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EDTOCITE VARE 1D FOR EINTEMPT 1 { Slenator Warns Witness After { i 2 Latter Flatly Refuses to Answer Questions. B the Aseociated Press. ICHICAGO, July 29.—Flatly refusing t4 answer questions today before the | te campaign funds committee, mas W. Cunningham of Philadel- ia was advised that he would be cited to the Senate for contempt. ICunningham testified that on April 549926, he gave $25.000 to Thomas F. TWatson, treasurer of the Vare organi- zation. Cunningham replied. At that point Ben Gelder, counsel for Cunningham, said he had advised his client that, in his judgment, the committee had no jurisdiction to in- quire into the Pennsylvania primary and that consequently he need not answer certan question: Refuses to Give Source. Senator Reed then inquired as to the source of the $25,000 contribution. “I refuse to answer that question; that is a personal matter,” Cunmng- ham replied. “Where did you keep that money?” Reed asked. “That another psrsonal question and I refuse to answe “Did you give it in cash or by eheck?” “In cash.” ‘What is.your salary as clerk of General Sessions”” “Eight thousand dollars.” “Was this §25.000 savings from your salary?” “That's another personal question, which I refuse to answer.” “Is there anything wrong or wicked or crooked ahout the source. of that mgopey?”" Reed asked. “That's an unfair question.” broke in Golder, “and I advise Mr. Cunning- ham to disregard it.” Attorney Given Warning. Senator Reed and Golder got into a wrangle, with the upshot that the chairman warned the attorney that if he did not-maintain “a respectful” at- titude toward the committee he would not be-perinitted to sit at the hearing tahle. Golder protested the Senator's ques- tions were unfair. Did you give any other money in the campaign?’ Reed asked. “Ye Cunningham_ replied. April 16 1 gave $25,000." Reed sought to develop the source of that.money. but Cunningham, on advice of his counsel, refused to an- swer. Likewise the witness refused 10 go into details concernlrng the va- cation he took while the committee wag sitting in Washington investigat- ing the Pennsylvania primary. “Do you know a Mr.. Powers?"” asked Reed. Ve “Do you know whether Powers had & law partner who s head of a trust company in Philadelphia® Golder advised his client not answer. “That's geeting to be lence!" snap Reed. ™ possibly hurt this witness “I know, Senator, but it might lead to other things.” sought to develop in what bank b Cunningham kept his maney, S nrfié'un-nr. asserting. that this was “On to sheer fnso- could not gain Gelder advised his client ® private matter. gmw Defends Committee. ator Reed declared that with a 250000 contribution testified to, the committee had a right to go into the | moifire of the money. 3 | ‘We disagree on that” Golder “Our position is that the com- mirtee had no right to inquire into the ary in the first place.” fAnd your word is the final law on that?” asked Senator Reed. #It will be with Mr. Cunningham, atijeast at present.” returned Golder. 41Ve will ascertain about that later,” R retorted. nningham explained why he sup- Vare, but said he had never hefére given so large a sum to a Dojitical campaign. | fAre vou a man of considerable méans?" asked Reed. Pretty fairly right now,” Cunning- | hzin replied. i L\ Barrett Ia Examined. Bctivities of the powerful Crowe- Pagvett faction of the Republican 1ty in Ceok County during the Illi- mol§ primary were inquired into capjier today by the committee. {harles V. Barrett, treasurer of the zvbup. known as the regular Repub- Vieph organizatien, presented cancelled 'h?ku and other data to show how { thé=organization disposed of the $175.- vogc which it collected for use in the cagapaign. iisclosure of this expenditure in- rrggsed to $965,635.47 the known out- I2¢%in the primary in which Frank L. Sniith defeated nater Willam B. AMdKinley for the Republican sena- torrl nomination. thairman Reed and Senator La Taiette, Republican. Wiseonsin. who =tiff were the only committee members nrgEent, examined each of the scores f jghecks presented. CAPTURE OF 4 FUGITIVES FROM LORTON EXPECTED L e ata iy Youths Surrounded in Woods by Guards and Bloodhounds, 1 Officials Say. of four prisoners who of 12 prison guards and six hounds. king advantage of the ‘“honor 'm” which prevails at Lorton, the et hid in the woods.and their nce was not discovered until din- time. The four are:.Paul Gray- 23 years old, &y qui abi e e ¥ was said at the reformatory-that ssful escapes are.rare. The ners wore blue overalls, blue and cap. it . AUTO DEALER BANKRUPT. e Washington Flint Ceo,, Ine., r in automobiles and auto sup- today filed a ‘petition in woluna- bnéakrumc}"r ':n the District Su- pre ‘ourt. e company’s place of {Business is at lonnhlm‘ and V stists. The are given as £43371.07, and assefs as $19,876.55. Atigrner E. 8. Balley appears for the col as Dlies, et organised 1n 1365 W Francis H. in New York e Figures in Mystery MRS. EDWARD W. HALL. MRS. -HALL ACCUSED OF KILLING SPOUSE AND CHOIR SINGER sentenced to two years in the re- tormatory for perjury. Mrs. Jane Gibson, a farmer's wife, sald she had seen Mrs. Hall and a man quarrel with Mr. Hall and Mrs. Mills on the night of the murder, and that she saw the slaying. Mrs. A. C. Fraley, a widow, llving with her daughter in a nearby farmhouse, cor- roborated parts of Mrs. Gibson's story. Widow Demands Hearing. Mrs. Hall demanded that the grand jury hear her story. Her brother, Henry Stevens, named as the man with her, claimed an alibl. The grand jury examined 50 witnesses, and despite the stories of Mrs. Gibson and Mra. Fraley took no action. Bishop Paul Matthews of the Epis- copal Diocese of New Jersey pro- tested against “cruelly unjust insinu- ations against Mrs. Hall." The widow was given a $600 annuity from the Eplacopal pension fund. ‘Mrs. Hall sailed for Europe in Feb- 1923, and returned more than a year later. TUpon her return Mrs. Hall 1vd quietly in New Brunswick until her arrest. Rhiele's statement two weeks ago that eaused reopening of the investi- gation said “She (Louise Gest) was lin the econfidence of Dr. Hall and re- terred to him as old buddy.” She said that in 1922 Mr. and Mrs. Hall were not on good terms, and respond- ent carried messages hetween them, and that Mr. Hall used to entertain friends at the house known as Phil- lips’ farm. and that she: herself had visited this house with Dr. Hall alone, She sald that September 14, 1922, Dr. Hall left his home, taking a large sum of moneyr with him, and telling her to say to Mrs. Hall he would he gone for a couple of days, but she knew he intended to elope with Mrs. Mills, Mrs. Hall was at the time 1 ing down in her room with a head- ache. Trip to Farm Is Cited. “About 10 or 11 that night, Mrs. Hall and one Willie Stevens (a brother of Mys. Hall, known to he mentally deficient), were driven in Dr. Hall's other automobile to Phillips’ farm by Peter Tumuity, the chauffeur.” (This was 38 hours hefore the bodies were found under a crabapple tree in the orchard.) “Respondent would not admit that in the pargy that went to the Phillips farmhouse was one Henry de la Bru- yerre Carpenter, but said she could twist Mr. Carpenter around her finger and that she got anything she wanted from him. “Respondent told your petitioner that he had gotten $5.000 for her part in the matter and for keeping quiet about it. “‘She further sald that certain coun- ty officials of Middlesex County were always taken care of for preventing any one from breaking the case.” Tn the earlier investigation of the case it was shown that Mrs. Hall had had a quarrel with Miss Giest, who was among the witnesses called before the grand jury. Doubted Diaries Were True. In an interview November 1, 1922, the only one she ever gave in the cas Mrs. Hall declared that she atill be. lievad her husband had been trua and loyal and that she had no suspicions even of overfriendliness hetween her hushand and Mrs. Mills. She declared that she had not been near the Phil- lips farm since she was a child, wanted the mystery cleared up, and felt that the investigation had been bungled. She doubted the authen- T POINCARE'S RELIEF PLAN PROGRESSES Finance Committee Votes, 19 to 13, for Bill as Whole. - Farm Taxes Raised. By the Asgaclated Press PARIS, July 29.—-The Chamber's finance committee, after considering | Premier Poincare’s finance bill article by article, approved it as a whole this afternoon. The vote, which was taken after the premier had agala expounded his program, was 19 votes o 13, with one abstention. The committee voted to Incorporate in the bill a clanuse Increasing the an- nual salaries of deputies from 27.000 francs (3675 to 45.000 francs, $1,125). The cabinet today approved a bill to be introduced in the Chamber to- morrow by the minister of tommerce, the purpose of which is to safeguard the country’'s wheat supply. The de- talls of the measure are being with- held. The part of the finance bill which caused the longest discussion in the committee was article 21, a subsection of which increases the tural profits from I The article has already great opposition among groups, and it ls conaldered that its adoption by the committee is likely to have some effect on radical deputies who rely upon votes in agricultural districts. Among the amendments considered by the committee and re-ected, but which are likely to be revived on the floor of the (‘hamber, was one by M. Falcoz, deputy from Savole, which would impose of 200 gold francs upon any foreigner entering the coun- try. The tax would be payable in the currency of the country of the for- eigner’'s origin, and would be calcu- lated from :fl.\' to day at the current rate of exchange, DEBT DELAY REGRETTED. Paris Financial Circles Fear New Slump in Franc. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The r and Chicago Daily News. 29.—Political and finan- clal circies are disappointed at Pre- mier Poincare's decision to postpone until Autumn presentation of a com- plete plan for stabilization and finan clal rehabflitation. It is feared that meanwhile the franc may fall again, thus upsetting all calculations. Sir Arthur Salter, economic pert of the League of Nations, who ia thor- oughly familiar with the financial re- forms of Austria, Hungary and Ger- many, declares that France can sta- bilize easier than these countries be- cause her currency in less disorganiz- ed, her economic situation is strong and she has sufficient gold to cover a new issue of currency. In order to effect stabllization, Sir Arthur sald, a plan must be formed complete in all points and applied si- multaneously; else, he holds, it will break down. The budget must be bal- anced and stabilization effected at the same moment, or else the budget will show another deficit. At the same time, the discount must be raised to attract capital. The bank of issue must be independent of political con- trol. The government must be ac- corded exceptional, but not necessarily dictatorial, powers, and must give the impression that it Intends to hold firm to its plan, despite difculties, Finatly, there must be foreign bank credits, 8ir Arthur asserted. (Copyright, 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.) LONDON, July 29 (®).—A delega- tion of coal miners will sail for the United States Saturday to appeal to the tradea unions there for aid for the striking miners in the British Isles. “We are confident there are thou- sands of persons in America willing to help the miners in their struggle,” J sald . Cook, secretary of the Miners' Federation, today. Vesuvius Renews Activity. NAPLES, July. 20 (#P).—Vesuvius has renewed its activity, but expert voleanologists say there is no danger of a disastrous eruption. The activ- ity within the cone was becoming more intense today and there were constant deep rumbliin ticity of published diaries and letters of her husband and Mrs. Mills. Mrs. Hall never, made any other statement for the newspapers. The slain minister and his wife oc- cupied positions of social prominence in New Brunswick. The Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, of which he was rector, is one of the wealthiest and most fashionable in New Brunswick. Mrs. Hall is said to be wealthy in her own right, and a few years prior to the murder was reported to have inherited $1,700,000. They had no children. WILL PUSH PROSECUTION. Governor to See Hall-Mills Case Through to Finish. TRENTON, N. J., July 20 (®.— Gov. Moore today declared his inten- tion of going through “to a finish" with the prosecution of Mrs. Florence Stevens 11, who was arrested at Somerville last night, charged with the murder of her husband, the Rev. Dr. Edward Wheeler Hall, and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, choir singer in his Bean Cargo Swells And Wrecks Ship When Hull Leaks By the Assncisted Pross. HANKOW, China, July 20.—The power of the humble bean has been forcibly fllustrated on the Yangtze River, China's great water high- way. The Hamburg-America mo- tor ship Rhineland, filled with beans, collided with the Japanese steamer Mitsuki Maru, about 40 miles below Hankow. The Rhine- land sprang a leak, the beans be- gan to swell, decks to bulge and seams to open. Salvage craft came to the rescue, but the beans had all the best of it. The Rhineland was an almost total loas. EDWARDS SCORES DRY UNIT COUNSEL Issues Scathing Rebuke to Britt for His Defense of Borah’s Speech. Aroused by recent defenses of pro- hibition by Senator Borhh and by Judge James J. Britt, chiet counsel of the prohibition unit, Senator Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey, today is- sued a scathing answer to Britt. Senator Edwards was particuiarly provoked by Senator Borah's charac terization of “wets" as “whelped from the same kennel as Bolshevism.” His statement follows: “In rushing to the defense of Sen- ator Borah's recent castigation of the ‘wet, as whelped from the same ken- nel as Bolshevists,’ James J. Britt, chief counsel of the prohibition unit, gives us the flluminating information that the eighteenth amendment must he enforced or repealed and in the next breath says ‘that there will he no repeal of eighteenth amendment.’ Sees New York Flayed. “As I Interpret Senator Borah's Augusta, Ga., remarks, the people of New York State were unmercifully flayed for countenancing a prohibition referendum. Judge Britt now informs a hitherto unconvinced public that Mr. Borah ‘is entirely right,” when he asserts that any move to change or repeal the prohibition law, whether it be in the form of a State or national referendum, is nullification. “But after charging Senator Borah with being entirely right, Judge Britt make this inconsistent but unquestion- ably sound observation: ‘If the States desire a referendum on any question concerning liquor trafic they have a perfect right to order it,’ which state- ment takes all the fury out of Borah's him still ‘dry’ but repudiated by the very Government official who s charged with the legal interpreta- tion of Volsteadism. Cltes Other Amendments. “‘Although a native of North Caro- lina, and therefore a potential author- ity on nullification of constitutional rights, Judge Britt studiously re- frained from referring to nullifica- tion of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments, which two amendments, because of their importance in the South, caused representatives to be sent to the Congress who supported the eighteenth amendment, which Judge Britt now says must be en- forced without going around it or crawling under it by cowardice and lawlessness.” — o COAL MERCHANTS FROLIC ON CHAPEL POINT OUTING Happy Day Spent on Beach by 250, Including Families and Employes. The Coal Merchants’ Board of Trade held its annual outing yesterday at Chapel Point, Md., with about 250 persons attending. An innovation was introduced this year in the pres- ence not only of the families of the members of the association, but their employes as well. The new arrange- ment proved so satisfactory that it probably will be continued in the fu- ture, officials said. The picnickers met in automobiles near Lincoin Park rday morn- ing, and about 11 o'clock, escorted by a detall of motor cycle policemen, started for Chapel Point. There were fully 65 cars in the procession and the policemen acted as an escort to the Maryland line, where the sojourners were bidden farewell and left to their own direction. Immediately upon Chapel Point luncheon wa after which games were plaved, most of them being aquatic in nature. There was, however, one intensely in- teresting dry-land feature in a baby show. Under the rules ‘‘babies” of all ages were permitted to enter, and most of them appeared in bathing sults. The judges, consisting of M. 0. Chance, Mrs. E. D. Hill and Mrs. J. C. Suter, were unable to determine any one winner, so all entrants were presented with prizes, which turned out to be beach buckets and shovels. ‘The committee in charge of ar- rangements consisted of J. G. Colli- ‘flower, M. O. Chance, E. B. Dickey, F. M. Fideley, F. A. Hessick, William B. Marlow, 0. G. Raymond, Charles arriving at / served, H. 8t. John, Roy O. King and J. C. Suter. s church, SRR SRS HURRICANE-SWEPT AREA WHERE 64 WERE KILLED ares revent heavy lows of 11fe and property tn gale that sunk veadsls, wrecked prop- Augusta political harangue and leaves | PASTOR INDICTED INTEXAS SLAYING Rev. J. Frank Norris Accused of Murder of D. E. Chipps in Church Office. By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Tex., July Rev. J. Frank Norris, pastor of First Raptist Church and nationally known | fundamentalist. was indicted today by | Mayor H. €. Meacham, Chipps' friend, was called as a witness just before the indictment was returned | after two weeks of investigation. | Nearly two score witnesses. the larger | part of them members of Dr. Norris' | church, appeared before the grand | Other witnesses on whose testi- | mony the indictment was returned in cluded the ambulance driver and city police officers and detectives. The 14- vear-old “mystery witness,” who dis- appeared afier the slaying and whose name has been withheld by the dis- trict attorney, was not called, al- though it was stated he may be a State's witness at the trial. Announcement of the return of a true bill against Dr. Norris came on the heels of the pastor's statement late last night that he had employed no counsel, but this was followed by the announcement from Dr. Norris' office over the signature of Marvin B. Simp- son that the latter had been retalned to represent the minister. No reason was given for the change in plane. COOLIDGE SUCCESS IN 1928 PREDICTED BY FORMER ENVOY (Continued from First Page) farmers themselves were grieved or diagruntied because of the defeat of the McNary-Haugen bill. According to advices he imparted to the Presi- dent the agitation raised in connec- tion with farm relief legislation, espe- clally the advocacy of price-fixing legislation, was brought about by politiclans and opponents of the ad- ministration. Also that the relfef pro vided in the Feas amendment which was supported by the President, but went down to defeat just before Con- gress adjourned, is what is needed most by the farmers generally at this time, He told the President that he is in- clined to think that the farmers the selves are beginning to r-alize this now. It this legislation is again pre- sented to Congress he belleves the farmers will bring sufficlent influence to bear to force its enactment. Re- garding crime prevention. a subject in which Mr. Child sald the President has always manifested a keen finter- est, it is thought likely by Mr. Child that at the next session of Congress | legislation will be introduced to amend the postal and the Interstate commerce laws 80 as to prohibit the shipment and mailing of small arms, except for legitimate purposes. He said also that the President has ind cated that he favors uniform crimin identification and the creation of a national bureau for criminal identifi- cation in Washington. Although the President and Mr. Child have discussed a number of matters, it was made very plain by the la up more frequently than the other sub- jects. It was evident from what M Child sald that the President lost none of his interest in this sub- Ject and that he is keeping well post- ed with thé trend of politics not only in Massachusetts and New England but throughout the other Sta of the Union. There was a joyful reunfon here this morning. when Frank W. Stearns, the President’s closest friend. arrived from Roston for an indefinite visit at White Pine Camp. ; Tells Stearns Fish Stories. Mr. Coolldge had many fish stories to relate to Mr. Stearns, but the lat- ter had an absorbingly interesting a count of Massachusetts political de- velopments, in which the President deeply is interested on account of Sen- ator Butler's candidacy, to present to the Chief Executive. Bay State Democrats at the present time are in a ferment over the selec- tion of candidates to run with former Senator David I. Walsh, who will oppose Senator Butler, according to Mr. Stearns. On the other hand, he related, the Republicans are united as never before, determined to stand to- Kether to elect a complete ticket as A mark of their confidence in the President. Evidence of the spirit that prevails in the G. O. P. ranks was furnished at the recent outing on the eatate of Frederick H. Prince in Essex County, when former Senator Albert Beveridge of Indiana and Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire were among the speakers. FORD PLANE PLANS OUTLINED. PAUL SMITHS, N. (#).—The Ford Motor Co. avidtion is cerrtered for the present at least, and perhaps permanently, in the manufacture of airplanes rather than in_the business of commercial flying. Fdsel Ford, vice president of the company and director of its aviation branch, which is now turning out an all-metal trimotor monoplan: out-. lined the plans of his company as re- gards plane manufacture before leav- Ing White Pine Camp, where he dis cussed commercial flying with Presi- dent Coolidge. Sees Cut in Cost. Prior to his departure yesterda afternoon with Mrs. Ford for Bretton Woods, N, H., and Seal Harbor, Me., the manufacturer. asserted that, al- though much remained to be done be- fore commercial aviation could be made economical, he believed production costs could be cut by increasing vol- ume. He was not prepared to predict, however, whether the plane his com- pany is now making could ever be manufactured in large quantities and at_comparatively low prices. Mr. Ford was optimistic over the new type of aircraft being brought out by the company. FPlanes of this type are already in use for transport- ing automobile parts once daily from Detroit to Chicago, and twice daily from Detroit to Cleveland. The transportation cost has aver aged 13.8 cents a pound on freight, but the time required for the air Jjourney is less than half the train schedule. The engine used on the plane has nine cylinders, but Mr. Ford sald experiments were now be- ing made with an eight-cylinder mo- which might lead to improte- Now Costs $37,000. The cost of the present plane is $37,000, but the manufacturer said he believed this could be reduced by 25 per cent when the first 100 machines, now under construction, had been manufactured and given thorough tests, Altheugh he believed that the air- plane has important commercjal pos- sibilities, in addition to its usefulnes: to national defense, Mr. Ford said he 1! , but woul anothér means of high:apesd trans. portation. ¥ that politics seemed to bob | has | ASHORE WAR TROPHY GUNS FIND HOME IN D. C. Transport Chateau Thierry Unloads Grim Cargo for Deposit in Museum. Work of unloading the United States Army transport Chateau Thierry, which docked at the navy vard yes: terday with a cargo of captured Ger- man fleld guns, 600 tons of pig iron and a large number of crates bearing furniture for the War Department, be- gan in earnest today, and before noon 1wo of the big guns had been deposit- ed safely on the ground. Capt. James Hitehcock of the trans- port sald today his ship's holds would not he cleared of all the cargo before the end of the week. Then he plans 1o move around te the Washington Rarracks wharf. take on some mis- cellaneous freight and depart for Old Point Comfort ahout August 7, where a Jarge number of Pennsylvania mi- litia will he carried to Philadelphia. The troops were transported to the Virginia port a few days ago. First Gun Removed. The first gun to reach the ground today was a 105.mm. Howitzer resem- bling somewhat a French 75. It rested in an upright position in the hold. Cables from a huge navy vard crane were attached to the.fimber and the piece was hoisted high in the afr, with the barrel hanging down. It was car- ried clear of the ship, and as it nearsd the ground, an auxiliary cable was at- tached to the muzzie. A little lift on this pulled the gun into a perfect up- right position and it settied to the ground gracefully and without & bump. gun, showing the effects of This 3 f exposnre, bore the following TArking on the. “NR. 106 K., marking on the breech: b Fried. Krupp A. G. Easen, 1918." The wheels and spokes were of wood and A German mortar landed from the Chateau Thierry this morning with other rellcs destined for the Bmithsonian collection. Officlals at the Weather Bureau were beginning today to relax and let | their forecasts take their usual course after passing through a week of ex- traordinary strain consumed in saving lives and dollars from destruction at the hands of the tropieal hurricane, now dissipating itself inland. Tt was estimated here today that as a result of the elaborate series of daily | warnings sent out by Forecaster | Mitchell and his assoclates large loss of life on the high seas and in coastal regions and damage to millions of dol- lars’ worth of property were averted. ‘Washington will begin to feel the effect of the distrubance tonight or tomorrow, when heavy rains are ex- pected to bring relief to withered vege- tation. The winds will be only moderate, however, having long since | spent their fury. | Originating in_the vicinity of the | little Island of Barbados about two | weeks ago, the storm gathered force | as it traveled northward toward the | Bahamas and finally reached full hur- ricane proportions, sweeping forward at its height with a wind velocity es- timated variously from 75 to more than 100 miles an hour. Plans for Assistance. With first news of the storm from Barbados, the Weather Bureau laid plans for assisting those in its path. | {Hurricane warnings were broadcast | {by wire and radio in most cases | nearly a week in advance, giving shipping already at sea a chance to seek refuge in harbor and holding in its anchorage that already in shelter. In thus clearing the affected seas of many ships, the Weather Bureau was throwing at itself a veritable HUGE LIFE AND PROPERTY LOSS SAVED BY STORM WARNINGS Capital to Begin to Feel Effects of Tropical Hurricane the weather had beaten huge cracks in them. On the rim of one of the wheels was burned the figure “1917 and an fllegible trio of letters. The crane's hook again went back into the hold and this time pulled out & mortar with-a barrel about 4 or 5 feet long and a bore approxi- mating 10 inches. This, like the first, also had a long limber and was meunt- ed on wooden wheels with a secondary rim to which a brake shoe was fitted. The same procedure in landing this Tonight or Tomorrow, Say Weather Officials Here. boomerang, Fourecaster Mitchell ex- plained todayv, since the customary ship radio advices re automatically eliminated. Much of the forecasting at times was based purely on guess- work by the storm experts and their estimates of the direction and strength of the hurricane as it trav- eled the uncharted wastes of the ocean in every instance were horne out by consequent developments. Ingenious Methods Used. When radio and telegraphic com- munication was not avaflable Uncle Sam's weather officials used their own ingenuity in getting word to those in danger. In one instance a Weather Bureau agent left his station, hired a boat and sounded his warning in person to the inhabitants of a small island off the coast of Georgla. The islanders immediately left for the mainland and were saved from pos- sible injury or death, it was pointed out. The forecasters at the local bureau worked day and night In issuing spe clal warnings, hased on latest advices by wire and radio. Day before yes- terday, Mr. Mitchell said, the bureau put in the busiest day in history. The hurricane at that time was sweeping furiously toward Florida, and extra precautions were necessary to give adequate warning. “It was all in the day's work," forecaster said. *“We knew that lives and valuable property depended on proper advice from the Weather Bureau, and we all pitched in to do everything we could. We are confl- dent that we did a lot of good, and there is all the satisfaction in the world in that knowledge.” 64 KILLED IN GALE ON ATLANTIC AND ALONG EAST COAST (Continued from F' in camp at Fort Moultrie, on Sullivans Island, opposite Charleston, S. C., was ordered into barracks. Charleston warned nearby islands and Summer resorts by tolling fire hells and displaying hurricane signals at the customhouse. Women and children were brought from the Summer resort at Tybee Is- land to Savannah on a special train. Brunswick warned ships to -seek safety by means of rockets. No re- ports have been received yet from the motor boat Zuleta with 25 persons aboard, which left Miami Sunday for Bimini, in the Bahamas. Savannah's barometer was 29.70, with a wind velocity of about 36 mil an hour, and Brunswick’s barometer was 20.44, with wind velocity of 2§ miles. The tide was running high all along the Georgla coast. West Coast Loss Small. Tampa said that the wesat coast of Florida sxperienced only slight dam-} age, but reports from scattered points : along the Gulf of Mexico and as far inland as Lakeland, Orlando, Arcadia and the south central part of the State indicated that winds had disrupted wire services. A heavy rainfall was reported from Titusville, on the east coast. Wire companies sent repair gan, into the storm areas as soon as storm permitted and, while crippled facili- ties continued, the companies were ‘hopeful of restoring communication to {solated points before many hours. COAST VESSELS LEAVE. Charleston Harbor Conditions Again Are Reported Normal. CHARLESTON, 8. C., July 28 (®). —Charleston’s harbor was back to normal today and vessels which had withdrawn for safety reappeared on the water front. The steamship Nancy Weems of the Baltimore and Carolina line, which had been held up since Tuesday, put to sea early in the morning bound for Miami, and it was expected the steamships Overstone and Tullochmoor, two coal vessels, ‘would .put to zea during the da The Clyde liner Mohawk arrived safely in port early in the morning. No distress calls from vessels at sea were reported by the naval radio sta- tion here. Houseboat Found Safe. NEW YORK, July 29 (#).—Mrs. John 8. Phipps recelved a message from her husband today stating that his houseboat, the Seminole, which had been reported missing in the Florida hurricane, was safe with all' on board, anchored off the Island of Andros, Bahamas. The dispatch seid that -the houseboat had not been in the storm. e Was a guests on the Bemino! not. on eity. MEXICAN TROOPS T6 BE HELD READY, BEGINNING TONIGHT L SEontinned foat: whom 11 are Protestant ministers, mostly from the middle West. Rev. Sidney Louis Gulick of New York, representing the Federal Council of Churehes of Christ in America, 1s a member of the party. The archbishopric issued a state- ment yesterday declaring that the withdrawal of the priests from the churches does not mean complete sus- pension of religious services. Holy ,communion, confirmations, confessions, consecration and some sacraments which require the inter- vention of priests will be suspended. Services which can be continued with- out the intervention of priests are modified masses, marriages and-bap- tisms, Contritlon to Suffice. The archbishopric also announces that during the cessation of the priests’ activities a sincere act of re- pentance on the part of a Mexican Catholic will be considered equivalent to the confession necessary for death and marriage sacraments. After the priests’ departure the churches will remain open and worshipers may enter at will. Lay- men will not take the place of priests at the mass, but worshipers may con- ‘gregate and read from the prayer hook as if the priest before the altar was saying mass. For the rosary a secular may lead the worshipers in prayer, but without taking the of the priest before the altar, lars may perform marriages and bap- tisms, both praperly witn d and recorded, certificates being _issued, which the priests will officlally re- -‘mrm when they resume their func- tions. 25,000 Priests Involved. Unofficlal figures obtained at the archhishopric offices give an estimate of between 20,000 and 000 Catholic priests’ stationed in about 12,000 churches in the whole of Mexico. These represent a Roman Catholic population of about 10,000,000 who will bhe affected by the suspension of ¢hurch services Sunday. Accurate statistics on this subject do not exist. One point in the present controver {8 the government's de- wire to obtain precisely this inform: tion through the registration of all priests by the municipal authorities. Catholic women of Mexico have ad- dressed a_letter of appeal to Senora Natalla Chacon Calles. wife of the President of the republic, who herself is a loyal Catholic, appointing her to defend their cause before her husband in an endeavor to have the govern- ment's religious policy ameliorated. “Your husband will do whatever you esire, because man is noble and easy tolead,” says the letter, which adds: Calls on Wife. nt _you defender of our to you to intervene t, your hui 5 s poliey modified. the consequences “We a cause and a) before the to have the rel We have anal; gun was adopted. The mortar bore a beautifully engraved inscription of the German coat of arms along the top of the barrel. Its breech inscrip- tion set forth the following: “No. 2. Fried. Krupp A. G. Essen 1908." Towed Across City. Immediately after they were de- posited on the ground, the guns, each were attached to a huge Army truck and towed across the city to the Washington Barracks. These and eight others brought by the transport are to be deposited in the National Museum. Yesterday afternoon an enormous German torpedo, highly polished, was removed from the hold and taken to the barracks. Subsequently it will bs turned over to the War College for exhibition. ‘While the crane from the ground was working on the guns, the ship's booms were lifting out the crated fur- niture from two other holds. Beneath the crates is the pig fron, in small ingots. The iron will be delivered to the navy yard foundr: of religious intolerance and we are worried. We find that the first wars in history were fought in the name of religion. 8o we have decided to raise our volcea and appeal to you. “We demand equity. tolerance and justice. We desire peace, union and welfare. You are a woman, a wife and mother, and we hope that veu will hear our appeal. Our institution ap- points you defender of this cause.” Continuing, the letter says history records woman has ri: at a eritioal period of her country’s history to de- fend or fight for it. * “Natalia Chacon Calles will be an- other woman spoken of by history, & strong woman, who, full of o carried her country to a safe - the letter concludes. PAPAL INTERDIOT EXPRCTED. Vath Spokesman Declares Py tical Ban Now Exists. ROME, July 29 (#).—A condition of almost complete suspension of litur- gleal and sacramental Christian Iife, virtually amounting to an interdiet, already exists in Mexico in conse- quence of the Mexican government's prohibition of the celsbration of masa- es and other religious functions, a Vatican stateaman declared today to the Associated Press. It is distinctly possible, however, ha added, that this interdict wil! be given official form by an act of the Pope at a moment not yet decided upon either before or after August 1, so as not to interfere with the world-wide prayers for the Mexican Catholics, set for that date. It is hoped at the Vatican that the prayers will be followed by events which will make such a serious step unnecessary. The Catholic Church uses two means to express its disapproval of facts by individuals and gdvernments, namely, excommunication and th interdict. The interdict is defined as “an ecclesiastical censure hy which persona are debarred from the use of certain sacraments. from all divine offices, and from Christian burial Tn 1170 Pope Alexander put all of England under an interdict, and when King John was excommunicated in 1208 the kingdom lay under a papal interdict for aix years. England again was put_under an interdict when Henry VII disciaimed the Pope's supremacy in 1535, and Pope Sixtus V published a crusade against Queen Elizabeth of England in 1588. Interdicts were imj in casen where there was held to be contu- macious resistance to the laws and discipline of the church and they re- mained in force until the resistance d | ceased and the offender made amends. Cauees for interdiots were hindrance of a papal nuncio in the discharge of his duty and the illegal allenation of church y. In order that imne- cent le might suffer as little as possible m tg. effects of an inter- dict, the canen law introduced miti- gations, including the following: Baptism and confirmation might-be administered to persons in danger of death. The sacrament of penance was open to all except those guilty of hav- ing caused the Interdict. Marriage might he celebrated, hut ‘without solemnities. Ordinations might be made if there was a deficiency of priests. Ecclesiastics who observed the interdict were allowed church- yard bmrial, but in silence. One low mass might be sald every week and high mass t be sung on the five great festlv of Christ- mas, Easter, Whitsunday, Corpus Christi and the Assumption, the per- sons responsible for the interdict being excluded. REVOLUTION REPORTED, Arizons Paper Says Three Genmerals in_fuerrero Back of Uprising. NOGALES, Ariz., July 20 (#).—The M Press here last night carried | - ‘h saying that three generals in of Guerrero have revolted. The 'of the all tomery generals were n: ¥