Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1924, Page 16

FORMER SECRETARY OF WAR NAMES JAMES M. COX, OF OHIO. Newton D. Baker, cabinet member during the world war. on the spe tioned th tion again this year. NEW FRENCH PRIME MINISTER AND HIS CABINET. This the front row, seated, third from the left. Minister Herriot DEATH JURY HOLDS LEOPOLD AND LOEB Coroner’s Inquisitors Ap- prove Grand Jury Indictment of Franks’ Slayers. ACT TO THWART ESCAPE Plot to Smuggle Arms to Prison- ers and Overpower Guard Re- ported by Officials. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 25.—A coroner's jury investigating the death of thir- teen-year-old Robert Franks yester- day concurred in the action of the srand jury in indicting Nathan Leo- pold, jr. and Richard Loeb, million- aires' sons, for the kidnaping and murder of the boy The investi Jury continued pold and ation of the coroners wus re-opened after it had been previous to the time Leo- Loeb had confessed that they had abducted the son of a neighbor and killed him wo alienists again visited the county jail and subjected the boys to an examination today in prepara- tion for the contention of the defense that they were insane when the ¥ranks boy was slain. Plot to Excape Reported. Seven prisoners in the county jail, of them a cellmate of Leopold's, removed to the Pontiac reform- atory today as u result of Leopold's boast that he could get out of jail if he wished, and an investigation which followed Jail officials said they plot to smuggle pistols into the jail, to be followed by the starting of a ke riot and the.overpowering of a guard, who was expected to come to quell ' the disturbance.. With the guard’s keys the prisoners had ex- pected to escape, according to Jjail officials who believed that Leopold had heard of the plan. HAYES WINS MEDAL. Negro Singer Awarded Spingarn Trophy for Achievements. PHILADELPHIA. June 28.—The Spingarn medal, awarded annually to an American of African descent for the highest achievement in some field of human endeavor, goes this year to Roland Hayes, sinmr, former so- loist with the Philadelphia, Boston and other symphony orchestras, who is now on a.concert tour of Europe. The medal will be presented to a representative of Mr. Hayes tomorrow night at a mass meeting of the Na- tional Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People. Mrs, Schrum Granted Divorce. B al Dispatch to The Sta UPPER MARLBORO, Md., June 28.— An absolute divorce was granted Katherine Lewis Schrum, from Wil- liam Schrum, by Judge J. C. Mattingly of the circuit court of Prince.Georges County., here June 24. They were married in_Baltimore, Md. by the Rev. C. D. Harrls September 18, 1313 one were had found a ker’s platform at the Democratic national convention yesterday. fact that Mr. Cox, a candidate in 1920, was Ohio’s ch. Abe Martin Says: We allus laugh at compliments till we get one. When a feller gets down to his last quarter he generally puts on his best togs. (Copyrigbt, John F. Dille Co.) JESUIT PRIESTS ORDAINED Archbishop Curley Officiates at Georgetown Ceremonies. Archbishop Curley of Baltimore or- dained twenty-nine.Jesuit scholastics into the priesthood yesterday in Dahlgren Chapel at Georgetown Uni- versity. The Jesuits had just com- pleted a_theological course at Wood- | stock College, Maryland. Every Jesuit must study umtil _he reaches the age of thirty-three before he is allowed tv enter the’ priesthood. Three Washington men were or- dained. They were Revs. T. A. Dono- ghue, R. J. Eichhorn and E. A. Tuller. Others ordained were: The Rev. W. Ruggeri, J. V. O'Neil, Martin J. O'Shaughnessy, E. P. Cerrute, D. A. Daily, J. H. Kearney, all of New York; J. Vertiz, Mexico; J. J. Sulli- van, Boston; L. M. Weber, Chester, Pa.; J. E. Lyons, Newton, Mass.; J. K. Countie. Boston; F. E. Low, Wake- field, Mass.: J. V. Matthews, Brook- lyn,'N. Y.; T. J. Murray, Philadelphia; T. 1. O'Malley, Buffalo; J. L. O'Neill, Elizabeth, ; J. F. Shea. Somer- ville, Mass.; J. P. Smith, F. X. Daugh- erty, T. F. Gallagher and J. A. Daly, Philadelphia; J. F. Monaghan, Can- ada: A. F. Kienle and J. T. Murphy, Wilmington, Del.; D, P. Mahoney, Natick, Mass., and. J.'W. Moran, Wa- terbury. Comn. ! The newly ordained priests will say thelr first mass today at Georgetown University, Convent of the Visitation, Holy Trinity Church, House of Mercy, House of Good Shepherd and the Catholic Home for Aged Ladies. " HUSBAND SLAYS WIFE. Shoots. Self, Also, After Quarrel. Had Been in Poor Health. ATLANTA, Ga., June -28.—Mrs, T. F. Burson, thirty-two years old, is dead, and. her husband, forty- three, Is in a dying condition, follow- ing a quarrel in their home here late Jast night after they had retired which caused .the man. to send.four bullets into the body of his wife and then perhaps fatally wound himself. Burson was sald to have been-in poor_health for some time. Three children: survivey | Falls, He men- e for the Democratic presidential nomina- Wide World Fhoto, photograph was taken at the first meeting of th « MAN AND GRLDE N ARPLANE CRASH Civilian Pilot Teaching Wom- an to Fly at Time of Fatal Accident. By the Assoc AKRO; Wicke! ted Press, . Ohio, June 28.—Miss Elwid ham, twenty-one, Cuyahoga Ohio, and Howard R. Calvert, Medina, Ohio, were Killed last night when an_airplane the girl was pilot- ing crashed 1.000 feet to the ground at Stow aviation field, near here. Calvert was a civilian aviator at the fleld and for three months had been giving Miss Wickersham les- sons in flying. Both were pinned be- neath the machine. She was killed Instantl Calvert died en route to a hospita Stories as to cause of the accident differ. One witness said the plane failed to right itself after a loop the loop. Another said it crashed during an attempted landing, although it struck the ground some distance from where it started. Miss Wickersham was ome of the first women in Ohlo to undertake to learn to fly. Calvert had been flying at Stow Field for more than a year. He is sur- vived by a wife and three children. U.S. ENVOY PROTESTS RUMANIAN MINING LAW, Sends Third Note, Stating. Measure Is Unfair t6 American Oil Interests Overseas. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, June 28.—The Amer- lcan nation’s third' note of protest against the new Rumanian mining legislation has been filed with the government. While friendly in tone, it categorically asserts that the pro- posed law is prejudicial to American capital employed in Rumanian oil enterprises. — e U. S. REPRESENTS BRITISH Formally Takes Charge of Archives in Mexico City. In the absence of British diplo- matic representatives in Mexico, the American_government has assumed charge of Great Britain's interests the® at the request of the lattér, transmitted to the State Department through the embassy here. Ambassa- dor Warren, at Mexico City, has been instructed to advise the Mexican go ernment of the British government' request, More than a week ago the United States took charge of the archives of the British embassy in Mexigo City by request when Herbert C. Cummin the British agent, left after the Mexi- can government’ had endeavored to gnforce an order of expulsion adalnst im. oLy Sues to End Partnership. Gregory K. Matoién has. asked the District ~ Supreme Court to dissolve his partnership with Leon Minas nassian ‘in - the grocery business 1336 9th street. Botp partners are n tives of Armenia. The defendant re- fuses -him access to -the -books, the plaintiff says, and has tried to oust him from the business. Attorney So- terios Nicholson represents the plain- Miss Margaret Dorothy Greene of 1218 16th stréet, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Greene, who was presented at the court of St. James yesterday. Photo taken sboard ship recently Wide World Phota. new cabinet, several days ago. sright by Underwood & Underwood. HER SPEECH AN Brown (at right OUTSTANDING whose speech seconding the nomination of John W. FEATURE. Mrs. lzetta Jewell Davis of West Virginia yesterday was one of the real “oratorical out- bursts” of the convention. of Kentucky, at left, Cyrus E. Woods calling at the White House to present his resignation a United States_ambassador to Japan to President Coolidge. Last Survivor of John Brown Band to Celebrate 91st Birthday .uke F. Parsons Gives Description of Raiding Par- ties Organized by Anti-Slavery Zealot, Starting in 1856. B _the Associated Press. SALINA, Kans, June 28.—Luke F. Parsons, credited with being the last surviving member of John Brown's famous band of anti-slavery zealots, will celebrate his ninety-first birth- day at his home here Saturday, June 28, Still hale and hearty, he tends a small garden for exercise, goes downtown frequently and attends all the meetings of the Salina post of the G. A. R, of which he is presi- dent. That his mind is as fresh as his body appears is indicated by a re- miniscent review of Brown and their pioneer struggles, recently given by Parsons: “John Brown, sr., arrived in Kansas in ovember, 1855. He arrived with arms for his five sons, who had pre- ceded him here, and prepared to com- mand any who would follow him. Northern immigration came slowly until the spring of 1856, and settled mostly around Topeka and Lawrence. Various conventions were held, elec- tions observed, but all were domi- nated by the pro-slavery party. Free state men were driven from the polls by an armed organization. Frequent murders were committed all over the state. Forms Owa Party. “When armed men ordered citizens out, John Brown raised his voice and said: ‘Has it come to the point that one party or the other must leave their homes and leave the territory? Well. I. accept the challenge.’ “That evening Brown selected his party. Theodore Welner, an Aus- trian; Henry Thompson, his son-in- law, and four of his sons, Owen, Fred- etick, Salmon and Oliver. I was as- sociated with the band later. “On the night of May 24, 1856 and the morning of May 25, John Hrown MINE DEATH TOLL HIGH. Lewis Says Fatalities in U. Greater Than Abroad. PRINCETON, Ind, June 28.—No other coal-producing country has as high a death and injury rate.among miners as the United States, accord- ing to John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of Amer- ica, who spoke here today at the annual first aid meeting for Indiana held under the auspices of the Jo- seph A. Holmes Association. Mr. Lewis urged greater interest by the government in protecting miners against accidents. “A. recent report of the United States bureau of mines reveals that a total of 993 lives were lost in the coal industry of the country for the first four months of 1924, said Mr. Léwis. “In the month of 'April alone there was a total of 234 men Kkilled. ‘This record is appalling.” e Senator Reed Better. KANSAS CITY, June 28—Improve- ment in the condition of Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, who is ill from arthritis, was reported last night by his physician. Senator Reed sat up several hours, although the swelling in his right leg had not sub- sided. ¥ T & W SR € There's inspiration and profit in the hlblleol reading Star Want Ads. . struck his first blow for the freedom of Kansas. It was the beginning of the end. The next morning mounted men were riding in every direction spreading news of the terrible mur- der of five men on the Pottawatomie. It would have been eight, but three could not be found. It was generally approved by the free state party, and put terror into the hearts of the enemies. Raid Declared Of. “The year of 1857 was comparative- Iy quiet, and John Brown thought that the question of slavery in Kan- Sus was about settled, so he deter- mined to carry the fight into Virginia. In the fall of 18 he selected ten young men who had been tried by fire and took us to a quiet little town in Jowa, where we were given mili- tary instructions and fitted for cap- tains. The next spring, 1858, we went to Chatham, Canada, and from there to Cleveland, Ohio, on our way to Harpers Ferry, Va. Brown failed to find the money to carry on our plans, so the raid was declared off for one year. Brown took three of the men back with him to Kansas. “On December 29, 1858, Brown led a few men Into Missouri and brought out eleven slaves, several wagons, yokes of oxen, clothing and provi- sions, arms, ete. He returned to Osawatomie, Kans., on January 20 and started north with the slaves. On January 28 he reached Holton, Kans., in a snow storm. It was the next day that what is sometimes called the Battle of the Spurs oc- curred on Spring Creek and here Brown captured several prisoners. They were taken to Nebraska and freed. On February 1, 1859, Brown left Kansas never to return. Six of John Brown's children set- tled on the Pacific coast after the civil war, Mr. Parsons related, and there are now about seventy descend- ants of the family living there. Henry Thompson, a prominent member of the band, dled at Pasa- dena, California, in 1913, CLAIMS SUITS' POLITICAL. Texas 0il Official Scores Federal Action. CHICAGO, June 28—The fuit filed this week against fifty o1l concerns, including all the Standard’ compantes, by the government, which charged violation of the Sherman anti-trust act, “is just politics,” John J. Mitch- ell,’ president of a Chicago bank and director of the Texas Company, one of the defendants, sald in a state- ment yesterday: “The government is attempting to give the impression that it is help- ing the consuming public by trying to_effect a reduction in prices,” he said. “It is obviously a political ma- neuver. There is no conspiracy or restraint of trade among the oil com- panies, but suits of this kind are to be expected during a national cam- paign.” GEN. MACCHESNEY NAMED. Appointed Consul General in Chi- cago for Siam. CHICAGO, June 28.—Brig. Gen. Nathan William MacChesney, Chicago attorney., accepted an appointment yesterday as consul general for Siam in Chicago. The King of Siam be- came acquainted with Brig. Gen. MacChesney when the latter was abroad. 20 Mrs. J. C. Cantrell, national committeewoman By United News Pictures ARABIAN GIRL IS HIS NURSE. Master Patrick Henry Southard, son of Consul General and Mrs. Addison Southard, and his nurse, Ardoo Hassan, a Moslem maiden, who has been Pat’s attendant since his birth at Aden, Arabia, in 1919. The nurse wears her native costume whilc caring for her charge in the parks of the Capital. National Pb REPUBLICAN SENATORS REST WHILE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS FUME. The political battle in Rhode Island has been brought to a standstill for a time by the Republicag senators leaving the state and defying the, Democrats to raise a quorum. The photograph hotel at Rutlan KLAN CORPORATION IS SUED FOR $500,000 Publishing Company, Conspiracy, Claims Damages of Georgia Knights’ Organization. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 28.—A s $500.000 damages against the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, a corporation organized under the laws of Georgia, was filed in federal court here tod: by the American Unity Publishing Company, alleging conspiracy against certain races and classes of citizens, | It is charged that Ku Klux Klan leaders employed Neufeld Jones, for- merly in the taxicab busine At- lanta, to disrupt the opposition to the Klan as represented by the publish- ing company, which publishes Toler- ance. Jones is alleged to have rep- resented himself as an enemy of the Klan and to have gone to New York and collected large sums of money. Then, it is charged, he w an active party in the strife which re- sulted in fist fights over control of the publication and a receivership proceeding, in which the original managers of “Tolerance” regained control when Federal Judge Wilker- son dismissed the receivership suit. As a result of the enmity and bit- terness, it is alleged, the publication lost subseriptions and that the com- pany suffered a loss of $500,000. According to P. H. O'Donnell, presi- dent of the American Unity League, which was organized to oppose the Klap, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University is interesting himgelf in preparations for legal ac- tion against the Klan in New York, and that other federal action against :h)e( Klan and its high officials may be aken. OLD TORTURéS REVEALED. Aztecs Cruelly Took Lives of Hu- man Beings. Bruce Bryan In Art and Archeology. In ancient Mexico, the Mexico of the Aztecs, human sacrifices were not only the custom, but practically the only sacrifices offered. But mostly the sacrifices were composed of of- fenders, lawbreakers and enemies. Enemles were generally offered up in preference to victims of their own race. Another civilization much like the Astec was the Inca. The Aztecs and the people of the Incas worshipped a sungod much as the Egyptians and the Babylonians, although the moon was a sort of lesser divinity to_each, finding its counterpart in the Egyp- tian Isis. The human sacrifices were unnec- essarily cruel. The victim was either laid upon a regular sacrificial table and had his heart cut out by a few incisions, or else was put upon an éminence and armed with a _blunt wooden sword. He was then at- tacked successively by-men armed with obsidian swords and very sharp. He fought until he was killed. Many evidences of these - cruelties have been excavated. There was anothér custom, thdt of a priest praying a person to death. This was belleved quite possible. Any one whom a priest was known as praying to die was certain to dfe. For the most part they did, killed by terror. % B?lty Trade Booms. LOS ANGELES, June 28.—During the first quarter of 1924 there was one real estate agent's license issued for every 100 of population in Call- for: . inform: s derived Lrom’ &' #urvey made he ‘Califor- nia’ Real -Estate Associstion. Charging | YOUR BONUS Questions That Bother You Will Be Answered in This Column. Address: Room 722, News De- partment, The Evening Star, Washingfon, D. C. Q. During the war I served on Shipping Board vessel, having been trained for the work by the govern- ment. Would 1 be entitled to an: ander the recent act?—E. A. For the service you rendered s described, you will not be entitle to any benefits of the adjusted com- pensation act. Q. Has the widow of a war veter- an any right to adjusted compensa- tion if she remarried? Under the above circumstances has a minor child of the veteran any such right? Only an unmarried widow the right to any adjusted compensa- tion of a deceased veteran. 1f a ond husband has died the widow will revert to her former status. A minor child will be entitled under the pres- ent interpretation of the act. The legal guardian should make applica- tion to the department under which the veteran served. Q. I am the mother of a veteran who died from disabilities incurred in the military service. My son_ was married, had no children, and his wife has remarried. Who will he en- titled to the adjusted compensation due?>—G. F. W. A. Since your son's former wife has remarried, you as his mother, if dependent, will upon application ' be entitled to receive the amount of your son's adjusted seryice credit. Q. My husband served in the Army as & lieutenant. He is now on pro- bation, reporting once a month, but gIVINg no address. 1 do not know Wwhere he is. If he does not claim the bonus what will become of it? Can it be collected for bad debts? Is there any way in which I might col- lect the amount of this bonus.?—D. A. If your husband does not make application for the bonus no action can be taken by the government. Probably your husband will makg ap- plication. * Try to get in touch with him and urge him to not only make application, but to name you as the beneficiary in case of his death be- fore the twenty-year period for which the policy will run. If your husband is alive, that is the only action you can take to protect- your interests. The payments on account of the bo- nus cannot be taken for or on ac- count of bad debts. Q. Aré nurses appointed before the war entitled to the benefits of ad- justed compensation? Are those still in the service entitled to the benefits? —D. B. M. - A. Nurses appointed before the war began and those still in the service are entitled to the full bepefits of the adjusted compensation act. Q. My question is: Since I did not receive the $60 bonus upon my dis- charge, would not this $60 be in- cluded in my Insurance bonus cer- tificate. This 360 deduction is based upon the fact that a veteran had re- ceived such an amount upon dis- charge. In my case I did not receive the $60 bonus, and it would seem that no deduction should be made. Am I Correct?—E. C. S. A. Theoretically you are correct in your deductions, but the law will not allow the credif of $60 toward vour adjusted service certificate. The law states “the amount of adjusted serv- jce credit shall be computed, by al- lowing the following sums for each day of active service, namely, $1.25 overseas and $1 for home _service. in_excess of sixty days, in the mili- tary service. * * *' It you did- not or cannot now collect the $60 bonus fram the War Department, unfortu- nately, you are-out of luck. hows six of the self-exiled senators on the porch of a are guarded by police and private detectives United News Pictures LLOYD HAY AGAI LEAD SEHOOL WORK Re-Election Probable at Board Reorganization Meet- ing Set for Tuesday. James Lloyd, president board of education, probably will b re-elected for another term board’s annual reorgunization ing Tuesday afternoon in the ¥ lin School. in the opinion of th close touch with school affairs reenwood, vice president will succeed himself for term. The majority of the p: of the board, it was said, fied with the administratic present officers, and unless t some unforeseen developments Tuesday will vote for their re-c tion at Ern lik another son 1 als Alignx as Commervative. Mr. Lloyd h; aligned himself wit the conservative element on the bo: in' all factional differences, M Greenwood has cast his lot with the progressives. With both fact resented in the official thought such an arrs be satisfactory to the m. According to present ind new board will be controlled by the conservative element. Two of the three members whose torms expire Monday have given their support to the progressives during the past year, One of the new appointees; it is said undoubtedly will join the conserva- tives and thus strengthen this group. There still Is ome doubt as to which side the other new member will choose. - Tuesday Date of Enroliment. The two new appointees to be sworn in Tucsday are Mrs. William H. Her- ron and Rev A. Bennett. Mrs Herron suci s. Laura D. I' Morgan. Dr. will replace William L. Houston. The meeting Tuesday afternoon will be the most important of the school year. Besides the election of officers, the personnel of the standing com- mittees will be appointed, teachers will be reallocated under the new teachers' salary bill, and a number of important appointments will be made, including the new business off cer of the school system. BEGIN DARING CRUISE. F. D. Wells and Two Others Sail North in Small Craft. COPENHAGEN, June 28.—Frederick De Witt Wells, who recently bought the ketch Shanghai, sailed aboard the little craft yesterday for New York by way of Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland, He was accompanied by Rockwell Kent and another friend. To venture into Greenland waters #0 late in the year is regarded among sailors here as daring—almost sui- cidal. — Acute Distress in West Irelanc. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, June 28.—At a eonferenc in Clitden, County Galway, a state oi acute distress in the west of Ireland was reported and the government was urgently requested to deal with the situation. The provision of poor relief in Mayo has put up the taxes 400, per. cent within the last few months.