Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1926, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 WEATHER. (T. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, probably light rain toda. Tomorrow fair with rising tempera- ture. Temperature highest (65) at 12 noon; lowest (61) at 10 p.m. Full report on page 7. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 1,118—No. 30,063. GALELASHED SEAS fyresent Ao, while He Fishes Epecial Dispateh to The Star ! WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., | must 21.—Supper got cold on the i table tonight waiting for President | SWEEP OCEANCITY; HUNDREDS LEAVE Furious Storm Drives Raging . Surf 200 Yards Over Beach. Homes Flooded. POTOMAC OVERFLOWING BANKS AT HAINS POINT Au Coolidge, who was on one of his late fiching expeditions. He did not return from Upper St. Regis Lake until after 8 o'clock, insisting on remaining until dark. He left the lake at 7:45 o'clock. It was not a good day, as he and members of his party brought in only about eight fish. —o— EUROPE 1S CAUGHT - INTREATY FLOOD Alexandria Street Under Water. Fear Is Felt for Mercantile Houses on River Front. Powers’ Return to Old “Veiled Diplomacy.” pecial Dispateh 10 The Star i OCEAN CITY. Md. August 21.—| TWhipped by a roaring noreaster that | swept mountainous surf back into resi dential sections, Ocean City was vir-| PARIS. August tually paralyzed tonight by the most lories of the leading countries of Eu- severe Summer storm in the annals’rope are in a fever of activity discuss- ©of the United States Coast Guard sta- | Ing the signing of the so-called mutual tlon here. It was estimated that the 'defense treaties. The Franco-Ru- gale attained a velocity of 50 miles an imanian and Italo-Spanish treaties hour at its peak. | hardly were signed before it was an- Squalls have the nounced that Poland and Jugoslavia throughout this district for the past were about to sign one of their own. three days, but the disturbance did | France fs working on one with Jugo- not begin 1o become serious until this glavia and Italy is projecting a series morning, when @ strong gale howled of treaties with most of the countries in from the northeast. Within a few in the Balkans and Central Europe. hotrs tremendous seas were huffeting Al of these treaties are declared to the entire water front and before he inder the rules of the League of night the water had swept unprece- Xatjons and in accordance with the dented distances back Into the resort. | Guivit of Locarno. Those which have s Flooded. heen registered with the league ap- rds reported, have ! DEAT 10 be innocuous statements of wvirtually been dnundated by the on-|£vod will. ‘Thisiisais: true of the rushing sea and hundreds of vaca-Vvecent Italo-Spanish treaty and pre- ave fled from the vicinity of 'sumably true of the Franco-Rumanian Many of them, frightened treaty, which has not vet been pub by the \;phlen‘in;yumun of the sei | lished. hack to the main business thorough fare of the resort, which Is a good Full Agreement Not Given. block and a half back from the beach,| ynder these circumstances it has have departed for their homes in' g ck some observers as strange that Washington and elsewhere | there is such a rush to sign mutual Coast Guard men anmounced that | S 2 (Bt B Tl dohip. Due to the sea had invaded the waterfront pet@Rln A @0 Ty ireaties it has to a distance of 200 yards from its yof (RAUEIES S0 TR o that the normal limit, and they confirmed the | p€C0TG - W8, OREY . FECLI o1 of the Br Cable to The Star and New York World swept coast Many homes, gu The Many Factors Seen Behind | 21.—The chancel- | WASHINGTON, TWO NEW ARRESTS - DUETOMORROW IN CANTON CLEAN-UP Detective and Police Official to Be Summoned in City Vice Probe. PROSECUTOR SAYS ALIBI OF MAZER IS CRUMBLING Grand Jury to Reconvene This Week and Resume Mellett Murder Hearing. By the Associated Press | CLEVELAND, August 21. — The murder of Don R. Mellet, Canton pub- | lisher. slain in the midst of a vice | crusade five weeks ago, is near solu- tion, Howell Leuck, assistant United States district attorney, insisted to- day. His assertion came on the heels of his announcement that Federal war- rants will be sought Monday for two Canton persons, a police official and | a detective, on charges of conspiracy D. C, to violate the Federal prohibition law. Leuck indicated that the persons whose arrest is contemplated are only remotely connected with the Mel- | lett murder, but he regards them as important figures in the investigation | of vice and crime conditions at Can. | ton. | Leuck was also the source during | the day for a statement that the alibi of Louis Mazer, Canton under- | world figure, held on a direct charge of murdering Mellett and of conspir- | ing to violate the Volstead act, i being steadily torn down by investi gators at Canton. Week’s Events Outlined. Monday Mayor S. M. Swarts at Canton is expected to reconstruct the . city civil service commission, so the Police Department can be rebuilt. Simultaneously a decision may, be reached as to the appointment of a Sundiy WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION SUNDAY MORNING 2 ey , AUGUST Star. 1926— NINETY-EIGHT PAGES. * VALENTINO WORSE; PLEURISY SETS IN Screen Star’s Pulse, Tem- perature and Respiration All Reported High. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 21.—Rudolph Valentino has suffered a relapse. fact that the surface was washing the main business strect in a number of : places. The surf. they declared, is higher than it has ever heen before and the gale is the worst Summer | storm in the history of this station. | Members of the Tall Cedars, a Ma- | sonjc organization. who had been in | convention here from Baltimore and Delaware, were cbliged to cut short the sessions when the sea threatened to engulf their meating place. Most of | them returned to their homes, | No Fatalities Reported. { Coast Guard lookouts have been pa- | trolling the heach at regular intervals | and up to midnight no reports had been received of fatalities in this dis trict, which extends as far north as Lewes. Dol Information reaching the Coast Guard sation indicated | that the gaie was abating slightly late tonight No accurate estimate,of the dam age was obtainable tonight. but it] was said that the loss from paralysis of business alone would run into! thousands of dollars. How badly the homes and husiness structures that | are heing battered’ by the sea have been damaged will not be known until | morning. at least, when old-timers | expect the water to recede. RELIEF DUE TOMORROW. i Light Rains Forecast for Today May | Further Swell River. ! i With the Potomac River continu- | ing to rise the weather hureau held | out no hope last night for relief from the past 10 days of rain before tomor raw. Light rains, at least. are pre dicted for today. but fair and warmer | weather was promised for tomorrow Official measuements hy the river and flood section of the weather bu rean showed the Potomac River 1o be slightly Iess than four frei above normal late yesterday Although this is still a comfortabie distance be | low flood stage. the river had sub merged the lower end of Hains Point | early last evening and was stiil swelling. | Alexandria Street Flooded. | Alexandria. the river had| its highest stage in three | vears by 6 o'clock last evening, sweep- | Ing over its banks at several points. | The water had backed up King street ' as far as Union street, and at The | vand it was a foot deep, forcing traffic to detour around Prince street The plaza of the Old Dominion Boat Club was submerged and the lower floor of the clubhouse was only six| inches above the water i Under existing conditions it feared that mercantile houses lower King street might he invaded | when the full crest of the deluge from up the Potomac valley. the heavy rains. hegins to peint. Little fear was however, that severe flood ¢ would result. although prec are being taken ASainst eventuli- ties Rivermen said last night rise was due not so much to as the East wind. Hancock, Md., Is Hit. { High water was reported to have been reached at Hancock, Md. ves- terday atrternoon. when ihe rain ceased. At that point jhe river was 11 feet abtove normal. Twenty miies | below. at Williamsport, the river was | said to he still SINE A the rate of two inches an hour. hut no serious results were anticipated there for further doni valle Late = yesterday afternvon the muddy waters of the swollen Potomac At reached that the the rain above the Highway Bridge. Nearer b E the river left its bank. and at the point the entire sidewalk was under Naer . or seaweed ! were scattered over the lawn near the road. At that time the tide was on the ebb, and it seemed certain that the fncoming tide early this morning would bring the water up to the roadway. | Tourists at the Potomac Park camps. which are only a short dis- tance from the river. were reported to be in no danger of being flooded out for the present. The prolonzed rain. however. has reduced the num ber of campers from normal fignres | of 1.500 persons to not more “han| €00, Most_of these were forced 1o ntinued on Page 2, Column | countries to ! fivmer alliance. | defense. | one seems to believe in the efficacy of {the hidden agreements which ‘are | standings is to throw a veil of mys. | eatate near here for several months. old European necessity of signing up one’s friends, and that the documents, as they become public, do not reveal the whole extent of the engagement. In some cases it is known and in others it {s suspected that there are secret clauses promising in detall ex. actly what military support each con- tracting power ig to expect from the other in case of need. These unpub- lished understandings, where they ex- ist. are the real reason for making the treaties. They are not published because they appear merely as tech- nical notee. but they are the essence of the treaties and the effect of their existence is 1o create a series of secret militar; alliances. Course Held Necessary. As secret diplomacy is supposed to have hesn renounced. it has struck some observers as folly for important let themselves in for severe censure in the future by start. ing up the old military alllance game, but the explanations that are coming from the holy of holies of the chancel- lories are that it is necessary. It ir sald to be known beyond a doubt that Germany and Russia made a secret military agreement when they signed the Rapallo treaty, which since has been renewed in a much It is aiso declared to he known that the Soviet made a secret military alllance with Turkey when Tchitcherin signed the treaty of Paris with the Angora government. Germany thus is in the position of a bad boy who started the game and the others have done the same in self- The cause for the freshened activity in recent_months is declared to be due to the Russian-Turkish un derstanding and the strengthening of the military understanding between Russia and Germany. Italy Also Is Blamed. Renito Mussolini’s imperialistic ex pressions al<o are given as the reason for other countries taking precau- tions. Curiously enough, while the| chancellories are feverishly active. no hardly worth putting away In vaults, because experience has shown that hidden agreements cannot be made to work unless public opinfon favors the measures they contain. A case in point i8 the agree- ment of Greece during the war to come to the support of Serbia, which she did not and could not do because Greek opinion opposed such action. The chief utility of the new under- considered tery over European diplomacy again. (Copyright. 1926.) VANDERLIP VGXINS LITTLE. SAN PEDRO, Calif., August 21 (®). _Frank A. Vanderlip. nationally known eapitalist who has been mak- ing his home on his Palos Verdes intends leaving for the East about September 7. and may go under the care of spocialists to hasten recupera- tion from overwork, it was learned today Memhers of Mr. Vanderlip's house- '3 emphasized he iz not actually but said that even partial retire- ment had not served fully to re- cuperate the capitalist from a some. { After announcement of the develop- ! ment of pleurisy in his left chest, it became known that preparations for a hlood transfusion had been made by ithe three physicians who operated on the film star for acute appendicitis and gastric ulcers last Sunday. Hospital authorities sald late to- night that he was “‘very weak™ but transfusion had not yet been finally ,decided upon. S. George Ullman, the motion pie- ture star's manager. who has been special or assistant prosecutor to carry the murder case before the Stark County grand jury. Tuesday, unless a Swarts or a new 'om- mission intervenes, Chief of Pulice S. A. Lengel will be eligible to return to duty, following a 30-day sus-| pension, imposed July 24, when his investigation into the murder had failed, in the mayor's judgment. Wednesday the Stark County ‘,‘I;“’::é"“,"};,_c’l:r““%“':c""‘;""g;e i ‘“‘,‘{.’:rnnnamly at his hedside. sald tonight Alger has promised the grand jurovs | {hat Valenting was e ven s that_any_evidence avallable will be' P® COUT ERealt BN T AISEECE commanded for their consideration. o cst stasl Meanwhile, the net spread for trap. |28 blood donor if the trandfusion ping those involved in the liquor and *Peration was decided upon. and a tect murder plots will be closing in as | W% made of his blood toxether b/t ol wce: hlood sellers at the Polyclinic Hos- Roach to Prepare Case. pital. ’ The three physicians were called Janoeph, R, Roach, Chicago criminal| o the Polyclinic Hospital this after: ver, for flean-ups of ViCe. noon and after a consultation issued frauds’ and political corruption, will | o0n afd after 8 Const talll ar continue his inquiry into the related |} BMISUR YO8 FICL LIS SORED © plots. prepare a document of evidence | NA7 sPeRt & TWery TesioRR G for the county grand jury's considera: | 0,1 *iis puise was 120 and his on, and lay the foundation for the| 1% =19 & n i liquor conspiracy evidence to be laid | respiration 26, they announced. before a Federal grand jury in Cleve- Condition Very Serious. and. : : It was stated at the hospital at Ora_ Slater, Cincinnati detective, | yiqnijght that Valentino's oiifition aided by other investigators, will con. | Was" Fvery serious but that there tinue to_ gather witnesses, 'of which | Wil ;' {[Tmediate danger. :"Ck"":,‘ has "“ and to seek for Pal-\ " The new complications in Valen- rick Eugene McDermott, wanted as | yjno's condition came as a surprise to y man” in the murder solution. | pjs friends. who had belieVed him Postal officials will use their ex-!gifelv on the road to recovery. After traordinary powers further fo run|ihe double operation Sund: local down clues in the conspiracies which | peritonitis set in, and doctors an have come into their possession. | nounced that his only chance of re- Local court machinery will be held | covery lay in the ability of his strong in readiness to issue several expected | constitution to fight off the spread murder warrants at any time. of the infection. The crisis wa . PRAREE g S led two days ago. and the phy McDERMOTT SUSPECT HELD. | ceaced issulng bulletins re::rdlnx the | | star’s illness. The firat hint of a relapse came with the announcement early toda of a slight spread of the peritonit hich was said by his physicians not to be cause for alarm. A hufletin scription of Patrick Fugene Mc- | €arly tonight told of the addition of Dermott, wanted in Canton. Ohio, as | pleurisy, and after a two-hour con the “key man” in the Don R. Mellett | ference of doctors preparations for murder investigation, was arrested |the blood transfusion were made gave his here today. | known. e suspect name as| . Simer Bennett, 32. of East Liver-| IQ ”” pool, Ohio, and admitted he served a se:uence in the Western Pwnw!AVIATOR s STUNT sylvania Penitentiary but denied he | is McDermott and disavows any ! T knowledge of the murder of the news- | FA AL To THREE plape{‘ publiu};)elrvl l';;hre said Bennett e closely resembled photographs of Mc- ibiti Dermott. Kraphs of Mc-| Exhibition Flyer and Two Pas- Photographs of the prisoner and | i Wh i Bertillon measurements are being | sengers Killed en Wing rushed to Canton and Cleveland, Breaks 2,000 Feet Up. detectives announced. | Prisoner in Fort Wayne Said to Resemble Canton Fugitive. FORT WAY #).—A man sal er the d August 2 By the Associated Preas | saile | | KALAMAZOO. Mich., August 21.— ‘The pilot and two passengers of a | “stunt fiying” airplane were instantly People Forced to Sleep Outdoors: killed when the plane fell 2,000 feet before a crowd of 4.000 persons After Shocks Near Sicily. i i gathered at the annual home-coming MESSINA. Sicily, August 21 (®).— | celebration of the town of Climax, Extensive damage has been caused near here. by earthquakes in the Aeolian s Victor Arnold, 28 of Battle Creek, lands. lying north of Sicily, where nu- | Mich., was the pilot. His passengers ;r;en;zl;;xmhopu;fi:rr:an\; ‘m: destroved | were Climax residents, William Burn- Onithe alann of Eiicid] fnaladtiior. | Do AN Clalte Blodkert (sach 20, The ities have ordered the destruction of | PIane fell only a block from the cen- church steeples to prevent their col. | teF Of the town, lapse. The population is sleeping out.; _Arnold had iooped the loop at an | i what wern condition due to many vears of active life. doors under the protection of the mili. | altitude of about half a mile and then tary. gone into a nose dive. At the 2.000- foot level he attempted to straighten Rattling Shells and Mark Opening of Hopi Plea to Gods| By the Associated Press. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., August The sun dipping behind the desert horizon today heralded the beginning of the annual snake dance of the Hopi Indians. To the accompaniment of rattling shells, which sounds like the patter of rain, prayer-laden rattlesnakes were offered to sacrifice to the gods of the underworla. who control the vast sub- terranean reservoirs. while pravers were raised to the gods above. who | guard the great reservoirs of the| heavens, For eight dave the Hopis. tralling in bands to the third mesa, Oralbi, in the village of Hotevilla, 107 miles 21— ~ the plane out of the dive but the strain on the right wing was so great that it collapsed, the plane plunging to the ground. The engine of the plane was buried in the ground where it landed. - I TRAIN KILLS 3 OF FAMILY. | | Parents and Son Crossing Victims. Latter's Wife May Not Live. | UNADILLA, N. Y. August 21 (®).—Three persons were instantly killed and another was probably fa- tally injured here today when a Dela- | | ware and Hudson miik train struck | an automobile on a grade crossing. Those killed were Dr. and Mrs. E. T. Davison of Athenis. N. J.. and their son, Elwin Davison. Mrs. Elwin Davison, the fourth occupant of the Snake Sacrifices north of here, have been preparing for the ceremonial and weaiting anx- iously for sunset today to launch into the weird rites. During the day the Indians care- fully washed and cleaned the rattlers that they might be fit offerings for the water gods. This morning the vouths of the tribe raced from far out in the desert 1o the top of the mesa. where priests received the winner, rinkled him with sacred meal and water and took him to the antelope kiva—or praver chamber—where he was given praver sticks, sacred meal and an amulet of great power. The other runners de- posited prayer offerings at an ap- pointed shrine, was said she could not recover, R L | details ! London Police Seeking TODAY’S STAR. PART ONE—12 PAGES. News—Local, “~ational and Maryland and_Virginia News—Pages 6. 27 and 28, The Story of Elizabeth”—Page 32. Around the City—Page 35 Veterans of the Great War— fan Arm ge 37. ncial News—Pages 38, 39 and 40. PART TWO0—12 PAGES. Editorials ard Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 10. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 11. News of the Clubs—Page 11. PART THREE—1? PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music C Finai in Washington--Page 4. Motoring—Pages 6 Spanish War Veterans—Page 9. Reviews of Summer Books—Page 10. Fraternal News—Page 10. Army and Navy News—Page 11 PART FOUR—1 PAGES. Pink Sports Section PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures The Rambler- PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—{ PAGES. Betty: Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. Page 3. .. MAN RESCUES THREE DROWNING Naval Reservist on U. S. S. Allen Pulls in Man Clinging to Capsized Boat. Special Dispateh 1o The Star NEWPORT, R. 1., August 21.—H. B. Godey, 1205 G street southeast. Washington, a naval reservist now here with the U. S. S. Allen. rescued three men from drowning in the har- bor here last night. Godey, as coxswain of a motor was returning to the Allen after arrying a_party ashore when he was attracted by cries from among the flotilla of fashionable yachts riding at anchor. He found a small skiff overturned with .three men in the water. He managed to haul them aboard with the boat hook. They were turned over to the shore patrol and their identity was not learned. A crew from the Allen. composed en- tirely of distriet and Baltimore reserv. | ists. took second place in the whale hoat race in the regatta here this morning. W. J. Schaefer was cox- swain. The crew consisted of H. Tie- meyer, T. E. Dryden, W. L. Davis, C. G. Morningstar and G. E. Hanna. Yesterday officers and men inspected the Navy torpedo station at Newport. Officers attended special lectures. The of a new torpedo were ex- plained. This can be set for a certain course which can he changed after it has gone a set distance and then can be made to run in circles or on any other course desired until it strikes the enemy or its motive power is ex- hausted. Ship inspection was held this morn- . tng. The Allen will remain at Newport until Monday afternoon when the sec- ond week of intensive drilling begins. “RUM” IS COLORED WATER “Agent” Who Tricked Many With Bottles. By Cable to The Star and New York World. LONDON, August 21.—Even in England people have their whisky troubles. The police are looking for |a man who recently tricked many storekeepers into buying bottles con- taining colored water. He posed as an agent for a wel known whisky manufacturer, and his alibi was that he had had a smash-up and managed to save a few bottles | These bottles, he said to the store- | keeper. he would let go at a cut price. The bottles were pasted with labels of the manufacturer the salesman was automobile, was so severely hurt, it |supposed to represent, and storekeep- | with ers proved eredulous, . |A. F. Winnington-Ingram, FIRST HALL PROBE SLEUTHS QUIZZED Asked to Tell Present Inves- tigators Their Actions After Finding Bodies. By the Associated Press SOMERVILLE. N. J., August 21.— Two men who had charge of the ini tial investigation of the murder of v. Edward W. Hall and his choir singer, Mrs. Eleanor Mills, four years ago. were questioned today by investi- gators of State Senator Alexander Simpson, special prosecutor in the re- vived investigation. Fred A. David, chief of Middlesex County detectives, and George V. Totten, former Somerset County de- tective, and now in the employ of a New York newspaper, were closeted with detectives and State troopers for several hours at State police head- quarters. They were asked to recount the de- talls of their actions after the bodies were found. Names Man Given Brooch. David, according to investigators, told them the name of the man to | whom he gave a gold brooch pin found | near the scene of the crime and which | has been sought by Simpson. Totten, the investigators said, repeated testi- mony which he gave at the hearing of Hen Carpender, cousin of Mrs. France: tevens Hall, the slain rec- tor's widow, and her brother, Willie Stevens, who were held without bail for the murders Thursda Alf Butler. who, it was reported, signed an affdavit to the effect that he saw Carpender carrying several packages, leave the Hall home the morning the bodies were found, was unable to state whether the man he saw was Henry Carpender or his cousin, Svdney Carpender, detectives sald. Prisoners to Seek Bail. The {investigators announced that no witnesses wonld he interrogated hefore Monday. On that day applica- tion will be made before Chief Justice Gummere at Newark for the admis- sion of hail of Carpender and Stevens. ‘This move will he opposed by Senator Simpson. Simpson announced today | that he had received a diary, not men- I tioned in connection with the case be- fore, which he believed would vield new leads and clues in the mystery. He declined to say from whom he ob- tained it. Another diary said to have been found in Washington has not reached the investigators. A woman who said she was qot a member of the Hall family, but that she spoke for Mrs. Hall. tonight said that Mrs. Hall had never heard of the gold brooch until today and that she did not own one of the description given by David and Edward Tierse. proprietor of the Teapot Inn, near here. Tierse told investigators his wife found the brooch near the scene of the murder. BISHOP BAST FREED AFTER 3-MONTH TERM| ! By the Associated Press COPENHAGEN. August | Anton Bast. the Methodist Episcopal | Bishop of Scandinavia, was released { from prison here today, having co pleted his sentence of three montl for misuse of charity funds. Many friends and sympathizers awaited him outside the gates of the prison. Dr. Bast began a speech, but the police checked him to avold the gathering ‘of a crowd. Dr. Bast was found guilty in March of appropriating to his own use money collected in tHe United States. Sentence was passed in May, and a | subsequent appeal for pardon, on the ground®that he was ill and not able to endure the prison fare, was re- jected by the courts. 21.—Dr. JURY STILL DEADLOCKED IN OKLAHOMA SLAYING Fate of Two Accused in Doubt After 16 Hours' Consideration of Indian’s Death. By the Associated Press. GUTHRIE, Okla., August 21.—The fate of W. K. Hale, baron of the Osage cattle country, and John Ramsey, cowboy farmer, accused slayers of Henry Roan, Osage Indian, still rested with a Federal court jury tonight. No verdict had been reached 16 hours after deliberations began fol- lowing the close of the trial yester- day. The jurors filed into the court- room late today to ask further in- structions to clear up a point in dis- pute and resumed their session. After Roan's death in 1923, Hale attempted to collect $25,000 on a life insurance policy he had taken out on the Indlan's life. Hale and Ramsey also face State charges in connection with the killing of W. E. Smith, a rancher, who, with his Indian wife and a white mald, was killed by an explosion which demolished their home. 3647 FIRES IN YEAR £0STD.C. $1.268 %4 Record Number for City In- volves Nearly $500,000 Increase in Losses. Fires numbering 3.647—a record number for the District—did $1,268,954 damage in the last fiscal year, it was disclosed yesterd: when the annual report of Chief Engineer George S. Watson was submitted to the Commis- sioners. Of the number, 24 required the sounding of more than one alarm. The fire loss was $431,758 over the preceding vear, and the alarms 769 greater. They were distributed as fol- low: Box alarms, 1,599, and 2,048 local or telephone calls, an increase of 279 in box alarms and 490 in local alarms. False alarms during the year num- bered 297, which was 70 more than in the preceding vear. These were in- vestigated by the Police Department and fire marshal’s office, Mr. Watson explained, but in only three cases could sufficient evidence be obtained for conviction. In one case a sen- tence of 90 davs in jail was imposed: in another $100 collateral was for- feited. and in the third the penalty was 45 days in jail and a fine of $100. Fifteen Incendiary Fires. “Fifteen fires, undoubtedly of in- cendiary nature, were encountered Aduring the year,” said the report. “In four of the cases, convictions were obtained and penalties im- posed as follows: One offender was sentenced to two years in the peni- tentiary and three offenders were found to be of unsound mind and were placed in asylums. Arrests were made in five other cases, but suf- ficient evidence could not be obtained to warrant convictions.” Chief Watson explained that the fire at the Army air station at Bolling Field, January 26, was one of the most disastrous of the year. Virtually the entire amount of ‘the increase in the fire loss was caused by damage at this fire, he sald, which amounted to $399.740. Numerous fire hazards were abated during the year. the report empha- sized, as a result of fire-prevention work under the supervision of the fire marshal. “The inspection of schools, apartment houses, hotels, asylums, etc., by officers and members in battalion districts has also borne fruitful results,” it added. Would Increase Inspection. ““The latter inspection work. which during the year involved 126.225 sepa- rate visits, should be extended to all mercantile or business establishments, but it is not practicable to accomplish this with the present force. mented personnel to accomplish the desired result will he recommended in the future, but at the present time it is telt that other and more vital needs should be given precedence.” Creation of another rescue squad dations of the fire chief. squad of the department, service in No. 2 Engine House," now in he to have become almost indispensable in the fire department's work. An additional rescue squad should be pro- vided for service in the upper north- west section of the city. where the lite hazard, in event of fire, is prob- ably greater than in any other neigh- borhood. and it is hoped that some means may be found in the near fu- ture for this augmentation of the serv- ice.” Discipline In Department. Referring to discipline in the de- partment Mr. Watson explained that it was necesary to remove six mem- bers for violations of the rules and regulations. Less severe disciplinary measures were administered in 158 other cases. erious infractions of discipline were few in number.” he said. “and the conduct of the men was uniformly excellent.” Mr. Watson described in detail the telephone system established to reach the off-duty platoon in the event of their need and declared that it has produced ‘‘excellent results upon every occasion of its utilization.” The report falled to include recommendations for improvements in sity of additional funds. These, the 1o the Commissioners in the form of estimates for the next fiscal year. By Prelate as By the Associated Press TORONTO, Ontario, August 21.— !Th! Bishop of London, the Right Rev. thinks | Canada to the United States Addressing an audience here last night, he warned against this danger nd advocated that a program be adopted for popullung the Dominion British stock than South- He asked support for k4 Canada’s Annexation to U. S. Feared Alien Influx Result the Church of England’s project for empire settlement. “‘Do_not let us hide our faces from the real danger.” he said. *'I know perfectly well that not all Canadians | | there is danger of the annexation of [are as loyal to the British empire as those in Toronto and Ontario. | Paying tribute to the French-Ca- nadians for their loyalty to the Brit- ish. he said But can we expect the, same loyalty to British ideals from those Galacians, Poles and God knows who, who are populating the West?" _ ™ Means Associated Press. An aug-| was one of the principal recommen- ' “The rescue | said, ““has proven its efficacy so as the service which invelve the neces- | fire chief declared, were forwarded and service will start immediately. CENTS. FURTHER TAX CUTS SOUGHTBY FARMER, JARDINE REPORTS Tells President Midwest Group Thinks Local and State Levies Too High. FIVE FINDS TARIFF CHANGE SENTIMENT IN SECTION Declares Situation Generally Is Good Except That Cotton Yield May Cause Problem. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correspondent of The Star WHITE PINE CAMP, August 21.— Except in a few sections, the agricul- tural situation generally is good throughout the country, Secretary of Agriculture Jardine reported to Presi- dent Coolidge today. He arrived at the President’'s camp in time for luncheon and after a conference of several hours left to complete a tour of the agricultural centers in the East. Farmers generally are going to have as profitable a crop this year as they did last, Secretary Jardine said, and last year was the best for the farmers since the war. Although Secretary Jardine s pleased with the situation and gave the impression that the President was happy to receive his report, he made it plain that some farmers are not fully contented. These, he said, are of the opinion that everything is not just what it should be—that they are not getting their full share of the prosperity that is now prevalent. He amplified this by saying that he doubted if the farmers know just what they think is wrong. Accord- ing to his own judgment, the average farmer wants a readjustment of the tariff so he will receive as great a benefit from this form of protection as does the industrial East: better credit facilities, especially for the co- operative marketing societies; better distribution, and a reduction of taxes, especially the State and local taxes. Knows of No Revolt. Secretary Jardine said he knew of no actual political revolt against the administration in the West and Mid- dle West. Nor is he aware of any organized movement to make an as- sault upon the administration's tariff program. However, because of the feeling among many of the farmers that the tariff should be revised to give agriculture greater benefits, he would not be surprised to see & strong demand for a change at the first session of the next Congress. He would not say just what form of re- vision these farmers wanted, but he did say, and quite emphatically too, that the farmers, regardless of sec- tion, are strongly in favor of the principles of a protective tariff, and that he personally could not be made to believe they. no matter how dis- gruntled and dissappointed they may be. will seriously attempt to bring about a complete breakdown in the Republican tariff. One of the greatest problems fac- ing the country today so far as agri- culture is concerned, the Secretary said, is finding some practical means of relieving the banks of the West of the loans they are carrying on farms. Secretary Jardine said he found that much of the ill feeling said to have existed in the Middle West be- cause of the administration's opposi- tion that resulted in the defeat of the McNary-Haugen price-fixing bill has disappeared. This does not mean that the farm- ers are losing interest in the McNary- Haugen bill. While the Secretary is satisfied that the average farmer is I not in favor of price fixing and Gov- ernment control as proposed by this measure, he realizes that there still are many who want the McNary- Haugen bill or its equivalent. He thinks it quite likely that, as a result of the coming elections, there will he a larger delegation in Congress from the West for the McNary- Haugen idea of farm relief. Still Favors Fess Bill. Without attempting to speak for the administration as to its intentions regarding farm relief legislation in the immediate future, Secretary Jar- dine made it clear that he personally still is committed to the principles of the Fess bill, which proposed a re- volving fund of $100,000,000 to finance co-operative marketing societies. He is convinced that by development of the co-operatives, by strengthening ! their organizations- and increasing | their membership and by improving their credit, the greatest assistance can be extended to the geratest num- ber of agriculturists. “The great problem of the co-oper- ative socleties today is credit,” Secre- tary Jardine said. “These societis need better facilities for borrowing imoney. They are calling for financ- ing as a _means of advancing the in- | terests of the farmer personally. and it is this call that should be answered. i These co-operatives should be in a | financial position that would enable :them to make larger money advances Ito farmers when the latter deliver | their crops. “Reports show that there will be a tremendous fruit crop to move this vear and the fruit co-operatives have not sufficient working capital to prop- erly handle the situation. It takes money. Other Crops Are Large. ““The wheat crops are large and the cotton yield will be so great that I fear the agricultural problem is going to be removed from the corn belt to the cotton belit. There are indications that because of the huge cotton crop, great surpluses will have to be carried over, and this is what will bring gloom to the South and will produce a roblem that will surely overshadow st year’s surplus problem of the corn-producing States.” As evidence of his bellef that the agricultural situation is steadily im- proving and that the general outlook is satisfactory and even promising, he cites the reduction of crop acreage in those areas that suffered last year from overproduction. He pointed out in this connection that in 11 corn beit States there will be 400,000,000 fewer bushels of corn produced than a year ago. In other States grain production will be much less. All of which will repay the farmers with a better and steadier market. Secretary Jardine expressed the be- E;nuau'a on Page 7, Column 1) { |