Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1924, Page 2

~ EX-BOSS FACES JAIL UNDER RIVAL McDonough of San Francisco Sentenced to Year Under Finn, Who Ousted Him. By Consolidated Press SAN FRANCISCO, Jurs 28.—Unless an appeal to the United States Su- preme Court, to be filed early next week, should serve to intervene, San Francisco shortly may witness the novel spectacje of her oldest, and for many years her most powerful, un- derworld political pss serving a vear's sentence for bootlegging—In a Jail presided over by his bitterest political enemy The man who is seeking to avoid a jail term—and particularly the igno- miny of a year behind the bars and under the lock and key of the man who most largely responsible for his political downfall—is Peter Mc- Donough, who in a score of years has made himself a millionaire as San Francisco's “official” bail bond broker, and who in the same interim is credit- ed with having been the hidden czar of the San Francisco police depart- ment and the uncrowned king of the now defunct Barbary Coast and its more modern successor, the North Beach section Ind to Have Support. The prospective jailor of MeDon- ough is Sheriff Tom Finn, who, in this modern day of political adventuring, is credited with carrving San Fran- cisco’s vote in his vest pocket, but ho in his less powerful political in- fancy was henchman and protege of Jonough. 'or many years McDonough ruled over San Francisco's underworld and over many parts of the city not in- cluded in the underworld. Candidates for Congress, governorships and Do litical offices of all_kinds were glad to have his favor. His rule was that of the old-style political boss, with jobs for the faithful, help for the needy and a clout on the jaw for those who did not like his methods. As a source of income, on which he soon waxed wealthy, he arrogated to himself the exclusive privilege of furnishing bail bonds to all who fell afoul of the law in San Francisco Sheriff Finn, once a humble team- ster, was one of the “faithful” Me- Donowgh elevated him from job to Job until finally he became sheriff. After that came the split. Finn promptly went out and organized his own political following. Since then he has been beating his old political boss al his own game. Among other things of which he relicved McDon- ough was the privilee of suggesting to United States senators from Cali- fornia the names of various federal office holders in San Fra in- cluding the United tes attorney and prohibition director. Just to make it more interesting for McDonough, there also appeared in the field 4 rival in the bail bond brok- ing business who has been getting the cream of the old political hoss former monopoly. Then, as an added climax to his political griefs, Me- Donough was arrested several months ago on a charge of selling five gallons of pre-war whisker to a trio of pro- hibition agents Convieted of Charge. Despite charges that the whole af- fair was a frame-up, enginecred by his arch political enemy and carried out by federal officeholders who se cured jobs through Finn, he was con- victed. An appeal to’ the United States circuit court was lost. Simul- taneously, a_new rule was adopted here that all prisoners convicted in local federal court must serve sen- tences in_the San Francisco jail— and Sherifft Finn runs the San Fran- cisco jail McDonough, however, to serve a vear behind his most hated polit out a bitter fight. Already echoes of fight he is making been heard in Washington, Attorney General ne a fow days ago asked for the resignation of United States Attorney John T. Wil- ltams, San Francisco federal prose- cutor’ who convicted McDonough. Williams, like Sheriff Finn. also is an old and bitter political eénemy of McDonough Opinion Ix Divided. Public opinion here is divided re garding McDonough's guilt. Many répresentative and highly respectable business men assert he is innocent: that despite long friendships and ur- gent pleas during many months be- fore his arrest, he always refused to relieve their urgent liquor needs on the ground that he would have noth- ing to do with the bootlegging busi- ness Public opinion and getting the job of one of hix political enemies who, he alleges, framed him, is not going to keep McDonough out of jail, how- ever. And unless the one-time po- Htiokl hoss and rworld King of San Francisco can save himself through a Supreme Court appeal, to be filed next week. it looks like San Francisco would shortly see him as Sheriff Finn's guest for an extended stay. is not going bars kept by the have where SCHOOLS FIGHT GOITER. Children in Utah Given Iodine to Combat Disease. SALT LAKE CITY, J Chocolate tablets containing milligrams of iodine each are given Utah school children every week as a means of counteracting goiter, according to announcement by state health official A recent sur- vey showed approximately 41 per cent of ‘the school boys and school girls to be afMicted. A deficiency of iodine in the drink- ing water consumed by the children is the reason for the great number of goiter cases, according to Dr. J. Wallace, state epidemiologist. FOOT BALL IN FAVOR. Central Europe Takes to Game More and More. BERLIN, June 28.—Amateur foot ball is rapidly coming back to its pre-war popularity in central Europe and more games have been plaved here this spring than ever before, not only among Germans, but with visit- ing teams from the nearby state Because of the international games polyglot umpires and referees have been in great demand. American visitors who have witnessed associa- tion games here say that to them the most Interesting part of the play has been the referces, who must make thelr ruling and announcements in two or three different languages. It was announced recently that a team of players of the British army of occupation on the Rhine would make a tour of central Europe. - GERMAN ‘YANK TOWN’DIES Beachcombers, Lured by Low Beer Price, Leave Village. BREMERHAVEN, Germany, June 28 —Bremerhaven's “Yank Town" has been dissolved. With three or four exceptions, all of the 500 to 600 beachcombers from America who as- sembled here during the inflation period of the paper mark, when a glass of beer cost a fraction of a cent and meals could be purchased along the water front for 5 cents or thereabouts, have. been sent home by United States Consul Albert H. Ger- berich out of funds provided by the American _government. Most of the men were sailors, eooks and stewards off the various vessels putting in here from Ameri- can ports, o 28— ten to be | until al enemy with- | RED CROSS WORK TOPIC AT TEACHERS’ CONCLAVE Junior Unit to Be Discussed by Washington Educators and N. E. A. President. The work of the American Red Cross in education will be discussed at a meeting of the American Junior Red Cross which will be held in con- nection with the annual convention of the National Education Association next week. The meeting will be held in the auditorium of the Red Cross building Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. An address will be made on “The Basis of Red Crose Co-operation With the School,” by Arthur W. Dunn, national director, American Junior Red Cross, Washington, D. C.; “Heart, Soul and Deep Purpose as a Factor in Educa- tion,” by Willis A. Sutton, superin- tendent of schools, Atlanta, Ga.; “The Contribution of the American Red Cross to Health Education,” by Eliza- beth G. Fox, national director, Red Cross public health nursing service, Washington, D. C.; “Education for International Understanding,” by Wil- liam Mather Lewis, president George Washington University, Washington, D. ., and an address on “The Junior Red Cross as a School Project,” by Olive M. Jones, president of National Iducation Association, New York City The national director of the Amer- ican Junior Red Cross is Arthur W. Dunn, national headquarters, Wash- ington, D. C. TEACHER RANING IN CLASSS TOPE Better Method in Greek and Latin Courses Urged by League Head. Better organization of Latin and Greek courses and provision for train- ing classical teachers were asked b. Dean Andrew F. West of Princeton University, president of the American Classical League, at the fifth annual meeting of the organization held to- day in the auditorium of the New National Museum “In reorganizing the course, we propose to introduce easy Latin read- ing carly and to reduce somewhat the amount required in the classical au- thors,” said Dean West. “But the se- curing of better trained teachers in much larger numbers is our chief problem. All our researches converge on this point.” Reports Offici Investigation. Dean West presented the report on the classical inv ink the past three years league with the co-operation ding «ducators and edu tnizations of the country. In presenting the report the presi- dent of the Classical League pointed out that “all our researches. no mat- ter from what point they start, in- evitably converge on the improve- ment of our teaching as the one cen- tral _question “We have exposed failings without res tinued, “and we believ will do more by the of the tional or- our faults and erve.” he con- that this fact than anything else we have done to command public con- fidence. And notwithstanding these candid exposures we are happily able to prove by incontestible evidence that our pupils in Latin—and even more in Greek—usually do better in their other studies than the non- classical pupils do." We are not ted in the clas- sics as something isolated, but as an integral part of the very best liberal education yet known,” Dean West rcluded. “We believe our country il not’ be permanently satisfied this best type of educat given the best chance to show it can do." The general report on the classical investigation will make a book of about 350 pages. A summary of the report will be published in the col- umns of The Sunday Star tomorrow. hief Justice Taft's Message. Dean West read a telegram from Chief Justice Taft of the United States Supreme Court, which said: “It is a great comfort to know that you are carrying on successfully the battle in favor of making the study of the classics a necessary part of a secondary and collegiate education In ur country. “I gather from the stat there is a rei tion to what cs that tion from the disposi- banish Latin from a high school education and that many of those in authowity are beginning to see from the sorry results of the olla podrida_ of the high school curriculum that a less ambitious course of study, including Latin_and mathematics, thoroughly taught, makes a much better basig for the education for life, even though it is not continued through a college training, than the superficial smattering of many Sub- jects that is now given to high school students.” Luncheon Follows Sexslon. Dr. John J. Tigert, commissioner of education, welcomed the delegates to the convention. The session was followed by a luncheon this after- noon at the New Willard Hotel. Last night the council of the league met at the Hotel La Fayette. Delegates from New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Tllinols, Tennessee and Mississippi were present. The local committee on arrange- ments was composed of Prof. Mitchell Carroll, Commander Lewis P. Cle- phane, Miss Mildred Dean, Prof. Roy J. Deferrari, Dr. George 'S. Duncan, Mrs. Mallie Murphy, Prof. Charles S. Smith and Rev. William T. Tallon. AMERICAN PLAYERS SCORE IN ENGLAND Williams and Washburn Now Are Among Last Eight in Wim- bledon Singles. By the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON, June 28.—R. Norris Williams, 2d, America, today defeat- ed I J. Richardson, 6—1, 6—1, 6—4, in the singles of the Wimbledon ten- nis tournament. Mrs. Colgate defeated Miss Evelyn Colyer, 6—3, 6—4 J. Washer defeated Norman E. Brookes, 6—2, 7—5, 6—4. Watson M. Washburn, America, de- feated A. S. Watt, England, 0—86, 6—3, 6—4, 6—4. ean Borotra of France defeated P. n_"' B. Spence, South Africa, 6—2, 14—12, 3—8, 6—0. Mrs, Marion Z. Jessup, America, de- feated Miss P. Holcroft, England, 1, 6—3. “Mite_ Susanne Lenglen and Miss Elizabeth Ryan defeated Mrs. H. B. Weston and Miss J. Reld Thomas, ngland, 6—3. 5 fonsed’S’ M. Jacob, Indiana, 6—3, 6—3, A: R. F. Kingscote, England, de- 6—3. Miss Kathleen McKane, the ranking English woman player, defeated Miss Woolrych, England, 4—8, 6—0, 6—0. Williams and Washburn, Boretra and Raymond of England, have reach- ed_the last eight in the men's singles. The defeat of Miss Colyer by Mrs. Colgate was one of the upsets of the day-and brought out an unexpected opponent for Miss Helen Wills, the American champion. By her victory Mrs. Colgate moves into the last eight of the women's singles and meets Miss Wills either Monday or Tues- day. 4 . 5 stigation made dur- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ! Succeeds Sawyer l N E.A. T0 STRESS l VISUAL EDUCATION Aid in Classroom to Be Dis-' cussed at Annual Con- vention Here. All phases of visual education and its aid in classroom instruction will be discussed by the department of visual education of the National Edu- cation Association, which meets next week in connection with the sixty- second annual convention of the or- ganization. Sessions will be held Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at 2 o'clock in the auditorium of Central High School, | Topie at Open Sexslon. At the opening session Tuesday speeches will be made on “The Re- lation of Visual Aids to Educational Objectives,” by Laura Zirbes, Lincoln School, Teachers' College, New York City; “The Value of Moving Pictures | as an Aid to Teaching Languages and Citizenship to Adult Foreigners," by Maud E. Aiton, director of Amer- icanization, public schools, Washing- ton, D. C. “The Preparation of Teachers in the Use of Visual Aids,” by A. Balcom, Newark public schools, Newark, N. J: “Visual Imagery in Geography, Tllustrated by ‘H!A\*kbl d Demonstration: by W. W. Atwood, president, Clark Univer- sit Worcester, Mass., and discussion led ‘by A. W.' Abrams, director of visual instruction, department of edu- cation, Albany, N. Y. Two vocal solos by Laura Bryant, supervisor of music of the schools of Ithaca, N. Y. with violin obligato by Charles Griffith of Newark, N. J. will feature the second session Thur: day. Schedule of Addresses. Addresses will be made on “Making the Highways and Byways Real to Children,” " by Eleanor B. Watson, public schools, Peoria, Til.: “How to Reach the Masses With Health Edu- cation,” by C. Ward Crampton, M. D. national chairman, physical educa- tion, National Congress of Parents and Teachers; *“Cortical Visual Froc esses and_Their Education,” by Wal- B. Swift, Emerson College of ory, Boston, Mass.: “Yale His- torical Films,' by Nathaniel W, tephenson, Yale University, New aven, Conn.. and discussion led by Dudley Grant Hayes, director, visual instruction, city schools, Chicago, 111 Officers of the department of visual instruction are: Dresident, H. B. Wil- son, superintendent of schools, Berk. ley, Calif.; vice president, A. W. Abrams, state department of educa- tion, Albany, N. Y., and the secretary, Dudley Grant Hayes, director of sual education, city schools, Chi- ago, Il FAPLORER OF CHINA BACK N CAPITAL Joseph F. Rock Returns With Stories of Strange Ad- ventures. Joseph F. Rock, famous plant ex- plorer and leader of the National Geographic Society's Yunnan expedi tion, whose narrow escapes from ban- dits along the China-Tibet frontier were reported in cable dispatches a few months ago, arrived in Washing- ton today. Mr. Rock reported to the Natianal Geographic Society his finding of ab- original tribes in Yunnan, China's vast, wild and little known southwest province. These tribes still are pra ticing religious ceremonies that ex- isted before Buddhism was introduced He brought back a blight-resisting chestnut tree which, it is hoped, will be the means of restoring this val- uable timber crop which, in the United Sttaes, has been devastated by disease. Crosxed Unexplored Gorme. The explorer’s personal adventures included the traversing of a hitherto unexplored gorge of the Yangtze, much deeper than the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Crossing of many streams was one of the tedious phases of his trip, for he and his twenty-three native as- stants and their pack animals had to be swung across these streams on single-strand rope bridges, Mr. Rock brought back some 1,700 specimens of birds, stuffed; 500 mam- mal specimens and more than 60,000 plants. Has Ancient Books. He also has books used by the Nashi, or Moso priests, with an an- cient picture writing. These, too, antedate Buddhism in Tibet and China, and they contain a story of a great flood. Mr. Rock previously located the chaulmoogra tree, which yields the oil now used in treating leprosy. N JAPANESE PLAN NEW THRUST AT U. S. ACT Members of Diet Draft Resolution Demanding Prompt Action on Exclusion Law. By the Associgted Press. TOKIO, June 28.—Before the for- mal opening of the Diet this morning representatives of all parties of the lower house met and drew up a reso- lution requesting that the govern- ment take prompt steps to remedy the situation created by the passage of the exclusion act by the American Congress. The resolution, which will be pro- posed at the first formal session Tues- day, declares “this house records its strong opposition to the discrimina- tory nature of the American immigra- tion act, which, in its opinion, vio- lates the principle of justice and equality which binds all nations and impairs the century-long friendship of Japan and America. It therefore expects the government to take prompt and necessary steps to remedy the situation.” GOLFER DIES OF BULLET. Advertising Man Held After Willie Leith Succumbs. DENVER, Col. June 28.—Willie Leith, widely known professional golfer, died yesterday from a bullet wound recelved last Saturday in the office of John R. Morgan, advertising man. Morgan has been held by police. Leith and Morgan quarreled, the police said, Leith asserting Morgan had sought his avrest on a charge of posaessing liquor, and Morgan claim- ing-Leith owed. him- money. MAJ. JAMES F. COUPAL, Curator of the Army Medical Museum, who was xelected by President Cool tdge yenterday to be hin personal sician succeeding Brig. E. Sawyer, resigned. Maj. Coupal physictan to Mr. President. THRIFT CONFEREES OPEN SESSION HERE Divide Into Groups to Take Up Individual Problems. Hear Address. Group conferences occupied the at- tention of the national conference on the Willard Hotel today, under the aus- thrift education of the National Education thrift education, meeting in pices of the committee on Association and the National Counci of Kducation. Arthur H. Chamberlain, sociation, address delivered a before the brief to their individual aims. they will report conversations to the ference general Groups in Session. The groups that met this morning. and their chairmen, follow: Savings and investments, chairman, foran, vice president ecurity and Trust Cc city; national Herbert A. forest servic ness, J. A, Murphy, medical tor of the Distrirt public schools. Government and citizenship, ltam B. Owen, cago Normal School; food products, Dr. . B Department of Agriculture; of time, effort and energ. thur C. Watkins of the resources, chairman Mrs. service, J. A thrift committee. odell of the national Waste and by-products, R. M. Hud- son of the Department of Commerce: family and home president of the Parents and Teachers: publicity program, H. R. Daniel, secretary the American Society for Thrift, WEST/MUST FACE Mrs. A. H. Reev ational Congre and TRIAL WITH LANGLEY Millard F. West of Chevy Chase, Md., former deputy commissioner of internal revenue, must stand trial on indictment charging him with John W. Langley, representative from Kentucky, and others with conspiracy to defraud the United States by se- whisky the curing the withdrawal of from. the Penwick distillery sylvania in 1921. District Supreme Court today in Penn over. ruled a demurrer filed by Attorney W. E. Leahy for the former deputy commissioner. West in his demurrer had charged indictment was too vague and indefinite and that it failed to in any way with the that the connect him alleged conspiracy. U. S. Wins Packer Suit. CHICAGO. books and records of the that all the department inspectors. hy- Gen. Charlen an Coolidge ax Viee secretary of the California State Teachers' As- opening various groups separated to discuss the topics suited Later today the results of their con- Howard ¢ the American pany of this Smith of the United States health and physical fit- inspec- Wil- president of the Chi- agriculture and Smith of the economy Ar- ational Con- gress of Parents and Teachers; social s of Justice Hitz of the June 28.—The Depart- ment of Agriculture today won its contest for the right to inspect the packing companies when Federal Judge Cliffe issued a writ of mandamus directing such records be opened to SATURDAY, TRUCK DRIVER FINED INBRIDGE DISASTER Vehicle That Crashed Through Floor Is Proved to Have Been Overloaded. Following testimony that the truck and load of lumber which crashed through the flooring of the Pennsyl- vania Avenue bridge yesterday | weighed approximately ten and one- half tons, or more than four tons in excess of the minimum weight a! lowed by regulations, Judge Me- Mahon in Police Court today sen- tenced Earl Smith, operator of the truck of the Tri-State Trucking Com- pany, to pay a fine of $40, with an |alternative of fifteen days in jail. In passing sentence, however, Judge McMahon expressed the opinion that the owners of the truck were just |about as responsible as the driver, and he remarked that he assumed the owners would pay the fine. “Such a weight,” he said, “weakens the supports of the bridge, and it makes possible such a condition that some vehicle following might plunge into the Eastern Branch.” Testimony of Witnesses. Testimony developed that two trucks crossed the bridge, and the one which had the accident.was the second. John Tracy, watchman of the engineer de- partment at the bridge, testified that he was told the truck wi a three-ton truck carrying three tol of lumber. This statement was denied later by the driver as far as the three tons of lum- ber were concerned. He said he had ap- proximately 3,000 board feet of Jumber aboard. At any rate, Tracy declared he was under the impression that he was told the two trucks and loads weighed only six tons each. He therefore allowed them to pass, and a few moments later the second truck's right wheel was buried in the flooring of the bridge which gave way. Mr. Rosefield, official of the Tri- State Trucking Company, told the court that the boards in the flooring of the bridge were rotten. He testi- fied that the truck was three-ton P flctman Lewis W. Giles of the fifth precinct testified that after the accident the truck and the load of lumber were weighed. It was found that the truck weighed 10,650 pounds, or a bit more than 5 tons, and the load weighed 10,375 pounds. Drivers Hnd Been Warned. Judge McMahon in questining Mr. tosenfield obtained & statement from 1| the latter to the effect that drivers of vehicles of the company were warned against loading the trucks bevond the point where the springs showed level, which indicated that the three-won capacity had been reached, but Mr. Rosenfield added that very often persons hiring the trucks loaded them much heavier. The drivers, he said, were reluctant to say anything against it for fear that complaints of various sorts might be brought against them. A lumber company here had had this truck and others yesterday. The bridge has been repaired Bridge Condition Discussed. Officials in the office of the Engi- neer Commissioner, discussing the question of the need for replacement of old wooden floor bridges, called attention today to the fact that when such structures were erected many years ago there was no thought of the six-ton trucks which now traverse the streets of all large cities in long procession These officials say the Pennsylvania avenue bridge ix perfectly safe as long as the weight limit for vehicles crossing it is regulated. The Com- missioners declared yesterday that | they are in favor of a new Pennsyl- vania avenue bridge as soon as the necessary appropriation can be ob- tained from Congress. e /| 3 HELD AS JOY-RIDERS. Boys, 12 and 13 Years 0ld, Seized ‘While in Automobile. Two boys seated In an automobile in front of the bureau of engraving and printing yesterday afternoon at- tracted the attention of Detective Frank N. Alligood of the automobile squad. A third boy appeared on the scene about the time Alligood reach- ed the car and the detective took charge of the trio. The boys, alleged Jjoy-riders, were booked at police headquarters as Cal- vin R. Swann, twelve, 1214 C street -| southwest; Paul Schooler, thirteen, 306 13th street southwest, and Milton A. Dickhaut, twelve, 916 Virginia ave- nue southwest. Detective Alligood was told by two of the boys that an older boy had threatened them with violence if they did not drive off with the car from where they had found it parked. One of the Youngsters had six auto-- mobile kevs in his pocket. s WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH Trapped by Flames While Asleep in Apartment House. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 28.— ‘Trapped by flames while asleep, Mrs. Albert Elder, thirty-five, was burned to death when fire destroyed an apartment house here early today. Two firemen, who rushed into the burning building in an effort to save Mrs. Elder, were overcome by smoke, but their condition is not considered serious. A score of other occupants of the apartment house ran out of the house and were not injured. Former Deputy Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue Loses Plea Against Indictment. Lee Haw, 10, Gives Dollar Bills To Chums and Then Vanishes Boy Is Generous With Uncle’s Tin Box Funds Before Starting Out for China, Detectives Are Told. Lee Haw, a ten-year-old son of Con- His uncle's tin But Tom Moy, the uncle, cares little for the re- is the $200 which once rested so snugly and se- curely within the box that worries The $200, along with Lee fucius, is missing. box has been recovered. covery of the box, It Tom Moy. Haw, have disappeared. Lee Haw has lived with his uncle t for some Tom Moy treated him like a He showered him with presents. His pockets always were filled with And Lee Haw be- came immensely popular with young- Whenever any- body craved an ice cream cone or an at 208 24 street southe: years. son. spending money. sters of his own age. all-day sucker, there was Le Though a Chinese boy, he had Ameri can ways. lows. But Lee Haw has gone, wher:. no n a blaze of glory. His memory will be the hearts of his now sorrowing youthful companions. From them detectives working on the case have picked up some of the odds and one knows. He went away enshrined in disappear: e ends connected with Lee’ ance and the strange case of th missing $200. Gave Wateh to Chum. Three boys, about Lee's age, hav been interviewed by ‘the detectives. their names. Al in their praises of Lee, Not only were his pockets ‘who are withholdin, of the boys are lou He loved to treat the fel- fairly bulging with nice crisp bills on the day of his disappearance, but he was generous. Anybody who had a thirst for a soda or a sucker, all he had to do was call on Lee. To one of his companions he gave $40 and a gold watch. To the other two he gave $2 each. But he longed for more worlds to conquer, He decided to go to China, back to dear old China. One of h buddies decided to go with him. Bu alas! When the adventurers reach- ed the whaif of the steamer Charles Macalester that good ship had de- parted—already gone to China prob- ably, and there was no way of catching up with her. Then it was that Lee's buddy de- cided he could spend that $40 better in the dear old U. 8. A. than in China. So he deserted and left Lee standing alone and dejected on the wharf. Police Send Lookouts, That was the last seen of Lee. He may have spled the Norfolk and Washington boat and boarded her to g0 to China. Then again, he may have decided to return to China by rail. The police have thought of both possibilities and have notified Baltimore, Philadelphia and Norfolk to look out for a small Chinese boy with a lot of money in his pockets. And if Lee is thoroughly Amer- icanized he probably will have a tummy ache when the police find him and a good, wholesome longing to get back home and take his liokin, and have it over with, “ e Ipleted by JUNE ' 28, 1924. Army Balloonist.;, Ending Trip, Land The outstanding event of the balloon flight made vesterday by Capt. Robert E. O'Nell and Lieut. James C. Cluck, Army Alr Service pllots, was their experience with Maryland mud. The officers left Bolling Fileld shortly after 11 o'clock yesterday morning and floated through the city's mist with no particular des- tination In view. When 3 o'clock arrived, they were over Mount Alry, Md. Valving out a sufficient amount of hydrogen to descend, the officers landed outside the city and, they reported, “picked up about all the mud in Maryland” in their journey to_the city. The maximum speed attained by the balloon was about ten miles an hour, while at times there was almost no wind to move it. The pilots encountered a little rain on the journey. The balloon was shipped to Bolling Field today by express. Capt. O'Neil and Lieut. Cluck returned to the city by train last night, arriving here about 11:30 o'clock. KLAN FAVORTISH BY RALSTON DENIED Taggart Said Senator Want- ed Strong Denunciation of Masked Order. deflated and By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 28.—Thomas Taggart of Indiana, manager of the campaign of Senator Ralston of that state for the presidential nomination, issued a statement today in reply to published reports that the senator is a Ku Klux Klan candidate. These re- ports, Taggart said, were the work of other aspirants for the nomination. “If Ralston had had his way, the anti-Klan plank in the Indiana Dem- ocratic platform would have been stronger than it is.” Taggart declared “The fact that stories are being cir- culated to the effect that Ralston is to be a Klan candidate shows the ex- tremes to which the friends of the other candidates are going to defeat him. “When they ask me if Ralston eks support of the Klan element, 1 say that he does, and he also secks support of the anti-Klan element and every other element. He Is the one candidate upon whom all can unite “Is any further proof of his capa- bility to be found than in the fact that the so-called ‘senatorial group.’ his colleagues, are behind him to a man?’ DELEGATES CONCEDE GRAVITY OF ISSUES FACING CONVENTION (Continued from First Page.) course, is not expected to aid his arch opponent, McAdoo. The latter's man- agers scout the idea of his turning his followers over to Smith or even to any one else. Tom Taggart, on behalf of Senator Ralston, vows he will hold his man to the front to the end. He has his lightning rod up for a little possible aid from McAdoo when and if the collapse comes. Sen- ator Underwood is said to hope for some Smith votes. Report Klan for Ralston. Reports were current today that the Klan is considering Senator Ralston with favor after Mr. McAdoo fails. These rumors are likely to hurt Sen- ator Ralston rather than aid him, especially if the denunciatory Klan plank is adopted by the convention. Last night the talk among dele- gates around the lobbies showed a siight_rise in John W. Davis stock. Mr. Davis presents one of those curious anomalies in polities which occur at times. Beyond a doubt he is recognized by the delegates as being a man of prominent character and fitness for the presidential office. That being so, you ask, “Well, why don’t they take him, then?" The an- swer is there is a “but” in the equa- tion. The delegates agreeing upon his character and fitness also say, “But he is allied with the corpora- tions.” So was Mr. McAdoo until he got caught and retired from his con- nections. What Mr. McAdoo holds in his own case to have been a justi- fiable connection is deprecated by the McAdoo enthusiasts as reprehen- sible in Mr. Davis, who not only did not retire but stoutly defended his position. All a Lot of Bunk. Isn't it all a lot of bunk, though, this political game? As soon as the platform is adopted the convention will proceed to the taking of the first ballots on the nomination of a candidate. The first dozen or more ballots are not ex- pected to be conclusive and probably not very illuminative ‘or indicativi It will be process of “feeling out. That will be followed by a course of “weeding out,” as the pro forma favorite sons fall under the hoe. When the remaining tall timber is disclosed the deadly Work of actual discrimination and final selection will o e possible dramatic move, the result of compromise, may bring the cofivention to an unexpectedly early climax, but at the present writing it is only possible and not in sight. In the interim there is enough in the situation as it stands to keep every body on his toes until switch is mas RS HELD AS BUREAU THIEF. Messenger Accused of Stealing Un- finished Money. Charles Taylor, colored, twenty- seven years old, of 163 Heckman street southeast, a messenger at the bureau of engraving and printin was arraigned before United States Commissioner © MacDonald yesterday afternoon on charges of stealing un- finished silver certificates from the bureau. He was held under $2,000 bond for final hearing next Tuesday. Taylor was apprehended by the Treasury secret service on identifica- tion by Alice Jackson, colored, who had attempted to pass one of the bills at the Seventh Street Savings Bank, when she was detained. Only $20 was missing from the bureau, one sheet of four five-dollar notes, which ‘were’ unsigned. . GIRL HIKERS START BACK. Havfng made the journey from Mineola, N. Y, to Washington, by foot, automobile and rail in four days, at & cost of §7 each, Miss Alida Van- derporten, twenty-two years old, and Miss Agnes O'Brien, twenty-one, New York students, left Washington today for the return’journey. The trip was planned as a vacation. The young women carried ; tooth- brushes, combs, bathing suits and sweaters, which were tucked away in an Army gas mask case and a sol- dier's pack. They began their journey by train, riding trom Jameica to Newark, N. J. and from there they walked to Eliza- beth. hM£v. them lifts to Bal- timore, and' last lap was com- In Maryland Mud FOLKS The senior senator from Oklahoma, whose third term in the upper cham- ber will expire next March, has de- clined to enter the race again, and his stirement will deprive the na- tional legislature of one of its most impressive figures. A quiet, unobtru- sive man, espe- clally fn the so- cial sense. Mr Owen has an an- cestry which pre- sents many fasci- nating aspects. Through his moth- er he might be called the ‘“pre- pretender” of the SENATOR OWEN. o O ¢ tion, for she was the hereditary prin- cess of that tribe and received the homage of her people until her death in this city some fifteen years ago Through his father he is near kins- man of the gentry of the James River; for his maternal grandmother was Otwayana Carter, daughter of Charles Carter “of Shirley-on-the- James, and a sister of that Mary Car- ter who pwas the mother of Robert E. Lee and the second wife of Light Horse Harry Lee, Senator Owen was educated at the Unlversity of Virginia and spent most of his younger years in the Old Dominion, making many visits to Washington. One of his first mis- sions here was to act in behalf of his mother, the late Narcissa Owen, in having the remains of Thomas D. Chisholm, her father, last hereditary chief of the Cherokees, who died in this city, removed to the tribal grounds "in what was_then Indian Territory, now part of both Okla- homa and New Mexico. Mr. Chisholm was at the Capital on business for his people when he was stricken. He was buried in one of Washington's oldest cemeteries, which long since passed out of existence. It was where Con- necticut avenue dipped down into a valley beyond Dupont Circle, and when improvements began in this section some forty-five years ago the bodies interred there were moved for the most part to Rock Creek Ceme- tery, or were taken elsewhere, as was Senator Owen's grandfather. Senator Owen {8 an omnivorous reader, and the cares of public life begin 'to irk because he finds no leisure to do the things which ap- peal to him. He also is fond of golf, though he is rarely seen on the links. Like all who receive an education from the famous old seat of learning at Charlottesville, the Oklahoma sen- ator is a profound student of the Classics and few quotations from the accepted versions of the Greeks and Latins are unfamiliar to him. He also is an earnest student of history and his researches into various by- paths of European lore made him an outstanding figure during the debates which were in order when the Senate was debating the league of nations. HIGHWAY ROBBERS T0 SERVE 4 YEARS Justice Hitz Also Imposes Heavy Sentences on Other Criminals. Justice Hitz in Criminal Division 1 today sentenced Cecil Fleming and Agchie Robbins, both colored, to serve four years each in the peniten- tiary. The men were charged with two cases of highway robbery and a four-year sentence was glven in cach case, but are allowed to run concurrently. Both robberies oc- curred May 4 when Odin Carr was relieved of a watch and chain and George Poulter had $10 and some cigarettes taken from him. Anthony Ford, colored, was sent to the penitentiary for one year and one day for breaking into the store of Wendell A. Cooper April 24 and stealing automobile tires. Five colored men were Nn‘fnt'ed for stealing the automobile of Walter A. Schmidt April 14 last. Oliver Ad- ams got two years in the penitenti- ary, Edward F. Fleming. Louis Mat- thews and Ernest E. Ward each one year in jail, and Robert Cheeks six months at Occoqean. 'Sentences of one vear eaeh at Occo- quan were imposed on Julian W. Scott, larceny; Howard L. Jackson, colored, housebreaking, and John Menick, colored, stealing a parcel post package. Probation on suspended ‘stnlencpa was extended to Samuel E. Thorne, housebreaking; Harrison Dav colored, grand larceny; John E. N man, larceny, and Thomas Byrum, forgery. The probation will continue for one year in each case. - MEMORIAL TO BISHOP. Building Will Replace Old Parish House in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Jume 28.—A national memorial to the late Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, Episcopal Bishop of Missouri for almost forty years, and presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States for more than twenty vears, is to be erected in St. Louis in_ connection with Christ Church Cathedral. Bishop .« Tuttle's hurch for many vears. “Mihe Bishop Tuttle Memorial build- ing wiil replace the old parish house, which has proved inadequate for the large program of church and com- munity work of the cathedral. ' The memorial will not be limited to community and diocesan service. As the old parish house was used for various national conferences of the church, so will the new building, with its large auditorium, be offered to the National Council for conven- tions and conferences when desired. The memorial will be conmected with the first Episcopal church es- tablished west of the Mississippi River, and in a parish which is more than 100 years old, in the heart of St. Louis. It will also contain con- ference rooms, a large gmynasium, swimming pool, library and a radic station for broadcasting. Bishop Tuttle, although a man of wide learning, and one upon whom many honors had been bestowed, was a man of great simplicity, beloved by all.those with whom he was as- sociated. A fine response to & “big gifts cam- paign’ has come from the west, espe- clally from Montana and nearby states, where at the age of thirty Bishop Tuttle was consecrated in 1867 the first Missionary Bishop ' of the Episcopal Church of Montana, and for twenty vears was a strong and Joved force of law and order in tiose rough days. SEALSKINS AT LOW EBB. Operations of Indians in Southeast Alaska Profitless. KETCHIKAN, Alaska, June Sealing operations of Indians in southeastern Alaska this year were the lightest in the history of the Sitka division and netted only eight sealskins, according to Fisheries Warden M. J. O'Connor on his return from the division, where he was in charge of the seal patrol maintained annually by the bureau of fisheries. Stormy weather prevailing during the early months of the year and low prices offered for sealskins caused the lightness of the operations. 2 JAPANESE INFLLX FOUND OVERRATED Rush to Beat Exclusion Law Fails to Materialize—About * 2,500 Entering. “JOKER” RAISES PROBLEM Nipponese From Hawaii and Phil- ippines Can Come in Without Restriction. By Cobsolidated Press. SAN PFRANCISCO, Juns expected rush United States to avoid t enacted exclusion measur goes into effeet July 1, will siderably below forecasts estimates of the number expected 10 rush to this country in order to heat the exclusion ban varied from {0 to 40,000, the actual number that w have been admitted up to next Tu day, when the ban goes into effec will not exceed 2,500 This estimate, furnished by the gos ernment immigration authorities her not only relieves California and Pacific coast states of the there was to be a huge last Japanese migratory mos also shows that the Pacific actually benefit from ' rush of orientals intent on t back wives before the exclusion m. ure went into effect Shipping company here show that app unmarricd ma apan during Ma: 500 total who will nave this country by July 1, 3 cent, or 1,500, are males, or 2,300 than left’ California for the i land. The other 40 per cent en, mostly “Kankodan" or éxcursion party brides, Japan Observes Pact. According to migration authorities the Japanese government is living rigor- ously up to the terms of so- called “gentlemen's agreement,” du- spite the opportunity to put a liberal interpretation on it or entirely as the time for the clusion measure to draws near. The only Nipponese being permitted to sail for this cou try outside of those who are to return because of previ dence, immigration department assert, are those who would been éntitled to come to this ¢ at any time since the gentle agreement first went i Tmmigration authoritie ever, say that the Pa may have an entire problem to face from Hawalil Philippines as soun as the clusion act goes intp effect of Japar passenger lists observations im- here the cast it n become operative Japanese id the W oex- er Allows Entry. The present Jupanese population v Hawall is conservatively estimated at 125,000, a great majority bei borers, and that of the Philiy .000." After July 1 anese, under the term e exclusion act, will be eligible to ¢ ter the United States without restric- tion of any kind. This will be due, it to the fact that under the gent men's agreement Japancse 1 tion to continental United States only was restricted, while Nipponese of classes were free to go to Ha any numbers de LT clusion act, 1t is sa anese from coming to States or any her island sions, but makes no provision excluding from continental States Japanese already in and the Philippines. MAURY DOVE RITES ATTENDED BY THRONG Funeral in St. Paul's, Mgr. Mackin Officiating—Associates and Employes Present. is pointed posse for Tnited Hawaii A throng that filled the cf most to capacity this mor tended the impressive fu . ices for the late J. Maury Dove. out- standing figure in the life of the [is- trict, who died early Thursd ing at his residence aft ing_fllness. These services we at St. Paul's Roman Cath 15th and V streets, northw officiating _clergymen t James F. Mackin, who was for r years Mr. Dove's pastor Dersonal friend. Representatives of every o life in the National Capital at including the coal mv District in a body: a lan 3 tion of Philadelphia business men. as- sociates and friends of Mr. Dove in the latter's capacity of president of the Lanston Monotype « em- ployes of the J. Maurv Dovi: ( b of this city in a body: ants of the deceased, some of whom hud been in_his employ for many sears, and a large number of friends and admir- ers. Honorary Pallhearers. Both the earnest a prayer of Mgr. Mackin s neral music were particuls tiful. Mrs. Ethel Holtzcla sang “Abide With Me” Kindly Light Miss Maud sang Qounod’'s “Benedictu Miller and Mrs. King sang the “Sa- cred Heart" duet. Mrs. Mary Byrn Dowling, organist of the church, per- formed the instrumental music The list of honorary pallbears cluded Dr. Walter S. Harban, Harvey D. Best, William R. Hibbs, Theodo C. Kamp, M. A. Coughlin, Harry Crampton, ~ J._ Thilman ~ Hendric Adrian H. Larkin, Gen. Henry P. Mc Cain, Dr. James L. Whiteside, Wil- liam R. Stansbury, Charles C. Glover, Edward J. Stellwagen and Allan E. Walker. The interment, which was pri was in Rock Creek cemetery. FRENCH LOANS TO WAIT. PARIS, June 28—Etienne Clemen- tel, minister of finance, in reply to questions today in the Chamber of Deputies, declared that the money market could not stand any French loans at present and the government proposes to wait until the end of sum- mer before trying to float the pro- posed consolidation loan. The finance minister referred to the consolidation loan as indispensable for French finances. He said that France had unde taken no engagements with American bankers mnot to float departmental loans, but the time was unpropitious for them. He consented, however, to ald in_trying to float these loans through the big bank Substitute Radio for Cable. MANILA, June 28—The Philippine govermment now has a total of twenty-elght radio stations in the archipelage, reaching from Basco, Batanes Islands, on the north, to Jolg on the south. In a number of in- stances the government has aban- @omed cable lines conneoting various islands on account of the expense of mointenance . and has substituted radlo statiens. fu- beau- wler Lead, e Miss i e, J