WEATHER.
Probably showers tonight and to
morrow, cooler tomorrw; moderate to
fresh southwest winds. Temperature
for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m. today:
Highest, 75. at noon today; lowest,
66, at 11 p.m. yesterday.
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30.000 REVIEWED
1 BY PRESIDENT AND
NO OFFICIALS IN
DEFENSE PARADE
i Crowds Line Gayly Decorat
ed Avenue to Witness First
Test Mobilization in Na
tional Capital.
4.000 LOCAL GUARDSMEN
r PARTICIPATE IN MARCH
Gathering of Soldiers, Sailors, Ma
rines and Civilians Unique in
Avenue’s History—Chief Execu
tive Sees Event From Reviewing
Stand at Zero Milestone.
Mustering thirty thousand soldiers
sailors and citizens dedicated to
serve their country in time of need,
Washington’s first Defense day pa
rade passed proudly up Pennsyl
vania avenue today to pass in review
before the President of the United
States, his cabinet, the general of the |
armies of the United States and high
officials of the Government.
Bands playing martial airs and
colors waving gayly in the breeze,
the long column, led by a squadron
of mounted policemen, left Peace
Monument at 2 o'clock and started
on its march, which will end at the
Ullipse later this afternoon, where j
Secretary Weeks and Gtn. Pershing
will speak.
World Flyer* Take I’nrt.
Conspicuous among those In the
van of the parade, which it is esti
mated will take an hour and a half
to pass a given point, were the six
world flyers, seated in automobiles. 1
which bore signs proclaiming the j
"Around the World Flyers." They ■
drew cheers from the spectators along |
the curb.
Half an hour before they joined the j
parade they had given Washington its I
first view of their famous trio of j
planes. Rising in flight formation :
ffom Rolling Field at 1:18 o’clock, the
flyers sailed gracefully over the Cap
itol dome at 3.000 feet, passing above
the heads of thousands of the march
ers waiting below to begin their pa- |
rade.
Circling the Capitol they headed !
up the Avenue. Previous announce- |
ment had given those below an idea j
of when to expect them, and the low. i
steady drone of their powerful j
motors was the signal for an outpour
ing of employes from ottioe and Gov- I
ernment buildings all over town. I
Craning their necks, they got their
first view of the planes. There were
four in the flight formation, one of
th* planes bearing an official pho
tographer from Bolling Field.
Sailing far overhead, the flyers cut
across the Mall from the White
House and passed over Arlington
Cemetery, dropping three wreaths on
the graves of those sleeping there.
The ceremony was a tribute to the
Unknown Soldier, shared by all of
the thousands who lie with him on
the slopes of wooded Arlington.
Flight Over City Signal.
Prom the cemetery the flyers passed
f back over Washington and descend
ed to a laioJlr-jr at Bolling Field.
Jumping from their planes they
turned them over to the mechanics
who pushed them to the hangars,
the flyers themselves taking auto
mobiles which rushed them to the
column, waiting to start from the I
Peace llomument.
The flyers over the city seemed to be
the signal for the outpouring of a great
crowd which lined the thoroughfare to
hail the marchers as they passed on the
way to the reviewing stand behind the
White House on the Ellipse. An hour
before the start of the parade a busy
squad of policemen, clearing the line of
march of automobiles parked there, was
the only sign of preparations. But with
the appearance of the flyers the depart
* menu* began emptying thousands of
* clerks upon the streets, who lined the
curbstones.
When the head of the parade started
up Pennsylvania avenue, more than
50.000 persons had congregated on both
sides of the historic thoroughfare to
witness Washington’s contribution to
the Nation's great peacetime military
demonstration. Lined two and three
deep along the entire route of the pro
cession, the throng was considered by
the police as the most orderly it has
ever handled.
Half Women, and Children.
There were no taunt ropes to keep
the spectators within bounds, and but
* very few made an effort to go beyond
the curbstones while the parade was
passing. Larger and more enthusi
astic crowds have cheered other mili
tary bodies as they passed along the
Avenue, but none has been more
orderly.
More than one-half of the 50,000
spectators were women and children.
The President, accompanied by Mrs.
Coolidge, left the White House en
trance at 2:20, took their seats in a
White House automobile and were
carried to their places in the review
ing stand directly behind the Exec
utive Mansion. There they joined
Gen. Pershing, Secretary Weeks and
others In the reviewing stand.
Thousands Await Order*.
S Massed about the streets which lie
within the shadow of the Capitol
dome, their formation centering on
Peace Monument, the thousands who
were to march gathered at 1:30 o’clock
this afternoon and awaited the command
which started them off at 2 o’clock. It
was a picturesque gathering, unique
among those who have come together
for parades along Pennsylvania avenue.
Some wore the uniform of a soldier
or sailor, others the everyday garb of
a plain citizen. Some carried flags
and bunting, others the accoutre
ments of the fighting man. But the
majority carried nothing—they sym
bolized the "man In the street,” come
to offer himself to hls country in time
of need. Now and then an unsheathed
saber or the polished steel of a rifle
barrel caught and reflected a thou
sandfold the flashes from a bright
sun shining In a dome of blue above.
At the time the parade started any
body's guess of the numerical
strength was good. But It was said
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[ Nation's Defense Machinery
I Given Test Throughout U. S.
Results to Be Rushed to War Depart -
I*- *
ment for Study Tonight; Day
Marks Pershing’s Retirement .
’ The Nation’s defense machinery. In
tended for actual use only in the
event of a war emergency,,was given
its first test today, accompanied by
patriotic demonstrations in every part
of the United States and its posses
sions.
It was a limited test, the actual ex
pansion plans of the War Department
being designed to cover a period of
months, but dealing only with the
question of personnel and not with
supply, equipment, housing or train
ing, the progressive stages were con
solidated into this one day.
The day's program called for a
trial of the decentralized defense ma
chinery set up since the National de
fense act of 1920 was substituted for
the pre-war system. The demonstra
tion of the success of the new scheme
of defense will signalize the separa
tion from the military establishment,
at least so far as active service is in
volved. of Oen. John Pershing, who
has devoted his time since 1918 to
perfecting it.
When the Defense day tests actu
ally got under way today, It was ap
parent to War Department officials,
after dsudying reports from outlying
commands, that their hopes had been
entirely justified by the response
throughout the country of men. who
for the day had reported for "duty”
to corps area commanders and in the
VAST LEGIONS JOIN
DEFENSE PARADES
Hundreds of Thousands Par
ticipate in Middle-West Ob
servance of Day.
By ttie Associated Pres*.
CHICAGO, September 12.—Defense
; day was ushered into the Middle
i West today by parades and reviews
i in which hundreds of thousands of
! national guardsmen participated and
; by patriotic rallies, parades and mass
■ meetings where public speakers em
j phasized national preparedness. Half
holidays were declared in a number
of States and in hundreds of towns
and cities. The major demonstrations,
however, are scheduled for the eve
| nine in most localities.
Maj. Gen. Harry C. Hale, com
j mander of the 6th Army Corps area.
United States Army, in a message
j sent today to employes of all indus
; trial establishments within the area,
:said:
"Our Nation loves peace and hates
i war. We want no more of It. But
nevertheless, wars do come. This
country has experienced a war each
generation since Its birth, and I have
to admit that our success in these
wars has not been due to prepared
ness, but rather to favorable circum
stances.
"Congress In 1920 passed the na
tional defense act. It is the first law
that thoroughly considers our prob
lem of national defense, and for the
first time in history a plar was laid
i down and the War Department au
thorized to prepare a national de
fense policy. Under the provisions of
this law the Army of the United
States is at present organized, trained
administered and supplied.”
Strr uses Co-operation.
The general, after discussing the
co-operation between fighting forces
and industry and the needs for sup
j plies, said: "Every executive, every
foreman and principal man should
know what the (flajat In
which he works is to m tn£e,
should know just what changes ti,
factory lay-out will be necessary for
quantity production of the war prod
uct, and the time required for those
changes. He should know what fac
tories are coupled with his in making
the product. And problems of co
operation should be solved in time of
war.”
Two sham battles were fought to
day at Yankton, S. Dak., and at Evans
ville, Ind. At Jeffersonville, Ind.,
$75,000,000 worth of Army .supplies
were publicly exhibited and several
thousands of Indians near Winner, S.
Dak., participated in a patriotic “pow
wow.”
Memorial Stone Laid.
The American Legion of Indiana
layed the corner stone of the new $lO,-
000,000 Indiana World War Memorial
at Indianapolis. The corner stone lay
ing climaxed a city-wide celebration.
Draft boards were reorganized in
many localities and hundreds of "one
day-only” recruits were enlisted. The
37th Division, composed of Ohio
militiamen, was called out and in
spected. although no executive order
was issued in the State.
A bugler at Chicago, blowing “rev
eflle” into a microphone of a local
radio-casting station, announced the
arrival of Defense day to hundreds
of listeners-tn, and at Omaha, Nebr.,
buglers stationed in various parts of
the city blew similar calls at sunrise.
In Wisconsin, despite the order of
Gov. J. J. Blaine that National Guard
(Continued on Rage 2, Column
Loeb Family Decides “Dickie”
Will End Line of Idle Rich
B f the AwtorUled Pre*».
CHARLEVOIX, Mich., September
12.—Richard L>oeb, convicted slay
er of Robert Pranks, will be the
last of the Loobs to lead a life of
idleness.
Never again, his parents have
determined, shall the family in
clude a member of “the idle rich,”
and it became known today that
they already have carried this de
termination to the point of placing
their youngest son, Thomas, 12
years old. at work on their 1,600-
acre estate here.
Too much Idle time, they be
lieve, put “Dickie” behind the
bars at Joliet State penitentiary,
and the schedule of work laid out
for Thomas is as harsh as that
enforced upon the son of the
poorest farmer.
Thomas, under the new plan.
WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION \~S
WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1924-FORTY-SIX PAGES. *_
more local districts to the committees
set up to function like the draft
boards did during the war.
Defense day dawned with the War
Department prepared for quick as
sembly at Its close of reports from
the nine corps area commanders over
the country, who are the key to the
decentralized defense system that Is
to be subjected to Its first trial.
Orders long ago distributed require
that quick preliminary reports from
all* sections of the country, summariz
ing the results of the test in ac
cordance with a prearranged schedule
of Information desired, be transmitted
to Washington for recapitulation and
announcement. The national results
will be made known by the depart
ment after these reports have been
brought together and the general
totals computed.
Aside from the assembling of pre
liminary reports, the War Depart
ment faced a long course of study
over the detailed accounts of what
takes place over the country during
the day.
Several weeks, even months, may
pass before the mass of information
can be gone over and digested to
form the basis for such modifications
In actual mobilization plans as may
be found necessary. General staff
officers who will do the work, how
ever, are already satisfied from pre
liminary reports that they will not
(Continued on Rage 3, Column 1.)
G. 0. P. OPENS DRIVE
TO TAKE IBONI
Attack Follows Dawes’ De
nunciation of La Follette
Doctrine in Milwaukee.
By the Associated Pre*«.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. September 12-
Republican organization leader? in Wis
consin took steps today to carry on the i
fight launched against La Folhtte’s In
dependent candidacy last r ght by
Charles G. Dawes, Republican vice
presidential nominee, in an ad Iress in
the Milwaukee Auditorium.
Rians for the contest In Senator La
Follette’s Progressive home State were
discussed informally between local
party leaders and William M. Butler,
Republican national chairman, after
last night’s meeting, which wait attend
ed by an audience that overflowed the
auditorium. The hall has a seating
capacity of 9,000.
Republican national committee offi
cials who accompanied Mr. Daves here
were afforded obvious indications of the
strong political feeling that exists this j
year in Wisconsin. Cheers for Senator i
La Follette were heard frequently be- j
fore the meeting got under Way. and
these cheers grew somewhat in volume
when Mr. Dawes in his opemng sen
tence mentioned the name of the Wis
consi Senator. The atmosphere seemed
to be charged with the feeling existing
in the State, several of those on the
platform cast somewhat apprehensive
glances over the audience, and those in
the audience in many cases sat forward
in their seats, all feeling that, there
might be an open demonstration of
these diverse sentiments.
Speech Lessens Strain.
As Mr. Dawes proceeded with his
analysis of the attitude of the La
Follette-Wheeler ticket toward con
stitutional questions, particularly the
independent platform’s declaration
for congressional veto of Supreme
Court decisions, those In charge of
the meeting said they noticed a les
sening of the strain. There were few
interruptions from unsympathetic
members of the audience thereafter
except about midway in the speech,
when those sitting in a section near
the back of the hall got up and
walked noisily out. The Republican
organization officials estimate the
number who did this at 200 or 300 and
pointed out thi»* their places were
taken immediately V.T -n equal num
ber from among the 4rowd waiting
outside.
Mr. Dawes declared that “in the
mass of clap-trap accompanying the
La Follette effort we can see one j
steady purpose always in mind—the
attack on the Constitution of the
United States,” and it was to this '‘at
tack’’ that Mr. Dawes devoted most of
hls attention.
Calls Senator Demagogue.
Th© Republican nominee described
Senator La Follette as “the master
demagogue”; warned against any
party attempting to take a position In
the half-way ground between “those
who favor the Constitution of the
United States and those who would
destroy its essential parts”; declared
this division to be the greatest issue
of the campaign, and appealed to the
voters of Wisconsin to decide the
issue "by a full vote of the registered
voters, not by the fractional vote
which, for the last four years, has
been cast In Wisconsin.”
Mr. Dawes said he recognized that
there were In the country ‘'many men
who are Justly discontented but who
are patriotic at heart."
“They may be oppdlsed to certain
(Continued on Rage 2, Column 2.)
must rise at dawn and report at
the model dairy, where, before
breakfast, he must carry milk to
the churnery and do whatever
other tasks the superintendent
may assign. This work done he
goes to breakfast and then reports
to the farm, where he works with
the other hands) digging potatoes,
husking corn, pitching hay or
doing whatever may be required.
His older brother, Krnest, has
been given the managership of the
farm and spends his entire day
directing the work on it.
Clarence Darrow, chief of the
defense counsel, who is retiring
from active legal practice, arrived
at the Loeb home here today with
Allen Loeb, the oldest son. It is
understood he will remain here
for some time.
Nathan Leopold, sr., and Fore
man Leopold also.are guests here.
FORCE DEFENDING
SHANGHAI DRIVES
ATTACKERS BACK
Chekiang Troops Capture
Town of Ihing, Kiangsu
Army Retreating.
DR. YEN SUCCEEDS SUN
AS PREMIER AT PEKING
Eeports Say Chang Tso-Lin Has
Asked Japan for Use of Man
churian Railroad.
By the Aumci.ted Pre«*.
PEKING, September 12.—Dr. W. W.
Yen, former foreign minister, was
elected premier of China today, suc
ceeding: Sun I'ao-chl, whose cabinet
resigned last July 2.
By the Aieorlgted Prew.
SHANGHAI, September 12.—The
Chekiang forces defending Shanghai,
operating on the front west of this
city, have captured the town of Ihing,
about 100 miles southwest of here,
compelling the Kiangsu army In that
sector to fall back toward Changchow.
Headquarters of the Chekiang
troops at Lungwha, south of here, •an
nounced late this afternoon that two
battalions (about 1.300 men) of the
Kiangsu army had surrendered at a
point two miles south of Ihing. The
troops surrendering comprised the
major portion of the force defending
the town, it was said.
A delegation of the townspeople
I was said at Lungwha to have waited
on the Chekiang commander, peti
tioning him not to use artillery in
capturing Ihing, and assuring him
that the town was only waiting to
welcome the Chekiang army.
Drenching rains, a cessation of
fighting in flooded fields west of here,
movement of reinforcements to the
fighting fronts and reports Indicating
that the warring factions battling for
possession of Shanghai would renew
hostilities with greater vigor when
the storm passes—these were over
night depelopments in the war be
tween rival military governors.
Heavy Fighting at Ihlag.
On the basis of the number of
wounded being returned from the
front, the fiercest fighting yesterday j
occurred at Ihing, where the defend- !
ing forces of Lu Yung-Hsiang are '
attempting to capture the town to j
make a rear attack on the invading j
forces from the line of the Shanghai- j
Nanking Railway.
No reports were Issued today from 1
the Invading Kiangsu forces, but !
Lungwha, headquarters of the de- j
fending Chekiang forces, claimed i
gains on the Ihing and Hwangtu i
front yesterday.
Reports from Toklo and Peking |
j indicate that Chang Tso-lin, mili- i
! tary dictator of Manchuria and ally |
lof Lu Yung-hsiang. has asked Japan!
to aid his cause indirectly by grant- I
ing him permission to use the South i
Manchurian Railway lines to move
his forces against the armies of Wu
Pei-fu, near Peking. Japan has not
acted upon the request.
Assemble at Mukden.
Chang was reported to be assem
bling his military forces at Mukden,
principal city of Manchuria, although
two regiments were seen en route to
Shanhaikwan, a town on the Chihli-
Uanchurian border.
Although the fighting was being
carried farther from Shanghai today,
arrangements were perfected by the
international military forces to de
fend the foreign settlement from land
and water against any activities of
the warring forces.
FOREIGNERS ARE SAFE.
Absence of Anti-Foreign Sentiment
on Both Sides Prevails.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
SHANGHAI, September 12. The
display of foreign armed strength, to
gether with local defense measures,
has had the effect of greatly restoring
confidence in Shanghai. There is r.o
danger to foreign lives and property
in any eventuality.
A proclamation by the municipal
council Thursday night says: "Con
trary to various alarming rumors,
there is nothing in the existing situ
ation to cause apprehension or alarm
so far as the foreign settlement Is
concerned At the seme time, meas
ures have been taken to place the
settlement in an adequate state of
defense and to safeguard the lives
and property of its residents, ai.d
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2 APARTMENTS^SOLD;
BRING $4,850,000
Boston Interests Acquire Sixteenth
Street Mansions and Clif
ton Terrace.
The Sixteenth Street Mansions and
the Clifton Terrace Apartments were
sold today by Thomas W. Stubber
field, the owner, to Maurice Baskin
of Boston for {4,850,000. The trans
fer was made through the office of
A. S. Gardner, Investment Building.
This makes the third large real estate
deal in the last seven days here, and
also represents investment to the ex
tent of $13,500,000 by Boston Inter
ests in Washington property within
that time.
The Sixteenth Street Mansions, a
pretentious apartment house built
five years ago, was sold for $2,750,000.
The structure is eight stories high,
facing on Sixteenth street at R, con
tains 258 apartments, and has an es
timated rental income of $365,000 an
nually.
The Clifton Terrace Apartments are
located at Fourteenth and Clifton
streets, and occupy the greater
part of the block. This building was
sold for $2,100,000. The structure
contains more than 400 apartments
and has an annual rental estimated
at $216,000. Mr. Baskin bought the
Brighton Hotel on California atraat
early in the Summer.
The Walker Hotel wu sold to Boe
ton interests last week.
Radio Programs—Page 36.
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PERSHING, LEAVING
ARMY, IS HONORED
Friends Greet General, Who
Is Rounding Out 42 Years’
Service Today.
Envisioning: memories of the Bray
days of 1917 and 1918, when he led
America’s fighting forces against a
menacing foe, Gen. John Joseph Per
shing today spent his last full day of
active service in the Army he loved
by witnessing with mingled emotions
a satisfying peace-time reiteration of
the patriotic spirit of civic America
that enabled him to emerge from the
conflict overseas a world hero. It
seemed that the National Defense day
demonstration was an appropriate
farewell to the man whose personal
qualities had elevated him from the
ranks of the ‘‘shavetails" to the high
est military office of the Nation-
Will Retire Tomorrow.
Tomorrow at noon the United
States Army’s only full-rank general
of the armies and chief of staff, will
become plain Jack Pershing, his title
[ handicapped, but nevertheless hon
ored, by that little parenthical word,
‘‘retired,” that an appreciative Gov
ernment gives to her soldiers for
long and worthy service.
As Gen. Pershing tomorrow steps
into retirement he will have attained
the age of 64 years, 42 of them
passed in the vigorous service of
the military. Except for the gray
hairs and furrows that bespeak the
burdens he has shouldered during
this long career, this remarkable man
will end his formal activities at the
War Department in excellent physical
trim, despite the rigors of a war that
rocked nations, killed and maimed
millions of men and broke down the
health of many national figures.
He will re-enter the civilian life
with as little ostentation as he left
it to enter West Point back in 1886.
a 25-year-old normal schood grradu
ate uncertain of his future.
No Plana for Pntnre.
It was said at the War Department
today that he is as devoid of definite
plans for the future as he was the
day his eyes were attracted’ to an
announcement of an examination for
entrance to the United States Mili
tary Academy and was impelled to
slight a career as a teacher for that
of a soldier.
For the time being Gen. Pershing
will continue to be a resident of the
National Capital. He is known to
like Washington as a residential cen
ter and it is not unlikely that he will
make his permanent home here.
His closing hours in the service
have become a round of felicitations
from old and new friends, most of
them former comrades overseas.
Yesterday officers of the General Staff
tendered Gen. Pershing a farewell
luncheon in regret at his retirement.
With Maj. Gen. John D. Hines, dep
uty chief of staff and choice of Presi
dent Coolidge as the new chief of
staff, presiding, the retiring officer’s
“family circle" of high ranking offi
cers reminisced of their associations
and heard many tales of Pershing’s
career recited by' the guests.
And in his typically modest way
the guest of honor asked his retire
ment be made no occasion for flow
ers or regret.
This morning some 500 Reserve offi
cers who are participating in the de
fense test passed through the gen
eral’s private office and on to the
stdne portico opposite the White
House to shake his hand and give him
a word of greeting. Standing bare
headed and smiling broadly, Pershing
gave a firm grip to every outstretched
hand, and as he recognized in the long
lino some familiar face he chatted
briefly.
Greeted by Hays.
Prominent among the uniformed
guests was Col. Will Hays, erstwhile
Postmaster General, and now czar of
the motion picture Industry, who,
with moist eyes, renewed an old
friendship and expressed a wish that
the general’s future might be as suc
cessful aa his past. "He’s a great
man,” Hare remarked, with choking
voice, to a newspaper man after he
had parsed from the portico. ‘T am
glad he considers me a friend.”
. Another member ofVthe group whom
Pershlngjfreeted cordially was Bish
op Chaflfs Henry Brent, chief chap
lain of the American Expeditionary
Force. With him was Rt. Rev. James
E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington.
Both were in the uniform of the
Army chaplain.
Gen. Pershing appeared to be
breaking away already from his cus
tomary Army discipline, for he failed
to arrive on time for the reception
this mOrning with his usual precl
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Watchman Killed,
Train Derailed,
In Auto Smash
Pinkney Lee, negro, 45 years
old, night watchman for the Bal
timore and Ohio at the Hand
street crossing, Bladensburg, was
killed instantly at 2:30 o’clock this
morning when struck by an auto
mobile and hurled beneath a
passing freight train, a car or
which was derailed as the machine
crashed into It.
The auto was wrecked, but the
driver, who identified himself as
William S. Cush, a contractor of
Third and R streets northeast,
Washington, escaped Injury.
Cush, according to the authorl
' ties, blamed the accident on a
heavy fog. No charge was placed
against him. but at a hearing be
fore Justice of the Peace Hugh
O’Neill he was held on S3,UUU
bond pending a coroner's inquest
Monday night.
TWO MEET DEATH
IN STOLEN AUTO
Youths on Joyride Killed
When Car Crashes Into
Roadside Tree.
Two youths are dead after a Joy
ride; one boy is in a serious condi
tion at Casualty Hospital, and four
minor injuries were recorded by po
lice as a result of traffic accidents
last night.
The deceased are James Hunter, 21
years old. of 24 Foxall road north
west, ajid Cyril G. Timothy. 22. of
4564 Conduit road northwest. They
were in an automobile reported stolen
by Hobson Hardee of 3328 M street
northwest, and were traveling along
New Cut road near the juncture of
Foxall road, when the machine
swung off to the side and crashed
into a tree. Police were unable to
learn what caused the accident.
The victims were picked up and
taken to Emergency Hospital in the
seventh precinct patrol automobile,
where Timothy was pronounced dead
on arrival by Dr. Searle, while Hun
ter survived for about an hour after
ward. The accident took place at
11:20 o’clock last night. Ten minutes
later the report that the automobile
had been stolen was given to police
at the seventh,precinct station by Mr.
Hobson, who said it disappeared from in
front of his house at about 11 o’clock.
Coroner Nevitt will conduct an in
quest into the deaths this afternoon
or tomorrow.
Has Skull Fractured.
At Casualty Hospital Wayne K.
Wilson, 15, is In a critical condition
from a fracture of the skull sus
tained when he was run down near
his home, at Tuxedo, Md., by an
automobile last night. The motorist
did not stop. In a passing automo
bile young Wilson was taken' to
Casualty Hospital, while Constable
Thomas Garrison, who had been noti
fied. started an investigation. As a
result of his inquiry an automobile
was found abandoned on the road
not far from the scene of the accl
dent. He Is folding It with the In
(Continued on Rage 3, Column 5.)
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PICKS PRISON JOBS I
FOR BOY SLAYERS:
Warden Assigns Loeb to
i
Making Chairs, Leopold to !
Rattan Factory.
t
Ry the Aseociited Press.
JOLIET. 111., September 12.—Rich
ard Loeb will be assigned to work in
the prison chair factory and Nathan
Leopold in the rattan factory, War
den Whitman announced this morn
ing. They go to work tomorrow. 1
The announcement was made by j
the warden immediately after the '
youths had attended Defense day!
service* in the prison with 1.200 other
prisoners. Dressed In blue denim
Jackets and trousers and with their
hair closely cropped, the boys sat
almost in the middle of the prison
auditorium. They stared straight
[ ahead, and refused to smile when
other prisoners laughed at some re- I
* mark of the speaker.
Stared at by Others.
When they rose to pass out, ail the j
prisoners turned to take a long look \
at the latest c-cupants of the institu
tion. No 9305 and No. 9306.
The boys. Warden Whitman an
nounced, will be kept in different
sections of the prison, and will have
cells alone for a time. This morning
they sat near each other, but the
natty appearance and swaggering air
of the past was gone. Leopold kept
his face down and Loeb did little
more than glance over the auditorium.
The report of guards to Warden
Whitman this morning showed that
the boys passed their first night in
prison uneventfully. Leopold went to
his bunk at once, and Loeb before
9 o'clock, and both slept well, al
though Leopold appeared down
hearted, according to the guard's re
port.
Isolation la Planned.
They listened this morning to a
concert by the prison band and to a
Defense day address by Rev. Arthur
| Hamilton, prison chaplain.
Warden Whitman told newspaper
men that the prison authorities hope
to guide and remodel the characters
of the prisoners, and added that to
this end the youths will be kept en
tirely apart from any outside in
, fluences, including friends, relatives,
newspaper men and interviewers.
The • length of the restriction will
depend on their development, he said.
After their first night in prison,
spent in the “court solitary," where
ail prisoners must spend their first
night in the Joliet penitentiary,
"Dickie” Loeb and "Babe" Leopold,
"dressed in” last night as prisoners
Nos. 9305 and 9306, began the first day
of life imprisonment for the murder
of Robert Pranks.
Having forfeited a life of ease in
their palatial Chicago homes for the
routine scheduled for all "lifers.” the
prisoners face manual labor in the
prison factories.
Attend Exercise* Today.
Saturday morning they will have the
privilege of attending the weekly mo
tion picture show given for the enter
tainment of the prison inmates. On
Sunday they will have an opportunity
to attend chapel services.
(Continued on Eage 2, Column 4.j
TWO CENTS.
I M’MiLLAN’S MEN
SAWED SHIP OUT OF
ICE TO SAVE LIVES
Staunch Schooner Bowdoin
Returns to Labrador With
Exciting Story.
LOCKED FOR 330 DAYS
BY MENACING BARRIERS
Positive Evidence Found That
Glaciers Are Advancing Toward
Civilization, Says Explorer.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BATTLE HARBOR, Labrador, Sep
tember 12.—Dr. Donald B. MacMillan
and his stanch little schooner Bow
doin are safe on the North American
main land by virtue of a pair of
buck saws. The Bowdoin warped up
to the fish shed here yesterday “with
out a feather knocked out of her,” as
the fishermen ashore remarked. And
with the first story of a ship being
sawed out of the Arctic Ice.
When, on August 1, Refuge Harbor
j was barred by a huge ice block, with
; food, fuel and supplies low, Mac
j Miilan and his crew' of seven men
| sawed their way through the barrier
| and landed here triumphantly yester-
I day It is one of the most dramatic
I stories of polar exploration ever
i brought out of the North.
Locked in for 330 Days.
The Bowdoin was locked in the ice
j for 330 days at latitude 78.30 north
I and longitude 72.27 west on the north-
I west coast of Greenland. The 89-foot
I schooner is the smallest vessel ever
1 to attain this latitude and withstand
| the Arctic winter. Dr. MacMillan and
j all members of the expedition are fit
j and well and report gratifying suc
j cess In their scientific observations
j and all other objectives of the trip.
| They have brought back several rare
i gyrfalcons, the Arctic hawk, live blue
; foxes and other trophies.
Dr. MacMillan has procured positive
evidence that the glaciers are ad
vancing. He took photographs of the
location of the glaciers on his previ
ous expedition In 1908 and found old
tribesmen among the Eskimos who
were of the opinion that the ice was
creeping down. Although Dr. Mac-
Millan does not consider the evidence
j sufficient to predict a return of the
I ice age, he is positive that the
; glacier* are returning and will prob
ably continue through a long cycle of
years.
VtlMMt Studies Made.
Richard Goddard, observer for the
Carnegie Institute at Washington,
made eight months’ continuous ob
servations of terrestrial magnetism,
atmospheric electricity and related
i subjects, the longest and most ex
j haustive study with the most com
| plete equipment ever used in this
j latitude.
j Goddard said he had no conclusions
jto state at this time, as his work
j was solely observations and findings,
j which must be corrected with deduc-
I tions at Washington. He stated, how
ever, that he found the magnetic dis
turbances lessened when the sun dis
appeared and increased when the sun
came back, proving the theory of the
solar effect on terrestrial magnetism.
Donald Mix. radio operator on the
Bowdoin, had no explanation for the
strange phenomenon which caused
his radio signals to travel south
westward from Etah. to be heard
best on the Pacific Coast. He said he
got best results on a 220-meter wave
length, but could make no observa
tions on the possible effect of the
northern lights on radio, as the lights
were mainly invisible from the ship.
Signals came through better, he
said, in the dark Winter nights than
during Summer, and his inability to
work steadily with the stations of the
American Radio Relay League he at
tributes to some cause still to be ex
plained.
Engine Worked Perfectly.
John Haynes of Somerville. Mass.,
the engineer of the Bowdoin. reports
the Internal combustion oil-burning
45-horsepower engine of American
make worked perfectly during the
entire voyage.
Dr. MacMillan is well known
throughout this region, and his land
ing here created much more interest
and comment than did the recent ar
rival of the American world flyers.
He expects to leave Battle Harbor
Friday morning, proceeding via Sydney,
Nova Scotia, to Wiscasset, Me., where
it is hoped the Bowdoin will arrive by
September 29.
(Coprrlcht. 1924. TTniteJ States and Canada by
North American Newspaper Alliance.!
OWE LIVES TO FINE SHIP.
Editor’s note —The following mes
sage from Capt. Donald H. MacMillan
is the first received from the noted
explorer since his safe arrival in
Labrador last Wednesday.
ON BOARD THE BOWDOIN, BAT
TLE HARBOR, Labrador, Sepetmber
11. —We are safely out of the Far
North, but we probably owe our lives
to the stanch timbers of our good
ship Bowdoin. All the way up the
Labrador and Greenland coasts dur
ing the Summer of 1923 wo dodged
and bucked the ice, finally choosing
Winter quarters about 50 yards from
shore in Refuge Harbor, Smith Sound,
near Etah. By September 7 we were
locked in solid by the ice and the
real test of the Bowdoin began. The
little ship was subjected to a tre
mendous ice pressure and we feared
she would give way, but the special
construction of steel plates below
the water line saved her.
She creaked and groaned, but held
her o>. n ag-.ln«t. the s'endily increas
ing menace of the ice wall around
her.
Forced to Cat Way Oat.
The most perilous adventure of the
voyage came on Auguo* V when we
saw that possibly our lives depended
on getting out of this Ice trap. The
harbor was surrounded with a wall
of granite rocks. The radiation from
these rocks had thawed a narrow belt
around the edge. We sought to reach
(.Continued on I'age 5, Column 2.)
«
Le Comte Won’t Eace in T7. S.
PARIS, September 12.—Sadi I*
Colnte, Frerch aviator, ha» aban
doned his plan of going to the United
States-to participate in the rsutfee far
the Pulitzer cup. The sporting paear.
IVAuto, says Le Cointe found that
airplane would not be rsgdr tx f
to make the trip.