The Washington Post
August 31, 1926

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a , The only paper in Washington | with the Associated Press news | every morning in the year. | in Weather—Fair today; row fair, rising temperature; gen. | tle northerly winds. | Temperature yesterday—High- eat, 88; lowest, 69. tomor- — _NO. | 18,338. EXTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER POSTOFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. WASHINGTON: TU ESD AY. AUG UST 3, 1926. 6.—TWEN TY PAGES COPYRIGHT, 1926 BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. TWO CENTS, | Mm RAILWAYS NEED Many Gass Ities Reported TO BE LET ALONE, PRESIDENT [3 TOLD Efforts of Congress to Fix Mergers Wrong, Says M. C. Brush. ERA OF PROSPERITY IN SOUTHWEST SEEN Head of International Corpor- ation Urges That U. S. Quit Shipping Business. Paul Smiths. N. Y., Aug. 30 (By A. P.).—AIll the railroads of the country need is to be let alone, Matthew C. Brush, of New York‘! city, president of the American In-| ternational Corporation and a di- rector of several Western railroads, said today in the course of a visit! with President Coolidge. ‘As for any consolidation of rail-. road systems by legislation of Con- gress, Mr. Brush declared that if the Interstate Commerce Commission and the railroad executives could be let alone consolidations would be brought about intelligently and along the proper lines of economic law. It would be criminai to interfere with the railroads under present conditions, he emphasized, adding that it is impossible to take a map, draw a few lines and bring about proper consolidations. Mr. Brush was a luncheon guest at White Pines Camp, having been invited to give his views of business conditions, especially in the light of ‘ bservations recently made in the Southwest on a_ transcontinental busnesg trip. | through intimidation or otherwise, Pontypool, England, Aug. 30 (By A. P.).—Rioting started in the coal fields here today because the min- ers resented the presence of a large force of police. The police had been sent out to protect a few “will- ing workers’’ whom all efforts, had failed to induce to quit work. When these men were leaving the pits today under police protec- tion, hundreds of strikers rushed at them, hurling all sorts of mis- siles. The police charged the riot- ers three times and finally dis- persed them. A few persons were injured. ‘London, Aug. 30 (By A. P.).— A press association dispatch from Pontypool, in Monmouth county, Wales, says ‘‘many casualties’’ sulted when police charged a awe of several hundred, after a riot in which stones were thrown by un- emploved coal miners. The house of commons tonight. by a vote of 332 to 91, adopted the government measure continuing the emergency regulations for ~ naan, month in connection with the min- ing strike. The house tomorr will proceed with the debate on ihe coal situation. A joint meeting of the execu. | tives of the labor party and miners’ | federation was presided over to-| night by Ramsay Macdonald, in preparation for the discussion o the coal difficulty. NONGOMBATANTS SHOT U. S. Navy Sends Third Ves- “Bull on U. S. and Coolidge.”’ He returned from that trip, Mr. Brush said, ‘‘a bull on American. prosperity, on the future, the President.’’ He did not find a single section, he added, that was not prosperous, and he did not see any unemployment. As for the Southwest, he said, it was in a great period of prosperity with a development in railroads, agriculture and oil that pleased him. The railroads of that section, he added, were so prosperous and he emphasized that flourishing rail- roads and sound transportation are the primary factors in prosperity. Speaking of both political and business conditions in the South- eest, Mr. Brush said he saw “no fly in the picture.” The great majority of the people of that section who are _ instru- mental in sending men to Congress, he declared, are determined to send constructive men to Washington and will send no one who is intent upon tearing down prosperity. Earnings. Used Wisely. The railroads of the Southwest, he continued, were never better managed and are putting back into | earn-| tremendous wisely and eco- the properties ings, intelligently, nomically. If the attitude of ‘‘cooperation”’ of Congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission continue, he predicted tremendous systems will be developed there vital to prosperity. f Although Président Coolidge in- quired also as to shipping condi- tions, Mr. Brush pleaded ignorance of that subject. The government, however, be said, should not be in any business, while he praised what he described as the present policy at Washington of ‘fair’ instead of ‘autocratic’ supervision of © busi- ness which the government comés in contact with. Should Quit Ship Business. . The government, he.added, should get out of the shipping business, with the price at which it should sell its merchant fleet to be deter- mined by a number of technical considerations in mind, involving a sure continuation of operation of the ships in private hands. Whether the International Mer- cantile Marine, an interest in which is held by the American Interna- tional Corporation, will bid for the United States lines, Mr. Brush said he did not know. The United States lines are now being offered for sale by the shipping Board, President Coolidge passed the morning at the executive offices, transacting government business and receiving visitors. At one time he stepped to a telegraph key and opened the new building of the New York Evening Post by setting the presses in operation. . Among the visitors today was former State Senator Arthur Har- rington, of Boston, who served In lassachusetts legislature with (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 COLUMN 2.) and on | N NICARAGUAN BATTLE sel to Scene of Revolt to Protect Interests. PUERTO CABEZAS FALLS Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 39 (By A. P.).—Collector of Customs Wilson reports at Puerto Cabezas that the liberal revolutionaries hare captured the port after nine hours’ fighting... Several persons are said to have been killed or wounded, among them some noncombatants. Mr. Wilson reports that the cus- toms service has not been molested so far. Earlier news from Managua was that an unconfirmed report had been received of the defeat of the revolutionists at Puerto Cabezas, headquarters of the Bragman Bluff Lumber Co. The _ revolutionists were reported to have fired at the hotels and hospital. many being | killed or wounded. (By the Associated Press.) The cruiser Rochester, flagship of the special service squadron, com- manded by Rear Admiral Latimer, Bluff; Nicaragua, where revolution- | ary activities are prevalent. ? American ships previously had. been ordered to Bluefields and Corinto to protect American and /| other foreign lives and property. American bluejackets and marines | were landed at Bluefields last Sat- urday. There are extensive Amer i- can interests in the vicinity of | Bragman’s Bluff, and the Rochester | is expected to arrive there tomor- row. | The Nicaraguan Minister. an |nounced yesterday he had received | Rio Grande river which is in the hands of liberals, and some menace of an uprising around Cosicuint on the Pacific.” was ordered yesterday to Bragman'’s | | in answer to a message regarding | sociated Press, sent the foreign re- official advices that the ‘country of | Nicaragua is completely quiet with | the exception of the mouth of the| Bill Goes to Coolidge Manila, Aug. 30:(By A. P.). The Philippine house of representa- tives today passed over the veto of Governor General Leonard Wood the bill providing for a plebiscite in the islands on the question of in- dependence. The action was ex- pected. The senate a month ago took like action and the bill now goes to President Coolidge. LENROOT DEMANDS “SLUSH FUND” QUIZ’ Insists La Follette Tell Who Paid $30,000 to Distribute Publication. Special to The Washington Post. Marshfield, Wis., Aug. 30.—-Sen- ator Irvine L. Lenroot, in a speech here tonight demanded that Sena- tor Robert M. La Follette, jr., im- ‘mediately call the Senate “slush fund” investigating committee to- gether and begin an inquiry into the expenditure of money in Wis. consin in the present campaign. Senator Lenroot also demanded that Senator La Follette himself go before the committee and tell the source of $30,000 he alleges was spent to distribute in Wisconsin a half million cépies of a propaganda publication printed in Washington, D0. Holding a circular written on sta- tionery of the United States Senate committee on manufactures and signed by Senator La Follette, in which the junior Senator asked Wisconsin persons to distribute the publication, Senator Lenroot asked: “Who is paying the bills for this? There is at least one man in Wis- consin who knows. It is Renator Philippine Plebiscite | ALL SPAIN 15 TRANQUIL, PREMIER RIVERA WIRES Ruiner of Serious Condition : Denied in Reply to the As- sociated Press. MINISTERS ON VACATION | [Secretary of War in Woodrow Wil- New York, Aug. 30 (By A. P.). Gen. Primo de Rivera, the Spanish prime minister. in a message ad- | dressed to the Associated Press to- | day declares that absolute tran- | quillity pervails in Spain. The pre- | mier’s pronouncement was made in| response to a request for.a state-| ment commenting on reports print-| ed in the London newspapers al-| leging a serious condition of affairs in Spain. Gen. Primo de Rivera’s message | reads: “In reply am pleased to communicate that the tranquility in Spain is absolute— 4 absolute among civilians as well as the military. “The king and a majority of the, cabinet ministers are on their usual | summer vacations, and all] the for- | eign diplomats accredited to our to your radiogram, I. ! ' zens with interest. CHARITABLE GIFTS After British Coal Rioting Ot LIBERTY BONDS. MIGHT MEET DEBTS: Cancellationists May Be Asked to Aid Europe by Donations. LITTLE FAVOR HERE FOR BAKER SCHEME Contributions Would Meet the Problem of Taxing America to Relieve Nations. By ALBERT W. FOX. Officials here are not impressed | by the plea for debt cancellation made by Newton D. Baker, whoewas son's cabinet. ' But it is hinted at e Treasury Department that if the wont: for debt cancellation wins any appreciable support in the! United States, Secretary Mellon or | Car iain Unmanageable his assistants may make public the |} only plan for debt cancellation | 'which appears to them to meet the | wishes of the cancellationists and at the same time protect the interests of the American people as a whole. This plan, which is among the thousands of suggestions which have reached the Treasury Depart- | /ment, recognizes the following ma- | jor features of the debt problem: First—The United States govern-| |ment borrowed from its citizens the | billions advanced to the foreign debtor nations and is pledged to pay these billions back to its citi- Second—-If the debtor nations do not pay the United States sovern-| ment, the money which the govern- | ment. will require .to pay its own | citizens will have to be collected | ‘from the American taxpayers, in-| i cluding the citizens who loaned the | Third—In spite of the sacrifices | | involved for the American taxpay-| firm, Peres wall. | Pat Harrison Would Bar Americans From Paris Paris, Aug. 30 (By A. P.).— Senator Pat Harrison, of Missis- sippi, is so convinced that France should make a debt. settlement with the United States that he would bar all Americans from visiting France until such an agreement was signed, if such a step were possible and he had the power he would make such a regulation imme- diately, he told the Associated Press here today on the ere of his departure for New York. \He is going home, he ee the fall campaign and to put)\all can- didates for Congress on record for or against debt cancellation. Senator Harrison is thorough- ly convinced there is no chance for debt cancellation at the pres- ent time, and equally sure there is no possibility of Europe pay- ing her war debts while the United States maintains the high | GIRLS LEAD OTS INTO PISTOL BATTLE: Titian-Haired Maid Fights to Let Woman “Master Mind” Flee in Auto. “MARIE NOLAN’ SOUGHT AS BRAINS OF GANG Officers, Barn, Foil Attempt to Steal $6,000 From Cashier. DRIER KILLED AS AUTO. TUMBLES DOWN 0 FEET When Tire Bursts on Chain Bridge Road. ‘SKULL AND ‘LEG BROKEN liv- Henry Gamble, 24 years old, ing on Chain Bridge road, Arling- ton county, Va., died yesterday aft- ‘ernoon in Georgetown hospital from injuries received when the automo- | bile he was driving on the Chain about a mile from Chain bridge, toppled over the side Bridge road, of a 50-foot embankment and crashed into a telephone pole. The accident occurred hospital from a fractured skull and broken leg. According to the story ginia police, Gamble, employed as a salesman by a local was on his way bome when a lers, the debt cancellationists believe | front tire on his machine blew out. country can attest to the complete} order and absolute calm which pre- vails in the kingdom.” The captain general of Madrid, Lieut. Gen. Julio Ardanaz Crespo, ‘the Spanish situation from the As- ply. “My position forbids me to ex- press an opinion regarding the po- litical situation, but I can assure you that tranquility and order are complete and that the discipline of | the military bodies is perfect. ss Pons Cancels Mect After Fascist Clash Rome, Aug. 30 (By-A. P.).---The Vatican announces that the Pope has canceled the international con- gress of Catholic Sports association. scheduled to be held in Rome this week, because of a clash between Catholic youths and fascists at the town of Marcareta. Trouble there was caused, it is said, by an attempt of the fascists to break up a parade of the Catho- lic youths in which some prelates took part. The incident fs evident- ly taken very seriously by the Vati- can, which has ordered the various Catholic gymnastic clubs not to come to Rome. The government is money to Europe. Seen as Generous Gestura it would be an excellent thing for | Europe and a splendid and generous | gesture for the United States a agree to cancellation. Assuming that these three condi-| tions must be met in any debt can- | cellation plan, the program sug-| gested to the Treasury Department | is, roughly speaking, as follows: Encourage Newton D. Baker an other exponents of a philanthropic | and generous cancellation policy to} Start a nation-wide movement to] persuade holders of Liberty bonds to agree io donate their bonds and the. interest on their bonds toa common: fund to be known as ‘‘the debt can-'} cellation fund.” MWLeaders in the| movement might begin by each con- tributing bonds of whatever value they desire so that the fund could have a flying start of at least a few! million dollars. Then each person in} favor of sancellation would be ex- | pected demonstrate his or her generosity in terms of individual monetary sacrifices. If any consid- erable number of the American peo- ple actually favor debt cancellation and are willing to practically dem-| onstrate this.by themselves making | the sacrifices which they want the government to make, the gross debt | cancellation fund might reach sur-| prising proportions. to making a strict inquiry into the af- fair. 16 Saw Prison Bars; Flee Kentucky Jail Winchester, Ky., Aug. 30 (By A. P.). — Sixteen prisoners’ escaped from the Clark county jail here this morning after sawing their way through iron bars of the cellhouse. Among the men who gained freedom were included George Bowman, un- der sentence to hang for criminal assault and held here pending a new trial, | and John Howell and Roy Martin, accused of complicity in the robbery of the Stanton (Ky.) Bank. All of the escaping men are be- lieved to have caught a freight train out of to wn, White Man Lynched By Mob in Georgia Waycross, Ga., Aug. 30 (By A. P.).---Dave Wright, white, of Doug- lass, Ga., was taken from the Coffee county jail today and lynched. He was accused of killing Mrs. Sophie |Rollins Saturday night. Sheriff Tanner said he was overpower-d by twenty-five white men and the keys taken from him. | Columbia Professor Knighted. (Special Cable Dispatch.) The Hague, Aug. 30.—At the celebration of Queen Wilhelmina's neuw, a native of Holland, of Co- Robert M. La Follette.” aeuw, « Prof. Adrian Jacob Bar- lumbia university, was | Could Transfer Directly. way of illustration, it isgex- plained, if this fund should reach | the neighborhood of $4,000,000,000, | COTUMN “%.} | $700,000,000 POWER — PROJECT ANNOUNCED St. Lawrence Rights Sold to E. R. Smith, Friend of Late Mr. Harding. Special to The Washington Post, New York, Aug. 30.—-A gigantic deal to develop St. Lawrence river power, involving a payment imme- diately of several million dollars, an initial development. expenditure of $60,000,000 and an eventual out- lay of $70¢,000,000 was announced by E. R. Smith, of Warren, Ohio, a warm personal friend of the late President Harding. The Smith group, the personnel of which will be shortly announced, has purchased the water-power Tights held by the Transportation Power Corporation, Ltd., a Cana- dian holding company, covering 29 miles of river between Lake St. Francis ‘and Lake St. Louis, south of Montreal, and carry the privilege to build and.operate transmission lines in Ontario and Quebec. Smith tonight said: ‘No dam will be needed. Power will be de- veloped by means of flumes and By (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, ‘ ' four ‘room and an “air boy” At. the time the car had started down a steep grade on the road and ‘before Gamble could bring the car to a stop it became unmanageable, toppling over the embankment. Passing motorists found the auto- | mobile with its nose buried in the the soft ground, stacked against | side of the telephone pole. Gamble, who was pinned under the broken steering wheel, was extricated with much (hospital, where he died gaining consciousness. F arrington Ousted As Miners’ Leader Springfield, Ill., Aug. 30 (By A. P.).---Frank Farrington today Mine Workers union by tive board. The action followed presentation of charges by John L,. Lewis, national president of tract to‘’work for the Peabody Coal Co. for $25,000 a year. The executive board was in ses- sion three hours before announcing its decision, which also included the elevation of Vice President Harry Fishwick to Farrington’s pliuce. ‘First Plane Sleeper tas Berths for Four | (Special Cable Dispatch. ) Berlin, Aug. 390.--The first {plane sleeper, air- and with a wasb- as a porter, passengers equipped with a wireless telephone, | started from Berlin today, and ar- rived at Croydon this evening after | % hours and 45 minutes, including a stop at Amsterdam. Prof. Albert Stevens Crockett and a friend were the first two passengers, together with the directors of Hansa, Ger- many's national aviation company, which inaugurated the flying sleeper. “Von Krupp” eo Matches; Still Lives Albuquerque, N. Mex., Aug. 30 (By A. P.).—-The youth held in jail here who claims to be Baron Frederich von Krupp, jr., attempt- ed suicide in his cell early today by eating the tips from a quantity of matches. He became violently ill, but physicians stated that he would recover. Delaware officers are expected tomorrow to return the prisoner to Wilmington to face charges of is- suing worthless checks and embez- zlement. In spite of repeated ques- tioning, the youth refuses to reveal his identity, insisting that he ‘is of creel the famous German arms ARRASC- ‘turing family, shortly | after 1 o’clock, and Gamble died ten | minutes , after he was taken.to the told Vir- automobile difficulty and taken to the without was ousted as president of the Illinois the execu- inter- the miners, that Farrington had signed a con- Aug. 17-year-old Chicago, IPL. A pretty girl from the rural treen bay. Wis., tonight became the central figure in a police jin- vestigation of a car barn bandits’ raid here last night in which seven men were shot, two fatally. A sec- ond girl, Marie Nolan, is described by Miss Frances Vaughn, the Wis- consin maid, as being the “brains of the plot’’ to rob the car barn cash- -ier’s office of $6,000, and a search | for her is being made. The Nolan girl escaped in the bandits’ car in a shower of bullets from a policeman’'s gun, who mean- while fought furiously to retain a hold on the biting, scratching and slugging Vaughn girl, who sought to ruin his aim, after he had dragged her from the waiting auto- mobile. 30 (Ry A. P.). titian-haired districts near Police Prepare Ambush. A police. ambush was prepared when officers were informed of the plot by a car barn employe. Another girl, whose description fits that of the Nolan girl, was ar- rested this morning. Police are doubtful that she is Marie Nolan. ast night the quintet, Ernest and Joseph De Lavern and William Maloney led by the girls, rode to the car barns prepared for a daring raid. The men wore conductors’ caps. Both girls remained in the automobile. Police had previously distributed their men in the cashier’s office and had _ also drilled peep holes through adjoin- ing walls, where they could fire upon the robbers. Fusillade Greets Gang. While one robber lined up a number of streetcar men in an outer room, two others entered the cashier’s office and demanded the money. The cashier, instructed by police, dropped to safety on the floor and a fusillade of rifle and pistol shots answered the request from behind hidden walls. Ernest De Lavern, shot four times in the back and shoulders, escaped, but was found today in a deserted flat lying on a cot serious condition from loss of blood. Joseph was killed, and Maloney was shot in his attempt to escape. He died of his wounds. Three police officers and a car barn superintendent were grazed _ by bandits’ bullets. The Vaughn girl been living at the Lavern as his wife. Lavern, wife of Joseph, had De Said she home of ‘released. Ernest De Lavern's legal wife said he deserted her. ‘3 HURT WHEN POLICE AND STRIKERS CLASH 'Woman and Two Men | jured in Riot at Mill Gate perfectly equipped . for night flights. with berths for! in Manville, R. I. Manville, R. 1., Aug. 50 (By A. P.).—-Three persons were injured tonight when State police and dep- uty sheriffs used clubs to hold back a crowd of strikers and strike sym- pathizers at the mills of the Man- ville-Jenckes Co. here. One of those injured was a woman. The trouble started when a man, whose identity police refused to re- veal, attempted to stop an armored truck leaving the fnills. When the police pushed him aside, the crowd, estimated at 5,900 persons, rushed the gates and the officers used their clubs freely. Mary Loche was taken to a Woonsocket hospital suffer- ing from probable fracture of the skull. The others injured were Leo Stednic and Paul Tawlyscjwy. Horses Are Poisoned In Vatican Stables Rome, Aug. 30. (By A. P.).—A number of horses in the Vatican stables have fallen ill the last few days, presumably poisoned. Inquiry, it is said, has shown some harmful substance had been TWO GUNMEN KILLED in Ambush at Car in} Florence De. was arrest-| ‘ed, but presented an alibi and Was | In-| Index to Today’s Issue. Pages. -3 Swim Challenges Issued, Girls Lead Bandits in Battle. Gifts Suggested for Debts. Rail Noninterference Urged. Calvo, Indicted Teller, Ul. Autoist Dies tn 50-Foot Fall. Many Shot in Nicaragua. British Coal Minera Riot. ” 2. Angus McSween Dead. Movie Strike in Abeyance. —Compromise Offer to Spain. Halls-Mills Witnesses Appear. Valentino Funeral Held. ‘Los Angeles on Long Flight. The Post Housekeeper. —California Votes Today. Bar on Heroin Indorsed. 6---Editorial., 7—-Society. Rodgers’ Funeral Today. _8—-School Site Plan Fought. 9——Clerk Dismissals Aid Savings. 10-—Magazine Features. 11, 12, 17—Financial News. 13, 14, 15—-Sports. 16——-The Post’s Funny Folks. Daily Radio Programs. 18, 19—Classified Advertising. 20—Phone Hearing Delay Fought. Plow Pit Safety Assured. Bishops Favor Higher Wages. Armored Trucks for Funds. The News in Pictures. CALVO, INDICTED TELLER, [9 ILL FROM Gho POISON Suffering in Hospital Also From Powerful Drug, Police Say. FAREWELL NOTE ON DOOR ee ee Rafael Calvo; 26 years old, son of a former Costa Rican minister to the United States, living at 1528 Sixteenth street northwest, and under indictment on a charge of embezzling $4,000 of the funds and securities of the Liberty National Bank while employed as a teller, is in the Emergency hospital, under the influence of a powerful and suffering from gas. Calvo was discovered unconscious in bed Sunday night by a friend, living at the same address, who broke the door down leading into his room when he traced the odor of escaping gas to Calvo’s room. A gas jet was found wide open and a farewell note discovered. Calvo, physicians say. large dose of a powerful sleeping drug. Emergency hospital physi- cians used a stomach pump on him in an effort to combat the effects of the drug, but his condition was so serious he is still confined to the hospital. Detectives Weber and Talley ar- rested Calvo on July 21 on com- plaint of George O. Walson, presi- dent of the bank. He was taken to the First precinct station and later released in $5,000 bond. Calvo made a full confession fol- lowing his arrest, detectives de- clare. Emergency hospital say Calvo will recover. ‘It is under- stood he will go to court within a few days to answer to the charge of embezzlement, Quake in Italy, Greece And on Isle of Malta Rome, Aug. 30 (By A. P.).-—A female earthquake shock was (felt along the southern and eastern coast of Italy today, notably in the provinces of Taranto, Barhand An- cona. There was no damage, but the people in some places were panic stricken. illuminating took a physicians Athens, Aug. 30 (By A. P.).—A slight earthquake was felt here ear- ly this afternoon. Valetta, Island of Malta, Aug. 30 (By A. P.).----A slight earthquake, lasting about six seconds, was. felt here at 12:40 o’clock this after- noon. Luxemburg Accepts U.S. Reservations ee ee eee (By the Associated Press.) Luxemburg has formally assented to American world court member- ship under the Senate reservations. Other nations which have agreed to, membership are Cuba, Greece, Liberia, Uruguay, Albania and the Dominican Republic. Western Union to End Correct Time Service _— After tomorrow, the Washington office of the Western Union Tele- graph Co., will discontinue the ‘correct time service,’ it has of- fered the public by telepfone, it was announced last night. No reason other than “interfer- ence with telegraphic work,’’ was given for discontinuance of the —Legion Doesn't Back Memorial. | Ederle Asks Race a drug | THRE CHALLENGE F ‘BY STAR SWIMMERS AWAIT ce German Conqueror of Channel. eee ee DECLINES TO MEET NEW YORK MOTHER Miss Barrett Insists She Can Defeat First Woman to. — Accomplish Feat. New York. Aug. 30 (By A. P.). While Ernst Vierkoetter, German baker, was swimming the English channel in record time today, rep- resentatives of successful women channel swimmers were filling the air of New York with challenges. As yet, Herr Vierkoetter has to New York representative. . Dudley Field Malone, attorney or Miss Gertrude Ederle, first woman to swim the channel, an- nounced that his client had cabled a challenge to Vierkoetter for a race across the channel next sum- mer. Mr. Malone also indicated | that Miss Ederle will not be inter- ested in a suggestion that she swim around Manhattan island against — Mrs. Cleminton Corson, second woman and first mother to swim the channel, for $25,000 a side. — Arch Selwyn, theatrical producer and general manager for Mrs. Cor- son sent a letter to Mr. Malone, sug- gesting that L. Walter Lissberger, financial backer of Mrs. Corson, stands ready to deposit $26,000 for a race around Manhattan, or over any other course of a distance of not less than 25 miles. Waits for Record to Fall. Mr. in a formal state- that when some woman equals or breaks Miss Ederle’s record, it will be time enough to discuss a swimming match to decide superiority. Mr. Selwyn also cabled Mrs. Cor- son in Dover, asking if she would © compete for a $25,000 prize offered — by William Wrigley, jr., for a 20- — mile race to Catalina Island in January. “I will swim for the Catalina Island purse, or any other contest you have. arranged,’ was the answer. Mr. Selwyn said that Mrs. Corson had received offers amounting to $200,000 for theatrical and other engagements. Malone, ment, declared Honored by Wanamaker. Miss Ederle was honored today at a luncheon by Rodman Wana- maker and given a gold medal for her channel swimming feat. The medal was presented by Grover A. Whalen as the gift of the American University of Applied Science. Cabling her congratulations to Vierkoetter, Miss Ederle also chal- lenged the German record holder to a race across the channel next summer. Hier cablegram follows: “Congratulations on your great swim. I hope I can race you across the channel next summer to bring the record back to my sex and my country. Good luck,”’ Challenge by Miss Barrett, Paris, Aug. 30 (By A. P.).—Miss Clare Belle Barrett, who battled the English channel for 22 bours in°’an unsuccessful attempt to reach the French coast, is confident she can beat Gertrude Ederle. She plans to — challenge both Miss Ederle and Mr#. Clemington Corson to a long-dis- York. The Leviathan, on which she A had engaged accommodations, safle ~ from Cherbourg tomorrow. 4 France, Aug. 30 (By A. P.).---Ernst Vierkoetter, a baker 4 from Cologne, the champion long- a distance swimmer of Germany, to- ~ day swam across the English chan- — nel in the record time of 12 hours; a and 43 minutes. ‘ “With a little luck,’ said hie’ a trainer, ‘‘he would have done it fo 10% hours.’ Vierkoetter not only beat Ger- 4 trude Ederle’s record, but he waded ashore in England so fresh that he began at once to talk about trying next year to swim the dificult ( stretch in both directions at one tempt. ear Later dispatches from Dove however, quoted Wnofficial ¢ servers as declaring the swimméi was ‘completely exhausted” at. end of his ordeal. Swan 30% Miles. According to the captain of tug Europe, of Dunkirk, which § companied the swimmer, Vierkge ter actually swam 30% 1 ae Calais. teken service. The New York office has| similar -* ' 7 ~ ae while the distance je across the ¢ Oe , ~e — * bel are ag ng er pis os r . eos er x vial od, 5 Mae <4 tance swim on her arrival in New |