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Evening star., 1925-05-13
JOINT SEA AND LAND
DRIVE ON RUM NOW
FAST APPROACHING
Consolidation of General and
State Dry Forces Step
in Campaign.
PROPAGANDA WILL ALSO
BE USED IN NEW "WAR"
Posters Exhorting Obedience to
Law Will Be Sent All
Over Country.
BY the Associated Press.

y With the sea offensive we'll under
way, reorganization Of the land forces
of prohibition enforcement has been
started with a view to co-ordinatinS
the two campaigns.
One of the first moves has been
she consolidation of special forces,
operating under the general agents
In 10 States, with the staffs of the
State directors. The effect will be
10 give a unified organization which
will be used, under present plans, eX-
clusively on conspiracy cases and in
major raids.
AS the strategical plan develops
other Federal agents will be trans
ferred to the general field force, until
the State director retains only enough
agents to do inspection work, such
as investigating applications for per-
mits and seeing that drug stores obey
the law in dispensing medicinal
liquor.
f. c. Yellowley, chief of the general
prohibition agents, will be in COM
mand of the first field army" He
has been placed in control of the con-
solidating raiding forces assigned to
New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
and California.
ton to concentrate the forces OF all
the States in his sector upon any
point reported by his scouts to be
threatened with inundation by an enc
my truck convoy, or to protect con-
centration warehouse from a mass at
tack by guerilla troops of the rum
rebels.
Carrying the war analogy a step
farther, enforcement headquarters
have completed plans to launch a
propaganda attack designed to weak
en- the opposition's morale. Telling
slogans have been selected for the
poster campaign, all of them empha-
sizing the moral benefits to flow from
strict observance of constitutional and
statute restrictions.
Sustain the laws of the Govern
ment which protects you"
Americas history is a record OF
law observance and high ideals; in
disregard for law lies the greatest
danger to our republic
An appropriation of $50, 600 will be-
come available July ! for printing
and distributing the posters. They
will be displayed in Federal buildings,
post offices and public schools, and on
public roads.
Efforts of the Government to bring
about rigid enforcement of the proh1-
bition law were commended today by
j. Harvey Borton and DR.. Jesse III.
Brown of Philadelphia, representing
,the Friends Temperance Association,
during a call on President Coolidge.
They advised the President that their
association, at a recent assembly, had
expressed confidence in the outcome of
the administrations prohibition drive,
and pledged its sympathy and support.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
Radio and Wits, Not Rifles and Lead,
Decisive Factors in Var on Rum Ro,v

munication between the Coast
Guard fleet and headquarters Is a
less highly organized and un-
licensed scheme Of wireless COM
munication maintained by the rum
laden vessels that boast residence
in rum row and their base of opera
ton, for the most part along the
Jersey and Virginia coasts.
Despite its imperfections and its
lack of a Government license this
radio system. by which the master
minds of the alcohol fleet direct the
landing of whisky, quote bids and
offers and generally supervise the
entire rum-smuggling business, has
been developed to surprisingly ef-
f1cient degree.
Coast Guard officials, however.
will only sketch the results that they
have been able to obtain from their
wireless supervision of the opera
tions of rum row. They neither
deny nor confirm reports that they
had been able to decode certain i'm.
portant messages relating to the
rum-feet maneuvers and thereby to
follow the plans of rum row.
Copyright. 1926.l
Evening star., 1925-05-13
Formal Negotiations on Re-
funding Near, Paris
Announces.
FRENCH EXPERT COMES;
DENIES LOAN is SOUGHT
Parmentier Announces He Is in
United States to Confer With
Dawes and Young.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 13-The first active
negotiations for funding the French
war debt to the United States will be.
gin within Is days, 1t was learned au.
thoritatively today.
M. Caillaux's financial plans, as out
lined before the chambers finance
committee, are accepted with resigna
ton, If not enthusiasm, by the French
public, which continues it's confidence
in his ability to salvage the nation S
finances.
Members Of the committee are re-
ported to have been, on the whole
favorably impressed with the outline
of the finance minister's program, al
though the Socialists were disappoint
ed that all their schemes were uisre,
garded.
NJ. CaillauX announced that the pay
ments received from Germany under
the Dawes reparation plan would be
applied to reconstruction of the dev'
astated regions and also to amortiza
ton of the interallied debts.
Discreet on Debts.
A number of questions as to the de
tails of his program were put to Nj
CaillauX, and he answered them all
readily enough except those regarding
the interallied debts. about which he
was most discreet, declaring it a deli
cate point.
Among the other points, he ex.
planned that he intended to promote
legislation to prevent capitalists from
keeping funds permanently deposited
abroad, under penalty of a fine
amounting to percentage of the
capital thus exported and loss of the
rights of French citizenship.
Exceptions would be made in cases
of commercial and industrial firms
which needed money abroad for bust.
ness purposes. he added. the measure
being aimed only against wealthy
tax dodgers.
Additional taxes and d sterner col
lection of the existing ones was the
burden of NJ. Caillaux's long awaited
declaration of his financial projects.
An increased tax on tobacco of SO per
cent will become effective Thursday.
Oil Monopoly Discussed.
The creation of some sort of oil
monopoly. while guardedly referred to
in the official document of \he min
lister, was made clear to the finance
committee during the informal talk
which followed the reading of the
(Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1925-05-13
TURN TO BORDER.
Fooled Rum Smugglers Active Along
Canadian Line.

NEW YORK, May IS tA.PJ.-Be-
cause of the blockade of Rum Row
liquor smugglers working along the
Canadian border are increasing their
activities.
A Dunkirk, y. Y, newspaper tells
of $50 cases of liquor landed at the
mouth of Canadaway Creek and car
ried away by more than dozen
trucks.
In Detroit prohibition agents have
raided a three story building with
Equipment for bottling liquids. More
than 5000 gallons of liquor were con-
fiScated.
Meanwhile. Rum Row still displays
some life. Yesterday a big French
steamer dropped anchor and was
promptly surrounded by four Coast
Guard boats A German steamer
which left the row in Monday morn
ing's fog reappeared and anchored
near the Frenchman.
Isolated cases of blockade running
have developed. Fifty cases of whisky
are reported to have been landed at
Seabright, n. j., yesterday. The New
York American today publishes a
story by Norman S. Hall, in which he
asserts that he came in from the row
on a boat which landed us cases of
whisky within the limits of Manhat-
ian. He says that he believes much
more whisky was brought ashore at
the same time.
Ten Coast Guard cutters, former
hestroyers and 81 picket boats are pa
trolling rum row. Among them IS
the sea sleigh, a new type, capable OF
making 3S to 40 knots an hour.
Aircraft are going to be used in the
blockade A seaplane, with fuel ca
pacity for four hours flying at high
speed. is being prepared at Squan-
tum, Mass.
The present blockade, according to
Lincoln c. Andrews, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury, in charge of
prohibition enforcement, is only "a
minor engagement, and will be fol
lowed by "a real liquor warfare" He
made the statement en- route from
Washington to Ell Paso for a confer
ence with Mexican officials on narcotic
and rum smuggling problems. He
plans better cooperation between ma
tional and State dry. officials and the
elimination of politics from prohibi
tion appointments.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
By the Consolidated Press.

By the Consolidated Press.
Rum and radio have become at
one and the same time boon COM
panions and sworn enemies. And
the battle that is raging at present
between the rum-smuggling fleet
of the Atlantic and the United
States Coast Guard is not so much
a war of bullets and bombs as it
is of radio and wits.
At the headquarters of the Coast
Guard here today it was revealed
that not only the dot-dash transmit
ters are being utilized in blockad-
ing the entry of contraband goods
to American soil, but that radio
phone communication also has been
established between the many
Coast Guard cutters and between
the cutters and the shore stations,
and is being worked successfully.
These phone transmitters were in
stalled only recently in virtually
all of the Coast Guard rum chasers.
They operate on secret wave
lengths In addition to dispatching
messages in a variety of innocent
sounding codes.
Opposed to this scheme Of com.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
POLICE IN BRISK WAR
ON "REDS" IN LONDON
Permits to Remain in England
Being Cancelled and Quantities
of Literature Seized.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 13.-The Daily
Chronicle says the police are taking
strong measures against the Bolshe.
viks in London. The permits of
numerous persons to remain in Eng
land have been Cancelled and the re-
newal Of others refused, the number
thus dealt with mounting into the
hundreds.
Quantities of literature have also
been seized. In consequence of these
measures, the paper declares. the Boil
shevik book shop here, where the
newspapers Prada, Izvestia and other
publications were sold, has been closed
and the official Bolshevik paper in
England, the Soviet Union Review
has ceased publication.
The stats Of Russian commercial
establishments are being greatly re-
duced, the Chronicle adds. but it is
unaware whether this Is due to the
police campaign or merely to econ
omy.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
$500 BAIL IS SET
FOR TWO CRASHES
Record Amount Required of
Driver After Four SuS-
tain Injuries.

John B. Weismiller of 1908 A street
northeast was held today under the
highest bail ever fixed in Traffic Court,
when Judge Isaac r. Hit, after hear
ing a demand for a jury trial on
charges of leaving after colliding, driv-
ing while intoxicated and a charge of
colliding which was combined with an
additional charge of leaving after col
liding. placed him under a total bond
of $4,000.
Pat O'Connor. professional bonds
man, then informed the court that
Weismiller had a previous case of
driving while intoxicated against him,
and that in view of the new charges
he wished to surrender his client to
the court. This bond, which was $500,
raises the grand total to $4,000. Court
records showed that Weismiller was
arrested July 8, 1924. for driving while
intoxicated, at which time O'Connor
went on his bond.
WeismilIer was arraigned before
Judge John P. Mcmahon in the Night
Traffic Court shortly after the alleged
offenses. Bond at that time was re-
fused and he was committed to jail.
Four Hurt in Two Crashes.
Four persons were injured in two
accidents alleged to have been caused
by Weismiller early in the night. two
pital and the others treated at their
homes for shock. The hospital pa
tients were Miss Helen Cornelius and
Miss Blanche r. Young, both resid-
ing at 1457 Fairmont street; the
others were Miss Cora L. Schubert,
ia Maryland avenue northeast, and
John P. Swecker, Clarendon, Va.
Weismiller's car struck Swecker's s
machine that was pulling to the curb
near Miss Schubert's home, over
turning the latter vehicle and shock
ing it's two occupants. Continuing
west on Maryland avenue, Weismil-
ler's car entered the Capitol grounds
and struck an automobile in which
the two Fairmont street residents
were riding, painfully injuring them.
Following the second collision, it is
stated, Weismiller continued driving
through the Capitol grounds, but was
oyertaken by Capitol policeman and
arrested before leaving the Federal
reservation.
Hit By Trolley.
Hugh Lyon, colored, SO, 1902 Eighth
street. was knocked down by a street
car at New York avenue and Ninth
street yesterday and cut about the
face. lie receiVSu treatment at Elmer
gency Hospital and went home.
Miss Thelma Winkjer, 1921 Law
renee street northeast, was struck by
the automobile of Harry Artos, Uni
versity Of Maryland, while in front of
1906 Rhode Island avenue northeast
yesterday afternoon. She was only
slightly hurt.
Robert Hall, 2104 I street. was
knocked down by an automobile at
Twenty first and 1 streets yesterday
afternoon His left leg was injured.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
NEW DRY PLAN REPORTED.
Chicago Paper Says Andrews Will Re.
organize His Forces.

CHICAGO, May 13-The Chicago
Daily News said yesterday that Lin
coin C. Andrews, Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury. in charge of prohibi-
ton enforcement. plans a reorganiza-
tion of prohibition enforcement forces
for the elimination of political ap.
pointments 10 enforce prohibition as
far as is "humanly possible"
Another change which the Daily
News says Andrews proposes is the
merging of two enforcement branches
agents operating under the State pro.
fibition directors and the general
agents in those States where both ex.
bst. ..-
Evening star., 1925-05-13
PLANE FALLS HERE,
NAVY A|RMEN SAFE
Lieut.. 0fstie Slightly Hurt
When Ship Crashes in
Spin Test.

Lieut.. Comdr. Marc A. Mitscher.
head of the plans division of the Blu
reau of Aeronautics. Navy Depart
| ment, and his assistant. Lieut.. Ralph
A. Ofstie. narrowly escaped death
or serious injury when the seaplane
! they were testing for it's spinning abil.
/ ity crashed on Hams Point today.
The plane landed in a normal posi-.
! ton, but the lower wings and pom
| toons were smashed to splinters.
Lieut.. Ofstie received minor cuts and
bruises and a twisted ankle. while
/ Lieut.. Comdr. Mitscher escaped un-
| hurt.
With Lieut.. Ofstie at the controls
the plane took off about 1920 o'clock
| from the Naval Air Station and was
to be tested for it's performance in
| spins. On two previous occasions the
same type of plane refused to spin
! normally, coming to earth in fiat
/ spin while the pilots. Lieut.. A.
j. Williams and Lieut.. Harold Brow.
| vainly worked the controls to restore
+! it to normal fight! Notifications in
the tail surfaces since had been made
/ and Lieut.. Ofstie recently returned
|
| Wash, where he flew the planes thus
altered.
Plane Motor Differs.
! The type flown today, although
embodying the larger tail surface,
was not the same Lieut.. Ofstie had
! brought out of the fiat spin at Seat
| tie. differing with respect to motor
/ - III
! Lieut.. Comdr. Mitscher said the
plane had reached an altitude of
about 1000 feet and then Lieut.. Of
! site kicked it into normal spin.
! Much altitude was lost, and then the
I plane changed its maneuver of spin
ming with the nose hanging down
ward to the fiat spin--a continuation
of the spinning maneuver, only in u
horizontal instead of vertical posi-
! ton. Although Lieut.. Ofstie headed
| for the water, the plane landed
between the driveway and the end
! of the land. The motor and propeller
never struck the ground and were
undamaged.
Impact Is Slight.
Lieut.. Comdr. Mitscher said he
thought the plane could have been
brought out of the fiat spin if more
altitude was available. The impac ct
on crashing was surprisingly light,
he said, and was likened to the jerk
given the body when a parachute
opens.
| More experiments will be conducted
with the fuselage and tail surfaces
Lieut.. Comdr. Mitscher said until the
plane performs as other do in spin.
The Boeing plane was selected from
a dozen submitted to a trial board at
the naval air station, Pensacola, Fla.
! and it's performance in every ma.
| neuver was deemed superior to other
craft offered for test. At that time
1t spun normally and was brought out
of the spin without difficulty. How
ever, the defect in construction was
discovered here two months ago when
| Lieut.. Williams, was unable to haul
/ it out of the fiat spin and crashed at
| the north end of Boiling Field. The
| Continued on Page 2, Column ~
Evening star., 1925-05-13
CUBAN PRESIDENT-ELECT
MAKES OUT CABINET LIST
Machado Will Retain Two Mem
bers of Present Regime-Takes
Office May 20.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
Hh'ANA, Cuba. May 13-The cab.
met President elect Gerardo Mach
ado. who takes office on May 20, was
unofficially announced as:
Foreign affairs, Carlos Manuel de
Cespedes, incumbent: Justice Jesus
Maria Barraque: interior, Rogerio
ZayaS Bazan; treasury, Enrique Hern-
andeZ Cartaya; sanitation, Daniel Gis-
pert: agriculture. Andres pereria war
and marine. Rafael Iturraia,, present
interior secretary: education, Gull
lermo Fernando Mascara: public
works, Carlos Miguel de Cespedes:
presidency, Viriato Gutierrez.
The cabinet will not be official until
published in the official gazette.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
Earth Trembling.
Is Felt in Various
Parts of Illinois
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Ill.,, May ia slight
earth tremor, which caused no
damage, was felt here about s
O'Clock this morning.
METROPOLIS, ILL.,, May ia
distinct shock, lasting several
seconds, believed to have been an
earthquake, was felt in this vicin-
ity early this morning.
CHICAGO, May ia slight
earthquake shock was recorded at
s: 35 am. Central Standard Time
on the Weather Bureau seismo-
graph at the University of Chicago
today. The disturbance lasted only
l minute seconds, and the rec
ord did not indicate direction or
distance.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
LETTER PLEADS GUILTY.
Pays $500 Fine for Illegally Pos
seSsing LIQUOR.

BOSTON, May 13 (A.P1.-Joseph
Letter of Chicago, who maintains a
Summer home at Beverly, pleaded
guilty in United States District Court
to an Indictment charging illegal pos
session of liquor and paid fine of
$500. Counts of the indictment charg-
ing transportation and smuggling of
liquor were mol pressed.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
Finger Prints Sent
By Wire Identified
Withir, q Minute
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, May 13. Finger
prints sent by wire from New York
to Chicago last night were identi-
fled in one minute after being re-
ceived. the bureau of identification
of the Police Department said.
The tests were made in lonnec-
ton with the international con-
vention of police chiefs in New
York.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
JAPAN MAY HONOR CHINA.
Legation at Peking Likely to Be
Raised to Embassy.

TOXIC, May 13 (A.P).-According
to unofficial indications here today,
the Japanese legation at Peking prob
ably will be raised to the standing of
an embassy next week and M. Yo-
shizawa, Japanese Minister to China,
will be promoted to the newly created
Amba Ssador at Peking.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
S4OO,0DO,0OSLASH
IN TAXES PROPOSED
Bacharach Tells Coolidge
New Law Must Be Salts
factory Politically.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
a program for s4Oo, 900. 900 tax re-
duction was proposed to President
Coolidge today by Representative
Bacharach of New Jersey, RepubIi-
can, member of the House ways and
means committee. which will frame
new revenue legislation next Fall.
At the same time the New Jersey
Representative told the President new
tax legislation must be approached
from a practical, or the political,
viewpoint, rather than from a theo-
retical, or the so-called scientific,
standpoint"
Sees Political Angle.
1T is all right" he said. ito talk
of scientific tax reduction and I be-
lieve many of the changes suggested
by Secretary Mellon and others along
these lines ought to be put into effect.
But I am basing my observation
upon experience gained as member
of the ways and means committee,
having fresh in mind what happened
when we were considering the tax re-
duct1on last year and in 1922 and also
keeping in mind the fact that before
new revenue bill can be passed by
the House many of the members Of
that bcGv will be in the midst of pri-
mary Campaigns for denomination, and
they are going to pledge themselves
to tax reduction along those lines
which they think will meet the ap-
proval of their immediate constitu-
encies, and not concern themselves so
much about the country in general"
Would End Excese Taxes.
A maximum SurtaX rate of 20 per
cent and elimination of most of the
miscellaneous excese taxes, including
those on automobiles and accessories
motor boats, jewelry and club dues
was advocated by the New jersey
Representative.
Reduction in the rates on incomes
between $4,000 and $4,000 also is
possible, Mr.. Bachrach declared, as
we'll as increased allowance for de-
pendents. He would have the surtaX
rate apply only on incomes of 900
and upward.
While agreeing in part with Sec
retary Melons plan to eliminate the
inheritance tax, Mr.. Bachrach said
he did not believe the present makeup
of the House would consent and he
suggested reducing the inheritance
tax.
Evening star., 1925-05-13
WEATHER.

u. $. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Unsettled tonight and tomorrow,
followed by showers tomorrow after
noon or night; not much change in
temperature. Temperatures: High
est, 81, at noon today: lowest, A, at
. am. today. Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1925-05-13

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Evening star., 1925-05-13

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1925-05-13

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Smyrna times., 1925-03-25
LAVENDER REALESTATE SOLD
Mrs. NJ. Scott Buys Delaware House;
c. L. HarmOnsOn, Cavender Home
J.B. HUM and Lee Deakyne, Others

The realestate of Mrs. Wilson T.
Cavender, deceased, situated in and
near Smyrna, was sold in front of the
Delaware House, Saturday afternoon
and was largely attended. Due to the
fact the property included more than
a half a block of buildings situated
right in the heart of the business sec
tiOn of Smyrna on the east side of
Main Street between Commerce and
Mt. Vernon Streets and including the
hotel (The Delaware HOuse) and the
fine residence and grounds of Mrs.
Cavender, there was more than usual
interest in the sale. The property
was sold by Henry Ridgely, Esq,
trustee and Rynear w. Slaughter was
the auctioneer. The barber shop for
thirty-four years tenanted by Joseph
B. Hum, was purchased by him for
$2065. The Delaware House was
knocked off to Henry D. Boyer for ST.
800. Mr.. Boyer bought it for Mrs. NJ.
Scott, proprietor of "The Avon" on
Market Street, who is expected to
conduct it as a hotel. The dwelling
house now occupied by c. Leland Har-
monson, Esq, was purchased by Lee
Deakyne for a residence for himself
for $4,25O. The fine Cavender home
stead, a large house situated in a
beautiful old-fashioned garden, was
purchased by C. Leland Harmonsor
for $7,875. Mr.. HarmOnson, it is und-
erstood, will make it his home after
it is renovated, repainted and repaper-
ed Two farms were also sold, one
containing 100 acres in Duck Greek
Hundred was bought by Harry
Straightforward another farm in White
hall Neck, containing 100 acres wa!
bought by Harvey Short. The frs
farm sold for $4,000, the second $11,
700. A five acre lot at the end o
Mount Vernon Street, (the Persimol
Pond lott, now facing on the duPOn
Boulevard was bought by Arthu
StOtesbury for S2,O2O. There are tw,
more farms owned by Mrs. Cavende
in Maryland, just across the Delawar
line, which are yet to be sold, but tn
time has not been fixed.