Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1924, Page 2

2 WEEKS SAYS PEACE DEFENSE DAY AIM War Seeretary Declares Event Will Not Be Gen- eral Mobilization. DEMONSTRATION ‘SIMPLE’ Will Apprise World of “Our Friendly Purposes,” Letter to Pastors Asserts. Assurances that the Army's defense test project duled for S 12, “should with of all except possibly opposed to defe against ex- ternal aggression” is contained in letter by Secretary Wecks clergymen who have inquired as the purposes and nature of the tests Nothing will be done or that day to alarm any sincere American citi- zen,” Mr. Weeks “The will not be a general mobil Our military establishment will be increased for tember 12 The ‘defense demonstration of It will be an endeavor on the part of the Federal Government to inform our people v as possible on the present status of our security. Our whole purpose is to to our country the new citizen a of the United States and to indicate what action would have to be taken in a national emergency by our individual citizens and by communities if our country is to be defended successfully. Demonstration Simple. “The simple demonstration might be compared to a fire a school for the safety of dren We. step for defense. “In far as tion for the are frequent acts without = rea quences of those test’ will be a precautionary measure Every one will be made aware of the sacrifices which war will require of him “The ‘defenss test’ on the other hand. will apprise the world, as words never can, of our friendly poses as a nation. They will see that we have neither a standing army of 500,000 men, like some of the great nations, nor compulsory military training, like other great nations They will see a small standing army roinforced only by citizens who have undertaken to prepare themselves voluntarily for service to their coun- try in the event of war “I would like to emphasize that T am striving for peace, and that, in common with all Americans, T desire it most sincerely. My observation has brought the conviction that such ia also the purpose of Gen. Pershing. and of members of Army of the United States. But unprepared- ness has never prevented war, and the only result of our peace-time nonchalance has been increased losses and hardships to those of our citizens who rallied to the defense of the nation.” An appeal to churches, civic or- ganizations and clubs to protest to President Coolidge and _Secretary Weeks against Defense Day plans was made last night by Robert Wa son, president of the International Reform Federation. He termed it mobilization day" and declared such a_demonstration can only in- jure us in the eyes of other nations.” CODLIDGE ASKED T0 REVIEW PARADE President Accepts Tenta- tively Invitation of Holy Name Committee. ptembe approval who sch meet the those are any nse to to said event ation not an instant on Sep- only a plans, est” will be mobilization as fu of se my anned drill in the chil- are able to take this forward because our plans are purely and their object for peace. here is any found mption that people to the cons the ‘defense a Mgr. P. C. Gavan, spiritual director of the Washington section of the Holy Name Society; Very Rev| M. J. Ripple O. P, national director of the socie Patrick J. Haltigan, archdiocesan president, and Judge William H. De Lacy today called on President Cool- idge and presented an invitation for the Chief Executive to review the parade of members of the society from all parts of the country, which is to mark the close of the national convention, September 18-21. Presi- dent Coolidge also was asked to make a short address at the rally on the Monument lot, which is to follow the grand parade. The President ten- tatively accepted the invitation. The ‘convention, which is to include delegates from 5,600 societies from Maine to California and from Louisiana to the Great Lakes, will meet at the Catholic University September 18, 19 and 20. The convention will be in- augurated with a solemn pontifical high mass in the stadium at the university, and will be followed by registration of delegates, preliminary organizations and nterences and the meeting of commit. tees. The second day will be devoted to meetings and conferences of the spiritual directors, and will end with a roll- call of service men, living and dead, at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at’ Arling- ton. On the third day the lay delegates will hold meetings which will be fol- lowed by a patriotic pilgrimage to the tomb of Washington at Mount Vernon. The grand rally and parade is scheduled for Sunday, September 21, and is expected to be participated in' by 100,000 members of the society ending at the foot of the Washington Monument, where the Holy Name pledge to support belief in the divin- ity of Christ will be repeated by all the assembled host. Veteran Teacher Dies. ZANESVILLE, Ohio, August 4.— Miss Anna M. Garges, 63, for 40 years a teacher in the local public schools and a sister of Milton Garges, chief of the traffic department of the As- sociated Press, died at a hospital here last night. Swat the Fly in the campaign against the fly, The Star has for distribution a quantity | . & For assistance | dy of - wire-handle swatters. Ask for One at the STAR OFFICE or Any of Its Branch Offices ta verdict | of how 1 H af warlike | pur- | | reparations settlements. FINDS MAN’S DEATH DUE TO HIS OWN LACK OF CARE Coroner’s Report on Fatal Injuries to William H. Ease—Other Traffic Accidents. Coroner Nevitt tod investization of the death of William H. e. colored, 2201 Thirteenth screet, who was fatally injured by a Capital Traction car at Fourteenth and W streets last Friday afternoon and who died in Emergency Hospital the following day. The jury reported that the accident was due to lack of care on part of the de- ceased. Ease's skull was so badly crushed that surgeons at Freedmen's Hospital were unable to operate. Witnesses who appeared at an conducted an in- quest held at the morgue today told the colored man had walked against the car, and declared the mo- torman made a quick stop to prevent hitting him Women Hurt in Collixion. George Felder. 43 § street. and John Howard, 1706 Sixth street, were drivers of automobiles that collided on Maryland avenue southwest last night. Mary Felder sustained an in- jury to her face and was taken to Emergency Hospital Charies H. Boss, 362 N street south- west. was knocked down by an auto- mobile near his home last night. He refused hospital treatment, being only slightly injured. Dolly Roberts, setts avenue, fell bile near Twelith and I streets last night and suffered a slight injury to her head. Surgeons at Emergency Hospital rendered first atd Only Slightly Inju-ed. Ruth Thompson, colored, 1304 -venth street, was struck by an auto- mobile Saturday night at Seventh nd O streets and slightly injured. She refused treatment Six-year-old Catherine Thornton, colored, 35 Fenton court, was knocked | down by an automobile near her home last night. F. W. McNally, Silver ng. Md., driver of the car, took child to'Sibley Hospital. She was amined by Dr. Einstein, who re- ported she was uninjured Anthony King, colored, Nineteenth street, suffered severe in- juries to his head about 1:30 this morning when he backed his taxicab over an embankment on Dana place ar Conduit road. He was treated Seorgetown University Hospital. 24, 1330 Massachu- 1010 23, GERMANS TO STAND FIRM FOR FREEDOM OF RUHR IN LONDON | (Continued from First Page.) ture of the proceedings in connec- tion with participation of the Ger- | mans in the conference was decided | upon at a meeting this morning of the various delegation leaders, pre- sided over by Prime Minister Mac- Donald Plenary Session Planned. The Germans,* who will arrive early in the forenoon, will be called upon to attend a plenary sitting at noon, when the documents embody ing the results of the conterence's discussions will be presented to them. The Germans will be author- ized to be represented at plenary sessions by four principals and four experts. It is hoped that the conference will end before the end of the wee and Mr. MacDonald has declared that he intends to bring abcut a speedy | conclusion. even if it is nec ary to hold scveral sessions daily. Vincent Auriol, president finance commission of the French Chamber of Deputies, one of the | most prominent members of the So- clalist party of France, arrived here today, accompanted by M. Grumbach, Alsatian socialist, in order to get in touch with members of the British Labor party. Mr. MacDonald announced today in the House of Commons that an agree- ment had been reached on Saturday between the allies on certain mat- ters arising out of the experts’ report, | and that documents embodying the agreement now were being scruti nized by the commitgee of lawyers. Three agreements, he said, would be prepared for the signatures of the allied representatives. The first would be between the governments and the reparation commission re- garding matters within the com- petency of the commission. The sec- ona would be between the allied gov- ernments and the German govern- ment regarding matters which re- quire to be settled by direct agree- ment between those governments. The third agreement would be between the allied governments regulating mat- ters of interallied Interest. PREMIERS MAY MEET. of the Herriot, MacDonald, Marx and Stresseman Parley Seen. By Cable to The Star and News. Copyright, 1 LONDON, August 4.—Germany’s delegation to the allied conference will hear Tuesday on its arrival the full details of the plan for putting into force the Dawes scheme for So much de- pends upon the spirit on which the German delegates co-operate With allies that it is possible Chancellor Marx and Foreign Minister Stresse- mann may confer unofficially with Premiers Herriot and MacDonald be- fore attending a plenary session. The French premier expects them to warn them not to raise any tech- nical questions regarding possible de- faults or bring up the question of responsibility for the war. The most important detail of the Dawes scheme on which the German delegates ex- pect to begin work immediately is the loan of $200,000,000. On this mat- ter the Germans will consult with the reparations commission, now sitting here, and with Anglo-American bank- ers, who will present their final ideas on methods of flotation and on inter- est in the terms in the loan. To Demand Evacuation. 1f any question is likely to cause real trouble in future sessions of the conference it is that of removing the Franco-Belgian railwaymen from in- dustrial areas. Both Stresemann and Marx seem determined to secure the promise of the complete economic evacuation of the Ruhr before they finally agree to the terms of a pro- tocol to_be signed before they leave. The Germans also will raise the question of amnesty for prisoners taken by both' sides in the Ruhr. At a meeting of the big seven to- day practically all outstanding ques- tions left to them for decision were settled. The whole program with Germany was outlined so that no de- lay will occur once Germany's rep- resentatives come into contact with the allied representatives. Houghton to Attend. BERLIN, August 4.—Alanson B. Houghton, the American Ambassa. dor to Germany, will leave for Lon- don tomorrow. Mr. Houghton expects to remain in the English capital un- til the conclusion of the interallied conference. hicago Daily 4. Seattle Definitely Selected as Goal of World Flight Decision to terminate the Army round-the-world flight at Seattle was announced today definitely at the War Department. The termi- nating point had been left open pending consideration of claims of other Pacific Coast cities to secure | % * th desiguallane .. _ .. - from an automo- | 1 | | | not THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, YEGGMEN BATTLE NEW YORK POLICE Seven Men, One Woman, Held After Robbers Lose $1,000,000 Loot Objestive. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 4.—Curre Jjewels and fur; worth more than than $1,000,000 was the objective loot of a4 band of yeggmen captured early today after a pitched battle with the police, who surprised the band just after they had entered a storage house of the American Express Com- pany In addition to an unusually valua- bie consignment of furs and gems, which had been stored for shipment today, the warehouse contained a large amount of currency, which had been deposited there Saturday night. A woman arrested in a Brooklyn apartment today brought the number of captures to eight. She gave the name of Della Feldman, 21, and is said by the police to be' the wife of another member of the band, who escaped during the pitched battle of the early morning. They said they found many thousands of dollars’ worth of furs, a large amount of narcotic drugs and a varied assort- ment of ingeniously devised burglars’ tools in the apartment. Detectives had been be of the and Leading 50 policemen the thieves after they express company's offices and we about to load loot into their motor car. The veggmen opened fire, start- ing a battle which lasted 20 minutes and ended in a hand-to-hand struggle in which the policemen used their EUNS as clubs after their ammunition had been exhausted. One of the rob- bers was in a hospital today badly wounded in both legs while his six companions were in an adjoining ward as a result of the beatings they received before they were subdued. . U. S. PLANE FORCED DOWN AT SEA MAY BE SAVED AND TRIP FINISHED AS HOPED (Continued from First Page.) trailing mem- for two weeks they surprised had entered the knowing how long it would be before they were rescued. They were confident all along. however, that they would sight a vessel and eventu- ally reach land, and they kept the plane constantly before the wind They suffered from the cold and from the tossing of the wrecked craft about by the waves, but did not at |any time consider their position crit- | tcal. Their main anxiety was to save the plane and continue the flight after repairs had been made. “It was a tough break after the five months’ flight,” sald Wade, “as when the four planes left America the Army hoped all four would return But it's all in the game. We did our best.” The vessel that found Wade and Ogden was the English trawler Rugby of Grimsby. News of the find followed many offers of assistance in the search for the disabled plane to Rear Admiral Thomas Magruder, U. S. N, on the Richmond, by the Brit- ish admiralty, the Bhitish naval authorities at Rosyth and the Danish authorties at Thornshavn, Faroe Islands. At G o'clock yesterday after- noon the Richmond sighted the de- stroyer Billingsley, which had come up to the wrecked plane after the trawler found it. Hampered By Storm. The Billingsley was steaming slow- ly, towing the plane, while the trawler was standing by. Lieut. Wade and Sergt. Ogden were still on board the Boston. They said later the trawler had not offered to send a boat but had indicated her Inten- tion of remaining on hand in the hope of being of assistance in saving the plane and if necessary picking up its men. A heavy sea and a freshening wind made it difficult to bring the disabled airplane alongside the Richmond. Finally a line was floated to the Bil- lingsley by a buoy and then passed to the Boston. By this means the plane was hauled in to the lee side of the cruiser. The hoisting gear was attached to the plane and an attempt was being made to lift it when the strain of the 5800 pounds’ weight stopped the lift and caused it to give way, the steel boom dropping, crashing through the plane, and wrecking it. ‘Wade and Ogden, who had boarded the cruiser meanwhile, witnessed the accident| from the deck of the Rich- mond. Steamer Lafayette Sails. HAVRE, France, August 4.—The steamship Lafayette, whose sailing on Saturday was postponed beca: of a strike of members of the crew, sailed today with the help of French naval seamen. July Circulation Daily - - - 91,488 Sunday - - 97,213 District of Columb) FLEMING NEWBOLD, Business Manager of THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR, does sol- emnly swear that the actual number of copies of the papers named, sold and distributed dur- ing the month of July, A.D. 1924, was as follows: DAILY. Days. iR LSRRI Lot et =P RO Less adjustments..... Total daily net circulation.. .2,470,165 ‘otal average net paid circu- 1ALION .vvieeeriesoieizeieans: DO570 Daily average number of copies for service, etc....... 918 91,488 Daily average net circulation. SUNDAY. Coples. Days. Coples. 99,136 20 .. . 98,083 Days. e 97661 27 . 97421 1855 392,301 Less adjustments............. 3447 Total Sunday net circulation. 388,854 Average net paid Sunday cir culation . . 5 Avenfe number of copie: r service, etc. Average Sunday net c'=cula ton - . e [N I“uw'lm.n. & Busi . Subscribed and sworn to before no‘::f: 4th of August, A.D. leoa) . Lievts NELSON and SMITH LANDED WS N ICELAND HERE o‘.’ Upper: Left to right, Licut. Leigh Wade and his aide, Sergt. H. H. Ogden, who were forced down by engine trouble in their hop from Orkney Islands to lceland. Lower: Ma showing where the mishap occurred. ONE PLANE WRECKED IN FLIGHT; TWO OTHERS SAFE IN ICELAND| (Continued from First Page.) Wade and Ogden—were up and had breakfast by 7 o'clock Sunday morn- ing, ready to make an early start for Hornafjord, Iceland, where Lieut. iric Nelson, who had made the trip alone the previous day, awaited them. Forty minutes later they swung around the tip of a small point and taxied into full view of the Rich- mond, whose officers and crew lined the deck rails for the farewell. A warm sun flashed its beneficent reflection on the calm surface of the bay and a thousand beams sparkled from the glistening fuselages of the planes as they rode slowly out to open water, passing the Richmond on the way. They conjured up in one's mind pictures of two gallant knights boldly riding out to do battle with some ancient dragons of fiction, throwing up in front of them great white plumes of water. Lieut. Smith in Lead. Lieut. Smith was leading, closely followed by Lieut. Wade. A half mile from the Richmond both stopped for a minute. Then the calm atmosphere of the early Sabbath morning was suddenly shattered by a mighty roar as the motor power of 800 horses leaped into action and both ships darted forward. Overtaking Lieut. Smith, Wade made a few waves for the flight commander, and then leaped into the air. Lieut. Smith, however, could not “bounce off” the waves made by his comrade, and Wade darted back to the surface of the water, barely touching it with the pontoons of his ship, a masterful execution. But again Smith failed to get full ad- vantage of the ripples, and Wade re- turned to the water. Again they tax- ied along; again Wade swept past Smith and darted into the air. This time, however, Smith followed closely behind Wade's ship, and at 9:18 o'clock both ships were off. Banking sharply to the left, they crossed the Richmond at an altitude of 300 feet to take her whistle salute. Arnold and Ogden were plainly visi- ble to officers and men on deck, and salutes were exchanged between those on the ship and in the air. Separated by only a few hundred yards, both planes turned directly for the Orkney Islands and disap- peared from view behind an abruptly rising hill. Cruiser Off to Iceland. Immediately orders were given for the Richmond to up anchor and steam direct to Reykjavik, to await the ar- rival of the air Magellans, who were to stop first at Hornafjord, where Lieut. Nelson has already landed. Thoughts of disaster were farthest from the minds of those on board the Richmond as she headed out into a perfect sea for her port in Iceland. Then, shortly after noon, came word of the tragedy. It was a message from the captain of the destroyer Billingsley, a patrol ship that had been standing guard between the Orkney and Faroe islands. The message was a repetition of & note Lieut. Wade had succeeded in dropping on the deck of the destroyes as he passed, reading: “Wade forced landing. Motor gone. Needs imme- diate help. Sea growing.” The me: sage concluded by giving his position as 80 miles south of the Sudero Islands. Orders flew thick and fast aboard the Richmond as she turned from her course and headed to the point where Lieut. Wade was forced down. Fires was belching great clouds of smoke from her four stacks as she cut through the ocean at 30 knots. In the meantime the air was fairly burn ing with messages between the Rich- mond and the Billingsley Hear Smith Is Safe. One after another the destroyers Reid and Raleigh told of Smith passing them safely, and finally came word of his safe arrival at Hornaf- jord. To augment the search for the missing Boston, Lieut. Wade's ship, observation planes carried on the Richmond were brought on deck, and one was placed in the ship's catapult, ready to be launched. To add to the difficulty of the search and increase the fears of all on board the cruiser as she crashed through the seat at top speed, a cold rain be- gan falling and the barometer drop- ped steadily, sure harbinger of an ap- proaching storm. Finally Lieut. Com- mander Bruce Leighton, formerly at- tached to the Bureau of Aeronautics, in Washington, and a radio operator, were gotten over the ship's side in a light seaplane. Their instructions were to fly a zizzag course in search of Wade. But their motor was missing continually and the approaching arctic storm was piling up great swells that threat- ened to swamp the small plane. In vain Commander Leighton tried to take off in the face of moun- tainous seas and finally the Rich- mond prepared to take him back on board. At the same minute the Bil- lingsley flashed word that Wade and Ogden had been rescued. Picked Up by Trawler. The message stated that a British trawler had picked up the two men at 60 degrees 40 minutes north lati- tude, 5 degrees 28 minutes west longitude. Orders for Flight Lieut. Harold Sallada to put off from the Richmond in a second plane were cancelled, Commander Leighton was taken on board and the cruiser con- tinued her journey at top speed to the scene of the rescue. The Billings- ley and the trawler were sighted sev- eral hours later. Lines were passed between the Richmond and Billingsley and the latter turned the Boston over to the cruiser. When it was brought along- side, Sergt. Ogden began to dismantle the engine to make it possible to haul the ship on deck, but it was later decided to let her ride out the storm, which had broken in all its fury. Wade and Ogden had boarded the Richmond a bare few minutes when the steel boom, weighing a ton, to which the Boston had been made fast, snapped under the strain of the tossing plane, and crashed through it The propeller was splintered and holes were punched on one pontoon. One of the wings was dented and both wings were badly dented in places. In addition, Lieut. Wade ex- plained that the entire ship had been badly sprung from being towed in the heavy seas and that it had been otherwise damaged when he landed. In the meantime it was being tossed about by the sea like a chip, render- ing efforts at salvaging impossible. Effort to Tow Plane Fails. Confident that they could never again take their faithful plane into the air, Wade and Ogden stood watch- ing it as it fought against over- whelming odds. In a desperate ef- fort to reach port with the wreck, Capt. Cotten ordered the Boston made fast to a long line and began towing t. His effort, however, was of no avail. A ‘short time later the Boston capsized. Sadly Lieut. Wade advised the com- mander of the Richmond to cut the ship adrift and the last seen of it was the olive drab fuselage, bottom side up. Turning about, the Richmond continued her journey to Reykjavik. Brifly Lieut. Wade recounted the story of the disaster to your corre- 0 _the Ri shmend "He ¥ g MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1924, AMERICAN CHARGE AGTS FOR BRITISH Schoenfeld Notifies State Department He Has Made Necessary Inquiry. American Charge Schoenfeld, at Mexico City, reported today to the State Department that he had taken up with the Mexican government the case of Mrs. Rosalie Evans, a British subject, who was shot and killed, and that the Mexican authorities had given assurances that every effort would be made to apprehend and punish the murderer. The charge acted Wwith the requirements of his position, sinee the Washington Government has been Intrusted with watching over British diplomatic interests in Mexico, The British charge of archives, Her- bert C. Cummins, has withdrawn after a controversy arising out of his ac- tions in connection with the case of Mrs. Evans. afeguards Amsured. Mr. Schoenfeld visited the Mexica; foreign office as soon as he heard ot the slaying, and requested that stepe be taken at once to safeguard her property and to punish her murder- ers. He was informed, he told the State Department, that a guard would be placed on the property, and that every effort would be made to track down the murderers. The communi- cation has been sent to the London foreign office, which will be kept ad- vised of developments. The action taken by Mr. Schoen- feld was more or less a routine re- quirement in such cases, and the British Government is expected to formulate and transmit to Washing ton whatever further representa tions it desires to have made. State Department officials were un- in accordance willing to comment upon the case or | to discuss the dispute between the Mexican Government and Mrs. Evans Aside from the necessary steps to see that adequate protection is given to the property involved and that the Mexican Government makes a sincere effort to bring the murderers to book, the Washington Government presum- ably will be limited to carryine out the wishes of the London Government in any further diplomatic considera- tion of the casi POLICE THWARTED BY SMOKE SCREEN Suspected Rum Car Escapes in Hot Chase Through Capital Streets. Throwing out a dense and stifling smoke screen just as pursuing police were about to close on them, follow- ing a spectacuular chase through the city streets from Southwest to North- west Washington, five colored occu- pants of a suspected bootleg automo- bile made a successful get-away yes- terday afternoon. Surprised by H. E. Ogle, member of the South Washington dry enforce- ment squad, while they were loading heavy tin containers in their car near Virginia avenue and Third street southwest, the negroes started the machine and fled north, Ogle pursuing in his own automobile. Other _policemen on _motorcycles joined the chase as block after block whizzed b: but on every occasion when the police were in a position to capture the fleeing men the smoke screen apparatus was brought into play successfully. Forced to Abandon Chase. The suspected car finally was lost in the thick traffic near Howard University. Milton D. Smith, pres| dent of the Policemen ociation, who joined in the pursuit. was forced to quit the race near Massachusetts avenue and Fourth street. when he narrowly missed a collision with an automobile, throwing him to the pavement. About the same time yesterday®ifter- noon a collision between two automo- biles at Third and I streets southwest re- sulted not only in the injury of two colored occupants of one of the cars, but the arrest of the owner on a charge of transporting liquor, colliding and failing to have a driver's permit. Ollie Rej nolds, colored, 1248 First street south- west, was the driver arrested. The auto- mobile with which he is alleged to have collided was operated by William K. Clarke, 1316 Sixth street southwest. The injured, both of whom refused hos pital treatment, were Irving Moore of Camden, N. J), and Mabel Moore of Philadelphia. BELGIUM GOES SILENT. BRUSSELS, August 4.—On this, the tenth anniversary of the invasion of | Belgium in the World War, at 9:30 o'clock this morning, the hour at which, on August 4, 1914, the first German troops crossed the Belgian frontier, the sirens on the Belgian factories and the whistles of locomo- tives and steamships gave the signal for a minute's silence. Many of the inhabitants were in tears when, after this brief interval, the bells rang out from every belfry, recalling Belgium's liberation after her suffering. cepted the inevitable with the same game spirit that had faced death in horrible forms more than once on the trip. He had hoped up to the last minute that he could repair his ship and resume the flight, but his last chance seemed to be gone. Shaft Breaks Suddenly. “We were flying along in good weather,” he said, “and Smith was a little ahead of me. Suddenly my shaft broke and 1 signaled Smith that I was down. But he didn't see my signal. Then I banked over to the left and with my motor dead landed on a rough sea, hitting it with such force that I broke two wing connecting wires, a water jacket and sprung the whole plane. “Then Smith saw me and came back. The sea was too rough for him to land and I signaled him that we were in trouble. He went on and we began examining conditions. It was impossible to repair the shaft and there was nothing for us to do but_sit there and ride the waves, Loping that some ship would come along. If our pontoons had sprung a leak_we would have gone down about 2 o'clock. “I sighted a steamer and signaled, but he didn’t see me. All the while we were on the water it was clear, but we saw a storm approaching on the horizon and just as it about reached us along came the trawler. He threw us a line and asked us if we were well and unhurt. We an- swered yes and told him we wanted a tow. We started for shore, but I don’t think we ever would have made it, as the sea was getting rougher and rougher. “The trawler picked us up about three-quarters of an hour before the Billingsley came along and then we rred our line over to her. So ikett Heads D. C. Legion FRANK L. PECKHAM of the Tank Corps Post, American Legion, who was elected department commander of the District of Col umbia Department of the American Legion at the concluding session of the sixth annual convention of tae department in the District Bullding Saturday might. Mr. Peckham wax formerly an enlisted man, and saw service overseas during the World War, CHARGES POLITICS /INP. 0. SELECTIONS Civil Service Reform League Asks President to Halt Practice. President Coolidge has been asked by the National Civil Service Reform League to bring about the termina- tion of any practice of making po- litical selections in the of postmasters and letter carriers. | This request was made formally in a [tetter received the White |today ir was charged that {the Post Office Department has dis- | misced Democratic employe to make [ers The at which it in order places for Republican work- letter is signed by William Dudley Foulke (Indiana), president, and H. W. Marsh (New York), secre- tary, of the Civil Service League. asks specificzlly that the Postmaster be General soliciting required to refrain from or acting upon political “in regard ap- h, according to law, | recommendations poirtments. whic {have manipulation,’ {dent order the nd that the Pr ppointment, in the {case of fourth-class postmasters and rural carriers at least, of the candi- date standing highest in the Civil Service Commission’s examinations. Approves G. O. P. Platform. Fourth-class postmasters and rural carriers are in the classified civil | Service and the competitive examin: | tion method has been applied to pres- lidential _postmasters by executive |order. The Ci ervice Reform League's letter expresses approval of that part of the Republican plat form which urges “the classification of postmasters in_first, second and third-class post offices by law. we not point out, however,” it con that with respect to the ap- pointments of postmasters of all and rural carriers the present will be of little value so long as of the Post Office Depart- ng these postal employes find that the Post Office makes political selec. tions in the appointments. not only of presidential postmasters, but also of fourth-class postmasters and rural free delivery carriers, which places are now in the classified civil service. The De- partment consults with Republican Con- gressmen, and it foliows their recom- mendations in violation of Section 10 of the civil service act (which farbids consideration of such recommendations by appointing authorities). In order to make plaes for Republican workers, Democrats are dismissed upon charges often trivial and sometimes false, and even where they are true and sufficient Republican _carriers who do the same things are left unmolested.” | — | SLAYER OF GIRL IS SHOT BY POSSE OF OFFICERS August 4.—John who late vesterday shot wounded a 15-year-old St. Charles Parish, 30 miles up the Mississippi River from New Orleans, and who was dis- covered early today barricaded in a house, was shot, prabably fatally, this forenoon by officers who had laid siege to the place. Col. Guy Molone, superintendent of the New Orleans police department, and one of his men who had gone to the scene at the request of Sheriff Vial of St. Charles Parish, armed with tear gas bombs, fired more than 500 rifle bullets into Tripolini's ref- uge. Tripolini's continu Department NEW ORLEANS, Tripolini, and fatally girl near Noree, victim, Marie Matherne, was a neighbor, with whom he had become infatuated, the police said. He shot her late yesterday and she was brought to a hospital here. ( signment to a un! Indicate (b) I prefer to serve Your Preference i e (Unit) Former service, if any........... Occupation L am out of it, and it's sll in | appointment | House | 1t | been removed from all political | HUGHES SEES END OF EUROPE'S STRIFE American Secretary, in Ber- lin, Expresses Belief That Skies Have Brightened. MEETS GERMAN LEADERS Official Incogmito Allows Unob- structed Privacy and Opportu- nity to Observe Conditions. By the ted Press. BERLIN, August 4—"The Dawes report initiates a new era and execution absolutely essential the reconstruction of the postwar cconomics, Secretary Hughes told the American corre- spondents today. While 2 maintain his refraining is te shattereq nestly endeavoring to “official incognito” from formal discussions, the Secretary nevertheless was will- ing to admit his conviction that the skies were brightening and he believed the corner.” Mr. Hughes made allusion to the had in Berlin was convinced prepared to go Dawes report If it was Secretary Hughes t official incogn European capitals, enjoy unobstructed amply afforded h in Berlin vesterday Seen by Few. Although Mr. Hughes last had been quartered in the embassy for 15 hours, ha visible only to a dozen women, who were pre. | luncheon tendered him by | Ebert yesterday, and to the guests | of Alanson B. Houghton, the Amer- can Ambassador, and Mrs. Houghton at an elaborate dinmer party given the embassy night The American Secretary yesterday |left cards for Chancellor Marx and Foreign Minister Stresemann. He omitted making a personal call on them, as both these government lead- ers were engrossed with the fi preparations for their trip to Le don to attend the interallied con- ference, to which they h been summoneq Mr. Hugnes, however, got into per- sonal touch with both the at yesterday’s special function ar ried on prolonged conversations wit the chancellor and the foreign min ister, both at the executive mansion and in the American embassy. Wearing an informal gray lounge |suit. Mr. Hughes apparently was |amused to find himself surrounded by |a bevy of smartly groomed embassy land consular officials, led by Am- | bassador Houshton, as he alighted private car attached to the Berlin express, which reached Berlin at the undiplomatic hour hat Europe has turned only a slight versations he had ugh he hinted h Germany was fu ugh with th alth determination of o observe a rigid b ting an opportun privacy h m since aight America; had been men and nt atiia President lowers for Mrs, Hughes. ial the German foreign ce made a neat curtsy as he passed over a sheaf of roses to Mrs. Hughes Outside the station several hundred persons crowded about the motor car | which Mr. Hughes was to use, and | which soon took him down Wilhel | strasse to the American embassy. | Undersecretary Baron von Malt- zan of the German foreign office con- | veyed the German government's | compliments to the american diplo- mat at the railway station. Arriving |at the American embassy, Hughes took refuxe Houghton’s private recept where he spent the mort He declined to taky part morial services for Ger de which acted fully £ Square oelock scompanied notored the which was presided over by the president’s daughter, Frau Jaenecke, in the absence of Frau | Ebert. After luncheon the guests re- paired_to the garden for coffee, and here Mr. Hughes got in personal touch ~ with Chancellor Marx and Foreign Minister’ Stresemann. Meets Notablex. President Ebert, Herr Marx and Dr. Stresemann also were present at last night's function given in honor of Mr. Hughes by Mr. Houghton. Among the guests were von Seekt, coms= mander of the Reichswehr: Dr. Hial- | mar Schacht, president of the Reichs- Bank: Prof. Hoetzich, the nationalist leader; Prof. Walter Nernst, the well known physieist, who in 1921 received the Nobel prize, and government _officials, financiers _and industrialists. | Countess Szechenvi, formerly anderbilt of New Yor among the dinner guests. Today Mr. Hughes met the leading | members of Berlin's diplomatic corps at a luncheon in the America bassy. He will devote the remainder of the day to conversations with government and Reichstag leade and prominent industrialists and bankers. |EMMA S. THOMPSON DEAD Native Ohioan Had Been in Gov- ernment Service 33 Years. Mrs. Emma S. Thompson, a Govern- ment employe and a resident of this city for the last 33 years, died at Emergency Hospital yesterday. She went to the hospital July 24 Mrs. Thompson was a native Pelleville, Ohio. She resided in braska for some time and came to Washington from there. She is sur- vived by a daughter, Miss Lora Thompson, who resided here with her She lived in the Cecil apartments, 102 Fifteenth street. dier 150,000 Mr. by and Mr. Houghton, Ebert luncheon s. ENROLLMENT CARD OF ONE-DAY NATIONAL DEFENSE VOLUNTEERS Ages of 18 Years to 45 Years, Inclusive 1 hereby volunteer for the National Defense Test of September 2, 1924, and on that day agree to report in person for the public dem- onstration when notice of time and place is sent to me. (a) T have no preference for as- it, or for that day | ‘ Regular ...{ \National | Organizea L Army Guard Reserve (Signature and Age) (Race, White or Colored) § (Residence Address) ct Building, 14th and Penna. Ave.