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L4 V'ATSON ORDERS BALLOTS OBTAINED Senate Elections Committee Acts in Vare Case, But Funds Are Lacking. By the Associated Press. The Senate sergeant-at-arms has been instructed by Senator Watson, Tepublican, Indiana, to obtain the bal- lots cast in the last Pennsylvania sen- atorfal election, but the question of funds has arisen to complicate the situation. Senator Watson is ranking member of the elections committee. Some of the ballots are already in custody of the Reed campaign investigating committee, whose efforts to obtain the remainder have been halted by court action in Pennsylvania. Collection of the ballots will involve the expenditure of considerable money, and when the serges arms_asked the Senate disbursing officer whether funds were available, the latter placed the matter before Senator Keves of ew Hampshire, chairman of the con- ent expenses committee. The disbursing officer that he was uncertain what would be his attitude should Senator Keyes in- struct him to honor drafts by the ser- geant-at-arms, PRICES SOAR WILDLY ON STOCK EXCHANGE Shorts in Timken Common Squeez- ed and Shares Jump 17 Points. Fifty Issues Reach Peaks. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 2.—Squeezing of the short interest in the common stock of the Timken Roller Bearing sald today | his home near Alt also Mrs. Johnson and one of their sons. e % THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 1927.4 ;“*‘i’:fi.‘.’fifif‘. HOOVER URGED AS FLOOD AREA ENGINEER BY EX-GOV. PARKER Volunteer firemen ot the Bethesda department, neighbors of Walter Johns ista to the American League Park Chief Imrie was in today for the ceremonies in his honor. ‘harge of the fire-fighting escort. FIREMEN BRING WALTER JOHNSON TO CEREMONIES broucht the great pitcher fro On the truck is PITCHING IN (Continued from First Page.) Co. sent that issue soaring nearly 1 points to a new high record at 141 on the New York exchange today. A similar squeeze took place in Manhat- tan Electrical Supply, which jumped nearly 10 points to 131 as against a low of 53% earlier in the year. ‘While the violence of the advance in these issues led to hasty profit- taking in some of the more seasoned issues, both the rail and industrial averages mounted to record high levels. More than 50 issues sold at their best prices of the year or longer, the list including such favorites as Amer- ican Can, Baldwin, General Electric, General Motors, Woolworth, Atchison, Chesapeake & Ohio, Canadian Pacific, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Southern Railway. HARLAND TO BE GUEST OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS @raffic Director to Attend Outing of Business Men at Mar- shall Hall. ‘William H. Harland, new traffic di- rector, will be the guest of the Co- lumbia Heights Business Men's Asso- ciation on its third annual outing, ‘which will be held in conjunction with the citizens of Columbia Heights at Marshall Hall tomorrow. Final details of the outing were completed at a meeting of the association last night. Those in charge of the program will leave for Marshall Hall at 10 o'clock and the rest will follow at 2:30. Most of the places of business in the section will close for the outing. A base ball game between clerks and employers, a tug of war between busi- ness men and citizens, track events ‘and novelty contests will be staged. More than 30 prizes have been do- nated. Motlon pictures of the outing will be taken. e SUSPECTED HOLD-UP MAN IS PLACED IN ARREST SBuspecting Robert Eugene Pryor, colored, 29 years old, of 472 School street southwest as the man who made two unsuccessful attempts to hold up taxicab drivers late Sunday afternoon, Detectives Jackson and Cullinane stopped a cab in which he was riding in south Washington yes- terday afternoon and placed him under arrest on the charge of attempted Tobbery. The police state that the prisoner admitted his attempts to hold up the drivers. A search of Pryor’s person revealed 2 supply of ammunition but no pistol. The complainants against the young colored man are Charles Henson, 2640 Stanton road southeast and Edward Delehanty, 1012 Eye street southeast. Delehanty’ told police that Pryor em- ployed him at Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue and held him up in Syphax Court southwest, while Henson said he was employed at Third and K streets southwest and held up in southeast Washington. In both cases the bandit failed to get any money. . BAND CONCERTS. TONIGHT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, at the upper bandstand, 5:40 o'clock March, “Col. James S. Petit, U. 8. A.,” Zimmerman. Overture, “Solonelle,” (1812). Tschaikowsky. Transcription, “Liebstraum’ Liszt. Potpourri, “Gems of Arthur Sullivan, No. 2 vo .Godfrey. Fox trot, ...Rose Waltz song, (request) Berlin. Finale, “Boomerang,”.......Lithgow “The Star Spangled Banner.” “Remember,’ By the United States Navy Band, at the Sylvan Theater, Monumen®. Grounds, 7:30 o'cloc March, “Fest Jubel," Overture, “Fingal's Cave, Mendelssohn. Excerpts from the grand opera “Cav- alleria Rusticana’ Mascagai. Three quotations . Sousa. 1. “The King of x 2. “1, Too, Was Born in Arcadia.’ 3. “In Darkest Africa.” Valse, “Wedding of the Winds,”..Hall. Introduction and “Bridal Chorus” to Act III “Lohengrin”. Wagner. Excerpts from “Woodland’ .Luders. ““Andante Cantabile” ...Tschaikowsky Fox trot, selected. “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band, at the Tuberculosis Hospital, 7:30 o'clock. March, “Harding Memorial”. .Stevens, Overture Dramatique, “The Vikings,” Idyl, “Amol Scenes from “‘Sicilian Vespers’ Valse de concert, “Gipsy Love, Suite Espagnol, “Sevillan Festival,” Tavan. (a) “Bolero.’ (b) “Jota.” evillanas. arch of the Toreadors.” i C. “The Star Spapgled Banner. seventh game to become the base ball champions of the vear. “Had Marberry’s arm been good that final game would have been dif- ferent,” Walter said. “I went into the game without enough rest—in the last few years pitching fakes more out of me than it did. I realized T had. & tough job ahead ard I wanted to make good sa badly, because our pitching staff was in a bad way. Then, too, Harris pliced confidence in me and maturally’ I wanted to come through on that account. “I feel, that I did all I could, and I think Harris did all he could to win that game. I feel that he was right, and I can tell you I felt pretty badly that I could not come through for him and the rest of the fellows.” Praises Baker and Jackson. “Home Run” Baker and “Shoeless Joe” Jackson were the batters who gave Johnson the greatest irouble over the first decade of his big league career. “During my first few yeare,” he said, “Cobb was a great hitter and ball player, but he didn’t bother me as much as Baker and Jackson. Later on, after I lost a little of the hop on my fast one, Cobb started to mak: up lost ground. Now Ruth and fel- lows like him hit me_ha:zd as they are fast-ball hitters, Ruth likes my style of pitching.” Walter accounts Hal Chase one of the smartest batters he ever faced, al- though he never regarded Chase us & great hitter. “You know, he was good. at placing them on the hit and run,” he said. “But the smart ball players Eddie Collins and Ty Cobb were among the best.. They always were wide awake and were in there always seizing the smallest advantage. That is why they are the great ball players that they are.” Johnson 1s convinced that base ball today is not nearly as smartly played JOHNSON HONORED ON ANNIVERSARY OF BIG LEAGUE DEBUT (Continued from First Page.) game that has made him amass the greatest pitching record of all time. Tendered Greatest Ovation. Just before he took the pitcher’s box to face the Detroit team today Walter Johnson learned to the full how Washington and base ball re- gards him. A blase Capital, which saw Walter Johnson rise to heroic heights in 1924 and play a major part in bringing a league and world cham- pionship to the city, rose to the oc- casion today and tendered Johnson the greatest ovation ever given a base ball player. With it came rewards of a substantial nature. Johnson received the distinguished service medal of the American League, a decoration created especially for the occasion, in the shape of a maltese cross, studded with 20 diamonds, and also a substantial check, the gift of the fans of Washington and the Na- tion and the gift of the ball clwb for which he has toiled faithfulty for 20 years. All receipts above those of an ordinary week day game also were given to Johnson. The check and a silver service, also presented by the fans, were foramlly turned over to the pitcher by Secretary of State Kellogg, central figure in the presentation ceremonies and ranking member of the cabinet, in the absence of Presi. dent Coolidge. Byron Bancroft John- son, retiring president of the Ameri- can League, who has seen Johnson progress down the years, was expected to present the medal, but was detained in Chicago by illness. Fans Arrive Early. Early in the afternoon there was every indication that Washington fan- dom was to turn out en masse to hon- or Johnson. Long before the hour set for the opening of the formal ceremonies the entire center sections of both upper and lower grandstands were filled with fans of both sexes, looking over the souvenir programs arranged in honor of Johnson and watching both squads go through a snappy batting practice. During the forenoon word came from Ban Johnson, president of the American League, that he was {ll in Chicago and would be unable to pre- sent the distinguished service medal of the league to his namesake. The double duty of presenting the medal, the check from Washington fans and the silver service thus fell on Secretary Kellogg, who came to the ball park shortly before 3 o’clock and immediately went to the home plate, where the presentation cere- mony took place. At 1:30 o'clock Walter walked out to the batting cage while the fans rose in their seats and cheered him to the echo. Walter didn’t knock a ball out of the infield, where a few moments, before Goslin had parked one of his wallops over the right fleld fence. Then the Navy Band in blue and white uniforms. came on the fleld while Al Schacht led Goldman's Or- chestra through a selection. His famous partner, Nick Altrock, was performing in bush league style around first base, letting a hot JOHNSON SAYS HE IS THROUGH REGULAR TURN as 1t was some vears ago, and he at- tributes that to the lively ball. “There are a lot of great ball play- ers still in the game,” Walter sald, “but with the lively ball it is not necessary to apply the smartness used in years past. Nowadays, teams seem to be satisfied to lay back and wait for the big rally which all figure will come sometime during a game.” The Big Train then gave his own opinion that the lively ball had not done base ball much good. ‘“The live- ly ball takes real base ball out of base ball,” he declared. “The people wanted more hitting and the lively ball was the result. Then, too, pitchers were handicapped more and more with freak deliveries, discoloration of the ball and the like banned. 1 think they have gone too far in the way of favoring the bat- ters as against the pitchers and there is no doubt in Sw mmfllb&t ;hatdfl‘r’u\l. 1y a happy medium w! » found. )"Howppsoes it feel to be knocked out of the box?” Johnson was asked. “A pitcher never likes to be knocked out of the box,” was the instant reply. “But the way I feel is that somebody has to loge, and, right there, I might say that the first thing a successful ball player has to do is to be prepared to take his bad days and come back. Never Banished by Umpire. “If a player lets his bad days get the best of him, he will not have many good days. To my mind, this is an explanation of why 80 many men who show great promise in the big leagues for a while fade out of the picture.” *“Johnson does not believe in umpire baiting and is one of the few players who never has been banished from the game by an umpire. “A ball player must realize that the umpires are all honest and are doing the best they ‘can,” he said. ‘“When a player is going bad hé sometimes lays his own troubles to the umpire. But no player or team should blame defeat on an umpire. I, personally, ould rather take the blame myself.” of a lengthy program of ceremony for Johnson, initiated when the big hurler arrived at the stadium on the truck of the Bethesda Volunteer Fire Department. Members of the fire squad, Johnson's neighbors, went to his home in Alta Vista, Md., shortly before noon and brought him from his home to the ball park. The entire \ire department of the Maryland town was in uniform and attended the game. Between concerts by the Army and Navy Bands, especially assigned to the occasion, and Meyer Goldman's Band, Uncle Nick Altrock and Al Schact performed their stunts before the crowded stands. As a final tribute just before Johnson pitched the first ball the Columbia Quartet led the throng in singing “Auld Lang Syne.” Down near the home plate a small group of men gathered, decorated with badges labeled “First Timers.” They were members of the small group who saw Johnson in his big league debut Z0 years ago and were privileged to shake hands with the athlete just before the presentation ceremonies and to hear the actual words of the speakers, carried to the rest of the crowd through amplifiers scattered through the huge stands. ‘Walter Johnson was not alone out there on the mound this afternoon, however, among the vanished athletes ‘who were with him twenty years ago. Billy Evans, veteran American League umpire, forgot a wrenched knee to appear on the hall fleld and handle the indicator for the Johnson day ame. The game today marked the 795th contest of his career for Walter John- son and gave his his chance for his 415th victory. Ten years ago today he faced the Tigers at Clark Griffith Sta- dium and won a 4-to-2 victory in his 450th game, Of the members of the Detroit club who faced him 20 vears ago, Tyrus Raymond Cobb alone, who had been in the big league for two years when Johnson first came to Washington, is “Line Squall,” Arous A “line squall,” similar to the one that struck down the Navy's rigid alr- ship Shenandoah, swept over the city last evening almost out of a clear western sky, spread concern among hundreds of persons away from their homes and passed on in a southeaster- ly direction without leaving any seri- ous damage in its wake. Aside from presenting the aspect of a “terrible storm,” the cloud forma- tions and divisions presented a strik- ing picture, in the opinion of Fore- caster Weightman, who today confess- ed that he was among the thousands who rushed indoors and slammed dow the windows and prepared for the worst. Of particular interest to the meteo- rologist was the three smooth cloud banks, perched, it appeared, one above the other and moving at a rapid rate. Then, too, there were several long white lines, equally stepped off in the black sky, and through these lines the light of the far western sky showed. At another point, a narrow horizon of fading blue was left in marked contrast to the swirling black mass di- rectly overhead. grounder from Tris Speaker's bat go through his legs. Presentation of the check, the medal and the silver service wers a3 Mr, Weightman declared today that ucllsl disturbance was what airmen ¥ Begaupe ” of * its *widih, still holding on now in the center field berth for the Philadelphia Athletics. Johnson took part in dedication cere- monies of a granite memorial to him and his years of service. A shaft, set up in the flower hed facing the en- trance gates will bear on its side a portrait_of Johnson in bronze bas re- lief, and will be surmounted by a sun dial. Today's celebration culminates the end of many months of work by the Walter Johnson twentieth anniver- sary testimonial committee, whose honorary chairman is Secretary of Commerce Hoover, and who: "tive chairman is Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan. Last Winter plans for the celebration of Johnson's big league debut anniver- sary were put in motion, gathering impetus as the day approached, until today they stood ready for execution and were carried out without a hitch. o LT. COL. KIPP TO GET COURT-MARTIAL HERE Retired Marine Officer Accused of Ignoring Official Cor- respondence. Alleged inattention to official cor- respondence directed to him by the Marine Corps headquarters here has resulted in Lieut. Col. ¥. }. Kipp, New York, retired Marine Corps of- ficer, being summoned here to appear before a court-martial. Officers at the Marine Corps head- quarters said today that “hey had in- tended to hold the court today, kut have decided not to met a date, pend- ing Col. Kipp's efforts to obtain wit- nesses, Gen. Rufus L. Zane, adju- 3, who cited Col. Kipp for trial, declined today to disclose the nature of the correspond- ence, but declared “it was something the Marine Corps had to know.” The maximum penalty that can be imposed is dismissal from the service and 15 years’ imprisonment. Col. Kipp was retired recently ijrom the service because of physical disability. HOLLYWOOD HAS RIVAL. Lankershim to Share Name of Movie Industry Center. LANKERSHIM, Calif., August 2 (#).—Hollywood, center of the motion picture industry has a rival. The postmaster here has recelved notification from the Postmaster Gen- eral that after August 15, Lanker- shim, known as ‘“the home of the peach,” will be called North Holly- wood. The change in name was petitioned by a majority of the 12,500 residents because they declared the opening of motion picture studios here has made peaches of the screen varifety the chiet industrial asset. WILLS FOR PROBATE. Final Testaments of Mrs. Heywood and C. 8. Johnson Filed. Mre. Caroline Heywood, widow of Gen. Charles Heywood, U. 8. M. C., who died at Atlantic City, February 24, left an estate valued at $125,319.02, according to the petition of the Ameri- can Security & Trust Co., executor, for the probate of her will. - She had stocks of $90,756.71, bonds of $30,166.39, cash, $4,135.92, and household effects. She 18 survived by nieces and nephews, including Allan T. Bacon, W. Elmer Bacon, Carrie Skinner, Annie Pierson and Ethel M. Gill. An estate valued at $31,654.32 was left by Charles S. Johnson, who died at Fall River, Mass., July 15. It in. cludes §: in real estate notes, $3,860 in bonds and cash of $2,644. The sole heir is a nephew, Mortimer Q. Corwine of Flemington, N. J. The American Security & Trust Co. is named as executor in the will, ing Great Anxiety, Presents Striking Picture Over City length and solidness, the line squall presents an almost insurmountable obstacle for the airplane to dodge. In the case of a local thunderstorm, he explained, the pilot can avold it by going to the left, right or above it. The squall was felt from New York through Virginia, the forecaster said, but, he added, only one station— Atlantic City—reported high winds. This station said the wind blew for a time at 56 miles an hour. The lowest clouds in the squall last evening were about 2,500 feet above the ground, in Mr. Weightman's opinion, while the upper part was about two and a half or three miles high. Cool air from the west, traveling close to the ground and forced upward by frictlon from obstacles on the earth, produced the disturbance. As a” result of the squall's visit, Wash- ington will have enjoyable weather for at least two or three days, in the forecaster’s opinion. Fifteen homes in the vicinity of Bradley lane and Brookvills road, Chevy Chase, Md., were in darkness for a little more than an hour due to a tree having been blown across the feed wires for that'area. Thres treee were felled in the city proper ;m nu- Just before he went to the plate, | TWO ARE HELD HERE IN SWINDLE CASE Doctor and Woman to Be Re- turned to Deal, N. J., for Investigation. Charged with being fugitives from justice from Deal, N. J., where they are wanted in connection with an in- vestigation into an alleged $40.000 swindle in which a dozen working girls complain of being persuaded to invest in a_patent chemical, Dr. Philip Otto von Falke, 40 vears old, giving his ad- dress as 3422 Connecticut avenue, and Mary E. O'Donnell, 33 years old, of New York City were arrested last night by Department of Justice Agent William Carroll and Detectives Kuehl- ing and Wilson of police head- quarters, Chief of Police Frank Rogers of informed The Star by tele- Ay that he was preparing for a hurried visit to Washington this afternoon to bring Dr. von Falke and Miss O'Donnell back to Deal, Silent on Charges, Dr. von Falke, at the first precinct station house, todav, where he is he- ing held pending the arrival of Chief Rogers, stated that he was a graduife of a German college of e ne, but had never obtained a license tice in the United States, de time generally to chemies He declared he was entir to go back to New Jersey immeci ly and explain the affair to tha ratis- faction of authorities there, but added he would make no statements bearing upon the case until he Lad reached the New Jersey city. According to Chief Rogers, Miss O'Donnell is wanted merely for inv tigation as to whether she was con- nected with Dr. von Falke in the al- leged operation. She is being held at the House of Detention. The connection of the Department of Justice with the case, it was ascer- tained, was to make a oreliminary study to see if it cama within the Jjurisdiction of the Bureau of Investi- sation of that department. Agent Carroll had not reported on his inves- tigation as yet. S BISHOPS SEE CHURCHES GAINING IN MEMBERSHIP Prelates Representing Two De. nominations Ascribe Alleged Loss to Rigid Pruning of Lists. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C,, August 2 belef that the Protestant churches of the Nation have gained, rather than lost, in membership during the past year was expressed here by Bishop Edwin D. M.,uzon, head of the Southern Methodist Episcopal territory in_the Carolinas, and Bishop Coadjutor Edwin A. Penick of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. Commenting on a recently published report of the Interchurch Conference, which listed a loss of 500,000 mem- bers to the churches last year, both Bishop Mouzon and Bishop Penick declared that the apparent loss was due to a rigid pruning of names of inactive members from church rolls during the year, and that this had been more than offset by a gain of COLLECTOR ROBBED OF $450 BY BANDITS Agent Tells Police Trio in Auto Stole Funds at Gun Point. Staging a daring daylight hold-up shortly before noon yesterday, three bandits robbed John E. Kramer of 902 K street, collector for the realty firm of Edward P. Schwartz, Inc., of $450, at the point of a pistol, on New Jersey avenue between C and D streets southeast. Kramer was on his route making rent collections. He was driving his automobile on New Jersey avenue when an automobile with three white men drove up and crowded his car to the curb. One of the men covered him with a pistol and demanded his money. The sum taken represented the col- lections for the morning. Xramer drove from the scene to the fifth re- cinct station house and made a report of the robbery. Detectives James Springmann and Precinct Detective Clarence Talley are conducting an in- vestigation. Complete descriptions of the occupants of the machine were furnished the detectives and Kramer is satisfied he will be able to identify them. o U. S. ENVOY TO CHINA IS SUMMONED HOME Secretary Kellogg Calls John Mac- Murray Here for Con- ference. By the Associated Press. Minister John Van A. MacMurray at Peking has been summoned home by Secretary Kellogg for conferences in connection with the situation in China. The exact date of the Minister's return has not been determined. State Department officials said MacMurray's trip was without any special significance, since he was similarly called home last Fall but was intercepted when he reached Korea and sent back to Peking be- cause of civil war developments in the Shanghai area. o SMALL BOY SURVIVES FALL OF SEVEN STORIES Two-Year-Old Drops From Hotel ‘Window, Alighting Upon Pedes- trian’s Shoulders. By the Associated Press, NASHVILLE, Tenn., August 2.— Roland Wolfe, 2 years old, will live to tell of his seven-story fall from the Hermitage Hotel unless hurt inter- nally, physicians said last night. He suffered a broken arm and leg. Fprmer Louisiana Executive Praises Secretary as Man of Action and Ability. Declares Absolute Control of River Is Necessity for Na- tion’s Welfare. Special Dispatch to The Star. BATON ROUGE, La., August 2.— The appointment of Herbert Hoover as engineer, with absolute authority and in entire chirge of flond preven- tion work In the Mississippl Valley, was recommended in an exclusive in- terview here today by John M. Parker, former governor of Louisiana and flood relief director for Louisiana. “First and immediate said Mr. Parker, “the levees in the lower Mis- sissippi Valley must be rebuilt to pro- vide as much protection as possible to those who live behind them. “Second, the national Congress should work out a complete plan of rehabilitation and appropriate ample money with which to make the valley safe, “Third, in my opinion, Herbert Hoover should be named as engineer, with absolute power and in entire charge of flood prevention work, and tell him the job of controlling the river is up to him. Woud Follow Precedent. “This would follow the precedent laid down by President Roosevelt when he named Gen. Goethals as engi- neer in entire charge of the Panama Canal project. Mr. Hoover himself is an eminent engineer and has a world- wide reputation for getting results. “I would give Mr. Hoover absolute power, stripped of all red tape, and tell him to tackle the job. I would let him pick his own engineers and his own assistants, giving the whole world as his sphere. I would tell him the job is up to him and tell him to go to it. “By =0 doing T am convinced we could make this flooded valley one of the Nation’s greatest assets which to- day is a liabllity, costing us hundreds of millions of dollars annually. “‘Herbert Hoover is not a politician, but a man of action, a man of service. His appointment in complete charge of this rehabilitation of the flooded valley would represent the highest ability, the greatest integrity and the most earnest desire to restore the valley, “This success would carry Mr. Hoover down to all time as one of the greatest benefactors America has ever known.” More Money Needed. Mr. Parker is also of the opinion that adequate assistance for rehabili- tation should come from national agencies. Speaking highly of the work of the American people through the Red Cross, saving thousands of lives and untold suffering in the southlands, Mr. Parker is of the opinion that still greater amounts of money are necessary. To those at a distance and even to LEAGUE TO DISCUSS DRY ACT REFERENDUM Anti-Saloon Officials Will Consider National Issues at August Sessions. By the Assoclated Press. WESTERVILLE, Ohlo, August 2.— National officlals of the Anti-Saloon League of America will discuss the question of a national referendum on prohibition and whether they should ask the major poblitical parties to in- dorse prohibition at a conference at Winona Lake, Ind., August 15 and 16, according to an announcement at the league’s national headquarters here. Prominent candidates for the presi- dency in the 1928 campaign also will be discussed at the conference, which will take place just prior to the con- ference of the World League Against Alcoholism, according to the announce- ment. The league will consider asking a natlonal referendum on_ prohibition and in this connection officials made the following statement: “The attitude of the Anti-Saloon League has been that a national refer- endum on prohibition would be a waste of time and money inasmuch as it would not be binding cn the law, makers. The wets have declared re- peatedly that a national referendum would show public sentiment over- whelmingly in favor of repeal of na- tional prohibition. “Despite the fact such a national referendum would have no direct offi- cial bearing, some drys contand that it would show a big sentiment in favor ot prohibition and would end for all time the contention of the wets.” S ‘BOOSTER MEETING’ HELD. Movement in Interest of Jesuit Re- treat on Severn River. A “booster's meeting” for the week end retreat at Manresa-on-the-Severn, tha Jesuit retreat house for laymen, which are scheduled for the Summer and Fall, was held last evening at the Mayflower Hotel. A number of repre- sentative Catholic men attended, and Patrick J. Haltigan presided. Reports from the captains from the various parishes indicated that Wash- ington will be well represented at all the week end spiritual meetings. The men go to the resort Friday evenings and remain ‘until Monday mornings, returning in time for business. Heat Victim Identified. Identification of the body of the colored man who was stricken with an attack of heat prostration while seated on a bench on the Ellipse, near the White House, last Friday after- noon, as that of Andrew J. Williams, 1514 Eighth street, was made at the morgue today. 7 73 Vo SRR | ne | the case of Nicola |meo tanzetti, radicals who are now DT e Y s S FULERNEARSED OF SHE0 LR Interviews Last Witnesses Preparatory to Decision Promised Tomorrow, ;i j 24 sociated Press. 0 N, August 2.—Gov. Alvan T, Fuller came early to the State house today to interview a few last wite and to work on his decision in co and Bagtoles o EX-GOV. PARKER. those in Touisiana living in the sec- tions which were not flooded it is difficult to picture the desolation wrought by the flood, which even yet of acres of Louisiana lowlan Whils Louisiana looks to the Fed- eral Government to prevent the re- currence of the catastrophe of this year, the State itself is takinz all possible steps to help her hundreds of thousands of unfortunates back on their feet. Unfortunately the finances of the State have been seriously dam- aged. Assessments in the flooded di: tricts have fallen to such large e tents that many of the State institu- tions are faced with curtailment. These economies are being effected and the State government will come through. But the problem of finances in the smaller subdivisions is a larger one. Assessments are cut in two In many parishes and the people are not able to pay the taxes for which they are assessed. Bonds, principal and interest are coming due, and the pride of the people will not let the credit of any of the subdivisions be destroyed by failure to meet the obligations as they become due. The Louisiana Reconstruction Com- mission, named by Gov. O. H son, and a committee of 213 sianans will meet here next Tuesday to discuss means that can be em- ployed by the State in helping herself. It is probable that a special session of the Legislature will be called in the immediate future and an addi- tional tax of one-halt mill, to yield $800,000, will be levied for use by the State in payving taxes in the over- flowed sections and for giving such other aid as the limited funds provide. Little additional funds can be provided by the State before next year hecause a constitutional amendment would be required and none can be voted on by the people until next April. AMUSEMENTS NATIONAL~"Smilin’ Through.” A very beautiful performance of the romantic little play, “Smilin’ Through,” with which the name of Jane Cowl is indelibly’ associated, was given by the Natlonal Theater Play- ers last evening, with Leona Powers at her best in the dual role, Kathleen Dungannon and Moonyeen Clare. In- deed, catching their inspiration from their talented leader, the entire cast admirably responded with supporting characterizations that will probably make this play stand out as their best work of the season. Especially admirable were Charles Hampden as John Carteret, the gruff but unfalteringly loyal lover of Moon- yeen, who had been accidentally kill- ed by his rival on the eve of their wedding, and Romaine Callender, as Dr. Owen Harding, his faithful friend of 50 years, who nevertheless was able to see the dawn of another day and the ripening of another romance, just as beautiful, between Kathleen and Kenneth Wayne, the son of the man who had killed Moonyeen, both of which roles were well played by John McFarlane, Dorothy Tierney, also, as the spirit of Mary Clare, was exquisitely deli- cate, and, in the land of spirits, had for her companion Kathryn Givney, who has rejoined the company and re- reived a cordial curtain welcome, even if she did appear as a ghost. Mrs. Adelaide Hibbard, though cast in the minor role of Ellen, the housekeeper, was not by any means submerged, but was effective in her effort to console the disconsolate Kathleen when her lover, away in the war, had failed to write to her. Billy Phelps was an ex- cellent if unfortunate Willie Ainley, the persistent and unsuccessful suitor of Kathleen. “Smilin’ Through” in its construc- tion and dramatic handling is rather the scenario for a photoplay than a stage offering constructed along or- thodox lines, and yet it is equally charming in either setting. It is sweet romance interrupted by the melodra- matic murder in the second act, but it is most exacting in its character types by which its smiles and tears and the gentle emotions are stirred to impress an audience. It seemed a pity that last night's audience should have been so moved as to demand recogni- tion of a curtain call and applause in the scene between John and the spirit of Moonyeen, for it partially destroy- ed a beautiful illusion, which happily, however, was restored by Miss Powers upon the second appearance of Moon- yeen. There was acting worth while throughout the little play, and Di- rector Brooke is entitled to credit for rare direction. The settings of the play are beautiful, fairly matching those of the original production. ‘The music back stage, harp and vio- lin, was the work of Miss Elizabeth Keyes and Miss Mary Keyes, respec- tively. — ‘The annual convention of the Na- tional Federation of Postal Clerks :III open at Indlanapolis on Labor ay. “S0S” for Summer Qutings “Camp Good Will* and “Camp Pleasant” must Raise More Funds in Order to Give Expected Vaca- tions to the Children and Moth- ers Waiting to Join the Fourth Raymond Garnetts of New York, upon whom the child fell, recovered consclousness 10 minutes later and insisted he was not hurt much. He was badlv cut across the forehead. The greater part of the child’s fall was witnessed by his father, W. Wolfe, whose attention was attracted by the rustling of curtains, He saw the baby roll off the window ledge and rushed to the opening. “It seemed that the pedestrian (Gar- netts) stepped just a little faster at the last moment,” Wolfe said, ‘and then I saw Roland strike his shoulders. Both h}l,‘llzld‘ the t"o bodh;. ?“:fi apart. el st the impact had n killed my boy, bREI do not know ho L s b N 3 Party. John Joy Edson, Chairman of the Summer Outings Committee of the Associated Charities, has issued an appeal to all those Washingtonians who have not yet sent their contributions in support of this work, asking them to give what they can so as to meet this emergency. : Contributions may be sent either to The Star or to Harry G. Meem, Treas- urer Summer Outings Committee, 1022 Eleventh St. NW. has not disappeared from thousands g under sentence of death in the week |of August 10 for a murder committed |seven years ago. The governor's de- cision has been promised for toe | morrow. | wzetti today for the third succese | €ive day ate breakfast and even asked {for an extra glass of milk. His {strength was said to be rapidly ree | turning after two weeks of fasting. Sacco, however, has not vet broken his hunger strike begun July 17. was described as showing ind |of weakness but the prison ph {has seen no signs of danger | condition, 1t was recalled that in 1923 |he went without food for a month without showing any serious effects, | One forcible feeding at that time |ended the ‘‘strike.” Inquiry Without Parallel. The decision which Gov. Fuller will | make tomorrow and which, it favor- |able to the condemned men, he wiil bmit to his executive council for approval, will bring to an end an in- quiry probably without parallel in this State. For more than six weeks the governor has been interviewing wit- nesses, jurors and others having knowledge of the celebrated case which through seven years of hitterly contested litigation has stirred interest in every quarter of the globe. Confers With Trial Judge. The investigation which has ine cluded two visits to the prisoners in the State prison where they are await- ing execution, scheduled for the week of August 10, was climaxed last night by a conference which lasted nearly three hours with Judge Webster Thayer, who presided at the trial. Thayer was summoned from Maine by the governor and made the trip through a heavy rainstorm. At the conclusion of the meeting the Superior Court jurist withheld comment and de- parted, declining to be interviewed. Judge Thayer twice refused pleas fo: a retrial and has himself heen sharply " | assailed for his conduct of the case “land alleged prejudice toward the prisoners. JUDGES' HOMES GUARDED. 2 WORCESTER, Mass., August 2 (#).—As a precautionary measure, in anticipation of the announcement to- morrow by Gov. Fuller of his decision in his investigation of the interna- tionally celebrated Sacco - Vanzetti murder case, extra police guards have been placed at the homes of Judge Webster Thayer, who presided at the trial, and Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Consulates in Mexico Guarded. MEXICO CITY, August 2 (P).—As a measure of precaution, the Mexican government has ordered the local au- thorities to guard carefully all Amer- ican consulates to prevent any pos- sible trouble if Sacco-Vanzetti demon- strations should be attempted when the decision of Gov. Fuller of Massa- chusetts in the case js announced. Police and Radicals Clash. LYONS, France, August 2 (P).— A clash between the police and Sacco- Vanzetti sympathizers here yesterday resulted in several persons on each side being hurt. The sympathizers had held two meetings and then start- ed to form a parade. They sought to stop the street cars and other traffie, whereupon the police intervened. ‘A number of pistol shots were fired, but nobody was hit. Five of the dem- onstrators were sent to hospitals wit Injuries. “] DO NOT CARE TO RUN IN 1928,” COOLIDGE SAY IN BRIEF STATEMEN (Continued from First Page.) as President of the United States, to which he succeeded upon the death of President Harding. One year and seven months remain in the four-year term to which Mr. Coolidge was elected as President in the Fall of 1924—a little more than & year after he first took office. Besides Mrs. Coolidge there are few with the President today who were with him or associated with him en the eventful night four years ago when Warren Harding died. Erwin Gelser, confidential stenog- rapher to Mr. Coolidge, was by his side here again today at the execu- tive offices. Gelser was with Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge in_ the isolated farm- house of Col. John Coolidge on the night of August 2, 1923. A telegraph agency got word into Bridgewater, six miles from Plymouth, about 11 o'clock that night, of the death of President Harding, and Geiser, who happened to be there, was one of the first to get the word to Mr. Coolidge a half hour later, . Oath Given by Phone. Edward T. Clark, confidential sec tary to the President, who was his secretary then in Washington, is also here today. He got Washington offl- cials into communication with store of Miss Florence Scilly, where the only telephone in Plymcuth was located, and passed along over this wire the oath of office, which was ad- ministered to the President about 2:30 a.m ive of the 10 present cabinet offle cers were appointed by Mr. Harding— Secretaries Mellon, Hoover, Worky Davis of the Labor Department and Postmaster General Ne: Cites Outstanding Features. Mr. Coolidge does not care to se= lect one thing above another as an accomplishment of the administra= tion but he does feel that his first four yvears as President have been marked by peace both with other countries and in the domestic induse trial world. He recalls that the country has been at peace during that period, that there have been no commercial or financial depressions; a marked de- gree of peace in industrial world in relations between employers and em. ployes; large reductions in the na- tional debt and considerable cuts in Federal taxes in addition to other legislation. On the whole he thinks the nation in this time has had a fair degree of prosperity, wages have been slightly increasing and-at no time has there been a real lack of employ: ment. Certain industries, such ai the_textile, boot and shoe industries in New: England, have not been on full time, he recalls, but generally speaking there has been employment for all who wished it. - Cardinal Lauri Honored. ROME, August 2 (P.—Cardinal Lauri, former nuncio to Poland, bas been appointed by Pope Pius grand tentiary of the church, succeedi rdinal !‘ruhwmul;rwho W)