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WEATHER. S Weather Bureau r today and tomorr warmer _tomorrow Highest, 83, at 2 p.m. yes est, 72 Full report on page 7. No. 1,166— No. (LS. READY TO QUIT 30,399. 2, at 10 p.m. yester Forecast.) Slightly ow. Temperatire— terday. Low- day. Entered as second class matte: post office, Washington, D. C. HIGH STANDARD | he WASHINGTON, D. C, S SOUGHT TO RID CITY OF UNQUALIFIED DOCTORS ENEVA IF BRITISH Movement Would Stop Tampering Wit Human Body By Self-Styled “Phy- . INSIST ON DEMANDS 'Delegation Prepared to Fight| for American Proposals on Naval Limitation. 1 1 4 | ADMINISTRATION BACKS | UNYIELDING ATTITUDE | Increase in Cruiser Tonnage Only Concession Possible, View of Officials Here. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. isfied that the posals for further nava fair, the administration | American delegation at the ! conterence are prepared to go to the 1mat for them. Equally satisfied | proposals for naval limitation | calculated to give the British | premacy on the sea, the Americans {@re prepared to quit the conference | unless “the British modify their de- {man For five weeks tha American dele- | gation, backed by the administration, |has endeavored to show to the IBritish delegation at Geneva and to jthe British government in London \that the United States will not yield [on the matter of naval equality. iBound up in the matter of mnaval | equality are types of cruisers required by the United States because of its lack of naval bases, types that permit a greater cruising radius, and naval bases themselves, not to mention the merchant marine capable of conver- sion for war purposes in time of | emergency. Willing to Inerease Tonnage. | The Americans are willing to agree |to an increase in the matter of {cruiser tonnage, and thus meet the | |British halt way in that matter. | They are unwilling, on the o(kger; | hand, to agree to limitations in size | |and armament of cruisers beyond | | those set at the Washington confer- lence in 1 To accept the British | proposals in this regard at once hands | lover to the British the ngval | superiority which they say they’ do | not_seek. | The British cabinet is to meet {again tomorrow with the two princi- | pal British delegates to the naval con- |ference, it is reported here. Much {hangs in the balance. If the British delegates return to Geneva ready to |stand by the proposals so far ad- {vanced by them, the probabilities are |the conference will break up quickly. There are indications that it the | conference fails, the British effort will {be to lay the blame on the United | States. American authorities, how- ever, believe that this cannot success- {fully be accomplished. They point |out that the American proposals for limitation of ausiliary craft, includ- ling cruisers, destroyers and sub- {marines, embodied the principles laid {down at the Washington conference and which were then declared to be satisfactory both to the British and to |the Japanese. If these American pro- posals were adopted they would in- |sure definite limitation, economy and the avoidance of competitive naval | building programs in auxiliary craft. | British Oppose U. S. Proposals. The American delegation proposed |that the United States and Britain ! should be allowed each from 250,000 to 200,000 tons of cruiser-tonnage. This did not meet with the approval of the | British. They placed their cruiser re- quirements as high as 590,000 tons. |%he’ American delegation also pro- | posed that each country lay down the ype of cruiser suited to its needs, so |long as the vessels did not exceed 110,000 tons each or carry guns greater |than_ $-inch caliber, limitations im- | posed by the Washington naval limi- tation treat The British have objected to this ‘atter proposal, t0o, insisting that the |size of the cruisers be restricted {largely to the type that best meets {their own needs and that be armed | with guns no greater than 6-inch lealiber. 1f the 6-nch guns were {edopted as the standard for cruisers, it {would make available, as auxiliary {cruisers in time of war, the fast ves- sels of their merchant service, in which vastly outnumber the United | es. | Tne American delegation has sought | {10 meet the British halfway in the | |xuatter of cruiser tonnage, indicating | ney would be willing to agree to ! 400,000 tons for the British and for |the United States. Beyond this they thave been unwilling to go at a confer- |ence, which was called for limitation “nl naval armaments and not for ex- ypansion. Insist on Superiority. | The United States, at the Washing- [ton conference, made great sacrifices {in capital ships built and building in {order that competition in the con- struction of that type of warship !should be halted. Definite limitation {in relative naval strengths w {lished on the 5 3 | Tnited States, Grea !Japan, respectively. however, at Geneva, far have shown no willingness to further a | similar plan for auxiliary naval craft. |The British today have a superiority {in cruisers, in merchant marine and {in naval bases. They have insis upon proposals that mot only would make certain a continuance of this superiority, but would even widen the } existing difference between themselves ! others. American limitation are and the Geneva pro- | the British are su that | Br Th s0 and i e British, he proposals of the British, when } ! examined, raise the question against awhom the British must prepare a fleet ‘of cruisers approaching their strength 4n this class of vessel prior to the World War. The British have dis- claimed the thought of any possible difference evep arising between Britain ‘and the United States. Yet the British ave insisting upon a type of eruiser “that is unsuited to American needs, bt is advantageous to their own. The 1British haye so far been unwilling to zrant freedom of action in respect to the size arnd armament of cruisers to the United States under the terms of Vihe treaty negotiated at Washington N re also has been the suggestion Vihat the British were willing to grant |10 Japan an equality in submarines ! with herself and the United States. What becomes of the 5—>—3 ratio of naval strength under such a proposi- tion? | aualification to practice medi sicians Found This ix the Inat of sir artic ov anyh ng he does not prescribe medicine 10 practice wpon the human hody and 4 agnose human i to Be Unfitted. s dealing with conditions in Washington iness. use the knife or assume the title of M. D. BY BEN McKELWAY. What is the practice of medicine The legal definition of the term is that the practice of medicine involves the use of drugs and surgery. Therefore, those who do not give drugs or use the knife do not practice medicine and thus escape all the barriers slowly built up through the years by t selves and the public from the charlatan and the quack. he doctors of medicine to protect them- So much emphasis has been placed by the public upon the need for higher standards in medicine that the profession has raised a wall, by those who are qualified, and whict witches and the soothsayers who oth found extremely difficult to scale even h has kept out, at the same time, the erwise might have clothed themselves in the robes of an M. D., working incalculable harm both to the doctors and to the public. But now that they have erected this wall, the M. D.’s find the inclosure | overrun by a host of outsiders. The be cured and use the terms *‘doctor” manner that confuses the public and their dignity and significance. outsiders do not practice medicine in | | the sense of using drugs or the knife, but, re | they advise and visit the sick, diagnose their ailments and tell them how 1o rdless of their qualifications. and “professor” and “specialist” in a d deprives the once honored titles of Medical Society Chartered in 1819, In 1819 Congress chartes Columbia and gave it authori ine. held by the societv. At the close of medical society and of the homeopath the last century the authority of the ic mociety was vested in the Board of | Medical Examiners through passage of the medical practice act. The States were adoplipg medical practice acts about the same time, and one result was the foundation of a number of cults, or schools of healing, whose graduates | were able to 'prar:!k“e medicine, in effect, but who did not give drugs, thus | escaping the restrictions imposed by the various medical practice acts. In the last quarter of a century the medical profession has come to recognize the many beneficial featu had been overlooked. The attitude as well. At the same time, the raise the standards of their colleges ires in osteopathy which previously of the doctor of medicine toward | osteopathy ln\!_(l_\’ is much more friendly than it was a few years ago. Doc: tors of medicine frequently send their patients to doctors of osteopathy, and vice versa. There are doctors of osteopathy who are doctors of medicine doctors of osteopathy ! have sought to until the recognized i nstitutions now (Continued on Page 5, Column 2. U. 5. BUILDINGS HEAVILY GUARDED Argentine Police Raid Radi- cal Headquarters After Two Bombings. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, July 23.—All im- portant American buildings in Buenos Aires, including the United States embassy and the home of Charge d’Affaires P. L. Cable, were under heavy guard today as a result of the explosion of a bomb at the statue of George Washington last night which is attributed to Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers, Police this afternoon raided several radical centers and arrested several men for examination. The chief of police, however, said that it would be most difficult to find the guilty men as attempts at bombings usually are committed with the utmost secrecy. He added that nothing would be left undone to discover the perpetrators. The United States embassy, the American consulate and other Ameri- can institutions have been receiving threatening letters which have in- creased in number during the last few days, it was stated. DENIES ANTI-U. 8. FEELING. Argentine Envoy Says People Are Friendly to This Country. Bombing of the George Washington statue in Buenos Aires was by Sacco- Vanzetti sympathizers and cannot be attributed to anti-American sentiment, in the opinion of Ambassador Pueyrre- don of Argentina. “The people of Argentina consider Washington one of their own heroes,” Mr. Pueyrredon said today. “The people there feel the greatest friend- ship for the United States, especially since minor disagreements between the two countries have been settled.” 4 ESCAPE FROM JAIL AT BLADENSBURG, MD. Bars of Window Sawed; One Pris- - oner Was Being Held on Murder Charge. A jail delivery at Bladensburg, Md., in_which four prisoners, one being held on a charge of murder, escaped was _discovered shortly after 2 oclock this morning. Bars of the window of the jail had been neatly saved and bent aside, affording the means of escape. George Lee, colored, who was being held on a charge of having killed a tarmer at Bowle some time ago, was one of those who escaped. The others were Lewis Hopkins, colored, held on a traffic charge; Rufus S. Walker, col- ored, awaiting trial for larceny and a white man, whose last name was given as Mayhew, who was held on a charge of intoxication. The Maryland State police and the locai_ police department were imme- diately notified after the jail break had been discovered and a search was under way within half an hour. LINDBERGH FORGED TO ALIGHT BY FOG Flying Colonel Abandons Schedule and Lands Near Concord, N. H. By the Associated Press. CONCORD, N. H., July 23.—A New England fog today accomplished what the Atlantic Ocean failed to do and disrupted the schedule of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. It blocked the path of the flying youth on a short 100-miie hop from Boston to Portland, Me., fore- ing him inland to Concord, N. H., where he landed after five hours of wandering in the murky air. He will resume his flight to the Maine city to- morrow morning. Next to regret over disappointing his Portland hosts, who had gathered to welcome him this afternoon, Lind- bergh’s chief concern on reaching here was solicitude for his plane, the Spirit of St. Louis. Out of many possible landing places when he had found bet- ter visibility hereabouts, he selected the Concord airport because of its roomy hangar, where the plane would be protected from the rain. Encounters Fog. His first duty was to see the Spirit of St. Louis safely under cover. Then he accepted an invitation to spend the night at the home of Col. Charles H. Mason, director of the Organized Re- serve in New Hampshire. Taking off from the Boston airport at 12:35 o'clock when conditions looked far from cheering, Indbergh flew north to Nashua, N. H., and then turned east to Portland, finding fog all the way. He was over Portland about 4 o'clock, but fog and heavy rain pre- vented him from seeing the ground. After many excursions seeking a hole in the fog, he was forced to turn westward, :20 o'clock he passed over the Concord airport, proceeding about 145 miles before he turned and made for the landing field. The Spirit of St. Louis was brought to a perfect landing at 5:35 o'clock. In the meantime the report had gone out that the flyer had landed safely 20 minutes before in a field in Dayton, Me. It was learned later that an’ Army biplane had been forced down by the fog at that place. Welcomed at Concord. In contrast to the crowds assembled to greet the flyer at Portland, the airport here was all but deserted when Lindbergh came down. The Reserve Flying School, which had been in progress here, had closed today. Robert Fogg, a local airman, who has charge of the airport, had left 20 minutes before for Weirs, N. H. He was hastily recalled to open the dcors of the hangar to admit the Spirit of_st. Louis. Lindbergh was welcomed to Concord by Col. Mason, Lieut. Richard D. Cobb of the Boston airport, Lieut. E. H. Holderman, who had been on duty at the Reserve Flying School, and Willis D. Thompson, jr., of Con- cord, who flew with the Naval Reserve during the war. The flyer communicated with Port- land soon after landing in order to rearrange plans for his visit to that (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) 4 By the Associated Press. To sit in high places with the power- to & 21-year-old Chinese youth, who has refused enticing offers by his in- fluential family for the rank of a hum- ble private in the revolutionary Na- tionalist army. Leng Wong, the son of a rich and powerful Chinese family and grad- uate of Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., will complete his mili- tary training here In a few days and | embark for China to enter the cause |ot the Chinese revolution. He wants to fight for the “spirit of nationalism that is awakening China,” he said today. He has refused the position of aide to Gen. H. J. Chen, the commanding general of the Chi- The position and_responsihili (Continued on Page 3. | nese anti-Nationalist_argpy Contrary to the wish FORT SNELLING, Minn,, July 23.— ful war lords of China means nothing of his father, Chinese Youth, Ardent Revolutionist, Spurns Rank to Serve as Private Soldier who is one of the richest men in China, a builder and the chief engi- neer of the Lung Hal Railway, which crosses China from east to west, Leng has already accepted the place of pri- vate in the revolutionary forces. Accompanied by his “buddy,” C. R. Chang of Canton, China, Leng came to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps camp here to put the finishing touches to his military training before leaving for China. Chang, also in sympathy with the revolutionary cause, has renounced his right, as eldest son, to inherit his wealthy father's exporting business to pursue the career of a criminal lawyer at the Chinese bar. Chang expects to tour Europe to study the various Oc- cidental judicial systems so that he may return to China to work for the reform of the criminal jurisprudence of “awakened China." WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION MARIE FORSWEARS AMBITION T0 RULE FORKING MICHAEL Carol Broke Ferdinand's Heart, Queen Sobs as She Tells of Son’s Actions. PRINCE IS PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING COUNTRY May Attend Services for Father in Paris Church—Close | | | co red the Medical Society of {he District of |2dioining the improvised chapel where | ity 10 examine candidates and pass on their | Ferdinand lav dead, discussed her For some 70 years this prerogative was | present and future plans for carrying Friends Only Callers. By the Associated Press, BUCHAREST. July 23.—Queen arie sent for the Associated Press | espondent tonight and in a long interview, which took place in a room on the work which death had forced | the King to abandon. With marked emphasis the Queen declared she never had sought, nor woud seek in the future, the regency of Rumania. “Had 1 desired to become regent,” she said, “I need only have told the King, and he would have arranged it cither immediately or in his testament. Will Help Regency. “As his widow, and one who shared the responsibilities of the throne with him for 13 years, it is my duty to give all my energy, strength and devotion to the good of my country. That was the King's dying wish. “I am sure I shall be able to render valuable help to the existing regency, the infant King and the Princess Mother Helen. Of course, I am only Dowager Queen, and the real power rests with the regency, but I am con- fident that my people and my country will continue to honor me With their unswerving loyalty and confidence.” Queen Breaks Down. When the correspondent asked the Queen it Prince Carol had exvressed any repentance before the King died she broke down and between sobs said: “Neither the King nor myself re- ceived a single word from him. It was his pitiless indifference, silence and continued indiscretions in Paris which broke the King's heart and hastened his death. But the King in his will and final letter to Premier Bratiano expressed toward his first born the same extraordinary gen- erosity and forgiveness which formed such a striking part of his character. “Carol's single act when he learned that the King had died was to tele- graph to his sister Marie, asking her 1o place a wreath of white roses as near as possible to the King's body.” Presents Striking Appearance. Queen Marie was strong in her con- viction that Prince Carol would never attempt to gain the Rumanian throne. “I think that out of respect for the memory of his father, who sacrificed everything for him, Prince Carol will remain outside of the country,” the Queen said, “but what political in- trigues may force him to do is an- other thing.” Dressed in deep black with a long crepe veil falling from her beautiful chestnut hair, Queen Marie presented a striking figure of sorrow, reminding one of a Sister of Charity. “My heart ‘is broken and my soul crushed,” she said, “but I must keep up a brave spirit. Throughout the King's long illness he clung to me with pathetic and heroic devotion, striving to stave off death, which was slowly creeping upon him. But there are some things which even a queen cannot accomplish. When Little Mihai (the present King) learned that his great forbear had died he asked me, ‘Has the clock inside grandpa stopped, grandma?' ” Gives Estate to Princess. ‘When Queen Marie noticed that the King had failed to leave anything in SUNDAY MORNING, JULY his last testament to the Princess Mother Helen, she promptly gave the latter a large royal estate overlooking the Bay of Constanza. “I was once young myself,” Queen Marie wrote to Princess Helen in mak- ing the gift, “and I know what it is to (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. Radio News and Programs—Page 26. PART TW0—16 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Soclety. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 10. Serial, “Abie’s Irish Rose”—Page 12. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 14. News of the Clubs—Page 14. Around the City-—Page 15. D. A. R. Activities—Page 16. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5, and 8. Fraternal News—Page 10. Veterans of the Great War—Page 10. Army and Navy News—Page 10. Reviews of New Books—Page 12. District of Columbia Naval Reseyve— Page 12. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. ‘The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Civilian Army News—Page 8. Marine Corps Notes—Page 8. District National Guard—Page 9. Spanish War Veterans—Page 9. Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 9. Financial News—Pages 10 and 11. 6 GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. lutt and Jeff: Reg’lar Fellers; Mr. | M | and Mrs,; High Lights of History. Suntay Star, 24, 1927.—NINETY-TWO PAGES. LABOR CONFERENCE IN GAPITAL CLOSES President Green’s Address Features Fifth Annual Meeting. Delegates to the fifth Pan-American Labor Congress today are on their way to their homes bearing assur- ances of the continual friendship and co-operation of the American Fed- eration of Labor. Just before the congress adjourned yesterday after- noon President William Green told the delegates that the American Fed- eration will continue to exercise its influence so that policies of the United States will be such as to hold the friendship of Latin American countries. “There exists in the minds of Latin American people a distrust of the at- titude of our people,” he said. distrust must be removed if we are to develop commerce and understand- ing. This can be accomplished by pursuit of a policy recognizing justice as an elemental principle. desire of the American Federation of Labor, representing 5,000,000 workers, that such a policy should be fol- lowed.” Meeting Was Stormy. Green’s statement came at the end of a stormy six-day session, in which not only the policies of the United States but the integrity of the fed- eration and its officers were attack- ed. Refusal of the American dele- gation to join in several attacks on United States “imperialism” brought repeated outbursts from Ricardo Martinez of Venezuela, and Friday Green rebuked the Venezuelan for a bitter tirade against the Monroe doctrine. At the final session yesterday Martinez issued a statement in which he charged Green with helping “to conceal rather than expose American imperialism.” “Far from disparaging the Amer- ican people,” the statement said, “I believe that we workers of Latin America_have the most intimate in- terest in’common with the workers of the United States, and that it is necessary to establish the closest pos- sible relationship in order to fight shoulder to shoulder against the im- perialistic oligarchy of Wall Street and Washington that oppresses us both,” During the six days the congress was in session it adopted more than 30 resolutions dealing with Latin American conditions. Most of these Gealt with strictly labor problems, But in spite of the declaration of President Green that the congress was not “a clearing house for all the grievances of the Latin American people,” the delegates succeeded in passing several resolutions attacking United States policies south of the Rio Grande. That the congress accomplished ar great deal in assuring the laboring people of Latin America of the friendship of the workers of this country, however, was demonstrated clearly by the re-election of Green as president of the federation and by the burst of applause which followed his final address yesterday. Communism Denounced. ‘The opposition of the federation to communism and kindred movements was voiced emphatically by Green in his opening address, and his attitude was supported by the congress when it adopted a report denouncing as “cowardly” propaganda disseminated by the Communist Internationale. ‘This report was adopted at the final session yesterday. Other parts of it reaffirmed exceptions taken to State Department policies toward Nicaragua and Mexico. The final session, in con- trast to previous ones when fireworks went off on the slightest provocation, was fast and orderly, and practically no cpposition was voiced to the re- port of the resolutions committee read by its chairman, Matthew Woll. REPRESENTATIVE ILL. Member of Congress From Oregon Stricken on Street. SAN FRANCISCO, July 23 (®).— M. E. Crumpacker, member of Con- gress from Oregon, was found sitting on the street curbing in the downtown district here tonight, talking incoher- ently, and was taken to the Central Emergency Hospital. Physicians at the emergency hospi- tal later pronounced Crumpacker seri- ously ill, but said he would recover with proper rest and attention. They diagnosed the attack as a nervous breakdown, “That | It is the | A when t| %Grave of Sister | Of Washington Is Believed Found By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., July lonely, weed-covered grave of Betty Washington Lewis, only sister of George Washington, is believed to have been definitely located in Cul- peper County after a lengthy search and Culpeper Minute Men Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution, is planning to place a marker there. Betty Lewis, wife of Col. Field- ing Lewis, owner of Kenmore, in Fredericksb died in 1797 at ‘Western View, the home of Charles Carter in Cilpeper County, and was buried in the family ceme- tery there, those who have been searching the records say. GOTHAM FEARS SUBWAY STRIKE Mayor Calls Conference in Hope of Mediating Labor Difficulties. | Bs the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 23.—The threat of a subway strike hung over the city again tonight when James L. Quack- enbysh, general counsel for the Inter- bordugh Rapid Transit Co., announced that his company would not take part in any conference with representa- tives of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employes. Quackenbush’s announcement was in direct ,contradiction_to one issued by Mayor James J. Walker a few hours previously that a meeting be- tween union representatives and offi- cials of the I. R. T. and the Brooklyn & Manhattan Transit Co., with the mayor acting as mediator, would take place Tuesday. Next week's proposed meeting was intended by the mayor to take the place of a conference he had called today, but which Frank B. Hedley, president of the I. R. T., re- fused to attend. Company Union Opposed. The trouble between the amalga- mated and the transit companies cen- ters around recognition of the union by"the companies, which they refused to do, and the demands of the unions that its organization be substituted for the Brotherhood of 1. R. T. Co. Employes, known as the ‘‘company union. Amalgamated officials also have de- manded that the transit companies recognize the right of employes to collective bargaining. These demands have been formally made to the com- panies, but so far, union officials state, no direct answer has been re- ceived. Silent on Future Action. James H. Coleman, general or- ganizer for the amalgamated, declined y what action would be taken by the union in the event that Mayor ‘Walker’s invitation goes unheeded by company officials. Late today the mayor said he would issue orders early Monday to the va- rious city departments to make every preparation for a traction strike, in order that traffic will not be paralyzed. Building Falls, Two Hurt. PORTLAND, Oreg., July 23 (®).—At | least two persons were injured as the result of the collapse today of a build- ing undergoing remodeling at the northwest corner of Broadtay and Washington streets in the heart of the business section of the city. The roof fell in first, and then the front wall collapsed outward over the side- walk. Pedestrians were covered with deb By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July 23.—One hun- dred American boys slid their feet be- neath a ship’s table today as the first step in a movement toward better mutual understanding between the boys of this country and Denmark. The lucky hundred, guests on the steamer Hellig Olav of the American- Scandinavian Line, made their way, with good understanding, through an entirely foreign meal, and thien bade good-by to their parents as the ship pulled away from her pier toward Copenhagen. The boys are supposed to be repre- sentative of the country and have been chosen to stay as honorary guests in homes in Denmark. They gre expected, when in Den- mark, (u‘do as the Danes do, except ?‘ are showing the Danish The Star is 60 cents * (#) Means Associated Pre “From Press to Home Within the Hour” delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. D. C. SCHOOL REPAIR WORK ESTABLISHES NEW RECORD MARK ‘ 13 Portable Buildings Will Be Moved During Sum- mer Recess. MODERN EQUIPMENT WILL BE INSTALLED PRESIDENT PANS GOLDIN CANYON Storm Spoils Fishing, But Day Is Turned Into One of Fun for Executive. BY J. RUSSELL YGUNG, Staft Correspondent of The Star. MYSTIC RAPID CANYON, 8. Dak., July 23.—What was to have been a perfect day of fishing in the waters of Rapid Canyon today, where the trout are reported to be the biggest and the gamest in the Black Hills, was turned unexpectedly by President Coolidge into a gold panning expedi- tion. The waters in this remote section of the hills were swift and roiled today, and after an hour or so of hard work and no results with his rod and reel the President yielded to the lure of prospecting. The dust which he cleared from the creek was esti- mated by authorities on such matters to be worth nearly a million. However, old Joe Bullis, who has been a pros- pector in this section since the gold rush back in the 70s and who had a peep at the President’s dust, said on | the quiet that it didn't look like | “more’'n four bits worth” to him. Mrs. Coolidge Tries Hand. Mrs. Coolidge, too, tried her hand at this fascinating business, and she succeeded in getting a fair show of color upon the bottom of her pan. The value of her panning was not made public, but some who saw it said it looked like more than the President’s. This was the first time either the President or his wife have panned for gold since coming to the Black Hills, which have been the scene of numerous gold rushes in the past and which even today boast of vast quantities of this precious metal still to be had, as well as of the rich- est gold mine operating in the world today. ‘They have listened to all sorts of in- teresting tales about the gold, past and present, in the Black Hills and these tales have always held a certain charm for them. Naturally enough they both entered upon their panning today with a real zest and enthusiasm. They both enjoyed the experience and were proud as children of the results of their first experience with gold pans. Storm Spoils Roads. The scene of all this fun and activity was near the Summer cottage of Samuel R. McKelvie, former governor of Nebraska. He had planned what was to have been a glorious day of trout fishing for the President, but the storm of last night contributed greatly to the spoiling of his plans. First of all, the presidential party had considerable difficulty reaching the McKelvie camp, which is located about 2 miles up a mountain side from Mystic. The heavy rains had played havoc with the sticky gumbo surface of the mountain trail and the lumber wagons used in transporting the presidential party barely reached their destination. The going was slow and hard. Most interesting feature of this diffi- cult trip up the mountain trail was the sight of President Coolidge, coat- less and hatless, helping to push the lumber wagon through the mud, up the incline. He sweated and puffed and his vest was riding him in the back and at times his suspenders looked like they were going to snap under the strain. But the President helped like a good fellow. With Mrs. Coolidge the President had come over from Rapid City early this morning on the little raflroad that winds the tortuous course of Rapid (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) 100 American Boys Sail for Denmark To Study Life for Better Understanding youngsters how Babe Ruth holds his bat. Dr. Sven V. Knudsen, one of the sponsors of the exchange idea, said: “It might seem that the American boys are uneducated in comparison with Danish boys, when we learn that a Danish high school student before graduating takes five foreign lan- guages and besides that all the other cultural subjects as science, mathe- matics and literature—in all, 13 dif- ferent subjects in the last year of school. The fact is, though, that the American boys are not less educated, but merely differently educated.’ The trip is an outgrowth of the world-wide correspondence plan, “My Friend Abroad,” which was originated a year and a half ago by Dr. Knudsen. Denmark took the initial step in the actual pilgrimage by inviting the boys ‘t: come over, wlthzt expense to em. Maj. Wilmarth Says Job Is to Be Finished Before Reopening in Fall. Thirteen of the 75 portable schools in the city are being moved to new locations as a part of the most pre- tentious Summer repair and replace: ment program ever attempted by the school system, it was announced last | night by Acting Supt. of Schools Ray- mond O. Wilmarth. The program calls for the replace ment of wornout furnaces in 18 schools, painting of 34 schools, elec- trification of 12 schools and install tion of modern lavatories in 4 schools. It also anticipatss the in- stall.tion of the new costly steel cur- tains ot Central and Dunbar High Schools, as well as the equipping of all classrooms with stereopticon out- lets to facilitate visual instruction work. Practically all of this work, it is an- nounced by Maj. Wilmarth, who is business manager of the school sys- tem and in direct supervision, will be completed by the time the schools open, September 19. Other Work to Be Finished. The opening of the new school year also will see the completion of t! new eight-room Woodridge School, at Central and Carlton avenues nortl east; the new addition to the Hine Junior High School, at Seventh and Pennsylvania avenue southeast; the new addition to the Bruce School, Sherman avenue and Kenyon street, and the new addition to the Bu roughs School, Eighteenth and Mon- roe streets northeast. The 13 changes in the location of as many portable schools follow: Two portables from the Garnet School to the Garrison School. Two portables from the Blair School to the Congress Heights School. One portable from the Bruce to the Cleveland School. One portable from the Peabody to the Orr School. One portable from the Burroughs to the Fillmore School. One portable from the Burroughs te the Brookland School. One portable from the Allison street site to the Filimore School. Two portables from the Allison street site to Wesley Heights. Two portables from the Woodridgt to the Cleveland School. Razing Patterson School. Five of the portables, two at the Garrison and three at the Cleveland School, will be used in connection with four portables now at the Garrison School to accommodate the pupils whe have been attending the FPatterson School, which is being razed to make way for the Garnet Junior High School. The relocation of the 13 portables at a cost of $20,000 is concrete evle dence of the fact that the Washington school system still is materially cone gested. “So long as the system finds need for the 75 portable schools purchased during the period 1914-1918, we must admit conditions are congested,” Maj. ‘Wilmarth declares. It is conceded by school officials that the school system will not be able to condemn its portable schools until after the five-year school building pro- gram has been completed. Work was started yesterday on the tearing down of one of the Peabody School portables, which is being re- located, while at the same time the workmen from the District repair shop started to re-erect a portable at the Congress Heights School. Many Moved Frequently. It takes on an average of two weeks to relocate a portable school, it Is said. Most of the portable schools have been moved a number of times, but only three during the past 13 years have become so deteriorated as to have to be condemned. Heating plants are being replaced this Summer in the following schools: Bruce, Hine Junior High, Randall Junior High, Fillmore, Lenox, Logan, Phillips, Polk, Slater, Smallwood, Tay- lor, Van Buren and Wilson Normal School. Modern toilet facilities will be put in the Curtis, Addison, Garfield and Stan. ton Schools, resulting in the abolish- ment of out-of-door toilets, This Summer is witnessing the com- plete electrification of all schools in the system needing this work. Two schools, however, while wired, will not have current, due to the exorbitant cost of taking current to them. They are the Van Ness and the Syphax Schools. The final electrical replacement list which _is now being worked on fol- lows: Wilson Normal, Business, Cen« tral, Dunbar and McKinley High Schools, Columia and Shaw Junior High Schools and Park View School. New electric fixtures are being put in the Truesdell, Adams, Force and Har. rison Schools. Schools to Be Painted. The schools to be taken care of in the Summer painting program follow: Miner and Wilson Normal Schools, Jef- ferson Junior High, Addison, Curtis, Jackson, Dennison, Hubbard, Pet- worth, Takoma, Henry, Burroughs, Gales, Park View, Bell, Blair ,Kenil- worth, Ludlow, Taylor, Brent, Dent, ‘Wallach, Amidon, Moss, Briggs, Cleve- land,"Stevens, Langston, Slater, Crum- mell, Deanwood, Payne, Syphax and Twining. ‘While the chances are bright for the installation of the steel curtain at the Dunbar High School before the opens ing of school, it is said that it is prob- able the curtain will not be installed at the Central High School until later because of difficulty in obtaining a bid on the required specifications. CHIANG IS LOSING. SHANGHAI, July 23 (#).—The Nanking Nationalist forces of Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek a being driven from the province of Shantung and are losing thousands of prisoners, says unofficial advices received- at Nanking. These advices stated that the city of Hsahowfu, in the province of Honau, was likely to be captursd by the Northerners at any time,

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