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Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 12 WEATHER. Generally falr tonight and tomor- row, not muoch change in tempera- ture. Témperature for twenty-four hours ending at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 75. at 5:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 60, at 430 am. today. Full report on page 4. Entered_as seco office Wa. HERRIOT ACCEPTS CALLTO FORM NEW FRENCH MINISTRY Begins Selection of Cabinet After Invitation to Premier- ship by Doumergue. NEW PRESIDENT GIVEN HIGH PRAISE BY PRESS Premier to Seek MacDonald Pol- icies in London Parley Next Saturday. By the Associated Press PARIS, June 14.—Edouard Herriot, Jeader of the radical party and head of the left bloe, which was victorious in the recent parliamentary elections, today accepted the invitation of President Doumergue to form a min- istry. The new premier, M. Herriot, pects to go to London on Saturday next to confer with Prime Minister MacDonald. The usual President ex- conferences between Doumergue and the heads of the Senate and Chamber of Depu- | ties were followed immediately by the summoning of M. Herriot, who accepted the invitation he refused at the hands of former President Mil- lerand. ministry during the presidential fight Press Approves Doumergue. ‘unfidence in M. Doumergue was keynote of the morning press ment, even in those newspapers h opposed his election. One pas- sagze from his specch. delivered after he was invested with power at Ver- saill>s yesterday, was quoted in al- most every article 9 tional Assembly,” he said, *can be assured that no one will show moto respect for the constitution than T: that no one more than I will remain above parties to be impar- tial arbitrator between them, and that no one more than I will draw inspira- tion from the will of FParliament, which is the expression of national soveraignty.” The new his ministry formed b: to read the ministerial with President Doumergue sage to Parliament next Tuesdaj The premier expects that u debate on the general policy of the govern- ofment will be started in the Chamber ©f Deputies upon the presentation of the presidential and ministerial dec- Jarations. This wiil occupy him close- 1y for some days, but he is anxious to nsult with Premfer MacDonald of | Great _Britain_and is planning to| spend Sunday, June 22, with Mr. Mac- Donald at Chequers Court. Idouard Herriot first public notice as mayor of L; was rclected as a senator from the department of the Rhone in 1913 When he was but a few months over the minimum age limit of forty. com premier expects to declaration came into ons. He Resigned Senate Seat. In 1919 he resigned from the Sen- ate and was elected deputy from J.yons—a sacrificial step, which was generally recognized as a bid for guccession to leadership of the Radi «cal-Socialist party, left vacant by the imprisonment of Joseph Caillaux. In 1920 he became head of the party and lcader of the opposition in the cham- ber. Before becoming mayor of Lyons he was professor at a ns high school. As mayor he achieved a repu- tation for dependability and effi- clency. For a short while during the war he was minister of public works and supplies. As_leader of the opposition he op- posed occupation of the Ruhr, but when the step was taken he said it should be continued to its logical conclusion, that the Ruhr should be exchanged only for guarantees which would safeguard France. He declared reduction of the reparation total &hould be contingent upon reduction of the French war-time debts and he advocated cancellation of these debts. It is generally assumed he will favor a Jevy on capital, although he has not expressed himself unequivocally on this point. He is inclined to corpulence, some- what neglectful of his appearance, a pipe smoker and a lover of good wine and good food. SOVIET LEADERS ELATED. ‘Fall of Millerand Causes Great Re- joicing in Moscow. Ty Cable to The Star and Chicsgo Ds News. Copyright, 1024. MOSCOW, June 14.—There is fierce Tejoicing here over the fall of Presi. «ent Millerand of France. lov, writing in Izvestia, describes him “one of the most dishonest career- ists in the third republic and the meanest renegade In the world's his- Tory.” He has not retired; he has been expelled,” Stecklov continues. “Even this, perhaps, is too mild a punish- ment for the criminal things he has| done. There is no party he would not betray.” Stecklov is skeptical, _however, about future betterment. What has happened. he says, is not revolution, but only temporary defeat for French Tascism. *ihe Torce of the big capitallst ele- | nents is too strong,” he goes on. “The left bloc has no program to win the masses for a struggle with re- action. Herriot's party never de- clared itself Socialist. It never be- came a party of the workers. It never declared war against the Yourgeolsie. The Socialist group in the left bloc is not much more feeble than Herriot's Radicals.” e TREATY IS SIGNED. Provides That U. 8. Troops Leave Santo Domingo. SANTO DOMINGO, Republic of $anto Domingo, June 14.—The treaty with the United States providing for the evacuation of the Dominican Re- publ by American military forces was signed here vesterday. wvisional government was represented by Gen. Horacio V. jue: Presid elect of Santo Domingo; I srico Ve- Jasquez and Francisco J. Peynade. Avilllam W. Russell, the American sninister, affixed his signature for the L nited States, He has been working on his| have | nightfall and first mes- | M. Steck- | The pro- | nd-class matter shington, D C. New French Premier EDOUARD HERRIOT. DREADNAUGHT BLAST BRINGS OUT HEROISM | Mississippi’'s Officers Tell How Stokers Stuck to Posts in | Face of Death. INQUIRY BOARD RECONVENES Vivid Picture Presented of Fate That Took Forty-Eight Lives. By the Associated Press. AN PEDRO, Calif. June | Further grim details of the blast which killed forty-eight aboard the dreadnaught last Thursday and injured a dozen | others, five seriousiy, awaited teil- | ing as members of the naval board of inquiry investigating the disaster gathered for their second session on the stricken battleship tod A vivid picture of the fate which | overtook the fighting men of turret | No. 2 while the guns of their ship and other vessels roared at a| 14— turret | men | Mississippi two target on the San Clementa drill grounds south of here was contained | in testimony offered during vester- | day's séssion Testimony of Captain. The testimony of Capt. W. D. Brotherton, commander of the Mis- . emphasized the stealth with which sudden, flaming death swept | from a gun breech into the crowded | turret and extinguished almost half | a hundred lives before the rest of the | | ship knew what had happened. | “I blame no one.” he said in con- lusion. “All my men did their | duty, every one. I have only the highést praise to offer. There was pralse, too, for-the way men stuck to their posts after the nerve-shattering news of dissaster. Stokers Stick to Jobs. Pown in the engine and fire rooms | the “black gang” stayed with their | jobs. realizing fully a further ex- plosion would mean death to them all. Deadly fumes from the turrets were sucked down into their compartment by the forced draught ventilating sys- tem, and several men temporarily wera overcome. Later, those men were relieved by another crew, every man of which knew what had happened in No. 2 turret, | | | and that fire might at any moment reach and explode the for- Ward magazines a few feetaway from where they must work. “It Wi v stuff, that’s all.” said Lieut. Carl E. Weincke, engineer offi- | cer of the Mississippi. “The spirit on this ship is Tomorrow will be a day of mourn- ing in several Southern California | cities. and next Tuesday, the day tentatively set aside for the funeral services of the victims, will be mark- ed by solemn and impressive services, in which civilians will join with men and officers of the fleet in paving homage to the men who died. Stories by Officers. | Ensign J. J. Levisseur of the bat-| | tleship New Mexico, who was in the turret as an observer, told the in- quiry board yesterday of the load- ing of the three l4-inch guns just prior to the explosion. Commander I. C. Trayner, medical officer of the Mississippi, told how the bodies of Victims were removed from the tur- ret, and certified that number of | those who perished was forty-eight and the number of injured twelve. How the plight of the men in tur- ret No. 2 became known to him and others aboard ship was vividly de- scribed by Capt. Brotherton. “We had made a rehearsal run,” he said, “which was successful, and we then commenced firing. “We were proceeding without diffi- culty. 1 was in the conning-tower When we received the signal to make formation ‘Baker 3' (& ba.ulev forma- tion in wWhich ships of the line zig- | | Che * WASHINGTO DAWES ACCLAIMED BY THOUSANDS ON RETURN 0 CHICAG0 Slips Into Town Before Wel- comeé Committee Reaches Station. ATTACKS MASS OF WORK; SILENT ON NOMINATION Big Stock Raiser Says Farmer Firmly Behind Practical Ideas of G. 0. P. Nominee. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June Charles G. Dawes, nominated at Cleveland Thursday as Republican vice presidential candidate. his first appearance on any ballot, slipped into Chicago today an hour before the re- ception committee expected went directly to his bank, the Cen- tral Trust Company of Illinois, and *t to work as usual. The nominee seemed a bit amused and rot the absence of the welcoming throng. What the reception lacked in nolse and enthusiasm at the railroad sta- as compensated for at the gen- eral's bank, where thousands of per- sons gathered in the streets. packing them from curb to curb and cheer- 14—Brig. Gen nz with such vigor that the echoes | rolied and echoed down the sky- scraper-lined streets of the financial district Attacks Mass of Work. Smiiing broadly as his bank em- ployes and the thousands of citizens acclaimed him, the gencral declined to talk of his nomination and, fol- lowed by as many of the throng as | could force themselves into the bank lobby, he retired to his private office and, with pipe in hand, began open- ing a huge heap of mail and tele- srams. clephant, emblematic of the Repub- Jican party The general returned from Mar- jetta College, Ohio, of which he is a graduate of the class of 1884. Be- sides Mrs. Dawes, he was accompanied by two classmates, Rev. R. R. Lloyd of Chicago, and Harry C. Butler, a | business man of Dallas, Tex The general'’s home-coming was as colorful as though he had come di- rect from the Cleveland nominating convention which he had tactfully evaded. It was a gala occasion and, conibined with the national Flag day, he found the Stars and Stripes float- ing from public buildings as though the display was exclusively fn his bonor. ; Many of ‘hl flags actually were in his honor, for his friends, and par- ticularly his neighbors in Evanston, had planned a great showing of the national colors in the nominee's honor. Arrival Unexpected. The general's arrival at 9 am. was unexpected and only a few welcomers were at the station. These did not include his relatives, as it had been announced he would arrive at 10 a.m. | Instead of an outpouring of eiti- zens that had planned to shout their acclaim at 1 o'clock, a few, including newspaper reporters, were at the sta- tion and the general was compelled to_wait for his own automobile. Incidentally, this is the first time the general cver has been a candi- date for an elective office. His name never has appeared on an official ballot. At_the station he would not talk of the vice presidential nomination nor of plans for the campaign, but said he would wait until he was of- ficially notified of his nomination. Just when that will be is not known. Says Farmer Backs Dawes. *“Gen. Dawes has won the respect and caught the vision of the great agricul- ture population of this country as no other candidate mentioned before the C. R. Pendarvis, a promi- nent Henderson County farmer, said in a statement after taking a shipment of cattle to the stock yards. “They be- lieve in him because he is a man of action and mot of visionary theories, because he thinks ciearly and hits quickly, straight from the shoulder. “The men behind the plows have little faith retical plains proposed in Congress for the relief of agriculture, but do believe that Gen. Dawes’ plan for the rehabili- tation of Europe will broaden the de- mand for their products. They also know that his work in establishing the national budget system has started a nationwide movement toward curtail- ing government expenses and the low ering of taxation. nation ask no sympathy. They need and will appreciate lower taxes and a broader outlet for their products. Gen Dawes will have the support of the men and women of the farm." While they prepared to greet the zag in_their course at nineteen man made famous as a banker, politi- (Continued on Page 8, Column 1.) 70,000 ' Government Various Recreation Adds to That they may have a respite from | their daily routine of tending, to the government’s business and have more |time to discuss the soldiers' bonus, bobbed hair and politics, Uncle Sam today inaugurated for the season of 1924 the federal employes' Saturday half-holidays. So, pushing backstage the cares of office and the uncertainties of reclas- sification, reorganization and retire- ment, some 70,000 civil gervants trooped out of the government de- partments at 1 o'clock today and kept on going. They went to a great variety of places. The evacuation took place quietly and without confusion, and it is rumored that much of the morning pent in mapping out plans for ternoon, the idea being that government in the end would f well planned and en- on the part of its ursion Some of the workers entrained for nearby resorts or week end parties. Large numbers gelected a cooling dip Lfaith by paying off todag, 1 | the (Continued on Page 4, Column 3. Workers Here ! Embark on Half-Holiday Schedule Lowering Clouds Fail to Halt Exoaus of Crowds to Centers—Pay Day Gaiety. in the surf at the Tidal Basin beach or a bask on the sands at one of the other beaches in bright new bathing suits, fearful, withal, that a sudden shower might mar things by wetting feminine creations. Others took to the golf links, the highway. All were intent on making the most of an aftrenoon par- tially beclouded with skies that momen- tarily threatened to weep and make the clerks weep with them. All in all, prospects were bright for a half-day of pleasure, with a full-sized day of rest thrown in for good measure, when doings of the day before might be pondered over in church or at home. And as an incentive for early re- turn to their desks Monday the gov- ernment dangled before the emploves a bait that somehow seems to wield peculiar power with even the most hard-boiled of bureau chiefs—a mid- month pay day. 1i was expected in official circle: today that all would be present when department wheels began to turn again Monday, even though some bu- reaus, it is understood, evidenced their him, | one whit disappointed over | On _the desk Is a big white | in the muititude of theo- | The farmers of this | the tennis courts or i beting WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION N, D. C, CAPITAL LEADS U. S. ' IN TRIBUTE TO FLAG| | | Notables in Civil and Military Life | Participate in Exercises on ‘White House Ellipse. ESSAY WINNERS HONORED | iMrs. Coolidge Awards Prizes. Half Holiday for Workers. | ! Canopied by dull skies that threat- | ened rain momentarily, Washington | turned from the routine of business | and government activities today while it led the nation in paving reverent tribute to Old Glory—the symbol of | all that is American—on the one hun- | dred and forty-ninth anniversary of | its birtn. | Three winsome little girls from widely scattered parts of the coun- try who through the power of their pens, had won their way to national prominence were honored by Mrs. Coglidge, high government officials and commanding officers of the Army at the general ag day exercises on the White House Ellipse. But throughout the city and nation, imilar services on a smaller scale were in progress during the ceremony that took place this morning beneath the towering shaft of the Washington Monument, ' All government depart- ments proclaimed the day a half- holiday, and special exercises were held to commemorate the day. Girlx Homor Guests. The honored guests at the exercises on the Ellipse werc Miss Adele Dan- iel of Mississippi, Miss Luella Lan-| caster of Kansas and Miss Dorothy M. Beal of Virginia, winners of the prize offered by the Women's Overseas Service League for the three best es- says bringing out the benefits the citizens' military training camps offer to American young manhoo Maj. Gen. John I. Hin chief of staff of the Army. presided and introduced the speakers. The guests were seated with Mrs. Cool- idge on a platform completely sur- rounded with American flags. Sec- retary of War Weeks, who delivered the Flag day oration, and Brig. Gen. John Ross Delafield, head of the Army reserve officers, who also spoke, were seated beside Mrs. Coolidge. Mrs. Coolidge Gives Prises. he winners were presented to Mrs. Coolidge by Miss Louise Wells of Chicago, president of the Women's Overseas Service League, in the order of their standing. Mrs. Coolidge shook the hand of each, congratulated her and assured her that she had read her essay with great personal pleas- ure. Brig. Gen. Delafield then thank- ed each of the winners for what they ‘had done for their country.” Miss Daniel received a platinum wrist watch for first prize, Miss Lan. caster a platinum brooch, for second, and Miss Beal a gold bracelet, for third. The prizes were handed to the winners by Mrs. Coolidge. Each of the girls carried huge bouquets of roses, presented to them by the Wash- ington members of the Women's Overseas Service League. Army Band Plays. | The services also marked the first appearances ot the Army Band dressed in its new uniforms of field gray, blue and white. Patriotic num- bers were played by the band while the audience -~nsisting of high gov- ernment oificial: and officers of the Army ard Navy representatives of patriotic organizav.~ns, the prize- winning companies ot '+ high school cadets, Boy Scouts, Girl .-outs and hundreds of private citizens awaited the arrival of the “Arst lady.' The service was opened by praver offered by Rev. James Shera Mont- gomery, chaplain of the House of Representatives, followed immediate- Iy by the address of Briz. Gen. Dela- |field. Gen. Delafield interpreted the colors of the flag, explaining what each meant—the red for the loyalty and sacrifices of our fathers and brothers, the white for liberty, each star representing a sovereign state in a field of blue that knits them together in one union that shall never be dissolved.” Séeretary Weeks Speaks. Mrs. Coolidge then presented the prizes to the essay winners and Sec- retary of War Weeks delivered the Flag day oration. Mr. Weeks pointed out that it was very proper to honor the three young women on such a day, because they had shown them- selves true patriots by achieving marked success above all others in a patriotic contest. Mr. Weeks voiced an urgent appeal for even greater interest in the citizens' military training camps, Secretary Weeks' Address. “It is very proper that these ex- orcises should be held on the day set apart to do homage and pay reverence to the symbol of our na- | tional identity—the flag of the United | deputy | | | connection with States of America” Secretary Wesks ald. “We do this flag the most homage and the deepest reverence AContinued on Page 4 Column 29 l SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1924 -THIRTY PAGES ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE YEARS OLD TODAY AND SPOTLESS. AMERICAN MAKES ESCAPE FROM CHINESE PIRATES Flees Prom Stronghold, Where He Was Held—Australian Remains in Custody. By the Associated Press. PEKING, June 14—Rex Ray. an American. captured by river pirates in Kwangsi Province late last month, has escaped from the mountain stronghold where he was taken. said advices received today from the com- mander of the American gunboat Pampanga. sent to Wuchow in con- nection with the capture of Ray and others. Ray was one of a party of four aboard a motor boat on the way to Kweilin to rescue missionaries be- lieved to be in danger there bacause of fighting between Kwangsi and Kwangtung troops. The pirates blindfolded all four and took them to the mountains for detention. Later, R. A. Jaffray of Toronto and Dr. H G. Miller, an American, were released to take the pirates'’ demand for a heavy ransom to the captives’ friends Ray's escape leaves E. H. Carne, an Australian, as the sole member of the party still’ held. The advices from the Pampanga were forwarded through, the Ameri- can donsal’ general at Canton. The consul genmeral is trying to ascertain through the Chinese authorities the condition of the foreigners still be- leaguered at Kwellin. One of them, the Rev. Joseph Cunningham, was re- ported recently to have been killed “LOCKOUT’ IS INVOKED IN ITALIAN CHAMBER Government Ends Session When Opposition ‘‘Strikes” Over “ Murder of Matteotti. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1924, ROME, June 14—The parties having declared a “strike” by refusing to attend the Chamber of Deputies until full responsibility for the Matteotti kidnaping and murder has been established, the Fascisti government has repiied with a lock- out, adjourning the session indefi- nitely. Public excitement ran high Friday night, and there were several small riots between opposition adherents and the Fascisti. It appeared for a time that the situation contained the elements of a first-class political crisis, but matters have been some- what calmed today by the arrest by the government of the Fascisti leader, Dumini. It now appears probable that the case will take the normal judicial course. No evidence has ap- peared compromising any higher personages. Editor Is Questioned. Commendatore Fillicelli, editor of the official Fascistl organ, Corriere Italiano, was reported arrested in the case, but this proved erroneous. He was, however, closely questioned as to why he hired the automobile in which Deputy Mat- opposition { teotti was kidnaped. All the opposition parties have formed an interparty council to direct the strategy of the coming days, but it appears that the critical danger for the government has passed. However, the entire black-shirt mili- tia was mobilized today as a precau- tionary measure. Deputy Matteotti's been -found. ITALIAN LEADER QUITS. body has not Finzi to Defend Self in Matteotti Case. By the Associated Press. ROME, June 14—The disappear- ance of Giacomo Matteotti, known as the “millionaire socialist,” ‘'member of the Chamber of Deput today brought about the resignation of Un- dersecretary of State Finzi. He ex- plained that he was resigning to de- fend himself “against the libelous ac- cusations spread against him by the opposition ,in their allusions to him when they speak of the investigators of the Matteotti case. The police have denied a report printed in the Messagero that the body of Matteotti was found last Thursday in a forest near Vico. similar report of the finding of the missing deputy’s body, published in a Milan newspaper, also was denied. The Giornale = O'Italia announced that a well known fascisti named Dumini, who was arrested in connec- tion with the Matteotti disappear- ance, and another suspect of Putato, who was also taken into custody, also haye established alibis. Several sections of the fascist na- tional militia have been mobllized. Contingents of Carabiniers have been centered in Rome to preserve order. |Radio Brograms—Page 22| Al Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,648 4 MEN AND WOMAN HELD IN MAIL THEFT Wounded Suspect Gives Two Ver- sions of Shooting, But Police Are Skeptical of Stories. CARRIES $1,500 IN NEW BILLS | Effort to Be Made to Trace Oth;n by New Clues. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, Jume 14 five times and in possession of $1,500 in new bills, was under police watch in the County Hospital today as a suspect in connection with the | investigation o the mail robbery Thursday night, when a Chicago, Mil- | waukee and St. Paul train was held up thirty-two miles north of Chicago. The man gave his name as J. H. Wayne and said he had been shot by a woman-near Hammond, Ind. He .:‘;.13 her name was Miss Margaret A man shot Police Doubt Story. The finding 'of the bills and of blood-stained automobile cushion seats in the neighborhood where Wayne was found, added to the po- lice skepticism of his story. Four other arrests, including a woman, were made at a West Side house in front of which Wayne had been found. He was taken to the hospital and detectives sent to the address, where one man was seized and two others arrested shortly afterward when they appeared at the house. One of the bandits was wounded, supposedly by one of his own com- panions, and was carried away by the bandits as they fled in four auto- miles with the loot, which has been estimated at from $100,000 to $1,000,- 000. The other prisoners are Walter M- Comb, his wife, Paul Wade and James Mahoney. The police had to batter down the door to enter the house ‘Wayne, the police say, gave two versions of the shooting, one that he was shot by “Margaret Ray” near Hammond, and the other that he was wounded by a bootlegger. Two detectives were stationed at his bedside. McComb and his wife offered re- sistance, the police say, but were quickly ‘overpowered and handcuffed. Wade, who said he recently came here from Tulsa, Okla, was found hiding in a bedroom. Mahoney was apprehended fifteen | minutes after the raid when he en- tered the house without seeing the detectives, who had concealed them- selves. He tried to scape. Wayne had 2 new $1,000 bill and a new 3500 bill. He would not reveal where he had obtained them. An at- tempt will be made to trace the bills. The wounded man was so weak from loss of blood when found that he collapsed in a faint. A theory that the four automobile loads of bandils escaped in a launch, divided their loot miles out in Lake Michigan and singly debarked along the Shore also is under investigation today. The postal inspector's reports of the known loss in the robbery in- creased the amount to $447,000 today. Previous reports had piaced the known sum stolen at $100,000 in cur rency and bonds. The First National | { Bank, however, today reported that | | it had shipped $175,000 in bonds a#l| the Federal Reserve Bank reported it also had a shipment of bonds to- taling $173,000. Evidence gathered by Lake County officials has disclosed that a cabin launch mysteriously appeared oft Highland Park, a suburb half way between Chicago and the scene of the robbery, early Thursday night and landed about twenty men, some of whom answered the description of | the bandits. A short time later two of the four automobiles used in the robbery were stolen. At dawn yes- terday the launch had disappeared An unopened mail sack containing | | registered mail from Washington to| Seattle, Wash., was found yesterday morning by & farmer, who told inves- tigators he had passed four speeding automobiles near the spot the night before. The pouch is thought to con- tain biank money orders and it is be- lieved it was thrown away by the bandits. A dozen suspects, including veral alleged beer runners, arrested yesterday, were released last might after the brakeman and conductor of the mail train failed to identify them. SUSPECT AN AVIATOR. | Alleged Mail Bandit Said to Have | Piloted Plane. | | By the Associated Press. WAUKEGAN. 111, June 14—One of the prisoners arrested today in Chi- cago in_connection with the finding of |2 wounded man, questioned as a sus- | pect in connection with the train rob- | bery Thursday night, Is said to have |been an aviator. An airplane was seen near the scene of the robbery at Rondout, Tll.. yesterday and led to the belief thit the wounded ban- dit was.removed in & plane. - ) | two | 36,900 ¥ ’ TWO CENTS. FIELD SERVICE PAY RAISES EFFECTIVE BY COOLIDGE ORDER Department Heads Instruct- ed to Apportion Funds to Meet Increases. THOUSAND EMPLOYES IN CAPITAL AFFECTED Rauling Not Only Assures Advances, But Removes Threat of Temporary Cut. President Coolidge today ordered the revision in salaries for 450,000 government employes in the field service to go into effect July 1, de- spite failure of the bill carrying funds for the purpose to become law. The bill affects about 1,000 workers in the District of Columbia. The measure was lost in the clos. ing minutes of Congress and but for the President's action today the em- ployes would have received a cut of $20 a month in salary, instead of the proposed increase. Intent of Congress. President Coolidge issued the order, after a conference with Chairman Madden of the House appropriations committee and Director Lord of the budget. Mr. Lord pointed out that since it clearly was the intent of Con- gress that the salaries should be re- vised, as called for in the classifi- cation act of 1925, any extra appro- priation necessary would be approved immediately upon the convening of Congresg in December. Under the order department heads were instructed to apportion their ap- propriations €0 as to cover the ad- justment of the compensation of the civilian employes in the field service to correspond to the rates established for positions in the department serv- ice in the District of Columbia Some Will Not Benefit. Field service employes whose sala- ries are specifically fixed by law will not receive the increase, but Director Lord said these cases are only 1 per cent of the total number. The action solved another of the fiscal problems facing the adminis- tration as a result of the lure of important appropriation _bills Administration of the bonus law was ordered vesterday by President Cool- idge, who directed the Veterans' Bu- reau to set aside funds for this work until additional appropriations could be made in December. Director Hines of the Veterans' Bu- reau today informed the President “we are going full speed ahead with the bonus.” 50 TRY TO PROVE LOEB AND LEOPOLD INSANE Alienists Confer Two Hours With Each Youth—State Prepares to Counter. Dy the Associated Press CHICAGO, June 14.—Every, possible mental disorder which might be urg- ed in their defense is to be sought by probably fifty alienists examining Nathan E. Leopold, jr., and Richard Loeb, millionaires’ sons and confessed kidnapers-siayers of Schoolboy Rob- ert Franks, attorneys for the defense | indicated last night after Dr. Karl X Bowman of the Boston Psycopath Hospital and Dr. H. S. Hulbert of Oak Park, IIL, had visited the youths in jail. The examinations will be the basis of the defense at the trial, set for August 4, Attorney Benjamin Bachrach, associated with Attorney Clarence Darrow, said. The alienists yesterday spent two hours with each youth. The same proces: to be repeated today. The result, Dr. Bowman said, would be re- ported to defense counsel Monday. Meanwhile State’s Attorney Crowe has directed Milton D. Smith, assist- ant prosecutor, to make an intensive study of forms of insanity as pre- paration for cross-examination of the alienists testifying for the youths. . MEXICAN REBEL LEADER KILLED BY OWN MEN Alvarado Arrested and Executed on Charge of Leading Troops to Disaster. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, June 14.—Salvador Alvarado, former minister of finance under the De ia Huerta government. former governor of Yucatan and one of the most prominent leaders in the recent rebellion, has been court- | martialed and executed by one of his own generals on the Tabasco-Chiapas border, according to press dispatches. Aparicio Federin, operating under Alvarado’s orders, arrested his chief and executed him after a court-mar- tial on charges of leading his men to disaster. into negotiations for submission to Gen. Vicente Gonzalez, commander of the federal forces operating in the southeastern states. Shortly before his death Alvarado is reported to have ordered the exe- cution of Manuel Romero, governor of Tabasco; Gen. Felipe Vallejo and the officers of his staff. WOMAN REFUSES HELP OF FRIENDS, GOES TO JAIL Convicted of Forgery, She Declines Offers to Raise $6,000 to Get Suspended Sentence. By (he Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 14—Miss Janet Johnstone, forty-two. chose today to spend from six months to three years in the penitentiary rather than per- mit her friends to make restitution on she had obtained through forgery from her former employers, Lewis Mears & Co. butter and egg merchants. After pieading guilty she was semienced by Judge Rosalsky. The president of the company tes- tified her forgeries were so clever it was necessary to employ expert ac- countants to detect them. Probation officers sald that if she had accepted the offer of her friends to repay her former employers she probably would have recelved a sus- pended sentence. Afterward Federin entered | 13 KILLED, TOWNS - DEVASTATED - TENNESSEE FLOOD Carden and Stoney Creek, Near Johnson City, Are En- gulfed in Cloudburst. COMMUNICATION BROKEN: FEW DETAILS ARE KNOWN Relief Workers Seek to Reach Scene—Greater Death List Feared. ihe Associated Press. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., June Terrific cloudbursts in the mountains near Jéhnson City early today caused heavy loss of life and considerable property damage, according to meagre telephone messages received here Twelve are known to be dead at Carden /and one at Stony Creck The cloudburst came as a climax to a day of heavy, intermittent rains swelling streams already raging tor rents and sweeping everything b fore them. | Concrete bridges were toesed asid | in the highways and the Appalachian | division of the Southern railway reported badly damaged between Fis) Springs and Mountain _City, Tenn | This “division runs from Bristol Tenn., through Ilizabethtown | Butler to Mountain City Communication Cut. All communication lines are to Carden and Hampton, Tean. appeared to be in the storm area No word has been received fron Fish Springs and Butler, Tenn., good sized villages, belleved to be in the center of the devastated area. The stricken area is partly trav by two branch-line railways, both o which are badly damaged. and by higl | ways which are not the best in dr | weather and now no longer exist. R | parties are unable to penetrate farthe than the edge of the storm area exce; on foot. 11 and which | | | | | KILLS SELF SO WIFE MAY MARRY ANOTHER | Self-Sacrificing Husband Moan | Insurance Will Provide Until New Mate Finds Work. | B5 rhe Assoctated Press | DETROIT, June 14—Joseph No | vieki, thirty-six years old, is dead to- day of poison. self administered ves terday, he said before he died, so hi: wife might collect his insurance anu marry a boarder at their home. Mr: Takla Novicki, the wife, twenty-eigh years old, admitted, according to au thorities, that she was in love wit Tony Lausicki, the boarder, and int mated she intends to marry him. Culmination of the domestic cris came yesterday when Novicki can home and found his wife weepinz She told him, police say he said, tha: she was in love with Lausicki, but | would not permit her to leave hcr husband because he was out of worl Novicki went into another Too and returned in a few minutes nouncing to his wife that he taken poison. ‘““The $1,000 insurance will enal you to be married,” he is reported 1. have said just before he died PINCHOT WILL SUPPORT COOLIDGE AND DAWES Will Back G. 0. P. Ticket to Fin- ish, He Says—Particularly Pleas- ed With Vice Presidency Choice By the Associated Press. TORRINGTON, Conn.. June 14.—o Pinchot of Pennsylvania, at the sun mer home in Litchfield of Col. Samur H. Fisher of New York, said todu he would support Coolidge and Daw« ennsylvania, the greatest Repub lican state, will get vigorously Ue hind the nominees of the Cleveland convention and do its full share to put them over In the fall,” he said “There is one thing nobody van ques tion about the Keystone statc, and that is its true-blue loyalty (o the Republican party. We will make tha loyalty good this year.” Gov. Pinchot expressed satisf: with the nomination of Gen. D: for Vice President ASK GAS SALE INJUNCTION 0il Company Heads Want South Dakota Deals Ended. By the Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. June 14 injunction to prevent the retail sal of gasoline by Gov. W. H. McMast Dakota is asked in an action filed Dakota is asked in an injunction filcd today in federal court by the Ind pendent Home Oil Company. Judz J. D. Elliott signed an order compel ling the defendants to show cause why an_injunction should not be granted and made it returnable June 21 The action. which is brought against Gov. McMaster and the mem bers of the highway commission as individuals and not as state officers charges that the defendants are act- ing outside their duties and powers as_public officials and that the state le of gasoline is causing a deple- on of state funds, which is illegal COOLIDGE ON CRUISE. Spending Week End on Mayflower ‘With Frank Mondell. President Coolidge will spend the week end aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower, which will leave its dock at the navy vard this afternoon and’is not expected to return before tomorrow night or possibly early Monday morning. The President will be accompanied by Mre. Coolidge, Senator Reed Smoot of Utah and Frank W. Mondell of the War Finance Corporation, who was the permanent chairman at the Re publican national convention. and who called on the President thiw morning to give him an intimate ac- count of the proceedings. It is expected that the Mayvfowe will spend the greater part o cruise in the waters of the |@@e Chesapeake Bay.