Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1924, Page 1

‘WEATHER. Local thundershowers noon or tonight; cooler tonight; to- morrow fair and somewh Temperature for 2‘1020\“;' ended 2 .m. today—Highest, , al D esterany. 77, at 5:30 yesterday: lowest, today. Fuil report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as second class matter 29,318. post office Was SAFE LANDING SPOT FOUND FOR FLYERS NICY GREENLAND Early Resumption of Flight Expected to Follow Army Anncuncement. WILL MEAN 750-MILE HOP FROM REYKIJAVIK Harbor Also Located for Supply Ship Near Kungnat, on East Coast. A safe landing place for the world fiyers on their next hop has been lo- | cated by the Army advance party on the east coast of Gre a4 at Eka-| luit, the Army Air Service was In-| formed today. | The proposed base about 760 | miles from Revkjavik, in Iceland, where the two flyers have been await- ing word of the success of ex- ploring p It #5 expected that an ion of the attempt to the 26.000-mile air line around the world will now be made. A message, relayed by the crulser Milwaukee, which for the past 48 hours has been cruising along the coast, aiding the Army advance, said that a safe harbor was available at Kungnat, in the same vicinity, for the supply ship and for hauling out! the planes if ordinary repair was necessary. PLANE RUSHED TO WADE. ! ny Dousglas Cruiser Leaves Langley Field After Delay. By the Ass ted EWPORT N Va., Auzust 7. Lieuts. George C. McDonald and V. E. Bertrandias hopped off from Langley Field at 11:28 o'clock this morning for Pictou, Nova Scotia, in the Doug- plane, in which Lieut. resume his round-the- world flight The flight was made after a post- ponement from § o'clock this morning was found necessary on account of | trouble with the oil pump in the m:\-l chine, which had been christencd the | “Boston IL" DESTROYERS IMPATIENT. Without Word of Airmen, Crews Anxious to Get Started. By the Associated Press. ABOARD THE U. S. §. BARRY, IN- DIAN HARBOR, Labrador, August § (Delayed—By Wireless).—The Ameri- can destrover division, riding at anchor here for three days, is impa-| tiently awaiting word of the depar- ture of the world flyers from Green- land on their journey to Labrador. Then the ships will sail for patrol stations along the route to be taken by the aviators. About out of touch with the world and knowing little of the movements of the awaited airmen because of infrequent contact with the cruiser Milwaukee, the destroy- ers’ stay in the harbor here has been given over to routine drill in the morning, while in the afternoon shore parties climb the high ridges which edge the harbor or fish for big cod, salmon and trout or try for ducks and deer. After assignment to the patrol sta- tlons, sending the Barry and the| Coghlan to Greenland, the former | vessel will be refueled from the others to insure her return south after an indefinite stay along the line between Labrador and Greenland. The imme- diate departure of the Barry is mot anticipated, and it is impossible to say when the destroyers will lift enchor. The Lawrence will remain off this port to guide the flyers to their landings, snugly hidden behind the ridge on the north side of the harbor. All In Readiness. Everything -on shore here is in readiness, and after the airmen alight they will be taken on board the Lawrence, to which vessel will be transferred all of the correspondents and camerament who came here to witness the globe air navigators' landing. on the American continent. After the Barry sails, the Coghlan, the Charles Auburne and the McFar- land will follow. They will constant- 1y keep in radio communication, re- porting weather conditions and the time the plane passed. The weather reports will be given to Capt. Theis- sen, Army signal officer here for ob- servation and magnetic bearings for use in adjusting the aviators' compasses for their fight to Pictou. Word came today that Cape Fare- well, Greenland, off which the Barry will begin patrol duty, is inclosed by ice flelds, 30 miles wide. Icebergs also are sald to be moving at sea on the Greenland end of the.patrol. Here at Indian Harbor the weather has been the best of the year. A fog today, driving over the harbor from the inland, was the.first gray weath- er since the arrival of the destroyers. Today's fog did not stop a close whaleboat race between wardroom officers over a course set by Comdr. ‘Wilson. The race officlals were news- paper men. The first man-of-war race on Labrador waters for the *Labrador Sweepstakes” was a great success. The Lawrence Won and the Barry, McFarland and Charles Au- burne’ finished in order. Shenandoah Flight Postponed. LAKEHURST, N. J., August 7.—The * Shenandoah’s planned flight to Nar- ragansett Bay, R. L, today, where she is to test a mooring mast erected on the U. S. S. Patoka, was postponed due to weather forecasts of thunder- showers along the Atlantic seaboard. The trip may be made tomorrow or Ly Saturday. Y this after- at cooler. 30 p.m. ¢ 4 3 hington, D. C. BY FREDERICK R. NEELY. Staff Gorrespondent of The Star. ON BOARD U. S. 8. RICHMOND, REYKJAVIK HARBOR, Iceland, Au- gust 7 (Via Wireless).—Choked with grief over the disaster that tempo- rarily has put them out of the round- the-world flight, Lieuts. Leigh Wade and H. H. Ogden, greeted Lieut, Lowell Smith, their commander, in this quaint little Icelandic capital for the first time since he saw them drop helpless into an unfrequented sea sev- eral hundred miles from the Faroe Islands \ In the two daxs since the American air Magellans swent down into the harbor out of the clouds, the natives of Rekyjavik have become more or less accustomed to unusual sights, but the spectacle of that first hand- shake between the heart-broken Wade and his thoroughly sympathetic lead- er touched the hearts of the hardy men and women who make this bor- derland city their home. Surrounded by the crowds that pack- ed the harbor front avenue and greet- ed as heroes, Lieut. Smith and Lieut. Erik Nelson waited on the shore until a_motor boat from the Richmond WALTON MAJORITY 1S PLAGED AT 10,000 Klan Candidate in G. 0. P. Senatorial Race, However, Leads in Oklahoma. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., August 7. —J. C. Walton, deposed governor and bitter opponent of the Ku Klux Klan, appeared early today to have won the Democratic senatorial nomination, {having a lead of 4,084 votes in re- turns from Tuesday's primary over Representative E. B. Howard, who had the Klan's indorsement. The Klan-indorsed candidate for the Re- publican senatorial nomination, W. B. Pine of Okmulges, seems asaured of nomination, having & 2-to-1 lead over the anti-Klan candidate, Lorton. The figures for all but 729 precincts of 2,996 gave Walton 62,247, Howard 58,163, former Seriator T. P. Gore 39,355, C. J. Wrightsman 38,093 and S. P. Freeling 11,902, The Daily Oklahoman, which op- posed Walton, has conceded his nomi- nation by 10,000 votes. Democratic congressional incum- bents in four districts who had oppo- sition for the nomination apparently had recelved the party approval. M. C. Garber, the only Republican representative from Oklahoma, prac- tically was assured the nomination over Manuel Herrick, self-styled “aerial dare-devil” of Congress. Walton Charges Frauds. Charging that there have been “flagrant violations of the election laws in certain counties by persons controlled by the grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, Walton last night issued a statement, saying he would demand a “full investigation" in:the counties in question. The statement also charged that “the grand dragon attempted to die- tate the nominee of both the Demo- cratic and Republican parties.” “I shall demand a full investiga- tion, whether my plurality is 10,000 or 1,000," he said. PAULEN’S LEAD CUT. Two Close Races Mark Kansas Primary. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Mo., August 7.—Sen- ator Arthur Capper, Republican, and Gov. Jonathan M. Davis, Democrat, easily led their flelds in retyrns today from Tuesday’s primaries, having piled up leads of 30,000 to 9 0 for renomination. The race for the Re- publican gubernatorial nomination, however, proved fairly close, with latest returns cutting down slowly the lead of D. S. Paulen, Fredonia banker, over Clyde M. Reed of Par- sons and ex-Gov. W. R. Stubbs of Lawrence. The five-sided race for the Demo- cratic nomination for United States Senator is running fairly close, with James Malone of Topeka somewhat ahead of Edward T. Hackney. ‘WOMAN IS AHEAD. Seeks Democratic Nomination for State Secretary. By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 7.—Dr. Ar- thur W. Nelson of Bunceton, Demo- crat, and Sam A. Baker, Republican, of Jefterson City, are the nominees of their respective parties for the office of governor in the November election, according to reports from all but 927 of the State's 3,987 precincts. Indications were that the missing precincts, all in rural districts, would further increase their leads. Nelson was expected to finish with a lead of approximately 60,000 and Baker 40,000. In the 3,060 precincts reporting on the Democratic race, Nelson had a plurality of 89,306 over Floyd E. J: cobs of Kansas City. On the face of these returns, former Judge Henry S. Priest, out-and-out “wet” candidate of St. Louls, had taken third place in the race. Gooa H. Moore of St Louts, anti-Ku Klux aspirant for the (Continued on 10, Column 3.) Che WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Fhening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1924 - FORTY PAGES. Wade Weeps When Reunited With Chief in Iceland City Smith and Nelson Also Torn by Grief Over Accident That Forced Com- panion Out of Flight for Time. landed Wade and Ogden. Breaking from the admiring hundreds who showered them with congratulations, the two remaining American flyers rushed to greet their two ill-fated companions. Wade Bréaks Into Tears. Smith barely had time to stammer a word of sympathy to Wade when the latter, unable longer to conceal the anguish that tore his heart, hung his head and burst into tears. As Ogden saw the unashamed grief of his brother officer he, too, seemed on the point of breaking down. Ever since the accident that resulted in the de- struction of their ship, Ogden had maintained a cheerful attitude, but he bore up at the meeting under per- ceptible difficulty. With difficulty the comrade who had led him five-sixths of the way around the world quieted Lieut. Wade. Smith plans to have Wade and Ogden rejoin the flight planes at Indian Harbor, Labrador, and continue the journey through to completion from there. In furtherance of these plans, Smith has cabled Maj. Gen. Patrick, chief of the (Continued on Page 11, Column 2.) GOMPERS EXPLAINS POSITION ON DAVIS Denies Democratic Candi- date Has Been Effective Worker for Labor. By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, August 7.— Members of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor predicted today a nation-wide interest in the publication last night of correspondence which passed be- tween Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and Willam B. Wuson, former Secretary of Labor and of the United Mime Workers of America, and present member of the stafl of the Democratic national committes at Washington. o It consisted of a telegram directed by Mr. Wilson to Mr. Gompers here on August 1, asking that he have the executive council defer indorsing La Follette: of a letter from Mr. Wilson received after the indorse- ment was announced; and of a letter Mr. Gompers dispatched today fn behalf of the executive council, ex- plaining to Mr. Wilson why the In- dorsement was made when and as it was, and referring to the post- convention cofrespondence between Mr. Davis and Mr. Gompers. Had Sought Meeting. The correspondence set forth that Mr. Davis had, last July 17, begun negotiating with Mr. Gompers for a conference, that conflicting engage- ments kept them apart until Mr. Davis suggested that Mr. Gompers &ive him “a statement of questions in which labor is chiefly interested.” It set forth that Mr. Gompers, pro- fessing a willingness to confer with Mr. Davis, declined this last request, saying, “I cannot submit questions to you which would not be equally sub- mitted to other candidates for the presidency. Asked Deferred Action. The correspondence sets forth fur- ther that Mr. Wilson had asked Mr. Gompers, first, to defer action of the American Federation of Labor execu- tive council in the proposed indorse- ment of La Follette, and, second, to adjourn its annual session here, send representatives to Clarksburg for the Davis acceptance address and recon- vene at Clarksburg for consideration of the indorsement matter. The correspondence stated that Mr. Gompers had replied in part: “The executive' council deemed f{t- self fully competent to deal with the problems intrusted into its keeping for consideration and action. “We are fully informed as to all who rendered valuable services in connection with the Clayton law. At an opportune time these records and facts will be fully set forth, in none of which d?es Mr. John Davis appear. Does Not Credit Davis. “Regarding your statement that it was the Supreme Court decision up- holding the Adamson law which pre- vented a strike on the railroads of the country and giving Mr. Davis credit for having won the decision, let me recount facts which are in direct conflict with your statement It was the machinery of the labor movement and not Mr. Davis and the Supreme Court which prevented the threatened strike. “We are sure that you did not fully comprehend the nature of your re- quest or the impossibility of our com- pliance.” Text of Letter. ‘The complete text of the letter writ- ten by Samuel Gompers to former Secretary William B. Wilson at Democratic national headquarters, at ‘Washington, follow: “Your letter of August 2, request- ing that the executive council of the American Federation of Labor should not consider and take definite action regarding the pending political situ- ation until the executive council or Ssome person or persons representing the executive council could actend the ceremony for the notification of Mr. (Continued on DEFAULT PROBLEM ACGORDIS REACHED ATLONDON PARLEY Allies and Germans Fully Agree on Method to Be Followed. ATTITUDE OF GERMANY WINS FRENCH ACCLAIM Atmosphere of Conference Indi- cates Full Agreement, Kel- loer Declares. By the Assocl fed Press. LONDON{ August 7.—The allies and the Germaps have reached a complete agreement’ on the mannmer in which defaults are to be declared under the Dawes plan. The council of fourteen today adopted the full text of the report of the first committee ol the interallied conference. The council will meet again at 5 p.m. to take up the report of the third committee. Ambassador Kellogg told the news- paper men after the first session of the council that the whole atmos- phere of the conference was good. Although the chief difficulties were considered to be centered in con- sideration of the reports of the sec- ond and third committees, he was op- timistic and believed an agreement would be reached without undue dif- ficulties. Amnesty Issue Settled. The conference leaders on the allied side met first this morning-and short- ly afterwérd the Germans were ad- mitted to take part in the discussion. It was decided to refer the question of amnesty for German nationals in the occupled territories to the confer- ence jurists. An agreement on this subjects is considered probable. French circles expressed themselves satisfled with the morning meeting. They sald the Germans presented their propositions in a moderate way and that the tone of the discussion was most courteous. One of the French spokesmen as- serted that many of the paints put forward by the Germans were capable of adjustment and reconciliation with the agreements reached by the allfes. It was said that In some in- stances only & slight nnluqullou scemed necessary to make the Ger- man and allied views coincide. Meeting Held in Commons. This morning’s meeting was again {held in a committee room of the House of Commons 50 as to permit Prime Minister MacDonald to with- draw from time to time in order to take his place on the floor of the house, where his proposed Anglo- Russian agreement was being sub- jected to a hostile attack. Meanwhile the conference experts in Downing street continued their con- sideration of the question of the re- storation of Germany's economic unity and the problem presented by the transfer of reparation receipts. U. S. Backs New Parley. American Ambassador Kellogg has written to the secrstary of the inter- national conference, according to the Daily Chronicle, stating that the rep- resentatives of the United States are in accord with the French proposal to hold a conference of finance min- isters in Paris after the close of the meeting here. The proposal was con- tained in resolutions submitted last Saturday for adoption by the inter- allied delegates. One of these resolu- tions pertains to the allocation of payments received from Germany since January 1, 1923 and to payments to be received during the first year the Dawes plan is in operation. Ambassador Kellogg's letter, ac- cording to the newspaper, states that inasmuch as the question of reim- bursement for the cost of the Ameri- can army of occupation in the Rhine- land and certain American claims for war damages are involved, and as the agenda will also include the question of allocating German payments for the first year under the Dawes pro- gram, the United States, as the only soclated power,” should partici- pate in the proposed conference. Sees Objections Serfous. In 2 lengthy summary of the Ger- man memorandum to the internation- al conference. the diplomatic corre- spondent of the Dally Telegraph to- day says that some of the objections raised by the Berlin delegates are serious, especially that regarding the protocol of the third commission, which deals with deliveries in kind and transfers of reparations. The German criticism in this re- spect, he says, goes amasingly far and is wholly destructive of the con- clusions reached by the third com- mission and the conference. Among other things the Germans insist, according to the correspond- ent, upon the right of appeal against (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) “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. § hd “THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE. MORE CAR PARKING SPAGE ELD VITAL Bell Studies Problem of Mu- nicipal Garages or Open Spaces Downtown. Characterizing the parking of au- tomobiles in the downtown section as Washington's paramount trafiic prob- lem, Engineer Commissioner Bell in- dicated today that he would endeavor to find a satistactory solution of the question and submit it to his col- lcagues. Maj. Bell belleves the solution lies in storing machines in centrally lo- cated garages or open spaces instead of parking them on the busy streets. “One of the first questions to be de- cided,” the Engineer Commiseioner said, whether the municipality should provide and operate these parking places or leave it to private capital. In this connection the major observ- ed that private capital has not thus far gone in %or thw erection of auto- mobile storage structures near the congested area. May Purchase Land. It has already been announced that officials of the engineer department are considering asking Congress to permit the use of a part of the gaso- line tax money for the purchase of ground for auto parking, but Maj. Bell said nothing definite has been de- cided. A decision on this point will have to be arrived at soon if such an item is to be incorporated in the next estimates. Maj. Bell pointed out that even if the Traffic Bureau had a sufficient number of policemen to completely prevent all-day parking in the con- gested area now, there would be no places available at this time to put the machines within the congested section. The Engineer Commissioner said he realized it is becoming more and more difficult to find a place to stop a car in the downtown section, and that this problem is the one phase of the traffic situation needing most atten- tion. Park Suggestion Rejected. The promptness with which the Commissioners yesterday rejected a suggestion that Franklin Park, ex- tending from I to K and from Thir- teenth to Fourteenth streets, be con- verted into an automebile parking ground is believed to have fore- stalled any similar move to destroy the beauty spots of the Capital in making room for automobiles. Until regular places for the all.day storage of cars are available, District officials in charge of traffic are firmly of the opinion that the man who brings his car to work in the morn- ing should leave it outside the con- gested area and walk a few blocks to his office, thereby leaving the busy streets free for the motorist who must stop for a brief period to trans. act business. Bank Bandit Gets $1,500. DAYTON, Ohio, August 7.—A lone bandit entered the East Dayton branch of the Dayton Savings & Trust Company at noon today and, at the point of a gun, robbed the head teller of an amount estimated at $1,500. The bandit escaped. This is the third time the bank has been held up in two years. Father Confesses He Killed Baby When Kept Awake by Its Cries Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURE, Va., August 7—Willis Franklin, a farmer, 31 years old, is in Jall at Warsaw, charged with the murder of his 4-day-old baby. 3 According to the police, he con- fessed that he wrapped the infant in blankets and smothered it be- cause its cries kept him awake. He went back to sleep when the voice was still, the were told. Franklin, .who Iives in Richmond County, of which Warsaw is the seat, was arrested on complaint of two' physicians to whom he had applied for a burial permit. The first refused the permit because He did not believe the child died of natural causes, as represented, and Franklin applied to the sec- ond. Their suspicions aroused, the physicians reported the case, and ag inquest was held Franklin was charged with smothering the intant. He then told his story, 2 AMERICANS KILLED IN HONDURAN REVOLT Reports Say Deaths Occurred When Peralta Attacked Village. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, August 7.— Two Americans are reported to have been killed in San Marcos De Colon, Honduras, when Gen. Peralta, the revolutionary leader, attacked the village. Government forces have been sent to guard the frontier. It is reported that the American marines in Honduras have been sent to the border to repel the revolu- tionists. The outbreak of a new revolution in Honduras, following the revolu- tionary movement there in the Spring, which came to and end after diplo- matic intervention, was reported sev- eral days age. Dispatches on August 3 gave the news of the attack on San Marcos de Colon by 400 insurrectionists under Gen. Jullo Peralta and other rebelious army officers, and official advices to the State Department in Washington from Tegucigalpa August 5 confirmed the news of the attack, and stated San Marcos had been looted and nine persons killed. No mention was made of any of these being Americans. The scene of the outbreak is near the Nicaraguan border, and the dis- patches have stated the Nicaraguan government was co-operating with the Honduran authorities to keep the trontier clear of revolutionists, some of whom were reported to have taken refuge across the border in Nicaragua. AL OBLIGINGLY TELLS OFFICERS HIS HURRY They Doubt His Story About Liq- uor Until He Proves It at No. 1 Precinct. There's nothing deceitful about Al- bert S. White, 22-year-old resident of Leesburg, Va., and when two plainly dressed strangers hafled Al early to- day and asked what his hurry was, he pulled his car up and told them the simple truth. “I've got a load of liquor aboard here and want to hurry back home with it.” he is quoted as responding good-naturedly. Al didn’t resent further questioning, either, and readily vouchsafed the further information that his home was in Leesburg and that he had brought the liquor from Maryland. “Hm-m-m-m,” mused the strangers. “We don't believe you've got liquor in there. You've got to show us So the trio went down to No. 1 pre- cinct station, where Al could prove his assertion in front of some competent outside parties. Sure enough, a search of the car by the strangers, who later identified themselves as “Two-Gun” Murphy of the Internal Revenue Bu- reau and Detective Kane of the first precinct, disclosed that Al had 35 gal- lons of whisky with him. Murphy and Kane are sports. They not only verbally admitted that Al was right, but put it on the official record at No. 1. Al is in a tough fix, how- ever. He had no difficulty backing up his claim to the strangers early today. Now he will have a chance in Police Court to convince the judge he is not “in bad.” . — 3, INQUISITIVE, KILLED. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J, August 7.—Three men were killed and two severely injured when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train at Voorhees Crossing early to- day. The victims, all employes of the Rublic service company, went to the grade crossing, where a woman was killed and two others injured yester- day, out of curlosity. Instead of driving directly to work it was ‘de- cided to make a detour and view the scene of the disaster. The dead are Thomas Miller, Ray Cole and John Scheska, all of New Brunswick, SCORES OVERCOME BY INTENSE HEAT U. S. Workers May Be Dis- missed—Police and Mail Carriers Relieved. Washington’s worst heat blanket in six years today continued to clog the wheels of government and private business and to pile up prostration cases in the hospitals, with relief from the sizzling rise of the mercury promised withip 12 hours. Two serious cases of prostration were exacted as toll by the abnormal weather. Scores of persons suffering from the heat were treated at hos- pitals, and, thousands of Washing- tonians suffered severely. Qnmly em- ployes of refrigeration plants fafled to feel the heat. Employes of temporary buildings, which become literal sweat shops in the broiling afternoon, may be re- leased today, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Wadsworth said at noon. He was at that time glving consid- eration to the relef of employes especially of the buildings on the Mall near Sixth and B streets. Yesterday 65 employes were treated in restrooms for ailments incident to the heat wave. Today May Set Record. Whether today will go into the rec- ord of the weather bureau as a great- er scorcher than yesterday remains to be seen at the compilation of rec- ords later this afternoon. At noon, the thermometer *had jogged on upward at exactly the same pace it kept yvesterday. For instance, at 11 o'clock, the kiosk at Thirteen-and-a-Half street and Penn- sylvania avenue registered 92 in the shade. Within 15 minutes it had jumped to 94, and before noon had passed 96 and was wending onward toward the 100 mark. At the same time thermome- ters scattered along Fourteenth street in the shade were registering 100 and going up. Yesterday's highest there was 106 around around 4 o'clock. At the Weather Bureau, situated in the heights off Rock Creek, the ther- mometer showed 95 degrees shortly before 11:30. u Hospitals Kept Busy. Not only at Casualiy, Emergency and other hospitals were postration cases being treated, but also in the emergency rooms in virtually all gov- ernment buildings. Scores are off to- day on sick leave because of the heat. The two serious cases of heat pros- tration recorded here are: Elizabeth Nelson, colored, 2021 Eleventh street, who was taken from a street car at Eleventh and F streets in a dazed con- dition and treated at Emergency Hos- pital, and James Rollins, also colored, 85, of 407 First street southeast, strick- en while at Third and E streets south- east and taken to Casualty Hospital. Hardest hit of the public servants were policeman and mailmen. Maj. Sullivan, chief of police, relieved all traffic policemen from duty from 11:30 to 1:30 today, this extreme step being taken to avoid chances of them being disabled by the terrific heat. Post- master Mooney announced that the sweltering midday mail delivery would be cut out of the routine of the postmen. Ten others were treated at hospi- tals for prostration or heat affec- tions, as follows: Stack Lee, colored, 39, 439 Armory place southwest, employed on the steamer Charles Macalester, was tak- en il while at work yesterday af- ternoon, shortly before the boat left on its evening trip to Marshall Hall. He was taken to Emergency Hos- pital. Thomas Baker, colored, 67, 1514 Third street, in the employ of the Street Cleaning Department, was over- come by the heat about 3 o'clock yes- terday afternoon while working at Thirty-fourth and O streets. He was treated at Georgetown Univer- sity Hospital and taken home. Arthur Garner, colored, suffered an attack of heat prostration while at his home, 930 Twenty-seventh street, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Yesterday’s Circulation, 90,315 TWO CENTS SCHOOLGIRL FRIEND OF LOEB PERIURED SELF, SAYS CROWE Prosecutor Says Miss Na- than Tells Different Story When on Stand. FRAT BROTHER TELLS OF LIFE IN COLLEGE Considered Abnormal and Not Trusted in Charge of Freshmen. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 7.—Introduction of lay witnesses by the defense in seek- ing mitigation of punishment for Nathan F. Leopold, jr, and Richard Loeb, confessed murderers of Bobby Franks, whom they had kidnaped, brought from Robert E. Crowe, state’s attorney, the shouted charge that one of them had “committed deliberate per- Jury.” Miss Lorain Nathan, a “school day” friend of Locb, was on the witness stand when Mr. Crowe, in seeking to impeach her testimony, charged that she was “varying her remarks” from statements she had made in his office shortly after Loeb was arrested for the Franks murder. Miss Nathan just had testified that she previously was fond of Loeb as he was of her, but that she did not “feel that way now” and that, being a lady, she would not lie to aid Loeb. Mr. Crowe's denial of the defense's right to have Miss Nathan read her earlier statement led to an early recess of the court. The defense and State were directed to bring in authorities on the defense’s contention that Miss Nathan should see the record of earlier remarks before Pproceeding as a witness. Jerks Arm Away. Miss Nathan, the first girl witness to appear for the defendants, made a | pretty, though somewhat nervous pic- | ture on the stand. She testified in a cool, but somewhat catchy voice, and her conclusions as to Loeb's conduct 80 closely paralleled that of three fa- mous meneal experts who had pre- ceded her that the State’s attorney ironically started his cross-examina- tion by addressin~ her as “Doctor.” On the witness stand she avoided Loeb's glances, but when she passed him as she left the courtroom, she clutchéd ‘his arm, whispersd in his ear and still was talking when a ballift jerked Loeb away from her grasp. Miss Nathan will resume the stand for further crgss-examination this afternoon. Calls Sehool Friends. The defense, having temporarily laid aside its professional testimony, today called school companions and friends of Nathan A. Leopold, jr. 2nd Richard Loeb, kidnapers-slayers of Robert Franks, to give Judge John R. Caverly further evidence on which is based the hope of mitigation when he pronounces sentence. Max Schrayer, University of Michi- Ban student, was to be the first wit. ness called today, Clarence S. Darrow, Chief counsel for the defense said, and a girl friend of Loeb would be the next. The defense counsel stated the wit- nesses would be used in an effort to show that the defendants were ab- |normal at the time they had planned and put into-effect the kidnaping and murder of Bobby Franks, Has 30-Minute Recess. Judge Caverly resumed the hearing at 10:40 am., 10 minutes late, and immediately announced a 30-minute recess. The judge said that the defense and Btate had informed him that a conference at this time probably would save from two to five days of the hearing. Schrayer identified himself as 21 years old and 2 Chicago jobber of household goods since graduation from the University of Michigan, where he was a fraternity brother of Loeb. Schrayer's first answers to ques- tioning by Mr. Darrow met repeated objections by Mr. Crowe, who insisted the witness was drawing conclusions. Schrayer said he had observed Loeb to be very nervous, to which the State objected and was sustained. Mr. Darrow asked the question in other phrases and brought this reply: “I observed he had a twitching of the mouth, was nervous in his ges tures with his hands, dragged his a: kle and on special occasions drank a great deal. He fainted several times at Michigan. He smoked a great deal and showed nervousness in doing it.”” Objections From Crowe. Repeated efforts on the part of Mr. Darrow to have the witness give his observations as to the responsibility of Loeb brought as many objections from Mr. Crowe. Loeb was known as.a reader of dime novels and detective stories, the witness continued, replying to a ques- tion by Mr. Darrow as to Loeb's read- ing. Mr. Crowe again objected and ‘was sustained. Mr. Darrow asked if Schrayer had noticed anything pecullar about Loeb’s laughter., The witness said he seemed to laugh at a great many things not humorous, and Mr. Crowe asked that the question and answer be stricken. “If this witness had listened to the testimony of these alienists I could see why anybody would get a great laugh,” Mr, Crowe declared. To which Mr. Darrow retorted: —“Yes, E" would laugh at anything, (Con on Page 2, Columa 7.) &