Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1927, Page 2

2 HOOVER TO LEAVE FOR FLOOD ZONE Secretary Will Make Inspec- tion to Obtain Revised Data for President. | | Secretary Hoover will leave Wash- | ington late tonight for Memphis, | Tenn., where he will begin an ex- |’ tensive post-flood inspection tour of the lower Mississippi Valley. The survey will be in the interest of completing the rehabilitation and | reconstruction programssoutlined for | the flood area, part of which already is in effect Fieser Plans Trip. | Accompanying the Commerce Sec- | retary will be Vice Chairman James L. Fieser of the Red Cross; George Akerson, assistant to Mr. Hoover and Capt. A. Pick, Army engi \ecr, assigned as technical adviser to the Secretary. | Upon arrival in Memphis Sunday morning the party- will hold a con- | nce with chairmen of county re L. ganizations _in northeastern nsas and nerthern Mississippi at afternoon the officials will zo | to Greenville, Miss.. which on previ- ons vists was under water, ar thence on Monday by hoat to Ar Xansas City for a view of one of st of the flood sections. CAPT. ERNEST HOWARD. Capt. Ernest Howard of the District re Department was promoted 1o he a battalion chief engineer by the Commissioners today and detailed to the 3d battalion, with headqudrters at No. 8 engine house on North Carolina avenue southeast hetween Sixth and Seventh streets. chief of this battalion for some time The fiew battalion chief has heen connected with the Fire De; for more than 30 vears, hav N receiv- od his appointment as a private July 1, 1897, He advanced through the various grades until November 2 | 1910, when he was made a captain, Hoover Auto Tour. | - will be spent at Vicksburg. y in_New Orleans and Mr, Hoover will visit by omobile all of the stricken region in the land of the Acadians, princ pally through St. Landry and St Martin parishes. Another automo- | ile tiip will he taken Friday to Bunkee and other places in the Rayou des Glaises section. Saturday | a tour of flooded towns in northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas Will be made, concluding with a_con- feren-e with relief officials in Little Rock. | Hoover expects to he back in Washington by September 13. He will bring back with him compre- hensive, revised data regarding the extent of flood damages and further relief and vehabilitation needs of the people in the disaster zome. His findings will be incorporated in a report to President Coolidge, who will have returned to Washington before | Hoover's return. MEXICAN OIL ROW ADJUSTMENT SEEN | IN CALLES’ SPEECH | (Continu2d from Fi t Page) 2 with the United States “unfortunately peesent a character of indecisions| which frequently resolve itself in dis- | agreement and even ‘culminates in polemics between the governments.” However, President Calles said that the Mexican government “‘trusts that the spirit of good will and cordial understanding of our problems may inspire the acrid discussion still latent between the two' countries for the final settlement of these affairs so transcendental.” Regarding application of Mexice egrarian laws, Calles told the congre: that “the situation becomes at times difficult through reasons that are very similar to those,” relating to the oil controversy. In this case also, he #aid, his government, “which has of- fered to attend with equity and justice any concrete cases brought to it, hopes to solve them within these prin- ciples, maintaining, at the same time, one of the dearest social conquests that the Mexican nation has been able to attain.” Acknowledging “without euphe- misms” the controversies with the United States, Calles said that these reached “the point where acts are registered that the executive in my charge considers deplorable because it not only hurts the national feelings that wish a hearty and uninterrupted friendship with that great country, but affect our commerce and handicap our peaceful development.” Resents Foreign Rules. “The principal difficulties with the Government of the United States spe- cially arise, as is universally known,” he continued, *“from the application of the laws derived from article 27 of the Constitution.” Until now, he add- ed, “the disagreement of the officials at Washington specifically refers to the general aspects of the afore- menticned codes.” Deploring the use of aggression for the maintenance of international re- lations, President Calles said that Mexico nevertheless “does not admit | that for her relations with foreign countries foreign rules be imposed upon her in detriment of her national dignity or with privileges against the interests of the republic.” “She accepts, and even longs for the co-operation of all foreigners,” his message continued, “but in harmony with the Mexicans, who are the indi putable owners of their country. She receives in good faith capital and for- eizn effort, but under the unimpeach- able condition te respect and comply with the laws that Mexico has im- posed upon herself. Advocates Co-operation. “If, unfortunately, as it happens some obstacles, the strength of which | it is difficult for our country to face, ma come out frequently to stop our | the government of the na- ids them with unruffied forti- h straight intentions and with patriotie resolution, convinced as | we are heforehand that in such a gif- ficult strife we safeguard the national | future and that any irresolutions may cause the failure of the most noble | ideals which our country has paid for with s0 many sorrowful efforts,” Pursuing a_ program of friendship toward all nations, Mexico, Calles said, “maintains, in the case of Nicaragua, her principles to allow every country to establish freely the government de- manded by the will of her people.” He added that Mexico further cepts with brotherly spirit all the nc tlons tending to develop among the nations of Central and South America a peaceful and co-operative under- standing, wherefrom may come forth the greatest collaboration that the people of this continent should accom- plish with the other countries of the world.” Calles also said that Mexico “con- templates to attend, through an ade- quate representation, the sixth Pan- American Congress” in Cuba next | death GUARDS SURROUND SOAPKING'S HOME Walter Kirk Threatened With Death if He Fails to Pay $10,000. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 2.—Walter R. | Kirk, millionaive soap manufacturer, has surrounded his Lake Forest home with armed guards, police said early today, following receipt of a threat of Dbefore Saturday night unless $10,000 is paid to the extortionists, The missive demanding the money was signed “A sympathizer of Sacco and Vanzetti.” Mr. Kirk turned the letter over to post office inspectors. “I suppose the letter came from a Herald and Examiner as saying, “but I am taking reasonable precautions. “I have established a day and night guard at my residence and have em- ployed a personal bodvguard. Inci- dentally, 1 don’t mind admitting that I am carrying a pistol.” SHOPLIFTER SUSPECT CAUGHT AFTER DASH Fleeing Colored Man Knocks Down ‘Woman, Collides With Baby Car- riage and Fights Police. Knocking down a woman, nearly upsetting a baby carriage and fight- ing off all who attempted to hold him until finally overpowered by a police- man and two civilians, an alleged shoplifter this noon made a mad dash for liberty, dodging through a crowd- ed store and for a half a block along Seventh street. Taken to the First precinct by In- spector L. G. Stoll, who happened to be passing at the time and arrested the suspect after a fight at Seventh and D streets, the prisoner registered as Richard C. Cole, colored, 17 years old, 84 Q street, and a charge of petit larceny was placed against him while police began a further investiga- tion of his activities. L. E. Maurer, assistant manager of McCrory's, 416 Seventh street stated that he saw Cole in the act of pilfering several articles. He grabbed him, only to receive a blow in the face as the fugitive wrested loose and ran for the exit. Gaining the street the fleeing man ran into Mrs. C. B. Railey, 740 Third street, who was watching her baby in a carriage in front of the store, knocking her down and nearly upset- ting the baby buggy. A passerby who attempted to grab him was thrown against the running board of a park- ed car as the man dashed down the street with Maurer in pursuit. Reaching the corner of Seventh and D streets, Inspector Stoll put in an appearance, and both he and the as- sistant manager grappled with the fugitive, who was finally overpowered and put into the patrol wagon. Ar- rival of the wagon attracted a large crowd. —— U. S. EX-EMPLOYE DIES. Frithjof Hiortdahl, Hyattsville, Was in Treasury Department. Special Dispatch to The Star. EDMONSTON, Md., September Frithjof Hiortdahl, 80 years old, fo mer employe of the auditor’s office of the United States Treasury Depart- ment, Washington, dfed yesterday at his home here following a general breakdown. He had been in failing health three year: Born in Norway, he came to this country when a young man. He was an expert accountant in Chicago, later coming to Washington and then to Hyattsville, He leaves, besides his widow, nine children, six boys and three girls. The sons are Axel Hyattsville, Segurd of Cherrydale, V. Olaf and Harold of Chicago, Eimer of Philadelphia and Arthur Hiortdahl, and the daughters, Mrs. Astrid Oin dahl of Norway, Mrs. Synove Sandwig. Chicago, and Miss Aslong Hiortdahi of Hyattsville. Funeral services will he held at Gasch's undertaking parlors here to- morrow at 10:30 a.m. Interment will of January. be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Prohibition l:'ound Aid in Réduction Of Boston’s Juvenile Deliquency Prohibition has had a salutary effect on juvenile delinquency in Boston—a condition declared to be typical of other large cities the country over, ac- cording to a Labor Department an- nouncement. or eight years more than 2,000 delinquent children have been under obscrvation for psychiatric study by experts.of the Judge Baker Founda- tion. The results show that alcohol- fsm as a factor in juvenile delin- qgency has fallen off considerably, even though the study develoged that 71 per cent of the fathers who were alco- holio in 191819 were still aleoholie in 222425, while the other 29 per cent had relinquished the use of Intoxi- cants. Repeaters in the Juvenile Courts, the study found, were more likely than first offenders to come from homes where alcoholism was a_problem, and unquestionably the alcoholism of the father was associated with the more frequent appearance of the male chil- dren in court. All but four of the boys whose mothers were alcoholic were repeaters before the bar of jus- tice. The results showed that while there has heen a decided falling off in the number of juvenile delinquency cases ! due to alcoholism. prohibition has not 'relegated such cases to the discarg, He has been acting | rtment | crazy man,” he was quoted by the| + THE EVENING DEFECTS ARE FOUND INMANY PUPILS 95 Per Cent of 3,761 Younger Children Examined Here Show Physical Faults. Ninety-five per cent of the 3.761 pu- pils_in the Kkindergartens and first grades of the District public schools who were given complete medical ex- aminations la car were found to have some ph al defect, according to the annual report of Dr. William C. | Fowler, health officer, submitted today {to Commissioner Sidney I Taliaferro. | While a number of the defects found | were of a more or less minor impor- | tance, Dr. Fowler explained that they | should he corrected. He laid particu stress on the need for more thor- ough examination of school children, pointing out that the medical and den- tal inspection in the public schools is one of the most important activities of his department. 41,776 Examinations. The total number of physical exami natiol made by the med | inspec- ters during the school year were 41 - 6, the reporg declared, but only 3,761 { these were fiorough and th given to pupils in the kinde ns ind first grades. The ¢ nding de { fects of the group of 3,761 were listed follows | Defectiva | diseased tonsils, larged corvic re teeth, 8. per cent; per cent; el 33.2 per cent | poor nutrition, v cent: defe | tive nasal breathin per cent; | defective vision 3 per cent; | orthopedic defects, 10.9 per cen |anaemia, 9.1 per cent: skin and par sitic disease, 6.6 per cent; chronie asal eatarrh, 5.9 per cent; defective speech, 4.8 per cent; pulmona diseases, 4.6 per cent: nervous sy { tem. 4 per cent, and cardiac disease, | er cent. Fowler alsa pointed out that | pupils who were retarded in i classes and given physical ex- | amination. 120, or 96.7 per cent were | found to have some physical defect. More Clinics Needed. “The medical and dental inspection in the public schools of this District is one of the most important branch of the Health Department work,” said Dr. Fowler. “The personnel en- gaged in the work, however, is ver inadequate. A much larger corps of medical and dental inspectors and school nurses is badly needed in order to give the children in the schools of this District the care that they are entitled to. More dental clincs are also urgently needed. “The District of Columbia is far be- hind many of the other large cities in its_school medical and dental work, and it is hoped that something may be done to secure a more adequate force properly on the work. The present force consists of 1 chief medi- cal inspector, 12 medical and 4 dental inspectors and 8 dental operators, all | of whom are only part-time employes. In addition, there are 10 school nurses and 4 dental hygienis Besides the medical examinations given the pupils, the Health Depart- ment also examined 1,095 applicants mission to the normal schools, and of this number 266, or 33.4 per cent, the | report showed, were passed. Six hun dred and seventy-four others were passed conditionally, however. hut 2 were rejected definitely and 53 reject ed temporarily. Births Show Decrease. A section of the report devoted to morbidity and mortality statistics showed that there were 7,388 deaths in the District in the calendar year of 1926, an increase of 372 over the pre ceding year. On the other hand, the number of births during the same period decreased from 9,173 in 1925 to 9.004 last year. The general death rate according to the report showed a slight decline. The rate for 1925 was 14.09 for 1.000 per population, compared with 13.99 for 1926. Of the 7,388 deaths, 4,598 were white and 2,790 colored. These figures give ored of 20.87. A comparison of these rates with those of the previous year shows the white death rate increased from 11.37 to 11.66 per 1000 popula- tion, while the colored declined from 68 to 20.87. In considering the most potent cause of death, Dr. Fowler found that diseases of the heart rank first, with a total of 1,142 deaths, and pneumonia second, with 807. Nephri- tis was responsible for 733 deaths, pul- monary tuberculosis, 532, and apo- L 516, Fowler remarked in his report that a decrease in infant mortality from $7.3 for each 1,000 births in to 84.5 in 1926 “is very gratify- ing Dr. Fowler recommended that some drastic measure be taken by the Com- missioners to protect the public from attacks by vicious or unmuzzled dogs, pointing out that the number of ani- mals found suffering from rabies in- creased from 67 in 1925 to' 117 last vear, and that the number of persons reported to have been bitten by dogs {jumped from 71 in 1925. to 123 last year. NEGRO IS JAILED IN AX ASSAULT Denies Attack on Bladensburg Storekeeper, Who Is in Hospital, and Accuses Another. Special Dispateh to The Star, BLADENSBURG, Md., Sepiember 2.—Ollie Commodore, colored, vears old, standing more than 6 feet and weighing around 180 pounds, has been arrested in connection with the attack on Wallace Raybold, 78-year- old storekeeper, here late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Raybold was found in his store after having been struck with an ax and robbed. Commodore denies his says he saw another man go into the store. This man, he said, visited him hefcre going into the store and short- ly after midnight came back to his house, which is across the street from the jail, and told him that he had got Raybold’s money. He then left, said Commodore. saying he was going to blow out. mmodore was arrested by Prince orges County Policeman Claude Reese and George Wiseman, jailer here, upon a tip of Private Detective Thomas . Garrison, who made an investigation. The condition guilt, but « of Raybold at Cas ualty Hospital, where he was taken following the attack, was said this morning to he serious. He was still unable to give a coherent account of what had happened. It was impos sible to definitely determins the seri ess of his condition. Couple Sue for $15,000. Mrs. Rosanna Prummer and her husband, Charles Prummer, have filed suits aggregating $15,000 damages against Arthur C. Eno, whose auto- mobile is said to have collided with Mrs. Prummer at North Carolina ave- nue and Pennsylvania avenue south- east April 3 and inflicted serlous in- jury. The wife asks $10,000 for her injuries and the hushand wants $5,000 additional for the lass of the services of the wife and thpsexpense incident to her illness, ANgorney Frederick Stohlman appears for both plaintiffs. for appointment as teachers or for ad- | STAR, WASHINGTO |GIVON, UNABLE TO OUTRIDE FOG, RETURNS TO AIRFIELD AT PARIS Plans to Alter Plane and Start Again To- morrow—acrificed $750 Worth of Gas to Make Safe Landing. By the Associated Press. LE BOURGET, September 2.—Un- deterred by the failure of today's at- tempt to fly across the Atlantic, Leon Givon, pilot of the Blue Bird, told the Associated Press that he would hop off tomorrow if conditions were similar to or better than those of today. He indicated he would make alterations on the plane with a view fo enabling it to soar higher at the beginning of the voyage. S Fog, hanging heavy over the French countryside, balked "the biplane's at-| tempt to iy to New York today. The giant plane, manned by Givon and Corbu, after a beautiful take-off at 6:31 a.m., was back over Le Bour- get in less than two hours. Then for almost another full hour Givon circled the field hoping the haze would | dejected air as he rekpit. vou didn’t break your id, apparently hop- neck,” some one ing to console them. “Don’t call not breaking your neck Givon replied. do you intend to start the correspondent inquired. at's up to the weather man,” Givon said. He then asked, ““Have the ermans started?” and seemed to feel a little better on learning they had not. “1 dropped the minimum amount of fuel necessary to lighten the ship and enough to land without danger,” Givon explained. I didn’t want to waste any more money than necessary.” Start Was Perfect. 1t about $750 worth of gasoline was dumped. Atet | ¢ | spite of its enol veight, the en, but when it remained still thick | 10 spite of its enarmous weight, Gk | plane took the air in fine style after 1t 9 o'clock. he began emptying T S L gasoline tanks. Able (o La rds short of the spot r and Coli managed to satlantic at- way, fully 400 y where Nunges: rise on their ill-fated trs d in Hour, Ry 10, the load had heen reduced | 114 on (helr from 3.608 litres (about lons) | 4 SR i ove to 4,000 litres (1,060 gallons), and the | A mechanic with greasy overalls [to & s (1, 1 [ &tood_hetween sutcess and failure of {lightenea ship was landed gracefully, | {0, PelYeen, subcess and failure o her pilot and navigator bitterly dis. | $19 BIUe B s take ot o e e ppointed over their failure. | Recintis, "G Set the 4" & i |, The Blue Bird had procecded about | {iozie'of flame shot out from the rear 90 miles, when she turned b The | notor and set fire to drops of gasoline plane was then over the rolling couun- | (i I BR MU GRS B et | try_between Rambouillet and Rennes. | txpecting the plane {0 explode, and Givon explained that with the heavy | withdvew several yards in torror. The load—the plane weighed 12 tons—his | ceiling at times was 460 meters @bout | pis cap energetic 1,850 feet). He could not get higher, as | would have been necessary (o avoid | | fiying blindly through the haze. The | stabilizer was working none too well, | which increased the | through the fog. orward and rubbed Iy over the fuselage, smothering the fire, “What's your name?” the corre- | spondent asked, as Givon from the | cockpit waved his hand gratefully, but danger of fiying | the humble hero replied, “It is of no importance.” MEXICANS TO DISARM |0LD SCHOOL FIRED MINE DISTURBERS | IN TERROR REIGN Troops Arrive at Amparo District Oil-Soaked Rags Are Discovered mechanic | With Orders to Enforce Under Building Near Hagers- ‘ Peace. town, Md. | PR T soneaty | By the Associated Press Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., September —Following a series of outrages by alleged members of a gang, including the dynamiting of the home of Daniel Mexican federal troops arrived y terday at the troubled Amparo min, near Guadalajara, Mexico, with orders to “disarm everybody,” said a mes- sage received today by the State De- partment from Vice Consul Satter-| Mills, a farmer, the beating of William thwaite, at Guadalajara. Hill by unidentified members of an au- The consul said he had been in-|tomobile party while he was walking formed by James H. Howard, general manager of the Amparo Co., of the troops' arrival, which is expécted to put an end to the situation created two weeks ago, when Mexican workers at the mines compelled Americans and other foreigners employed by the min- ing companies to barricade themselves in fear of attack. Today's messages gave no indica- tion as to whether the disarmament along the street and the burning of a cross of warning at Clear Springs, an |attempt was made last night to de- stroy a nabandoned stone schoolhouse at Highfield, near here. The school had been considerably damaged before the flames were dis covered and extinguished. Frnest Delauter reported having discovered oily rags beneath the building. Wal- ter Manahan recently purchased the order contemplated the: disarming of | building. Colored employes of Riue the foreigners as well as of the Ridge Summit Summer residents gave | workers. |# dance theer recently BB IS PR COURTNEY HOPS OFF ON WAY TO PLYMOUTH Announced as First Jump in His Proposed Transatlantic Flight From England. BOY, 9, INJURED BY AUTO, MAY DIE, Child's Sku;l F’n’lctr;e‘d When Hit After Darting in Path of | Car in Lnacostia. D. €. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2 a white death rate of 11.66 and a col- | Ebert Gibson, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Yeager Gibson, 203 Minne- sota avenue northeast, was knocked down and probably fatally injured this morning by an automobile driven by David Alsop, 80 Kentucky avenue southeast, who picked up the uncon- scious child and took him to Casualty Hospital. Alsop was detained tem- porarily by Motor Ceyle Policeman W. H. Humphries of No, 11 precinct, then released on his own recognizanes Preliminary examination indicated a fracture at the base of the skull and possible internal injuries and phy- sicians, while conceding the child a chance, expressed the fear that he might not iive for more than 24 hours. The driver stated that he was pro- ceeding along the Anacostia road at a speed of 15 miles an hour when the little hoy darted from a group of chil- dren directly in his path without paus. ing to heed his horn. Mr. Alsop said that he swerved his car as much as possible, striking the running child a glancing blow. The accident hap- pened in front of 117 Anacostia road. Ebert has four brothers and sisters. His mother was prostrated when told of the accident. ONE KILLED IN ATTACK BY MEXICAN BANDITS Where American Woman Was Fatally Wounded. By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Ariz., September 2.—A dispatch to the Nogales Herald sald one person was reported killed in an attack by bandits on a Southern Pacific of Mexico passenger train near Acaponeta, Nayarit. The attack occurred less than a mile from the scene of the attack in which Miss Florence Anderson, Los Angeles school teacher, was fatally wounded, the dispatch said. Railroad officials here declined to comment and said that a 12-hour de- lay in the train's arrival here was due to a landslide. dispatches reported looted Ahualuco of the A National Railways near Guadalajara on Monday. The station agent and several women were re- ported to have been taken prisoners Other that Train Fired On Within Mile of By the Associated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England, Septem- ber 2.—Capt. Courtney hopped off to- day in his Whale for Plymouth, first jump of his proposed transatlantic flight. 1le took the air at 3:35 p.m. Courtney was accompanied by F. W, M. Downer and R. F. Little, compos- ing his crew, and two German en gineers who will he dropped at Ply- mouth. Around the Calshot airdrome, when the flying boat departed, it was understood the mysterious Canadian who is rumored to have paid £15,000 | @pproximately $75,000) for an aerial passage over the Atlantic, will be | taken aboard at Plymouth. Loaded with 750 gallons of fuel besides the five men, the ale rose from the water without hesitation, although on | four previous attempts it had failed | to leave the surface. Mrs, Courtney, who has told her husband good-by a dozen times in the | last six weeks, was one of the small | Broup of spectators at the take-off. CONSENT JUDGMENTS SECURED AGAINST FIRMS $625 Award Allowed Woman for Death of Man in Street Car Accident. The Washington Railway & Elec- trie Co. today consented to a judgment for § against it in favor of Mar- guerite Costello, as administratrix of Charles C. Costello, who was struck and killed by a car of the company April 28, 1926, at Fourteenth street and Ohio avenue. Attorney Francis P. Callahan appeared for the plaintiff. A consent judgment for $375 was granted today by a jury in Circuit Division 1 against the Distric lumbia and the Potomac Power Co. in favor of Kate D. Loftus, who was injured by stepping onto a depressed manhole in_the sidewalk of Fifth street between N and O streets June 21, 1926, Mark man and Henry Stearman rep | the plaintiff. The District of Columbia and Potomac Eleetr Power o, consgented to a the today verdict against them in Circuit Division 1 in faver of B, E. Weil for $250 damages. The plaintiff was injured by stepping into a_hole or excavation left unguared on Four- teenth street near I street in October, 5, and injured her right foot. She was represented hy Attorneys Harlan Wood and Rolland T.. Nutt, By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, U tember 2.—A bride of high school age, who identified herself as ene (. Weyland of Albany, N. Y., was held in the county jail here today with- out charge, while officers searched the hill§ of northeastern Utah for her hus. hand, who obtained their marriage license at Evanston, Wyo., Wednes- day under the name of Carlton Beers, a short time before he attempted to rob a filling station. He said he lived in Albany. The girl was arrested with Henry Kelso and a 2-yearold girl, after a chase which ended when officers fired at the large sedan driven by Beers, as the car entered Lcho Canyon, 85 miles Girl-Bride Held as Officers Search Utah Hills for Husband After Hold-Up Sep- | northeast of here. Reers escaped into the hills. Kelso said the baby girl was his daughter and that his home was at Evanston, 1Ii. M Reers told officers that she left_Albany with Beers about six weeks ago dyd went to St. Louis, where they sécured the automobile. While she told \pe sheriff Beers stole the car, a letter\fo her father found in the machine ¥aid he paid for it with money he Won gambling. She said Kelso and the, baby joined them at_Wheeling, Mo. She declared that!Beers threatened to kil her it she refused to ma him. % Beers was heavily ‘armed. He left | full-time connection with the Bureau 1927." COOLIDGE PLEASES WESTERN CROWDS President Responds Hearty Welcome With Impromptu Remarks. | to! BY J. RUSSELL YOU) Staft Correspondent of The St RAPID CITY, 8. Dak., September 2.—At the rate President Coolidge has been making impromptu and extem- poraneous speeches and the easy man- ner in which he has been chatting with the crowds he has been meeting recently, he is going to leave the people of the West with the impres- sion that his nickname, “Silent Cal, is inappropriate. During his visit yesterday after- noon to the Belle Kourche irrigation district he made brief speeches at Newell and at the Butte County fair at Nisland. On both of these occas sions the Executive showed himself to be in a happy and friendly mood and his remarks were touched with | good nature and genuine humos He commenced talking during L stone. when he m from the rear platform of his al train to rge gatherings Billinzs and Livingston, Mon Shows True Western Spirit. Those who have bheen Wwith the President for a long time, | Wwhile surprised at his change of heart in the matter of chatting and making impromptu speeches, say it is due to his assocfation with the people of the West—that he has caught their friend Iy spirit as a result of such close con tact with them. | At the Government's experiment | farm on the irrigation district at New- | ell vesterday, the President surprised | | every one in his party when he made |a brief speech in response to the one | made by William Bucholtz, secretary | of the district, incident to welcoming him to that district and the presenta- tion of a solid gold miniature shovel, emblematic of the irrigation farmer, He told the President that he hoped this impromptu trip to the Yellow de short speeches spe- | at associated he would come back to the irrigation project and make his permanent | home, and, to make his invi | more attractive, he offered the | dent a 160-acre ranch. I shall treasure it as a memento of my visit to your section,” the Presi- dent replied ‘as he took the shovel “I am much interested in reviewing | progress of your irrigation project. | A year or two ago we were not cer- tain that it was going to be a succe: but more recent experience has dem- | onstrated it is a success. | am sure that it will contribute to the s of this region and I am sure it will be able to sustain a large population and increase the productivity of the soil in this region.” The director of the Nisland County | fair presented to the President two prize-winning sheep, with the ex-| pressed hope that he would move the | Capitol to that section or'else move | there himself when he leaves the | White House. | Mentions Many Gifts. | “I have been given a saddle horse | with saddle, bridle, boots and every thing that goes with riding,” the President said. “I was told also that I would be made the possessor of a 160-acre farm in this beautiful valley | if 1 would return here. I have a herd of cattle. Now I have been given sheep. I have owned sheep before, but it was in fact many years ago. With all these things I would find it convenient to return here, settle down | as a farmer and become a citizen of South Dakota, | “As this may be my last public ap- | pearance hefore starting back for | Washington,” the President said, conclusion, “I want to take this ocea- sion to expre: in behalf of myseif and family my deep appreciation of vour hospitality and generosity and to give you the assurance that I will | always have a pleasant recollection of my vacation here.” With the addition of these two full- grown sheep b the President’s menag- erie, it is expected that a goodly po tion of the presidential special train will be given over to the Coolidze pets when it starts back to Washington next Friday night. in EATON STUDIES ABROAD ON FELLOWSHIP AWARD Former Bureau of Standards Of- ficial Working on Flood Preven- tion in Europe. | Herbert N. Eaton, former chief of | the acronautic instrument section of | the Burean of Standards and con- | | nected with the bureau for 10 years until his resignation a vear ago, is | now studying flood prevention methods in Europe as the holder of a travel- awarded a similar travelmg fellow- ship. Although Mr. Eaton resigned his of Standards a vear ago, bureau offi- cials requested him to act in advisory capicity and he is serv as a consultant to the bureau during his tour of Europe. | WOULD SAVE OIL SUPPLY. | | Secretary Work Urges Legislation to Stop Waste. | A proposal for legislation looking | toward conservation of the oil supply of the Nation made by Secretary Work | Association at Buffalo yesterday with Secretary Ioover. Dr. Work, who is chairman of the Federal Oil Conservation Board, sug- gested a committee of nine represent- | ing the oil industry, bar association and the Government to draw up a bill designed to stop waste in oil produc- tion. The Secretary of Commerce, who is a member of the conservation board, declared the whole problem was one of conservation and no one wanted to see regulation of the industry in the nor- mal sense that regulation implies. “Of course,” Mr. Hoover said, “there has heen no agreement as to the stitutional basis of Federal legislation affecting petroleum. That seems to be the big question involved at the start.” Mr. Hoover added that the industr was studying the problem itself and that the oil companies seemed to lean toward State legislation. “The broad general principles in- volved seem to favor State action,” he said, declaring, however, that he could add nothing to what Secretary Work had said regarding the constitutional basis and method involved in possible action by the Federal Government. bR e Naval Dirigible on Flight. LAKEHURST, N. I, September 2 (#).—The naval dirigible Los Angeles took off today for a post repair Right, tho first since June 11. Rear found favor several guns nxl;ihn I"rge amount of ’u'mr;lnnltlnn in ;u.-\omnhu, when o deserted it without| returning the tire of the offi $ il . Admiral W. A, Moffett, chief of the naval Bureau of Aeronautics, was aboard, Alllainl | continued effective in all theaters of | | four at one of the theate | the theaters. | the trouble there. At CHANGE INISLAND Possessor Runs ) FIG AOTATE Polica reports may indicate that respect for the dry law is woefully weak in Wshington, but fear of it | gl sont- st vas grovse|Aoting Philippine - Governor Sdhire ans (e Reported in Cable Parley With Washington. A man whose identity could net Liquor Dropped On Street and be learned dropped a sack contain- ing six quarts of liquor on the street and fled. Nobody appeared to have heard the crash of bottles but the scent of whisky soon at t ted a crowd, By the Associated’ Press. There was considerable specula- | MANILA, September 2.—Tt was re- tion as to the brand of spirits, and | ported today in local news finally a colored the package. He found two bottles had been broken. In some man. ner one of the remaining four dis- appeared. Finally a fireman ar scene, ilipino political circles that cable- | grams were being exchanged between | the office of Acting Governor General Gilmore and Washington regarding & | so-called semi-pariiamentary form of government for the Philippines. While American circles here do not vouth mined ed on the The bottles were near his automobile. | believe that Gilmore favers the semi- _“lll take (hese around to the po- | parijamentary plan, the reports failed lice station,” he said, picking up |to make clear whether he merely the thi.> quarts and driving off. | {ransmitied the messages at the re- He disappeared in the general direc- | quest of the Filipino leaders or tom of precinet No. 1. | whether he joined them in advocating | snch a change. » | Gilmore read a statement, in which he said: nent governor general, 1 think it | would be inappropriate for me to ex- Y | press publicly any views concerning | | l | the so-called ‘semi-parliamentgry’ form | poliey of the administration which ‘u..nm effect a change in the present R 3 B form of government of these js ds. " 4 { “Any change in the o nie act is o DProperiv for Congre change in Lockout Against Union Ope- provery tor Conerees, o k 4 . | Despite the reference to Congress rators in Chicago Continues. ana the President, Gilmore has been conferring quently with Senators H Quezon and Osmena and Representa- e giving rise to rumors that a hange lin policy has been agreed upon. ‘ By the Associated Prei The proposed semi-parliamentary CHICAGO, Septem system would provide a greater 4 Exhibitors’ Association, repi it- | net to be selected from the insula Legisiature. A ough the prop 1 never took on a serionus aspect during ing 350 of the 400 movie and vaude- ville theaters, closed as a result of labor disputes, today named a com- mittee (o arhitrate the argument, hut leaders of the stage hands’ and operators’ unions still refused to submit their grievances to arbi- | | FRATERNITY SPIRIT . CHICAGO, September 2 pects of seeing a movie in Chi were no brighter today as the lock- | out declared against union operators | Commissioner, in Address to Theta ‘ Chi Convention, Commends College Organizations. RS r the administration of the late Gov- ernor General Wood, he, in effect, op- posed it on the ground that it gave | the lawmakers hoth legisiative anqd administrative powers, the Chicago ¥Kxhibitors’ Association. Union officials said they were plan- ning a general strike against all | | | heaters throughout the country affili- i | | | ited in circuits or by ownership with the Chicago houses. The Herald-Fxaminer said it Lad ned that international heads of the issue such A The advantages ties were stressed b sioner Sidney F. 1T dress of welcome at the first business on of the seventy-first national convention of Theta Chi. national ecol- lege fraternity, at the Mayflower Ho- | | tel this morning. Mr. Taliaferro told | what his own organization had come to mean to njm. * The morning and early afternoon were consumed by reports from com- mittees and from members of the ‘ f college fraterni- District Commis- aferro in an ad- lea unions had agreed to general strike order whenever the Chicago unions requested it. The Chicago Operators’ Union, against which the lockout was directed, has heen supported by the Stage Hands Union, which called a strike veste day at the expiration of its old con- tracts. Move Toward Conciliation. Two Government concfliators yes- terday conferred with both the e hibitors and the union leaders over arbitration of the differences. The ex- hibitors expressed willingness to arbi- trate, but Thomas Reynolds, president f | | grand chapter. Plans for an endow- | ment campaign, which is the principal business of the convention, were to , be discussed this afternoon and to. morrow morning. The endowment is for the purpose of providing scholar- <hips for members and to help finance | the building of chapter houses. Con- all Chicago theaters last Monday, | tributions to the fund will take the arose from a strike called by operators | form of life subscriptions to the Theta in Orpheum circuit houses after two | Chi Maguzine of them had been taken off a staff of | The convention was formally opened st night with a smoker, foliowed by In Springfield, Mo, strike of oper-ia buffet supper. Maxwell E. Me- ators, stage hands and musicians was | Dowell presided and introduced vari- in effect and pickets were on duty at | ous members to the assembly. Wage disputes led to | Tomorrow afternoon the delegation | will go on a sightseeing tour of Wash- Sedalia, Mo.. was without movies | ington and Arlington. and they will 1=zt night, due to a strike of stage |lav a wreath on the Tomb of the Un- hands for higher wages. known Soldier in the cemetery. Capt. ¢ A dispute which for a time threat- | rancis M. Van Natter, the first of the operators, replied: “There is nothing to arbitrate.” The trouble, which closed virtually countries, Mr. Batson said. has more stations regularly operated than a! | ened to_close 38 theaters in Minne- | apolis, Minn., was settled last night | when theater owners and movie oper- 7 to 15 per cent in wage Situation in West. One movie in St. Paul announced it would close tonight as a result of a dispute with its union orchestra. Two of four theaters in Bellingham, Wash., were closed last night over a strike of the operators, who are seek- | ing a wage increase and better work- ing conditions. The two houses are members of the West Coast Theaters, Ine., which kept another of its houses open by means of using members of | the executive staff as stage hands. The fourth theater announced it would Keep open with non-union help. NEW éRIDGES APPI'iOVED. Proposed P_;nje:t:.l;c]ude Span | Near Newport News. itors agreed to an increase of from | ;3100.000 Blaze Sweeps Stockyards | Theta Chi man in France during the | World War, will conduct the exercise | Speakers' at the anniversary ban. quet. to be held tomorrow night, In- {clude Frank H. Schrenk, national president of Theta Chi, as toastmas- ter; Albert €. Dieffenbach, John commissioner of educatio an Natter, national vice pres dent; Marks. national cha lain. and Judge William R. B chairman of the National Interfrate nity Conferenc S B Jo in Ohio. FOSTORIA, Ohio, September 2 (&) An unidentified man was burned to death early today in a $100,000 fire that swept the Union Stockyards here, Four hundred and fifty head of live stock and five freight cars were lost. Edwin Austin, who was sleeping in the vards, was seriously burned, and E. Stahl, employve, wi slightly in- jured while driving eattle om the pens. Origin of the fire was not learned. N Kees BAND CONCERT. ing fellowship, awarded by the | By the Associated Press. | American Society of Mechanical The War Department vesterday ap- Engineers and founded by John R.|proved the following bridge applica- Freeman, hydraulic engineer of | tions: 4 ¢ | Providence, R. L., and past president| By mes River Bridge Corpo- | |of the ~>ciety. ration for a structure over the James Mr. Eaton was notified of his | from a point 1 mile above Newport award on July 1 and left immediately | News to a point 1 mile west of Fish- for Furope, where he will make a |ing Point. Ragged Island, Isle of | special study of hydraulics, although | Wight County, Va. | the award was not made public until | By the Kansas City, Shreveport and yesterday. Blake R. Van Leer, pro- | Gulf Railway 3 bridge over the fessor of mechanical engineering at | channel between Twelve-mile Bayou the University of California, was | and o, Jefferson-Shreve- . near Shreveport, application by the Tacony- v Bridge Co. Tor a bridge | i the Delaware River from the | foot of Levick street, Tacony, Phila- to foot of Market street, N. J., also was approved. Palmyra 4,283,000 BRICKS MADE. ' The brick plant at the District's penal institutions at lForton and Occoguan, Va. produced 4,283,000 bricks during al year ending | last June 30, according to the annual report of the comstruction engineer assigned to these institutions by Municipal Architect Albert L. Harris in a speech before the American Bar | submitted today to the District Com- | Suite, “In missioner: The report pointed out that the establishment of additional industri at the institutions has taxed the cen tral power plant almost to a maximum capacity, and suggested that a study be made of the power and lighting requirements so as to distribute the | load more evenly over the 24-hour period. La. | D By the Uhited States Army Band. at the Washington Barracks: Program: March. “Washington Grays”.Grafulla Overture. “Military”......Mendelssohn Waltz, “Espana’ Waldteufel wveity. “Dixie I .. Bellstedt tr ) “Dew-Dew-Dewy-Day (b) “Havana” .... Excerpts from “The Sunshine Girl” . " trot, Dixon-Wood Parody on “The Arkansas 2 .....Lovenber, Corps In <.eior.....Branso Spangled Banner. By the United States Soldiers’ Hom Military Band, tomorrow evening a 0 o'clock, farch, “Back to.the Camp.’ Blankenber, 'he Hermits Rell,” Mailla A Le vers Garden,” Kettelbe song of lo b. The golde A garden fete, t Happened in Nord- - Herhe Overture, a, A weddin: Fox trot. “I Never Kne: Wonderful You Were™.......B Waltz, “In a Little Spanish Town Wy Finale, “Ron “The St ron" pangled B: Tenth of World Radio Reception Area Is Enjoying Programs Constantl one-tenth of the billion peo- i n the constant radio recep- | d tion area of the world are receiving [eign progran munications gram almost every day in the week. |t <ome form of radio broadcasting pro- | The growth of the infant industr | giant is thus pictured today by Law- | rence D. Batson of the Commerce De- partment {rade staff. He estimated | there are about 18,000,000 sets now in | use and that 200,000,000 would e needed to serve all the people of the | each family. Radio broadcasting maintained regularly is- now being in 57 foreign Canada | o of these, with Cuba, Russia, . Australia, Germany, United , Argentina and Mexico com- i the report said that a ty radio broadcasting- to an industrial |can program is likew report sald that this h: far only in the and Europe. wave band is available, it added, world, on the basis of five members to | simplified this problen found to be the only e stations are scattered ng next. While more new and so divect advertising finds a plac and government c are formally presen o the public through the microph ical Amj ise typical any part of the world. Discussing station congestion, oceurre: Inited States, Cai The fact that the Mexico ( Buenos Aires, Sydney, Melbourne some other cities, which also are vored by the fact that no stations operated close to the elty limits. North America and Furope ntinents w roughout nhabitable area. .