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GILPATRIC'S BANK + CLOSED BY STATE Aged Patrons Weep at Insti- tution Where Cashier At- tempted Suicide. By the Associated Press. PUTNAM, Conn., August 12.—The First National Bank of Putnam, whose cashier, G. Harold Gilpatric, shot himself at his home last Thurs- day, closed its doors today. An hour after the usual hour of opening the closing notice was posted on the bank's front doors. It was signed by N. S, Dean, chief national bank examiner. Depositors in Tears. The notice was the first oflicial state- ment that the bank dircctors had act- ed for the protection of the institu- tion, whose funds have been admitted to be impaired Before the posting, President Charles H. Brown notified all who called at the bank that the hour of opening had been chanzed to 10 o'clock, standard time, and a crowd began gathering. The directors were understocd to be in session in the bank. A few of the older persons in the crowd were seen in tears. Gilpatric, also State treasurer, is in serious condition as a result of the bullet wourd and probably perma- nently biind. A run on the savings dep: the bank continued ail day vesterday, with an average of about a score of depositors in line withdrawing funds. From tricnds of the State treasurer's family it was learned that in a note left for Lis wife after the shooting he revealed thut he was financially in- volved. tment of —— N. Y. PUBLISHER DIES. James S. Seymour Executive of Several Journals. YORK. August 12.—James Seymour, - publisher, died vesterday at his home in Bronxville. He was born in Bloomficld, N. J. nearly 64 years 0 and following an education abroad, entered the pub- lishing business with Harper & Bros. In 1890, be joined the New York ivening Post as publisher. years later he took a similar position on the Commercial Advertiser, which was later combined with the Globe, From 1403 to 1913, he was general manager of the Chicago Record-Her- ald. He then left the newspaper business to become a member of the executive committee and a director of the Crowell Publishing Co. He had not been active in business for ars preceding his death. is survived by a widow, two daughters and two sons, Edward P. Seymour and Theodore P. 8eymour. STUDY DANCE REFORM. Teachers Would Eliminate Terpsi- NEW Sherwood chorean Extremes. NEW YORK. August 12.—Plans have been outlined before the annual convention of the International As- sociation of Dancing Masters for the elimination of extreme forms of dancing. 1f the plans are carried out, the “wild t Whirl,” the “Tiger Twaddle" and the “Camel Canter” will be replaced by the “Whisper Waltz,” and the fox trots of fast and jerky movements will give to the “Raggedy Ann,” described as a fox trot in siow Thythi The association has frowned on the teaching of dancing by mail. The members declare it cannot be done. FORD TO RETAIL COAL. ‘Will Establish Industry in Duluth and Twin Cities. By the Associated Press. DULUTH, Minn, August 12.—The intention of Henry Ford to go into the retail coal business in Duluth and the Twin Cities, selling coal from his own Kentucky mines, brought here to his own docks In his own ships through his own retail offices, was announced today by W. B. Mayo, chief engineer of the Ford Motor Cempany, when he arrived in Duluth on the Benson Ford, the first Ford boat to enter this harbor. S LABOR TO SPEED POLITICAL FIGHT ntinued from First Page.) were devoted to preliminaries, but now, he reported, money is beginning to come in for expenditure by the cammittee directing the campaign. Asks Support of Labor. While Mr. Ekern is seeking aid from the general public, Willlam H. Johnston, president of the Interna- tional Association of Machinists, with headguarters here, has begun a can- vass of members of labor organiza- tions. In response to his appeal for support, it was sald yesterday at La Follette headquarters, hundreds of unlon locals throughout the country are appointing committees to accept contributions from members and turn them over to the La Follette cam- paign” committee. Senator La Follette, who is await- ing the return to Washington of Sen- ator Wheeler of Montana, his running mate, before going forward with cam- paign plans, devoted yesterday main- 1y to conferences with friends and study. Late in the day he took part in:a test of a device ‘designed to re- produée motion pictures of & speaker simultaneously with the broadcasting of his volce over the radio. During the experiment the Senator, just out- side the Capitol, delivered some ex- temporaneous remarks, while a group of camera men snapped -pictures of him in actlon, ‘WOMEN AID LA FOLLETTE. Plan to Enlist Sex in All Sections Announced. Organization of women in all sec- tions of the country in the interest of the La Follette-Wheeler ticket was undertaken at a ‘conference here to- day attended by a score of women ac- tive in the movement. Mrs. Mabel C. Costigan of Colorado, a member of the La Follette campaign committee, presided. Those who attended the meeting sald it was planned to organize a committee of women with at least 100 mcmbers to assist in gaining the suppart of women for the Independ- ent ticket. In addition regional State andl county committees of women will be appointed. Among those who attended today's conference were Mrs. Basil M. Manly and Mrs. Edward Keating of Wash- ington; Mrs. Harrlet Stanton Blatch and Miss Elizabeth Collier of New York; Mrs. Sadle E. Scott of Indiana; Mrs. Glean Plumb, Mrs. Louis Post and Miss Bertha Hale White of Il- Hmols; Mrs. W. Thompson Burch and Mrs. E E. Luney of Maryland; Mrs. W, P., Neville of Missourl aud. M5 Mary E. Meredith of Virginise BEARS FRUIT | DISCORD PLANTED AT NEW YORK AT CLARKSBURG Davis and New Democratic Committee Have Work Cut Out to Placate Factions Still at Variance.' (Continued from First Page.) cussion had been underway for some time. He took up the cudgels for the Kremer election, and clashed with Senator Glass and Mr. Moore, Senator Walsh contending that the committee had a right to elect four vice chair- fen if it desired to do so. The contest over Mr. Kremer raged for the better part of two hours, and then the committee adjourned, as the hour of the notification of Dr. Davis was drawing near. Members of the committee before adjourning, how- ever, urged that Mr. Kremer be given important posts in the campalgn or- ganization in the West, and it was generally understood that this would be done, even though he was not named a vice chairman. Senator Walsh's speech notifying Mr. Davis was critcized today in some quarters on the ground that he had gone too much into detail in de- fending the nominee against attacks. on his employment by big corpora- tions in New York, particularly J. P. Morgan and Company. and the Standard Oil Company. Some of the Democrats here insisted that it was a mistake to call these matters again to public attention, and that if there was to be a defense of Mr. Davis in connection with his law practice, Mr. Davis was the man to make that defense. Talking for the West. On the other hand, it was pointed out that attacks had been widely e against Mr. Davis, particularly by Senator Wheeler of Montana, La Follette's running mate on the Pro- gressive ticket, and that Senator Walsh had taken this opportunity to put the record straight—arguing with all the thoroughness of a lawyer in support of Mr. Davis. In the East, it was said, it is not realized to what an extent the attacks on Mr. Davis as an emplove of big business—Wall Street—had made an impression, and Senator Walsh was particularly anx- ious to eradicate this impression in the West. CO0-OPERATION BODY IS DULY ORGANIZED International Imstitute Adopts Committee Recommendations on Plans and Scope. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 12.— The International Institute of Co- operation at its conference today unanimously adopted the report of committee on permanent organi- zation and indorsed the recommenda- tions submitted by the committee on plans and scope. Both committees completed their reports last night Under the organization plan member- ship in the institute will be held by organizations and not by individuals. A co-operative body may name as wany delegates as it chooses, but each delegation will have only one vote. Each delegation will select one of 1ts number to become a member of the board of governors. The board will be incorporated and will handle all fiscal affairs of the organization. ‘The institute will be incorporated as a non-profit association. ‘The committee on plans and scope recommended the calling of annual trade conferences to be participated in by all members interested in the same industry or commodity. These conferences are expected to result in establishment of closer relations in all fields of commerce. Committees on finance and proposed courses of study will be named dur- ing the day. The committee on study will outline the institute's educational program to be carried out when the first international meeting is held in 1925. The study course will occupy four weeks of each year. Representatives of all nations will attend. The in- stitute probably will depend on gifts for maintenance, Three representa- tives of the United States Department of Agriculture are attending the ses- sions. SCIENTISTS TO NOTE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE ‘Wilbur Approves Plans of Naval Observatory for Expedition to Sumatra in January, 1926. To procure valuable data regarding magnetic disturbances on the sun, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur has a; proved a project of the United States Naval Observatory of sending an ex- pedition to observe the total solar eclipse in Sumatra in January, 1926. Sumatra, the most southern mem- ber of the Sunda group of islands and the largest, except Borneo, was in 1901 the main objective point of a Government expedition from the Naval Observatory to observe the to- tal solar eclipse of that year, The astronomical expedition, which is now approved by Secretary Wilbur has for its main purpose, perhaps, the development of the most important astronomical question in the future progress of the science—that is, the observation and study of the sun's corona. during a total solar eclipse, with the ultimate object of learning more. of magnetic disturbances and sun spots‘and their effect on the me- teorological conditions on the surface of our globe. SEES KING’S ABDICATION IN SPAIN AS POSSIBLE Madrid Correspondent of Liver- pool Paper Declares Grave Situ- ation Has Arisen There. By the Associated Press. LIVERPOOL, England, August 12.— A grave view of the situation in Spain is ted by the special correspond- ent in Madrid of the Liverpool Post, who telegraphs his paper as follow: “The news avallable here today is of a contradictory character, but informa- tion from a semi-official source confirms ihdications of the gravity of the situa- tion in Spain. “Besides an arrangement for Premier Primo de Rivera's retirement and the transformation of the dictatorship into a constitutional government, I understand the possible abdication of Alfonso is being considered by the King and his ministers.” MRS. FERGUSON IN RACE. Complete Returns Give Her Place in Second Primary. 5 DALLAS, August 12.—Mrs, Miriam A. Ferguson of Temple, Tex.,. first woman gubernatorial candidate, was assured 2 place in the second Demo- cratic primary August 23, with Felix Robertson of Dallas as her opponent, when . the official returns from the July 81 tabulation was complete he iste last night Mra Ferguson Supporters of Senator Walsh's speech said that it was far better to meet these charges now, at the out- set of the campaign, rather than to wait until further attacks had been made. Senator Walsh, they said, had given Mr. Davis an opportunity to make his own ecloquent defense of his legal practice a few minutes later from the same platform. A proposal was made just before the adjournment of the national com- mittee yesterday afternoon that here- after the committee on resolutions at Democratic national conventions should be composed of 1 m and 1 woman from each State delegation. This is the committee which drafts the platform, and some of the women were incensed because not a single woman was placed on that commit- tee at the last convention. Chairman Shaver pointed out that this was a matter which the national convention would have to act upon itself, and that the only thing the committee could do would be to make a recommendation regarding it. New Omfcers Named. James W. Gerard of New York, for- mer Ambassador to Germany, was elect ed treasurer; National Committeeman Greathouse from Indiana was re-elected secretary and Jesse H. Houston of Texas was chosen to head the finance committee. Bart New of Indiana was elected executive secretary of the national committee. The office of sergeant- at-arms was left to be filled by the chairman later, after he had heard from J. J. Hughes of Jowa as to whether he desired to continue in that position. 1If Mr. Hughes does not so desire, then the chairman will appoint a sergeant-at-arms for the period of the campalgn. Before the national committee met there had been'talk of displacing Mrs. Blair as the vice chairman, repre- senting the women, anhd electing another. But so strong was the sup- port given Mrs. Blair that all op- position petered out and her election was made unanimousl. Corpulent Auto Drivers in Hard Luck in Germany By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 12—Fat chauf- feurs are not in demand here any longer, owing to the high price of gasoline. There was a time dur- ing the Inflation period when every German owner of a private car took particular pride in hav- ing a sleek, round-faced driver, but nowadays, with gasoline at $2 per gallon, even the wealthy have seen fit to reduce running ex- penses. Short, slim chauffeurs, about the size and weight of jockeys, are most in demand, because small cars of the runabout type are popular and a large driver would take up all the seating capacity, leaving no place for the owner himself. At least 90 per cent of Berlin's automobile owners hire licensed chauffeurs. RIFLE FOUND, DOCTOR ARRESTED AS SLAYER Physician Declares Brother-in-Law Was Victim of . Burglars, By the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 12—Dr. Raymond D. Thiery, who is under arrest at the Massachusetts General Hospital, charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, David M. Noble, In the suburb of Somerville last Friday night, remained in a serious condi- tion today. ‘The wuuthorities declined to make public a statement obtained from Thiery. The arrest followed a search of a Somerville house where the two men lived with Dr. Thiery's parents. An Austrian army rifle was seized by the officers. Thiery at first told the police a story -of burglars entering the house, shooting Noble and attacking him. The doctor was taken to the hos- pital after being found semi:con- scious at the foot of the cellar stairs. His condition was complicated, the authorities said, by indulgence in some form of drug. CHILDREN IN FAMILIES TO BRING LOWER RENT Episcopal Bishop Wants Childish Voices in Rooms of His Apartment House. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C., August 12.—Cou- ples having children will be given a rental rate $5 lower per month in an apartment house erected here by the Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal dio- cese of North Carolina. In addition, couples with children will be given the preference of those without children. Declaring that he prefers to hear the sound of childish voices in his apartment, Bishop Cheshire pro- fessed disgust with those owning apartment houses who barred chil- dren. He declared that the property into which he has put his life's sa: ings would resound with children’ voices if he were able to secure tenanta with families. HYLAN OUT FOR DAVIS. New York Mayor Indorses Ac . ceptance Speech of Nominee. NEW YORK, August 12.—Mayor John F. Hylan announced today he would support John W. Davis, Democratic nominee for President. There bad been considerable doubt as to the mayor's position, inasmuch as he re- cently let it be known that he was “waiting and listening” for the nomi- nee's speech of acceptance before stating where he stood. The mayor's statement sald that many of the principles of Mr. Davis’ speech were good. “They appeal strongly to any one interested in hu- manity in government,” the mayor said. “The translation of these prin- ciples into actuality would tend greatly toward the economic emanci- pation of the people.” Davis-for-President Club Meets. About 300 people attended a meet- ing of the John W, Davis-for- President Club in the Ebbitt Hotel last night Many prominént Demo- crats were among those present and all listened in to the broadcasting of the Davis notification ceremonies. At the entrance to the orystal room was GUARDSMEN FIGHT FLOODS IN CAMP Barracks at Humphreys Like Househoatf-and Streets Like Rivers. By a Staff Correspondent. FORT HUMPHREYS, Va. August 12.—Some real engineering not on the sachedule of drill of the 121st Regiment of Engineers, National Guard of the Die- trict of Columbia, in camp here, was provided during the night by old Jupiter Fluvius when he turned loose a torrent of rain which literally made houseboats out of the barracks. Troops were marooned in their quar- ters at reveille and details were prompt- ly put to work seeking_out old drains in the camp to carry off the flood, and men waded around In the water up to their chests eeeking them. They waded to their barracks, waded back and then waded some more to their drills. The prepared drill schedule had to be changed to meet the unexpected fur- nished by the elements. Officers and men allke were out in deep water all the morning in an effort to get a section of the camp occupied by the District troops drained. Men In charge of quar- ters had difficulty in keeping them clean, as the troops brought in thick, sticky mud on their ehoes. Inapect Camp Kitchens, While the troops were engaged in the drainage work and taking steps to prevent a recurrence, Col. John W. Oehmann, commanding the regi- ment; Maj. Covell, Regular Army in- structor assigned to the District troops, and Capt. B. R. Bolton made an inspection of camp kitchens. Col. Oehmann expressed himself follow- ing the Inspection as being much pleased with the way the men have settled into camp life. A number of the men who were rounded up in Washington yesterday by the military police came into camp just in time to get a real taste of the life of a soldler, for they were turned out to put the land surround- ing the barracks in shape. ‘WIII COontinne Round-Up. Col. Oehmann said this morning that there is an average of 15 men from each company who falled to report for this encampment, and that efforts would be continued to round all of them up. He pointed out that when these men enlisted in the guard they did so for a serious purpose— that of fitting themselves for im- mediate service in time of war. He is going to be insistent that all who have no legitimate reason for re- maining away shall be brought to camp. The heavy downpour of rain started here shortly before midnight, and was accompanied by a display of astro- nomical pyrotechnics that reminded the veteran members of the guards of their days In France. Several bolts of lightning struck in the camp, but no damage was done. Assigaments Made. Assignments of officers and non- commissioned personnel, who have charge of the various schools in camp, were announced today by Col, Oeh- mann as follows: Capt. Sidney Morgan, Headquarters and Service Company, school of the automatic riffie; Master Sergt. Sydney G. Huntt, Headquarters and Service Company, school of carpentry and general instruction; Tech. Sergt Frank P. Kaye, Headquarters and Service Company, map reproduction; Sergt. Jobn P. Sniegosky, topography; Capt. E. H. Grove, cooks and mess sergeants school;. Specialist, Sergt. Garlick, first sergeants and sompany clerks school. The following assignments of offi- cers also were announced: Maj. George A. Allen, medical officer; Capt. Edward M. Grove, supply officer; Capt. Boyce R. Bolton, sanitary officer; First Lieut. Robert G. MacCartee, adjutant; First Lieut. James R. Ma- gruder, first battalion mess officer; First Lieut. Charleg E. Smithson, sec- ond battalion mess officer; Second Lieut. Rudy W. Boyer, consolidated mess officer. The continued downpour of rain will preclude the building of pontoon and trestle bridges this afternoon. However, trucks are hauling in the necessary materials for the construc- tion work to be done by the engi- neers while they are in camp here Instruction for Men. However, in view of the fact that the elements will prevent the men from going into the fleld this after- noon, they will have plenty of drill- ing. All of the afternoon will be given over to instruction in the articles of war, when the men will be impressed with the seriousness of committing various offenses in time of war, and also instruction in knot. tylng and lashing used in the conm- struction of temporary structures in the field. Yesterday afternoon the members of the regiment participated in their first parade and presented a very creditable appearance. The drill schedule for the camp provides something for the troops to do from 5:30 a.m. to parade and retreat at 5:45 pan. Taps are sounded at 11 o'clock each night. The elements permitting, the troops will drive directly into their training schedule tomorrow, when they will begin construction work. But they will be off duty in the after- noon, which has been given over to supervised athletics. Capt. Smith has mapped out a program. DR. STOKES AND REID INSTITUTE NEW SUITS Former Navy Man Asks $42,589, Magnate Counters With $250,000 Action. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 12.—Duniel D. Reld,” known as the tin-plate king, today accused.Dr. CHarles F. Stokes, former - Surgeon 'General of. the . Navy, of malpractice In treating him. for & nervous-ailment, in a suit for $250,000 damages, which he brought against the physician. N Reid’s - suit :today followed ‘a. coun- ter clalm for $42,589 for medical serv- ices lnulc,‘g;d ' Btokes in.a bill of particulars in the State Supreme Court: in .another suit brought against him by Reid to recover $16,500 on prom- issory notes. Dr. Stokes aulleges that the principal ailment from which Mr. Reid_suffered was chronic alcoholism, and Mr. Reid, in reply to Dr. Stokes’ counter claim, charges that the.doctor failed to prescribe the proper treatment, was drunk’ when prescribing for him and prescribed an excessive amount of narootics, injuring his health. Dr. Stokes states that nareotics were given only after consultation on one or two occasions. He asserts that Mr. Reid’s marital difficulties also were a factor in-his bealth. e e Infantry Instructor Named. Sergt. Carrington E. Horan, ‘de- tached, enlisted men's list, now at headquarters, Third Corps Area, Bal- timore, Md., has been detalled to duty with the District of Columbia Na- tional Guard as sergeant imstructor of Infantry. He is ordered to'this city with instryctions to report to Maj. Louis C. Brinton, Coast Artillery Corps, U. 8. Army, attached to tha District Nstional Guam, at 473 . strest, for assignmment 19 SWiN, NICARAGUA TRIES T0 REMAIN STABLE Qentral-American Republic Makes Effort to Live Up to Traditional Promise. Nicaragua Is trying to live up to the golden promise of her geography. “Her efforts to conduct her presi- dential election without the disor- ders that marked the Honduras elec- tions are indicative of the new era in Central American affairs,” says a bulletin from the Washington head- quarters of the Natlonal Geographic Society, “Nicaragua fis the largest of the Central American republics; many ',ac- claim’ it the most beautiful. It has vast. forests of precious woods, un- told Tesources of valuable minerals, and soil so fertile that it has been said, If you tickle the ground with a hoe it smiles back with a yam.’ Volcanoes Fertilised a Nation. “There is a darker side—no region of its size anywhere in the world has been 50 beset by revolutions and vol- canic eruptions, After a century of almost perpetual civil war, Nicaragua has settled down to comparative peace In recent years, and already has be- £un to reap the dividends in amazing progress toward prosperity. Modern science can ameliorate the. disasters from volcanoes by approximate pre- dictions of their explosions, while it also has taught the Nicaraguans that the eruptions of the past were bless- ings in’disguise, because they fer- tilized the land to a marvelous degree. “The country is about the area of New York State, and its total popa- lation is only a little larger than that of Buffalo. It has two mountain ridges, which inclose the ‘Great Lakes of Central America,’ Lakes Nicaragua and Managua. ‘World's Worst Real Estate Sign. “A glance at a Central America map tells the story of Nicaragua's back- wardness in bygone years. Costa Rica, to the south, and Honduras, to the north, are accessible from the Atlantic Ocean; all of Nicaragua’s im- portant cities are on the Pacific side of coastal mountains. To the east of the mountains lie her lakes, and she Ppresents to the Caribbean a very un- prepossessing ‘back yard’ with the world's worst real estate designation, the Mosquito Coast. “Today, with Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle to tap her mar- kets, Nicaragua's Pacific frontage is a2 blessing. But yesterday when the Atlantic ports of North America and Europe were doing the world's ship- ping she was severely handicapped. “Curiously, too, her Mosquito coast was appropriately named by error. The appellation was not intended for the Insect, which abounds there, but is a corruption of the name of the 6,000 Indians, the Misskits, who sur- vive there. A Headline of Exploration. “The country's northernmost Carib- bean headline, Cape Gracias a Dios, is a headline of geopraphy. Columbus explored the Central American coast on his last voyage and, cruising east from Cape Honduras, was compelled to take shelter from a storm at a point where the coast abruptly turns to the south. He named the cape ‘“Thanks to God' and took possession of the country for Spain. “That was in 1502. A century be- fore the Mayflower touched at Ply- mouth Rock, the Spaniards were es- tablished along the lake region in far western Nicaragua, despite the un- welcome volcanic outbursts. Es- pecially vigorous was the explosion of Masaya, in 1522. The most sen- sational single eruption, however, oc- curred within a century from our day—when Coseguina blew off its head in 1835. For days a black pall obscured the sun, dust blanketed the fields and forests, animals died by the thousands from thirst and hunger. Lava Begat Repentance. “Tradition says that it was into the crater of the above mentioned Masaya that Friar Blas of Castille lowered & bucket in 1534 in the hope of drawing up molten gold. When it touched the lava the bucket melted and the good_friar wrote home, ‘Ome cannot behold the volcano without fear, ad- miration, and repentance of his sins; for it can be surpassed only by eter- nal fire.” “At the foot of Mount Masaya is a lake of that name, and near the lake is the little town of Masaya. Were it not so remote one might sus- pect the writer of a popular Ameri- can song had plagiarized the cry of the women fruit vendors who drone: ‘I have oranges, papayas, jocotes, Melons of water, of gold, and za~ potes, will you buy? *But Nicaragua has bananas—she exports between a million and two million dollars’ worth yearly. Only one other crop nets her more and that is coffee. Strangely enough a revolution in Sao Paulo, the world's chief coffee producing center, may well have the effect of increasing the value of Noc- aragua’s crop to a point where it will be worth Nicaragua's while to em- ploy every means to stabilize her government.” START NON-STOP FLIGHT, SAN DIEGO TO DENVER Two Aviators Start at 4:44 AM. and Will Follow Straight Line, By the Amsociated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., August 13— Lieuts. James H. Doolittle and Bwart Plant, flying in & specially equipped De Haviland plane on what they planned to be a non-stop flight to Denver, took off at Rookwell Fleld here at 4:44 am today. The blg De Haviland rose from Rockwell Field at dawn. After cireling twice the plane straightened out to a good start. - The aviators plan to_follow a virtually straight line to Denver. They hope to main- tain an average speed of about 120 miles an hour. The plane has a gas capacity of 192 gallons, sufficient for a duration flight of nine hours at top speed. —_———— Gen. Babbitt to Retire. ‘Maj, Gen. Edwin B. Babbitt, recent- 1y stationed at Camp Lewis, Wash., and now in this city on leave of ab- sence, will be placed on the retired list September 19, at his own request, after more than 40 years’ commis- sloned service. He is a native of New York and was graduated from the Military Academy in June, 188¢. Most of his service was in the Ordnance Department, in which he reached the grade of colonel in February, 1913. He held the rank of brizadier general during the World War and was awarded the distinguished service medal for meritorious services. He ‘was promoted to the grade of major general in April, 1923, Consent Needed to Print Photo. BERLIN, August 12.—A newspaper has no right to print & man’s pic- ture contrary to his will, according to & recent decision of the Berlin Chamber Court against the manage- ment of the Action. That newspaper. a snapshot of Herr Sieg- Congressional Club Favors “Member”; - Pays $55 for Package—of Bricks Former Employe Charged With Larceny After Hoax Is Perpetrated—Held in Rockville for Hearings. For accepting ore neatly wrapped package of extri dry-and aged bricks the Congressional Cotintry Club is but $55, and John W. Stichcomb, a dis- charged employe of the club, Is lock=d up- in the Rotkville county jail, charged with larceny. According to Maryland police and officials of the club, a man called the Congressional Country Club August 7 and claimed to bc a_member. Ex- plaining that he intended coming out with his family, he asked that a “C. 0. D.” package, which was then supposed to be en route, be accepted and paid for, - In due time, according to officials, Stichcomb appeared iith the pack- age,” collected ;§55. and disappeared. BLOODHOUNDS TRAIL CHILD LOST IN HILLS Parents Believe Girl, 4, Was Kid- naped—$300 Reward Is Offered. < Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., August 12— Reinforced by biooghounds brought in from Fairmount, W. Va, more than 300 volunteers today are hunt- ing through Dans Mountain for 4-year-old Mary Katherine Mitchell, daughter of James Mitchell of Union- town, Pa, who disappeared at noon Sunday, while on a picnic with her parents at Dans Rock. The dogs were brought in this morning after 36 hours', unceasing effort had failed to bring any trace of the child, whom, the distracted parents belleve, was kidnaped when she strayed away in the timberland. ‘The kidnaping theory is borne out Dby reports that four men in an suto- mobile were seen plcking up a child in their machine in the neighborhood. The father says also that the girl was just recovering from severs burns_ and could not have wandered far without dropping from ex- haustion. Unless the child was carried away, members of the searching party, which is led by State's Attorney W. A. Huster and Sheriff W. Ralph, be- lieve she has been killed in a fall over one of the numerous precipices in the region. A reward of $300 for recovery ot the little girl, dead or alive, todsy was offered by George P. Hoover, an automobile dealer of Uniontown, by whom Mitchell is employed. CHURCH LEAGUE MEETS. Epworth Members of Five States Gather in Arkansas. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, August 12. —An address by Dr. F. S. Parker of Nashville marked the formal open- ing of the general session of the Ep- worth League leaders and workers at Mount Sequah, near here, last night. Approximately 200 Young peo- ple, representing the thirteen annual conferences composing the Western Assembly of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, attended the opening session. 2 Informal classes were conducted vesterday. Brief talks, community singing and recreation featured the program. Actual study work will be- gin today with the meetings of the organized divisions. Appropriate ceremonies have been arranged for the dedication Thursday of the Epworth League Building, re- cently erected at Mount Sequah as a gift to the league from the leaders in the parent conferences, Arkansas, Little Rock, east and west Oklaboma, Missouri, southwest Missourl, St Louis, Louisiana, and the four Texas conferences. MEDICAL STUDENT HELD. Man Giving Washington Address Arrested in Atlantic City. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.,, August 12.— Enos H. Mann, a young medical stu- dent giving his address as 1416 Penn- sylvania avenue, Washington, D. C., ‘who is said to be the son of a physi- cian of that city, was arrested yester- day on a charge of driving an auto- ‘mobile while intoxicated. The exam- ining physician said that Mann gave evidence of being poisoned with the liquor. He was driving an expensive car, Inquiry at 1416 Pennsylvania avenue disclosed that Enos H. Mann was un- known there. —_————— KILLS SELF BY ACCIDENT. Dallas Man Did Not Enow Pistol ‘Was Loaded. DALLAS, Tex., August 12—P. F. Gleason, 37, cashier and office mana- ger of a firm of cotton dealers here, died last night from a bullet wound received at a house which he was oc- cupying during the owner's absence the city. tr'?ln(’."l-l a ci.ue of an ‘unloaded pistol which accidentally was discharged in his own bands,” said Chiet of Police Henry Tanner of Highland Park, a suburb. Mr. Glesson was alone when the accident gccurred and was not found until more than four hours after the wound was inflicted. TROOPS GUARD BANKS. Sofia Fears Raids by Commaunists, Agrarians. SOFIA, Bulgaria, August 12.—The Bulgarian National Bank and every financial institution in Sofia is being guarded by police and soldiers under orders from. the prefect of police, who recently summoned the bankers of the city and told them he had abso- lute proof that the Communist and agrarians planmed an attempt to blow up banking institutions sometime be- fore Thursday. The National Bank is being gusrded by a company of troops with machine guns within the struc: ture. — Rum-Runner Nabbed at Last. ‘BOSTON, August 12—The customs patrol boat Dreamer today brought into port the speedboat C-1998, which offieials . have long been seeking as one of the most active rum-runners on the ocoast. It was necessary to fire 12 shota across the bows befors the bost, with three men aboard, could be overhauled, officers sald. They found 150 sacks of Canadian ale Real Vietim of the Bob. Fromthe Kegsas City Star. The most'badly fooled person is not the ‘woman who thought her hair i a u%fi after it ;'"'lg‘*“a,';é% - be'say } But when the member failed to fol- low, the management became suspi- cious and began to investigate. Learning that their expected patron | was in the West, they opened the mystetious package and out tumbled the well caked bricks. Police at Rockville were notified and, accompanied by District officers, they arrested Stitchcomb at his home here yesterday. It is said that he admitted delivering the package. He was taken to Rockville, charged with larceny and locked up to await hearing. Explaining their part of the deal, of- SAY WALSH SPEECH PREJUDICED PUBLIC Dohenys Charge Prosecutor May Have Influenced Grand Jurors by Radio. ward L. Doheny, the oil magnate of Los Angeles, Calif., and his son, Edward L. Doheny, jr. through At- torney Frank J. Hogan today filed in the District Supreme Court an addi- tional plea In abatement against the indictment charging them and Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the In- ficials of the club pointed out that they | terior. with a conspiracy to defraud frequently accepted “C. O. D.” packages addressed to members, just as a hotel or apartment house would do for its bopa-fide guests. Three Prisoners And Guard Gone At Camp Meade Special Dispatch to The Star. CAMP MEADE, Md,, August 12.— A kind-hearted guard and his three prisoners walked away from the camp yesterday morning. They haven't been seen or heard of since, but military and civil police have been furnished accurate de- scriptions, and a search has been inaugurated in Baltimore and ad- jacent territory. Although police believe it pos- sible that the prisoners might have overpowered the guard and given him the alternative of going with them or staying behind to serve their sentence, Col. H. R. Smalley, adjutant of the camp, said that this does not coincide with the view military authorities take of it. “We "think the guard simply walked off with the prisoners,” he said. The prisoners are Lugie Cres- cengi, Carles Rosme and Jacob Harlan, and the guard is Claud J. Miller. ' All are enlisted men in the Regular Army. SWIFT CAR CAPTURES ALLEGED RUM RUNNER Police Officers Overtake Suspect in Automobile and Seize Jar of Liquor. Another alleged rum-running car was captured by the police this morning. D. A. Davis and L. M. Wilson of the ninth precinct dry enforcement command, were seated in their auto- mobile at H and Tenth streets waiting for the appearance of a suspected rum runner, and when a car driven by William Davis, 24 years old, of 244 Brewer court northeast, appeared, the officers started in pursuit. The suspected liquor car speeded north on Tenth srteet, and at the in- tersection of Tenth and D streets Wilson swung to its running-board, leaving his partner at their own wheel. Two half-gallon jars of corn liquor were thrown from the car and smashed, but one other jar was seized. William Davis was charged with speeding, illegal possession and trans- portation of liquor, Charles E. Gross, 23, 611 Virginia avenue southeast, was charged with illegal possession and transportation and breaking glass on the street. Mary Marshall, 24, and Emma Scott, 26, other occupants of the car, were charged with illegal possession and transporting. Bond was given for the appearance of the quartet in court to- morrow. Policeman George W. Lynn, who also took up the chase, was cut about the right hand by flying glass, TRIUMVIRATE GOVERNS LOUISIANA KLANSMEN Old Officers Deposed Because They Let Anti-Mask Order Be Passed, By fhe Asocisted Press. NEW ORLEANS, La., August 12.— The Ku Kiux Klan in Louisiana is now being governed by a triumvirat, composed of Judge W. C. Barnette Shreveport, Swords Lee of Alexandria and Judse Robert Ellis of Amite, as a result of the wholesale houseclean- ing of Klan officials in the State by H. W. Evans, imperial wizard of the organization, said the New Orleans Item yesterday. Enac‘ment of secrecy and the mask iegislation was the principal reasons given for the ousting of varicus of- fiials, the Item declared. Among the Klan officials_ousted, according to the Item, are J. W. Dun- can of Shreveport, grand dragon and great titan of the Northwest; R. W. Garmany of Monroe, great titan of northeast Louisiana; Paul D. Perkins of Lake Charles, great titan of south- west Louisiana; Thomas de Paoli, great titan of southeast Louisiana: C. C. Miller of Baton Rouge, the grand kludd of the order; Clay T. Spring of Shreveport, grand kligraph, and others, e AUTO CRASH KILLS YOUTH Four Other Occupants Hurt When Car Overturns. Speeial Dispatch to The Btar. FROSTBURG, Md., Augnst 12.—John Keedy, 22 years old, died at Miners' Hospital yesterday of a fractured skull, sustained in an automobile ac-| cident near Fragklin Saturday after- noon. Clarence Skidmore, 23, injured in the same accident, is also in the hospital with probable fracture of the akull, but his recovery is expected. Robert Densmore and Myrtle and Clara Minnicks of Garrett County received minor injuries. The automobile overturned on a sharp curve at Franklin. It is thought the tires blew out, Depot Fire to Be Probed. A board of ordnance officers, con- sisting of Majs. Francis H. Miles, jr., and John H. Woodberry, has been ap- pointed by the War Department to investigate the recent disastrous fire at the ordnance reserve depot at Old Hickory, Tenn. G. C. Hale, at Pica- tinny Arsenal, N. J., has been added to’ the board as technical adviser. Maj, Miles is at the Picatinny Arsenal and Maj. Woodberry is attached to the office of the chief of ordnance, ‘War Department. * —_— . Crash Causes Second Death. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., August 13—T. C. Lever of Los Angeles, in- jured when his automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad traln near here last Wednesday night, dféd in a local hospital today. Lever’ wife, who had toured the country with him, died in the hospital from ber injuries the night of the accident, The Levers met death while search- ing - for’ a suitable place to make ¢! their homie, having decided to move | from. the United States in connection with the lease of certain naval re rves. The Dohenys state they were preju- diced and injured before the special srand jury which returned the indici- ment by a speech broadcast over th radio by Senator Thomas J. Walsl the “prosecutor” of the ofl commit- tee, May 6 last, while the special grand jury was in session. The court is advised that the speech of Senator Walsh was greatly adver- tised, and the public was told that he would give the “low down” on th: oil scandal. At least 20 public places had loud speakers, which told to the s-by—in which have been in- cluded members of the special grand jury—statements which could mot have been received as evidence by the grand jurors, it fs claimed, in addition to 40,000 radio receiving sets in homes in the District of Columbia, whose listeners-in might have in- cluded the grand juror: Protested to Walsh. Mr. Hogan informs the court that when he saw the notice of the pro- posed speech he sent a letter to Sen- ator Walsh calling attention to the fact that the special grand jury was in session and that statements by the Senator might affect the grand jurors adversely to the interest of the per- sons accused. The letter was deliver- ed to Senator Walsh, it is stated, at the radio station prior to the be- ginning of his speech. The warnin was not heeded by Senator Walsh, it is said, and the speech was deliv- ered to the great damage of the Do- heny's. As a reason, it is claimed, the indictment should be quashed. The entire speech of Senator Walsh delivered over the radio that night is incorporated in the plea in abate- ment, and it is stated was printed in The Congressional Record. The Doheny's filed a plea in abate- ment shortly after the indictment was returned in which they claimed the grand jury room was invaded by the unlawful presence of United States Attorney Gordon and other repre- sentatives of the Department of Justice after Congress had taken the oil prosecutions out of the hands of that department. AX-MURDERER CONVICT STILL ELUDES POSSES Negro Suspect Captured, Escap Bloodhounds Being Used. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August John Milton, negro convict, who is charged with slaying the infant daughter of Mrs. Blaney Collins, and dangerously wounding the mother when they were attacked with an axe near Morris, Ala, is still at large, while posses in two sections of the State searched for him. Armed citizens are still vigilant near Morris. Another posse assisted by bloodhounds is combing a section on Flint Creek, in Morgan County According to reports a negro be- lieved to be Milton was captured yesterday by T. J. Pinson, tion foreman on the Louisville and Nash- ville Railroad in Morgan County, but the negro leaped from a handear while being taken to the Hartselle jail and escaped. ~ Milton was a trusty in a Jefferson County convict camp and had about completed a sentence for burglary. A double bladed axe was used in the attack on Mrs. Collins. Her skull was fractured and a baby in her arms was killed almost in- stantly. 12— ENIGMA TO HIS HOSTS. Abyssinian Prince, Just Smiles in Europe. From the London Mail. A figure of singular interest is R: Tafari, heir to the throne of Aby sinia, who, with his resplendent tourage of 30 native princes, arriv in London on an official visit the other day after having spent som: time in France. Not since the days of the legendary Queen of Sheba has a monarch or heir to the throne left Abyssinia, that remarkable state which by its ability in government and martial prowess has preserved through the centuries its complete independence, its own culture, its ancient religion and laws. Its ruler—for Ras Tafari is that in practice, his cousin, the Empress Zaoduti or Judith, taking little part in affairs of state—is a highly cultivated man with a considerable acquaintance with European literature. He has made an exhaustive study of interna- tional law, and one of his objects is ;:thring the Abyssinian code up to i $ But with it all he goes his own wdy and keeps his own counsel. Durinz his_visit to France he refused to blame or praise anything whatever. Military reviews and tank and rial maneuvers ‘left him imperturbable— he merely smiled, enigmaticall And he did not disguise some ennui at the speechmaking which followed; but he thoroughly enjoyed a quiet hour spent feeding the fish at Fontainebleau. The Prince is to be received at Buckingham Palace, and is taking with him to London two lion cubs, two zebras and a guantity of gold ahd ivory ornaments for presentation to the king. e T PROBE COUNSEL NAMED. Detroit Lawyer Engaged by Cou- zens for Committee. DETROIT, Mich., August 12.—Sen- ator James Couzens, chairman of the pecial committee that will investi- gate the Bureau of Internal Revenue, today announced the appointment of Earl J. Davis of Detroit as chief counsel for the committee. Mr. Davis recently resigned as assistant attor- ney general. He will go to Wash- ington Thursday to begin work for the committee. Discussing the projected:investiga- tion, Senator Couzens said: “We want a full and fair investigation and nothing else. I will be far happier if we find no corruption, but we want as complete an investigation as can pos sibly be made.” % Ras Tafari, e Wilson to Address Democrats. Willlam B. Wilson, formerly Sec retary of Labor in the Wilson Cabi- net, will be the principal speaker at a meeting of the National Demo- cratic Club in the Gold room, Shore- ham Hotel, tonight at 8 o'clock. He will discuss the labor issues in the coming Democratic campalgn and give his version of his recent contro- versy with Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. concerning phases of the labor sit- uation. e -