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Evening star., 1925-05-23
MICHIGAN HAS SNOW.
North Freezes While Middle West and
South Sizzle.

CHICAGO. May % R).-Sizzling
heat in the Southern and Central
States and freezing temperatures in
Minnesota and Northern Michigan,
with snow and a gale in the latter
section, produced the most remarkable
situation today that Prof. Henry ].
Cox, district weather forecaster, said
he had ever observed.
There were prospects that the TEN.
perature in Chicago might again du-
plicate yesterdays high mark Of "a.
equaling all May records, before the
cold from the north breaks the heat
wave late today or tonight.
While the mercury here stood at 80
this morning, freezing temperature
was recorded at Duluth. Minn., and
Houghton, Mich. with snow blowing
over the northern end Of Michigan.
In Canada the cold had forced down
temperatures to 26 at White River and
"a at COchrane, Ontario. The heat
wave in Chicago may be broken
before sundown, Prof. Cox said. posi-.
bly, by thunderstorm, with prospects
of cool, raw weather Sunday and
Monday.
Evening star., 1925-05-23
Coolidge I'LL of Indigestion;
Condition Held Not Serious
Indispositio, Is Yielding to Treatment:
Physicians Announce-CunceIs En-
gagements, But Receives Visitors.

even more closely than usual to the
duties of his office. working long hours
and omitting many social engage
ments. Last year he went with Mrs.
Coolidge to the circus. and when cir
Gus time came around again week
ago IA box was reserved for him, but
only Mrs. Coolidge of the White
House circle occupied 1t.
1t has been customary, too, for
Presidents to attend the annual horse
show here. but this year Mr.. Coolidge
sent word he would be unable to go.
Despite his indisposition. the. Presi:
dent today received In the hlte
House proper Chairman Borah OF the
Senate foreign relations committee,
whom he had summoned for con-
ference earlier in the day. Sitting
up, he talked with the Senator for
10 minutes on a point relating to In
ternational matters.
Senior Jose del Carmen. the Domini-
can Minister, called at the White
House to present Senior Don Federico
Velasquez, vice president of the
Dominican Republic, but they were
unable to see Mr.. Coolidge. One Of
the other Cancelled engagements was
with a group of visiting police chiefs.
In addition to the days special en-
gagements, the Presidents daily re-
ception to delegations of visitors also
was Cancelled. Recently these dele
cations have. been unusually large.
Yesterday he shook hands with 500.
Mrs. Coolidge was out walking when
the President was taken Ill. When
she returned soon afterward she
found him under care OF his physi-
clans
Evening star., 1925-05-23
BY the Associated Press.

bS the AsSOClateu fTcSs.
President Coolidge suffered an attack
of Indigestion today, but his physicians
announced that the indisposition was
yielding promptly to treatment.
Nothing "of serious character" had
developed, they said. and although all
engagements for the day were cam
celed, the President went forward
with his plans to leave the White
House for his customary Saturday aft
ernoon cruise on the Mayflower.
The attack followed closely upon Mr..
Coolidge's arrival at his desk hits morn
ing. He Immediately returned to his
room in the White House and lay
down for a while. but before noon was
able to receive some callers and do
some routine work in his study.
The two White House physicians
who had been called to care for him
sent out word that the attack had
been of minor nature, and that no
serious consequences were feared.
There had been no previous outward
hints of Illness, although 1t was in
dicated that Mr.. Coolidge had been
feeling the effects of the increasingly
hot weather of the Capital.
Ordinarily Mr.. Coolidge's health
has been more robust than Is ordinary
for a man of his years. He scarcely
has missed a day from his desk be-
cause of illness since he entered the
White House. For some years, how
ever, he has suffered slightly from
throat trouble, and has consulted
specialists periodically on that ac-
count.
Recently he has applied himself
Evening star., 1925-05-23
KINOsAKI REPORTED RAzED.
Train Caught In Tunnel Collapse,
London Report Says.

LONDON, May % Cp).-Dispatches
from Toxic to the Evening News said
1t is reported the town of Kinosaki
was destroyed by the earthquake. 1t
was reported a railroad train had
been buried in the collapse of tunnel
near Ashiya. The Ikuno silver mine
was reported greatly damaged by
collapsing tunnels.
The Evening News special from
Toxic said the inhabitants of Toyo-
Okla were fleeing and that the town
was burning. 1t said great confusion
prevailed in Osaka. Kyoto. Kobe and
Nagoya, but no damage was reported
from those cities. 1t was stated In
this message that military airplanes
from Osaka had flown over Tajima
province and reported that a con-
siderable death list was indicated
from apparent condition in villages of
that section.
The correspondent says the earth
quake was of a terrifying nature.
The shock, which is said to have
been the worst felt In the district
for 80 years, centered between Kyoto
and Tottori, and telegraphic COM
munication was interrupted.
Many structures throughout the
affected district were cracked or dam
aged and smaller buildings destroyed.
Dispatches received by Reuters
agency from Osaka gave the number
of houses that had collapsed at
Togo Okla as 200. 1t was said that
fires had started in several places in
that town. Considerable damage was
reported from other towns I'm Tajima
Province, but 1t was said no areas
outside Tajima are seriously affected.
The Osaka advices added that the
quake lasted for three minutes. A
severe shock was also felt at Kobe.
The Evening News dispatches from
Toxic said 80 persons were reported
dead in Kuniyama and Fukuchi, small
towns near Toyo-Oka-
Evening star., 1925-05-23
Ne,U Type Fire Alarm, Boxes Installed;
Open Without Breaking of Glass Pane

stamped plainly on the front Of the
box.
The new boxes had not been in
service more than a few hours
when some one. In sounding an
alarm, followed the old practice
and tried to get to the hook by
breaking the small pane of glass.
"The theory of the old box with
a glass door was that 1t should
be made difficult for persons to
turn in false alarms" Chief Wat
son said, "but experience has
shown that there are few who
will turn in fake alarms anyhow,
and. therefore. 1t was deemed ad-
visable to design a box that would
make 1t as easy as possible for
people to call us when there Is a
fire.
At the present time only 25 of
the new boxes are being installed,
but all new installations in future
win be Of the improved type.
Evening star., 1925-05-23
CAPITAL S|zzLES;
RELIEF IS REMOTE
Heat Records Expected to
Fall as Mercury Nears
80 at Noon.

On the wings of whitening winds,
equator Summer weather swept into
Washington today with unexpected
suddenness and sent the last rem
nants of Winter wear to the moth
balls with unceremonious dispatch.
Although the thermometer register
ed only go degrees here before noon.
the mercury was still climbing rapid
ly and the Weather Bureau expected
1t to pass the record mark for this
year, established on April "a. when
"a was reached in the official tubes.
Little relief is promised for today
or tomorrow. Thunderstorms may
strike Washington this afternoon or
tomorrow. the official forecaster said,
but whatever respite they provide
Will only be temporary at the best.
and the National Capital and much
of the East may look for continued
warm weather"
Tomorrow night may be a trifle
cooler. but the atmosphere will be
far from cool, the Weather Bureau
announced. In short, the man who
wondered a week ago when Summer
was coming will now have plenty
of opportunity to long for Winter.
Summer has arrived. some four weeks
ahead of the time fixed by the zodiac.
The present warm spell Is general
throughout the country. 1t originated
far South, and was brought to Wash
ington by the light winds that are pre-
vailing today. The Mississippi Valley
States are in the throes of unseason-
ably warm temperatures, but In Wash
ington no records have yet been
broken.
The atmosphere feels warmer than
1t really is. due partly to an over
abundance Of humidity and partly to
the fact that this part of the country
has been enjoying temperatures that
are rather cool for this time of the
year. The suddenness of the change
has caused 1t to be felt more. and the
forecaster predicted that Washington
would be used to 1t" in few days.
Evening star., 1925-05-23
Tidal WaUe S1Ueeps
Resorts or, Shore
OF Lake Ontario
By the Associated Press.

ROCHESTER,, n. Y. May "a
A tidal wave along &c miles of the
American shore line struck Lake
Ontario today. causing heavy dam
age to one village and Summer re-
sorts. No loss of life was re-
ported.
The wave rolled in some places
more than $50 feet inshore. carry
ing wreckage and small boats
with 1t.
At Bear Creek, a fishing village,
the outgoing wave sucked the
creek dry and carried. with 1t the
fleet of the fishermen.
The wave followed several elec.
trical storms last night and early
today on Lake Ontario. Some
thought the phenomenon might
have been caused by an earth tre-
NOR in the lake bed.
Evening star., 1925-05-23
COOLIDGE FAvORS
DEFENSE DAY TEST
Decision on Date, However,
Awaits Conference With
Davis and Hines.
By the Associated Press.


President Coolidge Is understood to
have decided in favor Of a national
defense test this year. as recommend
ed by the War Department. but has
not as yet approved the day upon
which 1t should be held.
Decision as to a date is expected to
follow conferences with Acting Secre-
tary Dwight Davis and Maj. Gen.
John L. Hines. chief of staff, both of
whom have just returned from trips
which took them from the Capital.
Several veterans organizations have
indorsed the prosed defense test
and have suggested that 1t be
held late in September or early in
October. 1t is not believed that a
test could be arranged for July 4, the
date said to be the most preferable to
the President.
Evening star., 1925-05-23

A new type fire alarm box in
which there is no glass to be broken
is being installed in downtown
Washington.
In order to sound an alarm from
the old boxes it is necessary to
break a pane Of glass, turn a key
which opens big door and then
pull down the hook once.
With the new box 1t Is only nee.
essary to pull down a handle, which
reveals the hook, and then pull the
hook once.
There is a small circular piece
of glass In the front Of the new
box through which the hook Is visi-
Bile, but Fire Chief Watson remind.
ed the public today that it is not
necessary or advisable to break the
glass.
The purpose Of the new box Is to
make 1t quicker and easier to sound
-An - alaInHr and instructions are
Evening star., 1925-05-23
TRADE VIEW GOOD,
c. OF c. HEAD SAYS
John w. 0'Leary of Chicago
Is Named President of
National Body.

american business is fundamental.
ly sound and I believe the business
outlook for the near future Is good"
Such is the verdict of John w.
OLeary, new president of the United
States Chamber of Commerce. whose
election by the directors yesterday
places Chicago banker. hitherto lit
tie known outside of Illinois. at the
head of one of the most powerful or
ganizations in American life.
Lauded by Grant.
The man who will lead the thought
Of American business for the next
year was thus described to the staff
of the chamber here today by Richard
F. Grant. the retiring president: II
never knew a man who has a pro-
founder love for his country and its
institutions. And l never knew a man
who has given more to his community.
He lives in terms of definite OBJ
jectives. He analyzes every detail of
a problem and of his work. He de.
velops every factory. however obscure.
His is always a sound approach to
every problem.
Mr.. O'Leary said this morning:
Il believe that the business outlook
for the near future is. good. Funda-
mentally, business Is on a sound basis.
When such condition exists. the out
look Is bound to be optimistic.
THE slowness of European read
justments has had a deterrent effect
on our business conditions. The ac-
ton of the Bank of England in going
on a gold basis has had the effect of
restoring confidence that European
business will improve. The gradual
StabiliZation In Germany and the new
ly expressed attitude of the French
government on international obliga-
tions, all tend to establish confidence.
Confidence Is Engendered.
Here in this country we are more
and more looking ahead at the prob
lens of the future. In national
finance, the eyes of business are fixed
not only upon the immediate prob
lens of tax reduction, but on careful
study and solution Of the future ques.
tions of national finance. This means
that many pitfalls may be avoided,
and this fact engenders public and
business confidence.
Food, clothing and heat. the three
basic commodities of our present
civilization, are getting in better con-
dition. Agriculture has just pasesd
through a crisis, which In the past
would have brought great national
panic. 1t is again on a secure basis.
IT foresee good business-not
boom, but sound prosperity"
The new president has spent life-
time in the invigorating atmosphere OF
American industry.
Long Business Career.
He was born 4S years ago In
Chicago. His father, Arthur j.
OLeary, was a prominent manufac.
turer of iron and steel products. Thus
he grew up in close connection with
big business, especially as 1t con-
cerned the Middle West.
Mr.. O'Leary has an intimate knowl-
edge of industry, not alone from its
financial, but from it's technical side.
He Is a graduate of the Armour In
stitute of Technology in Chicago and
of Cornell University. He began his
business career with his fathers or
ganization in Chicago In 1899 as
mechanical engineer. For two years
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Evening star., 1925-05-23
Dayton, Tenn, Seeks Tents and Pulln,ans
To House Hosts at Evolution Trial

The Dayton Club looked at the
proposition yesterday and got down
to business. Committees were an.
pointed to ask Congressman and
State Senators to obtain tents from
the War Department sufficient to
house the crowd. another to obtain
amplifiers for the courthouse and
lawn and third to query the rail-
road on the possibility of clearing
all local sidings. during the trial.
for Pullman coaches.
Judge John T. Raulston, who
has called a special session of the
grand jury for next Monday to
take up the Scopes case. said today
that all attorneys have consented
to waive Irregularities in order
that the State Supreme Court may
receive and pass on the case be-
fore the Fall term OF school, -,
Evening star., 1925-05-23
zoo HOUSES DESTROYED.
Quake Is Reported to Be Worst In 80
Years.

OSAKA, Japan, May % CE0.-Two
hundred houses were reported col
lapsed and numerous fires were rag
ing today in the vicinity of Toyo-Oka,
a town Of 200 population, so miles
northwest of Osaka, as the result of
an earthquake which sent residents
scurrying into the streets, fearing re-
currence of the Toxic disaster of 1928.
The quake, according to meteorolog-
ical reports, was a horizontal vibra-
ton of nearly 8 inches, which Is a rec
ord for the past 80 years. The tre-
NOR was continuous, and lasted sew
eral minutes.
Reports received here by the YER
nacular newspaper report the Toyo-
Okla post Office has collapsed and the
railroad station burning. Military air
planes have been dispatched to the
area affected to investigate the extent
Of the damage.
No details have been received here
as to casualties.
Evening star., 1925-05-23
MRS. WILSON SAILS
AS ELEANOR COLLINS
Refuses to Break Silence on Eve
Of First Trip Abroad Since
Peace Conference.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. May 23.-Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, widow of the war Presi-
dent, registered in the rolls of the
liner Majestic as Miss Eleanor Col
lins." sailed at l o'clock this morning
for Cherbourg. whence she will go to
Paris by motor.
Mrs. Wilson has as her travelling
companion Miss Belle Baruch, daugh-
ter of Bernard NJ. Baruch, who was
chairman Of the War Industries Board
under President Wilson.
Wearing deep mourning and carry
ing bouquet OF white gardenias un-
der her arm. Mrs. Wilson said it was
her rule Ito say nothing"
This Is her first trip abroad since
the memorable trip with President
Wilson to negotiate the treaty of Yer
sailles after the World War. Mr..
Baruch accompanied her and his
daughter to the steamer. After a few
days in Paris, Mrs Wilson plans to
motor through France and possibly to
visit Belgium.
Evening star., 1925-05-23
SUMMER WHITE HOUSE
READY FOR PRESIDENT
White Court, Redecorated, Is Made
Clean and CHEEKY for Mr.. and
Mrs. CooHdge's Visit.

By the Associated Press.
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass, May 23.-
White Court. which will be the
Summer home of President Coolidge
here. has passed through the hands
of decorators and now Is ready for
occupancy. The 26-room porticoed
mansion, reconditioned. Is spick and
span and CHEEKY. in readiness for the
Presidents first real vacation in two
years.
The dining room and various others
have been entirely renovated, accord
ing to a general scheme. The rooms
in which Official calls will be re-
ceived now hold a different aspect
from those In which the President
and Mrs. Coolidge will meet personal
friends and live during the vacation.
Hangings. upholstery and wall paper
have been done over in obtaining the
new effects.
Evening star., 1925-05-23
Submarine DiUes
With Is OF, Deck;
All Are Rescued
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, May % delayed.
An unheralded maneuver gave
the "gobs" of the submarine S-2S
the thrill of their lives during ex-
ercises a mile off I.ahaina. 1t be-
came known at Pearl Harbor today.
The entire deck crew was on deck
when the submarine suddenly took
a dive, the rs members of the crew
being carried under water. Four
or five Of them could not swim.
but were kept afioat by their
comrades. The submarine soon
emerged and picked up the men.
1t is said an order had been mis-
interpreted. There were no cas-
ualties.
Evening star., 1925-05-23
Estimates Indicate Toll Will
Soar When Stricken Sec
ton Counts Its Victims.
Flames Follow Shock.
FOREIGNERS IN RESORT
CITY ARE BELIEVED SAFE
Train Trapped in Tunnel Cave-Tn.
Recurrence of 1923 Disaster
Feared-Planes Rushed From
Toxic to Razed Villages-Trem-
blor Worst in 80 Years.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
TOXIC, May 23.-The department
OF communications announced TODAY
that more than 290 persons are be-
lieved to be dead in the earthquake
this morning at Toyo-Oka, while sew
eral hundred were injured in the
earthquake and fire at Kinosaki
Springs, famous resort visited by
tourists. 1t is not believed that any
foreigners were victims of the temblor
or fire.
Reports from Osaka continue brief
In the wake Of an earthquake and fire
today that shook the district centering
around Toyo-Oka, so miles northwest
of Osaka
Nernacular newspapers assert sew
eral hundred casualties were reported.
An afrplane from the ASahi, a Toxic
newspaper. relayed reports that the
fire at Toyo-Oka continued to rage
late today and the whole town seemed
virtually destroyed.
10 Dead In Village.
Police at Kyoto report 10 persons
dead and many injured in Fumihama,
where numerous houses collapsed.
Tsuiyama, near Toyo-Oka. was re-
ported in flames, but no damage has
been listed east Of Kinosami Springs.
The department of communications
received another official dispatch from
Toyo-Oka this morning which said:
Violent earthquake this morning.
Many houses shaken down. Fires start.
ed in two places and many casualties
are expected. Communication with
Tottori was re-established with diff
Guilty, as railroad tunnel between kno-
saki Springs and Takeno crumbled."
The authorities are investigating to
determine what relief measures will be
necessary. Only a slight shock was felt
in Toxic.
An offer of assistance was cabied
today by Chairman John Barton
Payne of the American Red Cross, to
the Japanese Red Cross.
Our deepest sympathy for sufferers
In the disaster in the Fanin district"
the cablegram read. Can we be of
assistance?"
Evening star., 1925-05-23
Russian Hostility Denied.
BONES 1000 YEARS OLD.
Prehistoric Skeleton Unearthed in
New Mexico.

SANTA FE. N. Mex. May % R.-
Bones of a human being about 5h
feet in stature. believed to be 2,000
years old. have been unearthed at a
mining camp in Cottonwood Gulch,
Rio Arriba County, according to Prof.
Fayette A. Jones. mining geologist.
Jones said the bones were dug from
under feet of hard, compact,
cemented clay. unaffected by river de-
posits. Three successive strata of
charcoal a foot or two apart were
penetrated before the bones were en-
countered. Cedar trees, apparently
several hundred years old. had grown
above the bones, Prof. Jones said.
Evening star., 1925-05-23
CLOSE BORDER AT NIGHT.
Me- 'co Takes Action to Stamp Out
.s. Gambling in Nogales.

NOGALES. Ariz., May % R).-An
order closing the international bound
ary line here at o'clock every eve
ming. issued by federal officials in
Mexico City, became effective last
night. The order was issued by the
federal government in an effort to
stamp out gambling in Nogales,
Sonora, 1t Is believed here.
The federal government granted the
gambling concessions, but the fact
that the closing order also was issued
by the Mexico City government at the
request of Gov. Alejo Bey of Sonora
is taken to mean an end to the gaming
tables along this section of the border.
Evening star., 1925-05-23
RIFFS WITHSTAND
FRENCH ATTACKS
Hold Ground StoutIy Despite
Heavy Loss in Fu-
riouS Attack.
By the Associated Press.

RABAT. French Morocco. May as
The Riffian tribesmen are standing
their ground stoutly against the
forces seeking to oust them from the
French zone, and, although Gen.
Count de Chambrun's success in
Thursdays and Fridays operations is
unquestioned. Abd-el-Krim Und his
followers still loom as formidable foes.
French military men at headQuar-
ters here say the Riffians have shown
themselves to be thoroughly organ
lied along the lines developed during
the World War. and that the French
everywhere In De Chambrun's opera
tions captured the enemy's positions
only by bayonet charges.
The French found that the enemy
offered the stifrest resistance, and
have learned that they can attack the
Riffians successfully only after good
artillery preparation. exactly as was
the practice in the World War.
Bayonet Attack Wins.
Gen. Cambay. on the right wing. has
had particularly hard fighting in the
recent operations. His men were con-
stantly exposed to a biting fire, and
won only at the point of the bayonet.
Realizing the difficulties Of the cam.
paign, the French are reinforcing their
advance posts. many of which hereto.
fore have been surrounded and often
dangerously threatened.
The French column fell back after
revictualing and strengthening a
number of posts in the path of the re-.
cent advance. The French tactics are
to reinforce and multiply these for
ward posts so that they will consti-
tute a defensive line.
The Communist organ LHuma mite
Of Paris was today barred by official
order from sale or distribution in the
French zone. The order stated that
certain articles in the newspaper had
tended to provoke French soldiers to
disobedience during the present opera.
ton, and are of a nature to threaten
the discipline and safety of the
troops"
The situation of the French forces
has been greatly improved by the
Evening star., 1925-05-23
WOMAN, ABDUCTED,
DEAD WHEN FOUND
Was Taken From Cottage on Lake
in Maine by Man Who
Shot Aunt.
BY the Associated Press.

7
WINTHROP, Me-, May 23.-The
body Of Miss Ada Hayward, who was
taken from her cottage at Lake
Maranacook early Wednesday by a
man who shot her aunt, Mrs. Emma
L. Towns. and set fire to the cottage
was found today in a room on the
second floor Of a cottage owned by
Jennie Gray at Pine Point.
The Gray cottage is about a mile and
n half from the former home of Miss
Hayward. The State authorities had
the name of a man who they believed
had abducted the woman. The body
was found or a bed cot. 1t was be.
that Miss Hayward had been choked
TO death,
Evening star., 1925-05-23
Persian Uprising Grows.

LONDON, May 23 F.-Dispatches
reaching here from Persia today said
an uprising of Persian Turcomans
was reaching large proportions. The
Russian Turcomans have been en-
couraging those of Persia to estab-
lish their own soviet. which would
be united with the Russian organise.
tion, these advices asserted