Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; mild temperature; gentle south and south- west winds. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 77, at noon today; lowest, 57, at 5 a.m. today. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier every <ity block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes system covers Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 _ Che — No. 28,886. Entered_as second-class matter post_offics Was| hington, D. C. WASHINGTO - Fhening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 92,7404 D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1923 —-FORTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS. DR. FREEMAN WINS - OFFICE OF BISHOP - OF WASHINGTON AFTER 17 BALLOTS Rector of Church of Epiphany Chosen When Dr. E. M. Stires of New York With- draws From Race. ELECTION COMES ON SECOND-DAY SESSION New Head of Washington Diocese Was Ordained in 1890—Came to Capital From Minneapolis. Favors Pushing Cathedral Here to Early Completion. The Rev. Dr. James E. Freeman rector of the Church of the E phany, was this afternoon unani- mously eclected the third Bishop of he Episcopal Diocese of Washing- ton. ENDS ON 17TH BALLOT. The report of the seventeenth ballot was 67 clerical votes for Dr. Freeman and 65 lay votes, giving the rector of the Church of the Epiphany the majority of both houses. The election unanimous. was later made Upon the reconvening of the con- vention at 2 o'clock, Rev. Dr. Dud- ley, securing the unanimous consent of the convention, declared that he believed that the best interests of the diocese would be served by the clection of the Rev. Dr. Freeman. | T'he paramount thing, he said, is! that the diocese should prosper zn(l‘ should stand for the best in the city of Washington. The Rev. Dr. Robert Johnston of | St. John's Church then withdrew the name of the Rev. Ernest E. M. Stires of St. Thomas’ Church, New York, ! who, up until the seventeenth ballot, | had controlled the clerical vote, of which Dr. Freeman lacked but eight necessary to election. Dr. Johnston said that there was no ill feeling of any kind in connection with the election, and he praised highly that “gallant soldier priest,” Dr. Dudley. Speaking of the latter. Dr. Johnston said he had never seen his soul shine more clearly than during the convention, PRAISES DR. DUDLEY. “He has grown in a singular that belongs to him naturally Dr. Johnston. Arthur S. Brawne. who yesterday nominated Dr. Stires, then with- drew that nomination. The convention then began the seventeenth ballot. Career Has Heen Varied. Dr. Freeman had a varied and In- teresting career before coming to Washington. in February, 1921, to be- me rector of the Church of the iphany, on G street, one of the zreat downtown churches of the Na- tional Capital, i | { Born July 1866, in New York city, James E. Freeman was educated in the public schools of that city and by private tutors. He spent fifteen s in the legal and accounting de- artments of the Long Island and the New York Central railroads, being with the latter road for twelve years. During his railroad career he was !dentified with Sunday school work and with the Brotherhood of St. An- drew. It was while engaged in such work that he came to the attention of the late Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York, who personally supervised his study. Wins Many to Church, Dr. Freeman was ordained to the ministry in 1890, his first church be- ing St. Andrew's Memorial, in Yon- Jers, of which he was rector for six- toen years. Beginning with forty members, in a little wooden chapel, il Brew to a membership of 1,500 per sons, with a church property v at_$150,000. TEOpSrtyvaluct Dr. Freeman founded good TInn, a workingman's club, in Yonkers, 'which was_designed as a ubstitute for the saloon, and which vas so effective that the late Wil | liam F. Cochran built for it a club house costing $275.000, later endow ing it for $100.000. Winning the con- | fidence of capital and labor alike, Dr. Freeman was called on_to adjudicate & number of strikes. He Is regarded as one of the early promoters of “social service” in the church. Dr. Freeman was called to St. Mark’'s Church. Minneapolis, in 1910, It was from this church that he was called to Washington two years ago. During his eleven-year ministry in the northwestern city. Dr. Freeman helped organize the Civic and Com- merce Association of Minneapolis. Spoke for War Loans. During_thé war Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury Department called upon Dr. Freeman to speak in behalf of the liberty loans. Secretary Baker of the War Department appointed him as his representative to the train- . ing camps, and in the course of this ork Dr. Freeman spoke to nearly 300,000 soldiers, traveling more than 000 miles, Since coming to Washington Dr. Freeman has supervised the recon- atruction of the Church of the Epiphany building and the installa- tion ef the memorial tower and set of chim to the late Rev. Dr. Randelph MeKim. While Interesting himself in the civic betterment of the National Capital, Dr. Freeman has de- | veloped the parish hall, immediately back of the echurch, to one of the busiest places in downtown Washing- the Holly- National Council Member. Dr, Freeman is a member of the na- tional executive council and chief ad- ministrative board of the Episcopal o o} Dr. Freema: n_has been a Wi 1951 "2, Columa 7.} jcost of coal and the higher freight { | i THODEADINRIOT AS NARK DECLINES Germans Dizzy With Rising Prices, Unemployment and Finance Problems. i { | By the Associated Preas. BERLIN, June 1.—A demonstration of unemployved at Bautzen, near Dres- | den, last night resulted in a collision between the demonstrants and the police, in which two bystanders were killed and six injured, it is announced in a telegram from Bautzen today. "The German mark continued to drop In the exchange market here today.| Opening this morning at about 69,500 to the dollar, it had by noon reached 2,650. lose on the heels of the new col- lapse of the mark has come the in- evitable rise in prices affecting tually every article of daily necessity. The increases range from 50 to more than 100 per cent, as compared with the prevailing prices at the beginning of May. = Dizzying Repetition. i The German people, particularly in| Berlin, are finding themselves grow- ing more and more dizzy as they are caught in the viclous circles of new depreciation fn the currency, followed by higher wholesale and then by higher retall prices with consequent demands for more wages; then a repetition of the same cycle of events. During the last few days in Berlin the retail cost of the most essential foodstuffs has become virtually double that of the first part of May. Lard has gone up more than 100 per cent. What will happen among the poorer classes when the new bread prices go into effect is exciting wide comment. Flour recently jumped to four-fold figures and the Berlin bakers met-to- day to decide what ‘thiey- shall charge for bread to the poor. this commodity being always sold cheaper om pre- senting of a governmental bread card. The bakers also intend to fix new increases for other products, which are expected to amount to from 39 to 50 per cent Car Fares Increased. The public traffic services begin the month *with fares’ which have been increased from 50 to 100" per cent. The city magistrates have warned the people to be prepared for a rise in the prices of gas, elec- tricity and water on-account of the new increase of 53 per cent In the rate. The raliways also have doubled thelr passenger fares. Rents have been raised by one-half and clothing and shoés on about the same ratio. At a leading hotel in Unter Den Linen yesterday the prices of sandwiches shot up within an hour from 3,000 marks to 3,500, Meanwhile, according to the press, the wages of the workingmen show an average increase only of from 40 to 50 per cent. Most of the new prices are attributed to the recent increases in wages or in the cost of other necessities in production. The Berlin police have besn in- structed to be particularly alert in prosecuting speculators. JUNE 15 PAYMENT. Reichsbank to Send 53,000,000 Gold Marks to New York. By the Assoclated Press. FRANKFORT-ON-MAIN, - June 1.— The Reichsbank, in Berlin, intends to send approximately 53,000,000 gold marks to New York to cover the Ge: man reparations treasury bills falling due June 15, according to the Frankfurt Gagzette today. These bills, which-amount. to 52,080,000 gold marks, represent the ! last installment on th ents to that the York of s0ld to an tance bank in that e bills due May 16, SEES HIGHER TAXES. LOS ANGELES, Calif, June 1.— Smoot, United —States ki S coln Clul at “‘never n will your federal taxes be less than $3,- 000,000,000 & year, but probably more,” previous shipment to 60,000,000 gold marks wi International accep city and covered Church of Epiphany Rector Elected Bishop of W ashington DR. JAMES E. FREEMAN. U KLUX LEADERS HERE FOR PARLEY Secrecy Shrouds Two-Day Conference of Imperial Of- ficers at Willard. Shrouded in conference between and state leaders of the secrecy. two-day Knights of the Ku Klux Klan opened today at| the Willard Hotel. Imperial Wizard W. H. Evans and other national offi- cers declined to reveal the purpose of the meeting other than to indicate that questions of future Klan poli- cies would be discussed. Any action that is taken at the conclave, it was said. would be made public in a statement to be issued upon adjournment tomorrow after- noon by the imperial wizard Mr. Evans emphasized that the re-| ceivership proceedings klan begun vesterday against the in Atlanta would have no effect on the confer-| ence. The legal move in Atlanta he does not regard seriously, pointing out that those who signed the peti- tion were not high in klan counclls. Denies Rumored Change. Tersistant rumors that the imperial headquarters in Atlanta would be transferred to Washington in the near future were denied emphatically by the imperial wizard. “Wherever I happen to be is my own headquar- ters.” he said, slightest chance that the order’s headquarters will leave Atlanta. With our organization, having a member- ship of upward of a million men, there would be too much to move, for one | thing.” The principal object of his visit to Washington, Mr. Evans sald, is to rest in extension of a vacation he hus been enjoying in Hot Sprin, YVa. He will remain here during thc Shrine convention. Leaders From Twenty-One Statex. Klan leaders representing twen one states, it was said, are attending the conference. Others are en route to Washington and are expected to | arrive for tomorrow’s session. The imperial officers will partici- pate In a naturalization ceremony of the District, Maryland and Virginia klans at Chesapeake Junction at § o'clock. Several of them are sched- uled to make addresses. Appros mateiy 200 candidates will be ini- tiated into the mysteries of “the in- visible empire.” CONTROL NOW IN COURT. Al]l Klan Records and Funds Tied Up by Judge’s Order. By the Assoclated Pres ATLANTA, Ga., June 1.—While lead- ing officials of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan today assembled in Washington, D. C., for a conference, the control of the organization, all Klan funds and all records are offi- clally in the hands of the Fulton county superior court here. This state of affairs was brought about yesterday when Judge John D. Hum&hrlel granted a petition by Da- vid- M. Rittenhouse of Philadelphia and others, which alleges gross mis- management of the Klan's affairs and funds and char that Imperiad Wiz- ard H. W. Evans and Emperor Wil- liam Joseph Simmons have used the Klan for personal enrichment and ag- grandizement, _and that. certain realms have threatened to secede and establish independent order: Unless the defense appeals for ear- ller hearing, both sides will appear before Judge Humphries on June 9, according to the order of the court, at which time the defense will be cailed upon to show why the restralning or- der against use of Klan funds by Klan officials should not be made per- manent. —— BANK CASHIER GUILTY. -UNION, Mo., June 1.—Arthur O. Meninger, cashier of the defunct Night and Day Bank of St. Louls, wa found gullty of the charge of embes zling § from the institution by &Jury in cireuit court here last night. ‘He was sentenced to five years' Failure of the bank resulted in a losa. of more i e prisonment. SRS .‘ eéntinuéd un- 2Eainet nim heve b il Novembe: - T imperial officers but there is not the | SVITH T0 DECIDE FATE OF DRY BILL WITHIN 24 HOURS ‘Executive Resumes Solitary Struggle With Problem Repealer Presents. WILL NOT LET ACT DIE FOR WANT OF DECISION Closest Friends Unable to Learn Whether He Will Sign or Veto Measure. By the Ass ALBA Y.. June 1.—Gov. | Smith's decision on the Cuvillier bill | | for the repeal of -the Mullin-Gage | state prohibition enforcement statute probably will be known before to- morrow noon. The governor sald he hoped all bills now before him would | | be disposed of today or before to-, morrow noon at the latest. His ears still ringing with good ad- | vice imparted at a four-and-a-half- hour public hearing vesterday, Gov. | Smith today resumed his solitary wrestling with the problem of| | whether to slgn or veto the legisla- i {tive bill for repeal of the Mullan- | Gage state prohibition enforcement {act. | Having publicly announced that he would take decisive action one way | lor the other and not seek to dodge the issue by letting the bill die for want of executive declsion, the gov- | lernor must make his decision be- |tween now and midnight Sunday, when the thirty-day period allowed | him by law will have expired. Still a Puzzle. | How he will act remains as much | a matter of speculation as it was be- fore the hearing, even his closest | friends being kept in darkness as to | | the trend of his mind. | | To guide him in his consideration. ‘!h(\ governor had the advice of h political friends, based on possibil Ities of his winning the democratic | nomination for president in 1924; his i memory of four and a half hours of | | oratory for and against signing, sev- | | eral pounds of briefs presented to him | |at the hearing and several hampers | full of letters and telegrams, which | have been piling up for a month. Spectators at the remarkable out- | pouring of women and men interested in the repealer, admitted, without ex- | | ception, that the governor had them | Buessing as to which arguments made the deepest impression on him. - | He maintained a sphinxlike atti- | tude throughout most of the hearing. | | While he unbent a few times to laugh | with the crowd. his mirth was di vided impartially hetween the two | | factions. as was his attentive con- ! cegtration Opponents of the repealer opened fthe argument William Hayward, United States attorney for the south- | jern district_of New York (New York {city), and Wayne B. Wheeler, gen- eral cou 1 for the Anti-Saloon | League of America, were their prin- | cipal speakers. | Score Spenk. i More than a score of briefer ad- | dresses were made by men and wom- en opponents of the repeal | James P. Holland, president of the | New York state Federation of Labor, {who also represented Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, opened for the ad- vocates of repeal. He was followed by Augustus Thomas. playwright: Ransom H. Glllett, general counsel for the Association Opposed to the Prohibition Amendment, and a score of briefer speakers. _DEBATE INCONCLUSIVE. Argument Presented at Hearing| Turns on Meaning of Words. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ALBANY, N. Y., June 1.—No matter what Gov. Al Smith decides to* do about afirming or repealing the state prohibition law, enough argument has been developed in the hearings | here to instruct this and future gen- erations on the political, moral and legal aspects of the eighteenth amendment. Politically, Gov. Al Smith is on firm ground in signing the bill which repeals the law. His whole relation- ship to Tammany and the “wet” side of the controversy dictates that he sign the repeal bill, ping Tam- many in_its local elections and. in- "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) PRIEST’S SHOT NIPS BOY CHURCH THIEF Roused by Burglar Bell, Captures Intruder, Who Breaks for Liberty, Police Told. 1l By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., June 1.—Rev. Father Michael G. Esper, pastor of St. Boniface Catholic Church, early today shot and slightly wounded Harold Smith, fourteen, of Sudbury, Wis, as the boy made a dash for Iiberty after, it is alleged, he was caught in the act of robbing poor boxes in the church. The priest, he told the police, was awakened by the ringing of a bell so arranged as to sound if any one entered the churoh during the night. riest took a revolver and enter- fi"&a church, where he says he found the lad with two poor boxes, each containing a small amount of money, in his hands. He was conducting the lad from the ohurch to the parish house when the captive made a break for free- dom. When Harold refused to halt at the pri command, the latter fired three shots, one of them grasing the lad's arm and knocking him down. The boy was turned over to the lice. mfl.rald told the officers he and his brother, John, nineteen, came here a few days ago, and were ‘money withl which to buy foed. John, said by his younger brother to have been ‘acting as lookout during the alleged robbe! esoaped. gl‘u. W:’ bfficers_ he did net timatiap (o bring him REMAINS IN FIGHT 'Albert R. MacKenzie Survives First Round at Baltimore; Four Defeated. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md. June 1.—Only one Washington golfer of the five who qualified yesterday in the first flight of the Baltimore Country Club's spring golf tournament survived the first match play round today. Albert R. MacKen¥ie, of Columbia, was the lone winner among the Washington contingent in the first flight, defeat- ing George Small, by 4 and 3. Ben R. Hart of Columbia, lost to, Jack Ne 1geof { Francisce; by 4 and 3 while W. H. Gardiner of Buffalo, de- feated Miller B. Stevinson of Colum- bia, 3 and 2; Gardner W. White, for- mer Metropolitan champlon, defeated i Donald Woodward of Columbla, while August F. Kammer defeated W. R. McCallum. In the second flight Roland Mae- Kenzie won from T. C. Frost of Maryland by 6 and 4, while Hugh H. Saum of Columbia 'lost to J. W. Byron of Baltimore in the fourth flight. A. J. Cummings of Columbia lost to P. F. Hambsch of Annapolis in the fifth flight and Charles A. Wat- son of Columbia defeated Reynolds Hayden of Annapclis in the sixth fight. &ibert MacKenzle, the only Wash- ington_man left in the first flight, plays Kammer this afternoon. He defeated Kammer two years ago, but the latter is playing fine golf and may reverse the performance this afternoon. BELGIAN RAIL STRIKE CALLED OFF BY UNION Threat to Order Men to Colors Be- lieved Responsible for Ending. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, June 1.—The railroad workers, obeying the decision taken by the national union of railway men last night, began to return to work today at nearly all the important cen- ters, ending the strike that has crip- ped the country for the last few weeks. In government circles it is believed that the cabinet’s announced deter- mination of calling to the colors four additional classes among the rail- roaders was a deciding factor in the ending of the strike. A number of Jarge firms that suffered by the strike have announced that they intend to sue the unions for damages. —_— CURTAILS HIS VISIT. Joseph Conrad, Novelist, Compelled by Illness to Leave U. S. NEW YORK, June 1.—Joseph Con- rad, the novelist, who has been pay- ing his first visit to America, has been compelled by illness to curtail his_stay. it was learned today. He will safl next Saturday on the steam- ship Majestic, accompanied by his ublisher, Frank N. Doubleday of gArden City, at whose home he has been staying. The writer was weakened by lum- bago_ when he arrived three wecks ago. but planned to stay a month. —_— CHEMIST HELD FOR TRIAL. NEW YORK, June 1.—George S. Smith, arrested at his chemical fac- tory, Where federal agents said they found 70,000 tubes of cocaine, esti- mated to' be worth $20.000, was held in $10,000 bail in federal court, charged with conspiring to sell co- caine to drug addicts. ‘ederal Attorney Giaccone charged that Smith was the leader &nd financial backer of & ring of drug sellers who carried on wholesale op- erations throughout the United States. S COMES. THE JUNE BR 1UNE fl [: G[]U:ER \Ink and Tar Freely App In Paris Socialis Br the Associated Press PARIS, June 1.—Incipient disorders preceded the opening of today's ses- sion of the chamber of deputies, which an interpellation on the “fascisti methods” adopted in Paris by rovalists adherents had been promised by the socialist members. The soclalist deputies were out in force. When Leon Daudet, leader of the Royalist Association, appeared in the lobby, Marius Moutet and sev- eral other socialists made a rush for him, but the adversaries were sepa- rated. M. Daudet entered the assemb- EXECUTE HUNDREDS " INRUSSIAN PLOTS Bolshevists Slay Counter Revolutionaries of Southern Districts and Georgia. BY GEORGE WITTE. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copsright. 1923. BERLIN, June 1.—Several hundred counter revolutionaries have been ex- ecuted by the bolshevist authorities in southern Russia and Georgia in the last two weeks, according to dis- patches in the- German newspapers. These executions are accepted as an indication of a new flaring up of the spirit of revolt against the soviet government, especially in those parts that are distant from Moscow. In Georgia alone the local red troops shot 340 persons convicted of plotting against the soviet govern- ment. Other reports received by the Ost Express, the Berlin agency which distributes Russian news, are that a new white Russian army is being formed in Bulgaria and Rumania, under the leadership of officers who served in the Wrangel and Denikine armies. The object of this army will no_longer be to overthrow the Mos- cow government, but to establish a white Russian republic in southern Russia, Georgia and the adjacent provinces. 3 White Ofcers Escape. Many white officers have succeeded in escaping from the Bulgarian and Jugoslavian _internment camps and are now in Constantinople, Italy and France, where they bave raised big funds for equipping an army. The Ost Express adds. however, that it may be another year before the anti- soviet campaign s launched, because disastrous _experiences of former white attacks on the reds has taught the white leaders that unless their plan is strategically perfect they are Dbound to meet with failure. But the white Russians are almost fully prepared now, as they believe it not at all impossible that internal up- risings in Russia will warrant inter- vention within the next few months. KITCHIN TO BE BURIED IN FORMER HOME TODAY Body of Former Democratic Leader Lies in State at Scotland Neck, N. C. By the Associated Press. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C., June 1.— The body of Claude Kitchin, once leader of the democrats in the House of Representatives, lay in state today at the old home place in quaint little Scotland Neck, and as the son lowers in the west this afternoon it will- be interred near that of his father in the ouvenir Editions TImperisl Council Su!w! of the Mystic Shrine The Evening and Sunday Star From Sunday, June 3, to Sunday, June 10, Inclusive Mt h:w- Wi great event cludi Page contain & comple led anywhere in the United States, 40 cents the special issue of Tuesday, June 5, gravure Section of Beautiful Washington. "and accurate account of the n. containing a twelve. Place Orders Tphy to Avoid the Rush at| IDE! lied t-Royalist Row v hall. followed by Marcel Cachin, whose efforts to reach him were blocked by the ushers. The “fascisti methods’ referred to occurred last night, when members of the “King's Camelots,” a rovalist organization. administered beatings to the soclalist deputies, Moutet and Marc Sangnier. The band of youths ambushed Sangnier attempted to pour tar on his head and to administer a dose of castor ofl, but the deputy managed to escape, although in a somewhat damaged condition. Maurice Violette, former minister of subsistence, was also waylaid while walking with his wife. The camelots drenching the couple with ink. GALLS BILION B - FOR FLEET DREAM Lasker, However, Says New York Man’s Proposal Will Be Heard. A thorough investigation has con- vinced the Shipping Board, Chairman Lasker announced today, that there |is no prospect the bid of more than a billion dollars, made by John W. Slack of Silver Creek, N. Y., for tie board's merchant fleet would ever be executed if it were accepted An inquiry on this subject was conducted by the Shipping Board, in conjunction with other government departments with which Mr. Slack has had business transacticns, with the result, Mr. Lasker said, that the offer had been definitely classified as !a “summer dream.” This conclusion will be communi- cated to the speclal committee of the Shipping Board, now sitting in New York and before which Mr. Slack Pas been invited. The Silver Creek tidder will be free, the chairman sald, to appear and give any further details of his proposal and backing that he may desire. 7 BRITISH SUBJECTS EXCLUDED BY U. S.| Special Board at Ellis Island De- cides Immigration Quota Exhausted. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 1.—A special in- quiry board at Ellis Island decided today that seven British subjects who arrived on the President Monroe this week must be excluded from the country because the British immi- ) 8ration quota is exhausted. Five lare women, among them Mrs. Ada Thomas and her daughters, Edith and 1da, who claims residence at Waupun, | has been on for the last week. v The case of Mrs. Elsie Demitron British bride’ of an American citi- zen, was decided adversely yesterday, but’ it was then stated that several of the seven might be admitted as tourists. —_— MANGLED BODY FOUND. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., June 1.— The mangled body of Richard Shively of Champaign, Ill, was found today beside the Pennsylvania railroad tracks at Millstone Junetion. “He was apparently struck by a train. Shively, who was identified by cards in his pockets, was a member of the American Legion and of a Masonic lodge in_ Chicago. The coroner is holding the body for his parents. GREST OF SHRINER INFLUX HITS CITY LATE TOMORROW First of 200 Special Trains to Discharge 500 Nobles From Missouri. 35,000 ALREADY HERE, HEADQUARTERS REPORTS Auto Tourists Pouring Into Capi- tal From All Points—Traffic Jam Averted. The main body of Shrine hosts will begin to arrive in Washington to. morrow afternoon. when the first three of 200 special trains due here before Tuesday morning disembark 500 jolly nobles from temples of the distant west. From that moment Union station will be the scene of an ever-growing throng. until by Wed- nesday morning, it is estimated, that mroe than 100,000 persons will have passed through the gateway into the Mecca of 1923 Abou Ben Adhem Temple of Spring- field. Mo.. 3 will have the distinction Of getting its representatives into ‘Washington first. Their train will ar- rive at Union station at 3 o'clock to- morrow afternoon. It will be follow- ed by specials bringing the nobles of Isis Temple of Salina, Kan., and Nile Temple of Seattle, Wast Reports that first estimates of the number of visitors that would be in ‘Washington next week had been ex- aggerated were denied by the trans- portation committee and Potentate Steuart today. It was stated that not only would every road bring here an- T: the number of trains first nounced, but that in some instances extra cars had been added Potentate Comes Sunday. Sunday morning Imperial Potentate James 8. McCandless will lead his caravan into Union station and be- hind him will come dozens of other pilgrim trains, all headed for the imperial conclave in Mecca. Thirty- five special trains will reach Wash- ingtort Sunday, exclusive of that used by the imperial potentate and his body guard from Islam and Aloha temples In the meantime other pilgrims, traveling from distant cities by auto- mobile, are already arriving by the scores.” Still more are coming on the regular trains running to Union sta tion and all railroads reported today that a progressive increase in traffi: At Shrine headquarters this morning it was estimated that 35000 persons were already settled here for the con- vention, althaugh it -is impossible 1o determine the exact number, since the vast majority are not subject to registration Parking Camps Open. Every parking camp in Washingt has been thrown open. ready to re ceive the motorists, whose numbe will increase rapidly before Sunda: Although there now thousands o visiting machi in the city, the presence of traffic guards at virtuall: every corner in the business district has resulted in the stream being han dled so expeditiously that the casua observer scarcely notices the increase One of the most sensational spec tacles of Shrine week festivities will be the fireworks display next Thurs- day evening at 10 o'clock, on th Monument grounds. Ten thousand dollars will be burned up in pyro technic features the like of which Washington or any other city has never seen. Forty truck loads of fire- works of every description have ar- rived here from the International Fireworks Company of New York city. 120 Numbers on Program. A number of the displays will be typically Masonic. one representing the initiation of the poor blind candi- date. Another will constitute the e plosion of 800 shells simultaneous! and, all told, the show will consist of 120 different numbers. An aerial sa- lute of 101 shells will announce th. opening of the display, immediately after the historical pageant. It will end - just before the dance of the states gets under way at midnight Less pretentious displays of fire- works will be shown Monday and Tuesday nights and during the ma- rine pageant. at 2 o'clock Tuesdav afternoon. The exhibitions of Mon- day and Tuesday evenings will be heid from either end of Pennsylvania avenue —at the Treasury and the Capitol grounds. DUTCH “DISCOURTESY” STIRS BELGIAN PROTEST Explanation to Be Askéd Why Four Ministers Dined in Honor of Traitors. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, June 1.—The Belgian minister at The Hague has been in- structed to ask an explanation of Holland for what is considered a dis- courtesy—the attendance of four of the Dutch cabinet ministers at a ban- quet given in honor of two Belgians condemned to death by default by the Belgian courts upon a charge of treason. The treasonable act alleged was participation in setting up a separate Flemish government during the war while the greater part of Belgium was under German occupation. SENTENCED TO DIE. Kidnaper’s Penalty for Slaying Six- Year-Old Girl. PHILADELPHIA, June 1.—Wylie N. “Pexas” Morgan, convicted of kid- naping, sttacking and slaying six- vear-old Lillian Gilmore last Febru- ary, was today sentenced to die in the electric chair. He was denicd & new trial, but his lawyers said they would appeal td, the Supreme Court. " SCORE OF FIRST GAME _ 4 2 3 Phlh.......fi Wulllngton Batteries—Heimach and Perkins e T s e R ECEEE-B CGEEEEE- ;kluhqunl.elmmy.