Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1923, Page 2

'FLORIDA IS FOUND BOOTLEG PARADISE Whisky Brought Through " Customs at Miami, Investi- gator Declares. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, July 10.—Rum running Zlong the south Atlantic s»aboard “has assumed such tremendous pro- Portions that the inhabitants of pov- ‘erty-stricken little islands have be- Fome rich almost over night, and the Bection has become known Jeggers' paradise.” the Chi ews sald today in a copyrighted article describing conditions along | the Florida coast H In the Bahamas, from the city of Nassau alone, the article said, official Blearings of liquor bound for the Tnited States increased from 37,821 Fallons in 1917 to 1,340,443 gallons in 2922. The writer, accom | bootlegger named “Terry” $0ld of visiting the rum fleets, g with the rum runners, helpix transport the liauor and of distribut- | ing it in the United States 1 Ask Any Ome in iami. I Miami, first stop of the Fators, was described as a Where, if and don’t happen to have your own flask with you, all you need to do is wait in the shade of & palm tree until & resident comes along, ask him investi- “eity Ivhere you can find a bootlegger, and. | §f ne isn’'t onc himsgelf, he will tell | Fou where to go. You can buy all the whisky you $5_a quart.” Havana and Nassau w as but two of the port: ooding the United iquor, some of it from tillerles. “Upon the payment of the proper amount of graft,” the writer said, “you can clear out of a port with ousands of cases of whisky a legitimate point, unload the American coast, ail into the aforesaid legitimat€ t with an empty ship and receive landing cer- tificate showing that you arrived there want in Miami re deseribed that were ates merican dis- it on with the very whisky you smufl!ltd‘mkht from Port Stanley, Ontario, on | into the United States.” Brought It in Boldly. “In the course of our participation this business on the Atlantic writer continued, “Terry booze in Havana, In coast,” the and 1 bought brought it through the customs ntl Key West and sent it to friends in (hicago through the United States mails. We bought other booze in Nassau and landed it in Miami at the Municipal pier.” “And Wwhén we were ready to re- turn to Chicago,’ the article de- dlared, “we left the Florida coast In bootleggers’ B omrded worum sehooner loaded with 3000 cases of Scotch whi rode this ship to the Jersey ' co: Bought ten cases from the captai anded it along with 200 other on the Jersey coast, trucke. Newark, packed it into trunks shipped it to Chicago, and sold it > Terry's customers. Nobody inter- fored with us or questioned us; it was all in the day's work £ Big Gain in Revenue, ! The Bahamas, poverty stricken be- fore prohibition and with revenues from all sources of less than halt & million dollars, reslized $3,798,000 in 922 in duities from lquor shipped ifito the United. Sfates, the article said, quoting @ Nassau official, who added that, estimating the 1.340,443 gallons of liquor clea;cdstf::m v::: 01 ates Fhutea so !SZr '2‘:..:'7';'.‘.& than 2,600.- | 900 gallons of liquor were placed on the market in this country from the | mas alone. B tum_ runners who do this ‘business, the writer said, “are sore because London and Glasgow al\': sending booze to a\mt'lca.. 30,000 40,000 caees at a time, in bigger rum‘ ships than the Bahamas ever dream- | 54 "ot before, and they have made | Some strange dreams come true In: the Bahamas.” Whilo prohibition officers are seiz- ed liquor brought into their m‘nd’:fl“lhy ;‘!gl(lmltn ocean-going vessels, the article said, there are Eu( two small cutters to guard the 1,200 miles of Florida coast, all made to order for rum running. Calls Cutters Inefiiclent. One of the two cutters works out éf Key West, the other out of Miami, the article stated. A bootlegger at Koy West, cuoted by# the writer, ‘sald the cutter at that point had made no real captures for three years. Once the revenue cutter and & rum runner were tied up nose to .mose at Miami, said the article, the \¥unner laden with 40,000 cases from ‘Nassau for Miami. | Keen competition existed between the porta of St Pierre, a French possession, and au, "the article stated, charging & working agree- ment between the points whereby irum runners clear from one port to ithe other. St Plerre oharged an export duty of $1.80 & case, com- pared to Nassau's $5.65, though an ,effort is belng made by Nassau to iireduce ita charge to $3 0 NAY BE HELD - INCAMPLOOTINGS 3315 Already Arrested Charged i With Part in $276,000 Thefts From Army Posts. "By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky. July 10.—More ‘arrests were expected to be made here today in connection with the plundering of more than $275,000k ‘worth of war material from seven Army camps, including Camp Henry #Knox, near here, it was sald by Brig. {Gen. Dwight E. Aultman of Camp Knox. "; A recount of persons now being held ifor alleged knowledge of information foncerning the disappearance of ap- proximately $60,000 worth of Army Bupplies at Camp Knox alone showed jltwelve soldiers and three civillans funder arrest. Gen. Aultman indicated [more than twenty-five other persons {jwere under suspicion here. Among today’s probable arrests, he said, . would be proprietors of smail village {ntores situated near Camp Knox who /recelved the stolen goods and dis- ipesed of them to customers, {_Government posts other than Camp /®nox which ve suffered similar ~:{?.ne- through operation of a master /gang, lasting over a period of twelve {months, inciude Fort Benjamin Har- Jfison and Jeffersonville depot, accord- {ing to P. A. Helmbold, provost mar- ishal. He refused to name the four iether camps. itation of the hydrogen atoms con- itained in a tumblerful of water would be sufficient to drive the. mest 3 wertul steamship afloat from —iAmeifla to Europe and back. e, | He ou feel the need of & drink ' at { with | billed | motor boat, met and | to| and | BELIEVE NULL VAINLY GAVE LIFE AS BAL- LAST TO SAVE ROTH (Continued from First Page.) lite of Lieut. Roth,,the pilot, according to the story they sce in the log. Koreed Back to Water. Tracing the' flight, they believe a storm Thursday night or Frifay morn- ing drove the big bag perilously close to_the waters of the lake. The two licutenants torwed overboard ail ballast. The bag rose, but, caught in the fury of | the storm, was again forced toward the water. | - Clotbing and everytaing remaining could be thrown overboard were re- moved, but the danger did not lessen, then Lieut. Null, true to the traditions |of the American’ Navy, leaped from the | basket, and sank from right, belleving {that the balloon, relieved of his weight, would rise and give Roth a fighting chance for his life. Cuts Basket Loowe. Later. Lieut. Roth began hacking, cutting and chopping at the ropes that held the basket to the bag. His only hoepe of safety lay In getting the basket clear from the bag, which, buffeted by a wind of gale proportions, was drag- ging it through the water. succeeded, but was probably 8o’ | weak from ns that he was age of the small ded by keeping. vas tossed about his exe the basket, | until he arowned. An indelible pencil was used in writ- ds in most cases The story of the here s based ich bag and bat ther, the direc- nd the few decipher- 1 the l0g. ROTH'S BODY BACK IN U. S. ket were fou ; tion_of the ¥ | abie purpic scraw Brought From Canada in Flying Boat to Cleveland. Assrcinted Press, CL AND, Ohto, July 10.—The body of Lieut. Louis J. Roth, pilot of | the naval balloon A-6698 in the na- jtional elimination race, which sailed from Indianapolis July 4, rested in an | undertaking establishment here today | pending receipt of instructions from | Washington as to its disposition. | The body was brought here last | By Ithe flying boat Nina of the Aero- marine Airways Company. It was in charge of Lieut. J. H | inspector of the naval aircraft at the Glenn L. Martin Flying Field here. Lieut. Sirong planned to leave here this morning aboard the Nina for Port Stanley to arrange to have the { wrecked balloon ' and its shipped to the naval air station Lakehurst, N. J., where Lieut. Roth and his alde, Lieut. T. B. Null, were stationed. lookout will be kept for gome trace of the body of Lt. Null, who, it is be- | Heved, Is undoubtedly a victim of the {same fate that overfook Lieut. { death by drowning. { CORPSE NOT LIEUT. NULL'S. | By the Associated Press. PORT LEAMINGTON, Ontario, July 10.—The body of a man found partly buried in the sand on the shores of Lake Erle, near hers, yesterday. has been identified as Albert A. Yost, about thirty-five years old, an em- pany, Akron, Ohfo. First reports indicated the body was that of Lieut: A. B. Null, missing balloonist. X TRIBUTE TO LIEUT. ROTH. Admiral Moftett, ¢Hief of the bureau of aeronautics, fésued the fol- lowing statement: “The death of Lieut. Roth is one of the most unfortunate and tragic hap- | penings in the history of naval avia- tion and is keenly felt by all his brother officers. He. died in line of duty in and for the advancement of aero- nautics. Those who had the good fortune to know him know of his many sterling and lovable qualities, boin as au omicer and us a Mman. “The fact that Lieut. Null is still missing is ground for encouragement #nd hope. We will not relax in any detail our efferost to find him until every chance for his recovery has been exhausted.” CITY MOURNS LIEUT. ROTH. By the Associated Press. CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, July 10.— The body of Lieut. Louis J. Roth, who lost his life on Lake Erie, will be brought to Cedar Rapids for inter- ment, his father, former Mayor Louis Roth, said today. Mr. Roth received a telegram from asking national cemetery at Arlington, or at Cedar Rapids. The message sald the body was being held at Cleveland subject to his orders. Mr. Roth im- mediately replied that he wished tha, body sent home. ~The flag on the city hall was at haif-mast today. uneral arrangements will be In charge of Hanford Post, American Legton. It 1s understood that a naval escort ‘wiil accompany Lieut. body here from Cleveland. expected to start today DENIAL BY 'DAUGHERTY. Attorney General Daugherty toda; telegraphed to the Department. of Justice from Columbus, Ohio, a denial of . published reports that thé recent report of the coal commission had been revised at his suggestion: “I never discussed a report of the coal commission with anybody,” the message said. "1 have never seen a report of the coal commission.” KIRKWOOD BREAKS RECORD AT INWOOD (Continued from First Page.) drive landed behind a bunker. His second shot rolled back after hitting the ridge. His third bounced over the seventy-five yards into the oup for a birdie. He had another birdie on the 207-yard fourteenth hole. He was under par until he reached the sixteenth, where he took a 6 In re- covering from the rough and he was one over par on the last two. Francls Ouimet, Boston amateur, accompanying Black In the round, had a card of 80. Ouimet's drives went awry in thé breezes and found traps on at least seven holes. On the eighteenth he ‘took seven. His caz Out 455665435 340 In. 4534445 4 740 80 Other 18-Hole Scores. Other scores for elghtesn hols Andrew Campbell, Wallingford, Pa., 88; Walter Chinery, Noew York, 83; George Heron, Westbury, N. Y., 83; ‘Willle Hoare, Chlcago, 92; L. Myers, Providencs, R. I, 37; G. F. Lam. precht (amateur), Cleveland, 81; D. D. Hackney, Lawreice, Mass., 87; B. A. Conroy, Arcola, Ny J., withdrew; Louis Costello, Baldwin, Y. i Harry Hampton, Rochester, Mich., 78; J. 8. Worthington (amateur), Mount Vernon, N. Y. _.!ll: Joe Sylvester, St. Albans, N. ¥ Jack' Dowling, Roslyn, N. Y. 84; James A. Kennedy (amateur), Tulsa, Okla., 88: J. J. Rowe, Philadelphis, $2; D. Willilams, Westfleld, N. J., 75; Joseph Ford (amateur), New York, basket | at | On the way over a sharp | Roth— | ploye of the Goodyear Rubber Cum- | the service of his country | the Navy Department this morning | ff he wished burial at thel THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON TELLS GRIM STORY OF BALLOONISTS FATE i | | | i race. It was sighted floating in Lake Tied to the rigging were found notes, THRASHES PARSON . WHOKISSED WIFE to Chin When Rector Calls Act “Paternal.” By the Associated Press. BOSTON, July 10.—Lieut. McLaren Hague, U. 8. N. admitted {today that he had cngaged in a scuffle with the Rev. George Lyman Paine yesterd: in the course of which he knocked the clergyman through the glass panel of a door in the offices of the Great Boston Fed- {eration of Churches on Beacon street [He =aid his anger had been aroused when the clergyman, after admitting that he had kissed the lleutcnant’s ibride of two months, had insisted {that it was merely a dispiay -of fatherly affection. “I belleved he needed a thrashing and I gave it to him,” said Lieut. Hague. “I considered the matter had ended right there and want it to { end there.” The Rev. Mr. Paine, who 1s executive secretary of the church federation, said that Hague had attacked him | through a misunderstanding of occur- rences that happened while - the lieutenant was on duty at Baltimore. He officiated at the marriage of the leutenant to Miss Priscilla Redgrave of Baltimore while he was assistant rector of Cnrist Episcopal Church, Cambridge. Shortly before the mar- riagoe he baptized Miss Redgrave and he says that when he kissed her after this ceremony Lieut. Hague did not offer any protest. - Merely Paternal Kiss, He Says. While the lieutenant was away Rev. Mr. Paine took Mrs. Hague for an utomobile ride to Belmont. He ad- {mits that while they Wesley | the cheek. The that it was merely a paternal and friendly act and that he did nothing offensive to Mrs. Hague. Yesterday afternoon Lieut. Hague visited the office of the church fed- eration, ignored Rev. Mr. Paine’s out- stretched hand and swung at his chin. crashed through a glass door, s taining several cuts about the head and arms. z The Rev. Mr. Paine is married and the father of two sons, who are stus dents at Harvard. He is a Harvard graduate and during Y. M. C. A. work in France. Lieut. Hague for many vears lived in Chicago and his family now resides in San Diego, Callf. He was gradu- ed from Annapolis in 1919. He is a naval construction officer and will {leave in a few days for duty at the {Bremerton, Wash., navy yard. it ERROR IN PUBLICATION. The Evening Star iIn its issue of Saturday, July 7, erroneously pub- lished in a special dispatch from Baltimore that Franklin E. Lampkin of 1206 Jefferson street northwest, Washington, had his Maryland auto- mobile license revoked on a charge of { driving while intoxicated. While Mr. Lampkin had his license revoked, it was on the charge of “passing vehicle at the top of hill and faillng to comply with the direc- tions of the automobile commission- er,” and not on the charge of intoxi- cation. e 88. ‘Arthur E. Rels, Ardsley, N. Y., 75. C.'E. Van Vieck, jr., New York, 84 Hugh M. Gordon, Rumford, R. 1. 87; J. V. East, Rye, N. Y., 85; Gardiner White, New York, 86; Willlam J. Hartman, White Plains, N. Y, 84; W, _C. Skelly, Rlchmond, Va., $6. Charles Clarke, Pittsburgh, 80; Frank Gilman, Augusta, Me., 86; C. P. Nichols, New York, 88. Jack _Forrester, Deal, N. I, Dave Spittal, Tg‘;onw. Canada, 78 Eddie Murphy, Bt. Joseph, Mo, 80; [Eddle Towns'Fitisburgh, 82; John MoKenna, Bay Side, N. Y., withdrew; Emmett French, Youngstown, Ohlo, 18 Rudéiph Knepper, Sioux City, owa, 89. James A. Donaldson, Whits Plains, N.'Y., 83; Alex A, Bird, New Britain, ‘,?"‘é‘" 7"; Frank W. Clark, Asheville, John Black, Wichita, Kan., 76; Fran- ces Quimet, Boston, 80. J. C. Pairman, St. Louls, withdrew; Q. W. Peters, Guiph Mills, Pa., with- drew: 8. M, Newton, Richmond, Va., withdrew; Alex Cunningham, Toledo, Oho, -84/ R, M., Thompson, Glen Ridgs, N, J., §6; George Wolfe, Hunt- ington, N. ¥, 86; Dave McKay, Pitts- burgh, 77. Fred McLend, Washington, D, C,, 79: Tom Stevens, Ml 775 Jok: Marry, Staibans, POV "Herbert Martin, New Yo Harold Samp- omson, Rosslyn, Va., with- drew: Willlam J. Hartman, White Plains, N. Y. Alex Armour, Rye, N. ¥, 79; Jack Ross, New York 86; P:¢ Doyle, Lake Champlain, N. Y., 80 John A. Park, East Hampion, N. Y., 82; Wiillam J. Glancy, Morristown, N.'J., 81; Horace Brand, Washington, D. C., 83; Frank Waugh, unattached, ;x"Y“l{ Louis Goldman, Tuckahoe, {Navy Lieutenant Hooks Rightl Strong, chief | were going | through a meadow he kissed her on | clergyman asserts | The two.grappled and the clergyman | the war did! 76; | hoard one of the searching tugs and taken to Port Stanley. f the two missing b the elothing [FOUR NEW SCROOLS MAY BE UNNAMED, DUE TO ROW OVER SELECTIONS | (Continued from First Page.) i sioners in licu of those recommended I by the board. At its > however, the board deciined to accept the names chosen by the Commission- ers, and insisted that the names had originally selected be approved. Three a later the board trans- mitted 1o’ the Commissioners a com- munication outlining its reasons for insisting on the approval of the orlg- inal n: This letter remains un- answered. Names suggested by the board for the new schools are: For the school to be erected to re- | place the Tenley—Bernard T. Janney | who was connécted with the schoo stem from the early 70s until his eath January 14, 1916. The Com- sioners recommended that this & be named George Truesdell, issioner from March 10, 1894, to 1 For the school in the vieinity of Spring road. Joseph J. Darlington, resident of Washington for many ars, an influential member of the ! hoard of education and a respected leader of the bar. The name |Charles Raymond Walker, Commis- | sloner from January 27. 1338, to Feb- {ruary 3. | this ‘building by Would Honor Henderson. For the Ingleside School, John B. JHendeNnn, 1ormer United States sen- lator from Missouri, delegate to the | pan-American congress and long 'identifled with the development of | Washington. The Commissioners rccommended for this school the name | of Garrett J. Lydecker, Commissioner from March 11, 1882, to April 1, 1586. | For Old Eastern High School, which {will open in September as a’junior | Secretary of the Navy: ambassador {to the Court of St. James and to Germany; a foremost American his- the Commissioners. for many years. Junior High School is the name sug- gested for this buflding by the com- missioners. Mr. Hine was commis- sioner from May 21, 1889, to Septem- ber 30, 1890. “It is the opinion of the board of education that the policy of naming of schools for persons in one_ officlal or social group is not a prbcedure which recognizes the fundamental principles upon which the decision in regard to the naming of a public building should be based,” the school board told the commissioners. Views Explained. “The purpose of designating a school by the name of an individual is pri- marily to serve for the inspiration and the education of the children who, in |the years to come, will attend this building. The selected names should |be those of persons not only of local, but national significance, and this most markedly true in the Natiom Capital. “The board of education joins glad- 1y in honoring men and women who have rendered that splendid service which is displayed by those who have devoted themselves to_the upbullding of the city.and in the office of the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia. We believe, however, that it would be unfortunaté to establish the policy of confining the selection of names to this group. +Such a policy would fail to recognize hundreds of men and women who have lived lives which ought to serve as an exampie for the boys and girls to whom, in the future, the name of a sehool bullding will become a household word. Name Imperative. “The board of education belleves that the name of a new school should be selected with all due regard to local conditions and to the honoring of an individual, but the placing as a continual remembrance before our children of a name which will fur- nish the greatest inspiration should be the primary factor in. determining the selection. Such a policy would requife that the selected names be chosen from a broad fleld and should not be confined to any one particu- lar class or individual “The renge of name; existing school bulldin in’ the District of Columbl: lamonstrate that the cholce of names from & broad fleld has been the practice fn the it and in the opinlon of the board of education it would be unfortunate to adopt & policy which would involve the limiting of the choice of names to &ny one group.” ‘With the letter the board forward- ed to the Commissioners some clas- siffed historical information as to the praxtice of the past in honoring men nd women of natlonal or of local distinction. These data wére complied by Alexander T. Stuart, director of intermediate instruction, and showed that of the 165 school butldl thi; tesn were named for Civil nd three for Engineer Com- It the deadlock betwe and the Commiesioners is not soon broken some of the officials belleve that a compromise may be reached by hyphenaing the names chosen by each of the parties. SPANISH TEAM WINS. By the Associated Press. EAST BOURNE, England, July 10.— The Spanish lawn tennis team In th Davis cup competition today elimi- nated Holland from the uro{:‘l semi-finals by winning the doubies. ‘The Spaniards took both singles yes- terday. Yorne by the reeting April 11, | of | 1890, was recommended for | high school—George Bancroft, former | torian and a resident of -the District | Lemon Galpin Hine | D. C, TUESDAY oonis RICHGIRL ELOPES * WITHEYPSY LOVER Leslie Tolman, 19, Prefers Lonely Tent to Aristocratic New England Home. By the Assoclated Press | EAST RIDGE, N. H., July 10.—Val- | { entine Stanley, a gypsy, has confessed | |to a constable that Miss Leslie Tol- {man, nineteen years old, daughter of ) Dr. Henry Tolman, Jr, of Salem, {Mass, ran away with him, The girl, who had been passing a | yacation at the home of her wealthy grandmother at Duxbury, Cape Cod, “n she vanished, &h ployment 1 burg, Mass. When she disappeared last Friday, her fa- ther expressed the fear that she had gone away with gypsies, as she had a |longing for the life of the nomad. The girl was last seen by her rela- tives talking to a swarthy man be- {fore a little tent which she had | built in front of her grandmother's | home. She had been making baskets for sale and had & palmist's sign hung befora it. Found In a lonely camp here last night, Stanley said he had met the girl two vears ago. When he.weént to Duxbury two weeks ago he met {her again ‘and she told his fortune and he bought her baskets. He said she read marrlage in his palm and jthey decided to elope. Gn their way to New Hampshire to be married they saw the girl's pic- [ ture in the newspapers. They realized, Stanley sald. that it would be im- possible to attempt to be married so it was decided that the girl return home. He left her in Fitchburg. tanley told the constable that he would try to obtain Dr. Tolman's permission to marry the girl, so that they could settle down in little home where they could make their living by making baskets and telling fortunes, MINE PAY PARLEY AT ODDS OVER U. S. HARD COAL REPORT (Continued from First Page.) jw terday. was found ves- applied for_em- | Lflh!ch will negotiate with the miners of Pennsylvania for & new wage con- tract, eftective September 1. The regular members of the com- mittes are Samuel D, Warriner, Phila- delphia, president of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company; W. J. Rich- ards, Pottsville) Pa., president of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company; W. W. Inglis, Scran- ton, president of the Glen Alden Coal Company, which is allied with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Raflroad Company, and A. B. Jessup, Hazleton, Pa., vice president of the Jeddo, Highland Company, one of the | largest independent operators in- the anthracite fields. The operators decided this year to have two alternates, so that negotia- tions could be conducted continuously should a regular member be unable | to be present. Lewis Hends Miners'. The miners’ representatives are In- ternational President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers and Dis- trict Presidents Thom: Kennedy, Hazelton; C. J. Golden, Shamokin, and Willilam J. Brennan, Scranton. Be- cause of his defeat for re-election as president in District No. 1, by Rinal- do Cappellinl, Brennan will cease to be a member of the committee when his term expires on July 31, and his place will be taken by Cappellini. The subcommittee went into execu- tive session today and organized. It was_the expectation the committee | would remain here two or three days, then adjourning until after the miners’ district convention at Wilkes- Barre, next week. No immediate developments are ex- pected in subcommittes. Each de- mand will be discussed by each side from day to day. After all the de- mands have been reviewed, the oper- ators are expected to refuse all save those that relate to the twelve-hour day, an1 calling for speedy decisions by the umpire, to whom deadlock uestions from the board on concil- llation are referred. To Abolish 12-Hour Day. The operators yesterday signified thelr ‘willingness to abolish’ the JULY 10, 1923. 'Down Current of Air Blamed For Navy Balloonists’ Deaths Experts Declare Roth and Null Knew Peril and Planned Escape—Gas Bags’ Utility Defended. A swift down current of air efther prior to or during the storm which raged on Lake Erie last week brought about the death of Lieut. L. J. Roth and Lieut. T. B. Null, pilots of the Navy balloon A-6698, in the opinion theory, based on the condition of the balloon, its separated baeket and the lone body, is that the pilots attempted to stay in the air, but the force of the winds aloft proved too strenuous. Storms and high winds are perilous to balloons; maneuverability {s checked, and no experienced pilot will voluntarily attempt to keep on his scheduled course with a storm in prospect, it was emphasized. Planngg to Eseape. Flying over Lake FErle and en- countering the storm, the pflots real- \ized that escape from it was impos- sible and therefore they drew their plans to fight it. Foreseeing that they might have to take to the water, they stripped of their outer clothing and tied them, together with their instru- ments, log and certificate of inspec- tion, to the rigging of the balloon. The' chance that, minus the weighty basket, the balloon would keep aloft, caused them to begin work of sever- ing the ropes, after which planned to climb onto the load ring (a large ring between the bottom of the balloon and the basket to which the ropes that pass over the sphere are attached), knowing they lwméld have sufficlent buoyancy to and. Before this work was completed, however, the rush of the wind pre- cipitated the balloon to the water, undoubtedly throwing out Lieut. Null, who, stunned by the fall, was drown- ed before he could attempt to save himself. Lieut. Roth was able to hold on to the basket, which was being dragged along the surface of the bumpy water by the wind and the balloon. The resistance of the water evidently caused the remaining ropes to break, accounting for their frayed condition when found. With all the strength he could mus COURT EULOGIZES Statement Issued at Taft’s Order Pays Tribute to Former Associate. The personal qualities and profes- sional ability of the late Justice Wil- lfam R. Day were eulogized in a statement given out today at the Supreme Court at the direction of Chief Justice Taft. From his summer home in Quebec Province, Canada, the Chief Justice directed that the statement, repeating a letter written to Justice Day on his retirement last December by his colleaglies on the bencn. be made highest court. This letter, addressed affectionately to “Dear Brother Day, reviewetl his twenty-five years of judicial work and continued: “The thorough preparation you had had for effective work here mani- fested itself at once. Your service had covered two decades. Your opintons appear In sixty-seven vol- unjes of our reports. But it is not only in the published opinfons, thelr number, their clearness and their force, great as they are, that the value of your service to be measured. We, who have sat with you conferénce, know how much have contributed to our counsels from your wealth of judicial experi- ence. Your accurate knowledge of the scope of our previous decisions, and your remarkable familiarity with the adjudged limits of our jurisdic- tion. in Regret His Leaving. “We shall miss much your loyal- ty to the,court and your affectionate fellowship, your wit and humor, and your unfailing tranquillity and good sense. Your separation from the court s a real personal sorrow to us.” Expressions of regrét at the death of 'ormer Justice Day, Supreme Court, were contained In & resolution adopted by the Ohio Soclety of the District of Columbia at a _special meeting of the baard of governors of the organization today. The late Justice Day was at one time presi- dent of the society. The resolution proclaimed him as “a man whose wonderful qualities of mind were rivaled by those of the heart and spirit; one whose gentle attributes endeared him and confer- red a blessing upon all who were loyaity to his native state was equal- ed only by his loyalty to his country.” Closing, the resolution declared: “The Ohlo Society of the District of Colum- bia will ever cherish his memory, ever hold in grateful remembrance the many services so graciously ren- dered by the kindly, courtly, gentle- man we all love so well.” A memorial moe(mr of the soclety will_be held later in the fall. A floral tribute on behalf of the or- ganization was sent to Canton. The board of governors of the society is composed of Willilam V. Cox, Milton E. Alles, Maj. Gen. John L. Clem, Gus J. Karger, Leroy T. Vernon, Col. Charles C._Waloutt, Willlam L. Sy- mons and James F. Hood. FUNERAL TO BE IN CANTON. By the Assoclated Press, MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich, July 10.—The body of former United Day, who dled hero yester- Ham Tas “tkken to Canton, Ohlo. Willlam L. Day ot Cleveland, Ohig, & gon, accompanied the body. The Canton today and burial will be here. b former justice had been fll for about ten days and several days ago physioians gave up hope for his re- Rovery. Aocording to Dr. Brogan, death was due to lung com- plications following an attack of pneumonia in Washington about three years ago. Mr. Day's left lung was seriously affectsd and the right one slightly so. Dr. Brogan asserted Mr. Day had been living “on his nerve" for the last twelve-hour day as far as practicable and as soon as it can be done. Three are about 3,000 men employed twelve hours a day, ‘The view still holds heres amon observers that the megotiatio wi drawn out. The miners have rofused. to .nurdnto a compact at this time to remain at work In the ovent an agreement is not reached by August 231, on the ground that there is amplo time to negotiate an eement If each slde applies itself diligently to the task. The question of avolding a sus- nsion pending final agreement will Be pressed by the operators in sub- committes. ~They contend that the public mind should be allayed on the question of & continuous coal SUPPly regardless of whether an .n.amaml s r by Ausust 3L year, believi he must do his part in public affairs, despite his advanced age. He was oonscious untfl a few minutes before he dled. For more than forty years Mr. Day spent his summers hers. He was be- the entire community be- and was fa- from hotel owners te bootblacks. Besides Willlam L. Day, three other sons—Luther, Rufus and Stephen— survive. # ‘While the former justice was al- ways frail physically, his sons wers powerfully bullt. It is related here that while Mr. Day was on the su- preme bench he introduced William L. Day, a Cleveland, Ohio, Attorney, then Chief Justice White. The ghf Justics acknowledged the in- troduction with the remark, “Your son is & real block off the old chip.” of naval officers heré attached to the bureau of aeronautics. The general : they | LATE JUSTICE DAY public as an official expression of the | you! its” traditions, | brought in contaot withi him; whose | States Supreme Court Justice \7‘1'11-1 funeral party expects to arrive at| ter, Lieut. Roth lashed himself to the basket, making it possible for his body to be found. The running sea and bitter elements could not be com- batted, and he died from exposure many hours after the accident. These two officers contributed their lives to the study of the science of alr currents, for as balloonists they have proved themselves invaluable in i enabling a closer understanding to be gotten of just what to encounter aloft in the way of currents, the offi- cers declare. While possessing the angle of sport, the national balloon race afforded an excellent opportunity for meteorolo- x:au to continue their studies of the air. Weather officers now are in posses- sion of valuable infprmation along their line of work. Useless as War Machine. The balloon as an entity is worth- less at this present day in warfare either for observation or ‘offensive purposes, as the airplane and anti- aircraft ' forces could make short work of any that dare to attempt such an undertaking. But the bal- loon is the laboratory of the air; the | weather station aloft, and if the aero- | stat branches of the Army and Navy are ever to succeed in the operation | of airigibles, blimps and other light- | er-than-air ‘ships, the balloon must continue to serve as the guide and | text book, the offlcers pointed out. Many persons, in view of the recent | tragedy, have 'expressed views that |are anything but_ favorable to bal- looning, it was declared. ~The im-; | pression seems to prevall that a gas- |filled sphere leaves the ground and| stays up until some power sees that ho gets down. Officers state that a |pilot in a non-powered balloon can | 2,000 feet and doesn’t want to go in | that direction he will pilot balloon, corresponding to the toy type, and he will find a wind blowing northward at 4,000 feet. All that remains is to throw over some ballast and he can rise to that alti- tude. Or by causing some gas to es- cape—valving it—he can seek lower levels and get in the channel of a current blowing, perhaps, in an opposite direction. HACKERS BARRED FROM “CRABBING" Court Upholds Police Regu- lation Forbidding Drifting at Union Station. | The hacker's case, brought in Police Court to contest section 8 of police regulations, prohibiting hackers from drifting, loitering, “crabbing.” or circling around the Union station searching for business, was settled today by Judge John P. McMahon, who handed down an exhaustive writ- ten opinfon against the hackers. This case has caused much in- terest among hackers and thoss who are connected with the automobile hacking business at Union station and at and around the large hotels. Sec- tion 8 of the regulations, under which the decision was rendered by Judge McMahon, is not the “anti-crabbing !act"—crabbing meaning, in the ver- nacular of the hackers, to drift | around the streets soliciting business. Attorney Campbell Howard, repre- !senting the defendant hackers and | their organization, the two cases | being in the nature of test cases, filed a motion to dismiss the cases on the ground that police regulation, section {8, had been superseded by an act of {Congress. This motion was overruled, jand then defendants’ counsel moved {to dismiss the case on the grounds that Union station was private prop- erty and not a public street; that the District Commissioners had no au- thority to make regulations for that private property. The Reamy case, decided in the District Court of Ap- peals, which held that Union station is private property, and not public | property, was cited. This motion, argued at some length, was overruled and the case taken un- der advisement by Judge McMahon. The opinion handed down today_ by { Judge McMahon is that while the Dis- |trict of Columbia Court of Appeals decision In_the Reamy case is sound, yet that the District of Columbia Commissioners do possess the right and authority to make regulations for the public safety of the Union station and for the protection of life, 1imb and propery there. The case was submitted to the ! court, not upon any agreed state- ! ment of facts. However, it is agreed [ that the defendants did violate the law. | "The case will come up Friday for { the taking of evidence, the law points being settled. It is stated by those {in position to know that the opinion | of Judge McMahon setties the case and that in_all probability counsel { for defendants will not push the case further. Frank W. Madlgan, assist- ant corporation counsel, has conduct- ©d the case for the District of Colum- bia government. ONE-WAY STREETS LEGAL THURSDAY Penalties Will Be Imposed on Motorists Who Violate Regulations. Beginning Thursday morning mo- torists will be required to observe the one-way streets under penalty of arrest. At thé present time the police are merely cautioning violators for the reason that persons cannot be pros- ecuted for violations of a new regu- lation under thirty days after it has been published. The thirty days of grace expire tomorrow night. The one-way streets are: 6th street, Louisiana avenue to K street, nortbound. 10th street to K, northbound. 12th street, K to B streets, south- DO atreet, Pennsylvania avenue to K _street, northbound. 15th street, K to New York avenue, O hereon Squars, northbound. cPherson Squa: Fest Exocutlve avenus.and Madi- son place, northbound. Jackson place, southbound. 18th street north of K street, north- bound. 1 10th, K to B streets, southbound. D zinet,,uua to 15¢h street, east: bound. g B sfreeti(13th to 15th street,” west- i bound. virtually choose his route of travel.| | If he is flying in an east wind at} send out a| out | SEEPREUS GAINNG |} INMINNESOTARACE But Republicans Still Doubt- ful of Results in Fight for Senate Seat. BY N. 0. MESSENGER Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ST. PAUL, July 10.—In the laps of the gods rests the most important senatorial election of many vears. It is important because jt may decide the balance of power in the Unitcd States Senate between the representi- tives of good government and ¢ ments of radicalism which make for disintegration. The outcome literally is in the hands of fate, inasmuch as the politicians on both opposing sides do not at this time know What it will be and dare not forecast. Briefly stated, here are the outlines of the story, which must be under- stood so as to appreeciate’ what ma occur between now and next Monday, when the voters of this state will o to the polls. When Senator Knute Nelson of this state died, the prese governor of the state aspired to seat. His name Is Jacob Aal Ottesc Preus. It is pronounced “Proyce.” H is a Norwegian and comes of a pi neer Norwegian family in Minnesota. He was a political protege of Senator Nelson and a conservative republican | in consequence. ‘Wins Special Election. Falling in a plan to resign the gov- ernorship and have the lieutenant governor appoint him to the senator- ship for the vacancy, he called a spe- cial election and offered himself as the republican candldate, winning out the momination over several con- testants. He is opposed by the candi- date of the farmer-labor party, | nus Johnson, and by the candidate the democratic party, James A. Car- oy. The latter is a negligible factor in the contest for the place, because the { democrats polled only 10,000 votes in the primaries for nominations. The votes of those same 10,000 and other { democrats may not be a negligible factor in the results, however, be- cause it is possible that the election may be declded by a margin of 10,000, and it s generally understood to be the policy of the democrats to aid the farmer-labor party, So as to em- barrass the republicans in the United | States Senate. Won Vietory Last Year. The farmer-labor party in last No- vember elected a United States scna- tor in Minnesota—Senator Shipstead— over Frank B. Kellogg, conservative republican. It would seem, then, that it should enter this contest with high hopes, based on the pres- tige of that victory. Just at this time, however, its hopes are sus- ceptible of question, for reasons which will be outlined as this story prooceeds. Ten days ago you could not havi gotten a republicin politician of ex perience to bet a plugged nickel on Gov. Preus. Representatives of the republican national management o reported. It looked as if the farmer- laborites were due for & grand slam— an overwhelming victory. This ap- prehension was laid to the fact that , the farmer-labor party had the Ship- stead victory to 1ts credit and that ccnditions which brought it about still prevail There is no disputing the fact that the farmers of Minnesota are In a desperate case economically. They Bee wheat going down and sho go- ing up. They contemplate a good €rop and realize that it will cost them 30 cents a bushel more to raise it than they can get for it. They are in a frame of mind to “bust something.” They don't know exaotly what to alm at. They seem t ohave adopted the slogan of the + Irishman at the Donnybrook fatr, “When you see a head, hit it"—and the most visible head, of course, is the republican national administra- tion, of which Candidate Preus is the representative nearest at ‘hand. Candidate Magnus Johnson is the club with which they would deliver the blow. He is their candidate. He came last year within 15,000 votes of defeating Mr. Preus for the governc ship. That shows how strong farmer-labor organization is in state of Minnesota, supported as is by the non-partisan league, which hasa footing here. Up to ten days ago it looked as if the party had & clear road to victory. The repub- licans, under defeat of Senator Kel- logg, had lost hope, were dispirited and ' indiffered. Within ten days there has come a change, due to ti bracing up of the republican organ zation, and secondly to a distemper With Candidate Magnus Johnson. 4 Warned by Committee, Let's consider the bracing up of the republicans. The natlonal re- publican management took steps to call the attentlon of republican lead- ers in this state to the deplorable effect in the Senate organization should the farmer-labor candidate be elected and the balance of power transferred to the radical element headed by Senator La Follette. Fur- thermore, it w pointed out what a bad thing it would be in 1924 should the erstwhile stance repi lican state of Minnesota have to be classed bolshevik. The result of work along this line within that perlod has been to awaken the republicans to a deep sense of the seriousness of the pos- sibilities of Johnson carrying the state and to cause them to put forth great efforts to hold the republican voters into line and get out the vote. If the full républican vote could be turned out, the state, running true * fo Dast form, woull probably clect u ' i ‘ Now, to justify the statement that the outcome is in the laps of the gods, consider & practical conditfon that exists. The local leaders say that in the oity of Minneapolis aloie, (ho stronghold of the republicans, they have discovered that 8,000 perfectly good republicans are away on a vaca- tion and will not vote. The election might turn on that one fact. Harvest Time An Offset. As an offset, It is pointed out that the election comes in the midst of harvest, when the farmers may not be inclined to leave the flelds to go to the polls. Yet the polls are open until 9 o'clock at night, and unl the old filvver is shy of gasoline they can still make it. But the most important item in the republicans’ budget of hope is the discovery of resentment among the Scandinavian elemerts over the fit- ness of the farmer-labor candidate for office of senator of the United States. The upper-class Scandina- vians are represented as looking down their noses at Mr. Johnson. He is “t00 much Yonson,” 'they are reported as ing. They do not fancy their race being caricatured. Mr. Johnson is not generally rogarded as possess; ing those qualities generally deemed requisite in a senator to represent a great state. One Seandinavian said: “If Johnson is “elected there will be a vacancy in the Massachusetts delegation in the senate. The first time Henry Cabot Lodge hears him speak he will drop dead. Candidate Preus a Norwegilan, Candidate Johnson is a Swede, and thers is no love lost between the factions, But Candidate Preus has a record as governor, and Mr. John- son has none at all, which may be an asset rather than a liability. l} ’