Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1924, Page 2

GOOLIDGE BUOYANT AS OUTING STARTS Leaving This Afternoon for 10-Day Vacation in Fa- ther’s Vermont Home. President Coolidge is today headed for the hills of northern Vermont, where he expects to rest from the cares of his office 10 days. Accom- panied by Mrs. Coolidge and their son John, and Bascom Slerp, secretary to the President, the President left Washington a few minutes after 2 o'clock this afternoon. The party is scheduled to arrive at the home of the President’'s father, in Plymouth, where they will visit 10 days, in time for breakfast tomorrow. This is Mr. Coolldge's first vacation since assuming the office of President, more than a year ago, and he left the city today with an enthusiasm somewhat resembling that of the average boy on the last day of school. Despite the fact that the President has undergone the 12 month's labor and strain, which has been his since succeeding to the presidency, un- usually well, and though he gave no outward signs of weariness, he has frequently told callers at the White House within recent weeks that he needed a rest; that he wanted a short change. Gets Chance to Relax. Those who know the President and who know Plymouth, Vt, have no doubt about his getting both. Every opportunity will be offered him to enjoy fully the quiet and cool of the little village and its picturesque en- virons. It is expected there will be little finterruption tb his rest. and that the Executive will have no dif- ficulty in relaxing and In getting the full benefit of this short absence from the burdens of his high office. Secretary Slemp will breakfast with the party at the old Coolidge home- stead, but later in the day will go to Woodstock, a little Summer resort 16 miles distant. It will be in this village that the newspaper men who have gone along to “cover” the Presi- dent, will stay. The secret service men, stenographer, two clerks, tele- graph operator and White House mes- senger and the White House phys cian, who have accompanied the party, will make their headquarters at Lud- low. Vt. the nearest rallroad town to Plymouth. 1t will be at Ludiow that the pres! dential party will leave the train to- morrow morning. The journey from there to Plymouth, 12 miles distant, will be made by automobile. will Secretary Slemp sald today that every effort will be made to dis- courage the public from swooping down on Plymouth during the President’s stay, in the hope of hearing him _speak, or shaking hands with him or catching a glimpse of him or members of his family. It was explained that the fact that a stenographer and two clerks are being taken to Plymouth does not mean that the President intends enjoying himself on his vacation by working. On the contrary, he hopes to do nothing. But, Mr. Slemp went on to explain, the office of President is considerably different from any other, and certain matters are bound to arise, even in so short a period as 10 days, which require the at- tentjon of the Nation's Executive. RED CROSS CABLES $100,000 TO CHINA Fund for Relief of Flood Sufferers Forwarded by Chairman John B. Payme. Discourage Callers. Chairman John Barton Payne has announced that the American Na- tional Red Cross is cabling $100,000 for the relief of victims of the almost unprecedented floods sweeping sev- eral provinces of China, This action was taken immediately upon receipt of a report transmitted through the State Department at the request of the Red Cross by Jacob Gould Schur- man, American minister at Peking. The money will be disbursed by the China International Famine Relief Commission. Minister Schurman’'s cable stated that the commission estimates that 10,000,000 persons are already affected by the floods, and that based on its experience during the 1920-1921 fam- ine, $1 per person or $10,000,000 will be needed for relief operations. Emergency relief measures now un- der way are being carried on by varlous Chinese philanthropic organ- jzations, and the Famine Rellef Com- mission is laying plans to meet the distress which is sure to follow de- struction of the crops, the cable con- tinued. Estimated funds which may be made available through the imposi- tion of customs and transportation surtaxes, flood rellef campaigns, etc., would total seven and a half milliort dollars, leaving a sum of two and a half million dollars otherwise to be raised if the situation is to be fully met. “The present situation is very serfous,” Minister Schurman stated. “The Spring crops in north China are short; due to drought, and the Fall crops are destroyed over a wide area, due to rains. The water will remain over large areas for some moriths, so that Winter wheat cannot be planted.” No request has been received for the dispatch of Red Cross reliet work- ers from this country, and accord- ingly none will be sent. RESCUE WAGON PLANNED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT A special plece of fire apparatus, to bé known as a rescue wagon, will be put In service in the Fire Department soon, Chief Watson announced today. It is now in course of construction at the Fire Department repair shop and Superintendent of Machinery Fern will go to New York in a few days to gather ideas as to how to fit up such a truck. The rescue wagon will respond to all alarms from hospitals, asylums, hotels and other places where large numbers of persons might be in danger. The equipment of the truck will in- clude acetylene torches, powerful flood lights, gas masks, crowbars and other implements to be used in making Tescues - Taft Denies Reported Iliness. NEW YORK, August 14—Reports here that Willlam H. Taft, Chief Jus- tice of the United States, had been taken {1l at his summer home at Mur- ray Bay, Quebec, were denied today by Justice Taft, speaking over long- distance telephone to the Associated Press. “The repoft is unfounded,” sald the Justice. *“I came up here for & rest, and I am getting it. I have en- Joyed every day of my vacation and expect. to return to Washington on September 28 or 30. BARK BELIEVED LOST, IS SIGHTED IN.PACIFIC Narwhal, Out 18 Months, Bailed on Cruise of Trading and Adventure. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, August 15.—The bark Narwhal, which sailed from San Francisco February 28, 1923, on a cruise of trading and adventure through the South Seas and which was last heard of in the Marquesas Islands, was sighted 120 miles north of San Francisco at 8 o'clock last night, according to a wireleas mes- sage received here by the marine de- partment of the Chamber of Com- merce from the oil tanker J. A. Mof- ett. ‘When the vessel left here the crew included a Russlan count, several sci- entisf professional and business men and others, all of whom were stockholders in the Mutual Trading Co., formed for carrying out an ex- pedition. A course was mapped out which included points in China, down the Malay Peninsula to Singapore, Australia and through the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. The Narwhal was posted as missing in Australlan ports after being long overdue. USE WAR METHODS 10 GUARD STILLS Barbed-Wire Entanglements and Listening Posts, Vir- ginia Moonshiners’ Idea. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 15— Wartime precautions—barbed-wire en- tanglements and outpost nests perched high in accommodating trees—applied to moonshine rendezvous saved a num- ber of outlaws from arrest in the Sandy Run section of Fairfax County yeaterday. Virgil Williams, State prohibition inspector for Virginia, and a number of agents descended upon three sus- pected places suddenly. Although they captured a number of stills, large quantities of mash and nearly 100 gallons of moonshine whisky, the manufacturers had made good their escape. Approach to the stills was guarded by a carefully constructed barbed- wire entanglement, like those built before trenches in modern warfare. A single opening was left in the wire and while the officers were looking for it the moonshiners crawled out through the aperture. Further investigation showed seats constructed far up in tall trees, some distance from the stills. Outposts saw the officers coming when they were blocks away, gave the signal to escape by uttering bird-like calls and climbed down to safety themselves brobably after the raiders had passed them. O MONAI&CH CLUB PRESENTS LADIES’ NIGHT PROGRAM “Beauty Contest” and Other Spe- cial Features Mark Event at National President’s Home. Dancing and many novel features marked a “ladles’ night” celebration of the local Monarch Club at the home of H. S. Omohundro, national presi- dent, at 32 Drummond avenue, last night. The program was opened by Ar- thur A. Riemer, chairman of the committee of arrangements, who in- troduced Mr. Omohundro. The latter welcomed the guests in a brief ad- dress. After an hour of dancing a beauty contest was held, with men con- testants dressed in feminine apparel and impersonating screen stars. After marching up and down the front porch several times D. J. Fuqua, announced as “Bebe Daniels,” was declared the winner of first prize, with Mr. Riemer, impersonating “Gloria Swanson,” second, and Clar- ence R. Ahalt, as “Marian Davies,” third. The judges picked the win- ners according to those receiving the greatest amount of applause from the audience. Another feature event was com- petitive social dancing. Miss Con- stance Procter wag declared the win- ner in .this contest, with Mrs. D. S. Morehead, second; Mrs. Walter Case third, and Mrs. Gaston Stickler, fourth. The remainder of the program in- cluded a brief address by Wendel C. Shoemaker, president of the local club; several dances, by Gaston Stickler; vocal solos, by Mrs. Steven 0. Ford; recitation, by C. P. Barrett; community singing, by Charles 8. Al- den, Mrs. Ford, Mr. Calker, C. P. Bar- rett, Mr. Riemer, Mr. Ahalt, Mr. Proc- tor, Mr. Stickler, Mr. Shoemaker and H.'S. Shepard. Another feature was a mock mar- riage. H. H. Street, dressed as a woman, was the would-be bride, while Charles P. Barrett was the bridegroom. There were several hun- dred in attendance. ARTHUR BISHOP DEAD. Veteran Capitol Policeman Taken West for Interment. Arthur Bishop, for many years a member of the Capitol Police Depart- ment, died at his residence, 12 Third street northeast, Wednesday. Funeral services were held at Zurhorst's fu- neral parlors, Third and East Capi- tol streets, today at 11 o'clock. The body was sent to Appleton, Wis., fou interment. Members of the force at the Capitol attended the funeral. Mr. Bishop was about 75 years old. He is survived by a son, Harry Bishop of Wisconsin, and a brother in Montana. GORDON PROMISES ACTION District Attorney, After Vacation, Says He Will Push Realty ‘Probe. District Attorney Peyton Gordon, upon his return from a brief vaca- tion, announced today that he would personally take charge of an inves- tigation to sift to the bottom rumo and reports relative to transactions by a “real estate ring” in the Na- tional Capital. Maj. Gordon said today that dur- ing his abseénce two assistant attor- neys in his office had been detailed to look into the matter. He will take up the investigation where they left off, and will go over their re- ports. S “The object,” he said, “is to dis- cqver wheter any statute is being vio- lated in any way in the District of Columbia by an unlawful combine of persons engaged in real estate busi- ness and correlated lines.” Thus far, he said, no evidence had been uncovered to warrant him tak- ing decisive steps, but the investi- gation is being made to assure him- self that all laws were being lived up to. —_— More foreign-born women in the United States have been naturalized than foreign-born men. WHY THE POLICE FAIL TQ SOLVE WASHINGTON'S PARKING PROLBEM LS WLll R g e R T STATE PL. 6 This map, made on the information fur: chart ind. 10:15 and 11145 a.m. T! 23 PLANES IND. C. ON STUDENT TEST Wing Way From Langley Field and Back With Re- serve Officers Aboard._ Winging their way up the Potomac River In less than two hours against a strong head wind, 23 airplanes from Langley Field, Va. with nearly two- score reserve officers of the Afr Service aboard them as observers and pilots, visited Bolling Field today for a short time, and then refueling, left for the return trip to Langley Fleld. Flying in perfect formation ten Mar- tin bombers, the big two-engined planes of the Alr Service, three SF-5s and 7 DH-4s, with two photo DH-is and_another observation plane, came to Bolling Field in the most preten- tious “show” ever offered for reserve officers of the air service. The demon- stration, in which half of the planes were piioted by reserve officers, was one of the_concluding events in the two weeke' student course at Lang- ley Field, Va.,, which will end tomor- row. Never before In the history of the Alr Stvice, according to Maj. W. D. Grant, commanding the reserve offi- cers, 'have so many planes been piloted on an extensive cross country flight by members of the Air Service Reserve Corps. The trip from Lang- ley Field to Washington was entirely uneventful, Maj. Grant said, although strong head winds were encountered all the way. Bombers First Here. First of the aerial squadron to come into sight at Bolling Field was a quartet of Martin bombers, led by Capt. E. E. W. Duncan, commanding the formation of the 10 big bombers. Other pilots with Capt. Duncan's for- mation were Lieuts. Cole, Willlams and Collins, all of Langley Field, with eight reserve officers as observers— two to each plane. The other bomb- ers came in later, with five in one formation. A few moments after the aerial goliaths had settled down at Bolling Field the squadron of wasps of the sky—three SE-5s, led by Maj. H. W, Harms—came into view and, circling about the field to get the wind in their teeth, landed and joined the bombers. The rest of the bombers came in next and then came the squadron of seven DH-4s, led by Maj. Grant, all piloted by reserve officers and with reserve officers in the back seat as observers. First of the DH- 4s to settle down at Bolling Field was the plane piloted by Lieut. E. G. Cross of Washington, one_ of the officers taking the course at Langley Field. The object of the trip, the most pre- tentious ever undertaken by student officers, was to acquaint them with practical, conditions met with in cross- country work, according to Maj. Grant. Maj. Grant, whose home is at Christiana, Pa., characterized _the officers’ reserve camp at Langley Fleld as the best camp he had ever attended. “There has been more fly- ing, a very efficient course of class- room instruction and shop work and everything possible has been done by the officers to make our stay helpful and comfortable,” Maj. Grant said. Both he and Lieut. Cross paid a trib- ute to Lieut. Col. Graham, command- ing officer at Langley Field, and Maj. Harms, in charge of the Reserve of- ficers' course, commending them for their skill and efforts to make the stay of the reserve officers pleasant. - MEN SEEK BEAUTY PRIZE. ——— Forty-Two Entered in St. Gabriel’s Carnival Contest. St. Gabriel's Catholic Church will open a carnival on the church grounds, Grant Circle and Varnum _srteet, tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. The carnival will last through the fol- lowing Saturday, with many novel features each night. Tuesday night there will be a baby show for contestafits between the ages of 1 and 3 years, while Friday night will be featured by a men’s beauty contest and Saturday night, August 23, there will be a dancing contest. ‘The Navy Band, 8t. Dominic's Band, the Boys' Independent Band and the Times-Herald Band will take turns in furnishing music for dancing each night. It was announced that there are already 43 entrants to the men beauty contest. Proceeds from the carnival are to go to the church building fund. - 2 WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, . 1924, . e LAFAYETTE SQ. el EXECUTIVE MANSION SRS tes by the ama Mty of ento NEW LEGION POST BACKS DEFENSE TEST Sergt. Jasper Group to Enroll for Event—To Aid Poor Chil- dren to Swim. ’ Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13, American Legion, came out with a whole- hearted pledge of support for the War Department’'s plan for National Defense Test day at a meeting last night, and the post as a whole volun- teered to participate This action was taken through a resolution, unanimously adopted, put- ting the post on record as favoring Defense day and enrolling the entire membership of the post for the event. The text of the resolution pointed out that members of the post were “In a position to know, and are not unmindful of the horrible results of unpreparedness.” The post also adopted a resolution favoring establishment of facilities for poor children of the District to attend municipal bathing pools. Gordon Leech, in charge of the bathing beach, told members of his {nabllity to furnish transportation to poor children, and Commander Cu- sick appointed a committee, composed of Thomas J. Frailey, John T. Baker, W. R. Gould and R. H. Hetzer, to arrange means for transportation of poor children to the pools Wil Ask Public Ald. The committee will seek to Interest public-spirited citizens In the matter and to obtatr from them trucks or automobiles tu be used in transport- ing the children to and from various institutions In and about Washing- ton. Those wishing to donate trans- portational facilities are requested to communicate with Mr. Frailey at 1706 M street northwest. Dr. J. de Sigueira Coutinho, former cretary of the Pan-American Union and now professor of forelgn trade at Catholic University and the Georgetown School of Foreign Ser ice, explained to the post a compre- hensive plan for establishment of world peace through the Council of International Co-operation. Arrested in Handbook Case. Charged witn making a handbook on the races, George M. Smith, pro- prietor of a lunchroom at 1713 Penn- sylvania avenue, was arrested yes- terday afternoon by Detective Bill- man and Policeman McCarty of the third precinct. McCarty, a recent ap- pointee, and not well known by bus! ness men in the precinct, alleges that Smith accepted a $5 bet from him on a horse, and it is charged that the marked bill was found on the lunch- room proprietor when he was ar- rested. Smith furnished bond in the sum of $2,000 for his appearance. S T 2 R 7 4 4 i AT 2 m . f »n S T $\\?T\\ N g :resent regulntions with the i TOKID IS SEVERELY SHAKEN BY QUAKES Fifteen Tremblors Are Felt. Area to North Is Af- fected Most. By the Associated Press TOKIO, August 15.—Fifteen heavy earthquake shocks rocked Tokio {early today The temblors were heaviest in the district north of here, where general alarm, but slight dam- age, was reported. The worst shocks were felt at Fukushima, a city of 43,000, 200 miles northeast of here, and at Chiba, at the north end of Tokio Bay, where one house was destroyed. At Choshi, 75 miles northeast of here, telephone service was suspended, while other towns in the earthquake area re- ported broken windows. The main shock, which registered 80 minutes on seismographs, caused people to run from their homes to the streets. The temblors came after several days of abnormally high tides near Chiba, which caused gov- ernment seismologists to renew their beliefs that tide measurements will warn of approaching earthquakes. QUAKE RECORDED HERE. Georgetown Seismograph Shows Severe Tremors 4,500 Miles Away. An earthquake of severe intensity was recorded on the seismograph of Georgetown University yesterday afternoon, beginning about 1:19 p.m. and lasting until 3:30. Its maximum severity was between 1:56 and 2:07. Father Tondorf estimated its dis- tance at 4,500 miles from Wash- ington. FILE FORBES DEMURRER. Former Veterans’' Bureau Chief Al- “leges Flaws in Indictments. CHICAGO, August 15.—Demurrers to the indictments of Col. Charles R. Forbes, former head of the Veterans' Bureau, and John W. Thompson, St. Louis and Chicago contractor, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government alleging 18 or more flaws in the government charges were ready to be filed today in the federal courts. Forbes and Thompson also were indicted on charges of receiving and giving a bribe, respectively. “Woman Without Couniry” Is Seeking To Locate Husband, Veteran, in U. S. Bureau Believes Patient in Camp Kedrney Is Man Sought by Beautiful Refugee in Switzerland. Has a post-war romance between the bautiful daughter of an old Rus- slan family impoverished by the war, and an American soldler in Europe, been blasted? Have they been sep- arated by the quirks of an unkind fate, or was there ever a real ro- mance after all? These are some of the questions which have bobbed up since lovely Jullette Krivohef, over in Geneva, Switzerland, broadcast to the world, through her attorney, and through the international cables, an appeal to find her husband, Conrad T. Maron of Philadelphia. The Veterans' Bureau believes it has found him, in a hospital, f.r out at Camp Kearney,/ Calif., separated by an ocean and the width of the United State from the girl who says she was his wfie. Jullette, according to dispatches from Rome, is in especially distress- ing cifcumstances, because under the American law, American citizenship is not hers as yet. She is literally a woman without a country, and could not, therefore, claimr the good of- fices of the American consulate. In marryihg Maron, it is said, she lost her Russia citizenship, but did not become an Amgrican citizen. Her lawyer andre Jaccoud, said to be a prominent member of the Geneva bar, wrote to the Veterans' Bur here. The bureau carefully searched its files and found out at Camp Kear- ney, Calif., a Conrad T. Maren, who is a bona-fide veteran of the World War, hospitalized as suffering from tuber- culosis. From Washington, letters of infor- mation and inquiry have gone in op- posite directions, telling Jaccoud in Switzerland of Maron in the Califor- nia hospital, and telling Conrad Ma- ron of the plea from the girl in Switzerland. The girl's address, ac- cording to the bureau, is Rue Toepf- fer 11, Geneva. Willing to get at the facts of the international tangle, the Veterans’ Bureau, however, is not predicting Wwhat the outcome will be, but is awaiting replies from both. Juliette, according to the municipal records of Geneva, married Maron, March 7, 1923. He is described in the record without a profession, and as having been divorced in March, 1911, Juliette said she and her husband had traveled together several months during which Maron spent money freely, but suddenly disappeared. Al- though from a fine old Russlan ¥am- ily, she is without friends or money, according to the cables. She is described in one dispatch as “one of the hundreds of European women deserted by American hus- bands.” The existence of “hundreds, or perhaps thousands of such women,” the same dispatch added, “is becom- ing & serious charitable and legal "roblem.’ I T e —— vail 8,099 CARS PARK IN CONGESTED AREA (Continued from First Page.) or areas are not provided, the only other alternatives are for motorists not to drive their cars downtown to work or to leave them outside the congested area and walk the re- mainder of the distance to the office or shop. Create New Congestion. This in turn brings up the question raised vesterday by Maj. Bell that driving the ali-day parker out of | the congested area will create an- other circle of congestion on resi- | dential streets that border on the business section. Maj. Holcombe said he recognized that as a probable result. In this connection he pointed out that in any outlying residential section where there are large apartment houses many automobiles of apartment dweilers may be found parked in front of adjoining residences. This condition of parking in front of the home of some one else will continue to exlst, he sald, until there is a garage for every car. Inspector Headley firmly believes that the impounding law is the most effective way of enforcinig the one- hour limit downtown. Corporation Counsel Stephens de- clared today, however, that he does not believe the commissioners have authority to enact an impounding regulation under the general police power given them. This means the commissioners would have to ask Congress for such a law. “The selzing of property,” Mr. Stephens said, “is the last resort as a means of enforcing any law, even though in the case of automobile parking the car would be taken only temporarily until called for by the owner.” The ' Commissioners are now con- sidering a number of proposals for improving the parking situation, but they are awalting a report from the Trafic Board before taking any ac- on. Baltimore P! Studied. Although a group of District of- ficials spent yesterday in Baltimore observing the automobile parking situation, they indicated today that conditions there probably would not play much of a part in determining how the question should be solved here. Maj. W. H. Holcombe, chairman of the local traffic board, said he found that no parking is permitted in the business district of Baltimore during the morning and evening rush periods, with a two-hour parking privilege from 9:30 in the morning to 4:45 in the afternoon. Washington has a one-hour limit throughout the day. The morning and evening restric- tion on parking apparently is intend- ed to keep the streets clear during the periods when the traffic flow is heaviest, whereas In Washington the chiet difficulty in connectton with parking is to eliminate the practice of leaving machines in one place all day within the congested area. ‘Will Meet Local Problem. Those who went to Baltimore were Engineer Commissioner Bell, Maj. Holcomb, Maj. Raymond Wheeler and Assistant Corporation Counsel Ring- gold Hart. Maj. Bell continued on to Atlantic City for a week end trip and will look in at parking conditions in Philadelphia. When the traffic board meets in & few days, however, it probably will be guided largely by local conditicas, on the theory that the question f parking presents different probit 3 for each municipality. It is more than likely that one of the conclusions of the board will be that, whatever solution of the park- ing problem is finally decided upon, 1t will be necessary to obtain a larger InquAd of traffio policemen to enforce t SUES FOR AUTOMOBILE. ‘Wife Asks Court to Have Husband Deliver Car to Her. Suit was flled in the District Su- preme Court today by Mary E. Rider to have her husband, William G. Rider, turn over to her the automo- bile awarded in the court's decree for maintenance signed some two months ago. In the bill of complaint, Mrs. Rider says a deduction of $35 per month from a $90 monthly main- tenance granted her has been made regularly to be applied on deferred purchase price of the car by Rider. This is cited to prove clear title to the car, but two days ago, according to the charges, Rider took the car from its pafking place and has since refused to return it. Justice Hits signed a rule ordering Rider to show cause in court why he should not be forced to return.the car. PATENT OFFICE T hed by an actual coant of automohilex parked in the xo-called “congested” area, shows S.000 carm. The count was made on an average week-day new whether cars are parked paraliel or at an angle of 45 degreen. District officiala belleve there is sufficient regulation now to daquate police force TIST ENGINEERS N HGH PRASE Build Pontoon Bridge With Speed of Regulars, Com- mander Says. By a Staff Correspondent. “ORT HUMPHREYS, Va. August 15.—Kvery day in camp here brings more praise for the 121st Regiment of Engineers, National Guard of the District of Columbla, taking its an- nual two-week field training here, from the Regular Army officers as- signed to the unit as instructors. Companies B and E were engaged all the morning in the construction of a heavy pontoon bridge across Gunston Cove, a tributary of the Po- tomac, and upon completion Capt. H. H. Pohl, United States Arm that the District troops had per- formed the operation with the speed of regulars. They showed that they had been well trained, and each unit assigned to a different task was ready for its work when the task ahead of them had been completed. The pontoons were run out and the cross-beams and floors laid promptly, and by the time one section was completed, an- |other boat was floated into place ready to take the next span. Prepare for Next Week. Other sections of the regiment were given instruction in demolition, preparatory to the use next week of explosives for the destruction of their construction work. This is to illus- trate that it is the function of the engineers to destroy roads and bridges and other lines of communi- cations to impede pursuing troops, as well as to construct them for the easy advance of their own troops. The headquarters and service com- pany, commanded by Capt. Sidney Morgan, was engaged in preparing a pack train for the march. Enlisted men of the regiment who will fire on the rifle range next week today are being selected by the com- pany commanders. The lists will be sent to headquarters and Col. John ‘W. Oehmann, commanding the regi- ment, will select details which will be sent each day for this work. The range is about seven miles from the camp. Company D Wins. Company D took off the honors to- day in sanitation, when Capt. Bolton, camp sanitary officer, gave them the highest mark for clean and sanitary quarters, kitchens and mess halls. This outfit is commanded by Capt. T. A. Lane, who also took off first hon- ors in the solution of a war problem assigned them by Maj. W. E. R. Covell, United States Army, senior instructor with the organization. The engineering program will be dropped this afternoon and the regi- ment sent out as combat troops. They will operate in the camp for training in patrolling and scouting. The of- ficers will have saber drill. The officers of the regiment were put through their first drill in horse- manship yesterday afternoon, and they took to the saddles very well. No casualties were reported. Dance Is Feature. Last night an entertainment and dance was given at the post under the direction of Chaplain A. L. Smith, 121st Engineers, who also has been detailed a post chaplain to relieve Chaplain Wilcox, who left today for his next post in Honolulu. There ‘was some talént from Washington and some from the regiment. Music was furnished by the orchestra of the 121st Engineers Band. There were a large number of the relatives and friends of the District soldlers in camp for this event and for the parade and review yesterday after- noon. Col. Oehmann plans this afternoon to parade the regiment in review in honor of Col. Woodruff, U. 8. A., com- manding this post. Deaver Gets $80 Allowance. Thomas M. Deaver of Texas, who attacked and struck Director Hines of the Veterans' Bureau recently, has been granted by the central board of appeals of the bureau a rating of temporary total disability, with monthly compensation of $30 and the opportunity of entering any veterans® hospital in the vicinity of his home for further treatment. This action followed diagnosis by physicians at Naval Hospital that Deaver was suf- fering from active tuberculosia. r ! GIRL 1S IMPLIGATED INDEATH BY LOVER Says She Plotted Rival’s Murder—Denied by Accused. By the Ansociated Press. BENTON HARBOR Mich., 15.—A wide divergence in the stories of Emil Zupke, factory hand, and Florence McKinney, his 19-year-old flancee, appeared today as the time approached for them to be arralgned on charges of first-degree murder in connection with the death of Cora May Raber. Zupke said he plans to plead gullty. His flancee, on the other hand, will plead not guilty. The self-confessed ayer of the girl who demanded that he marry her to give her unborn child a name today for the first time made damaging admissions involving Miss McKinney. She countered with a de- nial that she knew what Zupke was doing when he choked Miss Raber to death. “I told Florence that T wanted her to drive the car while I did the job,’ he confessed. August Slay:r Implicates Girl “Florer.ce looked me squarely in the eyes ard said, ‘Ace, I'll do anything in the world for you,’” he went on “That was all there was to it. My back was toward Florence, but she knew what was going on. She helped me 1ift the body out of the car.” Miss McKinney, light-hearted and 1aughing, In contrast to the worn ap- pearance of Zupke, denied that she knew what he was doing. She ad- mitted driving the car, but insisted that she thought Zupke was giving Miss Raber medicine. She stated that she drove Zupke's car when he asked her to, “just because she had often driven fit. Although Miss McKinney had planned to marry Zupke last Sunday, she said today that she “would never marty a man who has killed a woman.” Rumors that violence against Zupke might be attempted caused Sheriff George Bridgeman to station extra guards around the jail last night. PLANS LA FOLLETTE CAMPAIGN IN D. C. Committee of Local Club Will Meet Tonight to Consider “Battle” Program. —_— Directors of the La _Follette- Wheeler campaign in the District of Columbia will consider plans for the formal launching of the local Pro- gressive battle at a meeting of the executive committee of the local la Follette-for-Prexident Club to be held | at the campalgn headquarters, 1419 G street northwest. tonight at 8 o'clock Efforts have been made by local friends of Senator La Follette to have him open his campaign in this city, and it has been urged that the oppor- tunity it would afford of addressing a tremendous radio audience would more than offset the handicap of fn- adequate hall facilities. While no de- cision has been reached on this pro- posal, it is known that those in charge of Senator La Follette's cam- paign are considering its advizability. New York City is making an effort to have the Senator open his campaign there on Labor day. Senator Burton K.. Wheeler, vice presidential nominee, will be asked to address one meeting in Washing- ton either at the beginning or on the wind-up of the coast-to-coast cam- paign which he is expected to make between September 1 and election day. Reports of various subcommittees authorized to plan local campalgn activities will be received at tonight's meeting. COFFERDAM BREAKS. Offers Slight Delay to Work on New Water System. A frame cofferdam erected at Great Falls, in connection with the building of the new water system Sprung a leak Tuesday night, but resulted in nothing more scrious than the neces- sity of pumping water out of a new tunnel being drilled through the rock Maj. O'Connor, engineer officer in charge of the project, explained that the water will pass through a tunnel in the rock before entering the new conduit and the cofferdam was put up as part of the drilling of the tun- nel. The incident will not interfere in any way with the progress of work on the conduit. R. T. KENNEDY EXPIRES. Georgetown Student Victim of Heart Disease in Home. Richard Thomas Kennedy, son of Thomas S. and Mrs. Blanche M. Ken- nedy of 36 K street northeast, died of heart disease at the residence of his parents yesterday. Mr. Kennedy was a student at the Georgetown Law School and was well known at that institution. Prior to entering Georgetown he won a scholarship to Gonzaga College from the Gonzaga Preparatory School. He was a member of the St. Aloysius Club Quartet. He came here ten years ago from St. Louls, Mo. Besides his mother and father, he is survived by three brothers, Ralph. Edmund and Gilbert Kennedy, and four sisters, Miss Gladys, Miss Cathe- rine, Miss Mary and Miss Cecella Ken- nedy. His, father is an attorney. Funeral services will be conducted at St. Aloysius Catholic Church Mon- day morning at 9 o'clock. Requiem mass will be said. Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery. = . PROGRESSIVES ORGANIZE. La Follette Followérs Get Under Way in Washington. SEATTLE., Wash,, August 15.—An executive committee of seven mem- bets was appointed; a progressive party slogan, “return government to the people” was adopted and seven electors were tentatively chosen at a State convention here last night when the Progressive party, “was oficially reborn in this State to put the names of La Follette electors on the ballot in the fall,” declared the executive committee. e Death Called Accident. Coroner Nevitt conducted an inquest at the morgue today in the case of William L. Davis, 74, 3230 G street, who was fatally injured by a Capital Traction car near the rallway loading platform on Pennsylvania avenue be- tween Jackson place and Seventeenth ' street yesterday morning, the jury res gon: g & verdict of unavoidable arai- en '