Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and probably tomor- row; sumewhat warmer tOmOrrow; moderate shifting winds. Temperature for 24 hours ended at 2 pm. today—Highest, 87, at 2:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 66, at 8 am. today. Full report on page 7. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. he WASHINGTON, D. C, q Star. TUESDAY, AUGUST' 12, 1924—THIRTY PAGES. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Entered as second cluss matter post office Washington, D. C. Yesterday’s Circulation, 90,318 TWO CENTS. o. 29,323 []PEN WA'[[R FUUNB Air Chief’s W arning Alone Holds FLVERS NOW PLA FORHOP THURSDAY Danish Ship Reports Green- land Harbor Free of lce and Weather Better. U. S. CRUISER RALEIGH FINDS POSSIBLE LANDING Start From Iceland Is Delayed So Moorings Can Be Prepared at Angmagsalik. By the Associated Press. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, August The Gertrud Rask, Danish supply of the American round-the-world o tors, arrived last night at Angmagsalik on the ecast coast of Greenland, Maj Clarence Crumrine reported this morning. The supply ship, which broke free yesterday of the ice pack in which it had been imprisoned since last Tuesday, found the harbor of Angmagsalik clear of ice and weather conditions generally tmproved. Plan to Start Thursday. On receiving the news from the Ger- trud Rask Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, com- mander of the flight, announced that he and Lieut. Erik H. Nelson would leave Reykjavik on the next lap of their trip on Thursday, if weather permitted the take-off. The start will not be madé before Thursday because it will take a day for Lieut. Laclair D. Schulze to prepare moorin, at Angmagsalik and to return to the water of the bay here. Lieut. ship Nelson's plane, which was pulled on to | land after the flyers arrived here. BREAK BELIEVED FOUND. Scouts of Cruiser Raleigh See Pos-| sible Landing Place. By thé Associated Press. ON BOARD THE UNITED § CRUISER RALEIGH, OFF THE L GREENLAND COAST, August 11, via Reykyavik, Iceland, August 12.—Aft- er lying to outside the ice pack all last night, the Ralcigh. on rat du for the American Army around-th world flyers ward the coast, for a closer appr During the plianes which th for recon nee work, fle ward the shore and found lce pack along the ¢ wide strip st thening towa morth and tainning to a i about ten miies near Angma, The planes reported that there prob- able was open water betwsen the ice pack and land and it was en (his a mption that tne was looking for a break ¥ hunting for ch. ernoon, the cruiser is earry two to- the FICTOU PLANS WELCOME. Nova Scotia Town in Gala Attire for Americans. Associated Press. OT, Nova Scotia, August 12— The American round-the-world fiyers will find Pictou in gala attire, due to the welcomins preparations ar- ranged by the local authorities. The passage of the American avia tors through Pictou will be the o casion of an claborate welcome to be extended them by representatives of the governments of the three mari- time provinces, by Mavor MacEachern and the council, and by the Amcricans who will here. Preparations also for receiving the American vessels which will come here to prepare a base for the fiyers. be have been made CUTTERS NOT AVAILABLE. Coast Guard Vessels in Port for Overhauling. Because of the fact that its only available ships a undergoing re- pairs, the United States Coast Guard will not be able to assist America’'s world fiyers in overcoming the ob- stacles confronting them in the North Atlantic, it was announced today at the office of the commandant. Coast Guard vessels took an active part in helping the flyers leave Alaska. The ice patrol ships, Tampa and Modock, which have been operat- ing in the North Atlantic all sum- mer, completed their work in July and were brought back for a com- plete overhauling, it was pointed out. ZANNI TO PUSH ON. New Propellor for Argentine Reaches Calcutta. By the Associated Press. CALCUTTA, August 12.—A new pro- peller, which Maj. Pedro Zanni, Ar- gentine round-the-world flyer, had been awaliting, in order to make pos- ~sible the continuation of his flight, arrived here today from Karachi. He hopes to resume his journey tomor- row. Hc is scanning weather reports with « view toward possibly making a long mon-stop flight across the, Bay of Rangoon. KNICKERS BRING $5 FINES Two Nurses Fall Afoul of New Law in Louisiana. HAMMOND, La, August 12.—The new law of the county commissioners of Livingston Parish prohibitin, among other things, one-piece bath- ing suits, kissing, =“petting”’ parties and the wearing of trousers by wom- en, had its first tryout yesterday, when two nurses, claiming to hail from Mississippi, were arrested at’ Denham Springs, charged with wear- ing “knickers.” They were taken be- fore a justice of the ‘peace, entered pleas of guilty and paid fines of $5 each. The justice let it be known that the law in Livingston Parish is supreme and must be respected. G e TR Find Missing @Girl’'s Body in Creek OTTAWA, 111, August 12.—The body of Bernice Chalus, 9-year-old daugh- ter of a wealthy farmer, who disap- peared Sundag, -was found in Covel Creck todays today again headed toe ! a lead| Themselves BY FREDERICK R. NEELY. Staff Correspondent of The Star. ON BOARD U. S. S. RICHMOND, REYKJAVIK HARBOR, Iceland, Au- gust 12 (via wireless).—The Ameri- can round-the-world flyers are lit- erally straining at the bit today and only the counseling by radio of Maj. Gen. Patrick, chief of the Army Alr Service, prevents them from taking ‘a chance and hopping off to Green- land forthwith. Fager to push forward in the be- llef that sheer iron nerve and de- termination would pull them safely through the Northland's barriers, the American aviators, only 6,000 miles from their cherished goal, are | warned by their chief that speed | must be held secondary to the safe and successful conclusion of the flight. Will Not Abamdon Flight. America' need have no fear that the world flight will be called off. One newspaper man who is following the aviators around the home stretch on the Richmond asked Jack Hard- ing what he thought of the situation. And he learned in no uncertain language. “What!" roared Jack, his volce vibrating with surprise. ‘Say, just leave that to the Big Swede (mean- CROWE AGAIN HITS - ENDOGRINE THEORY :Cross-Examines Doctor,Who Ascribes Boys’ Mental Conditions to Glands. | continued its lenzthy cross-examina- tion of Dr. H. S. Hulbert, last of the | detense alieni n the Franks hear- ling this morning, laying its ground for introduction of its rebuttal testi- mony. | In preparing introduction ‘of Dr. | Rollin T. Woodyatt, an' expert on | endocrinology, Robert E. Crowe, State’s attorney, renewed his attack lon the theory of functional disorders of ‘the endocrine: glands. as set up by | Dr. H. S. Tlulert, Chicago psychiatrist, | a5 responsible for the “mental sick- in athan F. Leopold, jr., and Richsrd Loeb, which permitted them to kidnap and slay Bobby Franks. Dr. Hulbert, four days on the stand. testified that persons suffering from endocrine disease are faHures in lif* | and o denominated Leopold. He also | testificd, under ‘questioning by Mr. { Crowe, that there was no recognized | in the study of endocrinology lin America. | The @efense would require approxi- {mately 45 minutes for its witnesses | remaining after Dr. Hulbert, it was indicated, .and .the moment of resting its cas. depended upon how much longer Mr. Crowe kept Dr. Hulberr under ‘cross-examination. Deferine Near End. | The defense was near the resting i point when thé eightcenth day's ses- | sion opened. Dr. H. S. Hulbert, Chi- | cago psychiatrist, was on the stand for the fourth day. | Dr. Hulbert was to undergo fur- | ther ‘cross-examination by Robert E. Crowe, State’s attorney, who yester- day gained from the doctor admis- sion that Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and { Richard Loeb, youthful kidnapers- | murderers of Robert Franks, had liea to him in statements upon which he based his conclusions that both youths were “mentally sick” when they Killed the lad last May 21. Mr. Crowe resumed his ' cross-ex amination with an interrogation as to whether the - stereoscopic method | had been used in taking the X-ray pictures, and was told it had not, it | being a matter of personal preference as to which method was used. Intolerance for Sugar. The next few questions dealt with Leopold's reported sugar intolerance. Dr. Hulbert thumbed through a massive note book, found his index. turned to the passage indicated and slowly gave his answers. The state’s attorney renéwed his attack on the theory of functional disorders of the endocrine glands, as advanced by Dr. Hulbert, as a reason for the mental state ‘of the defend- ants, which' permitted them fo-com- mit_the murder. “Might -not - the lower sugar tol- erance be an evidence of emotion?" “No, mot In this case.”. replied Dr. Hulbert. : “What is the significance of en- docrine disease?’ asked the state's attorney. . Most Are Failures. “We find in such persons a ten- dency to faint, with poor circulation in the brain. Most such persons are failures in life in competition’ with others,” was the reply. “Is that true of Leopold?" asked Mr. Crowe. AF “Yes, he is a failure in life,” ‘said the witness. - i Dr. Hulbert said there was . no. man in America he regarded as superior to another as an authority on en- docrinology. Dr. Hulbert admitted he placed great stress on Leopold's tendency to classify things. He said he had no- ticed an article on ornithology by Leopold in a leading magasine, but had not read it, as he could not read it_critically, and it would not have affected his judgment of Leopold. “You talk about Leopold following Loeb blindly,” asked the State's attor- ney. “Do you get anything out of-that other than his desire to serve his slave phantasy?’ “Yes, a_desire to follow a greater i tellect,” repiied the doctor. The questioning turned to Dr. Hul- bert's estimate of Mrs. Struthers- Bishop, the governess of Loeb’s child- hood, and who, it has been testified, did much toward molding his ideas. Regarded an Child, The witness sald he had seen the governess but once, that it was difficult o form,an estimate under such condi- | tic but that he regarded her atti~|quarters in Chicago. Several weeks Flyers to Their Icelandic Base American » Aviators. Sure of Successful Termination of World Flight—Endear 1 to Natives. ing Erik Nelson) and me. You don't see _me working on the motor. do sou? Well, brother, if I had any doubt about our getting through I'd be out there working 24 hours a day. That motor’s a peach. Boy, we could go through tomorrow: and don't think we couldn't, elther. Town Likes U . Flyers. Meanwhile Reykjavik continues in the ecstatic throes of a perpetual circus atmosphere. Today Jack Hard- ing, assistant pilot of the New Or- leans, Was the star performer in the center Ting. Jack's engine needed some attention. Several days ago It had been parked in the public square aboard a heavy truck, so the hand- some assistant to Erik Nelson was obliged to go through the motions of changing an oil pump while the whole town declared a Roman holi- day and looked on. While two gendarmes actually per- spired in their efforts to preserve order, the young and the old, the strong and the palsied, milled about ! the ropes that have been stretched around the New Orleans to protect it from barm, all seeking to get as| close as the law would allow. And so it is daily in Reykjavik now. A tour around the New Orleans is in- cluded in. the itinerary of every Reykjavikian's evening stroll. But_the natives are not the only (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) Communist Revolt Attempt in Lisbon ! Quickly Suppressedi By the Assoclated Press LISBON, Portugal, August 12.— An abortive attempt was made last evening to bring about a Radical- Communist revolt here. A few bombs were thrown, but they caused no damage and several persons were arrested. The police and military now are in control of the city and condi- ‘tions are normal. -— LABORTO SPEED POLITICAL FIGHT Leaders Caustic in Comment on Demaeratic. Accept- ance Speech. The American” Federatfon of Labor announced itself today-as finally pre- pared to dpen fire with big guns in the campaign to elect the La Follette- Wheeler ticket and candldates for Congress whose rccords have satis- fied labor. John W. Dayis' acceptance speech last hight at Clirksburg, W. Va., was said, in a statement issued from fed- eration Neadquartérs, to have “ex- cited rdther caustic comment among spokesmien’ for labor.” “They see in the addrees,” the state- ment &ald, “an ineffective effort to apologize for the Democratic plat- form, which has been branded as “un- aceéptable.” They regard Chairman Walsh's remarks about corporation employment as a brave effort on the part of the Montana Scnator to give standing to a record of employment of which Mr. Davis has expressed himself as proud.” | G. O, P. Follows Suit. Matthew Woll, vice president of the federation, who, with Vice Presidents Martin Ryan and Thomas A. Rickert, bave been added to the national mon-; partisan_ political campaign commit- | tee, declared that Chairman Butler of the Republican national committee, in announcing his intention to’ “form a non-partisan campaign elub” had acknowledged his “own .disbeliet in party and partisan action” and has found it mecessary to pattern after the tactics of the federation “It'ls right that he should do so,” he said, “for the-supporters of re- action are not confined to a party. We- should be happy if Mr. Butler or any one else could get all of the ex- treme conservatives and reaction- aries into one camp, but, of course, that cannot be done. There are two bidders for that' support, and each has something good to offer.” Thé federation today began organ- ization of a speaker's bureau to sup- pfy campalgn orators throughout the country. - It also announced .that the defeat of Scnator Jobn K. Shields, in the Tennessee Democratic primaries, was ““its first signal victory,” it hav- ing “exerted its full effort in opposi- tion to Shields.” A Senator Stanley's victéry in the Kentucky Democratic primaries was halled as another success. . Invitation to Speak. A number of invitations have been extended to Senator La Follette, inde- pendent candidate for President, to de- liver campaign addresses at Stafe fairs, but it was doubtful today whether he will accept any of them. The Wisconsin Senator, it was said, intends to devote one or more speeches before election day to the agricultural tion in'a section where it is a ‘patamount issue, but some of his ad- Visers have pointed out that, although a fair would assure the presence of a crowd made up largely of-farmers, most of them arc held late in August or early in.September. . There is little probability of the Senator _getting under way with speechmiking for ‘three or four weeks yet, afd ‘it would require a rearrange- ment of his tentative speaking sched- fand idealize peace. |a few hours. HERRIT PREPARED TOEVAGUATERUAR BY STAGES N YEAR Marx Holding Out for Janu- ary 1, But Two Peace Pre- miers Near Agreement. CORDIALITY REPLACING THREATS OF NATIONS Three Socialist Leaders, All Hating ‘War, Pave Way to Last- ing Truce. BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 192 LONDON, August 1 he final stages of the allicd conference on reparations find France once more laying the basis for peaceful rel. tions with her historic enemy, Ger- many. Premier Herriot, during informal conversations with Chancellor Marx, has proposed withdrawing troops from ‘the Ruhr area not later than September, 1925, each step of the withdrawal being determined by Germany's fulfllling successive stages of the Dawes' scheme as regards pay- ments of money and deliveries in kind. Marx Firm for Peace. Herr Marx holds that as the Dawes scheme presupposes complete unity of the Reich, Germany cannot fulfill its provisions unlexss Franco-Belgian troops disappear from the industrial area by January next. There is a new field for compromise between the two formulas, a few months being offered by each side in return for concessions designed to conciliate political opinion in Paris or Berlin. In their efforts to close the deal, Herriot and Marx are receiv- ing invaluable aid from cvery quarter. | Those Belgian masters of concilia- tion, Premier Theunis and Foreign Minister Hymans, wield with expert- ness their enormous knowledge of Germany's internal politics and eco- nomies, guiding with deft sugges- tions the parleys that change hourly from the French headquarters at the Hyde Park Hotel, back of the Carl-| ton, and then to the West End Club, where Ramsay MacDonald hurriedly arrives from number 10 Downing street, using his unusual powers of friendly argument, sometimes for the Geérmans viewpoint, but largely in behalf of Frech idea. Masters Hate War, Herriot, MacDonald and Marx con- stitute the greatest triumvirate of modern socialism. They hate war They attach the highest possible value to agreement by arbitration and conciliation. Hers riot, liké Marx, waged a successtul battle against: Nationalists at home, while MacDonald won a victory { against British conservatism. With such minds as these centered on the problem of utmost importance to Europe and the world, it is only natural to suppose that an amicable settlement is now a matter of only Good will has prevailed, although it has taken several days for the German representatives fully to appreciate their situation and to grasp the fact that MacDonald not only wanted them to come together with the French and Belgian pre- iers, but was willing to place at their disposal every facility of his home, his clubs and those of his friends. Need Commercial Treaty. While the premiers were meeting today, French and German financial experts decided on a detailed com- mercial treaty. Soon after the Dawes scheme becomes effective Germany will again control her customs bar- riers, with powers of levying upon materials passing into or out of her territory. Terms must be arranged for passing iron ore from Alsace across into German industrial areas. Some form of treaty embodying new regulations will be drawn up, but it is unlikely that anything further will be done at the moment, actual sign- ing being delayed until later this year, when an economic conference will ‘be held in Paris. Throughout the discussions occur- ring at the conference America's rep- resentatives have played an invalua- ble role, offering new ideas at every critical moment and announcing American participation wherever the opportunity afforded. DELEGATES MEET TODAY. General Session to Follow 14”7 Gathering. By the Associated Prexs. LONDON, August 12.—The work of the interallied conference is pro- ceeding with a meeting of the “big fourteen” at Downing street, at 11 o'clock this morning. At 4. o'clock this afternoon, there will be a meet- ing’ of the allled delegates at the foreign office. It is understood that the “big 14" after their meeting at Downing street, at 11 o'clock this morning. At 4 o'clock this afternoon, there will be a meeting of the allied delegates at_the foreign office. It is understood that the “big 14" after their meeting at Downing street, left - there at 2 -o'clock todey without having arrived at any settlement on reparation in kind. There is no indication that the Germans will yleld the point on this matter until they reach a satisfactory arrangement outside the conference itself on the issue of the evacuation of the Ruhr. As a, result of exchanges of views in London banking circles yesterday, says the Dalily Telegraph, the interest «Big rate on the proposed loan to Germany | ule, it was declared, if he accepted an invitation to deliver an address before that time. Campaign Fund Started. Advisers of the Senator also con- tend that the crowd at a fair is usu- ally bent on seeing attractions other than a political candidate, and it is difficult to get their undivided atten- tion for a speech. i Senator La Follette was advised to- day by Attorney General Ekern of Wis- consin that a start had been made in the ' solicitation from the public of contributions for the La ° Follette- ‘Wheeler campaign- fund. Mr. Ekern, - who has charge of this phase of campaign activity, has head- under thc Dawes plan is generally computed at 7 per cent and the issue price at 93 while the underwriting will_cover 91% per cent. ‘WILL NOT LINK DEBT ISSUE. MacDonald Wants Question Inde- pendent of Reparations. The Stdr and_Clicago Daily By Cable Qe Copyright, 1924, LONDON, August 12.-—The cor- respondent learned today from a high authority that Great Britain has not agreed to link interallied debts to rep- arations and to discuss both simultane- ously at the forthcoming conference in Parls, perbaps in November. A mis- ‘BIG FOREST FIRE ' MENAGE YOSEMITE One Blaze of 11 in West Eat- ing Way Rapidly Toward National Park. i By the Associated Press. | SAN FRANCISCO, August 12— | Eleven major forest fires, blazing in | California, Nevada, Oregon and | Washington today, continued to burn {into virgin timber and one was eat- | ing its way along the scenic banks of the Merced River toward Yosemite National Park. The Merced River fire, which was five miles from El Portal entrance to the Yosemite Valley, this morning was being fought by 200 civilians and 150 convicts from a road camp nearby. | The fire already has burned over 12 000 acres, including 4,000 heavily tim- bered lands in the Sierra National Forest. Flames Sweep Mountains. At Riverside, Calif., 100 men are fighting a forest fire which has burn- ed in the San Jacinto Mountains for the last week. 7 Heavy showers lessened the fire hazard in some parts cf the mountain {range, although no rain fell near the scene-of the present fire. In Orogon the forest fire situation within the White Mountain National Forest and adjoining timber assumed a serious aspect when five new fires were reported to the office of the forest supervisor. Probably the most serious of these is situated in an inaccessible region 4 miles north of Anthony Lake and about 20 miles northwest of Baker. All the fires are believed to have been caused by lightning. Fires in Waskington. In Washington forest fires in north- ern Whatcom and Kittitas Counties and Rainier and Chelan National For- ests were reported. In the Chelan National Forest what was reported to be the largest blaze of ‘the season in this district was burning on Trout Creek, a tributary of the West Fork of the Methew River. It has already burned over 600 acres of timber. Power and telephone lines, includ- ing lines of the Associated Press, were put out of commission for a few hours yesterday, when the forest fire near the Nevada-California State line jumpgd the Truckee River. The -fire, which had been sweeping down the Truckee River canyon to- ward the little lumber town of Verdi all afternoon, swerved last night and was heading for Crystal Peak, on the sides of which lies valuable tim- ber. Forest rangers took charge of the situation and put & force of 200 men to fighting the fire. DAIL IS INFORMED U. S. 0. K’S SMIDDY AS ENVOY Free State to Give Minister to ‘Washington His Credentials Without Delay. By the Associated Pre: % DUBLIN, August 12.—Desmond Fitz- gerald, minister of foreign affairs of the Irish Free State, announced today in the Dail Eireann that the Free State government had received noti- fication that Prof. Timothy A. Smiddy would be acceptable to the United States as the Irish representative at ‘Washington. He added that Prof. Smiddy would be given his credentials without delay. v 8 Killed, 3 Hurt in Explosion. BROCKVILLE. Ontario, August 12. —Three were killed and three others injured today when a boiler exploded in a cheese factory at Bishops Mills, i1a village 23 miles from here. The dead are; Samuel Watts, 25, a cheesemaker; Dairy Instructor Mur- ray of Oxford Mills and George Mor- rison, 12. One of the injured was not expect- ed_to, recover. — Uncle Joe to See Notiftcation. DANVILLE, Ill, August 12.—“Uncle Joe” Cannon, veteran of many a politi. cal. struggle, announced today his ac- ceptance of the Republican national committee’s invitation to be a special guest at the ceremonies Tuesday night when Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes is notified of his nomination as Republican vice presidential candidate. “Uncle Joe™ is in his eighty-seventh year. ‘Radio Frograms—Page. 19, -whieh“omce ‘lived “HIS MASTER’'S . VOICE.” President Fails To Hear Speech Of Davis by Radio ‘What opinfon President Cooldige may have formed of the accept- ance speec. of John W, Davis and the one mude by Senator Walsh, at the notification gathering in Clarksburg last night, was through the medium of the press, and not the radio. The President’ did not listen in on the speech last night. He did, however, read both of the notifica- tion addresses In the morning papers, but made no comment. Following_the evening meal at the White House last night, the President and the members of his “family and a few close friends sat on the rear portico of the White House and enjoyed the quiet and cool of the early evening. Later the President motored for an hour and retired almost im< mediately upon his return. Before meeting his cabinet today the President held his weekly con- ference with Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, dircotor of the budget, and Representative L. C. Dyer of Missouri, who described to him something of the true political situation In that State. Following the eahinet meeting, the President. received a special committee rep- resenting the International Boys' League, which formally notified him of his unanimous election as honorary president of the league. Thomas . Miles, - international president, headed the little .dele- gation. . BRITISH BATTALION RUSHED TO SUDAN Reinforcements Sent as Re- sult of Clash With Egyptian Troops at Atbara. By the Associated Press. 3 LONDON, August 12.—The British government has sent a battalion of troops to reinforce the British garri- son in the Sudan as the result of a clash between Egyptian and British soldiers at Atbara, following disturb- ances in which the Egyptian troops are said to have attacked the British with .bricks at their barracks. - According to British official dis- patches the trouble started at Khar- tum Saturday when military cadets, who paraded with rifles, refused to give up their arms upon returning to their school. The cadets were sur- rounded and arrested by British troops. Yesterday _the Egyptian railway battalion ‘at’ Atbara made a_ demon- stration aftéer which the Egyptian soldiers were confined ‘to their bar- racks from which they attempted to escape. When they attacked -the British troops' with bricks and other missiles, the British soldiers fired upon them, causing 19 casualties. A minor- demonstration’ at Port Sudan was dispersed without trouble. The disturbances In the Sudan_ are likely to.have a disquieting: political effect upon the forthcoming megotia- tions in London of Said Zagloul Pasha, the Egyptian premier, accord- ing to-British officials. The ‘officials. assert there is no thought of the Brit- ish government giving up its rights to the Sudan and.that demonstrations |- ‘such as those Teported will only make, more_difficult the establishment of the Sudan's status 'in relation to Egypt and Great Britain. [SKULL OF ELOTHERIUM, PIG-LIKE ANIMAL, FOUND Geologists Also’ Find Bones of Three-Toed Horse in Oregon. By the Assoclated Press. PORTLAND, Ore., August 12.—The skyll, a tooth and several bones of an ‘elotherium, a large pig like crea- ture which roamed the tropical forest of what'is now knowr as John Day Valley- in Eastern Oregon were dis- ¢overed by a party of geologists from the University of California. The skull of the elotherium is about the size of that of a modern lorse. One of the teeth is about two inches in .diameter and about three inches long. The geologists also found several bones of the three-toed horse and munierous bones of the rhinoceros in Eastern Oregon, DISCORD REVIVED AMONG DEMOCRATS Davis and New Committee, Have Big Task to Pla- cate Factions. By a Staff Corrempondent. CLARKSBURG, W. Va, August 12.— Seeds of discord in the Democratic party—sewn in abundance in New York during the national convention— threaten to bear fruit unless John W. Davis and the newly organized Demo- cratic national committee stamp them out. The factor which gives hope, how- ever, for the settlement of differences and the appeasing of jealousles, is the favor with which the leaders of the various factions regard Mr. Davis him- self. It is not a new condition by any means, that factional differences should arise in either the Democratic party of the Republican party after a nomi- nation has been made for the pres dency, with many persons seeking in- fluential places in the campaign or- ganization. The meeting of the national commit- tee here yesterday afternoon was a repetition in miniature of the New York convention, and it seemed that some of the same forces were at work here as in the metropolis. There was a conflict of unusual intensity center- ing about Bruce Kremer, Democratic national committeeman from Montana, one of the McAdoo leaders. Mr. Kremer's name came before the national committee in a report of a subcommittee on nominations for of- ficers. The subcommittee recommend- ed the .election of four vice presi- dents, although the Democratic Na- tional convention had provided for the election of only three, one of whom was to be a woman. Besides Mr. Kremer's name, those proposed by, the subcommittee were Mrs. Emily Newell Blair of Missouri, Samuel Amidon of Kansas and Frank Haguc of New Jersey. 0ld Fight Comes Out. Immediately a point of order against the election of a fourth vice chairman was made by Edmond H. Moore of Ohio, strong opponent of McAdoo at New York and an anti-Ku Klux Klan man. This roused Homer Cummings, Na- tional committeeman from Connec- ticut, who had been a_supporter of the McAdoo candidacy. Mr. Cummings insisted that the effort to prevent the election of Mr. Kremer was a blow directed at the McAdoo can- didacy. Mr. Cummings was chairman of the subcommittee which reported mittee. { Clem Shaver, newly elected chair- man of the national committee, ruled that the point of order by Mr. Moore Euage of .the resolution adopted by the national convention providing for three vice chairmen. An appeal was taken from the rul- ing of the chairman. And then the storm burst forth afresh. George Brennan, national committeeman from Illinois, protested against overruling the new chalrman, and =aid that such action, at the fitst meeting of the committee over which Mr. Shaver had presided, would be heralded abroad as a lack of confidence in the chairman. Cummings’ Ire Aroused. . “That’s all bunk,” retorted Mr. Cum- mins, clearly angry. Senator Carter Glass of Virgjnia de- fended the ruling of the chairman 'vigorously. Mr. Cummings charged that Mr. Moore had an ulterior motive when he sought to prevent the election of Mr. Kremer, and Mr. Moore resented the charge. \ Senator- Glass moved to lay on the table the appeal from the decision of the chairman, and this was de- clared carried by a viva voce vote. Therealter followed repeated efforts tq open up the question again. Mr. Kremer's frlends insisted this was no time to show a spirit of discord, that Mr. Kremer was fieeded in’the West to- play -an important part in the |-campaign. 2 Mr. Cummings withdrew the name of Mr, Kremer after the committee had elécted Mrs. Blair and Mr. Hague, and Mr, Amidon and Mr/ Kremer had been left to be balloted for. Mr. Ami- ‘don Sought to withdrawn his own ndme also, but Senator Glass insisted it should remain before the committee. Walsh Fights for Kremer, Senator Walsh of Montana, holding the proxy of Mr. Kremer as national commitéeeman, the nominations te the National com-{ ‘had been well taken, under the lan- | { 12—John W. j levelled at him | which attempted | street label on him, to show him as DAVIS STARTS RACE WITH VIVID SPEECH INDRENCHING RAIN Party Issues Made Living by Magic of Words in De- fense and Attack. SCORES G. 0. P. RECORD, UPHOLDS OWN CAREER Candidate Justifies Selection as Campaigner, Reminding Hear- ers of Wilson. . BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staft Corsespondent of The Star. CLARKESBURG, W. Va., Augyst Davis, standard bearer of the Democratic party, today I= launched formally on the lonz trah that is to take him either into the White House or into that company of defeated candidates for the presi- dency of the United States—of whom there are still extant including Wil- liam Jennings Bryan, Alton B. Parker, Charles Evans Hughes and James M. Cox. Let it be said that no presidential candidate ever launched his campaign under more trying conditions. He spoke while a down-pour, of rain soaked the thousands of his admirers | who had gathered to hear him. And | thousands remained, drenched though they were, until he had concluded his remarks—a tribute alike to Mr. Davis and to his addre; { In his speech accepting the nomin- Mr and He attacked, with all ation of the Democratic part Davis was both on the offensiv the defensive. | | the skill of the able lawyer he is, the Republican administration. fended himself from the criticism by the La Follette- Wheeler Progressives—criticisms to pl the Wall He de- Conservative labor. and as untriendly . Free From Pledges. Freedom from Wall Street domin - tion—charged against him by Wheel- er, the Independent-Progressive nominee for Vice President and one time adherent to_ the democratic standard, and by William Jennings Bryan during the New York conven- tion, was declared by Mr. Davis in his statement that the call to the nomination “finds me free from pledge or promise to any living man. Mr. Davis, after explaining that he had servered all his legal connec- tions, including those big corporu- tions with whose legal business hi: name has been connected, said: “I have no clients today, but the Democratic party, and if they will it So the people of the United States.’ Remarkable for Idealism, Mr. Davis' speech was remarlkablc both for its “punch” and for its ideai- ism. It presages a vigorous campaign He stated his position clearly in ‘his interpretation of the Demoeratic platform. No one who heard it. or who may read it. can fail to under stand where he stands on progressi:e legislation so-called, on the leagu« of nations, the World Court—th country's foreign relations, on_farn relief, and on the Ku Klux Klan-- though he ailed to mention that or- ganization by name—as did th- Democratic convention in adoptins the platform. ° The failings of the Republican ad ministration Mr. Davis pictured with the skill of the .rained prosecutor. In a word, he accused the Republican of corruption in administration and in legislation, and at the same tim: he pointed to the fact that the part has been utterly ineffective, with the President pulling one way and th Congress another. What right, h asks, has such a party to tn suffrage of the people? What hope can the people have in continuing i in power another four years? Speaks Among Hills. Mr. Davis is a hillsman—as is Presi- dent Coolidge. He made his first g speech in the heart of the West Vir- ginia hills, amid the people Wit whom he grew to manhood, and with whom he has labored. The great aud the near-great in the Democrali party were present to listen to thi keynote speech of their candidate for the nomination. They were not disappointed. They wanted to know, above all things, whether Mr. Davis was a campaigner —a man who could carry conviction to the people, a man who could sel; himself as well as his ideas to thd voters. Any onc who heard Mr. Davis; speech last night could not fail to by impressed with the fact that he is it strong personality—a winning perg sonality—and_that his mind work{ quickly and clearly, going to the rof of the Issues involved. The Demo- crats have raised up a right cham- pion—a man who is “ready to go. Ever since the Democratic national convention came to .its dramatic close after weeks of fruitless bicker- ing, it has been well understood that success or failure depended in an unusually large measure in _the coming campaign on John W. Davis himself. Will he be able to sell him- self to the people? Will he be able to convince the Progressives that l and his party really are progressive —and different from the Republican party, notwithstanding the charges of the Progressives that both the old parties are tarred with the same brush? These are the questions that the Democrats have been asking themselves, some with misgivings, these past few weeks. Leave Full of Hope. To many of them the answer was given last night, and they are wend- ing their separate ways homeward today filled with hope. But few of them are so deluded as not to know that Mr. Davis has a tremendous task ahead; that he has really made only the first step. It takes more than one swallow to make a spring, and it takes more than one speech to make a campaizn. Mr. Davis in his speech made the issues Involved in the campalgn living things through his mastery of expression. He has a turn of mind and a trick of speech that reminded his auditors of Woodrow Wilson at his best. Even in his idealism, kept at least ome foot firmly on.the ground. Many of his phrases are well turned epigrams. , In_bristling sentences ‘he {old of entered the meeting | the “Scandals of 1921-24." a Republi- room—the Kiks Hall—after, the dis-|can production, he charged, which ¥ ¢Continued on X8 3, Column 2.) _ * . (Continued on Page 5, Column .