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(0. 8. Weather Fair tonight an warmer tomorrow. Bureau Forecast.) d tomorrow; slightly Temperatures— Highest 77, at noon today; lowest 58, at 5 am. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 Denin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION _ohly evening in Washington with the Associated service. * Press Saturday's Circulation, 93,855 Sunday’s Circul lation, 103,508 30771, U5, LOSES THREE b FINAL EVENTS IN {Canadian Schooiboy Wins 100 Meters—Lord Burgh- ley Takes Hurdle Race. P ® JRISHMAN GETS FIRST PLACE IN HAMMER THROW 7 | American Points, However, Con-| tinue to Mount to 55, With England Second With 19. the Associated Press 'YOL;f.\(\PlDémSTADIY'M AMSTERDAM, July 30.—Losing out in all three of to- day's final events in the Olympic track | @nd field competition. the United States | athletes saw the Olympic 100-meter | ;f,hampmnslnp go to Canada, the 400- | meter nhurdies to England and the fhammer throw to Ireland, all in upsets ®f varying degrees. . The best the Americans could do in these events was #o place fourth and sixth in the dash, second and third in the hurdles and hird, fifth and sixth in the hammer. The winners were comparative un- | nowns in two of the three events, while ord Davy Burghley of England, who won the 400-meter hurdles was listed #s one of the most promising contenders put was given little chance to beat the | American, Morgan Taylor, who was de- gending his championship won in 1924, Taylor was only third toaay, being beat- en by his countryman Frank Cuhel of Y as by Burghley. The time | was 5325 scconds, which was not nearly | s good as Taylor has done, but was fast considering the track. Schoolboy Big Surprise. Percy Williams, anlish r&ol‘:mlh;:; v st H fiogfu?{s m‘;x'e:tm‘: lh:rg'orld's_ best, | including the highly rated Americans, i i 2 b it i i | & i g éii i | ONE DIES, | AS AUTO OVERTURNS | W. L. Cook Loses Life in Accident David , famous Cam- | Lord Burghley. B mates. Cubel, the stronger of the two Ameri- eans, appeared the victim of a poor start, but was outrun in the final dash | after pulling up even with the Briton. | Lord Burghley was off to a good start | #nd led virtually all the way. A stag-| ng start made it difficult to gauge positions until the runners entered | the siretch, where all six finalists were | closely bunched. The American pair were neck and | meck with the Briton over the last hur- dle. but Lord Burghley sprinted at the | end and won by two yards from Cuhel, | while Taylor was inches behind. The | time was 5325 seconds. The first of three 800-meter semi- final heats was won by Earl A. Puller of the United States in a close finish with Douglas Gordon Lowe of England, the defending champion Dr. Otto Peltzer, the was eliminated. Fuller produced a strong kick down | the stretch outrunning Lowe and break- the tape in 1:55 3-5, | eltzer, rushing to the front on the | back stretch of the first lap, set the until the last 30 meters when {’,‘,‘L took command, closely pursued by the blond American fiyer. The German star wilted, tried gamely, but finished ffth Swede Takes Second Heat. The _stcond 800-meter semi-final was eaptured by Bylehn of Bweden with Ray D Watson of the United States, #econd, and Engiehardt of Germany. third. The Argentine, Dengra seventh and last Bylehn's time of 1:55 3-5, carried him # the tape 5 yards in front of watson end Engelhardt, who were seperated by | 1 “German star, hes hrbcnxrn the argentine and the small- | L runner in feld. was trouble Fuml clear and stumbled several times rying w out of the rough, He finished exhausted, The third 800-meter semi-final was won by Lioyd Hahn, the American star through & great finish with Phil Ed- wards of Canada, who finished second. Beraphin Martin of France was third Mahn's time was the most sensational of the three heats, being 1:523-5 sec- ond The American star beal Edwards by # vard and & half in & driving finish with, Martin, the French holder of the world record, another yard behind. £d- wards led from the gun end bought off repeated challenges by Hahn until the last turn The trie of favorites came down the £iretek, ot tull speed, but Hahn hed fhe $Coatinued on Page 3, Column 2) L) Entered_as second class matter MOODY VICTORIOUS inearly 120,000 votes over his three i glkss va WASHING TON, D. €, MONDAY, JULY 0. 1928—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. Sly Burglars Take Safe and Pay Roll From French Jail DAVISCUP RETAINED BY FRANCE; COCHET VANQUISHES TILDEN [French Star Wears Down American Opponent, 9—7, | 8—6, 6—4. | | [ By the Associated Press MELUN, France, July 30.--Bare- footed burglars last night carried away from the Government Peni- tentiary a safe containing the Julv pay roll of $4500. While armed guards were supposedly patrolling the walls, thtey climed to the top floor, sawed three bats from a win- dow of the cashier’s office, unholted the safe, lowered it with ropes and carted it away. The opened safe was found five miles distant from the prison. Footmarks showed that the burgulars worked in their bare feet. | YANKEE SHOWS EFFECT OF GRUELING DOUBLES Lacoste Defeats Hennessey in Fifth and Last Tilt, 4—8, 6—1, 7—5, 6—3. INTEXAS PRIMARY Late Returns Show Majority of 120,000—Mayfield Beats Blanton. By the Associated Press ROLAND GARROS STADIUM, AU- | TEUIL, France, July 30.—America’s | campaign to recapture the Davis Cup from the French failed today ‘when |Henri Cochet defeated Willlam T. | Tilden in the deciding match of the | series in straight sets by scores of 9—17, §—6, 6—4. N This gave the French three of the four matches played. One more match of the challenge round series remained, pitting Rene Lacoste against John Hennessey, but it was nothing more than an exhibition, as everything hung upon the outcome of the Tilden-Cochet match. Lacoste defeated Hennessey by scores of 4—6, 6—1, 7—5, 6—3, thus making the final score of the series four matches for France to one for the United States. Tilden's victory over Lacoste on the By the Associated Press DALLAS. Tex., July 30.—Dan Moody, youthful red-haired chief executive, | who was swept into the Texas gov- ernor's chair in 1926 on a campaign | based on opposition to Gov. Miriam A. (“Ma") Fugerson, has been renomi- | nated on the Democratic ticket, whichi is tantamount to election. The vote in 236 of 253 counties, in-| cluding 53 complete, in Saturday’s | Democratic State primary, as tabulated | carly today by the Texas election | bureau, gave Gov. Moody a majority of | i e | first day of the play was the only Mayfield Leads Senate Race. | match which the Americans won. With approximately 600,000 of the| The team's defeat was the most one- estimated 700,000 votes cast counted at!sided an American Davis Cup aggre- that time, Moody had 349,283 votes, gation has suffered since the clean Louis J. Wardlow, Fort Worth, 192,387, | l:;ee;))_‘ ]:fl ({.‘: Au;trnli:n v&ea?togr Me- ughlin, Larned and Wri 1911, Judge Willam B Hawkine 5398, 488 | When the Prench took the cup last | Uhlted States Senator Mayfield wu;i?lr they won by three matches ‘Or wo, for re-election, but, lacking a ma- jority, will enter a run-off primary August 25 with tative Con- | of Marlin for the nomination. Connally ran a close race. The Senator was far short of a ma- jority, as numerous other candidates Cochet Is Hero. The French kept the cup as a result | of singles victories for Cochet over both Hennessey and Tilden and a doubles | triumph for Cochet and Jean Borotra over Tilden and Frank Hunter. Cochet thus was the hero of the challenge | !round with a perfect record of three victories. Cochet was at his whirlwind best today and gave Big Bill the worst beat- ing he ever received in Davis Cup play. Never before had Tilden been trimmed | in straight sets in a challenge round for | the trophy. Reall national commander of the Ameri- can Legion, 102,691; “Representative ‘Thomas L. Blanton, 95,632; Mrs. Minnie , 23,884, and Jefl stretching rminably. = den made a brave attempt to win the | second set and seven times needed only one t to gain it and square the match, but each time failed as Gochet steadily overhauled him. The third set saw Tilden again battling fiercely, this time in the hope of forcing the match to four sets, which would have given him the intermission at the end of the third set in which to rest. Cochet had returns g8 other plans, however, and finished him 155,278; J. D. Parnell, $0.110; | Off before the American could gain the | Darwin, 35,209; John D. McCall, | coveted breathing space. .165. | Stands Give Ovation. og | - Election_observers pointed o LOVE'S | pere was a tremendous ovation from (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) | the thousands in the stands as Cochet f gr g | Morgan, night club hostesses, and N. { made by agents, mostly from Washing TWO HURT won the final point for France. The victory was all the sweeter for the nthle{;n %lethe tri-calor, as it was wulr‘\ over the best team the Americans cou put in the court, %dm having been allowed to play at their est dug&el charges of violation of the amateur player-writer rule pending against him. Even in the face of his decisive de- feat at Cochet's hands Tilden stood out as a heroic figure. By beating Lacoste was | Friday, he had an even break in singles duels with his great French rivals, and yesterday covered three-quarters of the {court in a gallant attempt to capture the doubles. France was leading, 2 to 1, when Cochet and Tilden started play, and it looked like a hopeless task that the American was undertaking to every one but Tilden, who maintained his never-say-die spirit until the end. Beautiful tennis weather prevailed when Tilden and Cochet appeared on the courts. The match began at 2:06 p.m., Cochet serving. There was a rather high cross-court wind, but otherwise conditions for ex- cellent tennis were favorable. The ' largest weekday crowd that ever attend- | ed a match on the historic courts was present, although 1t was short of yes- terday’s record gathering, Cochet won his own service to start the match on two errors by Tilden and his own placements In the second game Tilden appeared | worried and made a double fault on his first service. Then he served carefully, reducing his initial shots to much | slower speed than his usual cannon- ball service, Deuce was called three tines, but Tilden finally lost the game om an easy stroke, which he sent out. This made the score Cochet, 2; Tilden, 0. The courts had been a bit too heavily sprinkled and both players were cautious on the rather slippery footing. Taking time to study every shot, Tilden broke through Cochet's service after deuce | was called, but the Frenchman applied pressure_on the next game and cap- tured Bill's servi This made the count; Cochet, 3; Tilden, 1 Tilden returned the compliment with three successive placements off his ‘blrkhand. which helped him to win the { " (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) as Party Returns From Beach. William Luther Cook, 21 years old, 712 G street northeast, is dead, and Charles W. Moore, 19, of the same ad- dress, is in a serious condition at the of injuries received yesterday when the automobile in which they were riding back to Washington from Colonial Beach overturned. A third occupant of the car, Russell Thornhill, 23 years old, 1331 South Carolina avenue southeast, is recovering from slight injuries he sustained in the wreck, According to dispatches from Pred- ericksburg, Cook and Moore, both chauf- feurs for the Hecht department store, were taken to the hospital following the accident, and Cook died at 3 o'clock this morning. Moore remained at the institution in a serious condition. Cook had been employed by The Hecht Co. for eight months, He came to Washington from Brightwood, Va., four years ago and was living with his mother, now Mrs. Henry Leary, at the G street address, He will be burled at Brightwood at 2 o'clock tomorrow after- noon. B Filipino Salary Bill Passed. MANILA, July 30 (#)—The Philip- | pine Benate today passed and sent Lo !the lower House a bill which would | apprapriate 250,000 pesos ($125,000) an- nually (o pay salaries and other ex- penses of sdvisers to be appointed to assist the governor general. Gas B:llcts—(lrgecl Instead of Padlocks In U. S. Campaign to Enforce Dry Law ' | | When a room 15 treated with the preparation, he sald, it is made unin- habitable, “as the eyes, nose, throat and skin of any Individual attem) tlm{ to enter are irritated by the persf action of the chemical” He sald that chemicel cartridges which can be fired By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July 30.—The use of | irritating chemicals instead of padlocks | by prohibition entorcement officisls, and “gas bullets,” which are effective “around corners,” was suggested yes- 107 AREINDIGTED WITHTEXAS GUINAN | | | |Helen Morgan Also Held in| New York Night Club | Raids. By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, July 30.—A Federal grand jury today indicted 108 persons, | including Texas Guinan and Hclm‘ 'T. Granlund, radio announcer for Sta- tion WHN, as an aftermath of the sen- sational dry raid on Broadway's cab- arets last month. The indictments charge conspiracy to violate the prohibition law and the | maintenance of nuisances. | The raids, undertaken on orders from Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant United States Attorney General, were ton, dressed in evening clothes, who, it is said, had been frequenting the ralded resorts for months, posing as wealthy visttors. Miss Guinan was not at the night club, where she is hostess, when the rvaiders arrived. Miss Morgan, sald to have been sing~ ing when the squad d;;ocngled p:al l;::; place, was reported ve the cloakroom -n? a.hflnu? clothes with the girl attendant and escaped. | Both Miss Morgan and Miss Guinan | appeared later before a United States commissioner and were held in $1.000 bail each on charges ‘of madintaining nuisances, They both pleaded not | guilty, claiming they merely acted as| hostesses. *y, | The night of the. rald Al of New | York's prohibition agents were called | to headquarters and in a room | without communication with the out-| side until the hour for the raid. Then | they were detailed with the out-of-town | agents. SAILORS BREAK STRIKE. French Navy Men Work as Stokers | on Liner Rochambeau, LE HAVRE, France, July 30 (®#).— With 35 sallors from the French navy replacing the _striking oilers and stokers, the French line steamer Rochambeau ‘was on its way to New York today. Passengers boarded the vessel under heavy police guard. After the Rochambeau and two other ships salled union officials intimated that the strike had been unsuccessful and would be called off TUNNEY POSTPONES HIS ‘ANNOUNCEMENT’, Champion Promises to Settle Doubts on Future in Speech Tomorrow. By the Aswociated Press NEW YORK, July 30.—-Gene Tunney, arriving in New York from a week end in the country, sald this afternoon that he will have no “announcement” to make today. The heavyweight cham- pion will attend a luncheon given to- morrow afternoon In honor of Willlam Muldoon, veteran member of the New York State Athletic Commission, and 11 have something to say then.” How- ever, the title holder said today that he does not regard his forthcoming state- ment as “of great importance.’ Tunney said, however, that his state- ment at the luncheon would settle the question of his future activities in con- nection with boxing. The champlon also took ovcasion, in & chat with news- paper reporters, to deny the truth of all (he many suggestions made for him after he leaves the ring behind, ‘Tunney sug- ted that his friends had been too en- El‘;énmuc in working out. plans for his future, Reported | Injured by Hundreds Polish Factory Explosion. BERLIN, July 30 (P —Twenty-five persons are reported to have been killed in_an explosion. of benzine at & chemi- cal factory in Lodz, Poland. Hundreds are said to have been injured Many houses were wrecked. Windows wore shattered for & mile around the factory. |terday by . Edmund Bullls, executive in standard revolyers and shotguns re- | secretary of the National Association |cently have been improved. They pro- for Chemical Defense, He said chem- | duce temporary blindness, he s 1d, and | lcal weapons now being used by police | do not have the limit of ordinary cart- !nnd bank guards were the “most effec- | ridges, as they are effective uround |%iye and at the same time the most |corners, through keyholes and eracks ‘humane weapons,’ " under doors Tests by police in Chi- “The prohibition enforcement author- |cago and Cleveland, he sald, showed | ites” he said, “might consider &s & |that three or four men in & group not l.\ubnllluu for their padlocks a new |more than 15 feei away can be disabled chemical preparation recently perfected | with one shot of & gun loaded with gas by the United States Army Chemical | bullets Warfare Ser ‘This preparation, | Post-war progress in developing (hese | while not nflicting permanent injury, | devices, Mr. Bullls announced, will be | 15 80 effective that any speakensy treat- |outlined al the Institute of Chemistry Jed with it would not have any custom-|of the American Chemical Soclety (t ers for at legst & month."” Northwestern, Evaiston, L, August 18, ,}(’g{lio l’rogrr'mrs-—-l’u‘e 30 ! | bureau was | would MAN KILLED BY BEAR. Fatally Wounded When Animal Escapes From Cage. MARLBORO, Mass.. July 30 (#). Herbert Gibley died yesterday from in- juries he received when a black bear attacked him after it had escaped from a cage The bear, which was on exhibition turned on Gibley when he tried to re- capture it and inflicted fatal wounds. FRLOUGHS TOCUT BUREAU PAY ROLL 4,500 Will Be Affected by August Program at “Over- manned” Plant. A furlough program which eventually will cut the pay of 4,500 employes of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing| was announced today by Director A. W. Hall to be put into effect next Wed- nesday and to continue throughout lheI present fiscal year. ‘The system, which is similar to that adopted several times in the past, was ordered, Director Hall explained in bul letins posted at the plant, because the “overmanned.” The fur- dough will prevent dismissals which have been necessary because there are now too many employes for the work and the appropriations avall- able. ‘The bureau will not be closed. Some employes will be furloughed without on one day out of eight during ust. Later the furloughs will day in 14 for all employea sghedule for August only wad an- nounced in detall for today, but 'fi" planation stated that work’would be adjusted later in the year so that the furlough may be equalized. The only parts of the operating divi- slons of the bureau which will not gq on furlough in August include the en- graving division, which is working on the new small-sized paper money to be brought out next year, and the press- men in the numbering, surface and printing divisions. Others Are Included. The August otherwise includes the following: | Plate printers, one day out of eight working days; printers’ assistants, one day out of fourteen working days. Wetting, examining, numbering post- age stamp and surface printing divi- slons, one day out of each nine work- ing days. In making the announcement Direc- tor Hall stated: “Because of the status of the work In hand, it is not possible to observe the one-out-of-fourteen-days schedule” in the wetting, numbering, portage stamp and surface printing and engraving divistons, but it was sald during the latter part of the year ad- justments will be made so that the total furlough days for each employe” will equal one in fourteen Reasons for the furlough were. ex- plained to the personnel by Direclor Hall in bulletin No. 39, which was post- ed early this morning on all bulletin boards throughout the plant. The de- talls of how the August furlough was to operate were explained in bulletin g:. 40, posted somewhat later in the y. Director Hall Explains. In his first explanation of the neces- sity for a furlough, Diregtor Hall told why it was being put into effect, and the principles which would govern the functioning of the furlough through- out the enti enr. “Two courses are open to relieve the situation: (1) A reduction of personnel, (Continued on Page 2, Column &) NICARAGUANS TO VOTE ON TWO CANDIDATES Election in November Is Limited to Liberal and Conserva- tive Parties. By the Assoolated Press MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 30— Nicaraguans in voting for president on November 4 will have only* the nominees of the two old line parties— Adolfo Benard, Conservative, and Gen, Jose Maria Moncada, Liberal-—to choose between Application of Republican Liberals and Republican Conservatives to be recognized as parties were rejected by the Natlonal Election Board composed of Brig. Gen, Frank R. McCoy, chalr- man, and one member each from the Conservative and Liberal parties. Gen. Moncad issued & statement saying the great aim of the Liberals was to join issue sagainst (he entire Conservative party and to prove that liberallam has & majority at. the polls, schedule of furloughs | B0Y CONFESSES MURDERFORSYD Telfs Virginia Police He Killed dgar Jenkins, 27, to Get Motor Cycle. By a Staff Corresponilent of The Star WASHINGTON, Va, July 30.—Ar- miles from the scene of his crime, | Prancis Wharton, 18 years old, of Sper- | ryville told Commonwealth Attorney William F. Moffett today that he killed | Edgar Jenkins, 27 years old, with a | shotgun last Priday because he wanted $200 to buy a motor cycle. | When arrested the youth was joy- {riding in Sperryville on a new motor cyele, which he said he purchased with | money taken- from Jenkins' pockets. | Wharton is held at Little Washington, | charged with first degree murder. Po- Hce say he has made a full confession. The murder, which occurred about 9 o'clock Friday evening. is described by Sheriff Hubert Keyser as the most bru- tal in the history of Rappahannock | County. Jenkins was shot three times {with a shotgun, the first two shots blowing off the top of his head and he third taking effect just under the eart. i Met on Highway. In his confession wealth attorney, Wharton said he met | Jenkins on the Lee Highway near here | | by appointment and induced him to enter a clump of bushes near the road to take a drink. Jenkins, a resident of Culpeper, Va., has been driving a truck for the State on & road con- sffuction job mnear here. ' He had a reputation for carrying large sums of Jmoney in his ets. Wharton told the commonwealth at- lorney that he knew of this habit and lected Jenkins as his victim. He said | that he had concealed the shotgun in the bushes earlier in the day. Jenkins was shot first as he raised a jar of whisky to his mouth. The two other | shots were fired after he had fallen. The body was not discovered until yesterday afternoon. It was found by a man who was passing through the woods on his way home from church. | He notified the sheriff and the latter out of the vicinity guarded. Vietim's Car Abandoned. drove his vietim's car to Sperryville and abandoned it there after buying the motor cycle. He made no attempt to escape or conceal himself. He told Sheriff Keyser after his arrest that he stayed in Sperryville because he wanted his friends to see the motor cycle. when he failed to axpear in Sperryville Sunday morning and o1 ized a search party. The body was found. however, fore this party reached the scene of the shooting, which is but a short dis- tance from a State convict camp, where more than 100 prisoners are quartered. Residents of the vicinity told of hear- ing shots fired at the time Wharton said he killed Jenkins, Commonwealth Attorney Moffet sald the case will not come to trial until {the September term of court. In the meantime Wharton will be held at Washington. Moffet sald the resi- dents of the town are not greatly aroused over the killing, as Wharton is not considered normal. He has been larrested several times for different offenses. to the common- | » (#) Means Associated P 'Wilkins Will Use Arctic Plane for South Pole Flight By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 30—The monoplane that carried Capt. Sir George H. Wilkins and his pilot over the North Pole last April has been picked by the famous explorer for his proposed exploration flights in the region of the South Pole. Capt. Wilkins said that a second plane under construction here—-a monoplant of the same type, but equipped with combination pontoon skis for landing on’ water or fce— will be usedeto carry supplies to the final hase for the “jump-off.” The last base will be 500 or 600 miles south of the whaling stations ml Deception Island, the explorer said. 7 BARDELEGATES | | Two Trains Crash in Califor- nia—Washingtonians Are Hurt. | | | [ ‘ By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.—Various- ly injured in a rear-end train collision {at Cortena, in Colusa County, Calif., |some 37 men and women en route | home from the American Bar Associa- | tion convention just closed at Seattle, | Wash., were reported recovering today | The injured included well known at- | | Eastern points. The wreck occurred yesterday when the third section of the Bar Associa- pecial train was partially smashed 3 southbound Cascade Limited, | crack Southern Pacific train from Seat- | tle to San Francisco, while the special | was halted on the track for repairs. | Seven members of the two train crews | also were hurt. Southern Pacific Co. | officials announced that only 16 of the injured remained in hospitals today. Unofficial reports said the special had stopped after rounding a curve and tion s {by t rosted yesterday afternoon less than|had sent a flagman -back to halt the | his remarks. Cascade Limited. supposed to be 10 minutes to the rear. The wo trains | had left Portland, Oreg.. half an hour |apart., but the Cascade had been gaining. Hits Observation Car. Passengers said the flagman had run back only -a comparatively short dis- | tance when the Cascade appeared. run- | ning 50 miles an hour. The flagman placed torpedoes on the track and ran forward, waving his flag frantically. With' the shrieck and grinding of brakes the cascade attempted to A but lacked sufficient distance. The locomotive smashed into the steel ob- servation car, partially telescoping it. The special’s wooden dining car, sev- eral lengths ahead, splintered under the impact. The engine and tender of the limited, locked in the twisted steel of the ob- servation car, teetered uncertainly in a | cloud of steam for a few seconds. Then the two battered masses of steel turned | over in the ditch. Passengers and train crews worked together in extricating the injured from the wreckage. Win- dows were smashed to gain access to the overturned observation car. Physicians Respond. Every physician within miles re- sponded to emergency calls and first aid was given at the scene of the wreck before the injured were taken by am- bulance and automobile to the nearest | | hospitals. Railroad officials announced | | that none of the injuries received were | | likely to prove fatal. The injured list | included: ! Mrs. Mary Hatch of Lamoille, Minn.: Mrs. B. L. Mason, jr., of Pawson, Md.; | | Mrs. H. L. Snyder of Pittsburgh, W. F.| Balzell, 450 Fourth avenue, Pittsburgh: | INJURED IN WRECK orneys and their wives from many | ress. TWO CENTS. CO0LDGE PLEASED BY RECEPTONF MEHORIALSPEEC President Hears Many Fa- vorable Comments After Cannon Falls Address. REFERENCES TO SOUTH HELD NON-POLITICAL Executive Declared Dixie Cannot Be Blamed Entirely for War. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. CEDAR ISLAND LODGE. BRULE RIVER, Wis, July 30.—President Cool- idge was pleased this morning by tele- | erams he received congratulating him upon the speech he delivered yesterday afternoon at Cannon Falls, Minn., in which he thrust back into the dead vears of the past all the bitterness and sorrows of the Civil War and emphasized the passing of sectionalism and the welding together of this country In & | united whole. | The President and Mrs. Coolidge, who | accompanied him on the journey to the outhern part of Minnesota, showed no | ill effects today. They both appeared | rested despite the eight-hour train ride. Yesterday's address was the first | publit utteranc> Mr. Coolidgs has made | since leaving Washington, and there- | fore the first since the battle lines for | the forthcommg national cas | have been formed, and he was | pleased with the reassuring tone of the | congratulatory messages he received to- | day. as well as the editorial comment in nearby newspapers. He seemed eager to learn what was the reaction of his specch. Remarks on South. | His anxiety in this connection prob- 1 ably was due to misgivings he may have | had as to the interpretation placed upon [ It no doubt had reached his ears, as it had others in his party, that there were those who upon hear- inz his address \construed it as being somewhat for campaign purposes. If any political significance could | have been read into Mr. s re- ! marks, it might have been as a_result {of his tribute to the South for its re- | markable economic recovery and pres- |ent day industria! progress and for 1 his, loting the attempts to keep bit- | ternesS, hatred and sectional animosity | alive for the purpose of political ad- | vantage, and when he that those resorting to such devices | find their place in the public confidence | seriously impaired. | . Some others who construed the Pres- | ident's remarks as having been prompt- e 1 Ins | to invade the solid South this Fall for | Hoover. 'Those who know the President | well had no hesitancy afterward in re- | futing such inferences and in > | ing that the President's tribute to the tsvu!h ‘was most apprbpriate, inasmuch 2s he was speaking at the dedication of a Civil War 1 The President’s speech was brief. re- ,quiring barelv 15 minutes to deliver. i There was little applause on the part of the many thousands of persons s- sembled in the picturesque little cem- ~texy, but it was plain to be seen that ais remarks were well received. When 2ie concluded he was loudly applauded, as ‘was Mrs. Coolidge when she, a few mimites after the President peaki unveiled a bronze tablet near the statute of Col. William Colwill, for the dsdication of which these exercises were held. Colvill's Exploit Recalled. It was against the South that Col. i | Mrs. J. P. Kane, 3354 Stratford avenue, Colvill and his gallant men of the ist immediately ordered all roads leading | After the shooting, however, Wharton | Friends of Jenkins became alarmed | | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) HIGH OFFICIALS PRESENT "CUPS IN YACHT RACE v!p«nlsh King and Queen and Oth- ers Give Prizes for Trans- oceanic Event. | By the Associated Press. | SANTANDER, Spain, July 30.—The King and Queen of Spain, the American ., Ogden Hammond, and | high.eivil and military officials assisted vesterday in presentation of trophies to fctors and others in the transocéhnic yacht race from New York to Santan- | der, leted last week. King Alfonso's cup trophy was pre- sented the yacht Elena, owned by Wil- liam D. Bell. The Queen's cup for smaller yachts went to the Nina, owned :'nod punled':y lPanl(:l-mmgud.‘ Place were given the its in each division in the order of fll}:\:nmshlm. A ROB BANK MESSENGERS. WINNIPEG, July W"(;).‘—Mvr ban- g)llls t;r:xodmvlr;th n‘volven and sawed-off otguns u essel f the Canadian Bmkp o';o g‘unm:g‘ :‘odl-;t escaped in an automobile having United States license plates, with money satchels believed to have con- talned between $25,000 and $30.000. Mrs. Willebtl'al;dt. on By disregarding the advice of her as- soclates In the Department of Justice Mrs. Mabel W. Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General, has demonstrated that travel by air in at least one in- stance was safer than. tra Mrs, Willehrandt ;:g'ln A gerious b in i yesterday land to Chicago, .i'mumd of ukln%' special train on which a large number of men and women were returning from the convention of the American Bar Association just ended at Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Willebrandt announced When recently that she intended to fly part she was to make a speech before the Bar Assoclation, some of her assoclat suggested that she was taking an un. necessary visk. They said that if sh was determined to fly West from Chi- cago she ought to let well enough alone and come back all of the way by train. Miss Dorothy Moncure and Miss Loulse Foster, lawyers i Mrs. Willebrandt's office, also wtvudld the convention, but of the way to and from Seattle, wheve | Flight, Escapes Possible Injury in Train Wreck| both went by train all the way and are returning in the same manner. But Mrs. Willebrandt had faith in air travel. She left the Oakland air- port by airplane yesterday, and & tele- gram received from her at the depart- jent today announced her arrival at Salt Lake City about 4 o'clock yester- Afternoon, _She is due in today. From there she to return to Washington by train, ar- riving probably tomarrow. :nh: morning llhl'l A §) persons last hight Assoctation convention Wrecked at Cortena, Calif, while Mrs. Willebrandt was in the air, and that 37 men and women had been injured. It Is not known whether Miss Moncure and Miss Foster were on this train, Man and woman associates of Mra, Willebrandt said today that they sun- ‘md their chief would be less ltkely han ever upon her return to take thelr advice on the subject of travel by A versus travel by land, A i Her assoclates were startled to learn | & | Minnesota Infantry had fought so gal- | lantly at Gettysburg. It was the sx- | rageous charge of those | that saved the left wing of the Union | Army during that battle and, according | to the words of the President, “held the | Confederate forces in w’ until oug: reserves came up. prol saving !Unbn Army from defeat.” | The day was ideal. although a trifle { | him, as he talked to that great throng of people assembled about the | grounds. Freely and unhesitatingly the Presi- dent declared that the South must not be held all to blame for the Civil War | and that we can see now that it was in | many ways entitled to sympathy, be- cause It because meshed in a web of down i | circumstances from which it could not | extricate itself. ‘This expressed viewpoint of the Presi- Ident seemed to particularly interest a little group of very tireds] old ’men sitting in the front row the | President’s vast audience. These vet- erans were survivors of that charge led by Col. Colvill at Gettysburg. | There were only six of them on hand | yesterday. Several of them had donned | their old blue uniforms. Each was | introduced to the President at the con- ‘rluahn of the ceremonies. 1 It was while tou paid such lu.=n ble economic recovery and growth. He implied that the South deserved much more credit for its recovery than did | the North, because the latter found it- | self after the war merely depleted, while the South was entirely ted. The President's declaration that “the day of sectionalism is passed: we are a united Nation,” re! y the ex conviction t | elelenta both in the North cach look with pride and the brilllant contribution which are just as the other as they are to the enactment by unanimous vote of a flood re! ure for the lower Mississippi. Jardine Joins President. Gav. Christianson of Minnesota made brief address before introducing the President. He and Mrs, Christianson, and Mrs. Frank B, Kellogg. wife of the Secretary of State, joined the presi- n’m‘unl party as the train passed through As the President's train reached Min- & guost at Cedar Island until . o un y late this afternoon. - The mu pald Secyetary Jardine the honor E morning of taking him along tn canoe for fishing. He doesn't do it all his eallers, Con on