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WEATHER.
<U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Fair tonight and tomorrow, slightly
cooler tonight.
Temperature—Highest, 79. at 11 a.m.
today; lowes:, 72, at 6 a.m. today.
Full report on page 2.
Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 20 and 21
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, BOMBERS SHATTER
11. S. MONUMENT IN
i ARGENTINA CAPITAL
Embassy and Banks Guarded
|i After Blast Laid to Sacco
g Yanzetti Sympathizers.
BIG BLOCKS RIPPED OUT
jl OF WASHINGTON STATUE
pecond Explosion Set Off an Hour
| t . Later in Front of Ford
j£.. Automobile Agency.
Sr the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES. July 23.—The
ItJnlted States embassy and consulate
and American banks were being
jClosely guarded today as a consequence
©f the explosion of a bomb at the
Btatue of George Washington at 11
o’clock last n'ght, and of another
■bout an hour later in front of the
; Ford automobile agency. The out
rages are attributed by the police to
1 fcacco-Vanzetti sympathizers and an
Active investigation is under way.
*There were no casualties.
The large stone blocks formfng the
tjase of the monument, which was
presented to Argentina by the Amer
ican colony on the occasion of the
[Argentine centennial, were badly shat
tered, but the Washington figure was
.iiot damaged. A nearby tree was
destroyed.
jt Only One Bomb Explodes.
1 A municipal agent guarding the
Palermo Gardens, in which the menu
jnent is located, said he saw an auto
’mobile speeding away as the explosion
[pccurred.
An investigation by the police of
the Ford agency, situated in the cen
tral part of the city, showed that two
t>oml?s had been set, but only one of
them exploded. This shattered several
■how windows and damaged an auto
;mobile on exhibition, while the walls
of neighboring buildings were pierced
iby small bullets with which the bomb
apparently was loaded.
The explosion at the George Wash
ington monument was so violent that
huge blocks from the stone pedestal,
.borne of them 3 feet thick, were
burled 15 yards or more.
f There has been a recrudescence re
tsntly of outrages and threatened at
icks against American embassies,
elegations and other buildings by
Epathizers of Niccolo Sacco and
olomeo Vanzetti, under sentence
;ath for murder in Massachusetts.
'jDnly a few days ago s itomb waa «s*
jfioded in front of the building in Nice
Jiouslng the American consulate, and
Jthe consular officials were convinced
At was the work of Sacco-Vanzetti
sympathizers.
Chapman Attack Cited.
-. An attack a week ago on William
Chapman, United States consul at
'■Puerto, Mexico, was attributed in
(borne quarters to supporters of the
Sacco-Vanzetti movement, but there
has been no confirmation of this. Two
pnen are reported to have been ar-
Eted by the military authorities in
i belief they w'ere implicated. The
>oting took place in Mr. Chapman’s
ihome. He was seriously wounded, but
latest reports said he was out of
'danger.
( From the time the Massachusetts
jCourt convicted Sacco and Vanzetti,
American diplomatic missions in Paris,
Sofia, Lisbon, Buenos Aires and Mon
tevideo have been bombed or threat
ened, but there has been no loss of
‘SUfe.
Last Summer the State Department
kt Washington notified American
‘(diplomatic representatives to take
feuitable precautions to protect them
kelves.
! SECOND INTERVIEW DUE.
%acco and Vanzetti Expected to See
Governor Again.
, BOSTON, July 23 OP).—A second
Interview between Nicola Sacco and
Vanzetti and the man who
.holds their fate in his hand, Gov.
; Alvan T. Fuller, appeared in prospect
today as a sequel to the sudden and
dramatic visit of the executive to
LCharlestown State Prison yesterday
and his private meeting with the con
demned men, whom he respited from
“death until August 10.
The visit, as unexpected and as
charged with drama as any of the
;many sensational episodes in the
i,7-year history of the celebrated case,
iWvas believed to have been cut short
"by the necessity of the governor’s
(return to the State House to greet a
“delegation of New England governors.
Mission Still Unfinished.
1 Although the governor would make
[no comment to newspapermen who
■climbed aboard his machine as it
I whiskey him away from the big
prison, it was thought today that his
mission had not been finished and that
this the high point in long investiga
tion of the trial and conviction of tne
two men, remained to be concluded.
Beside Sacco and Vanzetti, who to
day entered their seventh day of hun
ger striking in protest against the al
leged secrecy of the governor’s method
of conducting his inquiry. Gov. Fuller
*aw Celestino Madeiros, under sen
tence of death in another murder. It
was Madeiros, whose confession “ex
• onerating” Sacco and \ anzetti of all
complicity in the South Braintree
double killing, for which they were
convicted, who formed the last hope of
khe men in their final unsuccessful ap
fpeal for a new trial.
Vanzetti Is Depressed,
i Only one clue, and that admittedly’
based on inference drawn by watchers,
stood out today as an indication of the
trend of the conferences. \ anzetti
entered the warden's office with a
■heaf of papers in hand and apparent
ly confident. When he emerged near
ly an hour later he was plainly de
pressed.
I Neither Sacco nor Vanzetti showed
l«ny weakness as a result of their ab
'ftlnence food.
TmellofTmay BUY ESTATE.
► MONTE CARLO, July 23 (A 31).—An
drew W. Mellon, American Secretary
of the Treasury, has privately an
nounced his intention of purchasing
a large estate in Monaco, say his
friends, who add that he plans to re-
there next Winter to spend the
'lAuon.
'iWflacretary Mellon is now visiting in
Eurpj:§r, ;
LACK OF UNIFORM STANDARDS
FOR HEALERS IS HELD MENACE
Stringent Laws Declared Needed to Sepa
rate Faker and Charlatan From
Capable Consultants.
XOTE—This is the fifth of eix articles dealing with conditions in Washing
ton which allow anybody to practice upon the human body and diagnose human
illness, providing he does not prescribe medicine, use the knife or assume the title
of M. D. The concluding article will appear in tomorrow's Star.
BY BEN McKELWAY.
While Huckleberry Finn’s personal inclinations made him partial to
the dead cat method of removing warts, he was familiar with the spunk
water theory. In the latter case the correct procedure was to go alone after
dark to a hollow stump, which held rainwater, and exactly at the hour of
midnight back up to the stump, plunge the afflicted member in the “spunk
water" and repeat—“barley-corn, barley-corn, injun-meal. shorts, spunk-water,
spunk-water swaller them warts”—then walk away for 11 steps, eyes closed,
turn around three times and go home without speaking to anybody. To speak
to any one would “bust the charm.”
The modern drugless physician who finds his patient’s stomach “ab
scessed” by looking in his eyes, and who takes into consideration the patient’s
month of birth in suggesting a remedy, probably considers the spunk-water
theory as a ridiculous superstition.
And the trained chiropractor, who has devoted a number of years to the
sincere study of his school's beliefs, likewise considers the iridologist who
would make the diagnosis mentioned above as a faker and a charlatan.
Never Ending Circle.
And the trained medical doctor looks upon the trained chiropractor as
one W’ho has embraced a theory founded on a false premise, for the medical
doctor will not grant that subluxations of the spine may be remedied by
manipulation, or that pressure upon the nerves by a dislocated vertebra will
cause anything short of paralysis.
So there is a never ending circle, wherein the beliefs and theories of one
school of healing are looked upon as hokum by those who have adopted other
theories, and where those who have adopted other theories are looked upon
with grave suspicion by still another group who have adopted yet another
set of theories. The whole history of medicine has been marked by the rise
and fall of fads and cults, some of which, regarded at the outset as pipe
dreams, have lived to have standing and to gain recognition; while others
have fallen by the wayside and have lived only to be forgotten and Joked
about, qlong wdth Huck Finn’s spunk-water for removing warts.
Those who have studied conditions in Washington are not alarmed or
upset by the fact that there are a dozen or so different schools of healing
being practiced, nor do they believe that any attempt should be made to
legislate out of existence any method of practice. The doctor who has de
voted sufficient study to the theory of chiropractic, iridology, naturopothy,
osteopathy, etc., is Just as privileged to treat his patients as the medical
doctor. The sick man has a right to be cured in any way that appeals to
him as offering the best and quickest method of relief. There is no healing
method that is sure. The practice of medicine is by no means perfect—
and its practitioners are neither angels nor wizards. But the root of the
evil which is recognized as existing in Washington today lies in the fact
that no standard has been set, no regulations adopted, which will separate
the wheat from the chaff; which would cast out the faker and the charlatan
and stamp him apart from the man who by study and experience has fitted
himself to treat the Ills of the human body.
Scores of Quacks.
This fact Is recognized by the Health Office of the District Govern
ment, which has called it to the attention of the Board of Commissioners
on more than one occasion. It is recognized by the Medical Society, which
has sought legislation to remedy It. It Is recognized by osteopaths who have
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250,000 FILE PAST
FERDINAND’S BIER
Other Thousands Pouring
Into Bucharest to View
Body Before Last Rites.
By the Associated Pres..
BUCHAREST. Rumania. July 23.
More than 250,000 Rumanians have
honored their dead King by filing past
his bier in Cotrocenl Palace. Peasants
and townsfolk from outlying places
continued to arrive in the capital to
day by all sorts of conveyances, and
before Ferdinand’s body is laid to rest
Sunday in the royal mausoleum at
Curtea de Arges many more thou
sands will have gazed upon the fea
tures of the “father/’* as the Ru
manians choose to call him.
Among the King’s papers there was
found today a letter asking that when
he died he be dressed in the cavalry
uniform, of which he was fond and
which was familiar to the world from
'countless photographs. In corformlty
with this request the chasseur’s uni
form, which was first put on the body,
was removed and the cavalry uniform
substituted.
Crucifix in His Hand.
In his right hand is a silver cruci
fix, while at his feet rests a silver
crown, the imperial scepter and a field
marshal’s baton. At the head of the
bier stands his favorite priest, inton
ing prayers. White-robed Sisters of
Charity, who nursed the King through
his last days, are at the foot.
Queen Marie, receiving the cor
(Continued on Page 3, Column 5.)
FAKEMONEYPLANT
SEIZED BY AGENTS
Counterfeiting Outfit at Houston,
Tex., Capable of Producing
SIOO,OOO Daily.
By the Associated Presa.
HOUSTON, Tex., July 23.—A coun
terfeiting plant with a capacity of
about 5100,000 a day In United States
currency, in denominations of from
§5 to SIOO, was seized by Federal
agents here last night. Four men and
a woman were arrested.
Edward Tyrell, in charge of the
raiding squad, said the plant was
seized just as it had been made ready
for operation. The officers found three
of the men taking proofs of currency
from several of the 200 copper plates
in a room in which two printing
presses had been installed. The men
gave the names of A. N. Graham,
Arthur Miller and Oscar Poe,
Equipment for minting coins also
was found in a room where inks and
chemicals were stored. Tyrell said he
did not believe any counterfeit money
had been made.
The woman, arrested in a hotel
w r ith one of the men, was relea&ed.
All the men were held without charge
pending efforts to identify them today.
They were thought to have come here
from northern Texas.
— >
Whitney Gems Stolen in Paris.
PARIS, July 23 OP).—Police and pri
vate detectives are searching for
thieves who stole Jewelry valued at
530,000 from Arthur S. Whitney, for
mer New Jersey State Senator and
Republican gubernatorial candidate
for tha’ State in 1925. The robbery
occurred at Royat while Mr. and Mrs.
Whitney were stopping there.
Radio Programs— 3Q
fI)C
SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
REDO DENOUNCED
IN LABOR CONGRESS
Green Re-elected President
and Havana Chosen for
i
Next Convention.
With a parting shbt at “contemptible :
Communistic the fifth 1
Congress of .the Pan-American Federa
tion of Ijhbor adjourned today after a
stormy' six-day session. The federa
tion will meet next year in Havana,
Cuba.
William Green, who last night was
re-elected president of the federation,
in a farewell address today urged the
delegates to work for good will be
tween all the countries of the Western
Hemisphere and to improve the stand- '
irds of labor throughout the Americas.
Criticism of conditions in half a doz
en Latin American -countries was
recorded at the final session, which ex
perienced little trouble of the sort
that turned yesterday’s session into
a hotbed of argument, in which the
delegates lost their tempers and called
each other unpleasant names.
One Discordant Note.
One discordant note was struck
today when Jose Felix Quintana,
delegate from Guatemala, protested
against the resolution committee’s re
port of the executive board dealing
with his country. The report de
scribed the compulsory labor law of
Guatemala as a “violation of every
sound principle of democracy." Quin
tana declared that the Guatemala
Labor Federation was quite capable
of dealing with its troubles and of re
sisting any oppression. He said tho
report made it appear that his coun
trymen were not able to protect them
selves. Matthew Wall, chairman of
the committee submitting the report,
suggested that a new report be drawn
up, and this suggestion was adopted.
The report on Communism declared
that “few, if any of our national
trade union movements have been
free from" communistic propaganda.
“For this hostility," it continued, “we
do not hold the people of Russia re
sponsible. We hold the Communists
Internationale responsible. It pro
claims Itself committed to the philoso
phy of dictatorship and autocracy,
which cannot be otherwise than in
(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.)
frenc¥arecurious :
ABOUT U. S. ATTITUDE :
Would like Acknowledgment of
Anti-War Treaty Outline
From America.
By Radio to The Star and Chiearo Daily
New*. Copyright, 1927.
PARIS, July 23.—The Quai d’Orsay
is curious over the fact that no reply
or even acknowledgment has as yet
been received from Washington in
regard to the treaty abolishing war
between France and the United
States, a draft of which was cabled
to the State Department from Paris
a month ago. The French text was
a tentative draft on which it was
presumed negotiations could be be
gun. It was carefully written by
experts of the foreign office.
The Idea of such a perpetual anti
war treaty was originally presented
to the foreign office from several in
dependent sources and was imme
diately acted upon.
The French realize President Cool
idge is away from Washington and
Secretary of State Kellogg Is busy
with the Navy disarmament confer
ence, yet they would appreciate a
brief acknowledgment
WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1927-THIRTY PAGES. *
BRITISH DELEGATES
TO MEET CABINET
AGAIN ON MONDAY
Expected to Return With
Hope for Agreement on
Naval Problems.
GENEVA NEGOTIATIONS
ARE TO BE RESUMED
London Council Silences Reports of
Parley Collapse After Hearing
Cecil and Bridgeman.
By the Assoct'ued I’.-ca*.
LONDON, July 23.—Another meet
ing of the British cabinet has been
set for Monday for discussion of the
problems aroused by the naval re
duction conference at Geneva, after
which it is hoped the way will be en
tirely clear for the return to the par
leys of the two chief British delegates,
W. C. Bridgeman and Viscount Cecil.
Although the full reports made by
these delegates received unanimous
approval of the ministers at a lengthy
cabinet sessi<Ji yesterday, it is not
known whether they received, or will
receive before they depart, any fresh
instructions. No official communique
relating to the session was issued.
Political writers here represent the
government as extremely anxious for
an harmonious agreement and as be
lieving that Lord Cecil and Mr.
Bridgeman will return with hope for
a settlement.
Ready to Blame U. S.
Failure of the conference would cer
tainly be regretted here, but there is
readiness in some quarters, should
failure come, to lay the blame for it
on the United States. The Daily Mail,
for instance, says:
“If the conference fails It will be
clear to the world It was broken
down, not owing to British intran
sigeance, but on account of the ambi
tions of the United States to build a
greater navy.”
The London Times deplores the
“baffling confusion” which it says is
the present state of the conference.
It regrets the discussions at Geneva
have “had the effect of not clearing
up, but obscuring, the real issues and
raised the specter of new rivalries.”
The paper complains that the “vio
lent American press campaign com
pletely disfigures the British case in
the eyes of American readers and
obscures the essential vital interests
of the people of the United States in
this grave naval matter.”
Hoping for an agreement, the
Times calls for art effort to lift the
British - case, which it describes as
"very good, indeed,” above the “acci
dents of narrow controversy” and
suggests the British government pre
sent it to the world “in all its sim
plicity and cogency” before the Brit
ish delegates return to Geneva.
Will Resume Negotiations.
The Geneva negotiations are to be
resumed without delay, under a deci
sion reached yesterday by the cabinet.
Effectually silencing varied reports of
the imminent collapse of the confer
ence, the cabinet decided that part, at
least, of the British delegation sum
moned here to report would leave im
mediately to resume the discussions.
The cabinet council vras the longest
held since those during the coal strike
last year. Four hours were devoted
to listening to reports by Viscount
Cecil and W. C. Bridgeman upon the
developments at Geneva and apparent
obstacles to successful termination.
It was decided that Viscount Cecil
and Mr. Bridgeman, who had returned
to London to report on the conference,
will return to Geneva almost Imme
diately to resume their labors and that
they will return with the cabinet’s full
approval of the lines which they have
taken hitherto.
Delegates’ Course Approved.
Yesterday's council was held in the
prerrfier’s room in the House of Com
mons. Premier Baldwin presiding, and
Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign sec
retary; the Earl of Balfour, Winston
Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer,
and a majority of the cabinet being
present. Despite the length of the
sitting, it is understood that discus
sion was still unfinished when the
meeting broke up because various
ministers had political engagements
in the country.
No official communique was Issued,
but It was stated authoritatively that
the cabinet approved the attitude of
the delegates and their return to
Geneva. It is understood, however,
that further discussions of details are
required and that the ministers will
confer over the week end with ex
perts of the committee of Imperial
defense.
RETURN AWAITED IN GENEVA.
Delegations Work on Details While
Negotiations Are Halted.
GBNEVA, July 23 (/P).—The illness
of two admirals, Viscount Saito of
Japan and Sir Frederick Field of
Great Britain, and sultry weather in
Geneva precludes the possibility of
even unofficial Informal talks among
the delegates of the three-power naval
conference until the return from Lon
don of W. C. Bridgeman, first lord of
the British admiralty, and Viscount
Cecil.
Hugh S. Gibson, chief of the Ameri
can elegation, and his legation staff
are devoting most of their unexpected
leisure to catching up with an ac
cum.. *.ed mass of departmental
“paper work,” necessarily held in
abeyance during the conference labors.
The other delegations are taking the
opportunity for catching up on minor
detail work when not engaged in
slght«eeing.
Admiral Salto’s indisposition is due
to a slight attack of indigestion.
Field Summons Specialists.
Admiral Field is suffering from a
recurrence of an old intestinal ail
ment. He has left his room only
once in the last four days and yester
day summoned two prominent Ge
neva specialists. His case, however,
is not considered serious by his fellow
delegates.
While the American and the Japa
nese delegates are waiting to learn
something of the British cabinet's at
titude, there were Indications last
night that the Inclusion of obsolete
warships in the proposed treaty may
create some difficulties.
American circles appear less satis
fied now about the British proposal
concerning the status of obsolete
cruisers than when It yra.» laid before
(Continued on Paget’*, Column 0.)
AT GENEVA.
EIGHT SEA ELVERS
SWAP TALES OF AIR
Atlantic and Pacific Aviators
Meet at Breakfast Given
by Boston Mayor.
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, July 23.—For the first
, time since the Atlantic and Pacific
I flights which made them famous, eight
, of America’s leading aviators were
• brought together today.
At a breakfast tendered by Mayor
1 Malcolm Nichols at the Hotel Bellevue
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who was
. given a tumultuous greeting to Boston
yesterday, was joined by Lieuts. Les
ter J. Maitland and Albert F. Hegen
-1 berger, Pacific flyers; Comdr. Richard
E. Byrd and his crew on the flight to
France, Lieut. George O. Noville, Bert
Acosta and Bernt Balchen, and by
i Clarence D. Chamberlin, who flew to
Germany.
No sooner had the flyers seated
themselves with the 60 other guests,
mainly service men,* at the informal
meal than Lindbergh and Hegenberger
plunged Into an animated comparison
of notes on their flights. To illustrate
to each other phases of their experi
, enoes they drew pictures on the table
cloth.
Mrs. Chamberlin There.
Mrs. Chamberlin was the only wom
an present. She sat next to her hus
band. Porter Adams, president of the
National Aeronautical Association, was
another guest.
Maitland and Hegenberger left be
fore the others. They went to the
Army base in South Boston to make
formal report of their arrival to the
commanding officer of the First Corps
Area.
Talking to newspapermen after the
meal, Chamberlin again explained his
earnest belief in the feasibility of send
ing passengers and mail ashore by
airplane from steamers at sea. He
said that his immediate plans were
indefinKe.
Byrd said that preparations for his
antartic flight were proceeding rapidly.
He had come to Boston, he asserted,
to be one of the hundreds of thousands
to greet Lindbergh. He felt that Lind
bergh’s tour of the country would
result in a great boom for aviation,
especially among the youth of the
country.
Review National Guard.
From their breakfast table the flyers
hurried to the waiting ranks of the
26th Division, National Guard. Lind
bergh, Byrd and Chamberlin stood in
the rear of one machine, their com
panions in another, as they drove
through the long lines.
The d.vision then swung out for the
first Boston parade it has made since
it returned victorious from France
(Continued on Page 4, Column 1.)
SHANGHAI RATES
ALARM SHIPPERS
Row Between America and Chiang
May Follow Heavy Ton
nage Levy.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1927.
SHANGHAI, July 23.—Shipping cir
cles are alarmed over the uncompro
mising course adopted by the Nanking
government in the matter of surtaxes
and tonnage dues, which suddenly
have been raised to a point where
they threaten seriously to destroy
Shanghai’s position as the leading
port in the Far East. The regula
tions went into force July 11, and
now affect the shipping of all nations.
Developments today and yesterday
concern notably the American ship
Steel Constructor. The developments
make the situation especially of live
interest to the American colony here,
and there is in it a possibility of col
lision between the United States and
the so-called Nationalist government
under Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek, which
has not yet been recognized by the
United States, but which is anxious
•for that honor.
Until this month Shanghai tonnage
dues have stood at 4 mace (normally
about 30 cents) per ton for all vessels
of over 150 tons, in accordance with
the treaty with Great Britain of 1858.
This rate gave the vessel the right to
use all ports of China for four
months, and It worked well enough in
regard to coastwise vessels but made
payments excessively high for big
boats touching at only one or two
ports in China. Some authorities
here eatimate that tonnage dues here
are the highest of all ports In the
World* „ ,
Slayer Is Killed
At Victim’s Grave
During Funeral
By the Associated Press.
VERA CRUZ, July 23.—Luis Es
trada, who killed a policeman on
Thursday, today was shot to death
as he stood at the side of the grave
where his victim was being buried.
He had been forced to march be
hind the policeman’s coffin to the
cemetery by the police.
The shooting of Estrada, who
originally had been arrested for a
minor offense, has caused a sensa
tion here and the authorities have
started an investigation.
COORMYDEFERS
HOP OVER OCEAN
Will Make Test Flight Tomor
row as Final Preparation
for Dash.
By the Associated Press.
SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 23.
—Capt. Frank T. Courtney decided
this morning not to take the Whale
into the air today, but expects to put
her through a trial flight early to
morrow as one of his last prepara
tions for his projected transatlantic
trip.
The radio Instruments, defects In
which have been the cause of post
ponements of the flight, were de
tached today so that they would bo
fixed to boards of three-ply wood
mounted on rubber, designed to
counteract vibration.
This was found necessary because
the sensitive instruments were shaken
too much by the vibration of the plane
which is built of duraluminum which
is subject to much vibration.
TREPASSY IS OBJECTIVE.
Message From London Says Flyer
May Leave Monday.
ST. JOHN’S*, Newfoundland, July
23 UP). —Capt. F. T. Courtney, British
aviator who is preparing for a trans
atlantic flight, will make Trepassy his
objective on his arrival in Newfound
land, say messages received here to
day from the Newfoundland high com
missioner in London.
The messages stated that Capt.
Courtney was expected to leave on
Monday morning, weather permitting.
Trepassy was the base in Newfound
land chosen for Col. De Pinedo’s flight
back to Italy.
FAVORABLE WIND AWAITED.
Courtney Receives Good-Will Messages
From Over World.
By Cable to The Star and the North Ameri
can Newspaper Alliance.
CALSHOT NAVAL BASE. Eng
land, July 23.—Determined there
shall be no further radio trouble to
delay the departure of Capt. Frank
T. Courtney in his Whale on the hop
to New York, the Marconi experts
returned here yesterday from Lon
don.
Weather conditions yesterday were
repotted unfavorable, with indica
tions, however, of a change within 48
hours.
“It will be my fault If we don’t go
in the next few days," said Capt.
Courtney. “I had prepared a schedule
that included special consumption tests
of oil and petrol, but the engines of
my flying boat are working so beauti
fully these tests are unessential.
“Local weather conditions don’t mat
ter so much, but it’s very important
to know the state of the weather over
the Atlantic. In any event, we will
soon be waiting for the first favorable
wind. When that comes we will be off.”
Capt. Courtney has received more
than 200 messages from all over the
world, wishing him well. His reply is
“I will get there if it’s humanly pos
sible.”
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Great Britain, by North American Newspape-
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Atlantic for the Chicago centennial
fair or some other occasion, and this
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PRESIDENT GOES
TO TROUT STREAM
Travels to Mountain Camp of
McKelvie to Try New
Fishing Spot.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG,
Stall Correspondent of The Star.
MYSTIC. S. Dak., July 23.—With his
chest swelling almost to the bursting
point as a result of his catch Thurs
day afternoon of a trout weighing
two pounds and two ounces, President
Coolldge is here today to try his luck
in the silvery, rushing waters of
Rapid Creek.
He came loaded down with his rub
ber hip boots, creels and a most com
plete fishing outfit as well as a de
termination to make the trout in these
waters groan from the swish of tis
iine. He had heard much about the
piscatorial attractions of the waters
far up In Rapid Canyon, and when
Sam R. McKelvie, former Governor
of Nebraska, who has a Summer camp
farm upon the side of the mountain
about a mile and a half from this
place, recently invited him to come
to Rapid Creek for a day’s sport Mr.
Coolidge needed little urging.
Mrs. Coolidge Undecided.
Mrs. Coolidge accompanied her hus
band on this outing and rods and
lines as well as creels and rubber
boots were brought along for her use,
but she had not decided when she
arrived here whether or not she would
watch the waters in quest of trout or
remain behind at the camp with Mrs.
McKelvie. The McKelvie camp, while
remote, is located in a most beautiful
spot and the view up and down the
picturesque canyon is all that could
be desired and there is not the slight
est doubt about Mrs. Coolidge enjoying
her visit, while the President and Mr.
McKelvie are tramping up and down
the stream. The President and Mrs
Coolidge were up early this morning
and left the lodge at 7 o’clock for
Rapid City, from which place they
made the journey to Mystic, the near
est railroad point to the McKelvie
camp on the Rapid City, Black Hills
& Western Railroad. The railroad is
a small affair and the train used by
the presidential party was one of
only three owned and operated by this
little company. The road is a single
track affair and the progress up the
canyon, probably due to the grade and
the countless curves, was slow.
The ride was an especially pleasing
and interesting one because of the
magnificence of the scenery all along
the way. The Journey followed the
winding trail of Rapid Canyon, which
is generally looked upon as the most
beautiful valley in the Black Hills.
It was the first time the* President and
Mrs. Coolidge have had an oppor
tunity to visit this section, and be
sides the never-ending beauties of the
landscape, they enjoyed the various
points of interest along the way.
They saw prospectors’ cabins, moun
tain homes and whole villages of log
cabins. They saw also some mines
up on the mountain sides, but only
one of these was a gold mine and it
has not been in operation for some
years.
Just as the canyon is entered only
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SPAIN TO WEED OUT
UNRULY ELEMENTS
Energetic Action Planned Against
Artillery Students in Face of
Possible Strike.
By the Associated Pre*s.
MADRID, July 23.—" Undisciplined
elements" exist among the students
at the Artillery Academy, says a note
issued by the government today. It
adds that energetic action will be
taken against them.
Another official note announces that
drastic steps will be taken by the au
thorities to quell any disorders by
syndicalist workers in Barcelona who
are threatening to go on strike.
The communique says that disci
pline has not yet been properly re-es
tablished in the Artillery Academy, lo
cated in Segovia, and that the minis
ter o* war has taken measures to
weed out the ringleaders.
In Barcelona, the communique adds,
the government is faced with the ob
jections of old trades unions to par
ticipate with other organizations in
committees appointed to settle dis
putes between capital and labor.
"The government," it continues,
"will remain unmoved, even if the
unions call strikes in support of their
Intransigent attitude."
TWO CENTS.
STREET WIDENING
PROJECTS BALKED
BY MAP OMISSION
D. C. Supreme Court Decision
May Delay Work for Year,
Hazen Says.
LACK OF DIMENSIONS
IN PLANS TO BLAME
Sewer and Water Main Laying in
New Sections Also May
Be Tied Bp.
The recent decision of the District
Supreme Court holding that the high
way plan of the District is defective,
due to its failure to show the boun
daries and dimensions of each new
projected street, probably will delay
for a year at least the proposed widen
ing and extension of a number of
streets and roads, involving an ex
penditure of more than $1,000,000, It
was revtaled today by Melvin C.
Hazen, District surveyor.
The serious ard far-reaching effect
of the decision already has been con
sidered by the Commissioners, and
they have instructed Corporation
Counsel W. W. Brtow to note an ap
peal despite his personal concurrence
in the opinion of the court. Mr. Bride
said he did not see how an appeal
could result in any other ruling, but
| the Commissioners feel that the gen
eral implications involved might lay
the foundation for successful resist
-1 ance to all future condemnations for
street openings.
Taylor Street Involved.
The condemnation case on which
the court based its opinion involved
property needed for the extension of
Taylor street between Georgia avenue
and Thirteenth street. The District
carried the case to the District Su
preme Court, but it was dismissed on
the ground that the law creating th£
highway plan requires the boundaries
and dimensions to be recorded on
maps and that it had not been done
1 with reference to Taylor street or any
other street in that section of the
District.
Mr. Bride in his formal opinion on
the case said It was impossible for
the District to justify its disregard of
the provisions of the statute. “It
would be feasible as a matter of law,”
he declared, “to have the surveyor
complete the plan by supplying the
omissions in all sections of the high
way plan and to submit the same to
the National Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission for approval. gßut
we are informed by him that such
action is next to impossible with the
present personnel of his office. In
his opinion the work of 25 men over a
• period of a year would be needed to
supply the omissions and missing com
t putations to any one of the four sec
tions of the plan.”
Would Amend Act.
Mr. Hazen thinks that instead of
delaying the condemnation cases by
further litigation the Commissi mers
should remedy the situation by ap
pealing to Congress to amend tiie act
authorizing the creation of a highway
plan passed in 1893 in such away as
to make the boundaries and dimen
sions unnecessary.
Aside from the potential delay in
extending and widening highways, Mr.
Hazen pointed out that he decision
of the court in the Taylor street case
also is likely to cause a postponement
in the laying of sewer and water
mains into newly developed sections
as it is necessary sometimes to con
demn land for this purpose.
The land involved in the condem
nation cases now pending in court for
the widening and extension of streets
and roads, Mr. Hazen estimates. Is
valued at more than $1,000,000.
Conduit Road Included.
The most important of these pro
jects provided for converting Conduit
road into a monumental boulevard be
tween Foxhall road and the District
line and the opening of the territory
in the vicinity of Walter Reed Hospi
tal between Georgia avenue and Four
teenth street.
The other projects which Mr. Hazel
fears will be delayed follow: The
widening of Reservoir road from Con
duit road to Thirty-fifth street; the ex
tension of Albermarle street west of
Wisconsin avenue; the extension of
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
from Montague street to the Walter
Reed Horpital reservation: the exten
sion of Concord avenue from Georgia
avenue to Rock Creek Park; the ex
tension of Piney Branch road from
Thirteenth street to Georgia avenue;
the extension and widening of Idaho
avenue and Thirty-ninth street north
of Massachusetts avenue; the exten
sion of Thirty-eighth street southeast
from Pennsylvania avenue to Alabama
avenue; the widening of Suitland road
irom Bov.en road to the District line;
the extension of Franklin street south
east and the widening of Madison
street northeast from Concord avenue
to North Capitol street.
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PAIR FREED IN SHOOTING.
Other* Still Held in Mexico la
Probe of Attack on Consul.
VERA CRUZ. Mexico. July 23 OP).—
Dispatches to El Dictamen from Pu
erto Mexico say Aurelio Calparro and
Generoso Castro, who were among
those arrested in connection with tha
recent shooting of William E. Chap
man, United Stales consul at Puerto
Mexico, have been released for lack of
evidence. Others are being held.
The military authorities are push
ing the investigation of the shooting
on express orders from President
Calles. Gen. Amaya, chief of military
operations in this district, has taken
charge of the inquiry personally.
—
DENHARDT WITHDRAWS.
Only Two Remain in Kentucky
Primary for Governor.
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. July 28 OP).—
J. C. W. Beckham and Robert T.
Crowe are the only candidates remain
ing for the Democratic nomination for
governor as a result of the withdrawal
yesterday of Lieut. Gov. Henry H.
Denhardt of Bowling Green.
Mr. Denhardt explained that his
"candidacy has been overwhelmed” by.
the fight between the other two as-*
plrants and said he would support th*
.winner of t#e August 0 primary.