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¢ Foening “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEATHER. (U. S, Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonight and probably to- ‘morrow; not much change in tempera- ture. Temperatures—Highest, 82, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 71, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 Entered as second class matter post_office, Washington, D. C. SCOPES CONVICTED; FINED §100; ACTION IS STARTED AT ONCE 10 APPEAL VERDICT Star. HIRTY PAGES. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,139 () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. PALMER APPROVES ' ACCABEES URGED FORD$1,706,000BID 10 AID IN GETTING FORZ00U.S. SHIPS VOTE FOR CAPITAL JULY 1925— WASHINGTON, D. C, PRESDENTISSURE QDAL STRIE CRISIS HILL BE AVERTED T i S ANY LONGER) g LA § | Fleet Corporation Head Rec-‘Resolution Cglls for Com- = \ | ommends Acceptance of | plete Franchise and Repre- Scrapping Offer. | sentation in Congress. BOARD IS EXPECTED [DISTRICT RECORD CITED; TO ACT FAVORABLY| ACTION DUE TOMORROW No. 29,666. TUESDAY, 21, o. | TSIy Coolidge Sees Little Prospect of Tie-Up and No Cause Jury Takes Few Minutes’ to for Alarm. Decide Case After Judge Demands Adherence to Letter of the Law. BOND IS FIXED AT $500 PENDING DEFENSE MOVE HALE OUTLINES PLANS FOR PACIFIC DEFENSES COUR: g il 11 RS s Gt Zay [ P - Pearl Harbor Fortification and| Huge Base at Alameda, Calif., Are Senator’s Projects. Return of Thompson l’rovide:'i$5.000.000 to Be Distributed by Lodge This Year to Help Home-Builders. Quorum—Some of Boats to Be Used in Ocean Trade. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correspondent of The Star SUMMER WHITE HOLU Swamp | seott Mass., July 21 ) ident | Coolidge does not believe there is any | need for the country to be greatly concerned about a possible coal strike in the Fall. The President was repre-i sented today as gaining the impres-| sion, after talking with Secretary of Labor Davis the other day, that ther is no particular danger of a strike. He feels certain that the miners and oper- | AT ators in conference at Atlantic City,| | will compose their differences. i | While discussing the matter with| newspaper correspondents in his study | T T L MILLIONAIRE SEEKS SPEEDY WAY| et e 3 G W55 7O GIVE HUGE FORTUNE TO NEEDY | | vetary Davis the latter, while not go ing into any great detail, presented | the facts in the case, and told what | - | .. ) A ment ieMplnsiiy Tioe "; Leopold Schepp, Retiring to Devote Remaining Days Acceptance of the Henry Ford bi v\‘ of $1.706,000 for the 200 Shipping Board vessels set aside for scrapping |has been recommended to the Shipping Board by President Palmer of the Corporation. Indications are that the board will approve the recom | mendation. Its general counsel has held the procedure of the Fleet | poration in conducting the proposed sale to be legal, although the Boston | Tron and Metal Co. of Baltimore, pro | tested it was irregular. | The Baltimore company was the| | highest bidder when the original tend ers were opened June 30, its offer be- | today at the Raleigh Hotel ing $1,370,000, but this 'bid_was re-|(jon headquarters o | jected by 'the’ board, after Presidenti 1, oot TR ] | Palmer had urged its acceptance, and | ywashingion. the 9| new offers were called for, to be open- | g0 150/ d then with. | , Resolved, That we, the Kr {ed July 16. {Ladies of the Maccabees Darrow, Addressing Jurors, Says| Decision Other Than Conviction | Impossible in Light of Ban on| Effort to Introduce Tesnmony.; Defendant Hits Statute. auadrennial convent represent of the order States pledze zation themselves and JOHN THOM. GERMANY WANTS UGHTON LEAGLE =y ’”-i Further Discussion of Secur- Columbia and *f of the United S | in Congress By A ted Press COURTROOM. Dayton 21.—A verdict of guiity in the Scopes case at 11:29 a.m. Scopes was summoned before the | bar. Judge Raulston told him of his conviction by the jury and read a| copy of the statute to him. | The judge then fixed the fine at £100 | | | : | tion ing enfranchisement standin, transacted at first formal session of the order Tenn., July ’ was returned | wa DAYTON, TENN business the held conven- at H. E resolution Crouch of read as htsa you anything to — nd " asked the judge. honor, T have been ctonvicted | | drew its offer. claiming that only the | original bidders should be permitted to submit new offers. Henry Ford | strong, possible e er to aid the people of the Dis- mediation | trict of Columbia, who unjust of violating an unjust statute,” replied | Scopes. “Any action other than I| have pursued would be in violation of | my idea of academic freedom. The jud seated the fine of $100. Rond w: 1 at $500 pending an | appeal. | Scopes added e r fi to the court in his statement that he would continue to oppose the law in every way in h power, as he considered it an unjust law and in violation of the Constitu tion. { note delivered ‘land vesterday Bond to Be Arranged Soon. Dudley Field Malone announced that bhond would be arranged at once. Mr. Malone also thanked “the people of | this community for their hospitality and for the opportunity to try the is- | sues in this case.” | Arthur G. Hays, for the defense, | made a formal motion for arrest of | judgment. Judge Raulston pointed | out that the law of Tennessee permits 60 days for perfecting an appeal. | It was announced that the appeal ! would be made to the Supreme Court, meating at Knoxville. The court gave | the defense 30 days in which to per- ! fect the appeal and said that an ex- | tension would be granted if necessary. | The jury stood and posed for photo graphs as defense lawyers made final arrangements for their appeal. Judge Raulston asked if there were any other matters to be attended to. The only business was the taking of photographs. ! “Any one anything they want to mav?" asked Judge Raulston. | There was no response. Later the meeting was thrown open for general discussign and a half-dozen | informal speeches were made, thank ing the people of Dayton for their hos- pitality during the period of the trial. . Gordon McKenzie told the visit ing attorneys that the people of Tennessee appreciated their coming. Other speeches followed. William J. Bryan added a word about Daytpn. Dayton is the center | of this case largely by circumstances, | he said. He recalled the great pub- lecity attending the case “This case has stirred the world he said, wide. Here has been fought out a little | case, of little consequence as a case, | hut one in which a great issue is| involved. Sees Di “Some day It there can be no Aiscussion. Human beings are mighty small, | your honor, and we are sometimes | apt to magnify the individual. But! causes go on forever. We who have | become associated with this case have | attached ourselves to a mighty issue. Clarence Darrow followed Bryan. | He told of his appreciation at what he deseribed as friendly treatment by counsel “on the other side” and at | the hands of the townspeople of Dayton Here we have done our best to | force back the tide that has attempt- | ed to turn back the modern trend of | scientific thought.” i | Vital. will be settled. settlement ssion | but without | Raulston Speaks. The final address of the informal session was made by Judge Raulston, | who declared that “it sometimes takes courage to stand for a sentiment that stands in contravention to public opin- | jon about him. A man who is big enough to stand up for a principle is big inteed.” The judge paid tribute towns, saying many great come from villages Two things in this world are in destructible,” he said. ““One. the truth and the other the word of God, given to man that man may use it | “This little talk comes from my heart. 1 am glad to have had these | gentlemen with us | “If T have made mistakes the higher | courts will find it so.” Arthur G. Hays of defense counsel | asked the court to permit him to send him an autographed copy of Darwin's “Origin _of Species” "and ! “Descent of Man." After a benediction by R. Jones. the court die a few minutes to small | men have | the Rev. C. adjourned sine ter noon. Judge Reads Charge. The judge began reading-his charge | to the jury at 11:04. He opened by re- | viewing the act under which Scopes was_indicted. | “The State must make out its case beyond a reasonable doubt,” the court told the jury. The judge called attention to the wording of the indictment, in which it was charged that the defendant tausht a theory of evolution teaching that man descended from a lower or- der of animals, or denied the story of Divine creation as taught in the Bible. The judge charged that if the de- fendani should have violated the law against teaching that man descend- ed from a lower order of animals he (Continued b8 Page 2, Column 4.) jof Nations. ity Pact Hinges on Condi- tions for Entrance. By the As BERLI “The German { government's attitude is that further discussion of a European security No Cause for Alarm. When asked what he based his be lief upon that there is little prospect of a strike, the President said he could not at this time discuss this point, but | he saw no cause for alarm. | It is thought by some of those very close to the President that the Presi. | dent has heard directly from heads of | to Charity By the Associated Press NEW. YORK July 21.—Leopold Schepp. 85-vear-old philanthropist. to pact is contingent upon clarification | the miners and the operators and, with | day asked the public for suggestions Iby the allies of the conditions upon which Germany may enter the League The German security to France and Eng stresses this conten- | tion. Although the Reich government is {not opposed in principle to making the question of Germany’s admission to the league a part of the discussions | rezarding the proposed security pact, the fundamental ideas of the pact proposed by Germany in February could be realized without ermany being a league member. NOTE HELD FAVORABLI it thinks Paris Is Cheered b, Berlin. By the Associated Press PARIS, July 21 Reply From The principal | significance of the German security note, French officials said today, is its demonstration of a desire to continue negotiations for a Western European security pact This statement was made after a more careful reading of the document, which was delivered by Germany -to the British and French foreign of- fices vesterday. French Foreign Minister Briand's communication, with which Foreign Secretary Chamberlain of Great Brit- ain agreed, answering Germany's orig- inal security pact proposal made in February. French officlals added, after a thorough perusal of the note, that it replied so vaguely to some of the special points made by M. Briand that hecause it goes deep and | “further light will be required before | the real intentions of the reich gov- | merous ernment are understood.” Not Ready for League. In French circles it is said the note ready to undertake the obligations of | membership in the League of Nations unless a general disarmament or arma- reduction movement brings ‘Ger- many’s European neighbors to equality of military strength with Germany. German Ambassador von Hoesch in presenting the note to M. Briand yes- terday made excuses for its vague- ness. He explained it was a “compromise note” in which conflicting views with- in the German cabinet had to be con sidered. He intimated there was some- thing more substantial behind the Ger- man offer than the note actually speci- fied. Good Impression Made. So little had been expected from the German communication on the subject of a security pact that its conciliatory nature has made a highly favorable impression, and foreign office officials appear to think the difficult points can be cleared up within 15 days. Such optimism is not shared by the commentators in the newspapers, who believe that Germany is not likely to abandon her ‘“familiar haggling methods.” The hope that something will come of the suggestions made by Germany is based not so much on the note, but on the verbal explanations by Von Hoesch. Altogether the impression prevails that Germany is showing a much more accommodating attitude than hereto. fore, and that there is promise of genuine improvement in the general European situation. The contents of the note will not be- come known officially before Wednes. day Respite From Capital News Flood | Does Nation Good, Coolidge Thinks By the Associated Press SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 21.— Although _President Coolidge is keeping tab on various Govern- ment activities from the Summer White House here, he believes that the country is welcoming respite from the flood of news which usually comes out of Washington when he and his cabinet members are there. The attention of the Nation, in his opinion, can well be diverted for a time from the political activ- ities at the Capital and centered, instead, on the building up of in- dustry, business and commerce. With at least another month of The note replies to | an | | what Secretary Davis reported to him, | that he has come to the conclusion that the controversy will be worked out satisfactorily and that there will | be no suffering and inconvenience to | the public such as would be brought about if there were a strike. The President was represented as having discussed the matter briefly | with Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, Republican leader of the Sen-| |ate, who is a guest at White Court |for 'several days. Mr. Coolidge stated | that since Senator Curtis arrived they have talked over a variety of!| | subjects and intimated that a tenta-| tive legislative program to be car ried out by the administration at the | next Congress was discussed in a |general way. The President did not ! consider this as being of any great significance, stating that legislation | in a general way is discussed by him | | with many of his callers from time to! time throughout the vear. | i | No Extra Session. The President made it plain, though, that there is no prospect at this time |for the calling of an extra session.! {He certainly has no ideas in this| respect regarding the coal situation, and there is nothing else of sufficient | importance to even suggest an early meeting of Congress, in the opinion of President Coolidge. | President Coolidge stated in very | clear language today that Secretary f War Weeks has not resigned and | has not given the slightest intention |of retiring to private life. The Pres- |ident stated that when he called upon | Mr. Weeks last Saturday he found | the latter looking surprisingly well| |and he was delighted to note this, and | also the fact that Mr. Weeks woum} continue in office. A trip to Pemberton, one of the nu- | beach colonies situated on | Boston Bay, has been arranged by the President for tomorrow. He has not determined yet whether he will go by ! motor or aboard the Mayflower. The| | shows the German government is not | President and Mrs. Coolidge, with their | Fajrfax, Va.. two boys, lived in a modest little frame cottage at Pemberton one Summer ;whll(‘ he was lieutenant governor. | Senator Hale Visitor. Senator Hale of Maine, chairman of | the naval affairs committee, who has | just returned from an inspection of the | West coast and Hawalian naval bases, | dropped off at White Court yesterday afternoon on his way to Maine, and gave the President an interesting ac- | count of his observations. He placed before the Executive his ideas for| strengthening naval defenses in the! Pacific, and discussed with the Presi.| dent a new navy program, which is to be pushed in Congress next Winter, and which he said will be designed to relieve the Pacific States from the dan- ger of a naval attack. According to Senator Hale, the plan calls for the establishment of a naval base of the first rank at Alameda, in San Francisco Bay, comparable with the big base now at Norfolk, Va., and } for the establishment of an adequate base at Pearl Harbor, dredging the channel and permitting ingress to the largest battleships. Under the new program, Pearl Harbor is to become the key to the Pacific defenses, and is to he given facilities and strength which will amply assure ghe Pacic States that there is no noetfifor fear. Senator Hale stated that this new | program will involve an outlay of £30.000.000. He added, though, that while he apprecfated the need for economy in the Navy, he felt that the rock bottom had been reached and that the country could not afford in safety to curtail any more. It was pointed out by Senator Hale that aviation is entering into all naval (Continued on Page ‘olumn 2.) vacation before him. the President plans from time to time to go over governmental affairs with Cabinet officers. No additional con- ferences, however, are immediately in_prospect. Before leaving Washington the President told members of his of- ficial family that he would be glad to have them visit him during the Summer if for no other rea- son than to escape the hot weather of the Capital. It was emphasized today that these visits of high Government officials, as a rule, will be without spegial signifi- cance and would be arranged solely for dfscussion of routine matters, | coming Congress. a8 to the best way in which he could distribute his millions He recently established a tion with a $2,500.000 trust fund to assist deserving young bovs. In ad- dition he has distributed some $3,500, 000 in individual donations, lump-sum gifts and pensions. Now he wants to accelerate distri bution of other millions, but desires to canvass the entire gubject of pub- le philanthropy with & view to de- termining the way which will afford the quickest and surest relief to those who need and merit help and. at the same time, offer some permanent good to soclety. Sitting_in the office on Hudson street, where the headquarters of his cocoanut business has been located more than 60 vears, Mr. Schepp an nounced his intention to retire ab- solutely from commerce and to de vote his time, attention and money to_philanthropy “I wish to make philanthropy a study.” he said, “and will be glad to entertain any suggestions that can be made on the subject “We are now paying R. WALTON MOORE founda up to $40.000 -AUTO CRASH VICTIM MIDNIGHT CARNIVAL Virginia Representative Is Painfully Injured in Acci- dent Near Fairfax. Representative R. Walton Moore of was hurt when his au- tomobile collided with a telegraph pole about a quarter of a mile from his home yesterday afternoon as he | was returning from the Capital. and |parture of the French and Belgian he was thrown into a barbed-wire fence. His chauffeur. Gilbert Darr, also of Fairfax, was also injured and the automobile was demolished. Representative Moore's injliries con- sist of a fracture of a small bone in his left hand, cuts on his neck, which required several stitches, and minor cuts on his legs. He was badly shaken up and will be confined to his home for several days. He was at- tended by Dr. L. P. Tayloe of Vienna and later by his regular physician, Dr. John O'Malley, connected with the Naval Hospital. Washington. The chauffeur suffered several cuts on his side and several stitches had to be taken. The accident occurred shortly after 4 o'clock as the automobile was round- ing the curve on the Lee highway by the Layton farm. Representative Moore lives the near. est to Washington of any member of Congress. He practiced law here for many years and has taken a lifelong interest in the Capital. He is a native of Fairfax, has served six years in Congress and been re-elected to the in- He has held many important positions in his native State and was urged to be a candidate for the governorship in the present elec- tion. FOREST FIRE IN IDAHO. Blaze Sweeps 800 Acres and Then Jumps River. WALLACE, ldaho, July 21 (®).— Nearly 800 acres in the timber dis- trict along the north fork of the Coeur d’Alene River, 40 miles north of Wal- lace, have been burned over by a forest fire whica started Sunday night. Fanned by high winds, the blaze jumped the river and was burning southward late last night. More than 200 men were fighting the fire. After burning over more than 300 acres of forest in the St. Joe River district, 30 miles south of Wallace, the fire was reported under control. Col. Albert Pinder Dies. PALO ALTO, Calif., July 21 (®).— Col. Albert Pinder, 84, U. §. A, re- tired, died yesterday. He served with the 6th Massachusetts Regiment throughout the Clvil War, and served in the Army for many years after- Asks Public to Suggest Best Plans for Helping Unfortunate. 'Body of Jacob S. Moyer Still Warm—I. F. Roberts, Ill, Ends Own Life. a month from the foundation's fund but it is not moving fast enough to suit me and I want to broaden the scope of the work. Just how to go about it so that the most may be de | rived by the beneficiaries is the great problem.” Intensely individualistic in his phil anthropic work, Mr. Schepp has given his personal attention to the hundreds of cases in which he has extended aid. In the ledzers in which these accounts are kept appear page after page of items, ranging from $50 to several thousand, and in each the merchant made his inquiry before de- termining the amount His one ambition for the remainder of his life is to have some small part |in the distribution of his money to- |ward ‘“easing the hurts of those {caught between the millstones of | uge.” Because they felt they “had no right to interfere.” neighbors refused to cut down the still warm body of Jacob S Moyer, plumber, after he had hanged himself early today from a beam in the cellar of his home, at 607 Keefer place. the scene by his wife, who discovered the body of her husband dangling at the end of a rope shortly after he had entered the basement. The spectators. aroused by Mrs. Moyer's cries, are said to have stood by dubiously without making any ef- fort to rescue their neighbor, although the warmth of the body indicated a possiblity that life was not entirely extinet. he custom of leaving large sums lof money to a few people is wrong,” | he said. “It makes the recipients |lazy in mind and bo It would be | %0 much better, 1 think, to spread it |out with a view to equipping a num ber of people—or of re-establishing | those who are now handicapped—so they may face the requirements of | life with a better chance of making a (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) FREEDRUAR HOLDS Police Efforts Fail. Police who rushed to the Moyer home said the neighbors explained they didn't believe they had the “au- thority” to cut the rope. Sergt. Lau ten and Policemen Allen and Scoville of No. 10 precinct made Tutile efforts to resuscitate the man while he was being hurried to Freedmen’s Hospital. Mover was the second man to com- mit suicide here within a few hours, Joseph F. Roberts, a roomer at $10 G street northeast, having ended his life with gas early last night. Moyer, who was 47 vears old, had been in ill health for some time. He was emploved in the propagating garden of the office of public buildings and public parks. FEarly today he arose and went into the cellar. Mrs. Moyer became suspicious and follow- ed him there after a brief interval had | elapsed. | Moyer was a native of Hagerstown | 2and had resided in Washington most | of his life. He is survived by his widow and two children, Scott, 7, and George, 4 Found- in Bathroom. {Tolling Bells, ~Screeching Sirens and Singing Crowds Hail Advent of Freedom. | By the Associated Press | BERLIN, July 21.—A great demon- | | stration began last midnight through | Roberts was found asphyxiated in |the Ruhr Valley to express the hap- | the bathroom of the | piness of its inhabitants at the de- | by William H. Chisholm, owner of the | premises and brother-inlaw of the de- | troops, who occupied this section in | Ceased. who was attracted by the odor | January, 1923, to force Germany to |Of €scaping gas. A physician from | meet her reparations obligations. | Casualty Hospital pronounced the At 12 o'clock last night, the hour | Man dead. Roberts. it is sald, had | officially fixed for the announcement, | 4"“!:12h"l and ""I'SP}:’“_'""" | “The Ruhr is free.” every church beli | {MeI0Im & brother. {in the Ruhr began to chime. Fac. |} otk docis ] | whistles blew, sirens screeched | %, | tory \ |and the street crowds in the Ruhr ‘m‘;‘;"’(;_ 1:";:; r';:\::d certificates of | towns sang again and again “Deutsch- |land Uber Alles.” : S |WISCONSIN PROFESSOR DISAPPEARS IN LONDON The excited popular demonstration J. V. Collins, Former Candidate for continued until a late hour in most of the cities. The German police who Senate, Had Large Amount of Money. He is survived visiting at Bedford, were expeiled from Bochun at the be- ginning of the occupation now are returning. EVACUATION SPEEDED. First Zone in Ruhr to Be Cleared by Saturday. By the Associated Press. BOCHUM. Germany, July 21.—A free-for-all fist fight here last night |J¢ between Monarchists and Republicans | Foint. was the only untoward incident ac-|™'§I\ wite ana daushter, companying the French evacuation of this section of the Ruhr. he carried a large amount of money The mayor of Bochum had issued a, in traveling checks. Prof. Collins proclamation saying the town would had just returned from Scotland and be considered free of French troops|apparently got lost, never reaching |at inidnight. However, the German | s hotel in London. proprietor of the railway station hotel | hoisted the Monarchist colors above his establishment at 9 o'clock. Large crowds assembled around the placs |and Monarchists and Republicans be- fight to By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 21.—Scotland Yard today issued-a description of Prof. Joseph Victor Collins of Stevens Wis., who disappeared last who are | has been a teacher of mathematics in |the State normal school at Stevens | Point, Wis., since 1894. He was a candidate for the United States Sen- ate in 1810 | | PREMIEI% REglGNS. | | Leave Fort Crook, Nebraska, on Da Silva Quits After Revolution| Flight to Test Mail Route. % OMAHA, Nebr., July 21 (®).— e Commanded by Maj. Thomas G. LISBON, Portugal, July 21 (®).— Lanphier, six Army pursuit' planes, Premier Antonio da Silva presented |accompanied by a huge Curtiss NBS-4 his resignation again today and Pres- | bomber, hopped off from Jarvis Offutt ident Gomes accepted it. Field, Fort Crook, for Cheyenne, Wyo., Premier da Silva resigned Frldn.\"fll 9 a.m. today. after a non-confidence vote by the| Portuguese Chamber of Deputies. but | of the second day’s flight of a test to | reconsidered the resignation Satur- |determine the military value of the air |day when the Senate gave his cab- | mail route. The six planes left Sel- inet a vote cf confidence. An un-|fridge Field, Mount Clemens, Mich., successful revolution occured in Lis- | Monday, and will journey to San bon Sunday. At Arst it was de- Francisco, arriving there Thursday. scribed as bloodless, but yesterday The Curtiss bomber, however, wili reports said three were killed and |stop in Cheyenne to await the return fit‘rer wounded during the Affair and |of the six planes, which return by ward. He was born in Lowell, Mass. that Lisbon was under martial law, night over the air mafl routs. ¢ street house | He was Mrs. | here, express great anxiety because | Prof. Collins, who is 66 vears old. | PLANES ON SECO]D LAP.. The hop-off marked the beginning | was not among those submitting |tenders when the bids were opened { June 30. | It is the intention of Mr | scrap most of the 200 ships, but will retain some for conversion he to Diesel engine propulsion in salt water | He will also use some | transportation. of the engines and other equipment in his manufacturing operations With the return of Commissioner Thompson today from Europe, where he attended the Brussels meeting of the International Chamber of Com- | merce, the Shipping Board had a quo- | rum of four commissioners in the city, { S0 that it could proceed with consid |eration of the Palmer recommenda- ! tions. | _The board discussed the Ford bid to The neighhors were summoned to | day, but withheld action. It adjourned | juntil Thursday. | | THREE “DRY AGENTS” | BEAT UP POLICEMAN | Officer Rnocked Unconscious and | | Hotel Shot Up by Men Bearing | United States Credentials. Br the Associated Press WILDWOOD, N. J. July 21. hree men bearing the credentials rf “ederal prohibition agents beat a | policeman unconscious, shot up the Bradley Hotel and at the point of revolvers forced another policeman, |Who had arrested them, to permit them to escape in an automobile. Michael J. Sheehan, the injured po- | liceman, is reported in a serisus con- dition. | Sheehan said he was | when the men entered revclvers, proclaiming prohibition agents. He | in the hotel with drawn themselves said that he 2ssist them. One of the men search ing for liquor struck him over the head with a bottle, he reported, and he was teaten unconscions. The men then fired several shots into the ceiling. A second policeman, attracted by the uproar, placed the men under arrest. On the way to the station house the men drew re- volvers, drove off the policeman and escaped. Thoir automobile bore a Pennsylvania license. |ELDRIDGE WILL ASk BAN ON SIDEWALK PARKING No Regulation Prohibiting Leav- ing Cars on Pavements, Traffic Director Explains. | | Traffic Director Eldridge today rec- ommended to the Commissioners an | amendment to the regulations pro- hibiting motor cycles or automobiles from parking on the sidewalk. Mr. Eldridge said that it came to his attention that on several occasions { policemen found automobiles parked tions. There being no direct prohi- bition in the regulations to cover such a case, it was necessary for the offi cers to charge the drivers with park- ing more than six inches from the curb. This prompted Mr. Eldridge to draft a recommendation which would definitely cover the condition A number of other changes have been submitted to the Commissioners, including an amendment prohibiting all left-hand turns at Seventh street and Mount Vernon place. At the the left-hand turn only when vehicles are going north on Seventh street and turn west into Mount Vernon place. The changes may be acted on today AGITATOR DENIED WRIT. | Private Convicted of Inciting Com- munist Uprising in Army. HONOLULU, July 21 (®).—Judge Walins in the United States District vesterday dismissed the petition for a writ of hebeas corpus filed on behalf of Paul Crouch, who was con victed by a court-martial of commu- nist activities. Crouch’s attorney filed notice of app Crouch, with Walter Trumbull, was convicted of inciting a communist up- rising in the United States Army, in which they were privates. Seeks La Follette Toga. GREEN BAY. Wis,, July 21 (#).— James H. McGillan, attorney, has an- jnounced his candidacy for the position i of United States Senator. made vacant by the death of Senator Robert M. La Follette. His candidacy, however, is contingent upon indorsement by the State organization ot Coolidge Re- publicans. Ford to | exhibited his badge and demanded | their credentials, and then offered to | on sidewalk spaces in outlying sec- | present time the regulation prohibits | ly taxed without representation in | Congress, to obtain their franchi |and funl’ rgihts citizens of great repy Record Is Cited. Calling atte: the District of {in payment of es and in contri- {bution for national causes, Mr | Crouch said: “We preach fraternal- ‘!en Let practice it. In frater- nalism the people shall have justand equal rights. The most cherished possession of an American is that of his volce in government. We jeal ously guard our ballot boxes that | each may vote as his conscience and udgment dictate. “America was founded on the right of the individual citizen to take part !in the affairs of his Government and place in office those who will spend his taxes as they dictate it. | ..‘But here—here in the heart of our Nation—the heart of the world— find 500,000 people—Americans al deprived of the right to cast a single ballot in the selection of their own | officers or to raise a single voice in regard to the disposition of the money they are taxed on their property. | | | the umbia i record of the war Taxation Without Representation. “The District of Columbia. I am told, pays more taxes to Uncle Sam than five or six of the States in the | Union. Residents of the District of | Columbia actually pay more income {tax per capita than any State of the | Union. That is taxation without rep- resentation “When this country found itself em broiled in war. the selective draft ap- plied o the District of Columbia the same as to those who had a right to {vote. When Uncle Sam called for { money to carry on the war, the Dis- | trict was the first to reach its quota {in Liberty loans. “Therefore. we as Maccabees, as members of this great fraternal order let us wherever and whenever we |can use our influence in obtaining for the 500,000 residents of this great city | their justly entitled right, guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, to cast a vote and to have a voice in their own Government After considerable discussion the Crouch resolution was referred to the committee on resolutions, to be report ed back to the convention tomorrow During the course of the debate on the motion to refer invitati. were extended to the people of the city to move their homes to Ohio and to other States, that they might have the right to vote. Aid for Home Builders. The resolution followed a report made by Supreme Commander Frye of Detroit in which he declared one-fifth of the total assets of the Maccabees will be available this year for the re lief of the housing shortage in various parts of the country. “More than $5.000,000 will be dis tributed this vear to the points where it is needed for home building.” Mr Frye said: “Aid in the building of homes for the people we believe to be the most logical use for the funds of a fraternal order, as well as the | safest investment He added that order has placed $ in home building. Assets of the Maccabees, according to the financial statement of E. W. | Haas of St. Paul, Minn.. chairman of the finance committee, have increased 12 per cent since January 1, 1825, and Inow total more than $25,000.000. The premium income was placed at $9 000,000, with interest receipts which bring the total income to $10,250,000 |annually. “The great prosperity with which we have been blessed is not due to any spasmodic influences, but to the sound principles under which we are operat {ing. We hope to see the day when every family in the United States and Canada will be able to own its own | home,” he said 25 the chiefly i so far in | 00,000, Greeted By Fenning. | | Commissioner Frederic A. Fenning | delivered the address of welcome to |the delegates, declaring that the Com | missioners want the people of the United tates to know the District of | Columbia is their Capital. We want | vou to be proud of your Capital City. {We are glad vou come to see us, and we want you to come in greater num | bers. | “We are particularly glad to wel- | comesto the Capital the men of a body who come here with their watchword | fraternity and affection. We hope | your stay will be pleasant and your meetings profitable.” | While the officially accredited dele- | gates were meeting at the Raleigh others took sight-seeing trips, visiting | the Capitol and the Senate and House office buildings. Another meeting of the business organization of the Mac- cabees was scheduled this afternoon. The business of the day will be con- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) I Radio Programs—Page 24. \