Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1929, Page 2

2 ®. GRAND ROW SEEN IN VIRGINIA RAGE Bolting Democrats Operate Swiftly and Smoothly in Organizing. (Continued From First Page ) ing against peace and good will and mot in the best interests of both races.” So the anti-Smith Democrats, who voted for Mr. Hoover, make the distinc- tion between “purely official” relations and social relations between the white and colored and place the entertain- ment of Mrs. De Priest in the first category. - Furthermore, their spokes- men insist that this distinction will be made clear to the voters in every part of the State. THeir attitude {5 that as the De Priests were. included in the congressional families, the De Priests must have-official recognition from the White House. Whether they will be able to make this distinction fit remains | to be seen. The regulars insist they) cannot do so. But the regulars insisted 2 year ago the race issue would pull the chestnuts out of the fire for them and carry the State for Smith. They were wrong. The anti-Smith Democrats and the Republicans soft-pedaled the race issue last year, and they will seek to do it again. Need Republican Support. It is quite clear that the nominee of | the anti-Smith Democrats for governor | stands little show of winning the elec- | tion without Republican support. The Republicans, for this support, are likely | to seek some return, although they are | willing to go along in part because of ‘what the anti-Smith Democrats did for them in 1928, when Hoover carried the State and three members of the House were elected on the Republican ticket. The anti-Smith Democrats nominated | for attarney general of-the State one of their own party, Charles C. Berkeley of Newport News, but they left open the office of lieutenant governor. This has been variously interpreted—first, that the probable nominee of the reguar Democrats, James H. Price of Rich- ‘mond, may be satisfactory to the anti- Smith Democrats generally, even though he voted for Smith, and, second, that ( | | | great sea in no | of ‘sea ice THE EVENING BYRD EXPEDITION HAS REVEALED Previous Knowledge Fields Opened By LAURENCE M. GOULD ST, ° LT A TR 18 —Regurdless of e severity of Hs ~] jess o 38 of climate, when one contemplates only the geograj isolation of the Antarc- tic Continent. he has little cause to wonder that it is still the terra:incog- nita of the whole world. Here is = | continental land mass nearly as large as the United States and continental Canada combined, surrounded by a lace less than 500 miles in width and everywhere oceanic in character, Not only are these seas generally the most tempestuous of any on the globe, but their southern limits are perpetuelly infested with t flelds and innumeral 50 that vast areas have never be navigated. Our knowledge of the Antarctic is by no means as extensive as one would suppose from studying existing maps. Actually little more than one-third of the coast line has been roughly charted. Map makers have fallen into the habit of connecting unknown areas with little regard to their isolation, thus giving quite an incorrect impression. Add to this the fact that before the present Byrd Antarctic Expedition its work our notions about the continent's interior were chiefly the result of in- formation gleaned from narrow fields of view opened by journeys to the South Magnetic Pole and the converging routes of journeys made by Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen toward tht South Pole. A Circular Continent. In shape the Antarctic Continent at en with the South Pole as its center. Its main departures from such outline are caused by two great indenfations from almost opposite sides—from the Pacific side, the Ross Barrier, which penetrates to within 350 miles of the pole, and, from the Atlantic, the Weddell Sea, which penetrates only about to lati- tude 78 degrees, or 750 from the pole. they may wish to leave this place to be filled by the Republicans the better to cement the coalition. The Republicans | are likely to be looking, however, for| suppart from the anti-Smith organiza- tion next year in the congressional and | senatorial electicns. May Fight Carter Glass. Many of the anti-Smith . Democrats, | however, are apparently intent upon | placing their own man in the field for Senator against Senator Carter Glass next year. Frank Lyon, State chairman of the anti-Staith Democratic party, re- ceived an ovation at the hands of the vention yesterday when his name the party candidate The anti-Smith Democrats in Vir- ;uu- are net going to confine their ef- forts to the State in their desire to rid the Democratic national party of the so-called Smith-Raskob leadership. The convention m: ruell:nug y:le;r- day providing for 2ppol ent of & committee, to have headquarters Wi , which shall co-operate with antl-Smith Democrats in other States, particularly States of the South, in a to rid the party of the dominance of Smith and Raskob. It is not clear just how this committee is to be mn'!;(:fl !fr the canvent;fn m;d: no on for am; mditures of mng;? but the lnu-wms have shown_themselves sble to find money to conduct.their ations when it was needed in the and ere likely to be able to do s e. The new. fAfminee. of the anti-Smith Democrats for governor s & comparss young man with a pleasing per- ity and an abllity to talk. He came before the convention late yester- follo his nomination and s g voice and a ern accent. He makes his points. He had his crowd with him yesterday and they howled their approval at his jabs at the , but he is lkely to show him- self a good campaigner on the stump. Bitter Campaign Is Seen. It is true that he declared he in- tended to keep villification of the oppo- sition out of the campaign, but when the fight warms up, as it promises to do, the campaign is likely to become in- tensely bitter. The regulsr Democratic organization is fighting for its political existence. It lost last year. If it loses this year it will be in a bad way in- deed. The anti-Smif ts have i | support & Democrat in the guberna- torial race, whereas they asked them a g:: uan support & Republican for James Cannon, jr., of Rich- mond, did not attend the convention | here. But that does not mean his influence was not constantly at work. He sent a letter to the convention vhh:l: was lnmflnselll a keynote of the coming campaign. It was reported that he had much to do with the drafting of the actual keynote speech and a great deal to do with the platform which the convention adopted. All three of these documents the enti-Smith Democrats squarely on rec- ord in favor of prohibition and sought to place the jar Democratic organi- zation in- line with the wet Smith- Raskob leadership of the national party, and if Bishop Cannon was not present, his chief supporters were on hand. “College” Race Expected. It looks now as though the guberna- torial race would be fought out between two college professors. Dr. Brown, it is true, announced that he had resigned his position on the faculty of Washing- ton and Lee. But up to the minute of his nomination, he was a college edu- cator. His opponent is likely to be | Prof. John G. Pollard of William and | Mary. Pollard was formerly attorney general of the State and at one time, | under the Wilson administration, was | & member of the Federal Trade Com- mission. The other two candidates for the regular Democratic nomination are | G. Walter Mapp, who wrote the origi- nal prohibition law of Virginia, while State Senator, and Rosewell Page of Richmond, a brother of the late Thomas Nelson Page. Pollard is believed now to have the inside track in this three- | cornered race for the nomination. ‘The anti-Smith Democrats are pleased | with themselves today and with their convention. It was larger than they | had hoped for. The same evidences of | a crusading spirit which were developed | during the last campaign were at h nd yesterday. In the crowd of delegates Wwere many women, h the men were largely in the majority. It was 1insisted and agein that the mem- bers of the party were not seeking jobs and that they were gulded solely by a desire to smash the present machine and to redeem the Democratic party of | the State and other States from wet leadership. ‘The smoothness with which the con- vention was run off was the leadership of the new singleness of purpose. with only morning and afternoon se: the convention nominated candidates, adopted its platform and ef- fected a permanent organization. Insurgent Is Squelched. An insurgent, 1. C. -Pollard, who wished the convention to go on record as denouncing the De Priest White House incident, was squelched. He quit These great penetrating seas sugges at least a structural division of the continent, and 1t is customary to speak of the portion that lies on the Atlantic and that facing Australia as Eastern Antarctica and that part lying on the Pacific side as Western Antarctica. | once suggests & rudely circular outline, | tl latitude 77 degrees south. Practically MUCH OF ANTARCTIC INTERIOR Gained From Narrow by Shackleton ancl Amun&sen. | and, secondly, the record of past cli- meate: and life as revealed in sedimen- tary series so far described by explor- 1ng geologists In the major part of at least East Antarctica a plateau type of structure prevails. reaches its greatest height on the eastern border, where South Victoria Land rises abruptly from the ice shelf, known as Ross Barrier, to altitudes ranging 8.000 to 15000 fect above sea level. This highland con- sists of huge faulted mountain strue- tures, which act as a mighty dam to the ice on the plateau behind to the west. Through great rifts in this dam, glaciers flow down into Ross Barrier. On his poleward journey, Scott crossed one of these, the largest known valley glacier in the world—the Beardmore Along the Ross Sea this range has al- most a north and south trend until 1t reaches latitude B85 degrees, where it takes a decided swing toward the emst. Of the central part of Eastern Ant- arctica, the African quadrant, little is known. The same holds true in large measure for the American quadrant. Dredgings from the floor of Weddell Sea brought up rock matter that sug- gests a geological relationship to the African and Austrelian quadrants. But still further west the Graham Land peninzula is clearly an amplification or continuation of the Andes of South America. A backbonelike ridge, this peninsula has been quite rightly called the Antarcticandes. Recently Sir Hu- bert Winkins in his explorations proved to his satisfaction that Graham Land was not a peninsula but two islands separated by ice straits. The Pacific Quadrant. Completing the Antarctic Continent we have the Pacific quadrant, or West | Antarctica, whose western border is Ross Sea. Before Comdr’s Byrd's dis- covery of the Rockefeller Mountains the only known lands in the border zone of this region were the low ice- covered Alexandra Mountains on the coast of King Edward VII Land, in | all we know of the interior of this part of the continent is meager informa- | tion collected by Amundsen on his polar | journey. To the east of his route in | longitude 157 west and between lati- |tude 81 and 82 he noted high bare n a | ter and that while “concessions might | | been made have been current in the| Parts of Antarctica are also identified | I and siightly further bega | resulted in their p with reference to lands or seas that appear to the north of them. Eastern Antarctica comprises the Aus- tralian, African and pert of Ameri- can quadrant and Westsrn Antarctica contains the Pacific quadrant and part of American to coast land. In spite of the apparent basic divi- sion of Antarctica into two sections, its great ice cap gives a general as- unity is further expressed in the cli- mate and in life that is, of course, re- stricted to coastal zones and adjoining seas. ere one finds the same species of seals, whales and birds an average altitude estimated at 6.000 to 7, feet above sea level, this is by far the highest of all continents. From the fact that this great aver- age elevation is due to an ice cover variously estimated at from 2000 to 10,000 fee: in thickness, it naturally follows that only the t of Luc{m p'r:gzc'. ‘;l]nve‘ the ice at great ce inland, . Along coasts where the ice is thinner there are more extensive patches of bare rock and ice- , all of these areas any information. 3 t the ice so largely debouches into ‘tHe sea means that Tock matter brought by glaciers to the of the continent is largely deposited upon the sea floor. It seems that all the forces of nature.have com- bined here to hide geological secrets, Despite these obstacles, combined with a climate which is of unparalleled severity, much good geological work has been done. Geological Discoveries. With the preceding geographic facts in mind, we can sketch the main out- lines of our knowledge of Antarctic ge- ology. Pirst, the structural features ‘Two- delegates were placed in nomi- nation for governor and two for attor- ney general. But in both instances one of the candidates withdrew and threw his support to his opponent. Frank Lyon of McLean, Va., was placed in nomination for governor. He has been & prime mover in the anti-Smith Dem. ocratic organization, is State chairman and led in the plans for the convention. But he took the platform and seconded the nomination of Dr. Brown and with- drew his own nomination, making the choice unanimous thereby. A. A. John- son was placed in nomination for at- torney general against Mr. Berkeley, but he, too, withdrew., There was a general spirit of eo—epent‘n sire to avoid any splits in the new party at what might be called its offi- cial birth. Excerpts from Platform. Excerpts from the platform adopted by the anti-Smith Democrats in con- vention at Roanoke, Va, dealing with hibition, the Democratic national eadership and President Hoover, fol- State and Federal prohibition of the trafic in in'nxu:lflndg llr?uors for be\'; erage purposes, an e passage Of \l'hf(etver additional legislation, includ- ing the provision of whatever foree of men and amount of money may be necessary for effective enforcement. The advantages of prohibition to the Nation at lnrse clent men and money must be provided to compel both the thirsty and covetous to respect and obey the law. “We demand the resignation-of John Raskob from the chairmanship of the national Democratic committee. We denounce his injection of the prohibi- tion issue into the last campaign and his effort to brand the Democratic party as opposed to prohibition. satisfaction at the election of Hon. Herbert Hoover to be President of the United States. Hoover's Stand Is Cited. “We also record our high apprecia- tion of the tremendous emphasis which has been placed by President Hoover upon observance and enforcement of law in his inaugural address, in his adpiress to the Press Association in New York City and to the law enforcement commission recently appointed; his tent emphasis upon this previous pledge, and fully vindicates our action in support of him in preference to Alfred E. Smith in the campaign of 1928. “Had Alfred E. it would certainly have been widely, vociferously, justly and logically pro- claimed that the prohibition policy had of the prohibition I tical nullisication, and certainly if Virginia had voted for Smith the Democratic State leadership, including the candidates in the August primary, would have been responsible to a greater or less degree for such repudiation of the prohibition. pelicy. pect of oneness which is unique. This | and a distinet de- | low: “We favor the maintenance of both | are so great that suff- | open, persis po; vital question is in full accord with his | Smith been tlecled| more pronounced high land, which he |called Carmen Land. This mountain | ridge continues southward to 86, where begin the great ranges already noted that extend up the western side of the Ross Barrier and continue from here toward the Queen Maud Range. Amundsen believed this chain to tra- verse the whole continent and_termi- nated in the neighborhood of Weddell a. Such is the outline of the main structural features of Antarctica. And even this brief survey at once sug- gests such questions as these: Does Queen Maud Range really con- stitute a vontinuation of the ranges from South Victoria Land? Does this great range stretch across the conti- | nent or connect with the Antarctic- andes, or do the Antarcticandes bend | eastward to reappear in the border e of west Antarctica? Are we deal- | ing with two land masses of continent- al proportion, or do east and west | Antarctica merge as a common whole? | " Probably the most interesting fossils, | both of plant and animal, so far | found have been taken from Graham Land. Yet the logy of the Aus- tralian quadrant | been most com- pletely worked out, a sequence of ‘geo- al formations from old pre-Cam- ‘deposits having been found there. But these known pages of the geo- logical of Antarctica are in | places badiy mutilated and torn, and as _many pages are entirely lacking— millions upon millions of years have elapsed for which we have yet no! record—it is at once evident that there | is no more difficult task than to de-| | cipher the character of the pre-glacial| climates. It is of interest, however, that | | all of our slender evidence indicates the | present climatic conditions are excep- | tional. Be&mnlng with the Cambrian deposits, e oldest rocks definitely | known to contain fossils, theére is ample | evidence in the character of ~fassil | remains to indicate that Antarctica | was favored by a warm climate. Such | evidence is found in all fossiliferous rocks that succeed these very old Cam- brian strata. The Penguin’s Ancestors. No account of the Graham Land | fossils would be complete without men- ytion of forms which appear to | ancestral to the modern penguin—that | most curious amphibian bird whose | humorous and even human-like be- | havior has been the delight of all | Antarctic explorers from the earliest to | the present. Many of these ancestral \gengutns were much taller than even he huge modern emperor penguin. There were also land birds that in- habited the continent for the long erfods of mild climate that preceded the glacial period. By a fairly amazing | high degree of adaptation these birds survived the complete glaciation of the continent. Even today the emperor penguin and its cousin, the Adelie penguin, persist in a most extraordinary manner, re- produeing their own in a way that can only be reminiscent of the days when ice was 80 extensive that there were no ice-free lands within range of the birds upon which their eggs could be deposited and hatched. For no apparent reason, these two species of penguins wait until | the dead of Winter, the coldest and | darkest time of vear, to rear young, Furthermore, without any pretense of making a nest each female emperor lays a single egg upon the ice, and at once | removes it from the ice surface to rest on her own feet. Held between the legs against a patch of bare skin on the | abdomen and covered by a flap of skin | and:feathers, the egg is incubated. Both males and females share in the process of incubation. There is one thing of interest to geologist which should be briefly men- | tioned. That is the field glacial studies | made possible by this greatest of all ice masses. Here are to be found all of the | main types of land ice, so here can be ‘Second, we place on record our great | tested our modern theories of ice action. | Only here and in Greenland can we make certain comparisons with the ice | sheets of the great glacial age that so | profoundly affected North America and | Northern Europe. | Character of Rockefeller Mountains. | Considering the fact that former | Antarctic expeditions have found their | Summers in the fleld largely occupled Wwith getting established we were for- tunate to accomplish any geol work this season. The nearest exposed land to Little America, on the Bay of ‘Whales, is more that 100 miles to the east and north. It is the Rockefeller Mountains discovered by Comdr. Byrd on his first flight. The Rockefeller Mountains are a group of more or less isolated peaks and ridges beginning roughly in latitude 78 | degrees 14 minutes south, longitude 155 degrees 15 minutes west and extending been repudiated and that a mandate | in crescentic shape titude e Had been given for such modification ceniie Anane Lo jmay 2T 08 s as would nave | grees 35 minutes south, longitude 153 degrees south 5 minutes west, with the crescent opening toward the west. There are some 40 peaks and ridgss, all of which are heavily flanked with snow and fully half of which are com- i Pletely smothered by it. These peaks range in height from about 500 feet to more than 2,000 feet above sea level. the ization. He had been a mem- | The election of Herbert Hoover put an (A second installment of ar- ber of the committee to arrange for the | end to the hopes of the enemies of | ticle will appear tomorrow). convention. But no sooner was he out | the hibition law. than D. W. Chapman of smlum‘:lle “We to President Hoover our X & . was -sscond district del- | active, support and eo-operation 'arsaw, Pol & ‘shortage of egation to take his place. Chapman is in his effort to secure law observance taxicabs the refusal of driv- & Jnember of the House of Delegates. and efficient law enf " fares. £rs to qperate &b the precent low STAR, WASHINGTON, QOWNER OF WILLARD DENIES HOTEL SALE L. M. Boomer Says Offer Has Been Made for Property. L. M. Boomer, president of the Cap-4 ital Hotel Co. and head of the Boomer- | Dupont interests, owners of the Wil- lard Hotel here, in a telephone conver- sation from his New York office tnday | declared that while an offer had hcen made for his Interests in the Willare no action had been taken on the mat- be made,” it was too early to regard the offer as being in the nature of ne- gotiations for a change in the owner- ship of the hotel, which is the suc-) cessor of a long “ine of histcric hos- telries at Fourteenth street and Penn- sylvania avenue. Mr. Boomer characterized as “noth-} ing unusual” the offer which has been | made for the hotel, with which rumor | haz connected a number of Washing- tonians. ! “We have recelved many offers for| the Willard,” Mr. Boomer declared, “and we'll sell anything we have pro- vided we get enough for it. But I! want to state emphatically that the Willard has not been sold and that it| is much too early to speak of the offer we have received as meaning that | actual negotiations have been entered | into for the sale of the hotel. There might be coneessions and the hotel | might be sold. I cannot say more than that, however. umors tha to gain ownership of the Willard has | a determined attempt city for some time. Mr. Boomer would | not discuss the identity have made the offer. Hight, manager of the ho telry, this morning was ron-commit- | tal when faced with the statement of Mr. er. He would neither affirm | nor deny that he was one of those| who have made an offer for the hotel, | nor would he discuss to what extent efforts to buy the hotel had gone. “I do not feel that I can discuss the | matter in any way at this time” he declared. Julius Garfinckel, department store owner, another inently mentioned in connection with the attempt to pur- chase the Willard, yesterday dismissed reports that he was interested in the project with an unequivocal denial E. F. Oolladay, another mentioned, was out of the city today. of those who DR, HARRIES DIES FUNERAL FRIDAY Washington Commandery, No. 1 to Conduct Templar Service. | Following a long Ulness, Dr. Willlam A. Harries died early this morning at his residence, 628 Quebec place. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Fri- day afternoon at the house, Rev. Dr. Chesteén Smith, pastor of Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Dr. Harries had long been a member, officiating. Wi n Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, of which Dr. Harries was a past commander, will conduct the Templar service, after which interment will be made in Rock Creek Cemetery, with Federal Lodge, No. 1, P. A. A. M, Dr. Harries being a past master of that lodge, in charge of the burial service. Dr. Harries was a brother of Maj. Gen. Georgé H. Harries, formerly in command of the District of Columbia Militia, and who was in cha; of base section No. 5, A. E. P, with headquar- ters at Brest, France, during the World War. Another brot! Fred L. Harries, a resident of Takoma Park, Md, and an instructor in the District public schools, and a sister, Miss Florence S Harries, of this city, survive. Lived in D. C. 49 Years. Dr. Harrles was born at Pembroke Dock, Wales, on Christmas day, 1863. After coming to this country, he lived with other members of the family in Jowa, and then came to this city 49 years ago, and remained here since. After four years spent in the patent business, he entered the Government service in the United States Pension Office 45 years ago. At the time of his death, he was a_memper of the Medi- cal Board of Re-Reviews of the Pension Office. Dr. Harries was twice married. His first wife died many years ago. His second wife, who survives, was Miss | Amanda Gloyer of Milwaukee. He also leaves one son, John Harries, now 11 years old. Notification of his brother’s death has been sent to Gen. Harries at his head- quarters in Chicago. Active in Masonic Circles. Dr. Harries was active in Masonic circles, He served as master of Federal Lodge, No. 1, F. A. A. M, in 1911; was high priest of Eureka Chapter, No. 4, Royal Arch Masons, in 1914; was {llus- trious master of Adoniram Council, No. 2, Royal and Select Masters, also in 1914; was commander of Washington Commandery, No. 1, Knights Templar, in 1918; he was a 32d degree Mason of Albert Pike Consistory, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, a member of Esther Chapter, No. 5, Order of the Easter Star, and a life member of Damascus Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Rochester, N. Y. WEIR FAILS IN TEST FOR NAVAL ACADEMY Colored Youth Appointed by Rep-| resentative De Priest Found to Be Physioally Disqualified. Charles E. Weir, honor graduate of | Dunbar High School last June, who was | appointed to the Naval Academy by Representative Oscar de Priest, failed to pass the physical examination re- quired of the academy candidates when he was found by the academy board yesterday to have imperfect eyesight. ‘Weir, who passed his mental test several weeks ago and whose scholastic standing was assured by virtue of his graduation from an accredited high school, was examined first yesterday morning. The imperfection in his vision was discovered and a second test was made yesterday afternoon. The result of both tests was the same. Weir, the son of Raymond Weir of 917 Euclid street, an employe in the | Department_of Agriculture, was gradu- | ated from Dunbar High School here last | June at the head of the class. He had led fect record by attaining ' ble rating in every sub- t the four-year course. He was a member of the Dunbar Chap- ter of the National Honor Soclety of honted by Representatt ntative Priest as alternate to Lawrence colored youth, who ‘Whitefield, another d}dnfllt’m’hflhlfllmflfi- amination month, ISGIVENTOHOOVER A<+ D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE:19, 1929 HOOVER GETS GIANT AIR MAIL LETTER Fhoto shows the largest lettst ever oarried by air mail, which was delivered | to President Hoover today by John D. thall, mayor of Cleveland, and CHf- | ford Henderson. manager of the natio alr races, to be held at Cleveland, August B4 to Scptember 2. The photo shows a group holding the letter in front of the ton Hotel. Left to right: Harry E. Smith, plane pilot; Phil Hender- son; J. T. Waddups, mayor of Brook Park, Cleveland: Lee R. Murphy, plane pilot; Clem Gérson, manager of the Carlton, and Clifford Henderson. RECORD AIR LETTER painat A’ |Failure Against A’s| Results in Braxton| g for Vacation | equests President Grif- fith to Let Him Go Home and “Rest Up.” Cleveland Missive, Signed by 100,000, Invites President | to National Air Races. Garland Braxton's woeful showing | yesterday on being belted unmercifully by the Athletics when sent in to relieve | Irving Hadley in the fifth inning has re- sulted in his drawing a vacation. The Senatorial southpaw was much The largest fetter ever carried by air was_defivered to President Hoover | at the White House today by John D. | Measure Will Give Legislative |Mrs. Aima Von Steinner and | Capitol is ready to go to the for signature today, having passed the 'men’s District | of members of the House and Senate Dam, who was runner-up for '-h:ng! 1 E‘-‘;gc ltomua {lar declared that in virtually all of the Marshall, mayor of Cleveland, and Clif- ford Henderson, manager of the 1929 national air races, to be held at Cleve- | cut up by his inability to pitch effective- | Iy when called on in a pinch, but that his failure was due to weaknéss of the flesh’ rather than lack of honest effort land from August 24 to September 2.| The missive, measuring 5 by 4 feet| in size and weighing 168 ounces, is an | invitation to the sident to attend the races, bearing the signatures of | 100,000 Cleveland school children. It was brought here by’ a delegation | of 25 Cleveland officials and citizens, | who made the flight in three airplanes. landing at the Anacostia Naval Air Station at about 7:30 o'clock yesterday evening. The party was preceded by a group of Cleveland newspaper men | fiying in a Lockheed Vega cabin mon- | oplane, the main party following in a| Martin cabin biplane, piloted by Ed- ward Rembert and in charge of Maj T. J. Herbert, commander of the avia- tion unit of the Ohio National Guard, and Lieut. Frank J. McManamon, Naval Reserves, and a Ford tri-motor- ed monoplane carrying a party of 15, | including Mayor Marshall. The party was met at Anacostia by Lieut. Comdr. R. P. Molte, aide to David 8. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics, and taken to the Carlton Hotel. A brief acronautical meeting was held by the delegation this torning fn the | aeronautical headquarters at the Carl-| ton Hotel before the reception at the| White House at noon. The ouY is to | leave Anacostis for Cleveland early this afternoon. —_— TWO ASSISTANTS TO BROWN NAMED was indicated by the follo commu- nication he handed to President Grif- fith and Manager Johnson today and which was concurred in by them: “Realizing that for some reason or other I have not the physical strength to do myself or the bell elub justice as a pitcher, I here:& req ‘est that you al- low me to lay from work without | y for one week and let me go to my ome and rest up.” SHIP REPORTED AFIRE ON NIAGARA RIVER Cutter and Tugboat Rushed to Aid | Ossian Bedell, Buffalo-Toronto Passenger Vessel. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y.. June 19.—Fire was reported today: to ‘have broken out 6n the passenger steamer Bedell an its run between Erie Beach, On- tario,.and Buffalop. . The was said to.be ara River -be drifting out of control. yet Dbeen Coast Guard officials reported that Coast Guard cutter 197 and a tug- boat_had rushed to the assistance of the Bedell and made fast to her when the passenger craft had drifted nearly to the Peace Bridge. They were towing & her in the direction of & Beach. Coleman and Philp Nominated as| No . sign of was seen t) h " glasses from the Coast Guard station, Aides to Postmaster they said. When the Bedell signaled for help was General. at 12:30 pm. steam or smoke pouring from her decks, and it was | believed by those on shore either a fire From the 3:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star By the Associated Press Arch Coleman of Minneapolis was nominated today to be First Assistant Postmaster General, and John W. Philp of Dallas, Tex., to be Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. or ‘a boller explosion had crippled her. \MEEGAN NOT IMPLICATED | IN RESTAURANT TROUBLE Coleman has been tmaster at | Minneapolis, Minn., for eight years. Philp has been postmaster at Dallas, Tex., for a similar period, and i§ now president of the National Association of Postmasters. With the announcement of their ap- Man Arrested Gave Colorado Ad- dress, Which Later Turned Out to Be Fictitious. t | schol pointment, Postmaster General Brown declared they had been advanced in line with the new policy of the depart- ment to promote postmasters of out- standing achivement. Coleman, he said, was under consid~ eration before he left the service re- cently to run for Congress. He was defeated. STIMSON GETS DEGREE. NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 18 (#).— Secretary of State Henry Lewis Stimson and Attorney General Willlam De Witt Mitchell were among the 12 men and women who received honorary degrees from Yale University today. Secretary Stimson and Attorney Gen- eral Mitchell were awarded degress of doctor of laws. Vincent Massey, Cana- The Star yesterday carried an account of an altercation in a restaurant in which it was said that Frank Meegan of 5200 block of Colorado avenue was arrested on a charge of intoxication in connection with the fray. PAY INCREASE BILL {FAVDRITES BEATEN READY FORHOOVER, (N GOLF TOURNEY Mrs. Meckley Lose in Women’s Battle. The bill increasing the salaries of | Two of the favorites to win approximately 2,500 employes at the |the title were defeal today in the President | second match play round of the wo- golf: championship at the revicusly was Columbia Country Club. ~ * approved by the House. increases Mrs. Betty P. Meckiey of Beaver total $877,897.60. {Dam, who is the champion of the ‘While the measure was under consid- of Schenectady, eration in the Senate Senator McKellar, {N. Y., was beaten on the eighteenth Democrat, of Tennessee, gave notice |green by Mrs. J. M. Hodges of the that at the first opportunity he will Army, Navy and Marine Country Club. seek legislation to increase the salaries | Mrs. Alma Von Steinner of Beaver Employes Salary Raise of $2,240. Senate late yesterday. It le from $10,000 to $12,000. He was pre- two years 5, ago, was defeated, 6 er an_amendment to the |by Mrs. L. B. Chapman of Congressi fonal ployes’ bill, but withheld it | Country Club. Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes of Columbia, and Mrs. Dorothy White Nicolson of Washington, who are the outstanding players of the tournament by reason of their scores in the first two rounds, both won their matches in the second round today and advanced into the semi- finals. Mrs. Haynes defeated Mrs. 8. F. Colladay of Columbia, 5 and 4, and Mrs. Nicolson, who iz the present holder of the women's championship, defeated- Miss Florence Scott of Indian Spring, |2 and 1. In the semi-final round to- morrow, Mrs. Haynes will meet Mrs. Hodges and Mrs. Chapman will play Mrs. Nicolson. Mrs. Hodges had a medal score of in defeating Mrs. Meckley. Mrs, Hodges was 1 up after the fifteenth hole had been played and the next three holes were haived. n when Chairman Warren of the appro- priations committee said that if lny| amenéments were made to the measure it probably could not be en- acted before the recess. Senator McKel- important Government of created in recent years, such as the Farm Board, the Reserve Board and similar agencies, the salaries of members have been placed at $12,000. ‘While the employes’ pay bill was be- fors the Senate several Senators called attention to what they regarded as in- equalities in the provisions of the bill but 2o amendments were pressed be- efeating the gfiu of the danger of d The increases carried in the bill were worked out by a joint committee com- d of Senators Warren, Watson and ratton and _Representatives Wood, Murphy and Byrns. Under the read- justed compensation the average of sal- aries in the legislative branch of the Dorothy Hunter Government, becomes $2,240, as com-! ring, defeated Mrs. J. L. pared with the general average of $2,100 ashington, 2 and 1, and in the executive branch. The average | Mrs. L. L. Steele of Indian Spring de- of all salaries under the I tive | feated Mrs. H. K. Cornwell of Columbia, branch in 1923 was approximately $1,765, | 7 2nd 6. The results in the first fight which makes the increase 26.9 per cent. | consolation fo) The committes reported that in the ex- ecutive branch the average of all sal- raised from aries has n $1,650 in 1923 to $2,100-in 1930. ‘The committee stated that while the average is slightly higher in the legis- lative branch, the variance is believed to be justified in view of the differences | R. in employment conditions and ex- to and from Wash- pense of traveling ington. MILTON FELSTEIN, 18, CHOSEN TO TRY FOR EDISON SCHOLARSHIP | (Continued From First Page.) vt |POLICE QUIZ DIN WITH INTERPRETER mmiu ,_g .f "’“".‘f.u,y N:Suspect in Death of Chinese In- of cand 2 wide mar- : # d place being s former Faces Homitide low total of 15, third on & total bf Ofokes. 17_and fourth with & 22. J Felstein, the son of Mr. and Max Felstein, of 1408 Crif was X an outstanding student in his school | With the aid of an interpretér, in all scientific and mathematical sub- | ieday were endeavoring to’ elicit, jects. His interests in science, accord- | mation from Lee Din, alias Lee k ing to the credentials by him with | arrested by the ' Detective. Bureau the Wmml:n in e'geli r.l;g:; m-«qfllmmw connestion hood, play_cen a ® fatal shooting Wednewday of Lee King, Federal narcotic informer. scientific toys and games. He was an ity ind construction a6 It mflz; & n as wmuch of mtfe!;rtger ;ub]ect.l, ring e won first place in the unéh:oncu't conducted by the mical in which high school students the District wrote compositions on cthem- istry. the of Columbia’s candi- aats, Feisiatn Wil ourney 10, Thomas Edison’s laboratories, where, with the candidates of the 48 States, he will compete for Mr. Edison's four-year examina T, in an the WITNESS TESTIFIES OF LOAN TO PAPER BY POWER MAGNATE (Continued From First Page.) in the establishment of the Mobile Press, the witness replied that “a good many ago Frederic) istered Mr. Edizon’s combination phonograph instruments, which the in- ventor has announced he will give each of the 48 candidates. The winner of the scholarship is as- sured of a four-year course in a lead- ing tachnical coliege. committee under Mr. Hine, which adjudged Pelstein, the candidate of the District, was appointed by Dr. Ballou, superintendent of schools, at the insti- gation of the District Commissioners, who were the actual recipients of Mr. Edison's invitation to propose & candi- | pro, date for the scholarehip in the name of | g the Dism:tn; meommlme re- ported to 0 u, present Felstein's name at the June 26 meeting of the Board of Education. The candidacy of the McKinley High luate be presented PFinance Co. of Mobile, owned by Mc- Gowin. This, he Frank Meegan of 5205 Colorado ave~ nue asks that it be made clear that he was not the man arrested. He was in no way concerned in the incident. ‘The man afrested gave an address in Colorado avenue, which turned out to be fictitious. }:x-Gove:nor to Address Chamber. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, June 19 (Special) .-——John J. Cornwell, former Governor of West Virginia, has ac- dian Minister to the United States, re- | cepted an invitation to speak at a ceived the same degree. The degree of | chamber of commerce meeting here the doctor of science was conferred u?on | evening of June 27, at which farmers Arthur Holly Compton, Chicago, profes- of the county also will be present as sor of physics, University of Chicago. guests of the chamber membership. EDISON HOME "FROM FLORIDA Beside Mr. Hine the committee in- cluded Stephen E Kramer. first as fuma fo loAn MeGawn some maney: to siztant superintendent, of schools; Gar- s e . net C. o O PEr" | ond publisher of the Press, was men intendent, in ¢l of colored schools; | 830, BURNERET 100 Sl Wibh B ATy o Summings of the Na-, GOWIn at that time, Aldridge said, but tional Catholic Welfare Eounci: only "’p'-:r ’:"::flu to his aBility as & vt BAND CONCERTS. a m::l‘“lr b By the United States Navy Band, 7:30 | 5 T%0 O, three after this visit, ;"clockytil;: evening, at the band stand, W"u“'fl ie borrowed $35,000 Srem e ; delivered this sum to McGowin. Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, | o thic check, dated hm.‘r’;fll .’A m B ERL agaist - OV SRS qusicnne by Ml Aty Solo for eornet, “Willow Echoes’ $25,000 from Martin which he also de- Musician Ralph Ostrom. . To MoGo 0 previos. Girand scenes from the opera Batins: the o leria Ry LR been developed that McGowin loaned isticana’ Suite, “Woodland Sketches”. Valse, “La Belle Roumaine”. . .Ivanovici Excerpts from “Naughty M-mt;,;.' e rhert Poeme symphonique, “Le Rouet a'om) IPUE" (“The Spinning ‘Wheel) sie, “Danses Polowitsiennes,” Ballet mu “Anchors Aweigh.” “Star Spangled Banner.” could purchase one-half of the of the Press, which started publication last April 18. Aldridge declared he gave no note to Martin for the loan. but he repaid him at 6 cent interest. McGowin, - , he added, gave him notes for the two $25,000 loans. ADELL . 3080, ‘ocarding 1o s photos g 3 2 placed Kmh the By the United States Marine Band, | static copy of a check o e vening ted | record. Zt:gn: %‘:cp}w‘lh“ o A The transaction between Martin and Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. ‘Witcomb, second leader. am onmfi march, “mm“i{m he added, 'L did not know-it.” he only hard tified had only talke i with Victor H. Hanson, publisher of two ure, “Leonore,” No. 3...Beethoven Overt: Dhakss , “L'Apprenti Sorcier’ Birmingham newspapers, about the es- Sommet solo, - Greanonian o tablishment of the Mobile Press, “in & Second Lesder A & oD, | ancon about advancing the money Vi ces frof the tol a1 'y Tt e he Bave to McGowin for establishment of the newspaper. Asked by Healy if he and Martin had gl‘a:gued establishing Press Logan Martin, c’,ll counsel of the Alabama —_— Power Co., declared the company and States Soldiers' Home | its subsidiaries had never made invest- the band stand at 5:30 | ments in mmrpen. Martin said that only in one case, the $50,000 loan to Al , had he gone d he had en- Grabel | tered into that arrangement “on ac- count of the personal attack by the ler-Bela 'nonlarwn papers on About 10 years ago, he continued, the Mobile Item was established as a com- titor to the newspaper owned n"fimp«m in Mobile, l?:t. he lflz Thompson ‘bought Sylyan Theater. By the Untied Military band, at o'clock tomorrow evenin John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant leader. March, “Arms and Honor" Hungarian overture, “‘Csokon: te characteristic ese Dance. into a newspaper deal, an: Entra’ac! oe.” the opera “Lucia di t! later had t contrel of “80 it was decided,” he added, “that the Mobile Press should be in the hands of & trust to the goining of by " .