2
LOCARNO PARLEY
NEARING ACCORD
German Entry Into League,
Declared Already
Settled.
tlif Ahh Ulpil Press
LOCAftXO. Switzerland. October 13.
It is the unity .>f Europe which
\'.e aro building at I.iifarmi." suid one
.** Europe's foreign ministers so The
XsSociated Press today in commenting
■•ri the progress of the security con
. erenre.
You can take it for granted." lie
• •ntimieri. '‘that the question of tier
many entering the League of Nations j
is already settled, and as for the na- i
mre of the French guurantnes for
•he integrity of Roland and Czecho-j
•dovakia. you run say there will be j
no difficulty, as all sides are deter-!
mined to tear h an accord.
"The formula for the latter problem
is vet to he found, but it will take i
;he form of mutual guarantees oper
iting under the League of Xations
ovenant. whose pertinent articles we
"ill cite instead of brutally talking 1
•f direct guarantees."
Penalty Clauses to Stand.
The correspondent learns front
other sources that the Rhine security
pact contains no stipulation as to the
length of its duration, and that there
js no present intention to seek re
vision of the penalty via uses of the
> ague covenant as a result of the gen
tlemen's agreement utih Germany.
The allied statesmen feel it would he
impossible to secure the necessary
unanimous approval of the league
1 ouucil for such a move.
If. therefore. Germany officially ap
proves the League of Xations ar
rangement with the allies, it is evi
dent tha* she must risk her chance
••t convincing the council after she
lias become a member that she is im
potent to contribute economic, finan
cial or military help in any league
move against a proclaimed aggressor
nation.
Accept in Principle.
Lndet the gentlemen’s agreement
Grea.t Britain. France and rtaly, as
permanent members ot the league
council express their views that Ger
many can only be called upon in pro
portion t<> her means. It was the j
British foreign secretary . Austen
'hamberlain, who discovered this for-I
mu la. which is calculated not to of
fend the other members of the league.
When it was first shown to Dr. 1
Luther '.he German chancellor re-j
a-cted it flatly. Later the German j
iuridical experts tohl the chancellor he ;
was making a big mistake, as league :
penalties can only be imposed by |
unanimous consent of th° council', j
hence, without the support of Great,
Britain. France and Italy nothing '
• odd be decided.
• "hancellor Luther and his foreign!
minister. Dr. Stresemann. thereafter!
iccapted the agrement in principle.
PROGRESS ENCOURAGING
Success of Parley ISelteved Assured.
No Crisis Expected.
Hr 1 aids pi T ,» 'tar a if! f'M-'fo Daily Neive.
GOCAUXO. October 13. < ‘hances
Lltar the Locarno conference will suc
ceed arc row good, although it is still
doubtful :ha; Ihe negotiations can
erminate this week. i
The quest!on of tlermany's entrance
into the l.e,igtie of Xations seems ,
practically settled. The allies will
give th* Germans .1 letter promising 1
m use their good offices within the
eague to rb«- end that the league ;
diall make 110 demands upon Germany j
under article 1C of the covenant with- !
• nit taking full account of Germany's 1
military and economic situation. This
- merely a special reiteration for Ger
aic of what already clearly enttn- 1
iated in the covenant and in the Ge
nera protocol. The Germans say they ,
■oust have .1 written document on th#
-übfect in order to quiet the Germatr
Xatiorie list ■.
Germans Deny Settlement
The German delegation even now de- !
•des tha* this question has been en
•irelv soh' d. bn: admits giant proc
ess has been made. The fact, of j
oil rue is th it. as Germ, ny will l>e a
aember of the • oinicil and the poun
d's vote mm-; be unanimous. no de-,
tand whatsoever -an I>,> made upon j
German', without tlermany's consent.]
1 he German.- are beginning to tinder- I
--land this.
Regarding the so- ailed eastern ques- 1
ion. serious negotiations are only .lust!
■egintiing with the interview between j
he te-rmati and Polish ministers tit's!
morning. The Germans still refuse *<v '
How the French a specific right to!
mss the demilitarized Rhineland zone |
'•■ help Roland in • use of German ag
ression against Poland.
< Its Propose ( oiiipromisr.
The fzechs are proposing a emu-j
I'oinise namely, that alliances shall j
ist. but shall operate only after the!
i 'ague of Xations has designated the .
ggres-.t. The Poles, who at lirst re- '
c-ed tins coinpt-oiui.se. now seem ln-j
■'lined in iccept it. provided that the i
1 lertiians agree to arbitrate not only j
. n ida ial but siiso political disputes j
eider the promised German-Polish ar- I
it ration treaty. The next 24 hours ■
boiild clarify this situation.
There remains also the question of
'he status sand duration of the Rhine- !
md occupation after the Germans i
~ign the pact and enter the league. ;
Th® French say the purpose of !he j
;ici is not to provide a substitute for
'be Versailles treaty, whose provl
iotis. therefore, retnaln intact. hut the
Germans argue that a new situation j
""hid he created. tendering the j
Rhineland rs-cupation useless and mis- 1
• 'lie you s. |
I he spirit of the conference is still 1
cmarknbly genial and there is no j
■risis in sight.
' ep.vrtghl. I!*:;.",, lu Chief,, Daily N>»«l'ii i i
BOY FOUND MURDERED
IN EMPTY HOUSE ATTIC;
Mutilated Body of Priest's Nephew 1
Discovered by Patrolman
in St. Paul.
Hr th- A*-i>. :nte«l Pic
ST. PAUL. Minn.. < amber 13. The ;
mutilated body of Francis Rioletti. 11-j
\ ear-old nephew of Rev. Louis Pin-1
etii, pastor of the Catholic Church I
~f the Redeemer. was found today
in the attic on the third floor of a J
racant house here.
Discovery of the body was made j
by Patrolman John Rose. Police ex- j
pressed the belief that the boy was
murderrd at another place and his
body taken to the vacant house. The
boy yvas last seen at a Columbus
ia\ banquet .Monday evening.
•
Bad Place to Loaf.
Kt«m the Chicago News.
A kind hearted gentlemtn. Itearing j
a dog howling mournfully, decided to j
investigate the animal's ailment. He
found the dog sitting calmly upon his
haunches, but sriii emitting agonized
\ elps.
"What nils y.iiir dog?" he asked j
the hound's ow ict.
"Oh. he's lazy." returned the ]
owner tun • * dly.
"Bui I.- won't make a dog j
howl.”
Yes. bui .lint <iog is silling on a
sandhurr.
: Bravest Bnrglar
Satisfied to Get
| German Police Dog
l special Dispatch to The Sta:
BABTIMORK. Mii.. October 13.
There is at least one man In ilnl
, fimore for whom the sight of a
( lerma.il police dog has no terror.
Tn fact, these police dog* hold hi*
fascination ami early yesterday
! morning he stole one from the
yard of Herman Scher. owner of
(he animal.
i Northern district police were
i told that when the bold stranger
i entered the yard he found the po
, j lice dog, valued at sloo, leashed to
i a pole. The burglar apparently
worked fast, because neighbors
i tell of no sound which might in
•• dieate the dog put up a stand
1 against the marauder.
CZECH DEBT PLANS
' READY FOR SIGNING
j Approval Scheduled This Aft
j ernoon for Funding Indebt
| edness at $115.000.000.
j Signatures will be attached this aft
! erttoon t<> the agreement for funding
j Czechoslovakia's debt at $115,000,000
j to the United States.
The agreement reached last Friday
lias been reduced to proper documen
tary form, and it was the plan of the
two governments to have the papers
signed this afternoon at the Treasury
by members of the commission from
Czechoslovakia and the American Debt
Commission.
Most of the visiting commission
probably will leave Washington this
afternoon for New York, where they
expect to confer for some time with
officials of the Federal lteserve Bank
• there.
Organizing New Hank of Issue.
The republic of i 'zeehoslovakin is or
| ganizing a new National Bank of Issue.
and indications are that I>r. Vileni
j l’ospisil. head of their debt • otnmis
! sion here, will be asked to assume the
i leadership.
Although Dr. I’ospisU's appointment
has not been deiinitelv decided, it has
been admitted that the new bank of
issue will be formulated along the
genera! lines of the Federal Deserve
j system in this country.
The new National Bank of Issue for
j tiie little republic, it is understood, may
'be started with a capitalization of
♦ 12.000.0(H).
Dr. Posplsil is not only one of the
i leading financiers of his country, hut
; is also a statesman of some experience,
i Besides his Washington mission he
had represented his country at the
; peace conference at Baris and at
(leneva. He is director of the Havings
: Ikink of Prague.
“Fresh Debt" Not ( outemplated.
Asked as to the possibility of C/.r< h
j oslovakia asking for loans from
i private sources in America, now that
j the government debt has been funded.
| lir. l’ospisii said that just now.- his
j government was not prepared to as
! sumo any "fresh debt."
! He intimated, however, that in the
i future should his government desire to
' limit a bond issue the American money
market only would he considered.
EXPERT ALARMED
BY OIL SHORTAGE
Doherty Declares Future Is,
Dark as Supply Rapidly
Dwindles.
j b> the Associated Hieg«
AT BANTU' CITY. N .1 October
13. - “Truly alarming" was the term
■ applied today to the situation as re
's gards the Nation's future oi! supply
!by Henry T.. Doherty of New York.
! lie spoke on “Raw Materials of the
j Future" at the convention of the
American tins Association and took
j issue with a recent report of the
I American Petroleum Institute,
j “A committee of directors of the
institute started out with the avowed
intention of proving that we had an
ample supply of natural petroleum
'oil," he said. “A careful analysis of
{this report would not convince any
j intelligent man that if war should
'come again, even within 36 months.
|a\c as a Nation would be certain to
have an adequate supply of available
! petroleum."
Mr. Doherty said ilia), as the tom-
I mittee was unahle to show that the
Nation has an adequate supply of
; natural petroleum. If fell back on
I the assurance of a supply of oil from
[shale oil and coal beds.
! "They tell us.” he said. "tlial we can
[possibly produce as much aw 2,095.-
4u0.000.000 barrels of oil from coal.
| Yet they are compelled to admit in
this same report that if all the coal
j mined in 1024 had been processed for
. oil recovery it would have produced
i hurelv more than 3 per rent of the
t total of all the motor fuel required in
I 1924.
j "You men are in a much better po
jsition than anybody else to realize
how wholly visionary and impractical
j it would be to be compelled to depend
t for our oil upon cither coal or shale."
LANSBURGH GIVES PRIZES
i FOR NEW POLICE SCHOOL
! Will Present Silver Hair Brushes
to Man Standing Highest
in Each Class.
In order to stimulate competition
: among the new members of the police
force while they are passing through
the period of training. Henry Baus
burgh today informed Commissioner
Kenning that he will offer a set of
silver military brushes to ‘be police-j
| man baking highest ''age of
leach < lass that goes ’m po
! lice school during tic year
li*2s-1!>26. Tn his 1. Bans
burgh said: "I am veii i.rtoli iuter-
I ested in the school for olllcers of the
j police Department. I consider it very
i tine to have such a school, it will be
iny great pleasure to present to the
officer of each class who obtains the
i highest percentage a pair of sterling
i silver military brushes "
| (’ommissioner Fenning announced
; that the police school is being moved
i from the sixth precinct, on New Jer
sey avenue, to the seventh precinct, in
(Georgetown, where better quarters
will be available. Each class will oon-
I sist of from 30 to 35 men and will run
■ for 30 days. The school will i copen
i under (he direction of Sergt. F. S. \V.
| Burke.
Japan may place radio equipment
under the luxury tariff, with a 100 per
cent duly fax.
THE EVEXIMi STAR, WASHINGTON, IT (J., TUESDAY, OCTUHEH i:i,
(RAILROADS SEEK
i MAIL PAY RAISE
! Claim “Space” Basis, Rath
; er Than Weight, Imposes
Greater Burden.
i
l$Y FKKDKKH WILLIAM WILK.
Railroads of the United States have
j struck for higher pay for carrying the
mails. They have filed formal peti
tions with the Interstate ('ommeree
Gommission, asking for reexamina
tion of existing rates with u view to
their revision upward. The carriers’
demand for increased mail pay is co
incident with their pending applica
tion for a horizontal advance of 5 per
cent in freight rates. Xo specific in
crease in mail rates is requested.
At present the Rost office Depart
j m.ent is paying the railroads about
$100,000,000 a year for carrying the
mails. Tt has been unofficially calcu
lated that the Increase the carriers
hope to 1* awarded might amount to
as much as 310.000,000. or an advance
of roundly 10 per cent. The Post Of
fice Department has. of course, the
liveliest interest in the case in the car
riers are presenting to the Interstate
Commerce Commission. It may mean
an eventual addition of $10,000,000 to
the deficit under which the postal
service is already operating. Due to
1 increase in postal pay on January 1.
; 1925. and anticipated drop in revenue
j in the interval, it is feared that the
j deficit for the current sis. al year may
pile up as high as s39.oai),ftao or
! S4O 000 Ouo
i
200 Seeking Increase*.
Practically every railroad in the
country wants more for transporting
the mails. The c ase now pending be
fore tho Interstate Commerce Com
mission was begun by petition of
about 20a class 1 lines. The commis
sion acted on the petition in the sense
of reopening proceedings so as to in
clude all railroads carrying the mails.
The Nexv Ragland lines filed a sep
parate petition. There was also a
separate petition by !6 roads, mostly
] short lines, in the intermountain and
Pacific coast territory. The cornmis
j sion plans to consider the petitions of
j the Western and New Rnglund roads
] separately from the proceedings ap
j plying to the :’oh class 1 lines.
: All of tiie petitioning companies <le
j dare that present rates of mail pay
j are inadequate. With the exception
; of the New England lines, whicli re-
I reived a 35 per cent Increase in De
cember. 1923, and intermountain and
I Pacific lines, increased 100 per < en*
I in January, 11*25, virtually all roads
j have been carrying mail or, a basis
j unchanged since 1919. In 1920. when.
1 because of the consequences of the
| war. railroads were authorized to fix
higher rates for passenger and freight
i traffic, they were not granted any
j increase in pay for carriage of the
1 mails. The New England companies
| received their advance in mail rates
j on the ground that, while subject to
heavy terminal charges like the great
trunk lines, they have only compara
> lively short hauls, and thereby are
! deprived of the earning capacity en
1 joyed by roads which carry the mails
j over long distances.
Oppose "Unit” System.
[ The railroads base their present «p
--j plication l'or higher mail pay on the !
i alleged injstice of the "unit” system '
j adopted by the Interstate Commerce
j Commission in March, 192t>. Up to
I that time mail was handled by the
j railroads on the weight basis. The
Commission decided to substitute
space for weight as the “unit” of
I computation. The result has been. a c
; cording to the railroads, that the Rost
Office Department. es)>ec-ially in the
case of so-called “storage cats' sent
for long hauls across the country,
; has so heavily loaded and overloaded
(them that serious injustice is caused
; to the carriers. Their contention is
l that they are required to carry under
» the space-unit system about 80 per
cent more mail matter than under
the weight-unit system, without addi
j tlonal compensation. It is this in
‘ equitable arrangement that the car
i riers seek so have altered to their ad
! vantage.
In detail, the petitioners allege that
• the present loading of the storage
units is at least twice that of the test
period upon which the present rates
of pay are based. The average load
ing of all units taken together is said
to he at least two-thirds greater lhan
the loading of the test period. The
j carriers further claim that they are
(providing » greater trucking and
j handling service at terminals, without
any substantial increase in eompensa
j tlon
Gathering Statistic*.
j Both the railroads and the Rost Of
i Lice Department are now engaged in
! gathering statistics for presentation to
j the Interstate Commerce Commission.
] The carriers have supplied their flg
j tires and the post office authorities
are checking tip on them, it is not
probable that hearings with regard
j to mail pay will be held for several
■ months.
• Payment "n the space basis is
i made to the railroads regardless of
j the weight of the mail carried in the
! several units of space occupied. The
amount of space to be paid for is
determined from tests made through
out the country every two years.
Postmaster General New recently
stated that the average railway haul
' of a piece of United States mail is
I 442 miles.
i DEATH MAY BE ORDERED
FOR HIDING PLASTIRAS
;
• Premier Threatens to Resort to
Extreme Law to Capture
Fugitive General.
; By Radio loTHe Star and Chicago Daily \e««
j VIENNA. October 13. —Greek Pre
j mier Rangalos threatens to apply the j
I sex'ere "robber law” 10 Gen. Rlusti
i ras. By this law all who help to hide
i tho fugitive general are liable to death I
j punishment. Greece is broadcasting j
'announcements that I’lastiras must i
! surrender or suffer the extreme pen- !
ally.
i Deputy Rapanastasiu. vim is
. known for his radical ideas combined ;
J with a dream of a greater Greece, has ■
; assumed the leadership of the oppo- I
sition to Pangalov. tie makes a vio
lent attack on the premier in the
newspaper Dimoktratia.
Nevertheless. Premier Rangalos
sayk all is serene. He claims that
Papanaetasiu has a following of only j
15 deputies and that his outbursts are
unworthy of notice.
| Elections will be held in either
I March or June next year. Rangalos
; seems to favor a Greek-Jugoslav al
' fiance.
| Ifopfrilbt. 192 ft. by Chics *o Daily »w-« fo.'
* I
Preferred <3tt to Cash.
| from the Boston Transcript,
j Little Elinor, visiting with her
1 mother in Maine, was x-ery anxious to
I take home an Angora, cat. Mother ob
| jected, thinking that the care of a cat
j front Maine to Connecticut was too
I much to undertake, so she tried to buy
. Elinor off. "if you will say no more
about tire cat." she said. "I will give 1
• you a dollar to spend in New Haven.”
Elinor looked quite thoughtful for a
I moment, then said. “But, mother,
just think of how much longer • oat
will last than s dollar!"
Afflicted With Cancer in Operation,
( Interne’s Case May Be Revolutionary
Illy, the Associated Pies,
PARIS, October 13.—Whai may
| prove to be one of the most important
i discoveries of recent years in the bat
tle which is being waged against
cancer has been made in the case of
Henri Yadon. a young Parisian hos
pital Interne—-but at the cost of an
arm.
Two years ago Yadon, assisting in
an operation to remove n cancerous
tumor, accidentally pricked his finger
with the iioint of a hypodermic needle
that had lieen used on the cancer pa
tient. Slowly a similar tumor grew
1 upon Vadon'a hand, and his arm had
: to lie amputated to save his life.
■ Surgeons declare there is no proof
J of the communicability of cancer from
i one person to another. They assert
]»COAST GUARD
1 CUTTER DISABLED 1
j
ICG-242 Beached in Gale.|
j Casualties Among Crews Are j
Confined to Colds.
| By the Associated Prew.
BOSTON. October I:l.—The list of j
I casualties in the Goat Guard patrol |
J fleet grew yesterday, when the OG-242, j
i speeding for this port after springing 1
!:i leak in the terrific gales of the j
’week end. opened her seams vhen j
j within sight <if home and was beached ,
1 at. City Roint. Her mishap brought
the number of petrol vessels disabled
by the storm to six. In every case
the crew was saved.
The CO-23#, which sent out appeals
for help when her fuel supply became
exhausted Saturday’ night, limped into
harbor late yesterday In tow of the
(’oast Guard cutter Tampa. Except
for bad colds In several cases, her
crew of seven were little the worse for
their adventure.
I The CG-147. which tame to grief
j south of Nantucket, was reported In
| tow of the cutter Mojave. The CO-126
j put in at New London, Conn., with j
j her bow splintered, one engine out of
| commission and her crew of seven ex- !
I huusted. ]
j The CG-128 was a derelict 2(>o miles 1
j southeast of Nantucket, while her!
j rev, taken off by the British steam
ship I'anieronla. were .111 their way to'
Glascow. The t’o-134 was abandoned]
near Nantucket and her crew taken j
yff by the steamer Hepublh
The i'G-23K was on duty on runt
row off sane Ann vhen she lan into I
11 heavy blow Saturday morning 50 !
j miles east of Thaehers Island. The
j 75-foot vessel struggled nil day against j
ilhi heavy sra« and about 6 o'clock,
j fit night cm out of fuel oil. A radio !
j message to th» ('oast Guard beae ,
' here tohl of her plight, and the]
; I'amru was ordered to her assistance, j
I picking the patrol boat up 25 miles j
j southeast of Gape Cod.
] The crew had a plentiful food sup i
ply. but after the fuel gave out there j
j tva = no m“ans of cooking it. Stair- t
. •'"* an', other wood furnishings]
! ver * < hopped up to feed the fire in ■
lh* ■ "•> stoic.
! DRIVE FOR LIBRARY
SUPPORT IS BEGUN
I Dr. Bowerman. Institution
!
: Head. Seeks Backing for
Proposed Law.
A speaking tour designed in visual i
I ize before District residents the high j
| type of library service which the No- i
j tional Capital deserves, and to win
j universal support in the passing of]
| an amended library law making such ;
! development possible, was initiated by j
I L»r. George F. Bowerman. librarian ]
of the Public Library, last nighi. In ]
an address liefore members of the
Rinev Bron< h fitizens' Association Dr.
Bowerman obtained prompt response
to his plea for co-operation vhen the
body adopted n resolution tint only in
dorsing the proposed amended library
1 law. but also calling upon the Uedera
i tlon of Citizens' Associations to take
j up the fight.
Tonight Dr. Bowerman will speak
{ at a meeting of the Lincoln Dark
■ Citizens* Association, lie announces]
j that he has already sought the sup- |
port of the .Mount Pleasant Citizens’ 1
Association and thsit an appropriate i
] committee of this organization is ex- I
j petted to report at the next meeting j
] of this body. It is his plan to appear I
j before practically ever f itizens asso-j
j ciation in the city.
Urged Taking of .Money.
Unquestionable authority t*> accept j
gifts of land or money for the estab- !
lishment of branch libraries and thej
maintenance of branch libraries in j
high and junior high schools for the]
I benefit of surrounding communities t
j are two of the important remedies)
! provided in the amended library law. j
Another is the undisputed right of the
public; library to be recognized in the!
annual District budget.
Dr. Bowerman declared today that
the branch library issue is a vital one
in the National Capital, and that
while Washington has only three
branch libraries, a number of cities
: having a population considerably less
j have as many as 17 branch libraries.
| He pointed out that, at the Eastern
I High School and in other schools in
) Washington there is available space!
! for a branch library, but that so far i
j lack of funds has kept the main lnsti-!
] tut ion from establishing them.
Another vital point taken care of in !
the amended library law. Dr. Bower -
! man explains, is the preamble, which
!in the following words endows the
] library with a broader charter: "Said
! library shall consist of a central libra
i t v and such number of branch libra
1 lies so located and so supported as to
I furnish books and other printed mat
j ter and information service convenient
' to the homes and offices of all resi
f dents of the said District.”
1
Might Kent Quarters.
Under the proposed amended library
! law the board of trustees of the Rubllc
j Library would be authorized to rent
temporary quarters In growing neigh
borhoods where the schools are over
crowded until new schools are built or
ways and means are found to establish
a permanent branch. 1
Dr. Bowerman explained today that
j with the amended library law on the:
i statute books much of the difficulty I
1 which the library has encountered |
during the past 10 years’ struggle to
gix e the city adequate library facili-1
ties will be ended for all time.
“I xvould certainly be happy.” the ]
librarian continued, “to be able to j
spend more of my time on my library
duties and less of niv nervous energy
on fighting for our very existence.
“In many cities library appropria
j lions are taken care of automatically ]
by law, and when this happy situation i
prevails, all the time of the library j
force can he spent in rendering high- j
class library service.”
While Dr. Bowerman and (he mem
that if it is definitely shown that the
tumor of Vadon'a arm was a true can
cer. similar to that of the patient who
was operated on, the discovery’ may
prove revolutionary. The possibility
that Vadon was not infected with can
cer virus, but that a minute particle
of the original tumor was actually
grafted on the flesh of his hand, is
not being overlooked by the investi
gators.
Several days ago. ns Vadon la> 011
his cot in the hospital, he was sur
prised to receive a representative of
the French government, who, in the
presence of some of tho most distin
guished medical men of the country,
pinned on his breast the cross of the
Legion of Honor in recognition of his
martyrdom to science.
FLEET TD VISIT ~
PORT OF TRAGEDY
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1
j Tai-o-Hai, Capital ot Mar
i quesas, Scene of Brilliant
! Hopes That Proved Futile.
Taio liai. Island port of call of the
I homeward bound United States fleet
j which lias been visiting in the Pacific,
j is described as a “port of tragedy" in
1 n bulletin from the headquarters "f
‘ ihe National Geographic Society.
1 “Situated at the innermost point of
a horseshoe bay. whicli furnishes a
reasonably well protected harbor.”
says tlie bulletin. "Tui-o-H*.!. once
gave promise of being a Pacific me
tropolis. a dlval. perhaps, to Papeete.
Tahiti. 750 miles to the southwest.
The town, on Nukahlva, largest of the
Marquesas Islands, is listed as the
administrative seut of the French gov
ernment of the Marquesas: but the
honor is a hollow one, for the Mar
quesans are rapidly dying off. The
hundred thousand or more who peo
pled the 11 islands a century ago haxe
dwindled to 3,000 or 4,00 f.
Future Seemed Assured.
“When France took the islands over
! in 1842 the future seemed rosy to the
j white settbrs xvho went there. The
(islands teemed with superlatively
j healthy, brawn> natives. The rainfall
was abundant and vegetation grew
rankly. Dreams <>f exceedingly pro
; din tive coconut, cotton and xanilla
! plantations filled the heads of French
j adventurers. Tai-O-Hai was built with
i these dreams in mind, and stores, intis.
] churches, schools anil another accom
-1 paniment of civilization, a jail, sprang
. up.
“Rut things did not w«>rk out as
] had been expected. The .Marquesans
[did not care to become plantation la
j borers. They had led live 6of ease,
spending their time in idleness, in
'gathering nature's fruits, and in war
l among themselves. Some tinserupu
: lous planters tried rum and opium as
i inducements to labor. They brought
!a certain temporary success, but they
I helped to bring a speedy end to ail
\ hope for the survival of the Mar
quesan people. To drunkenness and
soddenness were soon added the
white man's diseases —diseases which
meant little to Ihe civilizations of
America and Europe that had be
come largely immune to them, but
which carried off the islanders like
flies.
Teeming Valleys Deserted.
"Tai-O-Hai. which bad waxed, .is
; quickly waned. Today less than 150
I people live in the village and there is
onlj a handful of whites. Abandoned
buildings are on every hand: trader's
shops, dwellings, an inn. a leper
'house. The once populace valleys
' back in Xukahiva have been aban
doned to the rank growth: only the
half smothered platforms on which
dwellings stood tell of their past use
by man. Tn the \ alleys not wholly
abandoned, the few survivors have
moved neat the sea for neighborli
-1 ness.
i “The Marquesas are in two groups,
j Nuknhiva lies in the northern group.
1 Seventy miles of ocean separates it
] from the group to the south. It was
I the southern group, discovered in
i 1595 by Mendana. that was named
{Marquesas. This group was thought
■ to constitute the entire archipelago.
Claimed for America.
"The northern islands remained
unknown to the outside world for
200 years and were then discovered by
on American, t’apt. Ingraham, a
skipper from Boston. He named them
the ‘Washington Islands.' and they
almost became American possessions.
Gant. David Porter of the United
States Navy took possession of Tab
| O-Hai Bay in 1813 while harrying
] British ships in the Pacific: subdued
1 the Nukahivian natives; and pro
j claimed the Washington Islands ter
■ ritory of the United States. But a
] mutiny of the ships he left in the
harbot put an end to his plan, and
] the United states never reasserted
its claim.
“The Marquesas are of volcanic
i origin. They are extremely rugged
, and. except the valley floors, there
is no level land in them. To the ob
j server from shipboard who sails
1 among them their sharp peaks, fine
] behind line, out the sky like the
| bizarre mountains of stage scenery.
| “A number of the smaller Islands
j are now entirely uninhabited. Fnless
! some hardy rave be brought to them
! it will not he long before Ihe .Mar
quesas will be left virtually as they
were millenniums ago. before the Vik
ings of the Pacific in their huge
canoes came to claim them for man
kind."
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DISPUTES TYPEWRITER
IS AUSTRIAN INVENTION
j
[Statement at Recent Unveiling
Ceremony Challenged by Presi
dent of Historical Society.
Bv the Associated Press
HERKIMER, N. Y.. October 13.
Austrian claims that the typewriter
ia an Austrian, not an American, in
vention, which were given concrete
form by the recent unveiling of a
memorial tablet at Innsbruck, Austria,
to Peter Mitterdorfer as the Inventor
of the typewriter, are challenged by
.John W. Vrooman. president of the
Herkimer County Historical Kociety.
Mr. Vfoontan declared that “the out
standing and important fact is that
Christopher Latham Slides' machine
was the first practical machine made
available to the world." The American
Slides' model was patented hv the
I Remington arms factory in 1873.
, Vrooman credited Mitterdorfer with
I being one of a long list of individuals
who “had been trying to devise a prac
tical typewriter" ever since the first
patent was granted by the British
I Patent office in 1714.
j '
j tiers of the board of trustees of the
I library do not anticipate any opposi
tion! from the District Commissioners
{ or Congress when the time arrives for
1 action on the proposed amended li
! brary law. he feels District residents
i should know what the library is plan
■ ning to do for them in order that they
Jean individually and collectively give
expression to their desire that it be
accent pllsheH.
>
MERGER PUN HELD'
UP BY VALUATIONS|
Dispute Over Figures of Both!
Street Car Lines Delays !
Consolidation.
Hue of the biggest difficulties to be
solved in the present movement to
bring about merger of the street rail
way lines is settlement of the valua
tions of the Washington Railway and
Electric Co. and of the Capital Trac
tion Co., it was pointed out at the
District Building today.
The District Supreme Court last
Summer decided the Capital Trac
tion's valuation case, which had the
effect of raising that company’s ap
praisal from approximately $17,000,-
000 to atKHit $31,000,000. The Public
Utilities Commission has noted an ap
peal. however, and the case must now
i>e heard in the District Court of Ap
peals some time this Winter.
Although the case of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Co. lias
never been heard in the District -Su
preme Court, it is believed by officials
of the commission that, once the Cap
ital Traction’s case is settled finally,
it should not be difficult on the basis
of that decision to adjust the Wash
ington Railway and Electric valua
tion.
Confers With Officials.
V\ bile the disputed valuation pr« '
sents somewhat of a stumbling block j
at the present time, officials of the ,
Public I'rditles Commission are lend i
ing their co-operation to tbe present j
movement to the merger with a feel- j
ing of optimism that a concert propo- |
sit ion may lie worked out for suhmis- !
sion to Congress for approval during I
Ihe forthcoming session.
The first indication that definite j
steps looking to « consolidation were
being taken yesterday when Edwin j
Grub!, vice president of the North
American Co., came to Washington j
from New York and conferred for i
several hours with Engineer Com
missioner Hell and his assistant. MaJ.
W. E. R. Co veil.
Citizens to Be Informed.
While no announcement has been I
made as to possible developments in 1
fbe near future, it is expected that
many informal conferences will lie
held by the various interested parties
in an effort to unite on a plan. 1
Officials of the commission have in- '
dicated that the citizens of the Dis
trict. will l>e consulted and acquainted
with whatever plan is worked out, it
being Ihe desire of the commission to
have the co-operation of the entire
city in the effort to bring about j • 1
merger.
It was pointed out today that in j
such an undertaking there must neces- i
Hariiy be informal and executive con
fereru es to discuss details, but the j
commission, it has J>een indicated, j
will keep the public informed as far
as possible on developments.
PATRICK DENIES
MADDEN CHARGE
OF WASTE IN AIR,
iCoiitiiuted front First Rage i j
tary Weeks and Assistant Secretary)
Davis have been most willing to dis- j
cuss Air Service problems with him.!
and that In his previous appearance |
before the board tie nan no intention !
of indicating that the Air Service was|
be,ng “starved" at the expense of
other Army units, but that the service
w.ts “too small" and operating with
“too tittle" equipment.
There has. however, lie said, been
no effort to correct several "injustices !
with the Air Service labois.”
New and Drum to Appear.
Two other prominent witnesses.;
Postmaster Genera! New and Brig. ’
Gen. H. A. Drum of the general staff, j
were scheduled to appear today, but)
«'liaii-man Morrow was not positive
they could be brought to the stand I
1-etnro the close of today's sessions. |
There are numerous other witnesses )
whom various board members have !
asked (o appear. Including Mai. Gen. i
Ely and Maj. Oen. Summert4.ll. To
morrow the board plans to hear Ad j
miral William t-'. Sims, who proved to ,
l*e the most picturesque and interest 1
ing witness at the aircraft investiga- ,
tion conducted last Wintet by a spe- i
till House committee
llagood for Separation.
I he board yesterday afternoon beam I
Admiral S. S. Robison, commander-in- !
chief of the United States fleet; Maj. j
Gen. Johnson Hagood. commander of
the 4th Corps Area at Atlanta; Maj.
Hen. Frank W. Uoe. thief of Coast
Artillery; l.ieut. Uomdr. B. G. Heigh
ten!. aviation aide to the commanding
officer of the scouting fleet, and Capt.
Howard Rath. Air Service Reserves.
Admiral Robison and Gen. Coe op '
pos-vl any changes in the status of j
the twi. services' air arms, while Gen. i
Hi good favored divorcement of the '
Air Service from the general staff and '
its operation directlv through the)
chi* f of staff.
Serious problems of administration 1
and supply in the serv ice, he said, are
not properly handled because of the i
youth and inexperience of general I
staff officers, and lie advocated legisla- .
tion giving the service greater free '
(iom. such as was passed in 1907. as- '
fecting the Coast Artillery. The serv- i
ice which bo thought was suffering I
from n lack of higher officers should )
have its own line of promotion, lie de
clared. providing more rapid advance- I
ment than in the other branches, on !
the ground that the latter can be re j
cruited more rapidly in time of war.
Coe Opposes Change.
Gen. Coe opposed a separate avia- !
tion department, holding that the Air 1
Service should be regarded as an arm i
of the military establishment and sub :
ject to a single command. Admiral j
Robisort said naval aviation is 97 per
cent of the time aboard ship, the men
think in terms of ships, and be I
“wouldn't advocate any change what- I
ever in the present arrangement."
He thought flight pay for naval avia-1
tors was "not too great for the extra!
skill and risk." and in addition he rec
ommended Government insurance for<
the pilots’ families.
Comdr. Brighton, the flr.st man to
fly a seaplane into Greenland, opposed
any change in the present operation
of naval aviation. He thought much
of the agitation for a separate corps
had tts inception among aviators on
shore duty. When these officers go
to sea. he said, their ideas will bo
changed.
Capt. Rath reviewed aerial bombing
during the war, and criticized Col.
William Mitchell's magazine articles,
which claimed much attention before
a House committee last Winter.
DAVIS APPOINTED
SECRETARY OF WAR
AS WEEKS RESIGNS
(Continued from First I‘a ged
family, and reduces to 4 out of 10
the number of cabinet members who
have their homes east of the Missis
sippi River. It likewise presents the
unusual picture of two unrelated men
of the same family name holding the
title of Secretary, w Secretary of
War Dwight JR. Devls will sit near
1
Heads Women's Legion j
Ml(~ li| . . ill ill l i
Os San Francisco. sinter of Jack I .oil-!
don, has just been cif-dptl national j
president of the American legion
Auxiliary. in session at Omaha con
vention.
ELDRIDGE STUDYING
PEDESTRIAN RULES
i
Seeking Information From
Other Cities to Determine
Plan to Be Used Here.
Information relating to the regula
tion of pedestrians is being gathered i
by Traffic Director Eldridge from
various other cities to be used in de
termining upon the best pedestrian
rule to be recommended for adoption
here.
.Mr. Eldridge slated today that no
definite action has been taken toward
enactment >f a regulation in Wash-j
ington requiring pedestrians to obey!
traffic signals at policed intersec- j
tions, and that nothing would be j
done until the (.'ommv«sioners had been
consulted and given their approval. ]
The traffic " direr tor. however, is
making a study of the way other
cities have handled this question
with a view to making some recom
mendation to the Commissioners luier
on.
It is probable that whatever regula
lion is drafted for the District will
apply only to police] intersections or
to streets controlled by automatic
street lights. The first automatic
lights will be put into operation on
Sixteenth street sometime in Novem
ber.
CAILLAUX AT GRIPS
WITH HOME CRITICS
ON TAXATION POLICY
(Continued from First I’age i
tionai direct taxes to make up the
deficiency in the budget.
As soon as the finance minister is ,
finished with the committee hearings. !
lie will leave for Nice, where a t the ]
convention of the radicals he will, so I
to speak. b« placed under accusation 1
of treason to the party. At least half
the members of the radical party have
been converted to the Socialist finan
rial doctrine, and these are expected
to demand that M. t'aillaux be re
pudiated for financial heresy.
Aided by Associates.
The finance ministei will be flanked
at Nice by Premier Fainleve ar.d sev
eral other members of the cabinet,
but political prophets predict that his
colleagues will be too busy defending
their own interests to pay much at
tention to (he financial debate
Opinion is about evenly divided a«
I to whether M. Failiaux will weather
| the storm at the radical convention,
i Odds are being given in some quarters
ion the fa.ll of the cabinet as soon as
i Parliament convenes, whatever may
' happen at Nice, but there is a possibil
ity that the finance minister if lie wins
in the party convention nil! be saved
from the ministerial wreck.
War Stocks Payment.
'I lie prosperi of having pa>
>4(10.000.000 tor war stocks in a lump
sum in 3920. if the tempo rail debt
settlement is not accepted h\ France,
is exercising a strong influence <m.
the attitude of the government, it is
: said in well informed circles.
The question has been only tenta
tively discussed by the cabinet, but
I’aillaux lay stress on the fact that
i if the temporar\ arrangement were
j not satisfactory, maturity of the wai
st ock indebtedness stares France in
| the tace and must he taken into con
sideration.
It is regarded as doubtful whether
i the question will corne up for deci
sion before Parliament reconvenes
j t lie latter part of October or early in
November, and important interna!
I political controversies are dealt with.
| Some of the members of the French
; mission have issued a mild warning
Ito the' public against hasty con
| elusions, in view of the difficult posi
ition tlie French treasury would find
I itself if nothing were settled now.
and the question feft in abeyance un
til complicated by the approaching
i maturity of the war stock debt.
! the bead of the cabinet table, while
l Secretary of Labor .Tames .1. Davis
| sits 81 its foot.
Fought in World War.
The new War Secretary comes into
office with combat experience in the
I World War to assist him as well as
I his work of the last two years in nd
j ministrative problems of the War De
partment. He was a captain in the
stli Missouri Infantry in 1917. and
later a lieutenant colonel with the
35th Division in the Argonne and St.
Mihiel offensives.
He was awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal and was twice men
tioned in orders for gallantry in ac
tion. He first entered politics in his
native city, St. Louis, in 1907, when
be was elected to the old St. Ixiuis
House of Delegates. His connection
with civic affairs included service as
park commissioner from 1911 to 1914.
He opposed the late Selden P. Spen
cer for the Missouri senatorship in
1920. but was defeated. President
Harding made him a director of the
War Finance Corporation in 1921.
Two years later he became Assistant
Secretary of War. in which post he
was charged by law with developing
complete plansf for industrial mobiliza
tion in the event of war. It fell to
him during Mr. Weeks’ absence to
deal with such troublesome questions
ns the Air Service controversy. Ilis
handling of that problem and his sug
gestion that the President appoint a
special board to clear the atmosphere
are believed to have been a great
factor in the determination to name
him ns Mr. Weeks’ successor in the
cabinet.
If you have a had memory you can
improve it by doing ihings ikai you
can’t forget.
iSEEKS TO DEPORT
j MEXICAN ACTRESS
Complaint Charges She Ac
companied Alberto J. Pani
From El Paso to New York.
A case has been presented to imrn
grarion' officials, seeking deportation
of (lloria Faure. Mexican actress, on
the charge that she illegally acoom
panied Alberto J. Pani. Mexican
finance secretary, from El Paso to
New York, but it has met. for the
present at least, with the statement
that the immigration law specifically
exempts foreign government officials.
The complaint, filed with Immigra
tion Commissioner Curran, in New
iork, is understood to have been pre
pared by a Mexican professor at a
New York university. It was followed
I by an emphatic declaration from the
J Mexican embassy that political op
j portents of the Calles administration
are behind it.
i-abor Department officials declined
today to dtscuss the action they would
take, further than to point to the
statutes which they believed would
cover the case. The paragraph epe
clfleaJly referred to provide* tha
‘‘nothing in this act shall be construed
to apply to accredited official* of for
eign governments, nor to their suites,
families or guests."
; It. was made clear at the departmem
(that the merits of the case had noi
■ been examined here and that the ,]»
1 partmont was unadvised aw to the
j basis for the complaint.
: Minister Pani is now in Xev y,.- .
Jon a financial mission for his
iernrnent.
CHARGE IS DENIED
i
I
j Psilis Secretary Says Actress Did \.,t
Accompany Party.
! NEW YORK. October 13 OP). Dr
rial that Gloria Faure. actress,
rompanled Alberto J. Pani to New
York on his private car was made to
day by A. H. Cervantes, his eerretar'
He said the party consisted only of
Senor Pani and official staff.
Secretary Pani arrived here Septet *
j her 29 to discuss debt ami railroad
I matters with bankers. Jlc is still m
1 the city.
j The complainants who are seek in _■
j the deportation of the actress a!le_.
j that she arrived here from El Paso ...
j the private car Hidalgo of the Mo
J lean National Railways with Se- :•
i tary’s Pani’s party: that she has be
I seen at Senor Poni's hotel with him
jlhat when transportation was obtain
| pile was represented as a maid
i that Secretary Pani's wife and dai
j ter are in I.os Angeles.
■ j •
TESTS FOR FEDERAL JOB'
Commission to Hold Examina* •
to Fill Vacanciw
The Civil Service Commis*.. .
announced open competitive cx„...:
j tions to fill vacancies in the folio
! positoins:
i Senior statistical clerk at SIA -
'• year, statistical clerk at $1,680 a ;
departmental service, Wa*hin-_ •
D. <
Cotton olasser's helper. Burea
i Agricultural Economics. Departn -
1 of Agriculture, at 11.500 a year,
i All citizens of the United States -
j meet the requirements, both men
'women, may enter these examlnati
! For ihe present vacancies In the -
i sitlon of cotton < lasser a helper <
I are desired.
i Full information and applies
| blanks may be obtained at the i
j of the Civil Service Commission
I F street northwest.
. Some Wood in Head
> on the Good Hardware Magazine
"There is not another boy r.
town as clever as my Charles!
j "Go on: how is that?”
"Well, look at those two chairs. .\l
■ t'haxles made them all out of his os -
, head, and he has enough wood lef: :<>
| make an armchair.”
Needs a Best.
from the Boston T--an»oriDt
.Mrs. Subbubs —I'm going to lei.
Rridget off for a couple of weeke..
Subbubs —What! Why, she’s non
entitled to a vacation.
Mrs. S. — No. but 1 am.
SHIPPING NEWS
Arrivals at and Sailings Prna
New York
ARRIVED TESTERDAT
ill .Port. Limnn. <Vt a
j Gr.is'-i-pi Verdi.. .. Genoa Sept. 2 a
, f aiedoma ... Glasgov. Oct. a
i Lorenzo. .San Juan. Oct. A
Amem-an Lesion. . Rio tic Janeiro. Sept-3®
Carmania Liverpool. Oct. 3
; Fort st Geurse. . Hamilton. Oct. 10
Republic .. Bremen Oct. 1
DUE TODAT.
Ainer.- an Banker London. Oct
i Mir.nekahda London. Oct.
i Cedric ... Liverpool. Oct. 3
i Ord.ina Hamburg. OC. I
i Orizaba ■ • .Havana. O't. In
I /.neap* Puerto Barrios. Oct. a
j Bolivar Puerto Colombia. Oct 2
I San Juan San Juan. Oct. 8
: I Thuringia Hamburg. Oot. 1
SufTren Havre. O't. 3
Mayaro Trinidad. Oct 2
j Muenchen Bremen. Oct. 3
DCF. WEDNESDAY.
' | Homeric Southampton. Oct. 1
i Manchuria San Tedro. Sept. 2S
; ! Pane Havre. Oct .
i Maracaibo «an Juan. Oct. S
j Britannia Mar*cillc. Sept. .
DUE THURSDAY.
; Carrillo Santa Marta. Oct. <•
• ! Fort Victoria . .. . Rcrmuda. Oct. 1.1
; ! Mararal . ■ Trinidad. Oct. A
Resolute Hamburg, Off. 8
Rosalind p(. John*. Oct 10
DUE FRIDAY.
amert. a Bremen. o<>t fi
1 ■ Aqutfania Southampton. Oct 10
> i Bergenafjord Oslo, Oct. 8
, ! Droltningholm .Gothenburg. Oct. .
Panama . Cristobal. Oct. 8
, Rotterdam Rotterdam. Ctrl
OUTGOING STEAMERS.
, SAILING TODAY.
1 I Providence —Naples 12:00 Al
. | Stockholm —Gothenburg 12:00 M.
! Lithuania —Copenhagen 2 :00 ?.k
i Mauretania —Southampton 12 00 P.M
•
SAILING WEDNESDAY.
J.a Savoie—Havre 10:00 A M.
lieigenland—Antwerp 10:00 A.M.
1 Carabobo —San Juan 12:00M.
Sixolac —Kingston 12:00 M.
Robert Luckenback—-Cristobal... 8:00P.M.
Port St. George—Bermuda 11:00 A M
SAILING THURSDAY.
Nobles —Naples 12:00.M.
Albert Ballin —Hamburg 3:00 P.M.
Chicago— Bordeaux 11 00 A.M.
llellig—Oslo 12:00 A.M.
, Berlin—Bremen 13 .00 M.
I Santa Teresa—Cnatobal 11 :00 A.M .
San Lorenzo—San Juan 12:00 M.
President Harrtion—(world cruise) 2:00 P.M .
SAILING FRIDAY.
Republic—Bremen 11:00 A.M.
Chepstow Castle—Cape Town ... S-QQP-M.
Edison —Piraeus 4:QQP.V..
Homeric- —Southampton 12 :00 P.M.
Mary—Puerto Plata 12:Q0M.
Harmony—Naaeau 12:0()M.
Aneeley Hall—Huenos Aire* 2:OOPM.
Hovland—Monte Christi 2:00 P.M.
Medea—La Guatra 3:00 P.M.
SAILING SATURDAY.
Paris—Havre 10:00 A.M
Rynflam—Rotterdam 10 00 A.M
carmania—Liverpool 1100 A M
Caledonia—Glasjow 11:00 A.M.
< «no Villano—Cadiz . . 3:00 P.M
Orizaba —Havana .11:00 A M
San Juan—San Juan.. 12:0n>t
Zacpa—-Kingston . .13:00 M
Bolivar-—Barbados . . . 12:00 »
I ion uni a—'Turks Island . 1:1:00 M
Rosalind —St. John s 11.09 A.M
I'andycV— Barbasoe 4 OOVUt.