Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1924, Page 2

PSS SEARCHING FORNEGRD YOUTH Charge Boy Paroled From Reformatory Gave Poison to Little Girl. Posses today are combing the coun- tryside near Silver Hul, Md., a short distance beyond the District line on sthe road to T. Md., for Charles Clifton Manuel, colored, 16, in the belief that he administered a dose of ‘ poison last night to eikht-year-old Eleanot” L. Middleton, daughtetr of Charles Middleton, dog fancier of Sil- ver Hill. Speedy recovery of the child at Casualty Hospital this morning after she had been received in a serious condition last night threw a cloud Dof doubt about the case. First re- ports last night alleged that Manuel, a paroled inmate of the reformatory at Cheltenham, Prince Georges Coun- ¥, working for Middleton, fed the ;child fried cymlings on which crushed poison from antiseptic tab- lets had been spread. Physiclans at the hospital, however, were unable to determine definitely that the child had swallowed any poison. Revenge Charged. The motive. ascribed in the first reports was that of revenge, inasmuch it was known that Middleton had em- | ployed the Loy for a period and was to return him to the reformatory to- morrow When informed of this, Manuel is said silently to have shown intense displeasure. Poison tablets were kept on the Middleton premises for disinfecting and other purposes. The boy had access to the poison and had always been told to be careful and not leave any of it where children could get hold of it. Last night while Mrs. Helen Mid- dleton was preparing her children for bed, Eleanor told her that the hired boy had crushed one of the polson tablets and asked her to taste it. putting some of it on the fried vege- table. She said she did not know It was poison Boy Disappears. excited over the story the child, made hasty preparations to get the little one to the hospital. Search for the boy revealed that he hud disappeared, and county authorl- ties, reformatory wuards and the local police were asked to participate in a search for him. Constable Thomas H. Garrison of Hyattsville is assisting in the search for Manuel. The boy's color is re- corded as that of gingercake and he weighs about 115 pounds. He wore gray trousers, white shirt, light cap and tan shoes. His home ix reported as being at 345 North Jonathan street, Hagerstown, Md. Parents, e THE WEATHER District of Columbia and Maryland thundershowers tonight and tomorrow morning; cooler tomorrow and tomorrow night; xentle to moderate shifting winds, becoming northerly. Virginia—Local thundershowers re- night and tomorrow; cooler tomor- row and in north «nd central por- tions tonight; gentle to moderate shifting winds, becoming northerly. West Virginia—Showers and thun- derstorms tonight and probably to- morrow morning; cooler tomorrow and in northwest portion tonight. Record for 24 Hours, Thermometer—4 p.m.. 90; 8 p.m., £0; 12 midnight, 4 am, H 76: noon, 91 Barometer—4 p.m. 29.93; 12 midnight, § am.. 29.93; noon, 29.90 Highest temperatute, 92, occurred at 5 p.m. yesterday. Lowest tempera- ture, 71, occurred at 6 a.m. today. Temperaturs same date last year— Highest, 79; lowest, 6. Conditlon of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at 8 am.: (ireat Falls—Temper- ature, 80; condition, xlightly muddy. ‘Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States coas and geodetic survey.) Today—Low tide. 9:13 a.m. and 9:21 p.m.; high tide,” 2:16 am. and 2:39 p.m Tomorrow—Low tide, 10:18 a.m. 10:26 p.m.; high tide, 3:19 a.m. 3:47 p.m The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose, 5:15 a.m; sets, 7:11 p.m. Temorrow—&un rises, 5:16 a.m.; ‘sets, 7:10 p.m. Moon rises, a.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour after sunset. Weather in Various Cities. & Temperature. —Local probably tonight, 29.92; ana and sun sun 2:25 pm.; sets, 12:04 ok | H Btations, Inanoy “*3udu yswy Cloudy Pt.cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Kain Indianapolis. Jacksonville. Kansas Cit Tos Angeles. Louisville Miami, Fla New Orlea New York.. city. Omaha Philadelphi Phoenix Pittaburgh M Pt.cloudy Pt.cloudy Pt.eloudy Cloudy. Cloudy Pt.cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Antono. 29.94 san_Diego... 29.90 S. Francisco 30.02 20 9% 53 2822 Spokane F WASH..D.C. 20,92 1 FOREIGN (8 a.m.. Greenwich time, today.) Btations. Temperature. Weather. TLondon, Knglan 50 Clear Paris, France. f Vienna, Berlin, Germa Copenhagen, Stockholm, “Sweden. Cl Cloudy art cloudy Clear - Clear Part eloudy oudy Rain (loudy Cloudy Cloudy WANTS GUARD FOR SLEET. Telephone Body Seeks Co-Operative Insurance. MADISON, Wis., August 9.—A cam- paign has been inaugurated by the Wisconsin State Telephone Associa. tion to enroll telephone companies in a co-operative sleet and storm in- surance plan. The proposal is de- clared to be the first attempted in the country. Under the plans now being started, it |is declared the companies would be’able to protect their properties by insurance at approximatély one-third of the commercial rate, Horta (Fayal). Azores. milton, Bermuda. 3 Porto Ric Havana, Cuba, ¢ Colon, Canal Zone. : of | GLAND DISORDERS ACTUATED ____(Continued from First Page.) Christ Chilg, sald Dr. Hulbert. Leo- pold did not know the figures, but identified his mother with the Ma- donna, and himself with an older child in the picture, possibly St. John the Baptist*said the doctor. Says He Is Superman. “He does not say, ‘'l am Christ,’ " sald the witness, “but says ‘I am | the superior person of the world,’" |read Dr. Hulbert in his notes. “He finally found fault with God because God makes mistakes, making a great mistake when he took his mother. His mother's death made a great change In Leopold's life. “ He never did adjust himself to the world atter she died. “He finally saw life with no Goa, no good, mo right, no wrong per se. “Leopold lacked c'ose triends;” sald the doctor. “He felt his friends should fit In with his ‘king siave phantasy. He found they did not. He wanted to make friends, but found he could not. He made himself into a non-emotional, sheer intellectual personality. He does not have swings of moods as does Loeb.” Asked as to Leopold’s criminalistic tendencies by Walter Machrach of defense counsel, Dr. Hulbert mid Leopold stole some stamps at the age of 9 from his cousin, stole his brother's necktie and traded it for cigar bands, of which he was making a collection, justifying the thefts by the statement, “Why. that was all right; I wanted them.” He aiso stole some fruit from a stand once. Bridge The bridge cheating plan Leopold evoived with Loeb was not a success, said the doctor, who added: “They were not ke:n enough to make it a success and lost money by i Other petty thefts, the robbing of a University of Michigan fraternity house, and other misdemeanors pre- viously recited by, other alienists, were gone over by Dr. Hulbert. “Indirectly he discussed the Franks murder,” said the doctor in reply to a question by Bachrach. “He said he could not haye done it. “When I asked him in jail what his future plans were he sald he did not know what his exact plans were, but he preferred to settle lown and get married. There was no chagsin or re- morse over the murder.” Leopold sald that he had no fear of being hanged, saying death was the end of it all, and that if the family disliked the situation they should dis- own him, continued the pathologist. Deopold said at the time of the slaying of Bobby Franks he was up- set. “It was awful,” the psychiatrist quoted Leopold as saying. The youth is annoyed by the in- terost of former associates in the homicide, said the doctor. Cites Crime Motive. “A desire on the part of Richard Loeb to commit the perfect crime, and a desire on his part to do what- ever Loeb wanted him to do," was | Leopold's motive for committing the System Failure. CLAIMS 73 LIVES (Continued from First Page.) where the military camp of Feng Yu-Hsiang, the Christian general, is located. The flood waters were checked there. Gen. Feng ordered out sev- eral thousand men and a precaution- ary dike was constructed. The water {flooded about 15 villages, however. Fears for Famine. The floods are causing much suf- fering, according to reports recelved by the central government. The flood committee of Kwangsi, one of the southern provinces, has petitioned the government for funds, stating that there. has been an unprecedented inundation as the result of four rivers overflowing. The population im- poverished by civil war is unable to withstand the calamity, according to the committee. The Governor of Sinkiang Province, in the west, re- ports that a number of villages have been flooded, and asks for tax exemp- tion for the stricken area. T. Li: , president of the Inter- nation; géllef Committee, estimates that three-fourths of Hunan Province and half of Chihli Province are suffer- ing to a varying extent He forecasts a famin Conflicting reports make it diffi- cult to estimate the extent of the damage, the destitution and the loss of life resulting from the floods. The Chiness Red Cross, the Internstional Famine Relief Commission and a committee appointed by the Chinese cabinet are engaged in relief meas- ures. o FLYERS WILL MAKE 750-MILE JUMP IF OTHER PLANS FAIL (Continued from First Page.) ney and Faroe Islands was mild in comparison, they said. Lieut. Smith belleves that regular alt service between Iceland and Scotland is entirely feasible. Both he and Lieut. Nelson are in fine con- dition and are displaying & great deal of ‘energy, but Lieut. Leigh Wade whose plane was wrecked off the Faroe Islands, seems to be a weary man. Lieut. Neison, naturally is find- ing much of speclal interest here as he himself is Scandinavian by birth. ‘Wade Luricheon Guest. Lieut. Wade yesterday -went to Thingvallier, with officers of the Richmond, - Raleigh, -Reld and Bil- lingsley as guests of the government. for lunch. The premier and finance minister acted as hosts and repre- sentatives of the government. The inhabitants of Reykjavik -&re taking the keenest Interest in the aviators, as they are the first flyers ever to have stopped here. The crews of the”American destroyers also are attracting attentlon. > LOCATELLI TO FLY SDON. Bhips Asked to Aid Greenland-to- Labrador Hop August 12. By the Assoclated Press. ST. JOHNS, N. F., August 9.—In- structions were received by the Mar- conl company's manager here today to notify wireless operators along the Labrador coast that Lieut. Loca- telll, the Italian airman who intends to fly across the Atlantic, expects to léave Greenland August 12 for Camt- LEOPOLD, EXPERT TESTIFIES crime, said the doctor in‘response to a question bz Bachrach, “The $10,000 ransom demanded also played ‘a 'part,” sald the witness. “Flve thousand dollars is five thou. sand_dollars, and we could use it,” the doctor sald Leopold remarked. Leopold planned a trip abroad and did what he could to defer the mur. der, but was always willing to carry out the wishes of his “king,” said Dr. Hulbert, Leopold also thinking the trip would serve to get him away from Loeb, whose influence on him was morbid. As to his conclusions regarding Leopcld, Dr. Hulbert said: “I was first impressed with his in- tellectual development, that of a man of 30 years of age. He was ex- tremely precocious. | then . was struck with the disparity between hts intellectual life and emotional life. 1 was greatly impressed with the vividness and duration of his phantasies and reveries and the effect of them on hia personality. “His judgment was more of a child, a nice,” obedlent child, which does what he is directed to do. He has many superstitions that he has not outgrown.” . Crowe Telis ot Plans. During a 20-minute recess State's Attorney Crowe indicated the State would call a dosen lay witnesses first and then offer the testimony of four mental experts in rebuttal. It wxs understood the defense in- tended to complete its plea for miti- gation of punishment Monday, and the State indicated it would be through by Thursday, with argument by counsel to require an unknown length of time, indicating the hearing possibly might be concluded by the end of next week. “The psychiatris cause for - the Franks crime is not to be found in either boy alone, but in an interplay of their friendship,” said Dr. Hulbert, in analyzing the causes of the crime. “Their friendship was not always & pleasure to either. Sometimes they were repulsive to eacn other. Their friendship was not g0 much a desire as a neegd, they being what they were. “Lodb, for example, did not crave the companionship of Leopold, nor did he respect him. Leopold did not need Loeb in his life, but needed some one for his king-slave existence.’ Dr. Hulbert then reverted to medi- cal terminology as he described the pathological conditions of the two boys. Returned to technicalities after an interval of lay witnesses, the defense prepared to finish today the testi- mony of Dr. Hulbert before question- Ing relatives of Leopold and Loeb. Girl to Take' Sta Miss Suzanne Lurle, a former sweet- heart of Leopold, will be summoned by the prosecution on rebuttal, Rob- ert 5. Crowe, State’s attorney, sald. It was to her' that Leopold is alleged to have boasted in veiled terms of the Franks killing several days before he confessed. Physiology, psychology and neu- rology of the youthful slayers were the themes of Dr. Hulbert's testi- mony. His conclusions on Leopold were scheduled for today's short ses- slon, in following up his testimony for two hours yesterday on Loeb, whom he pronousced “mentally dis- eased.” Certain pre-natal influences, physi- cal defects and unusual phantasies were cited by the pathologist in sup- port of his theory. Loeb's dreams concentrated on the planning of crime and persisted too long in life, while Leopold, picturing himself a slave protecting his king, sought somebody to whom he could surrender himself, Dr. Hulburt sald. Once the youths played a game of cards to determine which should kiil himself first, he stated. The prosecution offered but little cross-examination of the psychia- trist although previously it has di- rected vigorous attacks against the expert testimony. ittt A AR .| BIG FLOOD IN JAPAN wright, Labrador. The head office of the Marconl company in Montreal asks that wireless operators report weather and other conditions for the guidance of Locatelll. Application has been made to steamer owners here with a view to ¢hartering a vessel to be dispatched to the Labrador coast If the Itallan airman should require supplies after reaching Labrador. Licut. Locatelli who is using the route followed by the American world flyers, in preparation for a pro- jected air expedition to the North Pole next year, arrived at Brough, England, on August 4. His plane is being overhauled for his next hop oft to Kirkwall, Orkncy Islands, whence He will proceed to Iceland, Greenland and Labrador. Locatelli began his flight at Pisa, Italy. MACLAREN SPEEDS TO U. 8. ‘Wires Hope That He Can See Americans Finish. By the Associated Press. CORDOVA, Alaska, Aug. 9.—Maj. A. Stuart MacLaren, commander of the British flight around the world that failed, telegraphed here that he hopecd to reach Seattle in time to witness the successful termination of the Ameri- can flight. The message came from the trawler ‘Thiepval of the Canadian fisheries pa- trol, which picked up the three British fiyers on Bering Island, in the Bering Sea, last Saturday. It said they ex- pected to arrive at Prince Rupert Au- gust 16, BOSTON CONTINUES. ‘Wade’s Substitute Plane Rushes North to Meet Flyer. QUINCY, Ma: August 9.—The plane Boston II, bound for Nnva Scotia as a rellef plane to enable ‘Lieut. Wade to participate in the last part of the world flight, left the Squantum naval air station at 8:15 a.m., eastern daylight time, today. Lieut. McDonald planned to fly to Bar Harbor, Me., and thence to Pictou, N. S ‘fhe weather was ideal. QNE DEAD, FIVE HURT "IN AUTO ACCIDENTS Two Cars in Smashes on Ohio River Bridge at Cin- cinnati. By the Amsociated Press. CINCINNATI, . Ohio, August 9.—A 6-year-old boy was instantly killed, his parents probably fatally injured, and another person hurt in an aute- moblle accident, and two persons were hurt in another crash early to- day..at the Cincinnati approach to Central Bridge across the Ohlo River between this city and Newport, Ky. John George, fi., ‘was the boy killed. ts r. .and Mrs: John of Cincinnati, both suf- tured skulls and Internal in- Hospital physicians said they Tony ar, re- Juries. robably would not recover. ike, another oocupant of th celved a fractured skull. According to witnesses, the Georges' automobile became unmanageable a: it approached a curve leading to the bridge and overturned. A few minutes before this accident, Roxie Willlams and her granddaugh- ter, Eleanor Mason, negroes, were in. jured when an automobile driven by. Charles axpuu;.v an-. other machine t the same apote They will recover, FEARMORE RIOTS AT INDIA FESTIVAL Hindus and Moslems, at Swords’ Points, Carefully Watched at Delhi. By the Associated Preas. LONDON, "August 9.—Dispatches from India state that the tension be- tween the Hindus and Moslems which caused serious rioting in Delhi a fort- night ago has partly subsided, though the situation Is carefully watched by the authorities, who are taking extra precautions to prevent a renewal of rioting on the occasion of the forth- coming Muharram festival. Controversy has arisen in India as to whether the military were respon- sible for the firing on rloters and the killing of some of them in the Delhi affair. Two of the vernacular pa- pers, the Tej and the Argun, at Delhi, controvert the officlal statement that a(r).rlolerl were killed by the military Due to Street Fight. The first official reports received at the India office here stated that the deaths were due to street fighting be- tween the Hindus and Mosiems, and fone by the firing, but later official dispatches said two deaths had been chused by firing by armed police. Re- ports charging that the military fired on the people and kilied some of them bring officlal reply that it was not the ‘military, but the police who killed two in the course of disorders. According to the official report to the India office, the accentuation of communal strife at Delhi began with the approach of the festival of Bak- rib. The feature of this festival, which is observed by the Mohamme- dans, is the sacrifice of cows, animals which the Hirldus hold sacred. Clashes between the Moslems and Hindus are not unusual at this observance, and many deaths occurred at similar riots at Behar six years ago. One feature of the Moslem celcbra- tion particularly disple: Hindus Is the way the cows intended for macrifice are “taken through the Hindu communities. Oftentimes the police prevent these processions. It is customary, say the reports, for the police and military to make special arrangements for protecting the conflicting elements of the population during such festivals, and such arrangements were made at Delhi previous to the recent troubles. CRISIS IN'SPAIN APPEARS CERTAIN Sudden Return of King From Vacation Believed to Pre- sage Cabinet Change. By tho Associated Press, FORT VENDRES. Franco-Spanish Frontier, August 9.—An atmosphere Wwhich seems to presage an approach- Ing crisis in the government has been created in Madrid by the précipitate return to the capital yesterday of King Alfonso, who interrupted his Summer vacation at Santander, and by the coincident arrival of Premier Primo Rivera. Incidents connected with the trip of the military dictator to Morocco and his subsequent campaign in Galicla and Asturias for the purpose of propaganda in favor of the military cabinet, have caused the impression that a change is likely to occur. The King, under ordinary circum- stances, would have received the chief of government at Santander, where he could have signed routin decrees with the same facility as at Madrid. It was suddenly announced, however, that the Premier had abandoned his visit to Leon, whence it would have been easy to proceed directly to Santander for an audience with the King, and was coming to Madrid. At the same time, it was an- nounced that the King would arrive by train shortly afterward. Rumors about differences among the numbers of the military direc- torate have become accentuated since the reference of Senor Primo Rivera to his enemies as “fools” has in- creased in frequency hourly. It is commonly reported that Gen. Marquis de Cavalcanti, head of the King's military household, Is ex tremely discontented. Significant Statement. He {s credited with having said: “Today T am fool; tomorrow 1 will be prime minister.” While it is impos- sible to learn whether he actually has made such a declaration, it is gener- ally belleved that he will play an important part should a crisis de- velop. The party of former Premier Jose Sanchez Guerra is the strongest in existence, but when it received a cool dismissal' _after the military coup d'etat of September, 1923, its leaders declared they would not accept a call to power because a deliberate breach had been made of the constitution. Most, of the liberals maintain a simi- lar attitude, and consequently it. is probable that any political = party which would be requested to take the reigns of government would, be- fore doing so, demand a reform of the constitution which would prevent the Nklihood of a future forcible over- turning of the administration. Opposes Military Conmtrol. Gen. Cavalcanti does not favor a continuation of a complete military dictatorship, with the exclusion from participation in the government of the other classes of the country, and con- sequently he is recelving a great deal of support. . This, however, cannot be expressed by the newspapers be- cause of the existence of a stern cen- sorship, which excludes from publi- cation views contrary to those held by_the present military dictator. Exactly what would occur in the eyent of the fall of Primo Rivera can- not be foreseen, sinde none of the politiclans has had an opportunity to declare his policy, and the political factions are extremely numerous. The Soolalists have clearly announced that they are not desirous of taking an active part in the government, but none of the other factions can be eliminated as a possibility. . . Coolidge Talking . By Radio May Be . Seen by Audience . Plans were made today Tor a test here on Monday of an inven- tion which synctironizés the. radio voice with motion pictures of the speaker, enabling visualization of radio addresses.” If the experiment is successful, it Is considered prob- able the Republican national com- mittee will use this scheme in its campaigm, permitting the Presi- ent to speak from here to audi- ences throughout the country ‘while pictures showing him actu- ally speaking. are flashed on-the . screen at numerous points throughs - out the country, WOMAN, ILL, TRIES SUICIDE; MAY DIE Mrs. W. G. Shafhirt Believed to Have Prayed at Cross After Shooting. - Seating herself in her room yester- day afternoon at a dresser upon which lay an open Bible, Mrs. Molly Smith Shafhirt, wite of Dr. Willlam G. Shathirt, dentist, 1850 Wyoming'| avenue, wrote a farewell note to her husband, urging him to be brave, and then fired a bullet into her brain, from which she has a slim chance to recover. With blood streaming from the hole in her head, the despondent woman is belleved to have staggered to a closet and then to her bed, where}; a pool of blood on the floor indicated she had knelt in prayer. A picture of Christ hanging in her room was found to be stained with blood from her hand, and there also Were .blood stains ‘on_a cross suspended from a bedpost. It is believed the wounded woman tried to grasp this cross be- fore throwing herself across the bed to await death, Found by Husband. She was found urconsclous on the bed about 6 o'clock in the evening by Dr. Shafhirt, who, on returning home from work. found the doors locked and was forced to crawl through a window. A pistol lay beside the woman and a brief note explained that her “time had come” and im- plored her husband to “be brave. A neighborir.g physiclan rendered first ald, and she was removed to Emergency Hospital, where Dr. Charles Stanley White sald the out- 100k was not good. Dr. and_Mrs. Shafhirt had just re- turned a few days ago from a yacht- ing trip and were preparing to spend the remainder of the Summer at & Virginia_health resort in the moun- tains. Mrs. Shafhirt had been suf- ferirg from a nervous ailment some time, and Dr. Shafhirt had just dis- posed of his vacht and automobile, with the intention of, temporarily at least, retiring from his profession 0 that he could devote all-his time to alding his wife regain her health, Mrs. Shafhirt has been a devout member of Calvary Baptist Church most of her life. PRESIENT TOREST ON VERMIONT FARM With Mrs. Coolidge and Son Will Leave D. C. Friday for 10 or 12 Days. President Coolidge will leave Wash- ington next Friday night with his family for Plymouth, Vt, where for 10 or 12 days they will visit John Coolidze, the President’s father, in the old Coolidge homestead, the same house in which President Coolidge was sworn-in as President of the United States by his father a year ago. : At least, this is the present plan of the President. It may be changed in the meantime, but as it now stands the presidential vacation special will pull out of Unfon Station on the evening of August 15, the night following th makinz of the acceptance speech at Memorial Continental Hall here, and will arrive at Ludlow, Vt., the nearest railroad station to Plymouth, early the next afternoon. The 12 miles between Ludlow and the Coolidge home will be made by automobile. To Get Complete Rest. Tt is the President’s intention to get a complate rest and with that object in view he will do practically no work during this short vacation and will receive few callers. He wants to relax and to “lay around and take y." as he expresse, one of the N\llerlv O Ninseltics The President will take only one stenographer with him, and if his in- tentions are carrled out, the latter will have little to do. The party will be accompanied with the staff of White House secret service operatives and a score or more of news. paper correspondent The latter, it is though likely will be joined by as many more, when the party ar. rives in the Vermont hill ~ The President’'s stenographer and secret gervice men and newspaper men, tele- graph operators and all others taken to the vacation spot on_business will be unable to live in Plymouth, be- cause of its lack of facilities. They will be housed at Ludlow or Wood- stock, 16 miles away, or Ri miles’ distant. i utlandi a0 Decision Made Yesterday. Tt was not until yesterda; seeing Willinm M. Butler, chatrman of the Republican national commit- tee, that the President made a defi- nite decision about a vacation. Mr. Butler brought to him very satis- faotory reports about the political situation and told the Presmdent that he should take advantage of the sit- uation and obtain a short rest. ‘Ihe President, who is not unmindrul or the fact that he has been on the job constantly since he assumed office more than a year ago, and who has been somewhat discomforted by the heat of the past week, very readily yielded to his campaign manager's urging. Party leaders and managers will forced to await the Presidents raturn before deciding several important matters regarding the conduct of -the campaign, inasmuch as word is to be passed along that the President does not want to be bothered with politics or politicians or work of any kind during these few days of rest. The report made to the President by Chairman Butler corresponds with those the President has received from other party leaders, who have been coming to him during the past few weeks. There is every indication that the President's candidacy is in- creasing in favor in the Middle West and the Northwest, and with the proper political management and or- ganization these States in the o= called La Follette stronghold can all be carried by Mr. Coolidge. Mr. But- ler, who is staying at the White House, will remain here throughout the coming week; or at least until the dsy following the acosptance speech. ROOSEVELT CONSULTS. . REPUBLICAN LEADERS By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 9.—Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of th Navy, passed the day in Chicago ye terday, closeted with various Repub- lican leaders in downtown hotels.” “The Assistant Secretary of "the Navy sald that he came to Chicago to talk over various political matters and discuss the campaign with R publican leaders. He did not disciose the matters discussed. He said he expected to leave tomorrow for Cin- cinnati, where he will stop for a short visit with relatives before returning to Washington. - “I feel confident.” he sald in & ‘statement, “that Coolidge -and - com- mon sense is what the country wants. Mr. Coollage is Intereated in the wel- are .American peoj e s coantry saplaiaing what coun wi Z‘h man he 18" . American War Mothers’ President """ "Pledges Support to Defense Day By the Amociated Press, KANSAS CITY, August 9.—A Pledge of the support of the Amer- ican War Mothers. in the observ- ance of National Defense .day, September 12," has been sent to Secretary Weeks of the Wap De- partment by Mrs. H. H. McCluer of Kansas Cjty, president of the national organisation. Mrs. McCluer also has seat let- ters to all chapters of the Ameri- tan War Mothers in 26 States urg- ing’ them 'to' co-operate in Army demonstrations their locafities may plan. . “We are solidly behind the War. Department and Gen. Pérshing, and . we regret any pacifist propaganda that seeks to play on women's INTERALLIED DEBT PARLEY IS CERTAIN, HERRIOT - REVEALS _(Continued from First Page.) 7 thé cabinet has caused considerable comment and emotion in all political circles. Rumors regarding & serious dissension between the premier and Gen. Nollet, minister of war, seemed to be confirmed in the minds of many by the hasty official communique is- sued late Friday night, assuring everybody, perfect harmony reigns be- tween all the delegates of the French commisston in London. Official com- muniques are somewhat discredited. Any denial from official quarters makes people think any foolish ru- mor is true. Thére are undoubtedly points of discord between Herriot and the min- ister of war. The former, while in the opposition, pledged himself to adopt a policy of reconcillation to- ward Germany in accordance with the views of the International Bocial- ists. The latter is a military man who spent the last three years in Germany and is fully conversant with the present secret military crganiza- tions of the Reich. Hence the con- filct between the French premier, whose main idea is to arrive atacom- promise at almost any cost and is will- ing to barter military occupation of the Ruhr for small economic concessions, and Nollet, who is a military man, with a practical sense regading aii- itary occupation.of thc Ruhr from a purely military viewpoint. Issue of Evacuation, The main significance of Herriot's hasty visit to Paris, however, prob- ably does not lie in lack of accord with his minister of war, but in the fact that the London conference has finally reached its most critical stage, which all statesmen have = carefully avoided hitherto. It has been an opén secret that if peace Wwere feally to be re-established in Europe, the ques- tion of the évacuafion of the Ruhr must be discussed at London. All economic formulae around which.the delegates have battled for the last three weeks must disappear before the political problem on_the solution nlsv'v":;i{’-r e “whiolé tate ot The Lon- dop, conference depends. Cannot Remew Venture. The French realize full well they will nevér be able to reriew the Ruhr adventure, and if they abandon the province now it will be forover. They have consequently detcrmined - to make the best bargain they can. But while Herriot and his Socialist followers are willing to agree to- mil- itary evacuation-in exchange for eco- nomi¢ advantages, such as a commer- cial treaty, with a most-fayored- nation clause for France; the military leaders—not only the old guard, ltke Foch, Petain. and Dubail, but men with tendencies towsrd the Left, like Nollet—disagree entirely "with Her- riot. They ask in.exchange for the evacuation of the Ruhr absolute se- curity for France and demand, not an _economic or fininclal advantage, but re-establishment for a limited pe- riod of eMcient -interallted. military control and the disbanding of the green police and other similar .or- ganizations. Herriot had agreed in London that the arguments of Nollet wére very strong, but, unable to make up his mind on & definite ‘decision of this cructal situation, decided to return to Paris and consult the remainder of the cabinet, who, like Herriot, have repeatedly piddged themselves in pub- lic speeches to re-establish the peace of Hurope if ever .Opportunity were given them for doing so. RETURNS TO PARIS. Herriot Wants Final Decision on Ruhr Concessions. By the Ansociated Press. LONDON, August 9.—The work of the International conference called to put the Dawes. reparation plan into eftect is being virtually suspended over the week end, while Premier Herriot returns to Paris for & con- ference with the members of his cab- inet. M. Herriot, it is understood, de- sires to have defined finally the stand the French delegates.shall take regarding the démand of the Germans for the evacuation of the Ruhr and the question of maintaining Franco- Belgian rallrosd men in the Rhine- land system, which the Germans also protest. : S i Paris advices say the sudden decis- fon of M. Merriot td resume contact with his -colléagues at home has caused some surprise in political eir- cles, where: it is regarded as giving color' to rumors-of lack of harmony in the French deiegation, notably be- ‘tween the' premief .and his ministr of war, Gen. Nollet.. - Sald to Disagree. h'r‘m x.gur r-fl aid (& hs. :pzz;a“w .x‘?nf' v‘r‘lt; :3.:3?» mem Dawes plan, and to be adamant in Insisting that France tontinve to ocoupy the Ruhr until ;Germapy’ has furnished con- clusive proof.of. her disarmament. M. Herrlot, on the other hand, is quoted in a semi-official French news AgeD ispAtoh s denying the uun:{ :t".‘n;'dl.:arrument in the French delggation.. BERLIN, August 9.—In connection with the London conference decisions on amn fir the Rub® and Rhine- land, u‘“iz learned heré on high aathority that the recigrocal of German, French and Belgian pris- A e 1and Palatisate and the Rubr are also heartstrings to the jeopardy of the nation's safety,” said Mrs. Mc- Cluer. Mrs. McCluer sald there are fewer pacifists in the ranks of her organization than in almost any other group of women. “The pacifists seek to appeal to the women by polnting out that war deprives them of thelr off- spring,” she said. “The war mothers want peace above anything else, but these mothers, who made sacrifices on the altar of war, who furnished the material for the World War, ‘stand ready to pay again if the nation’s honor and safety de- mand it ASKS DAVIS STATE PROHIBITION STAND Dry Party Nominee Wants Unequivocal Expression in Acceptance Speech. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Mo, August 9.—In an open letter to John W. Davis, Dem- ocratic presidential nominee, made public here yesterday, Herman P. Faris of Clinton, Mo., nominee of the Prohibition party for President, re- quests that Mr. Davis “state in an unequivocal manner, in his accept- ance speech, his position upon the prohibition question.” The text of the letter follows: “Honored sir; “Democratic newspapers in this State (Missour) last week were pub- lishing the following: “‘The Honorable John W. Davis, nominee of the Democratic party for President, for whom, as a loyal Dem- ocrat, you will cast your vote pext November, is on record as being un- alterably opposed to sumptuary leg- islation as exemplified by the eight- eenth amendment and the unenforce- able Volstead act. “‘Judge Henry S. Priest, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Missouri, is making his campaign on a platform modifying the prohibition laws.” “Am therefore writing to ask that you kindly state in an unequivocal manner your position upon the above greatest of all questions before our people at this time. Cites Own Party Aim. “As you have not yet issued your letter of acceptance, I am asking that you therein state clearly your position. It is not my desire that my party shall make its campaign upon_ the demerits of the other par- tfes, but upon the merits of our party, as the one and only real Progressive party, having at heart the good of the people. Nevertheless, that the people may have a clear understand- ing as to where other parties stand 1 am asking that you make your po- sition and that of vour party clear. “President Coolidge’s action in par- doning, or: attempting to pardon, Grossman, the Chicago convicted bostlegger, demonstrates, by action which speaks louder than words, where he and his party stand, and Distiller Mellon, as ‘head-over-all’ for the enforcement of the Voistead law, only adds evidence as to where the President and his party stand. Hits Independent Ticket. “The La Follette und Wheeler tick- et being undeniably ‘wet’ also, leaves it especially desirable that the people be informed, beyond quéstion, where you and your party stand—whether ‘wet’ or ‘dry’. “Trusting that you will treat this question clearly and without evasion or subterfuge, and anxiously await- ing your deliverance upon this ques- tion, 1 am, honored sir, yours for the good of the nation, . (Signed) HERMAN P. FARIS, “Nominee of the Prohibition party for President” RIOT CALL FOLLOWS POLICEMAN’S SHOT Reserves Called to Disperse Crowd of 300 Surrounding Officers. A riot call sounded from Third and M streets southwest, when a hostile crowd gathered around Precinct De- tective' Ogle after he fired a shot in making an arrest at 1263 Third street, brought resorves from the fourth and Afth precincts to disperse more than 300 colored persons cluttered about the scené. Ten minutes’ work Of the reserves ended the riot. At the fourth precinct Ogle and Sergt. Lake, who accompan- fed him, charged Lorenze Lyons, col- ored, of South Washingtos, Va., with transportation and illegal possession of .liquor, and John Lyons, of 1263 Third street southwest, at whose resi- dence theé arrest took place, With two cases of assault, in one of which Ogle is complainant on the allegation that John met him with a closed fist and struck him in the mouth. Edna Prince, colored, who had ob- tained a warrant against John; is complainant in: the other assault charge. It was because Ogilc had this warrant to serve in the first place that he visited Lyons’ home, where he alleges he found Lorenz) in- the act of - delivering a five-gallon container of gin. When brickbats and rock showers threatened his kafety, .iie d, he fired a shot tn cow the mob arnd meanwhile a riot caii was sent in. ———— ra Building Delayed. OONSTANTINOPLE, August 9. — Negotiations between the Turkish government and an American com- pany. for: the reconsttuction of -An- gora, the new Turkish capital, have been suspended, as the company de- minded the services of an Ameriocan bdnk and refused those of Turkish banke The company also asked for extenslon of the period allowed for execution of the work and re- pudiated any responsibility for delay. —_— i T Young - Makes Clear Standing on By the Assnciated Prem, w X LONDON, August 9.—OWwen D, Youns, the New York banker, mem- ber of the Dawes committée.and unot- ficially acting as an American ‘adviser during the reparation conference here, 8ald today that no official offet h: been made him to become agent u:: efal ‘of the reparations under the Dawes plan. To unofficial inquiries, however, he sald he had tried to make it clear that he could not in any cir- mflw lm;«&m pesition for « necessary to ini- Dlate ‘tne pian. i Tears Course Down Cheeks as He Expresses Joy to Be in Clarksburg. By the Associated Press. CLARKSBURG, W. Va., August 9.— John W. Davis came home today in the great crisis of his life, to find strength, sympathy, encouragement and support from his lifelong friends and neighbors. Here in the hills where he lived his life until a few years ago, when he was sent, as he expressed it, to be “a wanderer on the face of the earth,” he found a welcome that touched him 50 deeply that he stood unafraid with tears coursing his cheeks, while he sought for words that'might expres his emotion. “In the presence of this welcome, in the sight of these friendly faces,” the Democratic presidential candidate said, “my heart goes out frum me and 1 must wait to speak until it comes back to me again. “It is not by accident, not by mere caprice, not without forethought that in this crisis in my life I have come back here for strength, for sympathy, for encouragement and for support I shall leave you strengthened and heartened for the heavy task that lies ahead. “It is not easy to transplant a tree that has had 50 years of growth. It is not easy to transplant one who has had 45 years or more of a single spot. “It was 15 years ago that you call- ed me from the practice here that I was enjoying and made me a wan- derer on the face of the earth, but 1 have never cut the ties of affection that bind me to Clarkesburg. “Out of the fullness of our hearts.” Mr. Davis sald, turning to Mrs. Davis. “we bow in gratitude” ' BAKER PRAISES DAVIS. Bays Candid: Is Pro-League and Not Morgan Attorney. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August ¢ Turning what was supposed to be the windup of the country campaign into the opening of the national conven- tion, Newton D. Baker, former Secre- tary of War, trained his oratorical guns on President Calvin Coolidg~ and his cabinet last night. The speaker also assailed the Ku Klux Klan, criticized the non-partisan movement and praised John W. Da- vis, presidential nominee, declaring “No more distinguished, no more promising” man could have been chosen. The Harding administration fol- lowed a policy of hush and hinder in foreign co-operation,” Mr. Baker said “When European nations urged . sending of Americans to investigate Germany's financial condition the President sent Gen. Dawes and Owen D. Young. They carried stationery which was marked ‘unofficial’ Anid when their report on reparations the question now most troublous to the peace of the world—was mud: President Cool'dge, the most cautious man in the country, gave the news- papers a statement that it was ab- solutely necessary to the welfare of the world that the Dawes plan should be_accepted. “I presume he spoke solely as the ex-mayor of Northampton, Mass.” Mr. Baker denied that John W. Davis ever was attorney for J. Pier- Morgan. never denied it, but he ' Mr. Baker said. He de- . Davis is as much pro- league as 1 am, though hasn't the same complex.” — COL. HEISTAND DIES; LONG SERVED ARMY Officer Was West Point Graduate of 1878 and Was Noted as Writer. Col. Henry O. S. Heistand. U. § A retired, 68 years old, and long in the military service, died vesterday following a lingering illness. Col. Heistand was born in Rich wood. Ohio, April 30, 1856. He was |appointed to the Military Academy from that State, and was graduated In the class of 1878. He eerved through the various grades, and was retired April 30, 1920. During the 80s he served with in- fantry regiments in Montana and North Dakota, and was on duty with the ‘Ohio National Guard in 1886. The officer . was transferred to the office of the adjutant general as an assiet- ant in 1§87 Prior to this time, in 1892, he was an instructor in the Ohis National Guard. In the latter part of 1897 Heistand as appointed by President McKinley a mefmber of the United States Military Commission to the Paris Ex- position. He left Paris to become adjutant general and chief of staff of the China relief expedition, for relief work in Peking, in 1900. He was transferred to the Philippines, and in 1902 was promoted to the grade of colonel. Col. Heistand was adjutant gen- eral of the Philippine division of the Army while on duty in the islands. From 1902 until 1909 he was with the Department of the Kast, then was again transferred to the Philip- pine division, remaining untfl 1914 At_the outbreak of the World War Col. Helstand_was appointed adjutant general at Camp Grant. Rockford. 11k, -ard was with the 86th Division until April, 1918, when he was trans- ferred to the Central ‘Department, Chicago, 11l. At the time of retire- ment he was adjutant of the Kastern Department, stationed at Governor's Island, N. Y. Col. Heistand was a writer of note, having been author of “Alaska, Its History and Description,” and aiso’ numerous magazine articies and pro- fessional papers. : He Is survived by his widow, living at the residence, 4125 Seventeentn street. Before her marriage she was a Mies Mary Jane Rippey of Dela- ware, Ohlo. ' They were married Sep- tember 19, 1878, Funeral arrangements have not- been completed but rites will be held some time Monday and interment will be.in Arlington Cemetery. - RITES FOR TEACHER. . Miss L. L. Zimmerman Will Be - Buried Tomorrow. Funeral services for Miss Lillie Lee! Zimmerman, 55 years old, a schoo! teachér here 35 years, who died ‘at Peaks Island, near Portland, Me., Wednesday night, will be conducted at the residence of her cousin, Robert H. Zimmerman, 1126 B street north- east, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Elliott of Ohio will® officlate.. Interment will be in Gon- gressional Cemeétery l;a’%‘i‘.‘ dfiense. " Bita 1‘.‘.‘:?;:7:&':‘: Y 3 e in good health un ho: before .n : l v.q L _If: