Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1926, Page 4

4 LEGIONRACESTILL HAS 4 CANDIDATES Peyser Refuses to Quit. and| Inierest in Election To- morrow Mounts. The eve of the annual copvention of the District of Columbia Depart ment, American Legion. finds the | four candidates who have openly al- | lowed their names nd for | ill in the field. | Capt. Julius 1. Peyser. present dw-| partment commander, ha not with- drawn from the race and will stand for re-election tomorrow night. A maze of conflict'ng reports today made uncertain for a time whether Pey: would remain a’ cundidate, but h friends shortly after noon today de- clared positively that the incumbent will remain in the race to the end. The convention. opens tonight with | a parade of members of local |PL.l(in‘ Posts to Central High 100l. where nominations will be n e and com mittes appoinged The election | will take place tomorrow night, clo: ing a chapter of inter politics, | hurried canenses and disvension with- in the posts without parall th eight-vear history of the lez’'on here. A recapitulation of the potential vot- ing strength tomorrgw night, made supporters of n Wood, one of 1 three fore nd'dates, indicates that Woo votes on the first to elect. M of the Chemical the Army. will receive Peyser will poll 11 votes, with the doubtful column, it is said. o Vo are expected he ¢ by the posts, the de tment officer and past depariment lers. Fore« that the pre uation is the forerunner of an attemn to secure the election of Col. Willi; Mitchell, former assistant Ariy Service head department mander next md b Fries elected, he <h o “@ mmand ¢ side Wash ton were bandied hout 1or as interest In the election reached it< climax and | campaign managers for some of the candidates held hurried conference: Howar Fisk of George Wast ton Post. No. 1. parent nost of the Tegion here. is the other candidate, | while the name of Froderick A president the American Civie sociation. also has been mentioned. A committee hesded by iel 1. Dono- | van of Costello Pot called on « Peyser vesterday. u = him to with dAraw as candidate for department | commander, and pledging him th port of the post for national utive commirteeman Ser The to de may e Men Alo to March, | de will rtoat road wnd Bilunore street at tonizht. with veterans from all Legion Posts in line. augmented by detach- | ments trom the three branches of the gervice and other veteran organiz: tions. Music will be furnished by the Costelio bugle and drum e ps, the et onnel Poxt hugle and drum corps and ahand will be'in | line The resolutions will lay b rec “olumibic 7 o'clocl committee tonight | fore the committee withous ommendation « resolution which | would authorize an annual levy of $1 Per man on each Legionnaire throughout the country to create an endowment fund for members of the Legion who are injured in industrial pursuits and who are unable to aid | themselves. This is urged, sponsors of the resolution say. to defer the day when the Legion will petition Con s general relief for veterans | e World War. 1 K. Brown of Beauschene Post was named chairman of the resolu- tions committee and E. Madison Hill. | campaign manager for Wood, was | of the credentiuls committee pre-convention meet- ing held last nizht at headquarters of George Waushington Post While the present fo department commander heen kept ahove the plane of personalities and the virulence of the charges made Jast vear has been missing, at least two candidates have promised a thorough house cleaning within the legion in the event of their election. Wood has been offered the vice com- mandership under Gen. Fries as de- partment commander and Fisk has been offered the vice commandership under Wood. Both have turned down these offers, preferring the highest post or none, The W ket Thad Baker as first and Thomas D. W commander, while ters would have geist for first George Frailey manider NATIONALISTS FIGHT | GERMAN LEAGUE PLAN Tell Government Prof. Hoensch May Not Join Delegation Going to Geneva. mpaign would install J vice commander Ish ax second vice | the IFries support- | Charles H. Hille- vice commander and for second vice com- 1ated Press ILIN, August leaders, who ted opposition Nationalist vesterday again to the entrance rmany into the League of Na- today advised the government to count on the partleipation of Hoensch, who already been designated as the party's represent- | ative in the delegation to Geneva. | The Nationalists feel that when any final decision is representatives v to be made their | buld be tied to the government instruction and the de- efsion of a majority of the delegation. The unexpected opposition of the Nationalists developed yvesterday 2 meeting of the foreign relations com- mittee of the Reichstag, which sup- ported I'oreign Minister Stresemann's foreign policy in every detail. The Nationalists supported an unsuccess- | the withdrawal 1tion to enter the NAMED IN RESERVES. | | Eight Washington Men Receive Commissions. in the Officers’ Re- serve Corps of the Army have been issued v the War Department to Otto Engelmann, 1448 Girard street, as a major in the Quartermaster Corps: John W. Mann. Bethesda, Md., as a first lieutenant in the Field Ar- anah \W. Huff. 1430 Rhode ivenua, as a captain in the ster Corps Joseph B. 4+ Stephenson place, as a in the Quartermaster Kirk, Children’s Hos. captain_ in the Medical Corps: Thomas D. Behne. 2311 On- tario road, as first lleutenant in the Air Corps. Willlam E. Davis, 1821 Eighth strest, as a captain of Infan-| try. and Charles Howard Tuckerman street first lieutenant in *he Chemical Warfare ice | . Of 10,1287 industrial workers leaving | Jermany for settlement in other cuntries last vear. nearly half were mining, metal and machine werkers. Army Commissions men taken to 4 | ia { Others made ¢« | were Delano, | | with whic | whe | sidered lfkely | weel | Mary Reed wa | window |left Camp Meade, Md.. | for miles. on a special Mack truck companied by gasoline tank truc the the scene of action on trucks because of operate under their own power when- ever occasfon arises. specialist and Fathers and Sons And Others Closely Related Diein Mine, By the Axoriated CLYMER. F Augnst s of the disss- explosion in the Clvmer mine 1 were closoly relited, wed todoy. Fathers and sons. brothers, uncles and nephews, all toilers in the underground tunnels, were numbered among the dead. Alexander Trockson and his brother Mike met death, as did Mike Kuz'ck and his two sons, John and Joseph: John Tui and his uncle. Steve Turo, and George Polaskey nnd h:- son Mike, |BLAST-TORN MINE ! YIELDS 41 BODIES; | | | | 3 STHLL MISSING| (Continued fr Ioader satd, eral men lyi not tell wheth. injured. As they man said, explosions, nd on the way on the floo) they were saw sev- bt could dead reached th> opening. Sea- there was a series of min which prompted him and | his_companions to exert all effort in a rush for the finally gained. the names of whether thev uter air, which all aman did not know Lis compunions, and eve the four injured hospital could not be iined one i corns of Army lassies of the western Penn- svlvania area heir praise was <ung far and wide by the wine £ 11 not forget their 1 ts 1o aid in the trying situ- ascer Th ht =pot h a ome 15 Ivation SoPn less eff ation, tushed into Clymer when w disas‘e reacned the d, the Salvation Arms w themsclves with vigor into their work. Sore prepared morgue in tool shed hospital a neu flee and -wor the for the hard . while | <ome gave comfort to the women and “hildren ombed As ihe who=e loved cnes were e bodie out duri centrated vn, the bodi w in the shed hem were hadly burned. army girls displived their iy ney went aboui i preparinz the bodics xo stricken ref . ives m T enier zue and ide v ihe victims. <" sleejless night for them, No word of complaim was heard Student Worker Vietim. n iy sted the hody Thorburn- -his lite sequence of his effort the d the ni the of of were the 5 <ue men Most of Here the grit. Un- the Before. but tempo morgue today 19-vear-old Howard ushed out in con to obtain money to continue hi< studies at College faathe Gettysburg Howard's met death two y I8 of a freight train ed hard for a v ' gathering flcient funds to attend the college dur- ing the last term. Summer vacation time found the youth eager to worl for he needed money if he was to re- turn to school. He obtained a post as i electrician’s helper in Clymer mine, This was to have been his last week at the mine, for he had made plans to return to Gettysbur jarly today two rescue workers were overcome by gus and were taken to the Dixonville Hospital. Their con- John Thorburn ago under the uf |d|||nn was not regarded as serious. Joy mingled with sorrow in odd con- fih'! in the family of Anthony Yatsko of Clymer. Anthony. jr., 18, pre- vented by illness from entering the mine In yesterday's shift. His father, however, is among the missing, and is believed to have been killed. Coroner Clair announced he would hold no inquest until Federal and State authorities had completed their investigations. These were con- to occupy the next two ks EXPERT GOING TO CLYMER. D. J. Price Will Aid Explosion. Probe of Mine David J. Price, in charge of devel- opment work in the Agriculture De- partment’s Bureiu of Chemistry, will £0 to Clymer tonight to assist Bureau of Mines' experts in determining the cause of the mine explosion there. His particular task will be to de- termine whether the blast w: raused by dust or gas. Before coming to overnment service, Mr. Price was onnected with the company which opened the mine. He has made study of dust explosions. [YOUNG WOMAN ARRESTED ON BAD-CHECK CHARGE Detective Says Prisoner Is Frances Leonard Pyle—$240 Involved in Alleged Attempt. A young woman giving her name as s arrested this morning Detective Dennis Cullinane when ppeared at the teller's at the America ¢ & Trust Co. and presented a check for 40, to which, it is charged, the name ", H. Spurgin, Univers by | had been forged She had apy 1 at the same bank on other occasions and had seven sim- ilar checks ed, receiving sums | aggregating § acconding to the Leonard Pyle, whose hus id to be in the reformatory at Lorton, Va. She gave her addre < 1529 1 street. Spurgin formerly occupied a room in the I street house, and a single check he is said to have given in payment for the room has not been received at the bank. Police believe the check was retained in order to get tracings of the maker's signature. — . TANK ON 1,150-MILE TRIP. Leaves Camp Meade on Expedi- tion to Welsh, W. Va.. and Back. A light Army with its crew this morning an experimental trip to Welsh, Va., and back, a_distance of 1, The tank is being transported and ac- a 1,200-gallon Liberty In active service light tanks are transported to tank w. the great saving of time, but Lieut. R. W. Stika. 16th Tank Com- pany. commands the present cxpedi tion and is accompanied by 10 enlisted men of that company. The trip from Camp Meade will be made by way of Ellicott City. Hagerstown, Winchester, Staunton, Cloverdale, Salem, Chris- tiansburg, Abingdon and Rluefield It is planned to reach Welsh in time to take part in the American Legion convention in that city. September 1 nd 13 W. Wiley. the food chemist. has amended An apple u diy keeps the by adding “And two ap Dr. Harvey today | .- | Howard | a| | i i | UD[]D 0 o doca0o UU=00 i 15 - THE EVENING STAR.” WASHINGTON, D. DE]D @%’ "l/I. /7 / & ,/ 005 F 0D i ! Ju300010 e MIDCITY MARKET SITE ADVANTAGES CITED BY BACKERS (« unumm from First Page.) be an attractive improvement in that section of the city, and not any op- | portunity for real estate speculation, or large outlay by the Government.” said Mir. Driscoll. “We have a lo- cation that the public ‘convenience | needs, and to that location we are { inviting the intensive study of the specialists who know all the require- ments for an ideal municipal market.” As the municipal market problem now stands, no conclusive and final action can be taken until Congres: meets in December and passes upon | the recommendations to be made by | the City Planning Commission. A specific act of Congress located the | Farmers’ Market on the site it now | occupies, and another act of Con- gress required to author its removal. There is no legislative | provision whatever for removal of | the Center Market, or the commis- sfon or wholesale houses from their present locations. Separation Is Opposed. { The City Planning Commission has considered as inadvisable the separa- tion of the Farmers' Market from the “wholesale row” of commission houses The co-ordinating committee reported that when the Farmers’ Mar- et is moved. the commission houses Iso should be induced to move to the same new location. Since these whole- sale houses occupy privately owned property, the only way to force them to move to a new location is to make it advantageous for them to do so by showing more business at the new than at the old stand. | Maj. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks. and acting chairman of the Public Build- ings Commission, stated that it is the ultimate intention to remove the Cen- ter Market and the entire market sec- tion from the site it now occupies. This carries along the recommenda- tions made by the Public Bulldings | Commission in 1916 after an exten- sive study of the entire Government establishment, and with particular consideration’ of plans for develop- ment of the National Capital. At that time the estimated cost of a new Center Market building and site wa more than $5.000,000. That report stated: “To remedy the unsightly conditions in that area comprising squares 380, 381 and 382, that area devoted to market purposes (whether public, semi-public or private) should be han: dled as a unit. Hucksters’ and coun- try produce wagons and traffic in live animals and produce should be taken off the streets leading to the National Museum and the Smithsonian Insti- tution, and located in a building buflt around a court and in the court. It should be adequately controlled for purposes of health and sanitation.” So it has long been the plan—1) to develop a model municipal market as a unit; and (2) that it should be removed from the triangle between Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall. which it is the intentjon of Congress to use for sites for Government build- ings. With particular reference to the mid-eity location it is argued that this area is preferable to others. Site Is Accessible. The proposed site east of Sixth street between New York, New Jer- sey and Massachusetts avenues is ideal from the viewpoint of accessi- bilit F 1t is traffic district. Second. It is the geographic center of the city, as well as the center of population, which is in the vicinity of L street between Fourth and Fifth streets. Third. The street car facilities are excellen The Capital Traction lines | on Seventh street and New Jerse; avenue, which skirt the proposed mar- ket site on the east and west, connect directly with branch lines to all parts of the District. The Washington Raflway and Electric Co. has three lines serving this locality sachusetts avenue and two out F (’lh street, the le Droit Park and City and Suburban lines Fourth. It is bounded by three| broad avenues, which lead to the prin- cipal residential districts apd afford outside the congested {in |in conference with Mr. Driscoll | the Mount Vernon Square site, it became known as Convention Hall, abundant for automo- biles. . Second only to accessibility to the buying public is the question of ac- cessibllity for truck farmers. The same explanation of how truck farm- ers from Maryland to the north and st of the Capital, who bring in the bulk of vegetables and fruits, could drive over main arteries of trafiic, which was given with reference o the Patterson tract location. ajsl most identically to_the Convention Hall market They could come over New Massachusetts avenue, troad highways leading the most productive truck farm’ sec- tions of Maryland. The last and hardest lap of their trip, through congested trafiic to the present Cen- ter Market site, would be eliminated. ¥Farmers Favor Site. A proof of this, the farmers who | now sell their produce on “the farm- ers’ line” are signing a petition in favor of relocating the farmers’ market adjacent to the Convention Hall market. They are preparing to appear at a public hearing before the coordinating committee and to ap peal directly to their representatives in Congress. One of the farmers, who operates one of the best farms | in Maryland—150 acres, 40 acres of which are planted in truck—has been and is an active worker for a_relocation of the market center on the midcity site. He insists that the wholesale or commission men should also e drawn into the same market area. It is also emphasized by Mr. Dris coll and the civic and busines leaders who have been presenting the ad- vantages of the mideity location that et center for §0 parking space early as 1843 definite efforts were made to establish a market on then containing 400,000 square feet. This is pointed out by Washington ‘Topham, one of the best known Wash- ington historians and a booster for the mid-city site. The market was first erected on the west line of Seventh street, and opened in 1846. It saw service, with additions, as a market place for the northern section of the city for a period of 25 vears. until under the Board of Public Works in 1872, it was razed. Site Favored in 1871. A joint committee on markets from the Legislature, on December 1, 1871, reported in favor of purchase of quare 515, between K and L, Fourth and Fifth streets northwest, as the most central and convenient locality for a market in the northern center of the city. This was then known as “Savage Square,” and is the site of Convention Hall Market. On January 27, 1874, the new North- ern Liberties Market Co. consum- mated the purchase of the west half of square 515 from the Savage heirs for $110,000. A temporary market was erected on the east side of the lot to accommodate the dealers until the per- | manent structure was availahle. A well bullt and extensive structure, 324 feet long and 68 feet wide, containing 304 stalls, was ready for occupancy on Saturday, June 27, 1874. The “open- | ing” was a glad day. Before it was | opened the advance sale of stalls so large that an extension to accom- modate 50 additional dealers was ordered. In 1891 Gen. Ordway became the president of the market company and the controiling figure. A second story was added to the building after which and for long has been the largest hall in Washington. Here some of the largest and most notable gather- ings in the city’s history have been held. Tt was used during and after the World War by the Federal Gov- ernment for part of the Internal| Revenue Bureau and the Department | of Vocational ‘Education. Will Beautify Capital. Another important argument ad-| vanced for the mid-city location is that it will beautify the city in line with the program of the City Planning Commission. It is proposed to design an architectural attractive market center on a unit plan. The existing Convention Hall can be used as a starting point. The rest of the area contains no important building devel- opment. The fifth important consideration advanced for this location is that it would consolidate shopping for the busy housekeeper. bringing her into close proximity for purchasing food | whose patronage and trade the | cessful operation of such husine: C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1926. At top, left: Convention Hall Market; at right, typical buildings on proposed midcity site. At bottom, left: Chart which ent Center Market and the prop and Massachu tecturally attractive market building. ows present ‘“Farmers’ d location of new market center between Sixth street, New York, New Jvm{ setts avenues; at right, smithy and garage shops and lumber yard which would be replaced by archi Market” and site of Internal Revenue Building, the pres- at the market and other necessities at department ness center, supplies household ing in behalf of the Mideity | Association_and the special committee interested in ob- taining the most central, desirable and convenient site, Mr. Driscoll has represented both organizations at a Chamber of Commerce conference and s to be spokesman before the City Planning Commission, which proposes to grant a public hearing. “In organizing ahd locating large retail business,” Mr. D < ‘serious consideration m to the public at large, any upon uc- en- terprise depends. This is particula Iy so regarding the location of ma kets, where a greater number of pur- chases are made by our woman folk, who carry their market baskets to and from the market. We feel that markets should be located as near the enter of population as is possible, with ample street car and parking facilities. Many Car Lines Nearby. “Such a location is the site Fifth and K streets. Here we have a sec- tion of the city covered by practically every car line entering Washington, cither passing or running in close proximity thereto, or providing most convenient transfer. “The unlimited parking facilities of the location cannot be surpassed, be- ing outside the congested zone and surrounded by many wide streets and avenues. “In urging the Fifth and K street site.” Mr. Driscoll calls attention to a statement by Alexander Gude, master of Fureka Grange, with headquarters at Chillum, Md., who says in A statement prepared for the National Capital Park and City Plan. ning Commission, that “to the un- prejudiced eye, the suggested water- front site at Southwest \ashington would seem the least desirable, due to the small space available for the location of buildings, to the scarcity of street car lines, to the difficulty of passing through the congested traffic of the downtown section and to the remoteness from the princi- | pal residential section of Washing- ton and its suburbs.” Continuing to quote from Mr. Gude's statement, Mr. Driscoll points out that “the location of the Farmers’ market may seem a small matter at first glance, but it is one of vital interest to the farmer and to the large consuming public, who will supply the patronage provided the market 1is properly located and housed. The farmer will not be con- tent in the future,” he emphasized in a report to the Washington Cham- ber of Commerce, “to be stuck away under a makeshift tin roof.” Cites Other Cities’ Markets. “So far as we are able to ascer- tain it has been the custom of all cities to locate markets as near the center of population as possible. “In_urging the location around Fifth and K streets as a market site, we do | so with a strong conviction of having the interest of the market merchant and that of his customer equally at heart. “We feel that our arguments would not be complete,” said Mr. Driscoll, ‘‘unless some reference was made to the particular neighborhood of Fifth and K streets. Here we have three streets running east and west. K street is a very broad thoroughfare, L street not so wide and New York avenue a very wide street. Beginning at Fifth street, extending eastward as far as the railroad tracks, the sec- tion is covered by a rather chesp class of homes, many of which have seen their best days. We are convinced that sufficient ground could be pro- cured at a very nominal figure to pro- vide for market space to serve the residents of the District of Columbia for many vears to come. “The neighborhood of Fifth and K streets has been a market section for a_long period of vears. As early s 1846 a market was operated at Sev- enth and K streets, rather small, to be sure, but sufficient to meet the demands of our people at that time. As improvements came along and ground increased in value the market was moved across the street and later on the present Convention Hall was built as a market house. So we sub- mit the location is a recognized mar- ket nelghborhood of long stunding and should be encouraged as such on ac- count of its ideal locaéion and many other advantages as pointed out.” PROJECT GETS SUPPORT Benning Citizens Indorse Location in | Center of City. The Benning Citizens’ Association at a special meeting in the Benning School last night unanimously in- dorsed the Convention Hall site for the location of Center and Farmers’ Produce Market. The organization was addressed by A Driscoll of the Mideity Citl- zens’ Association, chairman of the market committee of that organiza tion pushing the Convention Hall ite: Washington Topham of the orth Capitol Citizens' Association and John W. worth Citizens’ All_of them favored the Conven- tion Hall site for the market. Mr. Driscoll pointed out the benefits of that site in so far as accessibility to the general public is concerned, enumerating the advantages of auto- mobile parking and street car ser ices as well as the centralized loca- tion of the Convention Hall site. Kenilworth Plans Letter. Mr. Topham also spoke keenly in favor of the Convention Hall site, announcing that his organization was favorable to it. Mr. Riggers an- 10ounced that the executive committee of the Kenilworth Association had already met and framed a letter to the Commissioners favoring the site. Attending the meeting were Jesse C. Suter and W. 1. Swanton of the Citizens’ Advisory Council. Mr. Swanton is chairman of the com- mittee of the council charged with investigation of possible sites around town for the location of the markets when they are removed from their present sites to make way for the governmental building program in that location. It is to this committee that Commissioner Dougherty’s re- quest for an investigation of the sites was referred. Farmer Describes Need. ‘Warner Stutler, prominent in Ben- ning civic activities, also spoke at the meeting urging the Convention Hall site, and John Harrison, a farmer from the vicinity of Suitland, Md., gave a first-hand description of the system whereby produce is brought from the farms to Washing- ton tables through the agency of the markets, sfressing the importance of keeping the Center Market and the farmers’ market in nroxlmll) of each other. A note of opposition to Qhe Patter- son tract was struck by speakers before the meeting on the ground that utilization of that site for mar- kets would rob the northeast com- munities of its use as a public park, as now planned. ———— HUSBAND SUES MAN. J. B. Osborne Charges Alienation of Wife’s Affections. Suit to recover $25,000 damages for alleged alienation of the affections of his wife was filed today by James B. Osborne, 767 Fairmont strebt, against Benjamin B. Pinn, 712 Kenyon street. Osborne says he married Ruth A. Osborne June 26, 1920, and lived hap- pily with her until August, 1925, when, he alleges, Pinn took her on automobile rides and in various ways attracted her attention and deprived him of her affections and soclety. Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert, Rudolph H. Yeatman and Austin F. Canfleld appear for the husband. HEADS COLORED ELKS. Association. J. Finley Wilson Elected Grand | Exalted Ruler of Organization. J. Finley Wilson, editor of the ‘Washington Eagle, was elected grand exalted ruler of the I. B. P. O. E. at the twenty-seventh annual convention of that organization in Cleveland, Ohio, last night, according to reports received here today. Ella V. Berry of Chicago, it was announced, was elected grand daugh ter ruler at the auxifary gathering. Riggers of the Kenil- |FOUR UNIONISTS DIE FOR PLOTTING DEATH OF PRESIDENT KEMAL _(Continued from First Page.) the street corners along the water- front of Smyrna. Arrests continued until at one time there were more than 100 men await- ing trial, either on charges of con- spiring against the life of the Presi- dent or with working for the over- throw of the government. The charges against many of these later were dropped. LEGAL SYSTEM ON TRIAL. Western Europeans So Regard Situa- tion in Turkey. LONDON, August 27 (#).—The \rial and execution of 17 ))romln?nt ‘Tu\ks within the past two months on charges of conspiring against the life of Pre\i- dent Mustapha Kemal and the Kem|1 government, have been watched wit| | keen interest in the legal circles « Europe. To gome extent these circle} felt that Turkey’s entire legal system ‘was on trial itself. The tribunal of independence, which tried the prisoners at Angora and condemned 13 to death at Smyrna and four more yesterday, is not a part of the regular legal machinery of Tur- key. It is a specially created body given absolute powers to try persons accused of endangering national se- curity. It resembles the Russlan Cheka more closely than any court in known western countriés. In no sense is it a military court. European lawyers who have studied the organization of the tribunal, which was created when the Smyrna plot against Mustapha Kemal was report- ed, are doubtful whether the evidence which resulted in the executions would have convicted more than two or three of the alleged conspirators in a western court. ‘The Smyrna plot itself was virtual- ly lost sight of in a general review of ‘Turkish political history for the last 15 years which went on before the An- gora tribunal. Opponents of the Turk- ish President. in fact, had charged him with having started on a crusade to exterminate his unionist political opponents and to have made the trib- unal of independence merely a me- dium of carrying out his plans with the guise of some legality. The wholesale executions at Smyrna and the mass prosecution of political opponents at Angora, who at one time numbered almost a hundred, have created a reign of terror in Tur- key which Western Europe looks upon with grave susplcion. Many rumors have reached European capitals of the activities of new tribunals, modeled after the Angora one, in remote sec- tions of Turkey. U. S. NEEDS MESSE&GERS. Civil Service Vacancies Offer $600- $900 Salaries. The Civil Service Commission today announced open competitive examina- tions for junior messenger and assist- ant messenger to fill vacancies in the departmental service here. The en- trance salary for junior messenger is $600 a year, and for assistant mes- senger, $900 a year. After the proba- tional period of six months, advance- ment in pay may be made without change in assignment up to $780 and $1,140 a year, respectively. These ax- aminations are open to boys only. Full | information and application blanks | may be obtained from the office of the Civil Service Commission, 1724 F | street. - Ordered to Pay Alimony. George R. Reed, a plasterer, 1200 O street northwest, was adjudged in contempt of court today by Justice Siddons for failing to keep up alimony | payments to his wife, Mary M. Reed, who complained that her husband |owes her $1%0. The court fixed the penalty at 60 days in jail unless he sooner settles with his wife. Attorney ! Jacob Friend appeared for the wife IBAR MEN'S BODIES TOMES IPHERSON |Evangellst Demed View of Two Who Were Killed With Blind Lawyer. By the Associated Prees. LONG BRANCH, Calif.. Au —Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson it { her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kenned 1were denied permission to view the bodies of James Law and William M ler at the Wilmington mortuars unt after the autopsy tomorrow. The two men, who, with Russell A. McKinle blind lawyer, were drowned Wednes day night when thei: automobile oves turned in u water-filled ditch. were garded by the evangelist as possib; being implicated in ner alleged kid naping last May McKinley came into prominencc during the evangelist's disappearancs when he reported to District Attornex Keyes that he had been approache: by two men, who directed him to pro cufe a list of questions which. if ar swered correctly, would prove that they were the kidnapers, and who of fered to split the £50.000 ransom with him. McKinley said his blindness pre vented him from identifying the men According to Rernice Morris, tary of the blind attor Law a Miller were both painters and res in Long Beach At 1030 o Wednesday night MeKinley iny her to accompany ther on i party Wilmington, but she declined d. The automobile, about 11 a'cloc plunged into @ ditch between Loms: Beach and Wilmington. It was four early vesterday morning. onlv t wheels showing above the water e GAS STATION EMPLOYE SLUGGED AND ROBBED R. C. Poyner. in Hospital. Is Un able to Identify Pair Held on Suspicion. 10 Struck over the head with an i bar while on duty at a filling statio Florida avenue and Champlair last night, Ralph C. Povner, ears old, of 815 Fourth strect. is in ‘a dazed condition at Emergenc: Hospital today. His condition is not serfous. The thugs took $30 from Poyner’s pocket. Police at No. 8 precinet station have arrested two young colored men who they took to the hospital for Poyner's inspection. The latter said he could not positively identify them. They are held for investigation Poyner informs the police that the two men who assaulted him came to the station first and purchased valve, later returning on the pretense of wnnl(m; a l'xw COINS FEW SO THIEVES REMOVE CASH REGISTER Robbers at Store Vent Feelings When They Find Haul Disap- ' pointingly Small. Not content with a small amount o cash they found in a cash regist thieves who entered a candy store ai 2800 Fourteenth street northwest ear today lugged out the cash registe: itself, together with six cartons of clgarettes. Tempting layers of candy were ignored. #us Harris, proprietor, informed the police the thieves broke in through - side window, but left through a doo way. He does not suspect any o Police of the tenth precinct station are investigating. Five dresses, worth $15 each. a blue serge suit and a quantity of pennie: were stolen from the store of Maurice Shooch, 37 Sixteenth street northe: last night, according to another pol report. GUESTS OF CITY CLUB. El Dorado Members Will Be Feted at Landover Tomorrow. Members of the El Dorado Club will be the guests of the City Club tomor- ~aw night at its country home, Land over, Md. The club consisty of 77 men who <hummed together as class mates in collese. Prior to their gradu ation they met nad decided to band together for the purpose of establish ing permanent and mutual friendship. and shortly thercafter formed the Il Dorado Club. Many of the members are also members of the City Club, and for that reason, Walter Freely, a member of both organizations, and Mrs. Free will be host and hostess of the eve ning. A special dance program will be provided by the City Club's own orchestra. st ‘JAIL CONDITIONS HIT. Maryland Welfare Board Told of Health Menace. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 27.—Un healthy conditions in several county jalls §n Maryland are painted in report just submitted to the Welfare Board by Welfare Director Janne: At Hagerstown. it is pointed our there is only one washroom and that isn’t in working order. Sometimes the last meal of the day is served at 2 pm. The Ellicott City jail is reported damp, dark and insanitary In one county jail the only food the prisoners get s sansage and bread In another they get a plece of pork between two slices of bread. In Washington, Kent and Harford Coun tles there were cases of failure segregate prisoners properly, it w reported. Snint; Stn_t;e Changes Color. NAPLES, August 27 (P).—A churci council headed by Cardinal Ascales after 11 months’ deliberation, has i< sued a judgment confirming a report of a miraculous occurrence in a local church. A statue of St. Phielomen: was reported to have changed from white to pink. Luigi de Lucas, the sculptor, testified he had witnessed the rflnarkotble ('h(xngn The Classified Ad a Silent Salesman e A large display advertise- ment is expected to bring pos. sible customers to the store. This done, the rest is up to the sale: manship of the clerk. The classified advertisement is its own silent salesman, and after the paper has placed It befor: the possible customer it is a poor salesman if it does not contain “all the information a live sales man would give a prospective customer. Hence the importance of your classified ad containing full de seription of the proposition