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Evening star., 1925-04-03
Last of WrangeH
Hunters to Return,
Home Nert Month

Remaining members of the i'll fated
hunting expedition to Wrangell
Island in 1923 will be returned to
their homes near Nome next month
on the Coast Guard cutter Bear. A
doxen Eskimos. including two women
and fve children. comprise the party.
The announcement from the Coast
Guard headquarters of the cut
ter's assignment, probably will mark
the final act in the drama which
opened in August, 1929. when a trad
ing company commissioned Charles
H. Wells to take party of native
fox hunters to Wrangell. They re-
manned on the Black Island a year,
until taken off by the Soviet vessel
Red October and taken to VIadiyos-
tok, where Wells, died of pneumonia.
Crossing into China, the party So
journed for a time at Harbin. Man
churia, and then were brought to
Seattle.
Evening star., 1925-04-03
Six Held in Counterfeit Case.

MONTREAL. April Six men ar
rested in farmhouse at LAS
semption, where Royal Canadian
Mounted Police said they found $780,
900 In counterfeit money and a print
ing press, were arraigned today and
held for the forging of bank notes
and making counterfeit $40 Banaue
Canadienne Rationale notes. Police
say that in addition to the $150.o00
IN bogus money they found in the
house 100000 cut papers ready to be
printed.
Evening star., 1925-04-03
OFFICIAL IS VICTIM.
Customs Man Forced to Borrow $50
to Pay Duty.

NEW YORK. April 3.-John p.
OConner. deputy surveyor of GUS
toms, had to borrow $50 from his
colleagues to pay duties when he and
his wife landed yesterday from a tour
of the West Indies.
inspectors pounced upon his traps
examined everything. and demanded
$50 in duties. O'Conner admitted he
was A bit short of ready cash. The
inspectors refused to accept his
check. Finally another deputy sur
veyor, James S. Long. collected $40
each from his co-officisls and the
duty was paid
Evening star., 1925-04-03

involvement apparently has been
avoided through the decision of Judge
Purdy
Had the judge assumed jurisdiction
in the Smith case, thus substantial
ing the claim that the peninsula is
Chinese territory. Japan doubtless
would have protested
Evening star., 1925-04-03
GIVEN RAILROAD POST.
H. G. Smelling Made New York
Central Treasurer.

NEW YORK; April 3,-Harry @.
Smelling, assistant general treasurer
Of the New York Central lines, yes
terday was appointed general treas
urer of the system to fill the vacancy
created March by the death of Mil
ton s. Barger.
Rush ~ Harry of Cincinnati, Ohio.
treasurer of the Big Four Railway
system since 1909. was appointed to
succeed Mr.. Smelling and a. r. Burk 2
of Cincinnati. was given the Big
Four treasurership.
Evening star., 1925-04-03
KING GRANTS WOUNDED
VETS WISH FOR COTTAGE
Victor Emmanuel Hears Story Of
Man Who Fought in War, Then
Gives Him 10000 Lire.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ROME, April 3.-Giovanni Piron, 81,
mutilated war veteran, partly para
lyzed. unable to speak perfectly and
in tstters. today approached the guard
of the royal palace, saying. Il want
to see King Victor Emmanuel, for
whom ! fought and bled."
When informed by the men at the
Evening star., 1925-04-03

gates the King sent for him. but in
the presence of his monarch Piroli
was too nervous to stand. SO, the
King asked the veteran to sit beside
him while his story of misfortune
was told
What can l do for your" finally
asked the King. At length Piroli,
who had been evicted from his house,
said his life dream was a cottage of
hts own But 1t would cost 10000 lire.
King Victor Emmanuel immediate
ly ordered 10000 lire given to the
veteran, and as Piroli departed the
monarch took 500 lire from his pocket,
saying, Buy food with this.
Evening star., 1925-04-03

High school girls i'm BIN ghamton
n. Y, are now wearing hand-painted
galoshes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
OF
SHENANDOAH
QU|ZzED
Court Seeks More Data on
Condition Of DirigibIe's
Gas Cells
BY DAVID p. SENTNER
Nv International News Service

LAKEHURST, N. j., Sept. 26.-A
pail of gloom hung over the naval
board of inquiry as news Of the dis
aster to the marine S-51, off
Boston whel curt feconvened
today to contiI it's investigation
into the cause of aonther naval
tragedy-the breaking in two of the
dirigible Shenandoah on September
3 with the loss of Commander
Zachary Lansdowne and eleven
members of the crew.
The court directed it's questioning
of the Shenandoah survivors in an
attempt to confirm the statement
of James H. Collier, chief rigger,
that a gas cell was ruptured before
the airship collapsed.
August G.. Quernheim, machiniSt
mate. was the first witness called.
He testified that he saw gas
cell Debated at the time of the
crash.
Whole Cell Collapsed
THE lower part of the gas cell
cupped up as they do and then the
whole cell dropped down." Quern-
helm said. The witness said he was
not sure whether this was before
or after the Shenandoah broke.
Quernheim described the incident
as "a sudden collapse of the CELL
What did you formerly notice
about cell No. 1872" Lieutenant Com
mander Rosendahl. senior surviving
officer of the Shenandoah asked.
"It was so tight l could lean
against it and support my weight"
the witness answered.
Cell No. 10 was described by Col.
lier as being Debated before the
ship broke, while cell No. was
fully inflated.
William A. Russell. chief ma.
chanist's mate, was called next.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
ABSENCE OF OIL ON
SURFACE RAJ Is
NAVY'S HOPES

By International News Service :.
NEW LONDON, Conn.,, Sept. 26.-The luck OF
thirty-four men who went down with the submarine
SSH when she was ramrned by the steamship City
of Rome last night, may still be alive
HOPES fOn the.rescue Of the men hang upon re-
ports of d patch of oil Captain Diehl, of the City
of Rome reported that spot of oil was the only
trace left Of the Ssh after she went down. OrdI-
nariIy this would mean that the submarine had been
punctured and had sunk, with her crew drowned BY
the inrushing food waters she hurtled to the
bottom.
Later reports, however, received from naval yes
sells searching for traces of the $751; stated that
traces of oil had been found the waters where the
Ssh went down.
This fact was Immediately seized upon by officers
here and buoyed up their hopes, and now they are
upon the luck of the navy for they say
that had the vessel been badly punctured the exud
ing oil would have remained upon the waters for
hours.
MAY HAVE CLOSED COMPARTMENTS
They possible that the of the Ssh, inn
mediately after being rammed, able to close the
compartments and hatches but in waterght
compartments and with suf1cen air in the chambers to
keep the alive for many hours.
Coast charts indicate that the water where the Sol
was sunk is feet Deep and officers here of
the opinion if the vessel be located that will
only be n few hours before she be raised to the
surface possibly beratng OF the thIrty-four men
who down with their ship.
salvage ship has already been dispatched from pos
and hoped that operations for lifting the suken
submarine may this afternoon.
The Navy Department has authorized the use OF pf-
vate salvage vessels and the hiring or DIVERS ana no
moment the fate of the men now officially listed as
roiss
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
WEIGH 5 Term
GUT To SIX
MONTHS
Judges at LeonardtoWn Re-
fuse to Release Alleged Vic
tim of BootIegger's Plot

Acting on an appeal of Sidney
WEIGH, 2717 Alabama avenue, sup
ported by Wayne B. Wheeler, set
ting forth that WEIGH was rail
roaded" into jail by bootleggers,
Judges Diggs. Mattingly and Logan
in Circuit Court at Leonardtown.
Md, today reaffirmed the guilty
verdict originally rendered in the
case, but cut the sentence imposed
from eighteen to six months in Jail.
The judges stated that, in their
opinion. WEIGH was guilty of the
assault charge brought by j.. c..
Mattingly and that he was not the
victim of a "frame-up'' by boot
!eggers of st. Mary's county, Md,
in retaliation for his activities
against him,
They took into consideration,
however, certain extenuating cir
cumstances in the, case and decided
that the eighteen-month sentence
was too stiff. WEIGH was sentenced
September II, to serve the eighteen
month sentence.
WEIGH was released from the
House of Correction several days
ago under $500 bond, furnished by
prohibition officials.
Trial of the appeal occupied al
most all of the day yesterday and
WEIGH was released on the same
bond when the judges announced
they would render their final dect-
sion today.
WEIGH claims that Mattingly, who
swore out the warrant was actual
ly the promulgator of the alleged
ASA ult, which occurred near Chap
tico, Md, several weei.s ago.
When he sought to have Mat
tingly arrestedA he says, he was
seized by a mob Of fifty men who
drove him to a deserted farmhouse,
and there beat him into unconsci-
ouesness, practically demolished his
car, and then left him to get back
to town as best he could.
Mattingly in his complaint
charged that WEIGH had provoked
an argument with him and struck
him with a pair of "steel knuckles. y
The case had attracted much at
tention in Maryland and has re-
suited in "a campaign by prohibition
workers to clean up ST. Mary's
county" which they charge is over
run with bootleggers and saturated
with stills.
Welch's fight for freedom was
conducted by State Senator l.. G..
SaSScer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26

crashed into the submarine at 1924
o'clock last night. She was In
Boston at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
The liner was little damaged in the
collision, according to BRIEF radio
messages to the Tropical Radio
Company here.
The submarine left New London,
Conn, Friday afternoon on
Neutrality-suspicious. 'sea run, a prac-
tice trip frequently ordered for SUBJ
marines to keep officers and crew
familiar with handling their craIe
in the open sea.
Lieutenant Rodney M. Dobson,
young junior grade officer living
in New York State, commanded
the Ssh, according to officers at
the Charleston navy yard.
It was believed the submarine
was running on the surface OF the
water when the liner dealt It
the death blow and that the three
who escaped and were picked up
by the City Of Rome's boats were
the first to reach the open hatch
before the submarines speedy
plunge to the bottom.
May Have Missed Lights
NAVY yard officers believed 1t
possible that the lookout on the
liner missed the lights on the
low-lying craft.
The S-51, a first.line submarine
of 1900 tons displacement, sub
merged, was built at Bridgeport,
Conn, by the Lake Submarine Conn
pany and launched in 1921. Her
last assignment $3.50 Atlantic Pa
troll. Division No with base at
New London.
The submarine Aounted i've
twenty -one oh torpea0 tubes and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
HAGEN | Up ON
MEHLHORN
At 9Th
Champion Starts Round With
Eagle and Birdie, But Lead
Is Cut Down

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-Walter
Hagen, of Pasadena Fla, got away
to a good start in defense of his
pro golf crown today against
BILLY" Mehlhorn, of Chicago, with
an eagle on the first hole of the
final match in the championship
tournament of the Professional Golf
ers' Association at Olympia fields.
Mehlhorn's drive WAS ESQ yards
into the rough, Hagen's straight
and Is yards longer. The cham
pion's iron second was so feet over
the flag, from which he sank
downhin putt, while Mehlhorn took
a brassie and two puts for a a.
one under par.
Hagen, partly stymied by Mehl-
horns ball, sank a seVenty-foot
putt for a birdie 3 at the second
hole, putting him up. then got a
par on the third and was up.
With both balls carrying mud as
the result of a drizzle, they halved
the fourth in par 4. Mehlhorn sank
fourteen-foot birdie on the
fifth and was only 2 down when
Hagen missed from twelve feet
away. They halved the 15O-yard
sixth in par despite a heavy
dCWnpOur of rain.
Mehlhorn missed the cup by an
inch on the seventh and they halved
the hole in par 4. Hagen being still
2 up. :,
The eighth also was halved IN
par 3.
Mehlhorn sank a forty-footer for
a birdie on the ninth 'and they
rounded the turn with Hagen only
l up.
The cards:
Hagen 44434S 4-32
Mehlhorn $500. 4464S 3 4 3 3-33
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
OPERATORS ARE
SCORED BY
LEWIS
Mine Workers Chief BIames
Them for Reign of Terror
in Coal Industry
BY international News Service

FAIRMONT, W.. Va, Sept. 26.-
A broadside attack against certain
bituminous coal operators, whom
he charged with violating the
Jacksonville agreement. was launch
ed here today by John l.. Lewis,
mead of the United Mine Workers,
at great mass meeting Of miners,
designed to be the opening wedge
in the miners greatest effort to
unionize the fields of West Vir-
ginia.
This agreement has been dis
honored and impaired to a degree
which reveals moral turpitude upon
the part Of group of coal opera
tors who are seeking to escape
their contractual obligations upon
the flimsy grounds of business eX
pediency," Lewis chaged. Led by
the Pittsburgh Coal Company, and
the Consolidation Coal Company,
the two largest coal producing
companies in the United States
numerous operators in western and
central Pennsylvania and northern
West Virginia have repudiated the
agreement and have struck down
the wage structure Of the industry
Community Terrorism
"They have torn up their wage
contracts; they have closed their
mines for long periods in order to
starve their employees into submits
sion; they have eVicted their en-
pioyes from their homes; they have
manned their properties with armed
mine guards, searchlights. barbed
pa raphernalia of war. They have
resorted to the use Of unfriendly
courts and have sought to bind the
workers hand and foot by the is
sIance of court injunctions, strip
ping the worker of nearly every
right guaranteed him under the
CONSTITUTION. They have, in sub
stance and effect, conducted a cam
paign Of community terrorism in
the isolated mining villages.
Lewis said that SOME OF the in
diVidual operators who had violated
the agreement We're men of national
importance.
1.-The Jacksonville agreement was
negotiated with the aid and &C.
operation OF high Government off
Gals" Lewis added. by the same
token the industry has a right to
expect that moral influence and
power of those same Government
officials will be utilized to preserve
the integrity of the agreement and
to maintain in the public veal
the tranquility OF the coal industry.
The mine workers simply ask that
those operators who executed the
three-year wage agreement with
the United Mine Workers be COM
PEELED to live up to their contracts.
Workers to Fight
1T is the purpose OF the organ
ICED mine workers to exercise their
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26

Naval surface vessels, submarines
and aircraft are searching the
waters in the vicinity of the dis
aster striving to accurately locate
the submerged submerSlble, put as
vet no reports have been given
which offer tangible evidence or the
exact location of the sunken SUD
mersible. although the eyes of the
navy are scrutinizing every bit OF
flotsam and jetsam upon the waves
in hopes that they may find some
signal shot to the surface from
the torpedo tubes of the TKS-51.
Officers Not DOwnhearted.
Once the vessel is located Off
GERS state that it will be easy to
establish ignal communications with
her crew, if they still live.
Delicate instruments for sub
marine communication and sound
detection are on board the search
ing ships.
The officers quarters and the
mems barracks here are not alto
gether downhearted, for they are
hoping against hope that Lieuten-
ant Dobson and his men may be
found alive, just as Commander
Rodgers and his men on the naval
plane PN-9 were found alive when
they had been considered lost.
Valuable information for the
searchers may be expected when
the City of Rome docks at Boston
this afternoon.
The stories of the three survivors
and the report of Captain Diehl
may give an indication as to the
probable fate of the submarine and
it's crew.
The City of Rome was bound
from Savannah to Boston when she
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
ODD MALADY KILLS ANOTHER CRITTENTON Bah

OFFICIAL WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Fair and slightly warmer tonight; Sun
day cloudy and warmer. Tempera-
ture yesterday-Highest, 70; lowest, DO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
Judge Disapproyes Of
Gay Carriers Worn
By School Girls

NEW YORK, Sept. ga
pair of gaudy orange-hued gar
tiers, worn by two high school
girls, came in for stern disap-
prevail from Judge Burke in
Orange, N. j., police court.
The two girls, it was testified,
had been engaged in a fist fight,
revealing to the oniookers the
brilliant article of attire.
The court delivered this
dictum:
"a request will be made to
the board of education to see
that their girl pupils dress more
modestly in future"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26

International News Service the exclusive rghts
republication, in any form. OF all news
dispatches credited to it not otherwise CREDITED In
paper 10 also exclusively entitled to FOE
republication all the local undated news pub.
liGhed herein. a. Wsu all special dispatches
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
Havre de Grace Scratches

FIRST RACE-Silver Blaze.
SECOND RACE-Grosto, Revolt
Bernice, Harrar, Deadfall, Button
Bright.
FOURTH RACE-Cupid's Curse.
FIFTH RACE-Brown Sugar.
SEVENTH RACE-Rama.
Weather, clear; track, fast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
AUX
STUDIES
TERMS
Expected to Accept American
Offer as Basis for New
Discussions
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

Seven years ago today, under
the prayerful eyes of all France,
the Americans began their SUI
preme offensive in the Mouse
Argonne, which was the beginning
Of the end of a war that France
had almost. despaired of winning.
1t is a coincidence, perhaps,
that the seventh anniversary of
that great historical event, today,
should find French and American
statesmen, figuratively, at least,
sitting around a table at logger
heads over the collection of some
of the billions of dollars that
America poured into that titanic
struggle to aid France in her
hour of dire need.
Anniversary UnnOticed
The anniversary of the Argonne
offensive, which cost America 49,
529 casualties. passed almost un-
noticed among the debt ENJOYS of
the two governments as they
wrestled with figures, statistics and
the hard facts of economic and
fiscal analysis.
Negotiations between the two debt
commissions were temporarily at
standstill today while both sides
took counsel among themselves over
their respective plans for funding
the $4,000, 900, 900 that France owes
the United States.
The French, under Joseph Gail
laux, their versatile minister OF
finance, remained secluded at the
embassy, pouring over the settle
ment plan advanced by the Ameri-
can commission, which would grant
them somewhat more lenient terms
than Great Britain and seven other
debtor nations already have ac-
cepted.
1t had been expected there would
be a joint conference today, at
which N. CailIaux would give his
answer to the American PROPOSE
ton, but he decided he needed more
time to digest its provisions, and
the joint meeting, therefore, went
over until Monday.
Rejection Decided Upon
NJ. Caillaux has already decided,
IL was said in French quarters
today, to reject the american pro-
posal in it's present form.
1t will not, however. be a hard
and fast rejection. Rather it will
be an acceptance IN principle, ;"
which means that with certain ma
terial changes and concessions the
French are willing to take the Mel
Ion plan as basis of negotiations.
In arriving at this decision. Nj.
Caillaux is conceded 10 be follow
ing the only avenue open to him
in view Of the unequivocal rejection
by the American commission of his
original proposal for s,Indng the
debt. NJ. Caillaux's first proposal
was considered by ,ne American
commission as so absurd" that il
did not even afford a. basis for
negotiations. Among other things
it proposed a cancellation of ac-
crued interest on the debt, on
which American taxpayers have
been paying Az per cent since it
was contracted.
The American plan, which M
Caillaux was studying today with
his expert aides, is an appropriation
Of the British plan of payment, with
only such departures from that plan
Continued on Page 2, Column 40
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
| He R
I'LL BABY
dies
Third crittenfon infant Is
Victim of Mysterious
MaIady

A third baby of the Florence
Crittenton Home died today from
the strange illness the nature and
persistence of which have baffled
physicians since Monday.
The baby boy who died today at
Children's Hospital was taken
there with two others yesterday,
according to Miss Jean Cole,
superintendent of the home, and
the three, together with two already
there, were given blood transfu-
sions as last resort.
Three other babies at the home
are less seriously i'll, Miss Cole
said today, admitting that two OF
the cases developed since yester-
day.
Disease Still Is Puzzle
Miss Cole said the nature Of the
intestinal ailment, which already
has killed three babies, is still baf-
fling the physicians and herself, and
that no new features have develop
ed. She says no nurses or others
at the home are i'll, and that every
precaution is being taken with the
babies to reduce the epidemic.
The Board of Health has absolved
the home of all blame. and the
care and expert attention given the
babies by Miss Cole and her assist
ants have been officially commend
ed. A post norton examination,
conducted by Doctor Herbert e.
Martyr, deputy coroner, has dis
closed no trace of poison. Further
examination of specimens from sick
babies will not be completed until
that possible germs in the speci-
mems will be dead and impossible to
Identify.
Doctor j. G. Cummings. of the
Bureau of Communicable Diseases,
said.
Unless specimens Of a disease
are obtained at an early stage of
the malady. the diagnosis is some
times lost entirely and the cpl
demic remains a mystery. / GER
tainly want to find out what this
disease is and l am making every
attempt to diagnose it,"
Condition Unchanged
The hospital report to Miss Cole
today said the condition of the four
other babies given blood transfusions
there was unchanged. In three of
the cases, mothers furnished the
blood for their babies.
Doctor p. Fl. McLendon. staff
specialist at the home; Doctor Harry
A. Ong and Doctor T.. ID. Brooks
other prominent specialists, are at
tending the sick babies.
Unless it is an especially violent
form OF dysentery, the exact ma
ture of the malay apparently ie
not known. It's chief features arc
it's rapid changes. Vomiting and
diarrhea are factors, together with
deathly weakness. Two of the
babies who died had been i'll but a
few hours.
Analyses of the stomachs and
kidneys of the dead babies have
been made by Doctor r. M. Price
He reports that no poisonous sub
stance could be located. No impuri
ties were found in the milk, accord
| ing to the report by Doctor John
| Noble, bacteriologist.
Although the illness of the babies
has been described by Doctor i. a
| McLendon, attending physician Al
| the home, as a seasonal disorder
| all precautions are being takeT
against spread Of the ailmsnt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
ROME-TOKYO FLIGHT
is MADE BY ITALIAN

TOKYO, Sept. 26.-Major Fran
cisco De Pinedo, Italian aviator,
successfully completed his Rometo-
Tokyo flight late this afternoon
when he landed at Kasumigaura air
field.
His lost hop was short one. He
was accorded great welcome
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-26
Death Is Held Accident

Coroner J. Ramsey hewitt has
issued a certificate of accidental
death in the case of George W.
Landon, sixty-seven, a plasterer
whose home is at 1905 K street
northwest He died yesterday at
the Georgetown Hospital from i
fractured skull. LandOn fell from
a six foot ladder at Western Hign
School the day school opened.