Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1924, Page 2

U.S. FILES ANSWER "IN SINCLAIR CASE|" Special Counsel Pleads Against Appeal in Con- tempt of Senate Trial. The United States of America, through United States Attorney Gor- don and his speclal assistants for this case, Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, today filed in the District Court of Appeals its opposition to the petition of Harry F. Sinclair, lessee of Teapot Dome, for the allowance of a special appeal from the decision of Justice Hoehling of the District Su- preme Court. sustaining 6 of the 10 counts of an indictment charging Mr. Sinclair with contempt of the United States Senate in refusing to answer questions before the oil investigating committee. The prosecution declares the only effect of the special appeal, if grant- ed, will be to delay unnecessarily and unduly the final trial of the case. The trial of the case, the government counsel assert, would consume little more time than the argument of the proposed appeal. Any rights and privileges which Mr. Sinclair may ob- tain by reason of the allowance of a special appeal, they say, will be fully protected if the petition s dismissed and the case allowed to proceed to trial, Counsel for the Government admit that the questions raised by the de- murrer and motion to quash the in- dictment filed by attorneys for Sin- clair are of importance to the de- fendant, but declare they are also of cqually great importance to the United States and to the Congress as well as to the people of the country. Facts Necessary. Tn a brief in support of their claim that the special appeal should be refused, counsel for the Government contend that it is as necessary that a legislative body have full informa- tion in order that it may accurately function as it is that a court shall be fully informed as to the facts before it decides a case which is on trial. They concede that if the nquiry were made wholly with reference to a matter pending in the courts the Senate committee would have been without jurisdiction to require answers from Sinclair, but they assert the oil committee was empowered to investigate the entire subject of leases of naval reserves, whether in the courts or not, and particularly to ascertain what, if any, other or additional legislation may be advisable. Questions of law are not neces- sarily doubtful simply because they have not been decided by the United States Supreme Court, the prosecu- tors claim. Mr. Justice Hoehling, they say, has so clearly presented the legal question involved that little is left to be said. Cite Daugherty Case. Attorneys Martin Littleton, George P. Hoover, J. W. Zevely and G. T. Stanford for Mr. Sinclair had quoted in their application for the special appeal the recent decision of Judge Cochran in the habeas corpus case brought in Ohio by Malley S. Daugh- erty, brother of the former Attorney General, against whom contempt pro- ceedings were instituted. Counsel for the government declare there is no parallel between the Sinclair and Daugherty cases and say they may be distinguished easily. The Senate res- olution in the Daugherty case, they state, involved official actions and was purely judicial in character and not for the purpose of ascertaining additional legislation to protect the inter- The proceed- what, if any, ‘was necessary ests of the government. ings in the Daugherty case, they point out, were under the inherent power of the Senate as a parliament- any body to punish for contempt, while the Sinclair case is under a Federal statute making it a misde- meanor to refuse 1o answer ques- tions. All three of the justices of the Dis- | trict Court of Appeals are out of the city on vacation, and copies of the petition of Sinclair and of the opposi- tion of the Government will be mailed to each of them by the clerk of the court. Each justice will note his de- cision on the question of allowing the appeal and will notify the clerk. Justice Hitz of the District Supreme Court, at the request of Attorney George P. Hoover of counsel for Sinclair, to- day extended for 30 days the time in which the defendant was required to plead under the ruling of Justice Hochling, from which he is seeking a special appeal. The delay was made necessary in order that the Court of Appeals might first decide the question of the special appeal. DISTRICT WILL GET REPORT ON PARKING (Continued from First Page.) in one place all day where the one- hour rule is in effect should, in the opinion of the assistant corporation counsel, be taken to the station house by the officer and required to leave such collateral as would ‘be likely to insure his appearance in court. ‘Wants Violators Watched. Mr. Hart added that he did not belicve the man who leaves his car parked only a short time over the 2-hour limit should be dealt with as severely as the all-day parker. He emphasized the point that his sug- gestion for rigid prosecution was aimed primarily at the leaving of cars in one place from morning until time to go home in the evening. On the question of providing regu- lar structures in the business sec- tion for the all-day storage by those persons who now leave their ma- chines on the busy streets, Mr. Hart said he thought they would be de- sirable, but in his opinior they should be established as private un- dertakings and not as municipal establishments. For several months a special squad from the Traffic Bureau, under Inspec- tor Headley, has been actively en- gaged in the congested area watch- ing for parking violations. The fin- spector and other police officials have on several occasions cited the need for more policemen in order to de- tall an adequate number to trafic regulation without weakening. the regular force’of patrolmen. ~ ° POLICE SHOW GROCER HE MISJUDGES AUTO Tells Judge It Won't Beat 18. Test Shows Otherwise. Cost of Test, $20. Frederick Friether, grocer, arrested on a speeding charge, didn't believe that his automobile could make over 18 miles an hour, so Judge McMahon in Police Court today convinced him otherwise, at a cost of $20. The grocer's disbelief, expressed in court, led to orders for a practical test. Probation Officer Smith was di- rected to -drive Friether's car on Sixth street, with Mctor Cycle Police- man Milton D. Smith pacing. Frie- ther's car was feeling right peppy to day and the probation officer hit ‘er up to 26 miles an hour without half trying, according to the motor cycle speedometer. The policeman tried his hand at the wheel, also, and startled the residents of Sixth street south- west with a flash of speed approxi- mating 34 miles per hour. Friether has a car that has been deceiving him as to its prowess, the officers opined, and when they re- ported their findings to the court Friether was convicted of the origi- nal speeding charge. — STATE OFFICIAL AT DEATH'S DOOR Connecticut State Treasurer Attempts to Take Life. Cause Remains Mystery. By the Associated Press. PUTNAM, Conn., Treasurer Harold Gilpatric, shot himself at his home here terday after officials of the First M tional Bank of Putnam had called, urgently requesting him to come to the bank, of which he is cashier, was reported to be still on the dangerous list at the Day-Kimball Hospital to- day, with small chance of recovery. | Though he regained consciousness during the night, Mr. Gilpatric refused to talk with any one or to give any explanation of his attempt to take | nis 1ite. | . The State bank examiners, who were Summoned after the State treasurer found shot, worked all night, and expected to continue their éxamina- tion of the bank's affairs today. A | Special meeting of the dircctors of the bank was called today to take laction in any possible emergency {that might arise. The State treasurer was alone in his {home when Assistant Cashier Guy L Baker of the bank found him un- conscious on the bed in a room on the second floor. A revolver lay on the floor near by. A bullet wound was {found in the right temple, Deputy State Treasurer Thomas H Judd of New Britain, informed of the attempt of the State treasurer to end his life, said that as far as the State finances were concerned all accounts were in a satisfactory condition. S M. Wheelock, brother-in-law of Mr. Gilpatric, speaking for his relatives declared that the shooting was a com- plete mystery to them. Gilpatric is serving his third term |as'State treasurer. | position with the State and with the local bank he is a dir ber of public utility companies Kentucky and Michigan U. S. TO TAKE PART IN CONFERENCE ON GERMAN PAYMENTS (Continued from First Page.) August 8.—State who - in allied and German delegations, at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon The Americans, who are as opti- mistic as most of the delegates, see small chance of leaving London be- fore the middle of next week. The Germans do not conceal their deter- mination of accepting no settlement not putting an end to the presence of French and Belgian troops in the Ruhr, which they still insist is with- out the authority of the treaty of Versailles. They want the troops withdrawn by the time the Dawes plan becomes effective, on October 15, or earlier, if the transitional period is brought for- ward. The French, however, tena- ciously refuse to consider this ques- tion, which they declare outside the purview of the present conference. Many Points Settled. The Germans have accepted a moral engagement to float a loan of £40,- 000,000, thus fulfilling one of the most important of the reparations com- mission’s requirements for operation of the Dawes plan, and also have agreed to the entire allied program of declaration of defaults. Practical accord has been reached on all points at difference on the problem of the economic and fiscal unity of Germany, and another issue has been settled with the promise of amnesty for all but a few of the serious offenders in the Ruhr against the authority of the Rhineland high commission. HERRIOT GOING TO PARIS. French Premier Wants Final In- structions on Parley. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 8.—Premier Herriot is coming to Paris Saturday after- noon, probably by airplane, accord- ing to a semi-official announcement from London, in order to confer with the cabinet at a special Sunday morn- ing meeting regarding the final stand the French government should take at the London conference on the mili- tary evacuation of the Ruhr and the maintenance of the Franco-Belgian railroad men in the Rhineland system. The cabinet meantime had decided to send the premier's secretary gen- eral to London today to confer with M. Herriot regarding his return and the date when he would appear be- fore Parliament, so that the next cabinet meeting Wednesday, could fix a date for convoking Parliament to hear the premier's reort on the Lon- don_negotiations. "This action of the cabinet was ap- parently taken in ignorance of M. Herriot's decision to return tomor- row, as the foreign office had not been informed up to noon today of the premier's intention to call a special cabinet meeting Sunday. U. S. to Send Delegates. The British Ambassador at Wash- ington has been informed by the Sec- retary of State that the United States Government will be represented at the International Mathematical Con- gress to be held at Toronto, Canada., August 11, by officials of the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agri- culture and officials of the Bureau of Census, the Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey Bureau of Standards of the ot of Commerce. < - ¢ Besides his official | ctor of a num- | GOMPERS AWAIT DAVIS NEXT MOVE Refuses to Divulge ‘Corre- spondence Until Nominee Takes First Step. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August 8.— Ignoring requests contained in scores of telegrams, the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, through Samuel Gompers, today re- fused to publish the correspondence which Mr. Gompers said last Wednes- day had passed between himself and John W. Davis, Democratic presiden- tial nominee. The council held it was up to Mr. Davis to make public his share of the correspondence if he wished. Then the council would publish Mr. Gom- pers’ communications to Mr. Davis. “It is Mr. Davis’ move,” declared Matthew Woll, vice president of the American Federation, and spokesman for the council. “He sent the first message. He sought the conference with Mr. Gompers. [le requested Mr. Gompers, after he had been nomi- nated and the Democratic platform adopted, to submit to him a statement of questions in which labor was in- terested.” Program Nes The executive council is near the end of its program. But how long it will remain in session at the Ambas- rador Hotel here remains uncertain. Politics has added to the program so many unscheduled items that the or- der of business has been continually disrupted. For instance, the eouncil yesterday dropped all routine matters to pre- pare for publication an attack upon arles G. Dawes, the Republican vice presidential nominee, and de- nunciation of the “industrial report” which the Federated Council of Churches of Christ in America re- cently issued. ‘ Labor leaders found in the report a prediction that in America, immedi- ately after the 1924 elections, “a party similar to the British Labor party will be formed, with the Socialist party playing much the same role that the Socialists play in the British Labor party. “The idea of domination of the American trade union movement in its political activity by a continu- v diminishing and completely dis- ited Sociallst party .is too ridicu- for consideration,” was the ex- itive council's comment. “The S list philosophy witl never become the political or intellectual guide of American labor.” WILSON WRITES GOMPERS. Declares Davis Merits Support of A . F. of L. Another chapter in the controversy between former Secretary of Labor Wilson and the executive council of the American Federation of Labor over the question of John W. Davis’ record on labor matters was written last night when Mr. Wilson, who is strongly supporting the Democratic nominee for President, addressed a letter to President Samuel Gompers of the federation. Mr. Wilson declares that the record shows the support of organized labor should be given to Mr. Davis, not- withstanding the action of the execu- tive council in turning from Davis and Coolidge and .supporting La Follette. The letter was written in reply to one from Mr. Gompers, Which set forth the reasons why the council had turned down Mr. Davis and in- dorsed La Follette. Mr. Wilson said that both Senator La Follette and Mr. Davis are en- titled to a clean bill of health from labor on their records in domestic affairs, but that the record of Mr. Davis on foreign relations was more acceptable to labor than was that of La Follette. In this connection, Mr. D v as Senator La Follette's labor record dealing with domestic affairs is concerned he is entitled to % clean bill of health at the hands of the American labor movement, but as you point out in your own state- ment that does not apply to his atti- tude on foreign relations. The record maintained by the American Federa- | tion of Labor shows that during Mr. Davis' congressional career he never voted in a single instance unfavor- ably to labor. Consequently I have felt that he also was entitled to a clean bill of health in the matter of domestic policies and as his attitude concerning foreign relations is in ac- cord with that of the American Fed- eration of Labor Mr. Davis is entitled to the indorsement of labor on that question also.” ‘Wilson Plea Is Denied. In a previous letter to Mr. Gompers Mr. Wilson has suggested that the executive council walt until the ac- ceptance speech of Mr. Davis had been delivered, and Mr. Gompers had replied that he could not recommend to the council that it send a delega- tion to hear only the acceptance of r. Davis. - In the letter from Mr. Wilson ‘made public last night by the Demo- cratic national committee, Mr. Wilson gaid he had purposely used the plural in speaking of letters of acceptance to suggest that the council first hear the acceptance of President Coolidge as the Republican nominee, as well as that of Mr. Davis. Mr. Wilson said he could not suggest the attendance of any representative at President Coolidge’'s notification “because I was not in a position to know whether that would be acceptable to the m: agement of the Republican party. DEFENSE MAY CALL LOEB’S MOTHER TO TESTIFY AT TRIAL (Continued from First Page.) their punishment is without a jury has saved the county and the boys' families an equal sum, according to the figures. 5 A summary of the expenses incur- red by the prosecution so far, includ- ing salaries of State's attorneys, judge, officers, alienists and experts totals $70,000, and before the hear- ing is over additional expenses will bring the total to nearly $90,000. Attorneys’ fees, which, it has been agreed, will be fixed by a committee of the Chicago Bar Assoclation, will be a big item of the defense costs. Retaining fees for three attorneys, Clarence = Darrow, Benjamin and Walter Bachrach, are said to amount to_around $25,000, Twelve alienisis. for the defense examined the youths, although not all will testify. ~ Oné ' who did _told he was being paid $250 a' day for his services. . A stenographic . bill for the defense is’eatimated at $15.- 000, since all the testimony is being transcribed. At present the defense cost is estimated at $215,000, and this will be if the verdiet of Judge John R. Caverly should be one from which the defense would WALTON OUSTER D. O, FRIDAY, XUGUST 8, 1924.° AND ‘COMEBACK’ ARE BELIEVED WITHOUT EQUAL Removed as Governor Wins Nomination for U. S. Senator. Klan Issue Again to Fore as Order Is for Opponent. By the Associated Prens. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., August 8. —Ousted by legislative impeachment from the highest State office and then nominated at the mext primary elec- tion for the highest federal office a State can give one of its citizens, is the experience of John Calloway Walton—an experience belleved with- out parallel in American politics. Following a short and tempestuous term in the governor's chair, Walton was impeached and removed from of- flee last November, the -<charges against him involving corruption in office, wilful neglect of duty, incom- petency and moral turpitude. Undis- mayed, he started his effort at a po- litical comeback several months later, charging that his impeachment was largely the result of the bitter fight he had waged against the Ku Klux Klan. Returns from Tuesday's pri- mary election show that he has won the Democratic nomination for sen- ator by a plurality of more than 7,600 votes over his nearest opponent, E. B. Howard, Klan indorsee. Kian Issue to Fore. ‘Walton’s Republican opponent in the November election will be W. B. Pine, Okmulgee oil millionaire, who led his ticket more than two to one. Pine had the indorsement of the Klan and in the coming campaign the Klan is expected to be the predominant issue, with party lines relegated to the background. ‘Walton's political climb has been rapid, colorful and sensational. Born in Arkansas in 1881, he came to Ok- lahoma in 1904. He was elected com- missioner of public works in Okla- homa City in 1916, and resigned in 1918 to run for mayor, being elected. His campaign for governor on the Democratic ticket in 1922, with the indorsement of the Farmer-Labor Reconstruction League, was a bitter one, but Walton gained the nomina- tion by a big majority. In the gen- eral election he defeated John Field: Republican, although he trailed his ticket by several thousand votes. Barbecue at Inauguratiom. He was inaugurated January 8, 1922, amid ceremonies unprecedented in Oklahoma history. A gigantic barbecue, attended by approximately 100.000 persons, was one feature. One of his first acts as governor was to submit to the legislature a comprehensive campalgn of legisla- tion looking to betterment of con- ditions among farmers and laborers. Many of his proposals were incorpo- TROOPS TOPURSIE HONDURAN REBELS Provisional Government Mo- bilizes 2,000 Men to At- tack Gen. Ferrera. A forcs of 2,000 has been mobilized by the provisional government of Hon- duras at the capital to pursue Gen. Fer- rera, former war minister, who with- drew from the capital recently at the head of 500 troops. A message from American Minister Morales at Tegucigalpa, dated yester- day, informed the State Department that Ferrera and his troops reached Lepaterique, in the department of Tegu- cigalpa, on the evening of August 6, presumably bound for Bsperanza. It was aseumed that Ferrera would establish himself at the latter town for the purpose of gathering recruits be- fore making any attack. In Touech With Nicaragua. The message indicated also that Ferrera had sent a commission to investigate the activities of the Fonseca revolutionary movement near the Nicaraguan border. Fon- seca, it was added, had suspended hostilitles pending the arrival of this commission. Provisional President Tosta has made changes in his cabinet, Minister Morales reported, which is now com- posed of four members of the Carista group and two members of the Lib- eral party. REPORT AMERICANS SLAIN. | Advices Say Revolt Is Headed by © War Minister. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, August 8.— 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 Amerlcan marines in Honduras have been sent to the border to repel the revolu- tionists. The peace treaty signed on board the United States cruiser Milwaukee at Amapala in May has proved un- successful in maintaining peace. The cabinet has been reformed, Sal- vador Agirre becoming forelgn min- ister, Gen Martinez Funes taking he portfolio of war and Felipe Calix be- coming ministqr of the interior to succeed Gen. Tiburcio Carias, who has resigned. ‘WAR MINISTER FLEES. Large Number of Troops and Sup- ply of Arms Taken. By the Associated Press. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Augu: 8.—War Minister Gen. Gregorio Fer- rera fled from the capital to the mountains yesterday, taking with him & large number of troops and a large quantity of arms and ammunition, in open rebellion against the government. Vigorous revolutionary activities have already begun near the Nicara- guan border, and hostilities are ex- pected to break out here at any mo- ment. . READY TO SEND SHIPS. Protection of American Lives and > Property Assured. ‘Word of the revolt in Honduras of Gen. Ferrera, provisional war minister of Honduras, reached the State De- partment and increased greatly appeal umnm“mu»‘u_gj’-‘n,w XEYSTONE J. C. WALTON, rated in laws. He then placed George Wilson, a manager of guberna- torial ‘campaign and Non-Partisan League organizer, at_the head of the Agricultural and Mining _College. Following a storm of protest, Wilson was removed. Walton next devoted his energies to curbing activities of masked mobs throughout the State. He charged the Ku Klux Klan with responsibility. for such lawlessness and launched open warfare on the organization. He declared martial law in several counties and finally extended military rule over the en- tire State. Rexisted With Riot Guns. Opposition to his course grew strong and a group of State repre- sentatives circulated a call for a speclal session of the House to con- sider his actions. One attemptea meeting of the solons was dispersed with riot guns manned by the Na- tional Guard, acting under Walton's orders. At a special election October 2 a proposed constitutional amendment empowering the legisiature to meet without call by the governor was placed on_the ballot over Walton's protest. The election was held, de- spite Walton's efforts to prevent it, and the amendment was adopted by an overwhelming majority. Walton issued a call tor an ex- traordinary session for October 11. He offered to resign provided the session would pass a bill aimed at unmasking the Klan. Instead the session instituted impeachment pro- ceedings. The trial started Novem- ber 1. On November 17 Walton and his attorneys left the court, declar- ing they could not get a fair tral, and on November 19 the impeach ment charges were upheld and Wal. ton was removed, Lieut. Gov. M. 3 Trapp succeeding him SWELTERERS, CHEER UP! ONE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER IS ON WAY (Continued from First Page.) est point recorded since modern scien- tific observations began in 1905, and the sun's heat, reaching the earth, has remained at a low point ever since. This drop has been equal to a decrease in the world's temperature of four and a half degrees, Fahren- helt, though, of course, unevenly dis- tributed. Here are his predictions for ‘th§ weather, baseduon those observations: August will swing toward hot dry weather from the Missouri Valley eastward to the Atlantic, with severe droughts in many regions, relieved by thunderstorms. Many heat rec- ords will be broken, but there will be brief cold spells in both August and September. August's period of chill is due about the 21st along the northern border States. The Septem- ber spell wilk come as far South as Nebraska, cenitral Towa, Illinois, In- diana, Ohio and perhaps New York and northern New England. Winter Early and Long. The Winter will set in early and last long. There will be much severe weather and insufficient snow to cover the Winter grains. The Gulf Coast will see early cold waves in January. The yvear 1925 will repeat the disagreeable features of 1924, with a break in the California drought. A successful year, except for loss in live stock due to Winter severity, with plenty of grass and water, ‘is due the Western ran But 'the crops of 1926 and 1927 will suffer gravely all over the world. There will be chilly late growing sea- sons, late frosts in Spring and killing frosts in late Summer and early Fall. The years preceding the 1816 “year without a Summer” were like those we are now having. “Past Performances.” In verification of his forecasts, Mr. Browne points to the predictions for 1924 he made in 1923. Correct among them were: Excessive rainfall on the Atlantic Seaboard and in the East Gulf States, The best®grass and water -in 20 years for the Eastern cattle country: the ranges from Amarillo, Tex., Havre, Mont. A severe drought on Coast. A chill and late spring on the At- lantic Coast which would put crops back from two weeks to a month. “It is so easy.” Mr. Browne avers. “In 1923 Dr. Hoel of Norway went to Spitsbergen. He found the gulf stream flowing as a surface current, | the glaciers gone and the cold water fish migrated northward. That was due to great degree of the sun's heat of the preceding years. “But now the ice is reforming off the coast of Greenland. This condi- tion will continue into 1926, when we | will get the effect of the extremely low sun's heat of 1922, 1923 and 1924, The ocean currents have not yet reached the bottom of their coming temperature level. That will take two years mor Well, here's waiting. (Copyright, 1924.) to the Pacific NEW HEAT WAVE " RELIEF FORECAS Thousands of Clerks Return to Jobs After Torrid Spell. One Death Reported. After causing one death and score: of prostrations, crippling EqQvern- mental business by necessitsting dis- missal of 4,000 employes early in the afternoon and depressing private en- terprise generally, the torrid heat ‘wave was swept away late yesterday afternoon by long-sought thunder- showers. Last night Washington slept sound- 1y, forgetting in the cool night breezes the sweltering days which had preceded. Today the thermometer is not ex- pected to go higher than 88. It start- ed below 80 and had not reached 81 at 10 o'clock. Tomorrow it is ex- pected to play between 88 and 90, which is normal. And then tomor- row night the thundershowers now roving over Kansas and Iowa are ex- pected to reach this section via the Ohio valley. with the result that Sun- day and Monday will be cool when compared with yesterday and the day before. Paperhanger is Vietim. The death attributed to the heat's ravages yesterday was that of Lester Coons, 27, a paperhanger, of 14 Fox- hall road, who was working at 621 Harvard street when stricken. He died at the house before the Emer- gency Hospital ambulance could reach it, and Coroner Nevitt gave a certifi- cate of death from heat prostration. Three other prostration cases were treated yesterday by Emergency Hos. pital staff physicians, but police es- timate that many minor prostration cases never were officially reported. The three yesterday which were add- ed to the list of the two days pre- vious. included: Clementine Crown, colored, 38, of 227 Four-and-a-Half street south- west, overcome in her home late in the afternoon and treated there by Dr. Creswell of Emergency Hospitai; Cornelius Winters, colored, 40, of 1261 Third street southwes:, who was taken sick at the first precinct sta- tion in the afternoon, and Maud Stinemetz, 44, of Amsterdam, Ohio, who was’taken suddenly ill in_the Smithsonian grounds yesterday after- noon and treated at Emergency Hos- pital. Thousands Are Released. Fearing that the heat would af- fect many employes in temporary buildings,” Treasury Department of- ficials issued informal orders which resulted in between 2,000 and 3,000 employes being dismissed early in the afternoon. These were virtually all employed in buildings poorly insu- lated against the heat, where the dis- comfort was intense. Annex No. 2 of the Treasury Department was empticd of employes in the income tax section at 1 o'clock. In Building C, used by the prohibition unit, the narcotic division and public health service employes were released be- tween 1 and 2 o'clock. Employes of the general supply unit in Building F_were released at the same time, while employes of the Treasury Re- partment's main building on the fourth floor were allowed to lcave shortly after 3 o'clock. Some 290 employes of the Federal Trade Commission, located in a tem- porary setructure in Potomac Park, were released early in the afternoon, as were about 150 employes of the Women and Children’s Bureau of the Department of Labor, located in the same building. Scattered throughout Government departments were other orders for releases going to employes in places where the heat was most keenly felt. The mid-day mail delivery, which was eliminated yesterday to the grati- fication of postmen, went back on routine today, at the order of Post- master Mooney, and Maj. Sullivan, chief of police, iate this morning had virtually decided to recall the order relieving traffic policemen from duty between 11:30 and 1:30 o'clock, which was in effect yesterday. STORM RELIEVES BOSTON. Heat Record, Standing Since 1876, Is Broken. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 8.—The hottest August 7 in Boston since 1! yester- day prostrated 14 persons here and reports of deaths and illness attribut- ed to the heat came from many cities in the State. For two hours yesterday afternoon the mercury clung to its high point of the summer. 97 de- grees. A brisk shower in the early evening was able to tumble the tem- perature only nine degrees. Storm Damage Heavy. An electrical storm which devel- oped in the western part of the State swept east last night over a wide area, destroyed eight barns and sev- eral farmhouses and killed ~farm stock. In many parts of the state and in southern New Hampshire the wind crippled telephone, telegraph and power lines, rendered many roads impassable with fallen tree blew freight cars from the rails at Salem, N. H, and autamobiles from the roads. A woman and boy were seriously injured in Lowell when struck by a falling tree. A Lawrence police car was stuck by lightning while speed ing to the rescue of two girls and a boy who were being tossed about in a canoe on the Merrimac river. Farm crops suffered and in sections were ruined when hail accompanied the rain. Boston caught but little of the force of the storm, Westfield and Merrimac Valley points suffered the most damage. However, at least 20 houses within 10 miles of Boston were reported struck. Storm Kills M NEW HAVEN, Conn., August §.— A terrific storm centering in the Waterbury and Hartford districts of the state yesterday killed one man, injured several and caused property damage that will total hundreds of thousands of dollars. Martius Elmore of South Windsor was killed when lightning hit his automobile. Joseph Dutkiewicz of Middletown was critically injured when a skylight fell on him at a manufacturing plant in Middletown. e CANADA REBUKES RUSSIA. Premier Reminds Envoy Recogni- tion Is Only in Trade Affairs. OTTAWA, Ontario, August 8.—Can- ada’s recognition of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, confirmed last March when its agency was estab- lished ini Montreal, extends only to trade matters. A sharp reminder of this was conveyed by Premierf Mac- Kenzie King to the soviet agent, Alex- ander ZaziKolf, in the course of confer- ences which have been ng the last two days in Ottawa.- bt il S the situation in that country. The de- partment had no advices, however, in- dicating that Americans had been killed or injured in the other revolutionary outbreak now in progress in Honduras in the vicinity of the Nicaraguan Yorder. “There are ng American marines or blue- jackets now in Honduras, and the ref- erence in the dispatch from Managua to the moyement. of marines is believed 0 be merely an unfounded rumor. There is a small \detachment ‘of ‘marines at Managua in Nicaragus, but thess have Tobacco sheds, barns and other buildings in the Windsor and Rock- ville districts were set afire by light- ning _or blown down. Damage to standing tobacco crops in Hartford County is estimated at $125,000. Lightning hit a department store in Hartford and a number of bricks were hurled to the street. A trolley car in Windsor was set afire by light- ning, but all of the 20 passengers escaped uninjured. Scores of plate-glass windows in the business section of Waterbury were broken, roofs were blown from houses and many trees and Dpoles were uprooted. ONE MISSING IN BLAZE. PHILADELPHIA, August 8.—One man was reported missing and five firemen injured when flames swept the cocoanut plant of the Gorgas- Plerie Manufacturing” Company early today and damaged the adjoining plant of the Bisbee Linseed Oil Com- pany. W. S, Plerie, an official of the cocoanut’ piant, sald the lo total $1,000,000. ‘The missing man was Walter Small- wood, a negro watchman. Employes stated they had seen him near the top: ‘one of ~the containers cocoanut ofl, which exploded imme- diately after the: blaze was discov- ered. A saries of ns fol mw cocoanut el at -l was saved, Lack of Swells On Lakes Cause Of Sudden Storms By the Asociated Press TORONTO, August 8.—Storms arise suddenly on the Great Lakes because the swell, which acts as a brake on Sreat expanses of salt water, is absent, according to Vaughn Cor- nish, D.Sc., geographical authority and traveler, who addressed the British Association for the Advance- | ment df Science here today. This opinion is the result of widespread study of ocean conditions conducted by Dr. Cornish fror1 Southampton to Trinidad, during- which he learned that speed of waves averaged one to eight miles an hour less than that of the wind in all cases. Growth of waves was hindered by a crossing swell, generally absent on inland; seas. z Sir Frederick Stupart, who also addressed the convention today, was inclined to blame the Japan current for variableness of Canadian winters. J. Bjerknes of the Geophysics In- stitute of Bergen, Norway, declared before the physics section that weather forecasting was nearing an entirely mathematical basis. Predic- tions arrived at mathematically in Europe have been confirmed, he sald. LA FOLLETTE ASSAILS KU KLUX BY NAME, CHALLENGING RIVALS (Continued from First Page.) system over the political and eco- nomic life of the Ameri¢an people. “This power controls every impor- tant branch of industry—mining, manufacturing and transportation. It controls markets and credits and dic- tates the price of every product neces- sary to feed, clothe, warm and shelter the human family. To control that which sustains life is to control life itself. This is economic slavery. Free government cannot long exist de by side with economic despotism. “To this issue, in so far as I am able, I shall hold the attention of the voters of this country. From this position I shall not be turned aside. | “Hence I deem it most unfortunate that questions involving religious opinion and other questions unrelated to the vital issue of the restoration of government to the people, have been raised in this as in other critical years of our national history. Such controversies feed upon and inflame prejudice and passion to the exclu- sion of issues involving the very life | of government itself. “This brings me to say in response to your inquiry as to my stand on the Ku Klux Klan that 1 have met this Qquestion in various forms during my public life. “Any one familiar with my record, especially in my own State, knows that I have always stood without reservation agalnst any discrimina- tion between races, classes and creeds. I hold that every citizen is entitled to the full exercise of his constitutional rights. Cannmot Long Sarvive. “I am unalterably opposed to the evident purposes of the secret organi- zation known as the Ku Klux Klan, as disclosed by its public acts. “It cannot long survive. “Relying upon the sound judgment and good sense of our people, it is my opinion that such a movement is foredoomed. It has within its own body the seeds of its deat Abraham Lincoln, nearly 70 years ago, set forth his views on this ques- tion in a letter to his friend, Mr. Joshua F. Speed. dated Springfield. 11l August 24, 1855 “ ¢ s ‘e You inquire where I now stand. That is a disputed point. 1 think I am a Whig; but others say there are no Whigs, and that I am an Abolitionist. “T am not a Know-Nothing: that is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppres- slon of negroes be in favor of de- grading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation we began by declaring that “all men are created equal” We now prac- tically read it “all men are created equal except negroes.” When the Know-Nothings get control it will read “all men are created equal ex- cept negroes and foreigners and Cath- olics.”” "When it comes to this I shall prefer emigrating to some country Wwhere they make no pretense of lov- ing liberty—to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypoc- risy. * * * Your friend forever, “"A. LINCOLN “With this statement from Abra- ham Lincoln 1 would join aiso a pas- sage from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to Edward Dowse in 1803: ‘I never will, by word or act. bow to the shrine of intolerance, or ad- mit a right of inquiry into the/re- ligious opinions of ethers.” “Upon these statements of Jeffer- son and Lincoln. expressing the <en- timents which I am happy to believe the vast majority of our citizens cherish and to which they will ever rigidly adhere, and upon my own views expressed in this letter, 1 _am content to stand without qualifica- tion or evasion. “Sincerely yours, (Signed) “ROBERT M. LA FOLLETT Outcome Interenting. What will be the effect of this frank statement of Mr. La Follette on an issue which threatened to ais- rupt the Democratic party at its con- vention in New York remains to be Seen. In some quarters today it was argued that it probably would in- cline many Catholic and Jewish votes to the La Follette standard, that it would offset in some quarters the un- favorable effect whieh the accept- ance of the indorsement ot his can- didacy by the Socialist party may have had. In a measure, the statement of La Follette on the Klan is a challenge to the nominees of the Republicans and the Democrats also to clarify the positions of the party leaders on the Klan issue. -That the Klan is an 1s- sue was well demonstrated at the Democratic national convention in New York. Whether the Republican and Demacratic standard bearers will be able to remain silent on this issue —if they wish to—in view or the present revival of the question by Senator La Follette time alone can tell. C Cites Daviw’ Letter. Democrats in Washington today were pointing to a letter written by John W. Davis and made public last night, in which the Democratic nom- inee said that he was not, never had been and hever would be a member of the Klan. Continuing, Mr. Davis said: “1 trust that in my coming speech of acceptance I shall make my posi- tion on the great question of relig- Jous tolerance: 0o plain for any mis- understanding or dispute. There was an intimation in Repub- lican circles here today that atter President Coolldge has made his speech accepting the nomination August 14 there would be greater freedom in discussing issues, includ- ing the Klan issue. FAIT TiEy HOSPITAL HEAD NAMED. Dr. Frank Leslie to Take Veterans’ Bureau Post. Dr. Frank E. Leslie was designated today by Director Hines of the Ve of | of Hospital No. 24, at Palo Alto, Calif., will be erans’ Bureau to take charge of the ew hospital for veterans at Camp ster, near Battle Creek, Mich. Col. Leslie; who has been in charge succeeded by Dr. b. G. Borden, who has been attached to the staff of that institution. Both Bomitele arq neuro-peycniatria - e DAVISIS LEAVING FOR HOME TONIGHT Will Complete Preparations for Making Acceptance Speech Monday. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 8.—John W. Davis, Democratic presidential nomi- nee, planned to clear hls desk and hold two or three interviews today $a completing his local campaign man- agement, prior to ieaving at 6:50 p.m., daylight-saving time, on the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad, for Clarks- burg, W. Va. The Interval between his arrival there and Monday, when he .will be notified formally of his nomination, he is expected to spend in rest and final preparations for the delivery- of his speech of acceptance, which will clar- ify points at issue in the coming cam- paign. The campaign will not be opened formally until well after the notifica- tion ceremonies, but the nominee last night said “Honesty in government” would be the keynote of his campaign when he was called upon to speak ex- temporaneously at a rally of Demo- crats in Duchess County. He drew a new line of demarkation between the two major parties when he said, “A Democrat is one who wants the record of his party revealed and a Republican is one who wants it forgotten.” Another speaker was Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, who, in the first formal campaign speech in New York State, asserted the Republicans .had not made good their campaign prom- ises of four years ago. “HONESTY” AS ISSUE. Davis and Smith Rap G. O. P. at Rally. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., August §.— John W. Davis, Democratic presiden- tial candidate, opened his campaign. in New York State last night at a rally of Democrats in the Republican stronghold of Duchess County. Called on to speak unexpectedly after Gov. Alfred E. Smith had vigorously as- sailed the Republican party on its record in this State and the nation, Mr. Davis told a cheering crowd that he believed “the great issue of this campaign is honesty in government.” “A Democrat,” he said, “is one who wants the record of his party re- vealed and a Republican is one who wants it forgotten. 1 join with Gov. Smith in urging that you see that they are not of failing memory in that direction.” Gov. Smith attacked the Repub- lican party in connection with the oit scandals and on what, he said, had been a gross failure to make good on pre-election promises of Govern- ment reorganization and many other issues. “Feeding at the Trough.” The governor declared that the Re. publicans had not had time to make £ood their promises for “feeding at the trough.” “You know. they from the public trough for eignt years and they proceeded to make 1t all up in four years,” he said. Referring to the division within the Republican ranks and the differ- ences between President Coolidge and Congress, Gov. Smith said the Republicans could not “knock the brains out of Coolidge’s policies down In Washington a they have done ana en hold him up as t then hold him up as their candidate “The party did not agree with tne President in a single instance.” the speaker added in detailing subjects on which Congress and the Executive differed. had been away Klan Is Assailed. The Ku Klux Klan issue was re- ferred to by Gov. Smith and Lieut Gov. Lunn and also by Frankiin 1r Roosevelt, in whose honor the raiiy was held. The rally wae held at the Riding Park, near here, where a Klan demonstration took place recentiy In referring to that meeting Mr.* Roosevelt said he was afraid he-had a partiality to the kind of Amer- icanism exhibited last might by ‘the gathering. Mr. Lunn declared amid vigorous cheering that the principie of religious freedom would never die and that to uphold that principle was to exhibit “100 per cent Americanism. Mr. Davis came here yesterday to attend the rally and then left fon New York. Making the trip here by rail, he broke the monotony of the 76-mile run by riding nearly half the - way. in the cab of the electric loco- motive. With the engineer, George Trainer, directing him,. he Tan. the train from the Grand Central to the 125th Street Station in New York. ‘Fransterring to his compartment at Harmon, where a steam locomotive replaced the electric one, the nominec examined some of his latest correé- spondence and gave attention to plans for-the coming campaign. His host Franklin D. Roosevelt, had expected him to leave the train at Poughkeep- sie, and was there with a detachment of 'State troopers to ascort him to Hyde Park. The nominee understood however, that he was to be met at Hyde Park and he continued on there Mrs. Roosevelt was on the same train, but Mr. Davis was unaware of it. She joined Mr. Roosevelt at Poughkeepsie and they made a hurried automobile trip on the seven miles to Hyde Park but when they arrived home they found Mr. Davis there. Gov. Smith and his family arrived soon afterward, having motored down from Albany. The nominee and the Rovernor talked politics for a time. After lunch the Roosevelt guests had & swim in the pool on the estate,and late in the afternoon motored to the driving park for the rally. . 3 WITNESSES BEAT SPEEDING CHARGE Court Dismisses Case When Pro- fessional Men Give Speedomeéfer Readings. Motor Cycle . Policeman White of the seventh precinct pitted his lone word against the testimony of thieé professional men of Washington :in Police - Court today, but lost a speed- ing case. 3 The testimony showed that F. J Carmody. newspaper man, and F. H. Borden, patent attorney, were driv- ing down Wisconsin avenue -this morning to work in the automobie of Martin N. Pilgren, a_civil engineer. Policeman White was doing 15 miles an hour, they stated, and they didn't hesitate to pass him at an iS-mile- per-hour speed. But the three, wise to the ways of motor cycle police- men, kept an eye on thc speedometer and saw that it didn't pass the 1imit while the arm of the law 'rode astern their car. < s Toward the southern ‘end of Wis- consin avenue, White drew up with the automobile ahd announced it was tioing “28 miles an hour and mo argument.” The argument came in Traffic Court later. The three men emerged_without a blemish on.repu- tations as careful motorists. The policeman emerged—sans a case .for his record of arrests. i Seek Adoption of Lad. . / e, Patrick A. Downey and. his wi Martha A. Downey, today asked . the District Supreme Court ~ to. - permit them to adopt George W. Barf, born February 17, 1918, and make him their heir. 'The child has beer in their custody, they say, since he was two months old. A:‘t:n-y C. D. Garrett appears . for ' tioners.