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WEATHER. (U. S, Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy today; tomorrow fair with rising temperature. Temperatures—Highest, vesterday; lowest, 6! Full report on page 7. 71, at 12 m. at 10 p.m. he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Tntered as matter post office, D, C No. 1,109—No. 30,000, Man Falls in Tank LADMASSES OPEN *Grewhvie CATHOLIG CONGRESS . crs it Him ATCHICAGO TODAY v e When Edward Johnson fell frém | a ladder into a small tank of | brine while repairing an electric Services Will Continue From 5AM. to 8 P.M.in ~ All Churches. second clas: Washing®, refrigerator at the City Hospital last night, an electric plug carry- ing a current of 110 fell in_with him. The current passing through the salt water to all parts of his body numbed him and he was unable to climb out. He cried out, but before help came he was dead. BERMANY FACING TESTINVOTE TODAY volts CATHEDRAL IS DRAPED IN SILVER AND GOLD Railroads Report Train Service Taxed to Utmost as Thou- sands Arrive. ChicaGo, Tune 19 with the ten-| Cabinet Certain Plebiscite on! der to I x XI of “spiritual | a2 o' Stk | Confiscation Wil Fall Short | | of 20,000,000. twenty-eighth International Eu- | Congress will be formally | ed tomorrow by the celebration of | > than 2,000 masses in 367 churches | By the Associated Pren Catholic avehdiocese of Ch BERLIN, June 19.—Voters of the | ims from all the world will Join 12 | yoyng German republic tomorrow will | rd of 3,000 1 g5 1o the polls to decide whether or priests and 10,000 nuns in worship and | ;o e Dlonere of thelr former he charistic ope mo: or Pile cardinals, 400 bishops, upw | re ay to ot the father! use of the wiGow come unto them.” A lack of unity has* marked the ! policy of both the Centrist and Demo {crat “parties in_connection with the | referendum. Although leading Dem I nerats, such as Count von Bernstortf, | Dr. von Siemens, the indust er, and Dr. Schiffer, former mini )" justice, have opposed the confisca | tion scheme openly, the party had de- lereed that the matter is one for the {individual conscience to decide. It is expected, however, that the bulk of Democrats will vote in favor of the | measure. | The left wing of the Centrist party pontific ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Pickerel in New York Fold U»n Like Collapsible Drinking Cup. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLD SPRING, N. Y., June 19.— Joseph Barry, State game warden in { Putnam and West Chester Counties, | told a story today about three fish he anlmd telescoped He has two witnesses, he says, to what he found in Lake Gleneida in | Caramel. He picked up a eli-inch 19.—Miss | pickerel, which was believed to be | breathing its last., There was stick- ing out of its mouth for four inches another fish. Warden Barry pulled this out Tt was 10-inch pickerel and. to his astonishment, there was stuck in its mouth a four-inch pick- erel. wdoration of the holy eucharist. The | o SO PEPPES O Many of i riests 5 fany' of . e |are confident tonight that the me evout pilgrims for the reception of | 5 devout pilgrims for the reception of fgg g4y precinets’ throughout Germany. hifts for services, be- % Ehifts fopml ¢ | erisis which would fnevitably follow onfessionals constantly | Proposal will be averted. Rites to Last All Day. { man republic is freely admitted in of vral rites of worship and prayer will | paign now coming to its close ha Sy oenii Sin. Mol |in bitterness even in the presidential virtually all parishes 1 will be " executive office. As a symbol of the unity and con- | day festival, the blessed sacrament |Proved at.tomorrow’s plebiscite, four | congress ends in the solemn Kucha- | dynasties will be dispossessed of their guard of honor will kneel in the! Opponents of confiscation without Immediately preceding solemn pon- | would be an obvious precursor to a his eminence John Cardinal Bonzano, | is bound up solely with the sanctity mark the stately opening of the in- | | however, found the bourgeolse parties ants, under the direc | confiscation would be a deliberate par in the resplendent sanctuary as | ould destroy After the celebration of the mass by | Liberal citations of the principles dent of the permanent committee on | are counted by biblical quotations by Mgr. Dennis J. Dunne of . quoting Isaiah 1:13: “Thy | ardinal Bonzano and the elevation of | goy W% SFUT 0 FEEHE B e conclude the cathedral ceremonies. ducted in 2 will begin at the holy hour servic Catholics “to unite their spirits with “We impurt anew with our whole Many Races Represented. | the United States in many years, . Will - continue through | *\yith the opening of the polls but !a few hours off government leaders T e . ure will fail to obtain the necessary | SaoMa ot s support of 20,000,000 ayes in the | o Maras shipricas. e 10f the | Basing their beliet on this hope, they : feel that the national and political confessions in a dozen | 0 Ome. ehift will be in |2dopticn of the Socialist-Communist > cathedral until the congress ends. That the issue is one of the gravest which has econfronted the young Ger- Beginning am. with solemn |ficial circles. Although displaying hizh mass in all parishes, the inaugu- ! optimism, they admit that the cam- be almost rirsperirsny until l;}'e“""l’("" i produced outbreaks of Republican and B e hour | 2nti-Republican sentiments unequaled | wervices in each of the churches. In | gl dion™ g SO0 1 ot "™ el imed celebrated at half-hour intervals until | President von Hindenburg Al ne | t ¢ th ide1 A 3,000,000,000 Marks at Stake. inuity of the many widely spread| e _ a5 ceremonies which will mark the five. | 'If the confiscation measure is ap. will be exposed at the cathedral altar | XIngs, six grand dukes, five dukes, | from tomorrow mornimg until the | Seven princes and their respective ristic procession at Mundelein Thurs. | landed properties, which are believed day afternoon. Night and day a ito be worth 3,000,000,000 marks. cathedral sanctuary,in an unbroken | compensation have argued steadily prayer. that success of the expropriation law tifical high mass in the cathedral at | wave of diluted bolshevism. They 11 o'clock, the formal instailation of | contend that the issue is one which the papal legate to the congress, will | of private property. | The closing hours of the campaign, ternational religious celebration. Four s and 16 assist- | seeking to influence their following { by the assertion that indorsement of Carlo Respighi, prefect of pontifical ceremonies at the atican, will Hl)vihlo\\- to Germany's credit abroad and ! e ! | her future prospects masters of ecclestastical formalities. | for foreign credits. Papal Brief to Be Read. Quote From Bible. the Right Rev. Thomas Louis Heylen, { of law, justice and ethics by the foes Rishop of Namur, Belgium, and presi- | of the seizure of princely properties Eucharistic Congresses, the papal | the radical. brief will be read by the Very Re S90E i peny orprintes the B Sl e e [ rinces are rebellious and companions come to the legate, the response of every one loveth gifts, and | the secrament in a huge golden mous- RETther R ERE trance for continual adoration will ctional meetings for the various national groups, which will be con- 3 o'clock will be closed with solem 1 benediction at Pope’ Pius, in a message to the congress, invited all American ours” in for a rich spiritual harvest in t emonis heart to all our children the apostolic benediction,” the message concluded. The congress will present one of the most cosmopolitan gatherings in American_Indians, Eskimos, native (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) Society Wedding at Lenox, Mass., Attended by Bridegroom's Parents From Italy. By the Assor LENOX Teresa H Mr nd J.enox, Count ence, Ttaly. The ceremony was performed in St. Anne’s Church here by the Rev. John June eldest daughter of G Higginson of became the bride of lio Rucellal of Flor- Mrs toda Giang | expenditures | poe: | candidate for the gubernatorial nomi | ernor didate for gov a population approximatel W FISHER IS GALLED WITH BEIDLEMAN INCAMPAIGN PROBE. Committee’s Powers Broad- en as Candidates’ Expense Accounts Overlap. TOTAL OF $2,500,000 HAS BEEN REPORTED Will Contend That Funds Were Justified in Politicians State Primaries. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Taking a new tack in its quest for complete informatidn regarding the | in the recent Pennsyl- | \ia primaries, the Senate investi- iting committee has issued sub- | as for John . Fisher, successful nation and for on the Iepper-Fisher ticket, | Edward E. Beidleman, the gubernatorial candidate on the Vare. | Beidleman tic The committee hearings begin again tomorrow at 10 am. in the Senate Office Rullding. he Senate resolution creating the investigating committee provides for inquiry into campaign expenditures made for senatorial candidates. But the witnesses appearing before the committee have made it clear that the funds raised and expended were jointly ralsed and expended, except in the case of Gov. Pinchot, who was the lone wolf of the three.cornered | race, hunting alone. Contest Defense Prepared. The defense of Mr. Vare, if his right to a Senate seat be challenged following his expected election, or of Senator Pepper, should any move be made against him in the Senate, will be that the huge sums of money ex- pended were for the entird tickets of which they were members and not for themselves alone. On the Pepper | ticket were Fisher. candidate for go mith, candidate for lieutenant governor, and Woodward, candidate for secretary of internal affairs. On the Vare ticket were Beidleman, can- nor; James, candidate for lieutenant governor, and Wood- ¥ candidate for secretary of in ternal affal The claim that the money was éx- pended legally, under the Pennsy vania election laws, will also be ad- vanced, and it will be urged that with the primary system in a State having | v 10,000,000, | the expenditures are not excessive. | Members of the Senate committee | and other members of the Senate however, do not take this view. They contend ' that an election in which more than 30,000 paid workers in Allegheny County alone cast votes r two of the candidates for Senator and two of the candidates for governor and for lieutenant governor. on its face shows corruption. One wit- | ness, a Pinchot supporter, appearing before the committee estimated that the number of those paid workers in Allegheny County was 50,000, although the repr Vare tickets have stuck to the lower figure. Hearing Postponed Yesterday. The Senate committee held no ses sion vesterday, owing to the fact that its members were compelled to at-| tend to legislative business of the Senate and to the fact that some of | the witnesses were not on hand. | The list of new witnesses called be- fore the committee includes, besides the two gubernatorial candidates, State Senator Max G. Leslie, political hoss of Allegheny County, who sup ported the Pepper-Fisher ticket: W.1 Harry B: former chairman of the | Republics State committee, but.| recently demoted and made secrtary; Joseph Armstrong, county commis: | sloner of Allegheny County, who also | supported the Pepper-Fisher tickef 1. V. Babcock, county commissioner | of Allegheny County, another sup-| porter of the Pepper-Fisher ticket; | Albert M. Greenfield, a real estate | operator in Philadelphia and the | “angel” of the Vare campaign as | Joseph R. Grundy was the “angel” for the Pepper-Fisher ticket. The committee also has on its list of witnesses -0 be heard Judge Frank O'Connor, a Pepper supporter in | Philadelphia, who, according to testi- mony given before the committee, said on prinfary day that he had been of- fered $150,000 to swing over to the Vare camp and to give up his candi- dacy for Congress from the district now represented by Mr. Vare. Judge O'Conndr has denied that he made such a statement. Wheeler to Be Heard Again. On the “dry” side of the investiga- tion the committee still has to com- plete its examination of Wayne B. | Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti- | Saloon League, and to examine repre. | sentatives of the Pennsylvania W. . T.U. Mrs. Ella M. George of Beaver, Pa., president of the W. C. T. U,, “-hu‘{ “(Continued on Page 4, | | | entatives of the Pepper and | | | | ‘olumn 4.) R. Kelly of New York and the Rev. Thomas B. Cunningham, pastor of the church. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Lee Higginson, and the best man was the Marquis | Ugo Spinola of Florence, Italy. The | ushers included B. A. Wallingford, Jr.. of Cincinnati, Ohic U. S. Could Cancel All Foreign Debts Without Serious Loss, Ford Declares SHINGTON, ents of the Countess bridegroom, Count Cosimo Rucellal. Count Bernardo Rucellai, a brother of the bridegroom, was to have acted as best man, but was unable’to be pre: ent. The bridal couple planned to sail from New York on June 26 for Ttaly. HALTS RUM-hUNNINé DOG. Inspector Finds Canine Violator Crossing International Bridge. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., June 19 (). ~—Canine rum runners have appeared. The first of the new breed was stopped on the International Bridge here Iriday night with a bottle of tequifa tied to his collar. The four-footed bootlegger came trotting across the bridge at il 4\':“04’1\'. When accosted by an in- =péctor he stopped and on examina- tion the hottle was found. The dog was released, but his owner is sought. | Guests from Italy included the par- Special Dispatch to The Star. | serious loss if it were to cancel all and | DETROIT, Mich., June 19.—Henry Ford today again voiced his optimism Eas to the successful solution of the | nation’s problems, and declared the {m‘niral business situation in the United States is sound. “I am optimistic,” Mr. Ford sald, “because 1 believe people generally know what is wrong. The thing that is troubling this country most just now is the amount of debt piled up by the credit system and instal- ment plan of buying. “The American people no longer buy. They are backed into a corner and are ‘sold.” “Credit is the dearest thing we sell in this country. Debt has be- | come a national industry. That is , bad business for the debtor and bad | i business for the creditor also. | *“A< to general business conditions {the world is so sound, in my judg- ment, that it uld not make a particle of difference to industry if all the debts in the world were sud- denly cancelled. For example, the United States would noé feel any foreign debts. that the effect on the debtors would | that the effect on the debtors would be bad. They probably would plunge into deeper debt as the result of such a process. “What the real purchasing power of the people is, whether greater or less than formerly, I don’t know, nor do T think any one can say until the people get out of debt. The whole money system is wrong, in my opinion, and only tends further to encourage the system ef credits and indebtedness, to dig some metal out of the ground and make that the measure of the world’s wealth and buying power seems to me a ridiculous proposition.” Mr. Ford does not believe that adoption of the Haugen bill would ald farmers in the lo “T do not believ are for the bil . “What they need 'is improved methods of labor and marketing, and to learn to make economical use of | | | any subplus. 1t is possible to turn surplus cogn, grains and potatoes into alcohol, to be converted into power,” D. SUNDAY MO WONDE R WH OLp RNING, JUNE 20, HIST'RY SHOWS Hi(‘ E) AT BILL PENN'D TH ABOVT THEY T'NIMK A Lot - O OFFICE IN CXTHAT STATE SQUASH C INK (1 Sunday Star. The Star is Sunday morni 60 cen and service wi per month. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” delivered every evening 2 ng to Washington homes Telephone Main 3 11 start immediately. 1926.—110 PAGES. = \ i) W M NTER COMMENTS ON PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARY PRICES. MADDEN T0 FIGHT MOVETO ADJOURN Wants Deficiency Bill, Farm Relief and Rivers and Har- hors Action First. By the Associated Press. Notice has been served on Republi-| Chalr- | can leaders the House by man Madden of the appropriations committee that he will attempt to de- feat any move to set a definite date for the adjournment of Congress in the immediate future, Announcing his stand after leaders had agreed tentatively on adjourn- | ment June 30, Representative Mad-| den said he desired to have the second in | deficiency bill, to be reported Ly his committee this week, enacted into a law before adjournment. on any spe cific day was decided upon. He also asserted he believed that Congress should not wind up its work and go home until it has disposed of the rivers and harbors bill and a farm relief measure. Fears a Filibuster. “The second deficiency bill contains appropriations for a number of public buildings throughout the country,” he aid. “If a definite adjournment date is set and some member is disap- pointed in not receiving funds for a building, he may kill the whole bill by a filibuster. ior this reason I feel that all items in the bill will be en- dangered unless it is passed by both houses before it is definitely decided | when Congress will break up and go hom Mr. Madden, who represents a Chi- cago district, s been active in sup- port of the Tllinois River development | provision in the rivers and harbors bill. In announcing his position on adjournment, he said that he believed the Senate should act upon the meas- ure before ceasing work for the pres- ent_session. The bill, already passed by the House, was discussed again yesterday by the Senate commerce committee, but action was postponed until to' morrow, when Chairman Jones hopes to report it. Swanson Charges Delay. Meanwhile, in the Senate, Swanson, Democrat, Virginia, ed that Senator Willis, Ohio, and other Senators were filibus tering against the farm relief bill to place obstacles in the way of the rivers and harbors bill. In the House, Speaker Longworth and Chairman Snell of the rules com- mittee, were of the belief that Mr. Madden and others interested in de. laying adjournment would not be able to block adoption by the House of a resolution proposing the close of busi- ness at 5 p.m., June 30. Mr. Snell expects to call up such a resolution as soon as the House con- venes tomorrow. COOLEY, POLICEMAN, FINED IN AUTO CASE Montgomery County Officer Gets 30 Days in Jail and Fine for Drunken Driving. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 19.— Charles T. Cooley, sergeant of the police force of Montgomery County, | was found gullty here this afternoon | before Judge Samuel Riggs of driv- | ing an automobile while under the in- fluence of liquor. He was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and was fined $200 and costs. He noted an appeal, and his case will come up be- fore the November term of the court. He was freed in $6,500 bond. It was charged that while driving on the Rockville pike near Garrett Park last Saturday night his car col- lided with that of L. F. Miles of Woodside, Md., which was traveling in the opposite direction, Several per- sons in the Miles car were reported injured, and_one of them swore out the warrant for the arrest of Cooley. On the stand Cooley admitted that he had had a couple of drinks durink the course of fhe day, but denied that he was under the influence of liquor. A nu of witnesses, including Sheriff Pit and Deputy Sheriff Howarl against Cooley, and a number others, who had seen’ him just prior to and shortly after the accidert, denied that there were any indications that he was under the influence of liquor, -+ Today’s Star PART ONE—18 P\ General News—Local, N Foreign Schools and Colleges—Pages 20 and 25 Maryland and Virginia News—Pages 23, 26 and 27. t of Eighth Grade Graduates— ges 25, “urrent News ‘raternal A R. tional and Li | € D. Activities—1 . W. C. A. News—Page rl Scouts—Page 38 . Parent-Teacher Activit Page 39, Financial News—Pages 42 and 4 Radio News and Programs—Pages 44 and 43 PART TWO—14 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Reviews of New Books—Page 4. Around the City—Page Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 11 News of the Clubs—Pages 12 and 13. Serial, “Love and Longitude, Page 14 PART THREE—12 PAGES Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- in Washington—Page 4. and Motoring—Pages 5, 6 and 7. District National ¢ Army and Navy Civilian Arm Veterans of the Great and Page 33, Part 1. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. ard—Page 9. rws—Page 10. Page 11. War—Page 12 | Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. ne Section—Fiction and Fea- The Rambler—FPage 3. PART SI 12 PAG ified Advertising. ial, “The Law Page 10. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGE World Events in Pictures COMIC SECTION—1 PA( Betty; Reg-lar Fellers; Mr. and Mutt and Jeff. BORAH WANTS .S, OUT OF TAGNA ROW |Gives Views in Interview With Former President Alessandri of Chile. of the Talon,” Mrs.; Former President Alessandri of Chile called upon Chairman Borah of the Senate foreign relations commit- tee yesterday and is understood to have presented the Chilean side of the Tacna-Arica controversy. Alessandri, after the interview, would make no comment except to say that he had a pleasant conversa- tion with the Senator about “interna tionnl problems,” while Borah said: “I told the ex-President the only thing I was interested in was to know how we could get out of the Tacna-Arica matter with honor.” ; Lassiter Sails Tomorrow. ARICA, Chile, June 19 ®).—Gen. Lassiter, American chalrman of the Tacna-Arica Plebescitary Commis- sion, has made a slight alteration in his plans, and, instead of sailing aboard the cruiser Galveston, will leave on the Denver. The secretary general of the com- mission, J. H. Stabler, will proceed as far as the Canal Zone by the Galves- ton, and will continue his journey to the United States aboard a commercial steamer. Gen. Lassiter's party comprises seven persons, and departure has been definitely set for Monday evening, atter adjournment of the commission has been agreed to. Gen. Lassiter on reaching Panama will resume com- mand of his division. Mrs. Coolidge's Portrait Unveiled. BURLINGTON, Vt., June 19 (®).— A portrait of Mrs. Calvin Coolldge wife of the President, was unveiled today at the University of Vermont commencement exercises. The portrait the work of the artist Delazzlo, was presented the university by Darwin P. Kingsley of New York City. Mrs. Coolidge is an alumna of the class of 1902. A List of Graduates From the Eighth Grade will be found on Pages 24 and 25 SENATE SIDESTEPS VOTE ON FARM BILL |Every Move to Fix Date for | Decision Defeated—Warned of Revenge at Polls. By the Associated Press. The McNary farm bill was caught vesterday in the swirl of pre-adjourn- | ment legislation with a date for a | final Senate vote more indefinite than |ever. | Defeated time and again in his ef- | fort to fix a day for a roll call, Sen. |ator MeNa Republican, Oregon, manager of the bill, made another |tempt vesterday, but failed when Senator Willis, Republican, Ohio, objected. This brought Senator Swanson, Democrat, Virginia, to his feet. Point- ing a finger at the Ohio Senator, he accused him of attempting to kill off the rivers and harbors bill by con- ducting a filibuster against the farm measure with the aid of a small group of Senators ‘Warning to Senators. “That question is now before the | Senate,” replied Senator Willis, who said he had not had an opportunity to discuss the farm bill and objected to limiting debate to 10 minutes for | each Senator as suggested by Senator MeNary. Aroused over the opposition that has developed to the bill in the Senate, William Hirth of Missouri, chairman of the corn belt committee, issued a defiant warning to Senators from agricultural States that they had bet: ter not go back home without passing legislation incorporating the principles of the McNary proposal. Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, also warned Senators to remain here {and pass a farm relief bill, adding | that “you might as well stay here, as | it won’t be necessary to go to the sea- shore after the cold reception you will {get at home. | Some progress was made, however. | when the Senate adopted one amend- | ment which eliminated naval stores from the House co-operative mar- keting bill, to which the McN: measure is attached as a rider. ators Cummins, Republican, Towa, and Bruce. Democrat, Mary. land, carried on most of the debate yesterday, the former championing the McNary bill as a wise and con- stitutional ‘measure and the latter again denouncing it as fallacious and idiotic. Although the Senate was proceed- | FOUR KILLED IN FIGHT. Three Men and a Woman Fall in Mingo County Shooting. BLUEFIELD, W. Va., June 19 (®). —-Three men and 4 woman were killed in a free-for-all fight tonight at Lind- sey, Mingo County. The victims were Tennessee Carter, George Hardin Enoch Roberts and Nell Sanson. A detachment of State police and deputy sheriffs were rushed to the scene from Williamson. PRESIDENT TAKES CRUISE Accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge and Several Guests on Mayflower. For the first time for several weeks the President and Mrs. Coolidge went down the Potomac on the Mayflower yesterday for the week end. They were accompanied by Speaker Longworth, Representative and Mrs. Lanham of Texas, Representative and Mrs. Parker of New York, Ogden Reid, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and Mrs. Reid and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sullivan of Wash- ington. - | Desmond’s o | wa (®) Means Associated Press. . FIVE CENTS. {Tar and Feathers | Applied to Lawyer Seized on Street By the Ass Press. BROCKWAY, Pa., June 19.—At- tacked by four men as he walked along the main street of Brockway today, L. L. Finch. an attorney, was beaten with a club and then placed in an automobile, taken a short distance into the country, and he was tarred and feathered. Warrants were later issued for the arrest of \Wendell August, a coal operator; Frank Palmer, his brotherdn-law. and Merle Clark and C. M. sett, employes of August. Charles counsel for t to fric- n Finch a visit Finch was August rgiotti tt and August after said to have made to the home two weeks ago. Finch was left in a field. was found by ‘a party of ci and taken home. He zens IV GLEASON RACES TOFAME AT LAUREL Youthful Pilot Captures Two, Big Features, Going Into Lead for Title. son, the 24-year-old racer featlire at Indian- rove his wa rship in the ce for the Nu- tional Motor Racing Association cham- pionship yesterday afternoon when he both of the classic contests of | m at the Laurel | James Gle: i | | won he three-race pro Speedw: Twenty-five thousand persons, kept on their feet throughout both duels by | | the spectacle, saw the youth defy | danger time and again as he mounted high to the rail at the steep tur Gleason’s victories came in the and the 100-mile s he entered. He wor event in in a5 for an average speed of more 110 miles an hour. Jack Des- driving Armond Pugh’s Bug- sccond in this event, with peed of 109 miles an ed Winnal, piloting a Duesenberg straight eight, third, with an average of 105 miles. Desmond's Motor Fails, ason led | to spare, i | | | cont mile | onds, than mond, tes a i | In the 100-mile event the way home with 18 lap: bhut this was due to the failure of motor, which was giving | | the boy pilot the race of his life until | the sixty-sixth lap. Ray Keech, driv- ling a Miller Special, and Al Asp lan ¥ and J Special, fought ple’s” battle for secon | ors, with. Keech winning Gleason's time for the 1 minutes and seconds, making ! an average of only 105 miles an hour. ‘After making sure Desmond was per- manently out of the race, however, he | throttled his car down to compar- |atively safe speed and took mo | chances, all competition having been | removed so far as he was concerned. | In each race Gleason used the Miller | Special with which Leon Duray set the world motor speed record in Cali fornia. miles was | Takes Lead for Honors. By virtue of his double victor: terday, Gleason assumed the lead in the race for the National Motor Rac- ing_Association champio; ) | I i WAVE OF RELEASES AT ST.ELIZABETH'S DECLARED MENACE Writs Based on Technicali- ties Bring Freeing of Four Held as Criminals. 13 SUITS ARE BTROUGHT IN PAST FEW WEEKS Two Halt Actions by Request for Return to Hospital—Sanity Issue Is Not Raised. Government offic > potential dangers to societ ibeas corpus wave” that pears to have developed at St. Eliz- abeth's Hos within the past month or so. What fs chs fals are alarmed cterized as “sur of court writs de- signed to obtain the release of patients regarded at the hospital as insane, some violently so, have been sued out during the past few weeks The situation is declared to 1 i ly grave in vi the fact of 13 such rou; court recently h the psychopathic authorities be demented } by court on te their commitme pending and been retur @ patients ve be reed cases patie: d to Two Ask Own Return. the last ients then urt to disr their the In the the announcing two cases referred nfluence ane, with behir them. In two men were after leaving the hos al, one bei committed to jail and the other Gallinger Hospital for mental obser- vation. A maljority of the syits have been filed on the ground that the patients, however insane they may be, are ccnfined illegally at the hospital The court, it is said, has before it in such cases but one point for de- cision—whether the person was com- mitted to the institution due process of law.” The question of the sanity of the nt is not passed upon, officials declare. Deplores Present Law. Other cases hinge on the present sanity of the applicants, involving the right of the hospital authorities longer to restr 1 in custody. “I am very apprehensive over a situation which will permit an insane person to be freed under a so-called technicality of law.” Dr. Will A. White, superintendent of St beth's, stated vesterday. ‘It is opinion that legal technicalities should have no part in the deciding of a ques- tion as to whethe an inmate of a hospital for the insane should be at Tibe not. I do not criticise the courts, but I do deplore the law under which the court renders its decision in however, the po of these case rearrested both Fred Winnai and Rus | herger, who had held first and second | | places, respectively. Incidentally, both | | drivers raced against Gleason today. | {In addition, Gleason sh ! | prizes aggregating about $8,000 and | |other mementoes of less intrinsic | | value. i Tom Reed, driving an ' and J Spe- cial for Elwood Wolf after his own | car developed engine trouble and | forced him to scratch his entry, cap- | tured the Z5-mile race in the rather | slow time of 15 minutes and 10 sec- | onds, which averages about 93 mile an hour. Lou Fink, in a Frontenac, | second and E. S. Penjuke, in a nd J Special, was third | hree times tragedy seemed immi- | nent and was averted by the driving of the pilots. Twice death seemed ready to claim victims at the steep first curve. The third time was at the curve at the end of the back stretch. The drivers escaped each time, however, with inconsequential scratche | P Two Cars Collide. The first narrow escape came in the opening race, when Fink and George Rowland tried to pass at the first curve. Rowland’s car careened down the steep bank and nearly locked wheels with Fink's speeding midget. | Both cars skidded and swayed over | the track, but were stopped before anything more serious than a blow- out for Fink and a broken wheel for Dowland resulted. 1 The second mishap came at practi- cally the same spot when Russell Snowberger, driving a Miller Special smashed a cam shaft. He was just mounting the banked curv pass | another car when there was a loud re- | port. When the dust cleared away | Snowberger's car was heaped up | against the fence, but a second later the driver appeared unhurt. His engine, however, had been smashed in two. | | | to Machine Turns Over. \ Ben Shaw was the victim of the third smash-up, which occurred at the north end of the back stretch in the 100-mile race. Shaw was attempt- ing to pass Tom Reed when his gog- gles became smokec. and he lost con- trol of hia machine. ‘It turned over! twice as it rolled down the incline and stopped amid a cloud of dust. The ambulance was rushed to the scene, but before it got there Shaw ran on the track and waved his hand at the {Continued on Page 1, Sport Section.) Kill Paymaster Special Dispatch to The Star. VERA CRUZ, June 19.=-A corporal and four privates of the Mexican Federal army late yesterday killed the driver of a launch and a pay- master and escaped with 22,000 pesos which they had been detailed to guard. According to a telegram received today from Alvarado, 30 miles from Vera Cruz, the money was being sent on a launch which plies between the seaport of Naranjal and Alvarado, on !the Alvarado River, for the pay roll Mexican Soldiers, Guarding Pay Roll, and Flee With Loot of the San Francisco Sugar Planta- tion, which is partly owned by Ameri- cans. One of the guards shot the driver of the launch through the heart nmi} another killed the paymaster. The ! corporal, holding a pistol at the head | of one of the four passengers, forced | him to steer for a deserted spot across the river, where the soldiers jumped | ashore, taking the money with them. | As they left, one of them shouted that they were going to join Vidal Tenorio, a notorious bandit leader and rebel, who operates in that region. | have held such e “I have repeated ment of lunacy legislation in the D trict of Columbia to correct what 1 re- gard as an evil of us proportions. 1 intend to continuue my efforts to obtain such I view to protecting but the patients themselve, Military Commitments at Tssue Dr. now urged the enact that follow persons b, and the two me 1 i White expla are insane Hos 1 civil courts, ders fr establis o mitli beth's in the ment milita viz recent investi mittee of the House. The local courts, in e latter method i nce no nd the petitic under that cone pital officials contend. b commitment by military under military laws much “due process of 1 betore al e Whi it is pointed out 1 s that the > been Hos- that sses, ions, law e Remedi by Supt tients to jury, providing thei ans, the court or duly interested party should so Qtherwise the inmates would an order by the sioners or other | er authority without the formality of court proceedin This method, it is asserted. obviates embarrassing court proceedings in cases in which those concerned object such at tendant publicity. This proposed legislation automat ally would _legalize _commitment (Continued on Page 4, Column 8.) ; nded all pa- PRINCE HAS BLOWOUTS. Both Rear Tires of Wales' Car Go Down at Once. RAMSGATE, England, June 19 (&) —The Prince of Wales, motoring to Sandwich for a week end at goifing, met with ather alarming mishap today. Both rear tires of his car hurst simultaneously outside the village of Little Bourne. The vehicle swerved violently, but the prince pulled up smartly to ide of the road with- out accide: und waited for another car which was following, and in this he completed the journey. ATTACKED BY SNAKE. , Pa., June 19 (®).—Attacked 3 Dblack snake at her home today, Mrs. Cynthia Chanceford ran a mile over the hills for aid, with the snake girdled around her neck and almost choking her. She was near collapse from pain and shock when the reptile was killed by men who went to her assistance. The snake s seven feet four inches long. Mrs hanceford had gone to the chicken house and reached into a nest above her head. The snake darted out and entwined itself about her neck and i