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The Washington times., 1922-10-02

and hospitals, and by destroying
such of it as appeared to be unfit
for consumption, but no testimon-
was given TO show that any of said
liquor was sold for a monetary or
property consideration. Much time
Of the grand jury was consumed in
this investigation and every effort
has been made to ascertain the
facts and determine the responsi.
bility of all persons in any way
connected with the case.
"It is the sense Of tn" grand
jury based upon conclusions d"duC.
ed from the testimony, that the
representatives of the Department
of Justice who were concerned with
the seizure, storage and disposition
Of the liquor in question were sig
nally lax in not confirming the
seizure OF this liquor by proper
legal process. and also by permit
ting its disposition as hereinbefore
set forth.
Dangerous Precedent.
In view Of the unprecedented cir.
CumstanCes surrounding this Csac, IL
is our opinion that the testimony ap,
pears to be insufficient to warrant
The Washington times., 1922-10-02
Solonika Swept By
Fire; Damage Heavy;
City Seized in Revolt
" International News Service.

ATHENS, Oct. Fire swept u
portion of Salonika today, doing
heavy damage.
Greek revolutionaries seized Sal.
cnika just before occupying Athens.
The Washington times., 1922-10-02

California.
Furnishes Camel Milk.
II know Noble Jenkins and have
seen his herd. He furnishes all of
the camel milk used in the Shrine
temples of the United States, ia,
herd producing some fifty gallons
a day. On the Pacific coast il is
furnished fresh to the temples. 1t
has to be canned of course, for
shipment to Eastern temples. 1t is
quite palatable when fresh and TIE
cheese made from it has a flavor
similar to mayonnaise dressing.
Il will contract to take care of
the herd while IL Is here, and pro-
vide land for ii out at Silver
Spring. OF course. If the members
of the finance committee cannot
have the use OF these camels they
will have to get a hump on them
some other way.
IT have heard some OF the OBJ
jeCtions to the bringing OF the
Camels here. They are all absurd.
Denies Any Traffic Hazard.
"It is said that the odor from
Camcls is far from appetizing. l
The Washington times., 1922-10-02

* i.fl.a.iiSsIr At.. lnl ~

notice, however. that there Is usually
"A crowd around the camel yard at
the Zoo. Anyhow any city which
can stand for the malodOrOus ora
tory so often inflicted upon US here
isn't going TO be worried by so small
a thing as the aroma of a mere 200
Camels.
80. is said that the use OF camels
in downtown Washington as ad-
vertisinC mediums would afford
some weird traffic hazards. That's
hardly true. I'd back uD camel
to protect himself against any fliv.
yer on wheels. However. I'm sure
there would be no difficulty on this
score. Any camel or camel driver
who has ever tackled and veer"d
around the shimmerinE, nebulous
desert mirages would never have The
slightest difficulty in avoiding any.
thing so solid .sd substantial as an
automobile.
Plans to Meet Sadness.
"Thc chief drawback TO tho use
Of CamClS. as ! sec il. is that he
beasts have such darned sad faces
that they might put dampPr on
the party. Don Marquis hit when
he said:
For what SO sad as Camels are.
When through the desert dawn,
They ospY a pharaOh's mummy,
Lying his bier upon,
with sand in his csOphagus
And his ambition gone
Plans TO alleviate the Camels' nat.
ural sadness hv giving them such
ome-liko comforts as Arab rid"rs
and real old Arabian spears, with
specially sharpened points. to he
used in goading them on, are under
discussion.
80 Shrines File Papers.
"In all seriousness, however I
am sure the camels will be brought
here and that Washington will he
treated to the spectacle of one of the
biggest herds of Camels ever seen
in this country" one of the COM
mittee members said.
To date more than eighty OF the
1856 Shrine temples have made APP
pliCatiOn for quarters here next
June. Every Shrine temple in the
following States has registered its
intention to send a large delega-
tiOn here: Arkansas. Connecticut,
Georgia, New Hampshire, New Jcr-
sey, Nevada, North Carolina, Rhode
Island, and West Virginia.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-12-28
AMERICA HALTS
SCRAPPING SHIPS
Great Britain Leads in the
Number of Vessels Sent
to Junk Heap
FULL DATA GIVEN BY DENNY
Japan Also Waits Before Completing
Destruction Until the Washington
Conference Naval Treaty Has
Been Ratified BY Powers.

Washington. Responding to a
House resolution, Secretary Denby
transmitted to Congress the informa-
tion in the hands of the navy depart
ment on the status Of warships scrap
ped under the terms of the Washing
ton arms conference naval treaty or
otherwise disposed OF by the sigma
tories since the adjournment of the
conference.
The report showed that neither the
United States nor Japan plan to COM
plete the scrapping of any existing
capital ships at least pending promul-
cation Of the treaty. although both ma
tions have stopped work on large
building programs Of capital ships.
Great Britain, on the other hand, was
shown to have disposed of or to be
disposing of very considerable num-
Der Of older capital ships.
The United States, according to the
report, in addition to suspending work
on vessels under construction, under
the treaty, has re-commissioned all
completed ships affected except the
battieship Connecticut, which soon
will be placed out of commission and
has sold the Maine and the Missouri,
which are actually being broken up.
Great Britain, DENLY said, had at
the time his information was gather
ed, broken up three capital ships, sold
seven to he broken up, sold but not
dtsmantled one, completed mutilations
on two and was engaged in mutilat-
ing six others. The Australian gov
ernment, he added, had decided to
scrap the battle cruiser Australia.
Through her ministry of marine, the
secretary continued, Japan had stated
that while work preliminary to scrap
ping will be done the hulls will not be
broken up or sunk until the treaty has
been ratified by all the powers.
Discussing ships not affected by
the treaty, DENLY said the United
States had disposed of 25 submarines,
one destroyer, two monitors and one
dynamite gun vessel. Great Britain.
he added, had lost three auxiliaries
by sinking and had disposed of SO
lighter vessels, including "a subma-
rines. One Japanese battleship, he
continued and 33 smaller vessels had
been removed from the effective list,
and one light cruiser mad been wreck
ed. France had disposed of one bat
tleship, four cruisers and nine torpedo
boats.
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explain. Under such conditions II IN
customary to build what Is known as
a skew bridge, and when that bridge
Is an arch, the arch Is known as q
skew arch, the abutments or supports
not being at right angles with the
roadway. When the abutments are at
right angles to the axis of the arch
the structure Is known as a right arch.
Engineers can design right arches very
economically, but there is a great diff
ference Of opinion with regard to the
economical design of the so-called
skew arch.
The principal difference of opinion
among engineers is with regard to the
manner In which the load is transmit
ted to the abutments In the right
arch the load on the abutments is the
same for each foot of length, but on
the skew arch this probably Is not the
case, and the important question to be
settled is the distribution Of the load
from one end Of the abutments to the
other.
1t was with this object In view that
a series Of tests has been started on
skew arches by the bureau of public
roads. AT the present time the bu-
reau has under way at it's Arlington
experiment station a test on a skew
arch designed to be one-quarter the
size Of an actual structure The arch
being tested Is Z feet in span, Ar feet
in width from face to face, and 4 feet
In height above the base of the abut-
ments. The crown or midpOint is 2
inches in thickness and the barrel of
the arch is reinforced with u inch
bars bent very carefully into the cor
rect shape.
The arch Is being tested with a uni
form load and this loading is being
accomplished in a unique manner as
follows: Forty-two spiral springs,
each capable of carrying a load Of l.
500 pounds, are placed at uniform In
tervals on top of the arch and each
spring supports a pinch pipe, which
In turn bears against solid overhead
structure. BY adjusting the lengths
Of these pipes the springs are DETECTED
and the amount Of load applied to the
arch may be controlled by the amount
the springs are compressed. In this
way It is possible to obtain fine ad.
justments In the amount of load ap-
piled without the necessity for piling
on heavy weights. AS the load is In
creased on the arch It defects and the
concrete and steel are deformed or
strained, and the engineer wants to
know how these strains are dlstrib-
uted.
For the measurement Of strains in
the concrete a device known as
strain guage IS being used. with this
device it Is possible to detect strains
with an accuracy Of OOO2 Of an inch.
BY carefully measuring the strains
throughout the arch it is possible
to determine the manner I'm which the
stress Is distributed, and IL Is believed
that through a series Of such tests
enough information Will be obtained
TO enable the engineer TO formulate
rules for the economical design OF
skew arches.
In addition TO determining the
strains I'm the arch, the observations
include measurements Of detection OF
the arch under load as well as a meas.
urement Of the stress In the tie rods
between the abutments.
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22 ARRESTED IN
NAVY LOOT PLOT
Alleged Conspiracy to Rob the
Brooklyn Navy Base is
Brought to Light
MORE CHARGES TO BE MADE
Thefts Cover Period Of over Tive
Years and Investigators State
Loss May Amount To One
Million Dollars.

New York. - Details OF an alleged
big conspiracy to loot the Brooklyn
navy base were revealed with the ar.
rest of % civilian employees.
Twenty-three persons were indicted
recently by federal grand jury. aft.
er long investigation, in which the
navy intelligence service, department
of justice and New York police joined.
The twenty-third civilian cannot be
found
The others we're arraigned before
Federal Judge Garvin and held in $5,-
900 bail each. None could furnish
this amount, and the court indicated
it might reduce bail If au early date
for trial could not be fixed at the next
hearing, January 3.
Although authorities at the navy
department in Washington declared
their knowledge Of thefts in Brooklyn
indicated a total of only $1,000 in
volved, the indictments returned
against the % persons arrested
charge thefts totalling $2,1OO, under
three headings, OF $500, $500 and ST..
0Oe.
Officials taking part in the investi-
cation in Brooklyn pointed out that
despite the small amounts specifically
charged, the alleged thefts have been
carried on over period of two years,
and more than a score OF persons
have been indicted while many more
are believed to have been involved.
Therefore. the investigators said, the
present charges are only an opening
wedge, and before the case is com.
plete it should show thefts of certain.
ly not ,css than 100000 traceable to
the group of persons shadowed during
the past three months.
1t may be. the Investigators said,
that when all the losses since the war
are checked up, the total may reach
s1,OOOOOO.
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HOLIDAY RESORT is
DESTROYED BY BLAZE
Crate Fire Sets Cottage AfIame
After Occupants Retire
For the Night

Akron, O.-Three men were burned
to death and four others were injured,
one probably fatally, when fire de-
stroyed a cottage in which they were
sleeping at Little Wadsworth, near
here. The dead and injured lived at
Massillon, where three of the men
were attorneys.
The dead are: Harold Howald
aged So, city engineer of Massillon:
Frank Wagner, aged so, foreman ma
chinist, and Leroy Hodgson, aged %,
truck driver.
Keorge w. Williams, aged 33, prom
inent Massillon attorney and former
city solicitor for two terms, was the
most seriously injured. He is in a
Barberton hospital suffering burns
about the face and body, but physi-
clans say his chances for recovery are
good.
The men went to the lake to spend
the weekend and retired early. after
building big fire of logs in an open
crate on the first floor of the cottage
Coroner T. c. McQuate said the
blaze was caused from a spark pop-
ping out on the floor some time after
the men had retired. Wefler and
Stankovich were the first to be awak-
ened by the fire, but it had gained
such headway that it was impossible
to rescue the other occupants. The
fire also destroyed two adjoining cot
tages
Holt and Stankovich tried to arouse
other occupants. Howald, Wagner
and Hodson were sleeping in room
which was surrounded by flames.
Finding Williams hanging uncon-
scious from a second story window,
Holt rushed back into the building
and threw him to the ground, 20 feet
below
Hodson and Stankovich had brought
a load of furniture and supplies to
the cottage, and had been prevailed
upon to spend the night there.
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Naval Bill Passed by House.

Washington, D. C-The naval appro
priation bill, carrying a request that
the President negotiate with foreign
powers relative to limiting construc.
tion of warcraft under 10000 tons. was
passed by the House. The bill which
carries a total of 1926, 900, 900, stood
up precisely as framed by Chairman
Kelly's subcommittee, and provides
for an enlisted naval force OF $4,000,
the same as fixed last year. There
was furry of talk over the provi-
sions under which the President is
asked to negotiate with Great Britain.
Japan, France and Italy. but in the
end an effort to change the language
was dropped in the face OF overwhelm.
ing opposition to any alteration what.
ever.
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BANK CAR HOLDUP
BY HIGHWAYMEN
Bandits Garry Off 100000
From Mint Door. Fatally
WOunding Guard
FIERCE FIGHTING IN STREET
FIFTY Government Employees Share In
Desperate Gun Battle in Dem
ver-leader Of Robbers Shot
as Escape Is Made.

Denver.-Masked bandits armed
with sawed-off shotguns. and without
regard for human life. fatally wounded
Charles Linton, guard of the Denver
branch OF the Kansas City Federal
Reserve Bank. stole 100000 in cur
rency at the doorstep OF the Govern
ment Mint, and escaped.
The robbery occurred while the
money was being transferred from
the mint TO a Federal Reserve deliv-
cry truck. Fifty packages of currency
of $4,000 each were seized by the
robbers.
Two bandits bombarded the front
door of the mint as they leaped from
their automobile. Fifty Government
employees, summoned by an alarm
bell, seized shotguns and rushed to the
doors or windows OF the mint, shoot
ing at the holdup men who returned
the fire, and at the same time calmly
proceeded to load the packages of cur
rency into their car
Linton attempted to throw the
money into the grilled back compart-
ment OF the reserve truck and was
shot by the leader of the bandits.
Linton was later removed to tho
County Hospital. where he died with
out regaining consciousness.
The work of transferring the cur
rency which they had taken from the
guards to their own car completed,
the bandits reentered their automo-
bile amid rain of bullets from guards
in the second story of the mint, and
sped toward the civic center. AS the
car gathered impetus, the leader of
the highwaymen, standing on the run
ming board, turned toward the Gov.
ernment Building, as though to fire a
final volley at the guards.
AS he did so Peter Kiedinger a
guard who was on duty at the main
entrance, fired with a rifle at the
bandit, who was seen to crumple up
on the running board and was pulled
inside the car by the driver. Kied-
niger is positive he wounded the fugi.
tive.
So terrific was the gun fire during
the clashes that 40 bullet holes can be
counted in the transoms above the
main entrance to the mint and in the
windows of the second story build.
ing. The granite walls of the Govern.
ment Building likewise are chipped
where the bullets struck.
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No Loan to Germany at Present.

New York.. p. Morgan g. 70
nave issued a statement declaring
they had notified the German Ambas
sador to this country that it was inn
possible for us to discuss or consider
loan to Germany unless and until
the reparations question was settled &"
This statement was issued. it was
learned. to set at rest what we're de
scribed as highly fautastical storiesy
which have been published regarding
the possibility Of the hotation OF an
international loan TO Germany. esti
mated as high as $1,5OO.OOO 900.
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Fire and Explosion sweep steamer

New York.-Fire. followed by an ex-
plosion, swept the steamship Vaba in
the Robins drydock, Brooklyn A fire.
man and a mess attendant are report
cd missing and IL is feared they have
lost their lives. All other members Of
The crew escaped Most OF the crew
were below decks when fire broke out
in a forward hold OF the oil.burning
Vaba. Warned by a shouted alarm.
all but the two missing men made
Beir way to the deck before the ex.
plosion occurred.
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Gun Battle in New York CITY

New York-A pedestrian was
wounded, two men were arrested, and
crowds for blocks 1ear Grand and
Mott streets were thrown into a panic
when gangs of gunmen staged an
other downtown battle Two crowded
street cars were caught between the
barrages of bullets as the gunner
shot at each other from behind build
ing corners. Motormen put on full
power and got their cars safely out
Of the danger zone. Scores OF motor
lists and pedestrians also were forced
to fee.
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Four Injured in Cleveland Fire.

Cleveland.-Fo persons. three OF
them firemen, were injured when fire.
which for time threatened the de-
struction Of the central market dis
trict, destroyed a four-story brick
building on Broadway, causing a loss
estimated at more than 100000. Hun
dreds of men sleeping in nearby Iodg.
ing houses were rescued from smoke
filled rooms by the police. Tons OF
valuables and meats were consumed
and thousands Of crates of chickens
we're liberated when the flames burned
holes i'm the crates
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Six Barns Destroyed bv rir.

Philadelphia.-six barns we're de
stroyed by fire in Montgomery and
Chester counties The fires were all
within radius of 20 miles. In at
least two instances there was direct
evidence of incendiarism. At one
place shots were exchanged with three
men seen fleeing from a barn shortly
after the fire started These fires
brought the total number OF barns
burned in Montgon cry, Chester and
Delaware counties to 3s since early
october.
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New Polish President Assassirat.d

Warsaw.-Gabriel Narutowicz, first
president of the Polish republic. fell
before an assassin's bullet Just one
week after his election, and only 4S
hours after actually taking up the du-
ties of office. The tragedy occurred
at an exhibition of painting and the
assassin was an artist. one Niewa-
domsh, long regarded by his asso-
ciates as mentally deranged The
slayer, as soon as his deed was done.
turned for flight, but was instantly
borne down by the infuriated specta-
tors. who kicked and beat him unmer-
cifully. He was rescued with Difficult
ty by the police and taken to the
police station under exceptionally
heavy guard.
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Asks Permission to Abandon line

neutrality-suspicious. was made
to The Interstate Commerce Commis.
sion by the Chicago. Peoria e. ST.
Louis Railroad, asking for authority
to abandon its entire line of rail.
road comprising 237 miles. The an
plication stated that since the roads
return from Federal control r. has
been operating at a heavy loss and
now has assessed against it s12O.0OO
in taxes by the state Of Illinois
which it is unable to pay. The road
is now in the hands Of receivers.
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Shot While Making Arrest.

Easton.-Rush Stehlin, a member
of the Easton police force for the
past II years. was shot and fatally
wounded while attempting to arrest
two gun toters, John Buckley, aged
21 years, and Walter Moline, aged
% years, both of Wilkes-Barre. The
shooting occurred in the business
district of the city at a time when
the theaters were closing and was
witnessed by many. Buckley was
captured but Moline escaped.
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Irish ReheIs Burn Trains

Belfast-Republican derailed and
burned a freight train in transit from
Dublin to Belfast at Castle BeIling-
ham. County Louth. Later a Belfast.
Dublin mail train was derailed and
burned at the same place. The pas
sengers we're subsequently transport
ed to Dublin by another train. Armed
men entered the Office OF the Dundalk
Democrat and held up the owner and
set FIRE to the building.
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BETTER
ROADS
TESTING SKEW-ARCH BRIDGE
Reinforced Concrete Structure Erect
ed to Find Means for Strength
enlno the Arch.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture)
A reinforced concrete skew-arch
bridge one-fourth the size of a
full-size bridge has been built by the
bureau of public roads of the United
States Department OF Agriculture and
is being tested to destruction" to
gain information that will make pos
Sible the building OF stronger struc
lures Of this type.
There are many locations where Il
Is necessary to carry a highway d.
agonally across a stream, engineers
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Theater pamaned bu EIam.a-

Norristown Pa.-Fire ruined the
interior Of the Grand Opera House.
Norristown's principal theater. and
for time threatened the retail bust.
ness district The cause is unknown
but the blaze is associated by some
with the recent series OF mysterious
fires in this and adjoining counties
The loss is estimated at SIS 900.
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Y. S. Crew Save 400 From Fire.

Constantinople.-The American de-
stroyer. cambridge, rescued 400 per
sons from the burning French hospit-
al ship Vinh-Long in the sea of Mar
mora. The vessel took fire opposite
San Stefano, on the western outskirts
OF ConstantinOple Fifteen of those
who were aboard the Vinh-Long are
missing. The crew of the Bainbridge
performed many acts of heroism.
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rornedo cnts Rnat In r...a

ToulOn, France-A practice torpe
do badly aimed during naval maneu-
vers, struck small boat containing
two fishermen. The projectile cut the
boat neatly in two and tossed the oc-
cupants into the sea. Neither OF the
men was hurt.
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Four Killed in Trolley Crash.

Port Arthur, Tex-Four persons
were killed and two others were
seriously injured when a street car
struck a Gulf Refining truck loaded
with workers here The street car
turned over on striking the truck,
pinning the occupants beneath it.
Rescue workers labored for an hour
before the bodies Of the dead and
injured could he extricated
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New York. - Miss Katherine W.
Bourne Of Tarboro ~ c., missionary
teacher at St Johns school. San
Juan, Puerto Rico. was killed by a
shark while bathing on the beach at
Borlinquen Park. according to a mes.
sage at the Episcopal Church mis-.
sion's home