Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1926, Page 2

CHANNEL BALKS SIX AS SEASON WANES Three Girls, Two Americans, Routed by Rough Waves. Man Hurt by Dogfish. Py the Associated Press. DOVER, England, August 24.—The turbulent English Channel, which has turned back five would-be conquerors within the past 24 hours, today turned back another. Jane Derwin, an English girl, start- ing from Dover on her first cross- channel attempt, was forced to quit because of rough water shortly after she had cleared the " harbor this morning. Because of continuing unfavorable conditions, it is considered doubtful here if there will be much more chan- nel activity this year. Yesterday's dash seems to have been a sort of last hope on the part of at least some of the big contingent of swimmers who have been longing to emulate the feat of Gertrude Ederle. Season Is Almost Over. CAPE GRIS-NEZ, France, August 24 ()L Gertrude Ederle apparently is to be the only swimmer who will have to her credit the feat of swhn ming the English Channel this yea The season is late and the “sharps’ who knotw the vagaries of the treach erous stretch of water say that hence forth it is likely to go daily into tan- trums, making it impossible to nego tiate. Six aspirants, two of them Ameri can girls, tackled the. cold, rough and variable waterway yvesterday, last night and today. All failed. The cold rushing tides and the bellowing waves stopped five, and a monster dogfish bryised the other so badly he was unable to go on Calarabeile Barrett of New Rochelle, N. Y., and Lillian Cannon of Balti- more ‘were ambitious, not alone to cross the Channel, but to,cut down “Trudie’s” record time of 14 hours 31 minutes. Miss Barrett suffered from sea sickness, while Miss Cannon had an attack of cramps in the stomach. Jane Darwin of England made a vain start from Dover. Otto Kemmerich, a German, into collision with a_dogfish, and a German named Vierkoeteem and a Frenchman named Ledriant also tried to_swim. 2 Ledriant was forced to quit after a short time in the water, while Vierkoeteen acquitted himself the best of any. He kept going for 10 hours, but his tug lost its way in a heavy fog. not far from the Goodwin Sands, off the coast of England, and 1s taken from the water. Kemmerich introduced a new style in Channel swimming when he ap- peared wearing web-fingered. rubber gloves to aid him in making faster progress. All the swimmers started from Griz Nez for the English shore except Miss Barrett and Miss Darwin, who start ed from Dove Woman Fails to Start. Mrs. Clemington Carson, who as Amelia_Gade swam from Albarty to New York City in 1921, and who failed to swim the Channel in 1823, intended to have another try at it yesterday. But in crossing from Dover to Griz-Nez in_a motorboat 1o make her start she decided that the water was too rough and postponed her swim When Miss Cannon took to the water at §:10 o'clock yesterday eve ning it was with a strong heart and high hopes that she would master the Channel. vervthing pointed to success. The weather was perfect and the Baltimore girl was fit for the task. Nhe dashed off at a smart pace, intent on cracking Miss Ederle's record. All went merrily as a wedding bell for the first two hours. Then the wind from a gentle zephyr turned into a stiff northwesterly breeze and kicked up the famous Channel chops. This slowed down the American girl, but still she continued to advance. Three hours after she had made her start she was seen to be in difficulties and complatned of cramps in the stomach. Bravely she struggled on, but at last the pain became so intense that she was obliged to quit when about four and a half miles out from Gris-Ni and in what the coaches on the ac- companying tugs declared was an ex- cellent position. Miss Barrett was in the water three hours and forty minutes and was about five miles out of Dover when she succumbed to mal de mer. came Miss Cannon Quits for Year. BOULOGNE. France, August 24 (P).—Miss Lillian Cannon of Balti- more, who failed vesterday in her attempt to swim the English Channel, will not try a Channel swim again this year, under the advice of her doctor The latter stated that she had over worked and that her stomach muscles were badly strained. Miss Cannon for a time last night feared that she had appendicitis be- cause of the pain which she suffered, but this proved later to be due to her violent exertions in the water. PROSECUTORS WAR IN CANTON INQUIRY ON EVE OF HEARING (Continued from First Page.) til haif occurred. Other charges against Lengel are that he has been derelict in his duties, particularly in having countenanced bootleg activities and in having main tained & too intimate contact between the underworld and the police depart- ment. Mayor Swarts up to an early today had not announced his choice & successor to Lengel, but it was pre- sumed that temporarily Acting Chief sarl W. Hexamer will retain the de- artment headship. Hexamer, who was safety director at“the time of the Lengel suspension, has held both offices for the past 30 days. While the police depariment recon struction appeared imminent, investi- ory into the murder were wonder- ing if Joseph R. Roach will be suc- essful in obtaining a special prose- cutor to convey his evidence hefore the grand jury In a formal statement yesterday Roach declared that Prosecutor Mc- Clintock has proceeded in a manner which has alded in the escape of the murderers and which has served to block the Federal investigation into the alleged liquor conspiracy. McClintock’s reply to Roach's cen- sure was that he would proceed “honestly, courageously and fearless- - as 1 have always done in the past.” NO BASE BALLS IN TOWN. JUNEAU, Alaska, August 24 (®).— What, no base ball? After it was Jearned this was a fact all games scheduled for Juneau this week were postponed. There is not a new base ball in town. Several gross ordered from Seattle will be here in a week. All the oid ones were taken to Ketchikan last Friday by the Juneau team which plays there for the champlonship of southeastern Alaska. hour the an after shooting hour f w {Has Formed Corporation to Back Project to Beat French Mark. Plans Craft Which Will Go 300 Miles an Hour and Land at 75. Lieut. Alford J. Williams, jr., of the Naval Alr Station, Anacostia, is out |to clean up all existing world speed records for land and seaplanes and establish a few that do not now exist on_the official records. The adventure into the realm where | airplanes fly at 300 miles an hour or | more is entirely a private one, al- though the Navy Department has gone on record as being ready and willing to offer every co-operation. \When Florentin Bonnet of the French Aerial Army flew his Ferbois monoplane with a 550-horsepower His- | pano Suiza engine at Istres, December 11, 1924, to a speed of 278.480 miles per hour, he deposed Lieut. Williams as the world’s speediest pilot. Thirteen months before, Al, as he is known throughout the service, had shot his Curtiss racer over a three-kilometer course at a speed of 266 miles per hour for the official title. Interested Private Capita Since December 11, 1924, the United States tlying forces have ‘made no effort to bring back the title. And | since that time Lileut. Willilams has sought wavs and means of putting.the United ates on record as owning the fastest plane and pilot in the world. For a long time Williams sought to Interest private capital in a_project of building a civilian speed plane for him to fiy for the title. He received very little encouragement, but the early part of this year saw the dawn of ceess. He went among his wealthy and influential friends in his home town—New York City—peddling the idea, and one by one they con- tributed until the fund exceeded the $50,000 mark. A corporation was formed and now is in existence, but the bhackers of the project desire no publicity for themselves. The only known contributor is Alderman Altord ‘J. Willlams of the Bronx, the speed | i pilot's father. 2| Williams then engaged the services of two of the foremost aeronautical en- gineers in the country, who are not | now connected in any way with ai craft manufacturing concerns. Work now is in progress on the racer and present indications are that it will be ready for its first flight in two or three month: It will be powered with a Packard 900-horsepower engine, the most powerful ever installed in a tiny racing ship. “It will be a thoroughly American plane,” says Lieut. Williams. “De- | signed by Americans, built by Ameri- cans of American material and flown by an American pilot.” First Civilian Attempt. Lieut. Williams' plan has been known in Washington and New York aeronautical circles for a long time and is regarded as one of the most daring steps in civilian aviation. Heretofore the American Government has spent thousands of dollars on the | racing planes and turned them over to picked pilots of the Army, Nav Magine Corps to fly. No civillan or group of civilians ever has gone in fo expensive aircraft for a purely sport- ing event, although much more money has been’ spent on the acquisition of cing horses, automobiles and motor hoats. The Williams corporation, therefore, is a pioneer in this fleld. The details of the plane and the place of its construction are being kept ' secret for the present. Beyond the fact that it will be a biplane and can plane at will, Lieut. Willlams has nothing to say. “I can say this much for the ship,” the officer declared, “and that is, it will be a real airplane and not a freak. It is going to have a land- ing speed of 75 miles an hour—a safe landing speed, and it is going to have a remarkably high speed. be convertible into a seaplane or land | | miles per hour. | record | at |be held whenever th | test flight of the pla | be made at Mitchel |are Secretary of the Navy Wilbur and | | three-month lanother | 18 Tiving here tem | 2 THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTO LIEUT. WILLIAMS TO SEEK AIR SPEED TITLE IN CIVILIAN PLANE Zonnet, with all due despect to him and with the greatest admiration for his nerve, landed his Ferbois at 120 miles an hour, I am told. There is nothing to be gained in aviation by building a plane like that. Whenever you increase the landing speed vou admit to the world that you have reached the limit on refinement of design and construction. Anybody could clip the wings of a high speed- ster and make unheard.of record but they .wouldn't mean anything. My plane will have some military value, whereas the Frenchman's can only be operated under the most favorable conditions. Djving Now Prohibited. Lieut. Williams' first objective is the maximum speed record for a 3- kilometer course. This requires the pilot to st hin an altitude of 1,200 feet and in flying across the speed zone he must he in horizontal position for at least 50 meters be- fore he enters the timing area. Once in ‘this area he cannot fly ahove 50 feet. Diving from dizzy heights now is tahoo. Lieut. Williams dived from 9,000 feet in November, 19, establish the world's record of Then there is the n for seaplanes for a ilo- meter course, now held by Lieut. Jamese 1. Doolittle, Army Air Corps, 245.713 miles per hour. Then comes maximum speed for specified distances for hoth land and sea planes of 100, 200, 500, 1,000, 1,500 kilometers and by multiples of 500 to an indefinite figure. Lieut. Williams does not look beyond the 500-kilo- meter speed figure. Although efforts are heing made to complete the ship in time, it is un likely that it will be entered in the Schnelder international seaplane speed trophy to be held in Norfolk, Octo- ber 24, Test Flight at Mitchel Field. Because all of the records Licut. Williams is seeking for this country and a few new ones hesides are rec ords against time, the campaign can conditions ap- avorable. The ne_probably . will ield, Long Island, those who have for the asking ximum_speed pear to be the m, Included amoung pledged co-operation Rear ,Admiral William~ A. Moffett, ¢hfef of the Burcau of Aeronautics. Lieut. Williams, formerly a pitcher | with the New York Giants, graduated from Georgetown Law School last hX , and three months ago pa: d the | bar examination for the State of New York. Within the last month he has taken and successful DA »d the ex amination for lieutenant, ‘senior grade, United States-Navy. Lieut. Williams has been g leave with privilege of | three-month extension He pravily, and as the rs completion he will go to inted a ine ne New Yor COALITION CABINET ASSURED IN GREEGE Coundouritis Will Resume Presidency as Another Step Toward Order. By the Associated Press ATHENS, August 24-—Admiral Coundouritis has decided to resume the presidency until the new election can be held. This is regarded by classes as an important step toward the improvement of the domestic situ- ation. Leadeix of the various political par- ties agreed at a cenference to the formation of a coalition cabinet as the only solution to the present politic problem. It is not known who is fa- vored for the premiership. BELGRADE HOPEFUL. Revolt in Greece. Consider as ormalcy By Radigto The Star and Chicago Daily News. VI A. August 24.—The Bel arade government is following the de | Velopments in Greece with keenest in terest. Officially no confirmation has been received: relative to the nullifi catlon of the Greco-Jugaklav treaty of friendship. though the newspaper veports” reiterate that Gen. has announced that all foreign trea- ties concluded by the deposed dictator Pangalos will be suspended pending parliamentary ratification. The Jugoslay government this is a mere formal gesture. Po litical experts predict that the Con- Aviis regime will be even more friend- Iv toward Jugoslavia and sharper to- ward Italy than was Gen Pangalos. Experts point _out optimistically Gen. Condylis urged Greece (o join Serbia against the central pow. ers in 1916. Also Gen. Condylis de. clared, on taking over the govern ment. that Premier Mussolini, as a great nationalist patriot himself. must Tealize that the Greek government was bound to protect Greek minor- ities on the Italian owned Dodecanese Islands. 2 On the whole, therefore, Jugoslavia is inclined to consider the revolution as “normaley” in Greece, with the possibility of a more democratic mili- tary man replacing another more dic tatorial. 3 From several Greek cities it is re- ported that revolutionary committees are demanding Gen. Pangalos’ execu- tion. It ix also reported that a mob attempted to lynch the ousted dic- tator on his arrivai at Athens under arrest. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily Inclined to believes News Co.) | all Condylis | led — As the result of government assjst- ance, the watchmaking school at He- mancon, France, is to be enlarged to become a national institution and to house 450 pupils. MORO CHIEFTAINS ASKU. 3. CONTROL Presidential Investigator Is Visited by Others, Who De- mand Independence. | By the Associated Press. CAMP KEITHLEY, P. L, August | 24.—Moro chieftains came down from | mountain _fastnesses yesterday and told Carmi A. Thompson, presidential investigator, that they had surren- dered to the United States and been disarmed while believing they would be protectad from Filipino rule. J'hey asserted that the majority of the! Moros preferred to remain under ! American rule and desired American | teachers. | Camp Keithley, where the confer-| ence was held, Lanao Province In this province 150 Moro Island of Mindanao. | were killed | |last Spring fn fighting between Moro outlaws and Philippine native con- stabulary, commanded by Americans. Some of the Moro speakers demand- immediate _independence for the Philippine government, but it was said afterward that they received pen- | sions from the insular government. | There were approximately 100 Moro | chiefs, including several local sultans, in the party that called on Thompson at the residence of Frederick John- son, first .ymerican governor of the province. QUEZON F SELS ALARM. 24 () —Manuel | Quezon, president the Philippine Senate, addressing that _body last night, ‘asserted that the: Washington | administration had reversed its for- | mer policy regarding the Philippines | and that the cause of independence for cing a real dan- | Quez L : i The Washington administration could not have made more clear its reversal of policy in the Philippines than by its failure to counteract the presentation recently of reactionary measures in Congress. 1 feel that if | the Republican party wins the next | presidential election a clause against | independenée will be added in its plat- form and that the Philippines will be annexed to the United States, like Hawaii. “1f we care to see independence for the Philippines, we ecannot fold our arms and wait for the good will of the administration. We must « fight for our quests within the domain, of peace, law and order to prevent the United States committing an act of fnjustice against the Philippines and to compel her to fultill her solemn pledge given in the Jones law Quezon asserted that an antiinde- pendence section of the American press was at present preparing the American mind for the eventual an- nexation of the Philippines to. the United States., MANILA, August of ) ger. in the interior of | PRESIDENT VEERS TOWARD FARM AID Jardine and Hoover Utter- ances Seen as Hints of Ac- tion at Next Session. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Enough straws have appeared to show that the wind is blowing in the direction of action by the administra- tion on the agricultural problem. For the advisers of President €ool- idge have convinced him that the time has come for the administration to offer and get back of a practical plan for the adjustment of the farmer's un- balanced position with reference to Industry. The significant announce- mer. by Secretary Jardine of the De- partment of Agriculture that the farmers of the West want tariff revi sion ‘and the declaration by Secretary Hoover that he has in mind a plan for the private financing of farm oper- ations may be coupled together a$ the beginning of a new policy. The elections of 1928 are coming soon and the administration is being threatened in the congressional elec- tions by all kinds of talk of political revolt from the West. Entirely apart from the political aspect. there has been abundant evidence that the e port surplus problem of the American farmer can no longer be ignored any more than his demand for a lower tariff on the acticles which he is com- pelled to buy Would Back Sound Plan. Broadly speaking, the MeNary, Haugen plan has no obfection to it from the administration viewpoint if it is handled with private funds in- stead of public money. In other word: if the principle in it is sound and there is no great risk of financial loss, then private capital may be in- duced to organize the farmers into one huge corporation to market the irplus. The administration would do all in its power to encourage private capital, even to the point of inviting keymen in finance to meet the Presi dent and members of his cabinet and discuss the whole plan. The proponents o Haugen plan have always felt that iovernment authority had tq be Dack of any arrangement that is set up so that the farmer will he com- pelled to accept certain receipts in- stead of cash in part payment for his product at the mill, but it is believed some other device may be found to the MeNar, | overcome this difficulty and make it workable even though privately man- aged. Effect of Private Appraisal. The point is that in the face of per- sistent argument frgm the West ahout an equaliatiom-e€ dn the marketing of surplus agricultural products, the administration is compelled to offer an alternative, dnd if private capital should finally reject the McNa Haugen plan, giving its reasons for refusing the risk. it then is belleved the case for Government financing will be wWeakened and the Western leadets will be in a better mood to ac- cept & compromise plan. The evident willingness of Mr. Jar. dine to consider tariff revision and the frequent uttérances from_ visitors at Paul Smiths concerning the need for tariff revision to satisfy the West ix considered significant,” for it may mean that the administration will not oppose efforts to revise the tariff if proposed at the next session of Con- gress. It s to he a short session any- how and the tariff problem. like the McNary-Haugen bill, may henefit by continued debate. (Copyright. PRESIDENT SCOUTS LINKING OF TARIFF WITH COURT ENTRY _(Continued_from Page.) philanthropist, of New York and personal friend of the President, was a guest at luncheon at White Pine mp today. The visit was of a nature. anxions to hear Mr. regarding business the financfal world sees it, he allh was interested in discussing charity work in which Mr. Lewisohn is actively engaged. - First-hand information regarding the progress of the national congres. sional campaign will be brought to the President tomorrow by Repre- sentative Will R. Wood of Indiana, chairman of the House Republican campaign committee. Mr. Wood is di- recting the campatgn from Chicago. President Coolidge at last has re- ceived the viewpoint of organized la- bor regarding general economic condi- tions. He entertained Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, andveight vice presidents of that organization at luncheon at White Pine Camp yesterday, and aft- erwards sat about the table with them and heard their views. The report they made was that the industrial situation generally is good, althaugh there are some weak spots. The latter, it was pointed out, are in the textile plants in New England, and New Jersey, and the bituminous coal industry. The metal and shoe industries are not as active as they hould he, and there is sonfe unem- ployment in the trucking and trans portation trade: It was stated officially there was no reason to attach any significance to the presence of this group of labor leaders _about the President’s table. It was stated that the visit was purel social and in response to an invitation. The lahor leaders had nothing to urge or to take up with the President. Labor Leaders Questioned. Lewisohn's As is his custom with callers since coming here on his vacation, the President turned the unfon chiefs over to the newspaper correspondents. In response te questions, Mr. Green, after detailing the substance of the r port he and his associatex made to th President. said organized labor now s no definit® program to offer. He gtated that while conditions generally are satisfactory, there are some weak points as a result of overproduction. To meet this situation, he said, an at- tempt will be made to bring about a gradual reduction of hours of lahor in | dach industry as occasion permits Commenting on the.operation of the new Bgpard of Mediation created by the Watson-Parker act of the last Con- gress to supplant the old Railroad La- bor Board in settling disputes between the rajlroads and their employes, Mr. Green stated that he saw no likelfhood of the extension of the principle of arbitration under Government super- vision to other trades and industries. Value Elsewhere Considered. Application of the Watson-Parker railroad board principle to other in- dustries, especially mining, has been advocated by the administration. President, Coolidge has on more than one occasion indicated that he thought the idea had considerable merit, believing that such a plan would be a great advance in the settlement of labor disputes in other industries dealing with .public neces- siti Reports reaching the Summer White House indicate strongly that up-State New York Republican drys. »| While the President ! . o v e it are conducting experiments. Lt The Los Angeles, great Navy dirigible, with which aviator scientists Lower right rvivor of the Shenandoah disaster, one of the experimenters. : Lieut. Comdr. C. E. Rosendahl, a Comdr. Rosendahl Says By the Ascociated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J., August 24, The Navy dirigible Los Angeles is in effect a 700-foot test tube with which aviator-scientists are conducting ex- periments looking toward eventual complete conquest of the air by man. Luxurious ocean airlines for tourist service twice as fast as steamboats, giant airships several thousand feet long able themselves to carry airplanes for war, improvements in radio and reduction 1n cost and maintenance— these are but a few of the results being sought by experiments at the air sta- tion here. The experts direction of ( mandant of the station, Comdr . E. Rosendahl, commander of the Los Angeles and survivor of the Shenandoah disaster. “We are experimenting all the time,”” Comdr. Rosendahl said today. “We have to work largely by trial and error. We know what we want and we keep trying until we get a method that works, and then we go on to something else, This Size Just Beginning. = “Airships this size Just the begin- ning, the English are now building two ships of 5,000,000 cubic feet each, more than twice as large as the Los Angeles, and we ourselves have been authorized to construct two of 6,000,- i OCEAN AIRLINERS 4 TIMES SIZE OF LOS ANGELES IN PROSPECT Choose Sky or Water for Crossing, With More Comfort and Speed in Dirigibles. | parison to the value of our practical Traveler Can Ultimately 000 cubic feet each, although the money has not heen yet appropriated. | “Designers know that as the size of airships increases the comparative strength is greater, but, of course, | there must he some limit to the prac- tical application of this safety factor. “Science has not vet heen called on to determine actually what this limit is, but ships of 10,000,000-foot capac- ity are now in prospect. ‘Airships can’t beat the trains. The speed and potential comfort are about the same, but the train can carry more passengers and cut individual expense in that way. Speed Doubled Over Ocea “But when it comes to crossing wa- ter the traveler can get luxurious con- ditions either on the surface or in the air, but in the air he can double h speed and get to Europe in three day instead of six. And in the air storms can he dodged and discomfort from the motion of the sea ix done away with. “Of course, the choice doesn’t exist for the ocean traveler of today, bu we are talking of tomorrow, and that's written on the pages of tomorrow in indelible ink. “If our present experiments pan out, all costs will be cut down to a point where they will be small in com- work, and then the airship will have come into its own." have served notice on Senator Wads- worth that if he doesn’t stop talkini about rum he will imperil his own election and that of the balance of the G. 0. P. State and Congressional ticket. The withdrawal from the field of some of the wets who have heen active politically regarded as a gesture to satisfy such dry leaders as George K. s, State chairman, and Representative Berthand H. Snell | of Potsdam. In addition, Senator Wadsworth when here last Friday stated that modification would be on one of the issues of his campaign. Dry leaders now are satisfied that. | so far as_can be seen, Supreme Court Justice Cropsey of Brooklyn will be | nominated as ‘the Republican candi- date for governor. Judge Cropsey has indicated that he is willing tc run. He is credited with having background of achievement that fits him for the race. and is said to pos. sess an “Al Smith” 3 I Tle is eminently s v to the drys of up-State, because he will run on a law enforcement platform. The 1 judge has some doubt as to what may | | be said. or inferred if he, in the | northern or western part of the State, urges enforcement of all laws on the | statute hooks, while the party’s can didate for senator elsewhere urges | his wet program. He is willing, | nevertheless, to make a fight on that | basis. Party dry leaders. who have heen conferring " with Mr. Morris. have made it clear thft the Republicans have had sufficient experience in the northern, western and southern sec tions to demonstrate that they can't hope to win the governorship’ unless the candidate stands squarely for law enforcement. | CHURCH SEES HOPE | IN MEXICAN FIGHT, REPORTS INDICATE (Continued from First Page.) ment referring t# the possibility of a future settlement is constrwed as in-| tended to leave the way open for con- ferences with President Calles if de- | velopments should justify them. | Meanwhile the episcopate is consid- | ering plans for a campalgn to bring | ahout amendment of the religiou clauses of the constitution by con- gressional action. The League for the Defense of Religious Liberty has tak- en the position that it will not lift the economic bhoycott until these amend- ments have heen effected or until the ireligious regulations have been modi- | fied or abrogated. POPE WARNS PUBLIC. ROME, August 24 (P).—The Secre- tary of State for the Holy See has is- sued an official statement warning the public against inaccurate news of the present religious controversy in Méx- icv and reiterating the Pope’s stand against the new religious regulations | there. The announcement says: “News- papers publish accounts of negotia tions and agreements between P’resi dent Calles and certain members of | the Mexican Episcopacy. We desire | to warn reader inst_ news which | may be prejudiced and, inaccurate, since no communication from the Mexican Episcopacy has been received by the Holy See. Also no new in- structions have been sent from the Holy See to the Episcopacy permitting it to change the viewpoint already stated."® Half-Starved Convict By the Associnted Press.” STATEVILLE, 1L, August 24— Half starved, after hiding eight da | under the tin shop, a smalt temporary structure in the new prison in-| “losure here, awaiting an opportunity | to escape, Clarence Langford, slayer imprisoned_for life, was found early ! ¢ by Warden Elmer Green and | two keep&gs. Langford sawed his way out of his cell more than a week agn. He stuck led subway quarters ex- CROWDS FLOCKING TO VALENTINO BIER; TRAFFIC IS BLOCKED Page. (Contintied from First viewed hy 125,000,000 people through- out the ‘world. Published reports hinting that | Valentino had been poisoned, brought from Assistant District Attorney Pe cora foday a statement that hi office had’ received no definite in- formation on the matter and that he would take no action untli official proof was presented to him. Mr. Pecora’s statement follows: “If any responsible party brings us any proof tending to show the commission of any crime the matter will receive the official attention involve. We are not going off on any rumor or idle gossip that go around this town. If we did, we would have no time for the legiti- mate affairs of this office.” The death certificate filed vester- day with the Board of Health gave as the cause of death a ruptured ga trie ulcer and general peritonitix, with septic pneumonia and septic endocar- ditis (an affection of the heart ti sues) as contributing causes. Pictures to Be Shown. Valentino's admirers are still to be able to see him on the silver screen. Hiram Abrams, president of United Artists Corporation, which had the sereen lover under contract, announc- of | this office, regardless 0f what it may | R - i Underwood D. C. MILITIAMEN ARE HELD FOLLOWING BRIEF NIGHT MUTINY (Continued from First Page.) ficers absolutely refused to take pi in any drill at that hour. Followin this and the making of a number of | remarks by the mey, directed at the | officers, two of them were selected | from their quarters and placed under arrest. The names of Lieuts. Thad- deus Riley and Hugh Kverett appear on the papers as witnesse ven the arrest of the men did not cause the disturbances to cease, for number of members of the various commands proceeded to decarate the trees in the harracks avea with fes-p toons of tissue paper. Resenting the confinement of their comrades in the guardhouse, the members of the medical detachment even today displayed an indisposition to carry put the drill schedule, and Lieut. Col. | y E. adman mad a personal ple to them to carry on their work, pointing out that he had the greatest confidence in the mems bers of the medical detachment, and | had given his personal assu nees Lo the higher officers that thix outfit would carry on. > H Earlier in the day., Col. John W. Oehmann, commanding the regiment, | spoke to the men and told them that | he would not tolerate such conditions | as were alleged to have prevailed in the cimp last night. When Serst} Riggins asked for permission to make a statement, the colonel rn-l'nw-‘e to | hear him, but explained to The Star's | correspondent later; that if there are any explanations to he made, they may come out in the course of the in- | vestigation, which will he made of | the whole affair. | Holds Detachment Troublesome. I The members of the medical detach- | ment declare that during all the long perfod of encampment which they | have attended (hey have never he | fore heen charged with creating such | disturbances. However, Col. Oehman | | asserted that troubles usually come from this hand, but followed it up with a statement that he did not in tend in anyway to try to persecute i | | ed this afternoon that “The Son of the Sheik,” the latest Valentino pic- ture, will continue in circulation throughout the world. - This was considered an unusual procedure, in that motion picture pro- | ducers have been known to say that they have found it impossible to show tures featuring artists who have died. It has been said that audiences had shown aversion to watching the appavently living actions of a person they knew in fact to be no longer Tiving. Mr. Abrams issued a statement, in which he said that there are at pre ent between 5.000 and 6.000 contracts for by theater owners who will eontinue showing.” He said that “The Eagle.” the only other picture the screen eik appeared in under the United Artists banner, will also continue to he shown. MEXICO FREES ALL HELD IN ALLEGED REBELLION Insufficient Evidence Causes Re- lease of More Than 50, Includ- ing Catholic Women. MEXICO CITY, persons arrested in the alleged conspirucy risings throughout the country been released from custody. The torney general's department an- nounces that an investigation reveal ed no grounds justifying formal charges holding the prisoners for trial. : Retween 50 and 60 persons were ar- rested, but most of them had been re- ased. The 11 leaders in the alleged plot, including three Catholic women. were held until today. when they also were set free. All had protested their innocence. Is Found Hidden Angust All connection to foment up- Eight Days Waiting Chance to Escape cept for two brief periods when /he emerged at night and sought an op- portunity to scale the 30-foot prison wall. i he convict was weak from lack of food and was suffering from a sprain- ed ankle, sustained when he dropped from the third tier of cells. He seemed happy_to return even to a solitary cell. During the eight days Lang- {;ll'\‘l had eaten hl:-lblwu slices of bread, e sald. A nearby water pipe pro- vided watee. 2 <howing the new picture “signed | with | | this detachment. 1le said that he had | been trying to so conduct this camp | that he might be able to take the regi- | ment back to Washington without a | black mark and made no secret of the | act that the whole affair was causing him much regret. ile added that last night tne non-commissioned officers | were out of camp attending a banquet | {in Alexandria, and alleges that the men proceeded to take advantage of this fact by causing disturbances. During the course of the parading through the harracks in mob fashion, some of the ftroops paused long enough in certain of the buildings to | hold, kangaroo court-martial of cer | tain ‘members of the command, and to | mete out punishment of various kinds. | From the standpoint of the men, some of them stated today that some of the trouble was a result of the| domineering attitude of certain officers placed over them. 'The men under charges will have a large array of witnesses in their favor if they go to | the court-martiul stage. Troops Do Heavy Work. While the majority of the troops were sent out today for some heavy wark in engineering training, never- | theless regimental officers were in the barracks street to prevent any pos- sible recurrence of the disturbance Members of the medical detachment were anxious to have it said today that they want Maj. George J. Allen returned to duty with the organiza- tion. He was relieved _of the com- mand of the outfit during the period of the encampment and assigned to duty as camp sanitary officer. Another result of the disturbance | {last night was the recommendation | sent to headquarters hy Capt. Shapir | that Staff Sergt. Philip Frank Biggins and Sergt. Raymond P. Sullivan 1| reduced to privates and that | | first class) Norman Hillary . and | James L. Haney be reduced to | privates. Biggins did not wait for the ! approval of the order before ripping | off_his chevrons. The non-commissioned officers of the regiment held their annual banquet last night at the George Mason Hotel, Alexandria. Col. John W. Oehman | spoke at the banquet. Sergt. Maj. Blake Coffman of the regimental staff presided. SER PRt T » Boy, Hunting, Kills Self. Special Dispatch to The Star BIG ISAAC, W. Va., August 24— The first hunting accldent of the sea- son was reported in the death of Harry Lowman, 18 vears old, son of Pregley Lowman of Big Isaac His body, with the head half blown away by a shotgun charge, was found on | the farm of C. C. Freeman, the wea- pon having been acidentally dis- charged as he was getting ready to fire at a sqigrrel. | 1 until | remains 1 Berlin, LAND BUYING LAW CHANGE EXPECTED Grant Certain Congress Will Allow More Than 25 Per Cent Above Assessment. ‘Confidence that Congress will its next sessfon place & more liher interpretation of the law Hmiting the purchages of land by the N Capital Park and Planning ston for park and playground poses to 25 per cent abova value or grant the commission hro powers in this respect was exp today Maj. U. S. Grant, 3d tive ‘officer of the commission, Maj. Grant's organization had sought a_wider field of operation from Cor troller General MeCarl, but the latte: ruled yesterday that the act of Con gress must he followed to the lette Maj. Grant declared today it was belief that ““Congress intended to pr vent administrative officers fror, iy ing on a bargain property of a val above what it was worth #ad it stricted bargaining powers Ly putt on limitations. O the o her haud, in_condemmation the conrt fixes he value of the property and presuma that is its actual value, and i ably will have to be paid no m: how it compares with assessors’ uations several years Lefore.” : The law, as interpreted by Mr. M rl, prohibits Maj. Grant fr. <ing roperty per sessed value, even uch it T c its 1 court has placed The commission’s exeentiy added. however, that the work Commission would not he Congress meets, W have the $150,000 which i by the ruling.” Maj. Grant reiternted that the con mission has encountered trout acquiring land for parks and grounds under the per cont ulation. Land ues have advar since the last essment, on Wl the margin allowed is based. . 23 NATT[;NS TO STUDY U.S. COURT RESERVATIONS umaffect i Powers at Geneva Have Not Indi- cated Methed of Proceeding at Conference September 1. By the Associated GENEVA, Au gary, Stam and added to the 19 ust 24— Lithuania <pain, Hn have heen nations which have notified the League of Nations ths they will participate in the confer ence, on September 1, to consid American reservations to the Permi - nent Court of International Justice The attitude of the powers nazy According to one a count, the conference will first en deavor to agree_on an interpreti tion of *the American reservitions and then ask the American Govern- ment whether it urs in this in terpretation. Gasoline Quality Higher. By the Associated Press The average motor gasaline i keted in the United States this Sui mer has excelled in quality that sam pled in any of the previous surveys conducted by chemists of the Bureau of Mines, the Commerce Department veported today. The motor fuel found, apparently, more volatile. ¢ THE WEATHER I howers this District of Columbia fternoon and possibly morrow partly cloudy, change temperature much in moderate | southwest shifting to north winds. Maryland-—Partdy cloudy tor showers in eastern portion: (omorre tly cloudy. not much ch: temperature; fresh southwest shi to north tomorrow Virginia-—Probably showers tonish and tomorrow, not mueh change in temperature; moderate to fresh sout! west wind West Virginia —Partly eloudy to night, showers in east and south poy tions tomorrow par cloudy, noi much change in temperature. Records for 21 Hours. Thermemeter- 4 pan., T6: 8 pan 12 midnight, 68 m., 66; S gm., noon, 7 Barometer—4 pam., 30.03: 12 midnizht & am., 20.93; noon, Highest temperature, T8, cccurredat 3:35 p.m. vesterday: l tempera ture, 66, occurred at 215 aam. today Temperature same dite last year Highest, 80; lowest, 54 winds 3 30.0 e Tables. (Furnished by United States Const and Geodetic Survey.) y—Low tide, 2:3% p.m.: high tide, 8:32 a.m. Tomorye v tide, 4:04 p.m.; high tide, 9:2 p.m and 3:h4 LY am and x 3:31 am he Sun and Moon. Sun rose 5:28 am Today 6:51 pm. Tomorrow Moon rises $:03 p.m Automobile lamps t half hour after sunset. Condition of the Water. Temperature and econdition ¢ water at Great Falls at 8 a.m.: Ten perature, 65; condition, very mudd Weather in Various Cities. sun s in rises 5:30 a.m.: sun sets 6:32 aam be lighted = Temperature. - Stations. Weather. Wanoq Moy e aagawon Sy gawy * avpiarsas Rain Pleloudy Attantie City i o Haltimore e s Bismarci Buxton vz EER S It Cleveland, Calim a5 ¢ Denser Detroit 3004 3002 5 & 400,00 1008 2 zaxxIaE Galveston - Helena < Lonisville Miami. Fla Pitta ortland Portiand, ¢ feieh o ek Ke City 30714 Al tonto 2 % Dieor. . 3408 ran e | Laotiix. Pt e laue s (8 am. Stations, Eneland. . . . . Auistiia Germany .. Denmark. . a¥al). Azores. aual Zoos.. Part el Rain Clowds Part ilmulr Sinion Coloa. ‘¢