Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. o+ (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forscast.! Fair tonight and tomorrow; change in temperature. Temperature—Highest, 87, at 3:30 pm. yesterday: lowest, 69, at 5 am. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 little ch ® WITH SUNDAY MORNT NG EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar. PSSR service. The only evening in Washington wi Associated Press news per the Yesterday's Circulation, 100,533 Entered post offl TILDEN REINSTATED . T0 PLAY AGAINST 766. FRENCH FOR CUP Collom Says France Misun-| derstood Suspension—De- cision Cabled to New York. PRESSURE IS BROUGHT TO BEAR ON AMBASSADGR Net Star Will Resume Place in| Line-Up of Challenge Round for Davis Trophy. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, July 25.—Announcement of the reinstatement of Bill Tilden as a member of the Davis Cup Team, and announcement that he will play in the challenge round against France was made today at the headquarters of the American team, following the return of President Samuel H. Collom of the second class matter ‘Washin; C WASHINGTON. D. C, WEDNESDAY, DANGEROUS" DYNAMITE FAILS TO BUDGE VIRGINIA BRIDGE Fight Ends in Farce When Lee Highway Structure Stands Intact—Road Partially Closed. / | day legal turmoil and object of an embattled sheriff’s cry of “Workman, spare that bridge,” today withstood the detonation of five sticks of dynamite, which vesterday, with the aid of barricades, great warning signs and a waving red flag sent scores of matorists on a 3-mile detour. From the time Sheriff Howard B. Fields arrived at the bridge, injunction papers in hand, and halted the dynamiting just as the switch was about to be thrown until the charge finally went off nearly 24 hours later, everybody for miles around held his breath. But not so the motorists Immediately after the injunction was, 5 served and the workmen went off, leav- | UA[ UF MDR | ing the five sticks of dynamite in place, | the entrance to the bridge was barri- | caded. On the barricade was tacked a | | red sign which said “Stop!" Before the | barricade stood a man, and in his hand Spout Run Bridge, relic of an early day of bridge building, center of a two- | NES was a red flag. To all motorists he cried, “Stop! That bridge is full of dynamite.” Motorists Skeptical. Unheeding the peril before them, many motorists lifted a superior eye- brow in the direction of the workman, drove around the barricade and pro- ceeded across the bridge. The work- man held his breath and thanked his gods when they reached the opposite side intact. But the strain was too TU. S. L. T. A. from London. Collom issued the following statement: “In response to the most urgent re- «quests of the French Lawn Tennis Fed- eration that we should not deprive| French tennis lovers of their opporti=|enedi It may blow up or collapse at|as the public is concerned. | any moment!” You are warned not t0 | prevail that he is en route to the United nity of seeing one of the greatest pla ers in the world in competition, I have decided to assume the responsibility of | suthorizing Mr. Wear to play Tilden on | the Davis Cubp team. ) (Signed) “SAMUEL H. COLLOM.” llom, communicating his declara- finn.co :nbled the United States Lawn Tennis Associstion at New York as follows n misunderstood our position and have brought pressure to bear on our association I have issued the fol- | lowh:xv.‘! w1 O Phere followed the statement given | above. Tilden was dropped Cup team on July 19 on i having violated the ai the United States Lawn ciation. The sensational an: u: cted developmen: I‘::mi Tilden’s articles on the British ps at Wimbledon, where he d wholly | feal r { 2t Paris last week when they-decisively | defeated the Italians. thereby winning the right to play France in the chal- | lenge round. i Following Tilden's suspension, hedfed | the action of the United | ‘Association ‘When asked whether he had had any * knowledge that Tilden was to be rein- stated before the Associated Press dis- | patch was read to him, Mr. Onrruthm; was evasive Edward B. Moss, execut. of the association, professed ignorance of this latest development, that he had received no inkling that it might be expected, nor, he said, had | any of the United States Lawn Tennis | Association officials in this country, to| ive secretary | his knowledge. He said he would in- form them of it at once and, if pos- sible, learn their reaction. NEW CABINET OFFICER T0 TAKE OATH TODAY Roy 0. West Will Assume Duties Laid Down by Secretary Work. it The new Secretary of the Interlor, Roy O. West of Chicago, is to be sworn intn office this afternoon at the depart- 1. W. Bertrand Acker, chief clerk ne department, in 21l probability, is er the vath of office to Mr. | as he did o former Becre- 1t Work and Albert B, Fall | med office. ed about 9 o'clock this icago, and went into Interior Department of 5 ceremon w now nation sent t0 Lurn over ihe 5 his old friend and colleague in poli- tics. As many of the employes of the Interior Department as can be spared will be present at the swearing-in cere- mony. Benator Deneen of Illinois and his son-in-law, Carl A, Birdsdall, sent two baskets of flowers to Mr. West's mt as & token of congratulation for tne Ilinoisan. Mr. West called at Republican na- tional committee headquarters this morning o greet Dr. Work, and received ongratulations from the committee frman and from Mrs, Alvin T, Hert, viee chairman. The new secretary then peid his regpects to Becretary Kellogg at Lhe State Department, will_be | ins of office | Cuba’s Population 3,494,210, HAVANA, July 25 (®).—Cubs's pop- « Qdstion, exclusive of immigrants, is 494,210, according o officlal census up to June 30, 1928, made pub- yesterday, Havana’s populstion 1s oficially &s 946.221. I trust meets with your | . from the Davis | plosion that was about harges of | Wires were connected. mateur ruling of | held their breaths. The foreman shot Tennis Asso- | the switch. much for one watchman. Hastily a| call was sent for another and bigger n and it was placed in position. It id: Stop! This bridge is charged with dynamite! Abutments have been weak- cross!” That made things better. Motoris! halting at the bridge, read and were warned. They turned around, albeit sadly, and took the 3-mile detour. Some | went across, but they didn't enjoy the ! experience. = With every vibration of | the car all in sight put their fingers in | their ears and waited for the explosion. | Some went across and then got so' scared that they couldn't run their cars back. They. too, tock the detour. And so, all night long, every time somebody coughed the good country folk awaited the boom that would prove that the vibration had set off the charge. Finally the cock crew. The | bridge withstoed that, too. | Then at 7 o'clock, or thereabouts. | th all legal obstacles out of the way, the dynamiters went about their task. All persons within a radius of nearly a mile were warned of the mighty ex- to occur. The The workmen | 1 The explosion that followed was about as a|as Joud as the blast which would foliow the bursting of a paper bag by a 4- ‘The year-oid child with a sore finger. according to reliable witnesses, One man Dynamite Found Useless. | Mad clear through, the workmen Joaded more dynamite in the hole and ‘This that off. time everybody was that the bridge shook, and there vidence of a rather immediately. It is estimated that this section will (Continued on Page 2, Column 1,) BROKER IS DETAINED FOR INVESTIGATION Questioning by United States Attorney Rover. . Pending the outcome of an investi- gation instituted by the district attor- ney's office, James Edgar Tucker, 27- year-old president of the Potomac Se- curities Co., is being held at the first precinct, where he was locked up last night without bail. The young business man, who resides at 1615 Kenyon street, was arrested in his office in the Investment Building yesterday by Headquarters Detectives oward Ogle and Charles Weber. | acted on instructions to bring Tucker | before United States Attorney Leo Rover | for an examination. After an hour’s examination, Mr. Rover turned Tucker over to the de-| tectives to be held at the first pre- cinct for investigation. All that Mr. Rover would say today about the case was that he is following some new leads. He sald he would know later today whether Tucker would be re- leased or whether some charge would be placed against him. Detectives Ogle and Weber, who were in conference at the district attorney's office today, were not informed why Tucker was being held. GERMANY FAVORS HUGHES. Holland Also Nominates Him for World Court Justice. GENEVA, July 24 (#).—Germany and Holland today nominated Charles Evans Hughes for the vacancy on the Perma- nent Court of International Justice caused by the resignation of John Bas- et Moore, Canada nominated Canadians, Lyman Poore Buff and E: gene Lafleur, Germany gave a second vote 1o Walter 8imons. Chief Justice of HAY B DTRET Mexican Labor Chief Has Of- fice Here—Reported En_ Route to U. S. Br the Associated s EL PASO, Texas, July 25.—A dispatch to El Continental from Mexico City says Luis N. Morones, the Mexican sec- retary of labor, has disappeared so far Rumors States, his resignation having been ac- cepted. Luis N. Morones, Mexican labor leader, who has bgen thrown prom- inently into the spotlight by the slaying of Gen. Obregon, may come to Wash- ington. As vice chairman of the Pan- American ‘William Teen, the American labor leader is chairman, Morones has an office in the building of the American Federation of Labor, at Ninth street and Massachusetts avenue. —Morones has been in Washington frequently, conferring with American labor leaders on questions of interest to the working- men of both nations. From July 18 to 23 of last year, | 1925, he was here on a similar mission. One of the principal questions discussed on those occasions was that’of restrict- ed imniigration and involved the cross- ing into Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and other States of Mexican labor, to the detriment of the American workers Often in Danger. Morones, described in from Mexico City as being hiding, has faced danger dispatches at present s to life on several occasions and once he spent 17 days in a military jail, waiting to be executed by Carranza. Moron was _formerly an clectmclan’s | has had a colorful and exciting career fighting his way up through the labor movement to a post in the cabinet of President Plutarco Elias Calles, to be- come secretary of industry, commerce and labor. ‘This heavy-set, black-haired man, who until a few days ago was one of the powers in Mexico politics, is only For several year Morones was em- ployed by the Light & Fower Co. of Mexico City and rose in a few years from mechanic to foreman in the repair shop of the company. He later was elected by his co-workers to the post of manager of the Mexican Telephone . At this time he devoted tire time and efforts to the social prob- lems and policy of his country and the workers. He devoted his leisure hours 1o reading and studying labor prob- lems. Organized Electricians’ Union. About 1915 he organized the Union of Electricians and Workers in the Mexican Telephone Co. and was elected its first -eneral secretary. He was one of the most prominent leaders in the attempt to organize a general strike in Mexico and for his efforts was impris- oned in a military jail and waited 17 days to "> shot.” He was appointed secretery of the municipality of Pachu- ca, notec silver mining town, and from 1916 to 1918 he was active in the com- munitv's labor government. His friends say that Morones has a gift for organization and his ideas have been given the name of “Moronismo.” He was the first general secretary of C. # O. M.—the big Mexican labor organizailon—Confederation Reglonal Obrera Mexicana. He was one of the founders of the Pan-American Federa- tion of Labor, which came into bels in 1918. Santiago Iglesias, the secre- tary of the federation, is a close friend of Morones, as is Mr. Green, the Amert. can labor chief. The late Samuel Gom- rs is yet another American who formed a close friendship with Morones. Studied Conditions in Europe. Morones went to Europe to study the labor movement there first hand, and in 1919 came to the International Labor Conference in Washington. He par- ticipated In the Hague Congress of 1922 on labor matters. Under the Obregon government Mo- rones was appointed chief of the na- tional factories and general purchasing agent. In 1922, his friends say, his friend Rosas, an eugineer, was killed | on the road to Puebla, having been | mistaken for Morones. In 1924 Mo~ rones,, then s deputy in the Mexican (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) the German Supreme Court Bull Moose Convention Enters Second y the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr, July 25~The sec- | ond day of its national convention found the proposed Bull Moose or Pro- arty still unorganized today | The keynote speech has not been given nor hss the platform been woted upon Neither has there been any indication who the presidential nominee vougd be Dr. Henry Hoffman adjourned the | meeting last night, closing the frst | day’s sessions, sttended by less than a score of delegates, visitors and news- paper reporters and photographers. leven were on hand for the opening session, and seven were present at the second meeting last night. Dr, Hoffman, Omaha naturapath and merchent, sald be would acoept the W gressive pi Day With Party Still Unorganized presidential nomination if no other can- didate could be found. He also will read the keynote speech and has ready to_present a platform of 26 planks, calling for the limitation of $1,000,000 of any one fortune. “It is & sure cure for all evils. It will abolish the Wall | Btreet monopoly,” he said. ‘The first session of the convention was devoted to reading by Dr. Hoffman of several letters, Some of the letters were from prospective delegates, who regretted they could not attend, and one contained prices on buttons, badges and other convention decorations. Jane Ad- dams of Chicago, noted reformer, who was to attend, wired she could not be present. |Radio i’rolxlmi;l;ue 28 Federation of Labor, of which | OBREGON LEADERS SPLIT ON CALLES STAYING IN OFFICE Agrarian Chief Declares Con- tinuance Would Be Against Constitution. MORONES REPORTED ESCAPED TO U. S. Friends of Slain Chief Say They Do Not Demand Death for Assassin. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 25.—Obregon leaders appeared to be split today over the continuation of President Calles in office for two years as provisional Presi- dent. Antonio Soto y Gama, agrarian lead- er, when asked if the provisional Presi- dent would be Gen. Calles, replied: “A constitutional President who con- | tinues in power as provisional President | directly violates the constitution, which | prohibits re-election.” | The demand has already been formu- | lated that Calles continue in office after | his term expires on December 1. Ricar- do Topete, leader of the Obregon bloc in Congress, which controls that body, has placed himself on record as pre- dicting that either Calles or Aaron | Saenz, governor of Nueva Leon, will { carry on the government until elections can be held in 1930. Calles Prefers to Quit. Soto y Gama's statement was con- strued in some quarters today as voicing agrarian _opposition to Calles as pro- | visional President. Calles himself ap- | parently does not desire to continue in office and his friends today were quot- ing him as having reiteratsd his desire to resume his life as a dairy farmer. Agrarian leaders in various parts of Morones was in Washington deliberat- | Mexico demand that “al] Jabor influ- ing over labor problems and in August, | ences” be removed from the government because of the assassination of Gen. Alvaro Obregon. So insistent are they that Obregon's political enemies are morally responsible for the crime that they assert they do not even ask the death penalty for Jose De Leon Toral, who shot Obregon to death. “We regard Obregon's assassin as a personage who was controlled by su- perior outside forces,” sald Aurelio Manrique, an_Agrarian leader. “We do not demand his death, but we do de- mand justice, and we belieye this can be achieved most quickly by removal - lahor leaders whose anti-Obregon activities created the atmosphere for the mad act of the assassin.” Morones Reported in United States. Innumerable runfbrs were eurrent to- day regarding Luls Morones, former minister of labor, whose resignation had been demanded by the ‘arians. One was that he had escaped to the United States by airplane. Reports re- ceived in New York that he had been wounded on the Sunday before the assassination could not be verified. 1If any attacks have been made on him they have been kept secret. demonstrations have been staged in Vera Cruz and other States in the south. demanded that followers of Morones be ousted mnot only from the cabinet but from Con- gress as well. Soto y Gama said that the ment must choose between the people, who spoke their minds overwhelmingly when they elected Obregon President, and the labor group. He believes that President Calles “is convinced that the only way to assure tranquility to the country is to absolutely eliminate from the government every director of the nefarious members of the labor group.” He added: “The people cannot have any confi- dence in a government that retains in its bosom the labor elements that were Obregon's worst enemies in life and \=ult after his dath oppose his prin- ciples.” Holds Morones Disloyal. Raphael Mallen, one of the Agrarian leaders, asked to explain the Morones- Obregon fued and the dislike of the Agrarians for the Laborites replied: “Morones wanted to be president and wanted to be a political power. That started it. Morones organized the city workers. Obregon organized the farms. These groups do not have common in- terests and they became opposing groups. “The Agrarions regarded Morones as the mouthpiece in Mexico of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, the Mexican viceroy of Gompers and Green, and therefore a disloyal Mexican. “Obregon did not have connections with farmer orgauizations outside of Mexico. He was not a traitor, He represented Mexicans only. “That's why Obregon's farmer fol- lowers opposed and oppose Morones town TS, ‘Thanking the military chiefs for their lupnort during the present political ewrl.l Peresident Calles sent them this ) 5 “At this moment when a criminal hand armed by the Catholic clergy has lunged the whole nation into grief, t is greatly consoling to witness from the leading army chiefs to the soldiers | of lowest rahk that all are inspired by |the same revolutionary principles and | fully conscious of their duties having | responded like one man to my call With their patriotic and dignified at- titude, they show that not in vain have we faced together trying times, ac- complishing the compiete moralization of our glorious nstitution.” TOWN NAMED FOR OBREGON Legislature Changes San Jose de Itur- bide to Cludad Obregon AJUATO, Mexico, July 25 honor of Gen. Alvaro Ob - sinated president-elect of the state legislature yesterday unanimously voted to change the name of the town of Ban Jose Iturbide, a town east of here to Clcdad Obregon (Obregon City). Tunney-Heeney JULY 25, 1928 —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. AUREVOIR', k ILL * GUANAJUATO, STATE Or‘g’UAN- flight A ringside description of the Tunney-Heeney fight will be broad- cast from loud speakers on The Star Bullding tomorrow night, The description will be Interspersed with an analysis of the fight by Thornton Fisher, The fight is scheduled to begin at & p.m, Washington time, but desoription of preliminary activities will start at & o'clock, SANDINOBELIEVED CORNERED N NORTH |Feland Sees Quiet Election, | With Littie Chance of Rebel Disturbances. | By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 25.— Brig. Gen. Logan Feland, commanding the American Marines, believes the rebel general, Augustino Sandino, is near the Honduras border with his field of operations small. He thinks there is small likelthood the insurgents will be able to cause any further serious disturbance. Threats that Gen. Sandino intends to conserve his forces until shortly be~ fore the national election on November 4 and stage an outbreak to nullify the election are not taken seriously in Maring quarters, e . ‘“Sometimes Sandino may cross into Honduras and then return to Nica- ragua," Gen. Feland said, “but the scope of his operations is confined to a comparatively small area. Patrol in North. “The Marines are as active as ever, nfl.mmng the northern area and there little chance that the rebels will be able to cause further serious disturb- ances. Patrols in both the east and exceeaingly ditbeult for ex ly for his followers to enter the ot bands of over the voluntary surrender of nearly 600 rebels within a month in the vicinity of Somoto, Ocotal and other points in the northern area. “A large percentage of rebels now with Sandino are Hondurans and sev- ;nl small bands also contain Hon- urans. “The country may now be said to be tranquil, but there is always the - bility that the smaller bands my break through the patrol, causing some dis- turbance. Because of this possibility the patrolling continues active through- out the former disturbed area.” See Quiet Election. ‘The last contact between und troops and rebels occurred on May 14, when a g;trol of Marines exchanged shots with rebels. This resulted in a few rebel casualties. ‘ The last air contact, which was only minor, occurred on July 6. The latest serfous air contact was on June 12, when a plane dmg;;d bombs on a band along the upper ay River, killing a number of the Rebels. At present there are nearly 6000 Marines in Nicarngua. These are dis- tributed at 44 different posts. It is thought that this makes disturbances during the presidential election practi- cally impossible. ‘The threats that Sandino intends to conserve his forces for an outbreak shortly before the election are not being considered serfously either by the Ma- rines or by the office of Brig. Gen. Prank McCoy, supervisor of the elec- tion. In the inion of the Marines it will be diffieult for Sandino or any other rebel band to disturb any ex- cept the most remote of the settled districts. BAD WEATHER DELAYS \GREATER ROCKFORD’ HOP Hassel Waits for Report Showing Tail Winds at Least Half of Way. By the Associated Pres. ROCKFORD, 111, July 25.—The flight of the Greater Rockford, which was to have started at 5 am. today, was post- poned until tomorrow morning because of unfavorable weather predictions. Pilot Bert Hassell stated that a United States Weather Bureau report, received after the big plane had been loaded with gasoline, indicated adverse head winds would be encountered today throughout the Canadian portion of the t. “Our gasoline supply will not hold out if we are not favored with tall winds at “1:1‘ 50 per cent of the trip,” Hassell said. Promise of an atmospheric low pres- sure area traveling northeast tomorrow caused the fiyers to believe this would furnish the ald needed. Fight Returns 'Britain Will Hel p Idle Mine Workers | Migrate to Canada Government Decides to | Spend $3,000,000 to Re- lieve Unemployment. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 25.—The British gov- | ernment is to send more than 16,500 :pemns to Canada from the British | mining districts at a cost of $3,000,000. | The purpose is to relieve unemploy- ment. The plans were announced in | the House of Commons by Winston | Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, | after a Labor motion to censure the | government for its attitude on the un- employment question had been defeated. Ramsay MacDonald, former premier, in moving the vote to censure, said that more than a million and & quarter were without jobs. , He charged that the government had been ineffec- tive in dealing with the problem. Baldwin Admits Error. Premier Baldwin in reply said a se- vere depression existed in the staple industry, coal, and in the shipbullding and cotton industries. He confessed that his original that unem- ployment was due to a general upset- ting of credit after the World War had been proved only partially correct. This reply was characterized by Phlip Snowden, Labor, as “an abject confession of hopelessness and failure.” After the House had defeated the motion of censure by a vote of 331 to 151, various projects for relieving the situation were announced. Movement of men in search of work to other parts of the empire would be facilitated, the government announced. Winston Churchill said the question of migration would be approached from these angles: To Facilitate Migration. First—Obstacles would be swept away to make migration easier. Second—A larger grant would be pro- vided to enable emigrants to purchase outfits in the new country. Third—A scheme would be put into effect by which 2,500 boys, 7,000 single men, 2,500 families and 2,600 single women would be migrated to Canada from the British mining dis 3 cost of this undertaking £600,000. Mr, Churchill also said the govern- ment was contemplating a scheme of settlement loans with the object of stimulating empire settlement. This was e ted in time to cost £2,000,000 annually. Premier Baldwin announced that Lord Lovat, undersecretary for dominion af- fairs, would leave in a few days for Canada, Australia and New Zealand to | discuss migration questions. | { | | | | reach | THREE KILLED AS TROOP TRAIN HITS FREIGHT Many Horses Lost in Wreck in Canada While Regiment Is on Way to Camp. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, Ont, July 25.—Three fhen were known to have been killed, as well as many horses, when a Canadian Pa- cific special train, carrying the 2ind Regiment of Quebec and St. Johns, Quebec, collided with a freight train ;z Sand Point, some 60 miles west of ere. The 22nd is a permanent regiment fiuln( to Petawawa for its annual train- ng. Of the dead, two have been iden- tified as Chilllan and Gordon, both of St. Johns. The collision took place early this morning. Rumanian Bank to Stabilize. BUCHAREST, Rumanla, July 25 (®.—The Rumanian National Bank, under the arrangements concluded with foreign bankers for a stabillzation loan, will double the emission of currency, while at the e time reconstruction of the country's rallway system will be undertaken, Premier Bratianu tol Institute of Economies By the Associated Press TRENTON, N, J.. July 25.-—Mildred M, Morrell today was granted a divorge from Edward M. Morrell of Newark, author, lecturer, former conviet an rison reform crusader. She accused orrell of crueltles equal to those he ™ said were practiced in San Quentin ;flm in his book “The Twenty-fifth a The woman hearings before chancery, and teat the two notches 1t bore ‘nramld men Morrell had be had o ¢ |Sisting on honesty in office, was d | lyzing traffo wids LIQUOR INDUSTRY BLAMED FOR CRIME Bootleggers at Bottom of| Corruption, Bar Association | Is Told. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, July 25—With the pic- | ture of an alleged criminal syndicate in | many United States urban centers | dominated and financed by the boot- ! legging industry before them today, delegates to the American Bar Associ- ation convention planned to hear the annual address of Silas H. Strawn, the president, and other official reports | and to elect members. Growing lack of confidence in the integrity of all public officials because of “bribery and corruption in public office” by boot! in a report read inal law and Jacob M. Lashly, president of Louis Bar Association. author, Arthur V. Lashly of St. Louts, who con- ducted an offical investigation for that group, was absent. Blames Bootleggers. Lashly, whose report was based on a symposium of opinions of officials, publishers and law enforcement agents in many representative large cities, placed “the real problem of crime and ! failure of justice in many parts of the m " directly at the door of the g | ing indus! i Ty and corruption have become | common occurrences,” he said, “because the cupidity of politiclans and State and Gov-rnment officials generally the enormous profits of ‘bootleggin ~. ich being unlawful are considered legitimate prey.” 1 By-products of the illegal industry, the thug, bombing and hi-jacking gangs, often utilize their spare moments in in- fluencing elections by terrorism, and in evtortion schemes, Lashly said. | “Many murders. hold-ups, and other | major crimes are directly chargeable to this source.” 1 Lashly reported' more or less indis- criminate traficking of intoxicants in violation of the law in a lnm) ‘majority ), popula- of American cities of 100, tion and over. Vigilant Public Remedy. A vigilant and informed public, money was depicted t night to the crim- division the St. in- the a;lme remedy suggested. Permanent prisonment of habitual law violators, organized bureaus of criminal statistics | in determinifig those offenders, | rl{l‘d enforcement or repeal of the pro- hibition laws, and breaking up of gang- n:rl'o and oowpu\‘m I‘)‘: oflcul.‘l were other suggestions for dealing with the professional criminal class. New York and Chic: were called leading crime centers, while conditions | in other cities were given detailed study. Cities contributing reports for the! symposium included Washington, Bos- | ton, Detroit, St. Louis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Seattle, Denver, " Buffalo, Indianapolis, | :rovl;:nlee. ‘Toledo, 3 3 t. ul, Minn.: Charleston, 8. C. Oklahoma City, Fort Worth and Dallas. Raps Lawyers in Paris. American lawyers in Paris who have been charged there with “morally reprehensible conduet” in rushing American divorces _th h _ French courts, drew the fire President Strawn, who suggested summary pun- ishment by Ffench courts for such ofl?ger;n N 1 “The French courts can remedy con- | ditions by refusing to grant divorces to Americans where proceedings appear ir- regular,” he said. “Of course we know | there are those vultures who call them- ! selves lawyers, and prey upon suscep. iible wealthy Americans desiring easy | Paris divorces, but it is beyond our power to restrain them." Havoe Wrought by Hailstones. GRAZ, Austria, July 35 (#).—Succes- sive showers of hua hailstones wrought havoe throughout this region yesterday, smashing thousands of windows, para- destroying the fruit crop over rea. Cruelties of Prison and Murder Threats Charged by Mrs. Morrell in Divorce Suit make her death the subject of another noteh. The weapon was sald to have been made in prison. Mrs. Morrell's testimony included, in addition to storfes of beatings. allega- tions of her husband's attempts hy&nmln her. orrell is supposedly the hero of Jack London's fantastic prison nevel, “The Star Rover." Morrell tells in his lectures of having been sentenced to death ! tuae:n. u,xld each time es- penalty. He was pardoned by the serving in San (#) Means Associated Pre: | THREE OF FOURAUTO will uyf"t“m Co. Governor of California while | States Quentn Frison, ... for want of equity. TWO CENTS. OPERATORS IGNORE BOULEVARD STOPS Check at Four Points Show Widespread Violation of Safety Regulation. OFFICIALS PUT BLAME ON DRIVERS THEMSELVES Hesse Says Police Force Is Too Small to Detail More Men to Traffic Regulation. Approximately three out of four auto- mobile drivers in Washington fail to observe boulevard stop signs, a survey of four stop street crossings yesterday morning revealed. During a four-hour period 523 drivers eased by the stop signs, while only 146 came to the full stop required by law. Police and traffic officials expressed considerable surprise when the condi- tion was described to them. Inspector E. W. Brown, chief of the Police Depart- ment traffic squad, said he would recommend a $25 fine for motorists convicted of violating this law. Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, proposes to take the matter up with the several precincts, looking to- ward a drive on stop sfgn. violators. Responsibility for the ineffectiveness of this law apparently rests with the motorists—at least it cannot be shoul- dered off onto the Traffic Department, the Police Department or the Traffic Court. Harland Deplores Condition. Traffic Director Harland deplores the widespread flouting® of the boulevard stop law, but points out that responsi- bility for its enforcement rests with the police and not with him. Inspector Brown cannot see wherein his department is in any way to blame. He believes that the present fine is t00 small and that a $25 penalty, if as- sessed against each offender, would prove an effective deterrent. Judge Gus A. Schuldt, who presides over Traffic Court, says, however.. that | only about three such cases a day are brought to his court and that he came not fine violators unless they have first been arrested. Although refusing to criticize until {he has an opportunity to investigate 1 :ondmonsfi! Ml% Hmmd D:umr::n:e { present size of tI t | will not permit detailing any additional to traffic Y Police t has more traffic law to contend violators " he said, “and if we concentrate Many Ignore Signs Entirely. Meanwhile the stop streets continue as such in name only and scores of motorists jeopardize their lives each day in atter t0 “beat” the fast-moving boulevard traffic. Many drivers appear to have their vn individual in means almost what it says, but there are a few whose vocabularies apparently do not contain the word or any modifi- has | cation of it. Four out of five of those who fail to stop come reasonably close. They ap- proach the intersection at a moderate speed, apply their brakes gently, drop down into second gear and then “creep” forward until an opportunity comes to dart across the boulevard. These violators, though the most numerous, are not so great a menace to public safety as a second class, which observes half of the law. Motorists in this latter class come to the required full stop, but then, with a virtuoys, but casual to either side, drive on across intersection without waiting for the o) g in the boulevard traffic stipulated by the law. Street Cars Are Offenders. Street cars are the worst offenders in this respect, but their position under the law is a peculiar one. According to Traf- fic Director Harland, they must come to the full stop, but having once stop- ped they again have the right of way and may continue on across the boule- vard regardless of traffic conditions. ‘The street cars, however, are heartily welcomed by motorists trying to cross the boulevards in rush hours. Knowing the reluctance with which most motor ists contest for right of way privileges with a street car. six or eight private machines will line up beind the pubiic carrier in mass formation and trail it across the boulevard lke “nice” small boys following & policeman friend through the “tough" district on the other side of the railroad tracks. Only 49 drivers were observed who ignored the signs entirely. Half a dogen of these were non-residents whose attention was concentrated on traffic and thus apparently failed to see the signs. Teamsters Among the Worst. The remaining ones bore District of Columbin tags on their machines. In several instances serious collisions were avoided only at the cost of considerable wear and tear on the brakes and tires of motorists driving on the boulevard who approached the intersection at maximum speed, relying on the sop signs to give them a clear passage. ‘Teamsters are among the worst fenders. Fourteen were seen to drive across boulevards, not only ignoring the stop signs completely, they failed even to glance to the right or left to observe traffic conditions. In the opinion of laspector Brown, violation of the stop signs is one of the ‘n‘!’%fl serious breaches of the traffic e. “Motorists driving _on _boulevard streets expect side street traffic to give them the right of wi he said. “When this is not e serious accidents are to be expected. now on when we catch & motorist rum by a st Sign we are going to take him to :ouorg and demand the maximum penalty.* . MRS. SCRIPPS LOSES SUIT. Widow of Publisher Sought Ac- counting From Estate. CINCINNATL, July 24 (). —Mrs, Jo- sephine Scripps of Miramar, Callf,, wid- ow of James G. Scripps, today lost her suit for an accounting from the estate of the late E. W. Scripps, publisher, and from the B. W. Seripps Publishing Judge_Smith Hickenlooper, in United District Court, dismissed the 4