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WEATHER. Fair and elightly cooler moderate tomorrow fair; winds. tonight ; northwest Temperature for 24 hours ending at 2 pm. today: yesterday ; lowest, 68, at b Full report on page Highest, 90, at 5 p.m. ‘a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,297. post LONTO GERNANY . MADE FRST IS AT LONDON PARLEY French Insist Bankers Show Aid Will Be Given Before Accepting Dawes Plan. NOW ASK WORLD COURT PICK U. S. ARBITRATOR Delegates Aware American Ob- servers May Save Conference in Crisis, Some Expect. | | Br the Associated Press. | LONDON, July 17.—French mem- | bers of the Committee of the Inter-| sllied Conference dealing with the | authority of the reparation commis- sion announced this afternoon their Jdetermination to insist upon the tak- 1ng up by bankers of the proposed loan to Germany as a condition prece- dent to the recognition. that the Dawes plan is in effect. The French members also expressed their joint conviction that the eco- momic unity of Germany_could not be | restored until the proposed loan v\as‘ underwritten. i Wants Shares Taken Up. | The Jrench spokesman said his delegation regarded the flotation of the 40,000,000-pound loan to Ger- many as the only Basis on which the | ‘ Dawes plan could be launched His colleagues, he said, would not neces- earily insist that the funds actually | be subscribed, but they regarded it | as absolutely fundamental that the | bankers should have taken up the shares before France could recognize | sthat the Dawes plan had begun to operate. | When this member of the French | delegation w asked whether he| thought British and American bank- ers, upon whom main dependence (o underwrite the loan is being placed, | would agrce to France's proposal he | thought there would be no difficuity in convincing the financiers of the reasonableness of the French posi- tion. as Defends French Position. France’'s viewpoint, this member of the delegation pointed out, is abso- lutely justified by the decision reached by the reparation commission ! at ils last meeting in when it | was decided that assuranees that-the loan would be subsorfbed must be among the conditions determining the actual starting of the Dawes plan. Pointing out that “guarantees” is a very troublesome word, the French spokesman said that it should be possible for the conference to agree upon mutual assurances satisfactory to both Germany and France that as soon as the monev for a loan has been subscribed France will prompt- 1y restore the economic unity of Ger- many. France, therefore. still affirms her optimism -toward the results of the conference. Her delegation expresses the belief that with the completion of the arrangement through which the German loan will be launched, the other conditions stipulated by the repara-| tion commission as essential to de- terminipg that the Dawes plan is in operation can easily be met. Court May Pick Arbiter. The statement was made before the French officials entered a meeting of their committee, which was formed | by the conference to deal with the muthority of the reparation commis- sion in respect to the action to be taken in the event of possible default ' of Germany in the execution of the Dawes scheme. It is understood, according to a French semi-official source, that the | committee of the conference, which will decide on the means of naming the American representative on the reparation commission, whose task it will be, in accordance with the Her- riot-MacDonald plan, to arbitrate on the question of Germany's eventual default, seems in agreement to ask ‘the International Court at The Hague to name this American representa- tive. . Paris, Dominions Carry Point. The conference got down to serious business today. Three committees, appointed to formulate an agenda, v continued their work and a second plenary session was called for this afternoon. The delegates are aware that, al- though the present meeting has been launched in a 6pirit of optimism, cléuds may gather on the horizon al- most without warning and then it is that the United States will have to muster every resource of strength and tact if the conference is to be saved. The British dominions today prob- ably will add their own delegates to the conference. The question of dominion representation was the first misunderstanding to occur in rela- * tion fo the meeting. It is understood, however, that the question has been settled to the satisfaction of Ireland and Canada which had demanded a | Left on representative of thelr own if they were to be bound by the conference’s decision. U. 8, Gives Allies Hope. The high hopes which the appear- ance of the American ambassador has raised among ail the delegations em- phasizes the importance of the role which Mr. Kellogg may be called upon to assume in the critical stages which must be passed if the Dawes report is to bécome an instrument for eolving Burope's woes. For, although the conference has been launched in af, spirit of optimism, the United States may have to.muster every re- on Entered as secona ciass matter ofice Washington. D C. BOX SCORE OF F WASHINGTON, D. C, IRST GAME ST. LOULIS AB. Tobin, rf. lennett, if Svans, H.... sisler, 1b .. VicManus, 2b Jacobson, cf .. VcMillan, 3b R H. 2 wlecnccneoce? slesceaticesin 3 WASHINGTON aB. Rice, rf.. Leibold, cf. Har 2b tioslin If tudge. 1b Ruel. ¢ . Teckinraugh ss Fay'or, 3b .. Tachary, p.... Matthews .. Totals. 5 Matthews batted for Zachary in t R. 0 o o [ 0 [ o iy & g cocucel wen 0 [ o e he SCORE BY INNINGS St. Louis. .. Washington. L ) 2 0- o 0- L3 3 « 8 o o o 0 v SUMMARY Two-base hits—=Gerber, Sisler, Goslin. Three-base hit—Tob! Stolen baxe—Evans. Saerifice—Bennett. nxex—St. Louis, 5; Washing- ton, 1. ST LOUIS DEFEATS NATS I FRST LT OFDOUBLEBIL 34 Dixie Davis Gets Decision Over Jez Zachary in Hurling Duel. BY JOHN B. KELLER. The St. Louis Browns defcated the Nationals, 3 to 0, here this afternoon in the first part of today's double- header staged at Griffith Stadium. D Davis and Jez Zachary, the opposing moundsmen, were in rare form and engaged in a pitchers’ bat- tle, the former being more steady in the pinches, his team emerging vie- tors in the contest. FIRST INNING. ST. LOUIS—Tobin singled to center. Bennett sacrificed, Zachary to Judge. Sisler rolled to Peck, whose throw to Taylor retired Tobin. McManus walked. Jacobsen flied, to Goslin. No runs. WASHINGTON—Rice walked. bold grounded to Sisler. Rice took sec- ond. Gerber threw out Harris, holding Rice at second. A third strike was called on Goslin. No runs. SECOND INNING. ST. LOUIS—McMillan went out, Har- ris to Judge. Gerber doubled to left center. Rego grounded to Peck and the latter threw to Taylor to get Gerber coming into third. Harris tossed out Davis. No runs. WASHINGTON—Judge fanned. Ruel bounded a single off Davis' glove. Peck rolled to McManus, sending Ruel to second. Taylor was hit by a pitched ball. Zachary flied to Tobin. No runs. THIRD INNING. ST. LOUIS—Harris tossed out Tobin. Peck got Bennett's fly back of second. Sisler fanned. No runs. WASHINGTON—McManus threw ouf Rice. Jacobsen came far in for Lei- bold’s high one. Harris walked. Ben- nett went far back for a great catch of Goslin’s fly, The Brown outflelder fell to the ground in grabbing the ball, but held to it. No runs. FOURTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—McManus flied to Lei- bold. Jacobsen fanned. Zachary threw out McMillan. No runs. WASHINGTON —Judge singled to right. Ruel popped to McMillan. Judge took second on a wild pitch. Peck walked. McManus went to short right and made a good catch of Taylor's low fly. Zachary popped to Gerber. No runs. FIFTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Zachary threw out Ger- ber. Rego flied to Leibold. Zachary tossed out Davis. No runms. WASHINGTON—Rice flied to Jacob- sen. Leibold looped a single over Ger- ber’s head. Harris forced Leibold, Ger- ber to McManus. McManus threw out Goslin. No runs. SIXTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Leibold came in fast for Tobin’s @y. Bennett walked. Sisler doubled to left center, scoring Bennett. When McManus rolled to Taylor, Sisjer was trapped between the bases. He managed to get back to second, how- ever, while McManus, who slid into that bag, was retired, Taylor to Harris to Peck to Harris. Peck threw out Jacob- sen. One run. WASHINGTON—Judge popped to Mec- Manus. Ruel flied to Jacobsen. Peck Yined to Gerber. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—=McMillan flied to Taylor. Harris threw out Gerber. Taylor threw out Rego. No runs. WASHINGTON—Taylor flied to To- bin. Zachary walked. Rice forced Zachary, Gerber, unassisted. Leibold walked. Harris lined to McMillan. No runs, Lei- EIGHTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Davis flied to Rice, To- bin tripled to right. Evans batted for Bennett and singled to left, scoring To- bih. Evans made a delayed steal of second. Zachary threw ~out Sisler, Evans taking third. McManus singled to center, scoring Evans. Jacobsen fiied to Rice. Two runs, WASHINGTON—Evang now playing letg fleld for St. Louts. ® Goslin ‘sent & Tekas League double into left. A third strike was called on Judge. Gerber threw out Ruel, Goslin third, Gerber also threw out Peck. No runs. NINTH INNING. ST. LOUIS — McMillan popped . to Judge near the box. Gerber flied to Goslin. Peck threw out Rego. No runs. Bases on balls—Off Davis, 5; off Zach- ary. 2. Struck_out—By Davis, 3; by Zach- teher—By Davis (Taylor). rh—Davix. Umpires—Menars. Din Nalli MENACE OF FOREST Moderation of Winds and Rains Aid Fight on Pa- cific Coast Blazes. CONSTANT WATCH URGED Fire Warden Warns Danger Far From Passed—Fears Serious Development. By the Asociated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 17.—Forest fires in Pacific Coast states today were less. menacing than for many days. due to rains in Washington and Ore- gon and moderation of winds in Cali- fornia. Towns in Pend O'Reille Coun- ty, Washington, which had been in danger, were reported to be no longer threatened. One big fire still was burning in the Pine Creek district of ldaho, but it was an inaccessible and uninhab- ited, though heavy timbered section. A number of smaller fires are still burning in that district, but are causing no alarm. In California the situation was de- clared to be the best since the fires started. Six big fires were burning, but all were said to be under control except that at McKinney Creek, where the fighters hourly expected to gain the upper hand. Warnings Are Issued. Virtually all fires in western Wash- ington were reported under control. Warning was issued by Fire Warden G. C. Joy of the Washington Forest Fire Association, however, ‘that “con- stant vigilance must be maintained to prevent serious developments,” be- cause “fire smoldering in roots and logs keeps alive for weeks waiting favorable conditions to burst out anew.” Gov, Friend W. Richardson of Cali- fornia announced that he intended to confer with the State forester today before replying to President Coo- lidge's offer to send Federal aid. For- estry officials, however, predicted that Federal assistance would not be re- quired in view of the present situa- tion. U. 8. RESERVES SAFE. No forest fires of a serious char- acter have occurred on any of the In- terior Department reservations in the West, aceording to reports to Secre- tary Work from representatives of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, General Land Office, National Park Service and Geological. Survey. A special report to the Park Service declared that travel to Sequoia Na- tional Park, in California, which showed a 70 per cent Increase at the end of June, had fallen off because of unfounded rumgrs of fires in the res- ervation. Taylor. Matthews batted for Zachary and rolled to Gerber and made first when the latter threw wildly. Rice flled to lett, and Evans muffed a catch, but Rice was credited with a hit. Leibold popped to McManus. Harris flied to Ja- cobsen. No runs. FIREMEN FATALLY HURT IN BLAZE; SEVEN KILLED (By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, July 17.—Two fire- men were fatally injured, several others seriously hurt and five negroes are known to have beenm burned to death in an explosion-and fire which carly today wrecked a store and apartment building in negro dis- trict. The firemen, Earl Harvey and John Hayden, were pinned beneath a falling wall, Six other firéemen caught ‘under the wall were taken to a Mospitdl, where It is said they ‘will: recoyer. The podies of the seven negroes have | warded from FIRES CUT FURTHER | the inhabitants. | uation extremely grave. FEDERAL GUNS RAIN SHELLS ON REBELS HOLDING SAQ PAULO Government Force of 15,000 Investing City to Get 3,000 New Troops Shortly. OBSERVER CONTROVERTS U. S. EMBASSY REPORTS Revolutionists Held Able to Take Santos if They Wish—Thinks Foreignérs Unsafe. Authentic reports on the revolu- tionary situation in Brazil received today by the State Department from the American Embassy in Rio de Ja- neiro sald 3,000 government troops arrived yesterday at Santos and en- trained for the Sao Paplo district. Fifteen thousand fed®ral troops al- ready have surrounded Sao Paulo, the dispateh said, and that city is being bombarded. Shells Ne . 8. Legation. A message dated July 12 and for- Sao Paulo said state forces were bombarding the city from Ypiranga and other points. At that time shells had fallen within one- half a block of the American con- sulate building, but no damage to that structure had occurred. The Hotel d'Oeste had been struck by a shell, however, and six persons were killed. The advices added that the indus- trial center Braz was being shelled and had been practically deserted by REBELS RATED AT 20,000. Fighting Continues Without De- cisive Advantage to Either Side. By the Associated Press. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, July 17.— Fighting between the Brazilian gov- ernment forces and the insurrection- ists at Sao Paulo is continuing with- out advantage to either side, ac- cording to authoritative advices re- ceived here carly today. Recent ar- arrivals from Santos declared that port is virtually closed and the sit- A prominent South American, who arrived in Montevideo on the Italian steamer Duca D'Osta from Santos, in | an interview asserted that the rebels at Sao Paulo apparently were in control and that the federal troops besieging the metropolis have . been unable to dislodge them. Rehels Number 20,000, “I can state that the revolutionists have been masters of the situation since the first moment” sald the South American. “On the day of the outbreak State- President fa Campos was obliged to seek refuge in Rio Janeiro. The rebels now ergaged in the fighting nurhber about 20,000, not counting the large contingents of civilians who morally support the revolutionary movement. “Instead of retreating. as the vari- ous official commuriques report, the rebels are advancing daily. In Sao Paulo they gained possession of the city, fighting foot by foot. There is no doubt that they can gain possbs- (Continued on Page 4, Column 8.) GIANT U. S. SUBMARINE LAUNCHED AT NAVY YARD V-1, Twice as Large as Previous Craft, Capable of Following Fleet On Any Voyage. By the Associated Pres: PORTSMOUTH, N. H, July 17.—A submarine twice as large as any built previously for the United States Navy was launched at the navy yard here today. This big undersea fighter, to be known as the V-1, is the first of a fleet of nine that will be able to accompany the battle fleet at sea 4n any weather and at any speed of which the fleet itself is capable. Exact statement as to the radius in which the V-1 can operate was not given out by the naval authorities, but indication that she could cross the Atlantic and return without re- plenishing fuel or supplies was seen in the statement that “the V-1 can make any voyage of which the fleet as a whole is capable.” The V-1, the largest vessel con- structed and launched at the Ports. mouth yard since the Civil War, was christened by Mrs. Cornelia Wolcott Snyder, wife of Capt. C. P. Snyder, U. S. N, who was manager of the yard when the submarine's keel was laid. To Be Commissioned Later. It is expected that the V-1 will be commissioned in October. The vessel Is 341 feet 6 inches over 11, has a maximum breadth of 27 feet €% inches, a surface speed of 21 knots and a speed of 9 knots submerged hermo WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION and a surface displacement of 2,164 tons. She is so nearly self-sustaining that she will not need the services of a mother ship when in port. She ‘will carry a whaleboat_and a motor launch, each 2¢ feet long. Fresh water will be in ample sup- ply, the heat of exhaust gases from| the Diesel engines being used, with a special oil-fired bofler and a num- ber of electric heaters to evaporate water and provide steim. . . The ventilation system is described as much more extensive than that fitted on any previous United States submarine, including provision for revitalising the air by the addition of oxygen. P B e -The V-1 will carry 7 officers gnd 30 a LL IN THE WORKERS T0 FIGHT CLASSIFYING BOARD New Federation Organized as Rating Body Head De- " fends Work. Two principal developments in re- classification marked the situation in Washington today. Chairman Bailey of the Personnel Classification Board emphatically de- nied what he declared to be the mis- taken impression that reclassification was now a fixed and immovable prop- osition, with no hope for the future. He pointed to the opportunity’ for promotions under the system now in force and announced that the board was ready to review appeals in “bor- derline” cases, where there existed “doubt” as to the proper classifica- tion. A _new organization, the District of Columbia Federation of Federal Em- ployes’ Unions, was forméd under the auspices of the National Federation of Federal Employes, and established headquarters at room 500, Bond Building. It will fight for abolish- ment of the Personnel Classification Board and transfer of its duties to the Civil Service Commission, and will make.a survey of the results of the present classification, with a view to sceing how the alleged mistakes best may be corrected. Federation Organised. The new organiiation of federal employes was effected last night at a meeting at the new headquarters and was addressed by President Luther Steward of the national fed- eration and others. Officers of the new District of Columbia federation were elected as follows: President, Dr. J. Franklin Meyer of the Bureau of Standards; vice president, John W. Ginder, of the Treasury Department; secretary-treasurer, William Sanger, of the Department of Commece. The organization will be composed of rep- resentatives from each of the ten locals of the national federation in the District of Columbia. It will handle all problems which are strictly of a local nature and germane to em- ployes of this city. President. Steward in addressing the meeting declared the prime pur- pose of organized employes of the government would be to abolish the classification board and transfer its duties to the Civil Service Commis- sion. Preparations should also be made by the employes, he said, to sist proper administration by the new body. Faults of System. Mr. Steward today declared classi- fication which went into effect by the first pay day last Tuesday had stirred up universal dissatisfaction. The fundamental error of the present sys- tem, Mr. Steward charged, was that the board has attempted to keep down appropriations instead of try- ing honestly to find out what work waa being done by various employes, and then allocating them io appro- priate salaries. “Large increases were given to some favored few,” declared the na- tional federation president, “and no increases, or reductions, were given to those less important employes who do not amount to much. That, I claim, is ‘special privilege,’ the words about which we are beginning to hear so much these days.” Bill Paswed by House. The bill which would abolish the classification board and turn its duties to the Civil Service Commission, for which the arganizéd Federal employes here will fight, has passed the House, and is on the calendar in the Senate. Chairman Bailey of: the classifica- tion board, in discussing at ' seme length today the latest developments in_ reclassification, reported that an average of ‘“‘not one a day” of new appeals trom allocations has been re- ceived by the board. Some old ones had come in, he sald. The group of “border-line” cases, the chairman indicated, was ,being gradually reduced to smaller propor- tions, so that the board would now ~—(Continued on Page 4, Column, 3) —_— Programs—Page 39, - Star. THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1924—FORTY-SIX PAGES. ! i 'MGoN’ | To WATCH. lDestroyers Comb Sea Off Japan Landed in Remote U. S. Pilots BY the Axsociated Press. TOKIO, July 17.—No trace of A Stuart MacLaren. British aviator overdue at Paramashiru Island, in the Kuriles, and his commanions in a round-world flight. had been found up to 9 o'clock tonight. MacLaren then was more than thirty-three hours overdue. Japanese destroyers are continuing a search for the missing party. The British aviators left Lake Toshimoye, on Yetorofu Island, at an €arly hour yesterday mofning. MacLaren should have completed a flight to Paramashiru Island, about 450 miles north of his starting place, by noon ‘yesterday. However, it is believed likely that he landed at some ‘intermediate point in the Kuriles, far from radioor other com- munication with the outside world. Broughton Bay, Shimushiru Island, where the advance party for bis DEMOCRATS MOVE TOEND OLD RULES Abrogation of Unit Vote and Two-Thirds Majority Con- sidered by Party Leaders. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 17.—Concerted ac- tion by members of the Democratic national committee from a number of Western and Southern states in an endeavor to make both the unit rule and two-thirds majority inoper- ative in future natiopal conventions has advanced today to -the stage ot formal interchange of views on the subject, a member of the committee revealed. A committee member from one Western State bhad prepared a for- mal declaration on the subject tor submission to the proposed meeting of the national committee at Clarks- burg, W. Va., early in August. Would Free Delegates. Under the resolution the committee would. declare both rules contrary to Democratic principles and recom- mend to the various State bodies that all plans for the convention of 1928 and thereafter be calculated on the basis of majority rule on the nominations and with every delegate free, so far as binding party rules are concerned, to vote his own pret- erence. More than a fourth of the commit- tee members have given assent to the proposition since .the national con- vention adjourned a week ago, a lead- er in the move said today. Additiona} members have been sounded on the '\question and have promised to as- sist In bringing the proposed resolu- tion before the full committee. Thomas B. Love, national commit- teeman from Texas; W. W. Howes of South Dakota and Clyde Herring of lowa are understood to have taken the lead in the move with a primary view of making a recurrence of the situation which developed in ‘the re- cent convention unlikely it not impos- sible. @Garibaldi’s Grandson Dies., ROME, - July 17.—Capt. Ricciottl Garibaldi, grandson of sthe Italian patriot, died todan 1 F B 57 A B P Shopmen’s Hours Cat. READING, Pa, July 17.—Orders were posted today placing all shop- men of the Reading Railroad Com- pany on four eight-hour days. They have been working five days a-week. The company employs nearly 4,000 men in its Reading shops and several , thousand more.in-outlying-plants. - For MacLaren, 33 Hours Overdue British World Flyer Believed to Have Section of Kuriles. at Brough flight laid down a fuel and supply base, is believed the most probable point of his landing. Destroyers Comb Waters. The Japanese destroyer Isokaze has searched as far north as Shimushiru Jsland without finding any trace of the aviators, and the destroyer Hamakaze, which was on duty at Paramashiru to aid hte fiyer, is search- ing southward of hence. The original MacLaren party in- cluded. besides the commander, Flying Officer W, Plenderleith and Serst. R. H. Andrews. These three were joineg here by Lieut. Col. L. G. Broome, who ded the advance party, which laid down a number of supply dumps at points in the Kuriles, the Aleutians and Alaska, so that the missing are four in number. The latest reports on the weather (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) NEW ZONE ALLOWS APARTMIENT HOTEL ) Eleven-Story Structure Go- ing Up at 21st Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. An eleven-story apartment hotel is to be ecrected on the site of Penn Gardens, 21st street and Pennsylvania | avenue, as the result of a change in zoning allowed by the Zoning Com- mission following a public hearing today. The commission raised the height limit from 90 to 110 feet for property on both sides of Pennsylvania avenue between 19th and 20th, between 21st and 22d streets and on both sides of I street between 20th and 21st streets. At the public hearing preceding the change Edmund K. Fox revealed his plans for an apartment hotel on the Penn Gardens property, provided the higher height limit wou}d be allowed. He explained that the first floor would be designed to house a bank and a drug store. Other High Buildings. Mr. Fox contended that since a number of high structures already have been erected for government, of- fices on upper Pennsylvania avenue, it would be reasonable to entend the 110-foot limit toward Washington Circle. A number of other property owners in the vicinity indorsed the proposed change. The commission also issued an or- der reducing the height limit to which buildings may be erected on Massa- chusetts avenue between Fifteenth and Eighteenth streets from 90 to 60 feet. There was no opposition to this change. Gen. William Crozier, 1735 Massachusetts avenue, former chief of ordnance, spoke in favor of the lower limit. Others who appeared and approved the change were Flem- ing Newbold, a resident of Massachu- setts avenue, and Maj. Gen. William M. Black, retired, who represented the vestry of St. John's Church. Plasa Zoning Delayed. The question of zoning the Union Station plaza was. postponed until September. The proposal before the commission was to make this tract, extending from the depot to the Capitol, residential C area, with a sixty-foot height limit, which would permit apartments. Maj. Bell explained that while this " (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) Killed in Quake. MOSCOW, July 17.—Three persons are reported to have been killed and many housep destroyed by an earth- quake at Tashkent Wednesday. A number of villages felt the shock. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 93,493 TWO CENTS. CONFESSED SLAYER LEADS SEARCHERS TOMLEARY'S BODY Posse Meanwhile Trails Sus- pect Implicated by King as His Accomplice. SLAIN MAN IS FOUND BURIED BY ROADSIDE Confession States Officer Was Shot After Giving Men Ride Along Road. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH. N. C.. lulv 17.—The bodv of Mai. Samuel McLeary. mis ine Armv officer. was found 11 mil north of Cheraw. S. C. at 11:3¢ o'clock this morning bv a searchinz joartv according to Mai. Williams. who called the Associated Press cor- respondent at Raleigh and eave ou the information. UNION, 8. C., July 17.—On a double mission—to find the body of Maj Samuel H. McLeary, slain a fortnight ago, and to arrest the accomplice in his murder—a searching party, led by Maj. W. S. Williams of the De- partment of Justice, early today ar rived here and soon afterward left for Lockhart, about 14 miles away, information that the second man wanted had gone to that place. With the party was Mortimer Ii King. alleged to have confessed that he and another man killed the Army officer on July 2 after they had been givén a “lift” in the major's automo- bile, and who was to direct them to the place where the two are said to have buried him, on a lonely road- side near Camden Coming to Union in hope of arrest- ing Frank Harrold, a 22 year youth who is said by Maj. Williams to have {been implicated in King's confession, I the posse. after hearing that Harrold had gone to Lockhart, immediately departed for that place. CONFESSES TO MURDER. on Self-Styled Hobo Tells of Shooting Maj. McLeary. . C., July 17.—Maj. Samuel H. McLeary, missing Army ‘olficer. Was murdered by Mortimer H King of near Canton, and a companion whose identity is still unrevealed by authorities, on the afternoon of July 2, according to a sworn confession made at Canton by King. The motive for the killing, accord- (ing to King's confession. was rob- bery. After the major had taken King {and his companion into his car and offered to give them a lift up the road, they compelled him to stop, at the point of a pistol, forced him to get out of the car, shot him to death and carried his body into the brush at the roadside. Hide McLeary's Belongings. Stripping the body of valuables, they returned to the car and drove it to Asheville, thence toward Canton, where King lives, according to the confession. After an unsuccessful at- tempt to cross Crab Tree Mountain, near Canton, they returned to the Thickety section and ditched the car unintentionally then, unable to | extricate it, they hid McLeary's be- longings, stripped off the license tags from the car and fled, King going to his home near Canton. Today's confession was obtained only after King had been once ar- rested and questioned, and then re- leased. This afternoon, however, he was again taken into custody and a search was made of his house. At this time a shirt was found re- sembling those found in the belong- ings of Maj. McLeary, and checking up showed that the maker's label and laundry marks were the same. King Breaks Down. Confronted with this evidence, King broke down and said, “Well, men, I'll tel] the truth, that's his shirt, we did i The confession was made in the presence of four men—Charles H. Powers of the Department of Justice, Chief of Police H. A. Sumner of Can- ton, Maj. S. W. Williams of Asheville and Hubert Holloway of the Ashe- ville Citizen. King is a deserter from both the United States Army and the Marine Corps, according to his own contession. After deserting the automobile, in the Thickety district on-the night of July 3, the men rifled the bags be- longing to Maj. McLeary, removing from them jgeveral articles of attire, including puttees, breeches and shirts, and burled them in the mountains, ac- cording to King. Why more thorough disposal was not made of the remain- der of the luggage, including papers and Army orders belonging to the murdered man, was not made clear in King's contession. Shirts Brought Downfall, King's liking for the shirts belong- ing to his victim was his downfall, according to developments, for, up to the time that the shirt was found in his possession and identified, King had maintained his calm and had once warded off questioners. He ad- mitted having taken the shirt from the bags found in the automobile and, “for some reason,” took it home with him. Although the confession was made this afternoon, authorities kept all news of it secret until laté tonight, in order, they said, that their next movements in the apprehension of King’s companion in the killing might proceed without possibility of pre-