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WEATHER. Genlrally fair today and tomor- row; not much change in tempera- ture. Temperature for 24 hours, end- ing at 1 a.m. today: Highest, 79. lowest, 66.9. Full report on Page 5 S B “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington ho‘:r'\es at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. he Stae. ALTVCLLL | %o gain an answer to her' prayers N No. 1,013.—No. 29,335. To0 LEAD SHOS GIVERNDRSHP N BY MRS FERCLSON Texas Election Bureau Fore- casts Nomination Over Robertson, Klan Entry. 627,415 VOTES COUNTED; 700,000 BELIEVED CAST Woman Denounced Ku Klux; Ran to Vindicate Husband, Ousted Executive. By the Assoctated Press. DALLAS, August 24 (Sunday).—Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, the first woman candidate for governor of Texas, ap- parently was assured of the Demo- cratic nomination, the Texas Election Bureau announced at midnight. The tabulation at 1:30 am. included incompleted returns from 223-countles and complete from 46 of 252 in the tate. Total tabulated vote was 627.- 415. Mrs. Ferguson had 353,136 and Fellx Robertson, the Klan candidate, 274,279. Election Bureau statisticians estimated the tota] vote would be from 660,000 to 700,000. Many of the precincts unheard from were said to be in rural districts where Mrs. Fer- guson was expected to show a lead. Mrs. Ferguson is the wife of former Gov. James E. Ferguson, who was impeached. The Republicans nominated T. P. Lee of Houston for governor in the State convention August 13. Lee, however, wired Ferguson that he| hoped Mrs. Ferguson would be the Democratic nominee, and if she was he would regard his nomination as an “empty honor.” This aroused Texas Republicans, and Lee wired that he would de- cline the nomination. Miss Elizabeth ! Baker, the Republican nominee forl State superintendent of public in- struction, also withdrew saying she) favored Mrs. Ferguson. The Repub- licans expect to name candidates for these offices next week. i Reports were that the voting was heavy and might reach a_total of, 700,000. The lines on the Klan and anti-Klan issues were drawn sharply. TReturns for other State offices, W. C. Edwards was leading for nomi- nation for lieutenant-governor. Dan Moody for attorney general, S. H. Terrell for controller, Clarence Gil-| more for raliroad commissioner for six years and Lon Smith for com- missioner for four years, and C. M. Cureton for chief justice of.the State supreme court. Edwards’ - opponent declared Edwards had the support of the Ku Klux Klan, but Edwards de- nicd he was a klansman. Moody prosecuted several flogging cases a year or so ago and was considered anti-Klan. Klan Was Made Issue. Robertson admitted the Klan sup- port, and while Ferguson, who con- ducted the campaign for his wife, ar- raigned the klan in virtually every speech he made. Robertson denied the klan wad a vital issue, declaring it was a smoke screen laid down to hide what he said was the real’issue of prohibition. Voting started early yesterday witha rush, especially in the larger north ! Texas cities, and continued steadily all day. Both sides made every effort to master their maximum vote in a su- preme effort to control Texas politics and decide the kian and anti-klan strength, That a woman was the anti-klan candidate and possibly the Demo- eratic nominee for governor of Texas was due to the impeachment of Gov. Ferguson about seven years ago in his second term. He was acqused of 80 handling state funds that he de- rived personal gains and with trying to have members of the faculty of the state university discharged. Vindication Is Sought. When Impeached the state senate passed judgment he should never again hold public office.in the state. iIn each’campaign since he has sought vindicatiom. Unable to get his name on the ballot as a candidate for goverfjor, Mrs. Ferguson became the candidhte, but her husband, the for- mer governor, - conducted ~her cam- paign and made her speeches. In return he bore the brunt of the at-| tack of Mrs. Ferguson's opponents. n telling why she was a candidate Mrs. Ferguson said it was in an effort that the name of her husband, her own name and that of their children and grandchildren be vindicated of the stigma of the impeachment judg- ment. She said she did not seek re- venge, and would not be a candidate again .if vindicated. In the .elimination primary there were nine candidates for gavernor, Mrs. Ferguson and Robertson being the survivors. lmmediately after- ward, most of the candidates defeated ed in that primary threw their sup- port to Mrs. Ferguson and several of them were anti-Klan. Some of the Senators who voted for Gov. Fergu- son’s impeachment were active in the campalgn closed today, and not only announced they supported Mrs. Fer- Zuson, but spoke in her behalf. Among those active for her was M. M. Crane, former attorney general, who prosecuted the impeachment charges against her husband. Democratic nomination in Texas usually has been equivalent to elec- tion. Democrats tonight declared ft would be the same this year. How- ever, the Republicans do not concede that to be the case this year and ex- pect to completé plans at Houston next week, when they will name a candidate to oppose the Demecratic nominee. 3 MRS. FERGUSON CONFIDENT. TEMPLE, Tex., August 23.—Mrs. Mirlam A. Ferguson, woman Demo+ eratic candidate for governor, thanked those ‘who supported hér in a state- ment issued at 1 o'clock tonight and expressed confidence that she will have a majority over her opponent, Felix J. Robertson. She said: “Upon the face of returns from 158 counties, incomplete, it appears tha my majority, in round numbers, is 16,000, and 216,000 votes reported. At this ratio my majority will be 50,000, and I am sure it will Zo far above that when all rural districts are heard from. 1 Am’ deeply grateful to the people of the State for this expression of confi- dence, and 1 hope, by the help of God, to make myself worthy of the trust. ‘“When more complete returns are in 1'probably will have further comment omake’ - SRR Entered post office Washington, s second class matter D. C. Beating Husband’s Foes MRS. MIRIAM FERGUSON. DAWES DENOUNCES KLAN AND UPHOLDS ORGANIZED LABOR Says Men May Join Order With Good Motives With- out Realizing Effect. By the Assoclated Press. AUGUSTA, Me., August 23.—Charles G. Dawes, Republican candidate for Vice President, opened his speaking campaign Yoday in Augusta with a declarartion of opposition to the Ku Klux Klan and a denunciation of at- empts by labor leaders to influence “patriotic,. law-abiding union men into a political combination with Socialsts.” Mr. Dawes had announced that he would “shoot straight from the ehoul- der, politicians or no politicians,” and the audience which gathered at a Re- publican - State rally at Island Park near hera was prepared for some hot shots. It was taken back somewhat, however, when the vice presidential nominee mentioned the Klan by name in his first gentences, discussed that ques- tion at some length, and then turned his fire on “politicians cringing before the whip of a few bluffing labor lead- ers.” Opposed to Constitution. Appeals to racial, religious or class prejudice’ by minority organizations are opposed to the welfare of all peaceful and civilized communities, he shouted with waving-arms after telling of the rise of the klan in Okla- homa and ‘in Willtamson-County, 1IL “Our Constitution stands for religious tolerance,” he continued. “To' inject religious ‘and racfal issues into poli- tics is contrary to the welfare of all the people and to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of *the United States.” The audience stood astonished for a mement, for Maine is counted by Klan leaders as one of the States where the organization is strongest; then there was scattering applause, but many of those present merely looked one at another, plainly wondering as to the effect of the statement just made on next month’s barometric State election, There was somewhat general applause though, when Mr. Dawes concluded the Klan portion of bis address by saying: No Acrimony in Consciénce. “I have told you why I am opposed to the Klan. Take what I say into your hearts and consciences and think it over calmly. However it may be with the mind, there is no acrimony in conscience. With the Klan discussion ended, Mr. Dawes launched into the address he had . prepared before leaving Evanston' for Maine, and-the applause became more general, but thert were numerous looks of astonishment as he entered upon his discussion on trade unionism. v “The benefits of trade unions hon- estly administered are recognised not only by me, but good citizens gen- erally, whefher in or out of trade unionism.” he asserted. “If has ele- vated, protected and. dignified labor and In so doing it has been an ele- ment in the progress-of our Nation. Attitude Toward Unioms. “But why do so many politicians of both parties continue to regard the great, intelligent, honest and con- servative body of trades unionism as If it were a puppet in the hands of a few socialist - laber - leaders and ' political demagogues” he inquired, and then regarding his own question denjed that “a few. bluffing labor leaders” could undertake to ‘“play politics in the name of patriotic men whose" conviction on law enforce- ment and the Constitution they do not control, and who resent the idea that anyone should believe that they would " let their honest opinions on elemental things be used as a politi- cal asset.” The vice presidential nominee then turned ‘to another question on which his attitude often has been discussed by political leaders since his nomina- tion—that of the open shop. Open Shop in Politics. “What pretext except personal political advantage have any . labor leaders. in attempting. to bring. the question of the open shop inta poll- tics?” he asked. ‘“The Supreme Court of the United States has held that the right of employes. in a body to bargain with their employers for the cldsed shop is one of the inaifenable rights of the individual under our Conatitution. “It a political pdfy should place an_ open shop plank in their platform with & view to its crystalization into 1aw, it would be striking at the Con- stitution just as much as the lawless labor leader, who, in the interest of the closed shop, would order an Américan citizen assaulted as he went peacefully to his work. Ques- tions like that of the open shop will always be an issue among good citisens, but these differences are not political, they are economic and must 2 .jOenl.mu§ on Fage % Columa. | under the bridge since the Democratic WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1924—EIGHTY-SIX PAGES. SPURT OF KU KLUX AS NATIONAL ISSUE IN CAMPAIGN ENDS Action of Davis, Lé Follette and Dawes Relegates Klan to Local Politics. DAVIS MOVED TO SPEAK BY FEAR FOR IRISH VOTE Influence of Order May Be Felt by Candidates in Border States’ Vote. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Mention of the Ku Klux Klan by presidential and vice presidential candidates by name—not by infer- ence— has at last become popular, it appears. Senator La Follette, head of the Independent Progressive . ticket— broke the ice a couple of weeks ago, when he denounced the Klan by name in a letter he made public. And-'now John W. Davis, standard bearer of the Democrats, has added his denunciation ol the hooded order. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, vice presidential nominee of the Repub- lican party. going into the State of Maine, where the Republican nomi- nee for governor i{s called a Klan candidate, has used the Klan's name and declared his opposition to it. The up-shot of these developments probably will be to take the Klan as a nutional issue out of the campaign. It likely will remain a local issuc, however, in a number of districts, and may have its effect, therefore, on the outcome of the national election in November. Effect for Davis, The statement by Mr. Davis will give to Catholic supporters of the| democracy in the North and East—| where they have been, perhaps, the backbone of the party—an excuse.for remaining regular. 1t will have its| effect on some of them. But whether it can at this date—six weeks and more after the ructions in the Demo- cratic national convention—be entire- Iy effective is another matter. To some who watched the fight in the Democratic convention, where the issue was to name or not to name the Klan in the party platform, this latest development in the Klan row must seem strange. Senator Under- wood ‘of Alabama.- eandidate for the Democratic nomination for President, | demanded that the Klan be named;in the platform. And the demand waell nigh split the party. Who beliéves today that had John W. Davis, while a candidate for the nomination in New York made the statement which ! he made at Seagirt, N. J, Friday about the Klan, he would have re- ceived the nomination? Action of La Follette. But considerable water’ hasg run! national "convention. And not the least important of the more recent| political events—so far as the Demo- crats, particularly were concerned— was the frank denouncement of the Klan by Senator La Follette, coupled with the indorsement of La Foliette by the executive council of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor. It is ne secret that.the Democratic leaders in industrial States of the North and East saw the Democratic strength— the Irish-Catholic voters, who have! been a mainstay of the party—siip-| ping away. The clash over the klan | in the convention, the refusal of the| conventton to nominate Gov. Al Smith | for President, had started the trouble. And La Follette's appeal had added | to the trouble. This is the word that was undoubt edly brought to Mr. Davis—it~ wi brought to Washington by persons who .had sounded out sentiment in New York, New Jersey and New. Eng- land. At Clarksburg, W. Va, when Mr. Davis made his speech of ac- ceptance, there were important men in his party who wanted him to name the Klan. But he did not do so there. Denouncement by Dawes. Now the Republicans, through Gen, Dawes, are on record as opposing the Klan—though Gen. Dawes made it clear .that he did not denounce all Klansmen, but merely the fact that as an organization the Kian sometimes attempted to take the law into its hands. President Coolidge, it is under- stood, will not be forced into making a statement in regard to the.Klan by either Mr. Davis or Senator La Follette at this time. He will.take his_own time. He may merely indorse Gen. Dawes’ statement. In some quarters last night it was suggested that he might (Continued on Page 8, Column 2.) ANNAPOLIS GRADUATES MUST SERVE TWO,YEARS Wilbur Rules No Resignations From Navy Will Be Consid- ered in Less Time. By the Astociated Press. ANNAPOLIS, August 23.—Here- after resignations of midshipmen graduating from the Naval Academy will not: be considered until after they have given at least two years' service in the grade of ensign, it be- came known here today. This ruling was passed by Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, upon the recommendation of Rear Almiral Henry B. Wilson, sup- erinténdent of the Naval Academy. This action not only revokes an order of former Secretary Denby, passed & year ago, but marks a're- turn to the custom that was in vogue for many years. Until.a few years 0, when commissions-became auto- matic upon graduation, all graduates were required to serve two years at sea and then go up for examination for ensign grade. The department had its fingt ex~ perience of resignations outright with the class graduated from the academy last June. No fewer than 60 were permitted to resign after re- celving their diplomas, this number including about a score who .elected to be transferred to the Army as sec- ond. lieutenants. The department now feels that it iz not unreasonable to exact two year's service, it is pointed out that the young will, in that time, be_better al determine whether. they:wish to saus A sersec i the Nayde DISTRICT NATIONAL BUYS IN STANDARD Bank Merger Operative To- morrow—Combined De- posits $7,000,000. BY CHAS. P. SHAEFFER. The District National Bank has purchased all the assets of the Standard National Bank with its main banking rooms at 1409 H street, together with the branch at Ninth and New York avenue, according to an- nouncement by Robert N. Harper, president ‘of the District National Bank, last night. Everything pertaining to the Stand- ard - National at #s main office was transferred to the District National following 'the close of pbusiness yes: terday noon, and fomorrow morning at 8:30 o'clock all business of the Standard will be conducted either at the parent office of the District; at Ninth and New York avenue with the former branch of the Standard, which will be maintained, or at the Con- neeticut avenue and K street branch of the District National. The purchasing consideration was not made public. At the last call of the Controller of the Currency. June 30, 1924, the Standard showed a deposit balance of $872,275.08, with capital of $200,000 and eurplus of $10,000. The District at the same time showed a deposit balance of $6,134,364.30, with capital of . $550,000, -surpius of . $400.000 and undivided profits of $67,385. Total deposits under the amalgamation will amount approximately to $7,000,000. It is the purpose of the District National to liquidate the Standard WNational and thus not necessitate any Increase in its capital. The purchas- ing institutlon has taken title to the banking house at Ninth street and New York avenue and will push for- ward the business for its branch office at that location. It will retain the services of H. C. McCeney, cashier of the Standard, and George D. See, assistant cashier. McCeney will lo- ate at the main banking house un- der the new regime and See will have charge of the Ninth street branch. - The Standard was first organized under ‘the name of Standard Savings Bank March 29, 1920, and March 18, 1922, gave up its charter as a savings institution, obtaining a charter as a national bank. U. S.-MEXICO CLAIMS BODIES ON WAY HERE Rules of Procedure, Having Been Agreed Upon, Wil] Be Made Public on September 11. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August 23.—Hav- ing reached an agreement upon- the rules of procedure for presentation and consideration of .the settlement of American claims against Mexico on account of revolutionary damages from 1910 to 1920, under the special United States-Mexico convention, the United States claims commissioners left here today for Washington. The conferences began August-13. The commissioners who departed today were Judge Ernest B. Perry, commissioner; Henry W. Anderson, agent, and Clement Bouve, assistant agent. Secretary Noble Warum will remain in Mexico City to dispose of the unfinished business. Dr. Rodrigo Octaxio, the Brasilian diplomat, who has been acting as neutral umpire, expects to remain here for a short time. Later he in- tends to go to Europe and Brazil, re- turning here for the formal scssions, which are tentatively scheduled to convene in Mexico City early in Jin- uary, 1925. The departure of Agents Anderson and Bouve, ‘who likewise are Ameri- can agents - on- the general claims commission . mesting in Washington August 30, is coincident with that of Genaro Fernades - McGregor - and Benito Florea, Mexican commigaloner and agent, respectively, to. the gen- eral convention. B It is understood that'the rules of procedure under the.special conven- tion will be made public about Sep- tember 11, after “the English and Spanish texts -have been reconciled. The recess is expected to be devoted to the separation of the claims under the special general convention and their classification: under the respec- tive pacts. —_— Many Hurt in Religions Riot.. CALCUTTA, India, August 33.-Ten natives," including a magistrate, and 20 -policemen, were reported to have been injured in religious rioting at the village of Janmashtami last night. it was._ necassary. for ‘the police to HAPPY DR TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—32 PAGES. General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Politics—Page 4. Radlo News—Page 2. Financial News~Pages 30 and 31. PART TWO—12 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 8. Veterans of the Great War—Page 9. Boy Scouts—Page 9. 7 Review of New Books—Page 10. Dhstrict National Guard—Page 11. Serial, “White Fang"—Page 12. PART THREE—10 PAGES. Amusements, Theaters and the Photo. [ Music in Washington—Page 4. Army and Navy News—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 to 8. The Ciyilian Army—Page 8. Fraternities—Page 9. Spanish War Veterans—Page 9. PART FOUR—1 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Section — Fiction and The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—8 PAG Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—S8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—i PAGES. Straphanger; Reg'lar Fellers; Mutt and Jeff. Mr. Mr. and Mrs.; DARROW DECLARES KROHN PERIURER Franks Slayers’ Attorney Says Physician “Peddled Perjury 16 Years.” By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 23.—The youth- ful slayers of Robert Franks were admitted by every alienist who. ex- amined them to be without emotional reaction, a directing force in the mind of any normal person, with the ex- ception of one physician, “who sells his sexvices for cash and peddles per- jugy,” Clarence S. Darrow, bulwark of counsel defending Richard Loeb and Nathan F. Leopold, charged to- day in pleading mercy for them be- fore Judge John R. Caverly. “Every one of the psychlatrists on both sides of this case told the court that emotion furnished the urge and drive in life—that is, with one excep- tion, Dr. Willlam O. Krohn, who is not an alienist, but an orator,” Mr. Darrow declared. “Dr. Krohn, testi- fying for the State, sald they did have it; that his short opportunity for examining them was ‘fine, al- though the others said it was not. “But Dr. Krohn is not a physiefan. His license has been empioyed to professionally go in and out of courts, slaying his victims without regard to their age, sex or circumstances. Dr. Krohn for 16 years has been peddling perjury. and we all know {t." Mr. Darrow closed a straight two- hour address with this parting shot, swerving from his argument that the boys were moved by no motive but were purposeless, " senseless and chlldish in killing Franks. For the final quarter of an hour he poured a stream of critical, personal and sar- castic eloquence upon Dr. Khron. who has been described as “thé ace” of the Btate's corps of alienists. Mr. Darrow said he will end his argument Monday. Holds All Spellbound. . The aged but vibrant veteran of half & thousand legal battles again held a crowded courtroom tense under the spell of his words. He talked straight’ through the haif-day session, scarcely pausing for breath. For phe first time since the hearing begdn five weeks ago no recess in- terrupted the proceedings. Judge Caverly took his eyes off the pleader only when a swinging door groaned, a chair scraped the floor or me other untoward sound became ! audible. ith equal attention, Loeb and Leopold and their relatives followed the argument. Loeb in particular kept his eyes riveted on the/slightly stooped ‘man in the baggy gray suit whose ;brain and tongue were 'busy in tryEt to save him from the gal. ou Page ; CONFIENCEVOTED N HERRIDT COURSE i I Premier Congratulated, 336! to 204, On Dawes Plan By Chamber of Deputies. By the Associated Press. ! PARIS, August 24—The Chamber | of Deputies early this morning voted confidence in the Herriot govern- ment, by 336 to 204, following the! long debate in the chamber on the | government's action at the London | conference. | The text of the chamber's order of | the day reads: “The chamber, congratulating the government for having succeeded in admitting the 'principle of arbitra~ tion in London, thus permitting the | negotiations to reach a practical and pacific solution of the problem of | reparations in a broad spirit of co- operation and international concord, confident that the government will| pursie during the forthcoming con- | ference on interallied debts and at) the League of Nations a program of | justice and peace designed to assure | the security pf France and the re-| constitution of Europe, apprrves the | government's statements.” Premier Defends Pact. Premier Herriot ~defended the Dawes plan and the London agree- ment in a two-Mour reply to his critics during the debate over parliamentary approval necessary to final signature of the accords next| Saturday, provided Germany is ready | o sign. He took as his theme,| “France must do what is right” | M. Herriot, frankly admitting that “we bring you the first fruits of hope,” and not “complete peace.” told | the chamber that any of the deputies | would have done as he did under the | circumstances. Throughout the pre- mier tried to keep the defense on high | moral ground and endeavored to show that he could not use the Rulr as a club at the London conference, be- cause M. Poincare. in behalf of ¥rance, had given his word that it was not a military occupation, but merely protection for the economic mission. So when .the mission was withdrawn, why should the soldiers stay? Bars Name of Foch. srance,” continued the premier, vhether, represented by you or by me could’ not say: ‘L will keep my promise if I am pi “I did all 1 could at-London, even supporting a thesis in which I did not believe. But you also would have revolted and recognized that it was Impossible to bargain in a ques- tion that was simply a matter of what was right.” At one point of his speech, M. Mer- tiot shouted, “You are going to judge me. I will have no rancor if you judge unfavorably.” Marshal Foch became an issue for a moment when Deputy Schmidt averred that the marshal had said “The policy of isolation is The deputy added that the marshal had always favored M. Herriot's views. But the premier quickly interrupted with, “Foch is too glorious a soldier to be dragged {Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) _— CHARGE MOTHER SOLD TEN-MONTH-OLD BABY Cquple Arrested in Brooklyn Held in $10,000 Bonds After Admitted Sale. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 23.— Mrs. Agnes Mack of Brooklyn, and Edwin Dathe, a doctor’s assistant, were held in $10,000 bail each when arraigned today for the alleged sale of the woman's 10-month-old daughter to Dathe for $300 of which $50 was paid as a first instaliment. The baby was 7 the Associated Pre FLAGSTAFF, Ariz, b i ever, polar cap of snow and ice begins to | turned over to the children's soclety pending examination of the couple on Monday. The specific charge against the couple accused them of impairing the health and morals of a minor. Mrs. Mack, according to the police gave Dathe a “bill of sale” for the baby. Police said they were unable to prove that Dathe had sought the baby for vivasection purposes as was suspect- ed by Miss Lucy Lamaire an employe of the advertising agency through which Dathe placed an advertisement in a newspaper for a baby. Dathe told the police that his own child had died and that he wanted another to_take Its place. Mrs, Mack pleaded that she was destitite and was forced to sell the infant, ‘which she satd@ was born two * GLOUDS AND STEAM ESTABLISH THEORY THAT MARS HAS AIR Observers at Flagstaff De- tect Vapor Rising From Melting Polar Caps. SURFACE OF PLANET RED AND BLUISH-GREEN Bureau of Standards Scientist Con- vinced Life Could Exist on Distant Star. August 23— he presence of steam or vapor aris- ing from melting polar caps and ap- perance of clouds on the surface, establishing the fact that atmosphere exists on Mars, have been the out- standing developments. in the study lof the planet at Lowell Observatory here during the present opposition, V. M. Slipher, observatory director, said today. The planet’s surface is divided into req okre and blue green regions. The red portions have the same appear- ance as the earth’s desert regions and are little affected by changing seasons, but the blue-green districts, which some astronomers have con- tended were seas, show tint changes at different seasons, declared Direc- tor Slipher. Change Color Later. The present theory is that these blue-green regions are vegetation, either forests, grass lands or great fields producing in season, for they later fade out and in some sections change to a chocolate brown color. Changes in the dark areas, how- do nat take place until the recede, which substantiates the aw. water before This is in keeping with the theory advanced by Dr. Lowell many vears ago, Mr. Slipher added. No Proof of Life. “While we have no proof what- ever that Mars i inhabited by ani- mal life of any kind. it is our be- lef that it is habitable, as it has all ry elements and conditions to stain life.” the director said. Dr. W. W. Coblentz of the United States Bureau of Standards, who for some weeks has been studying Mars | from the Lowell nounced that the temperature Mars probably s lower than of the earth, but sufficiently warm to aupport vegetation and permit habitation. SEES LIGHTS ON MARS. Observatery, an- BY ARNO DOSCH-FLEUROT. By Cable to The Star and New York World. (Copyright, 1924.) JUNGFRAUJOCH, Switzerland, Au: gust 25.—Here last night, in his ob' servatory on the top of Europe, near- 1y 12,000 feet above tea level, the famous Swiss astronomer, Schaer, planned to observe Mars during its closest approach to the earth. In the evening when I reached the lofty ob- servatory, he offered to let me pass the night's vigil with him, looking onto the thick carpeting of stars re. flected from the glacier on top of which his hut is built. Discovery of new signs and mark ings on Mars would have been a thousand times more impressive here late at night in the stillness among the stars than it could have been at a less lofty altitude. But a storm which arose soon after nightfall ob- seured all seeing. However, perience. Halfway Between Worlds. Prof. Schaer installed his observa- tory just beyond the mouth of the tunnel of the Funicular which leads almost to the top of the Jungfrau. It is surrounded by glaci- ers and crags where the wind is for- ever swirling snow over sheets of eternal ice. Before the storm came, the heavens were filled with handfuls of brilliant stars that looked almost within reach. We seemed hung half way between two worlds. Then a blizzard set in, whirling thick sheets of snow, and while we were Impatiently waiting for it t subside, and let us see Mars rise over the Meenchs peak, Jungfrau's near- est neighbor, we heard faint shrieks on the glacier a thousand feet below around the base of Jungfrau's pin-| nacles. From their rocky home below us the Berghaus guides quick- ly sent up an answering shout. As we learned this morning, some moun- tain climbers had got lost, but so far above the world it was eerie to listen to those . faint calls. They lasted for hours. We learned today that the climbers made slow progress up almost per- pendicular ice slopes through the storm. Half way up, an exhausted man slipped, nearly dragging a roped line of eight from \their footholds to us more tensely, like the cries of and rolled into ice fissures. That as when their shrieks had come up to us more tensely, lik ethe cries of lost souls. Just before dawn (Continued on Page 3, Column BOY SLAIN WITH ROCK; HUNT MAN FOR CRIME BRoanoke Police Report Murder Committed Thursday—Child Lured to Death. By the Associated Press. ROANOKE, Va. August 23.—Police in Roanoke were searching late to- night for a man who lured 14-year: old Thomas Brown to the outskirts of the city Thursday, and crushed his head with a heavy rock. Detalls of the murder were given out tonight by police officials, who had kept it secret. Authorities, however, have refused to divulge the name of the man be- ing sought, declaring it may hinder their efforts to apprehend him and prove an Incentive to mob violence in_the event he is caught. The murdered youth was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Brown. His assailant s said to be a man about thirty years 'of age, who induced the they reached boy to follow him by thé promise of lthcm—y of vegetation, which appears | to i showing | | growth. of | that night | did not pass without a thrilling ex- | railway | FIVE CENTS. LOST FLYER FELL INTO SEA, IS FEAR OF OFFIGERS HERE Message From Smith Rouses Apprehension That Loca- telli Has Lost Life. ESKIMOS MAKE FUTILE SEARCH FOR AVIATOR Two U. S. Ships and Four Planes Also Are Engaged in Intensive Hunt. Searching parties, organized among the Eskimos of southern Greenland, have combed the east and west coasts of, that country in vain for somé trace of Lieut. Locatelli, and Armg and Navy officials in the north now are convinced that the Italian aviator, who hopped off from Reykjavik with the American round-the-world fiyers, | dropped into the sea, according to dispatches received by the War De- partment late last night. The latest message came from the American cruiser Milwaukee, on patrol duty off Greenland for the next hop of the Americans—from Fred- jericksdal to Ivigtut. It had been relayed by wireless from Lieut. Lowell Smith, commanding the fiight, {and was addressed to the Army Air | Service. After detailing that dense | fog had prevented the fivers from itaking off again yesterday, Lieut. | Smith added the following significant | sentence: | “Natives sent out off islands re- i turned with information leading us believe Locatelli failed to get through { dense fog on 21st, and that he never passed Cape Farewell” Eskimos Best Hope. Earlier information has been re- ceived to the effcct that rescue par- had been formed among the | Eskimos in a desperate hope that | they, the only people in Greenland | sufficiently familiar with existing | conditions there, might find some clue | as to whether the Italian aviator had | reached the continent and become | lost somewhere in its unfamiliar in- i terior. Capt. West, one of the naval | officers attached to the patrol fleet, | commanded them Fast motor boats from units of the ! patrol flcet were placed at the dis- posal of the matives, and these rode up and down-the coast lines search- * ing every bay and -inlet possible for news of the lost flyer. Additional native searching parties poked their | way far up costal streams in Eskimo | kayaks, but none of the nmative vil- | lages reported hearing or sighting | the Italian plane. All returned to | Fredericksdal at night with the same | message. Fear Italian Perished. | A dense fog curtained the sea sev- eral hundred miles off the coast of Greenland when Lieut. Locatelli ac- companied Smith and Nelson from Ivigtut. The three fliers became sep- arated and it is now feared that the Italian was lost and dropped help- less into the ocean. Although Ameri- can patrol ships scoured Greenland | waters for the lost aviator without | cessation, they, too, failed to find a {trace of him and the fears that he may have perished are gaining |amons Army and Navy officers. Last night's message from Lieut. mith was the first comprehensive |statement from him concerning Lieut. | Locatelli, the Air Service had re- ceived. It also served to clear doubt jas to the delay at Fredericksdal. | previous message had described, after ilong delay, the flight from Reyk- jJavik Lieut. Smith explained in the latest ! dispatch that the proposed hop from Fredericksdal to Ivigtut yesterday was made impossible by the dense fog. He added, however, that he and his comrades were ‘“ready to leave on the first opportunity,” and this was accepted as meaning that the | broken pontoon strut on Lieut. Nel- son's ship, which had been smashed | when he landed in a_rough sea at | Fredericksdal late Thursday, had | been repaired. Magruder Tells of Search. Although press dispatches had long before announced the safe ar- rival of the Americans at Fredericks- al, tension Mad been tremendous at the Air Service in the absence of any official dispatches from the flyers themseives.. In the meantime, Rear Admiral Magruder, commander of the light cruiser squadron, reported to the Navy Department that he was employing two ships—the Raleigh and the Richmond—and four planes In the search for Lieut. Locatelli at sea. In this connection, Admiral Ma- gruder requested that the Army Air Service and “Canadian” government be asked to provide necessary funds for conducting the search for the Italian aviator. Naval officers here Were inclined to accept this request as meaning that the funds needed for this purpose would be provided by the Army Air Service and the Italian government, since it was to finan the expedition for the Italian. fly and that the reference to the Canas ian government had been due to an error in transmitting the dispatch here. Steps taken by the Navy Departs ment at the request of Admiral Ma- gruder, included the dispatch of the crutser Detroit from Newpart, R. 1. to St. John, New Brunswick, to take station in the Bay of Fundy, while the flight from the Labrador ‘Coast to Boston is in progress, as well as orders for the fuel ship Brazos to proceed at once from Boston to Bay Island on the West Coast of New- foundland with needed fuel oil for the ships on patrol duty under Admiral Magruder's command, ICELAND HAS NO WORD. | ties Army Airman Believes, However, Italian Is Safe. By the Assoclated Press. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, August 2 The radio station here, up to $:30 o'clock tonight, had received no news trom Greenland or the aviators since early morning. Therefore, it is still without word of the missing Italian fiyer, Lieut. Locatelll. Lieut. Clarence Crumrine of the American Air Service Is not anxious about Locatelli, bélieving that he landed in a fjord between Frederiks- on