Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Showers and thunderstors ns tonight, probably clearing toMOTFOW mornifg ; oler tomorro for today: somewhat ¢ Temperature ending at 2 at 1 am. today. Entered as second cla: post office Washingt. ~ATTACK AIMED TO WEAR DOWN McADOO IS DEVISED; LEAGUE ISSUE IS DODGED Sheer Fatigue Will Kill Off Chance, Foes Think. - CANDIDATE COUNTS ON SAME TACTICS For Colorful Convention Opening :Flements Tomorrow Seen. BY N. 0. MESSENGER, Staff Correspondent of The Star MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, June 23—With his back to the wall, William G. Mc- Adoo is facing a group of determined foes who are seeking his political | destruction in his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. | They are attacking him with the ferocity of wolves, bent upon tear- ing him to picces. A hostile local | press is aiding and abetting the at-| tack. | Mr. McAdoo has the support of | very near a majority of the dele-| gates, but falls short of the two- | thirds vote to nominate, | and it is the present purpose of his opponents to withhold that requisite | necessary from him until he wears out from . sheer fatigue. It seems now that he has realized the unlikelihood of being able to| change the rules xo that a majority can nominate and that his only hope is to hang on in the possibility that he can his strength by de- | grecs and climb the grade to the | two-thirds. He thinks that he is dem- onstrating beyond doubt that he the strongest in the field that he will r the others instead of being broken down self. is and out him- | man Opponents Divided. His opponent divided among themselves, presenting a negative in- | force. There is for as he points | ara stead of logie in his position he stan or something. while they Jtand only against him The convention week every pre of this tion standing f and until the dalegates become ried of the dead- lock and break to some other candi- @ positive begins with me situa- date. All through vesterday there was increasing talk of John W. Davis as_a_ poscible compromise nominee. William J. Bryan, however, upon arriving. was apprised of the nereasing Davis sentiment and im- mediately “went up in hte air.” He | was quoted as saying: “They might as well nominate J. P Morgan him- | el | Mr. Bryan is evidently getting| yeady to try to repeat his perform- | ance at Baitimore, when he ditched . Champ Clark and nominated \Wood- | Fow Wilson. MecAdoo Emulates Bryan. | There is a strong working alliance | between McAdoo and Bryan. Mr. Me- Adoo in his line of talk is emulating | Mr. Bryan, talking about the “inter- ests,” the minions of Wall street and | all that sort of hing. Mr. McAdoo is | evidently going the iimit in reckles Tess of utterance and in denunciation of the conservative element of the Dem- ocratic party o There are all hte makings of a live- | 1y row in the convention when they begin calling a spade a spade and the two elements come to open clash Taggart, Gov. Smith, Brennan and oth- er conservative Democrats do not in- frnd to remain silent under the casti- | and McAdoo, it is ’ gation of Bryan it Said, and propose to fight k at them in vigorous fashion It is very clear at this early stage of thesproceedings that it is the pur- pose of Bryan and McAdoo to radi- Hze the Democratic party and the platform to the limit if it is possible ‘o do so. Other leaders do not sym- Jathize with this objective, holding hat while the Democratic party nat- urally will be looked to to present {taelf to the voters as the liberal party, it has not reached the depths extreme radicalism and they in- nd to see that it does not so de- seend of Fear McAdoo Radicalism. The objections to McAdoo, there- fore, are more than one. In the first plice. the delegates who are resisting him are doing so on the ground that he has weakened himself as a *rospective “winner” at the polls in November by his connection with the ©il interests, and they are looking for i winner and not a martyr. In the second place they fear that his ex- treme radicalism will alienate the conservative element in the north and west and drive voters to Presi- dent Coolidge. McAdoo has etrength—in the norters. for him with an almost fanatical en- thusiasm. The attacks upon him <ince he came to New York have re- sulted in _solidifying their ranks, Zrousing their resentment and draw- 7& them closer together in a com- pact mass. This fact is going to help him to counteract the “wearing- down” process which his opponents depend upon to finally crush him The Ku Klux Klan specter is grow- element of of his sup- one ardency | other Those who are for him are | twenty-foyr hours Hi lowes est, 87, 66, at e 7. TENSION 1S GREAT IN CLOSING HOURS ONCONVENTIONEVE Feverish Excitement to Consolidate Positions. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 23.—The great quadrennial jubilee of the democracy is passing through its final fevered | stage of preconvention rivalry and en- | thusiasm, Fifth avenue and the hotel district | of Manhattan resounded today to the tramp of cheering delegations and the blare of marching bands, while outrunners from the forces of the principal candidates scurried every- where to bring mew arrivals into camp and consolidate the legions al- | ready assembled behind their favorites. From a balcony of his hotel Wil- HNam ;. McAdoo exhorted a group of nowllng western delegates to stand oy him to the last ditch, and they shouted back assurances that they would. New York no legiance to its the ily acclaimed its al- avorite, Al Smith, in greatest civic parade in the his- of the city. He was cheered by sands wherever he went. Dark Horse Chiefs Busy. Both the McAdoo and Smith men continued to claim victory as the last of the state delegations perfected their convention organizations, but the partisans didates on ties and that ne be of a dozen other can- oubled their activi- repeated their predictions cr of the two leaders could nominated, The Indiana friends of Senator Ralston announced after one look at the situation that they had deter- mined to disregard his request and place his name formally before the onv ntion Meantime convention officials put the finishing touches on their Madi- son Square Garden arrangements, and <ot the great hall in readiness for the fall of the gavel at noon tomor- row Lleventh-hour arrivals for the Dem- | ocratic national convention thrust to- day into teeming lobbies and seething ampaign headquarters, found them- selves in the midst of a bewildering clamor of confiicting claims for vari- ous candidates and arguments over controverted questions of policy. Fight Certain to Be Long. The swift currents of Sunday's maneuvering fad brought no clear trend to indicate the course of events after the convention assembles, ex- cept that it is tikely to be prolonged by fights on the floor over platform 3 and, possibly, some of the s, as well as the battle for the presidential nomination. With three of the most prominent active candidates on hand, their man- agers put still more pressure today behind efforts to consolidate their supporters for the opening of the convention, and the squadrons from camps did likewise. Senator of Alabama reached New York vesterday, but did not join his workers until today, preferring the seclusion of a friend’'s home in the kirts of the ¢ William G. Mc- Adoo and Alfred E. Smith, meanwhile continued their conferences. Platform Nearly Ready. A tentative platform was almost ready today for consideration of the resolution: "~ (Contini LOCAL DELE Underw GATION AT 0DDS ON PLANK Harper Calls for National Repre- sentation ; Costello Wants Suf- frage “Principle” Backed. By a Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, June 23.—Two sepa- rate proposals for a District of Co- lumbia suffrage plank in the Demo- cratic platform, it appears, will be laid before the committee on resolu- tions of the convention when it gets together. Col. Robert N. Harpjer, sponsoring a national representation plank, pure and simple, has arrived here, and announced that he is opposed to the plank put forward by John F. Costel- lo, Democratic national committee- man for the District, which seeks to put the party on record as favoring suffrage genegally for the District in local as well as national affairs. Compromise Is Planned. Fearing that the committee On resolutions and the convention may be unwilling to include in the party | platform either the plank advanced | by Costello or that put forward by Col. Harper, Frank B. Lord, one of @ resolution which he may offer as a compromise. His resolution calls for a plebescite in the District on the there desire. He would not have the resolution adopted as part of the platform, but offered to the conven- Candidates Scurry About in the District’ delegates, has prepared | form of government which the people | | Geneva Body Fails| of Mention in Peace Planks. | | BRYAN AND WALSH Klan Question Is Certain to Bring Violent Row in Party. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, | Staff Correspondent of The Star. ! NEW YORK, June 23.—On the eve | of the opening of the Democratic| national convention here, from two | important sources come propmrd‘ platiorm planks which make no promise that the United States shall | enter the league of nations in the event of Democratic victory at the polls. One comes from no less a than William Jennings Bryan, advo- cate of peace and at one time Secre- tary of State under President Wil- son—before, however, the league of | nations’ covenant was brought back to this country by Mr. Wilson. 27 Planks in 1,000 Word: The other comes from Senators Walsh of Massachusetts and Caraway | of Arkansas. The two senators have put forward a complete platform im Approximately 1000 words, contain-| | ing twenty-seven specific planks. Mr. | Bryan's proposal contains but one foreign relations plank. Of course, Mr. Bryan makes a strong plea for| peace and for the United tSates to| in efforts to source | take a leading part { | bring about and maintain world peace. But there is no mention of the league of nations by mame. For| an hour vesterday Mr. Bryan was in| conference with William Gibbs Mc-| Adoo, to whose support he is pledged as a delegate from Florida, and it/ believed that Mr. Bryan went at| onsiderable detail into what should | constitute a Democratic platform. He | s bent, of course, upon a dry plank, with no concesslons to the wets. the older leaders that the Democrats content themselves with a plank in their platform merely reiterating the American principles of religious free- dom, the anti-Ku Klux Kian group persists in demanding a strong plank Which shall denounce the Klan by name. Announcement is made by Edward H. Moore of Ohio, one of the leaders opposing McAdoo, that 382 delegates, more than a majority of | the convention, stand for such a! plank. Text of Anti-Klan Plank. The text of the plank proposed by Mr. Moore follows “We condemn as opposed to the genesis of free government. secret political societies of any kind what- Koever, wherever any such society undertakes to destroy free political action and fosters racial and religious hatreds. “We denounce its activities as con- travening the spirit if not the letter of the Constitution, and as a pregnant menace to the perpetuity of American institutions. “We declare that no member of such a soclety can justly claim to be a dis- ciple of Thomas Jefferson. “We pledge the Democratic party to oppose the activities of the Ku Klux Klan, or any similar organization which undertakes to control or inter- fere with free political action or due process of la The Walsh-Caraway platform defines the issues of the campaign as follows “Do you desire an efficient or an inefficient government?” “Do you want a corrupt or an honest government?” Bitterly Attacks G. 0. P. It handles the Republican adminis- tration without gloves, and in lan- guage which recalls the vitriolic at- tacks made in the Senate by Mr. Cara- way upon the Republicans. Nor does President Coolidge escape censure. The senator from Massachusetts, ap- parently, has laid off the gloves So far as the idol of Massachusetts is concerned. He says about the Presi- dent in the proposed platform “Bureaucracies have takenu the place of personal leadership, privilege that of justice. corruption rampant, na- tional resources sold almost as at public auction, and as an excuse for these conditions it pleads its impo- tency and asks the country to accept instead of party responsibility, in- stead of platform pledges fulfiiled, a candidate, its sole resource—a candi- date who, amid all the disclosures of corruption, of public resources bar- tered, of agriculture prostrated, of pledges unfulfilled, has done nothing and sald nothing to indicate that he either cared or comprehended. The only action by him taken was an at- tempt to stifle further investigations and thereby prevent other disclosures of corruption and lend himself to propaganda born of corruption and inspired by fear, to deaden the sense of humiliation and outraged: justice of the American people and protect crime and jts perpetrators from con- demnation and punishment.” Piedge Living Cost Cat. _Other important parts of the Walsh- | Caraway platform follo | “An immediate reduction in the ex- cessive cost of transportation of all necessaries of life, that the cost of living may be materially reduced to the benefit of the agricultural pro- | ] MAKE PROPOSALS‘ /fi)@ J‘GB.[I’FS TAKE LEAD IN FIRST ; Matthews and Rice Again Star for Despite the counseling of many of | Markle for a 5-to-3 victor - WASHINGTON—Rice doubled to Jeft, | WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 23, { PLATFORM PREPARATION. 1924—THIRTY PAGES. NATS BEAT YANKS, 5-3, IN FIRST GAME Mogridge Gets Better of Pitching Battle With Jones and Markle. Harrismen—Goslin Gets Homer. BY JOHN B. KELLER. YANKEE STADIUM. New York, June —George Mogridge bested two ew York hurlers this afterncon in the opening game of the double- header in the stadium and put the tionals within one game of the irague-leading Yankees. The lanky southpaw allowed the enemy to bunch hits effectively in only two innings while his mates batted Sam Jones, one-time Washington jinx, and Cliff FIRST INNING. and when Hendrick fumbled the ball Rice’ scored. Matthews tripled to left. Harris lined to Dugan, Matthews hold- ing third. Goslin singled to center, scoring Matthews. Judge grounded to Pipp unassisted, Goslin taking second. Ruel fouled to Schang. Two runs. NEW YORK—Witt popped to Judge. Dugan out, Mogridge to Judge. Ruth fanned. No runs. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON—Feck singled to cen- ter. Bluege lined to Hendrick. Mo- gridge forced Peck, Scott to McNally. Rice flied to McNally in short center. No runs. NEW YORK—Hendrick lined to Har- ris. Schang lofted to Rice. Mo, threw out Pipp. No runs, il THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON — Matthews doubled to right center. Harris sacrificed, Jones to McNally. Goslin flied to Ruth, Mat- thews holding third. Judge singled to left, scoring Matthews. Ruel lined to McNally. One run. NEW YORK—Peck tossed out Me- Nally. Scott singled to right. Jones flied to Rice. Witt scratched a hit past Peck, Scott stopping at second. Mo- gridge threw out Dugan. No runs. FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—A third strike was called on Peck. Dugan threw out Bluege. Also Mogridge. No runs. NEW YORK—Ruth singled to center. Hendrick sent a high bounder in front of Mogridge and got to first before a play could be made, Ruth stopping at second. Schang doubled to left, scor- ing Ruth, and Hendrick took third. Pipp flied to Bluege. McNally flied to Goslin, Hendrick scoring after the catch.’ Scott flied to Harris. Two runs. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Rice _singled _past McNally. Matthews bunted and Jones tried to get Rice at second, but threw wild and_Rice took third and Matthews second. Harris flied to Hendricks, Rice scoring after the catch. Goslin singled to right, putting Matthews on third, and Goslin continued to gecond on the throw to the plate. Markle now pitch- ing for New York. Judge rolled to Mc- Nally and Matthews was ‘run down, McNally to Schang to Dugan. Goslin took third and Judge second on the play. Ruel lined to Dugan. One run. NEW YORK—Peck tossed out Mar- kle. Witt singled to center. Dugan flied to Rice in short right. Ruth was hit by a pitched ball. Hendrick fanned. No_runs. SIXTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Dugan. tossed _.out Peck. Bluege went out, Scott to Pipp. Mogridge fanned. No runs. NEW YORK—Peck made a great stop and threw to retire Schang. Pipp flied to Matthews. Harris made & great stop and threw out McNally. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Rice walked. Rice stole second. Matthews sacrificed, Du- gan to McNally. Harris walked. Gos- lin lined to McNally and Harris was doubled off first, McNally to Pipp. No runs. NEW YORK—Scott popped to Judge. BOX SCORE basas—! balls—Off Marklo 52 Sonms: Vi 4ia By Rath 3 by 8 in 414 'inniags, Pi ‘WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. PO. A E Rice, rf. L..a2 g a0 0 Matthews. cf. 3 2 2 4 00 Harris, 2b £ 00 3 30 Goalin, 1. 5 132 0086 Judge, 1b. 5 0 211 0 0 Ruel. c... ... 3 00 2 0 0 Peokinpaugh, s, 3 0 1 0 3 @ Bluege, 3b. . i4 00 2 0 0 Mogridge, 3. 4 01 0 & 0 Totals.............. 8 5 11 37 9 0 NEW YORK. . 402000 411350 312200 411201 401210 4001010 .300710 401130 100011 200000 101000 100000 % 3 82712 2 Hofmann batted for Markle in ninth inning. Bush batted for Witt in ninth inning. ‘Washington .. 2010100015 New York ... 0002000103 Two-base hits—Rice, Matthows Schang and Hoffman. Three-base hit—Matthews. e ran—Goslin. Stolen bese—Rioe. Sacrifices— Harris (2), McNally, Matthews (2), Ruel. Double plays—McNaliy and Pipp. Left on ashington, 9; New York, 6. Bases on Struck ‘out—By Mo- Markle. 1. Hits— Hit by = (mfl;&.) ‘ln-n E B g Tl iy THREE KILL SELVES; ONE FAILS IN EFFORT Family and Financial Troubles and m Causes of Suici Health Given, as ides. Three suicides and o ne attempted suicide—two men and two women— have been reported within the Jast all prompted by fam financial misfortunes or The dead are: to twenty-four hours, the police ily troubles ill health. William H. Foster. fifty years old, a_clerk in the Veteran 2700 Connecticut avenu Julius Sandler, fifty 4707 Georgia avenue. <" Bureau, e. years old, of of Mrs. Miriam Loud James, fifty-two years old, ments, The attempt at suicide ted by Miss Margaret L of 1118 Monroe Street, field Hospital. cover. Mr. Foster was found of the floor of his kitchen by Clark of 1336 Florida had gone to the apartm laundry. Highland apart- was commit- nch, eighteen, ho is in Gar- She is expected to re- lying on the Charles P. avenue, who ent to deliver Failing to receive any an- swer to repeated Knocks, he opened the door and noticed an odor of gas. Tracing it to the Kit covered the man’s body on the floor, with gas chen, he dis- stretched out flowing from an open burner of the gas stove. Mr. Foster apparently had taken ex- traordinary precautions to prevent any of the deadly fumes seeping into a “bedroom adjoining where his fifteen-year-old son, Every crack in door and lay asleep. window had been careful the kitchen, Borden, lly “chinked.” When the boy was told his father was dead he collapsed and had to be put back physician. Borden told Sergt. Tenleytown police _sta to bed under the care of a Marks of the tion that he dreamed last night he saw his father dead. kitchen and found his dry true he sobbingly fell t complete collapse. By coincidence, the boy is had another When he walked dream some into the eam had come o the floor in some strange said to have time ago about the death of a friend, who actu- ally did die a few days Physicians who arrivi later. ed with the Emergency Hospital ambulance a few minutes after the suicid ered sald Foster proba dead two hours. could be found. ent of construction at e was discov- bly had been No reason for his act He was superintend- the Veterans' Bureau and was supposed to be pros- perous. His wife and d been visiting in Philade! on_their way back home. Mrs. James was _des; aughter have 1phia and are pondent over the death of her husband, Francis Bacon James, prominent cator and author, who month ago. herself. Melancholia ov. ries prompted her to dri; lawyer, edu- succumbed a She was also in ill health er these wor- nk a quantity of deadly poison Friday afternoon. She was found in an unconscious con- dition by her daughter, Mrs. Edward D. C. SEAPLANE LANDS Flight of 13 Hours 23 Minutes Ended by Broken Pump After Midnight. PERILOUS DESCENT IS MADE Lieuts. Price and Wead Cover Dis- tance of 963 Miles. The most remarkable seaplane flight over the District and vicinity, involv- ing long hours of inclosure in cock- pits, shifting of seats in midair and the prospect of a disastrous landing when their motor failed above the Po- tomac River, forcing them to plunge through the darkness to the water be- low, was unceremoniously concluded at 1:30 o'clock this morning by two naval aviators who made four world seaplane records. Lieut. John Dale Price of the Naval Air Station. Anacostia, and Lieut. F. W. Wead of the bureau of aeronautics today were showered with congzratula- tions, but let it be known they were not satisfed with their performance and will not be until the plane is kept aloft by them for twenty hours or more, as was originally planned. Up More Than Thirteen Hours. The pilots made a sustained flight of thirteen hours and twenty-three minutes, covering a distance of 1,550 kilometers, or 963.12 miles, which sur- passed the record established at San minutes, over a distance or 1,275 kilo- meters. In addition the flight smashed the speed record for both the 500 and 1.000 kilometer distances, with an verage of 73.41 miles an hour against the recordof 72 for the first and 74.27 miles against the record of 70.49 for the second. Further, they “hung up” a new 1,500 kilometer of 74.17 ‘miles an_hour. About 1:15 o'clock this morning Lieut. Price took the controls from Lieut. Wead—changing seats in the darkness—and was beginning a_new 1ap when the motor “cut out.”” Hasty examination revealed a broken pump, which carries the gasoline from the tanks in the plane to one in the top wing, from where the carbuerator is fed. Below it was black, but for lights on a barge off Alexandria, and it was for this meager beacon that Lieut. Price nosed the plane. Makes Dificult Landing. flash upon the water, he “set down" the huge plane on the surface. Small wing navigating lights on the ship told a watch at the air station of the forced landing, and a boat Was sent to the scene immediately to tow the plane back. It reached the station about 2:30 o'clock. Carrying 620 gallons of gasoline, the plane, in charge of Licut. Price, left the water between the air station and Alexandria at 12:10 p.m. yester- day to fly over a triangular course mapped out to include Hains Point, Fort Hunt and Fort Humphrey! Ob- servers of the National Aeronautic Association were stationed at these points to check the plane on its journey. Throughout the afternoon and night the peculiar hum of the 585 horse- power Wright motor could be heard in parts of Washington, near Hains Point, and after dark the small navigating lights on the upper wings were visible. Searchlights at the air station played across the water to the point and others flooded the hangars, a constant guidance to the fiyers in case a landing was neces- sary. About 5:30 o'clock officers at the ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) WITH FOUR RECORDS | Diego last year by a Doublas torpedo | plane, of eleven hours and eighteen | speed record | Without any wing headlights to “From Press to Home Within the Hour™ The Star’ every city. b s carrier system covers lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as t he papers are printed. Saturda; Sunday’s y's_Circulation, 87,226 s Circulation, 99,615 * TWO CENTS. Beast Combining Dog, Duck, Song Bird Coming Here By the Associated I'ress NEW YORK. June 23.—An animal with a body shaped like that of a dachshund, but with webbed feet; with a head like an anteater and with long hair, which sings somewhat like a hird, was brought from South America by William Schurz, commercial attache of the American embassy at Buenos Aires, who arrived here today. The animal is said to be the first of its species to be brought to this country. Mr. Schurz discovered it while surveying the rubber planta- tions of the said he Zoological o Amazon valley. He d present it to the in Washing- wou Gardens ton, D. INTER-ALLY PARLEY TIMED T COINGIDE WITH HUGHES VISIT MacDonald Tells Commons U. S. to be Invited to Lon- don Meeting, July 16. BY HAL OFLAHERTY. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1 LONDON, June 23.—The proposed | visit of Secretary of States Hughes t London next month not only will pro- vide the opportunity for several un- official functions in his honor but also will bring him in intimate con- tact with allied premiers, who will gather here on July 16 to arrange for application of the Dawes plan It is within the range of possibility that Prime Minister MacDonald and Premier Herriot, during their suc cessful conference Sunday, took into consideration the time of Mr. Hughes' visit in setting a date for the allied | conference. It is known that they are anxious to have America rep- | resented more fully than in the past. when observers with no authority took a responsible part in the pro ceedings and acted for her. Germany 10 Be Represented. | In one quarter the suggestion is |put forward that the allies invite |the American experts. who sat with the Dawes reparations committee. o | The mere fact that Mr. Hughes will | | be present in London during the con- | ference will add greatly to its weight. | Germany will be askeG tn send repre- | | sentatives, not for the purpose of at- tending regular sessions, but to be present when the time arrives to se- cure German consent to the provis- ions of the Dawes treaty, which are { outside or supplementary to the peace | treaty. Germany’s consent probably will take the form of a protocol incor- porating detailed agreements. Although Sunday's discussions re- sulted in a “complete accord” be- tween the two premiers, it is obvious that some points were shuffied over hurriedly, particularly M. Herriot's suggestion of a pact for mutual mili- upport. This cannot be grant- the labor government, but it rmised that Mr. MacDonald of- fered a_substitute agreement under clause ten of the league covenant. This point. connected with the ques- tion of time and method of evacuat- ing the Ruhr, constitutes the only serious obstacle for the conference | to overcome. | PARLEY CALLED JULY 16. | MacDonald Hopes to Have U. S. | Represented, He Adds. | By the Associated Press. | LONDON, June 23.—Prime Minister MacDonald' told the House of Com- mons this afternoon hat his confer- h Premier Herriot of France (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) MUSSOLINI PREPARES FOR NEW OFFENSIVE Wants to Frighten People into Continued Adherence to Fascist Policies. BY HIRAM K MODERWE! By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyrigh! ROME, June 23—Premier Mussolini has ordered all ministerial deputies to leave Rome and spread over the prov- inces to stir up the rank and file of the people. He has decided to launch next week a great offensive in order to paralyze the opposition and frighen the people. This week is likely to mark the climax of the crisis in Rome, but whatever happens the question is only one of time, according to pre- valent opinion, until Mussolini and fascimo are liquidated. There are rumors of a possible coup d'etat. On Friday night a num- ber of troops suddenly appeared in the streets of Rome and the garrison of the Quirinal, the king's residence, was_greatly reinforced, apparently for fear of some attacks by the Black Shirts. Nothing happened, however. “Rippling Ruby” MAY REORGANIZE TROOPS. MAUGHAN SPEEDS - BEYONDST. JOSERH - INRAGE WITH SUR |Army Flyer Covers 1,140 Miles from Mitchel Field in Morning Hours. BATTLES HEAVY STORM | AFTER DAYBREAK START | o Engine Trouble That Might Have Ended Flight Discovered at Dayton, Ohio. By the Assoc tted Press. ST. JOSZ:PH, Mo., June 23.—Licu Russell L Maughan, en route fron New York to San Francisco in third atteinpt to span the continen between dawn and dusk, hopped off « 11:37:30 am., central standarl un after spending nearly forty minut here. In fine spirits and with his pl in good condition after fiying miles since 3 o'clock this mornins | castern tim<, Lieut. Maughan landed | at Rosecrans Flying Field, south of | St Joseph, At 10:32 o'clock, centra | time, this n7orning | Hunts Ory Landing Place. Maughan was proached the field from cast. He waved to his who waved flags to direct drylsection of the field As mechanics rushed forward to as- sist him, Maughan flew upward abou |fifty feet, to the astonishment thousands of persons who had sembled to grect him. He twice « cled the field, and then gracefu glided down o dry spot north end “I knew you had a rain night,” Maughan declared cided to come in & low as he a the nort mechanics him to 1 low and then cirels the field to get my bearis Maughan landed in St thirty-two minutes earlier did in his last attempt when his plane went a Springs, Wyo. He was tak hacgars, w he a hicken and a glass of | BEATS TIME TO DAYTON. | “Maughan Covers First 575 Miles i 4 Hours 7 Minutes. By the Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio, June | Russell L. Maugha nded Cook Field from Mitchel Field, N at 7:05 eastern standard time, took off at 8:16 in his third attemp to span the continent from dawn to dusk, Maughan covered the first lap | his journey, New York to Dayton. miles in four hours and seven minutes | slightly better than the schedule he | had planned. Progress of the flight was de layed one hour and eleven minutes here for Mechanics wheels While repairs to a gasoline line. at McCook Field also placed with larger tires on the ship. this was going on Maughan restlessly back and forth. but once urged the mechanics to gre speed Finds Serious Defect. Lieut. Harold R. Harris, chief t pilot of McCook Field, who super | vised the work of the mechanics, said it the weakened connection had not |been discevered at McCook Feld, it | would have causcd the termination of | the flight | "1t certainly would have let go | somewhere else along the route and | none of the other scheduled stops ar |equipped with materials to make such fitting,” Harris said. Just before hopping off Maughan expressed his confidence the result of the flight “It was terribly rough voy | down from New York,” Maughan sa on landing here. “There was a dense fog over upper New York and Jjust east of Pittsburgh 1 ran into a sever: rain_and wind storm “The faster 1 went through it, the | more the ship bobbed up and down This irregular movement of the shin so bad it nearly made me e " he said. Flying Then Gets Ideal. “Once past Pittsburgh, the flyin was ideal,” the dawn-to-dusk flyc it was artled crew that greeted him on his arrival here. Th mechanics had been coming to M Cook Field every morning at 4:30 o'clock for the past week awaiting his arrival. Today they were all a small building, not Maughan until about 8 thoufh ready to receive him. Suddenly the roar of his motor wis heard and a_mad scramble from the Lieut in gathered expectin o'clo in | i building took place. Maughan climbed from his ship with the comment, “Everythinz | 0. K.* He nibbled at a sandwich and drank a bit of coffec while the mechanics were going over the planc Expects Succexs This Time. Just before he stepped in the planc for the second flight of the trip he'said: “I have every reason to hope that the trip will be successful this time.” Somebody in the crowd that had gathered made reference to his old jinx _following him and _Lieut Maughan, already under way, shouted back, “T'll beat him. The plane is a standard Army Cur- tiss type, the same as used in his previous attempts, and is capable o. a speed greater than 150 miles an hour. Lieut. Maughan hopes to land in San Francisco in time to have his supper, having breakfasted in New York. LEAVES BEFORE DAYBREAK. | | - ing in proportions as the day dmlwu ;i;onpginth: resolutions committee for vnl‘\_x:ors n;\dlme confu(r;-erstandl,:[he 1;-» Bluege took Markle's high fly. Witt | K. Morris, and hurried to Emergency near when the committee on resolu- s a_ Separate resolution. ase of transportation facilities by | fied to Rice. No runs. Hospital, but she died late yesterday. Premier Said to Seek More Legal = i - v “go to the mat” on | Mr. Lord said today he believed |2 proper improvement of inland g 2 Horelnll pavcitoTERlia the Democratia party could and would | WALerways and harbors EIGHTH INNING. Brooded Over Busimess Deal By J. S. FLETCHER S Maughan Took Air at Mitchell his iesue is the greatest menace to |adopt such a resolution with entire o reopen the world's markets to| WASHINGTON — Judge dragged a| Mr. Sandler also taok poison. Brood- s Field at 3 O'clock. By the Associated Press. His opponents | Propriety. the American farmer to modify or re- | 4 ieie™00 N fkie. Ruel sacrificed, Du- | ing over a business deal, in which he Begins In the McAdoo fortunes. 2 are determined to force into the plat- Tt or Bssiuts peal the inequitable tariffs which | 2 FS ¥ pinn ™ Peck walked. Biuege | 105t considerable money, he drank the ROME, June 23.—The Giornale |By the Associated Press t z on. ave so Increased his cos - 3 - < ’ 5 < . form, it possible, a downright denun- | .y, Lo iuion follows: B o T e B o (o oror e |popped to Pipp. Mogridge singled to :f’:.,f':,,“nff(‘?n:'g";{,lré’:fi:ehflw&,’,';. Today’s Star @Ttalia in its issue today said that| MITCHEL FIELD, N, ¥., June 23 left, filling the bases. Rice flied to and __A lone airman, Lieut. Russell ciation_of the Klan in no uncertain term; "If it not done, the Demo- cratic party is threstened with the loss of Votes in New York, New Eng- land and New Jersey. If it is incor- porated it threatens to form a plat- form upon which Mr. McAdoo may find difficulty. in standing. The plat- form is to be made before the candi- date is selected. Mr. Bryan says he is willing to compromise on almost anything except the suggected near- wet plank. He will meet them half way on everything but that, but when it come to recommendation of modification or weakening of prohi- bition he will meet them at armaged- on and fight to the finish. “Whereas, the fact that half a million citizens of the United S‘(laflel‘ residents in the District of Columbia, are denied the privilege of participat- ing in the affairs of our government, is contrary to the spirit of American institutions and abhorent to hte well settled democratic policy of - self-de- termination: “Therefore, be it resolved, That the Democratic party, in national con- vention assembled, advises that the Congress grant to the people of the District of Columbia, at the earljest opportunity, a plebiscite to enable them to give expression of the form of government which they prefer for them#elves, subject to such re - tion, to create a great marketing sys- tem so as to decrease the unjustifi- able price spread between the pro- ducer and the consumer and bring again to American agriculture the prosperity and contentment which it enjoyed under democratic rule. For Court Entry. “Membership of the United States in the International Court of Justice or such other world associations as may be most helpful in the promotion of world The unstinted support of the government in all movements for the economic progress of the nations of the world. “oTo assure to all the right of liberty, Mr. Bryan has his fighting clothes on and is rallying his supporters in the convention to his side in & | phalanx to fight to the last ditch, tions as the Congress may impose. The caucus of the District delega- free speech, a free press, to iy assemble, to be secure from unreason- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) r ~{Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) Ruth. No runs. NEW YORK—Dugan singled to cen- ter. Ruth singled past Harris, Dugan taking third. Harris threw out Hen- drick, Dugan scoring and Ruth taking second. Goslin made a good catch of Schang’s fly. Mogridge threw out Pipp. One run. NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Matthews grounded to Pipp. Harris Popped to Scott. Gos- lin knocked a homer into the right-field stand. Scott threw out Judge. One run. NEW YORK—McNally flied to Mat- thews. So did Scott. Hofmann batted for Markle and doubled to right. Bush batted for Witt and flied to Matthews. No runs. avenue home late & he had immediate he, tos Hospital. in Masonic circles and med turday. Although ical attention died yesterday at Emergency Mr. Sandler was prominent was_engaged in the shoe business at 9th and H streets. end_four children. He is survived by his wife s Lynch attempted to end her life becausd her mother had refused to permit her to attend a house party in_the country over the week end. Her daughter was in a semi-con- scious condition. ~After from the gas-filled room ly opened all windows carsying her she Hurried- and sent an emergency call for the Garfield Hos- pital ambulance. restorative measures and it is said that Miss all right again in a few Physicians applied immediately Lynch will be s This is one of the best mystery yarns ever written by a master of the writing craft. J. S. Fletcher is the outstanding author of the season’s mystery stori and this bit of fiction will thrill you to the last word. Read the First Installment Is Todsy's Star Os Psge 25. Premier Mussolini Commander Giardio Debono are planning to reor- ganize the scista military body, making it a still more constitutional organization with police powers. The supervision of the body would be transferred from the ministry of the interior to the ministry of war and an army gegeral in active mili- tary service placed in command. This reorganization, which would follow the nation-wide upheaval over the disappearance and alleged mur- der of Socialist Deputy Matteotti Would have the effect of removing Commander Debono as the head of the fascista militia. Debono has an- nounced his intention of taking legal action_against all newspapers which have connected him with any respon- sibility in the Matteotti case. Maughan, this morning began a race with the sun in the hope of spanning a tepth of the earth's circuit before his path is darkened. Two unsuccessful attempts in the past year had not dampened his ardor. and following a light breakfast the trail blazer took the air in his 275- horsepower, single-seater plane at one- half_minute before 3 o'clock, eastern standard time. - Some few clouds were in the sky. but the eastern star behind glowed as a guide, and a half moon lit his way toward ' and over the Alleghenies, which he hoped to cross before fuli (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) R P;