Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1928, Page 2

2 » SHERIDAN ADMITS ‘FALSE A. P. CHARGE, Missouri Utilities Man Says | He Had No Authority to Say Stories Were Ordered. By the Associated Press. A public utilities press agent what imade a false statement about the As- sociated Press in & letter, apparently ‘with the idea of impressing his asso- ciates, today had to admit on the wit- ness stand before the Federal Trade Commission investigation of utility financing that the statement was a fig- | ment of his own imagination. J., B. Sheridan, who was shown yes- terday to have severely condemned bus ness methods of his public service em- | plovers while being paid by them as director of the Missouri committee on | public lity information, admitted | that he had no authority for a state- | ment he made to J. S. S. Richardson, | on May 16, 1923, that “word has gone down from headquarters” of the Asso- ciated Pres: “to take care of the co mittees on public utility information. “Had No Authority.” { “I only had an idea” Sheridan| fenced when Robert E. Healy, clief| counsel for the commission, asked him | on what authority he based the state- | ment. “I had no authority. Richardson at that time was head of the Pennsylvania utilities publicity | committee and now is publicity direc-| tor for the joint committee for National | Utility Associations. Sheridan testified that when any of | his information was carried by the| Associated Press it was because it had | 2 news value, and his letter to Rich- | ardson said only "\:il caliber of infor- ation was submit m’n\e letter was written to Richardson shortly after he had become director | of the Pennsylvania bureau, and said| that “the Associated Press wiil prove | invalusble to you. I think that word | has gone down from headquarters to take care of the committees on public In any event the| m: warm to pub- | Yic utility information. ~Of course, this ., and we do not is a great ld\'nnhe!m M . We Jetter Sheridan wrote to the late] <o McQuaid. March ”'w‘:“' lul:m ined statements calculated to im- S~ Texan. It said: “The Asso- Press. ‘How does this average strike you? Does it corrspond with your average gn Interrogated by Healy, Sheridan de- mgmd that lh:hemtw t by his organization to press .-odzlthnmnnxned “enough news to qumnufly‘u ‘hsbgrkh'ntmflfledfluthzmdhdm respondent of Associat Press, t intervals up until 1926, but! that since then he mailed it weekly. Tells of Rail Deal. “Things were lively in this State ‘Then Y ¥ i i high Ham: pol gibbet of publicity, Tell the world what they are doing. Admit your own sins | and repent. “Most Fe;plz will say that T am a| damned fool for this, but I don't be-| Lieve that you will.” Writes of Rates. | | More of Sheridan’s personal thoughts | of the utility business were disclosed in | 2 letter introduced into the record and | identified by the witness as having been | written by him, but never sent 1| “Thorne Browne of Lincoln, Nebr., sec. retary of the Midwest division of tl National Electric Light Association. The letter was marked personal and confidential, and said: “I dom't know that T can help you | very much. What can we do when the | financiers will inflate, overcapitalize, sell | securities based on blue sky or hot air and rates must be kept up to pay re- | turns on said blue sky and hot air? | he described all of the Missouri country “The best public relations stuff in the } world is & nice little reduction of rates, | Do we get it? We do not. 1 know pleces where 1 believe a 13-cent top rate £houid be 8 cents, “A municipally owned plant, city of 8000, peys all indebtedness on plant | without recourse 1o tax funds {mhu{ white ways, streets, etc., without getting | money therefore, but it is charged on the books and has a top rate of 8| cents per kilowatt hour, 4 cents for power, B, 50 miles away from A 8.000 population, better industrial town than A, better power lead, exacts a top rate of 15 cents per kilowatt hour, § cents for power. “Reconclle these if you can. 1 ean't T don't pretend 0. * * * As I see 1t there is nothing inherently sacred in private or public ownership. * * =~ We talk & lot about what private owner- ship bas done, yet many municipal plants were bullt because no private parties would bufld them “If eities and States own and operate highways, schools, streets, sewers, water supply, why not electric and gas plants? | “Soft for Banker “1 believe in private in don't belleve in ~.usidizing it sts per kilowatt hour, The privately owned industry ehould be sshamed of ftself to permit & municipslly owned plant. operated on the square, Lo under- I 1t 4 to 6 1o 7 cents per kilowatt nour. Don't say texes? Taxes are Jess than 0023 per kilowatt hour in this Brate “bir, the buy 1 w0 6 auive Rrowne, the bankers vy 3 e | rginia | from a moving automobile, .| electrical industry do not appreciate { what a fat thing they have had in the | monopoly feature.” | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1928 l HEADS OF G. O. P. COMMITTEE I Upper right: Dr. Hubert Work, chairman, and Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, second vice chairman. Below: Daniel E. Pomeroy, Franklin Fort, secretary. VIRGINIA SELECTS DELEGATES TODAY FOR HOUSTON MEET (Continued from First Page.) vote of nine to one. An appeal to the cdr‘edenfials committee wiil be heard to- ¥. Loudoun County had a contest based | on what ihe committee considered a poor ruling by the chairman of the meeting, which led to a “bolt” by a group who thought that the purpose of those at the meeting was to bolt Smith in November. The intent was not shown conclusively and the committed voted to seat both delegations, with the vote split between them. Representative George C. Perry of the ninth district, will deliver the keynote speech today at noon. He is a dry and is expected to come out strongly for strict compliance with the eighteenth amendment. ‘The Virginia delegation, which is the last to be elected, will go to Houston uninstructed, The vote will probably go to Cor¢ Hull, the party leaders being of the that the chance for keeping in the Democratic column will best by not suj g Smith t any time, relying on loyaity to the party to carry the State for him if he 1 State Chairman Murray Hooker. RS GANGSTER SHOT DEAD. PHILADELPHIA, June 21 (#).—Shot Carmelo | Fervetz, 23, known to police as a boot- legger, was mortally wounded last night before he could draw his own weapon, containing four notches, in defense. Six slugs from a pumpgun entered his body. He died at a hospital. Po- lice attributed the shooting to gang warfare. past seven years. . They do not ap- preciate the enormous value of the Sheridan testified that the bulletin issued by his organization contained arguments against public ownership of utilities, construction by the Govern-! ment of the Boulder Dam project and | operation by the Government of Muscle Shoals, said the bulletin, which formerly was issued weekly, now went monthly to sereval hundred Missouri newspapers and that his organization had sent “boiler plate” matter to from | 30 to 70 newspapers, which contained speeches and pictures and stories of utility men and women and utility activittes. | Sheridan also testified that a survey | | had been made and that plans of on committe to seek revision of the text| | books were not carried out. | Calls Editors Fools. third vice chairman, and Representative ~—Harris-Ewing Photos. Load of Liquor Left in Stolen Auto by Thieves After reporting to the police the theft of his automobile Tuesday night, Joseph M. Costa, 738 Four- teenth street, was notified by the police yesterday that the car had been found abandoned on Sargent road northeast and that he had col- lected interest in the form of nine quarts of liquor on his involuntary loan of the machine. B Costa was given back his car, but failed to collect the interest, which was turned over by the police to agents of the Internal Revemfe Bureau. Costa had parked his car on New York avenue between Twelfth and ‘Thirteenth streets Tuesday and found only parking space when he return- ed. Police believe the car was stolen by bootleggers, who drove it into Maryland and were returning to Washington with the liguor, when they became alarmed and abandoned the machine. DR. WORK IS NAMED TO TAKE HELM AS G. 0. P. CHAIRMAN from First Page.) .|In the banking and insurance business in Newark. The entire slate of officers for the national committee had been selected tentatively prior to today's meeting of the special committee. Most of the members of the “committee of 24" ready had conferred with Hoover an .| Curtis regarding their wishes with re- spect to the chairmanship and the oth- er officers, and out of these conferences had come a picked list, requiring only the formal vote of the committee today for ratification. The committee went into conference with the two standard bearers at the hotel shortly after noon. Apparently the only member absent was Charles D. Hilles of New York, ardent Coolidge supporter and so-called “die-hard.” who wired he would be prevented from at- tending because of illness. It was pre- dicted that Ogden Mills would succeed him as field marshal of the New York Republican organization. Williams Presided. Ralph W. Willlams, national commit- teeman from Oregon, presided at the session, from which newspaper men were barred. The conference began over a luncheon table, spread to accommo- date only the committee members and the two candidates, ‘The committee had before it also the questions of a date and place for the ceremonies of notification of the two standard bearers. There appeared to be no doubt that Hoover would be notified at his home in Palo Alto, Calif, early in August, and that Curtis would receive his notification at his home in Topeka. Selection of the Eastern and Western campaign managers will be left to a { larger campign committee, to be ap-| | pointed later. This larger committee | | will be composed of all members of the | national Republican committee, aug- mented by a number of other Re- publican leaders. Before going to the meeting at the Willarda Mr. Hoover talked over cam. ign plans with Col. Theodore Roo: elt, Representative Fort and Mr. Pomerof. Dr. Wilhelm Cuno, former chancellor of Germany and now presi- dent of the Hamberg American Line, also was a caller. ‘The members of the special commit- | In a letter Sheridan wrote to Ole | /¢ Which met here today follow: Ralph | incoln, 27" 1674 | Williams, Oregon, chafrman; Pat Sul- Buck at Lincoln, Nebr, March 27, 1924, Wil Otegor, chalrman: Fat Sul ; iors an - Gods fools " | Maurice "Maschke, Ohio; L. K. Leggett, | Massachusetts; D’ W. Mulvane, Kansus: worth ‘he | Roy O. West, Tllinots; Charles aw- country press s worth to people who| LY T ERe, o0 erhary, Penneyl. C. Bascom Slemp, Virginia; Hamlin, Colorado: R. B | are honest and use it honestly is be- yond calculation. 1 have spent us much | vania as $300 in three years entertaining | Clarence editors, etc. Some of them do enjoy a | little drink. All of them are ‘God’s fools, grateful for the smallest and | most insignificant service or courtesy. | As 1 was in the business 27 years I ought to know newspaper people. “They sure are my friends—hold my Job for me in Missouri.” In the same letter he wrote Buck | on getting advertising for newspapers | and raid: “We push it all we can, We g0t after our people, rode them, begged them, showed them that advertising, | | per se, paid, that it was not charity | | or good-fellowship Lo advertise in news- | papers. * ¢ * We are going to furnish | | newspapers with s general advertising service, Advise our people to get to- gether with the newspapers and do | themselves some good | “The companies in the big cities ad- | vertise to a satisfactory extent, Some | |9t our transmission line companies over- | look & small weekly now and then. | | When we hear of that, we get busy with | h to manage | our people, * * * “I was fortunate enou the annual convention uy the Missouri Press Assoclation in 8t Louls in 1923, and was able to divert $550 balance from entertainment funds te its treasury in- 4.»:tua of giving it to & town vaudeville show."” | “He wrote Buck that had he been given Creager, Texas: Mrs, A. T, Hert, Ken- tucky; ‘Mrs. G. B. Gannett, Maine; Miss Bina West, Michigan: Mrs. C. A. Yost, West Virginia; Mrs, W. R. Baker, New Jersey; Mrs. Grace 8. Burlingame, Missourl; "Mrs, Virginia White Speel, District of Columbia; Mrs. O. P. Clark, Calif.; Mrs, M. O, Fosseen, Minn.; W. B. Lowndes, Md,, and Mrs, Dorothy Cunningham, Indiana, Yesterday afternoon the presidential nominee talked with the following: Sen- ator Sackett of Kentucky, Roy O, West, present secretary of the Republican na- tlonsl committee; Judge Willlam Lamb of Chicago, once solicitor of the Depart- ment of Commerce; Ambassador Hough. ton, Eugene Meyer, fr.; Representative Homer Hoch of Kanss, Representative Curl E. Mapes of Michigan, former C. Bascom Slemp of Virginia, former secretary to President Coolidge. Most of these conferences had to do with arranging a program for the com- mittee meeting today, it was stated by George Akerson, assistant o Mr Hoover, Coolidge Invited to Arizona. PHOENIX, Ariz, June 21 (#) - An invitation has heen extended President Coolidge to come o Arizona next Oc- 90 days instead of 20 days to raise the funds for the convention, he %ould have made 1 $3,000," tober to dedicate the Coolidge Dam, on the Glia River, Gov. Hung snnounced yenterdng. e Mrs, | COOLIDGE WEARING TEN-GALLON HAT President Revives Memories of Last Summer in Re- suming Headgear. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. | CEDAR ISLAND LODGE, Brule | River, Wis., June 21.—President Cool- idge has dusted the moth balls from that huge 10-gallon hat which became such a familiar sight in the Black Hills last Summer and is wearing it on his | outings here, When he presented himself this | morning sporting that famous head- piece, photographs of which were so | widely printed throughout the country | and for which the President seemed to {acquire a real passion and genuine fondness, he immediately brought back | to members of his party memories of | last Summer’s vacation when he wore { this hat on all occasions. | _No explanation was made by the President as to what inspired his don- ning of this particular hat, the style of which is so foreign to this section of the country. It has been so cold and rainy, it is assumed that in addition to his real delight in its wearing and his evident belief in its being becoming, { that the weather may have had some- thing to do with his decision. Wears Khaki and Boots. lasy Summer to protect the head and neck of the Executive from the burn- ing rays of the South Dakota sun and no doubt would be as effective here, but there has been no sun, although there was a lifting of the skies this morning and other promises that there is a sun in this section of the' country. To make this picture more complete, as well as adding to his own personal comfort, Mr. Coolidge is appearing in a khaki-colored flannel shirt, and as he left the lodge for his morning's fish- ing he donned high rubber boots—the same he purchased in Saranac, in the Adriondacks, two Summers ago. All of this makes it apparent that he in- tends to make himself as comfortable as possible during his outdoor life. Too frequently in the past he has gone fish- ing all dressed up, as though he was heading for a cabinet session or to deliver an address before Congress— wearing his regular business suit, high starch collar and necktle, polished shoes, and everything. Probably he has discovered since settling down in this island retreat and after reflecting upon his none too good luck with the rod up to date, that he would have to go after these Wisconsin trout in a more serious and business- like fashion. Regardless of the glowing reports of the abundance of trout in the Brule he has found that they are not delibe: ly pushing each other aside to grab at his hook, or leaping out of the water into his basket at his beck and call. He has resolved that he has got to resort to real art in the handling of his rod and reel and from now on this will be the order of his angling. Good Fishing Yesterday. He is represented as having had some really good fortune during yesterday's fishing expedition. Five or six, one of them a lochlaven weighing a pound and three-quarters, and a rainbow weigh- ing one and a quarter, were proudly placed by him in the Summer White House ice box upon his return late yes- terday. He was all smiles and in good humor all evening. Yesterday's luck served to inspire him to do even better today and he appeared as delighted as a schoolboy when in- formed that he is to have a holiday, when he was notified this morning as time arrived for him to start for the o:hlce lllrl Supenorb,‘ that the roads were virtually e and that a jous over thm be too dunger{)u;m There appeared the faintest twinkle of glee in his eyes as he recelved the news. But when he announced his decision to not attempt so hazardous a ride his face was ve and serious. However, he wasn't fooling anybody as to his real feelings. Later, as' the President headed for the Brule and a day of real sport, he had the look and walk of one saying to himself, “What's the use of being President if you can't do what you want.” Mrs. Coolidge's constant improvement has probably done more than anything else to lift the President’s spirits, which during the recent rain, cold and gloom were at a low ebb. She has regained her strength to that point where she now walks about the grounds in the immediate vicinity of the lodge and busies herself about the interior of the little island home. How- ever, she has not yet gone for any long hikes, which during the Summer vacations in the past were her daily fun and recreation, Extra Blankets Requested. The weather continues to be cold, and it is necessary for her to bundle up well when she goes out. The Presi- dent himself doesn't seem to mind the Winter-like weather, but the others in his party have been shivering and | grumbling ever since they arrived. | There have been any number of calls | for extra bed blankets, and many have | sent hurried messages back to Wash- | ington for heavier overcoats and un- derwear. They have been encouraged by some of the natives who assure them that | this cold spell won't last long—that it | will get real nice and Summery in a { month or so. At any rate the rain has served one good purrou, It has caused a lull in the activities of the mosquitoes, BAND CONCERTS. TONIGHT. By the United States Marine Band t Sylvan Theater, Monument grounds, t 7:30 o'clock tonight. March, “Congressional Club" Overture, *“1812" ‘Tschaikowski (a) “Serenade. .. . . Moszkowsk{ (b) “March des Petits Soldats de Plomb"” «.Plerne Trombone solo, “Thoughts of Love"......... ..Pryor Muslcian Hervey Clark Grand scenes from | T . .Leoncavallo | “Invitation to the | Dance” ‘Weber-Weln, ‘Rhopsody Norwegienne ‘The Star Spangled ner” By the United States Navy Band, al the band stand, Navy Yard, 6 | o'clock, Charles Benter, leader. March, “Triumphal” ...Chaifarelli | Overture, “Almonso and Estrella,” Schubert . Stephan gartner -Lalo Duet for flute and clarinet, | _“Lo, Hear the Gentle Lark’ | Sulte, “Three Quotations”. . Valse Intermezzo, “Spring Ze v | Nocturne, “The Monastery Bells," | Letebure-Wely | March, “Light Crutsers” The Star Spangled By (he United States Army Band, al the United Stales Capitol, 7:30 o'clock, W. J. Stannard lv.\llduc(‘l.‘ll. | | | March Gov._James P, Goodrich of Indiana, and | O | Puerto Plata Belection from “High Jinks" Hauerbach-Friml “Gems From Bolivia,” arr. by Schmohl . Rebles Partichela | Waltz, | Two selected pleoes— | () “EI Condor Pas" | b “Jarabe Tapatio” March, “Amor Patrlo",, Sulte, "Babylon”,, “Balome DANCE”. ... ... ..... iMurrh “Marine Corps Institute Bransol "The Btar Spangled Banner," | The broad brim served splendidly Rhode Island avenue northwest. A brief TECHITES TAKE POSSESSION OF NEW SCHOOL BUILDING RD PLAN LEADS - IN'VIRGINIA VOTE McKinley Technical High School's student body and faculty storming the hill at Second and T streets northeast yesterday, to take over the new McKinley Building following a march from their old structure at Seventh street and assembly was held following the capture of the building, after which Frank C. Daniel, principal, formally dismissed his school until September, when it will begin sessions in the new school. —Star Staff Photo. U. S. Minister to Rumania | Will Replace W. M. Col- lier, Resigned. Kansan Served at Arms Con- | ference in 1921 and as Tariff Examiner Here. William S. Culbertson of Kansas, at present United States Minister to Ru- | mania, has been appointed by the Presi- | dent as Ambasador to Chile to fill the | vacancy caused by the recent resigna- | tion of Ambassador Willlam M. Collier of Washington. Mr. Culbertson, now in the United | States, plans to sail from New York City about July 20 to assume his new duties at Santiago. In announcing Mr. Cul- bertson’s appointment Secretary Kel- lo% sald that the vacancy in Rumania will be filled within the next few days by the transfer there of one of the American Ministers at another Eu-1 ropen capital, whose identity is with- held for the present. Ambassador Culbertson was born at Greensburg, Pa., August 5, 1884, and | in later years established his home in | Emporia, Kans. He was graduated from the College of Emporia in 1907, | from Yale University in 1911, and aft-| erward took special courses at the uni- versities of Leipsig and Berlin. From 1910 to 1912 he served as an examiner for the United States Tariff Com- mission. Later he was a representative of the Federal . Trade , studying trade conditions in Latin America, and was also a member of the board of re- view of the Federal Trade Commission. From 1917 to 1925 he was a member of the United States Tariff Commission, and for the last three years of that period was vice chairman of the com- mission. During the World War he visited Eu- rope in the capacity of overseas secre- tary of the Y. M. C. A, and in 1921 he served as technical adviser in cl of economic questions at the conference on the limitation of armament. He has been Minister to Rumania since MRS. BAILIE GOES ON TRIAL BY D. A. R. IN “BLACK LIST” CASE __ (Continued_from Pirst Page) _ “I deny the so-called list entitled ‘doubtful speakers’ is a publication which may be lawfully published or cir- culated among our members, by or on behalf of either the national organiza- tion or any of its subsidiary chapters, and I deny in giving the same to the press for public use that I was com- mitting any offense against the National Society of the Daughters of the Amer- fcan Revolution or violal my duty as a member, or that by so doing I was disturbing the peace and harmony of the society. On the contrary, I insist that in so doing { was avalling myself of my rights as a citizen and was per- forming a necessary service to an or- ganization composed of 165,000 women scattered over 48 States, national in its scope and quasi-public in its organiza- tion under act of Con, o Mrs. Bailie declared that she is a “Joyal member” of the organization, and that its real interests “are close to my heart.” She said that her attention was called to the existence of a so-called “doubtful speakers' " list in March, 1927, at a meeting of the chapter of which she Is a member, and that thereupon she investigated. Later, she continued, she had cor- respondence with State and national officers of the soclety and that she was “particularly disturbed by learning that Mrs. Brosseau, president general, was on the advisory rd of the Key Men of America” and was advised that other members of the organization had voiced similar protests without effect and that peace and harmony of the society had been disturbed by the unauthorized activities of the officers of our organ- ization.” “the Views on Pamphlet. Concernis 8 circulation of the hlet, | entitled ur Threatened Heritage," | Mrs. Baille insisted “the pamphlet is in | defense of the soclety and not against it and that its publication and eircula- W. S. CULBERTSON IS NAMED NEW AMBASSADOR TO CHILE RESCUE OF NOBILE PLANNED UNDER HIS RADIO DIRECTIONS __(Continued from First Page) | | | | | |search for the men in the ballocon part |of the Italia. Nobile reported that he had seen | the Italla drift to the eastward and | disappear after the cabin was torn off | by striking the polar ice cap. If this | group succeeded in landing without ac- | cident, they may have been able to re- sist the cold longer than the others since the balloon part of the Italia was well stocked with supplies. They | had neither radio nor nautical instru- | ments, however, although | flares which might be used to guide searching parties. Hope of bringing Nobile and his com- panions to safety seemed to depend on the ice-breakers or dog teams reaching them. Although there are five planes | now available, the ice in the vicinity is not sufficiently broken to permit them landing near Nobile. These { planes are the two piloted by Capt. * | Riiser-Larsen and Lieut. Luetzow Holm, | a Dornier-Wal seaplane with an Italian | expedition under Maj. Penzo, the | Swedish seaplane, Upland and the | Savoia S-55, piloted by Maj. Maddalena, which located Nobile. Used Ship’s Wireless. Maj. Maddalena used the wireless | ap) itus of the sealing ship Hobby (o |guide him to Nobile. Installing it in | his plane, he made a number of tests at Kings Bay and finding that it | functioned perfectly as a guide set off |in search of Nobile. He passed over | Nobile's camp once without seeing him. | As a result of signals, however, he returned to the spot and saw five per- | sons clearly. It was thought that the ! sixth member of the Nobile party was | un@er mv:r ssn;[e one of the men has | & broken leg. He dropped 650 pounds i of food and supplies to them by means of parachutes. The supplies included spirit lamps, rubber coats, gloves and guns. SWEDES TO SEND PLANES. William 8. Culbertson, above, who has been named Ambassador to Chile to succeed William M. Collier, below, who has resigned. ‘Onoll'mmcn-myl'A“ to Land on Ice. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 21 (#). —A Swedish relief expedition consisting of four planes, one of which is equipped with lane wheels, will fly in a squad- ron today for the camp of Gen. Um- berto Nobile on the ice north of Spitz- be;rm it is possible the machine equi with wheels will land on the u::q i FRANCE TO AID SEARCH. April 28, 1025, and it is said at the! State Department that his signal abil- ity and general knowledge of Latin | American affairs naturally led to his promotion to ambassadorial grade at the Chilean capital tion was made necessary by the acts of the officers who persisted, in spite of protest, in acts detrimental to the soclety and which acts it was my right, as & member and as ‘a_citizen, to criticize in good faith as I did.” Her «attorney, Mr. Brooks, said the main question at issue was “whether a member of the Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution has a right to criticize the policy or any of the officers” and that free speech was at stake. Mr. Alger said it was a question if | the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion will go from the blacklist to the blackjack in this case and declared that “the future of the Daughters of the American ution will stand or fall by what m on this issue.” Court Action Not Discussed. Mr. Alger said that he wil]l exhaust his remedles within the cmuon itself and declined today to d! the probability of court action in the case. He ted out that should the decision of the board be against his client, she may appeal to_the next Continental Congress of the Daughters o fthe Amer- ican Revolution, Mrs. MacFarland, who is accused also by members of the soclety, could not be located in the city this morning. FIERCE BATTLE RAGING WITH MEXICAN REBELS Federal Force of 118 Holding Off 1,000 Insurgents—Commanding Officer Killed. By the Associated Press. GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, Spitzbergen. PARIS, June 21 (#).—The French ministry of marine has ordered the cruiser Strasbourg and the dispatch boat Quentin Roosevelt to go to Spits- bergen immediately to help in the search for Roald Amundsen, now miss- ing in the French relief plane, piloted e Strasbourg is taking on su at Cherbourg and will leave ah?nul'yl whu;. r(:he Quemin‘leev!lL which is on ery tection service, al Enok T T MAY ATTEMPT RESCUE TODAY. London Hears Italian Flyer Is Plan- ning Flight. LONDON, June 21 (#).—An change Telegraph dispatch Cope: n says that Maj. Umberto Maddalena, who dropped provisions to Gen. Umberto Nobile and his party yes- terday, intends to make an attempt to rescue them from the polar ice with his plane today. fiy to the place are Ex- from Maj. Maddalena will where Nobile and five companions encamped. He will drop smoke bombs to them and the m: men Wwill use these to indicate the likeliest place for him to land. Then the Italian fiyer will try to come down on the ice and take them off. WILKINS NOT ALARMED. Polar Explorer So Expresses Himsell About Amundsen. OSLO, Norway, June 21 (#).—The they had | June 21.—Advices from Atotonilco w<|‘ day said that a flerce battle was raging | between 118 Federal soldiers and more | than 1,000 insurgents at Las Huertas. | Federal forces were holding off the | insurgents and reinforcements were | being rushed to the scene. The com- | manding officer was killed and two offi- | cers were wounded. Numerous insur-| polar fiyers, Capt. Sir George H. Wil- kins and Carl B. Elelson, who arrived at Bergen last night, expressed no anxiety when informed that nothing had been heard of Amundsen since he started from Tromsoe. A telegram to the Aftenposten from Kings Bay sald it was thought that Amundsen might have flown to Franz Josef Land. gents also were wounded. Trace Noxious Repeated complaints from residents of Cleveland Park of a strong odor of illuminating gas In the vicinity of | Thirty-fifth and Garfleld streets today led keen-nosed inspectors, not to a leaky gas main, but to innocent- looking flower bed. The complaints were so persiatent that the Public Utilities Commission sent E. G. Runyon, District inspector of gas and meters, to make a personal invest! fon. The Georgetown Gas Light Co. sent a crew out to inspect the mains and this crew dug holes in the street many different places to find the leak. They reported no leaks ! but still the odor persisted. Finally one of the experts noticed | that the odor was especlally strong around a flower bed at Thirty-fifth and Garfield streets. It was found that the residue from the g the place from Fort The gompound known as “anen lant brought to Searchers for Leaking Gas Mains | soill, Mr. Runyon reported to the Public soil had been fertilized with a chemical | o | ——— MANTELL CRITICALLY ILL. Tragedian Is Suffering From Com- Odol‘ to Flower Bed' plication of Diseases, | ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N. J, June the lime i used to remove impurities 31 “P-~—=The condition of Robert Bruce from the illuminating gas during the | Mantell, noted tragedian, who has been g‘l;nen of mml;c‘tm The ‘l’lflwl ‘sllgs suffering from a complication of discases A strong r rogen L o as it disintegrates. ~The material is ::' ’:Z"';’ months, was sald today to used at Fort Myer to mix with manure | be critical. as l‘mellll :at :eepll:‘x‘;w\y flles. ;rnr | Mantell with his wife, Mrs. Genevieve fertilizer, mixed w e compound, it | Hampton Mantell, and their son Bruce, o e ey, Drought fo WS- o student in a Detrolt university, are The compound, aside from its odor, | At their home here. is harmless, it was reported by the in. ——— e spectors, d seems to be effective as a | FA‘LS TO FORM CABINET. fertllizer as well as an insect repeller. | The shrubbery and flowers grown in the Mueller, Socialist, Tells President Hindenburg of Difficulties. BERLIN, June 31 (#®.-—Herman Tueller, al Utllitles Commission today, are “very luxuriant, but the odor is rank.” | ‘This is not the flrst complaint of the same kind recelved by the Publio Utili- | tles Commission, it was stated today Incomplete Returns Indicate Constitutional Amend- ments Approved. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., June 21.—Unoffi- jcial tabulation of Tuesday's balloting for the proposed amendments to the State constitution, representative of what State officlals estimate to be one- half of the 100,000 votes polled, in cated today the ratification by the peo- ple of the Old Dominion of all of the five_proposals advocated by Gov. Harry F. Byrd in his “governmental reform program.” Slowly trickling in over circuits still {somewhat inarticulate from Tuesday's | Statewide electrical disturbance, returns i from all parts of Virginia indicate that the first reports as announccd by the { Associated Press have changed slightly |0 far as ratio is concerned. Probably 2 week will be required to determine the actual vote on the amendments, officials said ! ay. | . In the light of composite tabulations in which newspapers, the Associated | Press and Gov. Byrd figure, it appeared | that the amendments have carried by at least 12,000 votes, with most of the op- position, as advocates expected, focused upon the three short amendment ballots. Officials returns in the eighth con- gressionel district follow: Alexandria— No.5 .llio. | Arlington County: §oRe T, | | : against, ; aainst, g Farquier Count: No. Dnwns taw— gc 9022020 Louisa_Couni: No. | N No. a_C i : from the State Democratic convemtion s: SCHMUTTE LEADS OPEN GOLF FIELD WITH CARD OF 71 (Continued from Pirst Page.) : 553 343 444, with two birdies holes one over n l Louis amateur, reached the clubhouse in 40 for an 81. Cruiser and Dispatch Boat Ordered to ‘ for Armour of W The honor of set . C. the pace | big international fiel i of 144 went to They teed off at ‘Chick Evans, Chicago amateur veter- an and former title holder, also had trouble fi;m‘ started, taking a 6 and ;oi-nm (d first t:‘(;dllmle& He sottled an les on th and eighth for a 38. e e o French Finds Trouble. t French of Scuthern Pines found lots of trouble and turned for home in 43. Prancis Gallett of Mil- waukee was only 1 stroke better with 42, Rudy Knepper, Chicago ama Scores of today’s first round o Bill Leach, Phu.delphh,m“m’”—&&-l-ouo;l “Pr'v'g Morrison, Los Angeles, 36— George Christ. Rochester, 38—40—18. I o, BT —40—8! 3 . Manion, St. Lot Billy Burke, New York. S Ly Houston, 39—38— y, Hollywood, 40—37 Jack Henry, St. Paul. 39—38—7 —:6 A. Armour, Washington, 41—39 Charles H. Rowe, Pit/ —81 tsburgh, 43—38 gfiigk Drout. To 41— 9. tt, Milwaukee, 42—36—718 41 iarold McSpaden, Kansas T J. Monm Hunter, - . ‘ ter, Washington, 41 Prank Walsh, Milwaukee, 36—38—14, ch:‘rleu R. Sheppard, Alameda, 44— Tom Kerrigan, New York, 42—36—18. Mike Turnesa, New York, 41—39-—80 chvo Sutherland, St. Louis, 38—43— Jack Gordon, Buffalo, 403979 Perry Del Vecchie, Pit P Pittsburgh, Charles Evans. Chicago, 38377 G«)‘m Underwood, lamsbdurgh, geTitott Whitbread, St. Louls, 46—40— nhnme!( French, Southern Pines, 43— “V:E\:}m Eldred, Olean, N. Y. 43— 79, Charles Evans, Chicago, 3839 Leonard Schmutte, Lima, 36—35-—71. Horton Smith, Joplin, 35—37--172 goTTRddle McLeod, Washington, 37— flwu‘ue Hunter, Los Angeles, 3835 v P _xl's)flumon Schute, Cleveland, 38 - Ruddy Knepper. Chicago, 40—41-—81 Marry Cooper, Buffalo, 38--39--77. POWDER PLANT BLASTED. Four Watchmen Escape Heavy Pennsylvania Explosion. ALLENTOWN, Pa, June 31 (#--No | casualties were reported in the explo- sion at the Trojan powder plant, north of heve, early today. Two years ago this month a similar | cent von m&::lm from Second and B streets | & cabinet on ast was traced to a flower bed in | returned his comn yard of a United States Senator. [of the impessibility of H . had obtained his fertilizer from | various paghy interests under Fort Myer, shun 4 Four men, all watchmen, who were at