Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1924, Page 2

2 * DAWES WILL LAUNCH FIGHT'IN NEBRASKA Decides to Make First Campaign Speech at Lincoln, Scene of Early Triumphs. OPENS OFFICE IN CHICAGO Candidate Devotes Day to Noting Mass of Congratulations. By the Associnted Pross CHICAGO, June 20.—Gen. Charles G. Daw, expects to make his first political campaign eech as Repub- lican vice presidential 'nominee at Lineoln. Neb., his old home. where he practiced law, in recognition of the unwavering support given him by the Nebraska delegation at the Cleveland convention It's settled that I'll make my first campaign speech in my old home state of Nebraska.” the general said today. | “It will be at Lincoln, but the date | and arrangements. of course, are yet | to be settled by the national com- mittee. Chairman Butler will de- termine those things. but we are agreed that 1 will open my speaking campaign there. That. of c¢ourse will be after my speech of ac ance of the nomination at my home when 1 am_officiaily notified of my | nomination.” 1 Will Thank Nebraxkans. that The general added his Lin- coln address would in a way show his appreciation of the Nebraska delegation, which presented his name to the Cleveland convention .and voted solidly for him through the three ballots. The speech is expect- ed to be delivered around the first of September. Although the general spent his vouth in Ohio, a year after he grad- uated from Cincinnati Law School in 1886, he moved to Lincoln and enter- partner In Nebraska to prominence in the public utilities field Today Gen. Dawes took a day off from his business and political in- | terests to devéte himself to the huge volume of mail that has nearly | swamped his office force. He has es- | tablished an office in his home, where | today he and his assistants were going through the stacks of congrat- ulatory letters and messages from all corners of the country. It was at least a one-cay job and the gen- eral was at it early. WHITE INDIAN CLAIM HELD SHAMEFUL HOAX BY DR. ALES HRDLICKA m First Page.) (Continued fi Dr. Hrdlicka, would be an impossi bility. Albino women, he said, 5o times marry and bear children. T! The men sel- The people are freaks, although tendency to albinish might run in the blood The theory that the alleged tribe of white Indiuns might be descended from a lost ancient people was scouted also by Dr. Hrdlicka. The country was peopled by Axtecs and May he says. both of whom were skinned and have thousands of representatives, little changed from their ancestors, alive today. In fact, he says. same language. Second Theory Scored. The other theory put forward— that the white Indians might not be Indians at all but descendants of some of the early Spanish soldiery or pirate crews who had been driven into the jungles—Dr. Hrdlicka de- oclares equally impossible things, he ims, simply do not hap- pen. It would be impossible for such a people to continue their isolation. Whites are not made for such a life and could not endure it. They would have drifted back to civilization again. Civilized races, according to Dr. Hrdlicka, do not revert to savag- ery, at least not in a few centuries, as it would have been necessary for these to do. The albino theory, he says, is the only one in any way plausible. Albinism, Dr. Hrdlicka explained, is due to a lack of pigments in the blood, bringing about an almost total lack of color, a deformity in itself. Albinos al- ways can be distinguished, regardiess of race, he declares. They retain, as a rule, all other characteristics of their people. There are even albino negroes, he said, who have not the slightest trace of white blood. These, however, never are pure white, but are distinguished by white blotches on the skin. Reports Not Uncommon. Reporte of white Indians, some of them possibly made honestly, are not uncommon, according to Dr. Hrdlicka. Every scientific investigation has proved them false. He referred in.particular to the report of blonde Eskimos found in Northern Canada by the Arctic explorer Steffanson. Steffanson, he claims, prob- ably was misled by some albino' types, but his pictures showed that the race as a whole were very ordinary Eskimos, Dr. Hrdlicka declared. “A member of the white race is not a member of the Indian race, Dr. Hrdlicka said. “That should be un- derstood, once and for all. A man 18 either a white man or an Indian. If he were a white man he could not survive under such conditions. If he were an albino Indian he could not perpetuate his race. The origin of the American races is known. There is no mysterious people back of Central American history. “I am sorry such a thing has been put over on the public. No sensa- tonal discovery has been made.” Dr. Fawkes, who has spent a life- time in the study of North American Indian types, said that bodily com- position of a people was somewhat out of his line, but he inclined to the albino theory. He said, however, the arrival of the alleged white Indians would be awaited with interest. Senator’s Wife Dead MRS. ANNA BAIRD CURTIS, MRS. ANNA B. CURTIS, SENATOR’S WIFE, DIES Woman Resident, Socially Prom- inent, Had Been in Ill Health Since Year 1915. Mrs. Anna Baird Curtis. wife of Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, died at 6:45 o'clock this morning at her residence, 1830 Belmont road. She had been in ill health since 1915 and for the past two weeks had been in a state of coma. Senator Curtis was at the bedside when death came. Mrs. Curtis had lived in Washing- ton throughout the thirty-one years of her husband’s service in both Houses of Congress. She was socially prominent, active in war work and a leader in the First Baptist Church until continued illness forced her to curtail some of her public work. Mrs. Curtis was born in Altoona, Pa., December 24, 1860. At the age even her family moved to Topel Kan., and 100k up 4 permanent re dence. In 1884 she was married to Mr. Curtis In addition to her husband, Mrs Curtis is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. P. George, jr., of Fort Mye Va. and Mrs. Webster Knight, 2d, of Providence, R. . and a son, Harry King Curtis of New York. The body probably will be taken to Topeka tomorrow for funeral sery- ices and interment GASSED SENATORS _ QUIT RHODE ISLAND, SAYING IT’S UNSAFE (Continued from First Page.) tions to children the faith. Line Is Drawn Taat. The newercomers make up the back- bone of the Democratic party. These are the city dwellers, includ- ing the thousands of mill and factory workers that inhabit the larger com- munities and between the two ele- ments, the lines are drawn with taut bitterness. The Democrats, at the last general election in 1922, succeeded in electing & governor, a lieutenant govermor, a treasurer and an attorney general. This was by far the greatest victory they had ever achieved. They had in years gone by elected a Democratic governor or two, but never so nearly an entire slate. But, they lost the senate and the house. The reason. they argued, was to be found in Rhode Island’s ven- erable cynstitution, which provides for representation in the legislature on anything but a propurtional basis The senate, for instance, is composed of one memiber for each of the thirty- nine cities and towns in_the state. Under that provision Providence, which boasts some 250,000 population, has one senator—and so has West Greenwich, with its 150-0dd souls. Casting their eyes down the popu- lar returns which were so decidedly in their favor, and then taking a glance over the complexion of the legislature, the Democrats decided | that there was but one thing to do —change the constitution that their votes would mean as much in! the legislature as they did in the gubernatorial chair. Accordingly, Senator Robert E. Quinn drafted a bill providing for a popular referendum next November on the calling of a constitutional con- vention. The Republican house with a Republican speaker, smiled broad- ly at thought of what it would do to that bill when it came to them—if it ever did. But the Democrats, though out- numbered, had the laugh in the Sen- ate. their children. And those are fighting hard to keep s0 Democrat in Chair. Under the constitution, the lieuten- ant governor presides over the sen- ate. And Lieut. Gov. Felix A. Taupin, of French-Canadian stock—was a Democrat. With him in the chair, a filibuster was easy. So the Dem- ocrats sent the Republicans word that until a constitutional conven- tion bill was adopted, there would be nothing doing in the way of legisla- tion—particularly -there would be STAR TREAT ALREADY. Plans Complete for Entertainment of Newsboys and Carriers. Everything is in readiness for the treat in store for Star newsboys and earriers tomorrow, when they will be the guests of Sidney Lust, proprietor of the Leader Theater, at the open- ing installment of ~“The Fortieth Door,” the new serial starting at the Leader. Tickets may be had from Galt Burns, circulation manager of The Star. Advance notice credits this new chapter play with being one of the most thrilling ever offered the public, Centered around the activities of an American who discovers a rich tomb in the Valley of the Kings, in Egypt, and falls in love with a Mohammedan girl, the action is stirring from start to_finish. Every boy who takes advantage of the offer of Mr. Lust to see this pic- ture will receive something new in the ice cream line, it is stated. TEACHER CHANGES UP. Changes to be made in the person- nel of the high and jumior high schools at the beginning of the new £ohool term in September were dis- cussed by the principals of these in- stitutions at a conference today with Supt. Frank W. Ballou in the board- room of the Franklin School. A _number of junmlor high school teachers will be appointed before the beginning of the next scholastic year, to take classes in the two new junior hi ‘ofi'l: thich ml‘l‘ be opened. fi?u T thege tutions also, no appropriation bill to meet state expenses. And there has not—not ‘since the session started on January 1. Sum- moning all their parliamentary skill, they had blocked practically every- thing the Republicans tried to do, and ' the session, which normally should have ended in sixty days, dragged on and on. The fight gath- gred venom with each succeeding ay. Each Accuses Other. This week there has been a small- sized riot on the chamber floor, a fist fight between a Democratic senator and a Republican party worker, the slinging of enough mud to blacken everybody's reputation for miles around if half of it were believed— and finally the gassing incident. Each camp accuses the other of having set the gas bomb. Each ac- cuses the other of having employed the professional gangsters and gun- men who have been identified in co- pious quantities in the spectator’s gallery of the senate chamber. The Republicans are talking about “foreigners” and “radical elements” in the Democratic camp. And the Democrats are countering with talk about the Ku Klux Klan. Both sides agree that a real riot is an imminent possibility unless the impasse is ended in some way. Dem- ocratic police and Republican deputy sheriffs already have been called into play to handle the situation, and Gov. Flynn may yet be compelied to make good on his threat to call out the militia. SIS P u:unl plnk‘ig.th. new color that at ‘momen most conspicuously tured, . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, GIVE UP BARRACKS AT VETERAN CENTER Officials Decide Quarters at Fed- eral Park, Md., Unfit for Use. SAY CHARGES EXAGGERATED Food Declared Below Par Only Dur- ing Kitchen Strike. Charges made by Veterans' Bureau beneficiaries stationed at the United States rehabilitation center at Fed- eral Park, Md., that their barracks were vermin infested and the food was unfiit for consumption, were de- clared to be exaggerated in & report submitted to Director Hines today by the bureau’s inspection division. As a result of an investigation of conditions at the center, however, the veterans will be removed from the barracks, which were found un- suitable for occupancy, and housed in fourteen new bungalows. Director Hines, in commenting on his inspectors’ report, declared the arracks were built during the war, and due to their hurried and flimsy construction are at present a fire hazard. The new housing facilities will be light and well ventilated Roaches in Food. The dircctor said the inv showed the veterans had just cause for complaint, as at the time their charges were filed the mess facilities at Federal Park were operating under a handicap due to a walkout of some of the attendants. A strike of students at the center also occurred at the time of the walk- out of the kitchen employes. The strike was said to have been precipi tated by the dismissal of Daniel Kelly, a_student, following a row with one of the mess attendants. He had com- plained of finding roaches In his food. and his reinstatement to training Status was one of the numerous de- mands made by the veterans for a general clean-up at Federal Park. Kelly's case, however, was not touch- ed upon in the investigators’ report. The beneficiaries also appealed to the central office here for the removal of Edward Hale. community many ager. Although the inspectors made no recommendations for the dismissal of any of the officials in charge at the center, Gen. Hines said he was giving the matter his personal at- tention, and if any one was found to be derelict in his duty proper stcps would be taken. igation Volunteers Help. The director said that when the investigation was made the mess hall equipment showed a lack of care. but that these conditions were brought about as a result of some of the employes leaving their pos| before replacements could be made. Between June 1 and when the walkout of the mes sattendants was in progress, some of the veterans and station employes volunteered to as- sist the curtailed kitchen force, and in this way only, it was said, were the men given any food at all In view of these circumstances, the inspectors’ report declared that “due consideration should be given the fact that between June 1 and 5 an emergency existed and that service of any kind, when a complete breakdown was pending, should be commended rather than condemned.” Gen. Hines indicated he would con- tinue to closely watch developments at Federal Park to make sure that the improvements already effected and to be effected will clearly remove all grounds for complaint on the part of the men being rehabilitated there. ST. PAUL CONFEREES, IN ROW, PICK TICKET National Farmer-Laborites Name Provisional Leader, But Want La Follette to Run. By the Associated Pres ST. PAUL, Minn., June 20.—The na- tional committee of the new National Farmer-Labor party, which adjourned its three-day convention last night after nominating a provisional ticket and adopting a platform, met here today to organize and discuss meth- ods for continuing its work. The committee, which is combosed of two delegates from each state and allied political groups, was to elect an | executive committee and a chairman, in addition to drawing up plans for negotiating with the conference for progressive political action to be held at Cleveland July 4. Communists in Control. The Communists, who ruled the convention just closed, have control of the committee, which includes Wil- liam Z. Foster and C. E. Ruthenberg of the Workers' Party; C. A. Hatha- way and Joseph Manley of the Fed- erated Farmer-Labor Party; Alexan- der Howatt, Kansas; Duncan McDon- ald, Illinois; William Bouck, Wash- ington State: Charles E. Taylor, Mon- tana, and William Mahoney and Louis Engstrom, Minnesota. McDonald, whose home is Spring- fleld, I1l., was nominated by acclama- tion' as' the party’s candidate for President. Bouck, a Puget Sound rancher, was chosen as the vice pres- idential standard bearer. Their nominations came after farm- er delegates had attempted to get the convention to indorse Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin for Pres- ident. The national committee was instructed to negotiate with the Cleveland gathering in an effort to have Senator La Follette indorse the St. Paul convention. La Follette Is First Choloe. McDonald's candidacy was pressed only in the event that Senator La Follette refused the Communists’ in- dorsement. The senator previously had repudiated the St. Paul conven- tion. Foster, as head of the Workers' party, announced, however, that only unqualified approval by La Follette of the St. Paul action and submission to the campaign control of the new party’s national committee would re- sult in the withdrawal of McDonald. Several score Farmer and Labor delegates expressed much dissatis- faction with the Communist-con- (‘r&-l‘loe:s gonvention hers, and dele- rom two states—! and Nebraska—walked ou,r.u?z“:n‘: "Fiftan” Mina a n nnesota dele; head- ed by Frank Starkey, wufi:n‘t of 't:a St. Paul and Labor Assembly, left the hall after Starkey had un- successfully tried to get recognition from the chair to object to the nomi- nations and the platform. ‘Want Comvention Repudiated. The Minnesotans later held an “in- dignation” meeting at the labor temple here, expressed themselves as “disgusted” and decided to appeal to the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Federa- tion to repudiate the convention. The platform, drawn up by the Commun- ists and presented to the convenmtiom Wednesday: night, was - FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1924 Members of ticket and program committees of Bethlchem Chapter, Order of the Eaxtern Star—Standing, left to right: Mru. Elsie Duran, Mra. Vizie Pearman, Mra. Lillie Haf, Mrx. Blalock, Yirs, Exther Wight, Mrs Lula Johnaon. & POSTAL STRIKE HITS CANADIAN INDUSTRY Breakdown of Mail Service Stirs Business Leaders to Urge Settlement of Dispute. SPURNS ARBITRATION OFFER Government Declares All Strikers ‘Will Lose Jobs. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, June 20—Postal service was reported badly demoralized in several cities and towns of eastern Canada yesterday, as negotiations he- tween representatives of the strik- ing members of the Federation of Postal ployes and Dominion offi- cials remained in a deadlock. In several places a “skeleton” service was maintained through employment of outside help. The province of Ontarlo was the hardest hit. In the majority of cities and towns in this province the strike has demoralized business. Hamilton workers have returned to their posts, while most of the Ot- tawa postal employes did not go out. It is believed that the strike order was not obeyed by workers in Brit- ish Columbia and in the prairie and maritime provinces. The strike was only partially successful in the prov- ince of Quebec. Government In Firm. Indications early last night were that an agreement soon would be reached between the strikers and the government, but at midnight mem- bers of the federation announced they had determined to continue the strike. Acting Postmaster General Stewart. they said, had declared the govern- ment would refuse to grant their re- quest for a board of arbitration. He also indicated, they added, that the strike could be settled only on the government's terms, and these they refused. Post office and other government officials have reiterated their stand that none of the men on strike would be reinstated, declaring that the sub- stitutes who filled their places wculd be kept in the service. tting, left to right: Mrx. Kathryn U. S. CITIES FEEL STRIKE. Border Centers Hold Up Canadian- Bound Mail. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, June 20—With mail covering the floor of the Windsor, Ontarlo, post office six bags deep as a handful of non-union employes sought vainly to sort it, business and indus- trial leaders of Canadian border cities sent scores of telegrams to postal au- thorities protesting against the strike of postal employes that began Wed- nesday. Had Detrolt sent its usual amount of mail the Windsort office would have been swamped, officials said. Not one of five daily shipments was sent from Detroit. _Cleveland, Toledo and other cities thus were cut off from mail communication with Onta- rio points. Joseph P. Casgrain, post- master of the metropolitan area of Windsor, expected authority today from Ottawa to engage substitutes to replace the strikers. Those employes who were not at work yesterday, he said, are regarded as having severed connections with the postal service. A detachment of provincial police guarded the Windsor post office last night. At 6 o'clock this morning twenty pickets resumed their vigil There have been no disorders. RETURN TO WORK. Employes of London, Ontario, Of- fice Discouraged. LONDON, Ontario, June 20.—Strik- ing postmen and letter sorters re- turned to work at 10 o'clock today following the decision of the railway mail clerks not to join the postal em- ployes’ strike. It Is generally conceded that the strike in western Ontario will be brought to a conclusion shortly. TWO DIE IN AUTO CRASH. Six Persons Injured, as Car Hits Horseback Riders. CHICAGO, June 20.—A woman and a man were killed and six others were injured when an automobile ran into a group of equestrians at a high- way Intersection near Lyons late last night. A Mrs. Piper and her brother- in-law, named Kerper, occupants of the automobile, were killed. Edward Bundrick, one of the eques- trians, was injured when he and his horse were thrown from the road- way. Kerper's wife and three chil- dru.l‘ and another woman were in- Jur night with but three changes. High spots in the platform included: Rec- ognition of Soviet Russia; nationali- sation of large industries with par- ticipation in the management by workers; government ownership of banks; public ownership of railroads and marketing institutions; compen- Hloyment of ihe nempisysd om pub: loyment unemp! on pub- ic works such as road-building and swamp and a federal tow, Mrx. Eulalia B. teagall, Mrx. Ruth Bauman, Mrs. Gingon. “Violets Are Blooming,” Writes Happy Woman When Offered Star Radio Set Too Deaf to Hear ““Air” Features, Invalid Declines Gift. Fund Now Totals $553; Boy Scouts Instal Equipment. An invalid, so deaf that her ears will not pick up the music and en- tertainment that comes through the highly sensitive headphones attached to a radio receiving set, reluctantly has declined to accept one of the crystal sets donated to The Star's “shut-in fund.” Two Boy Scouts went to her home yesterday to install the set, but the woman explained that deafness pre- vented her fro mnejoying the en- tertainment that the ether waves pro- vide, and suggested that the set sent to her be given to a “shut-in” not so unfortunately afflicted. And today the following expression of gratitude was received from here, addressed to the editor of The Star: “* “Thou hast donc great things for us, whereof we are glad' “1 cannot in any way express my grateful appreciation of your most generous desire to usher me and others into a_world of unspeakable delights through the medium of a radio in our homes. Gonpel of Kindness “Surely you must have a heaven of Christ-like love in your hearts with minds so full of tender concern for the afflicted in your praiseworthy desire to spread the gospel of kindli- ness as a free-will offering to ‘Him who satisfieth the longing soul’ with the wonderful things He hath pre- pared for his people. “It is the most beautiful kindness. favor, honor. ever offered me, and JUDGE ACCUSES DRY OFFICER OF PERJURY Mattingly Says Agent Summers Tried to Hurt Two Citizens to Improve His Record. Albert E. Summers, a prohibition en- forcement agent, was accused by I Radio Fund Receipts I Cash contributions to The Stars “Radio shut-in fund” receivedsduring the last twenty-four hours follow Previously acknowledged. ... S. H. Martin, weather bureau H. M FaeEeT .Cosby . . Anony¥mous, Rhode A E'R Louis C. Crystal Sets and Equipment. Crystal sets and equipment receiv- ¢4 during the last twenty-four hours of headphones, 60 aerial posts, als, pipe for 30 ground connections, antenna’ and lead-in wire and other equipment for instailation. Mrs. Ella_ Money, 6 Parker awenue, Cherrydale, Va., crystal set H Burton, College Park, Md., erystal set. Total—150 sets, 34 pairs of head- phones, 60 aerial posts, crystals, pipe for 30 ground connections, antenna and lead-in_wire and other equipment for istallation. would give me untold pleasure but for deafness, which excludes even a sound through the radio. A next- door neighbor very kindly invited me to_listen-in to sermons from the Cathedral Close, but I heard not the faintest word. “Please believe that your Kindly offer will be a treasured, enduring memory all my life and that 1 thank you accordingly. “May you and all those interested in and working for this beautiful cause have ‘a prosperous life, long happy.’ he_honor is not in the service, but in that the.service is the King's.’ “The violets are blooming _tod: through your kind offer of a radio.” Additional _comtributions of $31 during the last twenty-four hours have brought the cash fund to a total of $553.75. This money will be used to purchase the necessary apparatus for installation of the sets donated by radio fans, to 150. which amount today GOLF LINKS FIGHTERS FACE CLUB’S INQUIRY (Continued from First Page) surgeon where he stood leaning on his golf club and said: “Shut up now and go on before 1 hit you." Sen- ator Robinson’s friends say Dr. Mitchell muttered some words about golf being a gemtleman's game. Dr. Mitchell also is said to have re- marked: “Why, you are not going Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Police Court today with having deliberately perjured himself by bringing false charges against two young men, one of them a student at George Wash- ington_University, in order to im- prove his record as an officer. Henry Maranian, the student, and his brother, Aodvis, who manage a store at 1635 O street, were accused by the agent with having sold him liquor in a back room of the place at 10 o'clock on the night of May 2. Judge Mattingly said he had a letter to prove that Henry, who is supposed to have given Summers the liquor, was in his classroom at the university at_that hour. “Furthermore,” continued Mattingly, “I personally visited the store and find that it has no back room. 1 do not believe a word of the testimony of the government agent. He has deliberately commit- ted perjury and conspiracy to ruin the name of two good citizens. It is a pity that officers of the law resort to such means to make cases for their credit. e Fuller Arrington of the third pre- cinct, assisted Summers in making the case and Judge Mattingly de- clared he intended having it further investigated to have the arresting officers prosecuted for perjury and conspiracy. McDOWELL CASE TO JURY. By the Aswoclated Press. CLEARWATER, Fla., June 19.— A verdict of guilty with a recom- mendation of mercy was returned by the jury in the case of Frank McDowell, tried here this week for the murder of his mother Feb- ruary 19 at St. Petersburg. By the Associated Press. CLEARWATER, Fla., June 20.—The fate of Frank McDowell, self-con- fessed slayer of his tow sisters at Decatur, Ga., and his mother and father at St. Petersburg, Fla., was placed in the hands of the jury ex- actly at noon. ‘Arguments of defense counsel pic- tured the young slayer as mentally irresponsible. AT e e, Mailing Clerk Killed by Pal NEW YORK, June 20.—Walter Weitlauf, an eighteen-year-old mail- ing clerk in a street railway office today, was killed by his friend and pal, George Yarrettl, fifteen, Who shot him with a rifie he had pointed in fun. Parretti, playing bandit in the offices of Weitlau's employers, picked up one of several rifies which Were stacked in the cornmer, aimed it Judge | to hit anybody. With that Senator Robinson hit Dr. Mitchell in the face with his fist and knocked him over a bench. As he fell Dr. Mitchell is said to have called Senator Robinson a name and the senator fell on top of him. Col. Clif- ford grappled with Senator Robinson and Senator Walsh took Dr. Mitchell by the throat, according to the doc- tor's friends and held him until he {got up. Dr. Mitchell did not know | who Senator Robinson was snd asked {his name, stating he intended to re- I port the incident to the board of | governors of the club. [ Make Verbal Reports. i Verbal accounts of the affair wers | given by members of the two matches ! and by both participants in the affair to officials of the club after the game had been discontinued and both par- ties came to the clubhouse. The mat- ter had not been formally brought to the attention of A, T. Britton, presi- dent of the club, today, although Mr. Britton said he had heard of it Senator Robinson was _democratic floor leader during the last session of Congress, following the resigna- tion by Senator Underwood of this important post. He will be one of the most prominent figures in the Demo- cratic convention, which opens next Tuesday. is chief surgeon at CER lives at 1344 E ency Hospital, Toth Street and had a notable record as a surgeon during the war. FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS. Oyster Cites Two New Stations and Five Pumping Engines. The fire department needs two new stations and at least five powerful pumping engines in order to keep the fire hazard at its minimum, in the opinion expressed by Comuul‘lloner today. O e e Pisirtct building it was re- garded probable that when the mew estimates g0 to the budget bureau July 15 ftems asking for money to erect new stations at 16th and Gal- latin streets and one to replace No. 6 engine house, on Massachusetts avenue between 4th and 5th streets, will be included. The plan for enlargement of the fire-fighting facilities also includes retirement of converted engines and vehicles which' had tractors installed in places of the horses which pulled —_—— ‘Woman ice are increasing ont :h':l Tld. motably in the Grea Brilalng . One Dead Fly Now |LINER, SINKING, WINS Means Millions Less Later On One dead fly now means millions fless later in the summer. Swat_him! _Having advised householders to be- gin_swatting the fly, Health Officer Fowler suggested today that the war be carTied. a step further by establishing a food blockade against the pests in every home. Here are some of the health officer's proposply for starving outthe common enemy (.Keep the. garbuge can Ughtly cov- ered. “Throw a cover over foodstuffs lying on the kitchen table. “Be,_sure to screen all windows and Dr. Fowler pointed out that these pre- cautions will serve not only to put the fiy on a starvation diet and cause him to seek a ,more liberal boarding house, but will at the same time keep away such undesirable pests as roaches. And while you are battling against the house fly, keep one eye on the mos- quito, Dr. Fowler advises. In combat- ing this pest, the health officer says, householders should prevent water from standing in their yards. Another precau- tion is to pour kerosene in back-yard cesspools occasionally. LEAGUE ENTRANCE PLANK TABOO, SAY DEMOCRACY CHIEFS (Continued from First Page.) ple in that state have no desire to emulate the camel, he contends. Some of the Progressive observers here—some of the men who believe that La Follette is sure to head a third ticket—are not inclined to be- lieve that the Democratic convention is going to run more than five or six days, as has been predicted it will do. 'They are not convinced that a real pre-convention campaign, based on Progressive principles, such as that waged by Woodrow Wilson be- fore his nomination in Baltimore in 1912, has been carried on by any of the candidates, McAdoo included. For that reason they do not be- lieve that the McAdoo adherents, for example, are going to continue stead- fast in their support of Mr. McAdoo for baliot after ballot, as did the supporters of Mr. Wilson in Balti- more. They look to see a compara- tively early break, with a compro- mise candidate, Ralston or John W. Davis, perhaps, as the selection of the convention. See Peril in McAdoo. It may be that the Progressives are giving vent to their own hopes in setting forth this opinion. They do not care to see McAdoo nominated, for the reason that undoubtedly he and Senator La Folbette—provided the latter runs on a third ticket— would go far to neutralize each other, since they would draw from the same EToups of voters to a large extent. Quite a sensation was caused by a letter sent out by the Anti-Saloon league, warning each of the dele- gates that New York City was a wicked town. Not far from Madison Square Garden, the letter said, would be an open saloon where delegates would be allowed to buy what they wished. The place, it said, was “well protected.” A Pennsylvania delegate has writ- ten a reply to the Anti-Saloon League criticizing the league because it omit- ted the street and number of the sa- loon. Costello Sees Hull John F. Costello, Democratic na- of Columbia, was in New York Wed- nesday and in conference with Chair- man Hull of the national committee. He returned to Washington, however, and is expected back here Saturday. The headquarters of the delegation from the Distriet of Columbia will be the Imperial Hotel Waldorf is the center Headquarters of all the booms are either in the hotel itself or within three blocks of it. During the coming week the famous hostelry will be the political center of the country for the time being. Smith, Underwood, John W. Davis, Gov. Silser of New Jersey and former Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio are among those whose headquarters either have been opened or will be opened in the hotel. W. G. McAdoo is the principal exception. His headquar- ters are located in the Vanderbilt, only a short walk away from the Waldorf. Party Headquarters, Mecea. One of the busiest places in the Waldorf is the headquarters of the Democratic national committee, where Chairman Cordell Hull holds sway. To this headquarters flock the man- agers of all the various booms, meet- ing on neutral territory, as it were. So far as hotel space is concerned, visitors who plan to come to New York during the convention need have little alarm. There will be room enough for all, it was said today. When it comes to housing a crowd, New York stands in a class by itself. Furthermore, the hotels are sticking to their agreement not to advance the rates for convention week. Senator “Joe” Robinson of Arkan- sas, Democratic leader of the Semate, and not infrequently mentioned as a probable dark horse who may land the coveted honors of the convention, is to be the guest of honor at a din- ner given Tuesday night at the Penn. sylvania Hotel by the Southern Trav- elers Association.” A real boom for the Arkansas leader may develop there, it is said. Brief Platform Desired. Chairman Hull of the Democratic national committee is for “brevity” in the platform, he sald so himselg, but he added, “brevity is much talked about in advance in regard to plat- forms, but it does not always work out that way.” Perhaps Mr. Hull feels about party platforms as does Senator “Jim"” Wat- son of Indiana, Republican. Senator Watson was a member of the Repub- lican platform committee at the Cleveland convention last week. On the afternoon the draft of the plat- form was completed for submission to the convention Senator Watson left the committee room after being defeated in his effort to ‘“compro- mise” the world court plank. “Platform. mused Senator Wat- son, “are sometimes given too much consideration, anyway. The only pronounced value of a platform is a nuisance value.” No Contests in Sight. The committee on credentials of the Democratic convention may find it- self out of a job. The main work of that committee is to settle contests for the right to seats as delegates. Now it appears there- are to be no contests for seats at this convention. The Democratic leaders are patting themselves on the back. This means there are no contests this year from the District of Columbia, too. The District has been fruitful of contests in the past. But John F. Costello, the Democratic national committeeman from the District, and the Democratic central committee of the District have handled the situa- tion this year 50 as to foreclose any contest, and the District democracy is therefore presenting a united front. Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, widely touted as a_“dark horse” for the nomination for President, is cam- era shy. He positively refused today to allow the photographers to snap him as he was going into the office of Chairman Hull. Furthermore, he declined to let a cartoonist sketch him. Should be be nominated he would have to get over this modesty. —_— The man with more money than . has more friends than en: of tional committeeman for the District | DEATH RACE IN FOG Canadian Pacific Ship, With 700 Aboard, Dashes to Shore After Collision at Sea. PASSENGERS' PANIC AVERTED Cool-Headed Officers Drive Strick- en Craft to Safety. By the Associaed Pross, ST. JOHNS, N. F, June How a liner, crippled and slow! sinking, raced against time witn her 700 passengers through a blind fog off the Newfoundland coast— and won—was told after two bat- tered steamers found their way into this port last night after colliding in the fog off Cape Race. The s were the Ttalian stea er us, which crept into port with her forward peak driven back to the forecastle winch by the force of the collision, and the Canadian Pacific liner Metagama, bearing 700 passengers bound for Montreal from Glasgow. The Meta- gama, listing heavily to port with the inrushing water gaining on her pumps, was beached on a shoal in St. Johns Harbor. Both ships re- ported that loss of life had been averted in the crash. which stove in cabins on the Metagama, tempora empty of occupants. Officers Cool in Crisis. Cool-headed action on the the Metagama's officers av panic among the passengers or craft when they rushed for the decks after the force of the collision had sent the craft recling. W into the forward stoke b the portside ballast tan ing of the injured injured side high out of the water. n suing 30-degree list to port resulted in reducing the flow of wa the hold and made it possibie pumps to keep the liner aficat u: she was beached. Passengers praised captain, officers and seamen for their handling of the situation. During the long race ona seaman provided music with a set of bagpipes, string bands played continu impromptu con- certs and phonographs were pressed into service on the vessel's ti decks, to help maintain the courage of those aboard. Although within a few hours the collision other ships had peared, among them the stear Rosalind, and all had been 1 ready for launching lifeboats transferring passengers sh occasion require, the captai halt to attempt a transfer dense fog Saflors’ Stories Differ. Stories somewhat at variance wers told by the crews of the two steam- ers. The crew of the Clara Camus, a 4.400-ton vessel, said that their ship had been stopped, owing to the dense fog, when the crash occurred. Her forehold filled with water and made for port, arriving at St Jol an hour ahead of the Metagama According to the crew of the Met gama, she was running _slow through the fog about § o'clock the morning, sounding her whi every minute, when another crashed into her, then whistled thrice and backed away As the ship came to anchor in St Johns Harbor she appeared cal condition and passengers . boats and tugs to take them off. B with time apparently too short f safe transfer, her captain rushed the Metagama toward a shoal. where ! was beached on & mud bank. It wa said that the Montreal would call to- day or Saturday to embrak the pas- sengers and conv ‘The United States s ter Tampa and other searching today for the three who set out from the Metagama i Voat shortly after the collision in effort to fog was heav 6,000,000 BONUS APPLICATIONS TO BE ISSUED TOMORROW (Continued from First Page.) of ing their applications to the proper addresses. No applications are to be mailed to the Veterans' Bureau, b are to be sent to the branch of serv- ice to which veteran belonged, whether Army, Navy or Mar At the Vete Bureau pla forging rapidl of taking care the bonus. The service branches the government will receive appiic: tions from veterans, and then certi them to the Veterans Bureau w proper amount of adjusted service credit. It is the job of the Veterans' Bureau to pay the veterans or their dependents either in cash or adjusted service certificate. Certifients Sketched. certificate, carrving a form ¢ twenty-year endowment insuranc has been sketched by hand in tem- porary form at the bureau of graving and printing and sub to the Veterans' Bureau for appro When final approval is receive from the Veterans' Bureau, Maj. \W. W. Kirby, director of the bureau engraving and printing, said today it would require approximately month to_ engrave the nec plates and begin printing the ¢ tificates. None has vet been prin as no piates have yet been engraved The sample was done by pen. and is now In the hands of the Veterans By eaus work at the Veterans' Bu- reau will be handled in the first basement, Maj. O. W. Clark, in charge, announced today. In this first base ment at the bureau building, a total of 17,380 feet of floor space has ‘I.‘- ready been allotted, has been freshly Tepainted, and wired for new and More powerful electric lights. The place will be one of the coolest spots in the gity during the hot mmer ahead, Maj, Clark predicted. Workers Assigned. Workers from the regular forces the Veterans' Bureau have alre been assigned to take care of th preliminary part of the work there. It ‘is expected, however, that begin- ning soon the War and Navy De- partments will begin turning over the Veterans' Bureau certified ac- counts of veterans' service, so that the Veterans' Bureau will have to add to its personnel force Several per- sons will be addsd next Monday, Maj. Clark announced, but they will'all be taken from the civil service rr‘rllsi Which already contain thousands o M The. first persons to receive cons tion for emplovment, e orad from. all departments con cerned, will be those with good recs ords who have been let out of other departments on account of cuts in ap propriations. _————— BELASCO OPENS JUNE 30. Repertory of High Class New Plays to Be Presented. The Belasco Theater has announced that begining June 30 it will offer a series of plays, interpreted by a com- pany headed by Robert Ames and Lotus Robb. The dramas will be presented b: Thomas W. Fowler, and it is an- nounced that his policy will be to present plays only of the highest or- der, including “Two Fellows and a Girl,” “Polly Preferred,” “To the Ladies,” “The Deep-Tangled Wil wood,” “Magnolia,” “The New Poo! and other established successes which » are new to Washington. The series will open with “In Love With Love.” There will be no Sun- day performances and anything of a aracter will be striotly pre= s an2ounced. A v L