Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1923, Page 2

g VO TO TFFR_ NEW AENDMENT 200 in Delegation Novemher 17-18 for Equal Rights Demonstration. W hite House Zoo Gets 2 Cats; Eden For Dogs Ended Two cats, one black and the other tiger-striped, have arrived at the White House to put “out of joint” the noses of Peter Pan, the wire- haired fox terrier, and Laddie Buck, the Airedale terrier, who heretofore have reigned supreme. Laddie Buck, by the way, has had his name changed to the more alliterative Paul Pry. aul Pry and Peter Pan make quite & com- bination, it was pointed out today. The quandrom Laddie Buck has shown himself inquisitive, to say the least, since his arrival at the White House. suggesting the wis- dom of the change in name. He barked vigorously during an_ ad-, dress the President was making to the world's dairy congress. and has in other ways ehown a desire to mix up in things not belonging to_him. The cats—dubbed by the White House cook. at least for the time being, Blackie and Tige—are from an admirer of the President in Boston. \ DEBT-FUNDING BODY | i { Fofmal amnouncement was made for the first time today by Miss Mabel Vernon, secretary of the National Woman's Party. of a special confer- cnce to be held here November 17 and ‘15, when .a delegation of 200 womem, representing all parts ofthe country, will present a proposcd Constitutional amengment before Presi- dent Coolidge at the White House. Ths amendment s called the Lu-| rétia Mott amendment and is briefly | nd clearly stated fo. require that men and women 11 have equal | vights in the United States and.every | place subject to its jurisdiction.” Miss Vernon, wha js a well known Jecturer and one of the prime movers in the Woman's Party movement. will have charge of ail arrangements for the deputation to the President at noon on November 17 and the busi- ness session that afternoon, when de- rafls seetnsz Congress members and securing opinions on the passage )£ the amendment when it is intro- duced into Congress will be appointed Senator Curtis. will introduce It in the | higher branch. S THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1923. Coolidge Praises Scottish Rite; Three D. C. Men Get 33d Degree RPRISES HNTED IN STOKES TRIAL Sensation Comes When Aged Plaintiff Is Called to Stand on Affidavit. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, October 17.—Further |surprises are expected when the i rehcaring of W. E. D. Stokes® divorce suit is resumed in the supreme court today. Mrs. Anna Francese, charwom- an, was on the stand when the tfial adjourned late yesterday. She testi- fied that several times she had scen Mrs. Stokes on the stairs leading to the apartment of Edgar T. Wallace, corespondent. and it was expected that {day to shake her story. | One of the sensations of the trial {came lato yesterday when Mr. Stokes was called to the stand. He testified |eighteen minutes concerning afdavits been produced and Justice Mahoney {ruled that no other questions could be_asked. Stokes contradicted the testimony of Anna McIntosh. one of his negro witnesses, after she had repudiated an afdavit flled in court by Mr. Stokes and signed with her ame. Amdavit in Cenflict. I made by his witnesses which had not } | | ) \ | ! | the defense would make an effort to- | i f | Confident o Help and Loyalty, GOVERNOR'S PARLEY BEGINS IN INDIANA Thirty-Seven States and Ter- ritories Represented—Visit D. C. Saturday. By the Associated Press, WEST BADEN, Ind, October 17. Governors or executive representa- tives of thirty-seven states and ter- ritories moved on this clity today for the fifteenth annual conference of governors, prepared to discuss na- tional and regional problems and to organize their program for a meeting in Washington Saturday with Presi- dent Coolldge to consider prohibition enforcement and related questions. An address of welcome by Gov. Warren T. McCray of Indiana, a mem- Iber of the conterence executlve com- mittee, and the response of Gov. W. H. McMaster of South Dakota were to Inaugurate the sessions here fol- lowing the arrival of the conference party from Indianapolis, where most of the executives gathered to travel by automobile this morning to this city. Important Subjects Up. Taxation, agricuiture, uniform leg- islation, water power development, and raflroad valuation are listed as the principal subjects to be consid- Canal Dragged For Body of Man Believed Suicide “I am gone; good-bye, M. L. L, scribbled on a plece of pasteboard and left at the north end of the foot bridge over the Chesapeake and Ohio canal at Potomac street, with articles of wearing apparel, today led police to investigate the possibility of the writer's body being in the water. Policeman Bragg of the seventh precinct found the garments and note, and police of the harbor pre- cinct and William T. Reynolds, boathouse keeper, started drag- ging the canal. The body has not been located. The wearing apparel consists of a man’s pair of shoes, suit of un- derwear and sweater, the paper on which the message had been scrib- bled being pinned to one of the garments. SEEK CRADLE OF LIFE IN CHINESE PROVINCE (Continued from First Page.) ered by the few travelers who barely penetrated the borders of Kweichow. Close by Turkestan, whers primi- tive man is supposed to have first| learned to domesticate animals, it has been suggested that Kweichow | may be the long-sought cradle of clvilization, the plains upon which human lifé was first evolved. Be- tween two and three million mem- bers of the non-Chinese tribes sur- vive there, and the opportunity for TALKS and TALES With and Adout CAPITAL’S GUESTS If present crowded conditions of Washington hotels, especially those n the downtown section of the clty, may be taken as a forecast of what s to be expected when Congress convenes and things really get under way, a tremendous outpouring of transients will pay thelr respects to the Heart of the Nation during the next eight months. With byt two medinm-sized conven- tions in session and only a fatrly good representation from the Amalgamated Order of Race Horse Followers in the city, rooms at several hotels have been at a premium for the last three nights. Lucklly, however, this situa- tion is of benefit to all first-class houses. as folks must have a place to lay their heads, and as the best of co-operation exists between the man- agements of all local hotels what loss to one Is gain to the other. At the New Willard Hotel, where the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology is in ses- sion, one could not turn without con- fronting an eye doctor. Representa, tives from every section of the coun- try are in attendance, and Dr. T. E Carmody of Denver, Colo., president of the organization, Who is stoppins at the house, was one busy party through the day. “We look for this |to be one of the most successful gatherings of our association ever held,” said the genial westerner as he rushed to the small ballroom, where moat of the lectures and demonst tions are being conducted A com- plete line of instruments and appa- ratus is being exhibited on the first MEETING FORECAST Senator Smoot Says Confer- | testimony of Monday and yesterday. ence in Next Few Days +when she stated she hud meen Mrs. Letter Says. Ceremonial Pageant. Miss Hazel MacKaye, sister of Percy MacKaye, dramatist and poet, will have charee of a ceremonial pageant to be leld in the erypt of the Capitol on the study among them has not yet been |f00T. L Their slow absorption by the modern Chinese, however, Las been | going on since 2336 B. C. ered by the entire conference. These governors are officfally regis- tered at conference headquarters: Alabama, W. Brandon; Colorado, ’ ‘ If by any chance you ever dream of being chased by a herd of 1,500 or 2,000 i elephants don’t go inte hysterics and afternoon of Sunday, ovember 18. e ritual is to be very simple, with 1 yested cholr of girls. Women repre- semting every state in the Unlon will ay wreaths 0f the stite flowers upon the statues in the erypt of Lucretia 5 z % Matt, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth | Commission within a week or ten Cady Stant The official party cos-days was forccast by Senator Smoot. {ime of purple &old and white will be | yepublican. Utah. one of the members, worn by the delegates for the first time | . ohfenenak : A o this oceasiont Only national statg | after a conference today with Secre- and local officers of the party will com- j tary Melion. He declined to 4 {what developments had served Tose the delegation, 1A ooy, the entire convention is & | change previously announced plans fAfth anniversary of the estabiishment 110 delay further meetings until the tha N. nal Woman's Party at [opening of Congre: neca ¥ in 1848, held at Seéneca | Mr. Mellon was quoted a few days s the .,‘”;!dng\)::r.!\:llglxgh as saying that there were no £$ on September |matters requiring attention of the commisston at this moment and that | he believed no call would go out until ‘Cnnmwss‘mnvuwd, at which time all i 1in Washington UFFER SERVIGESJus advisable. t None of the members would con- ‘:i.rm that :tl(q».’.q were lIAnnh‘x'_rfln\ulPra. Superintendent and Chief exx' i “the findin commbinidn s Nurse Waive Salaries to {Smoot's prediction of an curly mects Keep Hospital Open. Stokes twice while she was sub- Is Advisable. A meeting of the American Debt iare by colncidence in the city now {2nd Senator Smoot said today that he regarded a meeting for the purposes lof a general discussion of conditions ing. however, revived reports that €ome communication with the debtor netions is planned The commission is required by 1 {to make an annual report of its oper- jations to the Secretary of the Treas- While Casualty Hospital, in the|Ur¥, and to Congress. That repert must be completed by November 10, tands of receivers, today appeared to{and It is assumed the commission be wavering between “life and| wlil pass upon material prepared for death” in much the same way that| w The commission members, however, it when the next conference is held. thpusands of Washingtonians treat- (INSTITUTE HEARS came forward with an offer volun- “I am authorized by Miss Minday. ed in the historic old structure during teering their services gratis unti| the superintendent of nurses, to an- | the past two decades have wavered, | Mre. Margaret A. Mays, superintend- | ont of the hosptial, and Miss Ouida Munday, superintendent of nurses, the institution can resamn its feet. |ReV. William E. Gardner Ad- Not only the superintendent but the o entire staff of employes and attaches of dresses Sunday Schaol Body the hospital are loyal ta Casualty. € at Epiphany Church. nounce that she voluiteers her serv- icos gratls until the hospital can get on fts feet, and Casuaity need not Tay me one cent for my services if ihls will help to keep its doors open | until something can be done. And when the hospital gets on its feet I am ready and willing to do whatever tbe ones in charge of the hospital wish me to do. My resignation will be awaiting those In charge of the institution in case they wish to re- place pihe superintendent. Until that ime I a in the hospital and in_the need of the vrople of Northeast Washington for i Meanwhile, northeast, Washington continued to send emergency patients o Casualty. An operation was going forward there this morning. Activity hias not stopped. Last night between § and 8 o'clock the ambulance and private automobiles took eight pa- tients to the emergency room. The directiv pital was waiting for definite word as to the continuance or discontin- uance of work. No word had been re- ceived from either Tracy L. Jeftords or Gracie Richards, the recelvers ap- pointed by the court yestorday. Their Chickadees trees aliv, Food in Bark. and nuthatches keep @nd healthy by eating the cggs and larvae in the crevices of the | bark, says Nature magazine, Many other specles of birds will repay whatever of time and thought is giv- en to their needs. Unless birds have healthy trees and ubs to live in they will desert us. LAUREL ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse, $1.300 two-vear.olds; fivo furlongs and Jackson e Zema Sligo s *Altisaimo Brots Tips...':l 118 +Moch Ado. $Princess Amo... T §lo Tady 6B - ‘a0d Lady 12 *Dow, Maitland . 10 Spartan . 110 $Antiquity 107 *Dueima 107 *0ur Star o107 §E. B. McLean ontry. ludley Farms entry. @ Shockton entry. al Parr and W. SECOND = RACE~Claiming: Stecplechase; olds and up; two miles. purse, $2,000; four-yea: *Lemarsouin 12 D141 Gold roytance: e B, 42 o Ball, . 140 W. Btookton and Ral Parc entry. THIRD RACE—Purse, §1,300: claiming; three-year-olds and up; six {urlongs. *Flamingo claiming; for a half, Sea 5 *The Peruvian, *Feodor 105 FOURTH RACE—Purse. $1,800; claiming; for four-yesrolds and up; one mile and seventy yards. Stanewall *Doughaut ALl Fair. Bellsolar . Invigorator . 106 *Chief _Ba: Blue Brush.. ... 108 *The Lamb. *Littls Ammie .. 105 FIFTH RACE—Purse, $1,500; filles, R . ¥ e Strut Miss Lizzie 112 Sumayr . Romaant Yz Wheistens ik Whiak' (11 108 SIXTH RACE—Pus .300; ming; i yeralde; oas mile and & it . 109 *Humboldt . 104 *Bonfire Finn. 100 *Haides L1 101 108 108 VENTH RACE—Purse, $1.500; 3 13 *Dr. Rse 108 *Ki; 101 8 i1 108 “Apprentice allowance claimed, esther clear; track faste. T m willing to work for Cas- ! ualty for nothing, because I believe | personnel of the hos- | i school teachers encourage the youth to answer questions and seek answers on creeds, { declared Rev. William E. Gardner, | exccutive secretary, department of re- {ligious education of the mnational council, in an address at the twenty- | seventh annual convention of the Sunday School Institute of the Epis- | copal diocese of Washington today at | the Church of the Epiphany. Dr, Gardner pointed out that Christ i {is the greatest living teacher today | by reason of the fact that out of the laffiliated in a religious wav the ma- | Jority, 516 milllons, were Christian. Praise for Canon Willlam F. De Vries was voiced by Bishop James Free- {man, who declared that he was one | of the most efficient men that he had known I the Sunday school work, and that as a superintendent of the students of the ministry he was ex- ceedingly helpful and stimulating to the young men. This morning's meet- ing opened with holy communion, Bishop Freeman being celebrant, Various subjects were under dis- cussion_this aiternoon. Bishop Alex- ander Mann of Pittsburgh is to de- liver an address at p.m. and Bishop Freeman will preside. TAFTIS HONOR RARY % iHolder of Scholarship Passes En- trance Examinations With Credits Officers of the Yale Club of Wash- ington for the season 1923-1924 were {elected at the weekly luncheon yes- {terday at the University Club, They follow: William Howard Taft, '78, honorary president; Ernest Knaebel, 94, president; R. H. Wilmer, '15, first vice president; D. B. Karrick, ‘14, second vice president; J. F. Dryden, 15, secretary; J. Maury Dove, jr., 104, treasurer. In addition to these officers, A. L. Foote, '96, W. S. Cul- bertson, '08, Joseph Fairbanks, '03, and George H. Meyer, '98 were elected to serve on the board of directors. W. S. Culbertson made a report of ithe annual June meeting of the Yaie alumni advisory board at New Haven, Iflwe“lng upon the action of the board {in opposing the formation of a | national organization of Yale alumni. | The club, after a lively discussion, |went on’ record as expressing_ dis- appointment at this action of the alumni advisory board. It was announced that the new holder of:the scholarsnip of the Yale Club of Washington, Franklin Bige- low, son of Rev. F. E. Blgelow, had passed with credit the entrance ex- aminations and had entered Yale. This scholarship carries $500 a_year for the first two years, and $300 a year for the second two years of the undergraduate course, MINER GETS LIFE TERM. Combs Pleads Guilty to Slaying Deputy in 1821 March. LOGAN, W. Va., October 17.—Ed- gar Combs, union miner charged with the murder of Deputy Sherift John Gore in the 1921 armed march, pleaded guilty in Logan circult court here today after Judge Robert Bland refused & change of venue, for his trial. A sentence of life imprison- ment was imposed, * aith will be spread if the Sunday | miracles and doctrines,”. | totdl people of the earth who were | HEAD OF YALE CLUB! stitute maid in the apartment of { Wallace. and once at a liquor party in the home of Miss Ida Adams. She ladmitted having sworn deliberately 1to a lle at the first trial in asserting ishe-had se iShe explained she wished to protact A Adams' reputation, and the court !had to demand that she name her. | The wealthy hotcl proprietor testi- ificd he knew of only one afdavit signed by the McIntosh girl, that ing the document flled with the court at the beginning of the retrial He said it was made, to his best |recollection, after the first trial na McIntosh had sworn the only ipaper she signed was taken before the first proceedings. Pressed by Samuel Untermyer, enief counsel for Mrs. Stokes. to state positively whether the afidavit was imade before or after the first trial. { Mr. Stokes asked to see the Duper an i {get the date. 1 “He knows very well it was dated |November 4, 1521," retorted Mr. Untermyer. Statements Are Demainided. Under the subpocna Mr. Unter- myor demanded that Mr. Stokes pro- iduce statements made by other of his witnesses. Mr. Stokes handed the clerk a statement of Mrs. Nell Rose ‘Miller, who admitted last weoek she | had testified falsely about her ast, |but couid not remember whether he {had taken statements from Joseph A. | Thornton, Lillian Payre or Mrs. Anna { Poering. 1 of whom had told {jury they had scen Mrs. Stokes at the llace apartment house. He sald 4 not take statements from aw or Miss Agricola Jvers, witn e8 against Mrs. Stokes. Miss McIntosh testified she saw Mrs. Stokes at a breakfast varty in the Wallace apartment in Ma Miss Adams’ party a few weeks later at Wallace's again In 1917. She {rald she peeped through the kitchen 1y ! i testified the door was open. Mrs. {Stokes gave birth to ona of her jchildren in September, 1914, Miss McIntosh said she saw Mr i Stokes at close range at Miss Adams’ {lome after she was sent out for cig- arettes. She said at first the signs ture on the affidavit looked like hers. but when Mr. Untermver pointed out apparent discrenvancies in statements in the paper and those she made, she flatly denied having signed it. Max .- Steuer, chief counsel for Mr. Siokos. drew from the witness ac- iknowledgment she wasg unedv ted erd didn't know what “afdavit" meant DEADLETTER RACK IDisplay to Rouse Public to Need of Addressing Mail ! Properly. { Dead letters will be placed in a spe- cial exhibit by Postmaster Mooney at the main city post office to give per- alwiys to address their letters cor- rectly. Svery day the local post office re- ceives scores of letters so poorly ad- dressed that it is impossible for the {carriers to deliver them. A little more care on the part of jthe average sender of such inade- quately addressed letters would obvi- ate the trouble, it s believed, and re- duce the number of letters from this {city which must go to the dead letter {office every vear. One Letter Blank. Specimens of envelopes containing all sorts of poor addresses will be in- cluded in the exhibit. From the letter that has no street address to the en- velope that bears not a single mark, all will be there. A perfectly blank envelope, al- though properly sealed and stamped, bears the legend “Insufficient ad- { dress.” When postal authorities cannot make a delivery the letter is opened, in order to see if any clue may be secured from the missive within. Sometimes the return address is given. Otficials pointed out again today thet all letters should contain, in ad- dition to the full and proper name and address, the name and address of the sender. The latter should go in the upper left hand of the envelope. J. A. WCREA, P.R.R. VICE PRESIDENT, DIES Pneumonia Fatal to Executive in Charge of Central Region of System. PITTSBURGH, October 17.—Col. J. A. McCrea, vice president In charge of the central reglon of the Pennsyl- vania railroad, died here today of pneumonta. Col. McCrea had been ill less than a week, but his condition ‘was such that little hope had been entertained for his' recovery. Col. McCrea was born in Phila- delphia. May 26, 1575, the son of James McCrea, who was president of the Pennsylvania railroad. He was graduated from the Sheffield Scienti- fic School of Yale in 1895, and entered the rallroad business, seeing service in virtually every branch. During the war he was appointed general manager of the Railroad Transporta: tion Corps in France, with the r: of colonel. His home was in Woodraere, Long Island, N. Y., and his office was at the Pennsylvania station in Pitts- burgh, Pa. Mrs. Stokes only twice. tho | 1914; at | T OFFICEPLAN i | | 1 {manent warning to Washingtonians | ] |zented in person Dr. Covell Elected Knight of Court of Honor. Confidence in the loyaity and help of the Supreme Council. thirty-third degree Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, and the thousands of citizens it represents, was expressed In a letter today from President Coolidge to dohn H. Cowles, grand commander of the southern jurisdiction of the order. | The President’s letter came in answer to a letter of greeting sent by Mr. Cowles at the opening of the ‘biennial session Monday. The text of the President's letter in full is as follows: “Let me express to you first of all, and through vyou to Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, my sincere appreciation of the conslderation which you have shown and which prompted you to fo 0 a personal meeting. It is an example of friendly thoughtfulness, and shows a real desire to spare the President those demands upon his strength, which, however pleasant they may be to him, time and energy. which In the present state of the count may well be de- veted to more serious purposes. “Please be sure that the good wishes you cxtend are none the less sincerely appreciated and one the lesa helpful because they are not pre- I am very grate- ful to the great order for their felici. tations, and it is hardly necessary for door at the breakfast party, but later |me to say that I rely with entire con- fidence upon the loyalty and help of the Supreme Council and the thou ands of citizens whom it represente.” The highest Masonic honor—the thirty-third degree—was conferred upon 190 Masons, three of whom sre residents of this city. 7These three men are Milton Hopfenmaicr, Frank Elmer Koch and Harry Herbert Thompson. ~Another Mason, Reynold E. Blight, editor of the Scottish MNite Clip Service, a ‘smparary resident of Washington, was also elected to the thirty-third degree. The degree of Knight Commander of the Court of Honor, an intermediary degree ranking between the thirty-| second and the thirty-third, was con- ferred upon 300 Masons. Rev. Dr. David Ransom Covell of the Trinity Eplscopal Church of this city and as sistant chaplain of the Shrine and Grand Lodge, was a rectpient of this honor. Among the distinguished Masons Who are now raieed to the high honor of the thirty-third degree are Eves SPEEDIER TRANSFERS FROM JAIL PLANNED Rudolph Considers Means to Re- lieve Congestion at D. C. Institution. Realizing that it is impossible at this late date to get an estimate be- fore Congress for adding facilities to the District jail next year, Commis- sioner Rudolph sald todav he would inquire into the possibility of mov- ing the prisoners more rapidly from the jail to other penal institutions to relieve congestion. Maj. W. L. Peake, in charge of the jall, sald today he had 415 prisoners to provide for last night, with normal sccommodations for 300. While this is an unusually large record, the major explained that It is |a temporary rush that will subside within forty-eight hours, when the convicted ones who cannot pay their fines will be shipped to Occoquan. The major expressed it as his opinion today that the government could not transfer men to the Occoquan work- house or the Lorton reformatory, both natitutions being outside the District, before they are tried. Most of the prisoners who are kept at the jail after trial and conviction, he said, are those receiving ten and fifteen day sentences. It would not be econdm- ical, he said, to transport these short- termers to Occoquan and back for eo short a stay. Furthermore, he added, the jail needs some of these short-term men to perform chores. In answer to a question, Maj. Peake said that eventually the jail will have to be enlarged with the city growing at the present rate. —— FORT MYER HORSE DROPS OUT OF ENDURANCE RACE By the Associated Press, ROCHESTER, N. Y., October 17.— Vagrant, United States Army entry, ridden by Maj. J. M. Walnwright of the 3d Cavairy, Fort Myer, Va., drop- ped out today after the fourth mile of the third day's run in the national horse endurance contest at Avon, near here. The horse went lame. Dude, an entry of the Morgan Horge Club; Fair Lady, owned by J. R. Steers, Port Chester, N. Y., and Nintu, ridden by Lieut. Corpining of Denver, out. & held “has narrowed down to nineteen entries for the daily sixty- mile grind, which will come to a close Friday afternoon. A mild sensation was caused when Fair Lady was ruled out before the start of the race today. The animal, Which finished strong vesterday, was considered bl; experts to be in line for a pri er high spirit, however, for & her downfall. The horse, in her eagerness to today, cast a shoe. While being reshod an attend- ant twisted her leg, laming her. The judges then barred Fair Lady. Nintu, out of the running, recently won the endurance contest in Colo- rado. animal$ got away to a fast atart this morniag, the weather be- ing ideal and the roads excellent, the Supreme | Couneil of the Ancient and Accepted | necessarily serve to consume | i FARRY HERGERT THOMPSON. | ett W. Frazar of Yokohama, Japan, | who won international prominence by rellef work during the recent earth- quake: Dr. Michael Hoke of Atlanta, Ga.. chlef surgeon of the Shrine Hos- pital for Crippled Children: N. H. Bal- lard, state superintendent of educa- tion of Georgla; Stith M. Cain, grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of Ten- nessee; Claus Spreckies of San Diego, Calif.; Charles A. Lory, president of |the “"Colorado Agricuitural _ College; | Wynne G. Rogers, associate justice of the supreme court of Louisiana: Rey- nold E. Blight of Low Angeles, Calif.; | Whiting_ S. Worden, Yokohama George R. Harvey, Manila, and Fran- | clsco Rodriguez, Porto Rica. | _Masons receiving the honor of K. H. are: Representative {Jultus Kahn of San Francisco, Gov. | Wallace R. Farrington, Honolulu, {Hawail: Maj. Ora M. Baldinger, U. 8 military aide to President {Coouage, Maj. Raymond S. Bambur- ger, U. S. A. Leavenworth, Kan.: | Bishop Adna Wright Leonard, Meth- odist Epiacopal Church, San Fran- cisco; Edward F. Buchner, professor of education. Johns_Hopkins Uni- versity, Baltimore, Md.; George L. Hardwick, Cieveland, Tenn.. grand master of Masons; Col. Dennis P. Quinlan, U. S. A, San Francisco: Charles B. ‘Glenn, superintendent of {schools. Birmingham, Ala.; Judge |John Foster Symes, United States [district court, Denver, Col.; John F. | Keating, superintendent of schools, | Pueblo, Co®; Dr. Stratton D. Brooks, | president of Missouri Uni Louls: Judge William United "States district court, Des | Moines. Towa: Charles Klienc, Shang- |hal, China; Alexander Ramsay, Pea- king, China; Alexander L. Dewette, versity, St. | Yokobama, Japan. | Reynold E. Blight, newly elected | recipient of ‘the thirty-third degree, {was the speaker at a meeting of he council this afternoon. His ad- | dress was upon the natlonal program for education. In his talk ke gave statistics of filiteracy in the country |and urged both state und national out the existing conditions. PUBLICITY URGED ON BUREAU PROBE Plate Printer-Editor Insists Treasury Findings Be Given Out in Full. A demand that publicity be given on bureau of engraving and printing conditions, as uncovered by the spe- cial investigating committee which conducted an inquiry into charges of “sweat shop” conditions and fa- voritism in the printing division, was made today by Frank J. Coleman, editor of the Plate Printer, which organ originally made the complamt as to conditions. Coleman sald: “We have no news except a prepared statement nanded to newspapers by the press service of the Treasury. We want to know what happened. We waut to Jearn what the investigation resulted iu. We would like to have detalls.” Referring to a statement from the Treasury recently with regard to Progresa of the probe, Mr.. Coleman “We dlsagree with the statement that the fear of discharge, due to the installation of the new power presses, was the cause of the unrest in the printing djvision and a breaking down of the morale. “We are confident that the report of the special committee does not lead to any such conclusion, as we have interviewed practically every plate printer in the bureau, and their state- ments to us prove conclusively that the chief of the printing division is the main cause of the breaking down of the morale and the unsatisfactory conditions that have exeisted in the pNating division, and that he used the threat of discharge to put into operation his sweat shop methods. “Mr. Hardie (chief of the printing division) 1s either gullty or not guilty of the charges preferred by the Plate Printer, and we request that the Sec- etary make public tne fAindings of the special committee.” S PLANS LOAN TO HUNGARY. League of Nations Is Asked to Draft Financial Program. PARIS, October 17.—Reorganiza- tion of Hungarian finances by the league of nations upon the same gen- eral plan as applied to Austria, was advanced another step today, when the international reparation commis- sion unanimously adopted a reso- lution requesting the league to draw up such & plan. The commission, as the resolution reads, is “ready in principle to contemplate raising the riority on Hungarian assets at a ater stage In order to allow finan- cial reconstruction.” The tentative plan is to issue a loan of £24,000,000 on the interna- tional market. Part of it, as in the case of the Austrizn loam, .will. be offered in New York, William Sweet; Connecticut, Charles A. Templeton: Delaware, Wil- liam D. Denney; Florida, C. A. Har dee; Georgia, Clifford M. Walker Indiana, Warren T. MecCray; low Acting ‘Gov. John Hammill: Louisi- ana. John M. Parker; Maine, P. P. Baxter: Massachusetts, Channing H. Cox; Michigan, Alex. J. Groesbeck ; Min- nesota, J. A. O. Preus; Missouri, Ar- thur M. Hyde; Montana, J. M. Dixon; New Hampshire, Fred H. Brown: New Jersey, George 8. Silzer; New Mexico, James F. Hinkle; North Carolina, Cameron Morrison; North Dakota, R. A. Nestos; Oregon, A. R. Smith, repre- senting Gov. Walter M. Plerce; Penn- sylvania, Gifford Pinchot; South Caro- lina, Thomas G. McLeod; South Da- kota, W. H. McMaster; Tennessee, Austin Peay; Texas, Pat M. Neff; Utah, Charles R. Mabe: Vermont, Redfield Proctor: Virginia, E. Lee Trinkle; Washington, Louis F. West Virginia, E. F. Morgan; Wis- consin, John J. Biaine; Wyoming, B. Ross; Alaska, Scott Bone; Hawaii, Wallace R. Farrington. Gov. Bryan Misses Parley. Gov. Charles W. Bryan of Nebras- ka advised Gov. McCray today he would be unable to reach West Baden, but would arrive in Washington in i time for turday’s meeting with President Coolldge. Gov. Charles C. Moore of Idaho and Len Small of fllinois are expected | to arrive here before Friday, officials | said today. LEGION POLITICAL PARTY IS FORESEEN IN SAN FRANCISCO Column 1.) | (Continued on Page tubercular or other disease-stricken veterans, regarding whose welfare |the government's and the legion's {ideas have mever been in accord. If cvidence is to be placed in reports of investigatlons by the legion, the {public has no idea of the number of homeless children adrift right. here in America as a resuit of the world war. @ The hint of solidified political ac- Hart; | The fate of the Kweichow tribes has been parallel to that of the American Tndian. First to settle the country, they developed a culture of their own, only to be conquered by an alien race, in their case by the Chinese. Slowly they were pushed from the fertile vaileys, until all that remained for them were the blea kplains and inaccessible moun- tains of Kweichow. There they have coutinued to live their primitive life, unmolested by their conquerers so long as they remain within their last reservation. Isolated from World. Most of them do mot know the world war was ever fought and the problem of Jjapanese encroachment | hantung, the province of Con- tomb. has never worried them. 8till tirash their grain on the roofs of their hames, as was once done in the Holy Land, and fly great praver flags” from the turras of fortified castles. Quarrels are set- tled between individuals, not tribes. The duelists meet on the firld of honor armed with broadswords and lhiks of stones. Queer animals are also reported |to have fled to Kweichow, and one {department of the National Geo- graphic Socicty's expedition will he charked with the duty of locating a tribe of monkeys that is said to bury its dead in the presence of the entire band. Tt is the rhinopithecus brelichi, the largest non-anthropoid species in the world, of which the only evidence now available is the skin of a female showing a head and i body measurement of twenty-nine | inches and a tail measuramen: of thirty-nine inches. There has been s; sclentists peculation among regarding the possibility lof this species belonging to an ani- mal described in a famous passage of Chinese literature as follows: Have Formal Kunerals. | “Its nose is turned upward, and the i tail very long and forked at the end; | whenever it rains, the animal thrusts {the forks into its nose. It goes in herds and lives in friendship. When jone dies the rest accompany it to its | { burial, Its activity is so great that |1t runs its head against trees; its fu {is soft and gray and the face black. oing directly to Peking, Frederick |R. Wulsin, leader of the expedition, H. McHenry, | tivity to bring about the ends which | Will first take with him into Kweli- | legion members assert they long have | Chow a Chinese botanist and a staff of | | measures to be put in force to wipe | been denied is contained in official convention sessions already held and those being id today and tomor- row. ing up_ opportunities to enjoy the usual “fireworks™ of legion ns and Instead are spend- ing long hours behind closed doors. There is talk and strong sentiment for an entirely “new deal” in the {administration of legion _affairs. | Caucuses are being held that are vastly different from those that have marked previous legion conventions Their announced purpose is “to de- termine the men best qualified for the various elective offices. rather {than candidates sponsored by factions {that would force them down the i throats of unwilling delegates. what is meant by this is not yet ex- actly clear. But explanations are ex- pected to come out without mental { reservations when the time for nomi- nations for legion administrative of- fices swings around. | “Much satisfaction has been mani- {fest by legion delegates over the re- port of Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of tho United States Vet- { erans’ Bureaw. on recent rehabilitation work. Out of every dollar spent, only 6 cents now is going toward the sal- aries of bureau employes. The 95 {other cents, according to Gen. Hines, is being spent for actual work of re- habilitation. But this betterment of methous, according to this same re- port, has been in effect only since last March. ‘War Orphans Present Problem. World war orphans are in & much more serious plight. Even govern- ment officials have no correlated plan for caring for them. Thousands have been “farmea out” to the first persons who made application for them, in some cases, allege legion reports, to persons who regard them as little more than chattels. It is to remedy alleged government- al shortcomings In both the rehabili- | arade and { care of war-orphaned children that the legion now contemplates solidifled political activity as a means of heip- ing itself. There y ground for any particular political party. Twd administrations have been in power since the war ended, they charge, and both have failed to measure up to the legion's demands. But from now on, if indications here are any critirion of coming events, the American Legion is planning to become a “party” itself—at least a political_factor to the extent that it will end alleged procrastination in healing the still gaping wounds of war. DR. BARRETT WILL SPEAK. By the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.. October 17. —Pressing_problems of organization policy, athletic contests, sightseeing tours and an elaborate aerial program vied for the attention today of the delegates to the fifth annual conven- tion of the American Leglon. Among the speakers on today's pro- gram were Dr. Kate Waller Barrett, national president of the American Legion Auxiliary, which opened its convention here yesterday; Robert E. Bondy of the American Red Cross and ‘William J. McGinley, supreme secre- tary of the Knights of Columbus. Entertalnment arranged for the visitors this afternoon includes auto- mobile trips about the city, luncheons, band concerts, dedication of a plaque at the Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, a parade and mam- moth military exhibition at the Pre- sidio, tennis games at Berkeley and an aerial circus at Crissy Field, with seventy airplanes of the Army and Navy air battle fleets participating. The women of the American Legion Auxiliary yesterday pledged them- selves to a campaign to eradicate traffic in drugs in the United States. ‘A committee report, prepared by Mrs. J. E. Baird, national chairman of the Americanization committee, stated that “at the present rate of increase of the drug evil in the United States, figures indicate that within twenty: five years we would have a nation of drug addicts The report also urged the women of the auxtliary to combat what is call ed the growing dangers of commun. ism and sovietism, l Important commiitees are pass- | " Just | tation of disabled veterans and in the | is mo ax being | {Chinese_assistants for a reconnais- {sance. Later he will be accompanied 1by a party comprising botanists, zoologists and anthropologists. The |last named will study the origin, | physique, habits, {mythology of the non-Chinese tribes, | which vary, in all these respects, from {their Chinese neighbors. POLICE DRY WORK PLEASES OYSTER (Continued from First Page.) sessors and transporters of the ban- ned flulds successfully eluded the police during the twenty-four hours ended at 8 o'clock this morning. if the record of arrests for any of the offenses enumerated having been made during that period s an Indica- tion. Itywas the first daily report of the superintendent of police made to Commissioner Oystor in many months that failed to show a liquor arrest. it is stated. Why such arrests were not made was not stated in the re- port. Nineteen persons were arrested for intoxication during the period men- tioned, and there was one arrest for driving an automobile while intoxi- lcated.” No other arrests bearing on dry iaw violations were mentioned in"the report to Commissioner Oyster. HIGH STATE OFFICERS CALLED IN KLAN SUIT Members of Judiciary and Political Leaders in Indiana Also Sum- moned as Witnesses. { By the Associated Press, INDIANAPCLIS, Ocgtober 17.—Sub- poenas calling for the appearance in federal court here October 24 of sov- eral persons including state and county officials, members of the ju- diclary and political leaders of both major partfes as witnesses In the in- Jjunction suit brought in behalf of six South Bend citlzens agalust the Ku Klux Klan, have been issued by Willlam Kappes, clerk of the court. The list of witnesses was submitted by Joseph Roach, who with Patrick ‘O'Donnell, president of the American Unity League, brought the action for the South Bend residents, who seek to have their names removed from lists purporting to be lists of klans- men. Among the persons for whom sub- poneas were issued are Ed Jackson, secretary of state; Ora Davies, state treasurer; Newman T. Miller, state fire marshall, and Lawrence Lyons, former republican state chairman. James A. Collins, judge of the Marion criminal court Judge James Leathers of superior courtroom 1, and Judge Clinton M. Given of super- jor courtroom 4, are members of the Marion county judiciary named. George Snider, sneriff of Marion county; Albert Losche, clerk of Marion county circuit_court, and Dr. Paul F. Robinson, Marion county coroner, also are on the lists of wit- nesses. Other persons included in the list of witnesses are Ralph Updike, state representative from Marion county; Capt. Walter McCord, Capt. Harry L. Hagen and Licut. R. P. Holler, Army officers stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison. The original suit, among other charges, alleged that members of the Klan are engaged In a conspiracy to form a super-government to gain control of the judiciary and the ad- ministration of justice and that the klansmen are endeavoring to gain control of the Army and militia and were influencing members of the Army board of inquiry called to lock into uses of government property by the [ language and rich | imagine you are crazy, for such could haD;en if you were out in the Sudan. Central Africa, where. according to Henry H. Wehrhane, retired banker of New York, who is at the Hotel W ington, there are more than 25000 wild elephants, and it is not an infrequent sight to see herds numbering more than 1,000 tripping along like so many cattle. “Pedestrians must have thelr trou- ble crossing intersections, Mr. Wehr- hane? was Innocently suggested. “So much s0,” replied the big game hunter, “that it is just as well for them to keep off the thoroughiares.” Mr. Wehrhane is on an extended motor trip after six months' huntinz in the Canadian Rockles. where he re- ports game plentiful. Of course, mot of the same type as that found Africa and Asia, but suficlentiy ag gressive to make worthwhile sport. After six months of hunting in Africa last year the globe-trotting sportsman brought back to the Bronx Zoo, New York, and the Museum of Natural History more than 175 differ- ent birds, included among which were five splendid specimens of the addra. otherwise known as the desert gazelle These latter birds are to be found only in two small spots of the desert, ars difficult to get, and those brought bac to America are the first seen in this country. Mr. Wehrhane has spent much time in China, and considers it the most interesting country in the world te- day. “I think China will get down to” business and pull together now. continued the traveler. “There are huge undeveloped resources in the land, and tardy, indeed, are thos: Americans who ‘are not taking vantage of some wonderful oppor- tunities. I can hardly wait to get back there.” And so saying the ruddy- cheeked hunter hopped into his car. A return to the hotel lobby was made just in time to see Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, wife of the “wizard, hurry through the hall on her way io a meeting of officers of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The good lady was too busy to say more than “I never feit better, but am very much occupled right now.” “I have just crossed the continent and have heard nothing but the most complimentary remarks about Presi- dent Coolidge, and his administra- tion.* “said George E. Sevey, well known Chicago attorney, as he res- tered at the Fotel Shoreham. Everywhere T went the general sen- jtiment seemed to be that tha affair lof the country were in mighty saf | hands.” | _Mr. Sevey is convinced that the peo- ple of the middle west are enjoying much more substantial prosperity |than those in the east and far west and northwest. “All other reports to the contrary, we. in that sectl jare playing it safe on unprecedented conditions,” while the res® of the world goes by. { Birds of a feather! Positively refus- ing to leave the Arlington Hotel until his friend and fellow territorial gov- ernor had called to take him to the statlon, notwithstanding he risked | missing his train, Gov. Scott C. Bone |of Alaska, walited patiently for the arrival of Gov. Wallace R. Farring- | ton of Hawall, and chatted most opti- { mistically on the outcome of the con- {ference of governors to be held for two days at West Baden, Ind., whither the two executives wers bound. Smiling his broadest Gov. Farring- lton finally hove in sight. greetings | were exchanged. the driver was in- jstructed to hurry, and just like that the two cronies were out of sight. | They will return Saturday morning and after luncheen with the Presi- dent will join the conference of gov |ernors here to discuss the enforce- ment act. Following an extended trip through New England and_the middle west, where at Cleveland he attended the national convention of druggists, T. R. Jones, vice president of Johnson & Johnson. manufacturers of surgical {dressings, of New_Brunswich, N. J., registered at the New Hotel Hami ton, and was most emphatic in b opinion that President Coolidge wiil have little or no opposition for the nomination to succeed himself. “You hear it at every turn.” sald Mr. Jones. “New England will back him to a man, Ohio is strong for him, as is New Jersey, while New York. Ilitnois and Indiana are fast drifting that way. Personally I think he will be nominated by acclamation.” And so saying the bandage man went to his rooms. And here’s another one for William Gibbs McaAdoo, or, that is, with quali- fications, for according to O. T. Crosby of Warrenton, Va. who is stopping at the Hotel La Fayette, the democrats of the Old Dominion will support the former Secretary of the Treasury for the presidential nomi- | nation, provided Senator Carter Glass is not in the running. Mr. Crosby Is a close personal friend of the former officlal, and served as assistant Secretary of the Treasury under his adminlistration. He went to Europe to preside at the meetings of the interallied council of war finance, representing the President and Secretary of the Treasury. The financier was most pessimistic over the outlook in Germany and said it was impossible to predict a solu- tion of that country's problems. “It was the eagerness with which speculators grabbed the fast-depre- clating mark that tempted Germany that caused her ruin,” said Mr. Crosby “They were warned, but once starte it was impossible to retreat until the complete destruction of her currency was a fact. “Germany is in a bad way. Being an immense industrial organization, it is impossible for her to barter for foodstuffs as did Russia. It looks now as though the uniimited output from the printing presses would have to be repudiated entirely, as has oc- curred in other countries under like conditions. It might be then that the big banks of the country will come to the rescue. THE MIXER. Presenting a Scapegoat. Prom the Boston Travseript. “John, wake up,’ whispered his wife. ‘““There's a burglar in the house. “Well, what do you want me to do —get up and run the risk of being killed?” “No, but if you find in the morning that somebody's gone through your pockets, don't blame me.”