Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1923, Page 2

T FATAL SHOUTIG FOLLONS DISPUTE U. A. F. Cosh, Night Watch- man, “Says John B. Raffo Failed to'Obey Halt Order. John B. Raffo, forty-nine, of 1010 .North Capitol street was ehdt and killed last night in of 611 North Capitol strect during an alter- cation with Urban A. F. Cosh, fifty- nine, a watchman employed by a group of merchants in the vicinity of Nerth Carltol and H stieets to guard their stores at night. 3 According to the police Investiga- tion disclosed that there was an ar- gument previous to the shooting be- tween Raffo and two companlons and the might watchman. Charles Lockwcod, veterinarlan 729 North Capitcl gtreet. and David Fitggorald of 455 1 rtreet northwest, who were with Raffo, were taken into custody by the police. Lock- wood was roleased on $200 bond as government witness. Fitzgerald was held at the six 3 B Manesfield of pollee that their invest the fact that the t ting in an automol adquartars sa tion develo; nen were sft- bile de ot out of | cod | ffo adva » to stop, the r told ths detectives, and upon refusal of Raffo obey that order, Cosh sald he fired his revolver twice at the sidewalk, ineffective to stop t said, he d_a knees Raffo sinkin, he ground with a »domen. £ holas _ Di Raffo was Gennary “of 3 al, where he taken to Ca Wwas pronounc Cosh startec to surrende °d ‘dead. to the but =ixth precinct et Policeman chard ox that precinet enj nd surrendered to him, tektng | him the story of the shooting. ! An inquest will be held I oon, with Dr. Herbert ¥n, coroner, in charge. Mr. Raffo is ved by .g s wlife, Elizabeth, and nine c! ldren, Julla, ohn, Marie, ma,” Rosle, ius and ' Margaret. are to be held at) t 11 a.m., with s cemetery. PRESIDENT PRAISES RED CROSS SPIRIT, . M OPENS CONVENTION | (Continued from First Page.) vention. are Solicitor General Mrs, August Bliss, ir., of Boardman. Mrs. Henry P. Davidson of ew York, E. B. Douglass of Miami, Fla.; Mrs. Frank V. Hammer of St Loulis. cretary of Commerce He: bert Hoover. Maj. Gen. Merritte W Ireland, Judge W. W. Morrow of San Francisco, Undersecretary of State ‘William Phillips, stavus D. Pope of Detroit, Mr: Henry R. Rea of Pittsburgh, John D. Ryan of New York, George E. Scott of ar Admiral E. R. Stitt tant Secretary liot Wadsworth. Get-Together Breakfast Propowed. ‘The Washington aivision, including the District of Columbian’ Chapter, will spony a special get-together breakfast T he delegates and heads of auxiliaries at 8 a.m. daily during the convention. Tomorrow night will Be “Washin ton Division night” of the conven- tion and a big meeting will be held at D. A. R. Hall. Bishop-elect James BE. Freeman will be the principal speaker and the Marine Bang will give a concert before the _session opens at $:15 sharp. Gen. Pershing aiso expects to ba prassnt. The ses- sion will be open to the public. Others on this committee James M. Belmont, w Yor Beck, Cornelius N. RELIEF FUND $9,702,709. || Every Division Except One Ex- ceeds Quota for Japanese. The American Red Cross fund, for| Japanese relisf took another upward | leap this morning and when final re- turns from the seven divisions of the country were in It had reached $9,702.700. ~ The central and south- western divisions were responsible for the increase of nearly $200,000 over the figure of Saturda Every division but one has now ex- ceeded its original quota, two of them, the Washington and central, having approximately doubled their quotas. The Pacific division has car- ried off the honors, hs g more than trebled the amount it was originally asked to raise by national headquar- | ters of the Red Cross. In the order | named these three divisions have raised $5.240,000, $1,422,700 and $1.-| 843,100, respectively. VALOR LEGION TO MEET. M. Jusserand, the French ambassa- dor; Gen. Pershing, chief of staft of the Army, and Maj. Gen. Lejeune, commandant of the Marine Corps, are expected to attend the thirty-third annual convention of the Army and Navy Legion of Valor to be held in New York city next week. The legion is composed exclusively of men who received the congreseional medal of honor or the distinguished Service cross in the wars of the republic. Baby Bobbie Is the | { pendent ofy"the Tresaury ! l'dominant influences of h RED CROSS IDEALISM NEEDED, SAYS PRESIDENT (Continued from ¥irst Page.) geney has resulted In human suffer- ing, to the extent of its ability It ad- ministers ‘whatover muy be necessary for temporary relief. Embodlies Hope of Progress. “it is in this directlon that there les the hope of real progress. The ancient deals of human brotherhood, of service, the application the golden rule, of peace on egrth dnd good will ' toward men, nre ldle dreams, unless they can be transla ed into practical rotlgn. It {s naces- sary, on the one hand, to avold the {'lustons of the visloparies, and on he other hand, the indifference of the selfifish. Each Individual and each nation owe their first Quty to themselves. Beyond that, there 1s the obligation of the strong to serve the weak, but to administer such service in a way that will not destroy or de- grade by making mendicants, tut will restore and strengthen by mak- ing character. It 18 the policy which helps in_an emergency, but realizes that finally each individual and each nation mat work out thelr own des- iy, “The.constant need of civilization ts for a practical ldealism of this %kind. It does not attempt to per- form the impossib It does not seek to reform meroly by an @ct-of legislation, nking that it can un- load its burden on the government nd be relieved from further effort. does not undertake to- assume re- i1ty for all humanity.. But it that redemption comes only h sacrifice. When a crisis , 1t does not hesitate t6 go out Ke w ver sacrifice is nec- vy to m; the occaslion. Part of U. S. Character. this kind of practical fdeal- is represented in the his- of our country, a deep faith in cnirttual things, tempered by a hard o n sen adapted to the needs of th world. It has been illustrated in the character of the men who planted col the wilderness and raised states around the church and the sechoolhouse, who bought their independence with their blood and cast out slavery by the sacrifice of thelr bravest sons; who offered their lives to give more free- dom to opp! sed peoples; and who went to the rescue of Europe with their treasure and their men when their own liberty and the liherty of the world was in peril, but when the victory was secure, retired from the field unencumbered by spoils, inde- unattached and unbought, still continuing to contribute lavishly to the relief of the stricken and des- titute of the old orld; and who, but recently, being asked for five million dollars, i{mmediately gave about twice that amount for the afflicted people of Japan. Such has been the moral purpose that has marked the conduet of our country up the present hour. The Amerfean {people have never adopted and are | not likely to adopt any other course. { contemplation of these principles and the works which they have wrought, both in our country and ameng the other natione, for this spirit is world wide, is helpful and reassuring: They are among the convinelng evidences that |Justify our faith in mankind. 'They re- | veal the fundamental strength of eivii- |ization. They demonstrate the euprem- {acy of the spiritual life: Must Continue, “Here we beheld the race struggling up through barbariem, overcoming ig- norance, establishing order, instituting | zovernment, painfully working out their own destiny | | of religion, gradually casting aside self- ishnese, endowing the great charities which heal the bedy, Inform the mind, land minister to the sou!. making on |every hand unending eacrifices that the {truth may be eupreme. Such {s the |strength of the influence, of which this {sible caus organization 1s one of the representa- tives, It is inconcelvable that it could have come thus far only to retreat, that it cow'd have succeeded up i the pres- ent time only to fail “These are the encouraging, 't hopeful things of the world. ~While it Is necessary to admit that progres has been siow, that there have bLeen, and undoubtedly will be, many disheart. ening failures,. I belicve the conclu- sion to be Inescapable that there is every warrant for oconfldence. The lles In the fact that they come from the voluntary actions of the people. They are not mandates from privi- lege, they are not imposed from with- out, they arlse from within, they disclose the conquering, the victorious strug- gle of & higher nature. They do not represent & law of man, they reveal a law of God. “It is for these reasons that I take a large matisfaction in extending a welcome ta this convention and mot~ ng a8 its presiding officer. I respect it for what it has done and what it is. I am mindful of its purpose and its origin. This organization had its beginnings in the day of Abraham Lincoln. “It is representative of the time. It partakes of his spirit. It shows the way to a larger freedom. Our cou try could secure no higher coi mendation, no greater place In his- tory, than to have it correotly said that the Red Cross is traly Ameri- can." JOHN H. DAVIS DEAD. Interior Devartment Employe Well Enown in D: C. and Rockville: Speeial Dispateh to The Btar. ROCKVILLE, Md.,, September 24— John H: Davls, sixty-two vears old, dled at his home in Garrett Park, five miles from this city, late yester- day of pleurisy. He was a law ex- amienr in the Indlan affairs offiee 7( the Interior Department and lived in Washington twenty-five years before coming to this vicinlty five years ago. under free Inatitutlions, ac- | Miss Mabel T. | knowledging and accepting the truths | iwere removed. encouraging. feature of these results | THE “EVENING 'STAR, WASHINGTON,.D. O, ATTACKS DEFENSE | INCOURTNARTIAL Captain Says Maj. Cook, on Trial, Did Not Handle Case Properly. Private Guy Pendleton did not have his two broken legs properly set at the station hospifal at Fort Eustls, Va, It was testified today by Capt. James R. Bibighsus, Medical Corps, before a general court-martial at the Munitions bullding, befors which the government la trying Maj. George W. Cook, Wedical Corps, for malpractice In connectlon with the amputation of the soldler's legs. X-ray photographs at the hospi- tal, Capt. Bibighaus id, showed that the broken bohes were “not in direct apposition”; that the fracture had not been properly “reduced,” and thut certain fragments of the bome ends were irregularly placed. Under_guestioning by 'Capt. Hum- hrey Biddle, for the prosecution, Capt. Bibighaus testified there was nothing to prevent Maj. Cook, the accused, from determining by X-ray photographs or by examination by | his hands this condition shortly aft- er the legs were set. , Charges Interference. A case such as Privaté Pendleton's could normally be expected under ordinary conditions, Capt. Bibighaus sald, to successfully have the frac- ture reduced within seventy-two hours, but he charged there had been “Interference”’ in the treatmnt of Private Pendleton’s case by some un- known persons termed by the witness “so-called friends of Private Pendle- to! In the middle of the night, on one instance Capt. Bibighaus testified, he found, on inspection, that the weights at the foot of the bed which were used to pull Private Pendleton's legs under such traction as to facilitate the healing of the fractures had been lifted from a rope by which they were fastened to Private Pendleton’s legs and placed upon a chair, removing the traction. The captain recalled that three dif- ferent timea this occurred, interrupt- ing the course of the treatment. Once. he sald, the chair had been placed under the wetght, once the buckets holding the weights had been unfas tened and stood upon the floor and another tlme the welghts had been taken out of the buckets. This evi- dently had been done. the tain testified, in order to allow Pendleton to go to sleep, but it interrupted the ireatment, how. seriously the captain would not estimate. When questioned by Capt. Biddle. for tha prosecution, what he would have done as a doctor had one of his own patlents complained as did Pendleton that the plaster of Paris casts were ‘“cutting” him and caus- Ing him severe pains, the doctor testi- fied he would have removed the casts. Argument I Spirited. Spirited argument between the prosecution and defense arose over the question by the prosecution as to what, in_the doctor's opinion, was the cause of the sores which appeared on the patient's legs after the casts These sores. the prosecution charges, later cau d the amputation of the patient's leg. The physiclan outlined several pos- es which might have caused the sores, enumerating obstruction to the arteries, lacerations in soft tis: sues, pressure on the tissues, and, b added, It “is also possible to con- cefve the splint as causing trouble. A combination of all the causes merated might have been respon- Sibe, G Bibighaus testified. but When pressed by the prosecution for a direct answer as to the cause of the res the physician said: “T can- not say what did it” There was considerable controversy between the prosecution and defense over whether or not there was nerve Injury or artery injury in the legs prior to the application of the plaster of paris cast. The defense contend- ed"that medical scfence could never know what injury might have been there in addition to the fracture of both femurs: The prosecution at- tempted more than once to get the witness to express his opinion as to what might have caused the sores if there had been no mnerve or artery injury, but the question was still un- answered when the court adjourned for lunch. The captain ‘testified that | “go far as I know, the only injury Pendlaton had was bilateral fractured femurs.” Deseribes Conditio Capt. Bibighaus described minute- ly the sores on the patient's legs, which. the proseeution: charges were caused by negligence on:the part of Maj. Cook in the treatment of the patient at the hospital, “where Maj. Cook was commanding officer. The Witness explained how he first con- sldered the sores as merely skin lesions, but told how later they de- veloped into such “unhealthy” condi- tion, and how additional sores formed around the heel. There had becn, he sald, a partial healing of the condi- tion on the calves of the patient's legs before he left Fort Eustis Hospi- tal, but that it was “covered over with a poor grade of shiny unhealthy skin.” Asked Tramsfer. Request was made for transter of Private Pendleton on December 12, Capt. Bibighaus testified. Maj. Cook, the accused, the witness sald, was ab- sent from the hospital from on or about December 11 to December 16. Capt. Bibighaus testified that at the time Besides his widow, who was Miss Mary McFgll of Washington, daugh. ter of the late Thaddious McFall, & daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Chamberlain, widow of Lieut Guy Chamberlain, who was killed in the world war in 1918, survives. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the family home and burial will be in Glenwood cemetery. Petted Vainly For Clue to Mother’s Murder Speclal Dispatch to The Star. LOS ANGELES, September 24.— Bobbie Williams, two years old, likes the men who have been his constant companions for the last five days, but their ways are strange to him. They give him sweets, hold him on their kuees and tell him stories. Bobbie has known Jots of ‘men, but none of them ever treated him like that. So Bobble regards them with wide- eyed, grave attention. But alwaye e Is breaking in with the question: “Where's muvver?” “She's gone wway for a while,” is the standardized reply. Then Bobbie's eyes cloud, but he makes no aymplaint. Just slips down to the floor and goes.off into a corner to play his quiet little games. Seék 'Murder Clue. The men who have Bobbie ‘In charge are. pollde’ détectives. They have worked ‘hard to gain from his baby lips some clew to the mysteri- ous murder that robbed him of his mother. They think he ‘may have witnessed her slaying—another of those strange love crimes that shadow ‘the night life of cities—but 0 far their efforts have been fruit- less. Bither Bobbie is too young and innoeent to have noticed anything that might aid the detectives, or else he is so blase as a_result of the life he has led that he has'lost his sensi- tiveness to strange happenings. The detectives don’t know which. Almost every frequenter of the cafes of the near-Bohemia of Los Angeles knew Kthel Willlams. But €0 far as can be learned, none knew her as a mother. She was just a part of the night life—an entertainer, ways gay, always lively, much sought as a companion. Landlady Finds Body. _The landlady of the little apart- ment she maintained far from the night life district knew. And often when KEthel was later than usual coming home she would go in and minister to Bobbie, who waited alone for his mother's return. It was the landlady, on one of her e{nndl of mercy, who found Ethel's almost nude body on the floor of. th apartment. Near the bloody figure, retched out on the hard floor in his spotless white nightie, lay Bobblie, fast asleep. He had left his crib to sleep near his unaccountably silent mother. But he did not seem to real- ize that anything unusual had hap- pened to her. All the police questioning has been in vain. Bobble asks for his mother, but he gives the detectives no aid in their efforts to trace her slaver. They recommendation was made for the patient's transfer. an application, in his opinion, was necessary. The boy was later transferred to Walter Reed Hospital, it had been previously tes- tified, where both legs were ampu- od. 2 e boy and his mother again were in the court this morning. The little room was filled with spectators Prospects today were that the trial might drag along for more than a Week longer. The prosecution has several more witnesses. The next witness was expected to be Miss Pauline A. Furminger, an Army nurse. DR. ABERNETHY CHIEF SPEAKER AT DINNER Listed for Wednesday Evening Be- fore Public Order Committee of Board of Trade. Rev. Dr. William 8. Abernethy, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, will be the principal gpeaker at the dinner meeting of the public order committee of the Washington Board of Trade to be held Wednesday night at 6:15 o'clock at the Arlington Hotel, it was announced today. Odell S. Smith s chalrman of the committee. The District Commissioners, Maj. Dantel Sullivan.chiet of police, and other District. of Columbia. officials will be present. It also wis announced that the membership. committee of the board will meet tomorrow afternoon at 12:40 o'clock dn thé headquarters in The Star bullding. George Plitt is chairman. ! , Fred G. Coldren, chairman of the parks and reservations committee, has called a meeting of his committee at the board’s rooms for Thursda; afternoon, at 4:15 o'clock, at whicl time the report to be made at the annual meeting of the board will be prepared. believe she was killed by a jealous admirer, but Bobbie has not told them |whlch one, and apparently Is not go- ng to. l a The American ideals commiti meet. FHARY Atieradon at b o'cloch in the board's rooms. A. J. is chairman. 'S-6 was struck by lightni: Upper: A portio wpectacie that never has been equaled Lower: Lieut. Wendall H. Brookley tracing with amoke his maneuvers while close to the ground, ving written “Hello, D, C.” at aa TWO AMERICAN AIRMEN KILLED AS LIGHTNING DESTROYS THEIR BALLOON (Continued from First Page.) were being filled. At noon conditions were so unfavorable that only the precise texts of the rules governing the race prevented a postponement. A steady fresh breeze was blowing from the west between twenty-five and thirty miles an hour at times veering to southwesterly, which would make northern Germapy or Scandanavian countries _probable landing places. The first alternative created some anxiety among the Bel- glan and French pilots, who were unable to obtain German visas, and the balloons, therefore, were ilable to seisure by the German authorities. But the pilots were undeterred. A bright sun was shining as the start was made at 4 o'clock. The French balloon Pleardy, mannsd by Bienaime and Ravaine, and the Span- ish balloon Fernadez Duro, with Gag- dalea as pliot were off without accl- dent. The United States Army S-§ Fose just as dark clouds screemed the sun, creating condensation which was the probable cause of the Amer- jcan Balloon not reaching a safe height immediately. Dritts Into Belgian Craft. Lieut. Dimstead was in. charge, with Lieut. Ghoptaw as second pilot, and as the S-6 drifted in the direc- tion of the Belglan Ville de Bruxelles he failed to drop ballast quickly enough. The second bag had not been emptied when his basket drove heavily into the Belgian six yards above the ground. It appeared as If the American craft was bound to plerce the Belglan gas bag, which seemed doomed to explode. Fortunately the S-6 slid along the Ville de Bruxelles, simply tearing away part of the covering net, then, after dropping more ballast, sailed off followed by yells “Stop™ from the thousands of spectators. The Belgian balloon was emptied immediately to prevent possible acci- dent. Many of the balloons experienced great dificulty owing to rain and wind. The U. 8. Navy A-6699 was very slow to rise, Lieut. Lawrence evidently being extremely reluctant to part with his ballast. Heavy Wind Hits American. A-6699 was hardly in the air when a heavy wind struck the American balloon St. Louis, manned by Honey- well and Capt. Cullough. Its some- what friable envelope, unable to re- sist the tension of the rope held by Belgian soldiers, gave way, and the gas rushed out through a great vent in its side. Within thirty seconds the balloon had flattened like a pancake. Honeywell, who was considered a dangerous _competitor, took things like a philosopher. “Bad luck,” he sald, “and nobody’s fault! That squall put an end to the old §t. Louls, which I expected to abandon without re- | great somewhere in the north, for it meant the sacrifice of the balloon it suth sacrifice meant the gain of a mile." To add to the general excitement, thick clouds, which had been creep- ing over the hills, suddenly opened and the rain teemed down. The three remaining balloons were almost in- visible and the great crowds of spec- tators made a hasty “\departure through ankle-deep mud. OLMSTEAD IN “STUNT” HERE. Lieut. Robert 8. Olmstead had a wide acquaintance in aeronautical circles in Washington. Three years ago he partic- ipated4n an air carnival at Bolling Field and jumped from a balloon with a parachute. During Shrine week he was at the fleld for the air circus, but did not participate. He has been de- talled for duty here several times in the last few year Born 1h Shéldon, Vt. July 28, 1886, he entered Tufts College. and took a course in civil engineering. He enlisted in the air service and received training at the balloon school, Fort Omaha, Neb., being commissioned a second lieutenant January 8, 1918. He placed sixth in the international balloon race at Bir- mingham, Ala., in 1920, and won the elimination contest of the July 4 race, which began at Indlanapolis. He was unmarried. Lieut. John W. Choptaw was born in ‘Worthington, Ind., March 28, 1889, and enlisted in the Signal Corps in 1907. At the outbreak of the war he was com- missioned a second lieutenant after graduating from the balioon school at Omaha. H-flmjond ‘&‘ 1‘I:tlm- tion of being the first man to pilot an airship along _the Mexican border, where he was stationed at the time of trouble there. He was aide to Lieut. Olmstead in the Indianapolis elimina- tion balloon race. Lieut. Choptaw was married and had two children. WON INDIANAPOLIS RACE. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., September 24.— Lieut. R. S, Olmstead. one of two United States Am{uofl«n killed when the United Stal Army lbn‘“};':ln land while competing in Gordon B‘:naeu international n race last night, was stationed at the Mid- dletown intermediate air a"pot. near MON DAY, SEPTEMBER. 24, 1923, Field yesterday when noted fiyers staged an alr in this part of the country. nititude of 11,000 feet. TEASON NCREASES N OKLAHONA FHT Legislators’ Test of Gov-| ernor’s Ban on Extra Ses- | sion Only 48 Hours Away. By the Assoclated Pres OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Septem- ber 2¢.—The hours separating the Oklahoma legislative and executive clash narrowed down to forty-eight today, with the lfne drawn faut be- tween Gov. J. C. Walton and those members of the house of representa- tives who seek to indict him as the| preliminary step toward impeach- ment proceedings. Today brought more witnesses and more testimony at both the Tul and Oklahoma City military courts! of inquiry. Charges of riot were ex- pected to be made in Oklahoma City against participants in a lashing party, alleged to have been led by | N. C. Jewett, grand dragon of the| Oklahoma Ku Klux Kilan. May Postpone Trial. Jewett's trial on a charge of riot| probably will be postponed tomor- | row to permit additional information | being obtained by the military | against other supposed members of the party. Wednesday noon the house of rep- resentatives s called to meet in extraordinary session, despite the armed guardsmen who still pace be- fore the bronze doors of house and senate chambers with loaded rifles and fixed bayonets. Federal court action seeking a re- straining order is threatened by the house members if the executive at- tempts to block the session by force or throw any of the members in jall | for the remainder of his more than | three-year term in office. The gov- ernor would welcome such a legal test, he said last night. Such action | may come between now and Wed- nesday moon, the hour set for the house call. Assalls House Members. Gov. Walton has assailed the house session as a gathering of “klan dragons to oust any official who dares “to block their path.” He asserts that a majority of the members who signed the call were, ior had been, members of the invisible empire. He said that if lack of funds later prevented the purchase of supplies | for troops on duty he would com- mandeer what was necessary. A statement replying to critics who have assalleq him for suspend- ing the writ of habeas corpus and quoting a federal statute passed in 1871, which he said ‘“outlawed the Klan in the United States” was fis- sued by the executive. “Much has_been saia about the suspension of the writ of habeas P ——— here when he was selected to par- ticipate in the rac | Olmstead was a native of Boston. He had been in the balloon service for the last six years and was as- signed to the Middletown depot from ‘Washington less than a year ago. He was detached last summer to take part in the international balloon races starting from Indlanapolis and the entry in which he rode won that |and tried to force him to eat it 13 | them “°He lett Middletown about a month ago for France. TELLS OF LIGHTNING BOLT. —— the Assoclated Press. MALINES, Belgium, September 24. —Gomes Guillamon of the Spanish balloon Polar, which crashed here late yesterday whils competing in the James Gordon Bennett cup race, had sufficlently recovered from his injuri today to tell the story of the acoldent. Guillamon, who is under treatment in the Malines Hos- pital, said the Polar was struck by lightning while at an altitude of 3,500 feet. It had only-a few sec- onds previously escaped crashing to the 'ground. Penaranda Barca, the other occupant, threw two bags of yang overboard and the balloon shot up right into the teeth of the storm. Then vame - the lightning bolt, which set the b.g on fire. It burned speedily, wl!)'lnoth. exception of the upper part, w! Wi bustion and acted Guillamon jui 100 g3-rors .d"gthcllfl I his il of slower com- |, after corpus and there are those who de- clare that during the days of re- construction, following the civil war, the writ of habeas corpus was never suspended,” the governor said. I fear the memory of some people is failing, for there was passed a law by the Congress and approved April 20, 1871, which was known as.the ‘Ku Klux Klan law.' This law was directed at the Klan and outlawed it in_the United States’ Story of how members of a masked mob at Tulsa after mercilessly beat- ing a vietim cut off one of his ears was made public last night by C Walton in the form of given the Tulsa military H. Smitherman. Forced Into Automobile. Smitherman, a negro. related how on the night of March 14, 1922, he was summoned to his door by twelve men, eight of whom were masked, forced into an automobile at the point of revolvers, taken into the country, stripped of his clothing, handcuffed and tied to a tree, whereupon his captors accused him of registering negroes as democrats and advising to vote against the city ad- ministrat t court Smitherman's testimony sald, head and said, ‘I am going to Kill you, but one of the unmasked ones dissented, so they talked it bver pri- vately for a few minutes. Then the same man who wanted to kill me came up, pulled a knife out and cut oft my ear.: Then he tried to make me eat it and when I refused he took the butt end of the whip and hit me in the face until he was tired, all the time trying to make me eat my ear. Finally they turned me loose and told me to leave Tulsa, and to leave Oklahoma, warning it I did not one of the twelve would kill me.” WOULD OUST MILITARY. By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla., September 2i.—The president of the military commission yesterday was served with formal notice that County Sheriff R. D. Sanford will institute quo warranto proceedings in the Oklahoma supreme court to remove the military from the sheriff’s office here. The action would be instituted at Oklahoma City next Thursday, the notice stated. Service on the contemplated action was accepted by Brig. Gen. Charles B. McPherren, the ranking officer, now in Tulsa. The notice was signed by Repre- sentative W. B. Disney, democratic floor leader in the last session of the Oklahoma legislature; M. M. Bakes, a lnr";_a}l‘ attorney, -r'\d the sheriff. e action will be directed against Adit. Gen. B. H. Markham, Gen. Mo- Pherren, Col. H. L. Head, the military sheriff, and Capt. H. H. Donoahue HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FIRST RACE—Purse, $1,300; claiming; for three-year-olds end up; 14 11¢ one mile. 8¢ BECOND RACE—Purse, 1, for two-yearolds; six ol Tattonga, | e 1E. ¥. Whitaey entrx. 1l _Parr entiy. . 3. Reld entiy. THIRD RACE—The for two-year-olds; five 1,400; rio Smilax, purse, and one-half fus 3. 8. Cosden entry. . J. Balmon eatry. FOURTH RACE—The Bayou purse, $1,400; for_three-year-olds and up; ve aad one-hall furlongs. 114 Jghn Fim R L Benshest 1% Wl Finder Mckenna 107 Gomiza --or. FIFTH RACE~The Capitol handicap; purse, ‘.::‘lfl: for three-year- and up; ene mils . SIXTH RACE—Purse, $1,300; claiming: fhreeyenr -olds and up. :l.-fl.ndnnlx- toer SEVENTH RACE—Purse, $1,300; claiming; for m'mmqu-x and up: b ey yd ey Sif - “Jcover some of sald. “the 'man stuck a gun to my|{ CARNVAL STAGED INCLOUDS AND SKY Daredevils and Clowns of Air Set Standard at Bolling Field Circus. A standard for future aeronautical entertainments in the District of Co- lumbla was established at Bolling Field yesterday atternoon. Before a large crowd the Army alv seryice, m rogram of extraordi- nary aerial neuvers lasting three hours, generated an enthusiasm over aviation never before witnessed here. As far as that particular crowd of spectators was concerned, flying was ‘s0ld.” Delight and thrills there were; spec- tacular displays there were; hazardous and death-defying undertakings, too —each 2 complete show in itself. Curtais From Sky. There was the smoke screen, a spec- tacle of beauty that drew applause and created amasement. A veritable lace curtain of light rich yellow was thrown down over the field, obscuring the sun for a time. It was the latest development of the chemical warfare service, and was displayed by a Mar- tin bomber, Lieut. J, M. Davies, nilot, and Capt. Weaver operator of the screen. . Then Lieut. Wendall H. Brookley, frustrated in his attempt to write in the sky Saturday by low hanging clouds, climbed two miles up into the blue and wrote in perfect. discern- able letters, “Hello, D. C." A shift in the wind afforded some amusement below as the words were being spelled out, one-fifth of the first word being obscured by a cloud. Later, however, Lieut. Brookley repeated his act with pronounced success and after dropping in a tail spin for several thousand feet traced various maneuvers with smoke a few feet above the ground. His thrilling_ exploits in stunting sur- passed those of Saturday afternoon. Parachute Jumps Thrilling. | g There were the parachute jumps by Sergt. Strosnider of Langley Fleld, Va., and Corp. Maust of Bolling. They flew to an altitude of 1500 feet over the fleld on the wings of Capt. Dun- can's Martin bomber and then jumped off_into space, gracefully settling down to earth. The bombardment of & fortification at the south end of the fleld by three De Haviland planes likewlse had its effect on the crowd, which fought and pushed for a view of the explosion as the bombers aloft released their weapons. The pliots of the three- plane flight were Licut. P. C. Wiikins, Lieut. H. W. Beaton and Capt. W. C. Ocker. while the bombers were Lieut T. P. Smith, chiet bomber at the field: Sergt. L. Hukill ana Scrgt. J. Gilbert. Sport was injected into the after- noon by three races. The first, a fifteen-mile event for SE-5 pursuit planes, was captured by Lieut. L. M. | Wolfe. The other entrants were Lieut. C. W. Steinmets and Serst D. G. Warner. No official timing was made, but the little planes averaged a sped of more than 110 milee an hour. They remained in the air after the finish line and “stunted” for the crowd. _One - hundred - and - twenty -m11e Voughts were shot through the space at even a greater speed-by Lieuts. L. P. Arnold, L. J. Maitland and St Clair Streett. Lieut. Arnold capturing the event. Then the great, lumber- same Martin bombers, each powered with two twelve-cylinder liberty mo- tors, took the air in racing competi- tion! Flying down the stretch a few feet over the heads of the crowd, the roar of their motors drowned out | every sound on the fleld. The crowd liked it. Maj. John B. Reynolds, who led a formation of twenty-one Mar- tin_bombers from Langley Field to Bangor, Me., and return, won the con- test. Pageant in Clouds. The hour was approaching dinner time (but the crowd didn’t know it) as event 10. a_pageant of present types of aircraft, began. Led by the world-famous T-2, the Ship that flew from New York to San Francisco without a stop, a number of ships smaller in size’took the air and per- formed to the limits of their abifity. Lieut. T. Van Veighton, pilot of the T-2, “co the old thing over as far as she would go,” he stated in reply to compliments for the excellent per- formance given by this huge ship. At this hour the air space over the fleld was a whirlpool of airplanes—the ey lcould follow but one or two at time. Lieut. St. Clair Streett in the Amer- ican ghting plane Tommy Morse -3 wepuld shoot over the crowd at, fitty feet and then would zoom per- tectly: Lieut. Maitiand in the Fokker D-7, the German fighting ship, per- formed along sinfilar lines, while Lieut. Wolfe in a British SE-5 was looping, immelman turning, spinnmg and barrel rolling just a few feet higher, and the new De Haviland air- | ways ship with “gun wide open” was | tearing along at 115 miles an hour in command of Lieut. Walter K. Bur- gess. _Additional noise was added by Maj. Reynolds’ Martin bomber, which was skillfully and yet dangerously piloted over the low course. ‘While this melee was in progress Lieut. Brookley was writing in the sky. Excitement had reached the climax, and followed by several free rides to . members of the audience in a special ship flown by Lieut. Thomas Carroll of the advisory committee for eronau- tles, the show. the greatest and most successful ever produced in Washing- ton, came to a close. Good Sum Obtnined. The _little group of officers who ar- | ranged and promoted the carnival were able to realize a good sum for the Army Relief Society, for whose benefit the circus was given. Military and social Washington enthusiastically aided in the arrangements. Maj. R. L. Walsh, acting com- mandant _of Bolling Field, received many congratulations, as did the in-' dividual officers. To Lieut. Maltland, | who was in charge of the flying end | of the program, went much of the . credit. Other committee heads and members ; were:_Concessions and tickets, Capt. |B. J. Sherry; traffic and parking, Capt. Charles Kraus; reception and program, Lieut. St. Clair_Streett; decorations |Lieut. H. Z Boger hotographs, Lieut. Arniold: ground exhibition: Lieut Wolfe; amusements and clowns, Sergt, H. B. Lewis and Sergt. Golden publicity, "Capt. Seaton, Lieut. C. P. McDarmett, Lieut. Courtney Whitney and Lieut. Streett. ——— MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED IN STOLEN BONDS SALE| Three Men Outside New York Sus- pected—Franks, Jr., Freed on $10,000 Bond. Press. i i i By the Assoclat i NEW YORK, September 24.—The early arrest of three men outside New York city suspected of connec- | tion with a plot to sell §100.000 worth | of bonds stolen last November in Cincinnati from a safe of the South- ern and Western Life Insurance Col any, was intimated by police o clals who all details. O of the men suspected. it was said. an official of a bank in the Wall | street aistrict. Robert A. Franks, jr., college - uate and son of the vice president and treasurer of the Carnegie Foun- dation, who arrested with throe other ‘men charged with criminally veceiving $22,000 worth of the stolen bonds, has been freed on $10,000 bail. Those arrested with him wers Wil llam H. McAvoy and John and Hugh MacEwan. Epory R. Buckner, counssl for Pranks, stated today that Lis client had been a dupe of others. i'ranks' story will help the authorities un- the principals in the case, he j scientists and TALES With and About CAPITAL’S GUESTS #1t's Tefreshing these hot days to hear about a city of perpetual spring« time. ~ Such {8 Guatamala City, which rests 5,000 foet abave sea level, where tha mercury never falls below 60 degreed in. winter nor climbs above 80 in mmer. ‘The climate of the Central Ameri- ca1 republic is ideal” sald A. H: Geissler, United States minister ta Guatamalas With his wife he I3 spending a few days at the Raleigh Hotel, preparatory to a short trip abroad, after which he will return to his post. “It is most even, never too cold and never too warm. Something like May in Washington all the year.” He said that while Guatamala was little known to the people of this country, great undeveloped resources awaited the energetic American, “There has been very little tourist travel from the United States in the P continyed Mr. Geissler, “but since the excavation ‘of the May ruins it will net be surprising fror now on to see many excursionist Much interest is being displayed by in the Maya discoveries, which depict life of those prehistor Indians.” Mr. Gelssler is a citizen” of Okla< homa. City. Nothing could be more pleasing ta old-line democrats than to know that never before in the history of the party have its members in the littie state of Delaware been on more hiff= monious terms. This was learned from Senator Thomas F. Bayard as he strolled through the lobby of the Lee Hous: with the Sunday papers under hi arm. “Really, there is nothing to 'say,” smiled the tall legislator, who slip< ped down to Washington with Mrs. Bayard to place their two young daughters #n_school. “Delaware is running along at a nice even gate, Qur party ie enjoying a regular old< time love feast. Not a semblance of discord to mar the peace of all fac« tions.” “How about the other crew, ator?” “Split, wide- Ah, wait a minut It 18 not for me to express an opin- fon. It Iy said, though, that the fight between the Du Well, never mind. Everybody, irrespective of party, has the best of feelings toward President Coolidge, and it is the wish of all that he have a successful ad= ministration.” sen« Never in its history hae the Great Northern railroad enjoved a more prosperous vear. This Information was obtained from W. P. Kenne vice president and director of traff of the company made famous by the late James J. Hill, as he sat cooling himself in the Hotel Washington “Yes," sald Mr. Kenney, "It has been a good vear for us, chiefly because the northwest is fast coming back to its own. Hauling has been tremen- dous, so great. in fact, that the road has joined the new Western Fruit Express Company, formed to handle the vast output of the states of Washington, 1daho and Oregon. Right at present ‘there are 18,000 carloads of Wenatchee apples to be moved from Washington and all will have to_be in refrigerator cars.” The official said further that while his company had expended vast sums . for maintenance-of-way work, all such improvements had been com pleted and from now on there was nothing to be done but move the principal commodities of the section, with the resultant increased revenues for investors. Mr. Kenney stressed the rapid trans- formation of farming methods in Min- nesota from the old one-crop system to the diversified plan, and as proof of it benefits gave figures to show that this year the Gopher state would produce 159.000,000 bushels of corn and 144,000,000 bushels of oats to 20.- 000,000 ' bushels of wheat, “which should proye conclusively that no longer cap Minnesota be classed as 8 wheat state exclusively, The truth is that wheat is less than 10 per cent of the state’s total production The railroad man also said that crops had not been so large in Min- nesota and Dakota this vear as last. when they -were exceptional, and that bad weather had been another factor In curtailing production. "It has been pretty good, even at that,” and out came the cigars. Nor have England, Scotland, Ger- many and other war-ridden countries of Europe a monopoly on the unem- ployment situation, for now comes word from South Africa, land of dla- monds and metals, that it has more than 150,000 white unemployed “The situation s rather acute” said the Very Rev. J. J. A. O'Donnell, O. M. I, rector of the Durban, atal thedral, who has spent thirty-éight years in missionary work through the Natal Free State, Transvaal and Cape provinces. “South Africa needs more white men,” exclaimed the priest. as he rested in his rooms at the New Wil- lard Hotel. “It is difficult to adjust wages. The reduced output of the mines with the comparatively high rate of wage for the white workers has caused a serious condition during the past six months. Little was left for a profit to the owners.” The missionary said a compromise was sought whereby certain stand- ards of wages would be maintained for Europeans, by allotting to colored labor that which had hitherto been reserved for the white man, but that the solution did not meet with ap- proval of unions, and in consequence many of the smaller mines closed down. The British labor party has been in< formed of the situation, with demands being made by the South Afri workers for redress, but to date nothing has been accomplished. From present indications the dem= ocrata” of Nebraska will back Wile liam Gibbs McAdoo for the presiden- tial nomination in 1924. This is ths firm conviction of Judge Arthur C. Wakeley of the ‘district court of Omaha, who, with Mrs, Wakeley, has been making an extended trip through Maryland and certain. parts of Virginia and is now at the Hotel La Fayette. “lt '1s & bit early to_think_sbout the nomination,” said Judge Wake- ley, “but from the little I conld learn from those familiar v/ith senti- ment in Omaha, Mr. McAdoo is the most talked-of candidate at pres- nt.” “Fhe furist sald that President Coolidge had the good wishes of all Nebraska people, and that while he was not in position to talk for the opposing party, he would not be sur- prised it Nebraska republicans cast their vote for the Cilef Executive i at the convention of that party. Judge Wakeley enjoys the distinc~ tion -of presiding over the same court as did his father, Territorial Judge Eleazer Wakeley, appointed in 1857 by President Plerce and reap- pointed by President Buchanan The elder Wakeley was a native of Mad- {son, Wis, and for many years was law partner of William “F. Vilas, Postmaster General in the Cleveland administration, - and * later United tes senator. . .Alt!r a short stay in Calvert coun- ty, Md., the home of Mrs. Wakeley, Judge and Mrs. Wakeley toured the ndoah valley. Bens THE MIXER. SUES FOR $10,000. Dobbins Claims Assault and False S Arrest. Randolph E. Dobbins today susd August J. Stabler and Ralph T. Stab~ ler, trading as August J. Stabler & Son, and individually, for $10,000 damages for alleged assault and false arrest. He says he had difficulty. with Ralph Stabler over the purchase of an automobile from the firm and tnat Ralph Stabler assauited him, forcibly removing him from an auto truck and placing him in & taxicab and taking him to police headquar- ters. where he was detained for ond R afl a rigld examipation by the polize. At eys Geol d Clim! the plainti: