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Company Dist. 0933, Printing Craftsmen . are at your service fot result-getting publicity {The National Capital Press o280 o h | America, he said, the Negro was shut Hoover Prepares for Fight. ‘The President's friends are unusually active. Conferences over the week end | show that Mr. Hoover was preparing for battle at last. Hitherto inclined to be passive, the President realizes that un- less he can get the navai treaty ratified his prestige abroad, as well as at home, will suffer. The Parliaments of Great Britain and Japan are discussing the naval pact, but will not ratify until the United States takes the initiative. So, in a sense, the entire movement to limit naval armament hinges on the ac- tion of the United States Senate. A de- cisive vote in favor of the treaty will have a profound effect abroad. ‘The President has come to the con- clusion that delay would be fatal from all points of view. First, having an- nounced that, he would call a special session to have the treaty ratified, he could not recede without admitting de- feat; second, if the question ever went over to the regular session it would be displaced by other legislative business and might suffer the same fate as the ‘World Court protocol, which has been drifting from place to place on the legislative calendar for the last several | years. Johnson Alert. Senator Hiram Johnson of California, who is leading the opposition to the treaty, is resourceful and alert. He is counting on the disinclination of Sena- tors to stay in Washington during the Summer to be largely instrumental in blocking action at this time. This much is sure—if a quorum of the Senate stays here they cannot but act within the next two weeks. A filibuster is out of the question. In other words, ratifica- tion is assured promptly if a quorum can be maintained. This is why tele- grams are going out to Senators who are absent telling them that their pres- ence will be required only a few days |and then they can go home again. Usually a President is anxious to get rid of Congress as quickly as possible. At this time, however, Mr. Hoover is spending every effort to force action, so that the whole world may know of America’s purposes. He feels he has behind him the public opinion of the country, as relatively little disse: been expressed to the naval treaty. It was this kind of pressure from the Executive which brought Congress in line during the Wilson administration, and it will be golmcllly a big help to Mr. Hoover if he wins his battle with the Senate. (Copyright, 1930.) SMOOT RETURNING TO BACK NAVY PACT Cancels Honeymoon Trip on Plea of Hoover—Invited to White House. B: , July 7.—Respond- ing to a request from President Hoover, Senator Reed Smoot was preparing to leave late today for Washington to sup- port the London naval treaty. In complying with the President's re- quest, Senator Smoot canceled his honeymoon trip to Honolulu. His bride of a week will accompany him to Wash- ington. Senator Smoot announced receipt of a telegraph message from President Hoover yesterday, in which the Presi- dent said, in part: “1 am wondering in this emergency if it would be possible for you to change your wedding journey plans and come to Washington, where it would give Mrs. Hoover and myself great pleasure to entertain you at the White House.” The Utah Senator, an ardent sup- porter of the pact, said he was certain the treaty would be passed, although he anticipated a fight. “The London naval treaty is the first real effort to accurately determine and limit the naval armaments of the prin- cipal sea powers of the world,” the Senator said in denouncing opposition ton:.ht treaty as “purely political bick- ering.” RACE PREJUDICE IN U. S. SCORED Speaker at London Church Parley Classes It With “World Paganism.” By the Associated Press. BOURNEMOUTH, England, July 7.— Race prejudice in America held the at- tention of the International Congrega- tional Council this morning. The topic far discussion was “Church and World, Paganism,” with Dr. George L. Cady of New York as principal speaker. There is no room for race prejudice and Jesus Christ in the same church, he held, yet Christians were at present attempting to make room for both. In out from a large number of Christian churches of the North and from many more of those in the South. “On the one hand we profess brother- hood and on the other we deny it,” he challenged. “People will not believe in the Christianity which the church in practice repudiates.” ‘The churches, Dr. Cady concluded, would be unable to fight world pagan- ism effectively so long as the church repudiated the Christianity which it professed by not practicing Christian brotherhood between the races. ‘While castigating conditions in Amer- ica, the New York divine at the same time pointed out that the problem in America was a graver one than it is in England. It was quite common, he said, for visitors to criticize America in regard to race relations, but circumstances were different where the colored popu- lation was so small relatively as it is in England. ‘The American delegates visited South- ampton between the morning and aft- ernoon sessions and placed a wrcath on the monument which marks the spot from which the Piigrim Fathers salled * T The text of the President's treaty message sent to the Senate today fol- lows: “In requesting the Senate to convene in session for the special purpose of dealing with the treaty for the limita- tion and reduction of naval armament signed at London April 22, 1930, it is desirable that I should present my views upon it. This is especially necessary because of misinformation and mis- representation which has been wide- spread by those who in reality are opposed to all limitation and reduction in naval arms. ““We must naturally expect opposition from those groups who believe in un- restricted military strength as an objective of the American Nation. In- deed, we find the same type of minds in Great Britain and Japan in parallel opposition to this treaty. Nevertheless, I am convinced that the overwhelming majority of the American people are opposed to the conception of these groups. “Our people believe that military strength should be held in conformity with the sole purpose of national de- fense. They earnestly desire real progress in limitation and reduction of naval arms of the world and their aspiration is for abolition of competi- tion in the building or arms as a step toward world peace. Such a result can be obtained in no other way than by international agreement. Safeguards in Treaty. “The present treaty is one which holds these safeguards and advances these ideals. Its ratification is i n the interest of the United States. It is fair to the other participating nations. It promotes the cause of good relations. “The only alternative to this treaty is the competitive building of navies with all its flow of suspicion, hate, 1ll- will and ultimate disaster. History supports those who hold to agreement as the path to peace. Every naval limitation treaty with which we are familiar, from the Rush-Bagot agree- ment of 1817, limiting vessels of war on the Great Lakes, to the Wash- ington Arms treaty of 1921, has re- sulted in a marked growth of good will and confidence between the na- tions which were parties to it. “It is folly to think that because we are the richest Nation in the world we can outbuild all other countries. Other nations will make any sacrifice to maintain their instruments of de- fense against us, and we shall eventual- ly reap in their hostility and ill-will the full measure of the additional bur- den which we may thus impose upon them. Refers to Europe in 1914. “The very entry of the United States into such courses as this would in- vite the consolidation of the rest of the world against us and bring our peace and independence into jeopardy. We have only to look at the state of Europe in 1914 to find ample evidence of the futlity and danger of competi- tion in anas. “It will be remembered that in response to recommendations from the Senate a conference between the United States, Great Britain and Japan, for limitation of those categories of naval arms not covered by the Washington Treaty of 1921 was held at Geneva in 1927. That conference failed because the United States could not agree to the large size of fleets demanded b, other governments. The standards up at that time would have required an ultimate fleet of about 1,400,000 tons for the United States. As against this the total United States fleet set out \luflder this treaty will be about 1,123,000 ns. “Defense is the primary function of Fovernment, and therefore our first con- cern in examination of any act of this character is the test of its adequacy in defense. No critic has yet asserted that with the navies provided in this agree- ment, together with our Army, our aerial defense and our national re- sources, we cannot defend ourselves, and certainly we want no military establish- ment for the purpose of domination of other nations, Defense Position Clear. “Our naval defense position under this treaty is the more clear if we ex- amine our present naval strength in comparison to the present strength of the other nations, and then examine the improvements in this proportion which will result from this treaty. This improvement arises from the anticipa- tion of parity in battleships to be reached 10 years hence under the Wash- ington arms treaty and the fact that other nations have been building in the classes of ships not limited by that g‘;sdty, while we, until lately, lagged be- “On the first of January last the total naval tonnage, disregarding paper fleets, and taking only those ships ac- tually bullt and building, was, for the United States, 1,180,000 tons; for the British Empire, 1,332,000 tons; for Japan, 768,000 tons—that is, if the United States Navy be taken as 100, then the British Navy equals 113 and the Japanese Navy. 65. Under this treaty the United States will have 1.- 123,000 tons; Great Britain, 1,151,000 tons, and Japan, 714,000 tons, or a ratio of 100 for the United States to 1024 for Great Britain and 63.6 for Japan. The slightly larger tonnage ratio mentioned for Great Britain is due to the fact that her cruiser fleet will be constituted more largely of smailer vessels, weaker in gun power, but the United States has the option to duplicate the exact tonnage and gun caliber of the British cruiser fleet if we desire to exercise it. What U. S. Will Have, “The relative improvement in the po- sition of the United States under this treaty is even better than this state- ment would indicate. In the more im- portant categories, battleships, aircraft carriers, 8-inch and 6-inch cruisers— that is, omitting the secondary arms of destroyers and submarines—the fleet built and actually building on January 1 of this year was 809,000 tons in the United States, 1,088,000 tons in Great Britain and 568,000 tons in Japan, or upon the basis of 100 for the United States it was 134 for Great Britain and 70 for Japan will on January 1, 1937, possess, com- Denounces Treaty | —— EARL BEATTY, Admiral of British fleet, denounced terms of the London naval treaty. He claimed that England was the only na- tion that made any reduction of sea whenpih, —~A “Under this treaty the United States | Naval Treaty Declared Only Hope of Ending Expensive Building Rivalry Among Big Nations. HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, pleted, 911,000 tons of these major units, Great Britain, 948,000 tons and , 556,000 tons. In addition, the United States will have one 10,000-ton 8-inch cruiser two-thirds completed. This will give a ratio in these categories of 100 for the United States to 102.9 for Great Britain and 60.5 for Japan. The reason for the excess British ton- nage is again as mentioned above. “In other words, the United States, in these categories, increases by 102,000 tons, Great Britain decreases by 140,000 tons and Japan decreases by 12,000 tons. These readjustments of units are to take place during the next 6 years. The treaty then comes to an end except | for such arrangements as may be made then for its continuance. Cruisers Are Considered. X “The major discussion has been di-| rected almost wholly to the fact that the United States is to have 18 cruisers with 8-inch guns, with an aggregaee tonnage of 180,000 tons, as against Great Britain's 15 such ships, with a tonnage of 146,800 tons, and Japan's 12 such ships of a tonnage of 108,400 tons, the United States supplementing this ton- nage with cruisers armed with 6-inch guns up to a total of 323,500 tons, Great Britain up to 339,000 tons and Japan to 208,800 tons. The larger gross tonnage to Great Britain as stated being com- pensation for the larger gun caliber of the American cruiser fleet, but, as said, the United States has the option to duplicate the British fleet if it so desires. “Criticism of this arrangement arises from the fact that the general board of the United States Navy recommended that to reach parity with Great Britain the United States should have three more of the 10,000-ton cruisers (21 in- stead of 18), with 8-inch guns, and a total of 315,000 tons or 8,000 tons less total cruiser tonnage than this treaty provides. Thus this treaty provides that instead of this 30,000 tons more of 8- inch ships recommended by the gen- eral board, we will have 38,000 tons of ships armed with 6-inch guns, there be- ing no limitation upon the size of cruisers up to 10,000 tons. “Therefore, eriticism revolves around less than 3 per cent of our whole fleet, and even within this 3 per cent comes the lesser question of whether 30.000 tons of ships armed with 8-inch guns are better than 38,000 tons armed with | 6-inch guns. The opinion of our high naval authorities is divided on the rela- tive merits of these alternatives. Many earnestly believe that the larger ton- nage of 6-inch ships is more advantage- ous and others vice versa. However, those who seek to make this the out- standing feature of criticism fail to mention that under the London treaty the obligation of the Washington arms treaty of 1921 is so altered that Great Britain scraps 133,900 tons of battle- ships armed with 1315-inch guns, the United States scraps 70,000 tons of ba tleships armed with 12-inch guns, and Japan scraps 26,300 tons. These ar- rangements are made not only for reduction of arms, but to anticipate the ultimate parity between the United States and Great Britain in battleships which would not otherwise be realized for several years. Object of Criticism. “There is in this provision a relative gain in gmpomons compared with the British fleet of 63.900 tons of battle- ships with 13%;-inch guns. This is of vastly more importance than the dis- pute as to the relative combatant strength of 38,000 tons of 6-inch cruis- ers against 30,000 tons of 8-inch cruis- Indeed, it would scem that such criticisms must be based upon an un- disclosed desire to break down all limi- tation of arms. “To those who seek earnestly and properly for reduction in warships, I would point out that as compared with January 1st of this year, the total agre- gate navies of the three powers under this treaty will have been reduced by nearly 300,000 tons. Had a settlement been made at Geneva in 1927 upon the only proposal possible at that time, the fleets of the three powers would have been approximately 680,000 tons greater than under the treaty now in considera- tion. “The economic burdens and the diver- sion of taxes from welfare purposes which would be imposed upon ourselves and other nations by failure of this treaty are worth consideration, Under its provisions the replacement of bat- tleships required under the Washington arms treaty of 1921 is postponed for six years. The costs of replacing and maintaining the three scrapped battle- ships is saved. Likewise we make econ- omies in construction and operation by the reduction in our submarine and destroyer fleets to 52,700 and 150,000 tons respectively. What the possible saving over an otherwise inevitable era of competitive building would be, no one can estimate. Big Savings Foreseen. “If we assume that our present naval program, except for this treaty, is to complete the ships authorized by Con- gress and those authorized and neces- sary to be replaced under the Washing- ton arms treaty, and to maintain a destroyer fleet of about 225,000 tons and a submarine fleet of 90,000 tons, such a fleet will not reach ity with Great Britain, yet would cost in con- struction over $500,000,000 more during the next six years than the fleet pro- vided under this treaty. But in addi- tion to this, as stated, there is a very large saving by this treaty in annual operation of the fleet over what would be the case if we even built no more | than the present programs. ““The more selfish-minded will little credence to the argument t) savings by other parties to the agre ment in the limitation of naval con- struction are of interest to the Amer- ican people, yet the fundamental economic fact is that if the resources of these other nations are freed for devotion to the welfare of their people and to pacific purposes of reproductive commerce, they will result in blessings to the --orld, including ourselves. If we were to accept the Geneva Confer- ence base as the end of naval strength under competitive building for the three governments, the savings in construc- tion and operation by the treaty is literally billions of dollars. Question Is Stated. “The question before us now is not whether we shall have a treaty with either three more 8-inch cruisers or four less 6-inch cruisers, or whether we shall have a larger reduction in ton- nage. It is whether we shall have this treaty or no treaty. It is a question as to whether we shall move strongly toward limitation and reduction in naval arms or whether we shall have no limitation or reduction and shall enter upon a disastrous period of com- petitive armament. “This treaty does mark an important step in disarmament and in world peace. It is important for many reasons that it should be dealt with at once. The sub- ject has been under discussion since the Geneva Conference three years ago. The lines of this treaty have been known and under discussion since last Summer. The actual document has been before the American people and before the Senate for nearly three months. It has been favorably reported by the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee. Every solitary fact which af- fects judgment upon the treaty is known, and the document itself com- prises the sole obligation of the United States. If we fail now the world will be again plunged backward from its progress toward peace. ers. ve Brazil to Open Library. \ GENOA (#). — Brazilians are plan- ning to establish a library here to par- ' allel the excellent Argentine library at!| the University of Genoa and a project- ed collection of United States reference 4 -*-4 Press Photo. books. D O, 0 SOVIET MEETING Soils Congress Draws Agri- cultural Experts From Many Countries. Approximately 30 American scientists will attend the Third International Soils Congress at Leningrad and Moscow this month—the first international gathering in Soviet Russia since the war. ‘The Americans are soil experts from State universities and experiment sta- tions. Most of them already are en route to Russia, where the Soviet govern- ment has planned an elaborate program for their entertainment. The delegation, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1930. Text of President’s Message U. S. SCIENTISTS GO 'Efll PRATT GIVEN AIR CORPS POST Appointed Assistant Chief, to Succeed Brig. Gen. Frank MPT Lahm July 16. Appointment of Lieut. Col. H. C. Pratt, Army Air Corps, as assistant chief of the Air Corps, of brigadier general, to succeed Brig. Gen. Frank P. Lahm, oldest living American military aviator, whose term as assistant chief will expire July 16, was announced today by the War De- partment. Col. ‘Pratt now is air officer of the Hawaiian Department. He is a native of New Mexico and is a graduate of the it was pointed out at the Department of | Military Academy, the Army War Col- Agriculture today, is entirely unofficial lege, the General Staff School, the so far as the Federal Government is | School of the Line and the Air Service concerned and most of the members are | Bombardment School. paying their own expenses, although some from the State universities are ex- In 1909-1911 Col. Pratt was military alde to President Taft and was an pected to carry credentials from their | assistant to the director of public build- institutions. State universities represented are those of Missouri, Arizona, Massachu- setts, West Virginia, Rhode Island, Ken- tucky, Wisconsin, Utah, New Jersey, Louisiana, Connecticut, Nebraska, Ore- gon, Pennsylvania, New York, Ilinois, Wyoming and California. Visas Ready in Europe. Soviet visas enabling the delegates to enter Russia have not been secured through the State Department, but through American officials of the Con. gress who cabled a list of those intend. ing to go to Moscow. Passports will await them in various European cap- itals having diplomatic relations with the Soviet government. The men from experiment stations connected with the Department of Agriculture are officially “on leave.” When the first International Soils Conference mét in Rome six years ago it was agreed that meetings would be held every three years in the country of the president of the congress. At the meeting in Washington three years ago, Dr. K. D. Glinka, considered one of the foremost living soil chemists, was elected president, so this year's meeting went automatically to Moscow. Russia sent an official delegation to ‘Washington with a large exhibit. ‘The congress will convene on July 20 at Leningrad. After six days it will move to Moscow, where there will be another week of scientific sessions. The primary object will be to secure inter- national agreements on methods of soil analysis and classifications of soils. After the scientific meetings the Rus- sion government will provide transpor- tation for a trip of approximately 2,000 miles from Moscow to the Black Sea and return, with numerous side trips, to illustrate various types of soil. Elaborate Trip Planned. Local committces have been appointed in Moscow, Leningrad, Kharkov, Kiev, Tiflis, Baku, Erivan, Voronazh and Saratov to attend to the entertainment of the delegates. An elaborately illus- trated booklet containing the program of the congress and the entertainment program has just been received in Washington. The scientists are ex- pected to bring back trustworthy reports of the actual progress of science in th- new Russia which is financed by the government and for which exceptional claims have been made. In Leningrad, the sessions will center around the Academy of Sciences, where, according to the handbook, a special commission is established to study the productive capacity of the Russian soil. “The major part of the palaces, of which there are many in Leningrad and its suburbs,” says the handbook, “have been turned into scientific museums. The famous Winter palace, the former residence of the czars, has been turned into an art historical museum. In the palace are maintained the rooms of the czars with all their equipment, including the rooms of the last czar. The furnishings of his room bear distinctly the stamp of a back- ward nobility mode of life.” Leningrad, Moscow, Kharkov and Don have their former palaces set aside for scientists where visiting scholars are lodged. That in Leningrad is the former palace of the grand duke. Just before the opening of the eon- gress a special seven-day excursion has been arranged North from Leningrad across the Arctic Circle to study the peculiar soils of the tundras and the work of the Polar Biological Station where experiments are in progress aimed to make agriculture profitable in_Arctic regions. When they shift to Moscow, the scientists are assured, they will find there 68 scientific institutions and 31 universities, including an “institute of toys” where special research work is conducted on the proper sort of play- things for growing children. Here side trips will be taken to study the soils in the Lenin Mountains. Then the dele- gates will leave for the Great Plains region, the semi-deserts of the ancient Caspian Basin, and the mountains of the Caucasus. C. M. T. C. FELICITATED Reichelderfer Sends Letter to Local Boys at Fort Monroe. A congratulatory letter by L. H. Reichelderfer, chairman of the Board of District Commissioners, welcoming the Washington contingent to the en- campment, was published today at the Fort Monroe Citizens' Military Train- ing Camp. The letter read: “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia extend to the youth of the District of Columbia attending the Citizens’ Military Train- ing Camp at Fort Monroe, Va., & most hearty welcome.” QUAKE IS RECORDED Georgetown Reports Moderate Shocks 2,600 Miles Away. An_earthquake of moderate intensity | Sea. was recorded today at the Georgetown University Seismological Observatory. It began at 8:38 a.m., reached its maxi- mum at 8:50 am., and ended at 9:30 am. It was estimated to have been centered about 2,600 miles from Wash- ington. The direction could not be de- termined. Will Rogers BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, July 6. —Flew over the Rockies last night with the air mail. Passed over Reno at 3 am. They were sleeping off one victim and dreaming of an- other, lots of 'em Just keep the same houses from year to year. And they come the same time every year. Unless some new hus- band becomes stingly particularly early then they drop in sooner that year. Yesterday morning had a fine visit in Des Moines with “Ding,” the great political cartoonist. He knows and he says the country is not going in the hands of the re- ceivers, We decided that Coolidge going to work, shows that there un- employment situation is picking up. Yours, ‘WILL ROGERS. ings and parks in the National Qapital. During the World War he served in the Division of Military Aeronautics in this country and in France. Since then he has commanded Kelly Field, Tex.; was a chief of division in the office of the chief of the Air Corps here, commanded Mitchel Field, N. Y., and was air officer of the Hawailan Department. He has held the rank of leutenant colonel in the Air Corps since June, 1928. May Go to Dayton. 4| Gen. Pratt probably will go to Wright | Field, Dayton, Ohio, to take command of the Air Corps’ material division. Gen. Lahm is to be succeeded as commandant of the Air Corps’ training center by Brig. Gen. Charles H. Danforth. Gen. Lahm, though eligible for re- tirement from the Army, has not in- dicated just what he will do. He may elect to remain in the Air Corps in his permanent rank of colonel. Gen. Pratt will take his new office July 17. Gen. Lahm, who learned to fly with the Wright brothers, was born in Ohio November 17, 1877, and was graduated from the Military Academy in 1901 with a commission in the 6th Cavalry. He learned to fly in the first Army plane ever owned by the Government and became a captain in the old aviation section of the Signal Corps in 1916. Veleran Balloon Pilot. Gen. Lahm also is a veteran balloon pilot, having experimented with bal- loons for military purposes during his earliest days in the service. He won the Gordon Bennett international bal- loon trophy at Paris in 1906. In 1912 Lahm organized the aviation service in the Philippines, experimenting there with land planes and seaplanes. He organized the lighter-than-air service in_the American expeditionary forces in France and later in the war, after serving at Air Service headquar- ters and in the zone of advance, or- ganized and commanded the 2d Army Air Service, which he commanded up !l%‘tshe time it was disbanded in May, He has been assistant chief of the Air Corps, in command of the Aft Corps Training Center, Kelly Field, Tex., since September, 1926. JAPAN FORESEES TREATY APPROVAL Opposition to London Pact Held Not Sufficient to Endanger Ratification. By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1930. ‘TOKIO, Japan, July 7.—The Japa- nese government’s plan to effect a speedy ratification of the London naval treaty is encountering some difficulties, although none of these is of a nature | to endanger the treaty's ultimate ap- proval. The present hesitation is based on the opposition voiced by Admiral Kanji Kato to the new defense program which has been prepared by the naval.gen- eral staff in the light of the provisions | of the London treaty. Admiral Kato Dissents. Admiral Kato, who is partially backed by Fleet Admiral Togo, Japan’s senior naval officer, says the new defense pro- gram is inadequate, although virtually all other naval men disagree and favor approval of the treaty. Some persons are suggesting that Premier Yuko Hamaguchi hand the treaty to the privy council apart from the new naval defense program, gettin ratification out of the way at once an letting the naval officials talk some more about the fine points of protect- ing Japan’s shores. At all odds, the prospects seem to point to an early calling of the Board of Marshals and Fleet Admirals or of the Supreme Military Counctl, either of which is qualified to approve defense plans. The government is confident that it can get the treaty in the hands of the privy council this month, PAGE COUNTY G. 0. P. ELECTS NEW GROUP Organization Effected, Delegates and Alternates Named to District Body. Special Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va, July 7.—The Page County Republicans, with Dr. George H. Long as chairman, met to elect a new county organization a.d to name delegates and alternates to the seventh district convention at Pront Royal July 17. Many women were named as dele- gates and one, Mrs. B. C. Strickler, was put on the county committee. The following new members were put the county committee: T. W. dows, D. M. Gray, Elby Foltz, N. O. Sigler, F. H. Kiblinger, H. L. Redman. Irvin Price, Joseph A. Brubaker, N. A. Varner, J. W. Beahm, Mrs. B. C. Strick- ler, H. M. Cliser and Hugh Wood. The delegates were instructed to vote as a unit for the renomination of J. A. Garber for Representative, —_— Why do without the luxury of Tontine Window Shades when THE SHADE SHOP makes them to measure at factory prices? Tontine window shade fabric is wash- able, sunproof and wrinkleproof, and will outwear any ordinary window shade fabric on the market. Don’t Forget the Address | ghel N 200000000000000000000000000000000 1 Succeeds Gen. Lahm [ o with the rank | BRIG. GEN. H. C. PRATT. | Whose appointment as assistant chiet of the Air Corps will be effective July 16. INDOOR SWIMMING POOL SOONTO OPEN | Bathing Facilities at Central High Become Available Tomorrow Afternoon. ‘The indoor swimming pool at Central High School will be open to the public for the remainder of the month and during August, beginning . tomorrow * A3 COPELAND OPPOSES TREATY ACTION NOW Wants Naval Pact Vote Delayed Until Fall, Believing People Do Not Understand It. By the Associated Press. TOWANDA, Pa, July 7.—Dr. Royal S. Copeland, United States Senator from New York, intends to do all in his power to have the Senate defer action on the London naval pact until late in the Fall so “the people may have a chance to find out what the treaty really does.” Asked his opinion of the treaty, the Senator replied with: “What do you think of counterfeit money?"” “The treaty is not what it is sup= posed to be” he said. “The averaj citizen belleves it will cut down navies of the world and do away largely with naval building programs. the contrary, the treaty will cost us $1,000,- 000,000. If the public in general under- stood its real meaning, I do_not belleve it would pass. Therefore, I am going to do all in my power to defer action on the treaty until late in the Fall in order that the people may have & chance to find out what it really does.” Senator Copeland is at Davan Lodge with David Kaufman, newly -gpol.nhd Minister to Siam, and Morgan S. Kauf- man, afternoon, under direction of the Com- munity Center Department of the Dis- trict, it was announced today. A staff of instructors and life guards, under the supervision of Bert C(gllnl, athletic director at Central, will be available to the public during afternoon periods on Tuesd: ‘Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and Tuesday |and Thursddy evenings. The announcement said that the pe- riod from 2:30 to 3:30 o'clock” would be for boys and girls. In the evenings instruction will be available to men and women between 7 and 8 o'clock. From 8 to 9 o'clock in the evening the pool will be open to men and women. Coggins to Have Helpers. Chester Freeman and Richard Gar- rett, both formerly of the Univessity of North Carolina, will assist 3 Miss Lila van Leer, formerly of Sweet- briar College, also will be instructor and life guard. Mrs. Louise Wynn will have charge of the showers at the pool. A period of one hour, from 12:30 to 1:30 o'clock will be reserved for pupils attending Summer school at Central and from 1:30 to 2:30 o'clock instruc- tion will be available to boys and girls. Other athletic facilities have been made available by the Community Cen- ter Department. Tennis courts at the Central center are open to the public weekday afternoons from 5 o'clock until dark and all day Saturdays. Reserva- tions for use of the courts may be made with Paul Blocher, the supervisor, Model Aircraft Class Scheduled. A class in model aircraft will be started this week under the direction of John H. Willlams. The course is designed to prepare boys to qualify for the District of Columbia model air- craft tournament, which is to be held August 25 to 20, inclusive. Mrs. Edith H. Hunter is community secretary in charge ot the Central center and is being assisted by Mrs. A. J. Driscoll, Mrs. M. W. Davis and Mrs. A. L. Irving, secretaries at Thom- | son, Southeast and Macfarland centers, respectively. 'WIFE OF OPERATOR HANGS WITH CORD Invites You Westl IFyou are planning & western tripy one or more of these books will be mailed promptly upon request to B, M. Decker North Coast Limited Newest Transcontinentel Traln |Mrs. 0. T. Cross of Shenandoah Junction Strangles Herself in Her Home. | Special Dispatch to The Star. SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W. Va., July T—Mrs. O. T. Cross, wife of the Norfolk & Western telegraph operator here, took her own life at her home here Sunday afternoon by tying a win- dow shade cord around her neck and strangling herself. The body was found by ):ler husband upon returning from work. She left a note asking his forgiveness and explaining that she could not stand ill health longer. She was operated on four months ago at a Charlottesville, Va., hospital, at first showing improve- ment, but recently being ill again. She| was a native of Charlottesville, but had been a resident here 15 years, prevl-l ously living in Basic, Va. The husband, one brother and one sister survive. The body was taken to Buchanan, Va. for burial Tuesday. RUGS, CARPETS WASHED REPAIRED STORED Absolutely Hand Process ESTIMATES GIVEN FREE Manoukian Bros. IMPORTERS 1341 Conn. Ave. Phone North 4866 0000000000000 0000000000 i % 000000000000 000000000000000000000 Estimates Furnished on Request Our Phone B/ When Does 5-69 by