Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1924, Page 2

HOLIDAY ONLIKELY ~FGR DEFENSE TEST business to Go On as Usual, Say Sponsors—Parade Assignments Made. Mebilization points of the various military, naval, veteran, welfare, s cial, business and civic bodies th will participate in Washington's Na- tional ‘Defense Test day parade on September were announced last night by District Commander Con- rad S. Babcock, as follows: Twelfth Infantry on First street with head of column at Pennsylvania avenue, 1:30 o'clock. Fortieth Infantry on Maryland avenue southwest with head of col- umn at First street, 1:30 o'clock. Sixteenth Cavalry, Maryland ave- nue southwest with head of column at Four-and-a-half street, 1:30 o'clock. Sizteenth Field Artillery (less the 1st Battalion) on Maryland avenue southwest with head of column at Sixth street, 1:45 o'clock. Cavalry 1s Lecated. Third Cavalry on Maryland avenue southwest with head of column at Seventh street, 1:50 o'clock. First Battalion of the 16th Field Artillery (mounted) on Virginia ave- nue southwest with head of column at Ninth street, 1:50 o'clock. Air Service detachments of the Regular Army on Four-and-a-half street with head of column at Mar. land avenue southwest, 1:40 o'clock Seventeenth Service Company. Signal Corps, on Four-and-a-half street with head of column at C street south- west. 1:45 o'clock, Navy band on Third street south- west with head of column at B street, 1:40 o'clock. Company of Marines with reserves on Third street southwest in the rear of the Navy Band, 1:45 o'clock. Company of bluejackets on Third street southwest in the rear of the eompany of Marines, 1:50 o'clock. Place of National Guard. The National Guard companies will form at 2 o'clock on First street northwest, facing south. in order to follow the retired officers and en- listed men of the Regular Army. The following organizations will axsemble on Second street, facing south: United States Marine Band at 1:30 p.m.. head of column at Pennsylvania avenue. 320th Infantry at eslumn at B street. §21st Infantry Battalion at P.m., head of column at E street. Second Squadron 306th Gavalry at 1:30 p.m., head of column at F street. Troep B, 153d M. G. Squadron, at 1:30 p.m.; head of column at G street. 62d Signal Troop, at 1:35 p.m.; head of column between Massachusetts ave- nue and G street. 313th F. A., at 1.40 p.m.; head of col- umn at Massachusetts avenue. Battery C, 462d F. A, at 1:40 p.m. Read of column at I street. Other Groaps Ansigmed. The following organziations will as- semble on New Jersey avenue, facing south: Companies F and G, 622d C. A. C., at 1:40 p.m.; head of column at K street. 405th Pursuit Squadron, A. A.. at 1:45 p.m.; head of column between K and L streets. 409th Attack Squadron, A. ., at 1:45 Pm.; head of column at L street. The following organizations will as- Bemble on Third street, facing gouth: 13th Corps Engineers, Headquarters, at 1:30 p.m.; head of column at Penn- sylvania avenue. 3434 Engineers, O. R., at 1:30 pm.; head of column.at B street. 375th Engineers, O. R., at 1:35 p.m.; head of column at B and C streets. 440th Engineer Battallon, at 1:35 p.m., bead Bf column at C street. 6933 Engineer Battalion (organiz- ed reserves), at 1:35 p.m., head of eolumn at Indiana avenue. $0th Signal Company, 80th Division, &t 1:40 p.m:, head of column between D and E streets. 305th Ammunition Train, 80th Division, at 1:40 p.m.. head of column at_E street (organised reserves) 108th Service Battalion, Q. M. C. (organized reserves), at 1:40 pm., head of column at F street. 630th Bakery Company, at 1:45 p.m., head of column between F and G streets. Meoter Tranaport im Lime. Motor transport companies 783, 784, = 785, 786, 787, 788 and 789 and motor repair sections 463, 464, 465, 466 and 467 will assemble behind the bakery company, with head of column at G street. The 3624 Ordnance Company (or- reserves), will form on avenue at 1:55 o'clock. Retired officers and retired enlisted men desiring to participate in the parade and demonstration are re- queated to assemble on Third street, Detween Maine and Maryland ave- nues, facing south, form in a ecolumn on a front of 12 files, head of col- umn at Maryland avenue. To be formed by 2 p.m. This unit will march immediately in rear of the bluejacket detachment. Veteran, military and patriotic or- , manizations will assemble on John Marshall place and Fourth street, be- tween D and G streets, facing south. The order of assembly and place In 1 eolumn will be announced later. Formation—Twelve files front; dis- tance between lines not greater than 4. feet; distance between organisa- tion 15 feet; guide will be left. Citizeas Will Parade. Citisens' association, firms or busi- will assemble on Sixth south, head of column ¢ on Pennsylvania avenue. This sec- tion will follow in rear of the fourth ‘weetion. Formation—Twelve files front; dis- tance between li; not greater than € feet; distance between organiza- tien 15 feet: guide will be left. Organisations will be assigned Places in the parade by the section eommander designated by the defense - test committee. . Maj. J. Franklin Bell, District En- ‘gineer Commissioner and member of the local National Defense Test day eommittee, announced last night that the day probadly will not be a holi- day or half hoiiday in Washington. “Business as usual will be the slo- gan.” he said. Edward F. Colladay. chairman of the committee on co-operation with organisations of the local general committee, in a circular letter to the various organizations and business establishments, also pointed out that it is the desire that business should not close. Pell of Employes. *“The purpose is to spare as many male employes as possible within mi tary age without disrupting business for the afternoon only,” said Mr. Colla- day's letter. “Won't you please take the necessary steps 6 ascertain how many members of your organisation or establishment will voluntarily en- roll for the occasion and advise us on or before the 29th instant so that the required number of enrollment blanks may be sent you." In an effort to make the observ- ance of Defense Test day truly na- tional in character, a typical pro- gram is being sent out to cities all over the country by the natfonal com- mittee to support the defense test. Organtzed to secure the co-operation of veteran and patriotic societies in sepporting the government's plans, the eammittee is made up of the exec- -ulives of most of the patriotic socie- :30 p.m., head of 1:30 VGGG 5 4. IDiatrict Boys Get Low Records in Army’s Track Tests The District of Columbia made a score of 44 in the tests for physical eficiency conducted at the civilian military training camps of 1923, in which 22,000 young men took part, according to the records of the War Department. The tests comprised four events—a 100-yard dash, run- ning broad jump, running high jump and bar vault. The average score- for the United States was 51.9, Arkansas led with a score of 67. Kansas was second, with a score of 65 and Arizona third with core of 64. The West, West Cen- tral and Southwestern States topped the list. Each of these groups scored 85. The New England States scored 80, the Southeastern States 51, the East Central States 47.5 and the East- ern States, 45.5. New York and Ver- mont tied with the District of Colum- bia with 44 and Maryland, lowa and Nebraska each scored less than that figure. CONFIDENCE VOTED AGAIN BY DEPUTIES IN HERRIOT COURSE (Continued from First Page. into this. The government will bear the responsibility.” He called upon Gen. Desticker, chief of Foch's staff, and Gen. Nollet, min- ister of w to give the military views. Gen. Desticker said that Mar- shal Foch had been consulted and de- clared “formally that the military oc- cupation of the Ruhr should not con- cern France's security and the mar- shal considéred the conditions of the Versailles treaty amply sufficient.” The Ruhr dominated the day's se: sion, just as the premier said it hung ke a pall over the London confer- ence. The pros and cons of M. Poin- care’s policy were argued all over, with scant attention to the real ques- tion. But out of it all, M. Herriot got a good deal of comfort in main- taining his position that he did the best possible under the circumstances. Toufs Dubois who succeeded M. Toincare as president of the repar: tion commission, and former Min- isters Martin and Reibel threshed out the history of the Ruhr and repara- tions. The premier interrupted from time to time to set history straight and remind them bitingly of the shortcomings of the governments they defended, and fell back on his previous declaration that “France must be in the right”” which even his worst enemies did not dispute. Playing Internsl Pelitics. Internal politics overshadowed for- eign policy, but the attacks om th- sovernment apparently were rather to put the opposition on record and establish points for future use than with any hope of succeeding M. Her- riot. M. Reibel extracted a denial from the premier that France had bound herself to communicate with Eng- land all the details of her forthcom- ing commercial negotiations with Germany. The question of inter-allied debts dominated the night session of the chamber. Louis Klotz, who was Clemenceau's war-time finance min- ister, supported the previously ad- vanced theory that the inter-aliied war debts were part of the war charges. M. Letrocquer, Poincare’s minister of public works, who was most ac- tively concerned {n Ruhr reparations, proved a staunch defender of the Dawes plan, asserting that it was much superior'to the proposition Mr. Bonar Law had offered before France's entry {nto the Ruhr. He said that the annuities under the Dawes scheme were xuperior to those under the British proposition and the mobilization of the German debt and the system of guarantee showed similar superiority. United States Atd Welcomed. Former Minister of Commerce Loucheur paid tribute to America's war-time role and welcomed the pro pect of an American on the repai tion commission. M. Herriot's most striking com- ments on the Dawes plan in his speech earlier today include the fol- lowing: “The only way to halt the exodus of German capital abroad is to re- establish the stability of German money. No law can make the return of capital obligatory; therefore the only way to realize the conclusions of the second experts committee is 1o put the report of the first Dawes committee in operation. “We demand eventual collective ac- tion by the allles in the case of Germany defying the Dawes plan but we intend to maintain the possibility of France's isolated action in case her interests, or to safeguard our rights, obliges us to resort to such action. “We have introduced an American eitizen into the Reparation Commis- sion. But is not that elementary prudence if we wish to achieve the large operation that the Dawes plan represents? That citizen must be authorized by his Government. Thus it German failures occur they will occur under his control and we will then bring us great material and moral force.” ties in the country, and the sample plan is to be distributed through the local branches of these organizations. The work of the new committee, which is to hold a called meeting in | Memorial Continental Hall, on Au- gust 29, to discuss methods of back- ing up Uncle Sam's program, is to be largely educational in character. The vexed question, “Just what is Defense Test day,” will be answered, its pu pose will be explained and methods of celebrating the occasion in the spirit of President Coolidge's proc- lamation will be outlined. Head- quarters have been established in Memorial Continental Hall, national headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The sample plan has been worked up by Lieut. Col. G. G. Reiniger, of the Field Artillery Reserve Corps, who has been drafted as executive secretary of the committee and right hand man to Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, president general of the D. A. R. and chairman of the Defense Test committee. The tentative plan for a national celebration of Defense Test day in- cludes a parade not only of military organisations but of veterans, of civic, business, labor and patriotic or- ganizations, of school children, etc. which will terminate at a suitable place for a public gathering. There speeches are to be made and other features of the local program carried out. Opea With Prayer. This mass meeting will be open with prayer, speeches explaining the national defense act and the plans of local commanders for mobilizing their units, following patriotic ad- dresses by local leaders of veteran, patriotic and civic societies will be featured as well as music by the bands taking part in the parade. In the evening a banquet in honor of wisiting officials d speakers is planned, with & reception and dance to bring » gala day to a close. The principal speaker at the afternoon session will be Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, deputy chief of staff, who is to succeed Gen. Pershing as chief of staff immedistely after De- fense Test day. Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum will address the morning meet. ing and both will be followed by dis- cussion in-open committee, . = . .. _THE - SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST .24 PROGRESS . OF WORLD FLIGHT NOW NEARS ITS FINAL STAGE After Amencan Airmen Leave lvigtut, Greenland, They Will be Back on Continent W here They Started Once More NEW LAW SCHOOL BUILDING PLANNED George Washington Univer- sity. to Erect $250,00 Structure on 20th Street. A new law school bullding of four stories in height, colonlal design, and o cost about $260,000 will be erected on Twentieth street between G and H streets for George Washington University. This was apnounced today by Dr. William Mather Lewlis, president of the university, who explained that it is hoped to have the bullding ready for occupancy some time during the coming Winter term. Contract has been let to the Ward- man Construction Company. AIbert Harris and Arthur B, Heaton are the architects. Rasing the old buildings on the site, which have been used for the home economic departments and the offices for instructors and student ac- tivities, is expected to begin shortly. Ample Lecture Room. The structure will have a lecture room capable of xeating 450 persoms. This room will be located on the first floor, which will alxo contain offices for members of the administration as well as smaller lecture rooms. The second and third floors will be given over to lecture rooms and will contain a large woman's rest room. Men's clubrooms will be found in the basement. The feature of the new bullding is the large library on the fourth floor capable of containing 40,000 volumes. Progress on Corcoran Hall. Work has 8o far progressed on Corcoran Hall, the new $280.000 building on Twenty-first street, as to insure its occupation by the open- ing of the university the latter part of next month.. This structure is a duplicate of the new law school, is the first unit of the new university scheme. It will increase the holding of the university, with the new law school, by more than half a million dollars, exclusive of the value of the land upon which the buildings will stand. . In Corcoran Hall will be class rooms, offices and facilities for a modern rifie range. This innovation, with the completion of the 330,000 Symnasium within a few weeks, will centralize student activities and greatly facilitate an extensive cam- paign this winter. The floor of the new gym will be laid shortly. The building will have accommodations for 1,300 persons, in addition to showers and locker rooms for men and women. President's Anncuncement. President Lewis announces that the Cambridge University-George Wash- ington University debate scheduled for October 20 probably will take place in the new gymnasium. Oftices for athletic instructors and coaches also will be found in this new building, which is 65 feet wide and 120 feet long. It will be the argest single room in the downtown section with the exception of Con- vention Hall, capable of staging big basket ball games and the like. The completion of Corcoran Hall and the new gymnasium and the new law school some time during the Winter marks the greatest progress in a single year in the history of the institution. GIRL WIFE ASKS $10,000. &pecial Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN,. Md.,- August 23.— Alleging assault and imprisonment, Mrs. Nellie Nentzer, 15 years old, filed suit here for $10,000 damages against William C. Bell. Bell, whose neck was broken while he was employed by the Western Maryland Raflroad. is being held for action of the grand jury. Jesse Bur- Rer and Paul Devine, who were with Bell, also are under arrest. The suit charges that the trio took Mrs. Mentaer and two others for a ride, and then took the other two giris home, but detained her and kept her a prisoner all night. POLICE-DRY AGENTS WARNEDBY OYSTER Says Unwarranted Liberties Must Not Be Taken in Enforcing Law. Commissioner James F. Oyster, who supervises the Police Department, called 27 newly-made polige-revenue agents to his office yesterday after- noon, and gave them a heart-to- heart talk on their new duties. He warned them against being over zelaous and urged them to give and accept utmost co-operation with the prohibition unit's forces. Warns of Oversealousness. “1 want you men to realize that you are to call in prohibition agents whenever possible,” he said, “and only to take matters in your own hands when absolute necessity demands. 1 want you to remember that your commissions as special prohibition agents does not give you authority to take unwarranted liberties in en- forcement of the law, but I don't want you to forget that you are to exert every effort to see that the law is lived up to. Good-bye and good luck. \ Thus ended the talk which inaug- urates the campaign of the police department to mop up wet spots in Washington with police who have the same power to arrest as revenue agents. The 27 policemen were sworn in as agents Friday morning by Di- visional Chiet Harry Luckett of the prohibition unit. SONG PLEASES FRIENDS AND FOES OF HERRIOT “We Can’t Refuse Him Anything,” Dealing With English and Teu- tons, Taken in Two Ways. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 23.—A song which makes the British and German states- men say “We can’t refuse him any- thing,” has appeared coincidentally with Premier Herriot's return from the London reparation conference. It is meeting with favor from those of all political complexions, the pre- mier's supporters taking it as seri- ous recognition of his success in cre- ating & fraternal atmosphere among the statesmen, while his opponents see in it & bitter satire on the French concessions at London. The ditty, which was introduced at a cafe which serves as the town hall of the mythical *“free commune of Montmartre,” -burls the British prime minister's tch bdurr and Chancalior Marx's German accent, and has them describe the head of [the Freach government a8 *that big, sympathetic {at man.from Lyons.” . [ficult to take off, which resulted UT. R. J. BROWN, Jr. Chatrman Werld Flight Commission. Lieuts. 8mith and Nelson decided to Kive up the ides of using Angmagsalik, Greenland, as a base, and had made all preparations to fly direct to Frederiks- Greenland, from Reykjavik, Ice- , on August 18. Unfortunately, when they attempted to take off on this morning, unfavorable coaditions were encountered. Because of the storms which had prevailed throughout the preceding week, great swells were rolling into the harbor from the Dan- ish Straits, and to add to this difficulty there was absolutely no wind, so that When the fliers attempted to take off both of the world cruisers had minor accidents. ~Lieut. Smith's plane broke the spreader bar, which holds the pon- toons in line, and had his plane been traveling at a high rate of speed thie might have proved disastrous, because the pontoons would have been pulled out of alignment, which would have resulted In the nosing over and com- plete wreck of the cruiser Chicago. The top of the swell caught Nelson's pro- peller and shattered one bade, putting it out of commission. Have Minor Accldents. Thess ordinarily small misfortunes were magnified by the fact that all the supplies and spares had been placed on board the cruiser Richmond, in or- der that they could be immediately rushed to either one of the two planes in the event of their having to descend in case of trouble between Reykjavik, Iceland, and Frederikedal, Greenland, and the Richmond had put to sea to take position in the line of fiight to guard the passage of the planes across the Danish Straits, and no repairs could be made to the damaged parts until the Richmond had sucoeeded in petting the necessary parts back to Reykjavik. - This resulted in a delay of three days, and during this time Lieut. Smith, the commanding officer, kept in continual touch with the “Gertrud Rask” at Angmagsalik, hoping that the delay to the flight would give Lieut. Schulze an opportunity to make a further search which would dis- close enough clear water for a land- ing place, in which event it would be unnecessary to take the long haz- ardous flight direct to the southern end of Greenland. Flight of 825 Milex. The efforts of Lieut. Schulze proved unfruitful, and on the night of Au- gust 20 the two world cruisers were made ready to leave their base for the flight of 825 miles to Frede- riksdal. The commanding officer of the flight proceeded to take advantage of every bit of daylight on August 21, and it was planned to leave Reyk- javik at 3 am. However, due to un- favorable weather conditio the route the flight was del. 3 unusually heavy load of fuel which the planes were carrying made It dllf- n the further delay of departure until 8:15 a.m. Lieut Locatelli, the Italian aviator who had overtaken the Amer- icans at Reykjavik, took off shortly after the two world cruisers to ac- company them on the long voyage. Wind Helped Progress. Fortunately, during the forenoon the wind blew from the north, keep- ing the sea clear of fog and assist- ing the progress of the flight rather than impeding it, so that the first 200 miles were covered in about two and one-half hours fiying time. After word had reached the War Depart- ment that the fiight had passed both the Richmond and, the destroyer Reed, no news, although it was anx- lously awaited, réached the air serv- ice until it was learned late at night that the fiyers had successfully com- pleted the flight. Lieut. Smith landed at Frederiksdal after a flight of 10 hours and 30 minutes, Lieut. Nelson 50 minute later, after a flight of 11 hours and 20 minutes. The flyers be- came separated on account of the heavy rop:.’ which prevailed for the 1ast 150 miles of their journey. They were required to fly very low and the danger of striking icebergs of which they saw a great number made the last portion of the flight exceedingly dangerous. Lieut. Nelson's plane suf- fered a damaged pontoon when he landed on mccount of the heavy sea that was running at the time. Helped By New Compasn. This exeellent performance was only possible through the late devel- opment in navigation instruments with which these airplanes are equipped. The earth inductor com- pass made it possible for Lieuts. Smith and Nelson to hold a true course in spite of their inability to sec ahead. Lieut. Locatelli was flying about 50 miles ahead of the American pilots when the fog was reached, and was, in all probability, forced to land at sea, off the coast of Greenland. The American naval vessels in that vicin- ity are now carrying out s most rigorous and complete search for the missing Italian airplane, but their movements have been hampered by thick weather. The American airmen, thoroughly exhausted after their ordeal, are resting and preparing for the flight to the Labrador coast as soon as the weather will permit. With the trans- fer of the flight base from Ivigtut to Frederiksdal, spares and motors are to completely overhaul the it this s nd to be neces- sary, and from thews supplies & new pontoon Is being placed on Lieut. Nelson's plane. Wil Fiy to Ivigtat. The two American sirmen, unable to be of any assistance in the s being made for Lieut. Locatell, prepaeing to fly to Ivigtut, where the harbor is more protected to swait the result of the search for the Ital. ian aviator, and for the best possible weather to make the last flight to the American continent. - The route to be flown by the planes on the final leg of the fight from Indian Harbor, Labrador, to Boston, Mass., has been changed to aliow the world crulsers to cross the peninsula of Nova Scotla at its narrowest point, which adds considerably to the dis- tance to be flown, making it mneces- sary to establish intermediate base at St. Johns, New Brunswick. In view of this fact, the following route from Indian Harbor will be flown: Indian bor, Newfoundland, to Haeke Bay, Newfoundland, to Pic- tou, Nova Scotia, to St. Johns, New Brunswick, to Boston, Ma 1t {s estimated that the world flight will arrive at Boston, Mass., about August 30, 1924, . are Flight 1dea Old. The idea of flying around the world is not a new one. It has been the dream of aviators from the beginning and has only awaited the develop- ment of a suitable airplane. The United States Army Air Service seri- ously considered the {dea in 1921. 8ir Ross and Keith Smith were the first to iy from England to Australia, and had planned to make the round- the-world flight in 1921, Maj. Blake succeeded in reaching Akyab, Indla, in his attempt in 1921, when his plane was wrecked and his crew all but lost their lives in that place. With the dawning of the vear 1924 came the realisation of the high hopes of those who belleve in the future of aeronautics. The ktage was set for the circumnavigation of the world by air. Plans had been completed for three expeditions, representing three great nations of the world, and the world has waited and watched with interest, ready to acclaim the first to accomplish this dificult task. Capt. Stuart MacLaren, the leader of the English expedition, was the first to start, leaving Calshot on March 15, 1924. The British govern- ment was not officially back of this flight, which was financed privately In Great Britain. We are all familiar with the circumstances which forced MacLaten, the gallant Englishman, out of the flight, when after a series of misfortunes he was en- trapped in a dense fog while attempt- ing to fly from Petropaviovsk, Kam- chatka, to the Komandorski lslands, in the North Pacific, where, upon land- ing. his ship was so hopelesiy dam- aged that it was impossible for him to continue in the ocmpetition. The next to start were the Portu- guese, leaving Lisbon on April 2. This expedition, like that of Mae- Laven, was not an official flight of the Portuguese government, being financed principally by the donations of Maj. Breto Pais and his comrade. Maj. Sarmento Beires, and by popu- lar subscriptions from the - Portu- guese people. The Portuguese fiight ended, after a game flight agdinst continuing misfortunes, at Shamfe- hun. China, near 3Macao, the Portu- guesd gettlement in southeastern China. These airmen had succeeded in attaining their first objective, af- ter having traversed 11,000 miles. The crash of their plane brought to an end the hope that they would eir- cumnavigate the globe by air this year. The American flight left Seattle, Wash., on April 6, 1924, and is the only expedition which represents tne official effort of any of the nations represented in the race around tne world. On July 26 came the announcement out of a clear sky that Maj. Pedro Zanni of the Argentine army had taken oft from Amsterdam, Holland, hoping to fly around the world, making the fourth expedition to .attempt it this year. This flight reached Hanoi, the capital of Indo-China, and while at- tempting to take off from the airdrome at that place his plane was wrecked, and he is now endeavoring to obtain nother airplane from Japan, in the hope of continuing his flight around the world. When the American fivers land. in Labrador they will be again on the American continent, and although they have still to reach Seattle, Wash., be- fore their mission will have been com- pleted, they will have ocovered 20,091 miles, & greater distance than has ever before been flown by a single aerial ex- pedition, and aithough still 5,000 miles away from their destination, will have placed behind them their greatest ob- stacles, namely, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and may look forward to the successful completion of their great, epoch-making undertaking without dif- culty. 'FEARS FOR LOCATELLI’S SAFETY INCREASE AS LONG SEARCH FAILS Officials Here Advised That Eskimos Familiar With Greenland Coast Are Aiding Americans in Hunt for Flyer. __ _(Continued trom First Page.) dal and lvigtut, awaiting more f vorable conditions. ‘The weather forecast here indi- cates fog on the west cosst of Green- land. SUPPLIES RECEIVED. Advice From Indian Harbor Says Destroyer Is In. By the Assoctated Press. - ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, August 23.—Advices received here from Indian Harbor, Labrador, state that an Ameri- can destroyer landed there today witk tents, provisions and other comforts for the American Army world fiyers, who are expected tomorrow °from Greenland. Ordinary accommodations at Indian Harbor are lacking, excent at Grenfell Hospital, which is fully occupled. The place is merely a fish- ing settlement, with few: . houses, hence the necessity of making somec provision for the ocomfort of the fiyers. ~ CAPE IS FORBIDDING. Farewell Presents Menacing Aspect to Searchers. By the Asseciated Press. ABOARD THE U. 8. 8. BARRY, Au- gust 22 (5 p.m,)—In the wearch for Lieut. Locatelli, the Italian aviator, the destroyer Barry approached to within & few miles of the coastline [and ‘steamed parsliel toward Capé| Farewell, while the abores snd tiords Wwere scanned through glasses for traces of the missing fiyer. To the northward the cruiser Ral- eigh engaged in a similar search. It is the intention of the Raleigh to use airplanes when fog conditions permit. From the Barry's bridge Cape Fare- well presented a most forbidding spectacle—huge mountains, scores of| towering peaks, with innumerable needle points and finger-like spires. In the foreground a wide girdle of ice, from which great bergs stood out; glistened in the sunshine. FUEL OIL SUPPLY SENT. 8hip Goes to Meet Battleships With ‘World Flyers. £4% By the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 23.—The Navy took new measures to supplement the forces and supplies of the cordon of vessels accompanying the world fiyers. The fuel supply ship Brasos was ordered to leave here immediately with a stock of fuel ofl for the destroyers of the cordon, to be delivered probably at Bay of Islands, on the west coast of New- foundland. t The cruiser Detroit was érdered out. of Newport, R. L, to go to the Bay of Fundy, in connection with the inser-| tion ‘of a stop at St.-John, New: Brunswick, after the fiyers leave Plc- | tou, Nova Scotia. It was announced. that the flyers would come -directly from St. John to this' city. unless' s lahding ‘was forced. Their arrival here now Is looked for adogt Satur- day of paxt wesk, . e eh |. 1924_PART 1, EXPECT 0PPOSITIO 10 K STREET PLA Commissioners Plan to Meet Objections to Double Width of Thoroughfare. expected strict Commissoners to the proposal to widen K street, between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets, when the public hearing on the plan Is held in the board room of the Dis- trict Building on September 5. The chief - objection, according to gineer Commissioner J. Franklin Bell. undoubtedly will come from occupants of residences along the thor- oughfare. Business men and motor- ists, he belleves, will' support the proposition strongly because it will make a decided improvement in traf- fic_conditions. : The two important reasons of the Commissioners for favoring the widening of K street, Commissioner Bell explains, are: 1. Traffic congestion at Sixteenth 2nd K streets, now the most seriously muddled up intersection ng the Sixteenth street boulevard will be alleviated materially. 3. Material improvement in traffc conditions along K street, which will make it a better thoroughfare for motorists and business establish- ments. More Than Double Width. K street between Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets is now 40 feet wide. The Commissioner plans to widen it to approximately 93 feet, with a 25- foot sidewalk on each side with shade trees, except along McPherson Square. The street will not be as wide thers because the Commissioners do not want to encroach upon-the park. A center park, paved for automo- bile parking, is included in the widen- ing plans. Paraileling the park, will be two roadways each 30 feet wide, for moving traMic. The center park will be 37 feet, 8 inches wide, except in front of McPherson Square, where 1t will be 30 feet. ¥unds for widening the street, ac- cording to present plans, will come from the gasoline tax fund. As con- gressional action is necessary before the Commissioners can proceed with the plpns to widen the street, it prob- ably will be several years before the project is started. It is the inten- tion of Commissioner Bell to include the item for widening the street in the budget for the fiscal year of 1926, it the Commissioners formally ap- prove the plan. — DAWES - DENOUNCES KLAN AND UPHOLDS ORGANIZED LABOR (Continued from First Page.) be adjusted between employer employe—not by political parties. Mr. Dawes also defended the ap- pointment of Americans to act un- officially in aiding Kurope to settle the reparations problem, attacked the Democratic platform and nominee for its proposal to lead ‘“the Nation back into the fog bank of debate on the league,” and outlined the results of the economy program of the Repub- lican national administration and of the present tariff act. On all of these three subjects his. ytterances were made as a reply to the acceptance address of John W. Davis, the Demo- cratic presidential nominee. Casting sslde his prepared address, Mr. Dawes concluded with an attack on the La Follette movement and an appeal to the people of Maine to remember that the “predominant issue s the contest between progressive conservatism under the leadership of President Conlidge” and the “untried and dan- gerous radicalism™ of the La Follette candldacy. # Meved by Challenge. Mr. Dawes arrived in Augusta at neon, ‘having spent the morning in Brunswick, a railroad junction, where he prepared his remarks on the Klan question. He had been advised by Republican leaders of Maine to omit reference to the Klan in this State, as it might hurt the Republican gubernatorial candidate, Ralph O. Brewster, who has the support of the Kian. But the pronouncement on the Kian made yesterday at BSea Girt, N. J. by Mr. Davis, combined with a challenge issued last night by Wil- llam M. Pattangall, the Democratic nominee for governor, for a_declara- tion on the Kian, led Mr. Dawes to ‘make his statement. Mr. Pattangall, who is opposing the Klan In his campaign, put two ques- tions to Mr. Dawes in his challenge, issued In a statement made last night at Saco, but the vice presidential candidate fefused to answer these, declaring thém to be the “familiar uestions of the ordinary poli- tician:” Séveral thousand persons at- tended the rally at Island Park, § miles west of Augusta. Brewster, the gubernatorial candidate, followed Mr. Dawes as a speaker, but did not mention the Klan question. Mr. Dawes was entertained during his stay at the Blaine mansion, the home of Maine’s governor, by Gov. Baxter, and before leaving tonight for Bath to spend Sunday at the sum- mer camp of Harold M. Sewall, Re- publican national committeeman for Maine, he visited the grave of James G. Blaine and the State capitol build- ing. Speech by Brewater. “Attempts to make political capital out of appeals to passion or to prejudice ard beneath the contempt of any one who understands the spirit of American institutions,” declared Ralph O. Brewster, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, in his address in which he discussed law enforce- ment, economy and progress and made reference to issues and per- sonalities. “In recent days in our State there Ras been some speculation as to what a vote for me might mean,” said Mr. Brewster, who was supported in the primary by the Ku Klux Klan, and who_has been challenged by Willlam R. Pattangall, the Democratic can- didate, to make known his attitude toward that organization. “It seems to me clear that a vote for me is & vote for the Republican administr: tion of the affairs of this State, with whatever promise it may hold out for a Repubdlican administration of the affairs of the nation. My can- didacy means that—nothing more, and nothing less. “Governments and political parties are properly concerned with the mak- ing of I with the enforcement of Jaws and with prudent administra- tién of the financial affairs of the State. “Citisens may consider whether agitation that is concerned with sub- Jjects not within these categories is a real issue or a red herring drawn across the trail of 2 calm and dispas- Aalonate comsideration of the law and finan&s of gur State.”. e e EDINBURGH, Scotland, August 23. Twe earth shocks; coming at. sho 3 mu‘:n’nnm;n;::‘;o::: Killing of American InHondurasIs Held To Be Non-Political Additional information was re- coived yesterday by the Stats Department regarding the killing in ‘Honduras of George Gatewood Hamiiton, whose addre: given as Mount Sterling, Ky., Charles Edward Rimmer, a British subject. United States Consul Willard L. Beaulac, at Puerto Castilla, Hon- duras, reported that the men wers “cut to death” at Sonora Farm in the Department of Colon on August 21. Both men were em- ployes of the Truxillo Railroad Company. The message sald the 16cal authorities were searching for a Balvadorean and a Nicaraguan who are suspected of the murders. The vice consul expressed the opinfon that the crimes had no political significance. EIGHTEEN GYPSIES HELD FOR THEFTS Police Round Up Moving Bands Following Several Reports of Stolen Money. Literally barred from their open road. 18 gypsies slept under police xusrd last night, following their cap- ture in the city-wide dragnet cast by the police after headquarters had listed three cases of robbery reports after visits of gayly-attired bands to various eections of the city and suburbs. ‘Two of the Romany folk were men, eight were women and six were youngsters varying in age from the toddling stage to absolute babyhood. The babies went to sleep at the House of Detention with their mothers crooning native arias to them. The House of Detention was given a dash of color last night by tha vivid dresses and brilliantly tinted scarfs of the prisoners. The prisoners are Joseph Johns, 24. held at the tenth precinct. charged with robbery; George Mitchell, 18, held at the seventh precinct. charged With the same offense; Mary Mitchell. 30 (who has a baby named Rosa), and Leépa Mitchell, 25, charged with rob- bery; Rosie Mitchell, 22 (who has two youngsters, Louise and Jimmy), and Annie Mitchell (who has a baby, Joe), held for investigation; Mary Johns, 35; Garomba Johns, 22; Josephine Johns, 37, and Ann Johns (who has two youngsters, Lena and Stevie), all charged with robbery. All pri: except the men are at the Hou: Detention. First news of pedatory inclinations of £ypsy bands came to police during the afternoon yesterday when a vague rumor trickled in from Seat Pleasant, Md., anent the theft of an automobile. At a later hour last night this rumor had not been verified. Shortly after it was first heard, however, three very definite reports served to put the police on guard. First, P. J. Dufty, clerk in a grocery store at Capitol Heights, Md., reported loss of $10 following a visit by gypsies to his store. Within half an hour a party of gypsies had been taken into custody by Sheriff Fugitt, been ar- raigned and were fined. Next, Horace L. Bruner, working at = gasoline filling station at 2824 Sherman avenue northwest, told po- lice that gypsies had paid him a visit and he was $45 shy when they left. Next came a similar report from Charles H. Wilburn of Forest Glen, Md., stating he had lost $30. Detective Alligood of headquarters, cruising on stolen automobile work in the second precinct, picked up the Mitchell automobile shortly after a general alarm had been flashed police throughout the city to round up gypsy bands. Detectives Carroll and Burke took them to the seventh pre- cinct, where Wilburn was brought to identify them. He did. The gypsies Then, at the tenth precinct, the Johns tribe members were rounded up. Bruner identified them, and po- lice state that $45 as found on the person of Joseph Johns. The gypsies denied any knowledge of the theft. Hearings will be held tomorrow at the Police Court in the cases charged Yesterday was a strenuous day for some members of Romany clans. Scores visited Mount Olivet Cemetery to attend the ceremonies incident to replacement of the headstone on the grave of the gypsy queen who was buried there several monhts ago. Through some blunder the headstone was placed in a way not in accord- ance with Romany ritual. It had to be changed. Police reported that a large en- campment of gypsies was located at Relee, ‘Whether those who fell in the toils of the law yesterday were members of this camp or pil- grims to Mount Olivet Cemetery was not ascertained. GIRL SWIMS MOBILE BAY. 16-Year-Old Miss Makes 10 Miles in 8 Hours. MOBILE, Ala, August 23.—Miss Aleen Evans, 16 years old, of this city, today swam across Mobile Bay. 10 miles, making the distance in less than eight hours, according to a dispatch from Fairhope, a resort en the eastern shore. Miss Evans plunged into the water at 4 o'clock this morning, and com- pleted the distance shortly before noon. MAN HELD IN DOUBLE MURDER 3 YEARS AGO Arrested in New Mexico Charged ‘With Slaying Husband and Wife in 1921. By the Associated Press. “GALLUP, N. Mex., August 23.— Claude Olin Walker, jr., was placed under arrest at Farmington, N. Mex., yesterday on a charge of murdering Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Blackwell, jr., No- vember 25, 1921. Blackwell is said to be the son of J. W. Blackwell, sr., of Durham, N. C. On the night of the slaying the Blackwells attended a motion picture show. Investigation the next morn- ing when Mr. and Mrs. Blackwell failed to show up wheré they were employed revealed their bodies on the porch of their home. Both had been shot. Robbery is believed to have been the motive. Two hundred which Mrs. Blackwell was to have had, was missing. Mrs. Blackwell also wore valuable diamonds, whi the . authorities bel murderer was_frightened away by a passing automobile before he,had an opportunity to strip the diamonds from the body. 7 J. W. Blackwell, jr., was understood to be a member of a prominent 'mn- ufacturing firm. ——— e A wingle speck of light, as seen in the night sky by the naked eye, may M‘"lz o' a group of thousands of L v B COOLIDGE SPENDS: DAY WITH FRIENDS President Pays No Attention to Politics While Neigh- bors Pay Visits. By the Amsociated Press PLYMOUTH, Vt, Aygust 23.—Presi- dent Coolidge gave himself into the hands of relatives and neighbors to- day, and with Mre. Coolidge and his father spent the afternoon on the lawn of the fagily home here shak- Ing hands and Wisiting. 1f his mind was on the campaign and its most recent developments bringing the Ku Klux Klan into the limelight, Mr. Coolidge did not dis- close it. The booming of the first offensives of the two parties, including the ad- dress yesterday by John W. Davi Democratic candidate, and that today by Charles G. Dawes, the president’s running mate, came into this quiet hamlet over newspaper wires, but halted suddenly in the office of C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the Pr dent. No Polltical Comment. Last night Mr. Slemp informed Mr. Coolidge of the suggestion by John W. Davis that the President join by “explicit declaration” in eliminating the Klan as a campaign issue. Today Mr. Slemp received word of Mr Dawes' speech, and late this afternoon reported it to the President. Both messages were received without com- ment by the Republican nominee. It was said earlier in the afternoon by Mr. Slemp that to his knowledge the President knew nothing of the proposed declaration by Mr. Dawes on the Klan. The silence of Mr. Coolldgs also made it, impossible to predict, he said, what course he would pursue in regard to Mr. Dawes' speech. Mean- while, Mr. Coolidge, except for hi social visit this afternoon, the first with the townsfolk since he arrived a week ago on his 12-day vacation kept close to his father's home, in company only with members of his family as usual. Holds Public Reception. For more than an hour this after- noon the President and Mrs. Coolidge stood in front of the family home and received the callers, who came in from all sections of the State. 1 was the first really public appearan of Mr. Coolidze since his arrival here, and the relatives, townsfolk and natives of this section were on hand Frederick B. Pierce of Key, N. H. describing himself as one of the old- est Republican voters in. this terri- tory, was the first in line, which also included the numerous cousins, nephews, nieces, aunts, uncles and more d:stant relatives of Mr. Cool- idge. The President had a word of greeting for each, but the line became clogged several times between him- self and Mrs. Coolidge as she stopped to visit with some of the folks. A clear day and bright sun de- veloped .one of the warmest after- noons of their visit here, and several of those in line stopped to visit with John Coolidge, the President’s father, who sat in the porch swing. Busy Day for Father. It had been a busy day for the elder Mr. Coolidge. The general stors corner was crowded noon with neighbors from the hillsides, and he was soon down among them welcom- ing old friends and with good humor posing for pictures with the cchildren. Tt was a gala dav for this village. and John Wilder, the President’s uncle, expressed regret that he and friends hadn’t hired a band to come here for the occaslon. Earl Kinsley, Republican national committeeman from Vermont: Mrs. George Orvis, national committes woman from this State, and Repre- sentative Gibson of Vermont, were among the callers, but during the re- ception the President confined his talks to friendly visits and renewing of old acquaintance: Those who passed in the reception line turned to the church yard across the road and waited for the visitors to pass, but at the conclusion Mr. Coolidge retired to the porch with a few of the relatives, bowing in recog- nition of applause, but making no speech. FRATERNAL BODIES BATHER TOMORROW National Session Here May Result in Establishing Headquarters in D. C. The National Fraternal Congress of America will open its annual conven- tion here tomorrow at the aleigh Hotel and continue in session through Friday, when President Coolidge will address the delegates from the por- tico of the White House at noon, fol- lowing his return from Plymouth. The Fraternal Congress is com: posed of 91 societies, with a combinel membership of 5.196,956, carrying inf surance protection amounting $5.961,413,654. Thirty-five of these ort ganizations have juvenile depar ments, a combined child membersh! of 204,000, The president of the congress § W. R. Shirley of Muskogee, OKL who has risen to prominence in fra ternal circles after a varied career as dey laborer, contractor, miner, jani- tor, lawyer, business. man and finan- cler. The convention will mark the thirty- eighth_anniversary of the organiza- tion. The congress was founded here in 1886 and held its first meeting at the old Riggs House. The proposal to establish national headquarters here will be chiet among the questions to be considered. Meetings tomorrow' will be held by the president’s section, secretaries’ section, medical section, law section, press section and executive commit- e. *The local branch of the. Brother- hood of American Yeomen will give an excursion. to Chesapeake Beach Tuesday as a feature of the conven- tion.. There will be athlétic and other events, for which prizes will be given the winners. Swat 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