Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1926, Page 1

-~ WEATHER. (T. S. Weather Bureau Foreeast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; gentle west winds. Temperatures—Highest, §9, at noon today; lowest, 62, at 4 a.m. The only evening paper ~in Waghington with the Associated Press news service. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 - @b ¢ Foening ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ‘ | AP AR AT B WY Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,397 o. 30,068. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, C. BLAST-TORN MINE YIELDS 41 BODIES; 3 STILL MISSING Four in Hospital—Only 10 ‘Unscathed of 58 Trapped in Pennsylvania Pit. WIVES AND CHILDREN KEEP 10-HOUR VIGIL 150 Believed Fatherless as Result of Explosion—Investigations Are Under Way. By the Aceociated Press” CLYMER, Pa., August The ex- losion which occurred at the Cylmer ine of the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation yvesterday apparent- Iy has crushed out the lives of 44 men. With 41 bodies recovered from the blasted works, mine officials ex- pressed the belief that 3 others unac- counted for were dead in the debris- swept ruins of the mine. Figures given out by A. J. Musser, vice president and general manager ©f the corporation, a subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad, and Dr. Fred St. Clair. coroner County, revealed that 58 miners were trapped by the explosion. which oc- curred at 1:30 o'clock yesterday after- noon. Ten miners escaped with little in- Jury and four others are in a Dixon- ville hospital suffering from gas and €hock. Not all of the bodies had been @definuitely identitied at the improvis- ed morgue. in a machine shop one mile from the scene of the blast. Mine Being Cleared of Gas. J. J. Forbes supervising engineer of the United States Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, emerging from the mine after a long exploration, reported to Mr. Musser that the mine was being re-ventilated and cleared of poisonous gases Forbes said it was «went to give a cause fo ecause of the general dest the mine ¢ nbers, Forbes was in charge of a fnvestigation started today investigation also was started by State authorities. Mine officials believed that 150 chil dren were made fatherless by the ex plosion, the second In this territory hin three vears. n Jany 1923, 56 lives were lost at the 1 mine at Shanktown. Wives Keep Vigil. night many of the wives and children of the entomihéd men left the mine mouth after a vigil of 10 hours. At dawn they returned to the hillsides flanking the ill-fated pit They were ignorant of the fact that impossible at the blast, Late 1a 82 hodies Liad been brought out :\m\il removed to the temporary morgue. corps of Salvation Army lassies la- bored all nizhi. without sleep. pre paring the hoo so that later in the dny the str mine villagers might be summoned to identify them up. the deadly menace which follows 2 mine explosion, took the lives of the first four men brought up. Their bodies were marked. The others. however, were burned hadly, some heyond recogni- tlon. These victims, at_ work farther inside the mine when the fatal blast carried death and destruction through | were trapped by | the dark recesses the wall of fire which came with the explosion. The blaze spent itself in & moment. and the wrecked mine did not catch fire Rescuers worked feverishly today in their efforts to recover the hodies of the three missing men Nine Found in Morning. Nine bodies recovered this morn- fng were removed to the temporary morgue, established in a tool a mile from the mine mouth. Here they were placed beside the bodles of 32 fellow workmen, whose lives were snuffed out by the terrific blast yesterday afternoon The condition of the nine bodies led the rescuers to helieve that these men were trapped in the very midst of the explosion. for the remains were in such ion that identificagion was prac 4 impossible. Of the 41 bodies recovered, only 4 were without marks of violence. These were the 4 who fell victims to the deadly after-damp wh the blast. Today. as the noon sun beat down froon the mine mouth, a rescue team oame from the shattered workings. Fhey brought with them a of mine cars, upor which bodles of the nine victims. throng of men, women and children many related to the victims, rushed for the temporary morgue in the hope of learning the fate of som: loved one. But mine officials hesi- tated to admit them Storekeeper Identifies Vi Marfon Putts. the village store- Xeeper, who knew all the Clymer workers, was taken into the death- house. Sad faced and with tear-dim- med eves, he passed slowly up and down the line and before he departed he had established the identity of 26 ©f_his friends. Rescuers said they three missing miners were buried under a heavy ein and they thought several days might elapse be fore the bodies could be dug out. As the mine yielded up its dead fnvestigators went to work hoping to determine the cauvse of the disaster- ous blast. J. J. Forbes directed the investigation for the United = Bureau of Mines. Joseph J. Walsh, gecretary of the Pennsylvania de- ment of mines. with his inspec- rs as well as county officlals and presentatives of the Clearfield ftuminous Coal Corporation, owner ®f the mine. launched their probes, #dl the agencies co-operating. Coal Loader Escapes. At least one man. Michael Seaman, @ coal loader. escaped unhurt follow- ing the explosion, and as he mingled with the crowd before the mine entrance he told his story. Seaman said he was working with several other miners in the third room from the entrance, when, without warning. a deafening explosion oc curred, and that as they started for the mine mouth thero was another deafening blast, foliowed by a cloud of smoke and dust The little group, battling for breath stumbled toward the entrance. th (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.). h number lay The great s, believed the of Indiana | tion 1n | Vederal | A second | un- | shed | followed | the | tes | WASHINGTON, D, C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1926—THIRTY. PAGES. PLANE CREW PREPARED TO DIE WITH BETTIS IN CASE OF CRASH Doffed Parachutes Because Injured Man Could Not Wear One on Trip. {Army Regulations Require Device Be Worn—Flight Here Quickly Made. Despite Army Air Corps regulations that parachutes must be warn on all flights, the three airmen who brought Lieut. Cyrus K. Bettis from Bellfonte. Pa., to Walter Reed Hospital yester- day in the Douglas transport plane determined to stick by their injured comrade and make no effort to save themselves by jumping if the neces- sity arose. “Poor Cy could not use a para- chute, so we just took ours off and sat on them,” said Capt. Ira Eaker, executive officer of the Air Corps and pilot of the big plane on its extreme- ly delicate mission. Capt. Eaker was accompanied by Lieut. John E. Up- ston of Bolling Field and Capt. “Andy” Smith, flighter surgeon, who sat with Lieut. Bettis in the cabin. The injured officer was strapped to a litter and after the 1 hour and 40-minute journey said he had not been inconvenienced in any way. Capt. Eaker selected a circuitous voute from Bellefonte to Middletown to give him the maximum advantages in case of a forced landing and then flew a straight compass course to Washington. ‘When Lieut. Betl.ls was informed in CAPT. IRA EAKER. the Bellefonte Hospital he was going to be taken to Washington by air- plane he first asked the name of the pilot and then said he didn't want to go If there was any fog, as he had had quite enough of that for the present. An Xray examination of Licut. Bettis convinced Walter Reed Hos- pital surgeons today there was no need for an operstion and they further concluded that although the airman_was painfully injured in his crash Monday his condition is not serious. Lieut. Bettls was comfort- able this morning and tried to smile through the bandages about his badly battered face. PRESIDENT KEENLY WATCHING PACIL Senate Campaigns Thgre and in Maryland Are of Great Interest. RUSSELL YOU! Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., Au- | gust 27.—There is to be a brief lull | in the number of callers at the Cool- idge camp during the next few days hecause of a desire on the part of the President to give a goodly portion of his time to the consideration of sev- eral important matters of govern- ment. However, it is not his inten | tion entirely to abandon his daily fish- ing expeditions. These have become a real fixture fn his routine at the camp, but he is cutting down his fish ! ing periods until he has concluded the study of the more important business | now pressing him. As a result of this program of plenty of work and very little play for the immediate present, White Pine Camp is to be a very quiet affair over the week end. kxcept for Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of Boston. there will be no guests during this period. William P. Jackson, who was nator for Maryland for a brief period, and is now Republican na- tional committeeman, and Mrs. Jack- son; also Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Whit- ing of Holyoke, Mass., are guests at the camp today. It was stated offi- clally that the visits are purely so- cial. Interested in Two States. Reports received by the President this Summer regarding the political situation In Maryvland are known to !be of a nature to cause him to feel | rather sure that this State, which has {a_habit of going Democratic In the | oft-vear elections, will run true to form this year. Tus far the Presi- dent has recefved no news of an en- ouraging nature regarding the pros- pects of Senator Weller, who is en- gaged in a struggle to maintain his seat in the Senate from this so-called border State. It may be posible that National Committeeman Jackson to- day brought to the President reports of a more cheerful nature, but inti mates of the President up here doubt it very much. nator Weller was swept into the Senate by the Harding landslide of six vears ago. He is being opposed for re-nomination by Representative ohn Philip Hill, one of the leading wets of the House, and views ex- pressed here are to the effect that the hances of these two to win the nom- ination are about 50-50. What the President is most interested in is the outcome in November. Naturally he | would like to see a Republican win in {Maryland. but there is little he | can do materially to help the cause along except to make a wish and then to hold the thought. | However, the real political event on | the horizon which Is of more than i ordinary interest to Mr. Coolidge is | the primary to be held in California I next Tuesday. Because of his per- | sonal fondness for Senator Shortridge, | who is being opposed for the Republi- jcan nomination, and the.activities on the part of Senator Hiram Johnson to capture control of the Republican ma- chine in the State, the'President is anxious to see how it all is going to turn out. There is added interest on the President’s part because Sena- tor Johnson has injected the World Court and other apparently settled national questions in an effort to over- | throw Senator Shortridge and to land the dictatorship of California. i ! Sheffield Rumors Scouted. There is_a strong possibility that James R. Sheffield. American -Ambas- sador to Mexico, will present himself | at the Coelidge camp next week, when (Continued on Page 7, Column 1.) FOUR DIE FOR PLOT ONLIFE OF KEMAL Executions at Angora Make 17 Hangings in Unionist Conspiracy. By the Associated Press CONSTANTINOPLE, August Four prominent Unionists sentenced to death Wednesday by a special court on a charge of conspiring to slay Mustapha Kemal Pasha, Presi- dent of Turk were executed at mid- night in the prison yard at Angora. The executed men were Djavid Bey, former finance minister and long a prominent Unionist; Dr. Nazim Bey, former minister of eductaion and one of the leaders of the 1906 revolt against the late Sultan Abdul Hamid; Hilmi Bey, a former deputy, and Nail Bey, a former secretary of the Union- ist party. Total of 17 ecuted. These executions bring the number of men hanged for an alleged con- spiracy against the life of President Mustapha Kemal to 17, 13 well known men having been hanged recently at Smyrna. Five other members of the com- mittee of union and progress, includ- ing former Premier Reouf Bey, who is at present in England, and Rahmi Bey, another well known Turkish fig- ure, have been sentenced to per- petual banishment. Plot Nipped Last June. The alleged plot against President Mustapha Kemal and the Kemal gov- ernment was discovered last June by the Turkish secret police, who report- ed that the President was to be assassinated on a visit to Smyrna. Wholesale arrests followed and after a short trial 13 men, all prominent in Turkish politics and 'six of them mem- bers of Parliament. were hanged at (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) WOMAN LAWYER DEAD IN A HOTEL ROOM Recent Graduate of Tennessee School Shot After Mysterious Auto Ride—Men Held. By the Associated Press. - CHILDRES§, Tex., August - The mysterious automobile ride. of a woman lawyer and two young man companions ended in tragedy here to- day. Miss Lila Clark Franklin, Ardmore, Okla., recent Columbia Law School. at Lebanon, Tenni, was found dead in her hotel room with a bullet wound through her heart. A small caliber pistol was near the body. Miss Frunklir\( arrived here some time after midnight last night with two yvoung men in an automobile. The object of her visit and the automobile ride has not been ascertained. The men are being detained by the sheriff. BORED, HOLDS UP bOZEN. SPOKA Wash., August 27 (#). Life bored Paul Moore, 29, so he turned two-gun man in a pool house just to see how the dozen or so pa- trons would look lined up against the wall. He did not try to rob them, but fled after looking them over. The police got him, however. *“Ho hum” is his philosophy of life. 26, of graduate of By the Assoctated Press. CINCINNATI. Ohio. August Ostensibly buried twice two years ago | with double funcral services, William | Ellison, jr., 20, of Lawrenceburg, Ind., i1s back at his home recounting stories {of his travels during the time his sup- {posed hody had been interred in Greendale Cemetery. Lawrenceburg. ! "Fwo vears ago a“body described as ithe exact double of Ellison was taken | from the Liking River near De Cour- sey, Ky. After laying in a morgue unidentified for four s the under- taker buried it in Highland Cemetery, |Youth, Given TwoBurials Two Years Ago, Returns Home With Tale of Long Travel Covington, with full services. Several days later, Alois Ellison, an uncle, vis- ited the undertaker, and decided from the description that the body was that of his nephew. Exhumed, the body was as that of voung Eilison his pa- rents, relatives and friends. At the father's request it waW.gransported to Lawrenceburg and buried after a sek- ond service. For two years, until the boy ap- red with tales of his traveis, he been mourned as dead. He had ‘written home in the interval. identified 'TRUDY' WELCOMED HOME IN.NEW YORK WITH GREAT POMP City Receives Channel Cham- pion as Equal of Its Most Famous Guests. MAYOR PRESENTS HER WITH SCROLL OF HONOR Girl's Attorney in Tilt With Ger- man Leader—Has Offers Totaling $900,000. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 27 the Channel came home today The name of Gertrude Ederle, young daughter of an Amsterdam avenue butcher, was hailed by the sirens of harbor craft as the city tug Macom took her from the Berengaria at quar- antine and led a triumphal procession up the bay. It was cheered by thousands of her fellow townsmen massed about the Battery to see her-land. It rever- brated through the crowds that lined Broadway to City Hall. The conqueror of the English Chan. nel was back from accomplishing a feat never before achieved by woman, and from dolng it better than any man had ever done it, and New York took her to its heart. Greeted by Mayor. A queen In the realm of sport. the swimmer was a truer queen today than if she sat on a throne or wore a jeweled crown and all New Yorkers were her subjects. After the clamorous journey up Broadway, with whistles screeching and horns sounding and ticker tape spiraling from skyscrapery windows above, Miss Kderle was received by vor Walker, who presented her th a scroll praising her deed. Tt was Inscribed to “Miss Gertrude derle, conqueror of the English hannel.” 1t linked her name with that of Betsy Ross and all other American women who have “added to the glory of our Nation.” The channel swimmer was watching from the Berengaria as the tug bear. ing members of her family approached and while it was still 300 yards away she sang out the one word * she caught sight of her mother. Mother First to Greet Her. Mrs. Fderle was the first to greet her daughter on the Berengaria. she was one of three persons to go aboard from the tug which carried two score Pother relatives, and many representa- tives of athletic clubs, German socie- ties and reporter: The daughter cried a little as she was clasped in her mother’s arms, but smiled again as. hand-in-hand, they went aboard the tug. Miss Ederle was | wearing a dark blue serge sult and {a small orchid felt hat. On one arm she carried an ornamental French doll she had bought while abroad. On the tug the swimmer posed for photographers and then talked to half a hundred reporters, felling them of her exploit in a nervous voice. Attorney In Argument. Some of the questlons asked her were denied answers hy Dudley Field Malone, her attorney. who staved close to her all the time she was sur- roufided by reporters. He forbade her to say anything about her immediate plans, but he remarked that she had received offers totaling $900,000, These included two stage offers at $100,000 each, he sald. The spirlt of friendliness marred for a moment on the when Mr. Malone took exception to was man society and asked newspaper men not to mention it. The German took offense and heated words passed between the two. German Ts Interrupted. ! The discord appeared when Magis- trate Oberwager greeted the girl as president of the Federation of Ger- man-Americans, who felt the keenest | Joy. |7 Mr. Malone asked the newspaper { men not to report this greeting, and the magistrate asked why he had said | that. i “It would hurt her,” Mr. Malone | repited. ana the magisirate protested. Both men seemed angry. quickly the passed. irover Whalen. who met Miss Ederle at Quarantine as chalrman of the mayor’s reception committee, said that the ovation given the girl at the Battery was the greatest he had ever witnessed in his vears of meeting | celebrities of every sort. Nervous as She Talks. On the tug Miss Ederle sat in the ! midst of the reporters, and attempted to answer all the questions fired at her. She was nervous, and mopned | at her face with a blue handkercheif as she told how she had begun her swim in calm water, but that after | the first mile she was constantly in a rough wash. | She said | trainer wanted her to give up. but | that she was determined to win. { “I wouldn’'t give up.,” quieted and | beach.” Denial of Help by Tug. Miss Ederle repeated denials made | save ehe Youth was climaxed when At- n had been made | torneys jabroad that her swi | easier for her by a second tug, say- ing that her progress was impeded | by the extra tug as she was con- stantly swimming in the wash be- tween that one and her own. She also denied reports that she had made any challenge to swim the chan- nel again with anyone. She suggested that probably her father has issued the challenge in a moment of pride at her achievement. The father himself denied reports that he had made a fortune through a bet on his daugh- ter placed with Liloyds. s | Linked With Washington. “1t took Washington to cross the | Delaware and Trudy to cross the | Channel,” was “the welcome of a | streamer, waving over a little dry goods store on Amsterdam near her dad’s butchershop. till Miss Ederle’s arrival in Amster- dam_avenue, where Judge Levine of (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) ] fama’ as tug | remarks by the spokesman of a Ger- | but they ! incident | | i i i { | i i that several times her| By the Associated Press. she said. “I| Emmanuel Ross, sentenced to be elec- {never knew how much further I would | trocuted in the Columbus Penitentiary have to go. 1 just kept going. T knew tonight. was granted today by Com- {1 had made it when I walked on the mon Pleas Judge Silbert on habeas avenue | foday, The real homecoming was reserved | the State Supreme Court, i (P) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. MITCHELL BEGINS DRIVE FOR OFFICE Former Colonel to Seek Pres- idency of National Aero Association. ‘William Mitchell, former colonel of the Army Air Service, today launched his campaign in Washington for the presidency of the National Aeronautic Association. Speaking before the Loyal Knights of the Round Table at their weekly luncheon in the University Club the air crusader declared, “I shall devote a large part of my time in the im- mediate future for building up a great civilian body of that kind which will be an authoritative source of in- formation and development for this most important single element which concerns the future of our country.” Asked following the meeting just what organization he referred to, the airman replied, “If we can rehabilitate this National Aeronautic Association we will; if not, will get another one.” ‘When told that the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce and the air- craft_industry in New York, through Charles L. Lawrence, last night an- nounced they would oppose Col. Mitchell's candidacy, he replied “That don’t bother me v After giving a brlef description of the value of airplanes to commerce and national defense, Col. Mitchell closed his defense with this statement: “‘Government agencies are the crea- “(Continued on Page 2, Column 5) GROCER HANGS SELF; WIFE IS HYSTERICAL Latter Finds Body of Vincent Ci- rone, Cuts It Down and Then Is Rushed to Hospital. Worried over financial obligations Vincent Cirone, grocery store proprie- tor, hanged himself with a cord used for suspending bunches of bananas today in the basement of his com- bined store and residence, at 1140 Third street. Mrs. Cirone, who noted his absence from the roof, which he had been re- pairing earlier in the day, went through the house looking for him shortly after noon, found the pros- trate body of her husband suspended by the cord to a beam in the cellar and cut him down. She became hysterical and was taken to Gallinger Hospital for treat- ment. Coroner Nevitt, after viewing the body, issued a certificate of suicide. ROSS IS REPRIEVED; FACED DEATH TONIGHT Ohio Youth's Lawyers Get Delay of Execution Until Monday—Warden May Ignore It. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 27.—A reprieve until Monday for 18-year-old corpus proceedings filed . by the vouth's attorneys. The dramatie eleventh-hour fight to Alexander H. Martin and Louise Pridgeon filed their action on the grounds the trial and sentence of Ross was fllegal. As soon as Judge Silbert made his decision Miss Pridgeon began & race to Columbus with the reprieve signed by Judge Silbert to notify Warden P. E. Thomas to halt preparations for the execution. Miss Pridgeon missed the noon train for Columbus and began a race against time by automobile. She must reach the penitentiary before 8 o'clock tonight. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 27 (#).— | The reprieve writ granted attorneys | for Emmanuel Ross by Judge Silbert in Cleveland will not be recognized by | Warden P. E. Thomas. he announced The only thing that will save | Ross is an order from the governor or | he de- clared. o Programs—Page 24. RUETHER REPORTED GOING TO YANKEES Griffith Says He Knows Nothing of Waivers, But Will Not Oppose “Dutch’s” Leaving. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August. ~—Walter (Dutch) Ruether, veteran left-handed pitcher of the Washington Senators, has been obtained by the New York Yankees on waivers, according to an announcement by Manager Miller Huggin: Clark Griffith, president of the Washington club, declared today that he knew nothing of the report that the Yankees had asked for Pitcher Ruether. He indicated that he would not op- pose Ruether’s severing his connec- tions with the Washington club. DAVIS 1S REMOVED ON FENNING CASES Former Commissioner Al- leges Auditor Increased Own Charges Excessively. Frederick A. Fenning. former Dis- trict Commissioner, who is committee for a number of insane patients, ob- Jects to having Herbert L. Davis, auditor of the District Supreme Court, pass on his accounts and fix the amount of his commission. Mr. Fen- ning alleges that the court auditor has lately increased his own charge for determining the accounts to what may be considered excessive fees. Mr. Davis recently recommended in the Adler case that Mr. Fenning be al- lowed no commission and be com pelled to pay for his own bond. In appealing to the court to name some other person to act as a special auditor, Mr. Fenning says: “The spirit exhibited by the present auditor toward this committee prompts the committee to invoke the protection of the court by asking a reference to a special auditor. Justice Bailey granted the request of Mr. Fenning in 21 cases today. Of these he assigned 15 to Attorney George C. Gertman, secretary of the Bar Association, as special auditor, and referred six cases to Attorney George Francis Williams as a spe- cial auditor. HIT-AND-RUN MOTORIST, SEVERELY INJURES MAN Danfel Moore, Knocked Down While Getting Into Auto, Is Tak- en Unconscious to Hospital. A hitandrun motorist knocked down and serfously injured Daniel Moore, 28 years old. a garage employe of 210 E street, while he was getting into his automobile at Seventeenth and De Sales streets about 2:30 o'clock this morning. Police of the third precinct respond- ed to an emergency call and took Moore, unconscious, to Emergency Hospital. His head was severely cut and bruised, and it is possible that he Bas a fracture of the skull, according to physicians. Police were unable to locate any one who saw the license number of the automobile, which sped away from the scene of the accident. They are awaiting _improvement in the condi- tion of Moore in the hope that he might have obtained the tag numbers or give some clue leading to the ma- chine’s identification. MIDCITY MARKET N ADVANTAGE CITED Driscoll and Others Declare 5th and L Site Meets Needs of All Involved. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. With paramount consideration for the convenience of the majority of residents of Washington, the special co-ordinating committee, co-operating with the City Planning Commission in an intensive study as to where a model municipal market center should be established, are giving careful thought to the special advantages of the proposed midelty location, cen tering about the present Convention Hall Market at northwest. Preliminary to this, the co-ordinat- ! m which consists of offi- | AT F atives from the Depart- | ment of Agriculture and the present Center Market management, of the District office of weights, and markets and of the City ning Commission and the Office of Public Buildings and Grounds, is in essential agreement on two point: First, a central Plan- public market is needed in Washington more than in | most large cities because Washington housekeepers have the marketing habit developed over a period cover- ing practically the entire life"of the National Capital. Convenience Chief Aim. Second, the outstanding purpose of the market is for the public conven iences—to be readily accessible to the woman with a basket, who goes to market to buy food suplies for her s the commandeering of | the strip of land between Tenth and Twelfth, B and Little B streets north- west, on which the farmers’ market is now operated, to be used as part of the site for the new Internal Reve. nue Building that started the plans for a new model market center, there must be secondary consideration as to whether the proposed new site would v _of access for farmers from Maryland and Virginia, who bring in the fruits and vegetables, and whether it would afford them an advantageous | location in produce. It is because the mid-city location, with the Convention Hall Market as a nucleus, meets these conditions es cially well that the co-ordinating com- mittee, which is now instructed to make a careful detailed survey and recommendations for submission to the City Planning Commission ahout October 1, is now giving sympathetic attention to the arguments advanced by A. J. Driscoll, president of the Mid-City Citizens’ Assoclation, and the group of prominent civic and husi- ness leaders who are urging that a model market center be established’ between New York avenue and Massa- which to sell their chusetts avenue, Sixth street and New | Jersey avenue. Financing Plan Ready. . Uncertainty as to where the va rious units of the market systes he retail market, the farmer's market, the wholesale market, or commission houses, with their following of lated businesses and warehouses, may pec ulation In getting options on parcel of real estate in all of the proposed sections. To offset this inflation in prices as regards the mid-clty loca- tion, Mr. Driscoll says that he has assurances that prominent civic and business leaders interested in the de- | velopment of that section of the Capi tal stand ready to finance the acquisi- tion of land and erection thereon of a model market center, architecturally uniform and attractive, with pro- rated cost to all those who may de- sire places of business within that area, and without a cost of one dollar to the Government. What the Mid-City Citizens want is a_model market center, which will (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) Scientist-Discovers Mars Is Too Dry For Camels; Temperature is Unsteady By the Associated Pres PASADENA, Calif.. August 27.— Even a camel would shun Mars if what Dr. \Jalter S. Adams, director of the. Mount - Wilson Observatory here, says about the planet is true. If any form of life exists on our celestial neighbor, it is probably only the lowest forms of plants, such as ‘moss and lichen, for “ultra arid” con- ditions prevail throughout the planet, says Dr. Adams in a report to the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Coupled with the extreme aridity is the scientifically established fact that there is a drastic dally change in tem perature on Mars, from something like 75 degrees at noon to 40 degrees below 0 at midnight. Knowledze of the desert atmos phere on the planet was established by means of spectrum lines-considered together with the relative motion o the earth and Mars. PARIS PLANS DEAL WITHLONDON OVER REPLY ON TANGIER Spain May Get Concession in Policing Zone, But Not Exclusive Control. FRANCO-BRITISH GOAL IS TO AVOID LEAGUE ROW Raising of Issue May Not Inter- . fere With Admission of Ger- many to Council. By the Assoclated Pre PARIS, August It s likely that France and Great Britain will come to an agreement between themselves be- fore replying to the recent Spanish memorandum asking for the exclusive control of the international district of Tangier by Spain. France and Great Britain, it is thought here, are bound to entertain an identical opinion on the matter un- favorable to the Spanish demands However, it is afirmed that they will aim to satisfy Spain as far as possible in order to prevent the question aris- ing again. Exchanges of views have been go ing on continually hetween London {and Paris. The British charge d'af | faires saw Foreign Minister Briand last night, and the foreign minister {again discussed the question with the cabinet this morning. ek Early Agreement. Britain, as the | | France and Great | two m intevested powers in the matter, are seeking to reach an ac- { cord on a reply to Spain to dispose of ! the question, o far as they wre con- cerned, before the meeting of the { League of Nations. | This reply, as forecast In well in- formed quarters, will reject any sug gestion t the Tangier problem comes within the jurisdiction of the league and will refuse to abandon the “ifth and L streets measures | Federal | international status of Tangier. At | the same time the reply is expected {to leave a way out for Spain by the offer that she be given such share ig | the administration and police work as ! will enable her to suppress the in- trigues and the smuggling of contra- i band arms of which she complains | The opinion prevails in Paris that | while Spain n link Tangler with | the question of council membership !as u diplomatic means of getting as as possible, she will not pre. {sent any serious difficulty to the en- trance of Germany into the league council, and there is a general feel- ing of optimism that the most impor- {tant matter on the assembly's agenda he admission of Germany—will be pmplished. Negotiate Outside League. Great Britain and France, which | with Spain in 1923 signed the con- | vention taking Tangier out of the | Spanish zone and assuring its per- manent neutrality, object to giving Spain full control, but are willing to ncrease her powers with regard to suppression of smuggling of arms | into the Spanish zone. | But these concessions will he made | outside of the league, for France | holds Airmly to the principle that the Tangier questfon is not within the jurisdiction of the League of Nations. Spain's demand for a seat in the league council might bhe suported by France should the possibility of a | compromise arise that would net ;Jmpurdlze the entry of Germany. Stresemann Is Confident. Brazil, which blocked all efforts to give the Reich a seat last March, has resigned from the league. Gustav Stresemann, Germany's | foreign minister, Berlin advices say | Is confident that with Brazil absent {and Spain fully occupied with her | Tangier demand, there will she no serfous opposition to Germany ' se- curing membership in the league and | a' seat in the council. The Italian foreign office is known {to feel that the Tangier question i might bring about another disturbed session of the league, If hroached while Germany's entrance is heing | considered. The Italian government believes the ri another debacle over Germany's entrance should he | avoided for the sake of general Eu- ropean tranquillit LONDON SHOCKED BY ) OVE. - ‘llm-lmllllg Italy in Negotiations Over Tangier Resented. | By Cable to The Star and Chi | LONDON, foreign office is so una ustomea to re. ceiving diplomatic shocks that it | perienced strong commotion Thursday {afternoon when it was learned that a {Spanish note, cont a_claim to | Tangler. had been dispatched not only |to London, but to Paris and Rome = well. Spain's action in sending the note to Italy, which was not one of the | signatories of the Tangier statute of 1923, seems to confirm the worst fears of the foreign office that the Spanish- {Italian treaty, described by both gov- {ernments as’ an inoffensive instru {ment, really contains secret clauses {which might eventually cause much | trouble in Europe. The Spanish note expounds {calm, dignified manner the in the opinion of Gen. Primo de a’s cabinet, Tangier and the sur. {rounding districts should be placed {under exclusive Spanish mandate Consider French Feelings. | Nobody can actually object t Spain’s motives, which are thoroughl sound,” said an official of the foreign office Thursday night, “but, of course, we must take into consideration France's,feelings, which so far are op- posed to any change in the status of ‘Tangier.," | For the time being British diplo- | mats are making strong efforts to in- | in a reason duce Spain to agree not to veto Ger- many’s obtaining a seat in the League of Nations council, leaving other ques- tions, such as Spain’s own position in the league and the” Tangier question, to be settled after i a member of the league. Sir Austen Cham in feels thay entire polit 1 future depends on rmany obtaining alone a seat in the { council, and is making great efforts to remove Spain’s opposition, using Yhreats and promises, but so far Spain is adamant. Gen. de Rivera insists that Spain (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.)