Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1924, Page 2

METHODISTS STUDY UNITY RESOLUTION New Conference, to Insure Legality, Proposed by Southern Church. FEAR PRESENT SESSION See Property Becoming Involved Under Consolidation With Northerners. By the Associated Press. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. July 3 The special general conference of the Methodist Church South, ing to consider unification with the Method- ist Episcopal Church, today resumed debate on a resolution to call a sul stitute general conference next May The res s forth that there is grave doubt conc the legal- ity of the present conference, and that if unification eventually becomes a fact as a result of this the church property might in- volved. The substitute conference proposed would be so surrounded with legal safeguards that all doubt would be removed. The conference was called the College of Bishops to determine whether the plan of unification with the northern branch of the church should be submitted to the annual conferences for approval or rejretion A growing number of delegates be- lieve the conference is illegal, and when adjournment was voted last night they were engaged in deba on the resolution proposing th stitute special general cor Adoption of the resolution automat- ically would force sine die adjourn- ment, for, under the rules, dera- tion ‘of the unification propo i the only business that can be acted. Length of Debate in Doubt. How long the debate would no one cared to predict. The rules permit unlimited discussion, and it can be interrupted only by the noon recess and overnight adjournment. The program cails for a noon rec from 12:30 to 3 p.m. and adjournment for the night 6 pan., and Bist Warren A Candl the presiding officer, and Bishop Collins Denny, to whom Bishop Candler relinquished the chair temporariiy late yesterdav observed the clock in labor ur fashion. Bishop Mouzen is in the chair today. The resolution under « was introduced jointly by Lamar of Nashville and Cockrell of Dallas. Text of Resolution. The text of the resolution follows: “Whereas there has heen expressed a doubt as to the legality of th cial session of the general conference and; “Whereas, if the plan of unification now proposed is finally adopted by a constitutional method, the results will involve the title to all property in_the church and: “Whereas, it is certain that general conference is called by by and with the advice of annual conferences as the constitution clearly provided prior to 1866, there can be no ques legality of a gencral conference called. “Therefore, be it resolved this general conference requests th bishops and all the annual confer- ences to join in a call for the general conference to meet the first Wednes- day in May, 1925, to vote on an adop- tion of the plan of unification of our church and the Methodist Episcopal Church submitted to this general con- ference by the committee on uni cation.” mee Jlution s ession become here by last ussion Dr. A Joseph if a the =0 Tha! Similar Case Cited. The troubles that beset the Cum- berland Presbyterian Church some vears after it had formed an organic urfon with one of the larger Presby terian bodies was the main point stressed by supporters of the Lamar proposal. “When time came to trans far the Cumberland church property to the united body, trustees of rious institutions attacked the legal- ity of the union, and scores of suits were filed. some’ in state and others in federal courts. The courts neld the union illegal Judge John S. Candler of Atlanta. a brother of Bishop Candler, argued that the conference was legal and urged the defeat of the resolution He cited a decision in a church wherein acts of officials had been at- tacked, but which the court held legal. ' He drew a parallel between this irstance and the action of the board of bishops in_calling the spe- cial conference and contended the conference was proper. 1t has been made clear that no time would be lost should the plan out- lined by the resolution be adopted. The Methodist Episcopal general con- ference, which met in regular session in Springfield, Mass.. recently to submit the unification plan to i annual conferences to be held in 1925, The Southern Church. should the resolution be adopted, would have its conference act at the same time, for the general conference, meeting in May, could submit the plan for ap- proval or rejection before the annual conferences of the vear are to held. Because of the possible legal diffi- culties, if the general conference should act now, and the fact that no time would be lost’ even though submission was not decided upon until May, speakers advocating adoption of the resolution maintained that the church and unification would lose nothing slould it so act while it might benefit im- measurably. Plan Not Reported. The merger plan drawn up by the unification joint commission of the two churches has not been reported to the conference and will not be sub- mitted until the Lamar-Cockrell res olution has heen disposed of. There also has been prepared a report by the nine members of the college of bishops, who called the special con- ference, defending the legality of their actions. This has not been pre- sented. Bishop Candler, one of the four bishops who believe the call was in violation of constitutional provi- sions, managed to read a brief state- ment to the conference yesterday saying that the reason they did not agree with the majority had been given 80 often repetition was unnec- essary. Many of those in authority believe the resolution will be adopted and that the delegates will be on their way home by Friday night at the latest. Some even said adjournment before tonight would not be a sur- prise. Others, however, were ‘of the opinion that the resolution would he defeated. It all depended upon how much support proponents of the pro- posal could win during the debate to- day. CARE IS URGED. South Carolina Pastors Warn of Legal Barriers. COLUMBIA, S. C., July 3.—Resolu- tions petitioning the general confer- ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church South not to take action in the proposed plan of unification “be- fore all legal barriers against the le- gality of the special sessions of the conference are removed,” were adopt- ed last night by the South Carolina gflelhodlsl Pastors’ School, in session ere. —_—— An Oklahoma electric service com- pany has purchased a gasoline speed launch equipped with a lifeline gun, grappling hooks, life belts, a_tender and other paraphenalia so that in flood times employes of the company can_be of assistance to imperiled flood victims or re-establish an elec- | BY GERTRUDE BOWEN | J.| tion of the | voted | be | FIVE ARE SENTENCED TO TERMS IN PRISON Man Given Two Years and SixI Months for Attack on Lit- tle Girl. Edward O. Bryan, nineteen years old and married, was sentenced today by Justice Hoehling to serve two yvears and six months in the penitentiary. O. Bryan pleaded guilty to an indict- ment charging him with an attempt- ed felonious attack on a little six- |vear-old daughter of the persons at whose home he resided. The attack | ccurred January 2 last. John H. Harris, colored, was sent to the pentitentiary for three years for stabbing Theodore Liaromatos, His counsel pleaded with the court for probation, but Justice Hoehling said” “These cUtting cases are serious, nd to discourage them as wer.” Williams, | colored, was given two sentences of three years each in the penitentiary, but wa | permitted to serve them concurrently. | He pleaded guilty to housebreaking | and to the stealing of an automobile. ! | A third charge against the accused | was nolle prossed by (Assistant United States Attorney Presmon 3 Une year and ona day in the peni- tentiary was the sentence imposed on | | James Brown, colored. Brown called | on his friend, Frank Carroll, and dur- ing the visit Carroll fell asleep. As| he slumbered Brown relieved him of | his bank roll, which was later re- covered. He i no previous record. Justice Hoehling today revoked the probation, of Walter Bell, colored, who had been extended clemency on a arge of non-support. While on probation he cut a man with a razor | {and is serving a sentence of six | | months for that offense. He will now | serve the r's sentence which had | been’ suspended. ————— {COSTUME CONTEST WON | rginia Avenue Playgrourds Pro- gram Witnessed by 500 Spec- tators—Beauty Prize Given. i 500 persons yesterday jaftgrnoon ed the beauty and e e at the Virginia Avenue Playgrounds. The program | was formally opened by the firing of | giant firecracker by than witne: More | William | lowden, 910 Tth street, winner in the cos- contest. Second and third awarded Laurette Naylor, reet, and Lillian Mow, 75; street southeast, respectively. Scheuring, 1004 9th street W acclaimed the pret- Gertrude was declared the tume prizes w K re 10th Dollie outheast, iest. Winners of the boy's contest were) Avery Mahew and Donald Lance, for | the best and most original costumes | and William Morgal, for the best | {looking one. Mr. and Mrs. J. Neely | of Springfield, Mo, and Mrs. H. B. |Green, 1136 Bladensburg road north- east, were the judges = The contest was under the direction of Miss Thelma E. Smith, director of | plavgrounds. Mrs. Suzie Root Rhodes, supervisor of plavgrounds in the Dis- | trict, was among those present. | SLEEP VICTIM'S CASE ‘ STILL PROVES PUZZLE| Physicians Unable to Diagnose Ill-| ness of Pattent at Gal- linger. Leslie Wanzer, the colored patient | whose continued lethargy has puzzled | physicians at Gullinger Hospital, | was slightly improved today, al-| though his ailment has not vet been definitely diagnosed. | Wanzer's almost incessant slumber- | |ing. from which, however, Dr. U. E. | Zanbarano, resident physician, is able | to awaken him by pressure of the| {thumb on_the patient's superorbital | | nerve, at first led hospital authorities to believe he had sleeping sickness, | {but on_closer observation they re- served decision. Wanzer during _conscious intervals told attendants that he once slept for nine successive months and on another occasion for three weeks. His home is in Alexandria, Va. D. C. HAS VARIED JULY 4 PROGRAM st_Page.) { (Continued from F sports in the after- patriotic program at Woman's Club; noon, with a night. Parnde and Water Battle. The Congress Heights Citizens' As- ion has planned an automobile parade, to Start at 2 o'clock, to be followed by a ball game, and pro- gram, for which Theodore C. Risley of the Department of Labor will be the principal speaker. The Takoma Park Voluntcer Fire Department has planned a water bat- | tle and a program of sports for the | afternoon in Shoemaker's field. An ad- | dress by Willlam Tyler Page will | follow the picnic supper. | Special train service has been an- | nounced for Chesapeake Beach. | Trains will leave the District Line | for the resort at 9:15, 10, 10:45 and {11:30 a.m., and 1, 2, 2:30, 3:30, 5:40, 6:30 and 8 p.m. Additional trains also will be operated Saturday and Sunday for.the week end holiday crowds. | Coal merchants of ~Washington, acting through their central organi- zation, the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade, have agreed to suspend business tomorrow and Saturday. The coal dealers “strongly” recommended that other lines of business do like- | wise “in order that the employes of the various organizations might be given an opportunity to get away from the intense heat of the city for a few days if they so desire.” HEADS VISITING TEACHERS Miss Edith Everett of Philadelphia Elected President. The National Association of Visit- ing Teachers today elected Miss Edith Everett- of Philadelphia, Pa., president for the next year at the an- nual business meeting at the New Ebbitt Hotel. Miss Edith Dixon of Worcester, Mass, was named vice president. Other new officers are: Miss Julia Drew of Minneapolis, secretary; Miss Sara Laughlin of Philadelphia, treas- urer. Committees that will serve through- out the year on various subjects will be appointed by the executive com- mittee. The association is meeting in Washington in connection with the National Education Association. —_—— U. S. FLYERS IN UMBALLA. Plan to Start for Multan Today in Round-World Flight. The American round-the-wotld fly- ers arrived at Umballa, India, from Allahabad July 2, and planned to de- part for Multan, their next stop, to- day, a message to the air service to- day said. A cylinder in Lieut. Nel- soc i | neighborhood. CASHIER IS SOUGHT IN$1,000 SHORTAGE Benjamin W. Bowdlear of East End Bank Accused of Embezzlement. LEFT PROMISSORY NOTE Than Reported—No U. S. Supervision. Police Say Loss May Be Lu'ger.I Police today were without a clue to the whereabouts of = Benjamin W. Bowdlear, cashier of the East End Bank, 1401 H street mortheast, want- ed on a charge of embezzlement, and whose disappearance Monday resulted yesterday in the closing of the doors of the bank until further notice. Bowdlear, police say, left a promis- | sory note at the bank for $900. The | warrant, sworn out by Dr. G. W.| Warren, president of the institution, | charges the cashier with ment of $1.000, but detectives declare that the bank's funds may be short considerably more than that amount Howdlear was last Seen at the bank Sunday, according to persons in the The impression was given them at the time that the cash- | ier was merely trying to catch up in some of his duties by working over- time. embezzle- Public Told Bank Closed. Signs placed in the window of the bank when it closed to the public about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, read: “Owing to the disappearance of the ashier, this bank closed until further notice.” The has been no run on the bank, and only a few | curious persons in_ the vicinity ap- pear to be interested. The capitaliza- tivn of the bank, which is a one-room vings institution not connected with any of the large banks and not under government supervision, is said to be_relatively small. The disappearance of Bowdlear was discovered Monday morning when Miss Sophie Austin of Anacostia ap- peared at the bank for work, only to find that the doors were locked. | The cashier usually opened the doors aid Warren, ahead of her, and when he show up she notified Dr. who began an investigation Inquiries at Bowdlear's home, K street northeast, disclosed that one was there, and neighbors he had remarked ‘something about tal a ten-day fishing trip to St. Mary County, Md. He mentioned two <orts during these remarks, but investigation since at both places showed that he had been to neither. Ankn for Cashier's Arrest. Dr. Warren, convinced, in view of the promissory note and the other circumstances, that Bowdiear was in hiding, appealed to Chief of Detec- tives Clifford Grant _yesterday swore to the warrant for the cashier's arrest. Detectives ld Kelly and thur Scrivener were assigned to the case. complete check-up of the funds missing from the bank had not completed today, it was stated. forts to get in touch with the presi- dent. Dr. Warren, were unavailing, occupants of his home, at 1212 H street northeast, declaring he was not at_home. The East End Bank, according to Chief National Bank Examiner E. F. Rorebeck, is operating under a com- mon law declaration of trust and along partnership lines. This system, it was stated, is not supervised by the controller of the currency and is not approved by his office. Rorebeck ex- pressed the opinion that the capital of the bank was “very low.” 1018 no | Changes in Stations of Army Officers Ordered Lieut. H. G. Shaw, Medical Corps has been transferred from Marfa, Tex., to Edgewood. Md.; Maj. Harrison, infantry, from this city to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind; Capt. R. E. Shannon, Quartermaster Corps, from this city to Manila, P. L; Capt. H. E. Fuller, 23d Infantry, from Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to this city; Maj. P. E. Van Nostrand, from San An- tonio, Tex., to Langley Field, Va. and Capt. J. W. Cooper, quarter- master. from Fort Sam Houston, Tex., to Santa Fe for duty with the Na- tional Guard of New Mexico. Capt. Innes H. Bodley, 10th Field Artillery, has been placed on the retired list on account of disability incident to the service. Lieut. Col. R._H. Rhodes, Dental Corps; Maj. G. I Jones, Medical Corps, and Maj. S. J. Randali, Dental Corps, have been appointed members of a board to meet in this city to consider | cases of dental officers found dis qualified for promotion for reasons other than physical disability con- tracted in the line of duty. FISH RUNNING SHORT. British Looking to Falkland Island Reserve. By the Awwociated Press. LONDON, July 3.—Fisheries ex- perts recently have noted with anx- iety that the great fishing grounds of the North Sea, which supply most of the sea food used on English tables, are becoming rapidly depleted through the energy of trawl fisher- men, who, sinte the end of the world war, have greatly increased in number. The same condition, it is pointed out, existed in 1914, but the world war made fishing on a large scale virtually impossible, and as a con- sequence of the four closed years the runs increased greatly. In the last year or so fishermen have been forced to go further and further afield, and it is even suggested that the opening, of the great fishing grounds off the Falkland Islands might be advisable. This would mean establishment of a _ special service of refrigerating steamers to bring the catch to British ports HELD FOR SALE OF CIDER. Patrick Boulder Convicted of Vio- lating Dry Law. The jury trying Patrick Boulder, 3326 M street northwest, charged with the sale of apple cider con- taining more than one-half of 1 per cent volume of alcohol, brought in a verdict late yesterday afternoon con- victing the defendant. The case was tried in the United States branch of Police Court before Judge Gus A. Schuldt with Assistant District At- torney Thomas E. Lodge as the presecutor for the government. The sentence of the court was de- ferred until later in the week. This is the first case in which a defend- ant charged with the sale of hard cider, has been convicted in this court for more than two years. In a number of similar cases in which the cider was the article sold the court has dismissed defendants. A B e ARMS TRAFFIC BANNED. MEXICO CITY, July 3.—Traffic in arms and munitions, except those needed for sports was prohibited to- day throughout MexIco. The,war de- partment considered the ‘measure trical line across a torrent that can- |son’s plane was leaking, but it was|necessary for the peace of the coun- not-be bridged. believed it Gollll'l\ht Quickly T 3 R e e T I not | and | Ar- | | been | Ef- | R.| ST IS ASSRNED RIVER WORK HERE | Chief of Engineers Sets Aside Fund for Local Operations on Potomac Channel. Allotment the provement of the Potomac Washington has been made by Gen Taylor, chief of engineers, out of the general appropriation for river and barbor work for the current fiscal year, aggregating $37.250,000. That allotment will be utilized in deepen- Ing the Virginia channel to George- town, in filling depressions in Colum- | bia Island and tenance work. Allotments made for other rviver and harbor works in this vicinity in- clude the foliowing: Potomac at Alexandria, $65.000; Creek, $6.700; Rappahannock $17.600; Mattaponi River, munkey Kiver, $9,700; Norfolk har- bor, $157.400; Thimble Shoals chan- nel, $60.000; Appomattox River, $15 000; Blackwater River, $7,500; Balti- more harbor and channels, $350,000, ‘““ll inland waterw; from Delaware | River to Chesapeake Bay, $850,000 - Secretary of War recently ap- proved allotments for rivers and har- bors in all parts of the United States |amounting to $30,220,900. Of th; |total, £2,560,800 wis taken from general appropriation. approved March 3. 19 and $27.651,100 from that ap- | proved June 7. 1924. The amount | propriated in the latter act w. 5 000, leaving a balance nd of $9.598,900, which, Gen. Taylor says, is reserved for contingencies and future allotment He adds that work on projects which are not included in recent allotments will be continued with unexpended balances from pre- Vious allotments. i The rivers and harbors bill which failed of passage at the recent ses- sion of Congress dopts thirty-four Inew projects, with an estimated ulti- | mate cost of $53.5 lothers, and authorizes a large num iber of surv including one for ship canal from the great lakes the Hudson river. None of the: projects can be started, and none of these surveys made, Gen. Taylor says, until that bill, or one like it, shall have been passed NATIONAL GUARD UNITS COMPOSED OF INDIANS Thirty-Seven Tribes Represented in Two Companies at Haskell In- of $7,200 for im- in general main- River Occoquan River, $8,200; P N to stitute, Lawrence, Kan. By the Associated Preas LAWRENCE. Kan., seven tribes of Americ: represented in the two K ard units; of eighty men each, at Hiaskell Institute here.” These are said to be the only two Indian units in the Inited States. U ebany D of the 137th Infantry was organized at Haskell three years ago. A few days later the Haskell authorities were granted permi to organize a troop of cavalry. infantry company Wwon out over every competing outfit_ in field activities at the last Kansas National Guard en- campment. Three white men, instructors at Haskell, are officers in -the cavalry troop. Only two white men, both of- ficers, are connected with the infantry unit. Walter D. Owl, first lieutenant of the infantry outfit, is a full- blooded Indian and the son of a chief. SHIP KILLS WHALE. Liner Moving Through School, Cuts Mammal in Half. ¥ SAN PEDRO, Calif, July 3.—An ‘enormous sperm whale, part of a large school playing about the ship, was struck by the Pamama-Pacific liner Finland and cut in half while the liner was off the Mexican coast recently, it was reported on the ar- rival of the Finland here. A large portion of the dead mam- mal became fast to the bow of the steamer in the collision and remained there two days before it could be re- moved, Capt. Munroe said. The Fin- land was delayed several hours by the collision. — e MISSING NURSE LOCATED. Miss Wilhelmina Triplett in Port Chester, N. Y. Police officials today were notified that Miss Wilhelmina Triplett, trained nurse, whose disappearance from her apartment in the Portland several Weeks ago alarmed her friends, had been heard from in Port Chester, N. Y. She was located there through a latter recefved by the superintendent of nurses at George Washington Uni- versity Hespital, from the superin- tendent o} United Hospital, Port Chester, where she applied for a posi- tion, Miss Triplett having graduated from the school connected with the local hospital. She Changed Her Mind. From the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Among the jurors summoned was a woman who wished to be excused. woman who wished to be excused. “Well, madam, why don’t you want to serve on this jury?” “I'm opposed to capital punish- ment.” “But this is merely a case in which a wife is suing her husband for an accounting. It seems she gave him a’ thousand dollars tg pay down on a handsome fur coat and he is alleged to_have lost the money at poker.” The woman juror spoke up prompt- y. “I'll serve. Maybe I'm wrong about unishmeats” July 3.—Thirty- n Indians are ansas National Sign in window of the Kast End Bank, 1401 H street northeast. River at| 0; modifies seven | THOUSANDS LABOR IN'RUINS OF LORAIN Debris of Wrecked Buildings Piled Mountain High in Dumping Places. LORAIN, Ohio, July 3—Work of extricating this tornado-stricken city from ruins went forward today in systematic order, with 1,800 mili- tiamen and thousands of utility com- pany employes and volunteer work- men wielding every sort of tools from hammers shove! Debris from was climbing almost mountain high at the temporary | dumping points along the lake front and public commons. All again will have to b when time can be found, weeks and months hence, to dis of it. Many streets in the | residential section have not yet been | entered by squads other than to push the wreckage aside| enough to permit traffic to get through the center Patching Up Homen, Residents were engaged in patching | up their homes if they happened to be fortunate enough to have a sem- blance of one left Unroofed houses are being covere with canvas or other temporary terial supplied by the Red Cr | residence unfit for habitation |been touched Stores Placed in Order. | In the business section stores and | shops not compl wrecked being placed in order to conduct busi- ness on a limited scale. Many three and four story buildipgs are being | jcut down to one and two story struc- | tures, while oth to be com- [pletely razed uvildings | lerected. Light and jgradually its to ruins steam removed clean-up Iy are are power extended s, and ¥ mporary i, nes are into the adway last night hts. The Times |Herald, which has been publishing | from the plant of an Elyria new per, was being published from it »wn plant today. power and light having been connccted during the night. Mayor George H. Hoffman Jast night received a_telegram from |the acting mavor of Detroit promis- |ing $10,000 more if needed. Relief | organizations continued to feed and otherwise care for thousands. being devas- MODEL D. C. SCHOOL f PLANT, N. E. A. GOAL | (Continued from First Page.) ! N. E. opposed to war, itional defense, Other ch are to be acted literacy tests, child | cducational service, Amercian - education week, law en- forcement. professional ethics and private schools, which are given .n- dorsement. The latter resolution declares that while recognizing public schools as the great foundation of tolerant and democrati citizenship the a ocia- tion also appreciates the contribu- | tion that private institutions make | to edu on. The right of citizens | to educate their ct either | public or private ins o long as the standards meet the approval of the state is recognized in the reso- | lution This action was taken, it was understood, in view of the recent controversy over the Oregon school | law. Considerable time was devoted to a discussion of the report of Walter R. Siders, superintendent of schools of Pocatello, 1daho, chairman of the com- mittee on audits and budget, which showed that the association needed $51,247.42 to balance its budget for the nmext fiscal vear. A movement cropped out among the delegates in favor of a retrenchment program for the new year, but it was soon spiked by vote of the assembly. Receipts of the association during the last year, the report showed, amounted to $305,105.46, an excess of $34,411.96 over the preceding year, but this was offset by an increase in total expenditures of $52,660.38. Mr. Siders' report supplemented that of the treasurer, Cornelia S, Adair, junior high school teacher of Richmond, Va., which recommended that the association either increase its income or cut down its expenses. Reports to Be Printed. Names of members of the assocla- tion who died during the year were read by Ernest L. Crandall, chairman of the committee on necrology. Reports of the committees on re- tirement, tenure and. the legislation commission, which were presented to the general assembly Monday morn- ing, were formally adopted. The pub- licity bureau of the association was instructed by a unanimous vote of the assembly to have printedcopies of the legislation commission’s report which urges the employment of every honorable means to secure enactment of the education bill and to distribute them to the school principals of the country, denominational as well as public. HITS CHILD LABOR LAW. Georgia Legislature: - Disapproves Amending U. 8. Constitution. ATLANTA, Ga., July 3.—By a vote of 34 to 0, the Atlanta senate today adopted a house resolution provid- ing for the rejection of the twentieth amendment to the Constitution of ths United State: which would give Congress the power to regulate and prohibit employment of all persons under eighteen years of age. e The Associated Accountants of New Orleans, the oldest organization of accountants in the United States, has refused to admit women to its mem- bershin, : except upon relate to labor, mnarcotic |speech dealt with |ated JAPANESE FACING TWO-YEAR PENALTY Youth of Twenty-One Arrest- * ed in Tokio for Cutting Down U. S. Flag. LIMIT SENTENCE URGED Shidehara Tells Peers of Expres- sions of Regret Conveyed to America. By the Amociated Press TOKIO, July 3.—Rihei Okada, aged twenty-one, was arrested at Osaka yesterday on a charge of cutting down the flag of the United States at the American embassy here Tuesday. Toklo police asserted that Okada was a member of a society for the prevention of bolshevism, and that he had been identified as a member of the gang which mobbed Viscount Goto's residence December 27. The two young men arrested Tues- day, the police said, are members of the same society, which is said to be made up mostly of young reaction- aries with rufiianly tendencies. They still are in custody and will be tried as accessories before the fact. All three lived in a lodging house which the society maintained near the American embassy. It was here that the mutilated flag was found. Faces Two-Year Term. The criminal code prescribes a maximum of two years' imprisonment for a crime such as that Okada is charged with committing, and the au- thorities intend to ask that Okada be given the limit. Interpellations of the government in regard to the cutting down by a Japanese of the flag at the American embassy occupied virtually the entire attention of the House of Peers at its session yesterday. Baron Yoshiro Saka‘ani made the interpellation and Baron Kijuro Shi- dehara, minister of foreign affairs, replied’ on behalf of the government. The foreign minister recounted the measures taken to express to the United States the regret of the Japa- nese government for the incident. on Sakatani asserted that the apunese heart is shocked by this in- cident which, unless promptly put in its proper light, may undermine Ja- pan's legitimate protest against ex- clusion and zlienate the sympathy of the world.” He urged that the gov- ernment prevent recurrence of such “outrages. of which every Japanese disapproves.” Fears Acts in United States. He urged the Kato ministry to con- der what steps might be taken in the event of reciprocal incidents in the United States. The conclusion of Baron Sakatani's inquiries on emi- gration to South America of Japa- nese, land laws in the United States, dual’citizenship and other laws. In his reply, Baron Shidehara de- clared that the government appreci- “the restraint of the general public’ during the high tension caused by the enactment of the American exclusion law. “But it is to.be regretted that cer- tain elements in Japan have been guilty of acts of which the nation is ashamed,” he went on. “The gov- ernment of the United States and its people understand the position the Japanese people are in, and we trust that the American authorities ulti- mately will show a spirit of reci- procity, appreciating Japan's efforts to maintain the friendship between the two countries and reach a real solution of their problems.” REGRET IS VOICED. Shidehara Sees U. S. Official on Flag Incident. Baron Shidehara. minister for for- eign affairs of Japan, called twice on American Charge d'Affaires Caffrey, according to reports from the latter, concerning the cutting down of the American flag_in the American em- bassy compound in Tokio. Baron Shidehara expressed sincere regrets of the Japanese government for entire cabinet were sorry it had oc- curred. He expressed the hope that the incident and stated that the | | By Cable BIRTHDAY FLOWERS SENT TO COOLIDGE Basket from Florists Contains Blooms of Red, White and Blue. President Coolidge today received from the Florists' Telegraph Service of the World, an association of florists, a large basket of flowers, at the top of which was a liberty bell formed by flowers of red, white and blue colors, which was sent to him in hohor of his fitty-second birthday an- niversary, tomorrow. The floral piece, which was more than five feet in height, was per- sonally presented to the President by & committee of the association, headed by William F. Gude, who was for three years president of the inter- national organization, and is now one of its board of directors. The flowers contained in making up this handsome floral piece were prin- icipally flags of white and purple col- ors, gladioli, white hydrangeas and red roses. Red, white and blue rib- bons were attractively tied to the handles of the basket, which added to the picturesqueness of the piece. CHINESE KU KLUX STIRS OPPOSITION American Is Prime Mover of Organization Formed on Hooded Order Pattern. BY WILLIAM R. GILES. to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924. PEKING, July 3.—Strong exception is being taken here toward the at- tempted formation of a Chinese Ku Klux Klan. The American-educated Chinese students, and one American the latter a “Capt.” Kearny, are at the head of the organization move- ment. Kearney, who is accused by the Shanghai press of fostering anti-for- eign feeling among Chinese through the movement, has replied that the Ku Klux in China is purely a Chines organization and that he is mere acting as its foreign adviser. Several months ago Kearny was before the United States court here on a charge of selling arms and ships to Chinese factions opposed to Peking government. Purposes of Order. Kl”’. maintains that,the ®hinese Ku ux is fighting for suppressing of opium, against the Spread of boishev. ism and also against illegal selling. He asserts that the organization is composed of the best elements among the Chinese, who are prompted by high principles and who are op- posed to anti-foreignism. He also maintains that the organization is all grafting Chinese officials. A recent raid on the so-called Ku Klux headquarters, he asserts, due to the fact t the organization had secured the names of certain Chinese officials who have been sell- ing narcotics, importing arms and grafting off the people. He also de- clares he has proofs that the soviet element in China is organizing bol- shevist bands, which are going about spreading hate against foreigners. The Chinese Ku _Klux principles which he outlined are similar to those of the American Ku Klux. STRANGER WITH GEORGIA DELEGATES CAUSES ROW Man Named Sullivan, a “McAdoo Worker,” Wears Badge to Which He Is Not Entitled. By the Associated Press. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York, July 3..—A man who said he was B. H. Sullivan of Atlanta, Ga.. who has been sitting in the Georgia delegation with the badge and cre- no one in the United States would |dentials of Miller Bell of Milledge- believe the Japanese people capable of sympathizing with an outrage of the kind, and declared the would make every effort to apprehend the culprit, who would be severely punished if caught. RITES FOR J. E. FLYNN. Was Pennsy Railroad Engineer for Many Years. Funeral services for James Edgar Flynn, for many years employed as an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad and for forty dent of this cit who died yesterd: will be held at his 1105 Maryland avenue northeast, to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, and later at the Kellar Memorial Lutheran Church at 2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in Congressional cemetery. Services will be conducted at the grave by the Daughters of America. the American Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Firemen and Engineers, and the American-Jefferson Council, No. 12, Junior Order of United American Mechanies. Mr. Flynn is survived by his widow, Mrs. Angonetta Flynn; three sons, J. A, J. E. and W. E, Flynn, and one doughter, Mrs. James Arndes. — e Never was the slogan “Victory over blindness! more wonderfully exem- plified than in the case of Miss Sadie Isaacs, the blind girl student whose feat in gaining first place in the first- class honors list of the University of London in the bachelor of arts de- gree recently attracted so much at- tention. Abe Martin Says: Ike Lark says he’d rather be right than live in Wisconsin. Ther' seems t’ be somethin’ about bein” feller want a large family, Eopright, Jehn X. Dills Lol police | r that makes a|Department of Agriculture. ville, Ga., was questioned at length today by the sergeant-at-arms of the convention. Sullivan's _activities on the floor were so much more marked than those of others that he was taken in for examination. It developed that his and that he had no official stand- ing in the convention. He explained that he was “working for McAdo After officials had talked at length with Sullivan he was permitted to re- turn to the Georgia delegation as a guest, but was warned against inter- ‘{»rlflz with the voting. He said that | he had not done so to date. lumors were circulated during the that delegates were being enticed from their seats and dummies late residence, | were replacing them, but nothing was found to confirm this. DAWES AND HOUGHTON LEAVE FOR NEW YORK Republican Nominee for Vice Pres- ident and Ambassador to Ger- many Recent Guests Here. Charles G. Dawes, Republican vice presidential nominee, and Alanson B. Houghton, ambassador to Germany, left Washington today for New York. Both have been guests at the White House, and conferred last night with the President on the political situ- ation as well as on the forthcoming allied conference on the Dawes repa- ration plan. Gen. Dawes expects to return to Washington tonight or tomorrow to join Mrs. Dawes, who remained over at the White House, and then return to his home in Chicago. Preliminary plans for the national campaign weré mapped out during the visit here of Gen. Dawes, in conference with President Coolidge and Chairman Butler of the Republican national com- mittee. Mr. Butler left last night for a brief vacation at his home in Boston. U. S.-MEXICAN CLAIMS 'COMMISSION NAMED Former Governor Miller of New York and E. P. Lincoln " -American Members. Appointment of American and Mexican members of the mixed claims commission was_announced late yes- terday by the State Department as follows; General commission, former Gov. Nathan L. Miller of New York and Aquiles Elorduy: special com- mission, Ernest B. Perry or Lincoln, Neb., and Fernando Gonzales Roja. The two commissions will deal with different classes of cases, originating from 1910 to 1920, and will sit in Mexico City. Dr. Rodrigo Octavio of Brasil, it previously had been an- nounced, will act as the third mem- ber or umpire. Larson Heads Dairy Bureau. Dr. C. W, Larson was appointed jchief of the new bureau of dairying today by Secretary Wallace of the Dr. Lar- son has been chief of the dairy divi- sion of the bureau of animal industry ainos 1921, e A arm | | forced to cut down unpolitical, but that it _is opposed to | was | the badge and credentials were not| LQUORPRCE DROPS N PAGFIG STATE California Is Financially Pressed by Cattle Disease and Bootleggers Suffer. By Consolidated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.—Tightish moretary conditions Wwhich followed in the wak: o7 the foot-and-mouth dise se, but which now have largely passed, carried with them some compensations after all. They served materially to lessen profiteering in liquor, and as a result arld Californians all over the state {are enjoying post-Volstead beverages at something near pre-Volstead pricee. Just now alleged “imported” Scotch is being vended in the vicinity of Powell and Market strects—San Francisco’ Broadway and 42d st; ts—at the hith €rto unprecedented price of 25 cents a shot. Hip-pocket venders in the sam. locality and in the North Beach section are even a little bit cheaper. Com- petition being cheaper, they offer th same quality of liquor at three drinks for a half dollar. Appliex to All Liquor. The price slump in vogue obtains in virtvally all lines of beverages that overstep the legalized % of 1 per cent. It applies about equally (o purchases by the drink or by the case, keg or gallon. Canadian whiskies are being offercd at $35 per case. ported gin from the xame source ailable at $36 for a case of “fifths 0d sherry wine is available at $6 a gallon, while the makers of fair corn moonshine virtually let you name your own price. Taken all around, the prices are even lower than those which prevaii. d_here during the Democratic con- vention four years ago, when all the prohibition agents apparently took & simultaneous vacation and anybody's favorite brand could had for the mere asking. Barometer of Conditions. A poll of opinion among cafe own- ers, hotel keepers and bootleggers themselves brings to light the fact that the price drop is not due to any rate war among the bootleggers, al- though they *arc competing now to keep th f frfom the door. It also discloses the belief that the surest barometer of business conditions of any community is the briskness of its liquor market. “There has been of de- pression all over bootleggers now and prices but not until again, “Business depre the bootlegger first. in California be a period the state,” say “Business is picking up will go up again s everything looks on_always hits Men who are expenses always luxuries first. And cut down on the liquor is a luxury One of the reactions of the foot-and mouth disease and slashed liquor prices that is outstanding here is the almost complete abandonment of Saturday night as a “big-party” night. It used to be that all joyous festivities w held in leash for Saturday night. B not now. A tour of the hitherto pop lar gathering places for several Satur- day nights in succession shows that the old roistering throngs, both male and female, have melted aw bootlegger does not know whe have gone. But a survey just com- pleted by the local gas company mus throw light on the situation. The survey shows that more gas is being used on Saturday night than ever before. Probably the merry throngs, finding nothing better to do, decided to g0 home and take a bath. STEPHENS CLEARED IN LUMBER CASE Exonerated by Justice Bailey of Part in Alleged $1,000,000 Conspiracy. John Stephens. millionaire lumber- man ef Jacksonville, Fla, was ex- onerated today Justice Balley in Criminal Division 2 of a charge of conspiracy in connection with the alleged lumber dea by which the United States is said to have sus- tained a loss of more than $1,000,000 through the sale of surplus Army lumber. The court will announce Monday its reasons for granting the motion of Attorney Wilton J. Lambert for the discharge of Stephens John L. Philips of Atlanta, Ga., Re- publican state committeeman brother. Char! Philip: jr. rank T. Sulliva Buffalo, X 1 Charles Shotwell, former chief of the disposal division of the Army air service, must explain to a jury their version of the charges contained, in the indictment on which they have been on trial for the past few months. Justice Bailey overruled motions for an instructed verdict as to these four defendants. The jury will convene next Mon- day, at which time the court will di- rect verdicts of not guilty as to Stephens and also as to Ernest . Morse, former director of sales of the War Deépartment., who was exon- erated on Tuesda by his LIQUOR TO BE SEALED AS BRITISH TOUCH U. S. Visiting Squadron Voluntarily to Become “Dry” as Courtesy to Americans. By the Assocjated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July The British sservice squadron headed by the Hood, mightiest of sea battlers, will be dry during a three-day courtesy- visit to San Francisco, which begins July Sir Frederick Field, K. C. B, vice admiral in command of the squadron, has notified Gerald Campbell, British counsul-general here, that a seal will be put on the liquor stores of the big sea fighters. The dispensing of liguor while the vessels are in the harbor would be no violation of the law, it was pointed out by the au- thorities here, but the drought will be declared as a courtesy to the American people. A noisy and colorful reception, to be participated in by many gaily be- decked bay craft, & number of vessels of the United States battle fleet and the land and air forces of the Army and Navy here, has been arranged. DIPLOMAT ON WAY. ‘Will Take Over Japanese Embassy Here Temporarily. VICTORIA, B. C., July 3.—Isaburo Yoshida, on his way to assume the post of counselor of the Japanese embassy to the United States, arrived yesterday from Tokio. ‘I am going to Washington to act as a caretaker,” said Mr. Yoshida, who is to have charge of the embassy until a successor has been named to Masanao Hanihara, who recently re- signed. Mr. Hanihara is expected to leave Washington soon after the are rival of Mr, Yoshida.