Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1927, Page 2

| COOLIDGE OPPOSES SPECIAL SESSION Careful Consideration of Af- fairs Convinces President Call Is Not Necessary. President Coolidge is understond 1o have decided not to summon Con- gress to Washington in advance of | its regular meeting day in Decem- ber. This was the impression he has given to those with whom he has | discussed the subject during the past few days. It has been made very apparent | by the President that after a cave- | ful study of the matter he has| reached the conclusion that nothin Modern Styles Seen as Boon to Women’s Health ASHEVILLE, N. C., September 17.—Many of women's ailments are disappearing as a_result of the athletic type of clothing decreed by fashion, Dr. Paul Strassman, Uni. versitv of Berlin professor, declared the meeting of the American Association of Obstetricians, Gyn- ologists and Abdominal Surgeons “Mode rules the world,” he said. “and the accident that 1sed strangling corsets and other tor- turing apparei to be thrown into the discard has been a hoon to humanity Anemia w named as an example of dis lese prevalent since lonse clothing has been worn by | women, | SILENGE SHROUDS could be gained by an extra sessio; At least Ln is satisfied that there nothing of a definite nature Congress | could do in the way of Mississippi | flond legislation if it convened early. | Mr. Coolidge has let it be known | that Secretary of Commerce Hoove who_has been in personal charge of the Mississippi flood relief and recon- struction work, bas reported to him that the situation can be taken care of by the Red Cross funds and other | moneys at his command until Decem- | ber 1. Also, Secretary of War Davis has advised the President that the re- | port of the Army engineers who have heen making a survey of the flood control problem will not be ready be- | fore December 1. Reasons for Decision. | Feeling confident that Cong would not care to attempt the fran ing of flood-control legislation until | the report and recommendations of | the engineering experts of the Army | have heen placed at its disposal, the President contends t there is noth- | ing Congress could do prior to its regular meeting time. | In making position known to ca the President was represented | as saving he reserves the right to| change his mind about calling an ex- tra session if something arises in the | meantime that would cause him to deem such a session expedient. Al-| though the President first considernd | the question of an extra session with the idea of hurrying along Missi sippi flood relief and control legisia tion, he is known to have fancied that an early start on the part of Con- gress would result in an early ad-| Journment thereby freeing the mem- ! bers of the Senate and House to the! extent that they could lose no time | getting busy in the forthcoming cam- | paign. Those who are close to the Presi- dent_have reason to feel that when the President left Washington for his Summer in the Black Hills, he had | virtually made up his mind to call | an extra session. Developments dur- ing the Summer, however, caused him 1o think less of the proposal, or at Jeast to cause him to deem it advisable to give it further study. When he returned here, his mind was open on | the subject, but since listening to the views of several of the Senate and | House Jeaders, such as Senators Curtis, of Kansas, and Borah, of 1daho, Speaker Longworth and Repre- sentative Tilson, of Connecticut, he has concluded that nothing could be accomplished of a constructive nature by an extra session. On the contrary, these leaders convinced the President that more would be gained by having Congress away from Washington pre- | liminary to the regular meeting date, &0 as to give the major committees .time to whip into shape the more | important legislation. such as tax re- | duction, to be considered this coming Winter. Hopes for Tax Reduction. The President is known to be still hopeful that the condition of the Treasury will permit of another sub- stantial tax reduction. There has been some speculation to the effect that the estimated surplus will not stand as large a reduction as expected if the Army and Navy appropriations are to be materially increased. The President, however, does not believe that the increased appropriations for | these two departments will jeopardize tax reduction. He expects some addi- tional expenditures for these two de- partments, but they will not be large enough, in the opinion of the Presi- dent, to cause the abandonment of another slash in the tax burden. Mr. Coolidge is known to be anxious for a conference with Representative Green of Jowa, chairman of the wa: and means committee of the House, relative to tax legislation. It is thought Mr. Green will confer with the President within the next few days. MAN AND WOMAN UP ON HOLD-UP CHARGES | The police are holding a man and a woman and searching for another man who, it is alleged, assisted the two in a series of three taxicab hold-ups in nearby Maryland and Virginia be- tween August 13 and 17. Investigation by Detectives Talley | #nd Sweeney and policeman Boswell Jed to the arrest of the woman, Mr Florence Virginia Tyler. 33 years old. of Mount Rainier, Md., last night, and the arrest this morning of James Vo mey Brown, 23 years old, of 640 G/ street, who Is said to have also par- ticipated in the robberies. Both con- fessed, headquarters detectives said. John B. Green of 1803 Thirty-fourth street, was the victim of the first hold- up. August 13 he was hired to drive the pair that have been arrested to Vienna, Va Another man, still un- identified, wrs picked up on the way. Near Tysons Corner, Va., Green was held up and robbed of $12 Sterling J. Gardener, 1333 S street was robbed in the same place and in the same way of $7 and a watch the evening of August 1 vo_davs later Walter F. Spittle, | street southeast, was ttsville, Md., and | robbed of $4. HILLERY CAREY FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN HOME | After being summoned to 415 Fifth cago | sitence on | the | will be of such nature as | stood | France, had not heen given. TARIFF SITUATION French Suggestion and American Reply Closely Guarded on Each Side. By the Ascociated Press. The American and French govern- ments are maintaining a wall of the official negotiations In controversy arising out of HM‘ Prench discriminatory tariffs against | American goods. The French government s withholding from publication it note of counterproposals ta the American | suyggestion of a new most-favored-na- | tion commercial treaty, while this Government is not expected to f¢ ward its reply until early next week to Paris. It is deemed, although not | officially made known, that the trend of the American answer will be a| rejection of the French desires to negotiate a give-and-take taviff agree- ment. Further Negotiations Sought. The American reply is being awa ed with some concern hy the French | zovernment, according to reports, and | it is indicated that France hopes it to permit further negotiations. To the su tion that the United States under the provisions of its tariff act might take reprisals against the Irench tariffs the French foreizn office is under. to feel that there is mothing vet in the situation to justify such a measure. Secretary Kellogg, who is vacation- ing at his home in St. Paul, Minn., has announced that he has not vet received the French note, but ex- pected it today. He declared he would | express no opinion on its proposals until it had reached him, One clarification of the situation has been suggested by some observers that | it might be possible to impose an in- creass in duties on French products under the flexible provisions of the | tariff act and then negotiate with | France for a reciprocal readjustment | of rates down to the French minimum rates as a limit of the French nego- tiations and down to the statutory rates in the United States as his coun- try’s limit. Has Double-Column System. The French tariff system is de- scribed as what is known as the dnu-l ble-column system, in which on column représents’ minimum rates based upon the theory of equalization of the manufacturing costs abroad, while the other column contains maxi- mum duties, decidedly in excess of the lower rates. Under the Payne-Aldrich act a similar tariff system existed in the United tSates, a general increase of the statutory duty rates being pro- | vided, subject to the right for its withdrawal by the President when he was satisfied there was no discrimina- tion in any country against American goods. American business in France last ! vear, it has heen estimated, amounted to $263,000,000 and to 513 per_cent of tha total foreign commerce. France’ exports to this country were between 6 and 7 per cent, with a value of | $152,000,600, of its total foreign trade. FRENCH MAKE CONCESSION, Goods Leaving U, on September 6 Will Come Under Old Tariff. PARIS, September 17 (#).—The | French treasury, it now appears | likely, will instruct the customs au- thoritles to admit goods leaving United States ports on or before | September 6 at the old tariff rates | instead of assessing the new rates. Originally the new rates were or- dered assessed on shipments leaving | the United States after August 31, | but it is considered that adequate no- tice of the higher schedules, which have been the subject of an exchange between the United States and | still HENRY M. RIDEOUT, AUTHOR, DIES ON SHIP By the Associated Press, ANTWERP. Belgium. September 17 —Henry Milner Rideout, mnoted American author, died today aboard the Canadian Pacific steamship Mont- nairn, just as the ship was entering the Scheldt. Mr. Rideout’s death followed a stroke of paralysi: He had been il for the Jast few days of the voyage. He was on a pleasure trip to Kurope accompanied by his wife and three children, Milner Rideout was bhorn at Me., April 1877, and was graduated from Harvard in 1899. He was married to Frances . Reed of Sausalito, Calif., in 1909 and had three children. He was an instructor in English in Harvard from 1899 to 1904 He was the author of many and short stories, his work being principally identified with the Satur- day Evening Post His home was in S Henr; Calais usalito, Calif. street northeast to administer to Hil- lery Carev, 22 vears old, who was found about & o'clock, unconscious, in the kitchen of his home, apparently overcome by gas, doctors from Cas ualty Hospital were refused admit- tance. They reported the affair to the ninth precinct, who ordered the relatives of Carey to call a physician. Dr. John llipiano was called in and revived woman, who told police she was a v of Carey, said she found him unconscious on the kitchen floor with gas escaping from tha stove. Carey said he was overcome while attempting to “warm over’” his - ner. Carey’s wife and baby were away from home at the time. . Accused of Hammering Son. Samuel Epstein, 42 years old, 134 1D street southeast, was arrested by the police of the fifth precinct this morn- ing on a charge of ult after he i alleged to have struck his son, Isa- dore, aged 16, over the head with a hammer. The boy was taken to Provi dence Hospital and treated for lacera- tions of the scalp. His condition i not serious At the hospital young E elared he did not know how burt, de was stein he = g RAILROAD SUBMITS | PLANS FOR NEW BRIDGE | | Plans of the Pennsylvania Railroad for a new bridge across Water street near the foot of Fourteenth | which would provide added facilities for the handling of wholesale market in the southwest section, Afscussed the Fine Arts street, business were with | Commission last night by W. B. Car-| penter, of the engineering department | of the railroad. | " A design for the proposed structure wis not submitted, but the commis- sion heard the plans of the company and suggested a single span construc- tion of a character that would har- monize with the proposed improve. ment of the Washingten Channel | waterfront and with the entrance to Potomace Park It is expected de. | tailed design will be submitted for con sideration later. The southwest section is one of sev eral areas that have heen advecated as possihle locations for the wholes By the Associaced Press. | | | | pr | unfair advant | the 'FARMER IS SLAIN, hooks | HALTS FORECAST OF PRICE TRENDS Secretary Jardine Bans Pub- lication Relating to Crops Following Protests. (From Testerday's Associated Pross The Department of Agvicnlinre has ihited the issuance in the future | of forecasts of crop price trends under of Seeretary Jardi The lan against the p sulted o the department’s chief- | Ltain had received a flood of protests { both from Southern members of Con- | gress and leading cotton interests against its recent | report on cotton | price trends which ecaused hreaks in sov £ 1 By the tictions re. | 1 markets of the country. At| cabinet which lasted fwo | {hours, the longest meeting since | | President Coolidge thok office, the re | port and the protests received care- | [ ful consideration and, following the session, Nir. Jardine issued his pro-| hibiting order. | President Makes Objection. | The Pres meeting announced price trend forecasts by departments as hazardous, added the ¢ ifving of the would he left in the hands agriculture officials. Secretary Jardine supplemented his | ovder with a statement declaving that | the forecasts were “based on statisties | representing production, world stocks consumption and the usnal relation of | the prospective supply fo price.” | Similar reports had been prepared | monthly for twa vears by the depart- | ment, he added. for the aid of farm. | | session abinet | rded Government but he | ituation of the| dent also aff that ers in planning their marketing and production programs. Opinion among the depariment officials held that | such price forecasts were of im-| measurable value to producers, hut it | was apparent the general publie not prepared to protect itself against | “persons who use the information for is | Senators Register Profests. Four Southern Se Caraway, | Arkansas; Sheppard. Texas; Heflin, Alabama, and Iarris, Georgia, all Democrats, registered protests with Mr, Jardine, declaring that the Burean of ‘Agrienltival Economics of the de. partment in its crop veports should confine itself to actual statistics under no circumstance make cor tures as to future price trends. Senators, Heflin and Harris, asked for the immediate dischnrs responsible emplove, but at the department it was indicated no such action would he taken. Another decision also was reached by the Secretary in connection with press publication of the department’s reports with an order forbidding fu- ture release of thix news, except through the Agriculiural Press Serv- ice. leads of the Economics Rureau told the Seccretary that the cotton statement was not intended for the press, but for “cotfon co-operatives and other persons who would under | stand its meaning.” DAY RAIDER SHOT NEAR LEONARDTOWN (Contin from First Page), ime ago, hur. Ford said, before United States Commissioner Supplee in Balti- more, charging the farmer with manu- facture and possession of liquor. The warrant had never heen sefved hy the United States marshal or his deputies from Baltimore, but positive today on of the marsha Expert to Examine Wounds, Plans had been made for burial of the farmer today, but State’'s Attorney | Dorsey a v he wounld request a pistol expert to examine the body before interment to get all the evi-| dence possible from the several bullet | holes in his body. Such a request | was to be forwarded today to Balti- | more. The body had bullet wounds | in the head, hip, foot and chest at| least, Mr. Dorsey said, and there were | five shots entered the house. "The bullet wound in the foot, Mr. Dorsey | said, was in such a position that it | was desired to get a pistol expert’s | opinion as to how it may have enter- ed, and how close the person who fired it may have been to Gunderlach. The farmer’s wife, in a highly ner vous state last night when questioned by officials, could hardly give a con- nected story of the shooting, and said, according to the State’s attorney, that she couldn’t tell who had fired first. She said she first noticed that there was a carload of men at the foot of a hill behind the house, whereupon her husband asked for his gun. Says He Warned Men He told the men not to come up the hill. according to Mrs. Gunderlach. then there were several shots. He called out o his wife that he was shot, and for her to help him, but the bul lets were flying so fast she couldn’t reach him. The agents picked up their wounded man and took him to St. Mary's Hos- pital at Leonardtown and reported to the anthorities, Upon agents ¢ ting that they had fired shotz which killed Gunderlach, a formal coroner’s inquest was omitted Dr. Frank Greenwell, Sheriff William Clark and Justice of the Peace Duke all went to the farmhouse to investigate, and later the men were charged with manslauzhter and re- leased under hond. |NEW WESLEY HEIGHTS CLUBHOUSE IS OPENED = | '1 Commissioner Makes | Principal Address at Com- Taliaferro munity Building. The new clubhouse of the Wesley | Heights Community Club, large Eng- lish brick structure recently completed 1t Forty-fitth and Macomb streets, last nizht was officially opened e mony staged in the buil before 1 large gathering of residents of the community. Commissioner Taliaferro, who n the principal address, lauded the com- | | munity spirit which has developed | Wesley Heights and said that this | { de was one of the qualifications of good | citizenship. William €. Miller of the firm of W. . & AN, Miller, builders and owners of the community house, pre. sented the keys of the elub quarters to C. Chester Caywoord, the president, who made a brief response. The clubliouse, which is two stories | high, was built’ for the use of the club by the Miller firm and is to be sold to the club at cost, it was an- nounced. Club quarters are located on the second floor of the building, and on the lower floor are provisions for a drug store, grocery store and real estate office, Brentwood Cit;cn ilobbed. John E. Raw of Brentwood, Md., reported to the police last night that while in a restaurant at Sixth street and Pennsvivania avenue yesterday evening $186 in paper money and a United States Treasury check for § the existing market center south of Pennevivania avenue to make way for ng program. | produce dealers who must move from | the Government's bu were stolen from his coat pocket. A Maryiand automobile operator's per- {eult Lordinary statements lest the issuance | hearing. | of | pointed out, had exclusive jurisdiction | the work for SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 17, INTERPRETATION OF FIGURES ON CROPS B LAMED FOR ROW 5Department of Agriculture Seen as Facing Difficulty in Broadcasting Fore- cast or Opinion. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ] Government information as a b for market operations is not mon, hut anything that forecast or opinion is going to he diff hereafter for the Department of to broadeast 1 over the widespread in terpretation given the department's statement on cotton gave DPresident Coolidge and his cabinet the opportu nity for a lengthy discussion of policy. The Government, of course, has no in- terest in the speculations that go on in the cotton market or any other mar- kets. In fact for a number of years officials have been unduly cautioned in uncom- | resembles a | Agriculture The flur of Government data during market hours should disturh the trading. But the case of cotton. in which a forecast was quoted in part and caused a drop in cotton prices, accentuated the diffi- | culties the Government is going to have even in its legitimate field of in formation gathering. Recent Estimate Criticized. Only a few months ago a Govern ment’ estimate on cotton crops was severely criticized as inaceurate. The Government espressed no opinion then, but the figures themselves af- fected the market, There apparently is no certain way by which Government data can he kept I tion from part of the report w from influencing the market exeept by suppressing such data and this is not desired by ommodities be some tive source is needed to offset many wild rumors and sy " teranees which come ont from varfons of the country at different authorita- the sections times Information Ts Authorized. Con ing of information on crops and the farmers and business men of the conn try have come to depend to no small extent on Government fiznres. It the interpretation of thos which causes the trouble. Secretary Jardine points out the last statement which caused the drop in cotton prices was not a bit different from that issued a month ago and described conditions well known to the trade, but that a quots s used the market. There is prevent speculative ele- ments from using Government infor mation for their own purposes, em phasizing one section of a report in- stead of another., It is the potentinl use of the data which has come in for criticism and that is why Secre- tary Jardine now has issied an order ordering discontinuing the practice of commenting on price frends, [ Coyrizht. 192 that to disturb nothing to OFFl CONTEMPT ORDER Invoke , District Court Aid, Against Summons From Judge Sellers. Rover, assistant Tnited | States attorney: Stephen B. Callahan, | chief deputy TUnited States marshal, and George A. Sterling, superintendent the National Training School for vs, who are under a_contempt rule from Judge Sellers of the Juvenile Court to appear next Monday, today invoked the aid of the District upreme Court to prevent their ap. earance before Judze Sellers. hrough nited States Attorney Pey ton Gordon and Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw, the respondents filed a petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent Judge Sellers from proceeding with the contempt Justice Frederick L. Siddons issued v rule on Judge Sellers to show cause September 26 why she should not he prevented from proceeding in the contempt matter which arose out the removal of Frederick Carl Russell, 14, from the National Train- ing School for Boys to the District jall, without permission of Judge Nellers, Judge Sellers Criticized, Tha petitioners criticize the action Judee Sellers in taking jurisdic- tion of the case of the hoy, Russell, after he had been held by order of tha Police Court on felony charges of housebreakingz, larceny ‘and joy- riding and committing him to the ustody of Sterling during his mi- They call her action “arhi- trary, ecapdicious and void in and assert that (hey cannot be held in contenmpt of a viid action of the jndge. The District it is Supremie Court, of the prisoner under a commitment from the Police Court to await the action of the grand jury—a constitu- ent part of the machinery of the high- er tribunal. Rover, acting chief law officer of the District Supreme Court, | merely acted o uphold the jurisdic: | tion of that tribunal after it had heen invaded by Judge Sellers in ordering the hoy transferred from the District | of Columbia Jail to the National Trafning School. Jurisdiction Tssue Stressed. This condition of the case was well known to Judge Sellers, and she was | without authority to issue the cita- | tion against the respondents Callahan and Sterling say they act- | ed under directions of Rover, who \\‘n\i | then acting United States attorney in the absence of United States Attorney | Peyton Gordon. All three assert that they will suffer irreparable damage in their names and reputations if re- quired to appear before Judge Sellers in answer to the contempt rule, and will he put to unnecessary expense and litigation. D. C. HEADS AWARD CONTRACT FOR HOSE| 39,600 Feet to Cost $19,998—Cul- vert Construction Bid of $3,720 Also Accepted. A contract for furnishing the Dis-| trict Fire Department with 39,600 feet of hose was awarded by the Commis. sioners _yesterday afternoon to the Fewitt Rubber Co. The hose will cost £19.0 According to Fire Chief Watson it will provide all immediate needs and leave an ample reserve for future use. “The Commissioner contract to the Warren Co. for construction of a culvert on| Sixteenth street north of Kalmia street. The contractor offered to .do 720, also awarded a F. Brenizer TRIBUTE TO GEN. BUTLER. The Tine Arts Commission last night approved the design of a tahlet to he placed in Marine Corps head- quarters here in recoghition of the services rendered by Brig. Gen. Smed- oy D). Butler while he served as Philadelphin’s director of public safety during 1924 and 1925, A model of the tablet, showing the profile of the fighting Marine officer, with an inseription commending his work as head of law enforcement in | the Quaker City, was submitted by the Gen. Rutler Commission of Phils delphin. At the close of his service in Philadelphia Gen. Rutler returned to duty in the Marine Corps and early this vear was sent with the Marines ina. uhyesdh o Claims $50,000 Damages. Mrs. Clara Allen, 2004 Second street, erday filed suit in the District Su preme Court to recover $50,000 dam- ages from the Washington Railway & Electric Co. and Dr. 1105 Buchanan street, for alleged per- =onal injuries. While a passenger in a hus of the company March 11, 19 A Sixteenth and Monroe streets an auto mobile of the phys! the bus eausing her to sustain perma- |as a candidate for the presidency. | nomination in 1928, Ralph J. Carbo, | ian collided with | McADOO DECLINES TO RUN, PLACING PARTY GOOD FIRST (Continued_from the party relied upon me for leader- ship. You know that campaign was rendered abortive by the unfortunate injection, against my opposition, of the false religious issue into the Democratic national convention. “I have indulged in this brief epi- toma to_emphasize the fact that my life has heen a very intensive one and {0 express the hope that 1 am entitled to a respite. Do you not think I have earned at least an ‘honorable dis- charge?’ Fears Convention Fight. “If the Democratic situation should again develop in such a way as to cause a repetition of the inconclusive and disastrous fight in the New York convention of 1924, it would be calami- tous and the party would be reduced again to impotence in a_presidential contest. True Democratic_principles 1 progressive Democratic policies, which you and T and our friends be- lieve to he essential to the public wel- fare and which we have constantly championed, would be submerged in another disaster. Everything possible should be done to prevent the 1928 con- vention from degenerating into a mere struggle of individuals for personai preferment at the expense of princi- ples and policies of fundamental im- portance to party character and to the welfare of the Nation. Principles and policies must come first. Personal am- bitions, however legitimate, and every selfish purpose should be subordinated to them, “My chief concern is the supremacy of Democratic principles and progre: sive policies, for these mean the pres- ervation, unimpaired, of the Constitu- tion of the United States, the suppre: sion of nullification and the enforce- ment of I: thout which stable go ernment s’ impossible and without which the blessings of liberty will dis- appear; justice to agriculture, with- out which the farmers cannot get their rightful share of national prosperity, and social and economic justice for all classes, without which human oppor- tunity cannot be widened. Prefers to Stand Aside. “Perhaps I can do more to advance these objects as a private citizen than 1 stand aside in order that the field may be left clear, so far as I can clear it, for the development of a leadership that can more effectively sain these ends. “L shall not, therefore, be a candi- date for the Democratic presidential prefer to it the strugsle for the preserva- of the Constitution in its integrity, the defeat of nullification, fo obedience to law and for the stern re- pression of crime, for incorruptible zovernment, for impartial justice, so- cial and economic; for orderly prog- and for wider human oppor- tunities must be carried on, and every earnest patriot must see that it is carried on. In an effort to achieve these things, L shall, as a private citi- zen, be glad to co-operate with all those who deem them essential to the public welfare. tion for Grateful for Support. “I am deeply grateful to you, my dear Milton, and to the thousands of unselfish and patriotic men and women throughont the country who have | fought with me for these principles. Their unswerving support and friend- ship have given me constant inspira- tion and a profounder satisfaction than any honors that could be gained in public life. “With warm regard, T am, as always, “Cordially yours, “WILLIAM G. McADOO. Mr. Milton in his letter told Mr. McAdoo that the “progressive” Democrats of the country were look- ing for leadership, and that a survey of the Nation had convinced him that “the principles and progressive policies you advocated in 1924 have grown stronger and that your strength is sreater. Mr. Milton's Letter. Following is the text of ton’s letter to Mr. McAdoo: “Dear Mr. McAdoo: “In 1924 you were the chosen leadex of the hosts of progressive Democracy in the convention at Madison Square. In 91 out of the 103 ballots cast in that convention, you led all candidates for the presidential nomination. Nev- er in the political history of the coun- try has a candidate in the national convention of any party equaled such a record. The unexampled tenacity and courage of your supporters in that historic_conflict arose from their pa- triotic determination that the Demo- cratic party he consecrated to the maintenance of the Constitution, the restoration of efficiency and honesty in Government and the service of the general good. “The immediate outcome of that convention was not the determination of the future course of Democratic policy, hut a_ sterile compromise, re- sulting in a devastating defeat in the election. The rival viewpoints within the party remain unreconciled and the battle must be fought to a conclusion. Calls Strength Greater. “The Progressive Democrats of the country are looking today for such a leadership as you have given and could give them, a leadership un- swervingly devoted to the public good. Should you become a candidate, you can be nominated by the party and elected President by the people. “Delegates must soon be selected to next Year's national convention. From a careful survey of the Nation, 1 am firmly convinced that the prinei- [ples and progressive polic vou ad- vocated in 1924 have grown sironger, and that your strength is greater: hut Mr. Mil- nent injuries. She is represented by mit and a registration card also were takegy Attorneys Jomes A. O'Shea and John H. Burnett, L vou have remained silent on the presi- dency. “Four uwuufia of friends through- B e interested in the | tive ut-| oss has authorized the gather | is | figures | 1927. KILL BAD LAWS, JUSTICE SUGGESTS Member of lllinois Supreme Court Assails Intolerant Statutes. s the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 17 of the Illinois Supreme Court in Constitution day address last night told the Chicago Bar Association and the Tilinois Sons of the Ame; Revolution that nullification of law i often “the only safery valve for self-governing people. “Call me a rebel said Justice Floyd 1. Thompson. is time strong men got up on hind legs and howled. “One cannot praise a law and at the same time effect its repeal. If a law is considered bad, it must he at- tacked, and war cannot be made feebly. “We honor our fathers who defied laws they regarded as oppressive, hut we shout treason to those who under- take to repeal a law which expresses our pet intolerance. Sees Effort at Tyra “The traitors to our ( are not the few who critic tion coerced by organized groups temporarily in control, but rather the Congressmen whose vote on important measures is swaved by personal con siderations, and the lobhyist or group representative whose threats of pun ishment or promises of reward. ever veiled, are a means of influenc- ing the Congressmen’s vote. “Those who would force tyranny upon us want to make us subjects of the Nation. We are fot subjects. We are the rulers’ of the country. 2 “Becauss a measure is adopted and put on the statute hooks by those who misrepresent us does not mean that we must obe: Because the people defy a law of which they do not approve, I am_ not alarmed into believng that the Naton is crumbling and that we are headed for the scrap- heap of nations. We are not lawless. Assails Plausible Reformers. “The menace to the Constitution is not the radical communst or an- archist. It is rather the more plausible reformer who sceks to under- mine our Government structure hy tearing down the time-proven safe- guards, “The same voter who demand: his congressman pass stringent for the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment threatens him if he d obeys the constitutional mandate for reapportionment. “Hundreds of statutes and ordi- nances are made dead letters by com- mon consent.” an a if vou please.’ “re their vernment sovereign that IRISH OCEAN H | Macintosh and Fitzmaurice Forced Back to Island by Bad Weather. | | | By the Associated Pre BALLYBUNNION, County Kerry, Irish Free State, September 17.—An- other attempt to conquer the unruly Atlantic by a non-stop flight from east | aster. The great blueand-brown monoplane can tinplate heir, William B. Leeds, and named for his Russian wife, came to a safe rest on Beale Strand, near the mouth of the Shannon, 6 miles south of this seaside resort, last night, after her pilots, Capt. Robert H. Mac- Intosh and Commandant James C. Fitzmaurice, had fought vainly with violent headwinds and blinding fog over the sea. Flyers Are Disappointed. The plane was under the protection of Civie Guards foday while the a men told the story of their unsuccess- ful attempt to reach New York from the Baldonnel airdrome, near Dublin, MacIntosh and Fitzmaurice ave nat- urally deeply disappointed over the failure of their long-planned effort, but, fight against the elements over the ocean and their forced return to land. They were in the air a little less than four and one-half hours. leaving Baldonnel Field at 1:36 o'clock yesterday afternoon, they made good progress across Ireland only to encounter a 40-mile headwind soon_after passing out to sea over the Galwav coast, 50 miles to the north of Ballybunnion. Hit Dense Fog. Then came a dense fog. They con- tinued grimly for' a time, but, finding it impossible to steer a true compass course, they decided that hest judg- ment dictated a return, and at 4:58 p.m. swung the nose of the plane back toward Ireland, emptving one gasoline tank to lessen the chance of a crash in landing. For an hour or more after regain- ing the coast they cruised to and’ fro at an extremely low altitude peering through the mist and see ing a favorable landing place. Cir- cling about and passing back and forth a number of times along the coastline, they at length brought their hip down at 6 p.m.. on Beale Strand, nd made their way (o a hotel for a rest. The flyers estimate that they had progressed perhaps 300 miles over the sea before they decided that con- tinuance of the flight under the pre- vailing conditions would be suicidal. They had hoped to reach New York from’Baldonnel Field by way of Nev foundland in 26 hours, and the plane carried 720 gallons of fuel for the ttempt. “\Wea and the machine are O. K." said Commandant Fitzmaurice, wh |like Capt. MacIntosh. saw aerial serv- jce in the World War. “The engine ran perfectly, and we returned only hecause in the circumstances it was impossible to steer a true compass conrse.” Fitzmaurice, a commandant in the Ivish Free State air force, succeeded Capt. Anthony Wreford, chosen as Maclntosh's companion, when Wreford withdrew owing to an injury to his knee, which he consid- ered would affect his control of the heavy plane. out the country are eager to support you again and are hoping for your announcement. ‘Trusting to have an ear T am, Cordially Signed) “GEORGE F. MILTON.” GOV. SMITH SILENT. Declines to Comment: on Action of MecAdoo on Candidacy. NEW YORK. September 17 (#).— iov. Alfred E. Smith, potential candi- date for the Democratic presidential nomination, declined to comment on the announcement by William G. Me- a\dnn that he would pot be a candi- ate. A justice | ol laws | BEATEN BY WINDS to west has failed, but without dis-| Princess Xenia, owned by the Ameri-| like their plane, were unscathed by the | originally | i JUSTICE F. E. TH( = | | FRENCH TOFIGHT “BABYLON" CHARGE AT | | League Report on Traffic in| Women Seen as Placing | Paris in Bad Light. | By the Associated Press. | GENEVA, September 17. — The | French delogation to the League of | Nations Assembly says it is deter- | mined once for all to nail the lie that | | Paris is the only real “modern | Babylon, Senator Tabrousse, lts representa- | ‘e on the Assembly’s sacial welfare | zommittee, declares he will fight to a finish the' report of the League's in- vestizating committee into the traffic in women and children. This repor althouzh held secret at present, is understood to put France generally and Paris particularly in a bad light, Senator Labrousse points out that the investigators spent three weeks or more in Paris and only three days | in Tondon, and never bothered to in- | vestigate conditions in the world sea- ports. He admits that conditions in France’s big Mediterranean port, Marseilles, may not be exactly model, but he asks why the investigators did not include Liverpool, Genoa, Barcelona, Lishon | and other seafaring towns in the | scope of their activity. | The Senator is a heartily outspoken | | citizen and iz expected to make the fur fly when the social welfare hody convenes to hear the committee’s re- | port. LOEW GIVES $25,000,000. | NEW YORK, September 17 (P).— | The widow and two sons of Marcus | Loew inherit 95 per cent of the fo tune the theater magnate amassed in | his entertainment enterprises, it was | | disclosed with the filing of his will tods of the estate, the whole of which is estimated at up to $25.000,000, was bequeathed to brothers and sis- ters, . { GERMANY PRESSES FOR DISARMAMENT IN LEAGUE COUNCIL| (Continued from First Page.) League member with nothing to show back in Berlin. In any event, the four propositions | for security and disarmament afford | opportunities for the debaters. DRYS LOSE SKIRMISH. e X R GENEVA, September 17 (#).—The | Lwt ——) RETURNS INDICATE - COSGRAVE VICTORY Government Leads De Valera Party in Early Count. Landslide Unlikely. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irich Free State ber 17.—First returns from T Free State parliamentar dicate that there will be no landslide in the direction either of the Govern- ment party or Republicans, Both the parties of President Cose ave and of Kamon de \Valera, the nna Fail lpader, showed increased polls, which Were due in the national course of events to a diminution of the number of candidates and 1o accession to the leading parties from the small- er groups. The Farmer and Labor parties hoth ffered F. BRaxter, leader ‘armers party, lost his seat i Cavan to 1. Cole, Protestant ir ent, while it appeared likel Thomas Johnson, leader of the party <0 would meet defeat James Larkin, indepe ent was ected on the first count in Dy n North. This result was not pected and is felt to indicate his turn to some influence among Dublin's workers. At midday, the election ros, ich probably will not be ot ntil_next week. gave the following standin Governt 18 F 2: Farmers, 1 Irish Workers, ents, MRS. HARRINGTON DIES. Mrs. Annie E. Septem- ursday's election: L fig ianna Fail, 14 Nationa 1, and ent, Tas Leazue, indepond- Harrington. 6% years old, widow of John J. Harrington, formerly a widely known contractor of Georgetown, died in Georgetown University Hospital today after a long illness. She had bheen a resident of this city for the past 50 years and was a member of Holy Trinity Cath- olic Church. Mrs, Harrington is survived by threa sons, Sergt. Joseph D. Farrington, Dis. triet hack inspector; John A. Harring- ton, who conducts a sheet metal busi- ness in Georgetown. and William [ Harrington, of St. Louis, Mo., and a sister, Miss Jennie M. Lynch of this city. Juneral services will he conducted at her late residence, 3400 Dent place, at a time to be announced later, CHANNEL BEATS GIRL. BOULOGNE, France, September | (#).—The South African girl. Millie Hudson, made a_game effort to heat the Channel in her swim of vesier- dav, but was forced to quit hy the cold when only 3 miles from Dover. after being in the water about 13 hours. She started from Cape Gris Nez at 11:06 o'clock yesterday morn- ing and was taken out shortly after midnight. Soon after the start strong eur- rents from the west swept her out of the course in the direction of Calais. It is estimated that alte- zether she must have covered about 5 miles. HARRIS DEMANDS THAT SMITH QUIT PRESIDENTIAL RACE (Continued_from First_Pagé) think Gov. Smith should do the same thing and just wipe off the slate. “After a while sentiment will crys- tallize and we will find a man. We have got the material in the party. We ought to get away from the old antoganisms of Madison Square Gar- den and get together. I do not see any reason why we should not do Mr. McAdoo is a splendid character and in every way qualified to make & great President Senator Caraway, Democrat, Arkan- sas, said he thought McAdoo had done a commendable thing. “He has put the party self,” Senator Ca aid, “and we are all under obligations to him. It above him anti-alcohol forces have lost the first round of their battle to have the| League of ions enter the war against excessive drinking of spirit-| ous liquor. | After meeting the opposition of dele- gates from the wine and whisky pro-| ducing and consuming countries the | Finnish delegation to the league prac- | | tically threw up the sponge today | when they announced that in view of the complexity of the problem they would present a modified resolution dealing with it. The original resolu- tion proposed an active investigation | by the league into alcoholism and the appointment of a permanent com- mittee on the subject. | Any anti-alcohol movement by the | | league might be considered a di: zuised attempt to enforce prohibition | on various countries, it was argued | before the humanitarian committee of | the Assembly last night. Ridicul nr. Louis Loucheur of France insisted that the league should not make it- self ridiculous by seeking to inter-| fere with the freedom of individuals. | He said that he respected persons who | drink water and asked that the same | tolerance be extended to those who | drink wine. Although the smuggling of liquor between the United States and Canada is being carried on on a large scale, this has not compromised the peaceful -elations of the two countries, Philippe Roy of Canada, said. He opposed the | nish proposal if it included wine, “which is norishing and not poison.” | He declared “it is for each country to exulate the use, not of alcohol, but bad alcohol.” | A vigorous plea to the council to | reconsider the decisions taken by its | ‘lnmlnllll‘e regarding the Rumanian- | Hungarian controversy on the rishts | | vian landowners in Rumania | to. submit the entire question to | the Permanent Court of International | Justice was made by the veteran Magyar statesman, Count Appony |~ The Hungarian spokesman analyzed | the lensthy report on the matter, | which had been submitted hy Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign | minfster, contesting its conclusions | word for word. Among other points which he made, Count Apponyi charged that French | and British landowners in Bessarabia, | now part of Rumania, got integral | compensation when their property was | expropriated by Rumania and said that Hungarian proprietors were not similarly favored. The question at issue 1= not political, he argued, but judicial, and the | League's highest court and not the council should be called upon to settle it. “I see here an attempt by the council to substitute itself for another tribunal,” Count Apponyi declared. “That constitutes a dangerous prece- dent. In combating i, I am pleading not only the cause of Hungary, but that of ‘nternational arbitration in general and that of the League of Nations.” “ge committee is ac , Says Louch this decision of the council's epted the League of Nations will not he the same tomor- row,” he continued. “It would be a body blow at the international magis- trature, have so laboriously in- stitute: | freed from this « and driver. _Average miles per hour driven by J. H. H driver eraze miles per hour. Dora. Herring, Gov. Smith, whose prominence is suci as to entitle him to be a candidaie, | should feel impelled to follow Mr., Me- | Adoo's example, the next Demacratic convention will name the next P're dent of the United States. If we were ntroversy we would have no difficulty in finding a suitabls candidat “If Mr. MeAdoo had shown the ame spirit at New York in 1924 [ think the convention would have writ- ten an entirely different history. At that time Gov. Smith was willinz to withdraw. What he may feel about it now I do not know.” Assails Selfish Rule. Senator Caraway said he was in hopes that the next Democratic con- vention could he held at Charloties- ville, Va.. ferson, where “we co ourselves to principles “The people are tired of selfish g0y ernment.” he added. “If they conld have a chance to vote for a man and les there would he no do where their suffrage would go." 1d rededicate COOLIDGE ATTEND SPEEDBOAT FINALS FOR PRESIDENT CUP tinued from _Iirst Page.) ohnston-Noad's sary to call off the special race set for yesterday between the Miss Betty and J. H. Rand’s Little Spitfire. The Miss Betty was damaged in ship- ment and could not he repaired in time to race at the regatta. terday’s summaries follow: first heat. 15 m sich Folly "owned aud_diy Dodge), driven by Mrs. Deiphine omwell: fhird. Mise Syndicaie (Hor- Dodze ). driven by Fitzhofl Erick miles per hour. &% Georie (Horace P ownad and dr hird, Sister Sen L driven by Mrs. Delphine Average miles per o, ond heat—First. Miss Stndioa Greenwich Folly: third. Sister &5 Average miles per hour, 51503 151 hydroplanes. limited. miles. first iret. " Hahy” Ruth (Otto Schneringl. driven by Stanley Reed: second. Mies Spiifire VI H Ramd third. Miss Ricochet. R. o L e miles per hour, $3.867 Firat, Raby Ruth: second. Miss Ricochet. Average 5 miles first J. M. Rand. secoud. New and driver: Bradtield. owner 4R 61, Griven by Keve. s Spits A, Miss . deiven by Ralpl orker, Adolf Goebel third, Miss Buickese, owner ihso Second heat—First. E. W. Hammo erage miles New Yorker second. " Miss B per hour, 1. M st lap at miles per bhour record In ‘compenition). but i did not . Scott © championship trophy. B outboard ‘hampionship. 2% first heat—Firat, Kavo 11, owned and nd. Cute Craft's A. T. Buflington third. Cutey Cute Craft’ (A. T. Buf- driven hy Ch Cooper. Av (new worldy Kayvo 11 third, €1 Bov Frient owner _and fington ) a b ecord). S « rore— Craft's Bov Friend, Runahatte. 110 horarpower i Soiith; $bird, Dum in- ¢ oxe g . ‘ the home of Thomas Jef- ¢ Miss Betty made it ¢