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Evening star., 1925-05-06
EXTENDS TO GREAT LAKES.
Coast Fight OH Rum Runners Taking
Wide Scope.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, May 6.-The Detroit
Free Press last night said that the
fight against rum runners which has
been started on the New England
coast will be extended to the Great
Lakes, with the Detroit territory as
the center of activity.
THE department at Cleveland, from
which the Detroit dry navy is oper-
ated, is carefully guarding recently
formulated prohibition enforcement
plans, which it is expected soon will
be put into operation" the Free Press
said, basing it's story on statements
of Thomas Z. Stone of Cleveland,
tenth district prohibition director. A
fleet of 10 ships now under construc-
ton at Bay City is nearing compile
ton and, according to Coast Guard
authorities, will be available this Sum-
mer Another fleet is under conStruc-
ton at Port Clinton. Ohio.
Assignment of vessels on the Great
Lakes thus far includes Cleveland,
Erie, Buffalo, Niagara, Charlotte,
Sacketts Harbor and Oswego. The
revenue cutters the Morrell, with
Headquarters at Detroit, and the Tus-
carora, with headquarters at Milwau-
kee, also will be engaged in the pro-
posed rum drive, it was said. The
Tuscarora now is en- route to Balti-
more shipyards, where it Will be re-
conditioned for the service.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
BY HAL O'FLAHERTY.

BY Cable TO The star and Chicago Daily News.
LONDON, May g. Ambassador
HouGhton's Pilgrim dinner speech
with its polite but forceful warning
that the continued help of the United
States for Europe depends upon the
disappearance of destructive meth
DDS, has put new life into negotia
tiens which have dragged lamentably
during the last few months.
Differences of opinion between
France and England over terms of
the note to Germany regarding dis
armament and evacuation of the Co
logne area now are cleared away. and
it is hoped that within a very short
time this note will be handed to Ber-
lin, explaining exactly where the
Evening star., 1925-05-06
Scientists Seek
City of the Jir,,,s
In Depths of Sea

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
PARIS, May 6.--Dispatches from
Tunis announce that archeologists
which are accompanying Sir Deni-
son Ross, director of the Oriental
School of Archaeology, hope to dis
cover the ruins of the city referred
to in Arab folk songs as the resi-
dence of Jinns, Sirens and other
evil geniuses.
An Arab sponge fisherman re-
turned to Tunis with a very rare
antique vase, and his story had it
that when diving for SDonges near
the Island of Djerba he perceived
the ruins of an ancient city. Archie
ologists, who at first We're skeptical
of the yarns of the fisherman, de
cided TO take a trip to the island,
and they returned to TuniS Tues
day and reported that they were
about to make an archaeological dis
covery of the highest Importance.
They perceived through the wa
ters, which were very clear. traces
of streets and vestiges of ancient
monuments. An expedition is be-
ing organized now for the very diff
ficult work. Not only viii divers
be used, but also airplanes, since
from great heights one can see far
under the sea.
Copyright. 1895, by Chicago Daily News Co.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
''Taps" Sounds as Noted Garden Passes;
Sa,0 Victory, Defeat, Joy and Death

The Garden treated New York
to many a thrill Among the
knights of the roped square who
traded punches under its roof were
Sullivan, F'itzsimmons, Cans, Cor
bett, Mitchell, Sharkey, Jeanette,
Donovan, Dixon, Langford, Cross
and Attell, as well as the later-day
crop of Leonard, Britton, Wills,
Dempsey, Firpo, Walker, Jackson
and Dundee.
The songs Of Patti had echoed
from its walls, and into it's distant
corridors had rung the speeches of
William Jennings Bryan, Theodore
Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
Here were given annually for
years the horseshow, the circus
and the six-day bicycle race.
1t was in the Garden that Stanford
White, it's architect, was shot and
killed by Harry K. Thaw. 1t was
in the Garden that the Democratic
convention broke the record for
deadlocks and Alabama and its
votes for Underwood became IA
nous.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
TETRAETHYL LEAD
DANGERS ARE TOLD
Specialist Who Treated Men
Poisoned by 1t Would
Bar Its Use.

Manufacture of ethyl gasoline for
commercial use should be permanently
abandoned as a result of the deadly
effect tetraethyl lead, it's kick" pro-
ducing ingredient, has had upon large
numbers of persons who handled it,
DR. Charles l.. Dana, widely known
nerve specialist. told the American
Neurological Association which is
meeting here today in conjunction
with the Congress of American Ply
sicians and Surgeons.
Although no evidence has yet been
produced to show that the new gaso-
line has stricken service station and
garage employees, DR.. Dana pointed
out that it has not been on the market
for a great length of time and declared
that the automotive industry should
find a substitute for tetraethyl lead
which would have the same effect on
gasoline engines and yet not offer such
deadly possibilities to human beings.
Tells of Deaths.
DR.. Dana was called in to attend
most of the cases of tetraethyl pol
Soining that occurred in the New
Jersey laboratories where the ma
terial was being manufactured last
fdu. ABOUT ~ peTSOiiS were Aiduc
dangerously i'll by the fluid, he said,
and none of these has yet recovered,
although he believes that the ma
jority will eventually be restored to
complete physical and mental health.
Fifteen died in state of delirious
frenzy.
The speaker declared that the poi
son attacks not only those who in
hale it or get it into their mouths,
but even those whose skin comes in
(Continued on Page ., Column a.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
EIGHT ARE KILLED
IN BLASTED HOMES
BIackhand Bomb Theory
Probe Is on in Pittsburgh
Tragedy.
By the Associated Press.

BY lne Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. May 6.-F'iremen.
searching the ruins of three Swiss
vale buildings, destroyed by an ex-
plosion shortly after midnight. re-
covered two additional bodies shortly
before noon today, making the total
death list eight.
Three men and their wives a fourth
woman and a child were listed as dead
by the police. Carl Baldus and his
wife and Richard, 6, a son, We're
among the dead Helen, 10, daugh-
ter. was in a hospital suffering from
a broken leg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl keglar, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clement Jeremias and Marie
kohlte were also listed as dead.
A number of persons were injured
and two children taken to hospitals
were believed to have been fatally
hurt. Several adjoining buildings We're
damaged before the fire was brought
under control.
Two Explosions.
Fire Marshal Thomas L. Pfarr eX-
pressed the opinion that the blast had
been caused by a bomb. Eye wit
nesses told police there were two ex-
plosions in quick succession in the
fruit store of Thomas Pusatera fol-
lowed by a sheet of flame and the col
lapse of the walls of an adjoining
building. Police were investigating a
report that Pusatera had received
threatening letters from a black
hand" society. They were unable -
locate the man, who was reported to
be absent from the city.
DIR. L. H. Smith of Williamsburg, a
nearby suburb, was aroused by the
blast. Jumping into an automobile
ne drove to the scene and upon arriv-
ing found the two children lying in
the street unconscious. One was iden-
titled as Helen Baldus. The name of
the other was not known. Both were
taken to a hospital.
Tony Rocco drove his automobile
close to one of the burning buildings
and four persons jumped to the top of
the car from a second story window.
One suffered broken leg.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
TERR0RISTS IN POLAND.
Communists Are Blamed for Muir
der and Pillaging.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
WARSAW, Poland May 6-Ter-
rorist activity, alleged to be organized
and directed by Communists, is being
renewed in Poland.
From the Bialowieska Puszoza. the
former Russian crown forests, comes
story of murder and pillage by a
hand of armed men who left receipts"
in the pillaged houses, signed THE
White Russian Communist Party"
The gang killed policeman, the head
forester and forest keeper and wound
ed four others
Serious railroad accidents have been
avoided in three different places in
Poland recently only by the vigilance
of the railway workers, and the min
istry has ordered the posting of police
guards and more frequent patrolling
of the tracks.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
Houghton's Warning Spurs
Europe to Rere,U Peace MOues
Cologne Evacuation Dispute Regarded
as First Concrete Problem, Likely to
Be Settled as Result of Speech.

Reich defaulted under the military
clauses of the treaty of Versailles
and suggesting a method of meeting
the requirements.
Great Britain has insisted since the
beginning of this year that the Ger
man government was entitled to a
clear-cut explanation of her defaults,
and how she could make good, and
thereby secure Withdrawal of British
troops from q portion of the occupied
area.
Numerous objections to this course
have been offered by other allies,
principally France, where a strong
desire remained to demand complete
fultillment of every clause of the
treaty. including several which admit
tedly are beyond the range of pos
sibility. With Mr.. Houghton's warn
Continued on Page 5, Column ~
Evening star., 1925-05-06
By the Associated Press


NEW YORK, May 6.-Madison
Square Garden, for three decades
the scene of big sporting events
and public assembiage, has sung itr
swan song. A turbulent throng of
II, 900 last night watched Sid Terris,
youthful New York lightweight,
outpoint the veteran Johnny Dun
dee in the buildings farewell ath-
letic event.
The statue of Diana atop the
Garden tower will be lowered to-
day as wreckers begin to tear down
the structure to make way for an
office building. A new Madison
Square Garden will be built by
Tex Rickard several score blocks
from Madison Square.
There was a roar of disapproval
against the decision for Terris, as
Dundee's plucky stand won him
the favor of the audience. Fight
fans left the famous old building
as parting taps" was played
by veteran Army sergeant.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
ANNAPOLIS TO HAVE
AVIATION COURSE
Wilbur Order Comes as 10y
full Surprise to Service
BaCkerS.

Naval aviation. the Youngest of all
activities of the Navy. yesterday aft
erroon was placed on an equal footing
with the arms of the sea service that
have existed since its organiza ton.
when Secretary Wilbur issued orders
directing the establishment OF avia-
ton courses at the United States
Naval Academy. and specified that all
graduates hereafter will be trained as
airplare pilots and observers before
going out into the line.
Announcement Of the order came as
distinct surprise TO the Bureau of
Aeronautics, which is charged with
the duty of establishing the course
and training the midshipmen.
Nothing since the orga nization of
the bureau has created such com
ment and the entire personnel of
naval aviators in Washington today
were jubilant beyond bounds.
Air Service Pleased.
In the Army Air Service. too. the
same feeling existed and throughout
the office of the chief of the Air
Service the aviators made no pretext
to conceal their rejoicing.
Everywhere the sentiment was ex-
pressed that it was the greatest vic
tory aviation has yet achieved and
the Navy was lauded for making the
farthest stride in the history Of
American aeronautics.
Speaking for his bureau. Rear
Admiral William A. Moffett declared:
Il think it is one of the finest things
that has ever happened in the Navy.
1t will make aviation an integral part
of the service and will give every
body a working knowledge of the
subject. 1t is proof of the Importance
and value the Navy Department has
placed in aviation"
The NaVy's action follows recon-
mendations of a special board appoint
late last year to study the relative
values of battleShipS and aircraft
among the various naval weapons.
The board began its work soon after
inception of the controversy over the
superiority of the airplane or the bat
tleship. but some time before Col
William Mitchell, former assistant
chief of the Army Air Service, began
his fight for unified air department
In issuing the order, Secretary VIII
bur said aviation and it's development
must be kept close to the depart
ment.'
ScHeille 10 De huSHcU.
No time was lost today in making
preparations for the task of training
the midshipmen. Lieut.. Benjamin R.
Holcombe of the bureau was ordered
to report to Admiral L. NJ Mutton
superintendent of the Naval Academy,
Monday, and work out the entire
scheme of operation.
The first move will be to take one
half of the 800 midshipmen who are
to leave on their final cruise in June
and give them a thorough ground
training during the Summer. Those
who spend the next three or four
months at sea will be brought back
and trained at the ground school with
$50 more midshipmen next year. Five
or six instructors will be sent to An
napolis to handle the first ground
school class and later planes for act ,.al
flying will be sent to the Aca[ my
The question of practical flyiD' train
ing will have to be worked /dt later
Continued on Page 4, Column 2.)
Evening star., 1925-05-06
RESPONSIBLE GUARANTEE
ACCEPTABLE TO FRANCE
BRAND Soon to Reply to German
Suggestions for Frontier
Security Pact.
By the Associated Press.

PARIS. May 6.-Foreign Minister
BRAND is putting the finishing touches
10 his reply to Germany's suggestions
for a security pact. 1t is understood
that the reply will express the will
ingness of the French government to
consider seriously any responsible of
fer for the guarantee of the French
frontiers.
NJ. BRAND probably will present his
reply to next weeks meeting of the
French cabinet before he communi-
Gates the text TO the allies or forwards
it to Berlin.
Little change has been made from
the general tone of the answer to
the German proposal drafted by for
mer Premier Herriot, it is understood
The BRAND note ask for specifications
of several points suggested in the
German proposal.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
LOS ANGELES TAKES AIR.

The dirigible Los Angeles notified
the Navy Department that it left
Mayaquez, Porto Rico, at 1917
o'clock this morning for a flight over
the Virgin Islands.
The dispatch said the schedule
called for return to Mayaquez at z
o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
ACQUIT NAVAL OFFICER.
Transport Commander Not Guilty
of Neglect in Liquor Quiz.
BY the Associated Press

ny LHN AssOVIdIeu PTess.
NORFOLK, Va, May 6.-Comdr. d.
w. Fuller. commanding the naval
transport Beaufort, was acquitted OF
all three charges, alleging neglect of
duty in connection with the finding
aboard his ship of 500 quarts of whisky
when it docked here in February, by
a court-martial at the naval base here
today.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
81 BOATS MASSED
IN RUM OFFENSIVE
Is SeapIanes Aiding Inform
ers to Get Part of Fines
and Seizure Proceeds.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 6.-Sixty-four
heavily armed Coast Guard boats.
with 13 seaplanes as auXiliaries, the
greatest dry armada in history,
patrolled this section of the Atlantic
Coast today, the second of the war
against the modern pirates of rum
row.
Eighteen more craft steamed out of
the Clifton Bay, Staten Island. Coast
Guard base, to join the q that opened
the offensive yesterday. Earlier. a
feet of % craft had joined the New
York fleet from Boston and other
New England points.
Pay for Informers.
Citizens who inform the Federal au
thorities of liquor smuggling activ-
tiles leading to the conviction of boot
leggers under the customs law will
receive 25 per cent of the fines inn
posed and of the money obtained
through the sale of seized boats, Ed
ward Barnes, assistant solicitor to the
collector of the port, announced today.
Operations of the entire fleet are
being directed by means of code wire
less messages from Washington to
the Coast Guard cutter Mojave,
which. by reason of her size and
speedy, powerful engines and crew of
20 men, has been made the flagship
of the armada.
Reserves are MObilized.
In addition a dozen more boats are
being held in reserve for emergency
or relief use, while % more have been
similarly mobiliZed at Atlantic City.
Coast Guard heads still maintained
secrecy concerning their movements.
But it was reported that the aerial
rum pursurers would be used in max
ing photographs of all the rum gal
Icons, in addition to doing scout work
in the detection of shore boats at
tempting to make their way to or
from the liquorfreighted ships.
The Mojave returned to this port
today TO convoy the 8 boats added
from the local base. Her captain re-
ported there had been no activity on
the row last night, that the contra
band carriers received no visits from
shore. and that the new blockade.
which is the chief feature of the so
far bloodless war, was 100 per cent
effective to date.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
BORAH STATEMENT
ON FORCE AROUSES
ARMS SALE PARLEY
Idaho Senator's 0bServa-
tions on French War Debt
Causes Comment.
BURTON ON CONFERENCE
STEERING COMMITTEE
Receives Highest Number of Votes
for Body-France Paves
Way for German.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA. May "a statement
printed by Geneva newspapers quot.
ing Senator Borah of Idaho as having
declared that only force remained to
be employed if France fails to take
steps to pay her war debts was one
OF the chief topics of conversation
today among the delegates to the con
ference for the control of traffic in
arms. The statement attributed to
Senator Borah caused so much com
ment that it is understood an effort
will be made to determine officially
whether the Idaho Senator was cor
rectly quoted here.
France made friendly gesture to
Germany at the opening of today's
session of the conference, when NJ.
Paul Boncour moved that the steering
committee of the conference be en-
larged from seven to nine members
SO that all sections of the world might
be represented. particularly nou-mem-
bers of the League of Nations. Ger.
many, chiefly as a result of this
motion. now is represented on the
committee.
Representative Theodore T.. Bur
ton. head of the American delegation.
received the highest number of votes
for a place on the committee.
Heinrich Won Eckhardt was the Ger
man member chosen.
Convention Criticized.
When the conference began its con.
sideration of the draft convention to-
day the document was subjected to
severe criticism by NJ. Dendramis Of
the Greek delegation. who declared
that the proposed convention would
put minor powers in a worse situation
than at present. He said that the sug-
gested regulation would react against
the League of Nations principle, for
small countries would inevitably be
forced TO manufacture their own arms,
thus increasing the worlds supply.
He said his country was prepared TO
sign just convention for the control
of arms traffic.
Gen. Casimir SosnowslSi of the Po-
lish delegation expressed his keen re-
gret that Soviet Russia was not rep
resented at the arms conference, and
said that Poland would necessarily
have to take into consideration the
Soviet refusal to participate.
Brazil Wants Equality.
Brazil wants a convention establish.
AHS equdiity between countries which
manufacture arms and those that do
not. The idea of dependence, the
Brazilian spokesman explained, must
be eliminated, for Brazil could not
adhere to system that would oblige
a non-producinS country to apply of
hcially TO producing government
for the weapons necessary for Sc
curity.
The fundamental principle of the
League of Nations is the equality of
all states. and this must be safe
guarded, for it is the very security
OF countries which do not manufac-
ture arms that is at stake" declared
the delegate from Abyssinia. an Ethi-
opian general clad in flowing black
robes.
Mr.. Burton departed yesterday from
Continued on Page 4, Column a.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
S|XF|REMEN DEAD
IN ATLANTA BLAZE
Floor Falls, Sending Ava
Ianche of Cotton Bales
on Fighters.
By the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press.
ATLANTA. Ga. May Six city
flremen were killed and four injured
here early today when the upper foo,
of building in which they were fight
ing fire collapsed, the men being
buried beneath bales of cotton that
had been stored on the second floor.
Police believed at least three more
bodies were in the ruins.
The fire damage was confined to the
one building and a nearby structure.
The entire city fire-fighting apparatus
was called and extra police placed
around the area to keep back the
crowds.
The burned building was the prop.
erty of the firm OF Harrison & TYLER
Cotton was stored on the second floor
and miscellaneous articles on the first.
The firemen were fighting the flames
from the ground floor when the upper
floor and the front wall of the building
collapsed, burying them underneath.
Rescue Efforts Futile.
Police and citizen volunteers were
unable to rescue the entrapped men
before they perished.
The building was two story brick
Sli uCluie, uocu ioI COTTON storage.
The firemen were fighting tbe hIaze
from the ground floor when the roof
and upper floor fell in, sending them
beneath an avalanche of cotton bales
Capt. C. o. Bone, Lieut.. r. T..
Dennard, Firemen F. F. Wilson. r.
M. Smith, E. S. Konkle and C, c.
King were killed. Assistant Fire
Chiefs Joe Anderson and r. H. Pres
ley and Firemen w. T. Holt and Berry
Johnson were injured. The fire was
confined to the one building. When
the upper floor collapsed, calls were
sent for help and the entire city fire
fighting apparatus responded. 1t was
necessary to dig in the debris to re-
cover the dead and injured and it
was some time after the fire was out
before all of the missing firemen had
been accounted for
About $50 bales of cotton were
stored III the building.
Evening star., 1925-05-06
TRADE COMMISSION
CURB OPENS FIGHT
Conflict With President Over
Powers of Nationwide
Importance.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Another independent establishment
of the Government created by Con
gress-the Federal Trade Commission
has come into direct conflict with
President Coolidge over the question
of jurisdiction and Executive infiu-
ence
In principle the latest outbreak is
not unlike the controversies between
Mr.. Coolidge and the Tariff Board and
the Shipping Board, where a minority
insists that Congress did not intend
that the President should exercise any
power directly or indirectly in guiding
the affairs of these boards. The In
terstate Commerce Commission is
pointed to as an example of how free
from Executive interference a COM
mission can be.
Importance Is Nationwide.
The fundamentals underlying the
controversy in the Federal Trade
Commission are of nationwide impor
tance, because, after q period of sew
eral years of activity. the brakes are
at last being applied to what some
business men have regarded as med
ding by the Government in business.
Mr.. Coolidge has just let it be known
sion, so that business can have a rest
from legislative processes. He is,
therefore. deeply interested in the dis.
pute, which has come to a climax at
last over the true powers of the Fed
eral Trade Commission.
Urged BY Roosevelt.
Out of the whole thing may come
large political issue, for it was
Theodore Roosevelt who, in 1912,
came out for a Federal trade board
that would prevent unfair practice
and monopoly and keep a watchful
eye on business. The Democratic
platform of that same year approved
the idea and the commission was final
ly established under a Democratic ad-
ministration. When the Republicans
came into power in 1920 it was de-
cided to shear the commission of as
many powers as possible by making
them dead letters. This was to be
accomplished by the appointment to
the commission of men who were in
sympathy with the Republican ad-
ministration's idea and not with the
Continued on Page 5. Column %
Evening star., 1925-05-06
From Press to Home
Within the Hour"

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.