Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1926, Page 17

UNLOADING WAR RELICS HERE AT THE NAVY YARD. g il THE EVENING The Army transport Chateau Thierry nosed her way up the Potomac yesterday to bring an exhibit of 20 German guns and field pieces for the Smith- She also carried 650 tons of pig on for the Navy Yard. Wide World Photos. STAR, WASHI RICHEST of Johns-Manville (' SNAPPING OF BRIDGE CABLE CAUSES CATASTROPHE. Six persons were killed and 35 seriously in- Jured when one of the cables of this bridge over the Coal River, Whitesville, W. V about 100 persons into the river. ., snapped and precipitated Photo by Acma. BANI d, a Isaac Gans la ACTRESS BY HER FATHER'S WILL. Gould, wife of the actor, Jay Gould, receiv of her father, Thomas Eranklyn. Manville, head of the asbestos firm ) LEADER RECEIVES LOVING CUP. st night in appreciatio THURSDAY Lorraine Manville $8,776,473 under the will Wide World Photos, Capt. William J.. d, heing presented with cup by of the band's public concerts, ashington Star Photo. JULX' 29, 1926 FALLING BEFORE THE TIDE OF TRAFFIC. Trees being removed from Connecticut avenue in the process of widening the famous thoroughfare to take care of the increasing flow of motor traffic. New trees will be planted along the narrowed sidewalk. ENGLISH VISITORS IN THE AMERICAN CAPITAL. rived here yesterday on a tour of the Eastern States. They will be en representatives of the English-Speaking Union. Nine Oxford U Washington Star Photo niversity undergraduates, who ar- tertained in Washington by local Washington Star Photo. - REMOVAL OF ‘SLUR ASKED BY DOCTORS Medical Society Acts to Clear UpsAlleged Falsity in In- surance Claims. Declaring a “slur” has been cast upon the medical District by charges in the annual re- port of Thomas M. Baldwin, jr., super- intendent of insurance, that physi- clans conspire fo defraud insurance companies by making out false sick or accident claims for a consideration of £1 to §3, Dr. J. A. Gannon, chair man of the executive committee of the District Medical Sociefy, Hemand ed today that the names of the guilty doctors he published. Pledges Society to Act. Writing to Mr. Baldwin, Dr. Gan non said: “This is a serious charge. and if yvou are quoted correctly the I am sure that your intention is not to indict the whole profession. The Medical Society of the District of Columbia is interested and if any of its 700 members is guilty the society will take appropriate action. Will you he kind enough to remove the siur which has been cast upon the local profession hy explain- fng how many and what doctors you ba published. accuse and allow the Medical Society | of the District of Columbia to help you avoid repetition of the fraud?” Due to the absence from the city to- day of Mr. Baldwin, an answer to the society’s request could not be ob- tained. Names Insurance Companies. Frank Bryan, jr., deputy superin- tendent of insurance, revealed that the insurance gompanies which com- plained of the practice are the Conti nental Insurance Co., Casualty Co. of Tennessee, the Cap tal City Benefit Society and the Peo- ple's Life Insurance Co. Mr. Bryan sald he is certain that Mr. Baldwin doer not have a list of the offending physicians. “We do know,” he declared, “that some in- surance companles will not honor cer- tificates signed by certain physicians.” FOUR DRIVERS HELD FOR LEAK OF GRAVEL Obsoure Provision of District Code Requires Tight Containers During Haul. Four truck drivers were arrested today Iy police of the third precinct charged with allowing sand and gravel to fall from their trucks upon the street while in transit. This offense is covered in an obscure provision of the District Code (section 11 article 9), requiring any material likely to be blown or scattered to be tgansported only-in tight containers. Capt. Sheetz of the third precinct started a campaign to enforce this provision. The four arrested today were Irving Hill, 27, 1516 Swann street; Henry Johnson, 33, 605 N street: Malcolm Howard, 36, 802 W street, and Albert. W. Simms, 32, 2122 Ward eourt. All are rolored. They were paleased after sepositing $10 collateral, profession of the | the Life and! | | | | | | | | | | | { PANAMABECOMES | ALLY OF AMERICA New Treaty Gives United |- States Co-operation in De- fense of Canal Zone. By the Associated Press. - PANAMA, July The newly, signed commercial treaty between the United States and Panama stipulates that the Republic of Panama will co- operate in all possible ways in the protection and defense of the canal and will consider herself in a state of war in an) in which the United States is‘a belligerent. An official synopsis of the treaty, which supplants the Taft agreement abrogated in 1924, was given out to- day. The treaty was signed vesterday in Washington. In addition to pro- viding for military co-operation in the protection of the canal, the treaty. war | deals with commercial relations and'| ‘road costing up to $1,250,000. names of the guilty physicians should | Various: administrative matters with- in the Canal Zone. [ The synopsis says that radio and aviation control and operation may be completely exereised by the United States. Armed United States forces shall have free access to,Panaman ter- ritory in time of peace for maneuvers and other military purposes, but due notice must he given to Panama when armed troops enter her territory. Provides for Land Purchase. The first part of the treaty provides that lands needed by the canal must be paid for at the value prevailing on the date of their expropriation, and provides for the appointment of a claime commission. . The second sec- tion deals with a change in the boun- daries of Colon, by which jurisdiction 18 interchanged with the United States eontrolling the northern water front, including certain canal huildings at | present excluded from the Canal Zone jurisdiction. The United States agrees | to connect Panama and Colon with a The third section deals with the construction of a net work of roads by the United States and the agreement that the United States will restore the continuity of the Isthmian territa by a bridge or ferry. Panama will have free access at all times to the roads within the Canal Zone limits and the United States will have a sim- ilar privilege on the Panaman roads. Smuggling Prevention Included. The fourth article is concerned with the prevention of smuggling and com- mercial regulations within the Canal Zone. The fifth deals with traffic be- tween the Canal Zone and the Re- public. The sixth deals with ship- ping matters and provides for ports at either entrance of the canal as well as at cities in Panama. Colon and adja- cent harbors will be free excepting for tolls for use. The seventh section deals with the application of the Volstead act in the Canal Zone and provides that no pen- alties shall be imposed on account of the tranaportation of liquor through the Canal Zone in any direction, pro- vided the transportation takes place under seal and certificate between Panama and abroad and between any two points within the territory of Panama. 3 The eighth section deals with ques- tions of sanitation and provides that in_case a serious epidemic cannot! be controlled by Papama the United States will have the,right to apply in the Infected region™the same rujes | canal, SHE ASSUMES DUTIES OF MINISTER. secretary of the Irish Free State history when she acts as Minister during a vacation 'I'l? Minister Timothy A. Smiddy, at lef by Mrs. A. L. MacFeat, second legation, who will make diplomatic to Ireland of P. & A. Photos. t. Copyright WORKING ON A DELICATE JOB. Experts at the United States Naval Observatory repairing compasses and chronometers to make them ready for sea duty again. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. and ordinances existing in the cities of Panama and Colon. The ninth section provides Panama shall exercise control the United States inspection of radio communications within the territory of the republic. No radio station or receiving set endangering protection or operation of the canal will be al lowed by Panama. The United States is given the right to erect radio sta- tions in any part of the republic as are needed for protection of the The sovereignty of the re- public over the stations is recognized, but the United States shall exercise jurisdiction over the property and personnel. > The tenth section provides that only the United States and the Re- public of Panama shall ‘be allowed to fly airplanes in the republle, and flight licenses wil be issued by a joint hoard. Panama agrees not to permit flying over seas - near- the canal fortifications except by agrerdment with the United States. The eleventh article ~deals with military co-operation and the twelfth is concerned with the monetary sys- tem to be used. It provides that the gold dollar of the United States will continue to be legal tender in Panama and thé silver currency of Panama that will he legal tender in the Canal Zone, ! except for payment of tolls. Panama will coin silver curremncy of the same denomination and intrinsic value of the United States silver currency. A gold deposit in the United States is provided for. The last article stipulates that both parties to the treaty preserve their rights in accordance with previous treaties except as modified by the expressed terms of the new treaty. Found Dying on- Street. ‘Willlam * Brashears, 65 years old, 1127 B street southeast, was found un- conscious at Seventh and C streets northeast about 8 o'clock last night. He died before reaching Casualty Hos- pital. Dr. Edward B. Macon, his at- ténding physician, gave the death cer- and | Mr: By the Associated Pre: PAUL SMITH! Y., July 29.— The out-of-door life which the Presi- deht and Mrs. Coolidge are leading at White Pine Camp holds many pleasures for the fitst lady of the land. When her husband goes to the executive offices she finds her time taken by the numerous activities available in the wilderness park that surrounds the Summer White House. Mrs. Coolidge is particularly fond of swimming, and when the weather is fair she enjoys a dip, a custom she followed last Summer at Swamps- cott, Mass., on the seashore. Al though Osgood Lake is spring fed, the water near the beach is not uncom- fortable and on many hot afternoons . Coolidge Finds Many Pleasures In Out-of-Door Life in Adirondacks | she enjoys a good swim in the Iit tle cove before the camp. The fleet of five boats with which White Pine Camp is equipped also offers diversion to Mrs. Coolidge. She spends considerable, time on the dock and in the boathouse, reading or ex- ercising the white collies, Rob Roy and Prudence Prim, which have not tired of chasing saucy red squirrels through the woods. ~Mrs. Coolidge also takes frequent rides in the motor craft. One of her favorite spots is in front of the main lodge of the camp, where, seated in an easy chair, she can look over to the lake and the forests be- yond or watch the President, if he is trolling in a guide boat. Mrs. - Coolidge does not fish and usually remains at home when the President goes in quest of bass or trout. DOTY LOSES APPEAL FROM PRISON TERM American Who Deserted Foreign Legion in Syria Must Serve Eight Years. By the Associated Press. BEIRUT, Syria, July 29.—The ap- | peal of Bennet J. Doty of Memphis, {Tenn., from a sentence of eight years' imprisonment for desertion from the French Foreign Legion, today was re- jected unanimously, by a higher mili- tary court. During this trial several weeks ago, the prosecuting ‘officer demanded the death penalty, but 'Doty's defending officer made a plea for clemency be cause of the American’s brilliant rec- ord previgus his desertion. {on active duty The 'band. | court made no recommendation for clemency and it does not appear likely that any will be made at this time. 4 Doty, who enlisted in the leglon as “Gilbert Clare,” is the son of Lemuel H. Doty, a Memphis attorney, and is a veteran of the World War. 'He left his company in southern Syria while against the. Druses and later was Iimprisoned in Da- mascus. RIS, Husband Sues for Divorce. Absolute divorce is asked in a suit filed by George M. W. Shea, 420 Ninth street, against Reine R. Shea of the Buclid Apartments. They were mar- ried at Paris, France, December 28, 1918. and have no children. . The.hus. band charges that his wife went out to dances and drinking parties with other men. He also alleged miscon® duct at her apartment and elsewhere. A corespondent is named. Attorne; Vivien O. Hill appears for the hus- J THIRD GROUP TAKEN TO CAMP GOOD WILL| Another Party of Mothers and Children Also Goes to Pleasant, at Blue Plains. The third party of Distriét mothers and children was taken to Camp Good Will yesterday afternoon, bringing the total roster of the camp to 146. The group met at the Madison School, Tenth and G streets, for the medical examination. These doctors gave their services for the examl nesion: Dr. Daniel Hatfeld, Dr. Rob- ert McCullough, Dr. John R. Dull, Dr. W. D. Sullivan, Dr. Coursen B. Corklin, Dr. Harry Ong. Dr. W. F. Greaney, Dr. James O'Keefe and Dr. James O'Donnell. They were assisted by volunteer nurses, Miss E. Fiynn, Miss Bertha Orr. Miss M. E. Gordon, Miss M. P. Woodsell, Miss Irene Sagar and Mrs. A. B Other volun- teers assisting W. L. Noll and James Jenkins. The party was taken to camp by the Rotary bus, a Capital Traction bus, a Red Star bus and by private cars donated by the following: Mrs. Emily Elkins, Mrs. I. B. Briddy, Mrs. Edna May_Blumenberg, Mrs. George C. Bryan, Mrs. Frank Lawson, W. 8. Hummar, J. M. Hodge, Douglas C. Furr, William Hall and Dr. Laidler Mackall. On the previous day a similar third party of chiliren and mothers was taken to Camp Pleasant, at Blue Plains. The examination was con- ducted by the following volunteers: Dr. C. A. Tignor, Dr. Albert Ridgely, Dr. H. W. Freeman, Dr. George Hollo- mand, Dr. J. F. Dyer, Dr. William Lewis and Dr. H. Hayden Johnson. The Camp.Pleasant party was assem- bled. undqr the direction of Miss Sadle ‘Wilson and Mrs. Ethel Williams, visi- tors for the Associated Charities. The Camp Pleasant volunteers were in e of Mrs. George W. Cabiniss % Badig Murphy. ' CRABBERS 10 GET -~ GUNSINBAY WAR Maryland War Veterans to Use Rapid-Fire Weapons Against Virginians. " By the Associated Preas. BALTIMORE, July correspondent of the Baltimoi | reports to his paper from Crisfield, Md.. that arranzements have heep { made by Maryland erabbers, who ex- changed shots the Virginia fisheries patrol } week, to bring three rapid fire guns to Smith Island, in Tangier S nd. and mount them in T¥Tefthn. g The guns will be manned by vet- erans of the World Wag. the. dispatch said, and the crabbers insist that should the Virginia boat again fire 29.—A staff into Tylerton the shore batter{ 'will reply. Say Town Was Fired On.. . Firing into Tylerton by the Mar- guerite, the correspondent. .repo rabbers as saving, was responsible | for the skirmish last week. The men charge that while they were out in their boats crabbing and_only women and children were in Tylerton the | Virginia boat opened fire on the town. After the shots had been fired, the crabbers say, they returned home. got their guns and retired to the marshes. When the Marguerite opened fire a of their bullete hit the boat. _ Boundary Near Doorstep. The Maryland crabbers say the | boundary line hetween Maryland and | | shooting from the marshes and many | | few hundred feet from the doors of their homes. They insist that they exact location of the line, since in times past at least 2 Smith Islanders crews. The crabbers’ chief complaint is that the Virginia boats open fire on ‘them while they are in transit across Virginia waters. Remarking of the line will be started next Monday. The work will be done hy H. E. Collins, hydrographie engineer of the Mary- land conservation commission, and Fred E. Reudinger, Virginia engineer. WOMEN’S UNION OUTING. Baby Contest and Athletic Events on Program at Beach. The Women's Upion of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing held an annual outing at Chesapeake Beach yesterday. A baby contest was the feature of the day. ' Prizes were won by Eliza- beth Dayhoff and Joseph Richard Pope in the under-one-year class and by Billie Stevens and Mildred M. Rudd in the one-to-three-year class. Mrs. A. C.'Terry, Mrs. Lee R. Downs and John Ginder were the judges. Racing events were”won Dorothy Connor, Mildred Connor, Willle La Corte, John Harvey, Pearl Steele, Margaret Garry, Josephine Connor, E. Kettner, Antoinnette Connor, Jack Bangs, Dulcie Reid, Goldie Watts, Georgie Bennett, . Josephine " Connor. The Charleston contest was won by Margaret Schroff. ot More than $1,000,000 worth of tire- repalr materials were shipped from lthls to othergeountries in the past ear. R e Sufh | second time, they declared, they began | Virginia at Smith Island is only a | know the | have been killed by Virginia patrol | FOUR MORE DEATHS ‘BY BOOTLEG POISON jNation-Wide Search Made | for Three Venders as [ Toll Reaches 44. | By the Associated Press. o X ¢ 29.—While a nation-wide search was heing insti- tuted today for three men said to be | memheys, of the higher-up bootlegger | cang sought by the authorities in connection with the sale of wood raleohol in liquor, the death list: had increased to 44. Jamestown reported fatalities during the night. The men sought are alleged by police to have known the liquor was { poisonous when they sold it. Thelr names, as revealed by Buffalo authorf ties, David Gofdberg' ahd ! Sapowich »f Buffalo *and “Dav irden. of New York. .James | Yaelker of Buffalo, already is under arrest on a charge of murder. Despite the fact that all the sam | ples examined by chemists were pro- | nounced poisonous, the venders of the | fatal liquor defied the findings of the | chemists and proceeded to sell the | tondemned stuff, the authorities | charge. | The wood alcohol horror, appearing {in the Southern tier of counties of | Northern New York, lifted its poison head in new quarters. From Sale | manca. Olean, Mayville and inter mediate points came reports that large quantities of the liquor had been distributed in those Idistricts, One resident of Salemanca was re- ported to have been stricken. A reign of fear has developed among drinkery owners and patrons of such establishments. MAIL DRIVERS SET LOW-ACCIDENT MARK Postmaster Mooney Praises 35 Per Cent Reduction to 149 in Past Fiscal Year. Traffic accidents in the motor ve. hicle service of the City Post Office for the flscal year just closed were reduced 35 per cent over thé previous . “a very commendable show- ing,”" Postmaster Willlam M. Mooney announced today. In a_notice to the emploves of his office, Mr. Moongy declared: “1' appreciate the fact and econ- gratulate the chauffeurs and carriers operating the motor vehicles. I have gone a step further. than this and have written a letter to Maj. Hesse calling his attention to this record. In connection therewith I have submitted some further inter- esting facts concerning the operation of the motor vehicle service during the last year, informing him that we also propose to co-operate in every way with him in his efforts to control and regulate traffic and inviting the co-operation of the police force in our efforts. A copy of the letter addressed to Maj. Hesse has been transmitted to Director of Traffic Eldridge. “I hope that each operator of a mail truck will'bear this record com- stantly in mind ‘while on the streets, and it will be very gratifying to see a still further reduction in the number of accident cases during thq‘ current oL - S