” and referred to the organization as ‘‘that great progressive party.” Senator Albert B. Cummins, yeteran Lowa leader, whom Brookhart gefeated by a big majority in the June pri- mary, did not attend the convention. Coolidge Is Praised. Although pre-convention statements indicated an attempt would be made to condemn the administratiog jn connection with the farm situation, the eight resolutions voiced no such criticism. Only one name was men: tioned, President Coolidge, and it ap- peared in the resolution commending the administration “for its wise and efficient conduct of the Government, in accordance with Republican prin- ciples.” Dan W. Turner of Corning, conven- tion keynoter, criticized the President for his stand on farm relief, saying “no adequate explanation has been made of his refusal to redeem the pledge to agriculture in the Repub- lican national platform written under his direction in 1924.” Expects Tariff Aid. “We will expect it to be redeemed,” Mr. Turner declared, but the conven- tion agriculture plank did not bear out the statement. resolution to voice the keynoter's sentiment, apparently was responsi- ble for the closing wrangle of the convention, which culminated in the charge of State Senator S. Kromme of Story County that the “regulars” had controlled the resolytion committee. The resolution on agriculture stated: wrhe Republican party of Iowa is united in its demand that the Repub- lican policy of economic equality of agriculture ~ with other —industries chail be carried Into effect by the en- Actment of legislation which will per- Mit the establishment of an American price level for agricultural products Rbove the world price level just as the protective tariff accomplishes that result for manufactured prod- Failure of the | 54 MORE OFFGERS INDITED N PROBE OFCHEACD VOTES Complete Recount Ordered As Irregularities Involve Total of 109. By the Associsled Pres: CHICAGO, July 22.—Fifty-four elec- tion judges and clerks who served at Cook County’s April primaries were indicted today by a special grand jury on charges of conspiracy to make a false count in connection with irregularities at the polls. The indictments, the third group re- turned, bring to 109 the indictments returned against judges and clerks. and 44 in the second group. The writs have been returned as rapidly as a recount of the returns showed false tabulations. A complete recount of the vote cast in Cook County for the United States senatorial nomination in both Republican and Democratic parties was ordered today by County Judge Jarecki, at the request of "Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, chairman of the Senate campaign. expenditures committee. The court acted as true bills re- ported to have been voted against 54 judges and clerks df election in the April primaries were awaited in the Criminal Court. Senator Reed sought the aid of the County Court in determining how the senatorial ballots were handled, as his committee prepared to assem- ble here Monday for an inquiry into the senatorial primaries. The ballots cast for Senator Wil- liam B. McKinlley and Col. Frank L. Smith, who defeated him for the Re- publican nomination, and for George E. Brennan, who won the Democratic nomination without much of a con- test, will be recounted only in those sections of the county where the elec- tion commission had control under the direction of the County Court. That territory includes, besides Chi- | cago, the thickly populated suburban cities and villages of Chicago Heights, lar and Chicago Heights to a less de- gree having been favorite headquar- ters for gangsters in their beer and political forays. The recheck of the vote was started at_once. The 54 indictments, making a total of 109 persons charged with fraud and other irregularities since the opening of the inquiry into the April 13 pri- maries, were returned before Superior Judge Miller. Five of the defendants were women, and many of those indicted were pre- cinct judges and clerks and precinct ! political workers. FIRE ON SUBMARIN_E CVERCOMES 4 OF CREW By the Associated Pres MONTEREY, Calif., July 22.—Four members of the crew of the sub- marine S-9, commanded by Lieut. J. B. Cook, were overcome by a fire in the vesel while she was proceeding from San Francisco to Monterey Tues- perience. They were Lieut.J. W. Mc- Coll, Charles Noble, chief machinist's George Schmidt, electrician’s first class, and Feland, machinist’s mate, first class, The fire, which broke out a few minutes after the submersible had cleared Golden Gate, was believed to have started when a loose electri- cal connection ignited a quanity of oil. wew” By the Associated Press. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., July 22. —A movement was started in Win- chester, Va., today to raise a $400 fund for expenses home of Miss For- est Hope Walls, her mother and brother, who made a transcontinental trip from Hollywood, Calif., in the be- Hef that Harry K. Thaw would meet necessary economies and rehabilitate the franc. The franc opened nearly two points (Continued an Page4, Column. 1) and marry the girl on their arrival at his Kenilworth estate near here. Friends of Miss Walls in the Vir- Snia jown started +the fund 1$400 Fund to Aid Girl Who Sought To Wed Thaw Started in Winchester ment when she failed to receive a reply to a telegram she sent to Thaw's New York address asking for expenses for the return trip to Cali- fornia. The young woman appeared at the Thaw estate several days ago, claim- ing to have copies of letters written to her by Thaw proposing marriage. She said she. had never met Thaw, but they had exchanged letters. Failing to locate Thaw, Miss Walls and her relatives have been camping Cicero and Summit, Cicero in particu-} day, but have recovered from their ex- GORDON SEEKS WAY TOBLOCK MENTAL PATIENTS' RELEASE | Federal Attorney Calls Parley to Devise Commitments Courts Will Uphold. FREEDOM NOW GAINED ON TECHNICAL GROUNDS Two Given Liberty Cause Alarm at Home in City Where They Are Received. Alarmed at the large number of persons being freed from St. Eliza- beth's Hospital through failure to ob- serve technicalities in their commit- ment, United States Attorney Pevton Gordon today called into conference Acting Secretary of the Interior Fin- ney, Dr. Willlam A. White, superin- tendent at St. Elizabeth's; Francis H. Stephens, corporation counsel, and representatives from the Veterans' Bureau, the Judge Advocate of the Army’s office and of the office of the Judge Advocate of the Navy. Maj. Gordon seeks to reach some agreement about means to bring the persons sent to the asylum by the Veterans' Bureau and from the Army and Navy within the rulings of the court in reference to proper commit- ments to St. Elizabeth's. Ruling on Retired Officers. Justice Hoehling recently that retired officers of the Arm { Navy may not be sent to the a without their consent, and released | several so held. A large number of former soldiers and veterans of the World War who, while still in the service, had been sent to Walter Reed for observation and transferred from there to St. Elizabeth’s have recently been released from that institution on the ground that they were held illegally, as their mental condition had never been adjudicated by a jury. Others who had been discharged from either the Army or Navy and were held at St. Elizabeth's claimed that their discharge from the service ended the authority of either the Secretary of War or Navy over them and their detention at the hospital. The court also ordered their libera- tion from St. Elizabeth’s. Kept Veterans Awake. Five war veterans, released from St. Elizabeth's Hospital yesterday on writs of habeas corpus - were taken by their attorney in two taxicabs to the Temporary Home for ex-Soldlers and Sailors at Ninth street and Penn- sylvania avenue southeast, last night. Eleven were named in the first writs | They were registered and accepted, | but one went away promising to re- turn later. Two of the remaining four were vetérans of the Spanish-American War and the other two were World ‘War veterans, one having served in the Navy and the other in the Army. In accordance with the regulations at the home, they were put in wards with other men of the same conflicts. During the night, the Navy veteran, in a ward with 15 others, rose in his bed, snapped his hand to his hip and shouted, “I've got a gun!” He repeated these declarations, according to the other occupants of the ward, about the possession of a revolver, but made no other move. Efforts to quiet him RO RVEALD NDROMNNGF 1 Only 4 of Youthful Campers Able to Retain Hold on Capsized Canoe. By the Associated Press. LINDSAY, Ontarifo, July 22.— Revelation of youthful heroism in connection with the drowning of 11 members of the Angelican Church camp today came out of the wilder- ness northeast of Lindsay. Fifteen youths were thrown into Balsam Lake when their canoe was over- turned in a sudden squall late Tues- day night. They held on to the up- |turned craft and aided one another as best they could until, one by one, after hours in the water, their llll‘ength gave out, they loosed their hold and sank. Only four members of the party could maintain their grips on the keel until the canoe drifted ashore yesterday. Capsized by Squall. The youths had started for Cobo- conck from their camp in the large cance late Tuesday night. Well out in the lake a squall broke and the canoe capsized. Ray Shea- Butcher, director of the camp and one of those drowned, was an outstanding hero. He was among the few who were able to climb on top of. the overturned craft, although he was suffering from a badly injured knee. As the hours passed and the ranks of the boys in the water were thin- ning, Butcher decided he would give his place ‘on top of the cange to another. He offered up a prayer for the safety of those still surviving, and, bidding them good-by, slipped into the water and disappeared. * Disappeared One by One. Lambden, the camp adjutant, re- peatedly swam around the canoe, in- structing the more youthful boys how to hang on, and begging them to keep up their courage. As the boys weak- ened, Lambden aided them in every | way he could, until they became en- tirely helpless and disappeared be- neath the water. > Nine of the drowned boys lived in Toronto. One came from Galt and the other from Peterboro. The four boys who drifted ashore are under medical care. One of them is in a critical con- Radio Programs—Page 38, ! ruled | and | ylum | ALIEN PROPERTY AGREEMENT DENIED {Sutherland Tells Borah He Has Not Planned to Give Stock to England. By the Associated Press. Chairman Borah of the Senate for- eign relations committee was inform- { ed today by Howard Sutherland, allen | property custodian, that no contract was ever entered into between the cus- todian’s office and the British govern- ment relative to turning over certain property to the British government. Mr. Borah wrote to Mr. Sutherland several days ago, asserting he had been informed such an agreement was on file, and later, in reply to a letter from Thomas W. Miller, former cus- todian, in whose administration he said the transaction took place, he sald he was interested in knowing why the custodian did not seize, “on the books” of the enemy companies taken over, all of the outstanding shares. He also inquired as to “ne- gotiations pending with the Canadian government relevant to allen prop- erty.” British Return Certificates. Replying, Mr. Sutherland said there had been “no delivery of property by the alien property custodian to ‘the British public trustee. “On tne contrary,” he said, “the British public trustee has returned to the alien - property, custodian certifi- cates of American corporations of the approximate value of $125,000,000 wheré the alien property custodian had seized the right, title and interest in the same.” Referring to a statement by Mr. Borah that the Supreme Court had commented on the failure of the cus- todian to seize shares on the books of a company, Mr. Sutherland said the decision referred to resulted in the British public trustee returning certifi- cates which were in British territory at the beginning of the World War. “The alien property custodian holds lall certificates of stock demanded and seized by him in Canadian corpora- tions, the right, title and interest in which was also- demanded by the Canadian custodian of enemy prop- | | i | turned to the actual owners by and with the consent of the Canadian cus- todian,” Mr. Sutherland said. U. S. Agrees to Suits. He added that the question as to whether certificates of stock issued by | Canadian corporations were evidence {of ownership in the corporation or { were property in themselves had not been determined by the courts of Can- ada. American State, Treasury and Justice officials, he said, had agreed to suits In_ Canada to determine the rights of the Canadian custodian in the matter of 'stock certificates seized as it affected Canadian corporations. Unable to Appear Now. Mr. Miller, through his attorney, to- day informed Senator Borah that he would be unable to appear before the | Senator's allen property investigating committee at this time. The attorney, however, said Mr. Mil- ler would be at the disposal of the committee after his trial, which is set for .September 7. Miller is charged with misconduct in administering alien property affairs. Senator Borah had requested Miller to appear for examination for all alien property transactions. The Senate did not provide funds for the inquiry, but Senator Borah safd he personally would guarantee the cost of hearing Miller. EVETEE Fascists Gain Recruits. CREMONA, Italy, July 22 (®).—An entire class in the Florentine College received an unexpected holiday today and. doubtless, Fascism gained jus that many enthusiastic recruits. The professor was arrested in the midst of a weighty peroration on charges of insurrection. gL REIP’UBU%N New Lake Monster, 15 Feet Long, Races Auto Along Shore By the Associated Press VERNON, British Columbia, July 22.—A strange monster which inhabits Okanaga Lake yesterday raced a motor car being driven along the shore road for several hundred yards, says J. L. Logie, manager of a local land company. Mr. Logie describes the monster erty, except that which has been re-dof Standards, would not be authorized as having a head like a sheep, a dark-colored body showing about 5 feet above the water, and as about 15 feet long. Three other persons in the car with Mr. Logie say the monster raised a swell about a foot high and made the spray fly ahead of it as it cut through the water at approximately the same speed as the automohile ICARLREPROVES NAVAL SECRETARY Contract for E;(pert Qutside Government lllegal, Says Controller General. Controller General McCarl today sharply reproved the Secretary of the Navy for continuing the practice of spending Government money f * em- ploying sclentists outside the Gov- ernment after McCarl had ordered this stopped on July 1. In a decision made public today | the ccntroller general held unauthor- | ized a contract “entered into between Dr. Willlam Campbell of Columbia University and the Navy purchasing officer at New York, * * * provid- ing for the payment of $200 per month during the entire fiscal year 1926." The Secretary had been notified on June 24 that the practice of spending money for outside scientific aid with- out express authority of law, when such aid could be obtained inside the Government service, as at the Bureau after July 1, 1926. Would Deny Salary. Now the Controller General, finding that another contract of similar na- ture was in effect, not only called at- tention of the secretary to the former prohibitory ruling but held that Dr. Campbell should réceive no payment at all for services under the new contract. This contract called for the ‘“necessary services” of Dr.Camp- bell “as advisory metallurgist.” Criticizing the method by which it had been proposed to pay Dr. Camp- bell out of three different appropri- ations, the McCarl decision said the only one of these three appropriations providing for personal services of a scientific character as that contem- (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) AWAITS TRIAL IN_D. C. Max’ Accused in Robbery of Wil- liams’ Home to Be Returned. Charles Baum, alias Cohen, under arrest in New York City for alleged complicity in the robbery of the home of Norman Willlams, 1227 Sixteenth street, four months ago, when sev- eral persons were bound by the bandits, is to be returned here for trial, according to a message from Detective Bernard W. Thompson, who appeared against him before a United States commissioner yesterday. He is expected to reach here late today. i ‘Monkey’ and ‘Man’ Must Be Kepi Apart ‘In Textv Books of By the Associated Press. JACKSON, ' Miss,, July 22.—"“Evo- lution” must be completely eliminated from text books by publishers before T jon ne: ing, if they are con- sidered in Mississippl, W. F. Bond, State superintendent of education, has NT|0 R RUNNING LD TOCOAST CUARS 20 Men and Officers Accused of Bribery, Transporting and Selling. By the Associated Prees. TOMS RIVER, N. J, July 22— More than 20 coast guardsmen and officers, presumably stationed along the Jersey Coast, have been suspended pending investigation of charges in- volving the sale and transportation of liquor. Comdr. Willlam J. Wheeler of Wash- ington suspended the men before leaving the in- quiry in the hands of Supt. Rasmus- sen here yester- day. The latter de- clined to name the men or give their stations. Specific charges have been made that coast guards- men sold liquor, accepted bribes and transported whisky on Coast Guard boats. Sta- tions in Ocean $¥® | County and n‘}long - * the coast to Mon- COMDR. WHEELER. 10 0 C0nty will figure in the inquiry today. the suspended men, Comdr. Wheeler revealed, 12 had signed con- fessions admitting they had accepted from $200 to $1,000 each for permit- ting rum runners to land liquor. The confessions Include one from a captain who admitted that he had used the boat under his command to carry eight cases of Scotch whisky across Barnegat Bay to Tuckerton pler. Eugene Danley of Wareton, who told Sheriff Grant of Ocean County that liquor found on his place during a raid was purchased from Coast Guards, will be taken by Supt. Rass- mussen to various stations to identify the men. Sheriff Grant refused to reveal the name of the man who caused opening of the investigation by placing the sworn charges in his hands. His of- fice is assisting in the inquiry. RUDOLPH MUST SIGN OWN STORE ORDER Absence of Fenning Forces Him to Attest Hardware Contract— His Firm Lowest Bidder. Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph will be forced to establish a precedent tomorrow when the Board of District Commissioners takes action on a recommendation of M. C. Hargrove, District purchasing agent, that a con- tract for furnishing hardware to the District Training School be awarded to the firm of Rudolph & West. ‘When sealed bids for supplying the hardware were opened it was dis- covered that Rudolph & West quoted the lowest price. In previous in- stances of this kind when this firm, in which Commissioner Rudolph has an interest, submitted the lowest bid he declined to join with his colleagues in signing the contract. The absence of Commissioner Frederick A. Fenn- ing, however, will make it necessary for Mr. Rudolph to attach his signa- ture to the contract in this case if the law requiring contracts to be awarded to the low bidder is obeyed. The firm of Rudolph & West quoted a price of $3,690 on the hardware. The next lowest bid was $3,628. Mississippi Schools lated in the schools this Fall in using the old books, which have been revised to eliminate the theory at the request of the Department of Education. This action, he said, was taken several months before the law was L. The table in the biology text show- ing traces of development, reaching a in man, was revised so that a monkey was placed at the head of the considered -;"Amnmwum. man being a) ‘Commenti 18 | substituted for books to be used in 2 similar animals. on the “devels ‘evolution” t in _text action would probably be by publishers bidding for text- Misaissipple faken book adoption in Mis RECORD HEAT WAVE TAESSLIVESINDL. a0 DIE IN MIDWEST Thundershowers Tonight or Tomorrow Expected to Bring Lower Temperature. HOSPITALS KEPT BUSY BY VICTIMS OF SUN Dismissal of Government Offices Likely Again This Afternoon— Mercury 99 at Noon. 50 Die in Midwest, But Showers End Sweltering Heat By the Associated Press CHICAGO, July 22.—Most of the Middle West was free from a 72-hour hot wave today after thuaderstorms over a_ broad belt, from Texas and New Mexico to the Great Lakes, halted the death list of more than 50 and carried relief to the pg:;ched cornflelds and country- side. The heat still lingered in the lower Ohio Valley, but was scheduled to break today as the storm area moved on. The temperature, ing winds and storms, plunged down from 96 yester- day to 69 degrees at i a.m. lmfl;y at_Chicago; to 52 at Val- cntine, Nebr.; 66 C Kans, and 68 at Kansas O Mo., and Dubuque, Iowa. Some reaction to warmer weather to- night and tomorrow in the northern plains States and other Middle Western sections was icipated by the Weather Bureau. Leaving in its wake, to date, & toll of three lives and numerous prostra tions, the record-breaking heat wave was surging forward here today with undiminished momentum toward an early doom. The *“scorcher” which yesterday sent the mercury to an official high mark of 104 degrees—unprecedented for July in the annals of the Weather Bureau—was making a last supreme effort to do the same today before collapsing tonight or tomorrow under the counter assault of thundershowers and moderate breezes. Meanwhile the machinery of gov- ernment and of private business was seriously retarded or, in some in- stances, wholly paralyzed, while suf- fering employes sought relief in parks, at bathing places or in other spots protected from the wilting rays of the sun. Most of the Federal departments or branches were affected again today, as bureau chiefs received word from “higher-ups” that many of the of- fices housed in exposed buildings might close down for the afternoon. Employes of various parts of the departments of Commerce, Justice, State, Labor, Treasury and Post Of- fice were excused at one o'clock and those of the War Department were notified « they could leave at four. Only the Interior and Navy Depart- ments appeared not involved in the shut-down. One Dies of Sunstroke. One of those who succumbed yes: terday to the heat was a direct vi tim of sunstroke. The two others were drowned while seeking relief in cool- ing waters. The sunstroke victim Wi George Downing, colored prisoner, who was stricken while working on the District wharf at Water street. Those drowned were Walter F. Ham- burg, 15 years old, of 1354 Four-and-a- half street southwest, who was swim- ming in the canal ne Chain Bridge, and Brooks Turner, colored cripple, 2, who lost his life last night or this morning in Rock Creek, near the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, in Georgetown. Staffs of hospitals and Government clinics were kept busy yesterday and today treating heat sufferers. Staff physicians of Emergency Hospital re- sponded to numerous minor calls for aid, in addition to sending its ambu- lance to the wharf for Downing. Among the few persons who accepted treatment at the hospita! was Milton Young of 2711 K street, who was par- tially prostrated. Yesterday's Noon Mark Topped. Forecaster Mitchell announced that unless clouds interfered by 4 o'clock this afterncon, the temperature un- doubtediy would soar again in prox- imity to yesterday's high mark. At noon the official thermograph at the Weather Bureau registered 99 degrees —4 degrees higher than at the same hour yesterday. The maximum of 104, registered at 3:45 p.m. vesterday, smashed all rec- ords for July since the establishment of the Weather Bureau in 1870 and gave (o Washington the dubious dis- tinction of being the hottest city in the United States for a day, barring the heat-famous town of Yuma, Ariz., which equaled Washington's_ 104. That was just a normal day for Yuma, however. z “The heat wave will be broken in this section late tonight or Friday,” Mr. Mitchell declared with assurance today. .“The temperature will be much lower tomorrow. There will be thundershowers late this afternoon or tonight and possibly tomorrow morn- ing. EAnd it won't be 8o warm tonigh ‘Washington has experienced a 104- degree or higher temperature on but three prior occaslons, the forecaster stated. On September 7, 1881, it was 104; on August §, 1913, it was 106, and on August 7, 1918, it was 104."The August 6 mark of 106, recorded eight years ago, wag the highest ever reg- istered here. 1 The previous highest July tempera. ture in local wwhser‘l;;n_{tory was 1028 degrees, on July 18, g Health Officer Fowler today issued a bulletin giving “hot weather hints” as a precaution against prostration. His list of advices follows: “Avoid excessive drinking of ice | | i ‘water, “Avoid overexercising. ‘Wear light clothing and keep out of the sun. “Get as much rest as possible. ‘Eat lightly, nourishing foods. “Don’t worry. (Continned on Page 3, Column 4)