Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight and tomor- row; poskibly showers and cooler to- morrow. Temperatures.—Highest. 89, at 5:30 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 64, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 29,642. Entered as second class matter post_office, Washington, SHEPHERDFREED, | i SECONDCHARGEQF | e Cour MURDER SHELVED Crowe Says There Is No Evi- dence to Show He Killed Mrs. McClintock. No. [ By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June A Swampscott dispatch _ to__today New York Times says that {riends of President Coolidge have pledged $125,000 to buy White Court for him. Informed of their plans, President, the dispatch says, marked: “I might not like it."” In case the President does not accept the gift, the dispatch con- tinues, it is probable that he will not oppose Congress making an ap- propriation for » Summgr White House. 1 CONSUL SEEKS PEACE AT CANTON Official Is Unable to See Gov- ernor, But Is Asked to Call Again. the re- CLEARED IN BOY’S DEATH AT 6-HOUR JURY SESSION State Undec:ded in Faiman's Case. Olson Says He Will Con- tinue Probe. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 27.—William D.| Shepherd, acquitted last night by a| jury of the charge that he murdered | his millipnaire foster son. William N MeClintock, by using typhold zerms | today assured that the second murder charge, that he killed McClin tock’s mother, would not be pressed by Br the State's Attcvney Robert Crowe C4 ““There is no evidence that Mrs. Mc- by the gcom- Clintock was murdered and T will not | mander of the U . Asheville, | press the charge,” the State's attor-|called on the Chinese civil governor ney said | here yesterday on invitation of the A coroner’s jury which heard testi- | latter to attempt mediation of the mony in connection with the death of | difficulties between Chinese and for- Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock, her | eigners. son and Dr. Oscar Olsen, after Judge| The American consul did not see Harry Olson, chief justice of the mu-| the governor, but was received by his miclpal court, had conducted the ex-| s ciary No results were obtained amination of witnesses, had ordered | 5 Shepherd, and also Mrs. Julie Shep-|from the conference, and the consul vas invited to call again. herd, the defendant’s wife, held for murder in connection with the deaths| The French and British are making of mother and son. The grand jury | further defenses at Shameen. The returned a no-bill in Mrs. Shepherd's | positions occupied by troops and ma- case. | chine guns are well protected. = Prac- Do | tically all foreign women and children i Ulmwn v]rka‘(l’o“fl zha\'e left Canton. No further firing | Judge Olson, who last night declared | pag heen reported. that the State's attorney had not given | his best efforts to the prosecution of Indemnity Demand Reported. Shepherd, and who said several wit-| The Chinese troops, which yester- nesses not called should have -been|day were observed occupying posi- used. was almost Ignored by Prosecu-| tions opposite Shameen,. the foreign tor Crowe in his remarks today, but|settlement, have remained quiet. It he was plainly wrathful over the jur- | js reported that France has demand- ist's charges. {ed an indemnity of 500000 taels The prosecutor declared he would | (about $455,000) for the shooting of ask the grand jury to return a ne-| E. Pasquler, a French citizen, killed bill exonerating Shepherd in the case | \vhen Chinese demonstrators fired | of Mrs. McClintock's death. He was across the canal into Shameen. The plainly determined to drop the Shep-|demands, the report says, also include herd matter regardless of Judge Ol- | cessation of hostilities and the strike gon's assertion last night that the case |and the deportation of the civil gov- s not over. | ernor. “The jury’s verdict speaks for itself.| 1. R, Burge, a British subject, man- and I have no reply, at least at pres- | ager of the British-American Tobacco ent, for Olson,” said Crowe. !Cc., was accidentally killed while Undecided on Faiman. | handling a revolver. He added that he had not decided | The U. S.S. Helena and 80 Punjab what action to take with regard to|troops have arrived from Hongkong C."C. “Faiman, head of an unreco. | t0 assist in protecting foreigners. Few | nized school, who testified that he had | Steamers are running and the mails taught Shepherd how to maintain ty. | are belng carried by warships. phoid cultures and administer. the | Telegraphic communication is in- germs 50 as to produce death. gecEupiE Shepherd and his wife were happy CHINESE WARNED. The Amefican consul, “together. They had gone away to- gether last night to a Chicago apart- | ment for which Mrs. Shepherd had arranged and where she had provided 2 dinner for them and their closest Propaganda. friends. lay they were to return V. 2 i 10 thelr suburban home In Kenilworth, | o Aran ' Ley pJune 2T (F)-Eilining where they hfflmli"ed with “Billy” Mc- | probably will be sent to China to take Clintock until his death December 4. |places vacated by Chinese seamen. Debate Nearly Six Hours. | The liner President Adams took on a Shepherd was found not guilty after | Filipino crew here, replacing Chinese the jury deliberated 5 hours and 40 |Who deserted at Hongkons. it | The Manila police today warned Within a half hour he was freed | Chinese against the distribution and from jail, Where he has been since |POSting of anti-foreign propaganda. March 13, on his personal bond of | The police specifically directed their $5,000, on the charge of slaying Mrs. |ban to a “death poster,” which has MeClintock. | been widely circulated by striking Although members of the jury [Chinese in China. would not divulge how they reached - g Tinal agreement when they reported | BETTER IN SHANGHAL At 1015 o'clock, it was said at the| s Criminal Courts Building that six bal- | g lots had been taken, the vote from the | S first standing 11 to 1 for acquittal. ping Losses Heavy. The jurors said they had taken a| opiixe . collective oath not to reveal what| SHANGHAL June 27 (P).—With the went on in the jury room, even to| eXception of shipping, the strike situ- i ottt " |ation was improved here today. The verdict was regarded by Shep- | BiShty per cent of the stores closed herd's attorneys as ending all possi- | Uring recent disturbances have re- i of aer minal Draceenings | opened. Those remaining closed are inst him It mave him the pre. | apparently bankrupt. The shipping against him. It gave him the pre- rent ¥ sumptive ownership of the McClintock ‘[ :}l‘xlh:n;fi ‘;";“:l‘or:fig“'se“»‘;':u‘isefla;‘g th‘e estate, left him in McClintock's will, | 3 s v s pending final action in a suit to break |Severely affecting British and Japanese . sartadiny i Melcoualnsjeritts)| Ity toieria heson e dead youth. | y b > d dents’ unions from various parts of Olson to Continue Probe. Loy Manila Police Combat Inflammatory trike Situation Clearing Up—Ship- WASHINGTON, D. C, TRAFFG HISHAPS TOBRNG BARRAGE 0F 14 QUESTONS New System Wiil Allow Eld- ridge to Have All Data at Fingertips. “PUNCH-CARD” PLAN' TO BE USED HEREAFTER | New Report Sheets Cover Every Contingency Believed Possible in Accidents. Through a plan just worked out by Traffic Director Eldridge, in co-opera- benin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1925—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. | WORK &8 HARD ALL' WINTER AND AM DRAGGED ALL OVER' THE COUNTRYZ WHEN |'NEED 7] %, 2 A REST—3 tion with the Police Department, every traffic accident occurring on the ‘streets of Washington will ba | reported in detail to the trafic direc- | tor for tabulation and indexing under | A punch-card system i In this way the traffic authorities will have at “their finger tips™ a com- | plete record of vehicular accidents for study in determining corrective regu lations calculated to reduce the haz | ards of personal injury and property | damage in the District. The desk sergeant at each precinct | will be supplied with a printed report sheet, covering every conceivable angle of each wreck, collision or other stroet mishap, from the number of persons injured to the state of so- briety of the driver. The report when received at the of- fice of Mr. Eldridge will be coded nu- merically and indexed on the punch- cards through the courtesy of Federal tabulation experts. When the carding is completed, it will be possible, for ex- ample, for Director Eldridge to ascer- tain at # moment’s notice the exact number of accidents occurring last vear due to defective brakes, or reck- less driving, or speeding, or street ob- structions, ete. Will Ask 146 Questions. A significant query which the-police will be requested to answer on the re- port blank is whether the driver was| a man or woman. Tabulation of the results is expected to prove or disprove the contention of many “mere men' that woman drivers are the worst traf-| fic offenders. A total of 146 questions regarding each accident must be checked by the | police under the new system. Drivers' characteristics will cover color, nationality, age and whether | they 'have been driving less than three | months, from three to six months, | from six to twelve months, from one to two years or for more than two | vears. The police must specify whether a | colliding car struck a “pedestrian, lamp-post, _trolley pole, automobile, | horse-drawn_ vehicle, motor cyele, bi: cycle, tree or other obstruction,” whether the accident occurred in broad daylight, dusk or darkness, and | whether the surface of the street was smooth, under repair or rough. Inspector Shelby has promised the | full co-operation of the traffic police in making out these reports. MISS SUTHERLAND SUES FOR ACCIDENT IN PARK Demands $10,000 Damages of Auto Driver Who Collided With Her Horse in Rock Creek. Suit to recover $10,000 damages was filed today in the District Supreme Court by Miss Katherine Sutherland, daughter of Former Senator Souther- land of West Virginia, against Silas Jacobs, owner of an automobile which collided with her as she was riding horseback along the bridal path in Rock Creek Park May 9 last. Miss Sutherland was thrown from her horse and sustained permanent injuries. she states. Attornevs Wil- ton J. Lambert, Rudolph H. Yeatman and Austin F. Canfield appear for the plaintiff. EVANS ON PROBATION FOR TWO-YEAR PERIOD | day. WHEELER BELEVED FAGING NEW PROBE Witnesses in Great Falls Case of Senator and Camp- bell Recalled. Br the Associated Press GREAT FALLS, Mont.,, June Shadows of another investigation in volving Senator - Burton K. Wheeler of Montana and his former client. Gordon Campbell, Montana oil oper- ator, have appeared here. It became known last night that witnesses who testified in the recent Wheeler and Campbell trials here had been sub- | poenaed to appear before a Federal grand jury in Spokane, Wash., Mon The reason for the Spokane inves- tigation was not made known. Senator Wheeler was acquitted of a charge of illegally using his Influ- ence hefore the Interior Department in pressing ofl inspecting ciaims for | Campbell, but the latter was convicted of a charge of using the malls to de- | fraud in connection with one of his ofl syndicates and was sentenced to two and one-half years in the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kans. He is | under bond pending appeal. Both Wheeler and Campbell are un- der indictment in Washington for al- leged conspiracy to defraud the Gov- ernment in ottalning Government | leases. S TUG CREW OF NINE WIPED OUT IN CRASH Rammed as It Prepares to Take Steamer in Tow, Sinks as Boilers Burst. By the Associated Pre: QUEBEC. June 27.—Efforts were being made today to recover the | bodies of nine men, the whole crew of the tugboat Ocean King., which went down in the St. Lawrence River here when rammed by the Canadian Pacific liner Marloch. The Ocean King set out last night to tow the Marloch, a vessel of 6,473 tons, inbound from Glasgow, Scotland. - ¥ I —— ——— S I'HE HORRIBLE EXAMPLEF MT. ARARAT CLOUDBURST KILLS MANY ARMENIANS | Thousands Homeless and Damage Runs Into Millions From Terrific Flood. ! By the Associated Press. ERIVAN, Armenia. June 27.—Many | tives were lost, property was damaged | to the extent of millions of rubles and {a panic was caused among the popu- |lace of Erivan, by a terrific cloud- burst which descended from Mount | Ararat vesterday. | Several rivers in the neighborhood | overflowed. inundating the country and leaving thousands homeless. Every building in the capital suf- fered, but the headquarters of the Armenian Red Cross and the Erivan rict bore the brunt of the damage. The Near East Relief is assisting the government in relieving the popula- tion. SEVEN RUM BOATS | Cutter Singlehanded Makes Huge Liquér Seizure. 23 Men Held. By the Amsociated Press MOBILE, Ala., June' While cus- toms officials prepared to move a huge cargo of seized liquors from a captive schooner to a storage warehouse here today, 23 men, arrested aboard that vessel and several smaller craft, faced preliminary examination on charges growing out of the sensational liquor haul, in which the Coast Guard cutter Saukee rounded up seven boats sin- glehanded about 20 miles southwest of Southwest Past, La. Nearly 6,000 cases of alcohol and whiskies, contained in burlap and wood packages, constituted the liquor cargo, a majority of which was carried by the schooner, the Marion Adams, British_registry vessel of 99 net tons, whose home port is said,to be Lunen: burg, Nova Scotia. Six small boats in the vicinity of the schooner were also taken captive. Liquor was found aboard one of the motor boats, Coast Guard author: ies stated. Biggest Blockade Seizure. CAPTURED N GULF WILBUR 10 REOPEN NAVY NURSE CASE Secretary Wants to Know Why Alleged Confessions Were Not Part in Evidence. The recent court-martial of the two Navy nurses, Miss Katherine C. Glancy and Ruth Anderson, on charges of importing _intoxicating liquors into the United States in vio- lation of the Volstead act, and their subsequent acquittal by the geperal court-martial is not a closed incident, Secretary Wilbur of the Navy said this afternoon. The Secretary said that he had directed the judge advocate general | of the Navy to institute an inquiry as | to why the alleged confessions cf the | two nurses had not been put in the er'tanca at the trial. | The Secretary said that he was un- | der the impression that such confes- sions had been made, and the inquiry is into the method of conducting the prosecution by the judge advocate of the court, Lieut. Andrew L. W. Gor- | don. "He said he wanted to know why | all of the evidence in the hands of the prosecuting attorney had not been used. The Secretary would not say at this | time whether “there could be a new trial ordered. He recalled that during the World War and subsequent to it the Secretary of the Navy had the au- thority to order new trials. However, |in 1919 President Wilson directed an | order that new trials should not be or- | dered in cases of acquittal of naval | personnel. The Secretary said that he | would study the proceedings in the nurse case, but was not prepared to say whether he would seek an order from the President changing the Wil son order of 1919. KNOWING NOSE INSURED. Perfume Smeller Values Sense at $50,000. NEW YORK, June 27 (). 000 nose from Oklahoma City is snif- fing the airs of Manhattan, prelimi- nary to the enjoyment of the tang of sea breezes. Mrs. Blanche Cavitt, before leaving home for a three-month tour of Eu- rope, had Ler sense of smell insured | for $50.000, at a cost of $400. She is |a specialist, able to detect the base of complicated perfumes by the odor. -A $50. * “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The every city bl Star's carrier system covers lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as th e papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 98,193 UP) Means Assqciated Press. TWO CENTS. Big Mountainside Continues Sliding Inte Gros Ventre By the Associated Pre JACKSON, Wyo., June 27. casional small slides of dirt and rock indicate that the great moun- tainside that plunged into the waters of the Gros Ventre River last Wednesday has not yet firmly settled into place, forest officials said. Eleven thousand acres of patented lands were cut off from irrigation POLICE LAY PLANS TOCHECK ANY KLAN PARADE DISORDERS Officials of Order Say Every Measure Will Be Taken to | | | | when the avalanche dammed the river, though forest officials have expressed the opinfon that in the future the lake will serve as a val- uable aid to irrigation projects. F 6 ADDSON, R, FEADS BAVKES Chosen President by D. C. Association as Convention Is Concluded. the country, meeting here yvesterday, Despite the jury finding, Judge Ol- | passed resolutions urging the Canton government to take military posses- sion of Shameen, the foreign settle- ment at Canton - At Chungking, British and .lapunese_ food supplies are running short, with | Jocal merchants containuing their re- | fusal to sell to these foreigners. | Student demonstrations are con-| tinuing at Amoy and the situation there is pronounced acute in messages | reaching Shanghal, British, Japanese | and American warcraft have gone there. Women and Children Safe. Foreign women and children have been _removed safely from Holhow on the Island of Hatnan, where strong anti-forelgn feeling has been reported Russian and Japanese employes of the Chinese customs service at Ningpo have gone to Shanghal or other plices son, instigator of the investigation of | McClintock’s death, will continue to | probe and to prosecute, if that is pos- | sible, he said. A ‘burst of cheers, despite warn- ings of bailiffs against any demon- | stration, came from the crowded | spectators when the verdict was an- | nounced by William Burnett, fore- man. Flashlights boomed as news photographers stampeded the jury and a broad smile wreathed the face of the accused. Shepherd and his attorneys, Wil- liam Scott Stewart and W. W. O'Brien, shook hands and thanked each juryman as they filed from the box after the six weeks' trial. Mrs. Julle Shepherd, his wife, was not in the courtroom. She walited with friends at a_downtown hotel, where she was joined by Shepherd, his hrother, J. Henry Shepherd of Little ck, Ark., and Robert Stoll, his| former law partner. | The couple said they were pleased to have anything to say. Comment on the verdict was not ! withheld. however, by other princi- | pals in the case. “The e made a good fight and Jost.” said Crowe. Attorney Stewart, who argued| throughout the trial that his client | was the victim of a plot, sald he was sorry the jury was not allowed “to voice its verdict against those who plotted against Shepherd. But the verdict is in reality a finding of guilt for the plotters. It is another proof of the sanctity of the jury sys- tem.” | too Says Justice Triumphed. “Justice has triumphed. God is merciful to the persecuted,” sald the Rev. Carl A. Naumann, pastor of the church Shepherd” attended, and who had steadfastly asserted his confidence in Shepherd’s innocence. “I never prayed for Shepherd's acquittal, onl. 1hat the right might triumph. God's | will be done. If I had supposed Shepherd was gullty I would have asked permission to stay down there at the County jail and wring the con- fession from him.” Miss Isabelle Pope, flancee of young McClintock, who walted at his death hed with a license to wed him if he recovered, said the verdict was what she expected. “There was_so_much (©ontinued on Page 2 } | | | left out-—so Column 1) | where there Is less agitation against [ tive city, forelgners. Reports from Tientsin say that dur ing the dragon boat festival Chinese pamphlets were distributed in the na | sentences during the good behavior Former D. C. Inspector of Elevators | for Aontreal, to its pler here. Seeing | 100 late that he was approaching too | close, Capt. F. E. Stevens spun the | wheel of his vessel so violently that | the tug listed, exposing the whole side to the liner. The Marloch’s steel prow virtually tug boat in two like an egg Convicted of Exacting Pay for False Reports. William 1. Evans. former inspector of elevators for the District, was placed on probation for two vears today by Chief ustice McCoy in It rolled over twice and sank, Criminal Division Evans had ad- | the boilers exploding as the water mitted two charges of exacting money | rushed into the engine room. from owners of buildings to make a| Two of the Marloch’s crew were re- false report on the condition of the |ported to have dived overboard, pre- elevators in their establishments. The | sumably to rescue the tug's crew. A chief justice imposed a sentence °"f{,‘e°k‘;§ not the crew has not verified one year in each case, to run con- e re] . v “The river is 70 feet deep at the spot Secutively: qand then suspended the | i high tide. The tragedy is the worst at Quebec since the liner Empress of Ireland sank May 29, 1914, with the loss of 1,024 lives. STEEL DUTY OPPOSED. | {cut the | shen. of the accused. Frank T. Vermillion, an assistant to Evans, who was indicted with him on one of the charges, was recently ac quitted by a jury and has been re-‘ stored to his former position. | ‘The charges against Evans include | the exacting and receiving of $300 | from John H. aving Do not_riot. The present il treat (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) “Hipam,” Beloved Dies After Long Hipam is dead, and thousands of Washington children who have grown during the last eight vears to love this “runt” elephant at the Zoo, are mourning today. They cannot even have the consolation of attending the funeral because Hipam's body was buried in the grounds of the National Zoological Park yesterday, and those in charge refuse even to point out the Jocation of the grave—otherwise the children who admired Hipam daily would cover it with flowers. Hipam was eight vears old, and the smaller and less lively one of the two Summatra elephants. She was imported in December, 1918, and was bought for the Zoo from a dealer in New York. She has been sick for about two and a half vears, and has grown little if any since she came to the Zoo. Her iliness made her sluggish and less Uvely than the other Summatra elephant, - Miller and $180 from ! Oscar H. Robey to prevent the con demnation of elevators which were in need of repair. Preferential Tax. 1ONDON. June 27 (P).—The cabi- | net is understood t6 have decided that lit cannot arant the request of the British steel industry for a preferen- tial duty in view of the many other industries involved. The shipbuilding industry, for one, has informed the government that it would strongly oppose any proposal to place a duty on imported steel. The ministers, however, are said to have recognized that the steel indus- try is severely depressed and under- cut by foreign imports. and therefore |they did not reject the application | summarily, but referred it to the civil arch committee, which exists for examination of such questions. Zoo Elephant, Fight With Disease She died vesterday morning and an autopsy disclosed a severe case of tuberculosis. The superintendent of the Zoo says that this elephant was _probably not in a healthy condition when purchased. The head of Hipam was taken for preservation by the National Museum, where it will either be mounted or the skull added to the museum collection. There are now two elephants left in the Zoo, one African and bne Summatran, The other Sumnfatran elephant, which has been penmate of Hipam for more than five years, is inconsolable today and just be. ginning to realize the loss of her companion in captivity. “She will remain very much up- set for a good while now,” said Dr. Willlam M. Mann, superintend- ent of the Zoo. *The loss of the elephant is the most serious we have had for some time.” it | WRECK YIELDS BODY. Search Continues in Debris Blasted Gillis Theater. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 27 (#).— With one body recovered from the ruins of the Gillis Theater Building, destroyed by explosions and fire Thursday night, search was continued today to determine if any more lives had been lost. Fire officials said the death toll probably would not reach more than two: or three. A fireman was killed on the way to the i i 3 of British Cabinet Believed Against, With her husband, R. C. Cavitt, she sails July 4. Among other things, she expects to have'a sniff in Egypt at perfume 3,000 vears old and to act as judge at an exposition in Paris at- tended by perfumers from all over the world. BULGAR COURTS DRASTIC. LMete Severe Sentences in Plan to Stamp Out Communism. SOFTA, Bulgaria, June 27 (#).— Bulgaria's determination speedily to crush Communism is shown by ver- SOUTHERN SWAMP BARES | TRACE OF VANISHED RACE dicts returned by three courts-martial e | in_the last 24 hours. Honduran - Mexican Expedmun: Two provincial courts imposed 12 death penalties and 5 prison sen- Gets Ten-Ton Rock Altar Far [tences. A tribunal in Sofia sentenced From Stone Deposits. The haul marked what is believed to be the largest seizure made by a sin- gle Coast Guard vessel since the be- ginning of the rum blockade along American coasts several weeks ago. All seven of the captive boats were towed into pert here last night, The seizure was made last Wednes- day night, and the Saukee covered 200 miles to deliver the captive craft and men to Mobile. 30 to various terms of imprisonment | The prosecution had asked that 17 | of these defendants be sentenced to \‘dea'h, | Fireworks Sellers Fined. | Max Altman, grocer, 2700 N street, ! was fined $10 in Police Court today i~ the plea of guilty to selling fire- works to a boy under the age of 16. i wus the first case of its kind brought before the court this year. Policeman N. E. Furr made the arrest. Another man was arrested lately for the same offenge, but when it was found out that he was sick abed, was allowed to forfeit. $10. | By the Associated Pre NEW ORLEANS, La.. June Discovery of @a.stone altar, weighing approximately 10 tons, composed of | solid_rock. and a subterranean tomh which ylelded valuable remnants of a vansihed race was reported today by the Tulane University expedition to_Mexico.and Honduras. : The altar, of prodigious size and' Istill in a fair state of preservation, was found, Dr. Willlam Gates of Tulane said, in a swampy alluvial ter- ritory, together with numerous small pyramidlike monuments, 60 miles from the nearest stone deposits. The tomb ylelded a section of a relief carving of a life-sized figure, the head slightly bent forward, the eyes downcast. Nine other similar figures were found: | A Mava ceremonial mask was un {earthed. It was formed from a com. | | position resembling sticco, and stands | 18 inches high. | crétary of State Kellogg and his neighbors on Nineteenth street have been spared the “disturb- ance” of passfng busses, through a decision yesferday of the Public Utilities Commission, routing the new Chevy Chase “de luxe” busses over Eighteenth street instead of Nineteenth, as had been originally proposed. Secretary Kellogg, who recently moved to Nineteenth street, regis- tered objection to having the big bugses running past his house and the Utilitles Commission appar- entlyy compromised on the next Approves El Paso Convention. MEXICO CITY, June 27 (®).— President Calles has approved the convention drawn up at the recent El Paso conference. A special pleni- potentiary will be designated to sign the document on -behalf of Mexico, after which it will be sent to the Senate for ratification. | | Radio Programs—Page 9. FER. BY CHAS. P. SHAE * HOT SPRINGS, Va.. June The | most representative bodyv of officials yet named to carry the destiny of the District of Columbia Bankers' As | sociation was elected here this morn- |ing in the closing session of the cur- rent convention here. The election, which is rotational in aspect, finds a savings bank man at the head, with his aides representa- tive of a trust company and a non- bank of the deposit. The new mem ber, the secretary, is a tive of a national banking institutior Addison Is President. The following comprise the new offi- cials: President, Francis G. Addison, jr., vice president of the Security Savings and Commercial Bank; first vice president, Howard Moran, vice president of the American Securiiy and Trust Co.; second vice president W. W. Spaid of W. B. Hibbs & Co.; Albert S. Gatley of the Lincoln Na tional Bank, treasurer. and secretary, Robert V. Fleming, vice president of the Riggs National Bank. The counsel of administration named to aid the officers includes W. Waller of the national bank section, B. A. Bowles of the savings bank sectfon, Boyd Taylor, representing the trust company section, and Lanier McLachlen, representing the State bank section. 2 From the standpoint of interest, the report of the committee on trades activities in the District of Columbia, submitted by Robert Fleming, chair- man, was the high light of the day’'s business session. In his resume of building operations for the first five months of this vear he submitted fig- ures showing a total of 2,789 permits issued involving expenditures of § 136,466, as against 3,462 permits i volving $15,671,046 for the correspond- ing period of last vear. He also reported that for this period of 1924 there were only 783 real estite loans made by bankers, insurance companies and real estate firms aggregating $37.- 255,667, as against the 1,017 loans for the first five months of this vear, amounting to $21,806.191. Approximately 5 _of these clares Congressional Action Will Be Sought. Unless Albert J. Headley, until re- cently chief of the Traffic Bureau, who has just been demoted to captain of the new District Commissioner, Fred- erick A. Fenning, is reinstated as an inspector, a congressional investiga- tion will be sought and an effort made to have the Senate refuse to confrm Mr. Fenning's appointment, accord- ing to Representative Guy Campbell of the thirty-sixth Pennsylvania dis trict. Representative Campbell said the entire Pennsylvania delegation including 2 Senators and 36 members of the House, will fight “‘to see that justice is done to a native of their State who has served the publi: for 29 vears.” Representative Campbell said that he and Representative Thomas S. Butler, dean of the Pennsylvania spector Headley comes, have a ve high regard for Mr. Headley and have been studying the case for some time. He is convinced that Mr. Headley “was not treated fairly.” He expressed his own opinion that “a lot of personality has been brought into this case.” referring to disagree- ments at a Chamber of Commerce hearing some time ago between Mr. Trafic Bureau, and Traffic Director Eldridge, who was then general di- rector of the American Automobile Association. Representative Butler will be given the first opportunity to ask the House for an investigation, Representative Campbell explained. “If Representa- tive Butler does not care to take the initiative, some other member of the Pennsylvania delegation certainly Wwill,” he added. Route of Parlor Car Bus Line Altered . Upon Protest of Secretary Kellogg * irates thoroughfare in consideration the cabinet officer’s wishes. The route to be followed by the parlor-car line of the Capital Traction Co. will begin at Chevy Chase Circle, extend south on Connecticut avenue to Kalorama road, east to Eighteenth, south to Massachusetts avenue, east to Seventeenth, south to I, east to Thirteenth, south to E, east to Union Station Plaza, south to Delaware avenue, through the Capitol grounds to B street and New Jersey avenue southeast and - return over the same route. of representa- | 3.} OF EADLEY CASE Representative Campbell De- | the fourth precinct by direction of | delegation, from whose district In- | Headley, who' was then chief of the| | Preserve Peace. |RUMORS OF FACTIONAL STRIFE OPENS MOVE ‘Colored People Declare Gunmen Will Be Imported by White Robed Knights. Disorder will not be tolerated during the great national demonstration of | the Knights of the Ku Klux Kian in | Washington, August & and 9, it was ‘[nnnmmml emphatically today by Dis | officials, following reports that | factional strife within the orzanization and inimical influences without are paving the way for trouble, Every precaution will be taken, the officials declared, to preserve order during the parade 5nd the subsequent relizious rvice Those connected with the Klan in Washington view these rumors of dis ! order as another move to prevent the demonstration. Numerous other re ports have been circulated, they point- | ed out, to stop it. To all these charges. however, the Klan officials have turned deaf ears. They have adopted a strict policy of reticence on thé | ground that they do not care to enter into any controversy in the news- { papers with those persons who are warking to interfere with their plans. Plans Being Perfeeted. Meantime_the plans for the pro cession on Pennsylvania avenue and the religious service which will climax the demonstration are being perfected A meeting of District klansmen was held last night, at which arrange- ments were discussed. Organizations and _individuals op- posed to the procession of the Klan have literally flooded District officials with appeals to deny the organiza- tion a permit. President Coolidge also has been urged to take steps to stop the affairs. One of the strongest protests came from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Another was written by Thomas L Avaunt of the Protestant Knights of America_and at one time an official in the Klan. The Federation of Civic Associations of the District also [voiced its objection in a resolution | adopted at a meeting last night in the boardroom of the District Building. The protest of the Association for the Advancement of Colored People declared that the proposed Kilan parade is merely an instrument to spreading and emphasizing the organ- ization’s opposition to proscription of citizens. Avaunt has warned the au- thorities that the Klan has planned to import gunmen for the derhonstration. Klansmen insist. despite reports to the contrary, that 150,000 men and perhaps more will be in the parad Reports coming into headquarters, it was said, show that the “on to Wash- ington” movement is spreading in sec tions of the country which previously had reported sruall delegations. While officials of the District Klan | have decided to ignore the numerous { charges and insinuations cast upon'the organization, it is understood that Im- perial Wizard Evans .or some other high officer, may issue a statement in a few days in answer to them. ASK NEW INQUIRY IN NEWS PRINT RATE Washington Publishers Seek Re- opening—Plan to Take Up Entire Structure. trict Proposing to put in evidence numer- |ous rate comparisons on various com- modities entering Washington to show | that the commodity rates to W |ton and Baitimore are ugr {the Washington Publishefs 2 | tion and associated complainants peti- {tioned the Interstate Commerce Com- | mission today for a-reopening of the | entire news print case. The commis- |sion handed down aidecision six weeks ago upholding the rail rates on news print to Baltimore from mill points. {but reducing the differential hetween | Baltimore and Washington on news | print movement to not more than 2 [vents per 100 pounds. | The decision of the complainants to introduce into evidence rates on vari ous commodities entering Washington for the purppse of showing that the news print rates are too high, brings a new and hitherto untried element into the situation. Freight rates into Waghington have never been explain- ed or attacked, as a group, by any complainant or group of complainants, and even though the intent is not to attack any rates other than news print rates, the proceedure will reveal the rate structure on goods entering the { Capital as it has never been revealed | publicly before. Have New Evidence. The complainants in the news print case declare in their petition for re- opening that they have new evidence to support their contention that the rates on news print movement to Washington and Baltimore are unrea- sonable. They propose to show, among other things, their petition says, that many | commodities_are moving to Wash- ington and Baltimore on commodity rates less than class rates, which they declared to be not as desirable {from a transportation standpoint as {news print. They also propose to show that the rate level in trunk Tine territory, where Washington is situated, should be lower than ‘the in central freight association | territory, and to make comparisons as to carriers’ earnings on varlous | commodities entering Washington and Baltimore to show that the news- print rates are excessive. Brakeman Wins Hero Medal. ar. | | Special Dispatch to The S CUMBERLAND, Md., June 27.— |Homer B. Martz, a Baltimore and |Ohlo_ brakeman, has been awarded a {bronze medal and the sum of $1,000 ! by the Carnegie Hero Commission for saving the life of Mrs. Virginia Wag- ner June 1, 1924 \ *