Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight/and tomorrow morn- ing, probably followed by clearing to- morrow dfternoon; not much change in Temperatures—Highest, 78, at noon today; lowest, 61 at 5 a.m. Full report on page 7. U temperature. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Tpening Sfa The every city b tion is delive as fast as th Star a5 From Press to Home Within the Hour” irrier system covers lock and the regular edi- red to Washington homes papers are printed Yesterday’s Circulation, 97,213 No. 29,639. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, DY C: * WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1925-— HIRTY-SIX PAGES. EUROPEANS SLAIN BY CHINESE INNEW CLASH AT CANTON' iz Many Others Are Wounded in Recurrence of Trouble in Foreign Concession. BRITISH DISPATCH INDIAN TROOPS FROM HONGKONG ‘Warn Authorities of Liability. Women and Children Flee—Dem- onstration Due Tomorrow. the Associated Press Canton, sev killed and Women and chil- from the city, and refugees, including have At itish colony bei for which is renewe En number rioting at eral cans were a wounded dren are fleeing the Americ he b of irrived Honzkons ¥ made demon a- the Dragon ianghai dispatches or failure of these may materially_affect Chinese situation Shang- nd its suburbs are under martial readiness for possibilities. Reports generally indicated a wing grave situation In China, although mess: < from where us con wrted vesterday, said the crisi had passed. Reports rian capital, received at Peking, that anti-foreign demonstrations have occurred there, although a Lon don newsvaper printed reports ing there had been trouble in Mukden. KILLED IN CLASH. s in > Chinese ‘ vities tomory festival the suc demonstrations - entire i Sa v ess Ning ™ L seric deny ms of Chinese in nton. June were ANTON, Furopeans (). —Several killed and many tion was re-| s there | insist- | | | | | Amundsen Narrowly Misses Death With Goal Near at Hand| i | BY ROALD AMUNDSEN. | Dispatch _to The Star d | Amefican Newspaper Alliance | KIN Y, Spitzbergen, June ‘ | have given the picture of our north and the struggle of the next days at latitude $7/44. when we were speatedly defeated in our effort launch our remaining airplane for homeward flight. We had_alread; Special North flight failed five attempt. 1t was 10:30 in the morning when the plane started down the icy |runway we had so laboriously pared. In a moment chance. knew than that on any we were better previous attempts. the plane was gliding easier along the smoothed surface of the ice. Riiser- Larsen was at the throttle, giving the engines more and more gasoline as fast as he dared feed it. The plane careened wildly as it re- sponded, and the lifting hull knoeked so violently against the runway that we Delieved the ice would come tea ROUSING WELCOME our | He Formally Opens Sum- mer Capital. BY J. R. YOUNG Staff Correspondent of The Star. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., June 24 When Calvin Coolidge stepped from his train at Salem, Ma today he cthers wounded today when fighting | formally opened the Summer Capital Lroke out between Chinese agitators; on the North Shore. and residents of Shameen, the foreign concession here. Women and children are fleeing on the 1 Asheville, preparing to leave for Hongkong tonight The situation is extremely serious. The break today came after demon- strators fired in the direction of Shameen yesterday, Kkilling a non- mbatant Frenchman, E. asquier, and wounding Commissioner of Cus- toms Edwards and V. G. Murrel, a chemist. It is impos ible to foresee the out- come of the present trouble, which, | broadly down on the friendly apparently, will last for some time. \D TROOPS. Forces Go Cant Precautionary Measure. HONGKONG 24 (P).—A tachment today for Shameen, the foreign section of Canton, as a precautionary meas- ure, following vesterday's outbreak. Indian to as June | | | | de- | the army of cameramen. ¢ British Indian troops left | were joined by Frank W. Stearnes, { ment of the cheers. The streéts about the antiquated station were lined deep with natives and members of the Summer colony, many of whom had arisen ahead of their regular hour to be on hand to give the presidential party an appro- priate reception. The welcome accorded the President and Mrs. Coolidge was indeed ade- quate and actually was a rousing one. As the train rolled in there was cheer- ing and waving of arms, and as the train halted the President came out to the observation platform and smiled and kindly faces and waved in acknowledg- He then entered the car ,and when, a few seconds later, he appeared with Mrs. Coolidge, the cheering was renewed. The party a few seconds alighted and on the way to their wait ing automoblles stopped to pose for In this they intimate friend of the Coolidges, at whose home in Red Gables, which adjoins Whitecourt, the summer Carrying about 150 women and chil- | White House, they will be guests for dren, refugees from Canton, the |3 day or so before taking up their steamer Honam arrived here today.|residence at the latter place. At Canton the crew of Chinese stokers deserted and were replaced by men the U. . Asheville, a gun. boat stationed off Shameen, the for- eign settlement at Canton. A British gunboat, the ved the Honam as far The refugees included Americans, 1y has s to accommodate refu- fron m, a missionarie: zees fror British residents the present eme employed gency on the Chinese w privately Iv. as “the Chine; kill one foreigner for every Chines Refugees who arrived here today included B. T. > are determined to { Moorhen, | A1 Wham- | Representative Rogers, who recently core | was nominated by the Republicans of i requisitioned | succeed her late husband in Congress, Friends Welcome Party. Senator William Butler of Ma: chusetts, Capt. Adolphus Andrews, commander of the and John Jacob Rogers, widow of the fifth Massachusetts district to also welcomed the arrivals. Mr. Stearns and Senator Butler, during | with Mayor Bates of Salem, formed what might be described as the of-| section of the Canton Kowloon Rail-|ficlal reception committee. . running to Hongkong, have been |the President’s party were Maj. James warned by Chinese friends |, to leave their employment immediate- |and Those in Coupal, White House physician, Mrs. R Cheney to President. Everett Saunders, secre- tary to the President, and Mrs. Saun- B. Boothby, engineer-|ders left the presidential train at Pea- in-chief of the railway: H. P. Harris, |body, a few miles south of Salem, chief spectors and their familie: A. H. F. Edwards, who was shot in the right knee vesterday when Chinese demonstrators fired in the direction of the foreign settlement; V. C. Murrell who was shot in the right shoulder, and Mrs. Charles Lammert, who was fnjured in the left foot The refuge demonstration at Canton was intended as @ show milit ax Chinese in the procession were uni formed and carried rifles and machina guns. accountant of the road, and In- M. Bander, J. T. Smith Warned by British. The British consul general at Can. ton, it is learned. sent a note to the Canton government on Monday, prior to yesterday's shooting incident, warn- | ng the Chinese authorities that any attempt to penetrate Shameen, the for- n settlement. would be resisted by farce and that the zovernment would be held responsible for the conse- quences. The consul general said he was afting the document because he had rned that, during the planned patriotic demonstration, student ele- ments intended “making martyrs of themselves by attacking the bridges leading to Shameen.” . Precautions were being guard against acts of the consul general clnded “I write this in serious strain so that it may not be said hereafter that hrutal imperfalist rifles wantonly mas. sacred unoffending Chinese youths. DE 10N IS SEEN. taken to mob violence, said, and con- Dragon Day Celebra May Important Bearing. SHANGHAL June 24 (P).— The sit vation at Ningpo is easier and the crisis has passed, dispatches received here today said. Messages from Ningpo id the anti-foreign movement was yampant there and that rioters had looted the mess of junior officers of the customs service. These officers are foreigners. Reports received here indicate that elaborate preparations have been made in various cities in China for demon- stration tomorrow, which is the Dra- son day festival. It is belleved here That the success or faflure of these demonstrations by the Chinese will materially affect the general situation througho China Martial law in Shanghal and _its ‘\lellllvl)vd on Page 4, Column 5.) ay Have vesterday | | | | | | | welcomed the arrivals. | of the ocean is obtained. where the presidential section of the train was pulled to a siding to spend the night, and motored to Swampscott to attend to some business for the President early this morning. Mr. saunders opened the executive offices t Lynn. ~ The motor ride from Salem to White Court was an inspiration. President j Coolidge gave every evidence of fully s state that vesterday's | enjoying the cheering along the route. Practically throughout the entire three v preparedness, | miles there were people along both | sides of the road and out on their porches and front lawns to greet the distinguished arrivals. It was like coming home to Mr. and Mrs. Cool- idge as the cars slowed up at the en- trance to thesattractive shore home of Mr. Stearns. Owner Greets President. To add to their pleasure the present owner of White Court, F. E. Smith, ‘With his sis- ter he was seated in an automobile near the route of the parade. They tooted their horn and the President acknowledged the greetings. To give their arrival a real touch of the home spirit Mrs. Stearns was out on the lawn to receive them. She was hatless and her wavy white hair shone beautifully in the bright sun- light. ’.She and Mrs. Coolidge embraced af- fectionately. They had not seen each other for more than two months. Little time was lost in going to the elaborate breakfast awaiting the new- 'comers. Mrs. Stearns served the party with a breakfast such as she knew would be pleasing to her guests. The meal resembled closely the break- fasts which generally grace the morn- ing meal at the White House and as might be expected, included new Eng- land sausage, griddle cakes and pre- serves. The dining room of the Stearns home is quaint and attractive. Its general design and furnishings are suggestive of the cabin of a ship, and through the windows a splendid view ‘White Court looms up in this plcture. White Court Nearby. The two houses are scarcely 200 yards apart, no fence separating them. An attractive formal garden serves as the dividing line of the two estates. Mrs. Stearns is proud of this garden, and whe has given considerable per- sonal attention to its care. She ex- pects Mrs. Coolidge to be happy in going about this little spot of the six acres surrounding White Court. ~ Mrs. Stearns did not say so, but ft when, on June 15, we made our final | 5 GIVEN CODLDEE from Mukden, the Man-| Al Swampscott Turns Out as | later by radio from steamer Heimdal.—1In | (here my dispatches of the past two days 1 |momen 5 | face. to &1 aeat times | pre- | 8 e | We were sailing We felt that | the level of the ice. | | I 1 | ington will be | however, - efective Airleron on Plane Breaks 25 From Land—Earlier Snapping Would Have Forced Crash. ing through the bottom. “‘Shall w | make it? Will the machine ris | were the anxious queries which flashed reps edly through my mind Even in so short a spac were moments of elation and of madness. Life balanced th as we raced over the white sur 1t the planc a foot from th ground life was given back to us: if it failed to rise we must s in the awful polar waste to face madne h by drowning, hunger or posure. Just as the end of the course was reached we felt the motion alter We were aloft! God seemed s00d Almost in the twinkling of an eve all our anxieties were in the past moothly, far above Then came the flight back to Spitzbergen and safety Rilser-Larsen piloted, and Dietrich son navigated. Their work was fine a feat as ever performed in flving At the start it was misty for two hours that we were oblized to use the magnetic compass the sun comy Although (Continued on Column DISTRICT DRY UNIT of n time very this 2.) Will Become Part of Balti- more Zone—Luckett Boomed for Leader. Federal prohibition enforcement headquarters for the City of Wash moved from this cit to Baltimore, under the wholesale re organization of the prohibition unit to be put into effect August 1. A special “group” may be igned to the Capital, to operate under Balti more. Instead of six and chiefs different State divisional administering the Volstead act for Uncle Sam in the District of Columbia and neighboring States, one “administrator” will be selected, to sit at Baltimore. He will supplant all $tate directors in his district and the authority of two divisional chiefs, located at Wash- ington and Salisbury, N. C. These developments assumed major importance locally today in “Field Marshal” Lincoln C. Andrews’ whole- sale reorganization of the prohibition unit. District Head Not Chosen. Whether Harry M. Luckett, chief of the fourth division, with offices at prohibition headquarters B streets southwest, be named administrator for the new sixth dis- trict, with headquarters at Baltimore, or whether one of the several State directors or another person from the outside may be picked, remained a question which Mr. Andrews indicated had not been settled. The selection of the administrators’ Mr. Andrews said, 1s duty and privilege which has pers ally devolved upon himself as assist- ant secretary of the Treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement matters for the Government. lecting the 22 administrators in the United States and 1 each for Port Rico and Hawaii, Mr. Andrews said he would have the advice of prohibi. tion officials who have been in charge of the machine for vears. Many Face Demotion. The uncertainty as to personnel ap- pointments in the local field, which loomed today as one of the most inte! esting features until it is settled August, permeates, the entire national prohibition situatfon. There are 51 so-called State directors and 19 divi sional chiefs, making a total of 70 men in administratie positions today, who will be supplanted by a total of 24 “administrators.” Even if Mr. An- drews should pick all of his adminis- trators from the ranks of those chiefs now in command it would mean that only 24 of them could be picked, leav- ing 46, either to be demoted or dis missed. It is not the intention of Mr. drews, however, he indicated yester day, to cut down the morale ¢ prohibition forces, but rather to im- prove it, through the retention and promotion, if possible, of deserving. faithful and eflicient employe: It would be ‘“premature,” said Mr. An- drews, to predict that any one will be dismissed. There were some indications that the force as a whole might be smaller under the new system. The official statement of Secretary of the Treas- rv_Mellon vesterday mentioned a “smaller force of higher qualifica- tions.” Mr. Andrews has asked Con- troller General McCarl for a ruling as to whether higher salaries may be paid the prohibition forces. The size of the new prohibition machine, how- ever, Mr. Andrews indicated, has not been set. The possibilities of picking an ad- ministrator for the post at Baltimore to administer the sixth district, cluding Washington, point first, in the public mind, to the men now hold- ing posts under the present prohibi- tion system in parts of that new dis- trict. Luckett Well Known. The best known of these officials in Washington is Harry M. Luckett, chief of the fourth division, general prohibition agents. Mr. Luckett has been on duty in the fourth division since April, 1922. He was named ac ing chief of the division July 1, 1923, and chief October 1, 1923. Luckett is a native Washingtonian, and prior to his entrance into the prohibition unit was assistant treasurer of the Shipping Board. He is understood to be considered by prohibition officials an excellent administrator, and his friends already have started a quiet campaign to get for him, if possible, appointment to the new post at Balti- more. The old fourth division, which Luck- ett now administers, is different from the new sixth division, which cor- responds, as do all the other new divi- slons, with judicial districts. The fourth division at the present time in- | cludes Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, counties of Virgin Loudoun. Fairfa West Virginia and these Frederick. Clark, Prince William, (Continued on Page 5, Colymn 3.) | (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) pstead of one | on- | In se-| in | in- | TWOIN DEATH CAR HELD FOR KILLING | Coroner’s Jury Deliberates But Two Minutes—Prose- cution to Be Pushed. HEAVY GUARD PLACED ON PRISONERS AT PROBE Hospital Auto Struck by Rum Car i Making Mile-a-Minute, Wit- | nesses Say. ! With the guarded by hearing room heavily policemen and detectives. coroner’s jury today held an inquest into the death of Sister Cephas, “the Little Angel of Providence,” | Killed vesterday ordered ! Robinson and Clifton Young, occupants of the car that struck machine she occupied, held for = nd jury. The verdict was reached in less than | two minutes uafter the testimony | which occupied a little more than an {hour, had been completed. Coroner | Ramsey J. Nevitt presided, and, | despite severe cross-examination by Estelle olored the the {defense counsel of the witnesses, the | TOBE TRANSFERRED | inquest { dispatch proceeded with the utmost ! Case to Be Pushed. Simultaneously with the the coroner’s jury, District | Peyton Gordon ordered that all wit nesses in the case be summoned be fore the grand jury and announced that he intended prosecuting the c: 10 the utmost limits of justice. The death of Sister Cephas and the manner in which it occurred have shocked the entire city, and the Government pros ecutor intends to see that those re sponsible for the tragedy receive the utmost penalty allowed by law as a warning to others of what might | expected for repetition. Guard 1s Increased. Half an hour before the inquest was to begin the street in front of the morgue was lined with cars largely occupied by men and women. More than 100 others, the majority colored, crowded about the morgue door. Ap- parently fearing some of the prison- ers’ cronies might attempt a demon stration or possibly a rescue, the ordinarily small police guard outside the morgue was quickly reinforced with half a dozen reserves and several motor cycle officers. In the hearing room Capt. Albert J. Headley, commander of the fourth precinct, sag beside the Robinson woman, while a policeman_occupied the chair next to Young and kept his hands constantly on the death driv- er’s arm. and Kelly guarded the two doors with in the room uniformed officers stood | outside with drawn clubs. The room itself was packed. testimony was brief and Deputy Coroner Martyn, the first wit ness, told the jury that Sister Cephag had died of a fractured skull and her: morrhage of the brain. Death oe- curred, he said, within a few minutes after the accident and before the police had had time to carry her the two blocks from the scene back to Providence Hospital. Driver Makes Admission. Capt. Headley testified that he and verdict Attorney The other officers had questioned the Rob- | inson woman and Young both at the Fourth precinct station house and at detective headquarters. Young, the witness declared, admitted that.he had driven his car in excess of the Dis- trict speed law and that it had col lided with another car in which one woman was killed and another injured. The Robinson woman, he added, de- clined to make any statement and both definitely refused to sign their names to the admission creditd to Young. Weak and shaken from pale and still visibly her harrowing experi- ence, Sister Agnes, who occupied the demolished car with Sister Cephas, took the stand. Before she was per- mitted to testify Coroner Nevitt warned the attorneys that she was still in a highly nervous condition and that any questions they wished to ask must be put in quiet tones and language easily understood. Sister Agnes' clutched her chair to steady herself. “Just an Awful Crash.” “Our car was going north just after leaving the hospital at a very mod |erate rate of speed,” she said. “It happened that 1 was looking down the street in the direction from which the car that struck us was approaching. It was traveling very fast. We had no time to do anything. There was just an awful crash. I don't believe I lost consciousness. I must have been stunned, for the next thing I knew I found myself on the floor and within a minute or two was able to get back to the seat. me back to the hospital. I can remember." Detective Ogle said that he and Detective Schenck, both of the fourth precinct, were driving north on Del- aware avenue about 7:45 o'clock vesterday morning when they no. ticed a fast car going ahead of them. Ogle testified that he immediately | recognized it as the machine of the | Robinson woman and told Schenck, Who was at the wheel, to follow it As the pursued car turned into Vir- ginia avenue he said the Robinson woman turned, -recognized him and immediately began throwing quart jars out of the side. Simultaneously, it was testified, the chauffeur, whom he identified as Young, put on more speed and darted out in the direction of the Southeast. Car Misses Truck. En route the car missed a coal truck by only & few inches, and a few minutes later the Robinson woman again began to heave quart jars from the rear, the detective de- clared. In another minute the Prov- idence Hospital sedan passed into the intersection and the collision oc- curred before there was any time to prevent it. - Ogle said Schenck drove his ma- chine up beside the crippled machine occupied by the pursued couple and stopped. Young was trying to extri- cate himself from the steering ap- paratus but before he could flee, Ogle grabbed him. The Robinson woman had leaped out the other side and disappeared down an alley, but Schenck gave chase, overtok her (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) That is all Radio Programs—Page 18. i OF NUN IN CRASH be | While Detectives Scrivener | pointed. | hand quivered badly as she| Then they took | ] who was | ASSERTSSHEPHERD CONVITED SELF Prosecutor Says Testimony Is Tantamount to a Confession. | of By the Associated Press CHICAGO, June 24 Indirect con. fessions he attributed to the defendant were the burden of the jury address teday of George E. Gorman, first as- istant State's attorney, first speaker in the Shepherd murder trial. In { opening late vesterday Gorman de- manded the death penalty for William | D. Shepherd for the “coldly calculated, | brutal murder” of Billy McClintock, ! his miliionaire foster son, by adminis | tering typhoid germs. | " Mrs. Shepherd, who burst into tears | yesterday when 'Gorman said she had been used as a tool by Shepherd in | keeping Billy from marrying before an opportune moment arose, was not in the courtroom today | She was in the building before court i opened. but would not listen to Gor | man’s arraignment of her hushand Gorman referred to text hooks 1o [cite to the jury the legal phases of !indirect confessions Says Alibi Is Sought. Shepherd's statements to various persons that Billy's own diagnosis of his illness as typhoid prior to a diag- nosis by physicians were called “volce of a gullty conscience” and “‘an alibi for himself”” by Gorman. 0 he begins to build up an alibi for himself, shielding himself,” Gor- | man roared. “Conscience, science talking Many pleces of evidence about which Shepherd was not questioned | vesterday were held up by Gorman as | “uncontradicted evidence in this case. Shepherd did not deny them when he |was on the witness stand and was given an opportunity. The Shepherds' visit to friends at | Albuquerque, N. 2. shortly after | Billy's death was termed by Gorman |as “flight inspired by a guiity con- j science.” “He wanted to put as much distance | i i | it was a guilty con- between himself and the scene of his lerime as was possible,” - Gormay {shouted. Shepherd's _conversatia |with Miss Isabelle Pope, Billy's flancee {about Billy's late hours and its effect {upon the youth’s physical condition, | “was the voice of a guilty conscience,” | declared the assistant state’s attorney. | “Why else should this old man sit- |ting here be discussing such a ques- tion with that innocent young wo- {man,” demanded Gorman. | Says Evidence Complete. Through the other phases of the case Gorman talked on, picking up | pieces here and there that he held ibefore the jury as firm links in the | unbreakable chain of evidence he as- erted the case has forged. “Faiman came to realize that the game was not worth the $100,000 promised,” Gorman said, concerning the State's chief witness and confessed accomplice of Shepherd. “It was his guilty conscience which prompted him to change his denials admission of the facts—that he " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) ONCE WORTH $20,000,000, DIES ‘WITHGUT A NICKEL’ Thomas W. Lawson's ‘“Estate” a Possible $49,000 Liability, Probate Court Is Told. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, June 24.—Thomas W. !Lawson, financier and writer, once Teputed to have a fortune of $20, 1000,000, died “without a 5-cent plece, counsel for his two sops announced today in Suffolk Probate Court. Law- son died in Boston February 8, last, leaving no will. Counsel for Arnold and Douglas Lawson, sons of the former financier, asked the court to appoint them ad- ministrators of their father's estate. The daughters consented to the ap- pointment. James E. Cotter, representing the Federal National Bank of Boston, told the court that the bank held $49,000 in notes of the Trinity Copper Co. indorsed by Lawson. Arnold Lawson resides in Milton and conducts a bus line between Bos- ton and Newport. Douglas is head coach of the Williams College foot ball team. 18 Die in Fire in Egypt. CAIRO, Egypt, June 24 (#).—Eight- een persons are reported dead and two severely burned in a fire that de- stroved 350 native dwellings in the Egyptian town of Abu Hammad. for slaving him | the | l | | | | i Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. Washington Free From Smallpox; Last Case Cured Washington's smallpox siege n end This w: at s the opinion expressed today by Dr. J. G. Cumming, chief of the contagious disease bureau of the District Health De partment, in announcing evacua- tion of the smallpox hospital. The last patient left the small pox hospital today. She is Mrs Mary Shurman, 48 vears old, of 600 B street southeast, who was taken June 2 to the hospital. In summarizing the effect of the smallpox near-epidemic, Dr. Cum- ming recalled today that the dis- ease in its ravages in Washing- ton attacked €9 persons and caused 20 deaths. KLAN MAY INVITE CODLIDGE REVIEW Considers Bid for President to See Great Parade in ‘August. President Coolidge probably invited to review the zreat national parade of the Ku Klux Klan in Washington on August 8, it was said | today by a high official of the organi- Although a formal invitation | zation. has not yet been sent to the White House, such a move is contemplated, it was said. Arrangements for the Ku Klux pro cession are progressing rapidly, it was | at the Washington head- In addition to the parade. religious service planned as the climax on Sunday, August 9. The place for this gather ing has not been selected. Klan officials are confident that be- tween 150,000 and 200,000 Klansmen from virtually every section of the United States will come to Washing- ton to_participate in the demonstra- tion. Railroads have agreed to give special rates to the Klansmen, as is done in cases of other national or- ganizations, it was announced. Not all of the Klansmen in the pro- cession will be on foot if the present plans of those charged with the ar- rangements are carried out. To give the parade a more realistic touch, it is planned to have a number of them mounted on horses. which, it is un- derstood, will wear masks, although their riders will not. FORD PA{S SEAMEN WAGE TWICE SHIP BOARD SCALE $100 Per Freighter Purchased From U. S. Shipping Board. indicated quarters. an elaborate Month Minimum on By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 24.—The ship- ping’ articles of the freighter Oneida, purchased by Henry Ford on Satur. officials, revealing that the wages paid on the Ford ship are in some cases 100 per cent higher than those paid on other American freighters, and that $100 a month is the minimum wage. On Shipping Board vessels messmen receive $52 a month and ordinary sea- men $47.50. The first engineer and the first mate on the Ford ship are paid $225, compared with $180 on Shipping Board vessels, and $155 on ships of the American Steamship Owners’ Associa- tion. will be | is | POLITICAL PRESERVES NATION NS AR ONMAGAZINE ST | Rallies to Support Capital’s Crusade Against Dirty Reading Matter. While Washington is prey what it is hoped will be triumphant assault on intren erary indecency, the wave nation against w mag sweeping the country with iner impetus and creating detern public sentiment that expected to result in legislation at the next session Congress which w banish foreve publications that cater to sexual emo tions. Since the National Capital just a month ago to rid itself of dirty fiction magazines and “art” periodicals, the ters reaching The trict Attorney ing how the « | here, has increased now. safe to say A State in the | fight has not Newspapers public-spirited civic cently even be class ¢ azines are pouring a drum fire of d nouncement into the ranks of ious publi ions, and in m; stances they ave being follow inging lezal ts. The ation is aroused face this |and deadly menace, and unless |signs fail smut magazines should | soon prove to be unprofitable invest ments for producers and dealers nal and hed f ind is s the passag degen number of let r office and Dis Peyton Gordon | | | Ur been municip: take bodies the bette in b by whole new i to | Country “Drenched With Smut.” The extent to which the smut | ness has increas vears is shown R. Kent. forme busi by rank Washington news. paper correspondent. appe ng in the current issue of the Independent. Mr. | Kent made a tour of the contin “with the sinzle idea of tryin, discover what, if anything. is in minds of the people.” Of his observa tions he had the following to say: “Two significant attitudes stand out s vitally interesting “irst, the completeness with which all liberal thouzht has vanished, the stounding degree to which the coun try has become conservatized and the strong hold of the Coolidge propa ganda on all classes of whether rich or poor “Second, is the truly extraordinary extent to which the country (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) to $150,000 TO $200,000 TAKEN IN GEM THEFT Bandits Enter Broadway Store, Bind Clerks and Empty Safe of Jewels. By the Associated Press NEW YORK. June 24. held up the diamo | Feldman, on Broadw cal district, today diamonds said_to be worth between | $150,000 and 0,000. The robbers, with pistols drawn, entered the store and tied up two clerks on duty. They then ransacked the counters, piling diamonds and jewelry into a bag. The held-up occurred shortly after 10:30 o'clock, when Broadway was crowded. The Feldman store tween Forty-fifth and streets. The robbers also emptied a safe. Marcus Feldman, the proprietor, en- tered a few minutes after the robbers had escaped and released the two clerks. Police were given descriptions of the robba and a general alarm was sent out Two robbers i store of Marcus v in the theatri- nd escaped with Forty-sixth Newspaper Comic Pages Health Aid,. Convention of By the Associated Fres NEW YORK, June 24.—Read the newspaper comic sections, cultivate a taste for good stories and look on the humorous side of life if you would be healthy, was the ad- vice given today by Dr. Frederick ‘W. Seward, neurologist of Goshen, N. Y., at the eighty-first annual convention of the American Insti- tute of Homeopathy. “People whose ire is easily aroused, who fly into a rage on the slightest provocation, are candi- dates for nerve exhaustion and brain fag,” Dr. Seward sald. “'A calm, even temperament ix an in- valuable health asset. Physicians Is Told advise neurasthenics to look for the funny side of life. The liberal sprinkling of our newspa- pers with comic strips is a de- cidedly beneficial thing a health standpoint.” Personality is largely a matter f inheritance, Dr. Seward asserted. We are largely under the influ- ence of our inherited ductless glands,” he said. “But what we are and what we become depends greatly upon ourselv We otve much to the coming generations. The gains we make in health, strength and mental efficiency are priceless heritage to succeeding generations.” a from five | the | is be- | MACMILLAN OBEYS WILBUR UKASE T0 USE NAVY'S RADIO }Secretary Had Sent Order | Recalling Planes Unless Order Was Heeded. |EQUIPMENT IS RUSHED TO AIRCRAFT AT SYDNEY | Satisfactory Communication Held More Certain With Change in Wireless Set. Department had to withdraw from : MacMillan Arctic National Geographic sponsor of the under- that an agreement d and the exploration ried through as planned. insisted on installa Pes one of the ships ion, of Navy long-wave pparatus, which had been left It rushed the equipment Inorth to Sydney by the destrover Putnam, to be put aboard the Peary. It was agreed, the Geographic Society that ‘the Navy's wishes would” be carried out, and it w idded that the whole fncident was misunderstanding Wilbur was in vith Lieut the expedition 1d beern 14 The tion Navy th on the e behind aid ret touch to- Comdr. R. the Navy's end of dvised him that found to install radio equipment on at two planes to be used e work, the Navy 1d not be used and men nt should return to the immediately. expedition, with ships, the Perry and now at Svdney, Nova d are preparing to sail for 1land, next Friday. In the destroyer Putnam northward from Bostor with the Navy radio sets prepared to carry out the the oard, Present Set Held Useless. of the N is sponsored aphic Societ: , consist onlx , transmitting made by the Nav re practically useless sible for proper of messages from a in the air and do not have pass facilities. The standard five-kilowatt set, a long wave frequency set Is particularly adapted for transmission of messages rom a plane in tne air, Navy Depart- ment officials say, and will act as a positive safeguard to men and equip- ment while either of the two Navy s exploring the vast area h of Alaska where the MacMillan fon will go. . . McDonald, second in command of the Mac)Millan expedition, is an of- ial the Zenith Radio Corpora- n. according to the Navy Depart ment. and has equipped the entire ex- pedition with Zenith broadcasting equipment Attempts were made to place the standard Navy set on the two MacMillan ships when they left on and Wiscasset, Me., a few vs ago, but at both places, Navy ment officials declare, Mr. Me- ald said he did not have room on the Peary or the Bowdoin for the Navy sets, and they were left on Explains Navy's Part. Secretary Wilbur made it plain to- day that the Nayy personnel and equipment, consisting of three officers and five men, three airplanes, pro- visions and spare parts, have not been loaned either to MacMillan or the National Geographic Society, but have simply been ordered to co-oper- ate with the MacMillan expedition in its explorations of the uncharted wastes of the north. The Navy end of the expedition will remain_under complete control of the Navy Department, although Comdr. Donald MacMillan will arrange details of explorations, bases and so forth. Comdr. Byrd has been given orders to so operate the flving unit as to insure | safety of equipment and personnel as | far as possible Text of Wilbur Wire. Secretary Wilbur had sent the fol- | Jowing radiogram to Lieut. Comdr. R. . Byrd at Svdney, Nova Scoti; | set is being sent ! ¢ Destroyer Putnam. ke flight away from inity of base ship until spark set is_installed to insure communication with planes and to give compass bear- i to_planes as originally agreed upon. Inform MacMillan of depart- ment’s decision which is for purpose of safeguarding planes and person- nel. If these instructions cannot be | complied with arrange to land planes {and personnel at Sydney for return {to the United States.” i PEARY REACHES PORT. 1 expeditic r the N. i is Dei Dgn: i | First Ship at Sydney, Waits Arrival of the Bowdoin. SIDNEY, N. S, June 24 (P).— The Peary, first of the MacMillan Arctic expedition ships, has arrived here after a foggy three-day trip from Wiscasset, Me. The Peary is awaiting the arrival tonight of the Bowdoin, in command |of Donald B. MacMillan. Both ships will take on fuel. The departure for the expedition base at Etah, Green- land, will depend upon the time re- quired for fueling. The Peary is carrying Navy offi- and the three amphibian air- with which the Arctic will be The expedition left Wis- casset last Saturday. The Bowdoin stopped Monhegan Island, Me land followed the Peary last Sunday. A pigeon study contest has been organized among the children here by the Peary's officers. To the child {who demonstrates the best knowl- ledze of pigeons will be awarded three eggs laid by Navy carrier pigeons aboard the Peary on the trip from Wiscasset. The crew is preparing to listen in tonight on a radio concert broadcast especially trom Chicago. The area between the Pole and North America in which MacMillam hopes to find another continent is {also to be explored by Roald Amund- sen._Undaunted by his recent fallure ontinued on Page 2, Column 1. ce | plane: explored. i i