Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1927, Page 2

[ frs™™ MOTHER AWAITING BODY OF HERO SON Lieut. Sheehan, Killed France, to Rest in Arling- ton Cemetery. In a littls apartment.at 1332 Fif- teenth street, a gray-haired mother, her nine years' vigil at an end, spent long hours alone last night with ten- der memories of her soldier son, Licut. Willlam A. Sheehan, the finding of whose body in an obscure shell hole grave, with those of six of his men brings to light a dramatic sequence | of the World Wai With an anxious mother’s desire to| claim her lost one, she is awaiting the word from the War Department that her son’s body is being sent to Washington for final burial. Mre. Eudora Sheehan, the mother, received the news that her son’s hody | had been found after nine vears’ search of the field at Montfaucon, with happiness, tinged with tears Wants “Her Boy” Back Here “Ay son always wanted to be buri in Arlington in the event of his death overseas,” she said in explainin persistent ch. “And 1 want to carry out his wishes. When he was at Fort Myer, he used to ro fre quently to Arlington, and when I asked him about, it he said: ‘I want to pick out a spot to be buried in.’ Mrs. Sheehan said yesterday th she wanted “her boy” brought back here so that she could visit and care for his grave. “I would feel better with him here,” she added, “and I know he would prefer it.” : Throughout the long years of fruit- Jess search that ended only recently Mrs, Sheehan never once lost hope that her son would be returned to her eventually. All these yvears the body had been concealed in the dense woods in the Meuse-Argonne, where Lieut. Sheehan had fallen fighting with his platoon of Company F, 315th Infantry, on September 29, 1918. His body and the bodies found with him jevidently had been buried by the Germans. Wade H. Ellis, former assistant to %he Attorncy General, with wrom Lieut. Sheehan was associated before oing overseas, was one of the many riends of the family who rejoiced over the finding of the officer’s body. Mr. Ellis had made two vain tri to France in the hope of finding gome trace of his friend. £ Died in Battle. . At the Georgetown University Law School, where Lieut. Sheehan gradu- ated in 1913, members of the faculty who knew him in his student days were happy to learn that his body is to be brought back to Washing- ton. Lieut. Sheehan was a class- matg of District Commissioner S ney F. Taliaferro and both belonged %0 the Delta Chi Fraternity at Georgetown. His name, with those of 24 other students who died in the World War, is engraved on a me- morial plaque erected in the Law ‘School library, where exercises are held each Memorial day. That Lieut. Sheehan died fighting bravely at the head of his men, shot through the heart by a German bullet, was made known in a letter received shortly afterward from Capt. F. H. McClintock, his company commander. That letter is one of the most prized ypossessions of the mother, who waited anad searched so long for some trace of her eldest son. Mrs. Sheehan's husband died in June, 1918, at their former home in iCovington, Ky., and she came on to Washington to be with her son when he entered the first training camp at ¥ort Myer the next month. Lieut. Sheehan had been associated with Mr. Ellis. when_the latter was attorney general of Ohio and came With him to Washington. After graduating from Georgetown, the young man entered r. Ellis' Jaw firm. * In the shell hole group were num- bered the casualties of a platoon of Company F, 315th Infantry. Outdistanced Comrades. * Sheehan and his platoon had driven on a little beyond the line of the other platoons in the last attack on the woods. The young officerl and pix men of his detachment whose bodies lay with him had already been grdered back for reorganization of the line when they fell. There was no chance for their comrades to carry them back or to bury them, for the round they left passed at once into erman control. That night the regiment was re- Jieved. Not until after the armistice in November could Sheehan's brother officers reach the spot again. Three trips then failed to locate where he and his men lay. It remained for the tireless vigilance of the Graves Registration Service, tracking down every clue to missing comrades, to find its way at last to the shell crater that served these seven war dead for a tomb. Sheehan and the six men, all pri- vates, fought and died on that Sep- tember morning. The others were Irving S. Roffis of Brooklyn, Y August H. Rittmiller of Baitimore and Jesse E. Schall of Philadelphia, all of Sheehan's platoon of ¥ Com- pany; Edward C. Moran of Philadel- hia_and Henry Faller of Pottsville, 2., both of H Company, of the 315th, and Ellis Eskowitz of Baltimore, of € Company, 313th Regiment of the same division. RIDICULE OF CLERGY BANNED FROM FILMS Sneers at Dry Law and Profanity Also Frowned Upon by Producers. ke By the Aseociated Pre HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 30.— Profanity, ridicule of the clergy and a1l sneers at the Federal particularly the prohibition amenc ment, have been banned from fil produced by members of the Associa. tion of Motion Picture Producers, Inc A resolution to that end was passed Iast June 8 by 20 motion picture pro- ducing units, comprising the full mem- bership of the a mouncement held until today. Fred W. Beetson, secretary of the association, confirmed a report C. C. McLean, father of Douglas Lean, screen actor, who is chairni of the stage and screen committe the United Church Brotherhoods of Los Angeles, that the resolution had been passed. The producers further pledged them selves to omit all improper biliboard advertising from publicity proxrams. The 20 units adopting the fon include virtually all the large studios in southern Califor . An left by Mr: d June 10, for letters testamentary estate valued at about ccording to a_ pe filed day in Probate Court by her daughter, | Mrs. Margarite L. Include in the estate is a premises 837 Florida avenue hor! Heagy. Commissioned Lieutenant. Henry See, 1815 S stree been commixsioned by the War Vpartiment a x>cond licutenant of crs in the Reserve Corps of De. in the | Kittie L. Layton, who | Al interest in the | the | Will Take Office on Tuesday Morning—Hull to Give the Oath. Officer Is Native of Capital and Has Served With Distinction. Col. William E States Qu aster | of- the District of Columbia, hed himself in active military service in the Spanish War, the Philip- | pine insurrection and Waorld War, will be formaily inducted into the office of assistant quartermaster | al of the Army, with the ad-| | vanced rank of brigadier zeneral, T day T N 1t 10 o'clock. The of office will be administered by Gen {John A. Hull, judge advocate general )t the Army. | Recdiving his early edud of the eccived the @ |and LLM. from G Horton, United Corps, a native who dis- he ation in the | Di. 1, Col. | of LLE. | rgetown Unive o early 90s. Joining the Dis trict National Guard at an early | he was captain of Company B, 4th | Battalion, for one year, and captain |and aide’ de camp “to Gen. Ordway | commanding the Guard, for seven and one-half year: Spanish W and es Voluntecrs, nt of the 1st Br h Army Corps. He toc San Juan Hill, | “for tion | at Santiago de he was appointed cap- adjutant, Unit part i ind was ¢ \inst Span- Cuba, July | Served In Islands. Tn the following year he went the Philippines and served as chief qun ster of the 1st Drigade, Divi Sth Army Corps. He partic |ipated in Gen. Lawton’s campa st Aguinaldo and was citod for | 3 abaotin Bridge, Nuevs ija, in successfully repulsing an at tack on a wagon train which he com manded. teturning to the United States in 1902, Col. Horton served with the| Quartermaster Corps in_ various capacities at_Baltimore, ®hiladelphia Omaha and New York City, and in 1904 went back to the Philippines as | aide de camp to Gen. Corbin, com- manding that military department. While in the islands he supervised the construction of Fort Willam McKin ley at Rizal, the military plaza Manila and the post at Baguio. After | his return to this country he served successively with the Army of Cuban | COL. W. E. HORTON TO BE MADE ASST. QUARTERMASTER GENERAL| At the outbreak of the | ed | | France at | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY: 31, 1927—PART T | | | | | | COL.. WILLIAM E. HORTON. Pacific in this c at 1don, Conn., | nors Island ion, at and Was Awarded T At the outbrealk of t id War, Iorton was at the War as assistant to the quartermaster | neral in the Supplies Division. 1In | . lie went to irance and | ief q the m ¢ service of sup- | istant to the chief | of the A, k. F. during the active operations at Tours and at | ris during the zation, H“[ awarded t shed servica dal for reat worth” wnd the followin, ecorations Officer of fonor of | M. 5 quarterm Orde Compi and Ofticer, France Michael Commander, Order Belmium; Commander, | own of Ttaly; Off | gle of Serbi of the Crown of| ander, Order of Prince | ro; War Cross of Military Medal ama; and Con © Anounar, of Order of St o nginy Leopold 11 of Order of the ( Order of White mi Orde Rumania; Com Danilo 1 Mon La s r mander, Order” of “Reborn Poland” | (Pononia_Restituta), Poland. “ollowing his return from France ! Col. He m first a rtermaster of the Corps Area | ton, and later in the office of | rtermaster gener ions { Building, where he is n aged in highly responsible duties. et ‘om- | RUPTURE EXPECTED AT OPEN SESSION IN GENEVA TOMORROW (Continued from First Page.) | creased burdens on the taxpayers of | tie three leading naval powe U. S. View Well Defined. The viewpoint of the American Gov- ernment on the latest British pro- posal as regards cruisers and sub- marines is now very well defined. It is that not only are the British per- sisting toward a cruiser expansion program, but are insisting upon sharply limiting the type of craft best suited to the geographical requicc ments of the United States, the 10,000~ ton craft with a wide cruising radius. Introduction of the §00-ton subma- rine into the discussions also has met with disapproval in naval circles, where it is held that the country’s long coast_line, distant island possessions and Jack of bases make the small- tonnage submarine of little value to this country. Some naval opinion is that Great Britain would establish the 6,000-ton cruiser with 6-inch guns as the standard, and therefore could achieve supremacy of the seas by mounting similar guns on the 40 mer- chant ships of 13 knots or better, which are designed as naval auxili arfes. Limitation of tonnage and sizes of all fighting craft had its inception at the Washington conference in 1921, An agreement there was not obtained after France declined to discuss sub- marine limitation and the Liritish in turn then declined to consider limita- | tion of anti-submarine weapons, the | destroyer and the cruiser. Frequent Soundings Unfavorable. From time to time after that con ference soundings were taken on the | possibility of reaching an eement, | but the responses w unfavorable. Meant Britain and Japan large cruisers with the British appar- ently contemplating an extensive pro- gram. The United States adopted a pro- | gram calling for eight 10,000-ton craft| insistent de mand in the last Congress that this| country go ahead with th 3 | after a stirring fig 1 construction funds for two of the cruisers over the objection | of President Coolidge, who, t] time hoped for an agreemer | the League of Nations’ conferenc Geneva. | After it became apparent that the | zue attempt would fail, President | ge invited Gr Britain, Japan, nce and Italy, signatories of the shington agreement, to meet at Geneva in an effort to carry, forward | the limitation of naval armament be- gun here in 1921, France declined to participate did Italy. Japan accepted immediate- | Iy and Great Britain did Then there followed a sounding out process to see if the three chief na Il‘ powers were ready to agree on limita- | tion of smaller craft tonnage. It de-| veloped that they were and formal in- | vitations to the Geneva conferenc were issued. Extenslon of Treaty Sought. The Amcrican proposal to e was one, for extend: = of the Washingotn tre s of ships with a reduced sc of tonnage so that naval bui petition would cease and the burden | three countries would be cgarded us| both G n build: ne. bega | as| con- | were in general ac- eord with this proposal but the Brit ish replied that because of phical locations and extensive s trade lanes they would have something like 70 cruisers. d have meant a gr m for both the 1 apan to maintai trength in this type of craft. | For that reason, among others, the W propesal was unacceptable to | 0 States and then t h | ed with a new proposition that | is definitely declured to be w un- | to the American Govern: ates their relative e Accepts Law Professorship. Levine, emploved as a spe nt to the United States At- General, has cepted pro- chool of nd will all Levine tive of Boston and a graduate | Harvard University. He has been con | nected with the Department of Justice nee 19 cuse University, duties there in the has its 130th ersary, v, Andover, hopes to of which §100,000 has -| By May | Phillips Ac aise $2,000.0 Leen pledged. | have | agreement | without disturbing the good r | tion | R: " BALDWIN NOT PLANNING VISIT. | thron {than the most Women of Japan Plead for Success Of Naval Parley By the | ! The women H 1 international conciliation. 1 Hugh 8. Gibson, chief Ameri delegate to the na received a ¢ en's L n al conference, | am today from sue of Western a, saying they the conference d to come to an regretied t v has f ent, *“We, however, are confident that you will not g 2 the last forts to succeed with mutual con- cessions, thereby achieving 1cal limitation of armaments cur- ing p in the world,” added the message. “We pray for your heaith and for the happy end of the conference, name of all the women of PRESIDENT HOPES FRIENDLY RELATIONS WILL SURVIVE PARLEY (Continued from F was said, ineture ¢ Mr rds had of Mr. Coolidge. T at all was contempls : not to have been determined, but it | appeared assured that if any remarks should 1 e they would be in a| careful effort toward concilia- | n and good will, ident was understood instructed the American - gation some time ago not to recode rom the position which the Wash-| ngton Government first laid down. Position Based on Reductions, | The desire of Mr. Coolidge that if | proposition that na armament | should be further rest ed and any compromise which would matarially destroy that position, which the pro- posal of Great Britain is held by the President to do, would be untenable to this Gove; nent. The desire of Mr. Coolidge that it | the conference must end without an should be terminated that mely howaver, t seen sson at this unlike- to| it between th United State Britain and Japan, is based, E pointed out, on his secondary reason for calling the meeting, ‘that of de- veloping a still sounder understanding and a more practical assurance of peace between the participants. Whatever the outcome of the na ent propo: struc. should the con- up. | Althouzh the President did not | come to the cutive offices today, ! his private telegraph wire betw bid City and the Summer White House was manned continually. He left instructions that he be informed immcdiately, no matter it he were fishing, sleeping or resting, of any communication regaraing Geneva de- velopments. ntiments ference bre: of Meeting Coolidge ote, He Declares, Quebec, July 30 ().~ aldwin, prime minister of reaching Canada today fortnight's visit, said that if the | wrmament conference fails - at | 1 he was sure it would not be | h the fault of England’s repre- | Re- B: s smier declared that, while he tely in touch with the sit pueva before he left Lon- Kk at sea had placed him and he could not discuss ibilities of the conference in other neral tern Baldwin said he had heard | of a proposal that he meet ent Coolidse while he s in Can- | and suggested that such a pos- lity was ver 10! 3 Visit of a fortnight will include s 1o all parts of the Dominion ex- | Buitish Col He expressed “infinite regret” his tour ould not include that section. | Bridge Reconstr! Application of v Co., for permission to t its bridge across the r at White House, ordance with State liw, Mgs been appreved by the War Depniment, was intin 1tion at ( don, his we out of touch e Mr. t uction Approved. | the Southern Rail |w i | Lo {in " LINDBERGH GIVEN TITLE MORE RAININD. . IS FORECAST TODAY Temperature Tumbles to 68| When Sudden Shower Drenches City. Repetit nd « brief rain | dashed the | to 63 de ons of last nig storm, thermometer do with wind which n s as which it at 3 o'clock the after- likely today, Weather ureau announced last night. howers today,” cast, “and possibly tomorrow. h change in temperature.” mage resulted fre last instorm, the police re ted. Eleciric lights in the neigh vhood of Mount Pleasant and cnvon streets we put out when a teeder from n sul ccame sub. ed and short was r ired in a ee re d. There trees fous damage compared 90 de; registered noon, os in re the reads the official | Not n nizht's no | to tor or wert Yes eat, according to the 1, WS not oppressive until afternoon that stered above 80 erday’s Weather Bur and it was the thermometer degrees, At 8 am 19 o'clock 78 de cs. Wh he tempe after the rain temperature it rees ang but the wind to 68 | and fell OTHER AVOIDS e de VRS, MPHERSON . Mrs. Kennedy Leaves Before| Conference to Make Agree- ment Is Called. By the Associated Pre: ANGELES i ial and family strife at Angelus Temple failed of settlement here late today. The approach of Evangelist Aimee Semal s0n to an attor- ney's confer esulted in hasty arture of her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, and reported tentative plans for agreement went unapproved by the temple leader It was the second time tod mothe 0 has been her tit of iness manager of the Four Square Gospel seat by her daugh. | , apparently had avoided a meeting | with Mrs. McPherson, The conference of the two women was called by their respective attor- neys at the office of Lester M. Roth, spresenting the evangelist, I, H. Whitfield, counsel for Mrs, Kennely, had declared that all details for a settlement of the controver wnich has raged at the religious center for ve than a week, had been worked and the negotiations appeared on the brink of succes in the day Mrs. Kennedy | departed from the temple | home when her daughter hove in sight r limousine, and attaches said the mother irent not wish to meet Mr. SIGNING OF SENATE BOND IS PRECEDENT Philadelphia Lawyer First to Pro- vide Surety for Obligation of Lawmakers. v that horn of h | By the Aseociated Press, PHILADELPHIA, July 30.—Michael ncis Doyle, Philadelphia Iawyer, 1y went on the hond of the United Senate in Federal court. The court yesterday issued an order re. strafning the destruction of ballots st in Dela unty, Pa., in the The ord, reauiost of Tersy o sunsel for the Reed | ng committee, which into the election contest brought hy William B. Wilson, Democrat, against William S. Vare, Republican, who holds the certificate of election’ as United Sates Senator. The hond covers the costs in the case, which has been appealed to the United tates Ciren Court of Ap- peals, and is to guarantee the bond Mr. South himself put up for the costs While Mr. Doyle’s bond is not actually the bond of the Reed committee itself, it i3 in a sense the Senate's obliga tion, a3 Mr. South is ncting for it. “I consider this quite a compli- ment,” Mr. Doyle observed ('":""!"‘e signed the hond, “as it Is the first time the United States Senate has been ro. auired to give a bond for anything.” Fr to made at th buth, special Senate invest desires to inqu BY OKLAHOMA INDIAN | “Greatest White Eagle” Is Mean- ing of Name Conferred on Flying Colonel, By the Associated Prese, ST. LOUIS, July Indian of Oklahom Charles A. Lindbe him the name “Tohbionssi aning the greatest White and wished him great success. of the many re ceived at the Chamber of Commerce here for the transatlantic flyer, read: “I Choctaw Indian. I no talk much white man, maybe so you see what I tell you. Paper he tell me you fly rosy big water like biz eagle. I glve you new name, “Tohbionssi Chi- tokaka,” greatest white eagie. “Hope 50 you have good find mother eagle, build nc tree and sometime lots little eagles he fly and make big name, too. In dian like brave man, good-by, I quit. The letter will be delivered to C 30.—A Choctaw today wrote Col. gh, confi | Char; Lindbergh when he arrives here from his present air tour of the country. DRUNK AT CHURCH, Former Army Captain Alleges Roadhouse Trips Before Wedding Fairfax Woman. Special Dispateh to The Star, | ROCKVILL Md., July 30— at when he went through | marriage ceremony Rockville | a i | July 12 with Mrs. Violet B. Tichenor, | 37 years old, of Fairfax, Va. he was under the influence of intoxicating | liquor, Joseph S. Van Fleet, 65 years old, formerly a captain in’ the ord- nance department of the United States Army, today instituted pro- | ceedings in the Circuit Court here to have the marriage annulled. Van Fleet formerly resided in| Washington, but has made his home | in Baltimore for the past three year: He states in his bill that he was discharged from the rmy Septem- 4 beeau; of physic that since then he time fn difi rent_hos- Llments, r has spe pital Describes Visit to Bootlegger, | For some days to July 12, Van F s he had to his ph; al pain and mental fatigue superinduced by worry over the death in September, 1926, of his former wife and indulged to ess in the use of intox July 11, he dec! troduced to Mr: her and ¢ prior . he was in- Tichenor and with s went to the home of " where he drank much . whisky. While at the Lootlegger's, he alleges, Mrs. Tiche- nor suggested the marriage and they to Rockville and Gaithers- but were unable to obtain a Then to Roadhouse. Later, the declaration eontinue: they went to a notorious roadhous consumed more liquor and rematned until the morning ot July 12, when they proceeded to Rockville and were marcied. Rev. Bertram M. Osgood the Baptist Church performed the ng the marriage ceremony, Van Fleet states in his bill, he a Lis new wife motored to the latter's home, in Virginia, where he re- mained ill until July 16, when, he states, he returned to his home, and s since neither seen nor communi- ated with the defendant, JHEELER ASSALLS RITCHIE FOR STAND Declares Governor Repu- diates Obligation to Uphold Federal Constitution. By the Associated Press. SHELBY, Mich, July B. Wheel of the League, replying today fusal of Gov. Albert C. Maryland to a debate on tion” question at the University Michigan, said that his position as a special pleader” for the prohibition cause was more tenable than that of a governor of a State repudiating his obligations to the Federal Constitu- tion. ov. Ritchle repudiates the obli- gations placed on him as governor by the Federal Constitution to ‘help, uphold and enforce the eighteenth amendment in his Stat Wheeler said. “He opposes the State enforce- ment code and is against the na- tional enforcement act. Without en- forcement laws the Constitution would be nullified. “If Gov. Ritchie does not want to defend his record and his theories in a public debate, s he is a candi- date for President, let him tell the people how the Constitution can be orced in Maryland under his plan. I may be a special pleader for the prohibition cause, as Gov. Ritchie charges, but that position is more tenable than to be governor of a State and repudiate obligations to the Federal Constitution. “Gov. Ritchie admits that ‘there are several reasons’ -which might prevent his debating with me at Ann Arbor, and then gives one reason only, his personal dislike of me and my meth- ods. The people are not Interested in what Gov. Ritchie thinks of me or of what I think of him. “Let him tell the people if he favors State or local officers enforcing the provisions of the national prohibition act in Maryland which are enforce- able by such officers—especially since it is their duty to do so. Does the governor think that any State has nore any provision of the Federal Constitution or that its obligations can be avoided except by repeal by constitutional methods?” “LIED ABOUT ITALY,” GETS 12 1-2 YEARS Youth Deported From United States Last January Convicted by Military Court. 5 30.—Wayne to the re- Ritchie of the prohibi- By tha Associated Press. ROME, July 30.—Convicted of “hav- spread lies abroad about Italy’s 1 condition, hence hurting her and prestige,” Manlio Chios- one, 20 years old, was sentenced to 4 years' imprisonment by a spe- clal military tribunal today. Chiossone returned to ltaly last Luary after being deported from the United States, it is said. Chois sone is reported to have spent two ears in Boston, heing deported when it was found that he had entered the United States clandestinely, although he is alleged to have fought depor- tation by claiming that he would be | killed by order of Premier Mussolini it he were taken back to Italy. No witnesses appeared against Chiossone. He admitted having deal- ings with anti-Fascisti in America, but claimed that he was tricked into them, Boy Wit]; Broken Neci( on Road to Cure As Unusual Q_pEration Ends Paralysis By the Associated P MONTGOMERY Ralph Pyron, o5 Ala., July 30.- ar-old youth, who suffered a broken neck July 9, when ho dived into a creck near hi ville, is on the road to recovery pl ns be v as a result of an unu: tion performed by Dr. L. & m was made by the phy- bout two inches long on the posterior and middle third of the youth's nmeck. The spinous proce: and lamina_were severed from the bone. The lamina, the physician e plained, is a_“cable” encasing 32 pairs of ne which serve to control the entire hody., M. Hill of A thick muscle spinal cord to vas pulled over the ve as a protection {tor the shattered ssctiog. Days passed following the opera- tion and relatives watched the patient for the first move. st he was seen to move a hand, then other parts of his body appeared to be returning under control of the nerves. Tday, two weeks after the opera- tion, the youth has free use of his neck and is able to turn himself over in his bed without aid. ~When Dr. Hill passed his room this morning the youth snapped his fingers and whistled. I want to walk,” he plead- alleviate | a Anti-Saioon | of | ed, but a compromise was reached and he was permitted to take a ride around the ho.’l}al grounds in a wheel chalr. CROOKED STOCK DEALERS FIND HAPPY HUNTING GROUND HERE HUSBAND CHARGES 0uccasts From States Wieh Blue Sky Laws, Flock to District, Where They Fleece Public in Dishonest Schemes. Note: This is the last of three ar- ticles dealing 1with the sale in Washington of questionable and fraudulent securities. BY BEN McKELWAY. While Washington has been making frultless attempts to secure fraud or “baw. sky” laws which would make th- sale of questionable securitles dif- ficult, the surrounding States havs put 1ch iaws on their statute books, with the result that fake stock promoter: driven from nearby communities, have made the District of Columbia a happy hunting ground. One example was afforded recently in the setting up of a manufacturing concern in nearby Maryland which sold its stock in the District of Columbia, but which was prohibited by law from selling it in Maryland. So, in the absence of restrictive leg- islation, those interested in protectini the public from the purchase of worti- less or fraudulent sccurities have sought to emphasize the proper pr: cautions to take before investing. The ttempts in this direction have been rather sporadic, always reaching sort of a grand climax during such laudabie weeks as Thrift week, and then dying down again for a year or so. Every ons is more or less familiar with the slogan “Before You Invest—Investi- gate.” But its wide application has not been highly successful, because of the difficulty in_knowing how to in- vestigate and where to investigate. Better Business Bureau. The Better Business Bureau, a non- | profit- making organization maintained by the city's business interests for their wn and for the public's protec- tion, s equipped to answer questions relating to the standing of companies offering securities for sale in the Dis trict and it the knowledge is mot in the possession of the bureau when in- quiries are made, the information will he segured upon request. The bureai is ago able to classify the various types of securities placed on the markee. One might conclude that his banker affords him ample protection, and gen- erally he does. But many_persons do not have a bank account.” Besides, the banker, by being asked to give ad- vice, Immediately is placed in the un- happy position of perhaps giving the wrong advice. The established and respected company which deals in se- curities is a good source of informa- tion. But one should be sure that in asking : 1vice he asks it of officials of an established and respected company. The Better Busineas Bureau, ho aver, gets around the ticklish question of giving advice on securities very nicely. It does not attempt to advise the purchaser as to whether or not he shoule buy. It simply_classifies the security in question and the prospec- tive purchaser may make his own de- cision. The security may fall within any one of the five following classes: First. Inveéstment. A security that has marketability, that is sate and which offers a sure return. Second. Business venture. Most of th. finance companies are placed under this heading. There is a cer- taia safety and assured return, but often there is no marketability, and the purchaser is open to the risks usually conveyed by the word “ven- ture.” Third _ Speeulation. A security which lacks most of the fundamental points considered in an investment and whick. lacks marketability. Fourth. Gamble. About a 5050 break of winning or losing, with the o0Ad~ running one way or the other ¥i .h. Fraud. Where there is evi- denc - of misrepresentation and where there is nothing to give the security any valus, Easy to Investigate. It would, apparently, be a simple matter to telephone the Better Busi- ness Bureau and determine the clas- sifie fon of the stock offered for sale. In =0 ne cases a telephone call must be followed by a personal visit, but even the cost of two car tokens should hardly be taken into consideration where a much greater amount is in- volved. The Better Business Bu- reau, at any rate, allows the pur- chaser to go into a transaction with his eyes open and with some knowledge beforehand of what he may expect. If he understands clearly that the stock offered him is a busi- ness venture, and is not an invest- ment in the true sense of the word, he may decide to look around for some- thing that is considered an invest- ment. If he finds that the stock of- fered is a fraud, surely he does mnot want to touch it. Yet the sale of se- curities classified by the Better Busi- nest Bureau as gambles and frauds goes merrily forward in the District about every day. And this simply be- cause the purchaser does not heed the advi “Before Ycu Invest—Investi- gate.” Those trained in the purchase of se- curities can see the earmarks of fraud a mile away. The promised return on an investment is one of the surest in- dications of its nature. A bond or a note is nothing but a loan. A share of stock differs from a bond in that the purchaser is not a creditor of the company which issues it, but a part- ner in the business. But the’ only reason bonds, stocks and notes are sold is to obtain money. The company which guarantees the purchaser large returns on his investment should be investigated to find out why it can offer such large returns, and why, when money can be obtained cheaper, it is willing to pay so much for money from the investing public. Yet the offer to an uninformed purchaser of stock that will “surely” yield a divi- dend of 15 per cent means nothing to him except the plcture of rapidly gained wealth. Gold mine stock, the sellers often assure their customers, will yield as high as 50 and 100 per cent profit. Such talk around an e: perienced investment bankew will bring him to tears, and probably cause him to break out with hives or heat rash, It apparently never oc- curs to the purchaser that the gentle- men who offer their customers 30, 50 and 100 per cent on their money could secure all of it they wanted under 10 per cent, provided there was a degree of certainty in what they promise. If these large-brained gentlemen in the business of loaning money cannot afford the risk involved, can those who put their savings into buying stock from unknown salesmen afford it? On the other hand, the careful gen- tlemen who loan money are at times fooled. Tn addition, they are often un- able to take the risk of lending their own, or other people’s money. They must have adequate security, or else they must be convinced that there is the minimum of risk involved. There are laws, in addition, which forbld their lending other people’s money €xcept under certain con- ditions. For this reason there are companies which of necessity must go to the investing public for their money. Théy may have adequate foundation and reward their public with fat dividends. Two Types of Legislation. But the whole point of the argu- ment is that the investor should go into the deal with his eyes open, fully aware of his chances and prepared at t to take the loss if there is and satisfy himself first of all of the company's reputation and ability. There are two general types of leg- islation designed to get at the fake la been passed. One type of legislation is known as “blue sky” laws, which places the sale of all securities under board or commission which must pass on every one offered to the pub- lic. The other tvpe of legislation coming under the designation of fraud laws, places the sale of securities un- der a board or commission which can immediately stop the sale of a secur- ity upon complaint or allegations re- garding its merit. A bill embodving the latter principle was introduced in the last_Congress, but got mowhere. It was approved by the District Bank- ers’ Association and by the Washing- ton Stock Exchange. The bill would also license those who offered secur- ities for sale, the object being not so much to give the license holder a clean bill of health, but to keep tab on him, so that by withdrawing the license he would not be allowed to ontinue the sale of securities. The aw would be enforced by the District Commissioners, through deputies, and was favored over the hlue sky law be- ause of the ineffectiveness ‘of blue sky legislation in some States where it has been tried; because of the great effort involved in fair enforcement of the blue sky laws, and because of the opportunity for political or other forms of favoritism which is found to exist in States which have blue sky laws, where one body has the “yes and no" power over the sale of all se- curities. The proposed District legislation would give the Commissioners power to stop the sale of questionable se- curities after a hearing which would put the burden of proof on the seller. Now the burden of proof rests on the buyer. If there was sufficient cause, the sale of a security could be stop: ped immediately by the Commission- ers until after a hearing. The law wonld provide for review by the Dis- trict Supreme Court upon the petition of any person aggrieved by the Com- missioners’ stop order. It is felt that such legislation is urgently needed in the District for the reason that there are companies op- erating here today which have been barred from operating in nearby States through the existence of fraud or blue sky laws. Under existing con- ditions, all that the reputable invest- ment bankers can do is to sit around and wail loudly. The business of sell- ing bogus securities by irresponsitle or fly-by-night companies hurts them, and it hurts the pocketbooks of the purchasers more. First Mortgage Deals. Loud sobs and gnashing of teeth are now heard everywhere in ‘Washing- ton. One system of high finance is be- ing practiced in town which is based on first mortgages and which brings salty tears coursing down the roughenecd cheeks of veterans who have built up established businesses through con- servative and fair dealing in first mortgage sscurities. They gather in angry groups and give voice to lugu- brious sentiments regarding those who have, in their minds, defiled the first miortgage. And lowering their volces to hoarse whispers they make dire predictions about what is going to happen some day if somebody doesn't do_something about it. But nobody can do “something about it.” It's ail within the law. Here is the way this scheme Iis worked, and with great success. The ABC Corporation, composed of heetlo- do~1ed gentlemen who can Rive a shrill whistle and a flock of nickels, will come rolling "down the street, erects a building in Washington for $700,000 and then appraises its property for $1,000,000. It then offers boids to the sum of $750,000, secured by first mortgage on the building. When the time comes for the bonds to be retired the corporation holds a directors’ meeting and it is decided that increas ing values have made a new appraisai necessary. So the property is ap. praised again, this time for $1,400,000, and a new issue of bonds is offered to the palpitating public to the tune of $§1.200,000, secured by a first mortgage which exceeds the original appraisal of the property. Now the thing that makes the old and established business men sigh or roar, depending upon their tempera- ment, is the fact that in Washington the first mortgage has been considered on» of the safest forms of investment. The reason for this is the conservative practice here of limiting first mort- gage loans to 50 and 60 per cent of the real value of the property, and rarely ever exceeding the high mark of 6623 per cent of a few years ago. But if the ABC Corporation goes ahead an1 sells first mortgage notes, or bonds secured by first mortgages, in an amount beyond what the prop- erty cost in the first place, there is nothing to be done about it—in the District. In some other States the practize has been stopped. Appraisal, it is true, is a matter of opinion. ~But here's the trouble about that. The ABC Corporation appraises its own property and borrows monev on it from the public, some of whom can be fooled all of the time, But let Mr. Brown, a member of the so-called public, appraise his house, which cost him $12,000, for $20,000, and then go to the bank and try to borrow money on the strength of his appraisal. Where would Mr. Brown wake up next morning? Correct. And the doc- tors at Gallinger would be very much worried. DALLAS-HONGKONG FLIGHT APPROVED Contest Open to All Licensed Pilots of International Aero- nautio Federation. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., July 30.—The office of W. E. Easterwood, donor of the $25,000 prize for the Dallas-Hongkong air flight, announced today that it had been advised that changes in the con- ditions had been approved by the Na- tlonal Aeronautical Association, and the contest will be open to all licensed pilots of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale. The approval was from Carl Schory of Washington, secretary of the na- tional organization. All entrants in the flight, including those who previously have entered, must pass official examination of both the national and international bodies and comply with their requirements. All hop-offs and stops will be under supervision of the national associa- tlon. The winner, before he may re- ceive the $25,000 prize, must have the approval and order of the National Aeronautical Association. —e ALIMONY AWARDED. Edward Voigt, jr., yesterday wi ordered, in a decree signed by yustl:: Jennings Bailey, to pay to his wife, Hilda C. Voigt, $50 a month per- l'.n]:nant m;::taa:nce, and she was 0 awart e custod; tw;hchl{lldran. Bk e decree, however, directs that the husband be allowed to have the two children, Hilda and Charlotte, from 4 o'clock to 8 o'clock on Wed- nesdays and from 10 o'clock a.m. to 8 o'clock p.m. on Saturdays of eash stock promoter or one who deals in- worthless securities. Both have been offered in Congress, but neither has week. The husband also directed to pay counsgl fees of $400 ta the wife's counsel ;o DROLHIVLEVIE DISERD RUNORED Owner of Bellanca Plane Goes to England for Races in Rented Craft. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 30.—Talk of discord between Charles A. Levine and Maurice Drouhin, the French fiyer whom he has engaded to pilot the air- plane Columbia on a return transat. lantic flight, was agaln brought to ind today, when Levine departed for England and left Drouhin behind. Levine left this afternoon as a pas- senger on board the Flying Pig, a special plane held in reserve by one of the big air lines for emergencies The machine was piloted by one of the company's most expert flyers. After reaching Croydon, England, Levine planned to fly to Nottingham for the King's Cup air races, retwning to Paris next week. Quarrel Is Indicated. Levine, as well as “Doc” Kinkade, the Wright motor expert who accom panfed him on the flight to Englaud today, said the Columbia remained in her shed hecause they didn’t want to give the plane any unnecessary hours in the air. Friends of Drouhin, how ever, say the Bellanca plane remained in the shed because Drouhin refused to.fly her and put his foot down against making any other than test flights before starting the transat- lantic hop. Shortly after noon today Levine ar- rived at Le Bourget flying fleld and set about finding a ship to take him on the Nottingham trip. Finally he decided to charter the Flying Pig— so called because its body resembles the shape of a porker. He left about 2 o'clock. A few minutes after the Flying Pig took off, Drouhin arrived. After visiting the shed sheltering the Co- lumbia_ and finding the plaue still there, ho motored away to a Parls hospital to visit Mme. Drouhin, who soon i3 to become a mother. Opposes “Circus Flights.” What Drouhin’s friends call “cir- cus flights” constitute only one of the points of contention between him and the owner of the Columbia. There are unsettled money matters, also the question of whether Levine or Drouhin is to steer the Columbia on the transatlantic flight. Thus far Levine and Drouhin have been working under a preliminary contract providing for the deposit of 300,000 francs in a French bank for the benefit of Mme. Drouhin in the event of a fatal termination of the flight, with 100,000 francs to go to Drouhin if Levine should fail to carry out the agreement. It was further provided that Drouhin should be paid 3,000 francs weekly for his expenses during the tuning up of the Columbia, according to friends of the French aviator. They add that none of these provisions have been put into effect. 3 From one misunderstanding to an- other and from one postponement to another of the signature of the final contract, relations between the two men became more and more strained until this week Drouhin, it is under- stood here, gave the owner of the Co- lumbia to understand that he would not enter the cockpit of the plane until he saw the money. i Levine and his representatives de- clare everything is harmonious be_ tween pilot and passenger. Drouhin modestly is keeping in the back- ground, although his friends repre- sent him as determined to obtain & satisfactory contract before proceed- ing further with the trials of the Co- lumbia. . OIL SEIZED, FLYERS WILL AVOID RUSSIA Schlee and Brock to Go Around World by Way of Con- stantinople. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, July 30.—Edward Schlee, president of the Wayco Oil Corporation, who will = attempt & round-the-world flight with Willlam Brock as his pilot, today announced that the seizure of oil and gasoline sent to Russia has caused him to drop that country from his itinerary. Schlee said the information of the seizure came from the company’s rep- resentative in Russia. To avoid Russia, he said, the plane will take a course from Germany to Constatinople, Bagdad and thence to Manila. : Schlee’s plane the Stinson-Detroiter monoplane, in which Eddie Stinson won the national air tour, is sche ed to leave for New York tomorrow for the installation of an earth inductor compass. Returning to Detroit, a stop will be made at Washington, where the instruments will be checked. The plane will be christened “The Pride of Detroit” about August 3. FLYERS DIE IN LEAP FROM BLAZING PLANE Two, Trapped in Craft, Jump With- out Parachutes as Clothes Catch Fire. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 30.—Trapped In a blazing monoplane 700 feet above the ground, a flying instructor and a stu- dent aviator were killed tonight when they jumped from the ship to escape the fire. 2 The blazing plane crashed, a twist- ed mass of wreckage, in Oak Lawn, & suburb, beside the bodies of its vic- tims before the horrified gaze of a score of the village's residents. The bodies were identified as George Zabriskl, 28, nstructor, and James Rose, 30, a student, both of Chicago, by Nimmo Black, head of the Aviation Service & Transport Corporation, which employed Za- briski. Residents of Oak Lawn said they saw a puff of smoke and heard a loud explosion when the plane was at an altitude of about 500 feet. The pilot apparently made a desperate effort 10 effect a quick landing and headed its nose down as the ship burst into flames. When about 200 feet from the ground one of the men, his clothes ablaze, leaped to his death, and a moment later the second occupant, & human torch, jumped from the cock- pit. Neither carried a parachute. The crash was the second here this week. WOMAN HURT IN CRASH. Mrs. Ida Bell Crooks, 61 years old, of 1228 Connecticut avenue was se- riously injured last night when an automobile operated by Wesley McA. Jones of 1906 M street, and a taxicab operated by Israel Mendelson of 201 PPlth southwest collided at Four- teenth and K streets. Mrs. Crooks was a passenger in the Jones automobile. She was taken to her home in that machine, where Dr. A. B. Shilling of the Mayflower Hotel treated her for injuries to the head and fraetures of the ritm F. v