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2 * FEDERATIONFGATS - RIVER POWER PLAN | Special Meeting Decides i Great Falls Development Would Mar Scenic Beauty. The proposed harnessing of the Po- tomac for the development of hydro- electric power was vigorously opposed ' by the Federation of Citizens’ Asso- clations at a special meeting last ‘ night in the boardroom of the Dis- trict Bullding. The federation based its action on the recommendatioris of two of its committees, the public utilities and city planning, which had made a comprehensive and independent study of the contemplated project and came ‘% to the conclusion that any power de- “’! velopment on the Potomac would de- =7 stroy the natural scenic beauty of Great Falls as a cataract and oblit- erate the rapids of the river. ‘Will Protest Permit. ate on the reports of the com- mxfii‘i. was animated, however, and before the final approval was given. i’ they were combined into one. Suc- ‘' einctly, the adoption of the reports puts the federation on record as & voring the National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s proposal to preserve the esthetic appearance of the upper Potomac by the creation ! of & greater Potomac Park in lieu of :’ia hydro-electric power development, i*' and authorized the appearance of a “proper” committee before the Fed- eral Water Power Commission to pro- test against the granting of a permit +% for that purpose to the Potomac River ration. C“-R’,'; arguments centered chiefly on the reports submitted by Clayton Emig, acting chairman of the public i*. utilities committee, which recom- mended that the federation oppose the . granting of a permit to the Potomac i River Corporation unless the applicant ~ agreed to accept a permit whereby the i city of Washington and its residents in the immediate vicinity be given first consideration in the required amount of current at rates to be fixed by the Public Utilities Commission, and that the power plant be so located and con- * structed as not to interfere with the * plans of the National Capital Park and '~ Planning Commission to preserve the beauty and scenic features of the Po- ;. tomac gorge. Power Plant Opposed. The concensus of the delegates was that a power plant, developed either by public or private capital, was not *: desired, and on motion of Dr. George '~ C. Havenner, a certain portion of Mr. Emig's report was omitted and the - remainder combined with that of the ileity planning committee, which defi- ‘i mitely opposed the development of the ’"' Potomac for power producing pur- poses. The federation halted in the midst of its debate to listen to a brief talk [<ONE-EYED” CONNOLLY IS SENT BACK TO U. S. Falls to “Crash” Gate at Cham- plonship Fight in Great Britain. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 1.—Chagrined over what he said was his first defeat in 30 years of “gate crashing” in America, Canada and Australia, “One- LEyed” Connolly was sent on his way back to the United States by the British authorities on the steamer Scythia yesterday. He came to break his way into the Mickey Walker-Tommy Milligan championship fight at Olympia last night, boasting when he left New York that it would take a squad of police to keep him out, but soon after landing the British authorities took charge of him as a person likely to become a public charge. Before sailing Connolly said he would try to get into the next champlonship fight in England with- out paying. HUTCHINS TRUSTEE REMOVAL DENIED Plea of Son of Late Publish- er to Oust Myer Cohen Is Dismissed. An effort to remove Myer Cohen as one of the trustees of the estate of Stilson Hutchins, multi-millionaire pub- lisher, met with failure in the District Supreme Court yesterday, when Jus- tice Jennings Bailey refused the plea of Walter Stilson Hutchins, son of the dead publisher, and Charles H. Merillat, his attorney. Justice Bailey also dismissed the suit of Hutchins and Merillat against William J. Dante, the dead publisher’s confidential man and trustee. The plaintiffs sought to recover from Dante $10,000 which had been paid to him as agent for the es- tate during 1925, charging that Dante was not entitled to compensation, as he shared in commissions on sales of Hutchins’ real estate. Justice Bailey held there was no evidence to support the charge. Cohen, as one of the trustees, repre- sents Mrs. Mildred Rogers Penn, granddaughter of Stilson Hutchins and now the owner of one-half of the estate. The removal of Cohen was sought on the allegation that he had exacted excessive insurance from the purchasers of Convention Hall when it was sold by the Hutchins interests in 1925 and had received fee as an attorney for Zach M. Knott, a real estate broker, in connection with the latter’s sale of the Highlands and Westmoreland apartment houses. It also was charged by the plaintiffs that they were embarrassed in their efforts to sell property of the estate because of the attitude of real estate brokers by Charles Eliot of the National Capi- "~'tal Park and Planning Commission, *who urged that a positive rather than .a negative stand be taken on the ques- tion under consideration, citing as an example the action of the park and planning group in proposing the crea- tion of a park along the upper Po- tomac. ‘The principal supporter of the plan *.to harness the Falls for hydro-electric = power generation was C. W. Edwards, delegate from the Trinidad Citizens’ Association, who declared that in his opinion such a development probably ‘would result in a reduction in taxes in the District, whereas the creation i‘of a park along the Potomac would have an opposite effect. For Residential Use. i- fThe report of the city plarining 7 'epmmittee, submitted by George A. ““Ricker, its chairman, pointed out that + the land adjacent to the Potomac be- ‘! tween the District and Great Falls is +'far better suited to residential than to *‘any other use, and that for residential iuse the value of the land is much : greater in the natural state than it ’would be if a power project should be ‘earried out. i *In view of the facts apparently “ ‘well established that any kind of 7, ;power development in the Potomac would absolutely destroy the natural ‘! beauty of Great Falls as a cataract : and obliterate the rapids of the river .. by submersion in storage basins,” *" the report read, “your committee 18 of the opinion that no such power --development, eithar by the Federal Government or by private capital, ~ should be permitted, and that the 7. Goeat Falls and rapids of the Poto- mac should be preserved in thelr matural state. In our opinion it has not been made sufficiently plain to the public that the harnessing of the : power of the falls of the Potomac . would completely eliminate the Great Falls cataract and that by even the most favorable plans that might be *-adopted the present site of Great . Falls would become for many mnoths i’ ot the year nothing but a pile of dry Tocks. Rate Reduction Favored. “The National Capital Park and . Planning Commission is engaged in the study of the development of the ““'National Capital and its environs “and proposes the creation of a park under interstate of Federal control that will include the falls and rapids of the Potomac River suitably framed in a park development with border roadways that will make it accessi- Iible to the citizens of the District and to tourists from all parts of the * world. “This commission has already pub- lely protested the imminent destruc- tion of the natural beauties of the falls and rapids and has announced 7 'that it will oppose any construction : 4n the river that will impair the nat- ural scenic advantages which now exist. Your committee is in hearty sympathy with the position taken by ‘! the National Capital Park and Plan- ‘¢ ning Commission and therefore pro- " tests on the grounds stated against hydro-electric power development in the Potomac River, and urges the Federation of Citizens' Associations and all other public and private or- .: ganizations to support the Planning ‘ Commission in its preservation of the iimatural scenic beauties in this area and the creation of a greater Po- -t tomac Park.” ‘While on the subject of electric * power, the federation decided that the earnings of the Potomac Electric Power Co. are too high, and went on record as favoring a reduction in the present rates. This action also was taken on recommendation of the public utilities committee. The amount of the reduction to be urged will be determined by the com- mittes, which was authorized to make & survey of the cost of producing and ~ distributing electric current and the power company’'s earnings. WINS MARBLE TITLE. '’ Joo Medvidovich Becomes Wor'd ! Champion Before 10,000. :* ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, July 1 (®). —Little Joe Madvidovich, 13-year-old Clairton, Pa., lad, is the world's marble champion today. i He won the title by capturing five matches and losing but two in a five- ‘7 out-of-nine-game series with Thadeus i, ’Walag of Ludlow, Mass, Little Joe ‘ciimbed on the mythical throne be- fore an audience of 10,090, ung and fs toward Cohen. Charge Held Not Supported. It was held by Justice Bailey that there was no evidence to support the latter charge and that the evidence showed Cohen was justified in the insurance on Convention Hall for the protection of the estate, and that while the estate was entitled to re- ceive from Cohen the fee of $2,000 paid him by Knott, the evidence showed that Cohen acted in good faith in this transaction. In the light of these facts Justice Bailey ruled that the petition for Cohen’s removal should be denied. Frank J. Hogan and William G. Johnson appeared for the defendants and John E. Laskey, former United States District attorney, represented Merillat and Hutchins. Cohen, Johnson and Hogan were actively associated as counsel for Lee Hutchins, who broke the will of his father in the noted trial which lasted ;rst;rsn November, 1914, until April, Twelve Years of Litigation. Stilson Hutchins died in 1912, and from that time until 1924 litigation involving his estate was pending in the courts of the District. During that interval there were periods when as many as half a dozen suits affecting the Hutchins estate were pending at the same time. In the trial just con- cluded, it was shown that when, after a dozen years of litigation, the controversies among the heirs were settled, Hutchins’ younger son, Lee Hutchins, died within six months, and his widow, Rose Kealing Hutchins, died at her Massachusetts avenue ‘home within a little more than a year after she recelved any benefit from the millions left by her husband. Figures presented to the court yes- terday showed that the value of the estate was $5,673,709.72. Mergenthaler Linotype and Riggs Bank stock was valued at $837,000, while the remain- der of the estate consisted of business and apartment properties at Four- teenth and G streets recently acquired by Julius Garfinckel as a_ site for a department store. The evidence show- ed that the Hutchins estate received $1,460,000 for the Fourteenth and G streets site. e g ey 0ld Dutch Oven Found. Near Stangeville, about 12 miles from Luxemburg, Wis, are the re- mains of an old-time Dutch oven which years ago was used to hake bread and roast steaks. These ovens were constructed of stone or brick, built to a height of about 4 or 5 feet above the ground, a hole or large flue with a flat_bottom being lined with fire clay. This flue scmetimes ended in a chimney, which was pro- vided to increase the draft. The flue measured approximately 18 inches to 2 feet across the bottom, says the Milwaukee Journal. When the settlers, Bohemian or German, wished to bake bread or roast a steak in one of these ovens it was first necessary to start a fire in the flue, which later became the oven. This fire was kept going until the stones, bricks and fire clay be- came very hot. The embers were then withdrawn and the oven swabbed out with a long handled brush so as to remove all ashes and cinders. With a long handled, spade- like utensil the loaves to be baked or the steak were placed on the hot bottom of the oven and the opening was then closed with bricks. The baking required several hours, but the gradually diminishing heat gave ‘he bread and meat a particularly fine flavor. THE TAXPETITION GIVEN T COMMISSIONERS Three Trade Groups Submit Plea for $1.65 Rate and Larger U. S. Share. The District’s three trade organiza- tions, the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce and Merchants’ and Manu- facturers’ Association, submitted to the Commissioners today a joint petition advocating a tax rate of $1.65 for the 1928-1929 fiscal year, and urging that every effort be made to have the Fed- eral Government increase its contri- bution to the expenses of the District. The petition was based on the action taken by committees representing these organizations at a meeting Wed- nesday. The trade bodies, which the petition declared represent the bulk of local , feel strongly that a tax levy of $1.65 cn the present high assessment is a tax burden which is comparable to that paid by property owners in cities of corresponding size. Urges Fair Proportion. “The committee are aware that the many and pressing needs of the District of Columbia at the present time cannot be met immediately by the estimated income from the tax rate recommended,” the petition read. “The citizens of this community should not be expected to pay more than a fair total—as compared with cities of comparable size—for the maintenance and development of the Nation's Capital. Consequently the committees urge that every possible effort be made to increase the ap- propriation made by the Federal Gov- ernment for this expense, which is primarily a national responsibility.” Signers of Petition. The petition was signed by Edwin C. Graham, president of the Board of Trade; M. A. Leese, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the Mer- chants_and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion. It was submitted to the Com- missioners by Dorsey Hyde, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce; Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, and obert J. Cottrell, assistant secretary of the Board of Trade. GIRL, 15, QUITS BAY SWIM WITH GOAL NEAR Ruth Kitchen Swept Past Cape Henry by Tide, Unable to Make Landing. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., July 1.—Ruth Kitchen, 15-year-old Maryland mer- maid, failed in her attempt to swim the Virginia Capes today when with- in sight of the goal. Like Comdr. Byrd's flight to Paris, the youthful swimmer could not make a landing and was swept past Cape Henry by a strong tide. About 9:30 o’clock this morning the swimmer, then past Cape Henry and being swept down toward Virginia Beach by the tide, permitted those ac- companying her in boats from Cape Charles, where she dove off at 12:50 o'clock this morning, to pick her up. She was then in the Atlantic Ocean about one-half mile off the beach and had covered, it is estimated, nearly twice the crow-flight distance of about 9 miles across the mouth of Chesa- peake Bay. AMERICAN GOLD MINE SEIZED IN NICARAGUA Former Liberal General Strikes at United States Through Charles Butters, Owner. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 1.—A repercussion of the recently ended clvil war in Nicaragua has developed in the seizure of an American-owned gold mine, San Albino, in the district of Nueva Segovia by the former Lib- eral general, Augusto Sandino. Charles Butters, owner of the mine, in which he is said to have invested more than $700,000, has requested im- mediate protection for his property by the American Government through American Minister Eberhardt. But- ters is returning from Managua to his mine, despite the bellef that it may be at the risk of his life. Gen, Sandino’s avowed purpose in seizing the property is said to be to destroy American influence. LAKE GEORGE STEAMER HITS ROCK AND SINKS Sagamore Goes Down After Col- liding With “Anthony’s Nose.” Passengers and Crew Saved. LAKE GEORGE, N. Y., July 1 (P).— The Lake George steamer Sagamore sank after striking the rock known as Anthony’s Nose, about 200 feet south of the pier at Glen Eyrle, today. All of the passengers and crew reached shore. The Sagamore was bound from Bald- win, at_the north end of the lake, to this village, which is the southern terminus of the line. She had just made a call at the Glen Eyrie pier and was barely under way when she hit Anthony's Nose, which is on the east side of the lake. The steamer was headed for shore and settled on a beach with § feet of water in her hold. Alcohol Supervisor to Resign. James Waddell of Indiana, Govern- ment supervisor of alcohol and brew- ery control, announced today that he would resign within a few days to en- ter private business. Tripping while playing on the fire escape, 5-year-old Elaine Sawaya, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Sawaya, plunged from the third-floor level of the Absecon Apartments, 1706 T street, to the sidewalk shortly before noon today. The child was 1ushed to ildren’s Hospital, where physicians sald she was suffering frum a pos- sible fracture of the skull. Her con- dition is reg: as grave. Ingebor Iiischer, 6-year-old play- mate of I3laine, was racing down the fire escape benind the latter when she fell. The little Fischer girl d-clares that all of a sudden Elalne tripped and fell over the side. The little girl land- old, on the beach and Boardwalk at “South Carolina avenue. i ed on the conc Unaware of Mrs. the accident, Tripping During Play on Fire Escape, Child Falls to Ground; Condition Grave Sawaya was in ner apartment on the fourth floor when children ran up to tell her. She found that the janitor already had taken the child to the hospital, and she spcedily foliowed with her three older daughters. The father, according to neighbors, is in New York City. While the Fischer girl stoutly maintains that Elaine fell from the third floor, others voiced the opinion that she fell from the first-floor land- ing. The fire escape is readily accessible from each of the landings, and, due to the fact it has platforms, it has been more or less of a playground for chil- dren in the api t, despitc the admonishment of tholr parents, it was said voday, L { EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Abové: William W. Bride takes oath of office as corporation counsel. Left to right: Mrs. Malcolm K. Varnell, sis- tér of Mr. Bride; Mrs. Bride, Comm| sioner Dougherty, Commissioner Talia- g de, Daniel E. Garges, sec- retary to the Board of Commissioners, and Miss Adelaide Bride, daughter of the new counsel. Below, left to right: Elwood H. Seal and Thomas F. Cameron, new assist- ants to Mr. Bride. BRIDE TAKES OATH ASD. . COUNGEL Formalities Brief for Him and Other Office Appointees. Start Today. William W. Bride, the District's new corporation counsel, and other appointees to that office in the recent reorganization took the oath of office today and immediately went to work. The inaugural ceremonies of Mr. Bride, held in_the office of Commis- sioner Sidney F. Tallaferro, were brief and informal. Aside from the admin- istration of the oath of office and the customary congratulatory hand- shaking that follows, there was no other formality. The ceremonles were attended by the Commissioners, by Ringgold Hart, principal assistant corporation counsel; Francis H. Ste- phens, predecessor of Mr. Bride; Mrs. Bride and her daughter Adelaide, and Mrs. Malcolm K. Varnell, sister to the new corporation counsel. Elwood H. Seal and Thomas F. Cameron, newly appointed assistant corporation counsels, and Miss Ruth D. De Atley, secretary to Mr. Bride, took the oath in the pressroom, ad- joining Commissioner Taljaterro’s office. All of the oaths were adminis- tered by Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the Board of Commissioners. Mr. Seal has been assigned to duty at Police Court, succeeding Frank Madigan. Mr. Cameron relicves Paul J. Sedgwick at the Juvenile Court. $500,000 ALIENATION SUIT IS DISCONTINUED Mrs. Emmanuel Modica’s Against Countess Dropped by Court. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 1.—Mrs. Em- manuel Victor Modica's §500,000 alien- ation of affections suit against Coun- tess Roger de Perigny was discontin- ued by Supreme Court Justice Mullan vesterday at the request of Mrs, Mo- dica’s attorney. The suit was brought three years ago, Mrs. Modica charg- ing that the countess had sent many love notes to her husband, a chauf- feur, of Newark, N. J. The countess is the former wife of George Lardner Carnegie, a nephew of the late Andrew Carnegie, and is a sister of Harry K. Thaw. Mrs. Modica also brought suit for divorce and her husband then sued for $50,000 against his wife's parents and brother, charging them with alienating her affections. The suit against the countess, he charged, was the result of a conspiracy. Case The First Ice Cream Soda. The ice cream soda was first con- cocted in Philadelphia in 1874 by Rob- ert M. Green, according fo informa- tion quoted in_an article by Norman S. Hall in the Liberty Magazine. “At that time,” Hall explains, ““Green was serving soda water and ice cream, but always separately. “Having obtained a permit to dis- pense these delicacles at an exposition conducted by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia,” the writer continues, “he looked about for some novelty to attract patrons to his booth. ‘Why not,’ thought he, ‘mix the ice cream with the charged water and flavoring?’ “He did, and ice cream soda, the ‘American national drink,’ was born. It found immediate favor, and shortly thereafter Fred Sanders of Detroit adopted the practice, advertising it widely, and is credited with having done even more than Mr. Green to establish the new decoction.” gty “Women’s Rights” in China. “The extent to which women's rights will be protected in future China,” states Dorothy T. Wong, leading Chinese feminist, in the June Current History Magazine, can be seen from the following points covered by this resolution, which is being made the basis upon which the judicial reforma- tion committee of the Nationalist government is drafting new laws: 1. Equality of education for both sexes. 2. Equality of vocational tunity for both sexes. 3. Absolute equality of both sexes in respect to law. 4. Equality of wages for both sexes. 5. Protection of motherhood. 6. Protection of child labor. 7. Aid for woman labor unions. 8. Overthrow of traditional rites enslaving the female sex. 9. Opposition to polygamy. 10. Opposition to the system of juve- nile wives. 11. Absolute freedom of marriage and divorce. 12. Opposition to unequal judgment on the sexes by law courts. 13. Promotion of equal treatment of remarried women by society. 14. Securing for all women the right of property and inheritance. ey oppor- Men of New Zealand bought nearly $25,000 worth of American-made sus- penders in the past year, i JULY 1, 1927. Voodoo Doctor, Selling “Tie- Em-Down And Bring-'Em-Back Powders,” Arrested By the Associated Pre . ST. LOUIS, July 1.--“Doctor” Sam- uel Kojoe Pearce, # negro, who post office inspectors said had victimized hundreds of negroes in many States by selling them “voodoo” charms by mail, yesterday was indicted by the Federal grand jury here on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Posing as the West African Rem- edy Co., the Pearce Health Institute, the Orlental Institute of Science and the African-American Institute of Seience, “Doctor” Pearce did a thriv- ing_business from his home here. His stock in trade is itemized in the ANGLO-RUSSIAN SPLIT IN LABOR PACT SEEN Trade Union Movements to Sepe- rate Over Red Manifesto, Says London Newspaper. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 1.—All relations be- tween the trade union movements of Great Britain and Russia, the labor correspondent of the Westminster Ga- zette learns, will cease within a few weeks. This, he says, will follow upon the publications of what is described as an “impertinent document” from the all-red trade union congress se- verely censuring the attitude of the general council of the trade union con- gress of Great Britain in connection with the severance of Anglo-Russian relations. The document, which is in the form of a manifesto addressed to the proleq tariat of Russia and Great Britaln, ac- cording to the Westminster Gazette, charges the trade union council with treacherously opposing and attempt- ing sabotage of the “consistent class proletarian initiative of the all-union central council.” The newspaper describes the mani- festo as also appealing to the British proletariat over the head of the trade union congress for direct actlon against the British government. The correspondent understands that the trade union congress regards the manifesto as a definite and deliberate breach of the agreement existing be- tween the two branches of the Anglo- Russian trade union committee. PO RISING NORWAY FLOODS CAUSE MILLION DAMAGE ‘Norwegian Farmers Kill Live Stock—Government Rushes Military Help. Star and_Chicago Daily = Badm!‘i”efl 's?MCouyngm.dm:':. 0SLO, July 1.—Mounting floods continued to sweep through Tele- marken in southern Norway, where the damage now is reported to have passed the million-dollar mark. The waters were repogted to be rising so rapidly that many farmers killed their stock to prevent them from being swept away by the floods and drowned. Food suppiies are running low. Military assistance has been rushed to the flood zune. FOUND‘GUILTY OF FRAUD. Head of Optimists’ Association to Be Sentenced Tomorrow. SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 UP).— Cornelius Conway, charged with using the mails to defraud in connection with his International Association of Optimists, yesterday was found guilty by a jury in the United States Dig trict Court here. After the jury re- ported Judge Frank Kerrigan ‘gave each juror a slip of paper and ask- ed him to recommend a penalty. The | sentence will be pronounced to- mOrrow. Conway was charged with unau- thorized use of the names of nation- ally known persons in connection with his organization work. Among them were Chiel Justice Taft, Senator Hiram W. Johnson and Roger W. Babson, econom indictment as consisting of: Tie-'em-down power, ‘“‘guaranteed to keep your husband at home, except in aggrevated cases.” Price, $25 for 25 powders. Bring- em-back powder. “to be used in serious cases wheye husband fails to respond to tie-cm-down. powder. Price, $50 for 25 powders. : Lucky Turrarie, *“will keep evil spirits from home.” Black Cat's wishbone, ‘warranted to bring luck in business or love, horse racing or crap games.”. King Solomon's wisdom stone, “very valuable and charged with in- visible life.” — PORTUGAL PLANNING TO ELECT PRESIDENT Ministerial Comnecil Considers Pro- posal for Choice by Gen- eral Suffrage. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, July 1.—The ministerial council is now consider- ing a proposal for the election of a President of the republic by general suffrage, say today's newspapers. Administrative representatives of all the districts of Portugal and the Azores met yesterday to confer on the matter with the ministry of the interior. No official report regarding either of the two conferences had been made today. (The present Chief Executive in Portugal is Gen. Carmona, who oust- ed the Gomez government in July, 1926, and set up his own governmen Last November Gen. Carmona a: sumed the power of President.) ROTHSCHILD WARNS PRIVATE CONCERNS Personal Inquiries by Telephone in Name of Better Business Bu- reau Denounced by Director. A warning against the use of the name of the Better Business Burcau by private individuals or concerns in making personal inquiries into the af- fairs of others by telephone today was sounded by Louis Rothschild, di- rector of the bureau. In response to a number of com- plaints made to the bureau by per- sons, Mr, Rothschild declared that em- ployes of the bureau do not make in- quiries or investigations by telephone, Any such telephone inquiries, purport- ing to be made by an {nvestizator of the bureau, he said, could be but mis- representations. Mr. Rothschild said an investigation was under way to determine the identity of persons alleged to have made unauthorized use of the name of the Better Business Bureau in making such telephope inq es. Grew Now Ambassador. Joseph C. Grew, Undersecretary of State, who is in charge of the State Department during the temporary ab- sence of Secretary Kellogg, at Hot Springs, Va. today took the oath of office as United States Ambassador to Turkey and arranged for his early departure for Consiantinople. He was succeeded as Undersecretary of State by Robert E. Olds, formerly Assistant Secretary of State. ITREASURY LOKER LEAVES CITY ONEUROPEAN TRIP Will Join Opponents in Ora- torical Contest in New York Before Sailing. Wwilliam “Aleck” Loker, The Star's representative in the fourth National Oratorical Contest, set out from Wash- ington today on the first leg of the two-and-a-half-month tour of Europe which he won by trlumphing over the nine “district” champions of this region. Accompanied by his parents, Judge and Mrs. William M. Loker of Leon- irdtown, Md., and Washingtton friends, “Aleck” left Union Station this morn- ing on the 10:30 o’clock train for New York and he is due to reach the metrop- olis shortly after 3:30 o’clock. In New York he will join the six other orators who were his opponents in the nation- al finals here May 27, and who are now to be his traveling companions, with Randolph Leigh, contest direct- or, and Mrs. Leigh. Will Sail Tomorrow. “Aleck” said he is anxious to meet his fellow contestants again, for they had become friends during their stay in Washington, during which time he was elected president of the Constitu- tion Club. ‘While in New York the contestants will make their headquarters at the McAlpin Hotel and tomorrow morning they will go aboard the Leviathan, scheduled to sail at noon tomorrow. SUPPLY OFFICIALS SWORN Bureau Started by Dawes Becomes Division With New Fiscal Year. Important changes in the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Supply took place today with the opening of a new fiscal year, when the organization in- augurated several years ago assumed the dignity of a division and all its of- ficials and employes were sworn in anew. The bureau was established during the term of office as director of the budget of Charles G. Dawes, and has since been operated by personnel and equipment loaned from other parts of the Treasury Department. It com- bined several purchasing agencies in a single agency, and so proved its cffi- ciency that Congress, in the Treasury appropriation act for this new fiscal vear, granted an approprintion to operate it as a separate division. All Employes Take Oaths. Dan A. Vaughan was sworn in as chief of the division, L. C. Spangler was sworn in as assistant chief, and ail employes also took new oaths of office. The oaths were administered by Chiet Clerk Frank A. Birgfeld, and Assistant Chief Clerk Samuel H. Marks of the Treasury Department. F. G. Awalt, formerly of the war loan staff, was sworn in this morning as deputy controller of the currency, succeeding Charles W. Collins, re- signed. Realignment in Effect. The new realignment of supervision over various branches of Treasury actlvity by the undersecretary and three assistant secretaries of the de- partment went Tnto effect today. Among the principal changes is trans- fer of the Internal Revenue Bureau from Assistant Secretary Schuneman to Undersecretary Mills, in order to :g‘(,);? ]'Wr.thschugfiman more time to e to the public buildin rof throughout the country. e TORTURES THEIR FLESH. Sect Re-Enacts Crucifixion in Cere- mony Each Year. CHINESE EXECUTE REDS AND ROBBERS Nine Shot Today—Banditry Gains 217 Per Cent in For- eign Settlement. By Cable to The Star and Chicazo Daily News. Copyright, 1627. SHANGHAI, July 1.—Nine Com- munists and armed robbers were shot this morning, bringing the total death penalties to 34 within five days in the nationalists’ campaign to wipe out radicalism in the native city of Shang- hai. Two of those shot to death were boys 17 years old. ‘While the Nationalists in the native city are imposing death sentences, pro- visional court officials within the for- elgn settlement vigorously refuse to apply the extreme penalty to criminals, with the result that armed robberies within the settlement have increased 217 per cent within five months. Reports from Hankow state that Gen. Gallen, Soviet Russian muilitary adviser, is in supreme control of Han- kow military activities and is prepar- ing for defense of the radical Nation- alist city. He states that he has a suf- ficient force to meet an attack by either Chiang Kai-Shek or Feng Yu- Hsiang, co-leaders of the moderate Nationalists. Gen. Gallen states that if Hankow is taken there will be noth- ing worth having in the city. An official wireless report states that the Hankow situation needs attention, but that the attack threat should not be taken too seriously. TROOP MOVEMENTS DENIED. Japanese Say Cabinet Has Not Been Called to Study Situation. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1927 TOKIO, July 1.—The foreign office emphatically denies the statement that Japanese troops at the port city of Tsingtao are pruceeding to Tsinan-Fu or anywhere in the interior of China, or that the cabinet has been summoned in view of the more serious situation in Shantung Province. The chief of the bureau of informa- tion of the foreign office has informed this correspondent that the “mischiev- ous report is absolutely groundless.” The denial is considered necessary be- cause antl-Japanese propaganda, es- pecially reports of the movement of Japanese troops outside treaty ports of China, is calculated to arouse vio- lently increased hostility. Kenkichi Yoshiawa, Japanese Ambas- sador to Peking, and Peking consular officers now conferring with Premier Tanka in Tokio are showing sympathy with the legitimate aspirations of the Chinese and recognizing entirely the new forces in ascendancy in the neigh- bor country. Yoshiawa advises a policy of patience and firmness. “A friendly and helptul policy toward China and maintenance of trade are absolutely vital to Japan,” he says. “There is no prospect of an immediate settlement or restoration of order, but Japan cannot unify the country.” AMERICAN REPORTED HELD. Pirates Said to Have Taken Captain of Grounded Ship. SHANGHALI, July 1 (#).—A message from Ichang says news has been brought there by a junk that Capt. Fisher, American master of the steam- er Chichuen, with a Chinese compra- dore was captured by pirates between Ichang and Chunkiang, and is being held for $20,000. ransom. The Chichuen is said to have left Ichang June 24 and grounded when 30 miles from that place, whercupon the pirates boarded her. REQUIRES SOME CORRECTION. Japanese Envoy Holds China Is Minor Politically. TOKIO, Japan, July 1 (#).—China is still a minor politically and there- fore requires occasional correction, was the statement made today by Ken- kichl Yoshizawa, Japanese Minister at Peking, before the conference on China at the foreign office. He con- sidered that well intentioned measures conductive to the restoration of peace The Penitentes, America's eccentric cult of ‘““flesh torturers,” recently ended their three-day ritial of pain which was climaxed with the crucifix- ion of “El Cristo.” This queer cult had its origin in Europe in the mid- dle ages. There are a number of scat- tered survivors in northern New Mex- ico and southern Arizona. Each year they assemble for their annual cere- monial which ends on Good Friday. “El Cristo” is a member of the cult, who is chosen in advance of the cere- mony to re-enact the crucifixion of Christ. This is considered the highest honor possible for a Penitente. He is tied to a cross for two hours, when he :?o:lnken down for a general celebra- Although the members are cautious to preserve secrecy regarding their ceremonies, many people claim to have witnessed parts of them. What is said to be their most common method of self-punishment or torture is the use of cactus needls. They use this as a whip and lash themselves alter- nately over each shoulder, while they drag a heavy cross fashioned of wood. Very 01d Vine Bears Fruit. The grandaddy of all American grapevines, still growing although it was planted several years before the Revolutionary War, ‘is described by George K. Shaffer in an article in the Liberty Magazine, ““When Father Junipero Serra plant- ed a sprig of grapevine at San Gabriel Mission in 1771,” the writer points out, “he planted not only the first grapevine in California, but also the roots of a vast industry. The benign Franciscan padre could hardly be ex- pected to know that from that little shoot of grapevine would sprout an in- dustry worth ,000,000, with em- ployment for 100,000 persons. “Father Serra’s original vine still grows,” the writer continues. “In’the vard of an old inn at San Gabriel the patriarch of grapevines stands just where the old monk—now 143 years dead—planted it. It is said to be the largest grapevine in the world. Eight feet in circumference, its gnarled and twisted trunk flings long, winding arms over a trellis that covers an acre. A ton of grapes is its annual yield. The benches and tables of more convivial times stlil recall the custom of country folk to gather and sip their wine under its shade.” Twin Swimmers, 13, Having Set New Hudson River Record By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, July 1.—The English Channel is the next objective of Ber: nice and Phyllis Zitenfleld, 13-year-old twins, joint holders of a new 52-hour- and-30-minute record for the 162%3- mile swim from Albany to New York. The twins plan to sail for Havre on the Ile de France on August 1 to at- tempt to swim the Channel, said Fred Colin, their business manager, at a testimonial dinner given last night after the glrls ended thelr long grind down the Hudson late yesterday. Swimming each day since June 20, Will Try Channel, the twins shortened by 4 hours and 40 minutes the time established for the distance by Mrs. Lottie Schommel. A large crowd greeted the girls as they touched the Battery at the end of an 8-mile jaunt from One Hundred and Fifty-eighth street, where they had rested before entering the water on a strong ebb tide early in the aft- rnoon. They had each lost 3 pounds, but approached the float together, churn- ing ths water with a steady and mod- erately fast stroke. “We feel fine,” or unification of China were proper when the occasion required, provided China expressed no explicit opposition. He gave it as his view that Japan must sympathize with Chinese aspira- tions, but not make a spoil.d child of China. From the deliberations, it was seen that the foreign ministry is opposed to withdrawal of troops from the Chi- nese province of Shantung, believing that withdrawal would fail to bring an end to the anti-Japanese boycott. Baron Tanaka, premier and foreign minister, presided at the conference, which was attended by Viscount Kodama, governor of Kuantung, Man- churia; Gen. Muto, commanding the Kwantung garrison, and Rear Admiral Sakon. TOWN PLANS ELECTION. Fairmount Heights, Md., Candi- dates Are Announced. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRMOUNT HEIGHTS, Md., July 1.—Fairmount Heights is preparing for its first election to choose town officials. At a recent referendum the voters decided by a margin of two votes that they wanted incorporation. Candidates announced are: For mayor, Frank Coalman, Henderson I. Brooks, Isalah Miles, U. Marshall, James A. Campbell; for clerk- treasurer, R. 8. Nichols; for council men: Ward 1, James F. Armstrong, M. Charity; ward 2, 8. J. Trotter, Henry Clay, Clarence W. Jones; ward 3, Isaac Henry, S. J. Barbour; ward 4. Harry A. Goodrich; ward 5, P. J. Atwood; ward 6, B. 8. Neill, Andrew Knox. An organization meeting of the council is to be held July 25. The Legislature appointed the fol- lowing as a board of election super- visors: Frank Coalman, James F. Armstrong, secretary; Mackall and George W. Steele. The supervisors have named these assist- ants: R. S. Nichols, Harry A. Good- rich, Charles W. Hawkins, Isaiah Miles and Ernest D. Kirkland, the last-named Dbeing appointed acting erk- for the election. o Toeless Ice for Fountains. Although today's soda fountain is a marvel of mechanical ingenuity, there are still many changes in store for it, declares Norman S. Hall in an article in the Liberty Magazine. “Another soda-fountain revolution is promised.” Hall asserts, “when ex- perts now at work have perfected the solidification of carbon dioxide, a kind of iceless ice. o “Even now,” the writer points out, “this substance is being used in ice- cream containers and for shipments. A few months ago a firm in Long Island City, N. Y. . successfully shipped a -cargo of ice cream to¢ Buffalo with no other preservation than this solidified carbon dioxide, which is 140 degrees colder than ice. “A disk of this chemical weigh- ing half a pound placed in the bot- tom of a quart contalner, will keep that amount of ice cream 24 hours. The day of the solidified carbon- they sald in unison, “and we're going to a dance.” £ dioxide soda fountain, experts assert, is about to dawn.”