Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1926, Page 2

~GOOLIDGE STARTING ATH YEAR N OFFICE Y;_Balanced Budget and Tax Reduction Called Main 2. Achievements to Date. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Calvin Coolidge starts this week his ’ rth year as President of the United listates. The outstanding characteris- i of his administration is a paradox ~-swhat it lacks in sensation has been made up in importance of achleve- ments. There is nothing so undramatic as a2 _economical and efficient adminis- tration. Yet the spectacle of the Gov- ernment of the United States eight years after the war operating not only on a balanced budget but actually ab- sorbing a surplus year after year to pay off national debis offers a contrast to the rest of the world. which consti- tutes the principal accomplishment of the country. Mr. Coolidge by standing firmly be- hind the budget system and at the same tme recommending continuous cuts in taxation, has placed the im- press of his own thrift on the whole administration in the last three years. Public Supports Policy. To no small extent has the Presiden been alded by a powerful public opin- fon to which the Democratic members of Congress have been as responsive @s their Republican broth Bur as is customary in politics, the mare at. the helm of responsibility derives credit not only from the achievements of his own party, but from the co- operation given by the minority party. Next in importance in cataloguing the principal phases of the Coolidge administration in the last ‘three years is another thing about which the pub- lic hears little, but which counts a great deal in the efficlent management of governmental affalrs. The Presi- dent has permitted his Cabinet mem- bers a maximum of latitude. This has been especially true of the Secretaries of State, Treasury and Commerce. The policy of settling the foreign debt as rapidly as possible has been shaped to a large extent by Messrs. Kellogg, Mellon and Hoover. Each one of| 1s in a sense made the policy of the Coolidge administra- tion in his respective field. Mr. Cool- tdge has shown a disposition to dele- . gate responsibility to his Cabinet. There are many unsolved problems, some of which may yet prove a thorn in the political side, but there rarely has been an administration which rep- resented so much the viewpoint of 10 different executives, each one of | whom is really a chief executive so far as his department is concerned. Farm Problem Important. Agriculture has been very much in the public eye as an unsolved con- trovery. The difficulty is entirely one of economics Mr. Coblidge and his advisers have not yet become con vinced that the corn belt school of thought should prevail. Nevertheless the progress of the Government in coping with farm problems has not been insignificant. Secretary Jardine has developed the idea that the De- partment of Agriculture shall use its machinery to the utmost for the farmer. Congress has provided credit machinery for the financing of the farmer and the next step unquestion- ably will be an expansion of existing governmental agencies 80 as to assist in the co-ordination of farm groups and organizations. In the general fleld of foreign af- fairs Mr. Coolidge has tried to play safe. There have been no attempts at world leadership, although the im- pulse to lead has not altogether been eradicated from the minds of Wash- ington officlals. The situation in Con- gress has prevented Mr. Coolidge from taking a more active part in disarmament and other world prob- lems. Even the entrance of the United States into the World Court, which was voted by the Senate after a long controvery, has been so en- meshed in ambiguous reservations that this particular policy remains to be appraised fully, as it probably will be next Autumn when the vari- ous uvations of the world express their opinions_on the Senate reser- vations. Awaits Popular Verdict. The acid test of Mr. Coolidge’s inter- est in the World Court will then come and it is freely predicted that when he has received a favorable verdict at the polls in November he will at the same time have been encouraged to go forward with the policy of par- ticipating in the World Court. Mr. Coolidge does not regard the opposi- tion to the World Court as a serlous political obstacle, despite the protesta- tion of his opponents that it has played a part in various primary cam- paigns. The recent exposures of money spent in the Illinois campaign, which was heralded at the time as a decisive anti-World Court victory, have had just the opposite effect now, because it is seen that many other vital influ- ences controlled the destinies of that campaign. (Covyright. 1926.) these three men ISLANDS’ STORM TOLL 133 DEAD, 400 GONE| Seven Killed in Porto Rico—100 Boats and $8,000,000 Loss Estimated in Bahamas. By the Associated Press SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, August 2.— With communication generally re- stored, but with all sections of the islands not vet heard from, the police report that a total of seven persons were killed in last week’s storm. 126 Killed in Bahamas. By Wireless to tha Associated Press. NASSAU, Bahamas, August 2.—The known death toll of the hirricane which ‘swept the Bahamas with dev- astating force last week has been placed unofficlally at 126. Four hun- dred persons are reported missing, a hundred boats sunk and property damage estimated at $8,000,000. The sponge fleet did not suffer as great a loss as was first feared, as only 80 of the 400 boats had gone to the sponge banks when the hurri- cane struck the islands. Others were in harbor, due to an argument with sponge buyers that there would be no more purchases until September. All of the 80 vessels are believed to have been lost with the 350 members of thelr crews. Of the hundred or more boats lost or unaccounted for 60 were in Nassau Harbor in the storm. Sweden Has Non-Stop Elevators, In Sweden some of the taller build- ings are equipped with ‘“never-stop” elevators which move slowly and con- tinuously from floor to floor. The sengers must leap in and out of the cars as they pass the floors, and dur- ing rush hours each floor presents what looks like a Swedish Charleston contest. e Australia’s plan for compulsory in- surance of employes by employers bas had hard sledding because in- companies held back surance taking out, licenses to A2 KILLED, 78 HURT INTRAFFIC MISHAPS Survey of 11 States Dis- closes Heavy Toll Dur- ing Past Week. By the Associated Press. Fortytwo persons killed and 278 infured was the traffic toll reported in 11 Southern States during the past week, a survey conducted yesterday by the Assoclated Press revealed. That total was 4 fatalities less and 20 more than the injury toll for the preceding week. Six persons were killed in grade crossing accldents. Five young girls met tragic deaths near Gastonla, N. C., vesterday when a light truck in | which they were riding was demol iShed by a fast passenger train of the | Southern Raflway. A sixth girl mem- | ber of the party was horribly mangled, but late reports last night sald she was still living. The sixth grade crossing fatality was reported in the vicinity of Nor- folk, Va. Nine persons were injured at Orlando. Fla.. last week during the tropical hurricane that swept the | coast sections when a train crashed into & motor bus at a crossing. Two _treinmen were killed In Geor- an’ Florida, resulting from train wrecxs cnused by washouts along the righit of wa ‘fwo men were killed at Lynchburg. | [ Va.. vesterday when the plane in which they were passengers crashed | | to the ground. The pilot of the plane escaped death by jumping as the craft | { neared the ground. Included in Florida's report of four | persons killed and 66 injured were six men injured when the Italian freight- er Ansaldo S8an Giorglo Secundo was caught In thé hurricane's path. The injured men comprised three mem- bers of. the ship’s crew and three aliens being deported out of the United States. ‘The unusual number of persons in- jured in Florida was attributed to the hurricane and the attendant increased danger to traffic of all descriptions. North Carolina led all Southern States in the number of fatalities with 11 and reported 11 persons injured. Florida was second in fatalities with six and Virginia third with five, A tabulation by States for the week follows. Virginla_...... North Carolina... 1 South Carolina.... Georgla. . Florida Alabama, Mississipp! . Loulsiana Arkansas Tennessee . Kentucky | womtommann s ] FOUR DIE ON CROSSING. Hits Auto at Del. WILMINGTON, Del., August 2 (#). —Four persons were kiled yesterday when & southbound train on the Penn- sylvania Rallroad struck their auto- moblle at a grede crossing a mile south of Blackbird station near here. The dead are: Guerny Smith,: 2 Marjorie Smith, 19, his sister; J. R. Hill, 28, and Anna Morris, 19, all of Centerville, Del. Police sald the car, driven by Guerny Smith, drove directly in front of the passenger train after waiting the crossing of a freight. The ma- chine was hurled high in the air and the four occupants almost instantly killed. They were on their way to visit a grandmother of Miss Smith at Blackbird. Train Wilmington, WOMAN HALF WAY IN CHANNEL SWIM; MAKING FAST TIME (Continued from First Page.) the shore in a high spray and the waves were topped by whitecaps. Some trainers of channel swimmers prefer having their charges start on the ebb tide, 8o it is probable that some aspirants will attempt to swim the channel this week should the velocity of the wind abate. Others to Try Then. Mme. Jane Sion, the French swim- | mer, who had prepared to start last week, postponed her attempt on account of the bad weather even after her tug arrived at Gris-Nez from Calais, and she, with Omer Perreault, the Canadian swimmer, also expect to try around Friday. Arranging to swim the English Channel {8 much like getting together a three-ring circus with little hope of having everything go off as planned. Aside from ' weather conditions, all plans must be perfect or the whole ad- venture is likely to suffer. First of all the swimmer must have a tug and a small boat to accompany ! him over the course. The tugs, which are hired by swimmers to accompany them in their channel efforts, are regularly employed in aiding large vessels in and out of Boulogne Harbor. Therefore the swimmer must give six hours notice when desiring a tug for a swim. To prognosticate channel weather six hours in advance of an attempt to swim the channel takes a cleverer man than has yet been found. Con- sequently many times tugs have been notified to be ready, food has been purchased for the crew and guests were taken aboard and the tugs pro- ceeded from Boulogne to Gris-Nez the taking-off spot, only to have the swim postponed at the last moment be- cause of adverse weather conditions. Delays Are Expensive. Bouldgne is 15 miles fronr Gris-Nez and the bringing of a tug from that point is an expensive proposition in- asmuch as the tugs are pald for by the hour whether or not the swim takes place. However, when a swim- mer expects to start a channel swim they cannot risk waiting until abso- lutely certain before notifying the tug captain because the start must be made when the tide is right, for the slightest delay in beginning is likely to mean the failure to catch the proper- tide later on the English side of the channel. It requires an hour and a hailf for a tug to steam from Boulogne to Gris Nez. The swimmer's food must be prepared before the swim, yet it must be certain to be fresh and the nearest place at which food for this purpose can be procured is 10 miles away. If a decision to swim is jnade after 7 o'clock at night it is pecessary to drive by automobile from Gris Nez to Boulogne to notify the tug captain, use telephone communication be- tween these two points ceases after 7 o'clock. Then after the tug has been ordered, food arranged for and guests taken aboard comes the problem in deciding whether the water, wind, tide and weather offer the swimmer a THE EVENING All that remains of Ravenworth, the famous estate of Gen. W. H. sell Wood is in jail pending investigation of the cause of the fire. STAR, WASHINGTO F. Lee in Fairfax County, which was laid in ruins by flames early yesterday. Rus- FATHER SAYS BOY DID NOT KILL SELF Says Edward Johnson, Jr., Probably Was Playing With Pistol in Canoe. Confident that his son was the vic- tim of a tragic accident and not a suicidal act, Edward B. Johnson. of 549 Randolph street, whose son, Ed- ward, jr., was found shot to death in a canoe along the Potomac River yes- terday morning, prepared to take the boy's body back to the Eastern’ Shore of Marvland for interment today. Edward left his father's home in the best of spirits Saturday evening with the intention of paddling up the Potomac to the camp of a friend. The next time he was seen was when Joe Conduce, a watchman at Potomac Landing, yesterday spied a canoe drifting along the Virginia shore and, capturing the errant craft, found the :‘&fien-old honor student dead in its uil. Belleves Death Accident. “I know it looks suspicious; I real- ize, too, that there can be no thought of foul play,” said Mr. Johnson this morning. “But I know, too, that my boy didn't take his own life. I shall always belleve he was playing with that pistol and killed himself acci- dentally. I'll bury him always believ- ing that.” Edward was the homor student of the graduating class at McKinley High School in the Spring. A husky youth, he won a place on his var- sity foot ball team last Fall, but while carrying the ball in his very first Interscholastic game he was thrown and broke his collar bone and was unable to return to the line-up. He took an active part in other athletic activities, however, and was especially fond of aquatic sports. The pistol from which the fatal shot was fired was the type of firearm used to start athletic events. Its bar- rel was plugged so that only blank cartridges might be used. Edward had drilled the barrel clear, however, and was accustomed to keeping the improvised weapon in his locked at Dempsey's boathouse, according to his father. Resents Suicide Inferences. Mr. Johnson resented inferences that his son had ended his life while despondent over a family dispute as to his career. Edward had elected to enter business immediately instead of going to college, the father said, but when the family saw that the bay had no interest in further education they made no efforts to dissuade him. He had intended looking for his first job today. Mr, Johnson was just as confident that neither a blighted romance nor an affliction of the knee had prompted the youth to commit suicide. The only physical disability he suffered was a growth on the bone of his knee, but this offered little or no handicap, the father said. Investigation brought to: light no serious affair involving Edward and a girl, he added. Despite the father's insistence that the shooting was an accident, Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt issued a certificate of suicide on the strength of the evi- dence. The pistol was found beside the body. The bullet, of .22 caliber, tore its way through Edward's tem- ple and, entering the brain, produced death instantaneously. Harbor police, called to the scene by Conduce, took the body to the Morgue until it was identified. TRIES TO KILL SELF IN CHURCH AT MACON Florida Realty Dealer Found by Sister, Who Noticed His Car 7 Parked Nearby By the Associated Press. MACON, Ga., August 2.—Wiley B. Paul, 356 years old, real estats dealer of Miami, Fla., was found in frisnd- ship Baptist Church, near uere, late yesterday afternoon, seriously wounded with a bullet wound in his head. Paul was brought to a local hospital, where he told attendants the wound was self-inflicted. Paul was found in the church by his sister, . B. Carr. of this city, who with her husband was pass- ing the church and noticed her broth- er's. car parked in front. On investi- gation, she found him seatod in a, chair with his head across a table. A pistol was found by his side. ‘Paul chance to cross. had not been home since Saturday, relgtives said. No cause assigned his acts, g SEEKS TO END PRIMARY. Ohicans Presents Petitions of 242,- 000 Names Favoring Proposal. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 2 (#).— Nathan E. Cook, Cleveland, today filed with Secretary of State Thad E. Brown petitions containing 242,000 signatures ia the proposal to do away with the direct primary by constitu- tional amendment. If the petitions are finally approved, the proposition will appear on the No- vember election ballots for a vote of the people. POLICE SAY JANITOR ADMITS KILLING WIFE Ray Henson Said to Have Used Pickax Handle in Basement of P Street Building. Ray Henson, colored, janitor at the apartment house at 1731 P street, this -afternoon admitted to the police that he killed his wife in the basement of the bullding, the officers announced. He is declared to have said jealousy was the cause, Henson early reported the finding of the body and was ordered arrested and taken to the elghth precinct for questioning. According to the po- lice, he broke down and confessed that he struck the woman on the head with a pickax handle. He is said, however, to have declared he did not know the blow produced death. Detectives Keck and Caw of head- quarters responded to the call from the apartment house shortly before noon and, found the woman, with the head battered in, lying face down on the floor of a room used for storing furniture. Physiclans from Emergency Hospital estimated that the woman had been dead for at least two hours. The heavy club was Iying beside the victim. RSt YELLOWSTONE PARK HAS NEW GATEWAY Gallatin Entrance Dedication At- tended by Pioneers and Railroad Officials~ By the Associated Press. THREE FORKS, Mont., August 2.— A new gateway to America’s oldest playground, Yellowstone National Park, was formally opened yesterday with impressive ceremonies. Men who made frontier history joined with parties from the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards to dedicate the huge arch- way erected at the Gallatin entrance. Miss Jean Dixon of Evanston, Tl christened the new entrance by break- ing a beribboned bottle of Yellowstone River water on the archway. Imme- diately thereafter the first parties mo- tored down the new road, 110 miles long, into the park from Three Forks, where, in 1804 Lewis and Clark dis- covered the source/of the Missouri River. Officials of the Chicago, Mil- woukee & St. Paul Railway, which connects with the new gateway to the park, arrived on a special train for the dedication ceremonies. Judge H. H. Field, general counsel of the road, delivered a dedication ad- dress and read a telegram from the Secretary of the Interfor cohgrat- ulating him and the railroad on the opening of the gateway. Stephen T. Mather, director of.the National parks, sent a telegram to Judge Fields promising the park serv- ice would use every means to im- prove the roads within this section of the park. MISS M. C. FOWLER DIES. Miss Minnie Chauncey Fowler, 33 years old, of 2322 First street, daugh- ter of District Health Officer and Mrs. Willlam C. Fowler, died at midnight Saturday after a long iliness at her home. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the residence hy Rev: G. L. Hum- phrey, assisted by Rev. R. I. Nichol- son, pastor of Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Protestant Church, followed by interment in Glenwood Cemetery. Either Way. Mistre n you serve company? ‘New Maild—VYes; either way. Mistress—Either way? New Maid—Yes, ma'am, so's they'll come again, or so0’s they won't. PRINCE WINS RACE. Olaf of Norway Victor in Isle of Wight Yacht Event. COWES, Isle of Wight, August 2 (®).—Crown Prince Olaf of Norway won the international race for six- meter yachts here today with his Oslo. Olaf, who has just completed his studles at Oxford, also won the inter- national six-meter class at Hankoe, Norway, last month. Reports, as yet unverified, have it that he will come to the United States this Fall to con- tinue his education. Olaf is 23. INFORNER' STORY SCANTONPUEZLE Mellett Slaying Probe Hinges on Authentication of Prisoner’s Charge. By the Associated Press. CANTO! Ohio, August 2.—Whlle investigators into the murder of Don R. Mellett marked time yesterday awaiting the apprehension of Patrick Eugens McDermott as the man most wanted in the slayer, search, the mys. terious” “informer” ~against” him be- came a storm center of dispute. “If his story is sufficiently worth while to warrant a Nation-wide search for McDermott,” sald De- tective Joseph D. Cleary, represent- ing Gov. Donahey, “then a prominent Massilion bootlegger, whom ‘the in- former’ implicates in the same breath as a conspirator, should be arrested immediately.” / Cleary, Bleumand Owen are to con- visit to “the informer” in the Stark County jaifl at Canton. With Cleary in the interview were Col. C. F. Bleum, Cleveland National Guard representative, and A. P. Owen, postal inspector. It was learned “the informer” has been in jail since two days after the murder, which occur- red early on the morning of July 16. Cleary, Bleuma nd Owen are to con- fer with Prosecutor C. B. McClintock today about the story “the informer” tells. His story needs checking and rechecking, Cleary said. Cleary inidcated that he may make a report to Gov. Donahey following the interview with McClintock. Among the changes he said might be effected to clear the situation would be a request by the governor or the attorney general for a special Broseoutor e, conduct: the: iriveatiga: tion. McDERMOTT SUSPECT TAKEN. Man Arrested in Youngstown Held for Identification. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, August 2 (#).—Police here are holding a man who gives the name of James Boyd in an attempt to check the question whether he is Patrick McDermott, wanted in Canton in connection with the murder of Don R. Mellett. The Police arrested Boyd as he stepped from a Cleveland bus. They had been asked to watch the bus for McDer- mott. In the prisoner's pocket was an automobile registration card bearing the name .of Joseph Glock, issued in Michigan. : e ROMAN COINS, STOLEN. Priceless Collection in London 1,500 to 2,500 Years Old. LONDON, August 2 (#).—Twenty- four anclent Roman imperial gold coins, said to be priceless, since they are the only coins of their kind in ex- istence, have been stolen from the Victoria and Albert Museu: They belonged to the Salting bequest collec- ul?’n, and are from 1,700 to 2,500 years old, Many Scotland yard men are en- gaged in an investigation. e Leaves Estate of $1,307,146. Special Dispatch to The Star. . WINCHESTER, Va., August 2.- The late Thomas Cover, sr., retired leather manufacturer, left an estate that has been appraised at $1,307, 146.55, according to returns made to the Corp: Hon Court by the appral ers. He catried $26,000 life insura; A Frederick County farm and his home place here were appraised at $33,000 they representing all, the real he owned, it was said. Cash on hand amounted to §7,220.02 and h % valued at in_stocks 878, and bonds. L MLE CONVNTION BEGA TOHORRON National Rally Here Wil Cen- ter on Phases of Réli- gious Education. _The Third General Church School Convention of the African Metho- dist Episcopal Church, embracing 3,777 churches and 580,000 communi- cants will meet tomorrow night at 8§ o'clock at the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, Fourteenth and Cor- coran streets, and will continue in session through August . Engineer Commissfoner J. Frank- lin Bell and Thaddeus H. Chase of the City Christian Endeavor Union, will make addresses of welcome to 1,600 delegates. W. J. Trent, presi- dent of Livingstone College, Salis- bury, N. C., will make the response and Frank A. Ray, president of the convention, will deliver the annual address. tional meetings will be held at Union Wesley, Galbraith, Metropolitan and Trinity Churches throughout the week as well as at John Wesley Church. “The Church and the Making of a Christian” will be the theme of Wed- nesday, when lectures will begin at 10 a.m. at the Headquarters Church, with the following topics and speak- ers: “The Meaning and Primary func- tion of the Church,” Bishop P. A. Wallace, Brooklyn; “The Church's Or- ganization and Enterprises,” Dr. W. H. Davenport, Charlotte, ; “The Significance of Conversis Chris- tlan Experience,” Dr. E. L. Madison, Pittsburgh; “The Place of Prayer and Worship_in Christian Experien Dr. W. L. Hamblin, Pensacola, Fla. and “The Place and Value of Educa- tion in the Development of Ghristian Character,” Prof. J. W. Young, Green- ville, Tenn. Other Topics Listed. The convention theme Thursday morning will be “The Educational “What the will be dis- cussed and a pilgrimage will be made to the Lincoln Memorial in the after- noon, followed by the evening toplc of “The Church and the Social Order.” Friday morning the subject will be “The Unified Program of the Church,” and in the afternoon a visit will be made to Arlington and Harmony Cem- eteries, while the Saturday ‘' theme will be “Church and Youth,” and the Sunday afternoon theme ‘“The Church Facing its World Task.” Among those who will deliver ad- dresses during the week will be Canon ‘William Sheafe Chase of Brooklyn. who will speak on Supervision of Motion Pictures” Elizabeth Edlund, *Syndi dren’s Religious Stories Bishop George C. Clement, chalrman race re- lation committee Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America: Dr. . E. B. Du Bols, editor of the Crisis; Dr. Carter G. Woodson and George E. Haynes. The slogan of the convention is “On to Washing- ton.” Various Groups Included. Among the organizations represent- ed at the convention will be the Young People’s Conference, the A. M. E. Sunday schools, Varick C. E. Society, connectional colleges, junior churches, missionary - societles, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, bishops, presiding elders and pastors. The administra- tive and adult divisions will meet at the Metropolitan ' Wesley ' Church, D and. Second streets southwest; the young people's division at Union Wes- ley, 1113 Twenty-third street, and the childreni’s division at Galbraith, Sixth and M streets. The local officers of the convention are: Rev. E. ‘Watson, presiden T. H. Chase, first vice president; Ri O. L. Rand, second vice presiden Rev, W. H. French, third vice presi- dent: V. J. Tulane, secretary; Mrs. E. B. rh.uon. assistant :erehry: . H. Anderson, corresponding _secretary, and Miss 8. J. Janifer, R. E. B. The presiding bishop is Right Rev. J. 8. Cadwell, and the presiding elder. Rev. | 7. H. Tucker. Chairmen of the local committees are: Rev, C. C. Willlams, finance; Joseph Howard, decorations; Rev. H. T. Medford, pastor of John Wesley Church, printing and publicity; Miss M. L. n, recreation: Miss Alice Henson, entertainment; Rev. W. R. Jon m; Mrs. O. L. Rand, reg- istration; Rev. W. D. Battle, reserva- tlon; C. H. Anderson, parade, and Francis Wells, chief marshal. TR ety ‘When hordes of storks found that 2 60,000-volt transmission line in Mo- rocco was a good resting place the for the: FAGTIONAL FIGHT LOOMS IN LEGION Campaign to Boost Peyser as Fenning’s Successor Precipitates Fight. Another factional fight loomed trr the Distriet of Columbia department of the American Leglon today, with Joseph. J. Idler, department adjutant, under fire as the result of efforts to obtain Legion support for the candi- dacy of Capt. Jullus I. Peyser for District Commissioner, . and l.lyd‘!ar charging his opponents with pl ng politics to block the candidacy of Capt. Peyser to succeed himself as head of the District Legion. At the same time, the list of candi- dates for the Legion commandership was increased to four, with the pos- sibility that another may be added before the date of the convention— August 27 and 28. Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief of the Chemical Warfare Service of the Army, announced his candidacy for department commandership short- ly before moon, & short time after it became known that Charles L. Riemer, past commander of Stuart Walcott Post, would run again for the highest office in Leglon affalrs in Washington. Lieut. Howard 8. Fisk may also be added to the list of candi- dates, although his candidacy ‘hu not vet come out in the open. Capt Peyser announced Saturday that he would run for re-election, and sup porters of Harlan ‘Wood, chairman of the veterans' joint committee, predict Wood's election. Cites Legion Regulation. The fight on Idler is based on tele- grams sent to State Legion adjutants, in which he urged them to give their backing to Capt. Peyser for the Com: isstonership. s mWhen !hl'pbec«llno known, Willlam F. Franklin, adjutant of the Vincent B. Costello Post here, sent a telegram to James HBarton, national adjutant, criticizing Idler’s action. The move- ment for Peyser was bared, it was said, when the secretary for a mem ber of Congress from Michigan in quired by what right Idler, as a mem ber of the Legion, thus took part in a political movement. The Legion con- stitution, it is explained, forbids “pro- moting the candidacy of any one seek- ing public office.’” Tdler's statement today declared the action of Franklin to be the effort of a “small minority” of Washington members of the Legion to defeat Pey- ser for a second term as commander. “Franklin h openly announced his opposition to Peyser and will un- doubtedly make a great effort to de- feat him.in the department conven- tion,” he sayd. “It is true that many prominent persons throughout the Nation have asked the President to appoint Capt. Peyser to succeed Mr. Fenning because they know Peyser is fitted for the position and com- mands the respect of the people of ‘Washington. Capt. Peyser's standing in Legion circles here is of the high- est and the coming convention of the local department will prove it when *hey elect the captain to succeed him- self as Legion commander. By his condemnation of the effort to make a Legionnaire a Commissioner of the District of Columbia, Franklin has de- feated his candidates before the con- vention.” Executive Session Planned. In Leglon circles today, the opinion was expressed that the whole contro- versy should be aired, and all the surrounding circumstances brought to light. Vincent B. Costello Post, Capt. Peyser's post, will meet tomorrow night in executive session, and accord- ing to many members of the post, will not support Peyger, but will back Wood for department commander. George Washington Post will also meet tomorrow night, and may place Fisk in nomination. George Washington Post is slated to place the name of Gen. John J. Pershing in nomination for national commander of the Legion at the na- tional convention in October.. Another nationally known celebrity is slated to become an officer of the Legion, for Costello Post has made it known that Col. Willlam Mitchell will be its next commander, succeeding Thoma: Walsh, present commander. Many legion members, among them men who have been influential in the organization since 1919, claim that a complete clean-up of the af- fairs of the department in the Dis- trict of Columbia is in order. A de- partment headquarters is needed, a membership drive should be staged and every effort put forth to bring the legion up to its proper place here, they say, pointing to the present membership. of about 2,200 as proof that vigorous measures are neces- sary. The forthcoming fight for depart- ment commander will be .the second big struggle in the legion. Previous department conventions have been relatively tame affairs, until the struggle last year, when Peyser was elected department commander. ARKANSAS FINISHING - EXCITING CAMPAIGN . | Contestants for State Offices Make Charges Ranging From Drunk- 7 enness to Graft. By the Associated Press. . LITTLE ROCK, Ark., August 2.— Arkansas Democrats today swung into the final nine days of one of the most intense campaigns in’ many years for nomination for State offices, a ‘campaign featured by charges and ‘counter-charges ranging from drunk- enness and cruelty to convicts to graft and despotism, and with the question of State road bond issues e tase bewesa Gov, Tom J v, 3 ral, seeking a second twwmr t:;t and Judge John E. Martineau, chan- cellor of the first chancery district, has been featured by the whole cate- gory of ¢ Herbert R. Wilson, commisstoner of State lands, highways and improve- ments, is opposed for re-election by Dwight Blackwood of Biytheville, State treasurer, and Brose Massen glill of Heber Springs. ‘The State this year will elect for the first time a lieutenant governor. Four are seeking this office. . Congress. . Representative John H. Tiilman of Fayetteville, in the third district, is o] by Karl Crenshaw and J. E. McFerrin, botk of Harrison, and Hartsill Ragon, itati froca the Rfth Sisirct, betne pposes by Minor Wallace of Little Rock. To Study India Constitution. Not later than 1920 a mw must be appointed to study the Indla constitution. and the new viceroy of India, Lord Ifwin. until recently E. P. L. Wood, ndertake the task. The political unrest in India has it about the move to modify ’s’ status- with relation to There are only two contests for |. (1. RESERVATIONS HELD IMPOSSIBCE Politis Tells Williamstown Hearers League-gannot Accept Terms on Court. By the Associated Pross. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., August 2.~The American reservation to join- ing the World Court providing that no case involving the United States shall be submitteq to the court with~ out the consent of the Senate, is im~ possible acceptance to the League of Nationg, M. Nicholgs Politis, Greek Minister to France, said to- day. This fact does not preclude the possibility of American entrance o the court, however, for M. Politis said he believed & compromise meas- ure might be arrived at, and the possibllity of friction avoided through arbitration. Holds Secretary Erred. It was a mistake for the secretary- general of the league to invite the American Government to participata in the discussion of the United States reservations by the league council, M. Politls asserted. “There is no lessening of tha de- sire of Europeans to have the United States in the court,” he said ‘The only question is how America will perate in the election of Judges d sharing expenses of the court, It is not indifference on the part of Europeans that has prevented rati- fication of the United Stat try into the court, but simply govern- mental difficulties that have pre- cluded actio So far as American entrance into the league itself is concerned, M. Politis believes that Europe con< tnus to hope for that, but thinke that public opinion in this country is not yet ready for political co operation with Europs “It is & matter of evolution of that opinion,” he sald. Sees Trend to Democracy. Questioned as to the stabilit present European governments Politis expressed the opinion that the dictatorships now in force are the re- sult of the economic upheaval. and that when this has been adjusted the trend will be toward democracy. ““The democracies of Europe of the future will follow the American sys- tem, rather than the parliamentary system,” he said. “They will tend to place more power in the hands of the executive, while making him more di- rectly responsible to the people. The Balkans, he added. had ceased to be turbulent. M. Politis, who has taken an important part in League of Nations affairs, is one of the lecturers of the Institute of Politics here. Philippines Ask Freedom. An ardent plea for Philippine inde- pendence was laid before the insti- tute today by Pedro Guevara, resident commissioner from the islands, who “confidently affirmed that in view of the solemn pledge of the United States the Philippine Islands are en- titled to their independence. In default of this he suggested the privilege of formulating their own constitution and conducting their own domestic affairs. as an alternative policy commensurate with the prev ous promises of the United States. “Such a policy would go far,” he said, “to allay distrust and suspicion in the dslands.” Mutual distrust between Filipinos and Americans is deterring economic development of the country, he da- clared. The islands are rich in raw material and natural resources, but the unstable political situation keeps Filipino labor and American capital at lengths, while foreigners are in- vesting money and enjoying profits to the benefit of neither the Ameri. cans nor the Filipinos. Holds Coal Important. World peace depends more upon coal than upon disarmament confer- ences, R. T. Haslam, professor of chemical engineering at the Massa- chusetts Institute for Technology, de- clared yesterday before the institute. One of the prime factors in future international relations, he said, will be the conversion of coal into oil. Such conversions, in his opinion, would form a satisfactory solution of the petroleum supply problem, which ‘at present is one of the prin- cipal international irritants. - Applying the discussion to the au- tomobile industry, he showed how, by use of oertain chemicals, tetra-ethyl lead, aniline and fron carbony), the efficlency of engines has been greatly increased by increasing the compres- sion of the gasoline and air mixture. t 1s safe to say that the.develop- ment of these anti-detoning com- pounds such as,tetra-ethyl lead. will permit the saving of about 40 per ecent of our gasoline,” he said. ““With out consumption of gasoline exceeding 11,000,000,000 gallons this year, this, chemical development undoubtedly means a saving to this country of over $800,000,000 yearly. or enough. to pay the interest on the entire na- tional debt of the United States, Thus at one stroke chemistry takes, the first rank in promoting national economy.” ANDREWS, IN PARIS, IS NOT ON BUSINESS Dry Crief, However, May Take up Question of Crews Selling ™ Liquor Over Side of Ships. - By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 2.—Brig. Gen. Lin- coln C. Andrews, American prohibition enforcement chief, said today that his visit to Paris was unofficial, but that he.might take up a_“minor question™ with officials of the French Line. Thix has to do with the. allegation that members of the crews' of the com- pany’s ships have placed cases .of liquor in the holds of the vessels and sold them over the side in New York. Gen. Andrews said he had no idea of ap ing the French officials re garding smuggling through St. Pierre and Miquelon or other French ports, pointing out that his recent conference, in London was held at the invitation of the British, while no invitation had ever been received from the French. Questioned regarding reports that he would resign, Gen. Andrews said: do not intend to resign until the regulations growing out of the London conferences are in working order— and perhaps not then.” TRooster Eats 1,480 Kernels. A seven-day wonder among Stergeon ‘Bay, Wis., folks was a rooster that had eaten 936 kermels of corn at a meal. E. G. Rruding, a grocer in the nelghboring town of Ellsworth, had a big rooster he believed could beat that record_and invited his customers to - guess how many kernels it-would eat, ys Capper’s Weekly.. They gave