Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1926, Page 2

~ MENACE TO WORLD N FASCISH DENIED Italy Must Expand or Suffo- cate, Says Mussolini—Tells View of United States. By the ascist Italy must te, Premier Mus- solini yesterds serted, but her ex pansion in no way presents a threat to the peace of the world. We are thirsting for power, for riches and the prosperity so long de nied us,” the Fascist premier told the correspondent of the Associated Press, “but our imperialism presents no threat to the world's peace. Surely the American people whose comme cial and economic empire stretche over the whole world, can understand and sympathize with voung Ttaly's needs to expand culturally and eco- nomically beyond her border: ng the need for mutual un- between Italy and the the premler said that vernment resembled e more than any of al democratic governments of expand or Italy’s Colonial Aims. 1 Premier Mussolini was asked to state the precise meaning of his oft repeated phrase “Italy’s undenti- | able colonial rights” and to tell how inte Fi sve the fruition of | { the S0 ENIOY STAR'S OUTING ON RIVER Mothers and Children Taken Down Potomac t? Escape From Heat. Five hundred children and thelr mothers, many of whom are shut-ins because of family cares, last evening effected a glorious escape from the heat that lingered from the torrid spell of weather that blanketed the Nation the last week, when, as guests of The Star, they steamed down the Potomac to Marshall Hall on the good | ship ‘Charles Macalester for a four- bour outing. The trip was made by mothers and children from various sections of the . who responded to an inclusive in- ition which was extended through metropolitan police. From the shouts, squeals of laughter and smiles that .were in evidence, the group en- joyed the trip throughout, despite a brief squall of bad weather that de- scended shortly after the steamer left Alexandria. At 11 o'clock the Macal- ester docked at the Seventh Street Wharves v of the smaller sleep from their frolic. win B. Hesse, superintend- lent assistance in plan- ning the voyage. 1lle ordered patiol | men of various precinets to carry the invitation to mothers and children on their heats to attend the outing. Five hundred responded and were given transportation to the wharf, steamer tickets and cards for jce cream. 1, he declared Jur colonial not | tute 2 menace to am Italy | asks only what is indispensable to her | and what it is just that she have. Tt ! is certain that she will abtain ful fillment of these desires by of peace and friend £ | | irations do one. gince no nation would ant to a the grave responsibility of obstructing | the achievement of such legiti and, in such unex aspirations The bes derstand said, is throv their own ¢ it may seen tinct resemblance between the devel opment of Italy during the last dec- ade and the United States during the second holf of the nineteenth century. Recalls U. 8. Civil War. “Despite the tremendous differences in historical traditions and tempera- ments of the two peoples, there is a clear parallel, for example, between vour Civil War and_our recent eco. nomic civil war. The doctrine of States rights, prevalent before your Civil War, carried to the extreme in the theory that the States had the right to secede from the Union, re- sembled the doctrine prevalent in Ttaly, before the advent of Fascism, of class'defense and regional autonomy. “In the United States it was nece: sary to fight a frightfully destructive | war to affirm the authority of the Federal Government, while we were able, with tively bloodless struggle, to athority of the central s “The Amer bles the Fascist State more than any liberal democr: government of Europe. Popular sovereignty is tem- pered by strong governmental author ity. Universal snffrage elects the go ernment, but cannot interfere with its work as is unfortunately the case in FEuropean democracies. | Traditions of Italy. “Your pioneering period necessarily | produced imperialism. So must our: The difference in between our | imperialisms is e by certain | fundagental differences betw the | two nations and peoples. America had | a tradition of freedom has one | of enslavement to America was protected by her isolation, was overflowing with natural riches, while Italy was poor in Jaw and materials. { America had a suf- way for Americans to un- st Italy, the premier a comparison there is a dis- | | the | The storm afforded the youngsters a {is not alone The Macalester slipped from her moorin 3 and steamed down the nnel for Alexandria, where additional passengers were taken aboard. By that time Thor was “throwing his short-handled hammer 3 reating a great - with his lightning. dash of rain that currying under of the vessel. Then came a heav: drove the passenger: protecting decks veritable marine thrill, obliterating vision of the shore lines. A number of the younger boys liked the rain so much their mothers couldn't keep them under covel they wanted to breathe the sea hreezes like Capt. Turner and his saflors: Music was provided by a quartet of “uke” players who sang and strummed most of the way to Mar- shall Hall. Arriving there a corps of workers swung into the task of dispensing 60 gallons of ice cream to the party. They labored manfully for an hour before the supply was gone. The youngest member of the party s discovered to be William Franklin Matthews, the 10-month-old son of W. J. Matthews, policeman of the fifth precinet, who made the trip with his mother. ~Master Matthews made friends with Capt. J. H. Turner, who commanded the ship. and posed with his marine friend while pictures were taken for The Star. In addition to Maj. Hesse, those who aided The Star were Capt. Al bert E. Headley of the fourth precinct, Capt. Willam E. Sanford of the fitth, Capt. Charles T. Peck of the ninth and Capt. Guy E. Burlingame of the eleventh. BERNIE BAN EXPLAINED. LONDON, July 24 (®.—Premier Baldwin's policy of safeguarding home industries, it is authoritatively stated, is behind the exclusion from England of Ben Bernle, American jazz orches- tra leader, who has heen denied a per- mit for an eight-week engagement. It has been the policy of the labor ministry for some time to prohibit the importation of foreign organiza- tions such as Bernie heads, when it is considered that there is sufficient Eritish talent available. It Is also pofnted out here that Great Britain in making such exclu- wions, since several other nations are following the same policy. w f— ficient for all her people, while Italy's power must emigrate. | two nations have much in common. Toth 3 healthy | and full of self-confidence a mination to possess strength a | perity. Our is mot rich, but| whatever jt contains, we are deter-| mined to utilize, making science help the strength of our arms. Our cul-| tural heri is among the richest in| the worl acial vitality is tre- mendous: i for riches and We must merica is no less Italy In both | achievement and | with religious | strong nations success, progress are sousht : ardor. Our religion of nationism is Jess material because we must depend | upon spiritual resources as much as 1. Need of Being Ready. ike yours—is not Our imperi; Americans | a threat to world peace. chould see the injustice of accusing | us of militarism. You, safe across the | Atlantic, keep your Army, Navy and | air forces r to resist attack and 1o resent any insuit to honor. We, in the midst of centuries- | old hatreds and having just Won our independence after generations slavery, surely cannot be criticized for protecting ourselves and keeping ourselves prepared. “But there is such a tremendous gulf in type, tradition and history be- tween the United States and Fascist Italy, that something more than good will is needed for mutual understand- ing. In connection with such a basic matter as our condemnation of liberalism and democracy, Americans cannot arrive at a clear understanding without knowing our ter 2 well as todays. Here, I am afraid, they have had little or no adequate guid- ance. Fascism is a profoundly Italian phenomenon, intimately connected with our history, psychology and tra- dition and culminating in a long com- plicated political evolution. Without accurate knowledge of sources, with- out marginalla and footnotes, no just analysis is possible. Lack of Perspective. “Foreign journalists, failing to take the true historical perspective, have been delyded into following erroneous clews. For example, they have popu- Jarized the notion that the origin of Fascism can be found in the post- war period alone: that it is merely an- other of the numerous reactionary ex- plosions _directly due to the World War. These are ridiculous blind al- leys. » of | generations these scoundrels kept dor- mant the will power of our people, allowing them to be the prey of stronger nations, the butt of the world's contempt. ascism has stepped in to prove that the past of so many woeful centuries is a lie. Italy is awake, healthy, thirsting for the power so long denied her. She is strong enough and ready to maintain herself against all enemies at home and abroad. We are committed to a war to the death against liberalism and democracy be- cause thege two foreign importations badly digésted, ill suited to our tem- traditions, virtually have destroyed the moral fruits of our war for in- dependence, ‘risorgimento.’ and have nearly succeeded in’ nullifying our vic tory against Austria in 1918. Foreign invasions and occupations did not hurt Italy as much as Italian Liberal Democrats did. Foreigners could not crush our tradition, our vitality and our past glory. They merely postponed our self-realization. The Liberals did far worse. The, inflicted moral prostration on the na- our national ;t[on and left her in such a wretched condition that the roots of natiohal life were serfously menaced. The spirit of ‘risorgimento’ was crushed bafore it achieved its moral maturit: Spiritual unification, the creation o political morality, preparations for in- dependence—all processes necessary for the nation's coming of age—were wrecked. Free Italy was kept cursed and enslaved. “Italy added to them the vices of parliamentarism. worse than the rest of the brood put together. The Italian parliamentary system consisted of talking lengthily and doing nothing, proclaiming fine phrases and satisf: ing personal ambition. Bureaucrac ensnared all movement and the exec- Iull e power was practically non-exist- jant. Even when the Italian nation won her great victorles of the Plave and Vittorio Veneti, the Liberal go ernment almost threw away the spirit- ual fruits of the victory. It did sur- render the most material advantages. “Is the expression of the political genius of our people, binding together in ideal form the Latin state lessons and traditions in two milleniums of history. The war awoke our soul from lethargy. It helped, but did not cause ,the birth of Fascism. “Qurs is the first successful effort to create Italian national unity and has already achieved the moral re- habilitation of our people. It will give them prosperity. It has cut a way through gross apathy. For the first time in our history it has really fired the flames of patriotism. Our people no longer are Soclalists, Liber- als, Nationalists or-Genoese, Neapoli- tans or Milanese. They are Italians with. pride in themselves and their country, self-respect and self-confi- dence. “Italy had imposed upon her by false friends the idea that she was weak and doomed to permanent debfl- ity; that subjection to the insuits of foreigners was a fatal necessity. She had bad , caring more for fees that for the th of the patient. For last chapter in Howard Carter. peraments and at variance with our | A Photographic Sensation! The Mummy of King Tut-ankh-Amen and Treasures Hidden . for Centuries Revealed in a full page of photographs in The Graphic Section of Tomorrow's Star { These remarkable pictures are being published exclusively in Washington in The Star. They form the great pictorial feature oi the year and the the Egyptian Ill The Sunday Sta'r | Upper: Happy over prospects of trip down the Potome. alester. Lower right: Capt. Turner of the Charles Macalester, and Willlam Lower, left, Mothers and babies enjoyin Franklin Mathews, 10 n SATURDAY, nths of age, one ng the eool breezes from the bow of the Charles Mad JULY 24, 1926. | { of the youngest mgmbers of the party. VOIGT ENTERS FINAL IN BALTIMORE GOLF Shooting Under Course Rec- ord in Match With MacKen- zie at Maryland Club. Dy a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., July vealing the same masterful shooting ability that won for him the Sherwood Forest tournament a few days ago, George J. Voigt of the Bannock- burn Club, Washington, today defeated Roland R. MacKenzie of the Colum- bia Country club by 6 and 5, in the semi,final round of the Maryland Country Club invitation golf tourna- ment. Miller B. Stevenson of Colum- bia was dormie 5 down to J. F. Grimes of the Rolling Road Club of Balti- more, with Grimes almost certain to enter the final round against Voigt this afternoon. Volgt made the first nine this morning +in 32, 3 under against 34 for MacKenzie, reached the turn 4 up on the yvouthful Walker Cup team star. Three stymies, all of them against MacKenzie, figured in the outcome. MacKenzie was out in 34, 1 under par, but was unable to withstand the par-shattering golf of Voigt, who had four birdies on the first nine holes and another at the tweifth, to become 5 up and 6 to go. MacKenzie topped two shots at the thirteénth to lose the hole against a 4 for Voigt and the match by 6 and 5. The cards of Voigt and MacKenzie holes par, and n MacKenzie. .. Voigt and MacKenzie continued playing after the match was con- cluded, as Voigt had a good chance to break the course record of & Alcoholic £ ]jeéll;s Among Insured Up 25 Per Cent in 1926 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July has been an increase of 25 per cent in alcoholic deaths in 1926 over 1925 among the 17,000,000 policy- holders of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, Figures made the company rev ber of alcoholic deaths since the st year of prohibition has in- od 600 per cent among the sime group. here public today by Al that the num explorations of your newsdealer teoday. | Order your copy from 24.—Re- | 'BEER WAR SEEN AS EXPORT : GROUPS IN CANADA UNITE By the Associated Press. ] DETROIT, July 24.—The Detroit | News today says that a war in which virtualy all ‘Mquor exporters on the | Canadian side of the Detroit River are | involved will commence early nsx(l eek. when organization of the second rum trust” on the border will be cpm- pleted, The battle to decide which of Vhfi= two combines will supply Detroit and | nearby American cities with Canadian heer and liquor will take place over a | 40-mile lake and river front, says the News. | The Permuda Exporters, Inc.. de-| scribed as a powerful amalgamation | of more than a dozen Ontario brewer- | |ies, with capital estimated at several | | million_dollars will be on one side, | and exporters “frozen out” by the | brewer organization, which has re- | fused to continue stocking smaller ex- | porters’ warehouses with beer and ale, will be on the other. The breweries combined more than 110 days ago to end fhe cutting of beer | prices at export docks.” They at once | raised the price of Detroit-hound beer | at the dock fram $2.50 to $3.50 a case | | and now demand cash payment in ad- Dealers Opposite Detroit Form “Freezeout™ Combi- nation, Resulting in Organization of Rival “Rum Trust.” vance for all loads taken across the river by runners from Michigan | shores. When exporters not included in this organization sent their orders as usual to the breweries g week ago the orders were refused The new organization will buy beer and ale from independent breweries not tied up with the brewery cor bines. This, the News quotes them as saying, will lead to another price-cut ting war-on the river. Plans were under way today for the estahlishment of one dock at each of the border cities to handle the husi- ness of the new export group. This will lead to closing more than a do warehouses which have heen operat- ing on the river for the past five years, Most of these will he small ex- port docks not included in the brewery combine, while others will close be cause they have either organization. When plans of the two combines are complete less than a dozen ware houses will be in operation Canadian shores of Lake St. (lair and the Detroit River. ‘This will be within a week, the News said. i CHARGE UNIDENTIFIED | MAN AIDED IN ATTACK Hyattsville Police Seek Escort of | Women Arrested as Having Bound Mrs. Rosenfield. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., July 24— Constable Thomas Garrison is looking | for a man, whose identity has not been disclosed, to solve the mystery of the attack made Tuesday night | upon Mre. Myrtle Rosenfield in her | Mount Rainier home. This man will be charged with ac- cessory. It {s sald he drove Miss Ethel Clawans and Mrs. Elizabeth | ‘Warnke, who were arrested, to the| Rosenfleld home, where Mrs. Rosen- | fleld was bound to a bedpost and gagged while the home was ransacked and $15 taken from a purse. An al- leged unsigned letter, demanding money and in the hands of George Rosenfleld, the husband,, is. said to have been the motive for the attack. The women are charged with assault and battery with intent to kill and robbery. -The attack was made a few minutes before the woman's hushand arrived home from his place of busi- ness in Washington, D. C, The charges against the two women will be heard Wednesday hefore Justice of the Peace John J. Fainter. ANDREWS’ ATTITUDE UPHELD IN LONDON Has Made No Unreasonable De- mands, Is OMcial Answer to Attacks of Press. By the Associated Pres LONDON, July 24-—In response to attacks by the British press on the subject of the present prohibition con- ference here, it was stated emphat- ically in official circles today that the United States has not askgd for the right of search and seizure nor has made any unreasonable request. LIt is unofficially asserted that if the United States had not first requested such a_conference, Kngland probably would bave taken the initiative, since Sentiment is strong against the British Mlag being used to shield rum runners. The work of the conference, in which the United States is represented'| by Brig. Lincoln . Andrews and his staff, is ‘now in the hands of a sub- committee of the whole, with a report gxmted. next Wednesday or Thurs- lay 1t is continually emphasizéd in offi- clal British qudrters that the subjects | considered have io do only with the matter of administering the already | for which existing -agreement between the two e BETHESDA FIRE BOARD PICKS ITS OFFICERS New Department Takes Form. ‘Apparatus Decided Upon—$34,- 000 Now Raised. The new Bethesda fire department an active campaign for tunds has been proceeding for the past several weeks took actual form {1ast night at a meeting of the fire bhoard, composed of representatives of various communities making up the general Bethesda area. A temporary fire board was named which will serve untfl the actual' installation of the department, when a permanent board will he named. The officers of the board are: President, Oliver Owen Kuhn; vice president. William W Bride: secretar Hobart Langdon; treasurer, S. Walter Bogeley. The equipment committee, which | has been studying the question of ade- quate fire-fighting apparatus, made a partial report and it was decided by the board to purchase two triple com- binatlon pumpers and one chemical apparatus, the three pieces being of the finest that ©an be purchased, Other contracts in connection with the installation of the department will | let in the immediate future. The committee on housing reported and the fire board instructed this com- mittee to consider locations on the main road anywhere hetween the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks and West Chevy Chase Heights. Tt is expected that a site will have been contracted for within the next few days, and at the meeting of the board | next week actual construction of the firehouse arranged for. Flying squadrons in various dis- tricts last night reported that a total of $35,000 had been raised up to date, with an additional $5,000 to $7,000 in sight, which will place the department on an enviable financial footing. " Fly- ing squadrons were urged to continue their activities unceasingly until all property holders had been given op portunity to lend their aid to the new department. no connection ‘with | on the | OBSCENE MAGAZINE WAR AWAITS TRIAL | e ‘ | Definite Ruling in Test Case| | Desired Before Makng l Other Arrests. | | eligible. cinet | Although police of every are under striet orders t search ashincton from end to end for v | of indecent magazines, Maj. Ed- | | Hesse does not expeet fur- | rests to be made until aft the charges against William H. Smith a wholesale magazine distributor, | have been tried in Police Court next | Thursd; | Mr. § used of selling one | more magazines which both Dis- | l(nr‘l Attorney Peyton Gordon nd | Maj. Hesse have branded as a viok- | tion of the code which prohibits the | le or possession of an abscene hook, | agazine, pamphlet or picture in t District of Columbia. He was ar-| rested at the instance of Maj. Hesse | nd the prosecution will be in charge | of Maj. Gordon's office. ‘ Wants Definite Ruling. | Maj. Hesse hopes to see the law | definitely tested at the trial and on | the basis of the outcome he will be in a position to plan future action. In the meantime, there is to be no relaxation in the police investigation. Orders for the crusade were dispatch- | ed vesterday and Maj. Hesse expects | to see some results by early in the coming week. His men will obtain | evidence wherever it exists and then | postpone making arrests until after a | | decision has been handed down in the | | case of Mr. Smith. Shquld the de- | | cision bring a sentence, all other | dealers who have been found dealing in similar magazines will be arrested without further ado. Maj. Hesse has under consideration a plan which he may propose to the three or four wholesale dealers who . Washington with virtually all He is thinking of appointing a reliable man to visit the wholesale establishments the first of every month. The vast majority of magazines are quite - acceptable in the most meticulous home, so that the officer would have to examine only the “borderline” variety Plan Not Yet Adopted. These he would take to Maj. Hesse's office, where the police official would | examine them and indicate to the dealers which ones, if any, might re- sult in prosecution. though this plan amounts to mething more than | ha suggestion at this time, Mgj. Hesse | has indicated that he would ‘be quite | willing to try it if the dealers agre to co-operate by permitilng the officer access 1o their stock. Several of the dealers liave pre- | viously declared that they would wel come such a proposition | visited Maj. Hess form him that he h manently orders for which had been de one edition, at least. The dealer took the position that if the publication distributed one objectionable edition others probably would follow %o he severed business relations entirely. all ared obscene in Canadian Cow s;s B;cord. A new Canadian record for three- vear-old cows is claimed for Julia, property of Dr. Gustave Langelier, director of the experimental farm at Cap Rouge, near Quebec. Julia has produced in the last twelve months 10,181¢pounds of milk and 490 pounds of butter, with a percentage of 4.81, The animal thus displaces Marjolain, the super-cow of Clairevaux, Bagot, which last vear produced 484 pounds of hutter. Pitchforks, Hammers and Crowbars ‘Used in Anti-Klan Battle on Bridge By the Associated Press, CORNING, lowa, July 24-—Armed with pitchforks, hammers, crowbars and similar crude weapons, 70 persons attempted to stop members of the Ku Kilux Klan, bound for a county meeting at the farm of Wap Goodwin, near this city. last night. sArrival of ‘officers prevented a disturbance. _Masgsed on a bridge over a railroad at ‘the North edge d8 town, affer marching from the bi ss . distriet, the demonstrators refused to permit Klansman to pass. Sheriff Coakley | said that a fight was in its early stages when he arrived. He said that he hurried to the scéne when he heard rumors of the tronble. 3 Later in’ the evening, two klansmen were slightly injured and automaobiles in which they were returning home frora their meeting, were badly bat- tered by large rocks and other heavy mi _thrown from the darkness. ‘The klansmen did not stop to invemt]. gate but notified the sheriff. £ | vender | commiseion | from | the park commission into | ment |ing to define | hold that the spirit of the law gove | study DOUBT OF DELANQ'S | CATHOLIC SOCIETY ELIGIBILITY RAISED! PROBED IN MEXICO Helmick Also May Not Be in Position to Accept D. C. Commissionership. While Washington awaits word from the Summer White House as to who will be next District Commis- sioner, two questions have been raised regarding the legal qualifications of at least two of the prominently men- tioned candidates—Maj. Gen. El A. Helmick, inepector general of the Army, and Frederic A. Delano. The executive committee of the Thomas, Circle Citizens’ Association, although not epposing Gen. Helmick personally, Ias raised the legal point that a retired Army offier could not qualify as & civillan Commissioner. <In the case of Mr. Delano no or ganization, so far as is known, has questioned his legal status, but dis- cussion has been revived as to whether he has voted elsewhere with in the past three vears, which would him ineligible. One report going the rounds is that he voted in Chicago in 1924, but_with Mr. Delano could not be settled Named to Park Body. An interesting angle to this ques tion developed today when it was re called that Mr. Delano was named by the President recently as the District of Columbia member of the new National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commissfon, although he has not been £worn in as i member of the because of his absence the eountry The act of Congress reorganizing city plan- ning agency provided for an enlarged | membership, and stipulated that one of the additfonal appointees should be a bona fide resident of the District. Tt would seem that if Mr. Delano is eligible to qualify the District | member of the planning commission it would throw light on his eligibility for the commissionership. On the other hand, should the re- ports that he is still ineligible to meet the legal requirements for District Commissioner be found true, it might affect the carrying out of his appoint to the city-planning age . park commission law merely “hona fide.” without attempt “bona fide.” The states Secretary Doubtful of Status. Mrs. Helen J. P Mr. Delano. did Starr not know secretary to today | when Mr. Delano terminated his legal residence in Ilinois, or whether he voted in Chicago in 1924. She sald that Mr. Delano has lived in Wash ington since 1914, when President Wil- son appointed him to the Federal Re serve Board. but she no definite knowledge to his voting status outside the District. Just prior to the appoin Commissioner Fenning. in June, it was reported that President Cool jdge looked favorably upon Mr. De lano, bug it is generally understood that the President was satisfied that that time Mr. Delano was in- nent of at today The question seemed to hinge ¢ since on whether the lapse of one yea that time has removed the legal bar: rier then existing. 1f, as rumored, Mr Delano voted in 1924 the legal residence ause for a ( sioner would still prove an 1t was suggested in some ua day. howey that the question may have ninged on the payment of poll tax in some other place rather than the actual casting of vote. Believes Helmick Ineligible. The executive committee of Thomas Circle Citizens' Association bases ite contention that Gen. Helmick is not legally qualified on the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the cases of United States vs. Rich- and W. Tyler, rendered in March. 18 ‘According to members of the execu- tive committee of the association, the court held that a retired Army officer i< still subject to the Articles of \Var and liable to a call back to duty. hstacle rlers o of Columbia is that there would be (wo civilian Commis. sionersand that the selection of a re tired Army officer would be in conflict with that statute. At the same time, mittee, at a meeting presided over President Harry D Murray, - indc the candidacy of rank Spriggs Perry local attorney Resolutions will b sent*to the President, both as te Mr. Perry and relating the legal conten: “jon regarding retived Army officers While this action was Being taken by the Thomas Circle group. however, the Mount St. Albans Council of Citi ' Associations went on record as indorsing Gen. Helmick for Commissioner. The council _includes the following associations: Burleith, Richmond Park. cathedral Heights nglish Village and Wesley Heght ‘en. Helmick has taken an active in- ns' association work for several years. Perry Strongly Urged. Friends of Mr. Perry, acting thre Myers, another attorney, ves terday issued a statement setting forth the qualifications of Mr. Perry for the office of Commissioner. The statement pointed out that he has long been # bona fide resident of the Distriet and active in affairs. He has made a thorough of the constitutional status of the District of Columbia and has alsc close student of the fiscal re lations between the United States and Dist TOVernmentis, J Phe Southwest Citizens' Association held a special meeting on the grounds of the Fairbrother School,” 10th and E streets, southwest, last night and rec- ommended Capt. Albert J. Headley of the fourth police precinet for appoint- ment as commissioner. George Yeatman, president “bf the association, sald the meeting was called following preparation of a tition by 20 members, as required for the holding of a special session,' that the purpese was to concur ing the District the executive com- by sed been ina similar endorsement previously given | Capt. Headley by business men of the Southwest. APPEAL T0 CBOL!DGE. ‘Baltimore Committee Will Urge Immediate Removal of Explosives. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, July 24. — Mayor Jackson has appointed a committee to wait upon President Coolidge and urge the necessity of immediate removal of | explogives from the Curtis Bay dinance depot. The committee will dent to eliminate governmental “red tape” which now prevents action toward the removal of the menace, and will -outline a plan which can reduce the explosive to a point of comparative safety. The Advertising Club of Baltimore has again appealed to lanford Me- Nider, acting Secretary of War, in a letter declaring that the United States Government had nd moral right to menace the lives of 800000 Balti- moreans by storing such quantities of ammunition pear a large city. k the Presi It takes a to thing,"” says News. three vear | civic | and | i Jen I Grave Menace Seen in Boy- cott Proposal—Army Mobil- ization Denied. By the Associated Pre MEXICO CITY, July 24.—Attorney General Ortega has sent to the first district court a citation ordering an investigation into the activities of the three leaders of the National League for Defense of Religious Liberty who were taken into custody and held by the authorities when the league's headquarters were raided Thursday The men under arrest are Rafael Ceniceros Villareal, Rene Capitstran Garza and Luis Busto. They are al- leged to have signed a recent appeal for “an economic boycott” in opphsi tion to the new religious regulations he facts which I am eiting,” says Senor Ortega’s communication, “have enormous transcendency for the insti tutions of the republic, because it is attempted to destroy them and brinigy about disorganization of the 1 tration and the ruf clety dan ot economic Says Appeal Is Menace. he appeal made by the leaders of the league to the inhabitants of Mexico to disobey one of the laws which con stitute the ideal of the Mexican people ix destructive and dangerous. 1 be seech you to fulfill your duty, acting diligently and eflicaciousiy in this within the strictest lines of justice.” The government is § n& to enforee its new re gious regu lations at midnight next Saturday Denial is made by governmer all the feder troops have for instant rs, but may be rded neces- aetion in it is stated such an issued if it should be re tegulations supplementary to the constitutional prohibition of religious teaching in private schools prescribe that no clergyman shail act as director or teacher in schools. pels, re ligious pictures, images and other ob jects of a rel nat in such kchools are forbidden, Some schools intend horder points Sister Maria E ters of the school of which e head, has ¢ ted for ex., where the institutic opened. Catholie ¢ by the closing the Natio Religious the leaders of 000 Children Confirmed. More than 3,000 children were con ed in the cathedral here yester and there als nan Hundreds of mothers were ur te g ent with their ous to reopen at United tes. with <he e P be n the Sta pzenadora, 20 s was been stirred adquarters of Defense of rrest of reles have of the h League For Liberty and the the organiz: Ay tis able babies Several prominent women of the Catholic Women's I taken to court yesterds tioned regarding their conne; the movement of the Cathol ni zations against the religious regu- Jations. After their depositions had been taken they were permitted to go Vera Cruz dispatches say 77 nuns and a number of priests sailed yester day for Havana on the Steamer Reina Maria Cristina $10,000 BAIL ASKED IN ASSAULT CASE embers ague, were and ques ion with | Allen L. Gorby Bound Over on Story of Mrs. Hamilton, Vietim of Virginia Attack. The Star a., July 24— old, of Wash- n of the De- £10,000 bail John h to Gorby, ington was held cemt jury by U State: B. Phillips here t with attacking Mrs Hamilton, 41 mornin August New York ave- nue, \ ington, on the Government reservation at Radio, Va 13 The woman repeated a story of hav- ing been led to the place about on the pretext that Gorby had a piece of real estate to sell, and being heaten and choked in an attempted criminal ault. She said ate operator. Gorby Un- able to furnish the bail, he was cow mitted to the Alexandria city jail. Po- lice said Gorby has been emploved by a Washington sight-seeing com- pany. STORM AND HEAT DEATH TOLL IS 160 IN EASTERN STATES irst_Page.) he did not testi (Continued from 3 damage by lightning and wind during storms, and wire communi as severed in many parts of and New [England. The Government weather ohserver at Albany said that the storm was sim- flar to the one which destroyed the gible Shenandoah. State troops to take command of Mansfield * the storm paralyzed trafli lephone service to northern Nev nd had not been. entively r Istored early today, the worst damage thaving occurred in the lake dis hof New Hampshire DELUGE FOLLOWS Three-Hour Rainstorm Causes $10,000 ot Harrisonburg, V Spevial Dispateh to The Star HARRISONBURG, Va., July 24 Harrisonburz is surveying the dam- age of a three-hour rainstorm of last nightt, following the week’s heat wave. Local business houses suffered heavily from water, domaze being es- timated at around $10,000. Blacks Run, flowing through the heart of the city, went on a rampage, haiting traf- fic on the Valley pike on either side of Harrisonburg for several hours. John F. Noll, superintendent of public ~works, described last night's electrical storm as the most terrific in ars. When tree limbs were blown s the wires, the electric current St off and the city was in dark- HEAT. Damage amage tp ps, al- aved s burning up for ntense heat w2 though vegétation which lack of mmoisture in tl The celebrated city of Asia Minor, formerly capital of the empire of the caliph and site of the tomb of Zobrifr, wife of the w'aliph Haroun-Al-Raschid, should be spelied Baghdad, and not *ofin to unload a , The man who possesses a perma. Bagdad, the {United States Georgraphic Board has Mecided, for Government usage. nent address .is localized. Only the _tramp has abavlute Liberty of living. f \