Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1924, Page 12

WHERE BRAZILIAN cording to news received by the and are in full control. bombarded by the rebels. B REBELS ARE SAID TO BE IN POWER. Two views of Sao Paulo, where, ac- te Department, revolutionists have defeated the federal troops of Brazil s The pictures show parts of Anhamgablm and Marchal parks, said to have been By United News Pictures. A TRIBUTE TO MEMBER OF THEIR SCOUT TROOP. Boys of the Plymouth, Vt, Scout troop passing the flower<covered grave of Calvin Coolidge, jr. member of the trooj CENTRALIZED BODY 10 HELP FARMERS Organizations Seeking Def- inite Policies to Adopt To- ward Needed Legislation.” EQUALITY WITH INDUSTRY Speakers Urge Tariff to Protect Producers of Food if High Prices Stand. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn, July 12.—A defi- nite policy for farm rellef legislation was expected to be adopted today at the concluding session of the Na- tional Conference of Farm Organiza- tions. A plan favored by the resolutions committee of the comference would provide for a certralized farm or- ganization to work for the interests of agriculture, and it was indicated that some such body would be formed. It was proposed by the resolutiéns gommittee that a general committe omposed of delogates from ever tate and representing all farm or- #anizations, should be named to for- mulate ary legislative action to be take.. One suggestion was that the central committee should be chosen from leaders of farm organizations now existing. One of the purposes of the confer- ence is to obtain passage in the next Congress of the McNary-Haugen ex- port corporation farm relief bill, Bich was defeated at the last Ses- fon, or a similar measure. . According to several of the leaders the conference, another meeting bably will be called to be held in Louis or Kansas City about Oc- er 1 to discuss the matter further. g | Dickinson Outlines Policy. Defining the attitude which the Bited States, he said, must adopt to- ward agricultural interests, Repre- sentative L. J. Dickinson of Towa, ad- dressing the general -conference, ed that “the policy of this coun- ¢y must be one of dual purpose—to t agriculture on a basis parallel ith {ndustry.” {{%Our campaign, after an executive gram has been outlined, must be t conducted through local inter- ; second, we must appegl to a eral policy interest combining ncial, commercial and industrial pelfare.” he sald. jAlthough the McNary-Haugen ex- t corporation bill was defeated in be last Congress, its purpose con- inued with renewed strength, accord- E to A. Sykes of Ida Grove, Towa, ¥The ~greatest fight ever inaugu- ed in behalf of farm legislation is now being made and will continue to a glorious finish,” he asserted. equalization of prices for farm products, protective tariff’ for all produce without discrimination, and a strong agricultural federation were advised by Gilbert N. Haugen, repre- sentative in Congress from Towa and co-author of the McNary-Haugen biil. Give Producers Protection. “If it is necessary ‘hat we always Bave high taxes and high transpor- ~Hation, let us also give the producers qof the Country's food the protection which industry and commerce now ¢njoy,” he sald. S The oconferénce, which will ocon- finue tomorrow, adopted a resolu- tion expressing “heartfelt sympathy CAPT. FINNEY B. SMITH. with the grief-stricken family of President Coolidge.” George C. Jewitt of Spokane was elected permanent chairman and R. A. Cowles of Bloomington, Ill, was named secretary. A resolutions committee of fifteen members from thirteen states and the District ofeColumbia will report tomorrow. Seek Cost Figures. A plan for determining prices ot farm staples under the provisions of a revised McNary-Haugen bill on a cost of production basis will be pre- sented by F. B. Layman, president of the Corn Growers' Assoclation, and Paul Talbert, one of the organizers of that association. This plan suggests the minimum prices for each year be set Decem- ber 1 after the entire yield 1s har- vested and the years average CoSt of production ascertained, thus pre- cluding the possibility that the price would go below the point at which the producer may obtain a fair margin above his cost of production. SIS RITZ ROOF IS FACING PADLOCK AFTER RAID Six Employes Held When Federal Dry Agents Seize Liquor % Stocks, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 12—The first of the world famous hotels here came under the direct attention of prohi- bition agents when federal officers last night raided . the . Ritz-Cariton Toof and arrested six employes. Summonses charging, violation - of the prohibition law were served on the general manager and a patron, after the agents stated they had seized seventy-five bottles partly filled with rye and Scotch whisky and cham- pagne. In was announced at prohibition headquarters that summonses would be ‘issued today for all members of the corporatior’ owning the hotel and application would be made for a search warrant and an injunction to close the roof as a public nuisance. Excitement was caused among the 400 patrons of the roof by the raid. The citles of Trichinoply and Tan- jore, India, have each appointed a Wwoman on’ their municipal council, according to, an Indian femfnist pa- per. in the little hillside cemetery. 0. C. RESERVISTS Young Calvin was a Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. ONTRAINING CRUISE U. S. S. Eagle, No. 56, Starts on Last Voyage of Season With Reservists Aboard. Another grqup of preparedness ad- vocates cast aside their civilian oc- cupations today and for two weeks will be sailors in the United States Navy. They are members of the United States naval reserve force, District of Columbia Battalion, who have been called back to active duty for two weeks to maintain their ef- ficlency for service with the battle fleets in time of war, The' U. S. S. Eagle No. 56, reserve training ship, in command of Capt. Finney B. Smith, at noon started her third and last cruise of the season. From early today until sailing time groups of “white uniformed sailors were busy loading the little vessel with supplies to be used until they reach Norfolk. As soon as the men began to arrive they were assigned stations aboard the vessel and soon after she was under way the two- week intensive drill schedule was started, and this will include boat drills, 'signal drills, gunnery drills, target practice. and 8o on. These drills, of course, are aside from the routine duties of rumning the vessel. ‘Will Anchor in River. The vessel will steam tonight as far as Blackstone Island in the Po- tomac, where it will anchor, remain- ing until early tomorrow morning, when it will proceed down the river and bay to Hampton Roads, docking at the naval operating base for fuel and supplies. Leaving this point Tuesday, the vessel will proceed to Lynnhaven' Roads, in the lee of Cape Henry, Va., remaining overnight and then will steam out through the capes and up the coast to Lewdes, Del., re- maining there overnight and then proceeding to Philadelphia for liberty. After stopping several days there, she will head down the Delaware River to Cold Spring Inlet at Cape May, N. J. After Cape May will come the target practice, and then the trip up the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River to Quantico, Va., where the en- tire ship’s company wijl have rifle practice on the Marine Corps range. Officers Installed. Capt. Smith today announced the following details of officers: Lieut. (junior grade) Wilbert E. Locklin, executive officer; Lieut. (junior grade) Samuel W. Stinemetz, naviga- tor; Lieut. George M. Janes, chief en- gineer; Ensign John W. Young, gun- nery officer; Lieut. Benjamin F. Rey- nolds, watch and division officer; Bn- sign John F. Moore, watch and division officer; Ensign Albert F. Mitchell, communications officer; En- sign Robert W. Wilson, supply officer, and Chiet Boatswain Carl A. Carlsson, watch officer. The following is the enlisted per- sonnel: Edwan B. Albaugh, Morris C. Al- baugh, Ernest W. Ball, Francis J. Brannan, Leroy W. Brickhouse, Ar- thur B. Bridgeman, William F. Chris- tian, Robert L. Conner, Robert H. Croggon, Leo T. F. Curtin Richard H. Dewey, Charles R. Drexilius, Joseph Fitzgerald, jr.; Raymond J. Hegarty, Frank J. Hofmann, John E. Hogan, Jr.; Willlam P. Holliday, John L. Keefe, Leroy F. Keenan, Frank H. Kemon, William J. King, Robert E. Lee, Crandal P. McClure, William - B. Magec, -Alexdnder Mann, Johu W. WINNER OF AMERICAN LEGION ESSAY CONTEST. Cecilia Gill, fourteen years old, of New York, whose essay, “The Federal Government: Its Departments and Functions,” won the prize offered by the New York Legion. sioners. Left to right: E. Harney, Cecilia G William Jennings Bryan came to Washington to cool off after the Democratic national convention, but he says the trip .has been a dismal failure. The photo taken as he left his hotel yesterday afternoon. National Photo. YOUR BONUS Questions That Bother You Will Be Answered in This Column. Address: Room 722, News De- partment, The Evening Star, Washing{on, D. C. Q. I want to know if a man who re- ceived a bad conduct discharge will be entitled to the benefits of the adjusted compensation act. I will appreciate your answer very much.—William R. A. A man receiving a bad conduct discharge does not necessarily lose his right of citizenship as you seem to| think. A blue discharge or a bad conduct discharge is one that is given when for some reason a man's serv- ice in the military is not desired. For example, some men received a bad conduct discharge for some minor in- fraction of the articles of war. Gen- erally speaking, the War and Navy de- partments will not issue two discharges to a soldier or sailor, but they will issue certificates in lieu, and for good cause shown, on indisputable evidence, will issue a supplementary statement show- ing reasons why such a discharge was issued. It may be that you can cor- rect your service record so that you will be adjulged due to receive the benefits of the act. A man receiving a bad conduct discharge did not leave the service under honorable conditions and in some Instances will not be en- titled to receive the benefits of the law. All men who have not honorable discharges should take immediate steps to clear their records, because the act says that the veteran must have been separated from the service under hon- orable conditions to be entitled to re- ceive the benefits. Q. Are the men who served in student officers’ training camps, whose train- ing stopped when the war ended, en- titled to adjusted compensation? Are Army fleld clerks entitled to the bonus? Are Army field clerks entitled to the same hospital care and treatment that regularly enlisted men receive?—L. L. H. A. Men. serving in student Army training camps are not entitled to the benefits of the act. Army field clerks are entitled to the benefits of the act. They are also entitled to hospital care and’ treatment. Q. My daughter married a soldier and had one child. I am the guardian of this child. My daughter divorced her husband. He then married again. Last February he died. Who is en- titled to'the bonus of this deceased sol- dier, my ward, his daughter by his first marriage, or my daughter, his first widow, or his second = widow?—Col. TIToC, ¢ A. It has taken some time to get a rul from the government on your case, which accounts for the delay in this reply. Your son-in-law’s second widow is entitled to the benefits of the act. Unfortunately, your ward, the daughter of this service man, is not entitled to the benefits unless the sec- ond widow dies. To amply guard your ward's interest you should file a con- tingent application. It will be well, too, i your daughter, his first widow, files 2 contingent application. By fil- ing these contingent applications your family’s future interests as they may appear or develop are protected, and your cases may be adjudicated prop- erly at the time the government be- gins the payments of the benefits. In this way,_you will be providing for any contingency which may arise. i i e et Merritt, Ellsworth G. Morgan, Daniel J. Murphy, Randall C. Oden, David N. Pettit, Hugh G. Postles, Ottis Ray, Joseph B. Roche, Walter N. Shay, Arthur V. Simonton, Harney J. Si- mons, Edward T. Smith, Julius Stamm, Lester E. Steele, Walter Swelkhart, James B. Watkins, Frank L. White, Harold W. Yates, Wood- ruff Youngs, Joseph H. Neal and Fred R. Byrd, 1 o I, Commissioners Rudolph, Bell and Oyster. She was awarded a trip to Washington, and yesterday she visited the District Commis- Daniel E. Garges, Mrs. Thacker V. Walker, Mrs, Edward J. Gill, Mrs. William Washington Star Photo. SECRETARY'S DAUGHTER OWNS ODD PETS. Miss Edna Wilbur, daughter of the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Wilbar, and her trained parkeel il u: GERMANS BELITTLE AMERICAN ELECTION Believe Main Issue Is Which Party Shall Exploit Nation, Not Ques- tion of Principle. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and_ Chicage Dally News. Copyright, 1924. BERLIN, July 12—“What do they mean to us?" That is the question Germans are asking concerning the American pres- idential candidates. “Is there any difference in European policy?” The conventions of the various par- ties were followed here with great interest, although Germans are in- clined to judge American politics harshly, seeing in the great elections a struggle of two economic organiza- tions for places and exploitation rights, rather than questions of prin- ciple. The German political situation to- day is fajrly simple. It was decided some week ago that Germany might g0 to the coming conference without having brought the Dawes report fullment legislation before the Reichstag, as it was considered the German _conservatives would lack courage to destroy what already had been accomplished. Now it would seem the attitude of the conservatives is fairly unimportant. e DEATH OF EDITOR DUE TO VIOLENCE, IS BELIEF Autopsy on J. B. Ford of Irish ‘World Discloses Ear Af- fection. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 12.— Evidence that the death on June 16 of James B. Ford, vice president of the news- paper Irish World, following an operation on his ear, might have been caused by violence was found yester- day by Dr. Charles E. Norris, medical examiner, who performed an autopsy. Ford's body was exhumed and the autopsy held at the request of a brother, Austin J. Ford, who told the police that some time prior to his brother's illness a man entered the newspaper office and struck Ford on the ear. The autopsy showed, Dr. Norris asserted, that Ford died of a cerebral hemorrhage and abscess of the brain, due 'to_an ear diesase which 'could have been caused by a blow. e DELHI RIOT IS FATAL. Die in Hindu-Moslem Fight Over Water. DELHI, India, July 12.—Several persons were reported killed yester- day in a riot, which was the out- come of a quarrel between Hindus and Moslems. Virtually the entire city_took part In-the rioting. To- ward evening the situation became uieter, but all shops are closed and the police are patroling the streets in armored cars. ' The disturbance is' attributed to Hindus objecting to a Moslem boy drawing water from a certain well. The boy was violently beaten and sald to have died later in a hospital. ——g L - During the last year the United States bureau of stan tested 6,700 precision welghts, the largest number ever tested in any ome year. Several The birds were presented to Miss Wilbur during a recent visit Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. SAILOR RUNS AMUCK ON RUM-LADEN CRAFT Police Rescue Crew From Insane Man, Who Viciously Wielded Ax and Chisel. By the Amociated Press. SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, July 12.— Police, answering distress signals flown by the rum runner Annie S. as she crept into port yesterday, res- cued the crew from an insane sailor, armed with an ax and chisel, who had taken command of the vessel. The single handed mutiny was staged by Lewis Quelleon of St. Pierre, Miquelon, according to Capt. White of the Annie S. Quelleon ran amuck soon after the vessel left the island, bound for the American coast with a cargo of assorted liquors. Capt. White was the first victim of the madman's attack, but he dodged the flailing ax and barricaded him- self inside the pilot house. Quelleon drove the crew below decks and set fire to the forecastle in an attempt to drive his shipmates out where he could wield his ax on them. The vessel and all hands narrowly escaped foundering in Cabot Strait, said the skipper. He steered for this port, with distress signals flying. Police boarded the rum ship, over- powered Quelleon after a battle, and brought him ashore in chains. CONVICTED MAN DIES DECLARING INNOCENCE Alabaman, Found Guilty of Slay- ing Daughter of Neighbor, Pays Penalty on Scaffold. By the Associated Press. TALLADEGA, Ala., July 12.—Main- taining his innocence until the end, Gordon Fincher, thirty-one, was hanged iIn the Talladega County jail yard here yesterday on conviction of having slain Maybelle McCullough, young daughter of a neighbor. His last words before the noose was adjusted were: Farewell, everybody, farewell. 1 am going, 'an innocent man. The crime they accuse me of is the most hideous ever committed in Talladega ounty, but I am not guilty of it. Farewell.” ons He appeared calm as he mounted the scaffold. The night previous was spent Wwith his wife, parents and four children. Maybelle McCullough was slain last year while on her return from the family mail box. Her body was found badly bruised, concealed in a stump hole. The whole community was aroused by her death. Testimony that bloodstained cloth- ing was found at Fincher's home and evidence that he met Miss McCul- lough on her return from the mail box were used against him at the 250 BANKS GIVEN AID. Agricultural Credit Loans Total $3,931,000, to June 30. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.,, July 12— Loans to banks approximating 250.in number have resulted from the aid rendered by the Agricultural Credit Corporation in the northwest, A. P. Kemp, president of the corporation, declared in a statement today. Total loans and investments by the corporation up to June 30 amounted to $3,891,000, he added. Deposits in the banks assisted to June 30 totaled about §38,849,004 TON JARRIVED 1IN AMERI Epinard. the $300,000 race borse of France, being unloaded at the New York dock. yesterday. country. PRIZE BEAUTY WEDS WEALTHY lotte Nash, known as “Miss St. The champion has been entered in several races in thi- Copyright by P. & A. Photos PHILADELPHIAN. Mi Louis,” in Atlantic City beauty contest. who recently married Fred Nixon-Nirdlinger. The bridegroom claims his wife “was educated to his ideal of perfect womanhood.” Desertion Cause Sougth by Wilbur By the Associated Press Copyrig rwood & Underwood REDOUBLE EFFORTS by Unde In Naval Prison; m Ffifl] _N”EAR PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 12— Prisoners in the Portsmouth naval prison were called upon yesterday by Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur to furnish material to assist in solving the problem of desertion, the largest single factor in sending sailors to naval prisons. The occasion was a visit of inspection of the nav a and prison by Secretary Wilbur, who left the presidential party. after the funeral of Calvin Coolidge, jr., at Plymouth, Vt, to come here. Addressing the 400 prisoners in the mess hall, Secretary Wilbur asked two questions. The first, “Why did you join the Navy?” and the Why did you leave Each _prisoner was te out his answer, the material thus obtained to be used in an effort to decrease the num- ber of desertions. The Secretary was accompanied by Rear Admiral Julian L. Lati- mer, judge advocate of the Navy. SIXTEEN HURT IN CRASH DUE TO SPLIT SWITCH Train Coach Carrying Passengers Smashes Into Cattle Car on Railway Siding. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 12 splitting of a switch by the third coach behind the locomotive in the eastbound Baltimore and Ohio pas- senger train No. 4 yesternoon sulted in the injury of sixteen pe sons, four seriously, and the wrec ing of the coach, which smashed into a cattle car standing on a siding. Those injured seriously, which ne- cessitated hospital treatment, suffered from lacerations, bruises, fractured ribs and broken legs. They Wwere Miss Helen Kitchen, twenty, of Chil- licothe, Ohio; LeRoy Crye, Madison- ville, Tenn., clerk; George Hill, Love- land, Ohio, and Mrs. Carrie Ray of d City, Ohio. e Cothera Jwere treated at the scene of the accident for minor cuts and bruises. The remaining coaches in the train did not jump the track, and although the ‘passengers in them were shaken up, they were not injured. After the wreckage had been cleared away the train proceeded to its destination. —_— WO0OD TELLS GOVERNOR TO QUIT SECRET BAND Advises Philippine Official He Must Repudiate Society Engaged in' Lawlessness. By the Associated Press. MANILA, July 12.—Gov. Gen. Leon- ard Wood, returning from an inspec- tion trip to the southern islands of the Philippine Archipelago, announced he had ordered Gov. Montilla of the province of occidental Negros to Sever his connection with a secret Society known at the “Kusog Sang Imol.” This society, it is alleged, has en- couraged a series of crimes recently in ‘the governor's province, such as burning of cane flelds and the beat- ing of members of rival societies. Gen. Wood told Montilla that a government official should not be a faember of an organization which sanctioned violation of the law. S MoRciEER Bl Materials used in the manufacture of buttons come from all parts of the world. Raleigh, N. C., Mayor Calls Upon Citizenry to Aid in Hunt for Missing Officer. By the Associated Pross RALEIGH, N. C, under the call of Mayor E. R breth, a wide search will be starte today in this city and a ritory in an effort to Ic uel H. McLeary. Maj. MecL appeared in Raleigh on July § he was believed to have started from here for Columbia, S. C. Prior to h disappearance Maj. McLeary wired relatives from here for a sum of ¢ to be sent him lumbia Failure to claim the money led t knowledge of his non-appearance a that point. bee n route to Charlesion, S. C., for a assignment at the coast artiller Post_at Fort Moultrie. J. S. Ainsworth of Austin, Tex., ar rived here yesterday to aid in thi search, and other friends of the fan ily in Texas are reported en route t4 Raleigh. - Mr. Ainsworth stated thaf he believed Maj. McLeary had becomé temporarily mentally unbalanced while her a result juries re ceived during the world war, and had lost his identity No Reports Made. Despite the that police partments North Carol had been advised to be on the look out for the Army officer, no report of his appearanc any place except Raleigh had been received last night Several persons here reported having seen the touring car in which he was driving to the Army it was quartered in a local garage f one night early this month. Mayor Culbréth has issued a state- ment of the case calling on all wh read to aid In the efforts to locatc the missing Army officer. It tained a description of the major. Gov. Pat Neft of Texas ha Gov. Morrison asking for be made in the state. GOVERNOR AIDS HUNT. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, S. C, 12. —Gov. Thomas . McLeod announced las night he will assign W. W. Rogers state detective, to the task of ascer- taining if Maj. Samuel H. McLeary, missing coast artillery officer, actu- ally entered South Carolina in what is now believed to be his fatal trip from Raleigh, N. C., to Columbia. The offices of Gov. McLeod in the search were asked by Gov. Pat Ne of Texas late vesterday, and the de- cision to assign Detective Rogers to the case is the result of Gov. Neff's appeal. A letter from the Texas ex- ecutive is said to be on its way here. explaining his interest in the disap- pearance. Gov. McLeod has requested full information of the Army in the form of a full description of the missing officer, together with photographs and other information by which he could be recognized. Hogerst firatiatepiwill ho to/ goito McLeary is seen last, and Raleigh, the point -where said to have been trace his movements from the mo- ment he was seen last. It is pointed out here that if it is determined Maj. McLeary never reached the state the governor can go no further in his_efforts. July In the meantime a state-wide look- out is being maintained by police and other peace officers.