Evening Star Newspaper, August 5, 1923, Page 8

THREE D. . PILOTS | ENTER WORLD RACE About to Leave for England to Bring Home Interna- tional Cup. The United States Navy has placed in the hands of three of its aviators, ith whom Washington has a strong connection, the task of bringing liome the Schneider seaplane cup, a rophy which England, France and Italy will endeavor to keep this coun- try from annexing to its long list of world aviation records. If the United States takes first rlace in the international seaplane races at Cowes, England, off the Isle ot Wight, September 28, Washington can clalm some honor, for it was at the Naval Alr Statfon in Anacostia and on the Potomac river and t- ern branch that Lieuts. Rutledge irvine, David Rittenhouse and A. W. Gorton took their initial and final training for the bix event. A fourth officer concerned in the race is Lieut. ¥. W. Wead of the bureau of aero nautics here. He hds vomplelel charge of arrangements at the scene of the ruces, and in the event one of the entered pilots is unable to compete he will fly instead. Held for Third Year, The international scaplane races will be held for the third time this| year and will be marked by the entry of the United States. Insufficient funds prevented America from com- peting last year and the year be | but now a determined effort is being made to capture the prize. England last year won the race with a speed of 146 miles an hour and Italy took the prize the year before. Only Mon- day Lieut. Irvine at Port Washing- ton, N. Y., put his little Curtiss racer through u test and traveled 175.3 miles an hour. This performance has generated an optimistic atmosphere in the bureau of aeronautics and in aviation circles in general The Schneider cup race is different from any other airplane speed com- petition held here or abroad. Mon- eptember 4, the day before the the rules require that the be put through a severe test for maneuverability and stability. The planes are required to cross the starting line on the water, take the air, land, taxi on the surface for one- half mile at a speed of over twelve knots an hour, hop into the air once more, land, taxi another one-half mile at the same speed and then fly over the finish line. They are to land and the pliots must leave the planes anchored in the water for six hours without touching them. At the end of that time they can be hauled onto the beach, the water may be drained out of the pontoons and new propel- lors attached. No other aiterations or repalrs can be made. This test is designed to reveal the seaworthiness of the plane. If the water Is smooth on the day before the race, it will Le of advantage to the pilots, but it rough. a strenuous strain will result. The American entrants, however, are tully prepared to withstand the rough water obstacle as each of their planes was designed to permit landing at sea in rough weather emergencles Further, the four pilots for the last two months have been practicing rough water work on the Anacostia and Potomac rivers. Three Natlons Compete. The next day the race will be on. 1t wiil be flown by nations each hav- ing three entries. The planes will cross the starting line on the water and take the alr as soon after they have passed the desigpated place as possible. They will then fly a tri- angular coure of 200 sea miles, which will take them around it four times. They must cross the finish line in the afr. At the end of the race the pilot ( who made the distance in the short- est time, will be declared the win- ner and to his country will go the scene of the race the following year. Should the United States carry off the honors. Admiral William A Moffett, chief of the bureau of aero- nautics, will endeavor to have the gompetition staged between here and Mount Vernon, but nothing beyond that has been discussed, as the race has yet to be won. #ail on Leviathan. The pilots_sail on the Leviathan from New York the 20th of this month and carry with them four epcedy seaplanes. Two are Curtlss racers converted into seaplanes from the land type, which the Navy en- tered at Detroit last fall In the Pulitzer race. A third is the Navy Wright, with a 700-horsepower mo- tor, also a seaplane convert and which was entered as the "mystery Ship” in the speed races last year also. It made a good showing as long as it was in the air, but be- cause it had not had the factory test, In fact had been taken out of the crate at the field amd put into the race, it did_not finish. Lieut. L. H. Sanderson, United States Marine Corps, now on duty at the Anacostia statfon, was the pilot and when he and the ship fell in shallow water he had a narrow escape from death. The fourth plane is the TR-3, similar to the standard fighting plane of the Navy and the one which took first place in the Curtiss Marine trophy race last year. It is to serve as an alternate. The three United States pllot en- trants are considered the best in the service. Daily and unbeknown to Washington, they fly ships over and about the city, determining Wwhethor they are suitable for adop- tion by the Navy. All contemplated purchases of new airplanes are sent to the Anacostia station and these pilots, with others now there, put them through a crucial test. Invariably the pilots land and re- port a bunch of “bugs” or faults in motor and structure of the plane, Their jobs are the most trylng of any In naval aviation, but because they have attained that skill in handling ships that cut un varlous capers In the air they are best qual- ified for the position. Holds World Record. Lieut. Irvine is twenty-six years old and has been in_ Washington since January 1, 1922. He holds the world altitude record for a single- motored ship with cargo; was one of thése pilots who flew from San Diego, Calif., to Panama in 1921 and achieved recognition for his flight of twenty hours and ten minutes in an F-5-L seaplane off Hampton roads in 1919. He was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., and is an alumnus of Cornell University. Lieut. Rittenhouse was born in Minnesota in 1894 and enlisted in the French ambulance corps while a stu- dent at the University of Minnesota. After service abroad he returned to this country while the war was on and entered naval aviation. He has seen service with the Pacific fleet in its maneuvers as a spotting pilot. He has had more than 1,400 hours in the air and, like Lieut. Irvine and Lieut. Gorton, is qualified to fly all types of planes, both land and sea. He has been here since May 5, 1922, Lieut. Gorton's home is in Paw- tucket, R. 1, where he was born in 1897. 'He served in the same am- bulance unit overseas with Lieut. Rittonhouse, having enlisted while attending Dartmouth College, Han- over, N. H. Returning to this coun- try 'he entered naval aviation and was ready to join - the north sea bombing group when the war closed. e also has had considerable serv- ice with the fleet and at various naval stations and has been on duty here for more than a year. Lieut. Wead after graduating from the Naval Academy in 1916 served with the fleet on the avest coast and | in Séuth American watcrs during the war and qualified as a pilot in 1919, For the past several months he ha m duty in the nlans division here. ‘Peoris, Ill,'ig'his home, i husband. a jury and her crime cious one, but of these things Philo- mine and Mary know stand le: home for the tion pecultarly wel tragic case i are grief stricken which ruthlessly tore them away from Rover and sume responsibility the pets. lomine and Mary have heard the talkéand chattering of a 1ot of grown- ups about sentences hasn't The P he has They s ago and both beamed with smiles to- day when told that on Monday th: might again be taken to their mother. is in Jall. And | at a jail is, ex- that pre- vents them from seeing their mother whenever they u Of course, she and her sister, as well as their a lot of real conception of the fact that she must grow from babyhood to girlhood, and thence to womanhood as the child of a woman who was hanged by dead—well, may, as also will her baby sister, Mary. A 'sister of the institution where the children are temporarily for brought them forward today when | the correspondent called. “What world?" For answer silence, due to bashfulness, that most children exhibit before a stranger. box of candy brought took candy. “I want my dog, Rover, My mother father is gone away and I wish Rover was here and I want my kittens, too. They but they don’t know they cept mother, trouble. “Rover Is our dog. mine, “and I hope they won't beat him when he barks at night because when he does he's just scaring off robbers. And 1 hope they put him in the cellar 50 when the dog catcher comes around he won’t find him. Our kittens ought to get the same kind of milk we alwa gave them, and they s bed on_the porch as soon as it's dark.’ “And what do Philomine was then asked. be allowed to live with Then a second’s “And of “I_want my mothe: hesitation course, 1 want Rover and the kittens, too.” THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, AUGUST Left to right: Lieuts. Rutledge Irvime, F. W. Wead, David Rittenhouse and A. W. Gorton. BABIES' DOG LOS IN GALLOWS' SHADE Children of Condemned Wom- an Worry at Fate of Rover. and Kittens. Special Dispateh to The Star. CHICAGO, and Mary Nitti are two seven and four and whether . their dog enough to eat and is properly cared for, and whether their two little baby kittens are being fed regularly put to bed of nights. The state of Illinois has decreed that their Crudelle, shall die on the gallows Oc- tober 14, for the murder of her first Sha has been convicted by was an atro- August little g rears, biggest wors Rover their ¢ today mother, Mrs. Sabelle Nit friendle: con because the the kittens does not courts, but and things murder, and such left much of an ittle " girls are worried gone away for a w their mother a day mother what for. know their don’t know that it Is v pmething nt to Philomine realizes have gone through But as to a the neck she hasn't any. do you want most they were asked. there was nd two dolls view. Mary and reached for into the doll is gone a: Worry Over Dog. you she said. and she added TWO-MINUTE TALKS ON SAFETY. No. 13 HOW ABOUT YOUR HEADLIGHTS? A man was killed and two others injured one evening this summer in Rock Creek Park when the driver of the machine in which they were riding became blinded by the headlights of an approaching machine. Many other serious accldents have been due to this cause. Acording to the traffic regu- lations of the District of Co- lumbia, it is unlawful to use any headlight or sidelight that is blinding or dazsling, provided that said lights shall be so adjusted and arranged that the beam shall not rise more than forty-two inches from the ground at a point seventy-five feet ahead of the vehicle. Last spring the bureau of standards tested the headlights on 400 .motor vehicles which were voluntarily presented for the test. Of these only about 51 per cent were found /to be in~ good condition and less than 50 per cent found to com- ply with the existing regula- tions. A headlight device: should be equipped with a proper type of lens. A list of such lenses which produce the conditions specified in the local regula- tions is on file in the office of the major and superintendent of police. It should contain a 21-candle- power lamp. It should be properly fo- cused. A proper lens poorly focused may produce a glare as dangerous as an improper lens. Drive squarely in front of a wall or fence and.-stop twenty-five feet away, mark two vertical lines on the wall, opposite the center of the headlights, and a horizontal line at the height of the cen- ter of the headlight. With the full lights on, the top of the bright part of the beam should be slightly below but nearly coincide with the horizontal line between the vertical lines and drop off outside of them. To focus, turn small screw in rear of lamp, If desired re- sult cannot be acomplished by focusing, .tilt the headlight up or_down as required. Lens must be right side up, straight and clean With a proper lens. properly focused, the headlight may glare if the lens is twisted. Reflectors should dirty, rusty or dented. Prepared by WASHINGTON SAFETY COUN- not be 1.—Philomine respectively, is getting and tle and under- They are at St. Joseph's —an_institu- named when their dered, and th; law as- for the care of and impression. about their father, but have been told that long time. or so that unttl Later she being cared in the the utter were promptly the Philomine was more reserved. aid Mary. y and my explained Philo- hould be put to want most? Cadetsof V.M. . And Marines to Reproduce Battle Cadets,of the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Marine Corps East Coast Expedi- tionary Force from Quantico will stage a historlc reproduction of the civil war battle of New Mar- ket, Va, on that battlefield on Sep- tember 26 and 27. It was at this place that the Virginia cadets went Into battle near the end of the struggle between the states. The Marines will ‘march from Quantico, beginning August 27, to the Waynesboro-Staunton area, where extensive manuevers and a number of tical plans will be worked out.” From Waynesboro they will move on to Lexington, where their foot ball téam will' play’ the Military Institutg eleven. = The Marines apd Cadets then will march to New Market for their mimic battle. . OFFERS HIS BLOOD T0 SAVE GENERAL By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, August 4.—Guy Molony, superintendent of the New Orleans police department, will give his blood in a transfusion operation to be resorted to in an effort to save the life of Gen. Lee Christmas, his old commander In numerous Central American revolutions. Gen. Christmas is suffering from acute anemia induced by a disease known as “tropic spruce,” an intes- tinal disorder brought on by long years spent.in the tropical jungles. Physiclans announced the blood transfusion operation would be per- formed at the general’s home. Contracted in Jungle. Gen. Christmas suffered an attack of tropical fever in Guatemala near- 1y a year ggo and after the native physiclans had exhausted their skill in an effort to restore him to health he went to New York city and en- tered a hospital. The general tired of it after a time and came to his home here about five weeks ago. Re- cently he was believed to be well on the road _to recovery Gen. Christmas for nearly thirty years was the stormy petrel of Cen- tral American wevolutionary activ- itles and the varlous republics re- garded his goings and comings asx of such importance that thelr offi- clals at almost any time could tell one where he could be found. His life in Central America was that of Clay, the hero of Richard Harding Davis' novel. “Soldiers of Fortune,” for Clay was merely an- other name for Gen. Christmas, the novelist having relected Christmas for his principal character. Gen. Christmas announced two wocks ago that he was done with revolutions and that Central Amer- fcan authorities knew it. Hs was planning to Zo to Guatemala as oon a8 he was able to get about. This time, he sald, he was to prospect for ofl. PLAN NEW LEGION POST NAMED FOR HARDING Veterans in Commerce Department | Launch Move to Estab- lsh Group. Probably to be named after the late President Harding, a new post of the American Leglon is to be established here within a few days. It Is proposed to name the post after Mr. Harding because he represented the highest .type of American, one who gave his Mfe for his country. The men who will compose the, pest feel deeply the loss that America has sustained in the death of the late President, and feel that his memory will be an inspiration to- ward better citizenship and true Americanism. The nucleus of the post will be recruited from the Department of Commerce, but any honorably dis- charged soldler, sallor or marie will be welcome. Any ex-service man in- terested in having his name placed on the charter list should communi- cate with John J. Morfarty, acting adjutant, Plymouth apartments. BUCKETEERS SECRETLY MOVED TO NEW PRISON Second Transfer of Two Men Is Made Without Disclosing Destination. NEW YORK, August 4 —Edward H. Fuller and Willlam F. McGee, bank. rupt bucketeers, who were removed secretly a few days -ago from Lud- low street jall to the military bar- racks on Governor's island, were as secretly taken today to an undis- closed destination. The reason for their removal from the military pris- on could not be learned, as' was the case when they were removed from Ludlow street jail, to which they had been committed for contempt of court. 3 Four Unlted States deputy mar- shals accompanied ‘the men from Governor's island at 9:30 o'clock this et 1y ri | o fc w tl it is A h i u; E ay * u a tl n 184 [t tl morning. It was reported that the order for their removal was signed by Federal Judge Goddard, but this could not be confirmed. —_— H. R. POLLARD DEAD. Richmond Lawyer Was Confeder- ate Veteran Widely Known. Speclal Dispatel to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 4—Henry R. Pollard, for a long time city at- torney, died here today after an ill- ness of several months, due to the infirmities of age. He was a native of INing and Quoen county, sorved in the Confed- orate states army and had made his home here for forty vears. He was woll and widely kmown and was a \;lef‘oznl:e&';\.udhgrlt E.'uu .law matters. ssusvived: * wifo and sev- oral.ohlldrens _ . ... .. x . ECUADOR SAVAGES Feasts Follow Quest of ‘En- ests of Eastern E | quarrelsome and veng the subj | pleted {auspices of the bureau of American ! tution here, the results of which have !been published are the most warlike of all the In- dian blood feuds within the tribes, and the wars of extermination among differ- ent tribes, ligious and soclal life is bound close- {making them brave and skillful w upon whom he himself has been un- able awaken and maintain hatred of them ! among his sons by discourses at them every da. |every morning surrounded consist of hol into, is leaves, which makes it impossible to | fect are transfixed by the the blackened height of a man's chest itened a o coming along the discharge. Jibaros he has secured at head. resent even jefforts to rule these cholor: ruly ter what the cause, is considered to have been bewitched, cine men, start, the quest in thelr wars. they fear and detest the country o the enemy, t dangers may threaten them. The land | i of the enemy, therefore, is : as soon as possible. Jibaros | forest, where they can make new set- no need for conquering fresh territory. cuse for a three-day feast, the whole family The nead } 1 he head s carefully prepared, bo shrunk fo about the size of an 6er1‘:«". and is afterward carried by the victor upon his spear. tached to the head is explained by the bellef that the head is the seat of the | ®oul and that the possesor of a large many soul: ® | o'clock, from Treasury and New avenue, on Kenilworth car. The club |the duke is suffering from malaria will hike through four miles of coun- Railroad Bargain Special Disy Official Photo U DELIGHTIN HEADS emy in Forests by Quar- relsome Jibaros. ! Head hunters still dominate the for- cuador. The Jibaro the world’s most ul people, are ct of a_study recently com- by Rafael Karsten, under ndians, one of hnology of the Smithsonian Insti- The Jibaros, no doubt, at present tribes of South America. The are continuous. Thelr re- to the taking of human heads. H The education of the boys aims at | ors. ~ When a Jit has ro enemies to take revenge, he tries to directed | This is repeated | when the father gets | ». Death Traps Many. : large community houses, in | the Jibaro familles live. are by death traps. These | in the ground larke | nough for a full-grown man to fall | At the bottom are three pointed erect. At the surface the hole covered with small sticks «and The hich enemy, moving along in the dark- | to discover. When he falls his | ek Another death trap is described llows: Across the path along which | enemy is expected to come a| string is stretched the | At the tree one end of the string is fas- charged and cocked rifle ix| ed. The end of the string Is brought | such connection with the trigier the rifle that when the enemy,! in the darkness, gives| a push the shot is discharged and ikely to hit him in the chest t any rate the house is warned by here Premium Upon Death. A man’s social standing among the depends on how many men e has killed. A vouth Is in thel| ake-eater class” among them until | least one human | Each family lives by itself. They a loose tribal organiza- on which would impose some bounds pon them. ‘The government of ! cuador long up all | and un-|{ ago ha given Deopie. sagreement ar. The slightest family | is consldered cause for | very Jibaro who dies, no m and the whose prestige depends the number of wars they can have little trouble in tracing} incantation to some member of | neighboring tribe, thus giving an medi- pon excuse for further head hunting They never alm at territorfal con- | On the contrary, | where secret, supernatural | bandoned ! Besides, since the | Inhabit practically virgin ements almost anywhere, they have Feant After Slaughter. taking of a head the ex- in which Joins. It signifies the “youth has won his shure. The The importance at umber of heads has power over that ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. The Red Triangle Outing Club will Isit Shaw’s lily ponds, meeting at § York | ry between Lloyd and Fort Scott, Va., starting from 12th and Pennsylvania avenue at 2:35_ o'clock. One-way icket to Lloyd. Bring lunch. o i Gives Junker 32 Miles of Worry teh to The Star. AURORA, 111, August 4.—If any one can tell Israel Joseph of this city whether, at the moment, he is. a junk dealer or a railroad president, he will earn his sincere thanks. As head of the Israel Joseph Iron Company, Mr. Joseph bought for $90,000 the Aurora-De Kalb electric line when the rallway's re- celver told Circuit Judge C. F. Irwin that, although the road cost $1,500,000, he could not operate its five 'passenger cars and six frelght cars at a profit. Joseph bld in the property which included 172 acres of fine farm land at court auction and he was under the im- pression that the court approved his plan to scrap the railway. t looked as if all liabilities had been listed by the line's receiver untll farmers near Kanesville, a flag station, persuaded the. state commerce commission -that the thirty-two-mile road was a public necessity. The commission told Joseph to forget his junking pro- gram and take a junket into the realms of raliroad operation. The commission had no legal powers to enforce its use and four miles of the line were scrapped before the farmers, led by two bank presidents, appeared before Judge Irwin and obtained a decree re- straining Joseph from scrapping the line and instructing him to continue its operation as a public utility. Everybody.told Joseph he got a bargain when he.bought the road, -but Joseph-is*not ‘so sure that.ho-didy — 8 {and render homage to the bride such {its ifoolish to banish him 5 FRANCE SEEN NEAR MMONARCHIST ROW Trouble Feared Should Ef- fort to Banish Heir to Throne Be Made. By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. Copyright, 1923 PARIS, August 4.—The serious ill- noss of the Duc d'Orleans at Inverness Lodge, near London, has stirred high society circles in France, as well as the royalist factions, as no other news in years has stirred them. Of course, France 1s a republic, but “the Duc d'Orleans actually is, even if only on paper, “Philippe the Eighth, King of France.” . If the duke dles in exile he would be succeeded in the title by his younger brother, the Duc de Mont- pensier, who would thereupon be banished from this land, under the republican law of 1888, by which the kings of France and their succeeding heirs are forever exiled from French soil. The Duc de Montpensier might be called today the leader of all French society and the hope and prayer of the, French royallsts, a figure ex- tremely papular in the upper circles of the repubMe, political and other- wise. He is popular because of his democratic and simple tastes, and is an ardent patriot, purticularly inter- osted in colonlal expansion, never at- tempting to mix fnto politics and evi- dently sincere in not desiring to push his own or his brother's claiming in shert, a country gentleman living in | quiet’ taste in the beautiful chateau of Randon, near Vichy. Prince by Birth. Nevertheless, he is a prince by right of birth and a future “King Ferdi- nand 1 of France, and conseqaently ment his brother Philippe expires, In this quiet royal retreat near Vichy there reigns also the young Spanish marquise wife of Ferdinand, who will technically be Queen of France. About three years ago the hand- some middle-aged Due De Montepen- sler met the beautiful young Marquise De Val-Deterrazo in Madrid at the court of Alphonso XIV. A courtship ensued which w watched with keenest interest by all Europe, and a royal wedding followed a year later, although the bride is not of royal blood, Made Duke Popular. This democratic gesture popular- ized the duke as nothing else could have done, a popularity possibly equal to that which the English royal fam- ¢ drew from the union of Princess Mary with Viscount Lascelles, a com- moner with claim on the royal | purple. i The Montpensier-Val unfon was a signal fo European soc to 1l eagerly to | the brilliant garden parties and re ceptions given at Chateau Randon no Deterrazo the highest | as only a queen could expect ! News from England today is that Phillippe's malady is permanent and his davs are numbered. There will be a storm in republican Fr: f the Polncal government seeks to cast go nment seeks to cast the new “king” and his beautiful popu- lar Spanish bride from the frontiers) of the nation. even though the law of 1888 prescribes it See Political Row. No government of France able to demand of the abrogation of this law and mq political equilibrium. 1z be regarded as a blow aga republic. The move from the r ists in the chamber in this directi would be doomed from the beginniag France, therefore, is facing a “roy- alist dilemna” at the approach oi the | 1924 elections, and Leon Daudet, son of the famous writer, Alphonse Dau- det, and royallst leader of the coun- is already reviving his threat here are enough men in France trained and well equipped l’-i fight for the cause of ro ty to win. The Duc De Montpensier does not | aspire to kingship. Sober republicans are arguing today that it would be nd his Iu‘auu-l ful wife, leuders of France’s top-notch | soclety, respected everywhere. This | only would feed the flames of discon- | tent among the ranks of Daudets,| rabld royalists and possibly mean| trouble Recent Acts Recalled. recently the Camelots Du Roi, | pen of the king, an organiza- | canned and cas- | deputies on the i ashed up the Onl hench tion of young blood: tor-ofled socialist treets of Paris and sm plant of a socfalist newspaper. To- day the contention is heard free keeping these royalist pretend- ers like Phillippe and Ferdinand out- side the country is contrary to the republican _principles of ~ liberty, equality and fraternity at the same time crowning the vietims with the aureole of martyrdom. VICTIM OF MALARIA. Philippe’s Illness Surrounded by Air of Mystery. By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune 2 Copyright, 1023 4.—A certain LONDON, August surrounds the amount of mystery state of health of Louls Philipe, Duc d'Orleans, who is the Bourbon claimant to the throne of France. It is known that at present he is lying ill In a house at Roehampton, a_sub- urb of London, but the statement that he is under restraint, which was made in a London newspaper this week, has been denied by Dr. H. J. Cromle his medical attendant, who declare: and dysentery. Dr. Cromie declares the duke con- tracted the disease during the last big game-shooting expedition in Af- rica. He came to England from his liome in Brussels smoe months ago, first staying at the house of Mrs Charles Jarrott, formerly Lady Ross- lyn. He was transferred to Roe- hampton when the disease assumed serious symptoms. The doctor says the duke is en- gaged in_ writing another book on hunting, but concedes that at recur- ring crises in his illness he is subject to delirium. While the statement that he is suffering from a nervous break- down is disputed, it is admitted that he is in constant care of male nurses. Dr. Cromie avers, however. that his patient is headed toward complete recovery. The Duc_d'Orleans formerly lived in England, keeping in royal state his country house at Wood Norton. —— OUTING POSTPONED. in Tribute Grotto Affair Delayed to Dead. “Kallipolis Grotto, No. 15, has post- poned indefinitely its outing to Chesa- peake Beach Wednesday out of re- spect to the memory of the late President Harding, it was announced last night by Monarch Henry J. Gom- pers. More than 3,000 members of the order and their friends had planned to go on the excursion. in addition to_the Yedz Grotto of Baltimore. The late President- was a member of the local Grotto, the order of velled prophet having been conferred upon him in the White House on May 11, 1921, by Edward W. Libbey. who is a past monarch of Kallipolis Grotto and a member of the supreme body of the order. This unusual ceremony was under a speclal dispensation of Grand_Monarch Dwight E. Cone of Fall River, Mass, and was partici- pated in by Past Grand Master of Masons of the District of Columbia W. W. Jermane, Edward S. Schmid, past grand Monarch, Order of Velled Prophets and Castleman M Boss, then ‘monarch of Kallipolis 1toe v 1923—PART 1. BollW eevil T akes $1,500,000,000 Toll of Cotton in Five Years| GREETED IN WALES By the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, August 4.—The cotton boll weevil during the last five years, including the season cloged, has cost the south not than $1,500,000,000, Just less exclusive of the several hundreds of millions spent for the seed that went to waste, a ing to the annual report of Col. of the New Or public lean: today. valu stupendous has been at the expense of the yearly the United trad “and, state efforts, must be coped with the federal government for the bene- fit of the country at large.” Col. Hester placed the commercial Hester, secretary s Cotton Exchange, "The estimate of 15 cents total, s ation id of beyond e balances as s mads is based on a pound. the individual crop of the 1922-23 season at 11, “LIED SOMETIMES,” WHITFIELD ADMITS rd- H. u Thiz report. States, oF by Cross-Examination on Charge of Killing Policeman to Be Resumed Tomorrow. By the As CLEV of the charged with slaying P last nis this had defense xa anton the. This Wh cross-exi He or trut “You things, ated Press. ND, August trial of John Griffin May 11 fternoon with tified this morn under; by o ¥ mination morning. lted ghout some truth about others. admission was ftfleld by Stanton Jju: thi de: he had hedroom —Hearing Whitfield, | rolman D\ hitfield. nz in his o Prosect ings and drawn f) st before mination ended for the taken a before st en- adjourned.| who WD ng @ VIEOTOUS Ccross- County which will be reswmed Mon- ator told, ®u art- utomobile for the polic enemy of the republican law the mo- {station with Griffin Md rou tell h when you asked. in Whitflel to him the you told didn't truth L nd vou lied about others™ Stan- Byt gra ing ternal man sivil greatest activity with a view dctinite understanding cign at ing time maint public, the preservation of the of Detective talked cross. answ Neville with hb red about * Whitfleld replied GERMAN SOCIALISTS HIT PASSIVE POLICY he As RLIN, orcatic r m te the 4 Press August 4 in t of day, passed resol threatened colla and e primarily due of the nation It in the party discussion the extern ty 1 policy atfons, while ining the un repi {1and for the nation and the the The party nsidering ntion Ruhr. itself the v of put that of abotage The s he party’s utions in the of « ps Jlics to calls for Im « re: the of the Rh libera ity on record igorous ¥ and possession of arms by illcgal org zatic in domestic nece tion re atio| A lack was an polic exsity in conn ‘s foreign policy resolutions ns must be material ‘motion in" f of confidence urgent and ction ns me ue T G in ati ernment was rejected The locnl chapter Military Institute Alumni will give lunc CITY NEWS IN heon tomorrow at requiren an with the eclared t by the of BRIEF. 12:30 p.m the Army and Navy Club. A Lod, for August Pre the m? xamination. some ril ser- P the | to arriv ard- | <ame re tion re of n rent absolute na- te expressing the Cuno Zov- of the Virzinfa at axonic and Eastern Star song fest. under the leadership of Dawson o. 16, F. A. <t 10, has been 17. owing to ent Harding e, Aug postpe the death A. M., scheduled d to of 808 bale of the nked amo: grade and tle high or lo there was gene | score of the sta | drought. | The report pla cotton at ompared ear befo The v cluding the $1,571,299,839, 5. last r. Col. H | bales, and that | ton carried on Jha]v . against decrease of 2,30 In San By the Associate SAN FRANC plan have | a monument | ing to memories to his life gested letin, and w Ly th and has er of le ulletin annou ing been n all contributio to citizens of t sum has been nounced that put on the | tions ‘USEFUL L OF MRS. I. WILMETH| Mother of Former Director of En-! graving Bu; a decrease of 370,327 under that of 1921 under that of 18 ning crops on record, the crop was satisfactor. with 1 seed, 4,879,000 perpetuate surrounding here, and to se bales 22, and of 94,510 0-21. The average ton was middling, the most wven-run- with very lit- grade Although as to grade, complaint on the This was due to n 2 ral ple. ced ti 24.06 average price s per pound, T last re last and alue of the crop, was estimated ains $1.17 in in- at ,832,- r said the actual growth | of the crop of 1922 23 was 10,424,000 the amount of cot- July 31 was 2,573,000 last year, a bales. 6,000 Plan Monument To Mr. Harding Francisco “ISCO, August 4.—A San Francisco erect to Prestdent Hard- the soleum his death 5 a tribute to has been sug- o Bul- by a the A mee Mon, e ading nced tod; alled proposil decided to ns to the m his city. No fixed, but no limit ndividu; IFE ENDS would be contribu- reau Was Active Church Worker. Mre ! bartor old, died orget ing illn Wilm pro- i meth meth, d former ing 1d shreveport, Memphis Poli Isabella Wil and eth of 3011 Dur sevent r years affernoon a linger- this had ny-fiv urvived by thr ghier: James 1, W ctor of bureau i now ot Wilr, Ars La; TWO FATALLY WOUNDED AS MAN RESISTS ARREST ceman and Fuller White Victims in Exchange of MEMPHIS, A Stevens, a White were exchange of when Whit arrest after } other man, J. After woundi aileged to have 1 porch of the the shooting oc {ing a pistol, wa As St an excha h men £ m is jaway | bouse and bo 1t generally ha lows in his dad fter his mother. iy Whit Shots. ugust 4.—Ch iceman, and ally wounded hots here late caid to have shot and wou Lambert an today detied ed ng Lambert W dragged his residence. where curred, and, flourish. rned police and others vens approached t Ze of shots follow ell mortally wounde body d. appens that a boy fol- ‘s footsteps by taking life | of Tupelo. | 'SECRETARY DAVIS | Native Town Welcomes First U. S. Cabinet Officer Born a | Welshman. | By the Associated Press. REDF AR, Wales. August 4 - This little Monmouthshire mining |town, as old as the Druids, ga place the map | James J. Davis, the Americ {tary of Labor, visited it and accarded an enthusiastic welcome to the place of birth He is the first native Welshman occupy a seat In the Amerlc cabinet the townspeople ghowed their appre- rrla(mn by giving him a civie wel come. Attired in the robes and companied by his cilors, Regi d Jones, chalrman the reg: counc met the American Secre at the castle that uards | the approach to the tow and, afte a drive thro h the gayly decor; streets, entertained Mr. Davis, with the Secretary's 1 uncle, Charles Nicholls, at council chamber During the vening Secretary Davis Wwas made the recipient of the free dom of the tow 3efore his Davis motored passes of Sout and was gree red when Secre la on today n was to n and of his office fellow cour ival at to W Tredegar, Mr the mountain les from Cardiff *d at Mountain Ash by the manager of a concert party whic toured Amerlea. The Secretary spe: short time at the famous Gors | stones, relics of an ancient eivili tion, and stopped to pay tribute the ‘statue of Caradoe, a traditior Welsh hero ore proceeding Dowlais to ct the steel w there Also at ul Dowlais he it for rela Davis is will attend diving local church and spent. of the day with relatives and friends at the home of his unclg returning in the evening to Newporw whence he will entrain for Londoy in the hope of reaching Washi in time for the obsequies of dent Harding {BUTLER DISAPPEARS, WEALTHY MAN HELD Servant Said to Have Leaped Over Sea Wall After Assault. ¥ the Associated Press. NARRANGANSETT, August 4.—Jokn Rt . Pa PIER Fell For althy member « h the disan utler, Joi arged with assaul pleaded not guilt of $300 Tor tri €l the san Bernard Quinn. a for er, and Thomas b jun coast who m gu found nim rles W For Better Vision The Right Glasses and Eye Comfort Consult Kinsman Optical Co., 705 14th St. N.W. 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