Evening Star Newspaper, July 28, 1926, Page 2

- S H RESIGNATION ASKED OF GOV.FERGUSON Moody Joins in Demand Upon Her to Act Immediately on Promise. Dy the Associated Prese. AUSTIN, Tex., July 28.—Gov. Mir- fam A. Ferguson’s defeat in Satur- day’s primary and her announcement that she will retire from office this ‘Fall has resulted in demands from her Democratic epponents that she resign immedately, in conformity to her promise made during the recent campaign Attorney General Dan Moody, who defeated Gov. Ferguson by more than 110,000 votes, yesterday charged she was not living up her promise to re- sign at once If he led her by 1 vote. Moody declared, however, that h was powerless to force the governor to retire. “It is for the people to determine how and when their demand ex- pressed at the ballot box shall be complied with,” he said. Gov. Ferguson, in a proclamation calling d special session of the Legis- lature for September 13, said she would not resign until matters before this session had been disposad of. She called the session in the hope of vali- dating Texas road bonds and to per- mit the legislators to “investigate any matters they may desire.” "She said she hoped to retire November 1. Leo Satterwhite, speaker of 'the House of Representative, has an- nounced he will attempt to have the Legislature convene August 13. Dele- Fates to Democratic county conven- tions, scheduled for Saturdgy, are drafting resolutions asking the fmme- diate resignation of the governor, Satterwhite said. Although Moody lacks several hun- dred votes of having a majority over his four oponents, election experts say Gov. Ferguson's withdrawal will automatically give Moody the nomi- nation and eliminate the neceseity for & run-off primary. BLAIR AND BUDNITZ ENJOINED BY COURT Are Held Without Right to Stop Laboratory Alcohol Shipments on Mere Suspicion. Justice James F. Smith of the District Supreme Court today ren- dered an opinion granting a tempo- rary injunction #gainst David H. Blair, commissioner of internal reve- nue, and Edmund Budnitz, Federal prohibition administrator, te prevent interference with the alcohol sup- ply to the Roge Laboratories, at 3318 Georgia avenue. The court holds that permits may not be withdrawn on suspicions having no substantial facts to support them. ¢ “The manufacture under mita of products containing alcohol.” says Justice Smith, “is a lawful business and its destruction on mere suspicion ameunts to an invasion of property rights, which rights it is the duty of the courts to protect. To flout one provision of the Con- stitution in order to sustain another Ils to enforce the law by breaking the aw. The company's laboratories were seized by prohibition. authorities last February, and a Baltimore shipper notified -not to send any more alcohol. A hearing later waa accorded to the plaintiff by prohibition officlals and the denial of a permit approved, al- though the evidence submitted wi said not to show any violation. TWO ENGINES TIED FOR STAR'S TROPHY IN SPEED TRIALS («© the big gong to complete the call from box 13, but even before it had sounded the last stroke every man was in his place, the motor was roaring and the apparatus was ready 1o leap through the door and run the necessary 39 feet that officials have agreed would get it well on the way to its_destination. The company had the same little White truck with which it set a new record for the fire companies of the world to shoot at last Summer. The apparatus completed the distance In ihe two seconds and a few fifths re- maining after the gong ceased sound ing and the commander shouted the | order 1o “Go!” Under the rules the engine could not move until these es- centials had been complied with. At the end, the stop watches showed that the whole operation had taken but 715 seconds. Boat Given Test. The fireboat Firefighter was tested along with all other apparatus under the Fire Department. 1. was obliged to meet all of the requirements laid down for engine companies. From | the sound of the fire stroke of the alarm until the Firefighter was actual- 1y in motion was only a matter of five seconds. For the big bbat to push its way through the 39 feet of water and be under full way required a tgfal of only 21 25 seconds, which is eVen faster time than the harbor company made last year. The records made by the remaining companies tested yesterday afternoon and today _follow: No. ¥ Engine, Lieut. F. G. Berry commanding, W. H. Boswell driving, No. 15 Engine, Lieut. O. : r and Private G. W. High, 10% seconds; No. 25 Engine, Lieut. R. E. Moreland and Private W. O. Ameri- 114 seconds; No. 19 Engine, . C. Corder and Priv bXad 15 _seconds; No 27 Engine, L. Bryan and Private D. P. 81 seconds; No. 13 Truck, . Sullivan and Private H. Broun, 24 seconds; No. 10 Engine, Lieut E. L. Huntt and Private J. D. Martin, 14% seconds; Rescue Squad, Sergt. E. J. Carroll and Private J. G, Howard, 835 seconds. No. 23 Engine, Lieut. W, A. Bryar. Iy and Pvt. Pierson Talbott, 7 1-5 sec- onds; No. 3 Truck, Lieut. H. Kinsella and Pvt. J. R. Gheen, 10 1.5 Capt. J. B. Ly J. Grinnin, 10 seconds; No. Gapt. C. E. Gibson and Pvt. . Greeh (colored company), 9 4-5 seconds: Fireboat, Sergt. G. G. Glet- cher, Pilot J, B. Raleigh and Engi- neers Artis and Wilson, 21 25 sec onds; No. 10 Truck, Lieut. F. N. Ed- wards and Pvt. W. P. Bateman, 11 1-§ seconds; No. 7 Truck, Lieut. C. A. Wells and Pvt, J. R, Ihrie, 14 sec- onds; No. 1 Truck, Lieut. E. L. Han- badk and Pvt. F. R. Skidmore, § sec- onds; No. 4 Truck, Lieut. H. A, Chap- man and Pvt. A. F. Gauvereau, 9 3-5 seconds; No. 6 Engine, Sergt. J. C, Lacey and Pyt. M. A. Wannall, 7 2-5 seconds. | Capt. C. - —n. 0. E. Fearn Chosen as Delegate. O. E. Fedrn, superintendent of ma- chinery of the Distriet Fire Depart- ment, was designated by the Coinmis. sioners today as the District's repre. senitative at the annual convention of the International Association of Fire Chiefs s! New 'Orlesns in Qetober, | ful cargo. and by means of it three BO00-TON VESSEL | REACHES CAPITAL Chateau Thierry Among Largest Craft Ever to Ne- gotiate Potomac. Drawing 25 feet of water and at times with her keel only a few feet || from the hottom of (he Potomac the 8,000-ton 1. 8. A, transport Chateau Thierry mincingly felt her way: up the river this morning and swung without mishap into dack at the navy yard wharf, the largest ship ever to be brought thera by Capt. Willlam E. Luckett, veteran Government pilof Capt. Luckett smiled thankfully as the ship nosed into dock, as he be- lieves the C(hateau Thierry is among the largest ships ever fo negotiate the Potomac to the navy yard. Brings Guos to Museum. The Chateau Thierry brought 20 German guns and field pieces to Washington for the Smithsonjan In- stitution, which were being unloaded from the lower decks this afternoon. The guns were stowed atop some 850 tons of pig fron consigned to the navy yard. Capt. Luckett praised the ship high: ly. “She's a fine ship,” he said, “sen- sitive and sengible. We had no trouble at all during the entire trip. It was a pleasure to pilot her. Original plans ealled for the Cha- teau Thierry unloading the pig Iron first at the navy yard and then going tomorrow to the Washington . Bar racks dock to unlead the cholce eol- lection of Cierman howl: minne werfers and field pieces taken during battles on the other side by American forces. But the pig iron consigned to the navy yard had heen stowed below the guns. and accordingly they had to be moved first in order to get the navy vard consignment out. L. Calvin of the Quarter- <. in charge of the cargo, decided that it would be best to nnload the guns at the navy yvard and have them moved from there to the Wash ington Barracks through the lower part of the city, rather than to have the. task confronting him of reload- ing the ship with the guns, only to proceed to the Washington Barracks dock for another unloading. Cranes Put to Work. Accordingly the giant cranes began reaching their long fngers in the Aeep hatchways of tha Chateau Thierry early this afternoon, picking up tons and tons of cannon, and Jay- ing them gingerly dowh on the side of the dock. Higtorical data regarding the can- non is meager. At the erid of the war, the guns were taken from all parts of the war zone direetly into Antwerp, and many cases were ship- ped out on American vessels con- signed to “Any Ordnance Office at Any United States Port.” In the con- fusion following the end of the war, therefore, the history of individual guns was lost, and those which are coming to Washington will not be identified immediately as having par- ticipated in any distinct engagements. The maker's name and place where they were made is about all the in- formation which followed the guns. Research, however, may develop other facts as to the lives of the places. One of the most Interesting of the exhibits is a German torpedo picked up, it is belleved, after missing a ship in the North Sea, and an effort is 1o be made to obtain details sur- rounding its seizure. PRESIDENT HIS OW SPOKESMAN AS . TO U. S. FOREIGN POLICY et Pa (Continued from F that his talk with the President was to acquaint him with the results of the experiments the Fords have been conducting during the past year in commercial aviation. He stated that their results have convinced them that the large, heavy monoplane operated hy three motors is the most satistac- tory for everyday commercial use. He had figures to show the President that, while the cast at the present is probably in excess of the smaller planes, the practical results are worth the difference In cost. He pointed out also that the durability of the large, three-motored plane makes it a valu- able adjunct in the event of war. Its carrying capacity and its speed and endurance, according to Mr. Ford's figures, aingle it out at this time as the really practical plane for com- mercial use. Demand Will Cut Cost. In his opinion the reduction in the cost _of airplanes for commercial and civilian use depends upon the demand for them. There has heen a noticeable increase in the Interest in commercial and private aeronautics. He attrib- uted much of this increased interest to the Government's establishment of air mail routes. The Government, Mr. Ford stated, has done much to en. conrage manufacturers to enter this field. The airplane which the Fords have been experimenting with during the past vear, and for which figures were produced to show ita sfficlency. now costs $37,000. It has speed of 120 miles an hour and has a cruising abllity equal that of the plane used by Comdr. Byrd in his recent Arctic fiight. 1t can carry one ton of use- motors it is infinitely more serviceable and is safer. The machine is made of metal, which material Mr. Ford told the President has heen found to be more practical for this purpose. While discussing the possible reduc- tion in costs Mr. Ford pointed out that even at this early date the cost could be reduced more than 25 per cent if 100 planes were contracted for at one time. He was unable to predict just how long it would be before the demand for planes would be sufficient. ly large to bring about mass prodifc- tion such as is the case now in auto- mobile manufacture. Interested in Commerclal Aviation. Mr. Ford gave the impréssion that the President was interested prinel- pally in the general interest being manifested throughout the pountry in commercial aviation, and the re- sults of the experiments Ronducted during the past year by the Foras. The question of the airplane as an important part of the national de- fense was discussed during this con- ference. While Mr. Ford did not at- tempt to predict that the airplane would eventually overshadow the battleship as the principal arm of de- fensé, he did say that it is now a most important factor, and that its fmportance as a weapon of warfare is rapidly increasing. The general busi- ness condition of the country was touched upon. Mr. Ford told the President that reports received from his agents and salesmen in all parts of the country indicate prosperity pre- valls practically everywhere over the land. According to Mr. Ford, there is no lack of prosperity in the so-called corn-belt section of the country, where the agriculturists are pictured as be- ing in serious financial straits be- cause of the refusal of the administya- tion to permit the enactment of radi- cal farm relief legislation. Mr. Ford was accompanied by his wife. They left after-luncheon on a motor trip through & The Chateau Thi steamin and humble, but more itarian ptl 3074 |15 wa 5, up the Potomac this morning with a cargo of proud war rel iron for the navy yard. FATE OF.SHIPS REMAINS UNKNOWN IN GALE-SWEPT SEA OFF FLORIDA Ansaldo San Georgio, Reported Missing Yesterday, Located With Six Vessels Standing By—Hurri- cane Leaves Wreckage Along Coast. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, July 28.— The West Indlan hurricane which Monday crossed from the Caribbean Sea to ravage the Bahama Islands and the lower east coast of Florida hammered today at the sea gates of the upper peninsula. Calm followed by steadily increa ing winds presaged the advent of the hurricane it swept into new terri- tory, leaving behind it distressed ship- ping, wind and wave damage which may run into milllons of dollars and paralyzed lines of communications. Behind a wall of gale-swept seas the fate of several ships was hidden. Only an occasional wireless message, picked up by the Tropical Radio Cor- poration at Miami, broke the silence at sea last night, and most of these concerned the Ttallan freighter An- saldo San Giorgio Secundo, which was reported early today to be still wal- lowing rudderless off Jupiter Inlet. At least six vessels were sald to be in the vieinity to render\aid which had been prevented last night by high seas. Other Craft In Distress. No further word had beeq Jearned from the Danish steamship Wilhelm A. Reiddermann, which wirelssed ves- terday that it was in distress between Miami and Jupiter Inlet. Likewise. the sea gave no word of the 60-foot Zulleta of Brunswick, Ga., which sailed Sunday night with 25 excursion- ists for Bimini. The Gult Refining Co.'s tanker J. M. Guffery was nearly two days overdue at Jacksonville, but company represen- tatives belleve the ship was riding out the gale, Passengers from the Clyde Liner Steamship Seminole were en route to Miamli by train today after leaving the vessel here last night. The Seminole, from New York to Miami, had proceeded past West Paim Beach on its route to Miami yesterday when officiale of the line ordered it turned back to Jacksonville, Two hundred and thirty-five persons, including pas- sengers and crew, were aboard the liner. At several places along the coast the hurricane winds reached an in- tensity of 100 miles per hour. A wind velocity of 70 miles an hour caused damage estimated at a mlilion dollars in Palm Béach and West Palm Beach, where 40 yachts and houseboats sank in Lake Worth. Along Ocean boule- | vard and other sections of the Winter plavground area wreckage of trees and boats was strewn. Much damage /was done to sea-front property. Miami Damage $100,000. Miami reported damage estimated at $100,000 while towns between Mismi and West Palm Beach were in darkness last night owing to broken wires and water damage. In Del Ray the streets were inundated and houses were unroofed. Exceasive wind caused all business to be suspended in Pompano. In Orlando, Sebring, Sanford, Win- | {ter Park and other places, electric light. telephone and telegraph serv- jce was Interrupted or paralyzed. The waters of the Indian River at New Smyrna were reported piling out of hanks because of the driving gale and some damage was done by the flood. With the exception of a single wire which the Western Union Telegraph Co. maintained to Miami, there was no telephone or telegraph communi- cation possible to the lower east coast this morning. The American Telephone and Telegraph Co. reported all service south of Jacksonville im- paired, but believed it would be able to_restors service today. Miami and West Palm Beach had beéen cut off from communrication, with the exception of the one wire since early yesterday morning. Calm weather’ was reported today at Miami and in most of the lower Fast coast territory. In most instances (lorrenflul rains accompanied the gale. RESORT LOSSES HEAVY. Yachts and Other Craft Wrecked in Palm Beach Storm. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,, July 28 (#).—After a 48-hour battle with hurrican winds, which cut off com- munication - with the outside world, this city and Palm Beach early today began a check of the storm’s damage, which conservative authorities place well above a million dollars. Today the wind had subsided and the seas had quieted, a rising barometer indicating that the force of the gale had heen spent here. The landacape was dotted with ujrooted palms and .debris and many of the main streets of Palm Beach were inundated. The water fronts of both cities suffered the greatest damage. while fashionable reserts and hotels were flooded by water blown in from Lake Worth when the northeast gale shifted to the west shortly after noon Tuesday. At the Palm Beach Yacht Club nothing but a few small crusiers remained of the score or more of craft anchored at the dock. Boats Dash Against Bridge. Dredges used in the work on Palm Beach Harbor were torn loose by the tide and wind just before dawn Tues- day \and rammed through the pler, carrying the boats to destruction against the Florida Hast Coast Rail- road Bridge. The flotills, was thought to be worth nearly $150,000. Eleven large houseboats tied at the municipal dock were overturned at their moor- ings at the height of the storm Tues. day morning and a man £nd woman were rescued from the vacht club deck house, where they had b?m ‘marooned for nearly eight ho‘\:u'm4 | hour later a policeman dived from a The heleaguered couple were carried to safety after a quarter-hour strug gle while hundreds of spectators cheered from the bank. than an bridge into the lake to save a house- hoat owner who had been hurled from his helpless craft as it was dashed his shoulder and The bath houses of the exclusive bath and tennis club were demolished by the waves and wind. Ocean boulevard was washed out In a score of places along its 25-mile course. . In Palm Beach waves broke over the boulevard but failed to reach any of the homes fronting it. A new mseawall being erected to protect the two-million-dollar home of Mrs. Horace Dodge Dillman, formerly owned by Joshua Cosden, was swept away In the first hours of the gal Breakers Hotel, half com- pleted, was sheltered when the se: walls were reinforced with sandbags. New flooring and walls on the upper floors wére carried away by the wind. At Lake Worth the causeway was wrecked when a heavy barge carried away a 300-foot section and severed the only link between the town and the ocean beach. A tract of filled land upon which a | municipal golf course had just been | completed at a great cost was reclaim. | od by the rising lake waters in the first onrush of the tide. The commercial center here was Business was 1 activity ceased, public utilities were crippled. Offi- clals of the power company sald it may be three days hefore emergency service can be restored along a 50- mile stretch of the coast. Handbills served for newspapers in the afternoon, while old-fashioned presses in neighboring towns were commandeered for publication of news this morning. Special police deputies were press- od into service to guard the ocean front and darkened thoroughfares in the t ties last night as the storm subsid il STANDARD OIL WINS TITLE IN ELK HILLS Court Sustains Company in In- junction Suit Against Secre- tary of Interior. The title of the Standard Oil Co. of California to 63% acres of land within the Elk Hills naval reserve was sustained today by the District Supreme Court in a decision by Jus- thed mes Francie Smith who directed the issuance of a permanent injunc- tion against Hubert Work, Secretary of the Interfor. The order of the court prevents the conducting of a roposed inquiry at Vasalia, Calif., Pnto the mineral character of the land. Question arose to the character of the land, while ‘Albert B. Fall was secretary of the Interior and that of- ficlal directed the dismissal of the in- quiry and no proceedings were taken for five years until notice was given the company of the proposed inquiry at Vasalla. The oil company then sought mporary injunction against the secretary, which was denied by Chief Justice McCoy of the’ District Supreme Court. Justice Smith holds that Secretary Fall had jurisdiction to pass on the character of the land without wait- ing for a trial before tHe land office; that he granted a hearing and gave notice to all in interest; that he had evidence which he had a right to con- sider and which supported his dis- missal of the proceedings. Attorneys McKenny and Flannery, Oscar Sutro and Loufs Titus appeared for the oll compan; TWO MORTGAGE HOUSES BUY SITE FOR NEW FIRM Brandegee Property, 1521-1523 K Street, Will Be Location of Joint Financial Building. The Mortgage, Bond and Guaranty Corporation and the National Mort- gage and Investment Corporation have purchased 1521 and 1528 K street, the former holdings of the late Sen- ator Brandegee, and will erect on their newly acquired property a build- ing which they will Jjointly as their future headquarter: The plane for the new building, which will be in the form of a finan- clal investment house, are not yet completed. It is being designed by Appleton P. Clark, and construction 1l probably begin in September, ‘when Mr. Clark returns from Europe. Frank J. Hughes is president and general manager of the National Mort; and Investment Corpora- Army Gives 5,000 Blankets for Use In Fighting Fires Responding to & request from the Forest Service, the War De- partment today telegraphed the Quartermaster Intermediate Depot at Chicago to ship at once 5,000 Army blankets for use in beating out forest fires along the Canadian border in Montana. 9 0XFORD STUDENTS VISITING IN CAPITAL Group Will Spend Three Days of: Tour of Eastern States in Washington. After ing visited New York, Princeton and Philadelph! nine un- dergraduates of Oxford University ar- rived in Washington today for a three- day st during which time they are to mo sight-seeing tours and be rovally entertained, under the aus- plees of the local branch of the Eng- lish Speaking Union. while rounding out their impressions of the National Capital and America. They are stop- ping at the Willard Hotel. Thelir itinerary while in Washing- ton is to include a trip to Arlington and a swim at the Racquet Club this afternoon, dinner at the Metropolitan Club tonight, a visit to the Chevy Chase Club and a sight-seing tour to- morrow. They are to leave for Buf- falo, N. Y., Friday, and will later make a trip to Niagara and down the Hudson River. Members of the party are third and fourth year students at Oxford, and all are natives of the British Isles save one, who halls from South Africa. They are: B. B. Les, M. J. Griffith, P. Pickard, R. Wilson, P. Matthews, A. R. Pirle, G. Coleman, H. H. Swann and A. D. Forester. Lynch Luquer, secretary-treasurer of the local branch of the English Speaking Union, is in charge of ar- rangements for entertaining them while they are in Washington. ASSERTS McKINLEY PAID FOR CAMPAIGN WITH OWN MONEY (Continued from First Page.) McKinley and West is head of the Deneen group of the Republican party in Cook County. “In southern Illinois H. E. Morgan is a law: at Christopher,” Green went on. “While he was at the uni- versity he lived part of the time with Senator McKinley. We asked him to cover the 29 southern counties of the State, distribute the literature, do some traveling and have general supervision. Mr. Morgan says the total he received from me and Mr. Stipes was about $25,000. Abcut $5,000 was part of what 1 had given Stipes.” Expenditures listed by Green totaled $289,000, leaving $61,000 unaccounted for. Senator Reed called attention to this "Il say, frankly,” Green replied, “that in the campaign a great many people would come to me and it was not unusual for me to give them $1,000 or $500 or $200. Anyhow it's all in there. “As an {llustration there was a newspaper man in the Chicago colored wards that wanted me to buy 10,000 papers to distribute and I finally gave him $400 to do that. “A man named A. L. Williams, a negro lawyer, with & sort of organiza- tion, came to me. We had some pow- rful opposition on the South Side. . . Wright of the commerce commis- sion, a negro leader, was for Col. Smith. I gave Willlams several thou- sand. “Veterans from a veterans' hospital on the Weat Side were given $400 to print a circular and distribute it.” “Who got the money?" Reed asked. “I don’'t know,"” replied Green, “but there was no graft about it, I'm sure.” EXPLAINS McKINLEY GIFT. HARROGATE, Tenn., July 28 (#).— United States Senator William B. Mc- Kinley of Illinols, whose primary ex- pen: and those of his victorious op- ponent, Frank L. Smith, are under scrutiny of the Reed committee in Chicago, presented $25,000 to Lincoln Memorial University heres early in 1926, B. P. Willlams, business man- ager and treasurer of the university, sald last night. . . “A promise of another $25,000 went with the original gift.” Mr. Willlams said, “but I am not certain whether the additional funds have been re- celved by the college yet.” Williams said he believed Chancel- lor John Wesley Hill of the universi- ty had gone to Illinois and aided Sen- ator McKinely in, his primary fight. Mr. Hill, he explained, worked from the Washington office and was con- nected with the university only by |, mail. Marriage Licenses. ° 1 Lakeland, Md., and Lawrince Brooks o A et ‘:3."}.'.:::'-..,..“ both ot :fia h, . Va.. and James of 1 A tion. Kite is president and Fernand Petit is general manager of the Mortgage, Bond and Guaranty Herrick Delays Sailing. PARIS, July 28 (#),—Although the American Ambassador, Myron T. Her- rick, had intended to leave for the United States on the Majestic today, he has decided to rem: until early next month, when he expects the s:uflul_ and financial situation will e more settled. ¢ Hon. ., and i it n = %fl% '-k‘fi-'llk ‘Spinks, both H K and Helmar fi?"d et Frar" 1% nkion. lics from allied battleflelds for the Smithsonian Institution— INSURANCE LIMT URGED BY BALDWIN Would Keep Monthly Benefits Within Income of Insured to ‘Prevent Fraud. A recommendation that life, health and accident insurance companies take steps to prevent individual policy hold- ers from taking out insurance earry- ing weekly or monthly benefits in ess of the total income of the policy holder, is made by Thomas M. Bald- win, superintendent of insurance of the District, in his annual report to the Commissioners today. “When such policy holde know that they can obtain unlimited benefits for accident or illness many times they yield to the solicitation of un- scrupulous agents and as a result take out more insurance than they can po: sibly pay for. This means the lapsing sooner or later of policies, thus caus. fng trouble and financial Joss to both the companies and their agents, as well as dissatisfaction to the insured,” he said. Cites Unserupulous Doetors. Superintendent Baldwin further as- serted in his report that “there are doctors in the District who for a consideration will make out fictitou sick or accident claim blanks, charging anywhere from $1 to $3 for each, and as it usually takes but & short while to fill out a blank, it means money very easily made. Mr. Baldwin expressed the bellef that some insurance companies give their representatives too much lati- tude in the payment of claims. If one agent can pay a clalm more promptly than his competitor, the superintendent said, it means a new ness to him many times. n agreement should be made be- tween all these insurance concerns as to the maximum amount of weekly or monthly benefits that will be paid to any poliey holder, which in no case can exceed the total income of the insured,” the superintendent recom- mended. “Each application for insur- ance should show the total amount of insurance in force, as well as the name of each company, and when it is discovered that there is over-insur- ance, the benefits should be pro-rated, and accordingly reduced to the proper basis.” Disapproves Compulsory Insurance. Mr. Baldwin told. the Commission- ers in his report that the sub; of compulsory automobile insurance/will in all probability be brought up in Congress in the near future. Disoussing this statement in his re- port, Mr. Baldwin stated today that he was opposed to compulsory auto- mobile insurance. The reference to this question in his report follows: “Massachusetts has a compulsory automobile insurance law which goes into effect January next and which is causing no little concern to that State. Up to a very recent date no agreement had been arrived at as to adequate rates, It is the opinion of those who have made a very close study of this question that the solu- tion is not with insurance companies but with the police court. Jalling reckless drivers for long sentences, it is believed, will do more to reduce accidents than any other method pos- sible. Mention is made here of this matter to call your attention to what is being done elsewhere.” The report shows that during the calendar year panies in the District collected a total of $22,819,6456.29 in premiums and paid out $6,619,897.68 in losses. The cor- responding i year were $19,637, and $6,513,884.83 in losses. An improvement over the preceding year in the percentage of fire losses to premieums is shown by the report. In 1924 fire premiums amounted to $2,234,029, with losses of $871,674, giv- ing a percentage in losses of 39 per cent. For last year fire premiums amounted to $2,621,798, with losses of $847,686, or a percentage of only slight- 1y more than 33 per cent. “The District of Columbia enjoys very low fire insurance rates, owing to the fact that we do not have any large industrial or manufacturing lants found In other cities, and ‘urther, because we have wide streets and up-to-date, well equipped and efficlent Fire Department and no overhead or dangererous electric wires in the congested section,” Mr. Baldwin sald. “With the installa- tion of the proposed new high-pres- re water system in the more haz- ardous sectio; why fire insurance rates should not be even lower in the Distriet.” The superintendent expressed re- gret that a new Insurance code was not enacted at .the last session of Con, but expressed hope that the varlous groups would get to. gether hefore the next session opens. 'He pointed nu!] that the life insurance groups were in ent on their Bortion of the prdvosed new cote and that a separate bill is now pend to modernize the insurance laws wi regard to life Insurance. ———— 36 MORE DIE IN FLOOD. Additional Drownings Bring XKo- L rean Toll to 86. TOKIO, July 28 (#.—A dispatch to the newspaper Jiji Shimpo today from Seoul, Korea, the loss of 3§ more lives in fl rains in three Lflhp in Chuseinando province L R 4 e T SR 1926, insurance com- |8 10 CONFINE AUTOS Steel Barriers on Three Spans Being Erected to Pre- vent Plunging Off. Installation of substantial barriers between the roadways and sidewalks of three bridges in an effort to prevent automobiles from plunging off thess has been started,, David Macomb, en- gineer of bridges, announced today. The work is being done on the Cal- vert Street Bridge first after which similar additions wil be made to avenue and the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge across the Anacostia River. On the Calvert and Klingle Valley Rridges the new type rafling goes on the curbing which divides the road- way from the footpath. Steel posts, 15 feel apart, are he- ing bolted to the understructure of the bridge. A heavy wire netting will be fastened to these posts and a - strong steel cable stretched along the tope of the posts for the full length of the bridge. If an automobile got out of control of the drivep it would have to tear its way through this barrier before striking the outer rail- ing of the bridge. If the new barrier dld not stop the car completely, it is believed it would reduce the mo- mentum of the vehicle sufficently to keep it from tesring through the out- er rall. . In the case of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, the new railing will be similar in construction, but will not be placed at the curbing of the bridge because of the narrow space. An appropriation of $25,000 has heen made to make the bridge railings more securs. ARREST OF FREED INMATE AS INSANE IS UPHELD Chief Justice McCoy Discharges Habeas Corpus Writ in Case of Edward J. McCallig. Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court today upheld the right of police officers to arrest in the cor- | ridors of the courthouse persons sus- imctod of .being of unsound mind. He {discharged a writ of habeas corpus { sued out by Edward J. McCallig, for- mer employe of the Shipping Board, who when recently released from St. Elizabeth's Hospital on a technicality | concerning his commitment was im- mediately placed in custody by Detec- tives Talley and Weber of head- quarters. | The court directed the return of McCallig to St. Elizabeth's to await a hearing before a jury as to his men- | tal condition. Attorney George F. Cur- itis for the petitioner noted an appeal to the Court of Appeals and asked that his client be admitted to ball pending action of that tribunal. Assistant U, { 8. Attorpey Neil Burkinshaw ob- {jected to the reease of McCallig on ’b-ll and the court denied the appica. ’flon, The petitioner will be permitted |to prosecute his appeal without pre- payment of costs, the court said, on the filing of a proper aMdavit. POLICE ARE CAUTIONED. Warned to Observe Strictly Rules Applying to Auto Permits. A general order calling upon the desk sergeants in the various police mations to observe strictly previous instructions with reference to the issuance of applications for renewal of automobile drivers’ permits was issued today by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police. The order pointed out that only one application should be issued to each person and that the applicant should exhibit his old permit as evidence that he is entitled to a new one. MUTE IS SOUGHT HERE. Albert Grandman, 18, Missing From Massachusetts Home. Police today were asked to be on the lookout for Albert Grandman, 18 years, of Natick, Mass., a mute, who is missing from his home after leav- ing a letter saying he was “bound South.” The boy is described as being § feet, 10 inches in height, weighs 150 pounds, has blond hair, blue eyes and light eomplexion. ‘Thoma Evans, chief of police of Natick, has informed the local author- ities that the parents of the boy will be glad to forward his fate home if he is found. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and_Sallings From New York, Darlight Saving Time. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. ), R fdamgien o 2 Bermmite 1t} Vestris—] F DUE FRIDAY. | Aquitaniy otierd: .ymfl?&’ifi EXPECTED Alllvm AT NEW YORK. Aconcagua—Valparaiso B e Tiverpool. - g 3 Ame; z or—] A A g 11 Aus. Aug A there is no reason |P: AM. 0% :00 Noon PM. A K P.H: REN: 100 AM. Iron was first made from iron ore in the colony %Jflnflflm. Va, in Klingle Valley Bridge on Connecticut | FENGES ONBRIDGES | WCAP WILL CLOSE AT END OF WEEK All Features Will Be Taken Over by WRC, Which Will Present Full Programs. WCAP, Washington's ploneer high- powered radio station, will depart ‘rom the broadcasting feld Saturday and turn over to its competitor, WRC of the Radio Corporation of America, all of its present commerefal program features, as well as undisputed pos- session of the 469-meter wave channel, which the two broadcasters have {shared for almost 3 years. Announcement of the change, which has been expected ever since the Radio Corporation acquired station WEAF in New York, was made sfmul taneously today by A. E. Berry, presi- dent of the Chesapeake & Potomac Tel ephone Co., owners and operators of WCAP, and Gen G. Harbord, presi- dent of the Ra Corporation, and ended considerable speculation as to what radio had in store for the Na- tional Capital. WRC will hegin full time brodcast- ing Sunday morning, drawing its pro- grams equally from WEAF and Z, the two New York stations, thereby serving the Capital listeners with the best of the New York talent along with hand-picked features in Washington. Ever since WRC came on the air ’,.\u'uil 1, 1923, Washington has been ‘a one wave-length town,” with links of the American Telephone and Tele- graph Co. and the Radio Corporation chains dividing the common wave- length of 459 meters. Other Wave-Length Denfed. Fifforts were made several times by WCAP and WRC to obtain a second wave-band whereby each station might operate at full time, but failed ‘Tests proved unsuccessful as inter ference was found to exist with other eastern stations on any wave-length {Which the stations selected. Mr. Berry's statement of the closing of WCAP and the reasons therefore follo “We have decided to dimcontinue the operation of our broadecasting station, WCAP, after July 31. Ar rangements'have been made with the Radlo Corporation of America so that station WRC will thereafter broad- cast every day in the week and will carry along the present program fea tures of WCAP. “WCAP and WRC have heen operating on the same wave length and alternating their time on the air. This has invelved an unsuccessful and uneconomical duplication of plant and personnel. Recent announce ment has been made of the acquisi tion by the Radio Cor) tion of sta- tion WEAF, the broadcasting statlon of the American Telephone & Tel~ graph Co. in New York. This will enable the Radio Corporation to trane- mit to Washington and broadcast through WRC the many attractive en- | tertainment features from New York { which the public has had through WCAP. Thus radio listeners may ha assured of a_complete daily program from station WRC. Facilitated Programs. “The telephone company establish- ed Station WCAP when radio broad- casng was in its Infancy to keep abreagt of developments. Washing: ton, with its succession of events of national importance, offered a unique field for development of radio interest and the Chesapeake and Potomac Co.'s connection with the Bell sys tem’'s long-distance lines facilitated the bringing to Washington of program features from other parts of the coun and the transmission, In turn, of Washington events to other large citles for wide dissemination. “With the realignment of the New York broadcasting stations these ron- siderations become less important. We have, therefore, concluded that the practical thing to do is to close down our station and turn the local field over to WRC, in full confidence that the public will enjoy every ad- vantage from the one station that they have had from the two which have heretofore been serving them.” Gen. Harbord's statement explained that with the permanent connection betwen WRC and WJZ and WEAF in_New York the leading musical and instructive programs of these stations will be sent to Washington for trans- mission by WRC. The program fea- tures originating in Washington, which_have been broadcast by WRC and WCAP, also wili be continued, ac- cording to Gen. Harbord. Programs to Be Same. Under these arrangements Wi ington radio listeners will receive v tually the same programs, except that the commercial advertising features, formerly originating in WEAF's studio, will be transmitted through WR antenna instead of WCAP's. ‘WRC, therefore, will be on the air a most continuously, starting at 6:45 a.m. with the daily health exercises. The Ipana Troubadours, the WEAF Opera. Company, the Davis Saxophone Octet, the Atwater Kent, the Capitol Theater, and all other similar attrac- tions, will be continued as heretofore. WRC also will broadcast the church services of Sunday mornings and the services from the Washington Cath- edral on Sunday afternoons. The acquisition of WEAF and WCAP by the Radio Corporation is regarded in Washington as a definite move on the part of the Ameriean Telephone & Telegraph Co. to give free reign in the broadcasting fleld to the former corporation. It fis thought by public utility experts, how- ever, that an ironclad contract exists between the two corporations which requires the Radio Corporation to use the long distance telephone lines in all station interconnections. Hereto- fore, the Radio Corporation has used special eircuits provided by the Postal Telegraph C(o. Under the new ar- rangement, it was said, both corpora- tions will benefit by the change. Wil Study Oests. Soon after the announcement of the closing of WCAP, officials of the Public Utilities Commission prepared to make a study of the operating costs of that station. The commission decided last year in considering the revaluation case of the telephone com- pany not to permit the broadcasting station to be included in its physical property for rate-making purposes. “Appreciative’ of the service ren- dcru{by the company’s radio and pub- lic address department to the people of the District of Columbia,” the com- mission sald, “we are of the opinion that the property therein should not be included under the law as prop- erty used and useful for the telephone business. A similar radio service is maintained in New York City by the American Telephone and Telegraph To. and not by the New York Tele- Go hot 3 8 Maj. W. E. R. Covell, assistant Dis- trict neer Commissioner, assigned to public utilities, figured that time that WCAP's radio_service, if it _was allowed to be included. among the items for rate-making pu wouid cost the telephone subscribers of the District $1 a year. This would be un- fair, Maj. Covell .contended, as the station not omi served the telephone users in the District, but those in Maryland and Virginia, who would not share in the cost, as well as thou- sands of radio listeners who are not telaphone subscribers. —te The Tower of London onea con- tained its own court of justice, over “which the King presided in persea.