Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1926, Page 17

RCH RUINS AROUND LAKE DENMARK AND AID RELIEF WORK. IN This photograph shows the arrival of the Marines from the Virginia Late yesterday'afternoon a nhll; in the wind threatened other naval ammunition magazines, but the fought the flames, and rain last night aided in extinguishing various- small fires. GREETING BOBBY JONES, GOLF CHAMPION, IN HIS HOME TOWN, “Atlants, Gs., took on a holiday aspect when the winner of the British open and the national open arrived hoitie Monday evening. The young golf star was carried on the shoulders of his friends from the station to his automobile. FIGHT ONPRIMARY LAUNCHED IN OHIO Enthusiasm of. Lead s Indi- cates System May Go by Board in State. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. .. AKRON, Ohio, July 14.—Striking while the iron of public indigration is Bot, a strong effort is being made in this State to abandon _the direct primary system of nominating candi- tes for public office. It will be smecessary to amend the State con- *gtitution before the desired end can he sdccepted, hut this laborious, task has vbeen begun and if thé “efithusiasm of ¥fhe men _directing the . campaign Leounts for ‘apything~ at &l °the eprimary soon will go by the board in % the Buckeye State. %% The anti.primary movément in Ohia +88 unquestionably a forerunner of #imilar attacks in other sections of the Gountry. Sev other States have “Been on the verge uf throwing the Zprimary Into the discard. Ohio 1§ the ¢largest State in which the problém #Bas been tackled and the result Here £Will have national significance. 200,000 Signatures Needed. o1t will be hecessary to cbtain 200,000 Mignatures to the amendment referen- ‘dum petitions by August 3, in order ithat the question may be voted upon Zat the November elections, but there wis every reason to believe they . will #¥e optairied on time. The personnel the primary referendum committee % in itself an augury ‘of the ultimate ssuccess of the movement. The chair- \ #man and leader is Charles L. Knight, ‘ kron publisher and former member Congress. Other members of the ymmittee are H. Timken, manu- cturer; Robert "A.'Taft, 8 the Ohie Assembly; Louis fowner of “dnd Harry aker of . Brush, former governor. All are Republica; The: Republicans are especially concerned over the sit- uation,, for, under’ the. primary’ system they have seen their party in. the State torn asunder. This year there are no less tham 12 aspirants-in the field for the Republi- can nomination fer governor. Mr. Knight &nd other prominent ‘men whom the party tried to draft for the governorship have refused to enter the scramble, . Some of the aspirants for officé have nothing but freak should be numlmlled, his“queer ideas paturally would ‘become ‘the policy of the Republican party. The genesis of ' the antl-prlmnry campalgn in this State, therefore, is a desire to return to a system of party" résponsibility. The American Govern- ment has tem, but it is claimed by M and his assistants that the rapidly is bréaking it down, ' .x ‘ Pennsylvania Scandal Cited. It is claimed that the enormous ex: mm(nmuw‘l e:n t.hmm senal con main to be revealed in the lmuoh #rv of IutAprfi, are only Knight ‘been Built up on such & Sy | imary | Capt.H., D.Campbell Is'Marine Claimant For Schiff. Trophy Camphe! pll! rorwmfl by the erlne Oorl)l as its candidate for the Herbert Schiff Memorial trophy for the greatest number of hours in the air_without a serfous’ actident, Capt. Campbell, who is stationed at San Diego, has to his credit for the year énding Juhe 30, I9%6; a fiying ftime of $39 hours and, 50" minutes without aceident. Over a period, of about ' five- vears 'he has never had’a crash, with /2,404 hours and :m rnlnuhl in the air. ' 5 The trophy is awarded annually to" Navy. and Marine Coips’ avia-" tion 'personnel, and was gonhated by the family ‘of & naval reserv- ist, kitled jn a flying accident three yerirs ago: ! Chalrman Knight numned the situa- tion today when He ndid: “Most of us hailed the primary as the, end:of the politica] boss. ‘'We saw the people controlling: their- own elec- tions and selecting high-grade offi- clals. . What we did siot see is that people in ‘general do mt careydbout politics, and one kind of official suits them about as well as another. A “The political boss has. found the Photo by Acme. primary much to his liking. When the |, primary comes around what happens? | The man who has velled the loudest for reforms, for good candidates goes | fishing and, forgets: to | Vote, * The political machine marches its" voters| d names the candidates. like Ohio, where with 3,000,000 eligible voters: a’candidate generally is nomi. nated .by 140,000 1o 150,000 ‘votes. “Not” one of the illustrious gentle- men now cluttering up the primary ticket: ever : would -survive - a -second ballot in' a State convention, where the pafty~was e:;npommlc 1 hio. newspapers, | bi 1t has Mroyed urty without which any political prganiza- tion becomes 1lmt & name and rabble, . + Women Fnor Pflwr “Exery professional for the primary, Every group and hlec is tor it, for by it :::lo lhelv:‘::‘ aal have & ng Every dpnmm- Jo Ak, Sar being crea- Df they will never turn humvl\l ‘unworkable. ical ladies are'for it, sand_ no ECRETARY or NAVY ON THE R(‘E\B‘. flee (et Hudson R biaat; wil »Zfin"..'l""' hamnmh g‘m of his- cdmparison Ien‘l g8, slnwlnl he M m ostrich lne LT e g in Zofi Nest Runaway Boy'ls Loéated ‘in New York As Keepers See Vision of Ostnch Chicks S A yonat‘huth Amaflun ‘rhes" or | ostrich”today presented :the xmtm Zoological Park ‘wit the' second In three days, and’ intl: matedthere. would be more by,m end. f iM Wik, season, ;. Tn the Wild :state she would | other be good ;;z:r 15 eggn, but officials | taker vm-ld not h Vbe' n «u *‘The two condor eggs. which niuch interest a. time. 10. be - ndn-fert h Admiral Plunkett Lake of avy Im. Invmtar Investigations of the Fhoto by Acme. /GOES TO SCENE OF DISASTM BY the Navy Do:"'llhl m"?"i‘ b day ne of trips to e ing “Ia.l trips for the Navy SEARCHING THE RUINS OF;A FACTORY ON PICATINNY HILL FOR VICTIMS OF AMMUNITION BLAST. The factory was located on one of the high points near Lake Denmark, N and several missing workmen may be buried beneath the debris. Groups of Marinés made a detailed exploration of the wrecked section of the reservation late yesterday. Phota by Acme. BLAST VICTIW'S FLAG-DRAPED CASKHT ISHIPPED,T0 VIRGINIA HOME. . Lieut. George W. Bott's body wasone of the first'of these identified after the Lake Deniiark disaster. He is reported to have been to by P &A. ‘m'fl _”.h:k'ol"lmm“nhllm eater- un‘d-l lfiI‘.h. Y. -Few Hours Before Mother’s Funer Y Juit e fcw hours; of Mras. Julia Kissal, day at Casualty Hospital trom in- juries sustained fall from the fore the funeral in.a back poreh of her hom-. 1011 K street arrived, from New. York, ollu the whereabouts. her sop, 15-year-old, Ki '"lo aq m m services 1 l bca {ssing fFo hfl*t\'ohurhl for ‘wmm Y m buo natitu mnfl ot the Jétter caused post- ponement of. the burlal of the mou‘s:d Ithough the Tuneral. services - l:n‘-nax.lophh . Greek Ortho- “Church dled Satur-| “the only Army man killed in the blast. The body was sent from Dover, N. Hermit Identified - As Man Who Evaded Gallows 22 Years s, TULSA,: Okla.,, July 14—Posi- tive Memlflmllun of_an aged\her- mit who died here last Thursd: years ago, made yesterday by P. B. Christy of Tulsa, boyhood chum and schoolmate of Taylor. ) Other persons who knew Taylor in Missouri also have identified the récluse as the man who for years had escaped the hangman’s noose. ‘Taylor had lived alone in a shanty on the banks of ‘the Arkansas « River for years, He. was sentenced to death for the murder of four members ™t the Meeks family of Lug County, Mo. His broth “Bill,”" was hanged. George Taylor escaped from the ty jail, and although le search was made he was never apprehended. Rl B AR THREE SEEK HELM ‘OF BAR ASSOCIATION Wickersham, Pound and Chandler Candidates. for -Presidency. ~Virginia Judge Honored. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Julg 14—Headquhtters ve been opened Mere in ‘behalf of George W. Wickersham, fotmer At- torney General of the United States [ana now president’ of ‘the ' American Law Instituute,-and for Dean Roscoe Pound of the rd: Law School and Jefferson P. ph-ndlbr. Lgs An- been con(mphull ® journey to for: geles attorney, the three candidates - conntri working: his . phic 'way | for the office of president of the Amer- lcan Bnr Association, which will open +its- forty'ninth- annual_convention to- morrow. £ 7 Oscar. Hallam ‘of St, P:ul rnd re- nication , with result tid New [vision on the parts of the courts in hutol the boy. iu(m t.he ‘method,_of punishing crimlul-. Widespread g were held. The body was{. to the home in Richmond, Va. Copyright by P. & A. Pliotos, THREE MEN TAKEN INSWAMP KILLINGS Georgian, Near Whose Farm Engaged Couple Were Shot, One of Prisoners. By the Aseociated Press. MA! N, Ga., July 14.—Police today held three men as material witnesses after the slaying here Saturday night of Miss Hilda Smith and E, W. Wil- son, whose bodies were found at the edge .of a. swamp:-Monday: The couple, who were engaged to- ried in September, were Xilled 'Ith n shotgun. G. L. Cobb, 65, a-farmer; Bars Davis, 35, .a farm haud,” e, C. Bonner, 35, an alleged: mnmmer are the men held. Bonner is said to havVé diippea: Saturday and' was not seen nx:fl until Monday. Cobb.operates a fa near the vicinity’' wherf tha bodiek were found. } A coroner’s jury yesterday.retarn: a verdict that the couplé deat| at the hands of umknown persond The . three arrests were -made after officers had investigatéd movements of the couple prior tu-the tragedy. | The two were 8lain, police-said, al they sat in their automobile at tl edge of a lane near Cobb's tarm. victims then were — Cnfi Towed to m “Sald tn ll‘ry 2,500 w NORFOLK, Va.. Tuly 14°0P).—Selzet in Chesapeake Bl) byf:qul Guards, the “American barge M Enn was towed into Hamptoh. Roads terday #nd is being held as: ulpoe( &d rum runner. - crew of the are in fail names Aas O'Reilly, John R rd nflnz the @ were-grrestéd and m my’g-v- their -Gordon, _ John Bflflofl“m Jnmn a helteved in