Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Local thundershowers row generally fair; not in_temperature. Temperatures—Highe: p.m. yes vesterda erday; lowest, Full report today; tomor- much change st, 89.3, at 2 60, at 6 a.m. on page 7. No. 1,064—No. 29,685. Entered as post office, KLAN LIFTS MYSTERY VEIL INSPECTACULAR PARADE BY ROBED ARMY OF 25,000 Order’s Strength and Personnel Revealed. 100,000 WITNESS COLORFUL PAGEANT Ceremony Free From Any Disorder—Dignity Wins Wide Acclaim. Pulling aside for the first time the veil that has shielded the “Invisible Empire” from a curious and some- what doubting public, some 25,000 mystic Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in all their colorful regalia, but un- maske cended yesterday upon the Nation's Capital in what amounted to their greatest national demonstration and public show of strength Marching with sturdy fortitude beneath a blistering sun, the whige- robed, color-flecked hosts of “100 per cent Americans” came out in the open and let the country see who they are, where they come from and what they stand for. If these earnest-faced, but, withal, highly good-natured fellows of the fiery cross had thought to surprise pageant-hardened Washington, their | fondest hopes were more than rea- lized 100,000 See March. About 100,000 men, women and children who watched them from | the curb saw a remarkable demon- stration, from the time the first mounted escort of the hooded, robed throng turned into Pennsylvania Avenue, at the foot of the Capitol, until, full four hours later, the rain- shot remnants of the seemingly end- less procession knelt bare-headed at the base of the Washington Monu- ment to pledge anew allegiance to their principles—‘one country, one language, one schoot and one flag.” There was no semblance of disorder —-no sign of the disturbances that have marred Klan parades in other cities. The police declaved it one of the most orderly assemblages of its size ever held hera. What was even more amazing to the authoriiles was the smoothness and precision with which the thou- sands upen thousands of supposedly untrained men, of the order wended thelr way in soldierly fashion along the humanity- banked line of march. And the banks of humanity were not long in voicing appreciation of these thin, They cheered when the music or the marching units pleased them. And they stayed to see it through. They found things to ad- mire. Their marching, their pictur- esque attire and their grit in coming Jong distances to stand for hours be- neath a hot suh, march for miles only to get drenched and bedraggled in a thunderstorm. Ceremony Is Simple. There were on hand yesterday neither official reviewers, grandstands or other accessories peculiar to great processions. It was simply a sponta- neous response to the invitation sent by K Kleagle Mueller of the Dis- n to state-wide organization: assistance in staging a "“local klan denmonstration in the National Caplital Although, despite the heterogenity of the foot-sore marchers, Kleagle Mueller still insisted the parade was “only a local affair,” prominent in the front ranks of the klansmen trod Dr. Hiram W. Evans, imperial wizard, and other high national officers of the orde; Furthermore, as a drenching shower broke over th ttering ranks of the paraders assembled on the slopes of the § 1 Theater, it was a “national speaker” of the klan, Rev. Dr. A. H. Guelledge ¢ Columbus, Ohio, who made the only address of the day. The showers not only cut short the service planned on the Monument grounds, but prevented the holding of a great “flaming cross” ceremonial a the Potomac River, on th National Capital Horseshow grounds. This weird display will take place tonight at § o'cloc however, in con- nection with the “naturalization” into the Invisible Empire of several thou sand idates for ‘citizenship. The evening demonstration will be preceded at 1 o'clock this afternoon by a “klan spiritual,” Kleagle Mueller announced Parade Size Is Puzzle. Just exactly how many weary “kluxers” braved that scorching sun to await their place in line for the long hours that preceded their actual swinging intc frank speculation last night. Police made no attempt to count the id lines of robed figures that often tched from curb fo curb, but by a process of reasoning, which the: have devised for such occasions, an e timate of 30,000 marchers was evolved. The Star did make an effort to count the steady stream of humans, how- nd arrived at an approximation .000 which was generous. Klan officials, on the other hand, insisted that there were 30,000 members in the Pennsylvania delegation, alone, and confidently asserted their belief that more than 100,000 klansmen from more than a dozen States, took part. Kleagle Mueller, with characteristic sarcasm, told newspapermen that his former announcement of 5,000 march- ers held good, adding, however, there “might ‘have been more. Regardless of what the figures show, it was plain that the klansmen made a deep impression on ‘“apa- thetic” Washington by the size of their turn-out, the varied design of their uniforms and the countless num- ber of bands. Exodus Is Rapid. With the coming of night and the end of the day's activities there de- veloped a rapid exodus of the tired but happy contingents. Robes and hoods were packed again into small Roston bags or satchels, banners and flags were rolled up, and, as quietly @5 they came. many thousands of the " (Continued on Page.2, Column 2, - women and children | tion was a matter of | Fiery Cross Burning, “Naturalization” and “Spiritual” for Today Klan headquarters for the District declined to make def- inite announcement of the pro- gram of ceremonies today, but the following became available: One o'clock—Klan or religious ceremony, National Capital Horseshow Grounds. Eight o'Clock—Lighting of a “flery cross” at the same place, | 1 | | followed by “naturalization” | ceremonies in which “several | thousand” candidates will be initiated into the Klan | | PICKPOCKETS ONLY SIGNS OF DISORDER ONPARADE ROUTE Two Are Arrested After Re- ports of Robberies From 21 Sources. | | | Despite dire predictions of disorder vesterday's demonstration was one of the most orderly ever held in | Washington, the only untoward inci- | dents to mar the pleasure of the day | being 24 heat prostrrations and 21 re- | ports of activity by pickpockets. | Of the two dozen persons who suc- cumbed to the intense humidity and | the exertion of the long march down Pennsylvania avenue, only four were sufficiently il to be detained in it is not thought they are in danger. None of those treated at Casulty Hospital needed to remalu. Because of the careful preparations made by Klan officials to care for | marchers who might be overcome, imore than a score other persons whc became faint during the parade were spared the necessity of going to the hospital by being given quick emer- gency treatment by special ambu- |lances which augmented the regular | hospital ambulances. No Disorder Reported. Not a single serious altercation or disagreement came to the ears of the police. From Commission Fenning, in supervision of the Police Department, and from Acting Superintendent of Police Charles A. Evans last night came lavish praise for the marchers, as well as for the crowds of spectators. Because of the quiet conditions, po. | licemen who were to have been denied | their regular day off tomorrow were notified that they need not work. Commissioner Fenning expressed pride in the manner in which the Po lice Department took up arrangeme -*s at the last moment and pressed into effect needed changes in the system for governing the line of march, | which allowed smoothness and facility | for handling the crowds. “There should be praise for the | marchers and praise for the crowds,” | | | | Commissioner Fenning said. “It can | easily be sald that this parade was as smooth running and as free from friction as any Washington has ever held. “And in making arrangements at the last moment the police officials showed adaptability to a situation coming up and demanding action on the spur of the moment, on which I intend to congratulate them.” Fenning Stays on Job. Commissioner Fenning was very much in evidence during the entire parade. He came on the job at 8§ o'clock yesterday morning and he was still at the District Building as mid- night approached. He did not leave the line of march during the parade, Once he made a motor cycle tour of the line of march and once he took a_ general survey of the situation while the lines were forming. There was one smudge on an otherwise perfect day. That was the ivent and operations of pickpockets {from out of town. Early in the | morning came indivdual reports of | their operations. Later these in- | creased and the pickpocket peak of | operations was reached shortly be- |fore noon in the vicinity of the Wash- lington Hotel, when eight pickpocket | robberies came inside of half an | hour. | Al told there were 21 reports of | pickpocket robberies. Two suspects were arrested to be held under a | charge of investigation while police |inquired further into their records which already show former convic- tions for pickpocket work. They re Sol Beauman, alias Belinsky of New York, and M: Rosenblum, who half a dozen aliases, of Cin- cinnati. Hespitals Kept Busy. Although a few of the heat pros- !tration cases came early in the after- noon the majority of those affected were disabled shortly before 6 o'clocl Emergency Hospital over night, and | | marched down Pennsylvania avenue Thousands Renew Loyalty Pledge After March. SYLVAN THEATER SERVICE COLORFUL |Evans Unable to Stay for Speech—Rumors of Rift Denied. S ! By the towering shaft of Wash- ington Monument, on the green- sward of Sylvan Theater, hosts of the Ku Klux Klan last night rededi- cated themselves to their avowed principles in one of the most repre- sentative national gatherings of the restored picturesque order. It was a consummation, somewhat marred by rain of what will go down | in their annals as perhaps the great- est day to date in the modern Ku| Klux Klan. | The place was the terminus for the great parade which had marched down Pennsylvania Avenue. From that display the Klansman and Klanswomen gathered in the natural | amphitheater, welcomed the incom- | ing thousands, as they poured into the roped off inclosure, and later | participated in the brief program of prayer and a Klan address. Instead of Imperial Wizard Hiram W. Evans, who had marched in the | parade and was said to have left the | city earlier in the evening, the speaker | was Dr. A. H. Gulledge of Columbus, | Ohio. He was introduced by L. M.| Mueller, grand kleagle of the District | of Columbia Klan and master of cere- | mones for the gathering of the order. | = Prayer Heard By Throng. | Rumors that the imperial wizard | had declined to address the gathering | on account of differences arising in the | Klan were flatly denied later by Mr. Mueller, who said previous engage- | ments alone necessitated Mr. Evans' | departure. Not all of the Klansmen and women, whe had poured into the 8ylvan Thea- ter during the several hours which. in- | tervened from the influx of ‘the first | marchers shortly after 3 o'clock, re- mained for the ceremony of the eve- ning, but a countless horde was banked around the green siopes of the beautiful amphitheater, when service was opened by prayer. Public address system of WCAP | carried the voice of Dr. Gulledge, in | prayer to the furthermost part of the | theater grounds, where men and | women in regalia, knelt reverentially. | Even behind the theater, as far as the | sound of the suppliant’s voice could be heard in prayer, members of the order knelt, wherever they were. In his address, which followed, Dr. Gulledge answered critics of the Ku Klux Klan, and stressed the signifi- cance of the representative gathering, with its parade, and its national re- dedication to service of country. Bay State Klan Late. Rain which had threatened earlier in the evening broke fitfully and splattered the white clad and red, white, and blue clad hosts with huge raindrops for a time, until finally a downpour came about the conclusion. A special service of welcome by Mr. Mueller, and prayer by Dr. Gullege, was held for the Massachusetts. dele. gation, which arrived late, after all the others had gone. They stood in a drenching rain, with a huge ban- ner held before them while being con- ! gratulated by Mr. Mueller. In his| prayer, Dr. Gulledge referred to me" ““dangers which they are face to face with in Massachusetts.” The parade was not over when the services in Sylvan Theater were open- ed, but was diverted for the time being out of the enclosure. The speaker of the evening not only put emphasis upon the character and significance of the day in the history of the Ku Klux Klan, but denied charges of “hate, malice or prejudice,” saying the Kian was prompted by mo- tives of “love toward all.” From his station before the micro- phone in the profusely flag-bedecked stand, on the top of which the huge amplifiers carried his voice, clear and strong, to the far distances, the Klansmen's “national speaker” said he had long looked forward to the day when the order would parade down historic Pennsylvania avenue, ex- plaining that this had come to pass sooner than he had anticipated. Cites Washington Warning. The first of several lusty cheers, which intermittently went up from the peopled hillsides, broke when the speak felicitated the day upon which “white, Protestant Gentiles hed | | | unmolested and unharmed.” “Standing at the foot of Washing- ton Monument,” said Dr. Gulledge, want to say to you, Washington, burled out in Mount Vernon, ‘we are (Continued on Page 4, Column 8, here.’ We remember that a ceatur: (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. Irish Children Die By the Associated Prees. DUBLIN, August 8.—Two chil- dren have died of starvation and “a terrible state of affairs” exists at Clonmel, the largest town in Tipperary, according to statements made at today’s meeting of the Clonmel corporation. Councillor Ryan, telling the cor- poration of the two children’s deaths, said that the direct dis- tress would ensue if relief was not forthcoming. ‘The mayor, who, in his report to the corporation, said “it is terrible to listen to the tales of woe,” also said: “Children have died of starvation and others are dving of illness caused by the prevalent lack of food.” The mayor sald that the cor- poration was not idle in the matter and was asking the Free State gov-, Tipperary Town Pleads for Relief of Starvation; ernment for loans to start housing and other works. The corporation, he said, hoped to get £20,000 from the government. A deputation has been appointed to wait on the Free State minister of local government, who is himself a Tipperary man, ‘when he visits Clonmel shortly. \ It is learned authoritively that the State of affairs in Tipperary cannot be described as famine con- ditions, but there, as elsewhere in Ireland, there is considerable unem- ployment. The mayor's report said that only about 100 persons in Clon- mel are receiving the unemploy- ment dole, although hundreds are entirely without support. Recently two women who were found taking potatoes from the garden of the Clonmel Asylum said they wanted food for their starving children. Clonmel is a town of about 10,000 inhabitants. Its name means 'Hopey Meadow.”, . - | made b; iother record at Chartres, last year, in RECKON CAL WISHES HE CouLp, SQUASH C INT. —_ JERE IRED + AN \(“‘EN‘.H DAY. BET TEDDYD SHOW HIM FRERCH AVATORS SHATIER RECORD Cover 2,546 Miles in Non- Stop Flight of 40 Hours, Still Up. | By the Associated Press. CHARTRES, France, August 9. —The French aviators, Drouhin and Landry landed at the airdrome here at 2:42 o'clock this morning, after having covered 4,400 kilo- meters in 45 hours 11 minutes 59 seconds, creating a new world non- stop record both for duration and distance. By the Associated Press. ETAMPES, France, August $.—The French aviators Drouhin and Landry, at 10 o'clock tonight, became holders of the world's record for a non-stop airplane flight, having covered a dis- tance of 4,100 kilometers (2,546.1/ miles). | The aviators were still in the air at | 10 o'clock, and had fuel to keep them | going seven hours tlonger. TODAY’S STAR. PART ONE—36 PAGES. General News, Local, National and Foreign. Radio News and Programs—Pages 30 and 31. Financial News—Pages 32, 33 and 36. PART TWO—I12 Pages. Editorfals and Editorfal Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 8. News of the Clubs—Page 9. | District National Guard—Page 10. Current News Events—Page 10. Around the City—Page 11. PART THREE—10 Pages. play. Music in Washington—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5, 6, and 8. Veterans of the Great War—Page 9. erial, ““The Wrath to Come"—Page 9. Civillan Army News—Page 10. Fraternal News—Page 10. 7 PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 Pages. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—8 Pages. Classified Advertising. The roads in the vicinity of| Etampes and Chartres and the hill- | sides were crowded with automobiles and pedestrians. Among the onlook- ers were many Americans who de- cided to pass a part of the night fol- lowing the trail of the speedins | plane. | The two fliers, who set out at 5:30 | o'clock vesterday morning to break | the world flight record for duration and distance are flying over a 62-mile course between Chartres and Etampes. Pass U. S. Flyers Mark. Their distance record at 10 o'clock tonight surpassed the 2,485-mile flight Lieuts. Kelley and Macready | in a United States Army plane at| Dayton, Ohio, in 1923. At 10:30 o'clock | tonight the aviators had been in the | air 40% hours thus beating Dreuhin’s own duration test of 37 hours 59 min- | utes and 10 seconds, made last year. | At noon today both men were in | excellent physical condition and were | confident they could remain aloft for | 50 hours. M. Deouhin, one of the aviators, who has set up new distance and duration records, has figured promi- nently in Frech aviation competitions since 1922, when, with Lieut. Bos- soutrot he stayed in the air over Le Bourget, 34 hours, 14 nunutes and 32 seconds. Drouhin’s companion pilot, Landry, has not flown on previous record flights. With M. Coupet, Drouhin set an- hours, 59 this mark a flight which lasted 37 minutes and 10 seconds, being made in the same Goliath biplane used by Bossoutrot and Drouhin, in 1922. Drouhin’s latest accomplishment before today's feat ‘was flying at a cost of a cent a mile, and thereby winning the Solex prize of 50,000 francs for the cheapest fiight from Paris to Rouen, about 63 miles. LEWIS-WARRINER NOTES IN COAL PARLEY RECORD Letterd Written After Negotiations Broke Off Will Count in Settlement. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August 8. —Anthracite _scale negotiations, ; broken off last Tuesday, are still “on"” technically speaking, it developed to- night, because by agreement of both sides letters exchanged meanwhile ‘go_into the record” and correspond- ingly count for points. By this arrangement the Thursday letter sent by Samuel D. Warriner, chalrman of the anthracite operators’ conference, in reply to the leiter pre- ceding the Tuesday break addressed to him by John L. Lewls, president of the United Mine Workers, becomes as much part of the deliberations as if Mr. Warriner and Mr. Lewis were face to face, it was said. The same will be true of the letter Mr. Lewis was completing today, in hich he will answer Mr. Warriner's “reply” and which he plans for the operators’ veteran leader and also the public to see Monday. Nothing else, however, is reported as having developed toward bring- ing the warring miners and operators together. s et SRS Mary Garden’s Manager Dies. DEAUVILLE, i'rance, August 8 (). —William Chauncey, manager for Mary Garden, prima donna, and at one time manager for the late Lillian Army and Navy News—Page 8. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 Pages. World Events in Pictures, COMIC SECTION—4 Pages. Betty; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. AIR MAIL STOLEN IN TRUCK HOLDUP Bandits in San Francisco Take Eight Bags Just in From East. By the Amsociated Pres: SAN FRANCISCO, August 8.—Eight pouches of air mail just arrived from the east were taken from a United States mail truck by six armed men on the San Francisco Embarcadero late toda: The truck was on its way from Crissy Field, the air mail landing depot, to the central post office. The automobile containing the six men drove into the path of the truck, crowded it into the curb and forced it to stop. The six occupants of the automobile jumped onto the truck, pointed pistols at the driver and unloaded the eight pouches. Warning the driver not to follow them or to call police, they drove rapidly toward the ferry buflding at the foot of Market street and were lost in the traffic. The robbery took place so quickly that many persons in the vicinity tailed to comprehend what was going on. The driver was the only occu- pant of the mail truck. Spectators took down the number of the automo- bile, which was of the closed type, as it dashed down the embarcadero and into traffic. CAB RACE S}\VES LIFE. 816-Mile Taxi Trip Takes Doctor to Get Bean From Boy’s Throat. Special Dispatch to The Star. CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 8.—A 316-mile trip by taxicab at 45 miles an hour saved the life of a 4-year-old boy in the Mercy Hospital, removed a bean from the left lung of Carmel Petry, son of a West Virginian mine elec- triclan. The friend took him yesterday morning 72 miles to Charleston, W. Va. There doctors took an X-ray photograph and said he would have to be treated by a specialist in Cincinnati. As there was no train until midnight, a taxi was called. The party arrived here an hour before midnight. Dr. Carthy said the boy would recover. TWO KILLED IN WRECK. Five Hurt When Train Plunges Through Trestle. FULTON, Ky., August 8 (®.—Two men were killed and five injured, two seriously, early tonight when a train of the H. W. Nelson Construction Co., including 57 cars, plunged through a Nordica, died here this afternoon from ‘blood poisoning. ( i\ trestle and crashed into a ravine 6 miles east of Fulton,. this morning when Dr. M. F. Carthy, | boy’s mother and a| WATERFRONT WORK Officials Declare Rentals to Meet Improvements Can- not Be Expected. | Whatever expenditure may be need- | ed properly to develop the Washing- {Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- | !0 Channel waterfront would be jus- tified, even though tenants for water- | tront property might nat who could pay the rental the Govern- ;menl would expect toreceive after the | reconstretion. the District wharf com- mittee told the Commissioners in its annual report for last year. “One important element should not be overlooked,” said the report, “is the fact that the Govern- ment cannot expect to get tenants at this time that would be willing to pay a remtal representative of a fair re. turn on the cost of improving and developing the waterfront. The City of New York has had a sad expe- rience In this direction. Several years ago that city, at considerable cost, constructed plers at Staten Island, only to have them remain untenanted. ““The situation in Washington probably different. Any expenditure for developing the waterfront of the Natfonal Capital in an attractive way can certainly be justified, even though many tenants may not be found that could pay the rental the Government would expect to recelve.” | | | | | { | | Some Improvements Made, The committee reported that it has been able to make some improve- ment in the appearance of the river the cost of the work and by allowing The elimination of unsightly sheds and buildings as leases expired wa continued during the past vear, the committee told the Commissioners. The committee points out that au- thortly has been given by Congress for the chief of Engineers of the Army to make a survey of the pro- posed improvement of the Washing. ton Channel waterfront, ani “pon completion of the surves the neces- sary funds will be sougnt to carry it out. | | tee are Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the District engineer department Dayvid MacComb, engineer of bridge: and Lieut. H. R. Lohman, harbor:| master. | The District Commissioners yester- | day called for bids for the erection| of a new 16-room schol bullding, to be erected at Thirteenth and Nichol- | son street northwest. The city heads | have an appropriation for this struc- | ture of $275,000 which is to include an | assembly hall and gymnasium. The bids will be opened in the board room of the District Building August.| 28. | MACMILLAN PLANES RIDE THREE SQUALLS AT ETAH} | and Peary Hold Bowdoin to Anchors During Storms, ! Radio Message Says. The steamers Bowdoin and Peary | held their anchors while the three Navy planes of the MacMillan Arctic expedition successfully rode out three squalls Friday night, said a radio message from Etah, Greenland, re- ceived last night by the National Geographic Soclety. It was the sec- | ond message forwarded to the soci- | ety during the day by A. A. Collins of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The latest advices, timed 4 p.m. yesterday, added that the exchange of engines on the NA-1 had been completed and that a successful flight was made in a stiff wind. “A flock of more than 500 little Auks,” said the message, “flying { toward thelr feeding grounds at sea, were joined at 2 o'clock vester- |day afternoon by several of the. ten Navy pigeons, which were released for the first time. Two Girls Drewn. MULLINS, 8. C, August 8 (P).— Nellle Connerly, aged 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Connerly of Smith- \ | {Maude Moore, aged 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Moore of this city ‘were drowned at Sandy Bluff 3 miles south of Mullins, this afternoon. Man Killed in Gun Fight. MUSKOGEE, Okla., August 8 (#).— An unidentified man is dead and Dep- uty Sheriff F. 8. Watkins of Hulbert, Okla., is suffering from bullet wounds as a result of a_running gun fight be- COSTRUTUPTOLS, be found | i | them a partial credit oh the rental. | { boro, 5 miles north of Mullins, and | When Great Wave Takes Them to Sea By the Associated Press. BOULOGNE, France, August 8.— The bodies of 13 children between the ages of 9 and 14 who were drowned at noon today at the bathing beach at Hardelot, a few miles south of here, when a great wave washed them out to sea, have been recovered and carried to the little chapel near the beach. Five other children who were on_the shore still are missing. The heroic efforts of four priests saved the lives of 10 of the children's party, on a_ vacation at Hardelot from northern French towns. Life savers | were continuing their efforts. AS “ADVENTURESS - GIRL HE ADOPTED Decides After Talk With State Official—Shaken by Interview. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YOKK, August 8.—FEdward W. Browning, millionaire real estate ated Mary Louise Spas, “the modern Cinderella,” whom he adopted this week. After a conxference with Queens County authorities, Mr. Brown ing and his attorney, Francis Dale, said steps would be taken to prevent Mary Louise from making any claim upon Mr. Browning's fortune. After the conference Mary Louise, | who earlier in the day had attempted jto take her life by drinking poison, { was placed in the home of a family | recommended by Dale and approved {by District Attorney Newcombe of |Queens and Commissioner of Public | Welfare Coler. Mr. Browning said jone of his business associates, Robert | H. Dunnett would care for her in his | Brooklyn home. Will Vold Adoption. “I will not only take such legal proceedings as will be necessary to {make the adoption proceedings null jand void,” Mr. Browning said, * but 1 | |in an: | rights. Although the girl left the meeting | way in possible property | changes of words between them and |she was quickly taken away to her temporary home, where she will be kept until the evidence presented at |today's conference is placed before { Surrogate Daniel Noble next Tuesday {and he decides what is to be done | with her. ““There is no doubt that Mary Louise fraudulently represented her age,” said | operator, tonight completely repudi- | will prevent Mary Louise from sharing | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” p The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at L 2 e i o B WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION e Ao g g WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 9, 1925.—NINETY PAGES * UP) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS. g 13 Children Drown BRYAN IN - sEz. [ y UL BEQUESTS, FOUNDS “ORTHODOX SCHOOL ;wm Provides for Boys’ Acad- emy or Other Avenues of “Christian” Training. |FAVORS ITS SUPERVISION BY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Many Other Institutions Are Re- membered —Family, Friends and Servants Get Share. Estate Put at $850,000. Special Dispatch to The Star NEW YORK, August 8.- estate of the late Willia | | nings n has a valt 1 | approximately $850.000, it was | | estimated here this afternoon. { | when a copy of the will filed for probate in Florida today was received Extensive bequests for ligion and education the Commoner iwere prising. in view of his intense | | interest in their furtherance particularly ong the of the Nation. By the Associated Press MIAMI, Fla, August §—Written by himself shortly before he departed for his last earthly battle—the Scopes trial—the will of the late W {Jennings Bryan, filed here today {Dade County Probate Court, provided for the needs of his entire family and in addition, perpetuated his fight in the cause of religion by setting aside ! funds for various churches and for an | academy for boys “firmly committed | to orthodox Christianity,” under the | supervision of some evangeliog! i church. Full of charatceristic Bryan phrases land idealisms, the last testament of |the Commoner placed those close to |him first in the distribution of his | worldly possessions, but only a little jahead of the principles which he |preached by voice and pen. Mary Baird Bryan, his wife, it was provided, should receive all household | furnishings and other personal belong- ings in addition to one-third of the en- which | With Mr. Browning, there were no ex- | tire estate. i Children Come Next. Next in his final legal document wers named his two daughters and son, Ruth Bryan Qwen, Grace Bryan Har- greaves and William Jennings Bryan, jr.; who are to receive one-fourth each of the remaining two-thirds of the estate. The other fourth of the re- mainder is divided among more dis- tant relatives and the funds for “the I aoule: “She s a little adven| o ivining of the spiritual with the & | intellectual.’ Mary Louise kept repeating, “I am | i . | 3 o | “Judge W. F. Blanton of Dare | =oing to De 16, as she left the Queens| ( Judge W. F. Blanton of Dare | County Court. | In the afternoon the girl attempted | su Bryan executrix. The complete text follows. Dot the " effort was frusirated py| I (he name of God, farewell. { Browning and others, who knocked |y .4 of Jesus Christ, my Lord and { the bottle of poison from her mouth | before the liquid had more than sear- | ed the girl’s lips. She said her act was {due “to the nasty things Mr. Coler i had been sayving about Mr. Brown. |ing, and because T was hysterical.” Both Are Grilled. At the conference both Mary Louise {and Browning were questioned con- | cerning the events leading up to the | adoption after the real estate operator { had chosen her from 12,000 applicants { who had answered his advertisement | in which he sought a child to adopt as {2 companion for Dorothy Sunshine | Browning. 9, his adopted daughter. | Mary Louise denied that she was 21 | as her mother had testified earlier in | the day. The mother’s testimony wa borne out by official school record | Mary Louise first maintained that her The members of the wharf commit- | age was 16 as was announced at the ! | time of the adoption, and then later sald that she was 17. i Mr. Browning was visibly agitated | when he left the conference and Mary Louise also appeared wan and dis- turbed. ARRESTS ARE THWARTED BY SPECTATOR’S BLOW Policemen Capture Assailant After | Chase, But Original Pris- oners Escape. Policemen F. G. Hawkins and F. A. Waters of the Eleventh precinct, were quietly placing two men under arrest | at Eleventh and O streets southeas last night when a man walked out | of the crowd of spectators and struck Policeman Waters in the face. In it the two| i | A scuffle ensued. prisoners got away and the police men let them go to chase their as- saflant. After running two block: and into a junk vard, they placed | Charles Hawgenmaker, 30 vears old, | 1220 Eleventh street southeast, under arrest on a charge of assault. i Upon being brought to the station | house it was discovered that Haw- | genmaker's head had been cut deep- | ly. Policeman said he might have| sustained the cut by a fall in the| junk yard. The prisoner was sent to | Casualty Hospital, where four | stitches were taken in the wound and he later was removed to Gallinger | Hospital. There he was released shortly after midnight on $600 bond. TWO KILLED BY WIRE. Aerial Falls Across Power Carrier, Electrocuting Youths. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAMFORD, Conn., August 8.— Harold Newland, 23 vears old, and Cyril Barrett, 28, were killed by electricity tonight when trying to stretch a radio aerial from Newland's house to a tree on the other side of Glenbrook road. Newland fastened a stone on the copper wire and threw it over the 4,500 volt high-tenslon wire of the Stamford Gas and Electric Company. Barrett caught the aerial as it dangled from the power wire and four of his fingers were burned off. As he strug- gled to.let go of the wire Newland rushed up to his aid. He, too, was burned terribly. Both were dead when tween three robbers and a posse of officers in the Chockee Hills near here today. The trio attempted to rob a stofe. s 5 g - a physician arrived 15 minutes later. It was necessary to shut off the power l'.;,. the electric station to dis- i <2 Redeemer, and relying on his promise for my hope of resurrection, I con- sign my body to the dust and com- mend my spirit to the God who ~ave it 1, William Jennings Bryan, a citizen of Dade County, Fla., being of sound mind and memory but conscious of the uncertainty of life, and desiring to make a just disposition of the worldly goods which an indulgent Heaveniv Father has seen fit to bless me, do make, publish and declare this my last will and testament, hereby revok- ing and anulling all former wills by me made. Provides for Monument. First. I desire that all my just debts and funeral expenses shall be fully paid and satisfied, including the use of such sum as my wife and chil- dren may deem proper for the pur | chase of a monument to mark my grave. i~ Second. I give and bequeath to my | beloved wife, Mary Baird Bryan, my congenial comrade and companion and | my faithful helpmate for more than |40 years, all my household goods, | jewelry piate, library, automobile, etc., | to use, distribute or sell, according to i her pleasure. I to make such gifts to, or division among our children, children-inlaw, ~grandchil- dren, relatives and friends as we would make together if we joined in the distribution. Third. I give and bequeath to my said wife a life estate in our home, Marymont, in Cocoanut Grove, Fla., and 1 hereby authorize and direct the expenditure from my estate of uch sums of money as may be neces- sary to pay taxes on said home and keep it in repair. I hereby authorize my said wife to occupy, rent or sell said home, according to her pleasure. It the house is rented, the taxes and repairs shall be paid out of the rent. When the home Is sold, the proceeds shall be turned into the general fund of my estate. Fourth. 1 give and bequeath unto my said wife onethird of all the property, real, personal and mixed, which 1 possess at the time of my death. Guards Against Fight on Will. Fifth. I give and bequeath to my beloved children, Ruth Bryan Owen, W. J. Bryan, jr., and Grace Bryan Hargreaves, one-fourth each of all the proceeds of my estate remaining after the payment of the bequest io my said wife and other bequests and ex- penses, but said bequ are made subject to the following provision, viz.: If any child resorts to the courts to break the provision of this will, the bequest to such child will be re- voked by sald act, and said child’s portion will go into my estate to be divided among the other legatees. One-half of each child’s portion shall be set apart for it as soon as distri- bution can be made, the other half shall be available for the childref, respectively, when my said wife dies, The second half until my said wife's death shall be kept in the hands of my executors and invested in bonds of the United States Government, State governments, city governments and school districts. While such sums shall be so held by my executors, the nicome from such money shall be used to supplement the income re- ceived by said wife from her own property if my said wife’s income is not sufficlent to furnish her every comfort, she to be the sole judge of her needs. From the income on this sum also shall be paid t % and * (Continued on Page 3, Colum!