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4 AMERIGANS TAKEN CAPTIVE BY SOVIET Chinese River Steamer and Merchantman Seized by Russians. b North Carolinian Wins Of- ficial Sanction for “Street” Garb. City Executive Holds There’s Nothing Wrong and Wishes He Could Do It. (Continued From First Page) Soviet government, which assigned Chinn's refusal to re-establish the status quo in Manchuria as a reason. Announcement by the commissariat | for foreign affairs revealed the offer of By the Associated Press. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., July 23— Aristide Briand, French foreign min- ister. to act to avert war between the | budding Chinese Nationalist govern- ment and Moscow's communistic re- gime. The foreign office communique said: | “The French government hss ad- dressed to the Soviet government an offer to undertake mediation for an| amicable settlement of the Soviet-Chi- | W. O. Saunders, editor of the Elizabeth | City Independent, today is enjoying both official sanction and praise for the use of pajamas as street wear. Yesterday afternoon, he appeared on the streets clad in the type of garments usually dedicated solely to sleeep. He was arrested and led before Mayor Jerome B. Flora. The mayor looked the editor over and then looked into the law. His THE EVENIN( PAJAMA-CLAD EDITOR IS FREED, PRAISED AND ENVIED BY MAYOR | | | G _STAR. WASHINGTON, THREE MARINES DIE INAIRPLANE CRASH Two Officers and Enlisted Man Victims in Nicaragua. Ship Falls in River. D. C... TUESDAY, KILLED IN CRASH Two officers and an enlisted man of the Marine Corps are dead as the re- sult of an airplane crash yesterday south of Ocotal, Nicaragua. Capt. Eu- velle D. Howard of the Aircraft Squad- ron, 2d Brigade of Marines in Nica- ragua, the pilot, who learned to fly at Quantico, Va., and Private Robert K. Moody, mechanic, were killed instantly and First Lieut. Clarence M. Knight, former Canadian World War veteran and officizl at one time in the British embassy here, & passenger, died later as a result of injuries received in the nese conflict. The offer was made 1 Foreign Minister Briand to the Russia Ambassador, M. Bovgalesky, at Pari: decision was that there was nothing wrong with Mr. Saunders’ clothing for | fall, the Navy Department was advised | | today. and by French Ambassador Herbette, at street wear and that there was no law preventing such & use of pajamas, Mayor Flora then issued a proclama- tion, to wit: “It is the inherent right of every zen or inhabitant of the city and of Moscow, to Vice Commissar Kharakan. Soviet's Reply to France. “M. Kharakan, on behalf of thel U. S. S. R., has replied as follows to the French Ambassador: ‘It is impos ble to overestimate the importance of | the offer of the French minister of | foreign affairs. but the Soviet govern- ment is compelled to state that this is| of no purpose. owing to the refusal of the Chinese authorities to restore the legal position violated by them. which constitutes a necessary condition for | secttlement. accordance with the So- | viet government’s note of July 13. come as he pleases, as long as there is no indecent exposure of his person. And in addition, the mayor declared over his signature: “If I had the nerve, would adopt them (pajamas) for street wear myself.” NOINVASIONS YET. 15,15 ASSURED “Balwark of Peace.” ! “As regards the question of possi- ble further complications, the Soviet government must declare that no one i« S0 concerned about maintenance of peace. and that there is no reason for doubting that the U. S. S. R. has been, and remains, a bulwark of peace.” The ultimatum of July 13 demanded every visitor to dress as he pleases and | that China, as a prerequisite for a \ W. 0. SAUNDERS. | | SHANGHAI HOPEFLL OF ENDING RIS Tension Perceptibly Abated, {Border Not Violated, as Far| Officers at Marine Corps headquarters | the Marine Corps Reserves and serve here lacked details of the accident, but were advised that the airplane fell in the Coco River and that the bodies of Capt. Howard and Private Moody were recovered. The bodies will be returned to the United States and funeral ar- rangements made later. Captain Wa- Californian. Capt. Howard was born October 24, 1894 in California where his mother, Mrs. Maud D. Howard survives him at Oakland. Upon the entrance of the United States into the World War he was appointed & second leutenant in| at Mare Island, Calif, for a time, be- fore being transferied to Quantico. He was on duty with the Seventh Regiment of Marines in Cuba and was appointed | a temporary caplain, which rank was made permanent afier the war. He| served at_the Marine Barracks | merton Navy rd, Puget Sound, Wash., | and saw duty aboard the U. S. 8. Mis- | sissippi. At San Francisco, he was aide | Above, left to right: Capt. Euvelle D. to Maj. Gen. George Barneit, then com- conference to negotiate differences be. tween the two countries, release Rus- slans imprisoned in Manchuria, restor- ing them to their former status and cancel - “illegal orders” issued in that province. This last was inferred to re- fer to orders for seizure of the Chinese as They Know, Debuchi and Wu Tell Stimson. manding the Department of the Pacific | and now residing in Washington. Later, | Capt. Howard performed the same duty for Maj. Gen. Wendell C. Neville, the present commandant of the Marine | Cogps, when he held the San Francisco | command. | Say Press Dispatches From Harbin. {U. S. DEAD IN RUSSIA ‘and Lieut. Clarence W. Knight. Pvt. Robert K. Moody. | Howard Belo Fastern Railway, taken over by the Manchurian authorities two weeks ago with charges of propagandization by Russian officlals as a basis for the ac- tion. By the Associated Press. here today continued optimistic over the course of the dispute between China and Soviet Russia. Governmental and diplomatic circles | The feeling that hostilities would be | ROAD BARS CHINESE TROOPS. Japanese Commander Orders Carriers Not to Haul Munitions. LONDON., July 23 (#) dispatch from Tokio today said it had learned authoritatively the commander of the Japanese garrison in Manchuria had instructed the South Manchurian Railway to refuse to transport Chinese troops and munitions through Southern Manchuria to Changchun, where it joins with .he Chinese Eastern. The railroad was told also to refuse to permit Chinese troops carrying arms 1o pass through the ratlway zone excepl at the discretion of the local Japanese 'DENIES SPOKESMAN TOKIO WAS NOTIFIE Therefore J:x;\;i Could Not Joi U. S. and French Peace Move, He Declares. By the Associated Press. | TOKIO, July 23.—A spokesman for |clarify the Nanking government's view- | Suspended the foreign office today stated that Japan had received no notification of ! Secretary Stimson’s steps for settle- | ment of the Sino-Russian crisis and | that, therefore. Japan could not asso- ciate herself with France and America | as Great Britain was said to have | done. He declared the main facts regard- | ing the steps taken were known in | Tokio, but there had been no official notification from the Japunese Ambas- sador at Washington or thiough the | American embassy here. It was made | known a feeling prevailed Japan had been diplomatically slishied in a sphere in which her intercsts were greater than any of the oth°r powers. Privat> opinions were heard in w tnformed circles that ~Washington's action had taken an unfortunate turn if it was true Japan had not be-n con- | sulted sufficiently in advance. The mystification of official quarters was increased by Moscow. press dispatct which said the Sovie rejected | the French offer of mediation and denying receipt_of any communication | from the United States. | The Japanese Ambassador’s report of his conversation with Secretary Stim- son has not vet been reccived. The Chinese Minisier conferred today with Baron Shidehara, foreign minister. and later & representative of the United | States embassy called at the foreign | office. { CHINA PUBLISHING SEIZED DOCUMENTS By the Associated Press. 23 —The Kuo Min ernment was publishing in installments documents seized in the Russian con-| sulate at Harbin, Manchuria, on May It was said that much material burned while the raiders were held out by barred doors and that prepara- tions for burning were apparent after entry by the Chines Among the papers selzed was &n alleged memorandum of “steps 1o be taken toward world revolution by the Eastern Third Communist Intern tionale.” ‘These steps included .explu- sion of all foreign capitalists from China and confiscation of lands and property of “oppressive” landlord: It was charged that.secret codes of the Communist party weré found on some of the 42 persons arrested. Chinese action in expelling the Rus- sian administration of the Chinese eastern railway was based ‘on their charges that the administration had furthered Soviet propaganda. Waterproof Suits, Made to Float in Sea, Are Proved by Flyers By the Associsted Press. STRESA, Ilaly, July 22 —Ex- periments with waterproof clothes the Polish aviators Klisz and Ko- | walezyk will wear on their at- tempt flight from Milan to ‘Chi- cago via Dublin, have concluded satisfactorily and the airmen be- lieve they could remain afloat for a fortnight In them if forced down at sea. . - The suit made of double-water- material and weighing nearly 10 pounds, have numerous pockets for food, water, siimu- iants, a mirror for signaiing, red A Reuters | | the spread of Communist propaganda,” | avoided was sustaiwed, not only by the | assurances from the Nanking and Mos- cow governments that they intended to comply with the terms of the Kellogg- Briand trealy renouncing war, but by assurances from authoritative ‘quarters that the armed forces of neither nation had violated the other’s territory. Confidence In the effectiveness of the anti-war treaty, despite (hat it will not become fully ~ operative until Japan's ratification is deposited here tomorrow, | has been enhanced by the action of the Paris and Tokio governments in adding | their admonitions to that of Secretary | slimson reminding the Chinese and Russian authorilies of their obligatl | under the pact. Sl | Suys Moves Precautionary. Informing the State Department of his government's action, Ambassador { Debuchi of Japan, assured Secretary Stimson that, as far as the Tokio of- | ficials had been able to learn, the Man- churian border had not been violated on either side, even by a minor skir- | mish. Traffic along the Chinese Eas | ern Railway, the focal point of the dis pute has been interrupted. he said, but ’mu\emeul of Russian troops along the ' border apparently has been confined to | precautionary measures. | Similar, information was conveyed to { the secrélary by Dr. C. C. Wu. the Chinese minister, who took oce sion to point with respect to its action in con- nection with the Chinese Eastern Ratl- | way, which led (o the breaking off of diplomatic negotiations, His govern- ment, he explained, had not seized the rallway, but merely had dismissed the Russian employes s a national defense mieasure, In & public statement emphasize the attitude of (b government.” he asserted that “in the | present crisis the world may be assured | that China will not resort to force ex- cept for self-defense. Chinese Action Explained. “Foriunately.” he said. “up to yes- terday no violation of Chinese territory has been officially reported. Although the Kellogg pact is not vet formally in effect, China has abided and will | abide by its terms.” Explaining the Chinese action affect- ing Russian employes of the railw he related that a search of the Sovi consulate at Harbin, May 27, had pro- | duced “evidence showing a conspiracy to endanger the safety of the Chinese | government: to organize a corps of | assassins who were to be active in Nanking, Mukden and other Chinese cities, and to Injure the Chinese East- | ern Railwa: The search was made, he said. “on information that a meeting of the members of the third internationale, for ed “to Chinese was being held at the consulate. | “On July 10" he continued, “owing to the complicity of Soviet officials and employes of the Chinese Eastern Rail- way and those of Soviet trading as-| sociations. they were placed under ar rest and the trading organizations were close Act of Self-Defense. “It should be emphasized that as re- gards the Chinese Eastern Railway, the | Chinese action should not be'described | as a seizure. It was merely the timely | prevention ‘of activities which ~were | dangerous to the safety of the Chinese government, state, and, indeed, society, and in’ which the Soviet Nationals el ployed by the railway were engaged in | abuse of their position. It was, ther fore, an act of self-defense Li the subsequent, exchange of com- munications between the two capitals, he declared, the Chinese government scted 0 a concilistory manner, and | as been patient and foreboding under | repeated provocation.” | | RICHMOND- - - - . PITTSBURGH - - - CHICAGO - - - INDIANAPOLIS ST. LOUIS - - - KANSAS CITY - < - electric lJamps with power- reflectors, ete. can be 1ul SRR ar 8 ), The experiments were made in Maggiore, . . = . h LOS ANGELES- - - | District laws pertaining to Washington ‘CLEVELAND - - - - 10.25 Flooring $12.50 DETROIT- - ---- 13.00 Sheathing . ..$19.00 “BUFFALO ----- 1275 Framing ....$19.00 | By the Associated Precs. SHANGHAIL July 23.—Belief grew here today the crisis in Manchuria | would be settled amicably and by ne- gotiation. The Tachung News Agency, | considered semi-official, said in a Nan- king dispatch, “The belief among offi- cials here that the Sino-Russian con- troversy will be settled in & friendly manner is apparent.” During & meeting of the council of state this morning President Chiang Kai Shek was said to have remarked, “Inasmuch as the Nationalist govern- ment entertains no ill will toward Rus- sia and plans no war. it 1s reasonably certain the Soviet will not take upon itsell responsibility for starting an- other international conflagration.” Harbin press dispatches said “the tension has perceplibly ebated, al- though outwardly the Chinese authori- tes are maintalning the impression believes in military preparedness. China Dbelieves in milltary prepared- ness.” Kirin Province provincial military headquarters have been moved to Suifenho (Pogranichnaya ). while three additional battalions of defense troops: have been sent to the northeast borders, Eighty Americans, Frenchmen, Eng- lishmen and others stranded at Harbin by cessation of the Transiberian Rail- way traffic connection have attempted to ‘get a special train to take them to Moscow, but thus far their efforts have been in vain. Many have lcft for Shanghai, where they are taking south- ern route boats to Europe. The Chinese Eastern Pallway offices their Transiberian” trafc bookings today. COPY READY FOR B(;OK OF LAWS FOR SCHOOLS | Volume Asked by Board Contains | Statutes Pertaining to Wash- ington System. “Copy" for the volume of Federal an. public school system was transmitted | yesterday by Harry A. Hine, sec retary of the Board of Education, has compiled the statutes during th:| last three years at request of the board, | to_the Government Printing Office. ‘The volume, Mr. Hine said, will con- tain approximately 250 pages. When the secretary of the board re- ceives the proof he will undertake tne indexing of the new book. ‘The Board of Education requested Mr. Hine to compile the laws at its mecting July 1, 1926. and the task, car- -ied on along with the secretary’s other uties, has just been completed. NEW AIR-RAIL ROUTE. Service to Link Chicago and Dallas in 17 Hours. CHICAGO. July 23 ().—The Illinois | Central System and the Southwest Air Fast Express, Inc., will place in opera- | tion 2 new airplane-rail service between | Chicago and Dallas, Tex., effectjve August 1, it was announced yesterday. i ‘Travelers will go by train from Chi- | cago to St. Louis, where they will trans- | fer to airplanes for Springfield, Mo.; | Tulsa, Okla.. Oklahoma City, Okla.; ¥u ta Falls, Fort Worth and Dallas, ex. Passengers ‘will be enabled to arrive in Dallas 17 hours after leaving Chi- | cago. and, by extensions of the service, | to reach Los Angeles in 42 hours. e Nearly 30 per cent of all the people in Germany are now engaged in indus teial pursuit: The Jumber and ot are just the thing for cottage, outhouse, porches, etc. Building Mate | | | | | | | Windows .....$2.25 Sash Vo i Capt. Howard served for several years at Quantico as athletic officer, and was manager of the base ball team and also & member of the Marine's foot ball team. In 1926. he reccived a letter { T0 BE BROUGHT HOME Informal Negotiations for Return of Bodies Put Up to of commendation from Maj. Gen. John | Wrecking Sale | GOVERNMENT WAR HOTELS garage, A. Lejeune. then commandant, for his efficiency in athletics and for promoting the spirit of the cory In 1926, Capt. Howard entered the air service of the Marine Corps as an ! aviator at Quantico. In 1928, he joined the Marine aircraft forces in Nicaragua, and at the time of his death was photo- graphing and operations officer. Lieut. Knight Decorated. Lieut. Knight was born November 17, 1898. at Ontario, Canada. Officers of the Marine Corps in Washinglon said today that he was & distinguished mem- | ber of a Canadian oulfit overseas and participated in the retreat from Mons He had decorations from the Canadian Army when he became an enlisted man in the Marine Corps of the United States after the war, and then was com- missioned a second licutenant in 1923. In June, 1923, Lieut. Knight was given a letter of commendation from the | commandant of the Marine Corps for the excellent service he rendered dur- ing the Shrine convention in Wash- at C ington. Later he served in Haiti, Quantico and at Parris Island, S. from which he was detached on Mar 27 of this year and sent on duty with the 2d Brigade of Marines in Nicaragua. He was advanced to a first lieutenancy on April 2 of this year, and at the time of his death was in command of th outpost at Palacaguina. in the Provinc of Neuva Segovia in the northwestern section of Nicaragus. Lieut. Knight's wife, Mrs. Gladys L., Knight, lives in Chambersburg. Pu. Private Moody, who was survived by his father, George E. Moody of Galion. Ohlo. was born in that State on Juns 19, 1909, enlisting in the Marine Corps on March 22, 1 He was transferred st his own request to Marine Corps aviation as & mechanic with the aircrafi squadron of the 2d Brigade in Nica- | ragua in October of last year. HYDE AND MARLATT By the Associated Press. and Dr. C. L. Marlatt, chief of the Bu- reau of Entomology of the Agriculture Department and chairman of the Fed- eral Hortieultural Board, would go to Florida Friday to confer with State of- ficlals there about further means of combatting the Mediterranean {ruit fly The Secretary said there would have to be full co-operation between the Fed- eral Government and State officers in dealing with the situation, which has brought a very bad economic result in the State. & Glenn B. Skipper, Republican mna- tional committeeman from Florida, and others from that State have been here for days conferring with officials of th= Agriculture Department and members of the Federal Farm Board. Organized Responsibility Use Yellov: Cabs Black andehite Cabs Owned and Operated by Brown Bros her salvaged materials your dwelling, Summer barn, inclosing rial Bargains! Lavatories . Toilets .......$7.50 Doors ..$1.90 Radiation, ft...12V4¢c Trim, lin. ft.......1c ..$5.50 WILL GO TO FLORIDA! Secretary Hyde announced today he | Veterans. 1 States Government has no officlal re- lations with the Soviet government of | Russia, War Department officials are | hopeful 'that arrangements can be made for the early transfer country for reinterment of the bodies of about 128 American soldiers who lost_their lives during the World War {in the operations in Northern Russia | | jon the field. Congress has appropriated $82.235 to ! defray the expenses of bringing these | bodies to the United States for rein- | terment near their former homes. Most of the soldiers were attached to regi- | ments organized in Michigan. The | American Legion, the Veterans of For- eign Wars and other patriotic organi zations have taken an interest in the matter. but the War Devartment is handicaped in the execution of fits plans by the international situation, which precludes direct negotiation with ! the Russian authorities. A plan now in contemplation in- volves the sending to Russia of an unofficial committee of citizens, most of them veterans of the war, with a view to effecting the desired arrange- ments by. private conferences with the authorities. A Capt. E. S. Bettelheim. a Reserve officcr, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who has been especial- ly active in this matter, probably will be & member of the proposed committee DISSOLUTION SOUGHT. Dissolution of a corporation known as Emery’s Famous Home-Made Dough- nuts, Inc., is asked in_a suit filed in the District Supreme Court by A. M. Daniels and Philip F. Havey, president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, of the company. They say the corpora- tion was formed April 19 and until it | closed recently had been a losing prop- csition, The bakery was located at 12318 Georgia avenue and is said to be indebted to the extent of $1.557.46. At- torney Roy Lewis appears for the peti- tioners, who named as defendants | W. C. Nicholson, W. M. 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Food conserva- tion month is be- ing sponsored by the Bureau of Home _Economics of the Department of Agriculture, the | national Dairy | Council, the Gen- | eral Federation of | Women’s Clubs and a large group of scientific, civic and commercial organi- zations interested in food. public health and ~ wel- fare. Mr. Brooks will organize the program | for the territory embracing the Dis- Maryland and Virginia. Local Mr. Br . triet, 1 civie and business organizations will co-operate with him. |BRIAND IS WATCHING " FAR EAST SITUATION Receives League Council Head and Keeps in Touch With China and Russia by Telegraph. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 23—Foreign Minister Briand continued closely in touch with the Russo-Chinese situation today and | during the morning received Ambas- sador Adatchi, president of the Council |of the League of Nations. He also| kept in touch by telegraph with the | French representatives in China and | Russia. In connsction with a report from | | Moscow that Russia had refused | “Prench mediation” it was said in dip- lomatic circles that the French foreign | | minister in conversations with the Rus- | sian ambassador and the Chinese Min- ister _had merely counseled them to conciliation, but had not offered French | | mediation. | It is assumed that Ambassador Adatchi placed Foreign Minister Briand in touch with the Japanese view of the | situation and discussed the present waiting role of the League. Opinion in Paris continued optimistic that China and Russia would settle the controversy without outside interven- | tion. GEORGE C. DIETZ DIES: George C. Dietz, 4009 Marlboro | place, an attorney in the General Land | Office, died of peritonitis at Emergency | Hospital yesterday afternoon. { been a ‘resident of Washington for abcut 12 years. Mr. Dietz was born at Atchison, | Kans. August 5. 1872. He came to Washington during the war. Surviving | | him are his widow, Mrs. Leafie E. Diet and three children, Dorothy M.. James | M. and John E. Dietz, all of this cit | Arrangements for the funeral were being completed today ‘ i have your laundry and dry y and as beautifully as when n routeman for information ! Post Booklet £ »l‘fl ot x| 0072 2469 '18th Street N.W. -n) 0073 0034 Columbia 0636 wners’ National Association ’ ek ks ok sk ke ks sk ok ks ok ok sk ks ks TREATY CERENONY TO BE BROALCAST Pact to Be First Great Act So Given to Nation. | | | S | For the first time In the history of radio in the United States the formali- ties incident to the signing of an im- | portant peace treaty will be broadcast | tomorrow at 1 p.m., when represent- atives of all the original signatories to | the Kellogg-Briand anti-war treaty and of the 26 adhering nations will par- | ticipate in the formal signing of the | pact, Millions of radio listeners will hear the program and descriptions of the | signal event by announcers, which will | be broadcast direct from the east room | of the White House through special arrangements. Both the National Broadcasting Co. EUFAULASLAYER 5 SENTTO CHAR {Proclamation of Anti- War Colored Attacker Is Found Guilty as Troops Patrol Courtroom. By the Associated Press. EUFAULA, Ala, July 23.—Lester Bouyer, alias Charles Harris. colcred, was declared guilty of first-degree mur- der here today by a Barbour County Circuit Court jury, which tried him for killing Jack Hines, mechanic, on a roadside four miles from here on the night of July 10. ‘The verdict was returned less than two hours and a half from the time the trial opened at 8:30 am. The jury deliberated less than 10° minutes. Circuit Judge J. S. Williams sen- tenced the Negro to be electrocuted in Kilby Prison at Montgomery on Au- gust 23. : A special train bringing Bouyer and 150 National Guardsmen, called out to | protect him from threatened mob vio- | lence, arrived here at 8 o'clock. The and tae Columbia Broadcasting System | train was met at the station by an networks will carry the program over | | national hook-ups of stations. ‘Will Last an Hour. Arrangements have beecn made to| install microphones in the east room of the White House, where President Hoover will proclaim the general peace pact in force. | Broadcasting will begin at 1 o'clock | and probably will continue an hour. | Announcers of the two systems are ex- pected to be located at vantage points in or near the east room, from which they will have a view of the proceed- ings. Former President Coolidge, Sccretary of State Stimson and former Secretary of State Kellogg will attend, but are not expected to make addresses, it is an- | nounced. Mr. Coolidge is due to reach here tomorrow morning. More Instruments Are Expected. [ State Department officials today were | expecting several more instruments of ratification of the general treaty to be deposited by adhering nations_ before | the pact finally is proclaimed in force. The Peruvian instrument of ratifica- tion probably will reach the department | before nightfall, having been brought from Lima by Ambassador Alexander P. Moore, who has arrived in New York. orderly crowd, estimated at from 1,000 t0 1.500. The guardsmen surrounded Bouyer on the way to the courthouse, where he was placed in the prisoner’s cage, preparatory to the opening of the trial _Other soldiers, who reinforced a spe- cial guard of 50 others, sent down from Montgomery yesterday, established patrols around the courthouse and the outlying_ business district. No effert was made to disperse the groups of citizenry gathered around th> courthouse square. E. W. Norton of Clayton, was ap- pointed by Presiding Judge J. S: Wil- liams to " defend Bouyer, who also is charged with an attack on Miss Beatrice Clark, 18, Hine's companion. Bouyer confessed when arrested. Norton waived a special venire and the trial jury was ordered selected from the reguiar venire of 35 men. The train, which was made up in Birmingham at midnight to take aboard two guard units from that city, arrived in Montgomery in four hours. The | prisoner “was taken aboard at Kilby | Prison and the trip to Eufaula started without incident at 5:45 a.m. 'DEFENDS SELF AND WINS. Former and Ex- Convict Acts as Own Attorney. LOS ANGELES. July 23 (&, —George CONSTANT MOVING OF PORTABLES HIT Gridiron Star | IN OFFICIAL REPORT (Continued From First Page.) and cites the unhoused out-of-door hy- drants which were described in The Sunday Star on July 14. Commenting further on the facilities provided at the portables, the report points out that “there is but one of these build- ings with any artificial light,” declares that telephone connections are pro- vided in the portable groups which form isolated school units, and concludes this phase of the discussion with men- tion of the fact that “each building is provided with a fire extinguisher which appears to be kept available for use in an emergency.” A list of the portables which were in- spected with “further notes as to their condition” is included in the report also. This specifies 36 portables as being in “good general condition.” but it includes {32 of the type A and B which the re- port already characterizes as showing “evidences of deterioration from the constant moving.” The four remaining portables of the 36 in “good genecrai condition™ are of the old ceilingless typ: C which have been in use since their purchase in 1911-1912. It was in onc of these that the engineers encountered a temperature of 103 degrees at 11 o'clock in the morning on one of their inspection days. ‘The United States led all other coun- triss in sending products to Italy last year. é “Rush” Meadows, former Southern Cali- fornia gridiron star, appeared as his own attorney in Municipal Court yester- day and obtained a dismissal of fugi- tive charges filed against him in Hamil- ton County, Ohio. Ohio officers falled to appear. Mecadows, an ex-convict and former promoter, is charged in an in- dictment here with 11 counts of grand theft. The charges grew out of alleged forging of Calvin Coolidge’s name to a purported parole for a prisoner in Fe eral penitentiary at Leavenworth. AUTOMOBILE, LIABILITY, FIRE, BURGLARY AND TORNADO INSURANCE Thos. E. Jarrell Co. Realtors %21 10th St. N.Ww. National 0365 Wardrobe Trunks & INNGVazion TRUNK CO. Retail Headquarters for the Smartest Trunks, Hand Luggege and Closet Fistures 1020 Connecticut Ave. N.W. 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