Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Thundershowers this af early tonight, cooler toni row fair and cooler Temj twenty-four hours today: Highest, 89, lowest, 71, at 5:30 a.m Full report on page 7. tor te ending fternoon or ght; tomor- perature for at 2 p.m noon toda: rday. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 = B SRE No. 29 ofce Wasl hw (9. pos: KLAN ISSUE THROWS CONVENTION INTO CHAOS; NOMINATIONS OPEN; McADOO’S POSITION IS WEAKENED Vote, However, To Await 0. K. of Planks. ORGANIZATION IS PERFECTED Underwood First to Be Put Before Delegates. | | Br the Associated Press. | EW YORK, June 25—Amid res almost without parallel in | party history the Democratic con- | vention today began its grapple with the two great issues before it—the | Tomination of a presidential candi- | datc and determination of the | party’s attitude toward the Ku Kiu Klan Scarcely had the nom speeches for President begun when the vast hall was thrown into chaos | by 2 prolonged demonstration pro- voked by a reference to the positive stand against the Klan taken by Scnator Underwood of Alabama. | Like a Fire Drangd. Mention of the fell into the conventfon like ‘a fire brand. One after another state| &tandards were lifted up and carried in 4 parade around the hall, together | With American flags snatched from | the wall decorations, while the roof | of the historic old garden rattled with | a and the “The Star name of the order roar of cheering d singing of | Spangled i In two or three of the states, where 8cntiment divided on the Klan, the were fist fights and delegates who wanted to take the state standard the parade were opposed by others who fought to keep them out. A number of the delegation sat lent, apparently unanimous in their disapproval of the whole anti-Klan demonstration. The anti-Klan demonstration was followed by another when William G. McAdoo was placed in nomination. Under the direction of a cheer leader and to the accompaniment of lively band music his supporters staged a colorful parade that kept the con- | vention floor in a prolonged uproar After Senator Underwood, Senator Robinson of Arkansas and’ Mr. Me- Adoo had been placed formally before the convention the party leaders agreed to adjourn until tomorrow. Crowds Arrive Slowly. , Nobody secmed to be in a hurry | in getting down for tod: session Ten minutes before the day's session was scheduled to begin most of the | boxes for which contributors to the convention fund had paid high prices were empty and there were whole solid banks of empty seats in the her reserved sections. Delegates and alternates trickled in prepared for a hot day. Some came with coats and collars peeled off and others came more chastely attired in palm beach cuits. Some of the delegates from the tropical possessions brought a re- freshing touch in their pure white ducks. Among the early arrivals was Per- manent Chairmafi Walsh, who came in formal mornin§ dress, iooking very hot and uncomt. ftable, but neverthe- less very formad The photographers pounced upon ghim and put him through a scorff of poses. The band leader, eviden v recalling Theodore Roosevelt's ad fonition that a conven- tion needs firgfl to be entertained, got into_action uff in his little loft and crashed out sfine heavy overtures in- Yerspersed wilth some popular nov- -elties. into F: Wave Fatilely. he delegates, alternates were moving in, ought a palm leaf fan probably stirred Ibreeze to start a square individually not one of | ded fn_stirring up enough his_brow. ry Chairman Harrison was e next arrivals on the plat- he keynoter had shed the fled coat of yesterday and more comfortable today in the fess suit he wears in the Senate er. r. Harrison did not seem unhappy the prospect of turning the gavel er to Senator Walsh. Notables Get Bounced. The convention managers, some- what alarmed at the congestion on the floor yesterday, had given strict orders that no one but delegates and alternates were to be permitted in the delegate space today. Guards| were placed at the entrances with | instructions to carry out those orders without exception. The first result was that a lot of party war horses, notables and privileged character: who do not happen to be delegates, | hut nevertheless are on the inside of the management of the convention, promptly got bounced out and it took several kinds of argument and per- suasion to get them back in Platform Closely Guarded. Meanwhile various others who -had no business on the convention flom: <lipped in as usual. The speakers'| platform, however, was guarded like a jewel case with police at top and bottom. Some of the notables had difficulty in getting up there. too. The assembling hour today was 11 oclock eastern daylight saving time and ten minutes after that hour | the long rows and wide blocks of new Kitchen chairs provided for the delogates and alternates were wait- ing for occupants, but the aisles were crowded with delegates millin around anxious to find out what h been happening overnight in the little conferences about town which even- tually are going to decide something important, Some of the first evidences of the organized demonstrations to ecome were given today. The McAdoo peo- ple were on hand pascing out printed | copies of the “McAdoodle” songs they will sing when they start stirring up the noise for thelr candidate. Women Ready to Yel. | “Yankee Doodle,” “Over There” and Maryland, My Maryland.® furnish and visitol every one Collectively] | Owen D. Young Surprises Platform | ASKS * CLOSER FRIENDSHIP | tory iraised against the proposal. tered as second class matter hington, D. C. (%) WASHINGTO Klan and League Rows May Go To Convention Floor for Action ceptance of Latter Former Grows BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | aff Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, June 25.—The Demo- | cratic national platform toda go- ing through its final stages before | the resolutions committee of the na-| tional convention. Its birth is not| going to be an casy affair. But the| Democrats insist that it must be com- pleted before a presidential candidate is named. Upon the character of the | platform may depend to a cider- | able extent the selection of nomi- Two things stand out subcommittee of eleven wrestles with a draft of ment. Pirst of Woodrow Wilson may the | today a members the docu- The influence of the memory be so strong to force the PRESENTS FOREIGN RELATIONS PLANK Builders by Sudden Proposals. Scores World Policies Followed by Republicans. I the Associated Press. 5w YORK, June 25.—A vigorous ign relations plank was submit- today to democratic platform builders by Owen D. Young of New York, who was a member of the Dawes reparations commission. Appearing suddenly at a continua- tion of the public hearings, Mr. Young was subjected to lengthy questioning by members of the com- mittee both favorable ahd unfavor- able to an cxpression regarding the league of nations. Plan Already Discussed. The Young foreign relations plank, which already had been the subject of conferences between the author and members of the committee, assalls the foreign policy of the present adminis- tration and declares for co-operation with, or participation in such organiza- tions, including the league of nations, as may be helpfully functioning in the social and economic rehabilitation of the world. nch co-operation would be under such terms as “will, on the one hand, protect the sovereignty and independ- ence of our government, and, on the other, enable it to render its full service and receive its full benefit from the common and enlightened action of all the nations.” Text of Plank. The text of the plank follows: “In fairness to ourselves and to the world it is essential that the foreign policy of the United States be con- sistent and continuous, and that its decision be uninfluenced by partisan controversy on domestic issues. Next to aggressive unfairness, there is no greater promoter of misunderstand- ing or menace to peace than weak- ness, vacillation or cowardly reserve in dealing with other nations. The Democratic party stands for a sound, firm and definite foreign policy, and the open, courageous and official exe- cution of 'such a policy.” Declarations on foreign relations, farm relief, prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan formed the most difficult problems confronting the subcommit- tee, which was called to begin its labors at 10 a.m. under the chair- manship of Homer S. Cummings of Connecticut, who also heads the full committee. Members of the drafting committee, which is made up of William Jen- nings Bryan, Florida; William H. O'Brien, Indiana; William A. Avres, Kansas; Senator David I Walsh, Massachusetts; former Senator Gil- bert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska, Sena- tor Key Pittman, Nevada; Newton D. Baker, Ohio: Sepator Robert L. Owen, Oklahoma, and Representative Finis J. Garrett, Tennessee, were optim- istic, but not inclined, before they weni into executive session, to make definite predictions as to when they | would finish their task. | League and Dry Law. | The hearing of the full commit- tee, which was begun shortly after adjournment of the opening session | of the convention yesterday after-| noon, continued untjl after 1 o'clock this morning, with most of the ora- centering about the league of nations and prohibition. A large number of other subjects were discussed, however, by spokes- men for various organizations and groups, and the committee was warned by Representative Harry B. ‘Hawes of Missouri and Julius Aitchele of Colorado that the fight for a spe- cific denunciation of the Ku Klux Klan would be carried to the con- vention floor if the name of the order should be left out of the “civil and religious liberty” plank by the plat- form drafters. Committeemen from Massachusetts, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin also went on record as urging mention of the Klan, and when opposingf views were invited by the chair, including a call for Im- perial Wizard Evans, no voice was Desk Is Deluged. ‘When the hearing opened members of the committee were sgked to file |Great Wilson Influence May Lead to Ac- Plank—Fight for More Intense. the entrance of the United States into the league of nations. This despite the desperate efforts of Democratic leaders who believe that the league ssue would be political suicide in the coming campaign econd. The severit of the Klux Klan issue hows no sign of abating. Threats have been made to ry the issue to the floor of the ynvention, through a minority report f the committee on resolutions. In act th the Klan and the league ues may have to be threshed out on the floor of the convention itself. “ear Harmony Menaced. The leaders are particularly anxious to avoid such contingencies. fear that such a course will not be conducive to party harmony. The proposed league plank occupied much of time and at- tention of the committee on resolu- tions at_its open hearings, which be- “(Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) FATE OF D. C. PLANK IS UP TO COMMITTEE Platform Makers Get Three Pro- posals Looking Toward En- franchising People Here. | COALITION WILL BE SOUGHT Lord, Costello and Harper Appeal for Consideration. By a Staft Correspondent NEW YORK, June 25 —The pro- posal to place a plank in the Demo- cratic platform recognizing the right of the people of the District to a voice and vote in their government today is hanging in the balance be- fore the platform committee of the Democratic national convention. Find Support and Opposition. There is strong support as well as strong opposition for the proposal. It is understood that several senators who are members of the committee look with disfavor upon granting such recognition to the District people. On the other hand, John F. Costello. Demo- cratic national committeeman for the | District, has lined up a number of the committeemen in favor of the pro- posal. Much will depend upon the constitution of the subcommittee which will make the preliminary draft of the platform to be submitted | later to the full committee. The District delegation plans also to call on the delegations of the ter- titories to aid them in getling a suffrage plank. These groups of del- egates will be effective in the con- vention, provided they stand together Not only are they interested in the question of suffrage, but also in the question of patronage, it was ex- plained today. The territories as well as the District are tired of hav- ing outsiders thrust upon them when it comes to federal appointments, made for purely political purposes. An effort is being made today to line up these delegations and their repre. sentatives on the resolutions eom- mittee - Three Proposals Made. Three separate proposals regarding suffrage in the District were laid be- fore the committee at an open hear- ing at midnight last night in the Waldorf Hotel. . The so-called national representa- tion plank was presented by Col. Rob- ert N. Harper, proposing the Distriet be granted the ‘right to elect voting representatives in the Senate and House and in the electoral college. Mr. Costello presented the plank adopted by the District delegation yesterday, which seeks recognition of the principle of District suffrage in local and national affairs. Frank B, Lord asked the adoption of a resolution proposing that a plebicite be held in the District to determine just what form of gov- ernment the people of the National Capital desire. Only Place Lacking Vote. Mr. Costello, who was first, heard, declared that the District of Colum- bia, the beautiful National Capital, was composed, so far as its inhabit- ants go, of men and women from practically every congressional dis- trict in the country. He sald that the District was the only community in any civilized country in which the people are denied all voice in their own government. “I ask that the Democratic party, in its platform, recognize the principle of suffrage for the District,” said Mr. Costello. *“The kind of suffrage which will be granted to us will be in the hands of Congress." Mr. Costello said later that he wa; not opposed to the national represen- tation proposal, but that he belleved that the Democratic party would be more willing to recognize in its plat- form the general principle with re- gard to suffrage than it would be to specify the kind of suffrage to be granted. i Col. Harper. addressing the com- mittee, said: “I have been selected by the Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations ang also the Joint Citizens' Committee of Washington, D. C., to present to your committee the following _resolution, which we shall ask to become a part of the Democratic platform: “* ‘We favor the granting to the Dis- trict of Columbia voting representa- tion in Congress and the electoral col- ege. Seeking no Change. “I am directed to. ask that this shall be inserted in the platform, which is clear and requires no ‘ex- planation. It does not mean, nor do we ask for, any change in the present form of government, excepting an ’ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C K. K. K. Fight Lessens His Chances. RITCHIE JOINS DARK HORSES)| Ku | They | of nations | | Stock Goes Up—Ral-| | ston Stll Is | 3 Near Top. BY N. 0. MESSENGER, Staff Correspondent of The Star NEW YORK, June 25.—Here is the most mportant development of | the forenoon: The anti-Ku Klux forces have served notice on the McAdoo managers that if the com-| mittee on mesolutions brings in a| plank which” fails to denounce the Klan in unequivocal terms they will | offer a minority report and go to the floor of the convention with the | fight This report will be signed, it is said, by New Hampshire, Massachu- | setts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Yo Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Miltiesota, Wisconsin and possibly | | other states | | The disposition of those states is | | to put the responsibility of Ku Klux] action squarely up to McAdoo. If he wants to evade the issue, it is up to him, and he can take the risk of | losing those states in the November | election, along with the nomination. McAdoo Is Slipping. McAdoo is slipping, Gov. Smith is gaining slightly, but not enough to | vision a two-thirds mafority. This increases the prospects of the neces- ;rsll.\' of a compromise candidate being | decided upon and Ralston, and John | W. Davis and Gov. Ritchie of Mary- |1and loom in the order named. | This was the situation in the early hours of the morning, after a night of constant conferences among ‘the leaders of the party, who have the deiegates in leash. MecAdoo's hopes | are considered to have gone on the |Tocks when the committee on rules |refused to substitute a majority jYote on the nomination for the time | honored two-thirds rule. Only three members of the committee favored the change Taggart Tactics Good. is being plaved by that astute old compaigner, Thomas Taggart of In- diana. He has avoided friction with other candidates, allowing the situa- tion to ride easily and biding his ilxmp to urge his candidate. He keeps sounding one note persistentl | "you must have Indiana’s ‘electo | vote and Ralston can The friends of Ggv: Smith say that by the same tod®n the party must have New York's electoral they afe unable to convince the iead- ers- that the party would not lose other states by reason of Gov. Smith's wetness and the religious is- sue involved. There is no question but that Mc- Adoo’s prospects by the intensity of the feeling over the Ku Klux issue, for his name has been persistently ' linked with the Klan despite all efforts of his friends to_dissociate it. The east and the central west are dead set in favor of vigorous de- nunciation of the Klan in the plat- form andsay that the Democratic party will' experience serious results i fthis is not done. No one in authority here is able to forecast the probable length of the cenvention. With some twenty favorite sons to be placed in nomi- nation and ballots at least the speech-making and balloting will consume much time before the convention gets into the “death struggle over the voting upon the candidates who may show nated. This morning none of the big lead- ers would undertake to hazard a sin- cere suggestion as to who the nomi- nee will be, but could only discuss the possibilities and There are infinite possibilities of com- binations, of sudden switching of delegations which might bring to the front some c‘her compromise candi- date than the ones mentioned. Handicaps Apparent. The handicaps of McAdoo and Smith, the recognized topliners in the list of possibilities, are discussed over and over by the delegates as the convic- tion seems to be growing that they have “stopped” each other and that the convention must look elsewhere for its choice. There was a significant feature of yesterday's keynote speech’by Sen- ator Harrison which caused general comment. It was observed that the audience did not “rise” to his excoria- tion of the Republican party for its asserted responsibility for the oil scandals which led to the inquiry whether the people are not tired of the whole oily smear and disposed to think that it is water gone over the wheel. It was noted, however, that his reference to Woodrow Wilson caused unbounded enthusiasm. which may influence the convention in deal- ing with the league of nations issue. Delegates Are Wears. It was a wearled and tired-eyed crowd of delegates that filed into the hall today, after a night of caucuses and conferences. The heat of the big city has had a debilitating effect upon everybody, and the constant friction with the ‘crowds kind of ‘“takes it out of you.” Notwithstanding the en- tertainment provided for the visiting delegates, there is evidence that they are well aware of the seriousness of their mission in New York and not oblivious of the vast responsibility to the Democratic party resting upon them. In talking with the delegates one cannot but be impressed with their “(Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) TContinued on Page 4, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) WEDNESDAY, e Tt to you." | vote, | which he-probably could supply, but | have been damaged | voted upon for a few | some real possibility of being nomi- | potentialities. | ¢ Foening Star The Star”: as fast as t “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion'is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed. Yesterday’. s Circulation, 95,43é JUNE 1924 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS. S HER_F To ¢ 'SEE THAT T 'HE GETS U.S.ASKEDTO PARLEY | American Flyers AL D. C. ENTHUSED UPON ITS OWN TERMS Allies Also Include Japan in Lon- don Conference to Make Dawes Plan Effective. GERMANY GIVEN WARNING | Told to Accept Military Control Powers Will Impose. By the Associated T rewn. LONDON, June ~The States will be invited to send ‘rnsl‘nlnu\'» to the proposed allied conference in London in July in any | capacity the American government thinks fit. Japan will be included !among the nations invited It is hoped Premier Mussolini of | |Italy will be able 1o represent his na tion in person at the conference. Invitations are being prepared |the British government | Germany Given Warning. A Reuter dispatch from Berlin says the Brifish ambassador and French charge d'afairés fnterviewed Chancel- |lor Marx vesterday and gave him a Personal message from the British |and French premiers. ‘It under- |stood, the dispatch adds, that the |message say: among her things, |the following: “Information reaching Great Brie lain and France makes them appre- United a rep- | by | is ing returning an unfaVorable answer |to_the note concerning military con- |trol. " Also thgre are disquicting re- ports of eonfinued and increasing activitise“of the Nationalist and Mil- itaris€ associations, which are more |or openly organizing. | “It is in Germany's interest and | Will render great service to Europe | |if the German government facilitates such an examination will dispe! as | this suspicion THEUNIS SEES PEACE GAIN. | Exchange of Views‘in Britain and Brussels Praised. | By the Asociated Press BRUSSELS, June Premier Theunis, after vesterday’s conferences with Premier Herriot of France, said that he had every reason to be satis- fled with the results of the exchange of views at Chequers Court and Brus sels. Regarding these conversations an official communique states: _“They give hope of close co-opera- tion between Great Britain, France, Italy and Belgium. with the view of assuring the application of the ex- perts’ plan. The tendency in Belgian political circles is to attribute no other signifi- cance to the conference of the pre- miers than an indication of the dis- position all around to apply the Dawes plan. BERLIN TO CEDE CONTROL. Prevention of Friction Between Troops and Allies Sought. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily | ews. Copyright, 1924 BERLIN. June 25.—Allied military control probably will be accepted in (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) | NEGRO PAINTED WHITE BY ALEXANDRIA GANG Rope Around Neck. Is Freed as Police Near—Two Men Jailed and Fined $100. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June Twelve men last night entered the home of Harry Jackson, colored, 306 South Union street, tied a rope about his neck, dragged him throngh sev- eral streets, painted him white, cov- ered his head with a sack and threat- ened to kill him. Two alleged ringleaders, captured by police responding to a riot call, were fined $10Q and costs each in police court this morning, and were sentenced to thirty days in the city jail. They were James Gorman and Williams Lyons. 'According to testi- mony, Jackson was sitting in his home, which he has been warned to leave.” Making no attempt to disguise themselves, the men entered and said, “We are going to Ku Klux you." Jackson’s six-year-old son said threats were made to hang Jackson as he was dragged out of the hous: A cry, YThe police are comin frightened the mob away. Jackson 25— | York said he was offered $3 to_let the charges drop. He said $3.50 was taken from him. Police are search- g for the rest of the gang. Go From Rangoon To Bengal Coast Re the Associated Press CALCUTTA, June 25. round-the-world Amer- who ican fliers, | ng, stopped cab, on the st of Beng this afternoon reported castern dispatches party had _reached Province of Bengal, SENATOR SUSPENDED BY CHEVY CHASE CLUB Robinson Given Until July 7 to Show Cause Why He Should Not Be Punished. but DR. MITCHELL EXONERATED Governors’ Decision Reached With- out Dissenting Vote. Senator Joseph, T. “Robinson of Arkansas, who ‘is prominently men- tioned for th¢ Democratic presidential nomination: has been. suspended from the CHfevy Chase Club and has been »rlered to appear before the board of governors of the club on July T “to show cause why he should not fight | national on the it was period or censured” for his fist with Dr. James F. Mitchell known surgeon of this city. twelfth tee of the golf course. learned today Serator Robinson attending the tional convention now New Democratic na- | The official notice | of the board of governors was read to his secretary over the telephone on Monday. immediately following the meeting. The secretary was asked to advise Senator Robinson at once of the action of the board Although all club memb pledged to seerec the board of governors ing the Robinson-M, which resulted from a question of | golf etiquette on the eleventh hole and was climaxed on the twelfth tee when the senator is said to have struck the doctor in the eve, it is un- derstood that the recommendation of the executive committee for the sus- pension of Senator Robinson until he could file an “adequate” statement with the board, was passed without a dissenting vote. Dr. Mitchell, it is said, has been exonerated, and al- though the question has not been en- tirely settled, has not drawn a sus- pension for his part in the fray. Con- trary to widely circulated newspaper reports, the fight took place on the twelfth and got the thirteenth tee of the golf course. is in s were in consider- hell encounter, on the meeting of | Club members are conjecturing to- day on Senator Robinson's defense. Some believe that he will promptly resign, and others are of the opinion that he will make a determined fight to retain his membership in the ex- clusive club MOSCOW IS WATCHING SITUATION IN AMERICA Herriot’s Consultation. However, Not Believed to Be Tending Toward Recognition. Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924. MOSCOW, June 25.—Premier Her- riot's consultation with Washington is being carefully watched here. First reports indicated that both countries were discussing recognition of the Soviet government. Well-informed Russians considered this impossible, for Russia has made up her mind that nothing but a miracle could in- duce Secretary Hughes to agree to recognition, and the skeptical Soviet does not believe in miracles. “America is incorrigible,” said one high official recently when Wash- ington's policy toward Russia was discussed. NINE HURT BY GIRDERS. Six Tons of Steel Fall Through Roof and 4 Floors of Hotel. NEW YORK, June 25.—Nine per- sons were injured in the Hotel Paris, on th avenue, today, when six tons of steel girders, being hoisted to the roof of an adjoining building, crash- ed through the roof of the hotel and penetrated the four floors of the building. Firemen rescued the in- jured from beneath the tangled piles of debris. By | | | | Radio Programs—Page 26. i Stahl AS NATIONALS RISE | Washington Base Ball Team's Dash | to Top of American League Thrills Local Fans. VICTORY TODAY IS GOAL Big Crowd Expected When Harris’ Men Play Here Tomorrow. w Bucky Harris and his con- quering heroes leading the American League—the second time in base ball history that a Washington team has shown the way so late in the season —the eves of the National Capital are turned today from Madison Square (iarden to the Yankee Stadium, where the Harrismen will try to make it four straight from the world's cham- pions. Overnight politics has been crowded from the undisputed center af the stage. Wherever a group of men or women, boys or girls gathers, the con- versation runs something like this: “Just think. if we beat New York today we will hold first place by a safe margin for a while and if we lost we will still be only behind the leaders. And, oh, boy! if we take that double-header from Philadelphia—the Athletics are at the bottom of the ladder. you know— we'll go back into first place an how." Welcome to Team Planned. Whatever the outcome of the tilt i : 3 ¢ H 9| in the Yankee Stadium today, Harris Good politics in behalf of Ralston Nensive that Germany is.entemplat-|be expelled. suspended for a definite | and his troupe are sure to get an ovation from an enthusiastic crowd of grateful fans when they step from their train at Union station some time tonight. The exact hour of their arrival is still problematical, but it probably could be safely fixed between 10 o'clock and 11:30. Every ablebodied person with the rice "of admission and sufficient pull” at the office to get a_half day holiday will be out at Griffith Stadium tomorrow to cheer the league leaders in their scheduled double- header with the Philadelphia Ath- letics. The attendance is likely to eclipge even midseason Sunday crowds. The first game starts at 1:30. Washington stepped into first place in the league race vesterday after- noon by virtue of 'defeating New York in a sensational ten-inning duel, their third victory over the champion Yankees and their eighth straight victory. The last time Washington set the pace was back in 1905—nine- teen long years ago—when Jake brought the Nationals home from a short trip in first place Cheers Heard for Blocks. Washington almost declared a hol day. Thousands of fans congregated at the railroad station. many carrying d lights, and gave the team such a welcome as it had never heard before. Haif a dozen brass bands added to the din and for about a month the Na- tional Capital was base ball mad. The team kept in and out of leading posi- tion before it finally weakened and wound up in seventh position. Once more Washington is base ball mad and every mind is bent upon “carrying on” to the pennant. Elev- enth strect beside The Star building was black with people yesterday afternoon, braving the scorching heat to watch the scores as_they were posted inning by inning. When the ninth session found the score tied—3 to 3—the tension was almost at the breaking point, and when the result was end of the tenth the roar of joy that went up from the throng could be heard for blocks, rivaling the cheers that have rocked the base ball park itself on its most prosperous days. Thousands of other persons kept | calling the newspaper offices day and night, asking for the result of the game. 1t has been many years since Washington evinced so much en- thusiasm over a sporting event, and the telephone operators at The Star ! reported that requests for the score kept them so busy until nearly 11 o'clock last right that they had time for little else. CHILEAN GOVERNMENT IS BELIEVED TOTTERING By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, June 25.—Presi- dent Alessandri suffered one of the worst political defeats of his career vesterday, when the Chamber of Dep- uties, by a vote of 43 to 40, rejected the inclusion in the chamber of Arturo Olavarria, @ member of the Liberal Alliance. 'Olavarria, a personal friend and former secretary to President Alessandri, was disputing a seat against Manuel Rivas Viouna, a prominent Liberal, who was supported yesterday by the section of the chamber opposed to Alessandri. The fact that many members of the Liberal Alliance voted for Rivas Viouna was taken by political ob- servers as indicating that the soli- darity of the alliance, which is the basis of the Alessandri government, is icperiled. 2 points | finally announced at the | 1.5, SUES T0 BREAK MONGPOLY IN GAS; 0 CHIEF CONCERNS OF COUNTRY NAMED Conspiracy to Curb Trade by Pooling Patents Is Charged to Standard Oil and Secondary Defendants. LEGAL ACTION FOLLOWS INQUIRY LASTING A YEAR Department of Justice Men Cov- ered U. S. and Europe in In- vestigation—Manufacturers De- clared Subject to Extortion. Production Held Down. The government today struck a blow ammed to break the gasolin ‘combination. conspiracy and mo- nopoly.” The Department of Justice filer in the United States court in Chi cago a suit in equity against ti Standard Oil Company of Indiana the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, the Standard Oil Company of California, Kansas, Kentucky, Louis! ana, New York and Ohio: the Texas b= 5 Company, the American Refining Company, Aetna Refining Compan and two-score more of the country’s great oil-producing companies, al- leging conspiracy to violate Sherman anti-trust law, and ask an injunction to restrain the com panies from further violation. The action constituted one oi st sweeping anti-trust moves « the part of the government in man years. Besides the principals, Attorney General named as parti | @ number of “secondary defenda | who, he charged, were in the co bination as a result of accept licenses irom one or more of primary defendants. Conspiracy Is Charged | In making this announcement Department of Justice today ex plained in a formal statement, “th court asked to prevent and re- strain the defendants from further violating the Sherman act, it being alleged that all of the companies are now engaged in a ‘combination and conspiracy in restraining’ of trade and commerce among the several states and with foreign nations gasoline, kerosene and other hydro- carbon products.” “In bringing this suit.” the statc- | ment continued, “Attorney General Stone, charging that all of these great companies have combined to control the production of gasoline by a pooling of asserted patent rig! in violation of the Sherman ant rust act, names as the primary d | fendants’ in the conspiracy to or- nize and maintain the unlawful combination the Standard Oil Com pany of Indiana, the Standard ( Company of New Jersey, Standa Development Company, Texas Com- pany and Gasoline Products Company | “The secondary defendants’ th official statements explained |have become parties to the | nation by accepting one or more of the ants, are: Standard Oil Kentucky, Standard Oil Company of Louisiana, Standard Oil Company of New York, Standard Oil Company o Ohio, Aetna Refining Company, Amer- ican Refining Company, Beacon Oil Company, Clayton_ il n Company, Charles F. de | na-Signai 0il Company of | Globe Oil and Refining Compan. | Graysburg Ol Company, Hickock | Producing Company. Humble Oil and Refining Company, the Imperial Company, Ltd.; Indian Refining Company, Industrial Refining Com- pany, Indiahoma Refining Company | Intérstate Refineries, Eiliott Jones & Co. Lion Oil and Refining | Company, Magnolia Petroleum Com- pany, Miller Petroleum Company. | Omaha Refining Corporation, Owl Oil Company, Petroleum Refining Com- pany. Producers’ Pipe Line and Re- fining Company, Pure Oil Company Root Refineries, Roxana Petroleuni Corporation, Sapulpa Refining Com pany, Southern Oil Corporation, Sun Company Tidal Refining Company. Utah_Oil Refining Company, Vacuum 0il Company, Waite Phillips Com- pany, Waverly Oil Works Company and White Eagle Oil and Refining Company.” Suit Follows Inquiry. The suit filed today followed a widespread investigation by the De- partment of Justice, covering a peri od of more than a year, which was conducted separately from the gaso- line investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. Agents of the Department of Jus- | tice, it was learned, had operated in the investigation in all parts of the United States and abroad as well. Those in close touch with the lat- est developments declared that this suit was of greater magnitude than even the famous “trust-busting” ac- tivities of former President Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt, in |one of his drives against combina- tions in restraint of trade, directed action against dissolution of the Standard Oil Company alone. The action today, however, contemplates restricted measures applicable to all the great oil producing companies throughout the United States. In substance, the petition filed by the Attorney General alleges, it was explained in the department’s state- ment, “that due to the increased de- mand for gasoline ‘resulting from the great increase in the use of au | tomobiles, manufacturers now utilize | processes’ for ‘cracking’ gasoline which increases the yield from a given amount of stock from 50 to 100 per cent over the old methods of distillation “The process is described,” it was explained, “as the subjecting of the residue after distillation to high tem- peratures and superatmospheric pres- sures, thus effecting the decomposi tion or cracking of the molecules of the heavier hydrocarbons, gas, oll, (Continued on Page 2, Column &) m the