Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1924, Page 2

9 - LIQUOR CONSPIRAGY CHARGES REVEALED 83 Overt Acts Claimed in Cases for Which Local Men Were Arrested. A secret indictment returned some weeks ago in Tampa, Fla., charging 36 persons with a conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act by transporting whieky from Jacksonville by rail to New York and Washington, was made public yesterday, when 7 of the 15 local men named in the indictment gave bail of $1,000 each for a hearing August 20 before United States Commissioner ‘Turnage. Counsel for some of the accused de- manded to see the copy of the indict- ment which accompanied the request of the United States attorney in the south- ern district of Florida for the arrest of the alleged conspirators. The indictment alleges that between November 1, 1921, and April 15, 1924, the 36 persons enumerated did “con- spire wrongly and uniawfully to sell, barter, transport, purchase and possess intoxicating liquors for beverage pur- poses in_violation of title 2 of the na- tional prohibition act.” A’ total of 63 overt acts in furtherance of the sSo- alled conspiracy are alleged in the in- dictment, and range from the alleged purchase of a single bottle of gin to the transportation of four or five cases of Whisky at a time. No Overt Act Charged. Lieut. Sprinkle, former Deputy Mar- shals Newman and Marshall and some of the other local defendants appear in the indictment merely as members of the alleged conspiracy, but the instru- ment appears to be silent as to any al- leged overt act by them in furtherance of the alleged conspiracy. These three, with Policeman William Haller, Emii Krauss, James Hunter and Bromley Hunter, voluntarily surrendered yester- day and gave bail of $1,000 each for a hearing August 20. Others named in the indictment, and whose arrest is ex pected carly next week if they do not also surrender, are Patrick H. Barte- man, a former deputy marshal ; Joseph 1. Boudwin and his son, Joseph E. jr.; Wallace Barksdale, Claude McNeil, O Fredericks, Walter A. Tapscot and John Foster. H The alleged overt acts set out in the indictment in which the local de- fendants are said to have participated date back to June 12, 1522, although the alleged conspiracy is supposed to have had its inception November 10, 1921, at a meeting in a Florida hotel between John J. Hickey of Washing- ton, Who is not named in the indict- ment, but who seems to have been the star witness for the Government be- fore the Florida grand jury, and two other persons the outcome of that conference, it is charged, a Pull- man _conductor permitted three cases of whisky to be transported on train to New York Whisky on Tra Walter Tapscot, described as a Pull- man porter, is alleged to have taken two cases of whisky to New York June 12, 1922, and on September 21 following to have introduced Hickey to a man named Cobb, who in turn introduced Hickey to John Foster also said to be a train porter residing in Washington, Hickey, it is stated paid Tapscot $300 October 3, 1922, to buy whisky at Jacksonville and that November 10, 1922, Tapscot brought four cases of whisky from Jackson- ville to Washington. John Foster is charged with trans- rorting three cases of intoxicants to Washington March 10, 1923. Claude ~ McNeill, ancther Washing- ton defendant, is alleged to have de- livered May 22, 1923, to Hickey, 24 bottles of irish whisky and nine bot- tles of Overholt. Three days later, it is charged, he accepted $95 from Hickey to buy whisky in Jacksonville. On July 1923, the indictment de- lares, Tapscot went to Jacksonville y whisky and September 3 last accepted $300 to buy more whisky. McNeill is also charged with accept ing $40 September 4 last, to whisky and_Tapscot is s been given $90 by Hickey 22 for a like purpose Charges Whixky Delivery. Another overt act charges that Oc- tober 13 last, James Hunter of this city gave Hickey $224.75 for whisky delivered by Hickey and on October 30 paid Hickey $95 and Joseph Boudwin, on the same date is said to have paid Hickey $95. A visit of McNeill to Jacksonville, Novem- ber § s alleged as another overt act. Again, it is charged, November 26 Boudwin, sr., id Hickey two quarts of champagn Wallace Bar ale and Claude Mec- Neill are charged in another overt act with delivering November 27 12 quarts of whisky to the guest of a local hotel. The 1 of the 63 alleged overt acts mentions the name of a former 'Washingtonian, who is now said to be in New Jersey. It is alleged that he purchased November 21 last a single bottle of gin. The local men, it is expected, will oppose their removal to Florida when the case comes up for hearing before ‘Comm! ioner Turnage August 20. They claim the case is identical with the charges contained in an indict- ment returnable against some of them here some months ago and which was abandoned by United States Attorney Gordon after Justice Hitz had sustained demurrers filed by counsel for several of the accused. September DIAL TRIES TO ATTACK CRITIC AT GATHERING Resents Remarks About Employ- ing Daughter Here—Onlook- ers Avert Clash. GREENWOOD, S. C., August 9.—A physical encounter between Senator B. Dial and Insurance Commission- er John J. McMahan during the cam- paign meeting here today was nar- rowly avoided by the interference of those on the rostrum. Mr. Dial made a lunge at the in- surance commissioner during one of the latter's charges that the Senator had employed members of his family in his Washington office. Mr. McMa- han asserted in his address Senator Dial had employed one of his daugh- ters as a messenger and that it was ‘in violation of Southern chivalry to use a lady of culture as a messenger.” At this the Senator leaped to his feet and threw himself at the speaker, but was intercepted by former Gov. Cole L. Blease, himself a candidate, who, with the aid of citizens, kept the pair separated and returned the Senator to his seat. The meeting was held to hear the claims of four candidates for United States Senator to succeed Senator Dial. The aspirants are Senator Dial, ‘Who seeks re-election; Mr. McMahan, Blease and Representative J. F. Byrnes. —_— TAXI SIGNS OUTLAWED. Cabs Found Not Living Up to “20 Cents a Mile.” NEW YORK, August 9.—Chief Drennan of the licensed vehicles di- vision of the city department of licenses today calied on the police to rip the legend “twenty cents a mile” from taxicab windows. Mr. Dreénnan said he was acting to protect the riding public from mis- Jeading signs and meters growing out of the taxi-rate war. He sald today he had found that few cabs had changed their meters to conform to the new 20-cent rate and that few had removed their posters, as thay had been ordered to do in such ‘cases. “THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, D. C. MAN WHO SHAVED 2 PRESIDENTS DISLIKES TO BOB GIRLS’ HAIR Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 9.—John Henry Feldner, quaint octogenarian barber, of German descent and for- merly artilleryman in the Union Army, once personal barber to two Presi- dents of the United States—Chester A. Arthur and Grover Cleveland—con- tinues to conduct his shop here, where he has made his home since the death of Cleveland. When Feldner shaved the two Presidents he conducted a barber shop in the Harris House, in Washington. Despite his advanced age, Feldner is at his place behind his chair every day. His identity and the distinction he owns of receiving the patronage of Presidents Arthur and Cleveland have just been learned here. Ever since "he came to Richmond, years ago, he has never moved CLOSE STUDY MADE OF WHITE INDIANS British Scientists Believe They May Result From Lost Nordic Expedition. BY WATSON DAVIS. (Managing Kditor Science Service.) TORONTO, Ontario, August 9.—The white Indians of Panama, discovered by Richard O. Marsh, mally on the program Association for Science, are nor for- of the British the Advancement of meeting here, but a small group of American and English an- thropologists and ethnologistis heard a detailed report by Mr. Marsh on this strange race, it was learned to- day. The unanimous verdict of the scientists here is that this strange people present a situation of great medical as well as anthropological interest. 3 With respect to the cause and origin of this light-hued race, the de- cision is far from unanimous, Thes are the most prominent explanations Due to Disease. First, the so-called white Indians are suffering from some physiological disturbance which has caused their lack of pigmentation. Perhaps this is some obscure troplcal disease, due to a dietary factor; perhaps it is due to an endoctrine disturbance inherited like many other human characters and defects. Cretinism, due to lac of thyroid secretion, is prevalent in Switzerland in a certain area, being a heriditary trait. The adrenal glands are known to have an influence on pigmentation of the skin, Second, the white Indians are a type of Albino. ~This view is not in- compatible with the first, although on account of their yellow hair, hazel | and pink gums der the > Albinos. Third. The white Indians are the result of a mixture of Nordic and In- dian blood. Early legendary accounts of pre-Columbian expeditions of Eu- ropeans toward America, particularl that of some Welsh in 1107, are re- called. The mixture of white and Indian blood should produce dark people, just as it has in other parts of South America, however. This is not the case. About 400 white In- dians were &een by Mr. Marsh's expe- dition and over a thousand are be- lieved to exist in the hidden parts of mountainous Darien, and they are all of the same appearance. Moreover, Indian parents have white children and Mr. Marsh has both parents and children in this country. May Be Mutation Fourth. Are the white Indians mu- tations or sports giving rise to a new sort of white race and duplicating some scientists white Indians cannot be |to a degree the operation of evolu- tion - that gave rise to the present white race? This is another idea that presupposes that, as some an- thropologists believe, the white race arose from dark pigmented forbears. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the Smith- sonian Institution was among those anthropologists who declared that Mr. Marsh's discovery deserves the most thorough scientific investiga- tion. Mr. Marsh announced his intention of keeping the white Indian children in this country and sending them to school. The Indian parents will be returned to Panama. Hope for those who are color blind is held out by Dr. H. E. Roaf of the London Hospital Medicai School. He suggested that a monocle of a proper sort might enable the color-blind wearer to distinguish between colors like a normal person. Cure for Color Blindness. The usual tests for color blindness consist in asking the subject to match various colors, and his_ability is judged by the accuracy with which he makes the match. Those afflicted with so-called “hypochromatic vision” find it impossible to distinguish cer- tain shades, which are obviously dif- ferent to any one with perfect sight. Prof. Roaf has discovered, however, that if the patient re-examines the matches through a colored screen he realizes his mistake at once in many cases, and sets aside the combinations which do not agree. This is the prin- ciple of the proposed method of treat- ment. “It is possible that if such an in- dividual wore a colored eyeglass over one eve he might learn to recognize the colui> like a normal person,” Dr. Roaf szid. The spectacles would not correct tor the. error in vision auto- matically, but after becoming ac- customed’ to the glasses, and. after practice in separating tones by their aid, the correction would probably be made unconsciously in time. Sl Board Named on Study Courses. A board of Army officers has been ap- pointed to meet at the War Department to prepare Army correspondence courses and lessons common to two or more branches of the service. The detail for the board is as follows: Lieut. Col. Ed- ward H. DeArmond, Field Artillery Majs. Stuart A. Howard, adjutant gen- eral; Edward A. Stockton, jr., Coast Artillery Corps; Fred L. Walker, In- fantry; Kenna G. Eastham, Cavalry, and Otis K. Sadtler, Signal Corps; Capt. Daniel Noce, Corps of Engineers, and Capt. Donald Wilson, Air Service. Woman Promising Wade, Lures Him to Death in River By the Associated Press. WATERLOO, Iowa, August 9.— The criminal annals of lowa today failed to reveal a parallel for the crime by which 6-year-old Nich- olas Maharies was thrown into the Cedar River to drown by his step- mother, Mrs. Marie Maharies, be- cause, according to her signed confession, she “hated the boy and wished to hang for murder rather than commit an often contem- plated sulcide.” The authorities refused to be- lieve Mrs. Maharies when she told them Thursday she had killed her stepson, but, with the finding of Nicholas' body today, the theory that Mrs. Maharies was demented was discarded, and a charge of first-degree murder was brought -against hex Being a follower of Gen. Burnside during the Civil War, he early took a fancy to the burnsides—or wide whiskers—and still wears them. In his shop, which to some extent has failed to keep pace with the modern trend of barber shops, he has a collecttion of personal shaving mugs, the property of prominent men of this city long since dead. One of these mugs bears the name of Dr. G. H. Bright, father of the present mayor-elect of Richmond. At one time the collection totaled 150 mugs, but the number has diminished with the years, as relatives have called from” time to time to get them as relics. When he began to cut hair Feldner used shears similar to those used in trimming lawn hedges, and the ordi- nary kitchen chair was furnished the patron. Feldner does not like to bob flap- pers’ hair. He usually leaves that to his sistant, who is much younger. Serves 24 Hours In Prison Because Of Name Tangle Due to a mixup in names, James Carroll served 24 hours in jail last week in place of Frank Carroll. James had raigned, pleaded not manded.a trial by at liberty on bond M. E. Buckley, a bondsman Krink had been tried, convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $50, and had been given until last Wednesday to pay the fine. Wednesday Frank failed to show up. In fact, he is still at large. I ¥. O'Connor was his bondsman. When Frank failed to appear and pay his bond, the clerk called on the wrong bondsman, Buckley to bring in the wrong man, James Carroll. James' plea that he had not been tried and convicted and sen- tenced t6 pay a fine of $50 was of no avail. As he was without $50 to pay the fine he was supposed to owe the court, he was committed to jail in default. Twenty-four hours later the error was discov- ered and he was released. S D. C. GUARDSMEN T0 LEAVE FOR CAMP 121st Engineers and 29th M. P. Company to Begin Training Today. been arrested, guilty, jury and was furnished by professional ar: de- Off for two weeks of theoretical warfare to keep them in trim to take the field in defense of the Nation on a moment’s notice, the 12ist Regiment of Engineers ' and 29th Military Police Company, National Guard of the District of Columbia, will depart today arly this morning, when most of shington is just turning over for its last nap khaki clad soldiers, many of them veterans of the World War, will answer the shrill notes of the buglcr's assembly, preparatory to the advance movement to Fort Hum- phreys, Va. Col. John W. Oehmann, commands the 121st Engineers, while | Lieut. Raymond W. Peake commands the Military Police Company. Orders made public last night by Lieut. R. C. MacCartee, adjutant of the engineer regiment, and issued by direation of Col. Oehman called upon members of the reghment to report at the armory at 7:30 o'clock. Owing to the heat of the past few days, the heavy equipment of the field pa has been sent ahead, and the troops, when they march through the streets today will have only their coats and rain coats. Promptly at 9:30 o'clock the sound- ing of adjutant’s call will be the preparatory for the signal to march to the train. The troops will be headed by the Regimenal Band, and the line of march will be east on L street, northwest to New Jorsey avenue south on that street to Mas- sachusétts avenue and thence east to the Union Station. A epecial train will be waiting on the siding and promptly at 10 o'clock the troops will entrain and the bag- gage and other impedimenta which was not taken by the motor caravan which " left Friday will be loaded aboard. The train is scheduled to leave the station at 10:30 o'clock and will proceed to Accotink, Va., where it will be placed on a siding, to be taken into the camp proper by one of the engines of the post. Baggage details will be furnished by each company and will be under the general charge of Capt. Morgan. These details will remain with the baggage until the trains are unloaded at the camp. Training to Be Intensive. This will be one of the most inten- sive periods of training undergone by the local militia since its reorganiza- tion subsequent to the World War. A strenuous program has been mapped out, but there will be plenty of time for recreation, so these citizen soldiers will not have a chance to become dull through sticking too close to the military diet. As s00n as the troops are detrained at camp they will be marched to the barracks, which they will occupy and they will spend most of the day in preparing their quarters. 'There probably will be liberty for them in the evening to visit around the post and get acquainted. Early tomorrow morning the pro- gram will be started and rigidly ad- hered to during the entire period. The troops will engage in exercises in military engineering, in addition to the regular military routine. Engi- neering problems of ali kinds, which must be used in the field by military engineers will be worked out both theoretically and practically. There will be construction work of all kinds, including bridge building, both on land and water, trench construc- tion, and the demolition of all with high explosives. After a strenuous week, it is prob- able that the local troops will be per- mitted by Col. Oehmann to keep open house next Sunday when their fam- ilies and friends will be permitted to enter the camp and inspect some of the work they have performed during the week. to Let Stepson “In custody in the county jail, Mrs. Maharies has maintained a stolld indifference since she made her confession. The story of Nichblas' slaying, as told in Mrs. Maharies’' confes- sion, is one of cunning and of carefully laid plans. She told how her “extreme hatred” for her step- son, coupled with her wish to end her life, led her to plot the drown- ing of the child in the hope that she would not only vent her desire to rid herself of him, but also to be put to death for doing s0. She told how she had selected, after several trips to the river, a deep spot, and then lured the boy there Thursday on the pretext that she would allew him to go wadiag, LONDON EMBASSY Legal Fight Threatened to Gain Possession of Russian Imperial Building. By the Associated Pross. LONDON, August 9.—Having affixed their signatures to the Anglo-Soviet treaty, the Russian delegates are now devoting their time to buying winter wardrobes and packing their trunks preparatory to returning to Moscow Tuesday. Only M. Rakovsky, head of the delegation, will remain in London as official representative. If Parliament ratifies the treaty the Soviets will establish an embassy in London, and it is rumored that M. Rakovsky will be the first ambassa- dor. He will probably be an ambas- sador without an embassy. however, as the building which served as em- bassy during the czarist regime still s being held by M. Sabline, who was a member of the old imperial ambas- sadorial staff. He has refused to surrender it to the Soviets in spite of the efforts of Premier MacDonald. Legal steps to obtain the embassy have been threatened, although suit has not yet been Instituted. The Rus. sian Red Cross organization and other old regime charitles are occupying the building at the present time. OIL GROUPS ATTACKED. Moscow Papers Say They Tried to Break Up Conference. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, August 9.—No official statement has vet been issued con- cerning the Anglo-Soviet treaty and trade agreement signed at London yesterday, and the first particulars of the London negotiations, together with comment on the outcome, ap- peared in the Soviet press this morning. Izvestia holds that the ofl groups were responsible for the early break up of the negotiations, saying that they hoped “it would be easier to come to terms with the Soviet government after failure of the con- ference.” The paper alleges that national- ization of the property of British owners saved them from bankruptcy because of the World War, civil war and the shortage of fuel. A majority of the owners, it says, deserted their properties, which were saved from final ruin by the act of nationaliza- tion The Pravda predicts that the Anglo-Russian treaty will be fol- lowed inevitably by Russo-French, Russo-Japanese and Russo-American agreements. SAYS UNITED STATES LEADS IN SCIENCES Norwegian Pays Tribute to Ameri- cans in Geology and Geodesy. American geologists and geodelsts are leading the world and Europe to- day is looking to this Nation as a trail blazer in these lines. This was the tribute paid sclence in the United States by Capt. K. Wold, iné charge of the Norwegian geodetic division of the geographic survey, yesterday as he prepared to leave Washington after a six-month stay in this country dur- ing which time he studied American scientific systems and methods with a view to introducing them in his native land on his return. “There is so much opportunity for the scientific man in this country,” he said. “It is amasing. Foundations and institutions are endowed by men of wealth to study and aid in the work. I notice that very rarely in Europe do we find extremely wealthy men who have benefitted by civilization and society to the extent that they have acquired millions, putting their wealth back into the same civilization and soclety in the manner in which Ameri- can philanthropists do. “We -recognize America as the leader in. geodetic science, and that is one reason why Dr. Bowle, in charge of geodesy of the geological survey here, was made chairman of the special geodetic committee of the international union.” During_his _six months in this country Capt. Wold said that he had learned many new angles of the geological and geodetic science. He expressed grateful appreciation for the open doors held to him at every turn, especially by the Government agencies interested in this work, and the manner in which every doubtful point was frankly explained to him. He spent four months in_the Geo- logical Survey here in Washington and then took a trip to the West, when he visited Montana, the Cana- dian Rockies, the American Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and the Pacific Coast. He left yesterday for New York and it is understood that from the results of his trip he will institute several new American ideals in map making into Norway upon his return. EXTEND NIGHT SCHOOLS AMONG INDIAN TRIBES Government Will Try More Classes in Arizona and North Dakota. Extension of night schools for adult Indians, given a trial at the Vamori School of the Papago Indians in southern Arizona and at the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Da- kota, is planned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The evening school in Papago County, Ariz, was opened at the request of Mathias Hendricks, a Papago chief, who attended the school himself and encouraged others to do 0. Instruction is given at the schools two evenings a week and the course consists of work in the primary grades, with the older Indians being taught the English language. Scholars range in age from 18 to 50. NAVY SUBMARINE SCHOOL STARTED AT NEW LONDON Course of Four to Twelvs Weeks to Prepare Enlisted Men for Special Duties. The Navy Department has estab- lished at New: London, Conn., a sub- marine training school to give pre- liminary training in submarines to men who are to be assigned to sub- marine duty. The course runs from 4 to 12 weeks. Those completing it are sent to the fleet for assignment to_duty as vacancies occur. Men applying for re-enlistment are being interviewed by recruiting offi- cers to determine whether they, de- sire to enter the submarine service,’ SHUN CELEBRATION Fifth Anniversary of Consti- tution Today Finds Many Germans Silent. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 9.—Only three po- litical parties—the Clericals, Soclal- ists and Democrats—will officially participate in the ceremonles tomor- row and Monday commamorative of the fifth anniversary of the German constitution. Foreign ; Minister Stresemann’s Peoples party declines to identify it- self with or even apoligizing for its non-participation on the ground that it unable “to discover in the Weimar constitution a political gospel, and considers it a document burdened with human errors” For this reason, says Dle Zeit, the party's official or- gan, it would be inconsistent to cele- brate the day on which the constitu- tion was adopted as “a day of salva- tion.” Military Opposition. The champions of the movement to make the celebration nation-wide on behalf of the republican principles and the republican colors, will also encounter militant opposition from the Nationalists and from Von Luden- dorff’s party, both of which propose to _stage counter demonstrations. President Ebert will be the chief speaker at the ceremonies in Berlin, which will take place in the Reichstag and in the open air. At Weimer, Prof. Hugo Pruss, who drafted the constitution, and Paul Loebe, former president of the Reichs- tag, will be the chief speakers. The newly organized Republican League, “federal-banner, black-red, £old,” which now has more than one and one-half million members, will observe the day at Weimer. Count von Bernstorff, former German Am- bassador to Washington and Gens. von Deinling and von Schoenach are members of the executive board of the league. The new league which is made up exclusively of young men and army veterans who believe in republican ideals was organized to counteract the militaristic and nationalistic ac- tivities of such organizations as the stahlhelm,” “Bismarckbund” and “Wehrwolf " Herr Locbe, Who is one of the guld- ing spirits of the organization and who recently returned from a speak- ing tour in its interests, asserts that the league has been called into life for international political reasons to checkmate the Nationalists and Militarists, and is itself the very opposite of a militaristic organi- zation. He declares that many members of Nationalistic organiza- zations ~ are joining the league, which is careful, however, to accept neither Communists nor Nationalists of the right. “Our membership,” Herr Loebe ex- plained, “is recruited from the ranks of the trade unions, the Catholic youth movement, and the democratic middle-class young men. We aim to instill in the membership the ideals of self-discipline, of helpfulness to our fellow human being and of service in the constructive purposes of peace. No thought is further re- moved from our minds than that of was g WHEELER TO RETURN TO D. C. AUGUST 20 La Follette Running Mate Will Come Here to Map Speak- ing Campaign. Senator Wheeler of Montana, in- dependent candidate for Vice Presi- dent, sent word yesterday that he ex- pects to return to Washington by August 20 from a vacation spent with his family on the Massachusetts south shore. Upon his arrival he will begin a series of conferences with Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, the inde- pendent candidate for President. Representative Nelson of Wisconsin, in charge of their main headquarters in Chicago, intends to be here also to discuss campaign plans with the two candidates. Nothing definate with regard to the arrangement of speech- making itineraries, it was said yes- terday, will be done until the three got together. Consideration is being given by Sen- ator La Follette to the desirability of delivering several speeches on the Pacific Coast. Senator Wheeler, af- ter opening with an address in New England, probably Boston, around September 1, is expected 'to move westward and may invade the Coast States. Requests are being received from supporters of the third ticket on the coast that La Follette also come into that territory. Some of Mr. La Follette's advisers are urging him to do so, and it was said to be not unlikely that he will doliver a limited number of speeches in the Northwest, in several Coast cities, among them Seattle and San Francisco, and at one or two west- ern points, such as Denver, on his way eastward. Such plans, however, are still neb- ulus, and it was emphasized that It might be found advisable for Senator La Follette to leave the speechmak- ing in the Far West to his running mate and confine his operations to the East and Middle West. Given Additional Duty. Lieut. Col. William L. Patterson, In- fantry, on duty_in the Bureau of In. sular Affairs, War Department, has been assigned also to duty at headquar- ters, District of Washington, Munitions Building. 'AUGUST 10, 1924—PART 1. French Officer Crosses Sahara, 2,500 Miles, in 83 Days on Camel By Cable to The Star and New York World. Copyright, 1924, PARIS, August 9.—A French army officer, Col. Reltins, has accomplished the unprecedented exploit of crossing the Sahara Desert, accompanied only by three native guides. On camel- back, he journeyed 2,500 miles in 83 days, from Tougurt to Timbuctoo. This is a record in Sahara expeditions. 1. Reltins, nevertheless, makes ht of it. He was tempted to make the trip, he says, by reading of the expedition of Citroen caterpillar tractors across the desert a few months ago. He traveled under the HONDURAS CLAIMS GOUNTRY 1S GALM Official Statement Declares Government Controls Revo- lution Situation. By the Associated Press. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, August 9.—An official statement was issued today announcing that the govern- ment is in complete control of affairs in Honduras. “The Republic of Honduras is en- joying relative calm,” it says, “and the provisional government has the situation created by the treason of Gen. Gregorio Ferrara under com- plete control. Ferrara has fled from Tegucigalpa to the mountains with some troops and malcontents. ““The commander of the govern- ment troops has been ordered to pur- sue Ferrara, who has gone into hid- ing in the mountains. The war tri- bunal has instructed to institute pro- ceedings against him, as he is charged with treason against his country. outhern and Eastern Honduras are free from revolt. It is not true that the port of Amapala is in the hands of revolutionaries. The statement then declares that the alarmist news spread through- out Central America by certain Hon- duran politicians is erroneous and more sensational than informative. WAR ON GASOLINE PRICE INTENSIFIED IN MISSOURI Testimony to Be Taken Tomor- row in Attorney General Barrett's Inquiry. By the Associated Press. JEFEERSON CITY, Mo., August 9. he fight for lower gasoline prices in Missouri which is being waged by Attorney General Jess B. Barrett, will reach the stage of taking testimony Monday morning. The investigation is a special form of inquiry provided by the anti-trust laws of the State to enable the attor- ney general to determine whether there exists sufficient evidence to Wwarrant an anti-trust proceeding. A special commissioner, Dewitt C. Chas- tain of Butler, Mo., has been appoint- ed by the Supreme Court to take tes- timony at the investigation. The war on gasoline prices in the State started three weeks ago when Attorney General Barrett issued a statement that Missouri was paying too much for gasoline: that other States were being favored with lower prices and that there was “rank dis- crimination” within the State be- tween different localities in the mat- ter of price. DOG GUARDS MASTER DEAD FOR THREE DAYS Physician Finds Gaunt Canine on Watch at Body of Heat Victim. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEWARK, N. J, August 9.—No sound came from the loneliness of Carl Droeder’'s home here today. But this was not surprising since Droe- der's wife left him July 31 and his stepchildren live elsewhere. For that matter, today was like most any other day recently. Dr. Fred Hexamer, who had been treat- ing Droeder, had failed to gain ad- mittance when he went to pay a visit Thursday. Today Dr. Hexamer called again, with the same result. He broke down the door and found Droe- der dead. Silent beside the body, which he showed no signs of quitting, stood Droeder’s police dog, emaciated, but still on guard. Examination showed Droeder had died from the heat at least three days ago. To all appearances the dog had kept steady vigil over his master’'s body during that time. _— 2,280 VISAS GRANTED BY CONSULS IN JULY First Month’s Report Under New Law Made Public by State Department. Reports from American consuls on the number of passport visas granted under the new immigration bill dur- ing July—the first month of the quota year—show the following figure: Bulgaria, 12, balance of annual quota, 88; Free City of Danzig, 14, balance, 214; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 729, balance, 33.278; Lithuania, 7, balance, 337; Norwa 564, balance, 5,889; Sweden, 954, ance, 8,607 If You Tire Easily —if you should also have a persistent light cough, loss of weight, some chest pains or hoarseness, you may be developing consump- tion and you should lose no time to See a Doctor or Have Yourself Examined at the Free Health Department Clinic 409 15th St. N.W., Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday at 24 o'clock. Friday evenings from 7:30-9 o'clock. To Prevent Consumption 1. Avoid house dust and impure or close air, day or night. 2. Get all the light and sunshine possible into your home. 3. Avoid raw milk, raw cream and butter made of unpasteurized cream. 4. Eat plain, nourishing food. 8. Get enough sleep by retiring early enough. 6 Try to avoid worry. Be cheerful. Think kindly. Your mind acts on your body. Annual Health Insurance A thorough Examination on Your Birthday Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis ‘Telephone Main 992 1022 11th Sgreet N.W. o French flag, escort. The King of Hoggar, from a negro tribe, treated him kindly and gave him a sword made In the 18th cen- tury, with a cross on the guard, in- dicating the tribe may at one time have been Christian. The colonel encountered a sand- storm, which, despite Its reputation as the terror of the desert, was not very dreadful. he says. He is on- vinced it is impossible to cross the Bahara without native guides. even with & compass and the best maps and charts, because the sani dunes are shifting constantly and the whole topography changing. Stork Rushed With Two Trips an Hour To District Homes but without military Old Joe Stork had a big day in Washington yesterday. At the close of the last 24 hours he heaved a long sigh, shook the per- spiration from his exhausted frame and pointed to a record day’s work of 45 trips to various anxious households, which meant two trips per hour during that period. Joe did double duty in one in- stance, too, and today 2 proud papa and mamma are being corgratu- lated on the arrival of twin boys. Joe tried to even things up among the boys and girls, but the twins helped to upset the equation, the final score being 26 boys and 22 girls, Washington's ° population re- ceived a decided boost as a result, for during the same period there were but 19 deaths. FUGITIVES IN MINE CONSIDERED DEAD Wavering Tracks of Man and Woman Lead Into Area of Deadly Gases. By the Associated Press. PALISADE, Colo., August 9.—The three fugitive FPalisade post office robbery suspects, who have been the object of a siege of the Palisade mine for one week, are believed to be dead. This was the announcement made this afternoon by Martin Wenger, post office inspector on duty at the mine with Sheriff Jeff Watson and members of a sheriff's posse. An exploration of the mine today failed to reveal any trace of the fugi- tives. The last trace was obtained late yesterday when an exploring party re- | ported finding footprints within 400 feet of a section of the mine known to be filled with the deadly black damp. At that time the footprints showed that a man and a woman traveling tozether within the mine, the prints showing that apparently they were nearly exhausted. Members of the posse yesterday stretched lines of thread across the various passages of the mine in an effort to determine if the fugitives made any movements during the night, but an ‘investigation today revealed that none had been broken. If no further trace of the trio is found today, members of the posse wearing gas helmets will enter the section of the mine filled with the gas, | hopeful of finding the bodies of at least two of the fugitives there. Although no identification of the fugitives has been made by the post office inspectors, | they have declared they knew the per- sons within the mine and that they knew they would rather perish than surrender. “PEEPER” CAPTURED AFTER LONG CHASE Northeast Citizens Join in Hunt When Shots Spread Alarm. Approximately 100 volunteer search- ers finally cornered a 22-year-old colored youth in a wooded stretch near 14th and Kearney streets north- east last night, after Eugene L. Cecil of 1406 Monroe street north- east started chase, following the discovery that the man had been watching Mr. and Mrs. Cecil in their bedroom. Cecil noticed the man peeping in at a lower window and ran out around the rear of the house to catch him. The intruder saw him. Cecil fired a revolver every few steps, and this attracted attention of neighbors, S0 that when the man ran into the woods enough had gathered to form a cordon about the fugitive. After making sure that there was no avenue of escape, Mr. Cecil entered the woods and captured the man. He turn- ed him over to the police at the Twelfth precinct, where he gave his name as Elsworth A. Craig of 74 L street, SHENANDOAH PUTS " OUT TO SEA TO RIDE OUT STORM ON COAST (Continued from First Page.) from the Shenandoah at 7:15, and was unable to explain the sudden decision to return to Lakehurst. The Shenan- doah was understood to have gone aloft today merely to carry out an- other trial at mooring her to the Patoka's mast. Storm Not Severe. The storm, which had blown up from the West shortly befors the de- parture of the airship, produced little rain and only distant lightning and thunder. Whether the dirigible had encountered the storm or avoided it was not known here. Tonight at 10:30 naval communi- cations Lere said ‘hat no_ word had been received from the Shenandoah since her departure in the afternoon for Lakehurst, except recent requests from considerable distance for re- ports of weather conditions. 1t was understood in naval clrclés that the Shenandoah might return to Newport Monday for a second test of her mobile anchorage. A message from the Shenandoah to the Brooklyn navy yard asking to be glven her position by radio compass location was intercepted .by the wire- less station here at 11:10 tonight. The message indicated that the Shen- andoah was out at sea, where she had evidently gone to cruise about in a stormless atmosphere. Students at Range Today. The National University Rifle and Pistol Club plans to shoot on the Camp Simms range today from 10 to 1 o'clock. A team is belng selected to represent the club in several atches being arranged between jocal n clubs within the next few weeks. had been | SOVIETS MAY OPEN |BIG TEUTON GROUPS ARREST MAY SOLVE . MANY BURGLARIES Police Say Prisoner Con- fesses to Five Apartment House Thefts. Police Lelieve they have landed a master hand at apartment house- breaking with the arrest yesterday of Ernest Martin, colored, 20 years old, of 763 Irving street. Martin said to have confessed to participat- ing in five robberies, and headquar- ters detectives are combining the lar- ceny reports in an endeavor to fix other cases on the prisoner, Several thousand dollars in losses were reported from apartment houses in Washington during the past month In many instances the housebreaking was characterized by clues showing a chigel and screwdriver had been used in removing locks in entirety doors. is from List of Alleged Thefts. Among the cases alleged by police to have been admitted by Martin are the following: Theft of approximately $220 worth of clothing and jewelry from Miss Freda Hue, apartment 33, 3126 Six- teenth street. Theft of $150 in jewelry from Mis Lola Williams, 1461 Girard street Theft of approximately $500 fro Miss ldie Dunr, Miss Vera Dunn and Mrs. Marguerite Dunn Weir, 2110 Nineteenth street. Theft of $1,000 in clothing and jew elry from Roger Williams. 1414 \ istreet. A radio set also taken at t address, according to the police, was given up by Martin Report Jewelry Stolen. Several hundred dollars’ worth clothing and jewelry from Mrs. James Dunham, Elsie Neuguest and Mrs, R Stephenson of apartment 31, 1361 frv- ing street. A dragnet was spread for the jimm: burglar after these reports had beer received by police more than a month ago. Among those a: ned to the case were Detectives Serivener Mansfield, Keck, Murpny, Mulien, Cox. Darnall and others. On the book police headquarters Mansfield and Keck are listed as arresting officers THREATENED BOLT FAILS IN FIGHT AGAINST WALTON Oklahoma Democrats Fail to Bring Matter to Head in State Convention. By the Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., —After a morning of orator: which several member: C. Walton, Democratic senatorial nominee, declaring they would not support him this fall, the Democratic state central committee this after- noon, in a calmer mood, adjourned without bringing the Walton is to a vote. The Democratic national platform was approved and prelimi- nary plans for the State organiza- tion_ perfected. Kirby Fitzpatrick twice sought to have voice its opposition to injection of the Ku Klux Klan issue into State races. Both times he was cd down, the committee finally approv- ing the national Democratic platform An attempt was made to bring Waiton before the committe today, but the former governor declined to appear, stating he would do so only after he was officialy notified of his nomination. Fitzpatrick in speaking this after- noon, against the injection of the Klan issue, declared it would “split the party and will bring bloodshed to this State.” Although it has declared a number of the committee members would bolt the meeting if Walton was endorsed or approved, there were no defections. WOULD-BE SUICIDE HOPES TO RECOVER FROM SHOT Bank Cashier, necticut, August 9 during denounced J. of Ardmore the commit been Treasurer of Con- Shows Improve- ment. By the Associated Press. PUTNAM, Conn, August 9.—With the arrival today of F. Raymond and Walter Gilpatric. brothers of State Treasurer G. Harold Gilpatric, who shot himself Thursday, all of his im- mediate relatives have reached Pu nam and have &cen the patient the Day Kimball Hospital. The gree ings of his brothers today, following calls from other relatives and mem- bers of his immediate family, have brought a more favorable mental re- action in _the patient, who now evinces a desire to liv At the First National Bank, where Mr. Gilpatric is cashier, the only statement made today was the re- iteration that the institution was solvent. KILLS WIFE AND SELF. Auto Mechanic Uses Gun—Cause Is Not Enown. ROME, Ga., August 9.—Paul Howeil, 25, an automobile mechanic, shot and instantly killed his wife, Bessie How- ell, 23, at their home here today and then committed suicide. The cause has not been ascertained. The couple recently from Summerville, Ga. moved here July Circulation Daily - - - 91,488 Sunday - - 97,213 jstriet of Colmbia, ss.: D:‘I:F' l“ G 'WROLD, Business Manager of emnly swear that the actual number of copies of the pupers named. sold and distributed dur- ing the month of July, A.D. 1 follows: 3L ORISR e it it Ao S 9001 GuA etk EESES TR Less adjustments.. Total daily net circulation. Total average net paid circu- QRSlant= Clu o et o Daily, ayverage number of coples for service, etc....... Daily average net circulation. 91,488 SUNDAY. Copies. e 99,138 98,083 13 ... . Less adjustments..... Total Sunday net circulation. 838,854 Average net paid Sunday cir- CUIBLION .. oeceveoeess. . BG4S Average mumber of coples for service, etc. . Average Sunday net c’-cula tion < FLEMIN Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 4th of August, A.D. 1924, Tooal. ELMER F. YOUNT, . Notary Pul