Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1923, Page 3

President’s Railroad Speech Unpopular in Kansas City' Hit Pet Aversion of Missouri Folks Who Dread Thought of Absentee Land- BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Special Dispatch to The Star. KANSAC CITY, Mo., July 8.—Kan- sas City's reluctance to become a railroad “whistling station” like Lawrence, Kan., was the one fly in the ointment of President's Harding's splendid welcome to the hub of the southwestern universe. The sugges- tion that the transportation systems of the country should be consolidated into a handful of “reglonal” combl- nations strikes genuine terror to a community which, after Chicago, is the second largest raflroad center in the United States. In such a project Kansas City discerns the possibility of economic disaster. It'is not an agreeable thought for a town that has ambitions and plans to be the metropolis of the west some day. Eleven independent rallroad com- panles now “make” Kansas City. While only one of them, the Kansas Southern, maintalns its general headquarters here, all the others look upon it as a vital terminal or transshipment point. They have Joined in building the tinest union Station west of New York city. Thelr lines branch out {n all directions. ast. west, north and south. Mr. farding, having Kansas City's in- comparably central situation in mind, alled it “the heart of the country.’ hen le almost®broke the heart by espousing a scheme which, on its sur- face, threatens dislocation of the in- dustry upon which the city's wonder- ful development was founded and upon which it ‘mainly is building for the illimitable future. Frightened Citizens. The President's Kansas City rail- road-consolidation speech sent shiv ers down the community’s back, even though Mr. Harding did not specifi- cally indorse the Interstate Com- merce Commission plan of & nine- teen road consolidation. He spoke only in general terms of the economic advisability of amalgamation. Kan- as City businessmen agree that con- solidation in some form is desirable. Indeed, certain “Interstate” or inter- reglonal emes to that end are quietly brewing at this moment. But the advantage of such arrangements over the grandiose project originat- ng at Washington, and which Kan- sas City jumped to the conclusion Mr. Harding is fathering, is that control and management would be vested ocally. That is to say, the consoli- dations would be administered by men alive to the needs of the com- munities the roads serve, rather than to the dividend necessities of alfen owners, Kansas City—and when one speaks of Kansus City in a rallroad connec tlon, one means vastly father-reach- ing Tegions than the clity limits con- template—fears what Irish malcon- tents in Erin used to denounce as “absentee landlordism.” It fears a transportation system manipulated in Wall street, regardless of the genuine interests of the midwest. It is afraid western railroad syst would be “run,” to an even greater extent thar they now are, by cliques of eastern capitalists, with no fundamental re- gard for the welfare of the grass Toots country. And then, as herein- before narrated, Kansas City, militant and magnificent in bound pro perity, seriously objects to being r duced ' in metropolitan rank to that of ,a way station. Transcountry Stop. The great transcontinental trains of the Union Pacific, the Rock Island, the Wabash and the Santa Fe now pull up at Unlon station, backing and fliling, switching and transferring nd in other ways doing deference to Kansas City. What they're afrald of out here, after hearing President Harding, Is that the day may come vhen the California Limited and the other trains de luxe will flash by with- out stopping. That would be the end £ the world, say these new empire puilders of the southwest, and they are determined to avert it at all costs. 1f Warren G. Harding seeks re-election in 1924 on the platform of rallroad consolidation on Interstate Commerce Commission lines the dem- ocrats need hardly conduct a cam- paign in the Kansas City country. It will be a walkaway for thelr man. Apart from the anxieties that fill them with regard to Kansas City's own future, her business men and the farm folk around about, in both Mis- souri and Kansas, are not definitely convinced that consolidation means a railroad millenfum. Only this week deflant thunderbolts to the contrary re hurled at President Harding b: SPECIAL NOTICES. WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY iebts ‘unlens contracted by myself. H. E. 17 T, ot ne. i WILL CLOSE durlag July WEDN ST WALKS, STEP A= hiows: poschee. NORTHEAST CONCRETE €., 627 Tth N.E. WARFIELD, publie, . und president of sl g e 8 cents. and be assured {t's correct. He calis anywhere at a time with the necessary blank. Make appointment by mail (don't use phone), welte piaimiy. 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Slip Covers and Tops. 1423-1425 L ST. N.W. Main 7228, “Biggs Puts HEAT in Heating.™ While the Family’s Away —is an ideal time to have us get busy Repairing or Re- placing your Heating Plant. The Biggs Engineering Co. WARREN W. BIGGS, President. 1810 14th Bt. N.W. Tel. Frank. 8 Don’t Neglect the Roof. —Better spend a few dollars now and bave the roof repaired than to delay and have the leaky roof ruin walls and paper. TRONCLAD 500; if you dor 917 New An 2 or $5.00 Roofing, 1416 F st. n.w. Compsny. Phone Main 14. than | | i i | 1 i | | | | | Walter Williams, | found it when he came back to Mis- | Sixty. about to get even approximately ex- | night, lord in Transportation. one of the southwest's foremost transportation authories—Clyde M. Reed, chairman of the Kansas publio utilities commission. Speak- ing at Atchleon, Reed affirmed that consolidation is the first step in the direction of government ownership. He charged that consolidation would rear a monopolistic glant more pow- erful, more ruthless and more men- acing than any the oppressed con- ?umln‘ community had ever met be- ore. Groomed for Governor. Mr. Reed, who is being groomed to be & republican Governor of Kansas, said, without directly yeferring to the President’s Kansas City speech, but indubitably having it concretely in mind: “It is proposed to consolldate the mileage of the country into nineteen systems. This would result in the control of transportation, with all of the influence it has upon business, in- dustry, markets and marketing dis- tribution points, development of citles, sections and towns, into this number of corporations, with an average cap- italization exceeding one billion dol- lars each. It would be the longest step we have taken toward concen- { tration of wealth and power and industry in the history of the country. Instead of being a guaran- tee against the possibility of even- tual government ownership of rail- roads, 1 believe that consolidation, fa case of failure, would be certain to force government ownership.” Although it is manifest that Kansas City is thoroughly aroused over the, consolidation peril, and irrevocably | determined to circumvent it, the| President’s speech only mildly ruffed the waters of popular opinlon here- abouts. Indeed, it needs to be chron- icled, in all faithfulness, that the midwest, as far as this writer already has expiored it, has apparently not been deeply stirred by Mr. Harding’s expositions and expostulations. One day this week was spent at Columbla, Mo., the attractive little state uni- versity town, lving almost midway between St. Louls In the northeast and Kansas City in the southwest. The world's first school of journalism, founded and still ably conducted by is there. Its sum- mer classes of young men and wom- en studying to_become professional molders of publfc opinion are hard at work. One of their tasks, under Dean Willlams' supervision, s to observe, tabulate and analyze southwestern thought and views as exempllfied in the newspapers of the surrounding countryside, near and far. Comment of Press. Special attention has been bestowed upon the columns of the country pa- pers since Mr. Harding crossed Mis- souri. One is assured that they have taken only superficlal note of the presidential expedition. Dean Wil- liams ventures the view that, com- pared to the popular emotions that used to be aroused when “Teddy” Roosevelt swung across this virile country, the Harding trip attracted only minor attention. It may be as Senator “Jim” Reed uri after the adjournment of the enth Congress, four months gO. He was breakfasting In Kan- as City with a Wasahington news- vaper correspondent from the state ‘Bill,” he said, “looks as if we had the Wwrong stéer on the Hill. The folks out here aren't much concerned with what we're doing in Washing- They're chiefly interested in the reboards.” That may explain the lure of the midwest populace here- cited over such unthrilling themes as world courts and railroad consollda- tions. Tt is evident that statesmen must step forth with liveller stuff It they aspire to arouse genuine en- thusiasm. Came ‘at Harvest Time. Here and there an opinion is en- countered that Mr. Harding came Into the agricultural west at an inoppor- tune time. The wheat harvest was in ful! blast. The farmers were * aying by” their corn. A dozen vital activi- ties are at their zenith throughout the broad acres a-blossom —with the produce of this richly blessed re- gion. Ordinarily these Missourians and Kansans are voracious readers. They read everything—metropoii- tan dailies, Capper farm papers, fic tion magazines, the monthly revjews But when the harvest moon is smiling down upon them the other issues of mundane existence take a back seat Lvén when raised by the President of the United Statesj they have diffi- culty in getting a hearing. Yet at Hutchinson, Kan., on June 23, 10,000 farm folk flivvered to the scene from the four points of the rural compass To what extent they were fired by patriotism, eurlosity or deep interest in what Mr. Harding had to say—that of course,.is an indeterminate thing. It is pleasant to record that, In comparison with his welcome at St. Louis the day before, the President's reception in Kansas City seems to have left nothing to be desired. The t:n\\'n broiled. The heat baked the President's lips cruelly and required him to cancel two or three popular engagements. Yet, when he turned up at Convention Hall to speak at an immense audience inside and an overflow throng outside for- &t the equatorial weather and show- ered Mr. Harding with acclaim & conquering hero would have envied. The crowd, when he began to talk railroad consolidation, found {itself being dosed with unpalatable medi- cine, but did not wince. There was no trace, in the volume of its ap- plause, that it bore the President any any ill-will. Perhaps the Kansas City folk a littis admired his courage in entering the lion’s den with a keynote speech advocating their pet aversion, At any rate, the Hardings were Joyfully “received here. The Presi- dent's prestige, personally at least, is higher than’before he came. to what it will turn out to be po- jthis critter and has pronounced him j&ive THE ' SUN DAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 8, Fussy Sloth, Latest Addition to Zoo Tribe, Is Most Disreputable Character of Them All | Two-Toed “Critter” | Rouses Dignified Denizens. Bought From Trad- er in South Amer- ican Jungles \ i An old musty, fuzzy, soiled and un- kempt two-toed sloth has broken into the distinguished family of guests at the Zoo and just about wrecked the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Indian Ante- lope, who for the past three or four years since the date of their birth, here—have enjoyed the distinction of being the most dignified family of | all the aristocrats at the Zoo. { It seems that this fellow’s arrival was hushed up for fear it would create some damage to the high and aristocratic tone of the place, but| August Chipmunk, The Star's demon resident correspondent, searched ou $he most frivolous quadruped of all the animals of Rock creek. At Zoo Twenty-one Days. Zeek Sloth, says August, doesn't two whoops and a vell whag goes on and he doesn’t even make as much effort to entertain and be sen- sible as the old mossback turtles. Zeek, who has been here just about twenty-one days, fits the definition of frivolous to a cording to August, which i to trifiing; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.” In relating his experiences with Zeek to Soko Chimpanzee, the most brilltant animal out Rock Creek way, August said: “I found him perched up in a tree which had been bullt in the cage especially for him. He was Iying on his back with the claws of his hindleg wrapped around a bar of the grating at the top of the cage which lets in light and air. 1 spoke to him, he turned a small, pointed head in my direction, blinked and replied ‘Howdy. Then he twist- FARM-LABOR STAND ! BLOW TO RADICALS (Continued from First Page.) separated the reds from all other in- dependent political movements and placed them in a class by themselves. They are In the open now, their| affiliations with the Russian soviet| and the third internationale, is dis-| closed and their destructive aims are | well understood. | The common sense of the American people will enable them to choose be- | tween American doctrines and an-| archical teachings of the reds. It will be the good sense of the! whole American people against the | criminal and crazy teachings of the reds. The reds will stand alone and, of course, must fall. It will be a case of their hands against every| man and the mass of the American | people against them. Effect Speculated On. What effect this Chicago affair may have upon the election in Minnesota | next week is being speculated upon | by politicians here. Whether it will aid the farmer-labor campaign or In- jure it is the question. Some think that the prompt refusal of the farm- er-laborites to join with the red plot- litlcally—well, from Kansas City’ standpoint, that depends on hos lfyl: he really goes in conniving at meas- ures designed to spell the ecity's economic ~doom, as she sees it. Kansas City was not always so polite lo Warren G. Harding. When he came here as a pre-convention can- didate, in 1920, in quest of a Mis- sourl delegate or two, the town turned him the cold shoulder. It even declined to invite him, a dis- tinguished senator from a great re- publican state, to address the G. 0. P. county convention, then in progress at the county seaf, then in progress Jackson county was “sewed up” tight for Leonard Wood+in those days and Harding left Kansas City disap- pointed and rejected. “Au President, the people here found Mr. Harding an unqualified suceess: ‘hl:da; Teputation for being eet plain fellow—; - scription of himself the Bresidont often applies. Instead, Kansas City found Harding a splendid, fine, up- standing American gentleman, court- 1y and dignified, but not a bit up- stage. On all hands Mrs. Harding is glven‘great credit for the success. ful impression the President made, She served as a “pinch-hitter” for him the day his sunburned lips made a public appearance impossible fer the President, and by her unaffected ; cordiality and bonhommie won all They S the President's eat first lady. i ansas City. Whatever betides Mr. gnrglntg Do”llflllfi'{ her stock is des: ned to remain high on banks of the Missour, " ‘h° Muddy (Copyright, 1928.) SALESMAN DROWNED. CLEVELAND, July 7.—Thomas Dickson, twenty-six, sales manager of a Cleveland realty company, was drowned In Lake Erle today while swimming. Dickson's parents live in Chicago. = . ters, and their separation from the movement, may encourage confldence in the farmer-labor party and dissi- pate any fears that might exist of it becoming too radical. Others contend that their attempted co-ordination of all independent political units may frighten voters who might otherwise be attracted to thelr reform and lib- eral policies and be taken as a warn- ing to keep away from them. To the mass of Americans the flasco at Chicago will probably be taken as a slgn that a fleld does not exist for a dangerous spread of extreme radi- cal doctrines in the United States, and important political parties will di- vide along old lines. LAST WEEK OF BAZAAR. Stansbury Lodge, No. 24, F. A. A. M., Fair Closes Soon. The second and final week of the bazaar of Stansbury Lodge, No. 24, F. A. A, M, at Georgla avenue and Quincy Place will begin tomorrow night with severa)’additional attrac- tions. The leading attraction is the replica of King Solomon's temple which was brought to the United States recently from Jerusalem. One of the most popular amuse- merltl is the dancing on a large open pavilion, music for which is pro- vided by an aggregation of jarz artists. = There also are novelty games, an illusion show and Vene- tlan swings for children. Proceeds of the falr will be applied to the 'Br ‘dltwood masonic temple bullding und. { Just The two-toed sloth, frivolous beust, LN WU U NN NN Wt WU N NN NN NN NN UGN SN N AN ANANZAN n hix favorite pose and Mr. and Mrs. Indian Antelope, who take the cup for the most dignified animals at the ed around in his position and amused| himself with the iron bar, giving la- conic replles to every question I asked. August stated that Zeek has long front limbs and short hind ones, but on the former are two toes or claws, giving him the official name of “Twao toed Sloth.” He has long greenish- brown hair and is a little smaller than a_ full-grown collie dog. When he is hungry he hangs head-down- ward from the tree and eats of the following menu, which, however, is varled at times: Milk, eggs, cooked rice, fruits and vegetables. “He ain’t worth that good feeding,” add ed_August. Passing by the private quarters of Mr. and Mrs. Indian Antelope, August drew the observation from them that steps should be taken to pep this slothful fellow up and Inject some dignity into him. “Who are his ancestors and where did he come from?” demanded Mrs. Antelope. From South America. August replied that Zeek was born somewhere in South America and was purchased by the Zoo from a HE SHALL NOT PASS, OLD PARTY CHIEFS’ DEFIANCE TO FORD (Continued from First Prge.) state. Much of the $2,000,000 war chest being raised by the Anti-Salon League will be directed against Sen- ator Underwood, for already Wayne B. Wheeler has announced that the league regards the Alabama solon as the sole hope of the wets in the demo- cratic party. Ordinarily the pride of the south in the possibility of plac- ing one of its own sons in the White House would be enough to insure the solid support from that section, but the south s the cradle of latter-day prohibition and it will be difficult to shake it out of that mood. “We are going to have an organ- ization man for our nominee in 1924,” sald Norman F. Mack, democratic national committeeman from New York, just before sailing for Europe last week. So are we,” chiefs. Therefore, say the republican it remains to be seen vhere and how the Ford boom will wind up. DRY LAW AND FILMS, METHODIST TOPICS| By the Assoclated Press. LAKE JUNALUSKA, N. C., July 7.— Prohibition and law enforcement, near east matters and the uplift of the movies were subjects discussed at today's session of the social service conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Presenting the cause of the Lord's Day Ailiance, Rev, I. Cochrane Hunt ot Nashville, director of that move- ment, spoke against all forms of Sun- day amusements. E. F. Lightfoot, superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of South Carolina, outlined what he considered difficulties in enforcing prohibition law. He charged the man of means was the worst offender, and praised the average workingman. The Ku Klux Klan was cited as one of the stumbling blocks in law en- forcement by R. L. Davis of Raleixh, state superintendent for North .Caro. lina for *the Anti-Saloon League. ‘The World League Against Alcohol, its aims and purposes gmd_progress was discussed briefly by Bisliop James Cannon of the M. E. Church, South. World-wide propaganda against alco- hol was the goal of the league, Bishop Cannon said. BURNED BY BOMB IN MAIL. KANSAS CITY, July 7.—John Roth, proprietor ot the Oldham Hotel here, was severely burned on the hands today when ‘he opened a package re- trader In that country. “He hasn't any pride,” admitted August, “and he is not at all concerned whether you itke him or not. The only thing he displays any interest in is the fact that he has twenty-three pairs of ribs, which are supposed to be great- er than those possessed by any other mMammal To talk about these ribs is the only qualification he possesses for_entertainment. “To think,” muttered the disgusted lady, “that our nice, well balanced corps of animals should receive such a jolt Ly this thing's presence. I'll never get over it.” August says these two dignitaries have the right idea. “They possess iore dignity than anybody out here. hey walk around on tiptoes, with heads high and bodles erect. They do not indulge in pranks or tricks, bLut always conduct themselves with utmost thought and care. Mr. Ante- lope is the more beautiful of the two and about a quarter of a year older than his three-year-old wite. He has long, wavy antlers and a dark brown back, the rest of him being light tan and white, the same color as the Mrs. They are upset and look so hurt,” he added. CIVIL SERVICE TESTS FOR MANY POSTS JULY 28 Storekeepers, Checkers, Mechanics and Other Employes Sought for Openings Near Here. The Civil Service Commission has announced examinations to be held on Jufy 28 to fill positions in the Dis- trict of Columbia and neighboring states as follows Storekeeper, at entrance salaries from $1,200 to $1.500 a vear. The du- ties require a thorough knowledge | of the methods of requisitioning, packing and storing of miscellaneous supplies. Automobile mechanic, at entrance salaries from $1,200 to $1,600 a' year. Checkers, at entrance salarles from $1,000 to $1,200 a year. Applicants must have had at least a year's experience in positions requiring a thorough knowledge of materials, such as lum- ber, hardware, tools and supplies, or as checker or warehouse employe in connection with any class of sup- plies. ~ Experience in checking ma- terials in and out received in car- load lots and in express shipments is_especially desirable. Dental hygienist, at entrance sal- arles from 3720 to $1,500 a year. The duties are to assict dental surgeons in cleaning and polishing teeth, mix- Ing materials, preparing solutions, etc. Full information and application blanks may be secured. from the secretary of the fourth U. S. civil service district, Archie Butt builting, 1725 New York avenue northwest. !SOUTH IS WARNED . W. W. SEEK NEGROES’ PLACES | By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La, July Thirty-five hundred members of the Industrlal Workers of the World, “massed cheek by jowl and shoulder to shoulder, are gathering in New Orleans, watching the trek of the negro labor to the north, east and west, while they t confidently the time when they shall step for- ward and fill the vacancles in the cotton and sugar fields and lumber industries created by the exodus of the blacks,” according to a statement in a full-page advertisement which appeared today in a local newspaper. The advertisement, printed in dis- play type, stated that it was “the first of a series of frank talks on the gen- eral labor and business situation by a of leading Louislana institu- Its title was “Peace and Pros- perity or Pillage and Perdition.” Kept on the qui vive by the ex- hortations of their red leaders,” read the text, hey are preparing to treat the south and its resources as they treated the forests of Washington and the wheat fields of Nebraska and Kansas. n the exodus of the negro laborer 7— celved in the mall and which, police 1d, contained a fire bomb. Roth's name was printed "in ink on the wrapper of the package. A sticker bore the name of “J. W. Pax- son Company, North Delware Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.” from the south, let us remember we can stand anything but the substitutes offered by the wobblies. “The lack of snap and jasz In ‘Old Black Joe' and its repeated promise of ‘Fm coming’ is much better than th raw, red notes of the ‘International it concluded. | erator. 1923—PART . 1. BITTER MINNESOTA RACENEARING END Vote in Preus-Johnson Fight lvfor Senate Seat Expected to Be Close. - - Special Dispatch to The Star. ST. PAUL, Minp, July 7.—The most bitterly contested senatorial fight in the recent history of the northwest entered its final phases to- day. It is to decide whether the suc- cessor to Knute Nelson In the upper house of the national legislature shall be a radical or & conservative. The fight admittedly is between Magnus Johnson, tarmer-labor candi- date, and Gov. J. A. O. Preus, al- though there I8 a democratic aspirant in the fleld in the person of State Senator James A. Carley, who I8 charging from the stump. that the national republican organization util- ized a million-dollar “slush fund” to elect the present state administration in 1920. ‘But, after all, democrats fur- nish only a negligible portion of the Minnesota population, and even his admirers admit Senator Carley will finish a distant third. Johnwon an Immigrant. The leading candldates are decided- ly plcturesque individuals. Magnus Johnson came to America a Swedis! immigrant. He was twenty-one when he Janded in New York and, although he already had learned his trade as a glass-blower, he could find no work, and drifted ‘'west, where he worked for years in the lumber camps of Wis- consin and Minnesota. He early joined the Knights of Labor, at that time the premier organization of the work- ers in America. From his savings Johnson bought a farm near Kimball, Minn,, later repre- senting that district in the state legislature. He has been active in farm welfare work, was for over ten years head of the state union of the American Soclety of Equity and vice president of. the Equity Co-operative Exchange, which has a great terminal warehouse in this city and eighty eclevators in the country. He is a hard-headed individual who has the complete confidence and_support of the radical element of the Senate which is headed by Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin. Worked With Nelson. His chief opponent, Gov. J. A. O. Preus, has been in 'the public eye nearly all his life. Graduating from law 8chool in 1906, he became a clerk in the office of Senator Nelson, from which position he graduated to be executive clerk to Gov. served as insurance commissioner and state auditor and, following his elec- tion as governor, he announced he would be a candidate for the United States Senate when a vacancy took place. The fight between this pair is bit- ter in the extreme. Lined up for Johnson are Senator La Follette, re- publican, and Senator Wheeler, demo- crat, alded by Gov. Blaine of Wiscon- sin.” Senator Moses, chairman of the republican senatorial_campaign com- mittee; Senator Lenroot and other na- tionally known republicans are in the list for Preus. The latter is quoting the late Senator Knute Nelson as hav- ing sald that he (Preus) was the man he would have -preferred as his suc- cessor. Incidentally, allegations that some. at least, of the men who entered the republican primary against Preus are not standing by the verdict of that election are being made by the Preus adherents. They also allege that the unanimous fndorsement of Johnsan by the heads of the various railway labor organizations was secured by misrep- resentation of the governor's position on certain matters. Plea to Atd Harding. The republican state organization is working at top speed to pull its can- didate through, if possible. The fact that the republican progressives, as they call themselves, or insurgents, a8 their enemies dub them, will be able, with the aid of the democrats, to control the Senate should Johnson win a week from Monday has im- pelled conservative party members to throw away their, coats and fight along old-fashioned lines. This con- tingency also has aided the Preus camp In securing plenty of funds for literature and to defray the expense of meetings and the like. The plea is, “Elect Preus and uphold President Harding’s policles.” Both camps are supremely confident, but_the outcome promises to remain in doubt until the moment the polls close, although, of course, in this state a landslide politically is always one of the possibilities. —_— Anniversary or Wedding, | Gude’'s flowers will make the occa- sion doubly enjoyable. vertisement. ABANDON ALL HOPE FOR BALLOONISTS WRECKED IN LAKE (Continued from First Page.) 1212 F.—Ad- paper clipping on the border of which was written: “Generator has gone bad. Will try to make Aberdeen to get new gen- ‘We ought to make it all right.” right. It was belleved here that this had been written on some previous flight. " BALLOON IDENTIFIED. Craft Found in Lake That Flown by Roth and Null. The balloon found partly submerged oft Port Stanley, Ontario, on Lake Erle, has been identified as that of Licuts. L J. Roth and T. B. Null, naval balloonists, in a 1éport tonight to the Navy Department from Pilot Shiller, who flew to the scene from Cleveland. The uniforms of both pilots were found in the wreckage of the big bag of the half-submerged craft, the report said, and with them was the log, an extra leather coat and a pair of gauntlets. The balloon was partly inflated, but the basket was missing. indicating, in the opinion of naval officers, that the two men had cut it loose and abandoned their clothing under stress. Navy officlals said the presumption that the basket was cut loose encour- aged them to the belief the two offi- cers are still allve. The basket was fitted with pneumatic rings which | would enable it to float for many days. Hope Wanes Here. Later reports from Port Stanley telling of the finding of the basket and the food supply threw a damper on the enthusiasm of the officlals, al- though_they refused to abandon all hope. They pointed out that the ba ket might have been used us a tem- | jorary refuge by the aeronauts until : Dnl};lnx vessel took them off, but this hope was weakened somewhat Ly the fact that the log and uniforms were still aboard the balloon. The search for the men will con- tinue at daybreak, the officials said, with every facility the government is able to command. ‘The bureau of naval aeronautics remained open late into the night communicating with stations near the accident. Dis- patches late tonight stating definitely that the basket had not been found visibly cheered navy officers, who de- scribed the news as “the best we have recelved so far.” A telegram from Port Stanley to Secretary Den- by sald the bag had been salvaged Eberhart. He | and that the “effects of Lieut. Roth were recovered, making identification sure.” PLANES ENTER SEARCH. Fellow Balloonist Last Saw Missing Men Battling Storm. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 7.—Air- men of the United States Army to- | day took up th naval officers, Lfeuts. L. J. Roth and T. P. Null, who have not been heard from since they sailed from here last Wednesday 1 glant gas bag, the United States Navy No. A-6698, as ontestants in the national balloon {race. The search centered about Fort Stanley, Ontarfo, near where a balloon was sighted floating in Lake Erle with the basket submerg- ed. The other twelve entrants in the race have been accounted for, all having landed many hours ago. Lieuts. Roth and ‘Null are from the naval station at Lakehurst, N. J. Fear for the safety of the airmen way felt last night after unsuccess- { ful efforts had been made to locate {them. "They last were seen, it was carned today, by “H. E. Honeywell, the pilot of 'the St. Louls, another contestant. headed toward = Lake Erie on Thursday. Honeywell, who brought his balloon to the ground at Brocton, N. Y., said the naval craft wag far below him and being carried by a different current over the lake. e declared a terrific storm ap- proached and 'he lost sight of the other craft in a fog. Prepared for Emergency. Lleuts. Roth and Null were Wi prepared for almost any emergence it was sald at the chamber . merce. Alr inflated and oxygen filled bags of stre sufficlentto maintain the men apove lthu_ ater were included {n their !ll-;)lulpr‘y\l}‘l‘l,t w;mn they took off here late sday afternoon, it was b Latest re, ||r|'iil !lhe g(]n'ernmenl W, effort to locate the -, No s had a report been rafirmed ul"-'o:]:: sighting of the unmauned and partly submerged balloon from a ship plying between Cleveland and Port Stanley Ontario, than Maj. Gen. Patrick, chisf of the air service, 5 Washington for Army airpl: Seifridge Fleid, Mount Clemenc> i to proceed immediately to the scene. The unofficial standing of the con. testants who have reported, announced last night, gives first place to Lieut Robert 8. Olmstead, Washington, Army pilot, who traveled approximately 500 mlleu: He landed at Marilla, N. Y. H. E. Honeywell, St. Louis, civilian flyer, covered the next farthest di tance, approximately 450 miles, de. scending * at” Brocton, N. Y. Three others—Lieut. J. B. Lawrence of Wash- ington, in an Army craft; Capt. L. T. Miller, Army ship from Beott Field, Helleville, 11, and C. E. McCullough, Baltimore; traveled appro: 00 miles each. PREORIALEyA0Y WIFE PROSTRATED. i life preservers lending every { i Mrs. T. B. Null Overcome by Tragic News of Flyer's Crash. LAKEHURST, N. J., July 7.—Pros trated by anxiety, Mrs. T. B. Null, wife of the lleutenant missing with jLieut. L. J. Roth in the naval balloon reported to have fallen in Lake Erfe, walted at headquarters of the Lake- hurst naval air station this afternoon while fellow officers of the missing men worked telephone, telegraph and radio in an effort to obtain some re- assuring word for her. CRAFT SEARCHES LAKE. Waters Near Where Balloon Found Scoured for Flyers. DETROIT, Mich,, July 7.—A United States revenue cutter left here at 4 o'clock this afternoon with orders to Iproceed to Lake Erie and seareh the waters in the vicinity of the wrecked balloon sighted by the captain of the steamer Colonlal. “The revenue cutter i was ordered to Lake Erie on the po: sibility that the Navy balloonists had abandoned their craft before into the lake and might be floating near the wreck. BALLOON TOWED ASHORE. Finding of Basket Denied by Officers on Tug. By the Associated Press. PORT STANLEY, Onf United States Naval balloon, piloted by Lleut. L. J. Roth and his aide, {Lteut. T. B. Null, which started from Indianapolls July 4 in the national elimination race, was brought here { tonight by the tug Frank 1. Stanley, which found it, collapsed and water- soaked, on Lake Erie about twent; five miles south-southeast of here. The basket of the balloon was not found, contradicting earlier reports jrecetved here. Clothing of the missing airmen, for whom hope has been virtually aban- . July 7.—The }w the rigging of the gas bag. A ismall clock, part of the balloon equip- {ment, was found. It had stopped at 2:44. Roth's watch, found in his clothes, had stopped at 4:30. received telegraphic requests from the United States Navy Department late today to take charge of all salvage from the wreck, was given custody of the balloon and equip- ment and clothing found by the tug Stanley. Search Dropped. The search for trace of the airm was temporarily abandoned at night- fall, but several boats will put our from here at break of day Sunday to search for the basket and the men. The tapering end of the gas bag was slashed about six inches from the end, apparently in a desperate effort by the aviators to let the gas out as bag and basket struck the water. There was nothing to indicate how far the bag may have drifted after having been cut away from the bas- ket. The distance may have been as great as' fifty miles, according td isome shipping men here. e “The Pigdmont Limited” New fast train for Atlanta and New i i i Mexico and the Paclfic coast. Through sleeping cars from Washington leave :9:36 p.m. Inquire Southern Rallway Office, 1425 F st. n.w. Phone Main 5633. The Double Track Trunk Line between Washington and Atlanta | (Woodley Rd.). struction. search for the two | of com- | ports received here were | issued orders from | it fell | doned, was found in a bag attached | D. H. Jackson of Port Stanley, who Orleans, making connectioh for Texas, | KANN'S EPLOYES PLAY AT GLEN ECHO {Ball Game, Races and Other | Amusements Feature Outing. Employes of §. Kann Sons Company the members of the firm and their families thoroughly entered into th spirit of the day at the annual sum- |mer outing held at Glen Echo terday. Starting from various places ten speclal cars were chartered to carry some of the employes while others motored out to the park. At 10 o'clock the ball game began between men bers of the store known zs the Cor nell Wrecking Crew and Jelletts’ Black Cats, called after Mr. Cornel and Mr. Jelletts, the two captains and managers of departments at th store. The score was 4 to 4 at the end of the ninth inning when it wa called on account of the other game scheduled. The results of were as follows: Harry Dougherty; second, third, Albert Craver. Gir First, Elveda Pierce: second Fisher; third, Verna Hall. | {juniors 5 to 10—First, Paul meyer; second. Edna Carson; third tobert Hoffman. Race for childrer 3 to 5 vears—First, Floyd Burrough second,” Philip Loeb; third, Alice Hurst.” Married men's r First. M Langley; second, M. Beal; third, . | Davis. ~ Single men's race—First, U Cameron; second, Owen Selby; thir N. Henuck. Fat men's racc . Friel; second, H. Langstean; thir: M. Finnir. Married women's race {First, Mrs. Rose Aronson; second, Mr { Virginia Davis; third, Mrs. M. Finne {Single women's rac irst. Miss ! 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