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would be safe ground. but il was said
that shortly before l O'Clock the
water was beginning to run into the
first floor and it was feared that
within another hour il would be half
foot deep there.
OverHOws in Canal.
In many places the waters of the
Potomac and Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal have merged and for miles the
canal cannot be seen. From Syca-
more Island TO below Chain bridge
the towpath has been obliterated.
nounced the canal had virtually been
ruined in that section. The repairs
made after the last food, little more
than month ago, have been washed
away and no effort will be made to
resume traffic up and down that his
toric waterway this summer, at least.
The seawall in Potomac Park has
been covered in many places. and il
is probable the water will reach al
most to the road in other places when
the crest of the flood meets the in
coming tide at o'clock this after
noon. The river off the Speedway is
mass of debris, and half a dozen
runaway launches, torn from their
when the reached the broader quieter
waters near Iaines Point.
Crest PASSES HarperS Ferry.
The flood section of the weather
bureau announced at noon that the
crest had passed Harpers Ferry and
the water was subsiding. The high
water mark was reached at twenty
eight feet. ten feet above flood stage.
At Riverton. few miles below, the
measurements showed thirty-four
feet. In Washington at 8 o'clock this
morning the river was nine feet
above flood stage and was expected
to go another foot before it begins to
subSide
Latest dispatches from up the river
declared that Cumberland. Harrison
burg, Harpers Ferry and other towns
will be in darkness tonight as re-
suit of dams belonging to electric
power plants bursting. Dam No. 6,
one of the largest in the river, was
swept away early today. Railroads
are making every effort to save their
bridges by backing cars loaded with
freight upon them. Forty-tive cars
of coal have been run onto the
Shenandoah division bridge at Har-
pers Ferry, but it is feared it will
be swept away.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
Stone DisnliSSes
Sl-a-Year agents;
Many Prominent

A number of widely known men
were on Department of Justice
rolls as $1-a-year secret agents
when Attorney General Stone
took office last month, but the last
of them have been separated
from the service.
The list as submitted to the
Senate Daugherty committee to-
day by the Justice Department in
cluded: Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr.,
c. d. Hilles, former chairman of
the Republican national commit
tee; Federal Judge George A. Car
penter of Chicago; John K. Tener,
former Governor of Pennsylvania
and base ball magnate; former
Senator Coleman 7. du Pont of
Delaware; i. H. Hoover, chief
ushers at the White House; Fred
w. Upham, treasurer of the Re-
publican national committee, and
Z. B. Mclean, publisher of the
Washington Post.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
High Waters Halt Rail Traffic in
Shenandoah Valley.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Specia! Dispatch TO The Star.
WINCH ESTER, Va. May Ia
Shenandoah River food waters caused
a large portion of the inhabitants of
Harpers Ferry, w. Va, TO fee to
higher ground early today. Back
water from the river extends ten
miles to the outskirts of Charles
town, W. Va. and is from seven to
ten feet deep. The government
guage on the Potomac at Harpers
Ferry registered twenty-nine feet
above normal this morning. the high
est since 1883. with indications of
another foot rise before recedinE.
Railroad bridges were weighted
down with coal trains from end to
end. All main line traffic was sus-
pended. Water came within a foot
OF the. Casteimann'S Ferry bridge
floor on the Shenandoah. thirty-five
feet above low water The Norfolk
and Western and Southern railways
suspended operations on Shenandoah
divisions. Efforts to detour were i'm
possible.
Water was within a foot of the
boilers in the Northern Virginia
Power Company's steam plant at
Millville. The Front Royal -Riverton
municipal electric plant was buried
under water, only the roof showing.
Hydro electric plants at Harrison
burg. Woodstock, Edinburg and other
towns were flooded and out of com
mission.
MAN SWEPT TO DEATH.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
HARPERS FERRY FLOODED.
Fourteen Feet of Water Rushes
Through Streets.

By staff Correspondent.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va, May
13.-With fourteen feet of water.
houses submerged TO the second
stories. electric light out of commits
son and the two main bridges weak
cning. Harpers Ferry today present
cd a scene of havoc.
Since O'Clock this morning. when
the raging waters of the Potomac
and the Shenandoah began to over
fow into the streets, residents have
been fleeing TO the higher portions
CT town overlooking the rivers.
Business has been completely
abandoned, all trains have stopped
running and the writer is now lit
orally sitting in the water of the
Ferry Paper Company, the buildings
of which are inundated by the raging
torrent. This is said to be the only
telephone in town that is still in
commission.
Property Damage Heavy.
Property damage is mounting to
the thousands. The waters have now
reached depth of twenty-seven feet
six inches above normal. more than
six feet higher than the disastrous
high water of March 90
The railroad trestle of the B. and O.
line over the Shenandoah just above
HarperS Ferry is expected 10 go at
any minute. The water has almost
reached the tracks, and officials of
the road do not believe it will stand
the strain.
At 10 o'clock this morning the wa
ters reached the stage of twenty
eight feet and now seem to be sta
tionary. The lower part of town is
complete under water. Boats are
running through the streets and
houses on Shenandoah street are com
pietely inundated The post Office and
hotel are standing in six feet of wa
ter. The post Office has opened tenn
porary headquarters at the Harpers
F'erry Bank, water reaching only the
lower floor.
Auto Traffic stopped.
Driftwood and debris are filling the
streets, and breaking the windows
of the stores. All automobile traffic
in both directions has been stopped.
A congestion of automobiles is on the
Maryland side as far as Sandy Hook,
and the western side as far as
Bolivar.
Thousands of sightseers from sur
rounding towns are viewing the de-
struction from high points of vantage.
No casualties have been reported as
yet, although the property damage,
piling up Of debris, is said to be
mounting steadily. Because of the
electric light service being out of
commission the town will be in dark
ness tonight.
On the Maryland side of Harpers
Ferry. the river is lashing itself
against the rocks, throwing spray
as high as fifteen feet. and overflow
ing it's banks into the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal At Weverton the
river has almost reached the tracks
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
ROOSEVELT BEFORE
U. S. OIL GRAND JURY
Assistant Secretary of Navy to
Tell CT His Part in Tea
pot Leases.
GRIFFIN ALSO ON STAND
Admiral Once Protested Transfer
IT of. Reserves.

Theodore Roosevelt, assistant sec
retary of the Navy, and Rear Admiral
r. S. Griffin. retired, We're the chief
witnesses today as the special fed
eral grand jury resumed its inquiry
into charges of fraud and corruption
in connection with the naval oil
leases.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt car
ried to the White House for President
Harding's signature the famous Exec
utive order of May 81, 1921, under
which Secretary Fall took over con-
troll of the naval oil reserves and
leased them to Harry +. Sinclair and
Edward l. Doheny. Also at the re-
quest of Fall, Roosevelt sent marines
TO Teapot Dome in the summer of
1922 to drive off "squatters" after
that reserve had been taken over by
Sinclair.
Was in Charge OF Reserves.
Admiral Griffin. formerly chief of
the bureau of engineers, was in
charge of the reserves for a number
of years and was one of the naval
officers who protested vigorously to
Secretary DENLY against their trans
Ter to the Interior Department. He
sought to amend the original draft of
the Executive order so as to leave
control with the Navy. but testifie
before the Senate oil committee that
an amendment he had written into
the order was completely changed in
the Interior Department.
Roosevelt also suggested changes in
the original draft. and since the resigna-
tlon OF DENLY has stated that he op-
poSed the transfer from the first, but
kept silent because he did not want to
be put in the position of running out
on his chief
Furnished Sensation.
In bringing his brother Archie before
the Senate committee last January Mr.
Roosevelt produced one of the many
sensations in the Senate inquiry He
related that he listened in on a tele-
phone conversation between his brother
and G. D. Wahlberg formerly private
secretary to Sinclair. in which there
was u mention OF SOS, 900 sent to the
foreman of Fall's New Mexico ranch.
Other witnesses before the grand Jury
today were Harvey A. Wilcox of FL
Paso, Tex. A. d. Brownfield of Car
querque, n. NJ. and w c. Mendenhau
IA 5. Heald and w. S. Kent of the In
terror Department. Wilcox and the New
Mexico witnesses were said to have
knowledge regarding expenditures made
by Fail in New Mexico after his ap-
polntme'nt to the cabinet
Evening star., 1924-05-13
MAN SWEPT TO DEATH.
Much Property Damage Done by
Rappahannock Flood.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBUR Va, May l3-
Ihe RAppahannock River at this CITY
today is in the throes of the worst
hood since the Johnstown flood in
1883, with water twenty-five feet
above normal and doing much dam
age TO the water front.
william Lucas was swept to death
while trying to rescue q small boat.
while several others had narrow es-
capes from drowning while fording
feeder streams.
The dwelling house and GiIlum's
mill dam at Rapidan, forty miles
above Fredericksburg, were washed
away, and numerous fishing shacks.
sfanties. chicken houses, vegetation,
trees and other debris are floating
down with the swift current The
wharf and warehouses of the Balti-
more and Virginia Steamboat Com
pany are inundated and the Standard
Oil plant is nearly submerged.
Two thousand railroad ties were
washed away from J. W. Masters s
lumber wharf, and the Berry Packing
Company's plant at Falmouth is un-
der water, while other damage is re-
sulting along the river front. The
River road. leading to Falmouth, one
mile away, is covered by water, and
the lowlands for miles are inundated.
WATERS STILL RISING
Evening star., 1924-05-13
N0TRE DAME CHAPEL
DEDICATED TODAY
Archbishop Curley Presides at
Rites at $500, 900 Edifce
at Trinity.

The new 100000 Chapel of Notre
Dame at Trinity College was dedicat-
ed today by Archbishop CurIey at a
brilliant ceremony attended by prom
inent members OF the diplomatic
corps and church dignitaries.
Archbishop curley pontificated at
solemn high mass in the new edifice.
He was assisted by Rt. Rev Mgr
Edward A. Pace of the Catholic Uni
versity, Rev. DR.. William j. Kirby,
Very Rev. Michael J. Carey. c. S. P
The deacons of honor were Very Rev.
DR.. John F. Fenlon, s. S.; Very Rev.
charles F. Aiken, Rev. w. Carroll
Milholland. S. S.
Over a thousand persons attended
the dedication OF the new church
The structure is a free rendering of
the Byzantine style built of Ken
lucky lime estone with a roof of Span
ish mottled tile surnounted by a
stone lantern, on top of which there
is a Sculptured bronze cross. Over
the portico there is a Sculptured fig
ure of the Mother of God and tbs
Divine Child.
Interior of Marble.
The interior walls of the church are
hnished in Italian marble, the base
of the walls being trimmed in black
marble. The dome and naive are tiled
with guastavino tile, with gold and
drabesque designs. In the dome are
sixteen stained-glass windows, repre-
Senting four angels and archangels in
prayer. The Intervening wall space
IS adorned with symbolic reliefs.
The walls Of the chancel are of sill
ver sienna marble, with marble COL
unns and large number of gold
nosaics in figures symbolizing va
rious phases of life.
The main altar of yellow Brescian
marble is dedicated to Notre Dame.
ana is the gift of the alumnae asso-
cations of all the schools conducted
Namur. The marble altar rails are
the gift of the ladies of the AUXILIARY
board The sanctuary is of rose and
dark green marble, with steps of
piack .,is,ek ma marble leading to the altar. The
alsles are of Tranm marble.
The transpet altar also is of
Brescian yellow marble. The altar
10 the east was given by Trim
ny college and the altar to
me west by the mother of a former
Sg,uaeht sr, IN memory of her daughter
There are also two shrines in marble
ana mosaic of the Immaculate Con-
Geptlon and the other of St. Joseph.
windows of medieval design adorn
tte cHurcn. Ihere are numbers of
@rnamented decorations and chan
deliers. A large organ of 10000
pipes is contained in the chapel. The
seating capacity is about 1000
PauIist Choir SinEx.
The Pauiist choir furnished tba
music and Bishop Thomas J. Shanan
rector of the Catholic University
preached the sermon. A letter of
congratulation from Pope Plus XII
congratulating the college, was read
More than sixty priests were in the
sanctuary.
Among those present at the cere-
mony were: Baron do Cartier, ambas-
sador from Belgium: Sir Esme How
ard, ambassador from England; Col,
Marquis Vittorio di Bernezzo, of the
Italian embassy; Assistant Attorney
General Davis; the provincial superior
of the eastern province of the Sisters
of Notre Dame: the president of EN-
manuel College, Boston; members OF
the advisory board of the college;
ladies' of the auxiliary board and
numerous alumnae students and
friends.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
Claims POir,care
Downfall Alone
Saued Dawes Plan

Ey the Associated Press.
LONDON. May 13.-The Evening
Standard today says: '"The Eve
ming Standard is able to reveal
the truth about the famous Anglo
Belgian pariey at Chequers Court
a week ago last Saturday. In fact,
that parley was quite fruitless,
owing to the intransigeant atti-
tude of NJ. Poincare and but for
the totally unexpected and sweep
ing swing to the left Of the French
electorate the fate Of the entente,
the Dawes scheme and a European
settlement would have been
scaled"
Evening star., 1924-05-13
FIND GIANT SKELETON
OF THE MIOCENE AGE
BY the Associated Prees.

BY the Associated Press.
BAKERSFIELD, Calf, May 1S.-
What are believed to be the most
complete portions ever discovered OF
a squaIodent. q mammal that existed
in the miocene age from one-half
million to two million years ago,
have been found by Charles Morrice.
q student of prehistoric life, on
Shark Tooth Mountain, near the Kern
River oil fields.
Reconstruction of the squalodent
Germany. Australia and England
from much less portions Of the
mammal than he has found. The
skeleton weighs ESQ pounds and has
a head larger than that OF an ele-
phant Morrice will communicate
news of his find to government Of
ficiala
Evening star., 1924-05-13
Holds Influence of Near Stars
May Cause Great Earthquakes

Signor Caselli's telluric prophecies
for last March, which were deposited
with a notary here some time in ad-
vance of the expected disturbances,
were confirmed by subsequent events.
His studies of the recent earth
quake at AbruZzi, he declares con-
vinced him that telluric phenomena
in their electromagnetic manifesto
tions Enthusiastically influence animals
before the seismic movement begins.
Prof Caselli is inclined to believe
the theory, which, he says.F was
known to the ancientS, that great
seirnsic movements may be produced
by electro magnetism developed by
the stars of our planetary system
during the periods of their greatest
proximity to the earth
Evening star., 1924-05-13
MANY FLEE FLOOD.
Hundreds of Homes Are Inundated
by Rising Waters.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, May 13.--Re-
ports from Hancock at noon state
THAT the Potomac River is still rising
at that point, and the whole west end
of the town is inundated from back
water up Little Tonolway Creek,
which empties into the Potomac at
as the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The residents have been obliged to
abandon the first floors of their homes.
Both Big Tonolway and Licking
Creeks are away beyond their banks
east of Hancock, and the National
bridges over these streams are COW
cred with high water. Lloyd l.. Shat
fer. clerk of the Allegany County cir
cult court, returning from the east, is
marooned at Big Spring Hotel.
Rail Trnffic Halted.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
east OF Cumberland is at a complete
standstilI, with water over the tracks
at many points between Pattersons
Creek and Cherry Run. Trains are
being detoured over the Western
Maryland and Pennsylvania roads.
The river began falling here early
here is due to the heavy flood poured
in by the South Branch, Pattersons
Creek, Cacapon River Sideling Hill
Creek and other tributaries. The
South Branch, which is itself a good
sized river normally, is the highest
in many years, and has caused great
damage to the ROmney branch Of the
Baltimore and Ohio, besides inundat-
ing the town of Moorefield.
The Western Maryland is still tied
up between here and Elkins, but the
damage is largely in washing out re-
pair work from the last flood The
line, it is expected, will be open in a
day or two. Reports from KitzmilIer
and Blaine state these places did not
suffer nearly as badly as from the
last flood.
City In Darkness.
The food here affected the street
lights. and Company G, 1st Regiment.
| Maryland National Guard. was called
out on patrol duty last night as the
city was in darkness. This is the
second time this year the local guard
unit has aided the policf1e in patrolling
the city.
The flood drove about fifty families
from their homes on Water and Pax
ton streets, Piedmont The Red Cross
has given notice that it is ready to
extend relief.
Baltimore street, this city, which
| was swept by the flood again yester-
day, was much damaged, and a large
force is employed today in cleaning
it and restoring the paving for the
big parade Of the Grand Commandery
Evening star., 1924-05-13
Ohio Bans Sunday Movies.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 1s.-Motion
pictures were held to be theatrical
performances by the Ohio supreme
court today and are barred from be-
ing exhibited on Sundays.
The decision was given in the ap-
peal of W. X. Richards, operator of a
motion picture theater at Findlay.
from a sentence of 500 and costs
imposed by local courts for operating
on sunday
Evening star., 1924-05-13
BY the Associated Press.

SPEZIA, Italy, May 13.-Earth-
quakes need no longer cause loss of
life, according to Prof. Caselli. seis-
mologist, who claims to have con-
structed an apparatus, already pat
ented, whereby earthquakes are an
nounced at least fifteen minutes be-
fore they occur.
The scientist also claims to be
able with very slight possibility of
error to locate beforehand the CEN
ters of telluric phenomena, their in
tensity and the situation Of their
most intense manifestations.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
GREAT FALLS PLAN
LEGAL. SAYS STONE

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Capital by furnishing a public utility
service which modern life makes cor
venient and almost indispensable
This is the answer made by Attorney
General Stone to Acting Chairman
Zihlman of the House District com
mittee in reply 10 an inquiry mad"
by direction of the committee, which
asked to be advised Cd as to the
power of the federal government TO
condemn land for public use: t@l
whether the government can occupy
and use such land after the con-
demnation proceedings are instituted
without awaiting the final judgmen:
fo the court.
In summing up the Attorney Ger
eral says that "the development of
water power at Great Falls might be-
incidental to the exclusive authority
to legislate for the District of Colum-
bia, or derived from the supreme au
thority over navigation"
The Attorney Generals report vas
a lengthy document quoting many
authorities and cases. 1t says that
Congress alone has power to legIs-
late for the District of Columbia ny
virtue of article /, section s, para
graph II. This power is complete
and unlimited and covers both polit
Col hho ilAuhASApdA dutSllOlS.
1T would seem that whatever Con
gress may do with respect to the de
velopment of hydroelectric power at
Great Falls in order to furnish the
District of Columbia with electric en-
.ergy would be subject to the princi-
Piles which have been thoroughly es-
tablished in United States versa
Gettysburg Electric Company. The
judgment of Congress that ripariau
land and water rights shall be con
Hon ri -A~ IL
vail unless many cases are to be over
ruled.
Declares Right Exists.
when the Legislature itself a.
pressly declared the purpose or use
to be a public one, or what amounts
to the same thing, expressly author
ICES a taking for a use specifically
cepted by the courts unless the use
is palpably without reasonable foun-
dation."
In another place in his report the
Attorney General points out that 1T
would seem to be appropriate for
Congress to provide for the develop
ment of hydroelectric energy at Grea [
Falls and dispose of the same. This
may be more a question of policy than
of power, incidental to the District :
water supply.
las the supreme legislative author
ity for the District of Columbia, and
having numerous governmental estab-
lishmerts which consume large guam
titles of electric current, there would
be some ground for a declaration by
Congress that such hydroelectric de-
ValOnmPnt n axnadi
ent. There is no objection to the
United States condemning land to
conserve its revenue as a business
proposition"
Evening star., 1924-05-13
WILL DROP CHARGES,
Attorney to Be Freed of Accusation
in KIDNAPPING Case.

DETROIT. Mich, May 13.-Authori-
shall of Saco, Me-, that Albert C..
Doyle, Detroit attorney, would not be
prosecuted on a charge of assisting
in the kidnapping of nine-year- old
Jean Thompson last Friday.
Doyle, arrested here Sunday as he
stepped from a train from Boston,
was released on writ of habeas s
corpus after being in custody about
an hour. 1t is expected the charge
will be formally dismissed when he
appears in circuit court on the habeas
corpus writ.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
Three Bandits Rob Bank.

WALPETON, n. D., May 1S.-Three
robbers broke into the State Bank
of Abercrombie. about twelve miles
north of here early today, demolished
the safe and safety deposit boxes
and escaped with $1,000 in cash,
S4.250 in liberty bonds and an unde-
termined amount of collateral
Evening star., 1924-05-13
PASSES DANGER MARK.
Water From Rivers at Pittsburgh
Flood Lowland Sections.

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. May 13.-After ris-
ing during the night and this morning
the Allegheny and Monongaheia NV
ers here reached flood crest of
slightly more than &c feet shortly
before noon today. United States
weather bureau observers said the
waters would begin TO recede during
the. afternoon. The maximum stage
was four feet above the danger mark.
Parts of the lower north side were
inundated and easements of river
front buildings along the Allegheny
were flooded.
Families living in the lowlands
near the downtown section were fore
ed to leave their homes when the
waters reached their dwellings.
Fair weather was reported today
over the Allegheny and Monon ga hela
watersheds and observers believed the
rivers would continue to fall.
Evening star., 1924-05-13
Quake Felt in Munich.

MUNICH, Bavaria, May IA slight
earthquake shock was felt here yester-
day. The center Of the disturbance is
believed to have been in tho middle
Alps. The tremorS were noted only in
the upper stories of houses,
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BILL TO GRANT D. c.
A,438,W0 HELD BY
U. S. is APPROVED

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