Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1926, Page 17

PRESIDENT COOLIDGE AND MR. STEARNS VISIT SECRETARY SANDERS. President and Frank Stearns of Boston, his intimate friend, leaving the hotel at iverett Sanders, the President’s secretary, who has suffered a slight after calling on quarters, a few miles from the Summer White House, at White Pine Camp. Photo d at his_hotel P. & A. Photos. Co ARRESTED IN THE CHURCH FLARE-UP. Three members of the Young Men’s Catholic Board being arrested in Mexico City on a charge of advocating an economic boycott. Photo shows Rafael Villareal (A), R. C. Graza (B) and L. G. Bustos (C). Copyright P. & A. Photos. NEW NAVAL AIR SECRETARY LIKES DRY FEET. Edward P. Warner, new Assistant Secretary of the Navy, in charge of aviation, being carried ashore by David G. Luck, student at the Squantum, Mass., naval air station, after hr’dln: there in a naval plane for a visit of inspection. Copsright P. & A. Photos. LEAVING THE NEW BRUNSWI Hall is shown outside the jail in New Brunswick, release on $15,000 bail in connection wi Rev. Mr. Hall, and choir singer, Mrs. M standing between her attorneys. CK_JAIL. Mrs. Francis Stevens , just after her h_the murder of her husband, lls. Photo shows Mrs. Hall Copyright P. & ‘A. Photos. * DEMONSTRATING THE RADIO ceiving sets. Copyright PARASOL. Miss Chieko Matsui, Japanese screen star, right, and her younger sister are shown enjoying a radio concert in the shade of thelr parasols, which also serve as re- by Underwood & Underwood. AFTER THE ROTOR SHIP COMES THIS. Water-walking shoes being demonstrated by the Bavarian engineer, Herr Steuerlein, who invented them. He says you just glide along on the water with a leg motion like that of skiing. Copyright Underwood & Underwood RELIGIOUS REFUGE ARRIVIN NG FROM MEXICO. Catholic nuns shown disembarking at New York yesterday from the steamship Reina Maria Christina. on the ship from Vera Cruz. Seven nuns of the Order of Servants of Mary arrived Copyright P. & A. Photos MPHERSON CASE AGAIN IS DROPPED District Attorney Declares Perjury Trial Would | Cost Too Much. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., August 2.— The Aimee Semple McPherson disap- pearance case investigation has been | discontinued agajn by District Attor- | ney Asa Keyes, because, he declares. “it would cost the county thousands of dollars to_convict any one of per-| jury.” He also said he considers new evidence obtained at Carmel, an ocean resort north of here, as too vague to be of value. | Abandoning of the inquiry brought expressions of joy from the Angelus Temple evangelist and her followers. Mrs. McPherson declared she hope: €00n to be able to produce conclusive evidence to substantiate her kidnap-| ing etory. In a sermon last night she recounted experiences from the time she disappeared from Ocean - Park Beach May 18, to appear in Agua Prieta, Mexico, June 23, and tell of being abducted and her escape from 8 desert shack. The case has been opened and closed a half dozen times since her disappearance, the last grand jury in- quiry being launched Thursday on re- ports from Carmel that a woman an- swering the description of Mrs. Mc- Pherson had visited the resort - dur- ing the time the evangelist was miss ing. Deputy District Attorney Joseph Ryan, who conducted the Carmel in- vestigation, claimed to have found evidence that Kenneth G. Ormiston, former radio operator for Mrs. Mc- Pherson, had visited Carmel during the time the pastor was there Ryan, who has becn active in de- veloping new clues throughout the in- quiry, last night declared Keyes had instructed him to “take a back seat.” Ryan said he would have a statement to make as soon as he conferred with Keyes on reasons for dropping the inquiry, A letter purporting to have been sent by Ormiston from Chicago to support the evangelist's story, has not been received, or at least made public. Ormiston, who disappeared a few days after the evangelist did, has been sought in all parts of the country to testify at the various in- vestigations, but his location has never been definitely established. HORSES GET VACATIONS. Berlin Provides 300-Acre Farm for Truck Animals Owned by City. BERLIN, August 2 (#).—All truck and delivery horses owned by the city are having a three weeks' vacation this Summer on a 300-acre municipal horse “sanitarium” in charge of a corps of veterinarians. Officials in charge of the place, formerly a nobleman’s estate, say -it pays the city to give horses a rest by the same token that it pays-to give human beings a vacation. The animals get all the pats and hay they can eat and prance round the meadows or loll in the shade under the trees. Many private business concerns.are adopting the idea, sending their horses to the same farm while drivers are on vacation. Bank in Prison Result of Thrift Among Inmates By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, August 2.—A bank, with all the counters and grill work that go to make an up-to- date savings Institution, is under construction ct the Mafyland Pen- itentiary here. The bank has become necessary, Warden Patrick J. Brady an- nounced, hecause of the thrift of prisoners ¢nd the amount of money handled each month in their accounts. The total of prisoners’ savings is between $200,000 and $300,000 yearly, he said, and is gained through' their work in the prison shops. VOLCANO IMPERILS COASTINDUSTRIES | Mt. Shasta Slopes Covered With Mud Rolling Down on Lumber Plants. By the Associated Press. REDDING, Calif., August 2.—A theory that Mount ~Shasta,~ long dormant, is resuming its early day activity and throws off sufficient heat to melt the glant glacier on its slopes is advanced by many people as an explanation for the emormous quan- tity of volcanic mud that is flowing down its sides. The inundation of mud has already ‘crossed Mud Creek, the outlet for the glacler, and is find: ing its way into the Sacramento and McLoud Rivers in such quantities that lumbering operations on the latter stream are seriously menaced. The mud, with a liberal mixture of volcanic ash that gives the mass a milk chocelate color, liberally aug- mented by tons of rock ground to sand, is increasing dally in volumes. In its fight to stop the flow, the McLoud River Lumber Co. has awarded an $18.000 contract to W. P. Briley of the Fall River Mills, who will endeavor to build a barrier upon the mountain at Elk Creek, the orig- inal outlet of the flow, where the big Dbreak occurred two weeks ago. Bri- ley is skeptical as to his success. The lumber company, the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and the McLoud River Railroad find themselves pow- erless in their fight against “the on- rush of the century-old accumulation. Every barrier thus far thrown up has crumbled, and the mud rolls on resistlessly. Huge bowlders, weigh- ing half a ton, are being whirled along, While trees are being broken and carried down with the tarlike ream. ‘With cold ‘weather it is believed that the flow will stop. The theory that vollcanic heat is releasing the mud is scouted by many, who blame the phenomena upon two years of unusually warm weather. —_— Col. Palmer Assigned. Lieut. Col. Bruce- Palmer, Cavalry attached to the office of the chief of cavalry, War Department, has beéen 2 CAUGHT IN_.THE DRAGNET OF PROHIBITION AUTHOR! the recent drive in the border section around Buffalo, N. Y. Flashlight photo shows pi where 31 were held in bail ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. TWO DIE IN FLAMES OF CRASHING PLANE Pilot Escapes in Accident at Lynch- burg, Va., as Passengers Are Cremated. By the Associated Press. LYNCHBURG, Va., August 2.—Two persons were Kkilled outright when a plane in which they were riding as passengers crashed to the ground near here yestérday. The men were John Sprouse, 18, and Haywood. Sprouse, 23, both of Forest Depot, Va. Pilot Edward Brockenbrough escaped from only slight injuries by jumping from the plane as it neared the earth. Wtnesses said the plane’s crash was preceded by a loud report from the en- gine. It burst into flames as it struck the ground, cremating the two victims before they could be extricated from the wreckage. MR AL BURIED GOLD SOUGHT. Throngs Excited by Reports of Finding $50,000 on Farm. ABITA SPRINGS, La., August 2 (#). ~—Torrents of rain failed to dampen the ardor of several hundred men and boys who searched for buried gold yesterday on the old Quave homestead, five miles from here. Picks, hoes and shovels were wielded withous success by the treasure hunters. coined more than half a century ago had been unearthed by Ran Quave on the site of the grave of . his grand- . Some of ¢ bootleg and flle Naahit o hiowes Delsomers: BSAE 100 & Indians Sue U. S. for $1,250,000,000, Alleging Underpayment for Lands By the Aseociated Press. Contending that their forbears were tnol fully paid for the land wrested from them by the white man, mem- bers of 35 Indian tribes are plaintiffs in suits against the Government ag- gregating more than $1,250,000,000. Dating back almost to the begin- ning of the American Government, the claims, as summarized by the Depart- ment of Justice, are mostly for pay- ments on land and involve agreements said to have been made by the white conquerors of the Indians in the early struggles for supremacy. . The largest claim is that of the Sioux tribes for nearly. $800,000,000, principal and interest. More than 45 separate causes of action are named, one being based on the alleged fraud and duress by-the Government in the procurement of the —agreement of 1876, following the 'Sioux War. and Custer massacre, under which the Sioux ceded to the United States the areas comprising the Black Hills of North Dakota and South Dakota. The Indians contend that the consideration was inadequate. Another of the claims which the Department of Justice must defend is for $195,000,000, principal and interest, brought by the Creek Indians. The tribes contend that by an unauthor- ized treaty negotiated by Gen. Andrew Jackson following the Creek War in 1813, the Government took from the Indians more than 23,000,000 acres lying in western Georgia and eastern Alabama without any consideration. HARRINGTON NAMED. Salt Lake City Engineer to Head Safety Service Division. Appointment of Daniel H. Harring- ton of Salt Lake City as chief engi- neer of the safety service division of the Bureau of Mines was announced today by the Commerce Department. Mr. Harrington served as a mining engineer of the Mines Bureau from 1910 to 1924, and on July 1, 1924, re- signed the post of supervising mining engineer in chawge of investigative work in mining west of the Missi sippi River to open & consulting min: Reports that nearly $50,000 in gold :ing engineering office in Salt Lake City. * During his ‘previous connec- tion with the Bureau of Mines he made a special study.of health- prob- assigned to additional duty with the 2d Squadron, 306th Cavalry Reserves, this cltys S father, Peter Quave, caused the ex- citement, Ran Quave has denied find- ing more than-a few.coins. lems of ‘workers in metal mines, with particular attention to dust and ven- tilation problema. £ OUTING IS ARRANGED. Postal Clerks Go to Chesapeake Beach Tomorrow. ‘The annual outing of Local No.-140 of the National Federaton of Post Office Clerks will be held tomorrow at Chesapeake- Beach. Officials of the City Post Office are expected to at- tend. . ‘The arrangements committee is composed of W. Suter Relchenback, chairman; J. T. Sheehy, W. T. Wil kinson, John Burke and Joseph Hur- witz, Officers of the union, which has 500 members, are Daniel Johnson, presi- dent; W. T. Wilkinson, first vice presi- den; Mrs, P. T. Whitcomb, second. vice president; .;‘ose?h c:il'g:k::z ,r;cogdgz secretary; M. J. n, finan i T..Sheehy, treasurer; O. t-at-arms, ‘and . G. 'W. into the Federal Building at Buffalo, Photo by Acme. SOUTHWEST TO PUSH ITS SITE FOR MARKET Meeting of Business Men Tonight Will Make Plans to Put Claims Before Officials. Southwest business and commercial interest will gather at 8 "o'clock to- night at the Fifth Baptist Church Sunday scBool, at the corner of Six and One-half and E strets southwest, to formulate plans for organized sup- port of the project to bring the new Center Market and Farmers’ Produce Market to the waterfront. George M. Yeatman, president of the Southwest Citizens” Associatfon is- sued the call for the mass meeting. At present .the committee of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, charged with investigat- ing and reporting on the most feasible point for the market, has two sites be- fore it for consideration. One, the Patterson tract and Eckington site, lying north of Florida avenue and ad- Jacent to the B. and O. freight yards, was suggested by B. and O. Rallway officials. The second, along the water- front between Twelfth and Fourteenth Btreets, was most recently brought to the spotiight by Wrisley Brown, pres- ident of the Potomac Freight Ter- minals, Inc., and had previously been recommended by the District whart committee, of which Roland M. Bren- nan, chief clerk of the District En- gineer Department; is ehairman. A large attendence is expected at the meeting. vhile only 80 airoraft units were ehipped from the United States to other countries in 1925, 40 were ship- ped in. ‘month, recentlye Son of Pershing Enrolls in CM.T.C. As Buck Private By the Associated Press. FORT SNELLING, Minn, August 2.—Buck Pvt. Warren F. Pershing, son of Gen. J. J. Persh- ing, was one of the 1,800 men en- rolled yesterday in the ing camp here. Pvt. Pershing w: third' platoon, Company K, 3rd In- fantry. He came with a Nebraska delegation. The training will open formally today and end August 31. FAMILY IN TOUCH WITH YOUNG WARD Search After Bottle With Plea for Help Is Washed Ashore. Called Off. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 2. — The whereabouts of Walter S. Ward, son of the millionaire bakery owner, who disappeared May 6 under mysterious circumstances, are knowii to his family. This became known last night when Sheriff Howe, of Suffolk County, Long Island, notified the missing persons bureau of the New York police depart- ment that a bottle had been washed ashore near Riverhead, bearing the following note: “Héld on Robins Island. For God's sake send help.—Walter Ward.” Detective Thomas Willlams in- formed the sheriff that relatives of ‘Ward. had been in touch with him for more than a month and a half and they had requested that the long search for him be called off. ‘Ward, who was acquitted of the murder of Clarence Peters in an al- leged blackmall plot in 1922, has van- ished on previous occasions. Once it took his own detectives more than a week to trail him and when they found him he was “following the ponies” at a Maryland race track. MRS. H. L. CR.ANFORD DIES. Widow of Civil War Veteran Had Lived Here 40 Years. Mrs. Elizabeth Cranford, 75 years old, of 1538 Monroa street, widow of Horace L. Cranford, Civil War vet- eran, died last night of heart disease at her residence. She had lived in Washington for the past 40 years. Services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at Hines' fu- neral parlors, 2901 Fourteenth street, by Rev. George F. Dudley of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, followed by interment .in Arlington National Cemetery. ° She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Luella Davis, and two. nieces, Mignon Davis and Mrs. Miss Raymond M: | HIGH WINDS SPREAD HUGE FOREST FIRES Glacier Park Tourists Flee and Gate Is Closed—New Tracts Burning. By the Associated Press. MISSOULA, Mont.,. August Forest fires continue to sweep beyond control lines in northern Idaho and Montana. today, forcing visitors to flee western Glacler National Park resorts. Volunteer fighters are be- ing recruited in an effort to stem the blazes. The Fortine fire in the Blackfest forest, in the park district, which Saturday wiped out 50 buildings at Stryker, is reported -still out of con- trol. Irhabitants of Stryker all es- caped. The only casualty reported was the death of Nels Nelson, rail- road section foreman, caught in flames near Turah Saturday. Glacier Park officials yesterday closed the western entrance when flames consumed two cottages at Ap- gar, at the foot of Lake McDonald. High winds last night sent the flames leaping into new timber stands. Blazes are also raging on the Kaniksu, Black- feet. Pen Oreille, East Selway, Flat- head and Coeur d-Alene forests. A fire near Seattle early today entered a tract of 1,640 acres of virgin timber and one near Eatonville, Wash., south of Tacoma, is menacing logging property and timber. The Hay Creek fire west of Glacier Park in the Blackfeet forest was held fairly well yesterday despite the high winds. Fires in the Kaniksu forest on the Idaho-Washington north- ern border continued to give trouble and the Caribou and Meadow Creek fires in the Pen Oreille forest of northern Idaho spread badly. Good progress was made in battling the Independence fire, which has been burning for three weeks in the Coeur @'Alene forest. NOTED SURGEON DIES. Dr. John Wesley Long of Greens- boro, N. C., Was Colonel in War. GREENSBORO, N. C., August 2 (#) —Dr. John Wesley Long, 67 years old. prominent surgeon of this city, died here vesterday of heart disease. The funeral service with military honors will be conducted Tuesday. Dr. Long volunteered his sérvices in the World War before America's entry and was given a commission as first lieutenant. He served with the American forces in France. When the war ended he had risen to rank of colonel. He was one of the State's outstand- ing surgeons. He was the charter member of the Southern Surgical As- sociation and at one time served as president of the association. He had held clinics at the Mavo Hospital, Rochester, Minn., and for some time was instructor in the Richmond Medical College, Richmond, Va. After {coming to Greensboro he organized and conducted a hospital here. India, one of the largest agricul- tural ;‘r:dum countries {n the world, increased fits output ‘ 2 not. in the last 15 y