Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER Unsettled, with local ti ers tonight and warmer tonight. tomorrow; hundershow- slightly Temperature for twenty-four hours ending at 2 p.m. at_3:15 p.m. vesterday: 5:30 a.m. today. today—Highest, lowest, Full report on page 7. 72, 61, at Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 29,263 Enter: P DAWES NOMINATED " FORVICE PRESIDENT: BUTLER 1S- CHOSEN CHAIRMAN OF G.0.P. Former’s Victory Comes on Third Ballot—William W. Hodges Succeeds Upham as Party Treasurer. CLOSE OF CONVENTION : BRINGS ROARING CLIMAX Successful Second-Place Candidate, Opposed at First by President’s Managers, Sweeps to Victory. Lowden, Named, Ticket Strength Admitted. By the Associated Press, CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 13— ‘William V. Hodges of Denver, Col., was today elected treasurer of the Republican national committee. President Coolidge's selection of William Butler of Massachusetts to be national chairman, was ratified, and selections for other offices were &s iorecast. Ralph Williams of Oregon was re elected vice chairman. Two new vice chairmen were added, Charles D. Hilles of New York and Mrs. A. T. Hert of Louisville. Ky. Roy O. West of Chicago was clected secretary. Butler Names Slate. Mr. Butler, after being elected unan {mousiy, proposed the remainder of slate, which also was accepted unanimously. The committee then proceeded to consider the contest over the seating H. Todd. national commit- teeman from Porto Rico. Todd, the oldest member of the committee in nt of service, later retained his - in the contest Lrought by the «f Robert contest for Mr. Todd's seat arose over a factional fight and divi- sion of the party in the island, Sehich a consolidation was attemp Mr. Tedd produced evidence from | »fto Rico which satisfied the com- | mittee that he represented the “e-i publicans. The contest came from those working for independence. 1 Alaska Contest Taken Up. ‘ The contest for the national com- mitteeman's seat from Alaska be-| een John W. Frame and George | ton was refirred to a subcommi tee for determination after both sides hiad been heard. Frame was elected national com- itteeman in an election in Alaska, Sexton was chosen by the delegation to the convention. Sutherland, the delegate from . ufged the seating of Frame, | laring that it would be “disastrous the party in Alaska in the future if the will overthrown.” Worked Up to Big Climax. The Republican national conven- tlon, which started with almost de- pressing calm, through the three days of its sessions into a roaring, precedent-setting ¢ max last night and ended am:d scen that soothed the hearts of the old- timers. Frank 0. Lowden of Tlli had been nominated by an overwhelming vote and had declined. That had never happened before in the party’s history, nor was it in accordance with the convention manager: after a Yecess to confirm for the last time Mr. Lowden's frequently reiter- ’ated decision. the “Hell and Maria” zeneral from Chicago was swept into the nomination. And that, too, had not been pianned by the leaders. The convention itself, as President Cool- idge wished, had named his running mate. Nomination and acclamation of Cal- vin Coolidge was accomplished at the morning session with decorous enthu- siasm, only the Wisconsin and North Dakota followers of Senator La Fol lette dissenting. erybody kne of what was going to happen, and it did. Then came the business of selecting the vice presidential candidate. No- knew what "was going to hap- pen, though some of them thought they did. Recexs to Get Together. A recess was taken after the nomi- nation of President Coolidge to give the leaders another opportunity to &el together on a vice presidential candidate. When the afternoon ses- ston began, however, sentiment was no_nearer crystallization than it had been during the preceding days and - shts of conferring and maneuver. {ing. and the first ballot carried si en names, only eight of which ha n placed formally in nomination. As the delegates gathered for the af- icrnoon session from lunches, or co ferences, or both, hand bills,’ poste bands and other campaigning mate- rial appeared. The floor soon was lit- tered, still puzzied leaders put their heads together, delegations caucused, individuals and Eroups were urged, beseeched, argued with. Some heard that Judge Willlam S. Kenyon of lowa, was the favored candidate. Others heard the same thing .about Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas. But while the nomina- tions were being placed before the convention, the name of former Gov. Lowden, presented despite his protes- ‘tations,’ aroused the largest demon- stration. On the first ballot, Mr. Lowden re- ceived 222 votes, Judge Kenyon 172, General Dawes 149 and Representa- tive Theodore E. Burton 139, Butler Works for Burton. The administration leaders made lans to nominate Representative urton on the second ballot. Wil- liam M. Butler. campaigh manager for President Coolidge, was openly work- ing for him. The tide, however, swept over- whelmingly toward Lowden on the second ballot, and soon, in the midst of wild confusion, delegation after delegation was striving for recogni- tion to change votes cast for others into his column. The final count gave him 779 votes, Representative Burton 90, Kenyon 74, and Dawes 32. . Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio moved that the Lowden nomination be made unanimous. The.only dis- sent came from the Wisconsin sec- yjon, and more confusion followed. Chairman Mondell managed to es- tablish order and read an undated letter prepared in advance by Mr. ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Declines. in f the majority should be | worked up steadily | ' plans. Then, | ed as second-class matter office Washington, MAIL BANDITS GAS GUARDS, LOOT TRAIN OF $100,000 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 13.—Authorities of several counties were watching all roads today for trace of four auto- mobile loads of train robbers, who robbed a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul express and mail train last night, carrying away a fortune in registered mail. Postal and bank of- ficials, however, said the loot would be much less than early estimates, which had ranged from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. Although the hold-up was one of |the most daring in railroad history and was executed with precision and by a large band, the exact number of which has not been ascertained, A Germer, chief post office in- spector here, declared the loss would not exceed '$100,000 in his opinion. Federal reserve officials said all ship- ments of currency and securities from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago aggregated $75,000. All of the federal reserve shipments :‘\'P‘r«; insured, according to bank of- cials. Chief Inspector Germer said there | were mo outside federal reserve ship- |ments on the train, as all such ship- lr;-u:nl:s originate with the Chicago bank. ank. The train, en route from Chicago to | | | FORG. 0. P. IS SEEN | | La Follette Group Holds Party Failed in Platform and Also in Selecting Dawes. UNRUFFLED BY RECEPTION | Says All Purposes of Attending Sessions Were Fulfilled. BY G. GOULD. LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 13.— “They muffed the ball every time it was passed to them.” | _This was the terse comment of Robert M. La Follette, jr, member | of the Wisconsin delegation, upon ! the manner in which the regular | Wing of the party had handled the | issues of the Republican national convention, following adjournment of the convention. Members of the Wisconsin delega- tion consider that the Republicans have failed in their platform, and | that the selection of Gen. Charles G. Dawes as their vice presidential can- didate has shut ‘them off from any appeal to the agricultural states of the west. Not Ruffied by Reception. The delegates from the Badger State were by no means ruffled by the reception which the delegation received at the hands of the na- tional convention. They came to Cleveland for a purpose, and they stuck to that purpose. They pre- sented their platform as a minority report of the resolutions committee, and got it a hearing in the conven- tion. This was all they expected to do. They registered their protest against the nomination of President Coolidge and the various vice idential candidates put forward v the regular Republicans, by vot- ing for Senator Robert M. La Follette for President, and for Senator George of Nebraska and Senator th W. Brookhart of Iowa, both bers ‘of the radical group in the Senate, for Vice President. From the view of the Wisconsin delegation, which desirés the election of Senator La Follette as President and the further increase of the pro- gressive or radical group in both houses of Congress, the nominations made by the national convention yes- terday were eminently satisfactory. 1t is their opinion that the Coolidge- Dawes ticket will add to the total of the vote cast for La Follette should he run for the presidency on a third ticket, and, in any event, to the strength of the progressives who will offer for Congress in November. For Conmervatism. The selection of this ticket and the platform adopted, in the opinion of the Wisconsin Progressives, indicates clearly that the regular Republicans have determined to make a clear-cut campaign for conservative ideas and principles and against the Progres sive proposals advanced by the Wis consin delegates in their platform. The defeat of Judge William S. Kenyon of lowa, a recognized Pro- gressive, though always regular in his party affiliations, was due, they ay, to a combination of eastern con- ervatives. The old guard was in the saddle when Kenyon /was turned down, they insist. Nor 'were the La Follette supporters sorry to see Judge Kenyon's nomi- nation defeated. His selection as the running mate for Calvin Coolidge might have been effective in giving the ticket a progressive tinge, with- out, in their opinion, making it really progressive. A Vice President, no matter how progressive, would have but little chance to advance his | theories of government in that office, {it_is _pointed out. But. nevertheless, Daring Hold-up Near Chicago Work of Experts; Only Federal Reserve Pouches Taken; Bombs Hurled Into Cars. We Want Our Bonus Tonight, Not in 20 Years, Says Bandit MILWAUKEE, June 13 —Fire- man Dibble of the mail train Reld up mear Chicago hasn't determined whether the bandit who pushed a gun in his ribs was trying to be the life of the party or just a plain cymie. “We're golng to get the wol- diers’ bonux,” said the bandit. “We want that ey and we're soing to get it tonight and not walt twenty years.” St. Paul, was stopped at Rondout, I, thirty-two miles north of Chicago. Con- sisting of eight mail coaches and two express cars, it left Chicago at 9 p.m., central standard time. Fifty minutes later it was in the possession of the bandits. In fifty-five minutes more they gathered between forty-two and forty- five pouches of registered mail and sped away into the darkness. A few shots were fired, but the oniy casualties was a robber shot by his fellows, who Mis- took him for a trainman. The train carried more than sev- (Continued on Page 9, Column 1.) PRESIDENT ORDERS BONUS ACT SPEEDED Gives Direction for Payment to War, Navy and Veteran Bureau Heads. SCORES LACK OF FUNDS Unwilling to Take Advantage of Inaction in Congress. Directions for administration of the bonus law, despite the failure of Congress to appropriate funds for the purpose, were given today by Presi- dent Coolidge in orders to the gov- ernment heads affected. Director Hines of the Veterans' Bu- reau was notified to apportion his ap- propriation for salaries and expenses during the fiscal year 1925 so as to make available for the first six months, commencing July 1, amounts for the administration of the law to be used by the War and Navy Depart- ments. Unwilling to Delay Action. In a letter today to Secretary Weeks, recalling that the bonus be- came a law over his protest, the President said: “I am not willing, however, to let the administration of this law remain practically in abeyance until Con- gress again convenes simply because 1 would be justified under existing conditions in so doing.” He .added that the opinion, law. in his government “which do not permit of delay in performance.” “If this law is to be carried into effect,” the letter continued, “so as to permit of the cash payments being made within a reasonable time after March 1, 1925, as contemplated by it, and if the other provisions of the law are to be en reasonably prompt administrative action, it is essential that the application’ forms and_instructions pertaining thereto be placed in the hands of the vet- erans and dependents without del Calls Action Essential. “Arrangements have previously been made for the printing of these forms and they are now ready for distribu- tion. 1t is equally as essential that when the compléted applications are received from the beneficiaries of the law they may be given the adminis- trative action which the law pre- scribes. “Otherwise your department will become the storehouse of millions of applications which can receive little or no attention until Congress convenes next December and makes an appropriation of the funds neces- sary to give them administrative ac- tion. The same situation, though to a modified degree, will obtain in the Navy Department. Action has already been taken to give you sufficient additional person- nel with which to distribute the ap- plication and instruction forms, and to meet the administrative action which will be required on the com- pleted applications which may be re- ceived from the beneficiaries of the law during the remainder of this fiscal year. Situation Is Outlined. “This leaves for consideration the matter of meeting the administrative requirements of the law for the first six months of the next fiscal year, which involves not only your depart- ment, but the Navy Department and the United States Veterans' Bureau. ‘To meet this requirement I am today instructing the director of the Veter- |~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 2 By’the Awnociated Press. MARIETTA, Ohio, June 13.—Flood- ed with hundreds of congratulatory telegrams from all parts of the country, and surrounded by his family and the friends of his boy- hood, Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, nominated ‘Republican vice presiden- tial candidate last night, in planning to leave Marietta this afternoon for his. home in Chicago, where pre- liminary plans for his participation in the campaign will be made. He has been spending a week in Marietta, his birthplace and boyhood home, renewing old acquaintances, attending_the commencement exer- cises of Marietta College and cele brating, with other surviving mem- bers of the class of 1884, the fortieth anniversary of their graduation. The nomination came unexpectedly to Mr. Dawes, and further than the brief statement of acceptance given to the Associated Press last evening he had no statement to make” this morning. e (Continued on Page 4, Column 3. “Well, I Declare,” Is Terse Comment Of “Hell and Maria> Dawe.s on Victory The nominee was enjoying & quiet reunion in the old Dawes homestead here with other members of his fam- ily when word. of the new honor came to him. The first word of the nomination came over the radio through which the family gircle was MNstening to the proceedings of the convention. As the landslide of votes started in his direction on the third ballot, the gen- eral wulled a little harder on the famous inverted pipe ‘which played such a prominent part in the recent proceedings of the allied reparations committee, but vouchsafed no “Hell and Marias." ‘When the voice of the broadcaster announced officially the nomination, his only comment was: “Well, I de- clare. The general held a short informal reception to @& number of imtimate Marietta friends after the nominstion, but denied himself to Interviewers, and refused to talk politics. He ri tired at an early hour to get rest against the busy day today. imposed certain obligations | upon the executive branch of the | some | 4§ KILLED, 8 HURT BY FIRE AND GAS AS FLARE-BACK BLASTS BATTLESHIP TURRET Premature Discharge or Glowing Fragment Left in| Breech Blamed for Trag- edy on Mississippi. GUN CREW IS TRAPPED, ONLY 4 MEN ESCAPING Vessels at Target Practice—Sec- ond Charge Goes Off as Vessel Arrives in Port to Take Off Dead and Injured — Ensign Is Hero. Explosion Is Being Probed. By the Asmeiated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif., June 13.—The | lives of.-three officers and forty-five enlisted men were snuffed out aboard the dreadnaught Mississippi yesterday in the Navy's greatest | peace-time disaster, which brought | to a tragic climax a week of sham battles and target practice. Aboard the hospital ship Relief |today lay the dead, killed by a {premature explosion in the Missis- | | sippi’s No. 2 turret, and the injured |Aboard the U. S. S. New Mexico, | flagship of division four of the bat- | tle fleet, members of a naval boardi of inquiry prepared to open their in- vestigation of the disaster. Aboard | the Mississippi, anchored outside | the breakwater, officers and men | watched the flame-shattered turret, | | where a fourteen-inch ghu, with an | |unexploded charge jammed in its| breech, meant that the danger of still |another explosion had not passed. | Flare-Back Caused Disaster. | It was a “flare-back” from one of the guns that shot death in flames {and poisonous gases back into the | turret through its open breech. A | | second. the breech locked, let loose in the harbor here as the Mississippi| | steamed home with its dead and in- | jured from the drill grounds, and | hurted a steel projectile dangerously | near to an outbound passenger liner. | | Should the third gun's charge ex- | plode before it can be removed, how- jever, it is belleved that the precau- | tions already taken will render the firing harmiess. Of the injured. there were strange- |1y few. With a death list close to the | half-hundred mark, only eight men jwere numbered among the hurt, and their injuries were comparatively slight, consisting mainly of minor burns'and lacerations. Just how the fatal explosion oc- curred still was undetermined today, though from witnesses aboard the | Misslssippi and other vessels near her | when distaster broke up their sched uled target practice, a fairly comp: hensive picture of the accident was obtained. On Secret Gunmery Practice. . The batleships Mississippi, Tennes- see, 1daho and California, the latter towing the target, were off San Clemente Island, 45 miles from here, | |and were engaging in secret gunnery practice, a feature of which was mass firing by thirty-six 1-inch rifles trained on a single target. It was about 1 o'clock. plotting room of the Mississippi clectric bulbs flashed, one by one, their signals as each gun was fired and reloaded. Eight of the twelve salvos had been fired. each rocking the great ship as the guns belched their steel at the target. After the eighth salvo other guns in other turrets reported ready for the next volle: but no flash came from tur- {ret number 2, near the bow of the ship. In the plotting room anxiety grew. Attempts to communicate with the | turret failed. Then came a terse com- mand: “Flood the magazines!" On deck, men and officers hastened | to the rescue, but it was more than half an hour before any attempt could be made to enter the doomed turret. There were eighty odd men there; forty-eight of them perished. Flame Cuts Off Escape. When the flare-back from the first fourteen-inch gun came—officers say it may have been caused by a pre- mature signal to throw the electric switch setting off the charge, or by a still glowing fragment left in the breech after the previous firing—the only avenues of escape were cut off by flame. Four men leaped through hatches to safety. All others in that part of the turret containing the guns suffocated in the atmosphere of flame, gas and poisonous fumes. _ Joe Caviesel, seaman, from the New Mexico, and another bluejacket at- tached to the Mississippi, hurled themselves through an open hatch, with Robert MacAvin, New Mexico boatswain, catapulting after them. Ensign J. J. Leveasseur, another ob- server from the New Mexico, dived from the shell deck down the shaft of the powder hoist leading away from the turret. For half an hour, every flame-ex- tinguishing agency on board was di- rected toward quelling the burning gases and the flaming oil drip of the gun operating _machinery. The hatches were choked with dead, and only water hose at first could be forced through the entrances. Ensign Is Here. Then came Ensign H. D. Smith of Spokane, Wash., today acknowledged outstanding hero of the disaster. Smith answered the call for volun- teers willing to enter the death tur- ret. He was chosen because of his small stature. Equipped with a gas mask and an air hose, he forced his way through the piled-up bodies of victims and, braving an inferno of heat, gas and flames, made a complete inspection of the turret and reported no sur- vivors. Then he went back and brought out the first bodies. dl‘ By then other vessels in the tinued on Page 3, Column 1) In the scheduled slon knew what had happened. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city bl lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. ’ Yestefday’ s Circulation, 98,811 TWO CENTS PAY INCREASE WO BY POLIGE,FIREMEN, TEACHERS THROUGH RULING BY MTCARL Decision Gives 4,000 District Workers New Salaries Ef- fective July 15—Bars Ex- tra Men to Permit Day Off. APPOINTEES TO PLACES VACATED ALSO BENEFIT : Controller General's Action Follows | Appeal by Commissioners When Failure of Deficiency Bill Threatened Loss Even of $240 Bonus—Gratitude Widespread. ! Policemen. firemen and school teachers of the District will get their increased salariles beginning with July 15, Controller General J. R. Mc- RUSH CONDUIT REPAIRiDOUl\lERGUE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FRANCE | WATER FAMINE FADES Normal Supply for District by To-‘ morrow Afternoon Assured by Engineers. BREAK COSTS THOUSANDS Three Shifts Work Night and Dny; to Save City Suffering. 1 So rapidly and smoothly has the work of repairing the sixty-five-foot gap in ‘Washington's conduit from Great Falls been progressing that experts were con- fident today the promise to have normal water supply restored by 3 o'clock to- morrow afternoon will be realized with time to spare. At noon today the debris had been virtually all cleared away from the hole made under Conduit road five miles be- yond the District line, and the materials for building a flume were on hand. | Capt. W. A. Snow, assistant to Maj. J. A. O'Connor, and F. 8. Curtis. in charge of construction of the new aqueduct and superintendent of the water suppiy for the District, were both on the job today. Three shifts with about thirty borers each, and about visors, have been working feverishy during the past thirty-six hours or| since early yesterday morning when | the break occurred. The only thing | to interrupt the work was the crip- pling of a steam crane, which slipped a clutch collar. Water to Folw Tomorrew. 1t looks like the gates at Great Falls will be opened at 3 o'clock to- morrow and the water will start filling up the reservoirs, which have been de- pleted of approximately 100,000,000 gal- lons of water, at 1 o'clock today since the break. There is sufficient water on hand. however, (o last two more days, even though the break were repaired on schedule time. . At 8 o'clock this morning Mr. Cur- tis_said the reservoir at Dalecarlia had dropped its level two and one- half feet. This represented not only thirty-one hours’ drain on the supply. but also an equalization leveling with other connecting reservoirs. The flume, to serve until the con- duit can be reconstructed, will be made of lumber and concrete. When completed the wall of concrete will be one foot eight inches in thick- ness, approximately sixty-seven or sixty-eight feet in length and about seven feet above the center of the water line of the tunnel. Cowt Runs in Thousands. It is estimated, unofficially, the cost of the repair work three days will be about $5.000. that for Ten | thousand board feet of timber alone will go into the supporting walls, A large amount of concrete and similar items must be considered. The con- crete is expected to cost $3,500 alone, while labor costs for the clearance approximate $1,000. In order to make sure of no other possible breaks in the vicinity of this | one Maj. J. A. O'Connor, who is in charge of the work as United States engineer for the Washington district, will inspect the sixty-five-year-old tunnel for some distance back from each end of the break. Reassurance that Washington was in no danger of a water famine to- day was accompanied by a request that as. limited use of water as con- venient be enforced by householders here. Traffic will be closed on Con- duit road beyond the District line until repair work is completed, when a_corduroy detour will be construct- ed around the flume. | Radical to Form Cabinet | sembly here. National Assembly Votes | 515 to 309 Against | Paul Painleve. HERRIOT GETS CALL Despite Defeat of His Own Candidate. By the Associated Press. VERSAILLES, June 13.—Gaston Doumergue was today elected presi- dent of France by the National As- M. Doumergue received 515 votes and Paul Painleve, president of the Chamber of Deputies, 309 votes, with 29 votes for various other candidates and 8 blank ballots. These figures were officlally ‘announced in open session of the assembly. Herriot to Co-Operate. Edouard Herriot, leader of the Radical party, who several days ago said he would not accept the task of form- ing a cabinet from the hands of any president who might be elected with the collaboration of the Right parties IRISH GET MINISTER TO UNITED STATES| ] Choice of Timothy Smiddy to Rep- resent Free State Here Is Announced. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, June 13.—Prof. Timothy A. Smiddy of Cork has been appointed minister plenipotentiary of the Irish Free State at Washington, it was announced in the Dail Eireann to- day by Desmond Fitzgerald,, minister of. forelgn affairs. Announcement of Prof. appointment has been expected | for some time, action having for the last month apparently only awaited the approval of the British government for the Free State desires to be officially repre- sented at Washington, and word from Washington that Prof. Smiddy would be persona grata to the authorities there. The new appointee has been in the United States for a considerable period, representing the Free State unofficially. Formerly he was pro- fessor of economics at Cork Univer- sity. Before going to America he acted for a time as chairman of the Freen State’s fiscal commission. BINDEJD ROB JEWELER. NEW YORK, June 13.—Three armed bandits today bound a Bronx jeweler and his salesman and then ransacked the store, escaping with merchandise and cash valued at $43,500. Two Trainmen Killed, CORNWALL BRIDGE, Conn., June Smiddy's 3 HELD FORkABDUCTION. TisdiiE ST Police Act in,_ Disappearance of “Millionaire Socialist.” By the Associated Press. ROME, June 13.—Three men sus- pected of being Implicated in -the mysterious disappearance of Glacomo Matteotti, known as the “millionaire soclalist deputy,” have been arrested at Rome, Florence and Milan. The police have declined. to make public the names of the suspects- as they fear that further investigation might be hindred. 3 % Matteotti, }he nfifl:fifl.oyl ::::e dill’-‘ pearance last Tue .Il;rfl! in the chamber,. is declared to have had documents with him when last seen which he intended to use in 2 speech he was to make in the cham- ber against the government. The po lice believe the socialist deputy was kidnaped. - They have found an auto- mobile which, they say, has been identified as the one used in the crime. ‘While it was reported that Mat- teotti's body had been found, the po- | lice declare that all ‘their search 3o far has proved fruitless. Radio Programs—Page 39} 13.—Two trainmen were killed and several others hurt in the wreck of a freight train on the Danbury-Pitts- fleld division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad here today. British Envoy GASTON DOUMERGUE. of the opposition, declared today, ac- cording to. bis friends, that he would answer a call from the president elected at Versailles today. Former President Millerand and his (Continued on Page 10, Column 2. BRIEF DELAY SEEN FOR FALLEN FLYER Experts Apprehend No Difficulty in Preventing Smith From Con- tinuing Flight. By the Associated Press. HONG KONG, June 13.—Persons competent to judge do not apprehend that there” will be any difficulty in preventing Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, commander of the American round- world aerial expedition, from con- tinuing around the globe with other | fliers who have reached Tourane, In- do-China., Smith was forced down near Hue, Anhan, by motor trouble. However, as there is no suitable equipment where he landed with his | mechanician, Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold. some delay is expected before they can install a motor and start on. Their landing place is about 530 miles from Saigon, or one day's run | for the American destroyer, which is to convey a new motor to Smith's engine has given him serious trouble on three of the six stages of the journey since it was installed at | Kasumigaura, Japan. MORMONS QUIT JAPAN. Missionary Work to Be Dropped, Officers of Church Declare. SALT LAKE CITY, June 13.—Mis- sionary work of the Mormon Church in Japan will cease because the fleld has not been found fertile, according to announcement by officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints today. For twenty years the Mormons have maintained a mission headquarters in Tokio. Locks Self in Home To Prevent Ouster From Mexico BY HARRY NICHOLLS, By Cable to The Star and Chicsgo Daily News. Copyrziit, 194, MEXICO CITY, Mex.. June 13.—H. A. Cunard Cummins, “in charge of archives” at the British legation here, remains in the building behind locked doors to avoid the application to him of article 33 of the Mexican constitu- tion, under which any undesirable foreigner may be expelled from the republic. Some days ago he received notioe to quit Mexico by June 1. The letter was addressed to him as a pri- vate individual, his status as a diplo- mat not having been recognized by the government owing to the non-exis- tence of diplomatic relations between Great Britaln and . It a Imfl.m after cam- municating with Prime Minister Mac- Donald in London he refused to com- ply with the order, and is, therefore, shutting himself in the legation. The Chilean ambassador, who is the dean of the local diplormatic corps, has dis- cussed the matter with the foreign office in a friendly spirit. H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld, the Ameri- can charge d'affaires, says he has taken no/action in the matter. It 18 understood that the reason for the action of the Mexican govern- ment arises from Mr. Cummins’ action regarding the alleged agrarian trou- ble of Mra. Evans, a British subject, regarding her properties in th. t ot Puebla. The Situation s an eox. ceptional one. Apparently the Mexi- can ‘government must violate the ex- traterritorial terrain of the British tion before it can apply article ll":! the constitution. v them. | | Carl ruled today: | In a written opinion forwarded to | Commissioner Rudolph, president of the board of Commissioners, the | controller general holds that the in- |creased salaries have been' duly au- thorized by law and may be paid. This decision saves 4.000 emplo; |of the three branches of the service | from the prospect of having $20 a | month taken from them at a time jwhen Congress had decreed that they already were underpaid. How Crisis Developed. Here, in a nutshell, pened: Congress passed of legislation. definitely salaries of the policemen, firemen | and teachers. The District appro- priation act for next year already had | been written, however, and carricd | only sufficient funds to pay the old | salaries. The additional funds need- ed to pay the new salaries were then incorporated in the second deficiency bill. In the closing hours of th: session last Saturday a filibuster pr. | vented passage of the deficiency bi Since the new salaries were in- { tended to take the place of the dis- continued $240 honus, it appeared at first that these three groups of faith- ful public servants had lost bhotk: their increases and ghe bonus until the reconvening of Congress In Di- cember, what hap- two pieces raising the Comminsioners Make Appeal. Rudolph. Ovster realizing what a hardship it wouid be to the families of the employes, appealed to the Treasury Department with this gratifying re- | sult, while The Evening Star, through | its editorial and news columns, sup- ported the Commissioners in the effort to save the policemen, firemen and teachers from an unintentionai cut in pay. Under Mr. McCarl's interpretation of the law, the Commissioners will not be ablé to employ the new po- licemen and firemen needed order |to give the men the one oft week authorized in the salary | crease legislation. However, the bluecoated guardians of the law and the men who protect the city against fire were so grateful for receivin | the increased salaries that they we not concerned today over this pha:. of the ruling. Larger Foree Next Winter. It is expected that when the ficiency bill finally passes in the fall the day-oft provision will be carricd out. The ‘controller general advised the | Commissioners that if an existing employe of any one of the three de- partments leaves the service hig or |her place may be filled at the in- creased salary, holding thatethe monc: | is available for the position and not | the individual, The meat of the controller's opin- ion is found in the following excerpt “In ‘the light of all conditions ap- pearing I can only view the matter as one in which the Congress. hav- ing made appropriations for aries for the three services involved, dis- closing no clear intent that paymerts therefrom should be otherwise than pursuant to the basic law fixing such salaries, as found in the enactments of May 27 and June 4. 1924, the appro priations will be available July 1, 11924, for payments in accord with the | basic law maintaining at the time { service is rendered. True, the appro- | priations were originally estimated for on the basis of the basic law as theretofore existing. but the basic law having been changed, the conclu- sion is justified that the funds so ap- propriated are for use toward pay- ment of the basic.salary as fixed by law at the time services are rendered, prior laws being now no authority for payment.” Opinion Given In Full. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor, as- sisted the Commissioners in present- ing the situation to the Treasury De- partment officials. Mr. McCarl's opinion follows In full: “I have your letter of June 9, 1924, submitting for decision the question of the uses of the appropriations made for the fiscal vear 1925 for the sal- aries of teachers and other personnel of public schools, and the cfficers and members of the police and fire de- partments of the District in connec- tion with the provisions of certain enactments making increases in the basic compensation of the personnel of the said services. “The basic salaries of teachers and personnel of the public schools were revised upward and fixed by the act approved June 4, and those of the police and firemen by the act ap- proved May 27, both effective July 1, 1924. - The appropriations for these services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, made by the act approved June 7, 1924, follow the basic salaries fixed by law at the time such appropriation measure was under consideration by the Congress and prior to the enact- ment of the statutes revising and fix- ing such salaries, effective on and after July 1, and thé question pre- sented arises because of the failure of enactment of the deficiency appro- (Continued on Page 1 umn 1= Commissioners and Bell, in-