Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1924, Page 2

2 * - HOLY NAME PARADE + ORDERS SENT OUT Officials Here Notify Units . Throughout Country to ¥ Facilitate March. i Because the Holy Name national convention hcadquarters here has been advised by ietters and telegrams from all parts of the country that more than 100,000 men will march in th Holy Name parade here, Sunday, September 21, it has been decided to Change the hour at which the parade will start from 1 o lock to 12:30 ck. The route of the parade and in- structions tot the marshals of all the Holy Name societies participating were announced today by Capt. Harry A. Walsh, grand marshal. and were transmitted to the Holy Name units all over the country “so that the zreat national rally parade will be cxecuted with the greatest order and efficiency Orders for Parade. These orders, as prepared by Capt Walsh and Maj. Harry Coope, U. S. A, chief of staff, are as follows The route of parade will be from First and East Capitool streets across the northeast front of the “apitol Ground: to B street West on B street to First strect. South on First street to the Peace Monument (First street and Pennsyl- vant: venue). West on Pennsyl- vania avenue to Fifteenth street, then south on Fifteenth street to th, north. Monu- ment Grounds, on the north of which there will be erected a platform and altar, where benediction will be held. Wlags and banners will be massed wack of and around the altar at the conclusion of the parad The formation will be en masse, Military aides to the grand marshal will be in uniform and mounted. Section marshal nd their aides will be suitably dressed for the {2on- ion and dismounted o orkaniaation in thel »nie will march in platoon formatic® with 20-men front and 2 guides. Each pla- toon will be double rank, w' .« 20 men in each rank. The dista3 to maintained between the Pk nehes, measured from the the front- k men to the the rear-rank men. Flags and Pennants. No flag. except the American flag and the Holy me banner will be permitted in the parade. The Ameri- can flag is carried on the right. The music will be sacred music, or marches of the standard type, set to time of 128 steps to a minute. 'nder no circumstance will jazz or rag time be attempted. Automobiles will not be permitted in line of parade. ts of THE WEATHER District of Columbia and Maryland —Mostly cloudy; tomorrow fair; lit- tie change in temperature; gentle variable winds, Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight, preceded by local thunder showers this afternoon or early tonight, in southern portion; cooler in extreme west portion tonight; tomorrow, gen- erally fair; gentle to variable winds, becoming modcrate northeast. West Virginia—Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler in east portion to- night. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 78; 8 p.m, %3; 12 midnight, 69; 4 a.m., 67; § am., ©9; noon, 76. Barometer- 30.08; 8 p.m., 4 pm 20.06; 12 midnight, 30.06; 4 am., 30.03; | 3 30.0: 30.02. est temperature, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday. Lowest tem- perature, 67, occurred at 6 a.m today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 73; lowest, 52. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at Great Fal at § a.m. today— Temperature, 74; condition, slightly muddy. am. Hig 78, occurred ‘Tide Tables. . (Furnished by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Low tide, 9:07 am. high tide, 2:18 a.m., and and 10:01 a.m. 3:13 a.m. tide, tide, Tomorrow—Low and 10:13 p.m.; high und 3:38 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun Tose, 5:28 am.; sets, 6:53 p.m. Tomorro sun un rises, 5:29 am.; m.. Moon sets, 2:01 p.m. Automobile lamps to be one-half hour after sunse lighted Weather in Various Cities. ‘Temperature. Seations. Clear Ditens Tex AT Cloudy Albany Atlanta Atlanti Baltimore . ‘mingham. fismarck ton ... Buffalo 30.00 2098 30.00 Denver Detroit Pt.cloudy f Clear Indianapolis. 30.02 Pt.cloudy Jucksouville. 29.8) Kansas € Tox Angeles, 2 Loutevilie Miami, Fla Cloudy Pr.clondy Cloudy Clear, Cloudy Clear Tt.cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Fi.clondy Pt cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy New York okla, City.L Raleigh,N.C. 8. Lake City San Antonio. san Diego. <. Francisco st. Louls, St. Paul... Seattle Spokane WASH..D FOREIGN. (8 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Siatious. Temperature. Weather. London, England Part cloudy yaris, ‘France Part cloudy Berlin, Part cloudy Clear Part cloudy Clear Part cloudy Part cloudy Clear 82 Cloudy 78 Cloudy BATTLE NEAR IN BRAZIL. (Fayal), Azores.. Hamilton, - Hermuda.... San Juan, Porto Rico... Havana, Cuba. 78 80 82 Federals in Position to Hinder Rebel Retreat. BUENOS AIRES, August 23.—A de- cisive engagement is imminent be- iween the federal troops and rebels operating in the state of Matto Gros- s0, Brazil, according to a dispatch received here quoting advices to the Rio' de Janeiro newspaper A Noticias. The federals are said to have ob- tained possession of a number ‘of strategic points, rendering the rebels’ » retreat most difficult, 5 g Plaza. | be ™ Leads Parade CAPT. HARRY A. WALSH. LOCAL OQSERVERS TRAIN TELESCOPES ON FACE OF MARS | (Continued from First Tage.) i : ; | “listening in ceremony. | i%of. Asaph Hall of the | servatory spent several . | nicht o king ouservations. His Work | was chiefly concerned, however, with | | measurements of the two sutellites) of Mars, discovered by his father, the ! | Asiph Hall. Erof. Hall's work | st night is to perfect the ticory of | {the orbits of the two “moons.” | on Mars, directed \he} Naval hours Be Clearer. two much 1 Skies May | Officials of the here do not put d by @ | idea adva ientist- i that obs rvation of Ma T BUS FARE FIGHT MAY GO T0 COURT Rapid Transit Company Con- siders Legal Fight Against Commission. As a final resort, the Washington Rapid Transit Company may take into the courts its long and unsuc- cessful fight before the Public Util- ities Commission for a straight 10- cent fare on its bus lines. Leon Arnold, president and general man- ager of the company, after a_confer- ence with members of the Utilities Commission today, intimated that such action is not unlikely. Threo successive times the plea of the trans't company for an in- crease in fare has been rejected by the commission on the ground that it is earning a fair return on its in- vestment. The company now sees as its only recourse, it was said, a decision on the legality of the com- mission to deny it a 10-cent fare in the face of its present financial con- dition. Mr. Arnold would not indicate defi- nitely whether the company had de- l(:r"l(“rll to carry i ampaign for higher fares into the courts, but said he and other officials would make a thorough study of the comm on’: :u-(l_hn before ul nately reaching a decision. “I can't say today what ac- tion we contemplate,” said Mr. Ar. nold. “But we must do something. He 'om 1 to Anounce the com- pany's plans M lay. Bell Announces Finish, Bngincer Commissioner J. Franklin Bell, chairman of the Utilities Com mission. following the Conference with Mr. Arnold, announced emphati cally that the fare question is set- tled. The commission now, he said, is interested only in the service which the bus company will render. As a somewhat dramatic climax to the conference, members of the com- mission, at the request of Mr. Arnold, inspected in front of the District ot ar city de with months from ¥ in which the observati be easier, it was said here, ount of it being later | ason, when cool nights | clearer skies and hence | in the telescopes. | scien- | more certainty ow. The - now ould ould be the s { make fo better definition As for “listening in” on Mars, | | tists at the observatories made no at- | tempt whatever to do aught but “look |in" on the planct, confining their at- | tentions to their telescope rather than |to radio tubes. Today only one offi- cial could be found who was willing statement as to the and what he said wa on ac {to make any “listeming in." just one word: | Hoax | Local Stations Suspend. ! Broadcasting station WRC Radio Corporation of America gave a | i “kick” to thousands of “listeners in™ | {1ast night, when, at the commence- | | ment of its broadcast program it an-j nounced that WRC would remain | silent for 3 minutes every hour, be-| ginning at the fittieth minute. ! | | of lhe! ! This was done, the announcer said, | speaking between a piano solo and a :suprunn song, in give :l‘ chance for any possible sort of com- munication from any theoretical be- lings using any kind of imaginative | radio device or ifstrument allied { thereto, in as far as it were possible | | for beings of this. our world, to con- | ceive what sort of a being on )l.nrs; would use what sort of a radio—— | Whew! Well, anyway, WRC “went off the air” faithfully once every hour, leaving thousands upon thousands of tube and crystal set owners \\H‘h five | minutes on their hands in which to order to | “listen for Mars.” Sy Many strange sounds were hear Mh‘::,ni)n head sets and loud speakers, but surely they were not from Mars! That old friend of radio, Regenera- tion, was resporsible for them. “I'got Mars, U'll bet!” sang out many an intense listener. | “Mars, c friend ould reply his “You got Pittsburgh!” Officials at WRC today admitted that they themselves had made no attempt whatever to “listen in” on Mars during the five-minute periods.| “No, we didn’t attempt to listen in/ said a studio official, with a laugh. “We left that to others.” WRC will broadeast again tonight, and will ob- serve the same plan, however. The inventor, C. Francis was developing today the strip of film which he last night placed in an auttomatic devise in an effort to record, if possible, any long wave length signals from Mars. He didn't say what he would do with it when e got it. hn:rs is far away from the earth, but not far enough away, it may be added, to be free from the greatest pest between here and there—the press agent. Mars is suffering from a bad case of “press agentitis,” that is all. | Jenkins, U. S. FLYERS FACE FURTHER HAZARD (Continued from First Page.) crisis was past. _All needed now to complete the journey to California | are cool heads and steady nerves. The rest of the trip is easy sailing. compared with what the Americans have just been through. Home is in sight and from the way those Liberty motors were purring as they passed the Richmond. even a novice could understand that they knew they were headed home—that they wanted to get there as fast as they could. The next time the Rich- mond will see them is on their pas- sage to Labrador—just about the time they touch the shores of North Amer- ica for the first time since that event- ful day, months ago, when they hopped off from the Pacific coast and bhegan the first circumnavigation of the world by air in the history of mankind. TEXAS CANDIDATES BOTH SEE VICTORY ‘cntinued from First Page.) « fleld in 1922, This year he announced himself a candidate for governor, but, barred from the ballot, Mrs. Fer- guson became the candidate. 'Ferguson did the speaking fo¥ his wife and all of her campaigning. His meetings drew large crowds and enthusiastic receptions. Robertson likewise was heartily received, especially toward the close of the campaign. The polls opened at 8 o'clock and will close at 7 o'clock tonight. More than 700,000 votes were cast at the July 26 elimination primary. Usually the run-oft election has been lighter, but becalse of the intense fnterest in the present campaign the vote today is problematical. 3 KILLED IN GUN FIGHT. MARQUETTE, Mich, August 23.— Chief of Police Martin Ford, Patrol- man Thomas Thornton and an un- identified man said to have been a paroled convict, were killed and the chief's son ILloyd was seroiusly wounded in a running gun fight that began early today when the patrol- man_ found the man attempting to break into a store. older | the present ti | the "] Building the new special designed bus. which the company had planne into operation to replace the types now in use, had a straight 10-cent e been granted. In view of the action of the com- mission Thursday in denyving the company an increase in fare, it is not likely that additional busses of the new type will purchased at me. Mr. Arnold brought the bus to the District Building especially for the inspection by Commissioner Rell, Oyster and Rudolph who constitute the Utilities Commission. Officials of he company with him H. H England, manager, and Norman E. Brooke retary-treasurer. E. V. Fisher, exccutive secretary of the commission accompanied the commis- sioners were CHINESE WAR THREATS CAUSE BOND PANICS Rumors of Fight Preparations Be- tween Provinces Brings Financial Scurries. By the Associsted Press PEKING, August Rumors of impending warfare Letween Gen. Lu Yung-hsiang, military governor of Chekiang province, and Gen. Chi Shieh-Yuan, military governor of Kiangsu province, have caused a panic in the bond markets in Peking and Shanghai This has Francis Aglen, inspector general of the Chinese customs, to issue a re- assuring statement to the effect that the sinking fund under his control is mbre than sufficient to meet all interest payments due, although a trifle short®of enough to carry out the amortization program He says there is nothing in the situation to justify fluctuations. The grounds for the uneasiness on the part of the speculators, however, | are based on the report that Gen. Lu | is conducting warlike preparations which aroused the suspicions,of Gen. Chi, who is governor of Anhwel and Kiangsi as well as of Kiangsu. SEARCH FOR LOCATELLI WIDENED; LAST SEEN 275 MILES FROM GREENLAND (Continued from First Page.) gruder has sent for a tanker to re- plenish the depleted fuel supply of his vessels. Fog interfered with the search this morning, preventing scout planes leaving the Raleigh and Richmond which are moving cautiously along the coast outside the ice rim. Lieut. Marescalchi, who accom- panied Locatelli part of the way from Pisa, declares that if the plane was forced down at sea, the flyers are safe, as the machine is seaworthy, of all-metal construction, and carries ! food and water sufficient for from six to ten days. Lieut. Marescalchi was uncertain Thursday whether three or four men were aboard the seaplane, but after studying photographs taken while the machine was passing the Richmond, he has decided the crew numbered four—Lieut. Antonio Locatelli and Lieut Jullio Crosio, pilots, and Gio- vanni Barccini and Bruno Farsynelll, mechanicians. Their chief danger was of crashing against a mountain in the fog or of wrecking the plane against the ice if forced down in rough water along the shore. DUE IN TOMORROW. Army Planes Expected at Indian Harbor. By the Ascociated Press. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, August 23.—The manager of the Marconi Company’s station here this morning received a message from the United States destroyer Lawrence off Indian Harbor, Labrador, declaring that the American world flyers were expected at Indian Harbor Sunday. The mes- sage contained no reference to Lieut. Locatelli, missing Italian aviator. The manager of the station was asked to keep all wireless station: under his authority open for the transmission of messages. HOPES FOR SAFETY. Wade Thinks Locatelli Landed Near Frederiksdal. By the Associated Press. e ABOARD U. S. S. DESTROYER BARRY, EAST OF CAPE FARE- WELL, Greenland, August 22, § a.m. —The United States cruisers Rich- mond and Raleigh and the destroyer Barry today were searching for Lieut. Locatelli, missing Italian aviator, along the American flyers’ route east of Greenland, There was no con- firmation of a report that a third plane had been heard passing over Frederiksdal. Lieut. Leigh Wade, round-the-world flyer, whose plane was wrecked off the Faroe Islands, believed, however, that Locatelli probably had missed Frederiksdal be- cause of the low visibility and had entered some nearby fjord. Lot The I money some men have th easier it is for them to be good caused Sir| MINERS ESCAPE INJURY IN OHIO MINE FIRE Rescue Trucks and Inspectors Rushed to Scene Find Blaze TUnder Control. By the Associated PS'. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 23.—No one was injured in a fire which broke out late yesterday in the Lincoln mine near Bridgeport, in Belmont County, Ohio, according to reports re- ceived here this morning by the Lorain Coal and Dock Company, own- ers of the mine. The fire, which resulted in seven state mine inspectors and two mine rescue trucké being rushed to the scene, was caused by crossed electric light wires, according to the reports received hore. The Lincoln mine, the smallest owned by the Lorain Coul and Dock Company, employs about 150 men, some of whom were in the mine at the time of the fire, but they escaped. The entrance to the mine was sealed immediately, and the fire was report- { ed under control this morning. INDEPENDENTS PLAN FOR SOUTHERN BASE Atlanta or Birmingham Considered by La Follette Committee Here Today. Advisability of establishing outhern headquarters either in At- lanta, Ga. or Rirmingham, Ala., was one of the xubjects before mem- bers of the committee directing the La Follette-Wheeler campaign, who gathered here today for a conference. | Arrangements were made for the meeting after word had been re- ved that John M. Nelson, national campaign manager and chairman of the committ would be here from Chicago. where he has headquarters, to discuss the political situation with Senator La Follette. and his running mate, Senator Wheeler of Montana. Attorney General Eker of Wiscon- sin, who is in charge of soliciting ampaign contributions from the public, also was here to make a re- port to the candidates and the com- | mittee, which includes William H. Johnston, president of the Interna- | tional Association of Machinists, who is directing the collection of money for campaign use from members of labor organi ons, { While a decision has been reached i to establish a regional headquarters in the South. with a view to con- | a vigorous campaign in that a ducting section, the CAmMpalEn managers were in doubt to where the offices should be located, although it was | generally agreed they should be ablished either in Birmingham or Atlanta |COOLIDGE RECEIVES VERMONT NEIGHBORS Chal- lenge to Join in Declaration Against Klan. President Considers Davis’ By the Associated Press PLYMOUTH. Vt, | “home-town day"” dent and Mrs | friends and r {really public ing here a vacation Villagers from several miles about were on hand for the meeting with Mr. Coolidge. During the previous days of his visit the President has remained close at home, taking walks about the hillsides for recreation. Mr. Coolidge had before him a | summary of the speech of John W. | Davis, Democratic nominee asking | him to “join by explicit declaration” in eliminating the Ku Klux Klan as a political issue The summary was newspaper reports vesterday and conveyed to Mr. Cool- idge by his secretary, Bascom Slemp, along with other news of the day and some mail. The Republican nominee withheld comment. So far the President has given no consideration to the Ku Klux Klan in his speeches. Likewise the Republi- can platform does not name the or- ganization. LUNCH POISONS MANY. Chocolate Believed Have Caused Ptomaine. NEW YORK, August 23.—A series of ptomaine poisoning cases, believed {to be due to chocolate eclaires, has caused officials to order the seizure of food in several restaurants. The exact number of victims could not be determined because several who were seized with convulsions after eating lunch were removed to their homes in taxicabs by friends. Seven persons were taken to hos- pitals, and all said they had eaten eclaires. 1t is Presi- August here today. Coolidge received ighbers in their first appearance since com- week ago for a 12-day gained from reaching here Eclaires to WARNS REICHSTAG NOT TO SPURN PACT (Continued from First Page.) preceding Louis Barthou, declared to- day in opening the debate in the chamber on Premier Herriot's state- ment of the results achieved at the recent international conference in London. M. Dubois attacked the adoption of the Dawes plan as weakening the reparation commission. The May, 1921, state of payments remains law and one can return to it at any time because it is part and parcel of the treaty,” he said. To this the premier answered: “You are right. M. Herriot added: “It is the duty of all of us to defend France's maxi- mum rights. The London conference did not touch the 1921 state of pay- ments. This airmation is useful for France's interests.” Continuing his address, M. Dubois asserted that the reparation com- mission, by virtue of the treaty, could go over the Dawes plan and impose new obligations on Germany. ‘‘The London conference in reality amounts to an abdication,” he added. YOUNG TO EXPLAIN. May Appear Before Reparations Commission Tuesday. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 23.—Owen D. Young, American member with Charles G. Dawes of the first expert committee, is expected to appear be- fore the Reparation Commission Tue: day, for a detailed examination of the present status of the Dawes rep- aration plan, and for the elucidation of the work, which he and his col- laborators will be asked to do in the inauguration of the task of putting the plan into operation. It was confirmed today that Rufus C. Dawes, brother of the member of the first committee, would sall on Monday for Europe, and that Henry M. Robinson, member of the second expert committee, would sail shortly afterward. It is understood they ‘will act as aides to Mr. Youn, B A SR Emperor Augustus, in 28 B.C, or- dered the first revision of foot ball rules on record. DARROW ATTACKS STATE'S ALIENIST Declares Dr. Krohn Actuated by Cash Motive—Continues Plea for Mercy. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 23—Clarence S. Darrow today again matched his elo- quence, logic and philosophy in an appeal to Judge John R. Caverly for mercy toward Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, jr. ¢ Before a packed courtroom, in a quiet s0 tense that it was punctured by the muffled clicks of “silent” typewriters and telegraph instru- ments, the grizzléd veteran of the bar talked to the gray-haired judge, pleading for mercy for two diseased minds, picturing the situation of youths condemned to a lifetime of living in a cell and denouncing the barbarity of hanging in general and in this case in particular. There was flerce denunciation, too, of the testimony given by State alienists, particularly Dr. William O. Krohn, Calls Orime Aimless, “The crime was so aimless the defendants did not even definite vieti in mind,” Mr. said,- and he pictured Lo first one hoy and then another, " on killing, but not knowing where that he would o or whom he would get.” | “And 1 get a picture, too, Dr. Krahn going in and out of courts for 16 years,” said Mr. Darrow, “slaying his victims without regard to their age or sex or circumstances. But he had a motive. It wus cash.” And the last word exploded as it rang in the tense atmosphdre. Mr. Darrow was not burdened with a vest today. access to his suspenders, and fr quently rested his gesticulating hands by hooking the thumbs into his trousers supporters. Early in his address Mr. Darrow repeated his point of yesterday that the crime was senseless, without ob- ject or motive, that could not be un- derstood unless it was explained on the defense thesis of mental sickness. “The State's attorney says these boys planned the crime and give that as a reason for hanging them he said. animals plan, and functions at all may plan. “The crime was shocking. ves. All deaths are shocking because we love lie. The killing any mind that law can vindicate without any one else, Would it be such a glorious triumph of justice to place these b on a scaffold, the feet tied, black caps on their heads and some one Wwaiting to release the spring”” He denounced the death appeals by Joseph Savage, assistant State's at- torney, said justice was a blind term, and added: “But Mr. Savage is young, and you and 1 know that with age comes wisdom and with wisdom goes mercy.” Mr. Darrow asked the judge to dis- regard “inflamed public opinion” and to decide the penalty on the basis of own conscience, judgment and courage. Mr. Darrow started the second day of his plea for Loeb and Leopold be- fore as large, but far more orderly audience, as yesterday. Complete po- lice control of the situation from the outer doors of the building to the last door of the courtroom prevented repe- tition of the riotous action of the disappointed which marked the start of Mr. Darrow's appeal. No one came into the building who was not deemed worthy of a place in court and as a consequence the ac- credited attendants reachced their places without difficulty for the first | time in several da Judge John R. Caverly came early to take charge of the situation, but found corridors and halls cleared and all seats filled with contented court fans. The pronouncement of “No more seats,” went out a full half hour be- fore the opening of court Mr. Darrow said he could not finish his plea in the short session today. b arted with eight pages of notes,” he said. “I had five left last night, threw some of those away, but supplemented them with more, and I find I have just as Many now as i had at the beginning.” Leopold and Loeb came into court wearing their customary morning smile in greeting to their attorneys and relatives. Each grasped Mr. Dar- row's arm as he passed and squeezed it. There was no visible trace of the emotional storms which the eloquence provoked in them yester day. Mr. Darrow spoke confidentially to the judge and then to States At- torney Robert E. Crowe and the three | ncdded in agreement. Darrow Central Figure. Mr. Darrow was the central figure at today’s short session in Judge John R. Caverly's court as he con- tinued his plea for imprisonment as the penalty to be fixed for the mur- der of Robert Franks. “Cure hatred by love.” was the ap- peal that penetrated his eloquence, which yesterday moved to tears the culprits who hitherto had sat un- moved while prosecutors, in summing up arguments, denounced them as “fiends” and “murderers”” The mur- der was the act of “diseased minds that killed” as “they might kill a fly or a spider, for the experience contended. Precautions were taken by police- men and bailiffs to prevent a repeti- tion of the riot which occurred yes- terday afternoon when a mob of the curious attempted to enter the crowded room to hear the opening of Mr. Darrow's opening address. - Attacks Death Demand. Mr. Darrow attacked the state's demand for death, calling hanging more cowardly and cold blooded than the crime itself. The killing of Franks, he said, was “one of the least cruel” he had ever known about and declared the standard to be.applied was the suffering of the victim, who was dead a few minutes after he en- tered the slayers' automobile. The murder “was the senseless act of immature and diseased children, wandering around In the dark, whose lives we cannot thoroughly under- stand,” he declared. T Know that any mother might be the mother of a Bobby Franks, as well as the mother of a Richard Loeb or a Nathan Leopold,” he continued. “The trouble is this, that if she is the mother of a Nathan Leopold or of a Richard Loeb, she has to ask her- self ‘How came my children to be what they are? From what ancestry did they get this strain? How far re- moved was the poison that destroy- ed their lives? Was I the bearer of the seed that brings them to death?” None Can Foresee Future. “No one knows what will be the fate of the child they beget or the child they bear, and that fate is the last thing they think of. I do not know what made these boys do this mad act, but I do know there Is a reason for it.” “What about all the fathers and all the mothers and all the boys and ali the girls who tread a dangerous maze in darkness from the cradle to the grave?” he questioned. “ Do you think you can light it by hanging these two. Do you think you can cure the ha- treds and the mal-adjustments of the world by hanging them? You simply show ignorance and hate when you say it. You may here and there cure hatred with love and understanding, hut you only add fuel to the flames by hating in return have a | He therefore had free | But maniacs plan, idiots plan, | torney’s | HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1924, AIR PLANS ON F00 FORWORLD SERIES Skilled Microphone Reporters to Be Assigned to Fall Classic. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, August 23.—Plans are already being laid for broadcasting the world series. Preliminary reports have indicated that the audience of base ball fans that will “attend” the contests by radio will be greater by many millions this year than ever before, and broadcasters are deter- mined’ to make a corresponding ad- vance in the quality of their service. Inquiries made by the radio ap- paratus section of the Associated Manufacturers of Electrical Suppli show that only “star reporters of the air” will be chosen to describe the banner sporting event of the year. Exceptional qualifications and a highly specialized technique, exper- ience has shown, are required for re- porting base ball games, and capable studio announcers have frequently found themselves at a loss when con- fronted with the problems of the diamond. g “Few people realize which practice has developed the technique of describing a world series base ball gam to the radio audience,” says onc air reporter of | national ‘reputation. “The announcer must report the in the g the instant they occur, whereas the Inewspaper man writes his descrip- | tion after the play is completed. the extent to moves Must Save Confusion. “The crowd in the stands is con- stantly competing with the radio reporter for the microphone, which means that if, in his anx a full description of everyth goes on, h report is not completed simultaneously with the completion | of the play, the spectators will break in with cheers or booing. The radio audience, ignorant as yet as to whether a hit has been made or a man put out, will be confused by clamor from the field. The effect is like applause in the wrong place at a theater or during a speech. ““The first rule of radio broadcast- ing, therefore, is, ‘Be terse and simple.’ Describe the game as the audience wonld see it” Discussing this same point, another popular air reporter says that the an- nouncer, in his efforts to keep ahead | of the crowd, develops a sort of sixth sense. He judges from the character- istic movements of the umpire, wheth- er a given pitch will be called & tball or a strike, and is able to put it into words. Sometimes he makes a mistake, and himself, with some jesting remark, usually at the expense of the umpire. Must Be Brief. “The method of the air reporter is to tell every move in the game in ! brief, staccato phrases,” continued the announcer. “The expert newspaper writer endeavors in his description to | paint a picture of a play; the radio | man by giving the moves in con- | secutive order leaves the picture to | the imagination of his audience. For example, the description of a double play by radio might be broadcast as follow “Pitcher winding up. “Batter crouches at plate. “Pitcher throws ball. “Bang! He hits it. | | | | third. | ““Gron's got | third. “Throws to first; batter out. “Double play retires the side. “But these are the mere mechanics of radio reporting. There is art as well as skill in it. The crowd at the supplies the dramatic bz k- ground for the spoken description of | the pla There are times when the | yells from the spectators will add the vital punch to the words of the an- nouncer; at other times they may be meaningless or confusing. When to give the crowd the microphone and when to keep it out are things which every good reporter knows instinc- tively. “Most important. however, is the | ability of the announcer to imagine | himself one of the radio listeners and to describe the game as the far-off base ball fan would see it were he at the field.” it; Williams out at | | fiela 'HARVIE W. WHITBY JOINS | WOR ENGINEER STAFF | Former Member of Westinghouse Research Laboratory Force to Aid Radio Exploitation. WARK, N. J., August 23 (Special). —Harvie W. Whitby, former member of the research laboratory of*the West- | inghouse Electric and Manufactur- |ing Company, has joined the engi- neering staff of WOR. It was Whitby who built and operated WGM, th> old reliable sta: tion of the South, maintained by an Atlanta newspaper. Among other broadcast stations built and operated by this young engineer are WDBE, maintained by a large electrical house in Georgia, and 4XC, which has been said to be the first amateur sta- tion to successfullr communicate with Europe at a distance of more than 5,000 miles. For years Whitby was a commer- cial ship operator on the S. S. Rich- mond plying the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico and prior to his join- ing the WOR staff he was associated with WSB, “the Voice of the South,” and WDAJ, controlled by the Atlanta and West Point Railroad. He is an active member of the Institute of Radio Engineers of the C. C. N. Y. One of his most important successes in radio was the construction and operation of station WLAV at Pensa- cola, Fla., which was used in connec- tion with the United States navy yard located in the town and which in the early days communicated with airplanes aloft to direct their ma- neuvers in a mimic aerial attack on Pensacola. PERSIANS HONOR IMBRIE. Official Tribute Paid Slain T. Consul on Way to America. BAGDAD, August 23.—The body of Robert W. Imbrie, American vice consul who was killed by a mob at Teheran, Persia, last month, arrived here yesterday accompanied by a Persian guard of honor and was met S. at the station by the British high commissioner for Irak, Sir Henry Dobys and Air Vice Marshal J. F. A. Higgins. During the journey across Persia the body was received on the out- skirts of all the towns by guards of honor formed of local dignitaries. On its finally leaving Persian territory for Irak, the Persians fired a farewell salute. 4 The party is leaving for Basra today and will embark immediately for Bushire on the Persian Gulf, where the U. 8. S. Trenton is waiting to convey the body to the United States at Persia’s expense. ———— In Arabia and other Eastern coun- tries at the present day the most solemn agreements are atill ratified by salt. me | then he must correct| MERCHANTS OF CANTON TO GO ON STRIKE SUNDAY Aroused by Seizure of Arms Ship- ment Intended for Fascist Organization. By the Associated Press. CANTON, China, August 23.—A strike of merchants in protest against the government's action In seizing a shipment of arms on the steamer Hav, is reported to have been called for next Sunday. Friction between the corps and the present government is reported to be becoming serious. The government of Sun Yat Sen re- cently seized a consignment of arms being sent by a German firm aboard the Norwegian steamer Hav to the Merchants' Volunteer Corps of Can- ton, 8o called Fascisti of China. The corps claimed it had legitimate per- mission to import fire arms and threatened an armed conflict against Sun, who finally released the ship- ment last Saturday. ——— MARTIAN MAYTIME TINTS MARSHES AS STAR SWINGS NEAR (Continued from First Page.) away train whistle.” As near as they could make out, the radio men said, the signals corresponded to WF in the Universal code, but was composed of a queer mixture of dots and dashes. It continued for about 15 minutes. The railway set, one of the most powerful in this section, was tuned in at 2,300 meters. Both Mabry and Cowan are veteran operators ARGENTINE MISSES CALL. Station Observes Silence Until It Finds U. S. Senders Working. By the Ascociated Press. | the | | that BUENOS AIRES, August 23.—Be- ginning at midnight Thursda Argentine highpower station at Monte Grande suspended transmitting 10 minutes during each hour for four hours, awaiting possible signals from | Mars. None came, and if any nt out from Mars the officials her declare they could not have been heard, for the Monte Grande station apparently was the only one which Bbserved the request for a world-wide radio silence at fixed periods during which Mars was in closest proximity to the earth. Officials at the Monte Grande sta- tion explained that they had sus- pended transmitting at intervals at the request of the Argentine govern- ment, which said that the suspension had been asked for by the United States (iovernment. On discovering that high-powered stations in the United States had continued sending as usual, the Monte Grande station resumed its full hour service, after ng kept silent a total of 40 min- The request for the suspension id to have been made by Honorio redon, the Argentine Ambas- sador in Washington, who indicated that the idea, whiclt was first advanced were { by Prof. David Todd, formerly of the astronomy department at Amherst, had been approved by all the Ameri- can government departments. WOR HEARING CALLS. Newark Station Gets Unknown Code With Peculiar Frequency. NEWARK, N. J, August Sig- nals of mysterious origin, received with peculiar frequency, were report- i “ast grounder between short and|ed last night by radio operators of station WOR. The station was keep- ing an all-night watch in an endeavor to “listen in” on Mars. Chief Station Operator Poppele de- clared the signals were distinetly heard on & wave length of 25.000 meters for more than two hours, com- mencing shortly atter 7 o'clock. He expla the sounds were recorded quite faintly at first, the degree of loudness increasing as they continued Despite the clearness of the signals, the operator declared no known code could be distinguished. DOUBTS MARS SIGNALS. English Professor Sees Other Ex- planation of Sounds. By the Associate] Press. LONDON, August 23.—Prof. A. M Low, who was among those present at Dulwich this morning at 1 o'clock when strange and unidentified sig nals were received on set, is not of the o came from Mars. “I think it must have been a com- bination of atmospherics and hetero- dyning,” he said—"that is, interfer- between various stations. T think it impossible that it could be a message from any outside planet.” Commenting on his presence at the tests, he said he had not expected messages would be received from Mars, but that he would be ashamed of h self if he had ignored the very meritorious efforts that were being made to obtain communication. In these days of progress and scien- tific achievements, he added, nothing was beyond the range of possibility. The sounds recorded by the special spt employed were received on a wave length of 000 meters. They con- sisted of harsh dots, continuing off and on for three minutes in groups of four and five. Representatives of the Marconi company and of London uni- versities were present. SEEK FOR THIRD MOON. ion that they ence Yerkes Telescopes Trained Suspected Satelite. for By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 23.—Search for a third moon of Mars, and a study of the moisture content in the air, which may encircle the planet, are being made by scientists here as the planet draws closer to the earth. “There is a bare chance that we discover another moon around said Prof. Edwin B. Frost, of the University of Chicago, in charge of the University’s Yerkes Observa- tory, at Williams Bay, Wis. He said that about 6:30 o'clock tonight the planet will be closer to the earth than it has been for 120 years, or will be again before 2007 A.D. Mars is already credited with pos- sessing two moons. Last night's study of the planet through the 40-inch telescope, the largest refracting lens in he world— at Yerkes Observatory, revealed a cap of ice, 700 miles in width. This ice fleld is rapidly shrinking, Prof. Frost declared, and within a few weeks will have disappeared, and astronomers will have a better op- portunity to observe any vegetation that may grow there. “Mars seems to be an arid conti- nent,” Prof. Frost said. - “One of the things we are most anxious to do now is verify or discredit our belief that the amount of vapor there is small. “It is perfectly reasonable to be- lieve that there is plant life on Mars —possibly a fungus growth. In fact, I am of the opinion that the canals you have heard so much about are nothing more than big strips of veg- etation. As for life existing on the planet, that is almost out of the ques- tion. One thing is certain. If there are any animals there, they must be able to stand extreme heat and cold. “The notion of getting signals from there is ridiculous” + * —e- Liquid oxygen is produced com- mercially by the fractional distilla- tion of liquid air. the | 24-tube radio | PREPARETOPROVE MEDY'S ISANTY Defense to Have Other A.Iien‘ ists Examine Ex-Fighter, Held for Murder. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 23.—Con- struction of a framework of evidence to support the insanity defense of Kid McCoy, ex-pugilist, charged with murder of Mrs. Theresa Mors hero ugust 12, was continued today by attorneys, alienists and friends of the alleged slaye Defense counsel made no secret of the plan to save McCoy from the #allows by proving him insane, and admitted that they were prepared to show that at least two other mem- bers of the former fighte family were confined in institutions for the treatment of mental disorders. Report of Paresis. Arrangements were made to additional alienists into the pr cell in an effort to substanti report made by Dr. Cecil Reynolds ta the effect that McCoy a of incipient pares a disea: dition of the brain fr fested by violent the shooting orgy staged by McCo in and near Mrs. Mors' antique shop the day after her death. Friends also came forward with offers to testify that McCoy seemed irrational to them months before th shooting. He was inordinately fond of boasting of his adventures with women, they said. and often referred to himself ‘as the ‘‘world's greatest lover” wr the “greatest lover in history.” send is a vietim d con quently mani- outbursts such as Faints at Blood Testx. _ The one-time boxer, who was known in his day as among the most ruth ess and trickiest fighters in the rin collapsed in a near faint yesterdav when defense doctors subjected h to blood tests, and wept as he talked | to interviewers about his love for th woman police say he killed While he talked and wept, emploves of an undertaking establishment mile or so away took the body « | Mrs. Mors and placed it on a trair |bound for New York, her former home. There was no curious crowd to witness her departure, there were no flowers and the dead woman's former husband and heir to her es- tate was not to be seen. Monday, McCoy will appear in Su- perior Court to ehter pleas to the | murder charge growing out of Mrs. | Mors' death and to seven charges of |robbery and attempt to murder, re- sulting from the antique shop shoot- ing affray. |COMMUNISTS SEIZE {SWEDISH NEWSPAPER Reds Acting Under Moscow Orders Use Armed Force to Oust Moderate Editor. | BY GEORGE By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News | STOCKHOLM, August 2 ock- holm has just been treated to the un- usual spectacle, so familiar, however, in Russia and Germany, of unkempt and collarless individuals armed with rifles “protecting the property of the proletariat.” | This is the result of Zinoviev's or- ders to Swedish reds to oust th moderate editor, Hoeglund of Fol gblad Politiken, the Communist organ. “Use force if necessary.” read Mos- cow's command and local reds acted upon it to the letter. Under command of Karl Kilbom, Communist member of the Rikstag. they marched upon Politiken's plant armed with rifles and red flags, just as the paper wa going to press a few nights a he print shop was occupied and Kilbom installed himself as censor “in behal? of Moscow.” { Suppress FEditorial. | When Hoegluna sent hi to the shop, Kilbom refused to them and instead the paper appeared the following morning with an edi- torial by Robert Stewart, an Englis man, who is executive representative of Moscow here. This has been going on for several days and red pickets have been patroling the streets which Politken’s office is loc {and night. This has stirred up a feeling of in- tense resentment on the part of the Stockholm population and the bour geois newspapers deride the gover ment police for “tolerating a forcigr country, not only to mix into purel internal affairs, but to mse armed guards to defy the local authorities. Press Derides Government. The leading Stockhoim Svenska Dabladet, asks the men “Are ‘spartacus’ WITT et o ated, day dai govern- methods from the German revolution to be introduced here, the methods employed by th Communists when they took t plants of Vorwaerts, Tage! other papers in Berlin? The foreign office informed 'the writer today that measures were Be- ing considered to counter this ‘dx- traordinary and unprecedented move by the Communists, which took the Swedish authorities quite by surprise. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News (. REBELS IN HONDURAS ROUTED BY FEDERALS Ry the Associated Press. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, August 23 —Government forces have recap- tured Gracias Village, routing the rebels. Telegraphic communication with the interior, interrupted by storms has been re-established. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal- vador, August 23.—Honduran revolu- tionary sources report that rebels mmanded by Gen. Manuel Carias hav® defeated government troops un- der Gen. Jose Leon Castro and oc- cupied Santa Rosa. a city of 10.000 in the western part of the country. Sw;t the Fly For assistance in the campaign against the fly The Star has for distribution a quan- tity of wire-handle fly swatters. Ask for One at the STAR OFFICE or Any of Its Branch Offices