Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1928, Page 2

2 NEW CHILOREN'S HOME 1S PLANNED Structure to Cost $50,000 Will Take Place of Pres- sent Institution. The Chiidren's Country Home is to have a new establishment that will b2 built at a cost of $50,000, it was an- nounced today. The site was not made publig, but is was said that the institution is exe pected to be partly completed by Fall, and the present home, on a six-acre ract on Grant road. in Rock Creck is ve sold and the proceeds ned in toward the new institution. s were made known through of the | y in- | i conva- | le for the proj- | er the gement. now | he home will be kept| vear, instead of through monpths, as at present. | s t from the board n con- | nection with the project said: “The | H U h its medical has long fe onvalescent children home is respons 1 { n unable in homes could not b2 has just opened for the to contl through s September. Thirty chiidren, nended to the home board by charitabl> organtzations and rivate practitioners. can bs accommo- in the present quarters. ted to La | mitted. A trained nu nts, is in charge and child special- | of this city donate their services 1so the home continues to care for | ards through the Winter, and proper food. where favorable. o plan the home will | children during the year ald in raising funds for the new \ructure the home will co-operate with | = Children's Hospital, the Child Wel- | fare Society and another charitable or- | the conduct of a “gift| nning next Fall. Various ar- | s will be piaced on sale in the shop. | 2e procecds to go to the participating | organizations. REQUESTS QUASHING OF SLANDER SUIT| Ccuzens Files Reply to $500,000 | Ding Case by Citing Congressional Immaunity. From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. Senator, Couzens of Michigan today ested ths District Supreme Court quash the service of a summons on him in the $500,000 against him June 4 by Howe P. Coch- ran, tax eéxpert. Through Attorneys Joseph E. Davies, Franklin D. Jones and Raymond Beebe. the Senator say. that the summons. issued and served June 4 and that the s>ventieth ssugon;n‘ Congre FIREWORKS BLAST AT PLANT KILLS 4w auze of Explosion, in Which Em-| delphia. ployes Lose Lives, Is Undetermined. By the Assosiated Press THOMPSONVILLE, Conn., June 26.— Four employes were killed today when & building owned by the New England | Fireworks Manufacturing Co., on Brain- ard road. blew up. Other employes claimed there was a | fifth man In the party near the shed Officials were checking | One man said he saw an automobile | containing three boys and two men | drive up toward the buflding shortly | before the explosion. i The known dead are: Joseph Anzal- | lotti, 14 years old; his brother John, 11: | Rosario Sarno, 45 years old, and Wil- | liam Dorenki, 19 years old The cause of the explosion has not | been determined. She Has 98 G;‘ndchi]dren. Mrs. Sarah Bromley, who recently| eciebrated her nin-ty-second birthday versary at Harsmonden, England, married 16, and has now 98 c and 77 great-grandchil- ? of her 14 children are v.hac»mw, “n being 72 and the er 50 hildre BAND CONCERTS. t section of the United Bana, at Tuberculosis Fourteenth and Upshur 7:30_tonight “Gate City Weldon | -, “Poet and Peasant”....Suppe Slow orm” . Lincke s from “The Fortune Teller,” | Herbert | tz, “Wedding of the Winds”... Hall Characteristic, “By the Bwanee | River” .......Myddleton | Ba ; .- Luiginy the United States Navy Band, at| 1 Theater, Mopument grounds,| ight March tor Herbert” Overture, “The Magic Flute” “Shadow Dence” ‘rom opers “Dinors Meyerbeer and War Masch and Battle from * : 30 Carr | Mozart Wagner | Ta Julve Halvey Valse Philip of Melodies—“Bits of ) Other Day:”...Benter-Alford | trom the musica comedy, | 4 Stuart Safranck | gled Banner." Boldiers’ Home the bandstand “Old Ironsices Mungarian Overture Losey “Caokenny Keler-Bele Turkey in the Straw Bellstedt ) trom the opera 30unod popular “Is It Possi Wood Concert The Beautitul | Reglmenta 1k lne Blar Spaugied Banner | Work today canceled his regular morn- {Coroner’s Jury Absolvesi |left turn from Benning road into_the l | | the | ably | AMERICANS’ KIDNAPERS HOOVER LISTENS AS DEMOCRATS OPEN CONVENTION AT HOUSTON Party Leaders Confer With Nominee, but All Decline to Break Onto nt Fro { | | | Secretary Hoover, Republican nomi- | nee for President, propped the door to | | his office open th's aftsrnoon and ‘ent | | an attentive ear to the bussing of the | presidential bees at the Democratic | ::n;p at Houston, as reproduced by the die. Although he did not allow the noise | of the loud speaker to divert him se- | riously from his customary routine as | the presidential nominee and Secretary of Commerce, he paused frequently to | listen in on the opening of the con- vention by the opposing political forc- es_in the Texas city. To observers it was plain that Hoover was just as interested in the of the Democrats as he had been in the activities of the convention which chose him as the Republican standard bearer. Give Up Front Pages. Hoover and his party lsaders are only 00 willing to drop out of the lime- light for a few days and grant to the Democrats the full attention of the press. The Secretary's assistants an- nounced that newspaper men could ex- pect little news at Hoover's office during the Houston convention, and Chairman Work of the Republican national com- mittee added that he thought that it would be the courteous thing to let the Democrats have their fling on the front pages. In accordance with this policy. Dr. ing conference with newspaper men and tusied himself with departmental rou- | tine at his office in the Interior Build- | THE EVE pagcs. at Republican headquar- ters took antage of the lull in cf- ficial activitlas to begin the transier of national campaign offiees from the Muns2y Building to th2 new Barr Build- ing, on the west side of Farragut square. An entire floor of this building has been leased for the campaign. Hoover's morning was given a politi- cal flavor by the visits of several prom- inent Republicans, including Senator James T. Robinson of Indiana, James W. Good. who has becn offered the Western managsment of th> Hoover- Curtis campaign; Walter Brown, As- sistant Secretary of Commerce; Willlam H. Hill, pre-convention Hoover managar in New York State, and Senator Reed Smoot of UL Predicts Sweeping Vietory. Senator Robinson came out of Hoo- ver's office with a prediction that the Republican ticket wiil “swoep the coun- try next November, and carry Indiana by at least 150,000 majority.” “Herbert Hcover is one of the best ualified men ever nominated for Presi- ent,” Senator Robinson said. “His great record of achievement is such as to inspire every man and woman and child in America. His wide experience has given him an iniimate knowledgs of government from cvery viewpoint. “He understands thoroughly the ur- gent need for constructive farm relief in this country, and I am confident he will co-operate to th: ful etxent of his ability in bringing about en effective soluticn of th2 agricutural problem.” ing. Atta DEATH OF SHERIFF 1S HELD AGCIDENT A I Railwaymen Fcllowing Fatal Crash on Benning Road. A verdict of accidental death was returned by a coroner's jury today at an inquest at the District morgue into the death of Philip Sheriff, 62 years old, 5334 Colorado avenue. who was instant- ly killed yesierday when his truck was struck by a one-man street car, knocked 75 feet and then struck a sscond car going in an opposite direction. Sheriff, who owned a farm on Ben- road northeast, was mi a vate driveway in front of 3448 Ben- road, when the truck was struck car operated by Motorman W. H. of Seat Pleasant, Md. Rev. H. H_Ste . Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. REPORTED SURROUNDED Mexican Troops Concentrated in Hopes of Rescuing Mitchell and Hooper Without Ransom. By the Associated Press | GUADALAJARA, Jalisco, Mex., June | 26.—Col. Bobadilla, chief of staff of the military commandant, announ today that the insurgents who kid- gwgped the American men, H { | | | . H. Mitchell and John P. Hooper, had peen located ac El Salvador, near Tequlla Troops were concentrated in the district and today were throwing a cor- | don around it. 1t was hoped they would be able to 1escue the prisoners without paying the $1,500 ransom demanded. SHOE-BILL STORK, RARE BIRD OF SUDAN. JOINS Z Gift of Chrysler Believed Last| of Kind Which Will Come to | United States. } Native to Swamps of Africa Lives on Fish Alone, Swal- lowing Them Whole. one of the rarest and most costly birds in the rld, was | added to the collection at the Natlonal Zoological Perk yesterday. | bird camé to the Zoo as a gift trom Walter P Chrysler of Detroit and | was accompanied from New York by lli special attendant. It is probably the 1ast bird of this species which ever will | come to the United States, according to | Dr. Wililam M. Mann, Zoo director. | The shoe bill—also known as the whalehead and the aboy-markub— stands ahout 4 feet high and has a bill about the size and sha of u large wooden shoe, It 1s entirely a fish eater. | gobbling down whole fish one after the | Jher. On its trip from Africa it con- | sumed nearly 100 pounds of fish | Oniy one of these birés has been seen pefore in Washington and only two in | the United Slates. One was brought back from West Africa two years ago | by the Smithsonian-Chrysler expedi- | | tion, but died after about & year in cap- tivity The value of these birds is estimated | wooul $3000 each but it is Almost impossible to obtalg them at any price The e DO ‘rl?/ three small flocks | whabiting Ui remotes swamps of the Sudau. The Budanese government has | A shoe-bill stork, : PROCTOR ANALYSIS ' Embaiming .| an envzlope among Proctor’s effects at Killed in Crash NG STAR, REVALUATION SEEN FOR TRAGTION LINES Action Would Forestall Fare Increace From One to Two Ycars. 1 Th2 Public Utllitiss Commission may undertake to revaiue the property of the Capital Traction Co. before con- | sidering its demand for a_higher farc, which would have the effecc of fore- stalling the increase for one or two years, This appeared as a possibility today following an executive meeting of the commission yesterday afternoon, at which the higher fare application and | its related problems were canvassed for the second time. While the commission | egain falled to reach a definite decision | on any of the questions, a tentative outlina of the program considered in- | dicates serious thought is being given to a revaluation. In fact, it was agreed that the Court of Appeals’ decision in the Capital Traction Co. valuation case of 1925, fixing the value at $26,000,000, does not stop the commission from revaluing, in view of the request for an increased fare. This is possible, it was pointed out, under the law passed by the last, Congress because the commission is au- thorized to ass»ss the company for the cost of valuation. The tentative program discussed by | the commission contemplates a pre-| liminary public hearing at which the. company could present its case and :\L} which objections to the proposed in-| creas could be heard, followinz which revaluation would be started. If this procedure is followed the ccmpany | could try to sue out an injunction to prevent the commission from revaluing. or a mandamus to reauire it to permit the fare increass while the valuation is in progress, but the commission, it was said. felt that such a course would merely complicat: and further delay the company in obtaining a higher fare. The commission will meet again to- morrow afternoon to discuss for the third time ths company’s avplication and the allied problems. Indications are thit a refinite decision will be reach>d on the program it proposss to follow, Trade Board Studies Fare. The Federal Bureau of Efficiency and | the Washington Board of Trade also! turned their attention to public utility affairs today. ‘The former initiated its contemplated investigation of the transit unification PHILLIP H. SHERIFF. TEDOUSFROGESS Fluid Makes| Problem of Finding Stomach Contents Difficult. The investigation of the suicide at- tempt of Jonn Cline Proctor, executed with two others last PFriday for the slaying of Policeman Leo W. K. Busch, centered 2gain today in the office of the District chemist, Aubrey V. Fuller, who s making an analysis of the con- tents of Proctor's stomach. Analysis of several tablets found in th jail wes completed today and the District chemist submitted his offictal t to Inspector Henry Q. Pratt, f of detectives, showing that the tablets were aspirin and a sleep-pro- ducing drug, as was indicated yester- day. The analysis of the contents of the stomach, however, is meeting with un- expected obstacles. The presence of a powerful embalming fluld, composed largely of torma!dehyde and aluminum sulphate, in addition to an almost countless number of organic chemicals, has complicated the analysis. Separa- tion of this complex aggregate into parts which will show definite chemical reactions for the drugs sought is prov- ing a long and tedious process. It is regarded as likely today that no action will be taken by the police if it is found that the drug was smug- led to Proctor by his friends. Exam- ticn of the legal codes, it is said, has disclcsed no law which has been violated. The drug is not covered by the narcotic laws and there is no law agalnst the smuggling of medicines to prisoners. This entirely a matter of jail regulation, according to the police. Although the police have been work- ing orlled‘ {-.nul:kelory Ll’:l the dr\; \;lu sm , they also are considering th:“l‘uory that Proctor obtained the drug over lon7 periods from the prison physiclans and hoarded it in a desper- ate effort to cheat the electric chair. 00 FAMILY Star Staft Photo, rigid laws for their protection and will allow one 1o b taken out of the coun- iry only for & recognized government wo, “The shoe-bill was placed in a speclal cage in the new bird hous: which had been planned for its predecessor. The first moved into the new Phn. while the Board of "Trade directed ts committee on public utilities to make a thorough study ef the Capital Trac- tion Co. need for an increased fare. The Efficiency Bureau's inauiry will be entirely separate and independent of the study to b> made of the merger scheme by Dr. Milo R. Maltbie for the Senate District committee. Dr. Maltbie, a New York traction valuation expert, is expected to arrive in Washington this week end prepare for the task of jolidated company. Efficiency Bureau Work. Paul Rapp, an investigator for the Efficiency Bureau, has been assigned to the work by his agency, and he con- ferred for some time today with Earl V. Fisher, executive secretary of the Public Utilitles Commission, gathering all available data relating to the merger | proceedings bsfore the commission. A transcript of the merger hearings con- ducted by the commissioner, as well as all other file records concerning the merger, were turned over to Rapp. The utilities committee of the Board of Trade, which is to study the higher | street car fare question, is headed by Jesse C. Adkins. FOES NOW EXPECT SMITH NOMINATION ON EARLY BALLOT tops when their crews took their places | stripped for action. They manned their battery of movie Alm fum and searchlights with collars off, sieeves rolled up. shirts open, nand- kerchiefs bcund about their foreheads | to keep rolling perspiration out of their eyes In idie moments they used their powerful cameras to look the ladles over. An hour before the noon convening time a small advance guard of the con- vention army had mustered in the gal- lerfes and on _the convention floor, and two bands, placed opposite each other in the north and south bleachers, played alternately. A little later another spe- cial Texas convention jazz com| A which called itself “The Old Gray Mare Band,” circled the wide outer aisle sur- mumlln,I the delegate section, dressed as red-shirted cowboys, playing the tune for which it was named. and headed by a cowgirl leader, riding astride the old gray mare herself. Horse and rider fot a bigger hand from the assembling crowds than either the band or Its music. Among the first of the distinguished guests to come into the reserved section on the convention platform was Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. She entered, accom- panied by Mrs. Jesse Jones, wife of the Houston publisher and banker who ug- set a lot of political dope buckets by bringing_this convention to his home town. They sat down together, un- noticed by the assembling crowds. In a short, straight-line goorgette gown of deep violet, shading into lighter tones in the collar-scarf and sleeves, Mrs, Wilson looked her youngest. Her waving, graying hair was almost hidden by a youthfully snug, deep violet felt hat with a tiny brim. Her only ]awurx was a long single strand of pearls. tiny black fan served the double pur- pose of cooling her flushed cheeks and warding off photographers. The first woman delegates to take | their places on the floor were Mrs. Alice Moss Ferris of Laddonia, Mo, in the late Champ Clark’s district, and Miss. Tess Neff. an alternate from St Charles, Mo. They seated themselves under the Missouri standard surrounded by a squad of photographers who had come down from their high perch to scout about for close-ups. Soon after 11:30 o'clock Franklin D Roosevelt came 1in, also unrecognized by most of those about him. Leaning on the arm of his tall, young son, El- lott, the floor leader of the Smith forces made his way along the front of the platform and to his seat In the New York delegation in the center. He was beaming with the joy of political activity and the fact that he could now walk with the ald of a cane and his son's arm, where four years ago ne fought his way to the platform in Madison Square Oarden to nominate Smith only with two crutches and a grim fighting spirit to override his phys- foal handicaps. Eight years ago, on the opening day of the Democratic convention in 8an Francisco, it was Roosevelt, big. husky and voung, who fought most of the New York delegation to bring the State standard into the Wilson demonstra- tion. The San Franclsco convention nominated him for Vice President. Suhsequently he was stricken with in- fantile paralysis, Mrs. Marshall Arrives, A constantly growing group gathered about Roosevelt as he took his seat under the New York bannes That chalr was to be through the convention the post of command of the Smith ma- i Jority, Dressed entirely in black and cooling hersell with a black fan, Mrs Thomas R, Marshall, widow of the war-time bird houss erdey. Dr sald wa the suphur-crestod kit loo, which has beep i the Zoo morelian 30 ¥ and 1s the oldest of all the ex- binits. Viee President. took her place with the | Indlana deley on s delegate at large. !8he told Inquirers that her Btate was for Woollen “on all ballots,” but when asked who likely would be nominated WASHINGTON, D. | Officar Was Convicted of Vio- xing a fair valuation on the transit it i nroperties to go into the proposed con- | Resignation Accepted l: CAPT. J. LELAND BASS, Selfridge Field quartermaster officer, ac- ceptance of whose resignation by the President “for the good of the service” was made public today. Liquor, found in a shipment of Capt. Bass’ houschold goods some months ago, led to a court- martial. He denied all knowledge of the contraband. —Wide World Photo. BASS RESIGNATION lating Army Rule, Following Liquor Seizure. The resignation of Capt. J. Leland Bass, Quartermaster Corps, stationed at Seclfridge Field, Mich, was accepted today by the President “for the good of the service.” Prohibition officers in recent months found liquor in a ship- ment of household goods Capt. Bass sent from Chicago to Selfridge Field. Capt. Bass was tried last Winter by court-martial on charges of violating the ninety-fifth article of war, conduct unbecoming an officer and found gullty on 4 of 10 counts. The findings of the court, however, have never been officially presented to the War Department for action, it was said today. Capt. Bass was a veteran ears’ . At his trial he pleaded that the liquor, which was from Government supplies, had been placed In his household effects by some one else and that he knew nothing of | The officer gained recognition dur- ing the World War and was known as “the Admiral of the Rhine" because| he commanded boat transportation in | Germany after the war. Bass is from the District of Columbia and Cavalry from June, 1899, to June, 1916. During the World War he served first as a first lieutenant in the Illinols National Guard and then as a major of Field Artillery, National Army. In July, 1920, he was appointed oap! in the Quartermaster Corps of the Regular Army. for Vice President, she replied with “ twinkle, “Woollen.” Two others who were famous figures in the Wilsonian war-time Washington regime, Joseph P. Tumulty, the war President's private secretary, and Ad- miral Carv T. Gi physi- clan to Wilson through his eight years in the White House, walked together among the delegates greeting old | nds. ‘The pand played “Dixie® and from throughout the now half-filled hall rose fl“h.'let and feeling chorus of Rebel vells. There was a cheer in the convention when, just at the hour set for con-~ vening, the California delegation un- furled a large banner, announcing that California was for “AL"” The New York governor’s picturs was in the center of the banner. “We Are for AL" As they shouted “We are for AL" *We are for Al" the delegates from the State of Herbert Hoover, the Republican presidential nominee, removed the plain standard bearing the word California to guide the delegates to thelr right Elm in the convention and put the ig blue silk banner in its place. ‘The convention was late getting un- der way, while Chairman Shaver of the national committee conferred with other leaders regarding the program. The delegates circulated around in the great- est confusion and apparently impatient for the great Democratic show to get under way, Five minutes past the hour . TUESDAY, JUNE 26, set for the convening all the seats on the floor were Alle and the alsles were packed and jammed with a jos- tling, moving crowd, but the galleries were nowhere near filled. Just before noon, John W. Davis, who was nominated for President on the 103d ballot at Madison Square Garden four years ago, edged his way through the slow-moving crowd massed before the platform to his place with the New York delegation. He paused for ? moment to greet Josephus Daniels, o delegate from North = A ch;erkwmt;p as “Jimmy" Walker, ew York's pper mayor, pushed through the crowd to the gfln State section. It was a little after the noon hour, but Walker found that he wasn't late. With him arrived Van Namee, who was on hand to watch develop- ments, although he is not a delegate. | Shaver Raps Gavel. At 12:12 p.m,, Chairman Shaver step- ped up in front of the silver “mike” ana began to hammer with nis gavel the three.inch plank d beside the speaker's stand, at the extreme tront of the little flag-draped pler. He had no luek, for the hall nm‘fmd anything but orderly as dnllfl:lfl greeted delegate and thousands of late spectators were shown to their pl in the bleachors. Even a real granddaddy gavel, three times as large as the one first used by the chairman, and big enough to be ignified by the name of mallot without indulging in a figure of speech, falled for a time to get results. Then, as the little gray-haired, gray-suited head of the national committee iaunchad Into a tattoo and a convention band placed on the floor down in front of the chair- man blew “attention,” the babble of talk began to dle out slowly. A bespectacled, white-bearded, red- necktied guest In the front row on the platform behind the chalrman t without success to hel h{ shouting “slence” at the top of volce, WAS Nicholas M. Bell of 8t. Louls. He got some attention but no order. Finally Chairman Shaver got silence lg' bringing to the front of the platform ishop S. R. Hay of the thodist Episcopal Church South, who n nounced the opening invocation. le thy delegates and spectators atood and A battery of blinding Yhomph-u' Ughts played on little platform group, the bishop prayed that Divine wisdom should guide the declsion of convention and finished by asking that the sudiengg join with him in the Lord's Prayer, Mrs. Smith Eoters. Just as the conventlon was opening Mrs. Alfred E. Smitl entered by a side door almost unnotfad, and was os- corted to a front box on the left, about half way back She was an or Secretary of the Navy and a |y Carolina. 1928, GERMANY PLEDED TORELLOGGPLAN First Act of New Foreign Minister Will Be Ap- proval of Pact. DY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. § Radlo to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1938, BERLIN, June 26.—The first act of the new German minister of foreign affairs, whoever he may be, will be to answer the new Kellogg proposal con- cerning outlawry of war, with a repe- tition of the statement that Germany | is ready to sign the American text im- mediately-and submit it to the Reiclia- tag for ratification. Although the German public is rather slow to understand the revolutionary nature and consequences of the Kellogg proposals, such papers as have com- mented give unconditional approval and German officials are entirely satisfied with it. Special praise is given Secre- tary Kellogg's authoritative interpreta- tion of questionable points, and what- ever may be the result of the treaty plan, the American Secretary of State’s reputation as a first-class legel author- ity is made in this country. Germans concede that French accept- ance of the plan would mean the sac- rifice by Prance of some formal rights. Certain minor clauses of the treaty of Versailles conceivably could be violated by Germany without France being able | to invoke casus belli and intervene with force. The German answer to this pos- sibility is, first, that they have not the slightest intention of underiaking such provocative acts, and, second, that under statutes of the League of Nations and under the Locarno treaties, France has rights of appeal and could causs provocatory measures to be revoked by peaceful means. German opinion concerning the French and British reception of the new note is somewhat doubtful, but tends to be optimistic, and German offictals would like to see the treaty signed and come into force before the League meets in September. FRANCE LIKELY TO SIGN. Kellogg Anti-War Pact Gains Reluc- tant Assent. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. hicazo i By Cable o e e 15 PARIS, June 26.— French opinion, both official and unofficial, now seems resigned, though reluctantly, to the probability that the muitilateral treaty oulawing war on the lines of Secretary Kellogg’s latest note will presently be signed by the 14 powers invited. Most commentators concede that Mr. Kellogg came as far as he could to- ward meeting French objections and say he was unable to be more specific because of his fear of raising objec- tions in the American Senate. The American phrase “recourse to war” means the same thing as the French “aggressive war,” it is declared: hence uuul;:wlllblnohlmrwuflk!mlhh point. Two objections remain in the Fren 1 mind, however. One concerns the ob- ligations of the signatories under th= covenant of the League of Nations. France wants a special rcservation on tain | this point. Kellogg simply answers that the League covenant does not ol sighatories to go to war. All of the League.do not accept interpretation ‘of the covenant and Prance herself helieves th: covenant Joes oblige members to make common 'ause against an aggressor. Hope for British Aid. What, it is asked, would be the sit- ity pact ‘atiacked ' hon-signatory a non-signa state n'fl‘ the League Cot common cause the This w(‘i outiawry treaty, yet it illustrates insistence on _stu blige TS an second make accepted words of the ble juridically bind- since e Hague Court has de- o that not the preamble but only the actual clauses of any treaty are binding. It is felt, therefore, that some further negotiation will be necessary. The French obviously hope that Great Britain will share their doubts on these two eum and seek a common solution. It remarked that the Kel- lon. isfled with the t Kellogg text, the shances are that France also will accept. JAPAN APPROVES TREATY. Foreign Office Spokesman Says His Country Supports. Plan. TOKIO, June 26 (#.—The foreign office spokesman today said that Japan was in complete accord with the latest roposal of Secretary reaty to outlaw war. The Koty dratt-after which a eply would . after which a reply wor be sent to America. The spokesman said the government believes the peace mx“nmuu document in history. He ad that Japan was grateful to the United States for having conceived a ms hich meant so much to uni- peace. ecru lace two-piece dress, a big black hat, with straw brim. She fanned her- self violently with a large magenta- colored { an, She sat bstween her secretary, Miss Rose Pedrick, who wore a printed crepe, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. John J. Glynn of New York, mrl.n‘( A navy blue dress and hat trimmed in bright blue flowers. The wife of the New York Governor chatted contentedly with those about her and looked on with quite evident interest as the convention proceedings got under way. The prayer finished. Miss Melvena Passmore of Houston led the crowd in he Star Spangled Banner,” “Ameri- ca" and then “Dixie.” As the last words died out. the hall rang with the first real cheering of the convention. Charles A Greathouse of Indiana, socretary of the Democratic national committee, then was presented to the convention, and he read the call for tha convention. The Democrats finally had settled down with most of the delegates in their seats awaiting the welcoming ad- dress by Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe of Houston, Given Big Huand. Thlm\z:;wu iven & big hand as he was introduced gy Chairman Shaver. Holcombe sald that for him to say a word of welcome would be superfluous as the city had shown its hospitall by bullding the great convention for the conventiol “We feel that the greatest honor has been bestowed upon us,” the mayor said. “I am satisfied that here in Houston the greatest plece of history in recent ars will be made and that is that he next President ot the United States will be nominated. C. 0. Dickinson of Missour! was rec- ognized by Shaver to move that the convention recess until 7:30 pm. and the motion prevatled. the convention quitting after being in session only 29 minutes and without naming its «tand- ing committee, such as thos» on plat- form, or dantials and rules, This maans that the platform commiiles cannot work before Iate tonight or carly WOITOW, - ot G- | Reported Killed l | i i | | { i i VINCENZO 'POMELLA. — —Wide Werld Photo. MEMBER OF ITALIA CREW IS _REPORTED KILLED IN ACCIDENT (Continued from First Page.) the ship, and next week the expeditions’ base will be moved eastward to Hin- lopen Strait, or perhaps even farther east or north. This would place the fiyers within 150 miles of Foyne Island and within easier striking distance of the marooned men. When the large Swedish and Italian | airplanes left Kings Bay on Sunday for Virgo Bay. everything was quiet in the little mining town. Shortly afterward, however, the town was thrown into ex- citement by reports that Gen. Nobile | had been saved and taken to Virgo Bay. | By chance a small fishing boat was | lying near the quay, and aboard thi | boat the correspondent for the Associ- ated Press left for the north. The mid- | night sun was beaming and the weather was clear, After six hours’ journey the eorremml arrived in Virgo Bay, at Dane d. Sheltered within the bay was the Citta di Milano, and close by was the plane of Maj. Maddalena. The Swedish supply ship Tanja was near_the coast, and near it were two Swedish es, in addition to a second Italian e. Describe Nobile Rescue. The correspondent was received aboard the Tanja cordially by the Swedish avi- ators and had a long chat with them. They told simply and lucidly = how Nobile's sescue was effected. On Saturday evening Capt. Tornberg, leader of the Swedish expedition, in his large Helnkler hydroairplane; Lieut. Lundborg in a small light Fokker, horsepower machine, equipped skils, and Lieut. Jacobsen, in another Heinkler machine, started on an ex- pedition to save Nobile and then to ' 450- with P. Behounek, Czechoslovakian meterolo- | gist, who also had been injured. | The planes landed near Hinlopen | Strait, where they renewed their line supply from stores established 8.';7;' {and then proceeded, directed to the camp by wireless, sinceit had been | found on previous flights that it would | be impossible to see ths camp if visual | directions only were used. From the air Lieut. Lundborg discov- on_the ice plain suring 300 yards yards and on this plain made a skillful landing close to the little red tent in which the | pick up Natale Ceccioni, the motor chief, | or whose leg had been broken, and Prof. SEEK EXTORTIONIST IN DEATH OF YOUTH Chicago Father and Police Hunt Writer of $50,000 De- mand for Harvard Student. 8y the Associated Press CHICAGO, June 26.—Nettleton Neff, Chicago capitalist, revealed today that he is co-operating with Boston police |in a search for an extortionist who at- tempted to take advantage of the dis- appearance of Mr. Nefl's son, Willlam ‘Wayne Neff, a junior at Harvard, whose | body was found hanging from a tree near Stonington, Mass.,, two weeks. aft- | er he had disappeared. The youth ap- parently had taken his own life. When Mr. Neft returned to Chicago | last week, he said he found two letters | awaiting him, one demanding $50,000 | for his son’s ransom and the second de- claring that his failure to meet this demand had resulted in his son’s death. The first letter was postmarked at Bos- ton, June 17, the day the body was found. Mr. Neff said he was convinced the letters were sent by some one at- tempting to take advantage of the youth’s disappearance. Neff was asked to appear at State and Washington streets, Boston, last Sunday, bringing with him a box con- taining the money. Then followed in- structions for taking the money to & ! place where it was to be left. The sec- ond letter, postmarked June 18 from Boston, said the kidnapers had plan- ned to until July 4, but had “tired of waiting” and had killed the youth. It also referred to three previous threat- ening letters which Mr. Nefl sald ne had not received. : PRESIDENT TRIE 10 PADDLE GANOE Proves a Bit Awkward on First Attempt—Guide Gives Lesson. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CEDAR ISLAND LODGE, Brule River, Wis., June 26.—There is not the slight- est doubt about President Coolidge hav- ing caught the real spirit of the great outdoors since he has been playing around up here in the North Woods. He wants to be out in the open all the time and engaged in some occupation He has added paddling a canoe to his diversicns, and, according to a hint he this as “he carefully eyed a clump of young ash trees, he will soon be wielding the ax. He is Nobile party has been living for the companions, h2 had shared 30 days of prization and hardships. Meanwhile, the other two Swedish deeply when he had to leave his com: Nobile Has Long Beard. After the month on the ice the gen- eral had a long, biack beard, and cheeks were hollow, while he was in- | capacitated by his broken leg. Having saved Nobile, Lieut. Lundborg desired to start out again to rescue the rest of the party. He intended to bring the Itallans one by one to the base ship Quest, but on his second landing close o the Nobile camp his plane turned over, and his skis were smashed. the flyers tracks on the ice, indicating that there were bears in the neighborhood, and later they learned that the marooned men had succeeded in shooting several bears for provisions. (The above dispatch contains no mention of the rted rescue of Natall Ceccloni, the Italla’s motor chief. No confirmation of this rescue has been received.) SECOND RESCUE DENIED. Saving of Ceccioni Declared to Be Un- founded. of the dirigible Italia, had been from the Nobile camp off Northeast v to be unfounded. No confirmation of the report could be obtained from Spitzbergen and it ap- peared that an error in transmission of a me was responsible for the er- roneous Information. PLAN AMUNDSEN SEARCH. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 26 (@.—Private concerns in Norway are preparing to send a small Arctic to se for Roald Amundsen, lost with five companions in a French sea- plane. The ship which is now lying at Allesund, Norway, will seek them be- tween the Norweglan coast and the ROME, June 26 (#).—Yesterday's re- | Having decided again port that Natale Ceccloni, motor chief | executive office in Su . he rescued i Tendtig FHHTE 3 g i ot 1) L T finished, which will be within a O‘;ne:nhuum paddled { t jor & very brief spell this morning and fished long h to add two or three luscious trout to the mess the Summer Whil couple not to bundle of newspapers which arrived with the morning’s mail. Little Interest in Politics. Little interest was shown by Mr Coolidge in the opening of the Demo- cratic national convention. This is not hen it is recalled that he made it apparent during the an con vention that he was not lally in- . Not once did he tune in his terested. radio for the Kansas City conclave, and no one expects him to tune in on the Democrats. this_moming experi- eastern part of mub-nvn"u K e searching party probal clude the Arctic explorer D-pl’.‘“o«o Sverdrup and Mayor ggeve, who was a member of Capt. Scott's Antarctic expedition. URGES CLOSER LIN‘K OF PRESS AND POLICE Schenectady Official Addresses In- ternational Association of Chiefs at ¢ orado Springs. By the Atsotiated Press. and the poll llllam H, Funston, chief lice at Schenectady, N. Y. in an address before the convention of the International _Assoclation of Police Chiefs here today. Funston extolled the steps &o"M ©0- operation between theso bodles. “The press and the police have a com- mon atm-—the public weal," he said. COMMITTEEMAN ELECTED. HOUSTON, Tex, June 26 (#.--J. W. Reynolds of Oreston was named Demo- cratic national committeeman from lowa at a caucus of that tion defeating Clyde L. Herrl of Moines, present mitteeman. after a A R Vietory p . by Wilbur warm Re; " oo, Mrs. Coolidge enced the fun of pulling “Tiny Tim the red chow doqhnum the river. where he had fallen while racing .bout with the other two Mrs. Coolidge was out gal wild flowers in the bright warm sunlight at the time. As she dragged “Tim" to safety her skirt be- came soaked. The skirt was of the pleated sort, and when she had eaufh: “Tim's" final shaking there were few pleats remaining. She only laughed and seemed to it Mrs. Coolidge is so greatly mproved one would hardly detect that she was recently so {ll. Indlans will have their first chance to see the “Great White Father” on August 11, when President is expected to attend the In- t and regatta at Laccourt ward, predicted to vear. More than 2,500 Indians will be at the celebration. Crews for the tta will come from Chicago, the Twin Citles and Winnipeg. GEN. WEYLER INJURED. Former Cuban Governor Falls Overboard From Ship. governor of Cuba and war minister, suffeved Des | wounds today when he during a teip from Alicante ta this rt, After receiving t he weat ‘o N he will spend e v