Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight; cloudy; nbt much change ture; gentle north winds. ture'for 24 hours ended a a Full report on page 2. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10 tomorrow Highest, 78 at 4:15 p.m. yester- : lowest, 58 at 5 a.m. today. partly in tempera- Tempera- t 2 pm. to- ‘The Enteiea as secon 90 9 o- 129,2990 Rt et na ctass matter hington. D C MALINBRE BEATEN AND CUT T0 DEATH BY FANKTICALHOB Washington Man, Vice Con- sul in Teheran, Attacked While Taking Pictures. AMERICAN COMPANION IN CRITICAL” CONDITION Two Mistaken for Members of Hated Sect, State Depart- ment Informed. ge received today by the State Department from American Min- ister Joseph S. Kornfeld at Teheran, Persia, said that Vice Consul Robert Imbrie died from shock at 3 o'clock vesterday afternoon after having been fatally kicked and beaten by a mob. 5 The vice consul and Melin Seymour, | also an American, had stopped their | carriage to watch a religious demon- stration in the city, the message said, and were rushed by the mob, who mistook them for members of a sect known as the Bahais, against which the demonstration was directed. Other Unable to Talk, Seymour's condition was said to be #0 serious as a result of the beating he received that he had been unable to make any statement. Department officials expect more complete reports on the incident in the course of the day. | The attitude of the Persian govern- | ment in connection with the murder | of the vice consul will be ascertained before any steps are taken by the Washington government. This announcement was made by the State Department: ‘A cablegram from the American minister at Teheran, Mr. Joseph S. Kornfeld, dated on the evening of July 18. states that Vice Consul Imbrie suc- cumbed at 3 o'clock in the afternoon | to the shock following an assault by a mob, which practically cut and beat him to death. Mistaken by Bahai *“The minister reports that for some days throughout the city there had been denouncements of Bahais, a re- | ligious sect, and many religious dem- | onstrations. It appears that at 11 a.m, | the vice consul, accompanied by Sey- | mour, a prisoner in the consulate, stopped their carriage Ti"TYORt OP one|{TMAASEY presidént of the Americafl| of these demonstrations and it was alleged that the vice consul had taken pictures. “The mob rushed upon him crying | out that he was a Bahais and though | the servant of an American mis- sionary cried out that he was the American consul, the mob took no beed of the statement, dragged the Americans from their carriage and | attacked them savagely. The minister adds that Seymour's condition is srave and that he could make noi statement.” | | | | Career Dixtinguished. Maj. Tmbrie was a native Wash- ingtonian, well known in this city and Baltimore. He was 41 years of age and had followed a picturesque and distinguished career in law, African big-game hunting. with the French | Army and in the diplomatic service of the United States. When murdered by the mob in Te- beran, Maj. Imbrie was on his way to Tabriz, where he was to have as- sumed his dutics, as consul. Among his experiences in the diplomatic service was personal receipt of the declaration of war by Russia on the United States, when he was Vice Con- sul at Petrograd, and as American observer at the newly formed Kemal- Pasha government at Angora, Tur- key. Maj. Imbrie's most recent sojourn in this city was for several months prior to February 20 of this year, when he departed for his latest dip- lomatic assignment. Maj. Imbrie was a first cousin of Paul W. Fishbaugh, of 1701 Q street northwest, where he had made his home since the death of his parents when a boy. Maj. and Mrs. Imbrie were at home here from July, 1923. until February, 1924, prior to departure for the east. Word of the death of Maj. Imbrie was received by both the State De- partment and by Mr. Fishbaugh_ from Mrs. Imbrie, at Teheran. The cable- gram received by Mr. Fishbaugh yes- terday carried only the brief message that the major had been killed “to- day.” z Wen Military Honors. Maj. Imbrie was the son of J. R. imbrie, connected with Treasury De- partment, and prior to the death of his parents lived at 925 I street. He was then taken into the home of his aunt, Mrs. Mary Fishbaugh, his moth- er's sister, at 1701 Q street, where he has since made his Washington home, and where today there remains a pic- turesque collection of military deco- rations and trophies from his travels in several parts of the world. Educated in Friends School and at Central High School here, Robert Im- brie was later graduated from Yale, in a year believed by his friends here to be 1902. He later took the de- grees of LL. B. at George Washington and LL. M. at Yale. # Maj. Imbrie lectured before National Geographic Society (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) —_— FRENCH LAUNCH SUB. By the Associated Press. CHERBOURG, France, July 19.— The new first-class French subma- rine Requin, the first of six to be laid down, was launched successfully todax tne in HUGHES DECLARES | ton. | by Ambassador Kellogg and went to {a social way the British and allied Killed by Mob MAJ. ROBERT IMBRIE. DAWES PLAN GOOD Secretary of State, in Eng- land, Says It Affords Relief for Europe. SPEAKING UNOFFICIALLY Declines to Comment on Results if | Amendments Are Offered to Rep- arations Program. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 19.—Charles E. Hughes, American Secretary of State, | who arrived in England today on an unofficial visit, reached London at 10:30 o'clock this morning. He was accompanied here by Frederick A. Sterling, counselor of the American embassy, and by Consul General Skinner, who met him at Southamp- The Secretary was met in London Crewe House, the ambassador's home, where he received members of the press and outlined the object of his visit to England, which he said was entirely unofficigl and personal, and Bar Association to attend the ‘ses- sions of the British Bar Association, When asked regarding the” allied | conference now in progresg here Sec- retary Hughes restated and empha- sized the unofficial naturs of his visit, saying he had accepted the invitation long before the Dasves report was made. He said bé would not take part in the sessions of the confer- ence, but undoubtedly would meet in officials aftending the conference. He reiterated that he had no reasan to conceal the approval of the Dawes plan by Americans. The Secretary added that at the invitation of the French bar he would go to Paris on the conclusion of his visit to Eng- land. Secretary Hughes was shocked at the dispatches reporting the killing of Vice Consul Imbrie in Teheran. He said he had no official information re- garding the situation there. URGES DAWES PLAN. Declares American Sentiment Be- hind Report as It Stands. By the Associated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England, July 19. —Pressed for his views regarding the Dawes plan, Charle Evans Hughes, American Secretary of State, upon his arrival here today aboard the Beren- garia, said: “American sentiment is very strong- 1y behind the Dawes report as it now stands, and we believe that prompt execution of that report is of the greatest importance.” In an interview Secretary Hughes emphasized that his visit to England ‘was unofficial and personal. Regard- ing the Dawes report, however, he declared: “We are very much interested in having it put into execution. We hope it will be found possible to have that effect given to it at an early date. We consider it affords a sound basis for the economic recuperation of Europe. Asked whether he considered the Dawes plan could be modified and yet have the full effect which he ap- parently hopes from it, Secretary Hughes replied: “That’s a discussion into which I'm afraid I can not enter.” Speaking regarding the farthcom- ing bar association meeting in Eng- land, Secretary Hughes said: “My visit here Is entirely unot- ficial and personal. .1 am here as president of the American Bar As- sociation. Mempers of this associa- tion are looking forward with pleas- ure to enjoying the hospitality of their brethern in England. I am sure the meetings will have a very im- portant influence in promoting friend- ship-between the two peoples.” jUGOSLAV CABINET QUITS. Premier Pachitch Advises King That Election Be Called. By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, July 19.— Premier Nikola P. Pachitch today submitted to the king the resigna- tion of the cabiuet and advised that an_election be called. Premier Pachitch _organized the present cabinet May 21, after he, to- gether with his former cabinet, had resigned, April 12, lenjoyed by signatories of the treaty | WASHINGTON IVESTORS T0GET | PRIOHTY N CASE BERLIN DEFALLTS Allied Committee Agrees on| Pledge, Removing Obstacles | to, Parley Success. FRENCH AND BRITISH VIEWS ARE RECONCILED Accord on Preservation of Ver- sailles Pact Signatories' Rights Unanimous. BY the Associated Press. LONDON, July 19.—The committee| of the interallied conference in charge | of sanctions in the event of many’'s default under the Dawes scheme today unanimously agreed to | insure investors in the lpan to Ger-| many of priority on all German re-| sources in the event of Germany's| default. | The committee also unanimously agreed to preserve all the rights en- | joyed by the nations which signed the Versailles treaty. These two issues stood in the way of the negotiations of the conference yesterday and the | agreement on them, it is believed. | will expedite the work of achieving a general agreement on the Dawes plan. i Herriot Applauded. The agreement on the preservation of the rights of the signatories to the Versailles treaty was a conces- sion to Premier Herriot of France, and in effect it preserves the right for separate action on the part of | France. | It enables M. Herriot to live up to (nei pledge he gave former Premier Ray- mond Poincare that all the French rights under the treaty would be maintained. | “After the committee in which these | debated issues had been causing de- ! lay had reached an agreement the| French premier authorized a state- | ment that he was highly pleased with | the progress of the conference. i French Elaborate Formul ! Unofficial American suggestion on| the matter,5f German defaults, which | were laid.Before the committee of the | interallidd conference yesterday, led to the elaboration of various alterna- tive Tormulae by the experts. espe- cidlly by the French, according to the | Daily Telegraph’s diplonfutic expert, who says that the American sugge: tions are ascribed to Owen D. Young, a member of the Dawes committee. The Telegraph writer says that the French formula was drawn up by | Count Peretti de la Rocca, head of the economic department of the French foreign office, and comprised four articles, the first two of which combined parts of the French and British proposals. The third and fourth, however, are entirely new. The third article, according to this | authority, was, in effect, that in order | to grant the service of the proposed German loan and to facilitate its mar- keting to the public, the allies declare that in the event of sanctions being employed following a German default they will regard the service of the loan as enjoying a first mortgage over all those resources of Germany which will fall into their possession or under their control. Treaty Rights Reserv The fourth article, it is said, de-| clared that, subject to provisions of preceding paragraphs, all rights now | of Versailles are reserved. It was Count de la Rocca's formula that occupied the first committee yes- terday, according to the Telegraph. The newspaper adds that general opinion is favorable to the third ar- ticle. which was discussed at great length, but there is coniderable op- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) TRAIN PASSENGER SLAIN, BY CHOKING, IS DISCLOSED Detroit Man First Thought to Have \ Been Victim of Heart i Disease. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 19.—A man be- lieved to have been Victor Petersen of Detroit, who was thought to have died of heart disease when his body was found on a New York Central train at Poughkecpsie last Wednes- day, today was declared by the police to have been murdered. An autopsy disclosed -that he had died of strangulation. His body was found in the smoking cbmpartment of one of the cars of the Wolverine Express by a trainman ten hours aft- er he had boarded the train at De- troit. The police declare that the murderer must have been another passenger. Papers found in Petersen’s clothes indicated that he recently had been to Copper Kettle Forge, Mich. A Danish passport was found in his clothes. sal sty GASOLINE DROPS CENT. By the Associated Press. . NEW YORK, July’ 19.—Gasoline was reduced 1 cent a gallon today by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey in' Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey . and Washington, D. C., and half cent in Virginia and South Carolina. This makes the tank wagon price 17% cents in New Jersey, Virginia and South Carolina ‘and 17 cents in the other places. The Texas Company, and the Gulf Refining Company. met the cut, Ll enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D> SATURDAY, 1.5 FLYERS PUSH WORK ON PLANES Lieuts. Smith, Wade and Arn- old Return to Brough After Being Feted. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 19.—The three mem- bers of the American Army round-the- world fiying expedition, who were Suests of honor at the dinner given by the Royal Aero Club last night— Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, Licut. Leigh Wade and Lieut. Leslie I Arnold, Smith's mechanician—returned to the present headquarters of the flying party at Brough today to continue work on the three planes, which is progressing satisfactorily. They were anxious to get away from the distractions of London and get as much rest as possible before they hop off for Kirkwall, after the machines have been refitted, next | Tuesday or Wednesday, ready for the long trans-Atlantic leg of their flight. The dinner given in their honor by the Royal Aerial Club was a nota- ble gathering of all those prominent in British aviation circles, including the Right Hon. Lord Thomson, the air minister; Sir Hugh Trenchard, chief of the air staff; Maj. Gen. Sir W. S. Brancker, director of civil aviation, and many leading British pilots. Kellogg Is Preseat. Ambassador Kellogg was there, to- gether with Commander John H. Towers, assistant naval attache, and Maj. Howard C. Davison, assistant military attache of the American em- | bassy. Lieut. Col. F. K. MacLean of the air force, who presided, read mes- sages of regret because offinability to be present from the Duke of York, the Duke of Atholl, president of the club, Earl Beatty and the Earl of Cavan. All of them congratulated the American airmen on their pluck. Lieut. Col. John T. C. Moore Braba- zon, one of Great Britain's pioneer aviators, toasted the guests, and in a congratulatory speech said the thoughts of all those interested in aviation strayed to the lonely figure of Maj. A. Stuart McLaren, struggling against ill luck. Ambassador Kellogg congratulated the airmen in behalf of President Cool- idge and the American Government and people. He also congratulated Maj. MacLaren, saying the prayers and good wishes of Americans went with him in his flight, and he hoped and believed it would be successful. Smith Given Ovation. Lieut. Smith was given an ovation when he arose to reply to the toast. He asserted that he found one of the most difficult things in the round- the-world fight was to Teply to toasts. He expressed appreciation for all the British had done for him and his companions and apologized for the absence of three of his colleagues. “But,” he said, “you will realtze that what we are trying to do is get through, and if they had come here we should not get away so quickly.” Lieut. Smith concluded by propos- ing @ toaste to Maj. MacLaren, which was honored with the greatest en- thusiasm. END AT CLOVER FIELD. Flight to Be Concluded at Point of Departure. Clover Field, on the outskirts of Los Angeles, Calif., has virtually been selected as the official terminus for the Army around-the-world flight. Air service officials are known to strongly favor Clover Field as the Gnishing point, although they are reserving an official decision on the question until the fiyers return to the United States and more definite in- formation regarding weather condi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Radio Programs—Page 19, GReat Guns! Looks LIKE A PoLiTICAL CONVENTION HAS BEEN D BACK HOME. Davis’ ‘Boy’ Backer Weighs 260 and Is 35 Years Old By the Associated Press. ASBURY PARK. N. J,, July 19.— Announcement that John W. Davis, Democratic presidential nominee, had received a campaign contribu- tion of a dime from a local 12- vear-old boy, developed the fact today that the ‘“boy,” Harold Speer, is 35 vears old and weighs 260 pounds in his bathing suit. Mr. Speer said today he always had voted the Socialist ticket, but sent the dime for the good luck of the Democratic nominee. MINE DISORDERS END, AS 100 RETURN TO WORK Threat Received That Force From Nearby Shaft Will Halt Work Again Today. By the Associated Press. ‘WILBURTON, Okla., July 19.—About 100 miners went to work at the Deegnan & McConnell coal shaft here today, and all immediate prospects of a threatened repetition of disorders that occurred yesterday at the Kalainla mine at Cam. bria seemed to have been dissipated, according to Sherift Austin Parks, who with five deputies was on guard at the shaft. A threat was conveved to the em- ployes at the Deegnan & Mc®onnell mine, who are working on an open-shop basis, that an invading force from the reighboring mining community of Harts- horne, 12 miles distant, would descend upon the mine today and force the sus- pension of work, as was done at the Kalainla mine yesterday. The invasion. however, was expected at the opening hour, 6 o'clock, according to Sherift Parks, and after several hours had passed without any untoward events he believed that any danger of trouble was gone BRAZILIANS PLAN COUP AGAINST INSURRECTION Federals Prepare for Execution of Maneuver Against Sao Paulo Rebels. By the Associated Press. > BUENOS AIRES, July 19.—A mid- night bulletin issued by the Rio Janeiro government on the state of the present Brazilian insurrection was received by La Nacion. It states: “Preparations are almost complete for executing a federal maneuver against the Sao Paulo government. Dense fog during the last twelve hours has hindered the necessary reconnoitering, but the situation is favorable. President Bernardes, who continues to receive manifestations of support from all parts of the country, has issued a decree extend- ing the moratorium in the state of Sao Paulo until July 27.” S ok SEVERE STORM BREAKS OLYMPIC GAMES HEAT By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 19.—The heat wave, which has been so distressing to the Olympic contestants, was broken up today by a series of violent ‘gales which wrought havoc throughout France and Belgium. Heavy seas caused damage to shipping and loss of life in the Channel. Two French yachts, the Incomprise nd the Eugenia, hoisted signals of distress and were rescued by tugs. Twenty - fishing smacks are missing from Ostend and it'is feared’ all are lost. Twenty-six bodies'have already been washed up on the;beach. Ten more boats are missing from Ports- mouth and fifteen persons are re- ported drowned. The storm seems to have blown itself out and better weather is forecast. : Quake Forms New Island. MOSCOW, July 19.—It is reported that a new island has formed at the entrance to the Sea of Asév as a result of the recent earthquake JULY 19, 1924 -TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. i | | WLEARY BURIED HERE WITH HONOR Associates in World War At tend Slain Major’s Funeral in Arlington. | On a wooded slope in the World War section of Arlington Cemetery, the body of Maj. Samuel H. McLeary, slain Army officer, was laid at rest today, while sorrowing relatives sus- tained the courageous young wife of | the victim of two desperadoes who shot Maj. McLeary two weeks ago after he had given them a “lift” in his automobile. The body of the mur- dered officer arrived in Washington carly today from South Carolina, ac- ppanied- by Miss Bonnie McLeary, a sister of the major. It was imme- diately taken to Arlington Cemetery and, bahked with flowers, awalted the | coming of the widow and relatives of the officer. | Military services marked the inter- | ment of Maj. McLeary with a squad of | soldiers firing three volleys over the grave and “Taps” sounded by a bu-| gler from Fort Myer. Funeral serv. ices were said by Chaplain William Reese Scott of Fort Myer. Widow Is Brave. | Through the impressive final cere- mony over the body of her murdered husband, Mrs. McLeary, slight and heavily veiled, showed marked com- posure. Only when the services were completed and Chaplain Scott had said the final “Amen” did she give any indication of breaking down. Sor- rowfully she turned away from the grave of her husband, murdered by two men for whom he was doing a kind act. Mrs. McLeary was not al- lowed to see the body. Mrs. McLeary was to leave Wash- ington today for Camp Knox, where Maj. Douglas Cordiner, husband of her sister, is stationed. Mrs. Me- Leary, mother of Maj. McLeary, and Serena McLeary, another sister, ar- rived in Washington yesterday. The widow will spend a_few weeks at Camp Knox and then Teturn to Wash- ington. High Army officers, including many friends of the major, with whom he had served in France, attended the funeral. Maj. McLeary, according to a signed confession by Mortimer N. King of Canton, N. C., was slain by King and a companion, with robbery as the motive, after the Army officer had picked up the pair on the road and given them a ride in his auto- mobile. The body was buried along the road and found day before ves- terday. MURDER IS CHARGED. ‘Warrants Sworn Out for King and Harrell. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, S. C., July 19.—Though Mortimer N. King, who officers say confessed in Canton, N. C., to the slaying of Maj. Samuel H. McLeary, 12 miles south of Cheraw, 8. C., on July 2, was held here in the Richm. County jail as a prisoner for ‘:.:2 federal authorities, Sherift James T. Grant of Chesterfleld County, was ex- pected to arrive here today with a warrant for his arrest on a charge of murder. The Depatment of Justice, whose agents made the arrest, has been re- quested to rule on the case, to de- termine whether King should remain in custody of federal officers or be turned over to the state authorities. ‘Warrants for King and Frank Har- rell, alleged accomplice now sought 'by officers in several counties, were sworn out at~Cherow late yesterday by Magistrate J. S. Hartzell, acting coroner at the inquest, according to a message from the sheriff of Ches- terfleld County. ‘Identity of & man arrested in Green. lin search of solitude ville, 8. C., on suspicion of being Har- rell remained a mystery through the night,. but was expected to be estab- (Continued on Page 2, Columa 1) PR $1 b “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is deliv ered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 93,559 * TWO CENTS. 50-Inch Waistline Bar to Presidency, Senator Tells Boys By the Associated Press. * NEW YORK, July 19.—"“If you would be President of the United States, don’t get fa United States Senator Royal S Copeland of New York gave this advice today to 3.000 Boy Scouts in camp on Bear Mountain. “Keep your waistline down,” he told the Scouts, “for the day of the states- man with the fifty-inch girdle is gone. “The reason is simple,” he con- tinged. “The public now knows that men are not born fat and \that obesity is due to being too indifferent to personal welfare to keep the waistline down. Logi- cally, voters think that if a man is too lazy to care for his own health, he will be too lazy to care for the public business. So if you would roll up a big vote, keep down your waistlin DAVIS WILL STUDY PLANS IN SOLITUDE Selection of Shaver as Cam- paign Manager Leaves Can- didate Free of Details. WILL TAKE OFFENSIVE otification Ceremony at Clarks- burg Will Be First Broad- side of Battle. By the Associated Press ON BOARD ROCKLAND EXPRES en route for Islesboro, Me., July 19 Having selected his campaign man- ager, Clam L. Shaver of West Vir-| ginia, and fixed August 11 as the date | for his formal notification, John W. Davis was speeding northward today along the rockbound coast of Maine in which to udy out his address accepting the Democratic presidential nomination. His destination is Seven Hundred- Acre Island, off whose guests he and Mrs. Davis will be for the next ten days. Returning to New York at the end of that time, he will put his address in writing before departing for Clarksburg, W. Va., where the notification ceremonies will be held, probably on the lawn at his sister’s home. Will Open Battle. Th determining upon August 11 as the date of his official notification of the action of the New York conven- tion, Mr. Davis has elected to fire the first broadside of the 1924 campaign at least %o far as the two major po- litical parties are concerned. President Coolidge will not be no- | tified formally of his nomination un- til a week after the exercises at Clarksburg. Both ceremonies will take place at night, so that the vast | radio audience over the country may listen in without interruption. Plans for Vacatios During his stay at the Gibson home, Mr. Davis will not devote his time wholly to work. There will be fre- quent rounds of golf and the nominee may try his hand at deep sea fishing. That would be sport in rough and choppy seas, but Mr. Davis is what | is known as a good sailorman, having known the agonies of seasickness, but once in his life. With Mr. Shaver now actively on the job, the nominee has laid aside, for the time being at least, the cares of campaign organization. He has no engagement to confer with party leaders, while in Maine, but will, of course, receive any who may call on him. _Mr. Davis_is_accompanied by his "(Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) 7 CHILDREN PUT TO SEA IN CANOE; BELIEVED LOST Empty Craft Found in Long Island Sound—None of 5 Boys and 2 Girls Could Swim. By the Associated Press. FAIRFIELD, Conn., July 19.—Search of Long Island Sound and the shore for seven children who put out in a | canoe from St. Marys-by-the-Sea Thursday afternoon continued today ! without result. Hope was practically abandoneq and shore residents were asked to be on the lookout for the bodies. The canoe in which the children set out on the rough sea was recovered yesterday afternoon midway between here and Port Jefferson, Long Island. Seats were in position and this at first led to the belief that the children might have been picked up. Five boys and two girls, whose ages ranged from 8 to 15 years, went on an outing in the cance. None could swim. SHIP TRACES FOUND. Mystery of Condor Disappearance in 1901 May Be Solved. VICTORIA, B. C., July 19.—Light on the mystery surrounding the disap- pearance of the British sloop-of-war Condor, which left Esquinalt, B. C. December 2, 1901, with 104 British tars aboard and was never heard from, is believed to have been discov- ered by W. P. Bevan, federal district engineer for Alberta. Traces of a lost ship which Mr. Bevan believes was the Condor have been found in the sands of Long Beach, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The ves- sel is so covered with sand that it has been impossible so far to make certain as to its identity. Rockland, the sum- | mer home of Charles Dana Gibson, | WHEELER T0 RUN WITH LA FOLLETTE; FLAYS OLD PARTIES Declares He Can Best Serve Public Interests by Going to Independents. | |SELECTION OF DAVIS BY DEMOCRATS HIT Decision Given to Conference Here. Opens Campaign in Vir- ginia Tonight. ! Scnator Burton K. Wheeler of Mon- | tana. who won national distinction | by his conduct of the Senate Daugn- erty investigation, accepted the vice presidential nomination on the Follette independent ticket today anc immediately began his campaign with a broadside against the polit ical affillations of Calvin Coolidg= and John W. Dav “I am a Democrat, but not a Wail Street Democrat,” he said in a letter formally accepting the nomination tendered him by the group of La Follette leaders in conference here Denounces Both Parties. The Democratic party, he continued, had “wantonly abandoned an oppor- tunity for great public service.” and both it and the Republican party | had “ignored the call of the unor- | ganized millions who are the victims | of the present economic disorders.” | Senator Wheeler's acceptance and | his denunciation of the two old-line parties were embodied in a letter to | William H. Johnston of the Ma- | chinists’ Union, heading a committee sent to him by the conference of La Follette leaders to receive his re- ply to the formal tender of the vice presidential nomination voted yester- day. The letter follows: Considers Acceptance Duty. “After careful consideration 1 have { concluded to accept the honor your committee so generously conferred on me by tendering to me the nomi- nation for Vice President as the run- ning mate of Hon. Robert M. La Fol- lette, candidate for President of the United States “I have had no desire, you know, to become a candidate for any office in the approaching election, but have decided that it is my duty to accept your call because it appears to me that by so doing I can best serve the highest interests of the American people. “I regret exceedingly that the Dem- ocratic party in the recent national convention in New York so complete- 1y lost sight of the fundamental prin- ciples of democracy znd ignored the great economic issues of the present | hour. It has wantonly abandoned &n opportunity for great public service that never before was so clearl within its reach and so certain to lead to success. “While the farmers of the cntire nation are facing bankruptcy, labor unemployed, business depressed and a large majority of our citizens suf- fering from sinister exploitation, the Republican and Democratic parties in | convention ignored the call of the un- | organized millions who are the vic- tims of the present economic disor- ders and chose leaders whose train- ing, whose sympathies and whose social and political association are with the great predatory interests Raps Choice of Davis. “Every Democratic leader in and out of Congress has proclaimed the Democratic Party free from the taint of Wall Street and has blamed with some degree of truth, the financial in- terests there, but whose ramifications extend far beyond, for the corruption in the Republican administration and for the discriminatory legislation against the common people of Amer- ica. What are the people to think when these same men in convention assembled, select as the standard bearer of their party an attorney who represents these interests, who lives and associates with them, and who typifies all that big business stands | for, just as much and just as truly | as does the Republican nominee Can’t Support Regulars. “In this situation, 1 find myself unable to support either the Repub- lican candidates. who frankly admit | their reactionary standpat policy. or the Democratic candidate, who may claim in well chosen phrases that he is a progressive, but whose training and constant association belie any such pretension. “Between Davis and Coolidge there only a choice for conservatives to make. The uncontrolled, liberal and progressive forces must look else- where for leaders. “This is a time when every one who claims to be a progressive must show his colors, must support the candi- daay of Robert M. La Follette and the genuinely progressive program, or else forever disclaim any pretense to progressive political action. It isour duty to our country to give to the progressive and liberal forces of this Nation an opportunity to express themselves in the coming election, as between Coolidge and Davis they are disfranchised. “The issues before the people were never more pronounced—the cleavage is clear cut. The Republican and Democratic parties deliberately and solemnly chose the path of indiffer- ence toward, if not support of, the privileged interests. No one except those who believe in a government of special interests can vote for the presidential nominee on either the Republican or Democratic national tickets. ‘The progressive, forward-looking " (Continued on Page 2, Columa ). ~