Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1925, Page 2

* THE EVENIN ACMILCAN'FALLS 3 T ‘K]ansmen‘s Autos ! Damarred h Gang f OEWDPLANEBASE, e ovemens Unable to Duscover Half-Way Location Between Etah and Cape Hubbard. By the Asspeintsd Precs in A tav Comdr flight over night intermediate pedirion hetween main base hard, whe the advance f The flight ward ( Donaid MaeMillan Ellesmera Island Satur to An suiiahle n was nnahle the hase s A reentand and Thomsas is planned to esiablish ing hase Hubhard, and evervwhere | conntry flizh the effort were four Another further Seuth will he made in o Details te a base of the flight were radio dispate the riment feom Lieu ).-n of Navy Left Ktah NA3 the Reber as pilot and Comdr zator-pilot. and N A Rocheville mechanic Donald MacAMillan Ftah Saturday nizht Set course rees Saturday dispateh said Byrd \ Sehur ind pass vhieh with variation o compass our attemptin from Cape Land Smith Sou with open have heen made if nece ad these leads did not reach Cape Noted that steering tively useless. navigator's very sluggish. and heari from plane showed a devi degrees . . <ufficient compass. Altitnde. 3 Avel Heiber vas covered wi A the exception of a few leads of might Follow extent. an ne until wvhere Landinz o some so 40 en compass ngs taken tion 30 There the Sandun Sah compass Country passing ¢ speciacle were oo Rugzged. After nificent the fjords snow and and heneath us to valleve and abruptly from ases covered zlaciers running ed No idea he zed character he can he Rotten from the charts or maps, which An not show manv of the mountains. 23 some of this territory e unknown ‘There watar in could have ape opened mag All nd us o view. ered with ice showed around he nothing hut deep mountains rising fiord. and in many with great he ntr the 1and jazged the with snow down seems to was little open the wvhere land been made. Eilsmere con tinued its ruzzed character. and it hecame apparent no would be found on the land in the direction we were going. also the | of ice tiords that par nnon Fiord indicated be no “landing our journey. * * AT 120 miles from <ettle ahead and through. so it was decided Ftah. Had ta Ay at altitude of 3 feet to zet above low clonds until we reachad sizht sound. Indicator <howed 30-mile zales blowinz from the rorth and water in harhos rouzh when plane landed alongside Peary at 5 minutes hefore midni yresence llel that there the end in run to would ace of Ktah fog began thick 0 return to 3.200 o o to see Walrus Threat. “Al meuth of harhor whensNA- tarted tn take off 4 huge herd of wal rus came near the plane and appeared get enraged al it. hut thev were «oon left behind. where we took off. A piece of ice weizhing abont 500 tons was blomn hy the gald into the harbor Iast night at 3 a.m. and it drifted he tween the Perry and the planes which were anchored 100 vards toward the shore from the ship. I is necessary keep all-night watch on the planes on account of the drifting ‘Aerographer Franc has just nded me a report tha gale of zreat inten driving toward Etah from the sound. All planes have heen secured As soon as the three planes will southern shore of Ellesmere Lan from Etah. where save there planes tomorrow “The four of n Plane. is weather clears all make flights to the the Day Fjord. in 73) statute miles Comdr. MacMillan ald suitable will clear his flight been freed. and eturned the are circling return when now a driv out Francis We suffici pigeons them hav pigeon house. The around. and will p they get hungry. Trere is ing snow. which prédiction The planes oth have visited the camp where 13 members of the exploring party headed by Admiral Greely died of starvation in Comdr. MacMil lan reported in 4 dizpatch 1884 ARGENTINE GIRL TRIES TO SWIM CHANNEL AFTER THREE FAILURES 1 e from First Page.) Jderle am and rather said Miss 100 qyick. - I suspense is is. the first time that Miss Harrison has begun an attempt swim the channel in daytime, and she told the Associated Press corresponc ent that it was much less trying start with several thousand lining the cliffs at Gris-Nez and cheer ing her than to steal out in the mid dle of the night by the fiickering light of a lantern Tt is Dover this declared Miss Har Gris-Nez ai J after she hours in the fantly against conditions. A it can't tired of this time, sure,” she ison was 4 miles out ’5 o'clock heen from thix afternoon more than water zgling val ahominable weather heavy rain. aceompa nied by hail. was hampering her progress. She was drifting ahnor mally to the south CHEMIST, MYSTERY SLAYER. ENDS LIFE ON EVE OF ARREST Page.) (“ nnnnutd rmm First sion was heard and neighbors found in the wreckage of the plant a hody which they believed to be that of Schwartz. Acid had been applied to the face and the fingers cut off, ap- parently in an_attempt fo prevent identification. It was soan evident that an effort had heen made to make the body conform to the character- istics of Schwartz. A tooth corre- aponding to one missing in Schwartz's mouth had been chiseled from the corpae. Three religious hooks and part of a letter in the laboratory led to the Apparent identification of the body as that of Barbe. who had heen a war veteran, college student and a migra- tory lahorer. Tt has not been definitely determined to what extent Mrs. Schwartz will re- ceive insurance. Of the £100,000 insur ance her husband carried his widow will receive not more than $23.000 and some doubt hae been expressed if this emount will be paid. was quite | to | people | three | of A group hovs with a xc more of the thousands of automobiles parked in the fields | surroundinz the Arlington Horse Show | irounds last night the first | | public “naturalization” ceremony of | the Ku Klux Klan. Tires were slashed. windshields broken and water vained from the radiators. according [t reports made to L. A. Mueller | 2rand’ Kleagle of the District Klan he presided at the exercises. When the complaints from the en- | razed motorists became numerous, 40 | Klansmen in civilian clothes were de tailed by Kleagie Mueller to comb the | fields for the culprits. Several boys who were said to be acting suspiciously | around the parked cars were taken | into custody by the Klansmen and | turned over to the Arlington County | Horseshoe nails were said to een found in their pockets, but were released by the county orities | The machines, whose radiators had heen drained. hecame overheated stalled and intensified the traffic jams on the Virzinia roads after the cere manies ~ LITTLE ENTENTE HIT; AS BAR TO AMITY wrou havoe they Impends Between Brit- ain and Soviet. WILLIAMSTOWN The little entente mania. Czechoslovakia slavia, is maintaining a spirit of dis | trust in central Europe. Felix Valyi| of Paris. editor of the Revue Politique | Internationale and a Hungarian by birth. said at a round table conference of the Institute of Politics today There is no such thing as a Hun sarian peril.” he sald. “There is question of progress or reaction the Vallev of the Danube and the Hungarian people need some time to 1dapt themselves to new conditions nee the war. Rut the very existence of the little entents is a hindrance 1o A better understanding among the natians of central Europe. The little entente represents new forces of op pression combined 1o obstruct the way a solution of international problems hy friendly hands. 1t in tends to maintain by military force a state of dis-equilibrium herween race: [and hinder the free play of economic The problems of European quilthrium cannot he solved “th nographic Mass made and August up of Jugo- | 10 in forces. Explains Haitian Occupation. At the round rable outstanding problems in inter-Ameri can relations, Dr. L. 8. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Uniwon, said Any one documents relative 1o cupation of Haiti by the States cannot help hut fesl varfous reason: set forth not afford a satisfactory or E complete explanation. The tr ox planation is to be found in the eir cumstanees surrounding the Furepean war, “At the iime of the milithry oc pation we were still # neutral eaun try. and Prasident Wilson yas hent on maintaining our n(lllvnlxn “RNumors of all kinds werea 2floal concerning possible German or other submarine hases in American waiers. There was natural apprehension of complications that might arite if a Haitian port were used as such a hase. The lerter tien by Secretary Lansing at the time of the Haltian investigation in- dicates how real this fear was i In view of all these cireumstances it not surprising that overn ment of the United States utilized the complications arising out of the mur der of the Haitian President by an in furiated mob as the occasion not only 10 meet the then existing emergency, but to put an end to further possible complications during the period of the Furopean war Viewed in this light .the policy adopted in 1915 is at least | explicable.” Denial that France is using her re. lations with the members of the Little Entente for imperialistic purposes was made by Charles Pergler, former Crechoslovakian commissioner at Washington, at another . round-table conference. He said that Senator An. tonin Cippico of Italy had implied this in a lecture here last Friday. The Little Entente is nothinz more than an nndersianding for the defense of the member countries and the maintenance of the peace treaties ™ he said These countries have co- operated with France hecause they have common Interests and because in pre-war days France was friendly 10 their aspirations. * * * Italy's rational security is not threatened, or likely to he, Predicts War With Russia. Prediction f an inevitable _war be- tween Great Britain and Russia, with rope endangered by holshevism un less she aiters her policy of “brute ! force” toward the Orient, was made | by Felix Valyi of Paris vesterday in jism, cannot be treated by the usual {tute. M. Valyi is one of the institute lecturers and is editor of the Revue Politique Internationale. “Tremendous upheaval in the East { from Morocco to Mongolia, which con- | stitutes one immense movement di- | rected by the same spirit of national- | ism cannot be treated by theusual| methods of European colonlal powers, | ¢ conference on the the published military United that the therein d at least studying The FEuropean races during the war | 1ost their prestige in the East: there | | is no choice for them to solve by ! brute force the economic and social problems which confront them, * * ** ““The real issue at stake.” the statement continued is whether the | best minds of the Orient will co-oper- . ate with the best minds of the Occi- | dent to save civilization or will help | Russian bolshevism to destroy FEn rope. | “Instead of introducing opium and | ‘\\hlfiL\ in China. England should | give more attention 10* the spiritual | aspect of her relations with the east ern world.” M. Valyl's statement | said. “Otherwise in the inevitable war | which is coming hetween England | 1d Russia within the next genera | tion, for their conflicting ideas of economic_and social life cannot be | | solved by peaceful means, the| British empire might succumb to the | hatred of Asia.” BHITONS LEAVE. Eleven prominent English Rotarians who are making a tour of the United States left today for Philadelphia after a two-day stay here. They were entertained at luncheon at the Wil- lard Hotel by local Rotarians hnded‘ by William L. Radcliffe. Among the English party were Vivian Carter of London, Paul Graves | of Brighton. KEngland. an interna- | tional director of the order: Dr. A. E. (Ikins. Blackpool, England: R. J. Rees, Swansea, Wales: Sidney F. .James, | llkeston, England: Walter Malcolm Belfast, Ireland: Herbert Gallier Brighton, England: Frederick F. Vin cent, Oxford, England; J. C. Bensusan Butl. Colchester, England: R. 1L Grange, York, England, and J. Lead- bitter, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. i {1ess than two hours | White { mit | Wesr |t G STAR, WASHINGTON D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1925, FIRST MEETING OF U. S..BELGIAN DEBT COMMISSIONS IN WASHINGTON. Teft to right sitting arq Richard Olney (W. W. . Undersecretary i, viee governor of the Societ States. Winsto Franeq th rtment: F. G. De Blair, ministry of finan MILITARY TO BEAR BIG BUDGET SLASH; D. C. FIGURE STANDS (ontinued from Kirst Page.) ! Politics Institute Is Told Wary.. that It Is Incorporated in the esti mates Gen. Lord with the President and when he left Court he headed for Maine, his home State. where he plans to be with his fatmly week ar so before re turning 10 Washingt He said that he intends to start fings on esti mates before September | Except for Gen. Lord culler on the President’s list was Representative White, ji.. of Maine from a trip through Alaska the wish of Mr. White to Ay Coolidge regarding conditions in Alas ka and the West as he has seen them, and. if time permitted take up with him problems the con gressional committee in charge of radio communication, of which he is the chairman. He indicated that he would reintroduce the administration ratio control bill when the next Con Al Comparatively few sngagements have heen made for the President fc this week. partly hecause of the wee snd trip which i planning to make to Plvmouth and parriy 1o per E. ¢. Tarbeli. the artist to complete the portrail of tne Press dent which he ix painting ana which will be placed in the Senate chamber at the siatehouse in Boston Interest attaches one visitor whom the President will receive prior to his departure for Plvmouth or im mediately upon his return to Whiie - Postmaster General Harrs New. It is said that the Postmaste General has a variety of postal mat ters to take up with the Presiden: ements made at the executive offices this morning indicate there is little or no foundation for the pub lished reports indictments will Dhe asked hefore the zrand jury in the District of Columbia of persons di rectly or indirectly connected with the Alien property custodian’s office in the last few years as a reswli of the con farence which Attornev General Sar- zent had with President Cooltdge Bast Saturday. So far as oficlal anapufire. MAntk are concarnsd the subject was not discussed during ihe conference. Those directly connecied with ihe President sav that their information i that the only matters taken up were appointments, pardens and iu dicial cases Mrs. Coolidge varied her tine this morning hy for i n by the only ngagement Wallace H was assambles v Property Probe Scooted. daily rou driving 10 Lynn and visiting several stores dealing in | alectrical appliances. NEW DRIVEWAY PLAN FOR POTOMAC PARK Road in Place of That Aleng River Made Desirable by Other Projects. Plans have heen completed for struction of a Potomac con- new riverside drive in Park to replace the present roadway, which runs alang the river shore. Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill. director of public build ings and public parks of ths Na tional Capital. sald that Ar- lington Memorial Bridze plans and the actual construction of the Eries an extent that work could he started son Memorial had progresed to such on the proposed new roadway The. new road will be placed close to the sea wall which has been erect d there and will run directly by the sson Memorial. This area will be immediately opened to dumping, so that the grade may be raised prepar atory to laving the new road. After passing the Ericsson Memorial this roadway will join with one near the polo grounds. As soon ax there has been sufficlent dumping in the new area. the lawns will be seeded and preparations made to have beautified by the time of the Memorial unveiling next the Ericsson Ma Twenty-third street south of Lin coln Memorial will be cut thr connect the memorial roadway the new riverside drive. REGISTERED MAIL STOLEN 10 (#) some of CHICAGO, August Six reg- isterad which may have eontained honds and other secu- letters, rities of large value, were included m‘ the loot taken by robbers. who stole eight pouches of air mail in 8an Fran cisco in a hold-up Saturday. The six letters. were mailed in_Chicago and {will be traced by post office inspectors to their writers to determine their value. of the Treasu ale de Credit a I'Industrie: legal adviser of the W. # of Belgium, and J. Warlan who is returning the present | table: ). Senator v, secreta enerale de Belgique; Robert Silvercruys, 3 W. K. D. Commission; 4 . divector of the public debt Georges 1 Reed Smoot,' S 3 of the W, 3 b e K 'WEIRD INITIATION OF l\LA'\"Q C @ontinued from First Page) d, 1 o The of this spirited and eulogy Wesley who re not_publicly annour i {vealed his identiy H. Connaughio Jaunched nto a of Klan ideals Wizard Hiram was not prese, He shouted that Saturday’s parade was “the hest class |of men and women 1 have ever walk down Pennsylvania avenue and added that “we don't have apologize for the Ku Kiux Klan from now on as city. ther enunciation vial who o Points (o Rapid Growth. | He recallea the | Klan nine years hundred members a zrowth that lions composing Protestant fraterna in the United corporation of the and time he arganization it in pointed to anly States world There was vociferous cheerin | the “national speaker” assertad the Kian for “a great mation of Americans.” and denounced “so.called Americans who. call them [selves Irith or German or gome other kind of American.” adding. “let’s stop talking in hyphenated terms. “Free thought. free religious ciples.” he emphasized. “ha the foundation of a massive under God. shall take the he fiery the open Rible public school tight.” he stood 1malga prin heen that world for and the will shut the alien gates continued, “that for eigners can't squeeze through. let's keep the rest of them out this We have enough now - ‘speaker predicted that succeed ing years wonld see other Klan parades down Pennsyivania avenue Apparently taking cognizance of press reports to the effect that thers was dissension in the Klan over Dr Evans. the imperial wi Mr. Con naughion drew a mighty cheer when he mentioned Evans by name and shouted thai Klansmen were fortunate to have such “a God-fearing man” as their lender. “He makes mistakes. just as vou and I do.” the speaker said, “hut we love him just the same At tha conclusion of the opening ad dress the Raliston Klan Rand of Ar lington County. Va.. played ~ America as an inner cirele of robed zuards. carrying large American flags, sta tioned themselves in concentric fash fon around the pavilion 1t was a signal the masses of spectators that the actual ceremony was about 1o hegin. and they pressed forward eagerly. As a hush pervaded ihe thronz a silken American flag was dropped from the rostrum in front of Kieagle Mueller. and an open Rible was placed on the rail Thirty Candidates Appear. At a signal the circle opened at one point and the 30 candidates. one of them already in Klan regalia. filed solemnly to a position directly in front of the 6-foot elecirically lighted cross mounted in an automobile parked at the platform. As the march bezan the robed band struck up the Klan favorite, “Onward, Christian oldiers There followed a great lull, marked only by a stir of officials on the platform as they, gave instructions to a courier “'n light the great burlap wrapped and oilsoaked cross several hundred feet away A lone Klansman, bearing hghted torch, climbed up the foot thick trunk which formed the up. right for the cross, and ligchted the first wrapping of combustible rags ahout feet ahove the earth. In an instant, aimost, a snake.like tongue | of lame =hot upward 1o the top of the | pole and hegan 1o spread ut - hori- | zontally on the 30.foor cros: mber, As the flery cross gradually hecame emblazoned across the Stygian blan | ket of the night the impressive spec “var‘le of this laming symbol. seemingly suspended in the air, drew from the entire a: mbly a prolonged cheer | that must have reverherated against {the slopes of Arlington. a mile away. Ritual Is Started. As quietness again reigned, the steady voice of the kleagle began to intone the fateful words of the Klan | naturalization rites. | | “Sirs,” he began, “the Klan gives | | vou an opportunity here to answer | afirmatively to each of the following questions: “Is vour ish in' seeking membership {great order? “Are you a native-born, estant American citizen? | “Are you opposed to and free from any allegiance whatsoever to an sect, creed, foveign ruler, potentate or | zovernment other than the United States or in conflict with its ideals? | “Da you believe in and adhere to | the tenets of the Christian religion? “Do you believe in the sacredness of the United States Government and | I pay allegiance to it “Will you defend it against foreign invasion and aggression? “Do vou believe in klannishness? you believe in white suprem- motive serious and unself- in this white, Prot- | | | | “Do acy? Do vou willingly conform to all the ANNUAL MOUNTAIN Excursion to Western North Carolina SATURDAY, 'AUGUST 15, 1925 Round Trip Fares From Washington to Asheville .. . Black Mountain......$17.75 Brevard ... $19.75 Flat Rock............$19.00 Hendersonville .. . ... .$19.00 $18.25 ...$15.25 ..$19.25 .$16.00 ...$18.75 cee...$19.25 Hickory .....= Lake Junaluska. Lenoir ....... Saluda ..... Waynesville . Tickets on sale for ali regular trains (except No. 37), Saturday, August 15th. Good returning on reaching original starting point prior to midnight August 31, all regular trains (except No. 38), 1925. pend your August vacation in the delightful Western North’ Carolina mountains, the “Land of the Sky, where the sky is blue, the air pure and the climaté salubrious. ) Southern Railway System S. E. BURGESS, D. P. A, 1510 H St. N.W., Washington, D. C. B. Kellogg, Secret B | concluded, ( Belgium: Baron de Cartier. Belzian hairman heodore Standing: Y ecretary A. W. Mellon ry Herbert Hoover, Senat d of the Banque d'Outremer. al of the delegation; Dr. \. N Vincent, administrator of the Belg of Belgin IS CLIMAX \I’IIAI CRUSADE mandates of the Constitution and the Jaws of this T each of be depended 1por hese questions 11 1 initiates respone Then, placing their left hands their hesrts and ruis ing (heir right hands (n heaven. the prospective knights repeated, word by word. the Klan oath. beginning: “1. in the presence of God and man, do most solemnly pledge und swear uncondi tonally thai I will falthfully obey the Constitution #nd laws of the United States Government and willingly con form 1o the laws and regulations of the Ku Klux Klan, now and here. after.” The oath. which is rather lengthy. includes a pledge (o keep the secrets of the order under all condi tions, to see that val men are invited to join the Klan. to discourage selfishness and “selfish political ambi tion.” te support this Government ahove any other and kind of gov ernment.” 1o defend “unto death™ the roperty. life and flaz of America and enforce its laws and Constitution. and 1o protect “by all justifiable means free schools. free speech, free press free religion and white supremacy Oath Held Most Binding. Morial man cannot binding oath than this Kleagie Mueller declared, “and to violate it means disgrace, dishonor and death The kieagle then raised a cup of sparkling water, and, dipping his fingers into the liquid. sprinkled drops of it the hared head of a Kilans. man kneeling beside him, in avm bolism transparency of life and clearness of motive” of the Klans man. As he sprinkled the water the kleagle said: “"Neath the fiery cross I dedicate you in body. in mind. in spirit. and in life (o the service of Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, home and country A fervent praver. in Kleagle dedicated the their obligations and aid te held them keep the formal ceremony wherenpon the new membére arose and _were informed. “You mo longer are strangers or Allens among us. but citizens of the invisible empire. On hehalf of the.emperor I Welcome you to the empire &nd proclalm vou “elti zens of the invisible empire. Knights of the Ku Kiux Klan. 2 most honor- able title among men The kleagle then asked the new members if they knew the meating place of the klan. Several shook thair heads. “Then I'll tell vou. and I'm that the whole world should Foom 404, International to assume a mora i which the candidates 1o invoked divine them. cf of _initia it Building! The program fiery oratory by Richmond Va speaker Denies Fight on Catholles. “We are not fighting the Catholic or the Jew. - the speaker said, “but for Protestant Christianitv. \We beliove in he rights guaranteed to every man by the Constitution, irrespective of his race, creed or color. We are not concerned with the oman Catholie, nor are we, as has been repeatedly charged, his avowed enemy But we do say that the seat of government ix vonder at the Capitol and not_on the banks of the Tiber at Rome. Nor are we fighting the .Jew. The Jew automatically makes himself Ineligible to join this order through his refusal 10 bhelieve in the Lord Jesus Chri: “The salvation of the Klan vn'un- the salvation of America We have no apologies to offer for anr existence. | We want America first and alwavs. I.et the Jews have Jerusalem if they want it But let us join to keep America 100 per cent American There were constant outhurste of cheering to punectuate the speaker's remarks. but none more prolonged than when he raised his voice to a stentorian pitch and called for the reading of the Bible every morning in the public schools of America, “with an American flag in view of the chil dren in each room.” We need men and women im- pregnated with the spirit of '7 he “ready to die that their Na remain as the founders in- with some White of national concluded Dr. E. R, another tion shall tended."” Commissioner Fenning today sent a ! KLAN CONSIDERS YEARLY PARADES i Agitation for New York or Ambassador to the U D. C), Garrard B. N. Hurley, Emil inden, director of dviser of the State treasury: J. Boet, director of the BROWNING CALLS SELF A FOOL, IS THROUGH WITH ADOPTION PLAN (Continued First a from zathered in the case to the e wi ther an Las sa crime was committed in piion A reward of $300 was offered Rabert 1. Dunne iness Browning, for informati the whereabouts of Mary explain the of his Distric 1 Newcombe the i volting effort capitalize riety she had obtained There is nothing romatic esting in the incident My examination of this yonng woman will prove to any one that she is designing and \d that she seeking n ease and It is d not search He Durpose 1 < making a the re noto: claved or inter only to oht underiving something fout ich home. he same old story crime. Eausy money for nothing. Rut vou cannot comman decency and truth, w bulwark of the American and get away with it Miss Spas has kicked off har Cinder slipper 1o make her own way the world hy writing her fairy ry for a newspaper for $500 and probably acting it in the movies he didn't even say good-bye last night. The clothes she wore were those given her by Mr. Browning She took them, she said. only cause she had nothing else to wear She left the 50 frocks. strings pearls wnd other articles bought her recent shopping teur Fit I spent that girl $20,000 my make M: trying foster daughter Browning said. “You have a hard being honest in this world. If arve. somebody’s sure to double time you cross 1 had very confidence in her last. If she had been 16 old ould have been different. but 21 is too much. Her age defeats the sole purpose for which 1 adopred her to companion for S-year-old Dorothy Sunshine Rrowning N be a More Adoptions I adept another am through trving dn people: She is the smartest Actress in New York Mr. Rrowning. in full sympathv with authorities who had heen inves tigating the case. said today he would seek to annul the adoption on srounds of fraud. so that Mary could have no claim on hix fortune. Yet he said he would do il he rould to help her make her way. When Mr. Browning made mind that she must ‘leave Saturday night, Mary and her maids were sent to the home of Mrs. Dunnet (o escape publicity. Mr. Browning safd “literary agent” found her there He's my hest friend ” Mary =ald of the agent. ““The world has been mak ing me suffer. and now I'm gzoing get even and make ihem suffer. haven't any money. but (pointing Mr. Browning) 1 will fight him. The disillusioned fairy godfather Was not so resigned about the attempt to take little Dorothy Sunsbine fror him. Bird S. Coler. commissioner of public welfare, was to confer today with Dorothy's foster. mather, Mrs Anna St John of Rye, N. Y.. who ha complained that Browning s adoption of a 2l-year-old girl was evidence that he was not a fit guardian for Dorothy. -— never. 1 zo0d for o 1 to ficers and men of the Police Depart- ment for the manner in which thex performed their duties during the visit of the Ku Kiux Klan to Washington. His latter to Acting Supt. Charles A Evans, which will be printed on the police bulletin this afternoon, follows: “From many sources I have heard expressions of approval of the serv- ives rendered hy members of the Metropolitan police during the Ku Klux Klan parade and while there were so many visitors in Washington. These encomiums were well earnsd by members of the department. 1 wish to express my very sincere thanks to all officers and men for the splendid manner in which they dis- charged their duties on this occasion.” message of commendation to the of- ~ 1312 G Street City Club Buslding AUGUST FUR SALE UR offerings for the Au- gust Sale consist of a complete line of su- perior -quality fur garments in the pre- vailing styles. Attractively Priced Representing a sav- ing worth consider- ing. Prices Ranging “From .$100 Up REMODELING Shots That Count IT'S a snap to get good snapshots when you use the best sup- plies and a finishing service that is trust- worthy. Expert advice on camera problems “is part of our service to you. Our stock is complete, our finishing service exceptional. Films left before 9:30 are ready at 4:30 the same day. The National REMEMBRANCE Shop My. Foster's Shop 14th St. at Pa. Ave. Also 1229 Penna. Ave. | #vent some be- | > Ahsolutely | up his | the | Boston March in 1926 Is Begun. Elated N eus of 2 demonstration of th Kian in Washington, I f the hooded order, it was learned today, » ready planning a vepetition of t time next S S, nent is crystallizing ficialg in favor of an annua! tion €imilar to the yearly the Shriners, Nies in larg the Klan leaders ince th bl Invisible Empire for 100 ) that it orderly gained thei the = the first Ku Kiux centers tion the he is cent Ame can conduct manner. T throu these nstrations ganization's membership campaigr New York City has heen mentioned prominently as the seene of the Kian demonsiration. The New | land leaders, however, have 1rge Kian to siage the event next year Boston. Massachuseit the big stumbling hieck ir ress of the Klan in Klan circles th mav pave the Ingland he 0 has hee the pro ally in H for a New <tor o througho he rposes Expls The real purpose of the point men and women organizi that it it designed strength of Numerous the ¢ den Klar eports circulated pr some of whick e the was dissensi that the m wo inst Wesley to found ebratio their way into print impression that thes e organization and nsmen while in Wask he calldd upon to revolt present rezime Dr. Hiram Fvans, the al wizard matter Klan officials de clared. there ix absolute ny the Klan, and that the inder the administration of D has made the greatest advancement in its histo During the administration of Col. Joseph Simmons, the founder and first imperial wizard of the new Kian the officials point out that the order greatest strength was slightly a 1.250,000. Since the ousting of ( the Kian er Dr. Evans ta & migity erganizatior boasting a membership of 6,000,000 that Dr. Evans marc rocession Saturday proved conclusively, the Klan leaders s that the imperial wizard indors demonstration. The pravers at the services for suceess, couplec with the noisy ovations which ted every mention of hix name. they sald further show the Klansmen's fidelit him and his imperial staff Mask Ban Rumored. The demonstration in Washir also revived the recurrent | that a movement would be initiat | transfer the Imperizl Palace. the Klan national headauarters, from Atlania to the Capital, and that the unmask | ing of the Klansmen for the processio {down Pennsyivania avenue A fore. | runner of “the permanent | ment the visar s a part | resalia. Neither of thése | were “hroached durinz the visit | the white.rohed host. the leaders { clared. At the same time they | iterated that these auestions never have heen considered serfously hy the | kouneilium or other zatherinz | of the Klan officiale | The propagation department [ Kian now is located in Washinzion and the leaders say they are confident that it can ction most sffectivel {as a liaison with Congress and | Government. As the present Klan was { founded in Georgia. the Imp Pal ace will stand in Atlanta fc {a monument to the birthplac | organization. the leaders insist The fact that the veil was lified for he demonstration in Washingtor proved conclusively. the Klan lead declared. that the knights of the visible Empire” were not afraid | show their faces. o n ymons | has grown they say mare than The fact in the hed th +handon of subier of n de any of the i ununquumm'adefux, Studebaket MfllflgabylflLfnrst FOUR MEN TAKEN IN ATTACK ON GIR Freed on Failure of ldentifi- cation, However. as County Hunt Centinues. il was M Four suspec Washington scene of the ed a ph k he dished ith if she ther he Bel H. 135'% heriff " called =1 the whose This wor vas of her simijar olice are con fu by unimer tur cate th withhels PLAN ENLARGEMENT OF TRAFFIC COURT tried wil srged created be er eceipt ¢ presid u sanction o the scher offic ovements 1me +ffic dinary of 1 n place house was erecie e need Bui Schuld he & was A th larging S lishe row nsed by the flnos “ourt Are, Prompl n" attenc ient r. increase ec the ERR R ? 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