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WEATHER. Local thunder showers this afternoon or tonight, cooler tonight: fair, with moderate tempe: Temperature for twent ending at 2 p.m., today at 3:30 n.m. yesterday; at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 23 tomorrow ture., -four hours Highest, 9 lowest, No. 29,271 Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. | DEMOCRATS INSIST PLATFORM BE MADE ULTRAPROGRESSIVE Situation Differs From G. 0. P. in That Nominee Must Fit Program of Party. KLAN, LEAGUE AND DRY ISSUES FORECAST ROWS Wilson Group to Demand Vindica- tion of Former President's Policies. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. V YORK, June 21.—The Demo- crats are bent upon writing a more progressive platform than the Re- publicans achieved at Cleveland. They insist this is not going to be difficult 1o do, thereby giving their opponents & dig. The Democrats face a situation the Yeverse of that which maintained at the Republican national convention. The presidential nominee of the Re- publican party had been selected long before the platform was written. The platform was written largely to fit the nominee, President Coolidie. At the Democratic convention, how- ever, the platform is to be written first and then the nominee for Presi- dent, who must stand on this plat- form, will, after many ballots, it is expected, b chosen. Such a pro- cedure might bring about strange situations. For e platform _should strong anti-Ku Klux Klan plank, even the extent of naming the Klan W. G. McAdoo, who, el ed. has had strong Klan support for the nomination, should win the nomina- tion. Again, suppose that the plat- form should contain a strong “dry plank, as many are now insisting it shall, ‘and the convention then should r_hunse Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, hailed widely as the wet' hope, as standard bearer. How would the voters be able to reconcile the platform and the nomince in such cases? The Democrats, in drafting their Dlatform, necessarily must consider such matters and, after the platform has been adopted, must also give con- sideration to the kind of nominee who must stand upon it. contain a to Three Iasues Loom Large. Three subjects loom up as the most difficult of settlement when it comes to a final draft of the platform: The Klan, the “wet” and “dry” issue and foreign relations—or the league of nations. The Klan and anti-Klan forces are preparing for battle. The Klan de- mands that the platform shall make no attack on it. It would be satls- fied to have nothing whatever in the platform with reference to the Klan. The opponents of the Klan, on the other hand, including Edward M. Moore of Ohio, who aided in making Gov. Cox the Democratic nominee of the party in San Franciseo four years ago, are demanding a strong declara- tion against the Klan and that the Klan be mentioned by name. They do not want the convention to “pussyfoot” on this question, they Bay. - It is pretty clear that the plat- form will contain no proposal for the . repeal or modification of the Volstead act, and that it will contain a plank proposing strict law enforcement. This does not mean, however, that strenuous effor vill not be made on behalf of the “wets” for some decla- ration for a modification of the exist- ing dry law. Wilxon Followers Meet. The Woodrow Wilson Democracy, following a meeting last night in the Hotel Pennsylvania, announced that a plank carrying out the ideas of Woodrow Wilson with regard to the league of nations would be offered to the committee on resolutions by that organization. The plank will be laid before the committee by Judge John W. Wescott of Camden, 5 twice placed Mr. Wilson's name nomination for President. proposed reads as follows: “We reaffirm our allegiance to the principles and ideals of Woodrow Wil- son, for which he made the supreme sacrifice. His great constructive plan for world co-operation to promote world peace, hich is embodied in the league of nations and the World Court of International Justice, has already demenstrated its far-sighted wisdom. of existence, has already achieved re- sults to be reckoned among the great- est in all human history. We con- demn the action of _that small Eroup of senatorial isolationists which has persistently misrepresented the Jeague and which has blocked all ef- forts to assist Europe in the work of reconstruction, thus jeopardizing the peace of the world, “The Repubiican ‘do nothing for Iurope' policy is largely responsible for the present economic _condition whereby our farmers are compelled to sell their wheat for less than cost of production while Europe goes hungry. This na- tion should no longer delay in be- coming associated with the league of nations and the World Court of In- ternational Justice, in order that war may become outlawed, a code of in- ternational laws be developed, world disarmament become effective and our osition of moral leadership resumed. Bhe only alternative is the constant menace of another world war, with its attendant horrors. In the interest of humanity, we Invite to this stand- ard all peace-loving men and women. The Democratic party alone can be trusted to carry on the policy of na- tional honor framed by its inspired leader, Woodrow Wilson.” Defeat of Plan Seen. The prediction was made today, however, by one of the leaders who has followed the discussions of the proposed platform with great care that the document will contain no promise that the United States shall enter the league of nations. A preliminary draft of the platform 3s making much progress and will be completed in ample time to submit Yo the committee on resolutions of the convention when that committee is elected next Tuesday, it was said foday. The preliminary draft is being made by men who will be members of the resolutions committee itself, facluding Senators Pittman of Nevada and Glass of Virginia and Homer Cimmings of Connecticut, one-time eharman of the Democratic national committee, At least two or three days of work by the resolutions com- Ytes will be saved by this proce- id. dure N ! hairman Hull of the na- ample, suppose the | and | 1 who | in | The plank | The league, in its four vears | BY N. 0. MESSENGER, ___Staff Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, June 21.—It is the opinion of a number of Democratic leaders outside the McAdoo and Smith ranks that conditions now in- dicate the improbability of either Mr. McAdoo or Gov. Smith being nomi- nated and thdt the convention will be forced to take another. This will be done by a sifting-out process through a long series of ballots. Senator Ralston of Indiana, Senator Glass of Virginia, John W. Davis of West Virginia and James M. Cox ot Ohio are discussed as possibilities. While Gov. Smith is genuinely con- fident he will eventually be the choice of the convention and Mr. McAdoo's | manager persists in loudly proclaim- | ing that victory will perch upon his banner, the hard-boiled politicians, looking over the cards as they fall, see that mith and McAdoo have “stopped” cach other and that the zonvention must turn elsewhere. Tt is claimed that Mr. McAdoo will be barred by 416 delegates from ten tates, namely, New York, Pennsyl- vania, Massachusetts, Illinols, Rhode Island, Ohio, Wisconsin, Maryland and SERVICE MEN RUSH FOR BONUS BLANKS Local Distributing Stations Report Early Arrival of Applicants. AMERICAN LEGION AIDING Will Give Out Forms and Help in Preparation. Veterans of the world war, in Washington and throughout the na- tion, today rushed to the centers of distribution for their bonus applica- tion blanks, which were made avail- able simultaneously all over the country. Blanks were being filled out rap- idly, it was learned at distribution points in Washington, and the War and Navy departments were expect- ing to receive the first applications through the mail either late today or Monday morning early. The first ones to arrive and be acted upon were ex- pected from the District of Columbia, on account of the short time required to go through the mails. 11,000,000 Blanks Required. In the meantime the government printing office and the War Depart- ment continued their program of dis- tributing more blanks, most of which will go to the post offices of the country, beginning next Monday. A total of 6,000,000 blanks already has been broadcast, and 5,000,000 more will be sent out by the end of next week. The largest number of applicants reported early today had appeared at the District of Columbia headquarters of the American Legion, where more than 200 veterans had asked for ap- plication blanks by noon. At national headquarters of the American Red Cross, on 17th street, about thirty had applied up to noon, while at the District headquarters of the Red Cross, 16 Jackson place, one man had appeared. Applicants Come Early. The Navy recruiting bureau, locat- ed at 305 9th street, was beseiged with early callers, mosj of whom ar- rived before the application blanks, which were on hand, however, about the middle of the morning. The American Legion has planned one of the most pretentious programs of distribution throughout the Dis- trict of Columbia, making plans to reach veterans through all of the posts and post commanders. In a statement today, Paul J. Me- Gahan, department commander for the District, announced that the facil- ities of headquarters and the twenty- eight posts would be used principally for a while in the business of reach- ing veterans with application blanks. “Each post will receive direct from the War Department, under arrange- ments made some weeks ago,” Com- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) PRESIDENT TO SPEND WEEK END ON YACHT Will Cruise Down Potomac This Afternoon, Returning Tonight to Take Sons Aboard. President and Mrs. Coolidge, ac- companied by a number of friends, will cruise aboard the Mayflower this afternoon. The vessel will go as far as Quantico and will return to Wash- ington about 8 o'clock tonight, when it will anchor in the channel off Hains Point. Several of the guests will go ashore and the two Coolidge boys, who are motoring back from Mercersburg, Pa., where they go to school, will go aboard. The May- flower will then head down the river and the party will remain aboard yntil early Monday morning. It is expected that the trip will take them to the lower end of Chesapeake Bay. Among those who will be in_the party are Charles B. Warren, ambas- sador to Mexico; Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Hilles of New York, and J. Henry Rorabach, national committee- man from Connecticut, who are White House guests, and Secretary and Mrs. Charles E. Hughes and Secretaries Hoover and Davis, and Senator Bran- degee of Connecticut, Representative Burton of Ohio, who made the key- note speech at Cleveland; William M. Butler, chairman of the Republican na- tional committee, and Mr. and Mrs. James B. Reynolds of this city. ‘Ambassador Warren, who arrived at the White House yesterday after- noon, expects to leave Washington to- morrow afternoon for Mexico City. He said that he expects all questions at issue between the American and Mexican governments to be cleared up in a short time and then he will probably retire from the diplomatic service, T i N R @h WASHINGTON, D. LEADERS AGREE NEITHER SMITH NOR McADOO CAN BE NOMINATED Party Chiefs Turning to Available Dark Horses. Bitter Religious Fight Is Darkest Cloud Hanging Over Party. Indiana, who are either instructed for another or known to be hostile to McAdoo. Under the two-thirds rule only 367 votes are required to prevent a nomination. Taggart Grooms Ralston. Thomas Taggart, the Indiana leader, is here with the Ralston boom. He denies being in any combination, but says he is playing Senator Ral- ston’s hand is confident it is a winning one, for the Democratic party needs the electoral vote of Indiana and can get it by nominating Senator Ralston. The Ku Klux Klan issue and the wet Issue continue to stand as the Nemesis respectively of Mr. McAdoo and Gov. Smith. Mr. McAdoo has been hounded persistently since his arrival here to make a statement on the Klan, but his manager, Judge Rock- well, refuses to allow him to say any- thing. The influential New York World is carrying on daily a most bitter attack on him by cartoon and editorial, with the object of influenc- ing delegates against him. In the course of a scathing editorial today it says that with Mr. McAdoo as the candidate all Democratic _speakers and political workers will find them- selves occupied not with a campaign against the Republicans, but with a (Continued on Page 3, Column 3. TROOPER MURDERED IN MOUNTAIN WAR Bloodhounds Aid Maryland-West Virginia Posse Confronted by New Mystery. BODY OF VICTIM ROBBED! Farmer Vanishes While Hunt for Weigle Gang Is at Height. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., June 21— Bullets continue to fly in the war of police and citizens against lawle: ness in the mountains between here and Martinsburg, W. Va., along the Morgan and Berkeley county line. Hugh L. Crawford, a West Virginia state trooper, was found shot to death today. Whether he was slain by the Welgle gang, which figured in two ambuscades in the last few days, or by a farmer, who disappeared from his mountain home after defying a party of officers seeking to enforce & property sale, has not been settled. His watch, guns and other persanal property are missing. Conntable Ambush Vietim. In the first ambush C. M. Wilson, a constable, was seriously wounded. Wilson is at a Martinsburg hospital and three men are in jall, one of them John Weigle, brother of “Happy" Welgle, who is said to be the ring- leader of a notorious moonshine and bandit gang. A party of officers had called at the Weigle home, and find- ing it unoccupied, turned away when they were met by a shower of bullets. Claude Files was captured, and he gave the name of Weldon Shriver as one of those in the ambush. A party of more than 250 men of three counties was quickly formed and in the pursuit of the gang were ambushed again. After this battle Shriver was captured and John Weigle surrendered, Weigle disclaiming any connection with the gang. The hunt for his brother and others of the party was continued. Early today the West Virginia trooper was found shot. Policeman Crawford and three other officers had called at the home of G. E. Speight, after the farmer is said to have threatened a county auc- tioneer who had attempted to make a sale to satisfy a debt. Following discovery of Crawford's murder, bloodhounds were obtained from Win- chester, Va, and the dogs now are leading fifty men in a wild search over the mountains, where they ex- pect to find Speight or the Weigle gang. Whether there is any alliance be- tween the farmer and the alleged moonshiners is uncertain. Police here doubt that Crawford's body would have been robbed if he had been the victim of the farmer. They believe the moonshiners were hiding at the Speight farm. POSSE OUT TWO DAYS. Mountains on West Virginia Side Scoured in Vain for Weigle. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., June 21— Posses spent two days in a vain search of the mountain for “Happy” Weigle, and other alleged moon- shiners. Weldon _Shriver, John Weigle, brother of “Happy,” and Claude Files are held for investigation of the shooting last Monday of Constable Wilson. Two big stills and ten gallons of mash were seized during the search yesterday. The operators apparently had fled. It_was learned that the mountain bandits have constantly used a sig- nal system for warning of strangers, ‘and that their families fire two shots when they see unknown Individuals in the territory. The men declared here that they possessed all sorts of weapons, from ordinary rifles to shotguns, high-pow- ered rifies and revolvers, and that they used all kinds of ammunition, most of which they bought from-a Chicago mail order house. WINS COUNSEL FEES. Mrs. Stillman Given $15,000 to Fight Husband’s Appeal. NEW YORK, June 21.—Mrs. Anna U. Stillman has been awarded $15.- 000 as additional counsel fees to pre- pare her case before the court of ap- peals, in a decision filed at Pough- keepsie by Supreme Court Justice Morschauser, says a dispatch to the Herald-Tribune. The additional fund was sought to enable her to fight the appeal of her husbénd, James A. Stiliman, from the decision of the appellate division denying him a di- vorce. Isaac N. Mills, counsel for Mrs. Stillman, said that in the appeal of the divorce action to the appellate division the attorneys for Mrs. Still- man received $15,000 as fees, while it was reported that counsel for Mr. Stillman received much largec foos WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C, BUTLER CONFERS AT WHITE HOUSE G. 0. P. Chairman Here to Map Out Program for Coming Campaign.. PLAN TRIPS ON MAYFLOWER Party Leaders to Accompany Presi- dent Down Potomac. William B. Butler, chairman of the Republican national committee, ar- rived in Washington today to map out campalgn plans with President Coolidge and party leaders. Mr. Butler conferred this morning with Charles D. Hilles of New York and Mrs. A. T. Hert, national com- mitteewoman of Kentucky. At noon he had luncheon with President Coolidge, to whom he gave his first report on the recent Cleveland con- vention. Plan Trip on Mayflower, Conferences of party leaders will be held aboard the Mayflower during a week end cruise down the Potomac. The guests will include, in addition to Mr. Butler, Secretary and Mrs. Hughes, Secretary Hoover, Secretary and Mrs, Davis, Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, Representative Burton of Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Hilles, Charles B. Warren, ambassador to Mexico; J. H. Rorabach, nationz! committeeman from Connecticut, and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reynolds of Massachusetts. Mr. Butler gave out the following statement on his arrival here: “The Republican national head- quarters at Chicago are rapidly tak- ing shape for the campaign. The new secretary, Roy O. West of Illonois, and the new treasurer, Willlam V. Hodges of Colorado, join me there this week. Representative Sanders of Indiama has been appointed director of the speakers' bureau. Other departments are being organized and we are ready to go forward with our cam- paign. Reports Much Enthusiasm. “Voluntary reports from all tions of the country recelved since the Cleveland convention indicate the most enthusiastic reception af the Republican ticket. The primaries and the convention were convincing evi- dence of the public approval of Presi- dent Coolidge and there seems to be nationwide satisfaction over the recognition of Gen, Dawes and his past services to the country. I met Gen. Dawes immediately upon my ar- rival in Chicago and had a very pleasant visit with him. I also at- tended a reception at his home in Evanston, given by his friends and neighbors, and the occasion was a most enthusiastic one. He seems particularly acceptable in those sec- lions where the administration Is seeking_to bring relief to the eco nomic distress. I have received let ters and telegrams to this effect from Missouri,. Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas and all the way through to the Paclfic coast. “The Republican party has given to the country an ideal presidential e ee national chairman declined to comment on the organization or du- ties of the advisory committee to the onal committee pending confer- Do with President 'Coolidge and C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the Presi- dent, who, with some other party leadérs, was In disagreement with . Butler at Cleveland. M,-.Mter a short cruise down the river during the afternoon the Mayflower Will return tonight to pick up the two sons of President and Mrs. Cool- idge, John and Calvin, jr. who re- turned today from school at Mercers- bur, Pa. Several of the guests, in- cluding Mr. Warren, will come ashore at that time. The yacht then will Weigh anchor again for a trip ex- pected to last until Monday morning. ‘Mr. Warren leaves tomorrow for his post at Mexico City. SLEMP SOON TO RETURN. Will Take Up Duties at White House Early Next Week. C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to President Coolidge, who has been in Cincinnatl for a week will resume his duties at the White House early next week. In making this known officially at the White House today it was made clear that there has been no break or misunderstanding between President Coolidge an dhis assistant, as has been reported, and that ths latter has not resigned nor has he given any intima- tion that he has been contemplating severing his connections with the ad- ministration. Radio Programs—Page 9. sec- SATURDAY, JUNE 21, AMERICANS BESIEGED IN CHINA NOW SAFE Missionary Returns From Kweilin With Wife of Fellow-Worker Killed by Stray Bullet. By the Associated Press. PEKI June 21.—An American missionary named Wilson, who went to Kweilin, Kwangsi Province, which has been besieged since April 26, has returned to Yungchowfu, Hunan Province, with Mrs. Cunningham, wife of Rev. Joseph R. Cunningham of Salem, Va., who was killed by a stray bullet during the siege. The report, however, does not mention Cunning- ham. Five British missionaries are also said to have reached Yungchowfu. The other missionaries at Kweilin are reported safe. Kweilin has been besieged as a re- sult of fighting between Gens. Luk Wing-Ting, the former Kwangsi war lord, and Shum Hung-Ying. When provisions became scarce Luk, who was in charge of Kweilln, evacuated the city, but Shum refused to enter, as he feared he would be cut off by Luk’'s troops. Over a hundred shells are said to have burst in the city, killing many. Rev. Rex Ray, Rev. R A. Jaffray and Dr. H. G, Miller, Amer- ican missionaries, and Rev. E. H. Carne, started for Kweilin to rescue their comrades, but their steamer was captured by pirates and they were taken prisoners. Miller and Jaffray were released to notify the American consul of the ransom demanded by the pirates for the release of the others, while Ray escaped. Carme still is in the hands of the pirates. WHITE INDIANS HAVE BIG BRAIN CAPACITY Exceeds That of Average White Man by 15 to 20 Per Cent, Explorer Asserts. SHAPE OF SKULL DIFFERENT Scientists at Smithsonian to Ex- amine Race Specimens. By the Associated Press. PANAMA, June 21.—Richard O. Marsh, the explorer, who recently reached Colon with three blond Indians, brought from the jungles of Darien, is prepartng to leave for the United States with his charges next Thursday. In discussing the success of his ex- pedition he is quoted by the Panama Star-Herald as saying: “The Darien Indians were hereto- tore supposed to consist of only two types, the San Blas from the Atlantic coast and the Chocol from the Pacific. We have found at least six entirely different races of Indians and brought back three different kinds. All will be turned over to the scientists of the Smithsonian Institution and the American Museum of Natural History for examination.” Dr. Charles M. Breder, scientist at- tached to the expedition by the Amer- ican Museum of Natural History, de- scribes the Indians as having “golden hair, hasel blue eyes and white, ten- der skins.” Their skuils he declares are of unusual size and shape,.being large, round and decidedly different from the typical San Blas. Mr. Marsh claims the White Indians have “from 15 to 20 per cent greater brain capacity than the average white man, e s oS 1 TROLLEY LINES TIED UP. Atlantic City Trainmen Strike to Enforce Wage Demands. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.,, June 21.— Atlantic City’s trolley car service was at a standstill today. Union motor- men and conductors went on strike to enforce wage demands. Thousands who ordinarily tronize the city and interurban se: of the Atlantic City and Shore Railroad Com- pany were compelled to find other means of transportation. Officers of the Amalgamated Assoctation of Street and Electric Employes of America declared the men were pre- pared to “carry on” until the demands ‘were met by the company. The company was silent in face of the complete tie-up. PANAMA SHIP SNARED. BOSTON, June 21.—The steamer Ta- boga, filying the Panaman flag, sought for six months by the coast guard as the most elusive rum runner along the New England coast, was towed in here today by the coast guard cutter Acushnet. She was captured of Block Island Thursday. , . . ¢ Foening Sfar. 1924 ~THIRTY-TWO PAGES. 2 EVEREST CLIMBERS KILLED NEAR SUMMIT World's Highest Peak Still Uncon- quered—Monsoon Believed Cause of Deaths. EFFORT BELIEVED DROPPED Others of Party Reagrded Safe, From Meager Advices. By the Associated Pres LONDON, June 21.—Mount Everest, the great Irregular cone in the Hima- layas, whose peak constitutes the outermost point on the earth's crust, is still unconquered. The third ex- pedition of intrepid climbers, like its predecessors, has falled, two of the explorers perishing in the final effort. While the disaster occurred probably a fortnight ago, the full det have not come through: Brief dlspatches re- ceived by Sir Francis Yodnghusband, president of the Royal Geographical Soclety, however, indicate that the two victims, George Lelgh Mallory and A. C. Irvine, succumbed when the climbers were caught by a monsoon. Success Within Reach. The end came after the explorers had won their way by hard struggles, through weeks of terrible blizzards, to a position which promised them a chance of success. While the dis- patches did not definitely say the ex- pedition was abandoned for this rea- son, Sir Francls is of the opinion that such Is the case. Mallory, one of the victims, was with his second Everest expedition, having engaged in the attempt of 1922, but Ervine was a new member of the party. Brig. Gen. C. G. Bruce, the original leader of the expedition, was forced to return to India from Tibet in April by illness. Everest's peak is 29,002 feet above sea level. The 1922 expedition was still 6,000 feet below the summit when forced to abandon the attempt. Rest of Party Safe. All England this morning was pressing for further information from the 1ll-fated party, but the manner in which the distinguished mountainer, Mallory, and Irvine, the young Ox- onian, met their end had to be left to speculation, pending the receipt of the messages which presumably are on the way from the rest of the ex- pedition in the mountain fastnesses, but have not yet been delivered at a point where they can be put on the cables. The public, however, gleaned some satisfaction from the fact that the advices from India reported the rest of the party safe. A _member of the Alpine Club, who is fully conversant with all the de- talls connected with the arrange- ments for the expedition, expressed the opinion today from bis knowl- edge of the route taken that there was a great possibility that Mallory and Ervine had encountered an ava- lanche. He cited the fact that in the 1922 expedition Mallory, working without oxygen, reached a point be- Jow the projecting “nose” of the mountain, while George Finch, an- other climber, made a detour around the nose and reached a point con- siderably higher than that obtained by Mallory. Followed Detour Route. The particulars at hand appeared to indicate, sald the Alpinist, that the party again followed the route of Finch's detoug, where they might easily have encountered an avalanche, as the configuration of Everest at this point renders the danger from avalanches sspecially threatening. He recalled that the mountaineer Mum- mery and the whole of his party were killed by an avalanche on Nanga Parbat in this region. Apart from the threat of avalanches, he noted, this was the monsoon season and these storms werg a source of great danger. Mallory, & widely known mountain- eer, was ‘about thirty-nine years old, was married and 'had two children. Irvine, one of the new members of the expedition, was a student at Mer- ton College, Oxford, and a member of the 1923 crew 'stroked by the American W. P. Mellen. Last year he was a member of the Oxford expedi- tion to Spitsbergen. The present is the third expedition which has failed to reach the sum- mit_of Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world, 29,002 feet above the sea level. Everest is in the Hima- _l;l)"’l.q. on the borders of Nehal and et. Six Veterans In Party. On March 27 last a party of thir- teen men started out from Darjmel- ing, British India, for the conquest of the peak. Of the party six men were veterans of the 1922 attempt. on Page 3, Column The Star’s every city bl ‘o U. S. World Flight Plane Wings Torn When Hit by Ship| By the Associated Press. RANGOON, British India, June 21.—A cargo boat last night col- lided with one of the United States Army arbund-the-world air- planes, seriously damaging the wings. It is hoped, however, that repairs can be made by Monday, when the aviators expect to leave for alcutta via Akyab and Bassein. The Americans upon their ar- rival here yesterday from Bang- kok, Siam, via Tavoy, made a per- fect landing in a high wind. The fliers were tired after having bat- tled the elements all the way across the Gulf of Martaban. THUNDER SHOWERS MAY COOL D. C. TODAY Severe Electrical Disturbances This Afternoon to Bring Relief From Oppressive Heat. SCORE KILLED IN MID-WEST Storms in Three States Cause $3,000,000 Property Loss. Although Washington boiled again today In a steamy, breathless tem- perature, quick relief in the form of severe thunderstorms is promised for this afternoon and the prediction for tomorrow is fair and cooler. In the two days that the National | Capital has suffered in the scorching grip of midsummer weather two per- sons have been drowned. one man died fro# heat prostration. Eight others were less seriousty prostrated and thousands driven from unbeara- ble apartments and homes to the scarcely more comfortable woodlands of the public parks. While desperate were hurrying to and fro automobiles, trying in vain to find some relief from the oppressive atmosphere that at times scemed | almost too warm to breathe, cities as close as Baltimore and Phila- delphia have been enjoying cool tem- peratures, the thermometer in the| Maryland metropolis having regis- tered only 68 degrees when Wash- ington mercury tubes were getting ready to blow off at 90 degree The death from prostration was that of James Frierson, colored, of | Deanwood. Frierson was working on a building at 2d and W streets north- west when he was stricken. Another | employe on the building placed him in his automobile and rushed him to Freedmen's Hospital. Before doctors, however, could apply restoratives the man was dead and his body was re- moved to the morgue. Dr. Herbert A Martyn, acting coroner, will inves gate the death. Two Boys Drowned. The two other fatalities attribut- able to the heat were the drownings of Daniel 3 Alexander, eight years old, of 4707 Piney Branch road, and John Taylor, colored, twenty years old, of 1507 P strect northwest, Alex- | ander lost his life in Rock creek late yesterday after three playmates had tried to save him. Taylor was drown- | ed in the Potomac river at the foot | of Half street while bathing. Alexander, his brother William | and three playmates, H. L. Ludwig of | flver Spring, Md. and Richard | Eckles of 150§ Decatur street, were wading in Rock Creek near the Broad Branch road ford. The boy sud- denly slipped and fell into deep wa- Washingtonians in their him. Three men who happened along tn an automobile pulled the boy out and he was rushed to Garfield Hos- pital. He was dead, however. before efforts to resuscitate him could be made. Andrew Barrett. sixty years old of | 50 3d street southwest, was the| st_person to be prostrated by the | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) | MAIL THEFT BRINGS | POST OFFICE PROBE TU. S. Employes Aided in Big Train Robbery, Acting Postmaster Gen- eral Bartlett Says. Thorough “housecleaning” in the post offices of the country probably | will come about as a result of the recent big mail robbery in Chicago, Acting Postmaster General John H. Bartlett indicated today. Stating that he saw no especial need at this time for the use of ma- rines, as utilized on mail trains and at post offices a few years ago, Mr. Bartlett said that the real need is for weeding out the few criminals that remain in the service. “Our investigation of this, as of other robberies of the mails, shows that men in the postal service work- ed in collusion with men outside the service,” the acting postmaster gen- eral continued. | Employes to Be Armed. “The Chicago robbery was one of the cleverest and best planned in the history of the service, "and shows every evidence of ‘inside informa- tion.” It is such employes that must and will be weeded out, as we did at the New York city post office after the big robbery there several years o. -g"For this reason I do not see the necessity at this time for the use of marines again. The last robbery was committed with skill, but how they expected to ‘et awa. with sixty bags of mall, when some of their! number was we do not K. men had guns, and used them, | and the fact that through wounding one of the robbers the rest were caught shows the great value of arming the men in the postal serv- ice. Even if they cannot drive off the robbers, they give a good account of themselves, and wound a man or two, thus leading to the capture of the victim, who cannot hide himself, and thus leading eventually to confession and rounding up the entire gang. “In the Chicago robbery the robbers seemed to know exactly what to do, and how to do it. They spent much time in selecting the very pouches that contained what they were look- ing for. This undoubtedly points t 2id given them by a few employes. ‘Gov. Bartlett said that if it became necessary to utilize marines, it would be done, but that at this time he feels the necessity is for “house cleaning” at certain large postal wounded, ter before his playmates could grab |y “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers ock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 94,501 TWO CENTS. PRENIERS NEETNG FRST FOR 3 YEARS PROMISIG ACCORD MacDonald and Herriot Sin- cere With Real Basis for Understanding. BOTH PROGRESSIVE AND CLASSED AS IDEALISTS Any Agreement Between Poincare and British Labor Chief Con- sidered Impossible. By Cable to The Star and News. Copsright, 19 PARIS, June 21,—For the first time since the accession of Premier Poln- care nearly three years ago, a cordial heart-to-heart talk takes place today between the premiers of Great Britain and France. What is remarkable about the event is not s0 much the subjects to be dis- cussed nor even the resuits obtained, but rather the atmosphere of cordi- ality and good will that surrounds the interview. Herriot and MacDonald want to arrive at an understanding and want to do 80 more than any other Franco- British premiers before them. Tem- peramentally and professionally. M Herriot is infinitely more capable of co-operating with Mr. MacDonald than was M. Poincare. Co-operation Imposaible. Whatever may have been said to the contrary notwithstanding, it was almost impossible to imagine a work- ing agreement between Raymond Poincare, a conservative ultra-realist and Ramsay MacDonald, a socialist idealist. Among the points expected discussed are the following: 1. The German question as it affects the Ruhr, unity of the reich, separat ism, and’democracy versus nation. ) 2. Security as it affects the defen- sive pact and military convention be- tween France and Great Britain and also as it affects the present military situation in Germany. 3. The Ruhr and the Rhineland as the question affects the length of oc- cupation, the possibility of evacuation and their relation to the lcague of nations. 4. The Dawes report. 5. Interallied debts, particularly in S0 far as they affect the United States 6. Limitation of armaments so far as it affects a supplement to Washington accord; that is, airplan military effectives and lighter nava Chicago Daily 4 to be | effectives. 7. The question og general prestige. that is, whose policy is to dominats that of Great Britain or France. ‘WILL MEET IN PRIVATE. No Details of Premiers’ Conferenca to Be Given Out. By the Associated Pross. LONDON, June 21.—The conference between the new French premier. M Herriott, and Premier MacDo: d at Chequers Court today will be it is announced, and nothing will b issued for publication. M. Herriott is due to arrive this afternoon and will immediately motor from London to Chequers, accompanied Premier Donald's secretary, Sir Ronald Waterhouse, and his own interpreter. The diplomatic writers say no formal program of discussion has been arranged. It is not supposed the conversations will lead to defin: formal agreement on any subject while any tentative understanding reached must necessarily be submit- | ted to the Belgian and Italian pre- miers before it can be made effective The diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph savs Mr. Mac- Donald is in receipt of an important communication from the German gov- ernment, assumed to have a bea on the Chequers conference. is known as to its conte SEES POSSIBLE ACCORD. German Deputy Holds Dawes Re- port Furnishes Basis. PARIS, June 21.—“Do you believe in the possibility of an agreement be- tween France, Great Britain and Ger- many based on the s report?” the newspaper L‘Ocuvre asked the German Socialist deputy Breitscheid whom Premier Herriot received Thursday evening. es, 1 believe such an accord is possible,” he replied. “Germany has accepted the report by vote of the Reichstag and the government is pre- paring laws for its execution other governments have accepted or will do so. There is the basis for the pacification of Europe.” Herr Breitscheid, howe dis- turbed by the conditions attached by Premier Herriot to the evacuation of the Ruhr. 5 will never understand he said. “To my under- standing all the guarantees and all pledges are given in the experts’ re- port, and if others are demanded they will be the inevitable germ of fresh difficulties and fresh dissensions.” The deputy believes the best means of obtaining security is a policy of reconcilation between the two na- tions. While recognizing the diffi- culties of such a policy, he holds that it is possible to bring it about. RETIRED TEACHERS WILL GET ANNUITIES Bank to Advance $5,000 Neces- sary by Failure of Congress to Pass Deficiency Bill. The sixty-three retired District public school teachers who were con- tronted with the loss of their June annuities through the failure of Con- Bress to pass the deficiency appropri- ation bill will receive their money this month through an arrangement with a Washington bank. it was an- nounced today by Miss Rebecca Shan- ley, teacher at Business High School, who was instrumental in securing the retirement legislation for the teachers. Approximately $5000 will be ad- vanced by the bank’ to pax the June annuities to the retired teachers. An arrangement will be made to have the money refunded to the bank when Congress passes the deficiency bill. Many of the retired teachers, it was pointed out, are dependent entirely upon the annuities for support. and the loss-of this month's check, which centers. That this step will be taken is a certainty, and will be begun by a closer examination into the charac- ters of all men in the postal system. they faced when Congress failed to pass the deficiency appropriation bill. would have left them in dire financiai circumstances .